Seafarers Log: Vol. 8 No. 21 (1946-05-24)

Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America

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Vol. VIII. NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY. MAY 24. 1946 No. 21

Vote Begins On
Changes In SlU
Shipping Rules

Voting began last Wednesday in
every SIU hall in the Atlantic
and Gulf District on a referen­
dum for several amendments to
the Seafarers International Union
constitution and to the SIU ship­
ping rules.

The voting period will extend
through June 26.

The amendments to the consti­
tution and shipping rules were
drawn up at the Atlantic and
Gulf District Agents' Conference,
held in New York from March
18 to March 26. 1346, and passed
by coastwise membcr.'^hips meet
ings.

Following are the constitutional
amendments and shipping rules
amendments, on each of which
the membership is voting "yes

CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS

ART,i[CLE XIII;

"Section 2; Paragraph C: Any
candidate for Agent or joint pa­
trolman must have three years
of sea service in any one or three
departments. Any candidate for
departmental patrolman must
have three years sea service in
their respective departments. Sea.
service, as specified in this ar­
ticle, shall mean on merchant
vessels in unlicensed capacity.

"Section 2; Paragraph E: That
he be an active and full book
member and show four months
discharges for the current year
in an unlicensed rating, prior to
date of nomination, this provision
shall not apply to officials and
other office holders ^vorking for
the Union during current year for
period of four months or longer.

WASHINGTON. May 23 — The AFL Executive Council
today directed a conference of AFL maritime union's to be called
as soon as possible to set up an AFL Maritime Council.

WASHINGTON—President Truman has submitted an ex­
ecutive order to Congress which would make permanent the
functions of the Bureau of Marine Inspection under the juris­
diction of the United States Coast Guard. Under the Reorgani­
zation Bill as passed by Congress, the President may transfer
the functions of a bureau from one department to another by
Executive Order, if Congress does not disapprove by resolution
within 60 days. President Harry Lundeberg and Secretary-
Treasurer John Hawk are presenting the Seafarers' opposition
to the Order which would place the civilian seamen under
military rule. The SIU has led in exposing the plans of the
Coast Guard to carry their emergency wartime control into the
peacetime set-up, and is leading the fight now for Congressional
rejection of the Executive Order.

AFL Maritime Unions
Pian Marine Section
In Execntive Council

Formation of a Marine Trades Department within the

American Federation of Labor was called for by represen­

tatives of AFL maritime unions of the Atlantic and Gulf

Coasts, meeting in New York on May 20. The resolution

followed a similar petition by West Coast maritime unions
meeting in San Franci.sco on May

FOUR SEAFARERS KILLED IN AIR CRASH
Four SIU members, homeward-

bound after a ship payoff, were
among the dead when a twin-en­
gine air transport with motor
trouble, unable to make a return
landing at the fog-covered Byrd
Airport, crashed and burned in
a pine forest six miles south of
Richmond, Va. All 27 occupants,
including the pilot and co-pilot,
were killed.

The plane, a Douglas DC-3,
which is the same as the Army's
C-47 all-purpose transport, plum­
meted into the Henrico County
woods after unsuccessfully at-

THERE SHALL BE A SECTION
ADDED TO ARTICLE XIII
KNOWN AS SECTION 12

TO READ:
Article XIII;

"Section 12; After completion of
referendum balloting, and final
action taken by membership re-
g- t-ding same, used ballots to be
held in Secretary-Treasurer's of­
fices. The Quarterly Finance
Committee elected at the first
meeting after final action has
been taken by membership are
to recommend means and meth­
ods of disposing of ballots.

SHIPPING RULES
SHIPPING RULE No. 8;
Shall be amended to read

as follows;

"Any member on the regular
shipping list who has a.shipping
card more than three months old
must re-register on the shipping

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SIU Actions
Get Results For
Shipwrecked

Last week the Log carried
story about the shipwrecked sea­
men of the Joseph S. McDonagh,
their trouble.s while awaiting re­
patriation at Lima, Peru, and the
moves by the SIU to have the
Overtakes Freight Corp., take
care of them.

A couple of days ago Secre­
tary-Treasurer John Hawk re­
ceived the following letter:

"On behalf of the entire crew
I wish to thank you for the
efforts you must have put out
in New ..York to get the results
that nobody but a Union man
could have gotten.

"It is the greatest feather in
our caps to display our Union
buttons and proudly say: 'If we
had been unorganized seamen we
would have been left stranded
in South America.'

"We got the $100.00 today (part
of shipwreck clothing allowance),
also the $25.00 draw. (The com­
pany had been allowing the men
to draw only $10.00 a week be­
fore the SIU got on its tail.)

"It's great to know that we
can always call on our old ship­
mates in New York and get help."

Tom Coyne

tempting a landing at the airfield
a few minutes earlier.

The dead Seafarers are:
HELVIE, WILLIAM N., a Chief

Cook, of Lucydale, Ala.
LANDRUM, FRED O., a Mess-

man, of Whistler, Ala.
TIPTON, HILTON A., a Mess-

man, of Falco, Ala.
MAY, DAVID, a Fireman, ad­

dress unknown.
The men sailed from Mobile on

the bS Mayo Brothers, a Water­
man Steamship Co., vessel on
March 30, bound for Antwerp,
Belgium with a cargo of coal, and
returned to New York on May
13. They were paid off on May
15 and boarded the plane, which
was making a chartered run from
Newark, N. J., to Atlanta, Ga.,
the next day.

MEN OUTSTANDING
The Captain of the ship, com­

menting on the tragedy, said that
the four men were "outstanding,"
in the performance of their ship­
board duties.

The Civil Aeronautics Author­

ity said that the plane, a Douglas
DC-3, stopped at the Richmond
airport around midnight. A
storm was approaching the field
when the charter plane took off
a»few minutes later.

Forty miles south of Richmond,
the pilot radioed that he was
having engine trouble and ask­
ed permission to return. The
plane flew over the field, already
blanketed by a heavy fog, at
12:52 A.M. It returned 10 min­
utes later flying at 500 feet, still
well above the calling.

EXPLOSION

The transport roared away in
the fog. Ten minutes later the
airport tried vainly to resume
radio contact with the plane. A
farmer living near the spot of
the crash said he heard the plane'
pass over and "the engines didn't
sound right."

They coughed roughly a mom­
ent later. Then there was a sound
"like the rumble of thunder," he
said, his watch showing 1:05.

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Coast Guard Reverses, Proving
SIU Charge Of Arbitrary Action

Another outrageous mis-use of
Coast Guard authority has come
to light in the case of Brother
Joseph "Doc" Sussman, whose
papers were lifted by the Coast
Guard, in Philadelphia, on Feb­
ruary 18.

"Doc" had finished being paid
off the SS John Bartram on Feb­
ruary 15, when the Coast Guard
officers who were on board called

boat and fire drill.
Since he was no longer a mem­

ber of the crew, Sussman did not
take part in the drill. While he
was waiting below deck for the
drill to end, a CG officer, Lt.
Commander Bishop, came down
to ask him what he was doing.

Sussman told the officer that
le was not in the crew any
longer and • consequently did riot

have to answer the drill call.
This did not satisfy the "brass

hat" and one word led to another.
The discussion ended with the
officer threatening to lift Suss-
man's papers.

FAST WORK '

All this took place at. about
1:00 p. m. At 2:00 p. m., "Doc"
was served with a subpoena
charging him with, 1. Miscon­
duct, 2. Refusal to answer fire
and boat diill; 3. Not having his
certificate with him.

The hearing before the Coast
Guard Hearing Officer was sche­
duled for 3:00 p. m. the same
afternoon.

At the hearing, Sussman based
his defense on the fact that he
had been paid off the ship at

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14.

The decisions at the Pacific
and Atlantic conferences request
the AFL Executive Council to
form such a department came
without the ballyhoo and hoopla
that marked the conference of
CIO maritime unions at San
Francisco recently — an event
which proceeded to fall flat on its
face after a hysterical prelimin­
ary buildup.

The resolutions of both confer­
ences were presented to the AFL
Executive Council in session in
Washington early this week and
is being considered by that body.

BIG DIFFERENCE
In addition to the quiet pre­

sentation, there was another
marked difference betv/een this
move for a centralized inter-
maritime-union department and
the CIO's interfaith rally, which
our brother-publication, the West
Coast Sailor, refers to as "one
big Onion."

This is the section of the reso­
lution which specifies that the
Marine Trades Department shall

WHEREAS, because of the ex-
tivity, jurisdictional disputes
with its own organizations, and
shall act as a coordinating body
to promote the interest and wel­
fare of the organizations within
the Marine Transport Industry."

Attending the conference in
New York were John Hawk, Vice
President of the SIU, Atlantic &
Gulf District; Paul Hall, Director
of Organization and New York
Agent, SIU; Earl Sheppard, At­
lantic Coast Area Organizer, SIU;
William C. Tanner, Gulf Area Or­
ganizer, SIU; Lindsey Williams,
Field g:epresentative, SIU; Jo­
seph P. Ryan, President of the
International Longshoremen's As­
sociation; Captain Harry Martin,
President of the Master, Mates &
Pilots; Morris Weisberger, Vice
President, SIU, and New York
Agent, SUP, and Fred M. Howe,
eral Secretary-Treasurer, Radio '
Officers' Union and Walter Holt
of the ILA.

REPRESENTATION
At the San Francisco meeting

were representatives of the Mas­
ters, Mates & Pilots, West Coast

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THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. May* 24, 1946

SEAFARERS LOG
Published Weekly by the

SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
Atlantic and Gulf District

AffdialeJ with the American Federation of Labor

At S1 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y.

HAnover 2-27»4'

lilt

HARRY LUNDEBERG ; P'^cstdent
lOi Market Street, San Francisco, Calif.

JOHN HAWK SecyTrcas.
P. o. Box 25, Station P., New York City

Entered « «cond cl,» maoer Juna H, 194!. at tht P<»t Offi„
in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912.

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And Still More Proof
The long record of finking and scabbing by Han y

Bridges and Joe Ciirran has many times been a subject for

discussion in the pages of the Lo,?.
have pointed out innumerable times that the

NMU and the ILWU have scabbed on other unions, and
have even scabbed on their own union brothers on certain
occasions. The story goes on and on, and marks a black
spot in the history of American labor.

The newest charge of scabbing, against Harry Bridges
and the ILAVU-CIO, was not made by any API Union,
it was hurled by Samuel Wolchok, President of the United
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Employes of

America, CIO.
Wolchok states that during the strikes against

Montgomery Ward and Company in 1944 and 1945,
Bridges ordered his employes to stay on the job and there­
by "lessened the effectiveness of our strike action."

These are serious charges. Sincere labor leaders do not
encourage their members to scab on other unions. They
most certainly do not order their members to stay on the
job when other workers strike to back up their just de­
mands for higher wages and better conditions.

The sellouts perpetrated by Bridges and Curran are
too many to be chronicled here. Now that Bridges has
pulled his usual double-cross on a brother union, we hope
the CIO will take action to rid the labor movement of this
scab and parasite.

Time To Retire
"Doc" Sussman's story on the front page is an example

of how far Coast Guard control can go in ruling the lives
of men who sail the seas for a livelihood. It is also a chal­
lenge to us to continue our fight to rid the merchant ma­
rine of such, bureaucratic, irresponsible authority.

What happened to Brother Sussman has happened to
, other merchant seamen and it will continue to happen as
long as the Coast Guard has- the power to impose military
rule on civilian employes in a civilian industry.

Since the end of the war, the Coast Guard has shown
no intention of modifying or relinquishing its emergency
powers. Far from it. They have continued to lift sea­
men's certificates for little cause, and on the whole have
maintained their record of Gestapo-like repression and
terrorization of the merchant seamen.

The fight to rid the maritime industry of military
domination continues. Seafarers are united in their de­
termination to resist the Coast Guard attempts to tell them
when they can work, or when their families must starve.
Apologies do not fill empty stomachs.

Men Now In The Marine Hospitals
These are Ihe Union Brolhers currently in the mstrine hospitals,

as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging
heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writ­
ing to them.

GALVESTON HOSPITAL
HOLLOMAN
R. V. JONES
TROMBLEY
HAYES (SUP)
WALZAK
WILLIAMS
MORRISSONS
DYKES
CLARK
RIENZE (SUP)
STINTS
WITT
BANTA
WILLIAMSON (SUP)
VAN AIKIN
WILLIS
BUCKNELL (SUP)

NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL
H. ZIEMONS
H. S. CRUSE
LEONARD CAHILL
R. D. LUSKO
J. AMAYA
GUNNAR.MODIG
JOHN O'NEILL
EDWARD CUSTER
WILBUR MANNING
J. DENNIS
W. F. LEWIS
R. M. NOLAN
JOHN QUINN
G. W. WIGGINS
A. C. STRUSHOLM

JIMMY DAVIS
A. SKYLLBERG
LEROY DAVIDSON
WILLIS M. MORRIS
J. M. GURGANOS
NORMAN MCDONALD
HAROLD TENNANT
WILLIAM RUPP
HENRY UGLIS
FRED SUMERLIN

S" 4"
STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL
V. PAINTER
R. M. BROWN
R. L. OLIVERA
AL LONGUIDES
H. C. HENRY
W. G. H. BAUSE
R. G. MOSSELLER
W. B. MUIR
M. J. GODBOUT
L. KAY
JOHN DALY
W. W. McCLURE
L. L. MOODY
L. R. BORJA
E. B. HOLMES
G. H. STEVENSON
C. G. SMITH
T. E. LEE
G. L. PERRY
G. KUBIK
L. A. HORNGY
H: NIELSON
J. L. JONES

Hospital Patients
When entering the hospital

notify the delegate by post­
card, giving your name and
the number of your ward.

Staten Island Hospital
You can contact your Hos­

pital delegate at the Staten
Island Hospital at the follow­
ing times:
Tuesday-^1;30 to 3:30 p. m,

(on Sth and 6th floors)
Thursday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m.

(on 3rd and 4th floors.)
Saturday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m.

(on 1st and 2nd floors.)

G. JANAVARIS
R. A. CENTRIC

4- 4 4- , ;

BRIGHTON HOSPITAL

A. CHASE
I. A. RODRIQUEZ
T. DINEEN
L. BRIAND
V. ALEXANDER
H. STONE
T. FORTIN
T. R. BOURQUE
R. FRENCH
H: O. HANSEN
L. W. GRAY
G. E. SUMMERS
R. BARREN SON
A. VOLODKEVICIUS
R. PERRY
W. HAWLEY
E. JOHNSTON
G. PHINNEY, JR.
H. GILLAN
N. W. PORTER • '
P. COSALINUOVO
J. COXWELL
S. F. PUZZO
J. HANLEY

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MOBILE HOSPITAL j

W. CURRY
S. JOYNER . , ; v.u

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. Fziday/ May 24. 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three

Winning Of isthmian Election
Wiii Not End Seafarers' Drive

By EARL SHEPPARD
With more than two-thirds of

the Iblluiiian Fleet already bal
loted in the NLRB-conducted
election to determine the Union
bargaining agent for that com
pany, results have become more
than satisfactory. At this writ
ing, the Seafarers International
Union is far in front of the op
position and company voles with
a high percentage of the entire
vote so far cast.

However, as the election enters
the home stretch, the job be
comes increasingly difficult. Yes
the voting is practically over and
the results in favor of the Sea
farers are certain. But much
more remains to be done.

Seamen, who have already
shipped Isthmian and voted for
the democratic, militant Union­
ism of the SIU, should continue
to sail Isthmian. Other Seafar­
ers, who have not as yet been on
Isthmian ships, should do their
share toward making certain that
this largest unorganized cargo
fleet in the U.S. signs a written
agreement with the Seafarers
guaranteeing SIU conditions and
wages to all Isthmian seamen.
This can only be done by Isth­
mian seamen keeping the fleet
strong.

UNION'S LIFEBLOOD
Organizational activity is the

very lifeblood of the Union, and
only through continuous activity
in this field can our Union nlain-
tain its strength and grow
stronger. To fully represent its
membership, the Union must be
constantly active, ever moving
forward, and always energetic­
ally working to widen the sphere
of activity and influence.

Organization is not limited to
the unorganized fields alone, but
is particularly important as a
means of bettering the structure
of the Union itself, and the con­
ditions of the Union membership.
Even after a company is organ­
ized, with a contract, secured, or­
ganization is necessary to keep it
strong for the Union membership.
And it takes organization of the
right kind to put across an edu­
cational program of the kind
which SIU members desire and
receive.

WORKING CONDITIONS
The question of working con­

ditions aboard the ships is a
most vital Union matter. If a
Union should let itself become
disorganized to the point of let­
ting beefs grow moldy in its
files, then that Union would have
failed to serve the purpose for
which it was originally created.

Prim.arily, organization lies
within the scope and structure
of the existent Union. Each of­
ficial must have assigned tasks
and, to remain an official, must
perform those tasks. The mem­
bership in all cases is the final
arbiter, as it is the membership
which assigns tasks to the of­
ficials.

When officials fail to perform
their assigned tasks, then it be­
comes the d<ity of the member­
ship to see that those who are
remiss in their duty are remov­
ed for just cause in accordance
with the ' Union constitution.
Thus, the democratic processes of
the Seafarers are always pre­
served with the members having
the final say as they should have.

In the mere matter of collect-

EARL SHEPPARD

zation is involved. The under­
standing of the agreement by
members, delegates, and patrol­
men or agents; a general knowl­
edge of the issues involved; the
function of the ship's delegate,
shoreside patrolmen and the Port
Committee; all of these things
require a systematic organiza­
tional procedure.

The mechanism or inner work­
ings of a -Union is an intricate
thing. After the beef takes place
on shipboard, the departmental
delegate takes the matter up with
the head of the department, and ,
if not settled, with the Master of^
the ship. Then the patrolman
and delegate involved take up'
the matter with the Captain at

the payoff, and if not settled the
beef is taken up with the Port
Captain or company rcprcscnta
tive with the payoff being held
up.

If no higher company repre­
sentative is available, the beef
then goes to arbitration with the
arbitrator's decision final and
binding on both parties involved.
All this takes organization of the
most intricate type, and that's
the kind the SIU has always
maintained.

ADDED STRENGTH

Aside from the numerical
strength which will be added to
the Seafarers as a result of the
Isthmian election, the actual job
of organizing the ships has de­
veloped and educated many SIU
members. Each ships organizer
and each shoreside organizer has
certainly become a more valu­
able member to the Union
through his organizational ex­
perience.

These men have not only de­
veloped themselves, but in addi­
tion have added new blood to the
Union staff. With their acquisi­
tion, the Seafarers is in a much
stronger position to move into
other fields where organization
is badly needed.

Certainly the future expansion
picture for the Seafarers is one
which grows increasingly strong­
er. With the strongest organiza­
tional structure in the entire
marine field, the SIU will far
outstrip any opposition which
might be encountered.

ISTHMIAN'S NEWEST — CAPE MEREDITH

Part of Ihe crew of ihe newest addition of the Isthmian
Fleet, the Cape Meredith, snapped near Pier 17, Brooklyn.
Kneeling (left to right): William Brace, George 'ifelie, Marvin
Stewart and Frank Beach. Standing: John Stambaugh, Sam
Rosenthal, Paul Schad, H. L. Daniell and Frank Vandervert.
They're bound foS: Shanghai and the Far East.

Bridges Accused Of Scabbing
In Ward Strike By Clerks Union

Charges that the International
Longshoremen and Warehouse­

men's Union, CIO, headed by
Harry Bridges, was guilty of

scabbing and back stabbing, were

hurled by Samuel Wolchok, Pres­

ident of the United Retail, Whole­
sale, and Department Store Em­
ployes of America, CIO at the
Union's recent convention.

The charges made against
Bridges and the ILWU are prota-

Peter Daniels Casts Solid Vote For SIU
During a recently concluded

trip, the Isthmian ship Peter V.
Daniels held two shipboard meet­
ings in regular Seafarers style.
When she pulled into Savannah,
the Daniels' crewmembers were
balloted in the election to de­
termine a Union bargaining
agent for Isthmian, and voted
solidly for the SIU with the ex-
ceptiort of one doubtful vote.

Holding their first meeting at
sea on April 21st, Roy Kerr was
elected Chairman, and Edward B.
Smith as Recording Secretary.
Darrell M. Cullers was elected
Engine delegate; Roy Kerr for
the Deck Department; and the
Stewards Dept. elected John
Schilling.

SUGGESTIONS MADE
Under Good and Welfare a

number of suggestions were
made, among them one that all
hands take more care in order to
have the ship in better condition
upon arrival in the U.S., plus
several recommendations on the
laundry and handling of linen,
etc. Several other suggestions
were advanced regarding sanita­
tion and cleanliness in the mess-
I'oom and heads.

Crewmembers i-equested that
more ventilators be secured for
the foc'sles, and everyone agreed
to hold tight at the payoff until
overtime beefs were squared
away. After suggesting that all
men be notified sufficiently in
advance before the next meet­
ing was held, the meeting was
hen adjourned. All men were

present with exception of those
on watch.

April 28th, Lagosh was elected
as Chairman, and Schilling as
Recording Secretary. Reports
from the delegates were accept­
ed and filed.

Suggestions were made that all
linen be put in pillow slips and
placed below by each crewmem-
ber before leaving ship, and that
everyone make certain that his
room was in good condition be­
fore leaving.

After a motion to return to

New Business, it was decided
that the case of William Vetter
and Edward Smith be taken up
with the SIU hall to see if sub­
sistence for these men could be
secured for a period that they
were aground.

After determining how many
men were going to remain aboard
after the payoff and the balloting
or until the completion of voting
for the entire Isthmian fleet, the

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ably the gravest ever made by one
union against a brother union in
public. There have been many
rumors of the anger which
Bridges actions caused, but this
is the first time that they have
reached the public press.

Wolchok said that his union
first became aware of the alleged
treachery in April, 1944, and that
although sections of the ILWU,
notably in St. Paul, voted to
strike with the URWDSEA,
Bridges ordered them to continue
working during the entire week.

' There occurred one of • the
most disgraceful betrayals in the
history of the labor movement,"
Mr. Wolchok went on to say.
"The leaders of the ILWU or­
dered their membership to file
orders transferred by Ward's
from Chicago to St. Paul in an

effort to break the strike. Scab­
bing is not too .strong a term for

such action. There is no ques­

tion but that this stab in the back
from one of our brother unions
lessened the effectiveness of our

strike action."

THE KELSO VICTORY AT BROOKLYN

At the second meeting held
ing an hour's overtime, organi-' while the Daniels was at sea on

These seamen, from the Isthmian Lines' Kelso Victory, waited patiently while the Log photo­
grapher snapped this shot on a lighter alongside their ship. Front row (reading from left): James
Major. Ray Gaedt. Tom Coco. Jim Harrison. Pete Beimett and Bob Parks. Rear row: Charlie
Rodrigues. Carl Barrett. John Harmes, Bob Niedermeyer. Bill Lundberg. Bill Stress. Boyd Peters
and Jamss Welch.



Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Fridar, May 24, 1946

Coast Guard Reverses Itsetf:
'Officer Lacked Jurisdictien'

(Continwd from Page 1)

12:00 p. m. and was therefore not
a member of the crew at the time
the drill was held. He had the
Purser from the SS John Bar-
tram substantiate his story by
showing records that Sussman's

' work had ended at 12:00 and he
could not be expected to par­
ticipate in any of the crew's ac­
tivities.

The CG could offer nothing to
refute these facts.

So far, it looks cut and dried,
and the CG hasn't a leg to stand
on.

NO JUSTICE
But on February 18, the Hear­

ing Officer handed down his de­
cision. Brother Sussman's pa­
pers were lifted for six months,
and his family was to be de­
prived of his earnings for that
length of time.

That is the reason the SIU has
opposed the Coast Guard con­
trol of merchant seamen. Here
we have evidence that CG super­
vision means a continuation of
military discipline, kangaroo
courts, and victimization of union
militants.

Brother Sussman and the Un­
ion were not satisfied. An ap­
peal was immediately filed with
the Commander, Fourth Coast
Guard District, Philadelphia; and
on April 10, the suspension of
papers was reduced to three
months.

This was also far from satis­
factory and a further appeal was
filed with Washington, D. C. On
May 15, the United States Coast
Guard completely vindicated
Sussman. Here is the order
which shows that the original
suspension was a grave miscar­
riage of justice.

VINDICATION
."The appellant's contract of

employment terminated as of
1200, 15 February 1946, one hour
before the alleged offense took
place. The appellant, while
aboard the vessel after the con­
tract of employment ended, was
no longer in the status of being
in the service of his ship and,
therefore, not acting under au­
thority of his certificate. -Ac­
cordingly, he was not subject to
disciplinary proceedings under

• R. S. 4450 for the alleged mis­
conduct and the Hearing Officer
lacked jurisdiction thereof.

"It is ordered therefore that

the decision and order of the Dis­
trict Commander appealed from
are reversed and set aside and

the change is hereby dismissed."

Yes, but who is going to pay
Sussman for the three months he
had to spend on the beach. And
who is going to make up for the
meals and other things that his
wife and child have had to do
without. You can bet your bot­
tom dollar that the Coast Guard
won't!

END CONTROL
While the Coast Guard re­

mains in control of merchant
seamen, the military has the right
to pick up a man's papers and
thereby prevent him from mak­
ing a living. The SIU will con­

tinue the fight against the right
of the brass hats to tell civilians,
merchant seamen, whether or not
they can work.

The Log questioned a marine
attorney, who prefers to remain
nameless, on what redress Broth­
er Sussman has for being de­
prived of his livelihood for three
months, and for being sentenced
unjustly.

This attorney said, "It is sure
unfortunate, but nothing can be
done. This has happened before,
and will probably happen again.
The poor seaman can't do a damn
thing about it."

That's what you think, Mr.
Lawyer. The SIU will not take
this kind of ti'eatment lying
down.

AFL Maritime Unions Plan
Non-Political Marine Group

(Continued from Page i)
Locals 90 and 40; American
Merchant Marine Staff Officers'
Assn.; International Brotherhood
of Teamsters; California State
Federation of Labor; Internation­
al Longshoremen's Association;
Seafarers International Union of
North America, and the Sailors
Union of the Pacific.

The text of the identical reso­

lution adopted at both confer­
ences follows:

WHEREAS, at the 61st Annual
Convention of the American Fed­
eration of Labor at Seattle, Wash­
ington, a resolution was adopted
and approved for the establish­
ment of a Marine Trades Depart­
ment within the American Fed­
eration of Labor, and

WHEREAS, among other
things, the said resolution called
for its referral to the Presidents
of the National and International
Unions involved for conference
on the subject and to report back
to the Executive Council of the
American Federation of Labor,
and

WHEREAS, because of the ex­
igencies of the wartime emer­
gency it was" impracticable to ef­
fectuate the purposes of this
resolution, and

WHEREAS, now that the de­
gree of the emergency has abated
that the intent and purposes of

the resolution adopted by the
61st Annual Convention of the
American Federation of Labor
are unpostponable and imminent,
therefore be it

RESOLVF'^, that this confer­
ence consisting of representatives
from the Marine Trades of the
Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, affili­
ated with the American Federa­
tion of Labor, requests that the
American Federation of Labor's
Executive Council now in ses­
sion in Washington, D.C., set up
immediately a MARINE TRADES
DEPARTMENT, and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED, That
this Marine Trades Department
shall not engage in any political
activity, jurisdictional disputes
within its own organizations, and
shall act as co-ordinating body to
promote the interest and welfare
of said organization within the
Maritime Transport Industry, and
further that upon sanction be­
ing granted by the Executive
Council of the American Federa­
tion of Labor, a constitution and
by-laws to govern said organiza­
tion will embody the above pro­
visions.

QUESTION: What sailors' superstitions
have you met during the time you have been
sailing?

Four Seafarers Killed In Crash
(Continued from Page 1)

All but a few of the bodies
were burned beyond recognition
in the explosion and fire that fol-

IWdwed the crash. They lay scat­
tered in a small area along the
muddy banks of Doran Creek.

It is believed that the ship
made an almost vertical dive be­
fore striking the rain-soaked
woods. The wreckage was strewn
in a relatively small area. Three
of the bodies, however, had been
thrown clear across the creek
will) the others huddled around
the smoking fuselage.

An official of the Viking Trans­
port Air Company, • operators of
the plane, said the ship normally
was engaged in charter runs car-

• rying merchant seamen from the
East Coast to the Gulf ports.
Most of the passengers were sea­

men bound for Houston or inter­

mediate points.

NEEDED REGULATION

It was revealed that there are
hundreds of the.se charter planes
in the U.S.A., obtaining passen­
gers and cargo wherever they
can and flying them anywhere.

After Aug. 1, under new r&gu-
lations, these planes will come
under the same strict supervision
which the Civil Aeronatics Auth­
ority now exercises over the op­
erations of the big airline com­
panies.

At present all that is required
of a charter company is that its
planes be checked once a year,
and its pilots, most of whom are
ex-Army Air Forces men, have
the necessary commercial li­
censes.

Swedish Delegates
Visit New Yerk Hail

The Swedish delegates who
will represent their government
at the International Labor Of­
fice's Maritime Conference in
Seattle on June 6, paid a visit
this week to the New York SIU
hall.

SIU's Secretary-Treasurer John
Hawk conducted the delegation
through the building, outlining
the functions of the Union's var­
ious departments.

The visiting delegates, all from
Stockholm, were Harald Obrink,
Arne Bjornberg and Gurmar
Boos, Counsellor to the shipping
department of the Royal Board
of Trade. They were accom­
panied by Olof Kaijser, Swedish
vice-counsul in New York, and
Ernest Raberg, New York rep­
resentative of the Swedish Sea­
men's Union.

The visitors stated that they
were very much impressed with
the SIU hall and the operation of
the system devised by the Union
in handling its affairs.

Harry Lundeberg, SIU presi­
dent, will rei^esent the AFL at
the ILO Maritihie Coiiferehce,-

STEVE BILLIY, Second Cook:
I always thought that the time

of superstition was long past, but
I was wrong. We had a cat on
board the Forbes Road, and this
cat was just a general nuisance.
When we were two days out of
New York, a couple of men
dumped the animal overboard.
Everybody said that we would
have bad luck, and damned if we
didn't! First the Chief Cook died
in Trinidad and everybody start­
ed to worry. Then a total of five
men were hurt. That really blew
the lid off. I'm not superstitious,
but if anybody tries to dump a
cat with me around, he's going
to have trouble.

ABRAHAM GOLDFARB, AB:
I've heard of two favorite su­

perstitions, but I don't take stock
in either one. Sailors will tell
you that whistling in the wheel-
house brings bad weather—sort
of whistling up a storm. An­
other favorite one is that if you
don't pay your honorable debts
to women for services rendered,
misfortune will follow you. I
remember one man who's big toe
was crushed in a shipboard ac­
cident. and as he was being taken
away, he said, "I knew I should
have paid that gal in the Philip­
pines."

DARRELL McFADDEN. Util.:
The most superstitious seaman

I ever saw was a Puerto Rican
who was playing his mandolin in
the fo'csle one night. The Stew­
ard came in and told him to stop
because the Captain was quite
sick. The next day the Captain
died. Well/ sir, that mandolin
player got the idea that his play­
ing had something to do with the
Captain dying. He really be­
lieved it and, by God, he wouldn't
sleep in the fo'csle for the rest
of the trip. I don't know how
he figured the fo'csle had any­
thing to do with it, but he
wouldn't go back in there again.

DONALD ENGLE. Chief Cook;
There was a cat born on a ship

I was on, and it jumped ship in
in Houston—wanted to do some
catting around, I guess. It was
the ship's 13th trip, and the
Steward said it was really bad
for a cat born there to leave. Half
way across we sprung a leak; all
hands had to move stores. In the
North Sea the Mate got off course
and nearly ran into a mine field.
We ran aground at the mouth
of the Elbe. We ran short of
stores coming back, and we didn't
have any sugar most of the trip.
And we had to wait more than a
week for the payoff. Just coin­
cidence, I don't think! ' ~



Friday, May 24, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Five

Baldwin Rammed In Fog Off New Jersey
NEW YORK, May 20—The 32-

man SIU crew of the Abraham
Baldwin got the order to aban­
don ship early yesterday morning
when their vessel was rammed
by the freighter Santa Olivia
about six milse off Barnega Light
on the New Jersey coast.

Only one casualty was report­
ed. Chief Cook George Opilla
was tossed against the fo'csle
bulkhead as a result of the im­
pact. Suffering a possible broken
arm, he was later taken in an
ambulance to the Staten Island
Marine Hospital.

The collision, which occurred
at 12.26 A.M., in a dense fog,
pointed up the fact that the sea­
men's hazards are no less in
peacetime than they were in war.
The Baldwin, a 7,176-ton Liberty
ship operated by the Mississippi
Steamship Co., was en route from
New York to Philadelphia to pick
up cargo. The 8-297-ton Olivia,
a C-2 type vessel of the Grace
Line, was coming into New York
from the Delaware Capes.

The Olivia punctured the Bald­
win's starboard side between the
No. 2 and No. 3 holds, flooding
them both almost immediately.
The black gang shut down the
ship's plant.

A few minutes later the Bald­
win's Captain, Edward M. Foster,
issued a general alarm and order­
ed all hands to the boat deck.

At 12:30, with the stricken Lib­
erty listing about 25 degrees and
slowly settling by the head, Cap­

tain Foster gave the order to
"abandon ship."

Calmly, the crew competently
lowered away the No.'s 1 and 3
lifeboats, setting them down on
the drizzle-swept, heavy sea
without a mishap.

With visibility zero, the crews
of the lifeboats rowed around for
almost two hours before they

located, and were able to get
safely alongside the Olivia.
Aboard the freighter, the Bald­
win's crew were received and
treated hospitably by the crew of
the Olivia.

When dawn broke a volunteer
crew of six men, whose request
for a launch was rejected by the
Coast Guard, rowed out to the

crippled ship.
The Baldwin having taken a

list for the worse. Captain Fos­
ter would not allow the men
aboard. He said that the men's
lives would be endangered on
the vessel.

The Baldwin was later towed
to the Todd Shipyards in Hobo-
ken.

SAFE AND SOUND AFTER SHORT, EVENTFUL, TRIP

The war may be o^er, but the seamen's life continues to be one of the most hazardous of all
possible occupations. On this page we have pictures of the crew of the Abraham Baldwin which

was rammed off New Jersey less than thirty-six hours before this picture was taken. Above, from

left to right, James Fisher, AB; M. Van Ryskwyk, Bosun; Urho Wiitainoja, Deck Maintenance; and
William Meyers, OS.

Captain Foster, who has been
a Master for 32 of his 47 sailing
years, gave high praise to bis
crev/. "They were cool, orderly
and efficient," he told the Log.

"For men who hadn't had a
boat drill they conducted them­
selves as well as any I have ever
seen. You can quote me when I
say I pronounce every man
aboard a hero.

"I had a first class crew," the
Captain continued.

"Sure, we have our differences
occasionally, but deep in my
heart the interests of mj' men
come first," he said.

The crew bore out this state­
ment, saying that the Skipper
was a square-shooter, consider­
ate of the men's welfare.

Chief Mate W. S. Benoit equal­
ly lauded the Baldwin crew.
"Never did my sailors lose their
heads," he said. "I'd say they are
a credit to the American mer­
chant marine."

Hugh Rogan and Sam Sakter,
Steward's Utilitymen, were in
the fo'csle, as were most of the
men, when the collision came.

"Our ship seemed to bounce as
she was struck," they said.
"Probably due to the fact that
she was empty. A good thing,
too. If we were loaded, we might
have been cut in two.

"But there was no excitement
or confusion as the crew went to
the boat deck and waited for the
abandon ship order. Everything
went smoothly."

Vote Begins On Shipping Rules
(Continued from Page 1)

list and take out a new shipping
card and date.

"Members more than three
months in arrears in dues or as­
sessments and less than six
months in arrears in dues or as­
sessments shall register and ship
from the same list as Tripcard
and Permit Men do.

"Former members, more than
six months in arrears in dues or
assessments, after approval by
membership action, shall take the
first job assigned to him by the
shipping dispatcher."

SHIPPING RULE NO. 14;
Shall be changed lo read

as follows:
"Members who have shipped

and later quit or get fired and
who do not report back to the
dispatcher within 24 hours after
shipping, shall lose their original
date."

SHIPPING RULE NO. 25;
Shall be changed lo read

as follows;
"Men shipped on regular job

whose ship lays up in less than 15
days after original employment
date shall have his shipping card
restored."

SHIPPING RULE NO. 35:
Shall be deleted and substituted

to read as follows;

"1. All Tripcard Men and Per­
mit Men who have their dues
paid for the current month shall
register on a separate shipping
list other than the regular ship­
ping list and shall ship from this
list as Tripcard and Permit Men
in a rotary manner.

"2. All Tripcard Men and Per­
mit Men shall be shipped only
after book members do not take
jobs. If no member on regular
shipping] list takes jobs after
three hourly calls, then Permit
Men or Tr ipcard Men shall be al­

lowed the privilege of throwing
in cards for the job.

"3. Tripcard Men and Permit
Men sha'll be allowed to make
either one complete round trip
or not less than 60 days continu­
ous employment on same vessel."

Shipping Pi;ules relative to the
clauses regarding Eastern Steam­
ship Company, the Colonial Navi­
gation Company, the Savannah
Line and the New England
Steamship (Clauses 1, 2, 3, and
4) to be deleted in its entirety.

"Shipping Rules relative to the
Resolution adopted at the 1943
Annual Election Ballot to be de­
leted in its entiretj'."

The Patrolmen Say
More Red Pencil

Because they wanted some­
thing to do, the Skipper and
Chief Engineer of the SS Wil­
liam Prouse, South Atlantic
Steamship Company, red-pencil­
led 80 percent of the overtime.
Ray Gonzales and I had to meet
with the company officials for
three hours, and really battle
with them for the entire time,
before we succeeded in collecting
all the legitimate overtime for
the three departments.

To further complicate matters,
the company representative, who
was supposed to settle the beefs
in the Stewards Department, was
a tough nut to crack. Well, all's
well that ends well.

Needless to say, the Captain,
the Chief Engineer, and the Com­
pany representatives all got a
good taste of militant unionism.

James Purcell

Make isthmian SIU!

Five more members of Ihe crew of ihe Abraham Baldwin. In Ihe usual order, James Hand.
Deck Enfineer; Richard Reed, Oiler; George O'Neill, Wiper; W. Yant, Oiler; and A. M. Sfeinel, FWT,

Seafarers are sure hardy. Just off a ship which v^s rammed in the dead of night, the crew
is already looking for another vessel to ship- out on. From left to right, Lawrence Hall, OJSi
Tex Suit. AB; Hugh Rogan, Steward Utility; and Sam Sakter, Steward Utility.

SV •••
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Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 24, 1946

TALKING OVER THAT BEEF

4. .>5v

W' {'

Three SIU members—from left to right: Alec Seltzer. Stew­
ard Patrolman Fisher and Willie Walker—talking over Brother
Walker's beet aboard his ship, the Hampden-Sydney Victory.
Final result? Patrolman Fisher "persuaded" the Skipper to cut
the log against Walker in halt!

Brother Fisher, by the way. is an original member of the
Seafarers, and participated in the early strikes of the Union.
Typical of the men who have built the SIU. and considered an
expert in Stewards Department affairs, he is presently assigned
the task of correcting the Stewards Department manning scales
and is working on that problem with Assistant Secretary-Treas­
urer J. P. Shuler. Incidentally. Fisher wants to say that the
Stewards Department of the Hampden-Sydney Victory brbught
back a typical SIU ship—a clean ship, and with the beets all
lined up.

Union Slop Chest Committee Asks
Membership For Suggestions

The committee to investigate
the means of establishing a
Union-owned slop chest was
formed at the May 8 business
meeting at Webster Hall in New
York.

During the past two weeks the
Slop Chest Committee has taken
eVery available opportunity to
talk with officials and members
of the Union, partieularly on the
question of raising capital to fi­
nance the initial outlay.

There were three major pro­
posals:
J|—To take funds from the gen­

eral treasury. This proposal
has met with various objections.
The main one is that the ship­
owners with whom we may have
to bargain in the all-too-near fu­
ture would welcome the sight of

- a weakenec^ SIU treasury; right
now they have a hearty respect
for our big treasury; this helps us
in our collective bargaining.
^—Creation of a cooperative by

means of the sale of stock.
Some members do not favor this
plan because they feel that the
burden of the purchase of stock
would rest upon a few willing
members, while all, including
ships' officers, would benefit
from the slop chests. In addi­
tion, the profits would not ac­
me to the SIU, as recommended
by the sponsors of the chest plan.

5-An assessed loan for the en­
tire membership. This is the

plan which most Seafarers favor.
At the time the member' paid his
$10.00 assessment to the board­
ing Patrolman or the Branch
Agent he would be issued $10.00
in slop chest coupons. It was

further proposed in this connec­
tion that slop chest goods be sold
only for coupons. The keepers
of the slop chests would be em­
powered to issue coupon books
only when their cost is collec­
table from the draw list at pay­
offs, or, in the case of passen­
gers, when means for payment'
is guaranteed by the Master. In
this way the keepers will not
be compelled to handle any cash.

The boarding Patrolman and
every hall would be supplied with
coupon books for sale for cash.
Five dollar books are suggested
to keep down bookkeeping ex­
penses.

The chairman asks that all sug­
gestions and comments from the

! entire membership of the Union
' be submitted to the committee on
' slop chests or to the Seafarers
Log. so that all of the issues can

• be brought before the member-
.ship.

NOTICE!
To Stewards Of Ships

In Port:
/

As soon as your ship an­
chors. order sufficient milk,
bread, and vegetables for all

^ the men on board. ,

I If this does not arrive, no-
{ tify the Union Hall.

I *-When the food is delivered,
it is to be put into the ice-

I box immediately. The Deck
i Department is to cooperate in

this w&rk.

The Beginnings
At the beginning of 1938 the

seamen of the AFL were operat­
ing under Federal Charter 21420
with officials appointed by the
Federation. This move had been
made in order that the structure
of the International Seamen's
Union could be held together
while organizational plans were
being formulated.

In October 1938 the AFL grant­
ed an International Charter to
the Sailors Union of the Pacific
and the Seafarers International
covering unlicensed seamen and
affiliated crafts.

Organizers of the SUP were
sent to the East Coast and they
set about immediately to resur­
rect the union. A seven point
organizational program was pro­
posed and accepted by the mem­
bership on the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts.

To enable the organizational
program to be concentrated, two
districts were established with
Atlantic Headquarters in New
York and Gulf headquarters in
New Oi'leans.

VOLUNTEERS
Rank and file organizers, many

of whom received no wages or
remuneration in any form, went
to work under the direction of a

small force of trained officials
and in the short period of one
year the membership grew from
the original two thousand who
had refused to give up and join
the NMU to six thousand.

Profiting by the strength gain­
ed through the four thousand new
members, the Seafarers Interna­
tional Union was able to nego­
tiate and sign several new con­
tracts which guaranteed employ­
ment to the enlarged member­
ship.

In the Spring of 1939 the East­
ern Steamship Company, alarm­
ed at the growing strength of
SIU, declared war on wages and
conditions and the SIU answered
with a strike.

VICTORY!
This strike, although lasting

only 11 days, ended in. a victory
for the SIU with the Eastern
yielding to the major demands.
The important result of the strike
was that this marked the be­
ginning of a period of stabiliza­
tion and expansion for the Union.
The membership had proven
their strength in action and were
ready to face anything the fu­
ture held.
' In August, 1939, an organiza­
tional conference was held in Sa­
vannah and a proposed constitu­
tion and shipping rules were
drawn up. These proposals were
submitted to the membership and
a referendum vote of the mem­
bership resulted in their being
overwhelmingly adopted.

The constitution and shipping

rules voted upon and accepted
in September', 1939 were in
essence the same broad democra­
tic documents today governing
our course.

LEAD IN MARITIME

With the outbreak of war in
Europe in the Fall of 1939, the
SIU jumped into the picture and
led the entire maritime field with
demands for adequate insurance
and war risk bun uses.

Negotiations were opened in
Washington and the NMU offi­
cials who had done nothing pre­
viously, immediately put in their
appearance. Following their
usual sell-out tactics, the NMU
signed a separate agreement ac­
cepting a 25 percent bonus while
the Seafarers, still fighting for
more, had actually been • of­
fered 50 percent by Maritime
Commi.s.sion and company offi­
cials.

The SIU refused to accept this
sell-out agreement brought about
by the NMU fink agreement and
answered with a series of job
actions in the winter of 1939-1940.

Thus the SIU officials taking
office "^n 1940 found the Union
enmeshed in a full scale battle,
with the NMU openly aligned on
the shipowners' side and attempt­
ing to put finks aboard struck
SIU ships.

BONUS RAISED

The militancy of these job ac­
tions brought about the desired
results and the SIU was success­
ful in getting the Mediterranean
area bonus raised from thirty dol­
lars to fifty dollars monthly, an
increase of twenty dollars.

The SIU also forced a raise in
base pay on offshore ships of ten
dollars monthly, with ten cents
an hour additional pay for over­
time. The NMU meekly accept­
ed a ten dollar crumb tossed them
by the shipowners with no in­
crease in overtime rates on shore
ships. On coastwise ships, finky
NMU officials accepted a five
dollar raise with no overtime in­
crease.

The SIU was growing fast in
strength, membership and pres­
tige. So, with the view of stream­
lining the apparatus, an Agents
Conference was held in Atlanta,
Georgia, during June, 1940.

A resolution was proposed
amalgamating the Atlantic and
Gulf Districts and establishing
headquarters at Washington D. C.
This proposal was submitted to
a referendum vote and v/as ap­
proved by the membership.

"YELLOW DOG" '

An organizational campaign
was immediately launched on

both Atlantic and Gulf.'
The P. & O. Steamship Com­

pany, operating passenger and
car ferries between Cuba and
the United States, alarmed at the
growing strength of the SIU at­
tempted to force the SIU off
their ships through the use of
a company union with a "yellow
dog" or company-dictated agree­
ment.

The NMU swinging right into
line with the P. & O. began is­
suing false membership books
to all P. & O. employees thus ad­
ding confusion to what had been
an issue between the company
and the SIU.

The first victory was won by

the SIU when the company was
forced to pay three thousand dol­
lars to SIU members who had
been discriminated against.

This was rapidly followed up
with a twenty-five dollar a month
wage increase and the overtime
rate increased fifty cents an hour,
from thirty to eighty cents an
hour.

Inspired by these gains, the
crew of p. & O. ships joined the
Union and the SIU immediately
filed for a labor election to de­
termine who would represent the
crews.

The NMU RECEIVED ONLY
SIX VOTES AND THESE FROM
NEWCOMERS DELIBERATELY
PLANTED ON THE SHIPS. It
was later proven that the ma­
jority of the NMU pledge cards
were phony.

An agreement was signed
which was the best in the indus­
try, and which paved the way for
the signing of the agreements
with the Waterman, South At­
lantic and Mississippi companies.

ELECTIONS WON

In the Fall of 1940 the SIU
again led the way and won a
bonus increase of twenty dollars
a month, from thirty to fifty dol­
lars, on the Orient and Austral­
ian runs.

NLRB elections were held
early in 1941 on the Calmar, Ore,
Robin and Baltimore Insular
Lines.

The NMU was unable to secure
enough pledge cards to even par­
ticipate in three of the elections,
and they were soundly defeated
on the Bull Line, the only place
they could get on the ballot. The
SIU won all the elections hands
down and signed contracts.

While the NMU was still draw­
ing ten cents less per hour over­
time, the SIU again led the way
and won a twenty dollar monthly
bonus increase on the South
African run.

At the Agents Conference held
during May, 1941, in Washing-

ton, D. C. it was pointed oUt that
due to the rapid increase in ship­
ping it would be advisable to re­
open the books which had been
closed for a year.

In addition, the conference
recommended that headquarters
be moved from Washington, D.
C., to New York, so that closer
contact could be maintained with
the membership and affairs of
the union.

These recommendations were
indorsed by the membership and
the office of the Secretary-Treas­
urer was moved to the same loca­
tion as the New York Branch, 2
Stone Street.
, At this time the SUP added im­
petus to the bonus fight by gain­
ing a sixty dollar a month bonus
on round the world runs.

(Coniinued Next Weel



Friday, May 24. 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven

Carson Deck And Engine Gangs
CooperateToUnloadFlnkySteward

By LOUIS GOFFIN

JACKSONVILLE — The beef
we had concerning the finky
Steward on the SUP ship, the SS

William Carson, Grace Line, was
finally won. We were able to

unload him, and the ship sailed

with a full crew.

The cooperation of the deck

gang and the engine crew was
100 percent on this beef, and it
is such cooperation that will al­
ways win legitimate beefs.

The Chief Mate and Third
Mate on this ship backed this
beef to a successful conclusion.
Both are good. Union-minded
men. Any of the SUP men who
ever sailed with Mr. Dunne know
that he is strictly okay.

EYE ON NMU

Incidently, while we had our
men off the Carson, we had to
keep a weather eye on the NMU
hall to make sure that they didn't
start their finky tactics of trying
to scab on us.

The fact that the MFOWW
men stayed on board is probably
why the ship wasn't finked out
by the NMU.

We would like to take this op­
portunity to thank the MFOWW
men for their cooperation.

We had a long talk with Em­
met Townsend who is Interna­
tional Representative for the ILA

in the past just do-not cut the
mustard. We will continue to
try to employ a girl who can
handle the Hall in the proper
manner, and until we do, we
will have to manage alone, with
the occasional assistance of one
of the seamen.

NO NEWS??
BUenee this week from the

Branch Agents of the follow­
ing ports:

CHABLESTON
MOBILE
NEW ORLEANS
GALVESTON
PORT ARTHUR

Puerto Rico Beachcombers Happy
Under New Maintenance Contract

By BUD RAY

SAN JUAN -In the past few average of 35 men a week going
to work painting and scaling,
and all hands are happy with
some talking of never going back
to sea as long as they can get
their rice and beans.

Income still is slow because the
Patrolmen up yonder are on the
ball and they leave nothing for
me down here, not even a small
beef. But that is the reason the
SIU has grown to be one of the

weeks I have had quite a few old
folks coming in to ask where
their sons were, and why they
had stopped sending funds. Also
there have been a lot of women
with children come to the Hall,
and stop me on the street and
ask me to get in touch with their
hu.sbands as they are in dire
need of funds.

Now if any of you have ever
seen poverty and hungry women
and children you will know how
this makes me feel, and I for one
can't see why a seaman's family
should go hungry.

So in the future, when any of
these cases come in, I am going
to write the article up in the Log
and your shipmates will know
just what kind of a husband and
son you are—so those of you who

in this section of the country,
regarding the formation of an
AFL Maritime Council, and we
have his assurance that the ILA
and the Teamsters will cooper­
ate with us on any beef that re­
quires their backing.

BUSINESS NORMAL ,

Well, the storm is over and the
lull has set in. In other words,
shipping and business is back to
a normal level.

We expect the SS Irvin S. Cobb
in from Savannah; however, this
ship may sign on in Savannah,
and we may not have anything to
do with her while she is in this
port.

Since the business slowed
down, our temporary Patrolman
left for Philadelphia. We want
to thank him for helping us out
in an emergency.

At present we are operating
alone, as we are having trouble;
in getting a girl to handle the
office for us while we are on
the waterfront.

are forgetting that you have some
one depending "on you at home,
take heed.

SHORESIDE STRIKE

We can look for a big strike of
transportation workers here in
the near future if the Insular
Government does not change it's
attitude and let private enterprise
operate.

They have passed a ruling that
only government buses can op­
erate in the San Juan district and
the independent operators are
getting hot.

Already the government con­
trols the power and water, and
water rates for a family of two
runs $3.00 a month. The owner
is supposed to pay the water
bills and if they don't pay, off
goes the water.

That is what has happened here
at the Hall. Drinking water we
can get at 8 cents a gallon, but
it sure is going to raise hell with
sanitary conditions and there
isn't too much sanitation here in
San Juan at the present.

The government is also trying
to go into the steamship business
and if that happens it is going to
be tough for private operators to
get any business out of the Is­
land. So there should be a good
argument if and when this comes
up. To yours truly all this gov­
ernment control stinks a little
pink.

RICE AND BEANS
Plenty of ships are coming in

with a few jobs so the list keeps
moving. Since we got the con-

<S0T Ricf

New York Police Gestapo Tactics
GofflpKcate Seamen's Problems

By JOE ALGINA

NEW YORK—It's starting to
look as though seamen don't have
any rights' at all. At least the
New York City policemen act
that way. Last Tuesday night.
May 14, some of our men were
waiting in the Launch House at
City Island for transportation
back to their ships, when they
were set upon by about 20 police­
men and severely beaten with
nightsticks.

If is isn't one thing, it's an­
other. First we have to watch out
for NMU goons, and nov/ we will
have to protect ourselves against
the Di®i-ce Gestapo.

We sent a protest to Mayor
O'Dwyer, and a copy to Police
Commissioner Wallender, and we
sure hope they take action to
punish the cops responsible, and
to make sure that this doesn't
happen again.

BLACK MARKET STUFF

Some Skippers act like they
own stock in the SS Companies.
They tell the Steward to ration
food, and then they ration cigar­
ettes so that they will have some
to sell when they reach a foreign
port.

This Black Market business is
unlawful, and it is a dirty trick
to deprive seamen of smokes so
that the officers can make some
extra cabbage by selling the ci­
garettes to the poor people of
starving countries.

We also heard about the Skip­
per and officers of a scow who
bouglil all the white shirts from
the slopchest before the crew
could get to them.

If the officers take advantage
of their position to buy out the
slopchest before giving the crew
a crack at the articles, or if they
ration cigarettes so as to be able
to sell them, report the.=e things
to the Patrolman at the time of
the next payoff.

more lines will follow this ex­
cellent procedure.

Tankers are showing up on this
coast, and that means plenty of
jobs for men who like to sail
free and easy.

Ex-piecard Tex Suit made the
shortest trip on record, eight
hours and 26 minutes, on the
Abraham Baldwin before she was
rammed early last Sunday morn­
ing. Make sure you collect all
your overtime, Tex.

WET RUN

More and more ships are go-
biggest labor union's on the East
coast. The members get what .
they pay for—representation and
conditions. , and so a lot c

So on to a bigger SIU . . . TeU
the facts wherever you gather.
Isthmian men are going SIU be­
cause they know in this organi-

their prewar runs,
of oldtimcrs are look=

off
ports, under good conditions.

The Robin Line wiU be one of
those, and we predict a general

zation they get what is right- run to sign on because this line
fully theirs, and it is all done by allows crewmembers to drink
and for the membership. beer while off duty. Maybe

South Atlantic Gets Five Ships
Ij'Mil'i'llillPill!! Ill By ARTHUR THOMPSON

Girls that we have employed i tract with Bull there has been an

SAVANNAH—This week might
well be called South Atlantic
week here in Savannah. Prac
tically all business and news has
to do with South Atlantic.

Five freighters were turned
over to them by the WSA (Waste
Ships Administration) on bare
boat charter. The Duke Victory
which used to be an SUP ship;
the Irvin S. Cobb, which was a
Robin Liner; the James Swan,
and the R. Ney McNeely which
were already sailing through
that company.

The fifth ship is the Frederick
W. Galbraith, another SUP ves­
sel which is in St. John, New
Brunswick.

The last two Hog Island freigh­
ters they had, the Tulsa and the
Shickshinny, were sold to the'
Cia de Navigacion Argentina,!
Odero.

We also have the Robert Feeh-
ner, which is crewed up and
practically ready to sail. The last

South Atlantic ship is the Alex­
ander Brown and she's bound for
the boneyard. Outside of this we
have only one ship in port, which
is the Francis Parker; another
SUP for which Waterman SS
Co. is acting as agents.

According to the above, ship­
ping is good in Savannah, but by
the time this appears in print the
story may be different. We hope
it continues good, but we can't
be sure.

During the past week we ship­
ped 90 members. This is some­
thing of a record since the war,
but we'd like to see it doubled.

In spite of ail this shipping we
still have about 50

Baltimore Beats
Company Stall
In Settling Beef

By JOHNNY HATGIMISIOS

BALTIMORE—Things are still
going along swell down here with

shipping continuing at full blast.

It seems like all rated men are

coming here to ship out, the
other ports apparently having
been slowed down somewhat by

the coal strike. We're honing,
though, that business will soon

be buzzing in all the ports.

We had a very good beef with
the Smith and Johnson Company
when the SS Fitzhugh Lee dock­
ed here. It proved, as it always
does, what can be done when a
bunch of good men stick to­
gether.

We had everybody from the
Port Captain to the Messman
right here in our Agent's office.
The company tried to stall us off
by saying that they wanted their
New York office to settle the
matter.

That story didn't stand up with
us, however, for the ship paid
off in the Port of Baltimore and
we intended to settle the beef
right here. And settle it right
here we did.

There shouldn't have been any
argument at all, as the agreement
clearly states that men will have
shore leave when discharging or
loading cargo. And that launch
service would be provided for
them.

Well, it's all settled now, and
that's the way we intend to set­
tle beefs on ships docking in this
port.

The Isthmian drive is going
along very successfully. We owe
hearty Congrats to our organi­
zers ashore as well as the volun­
teer organizers aboard ship. It
won't be long now. Isthmian will
be SIU! And where could they
find a better or stronger Union?
I, for one, would like to see it.
The SIU has fought for each and
every man, and will continue to
fight that way.

My personal opinion, of course,
is that Baltimore is still the best
port for shipping as it really is.
We'd like to see some of the old
faces around here—we haye
plenty of jobs for all.

wrote it, but we found a poem
members tacked on the bulkhead down

registered, but we are short of here and it is practically the
rated men. same one. There are a few lines

In a recent issue of the Log we different, but not many,
read a poem entitled "Merchant Judging from the color and
Sailor" and the Editor wanted to texture of the paper it must have
know who wrote it. It was found been posted a couple of years
in the New Orleans hall.

Well, we don't know who
ago. We don't know who wrote
it or who tacked it up.



Page Eiahi THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 24. 194S

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More Jobs Seen
For Near Future
In Fort Boston

By JOHN MOGAN

BOSTON—Business and ship­
ping continue fair. There are
plenty of ships lying in the stream
awaiting assignments, and of
course, once they get assignments
there will be a goodly number of
jobs on the board.

In Portland, the same situa­
tion prevails, although it now
appears that many of the ships
lip there will be loading grain
in the near future, very probably
in St. Johns.

Quite a few SUP arrivals in
the last couple of days, two of
which are scheduled to payoff.
Also in Portland are a couple of
West Coast ships and an occa­
sional tanker or two. These ships
take care of a considerable num­
ber of our deck dept. members.

SHIPPING GOOD
All in all, the shipping is pret­

ty good, especially since there is
a big turnover of crews on the
unassigncd stuff. And, as is al­
ways the ca.se, these tied-up ships
are productive of more "beefs'
in the course of a week than the
average ship coming in from a
six-months' trip.

The delegates have plenty of
running around to do in order to
take care of things in approved
style.

MEETINGS GOOD
Meetings are very well attend­

ed lately, and the boys make the
rafters ring on occasion. The
sfirit is good, the sentiment for
our Union strong, and all com­
plaints that are made imder
Good and Welfare are made with
a view toward improving condi­
tions for seamen and strength­
ening the structure of the Union.

We are having some bother in
arranging terms on these "run
jobs" to New York. At the last
meeting a Committee elected
from the floor recommended that
these jobs be taken if each un­
licensed personnel receive a hun­
dred minimum for "run jobs"
North of Hatteras.

Waterman has finally decided
to tow their Thomas Jefferson as
a "dead ship." But the agree­
ment negotiated with Seas Ship­
ping Company by Secretary-
Treasurer Hawk is good enough
to win approval of all hands if
this can be negotiated with Wa­
terman also. (Editor's Note:—It
has!)

DISPUTES SETTLED
Everything else is progressing

snooothly; all overtime disputes
are being handled promptly and
satisfactorily, with that part of it
which cannot be handled at the
point of production being taken
care of at Headquarters with dis­
patch.

We received the disputed over­
time from Galveston on the SS
Joseph Dinand, (Eastern) to be
handled here. This has been
done, and we are awaiting only
the Ship's Log to settle the black
gang beefs.

Thus far, only the gangway
watches for those men who stood
the 12 to 8 watch and then didn't
turn to until 8 the next morning
are uncollectible—for the reason
that they did not work over eight

' hours in any one day.
On the othei hand, the mem­

ber who stood the five to twelve
had no trouble collecting, as he
had worked all day. Other beefs
on this ship will be squared

>^.^'ay as soon as the "log" arrives.

CHECKING THE ISTHMIAN SCORE

These seamen from the William D. Hoard are checking the latest estimated returns on the
Isthmian election results. From left to right: Isthmian Organizational Director Earl Sheppard,
Gito Pedersen. H. D. "Chips" Buckalevr, Buck Roberts and Bill Nihem._

New Tampa Hall Will Be Ready Within Few Weeks
By BOB HALL

TAMPA—Shipping seems to be
coming to life again in this port.
The phosphate strike is over, and
the Powellton and Freeport Seam
are running back in here; both
are in Port at this time.

If all ships were as easy to get
5quared away as these two, it
would be a pleasure. There are
anly a few oldtimers on these
mips but they keep the scow
humming in good old fashion. It
,akes a good bunch of Delegates!
io do this. I

We still haven't moved into our
new building. We could have
moved into the top part last week,
but would have had to have the
phone moved and then, ten days
later moved to the lower deck,
:arrying the phone and furni­
ture again.

So we decided it best to wait

until we could take possession
of the whole shebang at once.
We got word yesterday that the
people below would be out the
last of May or the first of June;
then we will move in.

There are still rumors of the
P&O starting up soon—that will
be a glad day for these P&O boys
here, some of whom have been
on the beach for months waiting
for this da^. , come.

COMING BACK
We have had our smallest week

since Agent Simmons took over
the port. That is largely due to
the tie-up caused by the coal and
phosphate strikes. We hope for
an early recovery.

Some of the boys are dropping
back this way: Buddy Bragg got
in a few days ago and is waiting
to ship; Roland Velasco is again
with one of the local cab com­
panies; George Burns is operating

a parking lot, and Poppa Wil­
liams, a real oldtimer, is waiting
to ship again—he has been mak­
ing these short runs regularly.

It looks like the Street Car
Motormen and Conductors will
be on the beach after Aug. 1st, as
they have sold out to the Bus
Company. These guys with 30
years service are going to be in
a bad spot, since the Bus Co. has
said it isn't going to hire men
too old.

That comes from having a weak
local here. They had a damn
good man at the head of their
union here, but some of the com­
pany-minded lice had him moved
out because $55.00 a week for his
wages was too much. They are
now trying to get this man to
take over agan but he tells them
it is too late now, and something
should have been done weeks
ago.

Peter Baniels
Goes Seafarers

(Continued from Page 3)
meeting was adjourned at 3:10
P.M. Twenty-three men were
present.

Shoreside organizer Tannehill
praised the entire crew of the
Daniels, mentioning that ships
organizer R. Kerr was a real
sparkplug during the entire trip.
He al.so stated that the crew had
considerable difficulty with the
Skipper, whom they nicknamed
"Wild Bill" McCarthy. This bucko
had put the Chief Cook in irons
and threatened other members of
the crew with irons upon the
least provocation.

In direct contrast, the Chief
Mate was a good officer, and as a
result the deck gang did their
utmost to co-operate with him in
cleaning up the gear and putting
it in first class condition.

Crewmembers declared that
the Daniels was in poor shape
when they shipped on her. They
accounted this to the former crew
which was NMTI. The crew stat­
ed that it was some job to put
the gear in shape, clean up the
lockers, and otherwise put the
vessel in shipshape condition.

Delegate Kerr's message to the
SIU, "It is jip to us to continue
sailing Isthmian ships until a
written contract has been signed.
All Isthmian seamen should send
in their suggestions which they
think should be incorporated in
this contract, to the negotiating
committee immediately."

His message continues, "Sail­
ing Isthmian, I fully realize that
SIU Mieinbers are losing money
in wages and overtime when they
work for this outfit. But looking
to the future, your Union v/ill
have made a long step forward in
consolidating the shipping indus­
try, when they have Isthmian
under an SIU contract."

WITH THE SIU IN CANADA

VANCOUVER — Brother Hans
Nabl has just returned after four- j
teen months on a United States
vessel, the Elijah White. He re­
ports that there is absolutely no
;omparison between conditions
m U. S. .ships and Canadian ves­
sels.

He is convinced ' that if more
Canadian seamen sailed on U. S.

•ihips, and found out for them­
selves the difference in working
and living conditions, they would
not be so apathetic about condi-
Lions on their own vessels, and
would take more interest in their
Union's affairs.

He believes that Canadian sea­
men will never achieve the con­
ditions enjoyed by their brothers
across the line until they are all
members of the SIU. Moral: Sea­
men, get into the SIU.

BEEF SETTLED

W. F. Grant, a member of the
Marine Engineers, shipped at
Vancouver as First Engineer on
the Charles Keffer. He ran into
a little bit of trouble at the pay­
off in Portland, Maine, when the
WSA refused to live up to the
agreement and pay Grant his
transportation back to his port of
engagement.

The MEBA was unable to help

him, and referred the matter to
the SIU Branch at Vancouver.
We immediately referred it to
Brother John Hawk, in New
York, and within a few hours
the matter was settled and Grant
received his transportation. Many
thanks, Brother Hawk.

LIVES - UNIMPORTANT
Reports from Honolulu indicate

ihat everything is okay with the
Amur after completing the first
leg of her journey to her new
home on the China Coast. Every­
one who knows this old rust-
bucket is surprised at her prog­
ress, but are nevertheless keep­
ing their fingers crossed.

Why the authorities of any
country allow such rustbuckets
to clear for sea from any port is
hard to understand. Of course,
under this dog eat dog system of

ATTENTIOH!
If you don't find linen

when you go aboard your
ship, notify the Hall at once.
A telegram from Le Havre or
Singapore won't do you any
good. It's your bed and you
have to lie in it.

ours, human life has no value.
Everything is measured in dol­
lars and cents. We wish all crew
members of this vessel a safe
voyage and a speedy return home.

SAMPANS AWFUL
Many reports are being re­

ceived here in regard to the con­
ditions on the Chinese Sampans;
conditions of maintenance in
China prior to repatriation, and
conditions of repatriation itself.

These matters have been re­
ferred to headquarters, and must
be taken care of. The American
President Lines must be made to
live up to their contracts, and
quit playing stooge to Chiang Kai
Shek.

It is reported that two of our
Brothers are enjoying the Rum
and Senoritas at the Port of San
Juan, Puerto Rico. Their ship,
the William Dunbar, has been
laying there for some time, due
to engine trouble, and from what
we hear, the boys are in no hur­
ry to leave.

They are really enjoying a
swell vacation. Does anyone
know of a better place? Well,
have a swell time Sid and Joe,
there are lots of the boys who
would like to be with you.

H^ Murphy
•ri •

The
Patrolmen

Say—
Officers Country

I paid off the SS Sloney Creek,
Pacific Tankers, and it is with
great pleasure that I report how
clean and orderly this crew kept
their quarters.

The only beef was about the
electric refrigerator for the crew
messhall, and the company rep­
resentative promised to obtain
one, or an ice-box, before the
boat sails on the next trip. If an
ice-box is put on board, the man
who ices it up will be allowed
one hour overtime each day.

One of the Messmen came to
me and complained that the
Chief Engineer refused to allow
the Saloon Messman to eat in the
Saloon. I went to this old char­
acter and told him that the man
who cleaned the Saloon had a
right to cat there.

The Chief maintained that the
Saloon was for officers only, and
the Messman had to eat else­
where, or get off the ship. There
was no sense arguing with a man
like that so I told him that if the
Saloon was for officers only, and
the Messman could not eat there,
then the officers would have to
serve themselves, and clean up
afterwards. ^

This brought him to his senses,
and he agreed to allow the Mess­
man to eat in the Saloon after the
officers finish. If this bird, fails
to cooperate in the future, we
will make it very hot for him.

H^ilton



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Membership Pleased:

Philly's New Hall Paces SIU Growth
Philly On Beam;
And So Will Be
Some Seafarers

PHILADELPHIA — We had
been hearing about the improve­
ments at the Philadelphia Hall
for some time here at the Log.
so earlj' this week we grabbed
a rattler out of New York and
dropped down to case the joint.

We walked up Seventh Street
from Arch, an industrial neigh­
borhood, which seemed to be
mostly garment factories. There !• ''

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f ,r f rt-

J. (RED) TRUESDALE

was nothing to get excited about
when we got there, just an or­
dinary looking three-story build­
ing. But inside, on the first
floor, where the Dispatcher keeps
humping throughout' the day,
there was a steady hum of busi­
ness.

The recreation room on the sec­
ond floor was much less noisy,
but also full of Seafarers, sitting
around the reading tables, play­
ing cards, snoozing, batting the
breeze, or just plain loafing.
Agent Red Truesdale told us it
was like that day in and day out.

Then he took us up to the third
deck, which is the Philadelphia
Hall's pride and joy—or will be.
There wasn't much there to see
yet, but there will be when the
new gym is finished. Red pointed
out to us where the various gym
installations would be. The
Philadelphia membership is build­
ing the gym themselves.

There are a lot of oldtime box­
ers—and by oldtime, we mean
bigtime, too—who are donating
material: a boxing ring, sandbags,
punching bags, pulleys, gloves
and bars. It's really gonna be
something.

Red told us they were plan­
ning to have a Grand Gym Open­
ing and Philadelphia. Hall Three-
Ring Circus and Jamboree in a
couple of weeks when the gym is
completed. He said_ to pass the
word to the membership that all
Seafarers are welcome if they
can manage to get down to the
City of Brotherly Love on the
date of the opening, to be an­
nounced soon.

iifip

H;,nnv Seafarers iheir faces scrubbed bright and clean for Ihe pholographer. pose for iheir picture in the new relation

even more members to be using the facilities. So we're trying to ng a comfortable layout for them.

Seafarers Who Ship Out
Are Highly Pleased With

Of Philly Hall
The New Setup

Bill Knopf, an up-and-com­
ing AB: I think the setup we
have here in Philly is tops. I
like the idea of the recreation
room being located on a sep­
arate floor from the dispatching
and business offices. It gives
you a chance to get away from
the board and all the turmoil
between calls, and that's im­
portant when you want to re-

' lax. If a fellow just wants a
place to lounge around in. the
recreation room of the Philadel­
phia Hall is the place for it.

Brother J. W. Tingle, Chief
Ste ard and an Oldtimer: To
a fellow like me. who still
smarts from the sting of the
miserable squalor of the fink
hiring halls of pre-union days,
this hall means a lot. It's swell
to know that you belong to a
Union strong enough to provide
its membership with real com­
fort while waiting for jobs at
the highest pay and best condi­
tions in the industry. I think
all members should make an
effort to keep the new gear
spic and span.

Blackie Gardner. Oldtimer of
many ratings; The hall here in
Philadelphia is so far above
anything that we have ever
had before that there is no
comparison. This is the reason
that so many men are being at­
tracted to this really up-and-
coming port. I met a flock of
oldtimers hanging around to
enjoy the recreation facilities.
We have a good business ad­
ministration here, and I think
the recreation hall is the equal
of anything in the organization.

Hank Gawkowski. AB and
newcomer: When I joined the
Seafarers International Union
I had no idea that a Union hall
was just like a home away
from home. I always figured
they were just something a
seaman had to accept as some
unpleasant part of the time
between trips. But you can
wait around here for a job with
ell the comforts of home. A
fellow sure gels a lot for his
two dollars a month in this or­
ganization. He sure has no
^ipe here in Philly.

Philly Stands Up To The Bar, But Not For A Drink

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By J. TRUESDALE
PHILADELPHIA—Despite the

fact that the towboat strike is
now well in its second month
with a settlement apparently as
far. off as it was the day the men
hit the docks, business in this
port hasn't been hurt too much.
In fact, it was a pretty good week
for the Seafarers.

Coiitributions to the ever-im-

proving Log continue brisk too,
with another generous response
this week by the Brothers com­
ing in here.

These Seafarers have been urg­
ing all crews paying off in all
ports to make similar contribu­
tions to enable our paper to be­
come tops in the entire labor
movement.

Somebody ought to make with

a Magna Cum Laude for us or
with whatever the hell they give
you when you qualify to practice
law before the bar. Because we
no sooner finished beating a half
dozen logs on the Robert Toombs,
when zingo! — we get slapped
right in the puss with the cases
of the two guys who were at­
tempting to smuggle in the two
dolls on the Coyote Huls.

We couldn't quite see why two
seamen would want to go to the
Hills with girls, so we went to
work. The boys are clear now.
so don't be surprised if we wind
up on the big court bench with
the nine old men.

Shipping is fair here with some
200 men being dispatched to jobs
last week. And—oh yes! Here's
an answer to the Log editor's

question la.st week as to the
whereabouts of his Beachcombing
Columnist. Frenchy Michelet is
in town after making calls at
seven SHI Halls in two months.

I understand that he's out to
personally buttonhole everybody
in the organization and convince
'em that there ain't a bit of truth
in what Shuler, says about his
cooking. . ^ , ^ •• ••

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Page Ten THE SEA FAREHS LOG

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Friday, May 24. 1948

SHIPS' MINUTES AMD MEWS

Days Off
In Port
Sought

The crew of the Lindenwood
Victory has recommended to the
SIU negotiating committee that
new contracts with shipping
companies provide for a full day
off in port at each port of call
made by a ship, instead of the
"mutually satisfactory arrange­
ment" of relief contained in
present contracts.

The full day off is to be ac­
crued by each crewman for every
seven days at sea. In the event
^e doesn't get the day off in

" ^ort he is to be paid overtime.
The resolution was drawn up

•land passed at the shipboard meet­
ing of the Lindenwood Victory at
sea on April 26, with Joseph
Dames acting as chairman and
Bernard Roy secretary of the
Weting.

HERE'S TEXT

The text* of the resolution fol­
lows:

That Section 14 of Article II of
the agreement between the Sea-
farers International Union and
the Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc.,
the A. H. BuU Steamship Co., the
Baltimore Insular Line, Inc., and
similar sections of other con­
tracts held by the SIU with all
other companies be changed as
foUows:

That the present article, which
reads:

Section 14. Relieving for lime
off. Mutually satisfactory ar­
rangements for relieving each

' other in order to secure time off
in port may be made between
unlicensed personnel and the sen­
ior officer of the department in­
volved.

THE CHANGE

, Be amended to read as follows:
Section 14. Time off in port.

•^or each seven days at sea, or a
ttiajor portion thereof, each mem­
ber of the unlicensed personnel

,shall receive one full day off in
port at each port of call made
by the ship. That Saturday af­
ternoon and Sunday shall not
be considered time off under this
clause. In arranging such time
off, mutually satisfactory arran­
gements may be made between
the unlicensed personnel and the
senior officer of the department
involved. In the event that it is
impossible to have such time off
for any reason, each member of

.. the unlicensed personnel shall
receive eight hours overtime for
bach such day off he fails to re-
Ceive.

We therefore offer this clause
for your consideration in the ne­
gotiation of the new contracts of
the^i Seafarers International
Union.

MEN OF BRADY CREW POSE FOR PICTURE IN FLORENCE
.

Brolhc-r Ray Roberts, Deck Delegate aboard the John G. Brady writes that the crew has
had a swell time knocking around ports in Italy (see letter, page 12. col. 1). Here they record
their stay in Florence. At top. from left, are Dan D. Criser, AB; Frank Pallandro. Bosun: John
Dowdy. AB; Ray Roberts. Deck Maint.; Walt Kronner. Wiper, and Tony Adomasiis. AB. Kneel­
ing are Bill Watson, AB; Jean Auger, AB: Wait Russell. OS; Ed Tholen. U. S. Army, and Bill
Isabelo, Chief Cook (sitting).

Digested Minutes Of SIU Ship Meetings
JOHN GORRIE. March 11—

Chairman J. Redden; Secretary
W. Adamson. Agreed that all
crew members should act and
work for the good and benefit
of the Union. One minute of
silence observed for departed
brothers. Bosun brought out
that since ship is still operat­
ing under WSA. it Is to be
blamed for the shortage of
shirts. Motions carried: to have
delegates of each dept. act as
committee in determining why
there is still rationing of cig­
arettes; to have entire crew
clean spare messroom as it is
to be used as a recreation room.
BR utility volunteered to see
that job was done.

% i, X

Fair Exchange
Is No Robbery

Problem: The Second Cook and
Baker aboard the Edward D. Lo­
gan was unable to bake.

Solution: The Saloon Messman
had Cook's papers. So he was
promoted to Second Cook and
Baker. The Second Cook was
demoted to Utility Man. The
Captain agreed. The crew's meet­
ing, chaired by George by George
Curran, with Ross Hargraves as
secretary, agreed.

That was that.

X X ^
CHISHOLM TRAIL. March 3

—Chairman Earl Wilder; Sec­
retary Don Cuttle. Election of
ship's delegates. Set of fines
drawn up for infraction of mess
hall rules, money to be turn­
ed over to SIU-SUP men in the
hospitals, the crew being even­
ly divided. Discussion on mess
halls, excessive noise, clothes
soaking in laundry frays in

heads. Suggested that all hands
clean up mess halls after cof­
fee time, also watches at night
after eating. Bread and food,
being thrown around mess halls
will not be tolerated. Crew
members not to be allowed in
mess at chow time or after
without a shirt. Deck Dept.
discussed being relieved on
time. All concerned agreed to
comply with the request.

XXX
F. M. QUINONES. Jan. 29—

Chairman Muche; Secretary
Salonen. Motions earned: To
have proper 1 a u n dry put
aboard for crew; to have drink­
ing fountain installed in en­
gine room; to procure new
mattresses for all bunks. Dis­
cussions on Jkeeping messhalls
and heads clean; Painting of
messroom; fixing place to dry
cjothes. Crew wants books, ra­
dio and fan JOT messhall.
ALBERT P. RYDER. Feb. 6—

Chairman R. Winning; Secre­
tary J. Austing. Motions car­
ried: Honor system to be em-

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ployed in cleaning shower
room; menu board to be moved
to either end of mess tables.
Due to shortage of salt and
pepper shakers. Steward agreed
to make some out of small jars.
It was left to discretion of dish­
washer in leaving out dishes
and cups for night watch.

XXX

You Just Eats
On The McCarthy

The opinions of gourmets, con-
nisseurs and delecticians to the
contrary notwithstanding, con­
versation is henceforth discour­
aged at the crew's mess aboard
the T. J. McCarthy, the minutes
of the April 28 meeting, reveal.

The Steward's Department
says too much talk is causing de­
lay in running the crew through
the meal production line, and
the Ship's Delegate has suggested
members "discontinue any
drawn-out conversations at the
table."

There is no mention of who
will pa.ss out the bicarbonate of
soda after those hurried, uncon-
versational meals.

XXX
VENGRE. March 31—Chair­

man Fields; Secreiary Hough­
ton. One minute of silence ob­
served :for brothers lost at sea.
OS was instructed in calling
wat<Sb on time. Man is to lell
relieving watch where work is
being done, and to wait until
properly relieved. Called for
cooperation of crew in keeping
gunners' mess clean. Clothes
are not to be left indefinitely
in laundry tubs, buckets to be
used for soaking- Washing ma­
chine ordered.

(Continmd mt vPtffe 11)

Giddy Gus*
Guff Gags
Get Goats

"Giddy, giddy, gout," said the
Captain of the SS John Merrick,
in effect. He was talking about
shirts.

"How's that?" a confused crew
member asked.

"Giddy, giddy, gout," the Cap­
tain repeated. "Somebody's shirt-
tail is gonna be out."

So the crew member went
down to the shipboard meetiiig
on April 18. There was a lot of
discussion about ship's welfare.
Finally the crew member who'd
been talking to the Captain spoke
up.

"Giddy, giddy, gout," he said.
"How do you feel in the head,

Brother," someone asked.
"Okeh," said the seaman. "Gid­

dy, giddy, gout. Somebody's
shirttail is gonna be out."

STERN STUFF

Chairman M. De Barros turned
to him sternly. "Look, friend,
this is a ship's meeting. This is
serious business. Leave us finesse
the double talk. You can go re­
cite your nursery rhymes in the
shaft alley. Only make sure you
don't disturb the rats. Some of
them are sensitive. Like us."

The crew member, who for the
sake of his reputation ashore
shall remain anonymous, laughed.

"I'm only telling you guy's
there's a shortage of white shirts."

"Yeah," said Secretary G. Man­
ning, "and sugar, and bourbon.
And those poor shoreside civil­
ians are short of other things,
too. They're like the snake who
couldn't find a trench. They
haven't got a pit to hiss in. Like
Brother rDe Barros said, this is
a ship's meeting. Stow it."

"I mean in the slop chest,"
said Giddy Gus. "There are only
12 white shirts. The Captain says
the only way to give everybody
a crack at them is to draw names
out of a hat.

"But giddy, giddy, gout; some­
body's shirttail is goinna be out.
See what I mean."

PICKERS PICKED

After Giddy Gus picked him­
self up he joined th6 voting on
the suggestion. The meeting
agreed to follow the Captain's
suggestion: the three Delegates
were elected to draw the names.

To the members of the crew
of the Merrick, "spit" is a hor­
rid word; it is a worse act. In
fact, it is ten times worse than
putting your feet on the mess-
room chairs, throwing cigarette
butts on the inside companion-
ways or sitting on the mess-
room .tables.

The .meeting voted to impose a
$1.00 fine on members who spit
on the decks, 10 cents fine for
the other offenses. Fines are to
be used for Log donations.

The other business consisted of
Gooji and Welfare suggestions.

One of them wasn't, but should
have been:

"If anyone says 'Giddy, giddy,
gout,' we'll toss that bum right
out."



Friday. May 24. 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven

Digested Minutes Of SiU Ship Meetings
VENORE. April 14 —Chair­

man Field; Secretary H. L.
Houghton. Comment on fine
Union spirit members have
shown with regard to donations
to Log. One hour disputed
overtime in Engine Dept. to be
left to Patrolman. Motions
carried: Deck, Engine and
Steward Depts. to line up at
pay table in tht order to ex­
pedite payoff; dept. delegates
to see Ch. Mate about number
of needed wind cutes; dept.
delegates to see Ch. Mcite about
obtaning dutch cleanser and
oxalic acid for cleaning laun­
dry; to consult authorities
about more juices. Steward
claims present rationing in­
adequate; to request metal
bread box to keep night lunch­
es from getting wet and soggy;
cut down slamming of doors,
etc. One minute of silence for
brothers lots at sea.

4, S. t
Name: Siu C. Say;
See, Say SIU!

It's SIU, you say? Sure, but
it's Siu C. Say. And don't sink
sat — pardon. And don't think
that we can't prove it.

It says so in the minutes of
the SS Ward Hunt, that Siu C.
Say sails as Steward. And what
could be more appropriate than
Siu being the Stewards Depart­
ment delegate.

The minutes also tell that the
following motions were carried
at a recent meeting: that all beefs
be turned over to the delegates;
that all tripcard men be allowed
to join the Union; that cash only
be accepted for the transporta­
tion which the crew is asking.

Brother Thomas Kustas was
chairman and Brother John Du-
gina was secretary of the meet­
ing held on May 4.

X t X
BELL RINGER. April 27—

Chairman E. Torres; Secretary
C. B. Martin. Inspection made
of ship's laundry and found it

"filthy." Motions carried: to
fine $5.00. anyone not cleaning
laundry after use; the electric
Iron bo repaired or replaced.
Men are breaking out with
rash, claiming soap they're us­
ing contains lye. Steward says
soap was only kind available.
A seat should be left at sup­
per table for man on watch.
It was ordered that a perco­
lator be obtained.

XXX
WILLIAM HARPER, April 14

—Chairman H. Fruge; Secre­
tary J. Speegle. Members met
in messhall to decide on trip-
carders. Delegates have com­
pleted list of disputed overtime
ready for Patrolman. Crew
wants these terms in new agree­
ments: standing agreement for
all companies; seamen's com­
pensation for time ashore due
to lack of shipping; 40 hour
week for all members; raise of
30 percent in base pay. Mo­
tion carried: Crew to make list
of necessary repairs and turn
over this list to Patrolman and
Ship's Delegate for next crew.
Foc'sles unfit for use because

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of wet paint; sleeping quarters
not provided at start of trip,
therefore crew will turn in for

lodging.
XXX

JOHN GORRIE, April 21—
Chirman J. Redden; Secretary
W. Adamson. One minute of
silence observed for Brothers
lost at sea. Motions carried:
previous meeting's minutes ac­
cepted as read and to be pub­
lished in the Log; to draw up a
letter for publication in the
Log expressing appreciation for
the way Captain of ship has
treated crew. All men to take
up and keep after Isthmian and
cooperate in voting this out­
fit into SIU.

XXX
JOHN GALLUP, April 21—

Chairman H. Terrell: Secretary
W. A. Belcher. Election of of­
ficers. Motions carried: Pre­
vious minutes read and ac­
cepted; that Deck Maintenance
be required to sail at rating
not above OC, otherwise his
card be taken up; crew to eject
any member coming aboard in­
toxicated on payoff day; to col­
lect all books and tripcards in
order to have a list of payments
due ready for the Patrolman;
condition of Engineer Dept's
fo'csle to be reported to Pa­
trolman.

4 4 4
BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, Feb.

22 — Chairman J. J. Cabral;
Secretary A. Gresham. Nomina­
tion of officers. Motion car­
ried: To divide proceeds qf the
fines equally among the Log,
and SIU and SUP men in hos­
pitals. Tals made by Bosun,
Deck Engineer and Ship's
Delegate to non-union men on
past, president and future of
SIU.

XXX
JAMES GUNN, Feb, 24 —

Chairman and Secretary not
note). Resolutions put before
crew by Bosun were voted out.
Announced that Mate had
promised more overtime. Stew­
ard Dept. claim that deck and
engine men were working in
the refrigerator v/as settled.
Wippers advised to keep their
puarters and heads clean. Dis­
satisfaction voiced over condi­
tion of Stewards Depts. shower
and hed and messhall. Fines
show that men are not coop­
erating.

4 4 4
BENJAMIN A. FISHER, Feb.

6—Chairman Bob High; Sec­
retary James Davis. Moiion
carried: To connect laundry
tubs for crew to wash clothes.
Delegates reported conditions
satisfactory within their res­
pective departments. Discus­
sion, on ship's cleanliness, radio
and dish cabinets. One minute
of silence was observed in
memory of the departed broth­
ers.

MEMNON, April 14 — Chair­
man Brookshire; Secretary
Johnston. Minutes of previous
meeting read and accepted.
Overtime to be squared away
before sign-off. Motions car­
ried: Delegates to see Captain
about absence of key to C02
Room—in case of fire it would
be difficult to get to fire ap­
paratus; that list of articles
needed for galley be submit­
ted before next crew sails; that
everyone leave quarters in
clean condition before leaving
ship. Ch. Engineer turned off
power receiver whenever he
felt like it. Delegates spoke
about this to Captain who said
it was his order. All agreed
that Ch. Engineer had improved
towards end of trip. Trip was
satisfactory, with crew militant
and cooperative and a credit to
the SIU.

4 4 4
Kyska Crew Members
Meet Flying Dutchman

A fruitless search for a schoon­
er tossing helplessly in a heavy
sea was revealed by one of the
SS Kyska crew who v^as a mem­
ber of the search party.

Mischa Sygall, Bosun, told the
Log that on a recent trip, two
days out of New York, the Kyska
sighted the schooner signaling
for help.

A five-man searching party
was immediately lowered over
the side in a lifeboat. But by the
time the boat hit the water, the
schooner was out of sight.

For five hours the small boat
prowled the heavy seas in a vain
attempt to sight the stricken
schooner. Finally, the search was
abandoned. The Kyska stayed on
the spot for 12 hours until the
Coast Guard arrived, then re­
sumed her course. Nothing was
heard of the schooner. Brother
Sygall said.

The Kyska tied up in New
York and paid off on March 17.

4 4 4
WILLIAM HARPER, March

3—Chairman T. Goodwin: Sec-
reiary J. Chase. Patrolmen to
be notified of acting Steward's
refusal to attend meeting.
Ship's delegate to contact Cap­
tain to have Wiper soogie alley­
way of Engine Dept. and crew's
quarters. First Asst. Engineer
thinks this work does not be­
long to Engine Dept. Motion
carried: For purpose of fines
failure to keep messhall clean
indues leaving cups, coke bot­
tles, glasses and refuse on
tables. Captain instructed to
include ham in night lunches
about three times a week.

4 4 4
T. B. ROBERTSON, March

24 — Chairman R. Robertson;
Secretary V/illiam Brodbeck.
Discussion by full book mem­
bers on prospective worthiness
to Union of tripcarders. All
were approved. Following
recommendations were made:
To have a clean ship at the
payoff, to call Chief Mate's at­
tention to need of repair in
men's foc'sle, to have ship fu­
migated in port if possible, to
demand bettei;, coffee upon en­
tering port.

SAY YOUR PIECE /
IMj^e PAPER/'

3--1

CUT AND RUN

S.\

By HANK

Andy Bierilo, Don Miller, Rod Johnson and a few more, are
getting ready to ship out as soon as the jobs come up on the board
. . . John Petillo is in town right now. We heard he's been doing
some good work organizing!

X \ % X

Could Weston Hayes, who sails as Reefer Engineer, be
down in Georgia now, looking for a farm to buy for himself? .. .
Oiler Raymond Durkopp and Oiler Bill Todd should be seeing
the SS Tulsa in one or two months, after her Persian Gulf run.

We sure would like to see our shipmate, Blackie Cecil Nel­
son again, if he ever comes up this way. He's certainly a swell
shipmate . . . We haven't seen Steward Casper Schweikhart in
New York for some time. He must have shipped out of Norfolk
again.

4 4 4 4
The Brothers who know Edward Hansen were sure glad to see

him here in New York last week. Brother Hansen has been sailing
the seas for 30 years, you see. Well, 30 tough years of beefs, ships,
good shipmates and. good times is really something to proudly smile
about . , , Frenchy Huf, who came up from the Gulf on a tanker, is
waiting to go down there again . . . John S. Lukas. Book 49741,
has certainly been sitting out his beef for some time in the hall. For
two and a half months he's been waiting for a ship to Greece, prob­
ably to see his relatives. Furthermore, John and his shipmate, ai-e
willing to hit another port on this coast if there's a ship there now
or due soon. We hope somebody helps these men somehow.

4 4 4 4
Tommy King, who has been on the West Coast for two years,

and Claude V. Morgan, Chief Cook, are in town after being on the
Robin Sherwood . . .Joe Faulkner, that Gulf Steward, has shipped
out for happy reasons . . . "Casablanca" Johnny and George Lang are
in, planning a trip together again. Where's it going to be this time,
fellas? . . . Another oldtimer of a West Coaster, Frank Nering, is in
town right now.

4 4 4 4
Baker Archie King, who is famous for his excellent pastry,

grabbed a Victory last week, going to South America. As the
Brazilians would say it—"O marinheiro Americano esta a bom
padeiro!" No fooling, either—that's just what they would say
. . . Looks like Ray Sparrow, and that overcoat on his arm,
shipped out. We haven't seen him in more than a week and a
half.

4 4 4 4
"Roughhead" Jonesy, from the Gulf, is with us again. Thei'e's

lots of Gulfers and West Coasters in town, Jonesy. Have you seen
any of them yet? . . . Hope this paper goes to" the Azores. Th/e
ship on which Mickey Moran was on left without him after Mickey
was drydocked in a hospital there. He had his arm or leg broken
from an accident you see. Swift recovery, Mickey, and smooth
sailing to the Slates, too.

4 4 4 4
Another one of our oldtimers, Jimmy Reynolds, who got mar­

ried last year, is "tugging" over the idea about grabbing another
tugboat. Well, heave that monkey fist, Jimmy, and give them
your line . . . We were glad to see Oiler Raymond Duhrkopp, one
of our militant shipmates from that Tulsa trip to the Persian Gulf in
'45. Ray told us his last trip was a good one except for one wild
performer "who was showed the true score and the right road to
take, indeed!



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Page Twelve THE SEAFARERS hOG Friday, May 24. 1946

BRADY BALL CLUB
WAS WHEELED! OUT
FOR ITALIAN GAME
Dear Editor:

Just a few lines to let you
know that the good ship John G.
Brady (Soouth Atlantic SS Co.)
is still moving and that her whole
crew is still right on the ball.
Since my last communication was
right before we hit our first port,
Genoa, Italy, I'll bring you up
to date.

We came out of Philadelphia
loaded with coal bound for Italy
and after a pretty hard crossing
we hit Gonoa. We discharged
part of the coal there, where I
might add we had one good time.
We spent two days there and left
on the morning tide for a little
town down the coast to discharge
the remainder of the cargo. The
twon is called Piombino. There
is not very much there (popula­
tion 75 percent male, 25 percent
female.) We spent three days
there just wandering around
when the Deck Engineer, Broth­
er Roy Garner, got hurt and the
Old Man sent word through the
agent for medical assistance.
There is an Army outfit about
ten miles outside of town, who
answered the call with an ambu­
lance. They look Brother Gar­
ner to the hospital in Leghorn,
and had to put his leg in a cast.
He'll be laid up till June with it.
We went over to see him and

J*" took some smokes and money,
its tough, but what can you do.

The ambulance driver was a
soldier, and he ate chow with us

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I'll U If lie -fhe

t1ey'chd.y\i

. 3. Sof-i Lif eOjt'sii,

on the ship. It seems they have
a small bomb depot out there for
the disposal of explosives and to
kill time they have organized a
ball team which they thought
pretty good. Well, that's all we
had to hear. We went into a fast
huddle and came out with our
own idea of a hot team. The
soldier loaded us into the ambu­
lance (pretty tight fit) and off
we went.

It was April 22, the day after
Easter, and the Chaplain was
holding services. We postponed
the game till the next night and
adjourned to their club. They
broke out some cokes and Amer­
ican beer so we finished off the
night in high fashion.

Ah, but Tuesday night after
supper was when we really shone.
We went back to the camp 20
strong all set to uphold the high
standards of the Union, ship, and
all we hold dear. But alas, it
was not enough. We list by a
couple of runes, 25 to be exact;
they wouldn't even let us score.

We left Piombino the next day
with the well wishes of the 686th.
Bomb Depot with us. We went
up to Leghorn to load Army car­
go for Bari, and then home we
hope.

You know most of theiie GIs

J.J. Plum -J- -r-,
rlavd. hine5

over here are pretty good fel­
lows; they will always give you
an even break if you get fouled
up, (which some of the Brothers
do no matter how good they try
to be).

The boys were uptown the
other night and hopped a ride
back with Corp. Ed Tholen who
not only brought them back to
the ship but offered to take them
to Florence with him on Sunday.
After a dusty ride we arrived
and started sight-seeing (places
of interest to a sailor ashore of
course) and all hands had a good
time. An enclosed picture will
boar me out. I hope Brother
Michelet reads this and realizes
what a what a good trip he miss­
ed. All kidding aside, Frenchy:
we wish you were here and the
best of regard in what ever you
are doing now.

You know Brothers, Frenchy
is quite a writer; in fact he is
publishing a book to be on the
market around August. It's
called "Port Of Call." I am
sure from my own personal
knowledge of Frenchy and from
his article in the Log, that he has
a future in the writing field, so
you'll not be disappointed in his
book.

Best of luck to all the Broth­
ers down Philadelphia way, best
regards from Big Frankie Pol-
lando and Danny. The best to
all and we hope to see you soon.

Yours truly
Ray Roberts,

Dk. Delegate

ete I

BROTHER FORCED
TO SIGN SLIP BY
USS BUREAUCRATS
Dear Editor:

The USS forced a squeeze play
and I signed a damned slip re­
questing them to remain open.

If they are sending my name
to the hall as reference in their
request for $$$, tell them to go
to hell, and make mention of this
note.

Paul John Wilkinson

WELL, BROTHERS:
WHY DON'T YOU
WRITE THE LOG

This is it. Right here is where
you can blow off steam or do
a little gum-beating. Every
week 62,000 Seafarers and
others turn to this page to read
what you are doing, thinking
and saying.

Maybe you've an idea for
Union action, or a tip that will
save your Brothers trouble.
Surely, you and your ship-

mates,, while plowing around
various ports o* call, have run
into things interesting or laugh-
getting. Seafarers and ships—
where they go, what they do,
their laughs and their beefs—
are news. Write 'em up.

MORCTGTJO THANKS
SIX BROTHERS WHO
SENT CONDOLENCES
Dear Editor:

I would like to thank Brother
Mariano Gonzalesz Enrique Cor-
tez, Julio Pelo de Cana, Rafael
Santiago, Chips Peter Guizdich,
Bosun Herman thristensen and
AB Lee Abies.

I read in their letter to the Log
that they sent their regrets about
my hospitalization here in San
Juan Puerto Rico.

I would like to give them my
regards through the Log.

Francisco Morciglio, Jr.

MEMBERS LIKE
THE OFFICERS
ON MOORE PARK
Dear Editor:

We have just completed a five-

month trip on the MV Moore

Peak. To the Brothers who have

sailed under Captain Richards
and Chief Engineer Ourssler, we

needn't mention that we had a

pleasant trip. These two gentle­
men were always ready to help
an yof the boys on any matter.
Fresh food was ordered more
than frequently. Money was al­
ways right on hand.

Their many kindnesses were
too nfnuerous to mention. While
we are about it, we would like
to mention that we hold Brother
Pete Perroti, Steward, in high'
regard.

Flowers were not considered
unusual on the ables on this trip,
and the candy we had on Easter
Sunday made this trip a little
pleasanter. Yes, Brothers, never
pass up the opportunity to sail
with these men.

The Crew

Make letbmian StU!

FHILLY BRANCH
BEATS 'EM ALL,
BROTHER AVERS
Dear Editor:

I have been reading in the Log
for the past few months how
each branch has been bragging
about how they have the best
halls on the coast. But let me
tell them something: I have
been in quite a few halls on the
Llast Coast and Gulf, and I have
yet to see one that comes up to
the Philly Hall since they added
the new recreation room.

I believe the Philly, officials
deserve the highest praise. and
thanks for the swell job they
have done.

A Philly Brother (wha has not
been shipping out from there,
but who will make sure I do from
now on.)

Log -A' Rhythms
The Gunn Psalm

By The Crew

CREDIT UNION
OPERATION BY
SIU EXPLAINED
Dear Editor:

The Credit Union angle was
not properly explained in the last
issue of the Log, as pictured by
the SS Hall crew. If its benefits
were brought to light I believe
they would agree that a Credit
Union would be a welcome addi­
tion to the Atlantic & Gulf Dis­
trict.

The Union does not operate the
credit union, it is a corporation
owned, operated and controlled
by individual members of a vol­
untary basis.

The primary purpose of a cred­
it union is to encourage members
to save their earnings, create
their own strike fund and to put
their money where it will help
Brother members instead of some
uptown banker. Many members
will borrow from the savings of
others but at the end of the year
when the profits are divided the
men that saved get th^ dividends.

An elected credit comm.ittee
goes over each applicant for a
loan and, as they also are share­
holders, proper security will be
assured. The Pacific Seafarers
Credit Union on the West Coast
is nearly three years old and nev­
er has it been proposed that there
was any backdoor shipping to as­
sure the paying of a loan. The
credit union and the labor union
are two separate organizations as
are the affairs of each.

A credit union is founded to
serve the interests of the mem­
bers of a certain union and can­
not exist unless actively support­
ed by its members. The credit '
union is on the level because it
is the cooperative action of the
members and not open to any
outsiders.

One more point and a fui:ther
safeguard is the fact that all cred­
it unions are under State and
Federal laws the same as the up­
town banks and a strict account­
ing of funds must be shown on |
request. Arfhur/Burko ?

The Firsl Assisianf is my shep­
herd;

I shall always want.
He leadeth me beside the old

engine:
He reslorelh my urge to jump

overboard.
He anointeth my head with red

lead ®
Till my temper boileth over.

His rod and his staff discomfort
me.

Yea, though I walk through the
alley of the shaft

I shall oil no bearing.
For I have no oil with me.

Surely his wrath and his curses
Shall follow me

All the days of the trip
For he is the power

And the wind and the noise for­
ever.

(This is from the crew of the
J. Gunn. The First is NG.)



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Friday, May 24. 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen

C0M4*ANY PUTS
MEN IN PORT ON
DAILY PAY BASIS
Dear Editor:

The crew members of the SS
Lindenwood Victory would like
to call to your attention a beef
which not only affects a number
of us, but also some of the mem­
bers of the crews of other ves­
sels.

A number of us who joined the
ship during the month of Febru­
ary were deprived by the com­
pany of a full month's pay, and
received instead only 28 days
pay for this ,.month. The com­
pany claims that the ship was on
port payroll for this period, and
that, Iheiefore, the pay was to
be computed on a daily basis.
Thus, for instance, a crew mem­
ber who joined the ship on Feb­
ruary 21, and who was on board

for the signing of articles as of
March 21, received eight days'
pay for February and 20 days for
March, a total of twenty-eight
days' pay, although he had been
on the ship for a full month.

But in contradiction to this
claim of the coinpaiiy's is the
fact that the crew received its
pay on the 15th and last days of
the month, and that those who
wex'e on the ship previous to
February 1, did receive a full
month's pay for that month.
Thus, through a "convenience,"
or rather a trick of company
bookkeeping a number of men
were deprived of two days' pay.

A careful reading of the con­
tract reveals that only two meth-
. :s of payment are agreed upon
" >' the company and the Union.
One, that of standby pay at. nine­
ty cents for the base hour, and
the other a flat sum per month,
such as $155.00 per month for
oilers. No provision is made any­
where in the agreement for com­
puting the pay of those who re­
main on the ship a full month or
more, on a daily basis.

We would like to point out that
due to the number of 31 day
months in the year, we already
lose five days pay per year on
the monthly basis. Were we also
to be deprived of the last two
day.o of Februai-y, this would in­
crease our loss, in the favor of
the company, to seven days pay
per year.

While the vessel was in the
port of New York at the time, we
called this matter to the atten­
tion of Brother Algina, who stat­
ed that he would investigate it.
A few days later Patrolman Hart,
who visited the ship, told us that
the matter had been taken to the
Commissioner, and that he had
ruled in the favor of the com­
pany. Brother Hart also inform­
ed us that if we wished to take
further action in this matter we
could call it to the attention of
the New York meeting and that
the beef would still be collect­
able. As this ship is paying off
in Newport News and it seems
that none of us may return to
New York at this time, we ask
you to give this letter the same
consideration that we are certain

you would give to xis, if we were
present in person.

It seems to us that calling a
matter of this sort to the atten­
tion of the Commissioner was an
error on the part of the Patrol­
man who did so. A beef of this
type, concerning the computation
of wages and the interpretation
of the wage clauses of the con­
tract, is strictly a matter for the
negotiation of the Union and the
company and should not be left
to the arbitrary ruling of a com­
pany stooge in gold braid who
calls himself a Commissioner. We
therefore urge that the brothers
recommend to the port commit­
tee that they once again take up
this beef, and this time, put the
pressure directly on the com­
pany.

We are attaching to this letter
a list of the members of the crew
who have the two days' pay com­
ing. And once again, Brothers,
thanks for the attention you give
to this beef.

The crew of the
SS Lindenwood Victory

Approved by the crew meet­
ing of April 24, 1946.

BEACHED BROTHER
WANTS TO KEEP UP
WITH SIU DOINGS
Dear Editor:

Enclosed is my card for the
Log, which I would like to re­
ceive every Week. You will no
doubt notice the absence of my
book number. This is due to the
fact that I lost all my papers,
including my Union book, and as
yet have been unable to recover
the originals or obtain duplicates
and I do not remember my book
number. However, I am a mem­
ber and shipped mostly from Sa­
vannah, Charleston, Norfolk and
New York.

I am unable to go to sea at the
present time, even if I had my
papers by I am very much in­
terested in keeping up with Un­
ion and shipping news and hope
to be back at sea soon.

I tliink this idea of mailing the
Log to all members who want it
is a wonderful idea and will be
very popuiar. It will enable

PERRY CREW BACK AT LAST

vJriAt ysa
OOiN' ?

XW
BEAOW

TH£ .
Los/

many fellows who are unable to
attend meetings or to ship out to'
keep up with all Union activities
and shipping news—at least un­
til they are able to ship again.

I for one knftw it is doing me
a big service and keeping me
from losing out altogether.

With many thanks for the Log
and for hopes of an even bigger
and better Union in the future.

Lester T. Thorpe

BROTHERS THANK
GORRIE CREW FOR
SICK DONATION
Dear Editor:

We, the undersigned, wish to
use this medium to thank the
crew members of the SS John
Gorrie, for their donation of $9.12
to us in the Savannah Marine
Hospital.

Archie L. Sosibee, Wm. High-
town, Charles E. Cronin.

Back from a trip that lasted from May 2, 1945 to Mcirch 30 is
the crew of the Arthur L. Perry. Here is the Deck Gang of the
ship, shot just before she paid off at Frisco. They signed on at
at New York, made the Philippines. Guam and Tinian before
she finally headed back to the States. No identification of the
men came with the picture. Sorry.

CLIP JOINTS
FLOURISH IN
ITALY, AFRICA
Dear Editor:

I read in the Log some time
ago the article about the clip
outfits that are victimizing sea­
men on the West- Coast with
photographic deals where the •
pictures weren't delivered and
transportation by auto across
country, where the seamen were
dumped off a short way out, after
they had paid out their money. •

I would like to add something
to this and tell you about my -f
experience at Savona, Italy, so
more seamen won't be clipped
by the guy "cable company" op- •
erators there.

This was last January, when I
was aboard the Luckenbach
Lines' Howard T. Ricketts, an
SUP ship. We'd no sooner got­
ten in port than a bunch of guys
came aboard with briefcases full
of cable blanks. I guess they'd
greased some palms to get aboard :
right away, because they were
swarming all over the ship as
soon as we tied up.

They said the rates were about
$7.00 for ten words, and since I'd '
been away from home for a while,'
I sent off six or seven short'
cables. There was plenty of
money aboard, and several other
guys went in for several cables.
I guess they must have taken
better than 200 bucks off that
ship.

They had some official Italian
title for the cable company, and
they had regular cable blanks, so
I didn't suspect anything until I
got back to the States, and check­
ed with my family and the
jTicnds I sent cables to. None of
them had received any. I check-

This space is devoted each week to the Seafarers' problems.
If you have what you consider a legitimate beef against the
Union, the company or any combination of circumstances, let
us hear about it. We'll try to get the lowdown, and answer it
here. Beefs must bear members' names and book numbers.

BOSUN RAISES SOME QUESTIONS
ABOUT DECK DUTIES, OVERTIME

Here are a few questions I would like to get straightened
out. I'm Bosun on the James Wynne with a crew of three OSes,
five acting ABs and two men we picked up at Rio.-

J—I maintain that the Deck Delegate is supposed to let me
know how much overtime each man has so I can even up

the overtime as much as possible, giving the man with the
smallest amount of overtime the most extra work until it is
more or less evened up.

Answer: You're perfectly right. Brother. You're supposed
to keep the overtime as even as possible. And the more even
it is, the less trouble you'll have all around in the long run, less
kicks from the men, and less trouble for them from the com­
pany, which will be better able to see the need for the over­
time if it is spread out fairly evenly,
2—The men claim that only an OS can stand gangway watch.

I say that the Mate can, at his discretion, put either an AB
or an OS on the gangway watch.

Answer: No, Brother, and for a good reason; The ABs
should be kept in reserve for going aloft and over the side, and
the gangway watch should be stood only by the Ordinaries, so
you'll have the ABs available.
0—I say that the Bosun is here to supervise the work and does

not necessarily have to do the work himself. The men claim
if I actually do the work, carry stores, etc., I am not supposed
to put down for overtime.

Answer: You're partly right and partially wrong on this
one. The Bosun, as a member of the unlicensed personnel, should
give a hand on the work when necessary. This is sometimes
the case when you're loading or unloading and are shorthanded.

In such a case you are entitled to overtime; but only if
you actually do the work—not for supervising.

ed with some of the others who
were on the ship, and their folks
hadn't received any cables, either.

There's another racket being
pulled on the seamen who come
into Oran, Algeria. Guys come
aboard with pretty bottles of per­
fume, which they say is real ex­
pensive good stuff. They charge
$10.00 for a little two-ounce bot­
tle of it, which would be cheap
enough if it were the real stuff.
But all it is in alcohol and water,
with a little scent that last long
enough for the guys to seU it
and get clear of the ship.

It seems to me that seamen
should investigate anything that
has any possibility of not being
strictly on the up and up before
they pay for it.

Louis L. Brown

Editor's Note: Thanks for
passing along this information,
Brother Brown. If any of you
other Seafarers have had such
experience with foreign or do­
mestic clip joints, let us know,
so we can warn the membership.

"-.I



Page Fourteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. May 24. 1946

sist on S man taking a job as
Bosun showing three years on
deck, in order to qualify.

Today, we are only too happy
to get anyone with or without
a good .A.B ticket to take the job
One way of increasing the total
earnings of the Serang would be
to have him paid overtime, at
anytime when two or more men
are working overtime along with
the watch on deck.

EVEN MESSMEN

Another items that has aroused
my curiosity in the past has been
the fact that a messman often
pays off with more money than
a Bosun, and has not one respon-

Bosuns Underpaid;
Four Of 'Em Scream
Dear Editor:

In looking further afield for more material to substan­
tiate the claim that a Bosun should be better compensated
than at present, I have run across several pertinent facts:
One is that we have in the past been too inconsistent in our
negotiations. When I say we, I mean our entire organiza­
tion: SIU and SUP.

Wliat is needed is a strong
permanent committee of men
who know the score and who
can meet with the dollar-hungry
ship owner and operator, on their
own ground and bring home the
bacon, in the form of superior
agreements and conditions.

Under the present system, pro­
posed at the Agents Conference,
of having three responsible men
to be permanent members of this
Committee, I personally think
that we have taken a forward
step in the right direction. All
we have to do, is to let these
men know what we want; what
conditions can be bettered by
new contracts; what should be
added or eliminated as the case
may be.

UNFAIR WAGE
In writing this article, I am

proposing that the membership
do something about the unfair
wage paid to a crew member,
who should be getting much
more money than he receives:
The Bosun.

Comparing several agreements
(Standard of California, and De-
conhill, and Tidewater-Associa­
ted) I find that one agreement,
the Standard of California, places
the Bosun on the same wage
plane with the Pumpman, paying
each $183.00 per month. In the
other two. Tidewater-Associated,
and Deconhill, he is paid $15.00
less than the Pumpman who re­
ceives his $183.50, while the
serang gets $167.50.

That seems to me a very unfair
discrimination, for as. I see it, the
Pumpman on a .Standard scow
does the same work as a Pump­
man on one of the other tubs.
The Company and Union must
have agreed to see eye to eye
on this score, but I can't imagine
a Bosun on a Standard wagon,
doing more work than a Bosun
on one of the other contracted
tankers. To me, this condition

SOUVENIRS OF TRIP TO ICELAND

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looks ripe for a change.

IT'S DANGEROUS

In the Deck Department itself,
there is a dangerous system of
pay differentials. The ABs get
only $12.50 less than the man
who has ilie whole responsibility
for the smooth operation of the
entire Deck Department. The
man who has to please both crew
and , the temple of knowledge,
topside. In most c.'ues, the ABs
know that in all probability,
when the payoff comes they will
have as much, if not more money
than the Bosun, for practically
all of the overtime worked by
the Deck Department is worked
while the Bosun and daymen are
on regular working hours.

Working under such a mental
hazard, it is no wonder that
Bosuns wh6 are Bosuns are hard
to find when the jobs are on the
board. They don't want the joDs
at the present rate of pay when
they can make more money and
sidestep the headaches, and re­
sponsibility. If we were to have
the Bosun receiving a substan­
tially larger payscale than the
ABs, many a man who is better
qualified to be serang, would
•ake the job. Then, we cd^ild in-

sibility, other than doing what he
is told.

In regard to the difference be­
tween a Junior Engineer's wages
and a Bosun's wages, something
is screwy. There must be some
mistaken values placed on a Jun­
ior Engineer, and his responsi­
bility. A Bosun is in direct
charge of invaluable gear and
equipment, while, as I have seen
every time that I went down
below, the main occupation of a
Junior Engineer is leaning against
the Log Desk to keep it from
falling to the floorplates.

For such important work as
this, and that of handing tools to
the Engineer when port watches
are on, he is paid at the rate of
$182.50. If this is justice, why
in hell isn't the Bosun looked

When Seafarer Edmund Erik-
sen. OS aboard Ihe Buntline
Hifch, visited his home town of
Reykjavik, Iceland, on the SIU
ship^s last trip he brought back
some evidence: Top, a shot of
the great hot geyser about 200
kilometers from the capital city,
and, below, a picture of the
statue of Lief Erickson, discov­
erer of Iceland and the North
American continent, which was
presented to Iceland by the U.
S. on the one thousandth anni­
versary of the Althing, the Ice­
landic parliament.

out for. Surely be must be worth
at least as much as a Junior.

Brothers, it won't be long be­
fore wc will be on the negotiat­
ing table, with the operators to
iron out our differences, and our
negotiating committee will need
something concrete to work on.
If you have anything to say on
this deal, how about spilling it.
Our officials aren't Houdini's nor
mindreadors. They can't know
what you are thinking unless you
yourself spill it out. Our best
means of getting our beefs off
our minds, is to bring it out in the
Log. That is what our paper
is for, so use it. BLOW YOUR
TOP!!

In closing, I want to get over
point about the importance of a
Bosun job. It can't be over-
stressed that the Bosun has the
lives of the men working for him
in his hands. He makes safe
working conditions or poor work­
ing conditions. If he is qualified,
you never see the Mate on deck.

This condition is somewhat
similar to a hypothetical one
where a large manufacturing con­
cern is paying their operators.

we'll say, $1.00 per hour. They
pay their foreman only $1.05.
Can you imagine a large concern,
such as my imaginary one pay­
ing such a small differential.

The men themselves must have
someone to lead them, someone
whom they know is the boss and
is getting compensated for his
knowledge. The same condition
applies to the sea-going institu­
tions: the ships, where the Bosun
is talking the place of the fore­
man, the deck hands the place of
the operators. There is no incen­
tive for a Bosun to protect the
interests of the money-hungry,
dollar-conscious operator. If on
the other hand he was being
amply paid, he would have more
reason to see that the work was
properly done.

Jim Walsh, "Windy," Don Hall,
W. R. Brightwell, Charles Hay-
mond. (The Four Bosun's of the
Houston Hall.)

Tampa Peggy Proves A Militant Member
Of The SIU Aboard The Powellton Seam
Dear Editor:

We, the crew members of the
SS Powellton Seam feel as though
this might make an interesting
picture for a forthcoming issue
of the Log.

Enclosed with the minutes of
our last meeting, you will find a
group picture of the crew and
the ship's mascot. It is about
the mascot that we want you to
notice.

She is a little Irish setter. Join­
ing our ship in Tampa, Fal. two
trips ago, she has proven herself
a good seaman and a future can-
dMate for the official ship's mas­
cot.

You can't tell her anything
about belonging to SIU. Union­
ism is right up her alley. When
coffee time rolls around, she is
one of the first to hit the mess-

I room. At the present time, we
^ think she is being classified as
an extra standby as she has the
freedom of the ship, and on a

'couple of occasions has been

The picture is supposed to show Tampa Peggy, but your pic­
ture editor either needs specs, or the Powellton boys have a dog
that is kin to Frank Fay's invisible rabbit, Harvey. Visible are
John Drury, Chief Cook; Charlie Varn, Oiler; Bosun George
Lally; Steward A. C. Simpson and Bosun Charles Cramp.

found asleep in the wheelhouse.
As yet she has not been logged
. . . this may be due to the good
nature of our cooperative Master,
Captain Malcolm Fleming.

SIU can well be proud of this
ship at this time. .It is just about

100 percent for the Seafarers, as
it should be.

V/e will keep you posted on the
events aboard this ship.

Fraternally yours.
The Crew Members

P. S. We call her Tampa Peggy.

BUTTON GWINNETT
DELEGATE SCORES
CIGARET RATIONS
Dear Editor:

We of the Button Gwinnett
crew are asking the Union if
something can be done about ra­
tioning of cigarettes aboard our
ships. We sailed from Houston
with a plentiful supply on board
and were rationed to one carton

per week per man. Many of the
crew smoke more than this ra­

tion each week.

We requested more and were

given two cartons on March 30
and April 8. The rationing con­
tinued until we were about a
week out of home port, then
each man could have five cartons.
A lot of good this did, just as
we were arriving h. the U. S.
where cigarettes are now plen­
tiful.

Upon leaving Italy, several of
the crew had taken notice of the
amount of cigarettes in the slop
chest and inquired where they
all went to. We found that four
or five cases were gone. It is
well known aboard this ship that
the Captain sold these cigarettes
in Italy for his own gain.

The crew is requesting an in­
vestigation. We believe the Pur­
ser is innocent of this and we
do not feel he should be hung
for being misguided, as it is his
first trip.

He has been muzzled. We had
asked for a price list to be posted
and never received any. This is
not intended to condemn the
Purser, as he has been misled.

Captain Foster has gone out of
his way many times and in many
ways in activities against our
Union's rules and agreements. He
has continually condemned the
Union and its activities aboard
ship. He continually gives the
Delegates hell about our "God­
damned meetings," as he puts it.

I asked the men aboard ship
how often they wanted to hold
meetings. They said at least every
week, on Sunday. These meet­
ings would be to acquaint the
men with the Union's activities
and the rights given us. I told
them we would hold one every
Sunday, and no man could stop
me.

We have a crew aboard this
ship that is a credit to our Union
and never once during the trip
has there been an argument. This
crew painted this ship from top
to water edge and she is arriving
in port loke a new vessel, even
though it has been a short trip.

The Captain is still grumbling
and complaining, as he has since
the beginning of the trip. He
does this day in and day out,
since he cannot be reasoned with
on any matter. It is also interest­
ing to note the following:

We are carrying some priests
from Italy as passengers. These
priests have been swell to the
crew in every way. They even
said masses and services on holy
Jays for those that cared for
them. In return for this the Cap­
tain has been selling them cigar­
ettes for $1.50 a carton when
even the crew was willing to give
them to the priests.

The crew requests that these
things be printed in the Log.

Bill Thompon, Ship's Delegate
(The letter is also signed by 27

crew members.)

Make Isthmian SIU!



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Batemen, William M 5.94
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Bates, William 1 2.14
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Battle, Martin J 2.85
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Bauer, Holmuth E 5.75
Bauer, Walter E 2.47
Baval, Bernard 4.11
Baxter, Richard D 5.60
Baxter, Robert 17.56
Baxter, Thomas 10
Bayer, Edward S. Jr., 25.52
Baylor, Robert 7.11
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Beach, Virgil L 94
Beall, Thomas S 4.26
Bean, K. G 2.25
Beard, E. L 5.25
Beard, John E 8.26
Bearwood, J 1-20
Bea.slcy, G. C 42.00
Beatus, Salo 11.88
Beaumier, Louis C 1-98
Beaumont, Robert 2.23
Bebuk, Chas 4.73
Bebuk, Jeannes 1-98
Becker, E. H 2.09
Becker, Theodore 14.48
Beckley, Richard -42
Bedeford, James W ,.. 2.75
Bedin, T 4.50
Beecroft, Charles 04
Beeler, Howard 5.75
Beem, H. J 5.94
Beeson, W. E 18.00
Begn, -.J. . 9.8(1
Behmlander, Lawrence A. 7.57
Behrnes, R. C 14.00

—Unclaimed Wages—
Mississippi Shipping Company, Inc.

This list comprises unclaimed wages as of December 31, 1945, some of
which may have already been paid. If you still have a claim, write to Mis­
sissippi Shipping Company, 339 Chartres St., New Orleans, La., enclosing
your z-number, social security number, date and place of birth and present
address.

Beicht, J 6.75
Belkofsky, Ed 6.50
Bell, C. F 9.00
Bell, Edward J 1.78
Bell, Edward L 99
Bell, Ernest 35.53
Bell, E. 0 8.29
Bell, Garland O'Bryan .... 1.98
Bell, John H !.... 6.54
Bell, Roland R 9.16
Bell, William C 74
Bell, William R J.... 4.51

Royal A 18.55
1.63
7.69

16.45

Belkinger,
Belmarci, Norman
Belmonte, Wm. L.
Belsom, Sidney M.
Bemis, Clyde M 89
Bemis, Kenneth E 89
Bemowski, Ernest R 1.79
Benajxen, J. C 1-58
Bencze, Alexander 4.50
Bender, Edward Henry .. 7.57
Bendixon, John C 1.48
Bendixon, J. P 63
Benefield, Timothy S 3.46
Berger, W. A. 14.00
Bergold, George 9.50
Bennett, Arthur R 11.02
Bennett, Daniel C 11.71
Bennett, Earl A 3.95
Bennett, Harry C 71
Bennett, J 10
Bennett, Joseph H 7.00
Bennett, Roger G 60
Bennett, Wm 26
Bennett, Wm 44.70
Benoit, Roger S 76
Bensching, Robert, K, 11.26
Bensley, E, J. 3,57

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Benson, Lloyd Francis .... 6.87
Bensussan, Isidore 99
Benvenuto, Nicholas 1.72
Berd, Wm. E 10.89
Beren, Paul J 79
Berger, Frank H 98.75
Berger, Henry Walter 2.06
Berger, Morton J 3.76
Bergeron, Druby J 99
Bcrgmann, Hank K 2.23
Bertstadt, Raymond 9.50
Bernard, Virgil 8-55
Bcrnay, Harry , 3.89
Bernier, R 2.25
Bernstein, Robt 89
Berrty, Antonio 47.47
Berry, Geoi'ge W 2.13
Berry, James A 1-37
Berry, Nolan 3.10
Bert, Adel • 2.30
Berthold, George E 4.97
Best, George 3.76
Bette, Theo F 3.50
Bettis, Robert T 8.17
Revens, T. L
Bevil, George S
Benneward, John M.
Bey, Arthur A
Beyer, Chester C.

7.50
.89

7.56
.28

9.06
Bianchi, Constantino 1.37
Bias, B 75
Biedma, Peter B 27.99
Biggers, Earl G 2.97
Bigham, G. F 08
Bilac, Louis L 31.03
Billockj Norman 2.25
Bilous, Wm 4.50
Bingham, James L, 9.24
Bird, Wm. D 57.19
Birrer, Robert 45
Birt, Albert H 21.25
Bischoff, Guenther P • .89
Bishop, Archibald C 27.20
Bishop, Ernest A. Jr., 45
Bishop, Roy 10
Bishop, Walter E 19.48
Bishop, Wilfred T 9.50
Bittner, Robert J 44.39
Bitts, D. R 16.94
Betts, Mack ; .35
Bizal, Joseph 2.13
Bjurstrom, M. L 2.25
Black, James 2.88
Black, L. H 01-
Blackburn, G 5.00
Blackman, Richard S 7.87
Blager, Francis J 1.60
Blair, Ralph M 69
Blake, C. J 6.75
Blake Chirstopher J 4.52
Blake, W. R 5.25
Blalock, Pat. D 5.79
Blanchard, Lloyd L ' .71
Blocker, William ! 33
Blessing, Wm. R 3.55
Blevins, Maurice F 14.79
Blevins, Richard R 4.91
Blichert, Fred > 2.99
Blodgett, Donald C 9.45
Bliss, Linn 2.23
Blocher,, Leo L 3.12
Blodgett, Jessie Raymond 5.07
Bloeman, Gomer 1.34
Bloh, John H 1.98
Blowquist, K. E 5.46
Blue, Calvin B. Jr., 20.88
Blum, Murray 19.63

Blum, M. M 5.56
Bluvas, Edward B 5.00
Boatwright, A. J . 2.25
Bodekin, F 3'.67
Bodine, Virgil W 1.58;
Boehm, John J 5.94
Bophm, John P 9.70
Bogdonoff, Michael G. ... . 6.49
Boggs, Norman 16.13
Rng.stie, Mere V 2.23
Bohren, Fred W 3.56
Bohun, Teo 1.34
Boissoneault, Joseph R. ... . 8.05
Bolam, Stanley 113.81
Bold, N. S 3.52
Boler, Jesse E 34.00
Bolticoff, Basil 150.00
Bolton, Thomas J 7.52
Bomira, V 2.92
Bone, Vincenae 2.47
Bonecutter, J. D 3.51

NOTICE!
When in New

Union book to
York bring your
the Hall, sixth

Money Due
SS JOHN B. LENNON

John N. Connolly has check for
$33.05 from Smith & Johnson
held for him at Norfolk branch.

NOTICE!
FREDERICK SCHMALENBERG

(Book No. 43345)
Get in touoh with New Orleans

Branch. There are charges pend­
ing against you.

George Fiance 24653
Alex Stevenson 23771
Oswald Christiansen 21896
William A. Greiger 23567
Wiliam A. Hunt 24444
Alonzo Parker 1172
Henry Watson 6166
Edwin A. Westphal 46203
Johannesk Grimsland 21493
J. Kncjwle.s G65
JoTin Blanchard G90
J. W. Malcolm 202
Wesley A. Morse 1252
Robert E. Gordon 159
William J. Graley 7442
W. P. Murphy 23913
Raymond Ferreira G117
V. D. Mahan 25089
James Edward King 24796
Joseph 8. Kornek 1825
Benj. J. Lawson 894
Jose Palayo 3625
Marion Sharpe 6428
Stanley Mielinsky 24218
Roger L. Williams .«. 7285
George N. Clark 4916
Lee Don Brannen 22268
Aubrey A. Rankin 22852
Perry E. Payne 22636
Charles M. Gaven 23987
W. S. Sims 47817 or 45165
Louie Pugh 265
J. C. Thompson 24560

SlU HALLS
NEW YORK 51 Beaver St.

HAnover 2-2784-
BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ave.

Liberty 4057
BALTIMORE 1-1 N^rth Gay St.

Calvert 4539
PHILADELPHIA 9 South 7th St.

Phone Lombard 7651
NORFOLK 127-129 Bank Street

4-1083
CHARLESTON 68 Society St.

Phone 3-3680
NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St.

Canal 3336
SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St.

3-1728
MOBILE 7 St. Michael St.

2-1754
SAN JUAN, P. R 45 Ponce de Leon

San Juan 2-5996
GALVESTON 305'/, 22nd St.

2-8448

TAMPA 1809-1811 Fraiikliii St.
M-1323

JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St.
Phone .5-5919

PORT ARTHUR 445 Austin Ave.^
Phone: 28533

HOUSTON 7137 Navigation Blvd.
Phone Wentworth 3-3809

RICHMOND, Calif 257 5lh St.
SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St.

Garfield 8225
SEATTLE 86 Seneca St.

Main 0290
PORTLAND Ill W. Bumside St.
WJLMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd.

Terminal 4-3131

HONOLULU 16 Merchant St.
BUFFALO 10 Exchange St.

Cleveland 7391
CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave.

Superior 5175
CLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Clair St.

Main 0147
DETROIT 1038 Third St.

Cadillac 6857
DULUTH ..... 531 W. Michigan St.

Melrose 4110
VICTORIA, B. C 602 Boughton St.
VANCOUVER 144 W. Hastings St.

PERSONALS
HAROLD PHILLIPS

Please get in touch with Miss
Mary W. K. Miller in Baltimore.

t- % X
BOB MORROW

It is necessary to hear from you
to start legal proceeding—^Peggy.,

NORFOLK
INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS

D. 1. Russell, $2.00: G. L. Nonce.
$2.00; H. Foggart. $2.00; H. L. Bougue,
$2.00; W. Thompson. $2.00; R. Fergu­
son, $2.00; N. H. LeBougarys, $2.00;
G. E. Annes, $2.00; D. J. Copelancl.
$2.00; F. M. Nunerth. $2.00; J. B. Gull.
$2.00: W. D. Hersberger, $2.00; L. L.
Walters, $2.00; M. E. Hunt, $2.00; H.
W. Kenedy, $2.00; J. O. Harrington,
$2.00; G. N. Price, $2.00.

W, E. Patleron, $2.00: M. E. Skin­
ner, $2.00; C. C. Hicks, $2.00; S. R.
G'rooine. $2.00; S. L. Jackson $2.00; J.
Pontyka, $2.00; A. C. Johnson. $2.00;
W. L. Arney. $2.00; W. F. Roper. $2.00;
J. W. Short. $2.00; R. F. Larsen, $2.00;
B. A. Allen. $2.00; G. R. Williams.
$2.00; D. J. Sibley. $2.00; J. L. Sib­
ley, $2.00; C. Daniels. $2.00; A. C.
Earnhardt. $2.00; V. G; Hedrlek, $2.00.

J.'B. Jefferson. $2.00; W. L. Jen-

kins, $2.00; W. S. Yee. $2.00; A. G.
Loving. $2.00; J. B. Berrier, $2.00; V.
L. LaVamway, $8.00; A. • M. Suther­
land. $2.00; M. C. Yules, $1.00, Total
—$91.00.

PHILADELPHIA
INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS

Crew of SS W. Foard—$52.75.
B. Poole. $2.00; H. Stevens, $2.00;

G. McCeher. $2.00; J. Beard, $2.00;
F. Lawson, $15.00; C. Rabowsky, $2.00;
J. Loyd. $2.00; W. Faulkner, $4.00; L.
Hammad, $2.00; W. McWilliams, $2.00;
T. Clark. $2.00; W. Ladd. $2.00; C.
Wiiifield. $2.00; J. Kerns, $2.00; D.
Pauich, $2.00; B. Rider. $2.00; J. Por-
tor. $2.00; L. Waites. $2.00; W. Clark,
$2.00; W. Dearwel. $5.00; E. Antonelli.
$20.00; G. Lammors. $3.00; J. Liver-
man, $3.00; L. Tattertor. $3.00; B.
Winston. $3.00; M. Levey, $3.00; Har­
rison, $12.00; W. Calverly, $2.00; E.
Robinson, $3.00; J. Walsh. $2.00; F.

Tickler, $2.00; J. Burke, $1.00; M. Ker­
ry. $1.00; D. Mumphery, $3.00; G.''
Warren. $vOO; S. Pierce. $2.00; P.
Smith, $2.00; F. Allen, $3.00; E. Bar-
bee, $2.00; R, Hightower, $1.00; J. '
Staton. $3.00; J. Smith. $1.00; L. Guel-
lintz. $9.00; A. Heisler. $1.00; L. Phil­
lips. $2.00; A. Michalski, $1.00; H.
Monroe, $2.00; R. Purviss, $2.00; L.
Hinton. $2.00; W. Selby. $2.00; R.
Hill, $2.00; Kozak, $1.00; W. Young,
$25,00; D. DeLong. $2.00; K. Barnes.^
$25.00; T. Boswell, $2.00; E. Purcell,'
$2.00; H. Mutz, $2.00; E. Comtois,
$2.00; E. Hansen. $2.00. Total—$274.75.

BOSTON
INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS

B. T. Williams. $1.00; E. Bausclifce;
$1.00; C. Silver. $1.00; W. Heaton.
$1.00; H. Port, $1.00; L. Albert. $1.00..

Total—$6.00.

NEW ORLEANS a
SS Cape Trinity—$2.00.



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