Seafarers Log: Vol. 19 No. 4 (1957-02-15)

Vol. XiX
No. 4 SEAFARERS LOG Fob. IS

1957

• OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THI SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO •

f AvirnAi# While throng of mourners stands in silent
rinUI i/Olfrriejr* attention, the Rev. George Dorn intones
prayer over flower-covered casket of the late Harry Lundeberg.
Widow, Ida, and SlJP members are seated in front row. Over 2,000
attended funeral. Lundeberg, the founder and president of the SIU of
North America from 1938 on, died Jan. 28 after a heart attack. (Story
on page 3).

Ship Tied Up
In Coal Beef
With her bow anchor dangling idly, American Coal Shipping's Lib­
erty, the Coal Miner, is tied up in Norfolk as a result of picketing by
three unions. Mates and engineers are striking company as unfair for
refusal to sign contract. Seafarers are protesting hiring discrimina­
tion. The National Labor Relations Board has upheld the SIU com­
plaint against the company accusing it of unfair labor practices on the
hiring issue. Picketing is going on all along the coast from Savannah
to Npw York. (Stories on pages 2, 5.)

Breakout Slow-up Hits Europe:

NEED FOR
US SHIPS
MOUNTS

-Story On Page 3

'American Coal
Unfair To SIU/
NLRB Charges

-Story On Page 5

SIU of NA Pledges
No Basic Changes
In Union's Policy

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NMU Smog Fogs Coal Ship Beef

pany to compel officers to waive
the protection of the Jonies Act.
If they are injured, they cannot
sue for damages. 2) The so-called
"marine officers unit," as Curran
calls it, has been unable to supply
the company ^Ith marine officers
The company h^s had to advertise
in newspapers all over the country
to dredge up manpower. This is
valid?" or is It "company union?"

3) The District 50 unit involved, a
Norfolk-local, never had a deep sea
contract.

MEBA and MM&P were in nego­
tiations with the company for
weeks. They failed to get a con­
tract because they refused to sign
a Jones Act waiver. Nevertheless,
Curran—and District 50's "marine
officers union"—got a contract!

Having maintained a steady barrage of abuse .Against the
SIU, NMU President Joseph Curran went all out this week
with publication of an eight-page diatribe accusing SIU, in
effect, of betraying home ̂
mother and country. The
pamphlet fires the same de­
caying and "moldy collection of
charges which have been seatter-
gunned at SIU in previous weeks.
All the splatterings have been care­
fully scraped off the walls and
reassembled into new pellets.

The old adjectives—"conspiracy"
—"sellout"—"cut-rate"—"irrespon­
sible"—are scattered monotonous­
ly through the text.

When it comes to dealing with
American Coal, NMU finds itself
more at home with the fabric of its
daydreams than the facts of the
matter.

Here are a few samples:

CURRAN SAYS: The SIU's
complaint and picketing is an
attack on the hiring hall be­
cause, according to Curran,
the SIU says an "agreement to
get crews exclusively through
a union hiring hall constitutes
an unfair labor practice."

THE FACTS ARE: There is
nothing in the SIU complaint to
stop any uniOn from signing a con­
tract calling for a hiring hall once
It has established it has a right to
represent the employees. Nor does
the NLRB complaint attack the
hiring hall. In fact the NLRB says
a hiring hall contract can be signed
once a union has established its
right to represent the crews. The
usual procedure for establishing
this right is by winning a collec­
tive bargaining election. What SIU
Is attacking is. discrimination by a
shipping operation which had not
yet obtained ships and crews, but
tried to bar Seafarers from legiti­
mate organizing efforts. As has
been noted before, Curran has an
allergy to free election contests so
he screams "attack on hiring hall!"

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CURRAN SAYS: The com­

pany's contract for marine of­
ficers with District 50 was a
"valid contract."

This I Can Sling!'

THE FACTS 4RE: 1) District
80's agreement permits the com-

QUESTIONS: Does NMU's "con­
tract" with American Coal also
provide for a Jones Act waiver?
What'a in the contract, anyway?

How is it that the company's em­
ployment applications for both
licensed and unlicensed seamen
carry a Jones Act waiver which
must be approved by the applicant?

If this Is so, doesn't this repre­
sent the first time that any marine
union anywhere has agreed to con­
cessions on the Jones Act, one of
the basic protective props for sea­
men which Andy Funiseth fought
for many years ago? Whatever
NMU's' contract may provide, by
calling District 50's contract "val­
id," does Curran mean that dump­
ing the Jones Act is okay with him?

Is that why he bellows "Tonsina,"
"sellout" and "56-hour week" to
cover up?

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CURRAN SAYS: The MEBA

and MM&P agreed, at a meet-
ting with him, to follow one of
two courses: "1) to get their
men aboard American coal
ships and then demand recog­
nition, or 2) to instruct their
members not to take jobs on
American coal ships in which
case the company would al­
most certainly be compelled to

The National Labor Relations Board last week issued an un­
fair labor practices complaint against American Coal Shipping,
charging that the company was discriminating against Sea­
farers.

The beef started when the new shipping venture was formed
and was awarded 30 Libertys by the US Government. Learn­
ing of the award (the company had no ships of its own at the
time) the SIU followed normal organizing tactics. Seafarers
went to the company office to apply for employment when and
if the company obtained and operated ships. Such employment
would have put the SIU in a position to petition for a fair and
free bargaining election to determine who would have the
American Coal contract.

From November 13 on, when Seafarers first applied, approx­
imately 300 qualified SIU men approached the company in
this fashion. Every single man was rejected. Many of them
were even denied an opportunity to file an application.

It wasn't until December 13 that the company acquired a
ship. This was the Chian Trader, purchased from Arc Steam­
ship Company. The ship was renamed the Coal Miner and
crewed by the National Maritime Union.

When Seafarers were discriminated -against in this fashion,
the SIU placed picketlines on all ships subsequently acquired
by the company. Informing all comers of the company's dis­
criminatory policy.

It is NMU's contention that it has a "contract" with the
company. This "contract" was signed four months before
American Coal had a single ship or any employees for NMU
to represent. It is this company effort to escape an SIU or­
ganizing drive and evade a collective bargaining election
through a so-called "contract" which has now been attacked
by the NLRB.

A second dispute in which the company is Involved is be­
tween the company and two officers' unions, the Masters,
Mates and Pilots and the Marine Engineers Beneficial Asso­
ciation. After being in negotiations with the officers for some
weeks (the two unions had the contract for the Chian Trader
under Arc Steamship Company ownership) the company
tumod uround and s.igned with an affiliate of District 50 of the
United Mine Workers. The officers' contract provides for
waiver of all Jones Act rights.

cancel its contract with Dis­
trict 50 . . ."
THE FACTS ARE: MM&P and

MEBA representatives insist that
Curran offered only .the first of
the two alternatives. It was the.
officers' unions who maintained
that the second course should be
followed. They subsequently, did
so. When they insisted on this
course, Curran said he would re­
fuse to honor their pfeket lines.

Curran himself, in a letter to
AFL-CIO President George Meany,
gives the lie t6 his own statement.
He declared: "We advised the
MEBA that their decision to picket
the American Coal Shipping-Com­
pany vessels was not constructive
... We also suggested that if Dis­
trict 50 could not supply licensed
personnel [with its "valid" con­
tract—Ed.] the . MEBA make its
engineers available, get them on
the ships and at the right time take
appropriate action . . ."
' Not a word of mention of "in­

struct their members hot to take
jobs . . ." This was an afterthought
on Curran's part to make it ap­
pear that MEBA agreed with him.

CURRAN SAYS: "Represen­
tatives of the Maritime Trades
Department gave AFL-CIO
President Meany a completely
distorted version of the dis­
pute to get him to intervene
on behalf of SIU."
THE FACTS ARE: President

Meany showed he was fully aware
of what was going on from the
start when he said on October 31,
before SIU acted- on American
Coal that the coal ship set-up was
a "clear violation of basic princi­
ples of trade unions." Meany
added, "cut-throat competition of
this nature can demoralize the
whole shipping industry." Neither
the MTD or SIU had discussed the
matter with President Meany be­
fore that statement.

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CURRAN SAYS: "Shortly

before the merger convention
in 1955, the AjFL unions got
together to set up the Mari­
time Trades Department . . .
The big concern was to sew
the organization up tight
against any chance of former
CIO unions having a say in
it."
THE FACTS ARE: The Maritime

Trades Department fTas been in
existence since 1946! This is a

kyplcally deliberate and, blatant
misstatement of fact by the NMU
president. " '

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There are many more of the

same in the document, most of
them of the generalized "have you
stopped beating your wife" vari­
ety. Among them is one very re­
vealing accusation—that the SIU
"deludes" local union officials into
believing its beef is legitimate.

It is obvious that NMU is vei'y
unhappy that the SIU, as well as
MM&P and MEBA, each have a
legitimate complaint which is rec­
ognized and supported by union
men in shipyards, rail terminals
and elsewhere on the waterfront.
When union waterfront workers
see NMU men ordered across
picket lines of three maritime
unions, they need no "deluding"
as to the nature of the NMU.

'No Basic
Change in
Poiicies-
SiU of NA

SAN FRANCISCO—A special
meeting of the executive commit­
tee of the Seafarers International
Union of North America pledged
that there would be no basic
changes in the international im-
ion's policy as a result of the death
of International President Harry
Lundeberg. The meeting was con­
vened February 1 following the
sudden death of Lundeberg on
Monday of that week.

SIU A&G Secretary-Treasurer
Paul Hall formally assumed his du­
ties as international president at
the committee meeting. As first
vice-president of the international.
Hall automatically became presi­
dent under terms of the SlUNA
constitution.

The committee voted that Lunde-
berg's successor as secretary of the
Sailors Union of the Pacific would
become first vice-president of the
SIUNA. • Morris Welsberger, East
Coast representative of the SUP,
was subsequently^elected SUP sec­
retary at an SUP headquarters
meeting Monday.

John Hawk, SIUNA secretary-
treasurer, will continue in that
post, with headquarters here, and
will still serve as the interna­
tional's representative at upcoming
world labor conferences.

In another action, the executive
committee named Sam Bennett,
newly-elected president of the
Marine Firemen, Oilers and Water-
tenders, an international" vice-
president in place of Vincent J.
Malone, who retired from office
and did n.ot run in the MFOW elec­
tion just concluded.

Raymond McKay, new president
of the Brotherhood of Marine En­
gineers, was also elected a vice-
president, replacing Wilbur Dickey,
who resigned.

All officers will serve until the
SIUNA convention here next
month, beginning March 25.

Vote On SIU Delegates
Nominations have now been received at headquarters from

candidates running for the position of delegate to the next
SIU of NA convention. The convention will open Monday
March 25 in San Francisco.

The delegates will be
chosen by secret ballot vote
running from February 28 through
March 6, 1957. At the nominating
deadline, just six men had thrown
in for the six posts open, assuring
their election. The six nominees
are Lindsey Williams, Cal Tanner,
Earl ^heppard, Paul Hall, A. S.
Cardullo and Marty Breithoff.

The balloting will follow the
same procedure as that used in SIU
elections.

To Elect Tally Group
Ballots will be counted by

a six-man headquarters'Tally Com­
mittee which will be elected on
March 6.

The procedure for the nomina­
tions was outlined and approved at
the February 6 membership meet­
ing In all ports. The nominations
were declared open at these meet­
ings. Acceptances of candidates had
to be submitted by midnight, Mon­
day, February 11, 1957, with cre­
dentials due in person, by noon of
the next day or postmarked mid­
night. February 1^

Under the international union's
rules, the SIU Atlantic and Gulf
District is entitled to 15 votesrand I

a maximum of 15 delegates to the
convention. The membership ap­
proved recommendations by the
secretary-treasurer that the delega­
tion's 15 votes be divided among
six delegates, that number being
deemed ample to represent the
District.

The international union conven­
tion, which convenes every two
years, will meet at the Whitcomb
Hotel in San Francisco.

SEAFARERS LOG
Fab. 15. 1957 Vol. XiX No. 4

uuiu:
PAUL HAU. Secretary-Treasurtr

HERBEBT BRAND, Editor. RAY DENISON.
Jtauaging Editor. BERNARD SEAMAN, Art
Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR. IRWIN SPIVACK,
staff Writers. Bnx MOODY, Gulf Area
Representative.

Published biweekly at the headquarters
of the Seafarers International Union, At*
lantic & Gulf District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth
Avenue, Brooklyn 3J, NY. Tel. HYaclnth
(-6600. Entered as lecond class matter
at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under
the Act of Aug. 24, 1912.



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2,000 Mourn At
Lundeberg Rites

SAN FRANCISCO—A throng of over ^,000 mournera fol­
lowed the last remains of Harry Lundeberg to his final rest­
ing place in the Sailors Union of the Pacific burial plot at
Olivet Memorial Park, Colma,
Calif. While his body was
laid. to rest on Thursday,
January 31, all work stopped on
SIU of NA ships at 2 PM and spe-

Seafarers at branch meetings
throughout the A&G District
voted on February 6 to match
the contribution by the SIUNA
to a memorial trust fund for
the children of Harry Lunde­
berg. The international union
executive committee at its meet­
ing last week voted to establish
a memoriai fund for this pur­
pose and to request the partici­
pation of all unions affiliated
with the SIUNA. Besides his
wife, Ida, Lundeberg left three
children: Gunnar, 9; Allette, 6,
and Erik, 2.

cial meetings were held in all SIU
of NA hiring halls in his memory.

'Largest Ever Held'
The fuperal, described in local

papers here as the largest ever to
be held in San Francisco, attracted
mourners from all walks of life in
the most literal sense of the term.
Those present included Secretary
of Labor James' Mitchell and
Mayor Christopher of San Fran­
cisco, ship operators and officials,
members of San Francisco's lead-

dreds of Sailors, Firemen, Cooks
and members of the SIU A&G
District.

Five Mile Procession

A police motorcycle escort led
the procession from Anderson's
Funeral Home to the cemetery. So
great was the throng of mourners
that the parade of automobiles
carrying them stretched out a full
five miles.

Meanwhile, additional messages
of condolence kept pouring in
from prominent persons in labor
and maritime. AFL-CIO President
George Meany declared: "His un­
timely passing is a great loss to
American labor and especially to
the seamen whom he served de­
votedly for many years. His
courage and zeal in his life's work
will be long remembered by-his
friends and associates within the
AFL-CIO." . -

Admiral E. L. Cochrane, former
Maritime Administrator, who is
now "associated with the Massa­
chusetts Institute of Technology,
declared: "The American Merchant
Marine and maritime labor owe
him much and his honest and fear­
less leadership will be greatly
missed."

Rank and file members of the
Sailors Union served as pallbear-

Ship Need Rising;
Breakouts Slowed

WASHINGTON—Zooming ship repair co.sts are being blamed for fouling up a large-
scale breakout of Government-owned ships. The Maritime Administration has announced
that it is being handicapped by lack of funds in repairing ships already assigned to US op­
erators and has to slow down-*—'—
breakouts accordingly.

However, pressure is stil
growing for additional ship­
ping space and Maritime Ad­
ministrator Clarence Morse
has made it clear that breakouts
will continue above the 125 figure.

Ing families and, of course, hun- I ers during the ceremonies. 4-

Breakouts of up to 212 ships have
been authorized thus far with the
total number of assigned vessels
standing at 64.

Longer Charters
To meet the problem thp Mari­

time Administration is 'calling for
longer term .charters and also ask­
ing that the operators pay the
breakout costs in return for lower
charter rates.

Typical of the growth in ship­
ping demand was the statement by
officers of the-European Coal and
Steel Community to the effect that
more ships should be broken out.
The officers of the group, which
handles European steel production,
said that Europe will need a "sub­
stantial increase" in US coal ton­
nage this year "up to as much as
40 million tons."

Increase Of 800 Voyages
This would represent an increase

of eight million tons, or 800 Liber­
ty ship loads, over the amount ex­
ported to Europe alone in the year
ending April 1, 1957.

Even the full reopening of Suez,
expected in May, wiU not make

much of a dent in the demand for
shipping.

Despite this juicy shipping plum,
the breakouts are in difficulties
because repair expenses are run­
ning as high as $230,000 a ship,
Morse said. In return. Liberty
vessels bring the US $130,000 a
year .in charter fees. Since the
charter money goes into a fund
which pays for the breakouts, the
Maritime Administration would be
about $900,000 in the red in the
first year.

The Maritime Administration is
now asking operators to charter

Victorys for 18 months and Lib-
ertys for 24 months. The longer
charters would cover the rising
costs of shipyard work. Coal and
scrap charters would be based on
the 24-month figure. It is not
known whether the operators who
have put in for ships will be will­
ing to take the risk of a two-year
charter.

In. addition to the slowi^own
caused by repair costs, breakouts
are being spaced out intentionally,
Morse said, so as not to dump a
heavy load of shipping on the mar­
ket at one time.

MTD Board
Names Hall
President

Meeting in Miami on February
4, the executive board of the AFL-
CIO Maritime Trades Department
elected Paul Hall to fill out the
unexpired term of MTD President
Harry Lundeberg who died on
January 28.

Lundeberg, the first MTD presi­
dent under the merged AFL-CIO
setup, was elected to a four-year
term in December, 1955.

Hall, who has been secretary-
treasurer of the SIU A&G District
since 1948, was in San Francisco
at the time, where he had gone to
attend Lundeberg's funferal. In­
formed of his election, he declared
that the MTD would continue to
give full representation to the
problems of all its members. At
present, MTD is backing up the
SIU A&G and MM&P which, to­
gether with the MEBA, are cur­
rently involved in a dispute with
American Coal Shipping.

The MTD, with over 150,000
members, is composed of most of
the nation's seagoing unions, the
International Brotherhood of Long­
shoremen, the Teamsters, Operat­
ing Engineers, Grain Millers,
Brotherhood of Firemen and Oil­
ers, and State, County and Munici­
pal workers.

Newly-elected SUP secre­
tary is Morris Weisberger.

SCHEDULE OF
SIU MEETINGS

Part of the huge crowd of seamen, friends, civie and shipping leaders who turned out for
the Lundeberg funeral services in San Francisco is shown at top. Six rank*and file Sailors
Union members served as pallbearers (above, left). Among those who joined in the finsi
tribute (right) were (^ont, I Jho r) SUP member Charles Gates; SUP Assistant Secretary
(e'er Ha'rry Johnson. Mayor George'Christopher, Police Commissioner Thomas Mellon and Police

Chief Frank Ahern. Burial was in Olivet Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.

SIU membership meet­
ings are held regularly
every two weeks on Wed­
nesday nights at 7 PM (n
oil SIU ports. All Sea­
farers are expected to
attend; those who wish to
be excused should request
permission by telegram
(be sure to include reg­
istration number). The
next SIU meetings will be:

February 20
March 6

March 20
April 3
Apfil 17

Weisberger
Elected SUP
Sec'y-Treas.

SAN FRANCISCO—Members of
the Sailors Union of the Pacific
have elected Morris Weisberger,
New York port agent of the SUP,
to succeed Harry Lundeberg as
secretary-treasurer of the union.
Weisberger had the imanimous
support of all SUP port agents and
officials for the post.

The action by the Sailors was
taken at a meeting of 1,500 SUP
members at San Francisco head­
quarters on Monday, February 11.
The SUP constitution provides for
succession to be decided by a ma­
jority vote of the headquarters
membership.

Weisberger will serve until the
next annual SUP election which
starts December 1, 1957. Balloting
in the last election had been vir­
tually completed at the time of
Lundeberg's sudden death on Jan­
uary 28. Lundeberg had been un­
opposed on the ballot.

Weisberger is well known to
Seafarers at SIU headquarters
since the'SUP agent had his offices
in the New York hall and had
worked closely with SIU officials.

He first begqn sailing in 1925 on
the Lakes, then on the East Coast
until 1935. He joined the SUP

•that year and worked in union
posts here and at Honolulu, Seat­
tle, San Pedro and other ports be­
tween periods at sea.

In 1939, he was elected SUP
agent in New York, and has been
In that post ever since. SUP Pa­
trolman William Armstrong is now
serving as acting New York agent.

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AFL-CIO Votes Rackets
Code, Acts on 3 Unions .

MIAMI BEACH—Following adoption of • an anti-rackets
code by its Executive Council, the American Federation of
Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations has already acted
against three AFL-CIO affili--*^
ates.

The Executive Council's
vote was immediately followed by
"clean up or get out" mandates to
three of the Federation's interna­
tional unions. In addition, AFL-
CIO President George Meany ex­
pelled the head of a directly-affili­
ated local in Philadelphia and the
International Chemical Workers
Union acted independently against
one local union in New York.

The ,code which touched off
these actions is basically concerned
with three areas: (1) the adminis­
tration of welfare and' pension
funds; (2) the exclusion of those
persons who violate the principles
of the AFL-CIO or various Federal
laws, and (3) the elimination
of any business interests which
might reflect on a union officer's
Ability to represent the members.

Toward these ends, the code
calls for barring of persons con­
victed of crimes from holding
union office, and also bans men
"commonly known to be crooks
and racketeers" though they may
never have been convicted in a
court of law. It lays down rules to
pi-event the mishandling of welfare
and pension funds, forbids substan­
tial financial interests in busi­
nesses with which union leaders
bargain, and prpvides for the
ouster of supporters of the Com­
munist or Fascist lines even though
they may not hold party member­
ship.

President Meany said that there
was no intent to oust men who
were conducting themselves hon­
orably simply because they had
been convicted of a crime years
ago. On the other hand, he said,
men who had never been convicted
of a crime could find themselves
liable to removal.

- The Executive Council, however,
was adamant in taking the position
that unionists had no right to hold
their jobs if they invoked the
Fifth Amendment to escape Gov-
eimment investigation.

The section of the code dealing
rfvith business investments holds
that no responsible union leader
should have personal financial in­

terests which conflict with his
functions as a representative of
workers.

Adoption of the code was criti­
cized by Dave Beck, president of
the Int'l Brotherhood of Team­
sters, who was absent when the
Executive Council voted it unani­
mously. Beck was also thje sole
dissenter when the Executive
Council previously decreed that
union leaders who invoked the
Fifth Amendment in Government
probes of labor racketeering
should be required to leave their
jobs.

Teamster officials challenged the
authority of a Senate subcommittee
to inquire into their operations and
defended their right to use Con-
•stitutional privileges.

Even before the Executive Coun­
cil formally adopted the code, the
AFL-CIO president gave evidence
that he would proceed vigorously
with the anti-rackets campaign by
ousting Charles Naddeo as the
secretary-treasurer of Can Work­
ers Local 22623 in Philadelphia.

Naddeo, who was charged with
failing to run the local in accord­
ance with the Federation's ethical
standards, is also a vice president
of the 72,000-member Laundry
Workers International Union.

The Laundry Workers Union is
one of the three international un­
ions which the Executive Council
ordered to clean up within 90 days.
The other two internationals are
the 73,000-member Allied Indus­
trial Workers and the 25,000-mem-
ber Distilling, Rectifying and Wine
Workers.

Subsequently, the International
Ladies Garment Workers ousted
one of its officials, Sam Berger,

-for pleading the 5th amendment.

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Lk. Charles
Movies Back

LAKE CHARLES — Seafarers
who may have missed some of their
favorite movies during the motion
picture operators beef can catch
up on the shows again.

Port Agent Leroy Clarke also re­
ported that the AFL-CIO Interna­
tional Association of Machinists
now has a picketline out against
the Columbia Southern Chemical
plant over wages and conditions,
but meetings are still going on.

Shipping has perked up a bit,
meanwhile. Nine Cities Service
tankers, plus the Pan-Oceanic
Transporter (Pan Oceanic), Del
Mundo (Mississippi) and the Steel
Surveyor (Isthmian) in Port Ar­
thur, and the Val Chem (Valen­
tine) in Port Neches, made calls

.here during the period.
Feelings are running high on

one of the Cities Service wagons,
the Chiwawa, over a sudden shift
In runs. The Chiwawa has been
going from here to Florida ports
for the past two years, but was
switched last week to go up to
Bridgeport, Conn.

"The 'sunshine run' brothers
really moaned at this switch, in
the light of all the cold weather

, up north," Clarke added.

Labor Hits
Wreck Bill
In Indiana

On the heels of a legal victory
over proponents of "right-to-work"
legislation in California, organized
labor has opened an intensive
campaign to prevent the passage
of anti-union bills now pending be­
fore Indiana's lawmakers.

The California victory came
about when a California Superior
Court judge issued a preliminary
injunction prohibiting the city of
Palm Springs from enforcing a
"right-to-work" ordinance outlaw­
ing the union shop and other forms
of union security, and making the
open shop compulsory.

The Palm Springs ordinance, en­
acted last December, was written
by the Palm Springs Employers
Association, and was the first such
city ordinance enacted in the coun­
try.

In an 11-page decision, the court
ruled that only the Federal and
state governments may prohibit
union security clauses in labor-
management contracts.

Meanwhile, in Indiana, officials
of the state AFL and CIO, which
are as yet unmerged, are spear­
heading the campaign against
"right-to-work" bills now pending
before both houses of the Indiana
General Assembly.

The measures have been opposed
by Governor Harold W. Handley,
but are being strongly supported
by influential Hoosier, State news­
papers such the Indianapolis Star
and Indianapolis News.

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There's nothing mysterious or hard to
understand about shipboard safety. On
the other hand, there tire no magic for­
mulas either. Shipboard safety simply
involves, day-to-day concern with ways
and means to avoid accidents. r

That is why the joint Union-shipowner
safety program calls for regular safety
meetings aboard ship. In addition to
dealit'^l with specific safety problems,
the meetings and th^ safety committees
constantly alert the crew to the need for
safe practices and safe gear.

This "safety first" appr.oach by all
parties concerned Is the biggest single-
factor in bringing a ship home accident-
free.

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Febniary 15, 1957 SEAF ARERS LOG Page Five

SlU Health Center Shapes Vp

SIU walfar* plan officials
(top) chack progress of
constrilction and remodel­
ing of the Union's first
health center in Brooklyn,
one block from the
headquarters hall. Work on
the center, at 21st St. and
3rd Ave., is expected to be
completed by mid-March.
Partitioning will provide
space for offices, labs and
examination rooms where
Seafarers can obtain physi­
cal checkups. Since photos
were taken, plans have
been made to start install­
ing x-ray and lab equip­
ment next week. At left, an
electrician installs wiring.

New ILA Strike Halts
Maine-to-Vlrginia Ships

For the second time in less than three months, the Atlantic
coast from Portland, Me. to Hampton Roads, Va. was shut
down Tuesday night by striking members of the International
Longshoremen's Association, t
A few "days previously. Port
of New York longshoremen
had voted down the final contract
offers of the New York Shipping
Association and longshoremen in
Baltimore, Hampton Boads, Bos­
ton, Providence, and other north­
eastern ports also rejected the em­
ployers'offers. The New York vote
was 14,458 to 1,185.

The Tuesday night date—^Febru­
ary 12—marked the expiration of
the 80-day Taft-Hartley no-strike
injunction which on November 24
ended a nine-day ILA tieup of the
entire Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
Shortly before the northeastern
ports voted, however, ILA leaders
went ahead with the signing of
new three-year contracts In New
Orleans and other South Atlantic
and Gulf ports, thus precluding the
support these ports had given the
other ILA members during the
November strike.

Meanwhile, the Federal Govern­
ment indicated how seriously It
views a lengthy strike by sending
Joseph F. Finnegan, director of the
Federal Mediation and Concilia­
tion Service, to New York In an
attempt to bring about a meeting
of the minds between the shippers
and the ILA.

Talks Continue
Negotiations between the two

parties have been • continuing de­
spite the calling of the strike,
which involves about 25,000 long­
shoremen in New York and about
20,000 men-in the other ports.

However, Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell, commenting on
Finnegan's role, said that "the
Federal Government plans no fur->
ther actions at this time."

The shippers' proposals; on

which the men voted, provided for
a threeryear contract calling for a
32-cent-an-hour wage boost spread
over this period, Increased con­
tributions .to the welfare fund, paid
holidays for qualified men, a sen­
iority system, and other provisions.

The ILA, while not objecting to
the 32-cent offer, called the em­
ployers' offer of 14 cents during
the first year inadequate; and also
said the contract did not call for a
sling load limitation, an eight-hour
guarantee, money for clinics and
clinical services, or "reasonable
premium rates for holdmen and
hatch bosses.

Coastwise Bargaining Issue
Underlying all of the ILA's con­

tract demands, however, was its in­
sistence on coastwise bargaining.
The International Brotherhood of
Longshoremen, which has been
continuing to wage a vigorous bat­
tle to assure decent trade union
representation for the longshore­
men, maintained from the start of
the contract talks that the ILA
leaders, by making coastwise bar­
gaining their No. 1 demand, were
letting all the bread-and-butter is­
sues go by the board, to the detri­
ment of the longshore workers.

The NLRB, acting on a com­
plaint by the shippers, last-Decem­
ber obtained a restraining order
from the Federal District Court
barring the ILA from continuing
with the coastwise demand. The
ILA appealed the order but the'
Court of Appeals unanimously
ruled that the ILA was guilty of an
unfair labor practice when it in­
sisted that it would not sign a
contract for New .York until the
coastwise bargaining demand was
granted.

Labor Bd. Upholds SIU
Charge Against Coal Co.

The bitter fight being waged against American Coal Shipping is now reaching its cliftiax.
While picket lines continue to tighten the screws on the company, the National Labor Re­
lations Board has issued ^ complaint charging the company wi^i discriminating against Sea­
farers in its hiring practices. •
The complaint upholds an SIU
charge, against the company.

The next step Is for the Labor
Board to go to court seeking an
order vyhich would, in effect, de­
clare illegal the present hiring of
coal ship crews by the company
and force revisions in Its hiring
practices.

The Labor Board action was only
one of a number of fast-moving
developments. Others of import­
ance werei

• The Maritime Trades Depart­
ment, AFL-CIO, pledged Its full
support to the coal ship beef.

• The Monte Marine Corp.,
Where the SS Thomas Paine was
dodced in Brooklyn, and American
Coal, are seeking injunctions
through the NLRB to halt picket­
ing of various ships under Taft-
Hartley secondary boycott charges.

• Maritime Administrator Clar­
ence Morse repeated that he would
not allocate any more ships to the
company until it can run its ves­
sels.

• The company managed to
move a second shipload out of Bal
timore but the first ship, the Coal
Miner," is now tied up in Norfolk.
Two other company ships are get­
ting ready to try to load.

Cannot Refuse Hiring

NLRB actions on charges and
countercharges are all expected to
come to a head next week. In up
holding the SIU complaint, the
NLRB agreed, in effect, that the
company had- no right to deny em­
ployment to Seafarers at a time
when It had no ships actively oper­
ating under a maritime union con­
tract.

In Its findings, the NLRB point­
ed out that American Coal did not
take possession of its first ship
the Chian Trader, until December
13. However, it signed an exclu­
sive contract with NMU two
months before. The agreement cov­
ered all vessels to be acquired by
American Coal despite the fact that
the company "did not employ any
unlicensed personnel" and NMU
did not "have a substantial or rep­
resentative complement of em­
ployees In the collective bargain­
ing unit covered by the agree­
ment."

By refusing employment to some
300 SIU member;?, American Coal
was deemed-guilty of "discriminat­
ing in regard to the hire or ten­
ure or terras or conditions of em­
ployment

At the. same time the SIU, the
Masters Mates and Pilots and the

Iceberg Sinks
French Vessel

BOSTON — A small French
coastal freighter sank off Cape
Breton Island after a reported col­
lision with an iceberg. The 308-
ton Petit Bras d'Or was success­
fully abandoned by the crew of
ten. The men were subsequently
picked up by a Canadian ship.

If the report is accurate, it rep­
resents the first sinking by an ice­
berg since 1944 when the Inter­
national ice patrol was not func
tioning because of the war. The
Coast Guard, which operates the
service, expressed surprise at the
report noting that it was unsual
to find icebergs in shipping lanes
so early In the year.

Marine Engineers Beneficial Asso­
ciation are contesting NLRB court
action seeking to remove picket
lines in New York, Norfolk and
Savannah.

The Maritime Trades Depart­
ment executive board took action
in Miami after hearing from rep­
resentatives of the striking unions
on the progress of the beef.

On the picket front itself, Ameri­
can Coal has been able to move
just two shiploads of coal since'the
beef began in November. On De­
cember 16, the Coal Miner, pri­
vately-purchased by the company,
managed to load at Lamberts Point
ill Hampton Roads and make one
trip to Europe.

Met By Picketline
On her return to Norfolk late'

in January, the Coal Miner was
met by a three-union picket line at
the entrances to the Chesapeake
and Ohio terminal. Fearing that
terminal workers would refuse to
handle any cargo, the C&O quick­
ly withdrew the Coal Miner from
the pier.

A second ship, the Casimir Pu­
laski, managed to get out of Bal­
timore: only after a temporary re-"^'
straining order followed by police
action had cleared pickets from the
Streets.

American Coal originally had
planned to move upwards of 300,-
000 tons of coal each month to start
and as high as 800,000 tons later
on, using Governmentrchar^ered
ships.

Company injunction efforts have
met with rebuffs on several previ­
ous occasions. A Georgia court
refused an anti-picketing injunc­

tion against two coal ships being
broken out in Savannah, and a "Vir-
ginia jurist denied an ACS request
for a picket ban In front of the
company's offices in Norfolk.

An ihteresting sidelight to ,th#
coal beef is the smooth operation
of the Bull Line which was recent­
ly purchased by American Coal.
Bull, which has contracts with the
SIU and the legitimate officers'
unions, has been carrying coal on
four of its own Libertys and has
been assigned four others thus far
by the Government.

Ships Keeping
Boston Active

BOSTON—A welcome spurt of
good shipping is keeping things
busy, in this area, although as
usual, the outlook is unpredictable.

Just how long the "boomlet" will
last is uncertaiff; notes Port Agent
James Sheehan, so Seafarers on
the beach here are advised to make
the most of it while they can.

The Bents Fort, Cities Servics
Norfolk and Bradford Island (Cit­
ies Service), and the Arickaree (US
Petroleum) paid off during the pe­
riod, and all signed on again. An
additional sign-on was the Ocean
Ulla (Ocean Trans), which paid off
two weeks ago.

Besides these, the Cantigny (Cit­
ies Service) and Robin Sherwood
(Seas Shipping) stopped off in
transit. 7A11 beefs were settle^ at
the payoffs.

Question: How do you feej about keeping pets aboard ship?

James C. Flanagan, AB: There's
no need to keep pets aboard ship

because they can
be disease - car­
riers and can
spread illness
among the crew.
I like dogs and
other animals,
but not on board
a ship. They be­
long ashore and
are more com­

fortable there, too.
4" 4" 4"

Keith Donnelly, pumpman: It's
alright under the proper circum­
stances, so long
as the guys re­
alize they have to
take care of them.
That means mak­
ing arrangements
with the next
crew to care for
the pet when the
ship pays off.
Otherwise it's not
fair to the animal.

4 3^ 4
John Byrd, wiper: Most fellows

like the idea of having a pet
aboard. But any
pet, like a dog,
should st'ay
aboard the ship
as a mascot for
the next crew,
not become the
burden for any
one in the gang.
Some ships won't
allow pets though.

Frank A. Stewart, MM: A well-
trained -dog or cat is okay, but g

small bird like a
parakeet is much
better because
there is less of a
mess to handle.
My personal fa­
vorites are tropi­
cal fish, but un­
fortunately, you
can't travel
around with them sissssiW

verj' well.
4 4 4

James Lnpo Jr., AB: If it's okay
with Public Health and the Quar-
antine Service
then its nice to
have a pet on
board, provided
it's properly cared
for and kept
aboard ship at ail
times. Of course,
the whole crew
has to approve
as well as the
skipper. Otherwise there's trouble.

USPHS Has Last
Say On Duty Slip

Under the SIU contract, US
Public Health Service doctors
have the final say on whether
or not a man is fit for duty. If
there is any question about
your fitness to sail, check with
the nearest USPHS hospital or
out-patient clinic for a ruling.

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COS VICTORY (Victory Carrlors),
Oct. 1<—Chairman, A. Binlon; Sacre-
tary, H. Franklin. Received letter re­
ferring to opening of hooks to new
members. Also about putting in over­
time in regard to restriction in Moji.
No disputed overtime except the 38
restricted hours. Report accepted.
Discussion on slop chest. Patrolman
to check prices.

-> OCEAN EVELYN (Maritime Over­
seas), Oct. 20—Chairman, R. Stough;
Secretary, L. Cuellnltz. Steward de­
partment commended for fine job.
Question on overtime in deck^de-
partment. Ship's fund $9.23. Good
menus and fine-food.

ALICE BROWN (Bloomfield), Sept.
23—Chairman, A. NIckle; Secretary,
B. Bessllieve. CapLiin kept crew wait­
ing for draws. Ship's fund $18. Some
disputed overtime. One man missed

SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain),
Oct. 29—Chairman, S. Garcia; Secre­
tary, B. Hay. Ship's fund $97.40. TV
repaired. $10 donated by brother
after raffle. Report accepted. New
delegate elected. Vote of thanks to
headquarters for Job well done, and
also to cooks for good job. Two men
getting off at Edgewater.

SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Sea-
train), Oct. 14—Chairman, D. Gylland;
Secretary, R. Lund. Discussed air
conditioner with chief engineer. Pa­
trolman to check all books—men who
have required amount of time to get
"A" books. Two men missed ship in
New York. Wiper and baker have
"A" books. Old linen to be turned in
when new linen Is issued. Repair list
to be made up. Discussion on ship's
fund. Vote of thanks for negotiating
committee.

SEA CLOUD (Pegor), Sept. 23—
Chairman, J. Parnell; Secretary, A.
Jones. Take care of repair list next
meeting. Report to be sent to head­
quarters inquiring why captain doesn't
carry American money. New re­
porter elected. No cooperation In
galley of foc'sles. Galley left dirty
by night cook & baker. Baker inca­
pable of doing his jol^to be turned
over to patrolman at payoff. Discus­
sion on boxes, to be taken up with
old man. Need more variety in night
lunches.

ARAPAHOE (Trans Oceanic), Oct.
21—Chairman, M. Hoy; Secretary, J.
DIpucclo. Anyone drinking on ship
in port will be logged. One member
missed ship hi Buenos Aires: joined
In Rosario. Some disputed overtime
—to be settled by patrolman at payoff.
Congratulations to negotiating com­
mittee and headquarters officials on
successful efforts in obtaining new
port gains in new contract. Washing
machine left running several times.
Light to be installed to prevent this.
Messhall and passageways to be kept
clean. Proper attire to be worn in
messhall.

JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman),
Oct. 21—Chairman, C. Frey; Secretary,
J. Pulllam. Letter to J. Algina re­
garding shortage of milk In New Or­
leans. LOG notified of death of
brother's father. Reports accepted.
New reporter elected. Discussion on
increased primes In slop chest over
last trip. O.S to keep laundry clean;
wiper to clean recreation room with
cooperation of crew. Crew to keep
messhaU and pantry neat between
meals.

SEACOMET II (Sea Traders), Oct 26
—Chairman, L. Richardson; Secretary,
W. Harren. Repair list submitted.
Discussion on draw in Rotterdam:
milk returned In Rotterdam. Crew
dissatisfied with steward. Ship's fund.
flB.SS. Some disputed overtime.
Beef about sailing without securing
ship. / Short electrician.

SEA MONITOR (Excelsior), Sept. 24
—Chairman, J. Carberi Secretary, M.
Burgawn. Captain ran out of Amer­
ican money, claims it cannot be ob­
tained in Japan and Korea. Five men
performing—one logged. One man in
steward department warned about
fouling up.

ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), Oct. 28
—Chairman, J. Jordan; Secretary, F.
Corlo. Ship's fund $41. Spent $38
rental of films. Reports accepted.
Shelves to be put on bulkheads to
hold bottles. Discussion on athletic
equipment.

GATEWAY CITY (Waterman), Oct.
7—Chairman, H. Carmlchael; Secre­
tary, W. Sink. Repair list submitted.
Plenty of overtime with none dis­
puted, no beefs. One brother hos­
pitalized in Bremerhaven. Recom­
mend pantryman to be put off In
Norfolk. Report accepted. Patrol­
man to be on dock on arrival In Nor:
folk. New delegate elected. Tw<»
thermidor heaters to be ordered for
day men's and bos'un's foc'sles. AU
old repair lists to be consolidated and
see if something can be done.

Oct. 28—Chairman, H. Carmlchael;
Secretary, W. Sink. Delegate missed
ship sailing from New Orleans, to be
reported on arrival in Norfolk. Wiper
missed ship in New Orleans, to be
turned in in Norfolk. Report accept­
ed. New delegate elected. Repairs to
be made In shipyard. Two new coffee
percolators to be put In crew mess-
room.

ship In Penang due to change In
sailing board. Deck morale extreme­
ly low. Dirty ship, no tools, low
overtime, consistent logging and poor
chow. One man hospitalized in Co­
lombo.

MURRAW HILL (Fairfield), Oct. 7
—Chairman, C. McQueen; Secretary,
L. Donovan. Checker board- pur­
chased. Special meeting for Class
"A" called. Launch service discussed.
Draw list to be made for ten days in
Japan. Wiper complains pantry man
threatened him; pantryman denies
same. Suggestion to move percolators
to recreation room. Linen exchange
discussed. Wipers to paint showers.

HASTINGS (Waterman), Oct. 24—
Chairman, C. Wallick; Secretary, J.
Wells. Repair list to be submitted.
No transportation for men getting
off ship—to be taken up with patrol­
man at payoff. Some disputed over­
time. San Juan gangway watch to be
taken up with patrolman, company
had their men. Men asked to be
sober at payoff. All books and per­
mits to be turned over to patrolman
at payoff. Delegate to give up job.
Linen to be turned in at payoff. Cat­
walk lights to be turned' on by 4-8
watch. Vote of thanks to steward de­
partment.

OCT. 14—Chairman, C. Demers; Sec­
retary, B. Bessllieve. Three copies of
previous meetings* minutes to be
typed by public stenographer in Hali­
fax and air mail one copy to head­
quarters. Wire Boston for LOGS and
communications dating back to July
5th. To see captain about lifting
logs. Ship's fund $17. Repair list
turned in. Repairs completed. Sev­
eral beefs. Lack of proper and effi­
cient working gear. Some disputed
overtime—will square up two items.
Secretary to present and discuss reso­
lutions at headquarters and report
back to membership.

EMILIA (Bull), Oct. 29—Chairman,
F. Buhl; Secretary, C. Stansbury. All
beefs to be discussed with delegate.
Ship's fund $42.00. Beefs to be set­
tled at meetings not in Union hall.
Friction between crew members—re­
quest more harmony and cooperation.
Vote of thanks to chief cook for job
well done.

ARIZPA (Waterman), Oct. .28—
Chairman, R. Eden; Secretary, D.
Nunn. Repair list submitted. Few
hours disputed overtime. One man
ill with rupture. Report accepted.
All rooms to be orderly and neat for
payoff. Return soiled linen to locker.
Members urged to vote.

ITEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), Aug.
4—Chairman, T. Kline; Secretary, A.
Notturno. Laundry and library to be
cleaned. Washing machine to be
turned off after use. Delegate to see
captain about sending mail in Persian
Gulf ports.

CHILORE (Ore Nav.), Nov. 2—Chair­
man, W. Everett; Secretary, J. Abrams.
Repair list turned in—some repairs
made. Ship's fund $18.63. Report
accepted, Cups to be returned to
pantry. Laundry to be kept clean.

HASTINGS (Waterman), Dec. 2 —
Chairman, H. Butts; Secretary, J.

'Wells. Clothes not to be hung In
fidley, as it is fire hazard. Clothes
line put up in shelter deck. All doors
to be locked in Korea. Keep all un­
authorized persons out of passageways
and crews quarters for protection of
personal property and gear. Request
clothes drier be placed on ship. Chairs
to be returned to recreation room
after use. Return cups to pantry.
Galley air vents to be cleaned. Vote
of thanks to steward department for
fine Thanksgiving dinner.

COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Vlc-
fory Carriers), Oct. 28—Chairman, G.
Suit; Secretary, L. Pepper. Some dis­
puted OT. Pantry sinks need atten­
tion. Ship's fund $9.50. Pantry sinks
to be replaced with stainless steel.
No launch service at Yawata, Japan.
Members to spot sougee foc'sles. New
-library to be put aboard next voyage.
Day workers and card players to re­
frain from using coffee made for
watch standers. Return all coffee
cups.

DEL SUD (Delta Line), Nov. 11 —
Chairman, J. Cave; Secretary, L. Brl-
ant. New delegate elected. Picnic
fund $204.52. Ship's fund $41.65. Re­
ports accepted. Driers to be put on
ship. New secretary-reporter, athletic
director and librarian elected. Sug
gestion to donate money to Tobias
Fund in New Orleans. Discussion on
various funds, etc.

VENORE (Ore Nay.), Nov. 10 —
Chairman, J. Corcoran; Secretary, T.
Cummlngs. Report accepted. New
delegate elected. Need new soap
dishes. Vote of thanks to steward
department for good food.

JEAN (Bull), Dec. 16—Chairman, B.
Gliek; Secretary, M. Enore. Discus- .
sion on food and night lunch; wash­
ing machine, black gang's bathroom.
Vote of thanks to steward department
for job well done.

CHARLES C. DUNAIF (Orion), Oct.
28—Chairman, J. Zlerels; Secretary,
C. Stack. Repairs completed In Japan.
One man missed ship. Report on
raise in pay. Few hours disputed OT
New man picked up in Japan. Com- •
munication from headquarters on
seniority read. Need new large
sheets, mattress covers, pillow cases
and bedspreads. Repair lists to be
submitted by eacl. depariment dele-
gate. Request sober payoff. Noise to
be kept down in passageways.

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Seafarer Olavi Kivikoslct ts shown peering out of the cabin
of the boat on which he recently completed a solo west­
bound crossing -of the Atlantic. Below, his boat, th« .Tur­
quoise, is tied up in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

US May Act
To Cut Out
China Bonus

WASHINGTOI^The Govern­
ment and Maritime Administration
may begin putting pressure on
steamship companies to discon­
tinue payment of area bonuses off
the China coast in future contracts.
The -basis for the action is a Navy
claim that the waters off Formosa
are no longer considered dan­
gerous.

The tmplication of the Navy
statement is that there is some
kind of unofflcial truce in the For-
niosa area between the Chinese
Communist Government on one
side and the Chinese Nationalista
on Formosa. It has been reported '
In the "New York Times" that the
Chinese Reds have offered Chiang
Kai-shek a high post in the Chi­
nese government.

Indirect US-China trade is re­
portedly increasing with rising
shipments going through Hong
Kong, y

^ 100% Formosa Bonus
At present Seafarers receivfe ICQ

percent bonus while in Formosan
waters and along the China coast.
There is also a $5 a day bonus in
the Saigon area.

Bonuses are part of the SlU'g
contract as well as those of other
maritime unions. However, if the
Government refuses to pay subsidy
for these bonus items to the sub­
sidized operators the pressure will
be on to discontinue them at futwe
contract negotiations.

Seafarer Solos Ocean 2 Ways
It took Seafarer Olavi Kivikoski 3^ years to do it, but he has finally realized his ambition to

make a solo round trip across the Atlantic. The veteran Seafarer arrived safely in Miami,
December 15, completing the last leg of his westbound crossing, after overcoming several
mishaps including a near-ship­
wreck on the Cuban coast.

Back in 1953, Kivikoski
crossed the Atlantic eastbound in
his 30-foot schooner, the Turquoise,
leaving New York in June and
arriving in Holland after 67 days.
From there he sailed up to his
home town of Kemi, Finland, where
he was feted by his neighbors.
Then he flew back to New York

and shipped for
'the year.

In 1955, he
went back to Fin­
land intending to
make the return
trip that summer.
He got as far as
Denmark where
an accident dis­
abled his two-

masted ship and hung him up too
long to start baek across.

Back he came to the States and
shipped until the spring of 1956.
Finally, OH June 18, 1956, he start­
ed out from Denmark on the west­
bound voyage. He stopped at
England and then beat his way
across the Bay of Biscay to Lisbon,
Portugal. From Portugal he head­
ed westward, but ran into stormy
weather which did further damage
to the ship.

He returned to Lisbon for re­
pairs and set out once again, mak­
ing it to Las Palmas, Canary Is­
lands, without incident.

By this time it was mid-August,
and the hurricane season was un­
derway. "If I got caught in a hur­
ricane with my little boat that
would be the finish," he said, "so I
waited the season out in Las Pal­
mas. Then I left on October 18
and had a smooth trip across to St.
Thomas, Virgin Islands, where I
put in 36 days later."

From St, Thomas he coasted his
way into S?)^ ,Jii?n.,., Jifter

leaving he ran into the worst
weather of the entire trip. A storm
blew up and a sudden gust of wind
swung the slack boom around.
Kivikoski didn't duck fast enough
and was caught flush on the tem­
ple on the left side of his head.

"The blow affected the eyesight
in my left eye so that I could hard­
ly see. I managed to hold to my
course by squinting out of my right
eye. After several hours I had to
go below to catch some sleep."
But when he woke up a few hours
later "the ship had tumCd com­
pletely arounil and was running
dangerously close to a coral reef on
the liorth coast of Cuba."

He managed to steer through th«
breakers and ground the boat in
shallow waters inside - the reef.
Then he waded ashore and stag­
gered along a couple of miles in
the broiling sun to a fishing vil­
lage. '

After resting up there awhile,
the fishermen helped him push out
into deeper water. He then made
it to Miami without further incid­
ent.

Once there, he sold the boat to
a cameraman who intends to put in
a glass bottom and use it for ma­
rine photography. As for himself,
he says he has no more ambitions
for solo voyaging.

Add to the honor list of SIU
anglers the name of Brother R.
Koch whose fishing prowess won
him the plaudits of fellow Seafar­
ers on the Stony Creek., While the
tanker was at Harbor Island, Tex.,
second pumpman Koch hauled in
a nice batch of sea trout which,
say the crew, "was enjoyed by all
and a vote of thanks was given to
him by all with the exception of
the cooks who had to clean the
catch."

Another SIU angler who came
in for special mention by his ship­
mates v was steward R. Richardson
on the Marymar. The Marymar
crew didn't make any claims about
Brother Richardson's catch, but
they did report that he was "really
having a balT'^and that they had
to do plenty of listening to tales of
the "ones that got away," *

Votes of thanks to steward de­
partments for good chow are com­
monplace on SIU ships, particular­
ly during the holiday season. But
the men on the Fort Bridger, it
seems, appreciate what appeals to
the eye as well
as what appeals
to the stomach.
And so they not
only gave a vote
of thanks to the
steward depart­
ment for a fine
Christmas din­
ner, but also a
special vote of
thanks to John

McLemore

McLemore for designing and draw*
ing the Christmas menus. Also,
they said "thanks" to "Harrison^'
for his tasty pizza pies and to
"Sparks" for his "many .unfailing
courtesies to all members of tho
crew.' .. -r. -k - _



Febmary 18. 1881 SEAF ARERS LOG Page Seven

YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTB
Seafarer's Guide To Better Buying

By Sidney Margolius

Size Of Can No Clue To Amount
A shopper who whisks through a supermarket these days, grabbing

packages without stopping to.check the net weights, can shortwelght
herself considerably.

One new father who has been doing the family marketing writes
that he Is both confused and .irritated at the way food^ canners and
packers fudge, legally, on weights and measures, like the 24-ounce bot­
tles of apple juice he thought were quarts. He's also distressed about
the high cost of those tiny cans and jars of baby foodi.

His family pediatrician, he reports, says that after a baby is a few
months old it's as safe and much less costly to mash the family's fruits
and vegetables. He's right about the cost. You can pay 15 cents for
IV* ounces of Junior applesauce, for example, while a 16-ouhce can of
ordinary applesauce costs only 16 cents. Or you can pay 15 cents
for IVi ounces of baby chicken and^meat soups which really contain
little chicken or meat. Consult your own doctor about how soon you

can start mashing some of your
own baby foods.

In the matter of confusing pack­
ages, a survey by this department
finds there w not only a bewilder­
ing multiplicity of sizes, but two
packages that look much alike to
the casual buyer may vary from 3
to 20 percent in their contents.

Moreover, the trend is toward
smaller sizes of cans claimed to be
more convenient for the consumer.
Whether or not they're really more
convenient, they're certainly more
expensive per ounce of edible ma­
terial. ^

The Federal Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act outlaws O'bviously
deceptive packaging, such as the
old-time f-ounce bottle of vanilla
extract with thick glass sides that
actually looked bigger than honest
-2-ounce bottles. But some of Amer-

^ ica's best-known brands are pack­
aged in containers that give you anywhere from one-half to two ounces
less than is usual for the particiilar food.

While the law says the net weight of the contents must be stated,
you sometimes have to search all over the can or package to find it.

Take a famous brand of peanut butter. Its 11-ounce 'jar doesn't look
much different from the usual 12-ounce jars that qost the same 35
cents. Among the jelly jars, most of which give you 12 ounces, watch
out for the one that provides 10.

There are the well-known brands of applesauce packed in 15-ounce
Jars that cost as much as the 16-17 ounce containers on the shelf. Ap­
parently a number of manufacturers like to put up 15 ounces of some­
thing rather than the 16-ounce pound that was the traditional measure
of our forefathers. One brand of corned beef hash gets a little closer
to the 16-ounce mark. It gives you a full 15A^ ounces compared to the
ISf ounces of the other brands.

How To Stretch Tomatoes
You might do a double take at one of the most widely-advertised

tomato juices, packed by a famous company whose president recently
made a speech warning newspapers and magazines that advertisers
should not be expected to tolerate articles that are against their inter­
ests. While other brands of tomato juice on the shelf give you 1 pint
(14 ounces for your 15 cents), this company gives you a half ounce less
for the same money. This represents a real advance in farming meth­
ods. Multiply a half ounce by several million cans and you have grown
yourself a lot more tomatoes.

Take two individual-size cans of pork and beans. At the same 10-
cent price, one brand gives*"you 8 ounces, the other 7. Just to show
the fallacy of such "convenience" sizes, note that you can buy a pound
can for only three cents more.

When it comes to tuna fish, a shopper needs an electronic calculator
to see who gives you how much. Various brands are 6 "ounces, 6V^, 7
and 7%.

The president of one major frozen food company himself has criti­
cized those processors who put out an 8-ounce package of the newly-
popular cooked fish specialties with the same facing as the 10-ounce
packages, "primarily to fool the public." There's another way the pub­
lic gets fooled in buying frozen prepared foods, revealed by the New
York State Marketing Service. Some processors, for example, bread
shrimp so heavily the pieces look much Jarger than they are.

Which Comes First?
The Government has caught up with those packers of frozen chicken

and turkey pot pies which had only minute bits of chicken or turkey.
Standards now set the minimum amount of meat pot pies may contain.
In buying precooked dishes, note that under Federal law ingredients
must be listed in order of predominance. If a package says "gravy
with beef," this means there is more gravy than beef. If a jar says
"chicken with noodles," that means you'get more chicken than noodles.
If it says "noodles with chicken," as do some leading products of this
type, you know you get mostly noodles, but there must also be enough
chicken to be worth, mention.

It would also be in the service of the taxpayers if the state extension
services that have been praising to the public the "convenience" of the
new frozen uncooked meats, would also tell about their high cost. This
department finds frozen packaged boneless stew beef is 93 cents a
pound, while fresh boneless stew in the same store is 69 cents a pound.
Packaged frozen round steak comes to $1.04 a pound, compared to well-
trimmed fresh round at 89 cents a pound. Packaged frozen loin lamb
chops at $1.95 a pound, no less, compared with fresh chops at $1.05.

6; Ocean Tankers, 1; Texas Com­
pany, 1; Barracuda, 3; Onassis, 3,
and Somerset, 3.

\^ile maintaining that present
ship building facilities are ade­
quate, Morse did admit that the
MA has received "active" requests
from companies interested in leas­
ing Government yards in Wilming- | ti:'s.

,ton, NC, and Vancouver, Wash. He
also said there had been interest
in reopening yards on the Gulf
and ill California, as well as the
Navy-controlled yard in Kearny,
NJ. Space in foreign yards has
been at a premium and this has
boosted the demand for US facill-

New Runaways Fill US Yards
WASHINGTON—^Although Federal Maritime Administrator Clarence Morse is decrying

the shortage of steel for US shipbuilding, the Maritime Administration has approved con­
struction in US yards of at least 31 tankers for foreign flag operations.

Ten of th^e tankers are al- *'
ready being built and the MA
has approved "in principle"

"the construction of 21 others, re­
sulting in the 31 figure. The real
total, however, is somewhat nearer
35 since the MA's figures only go
up to December 31 and the agency
has approved additional construc­
tion since then.

Aside from the steel situation,
the planned foreign f.'ag construc­
tion also brings to the fore the
question of US shipyard space.
Privately-owned yards presently
can provide 77 ways. Although all
of the foreign flag tankers will not
be on the ways at once, they will
still take up a good deal of the
available faci'.ities.

Morse raised the shortage issue
in testimony before'" the House
Merchant Marine Committee. He
called the existing facilities ade­
quate even if the steel shortage
were overcome, and said he saw
no need to activate reserve ship­
yards to meet the growing demand
for new merchantmen.

Steel Supplies Low
He said the steel shortage Would

plague US .shipbuilding at least
through 1958, and that the MA
would not reach its goal of 60 new
ships on the ways "untii some pe­
riod ahead."

The ten foreign flag tankers
now being built include three for
the Texas Company and two for
Ocean Tankers, Limited. The other
five tankers were originally au­
thorized for US flag operation, but
their owners have since been
granted permission to transfer for­
eign on the promise of building
larger ships. These five tankers in­
clude one for Carras, one for New
York .Tankers, one for Industry
Tankers and two for Transoceanic
Marine.

The 21 tankers approved "in
principle" break down as follows:
Monrovia Tankers, 2; Astrophea
Navigation, 2; Flanagan-Loveland,

In the first state merger of 1957,
North Carolina's 150,000 AFL and
CIO members have been united in
the North Carolina State AFL-CIO.
The merger—the 20th since the
AFL-CIO national merger in De-
comber, 1955—was brought about
through unity of the AFL State
Federation of Labor and the CIO
State Industrial Union Council. It
represented an about-face by the
AFL group which opposed a CIO
merger proposal last summer.

i i
Although present bargaining

agreements will not expire until
the end of the year, the Millinery
Workers Union has already noti­
fied employers that it will press for
a guaranteed annual wage for the
majority of millinery workers and
a 20-weeks' work-or-wage guaran­
tee for seasonal employees, such
as those qiaking straw hats. The
GAW demand is coupled with a
proposal for a training program to
replenish the industry's supply of
skilled workers.

t
As the result of the purchase of

two struck plants by Henry Kaiser,
Oregon lumber and sawmill work­
ers are now back at work under the
terms of a new three-year contract.
The workers struck the two plants,
which manufacture insulating
board, 19 months ago. Kaiser
bought both plants a couple of

Tanker Crewmen Collect
700 Hours' Disputed 01

NEW YORK—Some 700 hours of disputed overtime for the
SIU crew of the tanker Federal (US Petroleum) was collected
last week after an eight-hour hassle in the company office.
~ ^ The bonanza added another

McKay New
BME Head

Wilbur Dickey, president of the
Brotherhood of Marine Engineers
for the past four years and a union
officer for the past five years, has
tendered his resignation to the
BME's executive board and been
replaced as president by Raymond
McKay, former BME—first vice
president.

Citing personal reasons for his
decision. Dickey asked the execu­
tive board to be relieved of the
presidency effective January 17.
The board accepted Dickey's resig­
nation witii regret and expressed
appreciation for his past services.

In a letter to the board. Dickey
said that although he was leaving
the presidency, he would continue,
whenever possible, to work in the
union's behalf.

McKay, the new president, has
been active in BME administrative
and organizational affairs since
1952, when he came ashore as a
member of the union's negotiating
committee. He was elected first
vice president in T954; •

$1,500 to the one-year payoff
for many in the crew.

The ship put in at Bermuda after
being out over a year, and crew-
members were taken off and re­
patriated by air. Headquarters
patrolmen spent eight hours in the
company office settling beefs and
getting the crew paid off SlU-style.
The 700 hours represented OT for
men in all three departments.

"Everybody was happy about it,"
SIU Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
Claude Simmons pointed out, "ex­
cept the captain who had disputed
all the overtime in the first place."

Meanwhile, shipping has slowed
down considerably in this port due
to the tug strike that began Feb­
ruary 1st. Most of the ships that
were scheduled to arrive here
were ^diverted to Baltimore and
other ports.

However, a total of 16 ships were
paid off, six signed on foreign
articles and 15 were serviced in
transit. Among the in-transit ves­
sels were the Alcoa Runner and
Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa), which both
came out of temporary lay-up. In
turn, the Harold T. Andrewi (New
England Industries) went Into
lay-up. .. .

weeks ago and made the settlement
of their labor disputes the first
ord.-r of business. The three-year
pact can be reopened annually for
wage negotiations.

if. -x. i
I'.lth their husbands pounding

their beats, wives of St. Louis po-
licem-n have been picketing the
city hall with a demand for a 10
percent wage boost. Especially
incensed over a $950,000 fund for
additions to the city museum, some
of tliC wives carried picket signs
reading: "The art museum gets the
wings and we get the bird."

^ 4*
Demands for a wage cut of 14-

cents an hour have been made by
the Bates Manufacturing Com­
pany in a pact reopener with the
Textile XVorkers Union of America.
Botes operates five mills employ­
ing 6,000 workers in Maine. The
company argues that Southern
mil's pay that much less. Union
spokesmen indicated that they
would press for a small increase.

4» i
A fln.:;-raiit violation'of the wage

hour act was reported by the AFL-
CIO Building Trades Department
recently. A Rome, Georgia, tenant
fanner reported that he was paid
.•53 a day for an 11-hour day work­
ing as a painter, roofer and car­
penter. He got $78 for 26 days
work which was only good at the
commissary store. The employer,
by classing the man as "farm help"
hoped to evade the $1 an hour
minimum apd the 40 hour week.
The La'eor Department has been
notified of the violation.

On the other side of the mini­
mum wage picture. New York State
is going to match the Federal wage
minimum by requiring $1 an hour
in retail trades after Februarj' 15.
The present level is 75 cents.

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The difficulties of organizing

Southern textile mills were undei'-
scored bV the sale of the Darling­
ton Manufacturing Company, Darl­
ington, SC. The mill has been
booming with three shifts and bad
a year's backlog of orders but was
sold piece by piece after the Tex­
tile Workers Union of America
won an election at the plant. The

I sale announcement was made six
days after the election was held.
.Among equipment peddled at auc­
tion were 84 new looms that h.ad
been bou'^ht to increase the mill's
output. The property was sold on
orders of Deering, Milliken & Co.,
operators of 28 other mills, all of
them non-union.

4< " 4< 4"
Fairfax County, Va., is planning

to place a $500 tax on each "labor
agent" working in the county. The
plan is to be considered by the
county supervisors next month. La­
bor groups in the area are plan­
ning to challenge application of
the law.

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Tage Eight SEAFARERS LOG Febraary 15, 1957

Box Score On US Social Security
r

Legislation passed in 1956 has improved the Social Security
system by providing benefits for disabled workers and op­
tional retirement at 62 for women.

There are a number of other benefits in the program
which are not generally known. Various SIU Welfare Plan
provisions also add to the Government's aid. On this page is
a summary of the major Social Security and Union benefits
involved.

US Gov't
Benefits

Benefits From
SIU Welfare

SEAFARERS Disabled,
50-64

WIVES
(of retired
Seafarers
65 or over)

(Any Age)

1^-

Disabled,
65 or over

i
j Working Wife

1
I
I
I
i Non-Working

Wife

I

WIDOWS ! No Children
Under 18

I One Child
I Under 18

j Two or More

I
I

Children
Under IS

MAXmm BENEFITi
$108.50 per month
starting July '57
(this is a new benefit)

MAXIMUM BENEFIT:
$108.50 per month
(effective now)

MAXIMUM BENEFIT:
(In addition to husband's benefits)

$86.80 per mo. (if she retires
at 62)
$108.50 per mo. (if she retires
at 65)

MAXIMUM BENEFIT:
(In addition to husband''s benefits)

$40.80 per mo. (if she files
claim at ^2)
$54.30 per mo. (if she files
claim at 65)

MAXIMUM BENEFIT:
$81.40 per month

Up to $255 burial benefit

MAXIMUM BENEFIT:
$162.80 per month

Up to $255 burial benefit

MAXIMUM BENEFIT:
$200 per month

Up to $255 burial benefit

$150 per month
(Combined benefits up to $258.50

starting July '57)

Family hospital, surgical benefits

Children eligible for scholarship

$150 per month
(Combined benefits up to ,$258.50

as of now)

Family hospital, surgical benefits

Children eligible for scholarship

Children eligible for scholarship

If husband is on disability, elig­
ible for family hospital, surgi­
cal benefits

Children eligible for scholarship

If husband is on disability, elig­
ible for family hospital, surgi­
cal benefits

$4,000 death benefit

Family hospital, surgical benefit
for 90 days after last day Sea­
farer worked

Seafarer's earned vacation pay

Children eligible for scholarship

$4,000 death benefit

Family hospital, surgical benefit
for 90 days after last day Sea­
farer worked

Seafarer's earned vacation pay

Children eligible for scholarship

$4,000 death benefit

Family^ hospital, surgical benefit
for 90 days after last day Sea­
farer worked

Seafarer's earned vacation pay

Children eligible for scholarship

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Febroiiry 15, 1957 SEAFARERS LOG rage Nine

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'From All The Ships At Sea'

Carib Queen
Causes Stir
In France

ST. NAZAIRE, France — The
TMT Carib Queen arrived here on
her maiden voyage last week and
touched off a commotio!, the likes
of which the town hadn't seen
since World War II days. More
than 250 European shipping au­
thorities swarmed all over the ves­
sel and incidentally, partook of a
few dozen magnums of champagne
that were opened for the occasion.

NATO representatives in France,
seeing the ship for the first time,
were reported as impressed by its
ability to deliver wheeled and
tracked vehicles in short order.

With many hundreds of the, local
citizenry present, special cere­
monies were held Involving speech­
es and the cutting of a big cake.
Then Eric Rath, president of TMT,
announced to the throng of abput
600 that there would be champagne
for everybody — an announcement
which did wonders for Franco-
American relations.

After unloading her Army cargo,
the Carib Queen took on some gen­
eral cargo and proceeded to Brem-
erhaven. There she loaded up on
Volkswagens for transport back to
the US.

• ' Unlike shoreside industries where members can always
contact their union by picking up a phone, or in person after
the 5 o'clock whistle, men at sea are always geographically far
removed from their Union's facilities ashore. But there is
a steady stream of communication between the Union ashore
and the seagoing membership regularly by mail and, in emer­
gency cases, by cable.

Having a team of elected delegates aboard ship who are
keyed to the needs of the men has long proved workable
and efficient. Now the formalization f)t the functions of a
ship's reporter .to handle communications, correspondence
and just "keep in touch" is also demonstrating its usefulness.

The reporter is a key link between the SIU, the ships and
the membership on regular Union business as well as the
LOG. We salute these agile penmen on a job well done.

4" 4"

Too Little Too Late?

The converted Landing Ship
Dock is scheduled to make two
more trips carrying Army cargo
after which she will go into the
company's regular service in the
Caribbean area.

A sister ship to the Carib Queen
Is nearing completion and will aico
be manned by Seafarers. TMT al­
ready operates LSTs under tow
of ocean-going tugs in the island
service.

.Confronted for some time with only passing interest in
Washington and a sort of creeping paralysis in its own ranks,
US ship operators are faced with an even more curious situa­
tion in American shipyards. Finally driven to the realization
that they must build new, modern ships to meet mushroom­
ing foreign competition, they now must compete both for
steel and construction space with these same foreigners. »

Some might say that the industry brought this on itself by
its long history of inactivity, but the issue goes deeper than
that. If US shipping is to maintain its ten-year role as the
supply lifeline of the free world, it must have the ships with
which to do the job.

Right now, work on new American tonnage is being held
up because shipyards are swamped with US Government-
approved orders for foreign tankers. This construction is
eating into scarce steel supplies, but American operators can't
even get an even break on steel. A reappraisal of this Gov­
ernment policy certainly seems to be in order.

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Waterman Asks Subsidies
On Five Trade Routes

WASHINGTON—^A comprehensive application for subsid­
ies on five major trade routes has been filed with the Federal
Maritime Board by the SlU-contracted Waterman Steamship
Corp. The company's appli­
cation would cover a mini­
mum of 114 sailings a year up
to a top figure of 174 voyages to
aU parts of the continent and the
Far East.

Involved in the Waterman ap­
plication are the following services:
• Between US Gulf ports and

ports in the United Kingdom, Eire
and northern Europe.

• Atlantic - Gulf - California and
Fai; East Service on the westbound
leg to Japan, Formosa, the Philip­
pines and the Asiatic mainland,
also eastbound to the Atlantic and
Gulf area.

• A similar service direct from

^Steady As She Goes'
Certainly no finer monument can be credited to Harry

Lundeberg than the prosperous Seafarers International Union
of North American that he founded and sparkplugged from
1938 on. The decision by the SIUNA executive committee
last week to push ahead on the same course he originally
established is a measure of the imprint Lundeberg left in
the seamen's movement.

Even busy San Francisco paid tribute to him in a manner
accorded to few men, as sailors, union officials, civic leaders
and the whole shipping community turned out by the thou­
sands for a final farewell. Maritime unionists everywhere
share the"~feeling that things will never seem quite the same
without Harry around.

the Pacific Coast to the Far East.
• A North Atlantic to France

and Northern Europe service.
• A Gulf to Mediterranean and

Black Sea service.
The Waterman application would

compete with many of the existing
subsidized. trade services and as
such would represent a sharp
break with past tradition of having
one or at the most two operators
subsidized on an essential trade
route. Application for subsidies
from Isthmian, Isbrandtsen, States
Marine and other companies also
indicates that the old system of
subsidizing a handful of favored
operators is on the way out.

The filing of so many new sub-

Seatrain To
Build Ship

A new railroad freight car car­
rier will be built for its coastwise
service, Seatrain Lines has an­
nounced. The company presently
operates six such vessels in runs
between Edgcwatcr, New Jersey,
and Texas and Gulf ports.

The last ships to be built by the
company were the Seatrains Geor­
gia and Louisiana at a cost of ap­
proximately $4 million each. They
came out in 1951. Each can carry
100 loaded freight cars as do the
other four ships on the Seatrain
run.

Details of the new vessel have
not yet been revealed, but it is cer­
tain that the ship will set the
company back -considerably more
than the $4-million-tabs on the
Louisiana and Georgia.

Seatrain pioneered the current
trend toward special ships built for
hauling rail freight cars, trucks or
truck trailers when it began opera­
tions more than 25 years ago. The
cars are loaded iJy shoreside cranes
onto railroad track set in the holds
and decks of the ships, at the
company's special terminals.

sidy petitions has touched off a
struggle between the newcomers
and established operators in the
field.

In fact, the filing of the Water­
man bid virtually marks a clean
sweep of non-subsidized-companies
oifering cargo liner service in the
offshore trade. Waterman was the
last of major non-subsidized opera­
tors to file an application for oper­
ating aid from the Government.

As previously reported in the
SEAFARERS LOG, isthmian Lines
Inc. has also filed application seek­
ing subsidies on a number of its
regular services.

Seattle Has
Dip In Jobs

SEATTLE — The crystal baU
proved itself right during the past
period, when shipping slowed up
temporarily as expected.

Despite four payoffs and sign-
ons, plus three in-transit ships, job
turnover was relatively light. Port
Agent Jeff Gillette noted.

All of the ships that paid off
signed on again the same day for a
new trip. These were the Frederic
C. Collin (Drytrans), and Auburn
(Alba), Fairport (Waterman), and
Ocean Joyce (Ocean Trans).

In transit were the Losmar, Sea-
mar (Calmar) and Northwestern
Victory (Victory Carriers). There
was nothing out of the ordinary on
any of them.

'57 'Seamen's
Manual' Out

Seafarers interested in get­
ting the "last word" on deck
seamanship can find it in the
handy 1957 edition of the
"American Merchant Seamen's
Manual." Its 800-odd pages
cover everything from signaling,
first aid and wire splicing to
handling small boats under sail,
including a digest of the laws
pertaining to merchant seamen.
The book is useful for upgrad­
ing preparation as well as a
standard reference for emer­
gencies. List-priced at $7 .per
copy by Cornell* Maritime Press,
Cambridge, Md., this is the 5th
edition since 1938. Most marine
bookstores stock it.

Sam Bennett has taken over as
president of the Marine Firemen's
Union, replacing Vincent Malone
who retired after 19 years in the
top slot. The tally of the MFOW
election formalized Bennett's posi­
tion, as he w^ an unopposed can­
didate. Jack Hatton was elected
vice-president, and C. A. Peterson,
treasurer. Other's chosen are j.
T. Balent and Leonard Knopp as
San Francisco business agents; A.
H. Ward, Seattle port agent; Joe
Dobosics, San Pedro agent; Art
Coleman, Portland agent; E. G.
Ramsey, New York agent; T. L.
Meyer, Baltimore agent and Alex
Jarrett, Honolulu agent. The three
propositions on the ballot also car­
ried by approximately two to one.

4. 4.
An important ruling on the pow­

ers of the Canadian government to
control British flag registry is
awaited by the SIU Canadian Dis­
trict. The ruling concerns ore-
carrying ships which run between
Seven Isles, Quebec, and US ports.
The ships are Canadian-owned but
registered British to escape Can­
adian standards. The Canadian
District has been conducting an
organizing drive on these vessels.

4- 4" 4
A resume of the Brotherhood of

Marine Engineers Welfare Plan
shows that it has paid out over
$137,000 in benefits since it start­
ed functioning in 1950. Of this
total, more than $43,000 was paid
in the 1956 calendar year, reflect­
ing improvements in benefit rates
and addition of new benefits.

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STONY CREEK—(Mar Trade), Oct.
S—Chairman, Pappan; Secretary,
R. Meloy. New delegate elected. Re­
ports accepted. Discussion on Issu­
ance of soap and soap powder: im­
provement of food and its prepara­
tion: new coffee pot: new repair list
to be drawn up: foc'sles to be sougeed
and painted.

Nov. 11—Chairman, C. Degget; Sec­
retary, R. Pappan. Repair list sub­
mitted. Forcastles to be painted next
trip. Ship's fund S30. One man hospi­
talized in Aruba. One man missed
ship in Germany. Discussion on

OCEAN ULLA (Marine Overseas),
Nov. 4—Chairman, P. Sanderlln: Sec­
retary, P. Livingston. Report accepted.
Laundry to be kept clean. Cups and
glasses to be kept in order on morn­
ing watches. Proper attire to be worn
in messroom and pantry.

HASTINGS (Waterman), Nov. 7—
Chairman, H. Butts; Secretary, J.
Wells. New delegate elected. Repairs
being made. Communications posted.
Ail minor beefs to be discussed with
clepaitnient delegate. Vote of thanks

JOSEFINA (Liberty Nav.), Nev. 11
—Chairman, H. Janynes; Secretary, D.
Wentworth. To take travelers checks
as draws for entire voyage. Turn off
washing machine when through using.

DOROTHY (Bull), Nov. IS—Chair­
man, H. Towkis; Secretary (none).
Repairs made. Beef with mate, to be
squared away with patrolman. Few
hours disputed overtime. One man
paid off in San Juan. Reports ac­
cepted. Request change in menu in
Porto Rico.

to steward department Good crew—
should have good trip.

REBECCA (Maritime Overseas), Sept.
2t—Chairman, A. Kessen; Secretary,
L. Lewis. Ship's fund SB. Report ac­
cepted. Discussion on perforniei-s and
action that wiil be taken on same.
Contact patrolman regarding crew
loading stores In Wiimiugton and in­
quire why company does not have
shore gang load same.

Nov. 4—Chairman, J. Areilanes;
Secretary, F. Timmons. Few hours
disputed overtime. Ship's fund SB.
Vote of thanks to steward department
for good food and service. Vote of
thanks to delegate for good job. Vote
of thanks to radio operator for typing
maritime news each week.

LEWIS EMERY JR. (Victory Car­
riers), Oct. IT—Chairman, P. Miilican;
Secretary, P. Parker. Need new
washing machine. Letter sent to LOG
about trip with pictures. Dispute on
hospital slip concerning wiper, will
be referred to patrolman. Report ac­
cepted. Repair list to be made up by
each department. Awaiting mail from
agent in Wilmington concerning
amount due on movie dims.

ALMENA (Pan Atlantic), Nav. 11—
Chairman, J. Jeiiotte; Secretary, A.
Novak. No smoking on deck or door­
way leading to main deck. New agi­
tator secured for washing machine.
Need ship's fund for incidental ex­
penses. One man missed ship in Bay-
town. Few hours disputed overtime.
Report accepted. Contact Union re­
garding need for agreement covering
Pan Atlantic combination ships. Baker
requests new quarters, present quar­
ters inadequate. Washing machine
not being cleaned after use.

SEA CLOUD (Amer. Mer. Mar.), Oct.
21—Chairman, B. Anderson; Secre­
tary, Gage. Bathrooms to be repaired.
Galley scuppers to be opened. Need
spare room on main deck for cook
and baker: pure black pepper and
large salt and pepper shakers; Ameri­
can money for draw.

Nov. 18 — Chairman, B. Anderson;
Secretary, Gage. Need verbal clarifi­
cation of rules for securing ship while
under way. Want draws in foreign
ports issued according to contract.
To .secure maximum \ariety of stores
aboard. Want clarification as to pay­
off after pay has been stopped. Re­
pair lists to be turned in. Delegate
requested sober payoff. Want clarifi­
cation of rules regarding painting.

JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Vic.
Carriers), Nov. 19—Chairman, J. Me-
Rae; Secretary, B. Richardson. Man
fired without reason. New treasurer
and delegate elected. One man paid
off due to illness in family. Few
hours disputed overtime. Question
about man's shipping card. Delegate
to be reimbursed for money spent on
ship's business. To start ship's fund.
List to be made to rotate laundry
sanitation. Proper attire to be worn
in messroom.

YORKMAR (Caiman, Oct. IS—Chair­
man, M. Luksa; Secretary, J. Kain.
Windscoops placed aboard. Repairs
being made. Ship's fund $17.30. Com­
munication from headquarters regard­
ing new seniority ratings discussed.
Windscoops to be painted white to
avoid hitting them at night. No hot
water in steward department bath­
room.

Nov. 11—Chairman, B. Slaid; Sec­
retary, J. Archie. New delegate
elected. Three replacements in north­
west. Two men paid off liy mutual
consent. Few hours disputed. Secre­
tary-treasurer's report read and ac­
cepted. Brothers from affiliates to be
fully informed of shipping rules when
dispatched to A&G contracted ships.
Discussion on replacing chains for
porthole deadlight. Door to saloon to
be repaired. Less noise in passage­
ways. Discussion on improvement in
feeding since new cooks came aboard.
Repair lists to be turned in.

OCEAN OINNY (Ocean Trans.), Nov.
10—Chairman, M. Machai; Sccratary,
W. Trcgambo. New delegate elected.
Inside work to bo done during bad
weather. Crew to keep pantry clean
at night. Repair lists to be turned
In before payoff. Discussion morning
coffea.

CHIWAWA (Cities Service), Nov. 18
—Chairman, C. Hill; Secretary, W.
Dickens. Repair list submitted. No
action; will be taken up with agent
in Lake Charles. Master refused to
call replacements, for men after giv­
ing 48 hours notice. Few hours dis­
puted overtime. Reports accepted.
To see agent for relief gang to take
en ships' stores in port. New dele­
gate elected. Fan tail to be washed
down: dishes to be cleaned better.

JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman),
Nov. 11—Chairman, E. McCaskcy; Sec­
retary, C. Gill. One man missed ship
in San Francisco. Repair list to be
made up. Letter reporting business
of agents' conference read and ap­
proved. Report accepted. Discussion
concerning desirability of converting
crew's quarters aft to afford greater
comfort and accommodations if and
when ship is converted. Cups to be
returned to pantry. Slop chest price
Increase discussed.

STEEL AGE (Isthmian), Oct. 14—
Chairman, F. Carpenter; Secretary,
M. Burns. Repairs partly completed.
New reporter elected. Report accept­
ed. Ship's fund to be started by means
of arrival pools. Steward claims old
eggs to be used for baking only, rela­
tively fresh ones for table. Linen
shortage. Crew warned to watch their
drinking.

CHICKASAW (Fan Atlantic), Nov.
15—Chairman, C. Ducata; Sacretary,
H. Will. One man fired: to be taken
up with patrolman. To contact .patrol­
man at Tampa to settle old beef.

MARYMAR (Calmar), Nav. 11 —
Chairman, M. Flaad; Sacretary, C.
Cemptar. Miner beefs settled. New
delegate and treasurer elected. Baker
to take care of iron. All beefs to be
referred to steward concerning stew­
ard department.

ANGELINA (Bull), Nav. IS—Chair­
man, A. Whitmar; Sacretary, J. Ed-
dlnt. One man missed ship—referred
to headquarters from P.R. Resignation
effective after payoff. Ship's fund
$63. Few hours disputed overtime
Laundry clean-up list for wipers and
ordinary to be made up. Need variety
In night lunches. Laundry to be kept
clean.

WILLIAM H. CARRUTH (Transfual),
Nav. 12—Chairman, W. Rack; Secre­
tary, N. McGulra. Captain complained
about members' private expenses
ashore. No milk in Spezia or Horta.
Some disputed overtime. Food not up
to par. Steward department passage­
way needs cleaning. Laundry soap to
be issued. Patrolman to examine
menus.

SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain),
Sept. 21—Chairman, W. Bianton; Sec­
retary, D. Rundbiad. Air conditioning
to be put in working order. One man
fired—to see patroiman about same.
New delegate elected. Roof aft leaks
—patroiman to check.

Oct. 14—Chairman, A. Gyiland; Sec­
retary, R. Lund. Two men missed
ship in New York. To see engineer
about air conditioner. Men to get
books. No beefs. Soiled linen to be
turned in. Repair list made up. Dis­
cussion to start shiiTs fund. Vote of
thanks for Negotiating Committee for

-new raise.
Nov. 14—Chairman, K. Kelly; Sec­

retary, J. Tito. New delegate elected.
Reports accepted. One member struck
on head by guard, reported to hospi­
tal. Motion to lock messhall while in
port. Suggestion for improvement of
food: better ham, bacon and potatoes
for bi-eakfa.st. Linen'to be put out on
Friday. Cooking of steaks to be im­
proved.

MURRAY HILL (Atlantic Marine),
Nov. 4—Chairman, W. Frazer; Secre­
tary, L. Wiiiiamson. Crew to abide bv
agreement regarding type of trans­
portation wlien leaving ship. Slop
cliest list to be given out. Iron pur­
chased; does not work on ship's cur­
rent. Iron to be raffled off. Rep.nir
list to be submitted. Showers need
painting. Communication on election
proceedings received. Report accepted.

JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman),
Nov. 4—Chairman, W. Wade; Secre­
tary, C. Gili. One man missed ship
in Yokohama. Report accepted. Let­
ter to be written to J. Algina request­
ing assistance in obtaining compensa­
tion for men whose personal property
was stolen in Pusan. Fresh milk to
be obtained in Nigata if delivered In
suitable containers. Fine Thanksgiv­
ing dinner served.

iNES (Bull), Nov. 10—Chairman,
none; Secretary, R. McCutcheen.
Sliip's fund $46.40. Flowers sent to
deceased crew member's kin. One
man hospitalized in Germany. Few
hours disputed overtime. One man
paid off in San Juan, sent to States
for medical attention. Reports accept­
ed. Vote of thanks to negotiating
committee for new agreement and
benefits. New delegate elected. Need
new ice box and new washing ma­
chine. Fruit shortage. Vote of thanks
to electricians for repairing washing
machino.

Soft Terms'
Set To Plug
Ship Sales,

Except for the slight difference
in the amount of ready cash re­
quired, buying a used ship is get­
ting pretty much like buying a
alopy. The "small down payment,
hree years to pay" system is being

adopted by shipowners to encour­
age peddling of T-2s, Libertys and
other well-worn tonnage.

The "Journal of Commerce" re­
ports that this tactic is becoming
popular among tanker owners
eager to make^a killing on the in­
flated prices of T-2s. The high ask­
ing prices have made it difficult
for a shipowper to peddle his ships
easily. After all, even ship opera­
tors - sometimes find it hard to
scrape up close to $3 million in
cold cash for one US-flag T-2.

30 Percent Down
As a result, those looking to sell

their ships are asking 30 percent
down (a cool million in ..the case
of a tanker) with thrfce years to
pay up the remaining two million.

A Liberty ship, even under to­
day's inflated pi'ices, miglit be
picked up for about $300,000 down,
under this one-third-down plan.

Recent asking prices on the
American market run as high as
•51 million for a Liberty ship. These
prices are above Korean war lev­
els. Foreign T-2s have been offered

between $4 and $41^ million but
have found few nibbles at that
figure.

)efense Brass
Upholds MSTS

WASHINGTON — The Depart­
ment of Defense has again thrown
up its battlements against any sug­
gestions for changes in the opera­
tion of the Military Sea Transport­
ation Service. In a written state­
ment to Senator Warren Magnu-
son, chairman of the Senate Inter­
state and Foreign Commerce Com­
mittee, the Department repeated
its claim that MSTS does not com­
pete with private shipping com­
panies.

The Defense Department state­
ment argued that MSTS has given
most of its business to private
operators in past years and will
continue to do so. It cited a figure
of 72 percent of total MSTS ton­
nage being carried on ships char­
tered from private operators.

Shipping interests and sea un­
ions have contended that there are
many types of .cargo which should
properly be carried by private
steamship companies but normally
go on MSTS ships. They also point
to the heavy passenger traffic of
MSTS, particularly dependents of
servicemen, which they say, should
be carried by private Industry.

State Cracks Down
On Insurance Fraud

Seafarers who were warned several months ago to beware
of car insurance frauds now have it on the word of the
New York State Insurance Department that insurance outfits
peddling car insurance have-*--; ;
been fleecing time-payment
car buyers of millions of dol­
lars,
- The warning to Seafarers, in the
SEAFARERS LOG of November
23, was contained in the "Your
Dollar's Worth" column by Sidney
Margolius, who called the situation

"national scandal" and charged
that finance companies selling car
insurance have been overcharging
unsuspecting buyers, particularly
on collision insurance.

"The gouge," Margolius said, "has
operated chiefly by charging buy­
ers the" Class 2 rate for drivers
under 25, wheher or not there ac­
tually is a young-driver in the fam­
ily, and without asking the buyer
if he has a young driver. The Class
2 rate is approximately twice as
high as Class 1."

Now that charge has been sub­
stantiated by the state insurance
department report which lists over­
charging on collision insurance as
one of the two major abuses in the
sale of car insurance.

Fancy Packages
The other major abuse, the re­

port said, is the selling of fancy
insurance "packages" in which
non-essential coverage is coupled
with travel emergency credit cer­
tificates "of highly dubious value."

The LOG column reported that
misclassification of auto dt-lvers
has resulted in car owners being
overcharged as much as $75—mak­
ing an annual national "take" of

about $25 million—and that some
companies wrote 6 out of 7 policies
at the Class 2 rates although 4 out
of 5 car owners are entitled to the
lower Class 1 rates.

That charge has also been sub­
stantiated by the state department
report which declares that while
the companies should normally
write about 30 percent of their
policies with Class 2 conditions,
examination of the books of some
of these companies showed ̂ that up
to 80 percent were in Class 2.

The department said that so far
it had forced the reimbursement
of over $1 miilion to overcharged
policyholders. The 425 companies
authorized to sell coiiision insur­
ance in this state were ail ordered
to submit reports and on this basis,
the department said, additional re­
funds are in sight.

The LOG article listed the fol­
lowing insurance companies, and
their affiliated finance companies
named by the National Better Busi­
ness Bureau as already known to
have overcharged on insurance
through misclassification;

Cavalier Insurance Co. (Commer­
cial Credit Co.); Calvert Insuran-.e
Co. (Commercial Credit Co.);
Emmco Insurance Co. (Associates
Discount Corp.); Industrial Insur­
ance Co. (American Installment
Credit Corp.); Marathon Insurance
Co. (Pacific Finance Corp.), and
Service Fire Insurance Co. (Uni­
versal CIT Credit Corp.).

'Going, Going, Gone'

Dramatic series of photos shows the Turkish liner Izmir with
the bow of the US freighter Howell Lykes sunk deep in its
side after a collision in the harbor at Izmir, Turkey. Badly
damaged, the liner heels over (center) and sinks in shallow
water (bottom). Five persons were killed on the liner. 240
pthers were rescued after the Lykes pushed the Izmir to within
Too yards of the beach.



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Valerie Jean Spence of Brooklyn makes her debut with
the rest of the family, including Seafarer and Mrs. Leon­
ard C. Spence and brother Kevin Michael, [V2« Valerie
was born Dec. 18, just in time for Christmas at home.

Always happy when dad is home, Debra Ann Sheldrake
had her first birthday this .week, on Feb. 12. Seafarer
Pete Sheldrake was away at sea on the Bienville when
she was born. He sails in the deck department.

Judging from the smiles,
the holidays were fine for
Ann, 3, Dad's Harry C. Kil-
mon Jr., SS Steel Worker.

Comfortable couch makes a dandy spot for some horse­
play by Deneen, Windy and William Lovitt Jr. The
oungsters are the children of Seafarer William Lovitt of
ew York. Deneen isn't so keen on the camera, it seems.

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Not one bit camera-shy, Elbert Milton Welsh Jr. (left)
and brother John Ralph engage in some mugging while
mom looks on. The boys are the pride and joy of Sea­
farer Elbert M. Welsh. John was two in December.

With pal Donald Duck,
Rosemary BischofF, 6
mos., is content. Dad is G.
Fred BischofF, Irvington. NJ.

This family group framed by the foliage Is Seafarer and Mrs. George B. Thurmer. and
sons Sidney, 8 (left), and Stephen, 11. The boys are pictured in close-up photos in the
same order, which make it plain why dad George is so proud of them. He s on SlU dis­
ability-pension due to blindness.

A big happy smile lights up
Ronny Delmont, 5, of Cum­
berland, Md. His dad Is
Robert Delmont. AB.

Larry Edwin Emory is the
son of Seafarer Dewey E.
Emory of Tampa. He will
be 3 in March.

Paul Grant Hartley is seven, and is learning his
,'^IU" along with the usual ABC's and the "th :^iu along wirn tne usual ABU s and the three IV2, with a little g
R's". Paul is Seafarer Melvip Hartley's young- Stonewall, Miss,
ster In Lexington, North Carolina. father of this pair.

Mike Reed Jr.. 41/21 serenades sister PattI Layne,
TVsi with a little guitar musie at their home in
Stonewall, Miss. Seafarer Mike Reed Is the

The family of William O. Bollina, AB on the Del
Rio, includes sons Billy, 3 Irear, left), and Randy,
2, with stepchildren Donald, 12} Wanda, if{
Tommy, 16, and Sylvia Ann, 19.



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Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG February 15, 1957

What About S-E-X?

IF HE'S GOT A RACKET,
HE'S ONE OF THE BOYS

You think you have problems?
Did you every try mating a cricket? Did you ever try it

without even being sure whether you started with a mama or
ft'papa cricket in the first place? '

Now there's a problem. You can
always count on the boys riding the
oil shuttle to come up with some­
thing, like the gang on the Camp
Namanu did this trip.

"All. in all, the crew is still in
good spirits because of our mas­
cot," they write. "This beast (??)
was brought aboard and is being
cared for by James 'Seabiscuit' Mc-
Farlin. We do not know too much
about taking care of it, but it seems

LOG-A-RHYTHM:

Casbah,Cairo
John F. Wunderlich

'In The Chips'

• :n SSiSSSSSSS

to be thriving (who wouldn't?) on a
diet or scrambled eggs for break­
fast, chopped liver for dinner and
heart of lettuce fpr supper." (No
night lunch?)

"Steward is complaining about
food costs and the chief cook is
mumbling about chopping liver.

"There is still one major prob­
lem. and we would appreciate hear­
ing from any of our brothers who
might help us in this matter . . .
We .would like to get a mate for
our mascot but we don't know
how tO/ determine the sex. Any­
one who knows how to tell the
sexual difference between crickets
would do us a great service by let­
ting us know."

Struck by this tender plea,, a
LOG staffer checked into the mat­
ter and came up with this informa­
tion for all would-be cricket
connoisseurs. If your cricket makes
a big racket by the friction of its
leathery forewings, it's- a baritone,
not a soprano. The male is known
by the shrill sounds it makes when
its wings rub against each other.

Chipping Job keeps Reed,
DM (left), and W. E. Gout-
ant, DM, busy on the fantail
of the Fort Hoskins, as the
ship plows along coastwise.
Photo by C. R. Coumas.

Shorthanded?
If a crewmember quits while

a ship is in port, delegates
are asked to contact the hall
immediately for a replace­
ment. Fast action on their part
will keep all jobs aboard ship
filled at all times and elimi­
nate the chance of the ship
sailing shorthanded.

Pho-ho-pho-ho-ho-pho-ho.
The dirty beggar playe'd his flute.
"Master, master, buy this rug,
"No better this side of Suez,"
Shouts the merchant in the

Bazaar.

"^aksheesh, baksheesh, sahib,
"Me no papa, me no mama,"
Cries the little urchin
Running at my side.
Nowhere but Cairo^

Dirty beggars
Dressed in filthy burlap.
Streets littered with refuse.
An unbearable odor,'
Camels, donkeys, full-blooded

horses.

Shouting, cries, begging;
Rugs, perfumes, jugs.
Western wine. Eastern silk.
Buy or sell, anything on Earth;
A virgin mistress, a spool of

thread, ,
A life for a penny
Blood is cheap.

Cheating, stealing, bargaining, •
The rattle of coins passing hands.

Swearing, cursing, praying.
Allah, Allah, Allah,
Allah is Great, •
Allah is Ever-present
Allah, Allah, Allah.

Narrow streets are crowded
With people on their knees.
Facing Mecca in Northeast
Allah, Allah, Allah.

The native quarter.
Casbah, Cairo.

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Erling Rogne
David A. Schick
Alonzo D. Sistrunk
Juan P. Taboada
Cecil Utley
Bruce E. Webb
Ernest H. Webb

Richard Itevanaugh John R. Webb
Herman Kemp Wilmer C. Whits
Joseph Lewis Albert W. Wilhelm
Ebbie Markln Norman D. WUson
Francisco Mayo Edward L. Woods
Max C. Marcus Ralph Youtzy

USPHS HOSPITAL
GALVESTON, TEXAS

Evie A. Dougel Concepcion Mejla
USPHS HOSPITAL

NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Henry Abbo Abel Manuel
Restitute Bernadas Alois F. Mauffray
Norman Blancllard ' Gregory Morejon
Mack Brendle
Herman Carson
Virgil Coash
Cloise Coats
Serlo M. DeSosa
Leroy .Donald
William Driseoll
Atomane Elchuk
Charles Fetter
Warren Gammons
Arnie Glasscock
Leon Gordon
Clarence Graham
Herbert Grant
Louis H. Harris
William Havcllii
George Jacobus
Barny Kelly
Edward G. Knapp
Leo Lang
Karl Larsen
WlUiam Lawless
Tineman Lee
Oliver Lewis
R. E. McLamore
Henry Mass..Jr..

Talmadge L. Moss
Michael Muzio
Clarence Owens
Kenyon Parks
Eliza Piatt
Velkko PoUanen
Junest P. Ponson
Lynn G. Powers
Randolph RatclUt
F. Rcgalado
Emile Roussell
Howat;d E. Schievs
Toefil Smigielski
William J-. Smith
Lonnie R. Tickle
Arturo Valiente
Roman Vllorla
Dirk Visser
James E. Ward
Lawrence .Wessels
Ranson Wilson
WUliani Wilson
Stanley Wright
D. G. Zerrudo
Jacob Zun'mer

Top Feeders Draw, Crews' Raves
For Aii-Out Efforts On Holidays
To the Editor: — :

The steward department of
the Pan-Oceanic Transporter
went all out to make Christmas
Day on this rust bucket as re­
freshing and pleasant as possi­
ble for those who were unable
to be with their families at
home.

Both messrooms were gaily
decorated for the festive occa­
sion. A good deal of the credit
for the decorations goes to M.
Beeching, our ship's delegate,
anS Ted Gerber, deck delegate.

The steward department put
everything it had into the prep-

Ralph McDavles Ir chief cook,
Jessie Finch is baker and Joe
Rodriguez Is 3rd cook, all of
whom did a fine job with the
help' of messmen Jim Lush,
Harold Whitman and E. Erick-

,sen ...

letters To
The Editor

All letters to the editor for
publication in the SEAFAR­
ERS LOG must be signed
by the writer. Names will
be withheld upon request.

aration of the big meal. Beech­
ing was invaluable. Not only
did -he help prepare man^ of
the dishes, but he was also on
the ball as far as serving and
dispensing the eggnogs, to».

Our menus were typed on
Christmas Cards, one for each
crewmember. Table decorations
included potted wax plants. The'
.only bad feature of the set-up
was that there wasn't a single
camera around.

'W, J. Walsh
Ship's Reporter

4" it t
. . . Steward W. Joe Brown

outdid his usual good supply of
the edibles, with hopes of bet­
ter io come on future holidays.

The crew is an unusual col­
lection from various unions,
some SUP, IBU and a couple on
theiv first cruise with the SIU.
With due respect to all the
unions, this ship has the coop­
eration of all members as one
unit.. It is a good ship with a
better crew . ". .

Hubert G. Goley
SS Maiden Creek

t t
. . . Here we are on the West

Coast going to Frisco on Christ*
mas Day, and It's hot. The heat's
got us all, while in most of the
cities in the States it's snowing.

But at least we enjoyed a
good Christmas dinner and I
couldn't help, sending our menu
iu to the LOG. I've never seen
a menu lilfe this on any ship,
and on a Calmar ship that's
something to be proud of.

Our menu was prepared by
chief steward Jimmy Archia.

Eddie Eriksen
SS Yorkmar

(Ed. note: The menu featured
four entrees, eight vegetables
and no less than ten different
kinds o/„pie and cake, plus as­
sorted cookies.)

4" t 4"
. . . We were docked in Beau­

mont, Texas, which due to the
holiday was very dead. How­
ever, the steward department
put out a very good Christmas
dinner and the majority of the
crew was here to enjoy it.

It was no use trying to have
some of everything that was on
the menu because it Just couldn't
be done . . , We are on our way
to the West Coast and then to
Japan and Korea . . .

Charles "Chuck" Bums
SS Topa Top'a'

4) t 4. ' -
. . . Christmas on the Steel

Admiral, although gloomy due
-..to a long lack of shore leave,

lack of mail and the fact that
those who had to work had to
stay aboard even in such a
dubious liberty port as- Khor-
amshahr, Iran, was enlivened by
the Christmas supper served by
the steward department and en­
joyed by the crew.

Rumor had it that enough beer
was aboard for a bit of Christ­
mas cheer but apparently on re­
count some was found lacking.
Enterprising as usual. Seafarers
were qble to get around this by
promoting beer of their own
from other sources and many a
cold one was indulged in
throughout the day.

The messroom was decorated
by Evaristo Aldahondo, OS, and
steward A. D. Espino. Saloon
MM Angelo Maciel .helped by
making flowers from white pa­
per napkins and decorated the
tree with same ...

Thurston Lewis
Steel Admiral

(Ed note: Since all of the
menus were lengthy and only
make everybody hungry all over
again, we are unable to print
them. For the record, some
ships, like the BEAUREGARD,
which loas in Bremerhaven with
L. Munna riding herd as stew­
ard, only sent in mentis. This
one had turkey and baked ham.
plus a choice of roast beef, broil­
ed lamb chops, broiled sirloin
steak or broiled fish to order
and endless trimmings. No
slacker either, the SEAMAR
had 5 entrees and 11 different
vegetables for dinner.)

Galley stafF on the Maiden Creeic locks mighty pleased
after turning out festive holiday meal. Pictured (I to r)
are Robert Wallace, utility; George Mirabueno, chief
cook; John E. Mullin, 3rd cook; W. Joe Brown, steward,
and Sherman Wright, baker. Their efforts won high'
praise. ; „



February 15, 1957 SEAF ARERS LOG Page Thirteen'

ROBIN KIRK (Scat), Dee. 3—Chair­
man, J. Skarvells; Secretary, C. Kreist.
Moat repairs made. IToc'sles to be
painted. < To purchase fresh fruit In
East Africa. Ship's fund $72.80. Re­
ports accepted.

RAYVAH (Ships A Freights), Nov.
11—Chairman, J. McElroy; Secsetary,
F. Paylcr. New delegate elected.
Members to donate $1 toward fund.
Ship sailed short two men. Messhall
to be kept clean. Coffee cups to be
washed after use. Cigarettes to be
declared, to avoid fines. Washing ma­
chine to be turned off after use.
Laundry room to be kept clean. He-
fill coffee urn after filling percolator*
at night.

ROBIN SHERWOOD (Saas), Nov. 11
—Chairman, W. Murphy; Secretary, L.
Darstlar. New delegate elected. Re­
pairs made. Beefs not to be discussed

In bars or foc'sles—to be taken to
department delegate. New reporter
elected. Foc'sles to be painted this
trip. Change of jobs matter to bo
taken up in New York. Foc'sles to
be sougeed. Laundry to be kept clean.
Discussion on logging as per new
agreement. Books to be returned to
Ubrary after use.

• SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain),
Dee. 2T—Chairman, N. Kirk; Secretary,
W. Hay. Good crew, fine ship. Vote
of thanks to steward department for
splendid Thanksgiving dinner. Ship's
fund $81.40. Few minor beefs to be
straightened out In New York. Re­
port accepted.

SEATRAIN^ SAVANNAH (Seatrain),
Nov. 29—Chairman, S. Barnes; Secre­
tary, F. Moran. Ship's fund $50.78.
Delayed sailing time disputed. Two
men short leaving NO. Reports ac­
cepted. Vote of thanks for fine
Thanksgiving dinner. Toaster to be
repaired. Messhall to be painted.

BIG BEND (Mar-Trade), Dec. 1 —
Chairman,. A. Ban-Korl; Secretary, L.
Bollard. New washing machine re­
ceived. One man missed ship. Some
disputed overtime. Two Issues of li­
brary received. Crew warned about
smoking on deck.

FLORIDA S.TATE (Ponce Cement),
Nov. 10 — Chairman, Secretary, R.
O'Dowd. New delegate elected. Need
linen. Repair list to be submitted.
Ship's fund $17.25. One man missed
ship In Florida. Report accepted. To
rotate ship's delegate by departments
whenever possible every three m,onths.
Vote of thanks to steward depart­
ment. No beefs.

FREDERIC C. COLLIN (Transfuel),
Sept. 29 — Chairman, L. O'Connell;
Secretary, J. Billlet. Some disputed
overtime. Communications posted.
Vote of thanks to SlU staff In secur­
ing new contract and additional ship­
ping. Discussion on keeping laundry
room clean and washing machine
after using. Ship to be fumigated for
roaches.

Nov. 10—Chairman, C. Hubner; Sec­
retary, R. Simpscp. One man hospi­
talized for appendicitis. Few hours
disputed overtime. Repairs to be com­
pleted tills trip. Each department to
have their own working gear and
supplies. - Return all cots to store­
room; make up repair list; cheek on
mall situation.

WESTPORT (New England Ind.),
Oct. -21—Chairman, W. Sanders; Sec­
retary, J. Moora. Ship's fund $4.35.
Report accepted. New delegate and
reporter elected. Keep seats open for
watches at supper.

OCEAN DEBORAH (Maritime Over­
seas), Nov. 12—Chairman, Harford;
Secretary, C. Mazuk. Report accepted.
Few minor beefs to be squared away.
Vote of tbaidcs to steward department
for good work and cooperation.

to be contacted on arrival to straight­
en matter out. Ship's fund $72.80.
Several hours disputed overtime. Re­
pair lists to be made out early so re­
pairs can be made before arrival in
States.

CAROLYN (Bull), Nov. 18—Chair-
map, J. Sheehan; Secretary, E. Mar­
tin. Ship's fund $13. Silence to be
observed after 9:00 FM so men can
get some rest. Smoked hams too salty.
Ketchup not satisfactory. Vote of
thanks to delegate for job -weU done.

DEL VALLE (Mlit.), Nov. 15—Chair­
man, B. Wright; Secretary, R. Irlzarry.
Men to cut down on drinking. Shlp'e
fund $114.69. Ten lyurs disputed
overtime; delayed sailing. Report ac­
cepted. All cokes to be sold for lack
of space.

CAMP NAMANU (USPC), Nov. 4—
Chairman, T. Martlnaau; Secretary, N.
Merries. Crew warned not to waste
•tores because of unexpected change
of orders. AUena signed on with
writer that they could be paid off
with, transportation on 24 hours no­
tice. One man missed ship In Japan;
two paid off mutual consent in Singa­
pore. Captain to arrange shore leave
In Laurence Marque. To give limited
draw. Ship's fund $21.35. 468 hours
disputed overtime; to be referred to
patrolman. Repair Ust turned in;
some repairs completed. Expected
payoff In PhUadelphla. Report accept­
ed. Washing machine to be cleaned
after using. Endeavor to have cashier
checks aboard at payoff. .

ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), Nov.'«'24
—Chairman, S. Rivers; Secretary, F.
Napoll. Men cautioned not to per­
form on ship. Few hours disputed
overtime. Reports accepted. New
delegate elected. Repair list to be
submitted.'Ded springs needed—^to be
called to patrolman's attention.

BIENVILLE (Waterman), Dec. 1 —
Chairman, C. Hanry; Secretary, C.
RIHer. Overtime on chain locker.
Ship's fund 834.16. Some disputed
overtime. New delegate elected. Dis­
cussion on chow. Night lunches to be
Improved. Steward reported on
amount of milk consumed. Vote of
thanks for fine Thanksgiving dinner.

IDEAL X (Pan Atlantic), Nov. 29—
Chairman, J. Atchason; Secretary, H.
Huston. Report accepted. New dele­
gate elected. Members urged to vote.
Need new library. Ship sailed short
one wiper. Requefst television set for
messroom — to be purchased from
ship's fund.

SHINNECOCK BAY (Veritas), Nov.
4—Chairman, C. Houchlns; Sacratary,
J. Dolan. New delegate elected. Few
hours disputed overtime. Messhalls,
pantry and aUeyway need so'ugeelng.
To write headquarters about clarifica­
tion on delayed sailing. Linen to be
issued piece for . piece returned.
Laundry and recreation room to be
kept clean. Light bulbs not to be
removed from alleyways and anyone
caught stealing wlU be brought up on
charges.

RAPHAEL SEMMES (Waterman),
Nov. 18—Chalrmarf, W. Scarlett; ^ec-
ratary, J. Crawford, Repair list sub­
mitted. Garbage to be dumped aft of

• gangway. Work bench to be removed
from aft so men can sleep. Ship to
be fumigated for rats. Vote of thanks
to steward department.

CITIES SERVICE MIAMI (Cities
Service), Nov. 7—Chairman, F. Jare-
klns; Secretary, C. Makuch. All re­
pair work and Improvements finished
In galley. Steering engine repali-ed.
Passages to be kept clean. Would
like new arrangement of rooms.w To
check on feeding. Ship's fund $11.
Four hours disputed overtime Report
accepted. Would like to have movies
each trip. New safety measures. If
workable, wlU be adopted. Food prob­
lem to be taken up with patrolman
on atr'val in Linden.

DEL MONTE (MIss. Shipping), Nov.
13—Chairman, W. Kavitt; Secretary,
J. PIcou. $13.50 spent for Thanksgiv­
ing Day dinner. Ship's fund 861.50.
Few hours disputed overtime. Dele­
gate to see patrolman about purser.
Knives and' forks not to be used to
remove bread from toaster. Garbage
not to be dumped from porthole.
Another arrival pool to be started.
Screen door to be left open for more
air.

MONARCH OF THE SEAS (Water­
man), Nov. 19—Chairman, D. Ran­
soms; Secretary, E. Ray. One man
missed ship in NO. Report accepted.
New delegate elected. To submit let­
ter for payoff at sea. Repair list to
be submitted. Dishes to be returned
to pantry. »

SUZANNE (Bull), Oct. 25—Chair­
man, G. Prota; Secretary, G. Prota.
Chief cook ill; left ship in Japan.
Ship's fund $5.40, turned over to
Union in Philadelphia as donation to
log. Repair list turned in; some re­
pairs completed. Vote of thanks to
steward department for job well done.

JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman), Aug.
18—Chairman, Ji- Coude; Secretary,
D. Mease. Ship's fund $17. Reports
accepted. New delegate eleeted.
Decks In crew quarters need painting.
To purchase Iron in Japan and book
shelf for recreation room.

Sept. 23—Chairman, J. Goude; Sec­
retary, J. Thomas. Ship's fund $17.
One hour disputed overtime. Men to
donate $1 for room keys. Captain to
put out American money draw before
arrival in Korea.

Oct. 7—Chairman, C. Volk; Secre­
tary, j- Thomas. Ship's fund $2.05.
Report accepted. New repair list to
be submitted for action.

Nov. 12—Chairman, Ji King; Sec­
retary, J. Thomas. Repair list sub­
mitted. Korean draw discussed—no
action. Ship's fund $2.05. Need new
agitator for washing machine. Crew's
quarters and reoreatloii room need
painting. Suggestion to switch per
sonnel around in rooms- to facilitate
feeding sick men In hospital.

A. M. HUDDELL (Bull), Oct. 14 —
Chairman, S. Sterland; Secretary, W.
Larldon.' Three men hospitalized in
Hawaii. New reporter elected. Some
disputed overtime—to be squared
away at payoff. .Report accepted. Food
situation discussed. Each person to
sign their name to any beef they may
have.

ROBIN KIRK (Seas), Nov. 10—Chair­
man, J. Bourgeois; Socrotary, C.

JKrolss. Captain- requested to buy
fresh fnat In East Africa. Stated
fruit' would make crew alck and his
orders wore not to buy any. Union

WINTER HILL (Cities Service), Nov.
23—Cholrman, J. Nolms; Secretary, S.
Wells. New delegate elected. Sug­
gest lamb as second meat choice in­
stead of first. Crew warned about
smoking outside house along side of
dock. Bunks to be repaired. Washing
machine repaired.

STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), Doc.
15—Chairman, M. Cross; Socrotary, D. ,
Bull. Shlp'e fund $1. Deck main­
tenance man •promoted to carpenter.

Even Bandur Shapur Looks Good
After a 32-day non-stop journey via the Cape from New York to Bandar Shapur, Iran, the

Steel Worker still has some good things to say about the Persian Gulf.
"The long haul without touching, port for over a month was miserable," reporter G. C.

^Reyes commented, "but
Port Time —by Seafarer Norman Lighfell

—SS Del Viento

Alma Yule 'Tops'; Even
Skipper Got A Present

Even as unlikely a place as Yokkaichi, Japan, offers a
chance to spread some holiday cheer, and the gang on the City
of Alma did it up in real style.

The SIU crew went one bet-"^77"; ' ' ~ ~ kind a few moments earlier with
several bottles of liquid refresh-ter than the brothers on the

Marymar, who presented their-
skipper with the first Christmas
card he'd ever gotten from a crew.

On the City of Alma, they came
up with a bone chess set for the
captain, plus a cocktail set for the
chief mate from the deck gang.

'The skipper's remarks of thanks
were very warm and sincere," re­
ported James Dyer. Accepting the
gift, Capt. Hugh Anderson said,
'you weren't compelled to do this,

you didn't have to do it, and the
only reason I can think of that you
did it because you like me . . . This
is the first time anything like this
has ever happened to me."

With all this good feeling
abounding- throughout the ship,
many crewmembers also exchanged
gifts ranging from scarfs to cuff­
links, Of special note were the
crew's efforts on behalf of George
Little, DM, to help make it possible
for him to call and speak to his
children, who are hospitalized in
Arizona, while the ship was In
Okinawa during the holidays.

Paul Whitlow, ship's delegate,
presented the gifts to the captain
and mate, who had responded in

ments for the
aboard the ship.

holiday dinner

at
least it's nice and cool in the
Persian Gulf this time of the
year. The fishing is good and there
is a swell bunch of guys aboard,
too." The ship originally left the
States on December 24, the day
before Christmas.

News of its arrival comes at the
same time as a belated report on
the dramatic rescue of a seaman
during the last voyage. Bosun Wil­
liam Velasquez earned high praise
for the feat, in which he saved
shipmate James Downey, OS, from
^drowning.

Saved From Sharks

Downey had fallen from a stage
into the shark-infested waters of
the Basrah River while chipping
the hull.

A commendation from Isth­
mian's marine superintendent said
that "from all accounts Downey
had gone under once or twice and
in all probability would have lost
his life" if the bosun hadn't dived
into the swiftly-moving waters to
save him.

"It is very edifying for us to
know that we have such high cali­
ber seamen as Velasquez in our
midst. It is incidents of this kind
that will forever keep up where
they belong the high standards of
our American merchant marine,"
Capt. J. J. Parilla added. His
praise was echoed by Capt. F.
Schloss, master of the Steel
Worker. The ship is going back to
Basrah, Iraq, from Bandur Shapur.

The Gang's All Here

Georgia Lauds
Seatrain Try

Pleased with the way Sea­
train Lines tried to get its
ships into port for Christ­
mas so that most crewmen
could be with their families
the Seatrain Georgia
adopted a vote of thanks
for the company's
thoughtful efforts. "Sir
Charles" Oppenheimer,
ship's reporter and meeting
chairman, passed on the re-
quest. The Afoundria
wasn't as fortunate, how­
ever, according to reporter
Robert N. Walton. Christ­
mas Day for them was spent
anchored in the middle of
the Columbia River fog­
bound. "It wasn't very
cheering, but it was calmer
than being at ida. We had
a white Christmas, but the
white stuff was fog."

The occasion was a "watermelon party," but it looks like
the National Liberty (top) had something else with it, too.
In front (I to r) are S. Small, ,MM; P. Loleas, steward; F.
Donaldson, AB; N. Quinones, MM; J. Nicole, AB; F. Bruggner.
deck engr.; at rear, E. A. Caligiura, MM, and E. Gonzales,
wiper. In bottom photo, the trio on the Steel Fabricator
framed by the gauges are Louie, oiler; Jessie R. Matthews,
FWT, ana 3rd asst. engr. Zebrowski. Matthews submitted
the photp.^ ^

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f '•( '• -Jv#.

February 16, 1967

It

Relax, Fellas, it's Only A Camera

Talcing a breather on deck (I. to r.,.) Armando Garcia, gal-
leyman; the chief cook; Gabe Bonefont, carpenter, and Mike
Reyes, saloon MM, try to stare down a shipboard camera­
man. They're all on the Steel Seafarer.

Crew Gets Ship In Shape
—Finds It's A"Runaway

The first shipboard get-together of twins John and Don
Dickerson was cut short recently as the SS Transglobe was
transferred to foreign-fiag operation.

"Everyone had really put
out his best to bring this ship
up to style, but she ran off and
left us anyway," commented ship's
reporter Richard Glennon. For the
Dickersons, the voyage marked the
first time they had sailed together
in over five years. It was only the
second trip for the Transglobe
.with an SIU crew, in fact.

Wasted Effort
The hard thing for the crew to

face was the wasted effort getting
the ship into shape for a foreign
crew after the vessel was taken
over from an NMU company. On
the initial voyage the black gang
started the ball rolling by painting
out its foc'sles, and then the deck
department followed suit. The

showers and
heads were fin­
ished, the stew­
ard's gang took
care of the mess-
hall, galley and

/•-

p a s s a g eways,
"and the ship was
beginning to look
like a home."

Don Dickerson ^.A\"iough h e
didn't mention it,

maybe everyone should have fig­
ured things were going too well to
last. The weather was good going
over and back, there was a royal
spread put out for the holidays—
even Alka Seltzer for those who
had too much—and cooperation all
around "was a credit to the Union."
Glennon singled out a second-
tripper, Eddy Crise, OS, for spe­
cial mention on that score.

The Dickerson brothers, with
Don saiiing wiper and John as AB,
feil in naturally with this spirit,
Glennon noted. "An excellent bar­
ber, John kept the crew looking
trim and sharp. Then, as we sailed
from Rouen, Don was called to do
an emergency repair weld on the

engine casing to hold in the lube
oil. A temporary repair made by
one of the officers hadn't held but
once Don got to it there wasn't an­
other leak."

News that the ship was being
transferred came out the night
they got back to the States.

'With Thanks'

Former Seafarer James E.
Chew, AB, (left) is shown
in Cleveland as he present­
ed a plaque to Dr. H. T.
Zankel on behalf of the
Paralyzed Veterans of
American chapter at Crile
VA Hospital. Drafted into
tho Army two years ago.
Chew became paralyzed in
an auto mishap last year.
He's secretary of the local
PVA group.

Asks New Rule
On ileplacements
To the Editor:

Recently on a coastwise trip
to Wilmington, NC, we had two
ordinaries, one AB and' two'
wipers pay off. When the cap­
tain was asked about replace­
ments, he said he wasn't re­
quired to order any because we
do not have a hall there.

So we had to sail to Lake
Charles five men* short. This
saved the company money, but

letters To
The Editor

AH letters to the editor for
publication in the SEAFAR­
ERS LOG must be signed
by the writer. Names unll
be withheld upon request.

put extra work on the rest of
us.

Crewmembers on this ship,
the Winter Hill, feel that this
situation could be remedied by
requiring the company to order
the men from the nearest hall
and letting the men taking the
jobs pay their own transporta­
tion ,to the ship. If a man. gets
off due to illness, then the com­
pany should be required to fur­
nish transportation.

This would not only help a
man on the beach but also
would keep our ships from sail­
ing short-handed.

Star Wells
Deck delegate
Jim Parnell
Ship's delegate

_ it it

Merry Dunaif
is Chile-Bound
To the Editor:

The crew on the Charles C.,
Dunaif just keeps rolling along
on the way to Chile. We first
boarded her in Seattle to
take a load of grain to Japan,

We had a pretty rough trip
coming over; it took us 25 days.
Saki, women and song was our
motto for seven days while we
were in Yokohama.

Now we are on our way to
Honolulu to pick up stores and
bunkers, and then head for that
warm trip down to Chile. We
are to load pig iron for Japan.
You never know when you sign
on one of these tramp Libertys
how long you are going to stay
out.

We do have a real fine crew
on here. They don't come any
better than our captain. Our
bosun, better known as Johnny
"Bananas" Zeireis, keeps enter­
taining the boys with his tape
recorder and poetic sea stories.
John Waterbury, OS, is our in­
quiring photographer and is all
over the ship taking pictures.
He hopes some day to be for­

tunate enough to have his work
from his world-wide travels pub­
lished.

Oiler Richard Rbdgers, better
known as "Pineappie" is our
fisherman. He is out there

* every day looking at his lines
port and starboard to see If he
has a bite.

You Jiave to go a long way to
beat the steward department on
here. Baker Joe Padelsky keeps
the boys happy with his pastries,
and Michael E. Pappadakis, our
chief -steward, who is doing the
chief cook's work due to his iil-
ness, has the boys ordering sec­
onds. Crew messman Franko
keeps the boys laughing with his
Italian humor and all in all, it's
a good trip.

John Morison

$ 4" 4-

All Good Things
Come To An End
To the Editor:

Never having mastered the
art of working ashore, I find
myself on board "The Cabins"
after a good three-month vaca­
tion.

With Frank Nigro at the reins,
the steward department is way
above average and a good feeder
ali the way around. We had
been huggihg the coast pretty
steadily but, as luck would have
It, we're foreign bound.

This was too much of a shock
for the coastal defenders and,
as a result, there were a con­
siderable number of replace­
ments.

Outside of a few leaky valves
and a couple of rust spots. The
Cabins eould be turned into a
mansion. Well, maybe not quite.

But with 40 days' stores and
90-day articles, here's looking
forward to a pieasant voyage.

Ollie Olvera

Urges Screening
Of New Bosuns'
To the Editor:

I think that the manner in
. which bolun's endorsements are
handed out ought to be changed
for the benefit of all concerned.

Before a man gets a bosun's
endorsement, he should have to
go before a membership com­
mittee-which could pass on his
qualifications, such as work
skills and knowledge of safety.
This committee should consist
of men with at least ten year's
experience sailing bosun, who
know what the job is all. about.

Although the Coast Guard
says any man can sail bosun
after just three years on deck,
the Union should have the right
to check on his ability to direct
a gang safely and properly and
to ^pok into his qualifications
for deck work.

Once a man passed this com­
mittee and got his endorsement,
he would be sure to coqimand
respect both from his depart­
ment and from the mates with
whom he has to wark.

Marcelino Santiago
$1

Offers A Good
Deal On Cars
To the Editor:

I would like my brother SIU
members know that I am work­
ing ashore for a while at a
Chevrolet car agency in Linden,
NJ.

Anybody who's looking for a
good - deal on a hew dr used
Chevy can get one out here by
contacting me at the Linden
Motor Car Co., 101 W. St.
George Ave., in Linden.

As an SIU member since
1946, I'd be happy to do any
favor that I could for a fellow
Union man.

Bemie Friedman

'The Right Man'—And Wife

Newlyweds "Daisy" Chee Geolc Lan and Seafarer How­
ard W. Newton Jr. are shown following their wedding
last November while the Steel Vendor was in Singapore.
A slip--up in the LOG (Dec. 7, 1956), which used a pic­
ture of someone else with Newton's name, has kept the
new bridegroom busy with explanations ever since. New­
ton hopes to bring his wife home to Lake Charles soon.

Burly By Bernard Seaman



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Febniary 15, 196T SEAFARERS LOG Pace Flfteea

STBEL FABRICATOR (Itthmfan),
Oct. 1>—ehalrrrian, Crimes; Steretary,
R. Hall. DrinkitiK water tanks to be
cleaned and re-cemented—water la
rusty, dirty and unlit tor human con­
sumption, Repair list to be made up
while ship is in dry dock In Mobile.
All. repairs to be made while ship Is
In dry dock.

. Report accepted. Need locks for
doors. Vote of thanks to steward de­
partment.

SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seafrain),
Oct. 14—Chairman, J. Duffy; Secre­
tary, J. Decuity. Ship's fund $30.28.
Food should be improved—numerous
beefs about chow. Men paying oif to
receive all overtime and other money
due them on ship and not at company
office.

VAL CHEM (Valentine), Sept. 30—
Chairman, R. Hinson; Secretary, J.
Lengfeiiow. Report on water and Ice
boxes. Balance of repair list to be
taken up in NY. Steward neglected
to buy sufficient stores and linen.
Purchased new television aerial. Ship's
fund $22.69. Some disputed overtime.
One man missed ship. Report accept­
ed. Contact hall for library.

LINFiELD VICTORY (Waterman),
Oct. 15—Chairman, C. Cain; Secretary,
A. Nash. To see patrolman about
menus and preparation of food; vari­
ety of menus. - Vote of thanks to
baker.

COALiNGA HILLS (Pan - Atlantic),
Oct. IB—Chairman, L. Jackson; Secre­
tary, C. Montgomery. Few beefs re­
garding necessary repairs — to be
straightened out in NY. Oalley
range needs repairing. Need move
variety in night lunches. Watch' for
cigarette butts stomped in passage­
ways. Need some new linen. More
coffee for crew when working over­
time. Suggest recreation room in
gunner quarters. To start ship's fund.
Chief pumpman volunteered for
treasurer.

TRANSCAPR (Tranicapo),- Oct. t—
Chairman, J. Nashe; Secretary, C.
Dial. Quarters need sougeeing. Need
agitator for washing machine. Bath­
room and messroom doors need re­
pairing. Observe more quiet in pas­
sageways while men are asleep. To
see captain about malaria pills. Gal­
ley needs sougeeing. Ship's fund to
be started.

MONARCH OF THE SEAS (Water­
man), Oct. 19—Chairman, C.' Hanners;
Secretary, C. Stringfeiiow, Three men
missed ship. Report accepted. New
lelegate elected. Library to "be ob­
tained. To see captain about catwalk
311 , deck cargo. Need- new washing
machine if old one cannot be re­
paired.

RAYVAH (Ships & Freights), Aug.
It-^Chalrman, J. iSeye; Secretary, H.
Simmons. Foc'sles not painted. Bunks
not replaced. Sexton reported miss­
ing from bonded locker.

Sept. 30—Chairman, J. Beye; Secre­
tary, J. McEiroy. Discussion on use
and cleaning of extra shower. Each
department to permanently handle
one job each; cleaning of recreation
room, laundry and shower. Action
taken regarding performing of pantry­
man. Noise to be cut down in galley
and No. 34 hatch. Discussion on food,
cooking methods. To contact head­
quarters for LQGs and overtime
sheets. New repair list to be drawn
up.

purchased. Crew happy aboht ralsea
and conditions obtained by negotiat­
ing committee. Reports accepted. To
see patrolman about checking shot
coming out of galley and main ship
stabks.

MV DEL RIO (Mitt. Shipping), Sept.
SO—Chairman, F. Davit; Secretary, V.
Hail. Laundry to be kept clean. To
see purser about addresses before ar­
rival in Dakar. Also slop chest to be
opened more than once a week.

ANGELINA (Bull), Oct. It—Chair­
man, A. Whitmer; Secretary, A. Stan­
ford. General cleaning—messroom to
be painted brighter color. More vari­
ety in menus—all suggestions wel­
come. Repair list submitted and some
work initiated. One man logged for
failure to turn to and disobeying
steward. To be referred to patrol­
man. New reporter elected. Treas­
urer elected and men aslCed to donate
to ship's fund. Purpose of fund ex­
plained to new members. Some dis­
puted overtime. Report accepted.
.Voluntary donations to start ship's
fund. Only food handlers to wash
dishes. Carpenter stated it would be
cheaper to buy new lockers as he
has too much other work to do. One
member requested ham steaks—stew­
ard will serve same.

CITIES SERVICE MIAMI (Cities
Service), Oct. 14—Chairman, T. Glenn;
Secretary, C. Makuch. Galley repairs
and improvements discussed with pa­
trolman. New reporter elected. Ship's
fund $16. Purchased new steam iron.
Report accepted. To check drains In
pantry when ship is loaded. To see
patrolman about exchange of library.

COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service),
Oct. 11—Chairman, T. Faulkner; Sec­
retary, G. Gallant. Obtained wind-
shutes and screens. Two men missed
ship in Lake Charles. Ship's fund
$2.96. Four hours disputed overtime.

LAWRENCE VICTORY (Miss.), Oct.
34—Chairman, B. Winberne; Secre-
Jary, S. Rivera. Beef concerning mall
on arrival at New Orleans. Galley
range needs repairing. Shortage of
milk. Engine man to be brought be­
fore patrolman. Some disputed over­
time. Films and projector appliances

SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Chair­
man, J. Alien; Secretary, S. Pearson.
Crew to bring beefs to delegate who
will see that they are settled. Ship's
fund $71.75. Some disputed overtime.
Report accepted. New delegate elect­
ed. Beans not cooked enough.

BARBARA FRiETCHiE (Liberty),
Nov. 25—Chairman, R. Simpkins; Sec­
retary, M. Kramer. Ship's fund $8.
New delegate and reporter elected.
Vote of thanks to steward depart­
ment. New mattresses were to be or­
dered. Old ones found satisfactory.

COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Vic­
tory), Nov. 28—Chairman, R. Grose-
cioie; Secratsry, R. McCuiioch. Re­
pairs made. Report accepted. Con­
dolences sent to wife of E. Tilley.
New delegate'elected. New straps and
springs for bunks received. Request
cooperation in handling line.

ANTiNOUS (Waterman), Nov. 3 —
Chairman, J. Duniop; Secretary, M.
Broussard. One brother missed ship;
pei'suiiai e/fects mailed. Some repairs
made. Reports accepted. Vote of
thanks for wage increase. New swing
to be purchased. Fresh coffee to be
made daily. Foc'sles sougeed.; Work
beef settled. Division of work dis­
cussed. Patrolman to settle disputed
overtime.

DEL ViENTO (Miss,), Nov. 9—Chair­
man, G. Caruso; Secrafary, W. Daven-
ney. Charges 'placed against chief
cook. Charges read and accepted by
membership.

Dec. 2—Chairman, G. Caruso; Sec­
retary, W. Devenney. Short of stores.
Ship's fund $27.48. Report accepted.
Charges to be dropped against cook.
Vote of thanks to baker. To contact
hall about short draw issued prior to
arrival in home port ($30) pec man).
Better grade of sausages to be or­
dered, Ship's funds to go to engine
delegate as treasurer and delegate
leaving ship.

PORTMAR (Caimar), Dec. 2—Chair­
man, F. Volto; Secretary, D. Cherry.
Two men missed ship in Panama.
Ship's fund $15. Christmas decora­
tions to be purchased. Some disputed
overtime. Vote of thanks to steward
dept. for fine Thanksgiving day din­
ner.

ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa), Dec. 2
— Chairman, J. Mahahou; Secretary,
H. Long. Second electrician injured;
Union notified. FWT missed ship in
Trinidad. Ship's fund $36.24. Four­
teen hours disputed overtime. Report
accepted. Repair list made up. Beef
about preparation of menus and cook­
ing of food. Patrolman to be advised
of same.

DEL NORTE (Mist)., DtC. 2—Chair-
mart, E. Leonard; Secretary, H. Crane.
All souvenirs to be declared to avoid
fines. Ship's fund $44.28. Some dis­
puted overtime. Delayed sailing In
Montevideo disputed. Reports ac­
cepted. New library to be purchased.
Deck lounge to be cleaned up -after
movies.. Crew asked to refrain from
using profane language and act like
Americans. Checkers and cards to
be purchased.

KERN HILLS (Western Nav.),—Dec.
2—Chairman, J. Thomas; Secretary, H.
Martin. Two men missed ship at
Portsmouth. Replacements picked up
at Corpus Christi. Few hours dis­
puted overtime. Reports accepted.
Need new coffee urn. Washing ma­
chine to be turned off when not in
use.

ROBIN TUXFORD (Robin), Oct. 38
—Chairman, K. Hatgimisios; Secretary,
L. Harris. Ship's fund $5.45. Some
disputed overtime. Cre>y to be prop­
erly dressed in messhall and pantry.

Dee. 2—Chairman, A. Peres; Secre­
tary, L. Harris. Ship's fund $5.45.
Some disputed overtime,. Pantry and
messhall to be kept clean. 4-8 watch
to be served before 5 PM In order to
relieve, each other.

AZALEA CITY (Waterman), Dec. 3
— Chairman, J. King; Secretary, E.
Auer. New delegate elected. One
man missed ship. Repair list to be
made up. Report accepted. Need
additional library books.

STONY CREEK (Mar - Tfkdc), Nov.
25—Chairman, L. Koza; Secretary, G.
Dunn. Ship's fund $30.14. Midnight
supper disputed. Company will Issue
vouchers for additional overtime at
payoff and check will be mailed or
paid at office. Paul Hall's letter re­
garding agents' conference read and
accepted. New treasurer elected. New
magazines to be purchased. Crew
urged to take better care of wash­
ing machine.

Dee. 9—Chairman, E. Such; Secre­
tary, A. Goidsmit. Ship sailed short-
handed. Ship's fund $8.30. Patrol­
man to check washing machine, mess-
rooms, refrigerators, fang and loud
speaker.

SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain),
Nov. 18—Chairman, F. Roweii; Sec­
retary, A. Miiburn, Some misunder­
standing on overtime — settled o.k.
Letter written to Seatrain officials
concBrning little extra time in- port.
Ship's fund $17.02. Report accepted.
Discussion on service in messhall and
serving time to be according to agree­
ment. • ( i

Tampa Says
All's Smooth

TAMPA—Job activity is good
and should stay that way in com­
ing weeks, according to Port Agent
Tom Banning.

The last period had* only one
payoff, but eight in-transit ships
took a load of men off the beach.
The payoff was the Beauregard
(WatermanK There were no sign-
ons.

No' major beefs were reported
on any of the ships that called, in­
cluding the WaiTior, Hurricane,
Raphael Semnies (Waterman);
Bienville, in twice (Pan-Atlantic);

Alba, Del Oro (Mississippi),
and Alcoa Ranger iAlcoa).

'Can-Shakers'
Have No OK

The membership is again cau­
tioned to beware of persons
soliciting funds on ships in be­
half of memorials or any other
so-called "worthy causes."

No "can-shakers" or solicitors
have received authorization
from SlU headquarters to col­
lect funds.

William Fra^or
You are asked to contact your

sister, Mary A. Brown, 274 C St.,
South Boston 27, Mass.

4" J" 4"
Donald W. (Bob) Young

Your wife is very anxious to
hear from you. Write her at Box
6012, Meyers Post Office, Ches, SC.

^ $
Billy K. Nuckols

February 23rd is just around the
corner!

4" 3) 4
Thomas B. Bryant

Get in touch with Dr.' Randall B,
Hass, Medical Director, Depart­
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare, Public Health Service
Hospital, Brooklyn 35, NY.

4 4 4
Constantlne Harvey

You are asked to contact your
wife, Violet, at 191 m Yesler Way,
Seattle, Wash.

4 4 4
Several receipts with no naipcs

on them are being held at head­
quarters, and payers are urged to
contact the patrolmen so that
proper credit for payment can be

All of the following SlU families will collect the $200 maternity
benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name:

Randall Melvin McLemore, born
December 24, 1956, to Seafarer and
Mrs. James L. McLemore, Mobile,
Ala.

4 4 4
Sylvia Isabel Shattuck, born

September 27, 1956, to Seafarer
and Mrs. Ferftando P. Shattuck,
Santa Ana, California.

4 4 4
Martha Lynn Baxter, born No­

vember 28, 1956, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Merton D. Baxter, New Or­
leans, ,La.

4 4 4
Stephanie Diane Thompson, born

March 21, 1956, to Seafarer and
Mrs. James C. Thompson, Sun-
cook, NH.

4 4 4
Emily Elizabeth Gauntlett, born

June 15, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Harry A. Gauntlett, Upper Darby,
Pa.

4 4 4
Steve Perry, born December 21.

1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. Eddie
Perry, Mobile, Ala.

4 4 4
Alan Steve Watford, born Janu­

ary 17, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs.

Roy A. Watford, Chickasaw, Ala.
4 4 4

Jayne Louise Lamb, born Janu­
ary 11, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs.
James F. Lamb, Levittown, NY.

4 4 4
Mitchell Bracht, born January

21, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jo­
seph Bracht, Newark, NJ.

4 4 4
Linda Gayle Lambert, born No­

vember 9, 1956, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Charles D. Lambert, Irving-
ton, Ala.

44 4
Karen-Ann Fatrow. born Janu­

ary 5, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Solomon Patrow, Wowwotosa, Wis.

4 4 4
Anna Chariene Gallo, born De­

cember 17, 1956, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Liugi Gallo, Mobile Ala.

4 4 4
Margaret Ciffra Poole, born De­

cember 22, 1956, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Milton A. Poole, Rockhill, SC.

4 4 4
Roger Alan Mitchell, born Janu­

ary 13, J957, to Seafarer and Mrs.
George R. Mitchell, New Orleans,
I,a.

given. The receipts are No. A252,
for $50, issued by Bill Hall on Feb­
ruary 7, and No. H-71236 for pay­
ment of first quarter dues, issued
by patrolman Ted Babkowski on
January 30. Also awaiting a claim­
ant is receipt No. H-70682, for $20
for the General Fund, 1957. This
was issued at New Orleans on
January 26.

4 4 4
Bob Schahuber

Joseph Brodeur wishes you to
write him at the Baltimore hall.

4 4 4
Conrad Tylenda

Your mother is very anxious to
hear from you. Write her at 426 N.
Chestnut St., Mt. Carmel, Pa.

4 4 4
Joe Pcnner

Your sister, Margaret Weitzell,
wishes you to contact her at 103
S. 3rd St., Reading, Pa.

4 4 4
William Vander Vlist

Your mother wishes to hear from
you. Write her at 33 Caroline PL,
NE, Grand Rapids.

4 4 4
The Boston hall is holding bag­

gage for various men, some of it
since 1951. If this gear is not
claimed within the next three
months, it will have to be disposed
of to make space in the baggage
room. The baggage is being held
for the fohowing;

Bob Bowley, Walter LeClair,
George Pease, Bowler, J. J. Wil-.
Hams, Joe Kory, Fred Hart, A. J.
Tranawskl, Joe Murphy, Miss
Watts, N. Kane, W. Conners, Paul
L. Smith, John O'Snow, Michael
Nash, Louis Zerhire, J. C. Thomp­
son, M. L. Childers, Alf Styron,
A. H. Swartz.

4 4 4
Raymond Harris

Get in touch with your son,
Maurice, at 28 Stanley St., Read­
ing, Berks, England.

4 4 4
Land for Sale

Seafarer Donald S. Gardner has
seven plots to offer at Mastic
Acres, Long Island, New York.
Virgin land, 50 by 225 feet on West
End Ave., Section 9, Map 1315. He
will sell parts from 1*40 inward.
Inquire at 154 Auborn Avenue or
PO Box 303, Shirley, Long Island.

4 4-4
Olavi W. Rosenberg

Niilo and Mildred announce the
birth of a daughter, Christine
Marie, January 18, 1957.

4 4 4 "
Preston Smith

Get in touch with your sister,
Louise Brode, 111 S. Exeter St.,
Balto., 2, Md. and please write im­
mediately.

SlU, A&G District
BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St.
Earl Shcppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900

BOSTON • 276 State St.
James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140

HOUSTON 4202 Canal St.
A. Michelet, Agent . Capital 7-6558

LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St.
Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-5744

MOBILE 1 South La\vrence St.
Cal Tanner. Agent HEmlock 2-1754
NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St.
Llndsey WUliams. Agent Tulane 8626
NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.." Brooklyn

HYaclnth 9-6600
NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St.
Ben Rees. Agent MAdison 2-9834
PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St.
S. CarduUo. Agent - Market 7-1635
PUERTA de TIERRA PR Pelaj o 51—La 5
Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996
SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St.
Marty Breithoft'. Agent Douglas 2-5475
SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St.
E. B. McAuley. Agent Adams 3-1728
SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave.
Jeff CiUette. Agent Elliott 4334
TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St.
Tom Banning, Agent Phone 2-1323

WILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave.
Reed Humphries. Agent Terminal 4-2874
HEADQUARTERS ...675 4th Ave., Bklyn.

SECRErTARY-TREASURER
Paul HaU

ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS
J. Algina, Deck C. Simmons, Joint
J. Volpian, Eng. W. Hall, Joint
E. Mooney, Std. R, Matthews, Joint

SUP
HONOLULU 16 Merchant St.

Phope 5-8777
PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St.

CApital 3-4336
RICHMOND. Calif... .510 Macdonald Ave.

BEaeon 2-0925
SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St.

Douglas 2-8363
SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave.

Main 0290
WILRUNGTON 505 Marine Ave.

•Terminal 4-3131
NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn

HYaclnth 9-6165
•i

Canadian District
HAUFAX. N.S IZOt-i Hollis St.

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

PLateau 8161
FORT WILLIAM... 130 Simpson St.

Ontario Phone: 3-3221

PORT COLBOHNE 103 Durham St.
Ontario Phone: 5591

TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E.
EMgire 4-5719

VICTORIA. BC 6171/4 Cormorant St.
EMpire 4531

VANCCiuVEH. BC..,., 298 Main St.
Pacific 3468

SYDNEY. NS ..,.304 Charlotte St.
Phone: 6346

BAGOTVILLE, Quebec 20 Elgin St.
Phone; 545

THOROLD. Ontario .52 St. Davids St.
CAnal 7-3202

QUEBEC 85 St. Pierre St.
Quebec Phone: 3-1569

SAINT JOHN 85 Germajn St.
NB Phone; 2-5232

Great Lakes District
ALPENA ^.1215 N. Second Ave.

Phone: 713-J
BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St.

Phone: Cleveland 7391
CLEVEL.AN"D 734 Lakeside Ave., NE

Phone: Main 1-0147
DETROIT 3rd St.

Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857
DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St.

Phone: Randolph 2-4110
SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 92nd St.

Phone: Essex 5-2410

I



SEAFARERS LOG
• OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND aULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO •

Heavy-Duty Cranes
Feature Of Liff-On
Pan-Aflanfic C-2s

A pioneer in the lift-on area, Pan-Atlantic Steamship
Corporation is now moving ahead with its plans to convert
its C-2s into containerships, and expects to have the first con­
version completed by mid-summer. Three other C-2s, with
which Pan-Atlantic will-*^
launch this liew type of coast­
wise service, will be converted
at later dates. Eventually, oth­
ers are expected to be converted
under the company's long-range
program.

Work Starts In April
The contract for conversion of

the first C-2 into a lift-on capable
of carrying 204 loaded trailer
bodies has been let to Mobile Ship
Repair, Inc., and the actual work
is slated to begin early in April.

Although the ship's overall
length—460 feet—will remain the
same, a major change will be ef­
fected in the exterior appearance
by adding sponsons which will in­
crease the width by 72 feet. The

60,000 Miles
On Atom Fuel

WASHINGTON—The submarine
Nautilus has run out of fuel—al­
most, After 60,000 miles without a
fuel replenishment, the Nautilus
has to stop for "bunkers."

The' world's first atom powered
ship traveled two years on its orig­
inal stock of enriched uranium be­
fore it was decided that fuel re­
placement was in order.

Would Slow Down
Not that the ship couldn't con­

tinue running, the Navy explained.
It's just that it wouldn't have been
able to show as much speed and
power.

The refueling will, mean replac­
ing its uranium slugs with fresh,
new ones. The old ones will be
tested to see how much further
the Nautilus could have traveled
before running out o£.energy.

Fuel savings and space savings
are the two major assets of an
atom powered ship which will
some day make it possible to re­
place all conventional oil-burning
vessels.

sponsons, or outboard blisters, will
be added to the sides of the vessel
to make it more stable at dock-
side. The sponsons will cover some
370 feet amidships, leaving the
bow and stern as is.

Another major external change
will be effected by removing the
cargo booms of the conventional
C-2 and adding two traveling
cranes, one forward and one aft
of the ship's superstructure.

The deck and below deck sec­
tions will also be completely al­
tered with the conventional hatch­
es made large enough to accommo­
date trailer bodies up to 35 feet
long. The trailers will be loaded
five deep below the deck with a
sixth trailer on the hatch, above
the top of each column. The trail­
ers will be special jobs with re­
inforced corner posts to support
this kind of loading.

Compensate For List
The two traveling cranes, which

will do the actual lift-on, lift-off
work, will be specially-engineered
to compensate for any anticipated
list of the ship during dockside
operations.

The cranes will be able to lift
loads of up to 60,000 pounds and
will be able to complete a loading
cycle—one container off and one
on—in about five minutes.

They will stand on legs that roll
on tracks along the ship's deck
edges and over the sponson sec­
tions at the forward and aft cargo
holds. Jib extensions will overhang
the vessel's sides, above the dock
apron, so that the containers will
travel laterally during the transfer
from truck chassis to ship's hold
or vice versa. When no longer
needed, the hinged extensions will
be folded inboard.

The containerships, which will
retain their present cruising speed
of 151^ knots, will be able to oper­
ate In any port where the water is
deep enough for them to reach the
dock and whare the dock apron
will allow a container to be pulled
alongside.

January 23 Through February 5
Registered

Port Deck Deck Eng. Eng. Stew. Stew. Totel / Total Total
A B A B A B A B Reg.

Boston 1 6 9 3 6 5 30 14 44
New York 11 45 18 57 12 165 41 206
Philadelphia ..... 5 17 8 12 1 58 14 72
Baltimore 22 31 14 26 15 108 51 159
Norfolk 7 8 13 4 8 35 28 63
Savannah 2 4 2 . 5 1 20 5 25
Tampa 1 8 . 1 16 5 35 7 42
Mobile 5 29 2 19 4 77 11 88
New Orleans 17 37 6 34 16 109 39 148
Lake Charles .... a 14 6 12 8 49 22 71
Houston 17 12 12 9 9 44 38 82
Wilmington 6 15 7 14 5 48 18 66
San Francisco .... 11 15 15 18 7 59 33 92
Seattle ••••••oosoaet .. 10 8 7 7 7 6 24 21 45

Deck Deck Eng. Eng. Stew. stew. Tetal Total Total
A B A B A B A - B 1 Reg.

Total 126 251 114 239 102 861 342 1203

Shipped
Port Dock Deck Deck Eng. Eng. Eng.' Stew, stew. Stew. Total Total Total Total Port

A B C A C A B C A B . C Stiip.
Boston 3 0 7 5 • 8 2 3 1 20 11 9 40
New York 7 3 53 is 4 63 5 7 193 18 14 225
Philadelphia 1 0 10 7 3 13 3 3 36 11 6 53
Baltimore 8 1 -36 10 12 16 11 13 91 29 26 146
Norfolk 0 0 6 8 0 6 7 0 25 15 0 40
Savannah 0 ] L 2 2 4 1 0 1 4 2 6 12

6 3 7 1 3 7 2 4 '21 9 ' 10 40
Mobile 3 0 13 4 1 12 4 0 44 11 1 56
New Orleans 51 7 2 32 7 2 37 0 0 120 14 4 138
Lake Charles ..... 2 3 12 9 0 8 8 1 32 19 4 55
Houston 20 12 11 7 5 5 7 5 49 34 22 105
Wilmington 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 4 , . 2 1 7
San Francisco ..... 4 2 12 13 9 18 9 1 59 26 12 97
Seattle 6 4 7 7 5 7 5 7 22 18 16 56

Deck Deck Deck Eng. Eng. Eng. Stew. Stew. Stew. Total Total Tetal Total
A B C A B c A B C A B C Ship.

Total 314 67 31 209 88 57 197 64 43 720 219 131 1070

SIU shipping fell off during the last period, as the total registration outpaced the num­
ber of men dispatched to jobs. The total shipping was 1,070; 1,20S men were registered.

The tug strike, East
fer of several ships to foreign
flags cut heavily into the job
turnover.

Only Tampa, Mobile, Lake
Charles,' Houston and Boston es­
caped the general decline in ship­
ping. Boston remained good, the
same as before; the others gained
slightly. The remaining ports all
showed marked decreases from the
shipping in previous^ weeks.

Class A Ratio Up
Class A men accounted for the

highest percentage . of the total
jobs since the SIU seniority ship­
ping system went into effect al­
most two years ago. Class A men
filled over 67 percent of the jobs,
class B 21 percent and class C the
rest. For class C, this was the slow-

Coast longshore strike plus the idling of crews by the trans-

est period since last April.
The change was only relative,

since months of good shipping
have boomed Class C Jobs.

The shipping outlook now hinges
on the outcome of the dock and
tug strikes, since they will affect
Atlantic coast shipping at least as
far south as Hampton Roads.

Generally, this is the forecast
port by port:

Boston: Fair .. . New York: Fair
. . . Philadelphia: Uncertain . . .
Baltimore: Fair . . . Norfolk: Fair
. . . Savannah: Fair ...Tampa:
Fair ... Mobile: Good ... New Or­
leans: Good ... Lake Charles: Good
.. . Houston: Slow ... Wilmington:
Fair . . . San Francisco: Good . . .
Seattle: Good!

Artist's conception of scheduied conversion of C-2 freighters to troiiership operations shows movable deck
cranes maneuvering truck trailer body into position. When completed,, the ship will be able to carry 204
trailers stacked five deep in the holds and on deck. Hatches will be modified so that trailers up to 35 feet long
con be carried below deck. The ship will have movable deck cranes fore and aft, eliminating extensive shore-
side facilities now needed on Pan-Atlantic's T-2 "piggyback" ships that carry both oil and trailers^ coastwise.

Earth's All
Cracked Up^
Study Finds

The sea has given up another
one of its secrets and revealed
what we've suspected all aldng—
that the world is cracked. What's
more, this crack in the sea's floor
has a lot to do with earthquakes.

These are the findings of Colum­
bia University scientists who, after
five years of investigation, havS
learned that in the sea's floor there
is a trench 20 miles wide, two
miles deep, and running around
the world in a continuous line 45,-
000 miles long.

Slices Through Atlantic
The fissure roughly bisects the

North and South Atlantic, winds
around the Cape of Good Hope
and across the Indian Ocean, by­
passes Australia, cuts through the
South Pacific, and continues paral­
lel with the western coasts of South
and North America to about
Alaska. One branch of the fissure
forks off in the Indian Ocean and
reaches into the Arabian Sea and
the mainland of Africa. Another
branch splits off at Easter Island
in the South Pacific and heads for
Cape Horn.

All along both sides of the crack,
the scientists found, are remark­
ably similar mountain ranges about
75 miles wi^e.

It had previously been noted
that many of the earthquakes in
the North and South Atlantic in
the past 40 years coincided exactly
with the location of the trench in
the sea's floor. Now the scientists
have learned that earthquakes in
other parts of the world also fol­
low the trench.