Seafarers Log: Vol. 19 No. 9 (1970-01-01)

Vol. XIX
No. 9 ^ SEAFARERS LOG April:

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

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Open 1st
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Dedicafion Of SlU Center
Senator Warren Magnuson cuts ribbon formally opening first
seamen's medical center 'as SlU Sec.-Treas. Paul Hall (left)
and Dr. Aaron Kottler of Kings County Medical Society look on.
Above, Dr. ioseph Logue, director of center, speaks at cere-

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MEBA Vows Continued
Coal Fight, Hits Cur ran

WASHING-TON—Again expressing determination to fight the American Coal beef to
a finish in conjunction with the deck officers union, Herbert Daggett, president of the
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, has denounced NMU President Joseph Curran's dis­
tortions of the facts of thei

J. K. McLean, president, presents plaque to Copt. Emanuel Pa-
tronas (right) of the Wild Ranger for running the safest ship in
the Waterman-Pan Atlantic fleet in the 1956 Safety Sweepstakes.
The Wild Ranger had one lost-time accident during January,
but completed the rest of the year unblemished.

Wild Ranger Wins Award
As Safest Waterman Ship

The SS Wild Ranger is by no means as reckless as her name
makes her out to be. The Waterman-Pan-Atlantic C-2 has
Just been cited as the safest ship of the fleet for 1956,

She had only one lost-time'*^

case.
In a letter to AFL-CIO

President Meany, Daggett de­
clared "NMU President Curran's
statements as published in the
press . . . again attempt to distort
the facts in the dispute of the AFL-
CIO licensed officer organizations
with American Coal, a dispute
which commenced lon^ before the
SIU entered the picture. The ef­
forts of the national MEBA and
MM&P to combat the large scale
attempted invasion of our long es­
tablished jurisdiction by a com­
pany union set up by District 50
are brushed aside by Curran who
refers to the picketing of American
Coal ships by" the MEBA and
MM&P as 'only incidental to the
eflort of SIU to bust NMU's legiti­
mate contract with the company'."

The Daggett letter, as quoted in
MEBA's official publication, "The
Amei'ican Marine Engineer" de­
clared that Curran's distortions of
fact were a challenge to the "in­
tegrity and good judgement" of the
AFL-CIO president, It character-

would have involved SIU with­
drawal from the field and recogni­
tion of exclusive jmisdiction for
the NMU provided the latter sup­
ported the AFL-CIO officers un­
ions. All of the imions present, in­
cluding the SIU, a9cepted the
Meany proposal, but the fiMU re­
jected it, apparently because of its
prior commitments to District 50
of the United Mine Workers. The
iatter is part owner of the com­
pany and also has contracts for the
coal ship officers.

MEBA President Herbert Daggett

ized Meany's letter to Curran as
"correct in every detail . . ." as
to the facts of the Washington
meeting of marine unions and
further called Meany's proposals
"in the best tradition of basic trade
unfbn principles."

"It was at this meeting that
Meany made proposals which

accident during a full year of
operation totalling 382T04
man-hours of work, and that was
in January, 1956. For the rest of
the year, the Ranger had a spot­
less safety record among all the
39 SlU-manned ships in the com­
pany's combined fieet.

News of the Wild Ranger's
achievement comes in the wake of
a "world's record" claim by the
Robin Tuxford, also manned by an
SIU crew. Until last December,
the Tuxford had rolled up a record
of 502 consecutive days without a
single lost-time accident aboard.
The ship's crew claims this topped
all previous safety marks anywhere
in the world for freight ships.

Recognition for the Wild Ranger
came in the form of a plaque
awarded to the ship by company
president J. K. McLean. The plaque
will be fi.xed in the ship's compan-
ionway permanently. The Ranger
will also have the privilege of dy­
ing a white safety fiag all the rest
of the year to attest to its record
among Waterman—Pan - Atlantic
ships for 1956. Capt. Emanuel
Patronas was master of the Ranger
for most of the period involved.
He is now commanding the Beau­
regard.

Lk. Charles
Machinists
Win Strike

LAKE CHARLES — The two
month Machinist Union strike
against the Columbia Southern
Chemical Company has been set­
tled with the signing of a new
contract embodying better wages
and conditions. Talks are now on
with Cities Service Refinery, but
no difficulty over their contract is
expected.

Shipping in this area, i-eports
Fort Agent Leroy Clarke has been
very good during the past period.
Quite a few men also shipped on
SUP vessels.

The Chiwawa, Bradford Island,
CS Norfolk, Royal Oak, CS Miami,
Government Camp (Cities Service!,
Rion (Actium); Val Cfaem (Valen­
tine), and two SUP vessels hit the
porf iSuf-lng trie' past period^ ,

Joe Curran—Man Out Of Step
For a fellow who was shouting.f

he would "fight to the death" a
couple of weeks ago. NMU Presi­
dent Joseph Curran has switched
his pitch innumerable times since
then. It was in the course of one
of his diatribes against the SIU
that Curran rose solemnly and pro­
claimed in capital letters "WE ARE
PREPARED TO FIGHT TO THE
DEATH." Hollywood never filmed
a more stirring drama, but offhand
it doesh't seem to have much bear­
ing on trade union issues.

Curran started off originally be­
laboring SIU for daring to assert
that it might claim a new shipping
company. Then his watchword was
that SIU was for "hiring off the
dock." He worked that phrase thor­
oughly all the while that he was
supporting District 50's company
officers union which hired off the
dock. Of course, every unlicensed
man who has been hired for the
American Coal ships was a union
veteran from a union hiring hall,
NMU and SIU.

Tantrums Don't Work
When he found that his tantrums

weren't frightening off the SIU
and the AFL-CIO officers unions
Cun-an called on George Meany
and demanded that something be
done. Meany took action accord­
ingly; in fact he offered Curran
the whole coal fleet if he would
just live up to trade union prin­
ciples and support the officers.
Curran's answer was an evasion
to cover up his obligations to Dis­
trict 50 and the company.

That called for him to whistle a
new tune, and this time it was an
"AFL-CIO Palace Guard" that was
"scheming" against him. (Before
that, he boasted the AFL-CIO
would surely "call the SIU to ac­
count.") The AFL-CIO suddenly
became allies of the devil as part
of an "SIU swindle," and as for
George Meany—well in Curran's
book he is guilty of "prejudice,
disregard for facts and personal
rancor."

In the next scene we find Joe
Curran, bristling with anger and
defiance and getting ready to
"whip the SIU." But suddenly the
setting chanties, just in case tlje

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whipped, Curran has to have an
alibi in advance. The SIU, which
was so whip-able the day before,
"is fighting it dirty all the way."
Curran snivels further . . . "they
are following through in the same
unscrupulous Qnderhanded man­
ner . . . Their officials showed no
inclination for taking on NMU in
a fair fight."

Even the judiciary can't escape
without an attack on its integrity,
so the courts are accused of "anxi­
ety to please the SIU."

Then Curran shines up his coun­
terfeit halo and piously pro­
claims "NMU will play the game
straight . . ." His idea of "playing
it straight" is to stooge for the
company and its company union.

The officers' unions are also al­
ternately wheedled and scorned.
According to Curran, it's okay for
District 50 to hire off the street,
but the MEriA and MM&P are
"party to the effort to sabotage the
union hiring hall" when they re­
fuse to be bulldozed by J9e CimranL

; Somehow, the audience is sup­

posed to get the impression that
the AFL-CIO, the SIU, the SUP,
the MEBA, the BME, the MM&P,
the courts, the Labor Board and
anyone else you might want to
throw in are all playing dirty
against clean, fair-playing Joe Cur­
ran. The only honorable ones in
this Curran ̂ fantasy production are
American Coal, the company union
(which owns one-third of Ameri­
can Coal), and a fellow named Joe
Curran.

Of course, this isn't the fir.st
time Curran-has found himself out
of step with the labor movement
and at loggerheads with the facts.
There have been times before when
he. deliberately aligned himself
with hostile forces against the in­
terest of the labor movement. In
his treatment of trade union issues
he has constantly employed the
Stalinist technique. In this pat­
tern he is a "militant trade union­
ist" in Washington conferences and
the shipowners' boy down on the
waterfront. This is just another
oqcasion the same yelp- 4. .. „

(l^e coal siory, page 8)

WASHINGTON—Merchant Ma­
rine spokesmen here are keeping
a watchful eye peeled as the Ad­
ministration's foreign-aid program
faces possible sharp cuts in a
Congressional economy drive. The
US Chamber of Commerce, which
has been a vocal spokesman for
Government budget-cutting, led
off the attack against foreign aid
by calling for an $800 million re­
duction in the program. President
Eisenhower's budget called for
$4.4 billion for this purpose.

A recent Senate study on for­
eign aid pointed out that the US
maritime industry and of course,
US seamen, are heavily dependent
on foreign aid for cargoes. The
cargoes provided by this program
and by the agricultural surplus dis­
posal system are moved under the
"50-50" law. With US ships' share
of foreign cargoes shrinking to a
new low, just about 18 percent, the
Government-generated. business
has become an increasingly large
percentage of US ship cargoes.

The Chamber of Commerce
position was taken at hearings be­
fore a special Senate committee.
Other testimony critical of the
program was given by an ILO
representative who told the com­
mittee that the program had dis­
regarded the need to improve la­
bor conditions in many areas. Some
projects, he said, totally ignored
the conditions of the workers in­
volved and as such reflected un­
favorably on the US.'

Foreign aid has been slated as
the'number one target of oppon­
ents of the President's budget. So
far, most .of the budget-pruning
has been in the House of Repre­
sentatives which initiates money
bills. The House has not yet acted
on the foreign aid issue.

SEAFARERS LOG
April 28. 1987 Vol. XIX No. 9

PAUI HAU, Secretary-Treasurer
HERBIRX BRAND. £ditor. i BERNARO SEA­

MAN. Art Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR. IRWIN
SPIVACX, AL HARBIN, JOHN BRAZIL, Staff
Writers. Bnx MOODT. Gulf Area Repre­
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Publlihtd bIwMhIy ar th« haadquartara
of tha Saafarara Intarnaticnal Union, Af-
lantic A Culf Dlttricf, AFL-CIO, «75 Fourth
Avanuo, Brooklyn 33, NY. Tal. HYaclnth
9-*600. Entered aa sacond class matter
at tha Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under
the Act of AOS. 24, 1912.



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April 28.198T SEAFARERS LOG Par* Tbret:

SlU SWEEPS BALT, TUG VOTE
Port Total Almost Unanimous;
Another NLPB Win Expected

Senator Warren Magnuson watches as SlU Sec.-Treas. Paul Hall
unveils plaque dedicating,clinic in memory of Seafarer Pete Lar-
sen. The plaque was placed on the wall behind the counter-in th*
lobby of the clinic.

BALTIMORE—^Towboat and harbor craft workers of the Greater Baltimore
area went to the polls this past week and registered a smashing, near-unanimous
vote for SIU representation. An announcement by the National Labor Relations
Board, which conducted^
the balloting, revealed that
employees of five compan­
ies had voted 127 to 9 in
favor of the SlU Harbor
and Inland Waterways Di­
vision, with five ballots voided.
A sixth company will be voted
today, with indications that
the results will follow the same
pattern.

Approximately 45 tugs and other
harbor craft are involved. The five
companies whose' employees went
SIU in the NLRB balloting are
Curtis Bay Towing, Harper Tow­
ing, Baker and Whitely, Baltimore
Towage and Lighterage, and At­
lantic Transport, the last named

a subsidiary of United States Lines.
Mechanics at the Curtis Bay main­
tenance shop and carfioatmen in
Atlantic Transport were included in
the polling. The latter voted In
separate balloting. The sixth com­
pany* to be voted today is Arundel
Sand and Gravel.

Negotiations for a first-time SIU
HIWD contract are expected to
begin with the companies shortly.

Year-Long Campaign
The NLRB voting climaxed an

intensive, year-long organizing
campaign by the SIU among the
Baltimore area's towboat and
harbor craft workers. At the same
time, intensive SIU organizing
campaigns have been carried on
among tugboat workers in Gulf

First Sea Union Medical
Center Now Open In NY

With Senator Warren Magnuson cutting the ceremonial ribbon, the Seafarers Welfare Plan medical center,
first seamen's health center in maritime, was officially opened in Brooklyn on Tuesday, April 16. The next
morning the center was functioning in full swing, giving complete physical examinations to Seafarers and

^recommending treatment
The following is the text on

the plaque dedicated to Pete
Larsen:

"The first to be established
under provisions of the Sea­
farers Welfare Plan, this medi­
cal center is dedicated to the
memory of the late Pete Larsen
(1924-1956) who was representa­
tive of tbe thousands of Sea­
farers playing a vital role in the
functioning of the American
merchant marine. Like them,
he contributed to the improve­
ment of conditions achieved for
all Seafarers. This center
stands as an example of these
achievements.
"The Union and management

are jointly sponsoring this med­
ical center—^first In the mari­
time industry—^to advance fur­
ther the health and well-being
of the seafaring man."

where necessary by private
physicians or the Public
Health Service.-

Dedication ceremonies for
the center, which is named the
Pete Larsen Memorial Clinic, drew
an audience of more than 500
guests from the ranks of the in­
dustry, various Government agen­
cies including the US Publifc
Health Service and the Coast
Guard, the medical profession, and
the trade union movement, plus
Seafarers themselves off nearby
ships and from the headquarters
hall. The center Is located at 3rd
Avenue and 21st Street, Brooklyn,
just one block from the headquar­
ters hall and a few steps from the
Bull Line docks.

Before the ribbon-cutting, the
audience heard brief dedication
speeches. In his remarks to the au­
dience, Senator Magnuson, chair­
man of the Senate Interstate and

Foreign Commerce Committee,
cited the center as an example of
"union responsibility'* and union
maturity. Recalling the days when
merchant ships were considered a
dumping ground, Magnuson point­
ed to the center as an example of
the tremendous progress achieved
by marine unions and the maritime
industry as a whole.

Turning to industry problems,
the Senator indicated he would
press strongly for some kind of
limitation on ship transfers. He
staunchly defended Government
aid to the merchant marine as es­
sential to the national economy
and national defense.

"The whole cost of shipping sub­
sidy for one year," he pointed out,
is not more than the cost of a

single Navy cruiser."
'Good Union Man*

SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paul
Hall also spoke at the dedication
to pay tribute to the late Pete

Larsen in whose honor the center
was named. Larsen was so hon­
ored, Hall said, "not because he
was a hero, but because the mem-

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ports and among workers in the
tidelands oil industry. Major
SIU victories have been scored
recently In both of these areas.

A victory was also scored in the
Baltimore area last month when
bargemen and bridgemen of the
Western Maryland Railway ^Com­
pany voted 28 to 0 for the SIU.

SIU Baltimore port agent Earl
Sheppard hailed the outcome of the
voting as "convincing proof that
harbor workers want representa­
tion by an established seaman's
union. Lack of such representation
in the past has resulted in Bal­
timore area harbor worker® lagging
behind other ports on all aspects
of their wages and working condi­
tions.-

'Closing The Gap'
"Our first order of business

here," Sheppard said, "is to start
closing this gap. We intend to
continue our efforts and to support
the Greater Baltimore harbor
workers in their fight for decent
wages and working conditions,
just as we have successfully done
among workers in other areas."

The SIU was the only union en
the ballot in the six-fieet vote.
Another organization in the field,
District 50 of the United Mine
Workers, could not qualify for a
place on the ballot, but attempted
to get the Baltimore harbor men
to vote for "no union." The Dis­
trict 50 campaign was able to
muster only nine votes against the
SIU.

A factor in the vote was un-
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A few of the cnqny Seafarers and guests who attended the dedication of the health center ]am th*
lobby of Jhe clinicofter the ceremonies. " ' " * '

Well-Wishers Laud
Center As Milestone

Heralded as a major achievement in maritime, the launch­
ing 'of the Seafarers Welfare Jlan Medical Department in
Brooklyn was also greeted by a flood of congratulatory mes­
sages sent to the Union fromf,
AFL-CIO headquarters in
Washington and trade union.
Government and shipping officials
from all over the nation.

Among the messages received
was one from David Dubinsky,
president of the International
Ladies Garment Workers Union;

"Delighted to extend heartfelt
congratulations on Important occa­
sion of dedication of your union's
medical department. This marks
another step forward by your un­
ion in bringing to your members
added services so essential to the
health and well-being of the Sea­
farers.

"May you continue on the pro­
gressive road along which you
have come."

A similar wire came from Mor­
ris Brand, medical director of the
Sidney Hillman Health Center op­
erated by the Amalgamated Cloth­
ing Workers. Dr. Brand is also
president of the Association of La­
bor Health Administrators. "Con­
gratulations to the Seafarers Un­
ion," he wired, "for making avail­
able medical service to members in
your own center, which will add
greatly to health and well-being of
membership."

"Warmest congratulations" also
came from Bill Ross, manager of
th* iPhiladelphia Dress Jbint Board

ILGWU Pres., David Dubinsky

of the ILG, which maintains its
own health center in that city.

A message from David Siegal,
president. New York Dining Room
Employees Local 1 of the Hotel
and Restaurant Workers, said in
part: "When I consider ... the for­
ward strides made by your union,
I feel justified in saying the Sea­
farers are deserving of the great­
est praise . . ."

Dr. Leona Baumgartner, New
York City Commissioner of Health,
lauded the "excellent facmtiea".of
th* center. •

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' Faf« Four SEAFARERS LOG April 26, 1957

Stoklng's Not A Lost Art Yet

Fireman Bishop Creeck of the SlU Grer^l" Lakes District throws
bucketful of coal on fire of the Huron, a bulk carrier. Huron was
slated for conversion to oil, but rising price of fuel has kept her
on a cool diet.

SlU Men Making
Log Limit Work

NEW YORK—^Negotiation of logging limits in the SIU con­
tract has paid off, Claude Simmons, New York port agent de­
clared, Last year, he said, the operators fought strenuously
when the Union negotiated the"*^

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clause to do away with two
for one loggings in the con­
tract. Some of them claimed the
performance of many of the ships'
crews would get worse because
there would be less disciplinary
control.

There has been no indication of
this development. On the con­
trary, Simmons announced, most of
the crews have shown themselves
very competent in disciplining
themselves and in improving their
performance. "It all goes to show,"
he said, "that if you give a man his

2 Contracts
Granted For
Atom Ship

WASHINGTON'—Two contracts
for the plan, design and engineer­
ing of the newly proposed nuclear-
powered passenger - cargo vessel
have been granted to the firms of
George G. Sharp, Inc., and Babcock
and Wilcox.

Clarence G. Morse, Maritime
Administrator, announced that the
contract for the preparation of the
specification and associated engi­
neering work had been awarded to
the Sharp organization, well-known
designers in the maritime industry.
They have designed such vessels
as the Del Norte (Mississippi), the
Panama, Cristobal, and Ancon
(Panama).

A $9 million contract covering
the design, and development of a
nuclear reactor and components of
the ship's propulsion plant was
awarded by the Atomic Energy
Commission to Babcock and Wilcox.
The plans call for a pressurized
water reactor of an advanced type
capable of a continuous output of
20,000 shaft horsepower. The
reactor will be unclassfied and the
technology developed in the project
will be available to American in­
dustry.

The new vessel, the first Ameri­
can built merchant vessel to be
propelled by a nuclear energy, is
ccbeduled for completion by early
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just rights, he will in turn give you
your just due."

Shipping Up Strongly
Shipping during the past period

has picked up notably in this
port. Besides 20 vessels paying off,
4 signing on, and 17 in-transit. Wa­
terman's SS Warrior came out of
the shipyard and took on a full
crew.

The Kathryn, Hilton, Beatrice,
Angelina, Frances (Bull); Alcoa
Roamer, Alcoa Partner, Alcoa Ran­
ger, Alcoa Puritan, Alcoa Pegasus
(Alcoa); Topa Topa, Yaka (Water­
man); Steel King, Steel Vendor
(Isthmian); Robin Wentley (Seas);
Cantigny, Royal Oak, CS Norfolk
(Cities Service), and Sea Monitor
(Excelsior) all paid off. The Robin
Kettering, llobin Kirk (Seas), Topa
Topa and Yaka signed on.

The Sea Monitor has been sold
by Excelsior Steam Ship Company
to Grainfleet Steam Ship Com­
pany, both SlU-contracted opera­
tors. It should be taking on a full
crew within the next few days.

Notify Union
On LOG Mail

As Seafarers know, copies of
each issue of the SEAFARERS
LOG are mailed every two
weeks to all SIU ships as well as
to numerous clubs, bars and
other overseas spots where Sea­
farers congregate ashore. The
procedure for mailing the LOG
involves calling all SIU steam­
ship companies for the itiner­
aries of their ships. On the
basis of the information sup­
plied by the ship operator, three
copies of the LOG, the head­
quarters report and minutes
forms are then airmailed to the
company agent in the next port
of call.

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

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

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Of course they're all talking about it,
for safety should be everyone's Immedi­
ate concern. A Setifarer out at sea is far
more suspectible to accident than a shore-
side worker because a ship is a more dan­
gerous place to be. What's more, he
finds it much tmore difficult to receive
proper care than while he's ashore.

That's where the shipboard safety com­
mittees come in. It's their fob to translate
the talk into action, to see to it that every­
thing is as shipshape as humanly possible
and that everyone does his Job properly.

The easiest, and fastest, way of letting
your shipmates know of accident areas
and of safer ways of working is to talk it
up at the safety discussions. Help your
shipboard safety committee make your
ship the safest one afloat.

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The SS GaJeway City at Mobile shipyards where she is now being converted into a traiiership. The
former C-2 is the first of four Pan Atlantic vessels, scheduled for sea-land trailer operations by the
end of the year. ShipVill carry 204 loaded trailer bodies.

Conversion Work Starts
On First Containership

MOBILE—Work is already underway converting the SS Gateway City into a contain­
ership, the first step in Pan Atlantic Steamship Company's revolutionary sea-land trailer-
ship program

The Gateway City is the
first of four C-2's the company
plans to covert into trailer-

_8hips and Iiave In operation by
the end of the year. ~ The Azalea
City is due in the Mobile shipyard
by April 26, the Bienville sometime
in early July, and the Fairland in
mid-July. They will mark the be­
ginning of a new type, of coastwise
Service to be offered by Pan-At­
lantic.

The conersion program consists,
in part, of the- addition of sponsons
amidship each vessel. These spon-

. sons, which will cover some 370
feet, will add about 72 feet to the
width of the vessel, and will help
stabilize the ship while loading and
tinloading. The yard will also re­
move the conventional cargo booms
from the vessels and add two spe­
cial' traveling cranes, fore and aft.

These cranes, will stand on legs
that -roll on tracks along the edge
of the vessel. They have two ex­
tensions overhanging the sides of
the ships. The trailers will be
hauled up under the craned which
will pick them from their chassis,
carry them laterally across the
deck, and deposit them in the hold.

Each trailer will be specially
fitted with four corner posts to
enable them to be safely stacked,
one on top of the other, without
danger of their crumpling. There
will be five layers of trailers be­
low deck, and one trailer on top of
the hatch cover. The ships will be
able to carry 204 trailers apiece.

A spokesman for the Skagit
Steel Company, builders of the
cranes, said all of the cranes, will
be fully rigged on the plant ground

tracks. These tracks are tested at
any angle, or degree of list, there­
by simulating conditions that can
be expected in the loading and
unloading at the docks.

Pan Atlantic plans eventually to
convert more vessels under their
long range program. In order to
accomplish this, the Pan-Atlantic
breakbulk coastwise service will be
suspended at the completion of the
voyage of the SS Warrior in early
May.

Okay Isthmian's Bid
For 8 Victory Ships

WASHfNGTON—Isthmian's application to charter eight
Government-owned "Victory ships for the India and Persian
Gulf runs has been approv^ by the Federal Maritime Boai^d.
The first of the ships , is ex--*
pected to go Into service by
June 1.

Under terms of the Board's an­
nouncement, the SIU - contracted
operator ^vili carry commercial
cargo outbound on its regular
berth service. The homeward cargo

Highly recommended by the
ship's safety committee on the
Antinous was the following pro­

cedure suggested
by engine depart­
ment safety rep­
resentative John
Brady. Brady
suggested that
cluster lights be
•picked up each
day in port when
used and checked
by the electri­
cian. Bad ones

would then be taken to the elec­
trical locker for repairs and good
ones would be kept in the mast
locker. Following this procedure,
he said, the rest of the crew would
be assured that any light found in
the mast locker would be in good
working condition. This would
also cut down on the number of
cluster lights which have bad plugs
which could cause a flashback
when plugged in, severely burn­
ing the^'pne handlipg lt»

Brady

The Asiatic cooking of George
Mi Chang, reports ship's delegate
John Jellette, is converting the

crew of the Ideal
X into real curry
eaters. George is
loading the boys
u p with some
mighty flne egg
foo young and
other assorted
Far East dishes.
You couldn't find
any better this
side of Hong

Kong, the gang says.

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In appreciation of a fine Job

done, the crew of the Barbara
Frietchie extended a vote of
thanks to J. W. Corcoran as he re­
signed as ship's delegate. James
"Seabiscnlt" McFarlin was elected
to the post by acclamation. Thanks
were also given to F. Hipp of the'
"Mae" and C. Nelson, hisjsuccessor
PS fhip'a 4elegateiL - r-

Chang

will include strategic materials
like ̂ maiiganese and other ores
from India. The ships are ex­
pected to be under charter for 18
months.

In approving the breakout, the
FMB noted that Isthmian ships on
the two runs have been sailing
fully loaded since last summer, and
that the company has had to refuse
cargo for the areas because it
could not charter private tonnage.
It also observed that cargo offer­
ings on the runs have increased by
SO percent in recent months. Ad­
ditional cargo is expected as the
Government's Middle East aid pro­
gram goes into full swing.

Doubt Runaway
Ships Available
For US Needs

•WASHINGTON—strong doubts that ships transferred to
runaway flags would be available for American use in time
of emergency have been voiced by Sen. Warren Magnuson,
chairman of the Senate Com-'
merce Committee.

Highlighting Senate hear­
ings into the transfer program,
the Washington Democract ex­
pressed himself as "exceedingly
skeptical as to the promised avail­
ability" of the runaways. He indi­
cated that if the ships were not
available, the Administration's
transfer policy "could invite disr
aster should war come upon us
suddenly."

In stating his views, Magnuson
virtually rejected the opinion of
the - Maritime Administration and
the Defense Department that ships
transferred to PanamarJ<iberia and
Honduras would remain under
"effective United States control."
The opinion rests on the view that
these are "friendly" nations. Mag­
nuson pointed out that ships trans­
ferred to Panamanian registry are
legally and technically under the
control of the Government of
Panama as well as manned by for­
eign crews.

Magnuson's view that runaways
would not be available to the
United States has long been sup­
ported by the SIU. A spokesman
for the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades
Department is expected to present
similar views to the committee
next week, when hearings are re­
sumed.

Magnuson's remarks came at a
time when there isn't a single
tanker left in the Government's
lay-up fleet, and the Military Sea
Transportation Service has to rely
on chartered tankers for military
services.

They also came only a few days
after the House Merchant Marine
Committee learned that the Gov­
ernment do^s not have effective
control of runaway-flag shipping,
even if- it Is owned by American
citizens. The Maritime Administra­
tion also admitted that it can not
be sure that companies authorized
to transfer ships are really Ameri­
can-owned.

In the last analysis, the Govern­
ment's transfer policy appears to
rest on the faith that American
owners of transferred- vessels
would be able to retain control of
their ships, and would put them at
the disposal of the Government in
time of war or other emergencies.

The companies' record of trans­
ferring their ships as a means of
evading American taxation, safety
standards, and wages, casts great
doubt on the responsibility of
hese companies, and On their like­

lihood of complying with Govern­
ment policy.

A bill to restrict ship transfers

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has been introduced by Sen. Mag­
nuson, and is being considered by
the Senate Commerce Committee.
Opposition has been voiced by the
Maritime Administration, by vari­
ous shipowner groups, and by the
American Merchant Marine Insti­
tute, spokesman for the major sub­
sidized operators on the East and
Gulf Coasts.

Support for the measure has
come so far only from the SIU
and other maritime unions.

Baft Drive
Gets Aid Of
Membership

BALTIMORE—With the NLRB
election coming up on Baltimore
tugs, most Seafarers in this area,
reports Earl Sheppard, port agent,
have been taking advantage of the
slack in job activity and have been
busy helping in the SIU organizing
campaign.

(The successful results of these
campaigns are reported in another
article in this edition of the LOG.)

Although there were 35 vessels
in port during the past two weeks,
job activity was slower than in the
prior period. The Steel Architect,
Steel Rover (Isthmian); Jean,
Emilia (Bull); Santore, Chilore,
Oremar, Raltore (Ore); Young
America (Waterman); Ocean Ulla
(Ocean Trans.); Oceanstar (Dolphin)
paid off while the Steel Architect,
Steel Rover (Isthmian); Marymar,
Portmar, Bethcoaster (Calmar);
Chilore, Oremar, Baltore (Ore)
signed on.

Some 16 vessels pulled into port
during the past period to be serv­
iced. They were the Bethcoaster,
Kenmar, Flomar, Portmar (Cal-
mar); Oremar, Baltore, Cubore,
Feltore (Ore); Alcoa Partner,
Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Steel King
(Isthmian); Catherine (Drystrans),
Edith (Bull); and Robin Kirk (Seas
Shipping). All were reported in
good shape with all beefs settled at
payoff.

SCHEDULE OF
SIU MEETINGS

SIU membership meef-
ing;^ are held regularly
every tWo weeks on Wed­
nesday nights at 7 PM in
all 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:

May I
May 15
May 29
June 12
June Ih

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1 • Pare Sis SEAFARERS LOG April 29. mi

Three sets of triplets were born to SlU families, but |ust two sur­
vived. Above (left) are Doretta Colleen, Doreen Colette and
David Merlin, children of Seafarer Robert Long, born December,
1953, in New Orleans. At right are Lars Valdemar, Kiric Alexan­
der and Hans Neal Nielsen, born December 31, 1956. Seafarer
Lars Nielsen is the father.

Maternity Benefit
Five Years Old-
Thousands Aided

Now starting its sixth year, the maternity benefit pay­
ment of the Seafarers Welfare Plan has passed the half-
million mark in cash benefits paid to Seafarers. Since the
benefit's inception in April, >
1952, a total of $555,800 has
been paid to Seafarers involv­
ing the birth of 2,779 children. Ita
addition, the Union itself has pre­
sented a $25 US Government bond
to every child covered by the Wel­
fare Plan. More than $69,000 has
been paid out In this form.

The SIU Welfare Plan was a pio­
neer at the time in recognizing the

Union Has
Cable Address

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

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

inadequacy of existing maternity
coverage. Under most hospitaliza­
tion programs then existing, the
maximum benefit payable was in
the vicinity of $80 and this was al­
lowed only after the insurance had
been ill force' for a minimum of
ten months to a year.

The SIU Welfare Plan added the
$200 maternity benefit in June,
1952, and made it retroactive to
April 1 of that year; Seafarers Jo­
seph A. Cave, of New Orleans, and
John Rivera of New York City
were the first of many to obtain
these benefits. Joseph Cave Jr.,
and Ermelenda (Linda) Rivera
were both born on April 2, 1952,
Just one day after the effective
date of the plan.

Included In the total of 2,779
children bora to Seafarers, are 16
births of twins and two sets of
triplets. In cases such as these,
the SIU plan has the advantage of
paying benefits for the birth of

April 2, 1952, was birth date of Linda Rivera, 24 hours dfter the maternity benefit program went into
effect. She's shown at left as she appears today, wi|h her father. Seafarer John Rivera; at right, a
few months after her birth.

each child, regardless of the num­
ber of children bora. Seafarers
who fathered triplets collected
$600 in benefits, and $75 in bonds
from the Union.

In order to be eligible, a Sea­
farer must have one day of seatime
in the ninety days immediately
preceding the birth of the child
and ninety days of seatime in the
previous calendar year. A copy of
the marriage license and of the
birth certificate must be sent in
with the application for the ben­
efit.

She shared limelight with her mother.

Now five years old, Texas Will Rogers Clamp points to birthday on calendar which qualified him for
maternity benefit back in 1952. ..At right, he's just a babe in arms to dad, Seafarer John Clomp, in
ihe'origirtdf 1952 bhologrdbfi; ' ,

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Mayflower U Sails;
Expect 6-Yleek Trip

PLYMOUTH, England—Virtually becalmed on her first day
out, the Mayflower II got off to a slow start on her good-will
voyage to the US. —

The 180-ton squarerigger is
duplicating the historic voy­
age of the Pilgrim Fathers to
Plymouth, Mass., S37 years ago.
She left here Saturday on the first
leg of an estimated six-week voy­
age. it took the original Pilgrims
65 days to make the trip in 1620.

Manned by an Australian skip­
per, Capt. Alan Villlers, and 31
other "fellows with a spirit of ad­
venture," including a gynecologist,
the Mayflower II has no women
aboard. It does have a radio, mod­
ern navigational instruments and
an inflatable liferaft aboard, un­
like its historic namesake.

The tiny ve.ssel.was built by skill
ed craftsmen who labored 18
months to put the ship together
at a cost of $100,000. The cost was
underwritten by popular subscrip­
tion to further British-American
relations.

It had union clearance during the
recent shipbuilders' strike in Bri­
tain so that it could be completed
in time for sailing this month. The
launching produced g further mis­
hap when the. ship developed a
dangerous list to starboard, which
was finally trimmed with ballast.

The voyage got underway with
proper pomp and ceremony when
skipper Villiers donned a Pilgrim
costume—high black hat, 'white
Ikcw ^lbir, black IJacket. trbUsei'6;*.

gaiters and slippers with big sil­
ver buckles to go ashore in a
longboat to meet the Lord Mayor
of Plymouth, who wore a feathered
hat and a scarlet robe. After the
Mayflower received divine blessing
it was towed past Drake Island, Just
as the original Mayflower was three
centuries ago.

Fourteen miles out a stowaway—
a 27-year-old London baker's sales­
man—^was discovered, but he was
put off in a photographer's launch
riding alongside. He had probably
assumed that the present ship's
company would have the same
compassion for a fellow adventurer
seeking a ridC to the New World as
their historic counterparts in 1620.



April 28.1959 SEAFARERS LOG Par» Sevetf

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

By Sidney Mafgolius

The 1957 Auto Situation
May is one of the best months to find cut prices on many necessities

from clothes to cars. This spring, especially it's worth shopping the
sales for things you need, because we're approaching the peak of the
latest inflation, with living expenses scheduledUo hit a'new high.

Important sales this season which give you ah opportunity to fill in
needs at temporarily-reduced prices include spring clothing clear­
ances, May white sales (sheets and towels), lingerie and housecoat
sales, clearances of this year's television models at reductions, price
cuts on cooking ranges and washing machines, and—increasingly large
discounts on 1957 cars. In clothing, note that rising prices of wool
mean you will pay more next fail for suits and coats.

Better Car "Values
The auto industry has met its day of reckoning on price, and for

people who need cars, better values are going to be available the next
several months. The si -ing upsurge makers and dealers had been
hoping for has not matt' ialized. The result is competition is getting
more intense, and larger discounts are being offered.

Dealers believe one reason for lagging 1957 sales is resistance to
this year's higher prices. Ward's Automotive Reports estimates the
average standard equipped 1957 model is $2,749, not including taxes,'
compared to $2,553 in 1956 and $2,300 in 1955. Significantly, more
people are buying the lower-priced makes this year. The big three

US Seeks Tourist Ships ̂
okays Bernstein Subsidy

WASHINGTON—An open invitation to US ship operators to get into the transatlantic
passenger business has been issued by Maritime Administrator Ularence Morse. Morse
recommended that new passenger ship services be opened between the Chesapeake Bay area
and European ports. He also^'

.

Can't Teil Prices Without Scorecard
With 300 individually-priced US made cars on the market, and

the auto industry following a policy of not publicizing suggested
list prices of cars and accessories, it's become almost impossible
for buyers to know how much a car actually costs. This situation
has made it possible for dealers to "pack" prices in various ways,
so that the fringe of less scrupulous sellers can give a discount or
seemingly-generous trade-in allmvance with one hand, and take it
back with the other. For the first time to this writer's knowledge,
a complete guide to cars is now available for $1 at newsstands or
from the Car Fax Company, 550 Fifth Ave., New York 36. "Car
Fax" warns that "There are no set resale prices. Any dealer may
ask whatever he wishes. It is a fact that many dealers pack their
prices in amounts ranging up to $500 and even more over the fac­
tory-suggested retail prices." One of the best helps this guide pro­
vides is a complete price list for all accessories and special features
for each car, such as two-tone paint, white sidewalls, etc. These
can run into real money. If you bought all the extra accessories
offered for a typical popular-price car in the $2,000 bracket, your
cost for accessories alone would total $1,011. ^

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lower-priced makes have accounted for about 60 percent of all pur-
. chases this year, compared to 57 percent last year.

Another reason for the lag in sales, bankers say, is that many people
are still paying for all the cars they bought in 1955, when easy terms
sold a record number of cars.

Styles Meet Resistance
But also, and possibly for the first time, the public is showing some

actual resistance to the styling of cars, especially to the low height of I
1957 models, garage men report. The low, road-hugging modern de­
sign has added to the difficulties of climbing in and out of cars. On
some models, it also is responsible for more rain leaks because the
door opening, now is cut partly into the roof. In models where the
rear seat protrudes beyond the door opening, passengers have to "an­
gle" into the car.

If the 1957 cars are harder to get into, once you're in, the lower,
wider design gives you a more stable ride, with less sway on curves
and corners. The 1957 models in general are safer, more stable cars
on the highway. In city traffic, the story is different. The new longer
cars when used as cabs are responsible for more traffic accidents, the
New York Taxicab Bureau reports.

The public is also showing signs of resenting the many model
changes and the confusing number of models made, which adds to the
cost of cars. Wards reports there are three hundred 1957 models, even
though there are now fewer manufacturers, compared to 272 in 1956
and 260 in 1955.

Among the popular-priced cars, 1957 Fords and Plymouths have
made comebacks. For the time being. Ford has become the most wide­
ly-bought car, closely followed by Chevrolet, which had been top bird-
dog for the two previous years. Plymouth has regained its old place
as the third leading make. Significantly, Ford and rtymouth were most
drastically restyled and enlarged in size this year.

Cheaper Wiring
If recent models are more expensive, they have also proved to have

been cheapened in one important respect, servicemen report. Not only
the 1957, but even some earlier models are arriving in shops with short
circuits, faulty ignition and even records of fires due to cheaper plastic
wiring now used.

Plastic wiring appears to be unable to stand overheating (the tradi­
tional wire with cotton and rubber covering could to some extent) and
car manufacturers are using' it in too-small gauge. They are using 16-
gauge wire where 12-gauge is necessary, and in the case of the power­
ful sealed-beam headlights, even 12-gauge wiring is proving inadequate.
Thus on some late-model cars, not only are the lights underpowered,
but the resistance of the inadequate wiring causes the wires to get hot
with a greater frequency of short circuits and fires. Some service ex-
perls now are installing such safety devices as fuses and circuit break­
ers on late-model cars. The circuit breakers are more satisfactory than
fuses because they make it easier to trace the short, even by the car
owner himself if he gets stuck at night away from service facilities.

Problems also are being encountered with spark-plug wires. Ignition
experts point out some now have a grePjUiif^i of a .copper
core. The graphite hardens and causes resistance.

cited a serious over-all de­
ficiency in US flag passenger
accomodations.

Meanwhile, the Maritime Admin­
istration completed signing of con­
struction and operating subsidy
contracts with Arnold Bernstein to
cover the operation of the low-cost
passenger-ship Badger Mariner on
the New York to Rotterdam run.

Up until now, there has been no
passenger service out of the Chesa­
peake Bay area to Europe either
under US or foreign flags.- The
tentative findings of the Maritime
Admini-stration are that a Balti
more-to-Europe passenger service
should operate on trade routes
five, seven or nine with a combina­
tion passenger-cargo ship accom­
modating about 600 passengers and
2,500 to 3,000 tons of cargo.

Of interest in the Morse report
is the call for additional passen­
ger accommodations in tourist and
cabin class. ' Up until now, US
passenger operators have been
running three class ships in this
service. The SEAFARERS LOG
has repeatedly pointed out that
foreign ship operators are getting
the jump on Americans by provid­
ing tourist class ships in this
ti-ade.

The Badger Mariner, which will
be a tourist class ship with just 50
first Class berths, is now undergo­
ing conversion in the Ingalls Ship­
yard, Pascagoula, Miss., at a cost
of $13 million. She will run be­
tween New York and Zeebrugge,
Belgium and Amsterdam, the Neth­
erlands, beginning some time in
March or April, 1958.

The ship will accommodate 900
passengers two or three to a room
with full airrconditioning and pri­
vate bath for all cabins.

Bernstein's schedule calls for

seven day trip to Zeebrugge at a
20-knot average cruising - speed.
Arrangements have been made for
a non-stop hour boat train to
nm into Paris from Zeebrugge
which is faster than the existing
Paris-Cherbourg service.

As part of the subsidy conrtact.

the Maritime Administration can
call on Bernstein to build at least
one more ship for this service.
The company itself Is hopeful that
it will be able to add two new ves­
sels to the run within the next five
years in order to offer a weekly
sailing schedule.

Bean Revolt
In Beantown

BOSTON—A four day diet of
franks and beans proved just too
much for the stomach of a crew-
member of a New York tug. The
unnamed seaman bitterly com­
plained about the steady fare and
then assaulted the cook, William
Jones. The assault, which occurred
during a lunch of frankfurters and
beans, took place on board the tug
Aladdin while tied up in East Bos­
ton. The tug is under contract to
another union.

Jo'b activity has been fair during
the past two weeks in this area.
Although the outlook is uncertain,
it is expected to continue to be as
good as it has been. The Michael
(J. M. Carras); Arickaree and
Stony Point (USPC) paid off and
signed on while the Pan Oceanic
Transporter (Pan Ocean);' Steel
King, Steel Vendor, Steel Naviga­
tor (Isthmian); and Robin Wentley
(Seas Shipping) were in-transit.

Quitting Ship?
Notify Union

A reminder from SIU head­
quarters cautions all Seafarers
leaving their ships to contact
the hall in ample time to allow
the Union to dispatch a replace­
ment. Failure to give notice be­
fore paying off may cause a de­
layed sailing, force the ship to
sail short of the manning re­
quirements and needlessly make
the work tougher for your ship­
mates.

ILO Group Asks 8-Hour
Day For World's Seamen

Recommendations calling for an eight-hour day for seamen
all over the world and for an increase in internationally-recog­
nized wage minimums have been made by the seafarers' rep­
resentatives at the recent In-> ^
ternational Labor Organiza­
tion meeting in Geneva. John
Hawk, secretary-treasurer of the
Seafarers International Union of

functions, recommendations such
as these have to be approved sub­
sequently by the member nations
of tlie organization.

John Hawk, SlUNA Sec.-Treos.

North America, participated in the
meeting as the labor representa­
tive of the United States.

The proposed increase in inter­
national minimums would be from
the existing $64 monthly level to
$70.

Commenting on the recommen­
dations, Hawk declared: "Of course,
the major maritime nations are al­
ready providing wage scales above
this minimum and in many in­
stances the eight-hour day is in
effect. However, some of the less-
developed maritime powers have
lagged behind in this respect and
it is hoped that the new proposals
will result in improvement of con­
ditions for thousands of seamen
sailing the ships involved."

Hawk pointed out that "the con-
ference'took steps to provide that
nothing in the recommendation
would prejudice provisions of con­
tracts which are superior to these
recommendations, such as we have
on US ships."

The Geneva conference, which
met April 11 to 17, consisted of a
working party of 18 member.s, six
Government, six shipowners and
six seafaring. Their recommenda­
tions will be submitted to the ILO
governing body for action and rec­
ommendation to the member na­
tions involved.

In addition to Hawk, the sea­
faring representatives were Omar
Becu of Belgium, head of the In­
ternational Transportworkers Fed­
eration; I. Haugen, Nor\vay, accom­
panied by Johan S. Thore, Sweden;
T. Nishimaki, Japan; P. de Vries,
Netherlands; T. Yates, accom­
panied by D. S. Tennant, United
Kingdom.

The recommendations represent
an improvement on Convention 93
which was originally adopted in
1946 and was later revised.

Under the termu by which ILO

SIU Tanker
Plans More
Israel Trips

The SlU-manned tanker Kern
Hills, which became an interna­
tional issue when it sailed into the
Israeli' port of Eilat, is going to
make three or four more runs into
that port. That's the word received
from Seafarer Frank Throp, ship's
delegate.

Reporting on the historic trip
into the Gulf of Aqaba, Throp
wrote: "We were all pretty nervous
until we went through the straits
that lead into the Gulf of Aqaba,
whereupon we saw the good o d
United Nations flag flying. From
then on we felt pretty much at
ease." IJN troops are presently oc­
cupying hills overlooking the nar­
row en|^rance into the Gulf.

For pictures of Eilat, the new
Israeli port, see page nine.

He adds, "we are bound back to
the Persian Gulf via Djifaou i,
French Somaliland, and are sup­
posed to make three or four more
runs to Eilat if they will let us
... If everything goes okay we are
supposed to be back home in July."

The voyage of the Kern Hills
was the first by any US-flag vessel

into Eilat. The
T-2 tanker was
chartered by the
Israeli govern­
ment to bring oil
supplies and
more important­
ly, to establish
that the Gulf of
Aqaba is an in­
ternational water­
way.

Egypt and Saudi Arabia, both of
which border on the Gulf, have
insisted that it is territorial water
and as such, not open to shipping
into Eilat.

Suez Near Normal
On the other side of the Sinai

peninsula, shipping is gradually
resuming normalcy through the-
Suez Canal. US ships have been
informed by the Government that
they are free to use the canal at
their own risk. Meanwhile, discus-"
sions are still going on between
the United States and Egypt to de­
termine just how the canal is to
be operated.

Throp



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SEAFARERS LOG April 26. 1957

SUP Votes Full Support
To A&G In Coal Beef

SAN FRANCISCO—Some 1,000 Sailors at a headquarters
meeting of the Sailors Union of the Pacific here voted en­
thusiastically Monday to provide full support to the SlU
A&G District in the Ameri->
can Coal beef.

The action by the SUP
membership was In line with the
traditional policy among SIU of
NA affiliates on all coasts to give
100 percent support to each o^her
in every beef.

Mr

Last Two
Coal Ships
Crew Up

SAVANNAH—Crewing of the
last two ships of the American Coal
Shipping Company was completed
here Wednesday, and as on all pre­
vious vessels, all men were sup­
plied by seniority from the SIU
and the NMU. The two vessels,
the Martha Berry and the Harry
Glucksman, are the last of seven
Libertys operated by the company
to go into service.

Still remaining to be crewed un­
der terms of the Federal Court or­
der are seven jobs aboard the Casi-
mir Pulaski. The latter was the
first ship to pull in after the order
went into effect, and seven men
were allowed to stay aboard her
for another trip until the machin­
ery for hiring could be established.
The Pulaski is due in the States
sometime around the tenth of May.

According to the unofficial fig­
ures at last report, the SIU still
held an edge in terms of total crew-
members aboard the seven vessels.
However, any figures are subject
to change in terms of repla-.-ements
for the last seven men plus any
men getting off the ships for ill­
ness or other reasons.

Of the jobs which were put up
for competition 96 SIU men placed
aboard ships to 87 from the NMU.
Another six jobs on the Coal
Miner were reserved to NMU by
the court order giving them 93 jobs
to 96 for SIU.

The SIU has found a number of
instances of company hiring dis­
crimination against Seafarers. The
Union has documentation for all
of these occurrences.

Once all the jobs are filled, the
way will be cleared for further
action by the National Labor Re­
lations Board to determ'ne which
union shall represent the crew-
rnembers and hold bargaining
rights for .an American Coal
contract.

Oldest Discharge
Under the provisions of the

court order, the jobs aboard these
ships go to seamen showing the
oldest US merchant marine di.s-
charge plus a minimum of 200
hours' seatime for 1954, 1955 and
1956. The result has been that
the ships have been crewed by
some of the real oldtimers in the
industry, with some discharges go­
ing back before the first World
War. Members of the SIU and
other SIUNA affiliates have re­
sponded strongly to appeals that
they throw in for the coal ship
jobs.

Originally, American Coal was
to have gotten 30 ships from the
Government. The outbreak of the
dispute between the AFL-CIO
marine officers unions and NMU
plus District 50, United Mine
Workers, and the entry of the SIU
Into the field prompted the Mari­
time Board to halt the breakouts.

The SUP membership's action
came in a motion adopted unanim­
ously "to give our affiliate, the
SIU Atlantic and Gulf District, all
possible assistance in helping them
to muster the type of manpower
that is needed for these ships."

SUP Secretary-Treasurer Morris
Weisberger assured the SUP mem­
bership that its support was deep­
ly appreciated by the A&G District.
Acting on Weisberger's report the
SUP membership voted to go on
record to give its traditional
financial, physical and moral sup­
port, whenever and wherever need­
ed, to help carry the beef to a
successful conclusion.

Many well-known, old-line SUP
members are already taking\n ac­
tive part in the beef. In addition
to the SUP, other SIU affiliates
have given full backing to the
A&G District. Tremendous help
has been given by the Marine
Cooks and Stewards Union, which
has aided by providing experienced
steward department oldtimers for
the coal ships, and by the Marine
Firemen's Union as well.

The A&G District is acknowledg­
ing to each of its affiliates its deep
appreciation for their support in
the beef.

Hospital $$
Okayed By
House Vote

WASHINGTON—Resisting pres­
sure from professional budget cut­
ters, the House of Representatives
has voted to appropriate the full
sum recommended for the Public
Health Service Hospitals. The
$44,399,000 allocation had been
recommended earlier by the House
Appropriations Committee and re­
quested by President Eisenhower.

The House vote, which ran coun­
ter to a strong economy drive that
has cut into other maritime legisla­
tion, virtually assures Senate pas­
sage of the measure. The bill has
been sent to the Senate Appropria­
tions Committee and will be con­
sidered after the Easter recess.

The Public Health Service ap-
proporiation also fared better than
other-parts of the general appro­
priation bill for the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare,
which was sharply cut by the
House. It provides for a $5 million
increase over what was given to
the marine hospitals last year, and
is expected to result in restoration
of first-class medical services.

The increase is slated for re­
stocking the hospitals' supply of
drugs, which have been running
low as a result of previous budget
cuts, for modernizing equipment
and for increasing medical and
technical staffs.

April 3 Through April 16^
Registered

Port

Norfolk .
Savannah

Total 310

Deck Deck Eng. Eng. •taw. Stew. Total Total Total
A B A B A B A B Reg.
15 7 6 5 6 5 27 17 - 44
40 5 34 11 28 8 102 24 126
17 2 16 4 15 4 48 10 58
47 21 26 17 32 10 105 48 153
7 4 5 9 1 5 13 18 31
7 2 10 2 1 1 18 5 23
4 7 1 6 3 0 8 13 21
32 3 20 6 19 10 71 19 90
41 26 33 13 33 10 107 49 156
12 10 12 4 5 3 29 17 46
28 5 24 7 19 • 7 71 19 90
19 11 10 8 13 5 42 24 66
15 10 7 . 10 11 3 33 23 56
26 14 16 15 13 10 55 39 94
Deck Deck Eng. Eng. Stew. Stew. Total Total Total
A B A B A B A B Reg.

310 127 - 220 117 199 81 729 325 1054

Shipped
Port

Norfolk
Savanah
Tampa .

Deck Deck Deck Eng. Eng. Eng. Stew. stew. Stew. Total Total Total Total
A B- C A B C A B c A B C Ship.

10 3 2 6 3 4 8 1 4 24 ' 7 10 41
56 13 4 56 14 16 54 10 4 166 37 24 227
14 1 0 10 0 4 3 2 1 27 3 5 35
36 9 '4 26 5 4- 21 7 0 83 21 8 112
1 1 0 7 2 0 4 0 0 12 3 0 15
3 0 3 5 2 3 2 1 1 10 3 7 20
8 3 0 4 3 0 5 2 2 17 8 2 27
23 6 2 11 9 4 15 3 3 49 18 9 76
59 5 1 35 7 5 33 4 5 127 16 11 154
13 8 1 12 9 6 8 5 4 • 33 22 11 66
32 12 2 32 12 4 24 6 12 88 30 18 136
16 8 8 10 13 9 16 5 7 42 26 24 92
19 5 0 11 2 0 '9 3 0 39 10 0 49
23 19 13 23 21 14 9 11 19 55 51 46 152
Deck Deck Deck Eng. Eng. Eng. Stew. stew. Stew. Total Total Total Total
A B C A B C A B C A B c Ship.

313 93 40 248 102 73 211 60 62 772 255 175 1202

SIU shipping this period reversed a steady downward trend after a month of relative
quiet on the job front. The total number of men dispatched to jobs, 1,202, also ran ahead of
the registration figures.

Seven port improved their
showing over the previous two
weeks, especially Houston,
Seattle and Wilmington on the
West Coast. New York, Boston,
Lake Charles and San Francisco
also showed some gains, while
Savannah and Tampa remained
fair, about the same as before.

Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk,
Mobile and New Orleans all de­
clined somewhat. However, Louisi­
ana's "Crescent City" still shipped
over 150 jobs during the period.

The welcome upturn comes after
an unusually slow few weeks at a
time when job activity should be
at its best. A similar spurt that
lasted through this past winter
started about the same time a year
ago.

Black gang rates are still the
hardest to fill, due to the wide
spread between the number of men
registered and shipped in the en­
gine department.

By seniority groups, a break­
down of the total jobs shipped
gives class A 64 percent of the
total, class B 21 percent and class
C the rest. This represents a slight
decline for class A and B men,
which translates into a gain for
class C. However, Norfolk and
San Francisco shipped no class C
men at all.

The following is the forecast port
by ports Boston; Fair ... New York:
Good . . . Philadelphia: Fair . . .
Baltiiiiore: Good . . . Norfolk: Fair
. . . Savannah: Fair . . . Tampa:
Fair . . . Mobile: Good . . . New Or­
leans: Good . . Lake Charles: Good
. . . Houston: Good . . . Wilmington:
Good . , . San Francisco: Fair . . .
Seattle: Good

Stay Put For Idle Pay
Seafarers who are collecting state unemployment benefits while

on the beach waiting to ship are urged to stay put and avoid
changing their mailing addresses if they want to continue re­
ceiving their checks reguiarly. Several Seafarers have already
experienced interruptions of from three to five weeks in getting
their next check after they notified the state unemployment
offices that they had moved and changed their" mailing address.

An average delay of a month is reported in most cases, causing
considerable hardship to the men involved.'

Other Docs Stall;
USPHS Saves Day
No one could be more pleased over the favorable House

vote on the US Public Health Service hospitals than Sea­
farer Pat Marinelll, After two other hospitals failed to give
him emergency service, Mar--*"
inelli was saved from possible
strangulation by the prompt
action of doctors and technicians
at the Staten Island PHS facility.

Seafarer Pat Marinelli smiles
as he holds up his >ecovered
denture (circled). He had
swallowed the tooth while eat­
ing a banana.

Marinelli's accident was one of
those freaks which sounds like it
came out of a comic strip, but it
was deadly serious while it lasted.
He was eating a banana in his
home when an upper front false
tooth came out, lodged in the fruit
and was accidentally swallowed.
The denture lodged in his chest
making it difficult for him to
breath.

Since he lives in Brooklyn, Ma­
rinelli rushed immediately to a' I found in the other hospitals.

nearby private hospital. He was
told it would be $25 for an x-ray
there but as he was having chok­
ing and fainting spells, he figured
he wouldn't quibble. However,
when he went up to the x-ray room
he was told he would have to get
in line as there were eight other
patients ahead of him.

Fearing that he would conk out
before he got attention, he then
rushed over to a city hospital where
he was also told he would have to
wait as they were "busy." In de­
speration his brother bundled him
in a car and sped him down the
Gowanus Parkway to the .Staten Is­
land Ferry. They were stopped en
route by a traffic cop who then
escorted them under a full throt­
tle to the ferry landing.

By the time they arrived at the
Public Health hospital it was after
hours, but the hospital called up a
surgeon and technician who
showed VP within minutes. He was
rushed into the operating room,
where efforts to remove the
denture failed. Instead they
pushed it down into his stomach,
giving him immediate relief.

A couple of weeks later the trou­
ble-making denture passed through
his digestive system, saving him
from an operation.

He is now having a new bridge
made, but this one, unlike the old
one, is going to be firmly hooked
into the adjoining teeth.

"All I can say," he concluded,
'is that the people at Staten Is­

land deserve all the praise in the
world for the quick treatment they
gave me. They're attitude cer­
tainly was a lot better than what



April 26.1957 SEAFARERS LOG Pace Nino
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SIU SHIP nns FREEDOM OF SEAS

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Israeli troops man machine gun at Eilat as SlU-manned tanker Kern
Hills lies offshore to pump oil to new pipeline.

Worid attention focussed on the tiny
Israeli port of Eilat recently, when the
SlU-manned tanker Kern Hills delivered
the first oil cargo to a new Israeli pipe­
line that bypasses the troubled waters
of Suez.

The voyage dramatized efforts to win
unrestricted passage for oil shipping
through Suez and the Gulf of Aqoba.
It highlighted a "freedom of the seas"
resolution adopted by the SlUNA con­
vention a few weeks earlier.

In 1954, Egyptian shore batteries at
Tiran, now silenced, fired on the SlU-
manned Albion, on the suspicion it was
going to Israel. The Albion was carry­
ing famine relief to the Jordanian port
of Aqoba across the border from Eilat.
In 1952, Egypt refused a supply of fresh
water to the Anniston City because it
had once stopped at Haifa. Thus the
voyage of the Kern Hills may go a long
way toward establishment of freedom
of the seas in the Middle East.

Small craft (top photo) dominate Eilat harbor today under Arab block­
ade. Greek ship unloads cement right at breakwater.

View of Phillip Murray House, cultural center for Eilat's 2,000 workers,
opened in 1955 under US-Israeli labor sponsorship.

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Pas« Tea SEAFARERS LOG Ap^!!it,ld59

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QUESTION: Seafarer Fred A. Olson recently won $2,000 in a Port­
land, Ore., raffle. What would you do with the money if you won, and
have you ever won one?

Thomas Danbeck, OS: Get mai'-
ried to the prettiest girl in Coney

Island. With that
money we could
set up an apart­
ment, get furni­
ture and all the
things a newly
married couple
would need. But
I've never won a
raffle or drawing
in my life. Guess

I'll have to furnish it the way
every one else does.

4" 4" 4" .
Karl Knudsen, deck: If I ever

hit a sweeps or a raffle like that
I would take a
trip back to Den­
mark to see my
father. He is now
83 years old and
I have not seen
him in some 13-14
years. As for my
luck, for the last
80 years I've
tried the sweeps,
but it's always the other guy who
wins.

3^ 4"
John F. Santos, carpenter: There

are many things I would do. First
I would pay off
my debts and fix
up my home.
Then, if there is
anything-left, I
would take it
easy and rest on
the beach for
awhile. The only
thing that I ever
hit were the num­

bers, and then only when I had
pennies on them.

Bob Brewer, OS: If I were in
Olson's place I would ^ use that

money as a down
payment on the
house that the
wife has been
wanting for the
last ten years.
Then I would sit
on the beach for
awhile, taking it
easy. I've never
won a raffle, just

a few on the horses, but only small
ones.

H. C. Mora, chief cook: The first
thing I would do with the money
would be to help
pay my daugh­
ter's dental bills
and to furnish
her home. If
there was some
left over, I would
probably bank it,
or take time out
of sailing and
help the SIU in
organizing or in sortie other type
of work.

3^ 4>
Dick Riley, steward: The first

thing I would do is to buy a wash­
ing machine for
my mother, then
put a down pay­
ment on a car for
myself, and fi­
nally take it easy
for a few weeks.
But I'm only kid­
ding myself, the
only thing I ever
won was a $75

war bond four years ago, and
that's still in the bank.

Ex-SUP Man's Book
Satires Wild West'

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A former member of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, now
a MEBA engineer, on the Great Lakes, has just had his
third novel, "The Odyssey of Thaddeus Baxter," published. •

The theme of the book deals
with the humorous adventures
of a good-looking young cow­
boy from the parched Pecos coun­
try of Texas who wanders across
the Southwest and Utah in search
of the green countryside of Wy­
oming. The cast of characters in­
clude Thad and his horse Hundred
Dollar, a half-hung horse thief; a
Mexican Delilah who wants Thad
to stay with her and run her hotel
in Santa Fe; an Apache chief; a
Mormon elder, his three wives and
brood of beautiful daughters, all
dead set on making Thad a Mor­
mon and marrying him—individu­
ally or collectively—and many
other assorted comic types of the
old west.

Lund drew on his background
as a native of Utah and the de-
scendent of Mormons for much of
the material in his novel. The
book has been published by the
John Day Company of New York,
which printed Lund's first two
novels.

Lund started going to sea out of
Seward, Alaska in 1933 and later
•ailed on steamschooners, Ameri­
can President Lines and other SUP
•hips. A bout of eye trouble forced
him to quit sailing on deck and he
became an engine room man, get­
ting his engineer's license just be­
fore the second World War. He
hol^s a cjiief engineer's ticket and
aailed on the United States before

Bob Lund, author, engineer
and ex-SUP member, is pic­
tured with one of his books.

going ashore as an MEBA staff or­
ganizer on the Great Lakes. He
now makes his home in Cleveland.

Lund came to a sea-going ca­
reer by a round-about route. His
great grandfather. Christian Lund,
was a shipping man in Copenhagen
who operated three ships. His
grandfather was a devout Mormon
with seven wives who made the
trek from Illinoia to Utah and
helped found Salt Lake City.

Senate Gets
New Bill On
Alien Crews

WASHINGTON—Easing of the
present penalties and expenses for
American ship operators forced to
detain aliens aboard their vessels
has been proposed by Sen. John M.
Butler of Maryland.

Under present law, the ship­
owners are saddled with the re­
sponsibility of maintaining aliens
unable to land in the US because
of "undesirability" or a lack of
papers. The aliens have to be kept
on the same ship until they can be
landed in their country of origin
or in another country that will ac­
cept them. The provisions apply
to passengers and crewmen, as
well as stowaways.

In some instances, so-called
"stateless" persons have been kept
aboard the same ship for up to
three years because a ship was not
scheduled to return to a port
where the alien could legally be
put ashore. As a result, they had
to be kept aboard, under guard,
both in US and overseas ports.

Several Seafarers were affected
in recent years due to difficulties
with US Immigration authorities
either because they were originally
nationals of Soviet satellite coun­
tries or lacked the proper papers
for clearance in the US. Most of
them had been sailing American
ships for many years.

The Butler amendments would
enable the operators to transfer an
alien to another ship of the same
company which might eventually
land him ashore in a foreign port.
Thus, if an alien was on a ship
suddenly routed to the coastwise
or intercoastal run, on which aliens
cannot legally be carried, the com­
pany could shift him to another of
its vessels that might be heading
back overseas. Right now, the
.shipping company is confronted by
a two-headed monster. It can't put
the alien ashore here but it also
can't carry him on domestic voy­
ages. The practical result has been
that the authorities had to look the
other way.

What affect the amendments,' if
adopted, will have on maritime
union shipping procedures, in
cases where alien crewmen may be
shifted from one vessel to another,
remains to be Worked out.

Percy Has That
Caviar Touch

Percy the Pig, mascot of the
SS Transatlantic, has made the
International press.

A British shipping magazine
has reported on Percy's idyllic
(to date) career as a sort of
afterthought to an account of a
repent luxury voyage by the
Cunard liner Caronia.

The Caronia left from New
York on a 108-day luxury cruise
with 501 passengers aboard who
paid fares of from $3,000 to
$33,000 per suite. It boasted
sucl^vittles as 10,000 bottles of
champagne and aged wines, 11,-
000 bottles of liquor, 60,000 bot­
tles of beer, no less than three
million cigarettes and 35,000
cigars (that's an awful lot of
money going up in smoke) and
"huge quantities of cavier, pate
de fois gras, fresh lobster and
snails. •

"On the other side of the pic­
ture" the magazine remarks
snidely "is the SS Transatlan­
tic's mascot." Come now, Percy
is more fun than anybody's
snail. Besides, he's going to
taste better too.

CAROLYN (Bull), March 14—Chair­
man, J. PraHi; Sacratary, A. Aragonas.
Shlp'a fund SIT. Crew requesta more
cold drlnka with meals. Need more
screens for portholes. Fine food
served by excellent cooks.

C0ALIN6A HILLS (Pan Atlantic),
March 31—Chairman; R. Arnold; Sec-
ratary, P. Sheldraka. Repair list sub­
mitted. Some disputed overtime. Re­
ports accepted. Recreation room to
be painted without payment of over­
time.

delegate elected. Radio antenna to
be repaired. All new men to check
with Immigration on arrival in Mobile.

MAI (Bull), March 34—Chairman, C.
Hostattari Sacratary, J. Bond. New
ladder to be purchased. Ship's fund
$27.99. TV set repaired. Plug for
radio and nolsa eliminator to be ob­
tained. Reports accepted. New dele­
gate elected. Crew to use caution
when stepping out on deck when
hatches arc being lowered and raised.

RAYVAH (Stavanion), Fab. 2—
Chairman, M-^lkorikl; Secretary, G.
Schmidt. Ship's fund S20. Discussion
on longshore work In Baltimore. New
delegate and treasurer elegted. Linen
to be returned. Discussion on stofles
being taken topside, noise in passage­
ways and drinking in port. Captain
complains about crew having more
food than topside.

March 10—Chairman M. SikarskI;
Secretary, C. Schmidt. All beefs to
be discussed at meetings not in bar
rooms ashore. Ship's fund S20, do­
nated to LOG. Ship sold to foreign
country. Discussion on dirty coffee
cabinet, damaging new coffee urn.
breaking door in messhall, keeping
laundry, and recreation halls clean;
dirty silverware; repair list.

DEL VALLS (Delta), March It-
Chairman, B. Wright; Secretary, R.
Irlzarry. Ship's fund $208.08. Radio
and phonograph to be repaired. Books
and magazine to be purchased. Treas­
urer thanked for promotion of beer
parties. Some disputed overtime. De­
layed sailing disputed. TV set to ba
adjusted. Repair list to be submit­
ted.

ALMENA (Pan Atlantic), March 24—
Chairman, W. Snail; Secretary, A. Wll-
burn. Discussion on safety program.
Matter concerning chipping machines
on ship. Beef regarding man who
wa« fired. Soma disputed overtime.
Reports accepted. To see patrolman
concerning dirty water. Tanks to be
cleaned. Dirty linen not to be left
in passageways; wipers and ordinaries
agreed to pick up all linen. Vote of
thanks to delegate.

DEL NORTI (Mill. Shipping), March
10—Chairman, J. Varel; Secretary, W.
Kaiser. All hands to be aboard one
hour before sailing time. Several
articles and money stolen. Stewardess
injured In accident. Two members
sick—one repatriated and given $10
from fund. All items declared for
customs to be locked up. Spent $54
for flowers and message for deceased
mother of member. Ship's fund
$154.18. Few hours disputed overtime.
Few men logged. Reports accepted.
Plaque presented to Buenos Aires
baseball team as token of friendship.
Motion to collect $5 from all brothers
for bronze bust of Harry Lundeberg
for SIU and SUP halls. Any member
disrupting meeting to'be referred to
patrolman. $43 collected for movie
fund. Members urged to be quiet so
others may sleep. Strip bunks when
leaving, ship. Brother asks return of
seaman's papers taken with wallet.
One member claims it is unfair to be
laid off week-end day because no
passengers are aboard.

CCEAN$TAR—(Triton), March 10—
Chairman, 8. Holdan; Secretary, R.
Perry. Allen with no visa or Ameri­
can papers to get visa and return to
States to Join Union. To see patrol­
man about same. Rumor that ship is
going under foreign flag—to check
and advise. Delegate to see about
shift In port Norfolk. Domestic tanks'
cleaned. Forecastles, showers and
bathrooms to be painted on return to
States.

ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), March 24
—Chairman, T. Costalio; Secretary, J.
Prestwood. Few men fouled up.
Movie fund $133. Collection of 8154
to be split between two brpthers who
had deaths in family. Discussion on
wiper missing ship. Suggestion to get
'Safety" films to show instead of at­

tending safety meetings. Company to
donate Softball equipment and uni­
forms for crew.

' brother - paid personal debts to Ship-
mates. Ship's fund $8. One member
missed ship. Report -accepted. New
delegate, reporter and treasurer elect'
ed. Radio in messhall not to be
played during meal hour. Milk to be
served with each meal while in port.
Fresh apples to be put out. Delegate
to prefer charges aaalnst any per­
formers.

ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), March 3
—Chairman, T. Costello; Secretary, J.
Prastwood. Cab company to have cabs
for crew upon docking in Mobile.
Laundry man to pick up soiled laun­
dry on arrival in Mobile. Movie fund
$166.60 Three men leaving ship after
three trips. Report accepted. New

DEL NORTE (Mist.), March 24 —,
Chairman, H. Crane; Secretary, C. Me-
Fall, Jr. $50 to brother per agree­
ment last meeting. One major beef
concerning butcher — patrolman set­
tled same. All repairs made. Mate
to check. New LOGs on board. New
laundry cleaning schedule posted.
Letter issued about working in port
when no passengers ere on board.
All hands to be on board one hour
before sailing time. Ship and movie
fund are voluntary, —ewardess In­
jured last trip, left shiJ. Ship's fund
$154.18. Spent $85 on baseball equip­
ment. Will run pools as usual. All
players to pay $100 to winner and $20
to fund. Reports ac-ept.e't. To give
$50 to disabled brother. New delegate
elected New movie "'ms to be pur­
chased In NO. $73 co"erted last trip
—insufficient—only ro"*—' *'"0 movies.

SEAMONITOR (Ex.s.st»r„ March 17
—Chairman, J. Thomas; Secretary, J.
Abarnathy. Need new parts for wash­
ing machine. Some painting to be
done. New delegate ele'-'»'l.

CALMAR (Calmar), March 5--Chalr-
man, T. Jackson; Secretary, A. Bry­
ant. New delegate, reporter and
treasurer elected. Discussion on fans
for mcssroom; washing machine to be
repaired; fan in laundry.

SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain),
March 31—Chairman, 8. Charles; Sec­
retary, A. Lambert. Some disputed
overtime from last payoff, paid. Soiled
linen to be turned in; keep extra
soap. Day per day pay to be negotiated
by Union and company. All stores
not received last trip. Safety com­
mittee's progress report to be heard
periodically. Tile missing from deck
bathroom. Cots and benches to be
returned after using. Jacks and wires
to be removed from walking aisle
after docking. Suggestion made to
have duckboards on gangway in port.
Ship's fund $16.96. Report accepted.
New food program explained. Should
try to get away from waste, but no
ciitting of stores. Coffee to be in
vacuum tins. Need more frozen vege­
tables, fresh fruit in season. Do not
overload on stores. Good job done by
steward and cooks. Report all acci­
dents. Division of overtime as much
as possible. Vote of thanks to steward.

CHIWAWA (Cities Service), March
10—Chairman, H. Waller; Secretary,
I. Hagmann. Letter received from J.
Algina on report made to headquar­
ters. Delayed saUing in Port Ever­
glades, Fla. No good as was no fault
of company. Ship's fund $8. One
brother missed ship in LC. Report
accepted. Deck to be repaired. Fresh
rolls should be warmed before serv­
ing. Food to be served more attrac­
tively. N/T doors should be kept
dogged while loading or discharging.

TRANSATLANTIC (Tak), March 31
—Chairman, T. Barry; Secretary, J.
Kessel. All repairs completed with
exception of new butcher sink—to be
installed in port. New insulation for
steam line in galley to be purchased
and installed in port. Explanation on
subsistence. To be paid on vouchers.
Ail disputed overtime settled. 220
hours disputed overtime for inside
painting by shore-side labor. Accident
report on 12-4 ordinary. Overtime
beef regarding division of wages.
Messman ill two days. No LOGs or
headquarters reports received for en­
tire trip of 73 days. Suggest head­
quarters check with Tak SS Co. on
this beef.' Delegate to check stores
for next voyage for name-brand com­
modities. Procedure on paying off
explained; foc'sles to be left clean:
linen- turned in: pick up health shot-
cards.

ALCOA CAVALIER (Alcoa), March
31—Chairman, L. Gulllot; Secretary,
E. LInch. Two men left ship. One
injured and one for illness in family.
Report accepted. New delegate
elected.

NATIONAL LIBERTY (Nat. Lib),
March 10—Chairman, F. Bruggner;
Secretary, F. Simmons. Ship's fund
$8.59. Report accepted. New delegate
elected. Laundry to be kept clean.
Hot water heater to be cleaned out.
General discussion of ship's welfare.

ARICKAREE (US Petroleum), Feb.
1—Chairman, J. Pyk; Secretary, H.
Leiby. Water situation discussed. New
delegate elected. No US money for
draws in foreign ports. Ship's fund
used for reports on injured men to
headquarters and ship's mall. Water
tanks to be oleaned before sailing.
All men promoted during trip, to
go back to original status upon arrival
in port. New mattresses ordered.
Rooms to be left clean when leaving
ship. Vote of thanks to steward dept.

BENTS FORT (Cities Service), March
22—Chairman, A. Herbert; Secretary,
R. Coe. Ship's fund $5. Few hours
disputed overtime. Place all cups in
sink. Repair list to be submitted.
Fumigate ship for roaches.

CHIWAWA (Cities Service), March
II—Chairmen/ W. Tatum; Secretary,
L. Hegmenh. Delegate to find out if

STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), March
9—Chairman, B. WInborne; Secretary,
C. Dixon. Ship was exterminated in
NO. Need new wringer washing
machine. Crew warned that captain is
Coast Guard happy.

FLOMAR (Calmar), March 24—Chair­
man, B. Browning; Secretary, A.
Meahefakl. All major beefs settled
on ship. Repair list submitted. Re­
quest for lava soap instead of pumice
soap. Need mors tea bags; new hot
water tank—or old one to be repaired.



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April xe, ini SEAFARERS LOG Pare Eierea

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'Open For Business'

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Fire Scars
Phila. Hail;
Loss Slight

PHILADELPHIA—The SIU hall
here had one of it's busiest Satur­
days In years last week, reports A.
Cardullo, port agent. Men were
coming and going so fast it was
hard to keep count. Trouble is,
they were firemen, and not Sea­
farers.

It seems a fire broke out about
9 PM In the clothing store located
on the ground floor of the hall. It
took firemen some five hoims to
get the three-alarm blaze under
control. Although the fire itself
did not reach the hall, there was
some damage from smoke, water,
and the firemen's axes.

"The firefighters get-together
was not quite according to the dic­
tates of Emily Post," he said, "as
walls were crashed in and windows
broken."

Although temporarily^ out of
commission, the hall was not out
of business. In no time a clean-up
crew and repair gang had things
back into good working order.

Taking a conservative outlook,
Cardullo adds "all in all, things
•re relatively quiet here in the
port."

Make Checks
To 'SlU-A&G'

Seafarers mailing in checks
or money orders to the Union
to cover dues payments_ are
urged to be sure to make, all of
them payable to the SIU-A&G
District.

Some Seafarers have sent in
checks and money orders in the
names of individual headquar­
ters officials. This makes for a
problem in bookkeeping which
can be avoided if checks are

id(B opt to the .Union directly^ r

• ' This issue of the SEAFARERS LOG contains many photos
and stories of the dedication of the first Seafarers health cen­
ter, which also marked the beginning of operations of the Sea­
farers Welfare Plan Medical Department.

Naturally, we feel that a project of this scope rated the rous­
ing sendoff it was given. It was a red letter day in SIU his­
tory, and deserved to be marked as such.

However, Seafarers should remember that the excitement
surrounding the dedication was only the prelude to the quiet,
unobtrusive, day-to-day services which the health center al­
ready has begun to provide for the membership. The
speeches are over and the banners and bunting have been re­
moved. Now the center is engaged in the serious business of
protecting the health of Seafarers. Three others to be
opened in Baltimore, Mobile and New Orleans will assure
fullest possible safequards for every Seafarer's health.

'How To' For Runaways
The runaway business is getting so good lately that Har­

vard University has put it all down in a book. The book is
called "Tax Factors in Basing International Business
Abroad." Translated into English, it reads, "How To Dodge
US Taxes and Get Away With It."

The book is one of a series on world taxes that is being pub­
lished out of a $175,000 fund set by American industry. For
anybody who is interested, it explains in detail where you
go and what you do to find a tax-free corner of the world to
set up business in.

Many ship operators and oil companies have long since
learned the score of the tax-free game. Sea unions have been
complaining about these dodges for years without much q|-
fect. Here's hoping it doesn't take a wholesale'runaway by
American business to get Congress action on this pressing
problem. '

Proof Of The
It can be done. Shipboard accidents can be prevented. Dur­

ing the past year Seafarers on two ships have disproved the
old saw that accidents are unavoidal)le-in maritime. First, the
crew of the Robin Tuxford set a "world record" for freight
ship safety by going 502 days without a single lost-time acci­
dent on board. Then members of the Wild Ranger crew went
through 1956 with only one such accident.

Tliere is nothing miraculous about these records. They can
be equaled with the proper approach through the shipboard
and shoreside safety program. Safety is every man's Job, and
if all join in, the crippling toll of accidents can be reduced
sharjjly,:::,

Poland Seeking Million
Tons Of Surplus Grain

WASHINGTON—See-sawing diplomatic talks between US
and Polish representatives are expected to eventually produce
an agreement for US shipments of about $100 million in farm

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surpluses to Poland starting
this year.

This figure is likely to be
the meeting point between the
Polish "minimum" request of $120
million and a new US offer of $75
million. Agreement on the amounts
and types of foodstuffs and bulk
materials to bb shipped would
clear the way for the first visit by

Negotiations for the merger of
the state AFL-CIO bodies in Penn­
sylvania were progressing very sat­
isfactory and should be completed
in the near future, Joseph A.
McDonough, President of the State
Federation of Labor declared. In
his address to some 1,600 delegates
to the 55th convention of the fed­
eration, McDonough said that
"there has been demonstrated by
all concerned a real desire to com­
plete these negotiations and to
write a constitution which will deal
equitably with all the problems
that are involved."

4" 4" 4"
South Carolina became the 21st

state of the Union to complete the
merger of the AFL and CIO cen­
tral labor bodies. Sinway Young,
business agent of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
and secretary-treasurer of the for­
mer State Federation of Labor was
elected president of the newly
formed South Carolina Labor
Council, AFL-CIO, at a founding
convention.

4- 4- 4"
Delegates to Louisiana's one-

year-old State Labor Council, AFL-
CIO, re-elected into office all of
the federations' top officers.
Among them were President Victor
Bussie, Sec.-Treas., E. J. Bourg,
Sr., and first VP Louis P. Sahuque.
A major accomplishment of the
council during its young life was
its successful campaign for the re­
peal of Louisiana's right-to-work
law.

4 it 4^
The United Rubber Workers and

US Rubber Company signed a two-
ydar contract covering some 30,000
employees In 11 states Just a few
hours before a strike deadline. The
contract, the result of seven weeks
of negotiations, covered vacations,
military make up pay, and days off
for funerals. Wages were also dis­
cussed but action on them was
deferred until later. One of the
agreements reached was that the
company would restore the 25-
cents an hour wage cut accepted
by employees at the Washington,
Ind., plant.

4 4 P
Bates Manufacturing Co. an­

nounced that it will close down its
big York division combined-cotton
mill at Saco, Maine, because of the
refusal of the Textile workers
Union of America to accept a "tem­
porary" 8V4 centa-an-hoiur wage
cut. The closing will affect 1,250
employees. At present, the Com­
pany is closing its Androscoggin
plant in Lewiston, and will cut
back on production in its other
three Maine plants. The wage cut
was necessary, It maintained. In
order to compete with Southern
mills, and to relieve itself of over-
atobked inventorieg;--^ f

American ships to Poland since
1939.

The Senate recently voted to ap­
prove the 'sale of farm surpluses
to so-called "unfriendly" nations
in an attempt to sway them from
the Soviet bloc. Poland and other
satellite countries have long sought
this aid.

It would be part of the $4.3 bil­
lion farm surplus disposal prograzn
authorized through June 30, 1958.
The House still has to act on the
legislation, but is expected to ap­
prove it.

A key item in the Polish request
involves one million tons of US
grain, plus much smaller amounts
of cotton and fats. Drilling ma­
chinery is also sought by the War­
saw government.

Originally it had indicated re­
fusal of any offer below $300 mil­
lion because of the necessary po­
litical risks involved in taking US
aid.' However, the Poles have since
scaled down their requests and the
US has come up a bit from its
initial offer. All of the shipments
t» Poland would have to be made
under the "50-50" law.

EVERYSUNDAY
DIRECT VOICE
BROADCAST

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To Ships in Atlantic
South American
and
European Waters

• WFK-3*, 19850 KC*
Ships in Caribbean.
East Coast of South
America. South Atlantic
and East Coast of
United States

• WFL-85, 15850 KCa
Ships in Gulf of Mex­
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Coast of South Amer-

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Mexico and US East
Coast

• WFK-95, 15700 KCs
Ships In Mediterranean
area. North Atlantic.
European and US East
Coast

Meanwhile, MID
Round-the-World
Broadcasts
continue .. .
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(2:16 PM EST Sunday)
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Europe and No. America
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Pare Twelve SEAFARERS LOG April 28. mi

Movie Star Travels First Class
^ /

The center of attraction on the Steel Maker's latest run around the Cape of Good Hope
from Calcutta to Savannah was Sally the seagoing elephant. She had first-class accom­
modations in a stall on the ship's'deck during the -long trip. The six-month-old pachy­
derm was enroute to Hollywood for a movie.

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Welcomed aboard in Calcotta, Sally poses for the traditional life-ring shot while her ti'ainei' right
puts her through her paces. Company agent Lee, Capt. Stanley, chief engineer Benny Upchurch anc
SlU crewmen watch the shenanigans. Talcing her morning constitutional, Sally dons headgear right
in rehearsal for some epic jungle picture.

LOG'A.RHYTHM:

Sea Dreams
By J. F. Wunderlich

Seafarers get into the act with Sally, as Jack Gillis, crew MM,
feeds her a snack of sugar cane. Looking on (I to r) ore Tom Pea­
cock and J. Morris, wipers; "Whitey," saloon pantryman, and
Ed, saloon MM. Sally, who was only animal cargo on the vessel
this trip, was flown to [Hollywood on arrival in Savannah. Photos
submitted by Vic Sayo, 2nd electrician, and Arveds E. Auers, re­
porter.

Ir'- ,
Is/"'-'--..,

ACROSS
1. Kind of tid«
4. Seaweed
8. Big name in

steel
12. Spoil
13. Finished
14. Kind of beer
15. Port in Mexico.

1,600 miles from
NY. ^

17. SmaU bit
18. Pipe joints
19. Appropriate
21. Kind of black

tea
23. Instrument
24. Brews
25. Bothered
29. Man's title
30. Its capital it

Austin
31. Girl's name
32. Shelter for the

sick
34. Leave out
35. Part of a

harness
38. Look cheery
37. Disclose
40. Unrestricted
41. Gulf on Arabian

Sea
42. He lives away

from coast
46. Obstacle
47. —ous. meaning

bui-deqsome
48. Before
49. GoU scores
50. Newcomers
81. Pop

DOWN
1. Empire: Abbr.
2. Obstruct
3. BIU members .
4. Fac East stop. .

8. Nights before
6. Man's nickname
7. Good news to a

girl
8. Balto player
9. Chicago district

10. Be overly
fond of

11. Trademark of a
ship line

16. Goes to right
20. Decays

21. Hit on head
22. Mixture
23. Man from

Galveston
25. Prayer
26. Recalled
27. Something te

avoid
28. Line ISO de­

grees from
Greenwich

80. Layer
(Answer On Pasa

33. Fork tines
34. Sign
36. Parts of rigging
37. File
38. Girl's nam#
39. A fruit
40. Bread spread
43. Bearing of

Nassau from
Andros

44. Period of tim#
45. A color

14)

I am just a seaman
Sailing the seven seas,
But my heart gets soft and longing j
When I feel a tropic breeze.

Just a vagabond from the ocean,
Education, I have none;
Roaming all around the globe
To me is more than fun.

The thrill in kissing a maiden
On a moonlight cruise down South,
Or racing a "fifteen meter"
In a gale, then come about.

The midnight sun in the Arctic,
Or the Northern Light shining

bright.
Makes my thoughts fly up to

heaven.
While on lookout in the night.

I am in love with the roaring surf \
That is breaking on the coast,
To the small little home on the

island,
I raise my glass in a toast.

Stormy nights in the winter
When the pilot is needed outside
I take him out to the freighter
That is bucking the flowing tide, j

After doing my job as a seaman
And the ships are safe in the bay,
I draw my chair to the fireside
I'm content for the rest of my day.

As they say I'm just a seaman.
But at that I'm happy to be.
Ever restles, wandering, footloose,
As all men who follow the sea.

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46

49

List Details In
Cables To Union
When notifying headquarters

by cable or-wlreless that a Sea­
farer has paid off in a foreign
port because of injury or illness,
ships' delegates should include
the following information:

The man's full name, his SIU
book number, name of the ship,,
the port of payoff and the hos­
pital where he is being treated.

The response of ship's crews
to the Union's request for these
notifications has been very good.
Sometimes though, not all of
the above information has been
included. Be sure to list all of
this data so that the SIU can
act as promptly as possible.

Runner's Galley
is Top-Rated
To the Editor:

We the crew of the Alcoa
Runner would like this open
letter printed in the LOG. We
would like our brothers to know
what a wonderful bunch of men
we have on this ship, especially
in the steward department.

Our first praise goes to the
chief cook. Brother Pete Actuga,
for the wonderful job he is
doing. We think he is the best

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.

cook in the Alcoa fleet. Brother
Donovan, our baker, who has
plenty of hot rolls for us for
every meal and for coffeetime,
is also one of the finest.

Brother Tony, our chief stew­
ard, who is a master is in his
own right, has always seen to it
that we are well stocked with
plenty of fresh milk and vege­
tables, and grade A meats. Joe
and Pete, crew messmen, make
the boys feel they are at the
Garibe Hilton Hotel with their
fine and . courteous service.
Brothers Clem and Joe,-who
take care of the officers, get
nothing but praise from them.

Dcies Top Job
Brother John, the passenger

man, who can't seem to do
enough for the passengers, is
one of the best. Brother Gene,
officers' BR, keeps the inside .of
the ship spotless at all times
and makes it seem like a yacht.
Brothers Sidney and Julio are
also doing a terrific 'job because
the galley never seems to need a
paint job and always Is so spot­
less.

All in all, the crew on here
feels you could not ask for a
better bunch than we have in
the steward department.

We would also like to say a
word of praise for Capt. Irby
Wood and his officers, who are
a. fine group of gentlemen, and
for chief engineer Glinsky and
his staff.

Crewmembers,
SS Alcoa Runner

4" 4" $•

Azalea Blooms
On Good Chow
To the Editor:

The Azalea City has arrived
in Long Beach on the return
trip from the Far East after
stopping at three ports in Japan,
via Korea.

We ran into hurricane weather
for 20 days' on the way out from
San Francisco, so that it was a
pretty miserable time. All hands
were kept busy dogging down
watertight doors and portholes,
leaving very little air circulat­
ing.

The ship took a terrible beat­
ing due to the angry seas. The
catwalks were broken and we
lost quite a bit of depk carg(>.

One good thing must be said,
though. Due to all the oldtlmers
aboard it's a pleasure to sail on
here. All hands are agreeable
and cooperate with one another.

We had Brother E. A. Auer
heading the steward depart­
ment, and he's one of the best
iiX the business. He was fol-

by chief cook H. White,
who kept the crew as happy as
possible by sending out excel­
lent chow from the galley. The

NCR was none other than G.
Obcrry, who bakes delicious
pies, pastries and puddings. We
also had a cracker jack messman
in V. Douglas.

Rounding out the department
were W. Matthews, 3rd cook; R.
Lewis, galley utility; H. Scheard,
BR; J. Petusky and J. Blanco,
topside messman and utility,
and yours truly pearl diving in
the crew pantry.

Duska "Spider" Korolia
Steward delegate

4.4 4

SIU Experience
Comes In llandy
To the Editor:

This is just a word to let you
know . fiow much I enjoy the
LOG.

At the present time I'm work­
ing with an electric company as
a lineman, under a "nut" whom
the company calls a superinten­
dent. But thanks to the training
I received with the SIU and
SUP I am keeping the old man
on the right road.

In the past, the boys wouldn't
attempt to tackle the old man;
they just quit the job and left
town. He respects and abides
by the union rules of-IBEW
(International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO)
Local 846, although he is dead
against them.

It is hell sometimes, but it
will be a good job for the next
man who comes along.

Please let me know if it is
possible for me to order some of
the ivhite caps I used to wear.

Frank Chance. Jr.
(Ed. note: You can order the

white caps , through the Sea
Chest; they're 65c each.)

4 4 4

Medical Center
Seen Great Gain
To the Editor:

Our new health center near
headquarters is really a dandy
place. Although I haven't taken
an exam over there yet, I did
go in to look the place over and
see what it's all about.

From the looks of it, this
, center will give us a real edge

as far as medical examinations
are concerned, because it has
everything from A to Z..I know
it would cost us a bimdle to get
this type of thorough medical
check-up.

Seeing this center and every
new SIU gain as it develops
constantly reminds us of the
changes our Union has made on
behalf of the seaman as well as
his family. We have a great
deal to be thankful for, broth­
ers. In less than 20 years, the
SIU has made seagoing jobs
among the inost popular and re­
warding professions there are
these days.

Thanks to the SIU, on top of
the good wages and conditions
aboard the ship, and the welfare
plan and all its benefits, we
now have a place where we can
get regular- check-ups to help
keep us in shape to enjoy all
these great improvements.

Ben Tate
4 4 4

LOG'S Glad To
Oblige A Fan
To the Editor:

A gentleman in the Houston
Fire Department, Capt. William
R. Hines in the station here on
Sampson St., must be a great
reader. -

It seems every time I receive
the LOG and he is around, it
disippears. How about sending
him the LOG so I can get a
chance to read my own copy for
a change?

Robert E. Ayers
(Ed. note: We'll be glad to.

We admire the captain's reading
tastes.)

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April 26.195T SEjiFARERS LOG Pape Tbirteen

> USPHS HOSPITAL
NEW ORLEANS. LA.

John B. Adams Leo Lang
C. D. Anderson William Lawless
WlUlam Bargone Lowell McNabb
Louis Bourdonnay Alois F. Mauffray
PhiUp M. CajUo Michael Muzio
VlrgU Coash J. S. O'Byme
Cloiso Coats Faustlno Orjales
Roscoo Dearmon John Pennington
Bay DeSbong Junest Ponson
Serlo M. DeSosa Randolph RatcUS
William DrlscoU F. Regaldo
Alfredo Duarte Harold P. Scott
Joe Fazio Toefll Smiglelski
Crlsanto Garfin Wert A. Spencer
Leon Gordon Gerald L. Thaxton
Horace Gray Patrick Thompson
Sigurd Halvorsen Lonnie R. Tickle
Earl T. Hardeman Pedro VUlahol
William Havelin James E. Ward
James Hudson Richard S. Worley,
Charles Johnson D. G. Zerrudo
Edward G. Knapp Jacob Zimmer

USPHS HOSPITAL
GALVESTON. TEXAS

James C. Baudoin H. E. Roundtree
John S. Capps Warren W. Smith
George Howard

VA HOSPITAL
LAKE CITY, FLA.

Edward B. Blu

USPHS HOSPITAL
MEMPHIS. TENN.

Claude F. Blanks
VA HOSPITAL

ALBERQUERQUE. NM
Charles Burton

USPHS HOSPITAL
FORT WORTH. TEXAS '

B. F. Delbler John C. Palmer
Siegfried Gnlttke Rosendo Serrano
James Lauer

USPHS HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH. OA.

C. O. Barrlneau Jimmle Littleton
Albert Blrt BiUle Padget
L. A. DeWltt A. H. Schwartz
George E. Kitchens

USPHS HOSPITAL
, NORFOLK. VA.

Rudolf Avllo Daniel A. Hutto
Francis J. Boner John J. Kearney
Douglas A. Clark L. B. Merriam
C. D. Crowder Clifford Vaughan
Fred'M. HarreU Jessie Vollva

USPHS HOSPITAL
BOSTON. MASS.

WUUam B. Berry Chas. A. McCarthy
WiUiam Davey George D. Rourke
August F. indund

Yaka *8 Name No Mystery
On the heels of the LOG story (Mar. 28) about the origin

of the Indian names ior some of Waterman's C-2s, a faithful
reader has come up with the answer to the one remaining
puzzle.

"Sea-Notes," a Waterman-Pan Atlantic publication, last month re­
ported how the present-day Topa Topa, Kyska, Madaket and Wacosta
were given their Indian tags by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. But it pointed
out that nobody has been able to explain the "Yaka."

However, this mystery is now cleared up also, thanks to M. Dwyer
of Brooklyn, whose poetry has appeared in the LOG from time to
time. "Yaka," according to the "Handbook of the American Indian,"
means "the corn clans of the Keresan Pueblos." The Keresan Indians
were one of the Pueblo tribes of the Rio Grande valley and neighbor­
ing areas in the southwestern US.

Now that they're fortified with that knowledge, our correspondent
hopes the gang aboard will go on to have a good, safe trip. Amen
to that.

USPHS HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE. MD.

George Amblard Edw. F. HcGowan
Victor B. Cooper WUUam MUUson
James R. Dayton Lionel-D. Peat
Guy G. Gage - Wm. W. Rowland
Dan Gentry Edw. P. Scherzer
Gorman T. Glaze Carl J. Spurck •
W. V. Gontarski Harry C. SuUlvan
Percy Harrelson .Arnold TUdo
John A. Hoffman Albert WUlia
Robert Littleton

MONTEBELLO
CHRONIC DISEASE HOSPITAL

BALTIMORE. MD.
Francisco Bueno

USPHS HOSPITAL
STATEN ISLAND. NV

PhUlp Ackroyd James Lipplncott
C. Bonefont Ahmed Mehssin
Edw. T. Campbell Thomas Moncho
J. B. Cuelles R. E PhilUps
James H. Fisher Bias Ramirez
Arthur J. Fortner Eustaqulo Rivera
R. V. Gelling Jose Rodriguez
EsteU Godfrey J. S. Simmons
Burl Halre Richard Suttle
John W. Johnson P. Tslmissiris
Alfred Kaju Clarence Wallace

BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
NEW YORK. NY

Loyd McGee
USPHS HOSPITAL

MANHATTAN BEACH
BROOKLYN. NY

Manuel Antonana Albert MartlnelU
lUadio Aria Vic MUazzp
Fortunato Bacomo Joaquin Minis
Frank T. Campbell Norman J. Moore
John J. DrlscoU W. P. ODea
Robert E. Gilbert Ben Omar
WlUiam Guenther George G. Phifer
Bart E. Guranick G. A. Pulssegur
John Haas James M. Qulnn
Howard HaUey George E. Renale
Talb Hassen Samuel B. Saunders
BUly R. HiU G. E. Shumaker
Thomas Isaksen Kevin B. Skelly
Ira H. Kilgore Henry E. Smith
Ludwig Kristiansen Stanley F. Sokol
Frank J. Kubek Michael Toth
Frederick Landry Harry S. TutUe
Leonard Leidlg VlrgU E WUmoth
Archibald McGuigan Pon P. Wing
B. J. Martin

USPHS HOSPITAL
•CF'-^LE. WASH.

Patrick J. Lynch Juan Mojlca
L... ,iS HOSPITAL

SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF.
JuUan B. Arzaga Alexander Lelner
Edward Becker A. M. MUefskl
Noah C. Carver George R. Nichols
Leo A. Dwyer , Louis Rosen
WiUiam H. HoweU Fred D. Stagner
Virgle H. Jordan R. A. Statham
Frederick M. Leeds

Tanker May Sprout Ivy
Waiting To Get Home

Things being what they are, the Ivy is just about ready to
start sprouting some greenery as she winds her way back and
forth from the Persian Gulf to Japan, still getting nowhere
nearer home. r

According to the latest re­
port from the tanker, from
Singapore, "if the boys only know
by which Christmas they'd be
home, they would feel better."

It's not that the monotony, heat
and limited shoretime of the shut

Spicy Job

Third cook Grant Marzelt was
adding a bit of extra flavoring
to some of the food steaming
on the galley-range of the
Jefferson City Victory when a
photographer looked -in.
Those extra touches often
make the difference.

tie nm is all bad, either, says ship's
delegate Grville Amdt. "We still
have that top-notch skipper Peter
H, Bamberg with us. All the gang
thinks he's tops and understand­
ing, and as good as they come."

Arndt intimated, however, that
the shuttle Is still having its ef­
fects. "We even have our own
Groucho Marx aboard. For five
days his tasks consist of electrical
duties, and then he spends the
other two days trying to get his
cook's endorsement. He's that
well-known fellow "Wild Bill"
Evitt from down New Orleans way
—the only man who can snatch
feathers from a bird in flight."

As far as the full-time feeding
is concerned, Amdt added a good
word for steward Bob Elliott and
chief cook Stoke Harrison for pro­
viding a well-rounded menu.

And when they do get ashore in
Japan, the Ivy can always count on
Its former bosun, now the 2nd
mate, formerly known as "Blackie"
Jim Merrell. Currently tagged as
"Doctor Needles" by the boys who
have encountered difficulties
ashore, he hasn't found anybody
who's puncture-proof yet, perhaps
because "the line always seems to
form at the rear in these cases."

Charles J. Johnson, Billy J.
Brewer and Lewis C. Morton oc­
cupy the deck, engine and steward
delegate spots, in that order, along
with Arndt.

ANGELINA (Bull), Feb. 25—Chzlr-
man, C. Waltari Secratary, J. 6al-
laghar. All vaccination cards return­
ed. Ship cleared by customs In PR.
Draw to be handed out before payoff.
Repair list to be posted in recreation
room. Ship's fund $22.50. Reports
accepted. Discussion regarding wash­
ing machine wringer; roaches on ship:
cleaning behind refrigerator; poor
grade of bread; repair list; cleaning
gear, for engine department. Dele­
gate to see patrolman about steering
gear.

and cold water: new type water cool­
er. Request more variety of cakes and
pastry. To purchase books and check­
er board. Request midnight lunches
and 9 PM and 3 AM lunches.

ANNISTON (Ace), March 17—Chair­
man, Hargrsves; Secratary, T. Balton.
Foc'sles to be painted. Repair list
to be turned In. Beef on OT working
In halls. Some other disputed over­
time. Question op lodging in ship­
yard. Need new mattress for third
cook.

JE;(N (Bull), March 18—Chairman,
D. Dickson) Secratary, D. Forrasf.
Topside dissatisfied with performance
of part of crew and warned of reper­
cussions. Vessel to be paid off in
Baltimore. Four replacements In
Phlla, Some disputed overtime. New
delegate elected. Motion that elec­
tions be bi-partisan and voted by
machine if possible. Repair list to he

Captain • to hold safety meeting with
delegate. Motion that safety commit­
tee members of unlicensed personnel
be composed of aU delegates, chief
electrician, bosun and steward. Check
slop chest for cigarettes; and medi­
cine chest for proper supplies.
Foc'sles to be left clean.

in lockers. Clothes to be removed
from Une after dry.

BALTORB (Ore Nav.), March 17—
Chairman, J. Arnold; Secratary, C.
Harris. Some disputed overtime in
engine room. Repairs made. Ship's
fund $7.25. Include motion on $5
fine at every meeting and also read
letter stating crew's views. New dele­
gate elected. Recreation room to be ,
kept cleaner.

TMT CARIB QUEEN (TMT), No date
—Chairman, J. Floyd; Secretary, B.
Sobczak. Ship and company on or­
ganizing status.. white cards and per­
mits can remain aboard until further
notice. No books Involved. Men "to
turn in keys and linen whenjeavfaig
ship. Some jllsputcd overtime. One
man missed ship, rejoined In Bremer-
haven. Patrolmen to square away
overtime. All cargo to be safely se­
cured before leaving port. Suggest
catwalk be placed on top of trailers
so deck gang can get aft Instead of
crawling under trailers. Vote of
thanks to steward dept.

OCEAN DEBORAH (Maritlmo Over­
seas), March 3—Chairman, G. Harding;
Secretary, W. Cary. One man logged.
One man hospitalized. Some disputed
overtime. Lack of cooperation from
steward. Fire extinguisher empty.
Overtime claimed for carpenter work
done by steward In meat box. To be
referred to pa'trolman.

ALICE BROWN (Bloomfield), March
$—Chairman, T. Zielinski; Secretary,
C. Murray. Ship's fund $24,72. Tapes
for recording machine to be paid for
from fund and wire to run recui'dings
to mess hall. Discussion on food.

Chile. Few hours disputed overtime—
to be taken up with patrolman at
payoff. Steward and baker doing
missing men's work in galley.

ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa), March
24—Chairman, C. Wright; Secretary
D. Missimer. One man missed ship
in NY. Patrolman to be notified; gear
packed and tiumed over to chief mate.
No logs. Discussion on food—night
lunches to be fresh; scuttlebutt to be
kept clean; cots to be ordered.

PACIFIC OCEAN (World Carriers),
March 9—Chairman, A. Spuza; Secre­
tary, F. Paylor. Ships fund $5. Two
men sick with colds. One man missed
ship. Report accepted. Night lunch
to be improved; steak to be served at
least twice a week, fried chicken to
be put out Immediately, Repair list
to be submitted. Galley to be ex­
terminated. Put pastry out at coffee
time.

MURRAY HILL (Fairfield), March 9
—Chairman, E. Lesgang; Secretary, S.
Benjamin. $50 draw in arrival. Ship's
fund $9.01. Vote of thanks to baker
for fine Job.

$TEEL AGE (isthmian), March 23—
Chairman, J. Samsel; Secretary, R.
Obldos. One member missed ship In
San Pedro, gear checked, book and
papers held by delegate. Minor beefs
squared away. Ship's fund $15.50.
Suggestion to serve hot cocoa and to
replace chairs In messhaU with new
ones In storeroom.

made up. Showers in poor condition.
Vote of thanks to steward dept. for
exceUent performance.

BARBARA FRIETCHIE (Lib. Nav.),
March 11—Chairman, R. Simpklns;
Secretary, R. Clark. Ship's fund $4.25.
New delegate elected. Vote of thanks
to delegate for fine Job.

IDEAL X (Pan Atlantic), March 24—
Chairman, H. Huston; Secretary, S.
Pickett. New washing machine re­
ceived, Safety meeting to be held
monthly. Captain to give 80% of
wages coming on draws. Request all
delegates be on hand at payoff: have
books and permits checked for pa­
trolman. Adhere to one hour before
sailing clause. New men to get pa­
trolman's ok before paying off. Two
hours disputed overtime. Reports ac­
cepted. Washing machine to be used
with care. Order cigarettes in ad­
vance from steward and also sea chest
for Port Newark delivery. Check stale
milk put aboard in Houston.

STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), March
8—Chairman, E. Eiland; Secretary, J.
Jacobsen. Ship's Fund $27.62. Report
accepted. New delegate and treasurer
elected. Discussion on cleanliness of
laundry. Stevedores to be kept out of,
midship house.

PORTMAR (Calmar), March 16^
Chairman, J. Smith; Secretary, H.
Eddy. Ice box door handle to be
repaired.

CITIES SERVICE MIAMI (CItle*
Service), March 12—Chairman, H.
SIkes; Secretary, P. Oazlc. Menus
not legible on blackboard. Crew re­
quests typed menus. Two men paid
off lu Lake Charles due to illuess: uo
replacements. Report accepted. Com­
plaint about cheap brand of soap. Re-
que^ for Lux or Camay soap; also
chaise coffee brand: toilet tissue.

JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman),
Feb. 12—Chairman, J. Pulllam; Sec­
retary, A. Aronlca. Ship's fund $16.
Few hours disputed overtime. Letter
from Tampa concerning disputed
days' wages. Report accepted. Dis­
cussion on use of washing machine.
Repair list to be made up. Hospital
to be cleaned up. Request more fresh
bread; magazine rack; close doors
quietly.

March 10—Chairman, J. Pulllam;
tecretary, A. Aronla. Ship's fund
$13.02. Few hours disputed overtime.
Report accepted. Ice tea to be made
stronger. Vote of thanks to steward
and deck departments.

DEL CAMPO (Miss.), March 17—
Chairman, JT Lapaple; Secretary, J.
Geisler. All repairs made In NO.
New delegate elected. Laundry room
to be kept clean.

EVELYN (Bull), March . 31—Chair­
man, W. Trolle; Secretary, M. Kamin-
tkl. Ship's fund $81. Three hours
disputed overtime. Report accepted.
Complaint about captain calling cook
name. Discussion on repair Usts;
linen to be turned in. Vote of thanks
to steward dept.

STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian),
March 22—Chairman, A. Anderson;
Secretary, F. Perez. Need lumber for
screen doors. Writing on blackboard
against steward dept. to be stopped.
Doors to be closed quietly. Benches
to be built on each side of ship. Libr­
ary to be kept clean and orderly.
Three men 111. One hour disputed ot.
Complaint about food, equipment and
management in steward dept. .

MARORE (Ore), March 24—Chair­
man, C. Just; Secretary, D. Carey. One
man logged. Poor laundry service.
Ship's fund $5.02. One man missed
ship: replaced before sailing. Need
new washing machine; coffee urn,
toaster. Fruit to be put out before
spoiling.

ANGELINA (Bull), Jan. 20—Chair­
man, G. Walter; Secretary, J. Gal­
lagher. Stiip's fund $20. Some dis­
puted overtime. Messroora to be kept
clean. Observe quiet in aUeyways so
members may sleep.

CHARLES C. DUNAIF (Orion), March
3—Chairman, J. Zlcreis; Secretary, J.
Morrison. Four men missed ship In
Honolulu. One man hospitalized In

FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service),
Feb. 9—Chairman, A. Van Dyke; Sec­
retary, E. Iverson. New treasurer
elected. Report accepted. Members
to donate $1 towards ship's fund. Dis­
cussion on very poor slop chest put
on board for one year's voyage.

CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK (CItle*
Service), Merch 21—Chairman, W.
Brightwell; Secretary, S. Kellnat.
Pantry man paid off sick. Report ac­
cepted. Crew requests typed menus.
Vote of thanks to galley crew. Paint
to be. removed from chalra in mess-
hall. To see steward about required
stores.

JOSEFINA (Liberty), March 14 —
Chairman, J. Klrchner; Secretary, B.
Wenworth. Few hours disputed over­
time. Reports accepted.

•BO W. LAWSON (Pan Oceanic),
March 14—Chairman, P, Ctvos; Sec­
retary, L. Schmidt. Small repairs
taken-care of. Ship's fund $13.40.
Reports accepted. AU rooms to be
iougeed.

LAWRENCI 'VICTO RY (Miss.),
March 17—Chairman, S. Stevcna; Sec­
retary, S. Rivera. Few repairs to be
made. Some disputed overtime. New
delegate elected. Request wind
chutes for port holes. Coffee grounds
and trash not to be thrown In sink
or scuppers.

ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), March 26
—Chairman, C. dcHospidales; Secre­
tary, T. Wasiluk. Old books to be ex­
changed. Repair list submitted. Ship's
fund $9.35. Thanks to members In
bringing furniture to San Juan. Few
hours disputed overtime and delayed
sailing overtime. Report accepted.
Steward dept. complimented on effi­
ciency and cleaUness. To have new
gangway for use in port. Washing
machine not to be overloaded, motor
not powerful enough.

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DEL MONTE (Mill.), March t—Chair­
man, K. WIntley; Secretary, J. PIceu.
Shlp'f fund $80. New treaaurcr elect­
ed. 38 hours disputed overtime. One
man left in hoapltal. Need more leg

LONOVIEW VICTORY (Victory),
March 10—Chairman, W. Kohut; Sec­
retary, M. Caddy. Members to be
sober at payoff. Recommend special
meeting with agent or patrolman
about cutting Incident aboard ship.
Shlp'a fund tl6.13. Some disputed
overtime, to bo settled at payoff.

HASTINGS (Waterman), March II—
Chairman, H. Butts; Secratary, J.
Wells. Repairs to bo made at sea.
Some disputed overtime. Tidelands
pact read to membership and Ameri­
can Coal Shipping beef. Membership
commended headquarters for' winning
Tidelands pact and beef with ACS.
Discussion on slop chesf. Draws to
bo made In American currency in­
stead of traveler's checks. Repair list
to bo made up. Mdro water preatura
required In bathrooms. Need hasps

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They Really Got The Bird

Venetian pigeons (the feathered variety, anyway) snuggled up
close to an SlU trio and their guide when the Sunion visited the
Italian port last winter. Pictured (I to r) are Best, AS; Cox, OS;
the Italian guide, and Walter Butterton, bosun. The steward, Fred
Hicks, turned in the photo.

Oldtimer Gives 'Life'
Lesson On Ship Types

At least one SIU oldtimer was among a group of "Life"
readers who recently tripped up the editors of the national
magazine on a nautical matter.

A retired member of the +
SIU since 1946, Henry E, Kra­
mer chided "Life" for calling a
Victory ship a Liberty in "one of
its picture captions last February
11. The magazine wrote back that
"many other readers called our at­
tention to this. Thanks again for
keeping our nautical records
straight."

Apparently ship photographs get
• good working over from retired
and active seamen, who have a cer­
tain fondness for those seagoing
workhorses of World War II, the
mass-production Libertys and Vic-
torys.

Most non-nautical newspapers
and magazines, despite careful re­
search, tend to overlook considera­
tions like an extra kingpost or
mast but to a seaman, whose live-

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lihood is so minutely concerned
with these details, every item is
important. It may mean an extra
spot to hang his laundry or some­
thing.

For the record, "Life" conceded,
"according to the Maritime Admin­
istration of the US Department of

Liberty

VIcVory

Commerce, the ship pictured has
a raised forecastle head extending
to the after part of No. 1 hatch.
This immediately distinguishes her
from a Liberty, which is a flush
deck vessel.

"A Liberty also has three masts
on which her cargo gear is rigged,
whereas the Victory has two masts
and, in addition, has_ a king post
at No. 1 hatch, and pairs of king
posts at the forward part and after
part of the midship house," the
magazine added. "This, together
with the shape of the house and
stack, distinguishes her from the
Liberty, which has no king posts,
the stack being the only structure
that would be silhouetted above the
midship house."

See?

Calls Welfare
Aid Wonderful
To the Editor:

I wrote a letter last January
which apparently never reached
you, so I hope you will print
this as soon as possible.

I want to thank the SIU
for the extra check sent last
Christmas for those receiving
disability benefits. I know it
came in mighty handy for me.

The doctors, nurses and all
the personnel here at St. Vin­
cent's Hospital, New York City,
are wonderful and have been
very kind. Thank God the SIU
has such a wonderful welfare
plan. We couldn't 'get along
with it.

I would also like to get in
touch with the following mem­
bers: Eugene Ceccato, Eddie
Polise, Citizen Joe, Dewey Par­
sons and Steve Massaros.

Joseph Piluiis
4" «t»

Nobody Gets By
Without Union
To the Editor:

I've gained quite a bit of ex­
perience since I left the Alcoa
Polaris last March in New
Orleans. I've been senior cook
in charge of the afternoon shift
for the consolidated messhall
here at Brookley Air Force Base
in Mobile.

There's about five of us "ex-
seamen" there, two SIU and
three NMU. We've sure found
out that there is a hell of a lot
of difference working without a
union.
' The years I spent in the SIU

were something I can't forget,
and believe me I won't forget
them. Without a Union the
working man is a dead duck!

Print this if you like. It might
help someone to see there's
nothing like the SIU at sea or
ashore.

Smooth sailing to all my
friends.'

"Red" Palmer
^ it ^

The Situation's
Well in Hand
To the Editor:

The John B. Waterman is now
substituting for the Arizpa on
the European run. You can be
sure that while our buddies on
the Arizpa are being enter­
tained by the almond - eyed
beauties of the Far East, the
crew of the John B. will keep
the home fires burning.

Of course, we don't know
whose girl we will meet In the
different ports, but we will try
to keep our reputations intact.
The boys will say hello to Jack
Dubersky's gal who works at
the Coney Island Bar, and also
to Dave Nunn's true love at the
Penguin, as we know that they
will belon^some.

We also have a number one
steward department, featuring

lots of good Southern cooking.
Tony Sosa is the chief steward,
C. Hiers is chief cook, Bob
Shepard mans the 3rd cook's
spot, George Burns is pearl
diver and Bill Wermack is serv­
ing in the capacity of crew
waiter.

The majority of the crew is
from Tampa and Mobile. Some
of the fellows are Ray Queen,
Bob Parker, Lester Clark
(bosun), Ed Morris and, last but
not least, Larry Tifft, the inter­
national Ipver and ambassador
of good will.

Anthony C. Aronica
Ship's reporter

Safety Program
Well Underway
To the Editor:

In accordance with the joint
SlU-shipowner safety program,
we can report excellent coop­
eration from the entire crew
and officers on board the An­
gelina.

Many items have been
brought up at the meetings for
a solution. When possible, these
have been corrected. Others are
being taken care of as time per-

The SIU crew's safely rep­
resentatives S. Boguski,
deck (left), and J. Devlne,
engine (right) gather with
3rd mate C. Lobbregt for
a photo. Steward safety
rep. Ed Marsh missed the
picture-taking.

mits and those items which can­
not be handled aboard have
been turned in on a repair list
to the company.

Safety signs have been sten­
cilled at conspicuous places all
around the ship and we all feel
that, with the continued cooper- *
ation of all hands, accidents
aboard can be brought to a min­
imum.

Steve Boguski, AB, is ship's
safety representative for the
deck department; John Decine,
deck engineer, is the,black gang
safety man, and Edmund Marsh,
NCB, represents the steward
department.

John Galiagherr
Ship's delegate

Calls Welfare
'Greatest Gain'
To the Editor:

We feel that the Welfare Plan
is the greatest step our Union
has made in the past ten years.

Although we received the ma­
ternity benefit for our first son,
we are sad to say that our sec­
ond son was bom while I was
in the service and we couldn't
qualify for SIU benefits. In
fact, it cost us $10.75 to have
our child bom in an Army hos­
pital. besides our transportation
of 20 miles each way from
where we resided.

I know that if I had been
sailing I would not even have
had this cost which T could not
afford at that time. I was just
discharged from the Army on
March 22.

We are certainly hoping that
our sons will qualify in the fu­
ture for the scholarships that
the SIU offe^ You can be sure
we greatly appreciate the bene­
fits we have already received.

Best Wishes for the future
success of the SIU.

Robert & Catherine
Bannister
4 4 4'

Appreciates Aid
Of Wild Ranger
To the Editor:

I would like this letter in the
LOG to show my appreciation
for the crew of the Wild Ranger.
They took excellent care of me
while I was being repatriated
from Inchon, Korea.

Right now I am on the Fair-
land on the intercoastal run,
but it won't be for long. The
ship is scheduled to be con­
verted for the trailer service in
July.

We have a fine gang on here,
with none other than Pat Mur­
phy as chief steward, so we are
assured plenty of good feeding.
We expect to pay off in Balti­
more on May 15.

Well, thanks again to. the
crewmembers of the Wild
Ranger. Incidentally, I got my
gear and papers as soon as I
got back to Seattle. They were
waiting for me right at the SIU
hall.

Eddie Eriksen
4 4 4

Crew Applauds
Coe Skipper
To the Editor:

Things are running pretty
smoothly on this ship. There
aren't too many serious beefs to
upset the ship or the crew.

The mate here on the Coe
Victory is a real spook, though.
He ijs on deck all the time, get­
ting in the deck gang's hair.
However, the captain is a real
swell guy. Hansen is his. name.
He does his best for us, and the
crew appreciates it.

Dave Barry

Burly Bj/ Bernard Seaman



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All of the following StU fainilies have received a $200 maternity
benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name:

Cynthia Marie Cole, born March
28, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Lonnie 0. Cole Jr., Asheboro, NC.

William Peter Doyle, born March
4, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. James
J. Doyle, Phila., Pa.

Connie Fay Marriner, bom April
8, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Clyde
W. Marriner, Portsmouth, Va.

Henry Joseph Shepeta Jr.. born
April 9, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Henry Shepeta, Baltimore, Md.

Patricia Marie Pierce, born April
1, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. John
Pierce, Drexel Hill, Pa.

Sheila Diane Griggers, born
March 5, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs.
Ira W. Griggers Jr., Evergreen, Ala.

Debra Celeste Federssen, born
March 15, 1957, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Sverre R. Pederssen, Brook­
lyn, NY.

George Anthony Wolinskl, bora
January 5, 1957, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Frank Wolinskl, Kenner, La.

Linda and Phyllis Peragallo,
born March 19, 1957, to Seafarer
And Mrs. Joseph Peragallo, Levlt-
to\vn, NY.

Bert Dawson Giliispie, bora
March T2, 1957, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Colder B. Giliispie Jr., Beau­
mont, Texas.

Pamela Elaine Blalack, born
March 26, 1957, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Charles O. Blalack, Springhill,
Ala.

Michael Charles Perna, born
March 12, 1957, to Seafarer and
Mrs. Augustine Perna, Baltimore,
Md.

Perry Manuel, bora Marclt 28,
1857, to Seafarer and Mrs. Warren
Manuel, Mamou, La.

Health Center Opens
(Continued from page 3)

bership thought he was typical of
the good sailor and the good union
man." Therefore, Hall added, the
center stands as a tribute to the
entire membership of the SIU
who have worked and fought to­
gether to fui'ther the progress of
all seamen. /

Others who addressed the group
were Dr. Aaron Kottler, president
of the Kings County Medical So­
ciety, and Charles Logan, of Mis­
sissippi Shipping Company, a trus­
tee of the Welfare Plan. Brief re­
marks were also made by Hulan
Jack, Manhattan borough presi­
dent; Harry O'Reilly, secretary of
the Maritime Trades Department,
AFL-CIO; James Quinn, secretary
of the New York Central Trades
and Labor Council; Frederick Bill-
hardt, vice-president, Alcoa Steam­
ship Company, and Dr. Joseph
Logue, director of the center. The
Invocation was delivered by Mon-
signor Thomas Sala of the
Churches of St. John and St. Rocco.
Robert C. Creasey, administrator
of. the Seafarers Welfare Plan,
presided.

After the speeches and ribbon-
cutting, Magnuson and Hall un­
veiled a" memorial plaque to Lar-
sen K'^ch Is on the wall in ihe. lob-,
by«tt .the ^building. - -:'' i '

The Brooklyn center is the first
oi four planned. The other three
will be located in Baltimore, New
Orleans and Mobile. Each center
has diagnostic facilities Including
x-ray, fluoroscope, electro-cardio­
graph, lab tests, eye examination
and other aspects of a head to toe
physical.

Once all the information on the
pliysical has been correlated and
examined by the staff, men who
are in need of treatment for any
ailment or physical defect are re­
ferred to the Public Health Service
facilities. The procedure is de­
signed to detect such ailments and
defects before they become seri­
ous enough to invalid a Seafarer
and keep him from being fit for
duty.

Other guests present included
Dr. John S. Wilson, chief officer
of the Staten Island PubUc Health
Service Hospltai; Rep. Francis
Dora, who represents the District
in which the Union hall is located;.
Rep. Isadore Dollinger; Charles
Zimmerman, International Ladies
Garment Workers Union; John
Strong, president. Teamsters Local
807; Ck E. Hughes, Deputy State
Commissioner of Labor, and gu^ts
from the Coast Guard, Army, Navy,
the American Merchant Marine In­
stitute and the- shipping industry.''

Union Wins
Bait. Tugs

(Continued from page 3)
doubtedly the news of the SIU
HIWD strike victory against G&H
Towing in the Gulf. The success­
ful strike ended just a few days
before the voting was scheduled to
start in Baltimore, with the SIU
winning the best tug pact in the
area after a 33-day walkout.

One of the SIU's objectives, in
launching, its organizing campaign,
was to raise the low level of wages
and conditions under which Great­
er Baltimore harbor men have
worked for many years. The Bal­
timore area is notorious for having
the lowest hourly pay rate and the
worst overtime provisions of any
Atlantic caost port. In addition,
the men here lack any kind of
welfare and pension protection
such as exists in SIU contracts.

A key demand im the SIU-HIWD
negotiations with the companies
will be the establishment of wel­
fare- benefits, along with substan­
tial improvements in wages and
working conditions.

a son

John Crowley, 32; Brother Crow
ley was lost at sea
following an ex­
plosion on the
Mission San Fran­
cisco, on March
7, 1957. He joined
the U n i o n~ on
January 23, 1945,
in New York. He
is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Mary
Bernadette Crowley, and
who reside in Allison, Pa.

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William Mf. Wilson, 67: Brother

Wilson died in the USPHS Hos­
pital in New Orleans on March 28,
1957 because of a malignant tumor.
He joined the Union on August 2,
1955, and sailed in the steward de­
partment. He is survived by his
son, Arthur D. Wilson of New
Orleans. Burial took place at Rose
Lawn Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.

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Charles J. Fetter, 57: Brother

Fetter died in
New Orleans on
March 3, 1957, as
a result of a
malignancy. He
had joined the
Union on Novem­
ber 10, 1947, and
sailed in the en­
gine department.
He is survived

by his wife, Mrs. Laura L. Fetter
of Mobile, Ala.

Kenneth L. Bewig, 58: Brother
Bewig died from
pneumonia in the
USPHS Hospital
in B a 11 i m ore,
Md., on March
12, 1957. He
joined the Union
in New York on
August 13, 1947.
He is survived by
his wife, Loretta
B. Bewig of Baltimore. Burial took
place in Moreland Memorial Park,
Baltimore.

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James K. Brooks, 38: Brother

Brooks died at sea on board the
SS Cubore, on March 1, 1957, from
a hemorrhage. He had been sailing
in the steward department since
joining the Union on September
22, 1955. There was no beneficiary
designated.

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William Zietz, 44: On March 15.

1957, Brother
Zietz died in the
USPHS Hospital,
Baltimore, Md.,-
of a respiratoiy
failure. He had
joined the Union
in Baltimore on
Sept. 2, 1954, and
sailed in the en­
gine department.

He is buried in Philadelphia cem­
etery, Philadelphia. No beneficiary
was designated.

PERSONALS AND NOTICES
The following Seafarers are re­

quested to pick up baggage belong­
ing to them left on Isthmian ves­
sels and deposited by the company
with the SIU Hall, 523 Bienville
Street, New Orleans, La. Rudolph
Himel, 3rd cook. Steel Designer;
Bernard Buster, ch. cook. Steel
Designer; Daniel Bisset, FWT, Steel
Rover; John Ramiszewski, engine,
Steel Architect; Donald E. Bull,
oiler. Steel King; John B. Tlerney,
DM, Andrew Jackson; Chester
Holtz, AB.

Kenneth Lopez
Please contact Richard Pardo's

family in Tampa, Fla.

Robert Lee Green
John W.- Tinker .would like you

to contact him at 17-llli 4th
Street, Bremerton, Washington.

Clyde Cahill
Your Coast Guard discharge

from the SS Ocean Eva (8-4-56 to
8-16-56) was found aboard the SS
Stony Point and is being held for
you in the Boston hall.

James C. Glisson
Mail, vacation checks, and with­

holding statements are being held
for you at the Anchor Hotel, 612
E. Pratt St., Baltimore, Md. Please
send them your forwarding address.

Eric Madsen
Please contact your former land­

lady, Mrs. Campagna, concerning
baggage which she has been hold­
ing for you. She is located at 422
13th St., Brooklyn, or phone
HY 9-0831.

ELLIS S. SAMIA
Contact William O. Euton, 55

Bay 7 St., Brooklyn, r^: automobile
insurance.

DIRECTORY OF Sill RRANCHES
SIU, A&G District

BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St.
Earl Sbeppard, 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 6-3744

MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St.
Cal Tanner. Agent HEnUock 2-1754

MORGAN CITY ...912 Front St.
Tom Gould. Agent - Phone 2158

NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvlUe St.
Undsey WUliams. Agent Tulane 8626

NEW' YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn
UYacinth 9-6600

NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St.
Ben Rees. Agent ' MAdison 2-9834

PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St.
S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1635
PUERTA de TIERRA PR 101 Pelayo
Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996
SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St.
Marty BreithoH. Agent Douglas, 2-5475
SAVANNAH . 3 Abercorn St.
E. B. McAuley. Agent Adams 3-1728
SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave.
Jeff GlUette. Agent EUiott 4334
TAMPA.-1609:1811'..,.N. - JPraBWin. St.
Tohi Banning. Agent Phone 2-1323

WILMINGTON, Calll 505 Marine Ave.
Reed Humphries. Agent Terminal 4-2874

HEADQUARTERS . .675 4th Ave.. Bklyn.
SECRETARY-TREASURER

Paul Hall
ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS

C. Simmons, Joint
. W. HaU, Joint

R. Matthews. Joint

SUP
HONOLULU 16 Merchant St.

Phone 5-8777

PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St.
CApital 3-4336

RICHMOND. Calif... 510 Hacdonald Ave.
BEacon 2-0925

SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St.
Douglas 2-3363

SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave.
Main 029V

WILMINGTON 805 Marine Ave.
Terminal 4-3131

NEW YORK. ... 673 4th Ave., Brooklyn
HYacinth 9-6165

Canadian District
HALIFAX. N,S.... 128ti Hollls St.

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

PLateaw 8161
FORT WiU,(AM!f..X.i..l30 Simpson St.

Ontario Phone: 3-3221

PORT COLBOHNE 103 Durham St
Ontario Phone: 5591

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

VICTORIA. BC 617V4 Cormorant St.
EMpire 4531

VAxNCOUVER. BC 298 Main St.
Pacific 3466

SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St.
Phone: 6348

BAGOTViLLE. Quebec........20 Elgin St.
Phone: 549

THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St,
CAnal 7-3203

QUEBEC.... 89 St. Pierre St.
Quebec Phone: 3-1569

SAINT JOHN 85 Germain St.
NB Phone: 2-5233'

Great Lakes District
ALPENA 1215 N. Second Ave.

Phone: 713J

BUFFALO, NY 180 Main St.
Phone: Cleveland 7391

CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave.. NB
Phone: Main 1-0147

DETROIT 1038 3rd St.
Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857

DULUTH . 531 W. Michigan St.
. Phone: Randolph 2-4110

SOUTH CHlCAGdri.. 3261 E. 92na St.
Phone: Essex 5-3419



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

First In Maritime:
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Gala Fete Opens
SIU Health Center

US Sen. Warren G. Magnuson, featured speaker, hailed SIU for pioneering first maritime union health
center. Others on platform (1 to r) included Robert Creasey, SIU Welfare Plan administrator; Charles
Logan, trustee; Dr. Aaron Kottler, president, Brooklyn Medical Society, and Msgr. John Sala who de­
livered the invocation.

Dr. J. B. Logue, health center director
(center), greets C^pt. John Wilson (left)
and Capt. R. H, Moore, chief medical and
dental officers at SI PHS hospital.

Over 500 Government and trade union officials, ship-
)ing leaders and Seafarers attended ceremonies, which
3egan with singing of National Anthem (top). Center
s dedicated to the memory of the late Pete Larsen, who
was praised at the gathering as a "good seafarer and
good union man." ^ v . ,