Seafarers Log: Vol. 22 No. 7 (1970-01-01)

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• OFFJ' ~IAL ' OR6AN -OF THE SEAFARERS INTE·RNATIONAL ·UNION• ATLANTIC AND 6ULF DISTRICT• AFL-CIO •

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~- Exp.ert's Report To US:·.

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·- SAFETY .
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.· 1959 FIGURES

0N ·s1·u SHIPS
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· Two-Thirds Are .
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BOP~rcentT~ke -.. ~---~----~~~onP~~
Place On Watch

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.. ~ $lips And Falls
· · .Leading ·Caus·e .

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- Early·Reporting
. . Usual·.Practice

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, Major Oil Firms ,
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· S·tep Up Fight On
'. _·s~a~SO' ·Proposal

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~> -_ Fishermen Hit 12.•Mile Limit Plan . . ... . - . . - . ... .. ' .
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". . BienVltl~Til'1ker-·~ OpetOtors T,o Post Bond
· : : CrtiSh~lnHo.uslon· ~ 10 GUarariteeShip Wages .

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ltePmf~ointa SIU $.- safely'.,:;l$8U&B ·,:'. ~....__.
_ ~ ~iftftl ~~<m ~aond\tfiuis-:an:d1 ·attftllirt ftBuN»oil ·o· · addS'h .. du~ uti :,e•.1•· ~ j~ . ~-· - -

- ~ relea&ecif ~ the Safety Department of' the Seafarer's Welfare Plan. The report~ the:- first -of: its kind issued by · . ..~ E.""'8
tlie• departin~t, iS oasea on ihfortnation g.at1ierecf from a cross-section 0£ tlie stea.Jllsmp' incfustfy ·ancr·sn.ows· liP.-~iPe· re:' .. -~sn:r-mem~l'sf\ip.)nee~­
vealing d~tails whieh h~ve not . . . -- . ·.·· - .· . '- ·. ' .. ffngs are . he:1e1 ·~ . ularJy
been available to date m any have generally. ignored the dlstinc- still aboard the ship and -is still The· accident- a11aly. sis ls bssed :•it.two "18 · · .r.
~J;. data.. ·issued- by v;cwi.eus .ti°" . bet)VeeDo_: lost-time accident~ 1~os~d. to. the. haz.ar~ of w~ on i:epor~ aubJnJ,tted bi. corqan14Uf! __, # • .. ~f - , !-:
gruu15S> dea.Uq with ~ ~ wltidl we~ GB. 8lMdi" mil-- 1andf ~ ..... . u~ cOldi:adl tt> tlie SW ....., rngn . . tltt
s~fety. G!!· ale basis of Uits in JO!tUre tltati th Jlllllll. eould! f ~ .~ -*t dliaUar~ ~ .-! Gi ~triid5 A "tot ·4 l . p11tt; · "iea-,
mation, · tJie-· SIU an'cl sh~~ ~ca_ ttile jolt;. 'DlW ~~~a. c• ...aim ttiaf' ''We: ·~ ·Mdden1l';. ™ ' -'f wlllirbl wa; 111 k S. are. airnectecl ta
~nw . ~ • sa tie- ~rtt J _· *> co\lllU... ~ ti!Jltf lJhr9e' mi- JBmfilw"~a81Nt" acttft!nt15<. -•ere..........,~........ ... + a.L---'7.".'[_ · .. ~!:.L -_
}J8l'tlnentr bops: t. malle: tbeil\ ~ i5 ~ iaial&'ed- dl6 llDt"i. llltwml ,...,_. slltpt Seaw 01P ttw- naw- • ~-.... f • at.u'9il" Jill9llllS......, .~ ,.,..
safety, proaram& moce eJl.eetive. ,to ~ork on· the. daJ. followinl. the- ut,. moat;. ~odern.. Iii~: wilh-~ 1 'f,he:. -1'-119rts., )vita .ilieni aut; i ~ 911Cl"•d; ,sJ. - ..

.A!Jft'.<m~ ~ f!n~np: tJte- ~ort+ tact'llhtt . . .,must s~-ctmst~S' ~ atknad' ~ulfil .an ·~ ~!II~ ever,+ . 1 ~eeiMi _ · · 4
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noted that for tiotli I1J5lf and fd51f, rt' wa aiib fbuncf ttiaf tlie'-gre-at' must still contend wit.h tlie•.uncer- t!hve- mlpitJiS', ·gf\tihg lir~aidbwns _ (b . · • · .r • .
two out of three accidents report- majority of ' accidents-, 80 percent; tamties·of' tlte sea an<}. the:'. weather; of· :when accidents: _were report~d; e. sur• to . •n$ 11 . ~e_g1s-
ed to the department- did not jn- ·occurdll" dbllng.. ~ elllltt hour~ -~paitdl8nlwaa set.ug.ftlJhelp ~-__...,.. ~l•w" •irl.,t~• .. •I •• r A0 Mll•9' ; ...t.
volve loss of work time on the job. of ~- 'JJlai J,JC!fteDtallllf .. ~thee lbi~wlifidi. cmi be ~ · . .._ ~ -ia1it!. 6" ·
Up until now, total accident figures be considered in light of-·tlie (act controlled... · l!r... M •ulF ( ._
reported on an industry-wide basis that w!Mr off' ~ ttilf s~im f~ Other interesting fht'ormlition· ·• .. -~-- .._ -·~·
--------------------------- disclosed by the· detailed report . llldl ~I~ f ~Mlat~ .... ; ' '*· ,·1· Iii.cot·"' ers sho.wS. tbatthe: vastmaj.od~ofac- ~.Ir . .,......-:~ ... ] :ci~. •e. ~ ~Y to ...,...... • t 1111 .

Su~U..S .llllftNiD 24l Jieu. after It-~ .. ~. "":.:---:---:--~-~!L..~-.--~-"':M~~~~

· 11.-·- 11s· -l ... 'I 1n·1· • .- a;;75;:;:;~ Voie On Constiirdioil
l I 511 11115'9 ~ ..,.. --~ tmt •me day .. -

· · -r _:_m· · ~... , ·· : _ _._ ,..~_· Jtll•Odftllt Tio- 8eg1·n ·--· r·c11~ 31 ~ .Mtttfti. ,ar~ oll> fUIKUfg, ~.,_ anw_ lllJury· rep~ -...- . lElgedmce} Dri·l!'llllL! ~· another ii'• ; · '

dents and injuries reported," the Marine Index· Bureau fnm -factor -tn . a seaman~s ability to . · . ., -.,,. · ' · . ·. . - ' , · . .
finally made it clear that there is a distinction between the work in a .safe ma~ner and avoid With theopo~clti-t.,.....,,,w1iiltlperiod ~~d
two: In its latest report on accijlents. Ii study of age · groups in all ports,. Seafarers- will begin . voting Mllrcil · em tie Be.
shi~ ~s· ami ill~ '• man;yr :olifaes d paper amf sh~ ttid -er;, '9Petrlftfed Pt:o- vised c~ k the. AAC' Didmct. Jvfltabatlf at 11he
nesse~, the: ageney, fig- ~ t1iell usiJQJ th• a~ pn indicat" CJf felllimall _.mies . lfe!M!ally have March ~ o+att: . ·'
first t~ has tlw. followiQ dilri-- tlte"accitl'ent.n:A!"' llPth.e indud:ry. fe~aodfttJiOJ ~oflliw~ in pro- ratified tiev~,.md pllOl-- 16"*""' to aco••mCJll'ate tbs•
claime~dil the ~\ld. . ! ·JDespite 1fi¥! dlsa!Miner, the :.&- P~ * tlillir. ~ in . tl~e posal, w1ifult had' freen SJF' dfvfsfun1: . .

"Thi~,ear,, \\ltfwish a·gaillif4 a:dll ~Indes:JJllr'eau tOllows the smne UiWAf, ~~~ • Jitgher de- proved as a motion at headquarters Furt~er, the c..attiomll'! J:e!Vi.
your atfA!JltioJP ~the ~ct th-11 fill_. dbai'ous owcttm tf~ failing tOJ dU- gra- ~ .. ~~ ~y could 'on l\llDdt.12.. , flbia' tlllk.e note CIC tlle new.r.~u,
studies> a»"e b ... upwn, :relRflltSi d ~tia~ ~ lbst-time. lllld. ~~IV ~ • ~adbia of the TJ:uf r~nif '6 6IJe> (tlive-- . *1mture witQ.ifi:a the tJilton
injuries; lftld. itlitwses- # r~vf!d! ~lost-t'liU lldt!idlim:ls aid~. ~i~ sydiftm !"hli!lt! provides constft.'ution ccnnmi'tre-e snd· th-e· wfttclf P,l'U\'Jdes :Air an_ e~udve
from subscn~ers. It should be Under its system of tabulating the · foy · prl!terrecf JUrmg of' class A text 4 ta JNJ9aG new COii .. boadl at elficers m J1111let restilill'Iy
understood that not all the J'eports total number of reports sent in, men, seamen. who ~ave eight .or tion 1bftf Bel!D ..i at all m••• I anti .rt 01ll Ur.tom llllfidrs. Spftiftc
filed with this Bureau r.epresent every running nose, headache and ~ore ~!.:afrs~.~ t~e m~~stryld·. iFidgi- 'on M"arch 2: S'eafarers then vdtea 1 tit~ir for- board aeamers aml'' IPe-
1~ ·Kt$ th~ -- t!lfm ba\ldl.aid · • .., ........ ...-.. · Ulle8> - u-"" yeag .... ou n -· · e m•, agai · "'""!"".... . · · ~ - . ~ up 10 le* ~t-- tfiii5 hdlijh; t :to place the constitution revision ciftc autho.rity fs; Wl'itten fallllt .the
:oani~ rror ~ ~ey· ~~~:n11)' Ulf- • t~. _ rue. on the ballet. docu~~ '(For "1 ~n. ,,. the
rese11t. ~ull! 'dl~a~1btila. · ... l.easm111a~ Sldlety- ~cedbr~s are I· ~ . Thll:' 9lll' eon~ 8DiedlD&. i w ·••s reJHJd., ~· tn 118rch

Tlftr ~m:er u~ not~brt~ '!Je- co~d ~ fost-t~ IHX!1dents· s·..-"--&1, • 0 proce'd'ure· CllDs for a twa-tllinfi; 1:l l8lftlle of the MliCJ . · . · _
caustt ill! pr.e'\)imis ~S:· th.e ~A- ~ ilfness~ CUily, *~.· the fact ! ~·I •• . n majority in a se~et laaJ,lat refer:.. t Othel; ahanges .. • )RRnt
F A:remtS: :E.(!)(1; liad bebl cntinitlt of tliVt the ma~ gavct ai man an as- _ ~ end um 'Db:. · ~g periit°Cf mmst coJllftild>n wmie -•lllli£ 11....ary
Mann~ tild'e~ habit of t!O\lntilfti up pfnn cni· a ~-aftl doelf. not in- }E-e-ft •ee· I from March fl fCf April :a, frrcflr- by- tfie> ~- -A.ct.

~ ~ IoSll fJf th.,.~mbers' I .• 1 · _ sive. ' ._ - · . · :Among its PIMiill~ tJ¥ - ets

S di h U •o ser\tt'c!'es. 1 sh· · in th t f s ttl Adtllltloni :aeeommended certain requirewnt. ts- .r.ted We S nl n Under system of throwing every- ippmg. . e por 0 ea e . . . . : oei<IUIJ Oil ~ . of
. ,thing 'int,o the .soup Marine Index ' picked up a bit over th~ last. pe- Im. ·~•lil19" ~ el UJlliora menbe~ _. lliailar

. comes up with a "percentage rate" rtod' 'Witlr ~l! JfaytJ'{fS- mat P.1Jlled the co~sttfuflonal revfsforrs, ffre mattus, AccorcfJr;Ar, .tile mtsed
. . ft_ eports H·1gh of 84.23 percent for illness~s and the slac,k out ~f _the ~eport. . rsix-m• ,r•k a• •e committee r eolirlltflui•~ has:-~ • ·it

. injuries~ which, if taken , at face ~n the ~ast perfod the followmg n~te"' 1fult t!lre ~e~ asil: nowi 1 ~ mftt th~ ~ of
2v.ilue wnldl mea 1!bt. 85 out of . ships f'ud off: Mftl :ifarveyor stands, wa~ large'l'y-written before the· new Federal l.titlt. -. . ~

l•nJ•llJ· late' .. -t4!.'Very lltW cnwm'(tplb-.n wettr. ia- ,<JsUun!an); Oaean .Te~ ('Maritime the ·A&G Distri.ct establ~shed a .
nrates ot thW sfd. bli7' or wO\!!f'e I ftv~se8) adt M~ <M"at~r-· .numb~ of affiliated divisions. ... · •
'uing 1!h JeaY-am obviolJl'.lj ·manlt Gie llUllfl, 8!t ·-Sur- AmOlltf ~. ma._., - MM:ille. AJ.. s1u· Wi-·~

American seamen are not the ridiculous figure. · veyor (IJitbmian) s{gned' on and rued · ·~· Divilfolt,. · Pwtrte •
only ones to be troubled by the Examination of the data shows three vessels were serviced· in. tRican Division, HHDe>r . and Jnlmd. , .
safety F~ pa.rticul.ir to sai'ling. 3,871.c~running noses ... nu. _(1118 trans}t These were: Marymar •. ! Wate~ l>irilAon •n• .~ f,. s. _··' J·, _ .

In alli lfrti~~ entitl~ "Soim! cur- and t'he· n'W (respiratory inftfctfew Seamar (Calmar) .. ~ City of. I The chawgw fir~ ~ct\ln'.,.. . D" a1 . . •n
ie'lltl: pif6ilem'S' facing ~elfen'§ se'> ~-na.TJ!J).~- :J,432 ~ stCM1eca. Almai nrater-. _ · Union requires constitutional . . .
mew,:· .Jona& S. Th~ 9.JesMemJ ,(Wsb-intediial, etcblin~ uJI.. • • - · f ·

~t~etl~~~: ~~a~1:1:!t s~:! t~f~~el~:~;ou~ooth~~r:se-~~!h:: One For· ~· , ........ A••• · ~l:Truck-
. have died as a result of accidents ever they are-out of a total of

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while af work during th~ p~st five . 22,502 reports. , " -
years,. Midi that the- acci.cMilt rate 1 OJll the aftidat sfde of a t.laJ.
has elf~~ sfftdil.7 frtn. a t«Jtaf : M 2'f,OlH re1J18rtsr _,,; than fralf
of 2,1<»- 1B l~ tt81 _ ~,2l» n t ,19'1, :·ae ~tusilllas and". abrasiol'J!f,."'

Thore mentions tnat the Swed- .w cuts and. bruises· as they are.
is~ .un~ __ h~ bee"n. hampered in ~nown. Am~tber l,989 are "un- ,
:Its ~tem·~s .l!o C8'I! GIOWn on acct- specified injuries," which is about
dents by reticence on the part of as useful a statistic as "miscellane­
shipowners and certain authori- ous illnesses."
tie~. They ha~e resisted ~ttempts The Bureau's findings also•~ake
to ~n~roduce safety regul.ahons .and no allowance fox: thE!' fact that 'they
tr~mg prdlgr~~ •h1cll Wftld could bl!! a numlrer of rep~ de»-
eiiMi!Mt4f mMY MJS..,s. iq wftfi a s)lftific- f!RliV-Wmd fa.:. . ,

fJI ecMllnst with ~ Sw~- an:. jray' 1111' mnesg,;. · .
foJl(g <titlieatdes, Anraicain s-eamen. · ·
are benefiting from;. gr;idually-re- ~

- ciwce1t au.hfeRt. nus and, as Sea- SEA.I! ABEBS LOG
faY"erS' xnow, ~-contracted com- M h 25
panies and the Uniqn are working arc • 1960 Vol. XXll, No. 7 .
together through the Se'afarers •
Safety .Program on the s.afety ,

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' problem.
The Swedish. i:epert sbeuld make .PAUL HALt.. ,,_,.etaru-Treasure,.

jl!ll.erntio3 '•ea.BatJ for: !Hlip&w11a , •BERT- :BltAND;, .lditor. B---· lilA-:
and -AlWl\11: .,..._en wh• soan4 MMJ,, An Uttcw. HlllbWAN .Allmmr, ·

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0 ~' a" lllLe£.~a1s. a OU .w:.wsuu AliTRUR BERGER, CHARLES' BEAUMET, . 'Du .
happy and - acc!dent prone sea- ROBINSON, Staff Writers. Bw. 'Mooni, .

. men on Americas. Allf.'fhips. FOi" 1a.i1 A,ea nepresentadve,

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-"'11DH« 1N.re ~·ii hta:liUes asiil>-.· ,_. ._ ~,..._ flllllr ..... ir .,,..., Att»

A ri . . . . 1959 c. . l'n'lfllc a -.,., IWstrfd, AR·f:N!i: .,._~rt"
m,e ca Ram~n· 111- , Wnl!Ras · Aveni!•• Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel • . HYaclnth

the -i\veaisli .~year average, 9-6600. second clus postage paid at th•

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.~ ·Jnvolved,_ {s just a shade ' uiid~l' '&f ··, ' . ~~ llC '
•\ , deaths per ve"•o ~· 1J •, ~· ( ',/' ,t;•• ' 6,'.::t , ' I I J

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The SUP-manned tanker Lombardi, en-route to the WesJ Coast
rec~ntly, from Canton Island, went to the aid of a Japanese train·
ing-ship which had sent out distress signals. The ship, the Toyama
Maru (at rightJ had a leak in its hull which was.quickly repaired by
a Lombardi rescu!ll .team. Circled are a lifeboat and liferaft which
were used between the two ships.

Sea Unions OK Uniform
Wage Security Agreement

US maritime unions have set up a uniform policy tp insure
th~t American seamen are no longer victimized by operators
who are in shaky financial condition.. Arrangements have
been ma<;le by agreement be- ·

• tween the -,unions and the E T hr
ope.rators -involved, µiost of s·so an rier
ther_n tramp· or Independent tanker I · . . • .
agencies. for -frnailclal security to H·its .Bo· xsh·ip be posted by them for their ships.
Performance bonds or actual cash
deposits are to be set .up guaran-
teeing crewmembers' wages, draws· I H t
and allotments. ~nd assuring pay- n OU'S on
ments to vacation- and welfare
plans as well. The Pan-Atlantic containership

Representatives of the SIU, the Bienville was rammed by the tank­
National Maritime Union, and the er Esso Chester in an accident
officers' unions reached agreement that took .f>lace at the entrance to
on the pcogram which was subse- the Houston ship channel last
quently ratij'ied by the. operators' week. .
involved. The ' program calls for According to Seafarer H. E. Col-
the following: • !ins, crane maintenance and. elec-·

·· trician aboard .. the Bienville, the
• C~mp;mies ~reser:itly in debt -vessel had been lying at anchor

to va'rlous vacation and .welfare becau.se of a heavy fog· before . the
pla~s. ar~ to P~Y outstanding obli- .accident occurred. When the fog
gallons 1mmed1ately or make ar- lifted, the . pilot

. caQgements to put money in es- came· aboard and
crew '·<?ut of future charters for just as the ·:Bien­
such Pl.lyments. , ville got under-

• Performance bonds, or money w a y she w a s
·bi escrow, will be set up' to meet rammed by the
comini obligations on wages, Chester, harnway
draws, allotments and fund con- bet we e .n the
tributions. .., h«?use · and the

In cases w~ich· will involve put- stt~ 8 ·accident c· II' .
ting m~ney m escrow, a clearing whi ch took -plac~ o ins
house is to be . set ~P so ~s to · at 4 pm, demollsheli the crane and·
handle all .the cases m _a umform d i -. t f th h ll " ti:. -
manner. Shipping firms which ~~ve ~ _a_pl!r 0 . e : u !>... IJ>e.
fail or refu -· to compl with th Bie_nyille. The ·repairs will .take .an.

• se · . Y . ~ estimated four to six. weeks, ahd
PJ:'Oposed- pro&!:am, will pe sub3ect reportedly will cost. betw,een $l00,-
tc liens for money owed them. O'OO to $200· OOO N · i · , ~ o one was n-

This . latest move by the marl- jured·. in -=the ·piishap. · Th~ skipper
time unions was brought about by· of the Chester claimed the heavy
the recent bankruptcies of Oceari. traffic in the caAal caused ti1e
Carriers, North Atlantic Marine· crash. : ' , ' : ~ . . .
and. World T{amping, which left. · The Bienville was on her way ·to
many seamen without pay, after' 'Port Newar~ to acc~pt a · .saf~ty.
months of work. it was ta.ken to award from Pan Atlantic 'for hav­
prevent 1repetltion of such incl- mg the . best safety record in ·. the
dents by ·other operators. Most of fleet. . ·
the. bankrupt sh\ps maiiqed by Sea- .... ~he was a fine ship," said Col­
farers h.ave be~h turned over to llns," "a good feeder with. a won­
other SIU-.cornpanlea. . •i, ; • , h \ · del'ftil crew ·aild excellent offic.era;~' ·

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'Baek Hiring HQll,_
Boost Ship Aid;'

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Experts Tell. US-
WASHINGTON-Two separate reportS submitted by specialists in transpor·

tation and. labor relations to the Department of Commerce have called for Govern­

ment action on ~ritime problems along the lines advocated by the SIU and otheri

maritime unions .. Their rec­
ommendations inc Ju d ·e a flag ships in handling farm sur-

plus.us shipa should get up to' 100
call for full legislative e~- percent of surplus where the
dorsemefit Of maritime hir• Carg'O is a &'ift to a foreign nation.

• The ICC Is unfair to domestic
ing halls and Considerably sl1lpping. Domestic shipping

states that ship registration of
this kind "absolves the owners of
meeting many of the taxes, in­
surance payments, wages and

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broader aid to us shipping should be put back under . the
in the form of subsidies and Maritime Administration. . . ' can ad a s I u
bigger farm surplus cargo al~ • Construction subsidies should ~
lotments be considered for domestic ships. Op-- e- , _

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The two reports were submitted . These are just a few of the high­
lights of the two reports.

in connection .with the Department 1 rt· th · h · · h ll
f C t d Federal n suppo mg e mng a p f T /

o, omme~ce 8 u '( on , "' procedure, Professor Gomberg Q( an g e
'Iransportabon ·Polle~ and Pro- commented that "Inasmuch as
gram. The transportation study it- . '
self dealt with all areas of cargo both maritime ~abor and manage•

d nt , shi s ment are unanimous in their en-
an passenger ~oveme ; . . P ' dorsement of this procedure over
railroads, truckmg, ba.rge Imes the old haphazard method that
and airlines. bred discrimination and corrup-

Full Text Awaited tion, the Government should move
The full text of the Commerce to· legalize this procedure."

MONTREAL-Contract negotia•
tions between the SIU ..Canadian
District and the Lake Carriers As·
sociation have become deadlocked
and the appointment of a govern­
ment conciliation board is expect•
ed shortly.

Department's Transportation. Poli- Many proposals have been made The union negotiating . commit·
cy study is not yet available. How.... in the past for specific legislative tee was unable to make any prog­
ever, it appears that the study authorization for the hiring hall, ress with. the carriers who insisted
report does not agree with' many but Congress has failed to act. upon a return to an "old" system
of the conclusions of the two spe- Turning to the problem of man- in which men work' any eight
cialists. - ning and work rules, Gomberg hours in a 24-hour spread. This

One of the two reports. was made notes that the only way a self- for all ·practical purposes elimin·
by Professor William Gomberg of sustaining merchant marine will ates overtime and many other con·
the University of Pennsylvania, ever develop will be through tech- ditions the union had won previ·
dealing with relationships between nological progress. ''This means ously.
unions and management in the in- that eventually the problem of new Acceptance by the union of these
dustry,. Gomberg makes the fol- job definitions and the new man- conditions would have been the
lowing points, among others: ning schedules will dominate much equivalent of taking a 14 percent

• Labor and management are of collective bargaining." cut in wages for members, the Dis-
fully-agreed that the hiring hall On the runaway-flag issue, he trict reported.
is the ·best way to recruit labor. ---------------------------­
Therefore this procequre should
be specifically legalized by Con-
gress. .

• Something should be done
through NATO or the International
Labor Organization to meet some
of the objections ·of US maritime
unions to low-wace standards on
runaway ships owned by us com­

House . Body Hits
Ship Blacklisting·

panies.
• Inter-union relationships In

maritime are the best .they have
been for many years, with pros­
pects of continued cooperation.

WASHINGTON-The House Foreign Af!airs . Committee
voted 19 to 3 to approve an amendment to the Mutual Se­
curity Act that asks for full freedom of the seas. The action
------------,.followed the disclosure that

• Technological changes in
mariti~e · will tend ·to reopen the
Whole area of manning scales and
work rµles.

Backs Union View

Name Williams
To· N'Orleans
T ranspOrt Body

any US-flag ship that had ever
carried cargo to ~srael was
barred from carrying l_ike cargoes
to Arab countries.

Thus the committee went on
record in support of the SIU posi·
tion that ·nations r eceiving US sur ..
plus agricultw·al commodities
should be barred from interferring
with freedom of the seas, especially

The second reporl:, dealing with
merchant marine problems as
su~h. was made by Milton Gold­
fogle, and very largely supports
tlie recommendations long made
by the SIU an·d- othei: maritime
unions as to what should be done
to helfl shipping, The report in­

NEW ORLEANS - Mayor de in relation to the US merchant

cludes the following:
' · • It calls for subsidy to all US
ships operating in offshore ti·ades,
plus easing the procedure for 2b­

Lesseps Morrison of this city has
appointed Port Agent Lindsey J.
Williams to the Public, Belt Rail-
road Commission to fill ' a term ex­
piring in 1966. This is J?elieved to
be the first time a member of the

tajning subsidies:
• It ·cites ·the fact that 18 trade union movement has been

foreig-n countries require Govern- selected to fill such a position.
ment-owned cargoes to be carried Mayor Morrison said he felt that
on their own shi~ ·and, in many Williams ·was "emminently quali­

·~ase(I, cive ·private cargo prefer- fied" to fill the post because Qf his
ence on their own ships. Amert- extensive knowledge of port opera­
cans l'et little or no share of tions. The Public Belt Railroad
cargoes controlled ·by foreign gov- plays an important role in the op­
ernments, ·Yet foreic' ships get up erations of the port, the Mayor
to 50 percent of cargoes owned by explained.. .
the US Government. The members of the Railroad

• US companies do n9t support' Board receive no salaries. Their
the U'S merchant Dl'~rine. · job .Is to set policies and regula-

• The Department of Agricul- tions for the. operation of the Pub­
tur-e is using every . ni.ethod to de· lie Belt . Railroad, which operates
prive US- shi.Ps. of qecent .. r ates several· h~nJ,l.~ed. pines of track and
»~ , giyil~i · eve~: ~~: ~o -lorefln- emplors"ullj~·of' 500 personL

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marine fleet. The SIU had pro­
tested the blacklist to Presiden~
Eisenhower and many members of
Congress.

The arnendment also asks for a
presidential report on the meas·
ures taken by the Administration
to insure the application of ttie
principles involved under the
Agricultural Trade, Development
and Acceptauc~ Act. Under the
terms of the agreement, the • sur•
plus 'foods are puid for in local
currency. The US then lends back
to the purchasing country 50 to 7~
percent of the sales .Proceeds.
. The House vote denounces an .
·Agriculture Department announce­
ment that the contrac.ts for ship·
ping such Government-sponsored
cargo·es were "of no concern" to
the US Government since they
were made privately between th•
shipper and the purchasing coun-
try. . .... ·ft . ~4~,,_ ~"' _,, ·



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Shippfog in the sm :slumped. a bit tm; period folltlwiDC". · last week's, ''.8 c. ompared to 1,051 men •• ~riodl 'l'«a& ta _ _. ·pedld ~. . · . . .. ~

minor surge. Some ll,'8(f2 ~n ~re di5P1tdiied 111 jobs in all d~ ;it!aa .Uaere we11e- iess; - ~er.ell m Ille ~ • .mdl ~· . :Z :::,,_.-..;
ments, a drop of m men frcm:a last ~illd'h, l;D4, mai. The dedc depalDleia. fie .mm:e- fD the- dedt 1hm '-' die tat ~ 1 , ~ • : •

department was haridiest' hit,. Sl!lipping 3a ~.a idrop- ifl/I. 70 fnm1 a Yhe- llnmlllltbwa ·~.A. ami Bl mea 1~ '*.ttit: ~ ~ .. ,. 11-......_.~·~; t r· •
previ.ous t~t~l of 433. . • . . . follows: deck, ?2; agine, ~27; ste~~~· -Lall. ......... .. ,..Na = ,._.;~:.,
. Sdlip aefli1v!iit;y aha w.as ~ .as 1~. less ~ W1e11e.. .senieed, &is ,'Ml'fl':. de., ·11'1:. . ........ '153, stewa~. •Jt, ti: Ulel ~ ..tE. dlR ........ • r · . ... . ..,,. al ..

period-221 as compared to .237 for the fllle'VlOUS -twe weeks. 'l'1le , there w~re. 2,849 mea on th~ beaea a ta Q d 111i. ..,..- fir ~· 1 • 1 • ......._ ••. ·. · •

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vile, ~ HoustGD .aiMi W~t.aa ruwl· .Aa .~ ~w Orleans \Y;ilmi1iltoa II.ad less. .than 100 ~en m. · a8 J z 1 a•m, mdl ~. ,...._ ..,... •...•• "J
led the -ports with 4.5 vessels serviced. Nurfolk, 5~ l\fiami' and' ~ ~ 1ie9 din: • -.. ._ • n ••. :t:

A rise . in Shippmg w~ shown in BaJ1:imare, Nur:fO'lk, .Taci'smrvi~ , .Sl!!lliorlty, 'Ima wearJsf!«Enl.- -. - ' , T ! 1. 1 r -

MomTe, N.ew Orleans, Wilmin~_on and ~eattl'e. ~es~ fi~~ in 1 .ne~lsl~'.~tJ.Gokk illte'~~ ... Jr.~ a I : ~ . .,2'bj •• = ~ 7
Beston, New York, Ptn"bltle'lp'fna, ~arm. H~n and SU ~ranC'ISC'O. faH' • .. 1'~ Y~ slow •• ', ftllal ~·· : ....aill ~c ••• ~ ..._. _..,..,;. ~ ~ Ii ,
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:caDada. Proposal
-On 12~Mile Umit

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SEATTLE-"l'he .Al.aska Jli;shennen's U\Dioo, a · recent affil~
ate ef -the SffiNA, has· vi!~ly protenecl :moves~ tme Can ..
·adian guvernn1ent to ·establish new boundaries ·m territm~
waters. A Canadian proposa - · . ·

. · fo~ a 12-nnle exe'hlrive fishing I FisheiJlies Cbnuuba:ion pgmated a
'zme wmtld depi'We US mem- ~.;pe~taee ei ·t&e ·aalmml .~
·bets l)f. tite- mtiOtt af 'tihem trim- ~ ?habintmi!.e!f tM· F~ ~
•ti'9l'la<l fiSMrrg priftl'eges .off tire· Ca- · s.ockeY8 salmou - ·~. ·smc.
nadhm coast' 1!he11, there has· Deeg.. ai maHe.d Ge•

,The Ciln~an move is being · tel'i<mation in :the -Canadtan posi­
m:ade at the current world confer- tian, m respect to J:mmg 11P to

comre.~on regmalii:mrs. ·'l'ftis 'has
' ·ertce ·on sea law at Geneva, ·Switz- resulted iri a great deal of o.ver·

,erfand. JI'he US position calls f.or fishing 1)y Camdii.aa fishermen.
a six-mfl'e limit on·-territotral wa- Tile Canadians also nelnse.d to
ters, pllJS another six miles of-fish- J!e.c.og.ia.ize a re.aort "iwen hv u-s
ing rights. :However, -t'he United r "'"" "
"Stabes -wn·ts te -ntam . existing amd .Canadian scieatists, based on
.iigblu for 'fisher:m-en of otiher na- a two-year s.tudy, in l'egard to

changing the net iish.i.ng line to
Great coiumns ·o'f smol:e 'bmow from Matson Line c--·is ·loc~s af'Saa Pacho. fire started abocud ·tioils Wiitlhm a ·coun~ l2-mile protect .feeding arid .millling-stocka .

-···.r-"1 . limit. of salmon.
a barge, spNai 'to .ifte doeks and terminal. 'Dmmrge liit· $?;500,000 mml... Gntcy, 'Crane Im tlie ·At stake -ts ~he future of the In addition Canada has no pro-
•nght .of c:ent.!~ Uled·far '~ing containers, was. uadamQg~~ · , · · · · ' American salmon-:fishing industry gram for artificially-.propagating

· F. iie. D(amag.e s --M-af~oll Pier · : i:~.=i£:~:::::!r:! :: !:~:;:d :x~=~~e t!etiDi~~al h::i:=
WI~ rearing opeEatims. 7he cost of:

.SAN PEBHO, CaliL~.A huge fire which~ t~e d~cksilde facilities· (i}f. the- S1U Pacific ' ,:, C:~t· nadah 's P~~!i!orof~ Ic12-1~ these facilities ·is more than $23
.n.!... • ~·~ :La:-4.. T ~- d · ' · 41.!') ·g\/\. .wn:u ec oes ..,... n e ~ m~ including tili! investment
uru.~t;ontracrocv_~1wnD&n ,uU,~e . and cau~e dam~ e~ated A~ <lf>~,,.000 -~11- not ~ in .un11atera1ly setting up a 12-mile in stmctmes and equipment, and
itbe .firm~ ·present.:ear.go ·cmtainer dock -1n&taltatien.s no.r ii.ts c~·sewi.ce. But Slll!ld- ll'mft around her coasts. The Ice- operating expenses, · the Washing.
tar facili:bies w,bich wer.e mider Jand move- i:-esulted in strai.JJ.ed re- ton fis:literies !!eport stated · ·
·constructiiQn at the >time &f fhe . distance and suhl~tl\v got I its c.argoes fo!!' -some time as a re- .l'ations With Gx.ea.t Britain, ~hose , The report ceneluded that un·
t>laze were damaged and .the· underway with Al aiig<> <two. days suit or the bl·~. fisbing .indusiiry getS per.rm·g out l!ess the c--.iims .change their
iepmpany estinuites that lit Winl l>e , later. . · - Bef9ll'e-tlhe,acriclent; ·etmstnl'ctl&n of Icelandic .waters. 'For a while, w~,_ibey'M oal!y ·be- ·c.umtil!l!g their
.at least a ~ ~··these .'be- . · According to -Matson· ~ce- C"rews -Rre DVitding an emensi.OR. armed British vessels were es- own tbr:oats, ior if they' cuntiaue·
reeme 'Operative. . · : : ments, tbe ~waiiall. Citi11en- of a Derih ~ieh· :was to be used nrtmg fis1l· boats ia the- l'2•mile to .ov.edish and don't .PlltV atttention

·fte fire •rted oli a barge near which ..runs fr.om Llls· ·Angelti to fOr Ma~·s container Oflention . imea. to c.enserw.i'hion. .matters, :the mp.
the doc'k, .an~ · apidlif 'SJ)'tead ·to HawaU-may 1BDt :be able to. load ·in Los ~ngeles .Jrati9or. ·T·he -Canadians are calling ·for ply of salmon .w.ill rapUily Oimin-
!Matsonls 'terh1hia1 and warebause 1!he- Mopifion of this law at the · ish Hhin. the next few ~s.
mearby. A new .gantry crane used 1 · . I seeend Wm:'ld :Omference on the - .

lfor loa.lling ~a unloading_ con- .w.· .. '.' f o.·. ·1,. R8-IJNI-' ... '·.· ... · .. · .·. UP .. 1.·:· . ':t.&w of the sea, cmrently '•being II ...1 ,.._ H tainers surviv&a the '.blue. :Damage . . I . heitl .at ~: . TJ!rey ·were nnsue- orro· K . .. as
•as ~ine.il :t;i ·~ pilin~ ·under ·. eessftrl _m a rnnilar attempt last
1ha doct ~he.re ·the crane wa1 · · · .-year .antt coneede this m tneir tast s L • u· .1 -
··~· . . . . . : ~allure 8f .ihe NL1lB Mil· enfaECe . up and do.WD.. ... ·Si.Dee Dea.tjy all the-. i chanee to pressure -the ma·tter. nip P· urn

The - Hawaiian Baneher was !back-pay orders issued severat union members had peater seniOI'.- ! through. . ·"' . . . . .
1alongaide When t he _tire stmed. _wears ;aao ·•mt.;fil'Jlla ill D;etroit .tty than their replac.emeats,, .most , Wipe Dot Ftsblng JUdd.s . NfloJtFDLK - ~ippmg ~llli--
lt 'WU 1QlifckJy ma.vet. -to a 'irater . 'And llir~aultee has be.eii · con-_ of them will be. able to. claim their ; Accerdift& ·to ae ..F~'s ; .~ ~ ~ ~ ~ this last

_ - _ ; .de~ \by &e l19ltel ..... ·~rt-· jobs back. , · , . - .. . . - c I'"""'- . · ._..~9111 super·
· ., ' '. \ ' ~n. Same of the Aack ,pa.V amera' - t t .i Umen. ~- .aims and pmpases . , tanker National Defender tlKMt oa . Flig ' tem from 'Dnlawful disch · of - Canada wene -esisessed ity c.a- · a cample!Dellt of 1Ulticensed per·

. 'I ._ ' U&U· ' ,Qffieen .,, Ave itic ...... of ,the I ma.. External! Ailair.s lliDisl!e-'.. I ''De period t . mots.
! _ tUAW ':'""herr u tar-~ aµi· .1~ Amerkan ·aa~ Mil. Comlecfila-. llowani Gl!:eea :iJl a ~ speech. · :;f ·tao reports .:.am ~OOSel'•

. l ., . .and ~held :iw ault adicm ill ~s e&'f' Wukeno . the mUOll spelled I ta the Daminion Bouse. el an- chik... 't

G
. : ' , Th' ! , .• and ~ , :PAW was PGtic.~Y from :the. A;EL-clO for 'CeG.D,pf ' '~· TJlese aiim -.e to mpe. .oat ! A ~ Jiil • sugaested· new

els , ree . ~dt1cal of ~e ~ltB regionlil Of• . leadership, b&ve charged .in mart ' historic fishing ri&Rta MW eiajo,red mc:.tion far a hiring haFI wae
_. . ~ ,de.cla11in& ~ .it. WU ,l18ltid,y · that B? pr~slaent Jame~ G. by the United States. .brw.i,ght farth awl .diS"ussed at the

• - · iweMa !980 • -- 1eefolH1amt, Oess ·has ~maed to "'p"lmTder""' · · · ·
· · · . ' • '· orde.n covering $465,000 but held · the union's treasury for "personal If the <?onference agrees u~on ~ast memberslup meeting. Noth· -us ·L ·b t back on being Wormed by_ one profit." Th~ asked the US Dis- the Cana_dian pro~osal, the umon mg was actually resolv~d, although

I er. y·s co~ tliiilat~'t ..... -.11Vict Court in Wah' gt; DC t charges, the traditional agreements most members agreed it should be-
. · · -• .am ebeiat ...u:;oo0, :w--.. ~ C"oss nd sBCmW osn, t' 0 between the US, _Canada and near the Coast Guard, Shipping<· • . - ,.u ... u,_ _,. ... ._ ... _"'5\. ' 4 ' a ecre ary- J ·11 b id d d h c . . d th · •· - _ , · the idispateh 'With Which KLltB bas Treamer Peter N 01 · t f apan wi e vo e an a eavy ommissioner an , among o er

·, . W A:SIDN~T?N:;: T1--~ ... ~. ibees · ~procudng ·injwretiom .pinst mm• financial acc~unt~~~ a~d ~~= blow :wm have. been dealt to the thi?gs, ~asily accessible transpor-
.A~inistration s . eav._ transfer ; h1>ar erielll.lzafiamr,'~U. ·m>llm.aid ) . . · . . . American Pacific northwest sal- tation-wise.
1»olicy has resulted Ji1 tbe loss or1 >&L'..: .. ~,. 1.....,;,. -....... ~ ...w.. , ~'Y ~ misappropriated funds. mon fishing industry Paying off here during the pre-
fthree more American 88g ships to , ...... ·~ ----,- ~ . ·- l ....u& -..-"'was also asked to order · · · · · · ., - .' ~ . ....a ,...,... a ~l • ~ balloting of the mem- George Johansen, secretary- v10u.s period were Thebs <Rye
~ore!gn opei;atlon. In tbls caae. ~\ ·amauata""b a .......a:• ~ ' ~ to determine whether treasurer of the Alaska Fisher- Marine) an.d Feltore (Marven) ..
'ft'es~els are transferriiW ~ : , ·_ $ $ .. ;$; . · ! ;C~s .ad Olson should be re- men's Union, declared . that "the The Natrnnal Defender (Nation·
(to !.he Gr~~k flag, bn-1 .... . U.i .... . W BIMI ........ ·C ·mofta:from office. ~nly way to deal -with fisheries a! Transport) and Feltore (Marven)
1"eria.. , ) · · t IA Ila .aa .!:be ~ steel · · ' _ . problems betwe~n us is not a signed Qn,

The three ·ships. inva!vel ~I ~~. ~'la•••...._•_.._ e1; . .ti ~ ti. 1 ~ law .Well .aanat It . ~>¥iced _en-route: CS ~iaml
. ithe Oceanstai:, lrenestar .md sn..

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jQbat .....tincB ~ .at ~g· 1·L-~nd 6ousand filmh. actors the local existing conditions, but CCihes Service); Mankato Victory,

iltar rm.- - .-hU. to Greek ..,,.._ ,..__~.....,,.-- --....s·.:.::. ·-- --...;. ... ~ 'uaV!e ~ own seven of t e J ndu&-· '"~ . de""-.. --. . .- .-. • i.n....._ 'Victory <Victory Carr )•
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i stry uDtler .• ~y-announced ibldaltiiid ihm7tMM.YN. ~ o-ad- t••iin- . t..._ a: tmoti?kn piciuret i iHD!ved ·ancl •WW! te ~ tbaR Hu.r-r~ane.. Chickasaw (Waterman):
. Ii . .,._ -•L"laL ,...;_,.., .-a . . . s - m ..., '"rs s r1 e aga ns . . . . St ·1 n· ,.. St l Fl (I th ~o cy ,~ . ..,_ ~1me 'tl'eJD09Xi irl.o$· _.. laid lin. mast Gddlaef•s th , .• - . l\'Clliae . i th w- issues ill such 'a manner tha.t each ee - rre.c.or, ee yer s -

•11 res~ J.Clll ~ u.usfers Of1 11lfStorle USW.A_..,,,..,.. ' ·~ct -,, e ~Sr P · Aerts n G ~Id stTo.rhy_ :, ceun-.~s ':interests irre taken care"' miarr) :ana · Suzanne (Isthmian- .
/A ' i' ' -~....... . _ .. _ n I • . . • 'D.i...--toau: ' creea c ors UI • e n;r . >

-~mer can--- nu-. ·. iwbic:h anea. far~ .ofi \two ..-n.- .:.:..:g ' ,,.. __ h 7 . ft . ·-··of and tae 'ftSMl·~ . is -•ected.:" 1.chaderetU. . 1····- . . • · , · .. ·....,.._ 1oe an -c a er more · · --
:. • ?terr!,. ,·~ · 1 ~~ • orie :tu _·~ . .m. a ·&an 'two months of fruitless neg<r · & ,warned. .thlt '"Hostilitt.es be- . ·----------...;...--
· :Prevl.owil.Y,. )Nie~ ships ·c~1 T~~7:..~ the :~. At issue is a union. de- ' tween~ can only- hurt our future · Use Only One

itransfei' ~.Ole ·o;wners Jiad' ;PD •1. ~- ~-···., iJ'r· ~· that ,atlm's receive added plus fK ~-lve m:anqement, .,
~o inak~·~;.~t '~-. ~~ 2.: = .:! ~~:;;. ~nsa~on - from the profits,, of fisheries bet.ween the United , , ·Mail Address
Jllace t~, mi• the ~I ·of wor'k . inile- · pmlileDiS. , 't!JSWA •bi.Ch st~ r.ecei:ve on theatriea1 St.US •cl ~nadL C~ative Seitfarers with 'Qeefs regard· ·

· <ean flag, -4 -~ t imite.d (tO .JU)- ' ~ t .Darill ,.~ tkDOniild .11 ;mation IQebn:es made _!lfter 19481 management 1S s~ely needed , if mg, 'Slow paym1::nt of monies due
. iera~ion ~ .. ~ 01 :P,a&a- rl eut ::e~ milim delegation ... :i~J{ ~d s~tly sold. _!o te!e-' tbe: resour~e is to survive." · from various operators in back ,

11Danian ~· -~.t~ ~! ~ ·aoar.d CJ>akfuan ~rt. <W~ion. S;AG ~ als.o asldpg .. an ~n- ,
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The Fishermen's Union cite? a wages and disputed overtime ~
'l•f so--cal~eil · ~~e· CC!nltyl.•• . . ~ai~er. ' -· .~ _ , d~de w~lfare- and pensio.n rep~rt J>y the State of ~ashn~~- should first check whether they

, .l'~is 1J1,ea!lt,.~ica1b,', · {f~t, ~e\ . . _. "' , , -$ ., $ . . .. . I ~- ~ .-,y the: producers. P!.us .. ton.~ Department of Fisheries have a pr~per mailing address
·VS· would be- .ati1elto ,commaml &e ' Ala,.... "-...... :taaa twled wage, ia_cr.eases. The -~alkout '~ as which traced the history of Cana- on file with the company. SIU

. _ ;Serv~ct;s . of ' thete .weilsfJls iat ·any in effeo't · ffha't; most-' Wilson Co · ,ac:eomphshed wi.thout fanfare and dian .. American dealings in regards· headquarters ~officials point out
~- ~me. :_" ~ '• .>t '•·-· ·~' . wo.rkel'S -~ho - w.~re ' .~~placed by "'.ithout picket Ur;ies. ~ to fhe .salmo_n. fishing industry. that reports received from sev-

1In the eye~ ,pf ~e ,iµarWroe un- stNk.e~Jtei'i ~·~the UO-d.-y . , · . The Fisheries report . noted that eral operators show checks have
lpns t'he ·; new.):ransfer -policy "'ha11 ' strike ·by -the P.ackingh~use . Wor-k· y.-. <:::::::> · the CaQadian actions of the past been mailed to one address •
:Jhe -~~-rtti~ ... ~. l.eai;t.. of,~'Acl~ :!->eirli!· ~~s~ '#Jl: .~ica wt¥" get ·tbeir1'jobs · ., !t.11 .1l.,,v fwo y~ars ·,are a distinct reversal while .a beef ou _ th~ 'same score '
Jlypocr.iticaI,; ·s~'. l~.e~ '- is"·t o ~ lfw6lfclf::.it m~ -.tml Jibe • -_.,.~ ''U: of a past p~Ucy of cooperating ls sent from another, thus cre-
~···jPl'~:, • c ;lif. ;W~·n:· ~~ilea '.Iii :. :a.· ~-1 Nate, -~ : . . , ,. : , , ,. 1f;:(&'j Jl.nt!6r ·' wttb th~ us· m· conservatlon ·PVJ- . . a ting 'mU'Ch difficuttY hi 'teeping

. , r. r ::ouL, ~~eJt~~ve ',cD_~ti:~r'" ,o.f. thes~~ r ~e arbitr~tion· ·p,~nel; 'ru:led -that~ . , . ; · - . .. .,.,,,,,., l;IJ'1:7/. cedqres: ~etween 194~ and .} 953 accounts straight. • ·
~" :.'-,. I _.,}J,>s \!~"er- :~~~.*,i.~"'" i;>.<J,_ji ': ~~·~~.l{l~ ·~ ~ ·~. W.,,) I:'.~ ~e ~I]~e~at~onal Paci,fic s .. unon '---~;.,-----..-..---_,

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Operators,- -Pt1A Agree-On slU~BLoo.o, BMIK -· Cunafd Line
2-S·Year 'Life' For Ships HONOR . ROLL DiversiJies;

.WASHINGTON-Faced with a· tightening of Uncle Sam's
purse strings, the ship operators and · the Maritime Adminis­
trator have suddenly ·decided that their ships can last 25
vears after alt The 25-year
r~useful ·life" of. a ship is an in­
crease of five years over the
P,resent formula.
· What it means for ·practical pur-

. poses · is that operators· who get
construction subsidies will replace
their ships · at · 25-yellr lnfer.vals,
Jnstead of .20 years. This Will have
o& number of effects on shipping, on
US seamen· a~d the · amount of
money spent by the US Govern­
ment for ship replacement sub­
sidies.

In general, the" 25-year period
means that the us merchant fleet
will, in the long· run, be older and
less efficient than those of' compet­
ing nations, whose shipowners will
be building · new vessels more
often. But for the immediate
future, . the change in the "useful
life" formula will enable com-

MA Ol<ays
Greek Flags
For 3 Ships

WASHINGTON-Another · three
Liberi:m ships-two tankers and
one dry cargo vessel-have been
given the green light by Maritime
Administration to shift' their flags
to Greek registry.

The transaction-another typical
example of flight from the organ­
lzational efforts of the Interna­
tional Maritime Workers Union­
involved the Andros Champion,
Andros City ·and Andros Fairplay.
The respective purchasers were:
Overseas Carriers Corp., Export
Carriers Corp. and Fleet Shipping
Corp. All were formerly owned by
a firm known as San Rafael Com­
p~nia Naviera, SA.
.' 'fhe IMWU has sought. to gain
recognition as representative of
crews aboard various runaway:flag
vessels. It n·ow has two petitions
pending bet ore the National Labor
Relations Board in similar cases.

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panies to sign construction subsidy
con~racts with the Government and
to get the money needed for new
ships.

Oppoeed In P.ast
The Administration had pro­

posed a 25-year period in the past,
but ship operators had aiways bp­
posed it. However, the cost of
new shi_ps . built today is almost
f!ve times · what it cost for th'e
operators' present World War II
and postwar ·fleets, so tl~at the
extra five yeal's will give . them
enough time to put additional
funds in the new-ship kitty.

With both the Government and
the industry agreed on the 25-year
formula, the only · question out­
standing is what cutoff date to
apply. The shipping industry
wants the cutoff date to go back
to January 1, 1946, so as to cover
all ships built after World War II.
.The Government's present pro­
posal would set January 1, 1950 as
the cutoff date. This would mean•
that nil ~f . the C·cype ships would
still be under the 20-year formula ,
but ·the Mariner-class ships wouJd
be figured as1 having a 25-year life.
The Mariners didn't start coming
(.lUt of the y~rds until 1952-53.

.Newer SblP&. Have Advantal'e
Nprtnally, there . would be no

reason why a ship could not con­
tinue to ~perate even beyo·nd 25-
years, as far as its machinery
functioning is concerned. In fact,
there -are many pre-war ships still
operating under . foreign flags.
However, the rate of technological
change is so · great that the older
ships cannot compete with larger,
faster, more modern vessels which
also have far more efficient load-
ing facilities. .

One effect then, of .any 25-year
formula, could be to make it more
difficult for an · American-flag ship
operator to compete. The extra
fi\.·e years could push him deeper
in the hole, rather than give him
au opportunity to put more cash
1tside for new ships.

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BUys P'~9es .
Two famous ;name11. Ct.Ulard and

Dollar, long associafea \Vith the
maritime industry; have purchased
airlines and will no_w be in the
air transportation inttustcy In · San
Francisco ft was annbunced re­
cently that the Dolltlr family.
after • seven-year struggle to ob·
tain a charter, · is ••'planning on

...,. inaugurating a . Hawnji" to Tahiti
• · flight, thus establishlng7 a "Dollar" ·

The SIU blood bank.suppUes Seafarers -or. membera of their families· airline. 'They expect· eventually.: to .
with blood· anywhere in the United States. Seafatera can donate to open up a SaJJ li1l'ancisco and Los
the bank at the SIU clinic in Brooklyn. Listed here are a few . of the Angeles to Tahiti run, on a weekly
Seafarera an~ others wilo have donated to the b~ood bank. basis, once things start booming.

Sebold, Jorg F. Kalbach, Edwin R.' Then,' the day after the Dollar
Suarez, Elisha Dunne, Gerald c. announcement, it was disclosed
Westervlc,k, Ken Huddleston, Relf L. that the Cunard Lines has , pur·
Mullan, Daniel J. Landron, Aurel L. chased control of Eagle Airways,

Jobs Rising
In Baltimore

Dunn, Stanley B. · an Jndependent· li~e, and its .asso-
Joseph, Vietor elated companies.
Sullivan, Georre Sea-AJr Tickets
Fernandes, Collmero ·
""ah · Cunard ·is contemplating some
~ r WOnl' H. kl d
McDaniel, Carl Mu n of an interchange plan in
Krupinski, Peter which tickets would be issued for
M lso travel by both sea and air. It pur·

0 n, Robert E. chased control of the airlines for
Toyer, Roberf

BALTIMOR&..,.-Shipping has im- Shaw, Harry R. $2,800,000. The Eagle fleet consista
proved during the past two weeks Krawczyk, Leon of one Brit~nnia, three DC-6's, o.ne
and is 'expected to be even better Cooper, Robert A. Vicount and ten · Vikings. Eagle
in the period to come, reports act- Carbone, Giu9eppe started in the passenger busine'ss
ing agent Rex Dickey. Whiteley, Ralph ten years ago, and carried more

He called attention to the fact Huber, Joel G. , tha~ 171,000 passengers last year.
that the building in this port was Delpan, Robert P. The appearance of ·the two
in good shap·e, lauding the main- Scardino, Ernest famous maritime names in the air
tenance crews for a job well done Williamson, LJle· w. tr_ansportation business seems to
--even ·though bad weather made Backrak, Daniel· be a sign of the· times, and indl·
things quite hectic. Kambanoi, Demetrtoe cates that perhaps in the near

Crews were paid off on the fol- -Clark, Georre J. future other. similar arrangement•
lowing ships: Santore <Marven) ; Wayne, Robert c. · will be m1;tde by ship companies,
Emilia, Jean <Bull); Alcoa Runner Dean, Wllllun a. and that plane-shiI' tickets might
(Alcoa); Bents Fort, Cities Servi.ce Phelan, MlcJ.ael become rather common.
Norfolk <Cities Service); and Mar- Malinowski, Georre R. This' allows people with short va-
ore, Chilore <Ore). · Gourb, William M. cations to take a sea trip at least

Five ships signed on crews: San-· ..... ------------- one way. Othei:wise they would go
tore O}farven); Seafair (Colonial); both ways . by air. ·
Marore, Chilore (Ore), and Alcoa T M
Runner (Alcoa>. ype lnutes The Dollar family was one.

Serviced in transit: Robin Good- famed for its fleet · of ''round-the-
f ll · W_hen ·Possible world" . transports and pass~ger
e ow <twice) <Robin); Yorkmar, ships, but the com"'any was au·o-

Losmar Bethcoaster (t le ) c l In ·order to assure accurate .. • w e ; a - merged •by the depression and
mar (Calmar); Alcoa Polarjs (Al- digests of 8'hipboard meetings eventually wound up in ""'-e band•
coal· JB Water (W t ) in the LOG, it is desirable that " 1

"' • man a erman ; of its current 1µcc1?5sors the Amer·
Steel FJyer, Ste.el Navigator Usth- the reports of ~hipboard meet- lean President Lines,• which i•
mian); Seafalr <Colonial); Oremar ings be typed_}! at an possible; under contrad tO 'the SIU Paclfie
<Marven) and Suzanne ·<Bum. District.

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Curio~ity has ~illed more .than a cat on
occasion, particularly when the curious
blundered into generato·r rooms. There's
always somebody, human , inquisitiveness
being what it is, who will want to look be·
hind a 'Close.d door to find out what's cook­
ing-with~ut realizing ·jt might be him.

Signs cle~rly warning- of dangerous con·
djtions are easily put up and can keep·· the
in.quisitive on their guard. · · -, "

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SW ~er.s . .i:Gf 'ht iAQW..S, .wh;Oh iwm r.s!CJPpaB Mith iliens
on ,arriviog in Yonkers, NY; 'have their gear examined ·~y Customs
~1'Q -mosf urillkefy t;place atop:aome~steel~~laKl"'°t ~.
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SIU Blood Bank. Gives .JO
Pints To Member's Child·

Your Gear • • • -
for, ship • • •

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W~atever you n.eed, in work or. dr~ss
gear, your SIU Sea Chest has it. Get top
quality gear at substantial savin'gs . by buy­
ing at . your Union-own~d and · Union.;
operated: _Sea · Ches.t store. .-- .

-Among Ouf
-Affiliates ·



Erna Elizabeth, all 33,000 tons of her,
is tied up at Carterei .

Davy Jones,_ AB ·(left) and James G.
Rodder, AB, crack manifold valve.

Norman Wrofon, . J~.~ . oiler; r~laxe's in
foc'sle. Every cr~wman has own rooiµ~

_;:.,

Louis Suarez,
AB, handles the
wheel. '

Arnold , Larsen,
at au.tomatic ·
dishwasher.

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· On, ol . the many new super­
. tankers to come out in 1959, the
, SIU-contracted Erna Elizabeth

(Albatro;s Tanker Corp.}, cur­
rently runoing intercoastal. Like

1
, • other new supers, the Erna Eliz- .

11 ab~th boasts many comfoftts, in­
cluding private rooms, spacious
galley ~::md messhall and other .
features guaranteed to lure
SIU men into throwing in for
berths. Pictured here are some
of the gan·g at the time of the
1hip1s ar.rival in New York hara
bor.

_Jack ·Regan, 1st assistant, . manipulates con­
trols. Richard Harnden, oiler, is at telegraph.



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April Start
Jn New Hall

The maritime ~iring hall and the rotary shipping ·s~s~em
have been· endorsed repeatedly by observers of maritupe
operations. Therefore the latest endorsement_ oJ the hiring
hall in a draft report to the Department of Commerce is
more frosting on the cake; Pr9fessor William Gomberg of the
University of Pennsylvania,. a specialist in transportation,
·noted that the hiring hall system is far superier to the old

. corrupt and· inefficient methods of obtaininl'! ship's cte.ws.

PHILADELPHIA-Latest . prog­
ress reports at this port indicate
that the new hall for Seafarers,
under construction.. for some time,
will be ready for occupancy, on or
about April 15, acc.ording to Steve
Cardullo, port agent. The hall wi~l
be located at 2604 South Fourth.
St., Philltdelphia: . ·

Shipplnl' Outlook Brl&'hter

Consequently, he holds, it should be given .full legal authori­
zation by appropriate .legislative action.
~any bills have been introduced from time to time to give

specific Congressional authorization to hiring halls both in
mar!time and in the building .trades. Its about time Congress
clearly spelled out the standing of the hiring hall for the
stability of the industry and the professional seamen who
man the ships.

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House COmmittee Aets
Cardullo notes that shipp~ng had

been steady in the port over the The li9 to 3 vote in ·the House Foreign Affairs Committee
last two weeks. He is looking for- condemning any . US Government approval of ship blacklists
ward to better conditions next is an important step forward toward l'estoring · freedom oj
period, with two payoffs sched- the seas. The Committee, in its vote, calls upon the President,
uled at the 0\ltset and good pos- the Department of Agriculture and otper Government au­
Bibilities .of one ship, t~e Ocean thorities to take appropriate action to ·stop interference by
Ulla (Oc~all Trans.) taking on a . . . • • .
full crew. ' ·Arab nations 1~ .the .op~rati~ns of US-flag .sh1pp11~g.

The reco,rds indicate the Calmar T~e SIU,,, position is simply that, any nation which at~empts
(Calmar> paid off and signed on t? dictate who can and w~o can t carry. US-o~~ed gifts or
during th.e period, and five - ves- aid car~oes sh?ul~ be del?rived of such aid until .it agrees to·
sels were in transit. The. five were: respect the prmc;1ples of freedom of the seas. Such a strong
Jean and Emilia <Bum; Steel Fly- . stand, in · the Union'!; point of view; would · quickly put an
er <Isthmian); ,Robin Goodfe~low end to discrimination against American-flag .ships. . ·

. ,(Robin), and Texmar (Calmar). .. t t t,

.. 75.th. Birt~day·

Administration· Fighting
Passage Of . Forand Bill

WASHINGTON-As· the House Ways and Means Cqmmit­
tee nears a vote on the labor-backed Forand medical insur­
ance bill fo~ elderly people, the Eisenhower administration
has announced it is "studying"
a substitute plan to be ad­
ministered at state level with
both state and Federal money. It
would pay only a portion of health
insurance policies for the elderly
and coverage would be practically
limited to chronic illnesses which
result in lengthy stays in hospitals.
In any case, there will be no ac­
tion on en Administrati'on measure

t his year.
The Forand measure, opposed

by the administration,. would be
financed through increased Social
Securjty payroll deductions. It
would provide more liberal cover­
age --.:.. and at less cost to the in­
sured.

The Forand measure had the

])acking of the former head of Blue
Cross, Dr. Basil C. MacLean, who
endorsed the bill in a letter to its -·
Sponsor, Rep. Aime Forand (D.,
RIJ. MacLean· wrote that "the
cost of care of the aged cannot be
met, unaided, by the mechanism
of insurance or prepayment." He
noted that the system of financing
the -insurance through Social Se­
curity deductions "provides a way
of dealing with the queslion witil
dignity and effectiveness."

Cites AMA Opposition
Another member of the medical

industry who gave his unqualified
vote of . confidence to the bill was
Dr. E. M. Bluestone, professor of
hospital administration at two
New York universities. He argued

N'o I
, that the "sheer humanity" of the . r ea·ns bill "far outweighs" the "ill-ad•

vised and misguided" opposition
of the American Medical Associa-s - t w·th tion and the insurance industry, Pur S I . ch.1rging they were "motivated

' . " !:~fi~~-" by professional self-pro-

1 · y· •t The AFL-CIO Executive Coun-n.• rans1 s cn at its recent mid-Winter ses-
. sion warned against any ·eleventh

NEW ORLEANS - Though only
five payoffs were recorded here
during · the preceeding shipping
period, this port got a shot in the
arm when a total of 32 vessels
called for service while in an in­
transit status. And with at least 11
ships scheduled to pay off during
the coming two weeks, a forecast
of "good" is the way :acting agent
agent Buck Stephens pegs shipping
conditions.

Members were reminded that
voting on the new SIU constitution
starts March '31; they were urged
to vote, and vote in the affirmative.

Stephens also stated that affairs
in the -port were running smoothly,
and. that of all beefs handled dur­
ing the previous period-, none were
of a major nature.

The ships paying off were: Alcoa
Puritan <Alcoa); Del Norte <Miss.);
Wacosta, Topa Topa (Waterman)
and Penn Mariner <Penntrans.>.

Signing on crews were eight
vessels: Alcoa Puritan <Alcoa>; Del
Aires, DelValle, Del Norte (Miss.>;

hour intervention by the adminis­
tration against the Forand legisla­
tion which were "designed to meet
the narrowly-conceived financial
demands of the AMA or the self­
seeking clamor of insurance com­
panies rather than the needs of the
elderly."

The ad19infoti;ation's Federal­
state sharing plan was one of three
possible - Federal approaches to
health insurance for the aged now
under study by the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare.
Another is similar to the Forand
scheme, while a third is based on
Federal public assistance to help.
pay oldster.s' health insurance pre-
miums.

MD Report
AsksC aution
On Penicillin

Chickasaw <Waterman); Penn Mar- A further report on the danger
iner <Penntrans.); Atlantis <Petrol) of penicillin to individuals who
and John C. <Atlantic Carr.). are allergic to it has been submit-

In transit: Alcoa Roamer, Alcoa ted by the Medical Department of
Corsair, Alcoa Ranger and Alcoa the Seafarers Welfare Plan. The
Cavalier <Alcoa); Seatrain Georgia, r~port, quot.~d from a medical
Seatrain Louisiana (Seatrains); Del bulletin, cited . l,000 recorded
Aires, Del Valle (twice) (Miss.>; deaths due to penicillin injections
Neva West <twice) · <Bloomfield); by 1956, some dozen years after
Steel mr~~tw, Steel Sci~nti§t -the antibiotic was first used.
<Isthmian); Gateway City, Raphael Dr. Joseph Logue, ~edical <lirec­
Semmes <Pan Atlantic) Chickasaw, tor of the SIU Welfare Plan had
Wild Ranger <twice), Monarch of prevfously warned SIU men
the Seas, Wacosta, Topa Topa, against indiscriminate use of peni­
Claiborne, John B. Waterman cillin. ·
<Waterman). Mankato Victory <Vic- Penicillin is carried on all SIU
tory Carr.>;. Evelyn, Edith <Bum; ships under .the terms of the
Atlantis <Petrol); Cantigny, Royal Union contract. At the time this
Oak <Cities Service); · John C. provision · was inserted in the
(Atlantic Carr.), and Transeastern agreement, the _ drug was looked
(Transeastern). upon as the nearest thing to a

"cure-all," and undoubtedly it has
been administered by JQates to
crewmembers hr.ving .a wiqe vari­
ety of ailments.

In. recent yea1·s though, there
has been increasing evi~ence that
a few individuals suffer violent
reactions from penicillin·

As a result of these · develop->·
ments, some drug cop cerns have
started manufacturing a synthetic
penicillin, which, it is claimed,
does not produce the severe reac­
tions of the "natural" penicillin.

In light of. the above, the use of
penicillin on a ship should not be
indiscriminate~ · · .. ·

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Ciu:r.eaUy ~allied Jn the s~ .Dia .. llU!P~ ..P.Qllt .~ :vea.
»abkows'ki. .are 'Seafar.er.s 'Sam tlo.ivsel;, 'EilWar-d 'Ec1lnJer, · .,ames 'Mit-
ehe11, Georze Lime and .Jlnoll Sploer. ·

'Bowser who last- salled in 'the .fit.ewuft -department Gf 'tire 7/ a1iant
Power, is' laid up tor high~ blood pr.essur:e,· but is ~ .along -Dlt.
E~ wa hospitalized hr an· operati~ on :bis &ol, 1mt bu been
ftSpooi:fmg te tr.ealtment and 11.hoDld ~ 'l'eleued -.an. ffB idt ~

· ·•s 'the Valiant -Ilope. lie ft& in tile .JJteward ~ent. .... ·
.M~. -who w1s rm the .4eck ~t • ._ ~~ .aen the ·

T~ney li'mge was shlpwreeked near 'Smiurtra and u -~nc $1owJr_ ,
,1

-_. szMPAli••• ~ r,•c

Seafarer ,,Dies- ... ..... .Dblect ·• ll'Ht ' . " .... Ml....,.. 111.-. . . c.rs.1 .. Crew
Draws ,RavAts ... On Penn Shl.,Per . Not .~ry-~ tri•· or nieritii ~r

To th,,. Editor~ · . / , . nervous disorder should be con- To the ·Editor: · · ·
· Enclosed is .a ~ al Ed- sldeted - certainly not ~hat "This note of esteem comes to ·
w4?d' w........,... 9Jtlo- piued brouibt about . by 'ballellUcs or your attention concenJtng your .

- ~. tGB. the alcoholism. I have jmt gomr . i'teat crew·. on tblt ;S$ :Alcoa
ft!ml a.Jner through one of tlie l\lOllt haras• . Corsair. I was on( tbl!I vessel as
.~muwy25, •sihg sltuations .and spent a for- beau~lcian from .7~uaey 23t
'lftG .at ~ea. tune In bringing one •ck to a · through February 29 and mus ·
Be · w.ai 43 . normal healthy life. - tell you that eacb ·and every
:J1eat'll old. The .story of \he laws . noi be- man aboard was the ~s~enc~~f

'Wmild you Ing able to cover this situation perfection. This coyers 1t••
ple:ue put this ls not 80, for there aN mec:Uca~ steward, deck ani engine. pe-
Jn d!he LOG · partments .
.,. ifhat his " - Y~u see, while In Caracas,

· .fliends m a y . · Venezuela,· I received •news of
~iw 'k-n ·o .w. and Let-ters . To my mothe~in-law~ deatl!. and . .

alsa, •.Dlilil JWll thank the :;boys . " all. the boys pitched in and sent
-abcw11 ltlbe ·.Penn Shipper for a beautiful wreath to her

. 'the -~. IOl1 behalf of his . ·funeral . in VirgIDm, I thought
-~ Br. and Mrs. ·,~ w. -The E: dit. 1,, ·aiat ·tbis was • wonderful thing

-·.
GeUl'ge Little, 'Wtio fast sailed -on the SS Ocean Debor-ah iD <the' ~k

~ep,artment, is in -for a check- up and .expects io he lit-.for.-..dutF ..so.on:
Hanold Spicer ift; in for treatment of a stomach ailment and wijl be .
l'eleased iiborti!Y. He ·was also cm tbe Ocean Deborah in the .dedt <gaQg. ·

'Seafal'e1'6 on <the beaeh, oc off the ship on ;Shone :leavEt, lh:milii ta1re '
eome time ta 'visit 'the brotliers 'la'id up in the ibespitahl. :It Ce!.lis pretf.Y·
chill and \tm~¥ 'in the hospitals 1l!ld a visjt from a friend is alw~s
w.ery 'We1cmne. . _

The fe'llowing is tJhe 1ajest_ iMst ·of hosj)ital patients.:
\

Wilkermm. cf Bronson, FJa._ . &nd · I sha11 ..be always grateful
.Jin. Cathrcn Aaaenon .Although my husband ';was in

, o\; - o\; ~ ATI letters "to the elitor fur lfidta at this . .til.me,. l am sure he
' ~a.ti® Jn ~he SEAFA&- will join me m this vote of con- -Seaman Rec-.lls ·: . ERS LOG mµst be signed fidence ·whlcb ·1 send with all

. . b11 0..-writer. ,Names tuill my !heart.
'Good Old Days' be ·to'itfiheia~.on ,11egu~ 1 .My special .thankB kl a. won-
To the Editor:. . derlul salon 'stewarif ;Pedro

Just a few lines to :Say lhe'Ro .and hQSJdtal plans <in sistence Villatol and 'Doctor. Hunt. ·lThef'
to one and all . . . thU 1etter tltat de ID. are -b®lr "!dolls ... ':) - ·
finds me enJOll'iVing life just fine, It 11 ... .Y to laqth _c#f. e lilt- .....,rm..,. Brr4lllt

· leaving me OK, · .but sorf..ol at1m1 .Ren it does . not hit i, ~· · lo · •
lonesome at' tim~.· ~iall' -.: .. T -"k th ·~ft• _. •a.- "
when I get to tbi~ of <the' .. ,;;,~~~.:.:a- ~'";riiia: ' Thanks Welfare .
past, of my by-golle· -fdends bas a~ been :a :nasty ,-wor~; · F · · r. A ·1d
.and ship mates. as it WU t. me befqre It ~truck. . or F ....... , ,,._ ~

I often wondef ·w.hate~er .bAP- -... .. _ d i'e Aloi alMr.:
:.11~ -Y. ~ore .an more ,.._ -1~._~ .... -.... d ... p.' p·reciation,

r • . n.ened to. -'the DGtor vessel -- - ..:..&.. ... alllided and ... ~·u.7 ...... -
r 'fli"'>V- --s;; · ---..; I-""-h ... _ ._.,_ -v_.tbaaks to . Coastal-Mariner. I made Jlel'- ~ as..-.men ewe lllDA! thoJl.Cbt W;U - ..._... ...... -..-.

USPHS 'HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND1

· Z111111is '!toat-oa ftilip iw. 'Proa
Freil N. Lambert Felipe .Quintayo

Jlilax Acosta ~lderi.us Z. Nagy
·Benjamin . '.Balcer J oban 'Nordstrom
'Ben L. lB.ane B. M. :Siqleto.n
.iA.1:Uwr 1Bnmell ,Jose .SQlll'.-e11 •
'Bernard 13u!lter Cordis Soufhwicll

, War.co tCalsan> 40hn :Snthm'Jand
Y/!illie F . ..O~e ~ W... ll',_Y.ler
Geor_ge 13. :Forrest Willie 'ronilinson
Eusebie ·~ ll;dwaril -mrainer
F.A!dettilik N. >Leeds '8a1ph :F.. !11r..ree
t:harles Locke

VA llOSPITl\L
. B.AlL:JJl'lllllJRE; ~

lilaJn!ice :F,W..nn
USPHS HOSPITAL
BRIGHTON. MASS.

.alcllDllilt 'Gahapn A.~- ..a'Donne.11
Herber.t . C. Mc'lsaac John 1C. lloblee
Chai'Je& .A. 111.-

DS'llB BQlil'llI'A!L
.GAL~ro))i[, :I'.EXAS

lLom:ie l\'Jbrttton .Tony 1la'bago
William iH. Da:v.is D9C&I' ~r
..t.aw.mnme I . .FJoyd .DenlJI &ounUJ

· Oliver .:J. Kendrick l!obl!Y ·&alswol'th
~ Milla ~.dbn W. W.-4
iilarold J). Napier

llSP1li BOSN!l'A.L
SA.V.l\'NNl\1!, GEmtGIA

£mas ~ lllhr.alld P.llillikllll'
David E . Mccollum A. A. Turli~·
Julian S. Mineses Ernest H.· W~b

'USPHS 'l'IOSP!TA'L
- ·NORFOLK, Y.uiGINIA

HelllilD,e iB,Jark .~n Nni!oy
H. H. 'Bil~ E.G. RlllU
R. G. 1Cannnrti'IQ9 '!!. IJ. Roli'm
H . L. Horton Jt G. Watson

QIPJH; .HOllNi'AiL '
. !l&\N ntaJllCliiC(i).. cu..

1l'homas a. 1'1'iscon Uoy4 :J. 'ThomH
Sa11111JSl l'. Dru17 Jack JI. Wenger
.£d.w. E. Bnieeqp illaliiil L. WJ1.l.lanw
etSo s. ...._ OMmg 5. ~
Y. W. 15<.'hmieftid

VSP,Hj; Bo&P.JT..U.
~'::'TL~. tW~

·- :llltnmer ~t!Jll ~ ~ :w. a.- 8uJild .r. :6iiliieel'
.Oeor,Be 'B. 'L'fttle ·ti, C !l'Ubervllle

llRllS llORlrAL
1Jl0R'I' ,.,C!UlDI, •.i'.£KA'il

Jli~rd 'B . ..ApJile'Jw 'W.o.114ro.w M~.e.r.t
a. F. 9eitiler MaK oi.n·

. . . ~. 'D.ohe!ll/I' Bmi> G. Z-..
2'..e.ter W~ :Sot.In! .,

'9!IPftS 'BGSPITA'L
Sl'A'IDl BJ,-&.111& w

· Oscar 1. Ada1111 .lamu ·"!N.., .:D.J1.Wllllr
.... ' ~. F. l\'1en . :a. a. 9gan

llllmill1 •• JL'h'JDo ~ 111. EWmt
.II. ~-~ · .-..i111 .Eamcl9
eonway "JV, :!lead! Jose1'h :.\. Gnlboll.I
~ M . .-iser .-..mi Ha-•!6+:
~ ... ~ ..,.... llL .HolmM
fl .. w. 'Bunner 'WIDlam :Joy,
Arthur J. Camara Charle• Kin'*9

Thomas Laver · Alejanar.o 'Rere•,
Thomu ~ ~ A. Rey.-

' Edgar .'LUke ~ulm L. lli•
, Mareos .E. 'Medina Leon lRpop

. J. Olabarrieta Adrian C. Torre•
' ..Jolin JI[. i'.aMD :A'lezalllier 'l1lliaD8

'Carl 'P!etrantonl ~- 'Tufaro ·
' Geotlge "· P.iilRll' <Cad Wi83'118

mi JilOLDIBU Hmm: BO&PITAL
W.ASHING'l!ON. .DC

'Wm. 11. 'Thmmon
! 'ftlMmO WOSPITNL

.l':AHOllS :aL VR. A C! DEV&
] 'fames J.="jf .32. LaNG .JSLAND .

' ~1'. .HGSP.m'.M..

ieral trips on·h~to.Puerte~ t. oar immeili* :familJ' ea. you lGI' tae.lloM!D, sent}W the
Cuba, the Virgin IBlanc!s1 etc. do~ Stnilf' .and pl8. Union in 'lllem8l7 ·Of lll6 oe-
Most of the boyu!ib~t like ht Should lie ptt tnto· effeet to -JWffed ··~d. · . ·
run but I s_ure Clid, for it 1W8I a ~ .... '"""- a1loUt. JJ.ust !oAQr I receiv.e4 y,our
nleasure .r.un 'Witb . ~e~ :Of .-._ - - • ... ·r- ~ 4'ain 1 .stend, -appre-
-:;vertime _to mak:e up fer tis .., -~ ·- ; -~"'- :e1atim fOr the prongat elli-
short duration.. .., .• .eieney yoa have afforded~ ,in

And then .. t.eQ, we had the _ SIU Support •11 matters pertaining. to my
very best of shipmates on 'it...:.. dearly beloved.

Ear .... ' Pra1·se M~ Fr~es WW«-s .J. W. Lincoln, Red Morgan, .. .
Lock.wood, Pedro Teddie Toney. TiO the Edlior: ~ - ~ $ . ! &EBIW~ DX&S .

. Wlllal:d 'T . . Cahill
I "USB11S 1IOSP.JTAL

'!ll1EIV .fWEA111&, g:.&.

' Y'$'4! pt Bea._ sul Lincoln~• { 'WOtild !ik<e .;to 'thank the
·

1 l~ .and 9ftleJl tMmde~ about -staff .of sm· sew ¥«1t ·head- · WeJf~re .,pJ~ · ~ ..
iw11at ever 11appeeed ·• 1lJlem. •uters -1or an the ~ Eases Hardstll ...
1 ·'6Wl'e miH· DU' .&e&far-bW .bu.cl- th~~ me durial my nQmt _ 1 w.ant to w,rlte ;and thank

l Carleto" Amundso.n -:John J. .J!iennrc\r'
.:I'lulmu E. Andrews Norman. 'W« ~
~e Amlet Bawu4 KnllfllJ
&o.Jl L. MrribiMnw ~ B. ~

I ..John. W. 'Bigwood Cbde "R. :l..Qffett
ftOClllftO 'Bonti fleliK F. w.reimlfle

I ·~ It. .-no.. ..hillm 1W,. illlJlft'iis
:F.r.e.derlc.o . BllO(tY.aD JcibD G. Naugle

I ,... <:cftelnan lfttfb1n e. 5ellln4
..... &'a\wico :.I.mm w. Reed

j 'J'Dbn iE. lDDlld 'J:IWeJlf! .G • .J'Jahll
I ·George 'W . .-11nt 1!1UCl1 :C. ~llB
I .o..1e· fiMl!ler <llla. :&. .:lltliDua
1 Charle:i Hablghorst ~orrle L. '.S4artzel'
i Willie Halladay Dw9l'd 1IVtHsch
I Wdl! 1l. llar.r.d1 Oel!Qllma W~

I A,, .lllilebx.et.aen •
• 'VA B:QSPITA'L ! ,

r wot1tlt'ON. ~s
l R. ,J. ••-•wit v. ,llQSPITA;L

·-CJ:N'.1-~·EJt- :BOT ~INGlJ
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1 Ull.QJl :SW.G .BABll&B .HOSP.JU£
! 'STJ\.,-ZN lSLt.N.D, "N1'JW 'TOMt
I "Dltlmas ~

- 'V.& .--n' AJ.,
1 . XECOV~ V.IaGINU
. hllePh .om .

.llTI'. 911.'SOllr ,fJ(',;\111: .a&Pn'M..
l ilO'. ~do~ 'CO. .
: C-lllf9' ..... ,JU:R~.Al!ID i I
l. tilll'BS ~.AL j

.lUJllll.A.T.J':Alll :BEA.CM I
'IJIMIGKL'W!R, 1llmW ¥.<'JlllC 1

: ~~~U.. ~Sirt~ 1
~ Bl3lllll .UO M&llD&Uh l

· ~ airabaDo 'P.J'indtiYO 1lhzH j
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Jl'lide .c:JaamMer ~ .S. 'Wclarim
I 'Mallm7 "II.~ 1l. E. W.atedlc!Ul . I!.
ldln ·1>11m1111 · :l.allber Z. '111*11

l .But .E..a.ranldt · .l"aia P. WJIW
1'0hn "llose.Ph Bazel '

'4lies: u-011111e1 -aboanf 'the Ballin Grair ~· __ _
D ..... o .. ,w, U> .one and .all of the taob.Lllt Every.one w .ei;pe- the Seafarer's Wea-are .. r:wa
- · · · .. , ... g,,1 for wha't ttiey have i!One fQJ'

.goo.cl-.old SllL I have ~een mi • dall,v ll......-. ~ me. · ~ daughter.. She ~lls·.•n 1n
"th~ sick JiSt for 'Sfi'Vtt.-81 }'ear~ . JI'• £, Jl'ewler _ . and mat .flt. th~ bOQil. !three '
kom • :.~ "WtJtrild, but I 4;- t;. $ times m a itttle over· a .year; ·
'6till 1ane ,hOpes -Of ullieg ,.ga'hl Jl 1t w8 .Got far the Wetfare
in the near future. · ~ Wellar• :OK"• PJan :iaa:vme ;fer her ~are a the

............. Jli*8 .~.::... • .....,. c·L-'lr hoM;PitaJ.. and f« .uw'.JGD'6 ..,ei-
.· ,ii ii .., rw ._. .... .at.ion, 1 aaa'.t . .know ·:what J

-•• YAlllllr: ;w,ou).d - b&.e ... ~ e&pecLif.lj'
P.ra~s Far.... ·l mve ,IJeea llllntltaUied Mtll aiDee .mY Jausbaaid ii aw..iw .t
.a ,A.I. &-- lnJWem.a '1"11 .Ml doJG& 'ftq . .._ _
.. way A~ .... · wen GOW. -t understand ,that .the. . · Jt Jsaa J)een t!elY bar'1., JHlt
To .the Editor: . Welflar.e Plan has ,approved my "the 'Plan eas·made U eujer on

We receive your LOG regu- request for a ·power-driven all of. ,us, Thanka ualn .. · _.
larly alld eiQoy 4J; · Y~Y much. :w~. 11.F ~ wr~te . Mn. 'Thion·.Pll1mer
I til9oli14 .De to Mil . · •r Mr. Crea~ a · letter ;&l\d ~ · , ~ . i.: , t;. -
thou_ghta to .t&e many .wa. .MO um1 Ml'~ &.eue,y ~ , :;;
out to wea. Y1'11 ee; 1 too 'had a _ lllm .to :p11f!daase :Said ~ amt · 01( R a-a. &

-~ ~ earifle: '\WM ~ged 'DOW 'U is lleillg s'h:jp.p.ed Ito .m~ · eu.ni:rmen •. -
;t!le ..-s .-¥· times aring ·aoa *" All Inf ;Jro.u mi the Plan~ Prop0..1~
the Weillill W• It mi ii1e · x.. han!;of tt.mt~es anti ·al1 l3and1 ' -- ~'"- _ _...,....:;.. ·
... :War. 'And · ....,. Jd&htw for ~ Je 6tlY 'ft!cae. 1e~ :~.~ th;;': .. ~ri~ni or· the -
Pl'..ure4. .. ~y .a .mathei: ftllo ..ell.« ~lit .te ~w rw wet S$ ERllHa co a ft!!COr.d .a1 .mY•
for tbelr ~ ~ U> me. • JD-.,: :aedadal\~. Go4 lng re'ad a copy of ·a recent let-

Bt!t J cunel ~ tee .fact D1nr all , lit 'J'i911 and =• an ter tent to u.e fDG _. ;SUJ
1tw many nave ~ m0tmiem to 19E ~ · ..-. .mo- &otaer e. A. tC4m<*l Weida a
pray for them. A;D4 86> .1 .Pf.aY 4:e1U.1. . · ............ l'elf81W .t• ;a :Pao1 m;eci re1iN-

, fer &em .. -.who• f4T ir-mo .home, .Bu&b ,._ .tatmt pjaa .tt...- 1IP br' aid .
. nar -~ feel . aebMl3' u:a. .-oie: Br.,,ai.er F41U.Cb6 Jnther. .· ~ · .

.can!9 -far l.tlbem: ~ M ~• Uiem fla 'ftc~ 'fria clidir. :11 ;1ifwto ' - Tile. Pft'P°'*1 b 8' dole to ta
I. adqres~ _,, 11£,8J'el'. ·~ ~ -~ .,_, the ._ reD.JMaWe ........ a1 ·ceuJa.1-

Remember someone. ares ant issue ~f the LOG. · · Jnsfituted .by .tbe .SJU ·a:ept.iat-
pr-ays for you . . '· · - - $' '" ·t " t a.. ·~ .ia ·• :,..._,,

E"- ........... & 1l'Jllli . ,, . ' . ...__ . · , ISO .• ..,.~_.e-.1or
-¢. .. -4,; t,.. CJUJUDM "' . '. ----..Ip,'• JM 'dull :.- DJUlllR- Plan -. ~em~_P.ian ~ ~ M•t.1 Ill.lie•- . . · . . . . ·. / jw~ tln.Lcons~. . -.._ an ... ..,_. "" ..,.. ·~ .. - 7 , -. •.• • vJ~ JI....,....

11="'.I ...... ' ~Qae · ~ .-r .. :-..: ,, ' . , . " . 1;. . ..., . '.
'To .the ·1imto..: .. ; Issue of the- ·LO'G, I hotJclefl .a . : · · · .. ~ .. :... : .. '· · 1

-FJ'om tiWe -to tirpe " ~ ba.v• very .1~~~: ·~AA>m~ 1rsp1· , ;llJDOCI B811'k ·fleljs b!W. (flt\ ·ttie~'Sltbjeef °' jpten- ~e,~ - the SS Se,~ OP~- . c• • • ,' ., ~ld-
Ul mftees effectitlg ~ .. wiftt ~~DC 1nlr mem~.erShip J)is-•,:arer S .,,_,UI .
..s.r ~ f'41Di,fts, ~an JW'hy •m•: ·ff.•. · .. _ · · . · .. it. t.M ~ditor: · · .. ·~ ' -
dt :Siaoilld ..e ~ed -·~•.e&re · · ~ -eert1i'tti"br 'ts rensuritt, 'to · ~. · .,Oli, i>~ -"d -.y,'~-~- .anti
~. -., ' W.. 't9 well • lre1,tJfal , en•·' .~~ · et1w tttank ~11 .far the

- This jubject is1':1n dire need great organizatiC. .. . --., ._. "~·-- .• ftR>n· - .lW 'It'
' - - -- l• ---~~- . ,, I • ··•at., _-tH...:: ~ . .?li.'d. :, 1~; _.·,. ,P,_ ' .. " , •
~~.wbi• w.U .We -.w.ig . ·:.tli~ · :wia~ lM"ft'nr't .-~ ·:rt ~ 'P.. ~lnc, ~c8-r -~ fta . ·
~ Ja1 ~~· ~ , ~ •tiJe ..cb.tidr~_" ~ ~~ ~~~~·~, we·::ho,,JP_ tl~t ~/~ ;w1~1,. 11>e ,
1tav:e -41'1 . .BfQWD ..ujl ~4 ~ mat- : .. ma~, --.. " " ',, ... . · " l.e1&'ad IOJ' l!ier MUDeat:~,., .. =

"~,c~uentt~ pie .vtve.S , · . D_. jlflilUaur;
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Tlli'.-Dowa0T7.
.. ._.,. 8e9f,O..SS
~ wrllt9 t.- ~

mind' Seaf•t:u• tbt. meD w!IO.
· are clioos¥ . ._ -...mg. fln·

·, tam· overtime. ca:nnat ~ect. m
equal numoer Of OT hours with
the rest of. their department. In ,
some. cre.ws ~ hav~ &een
t'uming; dOwn unpleuanf E>T
ion• ancl tfren · demanding to
come up with equa-Ii ovel'tfme

. Edltk'• .Feeders

1 when the. e~ jobs C?Ome- ·lor 5 .
· Thie paettce fW. unfahr to ~

SIU· SHIPS AT -sEA ::g~;;.;;~~ ..
· · · -' , but if a man refusH cflsagree- Memb.n al the ~ni dePortment ~oonl' th SS Edith talcei ~

moment off from- thir. culinary duties, ra. poss. for. . a photo-. Seert
in tffek spot&ss- wtnfe. uniforms, are (I ta rt George-Fuci'u, ,erl/!IW pmt·
frymai:t:- P~dro Ff'oHs., night ccsok and baker, Justin Lamb, chief

S~ft• Me •tu;· dark glas~ and new suit •. • . he- , a~ jobs there ia no require-
Those new accyllc, plastic, da<r- .cut a ~etfy; shaup ·ft1P1re<~ fmieedL ·. meut. that wlieJI, an easien job

ron, et'.e. suit!- that are 10 poplllir- But. wtlan> he: put. tha,fii. Nit Jw comes alonw fie. cani maJ.~ up the
no _ h Id th . ii- b . . 1., . the- wasfling· machin_!!~ to cfeah and! , ove.r:tiDi. '·he tumecf d9wn· liefOre. I ,

w ~ ou ey rea ... ,,. e ca .ed! get ready for the next shore leav~. - ..
wash and don't wea11, cu wear and ~he- danm tfilna, dlamtqrated. Hiif t _____________ .J:..--------..... -------------------coalr,. and- Mika Mrdalik, steward.

don't wash? reaqttoft.\ tCJI tbia- event called forth 2·s D , s-Ii lh M. f
W.IUtam Lenon, . BR om the: ,word's1 wlircli we all krrow but are: . . ays e ·or.e . e . as

Steel A.pprentiee, purdiaaed a new ;not pri~table. It seems· that in this . . • .
1
1 i .

suit of clothe& in. Seattle- last trtp. !age of missiles and' sateffifes you

to wean .. in J'apan when ~~ can~t be sure-ot .. hfn1- 11oteven 'D7.1·1i... ](j·-'"'1"'.ng SkinJ1JP:r.~ n..:L.:i · Ciew .. Poodle. And Al/iu,alor
tlie Japanese- belles,. IO' 88 to ~ a s1dt of clothn. W i Ill ~• ,..t::!' •rr-· ., VUU .. O ·
press upon. them tiiat he· was: one' Ttt..- mon I': c.omd It~ that Hme­
&tylisli Seafax:er; to say the- least one: puIJ.'elf .the. wool ov.er his. e1a? t!Jd. note: Th·e f,aitouffng soaking ih a pooi covering th·e

• • • And that he did-, with those- .i, · t,. &. Grlide wag; .au.6m~ted to the bottom of a jolly boat, swurrg-
LOG- byJ C. F. Ma1'tfnique, Tf!· thwartship over the stern of t he

umfer protest, because of the
brutal treatment. Tfie commiS­
siun·er's office> faffe d' to take
action, but our union Iawyel'S'
sued fer damages amt after
several weeks tile schooner deck
force divfded: about. $500 be­
tween tl:iems·eJves.

Keittl Gulfey,, Jrr., 7. yean oH,
son of Seafarer anc:t Mrs. W~
limn K.. Gul•y~ mod~ "'.
bow 1ie ancf a fancy ~itted
sweater. His father is now on
the Alarnor. ·

l.o•s .....,,_, , ,
'Fhe Irene Star· let: fol!tlt oa a:

'neat Jittle 60-da~" junket to ' Turk-
1 ~ ey,. ~ut it tullned out the- v.essel

al'SCJ went to- A.uausta,. Steffy.. and

1theni to Macio, BnziL aml1 then:. ilt
supposed to. lread for C'~a&lanca,
'etc;,. eta:,. etc.,. all ol wJaich jmw.es;
you- never- can. telL

1 Aftrr all, Cofum~us set out to
find a sho1-ter route to the east and
discu~e11ed: America.

: Mutual Admiration Sooiet7
' · Life is rosy aboud. the £1aicka­

: •saw:, the. closest. thing, tG an. Ta:topia
.ye.t seerr in the world scene, so it
seema. In th~ reee11t minute ... the
: good and welfare aectfon. said'r ... A .
big 'llote ·of thanks to tlie steward
department for • job well done.

; IAn extra< ·'Oian:Ji: you' fiiem the
crew' t& &al:er. JeliD 8'a1'el4I for 'all

1
thei swell' bakiJli; .on. the, ti'ip.
Thanks- went to. 1ll deputment

· defeptes; anlf· trre· llllpS' Clefe'l&t'es.
iTJW ste:wudi depadm~tt la tum
'went on• reeor<f tftankfng am mem­
'.bers for their cooperation • • ."
~~ ontyr catch~ Thino mT ao

good al>oulf tJie: ahip tliat it: amt
last f.are:ver; ·

ti11ea MiM&P' memb~r. > sliip.
Captain William Moline, vet- Foc'sle' was in. the: bow, • . •

eran skipper of tl:e Waterman two woodell' &units,, one ov.er tire
l.ines, died at Pens-acola<,. Fh>r· other, on· ea-clTJ side· a sack of
tda,, on. Nov m,. 1959: amf there- straw for a mattress, a cfamp,
by hang&/' a tale .. 1 beliare- b.e stinking quilt for a cover; and

· was one of the fJest~known and a bucket fmr a head'..
most talked:..about ship mastel!S Where the bosun, engineer
Jn m-et"cfiant marin~ _seJ.TVice, aruf co.ok: !hept r do not remem-
and' P often• think bfs, initial ber., but our food , which corr-
maltit fine e~per.tence' had seme- sisted' solely of soup during the
thing, to. d\l. witl\ his pllllosophy. last few weeks, was shoveu

He forbade: me· to> mention through an. openfng. in the bulk-
the· episocfe durfug. hi5' lifetime, head,. and: eaten on a plank. be-
a request that L cuuld never fig- tweeni bunks.
ure out . The. fou..c seamen stood alte-r-

We· were· ship.mates: , lnr the nate watches, foul"' on• and' four-
N'avy during Wovld War I. Bill, oft, out -~ four oft hacf no
a war-baby e:unfter's mate a.nd meaning o~use we had storm,
I, ai second. craiw CPO ancJ. r.ain, and: bead winds nearly all
Na:V)T' fiOX'!ltr tfuing; o! tJie "spit Of the 28. da31s . to Baltimo.ce, and
m«t polish!' (BiUl neveir woire: a it was a continual' "alf hands on
nH'n .. .:. ·"terl }-- ""' ~--••· to . +'--r- sf\ip,"· U~rm w1ereiD!I '. CJ. I< . l.lle UICUJI. -~

Navy ·and set our sights. on. a 'Ffi·e latteF maneuverr required
licensed· mevehan~ marine ca- a haii<t; - iBi . the Jolly boat t.o
reer,, \d:a. a. "q:JlicJde" aavjgation cleiu: tlte' spanker boom ovel!
course. t.he· davib; and being, ·bal!e-foot,
. We llOODi discovered' tlie hav,jng: rro l)qot~ r always-
foc'sle was. half-f.uU• of ma~-er.'s fealledl tfte ·amgat«1it would! itam-
·tickets· and! ioined the . old In- gle one. of m¥ toes.
temational Seamen!!f l:Jilion· fu Om the· few decent days of.the
New· O'rl'eans: E.~entuan:y we -voyage, the captain woufd have
wene· assignedl tO> the. theft' new us over the srde>, miilus lifebelts.
.tanker "Swift AProw~"' caulking. and painting_ seams..

The v.essell linpired in port Tile- vessel started · leaking

During- the strike Bill, ·I, amt
a . cha•aeter named Padd.y Mur·
phy, p11t on. boXlllg show'.1-

Some weeks". later· 1 learned
that sevenaL sailing ships had
beew f<Jumf off he Eastern
coast, sails set, everythih.g in
oi:der, yet no sign. of. a ere\!\'.
One· theory claimed rum-run­
ners had £aided' the snip, and
tlquidatedl the crew. Very likel.y
tfie skipp-ei~ ltrrew about that ..
sOOJl'" 11e·alized that BHi and I
wexre rrot. sailing-ship men, and
\tery. likefy actually reared us
mor.e' tlian we did -~ acting
bruool soo as to appear tough.

·At lhe termination of thl!
strike, Paddy Mur.ph¥ and I
s:Jtipped'. aboard a vessel bound
:fm~ fJ:eI:amt: but got . in.to a jam:
when: eontilraband was. dislmv:.
erecf afloard the shi]l~ :Bm: hav­
ing: a: ticket, went topside and'
remafnt"d· there witrr the. same­
e0mpaoy 1uost of his- career,.
th·ereb.y proYing his. staltillt)f
wllen rem·ovecl from compani:ons.
like m~ .

SHIPBOARD SKETCHES andf w.e: f-aund out!Sel\res- i'n· e3111¥ in the voyage and' we soon
tt,. ...,. Gralaem vofvecf fu tfle: eanen!s; strike exhaus~ed our stuck of coar fi:Jr'

l\fany of his cr.ew thought he·
was a tough s.l!:ipper, but I
doubt il' any of them ever- hacf
the .mrst-tr.fpper. e:.qRtrience
BiU lia<f. May he rest 'in peace..

of M·a~ F!IM, and£ ioined. the fuett. Si.uce the lumber cargo"
picket: line. kept tm!> 'itesscl. afloat, it_was- .a

. '

lOG-A-RHY1HM:-

Pot Luel< ·

. 'Go\feimment . pl!OPAlfand'a,: un- ~ questio~ a& to whether burning.
tti!r th· tr~ Sliip piflg· Board, ill up was. ai remedy or not .
alie~ pubi.ic: SDIJport and The" cap.fain SOCHI' SaW tli:lt
stmiltiilg: seamen. were- open Bill and L WeJ!«' not {1atieer Bai~
1anie'. fpr police; cluiJs. Bill. and fn-g:.sliiP' men., that the Danes·
l were· soen· mm:ketf mew. Bill didn't under..;;tand English,· and
because of' l'lis size;. and It for that ih~;-bO&un'wa&;: 81 - bit

· my agiUfy; ·SU' we boarded a ~·touehedl." :.Plii·s si'tuatiun
"l>Iind'" on a, passenger Wain seemed to CGD'Vellt the captain

"--- BT M. lieJlswieder __ __..

1 bourrre for M'Obile, / into a; tyDant- . 'l:he me-ss1ta.n: was· em;pfly+. except.
Guffp11r.t. po.ti.ce> spo.ttecf. us He se·eme«b Iii little scaredi of for, a. few

and. ~dt us upd or· a: con~it!t · BilL and\ I -was too) quid for It was: oUt hat· to most, just the
rolfdi camp-, but our seantanls hiin.- andi aotrld climb' I:Hte a ::- ca'l'dlf: w ere new
papers bqlRt;elied our story of sq .. irrel, bUCi tlie: Danes: and_ .a '. WIU yo1.1/1r turn to· ctea:l; the-
foukiilg for' sell! serv.ice . . We bo~ received' continual: Jti'cli:s tension tOM great
were· given a chance, under · the and' blows, , . . fn you1". hand you were holding •
e;yes. ot the jolice, to. decid~ F wH·F never' rcn:get the many . possiO-le strai ght
whether we wanted one- of the times it was "all hands tacking So you shoot for the 6ig pot-
sev.en1 rustly 1Jana11at. boats; or ship\"' the> wife: at the- wheel-, w inner take all,. -
a ~ few · fiv;e--masted · (umber the ~slGipper giving someone a· One' card' will ~cide your rise or

· , schooll'ells; wfW!Ji were. on caast-· few lU&ty kiiCis and shouting · you11r fall. . . .
wi.Se- nuns~ "Efow iif she.heading dear?' Tbe:- You Jeel "On S1J lucky ," for tnq

Not being te10- wel11!-v.ensedl in mate',, engin'?e:E aadi cook wette- cant wiW bring.
I ·marltimeJ expnessiOJt at tlt'I! tfute; mmr,, timid types amt n·e.veJr A; d7'ea11£ to· r~ality,. a home whe1fe

we , tlioUg)lt. C6'~ise - ~nt. -opened' t!lieir mouths;. yau'1'e' k ingi
num-e11ous Innall. stro.ps. So wr! 'Flil!! 2841a'&' nightm:a11e: fin111ly Bui the: f ates· sere'am. with
&ipe\il on at a ehandle lTS: on a elld(!<f, . andl We' anri\ledi at Bhlti- Ui'Ugnter,
tLvE'-masted. schooner tioundi. mm:e .. W'e' sJ.usliedt tlie masts. tne Your card goe.s astr.ay
fop . · Bait hrrcnre,. · upeding to ne:o.."-t day, after · wlticfti ti W.I>- So bust ea,. tfi:sgmred'; and ~ 111
jump• !tiiii> at! tlte &st stio]J: per' call'e~ tr& ~ his' · ea6iial t'&. • can. lte: · ' 1-A 1:1ie.1 , cr~wi ~~o:Sildtedi at the.. - pay· usi ~ · You twrn- from tff.e. wbl'e; t1i.m

... ft hi'- i"' .._, ..:1!...-a..-.,.,, \"'e declmecf the oflrer. JJavin- .. your though~. turn to me

l
Ca{>11aLll~: ':It W. ..,e;, ma_., uvuac::,, ' ·• · ·e · th

. engineer;. ' cook,, 85'-!eal!"Otd lfecn aeliODe• ttte: nQUU!. b.efort!l Yow thirik of. our. pa!Jlt~ng, :e .
· 1Josua({ou11-.-sea•, two- Eanish andi'. JJ~eJI\ ad\ti~edt 6y .tfie· U~OJll woT<d.t that you s~i~ . ~ ,. ' . .,s, BiIF, . m~eB.. p!Us. a· poo:d~· lial],· t!o, ine.isf , ll,_ p!filgr. ~lf '· "'llhiS: trip .tai:U be ~e~~t!'~. · ~

, ,.., -. .... ' ~· '• dog and~· w · th~fOef- atlfg;itiGr ,on· a~ tllle co~Hfuiret'ii ·~,;, You.;· fee.IL ..!'O~ so ,Juek!f,,, t.01r th~
1 ~.. ~ t 1 • ' .. ,) ~ ' p •

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·The ·Wiiid Blew And . . .

The Lampblack Flew
(The following article was

.ubmitted to the LOG by Sea·
farer Douglas Claussen.)
' We have just paid off from a
Mediterranean run on the John

..,. "C" (Atlantic Carriers, Inc.>.
We had 2,000 tons of lampblack
for Italy and Marseilles, France.
When they finished unloading
and they cleaned the holds in
Barcelona, Spain, the lamp­
black was four and five feet
deep on the deck from the bow
to the stern ' on the starboard
side, and heaped in variqus
piles on the port side. None of
this was .wrapped in paper or
anything ... it w~s just lying
loose on the deck.

Well, to make a long story
short, we sailed with it loose
on the· deck like that. When we
got outside the harbor, the wind
blew and the' lampblack flew.

The entire deck gang titrned
to with brooms· and shovels.

I am not exaggerating when

I say It t1>ok us four days to
wash It off the ship; and also,
ourselves. It was in the mess­
halls, passageways, showers . . •
everything we touched had
lampblack. .

We had to throw our clothes
away and were not paid penalty
cargo time for this, although
we all thought we had a month
aml a half coming. We were not

·even paid overtime for throwing
it overside, though this took·
one and a half days •.. and we
were not compensated for our
clothes, either.

Now I sal that lampblack
should be a penalty cargo be­
cause there is no cargo as bad
as that, including sulphur, coal,
etc. Also I would like to · see
som~thing else put out with the
new agreement. Th~t is, a
clarification should be included
with each agreement when they
are distributed to the crews of
the vessels.

I SIU HALL DIRECTORY
SIU, A&G Distrid ·
SECRETARY -TREASURER

~- Paul Hall
ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS

W. Hall, Deck C. Simmons, Eng.
I:. Mooney, Std. .• J. Volpian. Joint
HEADQUARTERS . ... 675 4th Ave., Bklyn.
BALTIMORE . . . . .... 1216 E. Baltimore St.
Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900
BOSTON .. ............ .. .. . . 276 State St.
John Arabascz, ~ctlng Agent •

· Richmond 2-0140
HOUSTON ........ . ...... . . 420~ Canal 6~
Jl . Matthews, Agent CApital 3-4089; 3-408(
MIAMI . .. ... .. . .. . ... 744 W. Flagler St.
Ben Gonzales. Agent FRanklin '7-3564
MOBILE .. ... ...... 1 South Lawrence St.
Louis Neira , Agent HEmlock 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS ., ..... .. 523 Bienville St.
Lindsey Williams, Agent Tulane 8626
NEW YORK : . . .. .. 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn

HYacinth 9-6600
NORFOLK . ..... . ....... . 416 Colley Ave.
Pau• Gonsorchlk, Acting Agent

MAdlson 7-1083
PIIlLADELPHIA ..• ..•••• . 337 Market St.

\Jc S . Cardullo, Agent Market 7-1635
.i SAN FRANCISCO . .. .••. . 450 Harrison St.

Walter Sibley, Agent Douglas 2-4401
SAN'fURCE, PR . 1313 Fernandez Juncos.

Stop 20
Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. Phone 2-5996
JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St., Room 200
William Morris, Agent . ELgin 3-0987
SEA'ITLE ...... .. .... ..... . 2505 1st Ave.
Ted -Bablcowski, Agent Main 3·4334
WILMINGTON, Calif . .. . . 505 Marine Ave.
Reed Humphries, Agent Terminal 4-2528

SUP
HONOLULU .... 51 South Nimitz Highway
· PHone 502-777

NEW ORLEANS ....... . 523 Bienville St.
Jackson 5-7428

NEW YORK .. ..• ... 675 4th Ave.; Brooklyn
HYacinth 9-6605

PORTLAND .....••••... 211 SW Clay St.
CApitol 34336

SAN FRANCISCO . • ,, .•.. 450 Harrison St.
Douglas 2·8363

SEATTLE .. ... . .......... .. 2505 1st Ave.
Main 2-0290

WILMINGTON ..... . : . . . 505 Marine . Ave.
Terminal 5-6617

MC&S
HONOLULU . . .. 51 South Nimitz Highway

PHone 5·1714
NEW ORLEANS . . ..... . 523 Bienville St.

RAmond 7·428
NEW YORK .. .. .. 675 4th Ave .• Brooklyn

. . JIYacinth 9-6600
PORTLAND .. .. . .....•. . 211 SW Clay St.

CApitol 7-3222
llAN FRANCISCO .•••• , .350 Fremont St.

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

MAin 3-0088
WILMINGTOl'· ••••••••••. 505 Marine Ave.

TErmlnal 4-8538 .

Great. Lakes Distrid
ALPENA ..•.•• •••••• ••••. .. 127 River St'.

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

GRant 2726
CLEVELAND ............ 1420' W. 25 'st.

MAln 1-0147
DULUTH ..• ••••••. .. 621 W., sur,erlor St.

Phone: Rando pJi 2-4110
FRANKFORT, Mich. • : ..• · .. . PO Box 28'1

ELgln 7-2441
MILWAUKEE ... . ... . 633 S. Second Ave.

DRoadway 2•3039
RIVER ROUGE . . 10225 W. Jefferson, Ave.

Mich. Vinewood 3-4741
SOUTH CHICAGO .•••••. 9383 Ewing Ave.

. - SAglnaw 1-0733
1"0LEDO . ...•••.•••.••••. "120 Summit St.

CUerry 8-2431

Canadian District
FORT WILLIAM ..••..•. . 408 Simpson St.

Ontario Phone: 3·3221
HALIFAX N.S ........... 128'AI Hollis St.

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

' Victor 2-8161
QUEBEC ... .... .• •.. 44 Sault-au-Matelot

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

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

' EMplre 4-5719
ST. JOHN, NB .... 177 Prince William St.

ox 2·5431
VANCOUVER, BC .... . . ..... 298 Main St.

MF ow·
BALTIMORE . . . .. 1216 East Baltimore St.

EAstern 7-3383
HONOLULU . .. . 511 North Nimitz Highway

. PHone 5-6077
NEW ORLEANS ..••••. . 523 Blenvllle St.

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

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

' CApltol 3·7297-8
SAN FRANCISCO ....... . 240 Second St.

DOugla11 2·4592
SAN PEDRO ............ 296 West 7fh. St.

· TErminal 3·4485
SEATTLE ... ..•• • .•.. . 2333 Western Ave.

MAin 2-6326

JOHN L WAT81lMAN <Watermen>,
..... 14-Chaltman. N. p. M•tt"•WI
lacretaty, L. A. •row1t. Some di.
puted OT. 'Jibe captain wm try to put
out a dr•w at W~on if able to
••t .money frpm the a1ent. S9.1'1 u

' Ut9 "lblp'• fund. Two NMU member•
aend their UOinkl, for t.he royal treat·
ment they received from the SIU
crew on their trip back from Yoko-
hama. ·

YORKMAR CCalmarl, .Ian. 30-Chalr•
man, '· Busala5kl1 lecratary, DorHY
Pave"· No beefs. Repair list to be
made up and turned in as soon a1
pomble. J. Busalacltl elected as new
lhtp's delegate.

ALCOA CAVALIER (Alcoa), Feb. 14
-Chairman, "mmla Bartlatt1 Seer•
tary, .Bill LHsltar. Bill Lassiter elect·
ed new 1hip'a dele1ate. There was a
dtacussion on Job .security and vaca·
t!oM. A letter wlll be m:illed tc; neg°'
Uatlng committee In New York to the'
effect . that crew want1 vacation and
return to job.

VENORI! <Marven>, Fab. 14-Chalr.
man, Coita Hatvlml1los1 Secratary,
Charlas Applaby, Two men were re·
moved from ship due to illness. The
chief engineer reported that a .. new
pipe has been ordered to replace old
rusty one. Some disputed OT. A vote
of thanks to the steward dept. for a
Job well done: especially to the baker
who la one of the anest.

MARYMAR (Calmar), Feb. 12 -
Ch1lrman, Alan E. Whltmar; Seer•
tary, Guy Waltar. No beefs. Joseph
Townsend elected ship's del~gate. It
ls requested that coffee grounds not
be dumped in the sinks: also light
bulbs are not to be removed: cots are
to be brought In when not In use
Cooperation is needed to keep the
laundry clean. The wringer on thl'
washing machine needs repairing. The
agitator 11 also broken and needs
replacing. '

Dl!L NORTI CMl11l11lppl), .Ian. 11-
Chilrman, I!. Stough, ,r.1 Secratary,
'· Dolan. No beefs. 1100 in ship'•
fund. It 11 requested that all beefs b1
brought to the at! '!.ntlon of the de~art·

·ment delegate and not the ship's dele· _
gate. 'This voyage the stewards dept,
elected the ship's delegate-Brother
Curly Liles. Please wash clothes be·
fore 10:00 PM. Donate to movie fund
so that better movies may be ob·
talned. It ls asked that everyone do·
nate to ship's fund 10 that they may
receive the bene&ts of It. Ship's dele·
•ate asked all hands to cooperate for
'1 good voyage and handle all beefs In
the proper m~er . .

BEAUREGARD CPan Atl1ntlcl, F@b,
H-Ch1lrman, Charlas Lee; Secretary,
H, W .. Joh1tston. 152 In ship's treasury.
Fan In messhall to be cleaned. Take
care of cots. Return cups to messhalJ;

THETIS (Rya Marine Corp.), Jin. 26
-C:h1lrm1n, H1mpson; Sacretary, DI•
Carlo. Elected new ship's delegate.
Some disputed OT. One man walked
off ship just. before ship left dock,
taking all hfs aear, causlna 1hlp to
sail short.

EDITH CBull Line), Feb. 12-Chilr•
min, / Mike Mlch1llk1 Secretary, R.
Wiiiiams. · Everything smooth. No
beefs. A discussion was held on im•
provement In the preparation of food,
The 1teward wlll assist the chief cook.

'· Pl!NN TRANSPORTER (Pann . Nav.),
Feb. 14-Chalrman, F. J, Johnson1
Secretary, .A. D. Hiii. Repair list taken
care of. Ship's delegate thanks other
delegates for their cooperation In
helping make this voyage a · very
pleasant one. It ill requested that
keys be left In rooms if being laid
off: and strip bunks and leave rooms
clean. Steward has complete requ.lsi·
tlon made out for next voyage. A -
vote o·f thanks , was given to steward
dept. fo1· job well done. -

' ALCOA PILGRIM <Alcoa), Fab. 14-
Chalrman, Chuck Krmberly; · Secretary,

.. Jim Barrett. Ship's derogate reported
that he attempted to get a new wash•
Ing machine, but only parts were sen1.
17.50 In' ship's fund. Bill Bolling was_
elected ship's delegate. A. vote of
thanks Is given to the. steward · dept.

DCEAN DINNY (Maritime Oversaa1
Corp.), Feb. 14--Clralrman, W. Hol•
land; Secretary, A. Wiiiiams. No beefs.
The crew calls this a goo.d ship. It
was requested that the ship be kept
clean and that everyone be gQod ship
mates In order to have a good trip.
New ship's delegate Is J. T .McDevet.
Turns will be taken to keep laundry
room clean. ·

THET,IS _ {Rye Marine), Feb. 19-
Chalrman, Fred Maclalak1 Secretary,

H. ' MM1tey, It 18 ukecl tJi9't. biatt8
, and Julen be put lander rafril·
· eraUon on prevlo1141• nJlbt. Cbalrt

taken on deck are to be returned to
louD1•· Slllp'1 delegate will 1ee cap•
taJn ra1ardlnl one man to be 1D
char1e· of 1teward ·dept. It WH men·
Honed that It- takH entirely too lo~'
to collect draw fund• when lhtp- 1'
on17 1D pott a abort limo, ·

' --
EDITH Cllulll, Fab. 21-Chilrman,

Henry Schwarh1 Sacretary, Mika
Michalik. Everything runntnc smooth•
ly. Everyone la pleased with the nc.,.,
raise. Crew is very happy with the
new chief ·cook. A new washing ma·
chine la to be purchased. In Baltimore,
as promked by Captain. A photograph

Digest
'

Of SIU Ship
Meetings.

of the steward dept. personnel la to
be submitted to LOG.

' MONTEGO SEA (Standard Marine>.
Plb. 21--Chllrman. LOUIS C1yton1 Sit•
rat8ry, J, F. Austin. All golni well.
All who have mall to be sent from
C•mal should have it ready, listed and
atven to captain on next Sunday. U
wa1 learned that allotment• £111Ye gone
through. A vote of thanks Is given te
1teward dept. for good food.

,
.WACOSTA CWatarmanl, Feb. 21-

Chalrman, J. PvrHll; Secratary, Jam11
Myars. Headquartera was notified

.about men being hospltallze'll In Eu·
rope. Motion was made that donation
be made on draw In New Orleans to
purchase wreath for deceaeed brother,
A vote of thanks to Sparks for hl8
cot>peratlon on getting MTD news on
ratll:;.

PENNMAll (Calmar>. Feb. 21-Chilr­
tnan, E. R. Smith; .Sacretary, T. Emery,
A discussion was held on the menus.
They are to be typed anit It is aaked
that a larger variety of food be
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ARIZPA {Waterman!, Feb. 21
Chairman, Joseph Halli Secretary, .I.
C. St~wart. Captain will be asked to
keep enough money to put JI ·draw ou&
before arrival In stales. ~·chief engi•
neer will be' asked about heat In
shower, Cdeck dept.>. Man in New
Orlean1 fined S31 for havinc perfume.

WILD RANGER <Waterman), March
I-Chairman, C. D. · Andarso'n; Secra•
tary, A. 0. Aaron. Everything runnlng
1moothly. Repair list has been turned
ln. S20 In 1hlp'1 fund. A gear locker
Is needed for deck dept. Patrolman
will be told that lockerJt shoulabo
chanced to wooden lockers. Mall 11
not being forwarded regularly by
company. Crew would llka to bave
more LOG11.

MONARCH OF THE SEAS CWatel"'
m1nl, March 6-Chalrm1n, C. Bl•lack1
Secratary~ L. B. Moora. No ·beefs . . A
motion was made to ·send lette·r to
headquarters on new raise. Copy to
be sent to LOG.

MARORI COrel, M8rch 6-Ch1lrman•
R. w. Glaze1 Secretary, M. Black. A
Teport will be ·made to patrolman tha~
chief engineer 1s doing machlnl11t and
wiper's work · In his room and office.
OT put ln for by wipers and machin•
tst . ..... The room1 in deck dept. need
,painting. ---PENN TRANSPORTER CPenn Nav.),
March 6-Chalrman, T. J, Sulllvan1
Secret8ry, J, Higham. Letters were ,
m11lled by agent at Glbrslter. Whitey
Johnson re-elected hi))" ilillesate, It
ls requested that everyone chang1
thlHr own ilnen. Bring soiled linen to
lock~r on change days. It was asked
that everyone k~ep pantty clean.

ATLAI (Carto & Tanksh!1t), Mardi
· 1t-C"•lr111an, Allterf" . .. ureot1 _...,..
tary, •· 11m... captain •Id payoa
wm be April 11. It w11 mentioned that
food doe• not come out of 1alley In

· order. Chief pumpman u leaving 1hlp
because of illne11: want• X-ray of
moulder and thumb. .

YORKMAR CC1lm1rl, Fab. 20
Chalrm1n, R. Obldo11 Secretary, D,
Paugh. No beefs. No disputed OT.
Ship store short of suppllei;. Patrol·
man to be consulted with regard to
this.

ALCOA RUNNER <Alcoa), Fab. It
-Chalrm1n, Mac Simoni Secretary,
Edward Apel. No beels. A dlscu1-
lion was held regarding traiuportatlon
of baggage _frorn 1hlp.

ALCOA PURITAN <Alcoa), Feb. 21-
Chalrman, c. c. Linden; Secratary, A.
F•rrua. Cn;w would like better '!!!!"!·
ety of JllPUP•· Ran out of fresh fruit
and veg'etables after six days out of
Piraeus. Greece. Ship's fund Sl. Two
men who ml11ed ship In Italy, re·
folned it. It was 1Uggested a ~tlme11 be
put on washlni machine. Steward
dept-. given a vole of thanks for a
good Job. Take better care of 11hip'1
linens. and keep pantry clean.

SEAFAIR <Colonlal), Feb. 21-Chalr·
man, Fred R. - Hicks, Jr.1 Sacretary,
Carleton Kuhnapfel. William Datzko
reported that master does · not wish
to payoff anyone at next port unlen
he u forced to do so. Vessel may or
may · not go to 1hlpyard after lumber
cargo Is discharged In NY. Some dis·
puted OT.' Jlequest for new wrtnger
for washing ·machine and safety bar
in next" port. A vote of thanks to
steward dept . for. good food and serv•
tees. Repair list requested.

IRENESTAR <Triton), Feb. 21 -
Chairman, D. W. Lippy; Secretary, H.
It Fosset. One beet on deck dept. has
bee11- clarl&ed-bosum to dayman and

, dayman to go as bosun. It WH re·
quested that the captain be 1een
about gettlnf fresh wat,r tank1
cleaned In Brazil 81 water ls dirty,
Ship's delefate· to see chief engineer
about fixing 1team llne11 that leak In
pantry and calley. American' money
ls abort-may have to take Brazilian
money. Steward aslul crew ·to return
any extra/linen because of shortage,
Trip 1tarted out to be a 60-dai' trip
to Turkey, but 1hlp went to Augusta,
Sicily; Brazil, France, Casablanca.

GALLOWAY <OvarHH · Navigation),
Pab. 21'-Chalrman, Paul McNabb; Seeo
retary, Samuel Doyla. The trip wa1
1uccessful. The crew ·would like to
,have their money or draw In Amcri•
can currency, but the capta in Aid he
would not jeopardize hlm1elf . by dolnf
this. No beefs. It was suggested to
11ta!'t · a 11hlp'1 fund. Timer needed for
washing maclltne. It Is aeked that
the pant.ry and meS1hall be kept clean.
Please ob•rve sanitary rules ID
toilets.

CANTIGNY CCltlas lervlcal, Fab. 26
-Chairman, W. McCarthy; lei:ratary,
Clyde Kre111. No beefs . . One wiper
missed shli> In Lake Charles Feb. 18.
Brother Blakely elected ship's dela·
1ate. · -

ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), Fab. 21
-Ch1lrm1n, O. C. B1llay, Jr.; leer ..
tary, B. Mpontslkakli. T. Drobln1
elected ship's delegate. I~ was 1u1-
gested that each dept. ta}'q'~tui:ns with
cleaning ·of wash room, 11ougee .. and
paint all crew foc'sles; need new coi·
fee pots.

JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman),
Feb. 21-Chilrman, N. D. ~ttey; Sac•
retary, L. A: arown, S9.14 In ship's
fund. Some disputed OT. Engine
dele'gate reports rats. Captain eald
ehlp needs fumigating. Messroom
tables and chairs in need of repair.
Other Items In need of repair or re.
placement are scuttlebutt, agitator for
washing machine, portholes in shower
and toilet ,iJiould be cut through:

/ ZEPHYR H .. LLS CPanamerlcan Ma•
rlnel, Feb. 19-Chalrman, Thom11
Hl_lh Secretary, D. Saunders. Reslgna·
tlon of 11hlp'1 , delegate not accepted.
Ill> fn •hip's fund. It was suggested
to have two fans . installed In pantry
and a fan 'In the '11ospltal, and to try
to get new library.

CS NORFOLK CCltles Servlcal, March
I-Chairman, L. Wheeler; Secretary,
T. Cummings. Everythlng running
smoothly. · Radio antennas being I.Ji.
stalled.~ A discussion was held on
room allowance· for dry dock. This
wm · be me~tloned to patrolman at
payo.lf. No beefs.

ROBIN LOCKSLEY <Robin>.' Feb. 14
...:...chairman, .Juan Relnosa1 'Secretary,

· Emil Gretsky. Ship's fund SlO. Broth­
er Foti elected ship's delegate. A let·
ter ls bel.Iig sent to headquarters that'
a man Is left at tlie hospital In Trlnl·
d~d-Willlam Horne. It Is re

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quested

that the laundry room be kept less
noisy while washing. Cups and glass·
ware are to be returned to• messhalL

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,Experts' aepOrtS laclr.-Hiring
Hall~ Broader Aid To Ship$ .

<CoDU.Oucl from. Uaae ll lea tad U•rta II tnuporte tQ 41 t4 the ICC. Goldfolle hold1
wodina - e.Omut-. ;,~ Oley Cautf.a, ltoekpll" tlaut. 4raWD tUt dem~tic ahi»s lbciuld have

1 weuM lllle hHpte4 ta wt Jf the down-as needed, all movements by representation op the ICC board 0
, · 1- foreign ftata."' , ad raUr-oad l'•tt.11 should be re-

lbips remaMMI Uller a. Amtr He i. . ...,..tallJ crWeu ot tbe vtewed u far u they attect water
cu. aaa. Deparhaeiat o.f AgrteuUun for cU'lle1's. He feels tbat doJUetic

•• .. ' It ~ be wlae for the "pitting one operator against trades should be subsidized on thl
The cfc.cb al the folfotoHtg &•:fiDen: ,.. kn ,.,..,.., to the Ametieua ~ • • to m.Ue 10m• al'- another 1n order to get lower eonsuuction end as necessaey to

~eat-cu. 1'«,,_e Pia.~ .• r.meemeat threulll NATO, the rat•" and 0t•kin1· 'AilG don tQ us dlfeue. ud to. tbe Ulpyard

D I S P A T·- c-1
.,._ W. ... Win, 31~ Brother

Jkllullelt 4iel ol an r.testlnal
~ aDment· at :Loni

lLO mul ~ tUt will re- .. · . - ·
1rn111 en1-.. Ir,. II:. JlroHaer apeet inte.rnatieul trade union beDdt US touqe. ,. lodustir .

CnMr•" ..a . ., ·~ __. l*adama and at tM w time

BeMfl, Calif., oill
October 9, 1959.
~ wiUt the
SIU lince lH'J
a&. a member of
tile deek depart­
menft Br otll er
Mcllalle& s 1Ur· .
•hed l>y hh
brother Charles

- ~ ·~Htl ltilp come to !Ome ~ with Bill Woulcl Ian Tltem:
• r• • te to tbe Amerieall 11aaoin1 unions." ---·--------

~.; ~ ;:~z.=~~~ 'No .Foreign Midsections·
--. .- ·IDt!!D every turn. Sublldl-. be aay11, -
ber f1I tile SIU 8,._..-.. nielltet te _. ... all . F D t• . v . I p
,::~: == lJ= =:!.:: or .omes IC ' esse s

. ICalea It .. Jltlnl•• . .. tldnk .
, Obi! di::: ~ur- that u 7 Amerl'can-fla1 ship can WASHINGTON-In response to an official ruling that for· J . KcM'allen. lhlrfal -- pbee iJl

Use Birmingbam Cemetery, ·.-Bir-
'1inlbam, Alabama.. •

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n... F. Galvbr, II: . Brother

GalVfn wb"o. had. mad~ bfl hoDJe in
Houston, Texas, · 11!!!!'.:m~m!!!!!')'!!l!!m
died l'ebl·uary 11
o! third degree
bu r n: s received
when bi1 holia
trailer c a u i h t ·
fire. Galvin bad
sailed In the SIU
_engine de pa rt­
ment · since De­
cember 1949. He
is 1tµ"Vived by hia wife, Irene Gal­
vin, of Dorchester, Mass. Inter­
ment' was in Holy Cross Cemetery,
Malden, Masa.

$ • $
Henry Conies,. 52: Brother

· Cordes passed away aa a result of
· a lung infection.

He succumbed at
the USPHS hos­
pital, Staten Is­
land. New York
on January 10,
1980. He is sur­
vived by his wife,, .
Mrs. Bet•ty
Cordel of New

. York City. Broth·
er Cordes h•d sailed In the SIU

· steward department lillce 1941.
Burial · was at the Greenwood
Ce~etery; ·New Orleans, Louisiana.

t. t. · i
Joae Rodriq:aes, 53: B~ther Ro¢­

riguez died of pneumonia at the
. lJS Public Health

Service Hospitat
· S t a t e n Island,

New York, on. .
D e e em b e r 31,
1959. He had
ailed with · the
¥tJ since 1942 u
a member i>f the
·lie.ward· depart-
ment. Brother · ·
Rodriguez '11 sufvlved by Mercedes
Rodriguez. Burial was Jn Calvaey
Cemetery, Long Island, New York.

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:a:~:i:' Ala-6.m.. ..-- eo•pete wltll forefp·ftal' •~Ps." eign-built mid-sections c0uld be used to "jumboize'' ships in
i it. · ~ The SIUNA, at its convenhollll, the domestic trade, a bill has been introduced in the Senate

.TOie R. Men, 5'7~Brother Moro has repeatedly ealled for this to ban this ractice. The oillT".-------------.
succumbed of' natllral causes. wMe pnlley. . ~ . _
at tire USPHS As to __ the operations of the run- would stymie tentative plans

Personals
And Notices

Hospital, ·Staten aways, Goldfogle points out that of a number of domestic oper-
Island, on Febru- large domestic c?rporations .are at ators, lncludtn1 the SIU-contracted
ary 'I, 1900. Re fHlt here. Foreign companies, he· p Atl ti eot hi· C . n
is llll'Vived by a asserts, usually ship car10 on ships an an ~ a ea~s P. - ompa y.
sister, c a.r ·m en ftyin1· their own ftag. American from importins mtdsectiooa to en-
Moro of New companies use foreign ftags. "On& Iarg• their present ships.
York City. Br.oth- · of the big three automobile m~u- The· measure was introduced by
er Moro had facturei:s in its import. oper~tions Senators Warr~n Ma;nuson <Dem.- Tu Refund Chceka . ,
sailed in· the en- uws American-fta1 ships to the ex- · The following Seafarers can get
gine department tent of less than one percent. Its Wash.) and John M. Butler <Rep.- tax refund checks by contacting
since 195tt. .Burial services were foreign-made cars are carried by Md.), both members of the Senate Neil v. Pardo, 2420 First Ave.,
held in Havana Cemetery, Havana, English, Dutch and Swedish·ftag Interstate and Foreign Commer.ce se2ttle l, wash.:
Cuba. vessels. Its ore from South Amer- Committee. It wo_µld provide that William A. Aycock, Damian Ala-

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SONDAY~ I _DIRE~T · VOICE ·

I B R 0 A.D CA S T
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AND SOUTH At,tERICAN WATERS

"THE VOICE OF THE MTD,;
IYRY SUNDAY0 1620 GMT (11:20 fSl Sunday]

Wl'K-39, 19850 llC. Ships In Caribbean, East Coast
-.of South Am~rica, S(!utli Atlan:­
tic. and East Coast of United

- States. .

Wf'.L-85, .lllH KCll Ships,in Gulf of· Mexico, Carib­
bean, West Coast of South
America, West Coast of Mexico
and US East Coast_

Wl'lt-15, 117H llCI Ships in Mediterranean area,
North Atlantic, European and
US East Coast.

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vessels ope_ratlni in ~9astwise trade bakoft. Matthew Bibisch, Perry F.
or .other operations in domestic Bradshaw, Robert Bradley, Wil­

. watera must be entirely. built or liam A. Cabrera, Cecil P. Diltz,
Dominick Dimaio, i'dax C. Garri-

rebuilt in a US shipyard. son, William c. Game, w. H. Hovv-
The move follows by a month land, J~~n S. Long, Francis H.

the announcemenr made by the Murray, Lloyd C. March, J. H.
Customs Bureau that it was giving Monroe, Martin O'Toole, Harry L.
clearance to an unnamed US oper- Oakes, Daniel B. Patterson, Arne
ator to import foreign-made "mid- o. Pedersen, John ·E. Paulette,
body" sections for installation Carl w: Ramiskey, Ira F. Ross,
here in so - called "jumboized" Calvin J. Slover, Harold T.
tankers ror use -in domestic trade. Spicer, Francis L. Sherwin, Mariu.t

Pan-Atlantlo Pini ,Sandanger, Bruce W. Wier, Hubert
. L. Whaley.

Th~ugh the.£ustoms Bureau did t .'t t
not announce the name of the com- Jobn Hawkins, OS
pany planning the, moves, it was Pick up your vaccination cer.
reported that the SIU-contracted tificate . at the LOG office . .
Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. had ;\; t t
purchased six of the midbodies in Jimmie Beem
West Gi!rmany for use in its · do- Contact William A. Aycock care
mestic container service, in coast- of: Orion star c/o Dodwell and
wise runs·. Co. Ltd., 209, 3-10 Waka 7th Bldg.,

The Customs office · actfon will Maru..nouchi, Chiroda-ku, Tokyo,
· have wide -repercussions, since it Japan.
in effect, clianges the definition of· t ;\;. t.
a domestic ·vessel which up till
now had :.meant a ve11sel entirely
"A~erican built." '

The "jumbolizlng" operation in­
volves cuttin1 aw:ay the midsection
of the ship aqd inserting a new,
enlarged aection which booat1 the
cargo capacity. The .sections are
trarillported with false. bows1 tem­
porarUy attached for navilatlOnal

, purpoaet only.

Julio SaraJUo
Contact your aunt, Mrs. Pearl ·

Sarayno, 6'l'OS A venue C., Houston
11, Texas.

-i . t t
Thom~ J. MaIQqe, AB

Gontact V. A. Carte, '740 San
Felipe Avenue, san· Bruno, Cal

i t t
. Tbom;us C. Johnson

Fni.k Jloa81, il: Lut week It
was reported in ·the, LOG· • that :

MeanwhiJe,, MTD1 'Round· The-World.
- ' Wireless. Bt'O'adcasts. C~ntinue • • ;l

BTery ·sunc1.,., 1915. GMT.
('2:15 PM ,EST Sunda11>
WCO·UOH KCs

NY ·Shipping
Dragging Feet

Contact your father, · Thomas. B •
Johnson, 1918 Glasgow St., Ports­
mcuth, Va. Urgent.
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Wallace B. MiHon Brother Frani RosSi had' passed·
away, wi~h the _incorrect notatl~ '

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ors. Brother Rossi ia ,.aurvived ~
· hu· wife, Marte ~'91'~ . The LOG

· regrets the error which atos.e froDi
· Jnsuftfcient ·information and·~wiSh·

u :ro extend itl sympathx to Broth-
. #f Ross~·i ~widow. , · ·
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WC0-16988.8 KC1
E~t Coast South America

WC0.22407 . l[CI
West .Coast- s~u~h ~er~ea

Bvery-, MondaY. 031f~GMT .
Cl 0:15"-PM_ .EST Sunda11)

WMM 25-!i80'f KCI
, Australia < ~

·1finilw 81-li037.5
, Northwest Pacific _ ,

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Contact your mother· immediate­
ly, at 288 Dartmouth St., Rochester
1. NY. ' ..

i ;\; t
Alexander Wilkie

NEW YORK....:During th·e past Anyone · knowi111 the -~here-
. two )Vteb the port bandied 1:3 abouts of Ute above named Sea­

. farer 16 urged .to contact his
payoffs, serviced 19· s~ips in-transit, brother, James C. Wilkie, at ffam-
and one sign~on. ' mock Pkw)r., Clinton, €onn.

· · SWpping has ·~en slow duririg $. t · t
. ·the pe11iod with a tot~- of 1'78 men · Oallilr Kin
· in a1r-c1@sse~ shipped. The outlook Get fn touch with Reino PelasO,
· tor the .next· two weeks indicates care of the SlU Hall in ~rooklyn.
. the actt.vitf to 1 remain about .the · t · t . t
~~e • . Jobn II. Mun11 .

. There were-. UHl min J:eptered' 'nlis ill fourth notice. · Important
·tiere· 1n ·an c~s _with ant>. tber you contact ·y-0ur sori, ·c/p· Serper.

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No. 7

• 0 FFIC.lAL OR&·AN ·OF THE SEAFAR'liRS fNTEftNATION AL ' UtH6.N • ATL.ANTIC 'AND GULF , DISTRICT• AFL.'CIO •

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Lifeboat Class Number 25 Esso Opens Fir.~·

~On. US-Flag .Oil
Import Proposal

NEWS H'EADLINEI IN UVll!W 1 • •

WASHINGTON~Evidently alarmed by demands of US
maritime unions and independent tanker operators for a 50
percent rule on US oil imports, Standard Oil of New Jersey
and other big international oil
concerns have filed strenuous
objections with the Office of

A:. Civil and . Defense Mol1ilization. ·
A memorandum submitted by

Esso, which is probably the largest
single operator of runaway - flag
tonnage in the world, objected to
the proposal ·on the ground that it
would add $100 million costs to
the nation's fuel bill. Actually, in
the view of US maritime unions
the additional costs would consist
of two items: A) Additional reve­
nue to the United States Govern­
ment from Esso and other oil com­
panies who now operate out of
tax-free runaway havens, B) Amer­
ican wage payments to crewmem­
bers of oil company tankers now

1 operating under the runaway flag
at $50-$100 monthly wage scales.

OCDM had previously received
a memorandum from the Joint
Committee for American-Flag
"I:ankers outlining the reasons why
at least half of US-purchased and
US-consumed oil imports should
come in on American-flag ships.
The OCDM · has promised it will
call a hearing shortly ,to air the
dispute. ,

The Esso position was no sur­
prise to the unions' or the industry.
In fact, it had been tipped by the
Atneticart Merchant Marine lnsti-

tue some weeks ago, which · also
opposed the oil import quota pro­
gram. · Theoretically, AMMI exists ·
to promote American-flag shipping,
but it happens that F;sso and other
major runaway operat~rs are mem­
bers of the institute and have a
large voice in policy~making. ·

The AMMI has conceded that in­
active US tankers now total 744,-
000 , deadweight tons, but despite
the inactive tanker fleet it is op­
posed to the 50 percent proposal
because the quota is an "unneces­
sary step," whatever that ,means.

Esso, whicf! owns 36 Ame:-ican­
flag tankers, has another BB tank­
e11s operating under foreign-flags.
Fearing that it will have to pay
a US tax and wa~e bill under the
requirement.~ Esso contends . that
the 50 percent ruling would

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Eight Seafare~ under the guidance of bosun Bill Ooqks have just
· completed.their two-week training period which leads to possession
of a lifebo~t ticket. The group ·con.sists of, front (1-r): Ch.ester
Gietek, Franlc Stakowski, :John Miller, Robert Mansell, James Ram·
sey. R~ar, Seymour ~olfson, Mike Strawinski, Robert Herman,
and Bill Oooks.

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Runaway Liberian fleet.
Expanding, Lloyds Says ·

establish "an unfortunate prece- To nobody's surprise; the latest figures issued .by I:.loyds of
de~t · for further .disc~!minatory London show that the runaway-fi~g Liberian fleet is continu­
action b~ other nations. ing to grow . at the expense of legitimate maritime nations.

The oil company also charged - ,~ ,, . .
that the legislation,. if imposed, Th.e -~TF .Iournal, off1.c1al ·
would bring about a mass tr:lnsfer pubhcabon of the Internabon- almost 12 million tons. _
of th~ US-controlled PanHonLib al Transportworke.rs Feder.a- Other runaway flags, by con;.
tonnage to European and other tion, cites Lloyd figures that trast, are not fairtng so welt· The
foreign registries to avoid the' Liberia has almost doubled its Panamanian fleet has shown a
American-flag tanker· rates for half merchant ship registries ,. since slight incr~ase while Honduras and
o( their imports. Actually the 1956. Costa Rica declined. Costa Rica is
transfer would have to · be back Of the total increase in • ship- not accepting any' more runaway
to the US flag to qualify for ping ·tounage, 45 miUiop tons, since registries and is seeking to do
cargoes. 1948,- Liberia has accounted for away with the practice.

The figures are not recent

.. SUP Celebrates 15th Birthday
On the US West Coal?t, the month of March-has double meaning for union seamen. March

this year marks the 75th anniversary of the Sailor's Union of the Pacific and the 106th birth-

enough to show the impact of flag
switches from Liberian to Greek
registry. They only cover world
merchant shipping as of last sum­
mer. However, they do reflect the
rapid growth of the Greek fleet.

day of the late Andre.w Fu.ruseth, the SUP's first leader. · · · That growth began following the
worldwide demonstration against
runaway shipping in December·
1958. The Greek seamen's union ,

The founding of the sup+-----------------------­
took place on March 6, 1885, San Francisco and joined the re- vessels, from the desertion law 'in
on the San Francisco water.: cently established Coast Seamen's US ports. 71t also :ruled out the

Union, out Of which the 'SUP de.,. beating Of seamen by officers and
front where seamen .held in vir- veloped, he struck out for recogni- mates, · and gave seamen -the rigat
tual serfdom met· to unite in a tion of- the seamen as a first-class to draw up to half their wages in

government spokesmen denounced EMIER ~RVGJ.IQ/W /Li-
ref1,1sed to participate and Greek ~·

drive for minimum human rights.
· The individual most instrumen-'
tal in founding the US maritime

· movement was Andrew Furuseth,
a Norwegian immigrant who had
sailed under many fl ags for 14

• ; years prior to his coming to the
US and the West Coast.

Witnessed 'Slave-Like' Conditions

During his sailing days Furuseth
had experienced first-hand the vir­
tual slavery that surrounded the
seaman of those days. Like other
seamen he was required by law to
do the captain's bidding regard­
less of t)le conditions, and he had
to complete any voyage he started
und~r any and all circumstances.

In 1886- when Furuseth cam~ to

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citizen. He soon became the leader any landi.ng .or discharging port.
of the West Coast unio.n. . .

He · realized that before cQndi- The biggest blow struck · by
tions for seamen ·could be im- Furu~;th and th~ SUP, was the
proved, legislation would have to pass~oe . . of the ~eamen s , Act of
be passed thai would free them ·1915. _This ext~n<ied the desertion
from arrest and imprisonment if ban to US ships . in foreign ports
they quit their jobs. Otherwise and to foreign vessel~ in American

· ports. It also provided for in-
-~~~~- cre'ased foc'sle ' space, better 'food

and safety provision11 for seamen.

the . demonstrations as a . "plot" "ff 1 INr!.' 1 ll:'a. ~A ......nlP"""
against Greek-owned shipping. rn r r~i~ ~
With that as a cue, shipowners· rr-r-NCE n .. i~t rvn~ ~
star~ed registering · under the . A W.EtK •. f Pl~IC JN Mo$~
<;;reek flag to gain protection COW.AND #JG ~EWf.ACr~
against possible union organizing · 1'111"( B/AMED ~ JUJ/£56.
on , runaways. . . · •

Since the formation of the Inter­
national Maritime Workers Union,
jointly-sponsored by the SIU and
NMU, the flight toward the Greek
flag has been speed.ed, with the
approval ·of the US. Maritime Ad;;
ministration in some instances.

While Furuseth. was the leader
in the fjght for legal rights for
seamen, the late Harry Lunde-
berg headed .. up the second revival . . Notify We.fare .;
of seamen~s unions bcgin~in'g with , ~ ' ' .
the West CQast seamen's and long- .,_,of .CJlanges .
!Jhoremen's str}kc of 1934~ • The SlU Wel{are Services De-

Under Imndeberg's ' 1eadership, ' partme9t reports that it has had
the SUP became the pacesetter in difficulty locating seamen's
obtaining . vast improvements in families . because the seamen's

conditions could be imposed on shipboard working and living con- ' enroilment or beneficiary cards.
seamen while. th(}y were on the ditions ·and seamen•s·earnings. The have not been kept up · to date.
~hip and they would have to ac- SUP also served ·a!f· the ·founding . -Some death benefit ,payments
cept them. To do otherwise meant · organization of the ·seafarers In- . have ' b.een . delayed : for som.t'
heing classed as mutineers or ternational, U1_1ion ,of ·Nort~ A.mer'.:' rtime until .the Seafarer's bene-·
deserters. , ica and provided the initiative for · fipiaries f'OUld be'_ located. To

Lundeber~

The union's first' victories came many (If the , SIUNA.'s ·present' dis- :,avoid delays fu payments of wel- t·
with th.e passage of the Maguire trlcts, . includin~ th~- Atlantic and ' fare benefits Seafarers ' are ad- -· · ~\1 •'' :

-Act in 1895 which abolished the Gulf, Canadian· .. n<l Qrea~ llakes vised to notify the Union Im· ~·J;, 1 °"w~i!!AaliM
·desertion · law . in 'the coa,\itwise dist.r!cts. ·. . . . , . mediately of any 'changes iJl ad- : "J!l'V lV['~J~;;;;tf./'~~1!"'
. tr. ade and outlawed the crimp's Tne. abillty of .. the SUP · to

1
sur- . dress, changes in the 'names ,of NJtnO/B.5w;iP PLAHS

h beneficiaries or additional de- ~o n1s~.ALHAAJAl"."a..t.r·~ · . d ' . 1 ·th rig t to obtain an allotment frofl\ ·vive powerful opposition and. many ·pendents by filling out new en- , TV!:' v :."tJIV"I . ,,..,_, .. .-, 111. • en em 0 . • · the captain. Three YE'.ars· later he setbacks, par~icularly in the peri.od "rollment and beii~ficiaty cards. evA CONFERENaE. ~ T . LO' a· .secured passage. o.f the White Act following the di~nstrous seamen:s I -These cards can .. be obtained in CAUS FOB 3 ~GE l)s;R
_. .... · ........... ,~ . ' which freed seamen. on 'deep sea, .strike of 192!, , made possiple the : ariy SIU port. . . - .~ ·1MM' fin,~T'p'ri~Aof..Aut:lft'

. : • -:7:,. . , !JS w.ell as . coutwJJJe ArJierlcan strons ,mari,ltme union8' of toda)\~ .1 ·· .. • • · ,1 . r,~ '' &:Vll"'llii ~~ ..
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