Seafarers Log: Vol. 8 No. 22 (1946-05-31)

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

Vol. VIII. NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY. MAY 31. 1946 No. 22

Attention Maritime Unions:
Defeat The Coast Guard Now!

Representative William A. Pittinger of Minnesota has
introduced a bill in the House (H. R. 154) that will defeat
the President's Reorganization Plan No. 3 which would
put the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation per­
manently under the Coast Guard.

The Bill is now before the House Committee on Ex­
ecutive Expenditures.

If the resolution is not passed by both Houses of
Congress within 45 days, the merchant marine will be
handed over to the Coast Guard lock, stock and barrel.
The Brass will then sit in kangeroo-court judgment pf
seamen at every turn.

To defeat the Coast Guard grab for power, members
of all maritime unions should immediately write or wire
their congressmen to support passage of H. R. 154.

Seamen must act now to free themselves from mili­
tary shackles!

Seafarers Won't Gross
Picketlines, CIO Maritime
Unity Committee Is Told

NEW YORK, May 28—The Seafarers International Union, Atlantic &
Gulf District, will respect the picket lines of the Committee for Maritime
Unity, but will sail contracted ships provided members do not have to cross
any picket lines to do so. This information was passed out on May 28 to the
Committee for Maritime Unity, composed of five CIO Unions and one inde-

' — — 4 pendent, and to all of the ship

THE VOTING BEGINS

SlU Protests Transfer
Of Marine Bureau To C. G.

A request for a public hearing and a review of the
plan to put the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Naviga­
tion under Coast Guard jurisdiction was transmitted to
President Truman in a letter sent out May 28 by SlU
Vice President John Hawk.

The President submitted an ex­
ecutive order to Congress last
week to make permanent under
the Coast Guard the functions of
the Bureau. Prior to the war
the Bureau had operated under
the Department of Commerce.
The executive order comes with­
in the scope of the President's
Reorganization Bill, as passed by
Congress recently.

Hawk's letter expressed sur­
prise at the action of the Presi­
dent' in putting the executive or­
der before Congress without
holding public hearings where
interested parties and organiza­
tions could express their opinions.

Hawk has written to the Presi­
dent on several previous occa­
sions, requesting a public hear­
ing on the matter.

Each time his letters were
passed on to the Bureau of the
Budget, which has no real say
in the matter, but operates by
directive from the President, pur­
suant to Congressional approval.

OLD FIGHT

The opposition of the Seafar­
ers to placing the Bureau under
the Coast Guard is well known.
The SIU has carried the ball in
opposition to the Coast Guard for
some time. Recently, Hawk ap­
pealed to other maritime unions
to present a united front oppos­
ing the action which would place
brass hats permanently over sea­
men. Some answered, pledging

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SIU Streamliiiss
Apparatus For
Future Action

The Seafarers are preparing
for the struggles ahead—regard­
less of what they may be. The
membership went on record at
the last meeting to instruct the
organizing staff of the union to
"streamline the union apparatus
so that it can be changed from
normal operation to the point
where it can be turned over night
to one of either strike action or
whatever type of action that may
be necessary to preserve the life
and welfare of our Union."

In an open discussion it was
pointed out. that the Seafarens
is going to be in for what may
be the most critical time of the
Union's life. Further, that re­
gardless of what we would like
to see happen—it must be pre­
pared to take the offensive if the
shipowners or finky government
bureaus have any ideas or plans
about giving the Seafarers a bad
time.

Organizational Director Paul
Hall, who has been working in
conjunction with Earl Sheppard,
Atlantic Coast Co-Ordinator, Cal
Tanner and Lindsey Williams,
field representatives, on these
plans for the past week announ-

(Conthmed on Page 4)

Scene in New York Hall as balloting on referendum on changes
in Union Constitution and Shipping Rules gets under way. Voting
will sontinue until June 26, HAVE YOU VOTED YET?

'Draft Strikers', Truman Asks
In New Strikebreaking Move

WASHINGTON—In a message
which went far beyond the wild­
est expectations of the industrial­
ists, President Truman on Satur­
day asked Congress for emer­
gency powers which will, if en­
acted into law, pave the way for
a return to the days when labor
had to beg for the crumbs of its
existence.

The restrictive measures which
he requested were no doubt the
deciding factor in forcing the
striking railroad workers to set­
tle the strike on the President's
original terms.

Mr. Truman appeared before a
joint session of the Senate and
the House of Representatives,
and his speech was marked by
great applause. Such ovations
have not been accorded Mr. Tru­
man in his previous appearances
before Congress to request the
passage of liberal legislation.

The emergency powers which

the President requested would
provide him with powers which
no previous Chief Executive has
ever enjoyed.

He made it clear that the mea­
sure which he advocated was of
temporary nature and should last
for only six months, after the
official end of the war, never­
theless, he followed this up with
the proposal that the whole sub­
ject of labor relations should be
studied afresh, and that long
range legislation which will re­
duce labor's need to .strike should
be recommended.

The President stated that the
emergency powers for which he
asked would be invoked, "In such
situations where the President
has requested men either to re­
main at work, or to return to
work and where such request is
ignored."

In such cases he asked for au-

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operators with which the SIU is
contracted in letters from SIU
Secretary-Treasurer John Hawk.

The SIU, Hawk also said, will
not sail any struck ships which
are reallocated.

The statement of policy was
made in view of the projected
strike action which the Commit­
tee for Maritime Unity has called
for June 15.

COMPOSITION

The Committee is composed of
the American Communications
Association, CIO; the Inland
Boatmen's Union, CIO; the In­
ternational Longshoremen's and
Warehousemen's Union, CIO;
the National Maritime Union,
CIO and the National Union of
Marine Cooks and Stewards,
CIO.

In his letter to the CMU, Hawk
said the policy of not crossing
picket lines was traditional with
the Union, and would be carried
out in every instance, "despite
the instances prior to and during
the war when the SIU was con­
demned for strike action to en­
force its contracts and improve
wages and working conditions by
member unions of the Commit­
tee for Maritime Unity."

NO PRECEDENT

One specific instance, to which
Hawk had reference was the oc­
casion of the major bonus strike
of the SIU in 1941. At that time
the headquarters of the NMU
and MFOW went on record to
deem this a bum beef and to man
ships which the SIU had operated
and struck.

Then Hawk demanded that no
picket lines be established at
docks where only SIU contracted
ships are concerned.

Provisions to make this step
unnecessary and out of order
were taken by Hawk in a letter
to the ship operators, in which
Hawk told the companies they
must arrange tnat all vessels op­
erated by them are not berthed
at any pier where the unions oii
strike have one or more strike­
bound vessels and picket lines
established.

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Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 31, 1846

I

LOG SEAFARERS
Published Weekly by the

SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
OF NORTH AMERICA
Atlantic and Gulf District

Affiliated vHth the American federation of Labor

At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y.

HAnovef 2-2784

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HARRY LUNDEBERG ------- President
lOJ Market Street, San Francisco, Calif.

JoMM HAWK Secy-Treas.
P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York Gty

Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office
in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912.

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Again, And Again
Any one who has ever trusted the so-called "friends

of labor" got a rude shock this past weekend.

Elected with support of a large segment of labor, and
having labor backing in the carrying out of his domestic
and foreign program, Harry S. Truman bit the hand that
fed him, and showed himself to be a front man for reac­
tionary big business.

"Friend" Harry obviously had no thought in his mind
other than to coerce labor, and to intimidate labor leaders.
No other reasons can be given for the authority, which
the President wants, to draft striking workers into the
armed services of the United States; to deprive workers
of their seniority rights if they strike, without good cause,
against the government; and to prevent union leaders from
encouraging or inciting members of the union to strike
or remain on strike.

Restrictive measures such as these are not proposed
by people who believe in a free and independent labor
movement.

It is not an easy thing to write harsh words about the
President of the United States. The very nature of his
office makes it difficult to evaluate him in common terms. ^
But one must be named for what one is—no matter how i
big the office may be.

Harry Truman today stands condemned before the
American people.

He stands condemned because he has yielded to the
"pressure put upon him by the press, owned by big business
and a willing servant of the most reactionary aspects of
our economic life.

He accepted the support of labor; he was elected as
a servant of the people. He proved false to his supporters,
and to his people.

Mr. Truman is also guilty of playing around with
the truth when he says that, "This particular crisis has
been brought about by the obstinate arrogance of two
men."

The readiness with which the railroad workers left
their jobs, and the reluctance with which they returned to
them when their just demands were not met, proves that
they were heart and soul behind the actions of their leaders.

Attempts to split workers from their leaders is a
favorite trick of those who would enslave labor.

The responsibility for what occurred rests entirely
with the President. He could have brought pressure to
bear on the owners of the railroads so that they would
have bargained fairly on the issues. Mr. Truman chose
.the easy way out.

The working rules which the railroad workers wanted
changed are inhuman. The changes which they advo­
cated are basic, and are standard in other industries. These
rules will not be changed now, and Mr. Truman gave the
operators another year to think up reasons why the work­
ing rules should not then be changed.

The railroad workers will not soon forget the author
of their continued bad working conditions. Organized
labor must not forget that the friends of labor are too

: -often the servants of the bosses.
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Men Now In The Marine Hospitals
These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals,

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

GALVESTON HOSPITAL
HOLLOMAN
R. V. JONES

TROMBLEY

HAYES (SUP)
WALZAK
WILLIAMS
MORRISSONS
DYKES
CLARK
RIENZE (SUP)
STINTS
WITT
BANTA
WILLIAMSON (SUP)
VAN AIKIN
WITJJS
BUCKNELL (SUP)

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NEPONSIT HOSPITAL

E. VON TESMAR
P. CORTES
B. BRYDER
J. SPAULDING
J. S. CAMPBELL
E. CARRILLO

X %.
ELLIS ISLAND HOSPITAL
D. MCDONALD

i, % X,
BALTIMORE HOSPITAL

AMIEL MITCHKE
LOUIS SMITH
ROBERT SMITH

JOHN STEBIN
DONALD LE BOAEF

X X X
SAN JUAN HOSPITAL

R. GAUTIER BRIGHTON HOSPITAL
P. PAGAN A. CHASE
B. DEL VALLE T. DINEEN
P. PEDROSA L. BRIAND
T. C. LOCKWOOD V. ALEXANDER
J. VANDESSPPOOLL H. STONE

XXX T. FORTIN
STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL T. R. BOURQUE
V. PAINTER R. FRENCH
R. M. BROWN L. W. GRAY
R. L. OLIVERA A. VOLODKEVICIUS
AL LONGUIDES E. JOHNSTON
H. C. HE^RY G. PHINNEY, JR.
W. G. H. BAUSE H. GILLAN
R. G. MOSSELLER H. W. PORTER
W. B. MUIR J. COXWELI,
M. J. GODBOUT S. F. PUZZO
L. KAY J. HANLEY
JOHN DALY - P. CARALINUAVO
W. W. McCLURE HANS O. HANSON ,
L. L. MOODY STEVE SCHIAVONE
L. R. BORJA PAUL CARTHCART
E. B. HOLMES S. KELLEY
G. H. STEVENSON I. FLAHERTY
C. G. SMITH S. SCHOFIELD
T. E. LEE R. FRENCH
G. L. PERRY F. HOHENBERGER
G. KUBIK XXX
L. A. HORNGY . MOBILE HOSPITAL
H: NIELSON W. CURRY
J. L. JONES . • S. JOYNER

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Hospital Patients
When entering the hospital

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

Stateii Island Hospital
You can contact your Hos­

pital delegate at the Staten
Island Hospital at the follow­
ing times:
TuoEday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m,

(on 5th and 6th floors)
Thursday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m.

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

(on 1st and 2nd floors.)

G. JANAVARIS
R. A. CENTRIC

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Friday, May 31, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three

SlU Maintains Lead in Isthmian
Elections; Final Victory Will
See Drive in Other Fieids

By EARL SHEPPARD

Voting within the Isthmian
Fleet passed the three-quarters
mark this week with the SIU
holding it's commanding lead
over the opposition and company
vote. Through their ballots, Isth­
mian seamen are decisively ex-

'r pressing their preference. The
l- full representation and beef set­

tling, militancy, and non-political
democracy of the Seafarers In­
ternational Union is what they
want.

Isthmian seamen who have sail­
ed the ships of that company for
any length of time have certainly
seen how the chiseling tactics of
the company and their anti-
Union activities cost the seamen
plenty of cabbage when com­
pared to the wages and conditions
prevailing aboard SlU-contracted
ships.

These men have been through
the fire, learned the score, and
know what they want now in
the way of a union to fully rep­
resent them at all times.

These same Isthmian seamen
have had ample opportunity to
.see the Seafarers in action, read
and compare SIU contracts, and
find out how superior SIU con­
ditions are to their own.

They've also had the chance
to see the opposition in operation
— especially their goon squads
and price-tag unionism — read
some of their contracts, and see
how much inferior they actually
are to SIU contracts.

SIU THEIR CHOICE
On the basis of their observa­

tions, unorganized Isthmian men
have made their choice. Although
the actual counting of the votes
does not take place until the last
Isthmian ship has voted, accu­
rate estimates of the crewmem-
bers and observers show that
their top-heavy choice is the SIU.

The final push on the Isthmian
organizing drive requires con­
tinuation of the SIU's all-out ef­
fort. Crews on all SIU ships
should continue to contact Isth­
mian ships in any and all ports.
Isthmian men who have taken
out books in the Seafarers should
remain on Isthmian, and show
Isthmian newcomers what the
actual score is.

Even though the election is al­
most over, keep talking Isth­
mian, keep sailing Isthmian, and
keep thinking Isthmian until the
contract is signed. That's the
way the SIU will keep Isthmian
strong for the Union, and make
the company sign an agreement
as good as or better than other
SIU contracts.

fewer jobs for its over-inflated
membership on a per capita basis.

Proof that the SIU provides
more jobs for it's members lies in
the speed with which jobs on
the dispatching boards in all
ports are turned over.

Compared to members in some
other maritime unions. Seafarers
have little of their time wasted
waiting for jobs to turn up on the
board. This is due mainly to SIU
farsightedness during the war
period in not being dollar hungry,
and not taking into membership
a lot more seamen than could be
absorbed on peacetime jobs.

DOLLAR HUNGRY
This was not the case with

some other maritime unions,
which grabbed all the dough they
could manage to mulct from pros­
pective members without regard
to whether they could provide
jobs for llieiu after the war or not.

These outfits were dollar hun­
gry, and not in the least interest­
ed in providing for their mem­
bers future welfare.

As a result of this, winning
Isthmian means that the SIU will
no\v have the balance of power.
This places the Seafarers in the
most powerful position in the
marine industry.

Another effect of the Isthmian
victory will be the additional
prestige that the SIU will achieve
as a result. Everyone likes a
winner, and that holds true
especially when the odds encoun­
tered are tough. Certainly, no
one can claim that it was a cinch
to organize Isthmian when the
NMU tried for more than five

years, and couldn't get enough
pledge cards to petition for an
election.

FUTURE EXPANSION
Today, with the inclusion of

many trained men who acquired
their training through actual ex­
perience, the SIU is much strong­
er than at any time in the Union's
history. These men are ready
and able at the conclusion of the
Isthmian voting to move into
the many fields within tlie ma­
rine industry which are today
unorganized or only partially or­
ganized. That's the job which lies
ahead.

Several large and medium-sized
tanker companies remain unor­
ganized, and offer a fertile field
for expansion. Their ships have
sailed the seas too long without
the benefits of union organiza­
tion, and with the expending of
some time and energy the job
can be accomplished in short
order.

Many tugs and towboats, both
inland* and coastal, need union­
izing as their seamen are among
the poorest paid in the industry.
On the Great Lakes and the large
navigable rivers there are many
freighters, ferries, tugs, towboats
and barges which need organiz­
ing, and can be organized with
little effort.

With the unionization of these
ships, and the continuous need
for consolidation and solidifica­
tion of deep sea vessels, the pat­
tern for the future is clearly be­
fore the Seafarers. These outfits
need I organizing, and the SIU is
the Union that can and will do
the job.

On The Ball

Staff Officers Assn Opens Drive
To Unionize East Coast Pursers

By TOM HILL

BALANCE OF POWER
Winning the Isthmian election

means much more than bringing
the largest unorganized cargo
carrying company into the Sea­
farers' family. It definitely means
that the balance of power in the
marine industry will rest with
the SIU.

Today, with the exception of
better wages and conditions, there
is actually little difference be­
tween the SIU and other mari­
time unions as far as total num­
ber of jobs for the members is
concerned. Possibly, one other
union has a larger membership.
But it doesn't have more jobs
available. In fact, it has niiich

The time has come when Pur­
sers must choose for themselves
a bargaining agent to represent
them. There are two organiza­
tions to choose from:

1. THE AMERICAN MER­
CHANT MARINE STAFF
OFFICERS' ASSN. (affili­
ated with the SIU (AFL),
which is strictly a Pursers'
organization.

2. The NMl^ (CIO) which
handles only unlicensed per­
sonnel.

We, the Staff Officers' Assn.,
are certified by the NLRB as the
exclusive bargaining agent for
Pursers on the west coast.
Through the efforts of our Asso­
ciation, for the first time over­
time payments were provided for
in our collective agreements.

The NMU at one time attempt­
ed to represent Pursers, but after
so many false promises, which
were never fulfilled, the Pursers
withdrew and planned an or­
ganization of their own. Pursers
on the west coast and east coast
who have been sailing a number
of years are credited with set­
ting up the AMMSOA. Through
their continuous efforts and fore­
sight the present standards of the
AMMSOA have been attained.
We now have a membership of
more than 1800 pursers. We ask
you to support these fellows- who

have supported you these many
months.

We have recently opened an
office for you here in New York,
It is located at 21 Bridge Street,
Room 508. The Phone is BOwling
Green 9-5245. Come in and talk
it over with us.

This Seafarer is casting his
vote, his own personal opinion,
on the proposed changes in the
Union Constitution and the Ship­
ping Rules—and proves himself
a good Union man. HAVE YOU
VOTED YET?

The Sea Stallion
Goes Seafarers

According to reports sent to
Log office. Isthmian ships or­
ganizer C. M. Charnes, with the
cooperation of a few crewmem-
bers aboard the Sea Stallion,
really did a yeoman job in or­
ganizing that vessel.

Results of the election held at
Savannah, on May 4th, bore this
out v/hen the SIU secured 51
percent certain votes, with a few
doubtful out of the 39 total—
which could bring the SIU total
above 60 percent—this on a ship
which the NMU had openly brag­
ged that they would take by a
big majority!

An organizer for the NMU,
Martin by name, boarded the
Stallion from a tug at Savannah,
issuing free NMU shirts to any­
one who would accept them and
trying to get the crew to pose for
a picture. However, only a few
men responded, and they were
NMU book members.

Charnes stated that, while the
Stallion was at sea, they had re­
ceived a couple of cables from
the NMU in which that outfit
claimed to be winning the Isth­
mian election. With the Sea­
farers securing 75 percent of the
total vote, this wild claim was
really a laugh.

Voting Continues
On Constitution
And Shipping Rules

The referendum balloting on
amendments to the Seafarers In­
ternational Union Constitution,
and changes to the shipping rules,
continups in full swing.

From all ports comprising the
Atlantic and Gulf Districts, re­
ports are being received which
indicate that all members of the
SIU possible are taking advan­
tage of their right to vote on
changes in their constitution and
the shipping rules by which they
ship.

The proposed amendments to
the constitution and shipping
rules were drawn up by the re­
cent Atlantic and Gulf Districts
Agents Conference and include
recommendations to change the
present probationary and trip
card system and also change the
sea service requirement of candi­
dates for Agent or Joint Ptrol-
man.

These recommendations were
approved by coastwise member­
ship meetings, and are now being
offered to the membership to ac­
cept or refuse in keeping with
the democratic principles upon
which the Seafarers International
Union has been built.

The voting period which start­
ed on May 22 will extend through
June 26.

Coal Operators
Are Indicted
For Conspiracy

While the nation's daily press
seethed with fury over the coal
strike, less than a handful of
papers in the entire country

could find space for a federal in­
dictment charging 13 soft coal
corporations with violations of

the anti-trust laws.

Handed down in Boston, the
indictment accused the coal firms
of "conspiring to fix arbitrary
and noncompetitive prices and
to monopolize the sale and dis­
tribution of coal within the
Greater Boston area." Asst. Atty.
Gen. Wendell Berge said that the
effect of the conspiracy was "to
eliminate all competition as to
price, customers and tonnage on
soft coal" consumed in the area.

IRONING IT OUT

Officials of New York Branch are shown al Iheir regular weekly meeting, at which time they
iron out any difficulties that may come up. Unfortunately, the camera was unable to focus on all
present at this meeting and some are either left out or indistinct. Those visible are, left to right:
Jimmy Sheehsn, Howard Guinier, Paul Hall, Ray Gonzales, Salvador CoUs, and Jimmy PurceU.



Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 31, 1946

Seafarers
Picketline,

Will Always Respect
Unity Committee Teld
unions. Further, the SIU will
not sail any struck ships which
may be reallocated during the
strike to companies with which
it has contracts.

"However, the SIU member­
ship has not voted for strike ac­
tion; as a consequence, it will not
participate in this strike, if and
when it is called.

"Tlierefore, ships operated by
all companies under contract to
SIU, A. & G. District will not be
affected provided:

"1. That the companies ar­
range that all vessels operated by
them are not berthed at any pier
when the unions on strike have
one or more strike-bound vessels
and picket lines established. This
policy to apply to vessels that
are in any Atlantic or Gulf Coast
port.

"2. On the Pacific Coast the
SIU, A. & G. District, will man
such ships as have been declared
'free,' i.e., troop ships, relief ships
and other ships declared non-

(Continued from Page 1)
X On the Pacific Coast, the let-
f lers said, the SIU, A. & G, Di.s-

trict, will man such ships as have
been declared "free" by the
Strike Coordination Committee,
and aU ships docked at piers
where International Longshore-

- men's Association—AFL members
—^regularly work and where con
tracts now exist.

Following is Hawk's letter to
the Conmiittee for Maritime
Umty, which quotes the letter to
the ship operators in full:

May 28, 1946
Mr. Joseph Curran, Chairman
Committee for Maritime Unity
604 Montgomery Street
San Francisco 11, Calif.
Dear Sir:

In line with the traditional
policy of the Seafarers Interna­
tional Union of North America, I
should like to advise you that
the SIU of N. A. Atlantic & Gulf
District, will respect any picket
lines established in front of ships
to which your affiliate unions
are contracted in the event of
strike action to improve then'
contracts and will not sail any
struck ships which may be real­
located during the strike.

This policy will be carried out
in every instance, despite the in­
stances prior to and during the
war when the SIU was con­
demned publicly by certain mem­
ber unions of the Committee on
Maritime Unity for SIU strike
action to enforce its contracts
and improve wages and working
condtions.

The SIU, A. & G. District in
laying down this concrete policy
in regard to the projected strike
action, in turn demands that no
picket lines be established at
docks where only SIU, A. & G.
District contracted ships are con­
cerned.

Officials of your member un­
ions in various ports stated that
picket lines would be thrown up
in front of SIU Halls and SIU,
A. & G. District contracted ships
in the event your demands are
not met and strike action results.
I should like to call your atten­
tion to the fact that members of
ilie SIU, A. & G. District while
respecting valid picket lines will
not tolerate picket lines contrary
to the policy outlined herein.

To carry out the letter as well
as the spirit of our picket line
policy we have written to all ship
operators with whom we are un­
der contract, advising them that
we will not cross lines thrown up
in front of your contracted ships
and will not man reallocated
ships. The letter asks them to
berth ships at piers where no
struck ships are involved.

My letter to the operators con­
tracted to SIU, A. & G. District,
follows:

"Several of the CIO and inde­
pendent maritime unions which
have contracts with the Pacific-
American Steamship Owners As­
sociation and with various East
Coast ship operators have de­
cided on a program for strike ac­
tion, to become effective on June
15, 1946 to improve their present
contracts.

"I should like to advise you
that the Seafarers International
Union of North America, Atlantic
& Gulf District, will respect
picket lines that may be establish- Although none of the letters
ed during this particular strike in received from the Bureau of the
iront of ships contracted to those Budget promised a Public Hear-

stiuck by the Strike Coordina­
tion Comnjittee. It will not man
ships picketed by the maritime
unions or the International Long­
shoremen's & Warehousemen's
Union, except ships docked at
piers where International Long­
shoremen Association — AFL
members regularly work and
where contracts now exist.

"In order to avoid confusion
suggest that you notify your
Agents in all ports."

I believe that the foregoing
statement of policy and the
quoted letter to the operators
speak clearly of the intentions of
the SIU, A. & G. District. We
now request a statement of the
position of the Committee for
Maritime Unity on this policy, so
that our actions may be governed
accordingly.

JOHN HA-WK,
Secretary-Treasurer,
Seafarers Intl. Union
of North America
A. & G. District.

SIU Protests Transfer
Of Marine Bureau To G.G.

(Continued from Page 1)
their support; others did not
even answer.

Hawk's letter to the President
follows:

May 28, 1946
To The President of the

United States
White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. President:

We wrote a letter to you under
date of January 14th, 1946, ex­
pressing our position on the sub­
ject of the transfer of the func­
tions of the United States Ship­
ping Commissioner and of the
Bureau of Marine Inspection and
Navigation to the United States
Coast Guard, For your conven­
ience, we attach a copy of this
letter, identifying same as "Ex­
hibit 1."

This letter apparently never
came to your personal attention
and was referred to the Bureau
of the Budget division of the
Executive Office of the President,
because we received an answer
to this letter under date of Jan­
uary 25th, from this Department,
signed by Mr. F. J. Lawton, Ad­
ministrative Assistant. A copy
of this letter is attached and
identified as "Exhibit 2."

Not being familiar with the
routine of your office, we wrote
our letter of March 8th, 1946 to
the Bureau of the Budget, atten­
tion of Mr. F. J. Lawton. Copy
of this letter is attached and
marked "Exhibit 3." In this let­
ter we expanded upon our posi­
tion and requested that you, the
President, arrange for a Public
Hearing, so that the views of all
parties concerned fcould be pre­
sented and in that manner aid
you in forming a final judgment.

In response to this last men­
tioned letter of March 8th, 1946,
we received a letter dated March
27th, from the Bureau of the
Budget, signed by Mr. F. J. Law-
ton. This letter is attached here­
to and marked "Exhibit 4."

ing, we were not advised that
such a hearing would not be held
and we deemed it almost in­
credible that summary action
would be taken by the Office of
the President without consulting
further the views of the Maritime
Unions representing the great
number of men who have ren­
dered such valiant service to the
Government during the war.

Accordingly, we were some­
what shocked, to put it mildly,
when we were advised that Part
1 of Re-organization Plan No. 3
of 1946 had in fact been submit­
ted to the Congress on May 16th,
1946. We were not advised in
advance of the intention of the
Bureau of the Budget to submit
such a plan, nor were we official­
ly informed that the plan had
been submitted.

The law permitting the Presi­
dent to submit plans of re-organi­
zation is somewhat unusual in
that it limits the powers of Con­
gress in passing upon the pro­
posed plans of re-organization.

{Continued on Page 14)

QUESTION:—What is the dish that you like
to prepare?

R. C. HALLMAN. Steward:
No question about it, steak is

the favorite. I like to prepare
it, and the men like to eat it. It's
one food that the men can't seem
to get enough of. Steak goes well
with anything. I like to serve it
with potatoes and green peas,
and that makes a meal fit for a
king. Seafarers are now used
to good food, and any Steward
who can't furnish good food finds
himself on the carpel mighty
quick. On the other hand, they
appreciate fine meals, and they
will cooperate with the Steward
if he does his best.

SIU Prepares
For Future

(Continued from Page I)
ced, "We are rapidly rigging a
set-up that will guarantee that
the Seafarers will be able to use
its strength in any way neces­
sary."

Brother Hall further reports
that the membership should get
set for a tough brawl in the
near future.

"We've been accused by our
enemies from all sides," he stated,
"with being a bunch of goons
and thugs.

"But at no time," emphasized
Brother Hall, "has our strength
been used in any way other than
to protect ourselves as a Union.
We are prepared to do that now.

"The entire strength of our or­
ganization is ready to fight and
to fight the hard way, if anyone
should get ideas."

W, C. VANDERSALL, Steward:
A Steward who serves breaded

pork chops is a popular man on
the ships I've sailed on. I don't
know what it is, but every time

serve breaded pork chops, the
men eat so many that I think it's
going to come out their ears.
Pork has to be prepared well, or
else it tastes like an old shoe. I
guess I know how to make it,
because they eat up every last
chop, and then they tell me how
good it all was. If you like food,
it is easier to prepare; you sort
of have your heart in it.

R. R. MOE, Baker:
My favorite dish is lemon me­

ringue pie, you know, what the
men call "lemon syringe." It tops
off a meal swell, and it seems to
suit everybody. Very few men
ever turn down a helping of good
lemon meringue pie. It takes a
lot of patience to make a good
pie, but it's worth it in the long
run. Too often you meet men
who say that they don't like
lemon meringue pie. Usually,
that is because they haven't real­
ly tasted a good one. I never
have any complaints, and I have
been baking a good long time.

L. ALLEN, Steward:
My answer is steak every time.

You don't have to worry about
preparing too little because you
can always broil a few more
without any trouble. It snakes
me feel good to see the way
the men put away the steaks
after 1 prepare them. Next to
steak, I prefer to serve ice cream
and cake. Men have a sweet
tooth, and good ice cream and
cake hits the spot with most men.
When I have steak, and ice cream
and cake, en the same menu,
then the men are really in for a
fine treat.



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Friday, May 31, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Five

Freddie Stewart: AU-Aroimd Union Official
ALMOST anyone who's ever shipped out of the New York Hall knows Freddie

Stewart. If they haven't come across him acting as secretary at a Branch
meeting, they've gotten mail or luggage from him in the baggatge room. Or
else, as Patrolman, he's paid them off aboard ship.

Brother Stewart is the SlU's all-around official.
He should be. He's a charter member of the Union, and he had a long

record of militant collective bargaining action before the SIU came into being.
Freddie recalls the days when seamen got $31 a month on some ships. He

remembers the time when his galley was rationed to one pound of coffee a
day. He asked for more because the men didn't get enough. He was promptly
fired.

One job action Freddie led was the occasion of a man being put on cenl-
a-day wages because he missed the ship at Rio and joined it a day later at

Santos. Freddie called a strike at B. A„ and the Consul made the Captain
put the man back on at full wages.

Back in 1936. Freddie and another oldtimer. Acting Patrolman Howard
Guinier, participated actively against the finky leaders of the old ISU. It was
about that lime that they pulled a crew off a Bull Line ship at San Juan, Jack­
sonville and New Orleans before they got their beef settled. That was when
Bull was laying men off on weekends in Puerto Rico to avoid paying them for
the time. Men were homesteading on the ships; they were afraid someone else
would get their jobs if they got off. Unjust firing was a common occurrence.

Freddie, Howard Guinier, Claude Fisher, William Hamilton and a few
others were instrumental in bringing the Stewards Department men into the
SIU. They've never regretted it. Times sure have changed since the Sea­
farers took over.

w
% % %

^HEN you received your
copy of the Log in the mail,

Freddie Stewart had a hand in
sending it out. Your ship's min­
utes were received by Freddie
Stewart, who saw that tJiey
were prepared for presentation
at meetings. When you got a
mimeographed statement of
some Union activity, it was
Freddie Stewart who ran it off.
Want to store some luggage at
the Hall for a while? See Fred­
die Stewart. Mail? Freddie
Stewart has it. For some of his
activities, look at the piclures

on this page.

It i X'

FREDDIE and Patrolman Howard Guinier
talk over old times across the coffee pot

which figured in the 1941 major bonus strike.
The Union set up a canteen and Freddie kept
the pot going all the time. His card shows
that he worked 13 days straight, sleeping at
odd moments, to keep the strikers provision­
ed. The coffee pot's still ready for any similar

situation.

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EVERYTHING happens here. This is the
registration desk in the baggage room.

This is where Freddie's grief comes in—in the
form of baggage, mail, complaints, new ad­
dresses for the Log to be sent to and all of the
other multitudinous items that come up.
All day long they keep coming, except dur­
ing the hour from noon to 1 p. m. when the

counter is closed for lunch.

pREDDIE Stewart runs off a
I notice to the membership
on the mimeograph machine
in the baggage room. A girl
cuts the stencils, and sometimes
when he's rushed someone else
will hcuidle the crank, but Fred­
die is responsible for the op­
eration—one of his many du­
ties. He's a tireless worker,

and never complains.

i. i. X

4?^
tAGGAGE is one of Freddie's big jobs. Here he hoists a valise
' up to the top of a riser. Some days Freddip handles a couple

of thousand pounds of baggage, and all of it must be placed
within easy reach for seamen about to make a pierhead jump.
The assorted gear runs into some amazing articles: bar bells,
banjos, guitars and other musical instruments; even bicycles.
"1 wonder sometimes wiiaf seamen plan to do with all of this

; \ fruck." Freddie says, "but Shey always come back for it."

SORTING the mail is a job Freddie welcomes: it gives him one
of the few opportunities of the day to sit down. This is a

big job, loo, even for someone who's ben doing it for a long
time. For one not familiar with it the task would be monu­
mental. The loiters and packages come in from every port in
the world, from every state in the Union. They bear a collec­
tors' assortment of foreign stamps. Somedie around for months

before they're called for^ This is PO Box 1 for seamen.



Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. May 31. 1946

'Draft Strikers', Truman Asks
In New Strikebreaking Move

(Covthmed from Page 1)

thority to do these things:
Authorize injunctive pro­

ceedings against any union
leader forbidding him from en­
couraging or inciting members
of the union to leave work or
io remain away from work.

Deprive workers of their
seniority rights if they, without
good cause, strike against the
Government. Provide criminal
penalties against employes and
union leaders who violate the
piiuvlsions of the act as si is
passed.

Authority to draft into the
armed service of the United
States all workers who are on
strike against the Government.

PROPOSALS BLASTED
While Mr. Truman stated and

reiterated that his proposals were
not designed to cripple labor, re­
sponsible labor leaders immed­
iately blasted the proposals as
"fascistic in nature" and asserted
that the passage of this legisla­
tion would "turn back the clock
of progress and democracy."

The strike which Mr. Truman's
action helped break was precipi­
tated by the refusal of the rail­
road operators to bargain in good
faith on the subject of working
conditions.

At no time in his speech did
the President castigate the own­
ers of the railroads, but he did
single out the union leaders for
attack when he referred to the
"obstinate arrogance of two men,
Mr. Alvanley Johnston, president
of the Brotherhood of Locomo­
tive Enigners, and Mr. A. F. Whit­

ney, president of the Brother­
hood of Railway Trainmen."

Following announcement of
the end of the strike, engineers
and trainmen reluctantly return­
ed to work. Service was resumed
within a short space of time, and
within 24 hours trains were run­
ning at close to a normal rate.

The news was received with
mixed emotions by the men whose
strike was broken by Presiden­
tial action.

A spokesman for Local 731 of
the trainmen said, "Troops are
for fighting purposes only, and
not for railroad scabs."

Others voiced the opinion,
"Whitney says we're licked, but
our turn will come."

Mr. Whitney's message to his
men expressed his deep appre­
ciation of the cooperation which
they extended to him, and ended
with the hope "that the day will
come when democracy will reign
again in America and when labor
can assert its right without being
shackled by government."

GET THE LOG
The Seafarers Log is your

Union 'paper. Every member
has the right to have it mailed
to his house, where he and
his family can read it at their
leisure.

If you haven't already done
so, send your name and home
address to the Log office. 51
Beaver Street. New York
City, and have yourself added
to the mailing list.

In June of 1941, the first Amer­
ican ship was torpedoed. The
Robin Line ship "Robin Moore,"
carrying both passengers and
cargo and manned by a 100 per­
cent SIU crew, was sunk by a
German submarine in the South
Atlantic with part of the crew
landing in South Africa and the
remainder in South America.

The SIU responded immediate­
ly and launched an all out fight
for more adequate bonuses and
insurance protection.

Carrying the fight to Washing­
ton, the SIU forced an agreement
with the Maritime Commission
and the operators that any agree­
ment reached would be retroac­
tive to the signing on of any ships
involved.

The Maritime Commission,
caiTying out their role of finkery
inherited from the old U. S. Ship­
ping Board, offered a proposal
that bonuses and insurance for
seamen would come under hull
rate insurance thus giving the
shipowner-controlled Maritime
Commission full control of the
situation.

To accomplish this they held a
secret conference with the rep­
resentatives of the licensed offi­
cers and then announced that
part of the industry was sewed
up.

"NO STRIKE" CURRAN
The SIU representatives turned

the proposal down flat but Joseph
Curran, representing the NMU
played the usual role of stooge

Meet The Seafarers: ALFRED STEWART
From messboy to Chief Stew­

ard is the success story of one of
the real SIU oldtimers. Born in
Jamaica 56 years ago, Alfred
Stewart always wanted to go to
sea, but he didn't achieve his
ambition until 1910 when he was
20 years old.

Since then he has made in­
numerable voyages, and he fig-
lures that he has been around the
world at least ten times.

Stewart really loves his work.
As he says, "I love cooking, and
next to that I love eating."

As Chief Steward he has to
know the job of every man in his
department. lie has to be able
to tell the butcher how to cut
meat, the baker how to make
bread and cakes, the cooks how
to prepare the various dishes, the
tvaiters how to wait on tables.
He must even be able to super­
vise the work of the wine waiter
on large passenger ships.

VERSATILE MAN
Stewart can do all these things.

-For a long time he was Chief
Steward of vessels flying the flag
of the Luckenbach and the Clyde-
Idallory Lines. Stewart prefers
passenger ships because it gives
him more opportunity to use his
cooking and planning ability."

Like many other seaman,
Stewart has on occasion left the
sea. For a time he worked as
dining car Steward on the rail­
road, and at other times he served
as Chief Cook at various clubs
and restaurants. But each time
the lure of the sea proved too
strong for him, and he always re­
turned to his first love.

Stewart knows a good thing
when he sees one. He joined the

on December 1^, 1938, right

liiii

and confusionist by stating that
the NMU wanted time to consider
the proposition.

Curran wanted "time" when
American ships were being sunk
and American seamen dying.
Time was what, the maritime
Commission wanted, time to fig=
ure new ways to throttle seamen.

On September 13, 1941, the
SIU, fed up with Maritime Com­
mission stalling and evasion, took
action. Crews "hit the bricks"
and picket lines were established.

The SUP supported the strike
100 percent. Rank and file NMU
members, fed up with the vacil­
lating position of their leadership,
joined the SIU picketlines in de­
fiance of Curran's "no strike"
edict.

The NMU leaders publicly
labeled the strike "a bum beef"
and attempted to ship replace­
ments aboard struck Alcoa ships

at Weehawken, and were pre­
vented from doing so by the
militant picket lines.

The Maritime Commission with
all its resources was able to man
only three ships. The result of
the strike was that the operators
and the Maritime Commission
were forced to bargain with the
SIU.

In October, less than thirty
days after the first ship was
struck, the Maritime Commis­
sion and the operators yelded
and the bonus payments were
substantially increased. Even be­
fore the entry of the United States

into the war, the SIU was able
to increase the bonus pay for the
Suez area.

This was only a stepping stone
—the SIU continued to fight for
and get wage increases, gaining
for their membership the high­
est pay and overtime rates in the
industry.

BEST OF ALL

Our pioneer rank and file lead­
ers stayed on the job. Look
around your Union Halls today
and you will see them, they are
the men you have selected to
represent yoU.

They stayed in the fight with
both hands swinging until they
freed our union of the fakers and
secured the wages, and condi­
tions we have today—the best
Union, highest" wages, finest con­
ditions and the most loyal and
union-conscious membership in
the maritime industry.

Movements have come and
movements have gone and with
them the leaders of those short­
lived spurts. The Maritime Fed­
eration of the Pacific, created
with the good intention of unit­
ing all maritime and allied work­
ers into an unbreakable front has
vanished and is almost forgotten.

This because the selfish in­
terests of opportunist individuals
and the Communist political
clique were held in greater esteem
than the interests of the mem­
bership.

Who remembers Roy Hudson
or Harry Jackson? A decade ago
they were so-called "great lead­
ers" of the seamen on the east
and west coasts respectively, but
today their name is known only
to a few communist cohorts be­
cause of their betrayal of the
seamen.

"Who but a few grey-beards
can name the old fakers?" None
—because they have been dis­
credited and pushed aside.

(Continued Next Week)

STRIKES CONFUSE NMU AGENT

after the Union was organized,
and he holds one of the oldest
books around. Number 764.

"I remember the days when
seamen were slaves," he says,
"and now they are free men. The
one factor that made the dif­
ference was organization. If we
let up for one minute, the ship­
owners would tear us to pieces.
We'll stick together, though, and
that means that we will make
gains together."

Brother Stewart is right. The
newcomers the Seafarers can

learn a great deal from him. He
has been prominent on picket
lines in every major action un­
dertaken by the SIU. He took
part in the Seatrain strike, and in
the 1941 Bonus Strike.

"Alfred Stewart is a fine type
of union man," one of the old-
timers said recently. "In all his
years of going to sea, he was al­
ways patient with the new peo­
ple. He taught them how to do
their jobs, and most of all, he
showed them how good union
men act."

ajfeeKSii.-i

Competent observers have felt
for a long time that the NMU has
no real intention of carrying out

its strike threat, no matter how
the present strike vote turns out.

That this feeling is correct is
borne out by the recent state­

ments of R. J. Sullivan, NMU

New Orleans Port Agent.

In reply to a statement by a
WSA spokesman that it might
become a problem to get full
crews to man the ships, SulliVan
said, "You can advise anyone
who thinks that way that we

Attention Members!
All Departments

When your ship docks, it
is a good idea to have a list
of necessary fepaifs to give
to the Patrolman. This wlil
help in letting the company
know exactly what has to be
done to get the ship in tip­
top condition.

Seafarers don't have to sail
beat-up ships. Do your part
to make every ship a clean,
well kept vessel.

have never held up any ship in
this port."

Sullivan went on to state,
"Strike or no strike, we'll sail
ships for UNRRA so there will
be no suffering abroad. If neces­
sary, our men will sail gratis on
UNRRA ships."

CONDEMNS MINERS

Sullivan agreed with WSA of­
ficials that the coal strike was
typing up the ships in New Or­
leans.

"John L. Lewis', selfish coal
strike is strangling the country,"
he asserted. "We have felt it^
pretty much here already. NMU*
has a contract with the Mississip­
pi Barge Line and that company
is being forced to tie up barges
right now."

The actions of the NMU during
the past few years has left its
mark on Mr. Sullivan. But even
so, attacking the legitimate strike
of another section of organized
labor is carrying things a little
too far. Collaboration with the
shipowners gets to be a habit
that is hard to break. The next
step will be for the NMU to send
its Port Agents and Organizers
to a school to learn how to be
militant for seamens rights, in­
stead of for the poor opera(tors. ^



Friday, May 31, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Paga SaToa '

These Sixteen Rules For Ships
Delegates Will Make Trip Easier

By WM. (CURLY) RENTZ

BALTIMORE — Through the
voice of the Log, which can reach
you a lot better than I, I am say­
ing "hello" to the men of the
SIU, especially the men who sail
from the Port of Baltimore.

Shipping has slowed down
quite a bit here due to the coal
strike. But I, for one, say that
we can well afford to stay on the
beach a few more days if it will
help the miners, who have been
underpaid for years, and who
have the worst existing condi­
tions to work under, to get what
they are fighting for.

If the operators did go ahead
and mine the coal with scab la­
bor, we, as good militant imion
men, could not, and would not
sail the.cargo. When the miners
do go back to work with their
wants granted this port will be
very busy once again.

DUTIES

Fellows, a good point to bring
up at this time is the duties of
a delegate when he goes aboard
a ship. Bear in mind that it is
the duty of all good book men to
see that there is a ship's delegate
on each and every ship that leaves
port, with a delegate in each de­
partment.

Here, then, are the delegates'
duties:

1. Collect all shipping cards as
soon as the men come
aboard.

2. Find out what vacancies
there are on the ship and
see that they are called into
the Hall through the proper
channels.

3. Check each man's book as
to dues and assessments.

,4. study the agreement with
the members of your de­
partment so you will know
what you are talking about
when you present overtime
to the mate or engineer.

5. List your overtime in the
proper way so you can't be
beat for it.

6. Keep a list of everything
you think is for Union bet­
terment throughout the trip.

SET THE EXAMPLE

7. See that order is kept in
your department by setting
an example.

8. Check all stores on the ship
so you have ample supplies
for the trip.

9. Hold at least one meeting
before you sign articles. Call
the Hall and have a Patrol­
man aboard when you sign
on.

10. See that meetings are held
every week while at sea,
and that they are run in
Union-like fashion.

11. Have all overtime, both
good and disputed, ready for
the Patrolman when he
comes aboard your ship.
Give the standing of each
man and how much he is
going to pay on his book.

12. If you have any charges

present them at this time to
the Patrolman and to the
accused, so they can be held
at the next meeting. This
will eliminate having to lay
up on the beach waiting for
a trial to come up.

13. Give the Patrolman a list of
the men men getting off.

14. See that a list of repairs is
given to the Captain and
the Patrolman so that they
can be taken care of through
the proper channels.

15. See that nobody pays off
until all beefs are settled to
the satisfaction of all con­
cerned.

16. Last, but most important of
all, is for you and your fel­
lows to be sober.

I think that if these rules are
followed, you will find that you
have a better payoff and that
everybody will be happier all
around.

HOSPITAL DONATIONS

Donations v/crc received here
from the crews of the following
vessels: SS James M. Gills, $15;
SS Walter Christiansen, $19.00;
and SS R. Lennier, $7.50.

The $42.00 was turned over to
the following men, hospitalized
in the Baltimore Marine hospi­
tal, each man receiving $3.00:
Arthur C. Vipperman, Joseph B.
Toussaint, W. M. Fields, Albert
Mitikke, Ralph Chappell, Wm. P.
Rumboll, Moses Morris, James E.
Kelly, I. Iversen, E. J. Dellamano,
William Ross, F. Paskowski, Paul
Combs and Walter Pearson.

The crew of the SS Nathaniel
Macon contributed $21.00 to the
hospital fun, with $1.75 being
turned over to the following men:
William Fields, Joseph Toussaint,
Arthur C. Vipperman, Conrad F.
Williams, William Rumbol, Moses
Morris, Paul Combs, James Kelly,
E. J. Dellamano, I. Iversen, Wil­
liam Ross and Robert Smith.

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NO NEWS??
Silence this week from the

Branch Agents o£ the follow­
ing ports:

CHARLESTON
MOBILE
NEW ORLEANS
GALVESTON
PORT ARTHUR
PHILADELPHIA
BOSTON
SAN JUAN

Norfolk Getting Boneyard Bait
By RAY WHITE

NORFOLK—Things are hum­
ming here as far as business is
concerned, but shipping has been

slow. The reason for this seem­
ingly contradictory situation is

that most of the ships paying off
in here are boneyard bait. Indi­
cations are, however, that ship­
ping will pick up this week.

The Waterman outfit has two
ships—a Victory and a C-2—pay­
ing off this week. Besides these
they have four boneyard jobs.
This will probably clear the Hall
for a few days.

There are also quite a few ships
coming through from other ports
to load cargo. Most of these are
Waterman specials from Mobile.

MUTUAL LIKING

The SS John Ward of the
South Atlantic line paid off in

The NMU - Communist Alignment
By LOUIS GOFFIN

JACKSONVILLE — We note
from the May 17 issue of the Log,

the "Here's What I Think" m
column, that some of the mem­
bers would like more news re­
garding the NMU. Well, writing
articles about this commie outfit
is the type of work we really
enjoy doing. Not because we

like to lambast them, but be­
cause we feel that we ai'e doing
labor a service by unmasking

these labor fakers.

It is now common knowledge

that the NMU v>^as formed for
the purpose of furthering Com­

munist political program in this
country. The few gains the NMU
has made for its members have
been incidental to the real task.

RED ORIGIN

The NMU is an offshoot of the
old Marine Workers Industrial
Union, of the Communist Inter­
national of Seamen and Harbor

pointed out, they rant and rave,
and claim that everything is a
frame-up. They resort to the old
tactic of calling all who oppose
them "fascists."

We of the SIU and the SUP
have consistently pointed out
that the NMU leaders follow the
Communist Party Mne too close­
ly for it to be a coincidence.

We say that the poor mislead
NMU membership has been sold
a bill of goods by these commie
fakers, and we believe that now
is the time for them to be given
the boot.

It is not too late for the rank
and file membership of the NMU
to rise up in arms, and get rid of
the men who have become a mill
stone around the neck of organ­
ized labor.

Norfolk last week and prepared
to join the idle fleet. The Pa­
trolmen who boarded her found

one of the best ships that they
had v/orked in quite some time.

There were no beefs aboard the
vessel. The Captain had really
given the boys all the breaks
during the voyage.

After the payoff, when the
Patrolmen were in the mess room,
collecting dues, in walked Cap­
tain Ignatz and the Chief Mate.
They both threw ten bucks on.
the table as donations to the Log.

"This is to show that we had a
first class crew," they said.

Feelings of the crew were mu­
tual in this respect.

As the final stage of the Isth­
mian drive is not too far off, let
the membership be reminded
that our fight with Isthmian has
just begun.

Seamen Sailing
Calmar Ships

Payoffs are to be held on
board ship from now on. Un­
der no circumstances are men
to agree to payoff in the com­
pany office.

If the company represen­
tative insists on paying off
at the company o.'fice, notify
the Union Hall immediately.

Workers. There is little doubt
of the commie affiliations of the
present leadership of the NMU.

Several of them are admitted
members of the Communist
Party, and as such their interest
lies solely in the betterment of
the Soviet Union, not in the bet­
terment of the rank and file
NMUers.

For the benefit of those sea­
men who have never sailed on
an NMU ship, we can tell you,
without fear of contradiction,
that once aboard an NMU scow,
under NMU wages and condi­
tions, a decent, self-respecting,
seaman would head back to the
tall timber rather than sail under
such conditions.

TRUTH HURTS

Yet the misleaders continue to
shout to the membership that
they are winning for them the
best wages and conditions on the
waterfront. When the truth is

The
Patrolmen

Say—
Working Together

It is very encouraging to note
the spirit of cooperation that
exists between the three depart­
ments today. It is a far cry from
the day when everyone seemed
to think that it was open season
on the Chief Steward and his de­
partment. That, to say the least,
was a dividing, and therefore
weakening and demoralizing pol­
icy.

In the very near future we are
going to need the full strength of
this organization. It is therefore
increasingly clear that we cannot
tolerate any divi.sionist tactics by
any person, or group of persons,
within the structure of our Union.

This business of Steward-bait­
ing has got to stop. Those who
continue to practice it will be
looked upon as suspect. It has
never served any purpose other
than as a means for some ga-
zoony to show how militant he is.

Let us from now on attack the
bosses—our common enemy—in­
stead of dissipating our strength
within our own ranks. Our rally­
ing cry from now on should be
"Unity of all three departments
against the common foe."

Howard Guinler
S- t 4-

Happy Family
The crew of the SS Rufus Fos­

ter, Mississippi Steamship Com­
pany, was like one big happy / . - • ;

On Union
Responsibility

By PAUL GONSORCHIK

There are some permit mem­
bers in the SIU who think that
they are getting the worst end
of the bargain. This is a selfish
view because it does not take in­
to consideration the fact that
there are some 60,000 full book
members in the SIU.

Look about you, you can see
them: your sidekick over there,
that former shipmate across the
room^—all full book members.

These men, young and old, are
the men who make the SIU; they
make the constitution and the
changes to it. They make the
shipping rules, and the various
changes in the shipping con­
tracts with the shipping com­
panies.

They, and they alone, make the
Union more progressive because
they understand the hardships
they had to go through to get
them where they are today. They
know they have the best Mari­
time Union in the world—^bar
none.

BOOKS EARNED
When, and if, you get your

full book, don't think that that
automatically makes you a good
union man. Any good union
man will tell you that you have
a constitution, shipping rules,
and company contracts, and liv­
ing up to all of them is what
makes you a good union man.

If the Union wanted to sell
SIU books, they could sell be­
tween ten thousand to fifteen
thousand a month. Everybody
knows what an SIU books means^
but this book has to be earned,
not bought.

Membership in a labor organi­
zation means responsibility. De­
cide now whether you are going
to be a good union man and abide
by the SIU by-laws; and live up
to the SIU principles; or if you
intend to ride on someone else's
shoulders and let the work be
done by others.

family when I went aboard the
boat for the payoff on May 17.

All hands donated $2.00 each
to the Log. and the Chief Engin­
eer donated $8.00. The unlicensed
personnel, and the officers, were
xmanimous in their praise for the
Seafarers Log.

Claude Fisb'*



Page Eight THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 31, 1948

MCS Rank And File Very Unhappy
About The Spot They're Put On

By SONNY SIMMONS

n, tj

It

— Things here are go­
ing along as usual. We had sev­
eral ships in the past week and
shipped several men, but all of
these wagons were in transit—
nothing whatever resembling a
payoff.

The Brandy wine was in dur­
ing the week. She is supposedly
going back on this run, and sev­
eral of the oldtimers on her are
keeping here pretty well lined-
up.

We hear here through the var­
ious channels that the NMU has
the backing of all the maritime
unions. We have been asked
about this on several occasions,
and think we have been able
to impress all hands that we
aren't having any.

We saw this same outfit sail a
ship from behind a picketline not
more than three weeks ago; and

Brother Tony Sosa, has taken a
Quartermasters job on one of the
local cabs. He will get rich if
he charges all .fares as he did
the Agent here—five blocks, five
bucks; he said he was making
dues.

The RR strike has us slowed
down to a walk. All of the phos­
phate trains have been stopped,
and that is about all we get here
now.

DRAFT NOW TAKING MEN TO 3D
Congress has extended the Selective Service Act until July

1; 18 and 19 year olds are now excluded from the draft call,
though they still must register.

President Truman has, therefore, authorized the removal
of the top limit of 26 years for inductees which has been in
effect since Japan's surrender.

This action makes all men between the ages of 20 and 30
years liabla for inducticn~=and this goes fo? seaman, too!

A merchant seaman still needs 32 months of sea duty to be
eligible for the certificate of continuous service to be officially
exempt from the draft. The 18 emd 19 year olds lacking this
certificate face induction when they reach the age of 20.

Seafarers within the draft ages must be alert in their ship­
ping and be careful not to overstay their leaves, or they'll be
changing their quarters from the fo'csle to a tent.

WITH THE SIO m CANADA

if this bunch of supermilitants
will sail a picketed ship in April,
we have no doubt but what they
will sail the same ship again in
May or June.

VERY UNHAPPY
Several of the oldtimers from

the MCS were in last week and
these guys aren't all happy over
the way the leadership have got
them in the position to have their
Union gobbled up.

They came into Ft. Lauderdale
on a West Coast wagon and came
to Tampa. We offered our con­
dolences, but that is about all
we can do. If they, and some
of the other oldtimers got to­
gether they might be able to
bring things to a head.

If they oust their leadership it
will be better than the present
set-up: no leadership is better
than they have now.

Yard Bird Roberts went to
work today, after he had been
only seven months on the beach.
Some of these guys never take
a vacation. If he isn't careful he
will be overworked.

He asked the old man for a
draw after a hard day's work
and was refused. Brother Rob­
erts became very indignant and
we look for him to take the va­
cation that he has been looking
forward to.

FIVE BUCKS
There are very few men on

the beach at this time. We
have just four registered in all
departments.

The only Steward on the list,

• er-:-"

Canadians Collect
Most of the crew of the Grover

C. Hutcheson, Overtakes SS Com­
pany, were Canadian seamen, and
so we had to collect transporta­
tion for them back to the West
Coast and to Canada. Well, we
got it all, plxis over 300 houi's in
disputed overtime. When the
payoff was completed, there were
no beefs pending.

James Sheehan
n. E. Gonzales

VANCOUVER — The Hai Ho,
one of the vessels transferred to
the Chinese, recently sailed from
Honolulu for Shanghai. Up to
now, it appears that things are
satisfactory on this wagon. The
boys report conditions good, and
a "swell crew all around. We
hope that it stays that way.

Brother R. Maundrell, on board
the* Hai Ping, slates that condi­
tions are terrible in Shanghai,
and that there will be plenty of
beefs when he gets back to Fris­
co. This is a tough break for a
Brother who has just completed
service in the British Navy. He
deserves a better break.

The seamen in Fiji have re­
cently applied for membership
in the SIU, and are determined
to organize. This, they believe,
is the only answer they can give
Sir Walter Carpenter, for the
treatment they have received at
his hands. With a start like this,
we know that success will crown
their organizational venture.

FINE VICTORY
We recently had calls from two

Greek ships, in port under Pana­
manian Registry. Wage, over­
time, working, and living condi­
tions were bad and unsatisfac­
tory to the crew.

We checked over both ships,
and lined up the crews. Then
the battle between the SIU and
the Greek owners began. We
won the first round, and the-sea­
men have received the following
advantages:

1. Both ships to be fumigated
and cleaned.

2. Fresh milk and sufficient
stores and linen to be sup­
plied to both ships.

3. Wage rates increased in
amounts varying from $17.50
to $37.50 per month. Over­
time rate increased from
70c to 85c per hour.

4. Agreements signed embody­
ing all conditions of work,
wages, overtime, and living
conditions. Also included is
first class transportation,
wages, and subsistence back
to port of engagement at
termination of the voyage.
All earnings to be payed in
U. S. currency.

Both crews are very happy, but
we fear that the Greek shipown­
ers are not too well pleased about
their run-in with the SIU.

TAINTED MEAT
While the vessel Maiden Creek

was in port here, a complaint was
received from the ship's delegate
in regard to the tainted meat.

The U. S. Consul and a public
health officer were taken aboard
to Inspect the refrigerator and
the perishable stores.

The report of the health officer
was, "Meat k tainted from var­

nished racks, rendering meats
unfit for human consumption. I
hereby recommend that all meats
be removed, racks replaced with
plain or specially treated racks,
and compartments thoroughly,
cleaned and disinfected with hy-
pochloride."

This report has been forwarded
to the SUP Agent at* San Pedro
where new racks will be ordered.

HIGH STANDARD

The vessel Philac, which has
been in this port for the past five
months undergoing repairs and
having new engines installed, re­
cently spiled for a new crew
preparatory to making ready for
her trials and for sea.

All conditions of work, wages,
and overtime were settled to the
satisfaction of the crew. The
working conditions are compar­
able to the SIU and SUP in the
United States, and an increase of
$45.00 per month was won for all
classifications.

The overtime rate was in­
creased from 70c to 85c per hour.
Any cargo work required to be
done by the crew is to be paid
for at the longshoremen's rate
prevailing at such point where
the work is done, but must not
be less than 85c per hour.

First class transportation, as
well as wages and subsistence
back to the port of engagement,
is also included in the agree­
ment. All monies are to be paid
in U. S. Currency.

Hugh Murphy

% %

1st Patrolman's Report:
The biggest headache we have

now is trying to organize some
of the younger generation on our
coast boats. Some of us know
what the conditions are like on
the B. C. Coast Steamship Serv­
ice (C. P. R.), Canadian National
Steamship Service, and Union
Steamships Limited.

It is certainly disgusting how
some of the seamen carry on.

NOTICE!
To Stewards Of Ships

In Port:
As soon as your ship an­

chors, order sufficient milk,
bread, and vegetables for all
the men on board.

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

When the food is delivered,
it is to be put into the ice­
box immediately. The Deck
Department is to cooperede in
this work.

They have no idea what a Union
is for. And then you have some
who beef lilie hell in their mess-
room at meal hours, instead of
holding a meeting aboard ship, or
coming to their Union meetings
at the hall.

They put a big load on the Pa­
trolman by asking him so many
irrelevant questions; they must
think he is a travelling encyclo­
pedia. No wonder patrolmen
want to go back to sea!

I fell sorry for some of the
ship's delegates on the B. C.
Coast Steamship Service (C. P.
R.), Union Steamships Limited
and Canadian National Steam­
ship Service, as they certainly
have their hands full.

It would be much easier if the
crew members would cooperate
with their delegate, and act like
Union men, and not like babies
whining all the time.

The CSU is certainly using the
same tactics the NMU did on the
American ships. They are run­
ning around buying beer for the
boys and giving them niember-
ship in their phony outfit gratis.
If any of you gas-hounds want a
bellyfull of beer and free mem­
bership in the Canadian Seamen's
Union, now's your chance.

Hurry up and get on the band­
wagon before they run out of
funds. The old members should
get a refund Of their initiation,
and get in on some of the beer.

P. Lucas
XXX

2nd Patrolman's Roport:
I have just started as 2nd Pa­

trolman and, of course, have run
into many beefs; that is natural
on this job. The main headache
is that on about-half the beefs I
have settled, the crews have
waited till the last day or two
before saying anything, which
puts us on the spot. Usually the
Old Man has the same excuse all
the time saying, if the beef had
come up earlier, he would have
had jt cleared away to the crew's
satisfaction, but that now the
crew will have to wait until the
next port, which may be in
China, India, or Limey land,
where it is impossible to settle
any beefs. So remember Broth­
ers, in the future bring your beefs
up the first chance you get.

In the past couple of weeks,
we have signed agreements with
three Panamanian ships. These
agreements weren't the best in
the world, but they were a hell
of a lot better than you will find
on many other ships because the
crewmembers backed us up one
hundred per cent against the
shipowner. So remember. Broth­
ers, always stick together 100
percent, and you can't lose.

Temy

Great Lakes
Sec'y-Treas.
Reports

By FRED J. FARNEN

DETROIT — On Monday, May
13 the Detroit Agent, William
Stevenson, and I met with the
representatives of the Great
Lakes Transport Co. We reached
an agreement for the Steamer
Westcoat with the following wage
scale per 30-day month:

Wheelsmen and Oilers....$229.00
ABs and Firemen 225.00
Second Cook 215.50
OS, Porters and Wipers.... 176.50
Steward 315.00
Pumpmen 253.50
The overtime rate is to be $1.10

per hour, plus a ten percent sea­
sonal bonus on total earnings.
This wage scale has been accept­
ed by the ship's entire crew. The
agreement is retroactive to March
1, 1946.

HAVE HAD BETTER
I received a telephone call from

the attorney for the Ashley Dus-
tin Steamer line, William Granse.
He stated that his company was
willing to pay the same wage
scale as the D & C outfit. I do
not believe that we should accept
this offer as we have already
signed several contracts with the
higher wage scale.

The Bob Lo Excursion com­
pany's pay adjustment for 1945
is now ready at the company's
offices.

Results received of the NLRB
election conducted in the Brad­
ley Steamship Co., at Rogers City,
Mich., reveal that the "no-union"
men won out. It seems that
everytime the Lake Carriers
sense some union activity they
grant their men a small increase.
Then these guys feel they have
no further use for the SIU. They
can't see any further than their
own noses. There will be a day
when their bosses won't toss
them a few paltry bucks—but
will take them back—and then
they'll come running to the Union
begging for aid and backing.

FINAL DISPATCH
The death benefit has been

paid to the wife of Herman Fran-
son, Book No. 2224, a member in
good standang, who died of heart
failure April 29.

Brother Charles C. Brown,
Book No. 4240, died in the Ma­
rine hospital in Cleveland on
April 16, 1946. We are waiting
for a copy of the death certi­
ficate before paying the death
benefit.

Another death benefit was paid
to Elaine Lyon, daughter of
Brother Paul Warner, . Book No.
4310, who died aboard the Stmr.
Scobell on May 13.

Good Payoff
I would like to Uiank the En­

gine and Deck Delegates of the
SS Anson Burlingame for their
cooperation and help in paying
off this ship. It was sure a plea­
sure to come aboard and find
the ship so clean and orderly.
The men were all in a sober
condition and that contributed a
great deal to the clean, rapid,
payoff.

Both delegates had a list made
up of each man in his depart­
ment. All beefs were listed and
typed out. These lists were hand­
ed to me as soon as I came on
board the vessel.

Every ship that cooperates in
this manner is a credit to our
Union. ; • .Tames Shfiehan



Friday, May 31, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Nin«

Stewards Dept. Gets Thirteen Men
In Cattle Ships Manning Scale

By JOE ALGINA

NEW YORK—The poor ship­
owner, whose exorbitant profits
have been cut due to the war
ending, is attempting to econo­
mize at the expense of the sea­
man. Their latest dodge is to
take meat off a ship which is
laying up, and place it aboard a
ship that is just about to sail.
They don't care that this meat
may have been aboard the first
ship for better than six months.

These companies, which have
made and are cuntiiiuing to make,
large profits, expect the men to
eat slop. Well, they won't do it.

Seamen are too smart to let
the operators <:hisel them out of
their rights. We have been set­
tling these beefs as fast as they
come up, and we. have been
settling them to the satisfaction
of the crewmembers.

MORE CREW

We went around and around
last week on a beef concerning
the Manning Scale in the Stew­
ards Department, on cattle ships.
The company wanted to put only
10 men in the Stewards Depart­
ment but we demanded at least
13, because cattle boats carry 32
extra men to take care of the
animals.

This puts a lot more work on
the Cooks and Messmen and it
is only fair to increase the de­
partment to handle the extra
work.

We finally won our beef, and
all the boats that cleared from
here carrying cattle had 13 men
in the Stewards Department.

Say, I wonder where the com­
panies get the men to nursemaid

.same grade of oil. Seems like the
Government does not get a whole­
sale price for large quantities; in
fact it has to pay more for the
privilege of buying a lot of oil.

When the big companies talk
of patriotism, they obviously
mean that they are ready to fight
for the almighty dollar not for
their country.

Shipping has slowed down a
little, but there are plenty of
ships around undergoing repairs.
We are negotiating with the op­
erators to change the crew quar­
ters on the Liberty type ships.

This is supposed to be done
when the .ship returns from the
cruise .she is on. Like everything
else, however, the only way to
get anything from a shipowner is
by economic pressure—right on
his pocketbook.

HIT HARD

v.*
the cattle? I never heard of a
Deepsea Cowpunchers Union.

LOST MONEY

On the floor of the Senate last
week, the Maritime Commission
asked for a grant of $2,000,000 so
that it could look for approxi­
mately $8,000,000,000 that has
been lost someplace.

That's a hot one! The Com­
mission is responsible for the
money, and now it wants more
money to throw down the same
hole. If it is really interested in
finding the* money, I suggest that
it examine the books of the ship­
owners. But that is the easy
way, and we know it won't do
that.

FAT PROFITS

Some of the contracts which
the Maritime Commission has
awarded would make the public
sick if they ever came to light.
The Teapot Dome Scandal would
be mighty small potatoes in com­
parison with what went on in
this war, and is going on even
now.

Of course, the big oil com­
panies have no beef. The Com­
mission awarded them contracts
for oil at well above the price
tht civilians were paying for the

Girls Like Life
On Rolling Sea

Things are starting to look tip
for Canadian seamen. Especially
SlU members sailing from Van­
couver on the Philae. First they
signed an agreement which has
been said to be "comparable to
the contracts of the SlU and SUP
in the United States," and now,
the fir.st Canadian women ever
to sign aboard a deep-sea mer­
chant vessel will sail with them
as shipmates.

Brunette Doris Vierin, and
blonde Mary Peck, have been
dreaming about sea adventures
for a long time, and now they
are going to do something about
making those dreams come true.

"When we found out that there
were two vancancies aboard the
Philae," said Doris, who is 22
and pretty, "we didn't even ask
where the ship was going, and
don't care."

NO WOLVES
Shipping to sea with 40 men

doesn't worry them, either.
"It's all right," they say,

"they're a fine bunch of boys,
and well disciplined."

Both girls are well qualified
for their jobs, which will be in
the Stewards Department, wait­
ing on tables. Doris has sailed
along the coast and on the Great
Lakes, whereas Mary has put in
some time on the Howe Sound
run.

Oh, yes, both girls are good
Union members.

This is what the Abraham
rammed early Sunday, May 19.

Baldwin looked like after being
Oh. for the life of a sailor

New York Plans
Modern Port

Nov/ York's Mayor O'Dwyer
has disclosed that he will in the
near future appoint a port-plan­
ning commi.ssion to draw up
specifications for modernizing
the port of New York.

The Mayor asserted that "the
maritime industry and related in­
dustries provide employment for
thousands of men and women liv­
ing in the metropolitan area. An
industry of such importance to
our economic life must receive
all possible official assistance and
consideration."

The commission is to be made
UP of representatives from the
maritime industry and from la­
bor. Present plans call for the
commission to make a survey,
and to recommend improvements
for rehabilitating present port fa­
cilities. Suggestions for con­
struction of new piers and ter­
minals will also be made.

All members of the commis­
sion will serve without pay.

Seafarers Halts WSA Illegal Ship Transfer
By ROBERT A. MATTHEWS

SAN FKANClSCO — Business
and shipping very slow all over
the West Coast for the past two
weeks. Wc have had just enough
business to keep us busy.

1 had the SS Fairport, Water­
man, in last week to payoff. This
ship signed articles in Mobile,
went to Shanghai, and then to
Frisco where she paid off with
transportation back to Mobile.
When we informed the crew that
upon acceptance of transporta­
tion they would have to get off
the ship, they became very hos­
tile.

The Ste.vard Department re­
fused to produce their books, and
they refused to pay dues, so 1
preferred charges aginst them
and 1 sent the charges to Mobile
as these men were going back
there. All of the disputes on this
ship were settled.

The SS Nickjack Train, Los
Angeles Tankers, signed articles
in the Gulf and went out into
the South Pacific where she was
run aground. The crew was re­
patriated into San Francisco and
paid off. All disputes were set­
tled to the satisfaction of the
crew.

WS\ AGAIN
SS Thomas Wolfe—South At­

lantic Steamship Company offers

one more example of the utter
incompetency of the WSA.

This ship came in from a voy­
age and paid off in good shape.
The first part of April she re­
signed articles expecting to make
another voyage.

After laying on the hook for
about a month, WSA decided to
lay the ship up in the boneyard.
Stripping preparatory to lay-up
was almost completed, except for
removing the gun mounts, when
the WSA decided that they would
use her for one more voyage, so
all the stripping had to be un­
done and the ship put in readi­
ness to make another voyage.

After getting the ship ready to
make another voyage, the WSA
decided to turn the ship over to
another Agent, C. J. Stevenson
and Company. This is an East
Coast outfit which has a con­
tract with the National Mari­
time Union.

When 1 learned of this move, 1
went to the Shipping Commis­
sioner and upon digging into
some old maritime laws, we de­
cided that it would be illegal to
force these men to sign off the
articles. . There is a law that
states that "if the crew is im­
properly discharged before com­
mencement of the voyage, the
crew may be entitled to a month's
pay, in addition to what they
have earned, even though they

have been on articles for more
than a month."

NO LOOPHOLE
"Commencement of the voy­

age" is taken to mean the time
the vessel starts loading cargo.
WSA has been trying for two
weeks to find a loophole in this
law whereby they can refuse to
pay this month's pay. Finally the
legal counsel for WSA admitted
and he has teletyped Washington
to that effect and asked for per­
mission to pay an additional
month's pay to all members of
the crew who are signed on
articles.

This is a very important de­
cision and 1 will keep the mem­
bership notified as to the final
disposition on this.

The SS Midland Victory—Cal-
mar Intercoastal: 1 boarded to­
day with Patrolman Simmons oi»
a routine check-up. The entire •
crew gave us a petition to have
the Third Assistant Engineer re­
moved from the ship as a detri­
ment to the crew.

This guy beat up our Steward
down in Los Angeles so badly
that the Steward had to be hos­
pitalized. Incidentally, the Stew­
ard was a man sixty years old.

We have demanded that thfr
Company remove this character
from the ship and if he is not re­
moved, we will certainly hang
the hook on her.

Clean Up Own Outfits, MCS, MFOW Men Are Told By SlU Agent
By ARTHUR THOMPSON

SAVANNAH — All our South
Atlantic ships, except the Duke
Victory and the James Swan have
sailed. Crewing up these ships
was a super-human job and,
while we managed to get them
out, a couple sailed short handed.

This is always a regretable
thing when there are Union mem­
bers ashore waiting for a job.
But these things do happen.

1 believe we contacted every
port except Boston for men, and
we were supplied by most of
these ports. 1 didn't purposely
overlook Boston, but we didn't
call them because of the time
element.

NEW SHIP
The Duke Victory, which was

just turned over to the South
Atlantic, was previously a West

Coast ship with three Unions rep­
resented on board. When it was
turned over, it was naturally our
ship and all unlicensed personnel

who did not belong to us or the
SUP had to get off.

Some of the these boys came
to see us and wanted to ship out
on trip cards. When I asked

them why they wanted to change,
they said they were dissatisfied
with the way their Union was
functioning.

1 told them if they were real
Union men and not satisfied with
their Union, it was their job to
straighten out their Union, since
it belonged to them, and not to
run out and try to join another
organization.

Of course, we also realize they
had no intention of joining us
in the first place, but merelj'
wanted a job, but they got no sat­
isfaction from us.

MFOW COOPERATION
The members fro.Ti the MFOW

&W gave up the ship with more
or less .good grace, but not so
the MC&S. According to one
report from Morris Burnstine,
the SIU Steward now aboard, the
MC&S did everything in their

w.'rc

power to sabotage this ship be­
fore they gave up.

They broke screens and locks
from the storeroom and linen
lockers, lost most of the dishes
and silverware, practically put
the galley range out of commis- *
sion, and at least one tub of but-y
ter and two bags of sugar were
missing from the stores.

The forecastles were left in an
unspeakably filthy condition and
the Steward and his gang are up
to their necks in work trying to
get the ship straightened out.

There was also talk of picket­
ing the ship, but this fell through,
probably becau.se they couldn't
get any backing since their beef
was no good anyway.

Well, that's about all from Sa-
vaimah, except that it's very
quiet again. 'We hope it won't
stay this way long.



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Pag» Ten TH £ SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 31, 1946

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SBIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS

^ 1- • No Leave
At Ports
In Arabia

1 Taking action on the report of
^ three-man investigating corn-
inittee, the crew of tiie SS Shick-
fehinny voted to make an over­
time pay claim for the period
(they were denied shore leave
|vhile in several ports of Saudi
(Arabia.
I The crew elected Brothers A.
E. Lotzgessell, A Mcrlendz and
B. W. Champlin to interview the
trjnited Stales consul to determ­
ine the cause of the shore leave

Idenial to unlicensed personnel of
^American merchant ships calling
tat the Arabian ports,
t The committee located the
Consul at Manama. Their ques­
tions were not answered satis­
factorily and they were able to
t'gather only second-hand infor­
mation" on the situation.

CANCELLED
' At Manama, shore leaves were
cancelled when a tanker crew got
drunk one night. The committee
was unable to learn who had is­
sued the order forbidding sailgrs
on shore.

At Ras Tanura which is a com­
pany town inhabitated by of­
ficials and employees only, the

VERBOKW/
Ui?oifr/

brder came from the chief of po­
lice. The Captain and the Pur­
ser of the Shickshinny were one
night entertained by Rag Tan-
ura's police chief. They brought

:iback to the ship a printed notice,
dated Dec. 15, 1946, which stated
that "due to violations of the
Saudi Arabia government's regu­
lations governing shore leaves
for ships' crews, all such leaves
were cancelled until further no­
tice."
;j The notice also "enjoined ship
captains from sending boats from
ship to shore," and advised them
to keep their men aboard their
vessels.

Two provocations were respon­
sible for the police edict in Ras
Tanura. One was a bit flimsy. It
was the same "drunken tanker
crew" story that originated at
Manama, though it was embell­
ished a iDit to fit the Ras Tanura
scene.

CORRUPTS ARABSI
It was alleged that the tanker

crew had done their drinking in
presence of Arabs who were

thereby corrupted and their faith
putraged. The only place beer is
•available is in company's club­
houses,
. Another story advanced for the

SHIPS ON THE HOOK AT NORFOLK

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This shot, made by the Bosun aboard the SS H. W. Grady, shows
some of the 356 ships that were tied up in Norfolk Harbor

recently.

MINUTES OF SlU SHIP MEETINGS
DIGESTED FOR EASIER READING

WILLIAM HARPER, Feb. 17
—Chairman H. Fruge; Secre­
tary Jim Case. Motion carried:
To hold meetings every two
weeks. Good and Welfare: List
made of needed repairs to fans,
bunk lights and galley stove.
Recommended was the install­
ation of an iron and ironing
board, the reconstruction of
fresh water tanks, replacing of
old linen and the procuring of

proper face soap. Voted that
any member caught leaving
cups or night lunches around
or throwing refuse on decks,
etc., be fined, the proceeds to
go to the Log. Night lunches
said to be of inferior type.
Steward will refer crew's re­
quest for ham in night lunches
to Captain as the supply is in­
sufficient to last out the trip.

{Continued on Page 11)

Chief Mate Is A Character,
Plays Shakespearian Roles

One thing is certain: the crew
of the SS has a sense
of humor. Another item is prob­
able: Brother Anthony La Torre,
acting secretary aboard the SS

is somewhat forget­
ful. He forgot to include the
name of his ship when he sent in
the minutes of the shipboard

meeting he recorded.

To get back to Item 1.: The
crew of the SS is har­
ried. But the members tfaddy on.
Stout fellas. They buck their
Bucko with a quip and a smile.
They record their grievances
with a gag.

They refer to their "beloved
Chief Mate," who, they say
"would make Captain Bligh feel
like a penny pincher." He struts
about like Simon Legree. "All he
needs is a bull whip."

The bucko also fancies him­
self in other roles, mostly Shake­
spearian. His language has an

police chief's action was that the
colored crew of another ship in
the port had entered the oil com­
pany's clubhouse causing resent­
ment among the company's re­
actionary men. The oil men urg­
ed the issuance of the "no shore
leave" proclamation. This ex­
planation was given to the
Shickshinny committee by an of­
ficial of Gray, MacKenzie and
Co., Ltd., stevedores and agents.

The committee, in submitting
the report to the crew, felt that
there wasn't any valid legal basis
for the restriction and the crew,
therefore, decided to make its
overtime claim.

Elizabethian flavor. Or perhaps
it goes back even further, for he
has a penchant for four-letter
Anglo Saxon words.

Chips was the object of his
Jovian wrath one day. He told
the Carpenter to perform a cer­
tain piece of work. Chips got all
fouled up in the elegant phrasing
of the command (commands, no
less), and misunderstood. The
Mate came charging down the
deck like a threshing machine.
"You dumb son of a bitch," he
bellowed.

A Brother was being Togged.
He told the Captain he had noth­
ing to say about it until he con­
tacted the Union. The Chief

lYow!

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ODOS ,

BODK*NS.'
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Crew Of Hart Crane
Votes On Job Action

Crew members of the SS Hart Crane decided on dras­

tic action at their shipboard meeting on May 13 to bring

into line a bucko Mate who was violating every rule in the

book: they voted to hang the hook in Trinidad if he didn't

come around. '
The Mate himself attended the

Mate was present and jumped at
the chance to ingratiate himself
as a company man. "The Union
isn't spiling these ships," he roar­
ed. "Their job is ashore."

Brother John Buzelski was
chairman aboard the anonymous
ship where the Mate, who we
have decided most closely re­
sembles Sir Toby Belch (since he
has to be in Shakesperian char­
acter), holds sway.

meeting, got tough and contrite
by turns as he heard himself at­
tacked from all quarters.

On the recommendation of all
delegates. Brother Holland, the
chairman, called for Chief Mate
J. A. Arena to attend the meet­
ing. The minutes say that he had
to be called twice "before he
would honor us with his pres­
ence."

First off. Mate Arena is a hog
for work. He pitches in on deck
any old time. The Chairman a.sk-
ed him whether he considered
the Bosun competent. He did,
but he considered only two other
men on deck competent.

WHOOPS!

That brought all hands to their
feet.

Members charged that the
Mate only compounded confusion
by his obfuscating orders. Bro­
ther Thompson, Deck Mainten­
ance, said he never finished a job,
because as soon as he started one
the Mate would start him on an­
other.

At this point Mr. Buckeroo got
rather hostile. He said from now
on he'd have everyone on deck
working from bell to bell. He
stormed around a bit.

"Look, Mister," said Chairman
Holland, "this is a Union meet­
ing. You will abide by the rules
or get the hell out."

The Mate simmered down. The
meeting got on with the charges.

Brother Little asked the Mate
about the 15 minutes the men
were supposed to have before
turning to on overtime. He said
he gave them an extra half hour
for this. (This was found to be
true on one occasion.) It was al­
so charged that the Mate failed
to provide receipts for overtime
all of the time. The Mate said
that were offered, but the men
failed to come after them.

A WARNING

The Chairman said he had
heard of the overtime bonus the
Mates could get, and warned hin)
not to buck for it on this ship.

Then came the matter of the
Mate roaming all over the ship,
entering the crew's quarters
without knocking. The Mate said
he had orders from the Captain
to inspect the quzuters every day.

Up spoke Brother Wall, the
Steward:

"I'm responsible for the quar­
ters of my men. I'm accoimtable
only to the Captain. Keep the
hell out."

Brother Holland followed
through. He told the Mate the
same deal went for the Engine
Department quarters: If he want­
ed to inspect them he would have
to be with the Chief Engineer or
the First Assistant.

The Chairman followed this
with a demanat for a definite an-

•

swer on the matter of the Mate
working on deck. He told Arena
that if he didn't stay off the deck
the Bosun would hand in his
keys and that all hands in the
department would turn in over­
time on him.

Brother Herman came up with
a more militant suggestion. He

moved that if the Mate didn't
change his tactics that the mem­
bers hang the hook when the
ship reached Trinidad.

SERIOUS MOVE

The motion was put up for dis­
cussion. It was pointed out to
the younger members that this
was a serious move, and that if
it were decided on all hands must
stick together. An amendment
was then put on the motion that
the Mate be put on probation for
72 hours, and if the ship sailed
before that time the action would
be taken in the next port.

The Chairman then asked
whether it was agreeable to the
members present for the Deck
Department to vote on the mat­
ter, and the other department to
abide by their decision. It was.
All members of the Deck Depart­
ment were present except the
man at the wheel, and he was to
be informed of the discussion and
vote later.

The count of hands showed
that the Deck Department was
100 percent for the motion.

The minutes point out that the
Chief Mate is the only officer
aboard who is not considered
competent and a swell fellow.
Special mention was made of the
Purser, who was accorded "plenty
of hurrahs." His name, say the
minutes, "is Charles. M. Good,
and he is that."

Brother Wall acted as record­
ing secretary and sent in the
complete and comprehensive
minutes.



Friday, May 31, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven

Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings
(Continued from Page 10)

EUGENE E. O'DONNELL.
March 25—Chairman Edward
Cole; Secretary W. F. Carra-
way. It was reported that the
Captain and the Purser are
charging 25 cents on a case of
beer, with no beer to the crew
if they don't pay the charge.
Suggested that the whole slop-
chest be investigated. Follow­
ing suggestions were made:
That Delegates see heads of
their departments about having
the passageway bulkheads
cleaned; that the carpenter
build a wooden bread box; that
the wash room be kept cleaner;
that, for the benefit of the
Cooks and Messmen, the life­
boat leave at 6:30 for shore lib­
erty, and that inquiry be made
ns to why Union paper has
not been received lately.

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lYo, Ho! Barbary Coast
pays Are Back Again

Two tripcarders aboard the SS
Edwin N. Moore, who claimed
they were "practically shangh-
ied" in 'Frisco, at least have the
satisfaction of knowing that their
alleged "shanghiers" got a couple
of cats in the bag.

From a shipboard meeting on
the high seas, presided over by
Brother Skinner, the minutes
say that all tripcarders and per­
mit men were recommended for
membership with the exception
of two. For the reason that the
rest of the crew found them to be
"poor workers."

The poor "poor workers"
countered the charge with the
"shanghai" claim and called on
the Union to "watch that prac­
tice." They said that they were
not satisfied with their jobs in
the Steward Department, hence
the laying down.

The matter will later be pre­
sented to a Patrolman, say the
minutes submitted by Brother
Bacchus, secretary.

XXX
EUGENE E. O'DONNELL,

April 15—Chairman Edward
Gole; Secretary W. F. Carra-
way. It was suggested that
Mate be seen about getting
smoke-bombs for cockroaches
in fo'c's'les. Also suggested
that users keep the washrooms
cleaner, thai the practice of
stealing of light bulbs, from the
washrooms, passageways and
rooms cease. Victrola to be
played only between 7:30 a.m.
and 11 p.m., and recreation ma­
terials are to receive better
care.

XXX
SIDNEY LANIER, Feb. 12—

Chairman Glenon Jokerst; Sec­
retary Thomas David. Motions
carried: All depts. use heads
specified for them; to have en­
gine delegate obtain new quar­
ters for Firemen because of
noise; to keep recreation and
mess halls clean; to have Stew­
ard keep sufficient amount of
glasses and cups for crew's
mess; 4-8 watch to clean recre­
ation room in morning;, to have
men on watch fed first, day
men second and men off watch
last.

Si

JAMES GUINN, Jan. 20—
(Chairman and secretary not
noted). All departments re­
ported satisfactorily,, Bosun
Fred Mason claims that the
Captain is always interferring
with the work on deck; he
paints quarters and passage­
way^ to save overtime. Rec­

ommended that a resolution be
considered for presentation at
next meeting proposing remov­
al of Captain.

XXX
JAMES MILLER, March 2—

Chairman A, King; Secretary
V. Marcussen. Discussions on
the following: Bunks aft should
be placed in their proper
foc'sle; all men signing off
should leave foc'sle clean for
next crew; all dirty linen to be
returned to the Steward; over­
time should not be refused by
anyone unless for illness. Good
and Welfare: the following sug­
gestions were made: Main deck
port holes should be equipped
with glass ports; one chair be
replaced and several repaired
in the messhall; men using
messhall at night should keep
it cleaner; coffee urn to be kept
clean by all and enough fresh
coffee be kept out at all times.
A motion carried to keep star­
board passageway on main deck
clean, work to be equally di­
vided by Engine and Steward
Depts.

XXX
F. M. QUINONES, March 20

—Chairman Rhode; Secretary
D'Ambrosio. Discussion on 3>/2
days overtime while anchored
outside Oran without shore
leave. Captain states we were
not registered in port, there­
fore still out at sea and that
men were put on day work, not
watches. Motions carried:to take
this overtime to dept. heads, if
they refuse to okeh it, sheets
will be turned over to Patrol­
man; to fine anyone 25 cents
caught throwing butts, or spit­
ting on deck, proceeds to go to
men in hospitals.

XXX
JEAN RIBAUT, April 5 —

Chairman John Flanagan; W. J.
Plauche. Locks in all fo'csles
need repairs. Settled issue of
who is to clean crew's wash­
room. Motions carried; mess,
formerly used for gunners, to
be converted to library, car­
penter arranged several shelves
for books; men to take respon­
sibility of keeping things look­
ing like home. Captain was
told about glasses needed in
port holes, and the need for a
clock percolator and toaster
in the messhall.

XXX

WARD HUNT, March 28 —
Chairman Thomas Kustas; Sec­
retary John Dugina. Motions
carried: Steward Dept. to use
their shower and toilet on the
port side, plus the spare toilet,
since they aren't as crowded
as these in the other depts.;
that Ordinary Seamen, Utility
and Wiper alternate each day in
cleaning library; that radio in
crew's mess be repaired by
radio operator, or Delegate will
see Captain on matter.

XXX

MURRAY M. BLUM, April 6
—Chairman Kastrivas; Secre­
tary Hale. A silent prayer was
offered for mariners lost at sea.
Good and Welfare: Bosun com­
plained about not getting what
he ordered—got beef instead
of pork. Cook agreed in future
to give him what he wants.
The crew's request for more
bread in their night lunches
was granted. Agreed that crew
using night lunch is to clean up.

4^ » &
GEORGE H. DERN, Feb. 10—

Chairman A1 Stansbury; Sec­
retary A1 Kramer. Election of
ship's delegates. One minute

of silence observed for depart­
ed brothers. Good and Welfare:
Black Gang and Steward Dept.
to share starboard side toilet.
Motions carried: to make cov­
ers for mushroom ventilators
in unlicensed personnel's quar­
ters; to follow same sanitary
rules as did last crew, with
upping of fines; to have elec­
tric coffee urns repaired.

S- i, S,
FRANCIS L. LEE, Jan. 27—

Chairman James Babson; Sec­
retary Ralph Jochem. Motion
carried: To make a list of rules
and reguIationR, inchiding a
list of fines for infractions
thereof. Money collected to be
donated to Baltimore marine
hospital. Delegates to collect
fines at end of trip. Good and
Welfare: Black Gang to get
one extra shower and toilet
from Steward dept. Suggestion
for change in night lunch.

XXX

They're Abaft The Beam
On Fore and Aft Problem

The pros and cons have been

running fore and aft on the fore
and aft question on the SS Gov­

ernor John Lind but there is no
news on a settlement yet.

The arguments were an out­

growth of announced "drastic"
changes in Bull Line ships fo'csles

to begin in May. The Captain,

Mates and crew were making a
verbal football of the situation.

The Deck Department is pres­
ently sleeping aft, Firemen and
Wipers snoozing forward. The
proposed change would have the
Engine Department taking over
the gun crew's quarters aft and
would shift the Deck Department
forward to make room for cargo.

Twelve crew members (from
the Deck gang, no doubt) have
written letters to the Union and
the Bull Line. They said, in part,
"We know a lot of you Brothers
have slept forward and know
what a hell of a time you have
getting 'midships to go on watch
in rough seas."

And "a hell of a time" it is.

XXX
KYSKA, March 10 —Chair­

man Misha Sygall; Secretary
Niel Nielsen. Motions carried:
that each member donate $1.00
to a flower fund to be used in
decorating grave of deck cadet
who was killed by fall into No.
4 hatch in Peru! that an iron
be put in laundry room; coffee
pot be furnished for watches;
that everyone return used
dishes and spoons to pantry
when finished; that deck en­
gineer and two deck mainten­
ance men be separated into
two fo'csles.

XXX
CHISHOLM TRAIL. March

18 — Chairman Howard Pearcy;
Secretary Frank Kerr. Dept.
delegates reported on overtime
and a few minor beefs that had
been squared away. Ship's
delegate reported on fines and
asked crew members to con-
tine turning in offenders.
Chairman suggested general
checkup of messhalls and ice­
box. Also suggested that gun­
ner's mess be used for a library,
that with water running low
salt water be used for washing
heads and alleyways, that all
magazines be kept for others
to use. Ship's Delegate dis­
cussed trip cards and books and
read Union literature.

SEAFARER SAM SAYS:

AKE EVERY TRIP
A COURSE IN UNION­
ISM. AN INFORMED
MEMBERSHIP IS AN
AlERT MEMBERSHIP.

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CUT AND RUN
By HANK

Little Earl Hoffman has been in town for a few weeks. How
do you like New York, Earl? . . . Oiler Paul Kita was down in
Norfolk, shipping out . . . Steward A. A. Garcia is on a Victory
ship, we're informed. Have you any Victory stew. Stew? . . . Bosun
Dan McKinnon, Oiler Pete Hanson and "Chips" G. Marquardt are
lucky to be on a ship at sea. They should be having better weather
than the chilly and rainy days we've been having . . . Bosim Lou
Collins (one of the best) , John "Spatz" Hertling, Salvatore Frank
and Deck Delegate Casey are on our oldtimer, the Schickshinny.
This week will tell the story on whether she will be sold to Argen­
tina, according to the rumor.

James McFarlane and Duane (Bulch) Goodenough are fry­
ing io ship oul righi now. Steward Bill Hanold wishes you guys
good luck fellas . . . Well, well. Blackie Susce is with us again*
What's new with you, Oldtimer . . . Victor Seekman had a large
lift weight sent to the hall so he can take it with him when
he gets a ship. Say, Vic, why don't you lend lease that weight
to some overtime chiseling Mate (if you happen to get one on
the ship) who likes to work Deck Department work. Aw, maybe
he would put in for overtime even for exercise, too.

X X X X

J. Stevenson, N. Hernandez and N. Cairns are shipping out.
Brother Cairns would like to say hullo to J. Arabasz, for old
Brother "Woodsie" C. P. B. Do these initials mean. Central Park
Brothers, by any chance? . . . "Shorty" Seavy is ready to sail out
of New York for a long trip.

Patrolman Jimmy Sheehan got married last week and all of
the Brothers who know him are shouting congratulations and wish­
ing him and his wife lots of happiness . . . There's Bill Gale, with a
Tampa smile, waiting to ship out . . . Roderick Smith, slowly recov­
ering from his injury, was talking over old times with one of our
best shipmates. Lucky Lee Luciano. Did you see Mike Rossi up­
town, Lee? Smitty wants to know where Baldy Bollinger is right
now? . . . John De Abreu has decided to use his horse sense with a
Liberty ship soon, after a recent inflationary experience . . . Emil
Geare is sweating it out as a Cook on a ship instead of in the HalL

Jacksonville Item: Len Paradeau paid off there recently,
then went to Norfolk. Wonder if he's still in Ray White's town?
, . . Buster Moore and Harry Simmons, who sailed recently on
the West Coast ship, the SS William Carson on a bauxite run,
should be in New York soon . . . Charlie Lee, Gulf 70, shipped
Bosun on a bauxite ship, the SS John Gorrie . . . Eddie Wilker-
son, former Galveston Patrolman, just shipped on the SS Irvin
Cobb to say hullo to La Belle France . . . E. Carlton and B. -
Sheely are standby Black Gang men, still standing by!

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Ozzie Okray, who paid off in Baltimore recently after hitting
good Russian ports, shipped out last week out of New York. Say,
Ozzie, when do you think Leo Siarkowski will be back from the
Pacific, on that China run he's on . . . Eddie Radzvila brother of
that Smiling Cook, Frank Radzvila, is looking for a good long
trip. Where's the Delaires, Frank . . . Chet Pye is a Isthmian
volunteer organizer, we're informed.



Page Twelve THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, May 31, 1946

THE MEMBERSHIP
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CAiPTAIN ABOARD
BUTTON GWINNETT
CAUSED TROUBLE
Dear Edilor:

I enclose the facts on the hap­
penings aboard the SS Button
Gwinnett.

At the outset of this trip the
Chief Cook had to do the Second
Cook's and Galley Boy's WOfk, as
there were none aboard until
four' days after arrival. The
Steward was always going ashore
on company business. We finally
got a Galley Boy and Second
Cook and left for Galveston. Up­
on arrival the Second Cook de­
cided to get off by mutual con­
sent, as he was dissatisfied with
conditions.

When the Captain saw his re­
placement finally arrive, he said
to let him go, and said sarcastic­
ally that he wanted a baker, as
he noted the man was young and
apparently just out of school. The
Port Steward told the Steward
to give the boy a chance. The kid
had come from New Orleans to
get the ship and he was a very
willing young man, but, as hap­
pens quite often, he got mixed up
on his first batch of hot cakes,
whereupon the Captain came
from the salon and told him he
might as weU get off, as he didn't
know his job.

Upon arrival in Houston the
Captain and Steward went to the
company officer and were told
they couldn't get rid of the Sec-

THREE TAKIES' ON WHITE OAK

ond Cook unless he would go off
mutually, as the company would
have to pay his transportation
back to New Orleans.

At an earlier meeting the crew
felt that the Chief Cook, who was
drinking, was causing all the
trouble and voted to have him
get off. After the Steward had
fired the Second Cook, I, as ship's
delegate, went to the Houston
Hall to see about the method
used. The Agent and Patrolman
came aboard the ship with the
Second. We held a meeting at
w*hich the Steward said that if
the man did not quit he would
call in the Coast Guard to pull
his papers. The crew, realizing
that the Chief Cook was at fault,
voted that he stay on. The Sec­
ond said he didn't want to stay
on under those circumstances,
though. We got a new Second
Cook and sailed for Italy.

- From then on the Captain was
after the Chief Cook, who was
doing the work of the Steward as

111 well as his own. The Captain was
heard to say that he "would get"
the Chief Cook before the trip
was over.

..The Captain also had the Pur­
ser make up my pay and ordered
me fired. The Chief Engineer re-

V, fused to agree to such a demand.

J Arriving in Italy, me Chief
the Bosun and a Wiper 1

The anonymous Brother who sent this in says it was taken "on
board the luxury ship White Oak," with, from left. Bob Wilson,
now in England; J. Bluitt and C. Devers. Too bad one of them
isn't a Carpenter, so we could call him "Chips of the White Oak."

proceeded to , drink. The Chief SKIPPER, MATE
Cook got hold of .some rotten li­
quor and one morning turned to,
as usual, but took sick. He asked
me to arrange for him to go to
the hospital. I told him if he
was really sick and not drunk I
would see about it. I am willing
to swear that he wasn't drunk,
for there was no smell of liquor
about him. I told the Steward
and he said he would speak to
the Captain. .Later on two MPs
came qboard and took the Chief
away in a jeep. The next time
heard about him, I learned he
wasn't taken to any hospital or
doctor, but to jail and put in a
dungeon.

He was kept there from Friday
to Monday. I went to the Cap­
tain and asked him to put the
Chief under my care. His an­
swer was that he would be kept
in jail until one hour before sail­
ing time.

Meanwhile, the Bosun and
Wiper — tripcard men — were
drunk for three days and noth­
ing was done about it.

I do not believe this should be
allowed on our ships. Just be­
cause a Captain dislikes a man
because he is a Union man, he
should not be allowed to hang
him. The Steward said the
Union couldn't or wouldn't do
anything. I think the Union
should. There were no charges
against the Chief Cook by the
Army; they were merely acting
on the Captain's orders.

I don't think we should let a
Captain get away with this.

Bill Thompson,
Ship's Delegate

Ybu CANTIROUOW

OKEH; THE FIRST
SPOILED THE TRIP
Dear Edifor:

We, the members of the Wil­
liam Maclay, wish to put in a
good word for Skipper Pete
Oberg and Chief Mate Jimmy
King. They have proven beyond
doubt, they are regular guys. It
would be wise for the gang on
the beach to watch for this pair
because they give conditions,
long dreamed about by all rope
chokers. Draws were plentiful
and needless to say, so was the
rum and Senoritas down in Cuba
and the other Rum and Coke Isl­
ands.

Conditions in the Engine Room
were not so hot. The Second and
Third Assistants are regular fel­
lows, but the First (Worst) Assis­
tant and the Chief are characters.
They will bear watching. Many
of the oldtimers remember Wiiis-
key Wilson, the ex-Waterman
hero. He is up to his old tricks-
chiseling and conniving, as he did
years ago. The Black Gang stay­
ed in an uproar practically the
whole trip due to the First's ef­
forts and attitude. Just give him
a few more years and watch his
record.

Now for the Calories Depart­
ment. The Steward and his en­
tire staff that includes some old

timers, functioned well and their
cooperation was always timely
and here the crew wishes to
thank them for same.

There seems to be one sore
spot, on plenty ships all through
the war years and that was the
Ship's Purser. Frank Dietlein,
the Purser on the Maclay, is an
exception to all rules. He played
ball with the crew at all times,
and the crew appreciated his
work in their behalf.

Signed The Entire Crew

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

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

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

twiN'wr I ~
frim?/ o ^

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

SAVANNAH AGENT
SUGGESTS SALE
OF BOUND LOGS
Dear Editor:

I am writing this letter to ob­
tain some information concern­
ing the acquiring of the new lea­
ther bound volume of the Sea­
farers Log. I would like to get
all of the back issues of the Log
for the years 1944 and 1945. Do
you have any left?

I thing if the Union would go
on record to authorize you to
print and bind all of the previous
issues of the Log, that quite a bit
of revenue could be obtained by
selling these to the membership
at a nominal fee or at cost any­
way. Dut to the fact that the Log
does not accept paid advertising,
the selling of the back issues of
the Log would pay for it going
to press for a few issues at least.
I realize that quite a few sub­
scriptions would have to be sold
before it would be profitable to
go to press with the volumes.

Hoping to hear from you in the
very near future regarding the
back issues of the Log, I remain

E. B. "Mac" McAuley
Savannah Agent

(Editor's Note:

A limited number of volumes
of the Log have been bound and
will be sent to the Branches and
will be put aboard SIU ships. The
suggestion for selling them to
members is a good one. except
that the cost would be prohibi­
tive, and the SIU doesn't want to
make a profit out of its mem­
bers.)

Log-A - Rhythms
Labor

Anonymous

I've builded your ships and your
railroads,

I've worked in your factories and
mines.

I've builded the roads you ride
on,

I've crushed the wild grapes for
your wines.

I've worked late at night on your
garments,

I've gathered the grain for your
bread,

Tve builded the house that you
live in,

I've printed the books that"
you've read.

I've linked the two great oceans
together,

I've spanned your rivers with
steeL

I've builded your towering sky­
scrapers.

And also your automobile.

I've gone out to wrecked ships in
the lifeboats.

When the storm loudly cried for
it's prey;

I've guarded your homes from
marauders,

I've turned the night into day.

Whenever there's progress you'll
find me.

Without me the world could not
live;

And yet you would seek to des»
troy me.

With the meager pittance you
give.

Today you may grind me in
slavery.

You may dictate to me from the
throne;

But tomorrow I throw off my
fetters.

And am ready to claim what I
own.

I am master of field and of fac­
tory,

I am mighty and you are but few.
No longer I'll bow in submission,
I am LABOR and ask for my due.

Dear Editor:
I came across this anonymous

letter in a newspaper some time
ago. I think it is especially per­
tinent right now.

John J. Hunt

DEAD; SEAMAN'S
MOTHER WRITES
POEM J?OR LOG
Dear Editor:

I wish to express my thanks to
you for putting my poem and let­
ter in the Seafarers Log so
promptly. When I have another
I will send it along.

I enjoy reading the Log very
much, since I married a merchant
mariner 20 years ago and had
three sons who were merchant
seamen. One was lost on a mer­
chant ship in 1942, and another
was killed while serving in the
Coast Guard.

Yours for service to the Mer=
chant mariners.

Mrs, W. L, BTnowlton

fen ...



Friday, May 31. 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Thixleen

MORE ON BUNTLINE'S TRIP TO ICELAND AND BACK
^ ^

NO, IT WASN'T
MICHELET, SAYS
BROTHER AT N.O.
Dear Editor:

A couple of weeks ago you ran
a poem called Merchant Seaman
in the Log-A-Rhythms column,
said it sounded like Frenchy
Michelet.

It did not come from the facile
pen of Brother Michelet, but was
adapted (that is, the meter
rhythm) by our own Tommy
Sweeney here in the New Or­
leans Hall. The kid doesn't look
for personal aggrandisement, and
is doing an excellent job as a
sort of junior patrolman. He
will probably want to shoot me
when he finds out I have told
you. B. Sitlon

% %

Last week we ran a couple of
pictures Edmund Eriksen made
in Iceland during the stay of
the Buntline Hitch there. Here
are some shots made on the
way there and back: Top, The
Hitch loads cargo at Halifax;
center. Tom Santalucia, OS; A.
Franken, AB and Pete Amadoo,
OS, wear plenty of clothes as
they secure gear going out of
Halifax, and bottom, the grand­
est sight of the trip—the New
York skyline as the Buntline

put into New York Harbor.

» 3^

'DRUNKEN SAILOR PHRASE?:.
"As far as the Navy is concern­

ed, heavy drinking is the eAoep-
lion rather than the rule. There
are no peculiarities in Navy life
that lead to excessive drinking.
However, in the Metchant Mar­
ine alcoholism is much more of a
problem. Dr. Robert G. Heath of
the Merchant Marine Rest Center
believes that men go to sea for
the same reasons they drink—ah'
escape from unpleasant life situ­
ations.

"Many sailors who are alcohol­
ics ashore have no desire to drink

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

BROTHERS SEEK CLARIFICATION
ON LAUNCH SERVICE IN PORT

I'd like to know whether the Alcoa Steamship Company,
which operates the Alcoa Cutter I'm on, is supposed to furnish
launch service when its ships are anchored out in the harbor of
a foreign port. If so, for how many trips, and what is the pen­
alty for lack of such service.

Chaiies Gotten, Deck Delegate
Charles Palmer, Engine Delegate
Norman Hall, Stewards Delegate

ANSWER: No, Brothers, under our agreement with. Alcoa
ihere is no clause affecting launch service in foreign ports. Sev­
eral of our contracts provide for it, but not all of them. We're
sending you copies of the agreement.

LETTER TO LOG
HELPED SEAMEN
IN S. I. HOSPITAL
Dear Editor:

In my previous letter, which
you published on May 9, I com­
plained of insufficient and cold
food here at the Staten Island
Marine Hospital. I think the let­
ter has done some good, thanks
to the Log. The food is reason­
ably warm now, though the qual-

few billions here and there, most­
ly thei-e, he has not got around
to the starving Americans.

I should like to say a word
here about the personnel: every­
one I have met, from the doctors
down to the maids and orderlies
deserve a. vote of thanks and
gratitude. Many a nurse, order­
ly or maid goes out of his way' ever was seen through the war.

at sea, since life at sea fulfills the-
same purpose as alcohol."

I have known many Navy meiV'
who were cronic drinkers at sea
as well as ashore. Some have,
gone blind from drinking torpedo
juice. On a trip I made as a pa.s-
senger on the West Point during
the war from Sydney, Australia,
two men were put into camisoles
due to the performance they put
on, while under the influence of
hair tonic.

I would say the reason drink­
ing in the Navy is not on the
same par in the Navy as it is in
the Merchant Marine is that it is
more difficult to take liquor
aboard a Navy ship, and the con­
sequences if the person is caught.

H. J. Chesterfield

POMPOUS PURSER
IS PUT IN PLACE
BY ALCOA CAPTAIN
Dear Editor:

Regards from every member of
this crew. And as a gang goes
this is one crew that is nearer
the oldtime peace crews than

to please a patient. When you
consider that these people all are
overworked due to overcrowding,
you cannot help admiring the
way they carry on against heavy
odds.

Now, dear "Ed", in behalf of
some of the Brothers here, we
wish to thank the Log for the in­
terest shown us by taking our
pictures and listening to our com­
plaints. It was a great morale
booster, since a man in here has
little or no contact with the out­
side world.

We always look forward to the
arrival of the ho.spital delegate,
that smiling and cheerful Broth­
er who delivers the Log, always
friendly and helpful — our one
bright spot during confinement
here.

In signing off, I sincerely hope
that our SIU, through its intelli­
gent leadership and the power of
the Log may attain the high
standards we are fighting to ob­
tain for our Brotherhood.

Bill Bause

ity and quantity still are below
the American standard.

That, of course, cannot be
blamed on anyone but the auth­
orities responsible for setting the
rate per head—^probably during
the depression. And, of course,
with Uncle Sam handing out a

MERCHANT SEAMEN
DRINK MORE THAN
NAVY MEN, HUH?
Dear Editor:

Here is an excerpt from an ar­
ticle that appeared recently in a
popular- magazine. Although it
makes interesting reading I am
afraid that I cannot agi-ee with
Dr. Heath.

Is there any truth in the fa­
miliar

have been anchored out here at
Maracaibo for about two weeks.'

We three delegates trotted up
to the Captain who -denied issu­
ing any such order. The outcome
is that the pompous Purser has
just gone ashore for passes and
money, an errand he did not
seem to relish. But he wiU learn.'

We'd like to request that you
send the latest copies of the Log
to reach us at the Port of Mara­
caibo, Venezuela.

We hope to come in with «
clean payoff.

Charles Cotlon,
Charles Palxner.
Norman HalL

-•"T

All three departments pull to­
gether. They get drunk together,
but when work is to be done aU
hands are on the job. The licen­
sed personnel on the Alcoa cut­
ter are all rigth as far as they
go, up to the present time.

Only one difficulty arose
through the mistaken idea of the
Purser. He gave out such infor­
mation as: "no money, no shore
leave, no launch service," and we

GET A



K '

THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. May 31. 1946

Seafarers Protests Transfer
Of Marine Bureau To Coast Guard

t
ft

w-. -

(Cofjfinucd from Page 4)

A time limit of sixty (60) days
• is imposed. The law imposes the

onerous task upon any group ob­
jecting to the proposals of orig­
inating a resolution, having same
brought to the attention of both
Houses of Congress and then
having a joint resolution passed,
negativing the President's pro­
posals, all within the period of
sixty (60) days from the date of
the submission of the proposals
to the Congre.ss,

It should also bo noted that
the terms of the law tend to de­
prive the people of the United
States of the time honored pro­
tection of Public Hearings which
are the usual incident to the pro­
posal of new legislation to the
Congress.

We respectfully point out to
the President that our position
in this matter has been adopted
and affirmed by all other Mari­
time Unions in the industry, rep­
resenting both licensed and un­
licensed personnel, including the
following organizations:

Seafarers International Union
of North America; Sailors Union
of the Pacific; National Maritime
Union; Pacific Coast Marine Fire­
men, Oilers, Watertcndcrs and
Wipers Association; Marine
Cooks and Stewards; Marine En­
gineers Beneficial Association;
Masters Mates and Pilots Organi-
tation; American Communica­
tions Association; the Radio Of­
ficers Union and the Inland Boat­
men's Union of the Pacific.

The letters from the Bureau of
the Budget did not advise us that

the presentation of our views
would be limited to cursory cor­
respondence with it. According­
ly, we were never given an op­
portunity to be heard on a sub­
ject of vital importance to the
hundreds of thousands of men
employed in the Maritime indus­
try. As a result of the submis­
sion of this proposal to the Con­
gress in the manner indicated,
we are now presented with a
task which is difficult and bur­
densome, and therefore obviously
unfair.

In view of the situation, as
above described, we are con­
vinced that this entire matter has
never been properly brought to
your attention and considered
with the care appropriate to the
importance of the subject. We
therefore are addressing this let­
ter to you in the hope and ex­
pectation that you will withdraw
Part 1 of Re-organization Plan
No. 3 of 1946 from the Congress
until such time as you have had
an opportunity to carefully con­
sider the proposed change after
a Public Hearing on the entire
subject.

Assuring you of our keen in­
terest in this matter, which we
deem to be vital to the welfare
of the Merchant Marine, and
trusting to be favored with your
response at the earliest conven­
ient opportunity, we are, with
kindest regards.

Sincerely yours,
JOHN HAWK,
Vice-President,
Seafarers Intl. Union

of North America
Atlantic & Gulf Dist.

LOOK HERE!
By ERIC UPCHURCH

I renege on my previous opin­
ion that the Monday night educa­
tional meetings should be en­
larged to include the rank and
file membership. If the officials
lake the proper steps, it isn't
necessary.

In the words of Horace Mann,
"Neither the art of printing nor
the trial by jury, nor a free press,
nor free suffrage can long exist
without schools for the training
of teachers; for if the character
and qualifications of teachers be
allowed to degenerate, the free
schools will become pauper

schools, and the pauper schools
will produce pauper souls, and
the free press will become a false
and licentious press, and the ig­
norant voters will become venal
voters, and through the medium
and guise of republican forms an
oligarchy of profligate men will
govern the land."

Horace Mann also said, "Be
ashamed to die until you have
achieved some victory for hu­
manity."

We should make a placard of
these words, and hang it in the
Organizing Office for the bene­

fit of those men reluctant to ship
aboard unoi-ganized vessels.

XXX
Belly Robbing

One doesn't have to be washed
in the Blood of the Lamb to en­
joy the sound philosophy fron:
the Bible. It is an interesting
book to read, just for the pur­
pose mentioned.

Chapter 12 of Romans affords
very good advice to any man
active in the Labor Movement.
And to those leaders at the Great
Divide, I'd suggest reading 1 Cor­
inthians, IX: 14.

Then, of course, you always
have the old standby to throw at
the Cooks—Hebrews XIII: 8. The
words, "Eat, drink, and be merry,
for tomorrow we may die," are
often mistaken for as words from
the Bible. But the actual words
are, "Let us eat and drink, for
tomorrow we may die."

The origin is 1 Corinthians,
XV: 32. I prefer the mistaken
version with the annex, "merry."
To the highly supreme intelli­
gentsia in the membership,
this is suitable:

"Except ye utter by the tongue
words easy to be understood, how
shall it be known what is spoken?
For ye shall speak in the air."
1 Corinthians XIV: 9.

ATTENTION!
If you donT find linen

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

NEW YORK
SS MILTON SMITH

E. Brahan, $2.00; Dillon Fontenot,
$3.00; C. R. Hess. $2.00; B. L. Perry,
$12.00; Veron Asbogast, $1.00; John
Ferguson, $2.C. ; W, Bose, $2.00; F. P.
Rabalais, $1.00; C. A. Almerieo, $2.00;
B. W. Jensen. $2.00; M. R. Short, $1.00;
N. Risey, $2.00; A. K. Civens, $1.00.

Total—$33.00.

SS CARLOS FINLAY
Thomas Ferris. $2.00; R. Deck, $2.00;

A. Callfos, $2.00; C. B. Miles, $5.00;
W. J. McDonough, $2.00; J. Ormston,
$2.00; B. G. Hurley, $2.00; J. R. Bur­
gess, $2.00; D. R. Lawson, $2.00; G.
Shea, $2.00; T. G. Dwyer, $2.00; J.
Sanlonjans, $1.00; E. J. Dilder, $2.00;
A. R. Gentile. $2.44; A. O. Charfaonneau.
$2.00; M. T. King. $2.00. Total—$34.00.

SS GOVERNOR LINO
J. Pasapera, $1.00; Receipt No. B23S3,

$1.00; Wm. G. Gooden, tiOO; Juan
Color, $1.00; Dimas G. Doraan, $1.00; A.
Correa, $1.00; Gilbert E. King, $1.00;
Howard L. Holmes. $1.00; Jean Mc-
Nealy. $1.00. Total—$9.00.

Donated to the Savannah
Hospital by the crew of the
SS John Gorrie. the amount
of $9.12, which was sent to
the Savannah Agent.

SS KYSKA
E. M. Carlson, $1.00; J. B. Best, $3.00;

J. Maloney, $1.00; J. Hrdina, $1.00; H.
L. Wills, $3.00; H. Chavis, $3.00; W.
J. Brown, $1.00; J. Jordan, $1.00; F.
McConica, $1.00; M. G. Wandling, $2.00;
A. J. Nautnes, $3.00; Burke J. Weeks,
$3.00; G. Dean, $1.00; John D. Can-
trell, $1.00; C. Wiles, $1.00; Frank O.
Shumock, $1.00; Floyd Brewton, $1.00;
Willi# Kyles, 50c; L. A. Morse, $15.00;
George C. Pierre, $5.00; George A.
Jardieu, $50.0; Herman Earnest, $1.00.
Total—$54.50.

SS JOSEPH CONNOLLY
J. P. Winn, $4.00; R. Diaz, $4.00;

A. Sistronk, $2.00; W. F. Hiscock,
$3.00; L. C. Derbyshire, $5.00; C. E.
Alle $3.00; A. Sweet, $3.00; J. B.
Vearia, $5.00; D. T. Taylor, $3.00;
DeW. A. Ebbert, $2.00; O. F. Dicker-
son, $3.00; F. E. Wasmer, $3.00; W. E.
Steves, $5.00; J. F. Moran, $2.00;
M. J. Walsh, $5.00; L. W. Goldthwaite,
$2.00; W. R. Lanter, $3.00; J. Sidor,
$3.00; V. Chubon, $3.00; P. Bray, $2.00;
W. Torres, $2.00; J. A. Miranda, $2.00;
J. Oquendo, $2.00. Total—$71.00.

SS W. C. BRYANT
E. Kowndourakis, $1.00; P. Borrial,

$1.00; D. L. Lund, $1.00; L. 'i. Coley,
$2.00; $2.00; E. L. Chambless, $2.00;
j. P. Marcano, $2,00; F. E. Antilla,
$2.00; F. Martinez. $1.00; C. Howard.
$2.00; W. D. Johns, $2.00; F. Smith,
$2.00; B. H. Faulk, $2.00; W. E.
Kittrell, $2.00; J. W. Elliott, $4.00;
H. C. Laney, $4.00; D. Cotton, $2.00;
B. Bonofan, $2.00; P. Lacroes, $1.00.
Total—$35.00.

MV MOOSE PEAK
Henry Trick, $1.00; Donald Stod­

dard, $2.00; B. R. Kazmiersky, $2.00;
F. W. Bentz, $2.00; H. Juranis, $2.00;
J. V. McClain, $3.00; C. Dowling, $5.00:
S. J. Lewis, $2.00; R. L. Collins, $3.00;
R. G. Davis, $2.00; F. Muchelot, $2.00;
J. Rekstin, $2.00. Total—$28.00.

SS RICHARD ALVEY
H. Johnson, $2.00; R. C. Ljunggren,

$2.00; R. B. Long, $1.00; G. R. Griberg,
$2.00; G. Giordano, $3.00; J. E. Jack­
son, $1.00; P. Cheklin, $1.00; M. L.
Remstad, $2.00; .L Rhodes, $1.00; R.
Lyons, $2.00; D. Beck, $3.00; E. Leon-
onen, $3.00; John Ross, $2.00; C. R.
Kenneth, $2.00; J. Forrest, $2.00; W.
Grohulski, $ 1.00. Total—$30.00.

SS WEED
G. Bloom. $1.00; H. A. Schleback,

$2.00; Robert Prozinski, $2.00. Total
—$5.00.

SS W. K. KAHAHA
W. E. Craig, $2 00; E. J. Graebert,

$2.00; R. G. Cable, $2.00; W. Davies,
$1.00; R. J. Barba, $1.00; B. Chianco,
$2.00; J. S. Anderton, $2.00; R. L.
Casper. $2.00; W. W. Freeman, $5.00;

G. L. Butler, $2.00; H. H. Miller, $1.00.
Total—$22.00.

SS MAYO BROS.
H. A. Lipton, $2.00; W. Helvie, $2.00;

T. J. Wharsoe, $2.00; D. Chestnut,
$1.00; W. H. Jones, $2.00; R. C. Hill,
$2.00; E. Royal, $2.00; H. E. Selph,
$2.00; J. C. Glisson, $2.00; L. E. Hart­
ley, $2.00; H. S. Franklin, Jr., $2.00; E.
E. Dixon, $2.00; D. E. Mays, $2.00;
F. Landrum, Jr., $2.00. Total—$27.00.

SS W. SCOTT
J. Golden, $1.00; F. Vito, $1.00; R.

Annan, $1.00; F. J. CovelskI, $1.00; B.
Villanenna, $1.00; N. Rogewski, $2.00;
I. Beloir, $2.00; K. S. Hollstead, $2.00;
T. N. Cole, $2.00. Total—$13.00.

SS W. JOHNSON
V. DePaul Williams. $2.00; A. Ra-

dano, $1.00; R. Bright, $1.00; B. B
Darley, $2.00; J. L. Menaro, $2.00;
H. A. Robinson, $2.00; J. E. Larut,
$2.00; J. H. East, $2.00; J. B. Barrett,
N. Blakely, $2.00; J. Lunn, $2.00; F.
Farrell, $2.00; J. Pierce, $2.00; H. P.
Huff, $2.00. Total—$26.00.

SS CAPE MOHICAN
W. C. Buterfleld, $1.00; J. Morales,

$2.00. Total—$3.00.

SS CAPE BORDA
G. Rivera, $2.00; D. C. Stubbs, $2.00;

D. Coffey, $2.00; L. Brogi, $1.00. Total
—$7.00.

SS RUFUS FOSTER
H. Alder, $2.00; C. Scott. $2.00; A.

Southdas, $2.00; Dougles Furrow.
$10.00; H. Lincoln, $2.00; P. S. Parker,
$2.00; A. Burke, $2.00; A. Amato, $2.00;
C. Langley, $2.00; H. Brockman, $2.00;
Godo Fredo, $2.00; W. Garbee, $2.00;
J. Jackel, $2.00; A1 Smith, $2.00; C.
Lester, $2.00; A. Boney, $2.00; L. A.
Finger, Jr., $2.00; D. W. Rose, $2.00;
J. Wooten, $2.00; Robert Ward, $2.00;
W. A. Brown, $2.00; C. Bourland, $2.00;
Wm. Rosentenger, $2.00; J. Hand. $2.00;
W. C. Ashley, $2.00; R. C. Fritz, $2.00.

Total—$60.00.

SS CAPE ST. GEORGE
James Grady, Jr., $2.00; C. T. White,

$2.00; J. Oliver, $1.00; Joseph Jenkins,
$2.00; William Randall. $1.00; J. Berry,
$2.00; R. Darby, $2.00; R. Lyon, $2.00;
T. Chandler, $2.00; J. Miller, $2.00; W.
E. Murphy, $1.00; W. E. Lanier. $2.00;
G. Bane, $1.00; E. M. Ellis. $3.00; L.
A. Rotherham, $2.00; W. C. Truelove,
$2.00; J. L. Cobb, $2.00; J. P. Mackey,
$2.00; J. B. Wedgeworth, $3.00; M. N.
Evans, $3.00; C. L. Morehead, $3.00;
C. Simpson, $3.00. Total—$45.00.

The following members do­
nated to men in Brighton Ma­
rine Hospital:
J. Savage, SOc; S. Berkelan,
50c; C. Martinez. $1.00; N.
Reznichenko. SOc; J. Ryan,
SOc; E. Ottehberg. SOc; L. Al­
bert, $1.00; W. Ingalls, SOc;
G. Weilent, $1.00; J. Wojen-
ski, 7Sc. Total—$6.7S.

SS BURLINGAME
J. H. Pape. $2.00; T. J. Brennan,

$1.00; J. T. Newsom, $2.00; J. R.
Hoover, $2.00; F. Strunk, $2.00; A.
Fazzio, $2.00; F. Fernandez, $1.00; R.
E. Ketcherside, $2.00; W. D. Fuller,
$2.00; Theodore Blucmber, $2.00; Eu­
gene Parr, $2.00; Peter Blanchard, $2.00;
Joseph DeVore, $2.00; Donald Hurley,
$2.00. Total—$26.00.

SS WHITE OAK
C. Wolski, $1.00; V. V/. Bodine, $1.00;

J. Mqllale, $2.00; A. S. Butler, $5.00; M.
Sinolcick, $1.00; R. G. Rife, $1.00; J.
Heitman, $1.00; O. Carter, $2.00; A.
Butler, $7.00; J. P. Scully, $1.00; D.
Newell, $2.00. Total—$24.00.

SS STONEY CREEK
G. J. Robertson. $1.00; M. M. Mar­

tinez, $2.00; M. Mello, $2.00; W. F.
Seago, $2.00; E. Poreliot, $2.00. Total
—$10.00.

SS WM. PROUSE
G. L. Smith, $20.00; John C. Han­

cock, $5.00; S. N. Hurst, $5.00; K:
Howell, $5.00; T. R. Danzy, $2.00; D.
Nicholson. $5.00; E. A. Grady, $5.00;
E. Grady, .$1.00; William Anderton,

$5.00; C. L. Allen, $5,00; H, L. Payne,

$6.00; W. D. Makin, $2.00; T. J. Cal­
vert, Jr., $5.00; J. C. Jones, $5.00; C,
Lukcr, $5.00; M. J. Cook, $5.00; William
Clark, $5.00; W. Cornell, $5.00. Total
—$96.00.

SS CAPE NOME
Cyde P. Parker, $2.00; C. Wright.

$1.00; J. Maldonado, $1.00; I. Valles,
$1.00; S. Cohen, $1.00; L. Rente, $1.00;
I. Garcia, $1.00; J. Rodriguez, $1.00;
D. Butts, $3.00. Total—$12.00.

SS COASTAL STEVEDORE
F. A. Griffin, $1.00; B. Maldonado,

$1.00; J. H. Hicks, $2.00; H. D. Han-
scom, Jr., $1.00; F. P. Masquez, $1.00;
J. Diamond, $1.00. Total—$7.00.

INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS
Hans Eriksson. $1.00; Delmar L.

Hutchison, $1.00; W. W. Brown, $5.00;
Hans Eriksson, $1.00: Delmar L. Hutch­
ison, $1.00; W. W. Brown, $5.00; M. S,
Rutlcdge, $2.00; Kurt Starke, $5.00;
Harry Juranis, $1.00; John II. Spearn,
$1.00; N. E. Myers, $1.00; A. Longindes,
$4.00; C. D. Carlow, 50c; H. L. Alex-
ander, $2.00; R. Gonthier, SOc; D. P.
Eldmire, $3.00; G. Faunce, SOc; R,
Drake, SOc; J. H. Fruh, SOc; F. Jen­
kins, $2.00; Frank Romano, $1.00,
Total—$31.50.

Charles Kath. $2.00; J. E. George,
$3.00; G. R. Friberg, SOc; E. George,
$1.00; V. Romolo, SOc; O. B. Drum-
mond, $1.00; Receipt No. B 5303, $2.00;
A. Brown, $1.00; J. Malcolm, $2.00; J.
T. Ragland, $1.00; I. Galindez, $1.00;
E. Cottis, $2.00; S| Miskow, $2.00.
Total—$19.00.

From the crew of the SS
Ft. Frelinghuysen- the sum of
$11.40 to buy cigarettes for
the brothers in the Brighton
Marine Hospital.

NORFOLK
D. El win, $2.00; F. Mills, $2.00; D.

Sheperd, $2.00; J. Harris, $2.00; J. N.
Kellcy, $1.00; H. Wiltshire, $2.00; N.
W. Ross, $2.00; R. D. McBride, $2.00;
G. L. Quinn, $2.00; J. R. Warrick, $2.00;
W. F. Logan, $1.00; E. Layton, $1.00}
R. A. Kasier, $1.00; R. Frazler, $5.00;
J. W. Lindewood, $2.00; H. W. Burle­
son, $2.00; J. C. Nelson, $2.00; A. N.
Jean, Jr., $2.00; J. G. Collins, $2.00;
D. W. Batten, $2.00; V. E. Sawyer,
$2.00; L. Bensky, $2.00; R. E. McDonall,
$2.00; T. J. Madigon, $2.00; L. G. Daily,
$1.00; E. B. Hall, $2.00; A. S. Emmons,
$1.00; M. Lyndall, $2.00; H. M. Hon-
derson, $2.00; S. Piner, $1.00.

L. H. Lagman, $1.00; H. L. Lowery,
$1.00; J. Smith, $1.00; E. Kilford, $1.00;
F. Clomona, $1.00; R. T. Monelre, $1.00;
L. M. Steffek, $2.00; L. Moty, $2.00;
$2.00; T. R. Mather, $2.00; H. H. John­
son, $2.00; R. C. Bailiff, $2.00; J. P,
Gates. $2.00; C, D. Finken. $2.00; W. D.
Whetham, $2.00; J. E. Smith, $2.00; W.
R. Rowland, $2.00; T. E. Freeland,
$2.00;, L. Hcrnandes, $1.00; W. Flem-
ming, $2.00; R. Cleveland, $2.00; Capt.
of SS John E. Ward, $10.00; D. C.
Jones. $2.00; Ch. Mate of SS John E.
Ward, $10.00. Total—$111.00.

HOUSTON
SS FORBES ROAD

E. A. Hansen. $2.00; R. W. .Malizio,
$2.00; J. Banach. $2.00; R. H. Valden,
$2.00; J. W. Sterling, $2.00; J. T. Robin­
son. $4.00; R. T. Kokaska, $2.00; K.
Kreitinger, $2.00; R. L. Austin, $2.00;
Ed Westlake, $2.00; Robt. Sherman,
$2.00; J. B. Newman, $5.00; H. A.
Tintle, $2.00; S. Billiy, $2.00; P. Good-
paster, $2.00; T. E. Coleman, $2.00;
D. Poryles, $2.00; A. R. Bellem, $2.00;
R. T. Charlton, $2.00; S. Gordon, $2.00,
Total—$43.00.

INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS
S. S. Rodriguez, $2.00; O. C. Harris,

$2.00; C. W. Lain, $1.00; P. A. Short,
$2.00; James Lohr, $2.00; Walter Gam-
bill, $2.00; K. A. Pugh, $2.00; W. C.
Nugent, $1.00; Sam L. Rasco, $1.00; J.
Rhoades, $1.00; J. B. Irving, $2.00;
W. Henderson, $2.00; K. Nixon, $2.00;
C. E. Crawford, $2.00; E. Vige, $2.00;
J. S. Capps, $2.00; R. C. Lumpkin,
T. W. David, $1.00; C. S. WiliStms,
$1.00; T. E. Cordon, $1.00; R. C. Cook,
$1.00. Total—$34.00.



• '•»
Friday. May 31. 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Pas« Fifteen

Bonesio, Roma In 7.46

Bonet, Guendo 18.09

Bonet, T 1.98

Bonura, V. T .27

Bonzon, William J 8.47

Booker, Joseph H 1.33
Bookx, Carl H .69
Boone, Albert 5.94
Booth, A. C 29.00
Boothe, Melvin H 2.12
Booy, Arend 35.00
Bordelon, Thomas A 3.61
Bordine, Jack F 2.82
Bori, Herbert E 26.53
Boruta, Victor A 3.96
Bosley, Paul R 7.42
Boxx, W 6.11
Bosworth, Chester J 5.50
Bos worth, Robert 9.03
Boteler, James K 8.95
Botelho, Louis ... 16.09
Bothine, E. A 2.67
Boiidreaux, D .79
Boudreaux, Willard 3.31
Boudreaux, Wm. A. 2.75
Boufford, Weland 2.82
Boura.ss, A. E 9.50
Bowrdon, Arthur P 4.00
Bourdon, Wm. F 15.30
Bourdonnay, Louis .99
Bourdennay, Louis 2.24
Bourg, Junice A 7.60
Bousfield, Harold W 2.82
Bouton, Wm. T 12.92
tfcuzan, Wm. J 35.61
Bo wen, James 14.67
Bowen, Llewellyn R , 11.71
Bowers, Emery F 16.36
Bowie, James T 13.24
Bowles, C. T 4.80
Bowles, Calvin 9.50
Bowling, Harry L .45
Bowman, Richard 8.53
Bowman, Walter E 32.40
Bowman, William W. .59
Boyd, Edward A 17.74
Boyd, Harold C 5.94
Boyd, Ralph S .97
Boyde, E. A 4.90
Bnylan, David R, . 2:23
Boyle, F 18.00
Boyle, John 8.91
Boyle, T. J 1.50
Bracio, E 11.20
Bracken, James C .69
Braden, Kenneth H. .59
Bradham, J. E 7.50
Bradley, Charles A 2.33
Bradley, Harold J .69
Bradley, Jas. P 14.25
Bradley, Robert C .76
Bradshaw, David A. .99
Brady, Bill J 8.35
Bradley, Edward W. 19.73
Brady, James Patrick 9.63
Bragg, J. W .08
Bragg, Lawrence E 7.08
Bragg, Virgil H 1.72
Branch, Earl 4.26
Brand, Joseph J 2.25
Brandon, P 3.30
Bratsos, Theo ; 2.67
Brawdivine, H .08
Bray, James E 1.98
Bray, Wallace i 4.00
Brazauskas, Victor 1.48
Breedlove, Leon J. Jr., .... 8.25
Breeland, Harold 10.83
Breen, Henry E 3.10
Breen, H. V 60.00
Bregy, T 2.23
Bi'ennan, Earl E 5.86
Brennan, Jos. Patrick 79.36
Brennan, Wm. S 7.42
Brephy, J. C .86
Breslin, James J 2.25
Bresnan, Leo F .69
Brewer, E. G : 5.88
Brewer, M 5.20
Brewer, W. .79

—Unclaimed Wages—
Mississippi Shipping Company, Inc.

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

s

Brewer, William H 20
Brewster, Ralph Arthur .. .96
Brian, K 18.00
Brian, Mattie 2.62
Bricc, Richard A. Jr., 69
Brindle, John N 2.23
Brininstool, Keith A 45
Brisbane, M. P 6.75
Bristol, James 2.97
Bristow, Fred L 7.23
Brittingham, Frank J 2.23
Britten, Harry E 9.91
Brockelbank, Orrin A 2.75
Brockelbank, Orrin A 4.87
Brockman, Leonard H 2.25
Brody, Ward A 5.10
Brooks, Clint D 22.91
Brooks, James 33
Brooks, John W 13.44
Brooks, O. M. Jr., 11.58
Brophy, J. C 8.89
Brose, George D 235.39
Brothers, Donald E 9.75
Brouelard, Norman 2.25
Broussard, Jake 1.98
Broussard, J. E 01
Bi-own, C .• 90
Brown, Clare R 4.92
Brown, Curtis 2.49
Brown, E 2.97
Brown, Earl T 8.26
Brown, Edward Martin .... 2,23
Brown, Edwin H 89
Brown, Elijah 2.75
Brown, Frank 1.48
Brown, George 89
Brown, Harold Donald .... 8.02
Brown, Herbert D 45
Brown, J 8.74
Brown, Kennth, O. Jr., 69
Brown, M. J 84.33
Brown, Omas L 3.00
Brown, Oscar M. Jr 16.50
Brown, Paul H 6.15
Brown, R. ..., 1.98
Brown, Regional H 2.84
Brown, Stanley 1.37
Brown, Theodore G 3.55
Brown, Tom C 3.79
Brown, Willam B 11.71
Browne, Richard D 9.03

Brownell, Geo : 1.72
Browning, Alan E 10.50
Browning, Daniel 1.89
Boyles, William N 2.84
Bruner, C 2.47
Brunei-, Harry 20.62
Bruce, Chas 01
Bruce, Harry W 1.78
Brunner, Wm. Leon 1.37
Bruno, G 1.07
Bruno, G. 1 43
Brunson, Forrest H 17.79
Brunson, L. P 1.34
Bryan, James B 22.03
Bryan, John F 3.96
Bryan, Willam A 59
Bryant, Clinton 18.98
Bryant, Frankie L 71
Bryant, Levin 23.96
Bryant, Robert D 2.97
Bucci, Anthony P 6.93
Bucher, N. C 14.39
Buck, Chas 5.00
Buckelew, Charles L 99
Buckley, Clayton G 9.28
Buckley, Rodney S 79
Buckman, L 9.48
Buckner, Marshall E 2.28
Bucwick, P 24.75
Buen, Vincent 106.72
Buffett, James 55.43
Bufkin, P 1,39
Bugnitz, Martin R 8.26
Bugsby, Darcy M 2.06
Buicke, Donald James .... 6.68
Buleza, Chas 89
Burford, A. I. 79
Bulick, Eu.?tachy .74
Bulaga, Raymond J 9.40
Bulaga, R. T 11.28
Bulin, James 45
Bullard, Allen J. 99
Bullek, Michael G 70
Byrnes, J. G 5.16
Bune, R 89
Bunek, Joseph 1.86
Buness, Kenneth H 9.54
Bunker, L. 2.31
Bura, F 50.72
Bunch, Howard D 42.00
Burcliff, Thomas 18.39

ATTENTION!

Burger. John .41
Burk, Joseph 2.25
Burke, Frederick R. .... 1.48
Burke, John F. Jr., 11.38
Burke, S. ........................ 3.57
Burke, T .74
Burke, Wm. C 31.89
Burkin, A 5.00
Bui'ley, Cecil 12.87
Burnett, Robert B. 1.37
Burns, Arthur 5.00
Burns, F. B 7.34
Burns, Francis J 1.61
Burns, Robert T 3.83
Burnsee, Thomas W. 1.88
Burress, John A 12.24
Burrows, Clarence 4.53
Bursiewicy, C 2.25
Burton, Garlan E 2.64
Bunten, John .71
Burton, John H 6.69
Burton, John R 1.04
Burton, James 93.29
Busha, Julius P .60
Bush, Keith L 11.13
Bush, Peter 2.23
Buterey, Nathan .45
Butler, Clinton R. , 8.26
Butler, Rloyd R 98.75
Butler, Lloyd .71
Btuler, Robert L 14.90
Butler, Wm. R .89
Butterworth, John S. .59
Buttke, Marlen T. 104.40
Bux, Wm 2.25
Byars, John D 4.13
Buydos, George P 15.84
Byars, John D 2.2.3
Byles, Dudley E 18.17
Byman, Nils E 43.99
Bynch, P 4.42
Bynum, G. R 6.00
Byrd, Alfred 1.00
Byrne, Edw. J. 9.00

SiU HALLS
NEW YORK 51 Beaver St.

HAnover 2-2784
BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ave.

Liberty 4057
BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St,

a. Calvert 4539
PHILADELPHIA ,.,..,0 Ssath 7th St.

Phone Lombard 7651
NORFOLK 127-129 Bank Street

4-1083
CHARLESTON 68 Society St.

Phone 3-3680
NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St.

Canal 3336
SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St.

3-1728
MOBILE 7 St. Michael St.

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

San Juan 2-5996
GALVESTON 305 Vz 22nd St.

2-8448
TAMPA 1809-1811 Franklin St.

M-1323
JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St.

Phone 5-5919
PORT ARTHUR 445 Austin Ave.

Phone: 2853Z
HOUSTON 7137 Navigation Blvd.

Phone Wcntworth 3-3809
RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th St.
SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St.

Garfield 8225
SEATTLE 86 Seneca St.

Main 0290
PORTLAND Ill W. Burnside St.
WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd.

Terminal 4-3131
HONOLULU 16 Merchant St.
BUFFALO 10 Exchange St.

Cleveland 7391
CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave.

Superior 5175
CLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Clair St.

Main 0147
DETROIT 1038 Third St.

Cadillac 6857
DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St.

Melrose 41 lO
VICTORIA, B. C 602 Boughton St.
VANCOUVER .... 144 W. Hastings St.

Will the following, crewmembers of the SS Battle Mountain
at the time of the fatal injuring by an exploding turbine of
Harry W. Bignall, Electrician, on September 12, 1945, at Texas
City, Texas, please communicate with Albert Michelson, 1650
Russ Building, San Francisco 2, California, attorney for the
widow Evelyn D. Bignall and the three year old child of her­
self and Mr. Bignall:

Nixon W. Seare, QM; Norman A. Campbell, AB; Joseph C.
Foster, Jr., AB; Charles W. Coburn, Maint. Main; Hartsel L. Ed­
wards, OS; Viggo W. Sorenson, Sec'd. Pumpman; Julian D. New­
man, Oiler; Charles T. Davis, FWT; William D. Smith, FWT;
Jack J. Sireno, Wiper; James R. Porter, Steward; Baptiste Fruge,
Galleyman; Elton Hollingsworth. Utility; R. E. Hollingsworth,
Messman; George J. Witto, Messman.

Ralph C. Whitley, QM; James W. Hoffaker, AB; Hoyte
Nicholson, Acting AB; Billie £. Hilles, OS; Walter D. Jones, OS;
Jackie Kobie, Oiler; Prince A. White, Oiler; Truman L. Sus-
taire, FWT; John W. Milligan, Wiper; Carl R. Wright, Wiper;
Lawrence A. Amick, Asst. Cook; John Capu^no, Utility; Iris E.
Crawford, Messman; Dale Douglas Barnes, Messman; Glenn D.
Olive, Pumpman, Mach.

-PERSONALS-
THOR LAWSON

Contact your wife in New Or-
lenas. Anyone knowing this
Brother's whereabouts contact
Mrs. Thor Lawson, 1534 Camp St.,
New Orleans, La.

XXX
ED EMERY

It is very important that you
get in touch with your mother.

NOTICE!
When in New York bring your

Union book to Headquarters.
Leslie F. Anders 38034
Charles E. Holder "
W. A. Abbott 43303
R. L. Besch "
William Patterson 46939
Arthur P. Dubois "
Jas. Carr 42323
Jas. O. Stephens "
Waller Sudol 42830
Otto F. Geisbaur "
Thomas J. Hauley 47500
Elton P. Sanders "
S. F. Mattisen 42846
John William Rambo "

Money Due
SS MURRAY BLUM

The following crew members
can collect their transportation
money from the Mississippi Ship­
ping Co., Hibernia Bank Bldg.,
New Orleans:

Ray Casanova, Dennis Black
Clarence Lintnn, Jr., O. Davis,
Dennis Brazz'ell.

XXX
SS E. WEED

C. Coats, 5 hours. Collect at
South Atlantic Steamship Co., 17
Battery Place, New York, N. Y.

XXX
SS AUGUSTUS LORING

Brother Ossman: A check for
$42.07 has been forwarded to the
Philadelphia Hall for you,

XXX
SS JOSEPH N. DINAND

The following crew members
have overtime payments, as fol­
lows:

Bob Howell, 29 Va hrs.; Cook,
8 hrs.; Ruelas, 8 hrs.; Walter
Kohn, 1 hr.; Warfield, 8 hrs.; H.
Sands, 6 hrs.; O'Brien, 6 hrs.

XXX
SS L. K. KOSSUTH

(Voyage No. 8)
Herbert Sanderlin, 3 hrs.; R. A.

Tulorik, 3 hrs.; F. J. Nemmerich-
ter, 3 hrs.; E. J. Moran, 3 hrs.; A.
D. Kimble, 3hrs.; K. P. Marple,
3 hrs.; J. C. Barnett, 7 hrs.; J.
Case, 4 hrs.; S. Atkinson, 37^
hrs.; D. Johnson, 59 hrs.; F. B.
Smith, 4 hrs.

Collect at Bull Line office.^

NOTICE! ; -
CHARLES STEPHEN WEST
A & G Trip Card No. 8708

Bring tripcard and recipts to
headquarters in New York.

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