Seafarers Log: Vol. 22 No. 5 (1970-01-01)

n , ff. : • .;. · ., :Among the ffrst to pa~ off under the n_ew dry cirgo ,
-rf!Y • ·. ~~~· .wage scale, SIU crewmembers o~ th• Elizabeth in ·
NJ: colle.~t wages._ .T •. Rivera (left) counts his folding mqn~y , as J.
_Sanchez signs pa~oll. (Story on· Page Z.) / · . · · ·

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UNiON • ATl.ANllC AND 6-UL:F DISTRICT -• AFL-CIO •
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Higher Dry
Cargo .Pay
In Effect

With the new dry cargo wage_
1cales· already in effect, meetings
are now slated between SIU nego­
tiators and representatives of the
tanker ·operators. The new pay
rates became effective February 15 ..

In addition to a wage boost, the
memorandum . ·of understanding
with the freightship operators pro- . . , . _ . -
Vides for a 28-cent increase in the Tr8Gted for exposu"r• alter "being Rown ashore fro.m near-wrecked .
oper~!ors' contribution~ to the SIU tanier Angelo Petri, SIU ·Pacific: District c:rew[l'len Orie Schrunk, .
Vacation Pl~n.. On~e the neces- Charles R. Warden. Jack· Stfin and Frank Joseph1 are pictured
sary ac~u~ial studies are com- ....-, during ride .to' hospital. Photo '(below) of disabled vessel now ·in
pleted, it JS expected the present . th- • d h · wh.. ud.r ..!-.I ff. 'r· · led)
$360 maximum annual vacation e rep.~ur y~r • s ows ere r uer wps .snap.,,_. . 0 c:irc:_, .
payment will be scaled upwards, while ship drifted helplessly.
once again. ·

, . Will Follow Patte,m -
The tanker negotiations are ex-

pected to follow the general pat­
tern established 'by the drycargo
agreements, which provided for
pay boosts ranging gener3Ily from
$4.24'. more per month for steward
department entry ratings to •a top·

. of . $30.49 foc most bosuns and
stewards. Some specialized ratings
gatiied larger increases. .

Overtime · and penalty rates were
also raised across the board, es­
tablishing new .OT $cales of $2.33,

· $2.28 and $1.78 in the three wage
brackets. Standby and . penalty

·. rate_s. were upped· to $2.33, $2.28
and· $2.24 in the same manner: The
old OT rates were $2.23, $2.18 and
$1.70 per hour . ..

The standard freightShip con­
- 'tract$ previously ·printed 8_!e ".now
. being . rev~sed_ to iDClud~ .t~~ bl- .
· ~cre~sed ·µi~n~y _fie~~· _and _'\\'.i)l be

available in all ports. ili the near~
· - fqtm:e'. . TJl,e· -;J\ew, dry cargo wage

scalef! ~e !el>fjll~~q, i»n :P.ilife~:J6· of·
this Jssue. · ·

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T ankships~ New Ore
· Car'riei:;P~p MiJbiie.

MOBILE-Now being. readied for h_er first voyage, the con­
verted ore carrier Cornell is expected'to mean inore jobs for
this ROrt on a. reglil,.r basis. Ope.rated by a subsidiary. of the ·
Ide~ Cement Compally,~ t)le .
vessel will _be ,manned .by an "<Ocean Pet.>; Corsair, Ranger and .
~ crew and will caiTY, ore .ca"aller <Alcoa); Monarch of the
here from the -west Coast9.' on a Seas ind Claiborne _ <Waterman).
·~~1 .l'UD:-.' · . - , :".. ·: Stgnfng on were: · Range~ <Aleoa)
, A~.r~g· . to ~o}'t Age~t. Lo~ .and ~a f':Vaterman).i' ,

r;ie~a, if ~e "ven~e prov~s ~uc- In transit: Pioneer, "Roamer <Al·
~~al, ~e. cOIDJ>~Y. has indlcateji coa>; Steel' Seafarer, 'Steel Deilgn._
plail8 ~ put two more ships, in the er asthmfan)· and Del.'Rio '<Miss.). ·
service. ?jeira also noted that ship- · • "
~ cpndJ,ti«>ns -ior t~~ past period -------------.----...,_­
had been -~air, but that the ex­
pected crewlne of 'the· :tankers ~11-
'Jnir : and . Atlas would further en­
. hance . job acUvity, .. fn .. the coming
.,Pan. · ... ~ ·, , "'·; ~-.. ~ :· .. , · ~ . 1 · • ·

Pioneer Stack In Mud ·
· · Be aiSo r~pott~d that tii~ · Alcoa -

·Pioneer l'an. aground off Gulfport,
• MiSs., recentiy,· but thai-no ·serious

,dainage was done. ; The' Sliip ·was .
·on the mud .for. a co:uple e.f' days, ·
•but was 'finalty refloafed when the' .
tide came 'Jn. - . '":' . -. '< · ....

. ·. ~-FQr .. ,Ui~ 'J..~xt i.ew ·wee"-8, Mobile
. ;. will ~4fW,~i ·1µ.;l,'J" )VitJ:i #e. ~.d-.. r

, .v~nt ~f th~~~D.~al·1'!&.1'.di "Gr.as f~s- i'

'., _:tl.V,it.f,es •. , Tb~J,'e.. hay! ... be.e_n .many .
_eve~~ , plaJlJled aJ\d, Se~?rers. ,are1
lookhig f~I'Wai;<hf.o. taltjng · par.t ·~.
the fun.,mak41g;.he added, .. ·;·

: · ,.,~e •hips. pa)r..lh:g·_ofr· herq.d~g
1tlie :prfcidihs· period ·Were: EWmir



z;aao 'FISHE_RME.N JOIN' SIU.MA
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Ph,liidelphla SIU Hall Ready Soon

MC?dern SIU hall with ex­
panded fa~ilities ' nears com· '
p I e t i o n in Philadelphia.
Above, Port Agent A. S.
Cardullo (ce!'ler) checks f)n·
progress. At right is inside
view through ·office porthole.

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Uni~n, :Co's At Senate Hearing
ScOre ·I CC-Railroad 'Collusion'

Alaska Union Ol<ajs
District ·All iliation
By A Huge Margin

SEATTLE-Fishermen in the 2,000-member Alaska
Fishermen's Union have given a thumping endorse­
ment to affiliation with the Seafarers International
Union of N'orth America by. a 20 to 1 "yes" vote in a se­
cret ballot referendum. As a 'result, the union, largest
of alf the fishermen's unions in the Pacific Northwest,
has now received a charter•
as another autonomous af- P.roblems. We consi<!.er thi~ affi.lia·

. . tion a step in the right direction.
ftltate of the SIUNA. " It is our sincere hope that by

In fact, th~ Alaska Fisher­
men's · ,affiliation represents
the largest single group to
join the SIUNA since ·the Marine
Firemen's Union voted to affiliate
back in 1953. Just last summer,
another sizable unit, the 1,10'0-inan
Esso ·Tanker Men's Union, also
overwhelmingly approved inde­
pendent, autonomous status within
the-SIUNA family.

doing our utmost for the gr.oups
now within the Seafarers, we can
show by good example that other
groups should also join with your
international for the betterment
of fishermen as 'a whole."

Following the vote, which was
528 in favor and 28 against, SIONA
Secretary-Treasurer John Hawk
formally presented an: SIONA
charter this month to George
Johansen, secretary-tr~asurer of
the · AFU, in ceremonies at the

WASHINGTON-The Interstate Commerce Commission's policy of assisting railroads union's Seattl~ headquarters.
h In notifying the SJ.UNA of . the

_ As a result of the affilia,tion
vote, approximately 80 percent of
all West Coast fishermen 'are now
in the SIONA, including fisher­
men operating out of San Pedro,
Monterey, San Diego,-Los Angeles,
the Puget Sound area and . iri the
Bering Sea and Ketchikan areas
of Alaska. In addition, the ·sruNA
.has fishing affiliates in Boston,
Gloucester, New York and New
Bedford, Mass., on the East Coast
as well as a number of cannery

(Continued on page 15)

in t eir drive to destroy domestic shipping was raked oyer ·the coals at opening hearings on results of the vote, Johansen de-
,,. the subject by· the Merchant Marine Subcommittee of the Senate Interstate and Foreign clared, "It is our s~ncere hope that

'Walrus'
An .Oyster?

Commerce Committee. _Testi-• this affiliation will prove to be of
mony by wi tne~ses including 21 ships left. as common carriers benefit not only to our respective .
SIUNA President Paul Hall, in the -domestic~ sea trades. Forty- organizations but to fishermen in
on b~alf of maritime labor, plus seven companies have been forced general.
spokesmen for Seatrain and Coast- out .of business in the last 20 years. Sees Mutual Benefits
wise Line for the domestic ship- • This situation results from an "We have many problems within

I ping industry documented . the ICC ·1 . d . •th th the fi'sher1·es and the mar1' ti·me in-
1 charge that the ICC's current pro-' -rai roa conspiracy, Wl e
raiiroad bias will' result in the ICC .permitting the ;!"ails to "en- dustry and there is ·a need . for

WASHINGTON-'The Merchant gage in predatory selective rate- complete cooperation between all · · destruction of the industry unless , ·

Little Hope
On Foreign
Aid-Boost · Marine Subcommittee of he Sen- halted. (Continued on page 15) - sel!faring groups to solve these

ate was told by SIUNA P.resident WASHINGTON-In the face of
H 11 th t th II d "P · t The witnesses called for Con·

a a e so-ca e roJeC s f c· dwindling Congressional interest,
Walrus" should more properly be gressional action to halt the selec- o• bl . d . ea ·arer 1ven the Administration has gone to
labelled '·'Project Oyster." The tive . rate-cutting, juggling of long-. , 1sa e . _ _ _· bat for a whopping $4.2 billion
"Walrus" tag is - from Lewis Car- haul · an.d sQ.or t-haul rates and foreign aid program to start this
roll's ''Through· · The Looking other railroad practices permitted · ·· · · · · - · July. If anything near this an1ount
Glass" and was the name which by the ICC. A particular target of s '. . , . w If re Bene f ,· t is granted, it would m-ean a big
the National Academt~ of Sciences. the testimony wasrthe IC<? ass.er- pe~1a.. . ·e . a . . . .- -. -: . boost -for American shipping.
slapped on its study of maritime:.! ticn·t?at the troubles of the coastal _ At the last session, Congress

The study defended the use of shipping industry were due to sliced the Preshlent's foreign aid
runaway flags by·. some ,t\meri- wage costs an~ labor probl~ms. Veteran Seafarer Hugh D. Fouche will be able to move request for some $3.9 billion to
can ship · operators~ 'It was named Management' witnesses demol- around ~gain following recent SIU Welfare Plan action to pro- slightly more than $3.2 billion
"Project Walrusr• from tlie famous ished that excuse, pointing out vide him with a powered wheelchair . ..He l:ias been confined after weeks of stormy debate.
rhyme which reads in part: · tllat amo.ng the _rema.ining\ coastal . This year's request, based on

'The timc:. has comi;', the walrus carriers, Pan-Atlantic and Sea- to bed slnce mid-_1956. . . the growing trade offensive by the
.said, ' train were the most highly ··auto-·· Fouche; a fireman-water- Fouche hag been on the SIU dis- Soviets, faces stiff opposition

'To talk of many things: mated cargo ;;hip operations in tender with the SIU since ability bene~it ~ist .since July, again. With the "50-50" principle
'Of shoes.,......a,nd ships-a1_id seal- existence, .. with all their car.go con~ January, 1942, has been complete- 1.9~6• when ·his disability was cer- . applying to all foreign aid cargoes,

ing wax, . tainerized and stevedoring costs lY- bed-ridden since his muitiple bfie~ .88 permanent. He has• been half Of all goods moving overseas
'Of capbages and kings •• .' reduced to a minimum. Yet; .de- sclerosis affliction nearly four r~ce~vmg th~ ~150 monthly bene- under the ~id program would be
"We think," Hall told t.he com- spite this, the two companies are years ago. Advised that he could fit smce that time. Fouche is now alloc4ted to American-flag ships.

mittee, "the project should have suffering heavily from the ICC~ get about a little . if a suitable 45 y~ars of · age and no longer able Aside from new types of opera-
. been, .namei:l 'Project Oyster'. You rai~road . combine. . · _ wheelchair w~l;i : -av~i)able, he re- . to sall. tions and· berth services, shipping
will remember ~~at the poem de- · Senator E. L. Bartlett (D.-Alas- cently applied. ~or assistance urider for American· ·seamen over the
scribes how -the walrus and th~ ka) chairman Of the subcommit- t he special equipment benefit fea- SEAF AREBS LOG past few years has been in direct
·carpen.ter enticed . the ~ fat oysters tee: noted at the outset· of . the tur.e of ~he-'""- Seafarers Welfare proportion to the "50-50" cargoes
Jnt~ going for. a walk.with them. _hearing that the steady decIJ.ne :in Plan. - .. - . . . . feb. 26,_ 1960 ·- Vol.-XXll; No. 5 available. The "50-50" law like- ·
The walk wound up .with a lunch· domestic sh1ppirtg " .•• · 1s not in Upon .:i;e_ceiving bis application, wise applies to all cargo shipments

. : ~on at which the Walrus and the aecord with the provisions .of "the · Welfare Plan. ~ under the farm. surplus d~sposal
carpenter ate the oyste~s, and the national transportation p01icy of . trust~es v o t e ~ ~ program.
poem ends with t~e . verse: . Congr_ess, . which provides for . una!11mously , for_ - · Dissatisfaction in Congress over ·

,'0, oysters',' l'aid the car-penter, recognizing and preserving the . in- t 1! ~ . necessary P~uL ftAu., Secretary-Treasurer the handling of the foreign a!d
'Yo1£ have ·had ~leasant run! herent ·ativantages of each ·form $600 · purcha_se. · HmuERT B~ND, Editor. BERNARD · SEA- program is at the bottom of most
'SJ&aU we .be tr,otting"'li.ome ag.ain? of'- transportation .: •• " and is "'in- Over the "last MAN, A'rt .Editor. · HERMAN ARTHUR, of the opposition. In addition, the
.But an~wer came . *ere none- con'sistent when compared with year, the Wei .. IRwm SPIVACK, AL MAsKIN, JotqJ BRAZlL, postwar overseas .aid campa ign, in .

1 And this was scarcely odd ·be- the . economic positi'on -
0
f ."ome .fare , Pla_n lias ARTHUR BncER, CHARLr.s BEAUMET, DEL bolster:ing the economic revival of

• 0 RoumsoN, Staff . Writ er s. BILL MOODY,
ca\tse . other' forms of transportation ,, underwritten the Gulf Area Representative. · friendly nations, has served to re-

. Th~y'd eate~ every one. . . . ~ , . ·• cost · of · many .- duce US markets abro,ad .
.":•";t'he::eaten ·-~yster.S; of course," ·In his ~ appel,lra1tce b~fore· the· · types . of special -_ . . 'it has also produced, in turn,

Hall declared , "are' Amertcari Ship- committee as .r,epresentatlve of tge· · fouc~e · ' · enuipnient tO as~ Publish)~ btweekly •t .th~ h••dquartert ail ava_ lanchc of foreign-J11ade
·~ ' · ' · . . . S' f S ti fi : · . . · · ~ . '"' · · of the ·SHfarers lnternetl.onil U!llon, At·

·- ping cqmpanies which ,are ·belpg ea arers , ec o of ~he Mu;itim~. sist~ Seafarers in recovery . from , 1ent1c & Gulf District, AFL-c10. 675 Fourth products here in the· States to com-
·, 'CC)DSUmed by runaway-flag ' com:' Tr~des 'Department, ·comprising &11 dfsa'blin·g ' illnesses '. or'- ' injuries. Annu1t, '9rooklyn 32• NY.- T, I. HYacln th pete directly with domestic manu--', . . ' .,, . .. . . ~ . th Ing i . i H u · . - " . t-6600. Second clHI post••• paid at tht .

P!!t,ltfQ~, ri and by, (the .. preda~ory . e :seag,o mar n~ qn Ol)S, a . Sp~cial .; bed fraiQ~; .leg· 'bra~es, Post O!fl~• i ln Brooklyn, NY, ·und•.r th• factures, IndicatiQns now, are tba_t
: pr~t~~s of Jh~ .railroadsi witI,,.tl1e made t!.1~~ f~llowi_n. ·poi._ts: • · ' a : P.9:i;table -iron lung; -a tap~ : re-' AC! .•• Aue . .2~'- : 1'1~· · , - · · the $4.2 billion figure ·will be cut

. ~ ~~~nivanc~ ;. ~rid "...s.~!l~ent : ,of the . • :As a · re~ult , of · ICC . poli~ies · ~rd~r. : ~p,e~i_al- .e~eglasses ~n.~L_~ye . " .. '. · . .. .... ~ ... ~~ · · down by 'at least one billiorf to _ the
'. lQterstate Commerce Commis!fion.". th~re -.are only; four co panles and ·prosthesis ared ust a few. , ' . · , .. , .. .. , · . - · · · amount allocated in 1959.

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February 3 Through February 16, 1_960 . . Ship , ltcfivifr ; :_ r

SIU shipping' felt a seasonal recession this. period as job Declines were listed in the ports of New York, · Philadelphia, Balti- . r' 1 -~
·activity fell way off · over the last period. A total of 876 men more, Mobile, New . ·Orleans, 'san Francisco and Seattle. Baltimore, Pay Sit• I• . _

·~ . Philadelphia 1md Seattle showed the largest slumps. The remainder Offs Oni Tran TOTAl
were dispatched to jobs in all departmen~~· Registration this of these ports were still on the goQ.d side despite the drop-off. -
period reflected ·a very slight increase to 1,070 as compared to 1,031 · Registration this period reflected a repeat J>f the last report. The lo1tom • • • • • • · ·I 1 · · J ·t
for the previous two weeks. , deck department dropped ·again' while the engine and steward · depart- New · Yo.rk .. • 13 3 · 13 29

·A drop-off in vessel activity in .all ports was . a likely factor in' the ments reflected gains. The largest gain in registtations this perjod Plllladetp•la. • 2 3 . '6 11·
shipping decline as the total number of ships serviced for the p~riod· was seen in . the steward department, which accumulated 49 more regis- 1a1t1111ore ••• 10 4 10 .i4.-
drop_ped to 199 as compared to the prior figure of 207. The actual trants than in the prevfous period. Norfo• , • • • 4 4 5 · . 13
breakdown, as show.n at the right, lists 53 payoffs and 28 sign-ons. Less shi]?ping activity accounted for a sh~rp in~~ease ip registration · Jacliloavllle .• ·- _ -;6 ~ 16.
The 118 ships in transit represented a slight increase over the past on the beac~. although Bosfon, PhiladeJphia, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Mla•I 1 3 .. ·4
period. · · . · ' . · Miami, Wilmington, San Fra~s.co. and Seattle all s~ow les~ thaq 100 M 1tli . • • : • ·. • .. · 6 2 5 _- • 13

In a near repe.at of the last per1·od, Jacksonvi"lle, w1·1ming'ton and on the beach in all departments. The very same ports also have less
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than 50 Of the top Senior1·ty men. registered. . New Orleans. 7 I 21 •. ;,3' San ·Franeisco had no payoffs while Jacksonville, Miami and Wilming-
ton had no sign-ons. All ports had vessels visiting in transit. New The following is the outlook port by port: ~ Homstci• • • · · • 4 1 , 1t 24
Orleans showed 21 vessels in transit followed closely by her sister Boston: Fair ..• New .York: Steady • · .. Phlladelphla: Should Im- Wll•l•ttH • • - · 1 7
Gulf port of Houston, which had 19. prove .•. Baltimore: Good ... Norfq_Jk: · Good ... ·J~eluon~e: Fair Saa Frnclsco. - - 1 6 · 7

A rise ·1n shipping was reported in Boston, Norfolk, Jacksonville, ... Miami: No change ; .. MobDe:-Jmpro".ing .. . New Orleans; Good Seattle' · •••••• - 1 1 4 6
Miami, Houston and Wilmington . .'Of tliese, Norfolk, Houston and . -. . Houston! Busy as usual : ; . Wllmlnston: Fair I"· • • So Francisco: - - -
Wilmington showed the largest gains for the period. Should be -better .•• Seattle: Good. T~tal1 •••••• · 53 21 111 1 tt

DECK DEP'ARJ!Mf N.T .. -
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. , Registered legistered .. Shipped Shipped - Slttpped· 101A1 Registered On.~lte Beacr.
CLASS .A CLASS •• CLAS$ A CLASS 'S '· - CL~S c SHIPPED · .CLASS A CLASS I .

·GROOJ' GROUP GROUP GROUP · GROlJP ' ·GltO.UP GROUP GROUP • ~

,Orf - 1 · 2 : ! .ALL 1 z s ALL 1 z ·s ALL 1 z s ALL 1 z 3 ALL -~ B c 'AL~ · i z ! AL~ 1 · z .J ALL
Boston . ....• ·. ; . ; . · .... 4 .. 4 1 9 ' . 1· ·l . I _ .. , - - - - . ' 2

..... •. 2 1.8 ' 19 4 I 39! 2 1 s - - - - - - - - - .-
New York ... · •.... ~ .... 15 2$. . 7. _It 1 4 6 11 14 36 l~. ••• 2 5 ~ J:l - - 3 ~ I . fiO 11 3_ 74 9:4 ·· 170 49 113 1 ·29 .36 ..
Philadelphia : ...... , . • l 7 , .3 11 ·- - 2 .z . 2 5 1' • - - 1 - . 1 2 ,__ .:-:- - .. - 8 . 2 11 . 8 11 - 5 · -H - - 3 · s.
Baltimore .......... ; , , 17 ' 35 .. ~ 8 II; 1 . 8 12 21 4 . 17 6 Z7 2 2 . 7· l'l 1 3 .. 2 • 27 11 . 6 4. ' 31 6,9_ 19. U9 ·- ~ 12 '. 33 f5

i 10 & .L -. i 19 " Norfolk ...... · .... .. · .. -.. ' 3 "·' 2 '! . .;.._ 5 - . - 1 5 4 19 - 3 3 - 1 ,.6 . 2 27 .. 6 .12 - - . 1B 1 ... 3 • .,\
1 z ··_::. • .. 4 : ·6 ·,3 . u· .::....._:. JacksonvilltL;. · .. -/. ; .. . ' .1 ~ 4 -~ ,· 1 1 - 2 3 ·1 - f 1 - - - 2 - H , _ 2 1 s

' f . , ' ~ .. . .. .
!-i Miami .•.• : .• ·: . : ~ .. • • ' . . 1 .... ·"~ 3 2 · 2 1 l

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-"- J.t l . 1 2 1 ' 2 ·- - - - - - - - - - " - - - -

Mobile ..... ;\ .. : . ; ... .. ·.7 · ~-~. 2- 17 ...... i. ...
3 . ,f i 2 s . ' · i ' .2: , ..... •• .:_.:, • J ·-..1.'

·. 3 : 3 . . · 8 34• ' 36 3 . . 'J3 . 1 2 ,7
-~· - - - '1" ~.:- -- . . -

>·i New Orleans .· . .... ·:: . . . -isi .. 32 . i.1~ 82 2 ·.J·:.· -4 10 Ii 33 16 58 - 1 '~4 ·, . ·5
~ :.._ '· . ..:.:. . - . :.i . 58 5 84 70 . · 83 io . 1'13 ·- 27 76 1 3

Houston. : ...... :· ..... '19 ., 39 ~ ·' 5 ·13 3 '- ·1
,7 H ' 15 35 8 58 4 ·io .· ~i4 ·-· 58 14 ......: '1Z .. 35 ,C59 :'J< . lOJ ·; :i 13 13 21 - -

Wilmington .... : . ..,_ .. · ... 1.: : 5' - -1 ·· 7 1 1 ' a ' .6 3 ·12 . 1 _1 2 - .. ..
. .{2 2 · - n : 7 7 1 15 4· 1'. . ·5 - . - -.~

San Francisco .......•. ·1 4 - 5- 2 - 2 - 1 1 2 - - -- - - - 1. 1 2 1 3 19 20 ·.2 fl 1 .- 7 4 lZ-
Seattle .. '. .... ; .. ; ...•. 4 20 2 21!- s· · 1 9 4 8 2 H - r 2 , 3 ·- - - ·- 14 3 - 17 13 25 .2 ,48 ...... IQ 7 17

TOTALS 93 189 39 I 3zt te 33. 39 ,. 82 60 156 .52 I 268 '6 20· 33 I .59 . 3 3 . '.'I I • 13 268 59 J3 I 340 337 524 .. 113 !· 9'1f 5 , 110 187 ·I 302 -

~egisteref/ . ~egisf•r~d · Shipped ( Shipped· .. ' ~hipped . -101A1: Regl,tered On Tire Beaclt · ..
, CLA.SS A. CL~~S 8 CLASS. A ·CLASS B " ·CLASS C •. $,HIPP~P CLASS. A tLASS I . i . ~ ';, ·:·

.. : GROUP GKOUP GROUP . GROUP . ., GROUP ·;· ·· GaOUP' 'GROU".
AL.;

GROUP
Port i .2 . ! ALL · 1 ·:z ! ALL 1 ,z S - A~i. ,l 2 3 · ~L 1 ·. · ~ . · S.ALL ·4 • c 4'.l#L · . . 1 . .. ~ · .s 1

, .i s 4LL
Boston ..... , ......... . - 5 1 6 - 1 1 2 1 3 1 5 - · - 4 ' - I 1 . 1 ,5 4 1 10 - ' 5 - - 5 - 3 4 --., ..

3 '. i .3 New York . ........... 16 31 3 50 . 2 7 - 11 20 8 31· 9 fl 1 9 13 - - ~ 1 .48 1 IZ 41 166 26. H3 7 33 > 41 11
Philadelphia .......... 1 13 14 1 2 3 2 2 2 - z · 2 2 4 2 28 1 31 1 2 s - - - - - - - - ·- - - -

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Baltimore. ............ 4 36 2 · 2 10 11 13 1 16 2 19 - 8 ".'8 18 - . 5 . 4 9 19 . 16 9 4f 7 66 4 '17 2 9 23 H
Norfolk .. .. · ... · ...... ; - 7 1 I · 1 ·2 2 5 - 5 1 •• - ·· 1 ; 4 , . ··5 ~~ ,.1 3' 'I ·fJ " · 5 4 · ·15 · 2 · . lb ·:. 3 ·.lf . 1 . 2. 3 6
.Jacksonville.~.~ .••. ; .. 1

.. 2' _;.._ J 1 · ·1 .. . ·2 z '-t . . ·. ·1 ".~ . I.
3 I 2 . 1 · 3 • 3 Jl

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SEA.FARER ·s £0C

•lfinl•e ~~,,.;s14J. 1:1000 BA·NK Kings Point 'GI' .
. fiMure: · Ujs -~ .· HONOR: ROLL. Look Gets Airing
And Dow11s = By House Group

BALTIMORE-After a fairly :
busy prior shippine .Period, things •
slowed down quite a bit here dur- ;.
fog the past two weeks. Though :
more ships were serviced this time, -

House Merchant Marine Committee probing of reported .
discord among staff members at the Kings Point (NY) mari­
time academy has been temporarily sidetracked over the·

there were twice as many men reg~
btered ·as shipped, rel}Orts Port
Ag~nt Ea~l Sheppard.

-The coming p,erlod will be slpw
according to the forecas~; however,
the expected crewing of the Alcoa
Pennant and the Carolrn should
help activity somewhat.

Members here are being advised
that they may go to the local of~ic~
of the Coast Guard and have their
mutilat~d pap~r·s renewed on the
spot._ . They w~re cautioned· that
shipping commissioners are going
to be strict with regard to illegi­
ble or damaged papers in the fu-.
ture. The Coast Guard has an­
nounced that, starting January 1,
1961, no one with mutlfated pa­
pers will be allowed to sign ·On
aboard ~ny ·vessel.

. The ten ships paytng off in thls
port during the previous period
were: Emilia, Mae, Jean, Edith
(Bulll; Robin Trent (Moore-Mac);
B.ethtex <Ore Nav>; Alcoa Pennant
(Alcoa>; Santore, Chilore (Marven),
and Santa -yenetia (Elam).

Four ships signed on: Sa~ore
and Chilore (Marven>; :Sethtex
<Ore Nav.l, and Hilton (Bum.

The vessels in transit here were:
Venore and · Chilore <Marveill;
Marymar and Seamar (Calmar);.
Steel Seafarer, Steel Recorder and
Steel Admiral Usthmtan); Warrior
(Waterman) and Alcoa Runner,
Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa).

. '
Ttie SIU blood bank su~lies ·Seafarl!rs or mem~ers of their families

uiith blood anywhere in the United States. Seafarers can donate to
the bank at the SIU clinic in Brooklyn. Li:ited here are a few of the
Seafarers and other•. wno have donated to the blood bank.

Becher, .Edward S.
Lolzzl, Rudolph J. '
Darrah, Joseph D.
Gaudette, Carl E.
McKinley, Duid
Morris, WilJ.lam
Rooney, Raymond W.
Pelton, Alfred M.
Wolfe, Jerry L.
Rodriguez, Mig-uel
Sanchez, Jose R.
Guszcynsky, Edward
McNeel~y, James J.
Sabota, James J.
Doyle, Samuel
Snowden, Frank
Snowden, T.b.omas
Erikson, Nils V. ·
Clegg, William J.
Kaisg-ian, Antranlg-
Jory, Jr., William Henry
Whalen, James E. ·•
Schaefer, William C.
Bu&ler, .Harry
Robinson, Alvin
Cassimis, Spiios D.
Nash, Donald J.
Cohn, Ronald Lee
Chen; Kao Mine

ROseliald, Bernard,
Schoenborn, Wilfred

- Hernandez, Orlando
Galloway, William J.
Samuel, Edward -
Harmon, Rebert W.
McDonald, John C.
Pica, Pa&t1uale ·
Eriksen, Edmund K.
Morrissey, Patrick J.
Rieg-el, Gilbert
Burke, Gerald J.
Breeden, Rufus K.
Hudson,· William B.

· Trainor, Henry E.
. K'hmachkin, Ivan

Callahan, Michael J.
Beyer; John M.
Gordon, Henry
Lauer, Wilburt ·
McDaniel, Paul B.
Hummel, Merrill F.
Scourkeas, Frank P.
Reser, Forest E.
Frederick, Albert . R.
Cran&"le, Ch~rles T.
Brenner, David E.
Saint, Adrian J.
DaleQ, Peter

atte~pted dismissal of one
academy official. The dismis­
sal has been postponed until
today. ·

Charges against the academy li­
brarian, Lt. Commander L. J. Be­
jarano, grew out of his alleged dis­
obediance and conduct unbe­
comiµg an officer, accorduig to
testimony before the House group
looking into the . school's contro­
versial existence.

The hearings have been focused
on reported dissension arising from
moves by Kings Point staff mem­
bers to retain their semi-military
status. The investigation has
thrown the uniformed faculty and
the cadets into a state of turmoil
sin,ce Congress began the formal
inquiry.

Lt. Comdr. Bejarano and a group
of the faculty, it was charged,
held a press conference with local
newspaper reporters against the
wishes• of the academy superin­
tendent. Rear Admiral Gordon
McLintock; the Kings Point super­
intendent; preferred charges and
called '!or Comdr. Bejarano's ~is­
enrollment on February- 15. This
was later postponed until today.

The press conference allegedly
disclosed personal differences of
opinion between the faculty and
McLintock. The- conference was
called an "off-the-record" session
and was not released to the press.

Although the immediate focal

BeSureToGet S - f -J960 (
H~=:~~:::1?!!t. eamen . n · · , . ensus

remind all Seafarers that pay- WASHINGTON-The Bureau of the Census, with the cooperation of the Maritime
. ments 0 ' funds, for whatever Administration and American-flag ship oper~ tors, is providing all merchant vessels with
. Union pm,·pose,' be made only f t Th · t• · l d b d h · to authorized A&G. representa- special census orms to cover seamen a sea. e que~ ionn~1res, a rea y a oar some s ips,
tives and that an official Union . are for· the sole purpose of
receipt be gotten at tb;at time. . head-cc;mnting American sea- 1~30. The . forms are to be filled equipped with. gummed edges and
If no receipt is offered be sure men'. as part of the 1960 out on April 1. will be sealed by individuals filing
to protect yourself by immeC:i- national census. Once the forms are filled out -by them, just as an envelope is sealed
..&tely bringing the matter to the Seamen aboard ships at sea have the individual seaman, they are to for mailing. All forms will ar­
attention of the secretary-treas- been included in pi'ior census op- be. ~ealed and turned over to .the rive at the Census Bureau sealed
urer;s office. · · erations at least as far back as ship s master for forwarding. and will be opened by no one but

!_ _________ ..;.. ___ ,_.,_ _____________ . _ Successive mailings by the master Bureau tabulators. ·· · cl . b and ship operator and their receipt · For those seamen on the beach

C t Or ers Pro e by the Census Bureau will account or in drydock, union halls, seamen's - 0 U:r · for each American seamen at sea, churches. and USPHS hospitals will
· . . .. · . , and avoid duplication in the count. be included in the 1960 census. . At

0 f E ., 11 • · D ,. · Officials of the Census Bureau . ospitals, ~umerators will take

SS. o- , . O Ins ea .. have stressed the tact that answif11 the informatio.n from those unable
· . . . . .. · . · · given in the questionnaires will be to fill out the special questlonn~ir~.

. Two more·.legal setbacks have been .iUffered by John u~ed only for the intend~d_purp~se Those . patten~ ·~l· to write~~
C 11• . ofessioilal organizer of so-called "independent" o~ counting the · 12opulabon of the be rec;i.uired to file the quesbon-

0. ms,. pr . . . . . _ · - · Unlted. States. Answers given by naire and seal it as their brothers
unions m th.e tanker -~~d. · : . seamen and their officers are to be will be doing on the hl1h seas.

The Appellate D1v1s1on of. the-issue after Esso tankermen . ~ad kept in the strictest confidence Forms in bulk will not .be provided
the New York State Sup{eme boo~ed Collins .out and uncovered and' c.annot · be used for puri>oses at any union hall according to pre•
Court has ·ordered a hearing solhe of his activltles aga~st their of taxatfon, investigation or regula- ent pfans. M~st seamen will have
on a charge · that Collins signed an irilerests. The • company. refused tion. . ' alr~ady been covered at their
illegal "sweetheart" deal covering and the he~ing wil;l now . de- The seamen's census forms are places of residence.
eertain operations of Esso Ship- termlne whetner the dispute fs to _...;... ___ ·--------------------- -
pi_ng's US-flag fleet~ · I~ a separate be arbitrated. , . ENSIONERS' ·
State Suprem~ ' ~ourt proceeding, Iri the second case, Collins had . . 1

Collins' lawsuit for $89,000 sued -ETMU' in an effort to enforce
against the Esso Tanker Men's a secret pension plus lifetime pay CORNER
tJnion has . been thrown out of deal he had set up _at the e;cpense ·
court. . or ' the tankermen . . The deal had

point is Bejarano, the original in­
vestigation was implemented by
Reps. Herbert Zelenko, Victor An­
fuso and Francis E. Dom, all of
New York City, to hear first-hand
reports of efforts by the academy
and staff members to keep Kings
Point's semi-military status. Legis- .
lation which would have put" tba
academy on an entirely civilian
footing has been strongly opposed
by the school.

A report this week indicated
that the bill to put the faculty and
administrative staff under civil
service drew favorable committee
action. Their status would then
be the same as that for civilians
at Annapolis.

SIU Criticisms
Traditionally, the SIU has been

critical of the Kings Point opel'.a­
tion on several counts. One is the
Union's belief that seamen com­
ing out of the ranks should be en­
couraged and given opportunity to
becQme ship's officers, instead of
having officers trained in a mili­
tary atmosphere. The other was
that the limited US maritime bud­
get should ·not be used to pay for
training, at Government expense,
of officers who seldom go to work.
at the jobs for whicn they were
trained.

The SIU has also objected to the
fact that the academy Ji~~ been an
"annex" of Annapolis, rather than
a maritime training center, · since
a majority of its graduates either
go into the Navy or into shoreside
jobs. Criticism of Kings Point

·has always emphasized fhat only
a minority of the school's gradu­
ates make a career of shipping in
the merchant fleet .

Red Union
Enterprise:
Cruise Biz

' BERLIN-The former Swedish
luxury liner Stockholm sailed Wed­
nesday for the Mediterranean on
its first trip as a workers' hoilday
ship sponsored by an East German
trade · union organization.

She was damaged in the 1958
collision off Nantucket (Mass.)
that led to the sinking of the Ital­
ian lin,er Andrea Doria and took
50 lives. The Stockholm resumed
her transatlantic run for a time
after repairs. She wa~ bought by
East Germany last year.

Set up now to provide a cheap
14-day holiday cruise for East .Ger- ·
man workers, the ship offers a
vacation that will cost about $100 The "sweetheart'' deal charge been repudiated after the Esso

was made by the Esso tanker un- union fired Colllns -ti::om his post
ion after it was discovered that of "advlsor." _ r

. Vincente Villacian ••• 68 ••• First went to sea from Spain in 1918 or the equivalent of an industrial
when he was a teenager, sailed in Spanish and American tankers, pas- worker's two-week wage. On the

Collins and his cohorts 'in Esso Still in the offing in the fight
management )bad cooked up a between ETMU and Collins is a Na-
1ecret agreement in ·· September, tiorial Labor Relations Board elec-
1957, covering wages and condi- tion. ETMU has filed for an. elec­
tions of . seaml;!n maintaining a tion follow.ing the appearanc~ on ,
r)umber of laid-up Esso ships. The th<:: scene elf a new Colllns-created
agreement, never ratified · by the ,!'independent association'~ seeking
Esso .men, cut wages below ~xistlng to deprive ETMU of its bargaining .
~ontraci standards. Some $250,900 rights. The NllRB has ·already
in back pay ,.is ·at . stake, ~ . ruled 'ihe new associatiOn "super-

ETMU demande~ arbi~ration on visor-tain~ed."

serlger ships, and many types of freighters. He pre- ~ruise the Stockholm will call at
£erred to take runs as they came, and never laid Rhode, Pfraeus and l,'alta en route
back for any particular trip. Brother Villacian to Constanta, Rumania.
joined the SIU in 1939 and shipped in the engine In a slap at West Germany, the
department· .fo"'r 20 years, going on disability benefit Communist trade union organiza­
in September, 1~59. He has three brothers and a t ion that owns the ship stated that

·· number of nephews and nieces in Spl!,_in. And, ac- the cruise operation refl~cts EJst
co,..rding to sources in Baltimorp where -he now r~ Germany's policy of buying pas­

. siqes; the retired Seafarer is very adept .with a I senger and freight vessels. rather
'paint brush., Many, of his oil paintings adorn his than "destroyers from America"
favorite spots in that port city. · as the Bonn government has dqne.



WASHINGTON-=-Technical advances in ship design no\v.
QU~STION: 'Fr~m .. ·your ;xpe~ie~ce, do · m~ny ~eople., tn fo~efgn

•
· threaten a further widening of the once-severely-restricted Alben Amabile, wiper: In. any the Far East, however, most people

have a 1ood Icnowledg~ of . our
language, I ·have found from ex-

Bem'ard Goeb, wiper: Even
such a f'1"-0 f place q Egyp~ d. f" ·t·· f "Am · h" " · port- that I have ever visit.ed, I

e m1 ion o an . encan. s I!'.:---~ . . found ·that . the I vislted 'recentty, .... ·
A prop o ~a 1 now bemg . . .- .majority of the

weighed by a House merchant tr~ed out in ~everal fo.reign coun: populatio~ - es-
. . .. tries, inclu~mg Russia, . Nethel' pecially in public-

b'larme group would authorize lands France England and Italy l f b in . . · . . . • · • ·• p aces o us ess
1mportmg a limited number of and has reportedly been extremely -use the English
hydrofoil craft for experimental succesi;ful. language in addl­
use in tlie US domestic trade. It's Puerto Rico is particularly in- tion to their own.
contended these imports would tereste..d~ in hydrofoil plans, since I also speak Ital-

, this type of craft is deemed most Ian-and if that
spur American industry to · get-< practical for short runs- with cargo, Dr Englis~ doesn't
moving on Cof!struction ere for passengers or both. The short hop get through to them, I use signs
vcean-going use. to the mainland from Puerto Rico and key words to express mY.self.

Hearings on the issue came on as a test project has been strongly ;t. ;t. o\;-
tne heels of a Customs Bureau advan.ced. . . Carlos .Mojica, 2nd cook: I had
ruling approving the import of The principle ·behind the .hydro- very little trouble with t.he unavail-
foreign-made mid-sections for foil is simple enough: If the for- ' ability of Eng-
"jumbo-izing" yessels to be used ward motion of the ship· is suffi-· ·lish-speaking peo-
Jn domestic container service. • cient to lift its ·bull out of the- · pie overseas--es-

US shipyard workers and ind us- water . onto the retractable, fin- · pecially In Eu-
try spokesmen are sharply· pro".' like hydrofoil structures, the ves- ~ope. I speak
testing the . hydrofoil proposal as set can avoid drag cteated by Spanish fluently
unsound and detrimental to Amer- friction. It ts believed such vessels and have a work·
ican-flag trade. The imports, they can achieve speeds of 60-80 knots, ·Ing knowl~ge of
say, would amount to more than ideal for coastwise or intercoastal Portugese and
just "over-scale models" to . test operation. Tne proposed imports .itaUan. T h i s
the overall feasibility of hydrofoil would be in the 100-ton or under combination plus
ship .operation. class.. - English gets me around nice!Y· ,In

Opposition by US shipyard in- . , -
tercsts was given impetus when a E c . . b Q . ' o· I • t
West Coast firm, Waste King, ex- X· art ueen pera or-
pressed i~s readiness to undertake . . · , _ •
construction of a prototype vessel
here. It strongly contested any
foreign "invasion" of the domestic
construction field.

Hydrofoil operation on a small,
limited ~cale has already been

Bac~~ln ·Runaway .Trade
M.IAMI....:.....A converted . form.er Navy landing ship is sched-

perience. 1.

. Jim Ryan, AB: People who come
in contact with seamen all over the

I found no prob­
lem . with" the lan­
guage barriei I
think the· built of
the business peo­
ple ove ·rseas
make it ·a '.point to
learn English and
other foreign ·Ian­
g u a g e s because

world invjlliably ·
speak e n o u,g h
Eoglish tcr be un­
dentood. As for.
me personal}Y.. I
go out of my way
to absorb as much
as I can of for~

it's very beneficial in a cas~ like
thl\t. " -------- -eign languages. I .

:~:~~~ra!~ ~:~ Nor'o· ·l·k · 1n
phrases and words because you C!ln IJ .
never tell )Vhen you may neJ!d .

something in a hurry. G · · -d Sh ·
Xeii ~r, o!:' r! ~ought di_. . . 00 ape

i'~tioils or converse~ with foreign- NORFOLK-Horizons · that did
. ers all _over Eu- not seem overly bright in this port,

r.ope and Asia, suddenly cleared and the · sunshine
and it has neyer poured . through. during the pa.st
failed ~o far that period. A total of 58 seamen were
someone always shipped from ·here in the ·1ast two
speaks ample En- wee~s.

glish to commu- Previously reported as "good,''
. nicate. As -for the shipping sit.oat.ion . has ad­
. myself, I don't vanced .to . very good,. according to
speak any foreign Jeff Gillette, the acting' port agent
language whatso- here. - ·

ever, but I . am .sure it would be During · the past period four
very desirable for everydne- ships . P.aid , off .and . . four ·more
especially seamen-::-to - lflarn as signed ~n:'. T~e p~:y;o!~s wf"re .. }?Om-
much of a foreign language as ' h - v d

Get That SS
N·u~ber Right

possible when overseas. pleted · OD · t . ·e -Penn anguar
uled to kick off a new "roll-on, roll-off" commercial cargo ;\;. ;\;. $ <PenQtrans), Zephyrhills <.Pan -
service.' between here arid Guatemala next month unde. r the ·American), Marore <Ore) and' Fort

• Kalle R~?konen, olier: In _35 · Hoskins <Cities Service): T~e Penn
lfond~an. ~I~~· - . . : . years of sa1lmg, I've never had any Vanguard an~ the Zephyrhills also

Seafarers filing vacation
The . modified LST, bemg riei: Taurus. During her service as trouble with Ian- signed oil, as did the Bents ;Fort

used for the new venture is .a commercial v~sse\ hauling .g u age barriers. · (Cities S.ervice) and Oremar, <Ore).
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.

operated by Eric Rath, former MSTS cargo, she was manned by Name any port- Five vessels were listed as in-
head of the T.M.T. Trailer Ferry, Seafarers under an SIU contract. and , I know transit at the end of the .two.week
Inc., and is patterned on a similar The new LSTS operation, with there's not one i- 'report. They were the Warrior and
operation attempted by that com-- a vessel named the Salvador Run, haven't been Jn..:. DeSoto tWaterman), the ,.Alcoa
pany in 1958. Beset · by financial is slated to . offer weekly service and· I can say that Polaris and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa) ..

·troubles, and engine and machiri- from here fo the ilew Guatemalan nine times out of and the Miami <Cities Service).'
ery failures on the" war-built · ves- poft 'of MatiaS° de Galvez. She· c'an ten some.one. AI• the beefs were settled iii a

Also, a Seafarer who uses , the
incorrect ~cial Security num­
ber is creditin~ bis tax deduc­
tions to some other US worker.

sel, the company defaulted · on accommodate 16 truck . trailers on speaks English. · ·satisfactory manner,_ and indica-
mortgage payments. the top -d~ck and 40 cars on 'an Though I -am i _ tions are that shipping will con-

Taken over. by the Government, enclosed "lower deck. Loading time native of Finland, I also· speak ·unue to· remain ,goQd, in pace w.Jth
the motorship _Carib Queen has is .. suppqsed to 'be: two hours , at Swedis~ and a .bit of Russian, In last period.'s unexpected but well
since become tbe Navy missile car- ·each, end of the 820-mil~ run. _ addition to English. · ·re~eiv~.d· spurt. ·

Batch· Boards
. . ·I . , .

,. - ~ . .

Are BaZards!··
..

L~ose debris ar~und &n open hatch can be a quick w~y.
to leave a ship. Unfortunately it could be in the . harbor ·,
rather than ~t . port. Cargo _hatches that. are sealed at ,$ec;t
are sometim~s opened if! . the harbor to make ready fo~ off·
loadin11. The boards and dunnage will always be ther.~; ,so, .
if .you must leap to get somew.here in a hurry, look b~fore
you suff e.r ! , · - · · · · ·

• I

' Another unavoidable -llazard is the slippery ·deck itself.. _·
· It tOo rs always there and has to be navigated wit.11 car.e af ~
all . times.

l,t pays to see your way ~lear whatever. you do so .you ·· . .
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se .. ·r pa ' ff .. •d T B Un · B • 0 pig with an appeal to "elevate and · improve the level of ·labor-~nagem~i r~Ja~~ps~' ,, ~d-fa . a a • .,r.1-,.uu) e, o. e1iu;;f, . oym6 deciSion to' hold a top-level conference of union~ and industry leaders to f~gtire out how to
B11 Sidney Margollul dq this.

·The current attack .by indus- tile Workers. It found the union
now in full compli~nce witlr the

try on the- labor movement AFL-CIO Ethical Practic~s Codes;
wa~<c;ited !8S ,,. the: reason for the Supported the passing of a one
Suggested conference. billion dollar school construction

Rapping industry's scare issue .bill which it deemed necessar~ 'to
of ·"inftatlon" as it3 answer to all meet the current crisis in educa­
union· <;Jemands, the Coun'cll has . tion; •
ut1ed' Wh~te· IJouse action to lm~ Asked prompt action ofi the Fo-
pl~~.en~ a . formal get-together. rand bill providing health care for

oh .the affirmative side, the the aged tinder the Social Security
C~uncil "toolC the· following steps: system;
· Lifted the two-and one-half year Called on Congress to pass a

monftors~~P over the United Tex- strong civil rights ),>ill' wtiich will

insure that Ne,groes are not ·denied
the right to vote or other z:ights; .

Urged that Congress grant cQm­
pulsory data collection powers to
the Labor Dept.'s Bureau of Labor
Statistics.

It also wrapped up ' a merger
agreement between the Pennsyl­
vania Federation of Labor and
State Industrial Union Council.
This leaves New Jersey as the
only state that has not completely
worked out a statewide labor
merger, but unity is _expected with­
in a few weeks. If there is no
action, the AFL-CIO is expected
to "move in, lift their charters and
m,erge them," according to George
Meany, Federation. president.

Two resignations were mad~ .
public from the top ranks of. the
labor movement. Albert White­
house, director of the AFL-CIO
Industrial Union Department, re­
signed to return to the . Steel­
workers, and Richard J. Gray,
president of the AFL-CIO Build­
ing and Construction Trades Dept.
is resigning due to advanced age.
Gray is 73 years old and has served
as head of the Federation's build­
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. C""USSIO "e·a- - Bigger,_: Deffer fo.recasfs? •rnest De l•lltte1 Secretary, •• Ro- home. Crenember1 to keep every • ... , • . -- 111.ro. itouon· m1de to have keya made one out of uielr room1. Vote of

' for etew meallall pantry '° that It thanu to the lteward peraonne •
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.Len. d·-Le· .~ .a·se Ac· car·. d' .·. Wea-l ther·. en thanklfor~wuddeputmentfortbe .· INEi c•um, Chairman, waiter _ sood food lteJ.n& served. , lchnelh Secretary, Roger L. Hall. One
~ " man fa118d to ·jotn , lblp In_ ~al.V4'.•ton.

' . · · • • - • •u~flWAT•R ><M9fro IPetroleuml, Gook- ~Qltalll.4 In ~l!I·l!i~•DI.
· ' · ~ Jan. 2-Clllllnnan.1<- G. A-'nl•)· leer.. Cblef ard :JMilliHallzed 'lll _I~nbul

WASHINGTON-After . a long and controversia1 ~series· of Mov· ... e -: .Up._town· •tary, ~'!· Tredjlln.'. So far averythlnS aifd re ed tb 'Iii.Ip In Naplesi Oiler-
s · t U · d U •t d St t h' fin II d · is n111run. amoo\hly. Advised crew ·had accldent 1n. Savona. !left ahlp In talks: the OVle IllQn an . Ill e a es ave a Y agree 'to ·se& alont and play lt cool durlnJ Cadiz to 8y to the States. Motion con·

on terms for the settlement of Russian World War II maritime the Ions stay In Brazll. Steward de· demnfns the atorln& and feecllng un:
debts. The Settlement Ot t}le partme,rt 1 II . to make fee until we der new prosram. There lir less foo_d

reach' I 'le flrl$ port. It la 1aggeated than before . ...J>l1culsion held on the
Government's .$1.4 million certain ' lon·g-term agreepients WASHINGTON-Slllted to .\15e ·• that th• n.ol.le be kept down 10 that quality and quantity of auppllea 1n

:h. h t d •t b"t f hi h 'd d .._ th men- o• watch ean-, r~at. medJctne cheat. Thl1 hH been a suit against the Amtorg .. Trad- w i~ c:.-ea e QUI. e a i ... 0 re- new g powere ra ar se.., e : · · -· ---· - ·· · ~ problem , aboard thl• vessel before.
jng Corp., Russia's agent -m New sentnient in this country, and led New York wea.ther· station will ' CHIWAWA ' 1c1tli1 Service>; No "ate ·Request actlon. .
York,. was annouqced by Acting to a. suspension of t,he talks. move from Battery Park to .llocke- ~=;:;"'ltWu. Ii.No~:!!::.' :V~C::V~':i.':; ·· FRANCES CBum, Fitb. i-Chalrman,
Attorney General Lawrence E. The . Soviet Embassy charged feller Center about July 1, the US w. o .. wancien1 Secretary, N. H; Lam-
walsh. · that Premier . Khruschchtv. and Weather Bureau ·.a~ounced re- ·, bert. Each foc'lle to tet" own key for

· • ' ' pantry: U 11 to be Iu;pt::lbclietl for
The settlement covers all ship- President Eisenhower had >c'gi'eed cently. The prese~l ,q~art~rs are - D. · e · .. · · prot'ectlon ' from outsideri. · Some dlit-

J>ing, maritime and related claims· .to link ;r..entl-Lea'se de.ht se~tlement too low tQ avoid,, bouncing_. of -ta- · · :. · iges· · t -... · ' · puted OT. one man llhort.- Mate
. R . b t , th "th t d A- d't t dar beams and:. g·eilera1 i"terler- .. . . ' ' -· ; . ' ca1led Job ) n ·s.n .Juan ,but 'Joti \\'.Bii by the :US on · ussia e ween . e wi ra .e ~nu ere i ag~e":!~en s . + . .. . . ,' -:· , .··, .-·1 . .. · : .. ;·~_ notdllled> 'Balance .of foc'1Ie1 to be

years i94,1-1946 inclusive. , Tile _at last. year's Camp DavJ~ ·tdks. ence from the :.s\U-tliundbtg b'uild- ;;- . · •Painted. - • ·· ·
terms of ·the. settlement were a . T]le claims were d~.ni'e'd by the ings. . : '" ·: :· - : '·- . ' . ' ,~ SIIJ' sh· . A'L~~A .. ~~-iAi~ (Alcoa), No d~te
payment ot $1,100,000 by . Russia~ Stat.e Departme~t. -which uid . on· The new move will ..Eeplaee ~ tJie o .... ~: ._· ·. : .. · .. '..- lP·... ~halrman, :a • . H. Naylort Secretary,
and the cancellatton ·:of a !{us&ian .the contrary . ·"Premier .Khrusch- radar antenna:" aton · Ro'ckefeller . M. P ... cois. ~~.tn .tund. Paid 1237.llQ.

'f · .:for - movle1 ·end me..-.t3o. Balance •
$75.0;COO counterclaim for bunker- chev said·-he did1(t ~ee<J, or want Center. · · -- · ·" - · - ·--- . on.hand·1111e.20. •Mot1on·made to have
ing and related services for US. any ~edits/' A. Weather Bureau ..,. spokesman . M. t• all ·llhiP• . equipped with automatic .
ships. ' . The negotfations were eve~tu- said a contract with· the' Radio· -r . ' ee 1n·gs . ~t~~ri: ·NO . bfffa . . ,.. • , : . . ..

: It stilt leaves ,_the matt~r o( ·~ isJlY. "re.sumed ~nit a settlement '.on Corporation of America ~l> use a , - . .. .~ ~- . .. · .. • . .• . · . CA~IG,,NY : tc51t101 · strvlce>, .Feb .. 7
. rep.aymenL of wartim~ LeJ?d.:.J'.,ea~e .t~he _ nrarlt,i~e claims \y.iS ·u,ltimatelY, P.~rt · ~~-, ~oc~~f~lle~ .p~~te~ . a~ · ~ _ _ , ~ ~ · -Chairman, •· Dur1~m1 secretary, ·
aid ilnsolyed._T~he US .~~rtt . $1) bil_-. i:~a~ne.~. A numbe.r of s,Jups giveri weatter station -: ha~ not ·)ret. ·be~n. ; ; ::·~ ~ - ~ .. · .·~-;, -':;· :- -. ·:·" · .:!r::e ~=·~:;,~~~~:Ip~; ~:ie; .

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lion .; .to ; Russia during " W.oi-1~ .' tii ''. l\lissia. under · ~rtime ' Lend- . s igned but detaiis concer~iDg ;the I •· .• • - . ... /. ~ '.· • . • •. ~ ·~ .. CJuii'lea. No~·'·· .so~6 · d1sput_ea ·oT;
• ·• · -.-; t - d- T' · • il" i ' ' hif bi' · d t · sofnt amoothly. ··Vote of thanks to •.-·· ·'. - ., ,~ .. •--..--_,,, -

War II ~ut_. ~c:aled down , i s. e- .:.ease pac~s. are .~tI . n use. s t are . e ng irone QU · th!' ship'• ·delesate. If ia re4ues"leil J • MAJ!> <•lim, • ·-Dec. -~~Chal;man:
mands for repayme.nt to sQme $.~mg . _ that mel8l'oom · be kept clean. Dia ·A11.i11uet 1.-cretarv1 J.· Turklnton: 14

·ir the value of goods with :.... - -., . cu~sion -wa1 held on inadequate menu. in t.he red. No beefl. Crew to refrain

;:a_:;~~e . uses . . The ' itu~s!a.ri~· "f 'a· n· 'k-er· Slum-p se·-en· Spur· Fo~~ .. ~~~ly prepared: ~re~'k. ~t~i:~ ~~cit~:k:1r: t~~tt:te~~
countered with a proposal" to .pay • - · cs · N9RPOLK CCltlt• Service>, D••· · ard department.
$300 mi.llion, which the US·_ re- . :. . . . • . . . . . , _ :l~halrman, •M. H\tchcock1 Sacre-

-· · .,,, tary, H. East. Heaters to be used In MAI! C!Pulll, Febv 4.-Ch.alr~iln, ·wm.
jected. ' ~ ·. , .. ,0- . ·a· .... d.. . ·F, ~ .'. - I . ' t R"• . , :: ~e::i~~r o:ri!~:~ :!~e·::f:re~ ::::;:~r·:u!~~~a~o!i~: F;~~:~;
mii'l::.u~~f~i al~.~ou3!~~.!~i ·~; ' it -. ' .,--:·, -0.r; mp·or . -~ -. u· e : . tt~'i;;;;:t ~t;:; :~:Ei =:~i-.~~i:t"~~ll ~:::i

. _ - for 125 mlni~um. Vote of thanks to . Vote of thanks to the steward depart·
, • :- · · f • ihe steward dep..-iment for delicious ment. • · .,

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.. World .t~nksh1'p operators, who· last year were confronted -chr11tma1 dinner. ·· · ,, · · --. M~SSMAtt !Calmar>, .fa.,. :n~h•lr·
With a ·surp}t:i_5 .• tonnage Of oyer 750 Ship~, Call expect the PEMN VANGUARD (Penn Marine>· man, Carl E. Glbb11 Secretary, Max ·

·· •t t h h · h f 1 200 · l b 1962 . Jan. , 17-Chalrman, H. zurnt• seer.. Greenwald; · New ·ship's delegate elec~ · .'
excess .• capaCl y · 0 teac . ·8 . lg 0 , Vesse ,!) Y , ·tary, A, J. Nelson. No beefs. Some ed. Vote_lof . thanks ~o Maii: ~ M11,rtln
a.ccordin .. g . to a 'predictio·n by+ , . disputed· OT. Repair liat to• be turned· for a good Job Bl actlri& delegate·.·.

· in. Patrolman to be ·asked for 81• Vote of ~hank• also to the. ate.ward
. Sun 'Oil_. researcliers. This t_ons. Using the T-2 'anker capac- .1l_sta.nc_e In - ~bl;_alnl~( a refrl&eriltor depl!rtment and: to "Sparks" i for •the

.(l\i_trtfo."li '::fe-·e.-aj'pbasftes ... the_ ity. as. an. aver age; _this_· am'~u~~.s to . plus a beavy duty toaster for the ~~;:iuc1!1~,, te:u::·~!:11t!ttuptp'·°J:.~·
· · - "" 1 3'"0 h Of th li t d mess, and a mixer for siilley. · Old , . ., ' urgency·· of .. present : ·UDion-~"!ii'p-· . ":t. S lpS. · _lS : S OD or er, linen. to ·be cogdemn_· .. ed. · Metal a'"lta· Steward department representative io

" · - · · th A i · t f th , • give ·check Invoice In -order io "ir old _ ;QW~~r-··; ,~o.V.es .. <to:. preserve the e . mer can · r~gis ~ or •. e to~• · foi: washing · JJU1clilne ~ould. ~e Shott afores. • .
. . · Ain~t~can.:D,ag tankt;1 · flee . from Pl'.O~ected coa~tal ~rade .alone wil~ -;faatt~p.r.ovemc:nt. ,ov~r the present • _ __ , .

, ·ex·;•·•*ctton.·-' call. {or five percent of the Alltl BROWN (81oomt1e1d>;.'i=eb. 7
•lll' ' · ' -Chairman, J. D. Cantrell1 Secr41t,ry,

. . '. total amount. Thus; .196~ Will see ~·LMENA CClovel'. Car;ie.l'fh.l.an.,2f- Wm •. H. Thomp1on. Welfare notified
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Every Sunday, 1620 GMT
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Ships in Caribbean.
East Coast of South
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Shipments "Rising the total excess "in tankers, at tbe Chairman, R. -Deam Secretary, A. that Brother E. L. l\felson was left In
' . Bl.lksvar. Pqmpinan to be paid. off and . the · hospl"~I at tt"arnburg ' Pl ked· "P.

, • .. .. . . , CUrrent rate Of. increase. , reach the sent home.• Unable to make long. VOY• h brother.wsail a .n.nort•Wo·•"'n°g ,wcoL'k.a~ ,.au . Tl'ie tank~!;' · picb1re " remains . M ~.... .. ,. ..

1,200-mark.. ages. Would lllte to find out: from'. and signed him on as steward's-litilitY.
gl~omy desoite a .pr.edicted . 32.9 hea.dquarters ~when_ frelgh~er agi:ec· Repair lists have been· turilell· In, Re,
percent rise in' ·Ocean shipments Action Jnlperative , ment stops and tanker agreement port "on re,11a1ra made at sea •and the

· iitatia, All ·persona who have no busl· rest ,will be turned ovei: to tbe" board· · · '
of oil' over .the . next five years. The actions urged . by the Joint nn1i lr1 p1mageways. me&sroom1 and 1ng p11tro1.Di( n ' at payol!. Captain to
This perce~t.~ge is }?ased . on total Cominiftee on.r OCDM . become foc!ales to· be kept out. .put out - miall draw. 1i.33 Jn ship'•
f Id t d t A · .....;...___..: fund. Anyone wiahlni' to- donate to
ree_ .wor . ra e, no · merican- more- and· more . imperative for . MAR"IMAR. .(Calmar>, Jan. 17...-: sa.iJ\e. can dq, •o· a~ payolt • . ,

-Hag. trade ·alone. _ A'mei-ican-.ftag liv· elihood as thn Chairman, G,uy Walter; .secretary,_ Wll· . - · __ ~ ..
- " llam Dobbins. One man paid off in .ALCOA PENNA~J tA,lc~~), ~ F~~· :+-- ·

Calling for .remedi.~1 action in alarming. increase in ·excess ship- San"j~edro due .tb acctdeflt. 'Unable to . Chairman,. Bruce. Welibi secretary,
Wa~hirrgton, i~e . Joint Committee pJng mounts. Those opposed tp ilet ' replacement Jn such short time. Ray . Sedows~I . . -Everytlµni runnln&

. -Repair listii' f]lould, be· ready to send smootlily. No beets. Discussed · hav·
for American-~ag . Tankers,- in the combined ' effort have stated In from Canal. No beefs. Some read· ing a· commltteer to 1ee . a -Unloilr ofJt."
documented material filed with the that this is ·the worlil scene and Ing matter taken froni the quarters clal conc~rnln& Jobs aboard~ thl• .ves·

· · .,... · · of. one ·-crewmember • .-Would like to 1el. Men have taken' ahlp from fay.up
Office o~ Ciyil .and Defense lVJ.Obil- tn~ i.ndtJstry will "have ·to live have same . returned. and .iot: onJy, ·18"dayl' work. Ship ill
izatipn, has asked for a rule re- wjth ·it:'' · · · -- 1 going· --!'~h~ back tnto · l.aY·~P·

· . ' . · · '-' SUZANNE CBu11>;1 Jan. 23-Chal"'
q~ir~ng 50 perce.nt _o~ the Iiatio.il's One_ of the ~argest qpposition man, H. MobleyJ Secretary, D. C. Has- ZEPHYRHILLS <Penlnsuiarl;· Nov, 27

.ml import car_goe~ to be carried groups_ is the American Mercha.nt · kell. Two . men missed ship. Chief Chalrmiin, Charles Martini '.Secretary,
h A ft t k electrlclan · was hoa~ltallzed OJ!. the Leroy .;.. D. ·Pl•rson. - Slllp'.11 · "(leie'gate

er.e on merican- ~g an -ers. ~ Marine Institute, --dUbbed :by the Azorei. Big Jmprovement In the fooil elected. Llat :to be made ·up of .·sUp· ·
At present, ·a miqute percentage . ·Joint . CQmm.ittee ·as a "foreign- since last meeting. Vote of thanks to plies for llop ihest. ' SJJJall . ilzes '. . ' - ' . . ·.the stewarc;l Cle!rlment. . . needed . , . i - . • -,. - .• -

of 'l!S oil im·ports · is . moved pn ftag · front" .primarily interested 'in ··P•"c, ··13-Ch~lrman, Pleraorii; secr .. .-
·American-tlag vesseli.'·<ocmi ·ilas Pr6.111ofing_ runaway . oiierations by iANDREW - .iACKSON (waterman>, tary, Griffin.- Transportation . taken

, · · ' Jan. 17-Chalrman, W. Wagneri Sacre- care of Mall situation w"' be checked
'promised a full airi.Jig .Of the issue • . the major .Oil companies arid . a tary, G. Melhef'. Few minor beefs and action taken If mill 11 late or .

Total free world. ship tonnage severe detrimeht to all American- which can bti taken cue of on board not forwarded:· Ship's fund Ji; 110.so.
presently. ·on orde~ i~dlc;ates '-A ,Ila& operation~ except tht! big sub- :i;:e~r:lSir9: f:!r~;::::, ~~ . ~::J::i~: s~!::ta;:~~~h:1;.i;;:,· :~- b:~!~11~[J
'gross deadweight '0£ 19.1) · millioll 'sidized services. 1" , _, ' have meat1 checked Bl to quality. in shlp'a fun'c!. Some OT disputed. A

; . Discusalon WBI held regarding the -m~t_lon to hilv• the ship fumigated;

AMONG-OUR :AFFRIATES
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· - The keel for the second new Great Lakes District -and Re~ss
"Searacer" cargoliner for American Steamship Company have produced
President Lines has been laid at the signing of the full " Job Security . 1

tpe · Bethlehem shipyard in San ¥ro·gram and ·Great Lakes." Sea­
Franei'sco. Due to be .ltlanned by men's Welfare Plan bY'. tne.· coni­
the SIU Pacific District under con- pany. .Tall~s are . b.eipg lield· up on
tracts With APL, the· newest ·22,450- oth~r contract niatt~r~, pendJn!hm­
ton ship will be called t he SS Presi- sw.ers fr9m crewmepi_bers ·befng
dent Roosevelt. It will be ·the sis- surv~yed on ne'ce!lsatY workfug .rule
ter ship to the ss· President Lin- changes and other items; The· 12-
. colJi, whose keel was laid down two shii:i Reiss fleet ·went · SIU ·in bal-
µionths ago. · lotting last Decemlier at the Close

t t t · ,. o{ the Lakes' season. ' ~ .

First baby born · under t1!e ex- • t · t ;t., • ·
tended ben'efits' program for de- Voting wUl end· March 2 · in- a
pendents of SIU Canadian District se.cret ballot election to fill the
members has been borlJ.. to.·Mr. !ind va~ant P~~~~im of del~g~t~ of the
Mr~. Clement Anctil .of ~pringfi,~ld New Be~f~.:rd lishe~en,s _. Unlon.

hiring ,of a movJe proJector .• and films . - ·
for next trip, G~TEWAY.. ' CITY 'CPall 'AtJantlc);

,. '· ' ' ', , · _ Feb. ·7.....,.Chalrman, Jo1:tn HoliH'1 ·sac.·
STEEL· DESJGNER <11thmlan), Jan. ret"ry, ,J; Bfoad. N6 beefs . . The water

20-Chalrman, V. Szymanskl1 Sacre- jacket should be ·kept full at all times
tary, .J. A. Glb.bons. No ~utes on In the pantry. Pantry to. be kept ·
OT.· Repairs b'efng taken ·Care of ade· neater.· "'' ,
quately. lllU!J In 1hlp'1 fund when
leaving 'New York. Request that air
condltlonfn'!_' aboard. ~pa be a tllpic
in next negotlaUon1. Move to bring
steward before the· patrolman at New
York · :for his -non union· attitude and
disregard for th11, health· and welfare
of crew. Some food .-' a'Doard is aub·
1tJU1dard. ' Qther fo.oda 1carce. • .

MARORE cMa;;;;;;:- Jen. 2s--C~h~lr•
- mah, . Edward 'Ru,ey,. Secretary, M.

Black. There are · not sufficient stores
for ' another trip. 401h disputed hours
of OT. "Vote of thanks 'to steward de··
partrilent, :r>fotlon .made , .to find· out
why day workers on Marven ships do
not · receive rest periods a11 per agree~,'
ment. : . .

STEEL MAKER UJthft)lan), ·Feb. 7-
Chalrma~, -, N .• 1· A. Huff1 Secretary, L.
Relnchuck. ~!> ~lleef1. . 150 fn ship's
fund. : G. F<?,wli:r .elected ' ah.lp's dele·
sate:. P. M. Hebert, ship's treasurer.
:nepalr.s· may' .be done' in San Fran·
clsco., Dlscuasl.on held on avallablli.t:r'
of ' fresh ·m11Ji: :.1n 'Japan. Brother Mc·
Lellan donated shoe shining tree · to .
·crew .... ,

--.r lBERVILLE <Waterman),, :,Ian .. 10- .
Chalrml!ni J. I. "Lew(f1 Secretary,
William Cameron. Ehner·, ·p, 'Moran '
elected NUP'a delegate. ~ Department
delegates to keeP. name, and book -
number· Qf eilclJ. man-on hand ai all •
time's. ·Ke;v.1 to" be ' ll)ade fot crew
paritry- and 11ame to be loCked at ·all

ZEPltYRHl.LLS"JPan Antarlcan Over· times wlille -,. 1n~ :Port. · A diacuiidon
seas>, Jan. 31-Chalrma.n G. • Schlo11le1 WBI held on 1afe workinir conditjon1 .
Secrefary, '.I. Griffin. Rec~mme.nda· on de.ck. - ,

· tlons . made up for -the next trip. · ' · ::;:-- .
Ship's fund · stiyid11 at S.10. No beefa. WACOsTA fWJitarma">. Jan. 2t­
Some dlsputed"<r:l'· Ship t11 ·be, ·'fuml• , Ch1lrt:n•!'•· iai;n~i. ,Pu~lel!1 .•ecr,etary,
eated to eet rid of ~oac:hes and snails. Wiiiiam , I(, Bltrryt'!ltl~ One man bo ..

. - ·--·· pltal.lzed In· Charleato;n. One· meinber
ROBIN/ 'tRIENT '<Moore-Mc;Corroack>1 .,j111;11ed · away·. 11t. ~•., Ja". : 23 and. 11 . _P~r~ .Quebec. The b~by,~ _a b~y, .. T~e two - ~a;Dd~~ate~: p~ ~t~~ "b~Uot

Vincent, was born in •the Herbert compeUng ~9r · tp~ ~~ca.n~Y ~re
Re.day Memorial a:ospitaJ in Mo.it- :f~·ancis ' E, · Foley ~d E~,!~4· f :
trla'P-6'n Dec 17 ~959 ·~· · -. • Patenaude. ' Five o,t'her )10.min~es .

J4tn. 244.Cha(rma?, (not,. lllted)1.,,S.~c·· ·~beln& ,brought back' ,oq ship,, Cqm•,
·r retary," It McVey. It· ·I• .iareed,., thd plaints on ;rusty. ~•ter ·'aitd on "food. ,
1 ~tl!e. sh!P'I. ,fp~d is 'not: ·to cixci;ed' 150. 'Suegestfon thai . compllll'nt1 , be:, .taken
', .One man 1;P,;ald oLln <,Lourebco M'.ar· .up-at Union meetln&:. Uige· Ien -nol••

· : ·. ·· ·. 1 ' : . were. disqualific4_ U:fldEl_r - the · con~
t t · ;\;. · stitution by, -a ra.nk-~'nd-file •com-

. Negotiations between ·. the' SIU mit.tee. · · - ·

ques and· replaced. One'·member In .~n quarters. Day men to be IUrnl1hed
hospital. 1. ~ of 1hlp'1 fund ilven to : heater. Nt;ed · ,new ,t mattrelllies ' -for.

.• two" SJ:U Brothers 1ln ho.:Pltal In. ~ hospital; more bot c·oft'ee for bzeak·
·Balance of S3IS plull-' a cOUe~tion· WBI fast. :, · 'i' '



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. . . lhe LOG v~~1te . tmar l Co\mar l which . °:.c~ a~i~!~Y Of'.'
:_: d b ded the Mary · · ,. "' · 'fhere · :vt05 m . d tments

an oar ... · • tercoasta ru~~ d ff ·cmd a\\ --~r .h .
. . c\lian· after an an . moving on an 0 I er intercoastal ~P·.

.. . board: · ~a.rgo -~a; preparatio_l)s f~T ~ho~h long. Beachi Calaf.~
w~·r~ bus1!y1na an Mar mar ~~d reac e . Cana\. . . -- '·At presstt~e, .th:un thr~u.g\\ · the Pa'!9ma .
after making ~ . . -' . . . . . / ·

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, : J,leadying a po~ P.f coffe~ for the deck watoh (above;. left) is ~. E. Townsend, OS.
In_ the ·Marym_!lr:s engine roJipl (a~ove, right>, pump repairs.·are made by (1 to r>

; · ~~n ~ub1:>ar9, o~Ier;. Irving .1'e'_Y •. 1lst Assistant, and William ' Trac~ill,\ oiler.

Stowing loose gear topside is an important job and makes for a safer ship. Above,
clearing area of runner are (1 to r): Seafarers E. Barnhill, ship'~ delegate, Jack
Ger\rais and Jim Macunchuck.- Looking on is bosun John Yuknas.

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Enjoying a·riate afte~noon break over coffee (clockwise, l:r) are crewmen A. Di Fa~
·;briz.i,o, Jolin Cl{lpp, ':Red" Townsend, . R; Cummings,· John Yu~as, S. Daumoru,
.11.D. Bergeria, and J. Mc Graw • .. Off camera were J. Kisten and J. Macunchuck.



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Dr."9 _:Qui~ ·H,:it@s,~J:ice-RiggUig:. un.,i!trsea.<m•q> · Sal8 '.ftears ·
w ASHINGTON~MoW:g' J; high iear ~ga1.:,u.e s;,imte•s Anti-~ loiliC~;Jl;:il1,ftff :~{: '• ; ·• '\""'· • . ;; ' .. ;, ;, f~<;l

tinues t~ p;r~_be -~~e h!gh c~~t· of !Pediciri~ a~d its tr~Jic . pn)>a~ts. S~a~~eac{~i.~~', ~nf'.~~ { ! ' ' · · -".i·~i ·. ~ ,. · · · '• ff
· Estes f~eft; :~~e~ (hD~i:n ...

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· manu ac ur~r.S' w o se . e1r ' . · · · - -· , ,, ... .· · ~r ~ ~' f ' ~ ~-hJr~· ... ) .1·-, .. ~· "' rn ·~
wares at a . reasonable cost, manufacturer at $6.25 per- thou- ·any· th.er.apeuti .. c ~ffect b.eyond ·t"at , .. ·d» ~, -t f ;-~ ~-lt~:-t• ! 1 ~--. :";.('~~

:::ere~s~::;1~n:a~!;ilsr~~\;:i:_ :r~d~h~n ::U~~ ~:t:::ir~~ · ~~:: of ;;:~1;!~=~;x;!i;;~d to ta1k

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selves are nearly as extinct as the uct labelled Serpasil said he the Carter company about Its. al- · · ., .. .:- · • · · · J: ,.... ;
Dodo bird. had to pay $100 for the same leged receipt of royalties-in connec- . · ~~~~ ~{..~g~l':-:- ~~~~ts

Although most of the subpoenaed amount. Most doctors' prescrip- ttori with the sale of the patented have ad\tancecl:·tbe scbeduf~(l"cfate
witnesses have shown little co- tions are written · for brand-name "mephrobamate." .C a 1' t er em- ~or the public' auction o)"1he a ban·
operation with - the Senate group, drugs. · ployes unwillingly testified that the ~oned rupaway vessel GeorgJos A.
testimony so far has flooded ·law~ A?ot~er fir~ to be called before wholesal,e puyers ot' the . patente4 as the · s1,(1· ,Canadian District .con•
makers' offices with _ tons of · mall the mvestigatmg bo~y .was· the Car-. tranquilizer refused to engag~·, in· .tlnues :' fo · 'p.rovid~ · her stranded
protesting inflated drug prices. ter Products Inc. Prior to its re- a price war,-·as is often found in Greek ~ew with' iood, cigarettes
The. inquiry began last December. cent call before the subcommittee, the gasoline industry. Accordingly,' and· other· aid~" -

Under fire for .the most part is the same company lost a battle with the buyer had to pa.y the. added 'The date for ihe auction has no.w
the manufacture and retailing of the Federal Trade Commission and costs of high-pric.ed acJvertising And been set. forward to March 1,. ap-
" tranquilizing" drugs. Reportedly, the right tQ use the brand name the armies of detail men. that solicit cor'dJng to SIU· officials . . The origi.
resperine, one of the three major "Carters Little Liver. Pills." The doctors on behalf of new drugs. ·-nal date had .been '.February 17,
types of tranquµizer, is sold by one "Ii\rer" was decreed not to have The ultimate consumer. pays still foll~w!rJg an ~IU petition filed. in
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LABOR ROUND-UP they lack a license to make the , Former Se a fa re r Walter Held up .until all cargo aboard
product thus must .stick to· Govem- "Speedy~_· . Daspit • (left) • took ,could be -disc~arg~d, the s~le will l

Firms limited in sales because the crew.

ment and institutional sales to stay up deep-sea diving when he climax a neat:lY two~~obth battle
'---------------------------- in business-or pay the royalty ' ·quit sailihg and is still hard at to secure repatriation and back

RanJt-and-file· members ' of the . tion fallout shelter in front of the charges on patented-drugs. · wages for the all-Greek crew
- communications • Workers of ' Steel Pier at Atlantic City. This Testimony before the ~omfuittee it. Daspit.has his own diving abandoned in port when the own-

America have started a program is ~ part of labor's program of COJ ako bared the contrast in the . and salvage outfit in Grand ers disappeared and left a moun·
.of assistance for local eye banks operation with the Office of Civil brand-name c9 mpanies' payrolls for Isle, · La., and n~w ·plans to tain of debts bWiind. Total unpaid
~s part of. a nationwide drive t :l and Defense Mobilization, whose top brass. One president ·receives open a diving school. bills run nearly $800,000, accord-
a '.d the blind. The program is an goal is to have a demonstration $100,000 annually ·while .another Ing to the last report.
outgrowth of a resolution adopted unit in every city and, eventually, firm with·two men '.at the helm pays ' 0 ti I k' o· It is expected the auction will
at the CWA's 21st convention. The installed in every home. This each one $126,000 a year. Other u 00 1m· provicle .dollar for dollar sat1$faC·
Ur:ion has prepared a booklet cov- brings to 17 the number of cities benefits will give each .of these . • t!_on to the underpaid, harrie(l
ering the subject of eye transplan- in - which labor has constructed company officials some $25,000 crew. ·
t1tion, complete with a listing of such · shelters. Building supply . yearly alter retirement plus lil very . For Fr1·s· ·c· 0 _ ' ~. . Informed of the crew's plight
51 eye banks now operating in the firms have donated all ·materials comfortable block of stock. when the vessel was stranded here
liS. gratis, too. While the Kefauver subcommit- in mid-January, the Canadian Dis-

1- ot. ' ot.
American Bakery & Con(ection­

ery Workers Local 503 has won a
union victory over the c: F.,.Sauer
Compan-', in Greenville, SC, a
town that hasn't seen such a feat
in some 20 years. Amidst a vicious
anti-union campaign, the ABC lo­
cal scored a solid 32-20 NLRB vic­
tory at the Sauer company, as­
tounding the local Chamber of
Commerce which termed the whole
thing a "shock."

. EmployE!es of Dunham Busht Inc.
in • West Hartford, . Corin., have
voted in favor of representation by
the International Association of
Machinists in an NLRB election.
The succe5sful vote climaxes a ten­
year-drive by IAM at Dunham
Bush. The union recevied a deci­
sive 70-vote-margin this year de­
spite a sharp company campaign
against the movement for organiza­
tion/ IAM lost by 20 votes last
year. About 400 workers are in­
volved.

The Transport Worken Union
has formally set up picltetlines in a
strike by TWU navigators against
Flying Tiger Airlines. A spoEes­
man indicated the Air Line Pilots
Association was honoring the pif:k­
etlines · and operations of the
freight carrier out of the affected
terminals had been shut down. Al­
though agreement on some contract
terms has been reached~ picketing
followed company insistence on pri­
ority job rights for 14 non.:union
navigators hired after the walkout
began~ ·

tee is scheduling its next go- trict has been supplying food,
around for this· week, the Food SAN FRANCISCO-Shipping is smokes .phd legal as~istance to· all
and Drug Administration is p\lsh- very slow in this port, notes .Port hands since that time. Operated
ing on gs deadline regarding bans Agent Walt Sibley. Since tlie last urreler Liberian registry, the· Geor­
on food additives. According to a report there have been no payoffs gios A. is reportedly · a ai~tersbip
top, FDA official, few, . ff any, food and things are almost-· at a· stand- to the Panamanian-flag ThePdoros
additives wiil be barred· from use still. • ·, ~ A. that was similarly ·abandon~d
by next month's deadline. · Last period there were seven · in Detroit last November. ·

March 6 is the deadlin,e"for. addi- ships in transit and 16 men shipped • .,
tivcs users to prove to the US. that in these vessels. Prospects for the
their chemicals are safe. for human future are dim with only one pay- Trade Ul_·

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consumption. In the past it was up off (or the next period in sight. ff~ · 1·
to the Government agency to prove This is the SS City of Alma.
an additive harmful before it could Congratulations are extended to By· SOV. ,.,.,$
be banned. · There ~re nearly 1\000 members of the SIU affiliates in
additives known to the FDA but the Pacific District for their cour•
safe-to-use data has been submitted age and seamanship during the 11•5· f5 Cia1•n ·
on only 80 ·chemicals. The ques- near disaster on the Angelo Petri. ...
tioned chemicals are used by the Due to a rearrangement of of.: ·In the face ·of a decline in Amer~
food, farm, livestock and food pack- fices in the building here, the tele- lean-flag merchant trade comes a
aging industries. · phone 1 n~ber has been changed. report from the USSR that it hais , .

.One .official stated that-numerous Anyone d,esiring .to contact the San achieved further goals In i~ eco.­
additives will be "generally recog- ,Francisco office ai 450 Harri~on nomic offensive ·against the US and
nized as safe," and this will make Street should· call DOuglas 2-4401. the West:
the chemical exempt from ri~d There was one sign-on during the Soviet trade figures released re­
scientific tests to ,prove safety. To period, the Maiden Creek .<Water- cently show. that almost 30 per­
dat~_230 additives have gained such man). The following ships we~e In cent of ·the Red blqc's trade 1s c~·
freedom. They include D\Ostly transit: Northwestern V i ct or y, ried on with non-Communist coun­
food seasonings such as cinnamon, Coeur D'Alene V_ictoryr- .fefferson · tries today. The ·'tow was 20 per­
nutmeg, thyme and vanilla. Other City Vicfory ·<Victory); Texmar cent In · 1953.
Industries may gain on'e-year ex- (Calmar); Erna Elizabeth (Alba- . ,Trade with all nations by the
te~sions beyond the March dead-· tros1>; Maiden Creek <Watermq.> Sil)9-Soviet bloc has also Increased
line to prove th~lr product's safety. and Thetia ,(Rye Marine). 600 percent In' dollar value. It

Organized labor · has given
some $218,886 . in contributions
to The Intemational Woodworkers
of America headquarters in an ef­
fort to aid some 6,000 wooaworkers
in N ewfoundlaml who have .been
on strike since New Year's Eve a
year ago. At that time, the work­
ers tried tb. obtain demands for a
work week under 60 hours and im­
proved living conditions in woods
camps. They met with violent po­
litical pressure from the local pre­
mier, Joseph Smallwood, who man­
aged to get through the legislature
il bill rescinding th~ woodworkers'
legal certification as _bargaining
agent. · Then Smallwood used his
influence tQ initiate the formation
of a provincial union known as
the Brotherhood of Newfoundland
Woodworkers-a scab outfit. Those
IWA members who refused to dis­
own their membership were black­
listed and unable, as a result, to
obtain work.·

Mount Evans Men Relax In .Genoa
has jumped from an overall total
of $3 billion to over $18 billion in
the past ten years. .

B u i I d i n g -and .C~nstructio~
Trades Council worker.s are going
to build-for free_.:..a demonstra-

Make Checks
Tei 'SIU-A&G'

· Seafarers mailin~ in· <;hecks
or money .orders · to the Union:
to cover dues payment~ ·are
urged to be sure to:. make all of ~ ·

'. them pa-yable to th;:e sm~.A&G
District. , - · . . . . '. ._ . . :·· . e

Some Seafarers'. have ·sent b,J .: '
. : clie,Cks 'and' mon~y,· aroefs: .~p,:th'e ,"
· narp~s -<iJf · indlvicfoai Jread'qclai_: "
~: tefs:i.t>Hicili~ n~iJia1reS. ~F~ ...,,
· pr<ibiem· in' bookkeeping .. whfcll
. can be · avofded ;ii e1ieclti ·'a~
. ma-ae:· oU(~'ibe- trnioo'- i:Hi-~J;':''!

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In dollar value, Sovie£ trade
with "'free .wortd nations only. rose , I ,
by 70 perceqt to nearly $7 billion
hi· 1958. l'!ast-West , tr~de; with'
~derdeveloped countries on a
credit basis has . been . cit~d ~ as
"p"roof" of the successful ·trade

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Pa1e Elevea

Containership Dispute
Resolved In Venezuela
· LA GUIARA, Venezuela-After a 20-da,,Y tie-up of the
new Grace · Line containership Santa Eliana, an interim
agreement has been reached to pave the way for unloading
of the vessel. t · · ·

Even after the government eventually worked out after sev­
here stepped in, . port work- eraJ weeks' delay in the new oper-
ers refused' to _work the highly- ation. ,
automated vessel until the com- Right now, . t.he future of the
promise plaD' was reached that the

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Grace .Line ·~ontainer run is un­

containerized cargo could be un- , determmed, smce no formal agree­
loaded by hand. J ment on future vessels .has been

'The dockers contended that the reached. The only apparent accord
labor-saving operation represented so far is that Grace will not send
by the Santa Eliana would do away any mo:re container vessels into
with many jobs. The ship carries this area pending a full and final
176 containers. · settlement of the issue.

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Waterman "' .

Shifts Run

Second Ship Stalled
A second new vessel similarly

converted by Grace Line for con­
tainer service between here and
the US is reportedly being held
up in Baltimore by the company
until the kinks ip the new opera­
tion are worked out.

The situation recalled a similar
situation affecting the start of
Pan-Atlantic's container service
between Puerto Rico and the"main­
land last year. A premium pay
arrangement for 'the dockers was

In-Transits
Pep Houston

HOUSTON-Business and ship­
piQg have been pretty good for
the past two weeks, reports Port
Agent Bob Matthews. There were

· 21 ships in transit, three foreign
payoffs and one coai;twise payoff.

The overwhelming vote, nearly 20 to one, by which the· The .new sulphur tanker, the SS
members of the Alaska Fishermen's Union chose to affiliate Debardeladen Marine I, has
with the Seafarers International Union of North America is crewed up ar"t will be running in
f h d the Houston area in the near urt er .evi ence of the attraction_ which the SIUNA structure future. A contract was reached
holds for workers in the maritime industry. In a sens~, the earlier with the company. The
~IUNA set-up is ·unique .in: th~ absolute degree of lo.c_a].,auton- vessel, a converted Liberty, will

SAN FRANCISC~The SIU- omy it permits its affiliates. run between Beaumont and Burn-
manned City of Alma <Waterman) Unqer the SIUNA system, it functions, in effect, as a federa- side, La., .with Houston a.s home
will launch a new regular shuttle ..tion of fully-independent organizations. The members of all port.
iervic~ between -Puerto 'Rico and of these district unions control their own affairs, elect their During the last period, the fol­
the Pacific Coast .next month. The own officers, negotiate their' own contracts, set up their own lowing ships paid off: Steel Chem­
Waterman vessel . .will ' load San consti~utioiis and their· own membership_ procedures, without ist (Isthmian); Pacificus (Colonial);

· Alice Brown (Bloomfield); Gulf-
Juan, Ponce and Mayaguez cargo interference from the internatiQnal union. At ~he same time, water <Metro>.
and· proceed dire~tly on the return these d~verse union groups in different areas, having dif- Steel · One · ship signed on-, the
trip to West Coast ports. fer~nt problems and different types of management to cope Chemist <Isthmian), and 21 ships
' A 40-day sailing frequency is with, can pull . together on common problems without fear were in tr;msit: Cantigny, Cities
plan~ed for the run. The Alina that any orie segment will try to dominate· or influence the Service Miami, Council Grove,
had previously covered a route ot.her. · · . Norfolk, Bents Fort, Baltimore,

. fr.om the Pacific Coast to Puerto · The Alaska Fishermen's Union's affiliation is particularly Royal Oak, Bradford Island (Cities
- Rico, then out to the Far East and timely in view of the severe problems confronting fishermen Service); Margaret Brown <Bloom-

. fjnally back to the 19oast again. under the. American flag today, including . an enormous flood flel~); Seatrain Lo~isiana, S~a-
Other . waterman vessels now on of imports . and the. Qbsolescence of American-flag fishing. tram Texas · <Seatram); De~ R1

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the Puerto Rico run will reported- boats. With fishermen working together on both coasts Del Campo, Del Sud_ (De~tal , Bu k
Jy be switched directly to the Far . · Leader <Am. Bulk Carriers); Re­
East, but other Waterman opera~ Utroug~ theJ~IUNl\,. they can expect greater progress toward becca <Intercontinental); . Barbara
tions and Pan-Atlantic's containeF ~ solution oi;i these issues. . Frietchie <Liberty); Atlantis (Pet-
service will continue unchanged. t t t rol); Capt. N. Sitinas (Tramp Ship­

ping); Michael (Carras) and ·war­
rior <Waterman).·

~Tu·.-.ned Down OT?.
Don't B!~i On S.S

Headquarters. wishes to re·
i mind Seafarers that men · whu
·: are . choosy al>ont WOl'king cer­
' tain overtime ca-nnot tlxpect an
;equ'al number ot'OT hours with
; the -rest of. their department. In

"' 'some crews ~ men - have been
_ 'turning down unpleasant 'OT:

;·-jobs · an<;t then detjt~dilfg to
corre up with equal overtime
whl?D the easier jobs. come lor .;.

Nt, M'ore Blaeklis~?
A step towards self-respect was taken by the ug ·Navy last .

w~ek when, Ul)der heavy pressur.~ from the maritime ·unions
and a ~tinging repudiation by President Eisenhower, it dis­
card~ its shamefµl "blacklist" charter agreements for Ainer­
ica:i;i-fliig vessels: These agreements, it will be recalled, put
formal .'Navy approval on Arab League blac.kli$ts of any
tanker's w.~ich ever· ~appene~ to touch an Israeli -port.

US ·Injury
·rota/ Up

WASHINGTON-Job injur:es in
195l} disabled 1,970,000 American
workers, according to advance esti­
mates recorded by the US Labor
Department's Bureau of Labor Sta­
tistics. ApproximatelY.. 13,800 of
the injuries resulted in death . -

The 1959 injury· total , the high­
est since 1953, was eight percent
above the 1~58 figure. Computed
on the basis of injuries per thou­
sand workers, the . injury rate
jumped from a 29.4 figure in 1958
lo 31.2 in 1959. Increased em­
ployment is seen as the main con­
tributing factor in the· r ise.

Comparing favorably with the
most recent years, the recorded up­
s\ving appears to reflect an inLux
of new workers with the older more
e~i:>eri1;mced wQrkers shifted to
new processes and activities.

Fatal injuries d:d not indicate
as sharp an increase as did work
injuries durin g the per:od . Al­
though ' the 13,800 death total was
four percent above the 1958 fatal­
ity figure, the rate was lower than
any other year on record. , A dea th
rate of 22 for each 100,000 work· ·
ers matched the re:!ord low estab­
lished in 1958.

When the future effects of the
deaths and permanent impairments
are evaluated and addtd to the im­
mediate loss, the 1959 injury loss
\Vill amount to the equivalent of a
year's full-time employment of
about 540,000 worke1:s, the Labor
Department indicated.

Shorthanded?
If ' a crewmemt>er quits while

a ship is in port, delegates
are asked to ·contact the hall
Immediately for a replace­
ment. Fast action on their part

·Will keep all jobs aboard ship
filled l}t all times- and elimi­
nate the chance of the ship
sailing shorthanded.

' Tl\is practice is urif air to Sea· ~
farers who· take OT job!" as they·
c:ome.
- Tbe.. general objective · Is to

··equalize OT as much .as .possible
but if a man ref.uses disag1·e~

. abie .. jobs "there is' no requir~
ment that when • an· easier job
comes along he can m11'~ .,.. ui> thd'

However, the-Navy's repudiation of the charter agreement
is· only a, small·piece. of the loaf. What is neeaed is something
rar. more positive; namely, -a statement py the Navy~ and either
appropr,iat~ {g~~cie~ that _ they , will i~sist ·on the .:rights of
Ame~i~ap spips,. o.w11~<:l by American citizens,. to carry cargoes ·
Raid for by · the .Amerka.n .taxpayer, .no ·matter what the
previous trading hjstory of that ship might -be. , · .

·r•. the ~vent'- s'ome oil-ptc5ducing nations insist on black- ·
1i$tiRg American ships·, then the" answer ' is to purchase .pil for
the Navy's: account elsewhere; :·su~ll as 1hi ·Iran~ Venezuela,
Indonesia qr right here at home in · Texas, where producti~n
is now-'tlown to. ten .days·pe1;1 month .. For the United States to

In · -the hospital?

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. oy~rti~e: be turned dqwu ueiore. . do otherwise ~s tot~! abdic~tion 'of its rights in-. the ..ipter­

natienal arena and surrender to pure and simple blaclqnail • ...... ...-~--~~ ........... --~.-.~---11 . " - ,
Call SIU Hall immediately I



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-SEAFAIERS· ·.1·1. DR'YIOCI

. Among the Seafarers currently laid up in the USPHS hospital in Sa~
Francisco are Brothers Louis Firlie, George Hill and Edward Huizeni'a,
reports Port Ageat Leon Johnson. . ·

Firlie l_ast shipped as a wiper on the Choctaw and IS' in for an ey~
operation. He hopes to be back with hbr shipmates in the near future.

George Hill, who · was, formerly an
AB on the Northwestern Victory,
was hospitalized with a sinus con­
dftion, but should be fit · for duty
soon if he · maintains his current
progress.

Edward Huizenga, recently on
the Massmar as an oUer, had some
t)°ouble with Ids kidneys but has
been responding to treatment and

Huizeng· a will be released ·shortly, Firlie
In the Norfolk USPHS facility

are Seafarers T. W. Smi~h; I. B. Duncan- and S. E; Purifoy, reports Act- ·
ing Agent Jeff Gillette. Smith last shipped as a FWT on the Penn
l\{ar!n~r ~ng is being ti:eated for a spr.ained back and leg,injurles. He
is progressing nicely and hopes to be discharged soon.

Duncan,-formerly a wiper on the Antinous, had a delicate eye opera­
tion and is recovering slowly. The operation was perfotmed Feb. 14th
and it is not .Possible to determine at this moment just how succe!sful
it will be. Brother Purifoy was admitted for observation recently, as
he was unable to perform his duties-on the ship~ There is no record
yet of his progress or the diagnosis. ·

Seafarers on the beach, or off their ships on ·shore leave, are re-.
quested to visit the brothers laid up in the hospltals, or write letters"
to them whenever· possible.

The following is the latest available list ·O! SIU men in. the-hospitals:
USPHS HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE, MD.

Ramon Aqueda Allen R. Nauman ·
Ben L. Bone John E . Nordsh·qm
Gil Borge . ·ome Purdy
Bernard W. Buster John C. Rose
Charles Cawley Johrt Ross
Claude L . Davis Edgar S. Smith
Maurice J . Flynn Julius B. Smith
Eusebie Gherman · Jose Soares
Walter Gill William Souder
Gorman T. Glaze Curtis Southwick
Frederick M . Leeds P . Wm. Strickland
Charles Locke Eaward P. Trainer

USPHS HOSPITAL
BOSTON, MASS.

KennPth Gahagan Elmer H. Grose
Edgar R. Goulet Harry S. Murray

USPHS HOSPITAL
GALVESTON, TEXAS

Robert L. Ferguson Richard St-0kes
Law1·ence I. Floyd Wm. R. Walker
Robert F. Nielsen Billy C. Ward
Wm. A. Pittman · John W. Ward
Thomas C.- Rlle:v

USPHS HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA

D. ·R. McCollum E. Webb
Edward Polakoff J. Wenger
.T. Powers

US NA VAL HOSPITAL
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

Harry T. Larson
USPHS HOSPITAL

NEW ORLEANS, LA.
T. E. Andrews H . A . . Laumann
·orville Arndt Clyde R. Leggett
William Bar~one F. P. Marciante
Nicholas Bastes Marion Martin. Jr.
John W. Bigwood John G. Naugle
Accurso Bontl - Marvin Nesom
Edward Brevier Richard Pardo
Roderick R. Brooks Harold R. Pasey
Thomas Dailey Louis W. Peed
Benjamin D. Foster Hugh C. Randall
Charles H:ibighorst · Chas. R. Robinson
Manuel Joao • Ramon Rogue
Ernest P. Jonasko llarold P. Scott
Foster Juneau Ernest Smallwood
G. l\f . Kaspnvk Andrew Stauder
Norman W. Kirk ll. W. Tillman
Edward Knapp Walter B. Ulrich

~ August Kothe David L. Williams
Leo H. Lang Nelson J. Wood

USPHS HOSPITAL
STATEN ISLAND, NY

Oscar J. Adams C"'narleS' W. Hall
Felipe .Aponte Juan Hernandez
Thomas Ballard Leonard .Jones ·
Chu. 0. Bergagna Michael 'Kennedy
Joseph A. Dlaka Charles Kinnke
James Carler Stephen B. Kutzer
.Joi1quin -Cor,tez Thomas Lauer,
Victor Doca Cecil Leader
Georire Doherty Thomas R. Lehay
'William 1\1. Dnw Nick Leone
J. W. Eicbenber1 · Carmine Mancino
A. N. Fernandez Marco• E . Medina.
.f.ohn J. Flynn Wilbur W. Newson

· Augu11tu11 Franch Arthur A. Peopl91
Morris Gangi Carl Pletrantonl
Mic!uiel Gottschalk ~aymond. Potorsld

Phillip Pron
Alejandro Reyes
Leon Ryzop
Kassim B . . Samat
Walter Sikorski
George F. Smith
Henry E. Smith
Victor D. Solano

:frank Soriano
E. A. SpauldinS .
Fernando Tlaga
William A. Turk
Claude A: Vlrgia
John Walken
Wm. L Wllllam1

USPHS HOSPITAL
BROOKLYN, NY

Joseph J. Bass John J. Hazel
Matthew Bruno William D. Kenny
Gregorio Caraballo Ludwig Kristiansen
Leo V. Carreon Leo Mannaugh
Wade C.handler Prlmitlvo Mulle
Mallory J. Coffey Jereml.ah O'Byrne
Joseph D. Cox Almer S. Vlcker1
John J. Driscoll R. E. Waterfield a
Otis L . Gibbs Luther E. Wine
Bart E. Guranlck Pon P. Win&
Taib Hasnn ..

USPHS HOSPITAL
NORFO~K. VIRGINIA

JJ, l!i!!rk _ 'J'. P. Park~r '
i'!erbert Broughon S. E. Purifoy · - .
R. C. Camantique G. R. Trimyer
I. B. Dµncan G. Whiiehurst
G. C. Langley H. B. Willia

USPHS HOSPITAL
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

Samuel P. Drury . Edw. H. Huizenga
Louis M. Firlie David L. ·wllllam1
George A. Hill

USPHS llOSPITAL
·SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

S. Bowser. J. Heldt
A. W. Brown George B. Little
A. A. Furst James C. Mitchell

HARBOR GENERAL HOSPITAL
TORRANCE, CALIF.

Edw. O. Johnson
USPHS HOSPITAL

FORT WORTH, TEXAS
R. B. Appleby Max Olson
B. F. Deibler Peter W. Sotire
Woodrow Meyers ·

. VA HOSPITAL
CENTER HOT SPRINGS, SD

Clifford C. Womack ....
lJS SOLDIERS' HOME
. WASHINGTON, DC

Wm. H. Thomson .
' TRIBORO HOSPITAL

JAMAICA, N1t
James Russell

BATTERY STATE HOSPITAL
ROME,. GEORGIA"

Quaentin S. Lee , ·
SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR

STATEN ISLAND, NY
Thomu L-ak!e.n

V~ HOSPITAL
KECOt1GBTAN. VIRGINIA

Joseph Gill
MT. WILSON STATZ HOSPITAL

. · 'KT, WILSON, MD.
Georire D'avil / · .

VA HOSPITAL
R09STON. 'TEXAS '

ArHOult

SE·AF A.RERS £0C ... Febmlll7 11, un

Ship: or ·.Chool.7 1

. ·That !is· Questron
To the Eclitor: · ~· ·

I have eriroIJ..ed in Onachita
Baptist ~ollege wh~re· I' am an .
English major and I hope to
have my.BA in the spring of 61.

My i:egret that I am too old
to qualify for .the Andrew Furu­
seth Scholarship' is softened by

-the very fact that I am here,
. and tbat I am doing well, so far,

in my studies.- ·
I must, however, sell my

house .and small acreage in or­
'der. to stay in school, but I ·w111
be h!lPPY to dQ t:l~is if I -~an ftncl
a buyer. :...

Should any of my former
shipmates . care to buy a foµi:­
room house with a breezeway,
garage and piped for gas with
a · propane tank as w~ll as for

. water from ·a deep well under
Rich Mountain (by pressure "
pump), contact me at OBC Box
550, Arkadelphia, Arkansas.

Best of luck to all my SIU
brothers and friends. At least
you don't have to worry as I do.
i ·don't know whether to take
Shakespeare next summer or
give up and take a ship. '

Thurston Lewis
t t .t

Seafarer~n-
. Soldiers Home
T~ the Editor:

·I'm writing this so some of
my sea-d«»g friends will kriow
where I am. I ·was on that con7

.more th1 value ot qplc;ins ·amona ashore, 'f~ .. kept ,getting , the .
1 th&iworkln1 peo,ifle of. the lJSA. urge. when the shiP,,S would pa"8

.l\iaid, I Wish to thank yo'ii by to retu11n to ·sea. • · · ~ ~
for your prompt service In I will be up to Montreal ·for
helping me with my term paper, the · Shrlner's convention OD' ;
and may 1960 be · the b~t year ' June and hope ·to-aee any Of the I

ever for the SIU. boys from the SIU. I'm com-
Jamet1 E •. Pritchett -. bining this •with my honeymoon: 1 '

t t t I'm 'getting married on . the

Seafarer 'Judge' =:~u~~. May ~his year. _ ~ish
Getting In-Laws
To the Eclitor:

I would ·like to take thll op­
portunity' to ·say hello to my ol(I
shipma~es .anc[ the officials In ·

Letters To
The Editor··

All letter• to the editor for
'Publication in the SEAF AR·
ERS LOG must be afgned
b31 . the writer. Name• will
be witl,l.held upon requeat. .

the SIU. I have been incapacit­
ated for a long period of tttne
due to an accident that has kept
me home for over a year now.
I was injured _on a job in New.
York while employed in the
construction trade; working on
a 25:.story penthouse at Sutton
Place last year.
' I would .like td" send my best ·
also, to the 'many. ships' elec ..
trlcians' I met when I · sailed in

Reece B. Oliver
t ·i t

A•k ~x~ra Hpur- ·
Onl Night Worl( . . ·, ·:
To the .Ecli&or': · ·. · .

As it Q~en happens, when"a ·, ~
man is c•lled out-to iro.rk over.-" :
.time at night, be m·ay oDly:eam · ·
one hour's .~ p~y. ' altbougJ sey.; ~
eral hour's. sleep will u.suallt
be lost on the deal. -

We feel that more than one · :
hour may be involved when a
man is called out to work over­
time -at night and only one
ltour's work is involved. In vievi.: \
of the fact " that inany , trade · ·
unions and . maritime affiliates .
'have minimum '••caifOUt claims" ·
in their cQntracts~ we , request
tqat due consideration be given
to introducing in our Ji'egotfa- .
tions, at the proper time, a
similar· clause. ' Then '. we · could

. be guaranteed a two-hoiir min­
imum for being called out' to' ·
work overtime betwe-en '.5 ptii
·and 8 am. The crew aboard also
requests -ti 'thirty-minute . feadi•,
ness~ periOd. lietore turning ; fct'

Crew, SS Alcoa Cavalier" •
·t ;\; -. t

Outport Men ,
voy run to
Archangel and
Murmansk on ·
the Waterman
lin~'s old Iron­
cl~d.

LI k• NY Service .' .. : .. : ·
~ 4 ' ' I ., "' - .~" •. •

To the Editor: ; . , , . - ' ·
'•· We v.;ant to thank all the ·of- ~ "

I'd like
some of my
buddies · to
d~op . in · here
at the US Sol-

1 diers H ·ome

ficials of the SIU for thetr co­
OP.~ra tion and , assistance' ren- - '
dered over the past 18 years.

Hospital if they happen. to come
this way on a · visit to Washing­
ton, and l also want iny brother
to write ·me. He· i8 currenily
sonfl?where out to. sea, ' on the
SS Fairland out of Port Newark,
-I think. . ..

-Their services and aid. have been
especially appreciated by us
during our recent stay in New
York City.. .

Matters relating· .to vacation
pay. have been straightened '
out, and ail the officials in the

' New York port have gone out of
-their way to help us in every
way.

. The attention gi:ven to. our '
His nal!le Is ·WaJ~er J. Stovpll. needs has been •.•out of thi1·

Please tell him that his brother world" and we appreciate their
· 1s here Iii the. US Soldiers Home.· · help. The cafeter;ia provide! ·ex-. ·
with another sea-bti~dy ·pained· cellent food for the men on ·the
William Thompson. My best . beach, and in every respect tlilll
wishes to Paul Hall and any of ·Reece· B. Oliver Union officials here are · out-
the boYs who~ know -ine. . standing In helping members of

- ·Paul Stovall • · a similar capacity and to the Ute SIU.
t t t . crewmembers of the ships I N. Eric Gronberl'
· was on. ·

Looks. Back On .. I was once . the judge here t 6.t E. ~hllllps
'59• Good ·Year in my home town for five· years.

• · · I was elected to the office for SIU W If
Tcdhe idltor: · .. five 1years back In I°944 while · at • are

Looking back .at 11959 and · sea on a run to Europe · and Save.s The Day
the general 1tate· ,of· our .Union didn't know anything about it To the Editor: .
must · bring: consld~rsble satls- tllf I returned: · What a sur_. We WllDt to thank the Sea­
faction ' to the entire SIU A&G prise I had· when I returned f1trer• Welfare P~n for~the help
memberishtp, . The, -.. only· beef and fcund th'at I was elected .J t eave us in taking c;artf of oue..:
seemed to be on those . "home- juS'tlce of the peace. · ' : son's hospital..bill and als~ pay-
liteading'; jobs on the: ~hips. One never knows where a ing part of, hi1 doctor's bill.
, The dispatchers in evecy .. port Seafarer will land .after-a voy- The ~ e 1 i> .

urge book meh t4» take joos 'that · age. I see now that we al'.e was what we-
, must o!herw.Se _;go 'o cla~s C . blessed with some ·ministers . needed as Mr.
m~n, and then . I finw ) o :1-many who . were .. Seafarers, ~o I · O~l s e n had
Of these ~eW men ·a~O&l'.d~ spips . · thQUght I'd fill JD . something ' b e en ashore ·
that makes, thll ·lssp·e· seem a · about myseU for the LOG and . for -· a·w h l l e
little rldic~lous ·to 'me: - · . my old 'shlpma-tei. I liave been · studying~ and

My limit ~· six .months on Ii a member of the International had oiily left ·
ship, and that"s too long; ·Brotherhoo'd of Electrical w'ori'c- New ·orleads ' ·

· ·, Frank Reid. ers for a iood ·many . year& and the day · betore
t ' t ~- . until I got hurt on the ' job~ I ·- the · .accident. Alne Jr.

Student Writes ·: · had been ashore working at tile Ci>ut son. frac- · _.

P 0 · · SIU . elec~ic!ll end of the c.o!l~ruc- · ~u:ted his skull whi~e w~ were . aper . n . ' ~ tion trade. ~- out . collecting .newspapers for
To the Editor: Occasionally I run· into som~- the school's paper drive.

I wish to .thank you for the one on ~he job who wits former- Al:g.e Jr. is. back In school
information you sent ·me to Mis- ly a seaman, and that brings now, and well. For a _whil& our
sissippi about .the- Seafarers back m,e~orie11. . • ChristmasJooked like It was .go-
InternationaLUnion. ' . U some~of the boy,.s remember ·_mg ·to be ·11 . ch~er.less one, but niy -

•r.he information was very ..a ·voice h'ollering at them as t¥y 'h'usban'd w~s ·home 'for Christ­
helpful in writing a term.paper passed up and- -down 'the ... East mil$ -and took the children to

.- on "My Union" in a course 'in _ .ijiver ·at Sutton Place South ·: the ' Union h'all _for . Christmas
Economics at · Pe11rl 'River and ar.e in dqubt as to· :wh9 -it _dinner. ·our three-year-old

.. Junior College. i · have ,1144 ·· was, hoUe_ring "h~llo .. -th.ere, , 'daughter Maria enjoyed · it . very .
three nice summer trlps-uniter SIU/' 'you may t~il them it w~s ,much. ' 1

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the SIU and I re~lize mdr~ nn,SJ a . :fot'iner. ·sea~an· working Mi:s. Aine .. :V • . 01s~n

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Pebnari- 11, 1111 SE.4 .F.4RERS Lt)C. ••«e Thlrteea .

' Type· ·Minutes
When Possible
In, order -to · assure accurate

digests of shigbo·ard meetings,
in the LOG,. it is -desirable that
the reports of shipboard meet­
ings be typecf if at a.11 possible.

. seafcirei Spot lighJs 'f_airland Follies'
• (Ed. note: The following WaJ minister to the afflicted.

submitted. bJI_ S,eafarer Alexander' I'm certain .. that a pathologist
J. Leiter.) ' would have been stumped about the

Life on the SS Fairland is mov- symptoms if• he were to have ob­
ing · along just fine. The bosun . served these ailing mariners-: shuf­
"R.L." from "Jackson-veil" is con- fling to the mess hall, to chow
templating havi9g the Pan-Atlantic ·down. Standing on the fantail
emblem on the stack replaced with after supper this evening I sneezed.
a red ·cross. Half Of the crew with- Two limp-looking louts, in uni­
in the past three weeks have been son, exclaimed: "You've· got 'IT'."
stricken with a virus ••• I say Now, when someone talks to me at
virus . because it's convenient . and close range I hold my , J>reath so
anyone reading this . will know· it I won't catch 'IT.' <I've got a family

bers to.' save a buck-and-a-half at- Our crane maintenance man
tracted several volunteers to act as . "Speedy" is ihe most ccinscientious,
targets.. Yes, target~! 'dirtiest, grimiest, greasiest, hardest-

The way John Crews took aim working man I've, seen in a long
and dove at those strands of haii time on any ship. When
made ~he scissors look like a bun- "Speedy's" in action (doing any­
gry pelican out· fishing. The thing) all you can see is lower ex­
"lrish" OS on the 8 to 12 watch, tremities trying to maintain balance
Charlie Goldstefn, sat in, request- with upper to.rso.

...

'Stylish $eafJ1rer

means "sick". to support.)

Ing that only scissors and not clip- The Chief Engineer is a man who
pers be used. (He returned four "thinks for himself" though I un­
times for touch-ups.) derstand that patrolmen- Louie Gof-

The 12 to 4 OS has · been mop- Although this is a "hospital"
ing arou~d droopy and dr~wn for ship,, we're still in the trailer busi­
the past three days. We already ness on this land and sea service
left one m.an in 1N ew Y 9rk· this trip, ship-....scraped, sou geed and serv-.
requiring immediate medical atten- iced by sickly seafaring s0u~s . . .
tfon. An AB stricken with the There are barber tools aboard,
"Thing" two weeks ago spent all and last qjght your's truly and
his time in the head ... (reading) John Crews, deck maintenance,
... and the Chief Officer, although were cutt!ng hair, <our hair). The
hit · with "It," didn't 1ail to ad- idea of finking on professional b'ar-

A half-hour after I lay down, fin ·and Charlie Schofield at th_e
Nick Beclilivanis (that's right, payoff changed his thinking, or at
Beckle-von-ees) ~ame into my room . Jeast altered, it soniew.hat.
and mumbled something about a There's a new AB on the 12 to 4
"hof towel : :· . ya know · wha . .• . watch. He has little to say: just
maybe •.• you big ... Vicks . . . stops, looks and listens ... an ex­
you rub •.. plenty strong muscle cellent practice. Another AB
• . ." which meant, in a nutshell: (who many of you Seatrain stiffs
"You are big and have plenty of know) continues to collect travel­
muscles, so would you please rub lers checks. I believe he still has
my shoulders and arms . • • they that same shoebox. It's a fine
ache.~· bunch of men, all in all.

LOG-A-RHYTHM:

The. SS Erna Elizabeth
By Richard Harnden

- We've got steam leaks bJI the Ai most of our leaks go.
dozen, . . Because .it was only on a line

,. .. Steam l¢.aks bl/ . th~ ~core-. . That makes our . ~histle blo~. •
.Every time we fix one Now steam leak. number four

.~ we· find .another ihree or fo-u_r. was a dq.ndy, you can bet . .

SHIPBOARD SKETCHES by Ben Graham

_.......__ -­-
Steam leak ·number one was The damn thing still i3 leaking

. ·in the air-ejector lines, . 'Cause it ain't been fr.:ced as 11et ..
'• 1t leake'd and' leake.d, It's on the DC heater

Get a load of those Bermuda
. shorts ~porte·d by · Anktoni
Bilyk, ,AB on the Sampan
Hitch •. · · He's shown here

.. _It . _wouldn't· ~'t9p ·, ·" The ,auxiliary· exh·aust;
· .. cit ''l.VdJ.. one ·ortnose . I'm·'sure ther·e is nQ telling
· \," ~~r~~t~¥t.t . ki6d!.· ~ · · " How much water it has lost . .
; ~-:--: suain lea~·.number- two~ tv~r11 . <~11ive stem, , jo'int and
· A'.4mu:i11 0ne for suh; ·. gasket iveeps ~= · J • •

· · · · There's. not \ ·4 tight one any · .:.- t~~ ·~oUed out and ~~rl:ed aroun~ · ·
In. cloudi 10 white and pure. · . where; .
It w<U .a ~in feed water line

. It surely io4I the worst; . ·
It.means .the .piant would blow to

hell'
If it should e.ver .burst.
Steam . leak ·number tti.ree, a

small one, .
·Was high there in 'the . air;

EverJI· pipe and line or union
seeps •

Ma'ybe ev!?n. :more.
·' 'Came we've got ~teamleaks

Steamleaks by the score;
Everytime we fiX one

· · sw~eQing, off .th• dedt ~liile
· the vessel 11ts at anChor.

, . It f!l.e~nt. tl(e had to stand on . .
'.1iothing ·

'We fi'nd another three or f9ur.
.We thought. oor poem wascended
.When niuch to ·ou.r. surprise; :
We lookecl .. on the su:p.erheater ·

line · ' ·
' Photo .by ·the ·ship's ' photog:. _.
. rap~~r, Ch_e.ster Collmas • .

. .
Th(lfon~· to repair.

It - wa.s an important one

ORION CUPP•lt <drio~)," Jen'. fO- di1puted OT.. Na beef1. ·s74.H in
Chairman, H. K. Shellanber9•'1 lee· •hip'• fund. Ide11 ,'/fere dlscuiised on
retary, R. ·" •arker. '8.4-1· . in". 1hip'• better llv.in• condition• on board ship.
fund. OT 1bould be submUted to cap. Membera to donat~ S1 'Heh for ~ok•
tain · IO th~t h~ •llMl.Y a:e-cbec~. · / machine. ShiP'I delegate to dr.aft let·

· -- · · . · ter to neaotJaUna committee with
ALCOA' CORS.,llJ ~ltH); ,Jail. 17- crew ideas._, • ·

Chaltiwiln-, I. w. •rl91•r11 Secr:etery,
M. P. Cox. ·No beefs. SJ)jp's . fu.nd I•
S235. A · d1-Cusaion wa1 held on a
movie 1chedule.

' . -- ·· .. -
'. VENORE {Marven)~ ~·n· 1~20-Chalr·

man, D. Emerlcki: Secretary, M. Klel·
ber. Repair list .wH 1ulimitted. Work
belns done:· Crew ii :alked .to return
books to SIU library when finished
readinS same.

SEATRAIN SAVANNAH CSHtraln>,
Dec. 2t--C:halrm1n, A. ·.Arnoldi lee~
rotary, J. a. llllott. One man buried
at ·1ea cin ·December \91 1959. Dlsciu·
:sion . WH held on food complaints.

' 117.85 in 1hip'1 fund.
· .Jan. 27-Chalrman, A. Arnoldi ·sec·
retary, J ; llllatt. New lhlp's delegate .

· "4.nd another squirt hit ·us in the
eyes. ·

AF~-50-111' (Suwannee), Jan. 1t
-Chairman, .Alfred Phillps;. Secretary,
0. Jetton. Contract long overdue. Last
cqnµ-act expired Augu1t 1, 19511 • . Mr.
Hodges of P,an J\,merican pro~ed to
mall t~• contract. As yet 1t .hH not

. been received, Mate perfofDilni AB
job to cut OT. ·, '

LA SALLI '(Waterman), Dec. 27-
Chalrman, Fred Blankenbery; Secre­
tary, · H. Wes~fall , · Deck .engineer hos•

· pltallzed in Germany ' with a ·broken.
arm. In can · the · ship lay1 up, all
hand• voted to give the \ seamen in
the hospital . the ship'1 fUJld "in ,any
port that payoff takes place. 148.98
in. ship'• fund. It · i1 requested that

D
e · fruit be washed somewhere else..:..

'. , P~N.D~RA <Epl11han)f), Jan • .. 1' - i·ges't ~ot in the water fountain. Chair.man, L. J . W,y111b11 ·Secretary, R· __
Mltcha ll. No dlsiiuted QT. Nu bi>.,fs. '
A · di1cu11ion wat held on. washing · . . . . SEATlt,AIN NEW JERSEY <Seatraln),
machine situation. It I ' requested that · ·Jan. 17-Chalrman, John Dlckersen1
all 1tranirer1 -be kept: out d"f mtdahip Secretary, Wllllam 'McBride. One man

is pretty .,,eager due to the lousy hay

•

. \hemselv~ _In tro.uble. No rouch · 1tutr
while in port. .

ROalN LOCKSLEY <Moore McCor•
mack), Jan. f;-Chalrman, Biii Horne1
5'cretary, Jd Relnosa. Two .SIU men

. left stranded in Lourenco ·Marques by
SS Pacific Venture were signed on tbe
African Planet. ·Gave .assistance and
support . to the SIU crew of .. the Bunt
Leader in nm• port. They could not
cet a draw lince before or after ar·
riyal in. port. $13.50 was collected
and S8 of which wa1 donated to tho
American Seaman's Friend Snciet:v.
Vote of tbankl to the steward de·
partment.

ALCOA. PLANTER <Alcoa). Jan. 17
-Chairman, It. D. Smwin1 -Sitcre­
tary, z. Y. Ching. Three men f ailed
to join from port of New Orleans. J.
Cruz is.ship'• delecate. Ship'• fund i•

. S~8.45. Steward department will ~ry
to ·make everythlns possible for the
crew: Hope for an enjoyable voyage.

·PENN SHIPPER (Penn Shlppln1>,
· ·J.,i. t-Chalrman, R. T. Landry; Sec­

retary, o: C. Robinson. Captain re­
quest• that crew inform him of mes
·needed for slopch~st. One man taken
to hospital in Br emen. S22.85 in ship'•
fund. No beefs. Some disputed OT •
Vote of thanks to steward dapartment
for a job well done. Motion made to
'have ship fumigated for roaches.

SANTORE (Marven), Jan. H-Ch1lr·
man, · J. Michael; Secretary, ll. F.
TY.rH. Orders not coming out of
galley right. Request that coflee be

.made earlier. Pantry in dirty condi­
tion. Talk is t '.'o loud in the mess­
hall. Some ilispu_ted 01'.

t Q... ·1fewai:d' .;department fqr holiday made by ship's dele&ate for a stain- • ·coASTAL CRUSADllt CSuwannn>,

STEEL EXECUTIVE Cltshmlan), Jail.
24-Chilrman, Robert N. /<Ir; Secre­
tary, Alexander D. Brodfe. Money
from safety award. to be used to pur·
chase a movie projector and films .
One man missed ship in Galveston.
Ship's delegate discussed draws in for·
eip ports. Rooms will be sprayed
fot vermin. Suggest that noise in pas-
111g~ways be kept dow;'1 to a..minimum.

' house in port. , Crew -E r ;est• that Of SIIL'Sh•' · 'missed 1hip bi Edgewver. NJ. Cash sufflcient ·philled juice · bb, kept on ' p on hand $18.50. $417 paid . on co·ke
hand ·for br eakfast • . Vote ot .thanks . _.· .· . . _) . . · machine. Balance 1110.so • . Request

, · dlm!err. · , • le11 1teel 8l.nk for laundry room. It Jan. 15-Chalrman, J. McL1u9hlln1
--· · la requested that all hand• cooperate Secretary, A. C. Aronica. Captain not ·

· F.LORIDA' ,·STATl - <Ponce Cement), M t• ·g · with 1teward on linen count. An ac- · ordering r _eplacementa for lbip. -Thi• COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service>.
Jan. 1l-Ch1lrm1n,· "· ·A • . LHllll Sec-" . ee ID s curate count ii beneficial to UI .. causes the . vessel to sail shorthanded. Jano- 30-Chalrman ll. Voss; Secretary, '

· retary,. W. H. D11nh•in • . WashinS .nia-. . . well i• ateward. ·Motion ·DJade to have movies aboard · Peter. Karas. One man missed shlp
.chino will' liave \e b4t ·repaired fo por~ · ' . all SIU ihipa. Ship'• fµnd la $20. January 11 in Lake Charles. Another

j ".as .Part1, ~e .. n~f!d~d. Sl0.36: in ~hlp'11 ~ . . . · . ,. ... . · THI C ... INS. (Tex· as City •iflnlnt), missed 1bip January 5 in Albany, N.Y.
t f d v t f th .... J t d d ... " · A liew washing machine is needed on , • un • o e o , an-.~ o • ;ewar . !!!• . ;r Jan. 16-Chelrman; Jack Craft; Slcre- SEAi'llAIN · OIOllGIA (IHtraln), -. board. Some disputed OT. ·

I,· pai;:tmenf. ·T~~1!. 's Jio ratJpn o~\ food · , t•ry, ,Jon!tf! . Moore. . The 11liig's dele- . Jan. l7~Chalrm1n. John Cole1 Secre- . ' .
. . nor ~ny iuc~ 'orc!er · ~~ .. c.!>~P~Y· . . to be no'nl.in~tecl . It i1 requested .that sate ilSked ~bat all department dele- tary • . A~ C11n. One ·~an: m.IN~ ship i'HETIS Cllye Marine Corp.>, Jen. 26

t ... LCO ...... llTNEll .< .. lcoa), · Jan." 21 . ,· crew •r·y ,nnt to' . ilam'· ,_•por• .• o t""at . sates cet " crewll1ts. Theie' will 'be in ~ex11 : city .. New ship's. delegatft -Ch 1 H 1 t 01 L .., "" r... '!' ..... • "' - .. ·•~ malled to the· patrolmen in' Hou1ton elected . .. It i11. requested that men · • rman, •m11son; ecre afy,
-C:h1lrma.n, : ~olen· L.. . Fl•111'.•r~; . lee- men ·on ll'l!tch ~~Y.· get , 1onie ' lleeP.· · . upon ar.tival .nCll'th.. It . i• -requeate'il • . not needed In galley itay out at meal Carlo. .Ii. new ellip'1 delegate · was

;• . rotary, Arthur Th.omp1on. Some d'ls· ..• No beefa . and .no di!1Pil'9d OT., One that dental plate1 are 'not to- - :be time•. elected. One· man walked off 'ship a
pu~ed..-OT,. No •b.eeti .. Vo$il.-'ot .ttianJc:I' · ~an miued.· 1hip ;µi ;_New C>r1eana • . ·· · wa1tiell Jn .the drinkinr fountain; ". ':.. ·,; _ . few mim1tes · before saillnc. A few
to~ stewar d department in. prepar.11tton-· · ' ·-· . · · . ·. ;;:' - - · - · r . · · .. • _. _._ .. _. · ·. , · ~ .. Ai.'cOA PILGRIM <Alcoa>, Jan. 21_ · hours of disputed .OT·. No beefs.
of" menus ~nd food, · and serving .. of. ,FILTOltl (MarW.n), , ,lit; · 2~Ch1lr- . --

~ . same. Repafr ·lists to be 1ubmitted; man. R. I • . Jones; . Secretary, H. CHI.LOR.I <M11rvon'>, Jan. 17-Chalr· Chairmen, K,nnedy1 lecrotny, Kim· ALCOA POINT.ER CAlcoa1, Jan. ti-
.Crew cautioned .. · about· appeuinf in ' !-•hym; No :disputed. OT. · Reer.eatlon f!'lan, Wllliaiyl ·L•n!I' Secr•t!l~ry, H. K. ~rJy. Re~on!niehdatlon made to check . Chalr11U1n, John s. Burke; Secretary,

. meuJlall improperly ueued. · · ro,om a_nd· fariltary: wor- ~ed'. u11 Pierce . .. !'our .men repprte~ late, H • ~opcltea~ for ~izes and varlollll items ·L. P. 'Hagmann. Everldhinl is running
., .. . · , . . _ . _ . .. .. , , , Pantr:r ·to · bo . Jte~ elean. . , " ,. per ~lt'eeme.nt one. ~our before l&illng befc;>re leavlnf. the States. Vote ~f .unootbly. Slopchest was checked and

1 STl!EL .,CHl!Mll'1\ ·(t1thml1n>, Jan, 111 . , 1 • . . , : ·' .•• . --.. ;; • • · ·. ti~~· So~e di111._u~ed . ~"r· N_o bt;efs. ,_thanks t~ the iteward .department and found. to have culflclen t dgar ettes to
, · ~h!llrman; "•i:non P.9rtlirJ 1-.,critary~ · . . STl!IL~. DIRICtOi' ·nt1~t1r.), Jin: :~ · .,. .: • · 'v: ' ~-; '· -. . · · . the ~P .• del~•te. Motion .m ad,. to ·- Jalt tbrouch trip. Few houri of dis~

> ;" :1.1ty··Willcer . .. ~ beef• settled; •'U9 . 1t~C.l\t.lrm1n! : ·,l'r~k --. Tlmll'loni1 .Sec· .. -·.: ST~L · WORKlll nsthml11\lrl Ja_n. -1t . ,Jln~J°i a~o:fubulflDfi d~~U.unpf• · 'i>utedOT. l'Cotlon made to draft letter .;
t,_· . i_n .;11itp'1 .-.~nd .. safety topi~a_.,to ,·be ·!•flt~y, _Charl~; ltJl"''ul •. Q~e .m~ It;~ ,~·• -Cti1lrman!' a1H.,.Hen~1 Secr•1rv;- D.-i :}t~~ ,.JJ, 1~3{1- ut 0:•·0'1': O - ee e'!' · to - headq~arters- to have slopches~ _
, . ,. ~J?tered, Jntoc.-*b• · min~~•·"' T-;Vo : ~- -. h:t .h•!PJttl· hi ,:£1,fc\lti.. A fe;w -mlf!Or. · ' W.llt"•r• _ Q3.114 Iii• eb!P'I' f\md. ·Re\. . · .• . ~ r,. 1° • 5P e . . . • ... . . · ·· aboard· SIU' ships. investisate'd· as to _

. mat~e11e1 ., o,rder41•. •:No ;dllplit~ o:r . .. b~ . .,-· ~o~•:dll1111~~~.,~. ·flllP~ • . funcl,- palre -to , llo· taken care : of ... Uafs trip . .. ... (-' ;. - . '< - . -\ .-. • ' '· ·prien. ctualitJI. and· quantity. It was ·
~ .. ''·"'~" .• • · ~ . • • > ~- ~ ; • • .:. .· ~·,; ~. stands ~at ·. f.28.(!8, S'-'~~4·. ,~Jnte~·' ; ~ot!~n..<c11:1 ~pj11~~- •'1~'.• deJeratilj ~o • , -.. -·,l[\"4.ttr.t•"·; <C1lml!.r) Ja1t. 1-1...e.h1~ · · -vojed. that if. ca:e.w· receiye11. the ~ety,
'. , , . . '.- .FA~!ll.i'~~~.r. .<r._an ·.q~1e>1 .Jo,, . ~4, / ;,t•t Jnf1rlc;ir .lineri, lltt"' ~UtlJ~ .t9 JilQ{. ,'re&ahi-.bla,:Job, '.:lalftd ·by:, a.calamaWoir · · .:' ma,..., .9. , ·flnlfltl . ~!lr9'~'' T. · lmef!Y. ,. '!l-1\'ar.d. .a moyie . pr~eetor , .H ·. · ~ur·
" ,:l '7ifb•lrm1.~· ·"ut• ""~"··-~~ot•llY• . , . A ,~l!llo W~!l ,•J>¥a~4 ~~-~ ~~.a.J.!. -. .. I~"Jt .;r.e~~~--~~ )1allei'; bit ktllit - :. J•lilt•··~r<.elected·;'8blp'9'.~~opte. . FU.~.- .. U" der. . no~ . cond.l,Uon•, ~ould

1.1. C?fiillto: .W,ahlln, l?'l• ••• ·~\1.-Clb~I». . -!I 'Vote· • ., ~~k!t,it~ P•1fud !l•~e_1't ·. t,l~~d"-lHi~•· :A•er.hi~ a'!lt~·ribe:-. ,-SQl{Ht1 P¥tt ,..a~ lilt,, k t~ed .ln~t. c:re!I' ~ .. involY .... in. ::'lab.ts-. with
"~ ~~d-=_41:'1.ll : 11~t · J't'.Uljo.~&~ ili9GP~'1:· ~oJi¥~:· =; ~Of. ~ ·~Pr.ov'~-~n~,_•::.~~~;·.--: ~ · • . "!•; un~bl~ •·l4'; '.aid ;uyon.e s~ttln&. "' bY. tf.ach · ·cte~artme•t• ;Ne btieft • • 1.-... ~ ·> ·~atives. :: -~·.·· . , ·~ , • . : ''. .
t~-... :;:-~\!~.~~, :: ~ ·r.:; ~ .. ~~· ~-.:,<-" .... :~ ......... ~t·:.~r-:::_:-::·· " .. ~ :-. ·-:0 ~r.~·· ~ .... ~· : :· ·~.; ~?ir.:;- .. !",~ .. ! .. . • · . ,.~t~··:~:~ · ... :- ~' .. "" .;; _·~·~~ ~:t · .· ~<-·~~·.=;·::,·. :'·::i 1 ~-\ ,~· ~ .• ·t-, ~:{· ~. ~-i-.:~: · · ~. ·.-,I:· · -" .. ·"~:;- .. , /'!· --. . '~ .. .. .. · . '" .. ,.



Hoppl Seafarers
- • ( • :,J .•••

Larry Sniith, 6iler (with beret), and Bob Christensen wear the Ja.·
panese Hoppi coats they picked up in Yokohama during a recerit
voyage on the· Y aka.. · . ·

Your -Gear·. • ••
for ship •••• for shore

Whafever you need, in wor.k Qr dress
·gear, your SIU Sea· Chest has it. GeJ top
quality gear at substantial savings by buy­
ing at your Union-owned and Union­
operated. ~ea Chest store. ·

Sport Coats
Slaclcs
Dress Shoes
Worlc Shoes
Socks
Dungarees
Frisko Jeens
CPO Shirts
Dress Shirts
Sport Shirts
Belts
Khakis
Ties
Sweat Shirts
T-Shirts
·shorts
Briefs
Swim Trunks
Sweaters
Sou'westers
Raingaar
Caps .
Writing Materials
Toiletries
Electric Shavers
Radios
Television
Jewelry
Cameras ' ·
Luggage

the SEA . CHEST
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: SIUHMt~.
DIRECTORY

SIU, A&G DistriCt .. 1
SECRET ARY-TREASURER

. Paul Hall
- ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS
W. Hall, Deck C. Simmons, Ena.
E. Mooney. Std. ·· J. Volpian. Jolnt
BALTIMORE ...•.••. 1216 E. Baltimore St.
Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern "1-4900
BOSTON , ..... : ....... , • : .. . 276 State St.

· G. Dakin, Acting Agent Richmond 2-0140
HOUSTON . .... ...•. .-. , .. . . 4202 Capal gt • .
R. Matthews. Agent CApltal 3-4089, 3·408(
MIAMI .•. .. . : • .-.... . • . 744 W. Flaeler St.
Ben Gonzales, ~ent . FRanklln 7-3564
MOBILE . .. ... . : .... 1 South Lawrence St.
Louts Nelr11. Agent HEmloclt 2°1754
NEw ORLEANS . . . ..... . 1523 BlenvW.e St.
Llrnlsey Wllllams, Agent Tulane 8626
NEW YORK ....... 67_5 "lth Ave., Brooklyn

· · · . · HYaclnth 9-6600
NORFOLK .............. ,,16 Colley Ave.

· · MAdlson 7·1083
PHILADELPIDA. : , •••• ; •. 337 •Market': St.
S. Cardqllo, Aeent ' · Market 7-1635
SAN FRANCISCO . '. ..•••. ~ Harrison St.
Walter. Sibley, Agent · Douglas 2-4401
'SAN'fURCE, PR .. 1313 Fernandez . .J.uncos, ·

· . . Stop 20
Keith Terpe, Hq: Rep. - Phone 2-5996

· .JACKSONVILLE . <920 Maln St .• Room 200
-Wllllam Morris, Agent EL&l~ 3·098J·
SEA'ITLE ., ............. . .. 2505 1st Ave.
Ted Babkowskl, Agent Malh 3-4334
WILMINGTON,' Calif . . . . . 505 Marine Ave.
Reed Humphries. Agent Terminal 4-2528 ·
HEADQUAR~ERS . ... 675 4th 'Ave., Bklyn.

SUP
HONOLULU .... 51 South . Nimitz Highway

• . PHone 502·77'1
NEW ORLEANS . .•.•.. . 1523.. Bienville St ..

. Jackson ' 5-7428
NEW YORK .•••.•. . 675 Cth Ave., Brqoklyn

.. · · ·HYaclntb 9-6605
PORTLAND ; ....... . . -.. 211 SW Clay St.

. • . . . _ CApltol 3-4336
' SAN FRANCISCO ......... ,50 Harri£On 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 01,\LEANS .. . . : ;· .. 523 Bienville ,St.

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

HYaclnth 9-6600
PORTLAND· ...•..••••.•• . 211 SW Clay St.

. - CApltol 7-~
SAN FRANCISCO .•••••. 350 Fremont St.

· - EXbrook 7-5600
SEATTLE . ............... . 2505 - 1st Ave.

_.. MAln 3·0088
WILMINGTO!'' .•••••••••. 505 Marine Ave.

TErmlnal 4·8538

Great' . Lakes District
ALPENA , , • • • , , ; , , • , •••.. .. 127 River St.

· . ELmwood 4-3616
BUFFALO, NY .•••••••••... . 914 Maln , St.l

· GRant 2728
CLEVELAND ..... , '. ..... 1420 W. 25 St.

. ~ . MAin. 1-0147 '
DULUTH . . , ...••... . 621 W. Superior St.

_ Phone: Randolph 2-4110
FRANKFORT, Mich. • ...... . PO Bo.x 287

. ELgln'"' 7-2441
MILWAUKEE : .. ..... 633 S. ·S!)cond Ave.

BRoadway 2·3039
RIVER ROUGE .. 10225 W. Jefferson, Ave.

Mich. . Vjtiewood 3-4741
SOUTH CHICAGO .• : .•• . 9383 Ewing Ave.

SAglnaw 1--0'133
TOl,.EDO .. . .. . .- ., . '. ..•.•• . 120 •Summit St.

CHerry 8·2431

Canadian Di.strict ... '
FORT WILLIAM . .•.•.•. . 408 Simpson St.

- Ontario Phone: 3-3221
HALIFAX N .s. . ......... 128V-a· -Hows St .

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

Vlctor 2-8161
QUEBEC . .. ... : . 1 •• • '4 Sault-au-Matelot

. Quebec . LAfontalne 3·1569 ·
THOROLD, . Ontario .••••. 52 St. Da.vid St.

.. . · CAnal 7:5212
TORONTO, ·Ontario .•••.. 272 . King St. E.

. · EMpire 4-5719
ST. JOHN, NB •... 17'1 Prince William St.

ox 2-5431
VANCOUVER,_ BC .. . .. : : . ... 298 Main. St.

. MFOW
BALTIMORE .... . 1216 ·East Baltimore ' St.

· EAstern 7-33113 ·
HONOLULU . . . . 56 North Nimitz Highway

· . PHone 5-6077
.NEW ORLEA~S . ••••••. 1523 Bienville ~t.

· MAgnolla 0404
NEW YORK ••.•••••.. 130 Greenwich 'St

· - Cortland 7-7094
PORTLAND . .•.•••••. 522 NW Everett St.

CApltol 3·7297-li
SAN FRANCISCO .•••• • • . 240 Second St.

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

. TErmlnal 3-4485
SEATTLE , .. - ......... 2333 Western Av.e.

' _ MAin 2-6326.

·New: Labor Aet:~ ~ aeu tor any omc1a1 cap.acitr ·at·
1

·:
7irk••-••••·r• ·_. · . : ;::i:ri.x.~~ t14J:~~':"U~il· _r
To .. the Eclltori · .: .: 1 • · office, are other important fea-

. . . ,;_· , " tures of the-SIU.
l . have · b~Ji .. readtnf with

, ~uch ·.1nte.rest 'apd. a lre:at ,deal The protec.tiop of · the meQl-
:·of {pei].>JJxtt:v,· :ni, ' tfxt ot: _the bers~tp afforded l?,~ a fair tr~J

-- new labor · 1>nl', the .. Landr um· by fellowpnemb~rs in tlie event
·Griffin Act. of charges being_ brought against

him, and the rights of appeal
· ·so much of it cannot be de- · &• t i-.1.- 1 v't 1 ·• lrt
~inhered. t_hat it ;7c' ' 11_ defi'rtlte1y a.uel,Y r...,1 ·are . ' l\ so 1 a · " 1'

__ 1.1 "" ~ woufd take ,too much space ro
·create ·hardships or legitimate list ' ' "everything, so everyoiie
unions, each of, -Which will should read and digest the
seenilrig_ly ~ have ~o have a sep- Landrum-Griffin BHl of Rights
~rate ~rOUJ.l of skilled . lawyers and realize' that as ·a Union we'
to Interpret it. It i.~ .doubtful if have enjoyed these go.od. quali­
·any .two .of ~h~m.:. w1l~ b.e of the . ties and many more, · under our .
same .opinion regardmg · the · own guidance and leadership '
problems contajned in this bill. I· did note under th'e .section

of the bill . regarding elections

Letters .To
The ·Editor

that it calls for an election in all international unions, such as
our own, evecy ~five years .• This ...

\ I thoroughly ragree with. ~·, ..

All l~tters to the 'eciitor for
'i publjc,atiOn ·i~ the SEAF4R~
.ERS· LOG .must ·be signed.
by ' the writer. Nami!.s wm
be Withheld upon request.

In the Seafarers we have an
election eyery two years in' the
past and it has-"ilways been irly
opinion that. such an election hi
such ·a short interval wns en­
tirely unnecessary. It s'eems '
that . no sooner was, an election
over than another one was com•
.ing up. . .

Now these elections, which in
In fact ,-J- would say it is doubf· . our instance . are nationwide and
'ful wh'ether·-Laridrum or Grif- cqmplex, must be b9th costly
fin· or those . who voted' for the and · also disrupting to a great
bill . completely . under~tand the extent and._,, .-4e.rm .of-office for

jroblems it will create. • the short spac~. of~ twl) ':ve.ars. is
There are some good point; inadequate. Two years would

and there are .many which will be ·oK if you are' running ·a ·
create petty hardships, such ·as peanut stand, tiut' l'n a vast and -
the high-cost bonding provi- complex organizatio~ such as
sions, •the posting of so much we have become, two ,years is
office data, etc., which will 'add just about enough ti.me to allow
expense to the e,veryday busb a guy to get the wrinkles out of
ness administration of a union. his pants. If must .take that
And then the rules governing 'length of time for an offic.ial to .
picketing, etc. We will . .have tp adjust to the organizatfonal
leave these .as additional h,ead- · needs and soak up the experi­
aches for our elected officials. ence necessary for an office of
·1 don't envy them the . jo~ at all. such consequence. '

The good points in the bill Art Lomas
are some of those relating to -;\:. -;\:. -;\:.
the rigttts · ancf privileges of a Union T.hanked
union member. It . is interesting .
to note.' when ·reading .this sec- f'~r Quick Aid
ti on ·of the bill, and it is • also To the Editor:
something in which all mem-
bers of the Sea(arers and its I have paid the fUnerW. bills
officials should take pride, that on the William Havelin funeral,
these rights and privileges of and I want to thank all' 0£ ythi
a union member have been en- at the Union · for the wonderful

. joyed by the m,embership of the way you helped. We.. certainly
Seafarers International Union af>preciate 'the way you stood by
since the ti,nioii's inception. me and my family in .the time of ,

our sorrow.
_Every democrjltiC principle, i also want to thank the Sea-

. everythirtg it contains which ~s farers International, Union · for
to the advantage of an indivl'd- the nice benefit chel!k I received
ual as . a Union -member, is from· the Welf'are .Plan. I
listed ln our own Union consti- Carrie Havelln
tution apd h!ls been fµnctioning -;\:. -.t- t ·

· within the Seafarers Interna-
. tional Unton since our Union's Likes 5600

beginning. Vacation Idea
The right of. free speech and · , ::- - ..

• assembly, .the· right to ·stand up To . the .Editor:- " .
- at' meE:tir:tgs and cdtid~e. to ex- ' J. read-an article in the Sea­

i:iress 'views and opinions, an<I farers LOG of January 29, .1960,
making · this' possible ·by ha\11ng · about a member's plan to have
frequent meetfngs (though most vacation pay ·increased to $600.
of us squawked at times, 'not .After-one year at sea, he would
realizing the ' impo:i;.tance of make vacations be taken on
·such things), enables 01.1r mem- shore, 'not at sea.
bership to be/heard frequently. · I personally support Brother :

. Then, the r.ight of a meinber in John Cadigan's suggesfion.
goo.d standing to. ,,,nominate him:·· Alexander · 'Che~e,-
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' ..+ "Jo ,J •. • ..

J'ebrua17 II, IHI 'Pace Flf&eea

Fishermen, 'lofe ·:S:ffJNA: Lff:lk ·
. cContlnued from page 3> Joined . a CI0 . -0rganization,.. . amf'"r~uarters.--'.the- union -has Its o~

workers unions; on the West Coast subsequently became directly · _af.-, 'headqu?rters . i.n. · ~eat~le, with
and in Alaska. · filiated with the CIO as an inde- l·branches in ~an .Frapc1sco; Bel-

The new SIUNA affiliate was pendent entit3•. . ·· - lingham, WaslL; ~oria, Wash.,
originally a member of. the old Following the merger of tbe and K~tchikan, Alaska.

I ; Interll3tional Seamen's Union. AFL and CIO, the AFU becam~ a The charter agreement, besides.
With the founding oJ the CIO, it direct affiliate· of AFL-CIO ·head- guaranteeing full autonomy to the

D. I s . c· H Alaska Fishermen's Union, al!:O P A T · - · · · stipulates. that the AFU has full . . . __ , B -ice R .1 'C II ·on' and exclusive jurisdiction of all are .. a1 . 0 u·s1 . fishermen and allied employees
The deaths of the following Seafarer• have been reporte4 to the . within its present operating area,

Seafaren Welfare Plan· <Continued from page 3) merce. Act and was so admitted by except where other SIUNA fish-
. . · · ' • ing union charters presently exist.

G. W. Baich_ett, SS: Brother Hatch- Baltimore, Md. He bad sailed in cutting which deprives shipping the railroads, but the rate was It spe.cilies as ·well that the Inter-
ett died of a pulmonary condition fhe deck department since August, coi;npanies of cargo." nevertheless upheld by the ICC national can in no way interfere

- at Mobile Infirm- 11}51. Place of burial was Glen over objectiQns of the Coastwise
H~ - • The ICC charge that the Line. '.'This is not only collusion, in the internal affairs of the AFU.

UY.• Mobile, Al' av~n Cemetery, Baltimore. plight of domestic ' shipping is the Mr. Chairman, it is clumsy col- The AFU retains control over its
I a at Novemb ;\;. ~ t. · fault of organized labor is a "well- lusion," Half declared. · own finances, membership, con-
26. He ls sur- John A. Menville, 61: Brother known tactic engaged in by many tracts and election of officers t}Ie
vived "by a sister Menville passed away of heart fail- bureaucrats." The fact is that "in The ICC later had to revers~ it- same as all other SIUNA affiliates.
residing at Grand ure while aboard the last decade there has not been seJ.!, but has pe;-mitted many other
Bay, Ala. Brother the -SS Valiant a single serious labor dispute in instances of selective rate-cutting
Ha t ch et t was Power at sea on the domestic trade." He .noted to deprive shipping companies of
buried · at the February 4. He that labor and management, on car.go.
Union Chureh is survived by his the contrary, were united "in an • Destruction of domestic ship-

. Cemetery, G~and mother, Mrs. effort to save our industry" and ping has an impact on national
Bay. He had been a member of Maude· Stakemil- submitted . statistics showing that defense in that it deprives the
the SW since 1953, sailing in

1
the- ler of C u l v er wages in maritime are comparable nr•.tion· of shipping reserves which

engine department. . City, Calif. He with those of railroad workers can be- mobilized when needed:
,.. ,,. ~ ;\;.- ~ had shipped · in and other shoreside personnel. . • Domestic shipping cannot

New 'Bureau
Checks Ou·t
L-M Data

J h T •- Id •9 B th the steward de- · · d · tin d"t' · osep - • nu-uo • .-. : ro er e ICC cl~s that the industry survi~~ un er exis. ,,g con 1 ions. WASHINGTON - A brand-new
Arnold passed away last January 8 P,artment since January, 1944. He never blamed it for the decline It is doomed to die unless Con- bureau established in the Labor
of a liver ailment at Church Home had made -Seattle, Washington, his proves · that ICC knows nothing .gre$s a~ts to. compel th~ ICC to Department to administer the
& Hospital in his hometown of home. about the industry, he said. In halt rallroads from cuttmg ra~es Landrum-Griffin Act is now firm-

Roland iae, ~2: ir~ther Rae testimony before the same com- f~rgthespurpaloseb?llsf debstroyibng !lh~P- ly established. The second wave
· · mittee last year, Seatrain, Pan At- pm · ever 1 ave een 11~- of new report forms ·required of sm BA'BY died on January 22 at his home in lanuc · and Coastwise Line all fixed troduced by Senator Bartlett for labor organizations has just been

. ~ Miami, Fla., of a. pulmonary con- the blame for their troubles that purpose. maiied out. •·nnIVALS . dition. He is survived by his wife, n_ . . 'o.;. _- ~.~ . Emma May. He started sailing squarely on the ICC. Hall's testimony W!lS further The new Bure-clu of Labor-Man-
' . . substantiated by John Weller, agement Reporj:s, with 22 field

w!th the SIU in 1942 in the deck • The charge of collus1~n be- president of Seabatn, and a state- d
department. lte w~s laid to rest at tween the ICC and the railroads . mcnt submitted on behalf · of offices, has already processe

------- So th M i · b ta t' ted b b f preliminary labor organization in-., · .u ~rn em or a 1 Cemetery, .1!1 su s n ia , Y a nu~ er 0 Daniel J. Seid, vice-president of f
Alt of .tne following SIU fami!ies M1am1. clear-cut c~ses. A recent mstance the Coastw1·se Line Weller also formation reports (LM-1} rom

• ... .... • h ICC' 1 f ·1 d · some 50,000 unions. Those. who
have received a $200 maternit11 ~ ~ ;\;. was ~,.e s a~prova 0 rai roa endorsed ·the legislation proposed filed LM-ls are now getting pack-
benefit plua . a $25 bond from the Bernard: E~an, 61: .Brother .rates for. hauhng . beer between by Senator Bartlett and explained ets of financial reporting forms to
Union in Jhe baby's name: Ehrman died ~ SAn .Frjlnc1sco last Los Angeles and Seattle. The ~ate as well the need to change some be returned within 90 days after

Th Ed d Cl 1 k b 0 July 15 of cardiac failure. He had ·. was actually less than the fre1~ht of the ICC's administrative pro- the union's fiscal year ends.
omas war es a • or been with the SIU since 1955 and charge between Los Angeles and d '

Januaey 4, 1960, t~ ~eafarer and sailed in the. engine department. Portland, Oregon, which "is 167 ce ures. . . Like the returns required of all
Mrs. Stanley !r.· Ciesiak,_ Revere, Place of burial was not indicated miles closer to the California city. Weller noted that, under present taxpayers by Internal Revenue,
Mass. in the records. This violates the Interstate Com- procedur~, !~ takes ~s .much as. the new financial report forms

;t. ~ . ~ two years for the sh1ppmg com· come in a simplified and a detailed
Myra Denise Tilley, born Janu-1 l paoy to get ·a complaint processed. report, LM-2, will be used by all

ary 16, ' 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. PERSONALS AND N-OTICES Meanwhile the railroad has cut labor organizations whose gross
John Tilley, Pensacola, Fla. the. rates in effect and "the water· annual receipts and income are

~ ~ . ~ carrier can be effectively bank- $20,000 or more. This covers
Carl William Welch, born Janu- rupted by subjecting it to· these roughly 75 percent of the union

ary 27, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. - long · periods · of administrative membership in the US. J

Elvert M. Welch, Covington, La. Robert O'Rom:ke years of · age is asked· to contact delay." . . · . Due to the reporting require-
. ;t. t. t, . Get in touch w1th your wife im- Jean Woods at Riverdale PO Box The Coastwise Line statement ments imposed by the 1959 labor

Keith Allen Brinson, born Jan- mediately. ~141, Miami, Florida. Imoprtant. pointed out that the ICC has ap· law, a permanent Public Docu-
~ unry 24, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. :.t.· . · _;\;. ~ ;.t. i ;.t. proved ten ge.neral freight ratt>- ments Room has been opened in

· Benny Brinson, Savannah, Ga. Norman J. Dawson John B. Murray increases for the railroads in the the Labor Department building
;\;. t. ~ Contact C. Hughes at 191 Avenue Important you contact your son; last ten years while, at the same ·here to make available all :rtibor

Mark Steven Ballance, born Feb- U, Brooklyn, NY. Phone· Hickory care of Gerner. Same address as time, permitting the railroads to ·organization and employer re-
ruacy 12, 1960, to Seatarer and 9-2400. previously. • cut rates to the ·bone OD specific ports. Copies of reports in thi•
Mrs. Suny Boy Ballance, Albany, ;.t. t. ~ · ;t. ;t. t- cammod~tieS ·w~ch domestic ships public file are obtainable upon the
Ga. Bernhard Larsen SS Mermaid . Crew earcy~ payment of a service charge.

- t. ;\;. ;\;. Send your correct addr.ess te Your kind t e I e_g rams and
Steven Michael Daniels, born ·

January 2
61 19601 to Seafarer and your brother on Staten Island, ~o thoughts during my period of grief

Mrs. Peter Daniels,. Brooklyn, NY. he can forward your mall to you. were greatly appreciated. Mrs. Na-
o\; ;\;. - · ;t. ~ dine K. MacDonnell, widow of the

~ t. · ~ late Lloyd w. MacDonnell. Collee~· Ann Gorman; born Jan- Charles J • . Welbom .. .... . . ....
19 1960 t S f . d Mr Write the Bureau of Child .Wel- ~ ....,. ~ uary , , o ea arer an s. B·n- G. Leib•

T b F Gorman N .. w Orleans fare, Box 110, GrAfna; Louisiana, ~, J
.,o n · . • -" • • • Anyone knO\fin8. his whereabouts
La. , as sobn as possible, giving your after last known · address at ·149

, t · ~ ~· t. mailjng address. Communication West Portage . Drive, Cuyahoga
Bonnie Almett Jones, born No- is important concerning plans for Falls, Ohio is· asked to contact L.

vember 22, 1959, to Seafarer and your two chlldren.
'' Mrs. ~Melvin E. Jones, Portsmouth; .... .... .. CiamJ;oll, ship's delegate, SS Coe

~ ~ ~ Victocy. This regards undelivered
Va: Pat Murphy mail. ' ' ' . Doris Marie McNeil, born Febru- The above-named man who was

•i ary 11; ll)60, to· Seaf-arer an.d Mrs. sailing with Grace Lines about 12
,, William A. McNeil, Mobile, Ala. · ·years ago and would be about 43
,. t -.\:. t

I
.): RO"ger Randall Neyrey, ~rn De-
.. ~ :C.~mber 27, 1959, to Seafarer a~d ~ ,,., PJ./0105
r~~:ftf.Georg: Ney;ey, :•Angeles, . ,,. -srOR~ .

UI Do;ls Mary Olson, ' born 'dFeMbru- . ,~ f'Ol'fRY r-:'
1 ;.:ary 1: 1960, to ~eafarer an . . rs. ' ,
i ·;. Maurice J. Olson, Somerville, · _ · · ,.,,,,,, •

~ ~ t .
Mail not forwarded and r.eturned

in bulk by the_ Ocean Carriers
Corp.• is being held in the mail­
room at SIU headquarters for the
following:

Ex-SS Valiant Hope
A. K81'8tzas, Eric J. Berg, J. E.

Ross; George E~ · Kroll, Antone
Pacuin;is, A. ·A. Carlson, Julio C.
Bernard, Ken Clyde,' Jack Ross·,·
Howard, E. N. Dore, Stanton Jones;

l ·:-' :f4ass. · · - /-? Pl" ~-·
~ . . t t . ·i - . ; . ,. ··.~ . . . ~

.Anders Eliason, Andrew L: Oliver: '.
~ !~m_es · 'R .. Nystrom, ~hilip B .. Cog­

·1ey, J . ·H. Hayes, Leoiliµ-d Martin,

Adds A Pint For Blood Bank

; ·· · Cheryl Anil Schmidt, , M:'rn De" ·. -· :~.. , .... ---....::: .....
{ · -t~mber 20, 1959,~ t~ Seaf~er and. · '· :C~~~~=ir'.: ·How~rd ·.Credour, \_V: J. Blak~iy _ _

: . u ts. ~~ns A. , ~~~~l~~ -~h~~~tt~ ..
i ·. j.. . . ;t;~ 1• .t :.. ..f . . ' ,. ~

; ) .~ .. Scott Alan Thc;m~~n~ bQI:li )i.e-· ' :. .
· : ·~e.mber 20, 1959, to --Seafarer · ~nd · *. ;' ·

· · ·.~s. _J~mes c._ Tbo~JSson, Jac~oµ~ ·~ .. ., ·: S~'em fotbe' ·
· ville, Fla. · -

, ._and .. Harold~ A. Tram~lie •. - . ~ "Doesn't hurt ·a · bit~~ . seems to bEHhe attitude . of Seafarer Robert

G
' I • .. t· N~-~~· !culiaE R: : b' . . : ' i. Wafu,, .. messman. QS.-h$ donate~ ~ . pint of blood for the SIU

· vn er eiisc~ . . o :mson,. · L .-th ·· u.r If 1 · • NY' ·1·· • L b ·ch • • E
i ., 'Wiili~"fu :::ffiu-r1s; G'.~ Sigalas~ Joseph · b!ood a nit a~ e· -;! e ~re Pan S· .. c .ma.c. a _ te. , nacaan •

Ji:. cifron'~ManuefPereira I Matkori . fie!~ m~~es . a~- assist:" The donor program . ass~lr~ .O,-.$Upply of
: 'Sjglas;··Ari:drew ~Vasaka, F~· D: 'wan ·'·~·blood for emergency needs of Seafarers ·or their families··anywhere

and Joseph F. Romme. in the US. ·



~ f' th ..

Yot ·Qll' . , .. I~

·No.$ '

. ~

Seaway. Opet~tqrS_
Map Plans -To Cut·.
Shipping Hazards;· .

The 569 accidents and ship casualties that occurred in ~he
St. Lawrence Seaway-Great Lakes shipping_ routes l~st. ye~
have set a mimber .o~ sat~ty operations in motion to. iippr.ove
service and cut down on mis-·• .

· . soorce of controversy between
haps.· -_ Americans aiid Canadians, and

The new measures -propose more stringent rotes . for ships and
improvements in salvage equip- crews using the confined waters
ment, changes on the Welland of tjte Seaway.
Canal and improved equipment on . · One- of the tiiggest problems is
the ships themselves. Both t_he US the inadequacy . of the salvage
and Canadian governments arfi? equipment available between the
moving quickly to remo:ve some 0,f Great. Lakes .and Montreal. The
the hazards in the Seaway before Canadian Board of .Marine Under­
the season reopens fully · this writers which ha~ recorded $12.5
spring. . . million' in f.!laims coveriQg 300 of

Thls involves wall chang~s in the accidents on the Set way, re­
the US section of the Sea\¥a~, a ports that as a result of the lack
far-reaching overhaul of the sys- of proper salvage equipment, re­
tem of pilotage that has l)een a pair bills are unusually high. - .
-------- - - - -- - The accidents last year ranged

Dredgemen
Pacts· .List
Key GQins

from lost or damaged, propellers
to bow damage and actual slnk­
ings, in which ships were_ declared
total losses. Bigger lighter~ for
handling the car_go of sfra~ded
ships· are needed as well as large
floating cranes and portable §UC­
tion elevators to -siphon out bulk
grain cargoes.

A three-year-agreement expected There is every indication that
to set the pattern for inland and port and service facilities · neces­

. coastal · dredge workers from the sary for handling the' increased
Atlantic to the Rockies has been volume of~ shipplng ·in the 'Great

Lakes will be greatly expanded.
completed by Marine Division Lo- The Seaway was formally opened
cal 25 of the International Union of_ for ocean-going vessels Just last
Operating Engineers and six ma.tor year. _
dredging-firms. In line with ·the generril ·1n-

Stephen J . Leslie, president-busi- crease in Great Lakes shipping
ness manager - of the 'recently- occasioned by the Seaway the

Ne!" Dry C~f!go Wage Scale*.
'Effective February 15, '1960

DECK DEPARTMEST .
" • t

Old
Ratinl' . Scale Increase·
Bosun CMarlner) ..... : ...... $517.04 $.31.2Q.
Bosun . ... . .... .- . . . .. . . . . . . . • .463.46 · 30.49-
*Cafpenter · (Mariner> .~ ._ ... : .. - 446.48

1
18
8
... 4
29
9

*Carpenter · .. .' .... : . . . . . . . . . 433.85
AB Maintenance •••... . . . .. . 397.87 17:76
Quart~rmaster .••• • ..... ! ., . . 3~3.67 ": 5.50

.. Able .Seaman . . •• -. .· ..... ,~ . . 363~67 . 5.50.
Ordinary Seaman •..... : . . . . ~82.45 , 4.27

- ENGJ.NE DEPARTMENT"

New
New Over•;
Scale Ttlne

$548.33 $2.33 -
. 493-,95 . 2.33 .
464.97' 2.33
.452.14 . . 2:33 .
415.63 ' 2.28
369.~1 2.21 369.17 - 2.,2
286.72 . 1.78

'
Chief Electrician .(Mariner) . . 599.26 · 9.07 '608.33
Chief Electrician ..........••. 577.48 - 8.'(·2 586.20
2ild Electrician ~ . · . ...... • ••. 537.96 8.14 546.10
Unlicensed Jr. Eng. (Day) .. • 467.10 7.06 474.16

. Unlicensed J~. Eng. (Watch-) • 417.77 6.31' 424.08 .
Plumber - M&chinist . . . . . . . . 479.35 18.99 , : · 498:34
Deck Engineer .... ·. . . . . . . . . . 440.55 . -18:40 ·. 458.95 .
Engine Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424.18 6.40 ... 430:58 · i

2.3~
2.33
2.33
2.33
2.33
2.-33
2:3~.
2.33
2.28
2.28
2.28
2.28

Evaporator Maintenance .... . 386.70 5.84 392.54
Oiier .. _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363.67 5.50 36!>..17
OJlet - Diesel .. • : . . . . . . . . . . 393.53 5.94 399.47
Watertender .... . "· ... .... · .. 363.67 5.50 ·369.17
FiFeman ·Watertender ....... ·:363.67 5.50 369.17
Fireman .. ~ ... .. . . , . . . . . . . . . 363.67 5.50, 369.17

. Wiper ... :, .. .. . .. ~ .. . . .. _ .. 340.42 5.14 345.56 .
Reefer Engineer - --: · -- --.

.CWhen ·1 carried) ;:, .-. . .- . .. 5317.'96 - 8.14" :_ 5~6;10
Reefer Engineer · -

(When 3 carried) . • . ) '

' 2.28
2.28

· 1.78

2.33

"· Chie( ... ........ .. ... .. 496.18 · 52.77
1st Assistant . . : ... . . . . . 4'41 ,32 i8.47

. 548.95 . . 2.33

2n~ Assistant _. . . . . . . . . . . 40L03 · 79:63 ·
489.79 2.33
'480.66 2.3.3

· STEWARD DEPARTMEN'J'
Chief Steward . ............. · ol63.46 30.49 493.95
Chief Cook . , . . ... . .. . .. • . : 423.55 12.28 43~.83
Night Cook & Baker . ... ~.· .. . ·417.77 ·6.30 ·. 424.~7
Second. Cook ... .. ; .... : . .. .. 3~6.23 · : ·5.70 ~ ' ~81 ,93.
Third Cook · .. . ... .. .. .. .. _. . . 359.07. 5.43 · ·· _ '364.50
Messman · ....... ·. . . . . . . . . . . . 280.28 ~ 4.24 · 284.52
Utilityman .... ... . . : ..... ·. . . 280.28 4.24 284.52

. ---

, .
2.33
2.33

- 2.33
.2.28
2.28
1.78 .
l.'18

* Receh:es $20 additional a month if required fo provide -
own tools.

Standby rates ha~e · been Increased to $2.24;· $2.28 and $2.33 .
for the respectrve overtime groups. - . . ' - .. .

. NEWS Hl ADLIN t S iN' REVIEW .

!~~~:t!du~~~ns::u:~ee~e c:.l~~:~:~· ~~~Sah~~a~~~o':~r! t~~~i!1:t!~ . S·l·u"· 'Me: mb' ,. ·r· 'sh"1·p· _. ·p· ·,a·ne· ~ · 1 ·
~· . ~;P~~~~:w;ni~~o~f :eg~~=~~on:f ~~ioLa1:e~~i:~~~tse::e~~ti::s~h~:;, , . ,~.. ~ - - . . - . , - ,.. - - . ' . : - .. : . . - " ~ : ;

!~:t~:~~n will be affected by, the !e~~~~~s t:i~s i:: ~~:~~nd~ro:~ End·s ... p.~·,n·st1·tut·1o~·n .... ,S .. -·tud· ,y·. "~
wa~~e i~:;:a~:c~/~~~i:o~O \!o~~ ~~~a~~;;e;:!~~se!::t! d::~~~!~ • ~ . "' ~ . ~ . :, . . . - -~~ . ~ ;. : : , . • .
cents an hour depending on .the job of the Great Lakes shipping under Work ion 'proposed •revisions ·of -the SIU constitution has - : JO};: d • ~ •

classification, with an aaditional MSTS auspices last year. - been completed by the rank-and .. file committee elected by ~uGSJA GI f5. C"8A L/)JA/
10 cents hourly in welfare fund. Many SIU ships hi the Seaway ~he headquarters inember~hip on February 3. Ji report de-', CfF fltX>·Mll. .. J..fON~~~
payments. 'trade last year were ·' ·carrytng tailing the committe~'s r~com- - 10 SW SMJU.ION 1bN5l:Jr:

contributions to the welfare fund MSTS cargo, among theni Alcoa mendations wilr be presented . , SUGAR 11\J N6>(T·5Ye.4~
~~~!i~~~!1;n ~~g~sre~~~a:ii~~cti~~ :~!:~:;an and ~Victory· Carriers . ~ee~~e m!i::::r:s~f Ppo:'i;. ~~~t cASfRD ORIPf'"J..eprl'GE!iJ.
October 1, 1959 when the old Amendment of ' the constitution ' ~ · ... _.ii. ·"• · · -
agreements with the six compa- N- +._ .~ ' :. ·
nies ·expired. Further wage· in­
creases, in increments of 10 and

- 15 cents hourly, al·e ' scheduled on
October 1 this year and again in
1961.

The new it>act -marks the flrst
major contract sig1cling by .Local
25, which has headquarters in
Brooklyn.

Speak Out At
SIU Meetings

Under the Union constitution
every ·member attending a Un­
ion meeting is ~ntitled · to
nominate himself for, fhe elected -
posts to be filled ~t the meeting
-chairman, reading clerk and
r ecording secretary, Yo,ur Un-

, · iOn .urges. you to take an active ':
part in meetings by taking these
e osts of service. . - .•

And, of cotirse, all. members·
have Ure rikbt to take · the. floo~

~ • r ~nd e',xpress __ th~ir , f?~lnions ori
· . any officer's report or .iss1,1e u~~

dei' discussion. Seafarers" _are
· urged to · bit the deck at thes~

. ~ · me!?tings and 'let · their ; shlp­
m'ates· "knot/ what'• ' on- their

.. minds. - . .