36 32 1900 http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/1b22c7bffb38fea7d560d28caa805143.PDF 79f7ae205a684f636f189d69c30e6c27 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG 'ia'- • OFFIClAi ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION « ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • " ' • . k ^ • I ' j'M 'J- ""I; 111 • j'j'w - lii • M' ; Aims To Kill Union Shop Law Story On Page 3 •i1 'if IBT Pays Visit Expressing thanks for SIU hospitality, John Strong (right), president of New York Teamster Local 807, ad­ dresses local membership meeting held recently at SIU headquarters. Looking on is IBT Int'l Vice-President Tom Hickey, local secretary-treas­ urer (left), and SIU SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall. Facilities of SIU building were turned over to Local 807, which rep­ resents waterfront teamsters; for its opening meeting of the fall. (Story on Page 5.) % 'fe' ^ Seafarer Frank Napoli, steward, ofS%OrCS rOfflffa f ers suggestion at SIU headquarters meeting of SIU Steward Department ,Committee gathered to draft master set of working rules for SIU galley personnel.i^ Meetings are being held in NY and other ports. (Story on Page 2.) cv:-??'-/-.-• - • lifFlashing their prized tickets for the opening game of the LUCKy Wfinners, WorW series at Yankee Stadium Wednesday, SIU and SUP men who won first of daily drawings for free series ducats at SIU headquarters pose be­ fore leaving to attend the game. Pictured (1-r) are Seafarers M. Goldfinger, J. B. Flanery, J. B. Swiderski, E. R. Such, S. Kalton of the Sailors Union, and Seafarers P. Reyes, J. Hartman, Jr., and C. Souza. ' • ^ iJr •'">1 • �•'• :• ' •• Page Tw* • -s^^>^RW^kg--.'t>y'^' . Sept. 30» 1955 Elect Body To Draff 511/ Sfd Rules Worid Talk On '50-50' Proposed A 15-man rank and file com-^ mittee of steward department men is now at work in head­ quarters drafting a proposed set of standard rules and pro­ cedures for the operation of ship­ board steward departments. The committee is one of a group of WASHINGTON—An inter­ rank and file bodies elected in SIU national conference of nations ports at the last membership meet­ on shipping to discuss the "50ings. 50" law has been proposed by Rep­ The headquarters committee, resentative Frank Boykin (Dem.consisting of three men from each Ala.) The Con^essman, a member rating in the steward department, of the House Merchant Marine Is an outgrowth of the SlU's new Committee has already met in Lon­ "to order" feeding progr^ which don with foreign shipowner spokes­ has been put in effect on a num­ men on their objections to the law. ber of SlU-contracted ships. In He declared on his return to applying the feeding program the the US that the "50-50" law's pro­ Union has been trying to overcome visions have been widely misun­ one of the major stumbling blocks derstood abroad and "even used by i in shipboard feeding, the great other nations to support flag dis-i variation in methods and proce­ criminatory iffactices of an entirely dures from one ship to another, different nature." even in the same fleet. Lack of Law Misunderstood standard working procedure in the department made for incon­ Some countries, he said, are ap- i sistent performance and was a plying "50-50" laws of their own source of friction and inefficiency. to purely commercial cargoes. The US law applies to Government-fi­ Consequently, the rank and file nanced cargo only. committees were chosen to draft Representative Boykin believes' - a set of standard duties and re­ Seafarer Jack Bates (right) was one of several men to hit deck to express their views at re­ that an international conference sponsibilities for all steward de­ cent meeting of steward department men in New Orleans to channel suggestions on methods would result in better understand­ partment ratings based on the Un­ of improving quality and service in feeding aboard SIU ships. The gathering was one of a ing of the act and end the attacks! ion's experience with the new feed­ series held in ports throughout the Union at the request of membership food committee which on.-it_ made by .foreign shipowners ing program. The committee will met at headquarters. abroad and in Washington. also deal with storing, preparation and service in the department. is also being studied. Will Submit To Ships The end objective of the pro­ Outport committee meetings gram is to make for better steward have submitted a number of pro­ departments, both in terms of the posals to the headquarters body men who work in the department which is now in the process of pass­ and in terms of performance for ing on them. When the headquar­ passengers and crew. mm *• J glil ters committee completes a draft Participating in the committee oT its proposals they will be sub­ mitted to all SlU-contracted ships meetings in an advisory capacity for suggestions and comment. At are Cliff Wilson and Phil Reyes, wmmsmM the end of a 60-day period a sec­ veteran SIU stewards who have been in charge of various phases ond committee will be elected in headquarters which will cast the of the SIU's feeding program, and Eddie Mooney, assistant secretary' •1 proposals in their final form. mm treasurer for the stewjard depart­ The handbook now being drawn lli up will aim at equalization of work ment. burdens between members of the the stated objective of the acad­ W0M emy department as well as standard­ is to attract the "high type izing methods from ship to ship. of young American with definite The committee is also drafting a ambition to become an officer in proposed minimum standard stores the US merchant marine." list to assure that storing on all A 1954 study of 4,441 Kings Point •-3 SIU ships will meet high levels, graduates from the years 1945 both as to variety and quality. through 1953, showed that only • 642 were serving as merchant ma­ Sea Time Requirements rine oiSicers, a meager 14 percent Another proposal under consid­ of all graduates. Anothei;,884 were eration by the committee would on active Navy duty. The remain­ call for specific sea time require­ ing men, about 2,800 in all, were ments for each rating in the de­ working on shoreside careers. SIU of NA-secretary-treas­ partment. Entry ratings - would urer John Hawk will head the These figures do not mean, of spend a certain length of time in . _ course, that others besides the 642 each rating before rising to the international union's delega­ tion to next week's all-important The often-voiced charge that the US Merchant Marinef'"®" ^^^^not spend some time in top jobs. The possibility of setting up meeting of the Tnternational Trans- Academy is a waste of taxpayers' money is due for airing merchant service. What they do training and refresher programs portworfcers Federation, Special next week when a Senate committee open? hearingsson US- show Is that a pitifully small num­ in headquarters and the outports Seafarers Section, in Ostend, Bel­ supported officer training programs. While-the activities of ber of Kings Pointers make the merchant marine their lifetime gium. The meeting will deal spe­ cifically with ITF efforts to or­ the state maritime schools will also be discussed, the inves­ career. Most of the 642 men were graduates of more recent years. ganize runaway-flag ships througli- tigation is certain to center on the academy at Kings Point. The 1953 figures are especially academy tends to perpetuate a out the world. Sept. 30, 1955 Vol. XVii, No. 20 For years the SIU and the ma­ training situation that is not re­ revealing on this score. The school SIU Endorsed ITF Drive jority of the other, maritime unions sponsive to the ebb and flow of man­ graduated 251 men that year of PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer HEFBERT BBAND, Editor; RAY DENISON, ITF efforts in the runaway-flag have argued that the academy liad power in the industry. Further— which onl;^ 92 were, working for Managing Editor; BEBNARO SEAMAN, Art field received the wholehearted no genuine maritime function to through the Naval Reserve pro­ a living on ships. In other words, ' Editor; HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK. Staff Writers; BILL MOODY, Gulf Area endorsement of the last SIU of perform, while Kings Point sup­ gram—it makes the student's pri­ almost two-thirds of the 1953 igradNA convention in Montreal. The porters have argued just as hotly mary obligation to the military uates headed for the Navy or Representative. shoreside jobs. As the figures. convention also denounced the that the institution: was the source rather than the industry. Editorial Cartoon Page j.0 of new blood in officei-s' ranks. show, year by year the number of ' tactics of the ILA's seamen's Editorial Page 10 Refuse Sea Careers men who stay in merchant seivice US Should Not Pay Final Dispatch Page 15 "union" in exploiting runaway-flag A close examination of a Mari­ for any length dt time grows smallIn brief the SIU position has Hospitalized Men Page 12 seamen. It is this rig that received time Administration report entitled er and smaller. After eight years, the blessing of NMU President Joe been' that the Government should Inquiring Seafarer, Page 11 of Merchant Marine Per­ only 8.9 percent of the 1946 class "Review Curran. not pay for the training of steam­ Labor Roundup Page 10 sonnel Training .Program" casts were still in merchant service, 70 Since the convention, with the ship officers. Officers, it holds, like Letters Page 14 revealing light on the Kings Point •out of 779 men. support of .the SIU, the ITF has other licensed professions — doc­ Meet The'Seafarers Page 10 operation. The report sharply AH Serve In Navy Personals Page 15 opened a special organizing office tors, engineers, lawyers or teach­ showed up two factors: in New York for the purpose of ers—should pay their own way Recent Arrivals .........Page 15 In contrast every Kings Point 1. While the Maritime Adminis­ graduate serves at Ijeast two years Seafarer In Action ......Page 11 signing up crews on Panamanian through school, or their training Shipping Figures .. .... Page 16 and Liberian iships among other should, be supported by the indus­ tration pays the biUs, the academy in the Navy and more of them try; Men moving into officers' considers itself a military institu­ make naval service a career than Your Dollar's. Worth .... Page 6 runaway flags. ITF has been successful in a ranks through the foc'sie have had tion. The Navy caUs the tune and the merchant marine. In order to Published blweevly M the headquRrteri ot the Seafarers International Union. At­ number of instances, particularly to pay their own -way at private gets the men. enter Kings Point in the first place lantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth 2. The vast majority of Kings a candidate must pass" the sanie Avenue. Brooklyn. 31, MY. Tel. HYacinth in British and North European schools to get necessary training. 9-6600. Entered as second class matter The vast majority of officers on Point graduates do not make the' physical examination giyen Annap­ at the Post Office In Brooklyn. NY. under ports, in compelling operators of the Act of Aug. 24, 1912. runaway-flag ships to raise wages US merchant ships did not come merchant rharine. their career and olis, candidates,- he must enlist, in ; , had no intention of so. doing when the NaVal Reseive and. pledge lb ; and manning scales to the levels from Kings Point. ' : prevailing on ships of legitimate The' Union believes that the ex­ they enroll;. hLjs draft board that he"will seiwe maritime nations. istence of a Government-operated This situation exists although (Conthiued dh page 7) ' Do We Need Kings Poiiit? 5-.. ^V " il .A Hawk Leads SIU Group To ITF Talk SEAFARERS LOG t • • a • a. . . M �••''.• • • ', 'X / Sept. 39> 1955 Paee Three SEAFARERS^ LOa Phony Front Seeks Anti-Union War Chest NATIONAL HEAOQUARTERt 2SM CENTRAL STREET EVANSTON. U. ./ fHOMti OMm ••HM August 12, 1955 MUST AN AMERICAN CmZEN BELOTIG TO A UNION IN ORDER TO HOLD A JOB? \ . . 1-. ... I am sure yon'have ashed yourself this question many times, particularly during recent months when we haRa.seeMMifcxompulsorv unianism question suddenly ?oBWB^B!P^^BPfc®5labOT''manag«fcidff^fcfonB7^^ Congress Repeal Of Union Shop Is Croup Target NEW ORLEANS—A new "smash labor'' drive which would put into eflfect a national "right to work" law is being spearheaded by a Washington lobby calling itself the National Small Businessmen's Association. The lobby is dunning businessmen all over the country for handouts to finance its^ earn a living and do not have the campaign to outlaw the resources to mail out answers to union shop. Such a move such propaganda. would be a threat to the SIU Hurts Small Outfits and all other unions operat­ "This so-called association does ing under the jurisdiction of small businessmen more harm than Tort^pp^iWII^pni^ceaR a" Federal labor laws, good. Most small businessmen "I'm sure you wiirS^j^t^is, which is why I believe yoiTwill^uBe th"e attached A similar group, this one must depend on a high level of envelope to send us a check for $15 in payment of your current dues. called the American Associa­ consumer buying power for sur­ tion of Small Businessmen, was vival. The biggest bloc of consu­ Sincerely, active in the past in circularizing mer purchasing power is composed newspapers with resolutions as­ of union members who influence sailing the Seafarers Sea Chest in payment of higher wages and crea­ New Orleans when it was first es­ tion of greater sales potential tablished to protect seamen from among unorganized workers. Cam­ AWK:Mc paigns such as this one play into unscrupulous slopchest dealers. the hands of big industry to the Echo Big Business detriment of little business." -^ZKM/SSSAlthough purporting to speak Besides asking for money te JOHN S. STSVINS A. W. KIUSAU FMNK M. CAUCU _ . _ for small business, the organiza­ kill the union shop, the NSBMA Kuaiix C BAILOW Stivtm Enttrprim, t»e» MUMS MattaUetntfft SMpplf C#« EvABftoa. lU. C. S. BtrUit Mi SMI, tut. WkhiUu KAOMA Indisntpoli*, loditaa tion faithfully echoes the line of letter defends the state "right ta DM MOIUM, low, Ticom,, WuhinfloB, J. KAYMOND TIPPANY A. P. MATHWt anti-labor big business outfits, such work" laws which 'have deprived DiWiTT Bmav HAUY E. BUNKUAM; BauT BOCKIMH C»Hi0liAsitJ frs/|#f C*» Cimiimuil lahtptHinf C$; twt, IftOMOft. lit BtitmM CrMiu Ctrptttht Mofttclair, N. J. Stfintw, MiehifU as the National Association of many American woi'kers of uniou CiacinoBti# Ohio SpuU.TolBCMM Manufacturers. It boasts that its security. AMS* S. WUTBROOK Uovn B. SKINNIB ^ I. »f. EVANS XuntT N. Ouioim JNPSifOTSali SktHtitr Ms«a/drf«fia| C## Tiftclfm C«* tiwin L. WHIMJC*. activities were "highly instru­ W'siSufTMl KM Mtt- C». .Bdd«epMt. CooA. Oaihs, afTeIu<i.Ohio Letter Reproduced nne«ik, BA. ». Lnii, Miiwiici mental in supplanting the Wagner The New Orleans Labor League Act with the Tlfift-Hartley Act" for Political Ed.ucation, which is during the 80th Congress. Reproduction of a portion of the leher being circulated by the "National Small Business­ Actually, the attitude of small fighting for repeal of the Louisiana men's Ass'n" all over the US. The high-pressure pitch backfired in New Orleans when a businessmen towards the "National "right to work" law with the ac­ small businessman turned the letter over to union group. Small Bu'^iness Men's Association" tive aid of Seafarers in this port, is best illustrated by a New Or­ reproduced the NSBMA letter for distribution among union members leans businessman who turned here." over to trade unionists here the fund-raising letter he received from the outfit. In this instance, the appeal backfired because the businessman is a friend of the trade union movement, for sound A survey of the first four months' operation of the Seafarers' dependents benefit plan dis­ economic reasons. closes that a number of surgeons have charged Seafarers' families fees that are far higher Unions Build Standards than the commonly-accepted fair price in the profession. In light of these facts, SIU head­ As he put it, "union labor has quarters has warned Seafar--*done more than any other force to ers to beware of excess costs tor's fee includes post operative is undertaking, he would do well build high wage standards which and take steps to protect care and all other services he may to cpntact the nearest port agent produce consumers and purchasers themselves against padded ex­ render. The reputable surgeon nor­ for further information. of goods and services marketed by mally includes post-operative care penses. small businessmen." BALTIMORE — The SIUThe Welfare Plan has found that in his fee for the surgery. The businessman, who asked manned Edith put in at the acme doctors havexcharged as high While this is difficult to do in that his identity he concealed to as $350 for an operation that is an emergency, most operations arc avoid possible reprisals, clearly re­ Maryland Drydocks here for commonly performed for $150. In arranged well in advance. It is a sented the lobby's attempt to speak extensive repairs following a col­ these instances, the profiteering of perfectly reasonable practice for for him and others in the small lision with a Swedish tanker 5# miles below the port of Philadel­ the surgeon has deprived the Sea­ the Seafarer to negotiate a favor­ business category. phia. The Edith, a seam-type ship, farer of the benefits of the Plan's able price for surgical care. Fees "1 know a lot of other, small suffered damage to her how plat­ financial assistance by burdening for surgery are very elastic, often businessmen who feel as I do ing, anchor windlass and chain him with an unusually heavy bill. based on the patient's ability to about such an organization, which pipes in the amount of $140,000. Steps To Take pay, and a higher fee.is not neces­ attempts to label itself as our The trustees of the Plan, in con- sarily assurance of greater skill Dense Fog Present spokesman," he said. "Unfortunate­ siding this problem, have advised or better care. The Bull Lines ship was headed ly, being genuine small business­ Seafarers to take the following The average surgeon Is being . PHILADELPHIA — Two men, we are too busy trying to into Philadelphia with a cargo of steps: phosphate when she collided head very well paid if he sticks to the more harbor boat operators 1. Before making arrangements fees listed in the schedule. In fact, here have been successfully or­ on in a dense fog with the Swedish. for a surgeon's services, consult there have been cases under the ganized by the AFL International tanker Josefina Thorden, coming the schedule of surgical benefits Plan in which the surgeon has Brotherhood of Longshoremen, downstream. Fortunately, botii under the Welfare Plan. ships were moving slowly and there charged less than the schedule with the IBL winning Labor Board 2. Get in touch with the nearest calls for—a perfectly normal sit­ votes on September 19 and 20. were no injuries. The tanker was SIU port agent to acquaint your­ uation under the circumstances. Crewmembers on the Frede­ running empty at the time. Unlicensed personnel of the S.C. self with exactly what you will be This is the second time in the Responsible leacters in the medi­ Loveland Company, barge operat­ ric C. Collin who were in con­ entitled to under the plan. cal profession are the first to ad­ ors, and the Interstate Oil Trans­ tact with Seafarer Billy R. Hill Ilast three years that a Bull Lines 3. Be sure to find out if the doc- mit that the,standards of the pro­ port Company both voted for IBL while aboard the ship, are shjp has been involved in a colli­ fession are not always what they Local IBOO, marine division, in col­ urged to go to the nearest Pub­ sion in the area. In May, 1952, the should be. The profit motive among lective bargaining elections. Some lic Health Service- Hospital for Angelina was set afire by an ex­ some doctors sometimes overrides of these workers had been repre­ a tuberculin test and a chest plosion on a coastal tanker in the Delaware-Chesapeake Canal and their professional ethics. The grave sented by the International Long­ x-ray. concern expressed by medical so­ shoremen's Association in the^past. Hill left the ship in Norfolk narrowly averted disaster. A few Regular membership meet­ cieties over fee-splitting, ghost, IBL now represents the great on August 23 with an advanced days later the SlU-manned tanker ings in SIU headquarters and surgery and pyramiding of fees m'ajprity of unlicensed harbor craft and highly-infectious case of Michael was set ablaze in a colli­ at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at shows that doctors are subject to workers in the Philadelphia area, tuberculosis. His roommate and sion on the Delaware south of ordinary human weaknesses de­ having previously won recognition others on the ship while he was Wilmington. 7 PM. The schedule for the ' It is expected that repaii's o* spite myths to the xontrary. . from members of the harbor's tug­ aboard are urged to get a pi-enext few meetings is as follows: In any case, if the Seafarer has boat association and at the Warner cautionary check-up accordingly. the Edith will take about three Get. 5, Oct, Wr Nov. g. ; . weeks. any doubts about the obligation he Sand and Gravel Company. Care In Choice Of Medic Saves Seafarers Told SS Edith In Collision, No One Injured Phila. IBL Sweeps Two More Polls Collin Crew Needs X-Rays Meeting Night Every 2 Weeks ' vi -y:,A A- �:t - • -• SEAFARERS Fag0 Four SUP Negotiating Coitim. Report SUP Members Approve Pact With Penalty, OT Included In Base Pay Members of the Sailors Union of the Pacific have voted overwhelmingly in all ports in favor of a revolutionary de­ parture in maritime agreements which incorporates and guar­ antees a high level of penalty*pay and*weekend overtime as represents an historic point in the part of base wages. The new industry. Its novel approach to the •'f.-'^-".'.-.,vi;'-> contract was approved by SUP members after many weeks of negotiation and lengthy discussion at SUP membership meetings. It also provides for a $25 across-theboard monthly increase and retro­ activity. The new agreement undoubtedly Speak Out At SlU Meetings Under the Union constitu­ tion every member attending a Union meeting is entitled to nominate himself for the elected posts to be filled at the meeting-—chairman, read­ ing clerk and recording secre­ tary. Your Unioa urges you to take an active part in meet­ ings by taking these posts of service. And, of course, ail members have the right to take the floor and express their opinions on any officer's report or issue under discussion. Seafarers are urged to hit the deck at these meetings and let their shipmates know what's on their minds. Ship Lobby Still Pings Bonner Bill WASHINGTON—Still plug­ ging for a scheme of maritime labor controls which have been denounced by the SIU and virtually all other segments of maritime labor, the president of the country's biggest shipowmer lobby reiterated his backing of the proposed Maritime Labor Board in a speech here last week. Francis T. Greene, head of the American Merchant Marine Insti­ tute, spokesman for the major por­ tion of the US subsidized lines, originally endorsed the proposal before the House Merchant Marine Committee. The committee chair­ man, Rep. Herbert C. Bonner (D-NC), came up with the idea, • which was quick to win the back­ ing of the shipowners. Power Over Contracts The proposed Maritime Labor Board would be given powers to oversee all negotiations involving sea unions and the operators and would have special powers to set ceilings on both wages and work­ ing conditions. A "cooling-off period" could also be invoked at any time in the event of a dispute which might lead to a strike. The endorsement by the AMMI spokesman' was qualified on one point, however. Since labor costs are taken into account in deter­ mining the amount of subsidy, a ceiling on wages in the event of any pay increase negotiated later would mean that the shipowner would have to foot the bill without Government help. Naturally, the subsidized lines are quite cool to that idea. : Sept. 30, loss LOG Your-negotiating committee,, which was duly elected by the membership for the purpose of con­ ducting negotiations with the shipowners for a new agreement, has the following to report: The comhiittee has been in session for approxi­ mately three months. We have had several meetings with the shipowners through the Pacifi» Maritime Association. We have* also met with the American President Lines and the Pacific Far East Line sep­ arately in view of the fact that they have withdrawn their bargaining rights from the PMA and are now handling their own negotiations. Your committee proposed on June 17 to the membership that we endeavor to negotiate an agree­ ment which would include in the basic monthly wages the approximate earning power of our mem­ bers based on penalty time paid in a spread of eight hours and also add to the basic monthly wages the penalty time now being paid for standing problem of determining 'seamen's actual earnings aims at standard­ izing and equalizing earnings on all ships, tying up the numerous loose ends now in contracts. By lumping into one base wage package the SAILORS UNION OF THE PACIFIC bulk of penalty time" earnings plus SAMPLE BALLOT the watchstanders' weekend over­ time the SUP hopes to eliminate September, 1955 the differences between "good Are you in favor of odopting the proposed overtime" and "bad overtime" new agreement printed in the West Coast ships and companies. It is expected the new set-up will do away with Sailors, September 6, 1955 issue? penalty-time beefs, company chisel­ ing on penalty time and delays in Yes No payoffs because of penalty disputes. • Guaranteed High Another major objective of the SUP is to assure a hijh level of navigation watches Saturdays, Sundays and holidays take home pay at a time when ef­ at sea and add a pay raise also. forts are being made in Congress Your committee felt that by a proposition of this to cut down seamen's penalty pay. type we could establish decent basic wages which Printed for Seafarers' informa­ would protect the membership of the Sailors Union, tion in this issue is the SUP nego­ meaning that they would not lose any money but tiating committee report. Seafarers would get all of it in their monthly wages. are urged to read and study this Such a proposition it was felt would be a definite document carefully and wTite their advantage to the membership of the Sailors Union impressions of it to both SIU head­ as a whole and it would do away with a lot of quarters and the SUP. beefing and arguing about disputed penalty time, Deck Dept Only etc. It would give every SUP man the same basic The effects of this agreemfent on wages in every ship. In other words, a man wouldn't other maritime unions are not clear have to wait for one particular ship on which he as yet. The SUP contract covers thought he would be able to make more penalty only deck department men and time. Every ship would have the same basic wages does not touch on the problems of based on 56 hours at sea and 40 hours in port the engine and steward depart­ for the watchstanders and for the dayworkers 40 ments. The other West Coast hours a week at sea and in port. unions, the Marine Cooks and Not only would this benefit the-SUP membership Stewai^s and the Marine Firemen, as a whole but it would stave off any future at­ Oilers, and Watertenders, have had tempt by Congressional committees -to concoct new similar pi-oposals under study but laws for the purpo.se of putting the seamen in have found it extremely difficult to straightjackets as fac as negotiations are concerned average off penalty time in their and, likewise, stop the /Maritime Administration departments because of wide vari­ from trying to establish maximum wages, hours ations within their departments. and working conditions which policy was proposed Reporting in the "Marine Fire­ in the last Congress and on which the Bonner man," the official MEOW journal, Committee held extensive hearings where your president Vincent Malone declared Secretary was subpoenaed to testify. As a matter that the SUP approach was being of fact, they attempted strongly to get this law shelved "reluctantly" by his union passed in the list Congress which if enacted would for the above reasons. take away all the rights of negotiating agreements Seafarers can expect the new from the unions and put them in the hand of the agreement to be the target of at­ Maritime Administration or some other Federal tack by Joseph Curran, president of board. the National Maritime Union, who During the hearings in 'VVashington, DC, the has undertaken a personal vendetta shipowners hammered away at the same thing and against SUP secretary-treasurer sang the same song: namely, that they had to Harry Lundeberg. Curran has at­ pay extra money (penalty time) within a man's tempted in the past to label such regular working hours for Sailors' work. The Con­ agreements as "56-hour week" con­ gressmen in their questioning could noi understand, tracts. Of course his attack ignores for instance, why bailors received extra money the fact that all US seamen-watch- for cleaning holds, spray painting, cleaning tanks, standers have for years worked 56 etc. hours at sea and 40 in port. The As a matter of fact, they were all mixed up new SUP contract does not alter and were definitely considering classifying penalty this system but does alter the meth­ od of compensating for such work. time wkhin a man's regular working hours as Curran's onslaught is likely to be "feather-bedding." You must not forget that the blunted by the fact that CIO en­ same committee will probably bring back the same gineers and radio operators oh the arguments when Congress reconvenes. Consequently, we know that for everybody con­ West Coast have approved similar agreements for bulk operations,.as cerned, particularly the seamen themselves. It would have the Masters, Mates and Pilots, be much better to make one basic wage and one overtime rate. The membership concurred in this AFL. on a coastwise basis in the July 5th meeting and thought it a good idea. Afterwards we approached the shipowners on this and they claimed they liked the idea also. IVe also talked to the Firemen and Cooks who also agreed it would be a very good idea, providing we could get a wage that would cover the men so they would not lose any money. We had a couple of propositions from the ship­ owners which we rejected because they were unac­ ceptable to the membership of the SUP. As • matter of fact, they did not embody any particular gains but took away a lot of conditions which we now have. During the past t]^o weeks the SUP Negotiation Committee has met with the American PresidentLines and the Pacific,Far East Line in negotiation* a %uRLy also met with the PM!^ during the past week and on Thursday, September g, we came to a tentative agreement with APL and PFE and on Friday we metwvith the PMA and actually on Monday,.Septem?her 12, just about 6 o'clock, before our meeting, the PMA committee, headed by Mr. St. Sure, agreed on the same type of an agreement that we had already negotiated with the American President' Lines and Pacific Far East Line. Therefore, we are now in a position to bring it before the- membership tonight and we feel this is a goqd agreement and should be acceptable to the membership of the SUP. Briefly, this is what your committee did. We went over all the records trip by trip, ship by ship, company by company, for the past year and dug up how much penalty time the watchstanders made,"how much penalty time the daymen made, how much penalty time the ordinary seamen made. We also received the pay vouchers from some mem­ bers of the Sailors Union and checked with various members of the Sailors Union on the records they had kept themselves in order to be absolutely sure. We then took the average of the penalty time for the watchstanders, the average of the pcnilty time for the daymen and we added that to-the present wages.- Then we added $25 more across the board for all ratings, Which is the new wage raise, so actually the following is what we came up with: For the watchstanders approximately $96 per month, which is. now being made in penalty time on» Saturdays, Sundays and holidays at sea and also in penalty time made within their eight-hour spread. To that we added $25, which gave the watchstanders a raise of $121.00. In other words, an AB watchstander under the new set-up will receive $423.00 per month. For the daymen, we figured the amount of penalty time made within their eight-hour spread amounts to approximately $44.00 per month. Then we added to that another $25 (new raise), giving the daymen $69. In other words, the AB daymen will receive $400 a month under the new-set-up. The same principle was used -for all the other ratings so actually the watchstanders' wages are based on 56 hours a week at sea and 40 hours aweek in port. The daymen's wages are based on 40 hours, a week" at sea and 40 hours in port. We raised the overtime rate 18c to $2.65 per hour for the higher ratings and for the ordin^y' seamen 11c to $2^00 per hour. We retained as extra com­ pensation in the agreement the following items: 1. Entering and cleaning tanks. 2. Cleaning bilges. 3. Cleaning cargo holds, with rotten copra and talc rubber. 4. Tending livestock. .5, Driving winches and handling cargo. , -6. Handling mail and baggage. 7.^ Preparing holds for bulk cargo. 8. Spraying and shellacking after 5 PM and before 8 AM weekdays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. With the exception of the above named items, there are no more penalty payments. In other words, they are all now in the wages. Everything you do now between the hours of 8 and 5 in port and at sea within your regular hours you will reqeive no penalty pay for. It will already be in your pay. However, we also want to point out to the membership that the regular agreement dealing with work at sea for watchstanders after 5 and befqre 8 is the same as it is now. In other words, only navigatiop duties will be done after 5 and before 8 with the exception of sanitary work in the morning like we now have in the agreement. Your committee wants to point out to the mem­ bership that we protected the membership as a whole throughout the entire negotiations and we feel that this is a very good deal for the membership of the Sailors Union and should be acceptable and we recommend it. We realize of course that a thing like this Is a new pattern and should be thoroughly checked by the membership, so we recommend to the mem­ bership if they accept this agreement here tonight that the Secretary be instructed to print this new proposed agreement in a special edition of the West Coast Sailors, send it up and down the coast and distribute it widely aboard the ships and the next meeting night, which will be September 26, that we have a vote in all the branches up and down the coast and that all the members on the beach and on the ships be requested to attend the meetings and vote whether they want this s agreement or not. SUP Negotiating Committee (s) William Berger, 4652 C. P. D. Shanahan, 5073 Solomon Bishaw, 4638 Ted Lewis, 2862 A1 Stang, 3235 Harry Johnson, 3632 'Harry JJundebeif, 2708 ^ imder this new proposition (one basic wage). We . ',r'k ; �Sept. so. 1955 SEAJfAnERS LOG Paf« fffv»v N|AW Strike Paralyzes Old Bay Line Services a .. ' BALTIMORE—On the eve of a National Labor Relations Board election order, officials of the Old Bay Line embarked on a union-busting campaign which has led to a complete tie:— up of all their vessels. rrhe^» suit that all ,activity has been SlU-affiliated Marine Allied brought to a halt. Workers here is maintaining Port agent Earl Sheppard said around-the-clock picket lines on that the last-ditch union-busting the company's vessels with the re- move came after the union and the comiiany had both agreed to an election to determine representa­ tion for the company's employees. The day following the agreement the company fired all MAW ..or­ ganizers employed on its vessels, and forced a number of crewmemi. bers who had vacation time com­ ing to get off in Norfolk, making it impossible for them to vote in the elections. The MAW, with the aid of Sea­ farers in the port, struck back with picketlines. Full support for the strike has been received from long­ Portion of the large crowd of waterfront teamsters in 10,000-member Local 807 of New York Two of five crewmembers shoremen both in Baltimore and which held regular meeting at SIU headquarters and then enjoyed Union hospitality after­ of a downed commercial air­ Norfolk, along with Teamsters and wards at special buffet irshown in headquarters cafeteria. Meeting providecT IBT members liner have been rescued by tugboat workers here. with inside look at SIU and waterfront operations with which they come in contact. the SlU-manned Steel Advocate Serves Coast and are being brought to Honolulu, The Old Bay Line, a well-known according to a ship's message name in the shipping business, radioed to the Isthmian Steamship services the Baltimore-Hampton Company's New York offices. The Roads area* with both passenger rescue was made while the ship and cargo operations. MAW is also was eastbound to Honolulu about active in other areas with an elec­ 1,100 miles west of the islands. tion coming up on six tugs and a The four-engined cargo carrier, number of barges operated by the The SlU's New York headquarters was host to the" first membership meeting of the fall operated by the Flying Tigers Line, Harbor Towing Company. Other season of Local 807, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, largest of the Teamster local had gone down on a flight from unorganized groups are also receiv­ unions In the New York area. Several hundred Local 807 members filled the hall to caHonolulu to Wake .Island. ing. attention from the SIU harbor ^^ ^ 1- pacity and were welcomed The rescue operation .was car­ affiliate. • lAIIIJ^ lAi behalf of the SIU by Secried out at 3 PM on Sunday, Sep­ Heavy Ship Influx retary-Treasurer Paul Hall. tember 25. The pilot of the plane. Deep sea shipping in this port The Teamsters also were given Identified as A. J. Machado of Hol­ has been exceptionally good with a demonstration of how the SlU'a lywood, California," and the co­ considerably more men getting jobs rotary hiring system works and pilot were the men rescued. than the total registering in the were shown the various member­ two- week period. The port's good Doctor Now Aboard ship and adminstrative facilities shipping came from a heavy load at the headquarters hall. Six hours later the Advocate of 15 payoffs, 11 sign-ons and 13 Local 807 is.a key unit in the met the Coast Guard cutter Kukui in-transit -ships. Some of the ves­ Seafarer Edward Keagy, chief electrician, and members of New York waterfront picture since which transferred a doctor and sels hitting the port had been di­ pharmacist's mate to the ship to verted from New York because of the crew of the Neva West were praised by the Coast Guard its members handle most of the care for the survivors. The Ad­ the longshore tie-up there. for saving the Neva West from disaster during a recent ship­ trucking to and from the piers ih the harbor. The 10,000-member lo­ vocate then continued on its way AU payoffs were handled in good board fire. Kcagy's action in * cal also does a great de^ of the to Honolulu. shape with no major beefs re­ rigging an improvised weld­ New Orleans.when fire broke out general trucking in the city. Twenty-five . planes and Coast ported on any of these vessels. in No. 1 hold five days out at sea. ^ Side By Side ing circuit to cut a hole in the Guard surface craft have been par­ Services of the port, including steam-smotheri^ line was During the AFL's efforts to or­ ticipating ih the search operation the Sea Chest, Port O'Call and Sea­ deck was instrumental in the rapid The turned on but ganize longshoremen in the port over a 50,000 square mile area. farer's Cafeteria art running conquest of a fire in a cargo of attempts to enter of New York Local 807 worked The Union and the company ex­ smoothly, Sheppard reported, and cotton. the hold after­ side by side with Seafarers and pect further details from the ship enjoying the patronage of Seafar­ The SlU-manned Victory ship wards were unthe International Brotherhood of was en-route to Bremerhaven from successful be­ ers on the beach. as soon as it reaches Honolulu. Longshoremen, contributing valu­ cause of smoke able support and assistance' and heat. throughout the dock beef. Present Then crewat the meeting and introduced to members noticed the teamsters was John Dwyer of that deck plating the AFL Longshoremen's Union. on the main deck As a waterfront local, 807 has Keagy was becoming always been close to the SIU and red hot. The only way the fire friendly relations have existed be­ New evidence of a close alliance between Harry Bridges' Communist-dominated West iiOuld be fought successfully was tween- the two unions for many Coast apparatus and the expelled East Coast International Longshoremen's Association by cutting a hole in the deck to years. introduce a fire hose. Following the meeting, the mem­ was revealed last week in "The Dispatcher," official publication of Bridges' union. bership present was served a buf­ Rigged Up Torch The West Coast publication^ fet in the SIU cafeteria. Local 807 revealed that Bridges not only gust 7, "The Dispatcher" reported to the ILA through his local unions There was no acetylene torch leaders expressed their apprecia­ wais friendly with ILA leaders that ILA general organizer Teddy and has been supporting the gang­ equipment aboard, but fortunately tion of the hospitality offered by In New York but wan meeting reg- Gleason, one of three top officials ster-run ILA against AFL. Now it a shipyard worker had left a the SIU and the past cooperation lilariy with them in New York and in the ILA, boasted of his friend­ appears he is taking part in policy­ length of welding conductor aboard. the Union has given the Teamsters. Keagy and chief engineer Harry participating in ILA strategy meet­ ship and close association with making for ILA. When reports of Bridges' cash Gwin rigged the emergency weld­ ings with the full approved of the Bridges. "Gleason" the paper said, NLiA's.New York District.Coupcil. "said he knew Bridges and met contributions to ILA first appeared ing gear using a metal rod as a Notify Union The disclosure raised., the possi­ him every time he was in New in the press during;^. last year's welding electrode. In 11 minutes AFL-IBL waterfront campaign, York and always got good advice they cut a large enough hole for bility ihat Bridges may have par­ About Sicic Men ticipated in planniM the recent from him. He admitted meeting ILA president Bradley vowed that fire-fighting purposes. anybody doing business with with Velson (a Bridges agent) also, Ship's delegates are urged to political strike agamst the New A fire hose was then put to work York-New Jersey waterfront com­ said he was -a good trade unionist Bridges would be thrown out of on the blaze, pouring water through notify the - Union immediately and that he would continue to meet the ILA. when a shipmate is taken off mission. Since then there have been re­ the opening cut in the deck. the vessel in any port because In recounting events of an ILA him." The fire was quickly brought, Applauded By ILA peated instances of Bridges'. in­ of Illness or injury. Delegates District Council meeting on Au"The Dispatcher" concluded that volvement in the New York harbor under control and the crew was should not wait untiLthey send then able to enter the hold to re­ Gleason's statement, "was greeted scene with Bradley himself in daily in the ship's minutes but should with enthusiastic applause'' by the contact with Velson. Far from dis­ move smoldering cargo. As a result, handle the matter in a separate damage was held down to a mini­ owning Bridges' support, the ILA ILA's top echelon. mum atid the ship and cargo saved communication, so that the un> Bridges' open boasting of his has welcomed it. from possible disaster while far ion can determine iif what man­ Although ostensibly anti-Com­ ILA alliance is being viewed with ner it can aid the brother. increasing concern in waterfront munist, the ILA has enjoyed out at sea. It would also be helpful if 'The personnel of the Neva circles as evidence that he has a wholehearted support from the the full name, rating and book long-sought foothold in the Port "Daily Worker," official Commu­ West," the Coast Guard concluded, number was sent in. Address nist Party publication. The ''Work­ especially the electrician, deserve these notifications to Welfare of New York. It has been open knowledge that er" was particularly eqjthusiastic" praise for the efficient manner in Services at headquarters. for the past year and a half about the most recent waterfront which they coped with a shipboard emergency." scui > , Bridges has been supplying.^.ds, SlU Crew Saves 2 In Air Crash SIU Hq Plays Host To Meeting Of NY Viaterfronf Teamsters Laud SIU Crewmen For Saving SS Neva West Bridges Boasts Of Influence Over I LAs T op Leadership 14 1: �Sept. 30, 1955 YOUR POLLARTS WORTH REAFARERi GUIDE TO BETTER BUYlj^O Another Round Of Inflation Coming All last ipring this department warned that prices would be higher this fall. Now we're really being socked by the new round of inflation. Many items you have to buy for your family have already jumped in price or are about to. Food, clothing, housing and television sets have all joined the inarch of widespread price increases. Many of the prfce boosts can be traced to the exaggerated price increases laid down' by steel manufacturers last summer, and by the booming price of copper and other metals. The boost in steel and other metals is directly affecting prices of houses, threatens to push up the tags on cars and Indirectly affects many other prices because it is forcing up costs of industrial equipment too. , It s interesting, if a little painful, to see—how the steel industry's financial policies affect your family's living costs. Jhe industry had plenty of room to absorb last summer's wage hike in its own record profits, but instead, raised the price of steel, not just by the amount of the wage increase, but approximately twice as much. It was able to use the wage increase as an occasion for a double price increase bbcause of the present heavy demand for steel from auto and other industries. Paying For New Factories According to financial authorities, the real reason for steel's double increase, is that the industry is seeking to "capitaiize" its expansion program opt of current earnings. That is, it aims to finance new plants and equipment out of profits rather than by seUing an equivalent amount of stock. This policy Jias boomed steel company shares on the stock markets. Some companies stocks have gone up over 300 Oil portrait of Andrew Furuseth is presented to SlU in recognition of "vigorous and^milrtant per cent in value in the past two years. But now the public is begin­ efforts made by Seafarers in this port" to aid In building a strong cS'ntral AFL labor group in ning to pay for this stock boom way of higher prices. New Orleans, by A. P. Harvey, president (left), and James Dempsey, executive board mem­ Here is what you must contend with and how you can plan, as best ber, on behalf of New Orleans Central Trades and Labor Council. SlU port agent Lindsey . as possible, to defend your family's living standards from the impact of higher prices: . Williams (right) accepts the gift for the SlU at one of the council's regular meetings in the SlU hall. TELEVISION SETS: Four of the largest manufacturers have already •raised prices from $10 on table models to as much as $30 on higherpriced console sets. Standard-quality IT-indh sets now list at the $140 mark for the most widely-sold, popular-price makes (less discounts given by retailers.) Tip: If you're in the market now, look for the 1955 sets still avail­ MOBILE—The value of the SIU's hospital-surgical plan for Seafarers' families has been able in many stores. Actual differences between the '55 models and the brought home sharply to this port with payment of 22 benefits since the plan began in higher-priced '56 sets are small. June, Of particular significance, port agent Cal Tanner noted, was the fact that approxi- SHOES: Most manufacturers are raising shoe price tags five per cent —^mately two-thirds of these in October; one already has upped prices. cases were handled from be­ Tip: Anticipate your immediate needs, but remember that the annual ginning to end while the Sea­ January shoe sales will offer reductions of 10-20 percent on staple styles. farer was out on a ship. CLOTHING: Prices of men's and boy's items are going up, especially, In ten of the cases, he reported, shirts, work clothes, pajamas and knit underwear. Women's hosiery is the hospitalizations were on an emergency basis, with no oppor­ slated for a general price rise in March. Otherwise women's apparel tunity to make necessary arrange­ is holding pretty steady at today's reasonable levels, with excellent ments in advance. Even in these values available in nylon slips, and in dresses made of a new blend LAKE CHARLES—Stepped-up tanker movements due to instances there were no snags any­ of cotton and nylon carrying modest price tags of $10 or less. Tip: Some retailers stocked up on men's and boy's shirts, work clothes the coming of winter this week produced the best shipping where along the line. The head­ and underwear before the price hike. Our recommendation is to shop quarters office of the plan and the this port has enjoyed in many months. port offices here cooperated these items more widely than usual because of the price variations, The sddden upsurge in ac-"* smoothly all the way, and neces­ and include large chains and mail-order catalogs in your compari­ the shock of seeing the New Or­ sary paper work was taken care sons, since these sources accumulate inventories in advance. tivity required extra man­ HOME FURNISHINGS: Furniture prices have already been raised power from Houston and New leans go out of existence. He ap­ of without delay. All in all, the port finds that the five percent. Prices of ^ome cooking utensils, especially copper-clad Orleans to fill the jobs available. parently had never heard the story types, and broilers, are also due for a hike at retail levels. Both ports reacted promptly so about the old ships that never sink plan has been operating at peak Tip: Annual furniture sales are in February. Also, despite price in­ but just rust away. efficiency and payments have been that none of the ships sailed short. creases, competition among retailers is keen^on certain lines. Un­ coming through at top speed. Sea­ Aside from shipping news, all Visitors during the two-week usually good values in mattresses are available from some retailers period included a mixture of tank else is quiet in this area at the farers can help maintain this at this time. (Notable are the va^e in mattresses, sheets, other home happy state of affairs by seeing to moment. The political pot is slowly apd freight ships including ten items being offered in the current Montgomery Ward fall sales catalog Cities Service vessels, the Val starting to warm up, however, and it {hat enrollment cards and other as the result of the battle for control of Ward and its sales lag in recent documents are submitted to the Chem (Valentine), Trinity (Carras) in a few weeks it is expected that Union now so that the port will years.) Competition ls*Vlso keefi on sheets, with prices practicaHy. at and the Orion Comet (Orion), a the "fur will really, fly^ be fully prepared to handle any pre-World War II levels. Fitted (contour sheets are now available for big supertanker on her way to the Once the deadline is up for as little as $1.50.1n twin size, and ^;egular heavy-weight muslin sheets Far East. In addition, the Stony filing as a candidate and each emergency situation. Of course, (140 count), for as little as $1.85. v the minute a Seafarer or member Creek (American Tramp Shipping), candidate then knows whom he has FOOD: Higher price tags on many food staples, especially eggs and Steel Recorder (Isthmian) and to tear apart, then "things will of his family finds that hospital­ meat, is the real problem. The supply of pork is larger this fall than Ocean Eva (Ocean Trans) ipade really get hot," Leroy Clarke, ization is required, they should last, and^ some pork cuts have come down in price, notably shoulders their presence known. SIU port agent here, commented. get in touch with the port agent to and hams. But beef Is higher and the $1 price tag is visible more often Oldtimer In "Louisiana elections are like elec­ assure themselves prompt service again on steaks, from the SIU Plan. Among the crew on the Eva, tions no place else," he added. Tip: With eggs very high, use Grade B in omelets and other cooked Dull Shipping which stayed on here over a week, Local labor unions are also quiet dishes, and small and medium Grade A for boiling and poaching. was Brother Adolph Capote of at this time, with all members On the shipping side. Mobile Smaller eggs are cheaper at this season. ! Seatrain New Orleans fame, who working and no outstanding beefs had a dull two weeks with not has never quitp recovered from on the docket. much turnover on the vessels hit­ ting port. 'Eight payoffs, four sign, ons and three in-transits summed up the port's business. The coming period should improve somewhat, ^ B A *=" A 19,^ PHILADELPHIA—New progress : by the SlU-affiliated but the outlook is not too exciting. Seafarers shipping out of here Marine Allied Workers headlines the news from^this port. were saddened to learn of the passing of Brother Robert Darley, MAW has Just filed a petition for representation of employees Sr. Darley, who sailed as AB, col­ of the Chester-Bridgeport fer- ^ lapsed and died while on the wheel ries below thli city. MAW Seafarers have been assisting their fellow trade unionists shoreside by watch on the Ocean Joyce, outside of Pusan, Korea. One of his three organizers here are confident staying away from these non-union Seafarer-sons, Robert, Jr., whs OS that the union will win a Labor operations. lone No Terror on the same watch with his father Board election among these men. The SIU affiliate already has a at the time of his death. The hurricane lone scare did not The veteran Seafarer's body is number of ajp'eements with various frighten any jobs away from this being returned to the States by operations in this port. city, with shipping doing very wet^. On the shoreside labor scene, We have had. to call other ports ship, and burial will take place near his home in Panama City, port agent A. S. CarduUp reports for men in the past two weeks and Florida. no change in the. fight of AFL the future outlook is good with 675"-4^.AVEM0F -12/6 E.BALTIMOS The sympathies of the port also Restaurant Workers and Team­ very few men available here. go to the family of Seafarer Walter sters to sign up the. Horn and . AIL waterfront activity is back J. Anderson, whose motheir died Hardart chain here. This port has' to nomxal follpwing a. stoppage by ' here last week. Anderson lu gone on record- not to patronize longshoremen .which tied shipping i: kSils''olit of'Ai6bilii''asiidsuh.' A.'.'••••"J How oM''iiMdact4?ect*urant8'and mp"briefly? **'®'^"* .• •, Mobile Pays 22 Family Benefits Tanker Activity Booms Lake Charles' Shipping Phiiiy In Ferry Drive ponro'CALL ^V,'' • /•: -:' '••..V•• /if'. I eRoa/eCl^AI eAt.-7//vtcvep �Sept Sf. 'lPU SBAFAMEM9 WeSTPORT (ArHlur), July 17— ehalrman> R. 6atatl Sacratary, It. Arctiar. One brother apoke on ahlp not havihe any beefs at preseht, all is working wen. Several men asked about the amount of cement carried to receive bonus. All brothers asked not to leave clothes in washing ma­ chine. WILLIAM H. CARRUTH (Tranafuel), July 10—Chairman, P. Leon­ ard; Secretary, II. Thomas. Turned in repair list. Fire equipment is not up to par. It was suggested that water tanks be taken from aft and put be­ low for more hot water, that we put in for the days we had no water to shower Mth. No. water In washing machine for two i weeks and fresh water tanks are not cemented. YORKMAR (Calmar), July 28— Chairman, A. Morgan; Secretary, C. "^raues. Payoff rules were reviewed. No drinking in passageways. Discusaion held on washing machine wring­ er. Heaps and showera to be kept clean. Drinking water is not cold enough. Steward to serve larger salads. EVELYN (Bull Lines), July 23— Chairman, Aycock; Secretary, Piersen. One crew member lost life in Port Mexico. State of accident will be' given upon arrival In New York. Ship's delegate elected. Request pa­ trolman to investigate unsafe condi­ tion, and delayed sailing from Port Mexico. Discussion was held on sani­ tary faculties. ROBIN MOWBRAY (Robin Lines), July 25—Chairman, W. BIskas; Sec'retary, O. Raynor. Men who fouled up wlU pay $50 fine. Some disputed over­ time settled. Motion made and car­ ried to accept and concur with head­ quarters communicatioiis. chairs In Formosa, balance OlQp'a fund is SIS. Letter was sent to-SEA­ FARERS LOG regarding misconduct of crewmember. Repair lists to be compiled. Vote of thanks to steward department. MAE (Bull Lines), July 31—Chair­ man, F. Hipp; Secretary, S. Berger. All delegates agree with captain and chief mate that all performers get off ship. Everything in order except for hot weather in the Gulf of Mex­ ico. Ship's fund—$7.89. Motion made to Increase ship's fund. Foc'sles to hj» painted. CITRUS PACKER (Waterman), July 4 — Chairman, Puckett; Seeretary, Wsber. (niief engineer said he would adjust drinking water. Popcorn ma­ chine was purchased for $10. No noise in messhall at night. Caird gaihes to begin after supper. July 24—Chairman, Carney; Seere­ tary, Weber. Water is okay now that crew has taken on a new coMer water. Ship's fund $30. Motion made and carried to get new percolators and larger sheets. Port steward in New Orleans Is responsible for small variety and poor quaUty of food. LA SALLR (Waterman), July 24— Chairman, D. Mann; Secretary, C. Mexur. No major beefs. Delayed eallIng )o be. taken up with patrolman. TWehty dollars was apeht for' deek .J'vill 'He-Man^ Haircut For Seafarer's Sen a OREMAR (Ore), July 24—Chairman; C. Burnt; Secretary, H. Stewart. No beefs. . Ship's fund—S2.50. Ship's del­ egate elected. Lockers to be repaired by machinist. To see about getting milk in Canada. CUBORE (Ore), June 28—Chairman, G. Brown; Secretary, C. Crockett. Ship's delegate elected. Sailing board time has gotten way out of hand. More night lunch to be put out. SteW' ard department man to make coffee for 10 AM coffee time. MOHICAN (Trans Oceanic), July 24 —Chairman, C. Walliek; Secretary, J. Morrison. Innerspring matresses and fans will be ordered in New York. Ship's delegate elected. Motion made and carried to cooperate with mess. man and pantryman in keeping messhall and pantry clean. Repair lists to be turned into ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to steward depart­ ment. STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), Au­ gust 14—Chairman, H. Maginness; Secretary, F. Webb. Continued coop­ eration requested of crew. Ship's treasurer elected. No beefs. New motor installed in washing machine. ALCOA CLIPPER (Alcoa), July 30— Chairman, R. Roberts; Secretary, H. Patterson. Balance of ship's fund is $59.68. No beefs—smooth sailing. Ship's delegate and secretary-reporter elected. Better grade of meats need­ ed. Hand rails on fore and aft to be repaired before ship leaves New Or­ leans. CHICKASAW (Pan Atlantic), July 31—Chairman, O. Taylor; Secretary, S. Ougglno. No beefs. Motion made and carried that crew get screen doors for galley and crew mess. Ship's secretary-reporter elected. Sug­ gestion made that all foc'sles be sougeed and decks painted. Temper­ ature of lee box to be improved, so that ice cream will stay hard; and to unplug drains in the laundry room, sinks and decks. ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), July 31—Chairman, J. Johnson; Seeretary, D. Beard. No beefs. Ship's fund con­ tains $16.34. Communlcatlous froiii headquarters read, accepted, and con­ curred. Ship's treasurer elected. Crew appreciates third cook's cook­ ing. THE CABINS (Mathlasen), July Chairman, H. Fusion; Seeretary, T. Bolton. Ship's secretary - reporter elected. Ship's fund—$83.70. No beefs. Ship's delegate elected. Vote of thanks to steward department. Crew requests that ship be fumigated when It goes to shipyard. All repairs to be listed and turned Into ship's delegate. CALMAR (Calmar), July If—Chair­ man, S. Drury; Secretary, .T. Jackson. No major beefs. Repair list was compUed and ..handed In. Ship's fund— $24.28. Motion made and carried that all SIU welfare benefits cover union officials as well as active SIU men. Discussion on ship's fund. CHILORE (Ore), July 31—Chslrmsn, R. King; Seeretary, K. BrlHsln. Ship's fund—$34. No beefs. Ship's delegate and secretary-reporter elected. Vote of thanks to steward department. Col­ lection taken for ship's delegate's . wife, who is parslyzed. New library needed. Steward , to try to get mora cots. * Canada SIU Wins West Coast Beef A two-month strike by West Coast Canadian Seafarers ended in victory when the JOHN B..WATERMAN (Waterman), July 30—Chairman, E. Hansen; Secre­ tary, N. Matthey. To see captain about log of one man. Chief steward and delegate to check stores. Ship's fund $24.32. Linen to be taken down and foc'sles to be left clean. Ship's delegate to ask for statement of earn­ ings before payoff. Meat to be double checked as to US Government stamp, Special meeting to be called' in port with reference to poor food. SANDCAPTAIN (Construction Ag­ gregates), July 17—Chairman, J. Bar­ ron; Secretary, H. Mooney. Letter re­ ceived on subect of passes. Letter from NY saying cigarettes on Ches­ ter Harding should he shared with this crew. Letter to be sent to stew­ ard of Chester Harding requesting to know how many cases of cigarettes they have aboard and when we can expect to receive some. The only beef . LONGVIEW VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), July 17—Chairman, S. Hawks; is on these cigarettes. Secretary, J. Watson. Beefs with SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), July chief mate to be settled at payoff. 23—Chairman, R. Hall; Secretary, A. Some disputed overtime. Motion made Whllmer. Men who have a plausible and carried to accept and concur with excuse for being late 'on sailing day communications from headquarters. will be okayed, but men who do not Mate to order extra porthole chutes will be turned lirto patrolman for and screens. Discussion held on lack action. Ship's treasury contains $111.- of medical attention to crew and un­ 14. No beefs. Motion made and car­ safe gangway. ried to accept and concur. with com­ July 27—Chairman, R. Roberts; Sec­ munications from headquarters unan­ retary, H. Kennedy. Ship's delegate imously. TV sat to be repaired in elected. Patroiiiian to see that vessel Texas. It has been agreed that treas­ has $5,000 on hand sailing day. Mo­ urer is to take care of lending money tion made and carried to accept terms out up to $50 with one signature. on back-dating of articles. Steward requests that crew throw down excess TRANSATLANTIC (Paciflc Water­ and dirty linen. Vote of thanks to ways), July 20—Chairman, A.- Ander­ steward department for job well son; Secretary, S. Arelet. Motion made done. and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquar­ • OENEVIiVB PETERKIN (Blesmters. Discussion was held on subject fleld), July 1$—Chairman, E. Goings; of restriction on shore leave and it Secretary, D. Patterson. No beefs. was agreed that crew should be able Ship's delegate elected. Ship was to go ashore. Vote of thanks to stew­ fumigated in New Orleans. A new schedule is being prepared for the ard department for good work. cleaning of the laundry and recrea­ PORT HOSKINS (CItlos Service), tion rooms. Electricity toi be turned July 31—Chairman, F. Throp; Secre­ off after men use the washing ma­ tary, H. Westphal. Everything in or­ chine. der. Ship's treasury contains SIS. Re­ quested that awning be put up on MONARCH OF THE SEAS (Water­ boat deck. Motion made and carried man), July 30—Chairman, Danne; Stcto accept and concur with commu­ retary, D. Edwards. No beefs. Motion nication from headquarters. made and carried to accept and con­ cur with headquarters commuhicaSTEEL KINO (Isthmian), No date- tions. Catwalk to be put over all Chairman, Howlton; Secretary, J. Wll- deck cargo, for safety of all depart­ Inson. No beefs. There was no re­ ments. All men who use washing mastriction to ship and overtime was -chine are to turn it off after use. collected. Discussion was held on Vote _of thanks to steward depart­ hiring system. Headquarters com­ ment for cooperating with keeping munications accepted and concurred,, the deck clean. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), July 30—Chairman, J. Allen; Seeretary, A. Whltmer. No major beefs. Ship's fund—$111.14. Motion made and car­ ried to accept recent communications from headquarters unanimously. Pege Stevea LOG Seafarer Benjamin Mignano, AS, holding son. Mifchell, 2, looks on proudly as "the big boy," Eddie, 4I/2, gets a heman's haircut in the barbershop at SIU headquarters. Mig­ nano lives just a few minutes, from the hall in Brooklyn. John Raubino is the barber. ^ Tampa, Mobile Active In MAW Tugboat Drive TAMPA—Seafarers here and in Mobile have joined with SlU-affiliated Marine Allied Workers in a brand-new drive aimed at the organization of the local Blue Stack Towing Company. A petition for a •ollective 50 men involved will swing to the MAW for full-time representation. bargaining election has al­ 'In - other action, according to ready been filed with the Tom Banning, SIU port agent here, National Labor Relations Board for the right to represent the tug workers. The company operates six tugs that hit the port fairly regu­ larly. Expectation is high that when an election is held the approximately shipping pepped lip slightly and appears to be getting better. Aside from routine beefs, the only outof-the-way item was a beef con­ cerning a bacon shortage on the Del Santos (Mississippi) which was squared away in jig time. Union Steamship Company yielded on a new contract. The agreement sets up an hourly wage system anil provides an 11-cent hourly increase retroactive to June 1. With the Union SS contract in its pocket, the SIU Canadian Dis­ trict scheduled a strike of 450 Sea­ farers aboard ships of the Cana­ dian Pacific Railway's Coastal Steamship Service, The strike^ originally called for miiinight, Sep­ tember 25, has been held off pen(i"« ing further negotiations between the company and the union. Uniop Steamship operates six> passenger vessels out of Vancouver, BC, as well as freight services on^ the West Coast. In addition to the'^ hourly increase, the overtime rat« was increased 18 cents an .hoiir and the company agreed to make 20-cent daily payments to the Can­ adian District's welfare plan. 100 Percent Tie-Up The strike of 350 Canadian Dis­ trict members began on July 3 after months of negotiation had been unsuccessful. The tie-up was ICQ percent effective from the out­ set with ho effort made by the company to operate its ships. Meanwhile, a Canadian govern­ ment Royal Commission is \yinding up hearings on proposals to re­ serve Canada's domestic trade to Canadian ships. At present there are no restrictions in the domestic trades with the result that British and other foreign-flag ships have taken over much of the Lakes. • " • Does The US Need Kings Point? (Continued from page 2) a minimum of two years in the Navy. If, for example, a high school graduate sincerely interested in merchant service wanted to go to Kings Point and could not pass the Navy physical, he would be barred from the school. But a candidate for Annapolis who couldn't get ap­ pointed there could enter the Navy via Kings Point. It's interesting to note that the state maritime schools, which make Naval Reserve enlistment an op­ tional requirement, have a greater percentage of their graduates (20 percent) on merchant ships than Kings Point does. In other words, the Department of Commerce supplies the funds for the academy's operation to the tune of $2 million a year, and the Navy gets the men. Whether a man works for a steamship company after leaving the Navy is entirely up to him, even though his tuition, room and board, textbooks and uni­ forms have been supplied gratis by the Maritime Administration. Annex Of Annapolis The Navy's hold on Kings Point makes it a Naval Reserve training school and an annex of Annapolis for all intents and purposes. The academy has deliberately set out to imitate the structure and function of the military academies. A Kings Point booklet calls the academy "one of the five federal service academies" (the other four being West Point, Mnapolis, the Air Force School and the Coast Guard Academy). "Like these schools" It says. Kings Point is "military in character." For example, while most Instructon at the school are civilians «¥sen mil' West Point or Annapolis, courses time unions for the Navy to oper­ in Naval science are taught by reg­ ate Kings Point as an out-and-out ular Navy men who are assigned Naval Reserve Officers Training by the Navy Department. The School. Such a situation is prefer­ courses cover gunnery, drill, man­ able to operating the school under ual of arms, naval tactics and sim­ the guise of a merchant marine ilar subject matter. academy. Kings Pointers, like midshipmen Navy Di^uise at Annapolis, are not allowed to The Navy's reason for maintain­ marry while at school. Entering ing the disguise is believed to be­ classmen are known as "plebes" lts fear of objections that the like in service academies and the jealous sister services, the Army student body is composed of and Air Force, would raise to a "cadet-myjshipmen," a West Point- second Navy academy. The Navy is Annapolis combination. There is no also relieved of the cost of opera­ liberty given on schiml days ex­ tions except for the cost of Naval cept under special circumstances, Science instructors. with men confined to academy While Kings Point is a conveni­ grounds. "All cadet-midshipmen," ence for the Navy it is an expense the booklet says, "wear uniforms for maritime which year after year similar to those worn by midship­ finds itself hard-pressed to secure men at Annapolis." badly-needed Government aid for Cadet-midshipmen are subject the merchant marine. Moreover, it to military discipline, the booklet is just as well that the hundreds reports. "Cadet-midshipmen are of men turned out by Kings Point organized into a regiment which is choose to go into another industry, subdivided into battalions and for the rapidly-shrinking US niercompanies, all under the command 'chant fleet has fewer jobs every of cadet-midshipmen officers . . . year. ' A high standard of military disci­ It would seem sensible to turn pline . . . is required." Kings Point back to Navy jurisdic­ No Civilians Here tion just as it had jurisdiction over Obviously the spirit of the acad­ state schools before 1940, and let emy is more military than civilian, the Maritime Administration de­ deliberately patterned after An­ vote all of its funds for maritime napolis, while the students are functions. ostensibly being trained for civil­ T ian service. A comparable sjtuation would exist if the Civil Aeronautics Au­ thority were to set up a school to train civilian airline pilots and the men were to be commissioned in the Air Force upon graduation.' No one disputes the Navy's right to train as many men as it needs for its purposes. If more Naval officers are needed, it would be pe^ectly acceptable i to the mari- r • -^-3 �• SEAFARERS -LOa--^^ - rafiB Eftht . •, . -^ :: •'! >• ••••-..•'-••:'•. •> '• r-:r^ - *: •-••7'' •-. k-'. ... - ' •- . .7 ••/'-v*-- "^ • VA.-' -:• • Sepfcm ^.- 7-'^ • .•s^'4:i--'.f:, 4 ..V- .r---r..-;.----^, ^ - ^ ^,7-r., . . K-. >;-' I - . 'i • \y ^ -' u "v ., :• I' ; .•'J'\.'J'. -r .V ' -y' . IX' :- -N. Whdn ownership ©f the ship , repair yard formerly operated in Mobile by the Waterman Steamship Comany recently was acauired y the newly-organized Mo­ bile Ship Repair, Inc., in­ volved were a substantial number of SlU men working in thiat yard under terms of a contract with the Marine Al­ lied Workers, an. SlU af- E Shipyard Crafftsmeii » fdidte. with •"•:•:• "MAW men working in this ship repair yard are highly skilled with rnany years of experience," sbid SlU Mobile Port Aaeht Cal Tanner. "Many of these em­ ployes are seafaring men, a unique situation assuring a high degree of expert crafts­ manship by men who under­ stand tne necessity of a wellconstructed 'and well-re­ paired ship." In these photos, the LOG shows the variety of skills displayed by SlU-MAW men on the job. > Deep Sea Experience I-I' . \i:- • |JL- : l-il*' '• 1 U |>iU f ' Ik- • ' ifc:- isp. iSi. • Js M.'' ft iS' •• '/r Aerial view shows Mobile Ship Repair Yard, manned by SlU-affiliated Marine Allied Workers, and its facilities at the Alabama State Docks in Mobile. In inset, above left, is floating derrick which makes it possible for Mobile yard to provide shipside service in the harbor. Above, right, is the Andrew J. Newbury, a Govern&ent-owned Liberty out of the lay-up fleet currently under.zepair. Work being done under the Martime Adndnjstration's emerg«9ncy ship repair program is typical of services offered by the repair yard. m. /' �SIU-MAW members WiHiam Wilson (left) and Dan Walters bend length of pipe to specifications required in ship repair job. Many MAW mem­ bers have years of Seafaring experience. New parts and work supplies are in constant demand in repair operations and yard's warehouse stocks a wide variety of ship items. SIU-MAW member Richard Langley (left) is shown receiv­ ing a sheaf of supply requisitions to be filled for W. H. Southall. Yard owners signe^ new MAW contract as they took over operations. •'M' /:;is One of highly-skilled repairmen at the yard is Bob Dorpian, shown here at work on an electric motors Yard handles wide variety of maintenance and repair work. Intent on a knotty problem are three of the yard's many skilled craftsmen, (left to right) Al­ fred Brooks, Alfred Jefferson and Edward Clark. Men were rebuildini;. a defective boilet feed pump motor in the repair yard's electrical shop when ^e SEAF|/IR£RS LOG photographer caught them in action. ^ _ J • •;. jtf.- ' �SSAFJRERS^toe Pace Tea t V- Sept. St, tm 'What's This Got To Do With The Merchant Marine?' I»:•I^i:!•• jy p: L'-. ••"- ' ^-v\ S. i" ROBERT MOYLAN, bosun CHARLES PAYNE, baker Seafarer Robert Moylan has A ship tnay not be the calmest place in the world, but it is a been a member of only one union lot easier on the nerves than a in all his years at sea and ashore. busy wartime shipyard.. Seafarer And as far as he is concerned, the Charles Payne found this out after SIU is "the only one I will ever working in a Baltimore yard dur­ belong to." Having joined the SIU ing the days when in Boston in 1944, he has seen the Liberty ships tremendous improvement the Un­ were being turn ion has made in seamen's condi­ ed out like sau­ tions since that time. ^ Although he comes from Massa­ sages. After some time in the yard, chusetts, Moylan prefers to catch he decided to try his ships out of Wilmington, Cali­ a less hectic way fornia, where he can get both off­ shore and intercoastal runs. His of Ufe. He caught his home town, Lawrence, is a wellfirst ship out of known textile manufacturing cen­ rayne Baltimore in 1943, ter not far from the port of Boston. The 44 - year and in 1944, hitched up with the old Searfarer's SIU ih New York. That sold him first introduction on seafaring. to salt water Payne grew up in the Maryland came via the tidewater country on the Patapasco Navy. He joined River middle branch. As a youth it in 1928 at the he was always interested in boating tender age ^f 17 and had to be dragged from the and served a sixriver one time after his boat over­ year hitch as a turned. Moylan bluejacket before Beats Shore Fay returning to ci­ Today the 33-year-old Seafarer vilian life in 1934. The depression years were par­ makes his home in Baltimore with ticularly rough on searon with jobs his wife and daughter. Although his family would- prefer to have hard to get and unions just begin­ him home regularly, Payne finds ning to revive from the 1921 gen­ there is nothing in the way of work eral strike disaster. Moylan was that can offer him what he gets on out of sea harness for a while, but an SIU ship—either in pay or the when the war clouds gathered man with Moylan's seagoing expe­ stimulation of a seafaring life. rience was much in demand. He In the 12 years he's been sailing he has seen constant improvement returned to the sea, this time as seaman. of life aboard ship through Union a merchant On Picket lines efforts. But it hasn't all been Moylan has taken part in a num­ peaches and cream. In 1947 he was ber of the Union's major postwar severely injured when he slipped beefs, including the 1946 General on a fish-oiled deck and spent the Strike and others, and had the next three years out of work, un­ satisfaction of seeing his efforts dergoing a series of operations. and those of his shipmates pay When he was a bachelor, Payne off in the form of better days for preferred the long runs to South Seafarers. American ports, but now he usually When not on a ship, Moylan is takes coastwise and nearby-foreign an avid fisherman like so many ships which bring him home regu­ other Seafarers who find the hob­ larly. by a natural one. "The Union has "Just give me an electric stove," done a great deal for me," he says, he says, "and a Union ship and I'm "and when I'm on a ship I'm out air set to go." I to do the best I can accordingly." VV: 'vV • iv'.- .-r' J ^-.•••' : iri" A I", • CIO Transport Workers can­ celled a strike call for Pennsyl­ vania Railroad maintenance men as Federal railroad mediation ma­ chinery went to work on the dis­ pute. The strike would have af­ fected all of the railroads' eastern operations. p- I'- '"- One of two struck Louisiana sugar cane mills has signed a new union contract with the CIO Pack­ inghouse Workers. A second sugar refinery strike is still in progress. •t 1?If«.: • Is: •; t is> . Farm machinery workers at the International Harvester Company ended a 26-day strike with a new 34-cents an hour package covering a three-year period. The 40,000 company employees are members of the CIO United Auto Workers and the contract provides five cents hourly for supplemental un­ employment insurance, as in the auto industry. 0^ if AFL Hotel and Restaurant work­ ers have been notified that their parent union, the Hotel and Restuarant Employees International, intends to expand its strike against Miami Beach hotels and continue action into the winter seasop. Un­ ion members have been asked not to take winter Jobs in Miami Beach. The resort area depends heavily on an infiux of skilled northern workers during its winter season. if if i New York printers in commer­ cial shops have voted overwhelm­ ingly in favor of a contract provid­ ing a $4 a week raise this year and another $3 next July. The contract also grants the International Typo­ graphical Union jurisdiction over new printing processes now being developed. if if if Following the lead of their American counterparts, Canadian labor federations will merge at a convention to be held in April, 1956. The Canadian Trades and Labor Congress, AFL - affiliated, and the Canadian Congress of La­ bor, which maintains CIO connec­ tions, will form a new millionmember organization, the Canadian Labor Congress. if if if An industry-wide pension plan in the baking industry has been reached between the Bakery and Confectionary Workers Interna­ tional (AFL) and employers. The plan is supported entirely by em­ ployer contributions and gives workers a vested pension right which they do not lose when they The career-builders who carefully cultivate the public impression that the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point is an adjunct to the US shipping in- = dustry will be out in force again early next month when a Senate Committee begins sifting the operations of the maritime officer training schools. Kings Point, in reality an "annex" to Annapolis, is a Navy "secret weapon," because its annual $2 million appropriation from the Department of Commerce fosters the illusion that it is a civilian training ground. Yet when the facts are in, fewer than 15 percent of its ^graduates ever make merchant seaman­ ship their career. Since there is no requirement that its gi-aduates go to sea, the vast major­ ity of them settle in shoreside jobs or build careers in the Navy. Their free schooling at taxpayer expense does not one iota of good for the shipping in­ dustry because, in a time of ever-decrbasing private shipping operations, there are no ships for them—and they wouldn't take them if there were. There hasn't been a real shortage of trained officer manpower in years. The needs of the industry, indeed the bulk of the men now sailing, come from the state academies and up from unlicensed ranks. This is as it should be. However, the amount of money spent on this installation, considering the I money heeds of the declining US shipping industry today, could well be spent on other purposes. New safety devices, greater experimentation with new ship types and designs, all of these are current and pressing iteiri^ required for our ' outmoded merchant fleet. The sham of treating Kings Point as a Government>-aided private training,,, installation is £t fraud on the unknowing public. Since Kings Point is merely grinding out officers jvho are pledged to the Navy, in war or peace^ why perpetu-;; ate the farce that it is serving the merchant marine? Why not label the place properly as the "Junior Annapolis" and have the Navy pick up the tab? That $2 million could do a lot more good if spent devis­ ing ways and means for preventing anotheir Southern Districts disaster dt for our ^ rasTj'- �Sepi iSO. 1058 Pare Elefei - SEAFARER^ L&d LOG Pays Call On Alcoa Planter In Savannah SIAFARERS ^icfiw It often happens when a ship is shorthanded in foreigh ports that the crew will be rounded out by non-union seamen or seamen from oilier outfits. When the tanker Seatiger wound up two men short, Seafarer Terence Glynn proposed that the crew chip in funds so that, a crew representative could be sent ashore to contact the American consul. The consul, Glynn pointed out, would have^a record of all the American seamen on the beach and could find out if any of them were SlU members. Crewmembers agreed that it was a fine idea and proceeded accord­ ingly to secure A visit.to the Alcoa Planter in Savannah on. a recent Saturday the LOG a careful onceover to see what was happening in their their replaCeafternoon found these Seafarers on hand to greet an SIU Unipn and elsewhere in maritime. At right, George Condos, ments through photographer. At left, John'Bowdon, AB, was busy securing the bosun, was finishing a^splice on some wire (on overtime, nat­ the consulate. urally) and was just about ready for a smoke. For all of them, gangway to make it safe for-all hands leaving and coming aboard ' t, i i Saturday afternoon was not much different from any oth^r. the ship. In the messhall (center photo), R. Hanssen, steward Aboard the (left), and Joe Kearnes, crew messman, were giving an issue of Work on a ship goes on all the time. Santore Seafarer Janies Van Sant came up with a common - sense suggestion on the Van Sant procedure of holding shipboard meetings. There's no sense holding a meeting, he observed, if one of the shipboard departments is being turned, to on Procedure to be followed in trading in seven SlU-manned C-2s for new trailerships have overtime work. If for that reason been agreed on between the Maritime Administration -and the Pan Atlantic Steamship most of the members of that de­ Corp. The seven ships would jgo into the reserve fleet in return for which the Maritime partment are unable to attend, the meeting should be postponed until Administration would pay part of the cost of construct­ ernment hopes to upgrade the re­ of funds for purchase of the C-2s a more appropriate time. BOSTON—This port en­ Van Sant. a deck department ing the new vessels and in­ serve fleet and stimulate new ship by the Maritime Administration, joyed an upsurge in shipping but the outlook is considered good building. They would be used to sure the remainder of the con­ man, has been sailing SIU since transport truck trailers in the for Congress approval on this with tankers ' contributing back in 1943, joining the Union in struction mortgage. score. most of the business, as usual. Port New York. The new ships would be con­ coastwise trade. shipping was well in excess of reg­ One major obstacle still remain­ tracted for imder the "trade-in and Contracts Come Fast $ ^ istration with 45 men getting out The September 7 SIU meetings build" program whereby the Gov­ ing is Congressional appropriation Under the agreed procedure, Pan in the two week period. in the various fiorts elected a num­ Atlantic would turn over its old Port agent James Sheehan listed. ber of rank and file Seafarers to ships after contracting for the new five payoffs and four sign-ons in the various meeting posts. ..Meeting ones. The amount of the trade-in the period covered by the report as chairmen included M. Machel in allowance would be determined in well as five in-transit ships. All San Francisco: D. Jones in Hous­ part by whether or not the old beefs were squared away in ship­ ton; H. M. Connell in Lake Charles ships were still in service while shape fashion. and R. E. Pierce in Savannah. Other Question: Have you noticed any change in crew moetings since new ones were being buiit. New Port meeting jobs were filled by W. De The company will have to de­ Lappe and B. Vickerman in Seaitle; the recent revision of the ship minutes form? The "Texas Tower" radar sta­ liver its C-2s to a reserve fleet B. A. Granberg in Wilmington; H. tion off Cape Cod has become a Francis X. Keelan, MM: I don't anchorage as specified by the Mar­ new "port of call" for Seafarers James Cheshire, AB: I find that Thomas and C. Allan in San Fran­ itime Administration and the ships cisco; V. Stankiewicz and B. Craw­ the meetings go along more see any particular change. I liked here, with the tug El Sol running it better the way will have to be in good operating regularly between it and Boston, smoothly now ford in Philadelphia; E. F. Hagin condition. The company will also it was before be­ and the Issues and E. Frost in Tampa, and J. W. carrying supplies and passengers. are being made cause we have have to post a performance bond Floyd and G. Bell in Savannah. The tower again got in the news as well. clearer to the too many ship's t 4i this week when a tower workman Ships to be traded in would be crews. Everybody officers under There seemed to be more than in need of an operation had to be seems to get to the new system. the Chickasaw, Bienville, Azalea evacuated by Coast Guard cutter the usual enthusiasm in endorse­ the .^oint more The smaller City, Fairisle, Fairland, Gateway ments voted to 50-mile-an-hour winds. There isdirectly and the group of three City and Young America. Pan At­ in the steward de­ a doctor aboard the tower, but no lantic would retain its two experi­ whole procedure departniental del­ partments on the anaesthetics had been stocked in shapes up better and a mental combination tanker-dry the tower's medicine chest. egates Lewis Emery Jr. cargo ships, the Ideal-X and the than it has been ship's delegate and the Mcworked better to my way of think­ Almena. Alester Victory. in the past. ing. Any further trailership plans by On the Emery McLean are being held off pend­ good feeding had 4" 4" George A. Williams, FWT: On Joseph Keelan, -AB: I've found ing determination of Pan Atlantic's produced a most my last ship, the Westport, it the meetings have a little more life petition for intercoastal rights. cordial a t m o s- seemed that the in them now. phere on all sides Vandersall gang quickly got The, crews are with the crew the knack of the more interested giving a special plum to W. C. new routine and because they Vandersall, night cook and baker. the meetings have some issues In turn, crew pantryman Danny were run more /IOWIMBOTH to discuss and Parkman, said that the gang was s y s t e m a tically there's some sub­ the best he had ever sailed with, than they were stance to., the making for good fellowship M all before. That business at hand departments. makes the meet­ SAN pRANCISCO — Shipping in addition to the The McAlester Victory crew ings more pro­ here is still in the doldrums for the regular ship­ thanked the entire steward depart­ ductive and more useful. board matters. ment for the excellent meals served third consecutive two-week period, throughout the trip and drafted a 4 4i 4? after months of feverish activity. John Marshall, chief steward: Regino Vasquez, MM: Since the special resolution in tribute to Port agent £eon "Blondie" John­ chief steward W. T. Malvenan for The meetings are more interesting new system began I've been on son .reports just one payoff in sight some Alcoa and noV, and the re­ his interest, full cooperation and Bull Line ships. at the moment. ports we get maximum efficiency of operation, For the first time in many Most of the meet­ along with the "We sincerely hope" they added, ings were run months there were no payoffs or new minutes •that he will stay on this ship for the pretty good and_ sign-ons here as three in-transits form are helpful next trip and continue his good the business was provided the only action the port In keeping the work." taken care of. I had. The pending arrival of the crew up to date Both Vandersall and Malvenan think the crews La Salle for payoff will break this and getting more have the».experience to do a good BAl-nMOtB are satisfied wi^ rought, and increased' in transit job because both of them have been participation. It's the new system activity should improve matters SIU bookmembers since back in very informative .... the wayJt stands noticeably iii the coming two 1938, Vandersall joining in Mobilp for |he B and C ' a&id Malvenan in Boston! " ^ aiid' find' ft* ^s^ to w^rlt^%tth!' 'WekSi cardhbldfcrs' on th'e bliipB lod. • m • ••'Mi, Trailership Trade-In Procedure Boston Gets Set Between US, Pan-Atlantic Lift From Tanker Biz Slow Shipping Holds'Frisco •M •i Ml PORT C CALL • rC • r-y , '.. J �.^V-, SEAFARERS Page Twelve GOVERNMENT CAMP (CIHss StrvIce), August 3-Chairman. McCloiay; Secretary. J. Meioney. Ship's fund contains S6. New fans to be instaUed, Ice. box needs repair, to be checked by engineer. Several other repairs to be made. INES (Bull). July 3—Chairman. M, Marines; secretary. L. cirignano. Ship's fund—$14; No beefs. Sugges­ tion made for ship's fund—arrival pool. All time in shipyard to be turned over to patrolman for lodging, allowance, as per contract. Steward to take care of washing machine re­ pairs. Seafarer Bill Bause, ship's reporter on the Northwestern Victory, reyeals the latest in­ novation on th^ ship—a "Pizza Pie Society." "There are at least six active "members, of which Brothers Chuck Johnson and Joe Falasca seem, to be the 'wheels,' when the society gathers every Thursday P M. With a somewhat fiendish gleam in their eyes, the members invade the galley, roll out a hunk of dough, place it on two big pans and then throw Bause anything avail­ able on top of it. "After this 'dumping' (Hieration, they ceremoniously push this crea­ tion into the bake oven and stand by at high tension for 15. minutes. Then Brother Chuck removes the concoction, sounds of pleasure fill the air and all the members grab wicked looking knives with which they cut 'the thing' into squares. It then being coffeetime, the squares are demolished at an un­ believable speed by the member­ ship and the meeting adjourns." Bause hastens to add that he Is not a member of the "society," be­ cause pizza pie "always reminds me of a very sad 'morning after' in Saigon not long ago." OCEANSTAR (Triton), July U — Chairman, S. Emerson; Secretary. C. Diaz. Ship's delegate thanked crew for all. the cooperation he received. It was brought to the crew's attention SlU crewmemberi and officers aboard the Robin Locksley take part in services for sea burial of Seafarer John L. Bolden, MM, who died on Robin Soodfellow and was later transferred for burial to the Locksley, which was homeward .bound from Capetown. The scene is about 1600 miles due west of Capetown. Seafarer W. W. Bunker took the photo sent in by Ed Burke. Locksley Goes South, Finds Winter In July Crossed up on their seasons, some Seafarers on the Robin Locksley found out recently tbaj a trip to South Africa doesn't necessarily mean a lot of warm'weather. The seasons run just about t"— opposite of what they are in he finally got aboard and eventu­ ally met with a fine for missing the New York, Ed Burke reports, ship. so the crew found some fairly cool "Chances are that he'll fish next weather in South Africa during July and August. They didn't find trip in Beira," Burke added. much sunshine down there either, but thanks to the good gang of SIU men aboard, things worked out to make recent voyage a good trip. LOG-A-RHYTHM: One of its highlights was a fish­ ing contest in which one of the ABs, with a 12V2-pound grouper, walked off with the honors plus the $180 that was in the contest By a Seafarer kitty. Got Fast Shuffle I've sailed the Atlantic Another case of a fast $180 (or The Pacific, too But I wouldn't trade places more) occurred when one crewWith any of you. member got caught in the old cab .There is something about a life at driver-police shuffle in Beira. "It all started with a cab driver sea caliing his poiice force pals when I couldn't describe he couldn't collect the fantastic For the life of me. fare he was asking from our 'filthy When standing on look,out rich' seaman friend," Burke point­ Up on the bow Letting the spray toss over your ed out. "Well, the seaman really paid Mixed emotions . qree.t the brow for that ride. He got thrown in You're protecting your shipmates shipboard photog who the can and had to pay the cab That now lie asleep grabbed this shot of Broth­ And thinking of buddies bill anyway, plus a fine. In addi­ ers Candy, Kimp and Little Down in the deep. tion, he missed the ship, got billed (l-rl on the Steel Traveler. for the agent's overtime and a When the last bell has rung They were looking for a lit­ plane ticket for a ride to the next And it's my turn to go tle shade on the trip to Put me at rest with my buddies port, was slapped with a couple India. of loggings at two for one when below. Steel Travelers Last Request -ir • • j •!! ,.'.u USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Orville E. Abrams Sverre Jbhannessen L. Bosley John C. Mitchell Dargan Coker John F. Slusarczyk Bobert J. Heilig S. T. Zetleman VA HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. PA. Angelo Camerote USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Hilton Blanchard. John E. Markopolo Morris E. Garrett Leonard Talevich Michael Henry John £. Tillman M. -p. McCoskey Edward C. Yeamana USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Edwin A. Ainsworth William B. Robinson Franghi Anghelatos Frank A. Rossi Francis J. Boner Marshall G. Shankle David G. Proctor Norman D. Wilson USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Joseph A. Leslie Donald Brownlee William Lieberman E. F. Cetti Jimmie Littleton C. E. Foster James T. Moore Jay ,C. Harris Joseph S. Moore J. B. Holsenbecfc Ernest H. Webb Gerald Kersey Eugene J. Kirkland USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Calvin DeSilva Ralph Armstrong Peter DeVries Julian B. Barrett Louis Guarino Merton Baxter Earl T. Hardeman J. L.'Buckelew George A. HiU John L; Caldwell Lloyd T. Callaway Robert Honjmel Carter C. Chambers Floyd Jehl^ns if li a .V I'BichBrd J..iChlasson Eaden E. Sept. 30, 1955 LffG Pizza Society Meets Thurs. On NW Victory E. G. Knapp Charles S. Smith Duska Korolia Walter Smith John LaCoste Woodrow A. Snead Leo H. Lang Henry S. Sosa Tinerman J. Lee George Stidham Nils Lornsen Lonnie R. Tickle John P. Maslin Juan R. Vitsquez C. R. Nicholson Dirk Vissei' Alfonso Olaguibel James B.' Ward Randolph A. RatcliR James R. Williams Thomas A. Scanlon David A. Wright Benjamin C. Seal USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF., Marcelo B. Belen John P. Murphy Robert B. Carey Walter J. Oaks Charles Dwyer M. E. Pappadakis Alonzo M. Miiefski USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Manuel Antonana Albert Hawkins Joseph P. Brennan John HoRman Carl E. Chandler Norman T. Jackson Thomas Clough Earl McKendree Charles Coburn Fred Morris Philip Cogiey Fred Pittman Victor B. Cooper Joseph R. Pullen Thomas L. Dugan John E. Renski Gorman T, Glaze C. Story USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT. MICH. * Tim Burke USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENN. Charles Burton USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS . Benjamin F. Deibler Jos Santiago Joseph J. Fuseila Rosehdo Sernuib . . Albert Kozina ................s.). SAILORS SNUG SARBOB STATEN ISLAND. NY Joseph Koslnsky USPHS HOSPITAL BROOKLYN. NY Edmund Abualy Kaarel Leetman John Adslitz • Leonard Leidig Fortunato Bacomo Arthur Lomas Frank W. Bemrick Mike Lubas Claude F. Blanks Joseph D. McGraw Joseph G. Carr Archibald McGuigan Gabriel Colon! Harry Fr^acDonald Mariano Cortex Michael Machusky Walter L. Davis Vic Milazzo Walter W. Denley Melvin O. Moore John J. Driscoll Eugene T. Nelson Bart E, Guranick Joseph Neubauer Taib Hassen James O'Hare Joseph Ifsits Ralph J. Palmer Thomas Isaksen Daniel F. Ruggiano John W. Keenan George E. Shumaker John R. Klemowicz Henry E. Smith Ludwig Kristlansen Harry S. Tuttle Frederick Landry VlrgU E. WUmo'th Janies J. Lawlor . Chee K. 2al USPHS HOSPITAL. STATEN ISLAND. NY 'Hassen All Carlos MZtt E. A. Anderson Thomas E. Maynes John Bednar Paige A. MitcheU Charies E. Brady Jose Quimera George Carlson Pedro Reyes John Castro Perry Roberts James Clarke George H. Robinson Frederick Diekow Jose Rodriguez D.tEldermire Mattl RuUsukalUo.. Gerald Fltzjames Lucien. G, Therlot • Estell Godfrey , Frank Wohlfarth John W. IglAekk Joseph Wohletz JqlytiMqWiWams. . i 1 . , i h ; "r^C.-'v .V ella; .Secretary, E. Gouldlng. No beefs. Few hoius disputed overtime. Crew of Robin Goodfeliow vote to go on record that we are in favor of the plan proposed to membership at meet­ ing held on board in New York. SEAGARDEN (Peninsular Naviga­ tion), June 4—Chairman. S. Scott; Secretary. C. Ludwick. No beefs. Fans are going to be installed. One man missed ship. Ship's delegate elected. Each delegate to get a copy of the LOG and pass it around to men in his department. . July 24—Chairman. P. Heiiebrand; Secratary. R. Reynolds. Patrolman to see captain about American money in foreign ports. Few hours disputed overtime but no beefs. Repair list to be completed. Vote of thanks to steward department. STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), July 10—Chairman. H. Laniar; Secra­ tary. S. Brent. Four new lockers to be installed. Ship's delegate, ship's secretary-reporter elected. No beefs. To see steward about improved night lunches and more varied menus. Four matresses needed. August 7—Chairman. C. Blalack; Secretary, S. Brent, Few minor beefs. Launch service in Djedda was discussed. Steward requested that all poor linen be turned in for exchange. Keep library clean. Screen door mat­ ters were referred to mate. that deck hands parrying coffee to bridge are to be careful not to spill it on deck. RAYVAH (Freight A Ships). August A—Chairman. F. Hicks; Secretary, J, Fanoll. No beefs. Miami agent given vote of thanks. To see mate about getting latches for screen doors and about washing machine. Vote of thanks to SIU negotiating committee for job weU done. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Robin Line). July 31—Chairman. B. Johnson; Sec­ retary. W. Dunham. Repair list is up to date. Motion made and carried that a meeting be held on arrival in NY regarding food. SEAMAR (Calmar). August 3—Chair­ man. C. Hodge; Secretary. J. Clarke. No beefs. Motion made and carried to send letter to headquarters regard­ ing living conditions aboard ship. TRANSATLANTIC (Pacific Water­ ways). July 31—Chairman. A. Ander­ son; Secretary. S. Aralas. Ship's del­ egate to contact Union hall regarding agreement. Washing machine to be repaired, and foc'sles to be painted. All beefs aboard this vessel were squared away in New York. ALAMAR (Calmar). August 4 — Chairman. R. Kyle; Secretary. J. McPhaul. Ship's treasury is $61.05. Mo­ tion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. Ship's treasurer, dele­ gate. and secretary-reporter elected. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Serv­ ice). August IS—Chairman. A. Har­ rington; Secretary. M. Hummel. Re­ pair list turned in and ship's delegate elected. Ship's fund contains $45.27. Motion made and carried to read, ac­ cept and concur with communications from headquarters. Milk and brand of coffee to be checked in Lake Charles. Vote of thanks to ship's delegate for handling all beefs well. CITRUS PACKER (Waterman). Au­ gust 14—Chairman, Clark; Secretary, Waber. Disputed overtime will be turned In to patrolman. Repair list and list of men getting off will be provided soon. Vote of thanks to steward department for good chow. Ship's fund contains S20. Some dis­ puted overtime. DEL AIRES (Mississippi), August 7 —Chairman, A. Thompson; Secretary, H. Guenther. Man was hospitalized in Victoria. Some disputed overtime. Some questidi\ about why merchant marine cannot have use of APO serv­ ice in foreign,- countries. ORION STAR (Orion). July 23 — Chairman. N. Lambert; Secratary. W. Stark. Fans being installed. An or­ der is in for new wind scoops. To check . on getting, travelers checks. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. Linen to be turned in. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian). July 17—Chairman. G. Clark; Secretary, E. Morris, No change in the situation about information getting tbpside to chief mate. Few beefs. Ship's fund —$20.97. New washing machine need­ ed. One man hospitalized. Motion made and carried to have patrolman and delegates settle all beef*. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian). July 14— Chairman, C. Bush; Secratary, J. Nolda.' Engineer was notified about discolored water. Ship's. fund—$44.46. No beefs. Better variety of fresh vegetables needed. Vote of thanks to blackgang delegate and chief electri­ cian for repairs done. STEEL WORKER (Isthmian). Jun* S —Chairman, W. KatarzynskI; Secre­ tary. G. C. Reyes. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communication. from headquarters. Ship's delegate elected. Suggestion that laundry machine be used prop­ erly. Screen doors should be closed while in foreign ports. July 10—Chairman. T. Worses; Sec­ retary. G. Reyes. Engine departmenf foc'sle and showers to be painted. No beefs. Communications from head­ quarters read and accepted unani­ mously. Water is rusty, especially when ship rolls. It wab suggested that library should be closed while in foreign ports. Vote of thanks to steward fon keeping slopchest open whenever anyone wants anything. ALCOA CLIPPER (Alcoa). July 10— Chairman. R. Roberts; Secretary. L. Hargeshelmer. Beef regarding airconditioner is being handled. All men to be aboard ship at 10 AM. All com­ munications from headquarters have been accepted. Ship's fund—$178.18. No beefs, smooth sailing. Ship's dele­ gate elected. Motion made and car­ ried to have patrolman inspect unsafe gangway and consult with captain a* to who is informing him regarding beefs. ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa). July 17 —Chairman. R. Schwarz; Secratary, J. Harfd. One man missed ship. Every­ thing okay. One -cnfall beef and some " disputed overtime. Cookies to be placed back in storeroom so they will remain fresh. ALEXANDRA (Carres), May 9 — Chairman, W. Hand; Secretary, C. DEL MONTi XMisslsslppI), August Conley. Ship's fund—$29.46. Few„ 14^halrman, P. Henry; Secretary, hours disputed overtime. Ship's dele- R. Grallckl. .One man missed ship. gate given a vote of thanks for ex­ Cooperation bn dumping garbage. Re­ cellent job. Crew instructed to take pair list handed to patrolman. Mem­ beefs to delegate first. Jun* 13—Chairman, W. Snell; Sec­ bers requested to keep laundry room retary, "W. Hand, Enrollment card* clean: for additional welfare benefits are to IBERVILLE (Pan Atlantic), August be turned in. Ship's fund $29.46. No ia—Chairman, W. Brown; Secretary, cold water in crews mess; pump to be H. Stockar, No beefs. Repair list fixed. Tank blower needed. Overtime turned in to chief mate. Total ship's to be "e'qualized. July. 10 — Chairman, J. SchlllMigi fund on hand is $48. Some disputedovertime and one man missed ship in Se'tretary; C. Conley. Water cooler' . hasn't: worked in over a month is 'tb' Philadelphia. Crew does " not like feeding system. . Vdta of thanks to be repaired. ' Tank blower js tO' be ship's delegate. Crew does not like put aboard in NY. Chipping" on "'deck " to order bread, butter, and crackers with a load of high octain gasoUne with meals, its hard on the messboy. was discussed. Captain thinks it's Steward said he would have messboy safe. Deck department daymen to place same on table five minutes be­ work on lifeboats only this weekend,'' Motion ^made and carried to get new fore meal time. iron, July 12—Chairman. W. Hand; SacKATHRYN (Bull Lines), August 1« retary. C. Conley. Special meeting —Chairman, W. Ekins; Secretary, H, Fitzgerald. No beefs, everything run­ held and rule was passed that anyone ning smoothly. Motion made and car­ missing watch will be fined $20 or ried to accept and concur with com­ $5 an hour. Motion made and carried that headquarters communications be munications from headquarters. accepted unanimously as read. Cold drinking water still in bad shape. MICHAEL (Catras). June IS—Chair­ man. G. Philips; Secretary. P. Jakub- csak. Ship's fund is $8. Crewmembers who wish to'get off ship are to see patrolman first, or else wait for termination of articles. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers). August 7—Chairman. R. Burke; Secretary. T. Waslluk. No beefs, everything going along fine. Chief mate to post notice when slopchest will be open. Men going off watch are to help keep rae.sshall clean. Poor mail service this trip, same-as last trip. . , • ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Sea* Ship­ ping), August;./—Chairman. F, Can- BALTORE (Ore). July 17-Chairman. E. Lamb; Secratary, A. Diaz. Motion made and carried that steward de-partment delegate accept payment for: antenna he bought. Crew is" advised] not to payoff or sign on until clear­ ance is given by patrolman. Ship's fund—$13.11. Motion made and car^ ried to accept headquarters commu­ nication as read. Crew to keep wash­ ing machine clean. COUNCIL GROVE (Cltle* Service), July 21—Chairman. J. Schwabl^nd;. Secretary. A. Marino. Ship's ftnid— $2. Cre'W to take better, care. Of "cjpts, Batrolman to inspect entire .shjjj^s...; .. �Sept. 9«. 1955 • SEAFAREkS •* Semmes' Trip 'OK But— Seafarer Tells If In Song Pennant Team Conditions on the good ship SS Raphael Semmes are neither all good or all bad right now, says Seafarer H. K. Pierce, ship's reporter. This Old Ship # • _ " " Oh, I'm sick of local women, • Eatin' rice with chopsticks, too, Sukiyaki and suntory— Made of old sea.boots and glue. Now I'm tired of souga-mougee. Of rust, tain and reprobates, And I think it's time we're sailing— For the old United States. France Ahoy for Margarette Brown Watching where the money goes, ship's treasurer Bill Devenney on the Marga­ rette Brown looks over stock of records obtained for use with record player which the crew chipped in and bought during a recent stopover in New Orleans. The ship was enroute to France at the time. Deven­ ney, who sails in the engine department, keeps a close watch on the pursestrings to make sure the crew gets full value on all its pur­ chases. Photos by Seafarer E. E. Hunt. Bound for France after stopover in New Orleans, Seafarers on the Margarettg Brown have named this busy quintette to handle all ship's business as.it comes up. Above shown at a recent ship's meeting, are (l-r): Frank Nigro, steward dele­ gate; Curtis Ducote, engine delegate; William Devenney, treasurer; John Weiss, deck delegate, and Frank P. Russo, ship's delegate. Burly Seafarer-Minister Conducts Seagoing Prayer Meeting For Crew Aboard Bradford Island Laying aside 1^ machinist's tools to assume, another fa­ miliar role, Seafarer Frank M. Wolinski officiated at a sea­ going prayer meeting this month aboard the Cities Service tanker Bradford Island. The 25-year-old Seafarer, who has been sailing with the But Seafarer H. Perry has his opinion ready in song, via a parody on the pop tune "This Ole House." His sentiments leave no ques­ tion about his own feelings regarding both the ship and.its usually popular Far East run. It appears he's "had" it. The words of the parody run as follows: » ("This Ole Houie") • Ain't gonna need this ship no longer, Ain't gonna need this scow no more; Ain't got time to paint the poop decks. Ain't got time to fix the doors. Ain't got time to chip the foremast Or to polish up the main, ^ . Ain't gonna need this ship no longer I'm getting ready to catch THAT plane. Pace Thlrteea-- lOG All those" dials and gauges don't faze Seafarers .T. Moss (left) and T. Lambert, members of the black gang on the Alcoa Pennant, who know how to keep thipgs humming at all times. Photo by A. Danne." Shipmate Not Forgott'en By Evelyn Men With efforts to locate his family and close friends so far unavailing, Seafarers on the Evelyn have chipped in to pro­ vide a headstone for the grave of former shipmate Lexie Tate, 62, who died two months ago. Tate, a messman, died from drowning in mid-July while the Evelyn was in the Port of Coatzacoalcos (Puerto Mexico), Mexico, about 140 miles southeast of Vera Cruz. The ship was making her first call there to pick up a cargo of sulphur at the time. When the ship returned there re­ cently and no members of his fam­ ily had yet come forward to inquire about Tate's death. Sea­ farers in the crew got up a donation-to provide a permanent grave marker for their deceased shipmate. Cartwright Burial t o o k place while after the ship had left Coatzacoalcos, since Tate, who was then merely "missing," was not found until three days later. He was buried at a local cemetery. A member of the steward de­ partment on SIU ships since 1951, Tate has a brother, Hance Tate, who has still not been, located. Officers of -the ship's meeting which reported the crew's gener­ ous donation for their departed brother were Louis W. Cartwright, chairman, and Alex Stevenson, secretary and ship's secretaryreporter. Efforts to locate mdmbcrs of his family or close friends are still being spearheaded by the SIU Wel­ fare Services Department in the Gulf area. Atwage OhUgfHg Ampac Ore. Skipper Just Can't See OT _ Th^ questionable "good mo­ tives" of the ^iipper on the Ampac Oregon were- brought to task recently, while the ship was steaming through the Panama Canal. According to the -account fur­ nished by .Stephen H. Fulford, ship's delegate, the wiper came up to him one night during, the course of the voyage and said the captain had just "run htm off the bridge" while he was trimming the ventilators Fulford for the men in the engine room. Taking the beef to the chief en­ gineer, Fulford got quick encour­ agement when the chief said "he can't do that when it's in the agree­ ment" and trotted off straight to the' captain. 'Didn't Want Him Wet' Returning soon after, with a look of satisfaction of his own, the chief confided that the captain had said that since it was raining, he "didn't want to see the wiper get wet." Amid the guffaws from fellow crewmembers that followed, Ful­ ford commented that this sort of consideration was nice, but un­ likely. N "I can just see the captain say­ ing on some dark night in the mid­ dle of an electrical storm that he wants the mate to remove the look­ out from the bow and send him in ,the forepeak 'because it is rain­ ing too hard.'" The moral, of course, is that the wiper was on overtime when dis­ covered by the skipper, whose cpnsideration apparently leaned more to the company's pocketbodk than to the relative "wet strength" of the lowly wipe^ USPHS Has Last Say On Duty Slip Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors have the final say on whether or not a man is fit for duty. If there is any. question about your fitness to sail, check with the nearest USPHS hospital or out-patient clinic for a ruling. SIU since 1945,'is also a .church minister and practices his calling whether on land or sea. The re­ ligious meeting on the Bradford Island, according to the ship's min­ utes, included both discussion.and prayer, and was held right after the supper meal hour at 6:30 PM. Stayed to Pray ' "Many came out of curiosity but stayed to pray. It seemed odd that the men who caroused in Port Arthur earlier, were now at an old-fashioned re­ vival meeting, but it was true all the same," commented -meet­ ing secretary Chris Kelleher. Wolinski The unusual shipboard event helped spark an otherwise routine voyage at the end of which the Bradford Island was due to go into the shipyard. Rev. Wolinski, a native of Mary­ land, joined the SIU in the Port of Norfolk ten years ago. His con­ tinuous time was broken only by a year and a half stint in the Army between 1947 and 1948. He is married, has one child, Frank, Jr., two years old, and makes his home in New Orleans with his wife, Anna. Steel Age Duo Lounging on deck in nativemade chairs during the voyage of the Steel Age to Egypt and India, Murphy, 12-4 AB (left), and Cham­ bers, 4-8 OS, make just like passengers by taking it easy during off-hours. Judging from their smiles, life seems easy for them at the moment. .Photo sent in by C. Tobias, ship's secre­ tary-reporter. Bp Bernard Seamam .•J-'? �r^-Ary-f-:' •fMf€ Foorfeeii SEAFAltERS Amerocean Plays ^PalTo Orphans In India Steward department on the Amerocean whose crew played good-will ambassador to youngsters in Vizagapatam, India, includes Swanson, MM; Brezina, chief cook; Harvey, 3rd cook; Pedersen, NCB; O'Neil, pantryman; Eubanks, MM; devenger, BR, and Don Ruddy, steward, who supplied both the details and the photo. Due to the nature of the calling which takes them all over the world, Seafarers are ambassadors of everything American wherever they go. As good-will emissaries in^ dungarees, Seafarers are espe-' thanks" of the Mother Superior at cially able to make friends for St. Joseph's Convent, who thanked the US, and they often are way ahead of the "striped-pants" ex­ perts at the job. The Seafarers on the Amerocean take this world-wide "responsibil­ ity" seriously and, in the course of a routine trip with grain for India, made a host of new friends for the US and American.seamen. While in the port of Vizagapa­ tam, which is the jumping-off place for the main cargo port of Calcut­ ta to the north, SIU crewmembers generously contributed gifts and donations to the convent and or­ phanage established in the area for local youngsters. Their action drew the "grateful '\ew Feed Plan Peps Waeosta li?'"'. \ir The "new look" in ship feed­ ing has arrived on the West Coast, following the introduc­ tion of the SlU-devised meal pro­ gram by Pete Loleas, veteran SIU steward, on the Waeosta. Crewmembers, officers and pas­ sengers are being treated to "ad­ ventures in eating" via the colorfui menus, methods of preparation and service on an individual basis which is part of the new system, reports M. "Moon" Mullins, ship's delegate. Chief steward Pete Loleas says "The 'new look' on the Waeosta Is due mainly to the abilities of chief cook Rob­ ert Morrow and his highly com­ petent galley crew. All mem­ Mullins bers," he says, "are cooperating to bring about the best in service to all on board." SIU Newcomer The chief cook is a comparative newcomer to the SIU, who joined three years ago in Wilmington. A1 —though a native lowan, he claims California as his home, and has held top jobs at Del Mar, Palm Springs and Beverly Hills. At one time he was steward of the famous Brown Derby in Hollywood. The W^acosta Is a "real feeder" -in the opinion of the crew, and from a Waterman ship, this is "real news,"'-Mulllns isdds. • , . .,, /• /'• •' - '• V '"• City i- • 14. . the crew for its generosity. "Please accept our grateful thanks for all the help you have given us," she wrote in a special message to the crew. "If you only knew how much we appreciate it! In return we can only offer our prayers and those of our poor chil­ dren who will benefit by your genex-osity. A heartfelt 'God Bless You' to you all." Aid'For School In turn. Father Edward Phythian, port chaplain and director of St. Aioysius Anglo-Indian High School, wrote: "On behalf of the many poor boys of this schdol who have benefitted by your more than ordinary generosity to them dur­ ing your stay here, I thank you most sincerely. "May I assure you that you will leave this port accompanied by the prayers of these boys, so that you may make gopd speed to your own great country. That the generosity of the American people, of which you are most worthy representa­ tives, may cement the good rela­ tionships between our two coun­ tries, is our ferventVprayer." Score two for the SIU ambassa­ dors in dungarees! Ship's reporter Don Ruddy, steward, provided the details. Snacktime 1 IOC Afoiuidria For New Meal l^ian To the Editor: Brother Phil Reyes, who was assigned by our Union to set up the new SIU feeding program on Waterman Ships, recently invited the crew of the Afoundria 4o offer whatever sugges­ tions they had to Improve our shipboard feeding. The only suggestion we re­ ceived from various crewmem­ bers, after Reyes had been on the ship for several days, was that the men were in favob of keeping the new system of feeding. Judging from the com­ pliments the steward depart-* ment Is receiving, the crew is happy and satisfied with the new feeding program. In many past bull sessions in Letters to the Editor the messroom, several members have called various members of the steward department incom­ petent. These men were chronic foul-ups and, therefore, could not make but one trip on a ship." Work Made Harder We also have shipped with these types of men, except that it was harder on our part since we had to work along with them and in many cases even do their work. Now that we have this system of feeding, we believe that we sliould have a system whereby we can eliminate the foul-ups and avoid having men aboard who make our work extremely hard. First of all, we would suggest that the SIU make all the rated men in the steward department pass some sort of test before they can qualify to ship. If they qualify and then foul up, they should be suspended from sail­ ing in that rating for a period of time, with a penalty of a per­ manent suspension after a third offense. Need Teamwork If we had this system, we could really go to town on this new feeding program. Real teamwork is necessary among members of the steward depart­ ment to make the program a success. * The steward department of the Afoundria wishes to compli­ ment our officials for establish­ ing this new feeding program. The several items of food placed aboard our ship which heretofore were not regularly included in our stores is a clear indication that our Union is still on the "ge" wherever progress, can be made. _ Lucian B. Moore I '.-.r' 1 ' Snapped in the act of deal­ ing himself a snack, "Little John" Wunderlich, ton of Seafarer "Big John" Wun­ derlich, looks, about ready for the executioner at his Jacksonville, Fla., home.' Dad is AB op the Southstar. Sept. 30, 195S Got SIU Welfare $ Twice In Month To the Editor: On July 11 I went into the hospital for surgery, remained there for ten days and came out on July 21. The SIU Welfare Plan paid off immediately and I certainly was grateful not to have a big hospital bill staring me in the face. Then on August 1, I was back in the hospital for another op­ eration. I was discharged on Aug. 12, and again the SIU Wel­ fare Plan paid off immediately. In one month's time the Union paid off on two operations for, me and I can't thank them' enough. ' I know I would have had to go into debt to pay these bills were it not for the splendid aidgiven me. All I can say now is a heartfelt "thank you, SIU." Mrs. William Adams Notes Changes At Hospitals one place that is hard to beat in that area. Agent Was 'Okay' As for the agent, he was one swell Joe, visiting me every other day, asking me my heeds and bringing me American cigarettes. He also saw to it that I had the best attention while I was "incarcerated" there. They had a convention in town when I was discharged from the hospital and the hotels were well-occupied. But thanKs ' to the tireless efforts of the agent, I got a place in a suitable hotel, which made my stay en­ joyable until I left to return to the States. Until I see some of them in person, regards to all my former shipmates on the Steel Age. Carter C. .Chambers .. if S> To the Editor: I recently underwent an op­ eration at the Staten Island ma­ rine hospital, where I noticed a very great change in the mo­ rale of the patients as compared to what it was at the time I was there some years ago. While I was hospitalized I had time to think of the great many changes that have taken place. I can remember- years back when a seaman in the hospital ^ who had a couple of dollars in ' his pocket was considered To the Editor: wealthy. It has been a long time since I can also see the brothers in I've written, but I did not seem' the dim past smoking and roll­ able to get around to it. I would ing their own from "Bull Dur­ like you to run my address in ham," the corridors flooded with the LOG, as. I would like to get ambulence chasers, the brothers in touch with some of the bargaining among themselves to brothers of the Union, such as exchange a pack of "Bull" for a Angelo Onnello. magazine or book to read. I heard he was drafted into Things were very tight, in the the Navy in 1953. I knew Him hospital years ago, but now how in Liverpool, England, before I it has changed. migrated to New Zealand. One can open the drawer in I also wonder about his side­ the table at any bedside and kick, Cosmo Curivitch. I heard find a, "country store" of cig­ Cos was "taken" or shanghaiied arettes, candy, cigars and many into the Navy. Ditto with Sid other of the small comforts of "Cowboy" Tobias of Brooklyn. I life that were strange there moved a few times since he years ago. You can also find_a wrote me, and I thiqk maybe bill or two in the drawer, his mail was lost. enough to buy more of the same I'd like to know if you could at any time. start sending me copies of the What has brought all these LOG to my new address, as it changes? would really be appreciated. In Only one thing, brothers, arid additfon, I'd like the SIU work­ that is the greatest welfare o,r- ing agreements, as I intend im­ ganization in the entire labor migrating to the US pretty soon world, the glU. and would like to try and join When the SIU welfare repre­ your very good Union as a cook. sentative comes to the hospital, That's why I'd like to start read­ our-cash is right there. We ing up on the agreement now.. don't have to fill out a bunch of Auckland is still the same: foiins for an insurance company beautiful weather, pubs closing and then wait , and hope for at 6 PM and everything closed weeks that the money will come on Sundays. For the best meals through. If we're discharged in town it's the "Hong Kong" from the hospital, we don't have Chinese cafe and the "Gourmet" to go chasing around to collect for American cooking. it. I am working at the Auckland Again the vision of establish­ Club right now as 3rd cook, at ing the Welfare Plan -under 34 Shortland St., Auckland, NZ. Union auspices and the skill at Thomas A. Home keeping its costs low has proven (Ed. note: The LOG will be most advantageous to all of us. sent to your new address regu­ Now thaft I am home recuper­ larly. ) ating I can look back and real­ if if if ize how far we as an organiza­ tion have advanced with the fin­ est, most efficient, capable and determined leadership on our side. Today we al*e truly travel­ To the Editor: All is well on the MV Chester ing first class in the ranks of Harding he_re in Venezuela. One trade unionists. of the bigge.st reasons for this E. A. "Andy" Anderson is our skipper, Capt. Marvin W. t , Howard, whose chief virtue seems to be patience. Few men have ever received :the grim training in patience that our skipper gives us while To the Editor: This is to let the brothers on teaching us how to dredge. He the Steel Age know that I am kee^ a watchful eye over us now in the marine hospital in at all times and is quick but ; New Orleans, recovering from calm in correcting our mistakes. He is strict but at the same a minor operation. Before I got to the Crescent time just and impartial in all City I had the misfortune to be his dealings with his crew. To paraphrase Whittier: hospitalized in Colombo, Cey­ lon, but I must say that after I "Our skipper is formed on the , good old plan, ;. was admitted there the doctor and his entire staff made my "He's truly a brave and - an honest map. stay as plecisant' as possible. I want-to offer my sincere thanks "He blows no trumpet In the marketplace. to the nurses and attendants there for the many services they "Loathing pretence provided. "He does with cheerful will, I am more than sure that any "What others talk of, American who is hospitalized at "While their hands are still." the Grande Pass Hospital in Enrico Tirelli Colombo will vouch that it is _ -Ship's delegate Down Under, He Seeks Buddies Hail Skipper On Chester Warding SendSvRegards To Steel Age �:f:^'^;.c-''^ - ^ ti, MB5 STBEL FLYER (ItthmUn), Augvrt 14—Chairman, C.-Auth; Saeratary# A. VIelanta, No major beefa., Ship'a trearary eontatna #64.40. No beefa and few hanra dlaputed overtime. Ship'a delegate elected. Diacuased painting lockera thia trip. General dlacuaaion held an food and laundry Gleaning. VENORE (Ore)/ Auguit 14—Chair­ man, C. Dawson; Secretary, T. LIndberg. One beef was well settled. Per­ former aboard abip to be reported to patrolman in Baltimore. No beefs. Discussion held on payoff, company paying off every second trip instead of every trip. MANKATO VICTOR^ (Victory Car­ riers), July 4—Chairman, J. Cash; Sec­ retary, A. Waslluk. It was reported that there is no foul weather gear aboard. Poor mall distribution. Mo- Digest of ships' Meetings ftion made and carried to accept and I concur headquarters .communications. Welfare enrollment cards • completed. Repair list was turned in. Another repair list to be made so' that it may. be turned in early. MARYMAR (Calmar), July 12 — Chairman, Snow; Secretary, A. Reaske. BlacJi gang foc'sles to bepainted. Ship's fund—$28.26. Motion made to accept and concur in headquarters communications. Motion made and carried to support headquarters heart­ ily. Recreation room to be kept clean: steward asked cups to be brought back to pantry. Steward to check if he has enough supplies. July 14—Chairman, Snow; Secre­ tary, A. Reaske. Some disputed over­ time. Some rooms need painting. Motion made and carried to accept headquarters communications unani­ mously. Vote of thanks to Agent Tilley for. making this ship in the ~ early morning so that he could see all - hapds before they got ashore. NATIONAL LIBERTY (National Shipping), April 8 — Chairman, F. Gauar; Secretary, F. Anderegg. Wash­ ing machine to be repaired, blower in galley is out of order, and deck department room need painting. Mo­ tion made and carried to accept com­ munication unanimously. June 5—Chairman, R. Godwin; Sec­ retary, T. Foqwe. Everything okay. Recent communications read and 'ac­ cepted. Ship's recorder and delegate elected. July >—Chairman, T. Hill; Secre­ tary, T. Gewer. No beefs. Suggestion that ship's delegate see patrolman about painRing passageways. Library to be changed in next port. , ALAMAR (Calmar), July 23—Chair­ man, J. Barnetf; Secretary, J. McPhaul. No major beefs to report. Siiip's treasury—$61.05. One man missed ship in Long Beach. Repairs to be made and drawn up. Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur in communications from head­ quarters. ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcaa), July 17 —Chairman, S. Morris; Secretary, J. Nelson. Everything running okay. Flowers sent to Brother Butts baby's funeral. The baby died a day after , birth. Ship's treasury to take care of this bill. ALCOA PLANTER (Alcea), July 9 —Chairman, J. DeFranclsce; Secre­ tary, J. Kaarns. One dollar donated to ship's fund. Motion made and car­ ried to accept and concur with head­ quarters communications. Patrolman to check 8-12 oiler. Engine delegate te hand ih a written report at payoff far not fulfilling his duties. Soap powder to be changed and to get screens for portholes. To clean laun­ dry and library. Ail keys for dbors to be checked. July 22—Chairman, W. Ferry; . Sec­ retary, W. Saltarex. A few men were logged and ship's delegate ashed cap­ tain to remove same because men were now doing a good job. Captain agreed. Motion made and carried, to accept and concur with communica-. tions from headquarters. SEAJ4RERS ORION STAR (Orion), July 17 — Chairman, J. Eubanks; Secretary, W. Stark. This vessel will load in gulf for West Coast then load in Wilming­ ton Tor Honolulu, then back to West Coast for Japan before starting for Japan and Persian Gulf ruii. Ship is in good shape. Second pumpman missed ship in Frisco. Ship's dele­ gate elected. Repair man will be aboard in Gulf to make new keys for foc-sle. Canned beef will be bought in the Gulf. Clothes hooks will be installed enroute to Gulf. Extra fan will also be installed. STONY CREEK (Tramp), July 4— Chairman, C. Clbbs; Secretary, W. Kehrwieder. Will ask chief about get­ ting new motor for the wasliing ma­ chine. There are quite a few. repairs to be taken care of and crewmembers will nqt sign on until theyhave been taken care of. . WINTER HILL (Cities Service), July 3—Chairman, T. Drzewlckl; Secretary, J. Powers. $40 reported in the ship's fund. Ship's deiegate was elected. A suggestion was made that money in ship's fiind be used to repair crew's TV. -L SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), July 24—Chairman, R. Connor; Sec­ retary, J. McGoldrick. Ship's fund— $24.25. Having trouble getting foc'sle sougeed. Ship's delegate elected. Steward requested that crew turn in linen. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), July 27—Chairman, B. Collins; Sec­ retary, S. Grlce. New TV set pur­ chased, amounted to $228.25. Balance of $6.89 in ship's fund. Two men missed ship. Ship's treasurer elected. Messman to take care of getting or­ ders from galley more carefully. Vote of thanks to steward's department. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), July 21—Chairman, L. White; Secretary, R. Grant. No beefs. Vote of thanks to steward department. Beef on food brought about by 3rd engineer. STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), July 24—Chairman, G. Reyes; Secretary, W. Kauthusk. Clarification needed from headquarters. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with headquarters communications. VALCHEM (Valentine Tankers), July 28—Chairman, D. Williams; Secretary,. W. Stevenson. .AU crew members were advised to read- SEAFARERS LOG on current issues about Bonner Bill. Ship going to Alabama shipyard. Ship's treasury contains $33.09. Vote of thanks for new contracts in past six months. MOBILIAN (Waterman), July 17— Chairman, R. Hannibal; Secretary, M. Eayers. Everything running smooth, except disputed launch money which is to be settled at payoff. Crew is to be quiet while others members are sleeping. Vote of thanks to all dele­ gates for good job. PORTMAR (Calmar), July 15—Chair­ man, F.. Albore; Secretary, J.^ Kelzell, The purpose of tills meeting was to discuss the ability of oook and baker relative to the output of food. Eggs, hacon, pies, pastry filling and cakes are unappetizing. Insufficient stores aboard. A hand vote was tdken as to whether the cook and haker stays aboard with the assistance of chief cook or not. Results were that be stays aboard.' ROBIN DONCASTER (Robin Lints), July 17—Chairman, J. AtheiTon; Sec­ retary, M. Whale. No beefs, all re­ pairs done. All gear of our deceased brother, John Uszkiewicz, utilityman, was checked nith purser. Some dis­ puted overtime because of licensed engineers doing wiper's work. Com­ munications from headquarters ac­ cepted unanimously and concurred. A collection to be taken to send floral piece to Mrs. P. Uszakiewicz in behalf of the SIU membership, plus . a check. ROBIN TUXFORD (Robin Lines), AZALEA CITY (Waterman), July 23 :^ne 24—Chairman,. J. Auger; Secre­ —Chairman, W. Bllger; Secretary, G. tary, T. WIntrowskl. Ship's treasurer Craggs. There is only one beef: the elected. No disputed overtime. Mo­ captain is log-happy. tion made and carried to accept and July 17^halrman, W. Bllger; Sec­ concur in headquarters communica­ retary, G. Craggs. Few beefs ih deCk tions. One brother made motion not department concerning a few of the . to sign on next trip until new wash­ gang. Bosun spoke to skipper about ing machine is put aboard. Picking logs and skipper said he would lift up of voyage istores in various coastal them upon arrival in port. Gang took ports without payment of overtime to off their hats for the. bosun, he's a be straightened out. During last voy­ good Union man. age captain had native laborers clean meat boxes,' and in the event steward DEL AIRES (Mississippi), July is ordered to do the same this trip, Chairman, A. Thompson; Secretary, the ship's delegate should be notified. H. Guenther. Beef in galley 'settled. July 9—Chairman, R. Aguair; Sae­ Motion made and carried to accept ratary, W. Massangar. Shlii's fund— and concur with headquarters com­ $2.50. A beef, was discussed under munications. Motion made and car­ good and welfare and settled. 'When ried to have patrolman check and\ --something is wrong it is to be re­ have ship fumigated. It was sug- ported to department head. Hot bis­ kested that a better alopchest be put cuits requested at meals. aboard. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), July 23 DEL SOL (Mississippi), July —Chairman, W. Rhone; Secretary, P. Chairman, F. DeDomlncIs; Secretary, Barone. No beefs. Written resolu­ W. R. Cameren. Crew was warned tion: "Moved that this body go oh that ahy fighting aboard the ship record to advise the new. SIU nego­ would be reported upon arrival in the tiating committee to unify all pay of United States. ' overtime, and raise same at least the regular rate; for men on watch and EDITH (Bull), July 17—Chairman, below for work cleaning holds.".,Vote, C. Starlingj Secretary, J. Wood. Ship of thanks to stewdrd and hU de­ running smooth. Motion made and partment. Pate LOG carried to accept and' eoneur with commutticationa from headquartara. HILTON (Bull), Ne data—Chairman, H. Raaaa; Secretary, A. Marian. Ship'e fund-r^l2. No beefA Communications from headquarters read, accepted ,ai|d carried unanimously. Schedule for cleaning recreatlnn room made up. Vote of thanks given to deck engi­ neer for fixing radio and putting timer on washing mgchine. AU of the followitiQ SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Rosita Carey, bom August 24, 1955. Parents, IVlr. and Mrs. Charles Carey, Brooklyn, ItY, ^ $> $• Kenneth Say Hutcheson, bom July 6, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hutcheson, South Norfolk, Va. Value Of Union Shown In Dollars, Benefits WASHINGTON—Seafarers have believed for some time that joining a union pays off in higher wages, more fringe benefits and job security. Now a survey by the AFL Depart^ 1 •ment of Research substanti­ ates that belief. After studying Labor De- FINAIi 4" , The deaths of the follovnng Sea­ Stephen McDonald Barnes, born August 29, 1955. Parents, Mr. and farers have, been reported to the Mrs. Sylvester Barnes, Rownship, Seafarers Welfare, Plan and the SlU death benefit is being paid NJ. to their beneficiaries: 1. 4 ^ Nancy Irene Leach, bom Sep­ James J. Russell, 47:* On August tember 2, 1955. Parents, Mr. and 5, 1955, Brother Russell died of a Mrs. George Allen Leach, Norfolk, Iting ailment in Va. New Orlejins, La. Place of burial is Kenneth Ray McNeil, born Sep­ not known. He tember 1955. Parents, Mr. and had been sailing Mrs. William J. McNeil, Mobile, ' with . the SIU Ala. since 1948, join­ ing the Union in Mobile and ship­ Thomas Alien Chandler, born ping but in the August 22, 1955. Parents, Mr. and engine depart­ Mrs. Charles Chandler, Fellow­ ment. Brother Russell is survived ship, NJ. by his wife, Vonciel Russell, of 4" it Prichard, Ala. Deborah Susan Nicholls, bom t 4" 4" August 12, 1955, Parents, Mr. and Robert G. Varnon, 52: Head in­ Mrs. Robert Nicholls, Berkeley, juries proved fatal to Brother Cal. Vamon, who died 4» 4" 4' Yvonne Michele Fiesel, bom on August 7,1955. August 11, 1955. Parents, Mr. and He had been a Mrs. Joseph Fiesel, Baltimore, Md. member of the Union since the 4" 3^ 4" part of Walter Jay Steele, bora August early 1940, joining in 2, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray­ the Port of New mond C. Steele, La Batre, Ala. Orleans and sail­ 4' 4* 4" ing in the stew­ Michael • Charles GUlis, born ard department. September 13, 1955. Parents, Mr. Brother Varnon is survived by his and Mrs. William R. Gillis, Union- mother, Mrs. Nola Varnon, of dale, LI, INTY. Decatur, Ga. 3^ 4" ^ , Madeline Ruth Hanstvedt, born September 7, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aldred Hanstvedt, Brook­ lyn, NY. 4> 41 4> Michael Lavone Beard, born November 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gamett Beard, Army Chemical Center, Md. ^ t 3> Teresa Lynn Blanchard, born August 27, 1955.'Parents, Mr. and Mrs. West C. Blanchard, Lakewood, Cal. 4" t Seafarers who wish to check their baggage at SIU headquar­ ters in Brooklyn are adviseii to note the change in the location of the baggage room, •which is now in the Sea Chest building on 4th Avenue and 18th Street, two blocks from the shipping hall. By bringing their baggage directly there, instead of to the hall on 20th Street, they'll save themselves the extra trek up 4th Avenue later. The baggage room on 18to street is bpen all day for tne convenience of Sea­ farers.. .w-.--.'... , MONEY MHiiiiili $1 $• 4" 4" 4 Baggage for the following men John McHale, Jr., bom August is being held in the baggage room 17, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. at SIU headquarters: Bucklet, H. John McHale, New York, NY. Buckner, R. De Virgilee, Evans, W. Keenan, A. Morciglio, J.^Selby, T. Wassel. Hq. Baggage Room Moved 'partment statistics on occupations in 11 manufacturing industries the AFL reports that average base wage rates in union plants are 10 to 20 cents an hour higher than In non-union plants. Figured on a 40 hour week that is around $200 to $400 a year. Other Benefits Higher But base wages are far from the whole story. Unionized plants also offer far more in the way of paid vacations^ paid holidays, overtime, health and welfare benefits" and other fringe items which pay off in dollars and cents. Of even more significance was the finding that union contracts have tended to raise wage levels throughout the nation. In other words, without unions, the level of wages and benefits in non-union plants would be far lower than it is today. Unions, then, have contributed to the prosperity of all of the na­ tion's workers as well as that of their own members. Finally, the study found' that unions offer significant protection , against arbitrary action by the em­ ployer in punishing or discharging a worker. This protection means, greater job security and assurance of steady earnings. Over-dollections of FOAB tax in excess of $5 each are being held by the Mississippi Shipping Com­ pany for the following former crewmembers. When applying for the money, furnigh Z-numher, So­ Thomas F. Vaughan cial Security number, rating, name Call your sister at TAlbot 5-6633. of vessel and period of employ­ Urgent. ment. Write to company at 1300 Hibernia Building, New Orleans, 4" 4' 4" • F. Coggins La. This money covers period up Contact T. M. Breen, 220 Broad­ to December 31, 1954. way, New York, NY. Addison, Grady Leal, Aibano Maurice Kramer Get in touch with Myrtle Kramer, 412B Cedar St., Chattanooga, 4" 4" 4" Tenn., at once. Annitsa Rios, born August 11, 4i 3i' 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Juan Edgar Gouletto Rios, New York, NY. Write to 42 Thomdike St., Brook4> 3^ ' 3J line, Mass. Bunny Stokes. Jane Elizabeth Harrison, born 3i 4 3> Septgpiber 11, .1955. Parents, Mr. C. Siaran and Mrs. Stokes Harrison, Houston, • Your discharges from the Be(its Tex. Fort are being held for you at the 3> t 4* Joanne Tarrant, bora September SIU hall in Boston. Write the hall 1, 1955. Parehts, Mr. and Mrs. at 276 State St., Boston, Mass., and they will be forwarded to you. James Tarrant, New York, NY. 4> ;K- PHOTOS ^Tofites> POETRY BlC. Allison, B. : Leshinsky, George Anderson, H. A; Lytel, J.' J. Andreadis, D. McCollom. E. B. Audler, Oliver A. McCoy, Patrick Bartlett, Thomas H. McDonald, R. O. Barton, Charles B. MiRer, Preston Becker, Roy W. Moitoza, A. J. Blacksone, K. L. Moody, R., Jr. Blichert, Fred Mundy, Gerald Bossany, Nicholas Murphy. Leslie L. Botticoff, Basil ' Murphy, Wm. E. Bradley, Joe T. MurreU. Wm. T. Bragg, John F. Nelson, John A. Briant, Louis P., Jr. Nicholas, Leroy. Briguera, Gregorio Niichols. • • W. — A., Jr. Carey, Robert E. Nicholson. Wm. J. Oddendahl, P. B. CarrUlo, Richard Church, R. C. Odom, Earnest L. Curran, John T. Otreba, Joseph Davis, Oscar T. Perpente^ Edward Dazonwsky, E. Pfrommer, Ekich Post. F. H. De Franza, R. O, ProceU. Jack • Dirado, Anthony RatcUff, Tyree S. Doyle, Joseph. J. Drage, Robert L. Riviere, Edward J; Dugas, Anthony J. Sanchez, Peter G.-Dumestre, M. P. ; Santos,. John Duncan, Geo. W. Schubert, Emll B, Elchuck, Antoine Seals, Mason Engles, Joseph . Sharp, James W. Esquerre, N. A. Shaughnessy, J. P. Faulkner, Leopold ' ^eppard, Geergq Fields, Thomas Siietterly, B. E. Findlay, Frank S. Smith, Biu-reU G. Florentine, L. Steele. George Gallano, Aubin B. Stephens, E. G. Gardiner, J. E. Stoehr, Arthur W. Stough, Rufus E. Garn, Norman Gehrlnger, J. T. Tarley, Ramsey Gentry, Willie Terrell, Edwa^ Gersey. John F. Thiel, Joseph Gichenko, M. Thompson, R. 'W. Gillot, Henry Torres, Faustino Gowen, Paul W. Thrasher, J. P. Green, Alfredo A. . Pucker, Ernest B. Hanlon, E.' F. Tunison, B.B. Henderson. C. C. Ungriffin, J. HentcheU. Cecil A. Walker, Elias Herald, alph P. Walker, Willie Herleikson, H. BWelborn, C. J. Hetherington, W, G. WestphaU, Harold High. Robert H; Wilson, C. P. Horsefall, W. T. Wilson. Robt. Hunt. Edward E. Worrell. Dexter L. Ingebretsen, A. K. Arnold. Joe C. Isaacson, A. R. Ebanks. Elon Jackson, Edward Eisengrader. R. D. Johnson. J. J. ' Ferrell, S. B., Jr. Johnson, Thomas- ' Kee, Ling H. Kohnen, Florian H. Mopre, James F. Larson, Arnold S. ' Moteau, B. Latapie, Jean T. Ward, John A. '• -3 : ''M �/ Vol. XVII No. 20 V SEAFARERS LOG . OFFiCIAt ORGAN OF THE S E.A F A R E R S I N TE R N AT I O N AI U N t O N » -AT L A N T I.C AND GULF DISTRICT . AFL'.' h September 7 Through September 20 Registered Declc A Port Boston New York .... Philadelphia . Baltimore .... Norfolk' Savannah .... Miami Tampa Mobile ....... New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington .. San Fi-ancisco Seattle TOTALS 12 70 23 40 24 9 6 8 27 57 10 20 3 16 22 Deck A 347 beck B 5 23 14 26 15 8 1 2 8 21 10 11 1 6 25 Depk 176 £ng. 7 54 18 l4 5 2 4 14 35 13 13 3 8 14 En'g. 238 Eng. Stew. Stew. Total Total T^tal B A B A 3 4 3 11 23 34 22 57 21 181 '66 247 17 13 7 92 54 38 25 33 22 73 107 180 15 7 9 45 84 39 7 8 5 20 22 42 11 1 18 9 37 26 19 3 27 21 6 6 13 2 16 70 54 14 49 21 56 141 197 11 4 6 27 27 54 8 7 7 40 26 66 5 3 0 9 6 15 7 9 6 33 19 52 23 13 11 49 108 59 Eng. Stew. Stew. Total Total TotaJ BAB Reg. A B 165 247 132 832 473 1305 Deck Deck Deck B 16 64 25 69 21 6 1 6 14 44 13 16 5 0 27 5 10 8 32 15 7 0 2 1 15 10 3 1 1 27 C 1 137 l1 2 2 5 14 1 0 1 1 12 1 0 4 0 5 Deck Deck Deck B A C 327 Eng. 49 35 19 49 8 3 0 2, 5 41 10 a 0 1 17 6 26 10 33 15 7 3 4 5 11 16 7 2 1 18 Eng. 2^ 164 Shipped stew. Stew. stew. Total Total,, Total A B 0 51 32 12 1 9 51 12 2 150 48 13 211 8 11 8 9 55 26 19 100 3 35 18 3V 153 83 11 247 8 10 5 10 39 A 35 32 106 2 4 4 3 13 18 6 37 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 5 0 1 2 0 9 8 1 18 0 11 2 0 30 8 1 39 4 40 15 10 125 41 26 192 6 6 9 ' 4" 29 35 11 75 0 8 6 0 32 16 -0 48 2 3 1 4 8 4 10 22 1 4 i 0 5 3 1 9 3 - 11 19 3 64 55 11 130 Eng Stew. stew. stew. Total Tota^ A B C Ship. 46 201 d03 48 737 404 1284 Eng. C S Shipping in the Atlantic apd Gulf District appears to have chase by Ponce Cement of at recouped some of its losses of least one more ship. The following is. the fore­ the past month and seems due cast port by port: to hold its own in the next two weeks. BOSTON: Jobs picked up It ran just slightly behind slightly but outlook is al­ registration throughout the ways unpredictable . . . NEW ^NEW YORK—SlU headquarters officials this week reported the completion of talks with district which, pegged at 1305, YORK: ILA port tie-up cut the tanker operators on clarifications to the standard tanker agreement. showed a slight dip from the into expected shipping; port The of their deliberations are now available in agreement form' and are being nut last report. Shipping was up began coming around in sec­ aboard results all SlU - contracted ^ — —— ^^ a total of ICQ jobs from the ond week of period ... PHIL­ tankships. tween Union negotiators and the dry cargo-freight pact was issued previous period, and hit 1284. ADELPHIA: Good shipping Clarifications on all SlU operators on clauses that require iast year. The sudden change of pace, expected to continue .. . BAL­ agreements are issued periodically special interpretation. A similar set Copies of both sets of clarifica­ following on the heels of a TIMORE: Good ... NOR­ following joint discussions be­ of clarifications to the standard tions as well as the agreements busy summer, is likely to con­ FOLK: Shipping "best in themselves are available at all SIU tinue, according to all reports. years." halll They are printed in tabloid One port remained the same, SAVANNAH: Shipping bet­ form 'slightly smaller than the as eight others showed in­ ter than normal with in-tranSEAFARERS LOG. creases and six, principally sits providing most of jobs. In connection with the new tankNew York, Miami, Mobile and Registration low . . . MIAMI: er clarifications, Claude" Simmons, assistant secretary - treasurer and San Francisco, declined. Wil­ Still slow; registration heavy. New York port agent, urged all mington was calculated as . . . TAMPA: Holding its own. Seafarers, especially those now ".standing pat," so the only Future looks better. . . . MO­ SEATTLE—The "feast or famine" nature of the US ship­ abpard tankers, to familiarize good news out of the West BILE: Slow activity continu­ ping industry is nowhere better illustrated than in the per­ themselves 'thoroughly with the Coast was the strong revival ing. .. NEW ORLEANS: Good; formance new material. It Is hoped they will of this port during the past month. of Seattle after a two-week outlook is fair. Del Sud com­ ease the way "to smoother payoffs Shipping in Seattle right : lapse. of .the tanker fleet In the near ing out of drydock. now is booming and appears one wishing to get out In* a hurry. future. Ports Very Busy Seven payoffs, an IdenticaL num­ LAKE CHARLES: Boom­ likely to stay that way. The Shipping Bounces Back Boston, Baltimore, Norfolk, ing; up 50 percent. . . . HOUS­ port shipped 130 men during the ber of sign-ons and Ihree in-tran- Meanwhile, shipping at head­ New Orleans and Lake TON: Still relatively slow; last period, which Is a lot more eits combined to make up the quarters first began . recovering figure than the "18" of the pleasant picture of the past twoCharles all showed consider­ not much in sight. . . . WIL­ healthy this week following the nose-dive previous two weeks. Prior to that, week period. able activity. Philadelphia MINGTON: Future expected it continued very good all summer of the past period brought on by Port Agent Jeff Gillette also the political strike of New York dipped but remained strong to be fair. . . . SAN FRAN­ long. warned crews that any increase in longshoremen against the Bl-State with an even 100 men CISCO: Very slow; in-transits The coming two weeks should performing aboard the ship^ will shipped. could help. . . . SEATTLE: be brightened to the tune of four be dealt with severely in lin6-with Waterfront Commission. Activity almost at a standstill for about Percentagewise, class A Back in style with best ship­ and possibly six payoffs. Either SIU and. membership policy. He was ten days while the tie-up was on. men held their .firm lead posi­ ping on West Coast. Outlook way, shipping will remain good cautioned Seafarers to avoid foul­ A number of ships were divert-' and will pose no problem for any­ ing up for their own protection. tion over the other classes, is bright. ' " ed tof other ports and others-that and maintained a 57 percent were here didn't stay long enough figure out of the total shipped.; to pay off which. In turn, provided very little turnover in jobs. Class B came back again and i The shipping picture looks much lifted itself over the 30 perbrighter for the current two weeks, cent mark for the first time Simmons disclosed. Several ships in a long while. The remain­ PORT coLBORNB... 103 Durham been out on long runs 505 Marine Ave. WILMINGTON, Calit der was accounted for by SIU, A&G District Terminal 4-2874 Ontario Phone; 5591 are due for payoff during the peri­ Ernest TlUey, Agent class C, which increased BALTIMORE 272 King St. E od, which should boost the ship­ '675 - 4th Ave., Bklyh TORONTO, Ontario 1216 E. Baltimore St HEADQUARTERS EMpire 4-5719 SECRETARY TREASURER EAstern 7-4900 slightly due to the apparent Earl Sheppard, Agent VICTORIA, EC 617H Cormorant St. ping figures way above their pres­ Paul Hall Empire 4531 ent level. ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS 276 State St. scarcity of ready, able and BOSTON C. Simmons, Joint VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 J. Algina, Deck J. Volpian, Eng. W. Hall, Joint willing-to-ship men in classes James During the past two weeks there Pacific 7824 R. Matthews, Joint HOUSTON * . 4202 Canal St E. Mooney. Sid. SYDNEY, NS 304 Charlotte St. were a total of 13 payoff.^, four A and B in SlU halls where 0 Taiinehill, Acting Agent Capital 7-6558 Phone 634!-. SUP slgn-ons and 21 ships In trtlhslt. CHARLES La 1419 Ryan St shipping was at a high level. LAKE BAGOTVILLE, Qpebeo ...20 Elgin St. Lcroy Clarke, Agent HEmlock 6-5744 SlU, Tanker Co's Finish Talks On Clarifications Seattle Feasting Again After Slow Shipping %,-•. t'L^^ • • i -ViTV Norfolk 'Best in Years' Norfolk, for example, ship­ ped over 100 men and is ex­ periencing its best activity "in years" after a long "dry" spell. Only Miami, due to the for­ eign transfer of P&O's two liners, seems permanently slow, topped with a heavier . than normal. registration. But this is expected to change soon with the probable pur- MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St Lindsey Williams Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW VORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinlh 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St Ben Recs, Agent MAdison 2-9834 PHILAOELBHIA .337 Market St. S. Cardullo Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANtTSCO ... 450 Harrison St Leon Johnson, Agent Douglas 2-5475 Marly Breitholi. West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA PR PelayoSl—La? Sal Colls, Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH 2 Abercom St E. B. McAuley, Acting Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeft Giliette, Agent EUiott 4334 TAMPA 1809-IBll N. Franklin St. Tom Banning, Agent .. . Phone 2-1323, 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 522 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND. CALIF .'.... 257 5th St Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO....... 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE ................ 2505 1st Ave. Main 0.290 WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave: Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK .. 675 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 HONOLULU Canadian District HALIFAX. N.S. . 128'/a Hollls St. Phone- 3-8911 MONTREAL. .... M4 St. James St. West PLateau 8161 FORT WILLIAM... lU'A Syndicate Av«. ,Ontarlo . : .phone; 3r3221 Phone: 545 52 St. Davids St CAnal 7-3202 113 Cote De La Montague Phone; 2-7078 177 Prince WiUlam St. Phone: 2-5232 THOROLD. Ontario. QUEBEC. .Quebec SAINT JOHN NB . Great J.alces District ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher Phone: 1238W 180 Main St. Phone: Main 1-0147 CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave., NE Phone: Cleveland 7301 DETROIT. 1038 3rd St. Headquartere Phone; Woodward 1-6857 DULUTH..'..i....-...:531 W. Michigan St. ' ' Phoi^et. Melrotq 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 08nd St. . .. Ptaonei Esxea 6-24l» BUFFALO. NY Has Cable Address /' Seafarers overseas who Want to get In touch .wlttji jieadquarters in a hurry caif..do so by cabling-the Union at Its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmission on all messages and faster serv.tce for the men involved. •r I -•>. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 30, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 20 Description An account of the resource Headlines: ELECT BODY TO DRAFT SIU STD RULES WORLD TALK ON '50-50' PROPOSED DO WE NEED KINGS POINT? HAWK LEADS SIU GROUP TO ITF TALK PHONY FRONT SEEKS ANTI-UNION WAR CHEST CARE IN CHOICE OF MEDIC SAVES $, SEAFARERS TOLD PHILA. IBL SWEEPS TWO MORE POLLS SS EDITH IN COLLISION, NO ONE INJURED SUP MEMBERS APPROVE PACT WITH PENALTY, OT INCLUDED IN BASE PAY SUP NEGOTIATING COMM. REPORT SHIP LOBBY STILL PLUGS BONNER BILL MAW STRIKE PARALYZES OLD BAY LINE SERVICES SIU CREW SAVES 2 IN AIR CRASH SIU HQ PLAYS HOST TO MEETING OF NY WATERFRONT TEAMSTERS LAUD SIU CREWMEN FOR SAVING SS NEVA WEST BRIDGES BOASTS OF INFLUENCE OVER ILA'S TOP LEADERSHIP MOBILE PAYS 22 FAMILY BENEFITS TANKER ACTIVITY BOOMS LAKE CHARLES' SHIPPING PHILLY IN FERRY DRIVE CANADA SIU WINS WEST COAST BEEF TAMPA, MOBILE ACTIVE IN MAW TUGBOAT DRIVE SIU SUPPLIES - SHIPYARD CRAFTSMEN WITH DEEP SEA EXPERIENCE TRAILERSHIP TRADE-IN PROCEDURE SET BETWEEN US, PAN-ATLANTIC BOSTON GETS LIFT FROM TANKER BIZ LOCKSLEY GOES SOUTH, FINDS WINTER IN JULY SEMMES' TRIP 'OK BUT-' SEAFARER TELLS IT IN SONG SEAFARER-MINISTER CONDUCTS SEAGOING PRAYER MEETING FOR CREW ABOARD BRADFORD ISLAND SHIPMATE NOT FORGOTTEN BY EVELYN MEN AMPAC ORE SKIPPER CAN'T SEE OT AMEROCEAN PLAYS 'PAL' TO OPRHANS IN INDIA NEW FEED PLAN PEPS WACOSTA SNACKTIME VALUE OF UNION SHOWN IN DOLLARS, BENEFITS SHIPPING ROUND-UP & FORECAST SIU, TANKER CO'S FINISH TALKS ON CLARIFICATIONS SEATTLE FEASTING AGAIN AFTER SLOW SHIPPING Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/30/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/47d32801eac1e3767bb7b308d503dbe7.PDF 3a11a6b03611fccb85fae6fe60d31472 PDF Text Text ^ LOG' • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THI SiAfAKlRS INTHNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • SIXTY SEAMENNOW Nine Men Approved This Month Story on Page 3 ii M |.i* •- ! '"i-, »>>r' vig 4 • ".-I fl MAW f A graduate of the SlU-operated fwCWr fcffl60Oaf fllCIfla training ischool, John "Red" Burke (left), veteran SIU stewardrshows instructor Jack Parker his new lifeV boatman's endorsement. Training school in Mobile helps many Seafai> upgrade and get lifeboat.tickets. (Additional photo on Page 3.) V sew Seafarer Jesse Parrish, FOW, catches up on one of 450 books that have been put aboard all SIXJ ships since SEAFARERS LOG started their distribution two years ago. Libraries go.aboard in 50-book lots every three months and con­ tain wide variety of reading matter. Sfory Time. �Mvfibtr IB, 19SS SEAFARERS laG Fare Tiro SUP, Marks Labor Day, Opens New Hall In Portland SlU Sifts New Korea Leave Beef The restriction to.ship for the SIU crew of the SS Marie Hamill in Inchon, Korea, while crewraembers of another vessel passed them regularly on their way ashore, is being investigated by SIU representatives in Wash­ ington. Lasting several days, the restric­ tion on the Hamill appeared par­ ticularly unreasonable to Seafarercrewmembers, who could watch members of the SIU crew on the Sea Comet II go ashore almost at will. This situation also didn't help create any warm feeling toward the Army on the part of the Hamill crew, which figured itself entitled to the time off but couldn't get to first base. As explained by the Army, and later cited by the Bloomfield Dedication of new Sailors Union of the Pacific hail in Portland, Ore., on Labor Day, provided occasion for combination affair Steamship Company, the restric­ marking formal opening of the new building a> well as labor's national holiday. Two-story Portland hall houses dispatching tion was due principally to the facilities, offices and recreation rooms on first floor and housing for SUP oldtimers and pensioners above. At right, Portland general uprisings in Korea involv­ Agent "Whitey" Benz leads inspection tour of new branch, followed by SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall, who represented ing American guards serving the SlU-A&G District at the opening, SUP New York agent Morris Weisberger, and Seattle agent Max Weisbart. On balcony is Communist - nation truce team 'Tom Hookey, SUP building fund trustee. SUP now has modern halls in all west coast ports. which is seeking to police the Korean armistice. 'Thumbs Down' Inequities about the restriction are the still unexplained approval of shore leave for the crew of the Regular membership meet­ Sea Comet, a tanker, while the ings in SIU headquarters and Hamill, with light cargo aboard, at all branches are held every got the "thumbs-down" signal. second Wedneeday night at Last May, a Defense Department 7 PM. The schedule for the order ending shore leave bans by next few meetings is as follows: SAN FRANCISCO—Just six months-after they furiously attacked SIU of NA president Sept. 21, Oct. 5, Oct. 19. local military commanders, gave Seafarers for the first time a clear- Harry Lundeherg for signing-a special hulk cargo agreement, representatives of the West cut policy to |p by, and it was as­ Coast mates, engineers and radio operators' unions were clearing the decks for a similar sumed that the method used would agreement with American Lundeherg was echoed by Harry transmitted to all US ships by the follow the pattern established. The Bulk Cargo Inc. CIO operators. new case of the Hamill, however, The West Coast Masters, Bridges as well. However, AFL maritime unions, Heavy pressure was brought to Mates and Pilots have already ap­ leaves everyone wondering. Accordingly, Union representa­ proved the agreement patterned bear by the CIO unions, with the including the SIU and the national tives are checking the beef. after the now-famous Tonsina con­ radio operators threatening to MM&P, rallied to Lundeberg's tract originally signed by the Sail­ strike all ships if the Tonsina's support. The AFL unions were ors iJnion of the Pacific In March. charter was not cancelled by Pa­ convinced that the real reason for The two CIO unions, the Marine cific Far East Lines, and a barrage Curran's blast at Lundeberg was Engineers and Radio Operators, of anti-Lundeberg propaganda was an attempt to cover up his abject surrender on the hiring hall, also indicated they would approve which led to the opening of NMU's the contract. Ship's delegates are urged to membership books and hiring halls The Tonsina agreement was WASHINGTON—An inves­ notify the Union immediately signed as an experimental contract to all comers. tigation of officers' training when a shipmate is taken off for bulk carriers only. It was de­ Curran Lost Hiring Hall pro^ams at Federal and Stato the vessel in any port because signed to revive American partici­ Under pressure from the Na­ maritime academies has been of illness or injury. Delegates pation in the bulk ore trade be­ tional Labor Relations Board, the scheduled by the Senate Com­ should not wait until they send tween the West Coast and the Far NMU had caved in on the hiring merce Committee. Senator Fred­ in the ship's minutes but should East. Up until then the trade was hall, with Curran carrying the erick iPayne (Rep.-Maine), chair­ handle the matter in a separate monopolized by runaway - fiag ball despite strong opposition man of the subcommittee conduct­ communication, so that the un­ ships. from NMU treasurer M. Hedley ing the hearings, said that the ion can determine in what man­ The basis of the agreement was Stone and others in the union. study would begin October 4. ner it can aid the brohter. a sizable increase in base pay for Curran also forced through the The four academies Involved are It would also be helpful if all hands through incorporation of WASHINGTON—One Con­ opening of membership books to Maine State Maritime Academy, the full name, rating and book penalty pay in base wages, and a gressional committee, the number was sent in. Address slight reduction in the West Coast House Merchant Marine Com­ all comers without giving the Castine, Maine; Massachusetts these notifications to Welfare manning scale, the highest in the mittee, has already given Indica­ membership a chance to vote on Maritime Academy, Boston; New the issue. York State Maritime Academy, Services at headquarters. country. Lundeherg signed it on tion that it expects to have a busy Just a few months before Cur­ Fort Schuyler, New York; and a one-ship basis in the hope that season next year when Congress ran had told a "World-Telegram Kings Point Academy, Kings Point, the experiment would prove of reconvenes in January. and Sun" reporter that opening New York. The first three schools value in opening up many more Thus, 1956 is likely to be a big books to all comers in maritime are run by the respective, states job opportunities for American year once again for maritime in­ was "just plain racketeering." but mostr of the funds for all Sept. 16, 1955 Vol. XVII, No. 19 seamen. vestigations, with a possible probe Curran was also disappointed schools come from the Federal into the way the Maritime Admin­ that he had been unable to "de­ government. Develops Trade PAUL HALL, SecreTary Treasurer HERBERT BRANB, Editor; RAY DENISON, With additional operators, now istration has, administeiPed the sub­ liver" Lundeberg to the "Mari­ Managing Editor; BERNARB SEAMAN, Art planning to enter the bulk cargo sidy program heading the list. •Unnecessary Expense' time Labor-Management Commit­ Editor; HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, The committee chairman. Rep. The SIU tfid other maritime field, it appears that the Lunde­ tee," a combine of subsidized ship­ Staff Writers; BILL MOOBY, Gulf Area Representative. herg move has been successful in Herbert C. Bonner (D-NC) has al­ owners and the CIO unions. unions have maintained for many ready committed himself to find Editorial Cartoon Page 11 developing an area of trade which out whether the subsidized lines Lundeberg flatly rejected Curran's years that the academies were not had been closed to US-flag ship­ invitation to join what Lundeberg needed since all of the merchant Editorial Page 11 are getting too much from the MA called a "phony set up.!' marine's officer needs could be Final Dispatch Page 1.5 ping up until now. staff in the way of benefits. The met by men coming up "out of the No sooner had the agreement With dissension rising on all Labor Roundup Page 11 subsidy program was also under Letters Pages 12, 14 been reached than Lundeherg was fire late this year in the midst of sides in the NMU and his plans foe'sles." The net effect of the Curran -turned on schools, the unions argue, has been Meet The Seafarers Page 11 the target of a savage, vituperative hearings on a controversial con­ thwarted, personal barrage led by National Lundeberg and the Tonsina issue to overload the industry with a Personals Page 15 trols bill governing merchant sea­ as a convenient target to distract surplus of unneeded marine offi­ Maritime Union President Joseph Recent Arrivals Page 15 men. his membership. He also was cers at considerable expense to the Seafarer In Action Page 9 Curran and enthusiastically sec­ •50-50' Warm-up onded by the MEBA, the CIO Ra­ hopeful of isolating Lundeberg on Government. Shipping Figures Page 4 dio Operators and the West Coast this issue "so that he could act as One result is that a very large Another matter standing high on Your Dollar's Worth Page 6 MM&P. The agreement was de­ the committee's agenda is the fight the spokesman for all of maritime number of academy graduates Published biweeMy uf the headquarters •t the Seafarers International Union, At­ nounced as a "sellout" which to keep the "50-50" shipping law in the coming AFL-CIO merger. spend little or no time serving at lantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth would , "destroy" US maritime from being knocked off the books Since the other CIO unions have sea after being educated for that Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth V-6600. Entered as second class matter unions—Curran conveniently over­ by foreign lobbyists and US farm now approved the Tonsina-type purpose at Government expense. at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under looking all the while that he had interests. The anti-"50-50" drive is agreement they have, in effect, the Act of Aug. 24, 1912. Union spokesmen will have a called for special concessions for being fever^hly whipped,: injtp, fplly vindicated Lundeberg's ac-, chanpfi to ait their views on thw »12«' the bulk cargo trade, some months shapp fojr t^p , opening, pT ,yon left .Qu^fan, .sittipig ,qut ,9n subject I .when.; the. hearingsA can* before. The denunciation of year's % aR4:%* llmlj,,,, .r.V'r.n;,'.' .-wu WC Officers f//p-F/op, Okay Tonsina-Type Pact Notify Union About Sick Men Congress Warms Up Sea Probes SEAFARERS LOG • • •' \- Meeting Night Every 2 Weeks Senate Sea Schooi Quiz Opens Soon �Sei»tember K, USif' SEAFARERS SEAFARERS LOG AWARD There are still seven issues of the SEAFARERS LOG left for the year 1955 in'which Seafarers can qualify for One of the annua! LOG awards for distinguished member­ ship contributions to the Union newspaper. The flT.J/. award program, announced " early this year, will cover four categories /— letters, photo­ graphs, poetry and drawings— submitted by any Seafarer to the newspaper and, appearing In the calendar year 1955. / The awards will consist of medallions, suitably inscribed: No particular entry form is needed. As long as the Sea­ farer's "material appears in the LOG it automatically qualifies for the prizes. Standards that will govern se­ lection of winners in the four categories are: for letters—one offering a constructive proposal or best expressing a Seafarer's feeling on any given- issue; photography—for the best pho­ tograph, or photographs of Sea­ farers at work or play or other material of strong Interest to Seafarers; poetry—^literary mer­ it and subject matter in •the tradition of the sea; drawings— quality and originality plus sub­ ject matter based on maritime or related experience. LOG Pagre Thre* Sixty 51U Members Now Receiving $1S0-Mo. Pensions The number of Seafarers, receiving the $150 per month SIU pension* disability benefit rose to 60 last week with the approval of nine more disabled brothers by the SIU Welfare Plan. The 60 Seafarers now on the list are the great­ est number since the benefit was first established in May, 1952. The SIU benefit is among the largest of any non-contributory system in the country, amounting to^ butions negotiated by the vised the qualifications on June 1 $1,820 a year for each of Union, no Seafarer has to make and also increased the benefit from $25 to $35 a week, as well as addr the 60 Seafarers, far more any payments into the fund. ing the new hospital-surgical plan than many of them earned for years while going to sea in pre-union days. Since the Welfare Plan's benefits are fi­ nanced by shipowner contri- Most of the 60 Seafarers on the benefits list are over '65, which en­ titles them to Social Security old age benefits over and above the Welfare Plan payments. However, the disability-pension is not based New Llfeboatmen—Via SIU Training School Nelson Fiynn on age, but on inability to work be­ cause of illness or injury, so that .a number of Seafarers who would not be covered by Social Security are protected by the SIU Plan. All of the nine men approved at the last Welfare Plan trustees meeting had applied under the old seven-year seatime provision. Their applications were either incom­ plete or were being processed when the trustees of the Plan re- for Seafarers' families.' It was the feeling of the Union that since the applications were pending they should be judged on the basis of the old seven-year sea time rule. The trustees agreed that it would be an injustice to the nine men if they were caught in the middle of the change-over. flexible Plan This action by the trustees, like other decisions in the past, points up the flexibility of the Union-ad­ ministered Plan. The board of trustees, consisting of Union and employer representatives, is able to make interpretations and rul­ ings tff this kind in short order, without getting involved in com­ plicated rewriting of an insurance contract. The SIU disability-pension was first put into effect at the rate of $15 weekly as of May, 1952. It was increased to $25 weekly in March, 1953, and to $35 a week this past spring. In changing the seatime qualifications from seven to 12 years, the trustees extended the Halt Alcoa's Late Payoffs Ready to ship after completing lifeboatman's courses at the SlU's Apdrew Furuseth Training Schooj in Mobile, Seafarers Tony Pisano, George W. Trippe, Jr., and E. B. Neeley (l-r) re­ ceive |ob assignments from Robert Jordan, dispatcher. Looking on (in background) is vet­ eran SIU bosun Jack Parker, a member of the staff of the school operated by the SIU Welfare Plan to train new men and to aid experienced seamen in upgrading their ratings. Action by SIU headquarters has halted the practice of Alcoa ships paying off in New York about one. hour before sailing time. The delayed payoffs left little time . for settlement of beefs and repair lists, to say nothing of the unnecessary hardships they placed on family men. As a result of talks with com­ pany representatives from Mo­ bile the practice has been dis­ continued. I LA EndsTie-Up; Dock Vote Ahead Active planning for a new waterfront election in the Port of New York is underway, the AFL International,Brother­ hood of Longshoremen announced, as the harbor was again thrown into turmoil by an-*^ ^ ILA shutdown which lasted working longshoremen and con­ one week. trolled them by reign of terror The ILA strike was not a bread methods. The,Commission then, is and butter issue against the em­ the child of ILA manipulations in ployers, but was seen as a political the harbor. squeeze play on the New YorkSubsequently, the AFL acted to New Jersey vy;aterfront Commis­ oust the ILA and to charter a new sion. The AFL-IBL is convinced union, the IBL, to bring trade that the only way to get rid of the unionism to longshore workers. commission is by establishment of Dissatisfaction Grows a clean, democratic longshore union. In announcing its intention to The Waterfront Commission it­ go for a new election, the IB]^ self is the product of years of ILA pointed to growing dissatisfaction racketeering in the harbor. It was among longshoremen as a result of established after public hearings constantly-worsening working con-' showed the extent to .^which ILA ditions and denial of. trade union > leaders throughout the harbor pat^ rights to .the men. , ticipated i'i, in .extortion, ••''•usary,- jT^e -b'olimfirel -of; iQngsljojioirteh'^ shakedowns and kiCkbitckV flroth' ^ddmplaints ha^'^feeeh''^h' tfti'' riyfe' because of speed-up^, overloaded slings, unsafe conditions on the piers, lack of any kind of job se­ curity and complet#lack of repre­ sentation on grievances. Since the ILA squeaked through to victory in a National Labor ReAn example of union democracy men is shown In pearing on page issue. the denial of to longshore­ the story ap­ seven of this lations Board election in May, 1954, ILA supporters have been waiting for the leadership to make good on promises of better condi­ tions on the piers, an end to racketeering and establishment of ipiiqh democracy in ILA locals, tr^leaii, conditibni^ hav^ reverted db'what they were/befof^ the IBL . •• Guilford Larsen eliglhility period back to January 1, 1934, allowing a wider range of seatime than before. Nine Passed Away Beside the 60 Seafarers on the list at present, nine men who were receiving the benefit have since died. Seafarers added to the list by last week's action of the trustees are: Charles A. McComisky, Bos­ ton, Mass.; Buster S. Carlson, Texas City, Texas; Arthur F. Nel- was chartered, and in many areas have grown worse. - ILA president William Bradley admitted on a television program that conditions in the harbor were the worst in 30 years. Petition Next Summer Under the terms of the TaftHartley law, the IBL cannot pe­ tition for a new election until 90 days before the ILA contract ex­ pires at the end. of next, summer. However, preparations for a new election would get underway well before the time came to petition for a vote, sometime in June, 1956. The IBL Is assured the full sup­ port of the AFL Maritime Trades Department, representing both seagoing and shoreside unions in the industry. The SIU is a mem­ ber of th'e department. k - * % Ellis '• Gillot son, Foley, Ala.f-William Fiynn, Wollinger's Island, Ala.; William Guilford, Pritchanl. Ala'.; Bernard M. Larsen. Miami. Fia.; Robert M. Eliis, Brooklyn, NY; Henry L. Gillot, Long Island City, NY; Deward. G. Robinson, Hamilton. Ala. Two of the men. McComisky and Robinson, are entitled to retroac­ tive benefits because their applica­ tions were conipleted at an earlier date. " : •41 -1 �SKAtAMERS PMe Foiif •spfaoAer IC i«5l L0€ 8IU Welfare Speeds Recovery 'Districts' Report Shows Ship Inspection Loopholes V A casual scanning of the recent Coast Guard report on the Southern Districts disaster and the Coast Guard's inspection regulations would give the impression that a US flag ship is the most inspected collection of equipment on the face 6f the earth. Closer examination, how­ ever, reveals two startling dis- -• ^ human beings can make mistakes?". crepancies between inspec­ accepted as infallible with nary "Not. In the examination of tions as they exist on paper second look. • The hearings further revealed the ships," was the reply. and actual practice. existence of an agreement between The presiding Coast Guard opFor one thing, as testimony showed at the hearing in the ABS and the Southern Steamship cer again intervened to stop the Southern Districts disaster, it Company permitting the company questioning as reflecting on the seems to be permissible for an in­ to get by with patched bottom "integi'ity of the Bureau." spector to give the engine room plating on the ship instead of un­ Subsequently other witnesses an okay without even going down dergoing expensive repairs.. The from the Coast Guard itself agreed the ladder. The hearings also agreement was. approved by the that the Coast Guard accepts ABS showed the trust placed by the Coast Guard in violation of its own certificate 'without question as evi­ Coast Guard in the American Bu­ orders, apparently on the grounds dence of a vessel's seaworthiness. reau of Shipping, a private ship­ that "if it's okay with ABS it's okay Other testimony revealed more owner-supported agency which has with us." of the divided responsibility and no official Government status. As Held In Reverence authority in the present inspection No one in the maritime industry set-up. ^veral inspectors from in­ far as the Coast Guard is con­ cerned, ABS surveyor's reports are denies the value of work done by surance agencies and other sources ABS in setting safety standards were in direct contradiction with for US ships. But the almost each other as to the condition of reverential attitude of the Coast the hull, weather conditions at time Guard toward any report with an of loading and other items. When Home from a 15-day stay in a Mobile hospital that followed ABS stamp on it ^n effect buck- the shi^ loaded at Port Sulphur, major surqdry, Mrs. M. J. Oswald, wife of Seafarer "Dutch" passes the responsibility for La., an inspector spent an hour Oswald,appears to be on the way to complete recovery proper inspections from the Coast on the ship at night. Part of the and happy to be reunited with her husband. Oswald was Guard to a private shipowner-sup­ time was spent eating dinner with one of the first in Mobile to receive cash assistance under ported agency. the captain and the remainder in­ Several exchanges in the Coast specting the holds with the aid of the new schedules of hospital and surgical benefits provided SAN FRANCISCO — T h e by the Welfare Plan. boom is definitely on the Guard hearing were revealing on a cluster of lights held by the this score. When an attorney repre­ mates. jDn the basis of this once­ wane out here as for the sec­ be maintained the ship was ond two week period in a row the senting the family of a deceased over Seafarer attempted to question an seaworthy. port has had slow shipping and ABS representative as to the thor­ Another inspector, this one more of the same is expected in a Coast Guard representative oughness of that organization's in­ the future. Activity was limited to checked" the engine room by ask­ SEATTLE—The "bottom" fell out of shipping here during one payoff and sign-on plus seven spection of Southern Districts, the presiding Coast Guard officer was ing the chief engineer over a cup the last two weeks, but they're going to glue it back on in In-transits. shocked, and intervened on the of coffee how things were below. proper fashion in the current period. Further, port agent Leon "Blon- grounds that the questioning was Between the Coast Guard, the Slumped to the lowest point"*_ .. ... die" Johnson warned, there are improper. "Are you attacking the Federal Communications Commis­ L J . 1 ii. run of ships that call there reguno payoffs in sight for the next two American Bureau of Shipping," he sion, the ABS, the National Cargo it's reached in several months, larly. weeks, although on the West Coast asked in a tone indicating the at­ Bureau, the insurance companies shipping took an unexpected This pleasant prospect is due to ships have a habit of popping up torney was being presumptuous. and other agencies one would think nosedive for two weeks with only be provided by an array including when least expected. 'Bureau Doesn't Err' ship would get a thorough in­ one payoff and sign-on, the Bar­ the Jean LaFitte, Young American San Francisco has been a hot Another attorney then asked the spection. But this division of func­ bara Frietchie (Liberty Naviga­ and Kyska (Waterman); Longview port for so many months now that ABS man if it accepts the certi­ tion and the abandonment of pri­ tion, plus five assorted in-transits. Victory and Coeur d'Alene Victory a downturn was bound to come fications of its surveyors at face mary responsibility by the Coast The present two-week period, (Victory Carriers); ..^Marie Hamil along. However, there are still not value. Guard would seem to nullify the however, is expected to see the (Bloomfield); George A. Lawson too many men with A and B sen­ "Yes," the ABS man replied. very purpose of an Inspection sys­ port rebound quickly, with eight (Pan Oceanic), and Ocean Joyce iority here. "Then you don't recognize that tem; to maintain a seaworthy ship. payoffs scheduled plus the usual (Ocean Trans). Frisco Job Boom Dips Seattle Boom Stumbles August 24 Through Sept. 6 Registered „ ^ Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Noriolk Savannah Miami Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Deck Deck Eng. ABA 10 83 31 51 18 13 5 7 36 55 13 12 9 14 15 Deck TOTALS 372 5 29 9 30 22 3 6 0 6 7 8 5 2 g 9 Deck 147 4 68 22 50 10 13 3 0 23 36 4 8 2 11 n Eng. 265 The overall picture of shipping in the Atlantic and Gulf District showed another general decline during the past two weeks, as the number of men registered remained pegged about the same as the previous period, but shipping itself dipped a little further. Total number of men dispatched to jobs was 1187; registration was 1358. The shipping barometer, however, indicated a probable rise soon with some braiT/:hes reporting increased activity due in the coming two weeks. Thusj the present situation appears to' be only temporary, as business continues to level off from the hea"vy shipping brought on by the summer vacation period just ended. Statistically, class A and class B resumed their near-two to one relationship, as a "slump" showed up in class C this time. The decline in class C shipping remains in direct proportion to the gen­ eral dip in shipping for all seniority groups. The Eng. B 1 25 14 27 13 6 1 4 11 18 9 9 4 8 6 Eng. B Stew. A 5 72 16 48 15 4 41 5 11 42 3 8 4 7 8 Stew. A stew. ®2 21 5 14 9 9 15 4 6 8 2 9 1 9 15 Stew. B 129 Total Total Total A B «2^- 19 223, 69 149 43 30 49 12 70 133 20 28 15 32 34 8 75 28 71 44 10 22 8 23 33 19 23 7 33 30 298 97 220 87 48 71 20 93 166 39 51 22 55 64 Total Total Total A m Deck Deck Deck A B C 1 71 32 64 14(1 15 3 3 24 45 11 9 6 14 3 Deck A 1. 16 15 22 11 3 2 0 3 15 13 4 3 5 2 1 6 3 1 16 3 0 0 1 9 1 0 0 4 0 Deck Deck B C 117 45 Eng. ^2 56 18 43 11 11 2 2 14 23 4 7 2 17 5 Eng. Shipped Stew. Stew, Eng. Eng^ stew. A B C 0 3 2 11 35 10 43 10 7 13 14 4 7 5 28 5 17 0 44 7 10 412 9 6 4 1 3 2 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 1 1 7 5 9 4 2 5 20 25 21 5 3 6 2 5 1 5 1 3 0 1 3 2 0 2 1 7 1 12 8 1 0 2 3 3 0 Eng. Eng^ Stew. Stew. stew, -c A B 143 49 173 96 36 Total Total B 6 61 36 67 22 15 7 3 14 56 24 10 8 20 7 Total Tota^ A 701 356 3 170 63 151 34 25 10 6 47 93 17 19 9 43 11 Total 3 23 72 6 38 0 1 0 8 19 5 1 2 6 0 254 111 224 94 46 18 9 69 168 46 30 19 69 18 m Total Total C 2f7 130 926 45| presence of available manpowtr in classes A and long overdue. . . . NEW YORK: Boom appears PHILADELPHIA: Very B, in ports where they^were needed, spelled out to be ended as of now the drop for class C, which has no seniority in good one week; slow the next. . . . BALTIMORE: the SIU. Of the total, class A remained the same Pepped up again after a slight dip.... NORFOLK: as the last period, at 60 percent, and class B Good now and will continue. Blue Jay run may climbed again to nearly 30 percent. The rest was be over, but coal is no"w moving out. .. . SAVAN­ accounted for by class C, which experienced the NAH: About the same as before; very little change. . . . MIAMI: Florida's transfer puts whole crew only drop. Port by port, the figures showed a shipping rise on beach; Registration up, particularly in steward in four ports, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk department.... TAMPA: Still slow; little in sight. and Savannah, a dip in six others and five re­ . .. MOBILE: Slow and should decline a bit more maining the ^ame. West Coast shipping continued yet.... NEW ORLEANS: Shipping stays the same. to shrivel up, as Seattle, which has been really . . . LAKE CHARLES: Keeps shipping same kept jumping for many months, reported 'almost amount steadily. . . . HOUSTON: Still nothing no activity worth mentioning. Wilmington had in sight for this port, . . WILMINGTON: Has already gone from bad to worse and San Fran­ quieted down completely, . . . SAN FRANCISCO: Feels same decline as other West Coast ports. . . . cisco stayed about the same. SEATTLE: Slowest .it'^, been. in. several months. The following isdhe forecast, port by port: ^ ' iNext'pqqpd,phQviilld|tbrl^^ way/j«ri^h\§i,|ht • BOSTON: ^P8y<3 156 297 311 H' - • �Mmihm 19, nu SEAFjtkEKS toe Prototypes In Gov't Now Ship Design Program mmrnrnMSsmMmiSi^^ i ''''•' /r "TSitsr^A;* Designed to replace outmoded C-type ships with vessels of greater speed, more stowage space and easy cargo-handling, Maritime Administration's new cargo cai'riers include Sea­ farer Class of 13,400 tons and IS-knot speed, which would replace existing C-3s and C-4s. "Clipper" class ships would replace present C-2s with vessels of 10,800 tons and 18-lcnot speed. Vessels wou d be 460' long, with 28' draft and would be suitable for same general service now operated by US-flag C-2s in foreign and domestic trades. Third type of several proposed modern sKfpi of the future Is Freedom Class of approximately 8,500 deadweight tons. These ships would be designed to do 16-18 knots and would replace present C-IBs. They would be 4L7* long and have draft of 26,5'. NY still Has Plenty Of Jobs NEW YORK—Shipping has finally slacked off here, following a summer of record activity in which same-day shipping ceased being a novelty. The lull will give harried headquarters dispatchers a chance to catch their breath for the first time since the end of June. Bated men, however, can still ship out in a few days, pinch would be considerably more Claude Simmons, SIU assist­ severe if the Union had not been ant secretary-treasurer, reported. able to sign up several new compa­ He cited the case of a wiper on nies in recent months to swell the the Chickasaw who came in a few number of available jobs. The or­ days ago, registered and then ship­ ganization of new companies under ped back aboard as a fireman the SIU contract still remains a pri­ TAMPA,—Several Seafarers in same day. mary target for headquarters of­ this port have collected benehis Thus, Seafarers who are looking ficials and the SIU Organizing De­ under the SIU's family medical and to ship right away can still make partment. surgical plan. All reports are that their way without too much In connection with the new com­ the plan has been of considerable trouble, he said. panies, Simmons pointed to the help and is welcomed by the mem­ The drop in shipping was not added importance of avoiding all bership accordingly. attributed to any special cause, performing on SlU-contracted ves­ The shipping picture was not too Simmons explained, but could sels at all times. Jhe presence of exciting for the past two weeks with likely be due in part to the end performers on a vessel will never eight in-transits supplying all of of the vacation season when less contribute to a satisfactory rela­ the business. But port agent Tom men are coming oft ships for a tionship for all parties, and keeps Banning is optimistic about the stay ashore with their families operations from running as future with more action expected or friends. smoothly as they should, he de­ in the coming period. Lay-^p clared. Adding to the clouded future The performers themselves only shipping picture is the lay-up of wind up losing their papers and one tanker, the Queenston Heights, their right to continue sailing and for a few weeks, and the sale of earning their livelihood, he added, Another, the Julesburg, to a n,pnr, cHing, the stappedrup: practice of •S'rU'-coinbarfy.! close Ipg book inspections followed He noted that the fdihpdrary by' the Coast Guard tliesi^ days. Tampa Lauds Hospital Plan K*lOW I. Pw« Fiwi Stewards, SIU Meet To Prepare Master Rulebook Formal meetings between SIU stewards and headquarters officals designed to hammer out a master set of working rules for galley and messroom operations got underway this week. The first such gathering, ^ which convened this past dividual "to order" -food preparaWednesday, Sept. 14, provided tion and service for making meals the occasion for some 30 SIU chief more attractive and eliminating stewards^and chief cooks to match waste. The Union and representative experiences and air mutual prob­ lems regarding shipboard feeding cooks and stewards consulted on and storing. Details of the meeting the program jointly agree that al­ were set in motion by SIU Assist­ though SIU ships have always been ant Secretary-Treasurer Ed Moon- good feeders, a new approach to ey, representing the steward de­ «hipboard meals could make that impression even more emphatic. partment. Principal aim of the meetings is Seafarers Cliff Wilson and Phil to sift the details of steward de­ Reyes, SIU stewards who have been partment operation and come up introducing the new program in with a uniform set of rules which the Alcoa and Waterman fleets, can serve as a gqidebook for all were on. hand to report on the results. Louis Gellnitz, who pio­ galley personnel. neered the program on Bull Line In this way, storing, cooking and ships, was unable to attend due to serving can be standardized illness. throughout the SlU-contracted Customs And Practices fleet in line with "new" feeding The first meeting of stewards, program instituted by the Union for the first time on Bull Line both oldtimers and newcomers, es­ tablished the fact that there is al­ vessels last year. ways for improvement in The new method of feeding and feedingroom aboard ship and making it serving has since been extended more palatable. to Alcoa and Waterman ships, Discussion emphasized the point under the supervision of veteran that although food preparation and SIU stewards who circulate each storing of ships is a primary re­ company's ships to introduce and sponsibility of the steward aboard explain the system. the ship, he cannot go it alone quite Well Received often because company practices Well-received on virtually all and feeding customs vary from ships operating under the new sys­ ship to ship. tem, the Union-sponsored revised Subjects dealt with also con­ feeding program is based on in- cerned revision of some steward department working rules as well as the still-present need aboard some ships for efficient "deep freeze" equipment to permit more extensive use of frozen fruits and vegetables, and the question of what constitutes minimum or nec­ essary stores for a given ship. Also considered were ways and means for drawing up lists of reputable ship chandlers and food supply houses in offshore ports, so that missing stores can be ordered with­ out delay in those areas. MIAMI—A few hours after The meetings, which are being it had paid off the SIU crew, held both mornings and afternoons, the P&O Steamship Company were due to continue today. transferred the passenger ship Florida and her sister ship, the Cuba, to the Liberian flag. As a result of the free-wheeling policy permitted by the Maritime Ad­ ministration, not a single cruise ship operating out of Florida re­ mains under- the American flag. The Florida had operated for many years on the Miami to Ha­ vana run and P&O was one of the first companies organized by the SIU when it was founded. Many of the crewmembers had been SAN DIEGO—Delegates to with the SIU since its earliest days. the California State Federa­ In recent years, the passenger tion of Labor last week whole­ ship run from Florida to Cuba and heartedly approved a resolution other Caribbean islands has been assailing proposals for Government Invaded by an increasing number regulation of collective bargaining of runaway-flag operators under in maritime. The delegates adopted the benevolent eye of the Maritime a proposal submitted by the Sailors Administration. Ships put on this Union of the Pacific severely run included the former SIU- critical of any limitations on the manned Yarmouth of Eastern rights of sea unions to strike and Steamship Company. freely negotiate their own con­ Gov't Says Okay tracts. With everyone else turning Li­ The resolution was aimed at the berian, P&O said "me too" and controversial Bonner proposals, won approval of the Maritime put forth by Rep. Herbert Bonner, Administration to complete the chairman of the House Merchant Marine Committee. The proposals transfer of its two ships. The Cuba, formerly the Denali would 'establish a new Federal of the Alaska Steamship Company, agency with broad powers to in­ had been placed on a Tampa-Key terfere with collective bargaining West-Havana run just this past in maritime and to pass on contract provisions. , winter. P&O Cruise Ships Dump US Registry Calif. AFL Backs SUP On Bonner •v' •- • "vl �..-;^^V-v?:r SEAFARERS L06 Pare Six Mobile 'Rec' Lounge Due For Completion Sevtcmber if. 1955 Plan New Growth For Booming NO NEW ORLEANSr—Continued development of New Orleans as a leading world port is be­ ing reflected here by a steady brisk rate of shipping on SlU-contracted vessels, Government agency reports of increased cargo volume and announcement of a long-range program of har­ MOBILE—The last step in the renovation of the Mobile bor improvements. • —— —• ' hall is nearing completion here as work is going ahead rapidly Job opportunities for SIU crease of 2.2 percent over tonnage on a lounge in the lowest deck of the hall. Members here are men shipping through this for 1953. looking forward eagerly tow-'^ ^ port are holding steady at a high The Army report also showed ard the wind-up of the job as ones have been reissued by the level and prospects for the imme­ the Mississippi River carried mote the lounge will have televi­ Seafarers Vacation Plan. diate future are good, said SIU commerce than in any previous Shipping has not been • exciting Port Ag^nt Lindsey J. Williams, sion, i-ecreational facilities and year, a total of 82.4 million tons service facilities for meals and in the port over the past two-week From a long-range point pf view, between Minneapolis and the Gulf. soft drinks. It will also have period, Tanner said, but men are the economic future of the port Between Baton Rouge and New plenty of comfortable chairs and still shipping without any trouble also appears sounds. Good labor Orleans, 37 million tons Were car­ sofas and is expected to become a as testified by the fact that several relations have been cited as ried on the river, and 54 -million social center for Seafarers and C seniority ratings got out in the major factor in the sound posi­ tons between New Orleans and the past two week period. Six payoffs tion enjoyed by the port with no Gulf. their families here. and sign ons, and one in transit sudden upsets to harass shippers. Number Two Port Also being installed in the hall LAKE CHARLES — Jobs Is a complete burglar alarm system. ship summed up the port's busi­ In dollar value of all foreign are still going begging down, Tonnage Grows Port agent Cal Tanner expects the ness. As usual, relief jobs around trade, the port continued to rank Statistics recently announced by second in the US, according to in this hot corner of the Gulf, alarm system to prevent repeti­ the harbor helped pick up the the Army Engineers showed that the New Orleans Board of Port which has continued to ride along tion of a recent burglary of the slack. at the same confortable level of Tanner expects the next two waterborne tonnage handled Commissioners. During 1954, ex­ shipping all summer. hall in which 40 vacation checks through the port in 1954 exceeded were stolen. Most of the checks weeks to be considerably improved ports and imports were valued at Seafarers can ship out of here 40.5 million tons. This was an in- $1.5 billion, up seven percent from almost have been recovered and the lost with a dozen ships scheduled. any time tliey want, espe­ 1953. New York and New Orleans cially when they're -not dead set are the only US ports in the bil­ on a particular berth aboard the lion dollar class. "one and only" ship. Those who New Orleans moved from second aren't too choosy will have no to first among US ports in exports trouble getting out. of cotton and agricultural machin­ There are, however, enough men ery and in banana imports. The on the beach to handle anything port continued to rank first in im­ that comes along in the normal Two NMU officials have been assigned the embarrassing task of explaining to the Interna­ ports of sugar, molasses, burlap turn of events, so a mass invasion tional Transport workers Federation just why NMU president Joseph Curran wholeheart­ and sisal and in exports of wheat, of this area won't do anybody any good, Leroy Clarke, port agent, edly endorsed the ILA's phony seamen's union a short time" ago. The NMU was recently ad­ flour and soybeans. "Favorable freight rates and commented. mitted to ITF and will send its * Weather Good Curran's endorsement of the good labor relations, may be the delegation of two to a confer­ work on runaway flag ships operat­ The good weather of the past two "United International Seamen's cause of an expected increase in ence of the ITF Seafarers Sec­ ing out of New York. ILA opera­ tion in Ostend, Belgium, October tions in this field ran directly Union, Local 1824," came after the the shipment of motor vehicles weeks helped assure a coinfortablt counter to the efforts of the ITF SEAFARERS LOG exposed the so- through the port," the Board of stay for the crew of the Chiwawa, 3 and 4. which spent five daj^s here because By giving its approval to the Special Seafarer's Section, and the called "union" as a crimp opera­ Port Commissioners reported. Automobile shipments were the refineryx couldn't turn out the ILA crimp "rig, the NMU put itself ITF office in New York reported tion whose top officer boasted that In tlie position of endorsing an out­ many complaints from seamen who he would raid ships of all nations stimulated recently by the diver­ cargo she required. None of the sion of Kaiser-Willys vehicles from crew seemed to mind the "incon­ fit which was exploiting foreign had been shakendown for dues and with the help of the ILA, Curran immediately came to the the Port of New York to New Or­ venience." The Chiwawat was One seamen of many countries who assessments on the promise of ac­ of the eight Cities Service oil defense of the ILA's operations, leans for foreign shipment. tion that was never forthcoming. Not content to rest on its laurels, wagons which made an appearance giving prominence to a friendly ex­ ITF Expands Drive This past June, the ITF an­ change of correspondence between the Board of Port Commissioners in the port during the past period. Other visitors included that nounced it was expanding its activ­ him and tug captain William Brad­ •is going ahead with plans for con­ ity in the runaway-flag field and ley, ILA president, in which Brad­ tinuing expansion and improve­ regular caller in Orange, Texas, the Val Chem (Valentine), and was opening an organizing office ley denied everything that the ment of harbor facilities. On the planning boards is a $65 right here, the'Ocean Nora (Ocean for that purpose. The ITF cam­ Local 1824 spokesman had said. paign received the full support of The net effect of the exchange was million construction and rehabili­ Trans), which loaded rice for Ja­ the last SIU of NA convention to convey the impression that the tation program to enhance the pan, as well as the Del Oxo' and which denounced the ILA's activi­ ILA would perform a service for port's position in world trade. Port Del Mundo, both for Mississippi. Aside from the healthy shipping, ties as hampering ITF progress. foreign fiag seamen, igrforing ITF's Director Walter J. Amoss said. all else is quiet in the port right Eleven years' will be required to Jurisdiction and activity in this The SIU has been a member of ITF now, Clarke noted. complete this program. area. for many years. Jobs Come Steadily In Lake Chas. Curran Support To ILA's Phony Seamen's Union Faces ITF Quiz YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH |r I'' 1^-. Beware The Merchants Of Debt One shake of the economic tree and a lot of families now carrying a record-high load of installment debt are going to be in trouble. In fact, business-commentator Elmer Roessner reports that the American Collectors As­ sociation finds the number of bills turned over to its members for collection has jumped ten per cent this year, and that bills ai'e getting harder to collect. Consei'vative bankers consider it risky for a family to assume a total installment of more than ten per cent of its income. But one survey indicates that over 13 million families now are paying out more than ten per cent of their income in installment payments, and over half of these (about IV2 million) are making payments totaling . 20 to 40 per cent of income. A leading debt pooling service repox'ts that 90 per cent of its aecounts, who are people in sei-ious financial trouble, are paying on cars and TV sets. Look For Assistance Often the man or family that has gotten over its head In debt needs some outside help in fending off its eredItors, or at least it is often panieked into thinking it does. Thats why debt-pooling services have gotten numerous recently. This department previously reported that such services operate under such titles as "budget consultants," "debt liquidators," "pro-ratal's," etc. They charge a fee of ten percent or more of your total debt, and try to solve your financial problems by arranging regular small pay­ ments with your creditors. That is, the more honest debt pooling services try to do this. There have been cases in which debt poolers collected fees with little result in re­ ducing the clients debt load or staving off creditors' demands. , With so many families heavily In debt, debt-pooliog services are spreading fast. Now one of the'largest of Written for pe Seafarers Los Margolius, ^ leading expert on biying such outfits, operating out of New York, has announced ' Most of the people in debt to the point where they it is opening 18 additional offices in various large indus­ seek a debt-pooling service are buying cars or television trial cities such as Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Troy, sets. In some cases the debt pooler tries to retui-n this merchandise to the creditor, with the debtor agreeing to NY, Passaic and Paterson, NJ, and others. pay an additional sum if the creditor suffers any loss on Resist Barrage Of Ads the returned merchandise. This way a deficiency judgment This department previously advised that families In against the debtor is avoided. But if a debtor must give debt avoid the debt-pooling sexwices heavily advertised up his car or other merchandise, he should first see what over the air and in newspapers, and instead make their he can get for it on a private sale or turn the car over own arrangements to quiet the threats of creditors, and to someone else who will assume the rest of the debt, if necessary, use the help of the bankruptcy courts to rather than return it and pay an additional sum to the compel creditors to accept extended payments. dealer. One of the older and apparently more reputable debt Mr. Neal's company says It avoids asking small-loan poolers has challenged these recommendations, and states companies to reduce interest fees except when they were that his firm has been able to help some 1500 families in taking too much of the debtor's income due to the lax-ge its four years of existence. C. V. Neal, Jr., of the Credit number of loans. ."Loan companies are entitled to their Management Co. of Des Moines, Iowa, charges that much profit as much as any other merchant." Well, that's just of the criticism of the debt poolers is inspired by small where an aggressive credit-union committee or welfare or loan companies (who • themselves promote "consolidation other community organization would make its first attempt loans" to pay off debtors at higher rates than even the to get a family out of trouble. Melvin Shex-man, a long­ debt poolers charge. Mr. Neal further declares that a time worker in Eastern credit unions, says that many debt poolers' fee of ten per cent" of the total debts is times a committee would go to the loan coihpanies and cheaper than a credit union's Interest charge of 10 or 12 Installment dealers—the merchants of debt—and induce per cent a year. them to recfuce the amount of a debt by arguing that the Even though Mr. Neal may sincerely try to extricate lender or merchant was initially responsible because It debtors by putting them txn a minimum budget and de­ overloaded the fanxily with debt. voting their remaining income to paying the creditors, You'll buy more cars and TV sets In the long run by this department again says stay away from debt poolex'S getting on a cash basis in your buying, and avoiding the as well as loan companies promoting a debt consolidation 18-42 per cent interest rates of loan companies and some loan. Installment dealex-s, and the debt poolers' fees. But if Here's why: you're already mired in debt, set up your own budget of —Credit union rates are not higher than the ^ebt pooling minimum living expenses, as the debt poolers do, pay fees. They're lower. A debt pooler's ten percent fee on off your creditors with the remaining income, and call on a total debt of $1000 is $100. Most cr,edit .unions charge > your,own community organizations for help if necessary. $50 or $60 inteteit''''trh ''k'flbbb/lqan; £e:^aid ••w4thi«''42'' ' months, and some |j , • ..assistance. v; ^ ' - ^ �September 18, 18S5 COIUR D'ALBNf -VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carrlort), July 4—Chairman, W. Zaiaikl; Soeratary, H. Ia|ak. Dlacusalon on keeplnc all Korean checker! from doing their paper work in tha midship house. A vote of thanks went ta the negoUating committee for tha progreia gained for seafarers and their families. A fan siiould ba in­ stalled in the laundry room. Tha steward recommended that all per­ sonal laundry be given to him so that a reliable laundry can take care of cleaning same. SEAFARERS W. Las. Ship's fund $12.89. Motion made and carried to accept recent communication. Ship's delegate elect­ ed. Poor mail delivery In Far East, JOHN C (Atlantis Carriers), July 11 —Chairman, L. Psradlts; Secretary, W. Clegg. All repairs taken care of at sea. motion made and carried to accept headquarter communications. Ail hands to leave foc'sle clean. Cap­ tain and Chief Mate are two good guys to sail with. ROBIN KETTERINO (Seas Ship­ OCEAN ULLA (Maritime OverMst), ping), May 22—Chairman, H. HerklnJuly 4—Chairman, D. Plecerllll; Secre­ heins; Secretary, R. Whitley. Men tary, J. V. Dolan. Discussion by the asked to wear .at least a T-shirt In ship's delegate about the unsafe con­ 'messhall during meal hours. Messmen ditions out on deck. The gear is fairly will wear Jackets at all times. All rotten and there Is no catwalk across repairs have been made except paint­ lumber fore and aft. There Is noth­ ing and that wiU be done thU trip. ing la the slop chest but cigarettes. Treasurer reported S32.64 on hand in The captain said no fresh ,milk in the ship's fund. June 19—Chairman, O. Schmidt; Secretary, R. Whitley. Discussion on food coming from the galley. Now that the ship has left the States the food is not prepared very well. Mem­ bers asked to fill out welfare enroll­ ment cards and turn same in to delegates: D^est of ships' Meetings Panama; will check with patrolman on same. DEL SUD (Mississippi), June 25— Chairman, T. Matting; Secretary, W. Perkins. Brother Joe Collins reported everything running smoothly and asked for full cooperation in making a good impression on the ministers aboard that are attending the Catho­ lic Congress in Rio de Janeiro. Broth­ er Perkins asked that snore effort be made to increase the Del Sud picnic fund in order to have a bigger and "better picnic this year. Motion made and carried to commend headquarters for the fine Job they are doing in protecting our Union. All members are requested to stay out of the crew pantry during meal hours. DEL MAR (Mississippi), July 4— Chairman, E. Caudlll; Secretary, H. Rills. At deck department meeting a vote of thanks was given to the deck' messman. Requested that ship's delegate see the patrolman in New Orleans about passing doctor and signing on the same day. All men were asked to fill out welfare cards and send same to headquarters. All voted' to give $40 for the ship's library. DEL' MUNOO (MIstlttlppI), June 2S v-rChalrman, I. Brown; Secretary, J. PIcou. Brother Joseph Casem was eldc^ed stdp's delegate by acclama­ tion. Treasurer reported $40 in the ship's fund. Suggestion made to go into the recreation hall for bull ses­ sions. Brother Bailey said that ho would repair washing machine for the good of the crew. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), July 3—Chairman, W, Makin; Secre­ tary, W.. Knapp. Crew donated money and had flowers sent as one of our Union brothers on the ship lost his father whiie on this voyage. Mem­ bers were requested to turn in all keys at the end of this trip. The stew­ ard department was given a vote of thanks for a flno Job done. The cap­ tain and offlcers were also given a vote of thanks for their cooperation. SUNION (Kea), Juno 19—Chairman, •. Sims; Secretary, E. Taylor. A new ship's delegate was elected. All the latest reports and communications were read and accepted by crew. General topics discussed. ROBIN COODFELLOW (Seas Ship­ ping), June 19—Chairman, J, LIpplncott; Secretary, W. Backley. Ship's delegate' asked for repair lists to be given to the department delegates as soon as possible. All hands were asked to tui'n in all linen and cots, before arriving in states. MOBILIAN (Waterman), June 29— Chairman, Roberto Hannibal; Secre­ tary, M. Eayers. Beef reported con­ cerning fresh stores and milk. • Stew­ ard said in some ports vegetables are unsanitary, and he will get fresh stores when he can. Ship's delegate will collect money from crew for ex­ penses for mail during this trip. VAL CHEM (Valentino), June 29— Chairman, J. Cheshire; Secretary, J. Jellette. Discussion with the steward about salads and water to be served at meals, whereby the steward prom­ ised his cooperation in the matter. Members were asked to be quiet be­ low deck as men are sleeping. ANGELINA (Bull), Juns 30—Chair­ man, J. Kain; Secretary, Warren Reed. Suggestion made that each delegate make a volunteer collection at payoff and turn in money to treas­ urer who will mail the balance due, on TV to N. y. Sea Chest. A lengthly discussion follows concerning the reqiUrements for eligibility under the new and/or revised welfare program. Each delegate requested to turn in a repair list as soon as possible. HASTINGS (Waterman), July 10— Chairman, G. Hansen; Secretary. R, Callahan. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with headquarters communications. Discussion held about moving hospital midships, to see pa­ trolman. Messhall to be painted. IBERVILLI (Pan Atlantic), No data .—Chairmen, Taylor; Sacratery, R. Eckerl. Motion made and carried that recent headquarters communication be accepted and concurred. MAOAKET (Waterman), May Chairman, J. Rose; Secretary, W. Busch. Ship's fund agreed to be taken up on 1st draw. A little more, cooperation was asked for in- keeping showers and passageways clean. All headquarters information posted. Re­ pair list being taken care of satis­ factorily. BARBARA FRIETCHIE (Liberty Nav­ igation), June 12—Chairman, C. DeMarco; Secretary, O. Payne. Much dis­ cussion about draws in foreign ports. The ship's delegate will ask the cap­ tain to give US currency where pos­ sible and the crew will accept trav­ elers checks elsewhere. All hands asked to remove clothes from line below as soon as they are dry. En­ gine and deck departments to take turns cleaning laundry. Steward de­ partment will clean recreation room. VENORE (Ore), July 3—Chairman, Nelson Norwood; Secretary, C. RawlIngs. Request has been made at sev­ eral meetings for a toaster for crews mess. The membership feels this should be brought to the attention of headquarters. New secretary re­ porter elected. ALCOA CAVALIER (Alcoa), July 2$ —Chalrmj.n, E. Moyd; Secretary, G. Scett. Motion made and carried to ac­ cept and concur with headquarters communications. Discussion held on donations for sick brothers. ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), July 24 -—Chairman, E. Kellyj Secretary, J. Olsen. One man miss ship in Mobile and one went to the hospital in San Juan. Few be^s. Steward and his de­ partment cooperating 100 percent. En­ gineers to pump water from domestic tanks to after peak in order to have cold water for showers. In order to eliminate too much heat in crews quarters starboard passageways con­ nection and valves to be insulated. Chief cook and steward to work to­ gether to get meats to cook longer and cooperation requested from crew for messman while being served. Motion had been made to post all bulletins from headquarters. They were accepted and concurred. Dis­ cussion held on getting boiled ham aboard. ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), July 10 —Chairman, none; Secretary, A. Scott. No. beefs. Communications from headquarters read and accept­ ed unanimously. Motion made and carried to get new washing machine and all repair lists to be turned into the patrolman. Poor grade of soap powder aboard. Vote of thanks to Steward. ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), July 23 —Chairman, R. Stahl; Secretary, C. Scott. Ship to be fumigated again. Crew was urged to keep messhall clean. Motion made and carried to accept and concur communications from headquarters. AMPAC NEVADA (Trans Oceanic Marine), July 13—Chairman, A. Brown; Secretary, D. Mease. No beefs. Mo­ tion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. Ship's delegate elected. Ship's delegate to see captain about draws. Repair lists to be taken up by delegates and turned into department heads. ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), July 17—Chairman, R. Kehrly; Secre­ tary, C. Connors. Ship's delegate elect­ ed. Discussion on ships fund and new TV set to be purchased and new li-on. Some small..beefs. Communications from beadquaAers accepted and con­ curred. Crew mess refrigerator has been out of order and ship's delegate was Instructed to see captain about it. ARLYN (Bull), July 17—Chairman, A. Sacco; Secretary, M. Randon. One brother was U1 and missed ship in Puerto Rico. Ship's delegate elected. Crew asked steward to prepare vege­ tables a little better and to swUch night lunch. B. BALTORI (Ore), July 21—Chelrman, Lemb; Secretary, G. Williams. Ship's fund—$13.11. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. Crew discussed keeping laundry clean. DEL VALLI (Mississippi), July 9— Chairman, C. Murree; Secretary, H. HIgglnbotham. Ship's fund—$29.65 in cash. No beefs. New washing mach­ ine needed, repair list to be tmned in, suggested that ship's reporter •srrlte letter about library, and sug- Paee Sereo LOG' Farm Croup Wars On '50-50' Renewal of the farm bloc attack on the "50-50" shipping law has been signaled by the powerful American Farm Bureau Federation in its publication "The Nation's Agriculture." An article in the magazine denounces "50-50" as causing the loss of foreign sales of agricul­ tural surplus on the grounds-* that US flag shipping costs the foreign shipowners' lobby was they could make big sales abroad more than foreign shipping. a threat by their home countries if "50-50" was to vanish. Supporters of "50-50" have pointed out several times that most agricultural surplus Is being car­ ried on regularly-scheduled liners operating under steamship confer­ ence rates, so that the only differ­ ence in costs would be In the small percentage carried by US tramp ships. Foreign aid cargoes are im­ portant to maintaining tramp ships in operation and American seamen working. Since the Farm Bureau Federa­ tion is one of the most powerful of all farm organization^, its attack indicates that farm bloc Senators and Representatives will again team up with foreign shipping lob­ byists and the State and Agriculture Departments in an attempt to re.peal "50-50" as far as agricultural surplus is concerned. Bills to that effect have already been Introduced by Senators Clin­ ton Anderson (Dem.-New Mexico) and Francis Case (Rep.-So. Dakota). Defeated Before Last July maritime unions and the industry crushed the farm blocforeign shipper combine by a 181 to 51 vote In the House of Repre­ sentatives against a repeal meas­ ure. At that time Department of Agriculture spokesmen admitted in testimony before Congressional hearings that "50-50" would not add to the cost of surplus disposal to any great degree. It was esti­ mated that the total additional cargo cost of this valuable assist to American shipping would run about $2 million in a surplus dis­ posal program involving hundreds of millions. The major tactic employed by to boycott sales of US farm prod­ In actual fact trade authorities ucts if "50-50" was not repealed. have pointed out that there will This threat has been used to con­ always be strong opposition abroad vince farm bloc spokesmen that to sales of low-cost US surpluses. Digging In At Ciipper Party Sampling some of -the plentiful supply of food at a beach party for the passengers given by the SlU crew of the Alcoa Clipper in Porto Cabello, Venezuela, are (l-r) Capt. O'Keefe, skipper of the Alcoa Pegasus^ Jimmy Monroe, Alcoa agent; Sea-farer Cliff Wilson, SlU steward department representa­ tive, and Seafarer R. M. Roberts, Clipper steward. -^^•1 ILA On Union Demoeracy The active role played by Seafarers in aiding the AFL drive fdr a clean, democratic longshore union is a record of which the SIU is proud. A recent incident in the course of the ILA's latest political demonstration in New York harbor illustrates that the long­ shoremen's need for a demo­ cratic union is just a^ great as Tn] ever, (See cut.) ark—pres­ Since the ILA's narrow victory in the waterfront election of May, ence of cTOnnission *'^es." Th^ 1954, spokesmen for the ILA, ship­ meeting in Newark was the scene ping industry representatives of the port's only violence. When friendly to it and paid publicists have attempted to create the im­ the stop work order was an­ in| pression that the ILA was reform­ nounced there a longshoreman ing. stood up and asked "What are The- illusion was carefully cultivated by ILA president Brad­ the principles for which we are ley and given substance by promi­ going out." nent individuals who associated with the ILA in an effort to give A beefy man in the back of it a gloss of respectability. the room, in Newark's Amvets ,True Nature Shown Hall on Walnut Street, walked However, the true nature and meaning of ILA was shown by up to the speaker and punched Teddy Gleason, ILA general or­ him in the nose. ganizer, at a Newark meeting. The Thomas (Teddy) Gleason, the incident is fully described in the iis I. L. A.'s general organizer from adjoining reproduction from the "New York Times." Gleason is not New York, was presiding at this just another small fry ILA offi­ session, and he waited for the cial, but one of the ILA's big three. No matter how many showers of nose punching. perfumed publicity the ILA dis­ "Now I'll answer the ques­ penses, the fact remains that the tion," he said. "The principles ILA governs longshoremen by raw force and has not the slightest inare these: you go home and you teution of loosening its dictatorial don't work. We don't want you grip on dockworkers. In the light guys asking questions." of that fact, it is a lot easier to understand the true nature of ILANewspaper ^^jorters at the sponsored demonstrations and "vol­ were rough untary walkouts." On several occasions Seafarers have voted in membership meet­ ings to continue the SIU's support of efforts by the International Brotherhood of , Longshoremen, '^Fh, to bi-lPg gen^e,tj:ad^ unionisni to longshoi:^^,..; , i Aiew yo/?Kr/M0S i L J - .mI • •%)* I �Face Elcht SEAFARERi' 100 :v:-. i«ptemb(tt 1«,' 1955 rn^i4 _ • V . Saturday is a day off for most workers ashore, but at sea or in port, even with a 40-hour week, ship's work goes on. Here, aboard Bull Line's Dorothy in port in Savannah, Seafarer Alex Benzuk, FWT, prepares to change a burner down in the engine room. Taking a breather on deck, after doing a bit of sougeeing, Allan Lake, BR and ship's delegate, comes up for air be­ fore turning to again. Catching up on the latest news via a recent copy of the SEAFARERS LOG, Ray Velasquez, FWT, concentrates hard on reading an item of interest. In the galley, Raphael Padilla, chief cook, tastes his lat­ est creation for the hard-working Dorothy crew before proceeding further. He's a serious student of "gastrology," according to crewmembers. Busy on repair work, Fernando Vargas, deck engineer (right), and A. Malcolm, 2nd engineer, try to bring the cargo winch for No. 5 hold back up to snuff. The winch was damaged by longshoremen during loading operations. Repair and maintenance work goes on aboard ship all the time. The deck delegate aboard the ship, Luis F. Rivera, AB, takes advantage of a little lull in activity on deck to re­ lax at the gangway and try to stir up some cooling breezes to get his mind off the heat. Just about to take over the 4 to 12 watch, Ralph Ramos, FWT, checks up on all the auxliaries in the engine room before going to work. He's tightening up the steam gland , on the generator engine here. It can get to be mighty hot down in that engjuiq>oop», as every black gang veteran \ "Creamed carrots" is one of the vegetables of the day iiS( •'yi' �-' September It. 1181 .- „-.:-.;..,y,. SEAFARJSRS LOG Face Nla* SlU Wile 'Pioneers' In R1 MAW Widens Drive In Chesapeake Bay u — BALTIMORE—Organizers for the SlU-affiliatcd Marine Allied Workers here are meeting edntinued success in a cam­ paign to bring excursion boats and other Chesapeake Bay craft uilder the MAW banner.*• Following on their earlier triumphs in the Wilson Line and another_smaller company^-the MAW- organizers are now prepar­ ing for probable National Labor Relations Board elections on ships operated by several mo/e outfits. Petitions have already been filed with the Labor Board for elections NEW ORLEANS—The an­ on these vessels, none of which nual SS Dei Sud picnic, given are expected to provide too much here every year by crewopposition. members of the Mississippi pas­ The MAW activity in this port senger ship for SIU men, their is linked with the similar action families and friends, will be' held taken in Philadelphia, where the September 24. union also won a contract covering As usual, the picnic will be ah the Wilson Line boats there. all-day affair. Site of the big cele­ bration will be shelier house No.' Improved Shipping On deep-sea matters,' SIU Port 10 in Audubon Park. ; Agent Earl Sheppard reported im­ The Del Sud at present is home­ proved shipping during the last ward bound from one of her regu­ two weeks and forecast more of lar cruises to Buenos Aires and the same for the immediate future. intermediale South American ports. Arrangements for the pic­ Both the Liberty Flag (Tramp nic were carried on, however, Cargo) and the Flomar (Calmar) through-a series of messages from were due to crew up this week. a committee on board to SIU Together with the regular callers shoreside representatives in this at the port, they were expected to hold shipping near its present high port. Members of the Del Sud com­ level. The statistics of the past two mittee, including Steward Emil weeks totalled 12 payoffs, nine Herek, Bosun Louis O'Leary and sign-ohs and 19, ships in transit. Joseph Lae have sent word ahead They provided only routine beefs of the ship that the crew intends that were handled right on the to spare no expense to make this year's affair "bigger and better ships with no trouble. All is quiet on other fronts also. thdn ever." Already more than The political pot hasn't started to $1,000 has been accumulated in boil just yet and the labor front is the ship's fund. Dancing And Contests quiet, with no major beefs for any The picnic plans call for music local unions in sight. for dancing to be provided by Val" Barbara's band. Athletic contests, games and free rides in the big Union Has municipal park's amusement cen­ ter are being arranged for th^ Cable Address children of Seafarers. Seafarers overseas who.want Mounds of fried chicken, baked to get in-touch with headquar­ beans, potato hot dogs and ters in a hurry can do so by cookies will besalad, pi'ovided cabling the Union at its cable certain that picnic-goers toofmake all address, SEAFARERS NEW .ages will be well-fed. YORK. Ice cream and soft drinks in Use of this address will as­ generous quantities will be handed sure speedy transmission on out to the children and kegs of all messages and faster serv­ cold beer will be tapped to quench ice for the men involved. the thirst of the grownups. Best Ever' Picnic Set By Del Sud On visit to SlU headquarters in Brooklyn, Seafarer Newton Paine and his wife illustrate plans they've made for remodeling 230-year-old house (right) they own near Woonsockett, Rl. Mrs. Paine ha« been rebuilding and remaking house from plumbing up during the past two years. With the aid of an elderly handyman and an occasional boost from her Seafarer-husband when he is ashore, Mrs. Newton Faine of North Smithfield, Rhode Island, is completely re­ modeling their 230-year-old home. In a year and a half of rugged labor Mrs. Paine has re­ paired and re-furnished the with hand-whittled wooden pegs. second floor of the 14-room ditches was a common way of pass­ The oak is so hard that ordinary building, installed modern ing the day. drill bits make no dents in its plumbing and wiring and even re­ The couple was married in Jeru­ surface and it is almost impossible placed some of the original pon­ salem and then came to the States. to drive nails. Sawing the wood derous white oak beams. When they got back to the is also out of the quesyon and The old house was originally the States, Paine brought his bride to much of the work has to done Stage Coach Inn, a major stop iiis Rhode Island home. "My aunt with, hand punches, chisels and for travelers enroute from Provi­ had picked up the place about 30 hardened drill bits. dence to Worcester, Massachusetts, years ago," he said, "and my father "You have to nave a world of and Boston. It is located, fittingly had been living in it for the past patience to work with that stuff," enough, on the Providence Pike 15 years. But he never felt like Paine said. "It's easy to get exas­ yhich was a main highroad in putting any money Into the place perated because it is very difficult colonial times, and the . cement because it was so old." to penetrate the wood with any­ hitching ^osts in front of the house Mrs. Paine had different ideas. thing." are reminders of the days -when "When I was in the house the first One of their biggest prob­ stagecoaches stopped at Us door. day, I asked my father-in-law lems was replacement of five At a casual glance, the slight- where the bathroom was. He said, beams, approximately eight-bylooking Sedfarer's wife would ap­ 'outside'. The first thing that en­ eights, which were supporting a pear to be more at home with knit­ tered my mind was 'these crazy corner of the ground floor. A leaky ting needles than two-by-fours. But Americans!" old hand water-pump had rotted she qualified for her unusual job 'The old outhouse subsequently the beams through the years, and After a rugged apprenticeship as went up in a bonfire to celebrate when they were pulled out the an Israeli frontiersman. the completion of Mrs. Paine's old house sagged ten inches. The Paine, who has been sailing SIU plumbing project, and installation Paines had to jack the house up for many years, met his wife-to-be of an inside bathroom. with 20-ton jacks and salvage re­ J.n Haifa three years ago. She had The inn, built in colonial days, placement beams from the renlains been bom in Poland but lived 15 presented quite a rebuilding prob­ of another old building, since years in Israel, a good deal of the lem. All the beams, floor-boards lumberyards could not supply them time on wilderness fanii settle­ and other fittings had been hand- with hardwood beams of the ments where digging irrigation hewn in odd sizes and fastened proper dimensions. Despite the sag, Mrs. Paine's plaster job on the second floor walls held up. The second floor of the house has nowAieen completed and fullyfurnished with carpets, curtains Those who read in the SEA­ has the full support of his ship­ and all the fixings. Right now Mrs. Paine is ripping off the old shingles FARERS LOG how Tommy Moore mates on this issue. on the outside and replacing them Colder, who sails regularly as worked off 280 pounds from 427 steward, has been an SIU member with new clapboard. down to 160, in the course of a since 1943, Joining in Norfolk. He long hospital siege, will be pleased comes from Iowa originally. CeSeafarers Pay Respects To A Shipmate to hear that he has successfully mashko is a New Yorker who completed his first trip. Moore, joined the SIU in New York. He who was in the Savannah hospital sails in the engine department. t i;. for four years, on and off, took Two Alcoa ships' crews swung the Southport as crew messnaan, and everything worked out fine. into action in short order when Tommy thanked the gang for the shipmates of theirs ran into diffi­ kindness and consideration they culties. On the Alcoa Corsair, one of the crewmemshowed him on his return to sea. bers was flown 4" t 4 home sick from The dredge Sandcaptaln, hard at Cuba, and ship's it dowi) in Venezuela, -finds a big delegate James morale-booster in the excellent Prestwood report­ chow put out by chief steward Jim­ ed that $141 was my Colder and his department. collected on be­ With many months still to go on half of the sick its 18-month sign on and nothing crewmember and but the same Venezuelan scenery sent to his wife Prestwood day after day, food looms as an to help soften the important item. impact of his illness. Other dele­ JThe Sandcaptaln also reports gates on this Alcoa passenger ship that three of the crew have donat­ are George Clarke, deck; Robert ed blood to Kelley, engine, and Ed Kukar and Brother Joe Bar­ Edison Walker, steward delegates. ron who is ill The Alcoa Clipper, faced with a and hospitalized, similar problem when an oldtimer with more Sea­ was hospitalized for some time, farers expected to collected $431 for him and passed help out. On the it on to help out, J. A. Rusheed, grievance side, ship's secretary-reporter said. ship's delegate Of course, all this is in addition Pete Cemashko to the regular SIU hospital and Part of the delegation of Seafarers who came from Manhattan Beach USPHS hospital to attend is putting up a other welfare benefits. But even Cemashko final rites for Seafarer James Lewis, a fellow TB patient, stand at graveside at Cypress Hills beef on behalf of though the Welfare Plan takes Cemetery, Brooklyn, to pay last respects. Pictured ll-r) are Claude Banks, John Driscoll, the black gang to get proper ven­ care of cases such as these. Sea-, Frederick Landry, SIU We fare Service R^p. Toby Flynn, Frank D. McGraw and Anthony Pintilation in the engine room. Lack fapersdn these two ships and others chook. Brother Lewis had been suffering from IB for many years and received SIU Welfare of adequate ventilation in the still put out on their own ^tQ pro­ tropic heat has -been a caiise-of vide additional ' help f OrHUpihates '.'hospital benefit during his hos)iiitalizjation. Unidn-fconducted service'Was One df brother Lewis' extreme discomfptt, apd Cemashkp last requests. • - Seafarers In Action 1 •- . 'fi: f 'i • " ("ir •" .. .J 1- �ravtita SEAFAnSRS toe Seirtemlte^ If, Itss Ship Mysteries Royal Oak Boasfs Solid Ctew Stiii Puzzle To Sea Historians Th« sea has inspired many strange tales ... and all of them true. Tales like that of the Marie Celeste, the ship that sailed without a crew; and the schooner Fannie Wolston, which traveled 7,000 miles without a soul on board! Many other stories, equally* ^ true, come to light from time serted section of the South Ameri­ to time as marine historians can coast.. Ir:., S"iKa-;swi;: •«1 Upon boarding, crewmen from pore through old shipping records the Johnston discovered that it was or faded logs of long-past voyages One of the strangest tales of the the schooner Marlborough, regis­ sea happened along the British tered in New Zealand. Down be­ low, they found 20 skeletons. east coast in 1915. A subsequent investigation re­ Soldiers patroling a section of the coast could hardly believe their vealed that a schooner called the eyes when they saw a submarine, Marlborough had sailed from the with the "U" mark of a German port of Lyttleton, NZ, in January, raider on her conning tower, high 1890—almost 24 years before! She had more than 30 people on board and dry on the shore. at the time. A team of submarine experts It was. .assumed this was the were summoned and when they opened the sealed hatches of the same vessel, })ut what had brought U-boat, they discovered an awe­ her to the coast of South America some sight. The entire crew lay and what had happened to her pas­ dead in their bunks or at their sengers and crew was never dis­ stations in the various compart­ covered. t * ments! A more modem mystery of the Investigators concluded that the sub had been spotted and depth sea occurred as recently as Feb­ charged in the English channel. It ruary, 1948, off the coast of Swed­ had probably gone to the bottom en when the auxiliary .ketch Kinand shut off its engine to elude nekulle was found abandoned with the hunters; or there was a possi­ a load of coal under hatches and bility it had become ensnared in a capsized lifeboat being towed an anti-submarine net and had astern. The vessel was coated with ice been kept on the bottom for days and part of the after accomoda­ —perhaps weeks. While on the bottom, they coh- tions had been gutted by fire. cluded, the crew died from lack There was no sign of the crew and of oxygen or from gases that an aerial search by Danish and formed when water leaked into the Swedish planes disclosed no trace of them. batteries. Investigators concluded that fire Eventually, the submarine came to the surface and drifted ashore, had broken out in the crew's quar­ ters and spread so quickly that the it 4 crew thought the flames would Another strange but triie tale of soon reach the oil tanks. To escape the sea is that of the British iron this anticipated explosion, it is sailing ship Rodee, which caught thought, they launched the ship's fire and sank in Manila harbor boat but kept fast to a painter . about 50 years ago. Because she trailing astern, hoping to re-board was 60 feet under water, the un­ their ship if possible. derwriters didn't think there was A heavy wave very likely came much possibility of salvage and along and capsized the boat, either sold the ship for less than $100. drowning the men or tumbling A few years later there was an them into the water so that they earthquake and the bottom of soon froze to death in the frigid Manila Bay was considerably al­ weather. tered. Sometime later it was dis­ i 4. i covered that the spot where the One of the strangest tales of the Rodee sank had been raised con­ sea is that of the Gloucester fish­ siderably and divers found the old ing schooner Columbia which be­ windjammer's hull resting only a came famous as a contender in few fathoms under the surface! the International Fishermen's ^ Races under Captain Ben Pine. When launched in 1857 the A beautiful little windjammer, steamship Great Eastern was she was fis'hing near Sable Island among the wonders of the world. when a terrific storm hit the area It was the largest vessel built up in August of 1927. to that time. The Columbia never came home Unsuccessful as a trans-Atlantic and was posted as missing with all liner and a great hog of fuel, the hands. big ship later gained fame for lay­ About a year later the beam ing a North Atlan'.c cable. trawler^ Venosta was dragging her Unable to find a profitable use trawl over the bottom near Sable for her, the owners eventually sent Island when the net and cables the huge ship to the scrap yard "hung up" on a heavy object on where a strange sight came to the ocean floor. light. Not wanting to lose his expen­ On breaking through a section sive net and gear, the Venosta's of the double bottoms, the wreck­ skipper put all the power he dared ers found a bag of worker's tools on the trawl winch and the cables and, a few compartments away, came slowly up from the bottom. the bones of a workman, with Waiting to cut the net free.from rags of clothing still around him. its encumbrance, whatever it might The man had probably been a be, the Venosta's fishermen were "bucker" for a riveting gang and amazed to see the topmasts of a had been sealed up inside the ship break the surface and, soon double bottoms when the last after, a weed covered deck and plate was put on. Not realizing he hull. was trapped, the man was probably It was dark and In the light of not able to attract attention before the fishing lamps they could onlyhis fellow workmen left the yard. see the hulk dimly for a few mo­ $> ments before the cables broke and The strange report of a derelict the ghostly vessel dropped back and her lifeless complement en­ to the bottom. tered the shipping records in 1913 In those few moments, they saw when a weather-worn and delapi- her well enough to claim she was dated hulk of a ^phoq^er wa^ found tjhe, l9?t , CQlumbla, ,clraggq^ back ashore by the British ship Johnston lo to the tne sumce surface for one oue more breatti, In the lee of aiii'tslahd'^n .a 'de­ sslt -G? .•roivjn No Ae would have nerve enough to cro$| this crew," says Seafarer J. W. Henry, oiler and en­ gine delegate, of his shipmates on the Royal Oalc. Here s part of the gang photographed by Henry at coffee and doughnut time on the fantail. (Left to right, standing) Wiggins. Olvl| Wirtz, ch. coolc; H. E. )\^orris. AB; Sino Lee, OS; Hunt, baker; Arnett, machinist; Filosa, AS; Johnson, OS; Whitey Kliamol. Seated, Hatch, OS; Ramsey, AB and ship's delegate; Tregembo, AB and deck delegate. Palmer, AB. Oiler R. E.' Jones (above)' starts routine inspection of the plant at the throttleboard. Above right, en­ gine delegate and photog­ rapher Henry, is shot in his foc'sle with own camera while catching up on news. Henry was oiler on th'e ship. At right, 3rd cook S. Rothschild (1.) and ch. cook Wirtz get the ball rolling for some more of the good food that's kept the crew well-fed and happy. Photos were taken while Royal Oak was on coastwise run headed for Baltimore. /. , , •!«.;. 8j..:;?4a! �J^feiibwlVlMS •- ' ' 8BAPARER8 LOG ^ -" " -- Fafe;EieTg« "" •Wait!^ Until You're 65/' NORMAN OKRAY, AB Seafarers who shipped during World Wqr II will remember a poster showing a rugged-looking iiombre weajing a watch cap and toting a sea' bag saying, "You bet I'm going back to sea." The poster was one of those dreamed up by the Maritime Commission to "glam­ orize" life in U-ijoat alley. In this one case though, it proved the turning point in Seafarer Norman ' Okray's life, , Okray was a shoreside worker at the time (mid-1943) punching the clock in a Michi­ gan plant. The poster was across the street from the tavern where he stopped off for a beer after work, and it got .under his skin. Finally Ae took off for New York Okray and signed aboard the Joseph Wheeler, an SIUmahned Liberty run by South At­ lantic headed for Liverpool. From then on, despite numerous air raid scares, he was a confirmed Sea­ farer. Subsequently Okray married and settled down in Baltimore which is his regular shipping port. Now the proud father of two little girls, he finds going to sea the best way of giving his family the advantages which money can buy. 'Gimme A Good Ship' Although some family men like to stick to the coastwise or nearby foreign runs, Okray isn't that par­ ticular as long as he is on a good SIU ship. His longest voyage was lOVi months on the Holystar which went down to Chile. As favorite ports he will take Yokohama, Antwerp or Hamburg. "These are seaman's ports," he says, "because nobody is trying to take you for a buck and seamen are welcomed as old friends and treated that way." STEVE J. FOOLE, AB The SIU contains a good number of men who served in Uncle Sam's Navy before becoming merchant seamen. One of them is Seafarer Steve J. Poole "of Nashville, Georgia. Poole didn't go straight from the Navy to seafaring life. In between he spent a long hitch ashore, a good deal of the time as the oper­ ator of a barbershop in Jackson­ ville, Florida. It was in 1920 that Poole signed up for a four year Navy hitch. He was aboard the USS Mississippi in June, 1924, as quartermaster, when one of the ship's 14-inch guns blew up, killing 48 of t|je crew. Shortly afterward Poole said goodbye to the Navy and headed shoreside. Likes SIU In 1947, Poole first hitched up with the SIU and liked what he saw in the way of shipboard wages and conditions. He has been sail­ ing steadily with the Union ever s i n c e.^ Through the years he has participated in a number of local b^efs including the recent tele­ phone strike and other SIU actions on behalf of Poole shoreside unions in Savannah and other ports. Poole prefers to ride the Seatrain Line ships on the coastwise run, but they have one disad­ vantage in that they do not run to his favorite foreign port, Manila. As a married man Poole is par­ ticularly pleased with the new SIU welfare benefits for Seafarers wives, which he feels are the best in any industry. "Getting into the SIU was the best thing I ever did," he said, "because you get I'enl representa­ tion and the best of shipboard con­ ditions." AFL Meatcutters Union officials say that Communist and Commu­ nist-line officials of the former Fur and Leather Workers Union are being removed in the process of merging the two organizations. The AFL Executive Council has withheld approval of . the merger thus far but Moatcutter Union spokesmen expressed confidence that the clean-up in the fur union will^win AFL approval. pay poll taxes. Participation of the independent rail brotherhoods In­ dicates close collaboration between them and the merged AFL-CIO. t t 3^ Long-term peace was in sight on the New York City transit sys­ tem as the CIO Transport Workers Union agreed to a 2'/^ year con­ tract package providing over-all wage increases of 27 cents an hour. The contract with the Transit Au­ 4« 4> thority affects approximately Seven air-conditioned Pullman 28,000 subway and bus workers in cars, complete with a diner, are the city. being used to house strikebreakers t 4. 1. at the Colonial Sugars plant in A brand-new one-year contract Gramercy, Louisiana. Meanwhile a covering installers of office equip­ series of court injunctions and jail ment in Bell Telephone buildings sentences has eliminated all union in 44 states has been reached be­ picketlineS from the plant. tween the Western Electric Com­ pany and the CIO Communications The National Labor Relations Workers. The signing provides Board turned down a bid from the general wage increases of 7 to 12 AFL Hotel Employees Union to cents an hour for the installers. take jurisdiction over struck hotels 3^ 4" 4" at Miami Beach. The NLRB said that hotels are under state juris-, The AFL iintemational Typo­ diction. Florida has no state labor graphical Union has voted to con­ relations law which would provide tinue the operation of its ownmachinery for a collective bargain­ newspapers in cities and towns which have newspaper strikes. The ing election. union's 97th annual convention in t t t In anticipation of the merger, Boston said the newspapers would . AFL, CIO and Rail Brotherhood be continued because they are "the unions in Texas participated in a most effective and cheapest means United Labor Assembly in Dallas. of defense in monopoly situations." Approximately 450 union represen­ ITU and CIO Newspaper Guild tatives who participated ;• madtt strikers haye often combined in in i vplans for a political ofg^^hg the di^iye including getti^j^^^il^.;^' - The great difference in attitude toward disabled men between a union of seamen like the SIU and a union of doctors like the American Medical Associa­ tion has been pointed up by a recent AHA panel on Social Security. The AMA used the panel as occasion to launch a nationwide drive against a proposal to pay Social Security benefits to all permanently and totally disabled tvorkers over 50 years of age. By contrast, the SIU has pioneered in payment of disability benefits to Sea­ farers of any age who cannot work. The result is that 60 Seafarers, some of them in the 30's and 40's, are receiving $35 a week from the SIU Welfare Plan to take care of their needs. Ordinarily you would think that the doctor's union would have no objections to a proposal which would provide funds whereby disabled workers yvould be able to pay their living expenses and part of the cost of medical care without subsist­ ing on charity. But to the AM A, this is "socialized medicine" even though the Federal Government would not offer medical care but cash, so that disabled workers could pay their doctor's bills. The AMA has no objections when the Governmeiit subsidizes farmers, railroads, steamship companies and aluminum plants, but "not one penny for the disabled." Protecting Insurance Companies The real reason for the AMA's opposition was tipped off in a statement issued by its chairman. The proposal, he said, was "unnecessary Federal in­ vasion of a rapidiy-developing area of private enterprise," the private health in­ surance companies. In other words, the AMA is stooging for the health insurance outfits, many of which are little more than frauds. As previously reported in the SEA­ FARERS LOG, it is the common practice of these companies to cancel the policy just as soon as the unfortunate policyholder becomes disabled, no mat­ ter how much he has paid for protection. When the doctor's union is more concerned with protecting these phony operations than with the state of the nation's health, it is no surprise that this country^ has an astonishingly low level of physical fitness. The rate of draft rejections by the Armed Forces Is one sign that the nation's health is far poorer than it should lems is in direct contrj -Mi S2-. -mm �SEAFARSmii Pac* Tmihr* High Prices^ Skipper Liven Nat'l Liberty Trip High prices on all items seem to be the order of the day in Mersin, Turkey, where the SIU crew of the SS National Lib­ erty is currently holding sway. According to ship's delegate ' Frank Caspar, "if and when of the island of Cyprus. The Na­ tional Liberty is due to pick up a any of our brothers come this load of ore in Mersin and then way, they should be prepared to offer one when asked three on everything. This is the regular way to do business on this side of the world." The ship arrived there recently with a load of barley from New Orleans. Mersin is on the Turkish mainland, about 100 miles north Sneeze Didn't Keep Him In Stitches Long NEW ORLEANS—A kingsize sneeze was blamed by vet­ eran Seafarer Thomas A. Scan- ion for delaying his departure from the USPHS hospital here by more than two weeks. In mid-August, Scanlon under­ went surgery to remove an intesti­ nal obstruction and following that was convalescing in fine style. "Then, I woke up one morning— sneezing. I never was one to let go with a nice gentle sneeze. I had to blast out with both bar­ rels." he commented. Unfortunately, he also blasted his way out of his abdominal stitches and had to be laced up from top to bottom with silver wire. He predicts now that he'll be ready to ship again by the end of October—"if I don't sneeze again!" head for Baltimore "and a good cool glass of good American beer.' The native brew of the hops ap­ parently doesn't have many dev­ otees aboard this ship. Gasijar said the trip over was routine: "we haven't anything to make big headlines with and we don't expect any," he stated. Captain Vs. Agreement "Although he's doing better all the time, our captain is still Jiaving a hard time learning the SIU agreement. He can't seem to un­ derstand things like buying fresh stores abroad, putting out draws in US cur­ rency or travel­ ers checks, okay­ ing inside clean­ ing and painting, and especially paying portime overtime to the steward depart­ Gaspar ment. This clause he just don't savvy at all. "At our'Jast payoffs, in Mobile and New Orleans, the patrolmen who met the ship explained lot of things to him and collected on everything. So, everything ran smooth for a while—a little while —after that. "But the old man is the kind who forgets easy. He'll probably get a good memory course when we get back to the States, courtesy of the boarding patrolman. Seafarers In The Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. E. F. Broussard Theodore Katroi USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Carl E. Forrest Fred Miller James E. Hodges Jeff M. Skinner J. E. Markopoio John E. Tillman USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke Wiliiam Mitchell USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS B. F. Deibler Jose Santiago Albert W. Kozina Rosendo Serrano r. - •f... - Is-"' SAILOR SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY. Joseph Koslusky USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Manuel Antonana Albert Hawkins John Banaschiewicz John C. Henriksen Francis Burley Edward F. Lamb James Cardell Robert G. McKnew Carl E. Chandler Robert Michael Cliarles Coburn Fred Morris Philip Cogley Thomas F. Mungo Victor B. Cooper Fred Pittman Thomas L. Dugan Joseph Rudolph George Fuciu Harry L. Schuier Gorman T. Glaze USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. L. Bosley J. H. Maxey Thomas Finnegan Henry R. Sojak Sverre Johannessen William K. Wung Meletios John USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Marcelo B. Belan John F. Murphy Clyde C. Brown Walter J. Oaks Charles Dwyer M. E. Pappadakis A. M. Milefski USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Walter I. Beck Jr. C, C. Martinez C. E. Foster James T. Moore Jay C. Harris Janne F. Pierson William Lieberman Ernest H. Webb Jimmie Littleton USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Ralph Armstrong Duska Korolia T. P. Barbour Leo H. Lang Julian B. Barrett Rene LeBlanc Carrol J. Bauiuan Tlieo E. Lee Merton Baxter Tinerman J. Lee Charles P. Breaux Calvin McManus J. L. Buckelew John R. Mina John L. Caldwell C. R. Nicholson USPHS HOSPITAL Lloyd T. Callaway William Odum M.ANHATTAN BEACH James M. Davis Alfonso Olaguibel BROOKLYN. NY. Calvin DeSilva R. A. Ratcliff Kaarel Leetmaa Edmund Abualy Peter DeVries M. J. Rodrig^uez Fortunato Bacomo Leonard Leidig Marcel Dumestre Thomas A. Scanlon Frank W. Bemrick Arthur LomaS George Foley Benjamin C. Seal Claude F. Blanks Mike Lubas Leo Fontenot Woodrow A. Snead Joseph D. McGraw Robert L. Booker Louis Guarino Joseph G. Carr Archibald McGuigan Earl T. Hardeman Henry S. Sosa Lonnie R. Tickle H. F. MacDonald Gabriel Coloni Homer G. Harris Dirk Visser Michael Machusky Mariano Cortez Robert Hommel James E. Ward Vic Milazzo Walter L. Davis Newton A. Huff David A. Wright Melvin O. Moore Waiter W. Denley Theodore James John E. Ziegler Eugene T. Nelson John J. Driscoll E. G. Knapp Joseph Neubauer Bart E. Guranick USPHS HOSPITAL James O'Hare Taib Hassen NORFOLK. VA. Ralph J. Palmer Joseph Ifsits D. F. Ruggiano E. A. Ainsworth Irwin R. Price Thomas Isaksen G. E. Shumaker John W. Keenan Benjamin K., Baugh David G. Proctor .Fraijcis J. BdngY, Etahfc -A.. R<^V» A - John R. Klemowicz, IJenry £. Smith Franlj T.' guttle,,, Ludwig KristiaifsetiL' JuliiH R.rC**iSSe^.»5^^^ Frederick Landr^.V^^j] iry. r. James J. USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY. Hassen .All Jose M. Lucas John Bednar John McWilliams K. M. Bymaster Wm. P. Malcewicz George Carlson John Michlek John Castro Paige A. Mitchell Pedro Reyes Thomas D. DaUey Perry Roberts D. Elderniire Daniel Fegan George H. Robinson Alvin C. Rockwell Gerald Fitzjames Estell Godfrey Matti Ruusukallio W. Kolodziejek Albert Williams Frank Wohlfarth John Laughlin Joseph Wohletz Jesse Lockler William Logan \ 'Good Old Days' Weren't So Rosy TO Editor: I have been sailing since 1927, and when I hear some of th# careless talk about our Union, it makes me sick. < - I remember times when the crew went hungry all the time, wh^ there was never enough provisions and most of the stuff that there was wasn't any good. That was with seven or eight different companies, and they Letters to the Editor were all the same. Things have changed a lot since then. That's why when you hear these people who are making their first or second trip talk about conditions, you have to laugh. To hear them tell it, since they don't know from ex­ perience, the conditions we have now were always there, and just grew better by themselves. Always Had To Fight Well, all I have to say 11 these boys is that the seaman has al­ ways had to fight for everything he got, and we are still in the fight today. And a word or two for our Union officials, who are tops for my money and have done a damn good fighting job for all of us and with us. I know, be­ cause I was there. Another thing, the only breaks we ever got from Wash­ ington were those we fought for down the line. So when you see these senators and represen­ tatives running for office or for reelection, make sure- they are on our side before you vote for them. Also get your friends and family to do likewise. It's tlie only way we can ever get a square deal. In fact. I think the Union should put up men in our own Union to run for those jobs. They could certainly do a bet­ ter job than some of the people in office now. L. J. Fuselier 4" 4" SavlMBW 1«, ItSS LOG 4* Meal Plans Okay, Says Chickasaw To the Editor: I have just read the letter from the steward and ship's delegate of the Maiden Creek complimenting our Union offi­ cials and Brother Phil Reyes upon introducing thp new SIU feeding system aboard our con­ tracted ships. I fully agree with the opinions expressed by the two brothers as I believe this new system of feeding, along with the set of instruc­ tion, to the stewards in con­ nection with the program, will be an excellent stabilizing fac­ tor in the efficient operation of the steward department. The Union, by officially spon­ soring this system, will mini­ mize if not entirely eliminate the biggest source of our ship­ board gripes. Many will agree with me that despite the many votes of thanks received by the steward department on many ships, ample room for- improvement still exists. I have noted with profound interest in the ship minutes printed ii( the LOG how on one trip the crew of a particular ship praises the food to high, heaven and the follow:ondemns it .,-*0 hell. Somewhere, I am sure, there is something wrong. Whatever it is, the absence of a uniform sys­ tem of feeding in the steward department is a contributory factor. Members of the steward de­ partment who follow this new system will find it gratifying to listen to continous compliments, and I also hope the presence of personnel from headquarters aboard ships in connection with our new program will be £ per­ manent part of the system. As a steward of wichf experience, I can truthfully say that this new feeding system is, so far, the most practical system we can devise to insure good shipboard feeding. Having experienced difficult times in the past at the hands of both company and crew, I can state with some de­ gree of Authority that this sys­ tem will help the steward's lot aboard ships. To my Union of­ ficials who have the vision to institute this new feeding sys­ tem, I say, "thanks a million." To insure the efficient opera­ tion of this new system I would suggest here that members of the steward department who wish to advance their rating should pass a test given by a Union Committee; that any rated man in the steward de­ partment found wanting in ef­ ficiency or ability by ship's crews or Union officials on two occasions should not be allowed to sail in that particular rating for at least a year, after which he should pass another examina­ tion. Lastly, lef me say a word or two about Brother Phil Reyes who just rode the Chickasaw to introduce the new feeding sys­ tem. The steward department can truthfully say that we gained many good points in the preparation and serving of food as proven by the compliments we received from the crew, of­ ficers and passengers. It was a pleasure on my part as the steward to have him aboard and discuss with him the problems which commonly beset stewards. To him and our Union officals I would say, "keep up the good work." William E. Morse 4> 4 4 Seeks Assist On Stamp Hobby To the Editor: I am sort of bottlenecked around here in Manhattan Beach and since I am confined to the hospital, I am in a way handicapped in keeping up with my stamps, which occupy me plenty in passing the time. I was wondering if it would be possible to pass the word to those boys who discard their stamps to either give them to Brother Toby Flynn, who comes here regularly, or perhaps mail them to me at the hospital. I would be more than glad to ex­ change with those who have the same hobby. E. Abualy 4> 4 4 Fishing's Good On Blue Jay Run To the Editor: Greetings from the Jefferson City Victory. This ship is now on the "Blue Jay" run. We hd five ports on this voyage in Newfoundland and Greenland, and some of them have very good fishing. The crew had a fine time with a big fish fry one night, with the captain furnishing the beer. But if you are looking for romance, this is a good run to steer clear of. There is no shore leave in most of the ports. J. L. Hodges Shijp's secretary Gl Can't Walt To Return To Sea To the Editor: ^ I'd like the next four months and 27 days to go flying by. That troopship that takes me out of Japan will sure look as good as a Delta passenger liner to me. No Saluting Here Boy, it sure will be fine to have some of that good SIU contract chow and not have to stand in line for it besides. I won't be sorry either when pay­ day comes along, and I won't have to stand at attention and salute for a few measly bucks. There won't be anymore of this '24-hour duty nonsense either. Eight hours a day under an SIU contract, and' nobody to hand you any baloney as long as you do your job right, is the way I want things to be for me. Yes, it will be great. No one can really appreciate belonging to a good Union until they have to put in some time in the Army or work in some fink set-up. Japan isn't too bad a place, but after you've been here for a year the rice paddies and wooden shacks begin to look worse and worse every day. I read in a recent LOG how the boys really go for Yokohama. Well, I can't say I blame them as I spent quite a bit of my time there too. But I'll take Ham­ burg anytime, and will be look­ ing for a trip back there when I get back. Thanks for sending the LOG regularly. It's like a day's leave everytime I get a new copy. Best of luck to all the brothers and my old shipmates whom I hope to be seeing again in a few months. Henry J. Kowalski 4 4 4 Likes Idea On Ship Safety To tiie Editor: Here on the Alcoa Ranger, Josep Bulla, master, holds a safety meeting once every monUi, and a very formal and "meaty" meeting it is. He came' out - with something that I thought was a ten-strike at the first meeting I attended. He would like all Alcoa ships to print a history of the acci­ dents they have had aboard, bind them and put them in the recreation room for all crewmembers to use as educational reading matter, and maybe, who knows, save a life or leg or something in the process. I couldn't help but think of "Jim," one of the finest ship­ mates a fellow ever had, who lost both his legs and is just about now getting ready to try and walk on,man-made ones.* The companies are running these safety meetings on our be­ half, but of course they have an axe to grind, although a coin-. paVativcly small one considering the. good they are doing or try­ ing damn hard to do. I think it's good enough to ride in the same boat with, anyhow. Harry L. Franklin ^ 4 4^ 4 Calls LGG Poem 'One Of Finest' To the Editor: The poem by E. A. King on the profound sea, in your sec­ ond edition of August, is one of the finest sea poems I have ever read. It has substance and makes a guy think — just as the sea —and it has carefully conceived form to make it a finished poem." Furthermore, it is timelessas good one hundred years hence as today. ' . Roy Fleischer rnm-lStm iiSkSli- �Pace Thirteen SEAFAREM9 LOG SOptomlMr Mt UW A trip Around The World 'The Hammer And The Wrench' ("Every Seafarer remembers his first trip and his first ship. Many made their debut on the high seas during World War II," says Seafarer Thurston Lewis. This is the Brother Lewis' story of one first tripper.) Jimmy Green was over-anxious to do his job, to please everybody and to serve his coun­ try, even if it was in the lowly capacity of ordinary seaman on a slow-moving Liberty ship to Le Havre. Jimmy asked questions, did"* *" and the kid shears he did." what he was told and was ab­ captain's office. solutely honest. He asked so "Please, Sir the carpenter wants The Old Man swore as he threw INDIA—Coffeetime aboard the Cecil N. Bean means a wel­ come lull for dec department n)en Nancarrow, DM (left), and H. J. Stanley, AB. Enroute to Bombay, the Liberty pro­ vided a good backdrop for the camera work of Seafarer Sten T. Zetterman. The two opposite expressions of these men on a coffee break makes for an interesting photo. TURKEY — Wild Ranger's Joe Trawick, deck delegate (above), pauses in work to study the mountains. LEGHORN—M. K. Morton, fireman (left), and Dexter Worell, bosun, on Ranger, have "grim" mission ahead. KOREA—Trio of steward department men on the Barbara Frietchie, on Korean shuttle run, shares in praise of crew for goooT food at all times. Pictured (l-r) are Ed Odum, chief cook; Carl De Marco, baker, and BilhDavis, 3rd cook. The work of these Seafarers and other members of the galley gang drew crew's vote of thanks. Burly \ many questions — "What do you want me to do now, bosun? — Where do you put this?—What do you call that thing?—^When do we get to France?"—that he had be­ gun to get on his shipmates' nerves. Yet nobody could get really mad at him because he was so sincere and well-meaning. The convoy had broken up at Land's End. Jimmy's ship was at last preparing to come alongside the war-torn docks in Le Havre. The bosun, with a sigh of re­ lief, had given him to the carpen­ ter to help imsecure vessel for discharging cargo. Tools for this work are a small wrecking bar, a hammer and a crescent wrench. "Whatever you do, don't lo^e these tools," said the mate as he handed Jimmy a new wrench and a new machinist's hammer. The friendly French pilot had brought a bottle of Cognac and a bottle of Calvados to the Captain. The harried American skipper could hardly get his shore-going clothes on fast enough, but did take time to drink first the Cognac and then the Calvados. With shaking hands he took some money from the safe in his office, downed the last of the Cal­ vados and went ashore. Chips and Jimmy were sweating out number five hatch; both were anxious to get ashore. Finally the last of the work was finished and the old carpenter handed the tools to the eager lad and said, "Put 'em away." "Where do you want me to put them?" Jimmy asked. Chips, exasperated, said, "Clean 'em up. Wrap 'em in rags, and— put em in the old man's safe." He ambled off toward the shower. Made Neat Package Jimmy wiped the grease off the tools, wrapped them neatly in clean rags and took them to the Old Man's office. He knocked po­ litely at the door. There was no answer so he tip-toed in and no­ ticed that the safe door was open just a crack. He saw stacks ot American greenbacks on a shelf within but he put the tools back In the corner without touching the money. Then he took a long look at those riches. He stretched a trembling hand out toward the stack of bills. The door shut with a click and Jimmy went to his foc'sle with beating heart in anticipation of his first leave on foreign soil. Several days later the ship was riding high in the water alongside the dock. "Get the hammer and the cres­ cent wrench,"-Chips toW the or­ dinary. Jimmy bounded "off to the Chivalry SMI Lives the hammer and crescent wrench out of your safe." The Captain laughed. "They're pulling your leg, son. You'd better look in the carpenter shop." "But, Sir—" Jimmy went slowly to the carpenter shop with a bit­ ter sense of futility. Work Complicated The wedges had to be driven with a toppin' maul much too large •for the job. The bolts on the storm battens were laboriously secured with a monkey wrench. "Where the hell's that new ham­ mer and crescent wrench?" the mate asked Chips. "I don't know, chief. The ordinary had them last." They looked at Jimmy who low­ ered his eyes. "They're in the Cap­ tain's safe, sir." Shaking his head the mate strode to the bridge. "Cap'n, somethin' funny has happened. The carpenter was pull­ ing Green's leg and told him to put a new hammer and crescent wrench in your safe. That damn wreckin' bar may be in there, too. All I know is nobody can find 'em LOG-A-RHYTHM; Fan-Tan By "Saki Jack" One breezy salty afternoon In Yokohama Bay, We made a draw and went ashore To have a little play. Need be ye neither young or spry Nor frothing at the bit, Just have ten thousand million yen And flojih a little bit. Bar to bar and up and dotvn We roamed* around the town. Then finally found a likely place And ordered up a round. I latched onto a goldenrod A little thing called "Toy," "You're just the one for me," She said, "C'mon along, big boy." Round and round we did the town And never missed a spot. My bankroll slowly dwindling My future not so hot. She said; "Don't worry, honey, "For yours I'll always be, "No matter if no yens you've got, ''You come on home with~me." I did, of course, but had to leave That lovely paradise. Where all the girls are little pearls And feed on fish and rice. Farewell, sweetheart, for I must go And slowly sail away. To dream about this Shangri-La —And gettin' back some day! up his hands. "Impossible! I told that kid to look in the carpenter shop." "Well—^they ain't there." The captain stalked into his office and slammed the door. Tlmee days later, after all ef­ forts to find the missing tools had failed, "the mate approached the captain again. "Now about them tools—' "I don't want to hear any more about it." Back To Office But back in his office he began to wonder. The Cognac . . . damn Frenchmen anyway ... his natural haste to ready himself for shore leave ... he had gone to the safe to get the money. He looked at some figures on his desk. There should be $11,472 in that safe. He went to the door. "Mr. Mate! Get the ordinary up here!" "Green, sir?" "Yes, Green—on the double." The mate took the wheel and send the able-bodied seaman down below, to call the ordinary. When Jimmy appeared the Cap­ tain glared at him. "Mr. Mate!" he called, not taking his piercing eyes off the frightened lad. "Yes, sir?". "I'm going to open that safe, Mr. Mate." He spoke each word distinctly. "Im going to hand you some money. You will count it. If there is one dollar less than $11,742 — I'm going to put yoii in irons!" He pointed at Green with a gnarled and shaking finger. The lad put his hands to his face but the tears streamed out from between his fingers. The mate was opening and closing his mouth like a toad frog catching mosquitoes. Opens Safe The skipper twisted the dial around on the safe—around and back, around" and "back again and then a few touches in opposite di­ rections. He opened the door and solemnly handed the mate all the money. About half-way through the count the mate made a mistake and had to start over again. "11,735—39—41, 52!" It's all here, captain,' he breathed. Silence. Jimmy's tears dried on his face. The captain reached into the safe and drew out the tools. Hand­ ing them to the mate, he took the money and peeled off a fifty-dollar bill. He gave it to Jimmy Green and motioned toward the door with his hand. The boy looked at the bill and opened his mouth to speak but the mate gently pushed him toward the door. As 1 say, the AB at the wheel was all ears. That's how 1 know this happened. Bir Bernard Seaman "•ST/ I. •^1 •fSj i m �5^1 > SEAFdRERS Fare FoiiHeca LOG SIU Welfare Services Quick To Provide Aid Eugenie Arrives Many items fall within the province of the SIU Welfare Services Department.- Sometimes all thatls needed to smooth out a Seafarer's problem^ is the knack of knowing whom to call or contact in order to-*^ ^ straighten things out with the acted promptly to get the man his vacation earnings. least amount of trouble. :rT' On other occasions, Union wel­ fare representatives have to ' pull out a winner from a bag of tricks developed to handle similar cir­ cumstances in the past. Smoothing The Way The department prides itself on its record of accomplishments, however, whether the problem be big or small. It is on the job at all times to ease the path of Sea­ farers while they're ashore and to minimize their worries when they're out at sea. In a typical case of the routine variety, wherein a Seafarer had vacation dough coming but was hundreds of miles from a Union hall and didn't know how to ap­ ply by mall, Welfare Services Arriving in Algeria aboard fhe Eugeniei Vance A. Reid, deck engineer and ihip's delegate (left), and Albert De Forest, steward, are all set for a few cold ones. De Forest apparently has his destination all picked out with the binoculars. Never Left Home Obtaining his discharges, a rep­ resentative filed Seafarer Fred D. Bentley's application, picked up his check and mailed it right back to him. Bentley didn't have to stir from his home in Granite Falls, NC, once. Appreciating the quick'iservice, the Seafarer wrote again to ex­ press his gratitude and enclosed a picture of his family and himself standing in front of their home. "My good SIU earnings have paid for all.thls," he asserted, "and now this vacation gives me a chance to spend some time with my -family. Thank you for help­ ing to make all this possible." Owner Denies Bar ^Scandal' "Scandals" circulated by his competitors have been empha­ tically denied by the owner of the "John Bull Bar" in Piraeus, Greece, in an appeal for continued patronage by Seafarers. Anthony Katsouros, proprietor of the "John Bull," said recent unfavorable newspaper publicity given his bar was, in fact, a pri­ vate matter involving one of his waiters, and not himself as re­ ported in the local Greek press. Katsouros wrote the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG that he wanted it plainly understood that he was not the person involved in the incident. The publicity concerned the "tor,turing" of a young serving girl by a man identified as the owner of the "John Bull Bar." The man was one of Katsouros' waiters, who was filed soon after. SIU, A&G District X4w BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheeban, Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. C. Tannehill, Acting Agent Capital 7-6558 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-3744 MOBILE . 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 623 Bienville St. Llndsey Williams, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK 675 4tb Ave., Brookl'yn HYaclnth 9-CGOO NORFOLK .127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees, Agent MAdlson 2-9834 Union gains and benefits have paid for all this, says Seafarer Fred D. Bentley, as he poses in front of home in Granite Falls, NC, with his wife and daughter. Bentley sent photo to SIU Welfare Services Department along with letter of thanks for aid. Vacation benefit made it easier for him to spend more time at home. PHILADELPHIA ..337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St Leon Johnson. Agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty BruithoR. West Coast Represenlativ* PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. Pelayo 51—La f Sal Colls, Agent Phone 2-599P SAVANNAH 9 Abercorn St E. B. iMcAuley, Acting Agent Phone 3-1728 SE.ATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeff GUlette, Agent Elliott 4334 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Tom Banning, Agent Phone 2-1323 WILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave. Ernest TUley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS . 675 4tb Ave., Bklyn SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS J. Algina, Deck C. Simmons, Joint J. Volpian, Eng. W. Hall, Joint E. Mooney, Std. R. Matthews, Joint Ir':-.'. I ;•{»;!•,;• .; NAME [|3& m I '. *- . '• ^V'. •^" . 'i-v*..,'" •'• • STREET ADDRESS CITY ZONE STATE CITY ....... .V .ZONE u j,;,„,^;.,;j;.STATi ' To the Editor: On our recent trip to India the majority of the crewmembers on the Frederic C. Collin were gypped out of considerable amounts of money due to the unscrupulous practices of the merchants. The practice of "highway robbery" predominated partic­ ularly in the city of Vlzagapatam, where the facilities are limited to one bank where we could cash our checks after a 43-minute wait. Since the openhours of the bank were from 10 to 2, they posed a problem for us and created an opportu­ nity for some extra "bakshish" Letters to the Editor for the opportunists—the local merchants. From one of them we got $16 for our $20, but thcre'was one merchant, M. p. Mohandas at the American Silk Stores, oh Main Road, who had an eye to the future. ' One Merchant Helpful He went to considerable pains to see that we received what we rightfully had coming and, be­ lieve me, he made us feel as though we were dealing with a fellow American. There was al­ ways a .welcome for 'us at his shop even if we didn't buy any­ thing. Sometimes he even took us to the bank himself to speed up the tedious job of cashing a traveler's cheek. Across the street from the American Silk Stores is one Boolchand and Sons, which really gave us. a rooking. The crew on here is really down on that outfit. So the purpose of this letter is to show Mr. Mohandas our appreciation for his kindness in our predicament, and also to warn unsuspecting seamen who may visit Vizagapatam to get the legal rate for their money, 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND .822 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 llKiHMONO, CAUr,257 5th St Phone 2599 SAbf FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE ^.2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 WmHUNGTON 805 Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK 078 4tb Ave., Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 P. J, St. Marie Ship's delegate HONOLULU Canadian District HALIFAX, N.S 12814 HolUs St. Phone- 3-8911 924 St. James St. West PLateau 8161 FORT WILLIAM....118V4 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNB 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO, Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, BC 81714 Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St, Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE, Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, Ontario 82 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St. NB Phone: 2-5232 Great Lakes District 133 W. Fletcher Phone: 1238W BUFFALO, NY 180 Main St. Phone: Main 1-0147 TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old lubicriber end have a change CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE of address, please give your former address below: Phone: Cleveland 7391 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Headquarter* Phone: Woodward 1-6857 ADDRESS "ft""." DULUTH.,,.:,:,, ,531 W. Michigan St. , •,!,"¥ I . . i .^hqne: iMelrose . 8T4110 ,Vii ilO ' T.' ' ,I.• I. 'I '• r' I*. Signed Collin Crew iTas Money Gyp Beef SUP MONTREAL Editor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I wouici like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) Sepiember Ifii lSlKi"' ALPENA j^UUTH emCAG®. ., 13261 E. tend St Pbon«k'Basex.'i5-241IK.i 4- 4- 4- _ Finds Hq. Service A Real Pleasure To the Editor: This is from one old sea-dog who keeps finding out time and time again that he never had it so good until he joined the SIU. My last trip on the Coe Vic­ tory, on which I served as deck delegate, was a prime example, I haven't been getting «p to headquarters too much in last two years, so the type of service available there was a real pleas­ ant surprise for me. Our payoff was not an easy one, particularly because of beefs in the deck department, but the headquarters patrolmen who met the ship on her return from Germany handled every­ thing as smooth as silk. They know the Union agreement and wouldn't budge from it. Was A Pleasure They answered all our ques­ tions, explained everything in quick order and made what might have been a^mess into a pleasure. You can judge the state of things on the ship by the fact that eight men in fhe deck department got off when we got to New Tbrk^ although. this ship is a popular one on a much-sought-after run. The same gqod service was extended to me when I got to the hall with some questions about the Welfare Plan bene­ fits. The officials took time out to explain the whole works to me and made me feel as if they were concerned with my wel­ fare at that moment as just as If I were the only man _ in the Union. This is a good feeling after the runaround you have to take elsewhere. AH in all, my visit to New York was an eye-opener and shows why our Union is con­ sidered "tops" in every man's book. FSed Ryder 4 4 4 Hails Clipper Crew For Aid To the Editor: I would lik; to take this op­ portunity to thank the officers and ^crew of the Alcoa Clipper for the purse that was given to me during my illness. It was very nice for those brothers to show such genorosity as they did, as I was a stranger to most of the crew. I hope to be up and around in a week or two, when I would Hike to have the pleasure of meeting the Clipper crew again. Their generous action was deeply appreciated by my fam­ ily and me. C. L. Stringfellow 4< 4 ' 4" She's Thankful For All- Benefits To the Edtor: My husband, who holds SIU, book number D-513, is away at sea right now. I can hardly express my ap­ preciation of the wonderful benefits that the Union has made possible for each and every member of the SIU. Many many thanks to you who have fought to protect SIU. members and their families. 1 thank you from the bottom of my heart for the good deeds you have done. Mrs. Rae Dacanay 4 4 4 Cheers Forward Progress Of SIU To the Editor: I look forward to each issue of the LOG and certainly con­ cur with the many persons both in labor and management who hold the opinion that our Union is a fine example of a constitu­ tionally sound and democratic balance between workers and their employers. I am especially proud of our SIU scholarship program, which offers one of the finest gifts a deserving person can receive: the opportunity for education. Lets always continue to grow in this manner with increasing strength and integrity. C. Lee Freeman 4 4 4 Hospital Help Is Applauded To the Editor: I want to express my appre­ ciation and thanks to the SIU for helping to provide such wonderful hospital care as I have just had in the Galveston marine hospital. It jis a great comfort to know that our families pan also have wonderful care such as the Wel­ fare Plan provides? It offers more than money can buy fro^n any Insurance plan. .. , Thomas L. Crosby �Sevtemlicr K. 1958 ••THCOASTIR (Calmar), July Chairman^ R. Sanff; Sacrafary, R. Tyral. Everythlny running amootnly. Chief Steward miseed ahlp la Blzabath. Motion made and carried to ac­ cept and concur with communicatlena from headquarters. BRADFORD ISLAND Service) July ii—Chairman; j. Farkar; Sacratary, M. Hummel. Ship's delegate elected. Discussion held on repairs in deck department. CHIWAWA (CItlat Service) July 27 —Chairman, D. Downing; Secretary, J. Christy. Ne beefs. Ship sailed shert from Wilmington, N. 0. Deck delegate to see mate about cleaning showers. Garbage shoot to be washed down every so often. Beef about food and cooking. CLAIBORNE (Waterman), July 22— Chairman, C. Odem; Secretary, C. Turner. Everything in order, no major beefs. Suggested that everyone take their cups back to pantry and help out with keeping everything clean. COUNCIL CROVE (Cities Service), July 2t—Chairman, R. Campbell; Sec­ retary, A. Wasstrom. No beefs. Mem­ bers to complete new welfare enroll­ ment cards and turn them in. Discus- Digest of ships* Meetit^{S sion held regarding local cab compa­ nies operating as strikebreakers dur­ ing telephone strike. DEL NORTE (Mississippi), Juno 12— Chairman, J.. Noonan;- Secrotary, J. ZImmer. Ship's delegate of previous voyage commented on how smoothly everything ran. Enrollment cards to be turned in. Ship's treasury—$79.52. Ship's deiegate pointed out that ail beefs should be aired out at meeting not with company oSicials. Discussion held on the menace of using oxalicacid aboard and request that it be barred from use aboard ship. JULY .17—Chairman, J. Noonan; Secrqtary, J. Zimmer. Several broth­ ers were logged for misconduct and some overtime beefs. Ship's treasury —$178.52. Discussion held on port-time discharges. Ship's deiegate will bring this to the attention of patrolman. DEL SANTOS (Mississippi), July 3— Chairman, F. Carpenter; Secretary, L. Fusollor. Balance in ship's fund is 848. Ship's delegate elected. Steward department quarters to be painted.Shrimp Boil was explained to new members and it was decided to buy the shrimp in first port—jumbo type; Ship's committee are to decide in emergencies when and bow to use ship's fund. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), Juno 12—Chairman, J. Selby; Secretary, H. Arnold. Six new fans will be ordered for the next voyage. Ship's commit­ tee had a meeting to increase stew­ ard department efficiency, and to get better organization within the depart"^ment. Improvement noticed since meeting. May 15—Chairman, Joe Solby; Sec­ retary, J. Quigley. Five mattresses are still to be delivered on an order for six which was placed at the end of last voyage. There is no awning on board. Decision made to keep foreign stevedores away from crew's quarters as much as possible. June 28—Chairman, K. Sivertsant Secretary, A. Espino. Motion made that the assistant secretary-treasurer be notified of the action taken on the ship regarding the high cost and waste of food on board. SANDCAPTAIN (Construction Ag­ gregates), no date—Chairman, J. Bar­ ren; Secretary, Harry Mooney. A telegram was sent to headquarters re­ garding number of cartons of cigar­ ettes assigned to our ship. Steward reported that he is having difficulties with port steward on the score of weekly stores. The chief cook re­ quested that the meat box be no longer used for cooling beer. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Saas Shipping), July 8—Chairman, W. Bunker; Secratsry, J. Genello. Crew was asked to clean up laundry after using same. Treasurer reported no money in the ship's fund as yet. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Serv­ ice), June 21—Chairman, I. Toore; Sacretary, G. Fava, Jr. Treasurer re­ ported $59.21 in the ship's fund. If a crewmember performs in port and a replacement can be' secured the man performing will be fired on the spot. Linen wUl be changed every Monday. Suggestion made to extend to permitmen 90 days on a ship or to make vacation plan payable at 60 days if possible. July 5—ChalrmSn, J. Parker; Secre­ tary, M. Hummel. Some of the re­ pairs have not been taken care of but will be looked into. Three men will be getting off ship in Boston. Talked about building a rack in crew messroom. for the ship's iron. SEAFARERS fsri, leqiiested the erew tu tahe care ef night lunches and leenre cups and plates In the sink. AU hands were asked to cooperate In keeping messhall and pantry clean. Motion made and carried'that the ahlp'a dele­ gate contact the chief engineer about repairing the washlBg machine. DB SOTO (Waterman), July 17— Chairman, R. Varn; Secretary, J. Chermeslne. Two swings for crew were purchased from ship's fund In the amount ef S35. No beefs. Soap pewdec te be changed. Brand name te be put aboard. Motion made and carried te accept and concur with communications from headquarters. ELIZABETH (Bull), Ne date—Chair­ man, J. Murphy; Secretary, R Velllnga. Chief Engineer requested that too much soap not be used in washing machine, because it will plug it up. No beefs. To see patrolman about keeping longshoremen out ef messhall. Cups to be returned te pantry. All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: IBERVILLE (Pan Atlantic), July 24 —Chairman, F. Hartshorn; Sacretary, C. Krclss. Ship's fund—Sie.W. Ship's delegate elected. Steward requested to obtain better grade of Ice cream and a variety of flavors. Cups to be put in sink after use. New radio to ha bought, old one to be raflled oK. Messhall to be painted. JULESBURO (Mathlasan), July 24— Chairman, Swlderskl; Secretary, G. Thornhill. Captain promises to have ship fumigated shortly, in New York, and captain will also arrange to have repairs done. One brother was taken off ship ill. Steward promised that he will order enough vegetables in the future. Members promised to cooper­ ate and keep messhall clean. MOJAVE (Trans Oceanic), July 24— Chairman, J. Sullivan; Secrotary, D. Mulvrana. All beefs squared away and -all repairs to be turned in. Vote of thanks given to steward and depart­ ment. Chief Mate said that all painting may be done after beginning of voy­ age, but did not offer the work to the dayman and bosun until the last few days of the trip and they thought it was unfair of the mate to expect them to work day and night to get this done. OCEAN DINNY (Maritime Overseas), July 25—Chairman, R. Coote; Secro­ tary, C. Murray. Discussion held on fans, to be taken up on arrival in New Orleans. Cash on hand—$4.25. New pump needed for washing mach­ ine and a new porthole glass need­ ed in steward's room. OCEAN EVA (Maritime Ovarsaat), July 25—Chairman, R: House; Secre­ tary, C.'Garriz. Quite a bit of disput­ ed overtime in deck department to be straightened nut at payoff. Repair lists to be handed in. Vote of thanks to steward department. Since the chief engineer stopped ice pulling on weekends we aren't getting any cold drinks. Washing machine to be repair­ ed. June 24—Chairman, R. House; Sac­ retary, C. Garrii. Ship to be cleaned and properly secured for sea. Ship's delegate elected. Cigarettes are to be soid another time before we get into next port. Soap and matches to ba Issued as soon as possible. OCEAN BETTY (Maritime Ovarsaas), July 24—Chairman, M. Hitchcock; Secretary, S. Alpedo. Repairs to be made in West Coast. Motion made and seconded to have company pur­ chase new washing machine and re­ frigerator for crew. ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), July 24—Chairman, W. Palmer; Secretary, D. Beard. Wipers sink to be replaced. Ship's fund contains $12. Discussion on poor food. Mattresses are needed, crew to keep strainer clean in wash­ ing machine. SANTA VENETIA (Elami, July 17— Chairman, C. HosteHsr; Secretary, A. Burke. Motion to notify headquarters about condition of working ger on deck. It is unsafe to work with buom. Lifeboats are unsafe. SANTORE (Ore), July 19—Chairman, M. Chstrom; Secretary, R. Mason. One man missed ship in Baltimore. Motion made and carried to have deck department's overtime equalized, and to have ship's delegate write headquarters concerning overtime. Ship's secretary-reporter elected. SEAMONITOR (Excelsior), July 23 —Chairman, F. Sullins; Sacretary, F. Ballard. Discussion held on shoreleave in Greenland. Ship's delegate reouested that crew keep pantry clean at night. Enrollment cards for welfare to be completed. No foul weather gear was iiuiiued. Discussion held on insuffcient hot water supply for show­ ers. Steward thanked deck and en­ gine departments for helping to make It a trip. STEEL AGE (Isthmian), July 24— NATIONAL LIBERTY (National Chairman, J. Murphy; Secretary, C. Shipping & Trading), July 24—Chair­ Tobias. Ship's fund—$10.10. Brother man, F. Gaspar; Secretary, R. God­ Louis Johnson died. Discussion was win. Repairs taken care of. No beefs. held about his burial. Motion made and carried to ac­ cept and concur with communications . STEEL. NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), No from headquarters. date—Chairman, C. Bergagne; Secret/ry, H. McQuage. Ship is pretty STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), July clean. Some disputed overtime. Clarifi­ 2—Chairman, A. Aragones; Secretary, cation on watch foc'sles needed. Dis­ Kllngvall. Steward department cussion on welfare'benefits hMd. ' SIU Aids Union Drive On Radar 'Texas Towers' '-I'll BOSTON—The SIU and repreBentatives of the AFL Cooks and Bakers Unions in this port are going all-out in efforts to put union cooks and messmdn aboard the "Texas Tower" ra­ Bruce Michael Baxter, bom Au­ dar station now anchored 110-^ gust 26, 1955. Parents, Mr. and miles out at sea off Cape Cod. offshore rigs used for drilling oil Mrs. Merton Baxter, New Orleans, Although • everybody else beneath the waters of the Gulf of La. ^ » William Charles HemmlB, bom July 23, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Charles Hemmis, Cumberland, Md. 4" EUGENIE (Ore), July 17—Chairman, B. Hayes; Secretary, J. Easterllng. Two beefs with captain to be turned into patrolman regarding draws and souvenirs. Crew to go on record as being opposed to Gov't freezing wages. New library to he put aboard. Motor for galley range to be repaired and new fans be put aboard. Vote of thanks to steward for good food and vote of thanks to messman. for having speaker hooked up to radio. Pace irtfMca, LOG 4" • manning the Government radar post, aside from service personnel, is union, the cooks are not and are being shipped aboard through shoreside employment offices. The "Texas Tower" is a manmade island patterned after the James Arnold Santiago, bom July 21, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Santiago, Los Angeles, Calif. ^ ^ i4 4> Benjamin Erie Oschitzkl, bom August 5, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Eric Oschitzki, New Orleans, La. DISPATCH The deaths of the following Sea­ farers have been reported to the Barry Joe Moss, bom July 14, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Seafarers Welfare Plan and the SIU death benefit is being paid Charles Moss, Fulton, Ky. to their beneficiaries: 4" 4 4 Kathleen Dolores Phelps, born John C. Smith, 72: Natural August 8, 1955. Parents, Mr. and causes led to the death of Brother Mrs. Milton Phelps, New Orleans, Smith at the La. Staten Island , • t 4 ^ 4-4 Mark Bland Lincoln, born April 17, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Lincoln, New York, NY. 4 4 4 Pamela Beth- Granger, bom Au­ gust 22, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Granger, Sulphur, La. 4 4 4 Margaret Elizabeth Brown, bom June 18, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aycock Brown, Manteo, NO. 4 4 4 USPHS hospital on June 30, 1955. One of the vet­ eran members of the Union, Brother Smith joined in New York on Decem­ ber 24, 1938, and sailed in the engine department. Burial took place at the Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, Mass. He is survived by a niece, Lillian Montague, of Medford. Adella Susan Castro, born Au­ 4 4 4 gust 26, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Salvador Bennett, -35: Stab Mrs. Arturo Castro, Houston, wounds suffered in Ponce, Puerto Texas. Rico, caused the death of Brother 4 4 4 James Vardeman Warren, bora Bennett on July September 6, 1955. Parents, Mr. 30, 1955. A deck and Mrs. James Warren, Kenner, department man. Brother Bennett La. joined the Union "4 4 4 Serena Margaret Kleiber, bom in its early days, August 15, 1955. Parents, Mr. and on April 29,1939, Mrs. Melvin Kleiber, Newport, Ore. 1 n Philadelphia. The place of 4 4 4 Lourdes Milagro Lopez, bom burial was the Civil Cemetery in May 12, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Ponce. His wife, Monserrate Ben­ Mrs. Pablo R. Lopez, Brooklyn, nett, of Ponce, survives bjm. NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Foster W. Grant, 61: Brother Ruby Patricia Gallo, bom May Grant died of unknown causes, 30, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. apparently Luigi Gallo, Mobile, Ala. a heart attack, at the Erianger Hospital in Chat­ tanooga, Tenn. A resident of Chattanooga, he joined the SIU The following men are asked to in New Orleans contact SIU headquarters or the on May 4, 1946, nearest SIU hall as lOon as pos­ sailing in the sible on a matter of importance steward department. Burial took to them: B. L. Bone. Allen L. Boone, J. T. place at the Burning Bush Ceme­ BlUot. John W. Butler. Fi-ank N. Bachot. His T. L. Blackledge, G. W. Bertbold. C. tery in Ringgold, Georgia. Burns, J. T. Bowman, Robert J. Cole­ son, Clyde Grant of Chattanooga, man. Jose Cubano. Frank F. Cacioppo. survives him.. S. C. Carregal, Elda R. Crawford, T. W. NOTICES Cassldy. J. C. Clevenger, W. C. Dawley, G. Del Signore, William G. Dyal, Marion P. Edge, B. Eerman, Frederick Engle: D. B. Fields. John P. Forget. A. R. Fetcbko, K. M. Fletcher. T. J. Gray. Peter Garvin, L. E. Gregory, W. Hughes. F. Hauser. John J. Harty. V. A. Herbert. P. J. Harayo. M. V. Howton. F. R. Hattaway. E. K. Iverson. W. J. Jackson, S. Jackson. J. S. Kornek. 0. Kinnke. Joseph Kissel. Stephen B. Kutzer. 0. J. Kerrigan. M. R. Knickman; T. L. Laningham. F. A. Lord. Horace LedweU. Robert Lipscomb. James A. LaCoste. P. V. Marsh. Coy L. Morrow. J. H. Mones. G. Merola. T. Merosa. A. D. Nash. Martin T. O'Toole. F. E. Perkins. Leroy D. Pierson. K. F. Parks. B. J. Paniccio. E. Pappel. J. E. Roberts. D. N. Roditas. R. R. Rice; W. Sloberman. W. M. Stanley. K. G. Sanford. H. SI. Clair. Albert E. Stout. S. P. SchlelTler. Warren E. St'-cw. William K. Sutberlin. Frank Semele. J. R. Scbultz. E. J. Swatskl. H. S. Sosa. William J. Smith. Hi ' S. Thomqs, WUUam D. Iiienioilge;' T'.? -L. 'Thompson, Walter fobUlBOnrwy. cE. JHrilllams. Z.^<C..^5bamaui'..IP.cZetterfnas.''.. Mexico. This one Is the first of a chain of radar warning posts which will be anchored offshore from Newfoundland south to Nor­ folk, Va,. Helicopter Field The weather deck of the plat­ form is about half the area of a football field and provides a place for helicopters to land. SmaU boats that come alongside are raised and lowered by cranes, and supplies come aboard in cargo nets. The problem of the non-union galley force is emphasized by the fact that the waiters on, the tower get only $?00 per month and, un­ der their contract, can be worked any hours with no overtime. All other civilian personnel on the tower are union men from several shoreside unions. Boston SIU Port Agent James Sheehan and the officials of the Cooks and Bakers are trying to have a provision put into the con­ tractor's agreement that will re­ quire the sub-contractor to supply union help. In a matter closer to home, Sheehan is also negotiating to have an extra man added to the crew of the tugboat El Sol (Port­ land Barge) to take care of pas­ sengers. The El Sol runs into Bos­ ton regularly. 'PERSiii^ John-Diakakis George Stambilis Get in touch with Bob Welker, ex-chief electrician, Steel Appren­ tice, at 219 - 48th St., Union City, NJ, phone Union 4-8627. Eddie Smith Please 'write G. W. "BiU" Champlin, Draga "Sandcaptain," Construction Aggregates de Vene­ zuela, C. Af, Apartado 77, Maracaibo, Venezuela. Russell E. Lund Contact your brother, Bill, at 2082 Golden Gate Ave., San Fran­ cisco. John Kucharski Ex-SS Winter HiU Get in touch with your mother. Paul Petak Please get in touch with Manny at his home. Alfred Sears Please contact your sister, Mary, immediately. She has urgent news for you. Theodore Emanuel Get in touch with Mrs. Marie Ramsey, Baltimore, regarding your extra clothing stored at her home, or it will be disposed of. Thomas M. Parks Get in touch with T. M. Breen, 220 Broadway, New York, NY. Arthur Collier 4 4 4 C(mtact Jacob Zukerman at 31 John L. Bolden, 51: .An attack Union Square West, New York, of coronary thrombosis caused the NY. death of Brother Charles Rafuse Bolden aboard Johnny Elliot the Robin GoodAbove men are asked to send fellow 1 n the their addresses to James Johnston, port of Cape93 South Main Street, Warehouse town. South Point, Conn. Africa, on Au­ James C. McCoy gust 19, 1955. He Get in touch with Lucille Thomp­ was buried at son, 719 Almoraster Avenue, New sea off the GoodOrleans, La. fellow. Brother T. F. Galvin Bolden was a longtime member of ^ SIU Book G-335 the SIU, joining the Union in Bos­ Your Union book, discharge, ton on December 10, 1938, a few dues receipts and seamen's papers weeks after it was chartered. He were found in Seattle and are be­ is, survived by his sister, Leah ing held for you at SIU headquarKyd4a,.«C.Neiii'. Bfitl{ord,.Mas8iiC.', ,ters.in. Brooklyn.. "Vis's v.?; •"ii �Vol. XVil No. 19 SEAFARERS^ LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFAKERS INTE R N AT IO N AI UNION • ATLANTIC AND CULF DISTRICT • AFl • JL • •• X. • i.. .: - .• -*11.- •'••'- - —• -- -•• •'-^r Vour Family's ••: •• A r- •;-•"• s»'' • •. "" ..• i , >'" Kiy:-'L W.: --V;'.' .-•.;• .-••'A-'' ".r^v •. • v- •.-.* ' ;• -^ ••• •;- • '•: • •' ••••••'.'i'•"• • "s--'." •• .-•/-.'•'••-v., ;r-"'-:. . •' ,." : i*. - V.:-'• "1 • . ' ..'ft, • • i 'V j"-'/ •••>•'•";'. • T :",• ' ' •• r—i'i:. • ".vri- •': • • • '. ^^r.7.:•*•"-V// •• I •-.• ' • *•••; V-KLZ'.-• •• '•• I liospltai and Surpical Benefit ; - 4 1 » "i \ •(' To insure your family the maximum protection at all times under the Seafarers Hospital and Surgical pro­ visions of the SW 'Welfare Plan, every Seafarer is urged tot Fill out in full an SlU Welfare enrollment card, listing alH your dependents and drop it off or mail it to any SlU hall. Cards can be gotten aboard ship or at any SlU hall. l( • I• ; V Send to SlU headquarters a photostatic copy of your 2 marriage license and of the birth certificates of your chil­ dren. These documents will enable the Plan to speedily make payment when a claim is niade; they will be kept confidential as part of your Union record. Iv--. tiv:; 3 Should anyone in your family require hospitalization or surgery you can save yourself much delay and possible expense by first telephoning or writing the SlU agent nearest you. > . |r"-I--«: -• fe 1 "-T-r'r.' K' • i-i'- ' . Seafarers International Union Atlantic & Gulf District • AFL •'••'• •••-•-•, ::.f: • 7,S„; 7j 7 •• ^ I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 16, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 19 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU SIFTS NEW KOREA LEAVE BEEF WC OFFICERS FLIP-FLOP, OKAY TONSINA-TYPE PACT SENATE SEA SCHOOL QUIZ OPENS SOON CONGRESS WARMS UP SEA PROBES SIXTY SIU MEMBERS NOW RECEIVING $150-MO. PENSIONS ILA ENDS TIE-UPL; DOCK VOTE AHEAD 'DISTRICTS' REPORT SHOWS SHIP INSPECTION LOOPHOLES FIRSCO JOB BOOM DIPS SEATTLE BOOM STUMBLES STEWARDS, SIU MEET TO PREPARE MASTER RULEBOOK P&O CRUISE SHIPS DUMP US REGISTRY NY STILL HAS PLENTY OF JOBS TAMPA LUAIDS HOSPITAL PLAN CALIF. AFL BACKS SUP ON BONNER MOBILE 'REC' LOUNGE DUE FOR COMPLETION PLAN NEW GROWTH FOR BOOMING NO JOBS COME STEADILY IN LAKE CHAS. CURRAN SUPPORT TO ILA'S PHONY SEAMEN'S UNION FACES ITF QUIZ FARM GROUP WARS ON '50-50' DIGGING IN AT CLIPPER PARTY ILA ON UNION DEMOCRACY A DAY'S WORK: S.S. DOROTHY SIU WIFE 'PIONEERS' IN RI MAW WIDENS DRIVE IN CHESAPEAKE BAY 'BEST EVER' PICNIC SET BY DEL SUD SHIP MYSTERIES STILL PUZZLE TO SEA HISTORIANS ROYAL OAK BOASTS SOLID CREW HIGH PRICES,S KIPPER LIVEN NAT'L LIBERTY TRIP SNEEZE DIDN'T KEEP HIM IN STITCHES LONG 'THE HAMMER AND THE WRENCH' SIU WELFARE SERVICES QUICK TO PROVIDE AID OWNER DENIES BAR 'SCANDAL' SIU AIDS UNION DRIVE ON RADAR 'TEXAS TOWERS' Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/16/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/e2c1e0a6056d2969aee7818c447ca33a.PDF 2ea542724aa311253ec24ecb4827beab PDF Text Text -.irj'zy''.- .V J! -•? I A Trip OH A Rnnaway-Flag Ship > #1 Story 0?i Page 2 ''il 7 ' SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • Labor Day—1955 Most American workiiigmen and women will have a day off this coming week, and most will he paid for the day. The day is Lahor Day. As a trade union, the SIU feels that it has con­ tributed something toward making this an impor­ tant American holiday. After listening to a long string of Labor Day speakers one begins to think that all the benefits and conditions enjoyed by American workingmen and women were here when the Pilgrims landed or were given over by employee-loving bosses. Seafarers are familiar with the route seamen traveled from the "field days," the blue linen, the no overtime and two-pot ships and the shipping crimps J The memory is too close at hand to be for­ gotten in a maze of holiday oratory. Other work­ ers, tod^ have tlieir hitter memories: Unions Ended Abuses Texifile workers remember the eight and ten year ol^ children who were forced to work 14 hours a'^day at the looms. Auto workers "remember the company police forces who spied on every move, and the hody-sapping speed of the assembly lines. Miners remember the unsafe pits and inade­ quate ventilation that gave us a new word—silico­ sis. Garment workers remember the bundles they lugged home from the shops to sew on until far into the night at piece rates. All. of these abuses and thousands more are now 'under control, but not as a result of Labor Day bombast. Trade unions led the way to end every­ one of these abuses. SIU CHARGES WHITEWASH IN CG REPORT SHIP LOSS i -Story On Page 3 V", , • '"I- •.Slid ••Soy -i i'B S -••'N: K| • si. • •'-t- • '• y' - .'fl . \. SJi.' • ::3 ' r"^ ' ST -| Made Country Great In paying tribute to Labor Day we should, of course, take note of the tremendous revolution that has taken place in this country over the past twenty years. Credit can in part go to that inde­ finable knack for mass production, mass distribu­ tion and mass consumption that is our couiitry. More credit, however, must go to the people them­ selves who not only made this phenomenon pos­ sible hut went further by forming unions to win for themselves the money to buy these products, the time off to enjoy them and the security of their position to play and buy for the future. Seafarers on Lahor Day can take stock of their gains with pride. They are no longer "neither among the living nor the dead," as the courts at one time described seamen, In job security, high wages, paid vacations, medical care for themselves and their families, pensions and working condi­ tions Seafarers stand in the front ranks of those who have done the most to make Labor Day a true holida'y .iii^ honoi^.^^^b^^^ worklngmeii. , ST -I •SI Fufi House ® house" for Seafarer Ed Singletary, FWT, of New •Orleans, but when four of his daughters had tonsillectomies per­ formed in a "four of a kind" operation on the same day, the new SIU family hospitalsurgical plan proved a big help. Here (l-r), following the medical event, are: Mrs. Singletary, Carol, 12; Felicine, 9; Donna, 7, and Ruth 3, who had the operations, plus Marie,^ 10; Zada, 15 months, and. Singletary. �r^V' SEAFAHEttS Paee Tws Bnu LOa S;195S A Trip On A Runaway-Flag Ship A ship on which the 3rd mate lacked a ticket, on which an AB sailed as steward,^' where the crew dwindled as low as 24 men and no articles were ever signed, where overtime was 40 cents an hour, when paid, and peanut butter sandwiches were the staple, where fire and boat^ One of the more than 100 American-flag merchant drills were non-existent— ships the US Government allowed to transfer to a run­ such a ship sounds more away-flag nation in order to escape American standards .like a nightmare than the real thing. But that is just what the situation was aboard the Cam­ bridge, which until a few months ago was an American flag vessel, the Dorothy Stevenson. She is but one of the more than 100 Ameri­ can vessels to go under a "run­ away" flag,-thanks to the liberality of the Maritime Administration. The Cambridge now need not worry about any standards im­ posed by unions, the Coast Guard or any other agency. -For when He's Watchlns His Welfare was the SS Dorothy Stevenson. She is now the SS Cam­ bridge, and in a few short months under the Liberian flag has become a floating pesthole for her crew and a menace to all in her path. The International Transportworkers Federation is currently undertaking a drive to raise the standards-on these ships to tho^e of the mari­ time nations. Here's a sample of what the crews of these ships must now put up with. . . . her American owners transferred her foreign, they dumped over­ board, along with the American flag, all the regulations on ship- Union Men Found Best In Resisting Red Brainwashers board safety, feeding, manning scales, inspections, maintenance and loading that are imposed i>n US ships by union contract or Gov­ ernment legislation. Moreover thousands of jobs were lost by American seamen. Under the Liberian flag which she now flies, there are no standards, only those imposed by the ship's captain and her owners. Adding to the gravy for the American runaway shipowner is the fact that the present Immigra­ tion laws impose rigid restrictions on the time that alien seamen can spend in the United States. Fly In Crews The American owner of the Cambridge, like the American own­ ers of so many other runaways, makes it a practice to fly in com­ pletely alien crews. If these men act up and demand conditions they are subject to immediate deporta­ tion when their 29 days ashore ex­ pire. The story of conditions aboard the Cambridge comes to the SEAI'ARERS LOG first hand from the Norwegian second mate and the American radio operator. The lat­ ter, a resident of Brooklyn, -was (Continued on page 8) WASHINGTON—The longstanding fight against commu­ nism waged by the US trade union movement, spearheaded in maritime by the SIU, received a little-noticed offhand salute last month in the midst of the-^ hubbub over publication of a abling workers who had seen the new "code of conduct" for party in action to expose it in a American fighting men. true light. The testimonial was in recogni­ It thus corroborated the everA proud father, Seafarer Ronald Wolf .shows off his brighttion of the ability of former factory present view of Seafarers and SIU eyed youngster, Larry, on a visit to SIU headquarters in New workers who were prisoners of the officials that they could not fight Commies in Korea to withstand the communism on the waterfront York. Wolf came in to pick up some literature about the party line and all the inducements by letting it run its minor course new family benefits available under the SIU Welfare Plan. offered to woo them away from without understanding just what the US. the commissars were selling.' According to the report of the Accordingly, since the founding Secretary of Defense's Advisory of the SIU as an anti-Communist Committee On Prisoners of War, union in 1938, Seafarers have "the Bed indoetrinators tried hard always been urged to take note of Aiming for the standardization of steward department working rules on all ships con­ to win the support of factory and read communist printed prop­ workers. But as one of them put aganda; likewise the SIU was ex­ tracted to the Union, in line with the overwhelming acceptance by Seafarers of the new it, 'We'd heard all that guff before. posing the communists' aims long streamlined feeding program, the SIU Steward Department Committee at headquarters is Back home. We knew their line.'" before anti-communism became a currently meeting informally The report added, "in contrast, popular cause. ner, it is an asset both to the with galley personnel and ment men. At the same time it Seafarer prisoners who had heard of com­ and the ship operator. The experience gained has would assure all Seafarers pllnty munism only as a name, who never proved invaluable down through others prior to the opening of of good food attractively prepared The committee meeting, to heard of Karl Marx, who were not the years in defeating numerous formal meeting announced for and served. which all Seafarers, particularly exposed to Communist attempts to campaigns fomented and - led by September 12. steward department men, are More Side Dishes organize in the factories and the communists on the waterfront. In this way, the new system has urged to submit suggestions, if The gathering later this month mills, were easier pickings for the introduced such ideas as the use they cannot attend in person, will will sift the varying sets of work­ Chinese and Red propaganda of more sidedishes with meals, and be guided by progress reports on artists." ing rules on tankers, freighters, carving meats to order and has the new feeding program as well Knowledge Is Defense passenger ships and miscellaneous done away with the practice of as the recommendations that come The comparison pinpointed the vessels in an attempt to formulate serving items not actually request­ to headquarters from time to time value of knowledge of the commie a master set of rules which can be ed by the Seafarer. Crewmem- dealing with galley and messroom line "as a defense weapon" enapplied to every ship in the SIU- bers still have plenty of food, how­ problems. It is hoped that its find­ contracted fleet. The result will ever, as the ordering of "seconds" ings will pave the way to a uni­ and extra helpings is encouraged. form method of operation in all then be a guidebook for all per­ The individual preparation mean­ SIU steward departments to con­ Sept. 2, 1955 sonnel in the department. Vol. XVtl, No. 18 while insures freshness of all items tinue the present high level of and cuts down waste. In this man­ feeding on all SIU ships. PAUL HALL, Secretary Treasurer Trial A Success SIU Stewards To Meet Sept, 12 SEAFARERS LOG HERDERT BRAND, Editor; RAY DENISON. Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art Editor; HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK Staff Writers; BILL MOOJBY, Gulf Area Representative. jAy;-. •• It'?- '• '^ T >iv/j'--, IC&?• cs^' Launch New SUP Hall In Portland Instituted under the supervision PORTLAND, Ore. — The Sailors Union of the Pacific of Assistant Secretary-Treasurer will dedicate the latest in a Edward X. Mooney, a new program string of new union facilities when embracing all phases of food prep­ it formally opens its new hall here aration and meal service has been on Labor Day, this coming Mon­ in effect fdi- some time on.ships in day, September 5. the Bull Line and Alcoa fleets, and A combined Labor Day observ­ more recently, on Waterman ships ance and building dedication cere­ also. mony is expected to be attended Union representatives have gone by many notables in the maritime aboard ships of these fleets to help and labor fields. SIU SecretaryIntroduce the new system, which Treasurer Paul Hall will be on band to represent the Atlantic and is based on the doncept of indi­ vidual, "to order" preparation and Gulf District. ' The SUP hall is' a two-story service, at mealtime, with a view to maldng meals more attractive Published btweeKly M the headquarters structure, which will house the ot the Seafarers international Union, At­ shipping hall," offices and member­ and also to eliminate waste. lantic A Guif District. AFL, «75 Fourth Although ' SIU shlpe nave al­ Avenue. Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel. HYacinth ship facilities on the main deck and 9-6600. Entered as second class matter living jjuarters for union oldtimers ways been known as good feeders, at the Post Office in Brooklyn. NY. under the Act of Aug. 24. 1912. and disabled members on the sec­ it'was felt that a new approach to ond floor. Twelve individual apart- galley operations could even eniiapcqdjthi3.,repuitation while simpU-, L' t, .b,.-,; j.''.. i-' i ^n\en^s;'cgj^pletel^, h^rnjshe^^ _ " been proVidei ' ' " ' ''' > d'n #i|}ft.itb.O^'itasks.'.i^'jit§w'ard.depart- sjlymnu miij n iii-.-.o-jri ri rififn'r ' niijifiS Burly Page Editorial Cartoon Page Editorial Page Final Dispatch Page Inquiring Seafarer Page Labor Roundup Page Letters Page Meet The Seafarer Page Personals Page Recent Arrivals ....Page Seafarer In Action Page - Shipping Figures Page Your Dollar's Worth Page 13 11 11 1.5 9 11 14 11 15 15 9 4 6 6. 9 W POUT O'CALL - r";'ii'"tilHii rr'i'i �SEAPAKEKS LOG . September 2, 1S5B Pve Three 2 Years Of SlU Library: 170,000 Books To Ships Entering its third year of operation, the SIU ships' library program has already distributed over 170,000 hooks to sea­ farers aboard SlU-contracted ships, US marine hospitals and SIU halls in a two-year span,-^ and will deliver an estimated 75,000 more in the coming 12 months. SIU Sea Chest repre­ sentatives In all ports were due tp begin the ninth quarterly distribu­ tion of 50-book packages to all con­ tracted sh^s yesterday,, In the same manner, 400 different titles have already been placed aboard every SIU ship since August, 1953. The ships' library program, spon. sored by the SEAFARERS LOG, was initiated to fiil a long-standing need for up-to-date reading matter for Seafarers, Prior to that, sea­ men had to depend upon peri­ odic handouts by charitable groups and what they bought themselves. Large Assortment Since reading is one of the few diversions Jivaiiable to merchant • seamen at sea, the LOG stepped in and arranged with Pocketbooks, Inc., one of the country's largest packagers of paper-backed reading materials, to provide an assort­ ment of 50 different books for each contracted vessel every three , months. Ships due to be out at sea for longer periods of time were given two or three 50-volume pack­ ages depending on the expected length of^the voyage. The popular program, which Sea­ farers overwhelmingly endorsed in a speciar LOG poll last year, was eventually extended to provide proper reading matter for patients at the various US Public Health Service hospitals all over the country. Distribution of the quarterly packages has been handled through llie coastwise facilities of the SIU Sea Chest, which maintains repre­ sentatives at all US major ports where SIU ships call. Gov't Sets Hearing On Bernstein WASHINGTON — Stale­ mated for many years, Arnold Bernstein Lines will soon be­ gin once again the job of clearing Government hurdles for getting its long-proposed low-cost US-flag transatlantic passenger ship serv­ ice into actual operation. Hearings on its bid for US oper­ ating subsidies have been ordered by the Federal Maritime Board at a time and place still to be deter­ mined, Application for the Federal aid was made early this Spring, Bernstein originally received ap­ proval for a one-class, moderatecost service in mid-1950. But the Korean War broke out Photo taken early this year at hearing held by Coast Guard into disasterous sinking of LST a few days later, and the two Southern-Districts. Israel Seeger (left) of SIU General Counsel Seymour'W. Miller's office Government-owned transports he questions CG inspector Allee |2nd left) as members of panel listen. planned to convert for the run were sidetracked for Navy use. Convert Mariner The objective this time calls for conversion of one or more of the new Mariner-type freighters, which would carry 900 passengers each in a uniform tourist service within the reach of most pocketbooks. His plans, accordingly, are not likely to be welcomed with open arms by the one major US-flag transatlantic passenger operator servicing the North Atlantic route, and will face similar opposition from foreignflag lines as well, Bernstein right now has no ships operating on any trade route. His bid for a Government subsidy is The SIU this week charged the United States Coast Guard with a brazen based on plans to offer a minimum Seafarers who wish to check of 20 transatlantic trips a year, "whitewash" of its own marine inspection system and the operators of the ill-fated their baggage at SIU headquar­ pending possible construction of ters in Brooklyn are advised to up to three other vessels "within LST Southern Districts. at the New Orleans hearing, said time of arrival at Bucksport when note the change in the location the next five or six years." These The Southern Districts the Southern Districts "could, have such notice was expected." All of of the baggage room, which is would then be able to meet present now in the Sea Chest building requirements of the Maritime Ad­ disappeared in the Atlantic been slightly overloaded" when these findings were vetoed by the departed from Port Sulphur, commandant in his review of the on 4th Avenue and 18th Street, ministration for 52 passenger sail­ last December with a crew she La., on December 2, 1954, bound case. two blocks from the shipping ings annually in the service be­ The Coast Guard thus appeared hall. By bringing their baggage tween US Atlantic Coast ports and of 23, including twelve Sea­ for Bucksport, Me., with a cargo farers and two SUP men. The of sulphur, and was "very near her unwilling or fearful of fixing re­ directly there, instead of to, the Northern Europe. sponsibility for the disaster which hall on 20th Street, they'll save The ships would run-direct to only hint of its fate discovered maximum draft." themselves the extra trek up 4th the continent and would offer cafe­ so far came on January 2, It also noted that the inspectors paralleled the sinking of the Dis­ Avenue later. The baggage room teria-style eating accommodations when a tanker sighted one of who went over the vessel in dry- tricts' sister ship, the Southern on 18th Street is open all day at an estimated average round trip the missing vessel's liferings dock in New Orleans just prior to Isles, in 1951, from which only six for the convenience of Sea­ cost of $360, or roughly $25 a day floating off the Florida keys. the fatal voyage "u^ed poor judg­ crewmembefs escaped. farers, All LST's Banned for seven-day crossings each way. Announcement of the Coast ment in not going further in A key to the situation was the Guard findings concerning the loss making a more thorough examina­ of the ship came in a report by tion and tests of the bottom shell apparent intention of the Coast the official hearing board which plating and tank tops" of the ship. Guard to continue its ban on un­ The three Coast Guard officers limited operating certificates for investigated the disaster in Jan­ uary and the review of same by who comprised the hearing board converted LSTs. Eight other con­ the commandant. Vice Admiral A, also found that the company verted LSTs have been idled since "should have given a mpre timely January. Two others, one of them C. Richmonr;, Adm. Richmond indicated that notice to the Coast Guard when the an SlU-manned ship, the Bethno action will be taken against vessel did not report its estimated Continued on Page 15 VI^ASHINGTON—^The Coast Guard, which usually throws either the operator of the ship, the the "book" at merchant seamen even for minor infractions of Southern Trading Co., or the ma­ regulations, has just thrown that same "book" out the window rine Inspectors who certified the vessel fit for what became her as it applies to Pacific MicroFor Month of August, 1955 nesian Lines, Inc. ment and the number of passen­ final voyage. Overruled Board • Announced that neither Coast Guard inspectors nor owners were A waiver of all navigation gers allowed" to be carried on His review of the hearing record to blame for loss of LST Southern Districts with all hands. Hearing and vessel inspection laws and freight vessels" and other regula­ carefully minimized even the slight testimony indicated a "deal" had been made on safety standards, regulations has been in operation tions. since July 1, 1955, on the ships of It applies both to ships now in criticism by the board of both the • Waived navigation and inspection laws for a steamship company this company, which operates ves­ operation and others that may be company and the inspectors, "The operating for the US Government in the Pacific, Threw out all laws sels for the US Department of In­ acquired for travel in the Trqst case or causes for the disappear­ affecting licensed and unlicensed personnel, quarters, life-saving terior in the Trust Territory waters Territory of the Pacific^ Islands, as ance of the Southern Districts are equipment, etc. of the Pacific, well as between the Trust Terri­ incapable of exact ascertainment," tory and all US ports. Including he stated. He did concede, however, • Published a four-page condensed list of new regulations govern­ No Protection The blanket waiver, good until territories and possessions, and that "whatever the cause or causes, ing the issuance, holding and revocation of seamen's papers and of­ it is probable the structural condi­ ficers' licenses. June 30, 1956, applies to "naviga­ foreign ports. Disclosure of the waiver first tions of the vessel contributed • Took steps to tell companies how to better prepare their ship's tion and vessel inspection laws re­ lating to licensed and unlicensed came in the Federal Register thereto," logs—^to list "everything" that happens aboard^a veiled hint to re­ The board. In summing up more cord all disputes with the crew so the Coast Guard^nan intervene. personnel, passenger quarters, dated August 24, It had already than 1,000 pages of testimony taken ^crew—qjuatlers,. Jife*savltig-..equlp- been in.operation-two mcHiths. Hq. Baggage Room Moved : . -ii ..J -"''•'I SIU Raps Report As CC 'Whitewash' In Ship Disaster •7 •i'l CG Waives Rules For Paeitic L/ne, Boxscore On US Coast Guard 1 " CHS; "•.'M �mummmmm , Paere Four ' ' .^ • SEAFAR'^RS LO G » -Ef;.: • -'^ SeptemUr i, iiJsii - Gets Lowdown On Shipping SHIPPING ROUND-UP AND FORECAST K"'' "• "'• • -/-• ,•• "->-•'iiVrJ--',A' - ..' . • ';' AUGUST 10 THROUGH AUGUST 23 Registered Port Boston . .... New York ... Philadelphia . Baltimore ... Norfolk Savannah .... Miami Tampa Mobile ....... New Orleans . Lake Charles Houston Wilmington .. San Francisco Seattle Eng. A Peck A Deck B 13 87 29 59 7 4 8 6 29 40 9 14 11 28 24 4 32 6 29 11 5 6 0 4 14 8 10 1 13 23 4 77 , 21 47 15 7 0 7 25 42 8 12 2 13 12 Duck A Dock B Eng. A 368 166 292 Eng. B 3 47 7 32 10 5 1 3 9 13 10 6 2 18 23 Stew. A • 189 Stew. B 0 63 13 26 12 3 4 5 29 43 4 8 2 15 10 7 8 22 Slew. A Stew. B 237 2 19 5 19 9 1 8 3 6 12 7 Total A 7 227 63 132 34 14 12 18 83 125 21 34 15 56 46 a 136 Total A 897 Total B Total Reg. 9 .26 325 98 ^8 . 81 80 . 212 30 64 25 11 15 27 6 24 102 19 39 164 25 46 . 58 24 25 10 39 95 68 114 Total B Total Reg. 491 1388 Shipped Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Miami TainpaMobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Deck A ...., Deck B 1 4 17 0 25 1 1 15 0 3 1 2 9 0 0 0 1 12 Deck B Deck C 0 20 3 12 11 3 4 2 13 15 3 90 22 43 6 5 .... ' 21 4 Deck A Total De.-ik C •• 6 114 70 Eng. A 0 77 19 35 9 6 1 3 18 36 9 16 0 7 6 Eng. A 242 ^Shipping for the Atlantic and Gulf District Jevelled off during the past two weeks, fol­ lowing the 20-month high- established in the previous period. The number of men shipped to jobs, a total of 1,277, still represented a healthy figure, however. Total registration was 1,388. Of special note in the shipping develop­ ments was the fact that class A jobs climbed four percent to a fraction over 60 percent of the total, while class B shipping experienced . an identical percentage loss, and dropped to 26 percent. The fact that class C shipping remained pegged at the same mark it has held for sev­ eral weeks indicated a lack of available class B manpower in all A&G ports except Seattle, fe. The following is the forecast, port by port: BOSTON: Exceptionally quiet right now . . . NEW YORK: Still has plenty of jobs; continues short on engine, deck ratings . . . PHILADELPHIA: Continues fairly good; expected to stay that way ... BALTIMORE: Slowed down; next two weeks should look good.-Texmar. Liberty Bell crewing up; several payoffs also due . . . NOR­ FOLK: Holds good; should stay good. SAVANNAH: Fair; registration light; not many men on beach . . . MIAMI: Fair, back to normal. SS Florida going into drydock at Jack­ sonville . . . TAMPA: Nothing do­ ing . . . .MOBILE: Holding its own; Council Grove to crew up. Ex­ pects more ships diverted to poit . . . NEW ORLEANS: Good; should be even better in this period. LAKE CHARLES: Holding firm; needs wipers, but is loaded on pumpmen . . . HOUSTON: Up again, but still not normal . . . . . . WILMINGTON: Very quiet. Ships going elsewhere on coast. . . SAN FRANCISCO: slowed down somewhat; nothing special ex­ pected . . . SEATTLE: Terrific; shipped more ' than registereiT. Boom likely to continue. Eng. B 0 30 6 16 5 6 0 1 8 14 11 6 1 9 23 Eng. B 136 Eng.- Stew. C A Stew. Stew. Total B C A Total B 0 14 0 9 11 1 0 0 1 4 4 2 1 2 4 62 9 25 4 4 4 4 20 38 4 10 2 12 13 2 15 5 . 7 3 4 6 0 4 7 3 8 1 7 9 2 65 14 35 19 13 10 3 25 36 17 .20 3 20 49 Stew. A Slew. B* 4 Eng. C 53 215 81 12 0 12 229 50 1 2 103 12 19 0 16 0 11 0 12 2 61 11 113 26 1 0 47 0 6 0 29' 10 38 stew. Total c A 51 772 Total Total Ship. C (L 51 "2 > 12 38 1 3 1 5 24 5 2 1 3 26 14 345 66 150 76 30 24 16 91 173 48 69 10 52 113 Total B Total Total Ship. C 331 174 1277 where class B shipping ran well ahead of class A. All ports except Boston shipped men in class C, which has no seniority in the SIU. Class C shipping accounted for 14 percent of the total shipping. Generally, the port by port picture showed improvement in three ports, declines in eight and the rest remaining the same. Miami, with a "freak" boom during the last period, and Wilmington and San Francisco, both "of which have held fairly steady until now, showed substantial declines. The levelling off in shipping, however, did not diminish the continued demand for man­ power in most ports, especially in engine de­ partment ratings and, to a lesser degree, ABs. New York shipped 80 men in one hectic day and then ran slow again for several days at a time. Vacationing from school, one of the four 1954 wirtners of a $6,000 SlU scholarship. Jack Game, 19 {2nd from left); is treated to an explanation of SlU rotary shipping by Baltimore dispatcher Eli Hanover (right). Young Game and his father, Eddie S.-Game (left), paid a visit to the hall, while Jack is on vacation from studies at the University of Nortli Carolina. BaHimore Beef-Clear, Hail Smooth Payoffs BALTIMORE—Seafarers who recognize the importance of iving up to the Union's agreements with its coikracted op­ erators are making it easier here for the operators to live up to their half of the bar-+gain. All business is proceeding smoothly these days. Port Agent Earl Sheppard reported, as the docket has been wiped clean of all beefs, large or small. The result is to make a smooth relationship between all hands, Seafarers, Un­ ion officials and company repre­ sentatives. The successful disposal of one major item that caused friction has cleared the way to a clean slate on beefs, following the Un­ ion's quick action in getting harsh "two for one" loggings of Seafai*ers by Ore Line skippers lifted by the Coast Guard. Late Reporting The sore point fof^a time was the question of crewmembers re­ porting to the ships less than an hour before sailing, contrary to the agreement, and the masters reacted .'nviftly to take advantage of the situation. Now, however, the loggings have gone by t)ie board and Seafarers, in turn, are going by the book themselves. This hap­ py result followed a thorough dis­ cussion of the problem at the last branch membership , m e e 11 n g, where Sheppard called on all SIU men to go by the contract and not give the company the smallest chance to throw its beefs back at the Union at the next time around the bargaining table. Meawhile, shipping ror the port slowed down a bit, but the see­ saw is due to go the other way once again in the coming two weeks. Sheppard said he counted on the expected crewing of the Texmar (Calmar) and the Liberty Bell (Tramp Cargo), as well as the regular callers in the harbor, to bulge the figures once again. ^lU Award Winner Eyes Legal Field One of two studious young ladies who will be entering college for the first time this month under SIU jiuspices, brother Michael, 12, by six years. Susan Folts, of Tulsa, Okla., finds her scholastic future for Her dad has been an SIU member since 1947 and sails in the deck the next four years well taken department regularly. The family has lived In Tulsa for many years care of via the $6,000 SIU anyway." She hastened to point out that since coming fi'om Arkansas where scholarship award. she had been accepted at Stanford she was born. The daughter of Seafarer Myron University in California also, but Her father first got news of her E. Folts, who's now aboard the "just wasn't interested going there goo4 fortune while out at sea, and Fairland somewhere in the Orient, now." is haturally proud of his young Seeks Legal Career daughter's accomplishments. Grad­ slie also has another scholarship, An aspiring student of secretarial a much smaller one, to her credit administration. Miss Folts is look­ uated from Tulsa Central High this past May, Susan wound up in' a.*! well. ing forward to a career years the upper ten percent of her class Thi.s one provides $200 a year hence as a legal secretary or in by maintaining a grade of "ex­ annually for four year.sl study at some similar position. "It's a cellent" in more than half her lucrative field, and that's always courses. important to con­ School Musician This Is the final article in a sider when you An active participant in student series dealing with the five invest several government, she also devoted a lot years in prepar­ 1955 winners of the $6,000 of her energies to the school or­ ing for some­ SIU scholarship awards. chestra and after hours as an officer thing," she stated. of her church Sunday School. At .Winding up school she also participated in the University of Tulsa. "The her summer girls' sports like field hockey and earning some Union award makes it look pretty did some teaching on her own in spending money tiny, of course, and has no strings ballroom dancing. as an elevator Foils attached to it," she commented. operator at the Her varied school and after-class '•But even though I can go any­ American Airlines Terminal in activities are expected to aid con­ where, I'm going to be a stay-at- Tulsa, Susan is one> of two children siderably in her future training: for home for right now and go to Tulsa in the Folts family, aiid. ranks her |-tli« full-time business world. Marriage is, of course, in pros­ pect, but she also wants to make her way in the business world at the same time, so there's "nothing definite on that just yet," she added cryptically. "I would like to thank all the people who made this award pos­ sibly for the others and myself. I know it would be a lot more difficult to look ahead if it weren't for the fact that my father is an SIU member." Make Checks To 'SIU-A&O' Seafarers mailing in checks or money orders to the Union to cover dues payments are urged to be sure to inake all of them payable to the SIU-A&G District. Some Seafarers have sent in cheeks and money orders in the names of individual headquar­ ters officials. This makes for a problem in bookkeeping which can bk. avoided' if checks* arc madfrjoutjo. th&TJalfliudu'.ectiy. - I �Seiiteiiiber X, 1958 SEAFARERS Pare Fire Seafarers Speed Card Filing For Family Hosp-SurgicaJ Care US Cabinet Member Seeks Strikebreakers f^-.5/if'-'x-or. sin«, /ash. Teen 9 iuid 5* LOG Over 60 percent of all Seafarers have filed enrollment cards for SIU Hospital and Sur­ gical coverage of their dependents in the last 90 days, the SHI Welfare Plan disclosed this week. The 60 percent figure is con­ sidered relatively high be­ cause most Seafarers have [ISS, shcj LcelK 3XPERIENCED mechanics, bodymen, blet polish men. ^Only top-quality men . Tf wanted. Union membership not -nec­ . fpr essary. Strike now in process. Per­ nCE I manent employment. General Motors Ive.. training in Chevrolet • and Cadillac available. A real opportunity for ambitious men who want to advance Top earnings assured. Guarantee with percentage. DOUGLAS McKAY CHEVORLET^O. 510 N Commercial St. to: Salem. Oregon.. been away at sea during the peri­ od, ' which has been marked by good shipping throughout the Dis­ trict. The new benefit is free to ali qualified Searfarers' families. However, the extreme interest in the new benefits by the large family membership of the SIU has assured that most men had an opportunity to file an "enroll­ ment card have already done so. In order to file for the dependents' benefits, a Seafarer must have an enrollment card listing the names, ages and status of his dependents on file with the Welfare Plan. Cards are available at all SIU halls and can be obtained from any SIU patrolman meeting a ship. A supply sufficient for every crew was also furnished to every ship shortly before the benefits went into effect on June 1, 1955. Op another welfare matter, an interim report on the number of Searfarers who have re-filed bene­ ficiary cards for the $3,500 SIU death benefit following disclosure that 3,300 men ^ had submitted faulty ones indicated that several thousand Seafarers had respond­ ed, many of them "just to play it safe." A special four-page supplement published in the SEAFARERS LOG issue of June 10, 1955, listed the 3,300 names, along with sug­ gestions on the proper methods for filling out the card. Seafarers whose names were on the list and who have not yet filed a new beneficiary card are urged to do so without delay. Failure to have a card on file can cause com­ plicated delay on claims for the death benefit. The International Association of Machinists, AFL, is on strike against the Douglas McKay Chevrolet-Caelillac agency in Salem, Oregon. The company placed this ad for strikebreakers.' Owner of the property is Douglas McKay, US Secretary of Interior and cabinet member. The firm wants the employees to give up security, senior­ ity and holiday rights. New Moscow 'Line' Aped In CP Waterfront Pitcb The epdleSs barrage of Commie propaganda mailed to US seamen was augmented last month by the first-time appear­ ance of . the. CP Waterfront Section's "Fortlight" in formal dress. Seafarers who have grovm group to recognize the Soviet de­ accustomed to the Commie sign and fight it on every front. who continue receiv­ line peddled by this anonymous ingSeafarers "Portlight" or similar CP party handout now report getting copies boldly imprinted with the literature are urged to read it and digest it. In that way, they can label "Issued by the Waterfront avoid being fooled by. the smoke­ Section C. P. U.S.A." screen of phony propaganda. This is the first time the famil­ iar mimeographed handbill has thus identified itself openly, be­ cause the new CP line stemming from the Soviet false-front" dis­ play at the "Summit" meeting in Geneva in July calls for "alwayssmiling" commissars who kiss babies instead of beating slave laborers. The brief and inglorious history of the old ILA's phony Tlie new line, evidenced in the beguiling performance of the seamen's union appears definitely to have come to end, fol­ Soviet agricultural delegation lowing the departure two weeks ago of Keith Alsop, its wherever it visited in the US re­ erstwhile secretary-treasurer. cently, is carried through in the Alsop headed south and hasn't cept for a few hangers-on with no latest "Portlight." place else to go. Taking the neighborly approach been heard from since. In turn, offices of the "United The false-front "union" lasted to all issues, it speaks of a possible International Seamen's Union, less than a year,, devoting most of "summit" meeting of US maritime leaders to iron out ppst indiffer­ Local 1824," remain deserted ex- its time to preying on unorganized foreign seamen. ences. But nowhere in its brief for Alsop, ex-SIU Galveston agent, maritime unity does it scatter was defeated in the last SIU elec­ praise, except on the racket-ridden tion and chose to throw in with old IL.A. and on Harry Bridges' the ILA and other elements West Coast Longshore Union, which conspired to "get" SIU Sec­ AFL President George Meany retary-Treasurer Paul Hall because who has stood almost alone in his of the SIU support given to the condemnation of the new Soviet new AFL longshoremen's union approach charged the Government chartered In 1953, following the with a serious error. "We are giv­ expulsion of the old ILA for ing respectibiiity to people who racket-domination. are not respectable," the AFL The conspiracy reached a climax leader declared. in the unsuccessful attempt to as­ At the same time, he recounted sassinate Hall last Christmas eve, the long history of opposition to in which ex-Tampa agent Ray Communism in the trade union White, his brother Steely White movement, which was the first and others were implicated and eventually indicted. In the course of the police in­ vestigation into the murder at­ tempt, New York attorney Ben Seafarers overseas who want Sterling reportedly admitted hand­ to get in touch with headquar­ ling over $20,000 in ILA funds pro­ ters in a hurry can do so by vided for the opposition group led cabling the Union at its cable by Alsop and White. address, SEAFARERS NEW Eventually, when the UISU was Attorney Benjamin B. Sterling YORK. casting about for a head man, Al­ leaves New York police station Use of this address will as­ sop moved into the new post of after being questioned con­ sure speedy transmission on secretary-treasurer, which he oc­ cerning attempted murder of all messages and faster serv­ cupied until his recent departure. SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paul ice fotnthe men' involveiL > He was reported last seen in Texag. 1^1'.last winter. I "n'l •ini-i" M -in -ific Seafarer Robert McKnew (left), a patient at the Baltimore marine hospital, receives check for $125 in retroactive benefrts from SIU Welfare Services rep. Tony Kastina. Be­ cause he was in and out of the hospital since January and was unable to meet 90-day seatime requirement, he was only eligible for partial benefits until Union went to bat for him. ILA's Crimp Sea 'Union' Gathering Dust In NY Visiting SIU headquarters in New York with his wife and daughter, Carole, 4, Seafarer Sidney Bernstein shows the family how simple it is to file for SIU benefis under the Union set-up. Bernstein is MM on the Elizabeth. MJnion Has Cable Address . ^ if •* J > - -Yv. The boys, Glenn David, 3 (left), and Patrick, 2, are pretty well occupied with Ccundy efficiently provided by headquar­ ters employees,,as Seafarer and Mrs. Billy Burke visit the hall,, to inquire about .^lU dependents' welfare benefits,. , i -Y YYY �Paire Si* SEAFARERS LOG September 2, 195& 'Blackball' Issue Flares In NMU Water Beef Nets $28Q0 In Seattle Mounting resentment within the National Maritime Union over the acceptance by the CIO union's national leadershipof company-imposed "blackballs" against union seamen has jllared up once again on the-*-— NMU-manned flagship SS sands of men who have had their appeals denied or were told not to United States. The issue came out into the open appeal. The burden of getting a black­ during a joint meeting of the ship' 1,000-man crew on July 13 amid ball lifted falls on the rank-anda report on a crewmember who had filer. He must bring his beef to left the ship and then found he the union's port committee or the was "blackballed" when he tried blackball will stand and keep him from obtaining a job with that to return later. "Nothing has been done for him company. This is regardless of the . . , There is no reason for the rotary, first-come-fir.st served ship union to recognize the blackball ping system said to be in operation system no matter how it is consid by the CIO organization in all ered—the blackball aids the com­ fleets. No Union Help pany only," the steward delegate An indication of the long stand­ stated. ing of the blackball system within Thousands Blackballed A hint of the extent of the the NMU is the existence of a spe­ "blackball" system in which several cial "blackball" beef counter at its New York headquai-ters. Here major NMU companies engage apparently with the full approval the member who wishes to -fight of NMU officials—comes from lists the blackball presents himself to in the NMU Pilot over the past the official in charge and hopes for nine months. Twelve of the last the best. However, as discussion aboard nineteen issues of the Pilot devote space to announcements of "black­ the SS United States has pointed ball" clearances in 439 instances out, there seems to be as little against men ,who worked for US rhyme or reason for lifting the Lines and four other companies. blackballs as for imposing them in The total for the US Lines alone the first place. Fines are within during the period was 312, with reason, US crewmembers assert, the remainder split among Ameri­ but blacklisting is contrary to can Export, Moore-McCormack, basic unionism and is unjust to all seamen. Grace and United Fruit Lines. The tremendous number of men There is no way of estimating how many others are pending, as blackballed with US Lines alone the Pilot pointedly notes that "any was revealed by the ship chairman person who has submitted his name on the US, who reported: "I Photo ialcen from NMU Pilot shows longtime acceptance by to the Port Committee in reference pointed out to Captain Mills that that union of company blackball system—even to the point to clearance to ship can call at the if they lifted their blackballs this of providing a counter in the union hall. Men here are apply­ Port Committee office . . . Monday ship would never sail short and ing to have the company blackballs against them lifted. tlu-ough Friday, 10 to 11 AM." could be supplied with personnel Moreover there are probably thou- in 15 minutes. USL has followed NMU crewmen have reported that sometimes men are black­ the policy of blackballing a man balled solely for quitting a ship. not only when he is fired, but also when the man himself resigns." cally rejected NMU President Joe played down In the Pilot account, 'Curtain' Lifts a Bit Curran's much-ballyhooed "Em­ which mentioned the crew's neai'Meanwhile, the NMU administra­ ployment Security Plan" as a dis­ unanimous action only as an after­ tion-imposed "iron curtain" on^the guised forced vacation scheme. thought. Regular membership meet­ activities aboard the United States Publication of the minutes in the In an effort to further draw at­ ings in SIU headquarters and parted slightly in the last issue of Pilot apparently resulted from an tention away from the pact rejec­ at all branches are held every the Pilot to permit belated publi­ earlier disclosure of their existence tion, the remainder of the page on second Wednesday night at cation of a watei-ed-down set of in the SEAFARERS LOG, which which the story was carried was 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings is as follows: ship's minutes from mid-July. This finally needled NMU officials in plastered with stories from lesser was the meeting at which NMU publishing .them. The contract re­ ships praising Uio employment Sept. 7, Sept. 21, Oct. 5. crewmembers on the ship emphati- jection, however, was carefully plan. Meeting Night Kvery 2 Wcekfs A mrORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Overstock Of 1955 Model Cars h'V September is generally not the best month for shopping, since it's the start of the season and manufacturers and dealers initially get full markup for goods which later in the fall will be marked down. But it's a good month to shop for two items: 1955 cars, and canned produce, both being cleared to make way for the new models and the new pack. There is a" big overstock of 1955 cars, and dealers are under pressure to unload before new models start arriving in October and November. Automotive News estimated dealer inventories of new cars at 836,000 on Aug. 1, com­ pared to the previous record Inventory of 607,000 In May 1954, In some large cities dealers are selling 1955 cars at close to their cost, and depending for their profit on the sale of accessories and on the kickback on financing cars. Car Prices Out Of Line The overstock is the inevitable result of high produc­ tion without a corresponding price reduction by the fac­ tories. There are definite indications that cars are over­ priced, and this is the real reason sales have not kept up with high production, since there is still a vast, hungry market for cars. For one thing, list prices of cars have gone up more since prewar than the average of all products in the cost of living index. For another, car manufacturers show how far prices can really be cut when they bid for fleet sales. The New York City Purchasing Department this year was able to get bids of $1040 from Chewy, and $1090 from Ford, for business coupes with standard trans­ missions. A private buyer would pay about $1600 for the same cars. Manufacturers also have hidden profit in their phanti^m frelg-ht chdrgd': They'char|;e theidealer and the buyerjifor the full cost of shipping 'ah ai^ejinbled car from the factory, when they actually ship the cars dismantled at lower expense, and put them together at regional as­ sembling plants. The present glut of 1955 models produces some lower prices for buyers, with the middleman-dealer really in the middle this year. This department's auto advisor, the technical man for a leading auto club, considers the '55 models the best yet, with Chevrolet and Pontiac especially improved over their previous models in power, handling and roadability. This year's Chewy not only has improved acceleration, but now has a ball-joint suspension like the one Ford introduced in 1954. This kind of suspension makes the car easier to handle around corners, provides an improved ride with truer steering and less "wander," and is considered by engineers to have a longer life with less realignment required than on the traditional kingpinspindle suspension. * Chewy, Pontiac Similar Actually the Chewy has basically the same engine a's' the Pontiac. Chief differences'are in-the bore and stroke (giving Pontiac a little more power), and the cooling and oil systems. The 1955 Chevrolet has regained from Ford its position of most-bought car, even if not by much. Plymouth, too, has made sales gains with its bigger and more 'powerful 1955 models (that is, bigger and more powerful than Its own previous models), and its easy-toservice design, with engine, ignition and brake compon­ ents comparatively easily accessible. The 1955 Ford was not much changed from the '54 model, but it still has good roadability with its ball-joint suspension and its usual fast acceleration. The 1955 Studebaker also is longer and more powerful than previous Studebakers. More overall', leqgth of course is showy, but. niPit.,n«!cesi^.Sj^adyantfge. ip',ti^ffic SEATTLE — Crewmembers aboard the SS Shinnecock Bay who suffered through 14 days without hot water are shower­ ing, shaving and sharing $2,800 in penalty money won them through the SIU contract. The penalty comes to $100 per man in' sub­ sistence-pay, Agent Jeff Gillette reports. The only other beef of impor­ tance that was handled aboard in­ coming ships was the failure by Calmar Line to keep sufficient milk aboard while on the -West Coast. Prospects for the coming period are considered very igood wiih several payoffs due in the port. Accounting for the excellent ship­ ping of the past two weeks wei-e the presence of such ships as the Kyska (Waterman); Barbara Fritchie, (Liberty Nav.); Heywood Broun, Coeur d'Alene Victory, and Battle Rock (Victory Carriers), and Shinnecock Bay (Veritas). Florida Goes Into Drydock MIAMI — With the busy summer season at an end and the winter season still ahead. Seafarers off the SS Florida are themselves about to enjoy a short vacation. The Miami-to-Havana passenger ship is slated to enter drydock in Jacksonville on Sep­ tember 5 for inspection and minor repairs. Otherwise, this resort city is playing host to an occasional coast­ wise freight ship. Agent Eddie Parr reports that the activity in the port and elsewhere In the A&G District left the branch without sufficient members for a quorum. Written for log ^ leading expert on biying lealinS®^ Margolius, and parking. The 1955 Chevrolet Is shorter than the com­ petitive makes but actually has about the same wheelbase, and its compactness is a help in n^any driving situa­ tions. In selecting a car, look for what you need. If you don't need high power, don't buy it. The 1955 sixes are im­ proved in power too, and even if they don't have the swooping acceleration of eights, they have enough for most purposes and definitely are more economical to op­ erate. Some of the optional equipment which adds power, such as four-barrel carburetors, also adds to repair bills.Specials On Canned Goods September Is also a good month to look for special prices on canned goods at the supermarkets, as packers prepare to bring in this year's pack. You need have no concern about buying canned goods packed last year and now offered at reduced prices. These have been kept in temperature-regulated storage. Simply avoid buying any cans that show bulges or signs of rust. Save even more by buying Grades B and C, which have the same vitamin and other food value as the costlier Grade A, and by buying the less-popular packs, like the short-cut string beans, mixed or ungraded sizes of peas, and irregular-sized peaches and other canned fruits. All these are good com­ parative values. Pork is becoming more abundant and its price tags ar« dropping. The choice, tender cuts of beef have gone up, so switch to the more abundant "Good" grade, which is even richer in vitamin and protein value than the marbled cuts, but not as tender. That means your best beef buys this fall will be in hamburger, stew meat and pot roast rather than steaks and roasts for broiling. Eggs are, gojng HP too, This is,.the..season t^ .switch to pullet and^medliuitrsize,eggs,, which', nowi pffer f»bi^*'cgF' i for your money than large ones. �September 2, 1958 boarding patrolman. Vote of thanks given to crew for the good job they are doing aboard ship. OIL ORO (MIftlftlppI)/ JUM If— Chairman, L. Johnttom Sacratary, J. R. Touart. Sugseatlon made that cota ba atowed away when not In use. Laundry should be kept clean and steward aereed to provide trash can. Discussion concerning ship's stores, in which steward stated that vessel loaded stores for 75 days. MAE (Bull), July 7—Chairman, E. Smith; Secretary, S. Bej-ger. Every­ thing in order except for failure of posting sailing board time. There is a total of 828 in the ship's fund. Re­ pair list will be checked by chief en­ gineer. New antenna put up and it Works fine. Loud speaker attached to fantail. New communications read and approved. Discussion held on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. Crew in favor of new welfare plan. Motion made by Brother Shea to back Paul Haii's stand against freezing wages and his action against trans­ ferring ships to foreign flag. HILTON (Bull), Juna 11—Chlrman, C'Reurke; Secretary, L. Savior. All crewmembers were asked to keep the washing machine clean. A suggestion was made to put an electric timer on the washing machine. The first as­ sistant engineer seems to be riding a couple . of men. Treasurer reported $12 in the ship's fund. July 3—Chairman, B. Abrams; Sec­ retary, J. Smith. Launch service and penalty cargo kept on record to be referred to patrolman. The ship's sec­ retary reporter kept the crew advised of ail ship's news and happenings throughout the trip. OCEAN NIMET (Ocean Transporta­ tion), July 7—Chairman, C. Simmons; Secretary, C. Voik. Twenty-five cots will be ordered from New York. Mo­ tion made and carried to establish a ship's fund and each erewmember will donate SI.. Engine .department sanitary gear requested. A clock for the washing machine will be taken out of the ship's fund. YORKMAR (Calmar), no date—Chair­ man, J. Watt; Secretary, R. Morgan. The ship's delegate reported that the company agent claimed he received no orders for stores from the ship. Captain promised he would get need­ MASSMAR (Calmar), July 3—Chair­ man, Novak; Secretary, J. Elchenberg. Motion made by Joe Simmons to have all outcomes of beefs that are listed in ship's minutes posted in LOG. In this way the men that- leave the ship will know outcome of said beef. Washing .machine on boat deck drains in the galley. Steward department given a vote of thanks. '' ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), June S— Chairman, T. Costeilo; Secretary, J. Roberts. Ship's treasurer reported that there is $294 on hand in the ship's fund. New ship's delegate was elected. ed stores. One man missed ship in San Francisco. A ne.w galley range is needed or repairs should be made, ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), June 26—Chairman, A. Fringe; Sec­ retary, C. Gallant. A special meeting was held for discussion and action on infringement of bargaining rights and wage freeze. There will be no payoif this trip and all permits will have to take out probationary books on arriv­ al in Lake Charles. Motion made by James Hart to telegraph headquarters of action taken on Bonner Bill per­ taining to wage freeze. It was sug­ gested that men using washing ma­ chine turn same off when finished. STEEL KING (Isthmian), July 7— Chairman, Herayo; Secretary, Her­ nandez. All the latest bulletins and reports were read to the crew and they accepted same 100 percent. Tiie crew supports the International policy all the way. ' ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), July f—Chairman, O. Gallant; Secre­ tary, P. Hammel. Ship's delegate talked to the captain regarding fresh vegetables to be brought aboard. Cap­ tain will provide same when in sea­ son. Brother Rice was elected to the secretary-reporter post. There Is a balance of $3 in the ship's fund. ORION STAR (Oil Carriers), July S —Chairman, W. Teffner; Secretary, J. Asavlanls. Larger fans are needed for foc'sles. Repair lists will be turned into delegates. Steward will ask for better soap powder and heavier cots. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for fine food dur­ ing this trip. Brother Vinelus made a motion that the ship's delegate re­ port to the patrolman only, and not have half the crew running to him with beefs. Carried unanimously. July 7—Chairman, H. Knowles; Sec­ retary, W. Stark. Communications and reports read to the crew in their en­ tirety, and accepted by all hands. EDITH (Bull), July 4—Chairman, C. Starlinga Secretary, N. Maftie. The report on the SlU convention and agents' conference was read over to the crew three times and posted. The 8 to 12 foc'sle is constantly over­ heated and one brother asked the ship's delegate if he could see the' captain about having a new porthole cut in that foc'sle. Question of re­ placement -screen for engine gang settled. STEEL AG! (Isthmian), June Chairman, J. Clark; Secretary, C, Tobias. The steward department dele­ gate asked that when.the department delegates tell a man to put in for cer­ tain overtime, there should be no ar­ gument on this man's part but to com­ ply with the request and keep record of same. All agreed to keep the door to the lower passageway closed at night to instire sleeping comfort. Treasurer repeated 821.17 id' the ship's fund. Deck department had a meeting several days ago about a man who was hitting the bottle, too hard and wanted to get him straight­ ened out before he caused the crew some trouble. MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), June IS—Chairman, J. Mann; Secretary, J. LInhart. A suggestion was made to change ship's library on returning to stateside. Request made to have keys made for all foc'sles. Motion made and carried that the captain give the crew a written sti^ement of their earnings. One man missed ship in Mobile. CHIWAWA (Cities Service), July 7 —Chairman, J. Christy; Secretary, T, Clough. There is $16 in the ship's fund. The ship was just crewed up after being in.the siiipyard for twen­ ty-one days. Ship's offices were elected before crewmembers boarded the bus for trip to JacksonvUie. DE SOTO (Waterman), July 7— Chairman, J. Chemesino; Secretary, B. Varn, Jr. Ship's treasurer reported $34.38 in the ship's fund. All bulle­ tins from headquarters were read and posted. IBERVILLB (Pan Atlantic), July S— Chairman, Clyde Kreiss; Secretary, J. Ftt9 Sereii SBAFARERSLOG ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), May 2S— Chairman, F. Graeff; Secretary, G. Bozec. Motion made and carried that ti>e Alcoa Ranger be paid off every other trip. Amendment to the above motion carried, that if the payoff is every other trip that the crew be al­ lowed to draw to the fullest extent on their overtime. ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), July IS —Chairman, C. Parker; Secretary, H. Kilmon, Repair lists completed and handed in for this trip. Wili see pa­ trolman about getting better launch service in Guayanillo, Puerto Rico, and about getting shelves installed over ail the crews bunks. Some dis­ puted overtime. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with headquarters com­ munications. Suggested that grew get something different for night lunch. See patrolman and inquire 'why ship has a perpetual port list. Crew to stop putting trash in linen bin. ANN MARIE (Bull), Juno 21—Chair­ man, N. Flowers; Secretary, L. Cald- eron. Boston agent was contacted regarding stores shortage. Drinking fountain to be kept more sanitary. Welfare enrollment cards were mailed out. Ship's fund—$3.66. A committee of three men were elected to buy new radio. It was requested that crew get new library-and DDT bombs. Vote of thanks to steward department. July 10—Chairman, A. Melanon; Secretary, L. Calderon. Fans to be kept clean. Everything going smooth. ARIZPA (Pan Atlantic), July 10— Chairman, R. Newell; Secretary, B. Hay. Repair lists to be turned in. No beefs. Discussion and suggestions on getting better Slop Chest. Better grade of meats will be requested. Bosun quite ill and captain will see whether he can have him flown home from Gibraltar. Vote of thank to steward department. BEAUREGARD (Pan Atlantic), July 3—Chairman, A. Kessen; Secretary, J. Reed. No major beefs. Repair lists to be turned in. Ship's treasury $19.86. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with headquarters commuications. Lockers to be checked and'replaced. Crew praised new ship's minutes form. Vote of thanks to cap­ tain. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), June 25—Chairman, J. Newman; Secretary, J. Hollen. A suggestion made that all hands donate $1 toward ship's fund. The slop chest should be checked due to the shortage of necessary items. The welfare department was notified about Brother Roa being taken off ship at Calcutta. There is a balance of 820 in the ship's fund. OCEAN DINNY (Maritime Overteas), June 26—Chairman, G. Rlnso; Secretary, C. Murray. Two fans to a room are needed. Galley should be painted. Repair lists for all depart­ ments will be turned In to the ship's delegate. Koval. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department. Garbage ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), July 3— should not be dumped near gangwa.y. 'Chairman, M. Baxter; Secretary, Balance of $S1 in the ship's fund. A James Purtell. One man left ship in new ship's delegate was elected, Venezuela due to a back injury." Dis­ cussion on having new bed springs ATLANTIC WATER (Metro), July 7 placed on bunks that do not have —Chairman, J. Zurlsf Secretary, J. them. Discussion on keeping laundry Monast. The crew's mess should be clean. Crewmembers were asl(,ed to cleaned after using for recreation pur­ be more quiet in the passageways pose.; 'BeePiim eoSee refeered-T* the (While, ttiem'ar'e'I sleeping,. Li. .i : • First Tanker-Dry Cargo Ship On Trials; Mobile Eyes Boom MOBILE—Seafarers are watching with interest the trial runs of the new Ideal X, the first of Pan-Atlantic's combination tanker-dry cargo vessels. If the run is successful, as expected, the company is expected to eventually get about one' dozen of these ships op--^ 1 erating between the East Coast and the lower Gulf areafi. Accordingly, a heads-up crew of Seafarers on the ship now is pav­ ing the way for possibly hundreds more jobs with this company, which, until the late Thirties, was the largest shipping operation of its kind in the world. Although the forecast has noth­ ing to do with it, shipping which tapered off a ]ittle during the past two weeks is expected to boom all over again for the coming period. Relief Men Shipped Cal Tanner, SIU port agent here, reported, however, that the num­ ber of men shipped doesn't always necessarily reflect the true state of shipping affairs in the port. He explained that in addition to the regular deep-sea shipping total of 91 men shipped, there was , also about 100 men shipped to various relief jobs in and around the har­ bor. In fact, even with this situa­ tion in existence "it v/as no easy task to get the men we did ship." Several class C non-seniority men were shipped because of the unanticipated shortage of man­ power in some ratings. Returning from a 4'/2-month trip to the Far East, Seafarer L. Oltimer Dies C. Sawyer.Jr., of Belhaven, NO, found daughter, Doris Denise, Tanner also took the occasion to born May 13, 1955, home to greet her new dad. Sawyer re­ convey the sympathy of branch cently collected the $200 SIU maternity benefit plus a $25 officials and his many former ship­ bond for Doris from the Union. mates to the family of deceased Seafarer John Ziegler, who passed away recently. Brother Ziegler had He is survived by his mother, wife shipped out of the Gulf area for and three children. Burial was in many years, particularly as an AB. Mobile cemetery. On another note of local interest, the SIU agent described a junket taken by Seafarers after the last regular membership meeting to watch the first pro football game ever played in the Gulf area. Tlie contest, between Detroit and the Washington Redskins, saw Detroit come out on top, 17-14. BOSTON — Flood waters are still high around this area and continue to menace homes and industry, SIU port agent James Sheehan reports. LAKE CHARLES—SeafarAs of late last week more than ers with black gang endorse­ 4,000 homes and business estab­ ments and a yen for some lishments in Boston were still good fishing are invited to come flooded and indications were that to this port, starting immediately. if the water does not recede rapidly more honjes ami business Port Agent Leroy Clarke reports areas will have to be eva9uated as growing shortage of engine walls and foundations weaken. department men to handle the The downtown area where the amount of shipping the port is SIU hall is located is free of water getting these days. Firemenbut hundreds of Seafarers who live watertenders, oilers and wipers in the suburbs and out-state are can make their way out of here in repairing damage suffered along a short time, he added. with millions of other northeastThe only job for which there is erners who. were hit by the waters a lot of talent available is that of of Hurricane Diane. pumpman. On the other hand the Apart from the hurricane, ship­ branch registration list carries ping has slackened off a great deal only one rated machinist, and he and there is little to assure an im­ may be gone also as this is being mediate pick-up. read. There also never seems to On the port of Boston itself, be enough wipers on hand to indications are strong that a state handle the demand. port authority will soon come into being to run Boston's shipping. Val Chem Back On Run Ten Cities Service tankers con­ tributed their efforts to the good shipping here, along with the Val Chem, which is out of the shipyard and back on its regular run into Seafarers filing vacation Orange, Texas, once, again every money claims should make I* days. The Trinity (Carras); in sure that they use their correct Port Neches, T^xas, and the Del Social Security number. Use Oro (Mississippi) here also had a of the wrong number means a hand in keeping shipping up at its clerical headache for the Vaca­ SHORE WEAR ( SEA GEAR present good level. . tion Plan office and slows up SEA GEARS SHORE WEAR Aside from a few men receiving the handling of payments. out-patient treatment, there are no Also, a Seafarer who uses Seafarers'in the hospitals at the the incorrect Social Security present time, Clarke added. The number is crediting his tax de­ labor scene is also quiet, with all ductions to some , other _US unions reporting their, memhcfrs wdrk^f, .-A working and happy. ' rv -i'. Doris Beat Dad Home Lake Chas. Lure: Fish And Ships Flood Peril Still Grips Boston Area — for SIU 1 MEMBERS! 'I-1 gVEglW/MS'l&L' NBBOINS&ieEAlK ANDSHORfWEAR- FHCWATCcTPiBftlSH TOASOUVIESIERAaATSFEGIAU ^QCSr PRICES your Get That SS Number Right SEA CHEST I I �SEAFARERS Pace Elcht LOG September t. 1955 A Trip On A Rnnnway-Flag Ship (Continued from page 2) the only American citizen aboard aside from the captain. The second mate joined the ship in New Orleans last Octo­ ber, while she was loading: g:rain for Germany. He signed on at 80 pounds ($208) a month. Sub­ sequently the second mate was "promoted" to radio operator at 90 pounds ($234). His overtime was 50 cents an hour, a differ­ ence of 10 cents over the un­ licensed crew. He soon found out^that he was the only one on board who knew anything about navigation. The 3rd mate had no tU;ket, and he sus­ pected that the chief mate and captain had very little e.xperience members reported that the cap­ tain freely shuffled ratings around, without regard to the men's experience. The original steward on the ship apparently had been a pretty decent one. He got disgusted witfc condition's aboard and the supplies he had to work with, since the' captain would do all the purchasing him­ self. When he left the ship, one of the ABs was "promoted" to steward. Subsequently, the ship's utilityman was "promoted" to steward on the basis, apparently, of his potwashing ability. Couldn't Quit The American radio operator re­ ports that he was hired by the i company in New York and flown to Halifax to join the ship there. She was anchored in midstream, he said, so that he had to take a launch out to get aboard. As soon as he got on the ship he had mis­ givings and wanted to leave im­ mediately, but since he was out in midstream he had no way of get­ ting back ashore and no funds to get back to New York. When he examined the I'adio shack, he found that the equipment uas in particularly bad order, with at least 50 repairs needed. Other departments on the ship, he re­ ported, were in similar shape. either, because they were continu­ ally calling him while he was off watch to ask him what to do. No Crew Rules Incidentally the i-est of the deck department consisted of a bosun and six to eight ABs depending on the number of men aboard at a given time. The engine department operated part of the time with three engineers, twm oilers, two firemen and a wiper while the gal­ ley gang varied from three to six men. Whenever any department was shorthanded, the other men had to do extra work without extra pay. The scuttlebutt was that the cap­ Among defects in the operation tain, chief mate and chief engineer divvied up the pay of men who left that he recounted were the follow­ ing: the ship. • On one leg of the voyage the This variation in manning scales is perfectly legitimate under Liber- lifeboats were left uncovered. ian law. All the,law says is as fol­ • The ship had no ho.spital and lows: "A vessel documented under no medicine chest. the flag of the Republic of Liberia • Fire and boat dx'ills were never shall not be navigated iinle.s.s she held so that crewmembers had no has in her service and on board rehearsals on what to do in an such complement of officers and emergency. crew as are necessary for hei safe • The radio direction finder was navigation ..." improperly calibrated. This condi­ In other words, if the operator tion was never corrected. thinks he can get by with ten men, • The compass repeater was not he can sail the ship accordingly working correctly. and there is nobody who can stop • The ship did not carry a slophim. chest. In addition to the practice of • All working gear was kept undermanning, the two crew- locked up at all times and seldom ilb: L-r,- During period US Government was allowing Americaa ships to transfer to the runaway flag nations all maritime unions took protest action. Here pickets stand before the Liberty ship USO, one of 100 ships which were transferred. The easy ship transfer policy of the Maritime Administration encouraged transfers in wholesale lots. Later, the new administrator said the practice had actually worked a hardship on the government, which by then could not find ships at the freight rates it was willing to pay. issued to the crew. The result was that one AB severely injured his eye while chipping without goggles in the Mexican port of Mazatlan. It took 24 hours, inci­ dentally, before the captain sent the man ashore for medical treat­ ment. These practices, while bad enough, were worsened by the basic shipboard wages and condi­ tions. The ABs on the ship were getting $98.80 a month base wages and 40 cents an hour over­ time. Actually, overtime pay­ ments were virtually non-exist­ weekends. If the men were not called out off-watch they did not collect. The lack of overtime was such that the 3rd engineer protested vigorously to the chief. He was fired for his pains and turned over to the Greek consul in a German city, who saw to it that he was shipped back to Greece. The ex­ ample of the 3rd engineer was enough to keep crew grumbling down to the minimum. If any man spoke up he was threatened with the same treatment. Never Overtime The .56-hour week, they added, applied both in port and at sea and no crewmember was entitled to days off while the ship was in a port. Since no articles were ever signed, the crew had no Idea where the ship was going or how long they were expected to stay on board. With all conditions on the ship ent. That was because'no over­ neatly fouled-up, food was no ex­ time was paid for any work done ception. To begin with, a two-pot while on watch, weekdays or system was the rule. The captain, chief mate and chief engineer were in one class and the rest of the officers and crew got the slops. The three top officers ate in their own rooms where they had burners installed for keeping the food warm. The utilitymanturned-steward spent his days and nights sneaking special dishes up to the officers at all hours.' For the re.mainder. It was a different story. At one stage of the voyage in Panama five men became ill with various stomach disorders after being served in­ fested food. The food was in such 9 ?:•..», The policy American shipowners show toward their crews once they are free of US laws and American trade u/)jons is shown by this picture. German crewmembers protesting low wages have been put ofA#h^;S^'^^^ in Miami and turned over to. US' Immigration and Miami police for ^ I,- bad shape that the crew messman refused to serve it. Most crewmem­ bers played it safe by living off bread, jam, peanut butter and any canned goods they could lay their hands on. The poorness of the food was the result of faulty refrigera­ tion'combined with inferior stores. Frying Pan Into Fire When the ship got back to New York, they reported; the crew got a special tfeat—afresh inilk one day of' the nine. By this tinie-the radio operator and I thoroughly disgusted and got off the ship. Many of the other crew­ members did likewise, but because they had only a few days left of their 29-day shore leave, they were forced to take another Liberian ship, where no doubi tliey encoun­ tered the same kind of conditions. This then,"" is the way an Ameri­ can shipping operator runs hia business when he is given the op­ portunity. The fact that the Gov­ ernment, through the Maritime Ad­ ministration, has permitted and en­ couraged such practices speaks vol­ umes for where the real interesta of the responsible officials lie. pyats VRAWi^ W mCL£5 WeTcomedW your w �September 2, 1955 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine Crewing Of Lay-Ups Hypos New York •% NEW YORK—^The crewing of one ship fresh out of idle status and the prospect of several more vessels coming out of lay-up forecast continued good shipping out of New York, which Question: There is « bill in Congress to establish medals for seamen who perform acts of braveiry at sea. Do you favor medals has heen booming all summer long. Several operators have in-"^^ for seamen? dicated they will be bringing Walter Schlecht, AB: A medal Salvador Rodriguez, MM: I'm in ships out of lay-up in the near doesn't prove anything as far as favor of medals to give official future, according to Assistant Sec­ heroism is con­ recognition to the retary-Treasurer Claude Simmons, cerned^ I was a bravery of mer­ Navy lieutenant chant seamen. New York port agent. "Thus the in World War II The medals future shipping picture here re­ and have about would not only mains bright," he stated. ten medals, but honor the sea­ A full SIU crew was provided what good are men, but, in our for the Government-owned Duke they? Heroism case, would bring Victory, which is being operated and bi'avery are credit to the SIU by Bull Line. This ship is the latest what they mean and the crews dis­ recruit in a string of bbneyard to the man in­ patched through break-outs reported in recent volved and no medal can ade­ the Union hiring hall. I'm all for weeks, and more are apparently on quately reflect the man's deed. them. the way. tit All Hands Busy it it John Hqnt, AB: I don't go for Simmons also noted that the James Scaly, MM: I believe it is a good idea to honor a brave sea­ medals, scrolls and all other trap­ business of the port is keeping all pings as such be­ hands busy. "But we are happy to man or a brave cause a lot, of be able to report that our troubles creW. If a man WM them are handed are few, beefs are at a minimum, shows exception­ out for publicity and the ships' crews and company al courage and purposes only. A officials are cooperating with us to saves a shipmate seaman, however, maintain a smooth operation." " In an emergency Who has shown The main trouble faced by head­ he deserves rec­ bravery by his quarters branch officials has been ognition in some Reaching out for one of those 25-cent "hero" sandwiches action beyond the that "we almost needed boats our­ way. A medal featured on the menu of the SIU headquarters cafeteria, this call of duty rates selves in order to make the ships will show that his Seafarer is all set to munch the popular food item. Prices on Honor and recog­ coming in, since we have had so fellow seamen much water around here from hur­ other items are low also, including five-cent cup of coffee. and the public believe him to be nition by his fellow men. ricanes and floods. After a long an outstanding man. t t t dry spell, rain has become a little filling a total of 80 jobs that they'll it i. i. remember for a long while. Kuno Schopfer, Elect.: Ah award strange to us here." Harry Wright, Wiper: Establish­ to seamen would give a man pride In addition to the ships expected ^ All in all, the port handled 23 ing awards is fine with me, but I in his deed and to be coming out of the boncyard payoffs, seven sign-ons and 11 inin the near future, he added, transits during the last two weeks. believe that give others pride there are also a number of ships many men feel in being part of due in from the Far East and else­ that their deed the maritime in­ where, along with the steady call­ ,was what was ex­ dustry. Also this ers in the port. "Accordingly, no pected of them would be a way one should have too much trouble and not some­ to make shoregetting a run of his choice." thing for which siders better ac­ they should be quainted with Although the number of jobs WASHINGTON — Estimates now shipped dipped slightly from the dragged up and our work. Hun­ indicate that two modified Liberty previous period's record high, hung with a dreds of seamen ships augmented with experiment­ medal. The who have deserved such honors are there was no lack of activity. The al power plants under the Mari­ dispatchers had one hectic day thanks of those involved is enough. unknown and unrewarded. time' Administration's much-ballyhooed Liberty ship conversion pro­ War-built Libertys and T-2 gram may finally put to sea by tankers are bringing tbe high­ next May. Contracts covering txvo pi-oposed est prices in tbe used ship conversions have just been award­ mai'ket since the boom days of the Senent also did a good job of run­ The traditional generosity of thanks for their efficient work. ed to tlie Newport News Shipbuild­ Sehockney joined the SIU In ning the feeding department, the Korean War. The present strong ing and Drydock Company and the Seafarers to shipmates who run cargo market has zoomed the prices into trouble was demonstrated by New York on June 15, 1943. He crew reported. and has even brought back into Baltimore yard of the Bethlehem the crew of the Elizabeth recent­ is 33 years of age. James joined Steel Co. Seafarer C. W. "Red" Cobb got trade ships that were awaiting ly. While aboard the ship Seafarer In the same port in 1948, and The ships involved are the John some lavish praise recently from break-up for scrap. Ed GUzszynsky got a radiogram hails fi'om Mobile. Sergeant, which the Newport News In the past four months the price the gang on the passenger wagon that his wife i, it it yard will fit with a 6.600 slip openDel Sud. A ship- of Jjibertys has risen nearly 15 per­ cycle gas turbine propulsion unit, was about to uncent with two Libertys sold recent­ The August 3 membership meet­ board meeting d e r g o surgery. and the William Patterson, wliich ing in all jjorts were under the went unanimously ly in London for $885,000 and will have a 6,000 shp free piston Crewm embers $865,000. More unusual was the guidance of a on record to thank promptly chipped generator gas turbine unit installed nhmber of rank him "for the many purchase of two freighters—one by Bethlehem. $72 and the in 35-years-old and the other 34and file Seafarers, times and ways years-old-v-for use as cargo car­ ship's officers Lengthen Bow including C. Boghe has pi'oven riers. The ships had been earsweetenedx the In addition, the contracts cover uckl and C. Mar­ himself one of mai'ked for scrap. kitty so that varied modifications of each ship, tin in Philadel­ our finest seafar­ Guzszynsky could Coal Cargoes including the lengthening of the phia; Wm. Haring union men." catch a plane and Accounting tor the price boost bow sections to allow for the in­ Nelson rell in Norfolk; Cobb should of Libertys is the large amount of be home for the Cobb creased speeds being built into Phil Reyes in Mo­ have a good idea high rate cargo available, particu­ both vessels. The estimated com­ emergency. H. Shuman bile; of unionism by now because he Ship's and steward department and J. Bragg in has been an, SIU man for over larly coal for the United Kingdom, pletion of both jobs in nine months Canfrell delegate on the Elizabeth is Allen Savannah; 14 years, joining in New Orleans the Continent and the Far East. will be followed by extensive yard Friend. Joseph Wagner is the deck Many of the tankei-s are being tests and sea trials. S. W. Caiitrell in Lake Chaides; back in May 22, 1941. He sails delegate while R. Vellinga repre­ taken from lay-up and converted The Liberty conversion program and in the West Coast ports, H. M. in the steward department and sents the engine department. Thomas, H. Pederson, M. W. Cross, cpmes from Tennessee originally. into ore carriers, a new, booming has been authorized by the MA as trade. a possible means of updating the it $1 3» • K. Foster and J. Sampson. All of it it it The asking price is now reported \ast Government-owned stockpile these brothers held various elect­ Repair work on the Steel Flyer Appreciative for the attention has been handled promptly and ed meeting posts in these ports and he shows to liis duties, crewmem­ to be $950,000 for an American- of war-built vessels in line with built Liberty under foreign flag current shipping needs. Nearly in tip-top shape, the crew reports, acquitted themselves well. bers- of the Iberville (Waterman) and $500,000 for the same type 2,000 of these ships are in various thanks to the services of Harry E. i" J" ft have formally thanked Seafarer ship under the American flag. reserve fleets on all coasts. Sehockney. black ^ang delegate, It's certainly convenient to know William A. Padgett, ship's delegate, The boost in price is seen as be­ Two other experimental power and Frank S. James, chief elec­ that the ship's slopchest will oe for his cooperation in getting a ing particularly unusual inasmuch plants are being readied for other trician. Crew-members gave these open any time of day when you're new refrigerator for the crew's two Seafarers a warm vote of in need of cigarettes, shaving pantry. The siege of heat this sum­ as these vessels are all middle- Libertys assigned to the conversion aged and are well into the years program so that the best possible cream or any other item. Or put­ mer wore the old one out com­ when repair costs mount heavily. plant can be determined. ting it the other way around, it pletely, the same as it did everyone can be an awful nuisance if you else. • have to wait a day or two for The crew of the Marymar re­ the man in charge tb get around acted pretty much along the same Seafarers are urged to make a careful double-check when they to it. * lines to another veteran Seafarer, fill out their enrollment cards for the new family hospital-surgi­ Crewmembers of the Steel James H. Nelson. Nelson, who cal benefits provided by the SIU Welfare Plan, because many of Worker had the good fortune to joined the SIU way back in Janu­ the cards filed so far lack the signature of the Seafarer inenjoy the convenience described ary, 1939, was engine delegate on ,volved to make everything official. The absence of a proper sig­ above because chief steward the Marymar and was commended nature at the time of a claim can complicate or delay approval Fernando Senent was "opien for for doing a really fine job. This at the .worst possible moment" .tvhen aid of some kind is actually^ business" any " tiliie < " member ' of ioafaring veteran holds all ratings » 'i needed/ ^ the cretv Was in a shopping mobd.,, in the black gang. "Hero" Meets His Master r/m MAMovesTo Rejuvenate Heavy Cargo 2 Libertys Market Hps Ship Prices Sigo finrolliiicnt . • • ,1:^-. : ;f j.. I-**;;,'' uI Cards -*• '•I �IPar* Ten SEAFAJtERjS-lOG -—!N UNCLAIMED WAGES William Unclaimed wages in excess of $5 each are being held by the Mississippi Shipping vaitnte.^ Arnold Company for the following former crewmembers of company-owned and government-foe.^YiuSi"'*""*vance?'chwtes°i. owned ships. When applying for the money, furnish Z-number, Social Security num-foutoT'^"*1*"jr v2S®Ep^sTiydi ber, rating, name of vessel and period of employment. Write to company at I300|„~n±o"' ' Hibernia Building, New Orleans, La. This money covers period up to December 31, |par";ia'n®"DW- veu^la. BO^U"? port, James P. Venezia, S. A. 1954. Company-owned ships: Vllianeuva, B. Spellman, Joseph Davis, Wm. T. Delcazal, A. D. Dellano, Michel P. DeUechalel, James Desormeaux, J. T. Deuter, Charles W. Dewberry, John Dieken, Glen L. Diehl, Wm. J. Difabrizo, Alfonso Dizard, Leonard G, Dolcemasscolo, J, Dong, Chong Ah Dorrian, Henry Dos Santos, Alvaro Douglas, Eugene Drake, John Drigger, Coder Dunstan, Albert Dusek, E. J., Jr. Dutko, Joseph Dutton, Robert L. Dys, Gyshertus H. Edwardson, J. W. Edwins, I. B. A. Elpper, Albert P. Eller, Ted L. Emerson, Edgar L, England, Fred R. Enochs, Jack . Etheredge, Wm. M. Everson, Mattias A. Fain, Earl H., Sr. Faircloth, James L, Pant, Jos. C. Farrell, Ed. J. J- SPeU, Howard Fibueroa, K., ... Manuel ™ . Fitzgerald, E.R., Jr. Fii^es, Jesus Foster, Paul S. Francis, ^seph P. Frasier, Elmer L. „ i. 7-_ Llprincott, James Lockler, Jesse J. Lohse, Peter Long, Franklin Lopez, Albert H. Lowery, C. J. Luke, Edgar SS Lutz, Joseph Lutz, Marvin D. McAleer, Harold McCaffry, R. W. McCarthy, Jack McCleUan, Earl L. McGown, Frank Mclnness, Lawrence McKlnstry, Albert McNabb, Sewell T, McNlel, Wilton M. Madden, J. L. Mahaffey, L. J. Maher, Lee T. Malone, Thomas Manning, Sam H. Manuel, Harold Marie, Francis A. Markham, C. L. Marques. Jose Marques, Jose A. Martin, Alexander Martineau, J. A. Massey, Thomas B. Matherne, D. T Mathews, Robert C, Mato, Daniel Mattel, Anthony Mayes, H. S., Jr. Mayo, Oble L. Mazuk, Chester Medina, Julius J, Medina, Miguel L, Medrano, F. Megussoglo, M. Mclnik, Daniel Mench, Albert J. Michalek, Rudolf MIchallk, B. J. Middleton, H. N. Mldgett, Arnold L. Spencer, Theo. A, Villarreal, Alex Danaher, James A. Fedd, James E. 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Gonazlez, Louis G. King, Thomas A, Montanari, Frank Robertson, Leroy Thorn, Victor D, Williams, Leonard MurrelL Samuel S. Gregory, Ervin J. Busciglio, G. T. Balliet, H. T. Googans, Wm. L, Kinn, Joe Moore, Bemie L. Robichaux, J. N. Williams, O. R. Thornhlll, Dan Musko, Walter P. Griffin, L. „ O. Bush, Leonard H, Banister, Robert Gordon. Hyram Kinser, A. H. Moore, James L. Robinson, A. Thornton, H. C. Nam. Tsu. Hau Williams, Roger L, Griffis, Loyd" J. Bush, Marion L. Bankston, A. F. Gorman, James Morales, Carlos Kofonis, Markos Robinson, Deward Nee. Wong Thornton, William Williamson, L. W. Grim, Harold A. Butler, John Bankston, C., Jr. Gormon, Daniel J, Kohler, Warren W. Morgan,W.J. Robinson, D. G. Wilson, E. A. Throne, Alfred Needham. James Guerrero, R. G. Butler, Owen Barbler, P. Goriup, Erminio Komienski, Joseph Morley. Robert N. Roble, Irlnla C. Thurman, Aubrey Wilson, Nevelin Newton. Theron K. Byrning, Harvey L. Barbieri, Livio U. Guild, Maurice G, Granderson, E. 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Capo, Anthony Woodard, Rufus B. Halverson, Denver Bashore, F. D. Odom. Law Gregory, Charles Kumke, Wm. H. Mosley, Ernest Rooney, Alvin P. Traficano, Sam G. Carey, Chas. D. Hammock, Whltten Woodbury, V. A. Bastiansen, G. D. Ogier. Rtpon W. Grennan, Leo Lachney, Milton J. Moulds, Jack W. Rosenqulst, Shirley Traham, Harold J. Michael D. Hare, Carhume, Pasquala Battle. James C. Oliver. Mark O. Woodrow. Dickens Griffin, James Lake. H. D., Jr. Mouton, Phillip Rn.ss, Louis Carlson, John A. Baudine, Armand Tramontanic, J. M. Wooley, Joseph Harris. Homer G. Ondus. Mich. F. Griffin, J. V. Lamb, Joseph A. . Wulina, C. Lero.v Rozmusz, Robert Carney, Lee O. Bechtold, Vernon Treadway, William Word, John J., Jr. Hartman, Charles Ortiz. Humberto Grishy, T. H. Lamego, Antonio S. Munici, Salvatore Rubis, Philip Hary, Henry Carpovlch, Philip Bednowski, F. Treuil, Clifton Wright, David A. Gross, E. J. Osborne. Ralph Landrum, Oliver Murphy, Carmelo Ruggers, L. N. Carr, Lev Hauptmann, E. E. 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Skinner, Ewell Boss, Richard D. Cooper, Ed. Leirgston, John R.' Ryan. Peter Corley, Norman D. Emerson, Hurdes Hernandez, P. J. ' Perry, Morris J. Skorupaskl Loca, Manuel Boucher. Joseph Cosper, Lonnie Larson, Gustalf A, Emery, Harry L. Cormier, Elmer Hernandez, S. Sammons, A. J, Pestick, Anthony J. Slagle, R. Lynn, Billy C. Boudreau, Amer Cox, Thomas Larson, Nils Corrigan, E. T. Emmons, H. C. Hernandez, Tony Sanchez. Henry Peters, George A, Slettemo, Oscar McAvoy, Arthur Coyne, Joseph BourrilUon, D. Lauchs, Gordon Costello, Joseph A. Engelder, Herbert Hessman, Clarence Sanderson. A. 3. Pezoll, Frank L. McBride, Phillip 0. Sloctowicz, J, J. Boyd, Chas. Craft, Isaac Lay, Thomas F, Englehardt, E. E. Costlllo, Rozelllo Heucr, Otto C. Sartin. Oscar L. Philips, I.ouis M. McCarthy, A. W. Small, B. R. Brady, Robert B. Crawford, Elda R. Leagy, Wm. Coumas, Chester R. Eppeison, John R. Higgcnbotham, L, Sawyer.'Louis B. Phipps, J. R. McCarthy, Jack Smith. Amber Bramca, Wm. G. Crooks, C. M.,. Jr. Ledbretton, Harry Craddock, Leonard Erickson, Eric B. Higgins, John S. Sawyer, Vernon L. Pickett, Robert McCarthy, Justin T. Smith. Eben Brands. Henry Crowley, John" Oscar Lee, Eschette, H. Crafts, Earl Higgs, Wm. E. Schenk. John R. McCracken, Geo. Pierce, Buford L. Smith. Eugene Brannan, James C. Ciywley, Joseph Lee, Tarantine Crane, Thomas Esteven, Adelian Hightowef, 'Wm. M. McDees, James . Scherdin. F. L. Pierson, Leroy Smith. Floyd H. Breedlove^ L. J.. Jr. Curlett. Francis A, Leger, Vlllar Crecdon, William Ezell, WaUace Hill, Arloe McDonald, T. G. Schofield, R. H. Pinarando, Flo. Smith. Frank W. Broadus. Jerry Curran, John Lego, Andy L. Crispen. William Fabian, .Toseph M. HUl, Hughle H. Schiimaker. Wm. J. McDowell, T. O. Pitman, Donald Smith. Henry Brock. Robert L. Daly, Michael-P. Lelbig, E. W. Corft, Ernest Fahm, Wm. A. Hinchy, Joseph H. Schwartz. Harry W. Mcintosh, Howard C. Plzzatowskl, H. J. Smith. J. A. Brown, H. M. D'Ambrosia. N. E, Lennon, James L. Crowe, Alga B. Fah-burn, Morris Hlppard, Chas. L. Scott, Thomotra Mclnturff, Ralph C. Plahn, Guy F. Smith, John H. Brunell, Victor D. Damm, Paul Lewis, Edward B. Crowell, S. C. FamlgUo, Frank 3. Hiscoch, Carleton Seattle. Wm. B. McKeever, John Floppert, Francis Smith. John O. Buck, Lin E, Daniel, BI,ewis, Frank W. Cuccla, Jacob Farmer, Frank R, Hodges, C. C. *T Segrest. Elbert A. McKenna, John J. Plumstead, Thomas i't"; A.iuiiiav Smith. oiiiii,... Monte BulgCr. ArthUT Darawlck. Michael Lewis. Howard M, Cummlngs, Floyd Farr, T. B„,Sr. Segundo. Dem. JamesF.polizzolo. Antonio . . Smith, Murrgdl,.J,, Bqras, Fred.. Jr.Davis. Alvin Lewis. R.'B, Cummlngs,'ilohn », Faulkheh E. F.' ' SelboW. .Karl wnii,™ PolPoHo. M. B. • Smith. Murr^ •" Biitler, Shirley , Davis, Ceo, We'f. LmhU Wailw H;; .. Selbold. .Ki ,G. Cummlngs, Ralph Febyk. Nicholas Hogue. William C, McLeaish, Donald L. Pond. Geo. F. Smith. BudoljBh , Cahoon. Dehnle'' Davis. Uoyd 'D. Ueberman, Wm. (ConUnued Daly, Joseph G. Holland, H. A. Fecke. Jos. McMUlan,CecUR. PontUb Aide /. Smltb. Stii^I OU A Cdmi, Joseph Devls. ^in',' J. "-'4^ 1 Ligtids. Ahdirdefc'G.f GovernmenNOwned Ships Huff, warren G. •\ �September t, 195B SEAFARERS MEET THE SEAFARERS LEONARD SPIVEY, Boson Six-foot-two, medium complexIon, brown hair and green eyes are the identifying characteristics of Seafarer Leonard T. Spivey. Born in North Carolina, April ' 11, 1921, he came to Baltimore in the early '40's and worked as a me­ chanic at the Mar­ tin Bomber fac­ tory. His trick was the grave­ yard shift from 11:30 PM to 7:30 AM. After a long stint as a man be­ hind the man he Spivey decided he could do more for Uncle Sam by helping to get the war goods to the fighting fronts. So early in 1943 he went to the St. Petersburg Maritime School's deck classes. He began his voyaging as an American sea­ man six weeks later. Sailing at that time for Spivey was strictly "for the duration". However, after the armistice, every trip was his "last trip", only to be followed by "just one more". He did leave the sea for one summer to work in Baltimore as an electrician for a utility com­ pany while they convented a dan­ gerous poison gas to natural gas. "That's the longest I've stayed avvay. I was happy to get back." Likes Poker During off hours aboard ship, his shipmates know him as a man who loves a good game of poker. However, he reads occasionally but gets more enjoyment out of pass­ ing the time by talking over a hand of cards and winning a sizeable pot. Only thihg that bothered him during the war was that an enjoy­ able game'might be,interrupted by enemy planes bombing. This did occur several times, and he was rather disheartened when once he had to spend five hours on a 3-inch 50 when it could have been spent drinking coffee and playing cards. Baltimore has been his sailing port regularly for the past twelve years. By 1957, he is hopeful of buying a new home in the Belair Road section of Baltimore where his three little ones and his wife can wait for him to return from 'the seas. JULIUS B. SMITH, Elect. Most men get the lust for the sea at an early age, but this was not true ef Seafarer Julius Bill Smith. Bom October 22, 1900, in the small farming town of Mischoppen, Pa., he lived in ' : the immediate area until 1940. By that time he was married and had a son, Ed­ ward. It was just before the war that he ventured southward to Bal­ timore to look for Smith work at the Beth­ lehem Shipyards, After he' was settled, his wife and boy joined him to live in the small community of Brooklyn, just outside the met­ ropolitan area. During World War I. Julius was too young to wave the flag for the United States; during World War II, they said he was too old. There must be something that he could do regardless of his age, he decided. His determination led him to the merchant marine to help carry the urgently needed equip­ ment and material to the Ameri­ can youths and allies in far-off lands. It wasn't that easy though. He didn't have the papers and neces­ sary qualifications to sail out in the ocean. He finally managed to get hired aboard an intercoastal tug, eventually working up to the deepsea ships and the SIU. Swore Off Sailing In 1947, when he was sailing on the Cubore (Ore) through the Windward Pass from Santiago, the ship took a terrific list and virtu­ ally limped into Baltimore. This made Smith cautious of the sea. He swore he'd never again put his name on a ship's crew list. He stayed ashore long enough to re­ ceive his electrician's endorse­ ments and decided to try it again. His most serious injury to date makes Julius blush. While aboard the Yorkmar, he hit his elbow on a ladder and paid no attention to it. The next morning he was awak­ ened by an unbearable pain in his hand, wrist and arm. That every­ day accident caused him to receive treatment at the Baltimore Marine hospital for several months. T A1t4f%ll nFlTTRmaYTll New problems for plumbers in the atomic age include handling of titanium piping costing $1,100 a foot for various atomic energy in­ stallations. Consequently the AFL Plumbers International Union is undertaking a' px'ogram of steppedup teacher training so that appren­ tice plumbers will be equipped for the demands of the atomic age. S" 4" Office employees working for the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus in New Haven, Conn., ended a four-day strike with a 17-cent package in­ crease. The 300 office workers are members of AFL Office Employees Local 329. Part of the package in­ cludes sick leave, vacation and holiday improvements. 4" 4' 4" ' Washington's buses and street­ cars are running again after being idled by a 52-day strike of AFL operators and mechanics. Work­ ers for the Capitol Transit Com­ pany netted a 15-cehl>an-hour pay increase plus ^veif^'ifringe b?ne-- flts. rat6s':sjlsC^^6M up,,tf}^mjj)J to 19 cents. About 3,000 men were involved. 4" 4" 4" Pace Eleres LOG 'Do You Smell Something?' An Twenty-three men died last December when the LST Southern Districts was lost without a trace. Earlier another ship of the same company, the Southern Isles, sank with the loss of 17 men. The Southern Isles was definitely overloaded—even the inspector admitted to that;—but cause of the Southern Districts' loss is not as clear, for there were no survivors. One of the unfortunate aspects of marine disasters is that the organiza­ tion responsible for the safety of these ships—the Coast Guard—is also the agency which investigates and reports on these tragedies. Just as it has so often been found that police departments that investigate reports of police brutality find no evidence, so it must be said that the Coast Guard likewise can be expected to find no evidence of wrongdoing on its own part. The fact remains, however, that if the safety minimum on American mer­ chant ships is to be maiiitained, then the group responsible for that safety must he answerable to someone other than itself. Must Protect Crews Some 125,000 miners in the If **deals" are to he made by the owners with the Coast Guard to evade northern soft coal fields have just won a $2 a day wage package, fol­ safety minimums some action must be taken to protect the men who must lowing agreement between John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers and man those vessels. northern mine operators. The pact provides that hourly wages will go If the question of whether or not to repair a ship is decided solely on the up 15 cents starting Sept. 1, and will be boosted by ten cents more basis of cost, then safety ^v^ill come second, especially when the Government on April 1, 1956, to make up the agency involved gives its okay. $2 figure. The miners also got guaranteed time and a half for Sat­ The widows and orphaned children of the jnen lost on the Southern Dis­ urday work and double time for Sundays. Up until now they got tricts deserve a great deal more than the report issued by the Coast Guard the overtime only if they worked absolving themselves and the company of all blame. Likewise, the thousands the five or six days previously. of men sailing America's ships today deserve the protection and, more im­ 4" 4" if More guaranteed annual wage news was made by the CIO Steel- portant, the enforcement of US ship safety laws. workers Union when it signed a Whitewash is a word carelessly used these days, but after one reads the contract for 52-weeks' guaranteed pay with the American Can Com­ Coast Guard report and the accompanying letter by the Coast Guard com­ pany. Union spokesmen hailed the settlement as a true guaranteed mandant, it is the only word that rightfully applies to the disaster of the wage and indicated they hoped to Southern Distnets. far, as the SlU.is concerned,-this is by nQ.uieaUs, the makd it the pattern" ,fog next ^;^eal''s j-.-.-ayV jmsnc .V#*. sg^wl negoliatiphs. v , end tOitlUS.'Case.v- a T" ^ t'. .V �Paffc Twelve Architect Fish Tale Was The Real McCoy Fishing appears to be a popular pastime aboard most ships these days, especially on Isthmian vessels, whose crews seem to find good spots for dropping a line over the side almost everywhere they go. But all the Izaak Waltons out they had landed a real big 1 will have to take a back sea one that was more than two and a for a long while to the intrepid fishermen on the Steel Architect, who go about this sort of thing witii real "malice aforethought," as the lawbooks say. Attacking the problem with a vengeance, several crewmembers landed a real prize at Hilo, Hawaii, recently, in the gruesome person ' of a hammerhead shark. This was no little baby, either. It measured 15 feet from tip to tip, which is a lot of brain food in any man's cupboard. How it all began is not too clear, but it appears that the stew­ ard, Seafarer Fred A. Delapenha, doesn't take kindly at all to all forms of the shark family, and decided to do something about it. Several other crewmembers eventually joined in the "shark hunt," as they sawed harpoon-like notches in a meat hook, baited it with raw meat, attached a heaving line and tossed the lure over the side to await developments. The otiier end of the line was secured One of several crewmen on to a cable, and then to the deck. the Architect who were in The 40 foot waters alongside on "the kill," Seafarer Jack the ship didn't produce anything Ross, AB, poses with 15for a time except froth, but then foot hammerhead shark tliey saw they had a strike and the caught At Hilo, Hawaii. fight was on. About a half hour later the shark gave up trying to get a>vay half times the size of the average and just lay on the surface waiting man oh the ship. to be picked up. Eventually they improvised a Nobody expected that he was runner, hauled the monster up and wliat he was until one precise hung him out to dry. All agreed individual dug out something to it was great except the shark. He ' measure tlie beast with, and found was speechless by that time. Seafarers In The Hospitals II ^•'*"^'•i''•./•••' Ui^' USPHS HOSPITAI. USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. NORFOLK, VA. Manuel Antonana Albert Hawkins Edwin A. Ainsworth Ralph J. Palmer Eugene W. Bent Edward F. Lamb Frank T. Campbell David' G. Proctor Carl E. Chandler Robert McCorkel Arthur L. Cox Frank A. Ross Charles Coburn Earl McKendree Waller L. Davis Norman D. Wilson Victor B. Cooper Robert G. McKnew USPHS HOSPITAL Thomas L. Dugan Thomas F. Mungo SAN FR.\NCISCO, CALIF. Gorman T. Glaze Fred Pittman Marcelo B. Belen John F. Murphy USPHS HOSPITAL A. F. Martinez M. E. Pappadakis BOSTON, MASS. Alonzo M. Milefski Edw. F. Broussard USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTI.E, WASH. GALVESTON, TEXAS Sverre Johannessen John E. Markopolo John E. Tillman SEASIDE HOSPITAL PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CALIF. MOBILE. ALA. Malcolm M. Cross Jose Pagola USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. CITY HOSPITAL Tim Burke William IMitchell MOBILE. ALA. Clias. Stringfellow USPHS HOSPITAL lUEMPHlS. TENN. CHARITY HOSPITAL Charles Burton NEW ORLEANS, LA. Sklward Brevier USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS USPHS HOSPITAL Ben.iamin F. Deibler Jose Santiago SAVANNAH, GA. Albert W. Kozina Rosendo Serrano Jimmie Littleton Ernest H. Webb Janne F. Pierson SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY. USPHS HOSPITAL Joseph Koslusky NEW ORLEANS, LA. USPHS HOSPITAL Taimadge P.Barbour Duska Korolia STATEN ISLAND. NY. Julian B. Barrett Leo H. Lang Has.sen Ali .John Michlck Carol J. Bauman Theo. E. Lee Thomas D. Dalley Paige A. Mitchell Mel lon Baxter Tinerman J. Lee D. Eldermire J. L. Buckelew C. R. Nicholson Perry Roberts Gerald Fitz.lame* John L. Caldwell Alfonso Olaguibel George H. Robinson Estell Godfrey Llo.vd T. Callaway Thomas A. Scanlon Alvin C. Rockwell Jesse Lockler .Tames M. Davis W^oodrow A. Snead Jose Rodriguez I William McKeon Peter DeVries Heni-y S. So.sa Matii Ruiisukallio KINGS COUNTY Marcel Dumestre Lonnie R. Tickle BROOKLYN, NY. Leo Fontenot Dirk Visser Luis Moreno Louis Guarino James E. Ward USPHS HOSPITAL Earl T. Hardeman David A. Wright M.A.NHATTAN BEACH E. G. Knapp BROOKLYN, NV. Edmund Abualy Leonard Leldig , Fortunato Bacomo James R. Lewis ; Frank W. Bemrick Arthur Lomas , Claude F. Blanks Mike Lubas i Robert L. Booker Francis F. Lynch I Joseph G. CanJoseph D. McGraw I Gabriel Coloni Archibald McGuigan Under the SIU contract, US : Mariano Cortez Harry F. MacDonald Walter W. Denley Michael Machusky Public Health Service doctors John J. Driscoll Vic Milazo have the final say on whether Bart E. Guranick Melvin O. Moore I Taib Hassen or not a man is fit for duty. If Eugene T. Nelson I Joseph li'sits Joseph Ncubauer there is any "question about I Thomas Isaksen James O'Hare John W. Keenan ^our fitness to sail, check with Daniel r, F. fiu^giano Rugglano ...... John R. Klemowicz George E. Shumaker the nearest USPHS hospital or Ludwig Knstiansen Henry E. Smith I Frederick Landry Harry S. Tuttle I Jaines . J. I^wlor _ _ * v KaiTrel USPHS Has Last Say On Hnty Slip SEAFARERS LOG MAI (Bull), July 11—Chairman, K. Carlson; Sacratary, W. Morris. No beefs. Motion made to accept and concur with headquarters communica­ tions linanimously. MARCARETT BROWN (Bloomflald), July 3—Chairman, M. Sanchez; Sacra­ tary, H. Ward. New washing machine InstaUed. All hands to study contract and no water to be wasted although we have plenty aboard. Electric Iron, checkers, dominos, dart board and darts, magazines, cards, and cribbage board purchased from ship's fund. Crew Is In fuU accord with- recent communications from hq. Ship's secretary-reporter elected. Vote of thanks to ship's delegate. All hands asked to keep recreation mate­ rial in good order and ' all SIU pub­ lications in one drawer. Watermelon party to foUow meeting. ORION COMET (Orion), June 3«— Chairman, J. Oavln; Secretary, 1. Weisbrot. Two men sent to hospital. Steward requested lemons to be used for lemonade. Vessel has been in the tropics for seven months and lemon- Digest of ships' Meetings ade was on the menu once. Crew asked to return chairs from deck after being used. ROBIN KIRK (Robin Line), July 14 —Chairman, J. Hanners; Secretary, K. Jackson. Motion made and carried to accept and concur headquarters com­ munications. ^ STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), July 11—Chairman, J. Oeleonardo; Secre­ tary, F. Umheltz. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with all headquarters communications up to dale. STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), July 11—Chairman, P. Foy; Secretary, W. Keiley. Recent ^communication from headquarters accepted and concurred unanimously. Crew shall take turns in keeping the laundry and library clean. July 12—^hairman, F. Foy; Secre­ tary, F, Hurd. Recent headquarters communication accepted and con­ curred. No beefs. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), July 2—Chairman, G. Fargo; Secreiary, J. Anderton. Ship's delegate ejected. Vote of thanks to steward dep.artment. Repair list to- be given to ship s delegate. SWEETWATER (Metro), July 4— Chairman, C. Hill; Secretary, C. Braunster. Repair lists posted, dind Captain O.K'd same. Flowers sent to brother who passed away in Willimount. California. Ship's treasurer elected. Motion made and carried to have persons who destroy anything, steal, or abuse anything aboard ship to be put on charges. Discussion on safety. Everything to be kept clean. WESTPORT (Arthur), July 14— Chairman, J, pray; Secretary, E. Gates. Motion made and carried to accept and concur headquarters comiiiutiieation unanimously. Everything running smoothly. Septemliep %, 1955 munlcationa. Vote of thanks to siewarit department. OCEAN ULLA (Maritime Ovartaas), July 13—Chairman, D. PIccaralll; Sac­ ratary, H. Robarts. Motion made and carried unanimously to accept and concui' with headquarters communi­ cations. No beefs were left unsettled, patrolman took care of everything. - ROBIN TUXFORD (Robin i.lnei), March •—Chairman, R. Olfvar; Sacra­ tary, D. Furman. Chief Engineer to be contacted regarding the regulation of hot and cold water, in showers. Li­ brary to be locked In port. One shower is out of order in the steward department. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), July 14—Chairman, J. Glenn; Secre­ tary, P. Patrick. Shelf in storeroom to be installed. Ship's trcBSUr.y $18.51. Recent communications from head­ quarters accepted and concured. Steward was asked to improve night lunch. Electrician complained that washing machine was left running all night. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), July 15— Chairman, H. Eby; Secretary, C. Nail. This vessel is in good shape. Motion' made and carried to accept and concur with recent communication from headquarters. No beefs. _AMPAC IDAHO (Trans Oceanic Marine), July 14—Chairman, H. Mesford; Secretary, E. Alrey. All dele­ gates were asked to turn in rep.-Ir list.s. Ship's fund, $730. No beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters unanimously. Ship's sec­ retary-reporter, and treasurer elected. Discussion held on poor preparation of food. ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), July 15—Chairman, T. Weems; Secre­ tary, E. Cox. Motion made and car­ ried unanimously to accept and con­ cur with headquarters communication. BRADFORD ISLAND (CItlos Serv­ ice), July 17—Chairman, J. Parker; Secretary, S. Evans. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with headquarters communications. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), July 17—Chairman, J. Schwebland; Secretary, R, Kimbrell. Motion made and carried unanimously to accept and concur with recent communications from headquarters. DE SOTO (Pan Atlantic), July 17— Chairman, W. Hollinger; Secretary, J. Chermeslno. Repairs were taken care of and new fans will be ordered. Ship's fund, $34. Motion made and carried to accept and concur head­ quarters communication. Suggestion made to use the ship's fund to buy swings. Messman requested that drink­ ing glasses be returned. FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), July 11—Chairman, P. Parker; Secre­ tary, N. Whipple. No beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur with headquarters recent com­ munication. Ship's delegate advised crew to apply for vacation pay in San Pedro. July 17—Chairman, F. Throp; Sec­ retary, N. Whipple. Ship's fund $13. Ship is in good shape, no beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with headquarters com­ munications. JEAN (Bull Lines), July 10—Chair­ man, C. Moletta; Secretary, R. Sadowski. Ship's delegate elected. Motion made and carried to accept and eoncur headquarters communication. Mo­ tion made and carried to see patrol­ man about awning back aft. Discus­ sions held on night lunch, and crews cooperation in keeping pantry and messroom clean. ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa), July IS —Chairman, B. B. Price; Secretary, E. Howard. No beefs. All communica­ tions from headquarters to date ac­ cepted and concurred. KATHRYN (Bull Lines), No dateChairman, H. Fitzgerald; Secretary, A. Gonzalez. Smooth sailing. No beefs. Ship's delegate resigned. FAIRLANO (Waterman), July 4— Chairman, L. Curry; Secretary, G. Seeberger. Ship's delegate elected. Ship's fund contains $11.30. Commu­ nications from headquarters accepted and concurred. Motion made and car­ ried to see patrolman regarding steam line, it is too noisy. LEWIS EMERY, JR. (Victory Car­ riers), July 17—Chairman, B. Maxwell; Secretary, F, Bruggner. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with recent communications from head­ quarters. Vote of thanks to Ben Rees, Norfolk poi-t agent for coming to ship on Sunday AM to square beefs. HILTON (Bull), July 15—Chairman, J. Hogge; Secretary, R. O'Rourke. Discussion held on recent headquar­ ters communications. All communica­ tions to date accepted and carried unanimously. REPUBLIC (Trafalgar), July 11— Chairman, B. High; Secretary, J, Crowley. All repairs from last trip completed. Motion made and carried to comply with rules at pay-off, in port of dlschargt. Repair list to be compiled. Ship's treasurer elected. Cots and mattresses are to he secured. Vote of thanks to steward depart­ ment. July 17—Chairman, B. High; Sacra­ tary, E. B. Tliley. Ship's fund $27. Motion mr.de and carried to accept and concur with headquarters com­ munications unanimously. JEAN LA FITTE (Waterman), July 3—Chairman, E. Leasgang; Secretary, W. Lea. Ship's fund contains $13.64, and $20 was donated to brother O. Rosales. It was recommended that patrolman see captain about money draws. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Victory Carriers), July 3—Chairman, J. L. Hodges; Secretary, J. Meehan. A ship's delegate, secretai-y-rcportei-, and treasurer were elected. Motion made and carried tliat crew take bet­ ter care of wasKihg machine, and turn off the motor after using it. It was agreed that each department alternate to clean the recreation room. KATHRYN (Boll), July 1»—Chair-man, C. H. Martin; Secretary, A. Gon­ zalez. Motion made and carried to ac­ cept and concur headquarters recent communication. No beefs. MADAKET (Waterman), July 10— Chairman, E. Anderson; Secretary, R. Thrles. Few beefs and ail were set­ tled. Ship's treasury amounts to .$33. Vote of thanks to 'baker for pizza pie at coffee time. ' MARIE HAMILL (Bloomfleld), July 10 —Chairman/ R. Groseciose; Secretary, C. Berg. It was recommended that vessel be exterminated. Ship's fund, $13. Motion made and carried to ac­ cept and concur headquarters' comr VAL CHEM (Valentina), July 12— Chairman, O. Padersen; Secretary, W. Stevenson. Ship's delegate urges all members to read constitution. Ship's fund $27.03. One brother missed ship in deck department. Brother Williams spoke on safety. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with headquarters communication. Ship's delegate and secretary elected. Crew to clean messhall and return cups after playing cards. Motion made and carried to donate tv set to USPHS Hospital in Galveston, Texas. July 14—Chairman, A. Pedersen Secretary, B. Grice. Motion made and carried to accept and concur witi> headquarters communications unani­ mously. LEWIS EMERY JR. (Victory Car­ riers), May 14—Chairman, Carl Lawson; Secretary, Vic Harding. The pant/y sink Is in poor condition. Over­ board valves will be checked at the first opportunity as deck department toilet bowls flood over when ship is loaded. Steward cautioned all hands to go alow on 4;he coffee as too much of san^ is being USed. Playboys and •.A nshounds warned of master's inten­ tion of tlirowing the book at anyone fouling up. Launch service at Inchon discussed. June If—Chairman, Carl Lawsen; Secretary, Victory Harding. Ship's delegate spoke on the washing ma­ chine being abused untU it broke down. Engine delegate has assurance thai it will oe repaired in Pedro if pa^rts are on hand. All delegates asked to compile list of dues mem­ bers Intend to pay to union at payoff. July 4—Chairman, Carl Lawson; Secretary, Victor Harding. Thanks ex­ tended to the steward department for the good service received. The deck engineer received thanlfs for his work in fixing the washing machine. All hands were cautioned to stay sober at the payoff and to be sure to leave all dealings with the patrolman to their respective delegates and the ship's delegate. Master was contacted in re­ gard to some port time which might be payable to steward department for tiie Port of Everett. The crevy was congratulated on the happy voyage. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), July 12— Chairman, R. Jackson; Secrstary, W. Parksrson. All the latest communica­ tions and reports were read and dis­ cussed among crewmembers and accepted. SOUTHWIND (Souin Atlantic), May IS—Chairman, H. Jones; Secretary, H, Krohn. A new washing machine is needed in addition to soqp dishes and two new electric fans. There is a very good crew on board this trip and it Is a pleasure to have ail members cooperating. The company took .the measurements of the sinks at Jacksuuvillc and promised the Union to have them installed on arrival there. The stores in Savannah are of a very poor quollty especially the meat, fowl, fruit and fresh vegetables. AMEROCEAN (Amerocean), June 24 —Chairman, D. Ruddy; Secretary, W. Pedersen. Suggestion, made that cook­ ies be kept in a cooler place. Appre­ ciation was voiced to the steward department personnel for the fine job they did. The laundry should be bet­ ter taken care of. Treasurer reported $10.88 in the ship's fund. BEATRICE' (Bull), July 11—Chair­ man, Herman Ricci; Secretary, Evaristo Jimenei. Alotion made by Howell to send the ship's delegate to get in touch with the port agent to come aboard and check with the chief steward. Accepted by majority vote. CHESTER HARDING (Construction Aggregates), June 19—Chairman, H, .Siem; Secretary, Aussie Shrimpton. The ship's delegate gave a general talk regarding the jneed for coopera­ tion from the entire crew in making this ship an outstanding success. The need to save fresh water during the run down to Maracaibo was stressed. A record player, records and read­ ing material were purchased before leaving the States and an itemized report was submitted. It was decided by a majority vote ,to assess each member a sum of $1.50 for ship's fund. Discussion on running an arrival pool. STEEL KING (Isthmian), July 4— Chairman, J. Procele; Secretary, P. Haraye. Ship's delegate reported that three men have been logged, otherwi.se ever.vtliing is okay. If any crewmember has somctliing to say see the ship's delegale first instead of a patrolman. IRENESTAR (Triton), June 5—Chair­ man, Steward; Secretary, Arkersen. Suggestion made that glasses he re­ turned and washed while utility is not on duty. Crewmembers were asked to put soiled linen in linen bags.' June 24—Chairman, C. Gray; Secre­ tary, W. Mason. WUl check to see If decks can be painted. Mattresses are needed for crews room. The patrol-^ man read the latest communications to the crew. ROBIN MOWBRAY (Seas Shipping), May 24—Chairman, none; Secretary, O. Ravner. The bosun stated that from this day forward that any man not turning to on deck would go before the chief mate or captain. If time off is wanted crewmembers should ask for it. Steward delegate told the steward department men to come to him on all beefs. A vote of thanks was given to the chief steward. April 29—Chairman, E. O'Brien; Secretary, O. Raynor. Motion made and cari'ied to strip all unusable parts from the old washing machine and destroy the rest. Talk on wiiethec the shore gang In all ports in Africa should do any work. A re­ port from headquarters was read and discussed by all hands, CHOCTAW (Waterman), June 20— Chairman, J. Corlow; Secretary, G. Johnson. Discussion on food situation. Htecommendations were made which steward accepted. Ship's delegate will see about -jury toilets for Korean workers. Crew mess asked crew not to stand in pantry or doorway while he sels tables. Any ciewmemher using the washing machine should check same to make sure it is turned off. STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), July 7—Chairman, Reyes; Secretary, Bialack. The latest communications were read and discussed and a motion was made by Brother Reyes to ac­ cept same. Carried unanimously. LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), July 3—Chairman, C. Kaust; Secre­ tary, S. Rivera Repairs completed. Two men were hospitalized, one in Japan the other in San Francisco. Mo­ tion made and carried to accept com­ munications unanimously. To check with patrolman regarding third cook, as to wliether he may be able to go second cook. Vote of thanks to night cook and baker, crew messman, and crew pantryman for good service. July 15—Chairman, A. Kaust; Sec­ retary, S. RIvara. M(rtion made and carried to accept -and concur with headquarters communfcations iinanl3JM>usiy.;.v , y'. /> �.• ' '.' i,"".* -v. ..j, . -•: • " "^K'E ^ptember 2. 19S5 'There's One In Every Crowd' —By Seafarer Rabert "Red" Knk lyyjpJ / QO/T P^iriKtHG/l INO /V}#/?E vv/»5r;n/<: At«vey oU .^SO^E, • /«ri 6OIM<9 ro 7'~\5/»VE My /^bA/f; SlU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Slieppard. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan, Agent Ricbmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. C. Tannehlll, Acting Agent Capital 7-6558 LAKE CHARLES, La -1410 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke, Agent HEmlock 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cat Tanner. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 BlenvlUe St: Lindsey Williams. Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW VORK... 675 4tb Ave., Brooklyn HYacintb 0-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Recs, Agent ^ MAdison 2-9834 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO ... 450 Harrison St Leon Johnson, Agent Douglas 2-5475 Alarty BreltboK, West Coast Representative PUERTA do TIEHRA. PR Pelayo 51-La f Bal CoUs, Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH 3 Abercorn SiT E. B. McAuIey, Acting Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE . 2305 let Ave. Jeff Gillette, Agent Elliott 4334 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Tom Banning, Agent • Phone 2-1323 WILMINGTON, Calil 505 Marine Ave. Ernest Tllley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS J. Alglna, Deck C. Simmons. -Joint J. Volpian, Eng. W. Hall, Joint . £. Mooney. Std. R. Mattbews, Joint SUP HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 522 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND, CALIF 257 5th St. Phone 2599 SAN FRANaSCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2^363 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave^ Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK..... 675 4tb Ave., Brooklyn HYacintb 9-6600 Canadian District HALIFAX, N.8 128'/4 HolUs St. Phone- 3-8911 534 St. James St. West PLateau 8161 FORT WILUAM... 118',4 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO, Ontario 272 King St. E EMpire 4-5719 MONTREAL Burly Pave Thfrteea SE AW AR^R%- LOG Bites Lawson Beef —Gets A Moutliful Every time a guy opens an oyster he always nourishes the hope that maybe this time he'll find a gleaming, valuable pearl on the inside. The hoping goes on endlessly; only the oysters seem unwilling to cooperate. Aboard the 88' George A. that the unnamed Seafarer in ques­ Lawson, one brother took a tion bit beef and came up with a VICTORIA, EC ... 617ts Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. Pacinc 7824 SYDNEY, NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6348 BAGOTVILLE, Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THORGLO, Ontario ... 62 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WiUiam St NB Phone: 2-5232 bite and did find an unexpected gem. But he was having beef, not oysters. It wasn't exactly a jewel that he found either; it was a .22 caliber bullet. The crewmember involved was concerned right away about his choppers. He almost blew up on the spot, of course, because he had tried to bite the thing in two un­ til he found out what it wasn't. Certainly he had a beef about the beef. It was definitely a "bum steer." But he bore up pretty well, and managed to down the rest of his meal without incident. l>Iot that the beef wajp't tasty. It was just that the "impurities" bothered him. There's no indication what the reaction to the tale was when he told it to the messman, who passed it dn to the cook who told the steward about it. The ship's min­ utes of July 13 are almost bare on details, except for the salient fact bullet instead. How the missile got there in the first place, of course, is another story. The smart boys are saying that the company port steward cor­ rals his own stock and isn't too fussy now and then if it weighs in a little heavier than expected be­ cause of its extra cargo. Actually what probably happened is that the beef still seemed a lit­ tle too frisky when the Lawson's cook mounted it on the cutting block and he just peppered it, but good. Chairman of the ship's meeting at which the incident was officially reported was S. Woodruff. The secretary was H. S. Greenwald. Joseph A. Long is the ship's secre­ tary-reporter. Great Lakes District ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher Phone: 1236W BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Main 1-014V CLEVELAND .... 734 Lakeside Ave., N£ Phone: Cleveland 7391 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. .Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St Phone: Melrose 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 92nd St Phone: Esses 5-2411 Quitting Ship? Notify Union A reminder from SIU headquarters cautions all Seafarers leaving their ships to contact the hall In an^ple time to allow the Union to dispatch a replacement. Fail­ ure to give notice before paying off may cause a de­ layed sailing, force the ship to'^ail short of the manning requirements and needlessly make the work tougher for your shipmates. LOG-A-RHnHM; Stray Not, My Dear By M. Dwyer V/hen I am dead, and o'er me, Bright April shakes out her rain-drenched hair. When leafy trees bow down. Their branches wet with morning dew, When birds begin to fly about and sing. My dear, 1 will not care. ••'At Puzzled like everyone else about the bullet in the beef, Jimmy Cox, baker (left), and Andy Kudlow, cook, pose in galley of the George Lawson. These things I shall not see, nor hear. No senses have the dead; I will have peace. While all above me, including you. Are in such torment and distress. When ships still sail and'balmy breezes blow. When gulls still cry their message to the wind. When waves roar high, and lash against the shore, Your absent days will give me pain no more. Perchance you'll think, and yearn for me, someday But too late will your longing be For I will have sailed by then, Unto the port of no return. Mealtime aboard the George A. Lawson on another occasion, when beef was just beef and did very well at it. Pictured (l-r, clockwise) are Tony Michalski,- oiler, engine delegate; Monte Smith, AB, deck delegate; Bob Everton, OS; Blackie Peters, OS; Roy Peebles, AB, and Carl Ainsworth, AB. Then, if you care to seek me out And o'er my grave you stop and kneel to pray Waste no teardrops then, on me, my dear For I shall be long dead. And more cold-hearted than you are now. **Bad trip, ionay porta •9 By Bernard Seaman iCOl^A IhHSl&IAfRJO. . . i �,^^rr:rr< Fase FourtecB SEAFARERS Vury-R/gged' Baker Shines On Bienville The fact that the steward department—"the least unsung medium aboard ship," in the words of Seafarer William Calefato—can prove its versatile abilities in the face of an emer­ gency was amply shown re-*^ cently on the Bienville, a cook Edwin Vireia." Waterman ship on the Far Calefato pointed out also that the crew, which heartily sympa­ East run. thizes with the seasick baker, can't I As far as the steward depart­ ment on the Bienville is concerned, be blamed for secretly hoping now "no matter how it's battered, it and then that he stays that way. always rises," he said. This came about recently when the baker suddenly became af­ flicted with "mal de mer" and had to retire from his duties posthaste. The lack of bread might have been a real calamity, except that Leroy Pierson, steward, stepped in to fill the breach. "Looking at the steward, you would not suspect that his talents Pierson in actual per­ formance at a galley range or oven are superior to those displayed ashore," Calefato commented. "We didn't have those monoton­ ous square loaves that you always Familiar to Seafarersee. We had twisted rolls, bread patients at the New Orleans cups and the kind of luscious marine hospital, where pastry that would make most she's been putting on shows Fi-ench pastry cooks go back to every month, is Ruby Dee school," he added. These helped Villars, "The Crescent City further enhance the vfery palatable Cowgirl." Dusica "Spider" menu turned out by chief cook Frank Atkins, assisted by third Korolia sent in the photo. NO Cowgirl Fresh Fish On Steel Navigator LOG September 2i 1955 Thanks For Aid By Seatraln NY To the Editor: My thanks and appreciation to Captain J. J. Wenzel of the Seatrain New York and fellow crewmembers who put me ashore at Key West, Fla., with appendicitis recently. At a time when the serious­ ness of my situation was not clearly apparent, Captain Wen­ zel exercised caution in having the Coast Guard removA me from the ship. Within a few Letters to the Editor Bwered many questions to the satisfaction of the crew and in­ vited all suggestions and criti­ cisms to be sent to headquarters. This we approved 100 percent. Need Set-Up Permanently After the meeting, many brothers voiced the opinion that we should have a headquarters representative riding SIU ships between US ports on a perma­ nent basis. He could help us solve minor food beefs and problems aboard the ships before they ^eally get acute. If hq. is aboard the ship for several days and observes con­ ditions, he can acquire a thor­ ough and familiar knowledge of the beef, and can help remedy it on the spot. To this, I say "Amen." In conclusion, let me con­ gratulate our Union officials who are responsible for insti­ tuting the new SIU feeding system, and may I hope, along with the members of the crew of the Chickasaw, that this sys­ tem is not something temporary, but will be a part of our exis­ tence as a progressive Union. Gus L. Taylor Ship's delegate 4" 4< t Member's Wife Wants LOG Heme . To the Editor: My husband, John B. Gelssler, is SIU book G-567. He gets the LOG on all the ships he is on and has shown me several copies. It is a wonderful publication. Please put my name on your mailing list for the SEAFARERS LOG. Right now, John is shipping out of this bustling old Port of New Orleans' in the steward de­ partment. Mrs. Doris Geissler (Ed. note: Your name is being added to our mailing list so that you can receive the LOG regu­ larly.) 4 4 4 Anniston Trip in Fine Shape To the Editor: hours my appendix had rup­ The SS Anniston, with coal tured, but I was already at the cargo loaded at Newport News, US Naval hospital here, where has arrived, after a crossing an operation saved the day. with exceptionally good weather, From my experience over the at Rijika, Yugoslavia. past four weeks I would ven­ This ship Is the second one ture to say that a man could being crewed by Seafarers for hardly expect more competent this company, so the crew is medical care anywhere in the aware that we are in a way country than he receives here. on trial, and is doing g job in The doctors are among the best, such a mariner as to be a credit and though my recuperation has ^ To the Editor: In the July 22 issue of the to the Union. been slow, it has given me an The chief engineer and the opportunity to observe that a SEAFARERS LOG there was a merchant seaman Is given the poem- in the "Log-A-Rhythm" first mate, in turn, while un­ best of attention by the hospi­ column titled "Baby Prayer," familiar with our agreement, by Harry Price. show a willingness to cooperate tal staff. I have mislaid the LOG and In carrying out its provisions. Seatrain Lines also acted We held a shipboard meeting promptly in seeing that I had would like to know if you transportation for returning to could please send me a copy on August. 14 and found every­ New York. Again I'd like to of the above-mentioned poem. thing in order except for a few My husband and I really en­ details that can no doubt be thank all concerned and wish joy the LOG very much and corrected easily. Steward J. L. them smooth sailing. look forward to reading every Beale has his troubles but, in Frank Flanagan issue we receive. Keep up the his usual good way, is getting good work. the wrinkles ironed out as fast Mrs. Olga Bagley as could be expected. (Ed. note: A copy of the As this is being written, the LOG containing the material word has just been passed that To the Editor: you requested is being sent to Captain Tkacz is pleased with As ship's delegate of the SS you.) the crew and apparently has no Chickasaw I wish to express N beefs. That, I think, is just as 4. 4 4« the appreciation of the crew and 'good as adding a good many myself for the new system of jobs to our ready, willing and feeding our Union has adopted, able list. and which Brother Phil Reyes is To the Editor: •v. C. Bums Introducing aboard this vessel. 4 4 4 I want to take this opportuni­ This ship has always been feeding well, like any SIU ship ty to thank the crewmembers of the SS Mae (Bull) and everyone should, but when Brother Reyes came aboard to ride with us else who donated for a wreath for several days, the food and at the time of death of a loved To the Editor: one. My husband, who has been service became even better. We It was appreciated by all. sailing with the SIU for 16 are all for that. John O'TooIe years, has had nothing but Like many other members, we 41 4> 4 praise for the Union. I, on the were wondering from what we other hand, being married to read in the LOG what this new­ him for three years, didn't see fangled idea of feeding was, that all was well. before Reyes came aboard. To I wrote to you in 1953 or '54 our surprise, we learned it was To the Editor: I hope you can print a line of asking why wives and children not a new idea, as we had thought, but was the application thanks to the mate and crew of »weren't covered for hospitaliza­ of plain common sense to the the Steel Chemist (Isthmian) for tion, what were the benefits of preparation and serving of food, saving my life on the dock in having seniority, etc. You al­ ways answered my questions, which has to be prepared rignt New Orleans. I understand that a long­ saying these things were being and served right in order to be enjoyed. This Brother Reyes is shoreman drove me fast to the studied. marine hospital where they are But, the recent May 13 Issue demonstrating to us. doing an excellent job. Thanks of the LOG, detailing all the Knows Job Headquarters should be con­ again to aU of them for their advantages being provided for dependents under the SIU Wel­ gratulated in its choice of Reyes kind help. M. Oschitzki fare Plan, made me join with to help the steward department my husband in praise. And I 4 4 4 establish the new system, as am sure all the wives of Sea­ many Seafarers know him to be farers feel the same as I do— not only thoroughly familiar we belong. with steward department work Achievements like the Union but also no mean cook in his To the Editor: I am writing to acknowledge recently made call for a celebra­ own right. He demonstrated this your recent letter with most tion. 'How about organizing a when he went to the galley and dance to be held at one of the did the work with the gang to sincere thanks. We appreciate very much the Union halls and let the- women familiarize it with the mechan­ trouble which you have taken get together for a change. We ics of the new syst^. From what I heard from the in giving us such detai^d infor- could cry on each other's crew and most of the steward mation about the new Seafarers shoulders discussing the fact that we are married to "no-good department, including the stew­ Welfare Plan. ard, who is a good Joe, Brother This material will be very , husbands" whose first love is Reyes' presence aboard the ship useful to us in planning welfare the sea and that in spite of all is welcome. measures for seafarers in India. that we wouldn't change them At our regular shipboard C. P. Srivastava for any frustrated man ashore. meeting where he explained the Directorate General of What about it? new feeding system, Reyes an-. ^ Shipping, Bombay, India , Mrs. Npstpn A. Raine Fan Letter For Seafarer's Poem Chickasaw OK's New Feeding Plan Halls Kindness Of Mae Crew Wife Now Sees The Light Too Thanks Chemist Crew For Help A couple of kettles of fish which provided some sport of Sea­ farers out in the Persian Gulf on the Steel Navigator are dis­ played by proud fishermen ll-r) Schopfer, 2nd elec., Evans, bosun, Gillis, MM, and Sanchez, AB. Seafarer Lars Nielsen, who took the photo, said he wanted it known definitely that these fish were not caught in a saloon. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LO,G—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY Z^NE Signed STATE ^ TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old lubsertbar and hava a ehanga af addrasf, piaata qiva your formar addrait balow: |r^'< ADDRESS te"'' icitY^: |M:: I- > I• . L..> f 7 '' •-1 Welfare Data Aids Indians �^'':V fleptcflAcr t, 1958 SEAFARERS All of the following SIU familiee will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 boTtd from the Union in the baby's name: Eileen Patricia Vaufhan, ,bom June 13. 1955. Parents, Mr. and .Mrs. William Vaughan, New York, NY. Bruce William Cash, bom July 29, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cash, Winthrop, Mass. t 4 t Elaine Joyce Brinkenhoff, born July 30, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Brinkenhoff, New York, NY. ^ ^ Diane Lynn Hilbum, born Au­ gust 5, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hilbum, Fairhope, Ala. , Deborah Jean Whisenant, born June 30, 1955. Parents, Mr, and Mrs. Marcus Whisenant, Balti­ more, Md. t » t " Michael Roy Clark, born March 14 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Clark, La Porte, Tex. ^ $> Rickie Brian Laurent, bora Au­ gust 3, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Laurent, Pasadena, Tex. i 4 t Larry Edmund Hensley, born July 22,1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hensley, Camden, NJ.. ' ' 4 3> SJ" Carmen Antonia Hernaiidez Rivera, born July 11, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Juan Hernandez, Puerto De Tierra, PR. 4" , ' i 3^ Michael Donovan, born June 30, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Donovan, Boston, Mass. $ 3> 3;> Clifford Michael Aversano, born July 25, 1955. Parents, Mi*, and Mrs. Michael Aversano, Brooklyn, NY. t 3i t 4> 4> 3^ 4 3i 3> 4" 3^ 3^ Denise Sorensen, born Auguk 2, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs, Ejuind Sorensen, Brooklyn, NY. ^ ^ Maria Xlynthia Smith, born July 31, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith, Algiers, La. Kathleen Mary Baker, born July 12, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Baker, Portland, Me. Beverley Anne Bowley, born July 21, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bowley, Coplague, LI. Kevin Michael Spence, born Au­ gust 3, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Spence, Brooklyn, NY. J, y . 4, i rue WUittm LOG Report On Ship Disaster Is CG 'Y/hitewash': SIU (Continued from page 8) coaster, is running on a certificate limited to inland waters. The failure of the Southern Dis­ tricts to come out of the storm which it was entering when last sighted on December 5, 1954, ap­ pears to be coupled directly with the structural condition of the ves­ sel and the certification that she was fit following repair work at a New Orleans drydock. The SIU challenge of the Coast Guard procedure governing the case stemmed principally from the admissions in the record by its own inspectors and by the operating manager of the company, E. F. Railsback. The damaging testimony by Seafarers who had sailed the ship up until her last voyage was later corroborated by much of what CG and company officials dis­ closed. "Deal" With CG One of the more explosive dis­ closures at the January hearing was testimony by Railsback con­ cerning an understanding between the operators, the Coast Guard and the American Bureau of Shipping to allow the ship to "get by" with patched plating under the power plant instead of renewing the plates as required by safety direc­ tives. The agreement, made early in 1954 avoided replacement of worn and damaged plating which would have required expensive re­ building of that portion of the ship. Expressing the regr^ of the Union that the Coast Guard which, in this instance as Jn so many others, occupied the dual role of judge and jury in reaching its final verdict on a matter Involving its own personnel, SIU SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall called upon the Coast Guard to explain its questionable action not only to the survivors of the missing men, but to all seamen whose safety at sea rests largely in the hands of Coast Guard marine Inspectors. "Given testimony," Hall stated, "that a ship has a variety of major and minor defects, that wooden plugs were used to stop leaks below the waterline, that a Coast Guard inspector conducted a survey of the engine room over a cup of coffee In the salon with the chief engineer, that seamen with 19 years of ex­ perience admitted this was the 'first ship in my life that I was ever afraid to ride,' given all this, the Coast Guard has chosen to look the other way. .• "We're still left with the orig­ inal question of what happened to the Southern Districts. Somewhere there la an adequate answer. This whitewash of all concerned is not the solution," he added. Nineteen Chargea In filing their auit for losses off behalf of the men's survivors, at­ torneys had listed 19 general spe­ cifications citing the company's re­ sponsibility for the disaster on the basis of testimony offered at the hearing and other fact? uncovered later, and attacking its cln m for limited liability: They went further, relying upon the testimony of Railsback and others, in charging not only was the vessel unseaworthy, but also that the company knew it was such FINAL DlSPAfCH (Continued from page 10) Sewell. Jfoyl* E. Shain, J. Shelton, Dale Sherry, Leslie Sierra, Efrain R. Sigafoose. B. J. Simmons, Wm. H. Siverly, Lawrence Sloan, Armond E. Smith. CharUc P. Smith, Johh Soieau, Jos. L, Solomon, Pua Sorenson, Soren Springer. L. V. Sterling, James Stevens. Greer C. St. Laurent, H. Stockman, Richard Stokke, Sverre M. Stone, F, L. Stone, Henry Suire, Joseph J. Sylvester, L. E. Talbott, Elwood E. Terrington, T. R. Thomas, Ed. Thomas, James D. Thomas. John Thomas, Paul W. Thompson, A. Thomson, John Thomson, John R. Thonis, Antonio Thrasher, Julius P. Thurmond, Carl Ticrnan, T. J. Tighe, Raymond Timmons, Ramond Torina, Samuel Tramblie, Harold Trlche, Jan L. Truxillo. Thomas Tulp, Jolm Jr. Usher. Allen Vanos, Jan J. Vasseur, C. E. Versloot, Wm. C. Walczykowskl. Tom Waldrop. James L. Wales, B. K. Walker. D. C.. Jr. Walker. M. B. Wallace, C. F. Wallace, Melvin Wanchek, John Ware, Lewis A. Warren, Frank Washburn. R. L. Weghorst, Arnold Welch, Louis A. West, Clarence West. LesUe H. Wetterhom, Karl White, James H. WhitseU, Robert Whyte, Stanley B. Wieczorriewicz, S. West, Lester Wiillk, MikaU Williams, F. L. Willis, Frank H. Wilson. Charles W. WUson, Wm. A. Winstead, Joe D. Whithers, G. G. Wisner, AUen Wood, David Woodworth, F. W. Wright, Esaiv A. Wynn, Frank J. , Young, George Zacharia, N. Zajanc, Walter C. Zdzislaw, Martin Zeigenfuss, C. B. The following men have retroaqjive or unclaimed wages of from Earl Henry Cahoon. 55: A resi­ $1 to $283 each coming from the dent of St. Johns County, Florida, Paymaster, Alcoa Steamship Com­ Brother Cahoon pany, 17 Battery Place, New York died of heart dis­ 4. NY: ease on May 26, T. Applewhite, Jr., O. Alien, E. Alns1955, in New Or­ worth, E. P. Achee, E. O. Aldridge. leans, La. Place N. D. Abernathy, O. W. Alston, H. Arlinghous, v. Alvarez, A. G. Boyd, J. B. of burial is not Berrier, Jr., T. H. Brown, R. L. Brock. known. Sailing in J. Brigham, R. J. P. Burke, M. D. Bozard. N. Breedin, G. D. BarSeld, H. the deck depart­ G. Burt. E. J. Bourgeois, B. J. Burk. ment for nearly J. v. Bissonnet, R. L. Booker, P. Bilbao. R. H. Brooks, J. -M. Barrett, Jr., J. C. nine years Broth­ Baiidoin, J. H. Babson, F. E. Burley. er Cahoon had C. L. Crabtrec, J. F. Crawford, .Ir., C. The deaths of the following Sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the SIU death benefit is being paid to their beneficiaries: Holger Pedersen, 57: A heart at­ tack proved fatal to Brother Ped_ erson, who died on July 7, 1955. Burial took place at sea^aboard the SS Council . 1 E. Camiel, R. E. Cuevas, J. Cobb, w. Grove. Joining joined the Union in wew Mew York Conley, C. A. J. p. Corrent. C. C.C. B. CoUins, E. R. the Union in m XOTK. He ne is is survived surviveu bv uy i, ^happen, Colella, Coburn, E. his brother, Bruce Cahoon of St. F. Cox, I. C. Cox. M. Cobb. W. Chom1951 in the Port jak, R. Davis, T. D. Dailey, I. J. Decarof. Galveston, Augustine, Florida. eaux, J. P. Doyle. J. R. Davis, R. B. Dear.mon, J. 1. Decastro, A. Djuve, M. J. Brother Pedersen Darce, S. C. Day, R. E. Duncan, H. O. 4 4 4 had been sailing Diamond. E. E. Davidson. Joe Daniel Bodiford, 58: Brother B. G. Edelmon, M. W. Eayers, J. E.^ in the steward department.- His beneficiary is a Bodiford died at Coral Gables, Eubanks. D. E. Emory, J. T. Edwards. W. Franklin. A. R. Fry, R. Ferreira. Florida on July L. friend, Calvin Jones, of Houston, J. W. Faircloth. O. Fillingira. J. P. Faulk­ 26, 1955, of heart ner. A. C. Fivek, H. P. Flynn. Jr.. P. Texas. Foster. J. S. Fason, D. B. Fields, L. E. trouble. Burial S. 4 4 4 Foskey, H. Gallagher, T. M. Griffith. C. F. Gardner, A. E. George, T. J. Gaffney, took place at Robert Miller, 35: On August 3, A. J. GaUagher, I. J. Gorgas, G. Gordon. Mount Olive in B. 1955 Brother Miller died of acci­ R. W. Guthrie. Luverne, Ala­ D. H. Horn, S. Halvorsen, G. A. Hawk­ dental electrocu­ bama. He had ins. H. C. Herring, S. F. Hayes, A. C. tion due to a R. G. Hurley, Jr., P. Hinds, been a member Headricks, v. J. Hcbert, J. J. Harty, H. E. Horn. shorted electric R. B. Hunt, H. HiU, F. E. Ingram, R. L. of the SIU from drilL Burial took Jones, W. D. Johns, E. C. Jordan, C. F. the early part oC Jeffers, W. J. Jarrctt. C. D. Jernigan, B. place at Forest 1953, and had Jackson. F. Johnson, G. Johnson, B. R. Lawn Cemetery Jarvis, R. K. James, J. B. Kilgore, A. C. been sailing as Kimberly, J. J. Kemp. J. King, J. C. In Norfolk, Viran AB in the deck department. He Kueider, J. J. Kennedy, J. C. King, Jr., K. gina. A member W. Kelly. J. J. Krohn, J. T. KeUy, W. is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Kunak. of the engine de­ A. H. Smith of Savannah, Georgia. R. C. Lumpkin. J. A. Lazar, R. L. Little­ partment, be had ton, A. JI. Lester, JI. Lublejewski, P. H. been sailing SIU Lacoste, H. M. Lee, H. J. Lee, C. B. Lewis, W. Levcne, E. Lafcuntaine, T. P. since 1949, when Llnd, £. A. Lindgren, B. R. Leblanc, P. he joined in New York. He is sur­ C. A. Leblanc. J. G. Lakwyk, J. B. Lipvived by his wife, Beulah Miller of uincott, A. La Porte, W. R. MacDonald. J. A. Morris, R. W. Martin, M. Martin. Norfolk, Virginia, W. G. Murray, G. Martinez, M. Morsette. NOTICES Ramon Suarez, born June 20, The following men are asked to 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. An­ contact SIU headquarters or the tonio Suarez, Brooklyn, NY. nearest SIU hall as soon as pos­ Ernest Rodrigues 4 4i 3i sible on a matter of importance Edward Churchille Cromwell, You are asked to write to your Born March 12, 1955^ Parents, Mr. wife at 3045 - 22 St.. San Francisco. to 4hcm; ' B. L. Bone, Allen L. Boone, J. F. and Mrs. Edward C. Cromwell, East Billot. John W. Butler, Frank N. Bachot, W. P. Jackson T. L. Blackledge, G. W. Berthold, C. Lynn, Mass. A personal letter is being held Burns, J- T. Bowman, Robert J. Cole­ 3> 3> 3> man, JoSe Cubano, Frank F; Cacloppo, Sherry Lee Slayton, born August for you at the SEAFARERS LOG S. C. Carregal, Elda R. Crawford- T. W. office in New York. Cassidy, J. C. Clevenger, W. C. Dawley, 2, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. Del Signore. William G. Dyal. Marion John F. Smith James Slayton, Rome, Ga. P. Edge, B. Eerman. Fi-ederick Engle; D. B. Fields, John P. Forget, A. R. Your Union receipts left aboard Fetchko, 3^ 41 K. M. Fletcher, T. J. Gray, Deborah Lynn Haigley, born the SS Del Aires are being held Peter Garvin, L. E. Gregory, W. Hughes, Hauser, John J. Harty, V. A. Herbert, May 28, 1955. Parents, Mr. and for you at the SEAFARERS LOG F. P. J. Harayo, Edgar R. Hay, M. V. Mrs. Arden- Haigley, Baltimore, office in New York. Howton, F. R. Hattaway, E. K. Iverson, W. J. Jackson, S. Jackson, J. S. Kornek, Md.C. Kinnke. Joseph Kissel, Stephen B. Thomatra N. Scott Kutzer. C. J. Kerrigan, M. R. Knick3* Si. 3^ . Please contact G. Blanchey im­ Bob Nolan Webb, bora July 2, mediately at PO' Box 25, Los man; T. L. I-aningham, F. A» Lord, Horace 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Angeles 59, Calif. LedwelL Robert Lipscomb, James A. LaCostS, P. v. Marsh, Coy L. Morrow, Webb, Mobile, Ala. H. Mones, G. Merola, T. Merosa, A. D. Friends of retired Seafarer Wil­ J. 3/* 3< 3^ Nash, Martin T. OToole, F. E. Perkins, liam P. "Sihokey" Grabenauer are Leroy D. Pierson, K. F. Parks. B. J. Jeannette Griilith,. born July 3, Paniccio. E. Pappel, J. E. Roberts, D. N. 1955. Parents, Mr. and ' Mrs. asked to write to him at 900 East Roditas, R. R. Rice: W. Sloberman, W. M. Stanley, K. G. Thomas Griffith, Brobkhaven, Miss. 9 St., Kansas City, Mo. Sanford, H. St. Clair. Albert E. Stout, Baggage for the following men S. P. Schlenrier. Warren E. Straw, William 4* 4 Melvin Joseph Wolin^I, born is being held in the baggage room K. Sutherlin, Frank Scme-'e. J. R. Schullz, E. J. Swatski, H. S. Sosa, William J. July 13„ 1955. Parents, Mri and at the hall; W. Lawhorae, John Smith, H.^ S. Thomas,, WiiUam D. Thicmt)nge,•' li' Thdmpsoh:' Walter Mi-S.' Frank Vi^blinsij, New Orleans,- Hhrley; E; t. Ap^^^^ G, Bjork- Tobiaaon, V.• T; E. Williams. E. C. Yeaihan. mafl„JJ,e..La»9U.JUan.{i;..Zetterman.. #iRSONAI.S and thus was liable much beyond any limited Hgure applied in court. Seafarers lost aboard the ship were: Sotirlos Galardos, 22, Nor­ folk; James H. Brandon, 38, Tampa; Louis B. Cook, 53, Lake Charles; Thomas Nicholas, 29, West Lqke, Fla.; Frank Famiglio, 18, New Orleans; Samuel B. Thomas, 35, Thomson, Ga.; John Daniels, 36; Conway, SC; Wladslaw Hinc, 46, Philadelphia; Purdom Morris, 30, Fordyce, Ark.; William T. Cooper, 27, Savannah; James B. Sellers, 29, Savannah; Victoriano R. Martinez, Norfolk. The two SUP men lost were Herman Klotz, Jackson Heights, NY, and Billie Nolan, Miami. MONEY DUE MATBSAnneemsm it^iHP EAirmee SWAP TWEPkSHTSONTV. .//HWUDW PRICED W/ELCQME/jeREAT raUROWNPLACB. Ot^EQAfOCPERAfSD SEAFARERS ..J ai ......a 1....,, . B. L. Messerall. R. C. MiUer, J. W. MuUis. F. Martinez. M. E. Miller, C. Mullis, W. C. MiUer. J. H. Morris, S. A. Mangold, J. H. Murray. L. Mizell, T. P. Martens, D. J. Moylan, J. R. Matthews, R. J. Moylan, G. D. Mc­ Neil, J. R. Mclntyre, O. McLean, H. C. McCurdy, A. P. Nickels, A. S. Nelson. E. S. Newhall, J. Oosse, Jr., G. C. Oglesby, H. J. O'Brien. T. M. Orr, E. Olbrias.' W. D. Ott, H. R. Peters. A. J. Panepinto. C. S. Perez. C. G. Pedersen, E. Painter, H. J. Piszatowski, R. L. Peacock, C. 1. Pollard. M. ' R. Perez, R. M. Powell, Jr., A. P. Power. :J. T. Regan, H. W. Roberts, R. M. Rutledge, C. Rayfuso, J. Robinson. G. Ray. W. E. Roberts, E. Robinson, I. Ranew. Jr., H. T. Revels, N. T. Ragas, J. B. Hambo, J. E. Rounsavall, J. L. Rogers. W. J. Reed, W. O. Roberts, W. Rivera, C. L. Reeves, R. Da C. P. Ramos, E. S. Rau. F. L. Hcdner, F. M. Regan, M. Rial, W. H. Rhone. A. P. Stearns, V. J. Segesta, F. R. Sullivan. F. H. St. Mary. P. J. Senior, F. E. Shimelfenig, J. Sccviour, H. E. Salter. J. F. Smith, W. C. Scott, J. A. Slay, H. C. Stcsch, Jr., R. W. Saunders, G. A. Sandlund, .S. M. Simmons. O. E. Sargent, J. D. Sargent, G. J. Smith, T. A. Spencer, O. Simoncioni, F. Sarmento. E. Silverstrin. J. F. SUloway, C. R. Sim­ mons, J. Silagyl, M. Straka, E. W. Seeley. Henry A. Zanders, A. Swensen. O. W. Trawirk, W. H. Thompson. L, Teck, .Ir., H. L. Thomas, H. S. Thomas. J. L. Taylor, C. Taylor, R. Threatt, A. Teodorini. J. Turk, Jr., R. D. Tuthill. D. C. Thompson, J. W. Thomu, C. I. Transon. T. Vasquez. P. Vasquez, D. Visser, M. L. Vissier, J. H. VaUot, A. Vargas, P. Vladhou, B. H. Vega. M. A. Webre, P. Wicks, W. M White.-k-, er. J. E. Wiiliford, R. Harold Wilson, Er A. Wright. J. R. Wolfe, C. Waldrop, R. L. Welch, A. E. Wen,ger, J. P. Williamson. H. C. Willingham. R. D. WUUford. A. S. Young. J. T. - wuim. -. .. Yates. X axes. V. Zambito. .C. K. vZaL...J..Xu.Zuanuc- "r.-.-I'll ^Ij �-:^,:J'f~.-r!:^ SEAFARERS • OFFICIAL O.RGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • LOG ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • A Catfc of ^toin.^ Mia It was probably fitting that a ship named the Amerocean spent the Fourth of July in Calcutta. The name signifies America spanning the oceans to deliver goods all over the world, and grain W the millions of India certainly fills the bill. For the Seafarers on the ship, the monotonous long haul across the Pacific passed without incident. Crewed up out of the SIU Seattle hall on May 12, the ship sailed from Vancouver, bunkered in Manila and Singapore, called at Vizagapatam, India, to dis­ charge some cargo, then proceeded north to Calcutta, 500 miles away, arriving July 4. On her return to Vizagapatam, she took on" a full load of manganese ore and sailed home for Balti­ more. "Just another routine trip," said Seafarer Don Ruddy, steward, who supplied the excellent photos. Dockside at Vizagapatam, India, the Amerocean discharged 2,000 tons of ca'rgo to lighten her load for the trip to Calcutta. They got there in the middle of the monsoon season. Pulling away from ddck at Vancouver, Wash., the Amer­ ocean was crewed with Seafarers from the Seattle SIU hall. Good crew, said Ruddy, made monotonous trip "a plea­ sure. Haircut kills time. Pedersen, NC6, clips King, wiper. Card game busies (l-rl Pedersen, NCB; Osborne, AB; Turner, FWT; Dunne, OS; Eubanks, MM; Burleson, OS. Rf''"-;'' • '•: 1,^. ;• itif's'f- I ii. •• *,' m- . 5. >r;' •,'•:• Galley gang included (l-r) Swanson, Brezina, Harvey, Pedersen, O'Neil, Eubanks, Clevenic|er, Ruddy, steward. .They did heads^up jobi by all a^zcoAinte/ Ship's medic, 2nd mate R. Simmons,; treating George . , (^lennon,. DM. Getting bunkers In Singapore, ship was visited by native peddlers. Serlo, fireman; King, wiper; Pedersen, NCB, bar­ gain, as Allen andThomley, ABs (seated), have coffee. Bumboats and peddlers are every where in flie Far East. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 2, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 18 Description An account of the resource Headlines: LABOR DAY - 1955 A TRIP ON A RUNAWAY-FLAG SHIP UNION MEN FOUND BEST IN RESISTING RED BRAINWASHERS SIU STEWARDS TO MEET SEPT. 12 LAUNCH NEW SUP HALL IN PORTLAND 2 YEARS OF SIU LIBRARY: 170,000 BOOKS TO SHIP GOV'T SETS HEARING ON BERNSTEIN SIU RAPS REPORT AS CG 'WHITEWASH' IN SHIP DISASTER CG WAIVES RULES FOR PACIFIC LINE BALTIMORE BEEF-CLEAR HAIL SMOOTH PAYOFFS SIU AWARD WINNER EYES LEGAL FIELD SEAFARERS SPEED CARD FILING FOR FAMILY HOSP-SURGICAL CARE NEW MOSCOW 'LINE' APED IN CP WATERFRONT PITCH ILA'S CRIMP SEA 'UNION' GATHERING DUST IN NY 'BLACKBALL' ISSUES FLARES IN NMU WATER BEEF NETS $2800 IN SEATTLE FLORIDA GOES INTO DRYDOCK FIRST TANKER-DRY CARGO SHIP ON TRIALS; MOBILE EYES BOOM LAKE CHAS. LURE: FISH AND SHIPS FLOOD PERIL STILL GRIPS BOSTON AREA A TRIP ON A RUNAWAY-FLAG SHIP CREWING OF LAY-UPS HYPOS NEW YORK MA MOVES TO REJUVENATE 2 LIBERTYS HEAVY CARGO MARKET UPS SHIP PRICES ARCHITECT FISH TALE WAS THE REAL MCCOY BITES LAWSON BEEF - GETS A MOUTHFUL 'JURY-RIGGED' BAKER SHINES ON BIENVILLE REPORT ON SHIP DIASTER IS CG 'WHITEWASH': SIU A CARGO OF GRAIN FOR INDIA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/2/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/3fb037fc93580b3b2b1b875d22fb4d05.PDF eb31b83ac4187f312a2d34b7726c29e5 PDF Text Text A MOT'SO-PUNNY TAlg: Vol. XVII No. 17 SEAFARERS story On Page 2 LOG « OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION > ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • JOB CALLS IN SlU HIT 20-IIII0S HIGH I'-W >15 •Story On Page 3 MTD To Be Key Unit In Merger ! ..'m Story On Page 2 Prize Winners. Robin Mowbray's acting SIU ship's delegate, Peter Gvozdich (center) and Captain H. E. MacDermid (right) re­ ceive National Safety Council award on behalf of crew from M. S. Pennington, company director of operations. Copies of the award are going to all Robin Line ships. Company compiled best safety record of any US shipping operator in 1954. Record has been attrib­ uted to active participation by SIU Robin Line crews in shipboai'd safety meetings and procedures. (Story on Page 3.) I '' I visi Hospital Bonus. Four of several Seafarers who were voted retroactive hospi­ tal benefits after Union went to bat for them are shown col­ lecting checks from New Or­ leans SIU patrolman, Herman Troxclair, (right). Men had been discharged previously as unfit for duty and could not get qualifying seatime for benefits before they reentered hospital. However, the Union - presented their cases to Wei- , fare Plan trustees who ruled them eligible for $21 weekly benefit from day thfey re­ entered. Shown here are (left to right)-: Charles Nicholson, Charles E. Brady, G. D. Olive and B. C. Seal. - " ?I �Pate Twe SEAFARERS MTD Guaranteed Major Voice In AFL-CIO Merger Antuat 19, 1955 A /iOX'SO-^FUAJNY TAUB z NCE UPON A TIME many years ago agency officials, who gave the detective acthere was a small Government agency .oess to supposedly confidential personnel that had a few humdrum responsibilities files. Another involved a deal between the and not too much in the way of an exciting agency and a private company whereby the future. That was before big business meth­ agency agreed to overlook certain of its own CHICAGO—Assurances that the AFL Maritime Trades De­ ods came to Government, and the popularity safety standards so the company would be able to save a considerable sum in maintenpartment will he the spokesman for" maritime labor under 6nce and repair. Several employees of the the AFL-CIO merger were given by AFL President George company subsequently lost their lives in a Meany at a pre-convention"*' serious accident. date, the CIO unions have not co­ conference of AFL unions Just recently the agency has been plump­ operated with MTD. here. In answer to questions ing enthusiastically for a new contract which MTD was originally formed as would undoubtedly involve millions of dolraised by the SIU of NA delega­ a mutual assistance group of AFL ars yearly in additional appropriations. The tion, Meany declared that the marine and shoreside maritime contract would apply a wide variety of elaMTD would continue to function unions, to aid each other in organ­ of the theory that agencies, just like private izing and contract beefs, tt played iborate pseudo-scientific test procedures to and would be the key maritime a big role in defeating the attempt businesses, must grow, expand into new personnel already partially under its control. unit in the merged labor organiza­ of Harry Bridges and the Com­ fields, get bigger appropriations and make (Professional psychologists call this procemittee of Maritime Unity to take more noise if they are to be considered suc­ tion. rdure a "battery" of tests, and there is no quesMTD then, will have status iden­ over US maritime. cessful. At the same time, of course, this This past June 30 the MTD met tical to other AFL departments, means more and higher paid top executives, such as the Building Trades De­ in New York to elect new top of­ more clerks and more field hands, along with ; partment and Metal Trades De­ ficials and plan for future water­ the added power that all this represents. ^ partment, whose functions and front action with the organization This particular agency had some exciting' organization will carry over into of East Coast longshoremen top­ ping the list. Lundeberg was elect­ times in the 1920's when it was chasing pro­ the new merger structure. Representatives of AFL interna­ ed president of MTD with E. L. hibition lawbreakers, but along came repeal tional unions were present at the Slaughter, secretary of the Inter­ and the depression and it settled back to re­ gathering, which was in the form national Brotherhood of Long­ lative inactivity. shoremen, AFL, secretary-treasur­ Like many a dormant enterprise, the tibn but that a certain amount of shock is in­ er of the maritime body. agency got a big boost toward prosperity with volved.) Member unions of MTD include Cet That SS • The procedures are designed to enmesh the the arrival of World War II. It eagerly the SIU, AFL Radio Officers employees of the private industry in a tan­ Number Right seized its opportunity and effected a merger Union, IBL, Masters Mates and gled web of. red tape of dubious ancestry, in­ Seafarers filing vacation Pilots, Sailors Union of the Pacific, with a,bureau formerly under another agen­ money claims should make Brotherhood of Marine Engineers, cy's control. Its first big contract was an as­ volving extremely questionable procedures. sure that they use their correct Marine Firemen's Union, AFL signment to issue documents and supervise But for the agency the tests would mean new Social Security number. Use Marine Cooks and Stewards and the work of several hundred thousand men paperwork, new hearing panels, more cleri­ of the wrong number means a the Staff Officers Union. in a vital private industry, as well as to in- cal help. It all adds up to more authority and clerical headache for the Vaca­ more of the taxpayer's money. tion Plan office and slows up The agency described here is, of course, the handling of payments. none other than the United States Coast Also, a Seafarer who uses Guard. Its latest proposed addition to its the incorrect Social Security original safety-at-sea function would be the number is crediting his tax de­ "brain-body" test series for merchant sea­ ductions to some other US worker. men, on top of its authority over shipboard 9=1 discipline, its control over seamen's docum^ts, and its security clearance system for of a pre-merger conference to iron spect the plants. Naturally this involved a sSamen and longshoremen. out any questions member unions Nor are the "brain-body" tests the end of considerable expansion of the work force for might raise about merger. SIU of the affair. It is gradually encroaching, on NA president Harry Lundeberg this purpose. headed the SIU delegation which With the end of the war, it appeared off­ seamen in other respects. One is its sudden After a brief boycott by Brit­ also included Paul Hall, SIU hand that the agency would be doomed to discovery of the ship's logbooks. In the best A&G District; Morris Weisberger, ish maritime unions affiliated considerable shrinkage. But some adroit tradition of some recent investigative activi­ Sailors Union; John Hawk, SIU of with the International Transties, the Coast Guard is now applying retroacNA; Hal Banks, Canadian District; portworkers Federation, owners of maneuvering followed during which it suc­ Captain John Fox, Inland Boat­ the San Salvador, a Costa Rican ceeded in maintaining its war-time function man's Union; Fred Farnen, Great ship, agreed to sign an ITF con­ as supervisor-of personnel in this particular Lakes District, and Matthew tract. Signing of the San Salvador private industry. Naturally this meant re­ represented another forward step tention of a large percentage of wartime ap­ Dushane, SIU of NA. The question of MTD's future in the campaign of the Specml Sea­ propriations and wartime work forces. A was raised by Lundeberg in view farers Section of ITF td^ boost large number of executives who had been ot the fact that merger will bring standards on "runaway" flag ships. concerned with the possibility of downgrad­ three CIO maritime unions into Wages were boosted by approxi­ ing, loss in status and salary, could now face the combined organization. To mately $18 for each crewmember the future with confidence. Meanwhile the tiye justice by punishing men for infractions and the manning scale increased. Both boosts brought the crew's agency continued its noiimal peacetime work of years past long since forgotten. No mis­ involving in the main the enforcement of cer­ hap is too small to be entered in the logbook, up to British scale. SEAFARERS LOG conditions In recent weeks the Special Sea­ tain safety standards. the Coast Guard says, or too small to punish Aug. 19, 1955 Vet. XVII, No. 17 farers Section has been increasing­ The Korean War gave the agency its sec­ a seaman for. It makes exhaustive sugges­ ly active on both sides of the At­ PAUL HALL, SecretaTy-Treasurer lantic in efforts to win decent con- ond big opportunity to expand. A new con­ tions on how to keep a logbook and a per­ tract assignment was obtained involving an manent service record on seamen in its pub­ HEnsERT BRAND, Editor; RAY DENISON, Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art .ditions for seamen under runaway extension of its personnel powers over 100,lication dealing with safety at sea. T-he Coast Editor; HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK. flags. Guard seems particularly anxious to compile Staff Writers; BILL MOODY, Gulf Area Tied Up In England Representative. a day-by-day record of every seaman from The San Salvador was hung up his first wail in infancy until he cashes in his Burly Page 13 in the port of Barrow Furness, Editorial Cartoon Page 10 England, by railroad workers in the chips. Editorial ."Page 10 As a result of this record of growth and ex­ Final Dispatch Page 15 National Union of Railwayman and pansion, the Coast Guard has been able to and longshoremen in the Transport Inquming Seafarer Page 11 publish recently four pages of amendments to Labor Roundup Page 10 and General Workers Union. Both regulations. The amendments were pre­ unions refused to handle cargo for Letters Pages 12,14 the vessel. Low wages, bad con­ sented in condensed form because space Meet The Seafarer Page 10 Personals Page 15 ditions and undermanning were 000 or more workers not previously affected Recent Arrivals Page 15 the reasons for the action by the plus additional authority as a Government security watchdog. This involved the estab­ Seafarers In Action Page 11 ITF's British affiliates. Here in the US, the ITF Sea­ lishment of m&ny more boards and a vast Shipping Figures Page 4 Your Dollar's Worth Page 6 farers Section recently opened an new volume of paper workvwhich^ undoubt­ organizing office at 33 Whitehall edly opened up a iew new careers for ambiti­ Published blwemly nt the headquarters Street for the purpose of organiz­ et the Seafarers International Union, At­ seamen. The ous officials in the ranks. lantic A Gulf District, AFL, «7S Fourth ing runaway flag Like any Government agency, it had been Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth -9-SiOO. Entered as second claf. mailer campaign here is under the direc­ at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY. under tion of Willy Dorchain, ITF US involved in a few scrapes along the line but the Act of Aug. 24, 1912. representative. It has a strong en­ haid managed to wiggle through. The only simply didn't permit all of them to be printed in full. Of course, every regulation means dorsement from the last SIU of NA casualties were a few red faces. convention which pledged it the One such scrape involved a questionable that much more in the form of Coast Guard fullest possible support. collaboration between a private, detective and control over seamen; v i ITF Boycott Wins Pact On Runaway 0im$ LOG \ O �Parcnfe* SlSAFAttERS LOG Anffuat 19; 19W Shoreside Union Rep Gets Taste Of Sea Job Pace At 20-Mo. High In 5IU-A&C Job opportunities for men shipping with the SIU reached a new high in the past two weeks as more Sea­ farers shipped out than at any time since the pre-Christmas boom of 1953. The total of 1,574 men shipped to off­ shore jobs surpassed a previous high of 1,416 men shipped in the two-week months. The department's ac­ period of June 29 through cent tivities have increased the tradi­ July 12. tionally high ratio of job opportu­ Furthermore, total shipping exceeded registration by 127 jobs with the result that in many ports men with class A seniority are shipping regu­ larly with cards a few days On tour of SlU-manned Del Norte, R. L Grevemberg, New Orleans business representative of AFL radio and TV technicians, picks up soma pointers from Seafarer Peter Prevas, DM (right), while Seafarers Joe Vigo, OS, and Angel J. Urti, DM, look on. Grevemberg also toured SlU New Orleans hall. old and ratings of all kinds are in considerable demand. Much of the credit for the favor­ able SIU shipping picture belongs to the Union's organizing depart­ ment which has brought several new companies and hundreds of jobs under Union contract in re- SIU Action Reverses Loggings BALTIMORE—"Two for one" loggings of Seafarers by one operator in this port have been defeated as a result of prompt SIU action. Fort agent Earl Sheppard said that the Coast Guard has agreed that^ the loggings in these instances X is now on a test cruise to deter­ were not legal and the men mine how the ship will handle. will have their money refunded. The loggings beef arose on ships More good news from the port of the Ore Steamship Company and came fn the form of the crewing involved men who did not report of the Ideal X for Pan-Atlantic, a aboard one hour before scheduled T-2 tanker specially modified for sailing, as a result of which ships carriage jof deck cargo. The Ideal sometimes sailed shorthanded. However, even in those instances where a replacement was secured by the Union the captains were making it a practice to log the men on a "two for one" basis. Won Ruling The SIU took action on -the case with the Coast Guard and won a ruling from Washington that the loggings were unjustified. However, Sheppard warned, the Robin Crews Hailed On Safety Recognition for their outstanding safety record in maritime has been given Seafarer crews, of SlU-manned Robin Line ships which won the top National Safety Coimcil award for 1954. Each Robin Line ship is being presented with a copy of the award plaque. lY In presenting the plaque to the crew of the Robin Mow­ bray, M. S. Pennington, Di­ rector of operations for the com­ pany declared, "these awards are a tribute to the fine cooperation on safety matters between the com­ pany, the crews and the unions. They are the result of the effective shipboard safety meetings that are held on all of our ships. On behalf of the company I would like to thank the officers and SIU crews for making this distinction pos­ sible. "The direct participation of crews In our safety program is the only way that our safety objectives can be attained." Cited Also In'53 The Robin Line was also cited in 1953 for the second best showing on safety. It got special honors for the greatest improvement in safety of any US shipping line. The awards are based on statistics showing both the frequency and severity of shipboard accidents. Safety operations of the com­ pany are directed by a shoreside central safety committee. ShipSeafarers and officers of the Robin Mowbray gather round board committees consisting of the to admire safety award for crew given to company by Na''J'f i. I c / X ^ •! I X iL I X 1 • X gates meet regularly and pass on tiona Safety Council. In center (back to camera) is actsuggestions to this shoreside ing SIU ship s delegate Peter Gvozdich who received award committee. If they are of merit, on behalf of crew from M. S. Pennington, company director the procedures are put into effect of opprations (holding''plaque). on all ships of the Robin Line. I ' SIU contract specifically provides that men should be aboard one hour before scheduled sailing time. Where Seafarers do not abide by the contract they create hardship for their shipmates and cause dif­ ficulties such as these with the company. Anybody who fails to make the ship at the required time, he pointed out, is liable to charges. The crewing of the Ideal X for an experimental run will be fol­ lowed next month by the crewing of the Almena, Sheppard reports. Both ships were modified at the Bethlehem shipyards here. In the event the operation works out. Pan Atlanticy is expected to add more ships to the run. Shipping in the port slacked off somewhat from the good pace of the past two months with 12 pay­ offs, 9 sign ons and 22 in-transits. nities which Seafarers have en­ joyed in the past.. Consequently the past two weeks' shipping perfor­ mance represents a trend going back through several months and not simply a one-shot affair. Evenly Distributed Shipping prosperity was distrib­ uted pretty generally throughout the A&G District with the head­ quarters port of New York pacing the Union, and New Orleans, Mi­ ami and West Coast ports doing extremely well. New York figures broke the 400 mark for the first time since the December, 1953, period. As a result of the excellent ship­ ping picture, an unusually heavy number of class C men shipped in the past two week period be­ cause of a lack of class A and B manpower for jobs that had to be filled. Shipping for class C men, who have no seniority in the SIU, accounted for 14 percent of all shipping in the period and was the highest recorded under the SIU seniority system. For the first time, every port in the District shipped at least one or more class C men. The biggest demand remains for deck and engine department rat­ ings. Several ports reported they were cleaned out of ABs and rated black gang men. Steward ratings, while doing w ell, are in more ample supply. A breakdown of the shipping fig­ ures shows that class A men con­ tinue to maintain a two to one superiority in jobs shipped, get­ ting 56 percent of the total to 30 percent for class B, which in turn shipped two men for every class C man getting out. Push AFL Pier Drive Despite I LA 'Pact' No change in its plans to continue organizing longshoremen in New York harbor are contemplated, the AFL International Brotherhood of Longshoremen announced, in the wake of reports of a "mutual pact" be tween the International for an organizing campaign in the Brotherhood of Teamsters and South." Thus far, the proposed the AFL-expelled International pact has not been signed by reiiLongshoremen's Association. The resentatives of either the Team­ IBL said that it would continue its sters or the ILA. campaign in the New York area No matter what the outcome of with the full support of 100,000 the ILA-Teamster talks, the IBL AFL waterfront workers in the enlphasizcd they would have no Maritime Trades Department. bearing on AFL longshore union objectives in New York harbor or Full Pledge The MTD at a meeting last elsewhere in the US. month pledged to give the IBL that support "until it has successfully brought all longshoremen of the United States and Canada the ben­ efits and protection of AFL con­ tracts." The SIU and other SIU of Regular membership meet­ NA affiliates are MTD members. ings in SIU headquarters and Reports of the Teamster-ILA at all branches are held every pact have been rife for the past second Wednesday night at two weeks. The "New York Times" 7 PM. The schedule for the of August 10 described the Team­ next few meetings is as follows: ster move for a wbrking alliance Aug. 24, Sept. 7, Sept. 21. "as an attempt to gain ILA support Meeting Night Every 2 Weeks m ,c] ' I 'J •%i �^ SEAFARERS fflonduran Visitor To SiU ^- ' • r -•. LOG • ^"'.•:! ''-sj AMcnstr 19; 198S SHIPPING ROUND-UP AND FORECAST . .-V JULY 27 THROUGH AUGUST 9 Registered Port Deck A Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Miami Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles 10 111 14 67 11 11 7 4 32 39 10 25 19 21 19 Seatlle 3 23 9 26 5 5 6 3 13 20 9 6 6 14 12 Deck A 160 NY Vf elcome Mat Ou! For Rated Seafarers Deck A Boston 9 New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Miami Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles .....7 Houston 11 Wilmington San Francisco...... Seattle Deck A Total trails behind the other two. Noting the lack of deck and black gang ratings. Assistant SecretaryTreasurer Claude Simmons, head­ quarters port agemt, urged Seafar­ ers having these endorsements, who are not too particular about the ship or the run, to come to New York and be sure of getting out in a short time. Several Payoffs Due He forecast the arrival of "quite ,a few ships" for payoff in the com­ ing period, several of them from long runs, so that shipping is ex­ pected to continue booming along. Statistics for the last two weeks included 27 payoffs, nine sign-ons on foreign articles and ten in-trans­ it, ships. No major beefs were re­ ported on any of these ships, all of them having come in with only minor overtime disputes and re­ pairs which were taken care of aboard ship. Simmons again called attention, however, to the need for impressing all SIU men with the Importance of taking jobs when they are hang­ ing on the shipping board, in­ stead of forcing the dispatchers to secure replacements from other sources. He pointed out that many jobs remained on the board for more than one call until they were finally taken. "It is vital for the membership to realize that by taking these jobs now, as they come up, they are guaranteeing we will have these jobs in the future," he added. "The more we demonstrate that we can man the ships as the need arises, the easier it will also be to sign new ships and companies when these opportunities develop." • SAN FRANCISCO—Seafar­ ers in this port had a choice selection of Far East and intercoastal runs this past two weeks as shipping opportunities exceed­ ed registration by a wide margin. Four payoffs, five sign-ons and five in-transits made up the port's shipping activity. ^ Future prospects are also topgrade, port agent Leon "Blondie" Johnson reported. Waterman ac­ tivity on Far East runs provided the bulk of the jobs. As a result of the fine shippihg here, Johnson reports, class C men on the bottom rung of the senior­ ity ladder have been moving out in quantity. SeaHle Still 'Very ^od' SEATTLE—That old refrain "very good shipping" is still the story out here in the Northwest. Not only has shipping been excellent out of this port but it has held up remarkably well for a good many months now. The crewing of the Heywood Broun, a Victory Carriers Liberty ship that had been in lay-up here for 21 months, gave an added fillip to an already pleasant shipping picture. Six payoffs, five sign-ons and eight ships in transit made an imposing total bf job opportunities for Seafarers here. 2 48 10 31 11 6 6 0 10 24 9 8 6 21 16 ••4. - Eng. A 6 88 21 33 3 4 7 3 19 53 7 6 5 26 14 En^g. 268 Deck B Deck C 0 30 6 14 4 2 9 2 19 32 4 2 5 18 18 1 21 0 3 9 2 6 0 0 4 0 0 7 7 1 Deck B Deck C 165 61 Eng. . Eng. B 3 82 . , 35 12'' 4 36 24 7 3 4 1 7 2 1 4 9 21 20 45 7 8 9 8 3 6 23 18 13 18 Eng. A 263 Eng. B 173 As reported in the story on page 3 of this issue, shipping has broken all records since December, 1953, in the A&G District. Eight NEW YORK—Breaking all records of the past 2Q months, SIU ports showed increases over the past two shipping in the headquarters Port of New York topped 400 .week' period, with only slight decreases in during the last two weeks, for the hest performance since the three others and three remaining at previous pre-Christmas hoom of _ 1953 4. levels. ^New York, Miami, New Orleans and Actual number of men shipped the West Coast paced shipping activity with in the past period was 408. only Savannah experiencing a genuine de­ The good shipping for the port cline. pointed up the continued short­ The following is the forecast port by port:' age of rated engine and deck de­ BOSTON: Fair this period; future looks partment men, who have been in slow . . . . NEW YORK: Booming along; still short supply for some time. Ac­ short on deck, engine Iratings .... PHILA­ tivity for the steward department SF Proves Job Haven Stew. A Stew. A 208 295 Stew. B 2 19 10 19 5 4 7 1 8 11 5 7 2 11 5 Stew. B 116 Total . A Total B 25 278 55 146 25 21 15 15 64 120 21 43 29 69 37 7 90 29 76 21 15 19 4 31 55 23 21 14 46 33 Tutul A 963 Total Reg. 32 368 84 222 46 36 34 19 95 175 44 64 43 115 70 Totsl B Total Reg. 484 1447 Shipped - Studying SIU operations, Raul E. Estrada (center), secretary general of the Tela Railway Workers Union, La Lima, Hon­ duras, examines multi-colored ship control board at SIU headquarters showing location and status of all SlU-contracted ships. US State Dept. aide F. Ivl. Lanza (left), who served as interpreter, looks on as LOS editor Herb Brand explains ships' record set-up. Estrada, whose union belongs to Int'l Confederation of Free Trade Unions, with which SIU is also affiliated, is on tour arranged by US Labor Dept., Int'l Labor Affairs Office. Eng. B 9 79 20 46 11 6 1 8 13 28 4 12 5 22 Deck B 400 Port Eng. A Deck B En^. 3 27 1 7 4 0 3 0 10 2 4 4 710 7 Eng. C 89 Stew. A 3 62 14 22 4 1 10 0 23 44 3 5 3 21 17 Stew. A 232 Stew. B 1 16 4 24"^ 3 1 7 4 7 24 4 2 4 11 14 Stew. B 126 Stew. C 1 26 1 5 5 2 3 1 1 22 ,1 0 2 7 3 Total A 15 259 44 111 17 6 20 9 75 146 22 20 17 70 55 stew.' To-al C A 74 886 Total B Total Total C Ship. •4 81 14 62 14 7 23 7 35 76 16 13 15 47 50 5 24 68 408 2 60 15 188 18 49 4 17 12 55 1 17 11 121 28 250 43 5 4 37 16 48 24 141 11 116 Total Total c Ship. 224 1574 Total B 464 DELPHIA: Still good .... BALTIMORE: Registration near record; shipping down a bit... . NORFOLK: Outlook fair. SAVANNAH: Down again, but two pay­ offs due .... MIAMI: Very good; port cleaned out of ABs, engine ratings .... TAMPA: Fair; short on deck department men .... MOBILE: Good; should continue NEW ORLEANS: Very good. LAKE-CHARLES: Qood HOUSTON: Slow; future about the same WILMING­ TON: Good; holding its own . ."v. SAN FRANCISCO: Very good SEATTLE: Excellent. Several payoffs due; Battle Rock will crew up. Burglars Tap Mobile's Vacation Tiil MOBILE—Burglars last week-end forced several doors in the SIU hall here and made off with all the SIU vacation checks on hand after breaking open a locked drawer. However, police were successful in picking up four or five ihen and recovered approxi­ mately two-thirds of the"^ Several SIU brothers acted as pall­ stolen checks. bearers. Meanwhile, machinery has Brother Russell, a member of been set in motion to have new th^ engine department, passed cheeks issued for the men whose away in the New Orleans marine checks were stolen. This is expect­ hospital from a lung cancer, after ed to take a week to ten days. As a long Illness. His last ship was the Alcoa Cavalier, aboard which soon as information on this is for­ he served as electrician for almost MIAlVn—All deck and en­ warded from headquarters, the a year. His burial is being ar­ gine department ratings were membership will be Informed, Cal ranged in New Orleans by a friend on the high seas out of this Tanner, pojt agent here, stated. designated as his beneficiary. sunny port after another two week On allied matters. Tanner report­ pOriod of top shipping. New ships Aside from the inconvenience the brothers involved will suffer no ed that the Mobile area has con­ signed recently by the SIU organ­ loss as a result of this incident, he tributed ten claims to the total of izational department were a promi­ SIU dependents benefits paid out noted. nent factor in the outstanding throughout the A&G District. Tlie branch membership has ex­ He again urged Seafarers to file shipping picture. tended its sincere sympathy to The port paid off and signed on a properly-executed enrollment the families and friends of two the tanker Ventura and the pas­ card and also photostatic copies SIU brothers who died in the area senger ship Florida. Eight inrecently, Charles W. Gann and of their mamage certificates and transit ships in the same two week the birth certificates of their chil­ James Russell. period had port agent Eddie Parr dren. (^ann, who sailed in the steward If this is^ done in advance, it is "shaking the palm trees" in the department, was was thp victim of estimated claims can be processed area for aU ratings. a brutal murder, and his slayers one to three days faster than or­ . What's more, the upsurge in this have not yet been found. port is expected .to continue as dinarily. Beaten To Death Chaimian of the last branch Mian^ shipping is at its bes^ in He was found beaten to death membership meeting, Seafarer many a year. near the shipyard where his ship Phil Reyes explained the operation One result of the shipping activ­ had gone in for repairs. He had and purpose of the new feeding ity was that the port had to forego just gotten off the Madaket after plan being instituted in the Wa­ its regular membership meeting. a trip. Efforts to locate relatives terman fleet, which was soundly There Just weren't enough Sea­ failed until his foster mother was endorsed and supported by the farers on the beach to make a quon^m, , ^ located to uithorize his . buriaL members here. Jobs Boom Port Miami �SEAFARERS Aiwnst 19, IMf New Rules Ease Alien Hardships Pac«~^ll«K LOG He^s Full-Fledged Citizen Now Gov't Unit Raps MSTS Slowdown WASHINGTON—Bottled up for the past seven months, a House subcommittee report sharply critical of the Military Sea Transportation Service was finally made public this week. WASHINGTON—More libThe document, containing ments, but with Commerce in" the eral rules designed to*' give the findings of a special House forefront, "the reverse occurred." Its inference was that the milifairer treatment to aliens in unit in the last Congress, has just tary had maneuvered itself into • deportation cases have been pro­ been released by the House Mer­ position which left very little con­ posed by the Immigration and Nat­ chant Marine Committee. It pin­ sideration for the needs of private uralization service, pointed the general dissatisfaction shipi)ing, and indicated little likeThe new rulings would do away with arrests of aliens, pending de­ of many Congressmen with the liho(^ of any serious intent to cur­ portation, and would change the slow pace at which the Defense tail MSTS operations. hearing system so that the same Department has been cutting back Immigration officer would no MSTS activities. longer act in the double role of prosecuting attorney and judge. Criticized Before Under the old system, an alien MSTS has been on the carpet Involved in deportation proceed­ under fire on many occasions in ings would be served with a war­ the past because of its competi­ rant and often was forced to post tion with private shippers. The bond. When the new rules go in Government agency has been effect, as expected, the alien will charged with handling vast vol­ simply be given an order to show umes of cargo and passenger traf­ cause why he should not be de­ fic which could have been just as ported—in ather words, to appear efficiently moved by privatelyat a deportation hearing. operated vessels, and at a much Still fuming over the treatment The hearing itself will be con­ lower cost. given them by the NMU and the ducted by a Special Inquiry Officer Seafarer Frank S. Bosmente happily points to newly-entered The report of the subcommittee, NMU Pilot, the 1,000-man crew of who will hear the Government's "US" stamp on his seaman's papers indicating he has United which was headed by Rep. John J. the passenger ship United States case from a Service Examining Allen (Rep., Calif.), pointed out voted down "approved" candidates States citizenship. He is, shown in Brooklyn home with wife Officer. In the past the Inquiry that whereas the size of the MSTS and elected two convention dele­ officer at times, both presented and mother-in-law. SlU Welfare Services Department nucleus fleet should have been gates who are openly opposed to the case and rendered a decision, speeded up procedure after Bosmente endured lengthy wait the joint responsibility of both the the program of NMU president a procedure which loaded the dice Commerce and Defense Depart- Joseph Curran. without results. against the alien. The crew had previously reject­ ed the new NMU contract by a near unanimous vote and has since been frozen out of the NMU news­ paper which refuses to report its action. Instead the Pilot has launched a retaliatory personal at­ tack against the creW at large. When the crew elected its, dele­ Stung by repeated exposure of its cover-ups and inconsis­ gates last week the US stewards tencies on major maritime issues, the National Maritime Un­ department rejected Curran-apion is trying to persuade its members to look the other vi^ay proved candidates by a vote of three to one, electing Kvo men when a copy of the SEAFAR-tof their own choice. The ship has ERS LOG appears. An edi­ dent Joseph Curran's plans to dis­ four delegates in all. torial in the last issue of the card treasurer M. Hedley Stone Rejected Coi^tract NMU Pilot, reflected the NMU's under the guise of reorganizing extreme sensitivity over its short­ the NMU's official set-up, because The United States crew had Stone .opposed the abandonment voted 456 to 1 at the July 3 meet­ comings. ing to turn thumbs down on the The general feeling among mari­ of the hiring hall. Since the Pilot has dropped NMU contract, because it contains time observers is that Curran, in his frustration over a series of a blanket of silence over much of a compulsory vacation clause and failures over the Tonsina incident this information or deliberately a supplemental jobless pay plan of and his fiasco surrounding his fail­ concealed its implications, it was dubious value. The compulsory va­ ures in CAMU and the NMU hir­ only natural that large numbers cation provision was hustled into ing hall, is now blindly lashing out of NMU mentbers would turn to the contract without prior notice at all who voice any criticism of the LOG for news of what was to the NMU membership as a way happening in their own union. out of the situation created by the his policies. Of equal embarrassment to the Likewise, it is felt that Curran, NMU was the LOG'S report on NMU's action in hastily opening who has always attempted to play Curran's ambitions t o become its books and hiring halls to all the role of "labor statesman" and number one man in American comers. The compulsory vacation, de­ has resisted replying to past re­ maritime under AFL-CIO merger. ports of his shortcomings in the In the light of this ambition Cur­ signed to get men off the ships SEAFARERS LOG, will now very ran's past actions and outlook and relieve the pressure at the likely turn his hysterical guns in were of major interest to Sea­ shoreside halls, was packaged in a broadside attack on the SIU and farers and all other uniop seamen. a gift wrapping under the mis­ the SEAFARERS LOG. For this reason the LOG print­ leading title of "Employment Officials Worried ed excerpts from the record show­ Security Plan." It was the first time in the According to insiders, the NMU ing Curran's enthusiastic endorse­ is seriously concerned because its ment of the Communist Party line memory of maritime observers thnt members are. turning to the LOG before, during and after World a compulsory vacation had ever to find out just what the score is War II and his intemperate attacks been labeled as a method of pro­ in the NMU. The LOG has been on CIO President Walter Reuther viding security of employment. printing the stories of events with­ and others, leaving it for readers Aside from the openly antiin the NMU in order to give NMU to judge the quality of this par­ Curran steward delegates, crewseamen their democratic right to ticular candidate. members of the US chose a deck news of their own union. For ex­ No matter what the Pilot may delegate who is acceptable to the ample, NMU members first learned or may not say, the policy of the crew, if regarded with lukewarm in the LOG that it wds not neces­ LOG will be to print information enthusiasm by the NMU admin­ sary to open the books and aban­ of interest and importance to Sea­ istration. The engine delegate ap­ don the union hiring hall, but that farers and to all American sea­ parently endorses the Curran pro­ a workable seniority system could men. gram. have protected the professional NMU seaman. It was the LOG report entitled "Guaranteed Annual Wage and the The SIU headquarters food committee will hold a series of meetings Maritime Industry" which first in­ formed NMU members that the the week of September 12 to'formulate a master set of rules governing highly-touted NMU jobless pay the steward departments on all SlU-contracted ships Tlje committee plan was in actuality a disguised meetings follow the successful institution of the new feeding program compulsory vacation plan. The LOG also notified the NMU on many SIU vessels. membership that the crew of the All steward department crewmembers and other interested parties While City of Alma loads grain in New Orleans for Far East United States Ifad twice rejected are requested to write in any suggestions or criticisms of the system run, Seafarer Coy Morrow, BR, starts first of many miles of the compulsory vacation plan and travel behind mop he'wijl make before the Waterman ship the entire NMU 1955 contract now in effect. Their suggestions will guide the committee in its worit. agreement. It told of NMU Presi­ All interested parties may attend the meetings. returns home. Ang^ NMII Crew Vetos Outran Men City of Alma's Mop-Up Operator NMU Squirms As LOG Ferrets Out Cover-Ups Notice To SIU Steward Dept. Men I .. »i �Avrust 19. 1955 SEAFARERS LOG Pace Six SIU Scholarship €aps| 15-Year-Old Dream Trying for several years now to obtain some professional training, Seafarer Joe Kite of Jacksonville, Fla., has §nally made the grade, thanks to the SIU scholarship award and the financial help it provides. Dogged hy had breaks and and was left high and dry soon shipyard work, plus Jobs In the misfortune since the death of after when the Navy changed its electrical field. His first maritime his wife just before World mind. job came in the mid-1930s when he Returned To Sea War II, Kite has raised his teen­ grabbed at a chance for a berth as He enrolled again that June and age son with the aid of his mother a deck hand on the tug Three and brothers, plus the good wages remained uptil June, 1953, when Brothers," out of Brunswick, Ga. his funds ran out and he had to re­ and conditions that have come his The tug, operating in the lumber way since he started Scdling SIU turn to sea. By this February he had accumulated a stake once trade along the Satilla River, was ships in 1947. It again, but this time was forced out hasn't been an In danger of losing its tow during by his mother's ill health. easy fight. dirty weather, and Kite, nearby on Back once again this summer, Now attending a small sailboat he owned, was able with four years of schooling now summer school at to lend a hand getting it secured. assured, and all homefront prob­ the University In return, the old man offered him lems smoothed over, he is now of Florida in a job. "Tug crews ate regular so ready to turn to and learn some en­ in Gainesville, gineering. "When I say 'thank I accepted," Kite recalled. prepping for a Ashore for a time with an Infant you' to the brothers, I really mean degree in electri­ son after the death of his wife. it," he said recently. "If I didn't cal engineering, Kite have their financial help now, I Kite enlisted in the Army Air Kite first en­ Force as a glider pilot in 1942. But tered there early in 1951, dropped could not be here." A native of Florida, Kite has split the glider program was curtailed in out a week later when the Naval Reserve called him for active duty his energies between the sea and 1943, and he was discharged and back in the shipyards again. Canada Ship Engineers Voting On Link To SIU " MONTREAL—Another affiliate for the growing SIU of NA family is in the offing as Canadian marine engineers bal­ lot on whether to join the SIU. An application for a charter has already been made hy the 4^ National Association of Ma' ships and aboard the ships of the rine Engineers, representing Great Lakes fleet. Great Lakes and East Coast engi­ Climax To Discussions neers in Canada. Affiliation of the Canadian en­ If the vote is favorable, as Is ex­ gineers has been under discussion pected, the Canadian engineers between the engineers and the SIU would become a second shipboard for several months. While Canadian engineers on the affiliate of the SIU in Canada. The SIU Canadian District already rep­ West Coast are not involved In the resents the bulk of unlicensed current balloting, the decision of the East Coast engineers is ex­ Canadian seamen. The voting of engineer.s is being pected to have considerable influ­ conducted by mall for deep sea ence on their future action. Sailed Cites Service Finally, on St. Patrick's Day, 1945, he was shipping once more, and signed on the old SS Hadnot. "Believe you me, she had not," he noted, "but it was the luckiest day of my life. She belonged to the Cities Service Oil Co. and it was aboard her that I saw my first LOG. Soon I was calling at SIU head­ quarters trying to interest the Un­ ion in the fleet and trying to in­ terest my shipmates in the SIU . . . It was a long haul, but eventually we won." In the same way, it was a long haul for Kite to make his way back to school, but now that degree in engineering looms much nearer. "I know I can never thank my Union brothers and all the officials enough for this opportunity. It's wonderful that our Union can make things like this possible fol its members," he added. A trip to tho SIU hall was included in a tour of New Orleans for little Larkell Hernandez, 5, on a trip from her home in Baton Rouge with her uncle, Seafarer 8. M. Slade, electrician. The little lady seems a bit wary of the cameraman. Ratings Shortage Now Tampa's Chief ^ncern TAMPA—Shipping held up very well in this port during the past two weeks and is expected to do the same in the coming period. Port agent Tom Banning by the fact that there was no reported a shortage of deck quorum available for the sched­ rates on the beach and avail­ uled branch membership meeting able to ship and Invited men ship­ ping in that department to take advantage of the expected job op­ portunities as well as the chance to get in some good fishing, while they wait. The general lack of manpower on the beach is evidenced .further YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Does Self-Contracting Save $? Several readers have asked the same question many others of us have often wondered about: Can you cut the cost of a house by doing your own contracting? One man writes that he wants to buy a lot and haVe a house built, but doesn't want to go to a contractor to do the whole job as he thinks this will cost him a small fortune. He wants to go to an architect for plans, and have individual contractors pour the foundation, put in the wiring, plumbing and heating, etc. "I know this will mean a lot of running around," he writes, "but I know people who have done this and they tell me they saved a couple of thousand dollars." Undoubtedly doing your own contracting can save you money in building an individual house. Generally a con­ tractor's margin is 15 per cent of the cost of a house, which includes his return on his investment, his over­ head expenses, salary and profit. You assume his respon­ sibilities and chores. of contracting and supervision and you save his cost and profit. But it is doubtful that self-contracting for an individual house can save money over the price of a new home in a large development. Surveys have shown that develop­ ment builders can put up large groups of houses for 1# to 20 per cent less than the cost of building an individual house. Of course the individually-built house still has the possible advantages of enabling you to have the kind of house you want in an area you might prefer, and with­ out the monotonous appearance and inadequacy of com­ munity facilities which sometimes mar large develop­ ments. Also, large developments generally are not avail­ able in many smaller towns. There are two ways a family can uindertake to sejfcontract besides the easiest and costliest rqetbod of hiring an architect to supply plans, engage contractors and last week. As a result, no meet­ ing was held. He also noted that union chemi­ cal workers in the area are in­ volved in a beef over conditions, but that the SIU is not taking part in the action at this time. How­ ever, if help is needed, he added, we'll be glad to provide some. iVrlt'tsu fop The Seafarers Los leallM®' "Mgolius, leading expert on biying supervise the entire job, which is not often done for engage a contractor to build the shell, you should also moderate-price houses. A less-expensive way of getting get estimates from several suppliers. Building-supply some help is using the limited-service plan offered by houses are experienced in estimating the entire cost of some architects. They supply detailed stock plans, modi­ the lumber for a house from an inspection of the plans. fy them for your particular wants, advise on the suit­ But specify what grade you want. No. 2 lumber if often ability of the lot you have chosen in relation to the house used in commerciallyibuilt moderate-price homes, but If plan, arrange for bids, and provide a limited amount of the house is to have dry-wall construction, the smoother inspection during construction. But the least costly way, No. 1 grade may be desirable. At every point you need if also the most time-consuming, is to simply buy a set to decide what materials you will use before you ask of stock plans, show them to sub-contractors, get bids, for bids: what grade of flooring, thickness of insulation, and yourself inspect the work as it progresses. what kind of tile for the bathroom, whether double-hung You can buy stock plans for as little as $25 a set from windows (costlier to frame) or windows that open out, etc. architectural services and building-supply houses. These So before any family buys a lot and undertakes to do arc often attractive designs Including detailed blueprints. Its own contracting, it ought to carefully study the dif­ You will need at least five sets of blueprints to give to ferent types of construction and materials which affect the building authorities for a permit, and the sub-con­ the price. For this purpose, we suggest you get the fol­ tractors to get bids and do the work. Make sure any lowing Uterature on home-building: stock plans you buy are fully detailed, and also comply I publications; Several Government agen­ with local building code and zoning restrictions. cies publish useful, low-cost pamphlets on various aspects In securing bids from sub-contractors, it is desirable of construction and materials. Write to the Superintend­ to get at least three for each job—the foundation, fram­ ing and finishing the house; plunnbing and heating, wir­ ent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Wash­ ington 25, DC, for a list of available pamphlets for ing, and grading, driveway and walks. homeowners and builders. Families who have done their own sub-contracting University of Illinois Small Homes Council: This agency sometimes report they find sizable variations in bids. has a series of useful circulars which it sells at nominal Price, of course, is not the only gauge of value, especially charges. They advise on selecting a lot, plan and mate­ for the jobs requiring skilled work. Make sufe you state rials. You can get a list of these circulars from the specifically and fully what you want the job to include, Small Homes Council, Mumford House, University of and that the contractor is a reliable, well-established per­ Illinois, Urbana, III. son. You can Check his reputation With local buildingFacts You Should Know About Buying or Building A supply houses, banks, real-estate dealers, aiid especially, Rome, a pamphlet, is available from any Better Business other people the contractor did jobs for. If possible. In­ spect other work the contractor has done or is doing, and Bureau or the National Better Business Bureau, 405 Lex­ observe the care With which he did or is doing the work. ington Ave.,. New York, and is highly infdrmetiye. It cOsts ; If you plan to buy the lumber yourself and simply •'ten*cehti. • �cv,r,;.y^ Avfittt 19. 19SS SBAIfARBRS "fRIOfRtC C. COLLIN (Dry Traht), Jun* M—Chairman, P. «. Maria; Sac ratary, R. McLaod. Diacusalon beUI on the oleanUneaa of dUhea, menroom and pantry. Shlp'a deleaate will aea the chief engineer regarding repairi. One crewmember was left in hospital in Calcutta and an inventory waa made of his gear which will be delivered to him in hospital Entire crew accepted communications from headquarters. new parti were not oi-dered. Wind­ less forward was not repaired. June 12—Chairman, B. OranbdrBI Sacratary, P. Kustuva. Soma discus­ sion on the men logged in Japan. Chairman asked ((eiegates to get everything on repair list. Each delegite should have ship fumigation on -repair list. ^ ROBIN TRENT (Seas Shipping), June 3i—Chairman, J. HIgglns; Sec­ retary, P. Nakllchl. Departments will EMILIA (Bull), July 13—Chairman, make up- repair lists. One beef re­ P. Asonta; Sacratary, Stanley Sondur. ported that no mops be washed in Discussion on the new ice box for the ship's laundry. crew mess and the washing machine. ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), June 11 STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), July IS —Chairman, C. Bush; Sacratary, J. —Chalr(pan, L. Splvty; Sacratary, H. Nolda. Notified Chief Engineer about West. ShjA in good order. Bepair list discolored drinking water. AU went ^landled Rpt trip. Recent headquar­ well this trip. No beefs. Communica- ters communications accepted and concurred. CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), July .11—Chairman, C. Lee; Secretary, H. Scholls. Everything running smooth except a few hours disputed over­ time. Headquarters communications accepted and concurred. CHILORE (Ore), July 10—Chairman, R. King; Secretary, K. Brittaln. Ship's delegate left this 'vessel because of death in his family. Ship's fund was turned over to brother who was hos­ pitalized. Recent communication ac­ cepted and carried unanimously. Col­ tions from headquarters read, ac­ lection was made for former ship's cepted unanimously.. A vote of thanks delegate, whose daughter passed away. given to black gahg delegate and Chief Electrician for repair' 'work CHIWAWA (Cities Service), July 13 done. A motion was made and sec­ —Chairman, J. Christy; Secretary, J. onded that ail work that paid as Call. Communication from headquar­ overtime during straight time, work­ ters accepted qnd concurred. Dis­ ing hours be paid for at the rate of cussion held on pro-book system. time and a half, or double time, after Everything running okay. the hours of five PM or before eight AM Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays. GATEWAY CITY (WaternMn), June 18—Chairman, J. CIsieckl; Secretary, SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Sestrain), D.. Collins. Beef about electrician July 17—Chairman, W. Nswbsrg; Sac- squared away. No beefs. Ship's dele­ rstary, A. Lambert. Flowers sent to gate elected. Full cooperation was steward's sister, money taken from pledged on new feeding program. ship's fund. Ship's fund—412.08. July 13—Chairman, J. CIsleckl; Sec­ Steward thanked crew for flowers retary, D. Collins. No beefs. Motion sent to his sister. made and carried. that communication from headquarters be accepted unani­ SOUTH PORT (South Atlantic), July mously. 11—Chairman, R. PIsrce; Secretary, W. Thompson. Motion made and car­ WILD RANGER (Wavermen), June ried to accept communication from If—Chairmen, J. Tarwick; Secretary, headquarters. E. McCaskey. Motion made and car­ ried that in the next negotiations STEEL MAKER (Isthmlsn), July 3— some arrangement be made between Chairman, B. Brown; Sscretary, C. the Union, company and MSTS that Hsnnlngsr. Communication from master on ail MSTS-chartered ships headquarters read, accepted, and car­ have authority to purchase ship stores ried unanimously. Discussion held on and necessary utensils. Discussion repairs of doors. on the quality and quantity of food. If possible some Improvement should WINTER HILL (Cities Service), July be made. 17—Chairman, E. HIM; Secretary, P. Wilkinson. No beefs. Ship's fund— ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), June 7— $40. Motion made and carried to ac­ Chairman, R. Klenasti Secretary, V. cept and concur headquarters recent C. Smith. Electrician euggested that communication. his room be painted and the engine department rooms be sougeed. Ship's ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), July 10— delegate reported that the chief en­ Chairman, T. Sencheu Secretary, A. gineer would 'not repair coffee urn Trerner. Motion made and carried to because steward ordered coffee per­ accept and concur with headquarters colators. This will be taken up with communications. Ship's delegate patrolman. Enrollment cards were elected. Request made for better given to each member to be filled launch service. out and to be mailed in Tampa. ALCOA PIONEER (Aicos), July 11 MASSMAR (Calmar), July 11—Chair­ —Chairmen, G. Chandler; Secretary, man, A. Novak; Secretary, V. ElchenG. Anthony. Motion made and car­ berg. Patrolman Johnson explained ried to accept and concur In head­ to the crew the necessity of holding quarters communications. No beets, meetings regularly. everything running smoothly. Re­ July 9—Chairman, James Dorat; pairs and disputed overtime cleared Sacratary, J. Elchanbarg. Engine del­ in SlU style by Mobile patrolman. egate asked why the silverware and glasses are smeared. The steward ex­ BIENVILLE (Waterman), July 17— plained tha^^e panftry men will not Chairman, A. Plontek; Secretary, L. do them the way he tells him to. Plarson. Motion made and carried to Engine department will take care of accept and concur in all headquarters washroom one week then the deck communications to date; All members will do it the next and the steward requested to keep messhall clean, department will follow. and not to use lava soap in washing machine. It stops It up. Water tanks PORTMAR (Calmar), May 31—Chair­ to be inspected for rust. Suggestion man, M. Klelber; Secretary, P. Ross. made that dependent parents of sin­ Varioui sanitary measures were dis­ gle men be Included in the Welfare cussed. Suggestion made that notices Plan. be posted on bulletin board. A vota of thanks was given to the steward CLAIBORNB (Waterman), July 13— department for a job well done with Chairman, C. Coker; Secretary, W. a very limited amount of stores. A Barnes. No beefs, everything running motion was made by M. Kleiber that O.K. Motion made and carried to all union officials at IVest Coast accept and concur communications branches be placed on ballot at the from headquarters. next general election. Motion car­ ried by a majority vote. Resolution CHICKASAW (Pan Atlantic), July made not to patronize slopcheSt. 15—Chairman, A. Elllt; Secretary, W, July 3—Chairman, Prank Albore; Thayer. Motion made and carried to Sacratary,' Patrick Lannlng. 'Voted accept and concur in communications that ail crewmembers donate $1 to from headquarters. There was some the ship's fund at the payoff. Crewdiscussion about getting a SSa Chest members were requested to fill out aboard. -No beefs. welfare forms and have them ready to hand over to the patrolman in DEL CAMPO (MIsslulppI), July 12 Philadelphia. Crew in favor of re­ —Chairman, C. Gauteau; Secretary, ports from headquarters and a vota L. Martin. Motion made and carried of thanks was given to all concerned. to accept and conciu- communications July 13—Chalrmatv M. Klelber; Sec­ , from headquarters up . to date. retary, J; -HetzelL Everything run­ ning smoothly except for the washing Discussion held -on the rou­ ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), June machine. tine activities aboard ship. Ship's 25—Chairman, V. Kleklrlllo; Secre­ fund will started at the payoff of tary, D. Beard. All communications this trip bybeeach member contributing and reports from headquarters posted SI. Motion made by R. Oates not to on arrival aboard ship. Menus need patronize any Horn and Hardart res­ Improving with more of a variety for taurants on the East Coast as they breakfast. are not unionized. Discussion of new hospitalization and surgical benefits OREMAR (Ore), June IS—Chairman, In the Welfare Plan. E. Game; Secretary, H. Stewart. A new ship's delegate was elected. Dis­ MAC ALLISTER VICTORY (Seat cussion on the new welfare benefits. Shipping), June 29—Chairman, Charles A vote of thanks was given to the Moora; Sacratary, ScoHy Malvenan. ateward department. Headquarters report on Merchant Marine Fisheries Committee was read and discussed.. All brothers aboard CUBORB (Ora), Jung 18—Chairman, in favor of stand taken by union *. Colyar; Sacratary, J. Smith. Pa­ are in opposing As this vessel has trolman will be informed about tha been laid upthis. for several years there unsafe working conditions on deck. are of several important Motion made and carried that a letter Itemsshortages on board. The steward depart­ be sent to tha Baltimore agent re­ ment hat agreed to take care of the garding a clarification on shore leave recreation room and the ship's laun­ in San Juan. dry will be cleaned by deck and en­ gine departments. All trash and gar­ THE CABINS (MaMilasan), May bage to bo carried aa far aft as poiChairman, J. Stewart; Sacratary, P. alble. All elothes lockers win be Kustuva. There la • balanca of t84.S0 painted. A vote of thanks waa gtvea in: the ihlp'a fund. Pumpmen re- tt the alewafd" daiN>Ttnient far their |K>rted that repalre can't be made as effort to plaaaa tha,craw. - Far• flferra LOG New Run Of Ex-Alaska 'Jinxed' —Canada SlU Crew Sues For $ f-m v1 The SIU Canadian Districti;rew which manned the SS Mazatlan is suing the Liberian-flag ship for impaid wages. A US marshal! has takeiv possession of her at San Pedro. The action by the crew climaxes a fouled-up series of events which began four months ago. Fomaerly the SS Alaska of^ ^' the Alaska SS Company, the later signed a contract and took on appointed passengers cancelled va­ 350-foot vessel was sold early a Canadian District crew in Van­ cation plans. this year to the Margo-Pacitic Lines. Scab Crew The original sailing date was cancelled when the ship tried to sail with a scab crew and was halted by the Sallys Union of the Pacific at Coos Bay, Oregon. She couver and sailed for San Diego, where she was scheduled to open a delayed sailing /une 4. A few hours ^aiter arriving at San Diego the refrigeration system went on the blink and the vessel went into the shipyard for extensivef repairs. The second sailing was called ofif and scores of dis- AFL Bids Congress Act On Domestic 'Runaways' After a two week overhaul, the steamer finally sailed, with about 85 passengers and some cargo. The Canadian crew were expe­ rienced men and included stew­ ards department personnel who had sailed on some of the big Atlantic and Pacific passenger liners. The Alaska was built for the northern, cold weather run and cabins became so hot on the run to Acapuico that most of the pas­ sengers got off there and elected to return north by air. To make things worse, the ship bent its pro­ peller going into Mazatlan. Coming north with a bent pro­ peller, the Mazatlan's speed was reduced so much that feed water ran out for the boilers and a tug was called. A sad contrast to the once-proud ship of the Alaska run, the Mazatlan rode into San Pedro at the end of a towrope! San Diego ship suppliers, mean­ while, have joined crewmen in en­ tering suits for unpaid bills. The company even failed to pay San Diego harbor pilots and stevedores, and the San Diego Harbor Depart­ ment, from whom it rented office space. CHICAGO—^An attack on "runaway" industries in the United States that have fled established industrial areas to low-cost sections of the country has been published by the AFL in a demand for Congres-^ sional action. The problems legislation, low or non-existent presented in a special AFL re­ state minimum wages and little or port strongly parallel those faced no regulation of working condi­ by US maritime unions in compet­ tions, safety and sanitary stand­ ards. ing with runaway flag ships. The AFL charged that this While applauding the natural growth of industry in previously "pirating" of industries, mostly undeveloped areas, the AFL at­ from the North and Middle West tacked the practice of many cities is a threat to the lasting prosperity in offering special inducements to of the nation, because it is not business. These include free plants based on sound economic practice. built at the expense of local resi­ Criticism Heavy dents, low or free taxes, anti-union Industry critics of the runaways have also been numerous. They point out that any small rural town which offers rent-free, taxThe following is the latest free privileges to an industry is in available listing of official ex­ no position as a result to provide change rates for foreign cur­ necessary municipal services — rencies. Listings are as of schools, roads, police and fire pro­ Aug. 18, 1955, and are sub­ tection, garbage disposal, water ject to change without notice. supply and the like. In the long England. New Zealand. South Airun the burden will fall on the in­ r'ra: $2.80 per pcund sterling. dustrial plant and the entire com­ Australia; S2.24 per pound sterling. munity suffers. Belgium: SO francs to the doUar. The AFL asked Congress to Denmark: 14.43 cents per krone. WASHINGTON—The stage block the trend by action to France: 350 francs to the dollar. is being set for a new "50-50" strengthen national minimum wage Germany: 4.3 marks to the dollar. Holland: 3.7-3.8 guilders to the fight next year by the Senate laws and to reduce wage differen­ dollar. farm bloc. Senators Clinton Ander­ tials in various parts of the coun­ Italy: 624.9 lire to the doUar. son (Dem. New Mex.) and Francis try. It also called for elimination Norway: 14 cents per krone. Case (Rep. So. Dak.) have intro­ of differentials in unemployment Portugal: 28.73 escudos to the dollar. Sweden: 19.33 cents per krona. duced a new bill which will be insurance, and an end to Federal India: 21 cents per rupee. taken up at the next session of tax exemption for municipal bonds Pakistan: 30.22 cents per rupee. Congress. The bill would exempt used for constructing runaway Argentina: 14.3 pesos to the dollar. agricultural surplus export from plants. Brazil: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro. the "50-50" law. Government contracts should Uruguay: 52.63 cents per peso. As previously reported, an at­ also be denied firms which do not Venezuela: 29.83 cente per boliyar. tempt to include such a bill in this live up to NLRB orders, the AFL year's program was defeated by a said. lopsided margin in the House of Representatives and was with­ drawn in the Senate Agriculture Committee. The withdrawal was made after It toecame plain that 50-50" opponents did not have a chance of -mustering a big vote against the measure. The Anderson-Case measure Is preparatory groundwork for next, year at which time it is expected that the foreign" shipping lobbyists Will attempt to rebuild the anti"50-50" alliance after the stinging defeat they suffered in recent weeks. While "50-50" supporters now hold the upper hand, next year's fight is liable to be more impor­ tant than ever because the amount of agricultural surplus going abroad will toe more than dou­ bled, from $700 million this year to $1.5 million next, under legisla­ tion now being approved, and many more seafaring jobs iihll be at stake. As long at foreign nations ac^ cept US-surpluses, chances of the farm bloc to beat "50-50" are small, All set for prtlimlnary heat fn soap box darby sponsored by since the only excuse for their op­ tlaiM Orleans raeraatian department is 13-yaar-eld Paul position to the measure was that Oaiger, SlU-spensorad. entry. Paul finiskad "out of tht it was hindering sales of surpluses abroad. j monay" but vowed t»ba back next year. New Attack On '50-50' Set For '56 ; fl .ii Money Exchange Rates Listed SIU SpQnsors NO Soap Box Entrant •ut :-'?l 4 • - "dsl 'J �Pare EIrbt SEAFARERS LOI$ iAncuit M, 1955 RACKET or GOOD DIEAL for Seafarers ? handy and quick mode of trans­ in the US, HawaU, the West In­ portation. dies, Bermuda. Canada and Mexico. Such being the case, Seafarers These are the policies that are are undoubtedly familiar with the underwritten by the Associated blue and white insurucb vending _Aviation Underwriters, a grouping machines that are evw-present. in of 56 companies in the aviation airline terminals. Less familiar Seafarers may work on though, may be the function these insurance business. • Higher Overseas ships but seamen log an machines serve. To some persons Similar one-flight policies can be astonishing amount of mile­ the fantastic insurance offered purchased in South America and age each year on airplanes. seems implausible; they dismiss the overseas areas, but in that Whether returning to the machines as a "racket." Actually, other case the Seafarer would have to port of engagement after paying it's all very legitimate. If you carry a personal life In­ hunt up a local insurance agent. off in another port, flying home for a vacation, or flying back to the surance policy and take a look at. The rates overseas are higher. It's Papa Celestm may have passed away but his famed Dixie­ States after getting off in a foreign the small print, you will find that 50 cents for the basic policy in land jazz band plays on at sailings of Delta passenger ships, port. Seafarers find air travel a the policy does not cover loss of Iceland and Latin America outside as has been traditional for yiears. '4* life resulting from an airline of Mexico, $1 in Europe and $2 disaster. That's where the air elsewhere in the world. The rate terminal vending machine policiel^ structure, by the way, is a ;pretty good tribute to US airlines' safety cover the gap. . standards. «IU Protect! In the event of an airplane acci­ Unlike privately-purchased in­ dent, the victim's beneficiary gets surance policies, the SIU Welfare full payment in case of death, or Plan's 1^,500 death benefit is paid the victim gets the same sum if in case of airplane accident. But blinded or if he loses both hands the 25-cent trip insurance policy or both feet, or a combination of available at airports provides an such misfortunes (one hand and added cushion of protection. In ad­ one foot, one hand and one eye and dition it pays off in whole or in part so on). Loss of one eye, one hand in case of disabling accidents short or one foot is compensated by a of loss of life, as well as ^medical half-payment. Medical expense allowances cover any type of medi­ expenses up to a Certain limit. Here's the way the system works. cal cost up to the amount the For 25 cents the buyer gets $6,250 policy provides. In addition to the one trip policy. worth of flight insurance, which includes $312.50 in medical ex­ Seafarers who do a lot of flying pense coverage. That's the basic might be interested in year-round policy. Each quarter you put in the coverage which applies all over the machine increases the coverage up world. The service is sold at. a flat to a maximum of $2.50 for which rate as is the vending machine $62,500 in insurance is provided, policy. The only difference is that including $3,125 in medical ex­ it is generally not sold to men over pense. All that has to be done is to 65 and buyers are questioned as fill in the card which comes with to their general physical condition. Various Travel Policies the policy. A typical policy, which sells for The flat rate policy applies re­ Carrying an unusual passenger list, Del Sud pulls away from dock as Seafarers wave good­ gardless of age, physical condition $10, gives $10,000 year-round pro­ bye. Passenger list was largely made up of Catholic clergymen eh-route to 36th Eucharistic tection plus $50 medical expense. or other circumstances. Congress in Buenos Aires held recently. It covers mishaps suffered while Not For Non-Skeds riding as a passenger on a sched­ Like anything else though, air­ uled airliner or while boarding or line flight insurance has limita­ leaving an aircraft, or while on an tions. One of the most important airfield or in a terminal. Policies of is that it does not apply to non- this kind are available up to scheduled airlines. This does not $100,000 worth. necessarily reflect the service Another variation is the common or standards of the non-skeds carrier policy which will cover buy- • which are understandably popular ers against accidents on planes, with seamen because of their lower trains, busses, ships, taxis, street cost. cars or any other form of public The vending machine insurance transportation anywhere in the will cover the Seafarer against any world. This kind of policy is avail­ accident that takes place on the able for periods of from three days plane, on an airfield or even in to a year. ine terminal building. It will not Most Seafarers though, are con­ cover death from other causes, tent to drop their quarter in the such as having a heart attack in machine when they take a plane. the course of an airplane flight. It's a worthwhile investment be­ As to the vending machine poli­ cause plane accidents do happen cies themselves, they are available despite the best of precautions. Bon voyage visitors and travelers chatted aboard Del Sud before ship left. In foreground (with glasses) Is Archbishop of New Orleans, the Rt. Rev. Joseph F. Rummel. Four other arch­ bishops and two bishops also made the trip. There Was No Cussin' On The Del Sud This Trip 1^' l?VA. Ic;'. I;!-•• :• \W'' fl'---- vV,. . ifV:/- L;\-:-. TO,.,,. Ready to go aboard after a last'goodbyo on the pier is Seafarer Fidele DiGiovanni (left) shown with his wife and daughter. Angle. Cousin Dominic "Pasquale" DiGiovanni is also a member of the Del Sud crew. CAFETERIAS NEW YORK^ BALTIMORE �S E A r A It E H 5 LQ g Japanese barber trims hair of Seafarer Henry Sedgeway in modern Yokohama barber shop. Sedgeway is electrician aboard Waterman's Citrus Packer. Pretty young barber­ shop attendant looks like good reason to visit Japan. Pace Nine Batting up a little breeze at "Le Cyclone" bar in Tamatave, Madagascar, are three Sea­ farers off the Robin Locksley on the South and East African run. Left to right, they are; Moe, the carpenter, Jake and Lee, ABs. Looks like a pleasant little wind with no cydone in sight; only a couple of bottles of suds to keep the conversational whistle wet. Del Norte steward department men clown through a demonstration of "How not to serve the passengers" during an idle moment between meals. Photo was taken by Seafarer Leroy Rinker, official ship's photographer, aboard the popular Delta Lines cruise ship on the run to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. Seafarer Thomfas M. Collins stretches out in his foc'sle on the Steel Navigator while his portable record player puts out some soothing music. Shorts are approved outfit for Seafarers on Isthmian's hot summertime run to Asia. �Faf• T«A SEAFARERS MEET THE SEAFARERS LOG AnfOst 19, 1955 Wait til Next Year!' HENRY SHEPETA, AB JOHN V. DOLAN, steward The sea has often been a home It takes experience with both sides of the fence to tell just how for those who were homeless in valuable the SIU has been to their childhood and Seafarer working seamen. Seafarer John Henry Shepeta of Baltimore has V. Dolan has been a union man found it to be a good one. Just 27 for 20 years, a good many of theih years of age, Shepeta has 11 years with the NMU and other unions. as a 'seaman under his belt, start­ "Now being an SIU man," he says, ing out at the age-of 16 soon after "all I can say is a man really he was put on his own by the city muk have sailed in both unions of Pittsburgh which -cared for him to really appreciate how far we up until then. have come." Like many Seafarers in Balti­ Dolan calls New York his home, more, he is a "regular" on the Ore ibut right now he is shipping off Line runs, goirg to Venezuela, Chile, Peru and more recently to the West Coast the fabulous ore fields of Seven on his favorite Isles, Canada. Since tKb ore boats run to the Far '• East. Like many are in and out very frequently, he other Seafarers finds them the best run for a Dolan lost his family man. "It's always nice to be * heart to Yoko­ on a short trip when you have a hama which is wife and two youngsters at home," he says. his favorite port of call. While Although he sailed in the latter holding a chief part of World War II, Shepeta's stewards rating, closest brushes he will ship to any rated job in with disaster the steward department. came in peace­ Jack started going to sea In the time. In 1946 he depression year of 1934, at the was aboard the time when maritime unions were Rutgers Victory first reviving. He has had his when she was .share of the major waterfront rammed by the beefs including the history-mak­ Nash Bulk 200 ing 1936 strike and the general miles from New York. The ship strike of 1946 among others. Shepeta Dolan gave up on: the NMU in limped in the rest of the way with a terrific list. 1943, joining tlie SIU that year in New York. He has been a Sea­ Early this year he was" a crewfarer ever since and has had oc­ member of the Steelore when she casion to be thankful for the nearly went under in a fierce At­ lantic storm. The performance of change. While ashore, Dolan confesses the Steelore crew in that crisis he has been bitten by the pros­ won it the plaudits of the mari­ pecting bug. Along with thou­ time industry. The unfinished business in Congress relating to maritime indicates that sands of other Americans he has Missed New Arrival hopes some day of making a strike One side-effect of the Steelore's in uranium, gold or some other difficulties was that Shepeta miss­ the SIU and other unions were pretty successful at the recently-adjourned precious metal which will bring ed the birth of his second child him wealth. Until then, going to because the ship was, towed into session in defeating attacks on basic porkchoj) issues. But threats on these sea is a good way to make a living. port at four knots instead of mak­ issues are still very much alive and are being fully considered by the Union. The veteran Seafarer is enthu­ ing her usual speed. siastic about the new SIU senior­ Like many seamen, Shepeta is Many Live Issues ity hiring system because of the an avid reader while aboard ship. protection it offers the professional When ashore he can often be A number of bills in the hopper for next year are designed to revive the seaman. found out at Babe Ruth stadium He believes that the disability attempting to root the Orioles pension is one of the Union's fin­ home. He admits to not much suc­ fight against '50-50', to close the Public Health Service hospitals, extend est achievements. "If some one cess on that score. controls over maritime unions and take other unfavorable action. Fights had told me a few years ago that Shepeta's main ambition at the seamen would have a pension one moment is to become a home­ over these bills are expected to he particularly sharp in a presidential elec­ day, T would have said 'nuts'. owner so that he can provide for "I could go on for hours talking his family the kind of home life tion year. .The SIU is prepared to go to the mat again on these items. up the SIU," he concluded, "but he never had. With SIU wages hnd one just has to read the LOG to conditions he feels he has a good Congress On Move understand what I mean." chance of making the grade. ROUND-UP NLRB hearings are now going on over the question of whether or not to take jurisdiction in the three-month old Miami hotel strike. An NLRB decision to act in the case would have far-reach­ ing effects on the vast hotel indus­ try which up until now has been under jurisdiction of state laws. 4- 3^ Joint AFL-CIO negotiations won 15-cent hoiu-ly increases for 26,000 workers employed by the Alu­ minum Company o€ America. The Alcoa shoreside workers are rep­ resented by the United Steelworkers (CIO) and the AFL Aluminum Workers Union. 4 Ci' IIP: 4' 4> Latest onion to take part in the union headquarters building boom is the Screen Actors Guild which will put up a stylized California' inodern story building on Hol­ lywood's famous Simset Boulevard. Building will include a roofed te]> race, meeting rooins, -.offices, lounges and other facHitieA ^ A seniority hiring system has been agreed on between the New Haven Railroad and Local 370, AFL Dining Car Employees. The agreement ended a dispute, over the hiring of women waiters for dining cars while veteran mafe waiters with seniority were on the unemployed list. ^ 4 4 4 lAM Machinists on strike against the Flying Tiger Airline got valu­ able support from the International Transportworkers Federation. The ITF put the line on the "hot oargo" list, to keep it from breaking to strike by doing its maintenance work overseas. iv 4 4 The nation's biggest, commuter railroad, the Long Island, was still running in its normal fashion fol­ lowing agreement to mediate a trainmen's contract dispute. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen had asked for wage increases for conductors and brakemen as well as the establishment of a shorter run ac the normal day's work-load. On the positive side of the ledger there are signs that Congress is moving in the direction of a broader and more active merchant marine program. Such a program would be of real benefit to the entire industry, not just a few select companies. Increasing Congressional pressure on MSTS to stop competing with private shipping is one example of constructive interest. Another is the attitude of Congress on development of atomic power plants, with Congressional emphasis being on commercially useful systems as op­ posed to floating showcases. New ship types.are also meeting with Con­ gressional favor. The majority of Congressmen can he counted on to react favorably when the chips are down on any major maritime issue. One of the jobs the SIU has chosen for itself is to keep Congress informed of the facts so that the legislators will know the score on just how any proposal affects Seafarer^' jobs and well-being. ' The Seafarer's Role Seafarers themselves can play an important part by letting their individ­ ual representatives know how they feel on any given subject. Active par­ ticipation by Seafarers has always been of tremendous help in any legislativefight.^' \ �Awut 19, 195S SEAFARERS LOG . Paffe Elevea Uranium's Riches Lure Seafarer Advancing far inland after a long stint at sea, Seafarer Cliff Bellamy recently joined the hordes of hopeful uranium prospectors combing the Utah countryside for a paying claim. Question: Are your family end shoreline friends interested in The relative ieasc with which claims can be staked, he reported, has made the Western your seagoing life? countryside a mecca for thou-^* sands of part-time prospec­ Leo Dwyer, chief cook: I find Alex Stevenson, MM: My dad went to sea for 42 years and was they are very curious about the tors. "People have staked the foreign ports and country so much that it looks like once an SIU member so the the souvenirs I you're driving through one big bring home. On graveyard these days," he com­ family knows all mented. about seafaring. my last trip I Bellamy and others on the trip But a lot of other brought back with him wound up with five people I meet some hand-naint- claims in the 18 days they were in know little about ed Japanese lea the desert. Naturally, ''we think, the maritime in­ sets. Now every and hope, that most of them are dustry and are body in the fam­ good," he added. really interested ily is serving tea Low Cost and surprised to and asking me if Claims can be filed for $1.40, so learn about the conditions we have. I can get a few more the next trip that there is a no high cost to out. 4" t 4" face when trying your luck. Sylvester ZygarowSki, steward: 4 4* 4" • However, Bellamy admitted that Most people are curious about how Theodore Spence, deck engineer: his prospecting consisted mostly of a seaman can sup­ Most shoreside people are inter­ finding a place that hasn't been port a family. ested mainly in staked, providing it can be They are aston­ souvenirs I can reached with a car. They had the get them. They ished when I tell usual Geiger counter with them for want you to them that I make detecting the metal, but the bring back enough money in "pings" that the gadget registers stamps, and other the SIU to put my doesn't always mean you've hit stuff. Then there son and daughter paydirt. • are people who through profes­ He pointed out also that a lot sional music call themselves of the uranium "rush" these days school. They cer­ friends of the is sparked by the low cost of the tainly are interested in that part seaman but their whole adventure. Some men, he of it. only interest is in his dough. said, probably were content just to Prospecting for uranium in the Utah hills, Seafarer Cliff 4" 4i 4" 4i i pick the first available spot to Steve Poole, AB: Most people I Bellamy (right) takes time out for a "friendly little diversion" George Austin, 2nd cook: Many stake, then head home and show meet these days figure a seaman of my friends get very interested all the girls how they have a in the form of a snake. HJs sidekick at left prepares to belt has a good job when they hear uranium claim in Utah. the snake if he gets restless. and makes mon­ about the pay we Most of the claims are worthless, 4 ey. What they get on ships and of course, but the excitement they who mayflave wondered about them that the patents he applied for on are interested is what they want generate is all part of the game. not how you work to know is how As a vacation, however, the trip a couple of his inventions are com­ and live at sea to get seamen's was tops, he recalled. "Certainly ing through finally. Of the three papers and ship with uranium to be had I would of them filed with the US Patent but in the for­ eign ports you out. Of course have kicked myself for not going," Office, two have been approved and the other is pending and make .and how a lot of people he added. should be okayed soon. people live there. like the idea of Patents In Works One of the items is a "wrinkleSome ask you to traveling around He pointed out also for the ben­ do a little shopping for them too. the world to different ports. efit of his friends and shipmates proof" gear-carrier called a "Seacase," in which several Seafarers have already indicated interest. The gadget consists of a metal cylinder into which shirts, under­ The failure and fold-up of wear and other apparel are packed the ILA's false-face seaman's from one end by placing the A good sample of the way a gear was inadequate and some of Ingen seiwed as meeting officers, cylinder in a vertical position. "union" has been virtually heads-up crew, the Union and the it had failed to function on the while the Miami meeting was Jackets--and slacks can be rolled completed, with the departure of company can handle shipboard previous voyage. chaired by R. Birmingham. R. around the cylinder in a wrinkle- its head man for other pastures. safety problems without a Govern­ When the headquarters patrol­ Seekinger and B. Scarlett were free manner and then the whole Keith Alsop, secretary-treasurer of ment agency Intervening took man came aboard and took this meeting officers in Tampa, D. L. cylinder is placed In its own carry­ the "United International Seaman's place aboard the Steel Surveyor beef up with the company a num­ Parker in Mobile, J. Merrell and ing case, which provides an in- Union, Local 1824" has left town (Isthmian) at her ber of changes were made. The E. Manuel in Lake Charles and J. genuious drawer for storing shoes and was reported last seen in Texas looking for another money grub­ last payoff. Sea­ stoppers were changed to a more F. Bell in Houston. and toiletries. farers D. Claus- suitable size and the 14" snatch bing project. On the, West Coast, Seattle's sen and A. Rich­ blocks, which were being used as meeting was run by W. Mansfield, Alsop, ex-SIU Galveston agent, ards raised the topping lift fairlead blocks, were B. Toner and G. Hildreth while was defeated in the last SIU elec­ problem at a replaced by 14" gin blocks. The E. A. Lane and T. R. Maldonado tion, in the course of which he tied shipboard meet­ topping lift wire was run through served in Wilmington. in with the APL-expelled Interna­ ing wh'en they these blocks. The whole change­ tional Longshoremen's Association. " 4 4 4 All seems peaches and cream moved that the over is assurance of safer condi­ The ILA gave considerable funds topping lift fair- tions on the ship. aboard the Alcoa Runner these to Alsop and his associates in an VClaussen, who sails in the deck leads and chain days with the new SIU feeding attempt to oust SIU SecretaryCiaussen stoppers be in­ department, comes from Nebraska plan working to the satisfaction of Treasurer Paul Hall. spected and replaced if necessary. originally, and got his Union book all hands. SIU steward Cliff Wil­ As a reward for his services the They pointed out that the existing in New York City in 1947. Rich­ son, who is in charge of the pro­ ILA put Alsop in charge of its ards is also a deck department gram on Alcoa ships, reports that seamen's "union" which was set man. He lives in Mobile and the Runner's gang is doing very up ostensibly to organize foreign LAKE CHARLES —Labor flag seamen. Actually their objec­ joined the SIU back in its earliest well, and the rest of the crew gave days. the department a vote of thanks here is girding itself for all- tive was to raid the SIU. The for "making the ship a fine feed­ out support of candidates for union" financed itself largely by 4" 4 4" Seafarers and other patients at ing ship." the legislature at Baton Rouge crimping for runaway flag ships. the Galveston PHS hospital are Julio Colon is who will commit themselves to help Crimping Again now enjoying their favorite televi­ the steward de­ get the Ro-called "right-to-work" Meanwhile, Louis Le Doulx, an sion shows thanks to the crew of partment d e 1 e- law repealed. old time shipping master who was WASHINGTON —National rec­ the Val Chem. At the suggestion gate on the RunUnion forces are mapping a fullfronting for Alsop for a while, is ognition for merchant seamen who of Seafarer Ben Grice, the set that n e r. Unfortun­ scale campaign to fight for the again operating an "independent" served during the Korean War or had been purchased by the crew ately, the names overturn of the unpopular measure of his own. When Alsop dispensed who perform acts of valor at sea some time previously was turned of the rest of the and get it knocked off the books with Le Doulx the latter took off would be provided undei- legisla­ over to the hospital patients. gang were not by backing the election of men tion sponsored by the Commerce Grice is a veteran Union mem­ who are friends of labor and recog­ with the ILA "union" charter available. Department. The bill calls for is­ ber who has been a Seafarer since nize the dangers of "right-to-work" which is reported still in his pos­ 4 4 '4 session, to the embarrassment of suance of a service ribbon to crew- joining in New Orleans back in Another SIU legislation. ^oney ILA Captain Bradley. members who served during the Aside from this development, the s h i p's delegate 1943. He had his Korean fighting, as well as provid­ Associated with Alsop in the illhome in Haynes- who has done a heads up job is labor front remains quiet and ing for a merchant marine dis­ ville, Louisiana. Seafarer Andrew Boney on the peaceful, since almost all of the fated raid was Bill Higgs, ex­ tinguished service medal and meri­ Azalea City. The crew reported outstanding contracts have been pelled from the SIU for aiding the 4 4 4 torious service medal for individual As is the usual that they had a numiber of beefs nailed down by the unions involv­ ILA in the 1954 waterfront drive. acts in line of duty. practice, a Iwge with the engineers and the cap­ ed. All local unions report their A figure in the opposition was .at­ torney Ben Sterling who reported­ Ship's crews would also be eligi­ number of rank tain but the delegates "worked fast 'members busy on the job. ble for mass citations for service Port business for this SIU ly handled large sums of money and file Seafar­ and eradicated them fast" so,that in marine disasters and other emer­ ers were elected everything was wrapped up SIU- branch is also in fine shape. Ship­ given Higgs, Alsop and Ray White, gencies. ping continues to hold up weil, ex-Tampa agent. White is one of by the member­ style. iiil as a result of the activity of the several men under indictment for Boney, who is 27 years old, be­ ship to meeting The bill would revive the World Scarlett posts at the dis­ came an SlU^jpnember last year in past two weeks here, with nine an a^empt to assassinate Hall last War H system of decorations given to merchant seamen an^ give of­ trict-wide membership meetings Norfolk. He sails in the deck de­ Cities Service tankers calling, and Christmas eve. Hired assassin ficial, rocoghitioh tovindividual acts of July 27. In Bavannah Seafarers partment and comes from Suffolk, in Port Neches, Texas, where the James Cobb was sentenced to 5-7 years last month. Trinity (Carras) paid a visit. C. W, Thompson and B. Swear- Va. ' of h;?.very at sea. ' , . Job Lost, Alsop Seeks New Angle Lake Chas. Maps Labor Law Fight Sea Bravery Medals Urged '^1 �-m Seaman's Philosophy? Seafarer Has Answer What is the most common philosophy among seamen? That's a question pondered by many, according to Seafarer John F. Wunderlich. "I have often wondered, but unfortun­ ately never found an answer.-^ "After reading the much- man ... the happiness known with wife and kids ... the pleasure of published theories written by coming after a long trip . great men . . . thinkers and the joy home of a wife's enfolding arms dreamers of the past and present, I gave up fti disgust. I was more confused than originally, "Recently I had several conver­ sations with Brother Frenehy Michelet, and you can knock me down with feather if our in­ tellectual brother didn't hit the nail square on the head. He had the correct a'nswer . . . anticipation and retrospecWunderlich tion. "Mr. Webster states that antici­ pation is to foretaste or foresee; retrospection is the act of looking back on things past ... I kind of rolled those words around in my limited mind for a few days, tell­ ing myself it couldn't be right . . . couldn't be that simple. "Finally, something clicked . . . Hell, yes, he was right. What other philosophy but that? Anticipation and retrospection . . . that's us, brothers. "When we're in the messroom at sea shooting the bull, about what theme is the conversation central­ ized? Of course, about the ports we have been in, or the ports we are bound for, or the ports we would like to go to . . . yes . . . anticipation and retrospection. "When at the wheel or on look­ out, on what does our imagination linger? That's right... the women we have known, the women we ex­ pect to know, or the women we would like to know . . . again an­ ticipation and retrospection. "When in our bunk, late at night, what's our dreams? For a married or watchii)^ the kids in care-free play . . . The single man is dream­ ing often of the wife and kids he would like to have . . . it's all an­ ticipation and retrospection. "We are usually talking or dreaming of either the past or the future, whether we be seamen or store clerks, for that matter ... I tip my imaginary hat to you, Frenehy . . . you have the right answer." Barbara's Barber "Snapped just before the mate had to sew bosun P. Libby's ear back on, with Jess Winifield doing the butchering," says reporter Oscar Payne on the Bar­ bara Frietchie. Libby kept smiling all during the haircuting ordeal, so all must be well. feel so important?" Well, w« of the SIU have security, freedom and contentment. To be sure, there are other labor organizaTo the Editor: A recent i-ssue of the LOG tiohs that have the same, yet, carried an article by a brother when the chips are down, it is member suggesting that Sea­ a known fact that the SIU is farers think carefully about recognized as the union of the present and the future, both making a will. I think that this is a very good " nationally and internationally. Since the year 1938, the world, idea not only for the member but also for his beneficiary in and I use that word literally, the event something happens to has realized that a small group of real Union men started the him. It would eliminate a lot of SIU, and the realization has now legal action later on. As secretary-reporter on the confB to them and many others that, our Union has grown into one of the best and qpost re­ spected labor organizations of all time. It is a credit to those who were there at its inception, many of whom are still active, and also a credit to the young­ sters who came later. They have seen - this wonderful organiza-. tioft develop from an iota of a dream into one of the staunehest Del Valle, I have been requested bulwarks of free trade unionism. to write about the SIU libraries I ask many persons who are that are being put on the ships. The last three times this ship not Seafarers and know nothing has received the same books, so of seamen why when the going that we have an accumulation gets rough does the SIU always 'of two and three of a kind assist any other bona fide Ameri­ aboard now. We hope something can union, irrespective of its can be done to straighten this affiliation. The only answer is out. Otherwise the library is that we know that we are an very much appreciated by important organization, and will assist and aid anyone or any everyone. I am writing this before we group or groups that can show arrive back in good old New that they believe in the Ameri­ Orleans. We have had a pretty can way of fair play. Certainly we not only feel im­ good trip. There hasn't been a single word all trip about the portant, but we know that we food, which is understandable are so, for the SIU has «lways led the way in showing the sea­ since it has been very good and faring man the right road to tasty. And even if it was forgotten security, real security, and the at the .ship's meeting, I really freedom to'speak anywhere and anytime. In so doing, it has think the steward department given the seaman the chance to . deserves a vote of thanks, espe­ cially the good cooks we have enjoy his life to the fullest. We must cooperate at all on board. times to preserve same for, with­ O. H. Manifold (Ed. note: Your beef on the out the Union, we are exactly library_is well taken. A careful like a ship without a sail, motor check is being made to see that or rudder. We'd sure as hell be the duplication doesn't con­ lost. Davy Jones tinue. ) it it tr S> SI Del Valle Notes Library Snafu Letters to the Editor Family Aid Is Friend In Need I b:>i.i<«7'i5Tr6il •%->] ?SSW; IISPHS HOSPiT.^L BALTIMORE, MD. Manuel Antonana Bjorn A. Granberg E. Ardoin Albert Hawkins Francisco Argenal A. E. Johansson Joseph Battaglia Charles E. Johnson Eugene W. Bent Steve Kolina Kenneth Bewig Robert BlcCorkel Frederick Burford D. McCorkltidale William J. Carey Earl McKendree Carl E. Chandler Robert G. McKnew Charles Coburn Albert Nelson Victor B. Cooper Wm. E. Nordland Guy G. Gage Fred Pittman Charles H. GUI Albert WUhelm Gorman T. Glaze USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS P. G. Daugherty James E. Hodges Thomas Crosby John E. Markopolo M. DeGollado Henry B. Riley H. V. Erickson John E. Tillman USPHS HOSPITAL MOBILE, ALA. Matthew J. Nolan USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. T. P. Barbour Leo H. Lang Julian B. Barrett Oscar Lee Carol J. Bauman Theo Lee Merton Baxter Tinerman Lee Charles Bradley Nils Lornsen Charles E. Brady C. R. Nicholson J. L. Buckelew Alfonso Olaquibel John L. Caldwell George D. Olive Lloyd T. Callaway William J. Rose Byron Chapman Thomas A. Scanlon Peter DeVries Joseph Sintes Jack Fillingin Woodrow A. Snead George Foley Henry S. Sosa Leo Fontenot • William A. Tatum Louis Guarino Lonnie R. Tickle Earl T. Hardeman Dirk Visser George A. Hill James E. Ward Edward Jeanfreau Herman Werneth E. G. Knapp William Williams Duska Korolia David A. Wright Not^man L. Krnmm USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Edwin A. Ainsworth John A. Morris SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Joseph Koslusky USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH *; i BROOKLYN, NY Edmund Abualy Robert L. Booker Fortunato Bacomo Joseph G. Carr Fran W. Bemrick Gabriel Colonl Claude F. Blanks Mariano Ciwtes AacoBt 19, 1»A5 SEAFARERS-lOe Pate TwelT« Walter W. Denley John J. Driscoll Bart E. Guranick Taib Hassen Joseph Ifsils Thomas Isaksen John W. Keenan John R. Klemowicz Ludwig Krlstiansen Frederick Landry James J. Lawlor Kaarel Leetmaa Leonard Leidig James Lewis Arthur Lomas Mike Lubai Francis F. Lynch Joseph D. McGravr A. McGuigan H. F. MacDonald Michael Machusky Vic MUazzo Melvin O. More Eugene T. Nelson Joseph Neubauer James O'Hare Daniel Ruggiano G. E. Shumaker Henry E. Smith Harry S. Tuttle VirgU E. Wilmoth Chee K. Zal USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Marcelo B. Belen Charles D. Merrill Raymond Frye Alonzo M. Mileski E. K. Hansen John F. Murphy William Hunt Orlando Rosales A. F. Martinez USPHS HOSPITAL ^ STATEN ISLAND, NT Thomas D. Dailey John Michlek Gerald Fitzjames Perry Roberts William Glesen G. H. Robinson EsteU Godfrey Jose Rodriguez Manuel Landron Matti Ruusukallio John McWilliams Dominick Trevisano Joseph JIartus USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Jimmie Littleton Ernest H. Webb USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. R. J. Arsenauit Franklin W. Fyock L. Bosley Sverre Johannessen Dominick Di Maio V. K. Ming H. Fountain L. E. Twite SEASIDE HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CALIF. Malcolm M. Cross USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton ' TRIPLER ARMY HOSPITAL ' HONOLULU. HAWAU Frank T. Campbell USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS B. F. Deibler Jose Santiago ' Albert W. Kozzihe Bosendo Serrano' , To the Editor: Just a few words to say that to me, as a Seafarer's^ wife, the new surgical and hospital bene­ fits for members' families are the best thing yet. It is a great comfort to the wives left home with children to care for while their husbands are away at sea. We all get sick spmetimes, find ourselves with­ out money and wind up with a very rough time of it. - My husband left last week after being home for two weeks, but this time, as a result of this • new protection, I almost feel as if he is leaving someone behind to care for us all. This is a wonderful feeling. Ma:iy thanks to the SIU for these new benefits. Mrs. James T. Lassitcr $1 New Benefits A Major Gain To the Editor: It is with sincere pleasure that I endeavor to put my heart­ felt thanks regarding the new welfare benefits for the mem­ bers and their families into words. In fact,- an expression of appreciation should be given by the whole membership to those who have fought so hatd and long on our behalf. Where else in the whole labor move­ ment can you find the wages, conditions and benefits enjoyed by the SIU membership? Quite often, ^ople have asked me, "What makes an SIU man so proud and makes him steel Age Crew Mourns 2nd Cook LOG Gives Her Sea 'Know-How' To the Editor: I would like to change th« mailing address of my husband, Stanley J. Hutchinson, so that we can. get the LOG at our new address. I have been married only a few months and had never read the LOG until recently. I would like you to know what a won­ derful paper it Is and how it has helped me to better understand the things my husband talks , about. He loves the sea very much and naturally enjoys his work on any ship. But before I read the LOG I was in the dark when he mentioned different ships. . Familiar With Ships Now, thanks to your paper, 1 am familiar with the names of the different ships and also with terms which seamen" use. Stanley is at present on the Oremar and of course 1 like thai^, very much because he gets home a little oftener, even if it is only for one night. Thanks again for your most wonderful and helpful paper. 1 would appreciate it if you would change the address as soon as possible so that 1 may get the papers more quickly. 1 certainly look forward to reading them. Mrs. Stanley J. Hutchinson (Ed. note: We are revising our mailing list as you request­ ed so that you can again receive the LOG regularly.) 4" t i . Gi Remembers Shipping Days To the Edjtor: 1 really appreciate receiving the SEAFARERS LOG once again as I now can more or less keep up with everything that is going on in the Union. The paper also reminds me of some of the old runs 1 made years ago. In this connection 1 would appreeiate if some of my old shipmates on the South African and Far East' runs would write to me here. They may remem­ ber me by the nickname "Junior." PFC Nicolay Korolchuck Co. A., 39th Engn. (C) BlU Fort Riley, Kansas To the Editor: This is a repor^ on the death of Brother Louis F. Johnson. The shib's delegate has already turned in a report to the SIU i> if if welfare services department, but I have been asked to write this for publication to allow any of his ^friends and former ship­ mates who wish to do SD to ex­ To the Editor: I am writing to you to request tend their condolences to his you to send the SEAFARERS family. Brother Johnson was the 2nd LOG to the USNS Suamico. This cook on the Steel Age; he took is an SUP ship but there are pride in his work and his Union four SIU men on here and we activities. He was, at the time expect to be in the Persian Gulf of his death, the steward depart­ for some time yet. The LOG would help us keep ment delegate and was doing-a in -touch with our Union. fine job at it. Up until the time he took sick John E. Brady (Ed. note: Your name has in Colombo (Ceylon),' on July 17, he seemed healthy enqugh been added to the mailing list and no one had any idea of his and you will receive the LOG cbndition until he asked to see regularly from now on.) the doctor there. On returning i. i if to the ship, he turned in to the ship's hospital. Three days later, he died at about nine in the evening. He was buried at sea on Sat­ To the Editor: 1 would like tolhank you for urday, July 23, at latitude 12" sending me the SEAFARERS 12' North, longitude 48° 41' East. Services were read by LOG all the last five years with Captain Talk, and the entire such constant regularity. 1 have been going to sea crew attended. again since 1948 and now 1 am Brother Johnson is missed by all and the crew extends its in navigation schooLr preparing heartfelt sympathy to his fam- "- to get my captain's license. .1 have been following your Hy; He is survived by his moth­ er, his wife, Mrs, Sadie John­ progress carefully and wish we son, land four children. Anyone would have as good a union wishing to send condolences may here also. For the future 1 wish reach them at Apt. 230, 40 An­ you all the success you havB' nunciation Road, Boston, Mass. had up to date. C. E. Tobias R. Suttor Ship's secretary Bremen, Germany LOG Can Keep 'Em Up To Date German Seaman Hails SOU Rise �LOG Stalwart Sidelined By Packer Mishap NW Victory Capitulates Bombay Is No Bargain For Cecil Bean Crew places, Seafarer Luis A. Ramirez this time is the subject of another's penmanship, following an accident which occurred recently on the Citrus Packer (Waterman). Ramirez, the 4-8 fireman, suf­ fered burns in the face and on his arm after what is described as "a terrific ex­ plosion" in one of the boilers on the ship. He was on watch at the time, as the Pack­ er was leaving Kobe, Japan. According to T. Weber, ship's sec­ retary - reporter, Ramirez who recounted the incident, Ramirez was treated later by a doctor in Yokohama, but is still pretty shaken up, aside from the pain of the burns them­ selves. Sailing on SIU ships since 1943, Ramirez notes that this was the first time that he had ever had an accident on the job, hnd that he certainly hopes this is the last one as well. His many friends are hoping he's back in A-1 shape again soon, so that he can continue his tireless correspondence regarding the dif­ ferent places he visits on SIU ships. (The photo above was taken after the accident.—^Ed.) from the Ship's Reporter Tasty Dish Digging in to demolish tome cooling watermelon, "Woody" Woodward. 3rd cook on the Royal Oak, looks pleased with the task ahead. His cooking hat the rest of the crew smiling also, says reporter Dan Beard. Photo by "Scotty" Ramsey. ••••'Si As far as the Seafarers on the Cecil N. Bean are concerned, "the gettln' was almost as bad as the bein'," on their recent trip to Bombay. which means more delay. After ' According to details sup­ three weeks here, we're still due plied by Seafarer Sten T. Zet- for another month of this heat, terman, ship's secretary-re­ filth and never- A frequent contributor to the SEAFARERS LOG re­ garding faraway people and Burly Pace TidMaifp SBAFARBM8L06 Amgmt 1»» IfW It was "just like home" for Seafarers Fario Morris, wiper; Chester B. Wilson, DM, and Paul Hellerbrand, bosun, all off the Northwestern Victory, v/hen they helped waitresses cut string beans for dinner in the USS Club, Naha, Okinawa. It's probably a lot tougher to get them to turn to like that when they^re fiome, however. Robin Sherwood Takes Afriea—& Vice Versa "Baseball, babes and bruises"—although not necessarily in that order—very adequately describes the most rec6nt South African port-to-port junket of Seafarers aboard the.Robin Sherwood, according to the the wrong foot, with all the bats, account furnished by Bill balls and gloves in one hand and much refresh­ Dunham, ship's reporter. Arriving at Capetown, crewmembers were quick to notice "smoke signals in the far-distant hills noti­ fying the sisters that the romeos were approach­ ing, loaded with pounds . . . One man was not ready when it came time to leave the ship, and was halfdressed on enter­ ing the Carlton House, shirt and Maynes tie still in his hand. "But the poor guy had forgotten his girl's address, so he had to go back anyway and get it. Another man, with plenty of pound and shilling appeal, was there with not one but four of his harem planning the evening's entertainment." Hospital Cases On the unhappy side, Dunham reported there were several hos­ pital cases on record, including Heath "Tony" Pressly, our "glori­ fied galleyboy," who was left in Capetown with a ruptured appen­ dix; Tom Maynes, crew pantryman, hospitalized in Port Elizabeth; J. Rios, oiler, drydocked In Lorenzo Marques; Charles Cantwell, baker, off at Dar Es Salaam with a bad foot, and Frank Manthy, AB, an­ other appendix victim. "After a lot of hard work," Dun­ ham continued, "the Sherwood AllStars were reborn at Dar Es Sa­ laam, and met up with the Ameri­ can consul teahi for a baseball game. But the All-Stars got off on ment iii the oth­ er, so they lost by a heavy mar­ gin, 13-2. "This did not dilscourage them, however; they came back for more and landed on top this time . . . "At Mombasa, we were fortunate to pick" up Nick Hermank, 'per­ sonality kid of the engine depart­ ment,' wiio took over the duties of crew pantryman. What he did not know in this job, he organized to his way of thinking. He had help from all departments in washing his dishes." porter, the ship originally left the US from Seattle in March, loaded with grain for India. The crew was really looking forward to spend­ ing at least a short time in their favorite • port of Yokohama,' which was to be the first stop for bunkers on the 'round-the - world trip. "However, we hit a little rough weather—and a Liberty ship be­ Zefterman ing what it is —headed south to Honolulu to get badly-needed fuel. A few days later, engine trouble developed, so we began looking for Guam, our nearest port . . . "While entering the harbor there, we lost one of the anchors. But it was a small price to pay, as it definitely saved the ship from piling on the rocks before the chain parted . . . "Finally, after another stop in Singapore for bunkers, we arrived in Bombay, after spending almost two months getting there . . . No Return Planned "The crew's opinion of Bombay is given daily—in unprintable words. Shipping will have to be really tough before any of us take a ship to this place again .. . There are some exceptions to this, of course, as a couple of the boys made great progress with some. European 'femmes' at Beach Candy . .. "Bombay 1% probably the slowest port in the world when it comes to unloading and loading a ship. The stevedores seem to be working on an intensified 'go slow' policy, and the monsoon is just starting. ending haggling with the na­ tives . . . "You'd think a popular collec­ tor's item here would be an ele­ phant tusk or a snake charmer's . cecU Bean outfit, but actual­ ly it's a beer per­ mit. Even if you have one, the limit is only three bottles of beer every two days, one one day, and two the next. Without a permit, the strongest thing you can get is a coke .. . "We'll be a happy bunch when we get on our way to the States." from the Ship'sReporter .-•-33 I Bosun At Work •r.-.-'i? 11 With strands of wire strung -out in all directions, bosun George Libby on the Steel Age looks like he's tangling with an octopus as he tries his hand on a "Navy-locked splice" on a length of cable. Photo sent in by reporter C. Tobias. By E. A. King There's something so alive, yet so resolved. As though with but the great it is involved; The petty things, the nil, the minutiae Are out of place when thinking of the Sea. And yet within its' fullness still is found The smallest life, past sense of sight and sound. tie Improvised I1 m Thoughts About The Sea I try for words: grand, beautiful, serene; Or cruel, majestic, wild—these do not mean What f, vxmld say, perhaps there is no word; Thoughts of the Sea are deeper felt than heard. • 3:11 331 •i I LOG-A-RHYTHM: There's something so profound about the sea This one short line remains to me When I attempt my feelings to define As I behold it from the beach shoreline. "731 As the immense; both find in it a home, Within, beneath that depth of weight and foam. So safe; so all eternal and so deep— How peacefully the dead at sea must sleep! Beneficient, yet treacherous, untamed, Called many names, yet in true fact unnamed. So changeless yet so ever at a change So near, familiar, yet so far and strange; So mighty; so impassive; so unknown— And yet so much a part of all we own. It never rests, but moves with destined pace Held by the moons and seasons in its place I could write on, but this line speaks for me: There's something so profound about the Sea. Bp Bernard Seaman v;-^l :•! •S^l •'m �5-W.?;.s» Ifi;I?;-;- WEi-r-''' Fame, Fortune Fizzle As Del Sud Message In Bottle Lands In Cuba A ragged ll"x6" scrap of brown paper enclosed in a bottle that washed up on the beach at Cayo Coco, Cuba, last month probably represented the closest that Cuban fisherman Tomas Perez ever came to fame and fortune in his life. — ——^ Written in English, it might-*have been the key to some SIU men and other seamen. Sea­ Pizza 'Chemist' fabled "lost treasure of the In­ farers Brown and Caudill had in­ Backing away from the oven—and almost out of the photo also, Yince Astorino, galleyman on Steel Chemist, removes one of those sizzling pizza pies he bakes for the crew. Photo by Ed Lessor. die?" or to a long-forgotten sea disaster, for all Perez knew. The cryptic message, however, held out hope of neither. It read as follows: "If found please write to 'Sea­ farers Log,' 675 - 4th Ave., Brook­ lyn, NY. Thrown overboard from the SS Del Sud, between Cuba and Florida on February 13, 1954. By Ira C. Brown and E. C. Caudill." Obviously, what might have been was definitely not. But once Perez got it translated he dutifully did the next best thing and wrote to the LOG. If he was disappointed by his find, he didn't let on. The bottle was found on the morning of July 15, and "as the paper says, we are writing to you. My name is Tomas Perez, fisher­ man. I live at 16th Pareado St., Caibar'ien, Cuba. This letter is written by a friend, for we don't know English." Apparently, like many other Directory Of SIU Branches CLEVELAND SIU, A&G District BALTI.MORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Slieppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOS'l'O.N 278 State St. James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. C. 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Aurust li IMS - SEAFARERS LOG Pare Fourteen 133 W. Fletcher Phone: 12.38W 180 Main St. Phono: Main 1-0147 \ 734 Lakeside Ave., NE Phone: Cleveland 7391 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Headquarter! Phone: Woodward 1-6857 DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. „ Phone: Melrose 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 92n(l St Phone; E-sse* 5-2419 nocently dispatched a bottle into the briny to see how far and where the sea would carry it. Many ships do this sort of thing regularly under US Government auspices to help scientists chart the path and speed of ocean currents. Brown and Caudill, however, were on their own. The bottle might have wound up in Madagas­ car or Greenland. For the record, their glass - enclosed missive did not get too far. Cayo Coco is outside the Cuban city of Caibarien, a sugar port of 22,000 popula­ tion, which is on the northern Brown coast of the is­ land about 190 miles east of Ha­ vana as the crow flies. It is just slightly to the southeast of being on a direct line from Miami on the Florida mainland, 225 miles away. But the bottle apparently took one year and five months to make land. Most of us could swim the distance faster, providing the sharks didn't raise any objection. If nothing else, however, the events prove that (I) notes in bot­ tles are read carefully, (2) they do land somewhere although almost nevdr where you expect them to go and (3), that the SEAFARERS LOG really gets around. Beauregard(s) In Yokohama Relaxing ashore in Yokohama on Far East run, Tampa Seafar­ ers on the Beauregard say hello to friends all over world. Pic­ tured (l-r) are A. Llanes, AB; J. Pagola, night cook-baker; J. Williams, oiler; R. Tavolacci, OS, and J. Moro, wiper. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32. NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY ZONE STATE Signed TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you ar« an old subtcrlbar and hava a ehanga of addrais, plaata glva your formtr addrats balowt ADDRESS CITY • f MlM*aa6B«66aaa! ZONE ••fMeeeeei .STATE ...;A Applauds SlU's Ship Meal Plan his lot on the ship more pleas­ ant and secure, for as long as he follows and enforces the list of instructions pertaining to To the Editor: ^ When we were in Norfolk, the system he has no worry "Virginia, we were boarded by about the company or the Hhil Reyes, SIU consultant on Union giving him hell as has the union's new feeding system happened in many cases in the aboard our contracted ships. past. I believe also that this The steward department and new system will eliminate the other crewmembers were pleas­ Incompetents in the steward antly surprised to learn that department and will result in the SIU is right on the ball the full application of the con­ again in instituting this new ditions that our union has system. In which we are sure fought so hard to obtain for us. To other ships of the Water­ man fleet and to re.st of our contracted ships in general, I and the crew aboard this ship heartily recommend the new SIU feeding system. Mike Michalik, Chief Steward Michael Schalestock, S'up's delegate Letters to the Editor Wants Name On LOG List will have a far-reaching benefit in our shipboard conditions. Brother Reyes called a To the Editor: I wonder if you could mail special meeting of all depart­ ments and explained in detail me the SEAFARERS LOG. I the new system, how it works understand that it is a great and why it is necessary that it paper to read on all marine and should succeed not only on this union matters. I have a brother who has been vessel but on every one of our contracted ships. He assured a member of the SIU since its the members that the system organization, and would very does not entail any additional much like to read the LOG work as provided by our pres­ about which he speaks so well. ent agreement, nor would it My brother's name is J. T. Lasconflict with the steward de­ siter and he is riding under the partment routine, and he also proud Union number L-2. Thank assured the crew that should you in advahcc for your paper. H. B. Lassiter this system be followed, better (Ed. vole: Your name has service, more palatable food, with less waste would be ob­ been added to the mailing list tained. Furthermore, by mini­ and yon will receive the LOG mizing or eliminating waste from now on.) the union will have a stronger »v« t position in demanding more varieties of better quality food from our contracted companies. At First Skeptical To the Editor: At first the steward depart­ The members of the quarter­ ment, including myself, were a ly finance committee wish to in­ little ' skeptical about the new form the membership that we se(>up but after several days, were very much impressed with with Brother Reyes supervising the efficient and business-like the introduction of the new manner in which the Union system, compliments began keeps its records and runs its flowing into the galley from affairs. various crewmembers and of­ This is in sharp-contrast with ficers topside, the feeling of what we have learned from re­ .skepticism vanished, and the cent Congress hearings about steward department became the sloppy way that some of the very enthusiastic about the new, subsidized steamship operators program. They now feel that do business. As far as we are the extra efforts they will have -concerned they could take a leaf , to put into the system will be from the Union when it comes more than compensated by the to administration. absence of any food beefs, and The committee rhemhers, be­ the amicable relations all sides myself,' who agree with ai-ound among satisfied and these sentiments are Edward well-fed crewmembers. Hansen, Frank Moran, Ralph Of course the success of the Ewing, Joseph M a 1 o me and system depends on the co-op­ Charles Oppenheimer. eration of the three depart­ E. A. "Andy" Anderson ments aboard ships. Tolerance and patience of the deck and engine departments is neces­ sary in waiting for their orders from the galley, just like in hotels and restaurants, and To the Editor: Just recently I had to get off ordering only what they feel the Seatrain Georgia, on which like eating, instead of the usual "full house" when one is too I was chief stewai'd, because of lazy to read the menu on the the death of my sister. My shipmates on the Georgia were hoard. ^ I am happy to report that kind enough to take tip a col­ the crew of the Maiden Creek lection and send flowers to the not only gave Brother Reyes funeral ceremonies. I would like to ^thank these their full cooperation hut even offered him several suggestions Union brothers for their kind­ to further improve the new ness and consideration. It is system. He highly compli­ deeply appreciated. Walter Newberg mented the crew at the end of 44-4 his trip with us. Knows The Problems As a steward who has been sailing for many years and who knows the many problems To the Editor: I want you to know I thor­ which confronts us stewards with respect to oui;- relations oughly enjoy reading the SEA­ with the company and the FARERS LOG. It has so many crew, I believe this' new SIU interesting items and features. feeding system is the best I think the SIU is a wonder­ break in our shipboard condi­ ful Union and I'm proud my tions. Any steward who is com­ husba'nd belongs to it. Mrs. Wayne Henderson petent and capable will find Impressed By Union Methods Thanks Shipmate. For Sympathy Likes The LOG — Union Too �Ancnst la. 1955 ; HURRICANrt (W<f«rman), July .9— Chairman, J. Lengfallewi Sacratary, R; McHala. Room* have been painted but more fana are dedred in foc'ale. It waa moved that fana be placed in recreation room And that a letter be acnt to New York regarding deck department'a , breakfaat hour. It was suggested that crew cooperate with turning in all linen and returning cupsi that repair Hats be drawir up; that lock be placed on pantry doors and library doors. aoVERNMENT CAMP (CItlet Serv­ ice), July 10—Chairman, H. Connelli Secretary, J. Moloney. Since the ship is scheduled for shipyard at the end of this voyage all repairs 'are to be listed. New fans are aboard and will be installed on Northbound trip. Treasurer reported $7 in the ship's fund. Digest of ships* Meetings SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seafrairt), June 25—Chairman, J. Allen; Secretary, C. Oppenheimer. Discussion on crew, members reporting on bocrd ship at least one hour before sailing *Hme. Ship's delegate will contact patrol­ man for instructions to act on at next Instance for members being late. Cash on hand $84.52. Report on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee was read and discussed by the crew. All agreed to accept. SEAFARERS tJiould be placed siboard. Sink In pantry should be repaired as soon as possible. A new iron Jot the crew was purchased., and the money was taken from the ship's fund. ^ STEEL RECORDER (Isthmlsn), June 12—Chslrman, J. BurehlnsI; Secretsry, J. Ereen. All crewmembers and offi­ cers donated S3 per man for washing machine which was bought by the sec­ ond electrician out of his own pocket. All members were given enrollment cards to fill out. Treasurer reported $37.79 in the ship',; fund. DE SOTO (Pan Atlantic), June 2«— Chairman, B. Vsrn> Jr.; Secretary, J. Chermailne. Repairs will be taken care of at payoff in New Orleans. Re­ port on Merchant Marine and Fish­ eries Committee was read and dis­ cussed by crewmembers. Ship's re­ porter explained why list of names were in the LOG. Old ship's delegate urged crew to give full cooperation to the new delegate. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), June 19—Chairman, W. Anderson; Secre­ tary, L. Wing. One man missed ship in San Juan and he will be turned over to the boarding patrolman. Sev­ eral topics were discussed and sug­ gestions made on same. Each depart­ ment delegate turned in a repair list. FORT HOSKINS (CHIet Service), June 9—Chairman, H. Westfall; Sec­ retary, B. Webb. Brother WestfaU elected ship's delegate by acclama­ tion. Ship's trrosurer reported a bal­ ance of $10 in the-ship's fund. Rooms are being painted, springs need fix­ ing and new mattresses are com­ ing aboard. STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), June 27 —Chairman, Brown; Secretary, Flood. YORKMAR (Calmer), Juno 18— Chairman, J. Watt; Secretary, R. Morgan. Discussion on stores and if they will last to New York. Steward reported that with the stores ordered for Panama there WiU_be sufficient supplies on board. Discussion on re­ pair list. All communications were read and discussed by entire crew. - A motion was made by W. Wilkens to accept same. Carried unanimously. Crew was given a report on the SIU Wel­ fare Plan, the Mercliant Marine and Fisheries Committee and the New York waterfront beef here. Motion made and seconded to accept patrol­ man's verbal reportg. Carried. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), June 24—Chairman, Lucas; Sec­ retary, Cothrell. Motion made and carried , to accept verbal report as given by boarding patrolman. All communications and reports sent to ship were read and discussed by the entire crew. No beefs or disputed overtime reported. KYSKA (Waterman), Juno 22— Chairman, J. Batson; Secretary, E. Mattlson. Sanitary work on the ship, including laundry and recreation room aft was settled between the wiper and OS. All repairs of the previous trip are to be taken care of. New large blankets are aboard and men can get same from the steward. Captain will have all crew foc'sles painted this trip. There is a balance of $5.10 in the ship's fund. One oiler on board who caused so much trouble last trip was suspended for sixty days by the US Coast Guard. All reports were posted on the bulletin board. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), June 17—Chairman, R. Darvllle; Secretary, F. Puglltl. Ship's treasurer reported that there is $12.63 fai the ship's fund. Crew was given a report on the con­ vention and agents' conference which they agreed to accept unanimously. AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), June 12 —Chairman, J. Orlmas; Secretary, L. Moore. A new ship's delegate was elected. Menu board will be moved as entire crew cant see it when they are sitting down at tables. Repairs lists will be made up on items that crew can repair. Slop chest price list and opening time will be posted on board. All hands were asked to keep laundry cleaner and to bring all dirty linen up at changing time. SAND CAPTAIN (Construction Agtregates), Juni 19—Chairman, R. Taliaksen; Secretary, A. Ferrara. Ship's delegate reported that the mail serv­ ice will be improved by appointing one responsible person in the Zapara Island offlce. Quarterly statements are to be more thoroughly investi­ gated. Ship's treasurer reported $60 in the fund. Crewmembers are. in favor of purchasing a movie projector. Men were asked to turn in excess linen. DEL MAR (Mtssiulppl), May 29— Chairman, E. P. Leonard; Secretary, E. Caudlll. Discussion by the ship's delegate on performing. Beer will be cut off by the captain and guilty mem­ ber will face a fine from the Union so crewmembers were asked to act ac­ cordingly. ' Discussion on men going to the hospital in foreign ports. Bal­ ance on hand in ship's fund is $183.90. Motion made and cairied to take $30 out' of every arrival pool for special movie fund. Brother Bobby Garn, ship's delegate of last trip, was given a vote of thanks for a Job well done. HASTINGS (Waterman), June l$-rChalrman, R. Callahan; Secretary, N. LafortezxI. A few minor beefs on the food situation Will be taken care of. Forms for welfare plan have been sent in. Some disputed overtime re­ ported. Crewmembers read and dis­ cussed report from headquarters on the convention and agents' con­ ference. ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), June 19 —Chairman, C. Parker; Secretary, H. Kllmon. A suggestion was made to paint the lockers on the Inside to keep rust off the clothes. Steward asked crewmembers to take care of the folding coU and put them away when not being used. The aft springline has a lot of Ash hooks in it and needs replacing. Suggestion that shelves be installed over bunks. SALEM, MARITIME (Cities Service), June 21—iChalrman, W.- Palmer; Sec­ retary, E. Harrison. A vote of thanks was given to the ship's delegate for a Job well done. A new brand of soap OCEAN NORA (Marlflma Overseas), July 2—Chairman, T. Holl; Secretary, E. Kazmowsky. Discussion held on money draws in Pusan, Korea with particular interest on the rate of ex­ change. There was a special meeting for steward department regarding tiine off. Some disputed overtime. ROBIN WENTLEY (Seas Shipping), June 12—Chairman, D. Hall; Sacra­ tary, W. Wentllng. Operation of new sandwich grill in crew mess Was ex­ plained to the crew. Request made to fix lockers in 8 to 12 foc'sle. Mo­ tion made and carried to see patrol­ man about pptting a separate wash­ ing machine aboard for officers. There is a balance of $41.20 in the ship's fund. SOUTHSTAR (South Atlantic), June 19—Chairman, J. Wunderllch; Secre­ tary, J. Fleyd.^, Discussion on date ship's articles go into effect. Discus­ sion on different drinks to be served with meals. Question of fresh milk in Antwerp brought up, and it was decided that rank taste cannot be helped due to excess bacteria count when delivered. Brother Burnsed made a motion that at payoff crew should get a clarification on using electric chipping guns aloft. Motion carried. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Robin), June 11 —Chairman, B. Johnson; Secretary, Tom William. Food is a big prob­ lem aboard this ship. The steaks are tough, preparation of food is not up to standard and quality of beef isn't good. . Crewmembers were told to keep natives out of midship house as one brother has lost considerable mondy already. Two men taken off ship for medical attention. ELIZABETH (Bull), June 2S—Chair­ man, L. Gooch; Secretary, R. Velllnga. Ship's delegate reported that crew messman was slugged by longshore­ man in New Ybrk. Mail service aboard this ship Is bad. A new ship'a delegate was elected. ALCOA CLIPPER (Alcoa), June 19— Chairman, R. Roberts; Secretary, H. Patterson. Article from Venezuela newspaper will be sent to LOG. ,Suggestion made to change time slop chest is opened. Brothers were asked to accept nominationF for various of­ fices so they will be more familiar with the -Union. Crewmembers must have a good excuse for missing fire and boat drill. Food beefs wiU be taken to patrolman. There is b total in the ship's fund of $163.18. MOJAVE (TrsnMceanlc Marine), June 19—Chairman, L. Pepper; $ecretary, R. Elsslens. Seattle agent was given a big hand for squaring away a beef with the Radio Operations Un­ ion Just before sailing time. The stew­ ard department was given a vote of thanks for doing a swell Job. A new light is needed on the washing ma­ chine to tell whether It is running or not. GENEVIEVE PETERKIN (Bloomfield), June 19—Chairman, E. Rowell; Secretary, J. Atchison. Adequate bunks to be installed in the hospital so sick men can use same. This ship is loaded with roaches and patrolman will be informed of situation. Stew­ ard department to clean up all pas­ sageways. One man paid off in France will be put in hospital. Mo­ tion made by E. Goings that all men after one year on a ship should have to get off due to shipping slowing down. Carried by majority. \ HIGH POINT VICTORY (Bull), June 2$—Chslrman, R. Miller; Secretary, R;. Merrliette. Brother Miller sent a wire to New York to find out why the company didn't put a new wash'' Ing machine aboard. Each member of the crew was asked to donate 25c. to the ship's' fund. All the depart­ ment delegates were asked to get a repair list up as soon as possible. AIJ hands were asked to keep the messhall clean, and to see that cups and glasses are brought back to the pan­ try. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for doing a very fine Job. THE CABINS (Mathlasen), .June 12 —Chairman, B. Granberg; Secretary, F. Kustura. Ship's delegate reported that no attempt was made to repair windless forward. There was some discussion on men who were logged in Japan. Each delegate should em­ phasize on his repair list that the ves­ sel needs fumigating for roaches. Deck delegate cautioned men about talking about crew affairs with offi­ cers. Ship's delegate reported that repairs have not been made on water tight door after appearing on repair list several times. STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), June 12—Chairman, H. McQuage; Sec­ retary, G. Perry. There was a gen­ eral discussion of unionism by crew­ members. The latest communications and reports from headquarters were read and accepted by the entire crew. A letter was read to the- crew in ref­ erence to safety conditions in the deck department. DEL ALBA (Mississippi), June 19— Chairman, James King; Sacratary, W. Gels. Master requested that any man going aloft should wear safety belt. Everything in order with no beefs. The steward will contact the port officials on the poor grades of meats put on board last voyage, especially strip loins, chucks and bacon. ALCOA PEGASUS (Alcoa), June 19 —Chairman, W. Yarbrough; Secretary, V. Burns. Suggestion made that an electric iron be purchased with money from the ship's fund. A motion was made and carried to have a new drain installed for scuttlebutt, and due to constant postponement this will be referred to the patrolman. Motion made that showers and toilet be in­ stalled for stevedores as on other Vessels of the line, and that nmning water be supplied at once for Jury toilet on fantall. Treasurer reports $25 in the ship's fund. ' CHILORE (Ore), June 23—Chairman, E. ZebrowskI; Secretary, F. Sawyer.- Stiip's delegate will see the patrolman about the lack of buttermilk and JiUces. Motion made by R. Ring to donate entire ship's fund of $10.70 to a brother injured aboard who was transferred from the SS Santore. A vote of thanks was given to the stew­ ard department for good food and serving. SOUTHPORT (South Atlantic), June 18—Chairman, A. May; Secretary, J. Christy. Suggestion made to keep forward storm doors open in hot weather. Steward reported that cap­ tain said there would be no sougeeing of messhall and passageways. Shortage of stores will be brought to the attention of patrolman. Com­ munications and reports read, dis­ cussed and posted. Quite a few minor beefs reported, however, none can be settled till the payoff. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), June 23—Chairman, W. Brightwell; Secretary, P. Patrick. One man mi.ssed ship when it sailed from Edgewater. Several copies- of his gear were made out and signed by engine delegate. A new ship's delegate was elected. Discussion by chief cook and baker about heating hot water in shipyard. a> GULF WATER (Metro),' June 2«— Chairman, H. Hallman; Secretary, H. RIdgeway. A special meeting was caUed to elect a ship's delegate. Saw skipper about two meals sub­ sistence in Mobile. Draw list turned in. Repair lists made out and turned in. GOVERNMENT CAMP . (Cities Serv­ ice), June 26—Chairman, M. Croft; Secretary, E. Deshtels, Crew will try to get a new coffee pot. Bulletin on welfare benefits read to the crew and posted on board. Motion was made and carried that money left in ship's fund at the end of a trip when ship goes in shipyard should be turned over to some worthy charity. May 29—Chairman, M. Brendle; Sec­ retary, E. Deshotels. Patrolman will see about getting mattresses for crew as they have requested, same four dif­ ferent times. Treasurer reported a balance of $20 in the ship's fund. A new ship's, delegate was elected. June 30—Chairman, K. Hallman; Secretary, R. Lyie. General discussion on SIU Welfare Plan. Ship's delegate reported no beefs or disputes in any department. Latest communications were read and discussed among crew­ members. ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), June 19 —Chairman, E. Yates; Secretary, J. H'annon. A door should be put on the book rack for library. All hands were asked to keep pantry clean at night. A vote of thanks given to the ship'd delegate for a Job well done. The steward department was also thankedfor fine chow and service. SEATRAIN "LOUISIANA (Seatrsln), June 28—Chairman, M. Reed; Secre­ tary, S. Frelllch. Ship's delegate gave a talk on the Bonner Bill for the ben­ efit of those not familiar with antimaritime features of said Bin. This crew goes on record to give full sup­ port to any action taken by SIU to fight BUI. Discussion on advlsabiUty of getting TV repaired. '• '••'" V'.' Faw Flfteea.' ________ LOG FINAL DISPATCH The deaths oj the following Sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the SIU death benefit is being paid to their beneficiaries: Elmer Shipp, 55: On July 1, 1955, Brother Shipp died of a heart ailment. Burial took place at Tiradentes Cemetery, Giudad Trujillo, Domini­ can Republic. Brother Shipp was one of the first members to sail with the SIU, joining the Union in 1939 in the Port of New York, and sailing in the engine department. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. R. Berry of Dordele, Ga. t 4. - .:- ^ Speak Out At SMU Meetings Under tiK Union constitu­ tion every member attending a Union meeting is entitled to nominate himself for the elected posts to be niied at the meeting—chairman, read­ ing clerk and recording secre­ tary. Your Union urges you to take an active part in meet­ ings b^ taking these posts of service. / ^ And, of course, all members haVe the right to take the floor and express their opinions on any officer's report or issue under discussion. Seafarers are urged to hit the deck at these meetings and let their shipmates know what's on their minds. t Ralph B. Dagger, 37: Brother Bugger died in Nakaku, Y o k o hama, on May 23, 1955, of acute poisoning. Join­ ing the Union in San Francisco, California, in 1951, Brother Bugger had been sailing in . the deck department. Place of burial is not known. He is survived by his wife, Kathryn Bugger, of Bellflower, California. 4> William Monway, 31: Asphyxia was the cause of Brother M o n way's death at the Maryland General Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Burial took place at the Mt. Hope Ceme­ tery in Mt. Hope, West Virgints: Brother Monway joined the Union in 1953 in the Port of New York "and was sailing in the engine de­ partment. He is survived by his mother, Bella Monway, of Beckly, West "Virginia. All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Pamela Lee Parker, born July 12, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde B. Parker, Chickasaw, Ala. 4> 4> 4> Alison Vema Smith, bom April 14, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smith, Yonkers, NY. 4* 4^ Bobby Gerard Carrasquillo, born July 11, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Carrasquillo, New Orleans, La. 4" 4" l" t. t. t. 4" t 4" 4^ 4" 4" 4< 4 4> 4" t 4" ^ 4> 4^ Dale Ann Maas, born May 31, 1955. Parents, Mr, and Mrs. Henry J. Maas, Jr., New Orleans, La. •fil Deborah Ruth Rankin, born July 12, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Rankin, New Orleans, La. Vicky Lee Anderson, born July 2, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Anderson, Colmar Manor, Md. 4i 41 ^ Susan Anne Payne, born July 16, 1955.' Parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles N. Payne, Baltimore, Md. Melanie Dorothy Doyle, born June 17, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Herbert Klotz: Brother Klotz was Mrs. William Boyle, New Orleans, lost at sea aboard the MV Southern La. Districts, which -was last heard 4' 4- 4' from on December 6, 1954. Janice Mae Brown, born June 30, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown, Savannah, Ga. 4, i 4> :FEftSOI^LS: John Scott Please call MO 6-8637 in New York City concerning Adrienne Scott. t. 4i i Jimmy Cassaro x I still have your wristwatch. Call me in New York at HA 4-8684.-Ron Wolf, ex-Steel Advocate. Peter Heinrich Lohse, born March 7, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lohs'e, Flushing, NY. Vassilios John Livanos, born July 15, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John V. Livanos, Brooklyn, NY. Patricia Agnes Burgess, bom 4> 4 t July 22, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Kenneth L. Roberts Mrs. Joseph Burgess, Brooklyn, Please get in touch with your NY. draft board in New York immedi­ 4" 4i 4" Leslie Ramon Cubano Mercado, ately. born July 4, 1955. Parents, Mr. t 4i t and Mrs. Jose Cubano, San Juan, Louis Y. Coffey Contact your wife immediately at PR. 4 ^ i ' 909 North M St., Tacoma, Wash. Thomas Edward Floyes, born It is urgent that you do so. July 22, 1955. Parents, Mi*, and 4« 4" t Mrs. Robert Floyes, Mobile, Ala. Mulvery B. Wilson 4" 4" 4i It is urgent that you contact your Martha Jean Wallace, born July mother as soon as possible. 20, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4i 4> 4> Earl C. Wallace, Galveston, Tex. Felix Botello ^ ^ 4Contact the welfare department Edward Henry Kolenovsky, Jr., at SIU headquarters immediately born ^uly 27, 1955. Parents, Mr. regarding maternity benefits being and Mrs. Edward H. Kolenovsky, held for you. Galveston, Tex. 4 4" 4' . - f'l ">•/ 4' Friends of William E. Pepper are Jeanne Elizabeth Jones, born asked to write or visit him at the July 20, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Belt Parkway Nursing Home, 1832- Mrs. Wilkerson Vamel Jones, Mo- . bile, Ala. 83 St., Brooklyn 14. NY. • �SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN, OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFt jSeafarin' ^liakesptarts Well-known to LOG readers ore the two Seafarerwriters whose tales are printed here. Shrimpton's recent account in the LOG of a voyage with a foad of monkeys was excerpted in the Christian Science Monitor. Michelet is well-known for his colorful essays on his many ports of call throughout the world and his tasty recipes. The Little Man In The Box By Seafarer Jack "Aussie" Shrimpton One of the minor occupational hazards of seafaring is that most of us have too much time on our hands and very little to do with it. This often leads to shipboard shenanigans both comic and serious. The hi-'*juke box, which he intended to larious cameo that follows oc­ transport his native Manila. In curred recently aboard an return forto parking privileges in Isthmian ship homeward bound from a run-of-the-mill round-theglobe-haul. The cheracters (and 1 do mean characters) in the order of their appearance were Shorty, a diminut i V e , knee-high-to-a-grasshopper pantryman, and Brainy, a first-trip wiper right out of the back bayous of Louisiana. Brainy most certain­ ly belied his nickname in spades and was the kind of a lad who would have experienced extreme difficulty counting up his fingers and toes without waggling them. His daily diet was grits and gravy, and the very swamp grass figura­ tively sprouted out of both ears. Naturally, it was only a matter of hours before his shipmates caught on, and thenceforth the boisterous sport of pulling Brainy's innocent Spar became a daily pastime. The prankster-inchief was a 4-8 fireman named Shakey, who was endowed by na­ ture with both a vivid imagination and a most lurid line of feminine anecdote. His trusty little help­ mate at all times was Shorty, the pint-sized crew pantryman. At San Francisco, one of the cooks bought a huge second-hand the messmall, he agreed to allow the messhall. he agreed to allow was, accordingly, stowed and lashed in shipshape manner right beneath the crew pantry service window, and thenceforth the joint was jumping to the strains of "The Boogie-woogie Rag" and "O Mien Papa." To Brainy, however, the whole box of tricks was a source of never-ending bewilderment. It was the first juke box he had ever clapped eyes on, and within 48 hours Shakey had him firmly con­ vinced that one of Shorty's many duties was to sit inside it and change the records . . . on over­ time yet! If all this sounds incredible, it is only necessary to remind you that the Brooklyn Bridge has been sold on nine officially recorded occa­ sions, while early this year, sohie eleven hundred New York citizens appended their names (in passer­ by innocence) to a public petition to hang the President from atop the Empire State Building . . . and they were not all Democrats either. After several aays of continuous build-up Shakey had Brainy all primed and ready for the kill. The Puerto Rico Revisited By Seafarer A. "Frenchy" Michelet I have alvyays considered those starry-eyed darlings who parlay cute dimples, trim figures and provocative smiles intO' matrimonial alliances with wealthy playboys as this country's finest salespeople. However, even the brilliance of their Vandals got loose in the Western World. The site is now disfigured achievements pale somewhat by three hideous tanks which bear in the light of the efforts of those unsung heroes of the advertising world who manage to peddle to the public the idea that there's ro­ mance to be found these days in the island of Puerto Rico. Any romance that you find in Puerto Rico today you will take there yourself, because the place has become as prosaic as Down­ town Brooklyn. Do you remember that cluster of crazy huts that extended for acres around Waterman's docks in San Juan? You know—the place tvhere we used to get together in somebody or other's shack and drink rum and tell each other lies until the dolls came to lead us away to their respective shacks in the farthest reaches of the rabbit warren. Well, it's been leveled to the ground. There ain't a stick standing. It's as flat as one of J. P. Shuler's biscuits. This is as ruth­ less and wanton a job of destruc­ tion as I've heard tell of since the the legend "Emulsified Asphalt." Scenery Gone Emulsified Asphalt right smack dab in the middle of that hallowed ground where you and I boxed the compass and tied the knots until old Don Q Rum got us so befud­ dled that we couldn't have found the East at sunrise. The whole island has broken out in a rash of spit and polish. A sailor needs these air-condi­ tioned bars like he needs a hole in his head. Air-conditioning seems to attract a cold and mer­ cenary type of broad who can give a guy a casual once-over and cal­ culate to the penny the condition of his bankroll and her chances for latching on to it. Give me the good old bars of the Pennsylvania type any day. The air there was usually in a terribie condition, but the atmosphere was right. Turning the whole thing over in my mind on my first night ashore in San Juan, and a little sick of steward cooperated by obligingly no cali to be in there racking up putting hogs-jowls and turnip overtime during meal hours any­ greens on the supper menu, that way. You go right over and tell delicacy being the Bayou boy's him to get out of that damn thing gastronomic delight and joy. and get his fanny back in the pan­ Shorty was instructed to duck out try were it belongs." "Think I'll of sight beneath his pantry service do just that," drawled the lad from window and to ad lib his part as the swamps; and going over to the it came to him. juke box he bent down and fetched Biisy In The Bo.x it a field goal slap in the pants and At 5:30 into the messhall yelled, "Hey, Shorty, you get outa marched our hero all set for his that damn conti-aption pronto and favorite dish o' victuals. The juke git me some hogs-jowls, willya." box was going full blast as usual, "Okay—wait a minute, can't and as Brainy attempted to place you," came the muffled reply, ap­ his order above the din, John, the parently from out of the innermost messman, hollered to him that he bowels of the box. "I've gotta would have to wait awhile because put this Harry James number on Shorty was on overtime and too for Shakey first—take it easy, busy to come out of the box and willya—I'll be right out." Sure serve in the pantry. enough, the record changed and Immediately Shakey leaped bel­ then up bobbed Shorty from be­ ligerently to the rescue. "Why hind his pantry window for ali the don't you tell him to get the hell world as if he had just come outa there, Brainy," he said. "His crawling out of the innards of the pantry job comes first and he's got j nickelodeon. "Gosh," he said, displaying a pair of very grimy palms, "It's damn dusty inside that thing. Now what's for you. Brainy ^ . . hogsjowls and greens . . . coming right up, fella." "Well, okay," said The Brain, somewhat mollified and returning to his seat. "Why don't you quit fooling around in that box anyway. And if you've gotta be in there why in hell don't you put on some good Rebel tunes Instead of all that damnyankee twaddle. Come on, boy . . . let's go." If at this point you are inclined to agree with the cynical gent who said that "a ship was the only in­ stitution on God's green earth that was run entirely by the inmates," nobody is going to give you much of an argument. However, lunatic ' laughter is both good for the di­ gestive tract and, even more im­ portantly, to break up the dreary monotony of a long voyage. these chrome palaces downtown, I determined to grab a cab "and go over and see my old friends at the Pennsylvania. So I did without further ado. Imagine my astonish­ ment when the cabbie pulls up at the old familiar stop 2V^ to find not a trace of a bar there. They The Pennsylvania,* or stop 21^ as it was better knOwn, was the court-where Caledonia was wont to reign as queen in all her glory with ali the lesser dolls as maidsin-waiting, much as the dusky Rose in Calcutta or Margie of the Chicago in Yokohama do to this very hour. The manager was an . easy touch. The beachcombers could always cuff a flop in the roqms topside. We had the use of the galley too. Many's the chicken and rice yours truly has whipped up there for the benefit of the hungry beachcombers topside and in all the shacks alongside. • Perhaps the change is in me as well as in Puerto Rico. Some wise man once warned, "Never go back." He should have explained that you can't go back. It was Francois Villon, one of' the few true troubadours, who, toothless, wrinkled and bald, summed it all up when he sighed so poignantly for the snows of other years, "Tell me in what hidden way is Lady Flora the lovely Roman? Where Hipparchia, and where is Thais, Neither of them, the fairer woman? Where is Echo, beheld of no man. Only heard on river and more. She whose beauty was more than human? But where are the snows of '• of yester-year?" ' v ')"• have pulled down the old Penn­ sylvania Bar and all the shacks that used to nestle alongside, like a hen with a brood of chicks, lev­ eled off the site, poured some of that same damn asphalt on it, and erected a battery of power houses there. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August 19, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 17 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MTD GUARANTEED MAJOR VOICE IN AFL-CIO MERGER ITF BOYCOTT WINS PACT ON RUNAWAY JOB PACE AT 20-MO. HIGH IN SIU-A&G SIU ACTION REVERSES LOGGINGS ROBIN CREWS HAILED ON SAFETY PUSH AFL PIER DRIVE DESPITE ILA 'PACT' NY WELCOME MAT OUT FOR RATED SEAFARERS SF PROVES JOB HAVEN BURGLARS TAP MOBILE'S VACATION TILL JOBS BOOM PORT MIAMI SEATTLE STILL 'VERY GOOD' NEW RULES EASE ALIEN HARDSHIPS GOV'T UNIT RAPS MSTS SLOWDOWN ANGRY NMU CREW VETOS CURRAN MEN NMU SQUIRMS AS LOG FERRETS OUT COVER-UPS SIU SCHOLARSHIP CAPS 15-YEAR-OLD DREAM CANADA SHIP ENGINEERS VOTING ON LINK TO SIU RATINGS SHORTAGE NOW TAMPA'S CHIEF CONCERN NEW RUN OF EX-ALASKA 'JINXED' - CANADA SIU CREW SUES FOR $ AFL BIDS CONGRESS ACT ON DOMESTIC 'RUNAWAYS' NEW ATTACK ON '50-50' SET FOR '56 RACKET OR GOOD DEAL FOR SEAFARERS? SEAFARERS WORKIN' AND RELAXIN' URANIUM'S RICHES LURE SEAFARER JOB LOST, ALSOP SEEKS NEW ANGLE LAKE CHAS. MAPS LABOR LAW FIGHT SEA BRAVERY MEDALS URGED SEAMAN'S PHILOSOPHY? SEAFARER HAS ANSWER LOG STALWART SIDELINED BY PACKER MISHAP BOMBAY IS NO BARGAIN FOR CECIL BEAN CREW ROBIN SHERWOOD TAKES AFRICA & VICE VERSA FAME, FORTUNE FIZZLE AS DEL SUD MESSAGE IN BOTTLE LANDS IN CUBA SEAFARIN' SHAKESPEARES PUERTO RICO REVISITED Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8/15/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/26d589e6cc8ecffdfecd7eb5b0436c1a.PDF bf03cdcec6fdf262fc56b92e3554919f PDF Text Text SEATARiE»S * U>G -'5^ • OFFICIAL ORGAN^OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION •^ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • 58 Getting New Benefit: • "fm 'iW Family Aid Mounts ' •< >! Story On Page 3 '• K^mmm f# Good s h 1 p p i ng in NY and ^OSy I/OCS If# throughout SIU-A&G District is typified by Seafarer Chester B. Wilson, AB (right), who registered 8:45 AM July 22 and shipped 9 AM to the Mobilian. Dispatcher A. Michelet gives tjim shipping card. (Story on Page 2.) Crews Assail NMU Forced Vacation Plan Story On Page 5 v.' • Winding up cross-country roficy r OOIWOrK, bicycle tour in San Fran­ cisco, Seafarer DeForest Fry, 60, completed solo trip in less than three months. (Story oh Page 6.) I- -i-L.;"- , I Ceremony on Robin Tuxford folBiOSW Iffff lows last wishes of Seafarer Lee Arnold, 60, as ashes are scattered at sea. P. Gonzales, S. Prutfinaki, aod'R* Mi^voy^ take part._>-- , Senate Group Stalls Funds For 'Roll-Ons' Story On Page 3 : r -• -i �SEAFARERS Face Twe ISCi L0G i.a^ ..; - \ Apcurt 6, 195S RIan All-Out Battle On La. 'Wreck' Law NEW ORLEANS—^Backed by the militant stand of all SIU affiliates in this port, AFL unions in the New Orleans Cen­ tral Trades and Labor Council have marshalled forces for a new, all-out battle for repeal of state legislation outlawing work at the task of registering union men and their families to the union shop. vote, and getting out the vote on The result has been the forma­ election day. tion of a strong Labor's League The principal objective of the for Political Education under the LLPE, as set forth in its recentlyauspices of the Central Trades and adopted constitution, is to encour­ Seafarers Phil Reyes (left) and Bob Elliott, steward on the City of Alma (Waterman), discuss Labor Council. The key role of age AFL members, their families use of electric, household-size percolators instead of the customary restaurant-size coffee the SIU in the organization is in­ and friends to register and vote urns under the new SIU feeding program in the Waterman fleet. At right, Floyd Peavy, MM, dicated in the naming of Lindsey and "to inform them of the atti­ serves Jack Bowman, AB, according to the new procedure. Vegetables are served in side J. Williams, SIU port agent here, tudes, records, opinions and vari­ dishes according to the individual order. Reyes is handling the program in Waterman fleet. as chairman of the executive board. ous other actions of candidates for Composed of many AFL shore- public office which are of vital side unions and all SIU affiliates concern to the economic and social represented in the port, the LLPE welfare of all working men and includes the SIU-Atlantic & Gulf women. District, Sailors Union of the Pa­ Members of the executive board cific, Marine Firemen and the Ma­ of the LLPE and their affiliated rine Allied Workers. crafts are Willfams, Del Aleman, B. Raynal Ariatti, business rep­ Barbers: Ernest Colbert, Laborers; NEW ORLEANS—The SIU's new shipboard feeding program, now being extended in the resentative of the AFL Glaziers R. L. Grevemberg, Radio and T-V and Glass Workers, was elected Technicians; Curtis Luttrell, Ship Waterman fleet, is making a big hit with crew members, judging from comments of Seafar­ president of the organization. Carpenters; Raymond Lapino, ers aboard Waterman ships that have hit this phrt. Other officers include A. P. Stod­ Teamsters; Sidney LeBlanc, Sheet Seafarer Phil Reyes, a vet--* dard, secretary-treasurer of the Metal Workers; E. L. Bauve, Photo eran steward with years of "Our experience so far has order by messmen, who are re­ Louisiana Allied Printing Trades Engravers; Nick Lapara, Electri­ experience in the Waterman demonstrated to the company that Council, secretary-treasurer, and cians; Natale Masi, Butcher Work­ fleet, is surveying the company's through the SIU system we are quired to wear white jackets while E. H. Burand, Carpenters Union, ers; Philip Piro, Sign Painters; ships under the direction of the able to provide the men aboard the serving. All steaks and chops are grilled to individual order, which vice president. Louis Sahuque, Printing Press­ SIU's Steward Department Com­ ships with better quality food and means they come to the table fresh men; Francis Tardy, Painters; mittee and is riding the vessels at the same time eliminate waste from the stove without drying out. Aid Labor's Friends John W. Whalen Jr., Machinists, from port to port to put the new in food preparation and serving," Roasts are sliced to order and "The primary purpose of the and Anthony Pohlmah, Carpenters. system into operation. Reyes said. ^ served from the galley instead of LLPE will be to aid in the election The program has resulted in ob­ being sliced in advance and left of legislators who understand and taining many new food items for on the steam table until the meal support trade union principles the ships, including such desirable hour. This permits the use of left­ and who will assist us in our ef­ foods as fresh frozen vegetables. over portions in preparation of forts to achieve repeal of the soAnother popular change in feeding night lunches, the quality of which called 'right-to-work' law which methods has been the installation has been greatly improved by th« was passed by the last regular ses­ of home-size percolators aboard the new method. sion of the Louisiana Legislature," vessels with the result that Sea­ Side Dishes Williams said. NEW YORK—The absence of major beefs serves to farers have fresh coffee at all times "A majority of the legislators The new Waterman steward de­ from New .Orleans and vicinity are brighten the shipping picture for the headquarters port even without the waste resulting from partment rules require that not the traditional use of large-size friendly to labor and voted against more, as activity continues at a record level. more than one vegetable be served urns. this vicious legislation which out­ on the same plate with meat or Regular meetings are being held Jobs remain on the board ^— laws union security clauses in la­ other entree. Other vegetables bor-management contracts in this with no takers for hours at a deal, the Union will go to bat for between Waterman stewards and are served in side dishes. state. A few, however, voted for time and, in some cases men to him and do everything possible SIU assistant secretary-treasurer Bread, butter and milk are Eddie Mooney, chainhan of the placed on the table not more than the bill and we are aiming at a 100 fill the vacancies can't be routed for him," Simmons stated. "But when a man deliberately union committee, to assist Reyes five minutes before the serving of percent friendly delegation in the out from anywhere. Indicative of the good shipping puts his head out and asks them in briefing the stewards on the food. These items now are placed next session." to-chop it off, we can do nothing new feeding procedure. only on tables where needed. ' The New Orleans AFL political and the well-fed state of the mem­ for him. We urge all of our mem­ The program has been drafted in bership is when a bosun's job for Night lunches now include Organization is preparing for the bers to refrain from doing anything ivritten form apd is being dis­ State primaries in January, 1956, Isthmian stays on the board for that will cause their names to be tributed to the Waterman stewards (Continued on page 15) three hours before someone will by setting up a parish-wide pre­ as was done in the case of Alcoa entered in the logbookIn such cinct organization with labor rep­ take it. Engine and deck depart­ instances where they lose their and Bull Line ships where the new resentatives in each precinct to ment ratings can ship out of here chance to go to sea, they will have procedure already is in operation. most any time of day they choose. Under the new procedure, all As Assistant Secretary-Treasurer nothing to blame except their own food is served from the galley to Claude Simmons puts it, "although misconduct," he added. the dispatchers are going nuts try­ Aug. 5. 1955 Vol. XVII, No. 16 ing to shanghai men to fill these PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer jobs, we would rather have a hard HERBERT BRAND, Editor; RAY DENISON, time getting men to fill the jobs Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art Editor; HERMAN ARTHVR, IRWIN SPIVACK, than have a bunch of hungry sailors Staff Writers; BILL MOODY, Gulf Area on the beach and no jobs for Representative. A slx-nian SIU of NA delega­ them. Personally, I would rather tion will attend a special meeting contend with a nutty dispatcher." Burly Page 13 of AFL international union officers The only sour note in the head­ Editorial Cartoon Page 10 in Chicago next week, as part of Editorials ..Page 11 quarters picture is the sudden crop the preparation for the AFL-CIO Final Dispatch Page 15 of performing reported on some ships. Simmons warned, however, merger convention in- New York Inquiring Seafarer Page 11 City later this year. Labor Roundup Page 10 men who get drunk ashore and Selected to attend by SIU of NA Letters Page 15 then return to disrupt operations president Harry Lundeberg, in ad­ Meet The Seafarer ......Page 10 on the ship are putting their own dition to himself, were: John Hawk, Personals . Page 15 necks on the chopping block. SIU of NA secretary-treasurer; In these cases, he pointed, out, Recent Arrivals Page 15 not only will the crewmerabers Paul Hall, A&G District secretarySeafarers In Action Page 10 treasurer; Morris Weisberger, SUP Shipping Figures Page 4 take action, but in most cases the New York port agent; Hal Banks, Your Dollar's Worth ... Page 6 facts have been entered in the ship's logbook and eventually bring Canadian District; and Captain Published biweeRly kr the headquarters the Coast Guard down as well. A John Fox, Inland Boatmen's Union. ot the Seafarers International Union, At­ The selections by Lundeberg lantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth recent instance on a Robin Line Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. tfYacintli ship cost the crewmem^r his sea­ were made in accordance with the 9-6600. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under men's papers—and his livelihood decision of the last SIU of NA con­ the Act of Aug. 24, 1912. Going up before headquarters membership for election to with it, through his own miscon­ vention which authorized him to quarterly .financial committee are (left to right); Edward duct. appoint committee members fof "Where a man is being hardHansen, Joseph Malone, Ralph Ewing, Charles Oppenheimer, any meetings oq the merger questimed or hot being given a square Andy Anderson. tioq. i SIU Food Plan Popular With Waterman Crews NY Ship Beefs Dwindle; Job Boom Continues SEAFARERS LOG m [Wr-- w- SlUNA Will Attend AFL Merger Meet #.1 �Aacnst I, 1»5B SEAFARERS LOG r«c«; Tare* •S,, SlU Family Benefit Shows Big Increase In Second Month . • t'*"-^ '• In operation for two brief months, the SIU's new dependents' hospital and surgi­ cal benefits plan has shown a sharp increase in benefit payments to Seafarers and their families. The second month's operation saw 24 claims paid to Seafarers in ports throughout the dis­ The dependents' benefit covers coverage to stepchildren of Sea­ trict for expenses incurred wives of Seafarers and unmarried farers living in his home and to all in behalf of their wives and children under the age of 19. The children of Seafarefs who are sup­ children, with another 29 pay- Plan has been interpreted to give meiita now being processed by the Seafarers Welfare Plan. In the first' month of • the Plan, which went into operation on June 1, it handled five payments. All imiles, Seafarer George Meshover (right) picki up two The largest single benefits pay­ checks totalling $456 in SlU welfare benefits from SlU wel­ ment made thus far was for $456 which went to Seafarer George fare services rep. Milton Flynn at Union headquarters. The Meshover of New York, whose wife payments covered a .large part of the cost of medical hospi­ spent 29 days in the hospital with tal care for his wife, Rosalie, under the new SlU dependents' glandular fever. benefits. Seafarers in New Orleans re­ ceived the greatest number of July payments with eight benefits paid. New York was next with five ben­ efits while Mobile and Boston had three apiece. Other benefits were paid in San Francisco, Houston, Lake Charles, Philadelphia and Puerto Rico. , Hundreds Yearly Back home in New Orleans WASHINGTON—^Although foreign aid funds were chopped The very sharp increase in pay­ after an appendectomy, it down by half a billion, a Senate-House agreement on $2.7 bil­ ments made and in claims pending Carol Ann Bellaflore, 15, lion appropriations for the 1955-56 year assures cargoes for supports the Union's belief that daughter of Seafarer Frank hundreds of ships. The vote-*' the hospital and surgical benefits Marshall, Jr. A major por­ continues undiminished the and shifting around of agencies, will assist many hundreds of Sea­ tion of the expense of her Government's post-World War the foreign aid program has con­ farers each year in meeting the operation was paid for by II policy of assisting foreign na­ tinued without let-up since World heavy emergency expenses of care SlU Welfare Plan. and treatment for their families. tions with military and economic War II. • US Shipping Boosted By Foreign Aid Vote aid. All told, the US has spent $51 billion for this purpose since the war's end. iiiiiiiiilB'' At virtually the last minute Congress made some deep cuts in the'$3.2 tnilion requested by the Administration. Both Houses had authorized this figure with slight modifications. When it came to voting the actual money, however, Congress learned that the Defense Department, on the eve of the new fiscal year, suddenly authorized the spending of $400 millions left over from last year's $4 billion appro­ priation. Itcvolt In House This led to a revolt in the House Appropriations Committee which felt that money should not be ap­ propriated up to the full amount if the previous year's appropriation Artist's conception of the Maritime Administration's proposed "Turnpike" class "roll on-roll ^ had not been spent. ofF" trailership, which would be capable of both side and end loading. The twin screw, In actual fact then, the Govern­ 4,400-deadweight-ton vessel is intended mostly for use in the intercoastal and coastwise ment will have over $3 billion for service. It would have a speed of 20 knots. this purpose this year, the money just voted and the amount left from the previous year. Foreign aid shipments will be in addition to hundreds of millions in agri­ cultural surplus disposal, also cov­ WASHINGTON—^A delay of several months is likely in plans for the construction of seven ered by the "50r50" law. roll-on ships for the SlU-contracted Pan Atlantic Steamship Company. The Pan Atlantic New Agency plans ran into a Congressional roadblock ivhen the Senate Appropriations Committee refused The current foreign aid program to consider a $60 million s.up< will be administered by the new plemental appropriation re­ ted funds from a previous appro­ plans for the new ships had not International Cooperation Admin­ quest to build these and other priation to take care of the project. been developed in time for the istration which replaces the For­ vessels. Committee members said that the regular appropriation bill. By the eign Operations Administration. Pan A11 a n t i e had asked ap­ Maritime Administration should time the agency was ready to go to Despite the juggling of names proval to trade in its seven C-2s renev^its request in 1956 if It still Congress with the plans it' was needed the funds. Officials of the nearly the end of the current ses­ to the Government as a down pay­ agency denied that funds were sion and the money request had to ment on the construction of the available for the "roll-ohs." be put in the form of a supplemen­ new vessels which would be used The other ships affected by the tal bill to catch an appropriations in the company's coastwise service. Senate committee's action were bill that had already passed the The seven ships might also be the five new cargo ships for Lykes House. Regular membership meet­ predecessors of additional ships of Brothers aiid five for United Washington observers agree that ings in SIU headquarters and the same type on an intercoastal States Lines. These ten would have the refusal of Congress to act on at all branches are held every run. Each of them could handle been built with construction sub­ the supplementary funds is a set­ second Wednesday night at 285 loaded truck trailers.' back to the merchant marine's sidies. 7 PM. The schedule for the The Committee refused to act, A maritime administration vessel replacement plans and to next few meetings Is as follows: claiming that the Maritime Admin­ spokesman said that the difficul­ "roll-on" plans proposed by sev­ Aug. 10, Aug 24, Sept. 7. istration had sufficient uncommit­ ties over money arose because the eral steamship companies. Trailership Plans Stalled Meeting Night Every 2 Weeks ported by them whether or not they live under the same roof with the Seafarer. The Welfare Plan covers hos­ pital room and board at the rate of $10 a day for a maximum of 31 days in the hospital, as well as other hospital expenses up to $100. The Seafarer is responsible for the finst $50 df this coverage under a "$50 deductible" policy, with the Plan paying the rest up to the max­ imum limit. Also covered are surgical costs up to a maximum of $300 accord­ ing to a schedule of operations benefits, and doctor's visits to the hospital in non-surgical cases at the rate of $4 a day up to 31 days. Any' Seafarers who have ques­ tions about the Plan or who expect one of their dependents to be hos­ pitalized are urged to contact the nearest SIU port agent. The port agent will see to it that the claims procedure is started immediately and will give the Seafarer or his family all necessary information on the benefits. MAW Signs Bay Boats In Baltimore BALTIMORE—The SlU-affiliated Marine Allied Work­ ers scored organizational suc­ cesses in this port with excursion vessels and other ships plying Chesapeake Bay. Contracts have been signed with the Wilson Line for the Bay Belle operating from here, and the Mount Vernon, which has Washington, DC, as its home port. Another excursion ship signed was the Tolchester and progress is being made with three other companies, two of them cargo car­ riers between here and Virginia. Shipping in the port has been going along at an even keel, port agent Earl Sheppard reports, with 11 ships paying off, seven signing on and 15 ships stopping in tran­ sit. An additional boost to shipping were jobs which Norfolk was un­ able to fill and called on Baltimore for help. As a result, men weie moving out of this port with a minimum of delay. Very little in the way of beefs were reported from the ships stop­ ping here, and all overtime dis­ putes have been settled to the satisfaction of all concerned. The MAW activity here is a counterpart of similar action in Philadelphia where the MAW also got a contract covering the Wilson Line. Sheppard added that there were still a number of men in the Balti­ more PHS hospital who could use a visitor to pass some of the idle hours. The list of hospitalized Sea­ farers appears on page 12. ;.V;: • 74 • -.s •f&'Ji I 31, •3 - V .v9 '\:i\ • I �r:r Pare Four SEAFARERS New Menu Promises Good Eating LOG Aurust 5. 1955 SHIPPING ROUND-UP AND FORECAST JULY 13 THROUGH JULY 26 Registered Port Deck A Boston ... X New York. Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Miami Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle 11 103 24 50 11 9 3 5 26 28 16 16 11 15 12 Anti-SIU EyeMilked US Files 5 37 5 19 12 5 3 2— 10 11 4 10 2 10 23 Deck A Total Busy at one of the many chores that make up the work of the chief steward, Seafarer J. K. Parnell types out a menu aboard the Alcoa Pioneer, while the ship unloads at the Mobile ter­ minus of the bauxite run. It appears there was lots of good feeding in store for the ship's hard-working SlU crew. Deck B Deck B 340 158 Eng. A Eng. 5 78 15 46 11 8 1 8 17 35 7 7 4 11 Stew. A 4 34 7 21 4 , 11 4 2 4 13 . 9 19 3 10 16 9 Eng. 262 6 59 12 30 3 5 9 4 14 29 3 15 6 20 11 Stew. A 161 226 Stew. B 1 14 3 18 5 4 4 5 5 16 6 11 4 12 12 Total A Total B 22 10 240 85 15 51 126 58 25 21 20 22 13 11 17 . 9 57 19 92 • 40 26 19 S3 41 •I 21 46 32 32 51 Total Reg. 32 325 66 184 46 42 24 26 76 132 45 78 30 78 83 Stew. B Total A Total B Total Reg. 120 828 439 1267 Shipped Port Boston Miami Tampa Deck Deck B A 5 79 11 42 10 15 3 3 26 47 11 10 5 14 15 2 19 9 23 13 7 2 1 25 14 3 4 Deck C 1 7 0 0 8 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 2 2 Eng. A 1 66 21 27 7 8 3 5 18 47 7 12 1 11 9 Eng. Eng. B 0 25 8 21 3 8 2 2 26 14 11 6 2 8 6 stew. A 0 2 18 52 4 - 10 14 14 16 3 t) 7 3 0 5 2 4 0 7 2 3 11 5 27 42 3 6 1 11 10 Stew. stew. Total B C A 0 11 8 16 6 6 4 3 8 19 5 0 2 9 8 0 3 1 2 11 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 . 1 1 1 8 197 42 83 20 30 17 13 71 136 21 28 7 36 34 Total B 2 55 25 60 22 21 8 6 59 47 19 10 7 26 27 Total Total Ship. C 1 28 5 16 35 9 3 0 6 12 4 0 13 5 , 6. 11 280 72 159 77 60 28 19 136 195 44 38 27 67 67 Houston Wilmington 3. A "private eye" who bumped heads with the SIU and in­ San Francisco .......... 9 13 ' dividual Seafarers on various occasions has popped up in the Eng. Eng. Deck Deck Deck Eng. Stew. Slew. Stew. Total Total Total Total news again with the indictment of a former US employee for B A C C A B C A B C Ship. 78 296 ll7 33 243 142 204 105 32 743 394 143 1280 peddling confidential informatiop about seamen. Hwace sold by George Wolk, former man­ Shipping for the Atlantic and Gulf District continued to show a very favorable picSchmahl -ivas named as the ager of the Staten Island, New ;ure during the past two weeks as a total of 1,280 men were dispatched to jobs. Overall receiver of confidential Social Se­ York, Social Security office. Wolk shipping still maintained a lead over registration, which was 1,267. curity records on seamen's earn­ is the target of a 64-count Fed­ Although the shipping fig-|* ings allegedly copied from the"files eral Indictment. ure represented" a drop of over In addition the near 2-1 ratio of to come in again and no delay on The information, according to class A over class B held firm, wifh shipping . . . NEW ORLEANS: 100 from the previous period, the indictment, was turned over by Schmahl to his clients, various the dip could be accounted for class A accounting for 58 percent Very good; should stay good. LAKE CHARLES: Holding up steamship and insurance compa­ almost entirely by the Port of New of the total shipping and class B well; getting a bit short in some nies, so that they could attempt to York, which still managed to for 31 percent. Following is the forecast port by engine rates . . . HOUSTON: Still torpedo seamen's claims in per­ dispatch nearly 300 jobs. Furthermore, the shift to a rel­ port: slow . . . WILMINGTON: Still fair; sonal injury cases. BOSTON: Future unpredictable. 8 in-transits due . . . SAN FRAN­ atively high level of activity in This is the same Horace recent weeks for ports like Phila­ Short on ABs, shows little pros­ CISCO: Fair; figures up a little . .. Schmahl who was a prime mover delphia, Norfolk, Savannah and pects for unrated men, cooks and SEATTLE: Always good; several in the infamous anti-labor appar­ Mobile remained undisturbed and stewards . . . NEW YORK: Still payoffs due. Heywood Broun com­ atus which was employed by Cities continued in full swing. New Or­ good; needs manpower ready to ing out of lay-up after 20 months. Service against the SIU during the leans experienced a spurt upwards, ship. Jobs stay on board 3-4 calls. fight to organize that company. and Houston came back somewhat PHILADELPHIA: Very good, then WASHINGON—A bill au­ The apparatus, since disbanded, also. Only Baltimore showed a very quiet in same two-week thorizing construction of a sea fingered hundreds of Seafarers so marked downward trend, since its period. Hard to figure since noth­ level channel from New Or­ that they were fired or black-list­ figures included a number of men ing scheduled . . . BALTIMORE: leans to the Gulf of Mexico was ed by the company. Schmahl also shipped to jobs in Norfolk. Slowed down somewhat. Figures given the green light by two House tried to uncover information to The good shipping was reflected included many shipped for Norfolk. smear SIU officials, and did a lit­ particularly in the fact that 13 Short on FWTs . . . NORFOLK: committees here last week. tle spying on the side on the com­ ports shipped newcomers in class Excellent situation should keep up. The House Public Works Com­ pany's employees. C, although class C shipping de­ SAVANNAH: Getting better; mittee first reported favorably on 'In' With Coast Guard clined somewhat percentagewise, to future looks fair . . . MIAMI: the bill which authorizes expendi­ The record of Schmahl's activity 11 percent of the total. The lack Shipping is due to rise. Registra­ ture of up to $83 million for con­ TAMPA — Seafarers here structing a 70-mile-long seaway was spelled out in the Senate La­ of available class A and B man­ tion, shipping run even... TAMPA: are enthusiastic about the new power in these ports spelled good Fair, up a little . . . MOBILE: bor sub-committee's report on from the Crescent City to the Gulf. The channel would be 500 feet long Labor-Management relations in fortune for the non - seniority Prospects look good. ^ Waterman feeding program going into ^ maritime. The report quoted group. ships that have been away starting effect on Waterman ships. The and 36 feet deep. "new look" for Waterman follows Schmahl as boasting that Coast Companion bills providing for changes instituted in the Bull Line Guard records on seamen were the project were introduced in and Alcoa fleets earlier to revise also an "open book" to him. Congress by Reps. Hale Boggs and steward department procedures and Subsequently in May, 1952, F. Edward Hebert and by Sens. introduce more individual, "on Sehmahl received a great deal of Russell Long and Allen J. Ellender, order" service from the galley. attention iron? the SEAFARERS all of Louisiana. Discussion at the last branch LOG when working on behalf of Later in the week, the House membership meeting was focussed Rules Committee gave right-of-way a steam.ship company, he attempt­ on the subject, as Seafarers and to consideration of the measure be­ ed to wreck the damage claims of port officiais debated the merits of a blinded Seafarer, Phillip Pron. MOBILE—Further improvement in the shipping picture the program, which is calculated to fore adjournment of this session. Schmahl's tactics consisted of here is expected from several new developments. . A new hill reduce waste while assuring SIU The bill still must be considered by the Senate Public Works Com­ posing as a non-existent magazine -passed by the Alabama legislature giving the state control of men continued top feeding at all times. mittee. Action will likely be taken writer who claimed to be writing Noting the discussion, Tom Ban­ when Congress meets again next a feature about Pron's experiences. navigable rivers is expected^ His object was to trap fron's ship­ to encourage local industry ports in recent months. The Water­ ning, SIU port agent, reported s January. mates into unwitting written state­ man ships had been out on the West The project calls for construc­ ments that Pron always had very to ship by *river to Mobile in­ Coast while Alcoa had been using number of Searfarers hitting the deck to spoke on the subject, in­ tion of a lock in the vicinity of bad eyesight. stead of by rail. At present com­ some of its ships on the sugar run cluding W. Brown, E. Hagen and Meraux, St. Bernard Parish, to per­ Oddly enough, at the time the and is now returning them to the L. Lopez. The overall consensus mit ships to enter and leave the LOG was preparing this article, panies shipping by rivers have bauxite trade. faced heavy freight bills to get was that the program was a good man made channel at the Missis­ attorney Benjamin Sterling inter­ their stuff to a seaport outlet. irea. One WatermdVi ship due In here, sippi River. The channel would vened in an attempt to kill the In addition, port agent Cal Tan­ the Mobilian, has been sold, but Shipping, mganwhile, continued traverse a part of Lake Borgne and story. Sterling has since been ner sees a shipping pick-up> because it is being taken over by another at a fair pace during the past two Chandeleur Sound. identified as a key figure in the of large bulk cargoes of grain and SlU-contracted operator, the Mari­ weeks, and the same is forecast for Ships would save many hours International Longshoremens As­ coal scheduled to move out of the time Overseas Corporation. the coming period. What activity and much expense by using such sociation's attempt to win control port. A third factor in the local All told there were ten payoffs there was provided by one lone a channel instead of the present of the SIU by heavy cash subsidies picture is the return of several and sign-ons in the port, the best payoff, the Arizpa (Wat^^an), and Mississippi River route with its to opposition candidates in the last Waterman and Alcoa ships to the activity in some time, with seven a half dozen in-trdnsisU^Beefs ran many twists and tiu-ns. SIU elections. port after running out of other in transit shipa. at a minimum. N' Orleans Ship Canal Bill Okayed Tampa Okays Food System Aboard Ships River Bill, Bulk Cargo Cheers Mobile Outlook m m- b:'• \ �Tata Ftr« SEAFARERS LOG • Annut 8, 1958 NMU Men Assail Forced Vacations Confirming the SIU's appraisal of the NMU's recentlynegotiated supplemental jobless pay plan and compulsory vacation package, rumbles of serious cUscontent have arisen from a number of NMU ships. In addition, several more NMU's membership. Although all ships' crews have gone on rec­ other maritime unions in the past ord condemning the NMU's action have held referendums on the vaca-r in opening up its membership tion issue. Curran made compulso­ books and hiring halls without ry vacations a part of the contract prior approval by the membership. anfl concealed the clause from his The revolt reached a peak on membership until the issue of the the passenger ship United States "Pilot" appearing two weeks after where crewmembers twice rejected the contract was wrapped up. the contract by overwhelming In announcing the compulsory margins. They first turned it down vacation plan in the July 7 "Pilot" by a vote of 456 to one at their Curran declared, "Now with the July 3 ship's meeting. Subsequent­ signing of the new Employment ly, they resisted tremendous pres­ Security Plan (Curran's name ,for Six struck passenger vessels of the Union Steamship Company are hung up at their pier in sure applied by NMU officials, in­ supplemental jobless pay) the Vancouver as SlU Canadian District seamen pulled the pin on the company. Months of stall­ cluding personal intervention by brother who faces hardships taking ing on a new deep sea contra'ct led to the strike call by 350 Canadian seamen. NMU President Joseph Curran at a vacation will be in a position to a meeting of-the ship's committee obtain consideration." The con­ to sell the plan. They reiterated sideration consists of the $4 a their stand by voting down the week additional in unemployment contract at a second crew meeting benefits. VANCOUVER—After months of negotiations had only resulted in repeated failure to win a by 289 to 16. Crewmembers of the United new contract^ some 350 Canadian District members pulled the pin on the tJnion Steamship 'Iron Curtain' States and other ships took a dif­ The seriousness with which the ferent view of the matter. As re­ Company. The Canadian District struck to win demands for a new hourly wage set-up in­ NMU regards the United States ported in the United States minvolving wage increases over (Continued on page 15) ment agencies and the courts to vote is indicated by the iron curtain the existing monthly wage fective from the start with other intervene in an effort to weaken which the NMU "Pilot" dropped Vancouver unions respecting the system now in effect on the SIU picket lines. the union's position. At last report, around the crew's actions. Instead of reporting the United States company's ships. The company has made no efforts all these efforts have been unsuc­ minutes, as it usually does, the (0 run the ships thus far, but has cessful and the strikers are hold­ "Pilot" has launched a vitriolic New Pattern attempted to get Canadian govern­ ing firm. The Canadian District hopes to attack against the crew. extend the hourly wage system to The attack on the US crew was all its contracted companies, so one of several recent instances in which Curran has used the "Pilot" that the outcome of the current strike may set a new wage pattern to club into silence both rank and for the shipping industry in that file members and officials who have been critical of the recent country. At least one Canadian disastrous drift of NMU policy. steamship operator has already New NMU troubles loom as signed on the hourly wage basis NEW ORLEANS — Stimu­ Currdn appears ready to loose the with a very considerable increase lated by a brisk trade in grain A dozen ill Seafarers who had to reenter USPHS hospitals latest in a series of purges of top in monthly take-home pay for the and coal shipments, shipping for further treatment will now receive the full hospital bene­ union officials. Slated for axing, crewmembers involved. in this port is showing signs of a fit because the Union went to bat to assure them the $21 according to the "New York Times " Union Steamship is a West Coast and other sources, are treasurer temporary boom. operator which runs half-a-dozen weekly payments. In addi-+ Besides the usual general cargo small passenger vessels between tion, most of these men will "unfit for duty" ratings, which did M. Hediey Stone and vice-presi­ US and Canadian ports. It also get better than $100 in retro­ not permit them to go back to dent Adrian Duffy, two pro-Curran business, several ships called here to load grain for foreign ports and operates dry cargo carriers in the active benefits to the date they re­ work on ships. Subsequently, the stalwarts of many years past. one, the Ocean Dinny (Overseas Hiring Hall Problems same trade. The Canadian Sea­ entered the hospitals. 12 men had to go back to the hos­ The discontent stirring on NMU Transportation), sailed for Korea farers hung up the ships on the eve Affected by the Union's action pital for new extended periods of ships and Curran's planned purge with coal. of the July 4 holiday weekend and are Seafarers suffering from tu­ treatment. Seafarers on the beach were ad­ stem directly from the NMU's have maintained round-the-clock berculosis and other chronic ail­ Under the rules of the Welfare vised by Lindsey J. Williams, New picket lines ever since. ments. They had been discharged Plan, Seafarers eligible for the abandonment of the maritime hir­ Orleans port agent, however, that ing hall. As pointed out in Secre­ from various USPHS hospitals in District officials reported that full weekly benefit need one day's the upsurge in shipping could not the strike has been 100 percent ef­ recent montb|, but had been given seatime in the previous 90 days. tary-Treasurer Paul Hall's report be expected to continue for any ex­ on guaranteed annual wage in Consequently, in "going by the tended period. book" these men were eligible only maritime (SEAFARERS LOG, July "Shipping is good, but it hasn't 8) the NMU came up with the for the partial benefit paid to Sea­ reached the point where we can supplemental unemployment bene­ farers who do not fully qualify. fit gimmick, plus compulsory vaca­ expect to lay in the gap for a When notified of the problem, tions, as a way oiit of the difficulty bosun's job on a Waterman C-2 for SIU headquarters felt that appli­ created by its abandonment of the Hamburg," Williams said in his re­ port to the regular bi-weekly cation of the rule to these men hiring hall. membership meeting. "We must would be an. in justice Inconsistent When the NMU opened its hiring LAKE CHARLES—^Urging the support of labor for the pro­ with the spirit of the Seafarers halls and membership books to all protect our jobs by throwing in for posal, the City Council here has recommended a one-cent city Welfare Plan. The Union pressed comers, men on the ships froze to them when they come up on the sales tax on gross sales and is putting it on the ballot this fall. an appeal to the Welfare Plan their jobs. The only way to shake board. For example, we had jobs trustees on behalf of the men, them loose was by compulsory left on the board tonight for to­ • The votes of union men and-f morrow's morning calls. That is the women licked a similar pro­ improvements which the city real­ pointing out that since they were vacations. To wran this distasteful first time this condition has existed "unfit for duty" they could not idea in an attractive package, in this port in months. The best posal a few years ago, SIU ly needs. Clarke pointed out, how­ port agent Leroy Clarke recalls, ever, that It is going to be rough possibly ship and gain the neces­ Curran came up with supplemental insurance we have for protecting jobless pay. In other words, when our jobs and what we have won because the council refused to to sell the voters on the issue, par­ sary seatime. commit the money for specific ticularly after the last fiasco. The trustees agreed with the men are compelled to sign off for through our united efforts is for Items that were needed in the city. He also reported shipping hold­ Union viewpoint, and under the compulsory vacations they" will get the membership to ship now dur­ This time, however, the ballot ing at a very firm level, and noted flexible set-up of the plan were $4 additional weekly in unemploy­ ing this spurt in business and while Is supposed to state plainly that the beginnings of a shortage in able to take favorable action for ment insurance until they can get the jobs are open." the funds Would be used for civic some engine department ratings. these men. The action will not ap­ another ship. During the last two weeks, 10 Although there are wipers on the ply to men who get a "fit for duty" Neither the opening of books ships paid off here. Eight signed port's registrationjlst, wipers' jobs on leaving the hospital and then and halls or the compulsory vaca­ on and 21 called in transit. One have been going begging. As a re­ reenter at a later date. tion plan was voted on by the hundred and 95 men shipped, in­ sult, openings are 'being filled by cluding 23 Class C men, as com­ newcomers making their first trip pared with 132 registered. out. Tanker traffic seems "to be Men were dispatched from the continuing at a fast pace, despite hall here to the following ships Payment of cash benefits to Seafarers under the SIU's hospital the season. . which loaded grain for foreign and surgical benefit plan for Seafarers' families will be speeded The labor front provides one de­ ports: the Seanan (Stratford Steam­ up considerably if the Welfare Plan has copies of Seafarers' mar­ velopment of its own in the sign­ ship Co.), bound for Holland; the riage certificates and birth certificates {or their children. ' ing between the AFL Metal Trades National Liberty (American Water­ The marriage certificates and children's birth certificates are Council and the Firestone Tire and ways), sailed for Holland; City of needed tp_ establish proof of eligibility under the Plan. If Sea­ Rubber Company, after many Alma (Waterman, on charter to farers have photostats of these documents made and turn them in weeks of negotiations. The con­ States Marine), bound for the Far to the nearest Union office, it will eliminate delays in payment tract includes a wage increase ret­ East. of benefits. roactive to April 4 plus several The outlook for the future is "fringe" benefits. All hands are good in New Orieans with eight All " documents will go into Ihe Seafarer's personal file at the well pleased with the result, from payoffs scheduled in the next two office of the Welfare Plan and are strictly confidential. • all indications. weeks. Canada Strikes For Hourly Pay SIU Action Wins Fuil Benefits For Sick Men Lake Charles Bids. For Sales Tax Okay PNOTOS ^70fZtes> ^oerizY BlC. Certificates Speed Welfare f $ Grain, Coal Create NO Ship Beem I a • '.at .1 i 4 • . ''S J �• C»^V/ .r-.-:'^'j: •• "W Pare Sis Speed Service To Indonesia T^Rmsm Seafarers aboard the Steel Archi­ tect are launching a new Improved Isthmian service to the Republic of Indonesia this week, following the vessel's departure from New York. The new run provides direct westbound service' to Indonesia except. for one call at Manila in the Philippines. The itinerary calls for sailings from East Coast ports the first and third week of every month. Other Services Isthmian's other westbound serv­ ice will continue to load at East and West Coast ports for Manila, Hong Kong, Saigon, Bangkok, Sing­ apore, Port Swettenham, Penang and Belawan Deli. Its regular eastbound 'round-the-world service will also continue, with the first In­ donesia port of call at Belawan Deli. SEAFARERS :Auffiut S. 1955 V loa WC Cooks Have-Own Hiring Hails MCS-AFL New York agent Louis Foyt (back to camera) calls a job for the P&T Voyager out of the MCS New York hall. Central registration offices which west coast, cooks had to use have been abolished as pact talks continue. Seafarer Bicycles Across Country After pumping and pushing a bicycle 2,500 miles up and down hill from New York to San Francisco, veteran Seafarer DeForest Fry is back on New York seeking a different form of transportation. Fry, a veteran SIU member, is now looking for a ship after a three month cross-country haul which rates-*'' Fry admitted that there were as an extraordinary way for a tion en route, which is understand­ seaman to spend his spare able, and was interviewed by local moments of discouragement when newspapers in Davenport, Iowa; it would have been easy "to grab a time. The 60-year-oid Seafarer, who North Platte, Nebraska, and Au­ train for San Francisco and pack sails as cook on SIU vessels, has burn, California, among other the wheel aboard." His previous trips, while lengthy made other long distance bicycle places. Desert Crossings enough, don't hold a candle to his trips before, but none as ambitious The real tough part of the grind latest exploit. Two yeprs ago on or taxing as the cross country tour. Equipped with an English bike was in the deserts and mountains his vacation he went from New with nine speed gears. Fry headed of the West. Crossing Utah in the York to the Thousand Isles on the for the wild west on May 1 after vicinity of the Great Salt Lake he St. Lawrence, then to Montreal and had to hoof it 40 miles because of back, approximately 1,800 miles, in paying off the Ocean Betty. "I started out to go to Auburn, a stiff west wind. Donner Pass In 40 days. Veteran Seaman NY, my home town," he said, "but California also was tough, a tor­ Fry, whose seafaring career in­ then I got out on Route 17 which tuous three mile upgrade which he runs clear across New York State. made, pushing his bike along, in an cludes a picketline stretch in the I figured that I would go as far as hour and '^25 minutes. "When I got 1921 strike, carried an old ISU 1 could on 17. Before long I was to the top, though," he said, "it book for years before joining the SIU back in its earliest days. He headed for Chicago. By the time I was really something to see." got to Chicago I told myself that While most of the trip went never was a professional bicycle If I could go this far I could go all smoothly it was not without mis­ racer or anything close to one, but the way." haps. He went into a ditch one has been riding bikes for recrea­ So Fry continued west with his time and beiit a wheel and In tion as long as he can remember, tool kit, sleeping bag, two water Omaha his light English bike broke "I'll probably continue doing bags and other gear totaling about down under the load and had to these trips for a while," he con­ 50 pounds strapped to the bike. be replaced by a heavier American- cluded, "but I don't think I'U try He attracted quite a bit of atten­ made model. to cross the country again." I LA Crimp Rig ^ Ready To Fold The ILA's phony "seaman's imion" has virtually breathed it» last gasp. iCut off from all sources of revenue because of SIU and ITF action, the disguised crimp rig is on the verge of closing- down its offices. To add to its troubles, the outfit ternational Seamen's Union, Local has split right down the mid­ 1824," had grandiose schemes for dle with the former front man raiding SIU' and other Americantaking off with the charter and flag unions with the support of opening his own Independent oper­ ILA President William Bradley. ation uptown. The most it ever did in its palmiest The result is that the "inde­ days was to shake down seamen on pendent" is sporting the ILA char­ foreign flag ships with false prom­ ter, and the ILA sea "union" is ises of representing Them. In this it ran afoul of the Inter­ left without any kind of status. The crimp outfit is in such des­ national Transportworkers Federa­ perate financial shape that a city tion, which has opened a drive marshal called on it to serve a among seamen on runaway-flag summons for payments on its of­ ships. The ITF took steps to pro­ fice furniture. Neither Keith Alsop, tect foreign seamen' from the ILA defeated SIU Galveston agent, or with the result that this source of William Higgs, expelled SIU mem­ revenue dried up. All Schemes Fail ber, the ILA-appointed "officers" Subsequent schemes to pick up a of the outfit, were on hand to re­ ceive the summons. Apparently buck here and there also failed to both of them have pulled out in pan out and the top leadership of the ILA quickly took a hands-off search for greener pastures. Further evidence of the immi­ attitude when it carne apparent nent passing of the outfit is the that the crimp outfit would have fact that all signs have been re­ very tough sledding trying to moved from the doors and win­ harass the SIU. Alsop and Higgs were part of the dows of Its office. The charter issued to it by ILA President Brad­ combine, along with former Tampa ley is now in the possession of port agent Ray White, v/hich served Louis Le Doulx, long-time shipping as an agency for ILA efforts to master for runaway flag ships who unseat SIU Secretary-Treasurer was serving as a front for Higgs Paul Hall in the last SIU elections^^ and Alsop until they came out into It was reported the ILA put $40,000 or more into this effort. the open. Subsequently White was indicted Originally, the ILA "United Infor conspiracy to assassinate HalL James Cobb, who confessed being hired for thd killing and has been found guilty, implicated White, his brother Steely White, still a fugi­ Seafarers*mailing in checks tive, and others. Bergen County authorities were or money orders to the Union to cover dues payments are reportedly told by Cobb that he was to have been paid for the job urged to be siiJe to make all of them payable to the SIU-A&G by attorney Benjamin Sterling. It has been reported that the latter District. Some Seafarers have sent in told a grand jury investigating the murder attempt that he handled checks and money orders in the names of Individual headquar­ sums which Bradley gave White ters officials. This makes for a and his associates. Sterling has problem in bookkeeping which been indirectly identified with the can be avoided if checks are phony seaman's union and an ILA made out to the Union directly. ship maintenance local sharing the same office. Make Checks To'SIU-A&G' YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Writ;lien fop SEAFARERS GUIDE TO SETTER BUYING leadlng eipert on Points About Funefai Costs there is a tendency to "trade-up" a family, even if only by the subtle persuasion of exhibiting costlier caskets to a On that inevitable day when a family must arrange for family that wants to do honor to its dead and is sensitive a funeral for one of its members, it generally is poorly to the question of pride and how the casket will appear prepared emotionally or financially for the disturbingly to others. high burial expense with which it is suddenly confronted. Because of the high markup of the burial industry, and At best, even among reputable funeral establishments, burying the dead is a high mark-up business. At worst, the abuses practiced by the unscrupulous fringe, unions there is an unscrupulous fringe of funeral directors who and cooperatives many times have tried to set up their own seriously exploit moderate-income families dazed by their burial arrangements. Miners have their own funeral homes, tragedy and inexperienced in such arrangements. The as in Gillespie and West Frankfort, 111., some 'Of which Seafarers Welfare Service has found the most noticeable were organized after mine disasters when some unscrupu­ abuse is the practice among some undertakers of attempt­ lous undertakers charged unconscionably high prices. The burial industry fights hard against such arrange­ ing to find out how much insurance the Seafarer's family ments by unions. The struggling St. Louis union-organized has, so they can grab the full value of the insurance policy. Too, you have to beware of bait advertising Ih the funer­ co-op has found strong opposition among private directors. al business just as when you buy a sewing machine, vac­ In fact, when I interviewed representatives of the National uum cleaner or storm windows from a high-pressure sales Funeral Directors Association recently^ I found—signifi­ cantly—that they knew just how many burials were per­ outfit. formed last year through the St. Louis co-op. Prices Skyrocket Unions in the casket industry themselves have criticized The funeral industry has a peculiar pricing system based on the price of the casket. According to Rollin the high mark-ups in the industry, and have charged that Everett, one of,a group of St. Louis trade unionists who some of the more unscrupulous, high-price funeral estab­ organized a coopergtive burial plan there several yeai-s lishments buy their caskets from non-union factories that ago, St. Louis unions found that the family that chose the use sweat-shop labor. Currently these unions are cam­ lowest-cost casket at about $73 got a funeral for $490; if paigning to get funeral establishments to^use only union' " , it chose a $134 casket, the funeral cost would be about made caskets. Co-Ops Much More Reasonable $780; with a $462 bronze casket, the funeral bill would be $1678. These figures are approximately correct, this writer Cooperative burial groups seem able to offer services at has learned from his own investigation. But the peculiar noticeably less cost than private establishments. The finan­ thing is that the other services vary little. The funeral cial statement of the Range Cooperative Federal of Vir­ director simply makes a progressively high profit on the ginia, Minn., shows that its average biudal expense per family that chooses a more expensive casi%t. Naturally. case for 1954 was $379. This compares with the approx­ imately $600 average cost in a private establishment, as reported by the industry itself (there are some claims that average costs charged by private establishments are higher. When your own family has a death, ho.w should you approach this problem? Rollin Everett feels that wageearners are increasingly vulnerable to the pressure for ex­ pensive burials because of the increased insurance benefits they now have through their unions. He recommended that families be educated against "needlessly ornate funerals, especially if they are buying in the open market where costs will pyramid with the price of the casket." He sug­ gests that a good wooden casket or the lower-priced metal ones look very presentable. The National Funeral Directors Association which tries to maintain reputable standards and good public relations for the Industry, itself warns families to beware of the fimeral director who asks how much insurance the de­ ceased had. This is the mark of the fringe or unscrupulous operator. When the time actually comes, reputable directors them­ selves recommend that you bring a friend with you, some­ one who is not as emotionally Involved as you are, to help you select the casket and make the arrangements, as a restraint on your own emotions. Ask the funeral director to explain his prices and what they represent. Don't be reluctant to tell him that thero are limiting financial circumstances, and that the complete cost must be within certain limits. After-you have deter­ mined what the cost will be^ see that the funeral director gives you a complete list of the items which he will pro­ vide for the funeral and hav-? Blin si|pi.the list: - » • �SEAFARERS LOG Awnit %, 19S5 BENT'S FORT (CItiM Service), April 10 •^-Chairmen, 0. Slnketi SecretaiVr. L. Melenton. Difouulon on whether' to ac­ cept traveler's checlte or German marks, as captain wont Issue both. Honey for telephone calls to the Union hall was deducted from the ship's fund. There is a balance in the fund now of S16.6e. As today was Easter Sunday eggs were col­ ored to give each and every member the Easter spirit. LAWRENCE VICTORY (MIttlStlppI), March 20—Chairman, T. Heggarty; Secre­ tary, M. Lssperance. Lock should be in­ stalled on the library cabinet. Discussion about laundry room. Sanitary men and whoever else is around should help to empty garbage can in same. . SEAMAR (Calmar), Ahrll IS—Chairman, J. Samsel; Secretary, F. Miller. W. Haw­ thorne reported that the ship's fund has $20. A motion was made by E. Sheel that members accept and concur with head­ quarters report. Voted 100 percent to back new SIU hiring hall seniority sys­ tem and support AFL in CAMU dispute. Motion 'made by W. Hawthorne that a telegram be sent to Harry Lundeberg so that he will know that this crew is with him all the way. Carried. LEWIS EMERY JR. (Victory Carriers), January 15—Chairman, C. Lawson; Secre­ tary, H. Forbes. Delegates report every­ thing going smoothly. Steward will issue linen piece for piece. Recreation room fill be kept clean by the deck and engine departments. The galley and ness halls should be painted out. The steward de­ partment given a vote of thanks. April 19—Chairman, C. Lawson; Secre­ tary, H. Mesford. Steward and baker complained about the stove and both eay that it is impossible to bake bread properly. Patrolman made the company put on 430 loaves of bread. Motion made by F. Otvas that headquarters investi­ gate' delivery of LOGS and mail in Far East area. Headquarters should investi­ gate launch service in Korean ports, safety conditions, regularity, etc. A mo­ tion was made by B. Biiger and carried that a telegram be sent to Harry Lunde­ berg endorsing his stand in withdrawing from CAMU. The AFL unions' stand on CAMU dispute and seniority system in SIU supported unanimously. Bosun goes on record to compliment whole crew for eonducting themselves In typical SIU fashion during voyage. DEL RIO (Mississippi), April 19— Chairman, J. Ward; Secretary, J. Scheldel. Motion made and carried that this crew go on record to support Lundeberg In withdrawal from CAMU. Crewmembers in favor of new SIU seniority system. officials be contacted abodt this matter. All fans should be checked at the present time so as to be in condition for the summer. The matter of air conditioning the messhall has been put off many times by the company. VAL CHEM (Valentine), February 27— Chairman, J. Karl; Secretary, L. <'.Hagmann. Treasurer reported $126.75 in the ship's fund. The ship's delegate is sub­ mitting^ to the patrolman a report on the needs of awnings, cots, new fans and the repairs of fans already aboard. Crew­ members were asked to remove clothes from washing machine when finished with same. At the present rate of supply by the company,' it wiU be over a year before ail the crew will enjoy innerspring mattresses. 8BATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), .February 27—Chairman, T. Beatty; Sec­ retary, N. A,. Kirk. Chief cook inquired why he caii't get more supplies, particu­ larly bettor grades of meal, and sug­ gested that the patrolman and compat^r s MOBILE—Ignoring the competent health examination systems employied by many ship operators, the US Coast Guard continues to hammer away in efforts ta 'obtain sanction for its proposed "profiling" system for merchant seamen. The latest issue of the Coast Guard merchant marine bulletin^ again raises the profiling subject. _ The Coast Guard's proposal for LA SALLE (Waterman), February 27— Chairman, G. Bales; Secretary, F. Votto. testing physical, mental and moral All repair lists should be turned in to standards of working seamen has the department delegates. No beefs or been denounced by the SIU as complaints aboard. risking the jobs of seamen at the JEAN (Bull), February 27—Chairman whim of bureaucratic controls in a E. Starns;. Secretary, J. Buccl. Repairs w not yet taken care of will be brought to Government agency. The Union the attention of the patrolman. Discus­ has charged that the proposed pro­ sion on moving the washing machine forward. Steward was asked to leave filing standards rest on extremely .out more night lunch, and coffee. dubious pseudo-scientific grounds. In terms of practical operations, the CITRUS PACKER (Waterman), May 2— Chairman, C. Scott; Secretary, C. Grlg- system would arm the Coast Guard gers, Jr. Communications and headquar­ with authority to blacklist seamen ters report read and accepted by entire ^' ' • crew. Everything going along smoothly because of personal attitudes, past with no beefs. family history, religious beliefs and ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), May 1— other unrelated items. Chairman, C. Parker; Secretary, H. KllThorough Co. Exams mon. The ship's delegate reported that Many SlU-contracted companies the icebox door has been repaired. The minutes of the last meeting were sent in fact, make use of a thorough­ to headquarters and communications going system of shipboard and were posted on the bulletin board. Main­ tenance for being in drydock will be in­ shoreside physical examinations, Medical history is taken of all applicants for Alcoa^ l°^f* cluded on the payroll and does not have which accomplishes what the Coast .to be on the overtime sheets. The sup­ Here Odis B. Davenport, oiler, is questioned by physician's per hour can be moved up to 4:30 on Guard professes to aim for. An ex­ weekends and holidays in port if prop­ ample of such a system is that of assistant, Mrs. June Ewton, at Alcoa Pioneer sign-on. Quizerly posted ahead of time. ing covers surgery, epilepsy, heart trouble, ulcers, aiid others. the Alcoa Steamship Company in SANTORE (Ore), April 27—Chairman, Mobile as partially illustrated by E. Gharman; Secretary, N. Abernathy. Wiper missed ship in Baltimore. New the phothgraphs on this page of the seamen, x-ray examinations, ular electro-cardiograph ^examina­ officers elected. Discussion on the stew­ the LOG. blood tests, and other aspects of a tions for some or all of their per­ ard delegate's report where a question The Alcoa system includes a re­ thorough-going physical examina­ sonnel. Particular emphasis is was brought up as to why the full- eight hours overtime cannot be paid on this view of previous medical history of tion. Other companies include reg- placed on new men who have not payroll when arrival is in the morning sailed with the company before. of an overtime day. This matter will A big difference between a com­ be referred to the boarding patrolman. Water coolers need fixing as they seldom pany-operated medical program are in working order. and the Coast Guard system as far IRENESTAR (Triteif), April 25—Chair­ as seamen are concerned, is tliat man, T. McRanay; Secretary, S. Roth­ as long as the program is industryschild. Washing machine was not re-s paired last voyage, and a suggestion was administered, there are avenues to made to get in touch with the chief en­ protect individual seamen against gineer to .have same repaired at sea. Motion made to have' steward depart­ arbitrary and unjust treatment. ment clean mess and recreation room For example, the SIU contract every week and one ordinary seaman clean washing machine and laundry specifies that in the event there is space. A motion was made to have extra disagreement on the man's fitness fans placed aboard ship as per agree­ ment. After being at sea for one month to sail, the Public Health Service we are ail looking forward to a little has the final say. recreation in port. Medical authorities agree that AMEROCEAN (Blackchester), February what is needed in the industry is 18—Chairman, H. Jaynes; Secretary, J. more standardization of the medi­ Weiss. Question of mailing addresses for Korea raised. At the present time the cal exam procedure, standardiza­ captain doesn't know and hasn't been in­ tion which can he accomplished formed of any by the owners or agetiLs. A list will be made up between deck, through Union-management "nego­ engine and steward departments for the tiation. cleaning of the laundry and recreation DEL VIENTO (Mississippi), April 15— Chairman, D. Chamblis; Secretary, H. Boron. Communications read and a mo­ tion was iTiaile to aeeept and concur. Carried unanimously. Crew goes on rec­ ord to support AFL unions on CAMU Issue.. Union's newly-established seniority system was adopted. Motion made end rooms. March 27—Chairman, J. Tobin; Secre­ carried that we send a telegram to Brother Lundeberg approving his action tary, J. Weiss. Motion made by Jack Tobin that we install a family group in­ on CAMU dispute. surance plan to be paid for by dues or DEL NORTE (Mississippi), April 14— welfare. Crew wants to go on record Chairman, L. Wessels; Secretary, J. Zlm- to accept and install the above motion mer. The new SIU seniority syrtem and and to bring same up at the next head­ the position the AFL unions took on quarters meeting. Crew was warned that CAMU dispute approved unanimously. the Coast Guard is getting rough on Motion made and carried that a wire be performers. sent to Harry Lundeberg backing hira IBERVILLE (Waterman), April 10— •11 the way down the line. Chairman, W. Burke; Secretary, T. Beeker. Money was taken out of the YORKMAR (Calmar), April 21—Chair­ man, E. Hogge; Secretary, O. Galbeoies. ship's fund for Coca Cola and there is • Motion made by E. Hogge and carried to balance in the fund of $23. New hiring accept communications as read. Crew set-up and AFL stand on CAMU dis­ voted to approve the new SIU hiring pute were approved 100 percent by the system and support the AFL unions-'on crew. Steward thanked the entire crew for their cooperation. Repair lists com­ CAMU issue. mented upon and no action has been TEXMAR (Calmar), April 21—Chairman, taken on previous lists. E. Dore; Secretary, T. Greaney. Motion STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), April 24 made by E. Dore to accept and support the new seniority system in the SIU. —Chairman, T. Martlneau; Secretary, W. Carried. J. Cruz made a motion that AFL NIchter. Will contact the master to see stand on CAMU dispute be adopted. Car­ if more cigarettes can be obtained on board. This crew would like two LOGS ried unanimously. sent to each department instead of one. JEAN (Bull), April 20—Chairman, E. Crewmembers were asked to return lib­ Stines; Secretary, W. Wheeler. Delegates rary books when they are through with reported everything running smoothly. same. Suggestion made that any reso­ Motion made and carried to send Harry lutions sent should have enough informa­ Lundeberg a telegram agreeing with the tion about the subject so everyone wiU action he took in Washington. Crew voted know what they are Voting on; There to approve new seniority system and were complaints that the LOG didn't cover the resolution on the hiring hall senior­ AFL position on CAMU. ity system enough. CLAIBORNE (Waterman), April 18— ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), April Chairman, C. Gait; Secretary, H. Copper­ smith. Suggestion that repair lists from 29—Chairman, D. Downey; Secretary, M. Lonney. Members were asked to turn off each department be submitted to ship's delegate and turned over to patrolman. the washing machine after using same. Crewmembers were in 100 percent favor Motion made by J. Cox and passed that of adopting newly-established seniority crew support AFL unions on CAMU is­ system in SIU and supporting AFL action sue and approve SID on new hiring set-up. on CAMU issue.. CUBA (P & O), February 3—Chairman, E. Mooney; Secretary, A. Capote. Ship's delegate saw the port steward regarding the new equipment for the galley and •Iso fans for crew quarters. Suggestion made that the crew give a vote of thanks to 'tbe stewardess for her gopj work and ber excellent consideration toward the crew. All delegates were asked to make out repair lists before arrival in Tampa. Crewmembers suggested that a set of rules be made to govern the use of the •hip's fund, and that a limit of $200 be plajced on same. CG 'Profile' Pitch Ignores Stiff Co. Health Exams j Chest X-ray for new men Is a key item in Alcoa's program. Seafarer Ellis Johnson is lined up for X-ray photo by Miss Frances Thompson, X-ray technician. i I •- '^1 MOBILIAN (Waterman), April 23— Chairman, J. Qurns; Secretary, Juan Oguendo, Jr. Cups should be put in sink with soapy water. Crewmembers were asked to keep hands off coffee for the watches. .Read literature concerning new system on shipboard meetings and hea(lquarters report. . - MARIE HAMILL (Bloemfleld), May 3— Chairman, D. Jones; Secretary, B. Cayton. The ship's delegate explained that this meeting was called so that crew co^d discuss the newly adopted SIU seniority system and Tonsina beef. There is $8 In the treasury, and a suggestion was made that crew donate a little something to same at payoff. ' Motion made to send Harry Lundeberg a telegram assuring him o? this crew's- full support in CAMU beef. Carried. '<1 Dr.- Arthur A. Amendola, Alcoa examining physician, applies stiethescopa to Seafarer George W. Dean, OS, (right) isnd iheeb bloioij pressur® of C. Robersen, MM, �iiE/tFARERIIf tod l^iisre Elgiil V AiiKiuit S.:1»5» -r* •rJlif ill A F SiSSsia W iiii At the end of a six-weeic pineapple run to Hawaii, Seafarers on the Hurricane line up for their money. m All Beefs Set A&eft • ' , • •. SsiMffiSSS;: ; . :'>:-:V;::V:A:^'.':;':'V':: '! - . y' % ' • j£;.l Crewmember on Ranger signs off articles while paymaster checks his discharge. v::;-:-: AX x,^' AA tmm. 1 iiiliiiiiiiiP'** Miii mm !KK_^ I II^A' fe-'' ||i||i:i||p J •. J ELs^' " ^*11 iiiisj iiii my: Wy • •& i,'.. / HQ patrolmen (seated right) check membership books of Seafarers orLkanger and answer any requests for information they might have about Union developments such as the new family benefits under the Welfare Plan. mm NO INU patrolman Troxclair Iroxclair U.) (I.) sit sifts Hurricane beef with Co. reps, delegates. �Au^sl 19S5 SEAFARERS LOG . Pave Nise i - Alcoa Ranger's bosun Vernon Greef explains deck dep't beef to patrtilman (not shown) while shipmates listen. Catching up on latest Union news, Hurricane Seafarers John S. "Red" Burke, Leroy Gulley and S.J. Degree read the SEAFARERS LOG in the crew messhalL Men were awaiting momentary arrival of shipping commissioner and company paymaster. 3i •0 .'S r 1 w -'"cii 1 J •'gl Hurricane sailors (l-r) xare J. Kennedy, B. Young, D. J. Nelson, R. E. Ward, G. Dean. Payoff time runs smoothly on the Alcoa Ranger. Crewmember signs off articles in view of company paymaster while one of ship's officers has payroll vouchers on table ready to be picked up. �i f -«•*. SEAFARERS Pare Ten '»•-. ,_ ' Aornst 5, IdKS tOG 'Drop That Club' FRED LaPLANT, FWT (Ed. note; Material for the fol­ lowing was compiled by ship's re­ porter Sten T. Zetterman on the Cecil N. Bean.) Seafarer Fred "Blackie" La Plant, on the Cecil N. Bean, tipped off the attitude of the professional seaman while sweating out the ter­ rible heat of Bombay. Fred was caustic in his opinions of the port, but on considering his future, de­ clared, "As long as I'm able, I'll keep on sailing. Who knows, I might even go back to India." In other, words, whether he hits good ports or bad, LaPlant feels the genuine seaman is only satis­ fied if he's on a ship. The veteran Seafarer was not al­ ways a deep sea man. In the early twenties he sailed deckhand on Mississippi River boats. In 1928 LaPlant was in Houston when someone asked him if he was an AB. Told that AB meant ablebodied, he LaPlant agreed, and found himself at sea on the Mangore. Fred was bitten by the deep-sea bug and sailed regularly out of Mobile for many years. He got an ISU book there in 1935, trans­ ferring over to the SIU when it began in 1938. He is rightfully proud of his SIU book which car­ ries the old book number notation "G (for Gulf) 83." Many of the oldtimers of that day, he recalls, have passed away and others lost their lives in World War II, but a number are still pack­ ing SIU books. Blackie's been sailing about as steadily as a man possibly can. His longest lay-up was in 1953 when he had an operation in Durban, but he went right back to work as soon as he could. Given the opportunity, LaPlant prefers intercoastal runs. Occa­ sionally he grabs an offshore ship "to keep up with the rest of the world." Thinking about thd SIU's achievements LaPlant found it hard to single out any one item. "We've made such terrific prog­ ress," he said. "But I'd say that the various welfare benefits includ­ ing the hospital-surgery plan for our wives and kids is certainly something outstanding." m I t'ri •• Another step toward US labor merger was completed' with selec­ tion of a new name for the merged organizations. After much discus­ sion the joint negotiating commit­ tee decided to give recognition to both AFL and CIO in the new name by calling the merged labor organization AFL-CIO. The next step will be the joint convention in New York on December 5. 4« 3i» A major test of union rights to express opinion through their own publications and broadcasts is now in progress. The United Auto Work­ ers, CIO, has been indicted for spending money on its union-spon­ sored radio program for political purposes. The program", which is a year-round weekly broadcast had carried the union's opinions, on the 1954 Congressional campaign. t it 4" AFL Teamsterg.in New England PABLO LOPEZ, cook Seafarer Pablo Lopez has been sailing with the SIU for a little under'four years now, but already he has the distinction of helping another maritime union get started, the "SIU of Indonesia." The fact that the Indonesian "SIU" is a going concern derives from a casual conversation two years^ ago between Lopez and the man who now heads Indonesia's newest union. Founded on Octo­ ber 24, 1954, the Serikat Palaut International, as reported in a recent issue of the SEAFARERS LOG, adopted the name, motto, emblem and con­ Lopez stitution of the A&G District, in the hope of du­ plicating some of the SIU's .^successes. The Indonesian union had its beginnings when its present top officer, J. B. Malakas, visited the Steel Maker in Djakarta in the hope of getting some information and help. Malakas struck up a conversation with Lopez, who is 3rd cook on the same ship right now, and received what must have been an extremely convincing des­ cription of the SIU and its opera­ tions. As Lopez describes it, "I told him about the SIU constitution, the rights of the members, how SIU contracts worked, the system of handling beefs and wages and con­ ditions on the ships. He listened very carefully and was much im­ pressed." Malakas left the ship loaded down with copies of the constitu­ tion, contracts and other literature. The next thing Lopez knew, the new union was in business. Lopez keeps in toucb now with the new union and is hopeful it will help Indonesian seamen the same way the SIU aided men on US ships. A native of the now-historic Bataan peninsula in the Philip­ pines, Lopez now has his home and family in Brooklyn. He first started going to sea in 1947 on MSTS ships. After four years with MSTS he began sailing with the SIU in September, 1951. For a while he v/as a crewmember of the passen­ ger ship Puerto Rico, but now sticks closely to Isthmian Line vessels on the Far East run. The man who fixes the ship's washing machine is sure to receive the grateful praise o{ his shiiimates. On board the Lewis Emery Jr. (Victory Carriers) it was deck engineer Andrew J. Howard who put the suds-shaker back into working order, while the man of the hour on the Del Mundo (Mis­ sissippi) was Seafarer Sam Bailey. Their services centainly saved a lot of washboard blues. Howard comes from Georgia originally but now lives In Georgians, Ala­ bama. He's 57 and got his Union book in Mobile back on June 10, Bailey 1944. Bailey is a Mississippi native from the town of Mendenhall. He also joined the Union in 1944 in the Port of New broke the back of an employer Orleans. He recently celebrated lockout in the area when they his 37th birthday. signed with severai major com­ panies for a 59 cent hourly in­ 4 4 4 crease over a three-year period. Also coming in for citation by The number of hours worked will his shipmates on the Emery was be reduced from 48 to 40 in the night cook and baker Joseph E. same period. The Teamsters had Caron. They noted that he had to struck .seven firms and employers struggle with a bad bake stove but retaliated by locfeing out men turned out the work nonetheless. working for over 300 companies. Caron is one of the oldest men still Sciiling actively with the SIU, 4 4 4 since he passed his 77th birthday Another Ieng:thy strike in prog­ last January. He caught his first ress is the walkout of 1,500 sugar SIU ship out of Norfolk f8ur years refiners, members of the CIO ago. United Packinghouse Workers, at 4 4 4 two Louisiana sugar refineries. The refineries are in Reserve and GraAn interesting suggestion comes mercy, Louisiana, about 40 miles from Arthur F. Smith of the Wild south of New Orleans. The struck Ranger (Waterman) to deal with companies are paying 41 cents an the problem of ship's stores when hour less than refineries on- the the ship is out longer than ex­ East Coast and have resorted to pected. In the Wild Ranger's case, court injunctions in attempts to the ship was chartered to MSTS hamstring the strike. and had been stored for one trip, but Instead, MSTS kept it out on the Mediterranean shuttle. The result was that the steward had difficulties getting certain types of stores and equipment. Purchase From Army To deal with this Smith proposes setting up some kind of arrange­ ment with MSTS whereby the skipper would be allowed to pur­ chase stores and utensils through Army commissaries abroad. It sounds plausible; only purchasing stores this way would undoubtedly involve a few thousand yards of red tape. Smith, who sails in the engine department, comes from Australia originally. He's been an SIU meitfber since April 6, 1944, joining in the Port of New York. delegates being George L. Hayes, deck; C. W. Stokely, engine and John Niemiera, steward. 4 4 4 Ship's delegate E. E. Hunt on the Margarett £rown (Bloomfield) has been a busy man recently. In addi, tion to his job as 8 h i p's delegate Hunt pinch-hit as " ship's treasurer until a new one Hiint was elected and raised a few dollars for the ship's fund/ He also took care of the ship's library when not busy with his other duties. An Oklahoman by birth. Hunt sails in the engine department on 4 4 4. Chairmen of the SIU port mem­ SIU ships. He became a member bership meetings of July 13 were of the Union in New York on May L. Clark in Houston, R. F. Lyle in 2, 1952. Lake Charles, M. M. Cross in Wil­ mington, M. Machel in San Fran­ cisco, H. Dukes in Mobile and Under the xxnioa constitu­ A. H. Smith in tion every member attending Savannah. All a Union meeting is entitled to these rank and nominate himself for the file Seafarers elected posts to be filled at were elected by the meeting—chairman, read­ Stokely the membership ing clerk and recording secre­ to the top meetings posts along tary. Your Union urges you with other Seafarers chosen as to take an active part in meet­ meeting officers. ings by taking these posts of service. " 4 4 4 And, of course, all members The crew of the Portmar (Calmar) have the right to take the floof rallied around shoreside union and express their opinions on brothers when they voted to go on any officer's report or issue record not to patronize any Horn under discussion. Seafarers and Hardgrt Restaurants on the are urged to hit the deck at East Coast because of their con­ these meetings and let their sistent opposition to the AFL Res­ shipmates know what's on taurant wiionj their minds.. ' ' Frank J. Albore is the delegate on this ship, with departmental Speah Out At ^iU Meetings �Angrntt^im ' SEAFARERS Labor lloited The marshalling of AFL forces in New Orleans on'behalf of repeal of the Louisiana "right-to-work" law as well as the political education of union members in the area is a healthy sign. This united front, which includes the SIU Atlantic and Gulf District and its affiliates in the forefront, bodes no good for lawmakers who helped put over this badlymisnamed piece of legislation. For, in Louisiana, at least, working men and women are not taking this lying down. Certainly any so-called "right-to-work" measure which does not take into account the rights of union members to protect hard-won gains by'means of a union shop is bad to the core. Once labor's case is brought out in the open, chances of repeal are that much brighter, i, a. i. Promises Aren't Enough The unwillingness of the Senate Appropriations Com­ mittee to clear the way for funds which would speed the construction of prototype "roll on-roll off" tcailerships again leaves the question of the future of the US mer­ chant marine up in the air. Pious declarations of the need for bold new schemes to revise US shipping accomplish nothing when on the first-occasion that someone comes along with a workable idea for reviving the industry he finds the door slammed in his face. The lack of action by the Senate group came at the very end of this year's session. It postpones the building of the projected trailerships at least until mid-1956. At a time when outmoded US ships badly need modern replacements in order to compete favorably, the commit­ tee stand is particularly unfortunate. The industry has long passed the point where it can nourish on promises, 4. i Tsge Eleves LOG AB Back To School Via SIU Award With more than 12 ^ears of seafaring hehind him, Seafarer Pickett Lusk, 32, of Hous­ ton, Texas, is now looking forward to four' years of uninterrupted study at the University of Houston, following a long lapSe in his formal school­ ing. Lusk, one of three Seafarers to win one of the 1955 SIU scholarship awards, officially made the win­ ner's circle this year after a near-miss in 1954, when he was chosen as an alternate. As an alternate, he would have had the opportunity to fill in for one of the regular four winners last year if any of them defaulted or dropped out. The chance never present­ ed itself, however, and now he's won the SIU award on his own. As a matter of fact, he already has his nose to the grindstone, and has been attending summer school at the University to get the feel of things once again. It hasn't been easy, but he's had the constant en­ couragement of his wife, who teaches school and has been urging him to finish his education. "I was de­ termined to do this," he points out, "and the SIU scholarship will make it all possible. Needless to say, we're both overjoyed over the award." The lanky 6' 7" Seafarer got in one year at the University of Alabama back in 1941, after he grad­ uated from high School, but soon aftpr World War II broke out, he began shipping out, and has been at it ever since. lete, though, distinguishing myself Was School Athlete more through size than ability." His other after-class interests in­ Transplanted from San Francisco at the age of nine, he had most of cluded the school newspaper, on his schooling in the South and, which he wound up as feature edi­ helped along by his size, took part tor. From early childhood he was in most high school sports. He also interested in saddle horses, played both end and tackle on the and raised and trained several football team, was a natural center "promising" colts. He never pur­ on the basketball squad and high sued this hobby further, however. In 1942, Lusk first shipped out jumped and ran hurdles on the track and field team. He modestly as a purser on a Waterman ship, belittles these accomplishments, but after a couple of trips as notin^that "I was a mediocre ath­ "floating bookkeeper," he decided Rx For Seamen Fa€e-Uft Boston Hall BOSTON—The SIU hall in this port has just had itself a new paint job, and the transformation has everyone happy. Painters did the place over in line style, making everything look bright and fresh all over+ again. of the three-year period. Some The only question now, ac­ 12,000 drivers were affected. cording to James Sheehan, SIU In other developments, the port port agent, "is that we hope will was recently the scene of a visit be able to keep the hall looking from top Washington officials rep­ this spic and span in the future. resenting Government departments We're sure we'll have the coopera­ that handle the movement of Gov­ tion of the membership in this mat­ ernment freight overseas, who ter, however." came into the area to inspect har­ He noted also that the long­ bor facilities. After an extensive standing strike of AFL teamsters tour of key Boston installations in Boston and all^f Southern New both on land and by boat, the England had just been settled, party was reported to be highly with the drivers winning hourly pleased with what it saw, and its Increases ranging from 37 to 50 availability for the movement of cents. Boston teamsters came Government cargoes through this sway with the 37-cent figure be­ port. It is now hoped that an increase cause its wages had always been in US cargo movements from here higher. will result, thereby boosting ship­ Covers 3-Year Period Drivers in the rest of the area ping for the'' port which, as netted the 50-cent boost Which, Sheehan assesses it, is "unpre­ like the lower figure, is calculated dictable." Activity for the past to be spread over a three-year two weeks was only fair, as the period. The increases will pro- relatively heavy business for the Vide all the drivers with a stand­ previous period dropped off com­ ard hourly wage of $2;17 at the end pletely. i 'M This is the third in a series featuring the 1955 winners of the SIU scholarship awards. ai Although its proposals have long been at a standstill, the dangers of the Coast Guard's plans for renewed con­ trols over merchant seamen through a set of brain-body tests have never subsided. Thus, the convincing demonstration by steamship companies like Alcoa that its medical examination pro­ gram for seamen is and has been doing the job of pro­ tecting ships, cargoes and crews all along is important. In the absence of such safeguards, the Coast Guard would likely be quick to act. Proposals for controls over seamen seem to be a pop­ ular diversion these days. The best way to block them is to show that industry and the unions can handle the problem on their own, Scholarship, w I n n • r Pickett Lusk shows prowess with fishing rod. Sailfish was caught in Acapuico, Mexico, last surtimer.' Lusk was on threemonth vacation with wife. Question: A Texas newspoper editor has said that unions are no longer necessary. What do you think would happen in the maritime industry if unions bowed out? Clarence A. Collins, steward: Louis CIrignano, wiper: The shipowners would have a picnic. Since we got all the conditions we have today They would run through the everything their Union, not from own way, which the shipowners, would mean the we could expect end of conditions all these things we have today. to go right out of Anyone who the window. sailed before 1938 There would be can tell you what lower wages, It would be like. poorer conditions, AU the old bar­ riers against seamen would go up no vacations, no welfare plan, none of the benefits we have right now. again. t 4" " * 4^ Genero Gonzales, OS: The unions John Lucas, steward: That editor doesn't know what he's talking are needed all the time because tiiey are the only about if he thinks thing stopping the unions can the shipping com­ leave and things panies from cut­ will remain the ting down our same. One thing's conditions. If the sure, if a war unions were kept came, there out of the indus­ wouldn't be an try, It would be American seaman the end of the left on our ships. first square deal Cheap foreign labor would be manning all the the seaman has ever had. ' jobs. » » 4^ 4> $ Shelley Lynn, wiper: I Imagine everything would go back to the way they were in the 1920's. No­ body would pay any attention to beefs and the shipowners ^uld be able to step all over us. The worse thing that could happen would be for the uniohs^ to closie up shop. Leon Ryzop, cook: There wouldn't be any jobs for us, because the companies would give the jobs to whoever they wanted. We need IK union in the shipping busi­ ness. I remember what conditions were when I sailed back in \ 1932. Nobody could tell the shipowner where to draw the line. he was better suited for outdoor work, "Luckily, I was on an SIU ship, and the brothers took me to the hall in New Orleans, where I joined the SIU in July, 1943," he recalls. Eventually he sailed to all theaters during the war, shipping in all rat­ ings in the deck department, most­ ly out of the Gulf. He prefers to sail unlicensed, although he holds a third mate's ticket also. One of Lusk's friends and fishing companions, who is a professor at the University and lives near his home, was really astounded when he told him the size of the scholar­ ship. "He" said that the leniency in course requirements and the gen­ eral stipulations make it the finest undergraduate scholarship he's ever heard of, and I can certainly agree with that wholeheartedly." This fall, Lusk expects to return to school to major either in Eng­ lish or sociology "and if my grades hold up, I plan to go to graduate school afterwards. That's prema­ ture planning, of course. Mean­ while, thanks again to the SIU for this wonderful opportunity and to the many brothers with whom I have sailed through the years who helped make it all possible." /Sti Seattle Still Boosts Best Of Shipping SEATTLE—This Northwest port still remains the fairhaired boy as far as shipping is concerned. The fine shipping that has been enjoyed here for weeks is due to continue with an­ other vessel coming out of layup. The Heywood Broun, a Liberty which has been inactive for 21 months will take a full crew out of here and load grain. Port agent Jeff Gillette has. four other pay­ offs on tap for the next two-week period. Just to add the whip cream top­ ping to it all, Gillette reports beefs have been kept at a miminum, "Everyone seems to be doing a bang-up job," he commented. Three payoffs, two sign-ons and ten.in-transits made up the good shipping picture. Seattle has always claimed its shipping was "best in the north­ west" and present activity seems to back It up. •;A �P»ge I'weire SEAFAREKS LOG Hamill Humming On First Tour Of Orient All appeared to be well on th Marie Hamill at the last count, as the ship headed out from Yokohama for points further east. Relieved from the Northern European run iafter a long stint traveling that lane, the | names to pin on the rest of the vessel now seems due to make of boys, and just gave out ^t that the Orient its home base for point. quite a while. Many Seafarers count among Helping to keep things humming their varied talents the knack of aboard is the "smiling bosun," pinning the right label on the Mike Rossi, who already yearns right man in all communications to the LOG. Wilkerson wasn't a for the night life of New York, but "quitter," he just got exhausted. is learning to live without it for a Through it all, however, he re­ spell. ports a good crew on board, and Other nicknamed and misnamed weather and food working "passengers" are Jimmy in the same cate­ "Mobile Ice Cream" Hicks, "Sham­ gory. Books and rock" Dugan. "Coffee Beans" rea'ding matter Jones, John "Pizza Pie" Grassi, that were put "Hot Cakes" Supinski, "Packing aboard by the House" Hamm, Chuck "Egg Foo" SIU Sea Chest in Young, "El Toro" Castro, "Radio" New Orleans Gonzales, "Silent" Wright, "Boat "were and are Drill" Rydon, "Potato Bug" Reyes, very much appre­ "Big Hoss" Groseclose, "Robert ciated and are Rossi being read by all. "Cowboy" Davis, "Mr. Outside" Blanchard, Nick "Tequilla" Santos, It is really swell to get some mod­ "Banjo" Pentullo, "Blackie" Man- ernistic reading on merchant ships, cino, and "many others to numer­ and not so much of that old long­ ous to mention," reports V. Wil- hair literature," he adds. "Each and everyone of us sends our re­ kerson, ship's delegate. Actually what probably hap­ gards to our officials and brothers pened is that Wilkerson ran out I in the SIU." USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. T. P. Barbour Leo H. Lang Julian B. Barrett Tinerman J. Le» Carol J. Bauman Nils Lornsen Jlerton Baxter C. R. Nicholson Charles Bradley Alfonso Olaguibei Charles E. Brady George li. Olive J. L. Buckelew Acne V. Olsen John L. Caldwell R. A. Ratclill Lloyd T. Callaway Lcroy M. Roberson Byron Chapman James J. Russell Calvin DeSilva Thomas A. Scanlon Peter Devries Benjamin C. Seal Leo Fontcnot Joseph Sintes Louis r.iiarino William E. Smith Vernon Hall Woodrow A. Snead Earl T. Hardeman Lonnie R. Tickle E. G. Knapp Dirk Visser Buska Korolia James E. Ward Norman L. Krumm David A. Wright USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Manuel Antonana Norman T. Jackson Curt Borman A. E. Johansson Carl E. Chandler Earley Joyner Charles Coburn Pablo LaTorre Baldo Coccla Robert McCorkel Antonio R. Colon D. McCorkindale Victor B. Cooper Earl McKendree A. L. Galdikas Robert G. McKnew James J. Girolami Mather Mullis Gorman T. Glaze Nick Mutin Jack Howard Fred Pittman Daniel A. Hutto C. N. Summerell USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Peter King Arnfin A. Oyhui George E. Murphy Fish Story USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS James E. Hodges Harold D. Napier Ernest L. Magers John E. Tillman John E. Markopolo USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. E. A. Ainsworth Isaac P. Hancock H. L. Hadley John H. Richardson Frank Hall R. E; Waterfield USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Marcelo B. Belen Raymond W. Frye Max Byers K. E. Hansen Roy W. Corns WUliam P. Hunt E. Donougher Nicholas Korsak USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Emery D. CroweU Roy O. Noack Dominick DiMaio John Ratcliff Sverre Johannessen Ernest T. Squire V. K. Ming W. W. Wells USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. L. U. Albritton Jimmie Littleton Ronald Canady John L. Sikes David Evans Jr. Ernest H. Webb C. E. Foster USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENN. Charles Burton TRIPLER ARMY HOSP. HONOLULU, HAWAII Frank T. Campbell USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS B. F. Deibler Jose Santiago Albert Kozina Rosendo Serrano Seafarer Bill Nuckols and his wife Mickey show off some of the 40 fish they caught during his last trip home to Ansted, W. Va., Mrs. Nuckols figures she's "a jinx" though, because the week before Bill and his brother caught 130! Either way, it's an awful lot of fish. SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY Joseph Koslusky USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Thomas R. Bach D. Kaim Dargan Coker Manuel Landron Thomas D. Dailey Joseph J. Martus Julio Figueroa George A. Pease Gerald Fitzjames Perry Roberts John F. French G. H. Robinson David Furman Jose Rodriguez William Glesen Matti Ruusukalllo Estell Godfrey Kassim Samat Emllio Isaac Dominick Trevisano G. W. Johnson K. G. Wetterhorn USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN, NY Edmund Abualy Kaarel Leetmaa Fortunato Bacomo James R. Lewis Frank W. Bemrick Arthur Lomas Claude F. Blanks Francis F. Lynch Robert L. Booker Joseph D. McGraw Joseph G. Carr A. McGuigan Gabriel Coloni H. F. MacDonald. Mariano Cortez Michael Machusky Walter W. Denley Vic Mllazzo John J. DriscoU Eugene T. Nelson Bart E. Guranit^ Joseph Neubauer Taib Hasseh James OUare Joseph Ifsits D. F. Ruggiano Thomas Isaksen G. E. Shumaker John W. Keenan Henry E. Smith J. R. Klemowicz Harry S. Tuttle Ludwig Kristiansen Virgil E. Wilmoth Frederick Landry ,Cbe\ K. Zai James J. Lawlor ^ • ' ' ' Trip Stretches, Grits Run Out own program but all your prob­ lems that he will try to help you with. I'm stubborn myself, but my To the Editor: Just a few lines to say that.^ hat is off to a man that is doing a good job. He sort of made me everything is going smooth on the Wild Ranger. We left Mo­ feel like I have one more good bile on the 13th of February friend that I can always ask for with a load of ammo for Ger­ help in any emergency. many. We were supposed to Notified Passengers pay off in New York on April I thdught so much of Cliff that 1, but you know MSTS ships. I put out a bulletin to the pas­ We have made three shuttles sengers on board here introduc­ in the Mediterranean and fiing him and telling how he and his Union are attempting to im­ prove standards of shipboard cooking and feeding for the men and the passengers. Headquarters can give us more of this upgrading stuff. - We're all for it. Harry L. Franklin (Ed. note: Brother Wilson has been making the rounds of the Alcoa ships as part of the EWs nally have received our orders program to improve^ standards to go home. of shipboard feeding and the We only had six weeks' stores work of the steward departwhen we left, and even though ments). we bought stores in Italy, Spain 4 4 4 and Greece a lot of things have run out. The thing we miss most of all is grits. But all in all everyone has had a fine trip. We think we have the finest To the Editor: skipper of the Waterman fleet Greetings from-a former SIU aboard here. He is Captain brother" now transplanted to the Emanuel (Pete) Palronas, so all of you fellows can be sure he is sunny South. I have been in fair and just. He came ,up various Government hospitals through the foc'sle and was a since 1947 when I left the Seagood SIU man during that time. train Texas. Before that I was So we say "hats off" to Captain aboard several Waterman ships, and during the latter part of Pete of the Wild Ranger. World War II I sailed with Earl P. McCaskey Alcoa. Ship's delegate I'd sure like to get a copy 4" 4" of the LOG and see how the boys I used to know are doing. I can honestly say that I never had it so good as when I was To the Editor: a fortunate member of the SIU, Human nature being what it and I'm sure proud to have been is, everything that was ever a brother to the whitecapped invented was derided when it men when we backed up our was introduced. The crowds that Union demands—and got them, came down to the riverbank to too—through the fair dealing see "Fulton's Folly" came in of our officials. derision, not acceptance. Our I hope to hear that old "Ropeown Congress turned down the yard" Charlie is stacked up with first armored battleship during plenty of tobacco at Snug Har­ the Civil War. bor. I made my last trip with The Alcoa Ranger had a him sometime in 1945 or 1946 somewhat like experience when on a Waterman scow. Brother Clifton C. Wilson came Also hope Carl Wayne, the aboard for a trip with us. The oiler, is doing okay and riding smart ones were prone to hawhaw at the idea of introducing fair weather. I'd like to hear improvements in the steward from him or any of my old ship­ department at no extra cost, but mates. It sure is a far cry from the Cliff won us all over to his side. He proved to us that efficiency time I passed coal on the old SS began at home by showing us America for $60 per month and no overtime in 1919. Evans was how to do it. chief engineer then, not Paddy Pays Dividends Brennan, Let me tell some of my fel­ Anyhow, I'll appreciate a copy low chief stewards that if you are lucky enough to have "Cliff" of the LOG, as there are many make a trip with you don't feel men here who doubt my stories for one minute that he will of the many benefits of the SIU, make it a hard trip or that he and I'd like to back them up and will try to dominate your man­ also, read the very interesting agement of your department. news of far places our old gang You'll enjoy his company, and gets around to. Arthur "Pop" Wyler as he has been a dam good steward in his own right, ah (Ed. note: Your name has SIU steward to boot, if you been added to the LOG mailing open up and accept him you'll list so that you can receive the receive a bigger dividend than paper regularly.) you expect. 4 4 4 You will differ with him on some things. He's not inviolate, he's human. But just take him as another friend, tell him where he's right and where you To the Editor: think he's wrong, at the proper I am enclosing my enrollment time, proper place and when you're alone. He'll take both card for the Welfare Plan. My sides with a slide rule and before wife is the only dependent I have. It is really a great feel­ you are through, you've both ing to a fellow to know that his learned something. better half is taken care of in Don't worry about his office report. He's there to help you, case anything should happen. It is fortunate that we belong that's the nature of the, guy. He will make you feel that he's to an organization that has the doing a job he dreamed of to interest of its membership so at better living conditions of sea- " heart. men. It just doesn't mean his Adrian J. Guns Letters to the Editor Oldtimer Misses ' SIU Shipmates Feeding Plan RealBy Works Pleaised By Plan For Dependents " Ammsl B, 1955 Finds Gripers Not Real Seamen To the Editor: Since its incejjttion in the good year of Our Lord, 1938, the Sea­ farers International Union has been and always will be a pro­ gressive organization. The Union's officials and memb'ers haVe always advocated better conditions for the work­ ing seaman. There are among us, those who complain that conditions should be much better. If you should ever bother to inquire, you will undoubtedly find out that these complainers are the "Johnnie Come-Latelys" in the industry. About 95 percent of these characters have po inten­ tion of making the sea their livelihood. I Their favorite pastime is to complain about anything and everything and never do any­ thing to improve their lot. One of their favorite "sing-songs" is; How come, so and so has a full membership? If you had a mind to ask them, did you ever help organ­ ize Isthmian, Cities Service or any steamship company? Walk any picket lines? The invariable answer is always "no." They say they were busy visiting grandma, or going to Uncle Joe's funeral, or they didn't know about it — all poor excuses at best. Sightseers You will also find these men are the sightseers who are on a cruise as if they were just killing time until they get the $50 mil­ lion or the big job that is going to open up for them ashore. Or else they go back to school in the Fall and engage in some fabulous career that is going to put them far above such lowly creatures as seamen. These are your chronic complainers. Without a doubt, upon enter­ ing some SIU hall within a year, I will run into one of these great men of the future, broke, hungyy and looking for another SIU ship to get on and complain about. Press Valuable These poor saps do not seem to understand the value of SIU protection. Let them check with a reliable insurance company and inquire about a policy that will give them: A $3,500 death benefit, $200 (plus bond for baby) maternity benefit, $35 a week for life in case' of per­ manent injury or bad health, a guarantee of a job paying at least $84 a week plus room and board, hospitalization and sur­ gical care for members of the family and a representative to see that you get all that's com­ ing to you on payday. In addition, there's an office in each port equipped with showers, lockers, recreation rooms, libraries, cafeterias and a welfare department, all this and much more for $80 per year. I couldn't even begin to imagine the cost of such a policy but can safely say it's far more than 80 clams a year. I am not trying to preach to anybody or tell tftem to go to sea all their lives. But while they are among us lowly crea­ tures who roam the world for livelihood, they shouldn't con­ demn us, but leave us with an open heart. We wish them "God speed" and the very best of good luck ' in all their glorious undertak­ ings. If necessary, we will even give a hel^iing hand along the way. .' John y. (Saki Jack) Dolan �XWnst 5. 1055 SEAFARERS Smiles Tell The Sad (Or Glad) Tale Pace Thlrfiei^ lOG Antinous Finds Old World New The 88 Antinous of Pan Atlantic, which has been hugging the East Coast of the U8 for as long as man can remember, wandered far off her course on the last trip. Whether by acci­ dent or design, the ship wound up in Yokohama and other Far East ports giving her homelovin' crew a taste of the other is a veteran of the Far East. For with "three of the best daymen a side of the world. myself, I put on my dancing shoes bosun could ever find in Jimmy All went fairly well on this and spotted a dance floor that I Fuller, Glenn Petersen and Sam "t guess the smiles show who is winning," captions Seafarer Oscar Payne, secretary-reporter on the Barbara Frietchie, who sent in this photo of one of the major recreational activi­ ties for the ship, on the Far East run. Pictured iT-r) are Al Verdon, Bert Winborne, John Allmon, Tony Lipari, Jess Winfield, Charles Frey. adventure, according to Brother Maurice "Duke" Duet, except that some of the boys lost their watches to the thieving fingers of Korean sharpers and one brother was se­ riously injured by Pusaii street urchins. Of Japan, now, that was another story. But who among us can be properly eloquent about Japan? "The one port the crew was "most eloquent about," he writes, "was Osaka. Osaka had ewrything the boys were looking for. Sam (Davy Crockett) McNiel led most of the deck gang around since he Sandcaptain Beef, Beer In Boil A few weeks back the crew of the Steel Seafarer, sweltering in the Persian Gulf, was ready to do battle with a few sides of beef for "lebensraum" in the ship's reefer boxes. Now the beef on the Sandcaptain (steer beef, that is) has to contend with beer bottles for space. Venezuela may not be the real cool one by putting their-beer delegate Pete Cemashko or the rest Persian Gulf when it comes to in the ship's meat box. of the crew. heat, but it can put on an im­ This practice is strongly ob­ Just what the cook's objections pressive show of Its own on that score. It appears that a few crewmembers, to beat the heat, have been setting themselves up for a jected to by the chief cook who requests that the meat box no longer be used for that purpose. There was no official reaction en­ tered into the minutes from ship's Directory Of SlU Branches 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. BALTIMORE 1216 E. BaUimore St. Main 0290 Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900 WILMINGTON 605 Marine Ave. BOSTON . 276 State St. Terminal 4-3131 James Sheetian, Agent Richmond 2-0140 NEW YORK .... 675 4tb Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON . • .4202 Canal St. C. Tannehill, Acting Agent Capital 7-8538 Canadian District LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke, Agent HEiiilock 0-3744 HALIFAX, N,8.. .12814 HoUis St. MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Phone; 3-8911 Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 MONTREAL 634 St James St. West NEW ORLEANS 523 BienviUe St. PLateau 816] Lindsey Williams. Agent WILLIAM ... 118V4 Syndicate Ave. MagnoUa 6112-6113 FORT Ontario Phone: 3-3221 NEW YORK. .. 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn PORT COLBORNB .103 Durham St. HYacinth 9-6600 Ontario Phone: 5591 NORFOLK 127 129 Bank St. TORONTO, Ontario 272 King St. E. 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Algina, Deck C. Simmons, Joint Phone: 1238W J. Volpian, Eng, W. Hall. Joint BUFFALO, NY 180 Main St. E. Mooney, Std. R. Matthews, Joint^ Phone: Main 1-0147 CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave., NE SUP Phone: Cleveland 7391 DETTROIT 1038 3rd St. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 Phone 5-8777 531 W. Michigan St. PORTLAND 622 N. W. Everett St. DULUTH... Phone; Melrose 2-4110 Beacon 4336 3261 E. 82nd St RICHMOND, CALIF '. 257 5th St. SOUTH CHICAGO Phone: Esses 5-2410 Phone 2599 SlU, A&G District SAN FRANCISCO were are not specified, but it can be presumed that cooling beer in the meat box involved too many openings and closings of the doors, with consequent bad effect on the meat. Or maybe the cook didn't care for the idea of tripping over beer cans and bottles. Come to think of it, it might not be a bad idea for a can of beer or two to be accidentally spilled on the meat. Meat cooked in beer can be on the' tasty side, it's claimed. OIK objection to this practice could come from the beer drinkers themselves. The temperature in the have never seen the equal in sumptubusness and elegance in my life. Yes, Osaka was THE port." Korea was another side of the coin, "Duke" mournfully reports, he says, "is where the Antinous met its Waterloo. You could smell the town (Pusan) offshore. Going ashore no one got out of line but you had to watch yourself at all times." Watches Missing "I met some boys on the Beaure­ gard and they too lost a few watches. I also met a few SIU boys in the Army who had dinner aboard with us. . .Brother Herman Webber, now first-class private in the Army, was the Antinous beach­ comber. He was the wheel in Pu­ san—chief mate on ai) Army tug. Webber says he is ready to see the hall again and thanks all the SIU brothers for everything they have done for him." "Duke" has a few compliments of import to hand out. The ship's captain. Dean K. Bruch, he reports, "has done everything in his power to make this trip a happy one. Every one on the Antinous can't find words enough to express how they respect him.'' The deck de­ partment he says, is a fine bunch McNiel." The only sad note in this ac­ count is that Duet is going from bosun to Pvt. He was due for in­ duction into the Army upon ar­ rival. 'Visits Royalty' r Recalling the visit of Bri­ tain's Princess Margaret to the West Indies last winter. Seafarer A. Danne of the Alcoa Pennant submits this photo of a shipmate, Allen, AB, standing at the gang­ plank of the royal yacht at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Truth And The Young Man By Thurston Lewis With clean limb the proud youth Supple as a sapling young and straight Emerges new in an aged world, and Truth Will gather her decorous folds and wait. His eyes brown springs of Autumn water View the world with wonder and with hope. While empires rise and kingdoms totter Truth flees this cheerful scope. Bronze glints his close-cropped hair in the sun His lips unopened rosebuds in Spring; The warmth of his nature is one With the warmth the early seasons bring. Aboard Sandcaptain, Sea­ farer Andy Messana shows off tonsorial handiwork on . Pete Rivero, who's both cooler and minus all hair tonic problems now. meat box is a wee bit too cool for beer which can freeze up into a syrupy consistency. Did you ever drink beer that's been frozen? Ugh! — The McCoy Burly rgisiswuAT , I CALis- MILKl - I His good sense and inherent learning rare In a world of older more hardened men Often lays, their follies bare; Enhances his greater worth within. When man's estate boasts his full-fledged growth And Truth esteems his shoulders strong. She'll place her burden there and loath He'll follow the inevitable Yoad along To lead men where the stream of Time will flow Toward fields which assume, like hope, a brighter glow. By Bernard Seaman 1 .•'M I �Pare Fourteen SEAFARERS Seastar's Crew Rates Stewards Tops In Biz LOG ALCOA PIONEE t (Alcoa), June S— Chairman, C. Anthony; Secretary, J. TIflay. It looks lilce a good trip. To ask patrolman abcut the necessity ol removing parthole scoops from gang­ way while in port. CHOCTAW (Waterman), Kay 10— Ciialrman, J. Coude; Secretary, O. Johnson. Deck delegate saw ma.e about sougeeing and painting foc'sles. Motion made and carried 100 percent to back up Harry LunUeberg on CAMU. List has been posted showing rotation of departments cleaning laundry. WESTERN TRADER (Western Nav Igatlon), June 5—Chalrmrn, E. Burton; Secretary, E. Conrad. Crew to hold on to customs slips so that things may be taken ashore without paying extra duty. Repair list posted. For- Digest o£ shiiis' Meetings mosa bonus wiU be discussed with patrolman at payoff. The much-lauded members of the Seastar's steward depart­ ment (front, l-r) include G. Reese, pantryman; D. Crlsfolas, saloon MM; D. Hill, crew MM; D. Gaskins, BR; rear, C. McDavies, night cook and baker; Ray Austria, chief cook; C. West, 3rd cook. Steward Young was not present at the time. Returning from a long trip to Korea, the SIU crew of the Seastar have taken to prose and song to shout the praises of steward Wesley Young and his department. Judging from the tributes"^ was also extended to Ray rendered, Young and com­ thanks (Syngman Rhee) Austria, chief pany kept the Seafarers cook; Ralph (Alibi) McDavies, night aboard in fine spirits through­ cook and baker; C. (South Atlantic) out the Far East voyage. Just as an army moves on its stomach, a letter on behalf of the crew noted, "so the merchant marine also sails better on a full stomach." Need­ less to say, those on the Seastar were both full and content at all times. In addition to Young, the vote of ifr- Barber's Dream Displaying the underbrush he's been growing since November, Seafarer Vin­ cent Walrath relaxes in Los Angeles after paying off eight-month trip on the Sweetwater. Barbers won't touch it without extra overtime. West, 3rd cook; D. (Fatman) Hill, crew messman; G. Reese, pantry­ man; D. (Loverboy) Cristolas, saloon messman, and D. (Taxicab) Gaskins, BR. As nicknames went on the Seastar, Young was known to his aficionados as "Louis the Greek." The special praise for the stew­ ard also extended to chief cook Austria who "was always planning for something new, with the able assistance of 3rd cook West. We -also always had plenty oi as­ sorted parries for coffeetime and night lunch Young put out by Mc­ Davies, the night cook and baker, such as donuts, pie and such spe­ cialties as eggrolls and pizza pie. "Our messmen were always on the ball, always polite and oblig­ ing. The good food and service to match kept grumbling of all kinds to a minimum. If there., was any special dish that a crewmember liked especially well, all he had to do was ask for it and if it were possible, it would be on the menu soon enough. "The gulls did not make out well at all this trip," the testi­ monial concluded. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list, (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY Z^NE STATE Signed TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old subscribar and have a ehtnga •f address, please give your former address below: ADDRESS CITY ...-leaeaeeMaaei ...ZONE STATE tilCH POINT VICTORY (Bull), Juna 10—Chairman, R. Millar; Secrelaty, A. Carter. Motion made and carried to concur in headquarters communica­ tions. Everything running smooth. ALCOA PIL6RIM (Alcoa), Juna U— Chairman, B. Locke; Secretary, E. Williams. San Juan agent said man must go to-USPHS for final word on unfit for duty. Communications from headquarters read and accepted unan­ imously. EnroUment cards were al­ ready . mailed in. ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), Juna 5— Chairman, J, Hannay; Sacratary, C. Welch. The coffee urn aboard this ship is much too large therefore a new one will be instaUed this trip. Ail depirtments are runnln" smooth, crew likes the "New Look," except, that tables seem to be too small. Mo­ tion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. Vote of thanks given to steward and his department. ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), Juna 23— Chairman, V. Smith; Secretary, E. Marsh. Motion made and carried to accept and concur unanimously with headquarters communication. DEL AIRES (Mlssissippif, Juna *— Chairman, A. Thompson; SecretaA, H. Cuenther. Headquarters communica­ tions accepted and concurred. KATHRYN (Bull), June 23—Chair­ man, Martin; Secretary, Jones. Mo­ tion made and carried that headquar­ ters communication be read, accepted, and concurred unanimously. ROBIN GRAY (Seas Shipping), June 23—Chairman, Kline; Secretary, MacDonald. Motion made and carried that communication from headquarters he accepted and concurred unanimously. STEEL TRAVELER (isthmian), June 12—Chairman, W. Mitchell; Secretary, E. Auer. Vote of thanks to ship's delegate. Recent communications from headquarters accepted and concurred unenimously. Motion made and car­ ried that air-conditioning he put on ships on tropical runs. Vote of thank^ to steward department. Brother Mitchell, Chief Electrician, was given a vote of thanks for good care of the washing machine during the voyage. ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), May 14— Chairman, R. Clymer; Secretary, P. Robertson. A small beef in the black gang was squared away by the ship's delegate. May 12—Chairman, T. Nawrockl; Secretary, R. Stahl. Discussion on Welfare Plan. Repair lists turned over to patrolman. Steward delegate reported that he Is having trouble getting the chairs In the messhall painted. COUER d'ALENE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), May 3—Chairman, W. Zaiaski; Secretary, C. Taylor. Key for the pantry and passageWUy will he galley in daytime, and gangway WiU have the key at night. delegate talked to the captain the draw for Yokohama. in the watch Ship's about ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa), June 22 —Chairman, C. Stambul; Secretary, L. Cunlls. Recent communication from headquarters read and accepted unan­ imously. Everything running smooth aboard this ship. ARLYN (Bull), May 31—Chairman, L. Cillls; Secretary, K. Hatglmlslos. Ship's delegate elected. The messroom is to' be kept locked in Puerto Rico and more cooperation is to be given from crew to keep it clean. June 19—Chairman, L. Gillls; Sec­ retary, K. Hatglmisios. Motion made and carried to have all beefs straight­ ened out by the patrolman at payoff. Crewmemhers to refrain from asso­ ciating with officers except in the line of duty. First Aid kit to be put in engine , room and remain there all the time. DEL SUD (Delta Line), Juna 10— Chairman, J. Lae; Secretary, C. Mat­ ting. Various ways were suggested to raise funds for the Annual Del Sud picnic. Ship'* fund $209.46, an­ nual picnic fund $008.60. Motion made and carried to get new movie screen, speaker, and reel in New Or­ leans; and to continue with annual picnic and make It more private for SIU brothers and their families. Librarian asked all brothers to return all books and magazines. PRANCES (Bull), Juna 22—Chair­ man, V. Fausonn; Secratary, G. Wharrlty. Motion made and carried to ac­ cept and concur in headquarters communications unanimously. Ihrerything running smooth. WARRIOR TPan-Atlantlc), May 30— Chairman, D. Dees; Secretary, M. Elliott. Recent communications from headquarters accepted and concurred unanimously. Motion made and car­ ried to give SIU Welfare Negotiating Committee a vote of thanks. Mem­ bers ere urged to take good care of washing machine and tables and chairs in crews messhaU need re­ placement. .'unc 18—Chairman, C. Owens; Secre;ary, M. Elliott. Motion made to read, accept and concur unanimously with headquarters communication. Enrollment cards to he completed. Siopchest is still insufficient. Ship's delegate to see captain about same. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), June 19—Chairman, W. Ncwberg; Secretary, A. Lamber. No beefs. Ship's fund consists of $30.50. Wring­ er for washing machine is broken, to be • put on repair list. June 23—Chairman, W. Morris; Sec­ retary, J. DaPonte. This is a real smooth trip—n& beefs of any kind. Motion made and carried to accept headquarters report unanimously. DEL SANTOS (Mississippi), Juna IX —Chairman, Waliberg; .Secretary, D. Marine. Fifty-two dollars spent for crew party and $29 left in ship's' fund. One man mis.sed the ship and one man became ill aboard it. Crews passageways and showers to he painted. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Seat Shipping), Juna 22—Chairman, F. Brodrik; Sec­ retary, L. Karalemas. /Motion made and carried that headquarters com­ munications be accepted and con­ curred. Everything running smooth. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Saitraln), June 20—Chairman, E. DeBautte; Sec­ retary, E. DeBautte. New aerial for TV set bought. Ship's fund contains $47.80. Steward asked to get variety of fruit. Washing machine to be kept cleaii. ROBIN COODFELLOW (Robin Line), Mhy 12—Chairman, M. Brlghtwell; Sscretary, W. Rackiey. No beefs. Headquarters communications accept­ ed and concurred. Ship's delegate elected. Discussion held on why the roils are never hot, and the second cook will see that they are In the future. Steward requested crew to take all cots off deck while vessel la in port. June 19—Chairman, J. LIppincotI; Secretary, W. Rackiey. Communica­ tion from headquarter." read and ac­ cepted unanimously. Repair list to be turned in as soon as possibly. Steward requested that crew turn ih all linen and cots before arriving in the United States. SOUTHSTAR (South Atlantic), July 12. Chalrmsii, C. Rice; Secretary, J. Lapointe. No baefs. Motion made and carried to accept and concur in communications from headquarters. Ship's delegate elected. It was pointed out that something is to be done about the sun shacks which are erected by the winch drivers. It was suggested that it be brought to the attention of the ship's officers. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), July —Chairman, A. Jones; Seeretary,*J. Vega. Ship is in good shape. Motion made and carried to accept and concur headquarters communica­ tions. There was a talk on the addi­ tional welfare benefits and crew was instructed to complete and mail en­ rollment cards. SWEETWATER (Petrol), July 19— Chairman, C. HIM; Secretary, N. Sargent. Ship is in fair shape. Ship's fund—$12. A few hours disputed overtime. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with recent ' communications from headquarters. DEL MAR (Mississippi), July 14— Chairman, E. Bates; Secretary, T. McLees. Motion made and carried to accept and concur all communications from headquarters unanimously. July 17—Chairman, R. E. Stough; Secretary, H. R. Ellis. Two men on charges. Men are to he aboard at least one hour before .sailing time. Each department to take one week to keep crew laundry clean. EnroU­ ment cards to he mailed in. Ship's fund—$292.25. Rotating ship's delegate from each department, for each trip. DEL RIO (Mississippi), May Chairman, G. Pefausky; Secratary, A. Rudnlckl. Motion made and carried to accept communication from head­ quarters. Speaker in crew mess to he repaired. July 3—Chairman, D. Ramsay; See-. retary, A. Rudnleki. Welfare enroll­ ment cards to be completed and mailed. A collection in the amount of $35 was made for a headstone for third mate who died this trip. Vote of thanks to steward department. Washing machine needs repair and crew needs a motor for ice cream machine. July 12—Chairman, J. Celssler; Sec­ retary, A. Rudnicki. Ttiis meeting was held to act on communications from headquarters. This was done and aU communications were ac­ cepted as read and carried' unani­ mously. HURRICANE (Waterman), May 25— Chairman, J. Longfellow; Secretary, J. Burke. Repair lists' are ready. This is a good trip. A vote of thanks to steward department. JEAN LAFITTR (Waterman), July 19—Chairman, A, BrancenI; Secratary, T. Ralney. It was pointed out to crew that linen would be distributed piece' by piece. MoUon made and carried to accept headquarters communication. NEVA WEST (Bloomfleid), Juna 12 —Chairman, W. Jones; Secratary, J. Rially. Ship's delegate spoke to porC ciaptain about draws and was told that they would he put out according to agreement. Motion made and car­ ried to accept and concur headquar­ ters communication. SANTORE (Ore Navigation), July I —Chairman, E. McNab," Secretary, H. Leiby. Ship's treasurer elected. Ship's fund $6.82. Motion made and carried to accept headquarters communica­ tions unanimously. More eggs be used In french toast, menus to im­ prove. SEANAN (Stratford), June 11 — Chairman, L. Barnes; Secretary, J, Carey. All repairs taken care of. Captain requested meeting with ship's committee every Saturday to thrash out differences. It has been agreed that steward departinent is to take care of recreation room and the engine and deck departments to take care of laundry. .luly 10—Chalrinan, D. Butts; Secre'ary, E. Pappas. One man missed ^ ship in Emden and caught it in Hamburg. Some disputed overtime. Mo­ tion made ; nd carried to accept and concur headquarters communications. ALCOA CLIPPER (Alcoa), May 29 —Chairman, H. Patterson; Secretary, G. Annls. Anyone who wishes to bring pets aboard ship must inform the captain first. Balance in ship's fund $91.68. Motion made and carried to accept and concur headquarters com­ munications unanimously. .lune 19—Chairman, Roberti; Sec­ retary, Patterson. Food beefs to he taken up with patrolman. Total of •hip's treasury $163.18. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications. Air-condition­ ing beef to he taken up with patrol­ man. It was suggested that brothers accept various offices to familiarize themselves and others with Union work. •luly 10—Chairman, R. Roberts; Sec­ retary, L. Harqeshelmer. Beef con­ cerning air-conditionkig is being taken care of. Sliin's fund amounts to' $171.18. Recent communication from headquarters accepted unanimously. Motion made and carried thst patrol­ man ifispect gangway, and speak to captain to find out who is informing him of beefs that do not concern him. ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), July 10— Chairman, B. Locke; Secretary, W. Scott. Recent headquarters commu­ nication accepted and concurred. ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa), July 9 -Chairman, J. DePrancisce; Secre­ tary, J. Kearns. $1 donated to ship's fund. Motion made and carried to accept headquarters communications. DEL CAMPO (Mississippi), June 20 .—Chairman, C. Gautreau; Secretary, L. Martlndale. Ship's delegate sug­ gested that ail the delegates make up a repair ii.st so that it can he worked on h.v the iiiiilc and chief en­ gineer. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for good services rendered to the crew. Mo­ tion made and carried that all bul­ letins be posted so that entire crew can read same. SEA CLOUD (Seatraders), June 11 —Chairman, E. Crotsky; Secretary, C. Hartmen. Performing on hoard ship at Panama and Honolulu must he slopped. Crewmemhers were asked to he a little more quiet in the morning. / PORT HOSKIN5 (Cities Service), June 26—Chairman, Charles Martin; Secretary, B. Webb. Treasurer re­ ported $15 in the ship's fund. Ship's delegate will check the siopchest be­ fore ship sails foreign. Old mattresses have been replaced. DEL CAMPO (Mississippi), April 24 -Chairman, P. Taurast; Secretary, L. Martlndale. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running in regular SIU style. LONG VIEW VICTORY (Victory Carriers), May 30 — Chairman, B, Toner; Secretary, M. Pappadskls. Keys for tlie cook's and messmen's quarters will he checked and extras will he made for those who haven't any. BIENVILLE (Waterman), June 2«— Chairman. Al Piontek; Secretary, M. Machel. One crewmember died in the Port of Yokohama and a special report was made up for New York. Vote of thanks given to the steward department. MARYMAR (Caimar), June 30 — Chairman, Snow; Secratary, Ressko. There is a balance of $26.28 in the ship's fund. All cunimunicatioiis and reports will be posted on the bulletin board so all crewmemhers can read same. EMILIA (Bull), June 19—Chairman, W. Cressman; Secratary, A. Campbell. The. ship's delegate asked all hands to fill in their welfare cards as soon as possible and turn them in. Treas­ urer reported $38 in the ship's fund. Communications have been posted on the bulletin hoard for the benefit, of aU. BALTORE (Ore), June 10—Chair­ man, J. Mehaleu; Secretary, L. Geraghty. A suggestion was made that a new radio he purchased for the recreation room from the Sea Chest and, if possible, secure a ti-ade-in on present one. One man liable for a fine for leaving ship after signing, articles. �•, - ^«>-%,vus SEAFARERS AnKOst 5. 1955 ALCOA CLIPPER" <Aleoa), April 17— Chairman. R. Robarti; Saeratary, O. Annit. There was a talk on the movie fund, for and against same. The ship's delegate will inquire about family insurance and report the results at the next meeting. Balance in the ship's fund S39.21. Reso­ lution on the newiyinaugurated hiring system read and a motion was made and passed to concur with same. Suggested that those members of the crew who do not understand fully the meaning to read the current LOG. Support of Lundeberg on CAMU issue approved. Motion made and passed to have treasurer post list of donations to movie fund. mation regarding restriction to ship, monetary exchange in Korea and shoreside labor performing riegular seamen's duties on deck and in engine room. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seat Shipping), March 26—Chairman, W. KIrby; Secre­ tary, B. Johnson. There is. $14.38 in the ship's fund. Motion made that each de­ partment delegate pick up a repair list and turn same in to ship's delegate be­ fore arrival in Boston. Carried. Men getting off ship were asked to clean quarters and turn keys in to department delegates. Vote of . thanks given to the steward department and Charles Cantwell, the baker. Suggestion made that BRADFORD ISLAND (Uties Service), each crewmember donate something to April 25—Chairman, G. Fargo; Secretary, the ship's fund. V. Ratcllff. The washing machine wringer will be sent ashore for repairs. There STONY CREEK (Tankship), March 22— is U balance in the ship's fund of S42.53. Chairman, GIbbs; Secretary, Pavlot VourThe steward department was thanked for derls. Crew agreed to go along with the the fine food they put out on voyage. company until ship gets to New York, Crewmembers will wear shirts in mess- i about mattresses, springs, doors, etc. A hail during meal hours. new wringer is needed for black gang washer. April 10—Chairman, G. Brannan; Sec­ retary, C. Gibbs. Motion made and car­ ried that J. T. French be turned over to the patrolman. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for a very good Easter dinner and previous service. The crew extended their appre­ ciation to the officers on board for their cooperation. Discussion on keeping the washing machine clean. Digest of shlps^ Meetings STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), March 27 —Chairman, W. KatarzynshI; Secretary, G. Reyes. One man left behind in Djibouti for hospitalization. The deck department ALCOA PEGASUS (Alcoa), April 24— foc'sles need sougeeing. Both engine and Chairman, O. Flnkiea; Secretary, W. Yar- I steward department personnel would like borough. Ship's treasurer reported that I to have their foc'sles painted. there is S1S.40 in the ship's fund. Screens should be put in crew messroom. Crew ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa), March 21— to find some place to store extra wash­ I Chairman, A. Aaron; Secretary, V. Quinn. ing machine as it has to be moved from ! Motion made and carried to see a patrol dry storeroom. ! man about repairs. The lockers in the messman's foc'sle should be replaced. MARIE NAMILL (Bloomfield), April 23 Suggestion made to honor the union rule —Chairman, D. Jones; Secretary, H. Hunt. that no man is to enter messhall or pan­ Ship's delegate reported on men being try in .shorts. logged and what to do about those called April 16—Chairman, V. QuInn; Secre­ before the Coast Guard in Antwerp. He tary, A. Aaron, Suggestion made to asked crew's help in getting a repair list change brands of syrup in New York. ready. There is a total of $8 in the I Water fountain should be kept clean. A ship's fund. The steward department ' few minor disputes reported. was given a vote of thanks for a job well done. OCEAN LOTTE (Maritime Overseas), March 20—Chairman, T. Connell; SecreROBIN DONCASTER (Seas Shipping), [ tary, Kaznowsky. Ship's delegate will see March 20—Chairman, A. Arnold; Secre­ I the first assistant engineer in order to tary, K. Neumann. Repair lists turned keep the engine department sailing on in and taken care of. Launch service for smooth level. Walking conditions from entire trip has been inadequate. Top­ house to bow above deck cargo is unsafe side has been notified to stay out of crew and ship's delegate will see the chief quarters. Crewmembers made a resolu­ mate or captain about same. April 8—Chairman, B. Fanovich; Section that the Robin Doncaster does not rotary, Kaznowsky. Repair lists will be aaU until all beefs are settled. April 10—Chairman, S. Yodrls; Secre­ made out. The ship's delegate will see tary, J. Byrne. A motion was made and a patrolman to get a better understand carried to have medicine cabinets in­ ing regarding the new Article 2. General stalled in crew's foc'sles with mirrors at­ Rules. tached. Motion made to have company MARORE (Ore), April 25—Chairman, J. supply launch service as per agreement, otherwise reimburse crewmembers for McLaughlin; Secretary, W. Dawley. Ship's the sum of $2 per day. It was suggested delegate reported everything in good that officers get thete own washing ma­ shape. Crewmembers were advised to chine and a place to do their own laun­ return cots at the end of trip otherwise dry instead fo using crew's facilities.' they would be charged for same. A mo­ The steward was questioned on running tion was made and passed that a tele­ short of fresh fndt and ice cream and gram be sent to Harry Lundeberg. Crew he stated that the company sends the approved new SIU seniority system and stores down at the last day and he does AFL action in CAMU dispute 100 percent. not have time to check same. The bosun LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), stated that the messroom and PO. mess have not been painted for over a year. April 24—Chairman, C. Kaust; Secretary, S. Rivera. Headquarters report was read May 5—Chairman, F. BressI; SecFetary, M. Whale. Patrolman reported all re­ and posted. Discussion on various matters pairs squared away. Discussion and ex­ for the welfare of all on board. Delegates planation on new SIU welfare plan addi­ elected. tions. Crew was in favor of same 200 percent. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), April 20 —Chairman, R. RIed; Secretary, L. Wing. Crew was told that the captain would give out the draw in American money. There was some diPcussion on the ex­ change rate on foreign currency in Korea. A motion was made and carried that crew of the SS Maiden Creek go on record to endorse resolutions on newlyestablished hiring hall set-up, and to sup­ port the position taken by the AFL FRANCES (Bull), May 1—Chairman, H. unions withdrawing from CAMU. The Singleton; Secretary, E. O'Rourke. Crew steward department was given a vote-of requested a new ice box. Suggestion thanks for a job well done. made that garbage be dumped aft. Messroom will be sprayed more often. The ANN MARIE (Bull), April 20—Chair­ ship's delegate reported on the new form man, Blondo; Secretary, Kllllgren. The for ship's meetings. Contributions will ship's delegate reported that the laundry be collected for the ship's fund. Is not being cleaned properly. The chief mate will provide a Ijose for washing DEL SUD (Mississippi), April 29— laundry room. Crewmembers were Chairman, T. Jamas; Secretary, G. Mat­ thanked by the ship's delegates for their ting. Motion made and carried that this cooperation on 'ship's business. A tele­ crew send a telegram to Brother Lunde­ gram was sent to Harry Lundeberg sup­ berg letting him know that we are behind porting him in the action he took con­ cerning CAMU. A vote of thanks was him in the CAMU beef. given to the ship's delegate for a job HASTINGS (Waterman), April 10— well done. CUBORi (Ore), May 1—Chairman, A. Nickle; Secretary, R. Colyer. Wringer on washing machine needs fixing. The ship's delegate will .see the chief engineer about this in addition to steampipes in washtubs. No beefs on board and everything running smoothly. Chairman, S. Carlisle; Secretary, J. Wells. Chewmembers were asked to take care of the new washing machine: the old one will be used for work clothes. A new Iron is needed for the crew. A vote of thanks was given to the steward depart­ ment for the tasty salads put out. All hands vvere asked to bring coffeb,. cups back , to the pantry and not leave them around deck. SEASTAR— (Triton), April 17—Chair­ man, W. Young; Secretary, W. Strlcklln. There will be plenty of money for draws In Korea. Logs will not be lifted. Crew­ members will sign for keys and pay for the ones lost. All repair lists wiU be turned over to the ship's delegate. A vote of thanks given to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. MICHAEL (J. Carrat), April 17—Chair­ man, F. Israel; Secretary, O. Nagy. Ship's delegate reported to crew about wire' sent to Union asking that a representa­ tive, meet • ship in Miami as wo are going to sign foreign articles. Wiper injured on way south was sent to the hospital in Cuba, Washing machine needs repairing. There is now a toUl of $14.85 in the ship's fund. NATIONAL LIBERTY (National Trade), no date—Chairman, R. Godwin; Secre­ tary, none. Beefs will be referred to patrolman. Motion made and carried to hold steward responsible for shortages in stores if he does not report such short­ ages to ship's delegate before ship sails. Suggestion made that delegates send a letter to headquarters requesting infor- LOG Fage Fi/teea Ship's Reporter Speeds News On the morning of June 24 the SlU-manned Steel Admiral rescued 186 Philippine passen­ gers from the stricken steamer Neptuno which had been beached in a storm. A few days later, the SEAFARERS LOG office in New York received a full account of the incident with photographs and newspaper • clippings so that the crew's farer Francisco Alcain. Besselievre a ship's reporter who does not hold experience could be fully re­ was elected to the secretary-re­ any other ship committee job, so ported in the LOG. porter's post by his shipmates that he can handle his assignment The LOG had this information under the new shipboard commit­ in style. thanks to ship's secretary-reporter tee system. Bill Besselievre who mailed In the Of course, not every ship has story and pictures taken by Sea- as dramatic an incident to report as the Admiral did in this in­ stance, but the Neptuno story is just one of sev­ (Continued from page 5) eral news and utes one crew spokesman said, picture items "The Pilot said 'Victory' but we sent to the LOG have won nothing . . . We are now of the following SIV families by the secretaryforced to take vacations . . . Some will collect the $200 maternity reporters on the time in. 1956 if we are not working benefit plus a $25 bond from the various SIU Besselievre we may ... be given $4 a week if Union in the baby's name: ships. many other 'ifs' are settled. As the name of the job implies, David Braxton Brag?, bom June "Instead of negotiating with the 27, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. the secretary-reporter keeps a rec­ shipowners to force us to take ouc ord of newsworthy occurrences John S. Bragg, Thunderbolt, Ga. during the voyage and forwards vacations . . . the time would have l" 4" any information of interest to the been more wisely spent increasing the length of the vacations" (i.e., Lisa Skulstad, bora June 24, LOG at headquarters. more vacation money, which is ex­ 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto The purpose of having a secre­ actly the position taken by the Skulstad, New Milford, N. J. tary-reporter on the ships is ob­ SIU). H t vious. He helps keep the Union in­ The current difficulties between ^Richard Joseph May, born June 22, formed on what is going on on the Curran and Stone, the latter Cur1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rich­ ships and through the medium of ran's right hand man and closest ard May, Brooklyn, N. Y. the LOG informs other crews and associate, obviously stem from Seafarers on the beach about what Stone's critical attitude on the hir­ t> if iff ing hall issue. Michael Gerald Kelly, born July is happening on the ships. All SIU ships are urged to elect When Curran proposed that the 3, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. doors be opened instead of fighting John Kelly, Jr., Mobile, Ala. the NLRB on the hiring issue. 4> Stone declared: Theresa Ann Butts, bora July (You are saying) "to the hun­ 14, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Anderson dreds of thousands that have sea­ Hurmen Burnell Butts, Mobile, The above-named man or anyone men's papers that we have 23,000 Ala. knowing his whereabouts are urged jobs here, come in boys, stand in to contact his mother, Mrs. W. A. line . .. these officials (Curran and 4> 4> j* Frank Edward Oetgen, Jr., born Londenberg, 5 Old Burnsville Hill Company) say, look, you are going to die anyway, so commit sui­ June 15, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Road, Asheville, NC. cide ..." Mrs. Frank E. Oetgen, Savannah, 4 4" 4" Stone's prediction was fulfilled, Ga. Rudolph Cefaratti when the NMU was swamped with t 4> l" Please contact S. C. Berenholtz, Julie Anne Thrasher, bora June 1209 Court Square Building, Balti­ thousands upon thousands of regis­ trants for jobs, leading in turn to 29, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. more 2, Md. the compulsory vacations and sup­ Julius Thrasher, Alexandria, La. 4 4 4 plementary unemployment insur­ i Eric Madsen ance. Lacy Dan Deason, bora July 12, Plea.se get in touch with Mrs. Actually of course, the supple­ 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lacy A. H. Madsen, c/o Mi's. J. Buzlear, mentary unemployment plan has Deason, Jr., Jasper, Ala. 205 Mott St., New York, NY. not yet gone into effect since a one year interval remains between 4 4 4' the signing of the contract and the William R. Dixon effective date of the benefits, Urgent you contact your wife at which means that NMU members 150 Virginia Ave., Uniontown, Pa., receive no benefits at all this year. or call Geneva 8-3957. NMU Men Hit Vacation Rule -Hi PERSONALS liiiliiiil DISPATCH 4 4 4 Feeding Plan Popular Item Francis A. Warren, Jr. Please get in touch with your The deaths of the following Sea­ farers have been reported , to the mother, at 276 East Ave., East NorSeafarers Welfare Plan and the walk. Conn. 4 4 4 SIU death benefit is being paid to Ladislaus Ziembka their beneficiaries: * (Continued from page 2) Please contact your niece, Mrs. such items as sardines, boiled eggs, Harvey Brown, 54: A heart at­ Henry Olszewski, 97 Ridge Ave., tack proved fatal to Brother Brown Bridgeport, Conn., as soon as pos­ sliced leftover roasts, such as pork, beef and ham, potato salad and who died on May sible. baked beans in addition to the cus­ 31, 1955, in the 4 4 4 tomary cold cuts and cheese. St. Marks Hotel Russell E. Morrison Standardization of menus also is in Oakland, Cali­ Get in touch with your mother at avoided and hot bread and rolls are fornia. Place of DEL VALLE (Mississippi), April 17— 84 Robey St., Uphams Corner, Dor­ baked daily, weather permitting. Chairman, R. Jensen; Secretary, J. Wise. b u'r i a 1 is not chester, Mass. Ship's delegate reported that the biggest Cakes or other pastries are served known. He had trouble is getting ship painted. Delegate 4 4 4 at coffee time as often as possible. is taking same up with patrolman or joined the Union agent upon arrival in New Orlean«y Re­ Charles Achoy Also popular is the setting up of in 1947 in Tampa port concerning hiring hall and seniority Seymour Savitt a special table reserved for men system discussed, and Brother Charles and had been Johnson made a motion to postpone vot­ Angel Feliciano on watch so they can be served sailing in the en­ ing on same until clarification from agent Your gear is being held in the quickly. upon arrival at Tampa. Motion carried gine department since that time. that all SIU ships carrying penalty cargo baggage room at SIU headquarters The new rules, Reyes pointed regardless of amount shouRTbe paid pen­ Brother Brown is survived by his out, all are designed to promote alty wages, as they stUl have to contend mother, Mrs. Edith Brown of in Brooklyn. with bugs and files. A new garbage greater cleanliness, make food 4 4 4 shute to replace old one la needed. A Tampa, Florida. more attractive in appearance, vote of thanks was given to the steward Samuel Langham ^ ^ department for a job well done. quality and taste, and to do away ex-bosun WW II April 25—Chairman, G. Muner; SacreJohn C. Maclnnes, 58: Brother tsry, J. Wise. Headquarters report clari­ Get in touch with Miller Mar­ with over-cooking and over-prepa­ fied by patrolman per action from min­ Maclnnes died of natural causes shall, 1424 K Street, Washington, ration which accounts for most utes of previous meeting. Motion made and carried to accept and concur. Car­ in the USPHS hospital in Staten DC. shipboard waste. Burial took ried unanimously. Crew voted full ap­ Island, New York. proval of new SIU hiring and AFL posi­ place at the Rose Hill Cemetery in tion on CAMU issue. A wire was sent to Brother Lundeberg extending to him Linden, N. J. Brother Maclnnes a vote of confidence from the crewmem­ is survived by his brother, Mr. bers .aboard this ship. Seafarers are urged to make a careful double-check when they Donald A. Maclnnes of Garrison, fill out their enrollment cards for the new family hospital-surgi­ YAKA (Waterman), April 24—Chair­ NY. man, E. CzosnowskI; Secretary, J. Craft. cal benefits provided by the SIU Welfare Plan, because many of Discussion on sanitation, Crewmembers' t the cards filed so far lack the signature of the Seafarer in­ feel that more agreements should be Robert Hostler, 45: On March 1, placed aboard this ship. All repair lists volved to make everything official. The absence of a proper sig­ should be turned in to the ship's delegate 1955, Brother Hostler died of aiiute nature at the time of a claim can complicate or delay approval before arrival in Miami. Warning given to all by the delegates on the conse­ poisoning aboard the Orfon Star at at the worst possible moment when aid of some kind is actually quences of getting "gassed" and perform- Manila Bay. Burial took place at needed. 'ing in next port. There is a balance in the San Lazaro Crenlatory. the ship's fund of $2.40. 'v: Sign Enrollment Cards OSS �Vol. XVII No. 16 SEAFARERS • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC Sv; AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • Seafarers Rate HigK iVith II S Customs 1 American seamen are more honest in their dealings with US Customs officers than any group of people who pass through inspection centers on the piers. Cus­ toms agents report that there are millionaires who smuggle for thrills and seamen on foreign vessels working for coolie wages who have to smuggle, but complaints registered against American seamen are extremely rare. Officials connected with the Customs Collector's office also point to the fact that they collect daily in duty charges more from crewmembers as regular duty than from those who travel as passengers. "You would be sui'prised at how little comes in com­ pared to the number of persons who make foreign voy­ ages and plane trips. The amount is negligible," said one official. "The seamen, however, realize that they must declare on the ship's curio list the real value of the articles they wish to bring ashore and that they cannot fool the Customs men on the piers." These statements indicate a certain trust in Sea­ farers, though Customs men are no less vigilant when going aboard US-flag freighters and tankers. Understaffed For Job The present nationwide staff of 7,500 to 8,000 is doing a job that needs at least half again as many men. Recently the Customs staff received a strong assist in its work through a directive now posted in ports where US ships dock. Treasury Department officials are lav­ ish in their praise of the results and ask Seafarers to assist in a campaign to wipe out the illicit trade in narcotics. The directive offers a reward of $500 per kilogram for information leading to the seizure in a port in the United States of smuggled heroin. Assisting ^n this campaign would not only be profita­ ble, but it is the duty of eyery Seafarer to his family and his country. The SIU for many years has main­ tained a strong membership-adopted rule which calls for expulsion of any Seafarer fou.id guilty of smug­ gling narcotics. The SIU has been commended in ar­ ticles in national magazines for its work in this fight. The vigilance of alert trade unions. Customs men and the directives posted in all ports of the world have noticeably cut down the smuggling of narcotics. "Too often, though," a Customs officer noted, "you get the messenger boy and not the actual smuggler. This could be some poor dupe to whom the lure of easy money is irresistible." Squads Spot-Check Ships * A vigilant enforcement division of the Bureau of Customs Is constantly sending out search squads to board ships on a "spot-check" basis or on information received from overseas, or from the ship's radiogram as having been learned by the captain. Often these ships are selected because the port from which* they sailed has been pinpointed as a known area from which narcotics are dispersed. This could be a Mediterra­ nean port, an Oriental base, or the like. These search squads, called by one official- "the greatest gang for finding things," are a yarn unto themselves. The recently-developed baggage X-ray machine is proving invaluable both in what it seeks out and dis­ covers and as a deterrent to anyone who wants to beat the tariff laws. This machine has not yet (nor is it ex­ pected to be) used on anyone's person. US Customs in­ spectors pride themselves on discovering suspicious bulges in pockets. _ Hollow cigars, hollow canes and fake fountain pens containing many carats of illicit diamonds are spotted easily by eagle-eyed inspectors, and are items that are not even safe to carry if empty. A recent discovery was a man who wore a skintight vest under his shirt containing 96 little pockets, each just big enough to contain a watch movement. Pets are not permitted ashore unless they come from a certified "clean" port, and even then you may have to pay for a veterinarian examination and an inocula­ tion. Parakeets or parrots, frequently made pets by Seafarers, are not allowed ashore. You can take in one bottle of liquor, but make sure its a quart bottle if you want the maximum and not a fifth: one bottle only. Other articles acquired abroad by Seafarers during a voyage and exclusively for pse during a voyage or while on shore leave, such as necessary clothing, toi­ letries, cameras, watches, razors, and other purely per­ sonal effects may be landed. In addition, besides the quart of alcoholic beverage previously mentioned, the Seafarer can bring in tobacco products not in excess of 50 cigars or 300 cigarettes or 3 pounds of smoking tobacco or a proportionate amount of each. Regulations regarding the landing of articles are , necessarily long, boring, printed in .smail tyxie that is hard on the eyes, and changing so constantly that only career men in the US Customs office keep up to date with them.* Items For Persona! Use It is sufficient for the Seafarer to realize that he can bring in "free of diTty and internal revenue tax" ar­ ticles that ai-e usually taxable if he declares on the crew purchase manifest (curio list) they are strictly for personal or'household use, or as gifts, and that these do not have a total value of more than $10. This is in addition to the regular tobacco and alcoholic al­ lowance under the law; but should this latter allowance be exceeded Iftr even as little as $1, or should the value of the gift item exceed the $10 "then the $10 exemp­ tion shall not be allowed and duty or tax shall be col­ lected on ALL the articles." If you are willing to pay all the fees prescribed by law, there is no limit on what you can bring in as long as every article is listed on the curio Ifst and the duty paid. A Seafarer is not eligible for treatment as a "return­ ing resident" which would allow him $500 worth of duty-free articles, unless he leaves the vessel without intention of reshipping on a ship touching on foreign ports. There are hundreds of other regulations, but the new. Seafarer and the old should have, a pretty good idea of what he can or cannot do. Sometimes, though, a Seafarer does run into difficulty by forgetting to fill out a certificate of registration of effects taken aboard during a voyage. Protect Purchase of Foreign Items Included in this could very well be that brand new. watch or camera or binoculars somebody gave you as a gift and you didn't think of asking for a sales slip. If it is of foreign manufacture, and frequently they are, and is not listed on the certificate that is good for two years, you may very well lose the article and pay a fine. An official said, "We cannot be picayune. We don't have enough men to list every little thing. Sea­ farers just have to be careful." There are thousands of articles like musical instru­ ments and perfumes which are subject to objection by trade mark or,copyright owners. TlMse who do have such objection to the entry of these articles charge fees ranging from $1 to $10 for a release to the cus­ toms officers. Many times J;hey blame the customs offi­ cials for a "racket" they themselves are benefiting by. If you are charged what you consider an exorbitant fee : for such a release, call it to the attention of US Cus­ toms personnel. Under Section 584 of the Tariff Act of 1930 as amended, the master of a ship is responsible for every­ thing on that ship being on the manifest. If a crew- • member causes a master to be penalized, the'^master looks for that crewmember ^to make good the fine : which is the appraised value of the merchandise plus penalties.. For the average Seafarer though. Customs is just , one of the necessary routines to be gone through when his ship hits port. Today with good wages and condi- . tions crewmembers have far too much at stake in their jobs to run the risk of a few illicit dollars. They hav«4no desire to attempt to outwit the pros in the Customs • office in a foolish game which would only get them into hot water. I-'' ' Iv"''' i'^ I'^x • ife^. Is-'-'' ' 11'';"'"• ••• 11":- -• hi; ,y V''" iS--" ' • • Two customs agents located this package of narcotics in the back of a cabinet on a ship arriving in Nqw York from a European voyage. Approximately two pounds of heroin were involved. Gold bars were stowed' in­ side car's door panels but agents spotted attempt. (Agent's faces masked*)^ Familiar Snow Boy washing powder boxes carried unusual contents on one ship. Customs agents-found the "soap powder" consisted of marijuana. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource August 5, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 16 Description An account of the resource Headlines: PLAN ALL-OUT BATTLE ON LA. 'WRECK' LAW SIU FOOD PLAN POPULAR WITH WATERMAN CREWS NY SHIP BEEFS DWINDLE: JOB BOOM CONTINUES SIUNA WILL ATTEND AFL MERGER MEET SIU FAMILY BENEFIT SHOWS BIG INCREASE IN SECOND MONTH US SHIPPING BOOSTED BY FOREIGN AID VOTE MAW SIGNS BAY BOATS IN BALTIMORE TRAILERSHIP PLANS TALLED ANTI-SIU 'EYE' MILKED US FILES N' ORLEANS SHIP CANAL BILL OKAYED TAMPA OKAYS FOOD SYSTEM ABOARD SHIPS NMU MEN ASSAIL FORCED VACATION CANADA STRIKES FOR HOURLY PAY SIU ACTION WINS FULL BENEFITS FOR SICK MEN LAKE CHARLES BIDS FOR SALES TAX OKAY GRAIN, COAL CREATE NO SHIP BOOM LAKE CHARLES BIDS FOR SALES TAX OKAY SYRIA SERVICE TO INDONESIA ILA CRIMP RIG READY TO FOLD SEAFARER BICYCLES ACROSS COUNTRY CG PROFILE PITCH IGNORES STIFF CO. HEALTH EXAMS ALL BEEFS SETTLED - SMOOTH PAYOFF AB BACK TO SCHOOL VIA SIU AWARD LABOR UNITED PROMISES AREN'T ENOUGH FACE-LIFT BOSTON HALL SEATTLE STILL BOOSTS BEST OF SHIPPING HAMILL HUMMING ON FIRST TOUR OF ORIENT ANTINOUS FINDS OLD WORLD NEW SANDCAPTAIN BEEF, BEER IN BOIL SEASTAR'S CREW RATES STEWARDS TOPS IN BIZ SHIP'S REPORTER SPEEDS NEWS SEAFARERS RATE HIGH WITH US CUSTOMS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8/5/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/2801b40b9e756d1a1628b624daed61de.PDF 9fb8efcdb2ac4a9274c230dfebc41816 PDF Text Text Vol. XVII No. IS LOG • OPFICIAL'~ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNtON • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT * AFL •V .N i. . • " ''4kz\ SEAMEN NOT CAUSE -Story OaPage 3 �' l^e Tw* SEAFARERS tOiS Ifiet In Collision Seek To End PHS WASHINGTON—A renewed effort to strip seamen of medical, hospital and dental, protec­ tion is underway, this time with the introduction of bills in Congress to end the 150-yearold hospital prpgram for merchant seamen. Bills have been introduced in the Senate by — ^Senators^Joseph R. McCarthy-^ of Wisconsin and H. Alexan­ with the philosophy of Herbert der Smith of New Jersey to Hoover and the American Medical shut the US Public Health Service Association. The Hoover Commis­ hospitals. A similar House bill has sion on Government Reorganiza­ been submitted by Representative tion recommended such a course Marguerite Church of Illinois. All and the AMA has been in the fore­ three are Republican?. front of a noisy campaign against All of the bills are identical with any Government aid in medicine. proposals put forth in 1953-54 by Three Would Remain Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, then sec­ Under the bill, as under the retary of the Department of Hobby proposal before it, all of the Health, Education and Welfare. general hospitals, clinics, and other, WASHINGTON — Addi­ The bills have already aroused a medical services of PHS would tional evidence of competition storm of opposition from the SIU shut down with the exception of with privately-owned ships by the narcotics hospital in Lexingipn^ the nucleus fleet of the Military Ky.; the Carville, La. leprpsarijmf Sea Transportation Service has The resignation' of Mrs. the mental hospital in Fort-Wdi been piled up at Senate hearings. Oveta Culp Hobby, secretary Texas, and the National Institute The SlU^manned Ines was de­ repairs which were expected to Testimony before the Senate Com­ of the Department of Health, of Health, a research .center. In. layed several days on her home^ take about ten days at the most. merce Committee on Senator War­ Education and Welfare, was Bethesda, Md. , '' ' 1- if j' bound voyage' following a minor Dafnage was confined to the ship's ren Magnuson's bill to eliminate announced last week, Mrs. Total savings of this move v^duldt collision in a fog outside Rotter­ shell plating, the company said. such competition showed that Hobby is best known to Sea­ be small. Just $12 million out'of a dam on July 14. The Ines (Bull) • Shown in the photograph above, MSTS ships actually increased farers as being the first one to total PHS budget of $242 million, and the Norwegian freighter Black which was taken prior to the ac­ their percentage of both dry and propose that all PHS medical but a Shutdown of' the hoSpiftals Heron collided with each other off cident, are (top to bottom) Sea­ liquid cargoes in the past year. services for seamen be discon­ would be a great victory ;fo'r the Dutch coast, but all reports farers Vic Cover, 2nd electriciant tinued. She has been a target Further, the testimony showed opponents oif Government-aided indicate that damage was slight. Lou "Stacey" Cirignano, wiper; of much criticism because of that MSTS had turned down large health and welfare and a serious There were no Injuries on either Dom LaLlave, wiper and Dan the badly-mishandled Salk amounts of private tonnage offered blow to those who believe the Fed­ ship because of the collision. Guerrero, 3rd cook. The photo polio vaccine program. and carried goods on its own ships eral Government, has responsibility Company officials said that the was taken iby Seafarer Vince' CipInstead at greater cost to the Gov­ in this field. Ship put back into Rotterdam for riano, wiper. ernment in many instances. and other maritime unions, from Meanwhile a Defense Depart­ industry representatives and from ment spokesman at the hear­ many quarters in Congress. The ings pleaded for more time to outlook is strong that the bills will study recommendations made be buried in committee this ses­ by the Hoover Conunission sion but it can be expected that and Congressional committees they will be revived in 19p6. calling for reduction in MSTS The Hobby move was roundly shipping activity at the ex­ defeated after a vigorous campaign pense of private shipping. The SIU trustees of the Welfare Plan have announced that all dependent children of Sea­ in which rank and. file Seafarers farers are eligible for hospital and surgical coverage whether or not they live with their played a leading role. Higher Costs Seafarer-father. - The announcement came as an answer to one of severaf questions that Figures brought out at the hear­ Hoover The Villain have been brought before the- • ing showed that in the nine months Washington observers are agreed trustees for clarification. room and board bill, plus extra ending March 31, 1955, MSTS hospital expenses is paid by the tankers transported 60 percent of that behind these bills is a drive to Specifically, the trustees Seafarer. The $50 deductible does Government petroleum shipments. do away with Government-operated have decided thst as a general rule not apply to the doctor's bill for The cost was far greater than pri­ medical services and other health Seafarer's children qualify under surgery. Surgery is covered by a vate operators; $2.06 per 1,000 and welfare benefits, in accord the Plan if he is supporting them list of fees for specific operations long-ton miles compared to $1.29 financially. up to a maximum of $300. on commercial tankers. Previously, in ruling on the These fees are based on average During that same period MSTS question of Seafarers' stepchildren, costs in major port cities. How­ dry cargo ships greatly increased the trustees decided that they" are ever, surgeon's fees vary, and their percentage of dry cargo, car­ eligible providing they have lived should the Seafarer contract with rying 24.7 percent" of outbound with the Seafarer in the past cal­ a surgeon for a fee higher than cargo as against 16.1 percent in endar year and are receiving the listed in the schedule, the Plan the previous fiscal year. Inbound major portion of their support pays the listed amount and the cargo percentages also increased from him. Seafarer pays the balance. slightly in the face of rising criti­ The new questions arose in in-s Are families of Seafarers on the cism of MSTS activity. stances where a Seafarer might be disability benefit list and the hos­ separated or divorced from his pital list entitled to hospital-surgi­ WASHINGTON—More ac­ wife and the children would be cal coverage? tion on "roll-on roll-off" ships living with the wife. Also, there Yes. They are covered in the July 22. 1955 Vol. XVil, No. 15 is in view with shipowners were instances where a Seafarer's same way as any other Seafarer wife died and the children were with the seatime eligibility re­ PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer and the Maritime Administration being cared for by an institution, HEBBEBT BBAND, Editor; RAY DENISON, meeting this week on construction quirements waived in their case. Managing Editor; BEBNABD SEAMAN, Art of these vessels for long-term Gov­ foster parents' or relatives while Visiting SIU headquarters in Are miscarriages «nd stillbirths Editor; HEBMAN AHTHUB, IRWIN SPIVACK, he was earning his livelihood. In Brooklyn, Seafarer Albert ernment charter. covered by the maternity benefit? Staff Writers; BILL MOODY, Gulf Area any case of this kind the question Mosher signs up. the famijy Representative, Where the infant has been bom The vessels would be in addi­ of financial support is-the key. If dead and a birth certificate haa for SIU dependent welfare tion to truck trailerships which Burly Page 13 the Seafarer is supporting the been Issued, the maternity benefit benefits as his only young­ Editorial Cartoon Page 10 the SlU-contracted Pan Atlantic children they will be considered is payable. No benefits are pay­ ster," Albert Jr., looks on. Editorials ..Page 11 Steamship Company plans to build eligible for hospital and surgical able, however, for miscarriages,, Final Dispatch Page 15 for its coastwise service. Pan At­ benefits. Mosher, who ''sails on deck;' either under the maternity benefit Inquiring Seafarer Page 11 lantic is now dickering with the lives in Jersey City. Other questions that have been or the hospital-surgical program. Labor Roundup Page 10 Maritime Administration for a clarified are the following: pltaiization or surgery for the Letters .% Page 15 trade-in deal and a Government Where a Seafarer and his wife moHier or the child, is this cov­ Meet The Seafarer Page 10 mortgage on the new ships. have separated, is she automatically ered by the hospital-surgical bene­ Personals Page 15 Congress- Paved Way eligible for the benefits? Recent Arrivals Page 15 fit, in addition to the maternity The last Congress passed legis­ No, unless the Seafarer specific benefit? Seafarers In Action Page 10 lation authorizing construction and Regular^ membership meet­ Shipping Figures .......Page -4 charter of roU-ons. Maritime Ad­ cally enrolls her when he fillj out Any maternity case is covered ings in SIU headquarters and Your Dollar's Worth Page 6 ministrator Clarence Morse ex­ his Welfare Plan enrollment card. by the SIU's blanket $200 mater­ Must a dependent enter a hos­ at all branches are held every Published blweeicly kt the headquarters plained that the Defense Depart­ pital for surgery in order to be; nity benefit, plus the : $25 US de­ seqpnd Wednesday, night, at et. the Seafarers international Union, At­ ment would like to charter com­ fense bond from the Union. The eligible under the Plan? lantic & Gulf District, APL, 675 Fourth 7 PM. The schedule for the Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth mercial roll-on ships to move Gov­ No. Surgery benefits are payable hospital-surgical plan is separate next few meetings is as follows: 9-6500. Entered as second class matter and docs not apply here. at the Post Office in Brooklyn, NY, under ernment railway rolling stock and whether surgery is performed in July 27, Aug. 10, Aug. 24. the Act of Aug. 24, I9IZ a variety of wheeled vehicles. Is the $50 deductihie taken off a hospital, in a doctor's office or All Seafarers registered on the hospital bill or the surgeons' A roll-on design for trucks has- at home. the shipping list are required 120 already been drawn up by MA as If complications arise out of the. bill? to attend'the; meetings ' a potential prototype vessel. birth of:a cJWd ]which, ie«tilc:e hoiH irt-liiiriiiii ill iiMi" '• ii'-iiy - 'i liNlYi Pvt. Ships Get MSTS Ronaround All Seafarer'Supported Children Covered By Plan Gov't Meets With Go's On Roil-Ons SEAFARERS LOG BfeetUng Night Ever;5r 2 Weeks �s ^k FA'R'EWs To a liiir 2i. 1953 PaieThi^ Seamen Not Cause Qf Maritime Ills, 5IU Tells Probers WASHINGTON—^The SIU A&G District has gone on record unalterably op­ posed to Government control of maritime labor in testimony before the House Mer­ chant Marine Committee. SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall informed committeje members that the Uiiion believed legislation of this kind would arbitrarily restrict the freedom, of seameQ to negotiate on wages, manning scales and working condi­ tions. Taking similar positions were Harry Lundeberg for the Sailors Union of the Pacific and Vincent Ma--*to benefit the entire industry items. His position in this respect lone, Marine Firemen's Un­ gram instead of a few pet companies. was in direct opposition to the ion, as well as representa­ The njajority of the favored com­ stand taken by the SIU and other tives of the Masters, Mates and Pilots and other AFL maritime imions. Originally, SIU of NA rep­ resentatives had refused tp appear at closed sessions of the.commit­ tee. However, when shipowners turned the open sessions into a forum - for attacks on maritime unions, SIU representatives felt it important to get the union facts into the record. Labor Not To Blame In appearing before the commit­ tee, Hall criticized this tendency to lay the blame for maritime's ills at labor's door. He recalled that in the 1920 s, unions were non-exist­ ent. Nevertheless, the merchant marine sank to its low'est point in history at that time. Contrary to the impression spread by shipowner association spokesmen. Hall said, the SIU A&G District had enjoyed harmonious collective bargaining relationships with the operators. That was toer cause the SIU did not have to deal with associations run by outside advisors jockeying for position in the industry, but dealt directly with the operators themselves. •• The associations, he added, were usually the creatures of a few pet subsidized steamship companies whose interests are primarily politmal. (Chairman Herbert Bonner later announced the committee would cheek into cliarges of inefficiency in subsidized lines as well as charges that they were throwing their weight around to put nonsubsidized lines at a disadvantage. The committee also intends to cheek into the relationships be­ tween the subsidized lines and offi­ cials of the Maritime Administra­ tion to see if there is any juggling of cost figures.) (Committee members sharply questioned a spokesman for the American Merchant Marine Insti­ tute when the latter expressed his support of the proposed labor law. When asked why SIU companies opposed the plan, the spokesman admitted there was "wide variation of opinion" among companies with­ in the AMMI on the subject. The AMMI inciudes both subsidized and non-subsidized companies.) In attacking the controls pro­ posals, Hall urged the Congress-, men to stop fretting over seamen and instead turn their attention to constructive proposals for strength­ ening the industry. The chairman agreed that the committee should consider other phases of the prob­ lem. Hall made a number of rec­ ommendations on this score, in­ cluding the following: • That the Government steer clear of labor relations because Government interference would only cause delays and unrest and l^ad to political settlements^ ,re, mote from.the merits of the case. ^ That : more inteUigoqtrjuaei panies, Hall pointed out, were no­ torious in the industry for their incompetent and inefficient man­ agement. In most instances man­ agement is in the hands of nonmaritime people who are adept at politicking but little else. • That the Military Sea Trans­ portation Service get out of the maritime business where it is in direct competition with private operators. • That the Government put an end to phony registration of US ships under runaway flags, SIU of NA president, Harry' Lundeberg, speaking for the SUP, was highly critical of the tactics of the Pacific Maritime Association in its relations with unions. He de­ clared the PMA was interested in preserving big subsidized steam­ ship lines at the expense of small operators and has been playing a double game by utilizing Harry Bridges to harass seagoing unions. Speaking for the Firemen's Un­ ion, Malone pointed out that US ships were manned lightly com­ pared to foreign ships and ships run by the US Government. Also appearing before the com­ mittee was NMU president Joseph Curran. Curran endorsed the idea of some kind of outside control of tlie industry by proposing that an arbitrator be given complete con­ trol over wages and other contract I • al sea unions. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Claude Simmons checks in­ formation on visual control index with headquarters em­ ployee. Index, a portion of which is shown here, is part of new headquarters system for handling ship's minutes and shipboard beefs. New Hiring System No Beefs Die Quick SIU Problem Under Hq Set-Up In effect four months, the SIU's seniority shipping sys­ tem has been operating smoothly in all ports. No major hitches have developed in any as­ pect of the program. Three headquarters officials of the Union are working full time on administration of the seniority system to assure smooth operation. They are Keith Terpe, director of organization, who is handilng seniority matters for the district; A. "Frenchy" Michelet, chief dis­ patcher at headquarters, and Freddie Stewart, working with Michelet as dispatcher. The seniority sy.stem was nego­ tiated by the Union with the ship­ owners in March and has been in­ corporated into the contract along with other membership-approved shipping rules. Speedier settlement of shipboard beefs is an everyday .ac­ complishment in the SIU, thanks to a new.system of handling crew minutes from the ships. In more than one instance un­ der the new system, beefs on-tovertime, transportation and of all beefs and disputes, arising other items have been settled while the ship is at sea. The ship's even before the patrolman boarded committee is encouraged to enter the ship for payoff, thanks to close these in the minutes ioi-m, along liaison between the ships, head­ with other items the Union can act on, i-ather than wait for the payoff. quarters and the outports. The key to the new .system is the Minutes received at headquarters ship's committee and regular ship­ are studied by a committee of board meetings. The , Union en­ headquarters, officials. Whei-e a courages meetings on a bi-weekly beef is pending, an exact copy of basis, just as the shoreside meet­ the beef is extracted from the ings are held, with the result that minutes and sent via teletype to crews are able to act on reports the port agent of the next port of and send in their minutes regu­ call. Headquarters maintains an larly. itinerai-y record of all ships so as At the same time, these regular to keep ti'ack of thc r movements. minutes' reports contain a record A copy of the not ficatioii goes into the active file and is kept there until a rep'y is received froixx the port agent involved as to the action taken on the beef. In addition, where the beef is a serious one, the ship is flagged on the Visual Control Index, a panbl board listing of all SiU ships. The flag stayg up until the matter is WASHINGTON—^Routed in the House of Representatives earlier this month, the anti "SO- disposed of. The Visual Control Index also SO" bloc made its dying move for this session when the Senate Agriculture Committee with­ serves to record shipboard action drew a proposal to outlaw "SO-SO" in agricultural surplus shipments. on a vaidety of x-eporis and issues, The action came after a con--*^ — giving headquai'tei's the opinions ference between Senator War­ kick-off signal was a threatened larger agricultural surplus pro­ of the men on the ships on these ren Magnuson of Washington, boycott of US agricultural surplus gram next year, which will mean subjects as well as those of the chairman of the Senate Interstate by foreign nations. Foreign ship­ a great deal in terms of merchant shoreside membex'ship meetings. and Foreigrt Commerce Commit­ ping lobbyists then started beating max-ine employment. The entixe set-up establishes a tee, and Senator James Ea.stland the_ bushes for farm bloc support close and continuous contact be­ of Mississippi, sponsor of the anti by claiming that "50-50" would tween the ships and headquarters 50-50" amendment. Since the strangle disposal of agricultural and enables the Union to give the Senate Agriculture Committee is surplus." They were aided in their best possible service to tlie ship­ composed exclusively of farm bloc move by State and Agriculture board membex-ship. Cxew xeaclion representatives, withdrawal of the Department representatives. to the system has been favorable In actual fact only one nation, amendment meant that the farm thx-oughout, especially in those in­ bloc-foreign shipowner alliance has Denmark, has refused to take stances where cx-ewixxembei-s found these commodities. been broken for the time being. /"DULUTH, Minn.—Matt Antilla, company agents coming aboaixl at The climax of the drive came in • Safe Until 1956 payoff with disputed overtime pay­ This takes the "50-50" law out the House of Representatives with Duluth port agent of the SIU ments aix'eady settled by the Union of danger until next year at the^ a floor vote on a move to strike Great Lakes District, has been ap­ through prior contact with the eqrliest and assures heavy agricul­ "50-50" out of the agricultural pointed a member of the Duluth company. ture cargo offerings for American surplus program. Had this suc­ Port Authority. Antilla was one of The Union has found too. that ships and many hundreds of jobs ceeded it would have endangered two appointees named by the the new system of flagging beefs, for Seafarers. all "50-50" shipments and threat­ boai-d of commissioners of St. disputes, repair items and the like Maritime observers agree that ened thousands of seamen with Louis County in which Duluth is makes it difficult for the company to squix-m out of px-omises to the foreign shipowner lobby has loss of jobs. located. With the full support of the SIU Antilla's appointment is in remedy conditions "next trip." suffered a serious defeat and has a All ship's minutes also go to the lot of fence-mending to do before and the industry, merchant ma­ I'ecognition of 31 years' activity on it can mak^ another attack on rine supporters in the House the Duluth watexTi-ont. He has SEAFARERS LOG office for pub­ "56-50;" „ ' / , , , struck back vigorously and the at­ sei'ved the SIU Great Lakes Dis- lication in the LOG. At the con­ ; ^oSr6ott: Of US : : ^ • tempt was crushed by, an over­ ti'ict as an organizer from 1948 to clusion of the procedure the The attiack idri "5()^50" ^ has befen whelming vote'6f^M to 51> 1950 and as port agent in that port minutes ax'e filed in a separate file for easy access. building up for many"idonthsi'The » 'Prelsent" plans'" "ciill fbt-*' nkibftf' sinw-twen;' Last-Ditch Move Against 50-50' Killed In Senate Lakes SIU Man On Port Board �Pace Four ' LOG Story Kills ILA Money Grab • ••t; .• :'• ^'; • 'ip Wf- - 1^' : Its plans for a fund raising dinner and journal disrupted by publicity in the SEAFARERS LOG, the crimp-rigged ILA "seamen's union" has hastily, called off the affair. Instead, it is reported that the crimpf business run by Keith Alsop, defeated SIU Galveston agent, and William .Higgs, expelled SIU member, is exploring new sources of revenue. ;i ;i SEAFARERS IOC ' - - '' Your SIU Meeting Rights In order to constantly remind all SIU members of their con­ stitutional rights in SIU membership meetings, the following state­ ment is read at the opening of all SIU meetings throughout the nation. These are the democratic principles which guide all SIU meet­ ings: ^ Any member present at this meeting and in good standing, who so desires, has a right to nominate himself to any official meeting job in this meeting. This also applies to a place on any committee that may be elected at this meeting. Any member present In good standing has the right at any time, if he so desires, to challenge the decision of the chair or ask for a division of the house on any sucn question. Any member may also request a show of books of each man present.who may vote on any question. Copies of the minutes of tonight's meeting will be available in advance of the next regular meeting in the business office for the benefit of any member in good standing who wishes to read or study same before the next regular meeting commences. ' In addition to tonight's minutes being made available, the mem­ bership is advised that in each SIU business office where a Port is maintained in the continental United States, minutes of all SIU meetings, regular, special, financial, or otherwise are always avail­ able to any member in good standing who desires and so requests to read and study same. The officials and committeemen who will be elected at our meet­ ing here tonight as well as all of our other members present will be guided in the conduct of this meeting by the following, 1. The Union constitution. 2. Majority vote of the membership. 3. Robert's rules for order. $100 Touch The ILA "United International Seamen's Union" Local 1824, had earlier announced plans for a din­ ner-dance concurrent with publi­ cation of an advertising journal supported by its "friends" in the maritime industry at up to $100 a page. Publication in the LOG of these plans, with a review of the crimping record of Local 1824, alerted the industry with the result that it turned a deaf ear to the advertising solicitation. Since no money was coming in, the affair had to be cancelled. If, in the opinion of any member in good standing present, With this income source cut off he IS denied by this meeting any of the above-mentioned rights Local 1824 found itself in difficult he is requested to call this to the attention of the secretaryfinancial straits. It has been vir­ Attorney Benjamin B. Sterling treasurer, by registered mail, special deliver, return receipt re­ tually out of business in the foreign quested, before the next regular meeting so that the secretaryseamen's field since the Interna­ leaves New York police station treasurer will have sufficient time to submit copies of any such tional Tran.sportworkers Union after being questioned concern­ protest and a report on same to the membership at the following opened its drive on runaway-flag ing attempted murder of SIU regular membership meeting for action thereon. ships and took steps to protect Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall In order to establish whether or not there is a quorum present, foreign fiag seamen from financial last winter. will all of those members in good standing please hold their books shakedowns by the ILA affiliate. up so that they can be counted. to unseat Hall in the SIU election. The membership count shows that there is a quorum present. Seek Fast Buck Hall defeated White by a vote of Therefore, this meeting will now come to order. 5,854 to 266. At latest report Alsop and his 'The first point on the agenda tonight will be the election of The trials have been held up partners have turned for quick officials for this meeting. until one of the defendents. Steely cash to the platform and warehouse field. Alsop is now working with White, a brother of Ray White, can ILA Local 205 in the warehouse be located. Ben Sterling Witness industry. Local 205 shares offices Important witnesses in the case with Local 1824. will be James Cobb, confessed Oddly enough, Alsop's participa­ triggerman who has been found tion in Local 205 was signalled by guilty and sentenced to five to a rash of quickie tie-ups, followed seven years, and Ne^v York attorney by equally quick settlements in­ Benjamin B. Sterling. The latter SAN FRANCISCO—Co-workers and fellow members in the volving some kind of "understand­ is reported to have told the grand Sailors Union of the Pacific mourned the death this week of ing" between the employers and jury and Bergen County, New the ILA. Working with Alsop in Jersey, police authorities that he A. J, Pawlick; 3rd patrolman in the SUP headquarters port. this new field, is George Barone, handled at least $27,000 of the Pawlick passed away on-Tues­ vice-president of Local 1824. Peo­ more than $40,000 in funds which day, July^ 18, at St. Francis patrolman shortly after the end of ple in the industry familiar with ILA President Bradley reportedly hospital. He was 44 years of World War II and was working in Barone'& past activities have been gave White and his associates in age. His wife, Mrs. F. Pawlick, that capacity up until his fatal ill­ dubious of his new "union" role. the last campaign. survives him. ness. Meanwhile, former Tampa Authorities have also quoted Pawlick was a veteran SUP Funeral services took place on SIU port agent Ray White and Cobb as saying that Sterling was to member of 21 years standing, join­ Thursday, July 20 from St. Pat­ other defendants are still awaiting have paid him the balance of his ing the union in the big year of its rick's Cathedral in San Francisco. trial on charges of conspiracy to fee after completion of the murder i-evival, 1934, and participating in Burial was at Holy Cross Ceme­ assassinate SIU Secretary-Treas­ assignment. Stei'ling has since the 1934 and 1936 sti'ikes as well tery. urer Paul Hall. White, along with been reportedly connected with as other major SUP beefs down A delegation from the SUP, as Alsop and Higgs, received heavy the ILA's phony seamen's union through the years. well as other SIU representatives, financing by the ILA in an effort and ship maintenance rig. He started serving the union as attended the services. A. J. Pawlick, SUP Patrolman Seafarer Puts Indian Fakir To Severest Trial '50-50'Is US Baigain -Shelley WASHINGTON—The great value of the US merchant ma­ rine to the US economy and the low cost of "50-50" operations were stressed by Representative John Shelley (Dem.-Cal.) at a recent address at American Uni­ versity. . . In dealing with !'50-50" he de- Congressman Shelley bunked arguments that the law made any significant increase in cost of transporting agi'icultural surplus. Most of the cargo is carried on scheduled liners whose rates are the same as their foreign flag competitors. The remainder would be carried on US and foreign tramps at a total transport cost of $15.3 million. The Congressman emphasized that US tramps would receive just $8.5 million of this and foreign tramps the remainder. The spread of $1.7 million in a $700 million program is a very small fraction and, in his view, a cheap way of supporting a US tramp fleet. With­ drawal of "50-50" he stated, would be followed by an immediate rise in foreign tramp rates, so that no money savings would be involved. Big Purchaser Speaking of the merchant marine as a whole, Shelley pointed to its consumption of $55 million worth of food annually, its employment for many thousands of Americans and its purchases of millions of items of stores. Since foreign ships do virtually all their storing overseas, loss of the US merchant fleet market would be a serious blow to the US. As to the importance of foreign trade, the Congressman spoke of the $1 billion or more each year in automobile exports, and the huge quantities of wheat, cotton, tobacco, rice, soy beans and meat products sent abroad each year. He also cited the nation's Korean experience during which 80 per­ cent of cargoes moved on US ships. Without US shipping, he warned, the nation would have suffered a terrible defeat in that arena. - Make Cheeks To 'SIV-A&C ..... i- ^ Indian fakir (shirtless) prepares bed of broken glass as prelude to bis •trong-man act on bp^d Steel frabriiatpr in Calcutta IwrbdV Protected only by pillow under bead and on chest, fakir lies on broken gilass while supporting |$Qkpound 36S.poHnd .^ Here's rest of Hand, 2nd electrician on . tlje ship. Seafarer HaRd; was ''straight : man" fop fajtir'# a^t 4^ I wlulf thilp 'HKJtprik ' c r-"'!! /[.'I'd t !>•'iV; , (! \ '5 W-v' •' a.: mJ;, Seafarers mailing in checks or money orders to the Union to cover dues payments are urged to be siu-e to make all of them payable to the SIU-A&G District. Some Seafarers have sent in checks and money orders in the names of individual headquar­ ters officials. This makes for a problem in bookkeeping ybieh can bO" avoided if riiecks are the Ulden ittrectiyi " • �Inly 22,195S SEAFARERS LOG Pmf Fir* Shipping Rise Continues^ Best Since End Of 1953 Bolstered by an increase in new jobs gained by the Union in recent weeks, shipping for Seafarers throughout the Atlantic and Gulf District broke all records of the past 19 months as 1,416 SIU men were dispatched to jobs during the past two weeks. The shipping figur^ for the *• period compared very favor the last 12 months and all but six personnel still scarce. ABs in de­ ably with a total .registration of the 15 ports throughout the Dis­ mand. . .PHILADELPHIA: Hold­ of 1,353 for all ports within the trict showed marked increases, ing its own but future imcertain District. The peak shipping was was reflected in the large number . . .BALTIMORE: Very good. Was the best recorded since December, of class C men able to obtain jobs even hard-pressed for a time due during the period. to activity in Norfolk. . .NOR­ 1953. The boom for class C men indi­ FOLK: Port cleaned out; almost Generally, shipping has been cated a lack of class A and class B half jobs went to class C. improving steadily in recent men in all the ports involved, par­ SAVANNAH: Getting better; weeks, thanks to the all-out organ­ ticularly in New York, Norfolk two payoffs due. . .MIAMI: Hold­ izing effort put forth by the SIU and Seattle, which, together ac­ ing own; shipping and registration Organizing Department at head­ counted for three-fourths of the ran even. . .TAMPA: Still slow; quarters.' Few weeks have passed class C shipping. not expecting anything . . . MO­ without the signing of a couple of BILE: shipping stronger . . . NEW Class A is 2-1 new ships or companies to add to ORLEANS: Holds well; oirtlook Mobile Ship Repair, Inc., a newly-organized firm, signs con­ the existing total of contracted A breakdown of the figures still good. Eight payoffs due. tract with SlU-affiliated Marine Allied Workers covering 300 companies and jobs. showed class A shipping running LAKE CHARLES: Backlog on workers. Signing are company president John P. Lappington almost two to one ahead of class New York Record B. Percentagewise, class A ac­ beach cleaned up; nearly twice as (left) and SlU-MAW representative Louis Neira. Looking on are Bert T. Kimbrougn, vice-pres. and Max Harrison, in­ The latest figures, in which the counted for 57 percent of the 1,416 many shipped as registered. . . headquarters port of^ New York^ total, class B for 31 percent and HOUSTON: Dead; little in pros­ dustrial relations counsel for the firm, which purchased yard recorded its best performance of class C for 12 percent. A further pect. Try elsewhere. . .WILMING­ "from Waterman SS Corp. sign of the record activity showed TON; Dropped off a bit; shipping, class B shipping during the period registration run even. . .SAN running well ahead of regist^tion FRANCISCO: Still good despite in that seniority group. decline; shipping never problem Port totals show'ed New York, here for Class A men . . . SEAT­ Norfolk with TLE: Terrific; had to call on San MOBILE—Purchase of the Waterman Ship Repair Yard by a newly-formed Mobile corpo­ Baltimore and ration was followed almost immediately last week by signing of a contract with the SlU-affili- marked rises in shipping activity Francisco and Wilmington. ated Marine Allied Workers guaranteeing top wages and working conditions to more than during tlie two-week period, while Philadelphia, Savannah and Mo­ 300 men presently employed ' bile continued to maintain their will be extended by the new own­ mutual respect for the interests improved position after long pe­ in the yard. d welfare of all parties repre- riods spent in the doldrums. Bos­ The shipbuilding facility, ers, wsaid John P. Lappington, for­ which has a hiring potential of mer Waterman yard manager who iented at the bargaining table. We ton also showed what amounted to •pioaS4/iDS 3,600 men at peak operation, was stepped up to become head of the intend to run this yard for the 500 percent imp ovement over •VOUABS tn purchased from the Waterman new corporation. The SlU-affili- benefit of the men out in the yard. its previous report. On the other iou Steamship Corp. by the new Mo­ ated MAW, which represents 80 We firmly believe that is the way hand, Houston almost dried up bile Ship Repair Inc. Principal percent of the men now em­ to produce the kind of work that completely, shipping only seven officers and stockholders of the ployed, was the first to enter into will promote expansion of our men in two weeks. Side by side, nwipft new corporation are former Wa­ a contract with the new owners. operations in accordance with the the two clearly demonstrate the Other unions represented in the plans of the new corporation." terman employees of the yard. feast or famine" nature of the FtAtt GerixK Contracts existing between Wa­ Waterman yard were the AFL Ma­ SIU port agent Cal Tanner was shipping industry today. ColYffoVi terman and the four unions rep­ chinists, Sheet Metal Workers and enthusiastic over prospects for the The following is the port to port CFtue resenting personnel in the yard Boilermakers. yard under its new ownership. picture right now: AfeW 'Best In Relations' ''We are enjoying perfect rela­ BOSTON: Picked up substan­ wim "After all we always have en­ tions with the new management in tially; outlook still only fair. . . PMV joyed the best of relations with every way," Tanner said. "Our NEW YORK: Broke wide open the union representatives of. em­ SIU-MAW members are drawing with best .shipping in 12 months. eiu I ployees of the yard," Lappington top wages in comparison with All ratings moving out except MAtlf said. "Our contractual relation­ other shipyards in the GuK area." chief stewards; engine department ship, in which the SIU has played a leading part, has resulted in stable employment for men in the yard at most favorable wage rates and working conditions. "In seven years we have not had a strike or work stoppage and our JUNE 29 THROUGH JULY 12 WASHINGTON—Construe, contract negotiations with union tion of an atom-powered ship representatives always have been Registered designed for commerical op­ carried on in an atmosphere of Port Deck £ng. Deck Eng. Stew. Stew. Total Total Total A B A B B Reg. B A A eration has been approved by the 25 6 13 8 10 8 48 70 22 House of Representatives. The 104 23 77 37 64 19 245 79 324 proposal now goes to the Senate • 32 7 16 7 12 60 9 23 83 for furthey action. Baltimore 50 33 38 24 30 13 118 70 188 The ship approved by .the House 19 12 14 10 11 9 44 31 75 would be an experimental pas­ 12 2 6 3 4 1 21 7 28 Miami 3 senger-cargo combination with a 5 3 . 0 8 5 14 10 24 4 1 3 3 6 3 13 7 20 newly-designed atomic reactor. It 33 10 23 27 83 2 2 14 97 would differ considerably from the 46 12 42 10 42 130 6 28 158 "atom peace" ship proposed by the Lake Charles 7 6 5 11 6 8 17 43 26 Administration and rejected by the 18 5 25 10 47 4 11 26 73 House. 6 3 3 4 4 5 13 12 2S The latter ship would have been 16 15 14 15 10 12 45 37 82 built for propaganda purposes and 18 11 6 11 9 8 26 37 63 LAKE CHARLES — h i s Eng. Eng. Stew. Deck Deck Stew. Total Total Total not for commercial operation as it may be summertime but you B B B Reg. A A A B A would have been used as a floating can't tell it by watching the 385 288 153 159 251 117 924 429 1353 museum of atomic energy exhibits. tankers. Summer is usually the As proposed by the Administration slack season .in the tanker trade, Shipped the ship would have been built but in the past two weeks this port Eng. stew. stew. Stew. Total Total Total Total Deck Eng. Deck Deck around the same type of atomic enjoyed a shipping boom with the Port B -C A B A B Ship. C A B A C reactor as used in the submarine tankwagons piling in from all Boston 5 3 7 5 7 0 ... 6 0 0 16 33 12 5 Nautilus. This rdactor is admit­ sides. 86 37 18, 64 New York 20 29 16 8 262 86 390 42 3 16 8 14 2 4 4 1 52 15 7 74 tedly not practical for regular Port agent Leroy Clarke reports Philadelphia 39 27 ... 57 7 10 31 24 Baltimore 29 2 127 80 226 19 commercial operation. that, contrary to the usual summer­ Norfolk 10 6 14 7 7 7 15 33 20 11 40 93 Years Away time pattern of slow activity, he Savannah 7 3 4 3 6 7 0 0 28 14 3 45 In any case, an atomic-powered really had to beat the bushes to Miami 1 0 5 1 1 0 11 1 9 10 23 2 merchant ship is believed to be come up'with enough men^for the Tampa 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 4 0 7 several years away. Even if the 11 tankers and one dry cargo ship Mobile 18 23 15 0 9 0 22 0 66 46 0 112 Senate approves the House bill at that called at the port and the New Orleans 28 13 37 11 106 20 1 1 2 44 4 154 this session and funds are appro­ nearby termmals of Port Arthur Lake Charles 7 0 20 19 26 2 5 10 2 55 4 79 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 0 0 7 priated, construction of a prototype and Orange, Texas. One cause for Houston 0 0 3 6 2 3 1 7 10 2 4 26 9 vessel would take an estimated all the activity was the crewing up V/ilmington 8 0 9 6 0 27 12 1 9 26 1 54 five, years or' more.. A new atomic of the Chiwawa, a Cities Service San Francisco ....... ... 12 16 12 8 6 9 29 34 9 9 12 30 93 power plant would have to be de- ship which came out of the ship­ Seattle Eng. Enj. Deck Deck Stew. stew. Stew. Total Total Total Total Deck I'li -.Ay W.B. ^ •? , .'w-rv- -.y; B A B C A B Ship. C . C yard well ahead of' the tanker ... 337 130 40 794 165 239 • 218 Totals ...... i,..... 52 161 74 456 166 1416 ship. . shipping season. SlU-MAW Signs New Yard Owners "53 " 'w •i-I ^EAIEFir^ s&mas New Atomic Ship Voted By House Tanker Biz Still Peps Lake Chas. Ik «!•!.t •*. -.1, r '•> I •J •M •..•Hi �Page Six •k-. 'r- Happy Family Group in New Orleans At home in between trips, Seafarer Max Pitre takes time out to pose with family for LOG photographer. Big, husky-look­ ing Carlos, 2, on father's knee, is "chip off the old block" in every sense of the expression. Max Pitre Jr., 7, at left, shows marked resemblance to mother. si"- I Boston's Port Planning Stalled By Legislature BOSTON—Legislative hearings on Governor Christian Herter's plan for an all-inclusive Massachusetts Port Author­ ity are likely to recess without any definite recomirtendations this session, due to the scope of the 150-page draft of the can study all phases of the port proposed law. plan during the summer and then .A recent all-day session of the report back to the legislature at House Committee on Ways and the next session. Means on the plan failed to come Minimum To Rise up with any positive conclusions, In other action, the House itself partly due to the fact that few has approved a 90-cent-an-hour port representatives were in evi­ minimum wage for Massachusetts, dence at the hearing. which would become effective 30 Those who did appear, including days after Congres raises the na­ some union repre sentatives, tional minimum. seemed unable to agree on the On the matter of shipping, SIU proposals, with testimony divided Port Agent James Sheehan report­ shout half and half pro and con. ed an unexpected upsurge in local It now seems likely that the activity, which represented statis­ committee will turn over the tically a 500 percent increase in whole idea to a recess group which shipping 'over the previous period. LOG Proud holder of the highest scholarship award ever won by a Roosievelit High School graduate, late, Constance Cole, of Yonkers, New York, is now busily preparing for entrance into the J.1. ^ —^ X* X. uu «« .a ^ — liberal arts college of the University of Connecticut. If all goes welllwiss ColV^wiFl be back in Yonkers in a few years! from now as a teacher in one training In either math or lan­ of the city's high schools. guages. Constance is the daughter of One aspect of the SIU Scholar­ Seafarer John Cole, ship Plan that she particularly When the good news came on likes Ik the freedom of choice it Tuesday, June 21, gives to winners. after weeks of "I've found that many of the anxious waiting, other scholarships have so many it hit with the strings attached to them that-very force of a block­ few students have a chance. -You buster. "I was so either have to study a certain sub­ dumfounded," she ject, come from a certain group or said, "that the go to a certain college. , telephone opera­ "With the Union scholarship 1 tor had to read can go to any school of my choice the telegram to and specialize in the subject I like me three times best. There are very few scholar­ before I really understood, what it ships I ever heard of which are was about. nearly as liberal both as to condi­ "All I could say when I called tions and money as the Union the Welfare Plan office was 'thank plan." you,' 'thank you'," she recalled. The studious 18-year-old is thg younger of two children of Cole, Constance Cole who is now riding the Seatrain New York. Her older brother, of the country's large indus­ Bruce, also had time on SIU ships trial concerns with its home plant before entering the Army. in Yonkers makes a sizable annual Miss Cole admitted that as the award to one of the city's school date for the scholarship awards graduates. approached the tension had been The Cole family has lived in pretty heavy. In the balance was Yonkers for the past dozen years, the question of whether or not shq would be able to complete plans and home at the present time is a for a college education and all that pleasant tree-shaded garden apart­ ment in the city's Lincoln Park SAN FRANCISCO — This went with it. residential section. Connie had all port handled the first depen­ Cover Basic Expense her schooling in the Hudson River dents benefits claim on the "The annual tuition at the uni­ city, which is an occasional port West Coast when Brother Cecil versity is $500," she said, "so the of call for SIU ships making the Gates received payment of hospital scholarship will be ample enough grain run to Albahy. and surgical benefits for his wife's to cover all the basic school and recent illness. Language Flair living expenses. Otherwise it Both Gates and his wife were In high school she showed an pleased as punch with the new would have been a real financial immediate flair for foreign' lan­ benefit which, as he put it, was a problem." Principal Hugh D. Maclntyre of guages and mathematics, becoming "tremendous help" in meeting the Roosevelt High School was over­ accomplished enough to tutor less emergency expense. joyed that one of his students successful students in those sub­ The shipping picture on the should take down such a grand jects. West Coast continues to be satis­ prize. Although the school is an *When not busy with her schdo^ factory even though this particu­ old one with a fine academic tradi­ books she likes to paint in oils ancT lar port suffered a letdown fi-ora tion and is one of the largest in is proficient at the piano keyboard. the previous two weeks' activity; Westchester County, no scholarship Her present plans call for two Port agent ; Leon "Blondie" award won by any previous school years' study in the liberal arts Johnson was optimistic about the graduate came clo.se to the $6,000 college at the university, after future and saw no reason why tlie figure of the SIU scholarship; which she intends to go into the shipping prosperity for SIU men this despite the fact, that one school of education for teacher here should not continue. • SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Don't Got Over Your Head On Higli-Rate IVSortgage - July 22,1955 §117 Award Tops In >^ehool luUH uuLLAR'S WORTH ifr- ife SEAFARERS Coast Pays Its Rrst Family $$ IVrltten for on buying paid $2,000 down, and got a 20-year mortgage with month­ ready in existence. ly payment of $63, his total repayment will be only $15,000. Until enough homeowners get to understand what's For non-vets, the high interest bill caused by high-rate, happening, and compel both a return to the lower in­ The high-interest, tiny-down-payment, very long-term long-tei-m mortgage is even greater since they pay five terest rates in existence before 1953, and a reduction in mortgages in effect the past two years have proved to be percent on FHA mortgages. the FHA premium rate, here are policies that can help a bonanza for lenders and builders, and even the Gov­ Of course, not everyone has $2,000 to put down on a you protect yourself: ernment is actually making a profit out of them, but they house, but the above example demonstrates,how much 1—Shop for the lowest interest rate you can get in may well prove to be a future headache for home buyers. you must pay for interest under the present plan. Espe­ your area. Generally interest rates are a little lower in Two years ago the Government raised the rate on VA cially in the early years, the interest portion of your mortgages to 4V2 percent from the former 4 percent rate, monthly payment is so high that the equity you are sup- - large cities than small towns. In large developments of houses, the buider has generally already arranged and on FHA mortgages to 5 percent, from the former posed to be building up, barely keeps up with the de­ new the mortgages and the terms. But if any vai-iation is pos­ 43/i percent tariff. But at the same time, the raise in in­ preciation of the house. For example, after'five yeai-s you sible, remember the long-run financial advantage of mak­ terest rates was made temporarily painless by stretching have paid $3,660 over to the lender at the rate of $61 a ing at least some down payment and/or shortening the out the period of repayment to as long as 30 years, and month, but your mortgage debt has • been reduced only period of repayment to less than the 30-year term. culting the down payment to nothing at all in many cases, $1,000. At the end of ten years, your monthly payments Insist On No-Penalty Prepay and only as little as five or ten percent of the price of add up to over $7,300, but you have only $2,400 of equity, In any case, be sure your mortgage contract includes the house in many others. and by that time depreciation has reached the point where the right of prepayment without penalty so you can pre­ Other Prices Drop you now have to buy heating system replacements, pos­ pay, and reduce your interest cost, as you accumulate But While this painless method of extracting more sibly-a new roof and other costly components of a house. spare funds. Remember that the bank that charges you money from home buyers has been a potent force behind Lenders Can't Lose 4'A!-5 percent for your mortgage pays 4'ou only % per­ the present boom in home-building, it has saved builders There is no need for these high interest rates when cent interest on your own savings. from pressure to trim price tags on houses as prices have the lenders are insured against loss by Government agen­ Ironically, while many banks do now permit prepay­ been trimmed on furniture, clothing and other goods in cies. In fact, even the Government is making a nice profit ment without penalty, FHA itself insists on a penalty pay­ this period, and it has added a new burden for home buy­ out of the^lan. The homeowner, not the lender, pays the ment if owners prepay. ers. The country's total mortgage debt now is the highest FHA a premium of one-half of 1 pei'cent on the reducing 2—Don't go over your head on today's higher-priced in history. It equalled at the end of last year 30 percent balance of the mortgage to insure the lender against loss houses. Lenders and sellers tend to say you can afford of all our disposable income. In time of defiation this if the homeowner can't keep, up the payments. FHA also monthly carrying charges, including taxes and insurance, debt could be a danger, but even without inflation, it is collects a premium of l',-^ percent from the true interest equal to one week's Income. According to them, you could causing many families to spend a disproportionate amount rate of ten percent,'homeowners must pay for FHA mod­ afford a monthly payment of $75 if your take-home pay of their income for housing. ernization loans. So profitable are these large premiums is $75 a week. This rule is both obsolete and risky in an Take a veteran who buys a $12,000 house with no down charged homeowners, that FHA has not only been able era when food often commands 30 percent oFa family's payment on a 30-year percent mortgage. The monthly to pay all its expenses, but by last year had accumulated income. It's, safer-to keep your ihonthly payments to,pot payments are only $61.. .But by the end of the 3Q years a surplus of $27 million, with a much larger sura forth-,... .morie than 20 pe,r«ent of income, when^you consider you' ^e repays a total of |^'2,0pO,jtaQlu^pg .tb9. j[nj|^st.rl£: be> v<?eomio« fiora''.p»emiuhw lt;iwlUj,emUect'^on^'^^ alr»'''«'«lso.Tntlst paj^Wfti'el i¥«d^t%^a!'rs!:® " ' �- -. • ^,. ,,,^,f :n\SffS^ V ,i, -t^e JIAN (Bull), May IS—Chairman, W. Moedyi Saeratary, K. Hatslmliloa. More cooperation ia needed on the washing machlna from the'ofUcers. old one. All the passageways were painted, and the mate said that he would get to the decks of the crew's quarters as soon, as possible. LBWIS BMBRY JR. (Victory Car­ riers), April 24^hslrmsn, C. Lawson; Secretary, V. Harding. Any DEL SUD fMliSlsslppI), May • — Chairman, J. Lae; Secretary, O. Mat­ ting. Brother Perkins read an article from the itiOG about :the using of carbon tet. Ship's treasurer-reported S153.90 In the ship's fund and S508.60 in the Del Sud Annual Picnic Fund. crewmember giving harsh treatment to the new washing machine and new mattresses will be dealt with strongly. All outstanding beefs are receiving attention. The ship's delegate stated that he hopes this will be a quieter t^lp, and there will be no further Interference from the master on mat­ ters best left to department heads. ROBIN L0CK8LEY (Seat Shipping), May 10—Chairman, W. Lawton; Sec­ retary, W. Trolls. The pantryman was told to get on the ball concern­ ing juices. He was told to make sui# they are put In the chill box the day YORKMAR (Calmer), -May U — Chairman, R. Morgan; .Secretary, R. McNeil. Discussion.on the coming In­ creases of the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the new hiring system. ROBIN DONCASTER (Seat Ship­ ping), May 13—Chairman, J. Atherton; Secretary, M. Whale. Discussion re­ garding licensed personnel using washing machine in latmdry. Crew decided by a hand vote that -the officers should be permitted the use of the laundry faculties Mondays from 7:30 AM tUl 9 PM. . MARIE HAMILL (Bloomfleld), May 19—Chairman, C. Hemby; Secretary, C. Berg. Steward will put up a sug­ gestion box If the fellows wlU use.lt seriously and not foolishly. Crew voted to accept resolutjdnsi on :new SlU seniority system and position taken by AFL unions In ;CAMU dis­ pute. before serving. Resolutions en the new SlU hiring program and action taken by AFL unions in SAMU dis­ pute were read, discussed, and acted upon. Crew voted-~to accept. MARCARETT BROWN (Bloomfleld), May 1—Chairman, E. seetey; Secre­ tary, R. Menerall. Suggestion made to keep crew's pantry locked while in port and to leave key with man on gangway watch. SANTORE (Ore), May 19-^halrman, P. Fox; Secretary, J. Van Sant. The beef regarding the work of the man that missed the ship was settled to the satisfaction of all concerned. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Chairman, S. Fridich; Secretary, G. Kaufman. All members in agreement that plan of patrolmen meeting ship each time it is in New York is a very good idea. Crewmembers were asked not to remove communications from bulletin board. The mate wiU be contacted about putting a giass cover on the. board. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), May 15—Chairman, J. Molendez; Sec­ retary, S. Johnson. A headquarters representative boarded the ship last trip in New York and spoke on new gains in welfare benefits just granted to all Seafarers. An aerial for the radio was purchased. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), May 19—Chairman, J. Allen; Secretary, R. Goldstein. Several crewmembers dis­ cussed the retirement plan and sug­ gested that it be dropped to 50 years of age. If possible. Headquarters re­ port was read and accepted. , PAIRISLE (Waterman), May S— Chairman, F. Shale; ..Secretary, C. Wood. Chief cook asked for the co­ operation of the entire crew as far as the menus are concerned, and not- to keep complaints to themselves. The secretary -treasurer's report . fromheadquarters was read. DEL MAR (Mitslkslppl), April 10— Chairman, E. Caudlii; Secretary, H. Gardes. Taik on getting movies for next trip from donations. Resolutions on new hiring program and position taken by the AFL union on CAMO issue read at a special meeting in New Orleans and crew - accepted 100 percent. ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa), May IS —Chairman, A. Aaron; Secretary, F. Vortkamp. Motion made by Brother Clem to accept headquarters reports and thank the officials for contracting a new company to the SIU. DEL MAR (Mississippi), May 15— Chairman, E. Caudlii; Secretary, V. Romoio. Brother Anderson thanked crew for donation given to him when he was hospitaUzed in Santos. A vote of thanks was given to the ship's delegate for an exceptionally good job. Motion made and carried to com­ bine picnic and part}^ funds with the ship's fund and make up the differ­ ence in monies for extra movies. OCEAN BETTY (Mariisme Overseas), May 13—Chairman, M. Hitchcock; Sec­ retary, M. Fallon. Ship's delegate re­ ported a beef with the chief engineer concerning palatability of water taken on In Djibouti. Water ivas run through the evaporator before. domestic use. MICHAEL (Carras), May 19—Chair­ man, F. Israel; Secretary, D. Nagy. A STEEL AGE (Isthmian), May ItChairman, L. Johnson; Secretary, F. Langley. All previous communica­ tions and reports were acted upon and maiied. -vote of thanks was given to the ship's delegate for, a fine job-done. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), May 10—Chairman,. M. Magai; Secretary, P. Faulkner. - Discussion on air-con­ ditioning for ships making Persian Gulf and other tropical runs. Dis­ cussion held on travelers checks and crew went on record to oppose same due to difficulties in exchanging them. Crew adopted resolution on the new seniority system and were In complete agreement with AFL unions in CAMU dispute. INES (Bull), June 1—Chairman, H. Long; Secretary, J. Murphy. • Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur with welfare communication 100 percent. WESTPORT (Arthur), May 19— Chairmau, L. ' Richardson; Secretary, J. Laver. Reports and- communications were accepted as read. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), May 20—Chairman, J. Faireloth; Secretary, P. Patrick. Discus­ sion on maritime issues. The ship's delegate went to see the mate about, list of ship. Captain said it couldn't be straightened out because of stability. May 21—Chairman, J. Faircloth; Secretary, P. Patrick. ; Latest reports and communications from SIU were read and discussed. ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), April 1« —Chairman, S. Morris; Secretary, J. Nelson. All communications were read...also some articles from the last issue of the SEAFARERS LOG. OCEAN DEBORAH (Ocean Tranaportation). May 30—Chairman, L. Snodgrass; Secretary, R. Hernandez. One man missed ship at sailing time. One wiper promoted to fireman. Everything running smooth. QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Seatrade), June 10—Chairman, J. Beresford; Sec­ retary, R.. Griggs. Motion made and carried unanimously to accept all headquarters communications. ROBIN TUXFORD (Seas Shipping), No date—Chairman, J. Oisen; Secre­ tary, J. Myers. Communications from headquarters posted, read, accepted and concurred. JRiiw-Smua SIU VJtfor In S-Year Battle For Unemployment Pay Bights An SIU victory protecting the right of Seafarers to collect unemployment insurance in New York State was fully upheld when the State Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the SIU's ,60-day shipping rule. .The Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed a favorable ruling of the State's Appellate Dlvl-> ^^ slon that the 60-day rule was case under the old permit shipping (in this instance the 60-day rule) system, was against the Calmar was fair, reasonable and just. fair, reasonable and just. That started the procedure all The ruling, an outgrowth of a Steamship Company. For all prac­ tical purposes the ruling no longer over- -again. The Unemployment has any bearing on SIU Shipping, Insurance Appeals Board and the since under the new seniority sys­ Appellate Division ruled in favor tem all SIU companies have agreed of the Union. Now the Court of to the 60-day rule as a contract Appeals, the state's highest court, provision. The 60-day rule now has affirmed that ruling. applies to men with B and C Calmar has one appeal left if it seniority ratings. so desires, to the US Supreme The Calmar challenge to the old Court.' The appeal would be aca­ SIU permit system began back in demic as far as Seafarers. are con-. December, 1949, when a permit- cerned because of the fact that man left the SS Calmar under the Calmar itself- is now a signatory 60-day rule. Since New York State party to the 60-day rule. Legal au­ SEATTLE—Once again the has a merit-rating system, under thorities consider it' doubtful, in crewing up of a newly-signed which companies with good em­ any event, that the Supreme Court SIU ship helped keep this port ployment records pay leas to the would overturn the action of the booming along. This week it was unemployment fuml, Calmar chal­ New York courts in this instance. the Mohican of Trans-Oceanic lenged the permitman's unemploy­ which came out of lay-up and took ment benefits claim. It was widely recognized a full crew here, adding to a very throughout the industry that this favorable shipping picture. Five in-transit ships also took a challenge was an effort by Calmar good number of men with the re­ to save unemployment tax money sult that other West Coast ports and deny benefits to permitmen, had to be called upon to fill ratings thus putting a squeeze on the which were not available in Seattle. Union's 60-day rule. In the first test of the case the Further, port agent Jeff Gillette is looking forward to more of the unemployment insurance referee same in the future with two more ruled in favor of the permitman payoffs scheduled in addition to and the SIU on the ground that two which came in the past two- under the New York State law, BALTIMORE — Seaiarers week period and are expected to compliance with union rules on manning ships out of this port jobs does not disqualify a man for go out again. cjoing a topnotch job, Obviously, with this kind of a benefits. Calmar carried this are judging from the smooth-running phase of the case tb the Unem­ shipping picture, rated men should vessels that have been hitting this have no, problem at all getting out ployment Insurance Appeals area recently. With shipping bust­ Board, the Appellate Division and of here. To add to this pleasant outlook, the Court of Appeals. The latter ing out all over in the port and a heavy work load to handle, port Gillette reports that there are no court upheld the provision of the agent Earl Sheppard reports a bare State law on union rules but said pending beefs, so that Seattle is a minimum of beefs and trouble. a determination should he made "very smooth port with good as to whether the rule in question Considering that the port han­ weather and good shipping." dled 12 payoffs, 11 sign-ons- and 20 in-transits, the performance of Seafarers on this large number of ships "shows fine cooperation," Payment of cash benefits to Seafarers under the SIU's hospital the port agent said. He added, and surgical henefif plan for Seafarers' families will be speeded "The brothers manning these ships up considerably if the Welfare Plan has copies of Seafarers' mar­ are to be congratulated on the su­ riage certificates and birth certificates for their children. perb job they are doing." The marriage certificates and children's birth certificates are StOl Favorable needed to establish' proof of eligibility under the Plan. If Sea­ farers have photostats of these documents made and turn-them in While future shipping prospects to the nearest Union oflfice, it will eliminate delays In payment continue favorable, the port agent of benefits. warned that the past two week All documents will go into the Seafarer's personal file at the period was on the exceptional side office of the Welfare Plan and are strictly confidential. and should not be taken as a sample of what to expect. Almost a dozen different companies con­ tributed to the port's activity giv­ ing plenty of choice to the Sea­ farers there. Baltimore, port patrolman AI Stansbury is out of action for a while because of illness, but is ex­ pected to he hack in harness in the near future. Seattle Job Boom Seen Continuing Busy Balto Cheers Top SIU Crews Certificates Speed Welfare $ $ Pakistani Visitor Briefed On Shipping Speak Out At SiU Meetings SANDCAPTAIN (Const. Aggrag.), June 5—Chairman, J. Barron; Secre­ tary, A. Ferrara. Nevy bulletin board Installed for posting Union business. LOG supplement on new welfare bene­ fits on file and may be referred to at any time. Motion made, seconded and carried that If semi-monthly draw is not accompanied with statement It is to be refused and returned to Maracaibo office. No one to accept this draw untU cleared through ship's delcgftto. ROBIN TUXFORD (Seas Shipping), May 1—Chairman, D. Furman; Secret tary, J. Hewlson. Ship's delegate was given an opportunity to resign, which he refused to do. He insisted on making a speech before the meeting started and was given five minutes, in which time he gave crew a resiune of his union activities In 1940. Spe­ cific charges against this crewmember will be brought before olir shore officials in writing. May 14—Chairman, Hewlson; Sec­ 8EAM0NIT0R (Excslslor), April 4 retary, D. Furman. This crew is 100 —Chairman, J. Fulton; Secretary, C, perceht in back of Harry Lundeberg Poster. Communications from head­ in his stand against Joe Curran. and quarters accepted and concurred in. his vicious attack against Lundeberg. Steward suggested that officers have All notices and letters will be posted their union representative check in both PO mess and crew mess hall stores to see that vessel is stared ac­ so that all members, may have an op­ cording to union specifications. portunity to read Siune. Juns 4—Chairman, P. Macfolak; Sae­ May 20---Chairman,: D.: .Furman;. Sec­ ratary, C. Foster. Minor beefs to bs retary, J. Hewlson. Reports and com­ squared away , at payoff, and to have munications were, read and accepted Union contact company to , square py membership. - Motion made by Ol­ away mall. aervlce. . All comihunlcason to accept all. reports Bs..giveni.by tions read -and accepted. Vote of boarding patrolmen and to give a thanks given to cooks and that.anypna vote: of thanks So Union. - aboard ahlp-wlth Leroy .Jackson, chief cook sQd.jUan Williams, night.cook '.CHJLORB (Ore), May,JS-T«balrnian, > smd bakar..ar« rsallr in for a .traat. P. Ammondt; Saeratary, S..Pulford. A rppalr ,llst..wiU. be.>!nud» up, and band. SIATRAIN: MEW - YORK ISaatrain), i od In at leapt &ye days bafora, payoff June. 10-^hptnman,- P. Prlnc*;, Sacra.;So:S|iat,,soiBa •f'tha<Toaa|rs,oan:dM ^«ary, T. -d^sar. >%4tian ma^ And ' taken eara. The-new waahlng.machine catrlad to accapt apd, wmcpr ^grtth » came aboard and tha of^^fri^ |iot,-oi|W ^aadquiw^ara commwdaimaM,. . 1 '''^f -K. M. Ilyas. assistant geoarai teeeatary of tha'Saafarars ^ed> ffrafion of Pakistan, gais raviaw df ^iU ra^iitration and re4faiitf4iihk>ping procadtin from haadaimH«Ps^iMif^d^>^ A» -Franclty" Michalafi , Under the unzoa constitu­ tion every member attending a Union meeting is entitled to nominate himself for the elected posts to be filled at the meeting—chairman, read"ing clerk and recording secre­ tary. Your Union urges you to take an. active part in meet­ ings by taking these posts of service. And, of course, all members have the right to take the floor and express their opinions on any officer's report or issue ; under discussion. Seafarers are urged .to kit the deck at these meetings and let their shipmates .knoyr A^hafs on their minds. - '''f; �SEAFARERS Pace Elfbt Jolsr 82,. 195& LOG .../ , . v-^'>-•• ^'' . •'> ^•""^•^ - • - -^ •-" v''":•#•'r";: V" -• ^" If.:' i:'u:-s:< i-> ••-•' . ^.•'••i-Jil.'-y v.-',•; yt- -- " •\. jw . K-' i'. -. .-••if V;, • • .ir'. •, . i-,>. t -;iy • .-W''; .. • • •f • " y;.'V.••>?,•>;>i:H.; SK 'iyS•.;••'• '' '\ ''/if'-"-'" r,fl":I^;y.'-.,"f '.yyy-r,'. ^ :y' t:7 -7. ^ l' :v7--i; ' i -, . • S ' •..:<•* • : >i. i-;:-;;>^... iu.. 1. i.. :' j- 7 !• •; f. •. • 1- .., 5-' •. '; • • •,•: : •.>.''-y. - r j: Seafarers Training School . :/ f; I- [y' ?, -,- M-'V • ; 'r- ''•'. ' iJ'.;:'W.- y fc V Aboard the SIU training ship Andrew Furuseth, instructor Bill Wallace describes how to read compass to students (1-r) Clifford B. Ivey, Louis ; . "Whitey" Mqore, George Williams^, James L. Smith, Wade Russell and Arthur "Red" Witherington. All enrollees learn basic seamanship, rcr. '•ii!-'. ••H Garland Russell, OS, gets clarification of point in first aid manual from instructor Bill Wallace, veteran SIU bosun (standing). Other students in classroom (1-r) are George Bishop, Arthur Witherin^on and Louis Ik|Iopre.., Firet Aid is required, snbject for studeutf in, all departments ulong, ycith lifel^t .,tiekf^^,. v^^vr: -y';. r.. - „:. • ; •X;.^ �'1'-S .•r:..-:v'/ir- July 22, 1955 SEAFARERS Page MB* LOG Appearing on these pages are members of the first group of trainees to attend the SIU's Andrew, Furuseth Train­ ing School in Mobile, Ala­ bama/Jointly operated by the SIU and Union-contracted op­ erators under the SIU Wel­ fare Plan, the school recently graduated this first class as part of its regular two-week schedule of courses. The Furuseth school offers I training and upgradingcourses I in all three shipboard depart­ ments for men sailing SIU ships. For these purposes it utilizes the training ship An­ drew Furuseth, shpreside in­ stallations at Bayou La Batre and the engine rooms of SIU ships in Mobile harbor, when ' necessary. The SIU training school U capable of handling a maxi­ mum of 30 trainees in each two-week period of initial training or refresher. Instruc1 tors at the school are all veteran Seafarers with years of experience in their particI ular specialties. -mi All SIU training school'^aduates must qualify for'life­ boat. ticket, so George WilUamson^ James L. Smith, Wade Russell and Arthur Witherington man the oars. Boat isn't freightship size, but fundamentals and orders are the same. Instructor Wallace:^lls the orders. V Two-week training course, includes workouts on actual vessels, such as session in Alcoa Clipper engine room where SlU engine patrolman Robert Jordan (center) ex­ plains function of gauges on engine room board to stu­ dents R. H. '^lim" Orso (left) and J. Holladay. . . ^ , >- fciiiiiiiil For the Seafarer the tralnI ing school is a place where unrated men can upgrade to a rating and new men enterI ing the industry can learn the basic elements of seamanship. For the operators the training school is assurance that at all I times the SIU will be able to supply them with qualified, ' efficient crewmembers—a feat I the SIU has maintained throughout its years of. exis­ tence. , I I 1 i ^. Engaged in pulling a burner, R. H. Orsd, wiper, receives engine room instruction from Mobile patrolman Robert Jordan aboard the Alcoa Clipper. Instructors in all de­ partments are veteran seamen with years of experience in their special fields. • - 1 . I i "Cut 'em just so thick," says veteran SIU steward Cliff Taggart as he instructs Clifford B. Ivey (left) and George Williamson (center) in the art of cutting meat. They were preparing to advance their steward depart­ ment ratings to cook. •...'vsl 'A Seafarer-students crank away the boat from dockslde davit at Bayou La Batre site of the SIU's Andrew Furuseth Training .School. The group was part of the first contiugent to complete studies at the new school developed jointly by the SIU and SnJ-contrdcted steamship companies for Upgrading merchant seanun at vridi as'trailing new men eiitier4> ing the industry. TrainhBg mte.'M n^< l^l>4!K»;^<' View of the SIU training ship Andrew Furuseth in bay during recent cruise. The sleek sailing vessel, equipped with auxiliary engines, provides ideal seagoing training sit« .for>all d^arhnentSr sinca seamanship is r^idred •^eeurse fdr .' fv--'.j'V �Y-" '. ijwriiarti sM^rA REtRS %^a P«ffa TM No Saler GEORGE ROHRING, AB Bring up the subject "profeslional sailor" and Seafarer George Rohring fits the category perfectly. A saUor for 37 years, Rohring is proud of his reputation of "being able to do any job, no matter what, in the ship's deck department," as a fellow Seafarer put it. A native of Hamburg, Ger­ many, Rohring is also a veteran union man, since he has been car­ rying a union book since 1926 in the old ISU, and . since 1938 with the Sea­ Roaring: farers Interna­ tional Union. He rates as one of that handful of determined seamen who helped build the SIU to its present status. The 51-year-old Seafarer started his deepwater career out of Ham­ burg, Germany, when he was 15. It was the end of World War I and Rohring still vividly remembers the post-war inflation and revolu­ tion in which thousands died in the streets of hunger and bullets. Rohring got to the US in an odd way. In 1926 he took a German ship which had been repaired after a serious fire. The repair yard evidently didn't do the job too well because she succumbed to a hurricane her first trip out. Roh­ ring was her only survivor. Right then he took off for the US and has been sailing US ships out of Baltimore ever since. Another oddity"^in this veteran sailor's life was that he was never permitted to sail during World War II. When the war broke out he had not yet obtained citizen­ ship which meant that he was con­ sidered an enemy alien. While US ships were crying for experienced hands, Rohring worked as a rig­ ger in a Baltimore shipyard. When the war ended Rohring caught the Baton Rouge Victory out of the SIU Baltimore hall. Subsequently he squared away his troubles with Immigration and now holds US citizenship. A confirmed bachelor, Rohring claims he will never retire as long as he can make it up a gangplank. Going to sea today with the SIU, he feels, is all a man could ask for. JAMES COX, Cook With a ten-year hitch in the US Marine Corps behind him. Sea­ farer James Cox wanted to see the world from another angle. In 1947 he caught an SIU ship out of Balr timore and decided that seafaring was his dish. Now awaiting a ship at the SIU Baltimore hall, his opin­ ion on going to sea remains un­ changed. A West Vir­ ginia mountain­ eer by birth. Cox grew up in the town of Beckley in that state. He began his Ma­ rine Corps serv­ Cox ice in 1937 and continued through the hectic days of World War II. Cox emerged from the Corps a master sergeant, the highest rating obtainable by a non-commissioned officer. Cook In Corps His many years of experience as a cook in the Corps stood him well on board ships as he has been sailing as a rated man in the steward department ever since. Strangely enough, this ex-Ma­ rine had one of his closest brushes with the grim reaper on board the SlU-manned Edwin Janeway in 1950. It was during one of those vicious North Atlantic winter storms ail-too well-known to Sea­ farers. At the hei^t of the storm the Janeway cracked down the middle and threatened to break in two. Good seamanship and plenty of feverish work sueceeddd in bringing the ship into port safely. Like many Seafarers today. Cox is a proud husband and father of three small children, Patricia, 5; James Jr., 2^2 and Billy, four months. As such he knows the value of the SIU Welfare Plan, since he has twice collected the Union's $200 maternity benefit. He Crewmembers of the Seatrain and his wife have hopes of seeing their children through college Louisiana know the contents and some day with the help of his earn­ objectives of the Bonner Bill pret­ ty thoroughly by now thanks to a ings as a Seafarer. Seafaring for a married man has shipboard. discussion led by Sellg its difficulties, as Cox would be the Freilich, ship's delegate. Freilich first to admit. But with those good went over the proposals at a re­ SIU shipboard wages and condi­ cent shipboard meeting for benefit tions Cox finds the advantages of of crewmembers who might not he sailing more than make up for familiar with the bill. A black gang regular, Freilich long absence from home and has been carrying an SIU Union family. book since back in March 1, 1947. He's a native New Yorker and is 25 years of age. it Two legal decisions of im­ portance to the union movement came out of state courts recently. In Wisconsin, the state supreme court ruled out a ban on picketing as unconstitutional. The ban had applied to picketing where there was no labor dispute involved but where a union was advertising the fact that an establishment was non­ union. In Nebraska, the courts there ruled that the state "right to work" ban on the union shop took precedence over the union shop provision of the Railway Labor Act. i" 3^ it Building tradesmen in New York are working under a new threeyear contract providing 45 cents an hour in total increases. The first 15 cents is Immediate, and the rest of the increase comes in two more installments on the first of each succeeding , year. Approxi­ mately 45,000 AFL building trades members ;nre affected. i • feeling rose against Louis E. Wolfson, major figure in the Capital Transit Company. Wolf son was due to testify about charges that he and his associates had been milk­ ing the company's assets. >t it it it Brother J. N. Ciews on the War­ rior (Waterman) has a proposal which has been kicked around on various occasions in the past few years. The broth­ er proposed that the Welfare Plan consider putting projectors and motion picture films on board Crews eabh ship, with the ships to exchange films with each other. The desirability of putting mov­ ies on board ship has been recog­ nized by all hands for some tlmei But tho problem is to work out foolproof i administrative details and to figure out a.way of safe­ guarding sound projectors arid other valuable portable propertiea involved. Florida's hotel strikers are await­ ing a National Labor Relations Board decision on whether or not the NLRB would take jurisdiction over their walkout. About 5,000 AFL hotel workers have been striking for over three months for representation. Florida state law does not provide any method whereby a union can get repre­ sentation through an election. il it it The next target of the CIO drive for supplemental insurance bene­ fits will be the General Electric Company. The International Union of . Electrical Workers, CIO, is ^ it opening contract negotiations with this demand on the top of the lisL Crews is AO. Alabaman.who.sails It is heartened by the fact that on deck. He Joined the SIU in fit .Jt . . Henry-Ford. II is a member- of-the New York in^^ll^^d^niakes Jtfo^ Washington wag atUI tied t^p ^ GE board of idireqtors.; Ford waf bile his JhoiQf town. . transit strike IS Congressional the first'to agree to such a plan. The generosity : of Brother Charles Pedroso on the William. H, Carruth means plenty of reading matter for his shipmates. Pedroso donated a large number of books and magazines to the crew for use as they see fit, which was much appreciated by all hands. Pedroso comes from New York originally but now makes Galves­ ton his home port. He is 46 years of age and has been sailing with the SIU for a little over two years now. tee assignments were handled by the following: In New York, P, Blanco, W. H. Cassidy. S. Handieyi in Philadelphia, J. Crowley, N. Paine, W. Pieraczuk; in Baltimore, C. S. Jacks, L. Garabedlan- and B. Knowles. In Mobile, committee members were L. Cajrion, M. Trehem, and G. W. Dean while in New Orleans they .were L. Fuselier, J. S. Montan and R. N. EUiott. All of these were on weekly it it it auditing committees; which like When a ship new to the SIU is other committees, are limited by first crewed by Seafarers there are the constitution to rank and file usually a few members only. odds and - ends it that have to be straightened out Ship's delegate S. Vincius of the before she is Orioh Star had a request of the shipshape, SIUcrew which has style. That was been raised be­ the case on the fore and seems Mojave, where like a pretty rea­ the steward de­ sonable one. He partment had to proposed that Hildretli struggle with. a when the ship balky galley range and had no mix­ pays off and the ing machine. Nevertheless, crew­ patrolman comes members noted that the men in aboard, to allow the galley were doing a fine Job the ship and de­ Vincius in the face of these difficulties partmental dele­ which is a credit to their skills and gates an opportunity to take up improvising talents. overtime beefs and other matters. If half the crew runs to the patrol­ it it 4 Handling meeting chores around man with a variety of individual .the ports at the last June member7 beefs the-patrolman Is hardrpressship meetipg were, among others, ed to . get anything .settled, rin K. Goldman in Boston; M. Gulp in other words, lie says, let the dele­ Philadelphia; J. B. Christy andiD; gates have their say, and then if Aeker in Savannah; J. Wood an4 not ^satisfied with the ^ outcome, B.^Seeburger in Tampa; J. A. Phil­ come forward i>n^ yotir own. An engine department man; Vinlips in Lake Charles; O. Fielding in;:iIoiiston;f dusF. -MactineK JftBatl oiUs JeiBOdiWP hr GMvaston in 1947.; Francisco and Qeorse Seiittle. Regiilar weei^ coasmit- Texas. : M* 1 iMrtU jSan - gJkiaHmm. �SEAFARERS - jfaly 22, 1^55 , Faf« Elerea L^G A !^econd Look • •. SIU Blasts NMU Bid For New The campaign by certain elements in Government and in the ranks of steamship associations to put over Coast Guard Rule Of Seamen Government controls on sea unions has received a An attempt by the National Maritime Union to bring the Coast Guard down on the necks severe setback as the result of testimony by SIU of of seamen has been assailed by the SIU, Even the"Coast Guard itself was reluctant to get NA representatives before the House Merchant involved and had to remind the NMU that the union was violating a long-standing tradition of seamen. *' ' Marine Committee. The SIU blast at the NMC order and its willingness to take Coast Guard derives directly from After hearing the SIU c spokesmen, Committee for "betraying one of the basic the help of any Government agency the NMU's abandonment of its hir­ do so. As a matter of fact, the ing hall and subsequent flooding Chairman Herbert Bonner, author of the proposed principles of maritime unionism" to NMU has already gone to the US came after the NMU invited the of its registration lists by out­ controls bill, indicated the Committee would take a Coast Guard to deal with an in­ Attorney's office for help after be­ close second look at the activities of steamship asso­ ternal, shoreside disciplinary prob­ ing rebuffed by the Coast Guard. siders. As a result of this and of the chaotic lack of shipping lem. Despite NMU pleas that the Previous Pattern ciations and the subsidized companies. records in the NMU, a number of Coast Guard do something, pleas In examining the record. It ap­ What jolted the Committee was the news that SIU- which were carried directly to the pears that this Isn't the first time counterfeit "discharges were used in the NMU, so as to win contracted companies, the majority of them non-sub­ Commandant, the Coast GUard re­ the NMU has solicited the aid of for the bearers some kind of fused to intervene. Instead the sidized or smaller subsidized companies, unanimously Commandant recalled that it had Government agencies and outside seniority. It is in punishing these groups in disciplinary matters. On opposed any system of Government control over free been the NMU's' stated position October 22, 1943, NMU President men that the NMU has solicited collective bargaining. Spokesmen for the Pacific that the Coast Guard had no busi­ Joseph Curran wrote approving.y Coast Guard intervention. taking jurisdiction over sea­ of Coast Guard controls by de­ Maritime Association and the American Merchant ness men, particularly over acts com­ claring that "The Coast Guard Marine Institute had taken great pains to make it mitted shoreside. Saigon Curbs knows what a merchant seaman is seem that their views on the subject were represen- Specifically, the NMU was ask­ really like ... we can expect the Smokes ing the Government agency to "do Coast Guard to make a thorough tatitive of the industry as a whole. Authorities in the port city something" about seamen who had investigation and to take action on of Saigon, Indo-China, are . ^ Subsequently, Committee members won an admis­ been using phony discharges to get all cases of reported misconduct clamping down once again 09 aboard NMU-contracted ships. Sea sion from the AMMI spokesman that there was a unions have always fought any in­ the circulation of travelers Used Communists great difference of opinion within the ranks Of the terference checks, and US and other for­ by Government police eign currency, in an all-out ef­ On another occasion, Curran AMMI on the subject, while the AMMI was going on agencies in union affairs. made use of an outside group— fort to lick the flourishing black Here is the way the NMU "Pilot" record in favor of controls. July 7 reports the incident the Communist Party—to crush an market. All such currency must What happened was that the fat cats of the indus­ of be declared and secured with opposition group in" the NMU. As (Page 8). in the study "The Struc­ the master of the vessel before try, the favored few big subsidized companies, were "We have received word . . reported ture and Government of Labor crewmembers go ashore. Fail­ doing all the talking for the shipowners while the that the Commandant of the Unions," published by the Harvard ure to do so means seamen not United States Coast Guard has re­ great majority of steamship companies, non-sub­ fused to assist us in the prosecu­ University Press, Curran used the only run the risk of paving apparatus in 1939 to expel anti- their money confiscated, but sidized and smaller subsidized operations, were not tion of seamen . . . Hoyt Haddock Communist officials and members. also face possible fines or addi­ . was told by the Commandant . getting their views across even though they may be that it has long been the position "Acting through President Cur­ tional penalties. The amount of members of PMA and AMMI. of the National Maritime Union ran," the book says, "the Com­ local currency that can be taken munist faction launched an offen­ ashore at any time is 400 pias­ ^ This confirms charges made by SIU spokesmen that the Coast Guard has no juris­ sive against their opponents" and tres, equivalent to $11.20 in diction over a merchant seaman time and again, that outsiders, non-maritime people, for any wrongful acts which he several officers were expelled al­ American money. In addition, in the management of the major subsidized lines have may commit while unattached to a though they argued "their only the cigarette issue to crewmem­ offense was opposition to eontrol bers during the entire stay in captured the steamship associations and have used vesseL of the union by the Communist Saigon must be limited to one Since the alleged acts . . . occur them as tools to further their own pet projects at the while a seaman is shoreside the Party." carton (200 cigarettes). The current attempt to use the expense of the industry as a whole. Coast Guard is faking a hands off The SIU also pointed out that these outsiders were attitude consistent with the posi­ of the union . . ." not interested in efficient operation, and indeed, tion In other words the Coast Guard could not be efficient if they wanted to, because they was telling the NMU "live up to have little practical knowledge of the business. The your own policy." Contradicts Tradition result is that Government aid to the industry is Question; A Seafarer has suggested that crewmen report to the SIU officials were amazed to drained off for the benefit of a few. learn of the NMU's move which SEAFARERS LOG unsafe shipboard conditions that are not cor­ Committee members were obviously impressed by contradicts everything the SIU and rected. What do you think? SIU testimony and indicated they would spend a good other- unions have stood for in maritime. Since its very beginDavid W. Clark, ch. elect: It de­ Peter Blanco, bosun: If something deal Of time looking into these-angles in the near ings the. SIU has carried on an un­ is unsafe it's the main job of the pends on the individual case. Pub­ future. Further, it became obvious that the Commit­ ending fight to get the Coast Guai-d patrolman to see licity in the LOG tee was already shying away from proposals to ham­ off seamen's necks and get rid of that the company would be very Coast Guard controls of working fixes it. But a useful against string maritime labor. / seamen. The NMU's move would write-up in the companies who In other words, shipowner plans to use these hear­ extend such Coast Guard control LOG would be. don't act on ings as a weapon against maritime labor have begun to seamen when they are not even helpful to keep safety. But if a the shipowners L'onipany cooper­ to boomerang. Instead, these same shipowners may in the employ of a vessel. on the lookout for ates, the repair It was believed that the move refind themselves on the Congressional griddle before fiected unsafe con- should be handled the NMU's complete in­ long. the usual way. In ditions. ability to keep its own house in J %" If Inquiring Seafarer Hq Reports Beefs Lowest In Years t i Efraim Sierra, wiper: The impor­ tant thing is to correct unsafe con­ ditions as fast as possible and only •the patrolman can do that, if it isn't taken care of during the trip. It wouldn't hurt any to have stor­ ies in the LOG though, because it might make the companies more careful. NEW YORK—The SIU's new system of ship's comn^ittees and the new headquarters method of handling beefs reported from ship is paying off for all hands, Claude Simmons, as­ sistant secretary-treasurer, reports. Instead of letting beefs wait until the payoff to be set­ tled, the, new system attempts to square away misunder­ still out on a trip. part on the Union's efficient, instandings while the ship is The result is that payoffs in the terport communications network. headquarters port have been run­ Where a beef is reported in the ning far smoother than in past minutes, memos go out immediate­ years and beefs are not left idle ly to the next port the ship is due 'BemPiT&i for a number of weeks in which to hit where the matter is handled. I— to be constant sources of friction. Or else the communication goes WS^VIShS IN /Jew. 4" iSi" New Clarifications dix-ect to the ship and helps clear Aiding in obtaining this result, up the matter on the spot. Anthony Palino. AB: Unsafe con­ BUlfaJsG Simmons says, are the new con­ On the shipping side, the head­ ditions should go on a repair list tract clarifications which have quarters port continues to hold to and be straight­ been put aboard the ships. The its hot shipping pace with all rat­ ened out by the clarifications worked out between ings except chief stewards having patrolman. The 40W1D the Union and the shipping com­ no trouble getting out. As a mat­ trouble is that panies have done much to improve ter of fact, the port is in need of after a patrolman the atmosphere of shipboard work. rated engine department nlen, and settles a beef some companies Simmons reported that he had Simmons again advises men to get go back on their been visiting ships personally for those pumpman and electricians' Ger promises and the past couple of moixths and "I ratings, among others. send the ship out The port paid off a total of 22' was quite surprised to find out how cFm the skme way. much easier and smoother ships ships, signed seven on articles, and wicbd" 17 coastwise, intercbastal That's where LOG stories would be are paying off these days." serviced" . AT sm WAH. i>i vot>u KPIOW osim •mt serious cases, ships should be held up until re­ pairs are made. i 4" 4 Charles Carey, 2nd cook: Any such condition should be handled by the patrolman and the dele­ gates first through the repair lists. After that if the company doesn't take notice and no improvement results from the patrolman's a c tions, it could be put in the LOG. Carmelo Martinez, utility: The patrolman is the one who is sup­ posed to take care of the crew's beefs about un­ safe conditions or anything else. It's up to the dele­ gates to bring the beefs to him if they can't settle them on the ship. That's the way Jt '^1 • • B:I - :-3l .m �• '.4. V '•* • 'i Wentley Crew Okays 2-Pots—For Washer Washing machine and laundry rooms generally have been a point of friction aboard many ships for some time. Som^ body always forgets to turn the machine off or to clean up the room itself after each use. "Dirt breeds dirt," or so the In that way, the crew can have saying goes, and the same ap­ its washing machine and the offi­ cers can have their own also. Oilers' drawers would no longer mix with the chief mate's dress shirts. Fraternization of any kind, indeed, would come to an end. Unlicensed soap powder would remain aloof from the topside variety at all times. But there are some drawbacks. There would still probably be only one laundry —By Seafarer Bill Mitchell room. Thus, al­ though a new pastime might be added to shipboard entertain­ ments — there could be daily races and tourna­ ments to see if the 4-8 AB's Wenfling clothes were fin­ ished faster than the 2nd assistant engineer's—the existing problem would remain. Officers and crew would still be slopping up the laundry room and cheating on each other's soap powder and bleach. But there's no need worry­ ing about that right now. They have to get the second machine first. That's a^ real prob­ lem. Chairman of the ship's meeting at which the discussion came up "I would sure hate to have was D. C. Hall. W. Wentling was to get a job after some of meeting secretary and J. R. Webb was reading clerk. the Igbor laws we passed!" plies by indirection wherever a washing machine is concerned. Aboard the Robin Wentley however, the matter seems to have come to a head.. Despite the dan­ gers of a "two-pot system" in any situation, the crew feels that there may be advantages to one here. The Lawmakers USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Peter King Daniel J. Sheehan USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Terrell D. Adams William G. Gregory Lonzle U. Albritton Harris L. Gizzard Aubrey F. Cohen James B. Henley Eric R. Dahl Jlmmle Littleton Rufus L. Fields Clarence Murray C. E. Foster Ernest H. Webb USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. L. Bosley Jack Ryan Sverre Johannessen Samuel Small V. K. Ming John M. Thompson Thomas C. Riley USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Mai^elo B. Belen William P. Hunt K, E. Hansen Robert Lambert USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Francis J. Boner Ralph L. Jones USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Benjamin Delbler Jose Santiago VlrgU L. Harding Rosendo Serrano Albert W. Kozlna Edward J. Toolan SAILORS SNUG HARBOR .STATEN ISLAND, NY Joseph Koslusky ' USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS J. S. Capps John E. Markopolo Alexander P. Copa Harold D. Napier John B. Fruge Murray W. Smith Richard Jones Gustav Svensson William E. Lanier M. W. Valentine Ernest L. Magers USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Manuel Antonana Norman T. Jackson George Bekken Michael Laakso Curt Borman Robert G. McKnew Charles Coburn Charles Moss Antonio K. Colon Arnold Rosenblatt Victor B, Cooper R. H. Solheim Torsten Forsberg Francis Sullivan James J. Glrolaml C. N. Summerell Gorman T. Glaze Standish B,' Woodell Jack Howard USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke ''' USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENN. Charles BUrton TRIPLER ARMY HOSPITAL HONOLULU, HAWAH Frank T. Campbell USPHS. HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Louis Anderson Frank Martin James McFarlin Edward Barry Anthony Benedict Daniel' McGovern Lawyer McGrew Charles E. Brady J. L. Buckelew Ralph MiUs Lloyd T. Callaway James Morrison C. H. Cassard John Murray Byron Chapman C. R. Nicholson R. L. Copenhaver Alfonso Olagulbel Calyln DeSilva. George D. Olive Peter DeVries R. A. RatcUff Willard W. Erwln John Robinson Leo Fontenot .Tames J. Russell Benny M. Foster Benjamin C. Seal William Grimes Joseph Slntes Vernon Hall E. R. Small wood James Hand Woodrow A. Snead Earl T. Hardeman O. L. Stout George Howard William Tank Theodore D. James Lonnle R. Tickle Cecil J. Kerrigan Dick Visser E. G. Knapp Kenneth Wadsworth Norman L. Krumm James E. Ward Leo H. Lang Robert WUkerson Arno Larson Herman Winborn Tinerman J. Lea WUUam J. Witty Leonard F. Lewis David A. Wright USPHS HOSPITAL MANH.ATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN, NY Edmund Abualy James R. T.bwis Fortunate Bacomo Arthur I,omas Frank W. Bemrlck Francis F. Lynch Claude F. Blanks Joseph D. McGraw Joseph G. Carr A. McGolgan Gabriel Colonl H. F. MacDonald Walter W. Denley Michael Machusky John J. DrlscoU Vic Mllazzo Bart E. Guranlck Eugene T. Nelson Taib Hassen Joseph Neubauer Joseph Ifsits James O'Hare Thomas Isaksen Daniel F. Rugglano John W. Keenan Wade H. Sexton John R. Klemowlca G. E. Shumaker Ludwlg Krlstiansen Henry E. Smith Frederick Landry Harry S, Tuttle James J. Lawlor VirgU E. Wilmoth Kaarel Leetmaa Chee K, Zal USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Robert Berryman Gerald Fltzjames D. Trevlsano John F. French Thomas L. Dugan William Glesen Joseph Prabech Estell Godfrey L. Edstrom Sidney Irby Frank E. AyettLetoy Johnson Edgar Kurz D. Kalm Felix Carrero William J. Keenan Frank Blandlno Marcel Laureano Louis Guarlno Mike Lubas Nicholas Brancatn Joseph Martus Hoyt Tanner Andrew Noronha Manuel Landron ' Pitry Roberts David Fiuyian G. H. Robinson O. It O. Chaudioa -A i y , Lenkrd l^splant^ . m.: : i. .« -St V SEAFAKERS' LOG n«v Twelve n 41 h m -n ^ W, F, Van^n JEAN LAPtTTE (Wattrman), May 2—Chairman, P. Barbot; Sacratary, W. Lea. No one shall sign on until patrolman clears same. Motion npida and carried that captain Issue dis­ charges and pay vouchers for port of payoff. Recommended that aU beefs be taken directly to delegates and nut to crew. Steward requested that crew not waste food. May 22—Chairman, T. Branconl; Secretary, W. Lea, AU ..repairs being made and no beefs. Motion made and carried that all crewmcmbcrs donate SI to ship's fund. JULESBUR6 (Msthiasen), June 11— Chairman, J. Swiederski; Secretary, S. Wells. Crew backing up Harry Lundeberg ICQ percent. No clothes, to be hung In engine room because a garment feU down and fouled up machinery. OCEAN STAR (Triton), May 2»— Chairman, E. Alverson; Secretary W. Digest of ships' Meetings ' Thompson. Deck engineer - to give washing machine complete overhaul. Engine department Is willing to take turns In the afternoons jvHh the deck department to make cofEee. REPUBLIC (Trafalgar), May 10— Chairman, R, High; Secretary, W. Barth. Ship's treasury is $10.30. AU communications accepted and con­ curred. Vote of thanks given to steward department. June 12—Chairman, B, High; Secre­ tary, W. Barth. Recent communica­ tion from headquarters accepted and concurred unanimously. Ship's fund to be replenished and vote of thanks to steward department. June 21—Chairman, R. High; Secre­ tary, R. Donnelly. Communications from headquarters accepted dnd con­ curred. Enrollment cards to be com­ pleted for welfare plan. General dis­ cussion was held on contract and ciarlBcatlons. TEXMAR (Calmar), June 13—Chalrm n L, Moore; Secretary, L. Greaney. Cooking Is go<M' aboard this ship. AU communications accepted and con­ curred unanimously. Motion made and c.nrrled to have awning' put up - back aft. CAROLYN (Bull), May 27—Chair­ man, E. Gross; Secretary, H. Thrash, No beefs. Communication regarding welfare plan posted, and will be dis­ cussed at next ship's meeting. AU members were requested to acquaint themselves with same. Overall im­ pression of additional benefits was regarded as exceUent by the crew. ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shipping), May 9—Chairman, Kenneth Roberts; Secre­ tary, Wayne Coliard. After a thor­ ough discussion communications from headquarters were accepted and con­ curred. It was suggested that should tile captain Insist upon making derog­ atory remarks about the SIU and the men, he be advised that this matter would be referred to union head­ quarters. This master was disclpUned before for indlscrlmlnative loggings as well as other violations of the sea­ men. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), May 29—Chairman, J. Allen; Secretary, R, Benlamin. No major beefs. Communi­ cation on Welfare was accepted and concurred. Engine delegate requested ship's delegate contact patrolman about 1st assistant shouting at the men and cutting overtime for wipers. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), May 22— Chairman, J. Busalackl; Secretary, O. Wagner. Old minutes posted. Tele­ gram sent to Harry Lundeberg back­ ing him up on his action In CAMU. AU communications were read and accepted. Membership applauded the good work done regarding the addi­ tional welfare benefits. ALEXANDRA (Cartas),. May SiChairman, N. Szymanskl; Secretary, H, Williams, AU questions regarding new benefits in welfare were cleared up by headquarters patrolman. Recent communication accepted and con­ curred in unanimously. BETHCOASTER (Calmar), May 2«— Chairman, John Talbot; Secretary, J. Tutinler. Motion made by R. Brown to accept end concur in report on SIU welfare benefits. J, Talbot made motion to accept and concur with aU communications received from SIU headquarters. CECIL N. BEAN (Drytransi, •pril 10—Chairman, H. E. Rode; Secretary, R. Nancarrow. Motion madO by G. Meltzer and carried that crew send letter to protest to SIU representative in Washington against closing of ma­ rine hospitals. Steward asked the crew to cooperate with messmen so that they may render better service, and he also asked for suggestions on what food they Uke, so be may prepare better meius. DEL VIENTO ;MlsslssippD/ May 1— Chairman, A, Perez; Secretary, A. Tolentine, Motion was made request­ ing ship's delegate to have chief en­ gineer fix the ice maker. Carried. claims this has been the best trip he ever made In the' Persian Gulf. The crew was more than satisfactory to him. Crew and delegates thanked Captain and' department heads for good cooperation. It was • fine trip, for all. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), May 22—Chairman, W. J. Brown; Sacretary, L. Wing. Ship's delegate re­ ported he spoke to chief engineer about the days that there was no hot water midship. Vote of thanks to ship's delegate R. Held for doing • good job. Crew sent condolences to the family of the late H. Powell, mas­ ter, who died six hours before the vessel reached Yokkalgli, Japan, QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Seatrsds), May 10—Chairman, Hutchins; Secre­ tary, D. Shsehani Headquarters is handUng overtime beef pending be­ cause the crew did not receive shore leave in Maracalbe. Crew to put In for delayed sailing In Lake Charles. Motion made to give chief cook vote of thanks for good food preparation. SEAMAR (Calmar), May 23—Chair­ man, F. Millar; Secretary, J. Marshall. Everything on board running smooth­ ly. Motion made and carried to have mushroom removed from smoke stack. Jitiy ti, 198S cepted andr eoncurred nnenlmously: Members agreed to.give old- washinf machine to boeun, although U doesnt Work. rYSKA (Waterman), June ^2—Chair­ man, A. Martinez; Eecretary, P. Hartthorn. Repair list eubraitted. It it requested that sign-on day and pgyott day be different from the day of provisioning ship, whereby 'work for men would be finished wdth a mini­ mum of contusion. Communications read and accepted unanimously. MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), March 20—Chairman, H. Carmichael; Secre­ tary. A. Geldikat. No beefs. Re­ quested to have ship's delegate ask captain to obtain Kool and filter cigarettes and cigars in slopchest along with clothing and* other articles needed. Ship's delegate to try to get some new books for library. May 29—Chairman, M. FItzpatrIck; Secretary, H. Carmichael. Some beets about slopchest. the captain only al­ lowed 30 cigarettes per day per man. Beef about launch service in Yoko­ hama. Japan. Captain refused to put out a draw in Wilmington. Suggested to give vote of thanks to steward de­ partment for good woxV. ROBIN HOOD (Seas Shipping), May 27—Chairman, P, Marinelll; Secretary, H. Dumbraski. Motion made and car­ ried unanimously to accept and con­ cur in aU communications from head­ quarters. OCEAN NIMET (Ocean Tram.), May 29—Chairman, W. Wlldridge; Secre­ tary, R. Frazer. Communications from headquarters read and accepted unanimously. June 5—Chairman, W. Wlldridge; Secretary, R. Frazer. Recent commu­ nications accepted and concurred imanlmously. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), May 27—Chairman, E. DcBautte; Sec­ retary, C. Weaver. Latest headquar­ ters report accepted by entire crew. May 22—Chairman, E. DeBautte; Secretary, A. Weaver. Crewmembers asked to support ship's fund contain­ ing balance of $65.80. There is a shortage of milk on board. Van Dusan. Discussion held on settling all beefs at the meetings instead of at meal time. Ship's delegate gave warning about carrying tales topside. BEATRICE (Bull), June 14—Chair­ man, V. Whitney; Secretary, W. Ortiz, It wgs requested that messman serve man on watch first. Everything run­ ning smooth. June 15—Chairman, V. Whitney; Secretary, W. Ortiz. Communications from headquarters accepted and- con­ curred. DEL NORTE (Mississippi), May 29— Chairman, J. Noonan; Secretary, J. Zimmer. Ship's delegate reported' that it was relatively smooth sailing during this trip and that he attended ship's safety meeting sponsored' by Captain''O'Pry. Motion made and car­ ried that headquarters communica­ tions be accepted unanimously. Mo­ tion made and carried to check on' mattresses' for unlicensed personnel to see whether they are damaged and If so. to have them replaced. GATEWAY CITY (Waterman), June 14—Chairman, W. Sink; Secretary, R. Kennedy. Communications from head­ quarters accepted- and concurred. Everything running smooth. HURRICANE (Waterman), June 12 —Chairman, J. Burke; Secretary, J; Longfellow. Ship's delegate Instructed crew to turn in all enrollment cards. Communication from headquarters ac­ cepted and concurred. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), May 27 —Chairman, L. White; Secretary, D. Grant. Ship's treasury is now $34.50 and $2 to be collected from black gang and steward departments. Re­ cent headquarters communication read and accepted. STEEL FLYER (isthmian), June IT —Chairman, T. Kirsh; Secretary, J. Somers. New TV set cost $170.70 and the balance of the ship's fund now Is S14.46. No beefs. Headquarters com­ munications accepted and concurred in unanimously. Coffee to be checked because It tastes bad. It was also suggested that baker put out some pastry at coffee time. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), June 15—Chairman, E. Van Nlavenhulzc; Secretary, P. Tassin. Motion was made and carried that recent com­ munication from headquarters be con­ curred In unanimously. Everything running smoothly. ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), June 12— Chairman, H. Franklin; Secretary, R. Nay. E. Alnsworth taken off ship and admitted In USPHS hospital In Nor­ folk. Captain stopped all time off because of galleyinan putting in for overtime. Recent communication from headquarters accepted and con­ curred. Motion made and carried to give vote of confidence to steward and ship's delegate. June 14—Chairman, T. Newreekl; Secretary, R. Dcigade, Headquarters communications were read, discussed, accepted and concurred unanimously. ARCHERS HOPE (CIHei Service), June 12—Chairman, T. Weemt; Secre­ tary, C. Primeaux. EnroUment cards issued and to be completed. Ship's fund contains $29.10 and $2 in stamps. June 14—Chairman, A. Fruge; Sec­ retary, C. McCuriy. Communlcatlone from headquarters read-and accepted unanimously. AU completed enroll­ ment cards for welfare plan are to he'maUed out. EUGENIE (Oro), June 5—Chelrman, A. DeForest; Secretary, J. Esstertlng. A vote of thanks given to cooks and steward for good food and weU pre­ pared menus. Vote of thanks to messman for having crew's radio speaker' hooked up to radio. JEAN (Bull), June 12-^halrman, I. T. Pearee; Secretary, W. Laehauce. SANTA VENETIA (Mar-Trade), June 4—Chairman, C. Babick; Secretary, F. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), June 14—Chairman, T. Sparrow; Sac­ ratary, S. Freillch. Motion made and carried to accept recent headquarters communications. No beefs. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), June 7—Chairman, B. Collins; Secre­ tary, S. Johnson. Motion made and carried to accept communication unanimously. Requested contributioa in ship's fund for new TV set. STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), May 28—Chairman, H; Carney; Secre­ tary, W. Schlect. Letter written to headquarters regarding coolies paint­ ing outside of house in Calcutta. Communications: accepted and con­ curred. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), May 1—Chairman, J. King; Secretary, M. Sosplna. Motion made to accept and concur headquarters communications unanimously. Motion made and car­ ried to have ship's delegate see cap­ tain about life boat on starboard side and to have It repaired for the safety of the crew. Discussion held about the safety of the ship, with the chief mate. ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), May 25— Chairman, R. Kienast; Secretary, H. Egelhart. Motion made by Brother Long and seconded by Brother Smith to accept and concur in headquarters report. CUBORE (Ore Nsvlgatlen), May • —Chairman, Hugh Williams; Secre­ tary, R. Forest. Headquarters com­ munications read and carried. A dis­ cussion was held on regarding the new paying off system. Crew wae asked to keep the pantry cleaner. EMILIA (Bull Lines), May 22—Chair­ man, A. Campbell; Secretary, J. Eddins. A cable was sent from San Juan thanking headquarters for the additional benefits. Report accepted. Communications were posted after the meeting and logs were left in messroom for the crew. Motion made by L. Guilnitz to accept headquarters report. SEA COMET 11 (Seatraders), May 14 —Chairman, C. F. Aycock; Secretary, C. H. Andrews. A motion was madeand seconded to give the Steward Department a vote of thanks for good food and service on this voyage. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), May 22—Chairman, Walter Newberg; Secretary, Albert Lambert, Steward suggests seeing patrolman about night lunch. Vote of thanks to the steward department for good aervlce: STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), May 4—Chairman, H. D; Carney; Sec­ retary, W. A. Schlecht. Brother Car­ ney gave a resume on resolutions and new shipping rules that had been discussed at a previous meeting. Ship's delegate requested that the policy of keeping messroom door locked and the key with the gangway watch be continued since it was working out very well. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with resolutions on newly-won SIU seniority system and action taken by AFL unions in CAMU dispute. May 17—Chairman, H. D, Carney; Secretary, T. Martens. Captain seemed very satisfied with crew's, coopera­ tion and suggestions in safety meet. ings. ALCOA ROAMER (AlCoa), May 9— Chairman, E. Lamb; Secretary, R. Kienast. Ship^s delegate reported that-the. repair list was turned over to the captain in the presence-of the chief mate and nothing has been done as yet. A new repair list will be writ­ ten out and turned over to the cap­ tain in the presence of the depart­ ment delegate. Communications from headquartcnrs accepted and concurred unanimously. INES (Bull), May 17—Chairman, JULESBURO (Msthiasen), May 11— eeilathy; secretary, J. Murphy. ^ MoV.. FELTORE (Ore), June 11—Chair­ Chairman, J. Oesihque; Secretary, O. ; . {ipA.made by Brother Ring to accept^-^ Douglas. Ten replacements vdU. .be' man, R. Murry; Secretary, <». Bq|(., aaAd^,:-j>n the^,l|Mt<^-4k>ast». Cepti^^^ :fc4w4a)i|>rterA comnvuni«»tlo». �Jialr'22,1955 fwe IMeteW SEAVAREMS LOC Southstar Crew Plays Tourist What Makes'Em Go To Yokohama? It's Not The Food Or The Scenery! Almost every Seafarer who has sailed to Japan and Korea the past four years has a soft spot in his heart for Yokohama. Some liked J apan so, well they returned and entered into business or got jobs with American companies, -Why is it? What has Yoko--*-" hama got? Seafarer F. J. his ability to iron out beefs and con man. who's had a little ex­ perience in every "Whitey" Johnson on the Del create harmony between seamen, shady business Southstcie crewmembers prepare tp^tour points in La Pallice, France. Pictured (Lr) are: Ben Shaw, master; Robert Welch, chief mate; Willard Mullings, AB; C. H. Childers, radio oper­ ator; Wiiikam Betgood, OS, and Benny Swearington, AB. Norte, who's put in some time out thCTe, says it's a lot of things all rolled into one. His personal trav­ elogue runs like this: "Remember. . .'Chinatown'. . . how 100 yen got you there in a hurry?. . .The Rose Bar. . .The Marseilles Bar where ex-SIU Brother Freddie Reid operates. . . Richard Kim, who earned great re­ spect while a Union patrolman for steamship agents and Japanese known to man government officials. . . during the past 2,000 years. In "Remember those quaint bars his day, he's where charming, almond - eyed been a card 'baby sans' served you drinks. . . shark, dice man, danced with you and listened to rum runner, your alccrtiolic ravings, your beefs pimp, burglar, heist artist and and your troubles. . .female pa­ Johnson even an under­ trolmen at your ser\'ice—with in­ taker. terest. " 'Mike' missed a ship seven "How about old "Mike,' the ex- years ago in Japan, but got along somehow. All the girls know him and, at 63, he's Yokohama's num­ ber one 'wolf.' "Of course, Japan is cheap, but I wonder. . . to 'sail on, sail on, sail on, and on.' "How many ever really took the The name of the vessel never mat­ train and went over to Tokyo. . . ters, Just let there be plenty of Hakone. . .or Kamakura where the cargoes, plenty of ports and plenty oldest Buddha is located? of ships." "I once asked a shipmate why he liked the Japan run so well. . . 'Is it the climate?' I said, LOG-A-RHYTHM: " 'Lousy climate. Too much rain. Too hot and too cold.' " 'Do you like the Japanese food," I queried. "'Who likes fish heads and By Harry Price rice?' he shot back. " 'How about the scenic pano­ My little girl said, "Daddy dear, rama of Japan?' "I wonder if you could, 'What scenery?' my man said. "Please c^me with me my prayer 'Listen, why do you keep on this run then?' I asked finally. to hear '"Well, brother, I didn't say "I want it understood." anything against the women, did As she knelt down beside her bed I?' She clasped her hands with care "And he was right!" And then she bowed her curly head And offered up this prayer. Sea And The Man — The Seafarer's Destiny "Although life aboard a ^ ship (Because the feelings of most seamen regarding the sea are prob­ ably capsulized somewhere in these words by Seafarer Thurston Lewis, does not stress the social amenities the LOG is reprinting them in their entirety.—Ed.) it teaches tolerance. The necessity "There is something about being aboard a ship—miles away of living together brings about a from the hubbub of the world—a cleanliness—a peace—a sat­ respect for our fellow man and a isfaction—a chance to catch one's breath—that puts the Sea­ recognition of each man's rights. Seafarers know how to enter a farer in perfect harmony with foc'sle quietly when others are the surrounding universe. lems and the breezes sweep them sleeping and few good Seafarers "At night the stars seem clean. There are no cramping social whistle or sing loudly when they brighter than they are elsewhere. obligations to be met. The days are are apt to disturb others. The hungry engulfing ocean is all long and not too demanding. •The sea is not everybody's around—one is only ,a few feet "Truly the s"ea is the Seafarer's destiny,/nor should it be. But with­ from certain death—and yet, under destiny. Gone are the old taunting proper circumstances, the Seafarer ambitions — those will-'o-the-wisp out a doubt it is the Seafarer's is sustained and supported by that goals that are never obtained, and track of least resistance. Though monstrous swells of formidable huge loving monster whose eternal the mocking failures. height confront him, he plunges hope is to eventually receive him "There is only one port to make. through them with less resistance into her ample bosom. It is no great accomplishment, but than he would find ashore in every­ "One doesn't have to be too even so, there is a vague sense of day life. particular about his manners achievement when each port is "It is not without a certain sense when each cargo is aboard a ship, nor is he worried reached about/tomorrow, nor even his past. loaded or discharged—when each of loss that one goes to sea but that which is lost is not as great How many a Seafarer has left dock is left behind. "The sea- is . not the haven for as that which is gained. One has circumstances and conditions ashore which hampered him which­ the happily married but it bears a a better opportunity to see life ever way he would turn? solace for those who have lost in steadily and to see it whole. '"The sea swallows one's prob­ their home and love life. "And so Seafarers are content 103 Durham St. HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. PORT COLBORNB Ontario Phone; 5591 SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. 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"mascot" of ship (back row) in Pusan, Korea. Shown (l-r) are Seafarers John Hauser, steward; Jimmy Cox, baker, and Bob Aumiller, BR. By Bernard Seaman YfA-rchi\r,2)L>Ri^!^yrhiisf MY -rm'SHlMff J VAs/y CROCKETT HAT? .. vj v:- ''•mt �Jvti 22,:19SS SEAFARERStOG Par* t^onrieea Japan-Korea Shuttle? They've Had It WESTERN TRADER (Wastarn Navlsatlon), April 17—Chairman, M. Crestr Saeratary, E. Conrad. House used for the cargo checkers. Crewmembers were asked not to leave Unen In bag in passageway where shore workers can "borrow" it. ALCOA PEGASUS (Alcoa), May SiChairman, G. FInklea; Secretary, L,Phillips. All repairs aboard ship have been taken care of except scupper in passage forward, which will be taken care of in Mobile. Crewmembers wanting cigars should order same through mate in charge of slopchest. ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), May 15— Chairman, R. HImel; Secretery, J. Tllley. The latest headquarters report was accepted with a vote of thanks for the ideas set forth, and the way the membership both ashore and at retary, R. Knowles. All communica­ tions and reports read and discussed. SEANAN (Orion), February 17— Chairman, P. Wilkinson; Secretary, R. Llauger. AU hands were asked to keep foc'sles . clean when pay'ing off. A motion was carried that all three departments let each delegate see Individual patrolman. March 5—Chairman, J. Calamla; Secretary, J. Telesz. A vote was taken and crew was in favor of rejecting foreign money in Casablanca. April 8—Chairman, A, Clouse; Sec­ retary, J. Calamla. Crew decided to see what action can be taken for the exchange that the captain wanted to put out in Turkey. The steward asked each delegate to help back him In getting better stores in next port. May 17—Chairman, WollnskI; Secrotary, Nichols. Crew voted to adopt resolutions on newly-established hir­ ing set-up and action taken by AFL union on CAMU dispute. ANGELINA (Bull), June 12—Chair­ man, T. Smith; Secretary, W. Reed. Although the photographer didn't put it to them that way, the expressions of these Seafarers aboard the George Lawson might well be their answer to the question: "How do YOU like the Japan-Korea shuttle after eight months?" The variety of answers pictured (l-r) are supplied by Tom Carter, deck engineer; Joe Brooks, oiler; "Blackie" Peters, OS; Bob Everton, OS. Persian Dockers Help Seafarer Cheat Death Thanks to two Persian longshoremen who were alert to a cry for help even during an afternoon siesta, Seafarer Luis G. Figueroa is alive and well today. Events moved fast- sven in" 117 degree heat—while the a net down to me—one of them Steel Navigator was in Kho- was even riding in it—and we got r^- ramshahr, Iran, on Memorial Day, May 30. According to Julio Evans, bosun, who was also on the spot, Figueroa was painting over the side at the port side of number one hatch. Gingerly balanced in a sitting posi­ tion on top of the spring wire of the ship alongside the dock, he had climbed the first four steps of the ladder he was using when the heat and cramps in his arms and legs teamed up against him. Answering a feeble call for help, Evans stepped down the ladder and helped the strick­ en Seafarer to a Figueroa sitting position on top of the spring wire. But the rescue was far from over. A 206-pounder, Figueroa was still "out" while 25 feet above the piles of the dock and at least an equal distance from the deck above. It was here that the long­ shoremen, two brothers, played the real heroes. Although they and other local dockworkers had been knocked off for their regular afternoon siesta away from the sun, they appeared from out of nowhere to lend Evans a hand. "Within seconds they had gotten sea are being kept informed of plans and progress made. The ship's dele­ gate resigned and thanked the crew for their cooperation in making the voyage pleasant for aU on board, KATHRYN (Boil), May M—Chairman. W. Ekins; Secretary, A. Gonxalez. Longshoremen have been using cups without returning them to the pantry, and crewmembers were asked to return same also. May 14—Chairman, C. Martin; Sec­ retary, A. Gonzalez. The latest head­ quarters report was read and ac­ cepted. MASSMAR (Calmer), May 17—Chair­ man, A. Novak; Secretary, M. Wllley. Usual complaints reported 'on the food situation. Cooks state that not enough food is being placed aboard on arrival on East and West coasts. All departments getting along reason­ ably weU. OCEAN DINNY (Ocean Trans.), April 23—Chairman, G. Hanson; Sec­ retary, R. Masters. Repairs discussed and a list wiU be turned into the proper authorities. Gunder H. Hanson elected ship's delegate by acclama­ tion. May iO—Chairmen, R. Coote; Sec­ retary, R. Masters. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for the good food and service. Tower Tour OCEAN NIMET (Maritime Overseas), May 9—Chairman, J. McColum; Secre­ tary, S. Cleslak. A cablegram was sent to the port agent in Seattle. Fifty cents will be contributed by each member for ship's business. ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), May •— Chairman, R. HImel; Secretary, J. Tllley. Complaint made that there is too much silverware put on the table, and no change was made in the feed ing program. The crew made a state­ ment that they want wider sheets for their bunks. ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), May 17— Chairman, C. Welsh; Secretary, L. Bruce. Latest bulletin was read and discussed, and a motion was made by Welsh to accept and concur with a vote of thanks to the Union trustees for a Job well done. ALEXANDRA (Carres), May 17— Chairman, V. SzymanskI; Secretary, W. Hand. Motion made and carried that the crew go on record and thank the headquarters negotiating commit­ tee for the fine job done on the in­ crease in welfare benefits and the hiring clause. Visiting near]>y Pisa, with the Alcoa Planter in port at Leghorn, Italy, Seafarers Joseph Campbell, AB (left), and Stanley Novack, fireman, pose near tower. NAME STREET ADDRESS ZONE .STATE Signetl TO AVOID DUPLICATIONi' If you or* an old subierlbar and hava a ehanga of addrasf, pioasa giva your formar addraii balowt ADDRESS CECIL N. BEAM Figueroa back to safety. These boys are heroes, but we have no medals to give them," he declared. "We loaded them with cigarettes, soap and clothes but they refused to take any of our presents." Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) CITY Motion made and carried that inverter which is crew property be offered to 1st Assistant Engineeer for the sum of SS. Steward is to get new cots as per captain's orders. eMeaMa*Mo*MaaM*eo*e*aae«MaaMaaaaetaatafaf*aatasiaaaaoiaaaaaMSMM«aaeoMia**eo*MaaaaaettM*»M***e****> ANN MARIE (Bull), May 5—Chair­ man, C. MacQuaen; Secretary, L. Caldaron. Crew agreed to donate for repairing the radio. Ship's delegate reported that with the cooperation of the mgster we did get the washing machin'e. ARIZPA (Pan Atlantic), May 1i— Chairman, Garrod; Secretary, N. Davis. Headquarters report and com­ munications were accepted as read. BEATRICE (Bull), April 17—Chair­ man, M. Santiago; Secretary, P. Dunphy. Vote taken on whether to estab­ lish a ship's fund. It was decided among crew that a fund wasn't neces­ sary on a short run. Repair lists will be turned'fit. COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), May 17—Chairman, R. May; Secretary, L. Hall. Discussions held on the wel­ fare increases, current 'affairs on renovations of headquarters ball. Crew voted to accept resolutions on the new seniority system and AFL stand on CAMU. FORT HOSKINS (pities Service), May 15—Chairman, A. Alexander; Sec­ retary, B. Webb. The blower system in the galley will be fixed this trip. May 18—Chairman, A. Westphsll; Secretary, A. Alexander. Motion made by Brother Koch to accept all reports as given by boarding patrolman and to give a vote of thanks to the Union's negotiating committee. ROBIN GRAY (Seas Shipping), May~ 1—Chairman, J. Morris; Secretary, R. Knowles. Steward requested that all cots be turned in before ship gets in port. Crew requested that the patrol­ man contact the shipping company to have the ship's laundry rinsed better, as it smells of soap powder after being laundered. May 18—Chalrmarf, J; Mevis; Sac- cirY'- fVVWMUUV $TAfi H • 'iT'tir' '''-iititiir ^ ^ • -Vi • —Chairman, H. Rode; Secretary, J. Menvllle. Good officers from captain on down aboard this shin. cicr.v. ; running smooth. Crew 100 percent in accord with Lundeberg's actions. Vote of thanks given to Negotiating Com­ mittee for welfare benefits and Job well done. HASTINGS (Waterman), May 21— Chairman, S. Carlisle; Secretary, J. Wells. Recent communication from headquarters accepted and concurred unanimously. INES (Bull), June 1«—Chairman, Vie Couer; Secretary, James Murphy. Ship will arrive in NY clean. Requested improvement in night lunch. Steward department was complimented onfine work. June 20—Chairman, J. Bergeria; Secretary, E. Ruz. Recent communications from headquarters read, ac­ cepted and carried unanimously. OCEAN DINNY (Ocean Trans.), June 12—Chairman, J. Paisley; Secretary, R. Masters. Beefs on overtime, spot sougeeing. repairs, fre.sh miik and vegetables. Master authorized spot sougee only. Motion made and car­ ried to insert clause In agreement to give checkers of cargo, in foreign ports, a space apart from crew's quar­ ters. Motion made and carried to have clarification of boxing gangway watches on day of departure repealed. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Seas Shipping), June 18—Chairman, W. Lawten; Sec­ retary, W. Trolle. Recent communica­ tion read and accepted unanimously. ' SEAMONITOR (Excelsior), June 17— Chairman, Flaherty; Secretary, Moore. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with recent headquarters communications 100 percent. SEATIGER (Orion), June 12—Chair­ man, T. Patrlquin; Secretary A. Car­ penter. Reported that captain doesn't know destination of next trip. Will try to replenish slopchest in Japan. Dis­ cussion held on posting sailing board; should be posted 8 hours ahead of time. Section 36 of Union contract read. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Soatraln), June 11—Chairman, N. Kirk; Secre­ tary, P. Patrick. Regarding letter written to SIU Welfare Department, the Union will do everything in behelf of Alex Copa that is possible. Communications from headouarterg read and'accepted unanimously. . June 20—Chairman, P. Patrick; Sae­ ratary, N. Kirk. Recent communica­ tion from headquarters accepted and concurred unanimously. STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), June 20—Chairman, F. Hurd; Secretary, E. KllngVall. Motion made and carried to accept recent communications from headquarters unanimously. RAYVAH (Ships & Freights), June 17—Chairman, M. Korchik; Secretary, T. Bearman. Motion made and carried to accept all communications to date, from headquarters, unanimously, BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Serv­ ice), June 8—Chairman, I. Torre; Sec­ retary, G. Fava. Delegate resigned, he Is leaving ship in Lake Charles. Re­ cent headquarters communications accepted and concurred unanimously. • Enrollment cards distributed to be completed by crewmembers. CHILORE (Ore), June IS—Chair­ man, R. King; Secretary, S. Fulford. Ship's delegate saw captain about posting a time for sailing instead of sailing when loaded. Motion made and carried to accept and concur In head­ quarters communication. DEL MUNDO (Mississippi), June Chairman, George Duncan; Secretary, John PIcou. Motion made and carried that ship's delegate see patrolman to have more paint put aboard. It was suggested that all crewmembers com­ plete enrollment cards for welfare plan and that they inform their fami­ lies about the additional benefits. It ' was also suggested that ship's dele­ gate see the purser about sending someone or going himself with any sick brother to the hospital. EDITH (Bull), Juna 7—Chairman, C. Starling; Secretary, N. Mattie. . Re­ cent headquarters communications ac­ cepted and concurred unanimously. Bosun urged crewmembers to press captain to have a new washing ma­ chine put aboard. EVELYN (Bull), June 12—Chairman, R. Lundqulst; Secretary, T. Foster. This vessel left Port Sulphur Friday and three crewmembers missed ship. It is to be brought to the patrolman's attention that deck department is do­ ing steward department work. June 17—Chairman, R. Lundqulst; Secretary, T. Foster. Recent commu­ nications from headquarters accepted and concurred unanimously. All beefs from previous meetings taken care of. GEORGE A. LAWSON.(Pan-Oceanic Nav.), May 22—Chairman, R. Barker; Secretary, A. Bokan. Report of in­ fractions of crcwmcmbcr turned over to ship's delegate for his action. OCEAN NORA (Maritime Overseas), June 5—Chairman, T. Holt; Secretary, E. Kaznowsky. Ship's delegate re­ quested crewmembers to read head­ quarters communications since they are posted several days prior to meet­ ing. Communications accepted and concurred KW percent. RAYVAH (Ships A Freights), May 20 —Chairman, E. DemasI; Secretary, N. Hatglmlslos. Anyone with beefs is to see his delegate and it was requested that less noise be made in passage­ way. June 12—Chairman, F. DemasI; Sec­ retary, N. Hatglmlslos. Engineers to be turned into patrolman for doing wiper's work and not turning them to do it. Patrolman to see that a full Slopchest is put aboar^. ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shipping), June 5—Chairman, A. Thompson; Secretary, W. Collard. It was recommended that one of the crewmembers be voted oft the ship. No beefs or trouble of than the aforementioned. SOUTHWIND (South Atlantic), June 12—Chairman, T. Burke; Secretary, H. Krohn. Ship's delegate requested that every crewmember be on their good behavior and proceed to go back to the States with a perfect trip. Crew sent flower wreath to funeral of Brother O'Donnel's father. All recent communications read, accepted and concurred unanimously. Superior Laundry in Savannah loses too many clothes and does -not make good for them. Suggest that another laundry come on ship. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), April 14—Chairman, E. Lassor; Secretary, R. Burnt. Recent communications read and accepted unanimously. Entire crew backs up Harry Lundeberg on CAMU 100 percent. May S—Chairman, R. Baala; Secre­ tary, E. Morris. Very good coopera­ tion from the chief steward and chief mate. Deck deoartment showers have been painted. Vote of thanks to stew­ ard department. ALCOA PEGASUS (Alcoa), June 5— Chairmen, G. FInklen; Secretary, L. Phillips. Balance of ship's fund S2S.15. A vote of thanks to Union officials who helped win the new welfare 'ben­ efits. ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), June S —Chairman, E. Kelly; Secretary, A. Danne. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with headquarters communications unanimously. CATHERINE (Dry-Trans), May 15— Chairman, P. Davis; Secretary, J. Block. Communications from headquartes's accepted and concurred. Mo­ tion made and carried to contact headquarters regarding company's failure to put slopchest aboard. May 29—Chairman, F. Davis; Secre­ tary, J. Block. It was reported by sev­ eral crewmembers that ship's dele­ gate and steward recommended Coast Guard action against some members of the crew. This was denied and the subject was clarified. It was captain who desired Coa.st Guard action. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), May 30—Chairman, E. Hansen; Secre­ tary, N. Matthey. Motion made and carried to accept and concur in report on additional welfare benefits and a vote of thanks was extended for these benefits. Motion made and carried to request clarification on the mosdng of meal hours. These hours have been changed as much as twice in a day. SEAMAR (Calmar), Juna S-^Chalf man, C. Allison; Secretary, J. Clarke. Motion made and carried to accept and concur in all headquarters com­ munications. STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), Juna 4— Chairman, B. Wllkens; Secretary, B. Trachln. Chief Engineer requests co­ operation of crew to open slop chest once again for inventory purposes. All communications from headquarters accepted and concurred. Vote of thanks given to Negotiating Commit­ tee for additional welfare benefits won. It was suggested that Chief Engi­ neer be notified about oil in water and that a file-be made up for ship­ board meetings. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian),. Juna 14—Chairman, M. Magal; Secretary, T. Faulkner. All communications to date have been read, accepted and concurred 100 percent. Everything running smooth. ALAMAR (Calmar), June 4—Chair­ man, J. Nugent; Secretary, E. Mattlson. Captain will inspect ice boxes since there were major complaints about food. Motion made and carried that if any crew members sees any­ thing unsanitary aboard, he is to re­ port same to ship's delegate. GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), May 15—Chairman, F. Young; Secre­ tary, F. Melanson. Beef was settled by patrolman regarding who should paint engineer's "rooms, in favor of wipers. Deck department now scraping var­ nish on woodwork in engineer room. Voskian was re-elected ship's del» gate' and givbn a >ote of thanks. sidm I mi •rill iW �Mir 1958 SEAFARERS P«*» Fifteca LOG ipping Tempo Inches Up Siallor Jlack lit Biggest Fight • full head of steam In Cristo- ' bal.' Needlesa to say a good' time was had by all. MOBILE—Shipping finally appears to be inching its way back to normal here^ as the nnpinOf the old hands no longer To the Editor: ber of men on the beach has dipped to the lowest point in almost a year. Thirty-five years ago I fought with us on this trip we would some of the best boxers and lost like to say ve hope Allan The presence of only about 150 class A and 75 class B men on the port's registration list to some of the worst. Right now, Thome's black-eye peas are indicates that shipping is We also ^ough, with the help of the coming along fine. really beginning to hold its to be straightened out. reminded the membership of the SIU, I hope to win my most im­ ,hope Les Ames hasn't missed He urged all Seafarers to follow firm stand the Union has always own after a long slow period his chest of drawers, Manuel portant fight—against TB. The fact remains that the decline these four steps to obtain their taken regarding users or passers I have a lot of managers at has shaved and Mac is getting has been in evidence for a couple benefits in the easiest possible of any kind of narcotics. He said the Manhattan Beach Hospital; his frog legs on whatever good of weeks would seem to show that manner: (1) Make sure a properly there had been reports recently Dr. Haas, Dr. Whitehead and' Dr. ship he is on, and that Tesco'sthe change is not temporary. executed enrollment card i^ on file from, US Customs officials con­ Lang, and plenty of nurses in my wife is making him hot mus­ at SIU headquarters: (2) Notify the cerning marijuana found on ships Since this ishappening now, corner. With their training I'll tard. even before the effects of new SIU hall nearest home of the hos­ coming into Mobile, especially As the best deserves the best win this fight. I figure the odds state legislation to promote busi­ pital to which his wife or child Alcoa passengef ships.we wish a wonderful vacation He declared that it is the duty ness at the Alabama State Docks will be going, in advance, so that to Captain R. Ransomd and is felt, it can probably be taken to a letter of credit can be sent out of every Union member who sees promise to celebrate his return mean that the only way shipping in the Seafarer's name; (3) Obtain or knows of anything about this with a bowl of cream of mush­ here can go is up. This will cer­ claim forms from the Union hall narcotics traffic to report it to room and some fried chicken. for the doctor and dependent to Union officials. tainly be welcome. The new crewmembers seem Meanwhi;e, SIU Port Agent Cal fill out, and (4), Send all proofs of to find Ed Odum's Creole cook­ Tanner noted ilie arrival of the claims, doctor bills, hospital bills ing to their liking. Carl De Lewis Emery, Jr. (Victory Car­ and proofs of dependency such as Marco rates .with all as a fine riers) for payoff, and, cited vessel photostatic copies of marriage and baker. Jess "Chanip'| Winfield and SIU crew as the cleanest one birth certificates to the Union is still qhamp but hy n6 .pi,eans the port has had in years. He hall. about five to one I'll come out sUll. Humphrey is still''on If these procedures are follow­ pointed out that in addition to not diet.ond Joe Kumor is jstill lookon top. ed, he noted, prompt payment of having a beef of any type, the Since I'm in training I'm ask­ - ing for something to eat. all claims can be virtually guar­ ship was clean and a real credit The deaths of the following Sea­ The new faces aren't, really ing my good friehd Toby Flynn, to the crew of Seafarers aboard anteed. farers have been reported to the the SIU Welfare Services Repre­ new because we find such oldThe SIU port official further her. Seafarers Welfare Plan and the sentative who never fails to visit timers as Charley Lowe, Frank $3,500 death benefits are being Program Smooth the hospital, to let everyone Shimelfineg, P. Libby as bosun, paid to (heir beneficiaries: know where I am so those who E. Vance, deck engineer, and Tanner also reported the new want to root for me can keep in "Mr. Hot Cakes," also known as I program of dependents' welfare John McDavitt, 43: On July 25, James Sauviac, plus a. whole benefits nuuiing smoothly in the touch. 1955, Brother Mc­ I'm going to keep my punches bunch of nice guys making up port, with only a few minor kinks Davitt died of high and make it a clean fight. the rest. We did a pretty fine cancer in the The last one should be the best. job in picking Charley Frey as USPHS hospital All of the following SIU families ship's delegate. Am enclosing Sailor Jack Denley in New Orleans, will collect the $200 maternity a few pictures and our Korean The "Baltimore Kid" La. He had been benefit plus a $25 bond from the address where we would appre­ sailing as a stew­ Union in the baby's name: Harold Greenlee 4 4" 4" ciate receiving the LOG. ard aboard SIU Please contact your wife in^ Oscar Payne William Davitt Ward, born Feb­ ships since 1947, I Tawas City, Mich. ^ .Ship's reporter ruary 23, 1955. Parents, Mr. and joining the Union Marcus Evans Mrs. William Ward, Astoria, LI, in the Port of (Ed, note: The LOGs will be To the Editor: Get in touch with your mother, NY. New Orleans. Place of burial is not forwarded QS you requested). I wish to cordially thank you I Mrs. M. V. Roberson, 4218 Lillian Charles'Edward Slay, bom Jupe known. He is survived by his wife, for the speed, efficiency -and St., Houston, Texas, immediately 17, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Hazel McDavitt, of New Or­ care you took in handling my I as she' is worried ' about you and Alvin Slay, Jr., Atmore, Ala. leans, La. surgical benefit claim. It's a needs' your help. Gerald Michael Shaiffer, born 4. 4) 4i wonderful feeling to know that Henry E. Hicks June 25, 1955. Parents, Mr. and the families of the seafaring To the Editor: George E. Herrmann, 64: Brother It is urgent you contact your Mrs. Gerald Shaffer, Philadelphia, men have such a plan and, I for Herrmann died May I, too, add my vote of ap­ I wife at 1608 Park Ave., Baltimore Pa. one, know from my personal preciation for the new hospital 117, Md., at once. Susan Cene McDonald, born Oc­ of natural causes experience with this plan that coverage for seamen's depend­ Andrew Picku tober 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and on June 2, 1955, it is a Godsend to have.. ents under the SIU Welfare Ex-Ocean Ulla Mrs. William J. McDonald, Has­ in the Staten Is­ My claim. Incidentally, was Plan? land USPHS hos­ Please get in touch with Z. kell, Tex. paid off in a matter of two to On June 3, 1955, I met with I Videll, 9 Peel Road, Bottle, LiverAnthony Frank Guiliano, Jr., pital. Burial took three weeks from the date I first an accidmt which necessitated I pool 20, England. bom June 12, 195.7. Parents, Mr. place at the entered the hospital, which in a major operation. My doctor George Frank Flint, Sr. and Mrs. Anthony F. Guiliano, P o u g h k eepsie Rural Cemetery my opinion is very speedy han­ got me admitted to Providence Get in touch with your son, Elizabeth, NJ. dling. Infirmary in Mobile on June 8 I Frank, Jr., at 505 S. Pulaski St., William 'Uharles Smith, born in Poughkeepsie, ' Mrs. Ada Frank for surgery. Later, all the re­ I Baltimore 23, Md. July 2, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. New York. Join­ % -4; Siquired documents were submit­ J. E. Richardson Charles Albert Smith,, Mobile, Ala. ing the Union in 1942, in Balti­ ted to Cal Tanner, SIU agent in Stephen 6eorge: Bailey, born more, Brother Hermann had been Please contact M. Richardson, Mobile, and on July 7, I re­ 1115 NW 36 St., Miami, Fla. June 22, 1955. Parents,. Mr.. and sailing in the deck department. He Joseph Kamienskl M^. Charles Bailey, Mobile, Ala. is survived by his wife, Hilda Herr­ ceived a notice of the payments "rerryl John Tolliver, born April mann of Poughkeepsie, NY. Get in touch with your sister, made to the hospital and the To the Editor: I Veronica La Mattina, 22" Mitchell 22, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4> 4> 4^ I have just reviewed the film doctor. George ToHiver, New Orleans, La, St., Lodi, NJ. •This was indeed a great help. "The Seafarers" with a com­ Robert Lee Brock, 32: A resident mentary by Don Hollenbeck, Again my husband and I say of Eden, Alawhich I thought an excellent. , thanks for the new coverage b a m a, Brother presentation of the SIU Atlan­ under the .Welfare Plan. Brock died as the Mrs. M. Travis Bell tic and Gulf Districts. We have result of a frac­ tured skull in recommended here that a Por­ 4k 4i Norwegian Hospi­ tuguese sound track be made tal, Brooklyn, for this film so that it can be New York on June iu.jr utilized. I plan to show 28, 1955. Place this film not only to the sea­ To the Editor: . of burial was Pell farers' unions in Brazil but also Just a few lines to let you City, Alabama. to other labor organizations, know I feel fine, after my severe Brother Brock joined the SIU in and thought you Would be inter­ illness and am getting along 1945 in the Port of New York and ested' in knowing that as soon very well. I'm just wishing that had been sailing in the steward as our Portuguese sound track the doctors would let .me go department, since that time. He is is complete, we will have a pre­ back , to work but they say not survived by his wife, Rosa Lee yet. My next X-ray, will be in view here in Rio de Janeiro. Brock, of Eden, Alabama. October up at the Manhattan Irving Salert Beach Hospital and I sure hope 4) 4. i Labor Attache, they let me go back then. Lorenzo F. Brigidia, 62: A heart Foreign Service of the US I went into Manhattan Beach ailment proved 4- 4- 4* on February 10, 1954, a very fatal to Brother sick man. /In September I was Brigidia, who put under the care of Dr. Lang died on May 2, of the hospital staff and he was 1955, in the To the Editor: in charge of me until April, USPHS hospital After a payoff in New Or­ 1955. From the very first day in B a 11 i more, i leans and another long trip unl^il the time I left the hospital Maryland. Burial scheduled for the Far.East, old he . always gave mo whatever I ^ took place at the faces are as scarce as hens' asked for. Baltimore Nation­ teeth on the good ship Barbara He certainly looked after all al Cemetery. Frietchie. the men in his ward and always Brother Brigidia had been sailing The new crew we plck^ up had a welcome smile for all. I with the SIU since March, 1939, in New Orleans with the few . want to thank him ever so much joining the Union in Puerto Rico old hands sprinkled irt seem: like and let the brothers know w;hat and sailing in the steward depart­ a nice bunch. We've already had . a fine job he does; ment. He is survived by his wife,' a sample 6t one another under,, . P, J. MoCann Mrs. Amelia Brigidia, of Baltimore, Maryland.; Letters to the Editor & ... J . |i • •> -.Si- i •ill ^PINALfr; RECENT ARRIVALS liBSIillALS: Wife Praises Benefit's Speed SIU Plan Makes It Ail Simple Brazil Unions To See SIU Film. PHS Doctor Tops With Him Frietchie Headed Back Te Korea m �SEAFARERS • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • ^ . • '•> -i C-:'. The Lowdown on I. ii IrliiV^ ALL. THOSE SHOTS " (Seafarers shipping to the Far East and other areas have often wondered, after get' ting their arms punched full of needles by the doctor, what all the "shooting" is dbout. Some Seafarers have complained that they seemed to be getting a few shots too many, which may have happened on occasion. The following is a complete resume of what the shots are for, how many should be given, and how often.) liiilSPiiilfs . •? • ^ ' -— liiliiiilM . , . i - liiMs;-:;- - J Seafarers on US-flag ships know from personal experience that not all parts of the world worry about sanitation and health the way the US does. The result is that men on offshore trips, particularly to the Far East, run the risk of deadly diseases which are seldom present in the States, That's the reason for the shots that are periodically given to seamen. Any seaman who thinks he is so healthy that he can skip the shots should ponder the sad experience of one Seafarer. This crewmember, on a Waterman ship, acci­ dentally fell off the dock in a Far East port. He was fished out of the water with­ out difficulty, but a few weeks later was dead. The water he fell into was contami­ nated and he contracted typhoid fever. It's as simple as all that. . The shots given before sailing protect a Seafarer against six diseases — bubonic plague, cholera, typhoid, typhus, smallpox, yellow fever. Protection for the first four is for a few months only and for the last two, three and four years, hence the need for repeating shots at intervals. Deadly Diseases All six of these diseases are extremely deadly and all are present at one time or another in various parts of the world. Cholera and typhoid fever are spread by contaminated food and water; the plague and typhus are carried by fleas which, in turn, live on rats. Dead rats are especially suspect because they themselves may have died of the disease. Yellow fever Is mos­ quito-borne while pox IS carried from one person to another. So if you're going someplace where there are rats and poor sanitation, the shots are vital protection for your life. Here is the standard procedure that should be followed in giving shots: • Upon signing on and not having re­ ceived shots before, the Seafarer should get one injeclion for four diseases (plague, typhus, typhoid, cholera) and a scratch on the arm for smallpox. • Seven to 10 days later, he should get a second shot for the four diseases. With­ out the second shot the first series is worth­ less. If the man is on a ship, the mate is supposed to give him the second shot. • Seven to 10 days later, he gets a third shot, but only for typhoid. • Three to six months later he gets a booster shot for the four diseases; this time one shot only. If he skips the booster he must start the series all over again. • The yellow fever shot Is given only by the Public Health Service because the vaccine is extremely tricky to handle. It is given in the form of one shot once every four years. • All inoculations, vaccinations and booster shots should be entered on his shot card which he shoidd keep as a per­ manent record. In other words, the first series of shots ^J liillii' can be handled with three Injections and one vaccination, and the booster can be just one shot. Too Many Shots Confusion arises though, because some doctors give the shots for each disease separately instead of using the 4-in-Fserum. . That means instead of three injections and one smallpox vaccination from the private doctor a man can wind up with nine in­ jections and one vaccine scratch. Why doctors give the shots separately instead of combining them all in one is Questionable. For some, it might be an easy, source of added revenue. Since the com­ pany pays for the shots, a doctor with a crew of 40 men is tempted to give 160 shots and 40 vaccinations on the first round in­ stead of 40 and 40. This can make quite a difference in-his income if he is getting paid by the shot. (The charges vary but the least they are is 50 cents per jab.) Smallpox involves a somewhat different problem. The immunity is good for three years but only if the vaccination "takes". If it doesn't take, a Seafarer should have the vaccination repeated each time he gets his shots. It's no discomfort unless it takes, .which means that the vaccination was needed. Keep Shot Cards Keeping all your shot cards Instead of throwing them away will assure you of a complete record and save you unnecessary shots. Under no circumstances should the cards be torn iip, surrendered or thrown away. 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Title A name given to the resource July 22, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 15 Description An account of the resource Headlines: BILLS IN CONGRESS SEEK TO END PHS PVT. SHIPS GET MSTS RUNAROUND ALL SEAFARER-SUPPORTED CHILDREN COVERED BY PLAN GOV'T MEETS WITH CO'S ON ROLL-ONS SEAMEN NOT CAUSE OF MARITIME ILLS, SIU TELLS PROBERS NEW HIRING SYSTEM NO SIU PROBLEM BEEFS DIE QUICK UNDER HQ SET-UP KAES SIU MAN ON PORT BOARD LOG STORY KILLS ILA MONEY GRAB YOUR SIU MEETING RIGHTS '50-50' IS US BARGAIN - SHELLEY SHIPPING RISE CONTINUES; BEST SINCE END OF 1953 SIU-MAW SIGNS NEW YARD OWNERS NEW ATOMIC SHIP VOTED BY HOUSE TANKER BIZ STILL PEPS LAKE CHAS. BOSTON'S PORT PLANNING STALLED BY LEGISLATURE SIU AWARDS TOPS IN SCHOOL COAST PAYS ITS FIRST FAMILY $$ SIU VICTOR IN 5-YEAR BATTLE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT PAY RIGHTS SEATTLE JOB BOOM SEEN CONTINUING BUSY BALTO CHEERS TOP SIU CREWS SEAFARERS TRAINING SCHOOL A SECOND LOOK... SIU BLASTS NMU BID FOR NEW COAST GUARD RULE OF SEAMEN HQ REPORTS BEEFS LOWEST IN YEARS WENTLEY CREW OKAYS 2-POTS--FOR WASHER WHAT MAKES 'EM GO TO YOKOHAMA? IT'S NOT THE FOOD OR THE SCENERY? SEA AND THE MAN - THE SEAFARER'S DESTINY PERSIAN DOCKERS HELP SEAFARER CHEAT DEATH Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/22/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/96eab6baa9815d29e5f3188f97658e0c.PDF 1aa1e2c17844eb3bc1261928b3abbf97 PDF Text Text • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL J • - ~M WIN CARGO FIGHT : r H-SVi '•'il -Story On Page 3 '-'•liK .,.4S: V''i •f ' '^3 I '"-..A-j i •:-m\ V^./ Af^#A E. L. Slaughter (center) sec'y of AFL Longshoremen's I fluflfC- f Oil IvOie* Union, and Larry Long (1), president, give plaque to STU for aid in NY dock beef. Sec'y-Treas. Paul Hall afccepts in behalf of membership. M :'rii ->^•1 •M Marine Firemen's Union jobs go up on shipping board in l/fl ff fie oooro* SIU Baltimore hall as MFOW agent Tom Meyer readies job call. MFOW moved port offices into SIU hall, joining several other unions, including the Masters, Mates and Pilots, AFL Marine Engineers and Baltimore Federation of Labor. A II First boatload of passengers from #111 JOV^U* grounded Philippine steamer Neptuno comes aboard sfu-manned Steel Admiral. SIU ship rescued 186 panengeri froni stricken ship without inJury or loss of lift. (Story on Pago 7), : Am �•Is" . • SEAFARERS Pa*e Two July X, 19!SS LOG AFL Maritime Unions Vow New Waterfront Drive ,>.t=ratx mo?al support" to the drive to unite all longshoremen in the US and Canada under the AFL banner. Expressing the he--^^ ~ —— tinning objective of bringing all lief that the AFL-expelled In­ pledge" to give the IBL "full and longshoremen in the nation under ternational Longshoremen s complete support as a solid group one banner—the AFL. Association is crumbling, the dele­ of over 100,000 trade unionists'. "We therefore idedge as a body, "Longshoremen," they added, gates declared that a stepped-up physical, financial and moral aid MTD campaign under the banner "must be given the right to genu­ of the International Brotherhood ine trade unionism and job secur­ to our affiliate, the IBI^until this of Longshoremen, AFL, would ity free of mob domination . . . goal is realized." Delegates also invited the Inter­ successfully conclude the organiz­ To this end we are instructing our affiliates and our port councils in national Brotherhood of Team­ ing job in short order. The MTD meeting, held in New the United States and Canada to sters to participate actively and York on June 30, set the stage work on all levels toward the con- assist the IBL in its drive. for a full-scale MTD convention Attending the meeting were rep­ resentatives of the AFL Radio Of­ to be held later in the year. Rep­ ficers Union, Masters Mates and resentatives elected new MTD top Pilots of America, Sailors Union officials to administer the affairs of the Pacific, Brotherhood of Ma­ of the organization prior to the rine Engineers, the International convention. They also undertook Brotherhood of Longshoremen, the preliminary discussions on possible Sailors Union of the Pacific, the merger problems and pledged mu­ Marine Firemen's Union, Marine tual aid to member unions on con­ Glenn David Burke, 3, waits patiently as dad, Billy Burke, Cooks and Stewards, AFL, the tract disputes and other matters bosun, fills out family benefits enrollment card under SlU Staff Officers Union and the Sea­ of importance. Welfare Plan. Burke has another son, Patrick, 2, and lives farers Union, A&G District. Two Expellees near SlU headquarters in New York. He was last on Iberville. While pledging MTD support to WASHINGTON—With the the IBL, delegates noted that there start of open hearings by the were two unions in the longshore House Merchant Marine Com­ field which had been expelled mittee on the Bonner proposals for from major labor federations; the US rule of seamen's contracts ILA on the East Coast and the SlU representatives are now pre­ ILWU (formerly CIO) on the Pacific Coast. They said accordingly that pared to testify to set the record straight. SlU of NA president, AFL unionization of waterfront Harry Lundeberg, will appear at workers would be a "continuing the open hearings as well as Paul objective" in which they would Hall, A&G Secretary-Treasurer. give full backing to the IBL to win To Testify genuine unionism for all long­ Lundeberg and Hall are going in shoremen. MTD had originally been organ­ to testify solely in order to counter­ ized as a separate AFL waterfront act the distorted picture given at department representing seamen, the hearings by shipowner repre­ teamsters, longshoremen, operating sentatives. Under tentative plans submitted engineers and other waterfront crafts. With the AFL's expulsion by committee chairman. Represen­ of the ILA, there no longer was an tative Herbert Bonner, wages in operating longshoreman's section the maritime industry would be frozen, and any contract matters In the organization. However, the International affecting wages, manning scales, Brotherhood of Longshoremen, overtime and other items would be AFL, received its full autonomy subject to the rule of a new Gov­ last year and has been successful ernment board. in firmly establishing itself in the In effect the proposals would de­ industry, paving the way for its prive seaman of the right to bar­ direct participation in MTD. gain on wages and conditions through their unions. Officers Named Shipowners Seek Bill IBL's key role in future MTD One of first to receive benefit of new SlU family surgical and hospital benefits is Mrs. Remplanning was indicated by the elec­ Shipowner representatives have bertp Duo of Miami Beach. She is shown here in Victoria Hospital with her husband and Dr. tion of E. L. Slaughter, secretary enthusiastically welcomed the Bon­ J. A. Sperepoulos. Mrs. Duo's claim has been paid by the Welfare Plan. of the IBL, as secretary-treasurer ner proposals and in the course of of the MTD to serve under Harry the hearings have taken the oppor­ Lundeberg of the Sailors Union, tunity to blame all the woes of the who was elected MTD president. industry on seamen and their Jack MacDonald of the. Interna­ unions. The shipowners were con­ tional Union of Operating En­ spicuous in their silence over in­ gineers, will continue as vice- dustry shortcomings deriving from president of the organization. indifference and hostility to the In its statement on the long­ merchant marine in some Govern­ shore problem the MTD meeting ment quarters, competition from said it was the group's "unanimous American-owned shipping under Five claims totaling $1,225 have already been paid and ten more are pending in the first runaway flags, direct competition month's operation of the new dependent benefits under the SIU Welfare Flan. Of the five from Government-operated MSTS claims, one was a minor one, with the averages of the other claims payments being about ships and their own failure to ex­ Julys, 1955Vol. XVii, No. 14 plore and exploit new areas of about $300 each. a day for a maximum of 31 days, The new dependents' bene­ ber of his family to get full and plus additional hospital expenses PAUL HALL, Secretary Treasurer business, such as the St. Lawrence complete information on this phase •. HERBERT BRAND, Editor; RAY DENISON, Seaway. fits covering Seafarers' wives up to $100. The Seafarer pays the Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art the Welfare Plan. and nmarried children under 19 of Under Editor; HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, the dependents' benefits, first $50 of these biUs and the Weiyears of age went Into effect on the Welfare Flan covers hospital fare Plan picks up the tab for the Staff Writers; BILL MOODY, Gulf Area Representative. June 1 and the five claims already room and board at the rate of $10 rest up to the indicated limits. handled represent payments to Burly Page 13 The Plan also covers surgical Seafarers for hospitalization ex­ Editorial Cartoon .......Page 10 costs according to a surgical sched­ penses and surgery for family Editorials .Page 11 ule up to a maximum of $300 and members. The other claims are Under the SlU Welfare Plan, Final Dispatch Page 11 doctor's visits to the hospital in the following are the eligibility Inquiring Seafarer ......Page 11 non-surgical cases up to $4 dally WASHINGTON — Another pro­ now being processed by the SlU requirements for dependents' Meet The Seafarer ......Page 10 posal for study of the maritime Welfare Plan.^ for 31 days. Personals Page 14 industry is in the Congressional benefits: Seafarers who have any ques­ Pecent Arrivals Page 14 hopper with Administration sup­ tions about the new dependents' • The Seafarer needs 90 Seafarers In Action .....Page 10 port. The bill calls for Govern­ benefits, or who expect one of their days' sea^ime on SlU-contracted Shipping Figures Page 4 ment research into all operating dependents to be hospitalized 6r ships in the previous calendar Your Dollar's Worth Page 6 phases of the industry. It has been undergo surgery in the near future year plus one day's seatime in the previous 90. • Published blwaexly er the headquarters submitted to the House Merchant are urged to get in touch with the ot the Seafarers International Union, At­ nearest SlU port agent. • Dependents who are eligi­ lantic A Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Marine Committee. Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYaelnth The purpose of the proposal Contacting the agent beforehand ble include the wives of Sea­ 9-6600. Entered as second class matter farers and unmarried children at the Post OfSce In Brooklyn, NY, under would be to aim for more efficient will be of considerable aid in ex­ the Act of Aug. 24, 1912. of Seafarers under 19 years of and economical operation of mer­ pediting claims since the agent will age. Get any further details chant ships through research, de­ be able to get the claims procedure from your nearest port agent. sign and developmental work in started immediately. It's also the best way for a Seafarer_or a mem.the fiel^ • •'•••»** ft ^ •e"*' ViVV*", .zno.-'v.\.i.'> SlU To Air Position On Bonner Biii 1^ 1^; k^- |i5;< h i. life: m. .Ih Isf SlU Family Benefits Average $300 Per Case SEAFARERS LOG Propose New Maritime Study • \• -t'fe SfiigibilUy �"^-July S, i»6S SEAFARERS LOG Faff* Tbrf American Seamen Win Cargo Fight, Crew Resfricted, '50-50' Law Saved Certifieates Speed Welfare f $ Payment of cash benefits to Seafarers under th* SIU's hospital and surgical benefit plan for Seafarers' families will be speeded up considerabiy if the Welfare Plan has copies of Seafarers' mar* riage certificates and birth certificates for their children. The marriage certificates and children's birth certificates are needed to establish proof of eligibility under the Plan. If Sea­ farers have photostats of these documents made and turn them in to the nearest Union office, it will eliminate delays in payment of benefits. All documents will go Into the Seafarer's personal file at the office of the Welfare Plan and are strictly confidential. SlU Wins $8 000 Overtime Claim WASHINGTON—American seamen and the maritime industry won a major pork-chops victory when the House of Representatives crushed a repeal move against the "50-50'* law by a vote of 181 to 51. The key vote came in the course of debate on the Government's foreign aid program for the 1955-56 fiscal year. The vote represented a stunning defeat for foreign shipping lobbyists aided and abetted by elements in the' the jobs of thousands of Americah problem of agricultural surplus. State Department. The for­ seamen. Moreover it would have As such, maritime observers eign lobbyists had attemp­ indicated Congressional willingness consider the "30-50" vote a tipoff NEW YORK—^Thirty rnven Seafarers who were aboard the Sah Mateo Victory on a trip to Newfoundland last year will come in for a share of $8,000 in overtime as a result of recent Union action on a restriction ted to line up fin Administra­ to dump the US merchant marine on Congress' favorable attitude to ship beef. endorsements - so that they can tion-farm bloc coalition to up­ in order to solve a ^short-range toward a strong US Merchant fleet. The bonanza, now payable throw in for thes* jobs. set "50-50." ^ince the law re­ He pointed out that the Union by the Eastern Steamship Co., quires that at least half of stems from an agreement involving has signed several new tankers American aid cargoes go in US the SIU, the company and Govern­ lately, so that th* need for this repeal would have ment shipping officials on the "re­ rating is even greater than before. ships, forced the lay-up of scores of striction" issue. Payment has been ships and caused heavy unem­ held up pending a final okay by ployment among seamen. the Maritime Administration on This is the eighth year in a row the legality of the beef. that foreign shipowners joined A recent settlement also pro­ with anti-merchant marine forces vided for the setting up of machin­ to force a floor fight on "50-50". ery lor collecting on this type of The first fight began with the beef in the future, SIU Assistant passage of Marshall Plan legisla­ Secretary-Treasurer Claude Simtion back in 1948 and it has con­ «mons reported. tinued year by year every time a In the future, whetf the company foreign aid bill came up. and the Union agree that overtime • Squeeze On Farm Bloc is payable for a restriction on a Just five years old this Since Congress passed a per­ Government-chartered vessel, the company can now pay the men and inonth, the SIU Welfare Plan manent "50-50" law last year, for­ will in turn be reimbursed by the has paid out nearly $2Va mil­ eign maritime nations adopted a lion to Seafarers and their families new tack. Some of them had Government. to help them over the rough spots. The restriction her* Involved Of that total about $1V^ million been refusing to accept shipments concerned the stay of the San has been paid out in th* last two of agricultural surpluses in order Mateo at St. George's Bay, New­ years of th# Plan because of the to put the squeeze on the farm foundland. The Seafarers were not addition of many new benefits and bloc. With farm bloc votes they allowed to enter the military res­ a number of increases in old ones. hoped to kill "50-50" and then monopolize all US aid shipments. ervation there although the ship The figures on cash benefits paid In their anxiety to weaken or lay at anchor for some time. do not cover all the Welfare Plan's repeal this law, anti-merchant ma­ Shipping Still Booming services. Additional benefits have rine elements have even gone to Shipping continued moving at a gone to Seafarers in the form of the chairman of the House Mer­ fast pace for all ratings here dur­ recreation and dormitory facilities, chant Marine Committee, Repre­ ing the past two weeks, with only the meal book plan and the recent­ sentative Herbert Bonner, to try to chief stewards feeling a pinch. ly launched Andrew Furuseth persuade him to spearhead a move against "30-50." Members of tlie Stewards have been moving out training school in Mobile. Baltimor* agent, Earl Sheppard (left), gives hearty wel­ Healthy Backlog Merchant Marine Committee tradi­ very slowly. come to Tom Meyer, Marin* Firemen's Union representative, tionally have been the strongest All benefits paid under the Plan However, the' boom for rated as th* MFOW in Baltimore officially took up residence in the supporters of the legislation.' are financed by shipowner con­ engine department men continues SIU hall there. MFOW joined several ether unions in SIU The House vote indicates that as before, with pumpmen still at a tributions at no cost to Seafarers. hall which is fast becoming trade union center of city. Benefits paid to date include flie the move to kill "50-50" in agri­ premium. Simmons again urged following: cultural shipments or in any other all Seafarers who can qualify for * Hospital benefits, paid since area will meet with short shrift in this rating to go up for pumpmen's July 1, 1950 (rate of payment origi­ Congress. nally $1 weekly; increased to %Z1) Cost Differences Small $693,131.50. Actually the foreign lobbyists * Death benefits, paid since July 1, 1950 (originally $500, in­ had suffered a severe setback in hearings before the vote when De­ creased to $3,500) $1,244,918.81 e Disability benefits, paid since partment of Agriculture spokes­ May 1, 1952 (originally $20, in­ men .-admitted "50-50" would not add materially to the cost of dis­ The leading role played by Seafarers and their Union in creased to $35 a week) $107,030 SEATTLE — Two more ships o Maternity benefits paid since posing agricultural surplus. The aiding the International Brotherhood of Longshoremen's bulk of such cargo is carried on drive on the New York waterfront was commemorated in the were added to the SIU roster when May 1. 1952 at $200, $385,400 Seafarers in this port signed e Scholarship awards worth cargo liners and in this area, form of a plaque accepted for|^ aboard the Ampac Idaho and the $6,000 per scholarship for four freight rates are exactly the same the SIU by Secretary-Treas­ it not for the invaluable assistance Mojave under a contract recently years, since September, 1953: on both American and foreign flag urer Paul Hall. Larry Long, given .by hundreds of rank and ships. signed by headqiwters with Trans $72,000 president of the IBL-AFL made file Seafarei-s and by the SIU or­ Oceanic Marine Company. The The rate differences would show While doing all this, the Plan the presentation at the headquar­ ganization at large. He thanked new ships were just so much has bi^ilt up a healthy backlog of up in the estimated 20 percent of ters membership meeting of June the SIU for its steadfast support gravy on a very favorable shipping assets in the form of $1.7 millions surplus cargoes that would be car­ 29. On hand was a sizable group of IBL since it was first organized picture in this port which has been in Government bonds whiie keep­ ried on American tramps, total of New York longshoremen to ex­ in September, 1953. costs of the program involving consistently one of the best spots ing about $450,000 cash on hand. press their appreciation to the The SIU membership has gone hundreds of millions in surpluses on both coasts for Seafarers anx­ The astonishing growth of the SIU. on record on several occasions to ious to get out in a hurry. Welfare Plan from its modest be­ would be about $2 million more The plaque was presented be­ assist and support the IBL in the ginnings in 1950 and its current under "50-50." Outlook Good cause of the SIU's vigorous aid in Port of New York and elsewhere". Further, should "50-50" be de­ financiai soundness are due in large The two new ships were among part to direct Union administra­ feated, foreign ships would soon behalf of IBL-AFL in that union's This is still the officially-stated five sign ons handled by this port tion of funds. Self-administration drive piany American operators 1953-1954 waterfront election cam­ policy.of the Union as approved along with a very heavy load of in- eliminated the . normal insurance out of business and then would be paign, as well as for the SIU's con­ by the membership. transits, ten in all. Two payoffs company take and red tape, reduc­ in a position to charge what the tinued friendship and suppoj-t for IBL-AFL was originally formed IBL since then. and more vessels due add to the ing operating costs accordingly. traffic would bear. in September, 1953, after the ex­ desirable outlook. Invaluable Aid With foreign ships carrying over pulsion of the International Long­ Shipowner contributions now Far East shipping is responsible stand at 73 cents a day, having 80 percent of US commercial car­ In making the presentation, shoremen's. Association from the for all the action here, in addition been increased 13 cents daily in goes, even In the face of US oper­ Long declared that the IBL could AFL. It operated under a trustee­ to the regular Calmar in-transits Jibe, yplpn's pj,ost re.C)Bnt , negotia­ ating subsidies, abolition of "50-50" not have put up the fight it did ship until last summer, when it on the lumber run. . \ would have been^a serious blow to nor come as close to winning were received full autonomy. ^ tions. MFOW Welcomed To Baltimore Hall 1 fi 5 Years Of SIU Welfare: 21 Million New Ships Pep Seattle •I Longshoremen Hall SIU Aid In NY Dock Drive •ll "J. iC I �Pagre Four SEAFARERS I LA Masquerade Stars At sop, Higgs ''M- " -t ^tbi • ^ July 8. 1955 LOG SHIPPING ROUND-UP AND FORECAST Although it has failed to make any headway as a union in the past nine months, former behind-the-scenes operators of the ILA's disguised crimp rig, the "United International Sea­ JUNE 15 THROUGH JUNE 28 men's Union" Local 1824, have-f Deck Deck £ng. Eng. Stew. officially taken over and are take complementary ads at any­ Port Stew. Total Total Total A B A B A B A B Reg. attempting a new money rais­ where from $7.50 to $100, depend­ Boston 9 4 6 8 3 1 18 13 31 ing g.mniicif. Replacing Louis Le ing on which order blank they get. New Y( 95 20 58 24 58 14 211 58 269 Doulx and Captain George Beli30 8 29 13 Local 1824 was originally char­ Phila. 18 6 77 27 104 77 43 42 basakas — the former front men tered last fall by ILA Captain 19 29 26 148 88 236 7 14 5 6 4 5 —are Keith Alsop, former SIU Bradley with the intent to raid Norfolk 16 25 41 14 8 10 7 3 1 27 16 43 Galveston port agent and Bill US ships and harass the SIU. Its Miami 6 5 2 2 11 6 19 13 32 Higgs, former Seafarer expelled leaders boasted at the time that Tampa 4 3 3 . 3 5 1 7 12 19 from the Union last year for work­ they would sign contracts with any­ 27 15 9 6 23 9 65 24 89 ing with the ILA to block the AFL body, anywhere. 41 10 26 9 33 19 100 38 138 drive on the waterfront despite 11 13 3 9 3 10 17 32 Despite these boasts, the new 49 the SlU's membership-adopted "union"' was d; fended in the 16 9 12 5 4 8 32 22 54 9 5 policy to the contrary. 2 1 4 3 15 9 24 NMU's official newspaper. The Wilmington 18 6 9 14 13 11 40 31 71 Both Alsop and Higgs wei-e ac­ Pilot. The publication gave promi­ .15 3 13 15 9 15 33 37 70 tive in the attempt to unseat SIU nence to assertions by ILA Presi­ Deck Eng. Eng. Deck Stew. Stew. Total Total Total >3 .•V A B A B Secretary-Ti-easurer Paul Hall in dent Bradley that the "union" Reg. A B Totals 379 170 225 135 226 135 830 440 1270 the last SIU election, an attempt would go out to raise standards on in which the ILA and its presi­ foreign-flag operations. Actually Shipped dent, Captain Bradley, took a hand they were acting as shipping Eng. Deck Eng. Eng. stew. Stew. Stew. Total Deck Deck Total Total Total in the form of direct cash con­ crimps by supplying AB's at $95 Port B B A C A A B C A B Ship. C 0 tributions to anti-Hall elements. per month to foreign-flag vessels Boston ... 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 6 98 3 52 9 27 9 49 17 7 199 53 19 271 without any contract protection to New York. Cobb Sentenced 0 17 5 8 22 1 11 6 0 50 19 1 70 The election was climaxed by the men. 3 32 18 50 27 3 23 17 4 105 62 10 177 Actually the record of perform­ «n attempt to assassinate Hall for 7 8 8 9 7 11 10 1 13 Norfolk . 26 17 31 74 which one man, James Cobb, con­ ance of Local 1824 in the past nine Savannah 6 0 0 6 5 8 1 1 0 13 • 13 1 27 0 0 1 2 2 7 2 9 0 10 fessed triggerman in the plot has months bears out SIU charges that Miami ... 11 2 23 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 3 1 10 now been sentenced to a prison it was nothing more than a crimp 2 31 9 0 33 39 4 5 0 103 18 123 2 term, and others, including Ray operation. It has no contracts 20 9 1 24 0 32 17 38 3 94 46 4 144 White, Hall's opponent in the elec­ with any American or foreign-flag 5 0 3 6 0 3 12 4 1 18 15 1 34 shipping companies. Instead it tion, are under indictment. 016 6 0 10 15 2 8 0 41 16 0 57 has coilected "dues" and "initia­ White, Higgs, Alsop and attor­ 3 8 5 12 4 2 2 5 9 16 9 25 50 ney Benjamin Sterling were active tion fees" from crewmembers of 0 3 12 5 12 9. 10 19 4 33 34 7 74 In concert during the election cam­ runaway flag ships on the prom­ Seattle 9 3 8 10 4 10 6 6 7 24 25 14 63 Eng. Eng. Eng. Deck Stew. Stew. Stew. Total Deck Deck Total Total Total paign with Higgs handling ILA ise of handling their beefs, but has B B C A C A B A C A B Ship. C funds and. Sterling acting as an then turned around and shipped 200 30 204 134 45 103 105 45 337 741 342 120 1203 Intermediary in these financial new crews to these very same ves­ —4sels without taking any action on transactions. The A&G District's shipping As reported by the Bergen Coun­ wages, manning scales and work­ totals continued to hold to a high with very few in this category ty district attorney's office. Ster­ ing conditions. level in the past two-week period available. Here is copy of "touch" ling was named by Cobb as the man The practices of the crimping although falling off an even 100 Major ports on this coast held letter sent out by ILA crimp who was to pay him the balance have brought about its official con­ jobs from the extra-good figure of up nicely with Mobile showing con­ of his fee for the assassination. demnation by the International the previous two weeks. Still, total siderable improvement. Smaller outfit over signatures of Sterling has also been identified Transport Workers Federation, a shipping of 1,203 jobs compares East Coast ports with the excep­ Keith Alsop, ex-SIU Gal­ with the ILA "seamen's union." world-wide organization which in­ very favorably with the registra­ tion of Norfolk had slow going veston agent, and expelled The new fund-raising device Al- cludes seamen of major nations. tion figure of 1,270. Once again, with few men moving off the «op is using is a "souvenir" jour­ The ITF is now undertaking an allthe number of class C men shipped beach. Seafarer Bill Higgs. nal in which "friends" in the mari­ out drive in this field, which the rose, this time to a record high of Class A shipping held very time industry are being asked to ILA is attempting to harass. 120 jobs, showing the lack of closely to the last two weeks and Class A and B men in those ports increased its relative share of all where shipping was hot. shipping to better than 61 percent. •owum ORHN e-aias Outlook Good Class B shipping dropped off to 29 percent with class C men get­ Further, the future outlook for UNITED INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN'S UNION the District as a whole is favor­ ting 10 percent of the available i. L. A. LOCAL 1824 able although individual ports may jobs. do better than others. rOUR SOUTH STREET BOSTON: In summer doldrums; NIW YORK >, N.r. The biggest shipping Increase little future prospects... NEW was in Norfolk which found itself YORK: still doing very well except hai-d put to find men to put full for chief stewards, tops for pump­ MIITH ALOOF crews aboard three ships. West men and other engine ratings... McaarAiiT-tMAMii Coast ports also did extremely well PHILADELPHIA doing well and WILLIAM B. HtOOM .with two new SlU-contracted ves­ future looks satisfactory.. .BAL­ VieC'FMRlBimT sels coming out of Seattle. The TIMORE: Had very good two weeks •KORQK VARONK West Coast ports all report that and more of the same is due... VIGS«MB*lStNT class A men can get out at will NORFOLK: Crewing of three June 7, 195B ships cleaned this port out. Set to crew Catherine and expecting two payoffs. Dear Friends Local 1824 is holding itg first Annual Dinner and Dance on July 12th, 1955. Any surplus above the cost of op­ erating this affair will be put into a building fund of which our Local is in dire need of. As this is quite an undertaking finan­ cially, we are urging all our friends in the Maritime Industry to subscribe for an ad in our Joiu'nal. Thanking you in advance, we acp "Very sincerely yours. ^Batons, c^Lofi, *Seaxtlai^-^xeaiwux n/iae^iPuiUUni Congress Ok's '55 Ship Funds WASHINGTON—After restoring many cuts originally made in the House of Representatives, Congress has passed bills providing maritinie funds for the coming year. The bills cover operating and construc­ tion subsidies, expenses of the Maritime Administration, maritime training and other items. The key provision on operating subsidies calls for $110 million against the $115 million requested and voted by the Senate. It is $20 million more 'than was originally voted by the House. Other funds provided are $861^ million for ship construction in­ cluding $10 million for a proto­ type tanker ship and $23 million for the tanker trade in program. The bulk of the rest goes for pas­ senger ship replacement. Kings Point and the state mari­ time schools received their regular appropriations,under the bill. SAVANNAH: Has been slow. Crewing one ship and two nthers scheduled for payoff... MIAMI: Shipping holding pace with regis­ tration.. ..TAMPA: No change in picture here. Little action ex­ pected. . .MOBILE: Improved from previous status. Outlook is fair with Topa Topa due to take crew and seven payoffs in offing. NEW ORLEANS:—Outlook is fairly good with six payoffs scheduled. LAKE CHARLES: Holding to fair shipping pace. Enough A and B men available to handle needs for next period.. .HOUSTON: Slowing down and outlook is poor. Shipping in past period was almost all deck department.. WILMING­ TON: Beach clean of class A men. Outlook is fine... SAN FRAN­ CISCO: Some drop-off expected from very good shipping levelClass A men getting out with ease. SEATTLE: Still a very hot port- with a j^e shipping outlook. This port has been hopping for weeks now. �July S, 1S58 industries, which operate under tively made this point. But this is different circumstances, the prob­ not the type of problem that pre­ At the regular membership meeting of June vails in the maritime industry. The lem of the workers involved is not 29, the Secretary-Treasurer asked for and re= big problem is to increase the num­ similar to that of the auto worker. Quite likeiy, some unions will ber of vessels sailing under the ceived membership authorization to reopen the American make their decisions on whether thus swell the, SIU contracts—^under terms of the wage reopen­ number offlag,jobsandavailable or not to follow UAW without to sea­ men. regard to the relationship between ing clause. The Secretary-Treasurer also asked their own and UAW's problem. No Relation To GAW for autl^rity to seek increased Vacation pay­ The National Maritime Union, It appears that, at this moment, ments to be paid directly to Seafarers. In addi­ the idea of assigning for example, was the first CIO funds to give union to enter negotiations after tion to these requests, the Secretary-Treasurer to relatively few men who may the UAW plan was laid before reported on the Supplemental Unemployment get unemployment insurance pay­ Ford, and the NMU settled for a ments from the states, a couple of Insurance Fund negotiated by the NMU, its re­ extra 25 cent per day contribution to a dollars, in no way represents supplemental unemployment insur­ lationship to the Auto Worker's guaranteed an­ the same accomplishment for all ance fund. nual wage plan, and its applicability to the mari­ seamen, in the manner that guar­ Nothing Spelled Out anteed annual employment does time industry. The NMU agreemept provides for all auto workers. The membership went on'record to accept the for working out details within the This. leads to the obvious ques­ coming year. Nothing is spelled tion which many have asked: Why report and recorhmendations and further to in­ out as to who will be eligible under has the NMU jumped behind tho struct the editor of the SEAFARERS LOG to idea the plan, other than that the em­ of supplemental unemploy­ publish the details of the report so that it will be ment insurance? Actually, tho ployer will make the 25-cent pay­ ment into the fund. However, NMU did not originally call for available to all of the membership—:both at sea indications are that the NMU wants this type of unemployment set-up. and ashore. to set up something like this: The When CIO president Reuther somo fund to establish a $40 unemploy­ time back announced his plans for ment benefit, tied to existing state a guaranteed annual employment benefit systems. Where NMU men ment insurance payments from the goods. Shipping is a service, as and wage plan for auto workers, are eligible for state unemploy­ states while they are unem­ contrasted to manufacturing, and the NMU took a similar position. ment insurance, the fund would ployed. In the Class B seniority vessels must be ready to move When Reuther accepted supple­ make up the difference between group, 8 percent of the unemployed with cargoes dropped on the piers. mental unemployment insurance Shippers cannot be told that two as a stepping stone toward his ul­ the state payment and the $40. For men in this category get unem­ example. In New York, where the ployment benefits. These two American flag vessels have already timate objective, the NMU then ac­ sailed this week and that they cepted establishment of a supple­ payment is $36 a week for unem­ must hold off till-next week so that ployment insurance, a man would sailings can be evened out—not get an additional $4 a week from with Foreign Flag shipping in the the fund. There is nothing in the field—and tied up rigl^t alongside plan suggesting payments like a US ships. There is an ever-pres­ meet schedules, call in workers substantial portion of his regular groups within the SIU comprise ent pressure of foreign competi­ wages, as in the case of UAW. from distant areas. When the pro­ The problems in the maritime the bulk of the regular, profession- tion which the American maritime mental unemployment insurance duction schedule is realized, these industry are peculiar to the in­ aly seamen. The Class C man is industry is unable to govern or fund, financed by operator's con­ people are discharged and pro­ generally the casual seaman and control. US auto has no such fears duction goes into low again—tlie dustry alone: In auto factories has no equity which qualifies him of foreign competition. Americans tributions. and in other manufacturing in­ The NMU was the first CIO extras generally migrating and £fS a responsibility of the industry buy cars, not solely because of the union dustries, production, sales and to enter negotiations for con­ the regular worker getting only income enjoy all-time highs — while he i^ in that seniority status. production schedules, but because tract renewal after the CIO Auto short work weeks or none at all. SIU Seniority Protection of their ability and desire to buy. Workers concluded its bargaining despite the regeneration and Hopes To Change The very low percentages of growth of foreign competitive And, finally, the question of with the Ford Company for the Reuther's plan aims at modify­ products. The US maritime indus­ men with Class A and Class B guaranteed annual employment guaranteed annual wage. Topmost ing or changing a characteristic of try, though, is shrinking at an seniority ratings who take state has not yet been found palatable in the mind of Reuther was the the economy and it stems from a alarming rate. Since the end of unemployment insurance, despite to professional seamen across the winning of acceptance by the auto long-time concern over the em­ the Korean hostilities, the US fleet the cut-back in shipping, indicates board. Our industry has problems industry of that concept. Curran ployers' indifference to the stabil­ and the number of jobs have con­ that in our Union seamen with for the individual unlike those of obviously wanted to use the NMU ity of the auto industry and auto tinued to dry up. .In auto, the seniority continue to enjoy job se­ bargaining sessions to show hi# workers' general welfare. He is curity, with the loss of ships hav­ acceptance of the CIO leader's seeking to establish that the em­ ing had its greatest effect on the principles, irrespective of their ployer must treat the production Class . C, or so-called casual group. particular relationship to maritime worker in the same fashion as the The job possibilities for these peo­ conditions and seamen's problems, office worker, who is on annual ple get slimmer during industry and jumped on the bandwagon, so salary and who is not hired or decline. And experience also to speak. fired according to the fluctuations UAW sought through GAW to shows that under such circum­ the shoreside worker. The extend­ Curran's ability to follow a line of manufacturing. even out eipployment for the stances the casual seaman will ed periods away from home, in rel­ which he feels is politic for him This is, in essence, the UAW's majority of its people In an at­ leave the industry to try his luck atively confined quarters on an made it comparatively easy for around-the-clock tosis, make it plan for Guaranteed Annual Wage, mosphere of heavy production at employment elsewhere. difficult to equate the seamen with him to endorse the policy adopted or guaranteed annual employment, schedules, but in maritime the To provide supplemental unem­ the shoreside workers. Outside of by top CIO. He obviously did which is a more proper descrip­ principal problem is employment ployment insurance benefits for not make his decision on the basL# the always-existing exceptions, tion. itself—^jobs. these men would be somewhat un­ of the issue involved but rather professional seamen have not True, the UAW did not achieve realistic, because it would have Fund For Few on the practicality of the politics. the full and ultimate objective in In the midst of the bad times In the effect of subsidizing a pool of found it desirable to stay at sea Thus it was just as simple for him Its first crack during the recent oiar industry, there is no apparent unemployables with little or no for 50 weeks out of 52 aboard one to hail Walter Reuther and the negotiations with the Ford Com­ point in making contributions to seniority in the industry and, con­ ship, year in and year out, partic­ Reuther plan and push it in his pany, and later with GenA-al a fund which is calculated only to sequently, would keep them hang­ ularly as they are more and more own organization as it was for him Motors. It accepted a compromise benefit the very small minority of ing around hoping, but without as­ raising families and establishing to blast Walter Reuther and plan for supplemental unemploy­ men when they are out of work, surance, that industry conditions homes. That is why the SIU in­ Reuther's brand of union activities ment insurance—to be financed and especially Vhere there is no would improve fast enough to stituted the first industry wide va­ not too long ago when Curran and assurance that there will be a job bring them employment possibili­ cation plan, so as to guarantee to to be unemployed from. Most ties. For example, if the SIU oper­ every man the money coming to maritime unions have managed to ators were to contribute the 25 him that he ordinarily would be cope with the unemployment aris­ cents a day to an unemployment entitled to in the form of vacation, ing in the Industry. fund for every SIU man who to be taken at his own timing and However, the problem of un­ works, the majority of these would convenience. out of company contributions— employment in the NMU is out of be the men with seniority—the There are exceptions of course, which guarantees the auto worker all proportion to that existing else­ Class A and Class B men. But the to be found particularly aboard some of his Commie Pals fol­ 60 to 65 per cent ot his average where in the maritime industry. principal beneficiaries of the so- passenger ships, where personnel lowed a line of denouncing take-home pay, up to 26 weeks, in This is due solely to the fact that called supplemental insurance fund will stick to a ship because of the Reuther. On May 28, 1943, for example, Curran who at that par­ the event of a lay-off. Curran failed to establish the nec­ would be the casual or Class C sea­ generally short period the vessel ticular time was religiously follow­ Opened The Door essary seniority protection for the men, while the Class A and B men is away from its honae port.^ ing the CP line and was courting But this was a promising start in professional seamen in his organi­ for whose work the major share of As in all cases in attacking a for position with the party leader­ winning acceptance of the guaran­ zation. Consequently he alone the contribution would be made, problem, the tactics are shaped by ship, found it politic to castigate teed annual employment principle, faces the self-created problem of would, as our experience indicates, the particular needs of those in­ Reuther in this fashion when he vast number of seamen compet­ not even 6e in a position to receive volved. In auto, the problem was stated: "The Reuther forces in without the necessity of strike ac­ tion. Guaranteed annual employ­ ing with each other for jobs any benefits from the plan. one of smoothing out controllable working alliance with the Trotment will no doubt become a real­ without a sound system for recog­ No Production Control production to assure the regular skyites are instigating strikes... ity for auto workers in future bar­ nizing an individual's seniority. Moreover, the maritime industry worker with proper •seniority in the The Reuthers, Trotskyites, ACTU'gaining negotiations. „ -Insofar as the unemployment in=^ cannot control its prodqction in auto industry of his fair share of ers, are also bent on destroying The UAW plan is applicable to surance aspect is concerned, our the same manner that auto and the industry's employment and to the war effort . . . They are now many large, mass production in­ own union experience is that 3 other manufacturing industries prevent the employer from using trying to cause division in the dustries, especially those which percent of the men with top sen­ can. the worker as a commodity to be ranks of the United Auto Workers have similar production and mar­ iority — the Class A men — in a Shipping is dependent upon used and junked as he saw fit. ... It is our job ... to denounce keting patterns. In still other given period receive unemploy- other industries for a flow of And in GAW the UAW has effec­ (Continued on page 14) When th^ United Automo­ bile Workers presented its de­ mand for what is called the Guaranteed Annual Wage, it touched off a precedent that is bound to become a pattern in many sections of our eco nomy. Walter Reuther, UAV president and head of the CIO, is attempting throng GAW to solve a problem which has been confronting his people for years—the problem of the em­ ployer pulling auto workers on and off the job to meet the upand-down pattern of production that has always been characteristic of auto manufacturing and to some degree, other mass-production in dustries. In Guaranteed Annual Wage Reuther hopes to find the solution to the unstable nature of employ­ ment in auto, by forcing the manu facturers to level off their produc tion over the year. Current pro duction methods in the car busi­ ness, caused by peculiar marketing patterns, involves periods of heavy overtime hours. When the indus­ try is going full blast, the manu­ facturers not only rely on the regular work force, but, in order to £ I a "J �SEAFARERS Pare Six fc-. fi V' CS Now Building Biggest US Tanker July S; 195S LOO Ala. AFL Leaders Visit SiU BALTIMORE—The biggest news as far as the American Merchant Marine is concerned around here is that the Beth­ lehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard is enlarging its ways so that it can build tankers and ore^ carriers of at least 50,000 tons capacity. This Is important because there are hardly any facilities available for commercial ship construction In the giant class in the United States. Actually the keel for the largest cargo ship yet to sail under the Stars and Stripes was laid on one of these ways only two weeks ago. Lake Chas. Painters Get New Pact The largest single cargo of grain ever loaded in the port of Baltimore went out iast week on an SlU-manned ship, the Robin Trent. The ship sailed for Rijeka, Yugoslavia. It will be the first supertanker built under the tanker-trade-inand-build program, which was passed by Congress last year. That tanker of 32,750 tons ca­ pacity is one of three ordered un­ der this special program by the SlU-contracted Cities Service Oil Corporation. All will operate coastwise between Lake Charles and North Atlantic ports. All three of the 720-foot tankers are to be built at Sparrows Point. For each of the supertankers Cities Service is trading in two T-2 types. Laying of the keel on the first of these on the new way was an elaborate ceremony, said to be the most elaborate held for any keellaying in the nation. As the fiag-bedecked section of keel—40 by 44 feet—was moved across into position by the giant cranes, seven "godfathers" stood by with white gloves to help push it firmly in place by means of seven specially-attached stanchions, on which were fitted special brass knobs inscribed with the data con­ cerning the keel-laying to be kept as souvenirs. LAKE CHARLES — AFL painters here marked an extra celebration over the July 4th holiday weekend, as the threat of a possible lockout vanished ^Vith the signing of a new contract last Friday, July 1. Speculation up to the pact dead­ line had indicated a probable lock­ out by industrial contractors with whom the painter had been locked in a dispute for some time. Painters Union spokesmen re­ ported the new settlement agree­ able with all hands, ending the chance of a full-scale work stop­ page this week after the holiday had ended. In another labor development, the AFL Metal Trades' Council is still hammering away at negotia­ tions with the Firestone Rubber Company. Port Smooth Affairs ot ^the port, meanwhile, continue to run smoothly. SIU Port Agent Leroy Clarke pointed out that a fair amount of ships paid visits here during the past two weeks, each taking a few re­ placements and cutting down the available manpower. He cautioned again, however, that there are enough class A and class B men registered at the hall to handle all expected Jobs, so that no one should get a mistaken idea of the present shipping picture. No sudden boom is in prospect here. While touring SIU Mobile hall. Ala. AFL leaden Carl Griffin, (left) and W. L. Huffaker hear about SIU training school plans from Gal Tanner, port agent. Griffin and Huffaker re­ cently were elected president and first vice-president of Ala. State Federation of Labor. Gov't, Operators Settle Lawsuit For 23 Ships WASHINGTON—Settlement of the Government's case against more than half the freighters and tankers allegedly owned by non-citizens has been reached. Several companies allegedly controlled by Man uel Kulukundis have agreed for operation under the American to pay the Government flag must be purchased by corpora­ $1,400,000 and transfer the ships tions in which US citizens have majority control. to citizen-owned corporations. One more SlU-contracted com­ The settlement involves 23 ships and seven corporations, many of pany. in the Kulukundis croup, them companies under contract to Veritas Steamship, is stlil in liti­ the SIU. Among them are Seatrade gation. In addition, there are 22 other Corp.; Seatrade of Delaware, Tramp Shipping Corp.; Philadel­ ships controlled by Interests con­ nected with A. S. Onassis which phia Marine and Potrero Corp. In all of the cases the Govern­ are still under Government seizure. ment slapped liens on the ships on A civil suit is pending in Federal the ground that they had been court against these ships, many of bought from the US by corpora­ which are SlU-contracted. Settietions controlled by non-citizens, in ment of the Kulukundis case indi­ violation of the Ship Sales Act. cates that a simiiar arrangement The act provided that ships sold wlil be reached on these vessels. YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH . I •' jl; 1; ' I fe' I i ; i'-- • MOBILE—^All segments of the shipping industry here are hoping that the longawaited upsurge in activity for this port may come about soon as the result of a bill just passed by the State Legislature giving control of the State Docks back to the Gov­ ernor. The measure was bitterly op­ posed by the anti-labor group here, headed by ex-State Sen. Tom John­ son, who was defeated for reelec­ tion by a large labor vote last year. Johnson is the author of the state's controversial "right-tb-work" law. Backing the bill. Governor Folsom announced that one of the first steps he would take under his new powers would be to open up shipping terminals as far away as Jackson, Ala. This wouid extend the Mobile waterfront some 75 miles and help to provide greater service to shippers at less cost. Shipping Up Shipping during the past two weeks showed a marked improve­ ment over past periods, aithough the relief was considered only tem­ porary at this time. The dispatcher shipped 123 men to regular jobs and another 112 to relief jobs around the harbor. However, the good shipping can only be attributed to that fact that three ships, the Ames Victory, Topa Topa and Ciaiborne, came out of the shipyard and took full crews. Prospects for the cohiing two weeks are expected to be slim once again. Port Agent Cal Tanner also sug­ gested that Seafarers should note the change in the location of the USPHS outpatient clinic, starting this week. The new clinic is at the Custom House on St. Joseph St., in the downtown area close to the docks. Written for The Seafarers Los> ^^SOllus, /•Leading expert on biying how to tell whether the last is right for you? According ing clothes without you touching them. The only laborsaving you get from a single wash-and-dry unit over a to experts, the heel seat should grip your heei firmiy Your living costs will be a bit easier for this month if but without binding. The shoe should also conform to separate washer and dryer, is that you don't have to you take advantage of the many July sales and cleai'ances, the nauural shape of your foot, and be as straight along lift the damp clothing from one machine to the other. Nor especially of clothing, to anticipate your needs. the inner edge as possible. If you put your feet together, is there any price advantage. Both the older and new But. July's cilt-price sales are only the prelude to a new your shoes should touch at the heel, and from a point combination washer-dryer have make-believe li.st prices boost in living expenses in late summer as pork, eggs, just in back of the joints of the big toes up to the end of $525 and $530 (actual selling prices run 20-30 per cent milk and other important staples embark on their seasonal of these toes. less depending on the competitive discount situation in price climb. All that the recent "remarkable stable" Manufacturers' sizes vary. Always ti'y on both shoes your locality). At the same cost you can buy a team of period of living costs, as the U S Bureau of Labor with your weight on them, making sure there is a half- top-quality separate machines. But there is a noticeable Statistics described it, has meant to moderate-income inch of space beyond your toes and that the big joint space-saving advantage in the single washer-dryer units. families is that retail prices leveled off at record highs of your big toe comes just where the sole rounds In on The older model, by Bendix, is 36 inches and the new while prices of wholesale commodities went down. Westinghouse unit'it 32. In contrast, a separate washer the inside edge. Used-car seekers will also find price cuts in July as and dryer are usually 29 inches apiece—58 for the team. Welt Construction tags on second-hand vehicles get the traditional postRepairs Sometimes Costly Shoes made with a "Goodyear Welt" are generally most July 4 trimming. In new cars, current inventories are re­ But there is a concern over the matter of repairs. ported to be close to the heaviest in history, so shop for durable and comfortable, and can be repaii'ed most neatly. Owners' and repairjiien's experience, with the washerthe best deal. The '56 models will be moving into dealer's In this construction, the upper is not attached right to the gryer already on the market has been quite uneven. sole, but both upper and soie are sewn to a thin strip hands in the second half of the year, with a littlq improve­ ment over the '55 cars, especially in torque (forward of leather called a welt. You can run your hand Inside Some have operated all right, perhaps because owners gave them good care, while others have needed frequent thrust). The '55 models themselves have been acclaimed - a weited shoe and find the insole is smooth with no signs repairs at heavy cost. Motors and heating elements are by experts as showing a noticeable improvement in road- of tacks or stitches. all noticeably more costly to replace than for separate ability and handling over previous years. A good many women's and children's shoes are not washers and dryers. Sales On Shoes made with the welt construction, however. Lower-quality Rugs: Families seeking to buy carpets in the mid­ Perhaps the mo.st useful July sales are the semi-annual shoes often have upper and sole stitched directly to­ shoe sales, with - most stores and brands offering 10-20 gether. Such shoes cannot be as neatly repaired as welt summer sales will find them more expensive this year. per cent off on staple styles. Shoes are the only clothing shoes. Some better-quality women's shoes are made with­ Mills raised wholesale prices as much as six per cent this item which have not dropped in price these past two out welt, but with insole held together with tiny staples spring. Some re.tailers have inventories purchased at lower years, and even actually rose further this year. So^ it's and a lockstitch. You can see the lockstitch if you lift prices on which they have not raised tags, so comparison.» valuable policy to time the family's shoe buying for July the thin lining over the insole, but in well-made women's shop for these better values. Foods: Pork prices have been going up. Beef is still in and January when possible. — shoes, you won't see any signs of staples or tacks. Here are buying tips on shoes and other goods: Home 'Appliances! Another combination washer and heavy supply and reasonable. Look for specials on Shoes: Proper shape and lit are pretty nearly as Im­ dryer, by Westinghouse, has come on the market. Like beef to stock up your freezer, too. Another money-saver portant as quality in determining how much wear you'll the Bendix combination already out, the machine goes at this time is canned tuna fish, in heavy supply and being » get irom> shoes, as well as their comfort. Do you IhiOW through the entire cycle of washing and coRiBMcIy dry- tsubiectcd to sharp price-outting, ^ -•• Buying Calendar For July I New Law To Spur Mobile Cargo Biz �•msm SEAFARERS Jnly 8, 1985 ALCOA RANGER (Alco*)^ May If— Chairman, H. Franklin; Sacratary, R. Brain. Explanation of new Welfare Plan benefita was given by headquar­ ters. Vote of thanks-was extended to all responsible for these new benefits. Clarification made on custom declara­ tion slips and ship's repairs ere mov­ ing along good. It was decided that tl will be collected from each crewmember to pay for same. Steward agreed to improve on food and serv­ ice. •jne J—'•hiirman, R. E. Stahl; Sec­ retary, R. Delgado. Motion made and carried that ail communications from headquarters be accepted and con­ curred. Things running smoothly aboard this ship. BETHCOASTER (Caimor), May 31— Chairmen, R. .1. Brown; Secretary, Raiph T.yree. Deck delegate reported that there are some unsettled over­ time beefs since January. There is also a beef regarding sailing board time. Recent communications from headquarters accepted and concurred. It was suggested that the patrolman be consulted about super-cargo man not signing meal tickets. A suggestion was also made to see the chief mate about getting keys for the foc'sle. Since the company refused to set sailing board time a request was made that boarding patrolman settle this in Baltimore. CHiWAWA (Cities Service), June 3 —Chairman, S. Whippie; Secretary, J. Merreii. Old and new repairs have been taken carp of. All communica­ tions from headquarters were posted and accepted unanimously. DEL VALLE (Deita Line), May 15— Chairman H. Hlqqinbotham; Secre­ tary, T. A. Scanion. Brother Muree resigned as ship's delegate. H. Higginbotham elected in his place. O. Mani­ fold elected secretary and reporter. Suggested that crew give daymen a break, letting them use the washing machine over the week end. Three ' steward department rooms to be painted this trip. Ship's delegate was requested to speak to the chief mate regarding painting the 4 to 8 engine department room. It hasn't been painted in over two years. JULESBERG (Mathiasan), May SiChairman, R. Dougias; Secretary, J. Decinque. All communications from headquarters were read, posted, ac­ cepted and carried unanimously. Things running smoothly. May 28—Chairman, R. Douglas; Sec­ tary, H. Berner. One brother left ship in El Segundo, California, at sailing time. Crew will ask patrolman for clarification on shipping rules, trans­ portation, and to inspect all foc'sles. No disputed overtime aboard. Captain will check division of wages with patrolman. Motion made and carried that all beefs will be turned into delegates to be settled with boarding patrolman. Motion made and carried that there be no election of a ship's committee since the entire crew, with four exceptions, will be leaving the vessel in a few days. All crewme'mbers were asked to leave the foc'sles clean. Ship's delegate will get payroll totals before arrival in port. Vote of thanks was given to steward depart­ ment for a job well done, and the same for the ship's delegate for his efforts on behalf of crew during this voyage. Leak in bulkhead in 12-4 foc'sle. Plate on boat deck is thin and bends under pyessure. CALMAR (Calmar), June <—Chair­ man, J. BuzalewskI; Secretary, J. Ruszel. Ten dollars was sent out of ship's fund for magazines. Balance of fund Is $28.22. Deck department is making good overtime. Communica­ tions from headquarters accepted 100 percent. Vote of thanks was extended to committee for new welfare bene­ fits. Bosun asked crew not to leave magazines on hatches. New enrollment cards were distributed and a discus­ sion was held on the importance of completing them out. i_ THE CABINS (Mathlasen), May 20— Chairman, J. Stewart; Secretary, P. Kustara. Ship's delegate and ship's secretary-reporter elected at this meeting. Pumpman reported that no repairs could be made since no new parts were ordered. Windless forward was not repaired. SALEM MARITIME (Cities Service), June 13—Chairman, L. Lofton; Secre­ tary, E. Harrison. Headquarters com­ munications accepted and concurred. Carried unanimously. Everything run­ ning well aboard this vessel. June 11—Chairman, A. Gowder; Secretary, E. Harrison. Balance of ship's fund is $24.28. One man paid off vessel because he was injured. Com­ munications from headquarters ac­ cepted and concurred. Motion was made and carried to contact head­ quarters regarding bosuns and stew­ ards. Motion was made and carried to have a new brand of coffee aboard. Drinking water is to be tested so that headquarters will know what sort of water we are made to drink. Crew Was instructed to keep messhall cleaner in the early hours of the morning. ALCOA PLANTER fAlcoa), May 28— Chairman, W. Parry; Secretary, J. O'Nell. Steward left in hospital in Cardiff, Wales. Beef about splitting wages. To check with patrolman about shore liberty and launch. .service. Wiper J. Culotta was hospitalized In Cardiff for appendicitis but returned to ship and traveled back with crew. Headquarters communications read, accepted and concurred. Repair list forms issued to department delegates. Must have sufficient cots and windscoops aboard for West Indies run. Donation to ship's fund to be made voluntarily at payoff. Delegates to handle all beefs through patrolmen. June 8—Chairman, M. Reed; Secre­ tary, S. Novack. Motion made and carried that negotiating committee take up matter of ship being com­ pletely cleared by Government agen­ cies (Quarantine, customs. Immigra­ tion. etc.) before ship should be con­ sidered on port time. Motion made and carried that headquarters investigatei launch service, either increase amount payable to seamen or have company make arrangements. $2 not adequate. Company will continue to leave it up to seamen to make own arrangements as long as fare is $3. LOG Pace Serea StU Crew Rescues 186 From Sform-Striclcen Philippine Ship CHICKASAW (Pan Atlantic), May 29 —Chairman, J. Farrand; Secretary, A. Jonnes. It has been noted by the ship's delegate that someone has taken a "time-off" beef to the com­ pany. This type of beef is handled' aboard ship and If not settled aboard it should be taken to the patrolman or port agent of the Union. Ship's dele­ gate elected. It was suggested that crew get iced tea glasses, and that messhall be cleaned after each meal. Ship to be fumigated. June 13—Chairman, M. Ellis; Secre­ tary, A. Sllva. Discussion was held on new welfare benefits and communi­ cations from headquarters. They were accepted and concurred. Everything running well aboard ship. KATHRYN (Bull), June 9—Chair­ man, B. Martin; Secretary, C. Inman. Communications from headquarters read thoroughly, accepted and con­ curred. Everything aboard this vessel running smoothly. DEL MUNDO (Mississippi), May 29— iShalrman, C. Duncan; Secretary, J. PIcou. Everything running .smooth except for some disputed overtime. Two brothers were left in hospitals. Ship's fund $20. Steward to see patrol­ man about one of the brothers. Com­ munications accepted and concurred. Motion made and carried to give Union vote of , thanks for additional welfare benefits won. It was sug­ gested that we live up to our our agreement regarding sailing board time. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), June 9—Chairman, J. Moore; Secre­ tary, F. Manley. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications 100 percent. Every­ thing running smoothly aboard this vessel. SOUTHLAND (South Atlantic), June 5—Chairman, S. Wells, Secretary, T. Brown. Three men missed ship, one because of illness. Balance of ship's fund $102. Communications posted, read, accepted unanimously. Motion made and carried to give Port Agent Sheehan a vote of thanks for stand­ ing by the crew in getting stores they needed] for the trip. Ship's dele­ gate to see about repairs. Tommy Hankins will bring record player aboard for crews enjoyment. Upkeep of this phonograph will be taken from the ship's treasury. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), May 3D—Chairman, Mike Manning; Secre­ tary, A. Schlavone. Ship's delegate elected. Ship's treasurer elected. Com­ munications from headquarters read, accepted and concurred. Motion made and carried to begin ship's fund. It was suggested that crew sleep in empty reefer boxes in the hot weather. It was suggested that each department take turns in pulling ice in the afternoon for personal use but F. Oestman volunteered to puU all ice needed for crews' use. ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), June 1* —Chairman, M. Baxter; Secretary, J. Pursell. EnroUment cards were dis­ tributed. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communica­ tion on additional SIU welfare bene­ fits. AMEROCEAN (Amerocean), May 22 —Chairman, W. Pedersen; Secretary, D. Ruddy. Port captain assured ship's delegate that allotments wiU bo prompt in the future. Motion made and carried to accept and concur 100 percent with headquarters communi­ cations. ATLANTIC WATER (Metro), June 5—Chairman, J. Zieries; Secretary, J. Monast. Read, discussed, accepted, and concurred 100 percent in head­ quarters communications. COB VICTORY (Victory Carriers), June 16—Chairman, L. Hall; Secre­ tary, F. Ryder. Enrollment^ cards to bo completed. Caslmir Jurewlcz, • good shipmate, was discovered miss­ ing at sea between New York and Norfolk. Captain turned ship around to search for him and the Coast Guard was brought In on the search but were unable to locate him. Head­ quarters communications accepted and concurred. DESOTO (Pan Atlantic), No dateChairman, Holllnger; Secretary, King. Motion made and carried unanimously to accept communications from head­ quarters. ROYAL OAK (Cities Service) June 5—Chairman, R. Young; Secretary, D, Beard. Ship's fund contains $6.68. Communications from headquarters accepted unanimously. Discussion on welfare enrollment cards and their Importance. June 21—Chairman, L, Holllday; Secretary, S. Sental. Recent com­ munications read and accepted uhanlmpus^- .Eyecythlng'running smoothly/- Philippine passenger ship Neptuno (left) sits high on the rocks as lifeboats loaded with pas­ sengers leave her for trip back to Steel Admiral. At right, yacht Altair comes alongside for provisions in first of two rescue operations. ^ A masterful rescue operation in which 186 passengers were saved was performed by the SlU-manned Steel Admiral in stormy Philippine waters. Despite darkness, heavy rains and high seas, crewmembers of the Admiral carried out a difficult rescue of passengers from the beached Philippinessteamer Neptuno in which all were taken off safely with their baggage. This was the second rescue of the trip for the Admiral. Two' weeks before, it had given aid to a yacht in distress, and supplied it with fresh provisions. BOSTON—This port is keeping its eye peeled for future Spotted Lights The Admiral was headed for business with the announcement that the Pan Atlantic Steam­ Manila during the darkness of ship Company plans to revive Waterman's old intercoastal early morning when it spotted the blinking lights of the Neptuno, run under a temporary ICC here when chief pumpman J. L. which had run aground high on a cerfificate. Fontenot died, apparently of gas rocky beach on Marinduque Island. The old Arrow Line run Coming in as close as possible to was given up by Waterman when fumes, in the tanker's pumproom. the rock-strewn shore, the Admiral it was sold to the C. Lee Company Fontenot had entered the pumpundertook rescue operations at representing Malcolm McLean's in­ room to make some repairs. When 6 AM and in the next three hours terests. Now Pan Atlantic has an­ he didn't show up, other crewmem­ succeeded in getting everybody off nounced it will renew the run late bers found him in the pumprooiri and were unable to revive him. the ship unharmed, making use of in July. both ship's lifeboats. At present Boston is not on the Another Seafarer, Brother Georg» All of the rescued passengers schedule but chances are fair that N. Clarke passed away in th« were then taken to Manila which it may be added at a later date. Brighton Marine hospital on June |tas their original destination. Pan-Atlantic also has plans for 27. The Neptuno, a 560-ton inter- including Boston on its trailership Not much action is in sight on island steamer, had run completely coastwise service, but that is a long the shipping front, port agent up on a reef and torn a gaping hole way off. James Sheehan report's, as Boston in the bottom. Philippine news­ There was an unfortunate acci­ is largely a tanker port these paper accounts described the res­ dent aboard the Government Camp days. cue operation as an heroic one. Previously while six days out of Honolulu the Admiral had come That Pleasant Feeling At Payoff across the yacht Altair with four passengers aboard. The Altair had run out of food and was flying distress signals when the Admiral came to her aid. Philipine newspapers were lavish in their praise of the Admiral's crewmembers, calling the rescue work "heroic." 3, SIU Co. Plans Revival Of Intercoastal Trade Take Gear If Going Aboard NORFOLK — Seafarers reporting to work aboard ship are reminded that they are required to bring their gear with them. Norfolk SIU agent Ben Rees reminded Seafarers that the membershipadopted shipping rules clearly defined this re­ quirement. He reported tnat a number of problems had arisen in the Norfolk port area as a result of Sea­ farers reporting aboard and then taking time off to go j^t.^J^ir gw- ./.vs. v.-,..- G.J. Bozec, oiler, (left) and John Hartman, utility messman, on the Alcoa Ranger count up the cash «fter the ship was pajd off in Mew York recently. Ranger is on East Coast to islands run. ^ .'•-M m •J • • -3 vy '•"I 3 �Pare Elrht. ^^ ^ • SEAFARERS " , : •* LOG July 8, 1S5$ 1^ I?,' Ik- ? iM. I'f I''-'' 1^--. Largest of the USPHS hospitals with a 1,000 Ld capacity is the one ahove at Staten Island which serves the Greater New York area. Completed in 1935 the Staten Island institution is the successor to,a previous marine hospital on the same site. In an average year the hospital oners 250,000 patient days of care, and, as Seafarers can testify, does it extremely well. Busy outpatient department at Staten Island handles 86,000 visits a year on average. Outpatients register here. Favorite spot with patients on mild, sunny days is this open sundeck, one of two, which offers a fine view of harbor bustle. Hospital also has glass-enclosed solarium, canteen and other recre­ ation spots where Seafarers can relax while convalescing. HospitaFs large pharmacy compounds thousands of prescriptions fpr both In* patieitrte and ®wfpatieBf«. '---v^':v ' Well[-equipped physical therapy room is key treatment center. Shown here are group of Seafar* undergoing treatment. That's Charles "Whitey" Ogleshy in center. Physical therapy is key ers unt to restoration full mtieciilar function after an injury* - 4 �W AY back in the administration of John Adams, the 2nd president of the United'States, Congress passed legislation providing for the establishment of marine hospitals to care for sick and injured seamen. At that time, over a cen­ tury and a half ago, it was believed that the special circumstances under which seamen worked—the high accident rate on ships, the contact with a wide variety of infec­ tious diseases in foreign ports, the long distances between ports and the seaman's home town—made establishment of hospi­ tals to care for them an obligation of the. Federal government. Today the same reasons which impelled Congress to establish these hospitals in the first place are still as valid as ever. Aside from caring for thousands of sea­ men yearly and taking a huge burden'off local port hospitals, the USPHS institu­ tions treat Coast Guardsmen, veterans and other Federal employees who are eligible for hospitalization. In the course of their work, USPHS hospitals have pioneered new avenues of treatment in cancer, tuberculosis, heart diseases and other ailments, making a no­ table contribution to the nation's fund of medical knowledge. As far as the public is concerned, the investment in USPHS through the years has been repaid many times over. For the Seafarer, USPHS has meant a place where he can get first-class treatment in friendly surroundings so that he can get back to the business of being self-supporting in jig time. Library boasts 7,000 volumes and peaceful reading room in hospital basement. H. R. Hansen eniovs a new book. USPHS HOSPITAl Haven for tfie Sick and Injured Seafarer ^- J-a'-f Dental clinic and adjoining dental teclihician's lab is equipped to handle any type of dentistry for patients. " '^1 -• • • . • v.: Seafarer Arthur Roy is shown using weights to build up arm and back strength in physical therapy room. Long-term PHS patient is Seafarer Estell Godfrey recuperating from broken hip. Hospital care has been invaluable for him. Mike Michalek gets some lunchtime chow in messhall. Kitchens on each floor handle bed patients and special diets. •/ : Another "bone ward" occupant was Sea­ farer Theodore Gerber who broke his. leg ii»%ile'sihoi^rd Seatrain Lines shipi ' Having lost both legs in shipboard acci­ dent, this seaman practices getting .around oh waisl-higll parallel bars. • Loom is one of many pieces of equipment in occupational thei-apy whichi plays impor' '! 'tanl role in eotovalescence. I �«;^.K!S.-:-'.".;«;-®«M-SS SEHF ARERS ykgi Tm § m MEET THE SEAFARER It - J LOG '...Our Flag Is JfWy 8, 1955 There!' JUAN HOPKINS, oiler With two decades of sailing be­ Street. Having been with the hind him, Seafarer Juan Hopkins Union from its earliest days and Is ready to take another step up gone through numerous beefs, the ladder. Iii the near future Hopkins is fully aware of the Hopkins hopes to sit for a marine value of his SIU Union book. engineer's license and if all goes I.ost Three Ships well will come "out of the foc'sle" Shortly afterward World War II and sail as a licensed man. broke out and with it came subs Since he started going to sea in and torpedoes, Hopkins had his 1934, Hopkins figures he has a ships shot out from under him no working acquaintance with the en­ less than three times. The first gine room of practically every type one was the Oakmar of Calmar; of ship there is under the Ameri­ the second the West Chetac of can flag. He believes this experi­ Robin Line and the third the Alcoa ence will be a great asset when he Guard. The worst he suffered gets a license. though, was a badly-bruised leg The 38-year-old Seafarer was jumping off the deck onto a raft. born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but When the West Chetac was sunk spent the greater part of his life off Trinidad Hopkins spent nine in New York. His father had come days on a liferaft before he and to Puerto Rico from the States other survivors were picked up. years back, met a local girl there All things considered, Hopkins and married her. feels he was pretty fortunate to After working for a number of have escaped without serious in­ years as a locomotive engineer and jury. a stationary engineer in a Puerto After the war's end Hopkins con­ Rico sugar crusher mill, he took tinued to sail SIU ships in all en­ his family back to New York. gine department ratings. Since Mechanical Knack he's a married man with three Juan went to school in Brooklyn children to support he likes to and after graduation worked at a keep busy at all times. While on variety of jobs involving mechani­ the beach waiting for a good ship cal skills. He always had a knack he usually manages to find some for handling and maintaining ma­ kind of shoreside mechanical work chinery, he said, and he put in a which is good for a few extra dollars. lot of time as an auto mechanic. Right now Hopkins is concerned He was on one grease monkey's job back in 1934 when a friend of with getting the widest possible his came along and asked him if variety of engine-room experience he would like to go to sea. It before he takes a crack at that en­ seemed an Isthmian ship needed gineer's license. "I'm more famil­ a wiper in a hurry. Hopkins made iar with a lot of power plants than the pierhead jump onto the Chat­ some of the engineers" he says tanooga City, one of the old Isth­ proudly, "because they haven't mian Chickasaw-types. He has been on as many different ships as been working regularly as a sea­ I have." man ever since. Between working and studying he's just about When the SIU was organised Hopkins figures back in 1938, Hopkins became a ready. He intends to take one member and started shipping out more long trip and then sit for the There's music for ail aboard the in for a treat." Nicer words could of the old SIU hall at 2 Stone license at the end of the year. Southland (South Atlantic) because hardly be spoken. Jackson, who joined the SIU in Seafarer Tommy Hankins brought his record player aboard for all Savannah way back in '39, comes the crew to use in their off-watch from Beaufort, South Carolina. hours. Hankins agreed that any­ Williams makes his home in Corn­ body could make us& of the wall, New York, and has been an One million employees of the to disband because trade unions machine as long as the ship's fund SIU member since 1945. Federal Government will receive themselves had successfully under­ took care of the upkeep on records. i. if i. Hankins is a Florida native who an average increase of $325 a year taken its legislative and educa­ Another galley operative who sails in the steward department. got a hand from his shipmates was under a pay increase bill signed by tional functions. He's just celebrated his 26th birth­ Wilbur (Tony) Sink, night cook President Eisenhower. The in­ 4< 4< it day and to top it off, got his fuil and baker aboard the Gateway crease is in addition to recent wage book membership in the SIU just City. It was a "special" vote of boosts for employees of the Post The Transport Workers Union three months ago. Office Department. It was the (CIO) has asked New York's Gov­ thanks, as they put it, for a neat if if if first general change in wage sched­ ernor Averell Harriman to abol­ and tasty job of baking. Handling the gavel at various ules since 1951. ish the City Transit Authority and A Nebraska native. Sink has SIU port meetings around the been packing that SIU book since give control of subways and busses 4; it in New York to the city. The CIO coast on June 15 were Seafarers June, 1947, join­ Disbanding of the New York union has had difficulty in making J. N. Wread in Mobile, J. A. Phil­ ing in the port Women's Trade Union League was headway on labor relations with lips in Lake Charles, W. Harrell in of New York. voted at a special membership the authority-type of administra­ Norfolk and A. H. Smith in Savan­ if if i> nah. Other Seafarers who took meeting of the organization. The tion. Talk about part as officers of their port meet­ "Seafarers in ac­ league was founded In 1904 to if if ings were M. Kiedinger in tion" brings up fight for health and safety meas­ Houston, E. A. Lane and E. P. the subject of ures for women workers and to Transit troubles beset another eliminate child labor. It decided major city as AFL Transit Work­ Moran in Wilmington, Carrol An­ Brother Walter drews and Carl Ainsworth in Seat­ Mitchell, chief ers in Washington tied up the city's tle and W. Thompson in Savannah. electrician aboard trolleys and buses in a contract dis­ Slnk if if if the Steel Trav­ pute. The union has been asking Seafarers Leroy Jackson and eler. TOjbegin with Mitchell kept for a 25-cent hourly increase and requested arbitration on the Is­ Alan Vi^illiams on the Seamonitor a sharp eye peeled for shipboard (Excelsior) have safety and called to the attention youe sue. Company officials said an a nice testimon­ of his shipmates that one of the 6&^£Fns? increase would call for a corre­ tioRvfiFes, ial to take with lifeboats needed repair. Con,sesponding fare rise. The strike them aboard any quently the delegates took the miBftts! caused a stupendous traffic jam In ship or anywhere matter up with the captain who YOUR the nation's capital. else they would had the lifeboat worked on and BW/t/S if if if care to work. It put it on the list for further work came in the form in the shipyard. Struck steel plants stayed closed Mitchell also was given the of a vote of for just one day as the CIO Steel thanks for good thanks of his shipmates for keep­ Workers Union and major steel food, well - pre­ ing the washing machine running Jackson producers reached an agreement pared and well- in tip-top shape throughout the for a general 15-cents-an-hour served, with the crew adding, trip and installing additional fans Cbfy, wage increase. Other contract pro­ "anyone having the opportunity to around the ship so that the crew oPiUeHE\^, B^AHtep sa5*Q5es visions were not at issue since the ride a ship with Leroy Jackson, could keep reasonably, comfortable \flleifARe SiO 44AU I. steel negotiations were a reopener chief cook, and ;. Alan Williams, in the hot weather. on wages only. " Mitchell comes from the JS.eynight cook and baker, are really r Po YouA^^OW, € stone State, Pennsylvania, and joined the SIU down in Norfolk in 1944. it if ^if Aboard the Greece "Victory crewmembers pulled a fast one on Seafarer Nishan Voskian, ship's delegate. "Voskian resigned and of­ fered a motion that a new ship's delegate be elected. The crew turned right around and reelected V o s Voskian klan Unanimous­ ly with a vote of thanks for past services rendered in fine style. Voskian is a New Jersey native who lives in Newark. He joined the SIU in-1947 and sails in the engine department. Getting Shaggy? Use Meal Book Seafarers on the beach in New York, Baltimore and Mobile can now get hair trims in the style of their choice simply by presenting their meat books in the SlU-operated barbershops in those ports. Arrangements have been made through the "Welfare Plan so that the meal tickets, which are extended on credit to Seafarers waiting to ship out, could also be used for spruce-up purposes where there are barbershops oper­ ating in Union ha^tf. •"" ^ •-VJ Jr., I �SEAFARERS Jtily t, IMS *50-S0' Wins Again • Good news for American seamen came this week as an overwhelming Congressional vote crushed an at­ tempt to scuttle the "50-50" Taw. Foreign shipping lob­ byists who had lined up an anti-"50-50" bloc.with the support of the US State Department have retired tem­ porarily to lick their wounds. While Seafarers can be pleased with the outcome which preserves large numbers of jobs that might other­ wise be lost, this vote proves that the SIU can never af­ ford to relax on the "50-50" issue. For six straight years, beginning in 1948, American seamen and US ship operators had to fight in Congress to preserve "50-50". Finally, last year, Congress passed a separate bill making "50-50" the law for all foreign aid/Shipments, not just a statement of intent that had to be repeated with every aid bill. It was thought then that "50-50" was secure for the future. Instead, foreign shipping lobbyists lined up a potentially dangerous combination of farm-bloc legisla­ tors and Administration forces. The tactics of these lob­ byists added up to political blackmail, since the farm bloc Congressmen were told that unless "50-50" was thrown out foreign maritime nations would boycott US agricultural surpluses. Fortunately maritime interests were alert to the move and the good sense of Congress prevailed. But the for­ eign lobbyists will obviously bear watching in the future. i i t Awartl To Steafarers The outstanding efforts of Seafarers in last years' wa­ terfront drive were recognized last week when the Inter­ national Brotherhood of Longshoremen, AFL, presented a plaque to the Union thanking the SIU for its aid. The role of hundreds of rank and file Seafarers in that drive wascertainly one which reflects credit on them and their Union. The SIU was a key unit in that campaign and still remains a staunch ally of the IBL-AFL. The plaque award comes at an appropriate time. De­ spite the outcome of the last waterfront election the AFL-outlawed International Longshoremen's Associa­ tion has muffed its grand opportunity and is faced with growing internal difficulties^- The SIU member­ ship has pledged that it will continue to assist IBL-AFL in its efforts to see that New York longshoremen get a real union. 'a. 4 t MTD's Plans * Along these lines it should be noted that the AFL Maritime Trades Department has important plans af­ fecting longshoremen on both coasts. The recent meet­ ing of the New York Harbor Council of MTD took note of the chaotic situation within the ILA and indicated renewed organizing efforts in support of IBL-AFL. La­ ter this year MTD intends to hold a convention at which the first order of business will no doubt be an appropri­ ate move to put the skids under the ILA in New York. a» 4" 4" LOG Wins J^IIJ Award On 2d Try The news that he won a $6,000 SIU scholarship award for 1955 hasn't made much of a dent just yet in the plans of Lembhard "Lem" Howell, 19, of New York City. Announced on June 21, the awards to two working Seafarers and the children of three others provides for four years*' of study at the college or uni­ versity of their choice and in any field" of study. But Howell, the son of Seafarer Cleveland A. Howell, who's now aboard the Beat­ rice (Bull), will have to wait a little while be­ fore he can sit back and really plan what he wants to do for the next four years. Uncle Sam ex­ C. A. Howell ercised a prior claim on him on June 27, when Howell reported to the Naval Training Center at Newport, RI, for six weeks of training as a Naval Reservist. All set with $6,0 00 SIU. s c h o I a rship award, Lemb­ hard Howell, son of Seafarer Cleveland How­ ell, catches up on some ad­ vanced study at home. He in­ tends to study law. mm This is the first of a series fea­ turing the winners of the 1955 SIU scholarships, each worth $6,000. Interviewed at home two days earlier, the lanky youngster was happy over hLs good fortune at winning four years of pre-paid schooling. "But where I'll go is still up in the air. Thanks to the SIU, lots of places are open to me now that I couldn't shoot for before," he explained. A graduate of Charles Evans Hughes High School (formerly Staubenmuller Textile HS) with a number of honors last June, he has been attending the City Col- The deaths of the following Sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the $3,fi00 death benefits are being paid to their beneficiaries: John M. Herrold, 60: Brother : Herrold died in the Lawrence Hospital in New London, Conn., on June 5, 1955, of a heart ail­ ment. Burial took place at the Jor­ dan Cemetery in Waterford, Conn. Brother Herrold had been a member of the Union since 1952", joining in New York, and sailing in the engine depart­ ment. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence Herrold, of New London, Conn. ft 4. John T. Watt, 59: A resident of Houston, Texas, Brother Watt died on June 12, 1955, of natural causes. He was buried at Forest Park Cem­ etery in that city. Brother Watt had been sailing with the SIU since 1946 in the deck department and joined the Union in Norfolk. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Julia Watt, of Houston, Texas. lege of New York for the past year working toward a straight Bache­ lor of Arts degree. "Now I'm going to try for law. It's a good background in any field and I think I can make the grade," he said. -He's hoping he'il be ac­ cepted at American University in Washington, DC, for the fall. "I think I mi|;ti^ like to wind up in the Government service or something like that eventually." The youngster's win this year ist pumpman since that time. Burial took place at St. Ann's Cem­ etery in Mamou, La. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Fontenot, of Lake Charles, La. ft ft ft Lee R. Arnold, 60: On June 3, 1955, Brother Ar­ nold died of a heart ailment at his home in New York City. He was cremated at the New YorkNew Jersey Crematory in North Bergen, NJ. Brother Arnold had been a member of the SIU since 1950, joining in New York, and had been sailing as a member of the deck department. He is sur­ vived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Ar­ nold, of New York City. ft ft ft followed on his miss in 1954, when he originally applied for the SIU scholarship. "I had to take the -College Entrance Exam again, but it was worth it, especially the way things worked out," he noted. "I guess I was luckier this time," Fine Record Holder of an enviable high rec­ ord, Howell was president of his school's general organization in his senior year, a member of the Arista honor society and a staffer on the school newspaper as well as a couple of departmental publi­ cations. Among other honors, he walked off with five separate awards at graduation, including the school's' coveted "Dooley Award" for schol­ arship, character and ability, and separate citations in science, social studies and school service. One of five children, Howell, two older brothers, and a younger brother and sister were all born in Jamaica, BWI, where he took his early schooling. Their father first came to the US during^the war in 1942 when he worked in a shipyard. By 1945 the family had moved here and Lem. at the age of 10, entered the fifth grade of Pub­ lic School 186 in upper Manhattan. Howell Senior didn't start go­ ing to sea until 1947, when he be­ gan sailing in the steward depart­ ment with the SIU, and he's been providing for his family with his earnings as a Seafarer since that time. The two older boys, Roose­ velt and Cleveland, Jr., are in the j4rmy and Navy right now; the two younger kids are still at school. Joseph W. Wendt, 52: A member of the SIU since 1942, Brother Wendt died of a glandular disorder on June 8, 1955, In West Palm Beach, Florida. He was buried at the Hillcrest Cemetery at West Palm Beach. Brother Wendt joined the Union in Philadelphia and had been sailing in the steward depart­ Just five years old, the SIU Welfare Plan certainly SAN FRANCISCO —The fifth ment. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edna Mae Wendt, of West trial of Harry Bridges, head of the belies its age. In that short period the Plan has institut­ West Coast Longshoremen's Union, Palm Beach, Florida. ed a wide variety of superior benefits and has paid out got under way here last week. The ft ft ft Daniel J. Haggerty, 62: Brother Government is attempting to de­ $2y2 million in cash to Seafarers and their families, the Haggerty died of naturalize and deport Bridges on bulk of it in the last two years, to say nothing of other carbon monoxide charges that he was an active Comft ft benefits—recreation facilities, and low-cost food and Lincoln J.ftFontenot, poisoning on May .munist leader at the time he be­ 44: Brother 7,1955, in Boston, came a US citizen. Bridges' convic­ Fontenot met lodging for Seafarers on the beach. M a s s a chusetts. tion at his previous trial went all death by gas With the new family benefits now in effect and the He was buried at the way to the US Supreme Court fumes aboard the the Calvary Cem­ before being turned down, neces­ SS Government significant increases in benefits previously existing, the etery in Woburn, sitating a re-trial. Camp, a Cities amount of direct cash benefits to Seafarers seems cer­ Of direct interest to Seafarers M a s s a chusetts. Service ship, on • Brother Haggerty in San Francisco is the announce­ June 17, 1955. He tain to go up year by year. had been sailing ment by Agent Leon Johnson that joined the Union In a sense the Welfare PJan is still young and hasn't in Lake' Chai'les, in the deck department since he the SIU meal books are now being La., on February joined the Union in Boston in honored in the SUP cafeteria in reached full growth. Once the impact of recent benefit 2. 1952, and had 1951. He is survived by his wife, the Union hall. The books pre­ increases has been assessed, Seafarers can look forward been sailing in the engine depart- Mps. Gertrude Haggerty, of Brigh- viously had been honored at Con­ nie's,, Restaurant. . . , ^,ment^as chief pumpman or jnachia^ 4on,. Mass. ^ r t| further gains in the future* , , L, / I Mi?! " And Still Growing Bridges Fifth Trial begins 1 1 i I I •^l •M �SIBAFARERS f^ioneer's Scoops Mean Curtains To Mosquitoes Lady Luck smiled on the Seafarers aboard the Alcoa Pi­ oneer recently enabling SIU crewmembers to outwit the mos­ quitoes that lie in wait along the Mississippi on the way to New Orleans, itching for a-^ nibble at unsuspecting travel­ porthole, as well as for the messhall, pantry and recreation room. ers. These were due to be put out, he Beginning on May 8, the ship's crew meeting minutes record a re­ said, as soon as they got to sea quest that' poi'thole screens and after New Orleans, and they (the scoops be provided tor the crew, screens) were painted. due to the warm weather. It was Lone Voice also noted at the same meeting However, one lone Seafarer that the chief engineer was to be contacted and asked to check the voice raised in the wiiderness held firm. The unnamed Seafarer, un­ fans, get needed willing to face another onslaught spares and re­ of mosquitoes on the trip to New pairs, oscillators,' Orleans, said he and others would etc., to "put out gladly pass up having their, scoops a good amount of and screens fashionably decorated, air." The Pioif the gear could otherwise be put neermen abviousto work immediately. ly do not take This proposal met with favor on this summer all sides and was put into effect lightly. right after the meeting, giving the One week later, TUley crew at least a 50-50 chance against on May 15, the all clear was sounded. Steward the swamp marauders. John R. Tilley, ship's secretary-r^ At this writing, all seems well porter, announced that the vessel on the vessel. Only the mosquitoes had received enough new wind are taken aback by the unfriendly scoops and screens for everyone's attitude. Tribute To 'Moon' Kouns To the Editor: These are just a few lines in memory of one of our departed brothers, Martin "Moon" Kouns, who passed away July 17, 1954, due to a heart ailment. Brother Kouns was wellknown throughout the SIU-A&G District and even throughout the world. He was well-liked, and had a kind word for every­ one. Those few brothers who don't recall him may remember Letters to the Editor him as the doorman at the New Orleans SIU for several years. I've run across many Sea­ farers who didn't even know that Brother Kouns had passed away. In fact, some of them even asked about him last month. He was go well-liked, nobody could figure he would be gone sometime. I hope all Seafarers will join with me in saying a prayer for him. "May the souls of the faithful departed, through ..the mercy of God, rest in peace." Duska "Spider" Korolia 4> USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Manuel Antonana Michael Laakso G. J. Bassler Robert Lipscomb Curt Borman Dennis Marcoly William J. Carey Nick Mutin Charies Coburn Fred Pittman Antonio R. Colon A. Rinius Victor B. Cooper Mariano Seano Guy Gage John Simpson Charles H. Gill R. H. Solheim James J. Cirolaml Ashle.v Souther! Gorman T. Glaze Francis Suliivan Jack Howard Harry Suilivan F. Hufana C. N. Summerell Norman T. Jackson Carlie White Aifred Karr Warren G. Whitmef Martin Kcnngood S. B. Woodell USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Amos Buzzelle Peter King Henry J. Durney Veiven L. Morton Gilbert, G. Edwards USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS , J. S. Capps Jake Nash Francisco Cuellan John E. Tillman Robert Kehaly Ivan A. TreUord John E. Markopolo USPHS HOSPITAL MOBILE, ALABAMA Harry J. Jackson USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Louis Anderson Thomas Lind Edward Barry Nichoias C. Mair! Lyle D. Becker Frank Martin Anthony Benedict Ciifton McLellan Charles E. Brady C. R. Nicholson J. I.. Biickelew Alfonso Olaguibel S. C. Carregal George D. Olive Charles H. Cassard R. A. RatclifE Leon Dilberto J. J. Russell Calvin DiSiiva Benjamin C. Seal Oscar E. Ferguson Victor E. Shaffer Sam Florence Lynn C. Smith Leo Fontenot Woodrow A. Snead James S. Gibson C.,H. SummereU William Grimes Ciayton Thompson Earl T. Hardeman Lonnie R. Rickia Fred Harvard Andrew Vidal Cecil J. Kerrfgan Dick Visser E. G. Knapp .Tames E. Ward Norman L. Krumm Robert Wiikerson Leo H. Lang Herman Winborn Arno Larson A. Witherington James F. Lee, Jr. David A. Wright T. J. Lee USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, BROOKLYN, NY Edmund Abualy Kaarel Leetmaa Fortunato Bacomo James R. Lewis Frank W. Bemrick Arthur R. Lomas Claude F. Blanks Francis F. Lynch Robert L. Booker Archibald McGuigan Jos. G. Carr H. F. MacDonald Jar Chong Michael Machusky Gabriel Coloni Vic Mllazzo Walter W. Denley Eugene T. Nelson John J. Driscoll Joseph Neubauer Joseph Ifsits James O'Hare Sidney Irby Daniel F. Ruggiano Thomas Isaksen Wade H. Sexton John W. Keenan G. E. Shumaker John R. KlcmoWicz Harry S. Tuttle Ludwig Kristiansen Virgil E. WUmotb Frederick Landry Chee K. Zai James J. Lawlor USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Hubert G. Goley John H. Richardson Frank Hall A. J. Rodriguez Floyd Hillier William S. Radd Ralph L. Jones USPHS HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA, PA. Thomas Ritson USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. IXividicciu Marcelo B. o, Belan jJcian IV. K. J!i. E. Hansen xianScn a. Dejesu! ~ ~ o. I /Sc-? William Hunt LOG 4" Asr-Conditioned Ships Proposed Robert Lambert David sP'aylor W. M. Pennington Dennis M. UdaU W. H. Reynolds USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Paul B. Bland Jimmie Littleton Aubrey F. Cohen James T. Moore Rufus L. Fields John H. Morris C. -E. Foster' Ernest H. Webb William G. Gregory USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. L. Bosley Jack Ryan J. Johannessen Samuel Small V. K. Ming Jack E. Williams SEASIDE GEN. HOSP. LONG BEACH, CALIF. WiUiam E. Lane USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Rosendo Serrano USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. K. M. Bymaster VA HOSPITAL CORAL GABLES, FLA, Hugh Randell USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Thomas R. Bach Michael Marcello Harry S. Bonitto Joseph J. Martus Dusan DeDuisin Arthur Mawdsley David M. Dennehy Andrew Noronha H. Engelder C. Palmer Robert Eschrlch Eusebio Padilla Geralt^ FUzjamef George Pitour John F. French Perry Roberts William Glesen G. H. Robinson Estell Godfrey Jose Rodriguez Hemsley Guinier A. Russo Taib Hassen W. Seltzer Leroy Johnson E. C. Shaffer D. Kaim Warren Smith Lucian Labrador Gustav Svensson Mike Lubas William F. Vaughan Warren Manuel Jacob L. Zlmmer To the Editor: As ship's secretary-reporter on the Steel Traveler (Isthmian), I want to report that the trip so far has been fine, with good chow and no major beefs, v However, when we were lying in Bombay, with the tempera­ ture around 100 degrees and our rupees had run too short to allow us to sleep ashore, things were pretty miserable. Then, as if to make matters worse, along comes a foreignflag Liberty ship all air-condi­ tioned. We know we have the best working conditions in the industry, but it looks like some­ body is getting ahead of us on this deal. At our last general meeting on board here, a resolution was drawn up and sent to the nego­ tiating committee asking it to see what could be done to rem­ edy the situation. It was also suggested that this matter of air-conditioning be brought out in the LOG so as to get the membership's reac­ tion on it, and that is one of the main purpose's of this letter. J. A. "Blackie" King Proud Parents 4" 4- i* Cheers Program Of Welfare Aids Seafarer Pedro Reyes and hit wife proudly show off Priscilla, born June 10, afler Reyes re­ ceived $200 SIU maternity benefit from the Union. »The couple live in Brooklyn. I I To the Editor: I want to give a sincere vote of thanks to our negotiating committee for the new welfare benefits for which we became eligible receiitly. I am referring to the increase in hospital benefits and the opportunity to provide our wives and children with proper medical care. In addition, the new disability benefits will enable our retiring seafaring brothers to make ends meet much easier, thanks to the $15 weekly increase provided for them. Another big gain is the wel-i fare program for unemployed Seafarers waiting to ship. These things .are a welcome benefit July 8, 195S for all of us, and th^ are a wonderful idea. It was not too long ago that we couldn't even dream of such benefits. For these reasons, "hats off" to our welfare representatives and Union officials. I known all SIU men join me in this. Pete Villabol 4) ^ Alcoa Clipper Runs Smooth To the Editor: Everything here on the Alcoa Clipper is rupning smooth. 'We haven't seen our. ship's minutes in the LOG yet and wondbr when they'll be^jrinted. We also didn't feceive any LOGs on arrival in Port-ofSpain, Trinidad, on June 13. Our ship's committee is han­ dling everything as it comes along. This includes Harris H. ­ Patterson, ship's delegate; Rus­ sell M. Grantham, deck dele­ gate; Lee A. Smith, engine dele­ gate; Paul E. Read, steward delegate; (galley); Rueben Belletty, steward delegate (topside); James W. Barnett, treasurer, and myself. All the brothers aboard were glad to receive the news about the Welfare Plan and the new family benefits, and wish to give our secretary-treasurer and our Union officers ^ headquar­ ters a vote of thanks for a job weH done. Joseph A. Rusheed Ship's reporter (Ed. note: Ship's minutes are published in the LOG as they are received. Your ship's min­ utes will appear in a future is­ sue. Issues of the LOG are sent to all vessels, according to, itineraries furnished by the companies. The LOG dated June 10 probably got to Port of-Spain after your arrival there June Hamm Heading East These Days To the Editor: Here's another missive-missile from the SS Marie Hamill, the galloping tub of the seven seas, now headed for a few more Asiatic countries as we depart from the fair village of Yoko­ hama. A few hearts seem to have been broken when this vessel was taken off the Northern European run and, in fact, quite a few of the boys quit the ship in order to get one headed back that way. But we hope that of the ones that did stay for this voyage that the belles of Nip­ pon can mend their aching hearts in a hurry. There are no squawks to speak of at the present writing, but one brother says they put too much milk on these ships. Well, that's one for Westbrook ("I don't agree with anyone") Pegler to juggle around awhile before starting a blast, for it was not too many years ago that he stated that the men of the US merchant marine were being served too much soft, rich food ..pnd too many delicacies. To him we-say: We earn them and we have the SIU to see that we get them. Trick On Steward Some of the boys aboard this ship have requested that I ex­ tend their sympathy to the stew­ ard for playing a mean trick on him a few nights ago. When he walked into the crew messhall, someone told him that they were using coffee beans in lieu of poker chips. Well, he took one look and stepped outside, dropping a tear from each eye. However, since we don't want our good man "Coffee Bean" Jones to worry about it, the triilh is that those were red pinto beans the boys were using. I'd like to use this medium to thank Brother C. V. ("The Bull") Berg, ship's delegate for the past two voyages, for doing such a good job, and also for assisting me in learning the score after being elected dele­ gate for this trip. He was a great help in explaining the duties of the job. It would probably be a great help on all ships if the outgoing delegate would do the same for his successor, whether he's get­ ting off or staying on the ship. V. Wiikerson Ship's delegate 4 4» 4 Benefits Please Alcoa Pennant To the Editor: We, the crew of the Alcoa Pennant, wdiild like to go on record as being very grateful to our headquarters negotiating committee and welfare officials for obtaining the welfare plan for our families. We think this deserves a vole of thanks for a job well done, H. G. Sanford Ship's delegate 4 4 4 SIU Payoffs Put Him In Business To the Editor: This is sort of a farewell note to all my shipmates and the friends I've had the pleasure of sailing with under the SIU banner. I've retired my book because I am now operating my own 'tavern in Perth Amboy, NJ, thanks to the wages and condi­ tions made possible by our SIU contracts. I wouldn't have been able to do it wrlnout those SIU payoffs. If any of my friends are around Perth Amboy, stop in at the "Seven Seas Cafe," 170 New Brunswick Ave., and say hello. There'll always be the latest LOGs, good information and a square deal for all hands. I'm situated only a block from the main stem. Incidentally, congratulations to everyone responsible for ob­ taining the best welfare plan in the industry. Keep up the good work and, above all, keep up our fine record. Joseph Fidalgo 4 4 4 Old-Timer Passes Away To the Editor: An otherwise smooth voyage of the SS Frances v/as marred by tragedy in the port of Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic. One of the older members of the Union, Elmer J. Shipp, passed away of natural causes in that port. Shipp joined the SIU in the Port of New York on January 6, 1939. "Blackie" as he was also known, sailed in the engine department mostly out of Baltimore and Norfolk. He . was oiler on the Frances. His remains are interred in Ciudad Trujillo. The captain of the Frances, M. G. Fleming, conducted services aboard which were attended by ail. Shipp was popular with all and disliked by none on this ship which is about as good an epitaph as any of us could want. We all miss him and we're sure his many former shipmates and friends ashore will also. * V. Janssons ' Ship's delegate, and crew, SS Frances �SEAFARERS Inly t, 1955 Pace Thfrteea LOG Work And Play On The Cecil Bean No .Beef Is Routine If You're In The Middle The importance of the SIU's system of ships' delegates is easily demonstrated in the smooth handling of day-to-day re­ lations between crew, master and officers over what are called "routine, relatively -• minor beefs." recent minutes of the Robin Kirk How "minor" a" beef is, of (Seas Shipping), 'where Seafarer course, depends on where you are. When you're ashore, on the side­ lines, njpst items are classed "rou­ tine." But when the ship needs a dozen more coffee mugs, a repair of leaky plumbing or there's a brother who could use a draw because of an emergency back home that re­ quires speedy financing, and you're on that ship, they can't be consid­ ered routine at all. . Firm on his feet (photo left), H. Keith, oiler (left), stands pat as Abe Rosen attempts a flying mare, Rosen, saloon steward and ex-Hollywood ocjor, got a big display in the "India Times" during the You're like everybody else; you don't like drinking coffee out of a stay of the Cecil N. Bean in Bombay as format "rough, tough screen outlaw" Jeffry Allen. A. soupbowl and you don't like being Saettore, oiler, looks on. At right, deck department gives the gangway a working over. Pictured kept awake by rumbles in the (l-r) ore; H. Rode, bosun; Red Burris, AB; McDoniels, OS; H. Prios, AB; F. Anderson, OS. Sten plumbing. That's where the dele­ T. Zettermon, secretary-reporter, supplied the photos. gate steps in. It's generally to the credit of him and hundreds of other con­ scientious Seafarers like him that the coffee mugs eventually arrive When we think of Italian-style cooking, many of us are all too apt to think exclusively of on the scene and the pipes stop a lullaby that you never meatballs and spaghetti drenched in tomato sauce. How wrong we are, comments Sea­ singing need in the first place after a hard farer Ben Grice. day's work. As he explains it, "Italians restaurant, Gricq offers this recipe canned shrimp and canned crab- A typical Instance of the job of meat. a ship's delegate appears in the have a way with all food. for "Neapolitan Fish Stew." Put all ingredients except the You need (all measurements Take a fish stew, for example. are level): 6 cups seafood in a saucepan and cook 5 American fishermen of Italian de­ chopped onion, 2 minutes. Cut the fillets into 4"x scent have popularized this dish in 5" pieces and add. Cook slowly cups chopped the localities in which they live and until fish is flaky (about 15 min­ green pepper, 4 it has become famous among gour­ 8 - ounce cans, utes). Add shrimp and crabmeat; mets the world over. Spanish-type to- cook 5 minutes more. Serve imme­ "More people should try this sauce, 4 No. 2V^ diately with freshly-cooked spa­ deiectable dish, gently seasoned cans tomatoes, 10 ghetti or rice. (If fresh shrimp and with oregano and basil—it's a main teaspoons salt, 7 crabmeat are used, add them to dish in itself, with the possible ad­ SIU, A&6 District teaspoons crum­ the sauce at the same time as the dition of a crisp green salad and a fish and omit the last 5 minutes' bled oregano BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Grice EAstern 7-4900 long crusty loaf of Italian bread leaves, 1 teaspoon cooking time.) Serves 20. Grice, Earl Sheppard. Agent 278 State St. such as our good Brothers Harvey each basil seasoning powder and who sails in the steward depart­ BOSTON James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 24)140 Lee and Richard Ceiling make." garlic powder, 8 tablespoons dried ment, has been doing lots of fancy HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. For those who have read this far parsley flakes, 2 pounds haddock cooking on his own aboard SIU C. TannehiU. Acting Agent Preston 6558 without interruption for a quick or codfish fillets (any white meat ships for the past dozen years. He LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. HEmlock 6-5744 dash off to the nearest Italian fish will do), 1^ pounds each joined the Union in New Orleans Leroy Clarke. Agent in 1943. MOBILE I South Lawrence «. Ever Try ^Neapolitan Fish Stew'? Hendrik Swartjes had a verbal joust with the captain over an awning for use on deck. Old Sol shows no mercy in tliose South Atlantic climes and the crew was not for fryin'. . Accordingly, delegate Swartjes went to bat. The minutes, which probably capsulize interviews on the subject cov­ ering several days' time sum it up tersely: Broth­ er H. Swartjes reported he had seen the captain in regard to an awning. The mas­ Swartjes ter at first was indifferent, almost argumentative, but was ultimately brought to con­ cede . . ." There's an awning on the deck of the Robin Kirk these days, thanks to the steadfast oratical and debating talents of the vessel's ship's delegate. A routine matter? Swartjes didn't think so. "5^ I ,;•••«I m Directory Of SIU Branches Cal Tanner. Agent LOG-A-RHYTHM: Baby Patter By Joseph Michael Connelly Burly NEW ORLEANS 523 BienviUe St. Lindsey Williams, Agent MagnoUa 6112-6113 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff. West Coast Representative PUERTA de TEERRA, PR Pelayo 51—La f Phone 2-599f Sal CoUs. Agent .S Abercorn St SAVANNAH Phone 3-1728 A. Michelet. Agent 2505 1st Ave. SEATTLE EUiott 4334 Jeff Gillette. Agent TAMPA '.1809-1811 N. FrankUn St. Tom Banning. Agent Phone 2-1323 WILMINGTON. Calif Ernest Tilley. Agent Happy to welcome baby sis­ ter Patti Layne, born March 22, is Mitchell Reed, Jr., who'll be three on July 28. Seafarer Mitchell Reed of West Enterprise, Miss., has collected ,the $200 SIU ma­ ternity benefit for both of them. Over-ExcHed 257 5th St. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO....... 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 WILMINGTON NEW YORK ..t) 505 Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 Canadian District HALIFAX. N.S. - 128',^ Hollis St. Phone- 3-8911 MONTREAL 634 St. 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 FORT WILLIAM 118V4 Ontario NORFOLK ...127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. Agent MAdison 2-9834 PORT COLBORNE Ontario PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 TORONTO. Ontario NEW YORK Somewhere Somewhere in the black of night, A ship is crashing through the seas: Its bow dipping, scissor-cutting water. Ripping and tearing up the liquid form And tossing flecks of phosphorescent foam To the insatiable hungering darkness, While 'round the booms and through the rigging. The weird shrieking of the wind whistles A mournful dirge to the Captain's bridge. The captain, in his cabin sitting. Listens to the tune; no musician he. But a great critic listening to the melody. He speaks, "The flapping of tarpaulins over empty hold Sounds flat, and unattended to." There is the stomping of boots on the deck. Many hands batten down the canvas; the critic Lonely in the highest, smiles contentedly And whistles with the wind. . HEmlock 2-1754 RICHMOND. CALIF 805 Marine Ave. Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS....675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER ' Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS J. Algina. Deck C. Simmons. Joint J. Volpian, Eng. W, Hall, Joint E. Mooney. Std. R. Matthews, Joint SUP HONOLULU PORTLAND.' 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 822 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 James St. West PLateau 8161 Syndicate Ave. Phone: 3-3221 103 Durham SL phone: 5591 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA BC .. 617'A Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone 0348 BAGOTVILLE. Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, Ontario ... 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St. NB Phone: 2-5232 Great Lakes District ALPENA 133 W Fletcher Phone; 1238W BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Main 1-0147 CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave., NE Phone: Cleveland 7391 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. Phone: Alelrose 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 92nd St Phone: Essex 5-2410 Bji Bernard Seaman •m �pft^,-.,^.:rnvy' SEAP 4RERS LOG_ Pare Fonrteea Isl-i ^• ' - '•• ~ - Inly «, 1955 GAW And The Maritime Iiidustry —^A Report To The Membership By Paul Hall means that, for the first time our stupidity of this statement is companies under contract will he obvious to anyone who knows concerned money-wise in maintain­ anything at all about the maritime ing a stable working force. It industry. means that the seaman who is de­ These attempts by ciurran to nied unemployment benefits from take almost the identical worcis various States because of eonfuscd which Walter Reuther in effect rules and regulations will be pro­ uttered with respect to auto manu­ tected by our Employment Security facturers makes for a muddled Plan. It means that the com­ picture and no small degree of panies will have an interest in confusion as to just what Curran regulating employment if for no is talking about other than that other reason than that chaos in he is very much interested in scheduling their ships can cost pushing a Reuther project regard­ them money. A seaman will be less of its applicability to maritime able to get protection in the form and the professional sailor. of unemployment benefits for a Despite the muddled gobbledeperiod that he is unemployed, but gook of Curran's report on unem­ actively seeking employment on ployment pay, he suddenly found other ships." clear prose when he dropped on By what reasoning will emploj'- NMU seamen the second part of ers "for the first time be concerned his so-called employment security money-wise" in maintaining a plan, and that is the compulsory stable work force? The fact of the vacation set-up for NMU men matter is that they will pay on the which is tied in with it. Curran basis of the number of men work­ is apparently anxious to force NMU ing, with no relationship to sen­ members off the ships after one iority. The shipowners' employee year of employment—particularly requirements are laid down for its passenger ships where a great each unit of employment (the ship) number of the , members are Proof of this is shown by the : by virtue of the manning scales in employed, as a means of creating fact that Reuther's union explained j the contract. He will hire no more jobs. Thus when these men get off to its membership in clear, eon-1 and can hire no less. And he will the ships, the NMU will tell them Crete terms exactly what its pian ; hire according to whatever seniori­ that thanks to Curran's "victory" meant to them. Not so with the ty rules the NMU has in their they can get an additional four NMU. Although Curran hailed it contract, no more and no less. If bucks a week in unemployment as a victory, beyond that he was proper seniority protection doesn't pay they receive. unable to present a logical e.xplan.i- exist in the NMU contract then Virtually all other maritime tion of its implications and effect there is no protection for the unions have submitted the idea of on the men. Here is Curran's com­ regular, professional seamen in compulsory vacat'cons to their plete explanation of the newly- NMU. memberships in referendum votes. signed plan as noted in his column Those maritime unions that have Schedule Impossible In the NMU Pilot of June 23, 193.=>: compulsory vacations have it be­ "It is natural that our members j And how, as Curran asserts, can cause the men in their respective a,sk. 'What does the Employment | the employer regulate employment unions wanted it and voted for it. Security PZa?i> mean to us?' It' by scheduling his ships? The sheer Where it is not in practice, as in (Continued from page 5) these fakers whose lust for power makes them willing to play Hitler's game." Curran evidently feels at this time at least that it's politic to praise the former target of his abuse, because it is personally ad­ vantageous for him to do so. There is a direct line between the NMU president's jockeying for a top spot in the AFL-CIO merger set-up and his singing of hosannas for Guar­ anteed Annual Wage. Curran be­ lieved he could cloak himself in the same toga of labor statesman­ ship as Reuther by being the first outside of the auto industry to adopt the Reuther program even though the two industries have very little in common. lyo^PriAA 4ND $(/neiC4l. SfWCFIT I; m-' :«f ^77 • rii'->>• l.'T^v:'--.,-'.''. g;^;. This card should b« filled out by every Seoforer, even if he is single ond hos no dependents, if 4^ 4Moke sure to list every dependent you hove, giv­ ing the full nome, oge ond dote of birth. 4^ t 4, Where it soys "book number" enter your Union number, whether book or permit. ft 4> t Don't forget to sign ond dote the form when you ore finished. Do it os soon OS possible, ft ft ft If you hove ony ques-^ tions about the Welfore Plan, contact your near­ est Union port agent. ENROLLMENT CARD EMPLOVHH'S NAMH. UK Middl* Km Book No Z-No the SIU, A & G District, it is be­ cause the men have rejected it by referendum vote, following long months of discussion and debate within the union publications, on the floor of membership meetings asea and ashore. The matter of compulsory vaca­ tions has not only been an issue in the SIU, but in all maritime unions, including the National Maritime Union. But rather than submit the issue to a vote as done in all other maritime unions Curran flatly announced that vacations in the NMU are now compulsory, as per contract. Cun'an thus slipped a controversial issue over on his membership "by wrapping it in a high-sounding package labelled "Employment Security," which in affect pushes a man into unemploy­ ment as part of the contract with­ out that man having had a right to vote on the issue. Controversial Issue How hot an issue compulsory vacations are in the NMU was shown in an editorial of the June 23 Pilot, the same issue in which Curran announced the "package" deal which included compulsory vacations. The editorial stated: "As for taking vacations, well, the men on the beach say, 'Take the bums off the ship and let us have some work.' When the men on the beach get on board ship they become very conservative and they say, 'What am I supposed to give him, a cut of my wages?' Well, the companies and the UrAon can iron out these difficulties with proper negotiations. And, while it ought not take that long, actually there are three years before the next contract, and everybody should be happy in 1958." Curran obviously does not in­ tend to submit the compulsory vacation issue on its own merits alone to a membership vote—any­ more than he submitted the ques­ tion of opening the NMU member­ ship books to a vote by NMU men. At that time (Nov. 25, 1954) Curran said to NMU members: "Your president recommended that the books be opened . . . Our members lost nothing by open­ ing the door , , But the NMU Secretary-Treas­ urer Hedley Stone had a more realistic view of the effect of open­ ing the books on the membership. Stone's retort to Curran's line was: (You are saying) "to the hun­ dreds of thousands that have sea­ men's papers, that we have 23,000 jobs here, come in boys, stand in line . . . these officials (Curran Soc. Sec. No- Dependents—Wife and Unmarried Children less than 19 years old. FRST NAM! MtDDLB DATB OF BATH ACi WIFE CHILDREN CHIUDRSN \ CHILDRIN > ^ CHILDREN CHILDREN \ \\V CHILDMJfe:: \ \> \\>T CHILDREI^ JV CHILDREN^ "Bsr JbwlomViiBm'' and Company) say, look, you are going to die anyway, so commit suicide ..." At any rate, NMU members never voted on the issue of open­ ing the books and thereby its re­ sultant effect on their job protec­ tion. The NMU rank and file view of this development was opposite that of Curran's. They obviously felt that it would lose them some­ thing, even if Curran said it wouldn't. When the NMU member­ ship floodgates opened, the men aboard the ships froze onto their jobs. This because they did not know how long they would be on the beach if they quit their jobs. This freezing of the .jobs is what led to Curran's compulsory vaca­ tion set-up—the purpose of which was' to chip, these. NMU .men a>yay. from the jobs to which his previ- ous action of flooding the NMU membership, had frozen them. And to wrap it in a salable package while at the same time serving his political position in relation with Reuther he succeeded in getting the subsidized shiposvncrs crowd, led by US Lines' John Franklin, to give Iwm "something to make the pitch with. And Curran just hap­ pened to have the Supplemental Unemployment Insurance idfea, which he now calls Employment Security Plan, in his pocket. And that was it! Problem Different Supplemental unemployment in­ surance is not the area, then, where anything is accomplished at this point for the professional sea­ men with any degree of seniority protection. The problem is to in­ crease the number of ships and thereby the number of jobs avail­ able to the men. Efforts have been made in that direction, as in the case of the so-called Tonsina exper­ iment. Unfortunately, it was at­ tacked for political purposes, rath­ er than appraised objectively from the standpoint of the economics involved. Oddly enough, it was Jo­ seph Curran who blasted the Ton­ sina trial. And while he rapped the job-seeking Tonsina plan, he endorsed a phony crimp union, the ILA's United International Sea­ men's Union, which has been at­ tempting to put seamen on USflag-fleeing Panamanian, Honduran and Liberian ships at $85 and $90 a month. Curran's economics, as well as his sincerity, obviously are slightly twisted, for no straightthinking ti-ade unionist could pos­ sibly tell his people he is bleeding for them .while crimps run around with his blessing trying to put sea­ men to work aboard these runaway ships which have contributed so greatly to the shrinking job situa­ tion for American seamen. Curran's pitch that he is con­ cerned with making jobs for Amer­ ican seamen is particularly ironical in view of the fact that the Inter­ national Transportworkers Federa­ tion is attempting to bring Pana­ manian, Honduran and Liberian ships under contract and to raise their wage and manning scales. One purpose of the ITF program is to eliminate these registries as a source of unfair competition to the US and other legitimate mari­ time nations. This offers one real­ izable and concrete possibility for dealing with the problem of jobs for American ,seamen—and Curran is sabotaging it. With respect to the employers* payments into any kind of fund for seamen's benefits, it is obvious that payments to beneficiaries should be calculated to do the most for the greatest number. It ap­ pears, therefore, that insofar as the seamen is iconcerned, the man whose wpi'king time aboard ship is the basis for employer contribu­ tions should be the direct receipient of all such fund payments. Therefore in bargaining for the seamen's interests, our Union's criterion must still be to accom­ plish the most for the' greatest number. An additional few bucks thrown onto state unemployment insurance payments which most professional seamen will never re­ ceive, is certainly^^ not a "victprj^* tot the .professional sailor. C ^ �SEAFARHBRS July 8, 195S Protecting SlU is Job For All To the Editor: I have been shipping since 1950 and can proudly say that the SIU is the best there is in the maritime industry. I think that the seniority shipping rule now in effect is a good set-up, because it means fairness to all,, and gives permitmen an even better chance than before to get Jobs. Since I began sailing SIU as a permitman, I've had fair Letters to the Editor treatment given to me and all permitmen alike. The man who wknted to ship always had his chance, and that is why I can say that the present seniority system is a good one. At first I was a little confused about it, but after I read it all over a couple of times, I realize that it was a good deal for all of us. ' No Fouling Up Because we have the best today, the least we can do is protect it and defend it at all times. This can be accomplished by not fouling up, or missing ship, and by speaking our piece at ship and port meetings to get rid of what's on our minds. Performing is more of a hindrance to us than anything else and only makes it tougher for our officials when they have to negotiate with the shipowners. The things we have in the SIU are worth fighting for, and we can all show our gratitude and appreciation for them by manning our ships in proper fashion, in traditional Seafarers style. This will show the world we are the best, not only be­ cause we say it, but because we ean back it up at all times. If anyone doubts this, let him read our own LOG on how SIU men defied the sea in all kinds of rescue work, of the men who fought so valiantly just a little while back to keep the doomed Steelore afloat, and many others. Our emblem "SIU" means the best, so let's keep it flying high above all others. George Suarez 4" t Clean-Up Time Needed On Deck To the Editor: One of the supposed dilemmas which a bosun must face is when to knock off the men for coffee and for meals. As for coffeetime, the contract covers this quite adequately. If a bosun, trying too hard to make a good impression on his men, gives too much coffeetime —more than the 15 minutes stipulated in the contract—he is apt to be sticking out his neck for some observant mate to chop off. As for knocking off- time at noon and in the afternoon — when men working on deck are doing exceptionally dirty work, such as in paint, grease, rust, soot, slush, etc., they should be knocked off a few minutes early in order to clean up for chow. Seafarers do not "dress for dinner" in the sense of tie and tails, but they like to be clean when at the table and they want tlte brother next to them to be clean. Especially at noon, if they are knocked off "on the bell" they have only thirty minutes to clean up and order their meals. Of course they have -the re­ mainder of the hour to eat. I believe that ten to fifteen minutes until the hour, at least, should be allowed for a clean-up period. Thurston Lewis 4 Thankful For Welfare Help To the Editor: My mother and I would like to thank SIU Welfare Services for the help and time spent with us. We appreciated it very much. The worst is over, and things keep right on moving. We do wonder, however, if mother is entitled to my father's Social Security (he was 64). If she is, would you send us th?^ informa­ tion on who to see and what to do about this. We don't know how to go about it, and your help would be greatly appre­ ciated. Mrs. H. Herrmann (Ed. note: Information on 3/our^ right regarding Social Security benefits is being sent to you.) Vote ^Of Vhanks For Steward To the Editor: I would like to give a vote of thanks to Brother John Tilley who served us so well, in th^ capacity of steward, during his, stay with us on the Alcoa Pioneer. It is a pleasure to sail with one who has the well-being of each individual crewmember at heart. We on the Pioneer wish his •smooth sailing on his next voyage. M. D. Baxter Ship's delegate Benefits Mean Peace Of Mind To the Editor: Within every seafaring hus­ band and father there lies the constant fear that some member of his family will need medical care and/or-hospitalization at a time when he is far from home and, due to the manndr In which he is paid, will be unable to provide immediate essentials. The p&ce of mind derived from the new benefits of our wonderful and cleverly-planned SIU Welfare Plan program will contribute vastly to the mental and physical health of every member of our Union. - Young and unmarried mem­ bers have much to look forward to. Their families will be protected from the very begin­ ning. Frank Reid 4 4 4 . Del Campo Men ' Applaud Gains To the Editor: We the membership of the MV Del Campo wish to express our sincere gratitude and ap­ preciation for the new , family benefits won for us. We believe as before, thati this, another SIU first, will lead to more pros­ perous achievements for the membership and their families. The voyage has been pleasant all around with no major beefs and very few minor ones. Each and every brother has cooperated with the delegates on board and think that the new delegate system is tops for handling beefs and Union busi­ ness on board ship. P. A. Taurasi, Ship del. M. Cox, Eng. deh J. Beasley, Std. del. LOG Pare Pifteea SIU To Crew Oil-Freight Ships Some of Malcolm McLean's ambitious plans for maritime will bear fruit next month when the SlU-contracted Pan-Atlantic Steamship Company accepts delivery on two combination tanker-dry cargo vessels. The two ships are T-2 tank­ are in addition to Pan Atlantic's new ships are part of a proposed ers that have been modified plans for construction of seven trade-in deal in which Pan Atlantic with the addition of a "flight brand new ships designed to carry would turn over its seven C-2s to deck," like those put on Navy fully-loaded truck trailers. The the Government. tankers in .World War II.- The flight deck- will provide space for carriage of deck cargo either in the form of crated general cargo or as loaded truck trailers. The two ships, formerly the tankers Whittier Hills and Potrero Hills, were pimchased by McLean several months ago after being idle for some time. They will be re­ MIAMI—Seafarers' support for the. Masters, Mates and named the Almena and the Ideal Pilots recent contract strike beef was recognized in a letter of X after delivery to Pan Atlantic by the Bethlehem Key Highway appreciation sent to this branch by the local MM&P Shipyard in Baltimore. strike committee. The MM&P Both vessels will go on Pan At­ had one ship, the Samuel Fullantic's coastwise service. They ler (Sinclair Oil) tied up fo^ five days here with a picket line along with other striking unions. The SIU, of course, supported this beef all the way. The following men have checks This port also had one of the waiting for them at Cities Service first dependent's benefits easels Oil Company, 70 Pine Street, New when Mrs. Remberto Duo went to York. They can either be picked up Victoria Hospital for surgery. She in person or requested by mail, Seafarers aboard the Valchem is now at home and doing very giving proper identification: have been commended by the nicely after her operation. Benjamin Abrams, Joseph A. Arnold, Coast Guard for rapid and effec­ Shipping has been doing fairly Paul E. Bailey. Newton E. Baker, James tive action in an emergency when well here and the MV Ponce is P. Marclay, Guy D. Barfield, Louis L. Bentley, Nicolas M. Bjorgum, Purvis M. they rescued tugboat crewmembers coming out of drydock to go back Biackwell, Isaak Bouzin. after a collision in Sabine Pass. on her regular cement run, which James H. Burford, Jose Castell, Lavern Coats. Robert Cooper, James J. Crotty, The Valchem was headed up­ is welcome news to the men in Jay J. Cuccia, Harold Dailey, William stream to Orange, Texas, on June this port. Davies. Darrell Downing, Harry Early. Edmond L. Eriksen, Robert Eschrich, 17 when it ran into the small 26Rodney Fontenot, Curt Fried, Rachid Gaham, Jesse Griffith, Edwin Growe, ton tug Diane F, which was hauling James M. Halpin, William H. Harbman, barges laden with explosive chemVirgil L. Harding. Cecil Hargroves, John C. Herber, Har­ ic^s. The tug sank almost imme­ vey Horn, James HarreU Hudson, St., diately and its four crewmembers Richard Hufford, Sidney S. Irby, Joseph hit the water. One swam ashore Louis Childers ,M. Israel. Robert Jensen, Robert O. Jor­ and the other three clung to the Get in touch with Peter Pasidan, Christopher Keileher. Waldemar Knutsen, Wallace J. LaNasa, nosky. Box 558, Woodcliff Lake, Manuel Laureano, Joseph F. Lewis, Her­ disabled barge. Immediately five Seafarers and New Jersey. bert Mclsaac, H. Meitz, Herman MiUer, Ernest Mishens, John A. Morris, Motomu the second mate lowered away a Musashi. 4 4 4 James B. O'Keefe, Joseph W. O'NeU, lifeboat and picked up the quartet. Arvid W. Osolin, Wiliiam Price, Frank The entire operation took only 6V2 Philip C. Adkins P. D. Pyes, Thomas O. Rainey, Tomas Jamaica Affiliates, 87-67 Sutphin Ramirez, Robert Rojem, Frank P. Delos minutes. Reyes. The Valchem escaped with minor Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, re­ Charles W. Sanders, Alexander Sarg, Clarence Scott, Jr., Panaglotis D. Sider- damage, although there were anx­ port they are holding papers that opoulos, Efrain R. Sierra, John P. Stan­ ious moments after the collision would be of interest to you. ford, Edgar Starns, Hughes P. Towns. Robert Van Valkenburg, Bias R. Vega, when it was feared that the meth­ ^44 Robert B. Ward, Elvis O. Warren, Laurie anol in its tanks might ignite and P. Welch, Richard L. Welch, Charles Frank Ballard cause a serious fire. Westman, Joseph A. Yanlk. Eldon Ray asks you to write him c/o SS Afoundria at either Pusan, Korea, or New Orleans. Mianti MM&P Praises SIU Support in Strike SS Valchem Crew Cited In Rescue 4 4 4 Eric J. Berg V. Puleo asks you to write 1124 All of the following SIU families 7, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. will collect the $200 maternity Robert Spencer, Mobile, Ala. Poeyfarre Street, New Orleans, benefit plus a $25 bond from the concerning important checks and David Gil, born June 16, 1955. Union in the baby's name: Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luis Gil, papers. 4 4 4 l$usanne Carol Maffei, born May Bronx, NY. 25, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Doris Denlese Sawyer, born May Thomas Williamson Norman Maffei, Franklinville, NY. 13, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. You are asked to contact Mai-vin Donna Fitzgerald, born June 4, Lyman Sawyer, Jr., Belhaven, NC. Schwartz, 233 Broadway, New 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Lawrence Wandre, born York. Daniel F. Fitzgerald, Irvington, June 18, 1955. Parents, Mr. and NJ. Mrs. Earl Wandre, St. Lawndale, Margaret Rose Russo, born June Calif. 2, 1955. Parent^ Mr. and Mrs. Steven Curtis Oglesby, born June Frederick Russo, Brooklyn, NY. 18, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Priscilla Reyes, born June 10, Charles Oglesby, Brooklyp, NY. 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Barbara Jean Sumpter, born Reyes, Brooklyn, NY. June 1, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Frahcine Sbriglio, born May 7, Mrs. James Walter Sumpter, Jr., /towmScTH 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sal- New Orleans, La. vatore J. Sbriglio, Boston, Mass. Brenda Sue Tate, born April 21, Douglas Neil Matthey, born April 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas­ 12, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. per Tate, Lake Charles, La. Neil D. Matthey, Seattle, Wash. Glenn Manuel, born June 16, Gregory Hollis Johnson, born 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. War­ June 4, 1955. Parents, Mr. and ren Manuel, Mamou, La. Mrs. Hubert Hollis Johnson, Hen­ Sherrilyn Marie Butcher, bom derson, Tenn. April 30, 1955. Parents, and' Arlen Cain, born June 15, 1955. Mrs. Ashton Butcher, Orange, Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cain, Texas. Navaco, Ala. Maureen Myers, born June 19, Shirley Lynn Crawford, born 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dar­ May 27, 1955. Parents, Mr. and win Myers, Somerville, Mass. Donna Leslie Colyer, born Mrs. George N. Crawford, Mobile, April 24, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Ala. Herbert Eugene Sprinkle, Jr., Mrs. Robert C. Colyer, Baltimore, Bti<7>aKi:M^SAKnA4aiS born May 7, 1955. Parents, Mr. Md. Robert Michael Kelley, born and Mrs. Herbert E. Sprinkle, 67S-4W«^' l2f6e.BALT April 10, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Bayou La Batre, Ala. Shelia Ann Spencer, born March Mrs. Robert Kelley( Mobile, Ala. PORT O'CALL ; f'. ^ �Vol. XVil No. 14 LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT •/AFL • I ;•' • il'x'-" '• 'A • '• SEAFARER IN SIAM ^:r' '.rl'' SEAFARERS im . . ' The mysterious East of fact and imagination is probably nowhere better typified than in Biam (or Thailand as it is officially known). Here in the best Oriental tradition are the temples that look like wed­ ding cakes complete with temple dancers and weird music, exotic sculpture and architecture, color­ ful clothing mixed with Western style business suits, pedicabs and automobiles. And on the other side of the coin there are the opium dens, slums which can only breed in the Orient and the assortment of smells which is present, in coun­ tries where plumbing is absent and sanitation is a little known word. Seafarer Sal Terracina has made Siam a number of times on the Far East run. Here are a few of the many colorful photographs he has taken while in that country. ,: >1'.' (1 i T^is back alley market place Is pretty much the main drag of Ko-Si-Chang, a river­ front village below Bangkok, which sometimes becomes a major port of call when the Chao Phraya River silts up. If-- I-: M?: IMJ- 1It' l-i- No oriental harbor scene would be complete without, bumboats. Some of these at Ko-Si-Chang carry girls who came down from Bangkok in the hope of meeting ship's crews stopping at the river port. Tibetan lama (left), aged about 70, shows off his healthy physique in front of Siamese temple. On Terracina's right is the temple priest. i.. •I f A typical Siamese longshoreman takes advantage of a br$!ak to grab a smoke. He's seated next to Seafarer Terracina who submitted the photographs appearing on this page. These three youths are temple dancers posing in the temple garden. Cigarette dangling from lips is pose probably picked up from a Hollywood movie. ,i ; • <1 t � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. 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Title A name given to the resource July 8, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 14 Description An account of the resource Headlines: AFL MARITIME UNIONS VOW NEW WATERFRONT DRIVE SIU TO AIR POSITION ON BONNER BILL 1ST SIU FAMILY BENEFITS AVERAGE $300 PER CASE PROPOSE NEW MARITIME STUDY AMERICAN SEAMEN WIN CARGO FIGHT, '50-50' LAW SAVED CREW RESTRICTED SIU WINS $8,000 OVERTIME CLAIM 5 YEARS OF SIU WELFARE: 2 1/2 MILLION LONGSHOREMEN HAIL SIU AID IN NY DOCK DRIVE NEW SHIPS PEP SEATTLE ILA MASQUERADE STARS ALSOP, HIGGS CONGRESS OK'S '55 SHIP FUNDS GAW AND THE MARITIME INDUSTRY CS NOW BUILDING BIGGEST US TANKER LAKE CHAS. PAINTERS GET NEW PACT GOV'T, OPERATORS SETTLE LAWSUIT FOR 23 SHIPS NEW LAW TO SPUR MOBILE CARGO BIZ SIU CREW RESCUES 186 FOR STORM-STRICKEN PHILIPPINE SHIP SIU CO. PLANS REVIVAL OF INTERCOASTAL TRADE USPHS HOSPITAL OUR FLAG IS STILL THERE! '50-50' WINS AGAIN WINS SIU AWARD ON 2D TRY AWARD TO SEAFARERS MTD'S PLANS AND STILL GROWING BRIDGES FIFTH TRIAL BEGINS PIONEER'S SCOOPS MEAN CURTAINS TO MOSQUITOES NO BEEF IS ROUTINE IF YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE EVER TRY 'NEAPOLITAN FISH STEW'? GAW AND THE MARITIME INDUSTRY SIU TO CREW OIL-FREIGHT SHIPS MIAMI MM&P PRAISES SIU SUPPORT IN STRIKE SS VALCHEM CREW CITED IN RESCUE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/8/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/be6ab568968d0fb710d8b3bfab2dc53e.PDF 34d7519f6b3475bf3fd56e0374b0f335 PDF Text Text Vol. XVfi No. 13 •— SEAFARERS LOG \ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION * ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT * AFL > • SlU SCHOLARSHIPS in this issue P Sf(/ PCPRlNTOTlVlce VK4PZ.y TO^ REACQUAlAir-4US64«CEt2S WiTMlWflRRiewrS WTHPS/U. Each Wins $6,000 For 4-Year Study Centerfold ITF Organizing Campaign TWAtS and AWAI. | Against Runaways Opens Pago 1 �• , V SEkPAItEAS LOG Pai^'Tw* ITF Kicks Off Runaway Drive; SlU in Support Seafarer Hospital-Beund r 1^ '' >rune 24; 1955 LOG Prints Constitution Fifth Time Reprinted in its entirety for the fifth time in two years to enable all Seafarers to be­ come thoroughly acquainted with their guaranteed rights and privi­ leges, the model SIU constitution appears again this issue as a spe­ cial eight-page supplement to the SEAFARERS LOG. The Union document, rewritten from start to finish three years ago in order to incorporate the demo­ cratic policies and gains won since the SIU was first formed in 1938, has been hailed on all sides as an outstanding effort to safeguard the rights of the Union membership. Jurists, legislators, trade union­ ists, educators and public and civic leaders in many areas from all over the country have heaped praise on the SIU constitution as ; a masterful job "emi­ nently fair and just "in the spirit of democratic trade unionism . . ." Democracy Emphasized Interest was centered particular­ ly on the document's "State of l^inciples and Declaration of Rights" and its ijronounced em­ phasis on democratic • standards governing trials and appeals. In this connection, a semi-an­ nual report on rank-and-file trials and appeals from January-June of this year appears elsewhere in this Issue. Concrete steps to enforce minimum safety, Wage and work­ ing standards in behalf of crews on runaway-flag ships have been launched by the International Transport Workers Federation, which announced the opening of a special ITF ship was paying average wages of Special Seafarers Section of­ less than $28 monthly, was short of minimum manning^ require­ fice in New York this week. Similar ofEices were opened ments in two departments and was simultaneously in port cities exploiting the men in a variety of throughout the world in a re­ matters, such as permitting them vitalized campaign to better con­ access to fresh water only once per ditions and wages of seamen man­ day.Once these details were estab­ ning runaway vessels. The drive on the East Coast lished and checked, ITF repre­ will be directed by Willy Dorchain, sentatives swung into action, local US representative for the ITF, who British unions boycotted the load­ revealed appreciable progress al­ ing of the ship and an ITF agree­ ready made in organizing crew- ment covering the vessel was a members of ships under the flags matter of record 24 hours later. The signing provided crewmemof Panama, Honduras and Liberia. The ITF effoi-t, which was re­ bers with an immediate Wage in­ ported while still in its formative crease of 200 percent plus a wel­ stages to the delegates at the SIU fare fund, brought manning in all of North America convention in ilepartments up to requirements Montreal, Canada, last month, has and won assurances that none of the full endorsement of the SIU the crewmembers would be victim­ and all other districts of the Inter­ ized for taking part in the work stoppage which preceded the start national. of negotiatiObs with the vessel's Convention Support While anxious shipmates peer over the rail Seafarer Edward owners. Last month's convention voted Ainsworth, oiler, is lowered from the deck of the Alcoa for the establishment of a close Ranger to a waiting Coast Guard cutter off Cape Henry. working relationship with ITF of­ Ainsworth became ill on board the Ranger and is now in the ficials for a joint offensive against Norfolk USPHS hospital. sub-standard shipping. In disclosing plans for a con­ certed organizing drive joined in by ITF affiliates here and all over the world, Dorchain called atten­ tion to complaints from large Surviving family members and former shipmates of tbe crew aboard tbe ill-fated South­ groups of foreign seamen victim­ ern Districts were still in tbe dark this week on tbe probable causes for tbe disappearance of ized by the phony United Inter­ national Seamen's Union, Local tbe converted LST and her crew of 23 over si x months ago. 1824, which was chartered by the Virtually no trace of the"* : WASHINGTON—Plans for AFL-expelled International Long­ ship or its crew has turned up revival of the coastwise trade It has since been increased to loss of 17 out of 23 crewmembers shoremen's Association (Ind.) last with new ship types received since the vessel wns last beard $3,500. When all claims for the of her sister ship, the Southern year. He noted that representatives of another boost as the SlU-con- from on December 6, 1954. Hear­ Districts' survivors are processed, Isles, In 1951. The CG approval for restricted the ILA local were soliciting tracted Pan Atlantic Steamship ings that dug into possible reasons the SIU Welfare Plan w.ill have foreii^n seamen for dues, assess­ Company applied for a US'inort- for the disaster wound up more paid out a total of $35,000 to the coastwise travel by the Bethcoastep was based on the conclusion that ments and other payments in re­ gage on construction ^ of seven than five months ago, in January. 14 families involved.) Of the 23 missing, 12 were Sea­ Order In Force the ship.was in condition for oper­ turn for promises of protection un­ truck-trailer carriers. Pan Atlantic has proposed to farers and two others were mem­ Meanwhile, a Coast Guard ban ation on a limited basis, partic­ der collective bargaining agree­ ments. None of the promises were the Maritime Administration that bers of the SlU-affiliated Sailors on unlimited ocean or coastwise ularly in the absence of an inland it take the company's seven C-2s Union of the Pacific.-* Survivors of travel by converted LSTs remains waterway on Her normal route redeemed, he charged. Launching of the special ITF as a trade-in package.. The trader 11 of them have already received in force, although two vessels, one from the Delaware Cape to Sandy drive also received new impetus in ins would give the company part SIU death benefits of $2,500 eaci) of them an SlU-coritracted ship, Hook, New York. a report from Cardiff, Wales, on of the funds needed to cotistruct and the claims of three others are the Bethcoaster (Calmar), have Rons On West Coast one of the ITF's latest successes in the new roll-on, roll-off types. The still pending. Nine others missing continued to sail. The ban was put Also exempt from the ban Is the trade-ins are permissible under were ship's officers. dealing with runaway ships. into effect following the disap­ (The death benefit payments pearance of the Southern Districts Coos Bay, owned by the Irwin In that instance, ITF representa­ the 1936 Merchant Marine Act. The proposed ships would have were based on the amount of the in almost the same circumstances Lines Lumber Company of North tives reported, the British ship Ottinge had switched to Liberian a capacity of 268 20-ton trailers benefit at the time of the disaster. that attended the sinking with a Bend, Ore., which operates on tbe West Coast on a similar route. registry and the name Sofia. Op­ plus an additional 20 trailers of Eight other converted LSTs, in­ erated by Spanish owners and 35 tons each. As "roll-on, roll-off' cluding two sister ships of the crewed entirely by Spaniards, the types they would be able to dis­ Southern Districts and Southern charge all cargo in to 6 hours Isles, have been idle since the ban compared to the 214 days or more was invoked. The SlU-manned required by conventional cargo In addition, use of the Southern States and Southern Cit­ Jane 24, 1955 V6I. XVII, No. 13 ships. trailers would eliminate further ies, like the two that were lost, PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer dockside delay in loading off and are owned by the Southern Trad­ HEHBERr BRAND, Editor; RAY DENISON, ing Company. Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art on trucks as is presently done. WASHINGTON—Non-subsidized US shipping will vanish Editor; HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, The ships would cost an estimated No lifting on the ban on the Staff Writers; BILL MOODY, Gulf Area $9 million each. from tbe seas unless "drastic steps" are taken now to assist LSTs seems in prospect,, at least Representative. Boston To Houston them, tbe House Merchant Marine Committee has reported. not until the hearing panel's offi­ Burly ..: Page 13 The schedule of operations would Consequently, the Depart--^ cial recommendations are made Editorial Cartoon Page 10 provide calls at a dozen or more ment of Commerce has been The Committee agreed that "the public. How soon they will be re­ Editorials Page 11 major East and Gulf Coast ports ordered to make a study of gravity of the picture for the sub­ leased is not known. Final Dispatch Page 14 from Boston in the north to Hous­ problems of non-subsidized lines sidized lines is far outshadowed by Inquiring Seafarer Page 11 ton on the Gulf. and will' consider Government aid the grim outlook of the non-sub­ Meet The Seafarer Page 11 The roll-on, roll-off operation for these lines, reduction of Pan­ sidized segment of the fleet." It Personals Page 14 was originally proposed by Malcolm ama Canal tolls for intercoastal added that "ten years from now Recent Arrivals Page 14 McLean, a major East Coast truck­ runs and other proposals. the American dry cargo fleet of Seafarers In Action Page 10 ing operator. Subsequently he 674 vessels may well be reduced Regular membership meet­ No Immediate Benefit Shipping Figures Page 4 purchased Pan-Atlantic from the to 276 or less unless drastic steps ings ha SIU headquarters and Your Dollar's Worth Page 6 Waterman Steamship Company Despite the Committee's gloomy are taken now." at all branches are held every Other steps to be considered Published biweeitly er the headquarters and obtained coastwise operating report, which was issued in the, second Wednesday night at et the Seafarers International Union, At­ rights. He followed up that pur­ course of recommendations on ves­ aside from those mentioned above 7 PM. The schedule for the lantic & Guif District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth chase by buying the remainder of sel replacement, little or nothing would include accelerated depre­ next few meetings is as follows: V-6600. Entered as second class matter June 29, July 13, July 27, at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under Waterman's ships and other hold­ was said that would be of imme­ ciation allowances, which would the Act of Aug. 24, 1912. ings. In order to carry out his plans diate benefit to non-subsidized amount to a tax exemption; and All Seafarers registered on he has resigned from l^is trucking lines. The eight recommendations permission for the companies to the shipping list are required post and taken active direction of made by the committee will bene­ set up tax exempt reserve funds ISO to attend the meetings Waterman's operations. fit subsidized lines only. fin: building new ships. SIU Co. To Build Seven Distnets' Trailerships SEAFARERS LOG Loss Still A Mystery US To Study 'Vanishing' Non-Snbsidized Lines Meeting Night Every 2 Weeks liii" IK;V. \U Z:-- .Mz-mtm /<• �June 24, 195S SEAFARERS • Paire Tbre* LOG SIU Awards Five $6,000 Scholarships One of the nation's most highly-valued scholarship programs, the SIU Scholarship Plan has awarded five more $6,000 college scholarships to Seafarers and chil­ dren of Seafarers. Two active Seafarers and three chil­ dren of Seafarers, two girls and a boy, will each receive an award — the Andrew drop out are Earl J. Laws of Furuseth Memorial Schol­ should Hartford, Kansas, first alternate, arship—^in memory of the and Gene R. Sinclair of New York Accompanying her daddy, Seafarer Keith "Honolulu" Winsley, FWT, on a visit to the SlU hall in New Orleans, Linda Leilani Winsley, 5, sits on the patrolmen's counter to pose for the LOG ler while her father fills out a new Welfare Plan enrollment card. All Seafarers nave been asked to fill out the cards to determine their eligibility for benefits under the expanded new plan which provides hospital and medical coverage for SlU families, plus in­ creased benefits for SlU men. 'See Agent On Family Plan:'51U Seafarers or members of their families covered by the new dependent benefits under the SIU Welfare Plan should con­ tact the nearest SIU port agent be­ fore taking any steps under the Plan, The SIU port agent can fully in­ form Seafarers and their depen­ dents of the procedures involved. He can see to it that the Seafarer's interests are fully protected. The benefits provided under the Plan both in the surgical schedule and the hospital room and board benefits were scaled above the levels of most plans now operat­ ing in the US. All of these plans were studied before the SIU sched­ ule was drawn up. Cover Costs Under most circumstances the SIU benefits will be sufficient to cover costs, so that there should be no reason for anybody to go into debt for sizable bills above those provided in the schedule. At the same time Seafarers should consult the schedule to de­ termine what they are entitled to before making commitments. In any case family members should contact the port agent first before undertaking any commit­ ments. Make Checks To'SIlT-A&G' Seafarers mailing in checks or money orders to the Union to cover dues payments are urged to toe sure to make all of them payable to the SIU-A&G District. Some Seafarers have sent in checks and money orders in the names of individual headquar­ ters officials. This makes for a problem in bookkeeping which can - be avoided if checks are made out to the Union directly. Gov't Gives Official Nod to MCS The SIU Pacific District representing the Sailors Union, of the Pacific, the Marine Firemen's Union and the Marine Cooks and Stewards, AFL, has been officially certified by the National Labor Relations Board as bargaining agent for unlicensed seamen on West Coast ships. The NLRB move—announced on June 22— means that cooks and stewards will now be represented by an SIU affiliate in place of the old Communist-dominated National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards. Notices will go out to all MCS-AFL agents soon announcing when the union negotiators will meet with shipowners to work out an agreement. Labor 'Whipping Boy' Pep, Tells Probers first great leader of American maritime unions. The awards, made through the SIU Wel­ fare Plan, are good for four years of college training. When the five 1955 scholarship winners enter the college of their choice in the fall it will mean that the SIU Wehare Plan will have awarded $72,000 in scholarships to 12 candidates in the past three years, five of them Seafarers and seven the children of Seafarers. This year's winners, as recom­ mended by a panel of five college administ r a t o r s and approved by the Welfare Plan are: Seafarer Pickett Lusk of Houston, Texas; Seafarer Joe Kite of Jacksonville, Fla.; Lembhard Howell, son of Lusk Seafarer Cleve­ land A. Howell of New York City; Constance Cole, daughter of Sea­ farer John Cole of Yonkers, New York, and Susan Folts, daughter of Seafarer Myroa Folts of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The board of administrators rec­ ommended and the trustees ap­ proved the choice of five candidates this year because the top group of five was so evenly matched as to make it unfair to drop out any one of them. A previous award that had been dropped enabled the trus­ tees to make the fifth award. Members of the board which passed on applicants' qualifications were lavish in . 'u,, their praise of the contestants. It was their opin­ ion that the qual­ ity of candidates has been improv­ ing year by year and that they fully justified the premium quality of the $6,000 award. Two alternate candidates who were recommended by the board in the event one of the winners WASHINGTON—Confirming the statements of the SIU and other maritime unions, a member of the House Mer­ chants Marine Committee charged that maritime labor is the "whipping hoy" of the current maritime investigation. The negotiate. He also proposed freez­ committee is .currently hold­ ing present wage levels for sea­ ing open hearings on proposals for men. Bonner has prepared legisla­ a wage freeze and a board of con­ tion for both proposals. trol over contracts in the mari­ The Bonner proposals had been time industry. .the subject of closed door hearings Representative George P. Miller which both SUP and SIU A&G (Dem. C^lif.) touched off the pro­ District representatives had de­ test. _ He declared that kicking clined to attend on the ground maiifime unions around was no that the unions are unalterably op­ way to solve merchant marine posed to any legislation which problems and would only succeed would infringe on the right of sea­ in driving skilled men out of the men to bargain on wages and con­ ditions. industry. Meanwhile ,a West Coast ship­ owner spokesman, Paul St. Sure, neatly picked up the cue from committee chairman Herbert Bon­ ner (Dem.-NC) and came out for a special Government board to rule all maritime labor contracts. St. Sure is president of the pow­ erful Pacific Maritime Association. The controls plan also received WASHINGTON—-An attempt to undermine maritime union the endorsement of Maritime Ad- provisions covering shipboard working rules and^ overtime niinisti'ator Clarence C. Morse. The Morse and St. Sure state­ payments may be in the offing. The Federal Maritime Board ments supported contentions by is currently meeting with rep-f of subsidized eliminating overtime. some Washingtoji observers that a resentatives While no proposals have yet Government-shipowner drive is shipping companies in what is shaping up to reduce shipping described as a "review" of all as­ emerged from-the FMB meetings, costs at the expense of American pects of seafaring overtime pay­ the "review" of overtime , payments may be linked with Rep. Herbert ments. seaman. Bonner's proposal- to subject sea Scope Of OT Previously Representative Bon­ The review is taking up the unions and their contracts to the ner had proposed that all maritime union contractual matters be put scope and cost of overtime work rule of a Government agency. The under control of a Government as well as the "necessity and justi­ agency would have power to pass body with absolute power to decide fication" for overtime and com­ on wage terms, contract rules and what unions could and could not pany proposals for reducing or clarifications. Gov't, Shipowners Plan Attack On Overtime Pay City, second altematie. Both are Seafarers. Took College Test All of the 18 candidates who ap­ plied for the scholarships were re­ quired to take the standard College Entrance Examination Board tests as well as to submit references and transcripts of their high school rec­ ords. In making its recommenda­ tions, the board of college adminStories on each of the five 1955 scholarship award win­ ners will appear in future is­ sues of the SEAFARERS LOG. istrators took into account the ap­ plicants' test performance, their scholastic record in high school and their record of extra-curricular activity. Of this year's winners. Seafarer Pickett Lusk has been a member of the SIU for almost 12 years. He joined the Union in the Port of New Orleans in July, 1943, two yeai's after his graduation from Aberdeen High School in Aber­ deen, Mississippi. He sails in tlie deck department. Alternate Last Year Lusk, who is 31 years old, had an excellent high school record with grades consistently in the high BO's and low 90's. He narrowly missed out on last year's awards, being named as an alternate. Since tne Scholarship Plan permits a candi­ date to re-apply Lusk tried again and was rewarded for his per­ sistence. Seafarer Joe Kite has also been a member of the SIU for a good many years joining the Union in New York in 1949. He sails regu­ larly as electrician on SlU-contracted ships. He is from Jackson­ ville, Florida, and also compiled a fine record in schools in that city. Lembhard Howell of New York walked off with most of the honors at New York's Charles Evans Hughes High School (formerly Tex­ tile High School). At graduation in June, 1954, Howell won the school's top prize, the gold medal Dooley award given to the student who maintains high scholastic rating as well as character and ability; the Horton Memorial Award for excel­ lence in science and three other citations. He was president of the school's general organization and was on the staff of both the school newspaper and the publication of the math and science departments. He is 19 years old. His father, Seafarer Cleveland A. Howell, has been an SIU member since October, 1947, and sails in the steward department. Susan Folts, one of the two girl winners this year, graduated from Tulsa Central High School this spring, and stood in the upper 10 percent of her graduating class, with a grade of "excellent" in (Continued on page 4) J �SWAPA R EUS Fa» Fcof . zac Juae 24, 1959 SHIPPING ROUND-UP AND FORECAST SHIPPING FROM JUNE IJHROUGH JUNE 14 Registered Port Boston .,....... New York Phila Balto Norfolk ........ Savannah Miami .......... Tampa ;. ' Mobile ........ N. Orleans--..................... I^ake Ohas.. Houston a Relaxing these days, thanks to a $150 monthly disability pension from the SlU, Seafarer Walter Stoll and his wife catch a cool breeze outside their comfortable little cottage in Savannah. Stoll began receiving the disability pay just a few nionths ago. It's 'Foniid $$' To SIU Pensioner San |K--•.. l2»i:a«iM« cause that brought together people like maritime union pioneer An­ drew Furuseth and "Fighting Bob" LaFollette of Wisconsin. Deck B Eng. A 4 33 21 11 4 4 3 5 6 10 16 4 14 8 7 85 24 33 3 3 1 5 21 36 5 24 6 13 10 3 22 11 32 5 2 3 1 10 15 9 13 1 9 9 Deck B Eng. A Eng. B 3 320 146 Eng. B . 276 Stew. A 5 70 18 26 11 3. 15 5 27 34 7 14 4 8 5 145 Stew. B 2 20 • 6 26 4 6 6 1 1 9 2 15 3 12 9 stew. A Stew. B 252 122 Total A 19 236 69 108 23 11 19 12 80 109 19 62 15 43 25 ToUl B 9 75 , 20 79 20 12 13 5 16 30 21 . 44 18 35 26 Total A 848 Total Reg. 28 311 89 185 43 23 32 17 96 .139 40 106 .23 78 51 Total B Total Reg. 413 1261 Shipped Port Boston New Y< Norfolk .. Savannah Miami ... Tampa .. Eng. A Deck A Deck B Deck C 3 81 18 48 6 1 3 1 10 32 11 19 4 33 21 3 24 6 40 7 1 4 1 2 19 5 8 3 11 13 0 2 13 59 0 21 1 41 5 6 0 0 1 1 2 0 11 0 3 . 34 1 5 0 • 18 1 3 0 25 2 18 Deck A Deck B 291 147 Fire In Hold Licked By Neva West Crew HOUSTON—Worried families and friends of Seafarers aboard the Neva West (Bloomfield) breathed easier this past Monday, following the report that the ship had arrived in Bremen, Germay, on June 20, • one day ahead of schedule, Fire had broken out in the No. 1 hold of the ship on June 10, but was brought under control by the quick work of the crew. The blaze apparently originated in a cargo of cotton within the hold, but the crew brought water hoses (Continued from page 3) to bear on the burning bales by more than half her courses. She burning a hole right through-the deck, company representatives in­ has been active on the school stu­ formed SIU agent C. M. Tannehill dent council and school orchestra as well as serving as an officer of here. The flames were gotten out af­ her church Sunday school. She is ter about 20 bales of cotton -vyere 17 years of age. Her father is Seafarer Myron E. damaged by the fire and a number of others were water-soaked. From Folts, an SIU member since June, all reports, no member of the crew 1947, and sails in the deck depart­ was injui-ed during the fighting of ment on SIU ships. the original blaze. Among Top Ten Constance J. Cole of Yonkers, New York, has attended Roosevelt High School in that City and stands in the top ten percent of Authorities in the port city a class of 280 students in the col­ of Saigon, Indo-China, are lege preparatory section. Her out­ activities include participa­ clamping down once again on side tion in the Spanish club, school the circulation of travelers dramatics, history club, school checks, and US and other for­ service league and choir. eign curi-ency, in av all-out ef­ Her father. Seafarer John Cole, fort to lick the flourishing black market. All such currency must received his SIU membership in be declared and secured with New York in August, 1949, and the master of the vessel before sails in the engine department. Panel Of Educators crevvmembers go ashore. Fail­ The panel of educators which ure to do so means seamen not made the recommendations cononly run the risk of having their money confiscated, but isisted of C. William Edwards, di­ also face possible fines or addi­ rector of admissions, Princeton tional penalties. The amount of University; Elwood C. Kastner, registrar. New York University; local currency that can be taken ashore at any time is 400 pias­ Miss Edna M. Newby, director of tres, equivalent to $11.20 in admissions. New Jei'sey College American hionej-. addition, for Women, Rutgers University; the cigarette^ issue to crewmem- F, D. Wilkinson, registrar, Howard bers during the entire stay in University, and Bernard Ireland, Saigon must be limited to one assistant director of' admissions, Columbia College, Columbia carton (200 cigarettes). University. • : Scholarship Awards To 5 Saigon Ciirb.s Smokes 7 81 27 47 9 5 3 2 32 39 7 24 5 22 10 Deck A SAVANNAH—It's a long way from Australia '83 to Savan­ nah '55, but Seafarer Walter Stoll, 72, has made it with hardly a scratch. A veteran of 52 years of sailing, including two world wars, the SIU oldtimer-*^ that followed, he was on the pickethas well earned the rest and line many of the beefs to Wilmington security guaranteed him as gainduring the three-watch system, a one of the latest men to make the SIU disability roster. Comfortably established today in a modest cottage of his own in the southeastern section of this port 'city, Stoll, his wife and "Katinka" the cat make up a cosy household group. Paid Off Paoli He paid off his last ship, the tanker Paoli (Cities Service) last November, and found he would have to call it quits. As a result he is now receiving an income of $230.50 a month, $150 of which comes from the SIU Welfare Plan in the form of the Union disability benefit. The remainder is the S80.50 he receives from the US Social Security Administx'ation. Stoll finds that the recently in­ creased SIU payments, up from $25 to $35 a week plus his Social Se­ curity is ample to handle all his needs and permit him to live free of money worries. Stoll is quick to point out also that his total benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan each month are considerably more than he receives from the Government. "Those checks from the Welfare Plan come in regular like clockwork and they're almost double my Social Security. "Most young fellows today don't realize what a terrific thing the Welfare Plan is for oldtimers liko myself. We've been through the mill all right," he noted, "but we did it then not knowing what we'd see from it 15 or 20 years later. This is like 'found money' to us, because we never dreamed of any­ thing like a disability benefit or a welfare plan altogether when the SIU first began." A native of New South Wales, Australia, Stoll first started going to sea at the age of 20 aboard the four-masted full-rigger Keivinbank. He grossed what amounted to nearly $22 monthly at the time. Job In The Park "The way things worked then, you had to deal through the ship­ ping master. I was lucky; I met one in a New York park one day who got me aboard the SS NewYork of the American Lines as a coalpasser. There's no point tell­ ing Vfbat conditions, were then. You just figure we were paid .$30 a month then and take it from there. It wasn't what you w'ould call 'high living'." Alwaj's a union man, Stoll joined the-old ISU in 1R12. In the years peck A Deck C 27 Eng. A 246 Eng. B 2 28 11 41 5 2 3 2 5 26 5 10 1 28 9 Eng. B 178 Eng. Stew. A 2 0 8 63 7 12 3 26 4 5 0 2 9 0 1 2 11 0 1 40 1 4 0 " 8 1 2 11 25 3 11 Eng. 40 stew. .A 222 Stew. B 0 19 6 22 6 0 7 2 2 20 0 13 1 16 13 Stew. B 127 Stew. C 0 8 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 1 0 Total A 7 "203 51 115 17 3 13 5 32 106 20 45 9 83 50 Total B 5 71 23 103 18 3 14 5 9 65 10 31 5 55 35 Stew. C Total A Total B 25 759 452 Total Total Ship. C 0 29 7 5 14 0 1 1 0 13 2 0 3 12 5 12 303 81 223 49 6 28 11 41 184 32 76 17 150 90 Total Total C Ship. 92 1303- Shipping throughout the A&G District continued on the uptrend in the past two weeks, as rhore new wprk opportuni­ ties became available to Seafarers and helped swell the num­ ber of men dispatched to jobs "to a new high for the year. Generally, shipping is the best it's been since last Septem­ ber. SIU halls shipped a total of 1303 Seafarers to jobs during this last two-week period, compared to a registration figure of 1261. Four ports (Baltimore, New Orleans, Seattle and San Francisco)" showed considerable increases over the last report, five dipped somewhat and the remainder stayed about the same. The boom in shipping was accompanied by a slight drop in the proportion of total jobs taken by class A registrants, a factor which reflected the lack of class A men oh the beach. This produced a moderate boost in the proportion of jobs which went to class B and C .seamen. Class A shipping accounted for 59 percent of the total, class B for 34 percent, and the remainder—7 percent—went to class Cs. All departments shared in the general shipping pros­ perity. The heavy activity in four ports, such as San Francisco, whose shipping more than doubled, took up the slight amount of slack in other ports, of which only Philadelphia, Savannah and Mobile shb.wed any appreciable drop. BOSTON: Quite slow; very little in sight . . . NEW YORK: Engine department ratings still hard to find; shipping holding firm arfU seen likely to remain that way . . . PHILADELPHIA: Despite dip, still good . . . BALTIMORE: Get­ ting better all the time . . . NOR­ FOLK: Nearly the same as last two weeks. Three ships due in to call for crews ... SAVANNAH: Still very quiet; should pick up soon; two ships due to pay off . . . MIAMI: Slight dip so far, should hold as is from no.v on . . . TAMPA: Slow; only usual in-transits due. . .MOBILE: Defi­ nitely on the slow bell; Golden City, Ames Victory due to crew up. . . . NEW ORLEANS: Past period good; prospects will remain for a while, seven payoffs due. . . LAKE CHARLES: Held up fairly well; about the same in prospect . . . HOUSTON: FairJy good; not too promising this pe­ riod . . . WILMINGTON: Slow; may squeeze out one payoff . . . SAN FRANCISCO: Terrific; ex­ pected to stay good .. . SEATTLE: Very good; likely to continue. Two payoffs due. t ^ SF Loaded With Jobs, More Duo SAN FRANCISCO — Shipping is breaking all bounds here as more ships come out -of lay-up on this coast and call for new crews. The latest dispatch figures show mor« than twice the number of men shipped in the last two'weeks than in the period before, and all signs point to continued prosper­ ity in the coming weeks. The num­ ber of men shipped was virtually double the port's registration, a total of 150 against 78 men regis­ tered. A hint at the welcome state of shipping affairs here is the fact that 11 class C seamen—men with­ out seniority of any kind—were able to ship out in the black gang, although there are quite a few Seafarers registered for jobs at the hall. r �June Z4, idSS SEAFAltERS V»gm P!y« IPG Hall Murder Plot Gunman MSTS On Senate Grill Sentenced To 5-7 Years For Unfair Competition WASHINGTON—^Under fire for, some time due to its com* petition with private ships, the Military Sea Transportation Service faces new questioning by the Senate Commerce/Com­ mittee. Hearings have been *' House Merchant Marine Com­ set for July 12 by Committee the mittee last year heard testimony time Cobb was arrested by detec­ The last two men, according to and file SIU members, after the chairman Senator Warren from' both Union and shipowner HACKENSACK, NJ—One chapter in the murder plot against SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall was closed last week as James E. Cobb, confessed triggerman in the plot, was sentenced to a five-to-seven year prison term. Cobb, a Tampa native, had told police that he was hired by SIU Port Agent Ray White for the attempt White's brother; and two others. meeting in Savannah, as a result last Christmas Eve, At that Carmen Priore and Edward Taffe. of vigorous questioning by rank tives while seated in a car with a loaded shotgun outside Hall's home in Montvale, NJ, Bergen County Judge Arthur J. O'Dea imposed the sentence, which is a concurrent term representing 11 to 16 years given Cobb on four counts. The jurist remarked in sentencing Cobb, "There's probably a price on your life now. Your life isii't worth much;, that is part of the penalty for what you did." Evidently Judge O'Dea was re­ ferring to reports that Cobb had balked going through with the plot and went through with it under considerable pressure from his co-conspirators. Bergen County authorities indicated their belief that he would have been "erased" in any event aftfer he completed his assignment. Set Up By White Cobb talked freely to police about the murder plot after his arrest. He was quoted as saying he was originally approached by Ray White and was promised $15,000 for the job, $2,000 of which he received and $13,000 to be paid by Ben Sterling, a New York attorney, after the murder was completed. Benjamin B.,Sterling, the New York attorney referred to by Cobb, Is the same man who for some time has been reported as smearing the SIU and its officers in general and Paul Hall in particular in a vituperative personal campaign in many areas. Later a Bergen Coun­ ty Grand Jui'y taking testimony on the murder plot reportedly w.is told by Sterling that he handled between twenty-six and twentyseven tliousand of money put up by the ILA for the election cam­ paign of Ray White, ILA Associates As a result of the investigation following Cobb's arrest and con­ fession "indictments were returned by the Bergen County Grand Jury against Ray White, who was seek­ ing to unseat Hall in the SlU elec­ tion at the time; Steely White, Ray MATES AT TUB SWAP AMPWATOJ T»B'pHSHTSOf4TV. A/£W LOW PRICES AMP YOUfZOWM PLACE.' OKWEPANDOreaAlED BfTHffSfiABARERS imvNiON'AeG'AR reports, are associates of key ihurder attempt had failed. The Magnuson (Dem.-Wash.) on representatives that MSTS wa« figures in the ILA. Five John Doe close relationship between White charges that MSTS is seriously carrying both passengers and cargo and the ILA is further under­ damaging privately-operated ship­ indictments were also returned. that could be handled by private At the time of his arrest White scored by the fact that Keith Al- ping. lines. was quoted as saying the charges sop. White's closest associate and Gov't Report Critical In 1953 the Potter subcommittee were "just a big smear" that was strongest supporter, is now on the "rigged" against him. The attempt ILA payroll. After his defeat as of the Senate Interstate and For­ 'Just a few months ago the re­ took place about three weeks be­ Galveston SIU port agent — in the eign Commerce Committee was port on Government transporta­ fore the conclusion qf the SIU's same election in which White was highly critical of MSTS activities tion services restated these criti­ Similar-y, cisms even more strongly. The 60-day elections in which Hall won defeated — Alsop became "secre­ in the shipping field. report has focused new attention a convincing victory over White tary-treasurer" of the phony ILA on MSTS. by a margin of 5,864 to 266. At seamen's union in New York which Despite the adverse criticism the time of the attempted murder, is now attempting to prey on for­ nothing yet has been done by the approximately 85 percent of the eign seamen. Defense Department to divert Attorney Ben Sterling's name is total ^ vote had been cast and the MSTS passenger and cargo traffic arrest could have had no bearing still connected with the ILA since into private channels. on the. election results. it has been learned that an em­ Senator Magnuson has been de­ In the course of the investiga­ ployee of his law office has been manding for several years that tion it was brought out that the working out of the office of the MSTS operations be cut back International Longshoremen's As­ ILA-chartered Maintenance Local sharply. "We have reached the sociation had actively intervened 1826 which is .supposed to do ship point in our merchant marine op­ in the SIU election in support of maintenance vvork on foreign-flag erations," he declared, "where we White. The ILA was motivated by runaway ships. The maintenance have to build it up, not take its a desire to eliminate Hall as a local is at 12 South Street, New After a brief, two-day strike figure of importance on the water­ York, next door to the ILA's "Uni­ against freight and passenger business away by use of Govern­ front because of his role in the ted International Seamen's Union" ship operators, the National ment-operated shipping." The Senator has already intro­ drive to oust the ILA from control at 4 South Street which serves as Maritime Union, CIO, and its con­ duced a bill ordering the Defense of New York longshoremen. a crimp hall for runaway flag ship­ tracted companies concluded 19.55 Department to give priority to pri­ ILA And Ben Sterling; owners. contract talks by signing an agree­ vate shipping where such shipping Long before the SIU elections White Now Fugitive ment, to set up a fund for sup­ got underway — commencing in Bergen County officials said plementary unemployment bene­ is available to carry Armed Forces shipments. February, 1954, prior to the second that the trial of the rest of those fits. waterfront election — Hall had involved in the murder plot would The operators will contribute 25 been the target of a vicious outside be held as soon as J. "Steely" cents per man per day to the fund attack. The ILA, attorney Ben White is apprehended. White is as well as another 25 cents to the Sterling, and others at their insti­ now hiding out as a fugitive from NMU welfare fund. The new fund gation*attempted to discredit Hall. justice. will be utilized beginning in 1956 Seafarers having any ques­ Charges of theft and corruption Oldtimers in the SIU who have to supplement unemployment in­ tions concerning their eligibilr were made against Hall by these been in numerous campaigns surance payments to seamen on ity for the benefits of the Sea­ persons and groups which led to against the Communists and the the beach in a manner to be de­ farers Welfare Plan are urged intensive investigations by numer­ mobs view the murder plot and cided on between the NMU and to get in touch with any SIU ous Government agencies of Hall. systematic attempt at character the companies. port official for assistance. The investigations were dropped assassination against Hall as but The strike did not seriously af­ The Seafarers Welfare Plan when the agencies determined one part of the struggle for decent fect shipping operations as all ma­ eligibility requirement is: A that the charges against Hall were trade unionism to which the SIU jor passenger vessels were at sea minimum of 90 days aboard groundless. is pledged. The membership of the at the time. SlU-contracted ships during These same individuals and„ SIU is also aware that this type of Tanker operators balked at the the preceding calendar year groups also attempted to spread attack on the SIU is continuing and terms of the freight settlement but (1954) and one day during the their false charges to newspaper will continue. Nonetheless, the accepted the terms of the freight 90 days immediately preced­ labor columnists, local unions, in­ SIU membership has repeatedly agreement after a one week walk­ ing application for a benefit. ternational unions and the top of­ gone on record to support the AFL out by NMU tanker crews. SIU officials will also give ficers of both labor federations. in its campaign to establish a Major details yet to be decided prompt assistance to Seafarers It was hoped by this attempt to democratic longshoremen's union on include the question of eligi­ having questions on any part discredit Hall and thereby cut off and to continue its support until bility for the supplementary unem­ of the SIU'i broad welfare labor support to the AFL water­ the AFL program has been estab­ ployment benefits. The contract program. front drive. Hall was one of the lished on the New York waterfront. will run for three years. five-man trustee group for the new longshore union and was ac­ tive in the drive on the watei-front Throwing in For A Real Cool One level. This approach to eliminate or neutralize Hall as an anti-ILA fac­ tor proved non-productive. It was at this point that the ILA In des­ peration cast^round for someone inside the I^U to oppose Hall, After repeated failures throughout the SIU A&G District to get a front man, a deal was made on White's terms with Sterling and the ILA-whereby White would op­ pose Hall. The ILA then turned over considerable sums of money to White. White Took ILA Money Bergen County's chief assistant prosecutor, Fred Galda, who went to Tampa to investigate White's connection with the plot, was quoted as saying that the ILA had given White at least $40,000 and there was "big money floating all over the place down there." Investigation disclosed that the airline credit card Issued to ILA president William Bradley was used by White and Cobb for their trips between New York and Tampa, White supporters were so wellhealed that in Savannah one White associate, the then port agent Seafareri In New Orleans hall throw in for berths aboard the McAllister Victory as dis­ Jeff Morrison, spent $300 for mail­ patcher Joe Martello calls jobs. Ship is one of vessels that has been taken out of the reserve ings alone. This money had been fleet for use in "Operation Blue Jay," the summertime run to US bases in Greenland and advanced to him by White. Mor­ other Arctic points. SlU-contracted Robin Line is operating vessel. rison admitted this at an SIU port NMU Signs Freighter, Tanker Pact •;?!! MI '^•^1 •m m Amy Questions On SIU Welfare? ;-3l -ill -^1 �SEAFARERS LOG Fare Six Minus Cooks Union, Commies Turn VIor fare On Lundeberg still reeling from the blow which stripped them of - their last area of influence among seagoing unions in the United States, the mortified and shame­ faced Communist party apparatus Is now concentrating its prop­ aganda fire on those responsible for its smashing defeat. Thus Harry Lundeberg, under whose leadership the AFL Seafarers In­ ternational Union of North Amer­ ica and its West Coast affiliates defeated the Communist-dominated stewards and cooks organization, is subject number one for the party's smear mill. Aside from the fact that it is al­ ways expedient for the Commu­ nist-line followers to have some­ thing to attack, their interest in Lundeberg is the result of the ignominious po.sition into which he has thrust them in their relations with the international party ap­ paratus. As far as the Communist international is concerned, when the CP of the United States lost out to Lundeberg they sinned heavily. Lost Tight Control For years, in addition to control of the West Coast longshoremen, the party held tight control over the National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards. The latter was the party's foot into the pas­ sageways of US ships. Lundeberg, with the assistance of Vince Ma- party-line publication — some of lone and the Marine Firemen's which are mailed to ships' crews— Union, changed all that by the re­ the Daily Worker, the Rank and cent collective bargaining victory File NMU Pilot, the Black Gang over the Stewards Section of Harry News, Portlight, Marine Bulletin, Bridges' ILWU. In the old days, Floodtide and Harry Bridges' Dis­ when the party had a little more fat patcher. Rewrite History on it, heads would have rolled after such a tactical defeat. Now the in­ The particular tack of all these ternational CP must be content sheets is to rewrite maritime his­ with gnashing its teeth and tongue tory to discredit Lundeberg and to lashing the local party boys. ignore all of his efforts as a con­ In their attempt to stay in good sistent fighter for seamen's wel­ grace the CP tacticians of the US fare. In concentrating their fire have ordered an all-out barrage on on Lundeberg, however,* these Lundeberg via every one of its or­ Communist publications have un­ gans. The theme of the party wittingly highliglited his consistent strategy is: "Smear Lundeberg!," and determined anti-Communist and the line is evident in every position down through the years. '' June 24, 1855 Sign EnrollnienI; Cards Seafarers are urged to make a careful double-cfieck when they fill out their enrollment cards for the new family hospital-surgi­ cal benefits provided by the SIU Welfare Plan, because many of the cards filed so far lack the signature of the Seafarer in­ volved to make everything official. The absence .of a proper sig­ nature at the time of a claim can complicate or delay approval at the worst possible moment when aid of some kind is actually needed. NY Jobs Boom Along; Sandboat Takes Crew NEW YORK—Shipping in this port nudged still higher during the last two weeks, reflecting the boom in job opportuni­ ties for Seafarers all along the line. The number of men dispatched exceeded the SOO--*^" mark again after a lapse of able to Seafarers came with the ad­ nine months. dition of another ship to the SIUOne of the newest vessels avail- contracted Construction Aggre­ gates Corporations' sandboat fleet. A Government-owned ship, oper­ ated by the US Department of En­ gineers, the SS Chester Harding has all the latest wrinkles both in crew comforts and in its extensive "sand-sucking" apparatus. CA has acquired the ship on time-charter fi-om the Engineers. Air-Cfonditioned Ship Diesel-equipped, the Harding is air-conditioned throughout and said to have a recreation room aft that is about five times as large as A well-known figure in the the messroom on a C-2 or C-3. The ship is expected to operate successful campaign of the Marine Cooks and Stewards— out of Maracaibo, Venezuela, until AFL, on West Coast ships. New December, when it will probably York patrolman Charles Mathis shift to Rio de Janeiro and a big died on June 16. Mathis was well dredging job that the company ex­ known to Seafarers, SUP members pects there. and others for his active partic­ Under the terms of the agree­ ipation in the 5-year fight to oust ment with CA covering the new the Communist-dominated National vessel, the manning scale includes Union of Marine Cooks and Stew­ 49 unlicensed men. which accounts ards from control of West Coast for a considerable number of addi­ steward department men. He was tional jobs for Seafai-ers. 35 years of age. In another vein, Claude Sim­ For the past year in the course mons, SIU assistant secretaryof the two elections that were held measurer and Union port agent in on West Coast ships, Mathis New York, cautioned all SIU crews worked out of the MCS-AFL New to get their repair lists in on time York office. Before that he had so that proper action by the Union sailed on West Coast ships for a and company can be taken to remedy the fault. period of 16 years. C. Matbis, WC Cooks' Patrolman from the earliest days of the re­ vival of US maritime unionism. In their eagerness to do an allaround job on Lundeberg, the Commies have ceased their attacks on everyone else. Even the NMU "Rank-and-File Pilot", which re­ presents the highly vocal Commu­ nist group in that organization, has shifted its fire away from Joe Curran and speaks sweetly of him but screams hysterically against Lundeberg. All of which, of course, implies that although he has hurt them many tihies before, Lundeberg has knocked a big hole in the Commies' heads—one that they'll never recover from. YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Wirittsn fop heading expert on biying Tricking Mattress Buyers A San Francisco reader has written us voicing the feel­ ings of confusion most people feel when they go to buy a mattress. She writes: "Would you please give us some Information so I can .sort my way through the maze of claims made for mattresses?" One reason mattresses are so confusing to buy is the practice of some manufacturers of paying the sales clerks in the stores money for pushing certain brands. The other confusing trick in the mattress business is the use of "step-ups." Some of the less scrupulous installment stores may price one mattre.ss at $39, another at $49, a third at $59, and so on, when the only difference among them may be the design of the ticking. Because of these practices and the confusion of claims, it is best to disregard brand names and examine sales­ men's recommendations with care. Instead, shop mat­ tresses by specifications. You have to compare the quality of three factors: the ticking (covering), filling and con­ struction. Mattresses are often labeled as to contents. For the specifications that are not on the label, you'll have to ask the store and evaluate by your own scrutiny. Brand Name No Guide Another reason why you can't depend on brand names as a guide 'to value, is that the same manufacturer may make different grades, and various stores will sell them at varying prices. In my own experience, the mattresses sold by retailers under their private-brand names are better values than those under nationally-advertised brand names. The ticking should be firmly and closely woven both to iresist wear and help hold the mattress in shape. The strongest tickipg. is made, of eloaely-woven twill-weav# cotton. Tickings also come in different "weights." The so-called six-ounce ticking is only moderate quality; the stronger eight-ounce ticking is preferable. The tickipgs with fancy designs and colors are^often used as an ex­ cuse to get an exorbitantly higher price for a mattress of the same construction. The filling of the fhost widely-sold and reasonable mat­ tresses is generally an innerspring upholstered with lay­ ers of padding. Generally there are two types of innerspring units; those with several hundred small coils in­ dividually pocketed in muslin, and those with larger but fewer coils. The latter is not as soft, but is less expensive and often sturdier. But even the large-coil type should have at least 180 coils. Horsehair More Durable A fair-quality innerspring mattress will have the innerspring unit covered with white cotto'n felt and sisal pads, ill a ratio perhaps of 65-70 per cent white cotton and the rest sisal. Costlier mattresses may have some hair in the filling which makes a firmer and often more durable mat­ tress. But note In the ads and label how much of the hair is horsehair and how much is the cheaper and less durable and resilient hog-hair. Whether the mattress is upholstered with hair, cotton or a combination, you can instruct the store that you want it made up especially firm. It's advisable to do so because more filling is used and you get a more durable mattress for the money. Construction Is another important point to check. Often les.s-expensive mattresses are made with a roll edge. The border of the mattress is sewn so it forms a roll all around. Berfter mattresses have a prebuilt border. This is a strip of quilted ticking sewn all around the edge of the mat­ tress to hold the top ticking to the bottom. This helps-) the mattress hold its .shape better. But a prebuilt-border mattress should not cost you more than $5 more than a roll-edge mattress of the same specifications. If you do buy a roll-edge, make sure it has at least several rows of stitching on the side walls to reinforce the filling. Air Holes And Handles Other desirable construction details include air holes in the sides and handles for turning the mattress. "Tuftless" mattresses merely have the tufting concealed beneath the ticking—not a decisive detail. When tufts are visible, note that button or lace tufts are more secure than those of raw cotton. * Sprfaigs: With an innerspring mattress you need a box spring or a coil spring with closed-top construction (either convolute coils or fiat bands forming a platform). With "solid" mattresses—all hair or all cotton—you should have a softer spring, such as the open coil type. Box springs should have at least 63 coils and, preferably, closer to 72. Foam Rubber Mattresses: These cost more than fairly" good innerspring mattresses (although many retailers and discount houses now cut prices on them). They also re­ quire a special high spring. Their advantages ai*e longer wear, no repair costs and no vermin or allergy problems. Disadvantages are that some people consider them too soft and some say they're warm in hot weather. The standard thickness is four and one-half inches; some re­ tailers sell thin pads as rubber mattresses. As previously warned here in relation to upholstered furniture, foam rubber noticeably varies in firmness. Some foam rubber has more air holes, which m^ns less rubber and less firmness. Check this point in foam rubber mattresses and upholstery by pressing the foam rubber between your hands. • �SEAFARERS Juno U, 1»5S • RADPORD ISLAND (CIHM Sarv lea). May 14—Chairman, D. LIvtnfatan> Saeratary, a, Fava. I. J. Torra elected new ahip'a delegate. Said ha would da his best at the Job, Balance of ship's fund is $42.53. Deck dele­ gate elected. All engine dept. foc'sles weia painted. Communications on benefits were discussed and carried unanimously. Members on this ship thought it was the greatest plan ever heard of. Dayman's screen door is not fixed yet, but expect it will be shortly. Juha 4-:-Chairman, O. Livlpgston; Saeratary, O. Fava. Boston agent told ship's delegate he would take care of the linen situation with the company and also about getting a better grade of coffee aboard. Balance of ship's fund is $64.33, an Increase of $22 since the last meeting. Recent com­ munication from ireadquarters read Digest of ships' Meetings and accepted unanimously. Motion was made and carried that deck dele­ gate see patrolman about steering at night. Contract states no unnecessary work between the hours of 5 P.M. and 8 A.M. Ship's delegate requested that some money hd used from ship's fund to buy a hot plate and games. Ship's delegate wants to see patrolman for explanations on the shifting of watches when a new man comes aboard. SANTA VENETIA (Mar-Trade), May 1—Chairman, W. H. Narrcl; Secretary, F. Van Duse. D. Jones elected ship's delegate. It was suggested under good and welfare that crew be careful of socks and handkerchiefs in washing machines. It was requested that crew pick up cups and dishes and help i keep pantry and messhall clean. Lea\'e coffee for the watch alone. Also to clean sinks and washing machines eafh time they are used. May 22—Chairman, J. Meehan; Sec­ retary, Frank Van Dusen. Communi-cations from headquarters accepted and concurred. No beefs in all three departments except for a small amount of disputed overtime. Frank Van Dusen elected secretary-reporter. Motion was made and carried that new mattresses be put aboard, and a new washing machine for crew. It was clarified that permltmen had just as much voice as~"a bookmember at the ship's meetings. The crew would like to hear from these men. FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), May 29—Chairman, A. Alexander; Secretary, R. Webb. Captain prom­ ised to paint messroom next trip. Ship's fund $10. Communications from headquarters read, accepted and concurred in. Carried unanimously. It was requested that cigarettes'and other trash be kept out of coffee cups. Checking on getting new mattresses. Crew should be made to give 24 hours notice before anyone quits, so that they may get a proper replacement. headquarters. Carried unanimously. Things running smooth. OCEAN OINNV (Maritime Ovarsaas), February 2$—Chairman, R. Costa; Secretary, A. Staavansan. Read repair list from last voyage. Motion made and carried to have repairs done in San Francisco. Eight hours di.spiited overtime to be taken up with patrol­ man upon arrival. Motion made and carried that crew see patrolman in Frisco about rust In fresh water tanks. No beefs. March 1—Chairman, R. Caata; Sae­ ratary, F. Otialaf. Repairs on refrig- erator In crew mess and ice making machine are to be done in Wilming­ ton. Painting of quarters will be done as we go along. Ash trays are to be used, not cups. All soiled linen is tobe returned to locker ..before clean ones are used. Ship's delegate is to see captain about a mailing address other than the one in New York. OREMAR (Ore), May 11—Chairman, S. Thayer; Secretary, E. Powell. A list of sea chest gear to be made nut and given to patrolman for future trips. Ship's fund $8.08. $S paid out for ship's radio aerial and latch for library. Remainder $3.08. Election of deck delegate to take place. Com­ munications from headquarters ac­ cepted and carried unanimously, Charges will be brought against any man who goes to the engineers with beefs. Repair list to be made up. RAPHAEL SEMMES (Waterman), May 2»—Chairman. C. Qulnnt; Secre­ tary, J. Fay. To elect ship's delegate. •$24.33 in ship's fund. Motion made and carried that ship's fund be used for Union brothers on the ship only. Steward asked for money to get new films in Mobile: pantryman requested that p.sntry be kept clean at all times. New repair list to be made up. May 31—Secretary, F. Kustura. Special meeting was called to discuss the new benefits in the SlU Welfare Plan. VALCHEM (Valentine), May SiChairman, R. Thompson; Secretary, L. Haqmann. Minutes of previous meet­ ing were' posted. Sixteen inch fans were ordered for bosun, deck mainte­ nance. and steward rooms. Repair list to be made by ship's delegste. A new refrigerator was ordered for crew's mess and engine dept. Rooms will be painted after ship comes out of shipyard. Thirt.v^two dollars col­ lected since last meeting. Ship's fund now $.'55.35. Headquarters communica­ tions accepted and concurred. Sug­ gested that .ship's delegate see chief engineer about keeping an extra wa.shing machine motor aboard, because the one they have now is burned out. Ship's delegate requested ail dele­ gates to turn in four copies of repair list. MARYMAR (Calmar), May 24— Chairman, J. Markham; Secrstar9, A. Raasko. New ship's delegate elected. J. Markham. Ship's secretary-reporter sent a letter to headquarters. Balance of ship's fund is $18.28. It was sug­ gested that all repairs to be turned into department heads so that action may be taken. Ship's delegate was re­ quested to notify mate to have foc'sles painted in the deck depart­ ment. OCEAN NIMET (Maritime Overseas), May 22—Chairman, J. MeCellum; Sec­ retary, J." Parish. A new library was put aboard this vessel at Raymond, JOHN S. KULUKUNDIS (Tankshlp), tVashington. Repairs were taken care May IS—Chairman, C. McAlpinc; Sec­ of, and a new slopchest was put retary, V. FItigereld. All quarters aboard. All headquarters communica­ have hcen painted and all repairs tions were accepted and concurred in. completed, last voyage. Delegate will Captain says he will try, to get see the captain and have fans put in customs agent to clear all souvenirs. rooms. Make repair Ust while ship L. J. Sheehan elected ship's secretaryis homeward hound. Sanitary men reporter. It was voted unanimously should take turnv in keeping their that the Union keep up the good laundry room clean. Vote of thanks work regarding the USPHS hospitals. to steward department for work wellMay 3$—Chairman, J. Pulliam; $ccdone. ratary, J. McCollum. It is a unanimous decision of the membership that LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), Harr.v Lundeberg wholeheartedly en­ May 22—Chairman, C, Kaust; Secre­ deavors to do a good job for all Sea­ tary, S. Rivera. Motion made and farers end we are ready to hack him carried for mate to see captain about up. All communications from head­ repairs. Previous ship's delegate -paid quarters carried unanimously. off in San Francisco because of ill­ ness. New one elected. Had to stop SANTORE (Ore), June It—Chair­ in Colon. Panama, to repair boilers. man, J. VanSant; Secretary, R. Mason. Stayed there four days and crew Washing machine is broken and it is really enjoyed themselves. Motion doubtful that it will he nepaired in made and carried to accept head­ Baltimore. Repair list has been turned quarters communications. Ship's sec­ in to department heads. Ship's dele­ retary reported elected. It was re­ gate will see port agent in Canada quested that any crewmember who about gelling crew fre.sh milk. An becomes injured report same to dele­ improvement is shown in menus. Re­ gate or dept. head. They are to get port on additional welfare benefits the report signed and filed with ail was read and accepted 100 percent. details on it. This is to insure an Carried unanimously. Ship's treasurer easier way of collecting Maintenance elected. It was suggested that a ship's and Cure. fund be started. An empty can will be put in the recreation room for ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), June 1 contributions. —Chairman, E. Johnson; Secretary, C. Parker. All questions on new BALTORE (Ore.), June 1—Chairman, welfare plan answered by patrolman Ceorqa Cass; Secretary, L. Geragty. from headquarters. Motion made and Repair lists to be made up to be turned carried to accept and concur In com­ over to patrolman. Ship's delegate got munication on new welfare set-up. lo-'s lifted against two crewmemhers. Tiiere is a few hours disputed over­ Balance of ship's fund $11.19. Soma time in the engine department: every­ disputed overtime. No beefs. Com­ thing else running smoothly. munications were accepted and car­ ried unanimously. More sanitary sup­ ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), plies needed for engine department. May 30—Chairman, Peter V. Hammel; Requested that cold supper be served Secretary, C. Gallant. A new agitator in hot weather. Members were asked was bought for washing machine. Cap­ to take better care of washing ma­ tain requested wipers help keep pas­ chine. sageways sougeed. A couple of beefs were settled satisfactorily and every­ ANN MARIE (Bull), Juna 1—Chair­ thing running smooth. Balance in man, R. Cowdny; Saeratary, L. Calship's treasury is $16.20 in cash and deron. Crew radio repaired. Ship's $3 in stamps. Engine delegate is get­ treasurer elected. Ship's fund con­ ting of this ship, must e?ect a now tains $3. Communications from head­ one. All communications from head­ quarters read and accepted. Port quarters were accepted and con­ agent to be contacted regarding curred in. Ship's treasurer elected. shortage - of stores. Ship's delegate Wipers were informed that they have asked crew's cooperation to keep two hours of sanitary work to be laundry clean. done. Requested that no one go into messhall in their shorts and to pick VALCHEM (Valentine), Juna 10— up and replace cups when they are Chairman, D. Williams; Secretary, M. finished - with their coffee. Rocknic. Recent communications from June 3—Chairman, T. Waams; Sae­ headquarters accepted and concurred. ratary, P. Kammal. Read and -dis- Everything running smoothly aboard cus.sed recent communication from - this ship. •r Pure Seven LOG SlU Backs Teamsters In Fight BOSTON—Seafearers and members of AFL and CIO unions in the Greater Boston area and throughout southeastern New England are backing AFL Teamsters in their resistance to a general lockitut called in retaliation for an I BT-authorized walkout at a handful of general cargo hauling firms. The original beef, involving first began on June 15, Seafarers area has affected everything ex­ only 300 teamsters at seven have, stood ready to lend whatever cept deliveries of food, medicine, conilpanies, was mushroomed by the employer action into an in­ dustry-wide shutdown in New England involving some 12,000 member^ of the AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters and 328 trucking firms. Since the lockcfut aid was needed in the Teamsters' beef. The SlU and IBT-^have work­ ed together here and elsewhere in the US on similar beefs many times in the past. The employer-enforced halt in trucking movements over the wide Tramp Transfer Policy Zoomed Rates;MA Moans WASHINGTON—The folly of the easy ship transfer pro­ gram has finally penetrated to the Maritime Administration itself. Maritime Administrator Clarence Morse is complaining that as a result of the'*' by the SUP-manned Coast­ wholesale transfers, remain­ petition wise Line for permission to char­ ing US flag tramps are hold­ ter a Government-owned ship out ing up the Government for exces­ sive freight rates. Morse reported that the Mari­ time Administration had "its ears knocked down" by Congress for pei-mitting easy transfers and in­ ferred that perhaps the criticism was well deserved in light of what has happened since. The Maritime Administrator's remarks came in the course of a of the reserve fleet. ^ Tramp opera­ tors protested the charter saying they should get first crack at it. In - the course of the hearing Morse remarked that the tramps are making "too much hay while the sun shines" and should reduce the charter rates to the Govern­ ment because the US had bailed them out last year by permitting them to transfer half their ships. fuel and perishable items. Both the union and truckers have guaran­ teed free movement of these com­ modities. Employers Association Calling of the shutdown by representatives of the truckers' as­ sociation followed an earlier agree­ ment by the companies that they would stand as a single unit against any attempt by the AFL drivers to strike any small or large group of trucking firms. However, the strategy has only succeeded in throwing more haul­ ing business from the area to rail­ roads and airlines who have been quick to take advantage of the situation. On another front. House Ma­ jority Leader John W. 'McCormack has called on the Office of Defense. Mobilization in Washington to give Boston its fair share of the traffic that will flow from the new multi­ million-dollar barter program sponsored by the Federal Govern­ ment. He pointed to the need for addi­ tional Government storage facili­ ties in New England to help handle the millions of tons of cargo which are to be shipped in and out of the US under the program within the next few months. REVIiW of TSIAIS anil APPEALS CONDUCTED JANUARY-JUNE 1955 The fifth review of trials and appeals, appearing below, follows the pattern of the past with a very small number of charges being brought during the six-month period. This rdView, covering the period January 1 through June 15, 1955, contains just seven charges and one appeal. All evidence points to the fact that the-membership is adhering to shipboard and .shoreside standards as approved in the membership vote on the union's constitution. Only a bare handful of instances of violation mar the pattern. Of the seven trials in the last six months, there were five convictions and two acquittals. The one appeal resulted in an order for a retrial. The SIU has issued these trials and appeals reports regularly since the adoption of a new constitution in 1952. The first report was issued July 10, 1953, and reports have followed every six months. The Union constitution specifies that trials are to be conducted by elected rank and file committees. Officials are not permitted to serve. The trials follow courtroom procedure as closely as possible. The accused niust receive proper notification, has the right to cross-ex­ amine witnesses and present witnesses in his behalf, and the right of appeal to a rank and file appeals committee as well as the Union's international convention. All steps in the pro­ cedure go before Union membership meetings for approval or disapproval. March 10. 1955 AecuMd: 0-7. Accuser: H-193 Charges: While a crewmember aboard the Hilton, accused was drunk and un­ able to perform duties for six successive "days: accused also performed constantly in recreation room and brought Union into disrepute accordingl.v. Trial committee: R. Ramos R-195. T. Gorman G-105. F. Tomine T-311j R. Ruff R-23, W. Mellon M-91. Findings: Guilty as charged on both counts. Fined $30 on each count for a total of $100. .4. t March 11, 1953 Accused: F-216. Accuser: W-1 Charges: Accused, without authorization from membership, employed an outside commercial photographer and attempted to get him into the New Orleans hall to take photographs of special Union proceedings and information for the pur­ poses of unauthorized and unlawful dis­ closure of such private Union business and proceedings. Trial committee; R. .1. O'Connor O-40, F. Lambcrti L-I15, M. White M-47, G. W. Charaplin G-368. F. M. Mateo M-306. Findings. Guilty as charged. Expelled from membership. (See Appeals). i "April 21, 1955 Accused: M-174, Accuser: S-3. Cherges: Accused reported to SS Alex­ andra under influence of liquor; accused shipped from New York to a Boston job. got transportation and a $20 draw from captain and then left ship at 8 AM with­ out giving required 24 hours* notice or calling hall for replacements accused re­ fused to surrender Union book to agent work of the steward department: accused x^lille on charges: accused came to Boston assaulted chief steward. Trial committee; Same as above. hall drunk on two occasions.' Trial cammlttee: T. H. Tuoh.v T-235: Findings: Guilty as charged. $50 fine G. B. Dunn D-258. E. Baris B-59, R. Ben­ on each count for a total of $100. nett, B-101. E. W. Haskins H-306. D. K. 4' 4" 4" Hines H-18. June 2. 1955 Findings: Guilty as charged. Fined $25 Accused: P-142. Accuser: B-4 for each of four violations, $100 in all. Charges: Accused entered foc'sle of chief steward at midnight and threatened 4" Sj" him with knife. April 21, 1955 Trial committee: K. Foster F-4, B. Accused: W-166. Accusers: M-32.'W-1. Principe P-52. S. Shrimpton S-567. J. Charges: Accused interfered with door­ Felton F-Bl. M. Santiago S-49. man in the carrying out of his duties; Findings: Not Guilty, No evidence to accused entered New Orleans hall while support charge. Accused reprimanded into.xicated and refused to leave when for entering steward's foc'sle at that ordered to do so by doorman; accused hour, causing steward to believe that ac­ has been intoxicated In Union hall on cused would attack him. several occasions. 4" 41 4' Trial Committee: C. Lewellyn L-194, February 8, 10, 11. 1955 W. Purdy P-161, E. Catalano C-689. J. Appealer: F-216 Nuss N-187, C. Welborn W-297. Nature of conviction: Expelled from Findings: Guilty as charged. Two years' suspension. Committee felt member had membership for employing an outside been given several chances to straighten commercial photographer without authori­ up but repeated violations made sus­ zation from the membership and attempt­ ing to get the photographer into the New pension necessary. Orleans hall to take photographs ol i 4 t Union proceedings and information for May 8, 1955 unauthorized disclosure of private Union Accused: B-497, Accuser: G-269. business and proceedings. Charges: Accused charged with failure Appeals committee: A. L. Lake L-41. to perform duties properly in galley Frank Sariano S-518. A. Messana M-18, R. Trial committee: S. Phillips P-153, E. C. Ewing E-28. J. A. Knight K-369, J. Morgan House H-79. N. Gaylord G-514, N. M. M-964, J. Arras A-190. Nomicos N-25. S. Shrimpton S-567. Findings: Committee waited three day.-Findings: Not Guilty. Committee finds for appealer to present himself and then this was a personal beef and there was proceeded with case. Committee find: no basis for bringing charges. that evidence does not justify charges a: filed under Article XVI, Section 1 (d) o: 4" 4" 4" the constitution, but finds that chargewould be juitified under Article XVI May e, 1955 Section 2 (b). Trial committee's finding: Accused: G-269, Accuser: B-7 Charges; Accused deliberately and reversed and a new trial ordered for thwithout autltiorization lnterfered.yvith the accused. t �Pase Eight SEAFARERS LOG June 24. 1955 SBafarets He/p P/oneer \W i %- I Ir, • The Theiinos Botrie Tow 9 A unique form of transportation of hot liquid sulphur In huge "thermos bottle" tanks was introduced to the maritime in­ dustry recently by Coyle Lines, Inc., whose river and harbor craft are manned by SlU-affiliated Marine Allied Workers. A Coyle Lines towboat, the H= F. DeBardeleben III, pushed two thermos bottle barges 1,100 miles up river from New Orleans to St. Louis in days, permitting "the unloading of sulphur in liquid form for immediate processing. The performance of the initial "thermos bottle" run has aroused keen interest in the industry with some prospect of deepsea operators utilizing the method in the growing liquid chemi­ cals trade.. Sulphur comes from the wells in liquid form but up until now it has been shipped dry because maintaining it as a liquid required high temperatures. The result, as Seafarers well know, was an unpleasantly dusty cargo and reheating of the sulphur at the point of arrival. ^ , In the "thermos bottles," specially built at the Ingalls ship­ building yards, the sulphur was maintained in liquid form at a temperature of 290 degrees by building tanks insulated with foam glass with an additional boost from heating coils. The re­ sult was a liquid handled by pumps instead of the mess of dry sulphur. , To top it off, the Seafarers on the DeBardeleben made the 1,100-mile trip in record time for a tow of such size and weight. i; I Handling lines is an old story aboard a towboat. Here SlU-Marine Allied Workers members Abe Bellande (left) and Robert J. Stoufflet, deckhandsi take a hawser around a bitt on the DeBardeleben's deck. |;lr: .. I15^.•>;-••• • I: I I- mm: - 1 -/' .J-'f ^ r ' - ^i^lghfening bridle lines bef<yre departure from New Orleans are Teddy ' Myers Mvers Heft) and Gc S. "Red" Milazzo. In the rear deck mate L. J. Camara if coiling a line. ^ DeBardeleberr made upriver run in record B'A-days. Stern of one thermos bottle barge Is made fast to bow of the DeBardeleben preparatory to trip. Specially-designed barges had one square end each so they could be handled as an integrated two-barge pusher tow. �June 24, 1955 SEAFARERS LOG Pare Nln* Generators are checked by 2nd engineer Donald Deakins in engine room. Close-up of new barges built by Ingalls at Pascagoula, Miss, yard, clearly shows two huge "thermos jugs" in which the liouid sulphur Is carried. Barges were purposely made with one square end so that they can be fastened end to end. A tnird barge is now being built with two square ends so it can be placed between the other two making a three-barge tow. ••m Oiler Jim LeBlanc is shown at towboat's engine room work bench. /m Captain W. D..Reeves (right! mans tiller in pilot house of towboat while river pilot Charles Piatt checks radarscope. Both skipper and pilot are SIUMAW me.mbers along with rest of the crew. Chief\engineer Ernest Bergeron keeps a sharp eye on gages on the DeBardeleben's instrument board. Like most modern tugs and towboats, the DeBardeleben is diesel-powered. •V "va m •r"Good feeding is the ;ru.|e on SlU-MAW-cqntracted river and harbor craft. DeBardeleben's cook Anthony Ducooe proves it by carving up chunk of beef Into genero\'S-siied T-bone steaks for the noonday meal. Saying goodbye to New Orlea'ns, the DeBardeleben pushes her loaded barges upstream, headed for St. Louis, it was first time liquid sulphur had been transported more than 75 miles from the source. �SEAFARERS tOG Pate Tea r vATRAIN LOUISIANA (Scatraln), Jun» 1—Chairman, J. Tannar; Sacralary, A. Ballar. Communications from headquarters accepted and concurred. Discussion held on phony literature being mailed to ships. Everything running smoothly. cepted and concurred unanimously. Hugh West Is ship's delegate elected at this meeting. Steward delegate re­ ported that the reason for fruit shortages, etc, was because the ves­ sel was not stored properly by the company. ALCOA PEGASUS (Alcoa), June 1— Chairman, W, Yarbrough; Secretary, J, Murphy, Recent communications from headquarters accepted and con­ curred, Carried unanimously. These communications will be posted tor entire crew to read. ELIZABETH (Bull), May IS—Chair­ man, E, Cusfcgyusky; Secretary, R, Vellinga, The bosun took a three day leave to attend his father's burial. The crew made a collection of S3S to send flowers to the funeral home. Deck delegate will consult Miami agent regarding gangway watches. May 24 — Chairman; Cuszcgyusky; Secretary, R. Vellinga, Crew called for special meeting with patrolman in New York. Crew accepted headquar­ ters report on additional welfare benelits. ORION COMET (Orion), May t — Chairman, L. Ciamboli; Secretary, I. Weisbrot. A few men were logged. Dock department getting a hard time from captain. He is shaking down ciew for their logs. Men are logged for little things and when they get out at sea the captain calls the man and shakes him down for money, for contributions like paying for hull to get it painted and to contribute to library drive. Some overtime beefs aboard this vessel and trouble and disputes with mate and captain. Mo­ tion made and carried that steward see captain about getting American meats and stores In Japan. CITRUS PACKER (Waterman), May 24—Chairman, J, O'Rourke; Secretary, T. Weber, Repair list from last trip has not been taken care of complete­ ly. Captain seems like he will be easy to get along with. Balance of ship's fund $20. Impossible to take action against man who left shljp the day we sailed out of New Orleans. Twen­ ty hours disputed overtime so far. Deck department repairs have not been taken care of completely. Re­ pair list was looked over and a new list of incompleted repairs was made up. Beef on the one man who made anti-union statement, and it was de­ cided that there was a slight misun­ derstanding and all agreed to forget the entire matter. W:' ANGELINA (Bull), May 20—Chair­ man, E. Rountree; Secretary, A. R. Sylvestrl. Balance on hand in ship's fund $7. One brother missed ship from Cuanica to I'once. One man paid off in Guanlca. Motion carried to have crewmembers contribute SI to ships fund for TV set. Carried. Suggestion was made to request new fans for the quarters and to have broken lockers replaced. The crew donated $1 each for a floral wreath to be sent to the burial of the 2nd mate's father. EDITH (Bull), May 24-Chairman, C, Starling; Secretary, Don Keddy, One oiler failed to join vessel in Galves­ ton. Chief cook failed to join in Lhiden, NJ. Communications regard­ ing new hiring system aijd CAMU at- lis • ". 'On A True Course!' » \ FAIRLAND (Waterman), May I— Chairman, ,L, Curry; Secretary, W, Messenger, All linen has been turned in. All communications from head­ quarters accepted and concurred. Ship's treasurer elected. SecretaryReporter elected. Suggestion made that ship's fund be set up and net more than $1 from each crewmember be donated. It was requested that a repair list be started. May 24—Chairman, L. F. McNair; Secretary, A. Felts, Hecent headquar­ ters reports accepted and concurred. Carried unanimously. Everything run­ ning okay this trip, ELIZABETH (Boll), May 27—Chair­ man, Barrett; Secretary, Friend, Boarding patrolman from headquar­ ters advised crew that officers will not be allowed to do unlicensed work. Ail communications from headquar­ ters accepted and concurred. Carried unanlmousiy. EVELYN (Bull), May 22—Chairman, E. V, Smith; Secretary, E, Black, Dis­ cussion was held regarding launch service in Port Sulphur and everyone to put In for $2. A discussion was also held concerning awning over fantail. There was considerable beefing about milk and It was reported that the toaster was shot. Vote of thanks was extended to the SlU Negotiating Committee. Discussion regarding good cooperation of crew. IBERVILLE (Pan Atlantic), May 22 —Chairman, W. Banks; Secretary, J, Becker. Balance of ship's fund $35. All communications from headquar­ ters carried. Engine department to elect delegate. O. Ekland elected ship's delegate. Discussion on vege­ tables, lack of lights on deck, lack of watch foc'sle for firemen and oilers on most Waterman ships, was held. It was also noted that life ring on port side aft is secured to hand, rail with a wire. It was suggested that hospital be moved forward. Steward has not as yet painted crew's mess deck. GATEWAY CITY (Waterman), Feb­ ruary 27—Chairman, C. Lawson; Sec­ retary, D, Collins. All repairs have been taken care of. Norfolk payoif of the 19th was very smooth. Sug­ gestions were made to get hot water system regulated aft and to see the mate about hooks on shaft alley es­ cape hatch, so that it could be used for circulation of air. A decision was made that linen would be issued on Friday mornings. ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), May May t—Chairman, G. Lawson; Secre­ IS—Chairman, Robert Young; Secretary, D, Collins, Crewmember got off 'tary, D, Beard. Ship sailed from Lake in Hawaii because of illness and was Charles with two men short. Latest never replaced. Upon arrival in port communications accepted and con­ the hall will be informed of same. curred. Chief Cook, H. M. Connel Discussion was held as to getting a was elected ship's delegate. D, Beard statement of wages and overtime be­ elected treasurer, and E, Porta re­ fore payoff. It was suggested that porter and secretary. Request that drinking glasses not be put with crewmembers keep pantry and messother dishes in the sink in the crew hall clean at night. It is suggested pantry. A vote of thanks was given that cleaning of the recreation room to the steward department along with be alternated. Crews Iron and hot a special vote of thanks to the baker, plate was taken care of by steward Wilbur (Tony) Sink. in shipyard. Repair list will be made May 22—Chairman, W, Sink; Secre­ up. tary, R. Walton. Ship's delegate got May 22-Chairman, V, XX Ceash; off in Panama Canal. Deck delegate Secretary, F, Otte. All communica­ reported he took a crewmember off tions accepted" and concurred. Car­ ship in Panama because of illness. ried unanimously. Things running Fireman also got off In Panama be­ smooth. cause of a legal matter he had to take care of. New chief engineer SAND CAPTAIN (Construction Ag­ brought with him new rules. Crew gregates), May (—Chairman, Peter of the engine department talked over Cemashke: Secretary, R, Da VIrgilie, these rules. Motion made and carried Balance of ship's fund $72.05. Com­ that W. Sink be elected new ship's munications from headquarters ac­ delegate. Discussion on topside ice cepted and concurred. Carried. P. supply. After ventilator system should Cemashke elected ship's delegate. G. be used in hot weather. Spare linen Champlin elected ship's secretary-re­ and cots are to be turned in when porter. .Motion was made and carnot being used. Repair needed on I'ied that ship's fund be donated to rope locker escape hatch. the Venezuelan workman who lost his hand on the "Rio Catatumba," ex SOUTHLAND (South Atlantic), May Walter Brinkman. 22—Chairman, F, Boyna; Secretary, S. May 22—Chairman, H. A. Meeney; Wells. Motion not to sign on until Secretary, R. Do VIrgilie, Port cap­ the .steward and delegates sav that tain is to inform crew about dam­ the ship is properly stored with food aged clothing and/or destroyed cloth­ and slopchest supplies. Carried. All ing. Money was turned over to the repair lists to be turned in as quick proper authorities ashore for the as possible. A vote of thanks was woiker who lost his hand. Before given to the steward for going all-out bringing beefs to ship's delegate it is to get the stores that were needed to requested that crewmembers see their make this trip. department delegate first. Crewmem­ bers to see that SEAFARERS LOG is ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), May 27— circulated. Chamman, E, W, Mayo; Secretary, H, c. Kilmon, Ship's delegate reported CHILORE (Ore), May 24—Chairman, that there were no beefs and that S. Fulfard; Secretary, G. Marcette, he would pay off anyone who wanted Everything running smoothly. A few to get off in Savannah if a shipping minor complaints which were all set­ commissioner was available. Engine tled. Under good and welfare it was delegate got off this trip; must elect agreed that crew will donate for a another one to replace him. Head­ hand wringer for oily work clothes quarters report on SlU welfare bene­ and u.se machine for other things. fits carried unanimously. Icebo.ves Cooperation is keeping doors and and scuttlebutts are to be repaired in ports closed in cold weather was New York. asked. iK-'."' JuiieH. IMI DOROTHY (Bull), April 25—Chair­ man, A, Lake; Secretary, N, Fiewers, Thiid engineers fixed washing ma­ chines. Insecticide to be removed frpm cereal locker. Steward requested if he could vary cold drinks at meals. Chairman requested more cooperation in departments to avoid friction be­ tween crewmembei-s. Vote carried to' collect funds to buy an iron for crew. May 2—Chairman, J, Sheldon; Sec­ retary, H, Moore. All headquarters communications accepted and con.curred in. Carried. Condition of tablecloths not satisfactory. MARIE HAMILL (Bleomfield), May 29—Chairman, R, Groseciose; Secre­ tary, D, Jones, Ship's fund has 80 cents in it. All communication read, accepted, and carried unanimously. There's nothing like being fully informed about matters of impor­ tance, so Luke A. Ciamboli, ship's delegate on the Orion Comet, made a point of keeping his shipmates posted on maintenance and cure procedure. He read the member­ ship an article from the SEA­ FARERS LOG on the subject and emphasize^ how Important it Is to file an accident report in the event ot injury and to get a hospital slip. Then Ciamboli posted the article so that watchstanders on duty would get another look at it. All Seafarers would be well ad­ vised to acquaint themselves with the accident report procedure in case an emergency takes place. Ciamboli is an engine depart­ ment man who lives in New Jersey. He is 28 and joined the Union in New York on March 20, 1947. " Heads up ac­ tion on the Alamar (C a 1 m a r) took care of an unsafe condition on board that ship. The ship had tied up at Sparrows Point when, in tl^ temporary absence of the ship's delegate. Seafarer Rd Mattlson pointed out to the chief mate that the gangway was dangerous. The result was that the gangway was removed. Mattison began sailing SIU late in 1953. He's in the deck department. The crew also notetf that ship's delegate William Logan "has been excellent" during his term of office in the delegate's job. Logan is one of the Union's newest members, getting his book last February. He sails in the black gang. i t 4. A proposal for a change in the contract comes from Af. L. Reed, ship's delegate aboard the Alcoa Planter. Reed suggested that under the contract port time should not begin until a vessel has been com­ pletely cleared by all Government agencies; Quarantine, Immigration, Customs and any others that might be involved. Like all such sugges­ tions which come In from crew­ members, the proposal will" be studied by the headiR^rters nego­ tiating committee. Reed's been a member of the SIU for almost 13 years now, joining in Mobile. He sails in the deck department and lives ashore in New Orleans. Sj" 4" 4" Carpenter ygher Edgar K. Vaher aboard the Frances rates as a really considerate shipmate and has been thanked by a grateful crew accordingly. The Frances ran into some hot weather and many of the brothers had been sleeping on deck in cots. Carpenter Vaher went ahead and built an awning aft for the comfort and shelter of the brothers. Vaher got his SIU Union book back,in 1945 in Boston, He comes from Estonia originally, but now makes his home in Bergenfield, New Jersey, 4i 4*. 41 4Iow a misunderstanding can be blown up into a serious matter was shown at a recent headquarters trial committee session. The whole incident highlighted the value of the trial committee system in finding out just what the facts of a cast are. At the beginning, the charges looked serious since one Seafarer was accused of invading the* chief steward's room at midnight and threatening him with a knife, A committee consisting of M. San­ tiago, Joseph Felton, Roberto Prin­ cipe, Keith Foster and S. Shrimpton was elected to look into the case. Testimony of witnesses put a different light on the matter. Two shipmates testified for the accused. Both agreed he had gone to the steward's foc'sle for the purpose of asking him for some coffee but thiey denied he was carrying any weapon. They Insisted he was sober and pointed out that he had a good reputation as a conscientious worker and a good shipmate. The steward in turn admitted he could not be sure that the man was carrying a knife with intent to assault. He said he was so startled by the midnight invasion that he assumed the man had come to attack him and seized a bar to defend himself with. A previous disagreement between the two was another cause for the steward's alarm. All were agreed that no actual harm was done other that some words were exchanged. The committee, finding no clearcut case of assault with a weapon, concluded the burden of evidence pointed to a misunderstanding and dismissed the charges. The com­ mittee complimented those who had brought them as a means of clearing the air. The accused was reprimanded for entering the steward's foc'sle at that hour of the night, an action . which all agreed provoked th^ Shole inci­ dent;' • • •-•''0/. - �SEAFARERS Jane 24. 1955 SIV Rnle-Book Each six months it has been the practice of the Union to reprint in the SEAFARERS LOG the SIU constitution. The current issue of the LOG again carries the text of this document which is the basic inile-book by which the Union operates. When this constitution, a completely revised docu­ ment, was adopted three years ago it was applauded by authorities outside the Union as providing thor­ ough and complete protection of Seafarers' rights and clear-cut rulings on how to conduct Union business. The experience of the Union in working under this constitution has reinforced those original opinions. Union affairs have run smoothly and efficiently un­ der the document and the memWship's rights have been safeguarded. J. $1 4. Right To Education Another five scholarship winners will be heading for colleges of their choice this fall to join the seven others now attending school with the aid of the $6,000 SIU benefit awarded each. Of these 12 SlU-sponsored students, five are Seafarers who would have faced great difficulty in attending school on their own, if they could have at all. Two of the students now in school are completing professional courses in medicine and dentistry and soon will be playing a constructive role in their home communities. Scholarship awards are a long-range investment. Where they pay off particularly is in helping young people of talent who might otherwise have been un­ able to meet the heavy cost of higher education. It's reasonable to assume that a large number of Seafarers were unable to get as much education as they would have liked or-had aptitude for, because of family circumstances or other reasons. The SIU scholarships are designed to see to it that Seafarers who are young enough, or their children, should not be denied that opportunity. Since the plan provides an ample scholarship of $6,000 for a four year course, candidates are assured that they will have enough funds to carry-them through from start to finish. . Responsible Membership A consistent pattern of responsibility and self-dis­ cipline has emerged from the reports of SIU trials and appeals which appear in the LOG at six month intervals. Each of these reports has highlighted the small number of cases involved in a six-month period, indicating a very limited number of violations of Union rules and regulations. And in various in­ stances, rank and file elected trial committees have found that evidence does not justify any disciplinary action against the accused Seafarers. All this contrasts violently with the traditional shoresider's picture of the seaman as a slaphappy gashound. The well-paid, well-trained men who sail'SIU ships today have too much at stake to risk their call­ ing by irresponsible action. 4" 4» Paper Formulas The Washington merchant marine merry-go-round is still going sti'ong, judging from the latest reports from the capitol. New paper formulas to deal with maritime problems are a dime a dozen, the latest one being a "review" of overtime clauses by the Federal Maritime Board. The "review" shapes up as a thinly-disguised tactic whose purpose is to take a crack at seamen's earn­ ings. It should be noted that this is strictly a shipowner-FMB party with no seamen present. Then, of course, there is the proposal for a Govern­ ment board to control seamen's contracts. Naturally this bit of problem-solving is getting a big play from the shipowner. All in all, there's no lack of experts and analysts, but meanwhile the patient keeps getting sicker. A little applied nourishment seems to be in order. Fkge El«r«:n LOG Mobile Eyes McLean Oil-Freight Run MOBILE—Indications point to an early start on the new combined tanker-freighter opera­ tion slated by Waterman-Pan Atlantic, the b iggest operators in this port area. Flans already worked out call for service from the East Coast down through the lower Gulf with full tanker cargoes• plus freight in huge boxes |stirring up even more shipping out power the Governor to set up sub dock depots on various state carried as deck cargo. The of here before long. set-up would provide for fast loading and unloading of freight from ship to dock or to truck for fast delivery to areas where no seaport is available. Alcoa is also promising some ac­ tivity for the port in the near fu-' ture, although for the next 30 days only the C-ls running to Puerto Rico will be coming in here. After that the rest of the Alcoa fleet will start back into Mobile, assuring us about three payoffs per week from that source alone. Right now part of the fleet is being diverted into Baton Rouge, La., to build up the stockpile of bauxite ore there. A similar diver­ sion takes place every year for a period of about 30 days. 4 Cal Tanner, SIU port agent here, viewed developments of both com­ panies the forerunner of better shipping for the Mobile branch membership. Shipping here has hovered at a low mark for some time principally because of shifts during the past' six months in Waterman, Pan Atlantic and Alcoa operations. He noted too that a couple of bills now pending in the Alabama legislature were of special interest to seamen in this area because they hinted at the possibility of One of the measures would rivers to enable more cargo to authorize the Governor to take come down on small craft to the over and operate the Alabama State Docks. Passage of both bills looks alState Docks, a proposal which most people view as a probable stimu- jnost certain as the State House lus to shipping and business at of Representatives has already that facility. j passed them and they are in the The second proposal would em- ' Senate for considerat^n now. • VM Del Sue/ Seafarers Map Annual Picnic NEW ORLEANS—Crewniembers aboard the Del Sud (Mis.sissippi) are making plans for the fourth in the series of Del Sud picnics, given by crewmembers annually and recognized as a red letter date on tbe^~ social calendar of New Or­ it a big success when it was held leans Seafarers, their families in Audubon Park on August 21. and friends. Already, about $600 has been Tentative plans call for the 1955 pitched in to the picnic fund this picnic to be held during the week­ year. With two voyages to South end of September 24 when the Del America . intervening before the Sud will go into the shipyard here projected date for the picnic. Steward Emil Herek, Bosun Louis for annual repairs. Last summer's picnic, .third in O'Leary, Joseph Lae, James the series, was the most elaborate Noonan, "Bo" James and others,"' of the yearly affairs." About $1,200 who have helped in the past to was accumulated by crewmembers make the event a big success are in a special fund for the event and looking for ample support from no expense was spared to make members of the crew to put on another affair that will be long remembered by all hands. Crew Supports Fete "The Del Sud picnics have been worthwhile events which merit much credit to the committees on arrangements and to the crew­ members who wholeheartedly backed them up to make, each of them an outstanding success," said MALCOLM B. WOODS, AB SIU Port Agent Lindsey Williams. Back from his first trip as a ones who never ranj^ into any Herek, O Leary, Raymond Jones Seafarer after, a two-year bitch enemy action. and "Baldy" Bollinger were mem­ When the war ended. Woods in service, Seafarer Malcolm B. went back home and started sail­ bers of the committee on arrange­ Woods has renewed enthusiasm for ing the Delta Line sliips >ut of ments for the first picnic; Herek, the life of a merchant sailor. "It New Orleans. He was a Delta Line O'Leai-y and Jack Bates priiiie sure does beat the service," he regular for about five years, a movers in the second of the p'ojsaid, recalling the round-the- good deal of the time being speiit ects. Last year, Herek, O'Leaiy, world trip he made out of New as deck storekeeper on the pas­ Lae, Noonan and Bill Tatum con­ York just a couple of weeks after senger ship Del Sud. "I practical­ tributed a great deal of time and ly became an adopted citizen of effort to making the affair a suc­ his discharge. cess. The committee has not been Brazil and Argentina." Like most Seafai-ers in service, selected for this year's event, but Subsequently, Woods took a Woods was counting the days until probably will be named on the hand in the SIU organizing drive he could get back to sea. When current voyage of the Del Sud. aboard ships of the newly-founded he got his discharge, December 18, "Whoever is on the committee 1954 ("the happiest day of my Bloomfield Steamship Company in for arrangements will need the lull 1951. He sailed the Spartanburg life"), he was too impatient to wait support and cooperation of the for his book to come out of retire­ Victory to England and when the crew, however, if the picnic is to ship got back to the States the SIU ment and- be mailed back to his be the success it has been in the home port of New Orleans. In­ had recognition and a Union past," Herek said. "Crewmembers stead he headed straight for head­ contract. In December, 1952, his seafar­ always have turned to and helped quarters in New York, got his book ing life was rudely interrupted by in every way possible and I'm sure out, registered and grabbed the selective service. He was stationed this year will be no exception." very first job available. in San Antonio, Texas, for eight Any Old Ship months and then spent the next 16 "I didn't care what it was or months at the Barksdale Air Force where the ship was going," he said. Base in his home town, Shreveport. "Ali I wanted was a ship." All Work, No Money The first job that turned up for While the arrangement was him was deck maintenance on the ideal from the point of view of lo­ Steel Seafarer, a round-the-world cation, Woods is the first to admit run which paid off in New York that he found military service irk­ NowiM BOTH last month. Woods had never been some. Plenty of long hours, lots on the Far East run before and of work, no money and little time was agreeably surprised by the off, was the way he summed the outcome of his stab-in-the-dark whole thing up. venture. "We hit a lot of good When he did get back aboard ports," he said, "and they were in­ an SIU ship after his hitch he was expensive too." Now he figures struck forcefully by the idea that on trying the Far East run a a man could raise a beef and have couple of more times before go­ it taken care of. This might seem ing back to the Gulf, like a routine matter to the aver­ The 30-year-old Seafarer comes age Seafarer but it really im­ from Shreveport, Louisiana, and pressed Woods, fresh out of the has spent practically all of his sea­ service. going time out of New Orleans. , "When you are in service," he However, he first started sailing said, "there's nobody to fight your out of Savannah on the George D. beefs. The man who raises a beef Crawford, an American Range only gets into hot waler. One of Line Liberty running to England. the best things about a Union like B ROOKUM BAKUMon Afterwards he spent quite some the SIU is that you can raise a time on a C-2 running between the beef and somebody will take care eTS-AABk aiSKBALT US and the British Isles. All that of it either on the ship or when time he was oner of the fortunate you get back into port." MEET THE SEAFARER ^e 3 s 'jn PORT C CALL Si»!iBiSSfcas86s �• •: ? *• SEAFARERS Paee Twelv* Persian Gulfing? Try Real Caol Reefer Box You can have all your air-conditioners, heat exhaust fans and similar gadgets, the SIU crew on the Steel Seafarer (Isthmian) has come up with the newest wrinkle in cooling equipment for Persian Gulf^^ is that there's really only one cool runs. The theory of the Seafarer place when you're plying through Stepping-Stones' r- Seafarer Cerilo Ramoi, saloon messman (5'0")| and Felix Tate, baker (6'2"), make up a striking pair aboard the Wild Ranger in the Mediterrean. Ramos, who tips the scales at 112, is almost dwarfed by the 193-pound Tate. Lionel G. ' DeHaven sup­ plied the photo. the Persian Gulf—which is guar­ anteed to melt both men and ma­ chines in any season. Recently one crewmember of­ fered the idea of having the boys sack down in the ship's empty reefer boxes as a sure way to beat the heat. The solution, of course, is not the best, but it's a thought in the right direction. If you think about being cool long enough, and stand completely still 24 hours a day, it's bound to have some effect. Naturally, there are some prob­ lems that might arise, however. Somebody might forget to awaken the relief watchstanders in time for their watches now and then, and the gang might wake up as real manMannihg sized ice-cubes. There is also always the danger the someone might inadvertently hike up the thermostat, forgetting for the moment that there was brain instead of just plain beef cooling on the inside. The whole idea leaves a lot of people cold. Chairman at the cooling session aboard the ship on May 30 w^s Mike Manning, assisted by An­ thony Schiavone, secretary, who is also the ship's delegate. f)' USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MO. G. J. Bassler Martin Kerngood Curt Borman Michael Laakso Charles Coburn Robert Lipscomb Antonio R. Coin Philip Livingston Victor B. Cooper Dennis Marcoly Robert Etlmond Fred Pittman Guy Gage A. Rinlus Gorman T. Glaze R. H. Solheim F. Hufana Francis Sullivan Norman T. Jackson Carlie Whit* VA HOSPITAL CORAL GABLES, FLA. Hugh Randell USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Frank Alasavich John Keegan Henry J. Durney Peter King USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Francisco Cuellar Erick H. Sundlol Henry P. Lopez John E. Tillman John E. Markopolo USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Francis .1. Boner Floyd HiUier Hubert G. Golcy G. C. Lawson Frank Hall John H. Richardson USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Louis Anderson Thomas H. Mcl,ces Edward Barry Clifton McLellan Anthony Benedict Kenneth McWatera J. L. Buckelew C. R. Nicholson Charles H. Cassard Alfonso Olaguibel Leon Dilberto Gorge D. Olive Calvin DiSilva R. A. Ratclili L. O. Estrada J. J. Russell Oscar E. Ferguson Benjamin C. Seal Leo Fontenot Charles E. Seymour William Grimes Lynn C. Smith Earl T. Hardeman Woodrow A. Snead Fred Harvard C. H. Summerell George F. Immel Clayton Thompson Cecil J. Kerrigan Lonnie R. Tickle E. G. Knapp Andrew Vidal Norman L. Krumm Dick Visser Leo H. Lang James E. Ward James F. Lee, Jr. Joseph Warfield Tinerman J. Lee Robert Wllkerson George W. Libby Herman Winborn Thomas Lind A. Witherington Nicholas C. Maire Jack B. Wood Clarence A. Mazoue David A. Wright SEASIDE HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CALIF, William H. Kumke USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. L. Bosley V. K. Ming Sverre Johannessen Walter Sikorskl W. H. Mansfield Jack E. Williami USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Paul B. Bland James T. Moor* Aubrey F. Cohen John H. Morris Rh'us L. Fields R. W. Thomas William G. Gregory Ernest H, Webb Jimmte Littleton USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Marcelo B. Belen William P. Hunt G. De Jesus Frank Kubek Paul J. Franco Tong Ah Mui K. E. Hansen John F. Murphy USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke William J. Keenan USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TEI^N, Charles Burton TRIPLER ARMY HOSPITAL HONOLULU, HAWAII Frank T, Campbell USPHS HOSPITAL LEXINGTON, KY. G. O. Chatidion SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY Joseph Koslusky U.SPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS B. F. Deibler Jose Santiago Virgil L. Harding Rosendo Serrano Albert W. Kozlna Edward J. Toolan USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Dusan DeDuisln Marcel Laurcano David M. Dennehy John Maclnnes Robert Eschrich Warren Manuel Gerald FUzJames Arthur Mawpsley John F. French Clifford Morgan William Glesen George pitour Estell Godfrey Perry Roberts George H. Robinson Hemsley Guiltier Sidney Irby Jose Rodriguez D. Kaira Warren Smith Peter King Gustav Svensson Lucian Labrador , Jacob L, Zimmer KINGSBRIDGE VA HOSPITAL BRONX, NY James Kennedy USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN, NY Fortunato Bacomo James R. Lewis Frank W. Bemrlck Arthur Lomas Claude F. Blanks Francis F. Lynch Joseph D. McGraw Robert L. Booker Joseph G. Carr A. McGuigan Jar Cliong H. F. MacDonald Gabriel Colon! Michael Machusky Walter W. Denley Vic Milazzo John J. Driscoll Melvin O. Moore Bart E. Guranick Eugene T. Nelson Taita Hassen Joseph Neubauer Joseph Ifsits James O'Har* Thomas Isaksen Daniel F. Ruggiano John W. Keenan Wade H. Sexton John R. Klemowioz G. 1^ Shumaker Ludwig Kristiansen Henry E. Smith Frederick Landry Harry S. Tuttle James J. Lawlor VirgU E. Wllmotb Kaarel Leetmaa Che* K. Zai June LOG Delegate's Role Defined for All To the Editor: The purpose of this letter is to clarify, as I view it, disputes regarding the duties and the functions of shipboard dele­ gates. A delegate is an unpaid rep­ resentative of the crew who acts as a spokesman. There is a delegate from each department. When a dispute arises, each delegate discusses it with his beefs that occur on all ships. We are held up here at In­ chon, Korea, because of rain, but will discharge the remain­ der of our cargo here and pro­ ceed to the Stages. Until our next report, which should bring better news, regards from all the crew. Ralph O. Masters, Ship's reporter 4" 3> 4" He Knows Secret Of SIU Success To the Editor: While I was in the Public Health Service hospital for so many weeks I would lie in my bed and think what was it that made our Union go so far in just a few years. In the 45 years I have been going to sea I've been a mem­ ber of many maritime unions, but they all broke up. I came respective department head. to the conclusion that the trou­ Dei^artmental delegates handle ble was they had no leaders, all routine matters such as col­ and the secret of our Union's lection of overtime sheets, re­ Success is its capabie leader­ pair lists, disputed overtime, ship. Every organization has a. etc. The ship's delegate in turn represents the entire crew. At head, whether it is a corpora­ no time is a man to go to his tion, a Union department head regarding a or any other dispute without his delegate. At group, and its times it may seem like a thank­ progress de­ less job, as the delegates are pends to a under constant pressure by the great extent necessity to set an example for on the ability the rest of the crew. of the men on These jobs should be rotated top. The pres­ as much as possible, which is ent leaders of why the Union encourages our Union everyone to accept these jobs came in when Malone and gain practical experience we were in a dingy hole on in handling shipboard beefs. In Stone Street, Right then we this manner, a greater number started going places and have of SIU men can understand been going ever since. some of the problems which One result is that oldtimers confront our negotiating com­ like myself who have gotten mittee. sick and can't sail anymore Honor As Delegate don't have to worry where their For a member of the SIU to next meal is coming from. I can't say too much for our become a delegate is both a privilege and an obligation. His Union's welfare department job is important in the sense which is so wonderfully efficient that the men have placed their and doesn't miss a trick. And trust and confidence in him, also I might add that we are Upon occasion some violate this very fortunate in having a hos­ trust and abuse this p^vilege pital like the Public Health by letting their personal feel­ Service hospital in Staten Is­ ings influence their judgment. land where people go out of A delegate Is not a policeman, their way to help you and see and has no vested authority. He you get the best of treatment. merely can present the facts to I used to work year in and the boarding patrolman, who year out for $75 a month, to renders all decisions. say nothing of the rotten treat­ At times som'e men take it ment a man had to take to keep upon themselves to write let­ his job. Now a Seafarer can't ters to officials at the Union be fired if the captain doesn't hall about things which have like the way he parts his hair, taken place aboard ships. This and all the brothers know what practice should be discouraged.' wages and conditions are like It would be the beginning of a today. Ail that has come from police state where members having a good union with the would inform on one another. best leadership there is. The only purpose it would serve Joseph Malone would be to cause dissension 4> 4 4> and 'friction among the crew. We all belong to the same or­ ganization, and aboard ship we are part of a team. A union is To the Editor: Here we are on the Del Valle, as strong as its membership, and for that reason, a sincere which is the romance run for some of the boys to South effort should be made to forget our petty differences and give America. We are due in Recife shipboard delegates our utmost tomorrow. So far we are having a pretty cooperation. good trip, and have a good crew Pete Prevas doing it. There are some of the 3^ i" oldtimers on here, such as Charles Muree, "Slim" Higginbotham and "Chips" Brown. Eddie Metros is bosun, and T. A, To the Editor: Scanlon, "Red" Trully and Since the report of our last Manuel Church are the oilers shipboard meeting aboard the doing a good job. We had our Ocean Dinny (Ocean Transport), first meeting under the new set­ we have lost one crewmember. up and I was elected as secre­ Brother Alejandro H. Ramos, tary-reporter. I have to have a FWT, who became ill in Kobe, little more practice with a pen­ Japan, on May 25 and was hos­ cil instead of pliers and screw drivers, but I'll try to do my pitalized there. Otherwise, everything, is in best. O. H. Manifold good shape od this vessel, with Ship's reporter the exception of a few minor ' Letters to the Editor 'Romance Run' is Just Lovely Greetings From The Ocean Dinny 1955 'Where To Eat' Story Disputed To the Editor: I am a fervent reader of our Union newspaper, THE SEA­ FARERS LOG, and over the years that I have been read­ ing the LOG I have always noted that we have taken great pride in writing accurate re­ ports of things that are of in­ terest to seafaring men and their families. I would like to call your at­ tention to a story in the June 10 edition of the LOG authored by 'Honest Al' Whitmer. In the course of his story 'Honest Al' recpmmends fine restau­ rants to his fellow Seafarers who may happen to be in the different cities mentioned in his article. Whitmer says "Skip­ ping up the East Coast to Bal­ timore you can't go wrong with the Hi-Ho Inn." It seems to me that Brother Whitmer in skip­ ping up the coast to the HiHo Inn skipped right by one of the finest places to eat on the entire coast. I refer, of course, to our own cafeteria in the Bal­ timore Hall where a seaman and his family can enjoy fine quality food at reasonable prices. Then Brother Whitmer journies into Philadelphia where he recommends two different res­ taurants. "Honest Al" then states that he don't know about Si Green's on Market Street as he "never could afford to eat there." This is one part of the article that puzzles me as Si Green's Cafeteria is noted for reasonable prices. In this cafe­ teria you can still buy a sand­ wich for ten cents and I believe the highest you can pay for a meal is seventy-five cents. The Si Green cafeteria is the resturant that honors our meal books here in Phiily and I am sure that many Seafarers will testi­ fy that his prices are reason­ able. Is Brother Whitmer a roving "cookery columnist" for the LOG or is this title self-styled? X Joseph Decinque (Ed. Note: Unless stated spe­ cifically the only official repre­ sentatives of the LOG are those persons whose names are on page 2.) _ > 4> 4 4> Thanks For Aid In Son's Death To the Editor: I want to thank the SIU wel­ fare representatives for the kindness shown on the death of my son, Harvey H. Brown, who passed away in Oakland, Calif., on May 31. First, my sincere thanks to Marty Brcithoff for making all arrangements on the West Coast for having Harvey's body sent back to Tampa. Thanks also to SIU officials here in Tampa for the beauti­ ful floral offering sent to the funeral, and for their assistance in making things easier for us. At a time when death strikes In a family any help that people can give is most sorely needed and is most gratefully appre­ ciated. I know Harvey would be pleased to know that the Union about which he felt so strongly was on hand to help him and his family even at the last. I would also like to mention the Waterman Steamship Corp. for keeping us posted all during Harvey's illness in Korea and Japan. They showed him every possible courtesy. Mrs. Edith G. Brown �. -V-.. JOB* t*, 1955 SEAFARERS Union Air The Way - Robert 'Red' Fmk 'Thieves' Market' * Lives Up To Name LOG-A-RHYTHM: I /liWT UoTHlN^ atJT fit// QIU c»mMcr^_By Lament /yisLs Mrs. Bjorn Granberg I've heard about sailors. The glory of the sea, Now it is right That you listen to me. Nothing is saicY Of the wives left behind. Who have worried about them Since beginning of^ time. One day they're happy. So carefree and gay, The next, he is gone Despair then holds sway. They watch their men go With a smile on their face But the ache in their heart No one can erase. Each night, a long vigil For the one gone away. Hoping and praying He'll return from the bay Seafarer Robert "Red" Fink strikes Ms own blow (above) against MSTS. He was discharged from Army this month. Quitting Ship? Notify Union A reminder from SIU headquarters cautions all Seafarers leaving their ships to contact the hall in ample time to allow the Union to dispatch a replacement. Fail­ ure to give notice before paying off may cause a de­ layed sailing, force the ship to sail short of the manning requirements and needlessly make the work tougher for your shipmates. Pace Thirteen LOG Yes, men go to sea Loving wives stay behind It has always been so . Since beginning of time. Although the postwar years have introduced a whole new scheme of "merchandising" in the far corners of the world— providing Coca-Cola signs, "The New York Times" and "Kilroy was here" mementoes in-*the most unlikely places—the or four times what you would have Orient still has Western civili­ to pay at the 'Thieves' Market'." zation beat in a lot of particulars. Typical of these, according to Seafarer Pat Conley, aboard the SS John C. (Atlantic Carriers), is in the way it handles its "advertis­ ing." You just know wheri you hear about a "Thieves' Market" that it will be all the name implies. As Conley points out, "Whether the several hundred vendors who swarmed about the place (at Inchon, Korea) were thieves or not, I shall never know." But a later check did show that my lighter and pen and pencil set were miss­ ing . . ." Wanted Watch The way it all started, Conley happened to remark to a shipmate that he'd like to get an Omega wrist-watch. "Don't go to any of the regular merchants," the friend advised. "They'll charge you three Persian Gulf Run Features Pizza Pizza pie, that Italian-style Stateside pastry delicacy which is a favorite North, South, East or West, is making coffeetime an especially popular event aboard the tanker Orion Star (Oil Carriers) these days. Although Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, is a long haul from for the dish, but nobody cares much spokesman. New York, Philadelphia, New as long as he keeps the pizza com­ "His chow Is exceeded only by Orleans or San Francisco, where pizza is a particular favorite, the capable ministrations of Seafarer Pasquale Miani, chief cook on the Orion Star, have brought home and home cookery a bit closer to the gang of Seafarers aboard the ship out in the Persian Gulf. Miani isn't giving away his recipe ing. And, accoi'ding to the SIU delegates on the ship, "nothing is too much trouble for Pasquale if it will keep the brothera happy. To him goes much of the credit for the fine food put out aboard this vessel," declares the report from Samuel Vincius, ship's dele­ gate, and L. R. Frazier, black gang his good nature and personality," they add. Brother Miani is ably assisted, they also point out, by Herb Knowles, baker, who puts out some Directory OS SIU Branches SIU, A&G District B.'VLTIMOB E 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Shcppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON . 276 State St. James Sbeeban. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. C. TannehiU. Acting Agent Preston 6558 L.4KE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlocfc 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS S23 Bienville St. Lindsey Williams. Agent MagnoUa 6112-6113 NEW VORK 67S 4tb Ave'.. Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. Agent MAdison 2-9834 PHa.ADELPHlA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breitboff. West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. Felayo 31—La P Ba) CoUs. Agent Phone 2-5996 S.4VANNAH 3 Abercorn St A. 5Ucbeiet. Agent Pbone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeff GUiette. Agent EUiott 4334 TAMPA ISOMBll N. Franklin St. Tom Banning. Agent Phone 2-1323 WILMINGTON. Calil 805 Marine Ave. Ernest Ttliey, AgcUt Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS....675 4th Ave., Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER . Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS J. Aigina. Deck C. Simmons. Joint J. Volpian. Eng. W. Hall. Joint E. Mooney. Std. R. Matthews. Joint SUP HONOLULU FORT WILL1AM....118>A Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNB 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICrrORlA, BC 617t4 Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE. Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone; 545 THOROLD. 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Michigan St. Phone: Melrose 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 92nd St. Phone: Essex 5-2416 Seafarer Pasquale Miani whips up a pizza pie on the Orion Star. very professional pastry, and Clarence Lund, 3rd cook, who helps keep things running in an efficient and quiet manner. "Everyone aboard here talks of diets, but no one can do anything about them. Even if this ship comes back empty we'll be riding low in the water," they conclude. Package From Home Not stopping to question the values implied in this sense of thought, Conley and friend took off for the place via pedi-eab. "It was in a narrow lane in the native section," he recalls. "At. least a dozen 'merchants' saw us coming. They swarmed out to meet us... We were all but carried into the gloomy interior... "T h e stench- Jwas almost over­ powering ... It Conley was also very Kot. The period was the time. the Koreans call 'the Tiger Heat' . . . "By the time we were well inside, our escort had doubled or tripled. The melange of goods we could see on the innumerable stalls seemed to range from clumsy brass objects like ash-trays and tawdry lamps to great miles of brilliant brocades . . . jewelry . . . GI cloth­ ing ... The proprietors of these did not join in the mob which surrounded us but stood at their little stalls as if on guard . . . "The din was mighty, but over it I managed to shout at one of these sellers that I sought an Omega watch," Conley continued. "This one must have had henchmen in our escort because, before we knew it, a sort of posse had disengaged us from the Cfowd and we were forcibly injected into a tiny cubicie in which the two of us plus the proprietor could barely find room to stand. "Despite the confusion, the seller, who knew a few words of English, was suave and cajoling with a special kind of deference ... He managed to make it clear that If he were paid In American green­ backs (which are forbidden in our possession), prices would be sharp­ ly reduced. Commies Anxious "This was quite natural because, at that moment the Communists were paying around 900 wan to the American dollar. But after much discussion and an exchange of traveler's checks, I bought my watch. "Still, getting out was almost as much of an adventure as getting in. One old man with a long thin mustache and chin - whiskers grabbed me into his stall to tell me that his colleague had cheated me. The watch he showed me m3y or may not have been better, but it certainly was cheaper . . . His attitude was more sorrowful than angry . . . Whether it was a tiTie 'thieves' marke/t' or not I'll never know. Meanwhile, the watch is still going." BM Bernard Seaman ASMUA^^.<SO&HMDAi M))6rA SSNTM/ •^fiCrjUBR M-m'S HFfik'SlMr CAKBMVMPM NJ c/ycsl lliiips \ , WHAT fH- '?! ^ „ fH£RS'S A ^AW FLAOg, IN WIS CAK£' t- V v.. .V ;• • * . . :-A^| •^I •- "-'•'•J �SEAPAJRE RS Pasre Fourteen Cabbie + Tew Drinks' —Seafarer Loses Payoff LOG Good Fishing A rare bird these days is the Seafarer whose payoff is sep­ arated from him at the first ginmill he hits after picking up his dough. However, such was the unfortunate case of one Seafarer recently. The brother involved fell"*" victim to one unscrupulous cabdriver. Since then, his experience has tended to sour him on the whole profession, although it's the one had-apple-in-a-thousand among cabbies who's really at• fault. Basically the cabbie had an easy mark if he was on the lookout for some easy cash and he took full advantage of it. He merely took the Seafarer and his bundle away from the dock, and dropped his non-negotiable passenger along the way. The recital runs this way: "After paying off the Robin —, I picked up a cab by pier three in Erie Basin and told him where to take me. On the way, I told the driver to stop. 'Let's have a little drink together,' I said. "After we had several drinks, I was ready to go again. But the first thing that happened when we came out of • the gin mill, the cabbie ran his hand down into my pocket, ran to his cab and was gone like the wind before I could catch up with him. He cleaned me out, change and all, and I wound up broke, with a long walk ahead of me. "It was a tough break being rolled for my payoff, after being beached for 18 months due * to illness. I also should mention .that I fouled up before and at the payoff and wound up paying the consequences." The Seafarer in question, whose ; V / The deaths of the following Sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the $2,500 death benefits are being paid to their beneficiaries: Albert Hasselbrock, 48: Brother Hasselbrock died of natural causes at the USPHS hospital in Staten Island on May 16, 1955. Burial took place at Rosehill Cemetery, Staten Island, NY. Hasselbrock had been sailing in the deck department since 1953; he entered the Union in Lake Charles. His beneficiary is Norman B. Hadden of Lake Charles, La. it Iv'rr/ •9Yt 4" 4" Mikels Penton, 19: Injuries from an automobile ac­ cident on High­ way No. 7, Luraberton, Miss., caused Brother Penton's death on April 7, 1955. Burial took place in Hickory Creek Cemetery, St. Tamany Parish, La. Brother Penton had been a member of the SIU only a short time. He joined in New Orleans and sailed as a wiper in the engine department. He is survived by his father, Ellis Penton of Pearl River, La. name is being withheld, does point out, however, that it's a good idea to notice the cah driver's name when entering any cah, at the payoff or at any other time. In that way, if something happens, he adds, you can possibly get the guy later, Too Late The only trouble with this line of thinking is that by then it's too late. By that stage of the game the victim is generally too far gone to read the little numbers on the driver's registration — or anything else for that matter. The idea is not to get looped in the first place. "After paying off, then you can go ahead with your drinking if you care to," our man adds. It's another lesson learned the hard way. ALCOA CLIPPER (Alcoa), May 2»— Chairman, H. Patterson; Secretary, (S. Seafarer Dick Sullivan, wiper, displays the 4-foot, 25-p o u n d barracuda he caught from the Del Rio in Port Gentil, West Africa. NOTICES 4 4 4 4 4 George Phillip Hatcher, born May 14, 1955. Parents, Mr. and > June 24, 1955 adhere to same. Ship's fund is ifow $22.79. McKlnsey missed ship in Baitimore but met it in MobUe. This time engine delegate had a replacement for same. Communications from head­ quarters accepted. Water cooler in bad shape. Discussion was held about men who report late to ship on saUing day, and caused crew to lose over­ time. ^ ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa), June 2 —Chairman, C. Crabtree; Secretary, F. Vortkamp. Except for medicine cab­ inets in crews quarters, all repairs completed. Enrollment cards distrib­ uted to aU brothers to complete and return to ship's chairman. A vote of thanks regarding the new SIU Wel­ fare Plan benefits. Crewmembers are cooperating with steward regarding linen. Headquarters report to be posted in messhall. All communica­ tions accepted and carried unani­ mously. Ship's chairman elected Brother T. D. York. Steward said he would take care of giving the crew more,of a variety for night lunch. IBERVILLE (Pan Atlantic), June 4— Chairman, F. Miller; Secretary, T. Taylor. Communications from head­ quarters read and a motion made to accept and concur. Everything run­ ning weil aboard this vessel. All of the following SIU families Mrs. George Hatcher, Chinquapin, will collect the $200 maternity NC. 4 4 4 benefit plus a $25 bond from'the John David Nordstrom, born May Union in the baby's name: 25, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marie Theresa Calvo, born May Johan Nordstrom, Mobile, Ala. . 16, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Shannon Ann Osborne, born May Miguel Calvo Llovet, New York, 23, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. NY. James Osborne, Norfolk, Va. 4> 4 41 4 4 4 Fiore Caputo, born May 24, 1955. Guillermo Lopez, born May 28, Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Caputo, Brooklyn, NY. Reinaldo Lopez Montes, Brooklyn, 4 4 4* Robert Clyde Larkin, born May NY. 4 4 4 12, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Valencia Ann Allen, born April Lester N. Larkin, Woburn, Mass. 18, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Joann Tsaousakis, born April 12, James C. Allen, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nich­ Maria Irma Garcia, born April olas Tsaousakis, Baltimore, Md. 22, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Vicente Garcia, Hitchcock, Texas. Irene Velinda Perez, born April 4 4 4' 14, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ezabra Ann Tipton, born April Idelfonso N^ Perez, Baltimore, Md. 6, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Roberto Hannibal, Jr., born May George Tipton, Erwin, Tenn. 4 4 4 9, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Lee Williams, born March Roberto Hannibal, New York, NY. 2, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 George M. Williams, Brooklyn, Md. Carmine Pinilla, born May 25, 4 4 4 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Giovanni Varg s uiz, born May Pinilla, Bronx, NY. 19, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Jean Ellen Eckerl, born May 3, Giovanni Vargas, New York, NY. 4 4 4 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray­ David Lee Willis, born April 30, mond Eckerl, New York, NY. 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Perley 4 4 4 Rosemary Munster, born May D. Willis, Norfolk, Va. 4 4 4 13, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dorothy Julia Richardson, born Martin Munster, Wickliffe, Ky. May 5, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 W. Richardson, Phila­ Jenney Angelica White, born "Thomas delphia, Pa. June 1, 1955. Parents, Mr, and Mrs. Darrell Wayne White, Port Arthur, Texas. 4 4 4 Walter Mark Edmunds, born April 25, 1955. Parents, Mr. and The following men's vaccination Mrs. Walter Edmunds, East Boston, cards left aboard the Lawrence Mass. Victory are being held in the SEA­ 4 4 4 FARERS LOG office at SIU head­ William Velazquez III, born May quarters: Giovani Altonare, R. 29, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andy, N. Brancato, F. Cornier, E. William Velazquez, Brooklyn, NY. Lane, Bert Tomlin. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Daryl David Granger, born May The following men are urged to 21, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. file a new enrollment card for SIU Caney L. Granger, Mamou, La. family welfare benefits as they are 4 4 4 Robert Blackwell Ward Jr., born not now on the enrollment list. December 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. They failed to sign their enroll­ and Mrs. Robert Ward, Jane Lew, ment cards: Edward James Bender, Benny W. BrinWest Va. son, Joseph Colon Garcia, Rudolph M. 4 OCBAN ULLA (Marltim* OvarMai), May 32—Chairman, H. Skalagaardi Saeratary, D. Piccaralll. Captain re­ fuses to stock up sea chest even though it is in very bad condition. Beef over deck gang turning to an the stores. Ship's delegate will see patrolman about this and get it squared away. Crew must give captain 24 hours notice if they want to pay­ off. Vote .of thanks given to steward department for good chow and serv­ ice. TRANSATLANTIC (Pacific Waterways), June 2—Chairman, A. H. Anderson/sSecretary, R. Morales. Motion carried io accept and concur In communicanons. Everything running good aboard this vessel. No beets. 0 Karl Louis Diering, born May 7, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Diering, Stratford, NJ. i f-. Guthrie, Francisco Infante, Gerald L. Kersey, James J. Labenz, William G. Linker, James Foster Mapp, Jan S. Kozerski, G. Meiford, George Meshover, Gregorio Mirabueno, John James Quinn, Nemesio Quinenes, Daniel William Rose, Ralph Sapia, Frank W. Schmiedel, Greer C. Stevens, Paul Andrew Switch, Fred Herman Thompson. William Vidal, S. Zygarowski. (. Annli. Motion made and carried to accept all headquarters communica­ tions. Balance of ship's fund $91.6S. Ship's treasurer elected. It was sug­ gested not to get any movies this trip and to allow 2nd steward to run the messhall his way. DB SOTO (Pan Atlantic), June 5— Chairman, A. Cherney; Secretary, C. Copper. Time off has been- working out and the way it looks all depart­ ments will have a day off in the home port. Crewmember missed ship in Baltimore and was referred, for Union action. Ship's secretary - reporter elected'. Wishes for a speedy recover.v to Hugh Randall who was taken off this ship in Miami. He entered VA hospital in Coral Gables, Fla. Elected new ship's treasurer. All headquarters communications accepted unani­ mously. Crew complimented Union for progress with additional Welfare ben­ efits. A donation was requested from all brothers for Hugh Randall's wife. FRANCES (Bull), May 22—Chairman, R. Wilt; Secretary, E. C'Rourke. Ship's deiegate extended a vote of thanks to the neguliating committee. Carpenter is building an awning back aft for comfort of brothers who care to sleep there in hot weather. Beef in engine department about overtime. Wipers to see engine delegate about disinfectant and brown soap. Head­ quarters communication on welfare accepted. Discussions held on wipers working on tank tops on week ends and appearance during meal hours. Vote of thanks to carpenter for work on behalf of crew. Vote of thanks to steward department for good work. A discussion was held on accident reports. Crew to see SIU welfare rep­ resentative before signing anything. June (—Chairman, R. Wilt; Secre­ tary, E. O'Rourke. Beef on delayed sailing will be referred to ptarolman. Balance of ship's fund $12.50. Com­ munications accepted and concurred. Carried unanimously. Steward de­ partment rooms need painting. To be put on repair list along with request for painting deck department's shower. MARYMAR (Calmar), June 1—Chairman, A. Reasko; Secretary,.L. Frailer. Sailors' foc'cle will be painted. Ship's treasury $25.28. Communications ac­ cepted and concurred. Discussion was held on engineer doing wiper's work. Matter will be taken up at payoff. June 7—Chairman, A. Reasko; Sec­ retary, J. Markham. Discussion on new benefits in welfare plan. Captain ordered two oilers before he needed them and therefore will pay two men two day's pay. Overtime will be checked at Baltimore payoff, along with explanation of shoring up cargo. Company claims safety of vessel. MASSMAR (Calmar), June 4—Chair­ man, A. Novak; Secretary, M. Wllley. Food is very poor on this ship. This condition to be reported to boarding patrolman in all ports. Headquarters communications accepted and con­ curred in. Carried unanimously. Mo­ tion made and carried that 10 days' supplementary supply of food be put aboard on arrival on east coast, in addition to regular stores. Fire alarm In crews quarters out of order, and many other things to be put on re­ pair list. STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), June 7—Chairman, A. Beyer; Secretary, W. La Nasa. Motion made and carried to accept and concur all headquarters communications. Everything running smoothly. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), June S—Chairman, E. SwiontkowskI; Secre­ tary, J. McCain. One man missed ship in Lake Charles. Engine delegate re­ quests that men turn to on overtime when they are asked to. Elected ship's treasurer. This ship has an excellent crew and there are no beefs. Motion made to accept and concur in headquarters communica­ tions 100 perceiil. Vote of thanks given to steward department for good work. YAKA (Waterman), June 4—Chair­ man, W. McCulstlon; Secretary, J. Craft. Repair list to be given to board­ ing patrolman in Long Beach. Water cooler is to be replaced if not re­ paired. It was brought to the crews attention that men do not board vessel until one hour before sailing time and captain has noticed this. Over­ time m-ii' be lajt because of it and this does not agree with Union ruling. Therefore crew was asked to NEVA WEST (Bloomfleld), May 22 —Chairman, J. Cribble; Secretary, J. Rellly. A discussion with the patrol­ man in the next American port will be held regarding trouble with the captain about draws. Minor repairs completed. Resolutions have been posted and accepted 100 percent. One brother in the deck department missed ship in Germany. It was suggested that ship's delegate see the chief engi­ neer about regulating water in the showers. More care must be taken while using washing machine. ROBIN HOOD (Seas Shipping), June <—Chairman, W. Grant; Secretary, W. Custavson. The skipper was told by the previous crew aiid now by this crew that he is log happy, and we don't like sailing with him on a long voyage. Headquarters communications accepted and concurred. Motion was made that the crew not sign-on with this captain. Carried unanimously. STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), May 25—Chairman, J. DeLeonardo; Secre­ tary, L. Larkin. Two men were in­ jured and taken care of. They re­ mained aboard ship but off articles. Cuenca Benito, the 2nd cook and baker is ..missing. Motion made and carried to keep washing machine clean. Captain said if men cannot straighten out he will try to make them straighten out according to law. Crew agrees to cooperate with messmen. Reoair pet will be nosted and each crewmember may offer sugges­ tion for same. STEEL AGE (Isthmian), May 29— Chairman, V. Suska; Secretary, -C. Tobias. Penalty cargo ruled by pa­ trolman as no good. Man who missed ship would like his gear to be sent to New York from Alexandria or Port Said. Balance of ship's fund is $21.17. Recent communications read, ac­ cepted. and concurred. Carried unani­ mously. Ship's committee is to meet and draft a letter to SIU concerning the shoregang workers. Warning to all crewmembers that laundry must be individual's responsibility and kept clean. Secretary-reporter elected. STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), June <—Chairman, T. Waleckl; Secretary, C. Stach. All headquarters communic.itioiis accepted and concurred. Carried unanimously. Things running smoothly. YOUNG AMERICA (Waterman), May 28—Chairman, G. Hlldreth; Secretary, Edelmon. Outside of disputed over­ time in deck and engine departments everything is okay. Crew requests company to put' a water pump • in washing machine. Captain refuses to aliow steward department to sougie their rooms after telling Seattle Union agent it will be allowed. SANTORE (Ore), May 23—Chairman, R. Harp; Secretary, G. Prota. Results of meeting of May 16 relative to steward will be taken up with port agent upon arrival In Baltimore. Dis­ puted overtime will also be taken up in Baltimore with boarding patrolman. Brother mi.s.Sed ship in Baltimore, his gear was checked and packed. A marked improvement in menu since last meeting. Communications ac­ cepted end concurred in. Carried. Crewmembers were asked to stop tlirowing cigarettes and apple cores in passageways. Suggested thai de­ partment delegates take up a draw list. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), June 3—Chairman, C. Hyde; Secre•tary, S. Johnson. All headouarters communications accepted and con­ curred. Carried unanimously. Things running smooth. No beefs. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), May 22— Chairman, C. Bush; Secretary, S. Niel­ sen. Ship's fund $75.16. Crew was requested to turn over ship's dele­ gates mail to him. Motion made and carried that all communications from headquarters be accepted. Ship's delegate, secretar.v and treasurer elected. Old TV set Is to be raffled offi to help defray expenses of new set. Engine delegate and bosun both reported on poor food aboard. Stew­ ard reported that grade of meat is poor this trip and the patrolman should check with the port steward about it. Crewmembers complain about roach situation and they will show report to patrolman. ROBIN TUXFORD (Seas Shipping), June 1"—Ch3lrm*>n. J. Olsen; f-erre-tary, J. Anger. Motion made and secoiiUed to accept and concur in head­ quarters report. Carried. Everything running smooth. �rr- > Pare.-: Fifteen SEAFARERS VOG inne 24, 195S Now Hospitals Need The Help To the Editor: In. the recovery room at the USPHS hospital on Staten .Island many a stiff fight is fought by the staff to save the life of an American seaman. Now another hard fight must be fought, but this time it will be to save the life of this great hospital and the jobs of that staff. Somehow we feel that the American seaman will go all-out Letters to the Editor benefit had been in force three months earlier I would have had* a real load removed fr9m my mind. " Wife HI Mrs. Hancock has been a semi-invalid for several years and our savings have not been great due to medicine and doc­ tor's bills. On March 26 she fell and broke her back. X-rays showed what the doctors said was a "concussion of the No. 1 and No. 2 lumbar vertebra." A brace was made at a cost of $85 and this, added to hospital, doc­ tor and all other necessary ex­ penses totalled over $250, so the Welfare Plan's protection to my wife would have helped a great deal at the time. This new family insurance gives a man a certain peace of mind because he knows his fam-' ily will receive the care it needs when it needs it most. " This means a great deal to those of us with families. It is better than a wage increase and more liberal than Blue Cross or Blue Shield. "" When I joined the SlU in 1941, I never expected );o see any maritime union gain the benefits which have come to pass in our Union since that time. I believe it is all due to the ability and foresight of our leaders plus the sincerity of our membership. Elmer A. Hancock i" 3^ 4". Lake Charles Hopes For Cement Trade Ocean Uila is A Good Feeder To the Editor: Things are straightening out little by little aboard the SS Ocean Ulla (Maritime Over­ seas), probably because we have been lucky to'get a gang of ex­ ceptionally good seamen on here. It's only too bad the offi­ cers don't appreciate them. As ship's delegate, I'd like to give a fote of thanks to our bosun, Hans Skalagaard, who painted a picture of the ship and left it to the crew to raffle off for a ship's fund when we reach New York. Incidentally, he is one of the best bosuns I ever sailed with. No Hungry Bellies A vote of thanks to our stew­ ard, Danny Piccereili, who is one of the best when it comes to feeding. There is definitely not a hungry belly on this ship. More stewards ought to be like him. He puts up a wonderful menu, with no set rules. In that way, when you go to the messhall there's something different all the time. Our chief cook, Leslie P. Shattuck is also a cracker jack, and shows the qualities that will make him a fine Union brother. He goes out of his way to do a superb Job in the gal­ ley, such as getting up earlier than is customary to'get out the good food we have been eating. Anytime you walk into the gal­ ley and ask" for a sandwich or something to eat he'll always do it willingly. So, from the crew of the Ocean Ulla, a vote of thanks for a good feeding ship. D. Giangiordano LAKE CHARLES—Hopeful that the announced plans of a new cement company here may eventually provide some ac­ tivity in the port for SlU-manned cement carriers, Seafarers will he watching a proposed riverfront plant building pro­ making slow headway. Some points gram here with considerable have already been cleared up, but the matter of new wages and im­ interest. The fledgling concern is already provements in certain working con­ starting to acquire ground for the ditions is still hanging fire. Proposals for new wage scales, construction of a building fronting of course, are still the major item right on the river. The work it­ self is actually expected to get un­ under dispute, but the council is determined to see the issue derway within a few weeks. through a finish. It has the Although shipping in the port backing oftolocal labor groups right has been holding up pretty well during the past few weeks, no one down the line. is raising an outcry against the possibility that ships in the cement trade might one day make Lake Charles a regular port of call. The additional activity is always welcome. Only In-Transits This is especially true since the port's registration list holds more than enough hien to easily handle all the jobs expected in the port during coming weeks. Nothing other than the usual rui* of intransits is due here in the coming period. On the labor front, the Lake Charles AFL Metal Trades Coun­ cil is still closeted in contract talks with the Firestone Rubber Co., as progress in the negotiations is to save these wonderful hosr pitals. Instead of thinking of closing the USPHS hospitals, the ..Gov­ ernment should really start a program to expand this agency. The USPHS fiospitals have the best trained and supervised per­ sonnel, who work hard and take pride in their jobs. In a civilian hospital, just the opposite ap­ plies. Typical of many letters we get from people who have passed through here is this one from a seaman living on Staten Island, who wrote to our direc­ tor, Dr. Kenneth R. Nelson, Last year: To tbe Editor: "I was^a patient at the hos­ The membership of our Un­ pital in 1953 and most of the ion has been growing more time I was on the critical list. cosmopolitan by the year. Our It is quite doubtful that I could best prospects for keeping and have pulled through had it not creating more jobs for all of us been for the wonderful doctors, depends largely on the contin­ nurses and attendants and their ued prosperity of the^ nation as unfailing interest in my wel- a whole. 3> t 3> ware. Without- a single excep­ There need never be a fear of tion, nothing was left undone depression in the United States to help me. as Jong as money is kept in "In a matter of "this kind, circulation. With color televi­ To the Editor: words are inadequate to ex­ sion coming along, billions of We have been out on the press my profound gratitude. 1 dollars wiir pass hands in the only wish that more people • television industry alone, in the Persian Gulf to Japan shuttle for a little over seven months could go and see this fine hos­ next ten years. pital in action, how clean and When a large group plans a and in that time I have had beautiful it is and the great convention. New York usually the pleasure of sailing with one contribution it is. making to the lands it. Why? Because the big of the best engine department wplfare of our nation." Broadway shows, the opera and crews that I have ever sailed^ ' with. The above is one of many let­ the best boxing are here. At all times they have been ters sent in gratitude for the Shipping unloads to its grejftgood care rendered at Staten est market here in New York. willing to do the work which Island. Last year each employee We're doing pretty well, with we have set up for them to do. was given a mimeographed copy all our beefs. We're far ahead When I came on the Jules­ of this one as a sort of morale of any nation I've heard of so burg (Mathiasen) as chief en­ booster and I thought it was so far when it comes to better liv­ gineer, I started an intensive wonderful I have kept my copy ing and money to enjoy it. clean-up campaign at the re­ ever since. Henry L. Franklin quest of our director of main­ I somehow seem to think that tenance and repair. The engine > ' 4" . 4" the AMA is behind the whole room really needed it, as I well deal to shut down the USPHS knew, as I had been first assist-' program. I hope the unions will ant on here for three years and stay with this fight to save these had always held back due to To the Editor: great institutions. "economy reasons." Sincere congratulations on An Employee Solid Crew your very competent job in USPHS Hospital We left Baltimore October 29, handling and printing the de­ Staten Island, NY tailed information arid ekplana- 1954, and to this date we have 4" 3^ tion of bur new welfare bene­ lost only one of the original gang, a wiper who got off on the fits. I sure hope you do just that West Coast for personal reasons. The men listed below are once or twice a year in order to To the Editor: provide a clear and general un­ those who made the trip with I dare say that almost daily- derstanding of such valuable in­ us: Herb Berner, pumpman; Mike Lubas, 2nd pumpman, en­ " you receive letters from the formation among all of us. It is a very good stimulant to gine man maintenance; Bill membership expressing their approval of the increased bene­ know and be reminded how Talley, Ken Lewis, A1 Karr, fits under our SIU Welfare well protected we are under oilers; Joe Decique, "Jiggs" Plan. Well, this Is no different. our strong organization, which Jeffers, Dick Whatley, FWTs; The-$21 weekly benefit will spares nothing to give us the wipers Angelo "Jack" Tambest value out of every dollar bascie, who left the ship at £1 mean more help to those of us who are hospitalized, nod the that goes into our SIU Welfare Segur do, Calif., and Frank Ayer who joined the vessel at that $15 increase in the disability Plan. Let me take this same oppor­ port. benefit will bring aijded secur­ ity and comfort to those who tunity to express my ardent Personally, I would sail with are (fisabled, but in my opinion 'wishes fot the best of health these men at any time they pre­ the benefits which have been and good luck to all our Union sent themselves aboard any established to cover our wives officials who are always prompt SlU-contracted vessel I am sail­ and families mean as much as to work in that direction on our ing on; Paul . A. Johnson behalL any of the others. Chief engineer Luis A. Ramirez 1 know that if the family Hails New York And Prosperity Joseph C. Clevenger Please get in touch with your father as soon as possible. 4- 4) Julesburg Black Gang Rated Tops 4i 4" 4' Wallace E. Mason Need your help immediately. Wire or cable General Delivery, Quincy, Mass. Dad. 4- 4" 3^ Vincent L. Meehan Get iri touch as soon as possible with H. Parness, 92 Liberty St., New York, NY. 4' 4» 3^ Raymond E. Davis Please contact your home. Your lost papers were sent here. Clar­ ence. Hails LOG Job On Welfare Plan 4' 4» 4 Ray Parker I would like to hear from you. Arthur A. Butler, 5963 Belneath St., Houston 21. Texas. BALTIMORE—Newest ten­ ant to take up quarters in the still-brand-nevy SIU building in this port, the SlU-affiliated M.irine Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders Union is now occupying offices at the haU along with build­ ing "oldtimers" such as the MM&P, BME and Baltimore Fed­ eration of Labor. Baltimore agent Sheppard and all the Seafarers in Baltimore extend a hearty wel­ come to their West Coast brothers. Opened In November First opened for business last November, the modern, four-story building provides office space for a number of other union tenants, in addition to all facilities for SIU branch operations. The building boasts a cafeteria, bar, Sea Chest store" and barber shop as well as regular port offices. Up until now, the MFOW has oc­ cupied its own quarters elsewhere on the waterfront. The action of the SIU West Coast affiliate, in moving its port operations into the Seafarers hall, is expected to effect a much smoother working relationship between the SIU and the Firemen. Registration and dispatching will be handled out of the spacious Seafarers hiring hall on the second floor of the building. Step Up Organizing In other action in the port, a corps of Seafarers and SIU port officials are laying the ground­ work for a stepped-up organizing campaign in several areas, with the aim of securing more jobs under SIU contract. The unpublicized drive is gaining results and a fa­ vorable response already in some shipping quarters. No details are yet forthcoming. CITY ...................ZONE .STATE Signed TO AVOID DUPLICATIONt If you aro an old (ubtcribar and hava a change of address, please give your former address below: ADDRESS a»e«*aateaeeeaeM ..ZONE ..STATE £ 'b,-. . • V f STREET ADDRESS -v- - A| NAME Bulks' — •*-. - - 1 would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) CITY - - '-/oil Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG, . 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32. NY Benefits insure Peace Of Mind — 4' E. B. Lowe Contact your wife c/o Restau­ rant, 700 Lynrood Blvd., Colum­ bus,- Ga. 3^ 4. 4i Robert W. Ariel Please write soon. Howard Ross, SS Yorkmar, c/o Calmar SS Corp., 25 Broadway, New York, NY. MFOW At BaHo SIU Hall Now -M-•1 . / 1• 1 -m �SEAFARERS • OFFICIAL ORGAN, OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • LOG ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • Genevieve Kay, wife of Seafarer Leonard Kay; children, Elsie, 2; Keith, It "Sickness always calls for money .and seems to come when least expected. When someone has to go to a hospital it is a financial hardship on the family. The new plan certainly gives us a feeling of safety; though, of course, we hope we never have to use it." • Anne Purdy, wife of Seafarer Wilbur Purdy, and children Patricia, 5; Geraldine, 8; Rob­ ert, 5; "It was wonderful news to learn about the new benefit. I pray we will never need it, but at the same time it certainly gives me a feeling of comfort to know that help is there ready for us if we ever have to call for it. It is particularly important when my husband is away from home, out at sea. I know now that in any serious emergency we will have something to fall back on, regardless of the circumstances at the time, because we can count on the Union for aid." A new system of hospital and surgical benefits for Sea­ farers' dependents was won. for the SlU membership last month. In New Orleans, the LOG'S photographer went into ^ ; iif iiif •L-,. i!-X.;, • the homes of Seafarers to seek SEkFMER l> the reactions of those most af­ fected by the new benefits— the wives who are charged with the responsibility of caring for the health and welfare of their children while their menfolk Bella Bucano, wife of Seafarer Ernest Bucano; daughter, Alicia, 2: "The new Wel­ fare Plan looks wonderful to us. It is some­ thing We have needed for a long time and It's good to get it. We never know what will happen when our husbands are away at sea and the system set up under the Sea­ farers plan helps relieve our worries be­ cause we know.we wil| be taken care of no matter what takes place." are away at sea. "What do you think of the new SlU hos­ pital and surgical benefits for Seafarers' wives and children?" (Question Asked In New Orleans.) dk- _ .. m.: : te- '• hll?. • Uw •^ I - r; '.>> • •' I. . A. K'C" I&«;#•• ; J&• m i :iv'-n't ' tm-." I ifeV----'-' If I • -r:... . Maria La Nasa, wife of Seafarer Wallace La Nasa; children (seated, left-right) Edward, 9; Monita, 5; Wayne, 3; Myra, 6; (standing) Wallace Jr., 16; Jack, 14; CTouglas, I2;"i_ know froni personal experience what it means to a family when one of the children be­ comes seriously ill. Last year, Douglas had to go to the hospital on short notice for a ma­ jor operation and he has had to go back fo the doctor every now and then. Coverage such as we have now certainly would have f>een a big help to us. The, kind of health insurance that we could buy privately would be just too expensive for a family as large as purs. As far as i can tell, it wiMdn't give us nearly as much protection." • J!A- ' ,•> ' 'V . I - Naomi Bailey, wife of Seafarer Sam Bailey; children, Diane, 9; Michael, 111 "This is one of the finest benefits the Welfare Plan could have given us. It will represent ac­ tual cash saving for our family because we have been carrying, expensive hospitaliza­ tion, We Can discontinue it now because we are covered by the-Seafarert bospitai and surgical plan,' �... •!•.">."• :J-"ii-.:> y:--- .". • f- -.'r - •'; • •••" ^AFARERS LO©—2nJ $ection-Jun« 24. IW5 •-•'<C", •• ,:-y^ CONSTITUTION Seafarers International Union A&G District AFL EVERY SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED • Protection of the rights and privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. ^ The right to vote. • The right to nominate himself for, and to hold, any office in the Union. • That ey)ery official of the Union shall be hound to uphold and protect the rights of every member and that in no case shall any member be deprived of his rights and privileges as a member without due process of the law of the Union. • The right to be confronted by his accuser and to be given a fair trial by an.impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. • The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. • The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stand with him in defense of the democratic principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. The new SIU constitution has evoked considerable com­ ment in and outside maritime and labor circles. Here are a few of the many reactions to the document from members of Congress, Senator Herbert H. I^ehman, •NY; "It is greatly encourag­ ing to know that responsible unions such as yours are not ceasing their attempts to fui'ther rights of their members, both within the unions and as part of the total national economy. I find particularly praiseworthy the Statement of Principles and the Declaration of Rights con­ tained in the beghinhig of your constitution." Senator Henry M. Jackson, Wash.: "... I have Jooked over the constitution and off­ hand it would appear to be eminently fair and just. I was particularly interested in the fact that it was adopted in such a democratic manner by the full, membership of your organization." ^ Senator James E. Murray, Montana: "I am particularly impressed by the provisions of the constitution providing for a trial committee to hear charges against members, and guaranteeing the traditional American rights to repi'esenlation, cross-examination, and confrontation by the accuser ... I am happy to note that your new constitution is drawn in the spirit of de­ mocratic trade unionism." Senator Hubert Humphrey, Minn.: "The constitution seems to me to be an ex­ tremely democratic one and I am impressed with the em­ phasis which is placed upon ratification by members. I '•-m ri also approve the provisions with respect to pi-oviding for a trial committee . . ." Representative Robert H. Mollohan, West Va.: "I am particularly impressed by the provisions dealing with ti'ial and appeal; they are certain­ ly in the best American tra­ dition. Placing the burden of proof on the accuser and guaranteeing the accused representation, cross-exami­ nation and an opportunity to be confronted by his accuser should guard against irre­ sponsible, unjust punish­ ment." * Senator Harley Kilgore, West Va.: "The requirements . . . that the membership shallparticipate in the making of every decision and policy seems to me to be a healthy and effective method of main­ taining democracy . . ." •1 �\• Svpplementary—Pare Two CONSTITUTION Sieafarers International Union A&G District ,-n'' 'S 'AFL I rfe' / PREAMBLE We, the Seamen and Fishermen of America, realizing the value and necessity of a thorough organization of sea­ faring men, have determined to form one union, the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, to embrace all seamen and> fishermen of North America, Canada, Alaska, and the Territories, based upon the following principles: Whatever right belongs to one member belongs to all members alike, as long as they remain in good standing in the Union. First of these rights is the right of the American sea­ men to receive their employment through their own Union Halls, without interference of crimps, shipowners, fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the Government. That it is the right of each member to receive fair and just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. Further, we consider it our right to receive healthful and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to rest. Next, IS the right to be treated in a decent and respect­ ful manner by those in command. We hold that the above rights belong to all seamen alike, irrespective of nationality or creed. Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we are conscious of corresponding duties to those in com­ mand, our employers, our craft and our country. We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote harmonious relations with those in command by exercis­ ing due care and diligence in the performance of the duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assist­ ance to our employers in caring for their gear and property. Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: To use our influence individually and collectively for the purpose of maintaining and developing skill in seaman­ ship and effecting a change in the Maritime law of the United States, so as to render it more equitable and to make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development of a Merchant Marine and a body of American seamen. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments of the seafaring class, and through its columns seek to maintain the knovvledge of and interest in maritime affairs. To assist seamen of other countries in the work of organization and federation, to the end of establishing the Brotherhood of the Sea. To assist other bona fide labor organizations whenever pd8sible in the attainment of their just demands. To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals BC as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable and useful calling. .And bearing in mind that we are migratory, that our work takes us away in different direc­ tion from any place, where the majority might otherwise ne^t't^^gct,' that, m^tings , can hp attended by only a fraction of the membership, that the absent members, Every member shall have the right to be confronted by who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded from what might be the results of excitement and pas­ his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law sions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those of this Union. In all such cases, the. accused shall be who are present may act for and in the interest of all, guaranteed a fair and speedy trial by an impartial com­ mittee of his brother Union members. we have adopted this constitution. STATEl\llENT OF PRINCIPLES AND DECLARATION VI OF RIGHTS " JNo member shall be denied the right to express himself In order to form a more perfect u^ion, we members freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. of the Brotherhood of the seamen, fishermen and allied VII workers ashore—realizing the value and necessity of unit­ A militant membership being necessary to the security ing in pursuit of our improved economic and social wel­ of a free union, the members shall at all times stand ready fare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the to defend this Union and the principles set forth in the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic Constitution of the Union. and Gulf District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the VIII following principles: The powers not delegated to the offlkials and job In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall holders by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our to the members. duties and obligations as members of the community, CONSTITUTION our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace ARTICI.E I of communism and any other enemies of freedom and NAME AND GENERAL POWERS the democratic principles to which we seafaring men This Union shall be known as the Seafarers Interna­ (ledicate ourselves in this Union. tional Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ We shall affiliate and work with other free labor or­ trict. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and execu­ ganizations; we shall support a journal to give additional tive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance voice to our views; we shall assist our brothers of the of charters to, subordinate bodies, corporate or otherwise, sea and other workers of all countries in these obligations the formation of funds and participation in funds, the to the fullest extent consistent with our duties and ob­ establishment of enterprises for the benefit of the Union, ligations. We shall seek to exert our individual and col­ and similar ventures. A majority vote of the membership lective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor shall be authorization for any Union action, unless otherand other legislation and policies which look to the at­ wise specified in this Constitution. This Union shall, at tainment of a free and happy society, without distinction all times, protect and maintain its jurisdiction over all based on race, creed or color. work which belongs to the seaman and all such work as To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind seamen now perfprm. that most of our members are migratory, that their duties ARTICLE II carry them all over the world, that their rights must and AFFILIATION shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights aS This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Inter­ members of the Union to be inalienable: national Union of North America and the American Fed- ' I No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or eration of Labor. All other affiliations by the Union or by the Ports shall be made or withdrawn as determined privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of by a 'majority vote of the membership. the Union. ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP Every member of this Union shall have the right to vote.. Section 1. Candidates for membership shall be ad­ No one shall deprive him of that right. mitted to membership in accordance with such rules as III are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of Every member shall have the right to nominate himself the membership. for, and to hold, office in this Union. Section 2. Candidates for membership shall be IV No member shall be deprived of his membership with­ American citizens, or eiigible for such citizenship. No out due process of the law of this Union. No member candidate shall be granted membership who is a mem­ shall he compelled to be a witness against himself in the ber of any dual organization or any other organization trial of any proceeding in which he may be charged with hostile to the aims, principles, and policies of this Union. failure to observe the law of this Union. Every official No candidate shall be granted membership until he has and job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the taken the following oath of obligation: OBLIGATION rights of every member in accordance with the principles set, forth in the Constitution of the.,**»iin*; - •* ""•v" pledge my ibpnpr gsi a. map; th^J )yift ^ — ) �SappYementarr—Pa^e Tliree l>1: - rV) Itlils Union, and that 1 will work for Ite interest and will Section 5. The period of retirement shall be computed (g) He shall be responsible, within the limits 6l hia. look upon every member as my brother; that I will not from the day as of which the retirement card is issued. powers, for the enforcement of this Constitution, the work for less than Union wages and that I will obey all ARTICLE Vn ' policies of the Umon, and all rules and rulings duly orders of the Union. I promise that I will never reveal SYSTEM OF ORGANIZATION adopted by a majoidty vote of ^he membership. Withia the proceedings of the Union to its Injury or to persons Section I. This Union, and all Ports, Officers, Port these iimlts, he shall strive to enhance the strength, posi­ not entitled to know it. And if I break this promise. 1 Agents, Patrolmen, and members shall be govemedi in tion, and prestige of the Union. ask every member to treat me as unworthy of friendship this order, by: (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those (a) The Constitution and acquaintance. SO HELP ME GOD!" other duties elsewhere described in this Constitution, as (b) Majority vote of the membership Section 3. Members more than one quarter in ar­ well as those other duties lawfully imposed upon him. Section 2. The functions of this Union shall be ad­ rears in dues, or more than three months In arrears in as­ (i> The responsibility of the Secretary-Treasurer may sessments t>r- unpaid fines, shall be automatical^ sus­ ministered by Headquarters and Ports. not be delegated, but the Secretary-Treasurer may delegate • Section 3. Headquarters shall consist of the Secretarypended, and. shall forfeit all benefits and all other rights to a person or persons the execution of such af his duties and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically Treasurer, and one or more Assistant Secretary-Treas- as he may in his discretion decide, subject to the limita­ dismissed if. they are more than two quarters in arrears ' urers, the exact number of which shall be determined by set forth in this Constitution. in dues or more than six months in arrears in assessments majority vote of the membership to be held during the tions (j) Immediately after assuming office, the Secretarymonth of August in any election year, as set forth more or unpaid fines. Treasurer shall designate one of the Assistant Secretaryparticularly in Article X, Section 1-D. This time shall not run: ~ Section 4. Each Port shall consist of a Port Agent and Treasurers to assume his duties in case of his temporary in­ (a) While a member is actually participating in a strike Patrolmen, as provided for herein, and the Port shall capacity. This designation may be changed from time to or lockout. (b) While a member is an in-patient in a 'USPHS bear the name of the city in which the Union's Port time. These designations shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where Headquarters is located. The provisions Offices are located. Hospital. • , Section 5. Every member of the Union shall be regis­ of Section 2-A of this Article shall apply in the case of a (c) While a member is under an incapacity due to ac­ tered in one of three departments; namely, deck, engine, vacancy in the office of Secretagp^Treasurer, as set forth tivity in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member'is in. the Armed Services, of the or stewards department. The definition of these depart­ in that section. (k) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Port Agent United Spates, provided the member was in good standing ments shall be in accordance nvith custom and usage. at the time of entry into the Armed Forces, and further This definition may be modified by a majority vote of or Patrolman shall be filled by the Secretary-Treasurer by provided he applies for 'reinstatement within 90 days the membership. No member may transfer from one de­ temporary appointment except in those cases where the partment to another except by express approval as evi­ filling of such vacancy is otherwise provided for by this after discharge from the Armed Forces. Constitution. Such appointment shall be submitted to a denced by a majority vote of the membership. <e) While -a member has no opportunity to pay dues regular meeting for approval, modification, substitution of ARTICLE Vni because of employment aboard an American flag mer­ a replacement, or postponement of a vote to a later date, ATLA'NTIC AND GULF DISTRICT OFFICERS, FORT chant ves.sel. by a majority vote of the membership. In the event of the AGENTS. AND PATROLMEN Section 4. A majority vote of the membership shall be Section 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected, postponement of the vote, the temporary appointment shall sufficient to designate additional circumstances during which the time specified in Section 3 -shall .not run. It except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. These remain in effect until a vote is taken. (1) The Secretary-Treasurer is directed to take any and shall be the right of any member-to present, in writing, officers shall be the Secretary-Treasurer and pne oy more. all measures, and employ such means, which he deems to any Port at any regular meeting, any question with re­ Assistant Secretary-Treasurers. Section 2. Port Agents and Patrolmen shall be elected, necessary or advisable, to protect the interests, and further gard to the application of Section 3, in accordance with the welfare, of the Union and its members, in all matters procedures established by a majority vote of the member­ -except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. involving national, state or local legislation, issues, and ARTICLE IX ship. A majority vote of the membership shall be neces­ public affairs. OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS sary to decide such questions. Section 2. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Section 1. The following jobs in the Union shall be Section 5. The membership shall be empowered to es­ (a) In the event the Secretary-Treasurer shall be unable tablish, from time to time, by. majority vote, rules undea voted upon in the manner prescribed by this Constitu­ to carry out his duties by reason of incapacity, the Assist­ tion: which dues and assessments may be remitted where a ant Secretary-Treasurer designated in accordance with (A) Meeting Chairman member has been unable to pay dues and assessments tor Section I-J of this Article shall assume the office of Sec­ (B) Delegatefl the reasons provided in Sections 3 and 4. retary-Treasurer during the period of such incapacity. (C) Committee Members of: Section 6.. To preserve unity, and to promote the com­ Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of (a) Auditing Committee mon welfare of the membership, all members of the Union the Secretary-Treasurer, succession to the office shall be (b) Trial Committee shall uphold and defend this Constitution and shall be determined as follows: (c) Quarterly Financial Committee governed by the provisions of this Constitution and all That Port Agent of the Ports of New Orleans, Mobile, (d) Appeals Committee policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. or Baltimore who received the highest number of votes (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 7. Any member who advocates or gives aid to Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as in the last regular election shall be the first in line of the principles and policies of any hostile or dual organiza­ tion shall be denied further membership in this Union. provided by a majority vote of the membership. Commit­ succession. The next in the line of succession shall be that A majority vote of the membership shall decide which tees may also be appointed as permitted by this Consti­ Port Agent of the said Ports who received the next highest number of votes in that election. The next in the line oftution. organizations are dual or hostile. succession shall be that Port Agent of the said Ports who ARTICLE X Section 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation DUTIES OF OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS,^ AND OTHER received the next highest number of votes. with the Union shall at all times remain the property of The Port Agents of the said Ports shall also be deemed ELECTED JOB HOLDERS Che Union. Members may be required to show their evi­ to be Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, whether or not so Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer dence of membership in order to be admitted to Union (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall be the Executive Of­ referred to on the ballots or elsewhere. meetings. (b) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall assist the Section 9. Only membks in good standing shall be al­ ficer of the Union and shall represent, and act for and in behalf of, the Union in all matters except as otherwise Secretary-Treasurer in the execution of the latter's duties lowed to vote. as the latter may direct. specifically provided for in the Constitution. ' ARTICLE IV (c) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall be mem­ -(b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, REINSTATEMENT bers of the Agents' Conference and each may cast a vote port or otherwise. Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated (c) He shall be responsible for the organization and in that body. In accordance with such rules as are adopted, from time maintenance of the correspondence, files, and records of Section 3. -Port Agents to time, by a majority vote of the membership. (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound account­ ART'ICLE V ing and bookkeeping systems; the setting up, and main­ administratipn of Union affairs in the Port of his juris­ DIIES AND INITIATION FEE . tenance of, proper office and other administrative Union diction. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his Poit, be Section 1. All members shall pay dues quarterly, on a procedures; the proper collection, safeguarding, and ex­ calendar year basis, on the first business day of each quar­ penditure of all Union funds. Port v.r otherwise. He shall responsible for the enforcement and execution of the Con­ ter, except as herein othenvise provided. The dues shall be in charge of, and responsible for, all Union property, stitution, the policies of the Union, and the rules adopted be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Con­ and shall be In charge of Headquarters and Port Offices. by a majority vote of the membership. Wherever there are stitution and may be .changed only by Constitutional He shall issue a weekly comprehensive report covering the time restrictions or other considerations affecting Port amendment. financial operations of the Union for the previous week. action, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to r Section Z. No candidate for membership shall be ad­ Wherever there are time restrictions or^ther considera­ insure observance thereof. (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or other­ mitted into membership' without having paid an initiation tions affecting Union action, the Secretary-Treasurer shall wise, for the activities of his Port, whenever demanded fee of one hundred ($100.00) dollars. take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (d) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the mem­ by the Secretary-Treasurer. - Section 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be (d) In any fvent, he shall prepare and forward by reg­ waived for organizational purposes only, in accordance bership, the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate the num­ with such rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the' ber and location of Ports, the jurisdiction, status, and istered mail, addressed to the Secretary-Treasimer, a activities thereof, and may close or open such ports, and weekly financial report showing, in-detail, weekly income membership. may re-assign Port Agents and Patrolmen of closed ports and expenses, and complying with all other accounting ARTICLE VI to other duties, without change in wages. The Ports of directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer. RETIREMENT FROM MEMBERSHIP (e) The Port Agent, or someone acting under his in­ Section 1. Members may retire from membership by New York, New Orleans, Mobile, and Baltimore may not structions, shall open each Port meeting^ and shall deter­ be closed except by Constitutional amendment. paying all unpaid dues, dues for the quarter in which they Where ports are opened between elections, the Sec­ mine whether a quorum exists. Nothing contained herein retire, assessments, fines, and other -monies due and ow­ ing the Union. A retirement card shall bp issued upon re­ retary-Treasurer shall designate the Port Agents thereof, shall permit the Port Agent to otherwise act as chairman quest, and dated as of the day. that such member accom­ subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership. of any meeting, unless so properly' designated by a The Secretary-Treasurer shall supervise the activities majority vote of the- members present at the said Port plishes these payments and request. Meeting. Section Z. All the rights, privileges, duties, and obli­ of all Ports. (f) Each elected Port Agent may cast one vote at any Subject to approval by a majority vote of the member­ gations of membership shall be suspended during the pe­ riod of retirement, except that a retired member shall ship, the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate, in the event Agents' Conference. (g) The Port Agent may assign each Port Patrolman to not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain in any of the incapacity of a Port Agent or Patrolman, a replace­ such Union jobs as fall within the jurisdiction of the Port, dual or hostile organization, upon penalty of forfeiture of ment to act as such during the period of incapacity. At the first regular meeting In August of every election regardless of the departmental designation under whicb bis right to reinstatement. Section 3. Any person in retirement for a period of six year, the Secretary-Treasurer shall submit to the member­ the Patrolman was elected. ih) The Port Agent shall designate which members at months or more shall be restored to membership, ex­ ship a pre-balloting report. This report shall recommend cept as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current the number and locatiosi of Ports, the number of Assistant that Port may serve as representatives to other organiza­ quarter, as well as all assessments accruing,and newly Secretary-Treasimers and Agents, and the number of tions, affiliation with which has been properly permitted. (i) The foregoing is in addition to those other duties levied during the period of retirement. If the period of Port Patrolmen which are to be elected for each Port. prescribed elsewhere in this Constitution. This recommendation may also specify, whether any retirement is less than six (6) months, the required pay­ Section 4. Port Patrolmen ments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said Patrolmen and/or Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, shall be Port Patrolmen shall perform whatever duties are period of retirement, including those for the current designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shall quarter, and all assessments accrued and newly levied be subject to approval or modification by a majority vote assigned to them by the Port Agent. Section 8. Meettng Chairmen during that period. Upon such payment, the person in of the membership. (e> The Headquarters of the Union shall be located in (a) The chairman of each meeting at any Port, including retirement shall be restored to membership, and his mem­ bership book, appropriately stamped, shall be given to him. New York. The Secretary-Treasurer shall also be the Port the Port in which Headquarters is located, shall be the presiding officer of the meeting, shall keep order under ' Section 4. A member In retirement may be restored to Agent of that Port (f) The Seeretasy^reaaorer ahi^; .be ^airman of the.... rules o|, order provided for, from time to time, by A metebfershlp dtter^k tv^j-eaF^eHdd bf'Cetlremebt only ^•psa.teritv vote i*f the ma)oi^ vile bt ltee meitabetship * hbne,. Ijhfiii Agents* Cenference and may cast ene vote. .•;;J n 'S I .r\ -"•n m -•31 �Supplementary—^Page Four Yr.: . lip;; -W-i;-'"- ih' • IM?' ^fes?3 such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership in each Port. , (b) The meeting chairman may cast a vote only in the event of a tie. (c) The meeting chairman shall not permit the discus­ sion of any religious subject. ^' i Section 6. Delegates > (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of the Union who are elected, under the provisions of this -Constitution, to attend the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. 1 <b) Each delegate shall attend the Convention and fully participate therein. I (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, support those policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to the convention. I Section 7. Committees (a) Auditing Committee V The Auditing Committee in each Port shall audit the regular weekly financial report of the Port Agent and, in writing, certify or refuse to certify said report. The Auditing Committee for the Port Where Headquarters is located shall also audit the Secretary-Treasurer's financial report, to which the same rules as to certification and refusal to certify shall apply. The said report in its en­ tirety shall then be presented to the membership with action thereon to be taken as per a majority vote of the membership. (b) Trial Committee / The Trial Committee shall co::duct trials of persons charged, and shall submit findings and recommendations as prescribed in this Constitution. It shall be the special obligation of the Trial Committee to observe all the re­ quirements of this Constitution with regard to charges and trials, and their findings and recommendations must specifically state whether or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. ic> Quarterly Financial Committee ^ r' 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee siiall make a quarterly (thirteen week) audit of the finances of Head­ quarters and each Port, shall note discrepancies where they exist, shall report on their findings, and make rec' ommendations. Members of this Committee may make dissenting reports, separate recommendations, and sepa­ rate findings. > 2. The report and recommendations of this Committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election,of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all Ports, at the first or second regular meet­ ing subsequent to the submission of the said report and recommendations. , 1 3. All port Agents are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, etc.. by the said Quarterly Financial Committee. I 4 No report shall be considered as complete without an accompanying report and audit statement by a com­ petent accountant, and the Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the selection of such an accountant, who must be certified under state law. ' 5 Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership, i (d> Appeals Committee / 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as may be adop'^d by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith. 2 The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week after the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith. > (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee . 1 The Negotiating and Strike Committee shall repre-. sent the Union in all negotiations for contracts and changes in contracts, with persons, firms, corporations, or agencies, etc., wherein wages, hours, benefits, or other terms and conditions of employment of the members of this Union are involved. ^ ' 2. Upon completion of negotiations, the Committee shall submit a report and recommendations to the mem­ bership of the Union at a regular or special meeting. The Committee may also make interim reports and rec­ ommendations and submit them to the membership at a regular or a special meeting. 3 ^A Port may establish a similar Committee for itselt provided permission by a majority vote of the membership has been obtained. In such event, the Port Negotiating and Strike Committee shall forward Its report and rec­ ommendations. together with comments by the Port Agent, to the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall then cause the said report and recommendations to be submitted to ' the membership of the Union at the earliest subsequent regular or special meeting, whichever he chooses, to­ gether- with any report and recommendations which the Secretary-Treasurer deems desirable to make. The Port Negotiating and Strike Committee shall submit the report and recommendations upon completion of the negotiations, and may submit interim reports and recommendations. In the same manner above .set forth. 4 In no event shall a Negotiations and Strike Commit­ tee obligate this Union or any Port thereof, in any man­ ner. without the approval of the membership of the Union as evidenced by a majority vote of the member­ ship 5 A Negotiating end Strike Committee may decide the time of entry ipto a strike, provided prior authority^. ;:as evidenced by,,a majority ,^ote of •'IheY'embership, is ' granted therefor. In all other cases, a majority vote of the go into session. It shall determine whether the person^ has submitted his application correctly and possesses the membership shall decide when a strike shall begin. 6. This Committee shall be charged with the prepara­ necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepai^e « tion and execution of a strike plan which shall be bind­ report listing each applicant and his book number under ing on all members and other persons affiiated with the office or job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be this Union. However, a majority vote of the membership marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according jo the find­ may repeal, or otherwise treat or dispose of any part or ings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been ail of a strike plan. marked "disqualified," the reason therefor must be stated ARTICLE XI in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a WAGES AND TERMS OF OFFICE OF OFFICERS AND special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be OTHER ELECTIVE JOB HOLDERS, UNION noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed EMPLOYEES. AND OTHERS by all 6f the Committee members, and be cdmjpleted and Section 1. The following elected offices ana jobs shall submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meet­ be held for a term of two years: ing after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read Secretary-Treasurer and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Bulletin Board in each port. Port Agent (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the Patrolman Committee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram Section 2. The term of any elective jobs other than at his listed addresses. He shall also be sent a letter those indicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue containing the reasons for such disqualifications by air for so long as is necessary to complete the functions there­ mail, special delivery, registered. A disqualified appli­ of, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the cant shall have the right to take an appeal to the mem­ membership or segment of the Union, whichever applies, bership from the decision of the Committee. He shall whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or forward copies of such appeal to each Port, where the ones serving. appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular Section 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of meeting no later than the second meeting after the Com­ any office or other elective job shaP be determined from mittee's election. It is the responsibility of the applicant time to time by a majority vote of the membership. to insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, Section 4. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the without prejudice to his written appeal, the aAplicant may ^ membership, all other classifications of employees ox the appear in person before the Committee within two days Union shall be hired or discharged, as well as compensated, after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct as recommended by the Secretary-Treasurer. his application or argue for his qualification. Section 5. Subject to approval by a majority vote of The Committee's report shall be prepared early enough the membership, the Secretary-Treasurer may contract to allow the applicant to appear before it and still reach for, or retain, the services of any person, firm, or corpora­ the Ports in time for the first regular meeting after its tion, not employees of the Union, when he deems it neces­ election. > sary in the best interests of the Union. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the. Section 6. The foregoing provisions of this Article do case of such appeals, be sufficient to overrule any dis­ not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture qualification classification by the Credentials Committee,' in which this Union participates, or which it organizes or in which event, the one so previously classified shall then creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by a be deemed qualified. j majority vote of the membership shall be followed. (e) The Credentials Cotqmittee, in passing upon the ARTICLE XII qualifications of candidates, shall have the right to con­ QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS, clusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified m PATROLMEN, AND OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, has met all Jhe require­ candidate for, and hold any office or the job of Port Agent ments of Section 1-A of Article XII. or Patrolman, provided: Section 3. Baiioting Procedure. (a) He has at least three (3) years of sea time aboard an (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper American flag merchant vessel or vessels; if he is seeking the job of Patrolman or Assistant Secretary-Treasurer in and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as a specified department, this sea time must be in that de­ to candidates or Ports. The ballots may contain general information and instructive comments not inconsistent partment, and (b) He has at least four (4) months of sea time aboard with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified an American flag merchant vessel or vessels, or four (4) candidates shall .be listed thereon alphabetically within months of employment with, or in any office or job of, the each categqry. The listing of the Ports shall follow a Union, its subsidiaries, or affiliates, or at the Union's geographical pattern, cfimmencing with the most northly direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st Port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most .southerly Port on that coast, then \Cestand the time of nomination, and (c) He has been in continuous good standing in the erly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of Union for atJeast two (2) years immediately prior to his Ports is exhausted. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit each member voting to nomination, and write in as many names as there are offices and jobs to be (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America,' Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other voted upon. Each ballot shall be so-prepared as to have the elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said be members of the Union. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective number to be easily removed. On this removable portion offices and jobs, whether elected oi appointed in accord­ shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature 4 ance with this Constitution, shall maintain membership in of the ballot and the voting dates thereof. (b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the Sec­ good standing. Failure to do so shall result in ineligibility to hr ld such office or job and shall constitute an incapacity retary-Treasurer shall, be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered at with regard to such office or jo'i. indicated in the preceding paragraph and shall be numARTICLE XIII bered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A suf- ] ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS, PORT AGENTS ficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each AND PATROLMEN Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and Section 1. Nominations amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the Secre-' Any member may submit his name for nomination for tary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent » any office, or the job of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, by verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers delivering or sending a letter addressed to the Credentials •of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain sepa­ Committee, in care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the ad­ rate records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and dress of Headquarters. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged count the ballots, when received, to insure that the amount with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the over to the Credentials Committee upon the letter's re­ amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer quest, This letter shall be dated and shall contain the fol­ as having been sent to that Port. The Port Agent shall lowing: immediately execute and return, to the Secretary-Treas­ (a) The name of the candidate urer, a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the (b* His home address and mailing address amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify (c) His book number the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrep­ (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a ancies shall be corrected as soon as possible prior to the candidate, including the name of the Port in the event the voting period. In any event, receipts shall be forwarded position sought is that of Agent or Patrolman for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer (e» Proof of citizenship shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall candidates. at all times be available to any member asking for in­ The letter must reach Headquarters no earlier than Au­ spection of the same at Headquarters. gust 12th and no later than September 12th of the election (c) Balloting shall take place in person, at Port Offices, year and shall be secret. No signatiire of any voter, or other Section 2. Credentials Committee. distinguishing mark, shall appear on the ballot, except (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the first that any member may write in the name or nambs of any regular meeting after September ath of the election year, member or members, as appropriate, for any office, or the at the Port where Headquarters is located. It shall consist job of Port Agent or Patrolman. ' t of six members in attendance at the meeting, with two (d) No member may vote, without displaying his Union members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards De­ Book, in which there shall be placed an appropriate nota­ partments. In the event any Committee member is un­ tion of the date and of the fact of voting, both prior to able to serve, the Committee shall suspend until the Sec­ being handed a ballot. A ballot shall then be handed to retary-Treasurer calls a special meeting at the Port in the member who shall thereupon sign his name on" a order to elect a replacement. The Committee's results separate roster, together with his book number, and ballot shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by number. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot a majority vote of the membership at a special meqting number is printed shall then be removed, placed near the called for that purpose at Headquarters Port. roster and the member shall proceed to the voting site, v I) After its election, the Committee shall immediately > (e) Each Port Agent shall be respoqslble <for -the ;e$Ub(».;^''v;<;>^ �Supplementary—Page Five lishment of a booth or other voting site where each mem­ ber may vote in privacy. (f) Upon completion of voting the member shall fold the ballot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shall then drop the ballot into a narrow-slotted ballot box, which shall be provided fur that purpose by the Port Agent, and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. (g) Voting shall commence on November 15tb and shall continue until January 15th inclusive, Sundays and holiViays excluded. If November 15th or January 15th falls on a holiday or a Sunday, .balloting shall commence or/end, as the case may be, on the next succeeding business day. Section 4. Polls Committees (a) Each Port shall elect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each voting day, a Polls Committee, consisting of three members. For the purpose of holding a meeting for election of a Polls Committee only, five (5) members shall constitute a quorum for each Port. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to call the meeting for the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee. In no case'Shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Committee is functioning. (b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all unused ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes, and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to conipare the-jserial numbers and amounts of stubs with the number of names and corre­ sponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare the serial number and the amounts of ballots used with the verification list, as corrected, and ascertain whether the unused ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verification iist, as corrected, and the ballots used. A report shall then be drawn, indicating the results of the foregoing comparisons and noting any discrepancies. A copy of this report shall be given the Port Agent, to be presented to the next subsequent regular meeting. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall cause an investigation to be made forthwith, in the event of discrepancies. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as completed, with recommendations by the Secre­ tary-Treasurer. A majority vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall be taken thereon, with the same effect as indicated in Article I. (CI The Polls Committee shall also insure inai the ballot • box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except in the manner hereinafter set forth. The sgme procedure as is set forth in the preceding para­ graph with regard to discrepancies shall be utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been illegally tampered with. ^ (dl The Polls Committee shall permit qualified members only to vote. Prior thereto, if shall ascertain whether they are in good standing, stamp their book with the -word "voted," and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect the stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and decorum. (el In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of the ballot and to eliminate the possibility of errors or irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting all the balloting in any one Port, the following procedure shall be observed; At the end of each day's voting the Polls Committee, In the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes proper decorum, shall open the ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope together with a copy of the roster of that day's voting. The envelope shall then be sealed. Each member of the Polls Committee shall sign his name across the flap of the said envelope with his book number ,next to his signature. The Committee shall also place the date on said envelope, as well as a certificate that the said box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day only were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope dated for that day. This envelope shall then be replaced in the ballot box. The ballot box shall then again be locked and sealed and the key shall be placed in an envelope. This envelope shall then be sealed, and the members of the Committee shall sign their names across the flap of this envelope and place their book numbers thereon, together with the date. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that this envelope with the key is properly safeguarded until turned over to the Polls Cornrnillee the following morning. 'In addition, the Polls Committee shall deliver to the Port Agent duplicate copies of the roster, the unused ballots and reports as set forth in this section, any files that may have been given, the ballot box or boxes, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port Agent shall keep the rosters, unused ballots, ballot box-or boxes, and stubs, under lock and key until duly called for as herein set forth. The Port Agent shall insure that no person illegally tampers with the ballots, stubs, rosters, or ballot boxes while they are under his custody. A third copy of the rosters for that day sltall be mailed by the Polls Committee, or the Port Agent, to Headquarters. (f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve wlthci^ut compensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for meals while serving. Sectioa 5. Ballot Collection, Tallying Procedure, Protests^ and Special Votes. . (a) A Port Tallying Committee shall be elected at the peals may be taken, by the said member, by addressing first regular meeting after the close of voting at each a letter or'telegram to each Port, c/o the Port Agent, in Port. It shall* consist of six (6) members, two from each, which shall be set forth the facts regarding the appeal of the three departments of the Union. In the presence from the dismissal of his protest, the member's name, and of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes his book number, with a copy to Headqua^rters. It shall decorum, it shall open the ballot box or boxes, count be the duty of the Port Agent to submit thrs appeal to the the number of ballots therein contained, and count the Election Report meeting at his Port. The protesting mem­ number of votes for each candidate. The Committee shall ber is charged with making this appeal prior to the holding place all ballots therein in a sealed envelope, together of this meeting. Special votes ordered in accordance with with a certification signed by all members of the Com­ this paragraph shall take place at the Port where the mittee that the said box or boxes were opene<} publicly, claimed discrepancy or denial of the right to vote oc­ curred. In such case, the Port Agent shall have the func­ that all the ballots therein were counted and tallied, and tions of the Tallying Committee as set forth in Section that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope, and shall forward this to Headquarters. The Committee shall 5-C of this Article, insofar as the said Section 5-C deals also forward to Headquarters, in the same package but with the terms of such special vote. Port Agents shall officially notify Headquarters, imme­ bound separately, all the rosters, together with a certif­ ication signed by all members "of the Committee that all diately. after the Election Report meeting, of the decision' the rostqrs utilized are enclosed therein. In the same pack­ of the membership at the Ports with regard to all of the age, but bound separately, the Committee shall forward foregoing. Headquarters is chargdd with adequately and to Headquarters all unused ballots, together with'a cer­ timely informing affected members of the decisions tification, signed by all members of the Committed that all reached. A majority of the membership, at the Election Report the unused ballots sent to the Port are enclosed therewith. The certification shall identify, by serial number and meeting, may order a recheck and a recount where a dis­ amount, the,^ unused ballots so forwarded. In the same senting report has been issued by one or more members package, but bound separately, the Committee shall for­ of the Headquarters Tallying Committee. (gi A special vote must be taken within ten (10) days ward to Headquarters all stubs collected during the period of voting, together with a certification, signed by all mem­ after the Election Report meeting. The Secretary-Treas­ bers of-the Committee, that all the stubs collected by the urer shall make a sufficient amount of the u^ual balloting Committee are enclosed. It shall be understood that the material available to Port Agents for the purpose of sucn above certifications are made according to the best knowl­ special votes. Immediately after the close of such special edge, information, and belief of the Committee members. voting, the Port Agent shall summarize the results and Wherever forwarding is not don<» in person, forwarding communicate those results to the Secretary-Treasurer. The shall be accomplished, expeditiously, by registered air ballots, stubs, rosters, and unused ballots pertaining to mail, special delivery. All forwarding shall be to the the-special vote shall be mailed to Headquarters, all in Headquarters Tallying Committee, at the address of Head­ the same package, but bound separately. -An account­ quarters. In the event a Port Tallying Committee cannot ing and certification by the Port Agent similar to those indicated in Section 5-A of this Article shall be enclosed. *be elected or cannot act, the Port Agent shall transfer all of the aforesaid material to the Headquarters Tallying The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a report con­ Committee which will then carry out the aforesaid func­ taining a combined summary of the results, together with . a schedule indicating in detail how they affect the Head­ tions. (b) The Port Tallying Committee which is elected at quarters Tallying Committee's results. The form of the the Port where Headquarters is located shall also act as report of the Headquarters Tallying Committee shall be the Headquarters Tallying Committee. The Headquarters followed as closely as possible. Two copies shall be sent Committee is charged with the tally of all the ballots and to each Port, one copy of which shall be posted. The other the preparation of a report setting forth in complete de­ copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after tail, the results of the election, including a complete ac­ the Election Report meeting. counting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the 'Section 6. Installation into Office and the Job of same with the rosters, verification lists, and receipts of Port Agent or Patrolman. (ai The person elected shall be that person having the the Port Agents, all with detailed reference to serial num­ bers and amounts, and with each total broken down into largest number of votes cast for the particular office or Port totals. The report shall clearly detail all discrep­ job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected ancies discovered, and shall contain recommendations for for a particular office or job, the proper number of can­ the treatment of these discrepancies. All members of didates receiving the successively highest number of votes the Committee shall sign the report, without prejudice, shall be declared elected. It shall be the duty of the Sec. however,'to the right of any member thereof to submit retary-Treasurer to notify each individual elected. (b) All reports by Committees and the Secretary-Treas­ a dissenting report as td the accuracy of the count and urer under this Article, except those of the Polls Com­ the validity'of the ballots, with pertinent details. (c) The Tallying Committee is also charged with the mittees, shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where receipt and evaluation of written protests by any member Headquarters is located. Polls Committee reports shall who claims an illegal denial of the right to vote. If it be entered in the minutes of the Port where it functions. (c) The duly elected Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Sec­ finds the protest invalid, it shall dismiss the protest and so inform the protesting member, by wire, on the day of retary-Treasurers, Port Agents, and Port Patrolmen shall dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the Committee take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume , shall order a special vote, on such terms as are practical, the duties thereof, at midnight, March 31st. At that time, effective, and just, but which terms, in any event, shall the terms of their predecessors shall expire. This shall include the provisions of Section 3-C of this Article and not apply where the successful candidate cannot assume the designation as to the voting site of the Port most his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority convenient to the protesting member. Where a special vote of the membership may grant additional time for the vote is ordered in accordance with this Paragraph C, assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure these terms shall apply, notwithstanding any provisions of the newly-elected' Secretary-Treasurer to assume of­ to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may fice, the provisions of Article X, Section 2-A, as to suc­ be made only in writing and must be received by the cession shall apply until such office Is assumed. If he Headquarters Tallying Committee during the period of its does not assume office within 90 days, the line of succes­ proceedings. The reports of this Committee shall include sion shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other a brief summary of each protest received, the name and cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as book number of the protesting member, and a summary decided by a majority vote of the membership. (dl Before assuming office, every Officer, Port Agent, of the disposition of the^said protest. |ind Patrolman shall take the following oath: (d) The Headquarters Tallying Committee snail com­ "1 do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute mence proceedings on the first business day subsequent the duties of 7 of the Seafarers to its election and shall complete its proceedings within International Union of North America. Atlantic and two weeks thereafter. Each member of the Committee Gulf District, and 1 will, to the best of my ability, shall be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay. The protect and preserve the Constitution of this Union proceedings of this Committee, except for the actual prep­ and the welfare of the membership." aration of the report and dissents therefrom, if any, shall ARTICLE XII' oe open to any member, provided he observes decorum. OTHER ELECTIONS (e) The report of the Committee shall be made up in sufficient copies to comply with the following require­ Section 1. Auditing Committee. Each port shall elect an Auditing Committee on Friday ments: two copies shall be sent by the Committee to each Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer prior to the first of each week, at 3:00 P.M., for the purpose of auditing the regular meeting scheduled to take place subsequent to the financial report for that week. These reports shall be close of the Committee's proceedings or, in the event such submitted to the next regular meeting of that port, for meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less from membership action. The Committee shall consist of three the close of this Committee's proceedings, then at least five . members. No Officer, Port Agent, Patrolman, or employee days prior to the next regular meeting. Whichever meet­ shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The election ing applies shall be designated, by date, in the report, shall be by majority vote of the members In attendance and shall be referred to as the "Election Report" meeting. at the meeting, provided that any member eligible to As soon as these copies"'are received, ^ach Port Agent shall serve may nominate himself. post one copy of the report oh the bulletin board, in a The same provisions shall apply with regard to the Port conspicuous manner. This.copy shall be kept posted for where Headquarters is located except that the Auditing a period of two months. At the Election Report meeting, Committee there shall audit the financial reports of the the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. Headquarters Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer (fi At the Election Report meeting, there shall be taken Section 2. Quarterly Financial Committee. ' The Quarterly Financial Committee shall be elected at up the discrepancies, if any, referred to in Section 5-B of this Article, and the recommendations of the Tallying the Port where Headquarters is located, at the first or secCommittee submitted therewith. A majority vote of the ond regular meeting held after the close of the calendar , membership shall decide what action shall be taken there­ quarter for which the Committee is to make the required , on, if any, wlych action, however, shall not be beyond audit. It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to ordering a special vote to the extent reasonably indicated decide at which of these meetings the election shall take by the reported discrepancies. The same procedure shall place. The Committee shall consist of six members, with •. , apply to all members appealing from denials of their pro­ two members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards tests by the Headquarters Tallying Committee, .which ap- Departments. No. officer, Port Agent, Patrolman or em- . , I'l -;• • i--it I '• i I " I a '^ ; '- r || .^ >1- �fy J' yr • L'' 'N . •' ::?; "'-••.-jT' -'if' •.' Supplementary—^Page Six Section 4. No trial shall be conducted Unless all the given a fair trial, or (c) that for any other reason, the ae> . ployee shall be eligible to serve on this ComiAlttee. The members shall be elected by a majority vote of the mem« accusers are present. The Trial Committee'Shall conduct cused wa^ not given a fair trial. (d) If there is no substantial evidence to support a bers present at the meeting provided that any member the trial except that the accused shall have thd' right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, and the witnesses, finding of guilt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend . eligible to serve may nominate himself. as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused may that the charge on Which the finding wais based be dis­ t Section 3. Trial Committee. A Trial Committee shall be elected at a Special Meeting select any lAember to assist him in his defense at the missed. (e> The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser held at 10:00 A.M the next business day following the trial, provided, (a), the said member is available at the regular meeting ot the Port where the Trial is to take time of the trial and (b) the said member agrees to render punishment. place. It shall consist of five members, of which threj such assistance. If the accused challenges the qualifica­ . Section 14. The Appeals Committee shall ^deliver Us shall constitute a quorum. No Officer, Port Agent, Port tions of the members of the Trial Conlmittee, or states decision and dissent, if any, to the Secretary-Treasurer. Patrolman, or employee may be elected to serve on a Trial that the charges do not adequately inforni him of what The Secretary-Treasurer shaU cause sufficient copies to be Committee. No member who intends to be a witness in wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of published and shall have them sent to each Port in time the pending trial may serve, nor may any member who such commission, such matters shall be ruled upon and to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. cannot, for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall disposed of. prior to proceeding on the merits of the de­ He shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at be the duty of every member to decline nomination if he fense. The guilt of an accused shall be found only If proven their last known address, or notify them in person. Section IS. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing dis­ by the weight of the evidence, and the burden of such qualifications apply to him. The members of this Commit­ proof shall be upon the accuser. Every finding shall be this Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall tee shall be elected under such generally applicable rules based on the quality of the evidence and not solely on the accept the decision of the Appeals Committee, or the dis­ number of witnesses produced. ^ sent therein, if any. If there is no dissent, the decision of as are adopted by a majority vot of the membership. Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make findings as the Appeals Committee shall stand. Section 4. Appeals Committee. If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven members, to guilt or innocence, and recommendations "as to pun­ five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the ishment and/or other Union action deemed desirable In Port where Headquarters is located, in the manner pro­ Port where Headquarters is located. The same disqual­ the light of the proceedings. These findings and recom­ vided for in Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so ifications and duties of members shall apply with regard mendations shall be those of a majority of the .Committee, providing for a new trial shall contain such directions as to this Committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The Com­ will insure a fair hearing to the accused. Section 16. The Secretary-Treasurer shall notify the. addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee mittee shall forward its findings and recommendations, in the hearing of an appeal from ^ Trial Committee deci­ along with any dissent, to the Port Agent of the'Port accused and each accuser, either in person or in writing sion, if the said member was a member of the Trial Com­ where the trial took place, while a copy thereof shall be addressed to their last knowfr address, of the results, of , forwarded to the accused and the accusers, either in per­ the appeal. A further appeal shaU be allowed as set forth mittee. son or by mail addressed to their last known addresses. in Section 17. Section 5. Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of The members of a Negotiating and Strike Committee, The findings shall include a statement that the rights, of whether of a Port or otherwise, shall be composed of as the accused under this Constitution, were properly safe­ the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers Interna­ many members as shall be determined, by a majority vote guarded. The findings also must contain the charges tional Union of North America, and the rights of, and made, the date of the trial, the name and address of the procedure as to, further appeal as provided for therein. of the membership, upon recommendation of the Secre­ accused, accuser, and each witness; shall describe each Decisions reached thereunder shall be binding on aU mem­ tary-Treasurer. Any member may attend any meeting of documentthe used at the trial; shall contain a fair summary bers of the Union. this Committee provided he observes decorum. However, of the proceedings, shall state the findings as to • Section 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the a limit may be set by the chairman of the Committee on guilt or innocence. If and possible, all the documents used at Union to take all steps within their constitutional power the number of those who may attend. the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations to carry out the terms of any effective decisions. Section 6. Meeting Chairman. shall be made a part of the regular files. - Section 19. Any accused may waive any or all rights The meeting Chairman shall be a member elected from Section 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, and privileges granted to him by this Article. If an accused the floor by majority vote of the members at any meeting. upon receipt of the findings and recommendations of the has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend Section 7. Delegates. Trial Committee, cause the findings and recommendations without properly requesting a -postponement, the Trial As soon as the Secretary-Treasurer is advised as to the be presented, and entered Into the mintites, at the next Committee may bold its trial without his presence. date and duly authorized number of delegates to the con­ to vention of the Seafarers International Union of North regular meeting. ARTICLE XVI Section 7. The Port Agent shall send the record of America, he shall communicate such facts to the Port OFFENSES AND PENALTIES Agent of each Port, together with recommendations as to the entire proceedings to Headquarters, which shall cause Section 1." Upon proof of the commission of the follow­ generally applicable rules for the election of delegates. sufficient copies thereof to be made and sent to each ing offenses, the member shall be expelled from mem­ These facts and recommendations shall be announced and Port in time for the next regularly scheduled meeting. bership: Section 8. At the latter meeting, the proceedings shall read at the first regular meeting thereafter. . Unless (a) Proof of membership in any organization advocating changed by a majority vote of the membership during that be discussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority the overthrow of the Government of the United States meeting, the election rules shall apply. These rules shall vote of the membership of the Union shall: by force; (a) Accept the hndings and recommendations, or not prohibit any member from nominating himself. The (b) Acting as an informer against the hiterest of the (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or results of the election shall be communicated to each Port Union or the membership in any organizational campaign; (c) Accept the findings, but modify the recommenda­ Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and announced at the (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent, of the Company next regular meeting of the Port. Rules of election here­ tions, or against the interests of the membership or the Union; Id) Order a new trial after finding that substantial, jus­ under may include provisions for automatic eiection of all (d) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy qualified nominees, in the event the number of such tice has not been done with regard to the charges. In this to destroy the Union. nominees does not exceed'the number of delegates to be event, a new trial shall take place at the Port where Head­ Section 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of the quarters is located and. upon application, the accused, the following offenses, the member shall be penalized up to • elected. accusers, and their witnesses shall be furnished transpor­ penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event the ARTICIiE XV tation and subsistence. TRIALS AND APPEALS penalty of expulsion is not invoked or recommended, the Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any penalty shall not exceed suspension from the rights, and. Section 1. Any member may bring charges against any other member for the commission of an offense as set punishment so decided upon shall become effective. The privileges of membership for more than two (2) years, or forth in this Conkitution. These charges shall be in writ­ Secretary-Treasurer shall cause .lotice of the results a fine of $50.00, or both: ing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his thereof to be sent to each accuse** and accuser. (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop­ book number. The accuser shall deliver these charges to Section 10. An accused who has been found "guilty, or erty of the value in excess of $50.00; the Port Agent of the Port nearest the place of the of­ who is under effective punishme.nt may appeal in the fol­ (b) Unauthorized use of Union property, records, stamps, fense, or the Port of pay off, if th.e offense took place lowing manner: seals, etc.. for the purpose of personal gain; aboard ship. He»shall also request the Port Agent to He may send or deliver a notice of appeal to the (c) Wilful misuse of any office or job, elective or not, present these charges at the next regular meeting. The Secretary-Treasurer within 30 days after receipt of the within the Union for the purpose of personal gain, finan­ accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting notice of the decison of the membership. cial or otherwise, or the wilful refusal or failure to' takes place. Section 11. At the next regular meeting of the Port execute the duties or functions of the said office or job. Section 2. After presentatioit of the charges and the where Headquarters is located, after receipt of the notice or gross neglect or abuse in executing such duties or request to the Por{ Agent, the Port Agent shall cause of appeal, the Secretary-Treasurer shall present the notice, functions; ihose charges to be read at the said meeting. which shall then become part of the minutes. An Appeals (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of if the charges are rejected by a majority vote of the Committee shall then be elected. The Secretary-Treasurer ballots, stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or Port, no further action may be taken thereon, unless is charged with the duty of presenting the before-men­ election files, or election material of any sort; ruled otherwise by a majority vote of the membership of tioned proceedings and all available documents used as (e) Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges the Union within 90 days thereafter. If the charges are evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as are false; accepted, and the accused is present, he shall be auto­ any written statement or argument submitted by the ac(f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false matically on notice that he will be tried the following cused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he reports or communications, with knowledge of the falsity morning. At his request, the trial shall be postppned so desires. The appeal shall be heard at Union- Headquar­ thereof, or unauthorizedly altering reports or communica­ until the morning following the next regular meeting, at ters on the night the Committee, is elected. It shall be tions which fall within the scope of Union business; which time the Trial Committee will then be elected. He the responsibility of the accused to insure that his written (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or. shall also be handed a written copy of the charges made statement or argument arrives at Headquarters in time for misconduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detri­ against him. such presentation. ment of the Union or its agreements; j If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall Im­ Section 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the ap­ (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference, or delib-. mediately cause to be sent to him. by registered mail ad­ peal as soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration and malicious villification, with regard to the execu- dressed to his last known mailing address on file with of the evidence and arguments before it. It may grant ad- erate tion of the duties of any office or job; . < the Union, a copy of the charges, the names and book joimnmebts and may request the accused or accusers to (i) Paying for, or receiving money for, employment numbers of the accusers, and a notification that he must present arguments, whenever necessary for such fair con­ aboard a vessel; , , appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the morning • (j) Wilful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the Trial sideration. Section 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall the purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to Committee will be elected In the event a majority of the membership of the Union be by majority vote, and shall be in the form of findings the Union, or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving shall vote to accept charges after their rejection by a and recommendations. Dissents will be allowed. Decisions evidence of Union affiliation, with intent to deceive; (k) Wilful failure or refusal to carry out the orders of Port, the Trial shall take place in the Port where Head­ and dissents shall be in writing and signed by those partic­ quarters is located. Due notice 'thereof shall be given to ipating in such decision or" dissent. In making its findings those duly authorized to make such orders during time! .. . , the accused, who shall be informed of the name of his and recommendations, the Committee shall be governed of strike. by the following: Section 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of the accusers, and who shall receive a written statement of (a) No finding of guilt shall be reversed if there is 'Sub- following offenses, members shall be penalized up to the charges. At the request of the accused, transportation stantiai evidence to support such a finding and, in such suspension from the rights and privileges of membership and subsistence shall be provided the accused and his case, the Appeals Committee shall not make its own find­ for two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00, or both: witne.sses. ' j>- (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop­ Section 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent ings as to the weight of evidence. (bi In no event shall increased punishment be recom­ erty of the value under $50.00; evidence and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence • xb) Assuming any office or job. whether elective or not, required by courts ot law but may receive all relevant mended. (c> A new trial shall be recommended If the Appeals with knowledge of the lack of possession of .the qualifica­ testimony. The Trial Committee may grant adjournments, at the request of the accused, to enable him to make a Committee finds—(a) that any member of the Trial Com­ tions required therefor; (c) Misconduct during any meeting or othey official ^ proper defense. In the event the Trial Committee falls mittee should have been disqualified, or (b) that the acUnion proceeding, or bringing tlie tl^e Union .into into disrepute . \^ ben^thiin4«(u?bim.(ittiabAU'rad4»iim.«mtil,in.^oniiB (tees . cused resulted id by coiiduct not provided foi*'elsisl^ijiiro lb thta exist. '• - • •>: t 'fi-' ^an^ , �yr^?i;y-V'' :• Sapplementary—Pare Seven jobs and governing conduct and procedure connected (d) Refusal or negligent failure to carry out order* of therewith may be issued and take effect only after ap­ those duly authorised to make such orders at any time. Section 4. Upon proof of-the commission of any of the proval by a majority vote of the membership. Shipping following offenses, members shall be penalized up to a rules duly issued shall be deemed to. be Union policy. Section 2. A majority vote of the membership may fine of $50.00: (a) Refusal or wilful failure to be present at sign-ons make special exceptions or rules for any company or vessel, for organizational ^purposes, whether covered by or pay-offs; ib> Wilful failure to submit book to Union representa­ a contract or not. ARTICLE XXin tives at pay-off; , s QUORUMS (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sign on; Section 1. Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specif­ (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in ically provided, the quorum for a special meeting of a discharging their duties; Port shall be six members. (e> Disorderiy conduct in thp Union Hail; Section 2. The quorum for a regular meeting of a Port (f) Gambling in the Union Hall; shall be seven members. (g) Negligent failure to join ship. Section 3. The quorum for the Agents' Conference shall Section 5. Any member who has committed an offense penalized by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to be a majority of those eligible to attend. Section 4. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ waive his rights under this Constitution and to pay the maximum fine of $50.00 to the duly authorized representa­ in, the quorum for any committee shall be the majority of those duly elected or appointed thereto. tive of the Union. Section 5. Unless otherwise specifically set foriih here­ Section 6. If offense against the Union and its principles and policies takes place in the meeting, the meeting may in, the decisions, reports, recommendations, or other func­ go into a Committee of the Whole and try .the member tions of any segment of the Union requiring a quorum to at once, and in this case, the findings and recommendation act officially, shall be that of the majority of the quorum, of the Committee of the Whole shall be acted upon as and shall not be official or effective unless the quorum if the report were made by a duly elected Trial Committee. requirements are met. . Section 7. This Union, and its members, shali not be ARTICLE XXIV deemed to waive any claim, or personal or property rights • MEETINGS to which it or its members are entitled, by bringing the Section 1. All ports shall hold regular meetings, provided member ,to trial or enforcing a penalty ias provided in a quorum is present, on every other Wednesday, at 7:00 P.M. this Constitution. If such meeting night falls on a holiday, the meeting shall Section 8. Any member under suspension for an of­ take place, providing a quorum is present, at 7:00 P.M. the fense under this Article shall continue to pay all dues following pight In the event a quorum is not present at and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, 7:00 P.M., the Port Agent of Uie pertinent port shall post­ members, officials and job holders. pone the opening of the meeting until a quorum is pres­ ent, but in no event later than 7:30 P.M. A majority vote ARTICLE XVII of the membership shall be sufficient to change the date PUBLICATIONS / This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, news­ of any future regular meeting. Section 2. A special meeting at a Port may be called papers. magazines, periodicals, and general literature, in such manner as may be determined, from time to time, only at the direction of the Port Agent. No special meet­ ing may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. by a majority vote of the membership. and 5:00 P.M. Notice-of such meeting shall be posted at ARTICLE XVin least two hours in advance, on the Port bulletin board. BONDS ARl'ICLE XXV Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed, AGENTS' CONFERENCE as well as all other employees of the Union, nay be re­ Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer shall call an Agents' quired to be bonded under such terms and conditions as may be determined, from time to time, by a majority vote Conference once a year, and may <?all, with the approval of a majority vote of the membership, additional Agents' of the membership. Conferences during the year. The time and place of each ARTICLE XIX such meeting shall be fixed by the Secretary-Treasurer. EXPENDITURES Section 1. Policies or specific instructions with regard These conferences may be postponed or cancelled by a to expenditures to be made oj- expen.ses to be incurred majority vote of the membership in case of emergency. shall be determined by a majority vote of the membership. A majority vote of the membership shall determine when In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in such emergency exists. Section 2. The Agents' Conference 'may discuss and existence, the Secretary-Treasurer may authorize, make, and incur such expenditures and expenses as lie within prepare reports and recommendations on any part of the the authority conferred upon him by Article X and Ar­ Union's activities, policies and plans. The adoption of any, ticle XI of this Constitution. such recommendation by a majority vote of the member­ Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly " ship shall make the provisions thereof binding Union apply to the routine accounting and administrative pro­ policy, until modified or otherwise altered by a majority cedures of the Union except those primarily concerned vote of the membership provided such recommendation with trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitu­ Section 3. The provisions of this Article shall super­ tion. sede. to the extent applicable, the provisions of Articles ARTICLE XXVI X and XI. • DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ARTICLE XX RELATING THERETO INCOME Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or Section 1. The income of this Union shall include re­ dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any ceipts from dues, initiation fees, fines, assessments, con­ illness or condition preventing the affected person from tributions, loans, interest, dividends, as well as income carrying out his duties for more than 30 days; or absence derived from any other legitimate business operation or from the United States; or suspension from office or other legitimate source. membership as provided for in this Constitution; or the Section 2. No member shall be required to pay or de­ due replacement of one under an incapacity as indicated. liver any sum of money to any Union representative with­ However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed out obtaining an official Union receipt, signed and dated. to prohibit the execution of the functions of more than It shall be the duty of the member to demand such re­ one job and/or office, in which event no incapacity shall ceipt. be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or of­ Section 3. No assessments shall be levied except after fice of the one taking over the duties and functions of the a ballot conducted under such general rules as may be one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the decided upon by a majority vote of the membership, pro­ time during which the circumstances exist. vided that: Section 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with (a) The ballot must be secret. herein, the term "vacancy," and the term "vacancy not (b) The assessment must be approved by a 2/3 ma­ caused by an incapacity," shall be deemed to be the same, jority of the valid ballots cast. and shall Include failure to perform the functions of any Section 4. All payments by members or other affiliates office or job by reason of death,'or resignation, or expul­ of this Union shall be applied successively to the mone­ sion from the Union with no further right to appeal in ac­ tary obligations owed the Union commencing with the cordance with the provisions of this Constitution. oldest in point of time, as meq^ured from the date of Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole, accrual of such obligation. The period of arrears shall the term, "majority vote of the me.nbership," shall mean be calculated accordingly. the majority of all the valid votes cast by members at an ARTICLE XXI official meeting of those Ports holding a meeting. This PERMITS AND OTDER TYPES OF UNION AFFILIATION definition shall prevail notwithstanding that one or more This Union, by majority vote of the membership, may Ports cannot hold meetings because of no quorum. For provide for affiliation with it by individuals in a lesser that purpose of this section, the term "regularly scheduled capacity than membership, or in a capacity other than meeting night at which the pertinent vote may take place" membership. By majority vote of the membership, the shall refer to a meeting or mretings during the time Union may provide for the rights and obligations Incident period within which a vote must - be taken in accordance to such capacities or affiliations. These rights and obli­ with: 4 gations may include, but are not limited to: (a) the applica­ (a) The Constitution bility or non-applicability of all or any part of this Con­ <bi Union policy, and stitution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; <c> the right of (c> Custom and usage of the Union the Union to peremptory termination of such affiliation in the indicated priority. "and, (d) the fees required for such affiliation. In no event Section 4. When applicable solely to Port action and may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation not concerned with, or related to. Union action as a whole, equivalent to that of members, receive priority or rights and not forming part of a Union-wide vote, the term, over members, or be termed a member. . / "majority vote of the membership," shall refer to the majority of the valid votes cast by the members at any ARTICLE XXII meeting of the Port, regular or special. FORMULATION OF SHIPPING RULES Section 1, The formulation of shipping rules shall not Section 5. The term, "naembership action" sh^ .ipean be deemed part of any fou^ine adtninistrative task. iShip; , the fatne as thq lertii ''ipajprity vote of tbe memVqrship.'* title of any cfffiMqip jbb. or the' Mpg ralesthe 'deLsUs of the asslgnmepts df " SMtion 6. SHidrd holder thereof, is set forth in tfils donstitutiofi, all refer­ ences thereto and the provisions concerned iherewith shall be deemed to be equally appliiilble to whomever is duly acting in such office or job. Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed to mean that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected officials and other elected job-holders are required to assume office. The first election year shall be deebied to be 1954. Section 8. The terms, "this Constitution," and "this amended Constitution," shall be deemed to bave 'the same meaning and shall refer to the Constitution which takes the place of the one adopted by the tJnion in 1939. as. amended up through August 1951. Section 9,. The term, "member in good standing," shall mean a member not in arrears or under suspension or sentence of expulsion. Unless otherwise expressly indi­ cated, the term, "member," shall mean a member in good standing. Section 10. The term, "membership book," shall mean any official certificate issued as evidence of Union mem­ bership. Section II.- Whenever the day on which a Union meeting or action is to. take place falls on a holiday, the meeting or action shall be put off until the next business day, at the same hour. ARTICLE XXVU AMENDMENTS This Constitution shall be amended in the following manner: Section 1. Any member may submit, at any regular meeting of any Port, proposed amendments to this Con­ stitution in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership of the Port approves it, the proposed amend­ ment shall be forwarded to all Ports for further action. Section 2, When a proposed amendmient is accepted by a majority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Constitutional Committee in the Port where Head-i quarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six members, two from each Department, and shall be elected in accordance with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port. The Committee will act on all proposed amendments referred to it The Commit­ tee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report on the amendment together with any proposed changes or substitutions or recommendations, and the reasons for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. If a majority vote of the membership approves the amendment as recommended, it shall then be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure outlined in Article XIII, Section 3-B through Section 5. The amend­ ment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if too lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of alt Ports and made available at the voting site in all Ports. Section 3. If approved by a % majority of the valid ballots cast, the amendment shall become effective im­ mediately upon notification by the Headquarters Tallying Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer that the amendment has been so approved, unless otherwise specified in the amendment. The Secretary-Treasurer shall immediately notify all Ports of the results of the vote on the amend­ ment. ARTICLE XXVIII TRANSITION CLAUSE Section 1. It is the purpose and intent of this Article to provide for an orderly transition from Union operations and activities as governed by the Constitution in effect prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, to operations and activities conducted in accordance with this amended Constitution. Accordingly, the following sections are to be given the interpretation required to effectuate the foregoing purpose and intent. Section 2. A.t routine administrative, accounting, and other similar procedures and processes of this Union, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall Jbe deemed to be permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect, unless or until changed, in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 3. All methods and means of collecting and disbursing Union funds, all segregations of Union funds, the sequence of regular meeting nights, rules of order generally followed, bonding procedures, shipping rules, permit systems, reinstatement procedures, and any other practices or procedure, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunu..- -nd shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accoi^ance with the provisions hereof. Section 4. All Union policies, customs, and usage, in­ cluding those with regard to admission into membership, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be' permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 5. The Secretary-Treasurer, the Assistant Secre­ tary-Treasurer, all Port Agents and Patrolmen, and all , others elqcted as a result of the balloting held by this Union during November and December of 1952, shall be deemed to have been duly elected in conformity with the provisions of this Constitution. From the date of adoption of this Constitution, they shall execute the powers and functions, and assume the responsibilities, of the said offices and jobs, as set forth in this Constitution. They shall hold office, pursuant hereto, until the expiration date of the terms of office set forth herein. The terms of Article XIII, only insofar as they apply to election of Officials, Port Agents, and Patrolmen, shall-take effect the first election year. 1 �SuMlemeatMT—P«r« Eirlii CONSTITUTION SUMMARY of ARTICLE XlV-Otber Elections: ARTICLE I—Name and General Powers: naLrthe chairmen, delegates and members of the following,^ommittees: Auditing, Quarterly Financial, Trial, Appeals, Negotiating and Strike—Defines qualifications for these positions. name of the union and defines its general powers. A nTi/-i CM A rf'l* 1'^.. Provides for affiliation of the AtAKTICLt II AtriliariOn: lantic and Gulf District with the Seafarers International Union of North America, the American Federation of Labor and other bodies as may be determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XV-Triais and Appeals: ?i|hV of ""etc?'-, ^ -V«"' member to a fair trial by an impartial committee of his Union brothers. Lists in detail the procedure for bringing charges and for pre­ senting charges to the membership—Provides for election of fivemember trial committee and defines Committee's procedure and duties—Requires that accused must be confronted by the accuserGives accused right to representation by a brother member before the trial committee—Requires presentation of the Committee's find­ ings to the membership for acceptance, rejection or modification by a majority vote of the members—Provides procedure for appeals. AHTiz-ic in ii ~ -L*-^ Sets forth that new members AKII^LL III /VtCmbarsnip: may be admitted under rules set by a majority vote of the membership—Defines certain eligibility requirements that must be met by candidates for new membership —Provides relief for members who may be unable to pay dues because of incapacity beyond their control—States the Union's oalh of obligation—Outlines rules for suspension and dismissal for non­ payment of dues and assessments—Rights of membership to expel those who might support dual and hostile groups. ARTICLE XVIr-Offenses and Penalties: uiiVetfl ARTICLE IV-Reinsfatement: fenses for which a member may be brought to trial—Places limita­ tions on penalties that may be imposed upon members found guilty of such offenses—Gives a member the right to waive trial and accept an automatic penalty for infractions not involving suspension or dismissal from the Union—Provides for trial by meeting acting, as committee as a whole for offenses committed during course of meeting. statement of dismissed members. Retains the existing dues schedule, initiation fee and method of payment—Provides dues may not be changed except by constitutional amendment—Permits the membership, by majority vote, to waive dues and initiation fees for organizational purposes only. ARTICLE V—Dues and Initiation Fee: ARTICLE XVII-Publications: lication of a newspaper and other literature. ARTICLE VI—Retirement from Membership: ADTl/"! C V\/lll Provides for bonding of officers AKI I^LC AYIII—-DOnaS: and employes ot.the Union under such conditions as may be determined by the membershipr Defines the procedure by which a Seafarer may retire his book and outlines the method of reinstatement. ARTICLE Vll-Syslem of Organization: SeTa" ARTICLE XIX—Expenditures: ship shall determine poli­ cies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures. ments of the Union and provides for administrative authority. ADTin i: vni Designates the following as elecAKIIVwLC VIII L/illCerS: tive officers: the secretary-Treas­ urer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers and Port Agents and Patrol­ men. A DTl^l C VV Defines the Union's sources of inAKIILLC AA income: come—Sets forth the duty of mem­ bers to require Union representatives to give them a receipt for any payment of money to the Union—Provides that no assessment may be levied unless approved by a two-thirds majority of the valid ballots cast by the members in a secret election—Gives member­ ship power to set up general rules for assessment balloting—Pro* vides for the Union to derive income from dividends* interest and legitimate business operations. ARTICLE IX-Ofher Elective Jobs:.?7c£m™\'dlie: gates and members of certain committees must be elected by the membership. \ ARTICLE X—Duties of Elective Officers: Ir'- ADTI^I C YYI Retains the existing requirement Al\l IVMLC AAI rermiiS: that rules for issuance of permits must be determined by the members. the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, Port Agents, Patrolmen, Meeting Chairmen, Delegates and members of the Auditing, Trial, Quarterly Financial, Appeals and Negotiating and Strike Committees—Provides procedure for filling vacancies ^ office—Requires all Port Agents to file weekly financial reportsEstablishes membership control over actions and reports of officials and committees. ARTICLE XXII—Formulation of Shipping Rules: Guarantees, as did the previous Constitution, that shipping rules may not be revised unless approved by membership. ARTICLE XXIII-Quorums: a special meeting of any port shall be six members and the quorum foi- a regular Port meeting shall be seven members. ARTICLE XI—Wages and Terms of Office: Provides that the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treas­ urers, Port Agents and Patrolmen shall serve for two-year terms and that their wages shall be set by a majority vote of the mem­ bership—Provides for hiring and dismissal of other employes and personnel, subject to a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XXIV-Meetings: regular meetings at 7 PM on every other Wednesday—Exceptions, are noted for holidays and failure to obtain a quorum. ARTICLE XII—Qualifications for Elective Office: i^.-v X'- r it- ARTICLE XXV-Agent's Conference.- SJniia'USi': Sets forth that any member has the right to nominate himself for any office—Lists eligibility requirements for the various offices. ence of Port Agents to be called by the Secretary-Trearorer. ARTI^I F Vlll-—PlArfir^ne Describes procedure for nominaAKtlV*Li: All! elections: tion to office-Provides for elec­ tion of a six-member Credentials Committee to inspect the candi­ dates eligibility according to rules of Constitution—Establishes safeguards for the right of a member to nominate himself to office ^l^tains the Union^is existing balloting procedure—Describes balloting procedures in detail—Provides for election of five-member Polls Committees and six-member Tallying Committees to conduct elections and tabulate results—Sets forth the manner for installation of officers. ARTICLE XXVI-Definitions • frequently in ARTICLE XXVII-Amendments: stitution by the membership. ARTICLE XXVill-Transition dause:£.'^fte''o?u«S; .V •' •X-' • •r • the language of the Constitution. K practices and {nrocedures to Tegulatiea by propo^ Con^utien. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource June 24, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 13 Description An account of the resource Headlines: ITF KICKS OFF RUNAWAY DRIVE; SIU IN SUPPORT LOG PRINTS CONSTITUTION FIFTH TIME SIU CO. TO BUILD SEVEN TRAILERSHIPS DISTRICTS' LOSS STILL A MYSTERY US TO STUDY 'VANISHING' NON-SUBSIDIZED LINES SIU AWARDS FIVE $6,000 SCHOLARSHIPS 'SEE AGENT ON FAMILY PLAN:' SIU LABOR 'WHIPPING BOY' REP. TELLS PROBERS GOV'T, SHIPOWNERS PLAN ATTACK ON OVERTIME PAY IT'S 'FOUND $$' TO SIU PENSIONER FIRE IN HOLD LICKED BY NEVA WEST CREW SF LOADED WITH JOBS, MORE DUE HALL MURDER PLOT GUNMAN SENTENCE TO 5-7 YEARS MSTS ON SENATE GRILL FOR UNFAIR COMPETITION NMU SIGNS FREIGHTER, TANKER PACT NY JOBS BOOM ALONG; SANDBOAT TAKES CREW C. MATHIS WC COOKS' PATROLMAN SIU BACKS TEAMSTERS IN FIGHT TRAMP TRANSFER POLICY ZOOMED RATES; MA MOANS THE THERMOS BOTTLE TOW SIU RULE-BOOK RIGHT TO EDUCATION RESPONSIBLE MEMBERSHIP PAPER FORMULAS MOBILE EYES MCLEAN OIL-FREIGHT RUN DEL SUD SEAFARERS MAP ANNUAL PICNIC PERSIAN GULFING? TRY REAL COOL REEFER BOX SEAFARERS IN THE HOSPITALS 'THIEVES' MARKET' LIVES UP TO NAME PERSIAN GULF RUN FEATURES PIZZA CABBIE + 'FEW DRINKS' - SEAFARER LOSES PAYOFF LAE CHARLES HOPES FOR CEMENT TRADE MFOW AT BALTO SIU HALL NOW Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/24/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/588adee6bbf5acd60ebb16536c04884e.PDF 7d200a974cba921824dbcaf572d5c818 PDF Text Text ;v + LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF T H E S E A F A R E R S I KT E R N AT I O N AI ONION * ATLANTIC A N D G U I F D I S T R I C T • A F.L • ''•m • A ' •HI. 'li- S'4:i • • ';S i • ^ aw^ Seafarer Shelly M. Lynn enrolls ^lyninff up* himself, son Michael and wife under the SIU Welfare Plan by filling out enrollment form. All Seafarers are asked to fill out new form to speed benefits handling. (Story on Page 2). ^^nammyasM? iHwnBum-miAmKAL usrcf SSAFAbeS WHOAK gBQi^Wpm • ' oifTims^ewm'cms win SCABiSS^S WBi^m PUtJ... •• ••' c'fl : t* . 1 �JaniB M.IMHI mSA^At^ftMMJt ^LiOiCc w»f Tim 51U Receives Isf Claims For New Family Benefits The new SIU family benefits for wives and last issue of the SEAFARERS LOG. One clarification of the Plan has already children of Seafarers have gone into effect as of June 1. Already at least two Seafarers' been worked out by the trustees on the ques­ wives, one in Miami and another in Philadel­ tion of stepchildren. They-are eligible for phia, are known to have entered hospitals benefits provided they have been living at for surgery under the Plan and a number of the Seafarer's home throughout the past cal­ inquiries have come into headquarters con­ endar year and are receiving the major por­ tion of their support from the Seafarer. cerning other pending hospital cases. The new family benefits covering wives of Meanwhile, all the necessary apparatus to handle claims and dispense information Seafarers and unmarried children under 19 about the new benefits has been set up in years of age include hospital room and board headquarters and in the outports. It is an­ of $10 a day up to 31 days plus $100 in hos­ ticipated that the first claims coming in will pital extras with the Seafarer paying the be handled smoothly, with a minimum of first $50 of the total bill. Surgical bills are covered up to $300 under a schedule of sur­ delay. Still in progress, of course, is the filling out gical fees, while doctor's visits to non-surgi­ of Welfare Plan enrollment cards by Sea­ cal hospital cases are covered by a $4 daily • farers. Every Seafarer, whether he' has de­ allowance. Other benefit increases now in effect are pendents or not, is being asked to fill out the $6 boost in the hospital benefit to $21 one of the enrollment cards which will help to determine his eligibility for benefits under a week; a $10 inferease in pension-disability the Plan. Cards are available in all SIU benefits to $35 and the $1,000 increase in port offices for men on the beach and were death benefits to $3,500. Scholarship and ma­ mailed out to SlU-contracted ships with the ternity benefits will continue as before. SIU Backs ITF Runaway Drive; Hits ILA Crimps !•;'. MONTREAL—SIU of NA delegates initiated a new ap preach to the problem, of runaway flag shipping as the con­ vention made arrangements for a close working relationship with the International Trans--*^ portworkers Federation to or ganize these vessels. Dele­ gates instructed SIU of NA presi­ dent, Harry Lundberg, to meet with representatives of the ITF Seafarers and Dockers section to give the full support of the SIU toward briuging these ships under direct ITF contract. Simultaneously, delegates de­ nounced the ILA-sponsored "Uni­ ted International Seamen's Union" which has been operating in New York as a crimp rig for runaway flag operations. Delegates assailed the crimp outfit for abusing and shaking-down poorly-paid foreign seamen on the runaway ships. Many of these men, members of ITF-affiliated overseas unions, have had their grievances exploit­ Willy Dorchain, US repre­ ed by the ILA "union" so that they sentative for ITF addresses could be milked for all they were SIU convention. worth, without any action taken fuse foreign seamen was enhanced on their behalf. when one maritime union news­ Exposed In LOG paper whitewashed its unsavory The ILA-backed crimp rig was record. originally exposed in the SEA­ Actually as LOG readers know, FARERS LOG on October 29, the shakedown technique of the 1954. It has served as a decoy for runaway shipowners among seamen ILA "union" was put into the rec­ on their ships. These men will now ord in the LOG of February 18, have legitimate ITF-affiliated un­ 1955. The ITF already has in opera­ ions working actively in their comer. The ILA outfit's ability to tion a special department with masquerade as a union and con- jurisdiction over the "panhonlib" ships — those operating under the Panamanian, Honduran and Liberian flags. Despite difficulties it has June 10. 1955 Vol. XVII. No. 12 been successful in gaining a foot­ PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer hold in the field and now has sonve HERBERT BRAND, Editor; RAY DENISON, of these ships under contract. It is Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art hopeful of making further progress Editor; HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, in this area with the support of the Staff Writers; BILL MOODY, Gulf Area SIU. Representative. ITF organizing previously re­ Published biweealy er the headquarters et the Seafarers tnternatlonal Union, At­ ceived a boost from the recent lantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth meeting of the International Con­ Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600. Entered as second class matter federation of Free ^rade Unions at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under at which a new department was the Act of Aug. 24, 1912. set up to deal with organizing problems faced by Doth shoreside and maritime unions.^,. f. : , SEAFARERS LOG Ifyottifeat sea ^HffJILLN£SSSTfin<& ATfme, "Ve&YiM tHgweFtrs •foRHiYtS AIPCS0IfA» AKPthf* OBtAwi UiSBU? GsrYouft ooPYcroK fU/f-ATMH, SluHAUj\ Port Agents Meet, Draft SIU Plans A thorough review of the SIU's operations in the past year, the Union's present ac­ tivities and its future organiza­ tional role was undertaken by SIU port agents at the recent port agents' conference in headquar­ ters. Among matters discussed were the workings of the SIU's new seniority hiring system, in opera­ tion since early in March;'plan­ ning and procedure for administra­ tion of new family benefits under the SIU Welfare Plan; and the threat of restrictive legislation such as the Bonner proposal to hamstring sea unions on contract negotiations and freeze sea wages. The agents agreed that the SIU should oppose this and any similar legislation as force fully as pos­ sible. Review Of Shipping Shipping conditions in the vari­ ous ports were discussed and the financial status of Union funds was reviewed with a View toward implementing economy recommen­ dations made by headquarters and approved by the membership. The current status of the building pro­ gram was taking up now that im­ provements in Mobile havd been completed, and opportunities for organizational activity were ex­ plored. The agents also participated in the drafting of the official SIU A&G District report which was presented to the SIU of NA con­ vention in Montreal;.• Visiting-SIU headquarters with his youngsters, Seafarer Wil-" lard Mohrman, oiler, gives a careful onceover to the recent issuo of the LOG announcing the new family hospital-surgical benefits. With him are Judy (left) and Billy, who obviously were more interested 'in the camera. Cobb Quiify In Hall Murder Plot HACKENSACK, NJ—Arrested last December while pack­ ing a shotgun outside the New Jersey home of SIU SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall, James Cobb of Tampa has pleaded guilty to four charges involv-'t' ing conspiracy to murder Hall. Cobb will be sentenced on June 17. Still to be tried are four others who were indicted in the plot against Hall: Ray White, former SIU Tampa port agent who was implicated by Cobb as the man who hired him for the job; White's brother. Steely White who Is a fugitive; Carmen Priore and Ed­ ward Taffe who were named as gobetweens. Five John Doe Indictr ments are also hanging fire. Cobb was arrested on December 23, 1954, while seated in a car out­ side Hall's home. According" to the authorities, he said In his confes­ sion that he had been hired by White to do the job for $15,900, the bulk of which was to be paid James Cobb him later on by Ben Sterling, a which aerves as a crimp hall for New York attorney. runaway flag shipowners. Sterling Questioned Others questioned in the course Sterling subsequently was picked up by New York police and ques­ of the district attorney's investi­ tioned; lie also appeared before a gation were ILA president Wil­ Bergen County grand jury. In his liam Bradley, and William Higgs, testimony before the grand juiy it a former Seafarer who was ex­ was reported that Sterling admit­ pelled from the SIU for aiding the ted handling approximately $27,000 ILA In Its fight with the AFL In­ of funds put up by the International ternational Brotherhood of Long­ . Longshoremen's Association to sup­ shoremen. Bradley was called on to justify port White's bid to unseat Hall in the use of his airline credit card the last SIU elections. Sterling's name has been con­ by Qobb in. the course of flights nected with the ILA in another between Tampa and New York area recently since it has been during which details of the mur­ learned that an employee of his der plot were arranged, according law office has been working, but to Cobb's confession. He was also of the office of the ILA-chaEtieired questioned about funds turned Maintenance Local 1826 whii^t" is over to Higgs and White, re­ supposed to do ship maintenance portedly in the amount of $40,000 work on foreign-flag runaway or more. ships. The maintenance - union is At present White, Taffe and at 12 South Street, next dooi' to the Priore are out on ball. Their trial ILA's "United International Sea­ is being held up until police locate men's-Union" a® 14--South Street Steely White.; ' „ s J • 'J" �'-. 'rs^. '• , Pan Thf»# JM^MAUBS ••MM •s. . :. M0N1?REAL=^EU1I pjroteiction of Seafarers and their rights, including th^ir right to the Union hiring hall> is assured under the terms of a resolution on merger of the AFL and CIO which was approved hy SIU of NA+ influence in limited sectors of the convieintioP Relegates. labor movement. The resolution orders the Delegates also instructed the , SIU Q£ NA to set iip a committee which will represent the lntern?itionaL and its affiliates in any dis­ cussions relating to merger ques­ tions, "Che committee, in turn, will report back to the respective affili. ated unions and the international, officers at an emergency convene tion if such becomes necessary. . As guideposts to the comniittee the delegates approved the follow­ ing principles under which it should act: Member Safeguards In any merger, the SIU of NA will insist that the membership be fully profected against Communist influence on the waterfront and in the labor movement iii -general. Delegates recognize that the pro­ posed AFL-CIO cohstitution takes note of the Communist problem, but they expressed concern over the behavior of reputed ex-Communists and former fellow trav­ elers who still hayp positions of committee to obtain pledges that the maritime hiring halls, and the epiployment rights and security of union, members be protected and guaranteed and "existing inequi­ ties in this area must be elimin­ ated" as well as other inequities. Since .the AFL has taken a firm position that unions such as the corrupt ILA must not be per­ mitted to hold membership in the federation, the delegates dem'hnded that assurances be given from all unions involved that they will support'the AFL stand on the ILA. Finally, the delegates, while rec­ ognizing the importance of coop­ erating with management where it is for the benefit of union mem­ bers, ruled out any arrangements where labor serves as the tail to management's kite on so-called la­ bor-management committees. • For - the time being, committee members will consist of SIU of NA President Harry Lundeberg and Secretary-Treasurer John Hawk. The two-man committee will be em­ powered to add to its membership from the ranks of various district officers when actual negotiations on these terms take place. No Controls Needed, SIU OnAnySIUQuestions Welfare? Tells Gov't Answering an invitation ito appear before the House Mer­ chant Marine and Fisheries Committee on proposals for re­ stricting and controlling maritime unions, SIU Sccretai-y-Treasurer Paul Hall has informed the com­ mittee that the SIU is unafterably opposed to these proposals. The proposals, which were put forth by committee chairman Her­ bert C. Bonner of North Carolina, call for a wage freeze on US ships and the establishment of a Govern­ ment board with power to cohtrol maritime contract negotiations and settlement of shipboard beefs. The invitation to Hall from the committee, in the form of a -tele­ gram, reads as follows: , "Paul Hall, Secretary-Treasurer "Seafarers International Union "Are you willing to meet with this committee latter part of this week pursuant to invitation in let­ ter of May 24? Please advise at once. "Herbert C. Bonner, Chairman Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries" In replying on behalf of the Union, Hall wired: "The Honorable Herbert C. Bon­ ner, M. C. "Chairman, Committee on Mer­ chant Marine and Fisheries "House Office Building "Washington, D. C. "Thank you very much for your Invitation to meet with the com­ mittee on the matter of proposed legislation for placing ceilings on wages, working conditions and for the establishment of a Federal board with control over collective ^gaining in maritime. However, the position of .this organization with respect to these two issues is very cleat. We are unqualifiedly opposed to both. As a matter of fact, the proposal to 'freeze' or place ceilings on wages"for marl(Continued on page .15) ' Seafarers having any ques­ tions concerning their eligibil­ ity for the I^enefits of the Sea­ farers Welfare Plan are urged to get in touch with any SIU port' official for assistance. The Seafarers Welfare Plan eligibility requirement is: A minimum of 90 days aboard SlU-contracted ships during the preceding calendar year (1034) and one day diming the 90 days immediately preced­ ing application for a benefit. SIU officials will also give prompt assistance to Seafarers having questions on any part of the SIU's broad welfare program. •y-^ Addressing SiUNA convention in Montreal, Lucien Tremblay, eastern representative of the Teamsters in Canada, greets the delegates on behalf of his union, as SIUNA President Harry Lundeberg (left) looks on. At right is Claude Jodoin, president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, which parallels the AFL in thi US. A representative of the Int'l Ladies Garment Workers Union, Jodoin hailed the SIU for its outstanding success in driving the Communists out of Canadian maritime. Convention Maps Fight On Proposed Maritime Controls MONTREAL—A solid program to deal with current problems in maritime la­ bor and a staunch defense of seamen's hard-won rights emerged as the highlight of the 7th biennial convention of the Seafarers International Union of North Amer­ ica, The international union served notice on all comers that it was ready to deal vigorously with attacks on seamen's rights, such as the Bonner proposal to strip sea unions of freedom to^ examination program. tablishing a progranl of assistance bargain with the ship­ mental Hearings on the Bonner meas­ to the International Transportowner; with attempts to ure are now underway in Wash- workers Federation in its efforts cripple the maritime hiring hall; the proposed maritime wage freeze bill, and efforts to straitjacket seamen in a rigid Coast Guard physical and Discussing his proposal for construction of two 1250-foot superliners designqd for up to 1,0,000 passengers in transAtlantic travel, H. B. Cantor (left), president of the Carter Hotel chain, explains his ideas to SIU International President Harry Lundeberg during convention recess > at Montreal;' to organize these vessels. The ITF has already been at work on this j problem. Other action by the convention included an assessment of the Playing host to its first Inter­ problems that will arise in the national convention, the SIU maritime field with the merger of Canadian District demonstrated the AFL and CIO, including the outstanding hospitality and question of all unions abiding by achievement to delegates from the AFL'S position on the expelled International Longshoremen's as­ both Canada and the US attend­ sociation. ing the sessions in Montreal. Acting on problems facing vari­ Delegates from the SIU-A&G ous district affiliates the conven­ District reported smooth han­ dling of all details by the in­ tion did the following: fant district, which has been , • Gave full endorsement to the functioning actively In the Do­ Canadian District's fight on foreign minion only a few short years. flags in Canada's domestic trades. It was in 1949, In a struggle At" present there are no restrictions with the now-defunct Commie- on foreign ships Operating in Can­ dominated Canadian Seamen's adian coastal shipping. • Pledged support, financial and Union, that the Canadian Dis­ otherwise, to the organizing pro­ trict met and mastered its first test. Today it is one of the lead­ gram of the SIU Great Lakes Dis­ trict. ing trade unions in Canada. • Proposed the establishment of an Inland Boatmen's Division ington before the House Merchant under the SIU banner. Marine Committee. The bill would • Gave formal recognition to set up a system of Government the Staff Officers Association of controls over maritime labor rela­ New York as the one functioning tions that in effect would amount purser's union in the industry. to compulsory arbitration of con­ • Called for Conjgressional ac­ tractual beefs by a Goverjmient tion on a Government survey board. The proposal to freeze sea­ which revealed that the Military men's wages by tying them to sub­ Sea Transportation • Service is in sidy payments was also strongly direct competition with private criticized by the SIU of NA dele­ companies for both passengers and gates. cargo. • Enlarged the international ex­ In addition, delegates approved a new approach toward the prob­ ecutive board to give the Brother(Continued oil'page 15) lem of runaway flag vessels by es­ Canadian SIU Does Top Job Mm �ru* r«vr U"*' • !t M ^'ly' .. I»«ck Port Boston New York .., Philadelphia laoootoooat Baltimore .. Norfolk Savannah ... Miami •ooasootot Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles «••••••< •••••••••••I San Francisco Seattle TOTALS t 79 21 67 19 5 7 2 22 21 11 22 13 22 14 Deck A 332 S32 •* SKippmg From May 18 lo May 31 V r-. • ll' S" 1^ III tanllrlMt Shijpping Round-Up & Forecast |.PI> pi- StArAHMUS loe Kerliicred ' "I'*' 18 7 11 10 4 8 1 6 f 7 17 2 16 12 Deck 131 Xns. t 68 . 11 61 11 4 1 4 21 20 5 16 3 16 9 E„,. 238 r St«w. Stew. Total 23 12 25 6 2 8 1 7 14 5 . 10 4 14 15 49 20 82 7 1 15 2 16 27 9 16 4 13 5 3 12 4 25 7 4 5 1 11 11 8 3 2 11 7 £n(. B Stew. A Stew. Total Total Total B B A 148 i 220 109 1^ 186 52 180 37 10 23 8 69 74 21 94 20 51 28 790 T 58 23 61 23 10 19 3 24 31 15 30 8 41 34 388 Shipping in the A&G District showed a marked jump upwards during the last two weeks, as Seafarers enjoyed their best shipping period in al­ most nine months. The number of jobs shipped (1206) outstripped registration (1178) for the first time since mid-September, 1954. Indications are that it will hold about the same for a time. The boost in activity produced a spurt of jobs in New York, Phila­ delphia, Norfolk and Miami. Savannah, way below normal for weeks, showed signs on of life again, and most of the other ports, with the excep­ tion of Boston, remained about the same. Over-all, class A men bettered their already strong position slightly, and accounted for exactly two-thirds of all shipping in the District. The BOSTON: Still quiet; outlook i.s uncertain. . .NEW YORK: Best it's been in months; should hold that way, especially for engine department. . .PHILADELPHIA: Booming. Activity should continue. . .BALTIMORE: Fair, especially in deck and engine departments; should stay about the same. . .NORFOLK: Good. Three Vlctorys crewing up. . . Deck Deck Decj 244 75 211 60 20 42 11 83 105 36 84 28 92 62 inS 1 97 42 58 7 9 7 4 23 35 9 22 6 18 13 Deck A 351 0 27 11 22 12 2 4 1 1 9 1 11 0 « 4 a 1 8 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 Deck Deck B 111 '"A'- 24 62 29 40 9 8 1 1 21 20 4 18 3 14 9 Xnj. 1 23 12 16 6 4 7 1 7 13 7 8 a a 10 Ins. 2^9 123 Ens. 10 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 •"i fihiiNPed stew. Stew. 2" 59 11 26 15 25 18 4 6 0 2 10 10 , 2 0 20 1 81 16 4 4 12' 6 4 2 12 13 4 3 s Stew. Stew. A B 215 105 Stew. ToUl Total^ i 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 218 97 123 ' 80 17 18 7 84 86 17 52 13 44 26 1 61 38 54 24 8 21 2 9 88 12 25 4 25 17 Stew. Total Tota^ C A 17 80S 339 8 19 2 V- Total 62 'otal 198 18t 0 17t <1 17 0 25 1 40 0 '9 73 0 1 125 1 50 82 5 10 27 2 71 1 44 two to one ratio of class A to class B shipping held about the same. Class. B shipping continued good, as the ntimber of men shipped from this group ran just a little bfehind total class B registration for the period. Moreover, five percent of the total jobs shipped went to class C men—men with ab­ solutely no seniority in the industry. The major gains scored by New York, Philadelphia (tripled),-Norfolk (doubled) and Miami (doubled) overshadowed slight dips in Wilmington and Seattle. Only Boston showed a real drop, the only East Coast port to do so. Good shipping for all seniority groups was reflected particularly in New York and Norfolk, both of which handled more than half the total class C shipping. SAVANNAH: Picked up a little, but still below normal. Future not too bright; only one payoff due. . .MIAMI: Has been moving well and shoulj^ remain the same. . . TAMPA: Still slow period. . .MOBILE: No change; still a little slow. . . NEW ORLEANS: Picked up a little. Should get even better; eight payoffs and crewing of McAllister Victory •cheduled. . .LAKE CHARLES: Only fair; outlook about the same. . .HOUSTON: Still off; fqture doesn't look too bright. . . - . WILMINGTON: Fell off a little. Not much expected all month. . .SAN FRANCISCO: Still pretty good and outlook is good. Two ships coming out of short lay-up, one payoff due.,, .SEATllLiE: Fair and only fair to come. See Runaways Peril To Yforld Shipping A disastrous decline in world freight rates may result from the growth of runaway-flag tramp shipping, according to the British concern of W. G. V/eslon, specialists in shipping stud­ ies. If the decline takes place ' it would seriously damage all shipping operations, whether liner or tramp, the firm declare. The firm's gloomy forecast beai's out SIU charges that the Maritime Administration was doing serious damage to American shipping by permitting transfers. The SIU pointed out that the transfers not only represented loss of jobs to Seafarers and other American sea unions, but, carried the threat of cutthroat competition for ships remaining under the US flag. SlU Forms New Inland Boat Unit 't American Vulnerable MONTREAL—c t i o n td preserve the SIU of NA's Any slump in shipping would jurisdiction over the inland hurt American-flag operations the boatmen's field has been taken »by wor.st, since American ships are establishing an Inland Boatmen's ]ea.st able to meet a freight rate Division within the international decline. union. The study pointed out that the The Inland Boatmen's Division ! world tramp shipping fleet is up would cover boats up to a cerLain to almost 17 million tons and tonnage and in specified areas, Liberian tramps are increasing at such as tugs, ferries, barges and the most rapid rate. Liberia now other crafti Ipland..boatmen in has 1,942,000 tons of tramp ships, large numbers are already under most of them former American the SIU banner in the south and Libertys and some of them Liber­ west. Once set up it would be em­ ty-tankers and T-2s that have been powered to deal with jurisdiction­ converted for tramp service. al ciuestions with an AFL federal As a result, Liberia has the local that is now operating in the fourth largest tramp fleet in the Held. world behind Great Britain, Italy The convention approved a and Panama. recommendation that negotiations The increase in Liberian-flag be undertaken with the federal ships means that in the event of local with a view toward affiliatr a fi-elght rate decline they would ing it with the SIU of NA as, an tend to capture the bulk of tramp autonomous unit with a definite business because "these vessels jurisdiction 'so that it and other can.probably withstand much lower inland boatmen's units would not freights than now prevailing." infringe on each other. In other words, with no taxes Since the federal local operates to pay, no manning scale regula­ ,©ut, of the AFL's n.ational oflice, tions and pitifully-low wages, the convention proposed that these Liberian tramps could, operate .recommendations, be submitted to; iprofitabiy at. rates that would AFL Jieadquarters for iurthei; drive sliips of other flags into «ctipn,,v.rft Hy V'';.:-.VA.'v .Mti'UOy Si- Job Boom Draining NY Of Black Gang Ratings Hitting deck at last New York membership meeting is Seafarer John Jellette. NEW YORK—Shipping out of headquarters took a sharp turn upwards, last week, as the port dispatched nearly 300 jobs for the first time since last September. Opportunities were plenti-4— ful in all departments, but the biggest shortage is still in the Hotel Strikers Hail Florida Crew's Aid MIAMI—SIU crewmembers from the SS Florida (P&O) are winning the thanks 6f this resort city's AFL hotel employ­ ees for their voluntary efforts'manning picketUnes at several luxury hotels. The hotel workers, members was discovered missing. The missof the Hotel and Restaurant mg g^ar was a mooring line that Employees International Union, disappeared at sea while the ship are striking for recognition of was enroute to Ppnce. , Parr said their union as their bargaining rep­ that ipyestigatidn showed no one resentative for wages and condi­ in'the brew wat^at fault and the tions. incident ended there. Seafarers from the Florida have On the welfare frOpt, the port been doing -duty on the picket- provided the first qualified family lines between trips on theii' applicant tor the. new hospitalregular Miami-Havana run. surgical benefits, as Mrs. Remburto Meanwhile, SIU Port Agent Duo entei-ed the hospital for an Eddie PaiT reported tlie,.wlnd-up operation on Junej,2. Seafarer Remof 'q beef the MV burto Duo has bieefi a waiter on the ent), '^ftei!--<Wmp,rship'ff-gegp4Flwid«:' for •sewrrf'years; At" •••irrra.fc; black gang. Any rated engine de­ partment man can ship out of here in a coupie of days, according to Claude Simmons, SIU assistant secretary-treasurer and New York port agent. Cooperation Needed He. pointed out, however, that the cuiTcnt "boom" depends a great deal on the cooperation of the membership in filling the jobs available. Crev/ing of one brandnew ship took two days before the job was completed. The ship, a tanker in organiza­ tional status, is believed to be the forerunner of several more to come in the hear future. Pleasant Payoff Meanvyhile. Seafai'ers aboard the tanker Julesburg (Mathiasen) came in for a round of tribute for bi-inging their ship in clean as a whistle. Winding up a seven-month trip, the sliip came In' Avitliout a beef, • an houi^ ojf dispided ovcrtirao, or a logging for any crewmember. i i >. �• ' -- .j(^-.'r • .j: i-i-f-; ' SE J FA E Elt^ Jmae It, IMS Boat Drill Packs 'Em In I r' I- J ^-]'k u ' '--•••• :-T'- • Page Fit*'I' . } Indonesian Seamen Form Union ~Copy Sll/'s Name And Emblem Seafarers who have made calls at Indonesian ports aboard Isthinian ships have probably been surprised to see a local seamen's union sporting the SIU emblem and calling itself the' SIU of Indonesia. Actuially the "SIU" of Indonesia is one of ten Indonesian unlicensed sea­ men's unions and has no offi-* cial connection with tlve SI% do so as individuals, not acting to­ the seamen are union members. Indonesian seamen receive on gether with the rest of the crew. ^re. From information gath­ The union, in turn, attempts to the average 500 rupees (approxi­ ered at SIU headquarters, at the protect them as best it can, by mately $50) a month. This is good time of the union's formation last taking up members' grievances as money in terms of shoreside Indo­ year its leaders—impressed by the they arise, on an individual basis. nesian wage standards. 'The young At present, the SPBIII is at­ nation boasts of 12 shipping com­ SIU's record in behalf of American tempting to negotiate the first panies which operate somewhat seamen-.-decided to duplicate the written contract in the Indonesian less than 200 ships- in deep sea SIU's emblem, motto and constitu­ merchant marine. It is meeting trade between Europe and Indo­ tion. Apparently the hope was that with considerable difficulty be­ nesia. Of course there are num­ through imitation some of the cause the companies do not want bers of smail coastal vessels oper­ SIU's success would rub off on the to deal with any union and will ating between 'the islands, some of new group. not hire men if it is known that them sail-powered. The "SIU" of Indonesia, or the Serikat Pelaut International, as name translates, was founded on October 24, 1954. Seafarers have reported that they have been hos­ pitably received and entertained by representatives of the "SIU" there and haVe filled all requests made of them for LOGs and other -Longshoremen in the Port of New York are reportedly re­ SIU literature. The biggest of the Indonesian sponding enthusiastically to a poll launched late last month seamen's unions is the SBPIII by the AFL Longshore Committee to determine whether AFL which was founded in 1947. It has pledge cards should be issued"^' a membership of 20,000 over-all, 3,000 of whom are seamen and for a new port-wide organiz­ longshoremen, and is affiliated ing drive. with the International Confedera­ The committee reported this tion of Fi-ee Trade Unions. week that dockworkers in ali sec­ International Bodies tions of the harbor have mailed in These Indoriesian unions are not several thousand ballots urging" uqions in the American sense of the start of a new drive to over­ the word, but rather are fraternal throw the old ILA. organizations with a political Ousted by the AFL in 1953 for viewpoint. Some of the. ten unions racket domination, the old ILA of seamen are under the control was superceded by a new AFL In­ A clear-cut understanding of Communists, and most of them ternational Brotherhood of Long­ are extremely small in member­ shoremen. In the last elertion one that the Maritime Adminis­ Seafarers from the crew of the Elixabeth and Bull Line shore ship. They have uo written con­ year ago, the IBL missed coming tration will not interfere with gang workers pile into one of the ship's boats to test it for tracts at present and no" official out on top by only 200 votes out settlement of legitimate overtime capacity. The boat check was part of a routine Coast Guard recognition from the shipowners. of nearly 20,000 ballots cast. beefs dealing with crew restric­ Seamen get hired by the company inspection of ship's gbar before the Elizabeth sailed last No Reforms By ILA tions on Government-chartered office and if they join a union, they week on her regi^ar run to Puerto Rico. The narrow squeakthrough for ships has been won by the SIU. the old ILA, however, failed to The agreement came as a result of produce any change ia the discred­ SIU conferences with Washington ited organization's way of doing representatives of the Maritime things, and New York longshore­ Administration and other Govern­ men, including many admittedly ment agencies concerned with for the ILA in the last election, are shipping. now clamoring for a new clean-up Restricted To Ship campaign sponsored by the AFL. The immediate reason for the In progress only two weeks, the . I** poll, which was carried out conference was a restriction beef through the medium of the "Water­ involving the SlU-manned San front News," published by the AFL Mateo "Victory at St. Georges Bay, Longshore Committee, has en­ Newfoundland. The restriction or­ joyed -an overwhelming response der permitted the men to go ashore from harbor workers. Committee but said tliat they could not enter sources reported that not one "no" the US military base there, the has yet turned up among the bal­ only habitated area for miles lots returned to AFL port offices. around. This card should bo Negotiations with the company filled out by every Sea­ following the payoff won agree­ ment that the beef was a legiti­ EMPLOYEE'S NAME. farer, even if he is singleMiadk mate overtime claim under the UK Fir* and has no dependents. -SIU contract provision dealing with "restriction to ship." How­ t __BookNo Z-No.. ever, a Maritime Administration Moke sure to'list every official said that the Government, Soc. Sec. Nowhich had chartered the ship, dependent you have, giv­ A former SlU-manned ship, would not honor the claim. Dependenti—Wife and Unmarried Children leM ing the full name, age and the MV Gadsden, has been Contract Interference than 19 years old. ' date of birth. turned over to the Republic The effect of such action was to FIRST NAME MlDDLB DATE OF BATH AGE of Korea as the first of .eight C-1- interfere in the settlement of a. t MAV-1 vessels to be ti-ansferred m.onetary matters between Union WIFE Where it says "book under the* Mutual Security Act in and company as outlined in the Union's collective bargaining number" enter your Union CHILDREN a two-year period. The ship will agreements. number, whether book or > CHILDREN be used exclusively in the Korean Consequently a conference w.is \' permit. coastal trade. arranged with Maritime Adminis­ CHILDRBN ^ * t t The Gadsden is a heav.v-lift ship tration officials at which it w;is that at one time was owned by the agreed that overtime disputes aris­ CHILDREN ^\\ Don't forget to sign and ^lU-contracted Ocean Tow Com­ ing out of militarj' restrictions date the form when you CHILDREN y A\V pany. Subsequently it was sold to should be settled by the clarifica­ another company, before being tions committee representing SIU are finished. Dp it as CHILDUIECV^ purchased by the Foreign Opera­ operators and the union. This is the soon as possible, tions Administration for transfer normal procedure under SIU con­ CHlLDlEip^ JV tract provisions. it 4- 4to Korea. The MA officials disavowed any The C-l-MAV-1 types are con­ CHILDREN If you have any quessidered ideal for Korean coastal intention of interfering with the tions about the ' Wei elfare waters because of their shallow normal processes of collective bar­ draft. Coastal shipping is consid­ gaining and said that they would Plan, contact your near­ Ti=r ered essential for the economic honor such agreements, provided, est Union port agent. ^ revival of Korea which has little of coursie, that tliey did not involve in the way of roads And railroads. fraud or other wrongdoing. NY Pier Poll Urges New AFL Campaign n- Gov't Bows To SIU On OT Beefs .'I iVO$f»ri>Ul4ND5C/MnC4i SCWCFir ENROLLMENT CARD •. -iz •'S Transfer C-1 To Korea Flag : • •I . •.li • y.-i -^ , �•eww S E A F Ai(SRS Tmtm Six Shelley Hits foreign Assault On '50-50' Elect BME To SlUNA Top Board •It'-r U - •'5. fvv MONTREAL—The Brother­ hood of Marine Engineers is now represented on the top SIU of NA executive board as a result of expansion of the board to 12 members. BME President Wilbur Dickey has been elected as one of the ten vice-presidents of the top body, which includes rep­ resentatives of various SIU of NA affiliates. 3IFOW Added in '53 At the last SIU convention in 1953 only eight spots were filled by election: one spot was held open pending affiliation of the Mai-ine Firemen's Union, which came at a later date. Subsequently, MFOW president, Vincent Malone, was elected to the vacancy. In order to provide for the vacancy, SIU A&G secretary-treasurer, Paul Kail, had stepped aside and de­ clined renomination. This year. Hall was reelected to the board along with Dickey. Dickey's election was in recogni­ tion of the progress of the BME since its autonomy was granted two jears ago. WASHINGTON—A staunch defense of the "50-50" law and of US aid to shipping has been made by Representative John Shelley, California Democrat. Shelley struck back at foreign shipping lobbyists who have^ been attempting to sic the | farm bloc on "50-50" so that i All dressed up end hurrying to get home to their families, Seafarers from the Hurricane step ashore from launch at boat landing in Arabi, La., after the ship paid off out in the stream. Shipping upsurge in New Orleans and lack of wharf space caused payoff to be held in mid-stream. Alcoa, Sugar Runs Liven NO NEW ORLEANS—Busy shipping in this port followed the payoff of several SIU crews recently at the end of Far East voyages. The outlook for the future was brightened also by the anAouncement that a Victory ship will crew up here in mid-June and that three Alcoa C-ls Avill soon resume opera-• tions from here. New Orleans was eliminated from dispute over the number of men The McAllister Victory, re­ the East Coast-Caribbean schedule required to handle bulk sugar held cently brought out of lay-up in Beaumont, Texas, currently is un­ dergoing shipyard repairs and will crew up here about June 15, said Port Agent Lindsey Williams, who just returned from the SIUNA's biennial convention in Montreal. This ship is one of two Govern­ ment-owned Victorys going on "Operation Blue Jay," the sum­ mertime supply run to US Arctic military bases. The McAllister will be operated by Bobin Line. Alcoa Run Resuming Other jobs are expected to open up for Seafarers here when the Al­ coa C-ls report back into the Gulf. 'i«. i«58 LOd of these ships several months ago, but they are returning to a Gulf schedule for an indefinite period, Williams pointed out. The scheduled payoff of the Al­ coa Pointer this week was ex­ pected to be followed by the Alcoa Pilgiim on June 15, and the Alcoa Partner on June 27. Shipping was further stimulated by brisk trade at the American Sugar Refinery Docks, which began receiving cargoes of bulk sugar, an innovation for this port. Bull Line's Angelina was first to report in from Puerto Rico with this type of cargo, but a shoreside up discharging of the cargo for several days. The delay made it necessary for the Barbara Frietchie (Liberty Nav.) to lay at anchor off Algiei-s Point for several days, awaiting wharf space at the refinery docks. She paid off while still in the stream, in the first such payoff to be conducted aboard an SlU-contracted ship here since the end of World War II. The Hurricane (Waterman) arrived June with bulk sugar from the Hawaiian Isl­ ands and also had to be paid off while riding at anchor at the Point. they can monopolize movement of US agricultural surplus. Answering the argument that the agricultural surpluses are com­ mercial cargoes, Shelley pointed out that more than half, of the money being paid by foreign na­ tions for these cargoes does not go to the US Government, which owns the surplus. Instead, the pay­ ments are being used to assist the economies of other nations. He cited as an instance a $15 million tobacco shipment in which the money was to be used to bol­ ster the local economy by building housing which would in turn be leased to American airmen 'sta­ tioned there. Despite this arrange­ ment (which was with the British government), the foreign shipping interests raised a howl about the "50-50" provision and the agree­ ment has not yet been completed. In this instance, he said, the trans­ action could hardly be called a commercial one. Debunks Less Shelley also debunked claims that use of "50-50" would cost the Government millions in additional shipping costs. He pointed out that most of the cargo involved would move on berth lines under confer­ ence rates. The tramps would carry the rest of the American share at a cost approximately $1.7 million greater than foreign tramps. Should "50-50" be repealed or American tramps be withdrawn from the market "foreign tramp rates would rise and the so-called $1.7 million saving would evapo­ rate." In the meanwhile, he said, use of "50-50" is providing jobs for American seamen and pumping large sums into the American economy, while the US Treasury will collect an .estimated $9 million in taxes in personal income and corporation taxes from the mer­ chant marine. Bonner Bill Rapped At SF Meeting SAN FRANCISCO — Sea­ farers here are ready for a fight to whip the proposed "Maritime Labor Stabilization Act" put before the House of Repre­ sentatives recently. They see the bill as nothing more than outright Government interference wilh the freedom of the SIU and. other sea unions to bargain on tlieir own terms. SIU officials, and Seafarers in this port and elsewhere in the Atlantic Si Gulf District, view the measure as a menace to present maritime labor relations, which have been operating smoothly for years now in the SIU, without any Federal Interference. The danger of reduced wages and conditions through arbitrary action of the pro­ posed board, is not taken lightly by SIU men. Shipping Strong On other fronts, shipping held up well in the port, although the figures do not show it because two sliips are laid up here temporarily. But the Northwestern Victory and Sea Comet II were due to crew up the past week, so the outlook re­ mained good. Changes in Union personnel on this coast brought a vote of thanks to Seafarer Donald "Tiny" Mease, who had been serving as patrolman here. Leon "Blondie" Johnson, Baltimore 'patrolmon, is coming to this port in his place. One other change will bring Bill La Fooa, patrolman in Houston, to Seattle, to replace Harvey Mesford, who has been serving as patrolman there. l •; •fci:" YOUR DOLLAR^S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING ?•-- Ten TV Bait Gyps • :'h-.- i:V ife..:-'' -• ^ - "i;' " Television has given bait sellers a new entry into a Seafarer's home besides the media they already had for false bargains—newspaper and radio ads. Unfortunately, it is the people least able to pay who are fooled most often by crooked selling practices which have spread to all parts of the country. TV and radio have become a part of family life, and along with the entertainment comes the persuasive voice of the adver-' tiser. Bait advertising is basically the practice of offering something the salesman has no intention of selling. Here is how the trick works: The salesman says confidentially that the reconditioned vacuum cleaner adverti.sed for $15 "really Isn't worth buying, but he has one for $30 down and small monthly payments." As one housewife re­ ported, "I was dope er»ough to think he was on my side" and out came my rent money." Another wife answered an ad for repairing and reupholstering a sofa and chair for $59. When the salesman arrived, he had nothing to offer for less than $179. The wife succumbed to his sales talk for "wonderful stuff you could just wipe off clean" and paid $25 down. After a month there was no word from the reupholstery firm, no answer on the* phone, and the door padlocked at the ad­ dress given. The police said lots of people had been ^lei-e. Three months, later the firm fi()t in touch with the wife and said she would be charged storage if she didn't pay the rest of the bill and take away her fuimiture. Meanwhile, the firm went right on advertising. That is the strangest part of the nationwide bait trick; that ad­ vertising continues after a "gyp" has been reported and proved. Here ai-e the ten most-prevalent bait gyps, as shown by a survey of Better Business Bureaus in 44 cities: 1—Vacuum Cleaners, Sewing Machines: Chief trick is to offer an item at a low price, generally a reconditioned machine, and high-pressure you to buy a much costlier machine. 2—Reupholstery. The offer to reupholster an entire set of furniture at a low price often turns out to include only poorly-made fabrics in undesirable coloi's. 3—Furniture. This persistent bait racket is often prac­ ticed by credit stores, and not only through advertising but in window displays. Chief trick is to show a complete ensemble of furnitui'e for a reasonable price, but inside the store the furniture is scattered in different depart­ ments and it is difficult to know if you are getting the same items advertised in the windo.w. 4—Television Repairs. The trick is to advertise a flat rate for any service call. Often the flat price is $2.50. It is impossible for any serviceman to make calls at this jow price (average true cost of a call without any actual labor or parts costs is $3.50 to $4.50). 5^New, Used Cars. PneT Lbs Aflgelei Written for I'he Seafarers Lofr leafJnS®^ Margolius, leading expert on biying car on television for $990. When a shopper from the Bet­ ter Business Bureau got to his place, the dealer demanded $1,495, and finally agreed to let it go for $1,350, Another current bait practice in the auto business is to advertise "no down payment." But when you come in, you find a down payment is required, or, in some cases, you must .give the dealer a chattel mortgage on your household furniture. 6—Television Sets. Chief current trick is to offer a "famous name" set, but without specifying the name. But when you get to the store you may find that the set is really a little-known brand, or that its only relation to a famous name is that the chassis is licensed by RCA as many models are. 7—Jewelry, Watches. In the "diamond contest" spread-., ing throughout the country, you gue.ss how nfany there are. But everybody wins and you must pay a high price for the setting for the diamond you won. 8—Storm Windows. Storm windows are offered at a low price," like $10. But they are poorly made and the purpose is to get a salesman into your home. 9—Heating Equipment. This is often a low-priced offer to repair your fuVnace. But it masks an attempt to sell you a new furnace at a high price. 10—Real-Estate Lots. The bureaus tue also getting: many complaints about bait offers for lots which turn out badly located or ;inajMie$slbl« �SSAFARERS CHILORI (Or«>, A»rU 34—Chslr^ man, P. PantM> SMrAtanff L. Har|M«. Mara allvarwara la neadad for tho crew's meiiroom. Dlacnaslon held about the wathinc auwhlBa, and mca should not leava It runnina too lone. Crewmambers wara adiad to ba a little mora quiat in paasaaaways in respect for men slcaping durinc the day. The ship'* dalagata saw the mate about painting decks in loc'sles and he said okay. Brother UcConncU to raquaet cap­ tain to havo lockamith eomo aboard and repair door locks and make koyA kATHRYN (Bull), May li—Chalf" man, A Martin; Secretary, H. Fltigarald. Discussion on the training school. Motion made and carried to give a vote of thanks to our Union negotiating committee for a job well done. Communications and headquar­ ters report were read and accepted, April 24—Chairman, W. Bklns; Sec­ retary, H, Fitioeraid, Ship's delegate asked crewmembers to keep the mess­ hall cleaner, and were advised to check with Immigration before going ashore. A ship's fund will be started and all hands aboard will donate fifty cents a month to same. ORBMAR (Ore), April at—Chair­ man/ t. Thayari Sacratary/ T. Whita. Delegates were asked to turn in re­ pair lists. Discussian on the ship's fund. Beef with third assistaht work­ ing on watch settled satisfactorily. Food is excellent and the cooks were complimented for a lob well done. There is too much noise in tha pas­ ALICE BROWN (Bioomfieid), May sageways. and a shortage of cots. 19—Chairman, B, Brown; Secretary, Recreation room needs painting. R. Wegnor, Good and welfare of the ' the new shipping rules, a new FAIRLAND (Watermsti), ne, dale- Union; company signed by the Union and Chairman, L. Curryi SacrelaVy, W. some companies lost through transfer Messangar. Motion made and carried or sale. CommunicatiuQ read on the Welfare Plan. Discussion on the gal­ ley stove. Crew suggested that the steward and cooks pass their opinions on same. Digest of ships' Meetings TRANSATLANTIC — (Feclflc Water­ ways), May 10—Chairmen, A. Ander­ sen; Secretary, J. Levind, This crew goes on i-ecord to thank the officials and the negotiating committee for securing the new hiring clause and the welfare benefits. STEEL ADMIRAL (Ittlimlan), May 10—Chairmen, J. Seiby; Secretary, B, A motion was made by Seiby that hall in San Francisco be con­ Speesie. to accept the headquarters report. tacted about fresh stores. Partiality Carried. Brother Siiverston made a shown between topside and trew ac­ motion that a vote of thanks be given cording to ship's delegate. to the negotiating committee for a job weU done. Carried unanimously, TRANSATLANTIC (Pacific Water­ ways), May t—Chairman, 6. Matthews; DEL NORTE (Mississippi), April 24— Secretary, S. Arabs. Vote of thanks H. Crane; Secretary, O, given to the steward department, es­ Chairman, Heii. about radios being pecially Earl Matthews for doing a shut offDiscus-sion at 10 PM and not turned on bang up job as ship's delegate. The until 8 AM. It Was agreed that the crew voted approval of newly-estab­ ship's delegate post time for operat­ lished SlU seniority system and AFL's ing radios, washing machine and ex­ position on CAMU. Motion made by tractor. treasurer reported A. Anderson that a telegram ba $108.16 inShip's the ship's fund. Motion dratted and sent to Harry Lundeberg. made and carried that this crew pay Carried unanimously. the brother for the bound LOG edi­ tions received in New Orleans. All BIENViLLK (Watarman), April It- crewmembers were asked to cooper­ Chairman, J. McCasiln; Sacratary, J, ate and do their assigned part in fire Elliott. A screen door is needed aft. and lifeboat drills. Chairs are needed for .recreation room and a patrolman will be con­ SEATRAiN TEXAS (Seatrain), May tacted in San Francisco about com­ W. Hail; Secretary, J. pleting previous repair U'st. Votes, of 2—Chairman, Alien. Headquarters reports and thanks go to the steward department communications read, discussed and the ship's delegate. Headquarters and adopted by were entire crew. A mo­ communications were posted in the tion was made and carried to send a messhall. Motion made and carried wire to Harry Lund.eberg giving him to have a new slopchest price list. crew's full support. Resolutions dealing with the new SlU hiring program and AFL stand on INES, (Bull), May 4 — Chairman. CAMU discussed and carried 100 per­ Ernest C. Bail; Secretary, J. Murphy, cent. A suggestion was made that the stew­ ard get only enough milk to last till DEL SOL (Mississippi), April 24— ship reaches San Juan, and get fresh Chairman, E. Hand; Secretary, W. milk in port thereafter. After much Cameron. Crewmembers needing new discussion on this long standing beef, mattresses should notify ship's dele­ all hands agreed to contact a patrol­ gate and steward so these mattresses man about , action on cooler drinking can be inspected, and new ones sent water. Ship's delegate reported that aboard. Everything runrUng smoothly one man was hospllalized In Ponce. and minor beefs settled with little djniculty. STEEL ARCHITECT (isthmian), April 24—Chairmen, W, William,• Sec­ retary, J. Harty. I.etter was received CANTIGNY (Cities Service), May t —Chairman, J. Phillips; Secretary, A. from headquarters in regard to shore Ackerman. Ship's treasurer reported leave in Semarang. $5 was used for that ship has dissolved fund due to cab fare to visit sick man in Honolulu the theft of S2S in the fund stolen hospital, and al present there is $5 from, locker of ship's delegate. En­ in the ship's treasury. Crew was In gine department foc'sles need paint­ complete agreement with the action ing. Motion made by J, Phillips that taken by the AFL unions on CAMU a. vote of thanks be given to the offi­ dispute, and were in favor of the new cials and welfare trustees for the hiring . set-up 100 percent. A vote of tremendous job done by them on in­ thanks was given to the baker for creases and additional welfare bene­ putting out good pastry and goodies during coffee time. Steward depart­ fits. ment rooms need sougeeing. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), May 4— Chairman, H. Butts; Secretary, P. Stewart. Discussion on seniority ship­ ping. Headquarters report and commuhitations read and carried by entii-q ct^w. EVELYN (Bull), April 14—Chair­ man,^ W. Backhead; Secretary, R, GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), May 1—Chairman, F. Young; Secre­ tary, F. Meianson. The steward de­ partment was complimented on the great improvement in chow. The crew was reminded that an SIU pay­ off Is a clean payoff. Repair list will he posted. Beefs on lack of launch service at LaPalllce will be turned over to a patrolman at payoff. Sandayiin. Delegates report no beefs, and there is 100 percent cooperation among crewmembers. A telegram of ALAMAR. (Calmar), May 2—Chair­ support was sent to Lundeberg in man, J. Barnatt; Sacratary, i. MattlSan Francisco, sen. Engine department was asked to ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa), May 1— rinse out sink after using. Steward Chairman, C. De Hospedalas; Secro- department foc'sles need painting. tary, F. Vortkamp. Repairs were not Crewmembers werd asked te turn In taken care of for the past two voy­ all extra linen. Treasurer reported ages. Clean linen Is issued every $61.05 in the ship's fund. Friday from 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM and FLORIDA (P A O), May 4—Chair­ every man is responsible for his own linen. All books and magazines re­ man, F. Alvarez; Secretary, O. Knight, All hands went on record, after a ceived in good order for the slopclicst. Crewmembers were asked to brief discussion of the strikes in take care of the books and pass them Miami Beach hotels, to contribute around. Communication and head­ $108 to' the Hotel Employees Union, quarters report read and posted. The Brothers off watch have volunteered newly-inaugurated SIU hiring plan for picket duly. New) welfare benefits and action taken by AFL unions on were dlscuSsed and all hands are very content to see that once again our CAMU dispute accepted. Union set the pace in the maritime GREECE VICTORY (SPUtK Atlantic), industry in acquiring more benefits and an increase across the board. May 7—Chairman, N. Veskian; Secre­ tary, F. Meianson. A motion was PENNMAR (Caimar), April Itmade by Voskian to send a telegram supporting Lundeberg on CAMU, Car­ Chairman, W. Davis; secretary, Her­ man Cehen. A letter from Sea Chest ried unanimously. was read to the crew and posted. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), April Steward asked the crew to cooperate and conserve on canned milk which 25—Chairman, J. Garrison; Secretary, J. Masters. Deck sijould be washed is running short. Motion made to down after leaving foreign ports. form -delegation to check stores In Steward department was asked to put future, as' a shortage' has been re­ garbage in drums and not on decks. ported. Request made by ship's dele­ Gates will be put on outside passage- gate to see If a room arrangement can be changed so that messman'i wajs while in foreign ports. foc'sle can be redpced to hold three ALICE BROWN (Bloemfleld), April men instead oJE four. U—Chairman, C. Bales; Secretary, C. REPUBLIC (Trafalgar), April 24— Hiii. A suggestion was made that a me.-ins of communication be Installed Chairman, R. Cummings; Secretary, between bridge and messhall for W. Barth. Some of the repairs were bcnefft and efficiency of watchstand- not taken care of In shipyard. A new ers. Tho new employment hiring repair list will be made up and clause was read, explained and dis­ turned in to patrolman. Some general cussed. A motion was made by discussion on various subjectg. Pate Sem LOG Award Scholarships June 21 - Winners of four 1955 SIU scholarship awards worth $6,000 each will be announced by trus­ tees of the Seafarers Welfare Plan on June 21. Eight Seafarers and ten children of Seafarers are competi.n£ for the coveted awards covering four years of college or university study. The winners in the three-4^ year-old program will enter classfs in the fall. Eight suc­ cessful candidates, from 1933 and 1954 are now completing their first and second year's study this month and have received a total of $18,000. Under the provisions of the Wel­ fare Plan the annual awards are MONTREAL—^With the once-proud Canadian deep-sea fleet open to Seafarers under 35 as well reduced to half-a-dozen ships, the SIU Canadian District has as the children of Seafarers who qualify on the basis of their fath­ opened a drive to preserve Canada's inland and coastal shipers' seatime. In addition to certain ping for the Canadian flag'^ The SIU of NA convention reso­ scholastic requirements, candidates and intercoastal Lakes ship­ must show three-years of seatime ping to US and Canadian lution pointed out that foreign na­ on SlU-contracted ships either for ships. The Canadian District's po­ tions are already laying bulls for themselves or, in the case of chil- sition is receiving full support ships to be used in competition (iren who are competing, for a from the Trades and Labor Con­ with US and Canadian vessels on gress of Canada and was endorsed the Great Lakes. Cut-throat com­ parent. Three Seafarers and five chil­ by the recently-ended SIU of NA petition on the Lakes from small foreign vessels which can negoti­ dren of Seafarers, two boys and convention. The Canadian District's program ate the existing 12-foot channel three girls, are currently enjoying the SIU scholarship benefit, which calls for legislation similar to that above Montreal is already hurting is believed to be highest award of in the United States which re­ US and Canadian Lakes ships. The resolution was heartily en­ its type anywhere. Successful can­ serves domestic trade to US-flag didates may choose their own vessels. At present there is no re­ dorsed by Claude Jodoin, presi­ in dent of the Trades and Labor Con­ school and course of study. The striction on forei^ flags Plan imposes no conditions on Canada with the result that virtu­ gress, who declared: "We believe where and in what field the awards ally all of Canada's c()astwise trade that inland and coastal waters is in the hands of non-Canadian should be reserved for Canadian inay be used. shipping in this country and for Among those competing for the shipping. United States shipping below the Seaway Adds Problem awards this year are several who The problem will grow more border. We should not be forced missed out in the last two years and are trying again. The Plan's acute when the St. Lawrence Sea­ zto . lower our excellent standards to provisions permit unsuccessful way is opened because full-size assist foreign competition. We can candidates of previous years to try foreign-flag ships will then be able assist foreign shipping more by again by taking another college en­ to invade the Lakes in large num­ raising their standards to, meet ours." bers. trance examination. ^ 4 •-ii I 'Ban Alien Fjag Coastal Trade'-Canadian SIU • .'K •,T'- • --'SM • • 'i'i ^lU Ships' Meetings Hail New Benefits Seafarers at ship's meeting on the Del Mai* hold serious discussion on the recent proposals submitted by Union for action by all SIU ships' crews. Crewmember in foreground adjusts amplifying system bought by crew for meetings and other shipboard functions. The photo is by Seafarer John Caldwell. , M SIU crewmembers aboard the Alcoa Pegasus listen intently to explanation of new family welfare benefits at special shipboard meeting in Brooklyn. Discussion ended with everwheiming endorsement of new hoSpital-surgical benefits as first-class proteirtion for Seafarers and .1 �^Eiciit " r ' SEAFARERS LOG JniM 10, 1855 Elected to head recent special meeting in port. Seafarers John Wunderlich, defth re­ cording sec'y. and Cleo Copeland, chairman, listep as reading clerk Burt Williams reads report presented for action. Located just one block from the .SIU hall, this shady park provides a perfect spot for cool, comfortable relaxation between job calls. Pic­ tured seated, (1-r) are Seafarers S. J. Poole, "Buster" Bryant, John Wunderllch; standing, A1 Zalfini and Barney McNally. Seafarers In Savannah —A Cantera's-Eye View fer-f? •-_• £;. \ A good book helps pass time for Seafarer William Gregory at the local marine hospital. Dr.. Robert Martin and some of the nursing staff prepare to visit wards. Pictured (1-r) are nurse Elise Williams, Dr. Martin, nurses Janie 'i^gf^^ Minnie Ingram, Eva Lee and Gertrude King. .^ . �SEAFARERS June It. 19SS DOROTHY (eull), April 31—Chalp. mip, A. Lakp; Sacratary, N. Flowara. Insecticide will be removed from cereal lockeiv Steward requested to vary cold drinks, etc.. at meals. ' Tha cHairmaii asked for mpre inte'rdepartn diital Cooperation tq avoid friction among brother Union members. Vote carried to collect funds to buy iron for crew, i BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Serv­ ice). May a—Chairman. O. Fargo; Sec­ retary, G. Fava, Jr. Doors and port­ holes should be screened. A letter was received from the port steward stating that linen will be distributed piece for piece. Treasurer reported $42.53 in the ship's fund. May 10—Chairman, O. Fargo; Seeretary. C. Fava. Motion' made by Jones to give a rousing vote of con­ fidence and llianks to our Union nego­ tiating committee for a Job well done. Headquarters report and communica­ tions were accepted as read. ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), May 1— reaoIutioM were adopted at this meeting. The first supporting the newly-established 'hiring set-up and the second backing the AFL unions on staqd taken in CAMU dispute. LOG Pace Nine - Seafarer Checks For Value Blasts CG, Gov't Ships STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), May 2-^halrman, M. White; Secrefary, J. Cummins. A motion was made by Meiendez and carried that a telegram be sent to Harry Lundeberg agreeing with the way he acted on CAMU issue. Crew is 100 percent in favor of the new hiring set-up and have also pledged- their full support to AFL unions in CAMU dispute. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), May 2—Chairman, W. Hall; Secretary, J. Allen, A motion was made and car­ ried to send a wire to Brother Lunde­ berg. Headquarters report read and accepted. • ' ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), Chair­ man, C. Parker; Secretary, R. Darley. A special meeting was held and mo­ tions carried to approve the new SIU seniority system and the position AFL unions took in withdrawing from CAMU. Brother Mitchell made a mo­ tion to send a telegram to Harry Lundeberg supporting him on CAMU. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), April 24—Chairman, W. Newberg; Secretary, A. Lambert. Ship's dele­ gate reported everything running smoothly. Ship's treasurer told crewmembers there is a balance of $30.50 in the ship's fund. 'An electric iron was purchased. Chairman, B. McMulty; Secretary, C. Welch. Ship's delegate reported everything running smoothly. Dele­ gates were asked to have repair lists ready. Deck and engine department rooms to be .painted. Siopchest to be put on and a list of prices to he posted. Suggestion to put this slopchest beef before a patrolman,' I OREMAR (Ore), March 27—Chair­ man, J. Arnold; Secretary, W. Ander­ son., Ship's delegate asked the crew to take notice of a letter received from Sea Chest that he has posted in tha recreation room. The 3rd engi­ neer has been painting and cheating the wipers out of overtime. Motion made and carried for the steward to see what he can do about getting more milk and cereals. A vote of thanks was extended to the new crew messman for the way he has taken care of the crew on his first trip. The bosun -was given a vote of thanks for taking care of the library when ship is in port. ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa), April 3 —Chairman, Galuska; Secretary, J. O'Nall. A unanimous vote of thanks was given to the steward department for using the new system of cooking and serving meals, thereby cutting down on waste and greatly improving meals. Ship's delegate reported that topside is cooperating with crew on repairs. I '• I 4 i'nI ROBIN 6000FELL0W (Robin), April 3—Chairman, M. Brightwcll; Secre­ tary, M. Wells. All departments were asked to make up repair lists. If there are any old mattresses on board let the steward know, as they will be tiirnerl in when ship rearhes Haitimore, A vote of thanks given to the steward department for the service and chow. FRANCES (Bull), April 3—Chair­ man, W. Smith; Secretary, H. Single­ ton. Ship's delegate reported that there is $25 In the ship's fund. Dis­ cussion on new shipping rules and some clarification is wanted. Carenter will make new locker for eatig utensils. S NATIONAL LIBERTY (National Trade), no date—Chairman, C. Moss; Secretary, F. Anderegg. Suggestion made for the ship's delegate to see the captain about locks being put on cabinet that holds items that crew considers part of their night lunch. Crew is dissatisfied with menus. When questioned about worn out and in­ sufficient supply of linen, the steward said it wasn't his fault as he ordered a three months supply that hasn't been delivered as yet. ROBIN KETTERING (Seas Shipping), March 19—Chairman, F. Travis; Sec­ retary, S. Korolla. Motion made and carried that a variety of cigarettes he put on board besides the three .brands carried. Discussion on why so much fruit was thrown over the side, and a suggestion was made that the steward put out as much as can be eaten when fruit starts to go bad. SOUTHSTAR (South Atlantic), April 24—Chairman, C. Rice; Secretary, B. Porter. Ship's delegate wrote a letter aboat soap powder and will try to obtain same in boxes. Repair list sent to Savannah and seniority system will be explained by officials. Motion made and carried to obtain a new re­ frigerator for the crew. A new water cooker is needed for the engine room. ORION STAR (Oil Carriers), March 5—Chairman, H. Knowiss; Secretary, B.-Stark. Brother Shaw warned crewmemhers not to hook up phone or radio to speaker as it will short out set. Brother Bumgardner suggested to label all ship's property on arrival in port for identification. A vote of thanks goes to the steward depart­ ment for the food put out. April 17-^Chalrman, H. Knowles;' Secretary, B. Stark. There is $29.02 on hand in the ship's fund, which will be turned over to the new crew. Mo­ tion made and carried for the men who missed ship to report to patrol­ man. Foc'sles sh'ould^e left clean and the crew was asked to stay sober at payoff. Brother Brookshire suggested that emergency lights be placed in engine room in case of another black­ out. SOUTHSTAR (South Atlantic), May 15—Chairman, Bob Porter; Secretary, J. Floyd. Ship's delegate reported that he hopes the remainder of the trip will be as good as it has been, with a good crew. Delegates from three departments all reported every­ thing going smoothly, no beefs. Mo­ tion carried to accept and concur in headquarters commimications. Stew­ ard assured all that there would be no recurrence of the case of the for­ eign-bought chicken and also that all fish taken on overseas, would be eaten as soon as possible. Baker requested that an occasional sweet be served at coffee time. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), May 22— Chairman, Charles Bush; Secretary, S, Nielsen. Balance of ship's fund Is $75.16. Crewmembers were asked to turn over ship's delegates mail to him. Headquarters communications accepted and carried. Ship delegate, ship's secretary were elected. Old TV set to be disposed of. Engine dele­ gate, bosun and steward reported that there was a poor grade of meat aboard. Steward will request patrol­ man to check with port steward on this matter. Good and welfare report to be shown to boarding patrolman. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), May 26—Chairman, J. Oosse; Secretary, T. Stevenson. Repair list was taken care of and situation on crew mail also. Balance of ship's fund is $20. Sug­ gestion was made to have unnecessary noise in passageways stopped. VAL CHEM (Valentine), May 27— Chairman, Hagerman; Secretary, Cassidy. Communication on additional welfare benefits accepted and con­ curred. Carried unanimously. No beefs. VENORE (Ore), May 27—Chairman, H. Buckner;' Secretary, C. Rawlings. Minor beef in steward department settled by crewmembers. Brother - Frank Doland injured his back on May-22 and was hospitalized in Puerto De Herrio, Venezuela on May\ 24. Recent communication was considered "A tVonderful Thing for All" by crew­ members; and a hearty vote of thanks was extended to SIU trustees of the CHICKASAW (Waterman), May 2— Seafarers' Welfare Plan. Vote of Chairman, A. Johnes; Secretary, R. thanks to steward department for ex­ Velasco. Headquarters report was cellent preparation of food. Motion read and accepted by entire crew. was made for steward to requisition cots for crewmembers. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), May 2— Chairman. R. Jackson; Secretary, N. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), May 28Caulke. Ship's treasurer reported Chalrman, B. Rhone; Secretary, H. that the fund has $3 in cash and Weeks. Motion carried that ail crew­ crew will replenish same at first members put cups and glasses in sink draw. Motions adopted referring to after they've used them. Motion made new SIU seniority set-up and action to get an exterminator to do away 'With roaches, and also that all unau­ AFL unions took regarding CAMU. thorized persons stay out of messhall and pantry. Advance notice of slopSUZANNE (Bull), May 3—Chairman, chest be posted along with siopchest A. Olando; Secretary, W. Gravsnoy. Discussion from single men about price. D. Parsons elected new ship's parents being considered in the Wel­ delegate. June 1—Chairman, B. Friedman; fare Plan. No beefs reported. - Secretary, H. Weeks. Ship to be Recent communication FRANCES (Bull), May 2—Chairman, fumigated. W. Smith; Secretary, 1. b'Rourke. A from headquarters accepted 100 pertelegram was sent to Lundebetg sup­ . cent/. Ship's delegate to distribute porting hinj on CAJSU beeit. Two ^enrollment'cardp^ foe Welfare Plan. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Seat Shipping), .April 16—Chairman. W. Fountan; Sec­ retary, W. Trolle. Ship's delegate will see the chief engineer about having black gang toilets fixed. Steward was asked to get fresh milk and vegetables and to have a variety in menus. I y.~ is. TUmiilkigt^S •• - SIU Sea Chest rep. Morty Kressner (left) points out merits, of merchandise to Seafarer George R. Nichols in the recrea­ tion room at the New Orleans hall, where retail display cases were recently installed to display items such as radios, jewelry'and dress gear for the convenience of the membership. Benefit $ Triple Oldtimer Pay NEW ORLEANS—^Taking it easy on the beach here, oldtimer Leonard Ellis last week summed up his gains earned in a lifetime of seafaring and found his weekly SIU disability benefit cheek is three times the ^ amount of his monthly wages ity benefit check, just increased to $35 a week under newly-negotiated for his first maritime job 56 terms of the SIU Welfare Plan, years ago. plus his Federal Old Age Benefit, Now 69, Ellis was 13 years old is adequate to care for the needs when he took a one-way trip as of himself and his wife in their de­ a "flunky" on a river packet from clining years. St. Louis to New Orleans in 1899. "I spend my time just i-eading and strolling around the French Quarter," he said. "Next year, though, I think I'll buy me a lit­ tle house boat and catch up on my fishing and, maybe, shoot me a duck now and then. I've still got a good eye." "I've seen many changes in the seamen's labor movement," he said. "I can tell you they all have been for the best. Conditions are 100 percent better now than in the old days and these young fellows, who never had to. take a bath in a bucket or eat the slop they used to dish out for us, don't know how well off they are. "Just think, I used to put in a month of hard work at long hours for $12. Now, under the increase in the SIU disability benefit, I get Leonard $35 a week for taking it easy on "One trip, one way, was the beach." enough," Ellis recalled. 'My wages for being a flunky, the same thing as a mess boy today,~ were $12 a month. I jumped that tub as soon as we got to New Orleans. "I never saw St. Louis again," he said, "except for once when I passed by on a trip up river on a MONTREAL — An organizing Federal Barge Lines towboat a few di'ive Gamong non-union US-flag years back." Although he began his seafaring ships on the Lakes is in the offing career on a river boat and returned as the result of a program approv­ to the river to work Intermittenxly ed by the SIUNA convention. Delegates voted a report recom­ when shipping was slow, Ellis worked most of his seagoing day.s mending that the SIU or NA give as a deep sea man, mostly in the the •"maximum financial aid" pos­ sible to the Great Lakes SIU for steward department, Ellis' last trip to" sea ended the purpose of organizing. The report by the organizational wh^n he paid off the Del Mundo in New Orleans about 18 months ago. and grievance committee pointed The doctors wouldn't pass the vet­ out that a considerable organizing eran Seafarer for another voyage, potential exists on the Lakes, and and he qualifled for a well-earned the development of the St.. Law­ rence Seaway w'Ul probably add to place on the SIU disability roll, l^es shjjjpipg activity. Drive Set On Lakes Ships MONTREAI^The Military Sea Transportation Service's competition with private ship­ ping companies and the Coast Guard's efforts to control merchant seameii both came in for strong erUiclsm from delegates to the SIU of NA's convention. Resolu­ tions approved by the delegates called for MSTS to get out of the shipping business and for the Coast Guard to halt its projected "pro-i. filing" system which would give it life or death power over a man's right to go to sea. MSTS has been under fire for some time because it has competed directly with commercial opera­ tions in carrying both freight and passengers. A recent study reveal­ ed 85 percent of MSTS cargo could be carried on commercial ships, while the Government agency car­ ried 200,000 civilian' passengefs in 1954, enough to keep about 15 pri­ vate passenger ships running. More Expensive All of this was done at far more expense to the Government than chartering of commercial ships would have cost because of the oversize manning scales on MSTS vessels. Both the SIU A&G District and the West Coast unions, the SUP, MFOW and MCS-AFL have spear­ headed opposition to the Coast Guard's "profiling" system, which would put every seaman on the grill. The Coast Guard proposed that all seamen pass a rigorous physical and mental check-up in­ volving checks into a man's famiV^ background, personal habits and other matters of private concerii to the seaman. The system would have allowed the Coast Guard to yank a man's papers if he could not meet arbitrary standards, no matter how many years or well he had handled his shipboard job, • • . 5J US Transfer Total Grows Entirely apart from the 1,113 American-flag ships sold and trans­ ferred foreign under the 1946 Ship Sales Act, a check at the Maritime Administration reveals that be­ tween January 1, 1946, and April 30, 1955, a total of 426 merchant ships of over 1,000 gross tons were sold or transferred foreign. This figure does not include any ships sold to American citizens under the 1946 Act and subsequently transr ferred foreign by permission of the Government. In addition, some 138 ships over 1,000 tons originally sold to US citizens under the 1946 Act, have subsequently been transferred for­ eign. New Libertys 4 Years Off Results of the Government's ex­ perimental work in attempting to modernize four Liberty type ships may not be known for several years —possibly too late to be of real value in the replacement programs of some operators who are being urged to accelerate their building plans. Final and conclusive data on the Government's test progi-am probably will not be forthcoming for a^ioutflgMr years.,, ^ • Al �"r??5 Pars Tn MEET THE SEAFARER Jaa* M, ItM SEAFARERS'LOG • 'Beacon Of Hope' 1! JULIAN S. MINESES, chief cook • Many Seafarers who sail on the he saw them was when he was Robin Line run are undoubtedly aboard the Steel Architect back in familiar with the cookery of Ju­ 1948. lian Mineses. The 56-year-old sea Some 'day, if he has the oppor­ veteran lias been a Robin Line tunity, he would like to make a regular for the past five or six trip back to his birthplace and stay years because he finds that condi­ a little while, but he has no idea tions Oil these ships are usually of returning to the islands perma­ top notch, with company officials nently. "I'm an American citi­ and agents generally living up to zen," he pointed out, "and this is the provisions of the SIU contract my home here. When I get a lit­ tle older and maj'be retire I would at all times. A native of Manila, Mineses first visit Manila but I would not want wtmt to sea in 1920 because like to stay there for good." He pre­ many other islanders at the time, fers living in Brooklyn, not far he wanted to get to the States from the headquarters hall. where economic opportunities Likes Chief Cook Job were better. His first ship was an Although he has endorsements Army Transport Service vessel to sail as chief steward, Mineseswhere he signed on as messman prefers the chief cook's job any­ for $45 a month. After that he time. "The steward has too much spent several years with ATS on responsibility" he explained, "and combiinlion passenger-cargo jobs he is always under pressure from running to various parts of the the company which wants him to world. .save money while the men on the Subsequently, Mineses hooked ship and the Union want him to • up with Isthmian Lines on their feed good." Doing that kind of a far east and round-the-world job he finds, is a tightrope propo­ runs. He was working for them sition and it takes skill and care­ when the SIU began organizing at ful planning to please both sides. tlie end of World War II. After Mineses is proud of the fact that the SIU won the election it was he has a "following" when he necessary to strike the company ships and that on occasion crewin 1947. members will stay with the ship if Philadelphia Picket Line he stays aboai'd but pay off when Mineses was in Philadelphia at he leaves. A lot depends though, the time and spent 12 days on tiie on how well the cook and steward picketline until the company gave work together. "If the chief cook in to Union demands.. Right then and chief steward get together" he and there, Mineses got his reward said, "and let the crew know that in the form of his SIU Union book they will try to meet their re­ which he has been packing ever quests for different dishes, it gives a lot more variety to the food." since. Riding with a Union contract He also finds that putting out was a real eye-opener for him. "Af­ oriental-style dishes meets with ter t joined the SIU," he said, "I approval because that too helps wanted no part of any non-union break up the monotony. "I find company any more. You could stamen today eat a lot of rice see tlie difl'erence in conditions dishes," he added. on the ships right away." In the old days, he recalled, it Quite a few ships' delegates are Since joining the SIU, Mine.ses was different. The steward put has been shipping pretty steadily out the food and the crew took really 'on the ball, judging from on the Robin Line wagons lo what they got and asked no ques- the number of expressions of warm South Africa. The run has just lions. Now, with Union conditions appreciation crews have inserted one disadvantage, he finds, which the crews today are well-educated i.s that ho doe.sn't get a chance to on good feeding and the steward in the minutes of their shipboard see his brothers and sisters liv­ department has to be on its toes meetings. Among the brothers ing in the islands. The last time accordinglj'. so mentioned was Theadore "Beau" James, delegate pn the Del Sud, Bob Garn on another Delta pas­ senger wagon, the Del Mar, and Union label promotion use is ex­ September to determine its future H. D. Carney on the Steel Fabri­ cator. pected to be stepped up with merg­ cour.se of action. er of AFL and CIO. The promo­ James was given the accolade Jjy 4- t 4 tions will serve as assets to or­ After mass picketing of New his shipmates for doing a swell job ganizing drives, with cigarette York's City Hall, AFL State, the last trip out, nianufacturers one major target. County and Municipal Employees says Seafarer , AFL Tobacco Woi'kers Interna­ won assurances from the city of a Woody Perkins, tional hopes to put labe.'s on job classification system for 4,500 who took over union brands to promote use of of the union's members in various as ship's reporter union label smokes among IG city departments. The assurances under the new million union members. Then it came when the union laid plans for shipboard set-up. Will attempt to tackle R. J. a second mass picket session. On the Mar, the Reynolds, manufacturer of non­ crew said of 4 4 4 union Camels cigarettes. Garn that he did A modified guaranteed annual 4< 4- ii" an "exceptionally wage plan was won by the United James us Labor scored a major diplo­ Automobile Workers (CIO) in ne­ good job." The matic victory when the Interna­ gotiations with the Ford Motor Mar incidentally, is the ship on tional Confederation of Free Trade Company. The settlement, a few which the delegates set up a sys­ Unions agreed on a program of hours after a strike deadline, ob­ tem of delegates' meetings to take strengthening western nations to ligates the company to assure its up beefs and other pending action, meet potential Soviet aggression. workers, in combination with with very good results. Up until now, many ICFTU mem­ state-pi'ovided unemployment in­ Carney on the Fabricator made ber unions in Europe had been surance, 60 to 65 percent of«their a point of giving the crew a re­ "neuira.ist." An organizing pro­ weekly earnings for as long as 26 sume of new shipping rules and gram was also set up to invigorate weeks of layoff. Hourly wage in­ pending headquarters resolutions foreign unions and raise living creases and pension and vacation so that every man attending the standards. improvements were included in meeting would be fully informed the new contract. 4> i on what was taking place. Canada's Trades and Labor Con­ 4 4 4 James and Garn live in NeWOrgress (AFL) and the Canadian Con­ Hotel sinkers in Miami Beach leans, James joining the Union in gress of Labor (CIO) i'o.low their are holding fast despite injunction 1950 and Gai^ in 1948. Carney, American counterparts into merg­ moves by some struck hotels. Hotel is from Wilmington, North Caro­ er early in 1956. One large group and -Restaurant Employees Union lina, and signed up in 1947. outside the merger is the Canad;aa (y^FL) is running walkout in eflbrt 4 4 4 ancF Catholic Federation of Labor, to organize non-union resort hotel a church-sponsored group, which indusu-y. Although hotels ate still .The Ocean Betty's washing ma­ claims 100,000 members. The operating, employers admit strike chine is humming smoothly again Catholic Federation will^ pieet in has cut into theif business. problem simplified, thanks to the efforts of Seafarer Wilbur Morton. When the machine went on the blink, Morton pitched in with the assistance of other unnamed crewmembers to put it back in working order again. Seafarer C. L. Francum on the Feltore brought up a point con­ cerning contract provisions. Fran­ cum suggested that the contract be clarified to make the midnight meal a compulsory part of ship­ board feeding under certain cir­ cumstances. His suggestion has been duly noted and is under ad­ visement. Francum lives in Le­ noir, North Carolina, and became an SIU member in 1945. 4 4 4 Aboard the Del Aires, ship's re­ porter Charles Frey notes that three volunteers came forward and gave the ship's laundry room a badly-needed going over. No use, they figured, in washing clothes in a dirty room. Now they're hop­ ing that their shipmates will be extra careful to keep the room in tip-top shape. 4 4 nique, engine and Casimir Szymanski, steward, deserve a good deal of credit for keeping this one a smooth^running and happy ship. 4 4 0BVEF/T$ 4' Chief cook Joe Avecilia really has the pots and pans singing in harmony in the Queenston Heights galley. The chow he's turning out, crewmembers feel, rates with the best. Another tankwagon, the Julesburg, rates mention because of the way the whole gang handled their jobs despite the unpleasant­ ness of a Persian Gulf run. Tlie skipper said that as a result the trip was one of the best he had ever made to the Persian Gulf area. Delegates M. P. Beechy, ship's; Lou Diering, deck;' Joiseph De- 4 The weekly three-man auditing committees that Seafarers elect ia all ports take up the services of quite a few rank and file Seafarers wlio are on the beach. Some of tlie men who have -been serv­ ing on these com­ mittees recently include: PhiladelTetterton p h i a -- W. Mc­ Donald, M. Luksa, P. Navitsky; Norfolk—C. Wheeler, T. R. Lehay and L. Tetterton; New Orleans— J. C. Relun, V, T. Allen and S. Candela; Houston— P. Narvaez, J. Williamson and H. Myers. Sea­ farers in other ports, of course, also got their share of these com­ mittee assignments- •VOUABS tfi •7& ioO fmvij GerixK co/YAoW CF-nje s&mBS wm£ PMV ATAHI s/C. J MAU' �•: I jrwe i«. i9SS SEAFARERS Action On JRunawnys Work Speodod On Seafarers School A positive program for dealing'with the runaway flag prob­ lem is in the offing as thd result of the SIU of NA's conven­ tion action pledging support to the International TransportWorkers Federation's organizing in the field. SIU sea affili­ ates on both Coasts are planning to work closely with ITF, which has already made headway and has contracts with a number of such ships. Since the runaway flags set no standards at all for their ships, leaving the shipowner to get away with whatever he can in the way of manning, safety, feeding and wages, succe.ssful ITF action in the field would at least set some mini­ mum standards which all ships would have to meet. It would end ruthless exploitation of crewmembers, many of whom are affiliated with ITF-memlier unions in their home coun­ tries. ^ • The role of US unions in this area can be particularly im­ portant because so many of the runaways are Americanowned and operate out of US ports. It is obvious that the runaway -flag ships not only deprive US seamen of jobs by fleeing.US jurisdiction, but threaten the stability and employment of legitimate merchant fleets. An authoritative British study points out that in a time of declining cargo offerings, the runaway flag operations would have a disastrous effect on freight rates and liner services of all nations, something the SIU has believed all along. Certainly the ITF campaign merits the active dhd enthusi­ astic support of all sea unions as the only legitimate effort to organize the runaways. Hard at work on building for the new Seafarers Training School at Bayou LaBatre, Ala., just outside of Mobile, workmen rush the job to completion so that indoor classes can be organ­ ized. Outdoor facilities for training and upgrading of Seafarers are already completed. ' • / 4» 4- 4" Productive Coiiveutloii The 7th biennial convention of the SIU of North America, recently concluded in .Montreal, rates as one of the most pro­ ductive meetings ever held By the international union. Dele­ gates worked out a program which dealt forcefully with all the major problems facing seamen and their unions. The convention made it clear that SIU affiliates would not tolerate any effort to deprive seamen of the right to bar­ gain freely with the shipowner through their unions. It also reemphasized the SIU's firm position on the hiring hall issue, making that issue an essential feature of any future maritime merger. The merger problem itself was dealt with through a state­ ment of principles. Various problems of affiliates such as Great L^es organizing, Canadian flag operations, Inland boat jurisdiction and others were acted on. All in all it was a constructive gathering which should prove of lasting benefit to the seamen, fishermen and shoreside workers who are members of the international. 444- Standing Up It was good to see at least one Representative stand up on his feet in Congress and defend the "50-50" law against all comers. It was Congressman Jack Shelley of San Francisco who stepped into the breach with a ringing attack on the foreign lobbyists who want to scuttle "50-50" so that their ships can obtain a stranglehold on agricultural surplus car­ goes. Congressman Shelley thoroughly debunked the claim that these cargoes are "commercial" by pointing out that in most instances the proceeds of the sales will not come back to the US Government but will be used as a disguised form of economic aid to foreign nations. A lot of generalized talk can be heard in Washington about "our American merchant marine" these days but it's becom­ ing a rare thing to see someone defend a specific feature of great value to maritime in the face of hostile criticism. Our thanks go to Representative Shelley. 4 4 4 Atom Ship Plans While the Government is going ahead with plans for its elaborate "floating showcase" atom ship plan, private ship­ ping interests are equally active. Only in their case they are concerned with commerciably-useful operations instead of propaganda showcases. Three companies, among them Cities Service, have financed a study which concludes that it is feasible to build a nuclearpowered ship which would not endanger crew, passengers and cargo and which would not be obsolete for some time. It will be. in interesting to see if any private shipping com­ panies make plans for construction of a ship of, their, owp for >fc Faff* EicTCB LOG Balto Vf elf are Classes Popular BALTIMORE—Seafarers in this port' are now taking part in regular Educational Welfare meetings sponsored by the SIU to familiarize themselves fully with the precedent-setting new SIU welfare benefits. -f—— The sessions are being held They are drawing an enthusiastic surgical coverage for Seafarers' at the SIU hall here three attendance from among the Sea­ wives and unmanned children times weekly, on Mondays, farers on the beach. The newest under 19. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2 PM. SIU benefits provide hospital and Question: What do you think of the new ship delegotes and ship minutes set-up? Charlea Morrison, steward: It's Thomas Smythe, firemaii: It seems to work out fine, because a wonderful way of handling things froni both the meetings now ends of the line. get right down The material sent to business. We out by the Union don't have to explains just spend time elect­ what is going o». ing a chaii-man and what has to since we have .a be acted upon. number of elected The crew in turn delegates to can act where choose from. The needed and can headquarters bul­ letins help the watchstanders find easily keep the Union posted on out just what went on at the meet­ conditions aboard the vessel. ing. ^444 4 4 4 Louis Gonzalez, FWT: The new Alonzo Bryant, chief cook: I system has worked out okay so far think they're a good idea because on the ship, and all business is helps save a lot handled In a of time at the smooth fashion meetings. Now now aboard the everybody knows ship. We don't what is happen­ have to have a ing ashore. It's a meeting , everygood way to keep time something the membership routine comes up informed all the because we have time about what g full set of SIU goes on at regular Union meetings ship's officers to handle it. The in all ports. delegates know just what they 4 4 4 have to do now. Dolan Gaskill, cook: My ship has '4 4 4 R. Broomhead, AB: The idea is only used the new forms a couple of times, but fine, but it will take some time for what I've seen the men on the shows that the ships to woi'k it whole arrange­ out, so that the ment is a good whole set-up idea. The new should work to forms help the everybody's ben­ crew handle its efit. Right now, routine and spe­ however, another cial business, and c X p 1 a nation of also give every­ each man's duties might be helpful body a voice in Union policy mat­ in' moving the> newv jKyat^in< glong. ters affecting the -membership. Port Agent Earl Sheppard an­ nounced that classes are being scheduled" indefinitely. "We will hold them every week for as mug as necessary to enable every man coming through here to fully un­ derstand all the benefits available to him, his wife and children," he noted. "These benefits are like money in every man's pocket. The best way to protect them is to make sure everyone knows just what he has coming in case of any emer­ gency," Sheppard added. Shipping Up Slightly Shipping and registration here took a very slight rise over the past two-week period, with all ships generally coming in clean. Efforts to wind up outstanding beefs with Ore and Calmar netted agreement from the companies that they would pay overtime at the longshore rate for crews handling hatches and beams while cargo is aboard a vessel. This has been a particular problem on the Bethcoaster up until now. Discussion also cleared up the problem of the 2nd cook on tije same ship working more th.^n regular hoairs. Endorse One Purser Union MONTREAL — The Staff Officei-s Association of America has been recognized by thef SIU of NA, convention as the one official unit of staff officers in the nation. Ac­ tion was taken by the convention on this score so that all pursers would be able to come together in one union. Up until now there had been more than one pursers organiza­ tion in the field, but the Staff Offi­ cers Association was the only one that was functioning effectively to represent pursers. Ifr already holds contracts wife several steamship companies,/, j �- ' •; -A - , " •. F fHg* twtin Mowbray's Bats Make ^Crescents' See Stars f- It's a long pull from Brooklyn to Beira, but the Seafarers on the Robin Mowbray (Seas Shipping) take their baseball wherever they find it. Considering the scores the ship's ballteam is racking up this trip, they found lots of it down in teams don't getJthat many runs in a week, even counting those la East Africa. SEAFARERS \ -f- Henry Riley John K. Henchey PIIYSICANS & SURGEONS HOSPITAL •John Simpson F. Hiilana PORTLAND, ORK. Norman T. Jackson R. H. Solheim James Robinson Melvin H. Jones Francis Sullivan HARBOR GENERAL HOSPITAL Michael Laakso Harry Sullivan LOS ANGELES. CALIF. Robert Lipscomb Joseph W. Taylor Thomas J. Hoar M. P. McCoskey USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPIT.AL SAVANNAH, GA. BOSTON, MASS. Paul B. Bland William G. Gregory Frank Alaaaiich A. C. Harrington A. F. Cohen Clyde H. Jernigan Richard J. Delaney John M. Herrold Lucius A. DeWitt Jimmie Littleton USPHS HOSPITAL Thurston Dingier James T. Moore GALVESTON. TEXAS Rufus L. Fields John H. Morris Robert G. Barrett Mark J. Poncros USPHS HOSPri'AL Rosalio Rodriguez Francisco CueUar SEATTLE, WASH. Benjamin F. Grice George R. Sneeden John J. Davis W. H. MansReld James Jackson John E. Tillman William J. Fick V. K. Ming John £. Markopnlo Anelio L. Grillo L, O. Morris USPHS HOSPITAL Sverre Johannessen L. Wolfe NEW ORLEANS. LA. Tim M. McCarthy .1. L. Buckelew George D. Olive USPHS HOSPITAL Serio M. DeSoso Alfonso Olaguibel DETROIT. MICH. Calvin Di Sliva Thomas A. Pradat Tim Burke Sam Florence R. A. Ratcllff USPHS HOSPITAL Leo Fontenot Edward Samrock MEMPHIS. TENN. .lames S. Gibson Benjamin C. Seal Charles Burton Wililam Grimes Harvey E. Shero Earl T. Hardeman Erskin F. Sims TRIPLER ARMY HOSPITAL E. G. Knapp Woodrow A. Snead HONOLULU. HAWAII Stephen Kulzer Lonnie R. Tickle Frank T. CampbeU William Ladnier Dick Visser USPHS HOSPITAL Leo H. Lang James E. Ward LEXINGTON, KY. Nicholas C. Maire Herman 'Winbdrn George O. Chaudion Earl T. Minton David A. Wright USPHS HOSPITAL C. R. Nicholson FORT WORTHi TEXAS USPHS HOSPITAL B. F. Deibler Jose Santiago NORFOLK. VA. Virgil L. Harding Rosendo Serrano Francis J. Boner John H. Richardson. Albert W. Kozina Edward J. Toolan Floyd Hiliier S.ULORS SNUG HARBOR USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Joseph Koslusky Marcelo B. Belan A. Loguidis USPHS HOSPIT.AL Francisco Cornier John F. Murphy STATEN ISLANb. NY Elmer B. Frost James J. O-'Hare Lsaac Antonio Lucian LaBrador William P. Hunt Norman West Dusan DeDuisin Marcel Laureano Frank Kubek Gerald Fitrjames Rafael Padilla USPHS HOSPITAL Estell Godl'rej' George Pitour MANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKLYN. NY Howard Hamlin Perry Roberts Fortunate Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Sidney Irby George H. Robinson Frank W. Bemrick James H. Lewis Gustof W. Johnson Jose Rodriguez Claude F. Blanks Arthur Lomas D. Kaim Mikolas Strawinskl Robert L. Booker Francis F. Lynch PhiUp F. Korol Joseph G. CanGustav Svensson Joseph D. McGraw Jar Chong Duaka Korolla < Archibald McGiUgan Gabriel Coloni CONEY ISLAND HOSPITAL H. F. MacDonald BROOKLYN. NY Walter W. Donley Vic Milazzo Thomas Burgos .Tolyi J. Drlscoll Melvin O. Moore Bart E. Guranick KINGSBRIDGE VA HOSPITAL Eugene T. Nelson Taib Hassen BRONX, NY Joseph Neubauer Joseph Ifsits James Kennedy Daniel F. Rugglano Thomas Isaksen USPHS HOSPITAL Wade H. Sexton John W. Keenan BALTIMORE. MD. a. E. .Shumaker. John R. Klemowicz Henry E. Smith George Anderson Cuat Borman Ludwig Krlstlansen Hai-ry S. Tuttle -PeUcito Aponta 1. • Bpiizin G. J. Bassler ' . - Ctaarlea Colium' Frederic VlrgU E, .WUmotk .. JatO«f J. Lawlor Cliee K. .Zal , C. .E, Bellcaolt Victor B. Cooper . I I _ II ^ • i|-^ I I -I 1n I _ | ... JBJI „• tOG Welfare Galiis Rated Tops To the Editor: Many thanks for sending the LOG as I and other seamen drydocked here enjoy it beyond words. As for myself, I w^s tickled pink when I read about one of the Union's latest vic­ tories dealing with the improve­ ments In the SIU Welfare Plan. Although I'in' single, I'm happy for the married brothers because I know how this means the difference between sailing from home with a clear head instead of worrying what will their stockings. S'coring Spree In the third contest, the Cre.scent fell a little further and succumbed by a more merciful 16-3 margin. All in all, the three-game, series netted the Mowbray team a total. of 64 markers, an avex'age of 21plus per game. In comparison, the SIU sluggers gave up only 22 I'uns all told to the opposition, which is pretty fair work in any league. After the .games, Raynor notes, both squads retired to JOhnny's "Arcadia Cafe" in Beira for a few cold ones to happen if somethftig goes cool off hot tem­ Ex-Sealegend Crew • wrong. pers from the Seafarers who were on this ship To me, all this adds up to two African Ci'escent in October, 1953, can get their things: we definitely have the and the smoking retroactive pay by contacting Mari­ right^rothers in office and a bats and twirling time Overseas, 61 Broadway, NYC. great group of men at sea who arms of the Mow­ Following men have retroactive take a real interest in tomor­ bray slugging and pay coming from Transfuel Corp.: pitching combo. row. Raynor R. R. ^Hstria, Joseph Landx-y (exNeeds Books The Arcadia Cecil N. Bean); Albert Mitchell, At present I am studying to •Joseph Sharvelis (ex-Wm. H. Car- stocks just the right stuff to han­ become a radio operator but ruth). Contact Ml'. Hallohan at dle the assignment, Raynor adds. desperately need some help. I Before reaching Beira, the ship Transfuel. 25 Bway, NYC, telemade its regular stopovers in have no money and don't need plione, WH 3-2366. South Africa, with good weather any. What I could use are two Ex-Ocean Nimet all the vjay and some fine swim­ books to help me along. Al­ though I sailed on deck for Following men who got off ship ming at the local beaches. Unfor­ eight years, I had previous ex­ in Raymond, Washington, are en­ tunately, there was even less to do perience in radio in the Navy. titled to collect transportation from in Beira, and that's where the Now, with the proper studying, Maritime Overseas, 61 Broadway, baseball came in handy. At last" I could probably get a certifi­ NYC; William McKenna, Stanley I'eports, the African Crescent ball Cislack, Phil Dcminice, Paul Ca- team was planning to dig a special cate. If anyone could provide me van, James Purcell, Richard Ses­ beach for the Mowbray men right with a book on radio receiver sions. James Bright. Contjict Seat­ on Beira's main drag. Maybe that tle SIU hall or Mai'itime Overseas will keep them off the baseball theory and a book on radio diamond next time. h^vi-p., 61 Broadway, NYC. transmitter theory I would be extremely grateful, because when things straighten out here, it's back to sea for me. If they cost anything, I'd repay them on my return. Meanwhile, please keep the LOG coming as we would be lost without it. Donald E. Grlffie Box 71 Thomas Mungo SEASIDE HOSPITAL Adion Cox D. L. Orbigu.so diaries H. Gill LO.VG BEACH, CALIF. Menard, 111. Fred Pittman William H. Kunike Gorman T. Glaze According to crewmember Oscar N. Raynor, who provided the few details available, the Mowbray men recently had a three-game set-to with an aggregation from the Afri­ can Crescent of the Farrell Line. The SIU squad muffed the first one, 16-15. The other two, however, turned the Crescent upside down. Revenge came quick and sure in the second of the three games by a lopsided 33-4. Some big league 1^ . —• Letters to the Editor Juiie:i«,lWS real feeling-of security, whether - we are at home sharing a few days or weeks with our wives and children, waiting to shipout again, t>r are on a long trip working to earn the bread and butter for those at home. Now we can sail oiu* ships wfith confidence because our families back home are pro­ tected in case of any emer­ gency. We 'who have families ' know how important this is, when we are away for weeks or months and can only get news a little at a time through the mails. Our Welfare Plan means a great deal to all of us. Let us work together to keep it and our Union strong. Evaristo Rosa Hails Union For Disability Gains Union Keynote f is Brotherhood To the ^Editor: After being ashore these' many months it looks like I'U soon come out of retirement and follow the good,- old" sea for a living agahu One thing is noticeable when one goes over all the events, the Union' has passed through dur­ ing the past 13 years and that is the everpresent name we use to describe to others..4he basic cornerstone that the orgaBlza- tlon is founded upon: the Broth­ erhood of the Sea. If one closely inspects cir­ cumstances evolving within and around our- Union Ihese past years, he finds'more and more ho\^ many times that word "brotherhood" is used whenever and wherever the Union mem­ bers must display themselves whether at sea or shoreside. There's no getting away from it—the original charter mem­ bers should always be acclaimed ak ones endowed with wisdom and fore.sight for drawing up such a solid charter and foun­ dation for us all. And thanks for the LOG, as it's a wonderful publication. Guy F. Wallace ii) i) if) To the Editor: I would like to offer my ap­ preciation for the raise in the disab.iiity-pensioft and the many other improvements just made in our SIU Welfare. Plan. Also I wish to thank the officials and the membership of the Union for making it possible for me to receive same. We have come a long way since we started and it is large­ ly because we have honest offi­ cials in our Union who are al­ ways on the alert to better our welfaie and working conditions. To- thq Editor: I am both happy and propd Personally, I'm quite sure the to say that by the end of June entire membership also likes this year I'll be back with the. the idea of keeping the cafe­ ^SIU. I've really appreciated teria, Sea Chest and bar in getting the LOG while in the New York closed to the public, Army. since now we can eat, drink or My time is almost up now, shop at any time without hav­ so please take me off your mail­ ing to wait in line. We are ing list. treated with kindness and re­ Soon I'll be picking my LOG spect in each place, which is up at headquarters, and having very welcome and is surely ap­ a couple of "cool ones" in the preciated by oldtimers like • Port O' Call. These last couple myself. of months are really dragging New Set-Up by. I am also quite delighted with Robert "Red" Fink the new elubroom, as I think it if) if) if) is one of the finest set-ups the Union has arranged for the SIU membei'sltlp in New York. The only thing I could suggest is To the Editor: that the Union purchase a few Greetings from the SS Fairbeach chairs so we ean sun our­ land (Waterman). We are now selves in real comfort. i J" At this point, a word to the discharging cargo in San Juan, wise: Make sure you hold on to preparatory for sailing to New York or Philadelphia. that Union book as it is much Recent beefs aboard the ship better than any bank book or To the Editor: insurance policy. The disabil­ wei-e squared away by the I have been in San Juan, PR, ity pension which the SIU is agent in Wilmington, Calif., so since April 1, and had several . now paj'ing, for example, ii a outside of normal agitation and personal problems that had to much larger one than most petty gi-ievances, the ship is on be handled. Therefore it -was unions give their disabled mem- - a reasonably normal keel. The really a pleasure to see how our hers and helps make our Union weather is very hot. hut every­ SIU representative here went the best in the world. one is quite cheerful. , to work on my behalf and was There is a little insecure feel­ Burton C. Frazer more than helpful in getting ing due to the sale of Water­ t. if. me squared away. man, hut when the situation is It makes me proud and happy ironed out, things will return to know that wherever we go, to normal. our Union and its officials have Arthur F. Compeau such a high regard ifor our wel­ To the Editor: Ship's reporter I have been in the SIU since fare. (Ed. note: Although Water1951 and would like to know Frank Mietki how I may qualify for a scholar­ man has been sold to McLean, if) if) if) the latter company is olso under ship from the Union. SIU contract, so the change in I had never inquired into this before, hut I heard some of the ownership is no^ expected to boys talking in the messhall and ,-.,o//cct Seafarers any.) To the Editor: they said that in order to go to Hf) t) t) It has been a long time since college on a Union scholarship I wrote my last letter to tlte LOG. But I felt I had to write you had to take courses in'labor now to express my thanks to and management relations. Is the Union and those connected this so? To the Editor: Johb R. Hailman with the latest improvements ta After 18 months I finally got iEd. note: Every scholarship back tP the States, with 10 of our SIU Welfare Plan. : . • It is amazing how through winner is allowed complete free­ those months in Korea. It was the years we Seafarers have dom ' to study whatever he a great help getting the LOG been moving ahead. Thanks to wishes and wherever he wishes over there, and I appreciate it. our Union, brothers who have while receiving SIU scholarship Please cross my name off the helped with their labor and benefits. The basic requirement mailing list. I'm looking for­ determination, we now have a is three years of discharges ward soon to taking my book wonderful system of protection •from SlU-contracted ships, plus out of retirement, and going not only for ourselves as sea­ certain scholastic ratings. An back to work with a fine bunch men, but, for our families- M application and full information of people, the SIU men. I'm a /oh the SIU scholarship benefit guy who Itkes that civilian life. well,, ' • J)«vld Returning Home To SIU In June Ail's Fair On The Fairiand Problems Vanish With SIU Help Asks For Data On Scholarships Cheers Program Per Family Aid Liked Getting LOG In Service 0- • .1-' ''' '• - 1 �•• it. ifiS SKAFAtLEKS Face Tbfatcsa EOG Random Shdts 'Round Tho %iforld ^yWiss Maritime /55' Charms WC Seafarers With "Miss Maritime 1955" on hand to greet all comers, Maritime Day, Sunday, May 22, was the occasion for "quite a gala shindig" at Seattle's Catholic Maritime Club, accord­ ing to Seafarer John Dolan,*^ better known to his aficiona­ Moore. "She is quite accomplished dos as the wandering minstrel in the art," Dolan suavely noted. Follow that hand! Throwing so hard that it ipoks as if he let go of his hand also, Sea­ farer Giuseppe Caruso, off the .^City of Alma, enjoys dart game at USS Club, Leghorn. Above, George W. Anderson, (left), father of Seafarer Bob Anderson," an SIU bosun, is shown during a visit aboard the LaSalle (Waterman) in Longview, Wash., with "Red" Taylor, ship's delegate. The picture was sent In by Sea­ farer Anthony Nottage, a friend of the Andersons, who was entertained at their home while the ship was in port. Mr. Anderson is a longshoreman in Longview. At left. Seafarer Max Lipton and a decorative Japanese friend show off Lipton's snack bar. The Pilot, in Yokohama, which is a popular spot for SIU and SUP men in port. Nottage sent this one in also, this time from Japan. Bulletms No News Anymore; M^ore La Furore Over Mess ^' The problem posed when an immovable object meets an irresistible force is amply demonstrated for budding scien­ tists by recent doings aboard the Marore (Ore), among others. A terse report in the ship's "*• notices dying on-the vine for lack minutes -of May 15 describes of posting place. Before anyone the following ingredients: one cana read them in the messhall bulletin board in the crew's iriess^ hall, one lock used to shut down the messhall right after meals, and one crew lounge where, everybody gathers, but which is bare of bulle­ tin b(«hrds and such paraphernalia. One of the ci-ewmembers at the meeting had proposed that they either take down the bulletin board from the messhall and[ put it in the lounge, or leave, the newsspace in the messhall and keep it open so that everyone aboard could check it for notices and similar items. This is the way the situation shapes up: If the bulletin board in the messhall is ripped out and put out somewhere else, this will leave the present room without any out­ let except for electricity/If the bulletin board stays put, that will change nothing. The denizens of the lounge will have to be satisfied with reminiscing about when they had a bulletin board—and "pin­ ups," maybe—on other ships. Meanwhile, there's lots of new Burty after meaJs, the joint is locked up. In like fashion, an even. more terse item from tlie Alcoa Pegasus meeting on May 21 once again illustrates the result of a collision between the proverbial "immov­ able object and irresistible force." Of special concern to the ship is this bit: "Dirty life preservers have been passed by the Coast Guard and nothing can be done about it." Ship's secretary L. L. Phillips furnished the report and that's that; Class is ended. A Songwriter vNow, Seafarer To Sail Again On the beach for a couple of years now, following the retirement of his SIU book due to an accident on the Alcoa Corsair*, former Seafarer D. C. Mullins expects ' he'll be, coming back to sea soon from his home in Creekville, Ky., to renew old ac­ quaintances once again. He'll return, however, as a song­ writer of some considerable ac­ complishment. This was the task he set for himself when he found he was drydocked and unable to do much in the way of manual la­ bor anymore. Mullins reports that he was for­ tunate enough to pen compositions with such writers as the authpr of the hit vocals "Pretend" and "The Tennessee Waltz," and one of them, he says, has been picked to be the big song of 1955 by a group of "top experts" in the recordmaking business. He notes that he can't rpveal the name of the tune just yet, but confides that it is a religious number and will be recorded very soon. He also has a song that he wrote with Webb Pierce, one of the na­ tion's top country singers, that has been recorded by Ted Rains on Decca, Joan Hager on Mercury and Buddy Thompson on RCA-Victor. Now on the market, it's called "Free of the Blues" and is said to be getting quite a whirl from disc jockeys and radio stations that feature country music. Stay Put For Idle Pay Seafarers who are collecting state Unemployment benefits while on the beach waiting to ship are urged to stay put and avoid changing their mailing addresses if they want to continue re­ ceiving their checks regularly. Several Seafarers have already experienced interruptions of from three to five weeks in getting their next check after they notified the state unemployment offices that they had mioved and changed their mailing address. An aveaage delay of a month is reported in most cases, causing considerable hardship to the men involved. i/ 'i '%• " of prose and song, the renowned "Saki Jack." "Miss Maritime 1955," from all reports, was far better looking than US maritime '55, but Dolan didn't let this rash thought upset his appreciation of the true-to-life lady who graced the festivities at hand. The "Miss Maritime" com­ petition started about three years ago in Seattle, and needless to say. is very popular with the boys on the beach as well as local resi­ dents. Food And Entertainment The gaja affair at the CMC pro­ vided food and entertainment aplenty for a large gathering of guests, including Seafarers' who turned out for the event in force. Among the showstoppers present were young Pat Callaway ("a good bet for the Met in the near future," according to our »correspondent); three young ladies called "The Mellow Tones"; Brother Pete Leon of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, off the SS Hawaiian Planter, who did some impersona­ tions, and "hula specialist" Linda Music for the evening was fur­ nished, by a group known as the "Mooridusters." •vl Dancing Top Other social notes emanating from the evening's festivities re­ veal the presence of the following SIU brothers on the dance floor: "Woody" Wilson, Blackie Lial, Cal­ vin J. Slover, Chico (Fred Astaire) L a w s i n, James Farrer and many others. For the record, "Miss Maritime 1955" is Darlene McConnoijj^ and Dolan she was joined by a trio of lovely princesses who had everyone wondering how the judges came up with their final selection. Wrapping up his account of the affair. Brother Dolan points out: "All in all the party was a huge success . . . Father MUrphy does an excellent job of making the men on the beach here feel at home." Directory Of SIU Branches llii:HMOND, CALIF SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 Slate St. Jariies Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St C. Tannchill, Acting Agent Preston 6558 LAKE CH.IHLES. La 1419 Ryan St Leroy Clarke. Agent HEinlock 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St Cal Tanner, Agent Hemlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St Lindsey Williams. Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW VORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORl-OLK .127 129 Bank St Ben Rees. Agent MAdison 2-9834 PHILADELPIUA 337 Market St. S. Cardullo, Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff. West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA. PR Pelayo 51—La F Sal Colls, Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH 8 Abercorn St A. Michelct. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeff Gillette. Agea( EUiott 4334 TA.MPA . 1009-1811 N. Franklin St Tom.Banning, Agent Phone 2-1323 WILMINGTON. Calif .. .. 505 Marine Ave. £k-nest Tilley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS .. 675 4th Ave., Bklyn SECRETA RY-TR EASURKR Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASUREHS J. Algina, Deck C. Simmons, Joint J. Volpian, Eng. W. Hall, .Toint E. Mooney. Std. R. Matthews. Joini SUP HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND....... SS3 N. W. Everett St. •Beacon 4336 SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE WILMINGTON NEW YORK . 257 5th St Phone 2599 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 2505 1st Ave. iMain 0.290 505 .Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 675 4tb .Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 ' Canadian District MONTREAL 834 St. James St. West PLateau 8161 128'/i Hollis St. Phonct 3SD11 FORT W1LL1A.U . 11BV4 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO, Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA BC 61714 Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6348 BAGOTVmLE. Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, Ontario 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone; 2-7078 SAINT JOHN . 177 Prince William St. NB Phone: 2-5232 HALIFAX, N.S Great Lakes District ALPENA 133 W Fletcher Phone: 1238W 180 Main St. Phone: Main 1-0147 7.34 Lakeside Ave., NE Phone: Cleveland 7391 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Headquarters Phone: Wdodward 1-6857 DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. Phone: Melrose 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO . . 3261 E. 92nd St. Phone: E.ssex 5-2418 BUFFALO. NY ' CLEVELAND Bp Bevnaed Seaman Needed—Ome Spave us Ta .i; > i^q^>vO .u td.'kv iioitsiuh .i ,a •'i-l �•-'•'i-y:pr. Mifo u. ms 'That's A Ship, S6n' All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Jacquelyn Marie Kain, born May 10, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kain, Philadelphia, Pa. Roberta Agnes Westerfield, born April 19, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Westerfield, Long Beach, Calif. Eddie Hernandez, Jr., 5, gets a close-up view of a Cities Service tanker as his dad, Seafarer Eddie Hernandez, shows him the model of the Bents Fort on tlie second deck of SIU headquarters. Hernandez, Sr., ships in the steward department. Whitmer Continues On A 'Culinary Cruise' There's a wide range of fine restaurants in New Orleans, which offer an even wider range of bills of fare, according to Seafarer "Honest Al" Whitmer, roving "cookery columnist" in a recent issue. ' His choice of the carnival shoulder says: "What about Si • city's finest are Antoine's Green's on Market Street?" Well, (naturally), Brennan's, Galitore's and Sgt. Hand's. For $$ Only The first three are for when you wish to impress a lady friend, have just won a case, or have had a fortune left to you. Sgt. Hand's is for good, economical eating in a friendly atmosphere. Sarge's food is cooked in the back kitchen in full view of those who like to ^ watch. The house specialty is his hot roast beef sandwich -on French bread. Incidentally, you can get tequila in New Orleans at the Old Absinthe House on Bienville Street. ^ "Tampa, Fla., boasts the' Co­ lumbia Restaurant in Ybor City, one of the few places on the Gulf of Mexico where you can get Maine lobsters and Chesapeake Bay oys­ ters, plus many other palate-tick­ lers, at reasonable prices. Tampa has many fine restaurants, and is a good town for a vacation of fish­ ing, reclining and eating. Baltimore's Hi-Ho "Skipping up the East Coast to Baltimore, you can't go wrong with the Hi-Ho Inn—if it's still as I re­ member it, for I have been away from Baltimore for some time. At the inn, you could get your meals served right at the bar. "In Philadelphia, the Olde Book­ binders Restaurant has been men­ tioned in manj^ magazines as the city's one truly fine eating place. It is an extremely good restaurant, but equally good is Ettorre's Friendly Restaurant. "It boasts home-made spaghetti and meat balls, all cooked and served by Mama Ettorre in the true Italian style. This place is a favorite with men sailing Calmar. "Somebody reading over my Quitting Ship? Notify Union IEV-V. • A reminder from SIU headquarters cautions all. Seafarers leaving their ships to contact the hall In ample time to allow the Union to dispatch a replacement. Fail­ ure to give notice before' paying off may cause a de­ layed sailing, force the ship to sail short of the manning, requirements and needlessly make the work tougher for your shipmStes. I don't know about it. I never could afford to eat there — even after a good payoff. "There is, of course, New York, but to name the better places there would be next to impossible. There are too many, and plenty of choices in ewery type of food you can name." Whatever you are, enjoy your­ self, and remember you were sent there by "Honest Al." ^athrlne Virginia Katros, born April 15, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Katros, Roxbury, Mass. Robin Dimitriadis, born March 13, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dimitriadis, Concord, NH. Erik Frank Jensen, born May 0, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Erik Peter Jenssen, Brooklyn, NY. Minerva Patricia and Marinay Patricia, born March 17, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Valentin Acabeo, Puerto Tierra, PR. Terry David Dickens, born May 7, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Dickens, Hammond, La. Larry Maxwell Nixon, born April 22, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Nixon, Galveston, Texas. Kenneth Cardona, born March 21, 1955.. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Cardona, Jr., New York NY. Elizabeth Dianne Anding, born May 14, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Anding, Kirbyville, Texas. Yolanda Jesus Zaragoza, bom April 17, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Zaragoza, Brooklyn, NY. FINAL DISPATCH The deaths of the following Sea­ in New Orleans. He is survived by farers have been reported to the his sister, Mrs. B. D. Aldridge, of Seafarers -Welfare Plan and the Hamburg, Mississippi, $2,500 death benefits are being paid to their beneficiaries: Abdel Razer Hassan, 44; On January 16, 1955, Melvin J. Smyly, 37; On May 17, Brother Hassan 1955, Brother died of unknown Smyly, a member causes in Tromof the deck de­ peloup, France. partment, died in He had been a Mobile, Ala. as a member of the result of gunshot Union since 1942, wounds. He joining in New joined the Union York, and had in Mobile in been sailing in 1945. Place of burial was Point the steward department on the SS Beauregard, Pan Atlantic SS Co. Clear, Ala. He is survived by his $ 41 4> wife, Daisy Smyly, of Mobile, Ala. Jan J, Beye, Sr., 69; A resident 4" 4" of Rotterdam, George J. King, 58; Brother King Holland, Brother died on May 15, Beye died there 1955, in New of unknown Orleans, La. causes on April Place of burial is 23, 1955. He had not known. Sail­ been sailing in ing as chief elec­ the deck depart­ trician in the ment since join­ engine depart­ ing the Union in ment, he had New York in been a member 1944. The SS Calmar was his last of the SIU since 1950, joining in New Orleans. He SIU ship. Surviving is his son, is survived by his Wife, Hazel King, Jan J. Beye, Jr., of Union City NJ. 4i 4- 4i of New Orleans, La. James E. Rounsavall, 48; A head 4" 4" 4" injury proved Thomas B. Fair, 57; On June 21, fatal to Brother 1954, Brother Farr died of a James Rounsa­ heart ailment vall, a member of aboard the SS the engine de­ Del Sud. Burial partment since took place in 1951, who joiped Hamburg Ceme­ the Union in tery in Hamburg, Mobile. He was Miss. Brother buried in Pine Farr had been Crest Cemetery, sailing as an Jackson, Ala. Surviving is his FOW in the engine department wife, Willie May Rounsavall, of since 1946, when he joined the SIU Prichard, Ala. ' . \ " •DITH (lull). Asm — Chairman, Davlw Saeratary, Charlaa Star­ ling. Thara ia • balaaea of Sal.SS la tha ahlp'a fund. Crew .voted fuU aupport to newlr-aatabUahad hiring aetup and to tha AFL, uniona In CAMU dispute. Motion made by D, Keddy that R. Arlegua be elected aa ahip'a secretary reporter, carried unanimoua* ly. Motion by C. Starling was made and carried that a telegram be draft­ ed and aent to Harry Lundeberg thanking him for a Job weU done. WACOSTA (Waterman), April 10— Chairman, D. Turklngten; Secretary, H. Matford. A motion was made by P. Loleaa to send Harry Lundeberg a telegram of support, and crew ac'cepted 100 percent. Crew voted to back AFL uniona on CAMU, and were In favor of the new SIU senior­ ity system. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), April 7—Chairman, R. Hunt; Secretary, C. Hughant. Delegate's Informed patrol­ man in Baltimore to contact Isthmian office in New York to secure new washing machine. New shipboard minutes wiU be put aboard In New York at the sign-on. Crew went on record to support- the new hiring hall set-up and position AFL uniona took on CAMU issue. A motion was made by J. Carolyn to send a letter to Harry Lundeberg giving him full sup­ port from the crewmembers of tha SS Steel Scientist. ROtIN OOODPELLOW (teas Ship­ ping), April 10—Chairman, M. Brithwell; Secretary, J. Klacxak. Motions made and carried to adopt unani­ mously resolutiona pertaining to the position AFL took on CAMU. and crew voted to accept the new SIU hiring program. A motion was made W. Thompson to send a telegram to Lundeberg backing stand taken and was carried. STEBL WORKER (Isthmian), April 14—Chairman, D. Lavader; Secretary, T. Worsee. The crew of this ship goes on record 100 percent to back Harry Lundeberg on his stand against CAMU. Discussion held on headquar­ ters report, in addition to the new communications, and aU hands were very much pleased with the position the SIU and SUP took on both issues. Crew voted to support • the newiy-inaugurated hiring program and were in complete agreement with AFL unions In CAMU dispute. YOUNO AMERICA (Waterman), April 11—Chairman, B. Eddmon; Sec­ retary, T. Richardson. Crewmembers sent Harry Lundeberg a telegram giving him their full backing. Crew gave a unanimous vote of confidence to the SIU in the new hiring set-up. and a motion was made and carried to accept stand taken by AFL unions on CAMU. OCEAN DEBORAH (Marltims Overaaas), April II—Chairman, Johnny Johnston) Socrotary, R. Hernandax. Thero was a general discussion on the headquarters report and the ques­ tion of registering and shipping was explained to all hands. The crew voted unaitimously to accept report and a vote of confidence was given to headquarters for a Job well done. A vote was taken which showed crew's full support of the newlyestablished SIU hiring plan, and the resolution dealing with position AFL took on CAMU discussed and adopted. A telegram was sent to Harry Lunde­ berg. Whereby the crew pledged their support. INES (Bull), April 11—Chairman, J. Gorgorlng; Secretary, L. France. Headquarters report and communica­ tion were read, discussed and posted. All hands were in favor of the new SIU hiring program, as well as action taken by AFL unions in CAMU dis­ pute. SEASTAR (Triton), March 14—Chair­ man, C. Saunders; Secretary, E. Pap- pas. Any repairs that the engineers can take care of will be done at sea If possible. Linen will be changed by each individual creGmember. Stew­ ard will open slopchest any time, at sea, and he also stated that if any one wants a special dish prepared, to tell the steward or chief cook and If food is aboard the steward depart­ ment will be more than glad to pre­ pare the dish. LIBERTY FLAG (DeVer), April 3— Chairman, T. Schultz; Secretary, A. Fecteau. Ship's delegate- reported that a letter was sent to headquarters regarding American money draw at next port. Crewmembers were asked to keep the washroom clean at all times. Locks should be put on screen doors so that they call be locked in port. MARYMAR (Calmar), February «— Chairman, A. Raska; Secretary, F. Fletcher. Crewmembers were asked to keep the .washing machine clean. Tray under wringer should' be fixed. All repairs have been taken care of. March 11—Chairman, F. Fletcher; Secretary, F.' Benedict. A motion was made and passed that crew refuse to pay off Until all disputed overtime has been taken care of. Due to the fact that one man has a broken thumb from bad porthole hooks, it' was suggested .that all be checked. Fatrolman will check at payoff about too much gecoiid grade meat . on board. March 17—Chairman, f. Flatchori Secretary, A. Reasko. Bngine depart­ ment foc'sles need painting, and washing machine needs repairing. The crew of the Marymar goes on record to vote unanimously in favor of tho new shipping agreement, and a vote of tlianks was extended to headquar­ ters officials and the negotiating com­ mittee for a Job well done. All hands were asked to keep the recreation room clean at'all times. » GOLDEN CITY (Waterman), May f —Chairman, L. Pate; Secretary, T. Scott. Motion made by V. Omary that resolutions dealing with the new SIU hiring sdt-up and position AFL unions took in CAMU dispute be voted on and accepted.- Carried unanimously. STEEL DESIGNERMIsthmlan), Feb­ ruary 20—Chairman, W. Pedlar; Sec­ retary, A. Aragones. Ship's, delegate will see the captain about having enough traveler's checks for next trip. There is no cold water running In showers and this will be reported to the .Arst assistant. Crew should report all leaks as water is being wasted. Wooden board will be placed in the laundry. May 3—chairman, A. Smith; Sacrettry, E. Kirkland. Some disputed overtime reported. The water cooler in the engine room is still acting up as usual but We have been assured that this will be taken care of this trip, while on the coast. Headquarters report accepted as read. Motion mads by C. Rice and carried that the crew of the SS Southstar send a wire to Lundeberg endorsing the stand taken by him in his walkout from CAMU. ALEXANDRA (Csrras), March 21— Chairman,. R. Norgtan; Secretary, C.. (^enley. Ship's fund has $30.76. Crew­ members wdre asked to return books to the recreation room. Ship's dele­ gate resigned and the chief cook was elected to take over. April 27—Chairman, V. tgynonski; Secretary, W. Hand. Three crew­ members who left the ship without giving captain enough time to notify Union for replacements were reported to the Union. Ail repairs are being taken care of. Ship's treasurer re­ ported there is $30.76 on hand. Crew was in favor 100 percent of the new hiring system and voted uiianimously to support AFL unions In CAMU dis­ pute. Fans should. be checked for proper size in foc'sles-and to be sure all are in working order. DEL AIRES (MinlstlppI), April 22— Chairman, H. Murranka; Secretary. C. Fray. Galley was painted and will have to see patrolman again about the messroom. AU hands in favor of reso­ lutions dealing with the SIU seniority sy.stem and position ta'ken by AFL unions on CAMU issue. Steward de­ partment was given a vote of thanks for a Job weU done. GEORGE LAWSON (Pan Oceanic), April 30—Chairman, J. Sweeney; Sec­ retary, R. Aumlller. Resolutions on hiring hall set-up and CAMU dispute were read thoroughly and motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur. Carried unanimously. ' MADAKET (Waterman), April 20— Chairman, T. Morlorlty; Secretary, J. Rose. Motion made and carried that this crew send a wide to Lundeberg endorsing his action on CAMU. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), May 4—Chelrmsnr C. Kelleher; SacitHary, M. Caldas. A motion was made by Brot.'-.er Kelleher and carried to wire Lundeberg of crew's support of his action on CAMU. ANGELINA (Bull), May 3—Chair­ man, E. Roundtree; Secretary, C. Har- groves. Crew was in agreement with the newly-inaugurated hiring set-up and approved of the action taken by AFL union on CAMU matter. SOUTHPORT (Softh Atlantic), May 1—Chairman, A. Bullard; Secratary, R. Pierce. Discussion on shortage of steward's stores. Request by crew to change brand of meat in Savannah. A motion was madd~by Brother Chassereau to. set up ship's committee next voyage. All were in favor of. motions . approving the SIU hiring system and politio'h AFL unions took on CAMU dispute. DEL SUD (MlitlttlppI), April 24— Chairman, T. Matting; Secretary, H. RIngo. Ship's treasurer reported there is $198.06 remaining in the ship's fund. The picnic fund amounts to $458. A motion was made and carried to allow $45 for new magazines and books. Brothers were asked to co­ operate and stop any unnecessary noise at 10 PM. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), May 2—chairman, W. Williams; Secretary, C. Bobbe. A motion was made and. carried to accept headquarters report as read. ,No beefs reporteiL OCEAN ULLA (Maritime Overseas), April 17—Ohairman, M. Regis; Secre-v tary, F. Aponte. Ship's delegate re­ ported that the chief cook died of natural causes in. Inchon. Korea. A suggestion was made by the deck delegate to see the patrolman about not paying off with two payroll vo'uchers. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for putting out good chow. J. B. WATERMAN (Waterman), April 24—Chairman, S. Fustado; Sec­ retary, A. Hansen. There is a balance of $31.13 in the ship's fund. Crew­ members were asked to bring cups back to the pantry, and to be a little more quiet during meal hour. Ship's delegate will see the captain about having the slopchest open before ar­ riving in Wilmington. •;'^ ri^- �mm ft,4sw Alcoa Pioneer Raps Runaways To. the (Editor: The SIU crew aboard the Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa) wants to go on record as being in full support of Brother Harry Lundeberg in his courageous stand against the runaway-flag ship­ ping companies. We feel these operations are in business to take our bread and butter away from us, and that his efforts are important to all of us. We also wish to state that we think we have made great strides In our SlU welfare pro­ gram. We feel as though other Letters to the Editor 1. unions cannot help but be jealous of what we, in a bona fide trade union, are accom­ plishing. ' John R. Tillcy Ship's reporter f, 1 / h To the Editor: Just a note to tell you how much I appreciate the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG way out here in Min­ neapolis. I can truthfully say I never realized how, much 1 en­ joyed reading it until I got out here away from the Coast. After spending some time at the marine hospital at Staten Island, I am out here on a few weeks of sick leave. This is truly the Land O* Lakes country, but as much as I enjoy these beautiful places, I am anxious to get back and get a good whiff of salt air again. The best of everything to our J good Union and all of the i brothers. Ole "Robin" Olsen • • a. ,4... inspection Ciit Seen roolish 1 k LOG Helps Him Keep In Touch x. :Tb the Editor: The importance- of safety aboard a ship cannot- be overstressed. In spita of man's In­ genuity in his continual strug­ gle against the elements, we oc­ casionally find that our best ef^ forts are inadequate. In the wake of so m^ny recent reports of sea disasters and ship sink­ ings-, I consider the proposal to extend the annual Inspection period to two years a little out of line. Last September while I was a crewmember on the Steel Ad­ vocate (Isthmian), we had an annual inspection. During this time we laid out the fire hoses in the usual manner so that they could be tested under pressure. The vessel passed inspection all right, but how those hoses passed I'll never know. The first fire drill we-had after that inspection, two hoses blew out where the bands had rusted through. The same thing hap­ pened aboard the Seamar (Calmar) shortly after it had passed its annual inspection. Report To LOG. Here and now I would like to suggest to the membership that we report via the LOG any evidence of. negligence where safety is concerned. When cer­ tain incidents occur, such as the one recently reported in the LOG about the davit and life­ SBAPA^kBMS boat on the Queenston Heights (Seatrade) carrying away^ it stands to reason that our pres­ ent system of inspections should be investigated. Last year as the Frances (Bull) was undergoing inspection in Philadelphia, I ftoticed an in­ spector who was doing a very thorough and conscientious job. When I commended him on his thoroughness, he told me that his brother had^ died on the Murmansk run in 1942 because of faulty life-saving equipment. As far as he was concerned, he said, he would make sure it didn't happen to anyone else. I admire and respect that man. If all the inspectors did their jobs as well as this man, there would be fewer accidents in the shipping industry. Fred L. Miller 4 4 4 Opposes Change Of Inspecfions 'To the Editor: Thanks to our SIU-leadership for their strong stand on this matter of Coast Guard inspec­ tions. If these desk jockeys down in Washington had to ride on some of these rust buckets they'd soon change {heir minds about them not needing to be inspected every year. The present system needs changing all right; they need to start giving the ships a real, seam-rattling inspection instead of a quick once-over. That's what they need to start doing. We need better inspections in­ stead of fewer ones. No Guarantees You can see what's going to happen under this "sudden spot check" deal. They'll be held only in certain ports, so many ships will never have one. And when they do pull one and find something wrong, why the com­ pany will say, yeah we'll fix it but don't hold us up on this trip, we're due at. so-and-so, and off they'll go and then there'll be endless appeals and counterbriefs and all that stuff that the Taft-Hartley crowd now in office are famous for. Meanwhile the ship splits dov;n the middle, and just a few months short of its two-year inspection, too; what a shame. R. J. "Red" Ridges 4 4 4 Sharing Jobs On Ship Works Fine To the Editor: '^e' aboard fhe Chilore (Ore) miiik that it is a good idea that each of the ship's committee jobs be taken by different indi­ viduals, because in that way everyone will learn what has to be done and at the same time the responsibilities will be shared. We have tried to split up the jobs on this ship, and so far it is working out. fine. The new ships' minutes forms are okay, and they get a lot more action at meetings. Of course, they were a little hard to understand at first, but It looks like everyone aboard un­ derstands them now. At our last meeting, the membership adopted a unani­ mous vote of thanks to all offi­ cials connected with the op­ eration of the SIU Welfare Plan for the fine job they are doing on behalf of SIU men. The new, family coverage un­ der the • Welfare Plan was something we were all hoping for and were very concerned about. It is a big step forward for all of us. J. Hilda, Jr. }• ' . Ship's reporter Pace J'iftM* LO€ Among Seafawrs •• • Seafarer Jack "Aussie" l^hrimpton's account of the tribulations of hauling monkeys from India for Salk vaccine—which appeared in the May 13 issue of the SEAFARERS LOG-^-got natfonwide newspaper coverage. Brother Shrimpton, the SS Steel Traveler and the SIU were the subject of a feature articfe in the May 28 Christian Science Monitor. ... Future students of maritime unions at Cornell University will have SIU scholarship student Ed Larkin to thank for the abun­ dant SIU material on hand there. Brother Larkin this w#ek do­ nated his complete set of bound SEAFARERS LOGs to the school's library of Industrial and Labor Relations. Ala. Right To Work' Repeal Drive Stalls MOBILE—Repeal of Alabama's so-called "right-to-vvorb" law stalled recently, as the repeal bill was finally diverted back to legislative committees for further study. Hard opposition to repeaLof the measure brought to bear rarily licked the repeal drive, al­ by industry and management though Gov. Jim Folsom has spokesmen appears to have tempo- pledged his efforts to get the un­ popular law thrown out at a future date. The labor scene nere generally quieted down considerably in past weeks, as two major strikes in­ volving many thousands of local Bill Bianton workers came to a halt. Please get in .touch with Dick Gov. Folsom is also trying to Clement, 435 48th Street, Brooklyn. stir up some business at the Ala­ bama State Docks, with a proposal James Simmons Get in touch with your brother. to put these facilities under the management of an appointed di­ He is anxious to hear from you. rector. At the present time, the Audly C. Foster docks are operated by a manager It is urgent that you contact and a board of directors, none of your .wife. Write in care of Rita as whom are responsible ito the Gov­ mail has been lost. ernor. His plan calls for the appoint­ Bernard Villlnora Contact A. Lemer at 1931 Urgu- ment of one director, an assistant director and a 12-man board of hart Street, New Orleans, La. trustees whose job it would be to ' Antonio J. Carrol see that the business of the State M. Latina would like to hear Docks is carried out properly. He from you. Contact him at 111 Col­ has promised to see to it that at lege Street, Thomasville, North least one member of the proposed Carolina. — board would be a labor man con­ nected with the maritime indus­ George J. Baka ' try. Get in touch with Mrs. Anna Still attracting a lot of comment Moncre at 761 North West Street, as some men coming into the hall Lima, Ohio. learn about them for the first time, the new SIU welfare benefits for Harry C. Scott An important letter is waiting Seafarers' wives and children are for you at headquarters from Mrs. really getting attention. The mem­ bership appears to be studying the Luella Scott. SEAFARERS LOG supplement on James Howsin these benefits very carefully, and ex-Robin Tuxford some seem to know it almost by Your baggage has been dropped heart. These benefits appear to be the off at the headquarters baggage room and the baggage check left most popular ones ever gained by in the headquarters mail room in the SIU, especially with the large family membership here. • your name. . Walter Hallett Your family is worried because they have not heard from you. Contact your sister, Mildred G. Burns at 129 Forest Street, Wil­ mington, Mass. Convention Maps War On Controls Roy C. Bru R. E. Jackson Seafarer Duska Korolia requests that you get in touch with his at­ torney, Seymour W. Miller, 26 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY, in ref­ (Continued from page 3) erence to Korolia's Illness aboard hood of Marine Engineers repre­ the Golden City (Waterman). sentation on the top body. • Took steps to clarify jurisdic­ Fred Frederiksen tional questions arising in the Contact W. E. Waddle at home, Walkerville, Michigan, c/o general Marine Firemen's Union. Other action dealt with problems delivery. faced by fish and cannery affili­ John It. Jennings ates of the international on both Your aunt, Ella Johnson, named coasts. you as one of the legatees in her The week-long convention. May will. Contact McConnell, Lutkin, 24-30, was attenaea by delegates Van Hook and Paschen, 134 South from 45 SIU of NA affiliates in La Salle Street, Chicago 3, 111., for the US and Canada. At the con­ further details. clusion of the convention delegates reelected Harry Lundeberg as Richard P. Bowman S.U.B. has your gear which was president of the SIU of NA; Jghn returned from Baltimore. Send Hawk, secretary-treasurer; and decled the following vice-presi­ your address if you want it. dents; Paul Hall, first vice-presi­ dent; and vice-presidents Andrea Bill Ryan Pete Villabol of the Robin Hood Gomez, Lester Caveny, Lester has left package for you in the Balinger, Morris Weisberger, Ed headquarters baggage room. The Turner, Captain John Fox, Hal baggage receipt is- in the mail Banks, Vincent J. Malone and Wil­ bur Dickey. ' » room. La. Heating Pre-Eiectioii Political Pot LAKE CHABLES-i-The poKtical front is ^ginning to smoke a bit in this area as va­ rious candidates for state offices feel their way around in prepara­ tion for the big push in the falL New alliances are cropping up every day, according to Leroy Clarke,. SIU port agent here, but the real fireworks are not expected to get underway at least for an­ other two months. Nothing Like It There is nothing like a real hot Louisiana election, Clarke points out, as anyone who lives in the area will attest. Past campaigns look pale in comparison with each new one that comes up. Seafarers, have always been active in the election sparring, and the member­ ship is keeping a close watch on all developments. For Seafarers. in tlie port, ship­ ping held pretty well and ran al­ most exactly the same as the previous two-week period. Ships coming in were dll in good shape and took a few men each to cut down the stock of SIU manpower available here. No Controls Needed, SIU Tells Gov't (Continued from page 3) time workers is unquestionably discriminatory. "On the issue of the proposed Maritime Labor Stabilization Board, we arc opposed to any such unjustified restriction on the free collective bargaining.process. More­ over, there are a sufficient number of agencies designed to govern and, where necessary, assist in col­ lective bargaining; to wit, the Na­ tional Labor Relations Board and the Federal Mediation and Concili­ ation Service. In effect then, we feel very strongly that the pro­ posed act would set up a bureauc­ racy for which there is no need, and, oddly enough, at a time when the philosophy in government is supposedly to eliminate such bureaucraci^ or nonessential, dupli­ cating and overlapping agencies. "I think you would be interested to know that the labor relations of this organization with its con­ tracted companies is very good, if not excellent. The record will bear out this point. "Finally, I do not believe that the ills of the American Merchant Marine can be cured by the propo­ sals in question. Attacks are being made to further weaken the Amer­ ican Merchant Marine in other quarters, including government, and apparently with considerable effectiveness. I refer specifically to the policy on transfers to runa­ way foreign flag registries, the fight on the 50-50 provision and the general lack of a positive pro­ gram for building the American fleet. "In view of our firm position as outlined here, I do not believe there would be any purpose in my attending the meeting. "Very truly yours," 'PAUL HALL Secretary-Treasurer Seafarers Int'l ¥nion Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL ; »l -.M •"> �"•PP SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS I N T E R N At IO N A L UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULP DISTRICT • AFl • n- Few A^'Duld have placed a wager on the chances of the Steelore's survival when that SlU-manned ship was stricken by a Gulf Stream storm on January 14. The huge ore car­ rier had sprung a serious leak permitting tons of water to flood a ballast tank. It looked like curtains for the 32-year-old ore wagon and both Coast Guard and mer­ chant vessels hastened to the scene. But the Steelore crew did not give up. They plugged the leak as best they could and then spent five days pumping water while a salvage tug ii h I 6r Battered but still afloat on even keel, the Steelore rides low in the water as pumps fight flooding. Photo was taken from salvage tug. Crewmembers of salvage tug Curb shoot lines t« Steelore, not visible in photo. Rough weather dur­ ing five days was constant threat. The Fight to rf I '- r> / the I •• fct,.- I: ff Several crewmembers were taken off onto tug when ship threatened to go under. Here Steelore life­ boat crew is shown coming back aboard. hauled her at four knots to safe shelter. For their calm and efficient work in the face of the emer­ gency crewmembers were cited by the Steamship Trade Asso­ ciation of Baltimore. The cita­ tion praised their "splendid example of seamanship which exemplifies the excellent stand­ ards of American seamen." li I B=^-' fc'r View from stern of salvage tug Curb shows Steelore under tow. Heavily-laden 22,000-ton ship crept to, safe harbor in Morehead City, North Carolina, at rate of four knots an hour.' Sister ship, the Baltore, and Coast Guard cutter stood by as tow to port consumed over four days in stormy waters. Heavy ^as boil over low deck of ore ship as it plods tp safety. Seafarer Jacob Malenke relaxes aboard Curb after he and 18 shipmates rowed boat over in darkness. Rest of crew stayed aboard stricken ship.^ • ;(A1I photosrattbinitted-'by Divers front salvage Jug takes breather : ^ ; after; ehecking dam- . Sparrows Point never looked better as ship finally got • • \ il / >t,, �SEAFARERS L0G~2n(l SeefTon ^ 1 I I ' 'I I I' 1 I +• If T I I ^ ' /. •• ^ :.. Wi mm The 3,300-name list in this supplement, arronged alphabetically, is a complete roster of those SlU men who have filed an incomplete or faulty beneficiary card with the SlU Welfare Plan. Omissions or errors in one or more of the ten items on the card can possibly cause days or weeks of delay in collecting the $3,500 death benefit at a time when the man's family, wife, child or other beneficiary will probably need it most. Accordingly, every Seafarer is urged to check the list carefully to see whether his name appears. If it does not, he con rest assured that if he has filed a card his welfare records ore in order, and that his beneficiary will have no foreseeable difficulty collecting the benefit when a claim is made. Those whose names do appear on thd list, however, must file new cards giving complete in­ formation in order to guarantee smooth payment of the $3,500 benefit. The beneficiary card, a sample of which appears below, requires only the following information: Seafarer's name, address. Social Security number. Union book or permit number and signature; the name, and address and relationship to him of the person he wishes o^ his beneficiary (anyone may qual­ ify), plus the signature of a witness and the date. ^1 Hi WiM Wi| Special effort should be mode to fill in the correct Social Security number and Union book or permit number, and to sign and dote the card properly. These are the items where most of the trouble arises, and lack of correct information or an improper signature will delay matters when a claim is made. I I •S ' •^S Copies of the beneficiary card can be obtained at any*5IU hall or from the SlU Welfare Plan, 11 Broadway, New York 4, NY. •f-." WmM iipll SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN 11 Broadway mM • .1,. Suite 1060 • New York 4, N. Y. (Pleaso Print FuU Name) Social Security No. designate^ iiiliii hereby (Address) (Please Print Full Name) liii (Address) who is my. to receive the (Relatloiuhip: Wife, Mother, Friend, etc.) benefits under the Seafarers Welfare Plan upon my death. --4- Witnessed Members Book or Permit No. WVt mMmmmmmmmmmmm Signed Date. .iss mm- Ssftrii llliiiiiiilpii Note: Most errors in Seafarers \Velfare Plan beneficiary cards now on file involve the items noted above. Be sure you fill out the entire card, answering all questions. iiii iiiii .•11. -r' m �SaraleneiitarT—Faff* Tw» June 10* 1058 SE AF ARE RS' LOG Protect Your $3,500 Seafarers Death D'Esposito, Michael J. Conners. Wilfred J. Cameron, William H. Bossick, S. Donald J. Barcay, Frank L. Devine, Charles F. Conners. William J, Boster. LeRoy C, Camerote, Angelo Barclay, James P. DeVilo, James J. Connolly. John J. Boswell, R. F. Campanella. Frank J. Barefield, Charles F, Ab&d. Estaban G. DeVoe. Azell W. Conquet. Esteban F. Boung, John A. Campbell, Frank J. Barndt, Orville C. Abates, Augustini B. • Dewson, John S, Conrad. Eugene O. Bourgeois, Edward J, Campbell, Persons L. Barnes, Edward K, Abnernatby. Nelll D. Deyampert, J. L. Conroy. Daniel W. Bourgot, Albert E. Campbell, Solomon Z, Barnes, Lionel C. Abernathy. Rufus L, Dickinson, David L. Constantino. Enrique Bowen, James E. Candaras, George A. Barnett, Edwin J., Jr. Acabeo, Valentin Dickinson, James H, Conway. John P. Bowers, Richard N. Candel, Virgil W. Bamette, James C. Acaley. Glen S. Dickinson, Lewis M Cook. A. L. Bowman, Raymond J, Cantrell, Roy W. Barracliff, Thomas M. Achee, Edward P. Dicks, Hull E. Cook, Lawrence-D. Boyd, Arthiip G. Cantrcll, Seward L. Bttirett, Robert A. • Achoy. Charles P. Dickson, Donald N. Coone, Paul E. Boylan. Thomas P. Canul, Jose Barrett, Robert G. Acker, Douglas J., Jr, Dickson, Gordon F., Jr. Cooper; Candler R, Boyne, Dominic F. Capltano, Vincent Barrett, Edward W. Acosta, Felipe DiFeo, Dominlck J. Cooper, Edwin R. eBraaten, KristoSer K. Capps, Eugene R. Barringer, Joseph E. Acosta, Harry J. Dillard, Sam Cooper. Henry O. Bradford, Boyd _ Caputo, Nicholas J. Barrios, Emmett Acosta, Mack J. Dillion, Michael A, Cooper. Marshall C, Bragg, John S. Cardoza, Santos Barrow, James A., Jr. Adair, Joseph W.. Jr. Dillon, Charles J. Copa. Alexander P. Braggs, Willie Carcndcr, Joseph E. Barsh, Louis H. Adam, Thomas DiMaggio, Salvatore A. Cope, Salem P. Brand, Gerald G. Carey, Robert B. . Bartlett, Norris A. Adams, J. H. DiNIno, Pasquale Copeman, Charles J, Brandenburg, F. W. Carey, Stephen. Jr. Barton, Joseph S. Adams, Joseph F. Dimitriadis. John Corbett., Grace N. Brandies, Henry Carey, Wm. J., Jr. Basoa, John H. Adams, Jack R. Dinger. William E. Cordero, Diego Brannan, Earl J. Carlsen, Edgar R. Bass, Melvin W. Adams, John E. Dipasupil. Agripino Corlis, James T. Brannen, Dan E. Carlson, Milton W. Bass, O. E.. Adams, Robert C, Disch, Harry J. Cornelius, Clarence E. Brannics, Harold C, Carlsson, George Bass, Randolph C. Adkins, Philip C. Dixon. David, Jr. Cornell. Ernest F. Brannan, Clyde E. Carney, Herman D. Bateman, Harold C. Adomowlcz, Henry Dixqjt, E. E. Cornick, Thomas T, Brannon, James C. Caro, Donald J. Baudendistel, Arthur J. Ahmad, Ahmad All Dixon. William R. Cornier, Carlos M. Braswell, James W. Carr, George R. Bauer, Charles J. Aichroth, George J. Dizengoff, Joseph A, Corning, W. B. Bratsanos, Eleiterios Carr, Patrick C. Bause, William G. H. Air, Robert N. Diukaslein, Klaus Corral, Edward Y. Braunstein, Herbert D. Carra, Thomas P. Baxter, Paul C. Ark, Gustav Djuve, Amund Carvalho, Joao Breaux, Charles P. Carrasquillo, Angel R. Baxter, Ralph H. Abridge, Lonnie W., Jr. Doane, E. C. Cortez, Henry Breeden, Newton Carrcra, Ernest Bazarra,' G. Albano, Frank Dobronich, George L. Costa, Edward J. Breitweg, Gustave R. Carreras. Enrique' Bazarra, Jose Alberto, Mario Doherty, Arthur J. Costa, George Bremer, Joel V. Carroll, Edward J. Bazarte, Rene Albore, Frank J. Doherty. Thomas J. Cossiboin, Robert S. Brcslin, Raymond D. Carroll, Frank C. Beds, Albert B. Albright, David B. Dolcimascolo. Frank Costello, Joseph A. / Brewer, Wm. B. Carroll, Joseph M. Bearden; Arvel Alcain, Antonio Dolctin, Jose Costello, WUliam Briant, Joseph 1. Carroll, Leo L. Beasley, Edward M. Alexander, Nick Jr. Dombroski, Stanley T. Costigan, James H. Bridge, Robert H. Carson. Herman A. Bcasley, Leland F. Alfano, John F. Domingucz, Jose M. Costin. Edward F, Bridges, Ira C. Carswell. James M, Beattie, Samuel Alford, A. L. Doincneck, Auielio Cothran, Charles W. Bridges, Ira C., Jr. Carter, Archie F. Beatty, William H. Alger, William Donahue, James B. Cotty, Manuel Briggs, Clarence T. Carter, Austin W. Becatoros. Constantine AH, Angelo Donald. Robert M. Couch. Walter-Gary, Jr, Bright, Ernest R. S. Carter, Charles W. Beck. C. J. Allain. Edgar M. Donaldson, Fred M. Coursey, Virgil S. Brightwell, Mervin O. Carter, Silas C. Becker, Lloyd F. Allard, Joseph E. E. Donaldson, Robert Cox, Charles B. Brimacombe, Jabes R. Cartwright, Mervin A. C. Allen, Guy Thomas Eecraft, Re.\ C. Donovan. Kenneth J. Cox, EIroy Peter Brinson, Paul T. Cartwright, Nathan R. Beecking, Marion E. Allen, Richard Henry Dooley, Everett C. Cox, Ernest W. Brinson, Russell M. Caruso, Antonio S. Belknap, Leslie H. Allgier, Piermont P. Doran; William F. Cox, John J. Brissett, C. G. M., Sr. Casey, Edward E. Bell, O. J., Jr. AUman, Herbert Dorrian, H. Cox, Pridbeon Brittain, Kenneth K. Casey, Thomas. Allman, William P. Bell, Roland Dorrian; Pat V. Crabtree, Carl C. Broar'us, James A. Castronover, John F. Belpre, Eugenio Ally, A. Bin Dotti, Fortunate Crabtree, Harry R. Brock, Donald E. Caswell, Homer E. Belsky, Robert Alston, William Doty, LeRoy J. Craddock, Douglas C. Brock, Jack Cataifamo, Anthony P. Beliveau, Robert M. Altstatt, John W. Doubleday, Cecil M. Craig, Walter A. Brock, Jkck D. Cates, Howard B. Alu, Salvatore C. Bcnanti, John A. Dougherty, Joseph R. Cramondr G. P., Jr. Brooke, Joseph E. Caton. Maliie, H. Beneic, James Alvino, Michael D. Douglass, Vernon Cranford, Percy Brooke, Osborne M., Jr. Catudel, Cyril E. Bender, Anthony Amsberry, Boyd H. Doupe, Richard B. Craven, Jack W. Brooks, Charles E. Caulield, Thomas, J. Andava, Eusibio Bender, Edward J. Dour, Donald J. Craven, William AT Brooks, Malcolm L. Caus, Camiel Benjiman, Hans W, Andersen, Archibald J. Downey. Harry Crawford, Hugh T. Broomhead, Richard W. Cavanagh. Richard J, Andersen, Charles P, Bennett, Guy S. Dows, Frank S. . Crawford,. Joseph F. Brophy, John Caver, Joe C. Bennett, Harry E. Andersen, Karl J. Doyle, Edward P. . Crean, Henry P. Broussard, Joseph B. Cazalas, Cleve G. Anderson, Andrew Bennett, Jewell Doyle. James J. . Creel, James P. Brown, Arthur B. Calendim. Gerald W. Anderson, Billy J. Benson, Edgar F. Drago, Robert L. C)-elan. Edward R. Brown, Billie H. Celkos, Edward Anderson, Edward. J. Benson, Francis C. Drake, Thomas N. Creppon, John H. Brown, Elbert B. Centenio, Joseph P. Benson, Harry Merlin L. Anderson, Mac Drier. Friedrich K. Crews, Cleatus B. Brown, Francis. H. Centorbi, Joseph L. Anderson, Oscher B. Bentley, James J. Driessens, Pierre Crimble, William Brown, George D. Cerrelli, Michael A. Anderson, Robert L. Bentley, L. L. Driggers, Oscar N. Cristaldi, Michael S. Brown, Grady K. Cervantes. Cecilia Anderson, Wilburt H. Berg, Eric Paul O. Droney. Austin W. Cronin, Harry J. Brown, Harold T. Cetrone, Antonio Anderson, William J. Berggren. Gote K. Di-ucker. Henry Cronsohn, Leon Brown, Harvey H. Chaban. Simon Andrews, Hubert Jack Bergin, John J. Drury, Samuel P, Crooks; Franklin D. Brown, H. H. Chaisson. Robert D. Andrews, Tommy C. . Berglund, Ben. S. O. Dryden. Hugh A, Crossweli, John J. Brown, Ira C. Chalk, Walter J. ' Andrews, William B. Bergquist, William C. Dube, Philippe Crouch, Thomas D., Jr. Brown. Jay 1. Chamberlain; Vincent P. Anerino, William R. Bergron, Paul E. DuBose, J. H. Crowley', Louis J. Brown, Lewis B. Chamberlain, Waiter J. Angino, Michael H. Bermudez, Juan Dubose, Earl Crowley, Tommie C. Brown. Riversly C. Chandler, Albert' L. ' Angiolilli, Frank Bernard, Alfred A. Dubuisson, James M.Crown, James J. Bruce, Elon. Sr. Chandler, J. B. Ankerson, Thomas L. Bernard, Dorris B. Duckworth, Marion ,L. Culiver, Stanley A. Bruce, Theodore J, Chandler, Malvin Ansted, David T. Berquist, Paul DuCloux, Harold P. Cullam, Donald T. . Bruno, Joseph R. Chance, George S. Anstead, Ralph H. Berthiaume. Paul L. Ducote, Curtis Culp. Maurice F. Bruso, James O., Jr. Chondoha, Mike Anthony, Glennie Ray Bertrand, Ed Duet, Maurice Cummings, John L, Bryant, John E. Charkewitz, Jerome Anthony, Lloyd D. Bertrand, James L. Duett, Charlie C. Bryant, Kenneth A. Chapman, Lionel O. • Cunningham, Edward T. Anti, Chester Berwald, Erwin O. Duggan. Hugh R. Cunningham, John P. . Bryant, Richard O. Chappetta, B. A. G. Anton, John Besselievre, William C. Dula, Ned Dean Cunningham, L. G. Br.vkazynski, Julian Chaskin. Benjamin Antonio, D. A. Best, Eddie, E., Jr. Dumestre, Marcel P. Curran, Benard J. Buck, Albert E. Ch'asteen, Frederick B. Bettancourt, Robert Antonsen, Arthiir^M, Dunaway, Joseph W. Curry, Horace S. Buck, John W., Jr. Chatlin. Jack Arbogast, R. H., Jr. Betz, George J. J. Duncan. G. P. Curry, Leon Buckley, John L. Cliatterton, Ellis H. Archla, David C. Bezerril, Vicent G. Duncan, J, C. Curtis, Melvin E. Buckley, Michael E., Jr. Chavez, Joseph Archibald, Manuel Biaglan, Andrew Dunleavy. Joh'n T. Cuthrell, J. M. i Buckley, Ronald J. Cheatham, William L. Archilles, Philip T, Bibisch, Mathew A. Dunlop, Earl A. Cuthrcll, Roy L. Buckner, Fred U. Chen, Do Lieh Aycock, William' A. Biggraft; Carl L. Dunlop, James B. Cutter, Walter M. Bueno, Francisco Chen, How Kung Arellanes, Jack W. Billarroza, Bibencio Dunn, Beverly. E. Czech. Boleslaw Bugawau, Maximo L. Chen, Yiu C. Arenth, Lawrence J. Billek, Leon D. Dunn, James D. Czeczemskl, Anthony Buhl, Francis J.Chenault, Ralph V. Arkerson, Iris H. Bi.shop, Harry A. Dunnam, Arthur Lee, Jr. Czerwinskl, Josef A. Bullock, Robert J. Cheramie, Harold E. Armando, Michael Bishop, Henry J. Dunnigan, William J, Bumpass, Herbert M, Cherwin, Leonard • Armstrong, William P. Bissonnet, Joseph V. Duplaisir. Louis W. Bunch, Thomas E. Cheshire, James M. Arnett, Wayne Black, George Rice Duprey, Leopold K. Bunk, George W. Chessler. Elijah Arnold, B. W. Black, .Tames C. W. Durham, Fred James Bunner, Robert W. Dacken, Michael Chiappone, Charles Arnold. Edward Black, Norman E. Durkin, Patrick J. Burbank, Thomas B. Da Fermo, Armando Childress, Fowler P. Arnold, Henry B. Black, Wilmer Gene Duxbury, Ebor Burdick, Robert A. Daigrepcnt, Robert, Jr. Chin, Wong Arnold, Joe C. Blackmore, George F. Dys, Gysbertus H. Burford, Frederick W.. Dailey, Hamilton Chiotis. Antonios Atkins, Edward L. Blackstone, Kenneth L. Burger, Vayd B. Dakin, Eugene O. Cho, Hun Bak Arnot, Elden R. Blais, Antonio A. Burgess, Joseph R. L. Daly, Gorden J. Choice, Carroll A. Arpin, George L. Blake, Rupert A. Burke, Bernard P, Chornhill, George A. Dambrino, J. D. Arostolidis, A. Birrane,' M. J. Eames, Harry J. Burke, Jack E. D'Andrade. Cyril M, Chrestie, John Arras, Wiliiam W. Blakeney, David L. Esterling, James E, Burke, John J. Daniel, W. S. Christian. Walter W. Arrogancia, Andres A. Blalack, Charles O. Ebanks, Davis C. Burke, Thomas W. Daniels, Ezekiel E. Christianiion, Wesey T. Arroyo, Alfred Blanchard, Anthone Ebanks, Elon K. , Burkett, Chalmers. C. Daniels, Geox-ge J. Christiansson, J. Sture Arroyo, Tomas A. Blanchard. John P. Ecliteruacli, Hans C. T. Burkey, Gerald R. Daniels, Rupert D, Clamboli, Luke A. Askiotes, Theodore M. Blanchard, Leslie S. Eckhoff, Lee Roy Burkle.y, James R. Clamp, -lohn. E. Danne, Adolph L. Asmont, John A. • Blanchard, Napoleon A. Edgett, Frederick W. Burkley, John W. Danzey, James L. : Clark, Franklin H. Asplund, Richard S. Blanchard, Norman J. Edwards, Albert D. Burleson, George S. Danzey, Morris J'., Jr. Assunto, Jiuseppe F. Clark, Gerald G. Blanco, Jesus M. Edwards, Francis W. -Burleson, Paul F. Danzey, Tom R. Aubrey, William B. Clark Louis B. , Blank, Joseph Edwards, George C. Burnette, Charlie L. Auman, Rayford D. Clark, Roy W. Darley, B, B. Blank. Store K. Edwards, Gerald L. Burnley, Thomas H. Darling, Glen T. Clark Stanley M. Austin, George W. Blankenship, William B. Edwards. J. W. Burns, Clyde W. Austria, Ray R. Darrah, Joseph IL Clark, Thomas J. Blanks, Claude F. Edwards, James G. Burns, John J. Daughtrey, Dewey Avecilla, Isidro D. Clark, Henry B. Blizzard, John Edwards, Jesse W. Burns, John P. Daunoras, Stanley Aucritt, AVilliam C. ' Clarke, Jessie A. Blusser, Edmund C. Edwards, Malcolm Burns, Victor C. Davles, William R. A.velrod, Morris D. Clark, Alec R. Bluemler, Theodor Edwards, Norman Burnsed, Ralph F. Davis, Henry H., Jr. Aycock, Wiliiam A. Cleater, John R. Bluemler. Theoder Edwards, Otis N. Burroughs, Paul F. Clemenee, Walter Davis, Lenwood E. Blum, Albert T. A. Edwards, William Ivan Burros, Frederick A. Clemens, Henry W.. Davis, Nathaniel P. Bliind, P. Y. Busby, Benjamin F. Efstathiou, Constantine Davis, Ruyinund E; Clenienls, llubert D. ; Bock. Wm. B. Efstathlou, John Buscarello, Jack Clemens, Henry W, . Dawes. Thomas J.. Bodden, Darley, C. Baa, Bernard A. Egan, .Tames R. Busch, Edward W. Clendenning, A..N. Day, Homer A. • Bodden, Ivan M. Back, Alvak Egner, George P. Bussell, Ehryn E. Clevenger. LyJe^D. Dayrit. Felix E. Bodugeii, Von R. C. Bacon, Henery F. Bussell,. jiiseph L, EJercito, Pio E. Clifton, Herbert •DeAbreu. John Boehner, Gordon W. Badger, Martiii W. Byrne, Daniel F. Cline, Robert Leon Deacon. -Henry A.' A- Elkins, William E. Boelen, Lambertos Badstein, Lawrence Byrne, Daniel J. Ekman, Juliui V. Closkey, Michael J, . Dean, Harry T. t Boettcher, John A. Bailey, Frederick L, Byrne, James P. Elazab, Muneer E. Cloutgau, Jean. P. Dean, J. Melvin Boggan, Sigmiere E. Bailey, Maurice Byrne, Robert B. Elliott, Charles L. Clouse, Albert L. DeAngelo, Dominlck J. •Boland, Thomas G. Baillie, David G., HI Elliott, Joseph P. Byrnes, Edward E. Cloutier. Alfred G. DeAngelo. Earl Boldmait-, Kenneth K. BaiUie, John. Jr. Byus, Thomas H. Elliott, Millard B. Coale, Howard M. Decker, John Boles, Richard J. Bain, James Bymaster, Kermit. M,. Elliott, Robert W. DeCulty, John J. Cobb,. Arnie C. Boletta, V. Baker, Cyrus R. Byram, Chester H. Elliott, William B, Dc Dulsin, Dusan Cochran, Harry E. Bollinger, Louis J. Baker, James B., Jr. Ellison, Edward J. DeFco, Henry Cockrell, James B, Bolton, Carious G. Baker, Lewis W. Eils,. Leonard C. Defranza, Roberto Coffey, Mallory J. ~ Bonafont, Candido Baker, Nornftin M. Elnitski. Victor J, Defumero, Ignaclo T, Cogging, Donald S. Bonafont, Juan Baker, Paul P. Elvin. Kenneth F. DeGuzman, Severo Cogging, William F, Call, Vito W. Bones, Albert P. Baiker, Rodger N, Ely, Charles W., Jr, Dclafe, Ignacio S. Cogswell, William F, , > Cabeda, Miguel 8. Bonin, Dale A. Barkley, William F, Ely, Edwin A. Delaney, William J, Cohen, Lawrence E. Cabral, John , Bonin, Warren 1. Balasla, Frank J. Emerson, Stephen DeLeon, Festus A. Coker, Walter F. ' Cabral, Richard J, Bonk, Henry Baldino, Leonard . Emery, Eugene H. belgado, Anacleto Colburn, LeRoy C, : Cabrera, Luis A. Bohneau, Albert 8. Bales, George L. . Emmons, Kintzing. B. Delherbe, Joseph .T, Cole, .Tames A. ' • flalfee, Irving E. Bonneau, James .1. Balladoes, Juan Encarnado,. Albert T. Delhuhty.. Harold £. Cahoon, Edward Q. • . Cole, Robert ' Bonsignore. Leonard Ballance, Wlnfred N, Engelhardt, Jan Deltse, Joseph R. Coleman,. George T. , Cain, Thomas D. . Books, Carl H. BaUard, Alvin Engelhard, George CoUazo, Juan" Dellechlaie, James A, Cain, Woodrow W, , Bourne, Charles O., Jr. Ballard, .Thomas C. Erlinger. Ceroid H. DelValle, Bartolome Collier, Ralph , , Cakanlc, Peter . Booth, Alton R. Ballard. Thomas D. Erlit;;, Samuel CoUings, B. E. ' Demarco. Carl . Cale, Robert F. Borer, TheoRel J, Ballay.-John R. Errico, Ralph J. Demouy,James W. Collins, Charles E, Calebaugh, Paul R. Borges, Lester A, Ballou, Walter, Jr. Escobio, Manuel Collins, Ernest J. DcMuth, Mrs. May , Calhoun, John W.. Jr. Borjer, Alfred Banfield. Vernon L, Espino, Atanasio D. Collins. John T. Denny, James R. Caligiura, Ernesto A. Boron, Henry Banister, Herbert Espinosa, Antonio Denny, Robert G, Collins. Thomas G, . Calla, Phillip, Jr. Boroski, George J. Banks. Lawrence A. Denny, Well Espinosa, Jose G. Colpe, Juan A. - • Caltaghan, Edmund W, Borowich, Louis ankston, Arrelldos F. Esposito, Domenick . Combs, Thomas .M. Dent, James A. Callahan, Carl E. . ri. Borowskl, Edward J, • aiitao. Maniiel V. , -Condon, William, Jr. Dent, Stephen T, ; ^posito, Thomas. J. . Callaway, Jack D. . ~ :Dorst, Frank Barbarln. Jules J.. Essberg, . Gilberit. , •Connaughton, Martin E. . (IcPoO-. John. J.. Callender, Lea. Jr. Barbuto, Jenario. . v ° .. Bos, Juan Conner, Walter \ . DeSantis, Nlcela . Esteye, -Edward J,, • Calvart, Glen J. , Barber. Edwgrd H. '> • :«Boaarjc> Xcnncth ' - .Estrada; Albert. .;'.,.. CamacbOf.vDomlhC*., v- i '.Connors. Charleip. F.;. -.vijv, , DeSei,. pomlnic Barbour. JJarvlij . Connors. Willett . 8;De'Souza.-. T. ,Estrada;' -Lfljuis . 0< F. T.• eamp-Jella r-'.-Bossert.;: XrueKv v'-'•' • Barbour. Norwood A.", ; j t j:. Eubanks, Clifford D, Eubanks, John E. Eurisa, Matthew Evans, Alton "W. Evans, Dale F, Evans, Julio Evans, Marcus N, Evans, RudoU Evcrs, James B. Fabiano, John J, Fain, Earl H. F.air, David C. Faires, Lyle V. Fakry. Mustafa A, Fanara, Joseph 0. Fancy. Frederick W. Fandino, Frank Fan.ioy, Lex S. Fai-ber, David E. Farmer, John C. Farnam, George B. Farreli, Joseph P. Farthing, Frederick F, Fauber, Ray A. Faulk. Ben H. Faulkner, Thomas F, Favalora, Johnny B, Favaioro, Natale Fcdd, James E. Fediow. John Feinstein. Abraham Fckete, Julius Felix. Max , Ferguson, O. B. Fer.guson, Odell L. Feinandes, Victor E. Fernandez, Antonio Fernandez, Francisco Ferrara, Anthony S. Fcrraro, Louis Ferrcira, Bisschoff K. Ferrell, Harry E. Ferron, Richard L, Fidell. Edward W. Fiedler, Adrian Fiedler. Edward Fields. David B; Figueroa, Mario Fi'.'ueroa, Oscar Filippis. Lewis J. Filomio, George Finch, Jessie M. Fingerhut, M. Fiiiklea, George Finkel. Meyer Finn, James J, Finncll, J. W. Fischer,. Francis J, Fis'cher, John Fifii. Albert C. Fisher, Andrew T. Fisher, .Tno E. Fisher, William C, Fitzgerald, Jack Fitzgerald, Merritt J,. Fitzpatrick, Daniel B, Flaherty. Jay N. Flaherty, .John M. Flaherty, Ward R. Flanagan. Jerome F., Flanagan, John J. Flanagan, Robert J. Flannagan, Melvin Lee Flannery, John B. Fleming. James W. . Flint, George W. F. L. Fiippo, .Tames 0. . Flood, Edmond Flood, Robert O. Flores, Clemente Fiores, Manuel T, Fiores, Rene Floyd. Lawrence I, Flynn, Mark J. Foley, Edward J. Foltz, Albert E. Fontenot. Clinton M, Fontenot, E3den M, Fontenot, J. L. Forbes, John Ford. Gladstone W. Ford. Jack M. Forrest. Joe A. Forte, Ferdinand Foazly, Warren N. Foster, Charles H. Foster, Earle H. Foster, James M, Fdktcr, Annie . Foster, Marshal E. Fountaine. Ronald Fox, Charles W., HI Fox, Patrick G, Foy. Henry J. Frances. Thomae Francis. John W. Francois, Bernard : Frangos. Mike J. Francoi.s, Nicholas J. Frank. Wallace C. Franklin, Albert F. Franois. Bernard J. Franzoiino, Louis B. Fraser, Burton J, Frazier, Dan Frazier, Richard R. Freely. Francis S. Freeman, Benjamin L, Freeman. David N. Freeman, Stanley A. Frey, Charles Fries, Robert H; Fi'oese, Eldon A, Fromm. Edw. A. Frost, Elmer B, Frudge, Adelin Fruge, Batiste Fulcher, Raymond J, Fuller. Henry H. Fuselier, Edward Ij. Fuselier. Joseph N. R. ' Futch, CecU M. Fyock, Franklin W, » Gable, George. R. Cabrera, Luis A. Gainey. Samuel .C, . Gale, WUliam G, Gall, Alex Gallagher, Comeliua J, Gallagher, Hugh . ' Gallagher, John. , • . Gallagher, Richard J.< . . Calliano, Gulseppa . . . . - Gallo, Culgl • ; ;. Galphin. 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Title A name given to the resource June 10, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU RECEIVES 1ST CLAIMS FOR NEW FAMILY BENEFITS SIU BACKS ITF RUNAWAY DRIVE; HITS ILA CRIMPS PORT AGENTS MEET, DRAFT SIU PLANS COBB GUILTY IN HALL MURDER PLOT SIU SAFEGUARDS MERGER RIGHTS NO CONTROLS NEEDED, SIU TELLS GOV'T CONVENTION MAPS FIGHT ON PROPOSED MARITIME CONTROLS SEE RUNAWAYS PERIL TO WORLD SHIPPING SIU FORMS NEW INLAND BOAT UNIT HOTEL STRIKERS HAIL FLORIDA CREW'S AID JOB BOOM DRAINING NY OF BLACK GANG RATINGS INDONESIAN SEAMEN FORM UNION - COPY SIU'S NAME AND EMBLEM NY PIER POLL URGES NEW AFL CAMPAIGN GOV'T BOWS TO SIU ON OT BEEFS TRANSFER C-1 TO KOREA FLAG ELECT BME TO SIUNA TOP BOARD SHELLEY HITS FOREIGN ASSAULT ON '50-50' ALCOA, SUGAR RUNS LIVEN NO BONNER BILL RAPPED AT SF MEETING AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS JUNE 21 'BAN ALIEN FLAG COASTAL TRADE' - CANADIAN SIU SEAFARERS IN SAVANNAH - A CAMERA'S-EYE VIEW CONVENTION BLASTS CG, GOV'T SHIPS BENEFIT $ TRIPLE OLDTIMER'S PAY US TRANSFER TOTAL GROWS NEW LIBERTYS 4 YEARS OFF DRIVE SET ON LAKES SHIPS ACTION ON RUNAWAYS PRODUCTIVE CONVENTION BALTO WELFARE CLASSES POPULAR STANDING UP ATOM SHIP PLANS ENDORSE ONE PURSER UNION MOWBRAY'S BATS MAKE 'CRESCENTS' SEE STARS A SONGWRITER NOW, SEAFARER TO SAIL AGAIN BULLETINS NO NEWS ANYMORE; MARORE IN FURORE OVER MESS WHITMER CONTINUES ON A 'CULINARY CRUISE' IS YOUR NAME ON THIS LIST? Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/10/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/bcd390b4ba5230784e2bfb611c6af0e4.PDF 4e73683b9d538f50d99f382cba96343b PDF Text Text / ;. -^-f^ ?^.-^K'^?;^':.>"^5:;^/ SEAFARERS /, LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THI SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • ;*.?%'• - A. . Stoiy On Page 3 •/ V Big Payoff In New Orleans • -x Among the first Seafarers to collect increased SIU hospital bene­ fits in New Orleans, William Grimes (seated) receives $21 weeklypayment from SIU Patrolman Herman Troxclair at the local USPHS hospital. Looking on, discussing other features of broad new Union welfare program, are Seafarers Bill Walker, Donald Dambrino and Stanley Wright. (Story on Page 2.) '••i-S j �} : -•'i r' f M^k7.'i959 H New SlU Benefits ^Pleasant News' Union Family Welfare To Famill^ Men Progratn Begins Junel A sample of the Sea­ farers Welfare Plan en­ rollment card appears on page 4 ' with notes on how to fill out the card properly. With new SIU Welfare Plan coverage doming into force for the families of Seafarers, men on the ships, in the Union Kails and in the hospitals are showing keen interest and pleasure in the new and, broader benefits, • . Typical of many reactions to th^Plan, Seafarer pustaf W. Johnson wrote, "I can ship out now with ah easy mind, know­ ing my wife and family are protected while I'm at sea. The increase in the death, hospital and pension-disability; sure makes me feel good." Seafarer Phil Korol added, "having been with the Union since May of 1951 I am constantly amazed at the all-around coverage that our organization gives us." The wife of one Seafarer living in Brooklyn was delighted to learn of the new surgical benefit "I'm waiting for June 1," she said, "so I can go to the hospital and have my cataracts removed." She explained that her eyesight had been affected for some time now, and sooner or later her husband would have had to dig down deep to pay for expensive surgery. "You mean," another Seafarer asked, "that I can pick any 'hospital and any doctor I want?" He was assured he had full freedom of choice in that respect, although he should take into consideration that some hospitals and doctors are Group of Seafarers at Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, USPHS hospital listens Intently as SIU Welfare more expensive than others. Seryices yepresentatiye Milton Flynn explains working^s of new family benefits and increases in exist­ Seafarer Isaac Antonio expressed his feelings this way. ing: benefits for Seafarers. "This hospital plan is very good for Seafarer's families. It The SIU Welfare Plan and the port offices of the SIU on all coasts are now readying keeps them out of charity hospitals where service is very machinery for assisting. Seafarers with the new family surgical and hospital benefits to poor. As a proud member of the SIU I know we will gain take effect June 1. more and more as we go along." First effort of the Union Several Seafarers wanted to know about the status of step­ will be to make it as easy a^ caibefully so that all questions arc is entitled to benefits up to $300 children. They were informed that stepchildren receive full possible for every Seafarer to answered properly. In the past, according to a schedule of surgical coverage under the Plan. fill out the new Welfare Plan en­ the Welfare Plan kas found that fees for various operations, includ­ "What about my mother and father?" was a question raised rollment form. It is on this form Incomplete forms, such as the ben­ ing a benefit for blood transfu­ by several single men. At present the Plan does not cover that he lists' all his dependents, eficiary " cards which every Sea­ sions. Non-surgical hospital pa­ parents, since there is no way of estimating total costs of the his wife, and;his unmarried chil- farer is asked to fill out, have tients will be entitled to payments new plan and the trustees want to confine coverage to im­ dren_ under Jr9 years of age. By often delayed payment of benefits. of $4 a day each day that their filling out the form and mafiing it In some instances doubt^has been doctor comes to the hospital, up to mediate families for the time being. However, coverage for in to the Welfare Plan, the Sea­ created as to who was actually en­ 31 days' visits. Seafarers' parents is a future possibility, should it be shown farer makes sure that* ffis wife and titled tp a particular benefit. Other Increases that the Plan is ab'e to carry the added load. children are protected and that Any Port Agent Along with the new family ben­ Then there was the Seafarer who was looking for a "two- there will be no hitch in payment Seafarers who are on the beach efits, the Union negotiated in­ fer"—two for the price of one. "If my wife has two things of benefits provided under the at present can get copies of the creases in benefits involving all taken care of at one time in the hospital" he asked, "do I have Plan. . enrollment form 'from any SIU Seafarers, married or unmarried, entitles To Benefits to pay two $50 bills? "He was pleased to hear that as f^ as including a $6 weekly increase in port agent. the bill for hospital room and board and extras is concerned, In other words, the form offi­ As reported pieviousiy in the Seafarers* hospital benefits to $21 entitles the members of his LOG the new benefits for the fam­ a week; a $10 weekly increase in he would only pay the first $50 provided everything was cially family listed on it to these bene­ ily provide for hospital room and payments _tp disabled Seafarers taken^^care of during one period of hospitalization not exceed­ fits, provided,: of. course, the Sea­ board at a maximum rate of $10 making them $35 a \veek, and a ing 31 days. farer meets the seatime require­ a day for as long as 31 days, plus $1,000 increase in death benefits Seafarer John Driscoll, a patient at Manhattan Beach hos­ ments. a hospital expense allowance of up to $3,500. Other benefits provided pital called the increases in welfare benefits "pleasant news." Every SIU ship will receive suf­ to- $100. The Seafarer pays the by the plan are $200 maternity He added, "The establishment of a hospital plan to aid our ficient copies of this new form in first $50 of this hospital care bill, benefit, 4 annual college scholar­ wives and children in times of emergency is another instance the mail, along with this issue of and the Welfare Plan picks up the ships worth $6,000 apiece, a spe­ the SEAFARERS LOG. The pack­ rest of the tab up to the maxi­ cial equipment benefit for postof how our Welfare Plan is constantly on the alert to provide age of forms includes return ad­ mums allowed. This was done so hospital aid, the loan and meal the membership with every possible safeguard." dress envelopes which should ho­ that the Plan could provide a big­ book program,. dormitory facilities Summing it all up. Seafarer Parry Roberts put it this way used to mail back the completed ger benefit of longer duration, by for Seafarers on the beach and the in a letter to headquarters: "I want to congratulate you and form at the earliest opportunity. eliminating hospital bills of $50 or Andrew Furuseth Training School the others on the good work you have done. The Welfare In filling out the form, Seafarers less. Program which is located in Mobile are urged to follow instructions Plan is one of the best benefits a seaman can have." On the surgical side, the family Bay. SIU Convention Hears Reports MONTREAL, May 25—The seventh biennial convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America is in full swing here at the Sheraton-Mount Royal Hotel. Dele­ gates from the various SIU affiliates have made their reports to the body and commit­ tees have been elected to deal with the various issues up fur District election victory over ers in the United States and Can­ Harry Bridges' outfit. Plans are in ada. The SIU A&G delegation con­ action. A highlight of the convention, of the making for future action to sists of Secretary-Treasurer Paul course, is the report on the recent, obtain a contract which will pro­ Hall; Assistant Secretary-Treas­ three - department SIU Pacific vide full protection for SIU cooks urer Bob Mathews and four port and stewards on the West Coast, agents, Lindsey Williams, New as soon as certification of the Orleans; Cal Tanner, Mobile; Earl SIU's Marine Cooks and Stewards Sheppard, Baltimore and Steve Cardullo, Philadelphia. Burly i .Page 13 union comes from the NLRB. Hiring Hall Defense Editorial Cartoon .Page 10 Washington's plans for the mari­ .Page 10 Editorials • Page 14 time industry, and the successful Final Dispatch Inquiring Seafarer ..... .Page 11 defense of the hiring hall are May 27, 1955 Vol. XVII, No. 11 Labor Round-Up ...... .Page 11 other matters which are being Meet The Seafarer .... .Page 11 acted on. Unions of fishermen, PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer .Page 12 cannery workers and harbor work­ HEBBEBT BRAND, Editor; RAV DENISON, Notices, Personals Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art Rank & File In Action. Page 10 ers are presenting their own pro­ Editor; HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPiVACiti Recent Arrivals .Page 14 posals dealing with problems they Staff Writers; BILL MOODY, Gulf Area Shipping Figures ...... .Page 5 face in their segments of the in­ Representative. Your Dollar's Worth ... .Page 6 dustry. biweekly yt the headquarter* Delegates attending the conven­ ot Published the Seafarers International Union. At­ lantic & Gulf District. AFL. 675 Fodtth tion represent approximately 62,- Avenue. Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel. HYaclnth 000. seamen, fishermen, cannery 9-6600. Entered as second- class matter at the Post Office in Brooklyn. NY. undei workers and allied marine, work­ the Act of Aug. 24, 1912. ' INDEX SEAFARERS LOG t?iS- ii: Disabled Seafarer Burten Frazer, (r.) counts out his new, higher weekly payment, while disabled Seafarers Ernest Eklund, James Hamilton, and Edward Hansen'(standing) smile approval. •' ' -^1 �aK4P4RERS,hOG It's News To Mrs. Hobby -' } • «v; Seafarers whe remember how Secretary Oveta Gulp Hobby of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare tried to do away with the Public Health Service Hospitals will not be sur­ prised at the way her Department has snarled iip the polio vaccine program. Last year Mrs. Hobby couldn't understand why seamen should get so excited just becaiise she wanted to shut down the hospitals. Just recently she excused her unpreparedness for a vaccine dis­ tribution program by telling a Senate Committee "no one could have foreseen the public demand for vaccine." Actuaily, it ap­ peared that everybody had foreseen the demand except Mrs. Hobby, including the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis which spent millions in advance orders, and the press and public which watched the vaccine tests with such avid interest. Incidentally, Mrs. Hobby's agency is known to her critics as the "Department of not-too-much Health, Education and Welfare." PROPOSED US BOARD IMPERILS FREEDOM OF SlU CONTRACTS WASHINGTON—A proposal for full political control of maritime labor relations which would strip sea unions of their right to negotiate contracts in free collective bargaining has been put forth by the chairman of the House Merchant Marine Committee. The proposal, which would be called the Maritime Labor Stabilization Act, is the creation of New Recreational Set-up For Seafarers in NY Representative Herbert Bonner. The proposal would set up a system whereby a Gov­ ernment board, to be known as the US Board for the Settlement of Maritime Labor Disputes, would be in on contract negotiations every"*^ labor and management step of the way. In the end, which would have to pass in order to the Government would emerge with a contract or even View shows newly-established recreation room In New York headquarters port. The spacious, wellequipped room was made possible by the closing of the headquarters facilities to the general pub­ lic. The new policy was put into effect after a study aimed at increasing the recreational and other facilities for the enjoyment of the membership. Public features of the NY building—cafeteria. Sea Chest and Port O' Call—had been attracting increasing public business. The SIU felt that closing of • these facilities would prevent crowding of Seafarers and make room for additional recreational fa­ cilities. The first two weeks of the new operation have shown the correctness and success of this - new policy. I 1^! Anonymous Letters Sing, Curran Tune Seafarers ashore and some'men on ships have reported to headquarters receipt of an anonymous "open letter" from a non-existent group of "oldtimers" in the SIU. .Actually the letter is being circulated by*an outside group in an ap Joseph Curran in his attempt to parent attempt to drive a diminish* Lundeberg's stature in breach between the SIU A&G Dis­ maritime labor. trict, the Sailors Union of the Pa­ Maritime observers agree that cific and the Marine Firemen's the long-range objective of CurUnion. ran's attacks is an attempt to ob­ The four-page mimeographed tain rank (wer Lundeberg, as well letter, circulated on the eve of the as to cover"up Curran's sell-out of SIU International convention, the NMU hiring hall. M. Hedley echoes the NMU, ARA and MEBA Stone, NMU treasurer, described official position on the defunct Curran's action in this regard as Conference of American Maritime destroying the security of NMU Unions and on the experimental members. The Tonsina and CAMU Tonsina agreement. This is the questions are being used by Cur­ same tactic that was used when ran as clubs for his objectives. If the NMU, ARA and MEBA cir­ it had not been these, Curran culated an attack on SUP Secre­ would have created some other is­ tary-Treasurer Harry Lundeberg sues. on the eve of the last CAMU con­ Operators' Line ference. While making pretense of gentle Attack Lundeberg, rebuke at Curran so as to avoid Both documents add up to a appearing sympathetic to him, the vicious personal attack on Lunde­ author of the letter repeats the berg, who is president of the SIU standard Curran arguments call­ of North America. As such they ing for joint negotiations through stack up as "war of nerves" propa-, CAMU so that Cwran and the sub­ ganda against Lundeberg, serving sidized operators of the American the purposes of NMU president Merchant Marine Institute could call the tune in maritime. As one crew spokesman put It when the anonymous letter was brought to the Union hall, "this stuff smells just as bad as the rest of . their propaganda. How . could they expect anybody to fall for it?" Meeting Night Every 2 Weeks Regular membership meetings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings Is as follows: June 1, June 15, June 29. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required to attend the meetings. have the power to impose its own terms through compul­ sory arbitration, suhject to re­ view by the courts. The new proposal is ex­ pected to draw unanimous condemnation from maritime unions. SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall described it as "a builtin set of bights for seamen's unions that would deliberately foul up every attempt to negotiate with the shipowner on any contractual mat­ ter. More important, the very free­ dom of our union would be threat­ ened. "Also, far from encouraging stabilization, this system would tie negotiations into so many knots that unions would be compelled to resort to strikes as the only meth­ od left for untangling a Govern­ ment-sponsored mess." Labor relations in maritime, he pointed out, have been working smoothly for years now in the SIU, through the medium of direct col­ lective bargaining without Govern­ ment interference. Hearings on the Bonner plan are scheduled to begin June 1 before the House Merchant Marine Com­ mittee with both management and union representatives expected to testify. SIU spokesmen will appear at the hearings and inform com­ mittee members of the Union's re­ actions to the plan. The Bonner proposal resembles in many ways the Railway Labor Mediation Act. Without attempting to describe it in detail, it can be said of the proposal that it sets up a whole series of mazes through HOT' US NEEDS NAVY SECY WASHINGTON—Underscoring the need for a US mer­ chant marine, Secretary of the Navy Charles S. Thomas told a Washington audience that this is a "have-not" nation and as such "it is a funda-"*^ mental truth that the United these are produced at home in States cannot get along with­ sufficient quantity. The rest must out merchant vessels. Without our be Imported in increasingly larger own ships we cannot be assured of amounts, including such everyday obtaining the necessary raw ma­ items as aluminum, iron and other terials we need . . . The merchant ores, coffee, sugar, tea and vege­ marine remains as indispensable table oils. As a consequence, he expressed as the Army, the Navy and Air concern over the fact that 80 per­ Force or the Marines." Atomic energy, he pointed out, cent of the US fleet will be obso­ does not in any way change the lete in ten years, and nine out of need for an adequate merchant every ten ships is too slow for war­ fleet, whose functioning is vital to time use. "If general war should ever oc­ farmers, factory workers, business­ cur," he warned, "there will not men and every US industry. The Navy, Secretary said that be time to resurrect a merchant the US has a list of 77 raw mate­ marine. Our survival . . . will be rials which are considered essen­ largely dependent on the merchant tial to the economy. Only 11 of shipping which is available." with a single clarification of a single overtime, beef. Delays would be up to 170 days or more on any contractual item. Should the SIU, for example, contact any shipowner on any con­ tract matter for purposes of nego­ tiation or clarification, the new board could enter the picture on the shipowner's request and freeze everything for 90 days. After that an inquiry committee could be appointed by the Secre­ tary of Commerce. Then the Attor­ ney General could get an injunc­ tion against a strike. Then another inquiry committee could take anotlier 60 days after which the La­ bor Board would be called on to take a vote on contract terms. By this time, any beefs raised by Seafarers and contract propo­ sals made by the Union would have long since grown stale. New situa­ tions would have arisen to pile on top of old ones with nobody able to catch up on the backlog. This, in effect, has been the ex­ perience of many railroad brother­ hoods, who are tied to the Govern­ ment by the Railway Labor Actostensibly the basis for the new (Continued on page 15) SIU Co s Assigned 2 Victorys Seafarers will crew two Government - owned Victory ships on June 10 as "Opera­ tion Blue Jay," the summertime supply run to Arctic military bases, gets underway in earnest. The High Point Victory has been assigned to Bull Lines and will come out of lay-up in the port of Norfolk. It is expected that she will take a crew out of the SIU Norfolk hall. The Robin Line will operate the McAllister Victory. This ship is currently in lay-up in Beaumont, Texas, and will be crewed In the Gulf, either from New Orleans or Houston. It's been the practice of th« Military Sea Transportation Serv­ ice over the past several years to break out a considerable number of Victory ships for the northern run. These ships supply a variety of military bases in Greenland and other Arctic areas during the months when Arctic waters ai'e ice-free. Some of the Victory ships that will be broken out will also be used in regular MSTS operations, as will the knot-type ships that have been broken out on the West Coast. �amAF^RERS l> I • : 'i i i ' Face Tour May ST. 199T LOG All Eyes On Cameraman WM «>$PrrAt4MD9l/Rl0lC4l. StWEFIT This card should be filled out by every Seaforer, even if he is single ond hos no dependents. tr i if Moke sure to list every dependent you have, giv­ ing the full name, age and date of birth. t Six-month-old Darlcne Walls is all attention, along with parents Mr and Mrs. Kirt "Rocky" Walls, as LOG photographer fires away. Sarlene,Torn last November 11, is one of many SIU babies in New Orleans whose parents received the $200 maternity benefit p u $25 defense bond for the baby. NY Needs Engine Rates, Pumpmen NEW YORK—Shipping at the headquarters branch con­ tinued to run well in all departments this week, especially for rated men in the black gang. Engineroom jobs remained on the shipping board for-*three and four calls before Simmons called on the member­ ship to beware of performing of getting any takers. any kind which might give the Pumpmen waiting to ship can al­ Coast Guard an excuse to pick up most write their own ticket, accord­ ing to Claude Simmons, assistant their papers. The port official alsc pointed secretary-treasurer and New York port agent. Simmons urged all out the case of a steward who Seafarers with tanker experience missed the Seanan (Stratford) be­ in the engine department to go up fore she sailed from New Orleans for pumpmen's endorsements now for Mobile a few months ago so that the stores were never checked. •while the demand lasts. The result was tlie ship left on a Fourteen Payoffs three-month trip with only 75 days' Shipping statistics for the port stores. over the past two-week period were At the payoff this week, crewreflected in a total of, 14 payoffs, members described the sum total eight sign-ons and 20 vessels in of their food for the last ten days transit. as oatmeal, oxtail and prunes. They Meanwhile, Simmons cautioned were without coffee for nine days. all Seafarers that shipboard log­ The incident, Simmons said, gings for any reason may cost them shows how important it is for the their papers and their rights to steward to handle his job properly continue shipping. so that the stores are checked be­ The Coast Guard recently stepped fore sailing. up efforts to tighten the net ai'ound merchant seamen. Some Seafarers have already been hauled up before hearing panels to explain such minor in­ fractions as turning to late on the job by as little as five minutes. In the case of more serious offenses, men have had their seamen's papers lifted and can no longer sail. Commenting on the situation. Where it soys "book number" enter your Unioo number, whether book or permit. t 4. 4. Don't forget to sign and date the form when you ore finished. Do it as soon as possible. i , If you have any ques­ tions about the Welfare Plan, contact your near­ est Union port agent. ENROLLMENT CARD EMPLOYEE'S NAME. Last See. Sec. No„ Dependents—Wife and Unmarried Children less . FIRST NAME MIDDLE DATE OF BIRTH AGE WIFE CHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDREN Date - Employee'* Signature Mass, Governor Hails Revival Of Bosfon-PR Run By Alcoa BOSTON—Seafarers aboard the SlU-contracted Alcoa Roamer helped launch the first regular cargo service between this port, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands since the days of the clipper ships last week, when a brand-new monthly Alcoa service got underway. Present plans call for the Roamer to remain the only ship on the run, which include.s stopovers in New York and Baltimore. Alcoa has operated a weekly freight service to Puerto Rico from those ports for some time. The Alice Brown (Bloomfleld) also made the news briefly this month when the ship had a picketline thrown around her after she docked'at Castle Island. A walk­ out by union lumber handlers, caused by a misunderstanding over their new contract, wound up after five hours in a settlement be­ tween union and management ne­ gotiators. Respect Picketlines Seafarers were not involved in the dispute, although they re­ spected the picketlines, Port Agent James Sheehan pointed out. The ship had come in for payoff and sign-on. Reopening of the Boston-Puerto Rico route was marked by cere­ monies aboard the Roam^ attend­ ed by Governor Christian A. Herter of Massachusetts, repre­ Vo You /c^^ovV \OU/Z BfivteP/TS? ifcypivufiES ioufi miLis €iFiiie/l£W. e^Atwa> Middle _Book No Z-No.. Maryland Unions Honor Legislative Friend / First SIU Baltimore hall was scene of testimonial dinner to Maryland State Senator^bert B. Kimble giJin bThorAFL and CIO union, in the state Senator Kimble of. labor's staunchest friends in the legislature and haa aponsored much of the legislation endorsed trade unions. sentatives of Alcoa, and Puerto Rico, and some 100 other maritime^ and Government officials. At a buffet luncheon on the ship last week, the Governor presented Capt. George Dunlop, master, with a silver Paul Revere bowl for pres­ entation to Puerto Rico's Governor Luis Monoz Marin on arrival. Simi­ lar ceremonies were expected to be held in San Juan for the oc­ casion. Beware Of Case Chasers Despite the best efforts/of the authorities, the Public Health Service Hospitals are still plagued with ambulance chasers. Seafarers approached by these characters or their front, men are advised for their own good to give them a fast brushoff. It is well known that the ranks of the ambulance chasers contain many who will charge excessive fees or simply sell out their clients to the com­ panies. Most of them are known to be pretty poor law­ yers or else they wouldn't be digging for business the way they do. The time to choose a lawyer is not while you are sick or injured and being hypnotized by a fast line of chatter. Wait until you are recovered and then if you need an attorney go out and shop aroimd for the best attorney and the best deal you can get. �Mar «7, IMI SEAFARERS Pac* F1T« LOG House Unit Cuts $51 Millions In Maritime Funds WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee took the carving knife to maritime fund requests with the result that both operating subsidy and construction funds were cut well below last year's appropriations. The action of the committee Oldster, 77, To Seattle: Keep Unity SEATTLE —Old in years but young in spirit, Seafarer Bernard Roll, 77, sparked last Seafarers who served as members of the SIU delegation to the annual convention of the Alabama State Federation of Labor in Mobile recently pose for a group picture to record the event. Included are: Aubrey Kennedy, Jr., David F. M. Sykes, Charles D. Merrill, Francis M. Regan, J. V. McClantoc, Charles Garris, Joseph G. McDonald, Arnie Cobb, James Cole, Johnnie R. Harenday, Wm. H. Fillinglm, Frank Reid, Joseph J. McAndrew, Stephen Kotich, Wm. Wallace, Frank E. Edmonds, James H. Dickinson, Wm. E. Atkins, Robert Broadus, W. C. Byrd, Fred O. Swendson, Jr., Wm. J. Stephens, King W. Eiiiot, August Lazzaro, Clifford E. Taggart. Snack Bar Big Hit In Mobile MOBILE—Newcomers to the SIU hall here 'are finding the new snack bar and other facilities just opened by the branch a real pleasure to use. The first-class meals served at low prices are attracting a real following among Seafarers who have had to make-* do at other local eateries un­ though out on articles of better ily coverage now provided will help til now. than nine months, the ship came end all worry about medical and hospital care for Seafarers' fami­ Port Agent Cal Tanner reports in clean as a whistle. that the dining spot in the hall is He pointed out that the condi­ lies while they are out at sea. Up doing a rusliing business. In addition to regular meals and a luncheon special each day, the snack bar also offers a variety of items for a quick feast at all hours. Seafarer Phil Reyes, steward, is seranging the snack right now to whip the operation into shape. Nine Month Payoff Arrival of the Sea Cliff (Coral) a few days ago proved to be occa­ sion for a payoff in real Seafarers' style, the agent also noted. Al­ until now, this had been a major item for concern among the large family membership here. The branch membership and officials, meanwhile, extended their deepest sympathy to the family of Seafarer M. J. Smyb' who diea recently, after having shipped out of this port in the deck depart­ ment for many years. Brother Smyly is survived by his wife, one child and several brothers who are also seamen. tion of the ship was a real tribute to the crew and delegates, who did a fine job of bringing her in. The only sour note in the whole pro­ ceedings is that the ship had been sold to an NMU company while still out at sea, and was delivered to her new owners the day after payoff. But the biggest item for discus­ sion among the membership this week was the new SIU welfare benefits, and the fact that the fam­ to May 17 Registered Port Boston New York ... Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Miami Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilqiington . San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Shipped Deck A DeckB Eng. A Eng. B Stew. A Stew B Tot. A 8 63 28 47 10 - 6 0 3 18 33 13 40 7 31 11 5 19 S 27 12 3 4 2 7 6 13 21 2 6 8 B 49 30 41 13 9 0 4 26 28 4' 21 3 12 8 1 16 5 25 6 0 0 3 9 8 16 7 5 12 9 5 53 8 33 7 3 8 5 24 31 4 15 6 21 5 2 16 6 20 6 3 6 1 7 11 7 18 4 9 5 19 165 66 121 30 14 8 12 68 92 21 76 16 64 24 Deck A DeckB EnjC. A Eng. B Stew. A Stew B Tot. A 318 140 250 122 228 121 796 Total Tot. B Beg. 27 8 216 51 16 82 72 193 24 54 6 20 10 1 18 6 18 23 91 25 117 36 57 46 122 11 27 27 91 46 22 Tot. B 383 Shipping throughout the A&G District held fairly stable during the past two-week period, as all ports shipped a total of 963 men compared to a total registration of 1,179. Contrasted with the last period, the over-all picture showed shipping up in five ports, down in five others and about the same in all the rest. The continued strong position of class A men showed easily in the ratio of better than two class A men shipped for every class B man who got out during the period. Percentage-wise, class A shipping accounted Boston: Outlook fair. New York: Good for rated black gang, especially pumpmen. PhiladelphiarShould pick up. One payoff due. Arlyn, idle, may call crew. Baltimore: Activity of past two weeks should con•tinue. : • , week's SIU membership meeting here by calling on all Seafarers to lake the advice of a Union oldtimer who had been through the mill. One of nearly 50 disabled Sea­ farers now receiving the new $150 monthly pension-disability bene­ fit, Roll recount­ ed the gains he has seen happen over the years, and took the oc­ casion of the lat­ est welfare in­ crease to make his point. "Only with a Union such as the SIU," Roll he pointed out, "can all of us hope to go forward to a better life for ourselves, our families and generations to come. "It is important to remember always' that the saying 'In Unity There Is Strength' has real mean­ ing. This is being demonstrated all the time in the SIU, as our Union pioneers the way to new gains for all of us," Roll added. is not final since its reports have to be voted on by the full House and by the Senate. However, maritime interests will face an uphill fight to get the fund re­ quests restored to their original levels. ; Subffldyi Funds Cid :. . The coinmittee; cut $25, miUion from the $115: milUon request for operating sUbsidi^V gettinlg it down to $&0fmillion, •'The fiscal year 1955 appropriation was $115 million. It set a limit of 1,847 subsidized voyages for the year. The Maritime Administration'! ship construction program- took a severe beating, with $64.7 million voted against a request of $102.8 million. Last year. Congress was more generous, voting $82.6 mil­ lion for this purpose. The cut­ backs would undoubtedly havu bearing on the Maritime Adminis­ tration's program for construction of new prototype ships. The over-all total appropriation voted by the Committee is $177,445,000, which is $51 million less than the sum voted last year. Total Keg. 1179 Deck A 10 53 19 44 6 0 0 5 25 36 7 19 4 21 10 Deck A 259 Total Deck B DeckC Eng. A Eng. B Eng. C Stew. A Stew. B Stew.C Total A Total B Total C Ship 2 13 3 7 4 2 1 0 3 5 4 16 • 0 9 14 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 10 1 0 21 2 23 6 1 2 1 7 22 6 4 5 4 7 8 41 12 47 3 0 1 0 3 26 4 11 2 8 • 7 Deck DeckC Eng. A B 83 27 173 1 - 4 38 4 5 0 0 29 2 2 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 19 30 0 0 3 18 0 3 7 16 1 6 1 6 6 2 17 4 3 2 3 17 9 5 5 3 4 8 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 3 2 22 132 36 120 11 0 11 5 47 92 14 48 13 45 23 8 40 7 47 14 6 5 4 27 36 15 25 8 17. 29 1 8 0 1 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 14 14 4 31 160 43 168 31 6 17 10 74 128 3l' 77 35 78 56 Total Eng. B Eng. C Stew. A Stew. B Stew.C Total A Total B Total C Ship 111 13 187 . 94 16 619 288 56 963 for over 64 percent of all shipping in the District in the last two weeks. In proportion to the number registered, class B men enjoyed shipping opportunities equally as good as class A men. Major differences noted port by port appear in the West Coast ports where shipping fell off a bit during the last two weeks. These same ports also accounted for more than 50 percent of all class C shipping, indicat­ ing no takers among A and B men. New York and Houston also dipped somewhat, but Mobile and Balitimore came back stronger. Norfolk: Not too active, but High' Point Victory should take crew. Lake Charles: Fairly good, but plenty registered to fill whatever comes up. I Savannah: Very quiet, little in sight. Houston: Miami: Several ships due, maybe tanker or two. Wilmington: Needs rated men to fill jobs coming in. Tampa: slow. Mobile: Picking up a bit, but still slow. New "Orleans; Not much ^xpect^d. slowing down, only one ship scheduled. Son Fronciscd: Class A, B men can be choosy. Out­ look good. 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County of­ ficials cooperated fully in the recruiting of strikebreakers, and provided space in the jailhouse for a local hiring agent. wikTy 27: isstf MA Head Urg^s Steps Reviving Domestic Runs LOS ANGELES—Revival of the domestic trades, newstyle ships and cargo handling systems as well as construc­ tion of US-flag bulk ore carriers were listed by Maritime Administrator Clarence G."*• ~~ Morse as three of the major expensive single item in the entire challenges to the US merchant shipping business. In 1938, he pointed out, the US marine. In a speech before the Los Angeles-Long Beach Propeller had 6*94 ships in the domestic Club, the Maritime Administrator trades compared to 437 today. The placed heavy stress on new ship- trend can be reversed, he repeated, types and new cargo handling by modernizing cargo handling methods as answering the needs of both on ship and shoreside as well both domestic and offshor^ opera­ as by establishing "competitive rates" between railroads, trucks tions. In the domestic trades, he advo­ and ships. cated Introduction of new ideas, de­ Morse declared further that the claring, "I think the use of trailer ship replacement problem is a gen­ ships, - roll-on, roll-off ships and eral one for the entire merchant other means of non-break-bulk car­ marine and action must be taken riers is long overdue in the domes­ to avoid mass overaging of US tic trades." He criticized existing ships in the 1960's. operators who feel that C-type On the ore ship problem, he re­ ships are adequate for these pur­ vealed that Secretary of Com­ poses, pointing out that the loading merce Weeks made a formal re­ and unloading of cargo with pres­ quest to big corporations that ent-type equipment is the most import ores to place their ships under the US flag. He said the Government was ready to provide construction subsidies for build­ ing ships for that purpose. Enlist Pinks At Savannah Jail Lake Charles AFL Signs CS Refinery SAVANNAH—Just as its original employer-Chamber of Commerce backers said it would, Georgia's so-called "rightto-work" law helped make lots of jobs over the past three months, but they were all^ for armed guards and special detective agency in Atlanta, which deputies serving as strike­ had a local agent on the "job to breakers in the now-ended South­ do the hiring hei-e. Prospective guards were told they were hired ern Bell telephone strike. solely for the purpose of guarding CIO strikers this week approved terms of a new contract reached prisoners at the county jail, but in negotiations between Southern the closest they came to that was Bell and the Communications when they filled out their applica­ tions in the office space provided Workers of America iClO). Seafarers and SlU port officials for them at the jail. Roamed Highways who backed the CIO strikers in Eventually, they were put out in their bid for a square deal on new pact terms reported armed men cars and on foot to roam the high­ wearing badges and nondescript ways and oversee the scabs work­ insignia of every kind roaming ing Southern Bell installations. Chatham County officials, it throughout the city and county area all through the strike. The appears, cooperated fully in the object apparently was to intimidate dirty work, since they permitted telephone workers and sympathy the hiring to be done right in the pickets into going back on the job. jailhouse. The strike ran nearly three The gun-slinging .strikebreakers were hired at $1 an hour, issued months' in nine southern states a badge, a deputy card and a gun, before the settlement was reached. and then turned loose to trail Seafarers in all Gulf ports helped out at strike kitchens and picket"suspicious-looking" townsfolk. They were hired by a private lines throughout the beef. LAKE CHARLES—All is quiet on the labor front now in this port, following the signing of a new contract between the AFL Metal Trades Council and the Cities Service re­ finery here. The refinery workers won handled 13 in-transit ships, each several major items in the of which took a few men. With warm weather here, the new pact and are happy that the sparring is over. Now the arena coastwise tanker runs tend to slack is shifting to the Firestone rubber off as fuel demands drop in north­ plant here, where negotiations for ern states. a new agreement are in progress. Clarke also noted that there are Seafarers here are keeping an eye no Seafarers in the local hospitals on these negotiations. at the present time. He also took the occasion to extend the sympa­ Plenty of Men Meanwhile, Port Agent Leroy thies of the Lake Charles SIU Clarke reported shipping holding branch to the family of Brother up pretty well, but advised against Albert Hasselbrock, who had been any sudden rush of men into the sailing out of the port for the past port. "We have plenty of men two years in the deck department. here to fill any jobs we expect in He passed away last week at the here soon," he pointed out. Dur­ Staten Island USPHS hospital in ing the past two weeks, the port New York. WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Tips on Buying House Paint Seafarers of course, ai'e expert hands with a paint brush and roller. But a Seafarer who is also a homeowner will be interested and probably pleased to know that It isn't necessary to paint at home as often as aboard ship, and in fact, the popular tendency of homeowners to paint a house every three or four years may actually be harmful. Inside the house, too, moderate-income families tend to paint and wallpaper more often than they should, in­ cluding renters as well as home-owners, chiefly because they select unsuitable papers and paints to start with. If you use a good-quality paint, you should not hava to paint the exterior of a house more than once every six years with a two-coat job, or one every four years if you give it only one coat. It won't help to repaint any oftener, and in fact may harm the house, because over-frequent painting will build up too thick a coat over the wood. Good paint weathers away slowly, and needs that chance to weather first. If the paint film is too heavy, the paint may blister, due to reliquification of the old paint under­ neath, or crack and peel, requiring removal of the en­ tire film—a time-consuming chore^ Sometimes, of course, such blistering or cracking may be due to moisture rather than overpainting. That's another reason to use good paint at home, because inferior paint is poor protection against moisture. Exception To Rule Comparatively new houses may be the exception to the advice against repainting oftener than six years with two coats, since frequently moderate-price new houses have only two coats to start with, and it is probably safer to repaint sooner than the recommended six-year interval. But if you are changing over fronr-^ dark to a light Senate For C-1 Philippine Sale WASHINGTON — A long-pend­ ing sale of C-1 ships to Philippine Islands operators has been ap­ proved by the Senate. The meas­ ure now goes to the House Mer­ chant Marine Comipittee for fur­ ther action. The sale of the six ships, which are C-1, MAV-1 types, has been pending for three years now. The bill was first introduced in May, 1952, and was opposed then on the ground that it would involve re­ opening of the Ship Sales Act. All of the ships, plus two N-3 types, have been operated for sev­ eral j'ears by Philippine ship­ owners under a charter arrange­ ment with the US Government. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying color, be sure the paint film definitely has worn thin, be­ lead is In there for toughness, the titanium for brightness cause the two or three coats necessary to hide a con­ and because It sheds dirt, and the zinc for hardness. How­ ever, white lead is^he most expensive ingredient, and trasting color increase the risk of building up too thick some cheaper paints lend to give more titanium and less a coat. Just because the paint surface is dirty doesn't mean the lead In the pigment, 'and more "thinner and drier" and less pure linseed oil in the vehicle. So one way you can house needs painting. Wash it with a synthetic detergent, compare quality Is to see how much white lead and pure using a long-handled brush or sponge. Then rinse the de­ tergent off with a hose before it dries. You may find that linseed oil you are getting for your money. This is not underneath th6 grease and dirt, the paint coating Is in to deprecate the value of the titanium, which has good hiding power. However, as the US Forest Products I?abgood condition, paint experts advise. But if you do find tliat the coating has become so thin and weathered that ' oratory advices, from a long-range point of view, white the surface beneath shows through, then you do need lead stands up best without cross-grain cracking. new paint. Sills and ledges generally need painting more From this point of view, it is not advisable to buy an often than vertical surfaces. exterior paint with much less than 17 percent white lead Many families also tend to redecorate the interor too in the pigment, and closer to 30 percent would be prefer­ often. One survey found that more'than half the families able. The vehicle should be at least 80 percent linseed questioned redecorated Interior walls within three years, oil and not more than 20 per cent thinner and drier, in and many refinished instead of cleaning the walls. fact a little less is prefei-able. Some low-grade outside A big reason for the over-frequent interior redecorat­ paints have as much as 25 percent thinner and drier in ing, the researchers found, was the tendency to use Un­ the vehicle, and sometimes also, -a large percentage of treated wallpapers and flat paints in kitchens which really watfer mysteriously labeled "aqueous emulsion." require washable wallpaper and semi-gloss paint or en­ Buying Interior Paints: Latex or rubber-base emulsion amel. The families surveyed generally had to replace paints have become increasingly popular because they wallpaper and flat paint most often, and enamel and var­ are easy to apply with roller or brush, don't show brush nish least often.* marks as much as oil paints, are less odorous, and roller, Buying Exterior Paint: You don't have to pay top price brushes and "spills" can be washed off with water. After for the costliest advertised brands of* paint. There are it has a chance to cure, which takes about 30 days, rub^ many private-brand paints and lesser-known brands which ber-base paint is scrubbable. However, it still may be a are as good quality. mistake to use rubber-base paint in kitchens and bath­ The way to buy exterior paint is to compare the for­ rooms as many families now do. They are still "flat" mulas of different brands as shown on the labels. The paints and do not resist spots and dirt as well as semigloss oil paints, enamels and alkyd-base paints, which are formulas show the composition of both the "pigment" and the "vehicle." Most standard quality paints nowadays highly-washable and non-yellowing. Rubber-base paif contain a blend of white lead, titanium md tine. The are more suitable for living and bedrooms. �Seafarers St«(jp Out Eor Hotel Employe^ Trompers Seek US Subsidy/Get Rebuff WASHINGTON—Proposals for a $20,000 per month op­ erating subsidy for US-flag trampships have been put forth at a hearing of the House Merchant Marine Committee. Spokesmen for the AmericanTramp Shipowners* Associa­ go up, of course, in the event more tion indicated that such a'sub­ ships were added to the tramp sidy <vould result in vastly increas­ fleet. In presenting the subsidy argu­ ing the number of tramps under the American flag with a conse­ ment James Stuart, head of the quent rise in US-flag job oppor­ tramp association, told the com­ tunities. A heavily-cut -Appropria­ mittee that US tramps only carried tions bill for the American mer­ 18 percent of US cargo handled chant marine, however, gives little on tramp ships. The other 82 per­ hope for any subsidy aid to tramps cent went on foreign tramps. Total tramp cargo movements in -during the coming fiscal year. The subsidy proposal, witnesses 1954 amounted to 60 percent of all declared, would • serve a double dry cargo operations. Consequently, purpose. They would enable US- rehabilitation-..of the US tramp flag operators to compete with for­ fleet is a must, he said, "if we^are eign flags and would provide to. maintain a well-balanced, ade­ means for tramp shipowners to quate merchant marine capable of replace their aging Liberty ships.. carrying at least 50 percent of our foreign commerce, one of the goals 75 US Tramps set forth in the Merchant Marine . At present there are about 75 Acts of 1936." tramp ships operating under the Since more than half of all US US flag. The $20,000 per month ocean-going commerce is tramp subsidy for them would represent trade, the US merchant fleet could Government aid to the tramp fleet never hope to approach the 50 in the amount of $18 million a year percent mark without giving aid to for these ships. The figure would tramp operators. Another witness said that with operating, subsidies from the Government^ the tramp shipowners would be able to get cargo. muiuN&ssrfitKis -voes^ou/i •fUeBBlBFnS axviives Aiipftonrft OBlAlfl GBT'fomt. as»v'<*wf PIM-AT/W/^ •Stu HAU-l Port Plans Stir Fight in 'Frisco • SAN FRANCISCO —Mari­ time interests in the Bay area are not looking too kindly on a proposal for a new deep-water port at Sacramento which the Army Engineers estimate would cost about $34 million today. Sacramento, the state capital, is about 60 miles inland from San Francisco, on the Sacramento River. In 1946, the estimated, cost of the project was about $10 mil­ lion. Today, it has nearly quad­ rupled. Strong Competition Several Bay ports already serv­ ice California's interior valleys, and all of them compete energeti­ cally for the traffic. As a result, statistics quoted by some shipping officials show that in 1938 San Francisco had 4.2 percent of America's exports, but only 2.7 percent in 1954. Meanwhile, exports from the US have increased 500 percent and the Bay area's popula­ tion increased by 50 percent dur­ ing the same period. Other arguments against a big Federal outlay for a deep-water port at Sacramento are that it would mean higher costs for ship­ owners and at the same time multiply the financing difficulties of the existing ports in which Federal, state and local govern­ ments already have hundreds of miludnf of dollars Invested. y'. I RNT* 8ev«r SEAPARE^SiaG Ill«y 27. 1151 ""if 'i . )I Under eyes of onlooker, crewmerobers of SlU-manned Florida give boost to striking Miami hotel em­ ployees by ttog their regular turn on picketline between trips. Picketing Empress Hrtel are fleft to right) A. Gonzalez, E. Enrego, M. Brito, C. Lav ado, J. Camblsr, A. Suarez and V. Cortez, Luxury Hotels have been struck throughout city in effort to get union recognition. • Seatrain Route Change Dps New Orleans' Jobs -fi—————— . Stay Put Foi* Idle Pay Seafarers who are collecting state unemployment benefits while on the beach waiting to ship are urged to stay put and avoid changing their mailing addresses if they want to continue re­ ceiving their checks regularly. Several Seafarers have already experienced interruptions of from three to five weeks in getting their next check after they notified the state unemployment offices that they had moved and changed their mailing address. An average delay of a month is reported in most cases, causing considerable hardship to the men involved. NEW ORLEANS—Shipping showed a brisk but brief up­ turn here during the last two weeks, due principally to a re-routing involving four Seatrain vessels." The changes, under which the Seatrains New York and Savannah went on the New York-Savannah-New Orleans run and the Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana now operate New YorkTexas City, produced a seramble when the New York and Savannah reached here recently. •Texans' Sign Off SIU* men wlio prefer to hit Texas at the southern end of the voyage signed off and made room for a number of replacements, who were glad of the chanc.e to get out. The switch means that there are now four ships, the New Jer­ sey, Texas, Georgia and Louisiana on the run to Texas City. There was no change affecting the New Jersey "or Texas. Another change, under which repairs for Pan Atlantic ships will now be made In New York, has been announced bj' the McLeafi interests now operating that com­ pany. Fan Atlantic Repairs Bosun Clyde Miller (right) takes up a minor beef with delegates at meetmg aboard the Del Mar Delegates aboard Pan Atlantic (Mississippi). Crewmembers said a new system of delegates' meetings started during the vwage ships who had been turning in re­ made the 42-day trip one of the most pleasant experienced aboard the ship in many months. Dele­ pair lists at the Gulf end of the gates present when the photo was taken (l-r) were; George Perdreauville, engine; Vic Romolo, stew­ coastwise run are advised to turn ard; Bob Garn, ship's; Harold Plunkett, Stewart; Frank .Russo, deck, John Benedict, stewart depart­ them In prior to reaching New ment, was not present at the time. York. The revision In repair prac­ NEW ORLEANS—The Del Mar (Mississippi) returned here last week from Buenos tices results from a schedule change instituted following the Aires with the crew reporting a clean ship at the end of a pleasant 42-day voyage, aided purchase of Pan Atlantic from greatly by a new system of delegates' meetings instituted during the run. Waterman by McLean. "The hig thing we accom-^ " Mobile, where repairs used to be We conducted all of our busi­ were ^ui'ged and encouraged to made, has now been eliminated as plished was harmony and bring 'them to the delegates for a port of call on the coastwise teamwork among the crew," ness out on the table so everyone consideralion at -the meeting. would know what was going on," schedule. Moreover, although Pan said Bob Garn, ship's delegate. Everyone soon supported a pol­ < Atlantic ships now pay off "No one was fined or logged dur­ he said. icy of turning a deaf ear to com­ Delegates' Meetings Open here, in New Orleans, any beefs ing the entire voyage. Everybody plaints that hadn't been taken up After election of delegates on involving repairs should be re­ in the -crew deserves a pat on the with the delegates when they met, ihe south bound leg of the ported to SIU patrolmen in New back for the way they cooperated Gam explained. As a result little voyage, the delegates announced York, where such operations can be with the delegates to iron out dif­ beefs were settled before the mole­ settled promptly to the best inter­ ferences. The trip was a good ex­ that thereafter all members of the hills assumed mountainous propor­ crew who were interested were in­ ests of all concerned, said Lindsey perience for all hands and we hope the system works out satisfac­ vited to attend future meetings of tions. Williams, SIU port agent here. Members of the delegates' board delegates, fhese meetings were, of Williams left soon after for torily," were Garn, Russo, George Per­ What turned the trick was a course, in addition to regular SIU headquarters in New York, dreauville, engine, and John meetings of the crew. Ample no­ where he joined other' SIU-A&G delegates' administration that Benedict, Vic Romolo and Harold tice of meetings of delegates was operated in truly democratic fash­ delegates in advance .of the SIUNA Plunkett, steward department dele­ Convention which opened ip .Mon­ ion, according to, Frank Russo, given to the crew in advance,, and gates, . niten having real or. imagined beefs , , treal this week, . deck delegate, Delegates Meet, Beefs Decline 1 �• May 27.1^ KKAFARFnS too W-m alii Wmi wMM \f^ SS ALCOA |Siiii r- i piiil \ .•V PARTNER f ! iiilpii;' Crew messman George E. Young in galley. ...iiiiliiiii I >•. t •' 1 I' f ilS*< I I ;PiSiiSiPP- Wi9\ ... lilii Ps SSiiSff * 1 ' I V 4 '• •^s4;«ii;4sss8g ;mMw ' ;-;v:->:;v;:">;v''-' P?'lPliiPl?PIPPP •pSSpiSll^lPPwiSp: mm&W9MSSmXii;!iWBI JL.fl / ' " '\ V •Si illPliilKSili® •; ''P- •;-PC I' I •M$9t ^ J -- m^M. ' JPMiP^ - ' Diggag gs"*,J''h"'p,\ta/rt d"/g>nt K«™ »«'«'«' and H. was on ' < ' V, appeal to feeding aboard any smp^ .. .' �Jr' May 27, 1955 SEAFARERS '^ Pace Nin* t^G ' " , - -.4 - •.. . iiiiiiil jllllllllilip.,^^^^ •mmmi y iiiiiiiillpil sailip fSpiil' fe" ' I ' Marore crewmembers report to SIU patrolmen in Baltimore on shipboaifd meetings. (L.-R.) G. Masterson, patrolman (standing); J. F. Mc: Latiglin, W. Jackson; Rex Dickey, patrolman; W. Taylor, F. Smith. ^ '' 3" '"i ' Deck engineer J. F. McLauglin of the Marore is caught in re­ laxed mood in his foc'sle. mSSWS\ ^•W SS MARORE Here's quartermaster W. P. Jack­ son catching up on reading. ; ,f iis;. ''fci;Si ;;;oS:;S-;: Ij Crew messman is shown at work in galley getting everything in shape for next meal. Just off a painting job, bosun John Miller catches a smoke and some rest from hard work. 1^; Coffeetime is bat - the - breeze time. Ordinaries R. H. Reynold and Paul are doing just that. Galley range shines for Manuel Mayor, chief cook. Photos by crewmember J- E. ^render. �PafeTen^ , SE/iFARERS 'Aha! Here's The Trouble!' 'K • '• Mar ti, uils hOG 1^ ' J;/." •'iF: F' ^i*'' Springtime Follies Every winter when Congress convenes it's customary to hear a great many speeches from both Administration figures and Congressmen about how vital the merchant marine is. Then when the warm weather comes and vacation-minded Congressmen buckle down .to disposing of their business in a hurry, the merchant marine and merchant seamen get the usual fast shuffle. Instead of doing something for the merchant marine whichthey called vital, Congressmen get busy cutting maritjnie' appropriations so that they can tell their constituents hovVi-, they saved money. Since this approach does not deal with the evils that beset the industry, a scapegoat must be found fdr^ its troubles. That's where the merchant seaman arjd his unions!; become a handy target.. This year the center of attention is the Bonner proposal to set up a maze of bureaucratic jurisdiction over, collective bargaining"in the industry. The Rube Goldberg type ma­ chinery involved is guaranteed not to do a single thing modernize, strengthen or assist the American merchant ma-i-r rine. Instead it's guaranteed to erect a variety of roadblockif '' in the way of negotiations and to annoy, frustrate and ham­ string seamen acting through their unions. Meanwhile the House Appropriations Committee was slic­ ing® fat $51 million off maritime funds—and not a murmur was heard from the Congressmen who claim they are inter-ested in curing maritime's ills. The Bonner proposal appears to derive from the same out­ look as'the Coast Guard's proposal for "brain-body" tests oif merchant seamen. * If ships arc unsafe, the Coast Guard says, tEen the answer is sure to be found in the seaman's home life as a child. If., the merchant marine ails, Bonner says, then the trouble-s must be that seamen are free to operate their own union'; machinery without outside interference. All will agree that there is plenty wrdhg with the merchant; marine. The cure will come from treating the patient and not from embarking on a scapegoat hunt. ^ 4 4 4 Welfare Forms chaired a recent port meeting its location. The present location, there. Some other membership he pointed out, w^s unsuitable all meeting chairmen were H. F. around because the room was too Holmes in Miami, V. Stanklewlcz hot. Ship's delegate A. Pappas raised in Philadelphia and A. H. Smith in Savannah. Other meeting posts, another point that won hearty con­ those of recording secretary and currence when he proposed that reading clerk were filled by D. violators of sanitary conditions on nines and A. Knowlton in Boston; board be brought to book. It was W. Mason in Norfolk; R. Shep- agreed by the membership present perd and B. Yarn in Tampa; A. G. that every effort should be made Alexander in Lake Charles; O. to keep sanitary conditions tip-top Rhoades in Houston, H. Thomas in throughout the ship. San Francisco and VV. E. Battle and W. Lewis in''Seattle. All of these brothers took a hand in seeing to it that the shoreside meetings ran according to the over which they get every three democratic and constitutional promonths. Its recommendations were ceedures of the SIU. 4 4 4" brought back to the membership The Steel Artisan under the su­ In New York and the outports and have been approved, among them a pervision of steward Dick Grant , turns out to be a proposal that the Union cash in good feeding ship some of the US bonds in its posses­ with all hands sion because they had reached agreeing that food their maturity and were no longer 1:^and service were drawing interest. ' as satisfying as $> could be. Robert Seafarer Durell L. McCorvey is W. Campbell is still ship's delegate of the Trinity the galley dele­ altfiough he tried to resign his job gate on the C-3 after a normal length of tenure. whose Job it is to McCorvey's shipmates would have Campbell keep his depart­ none of the resignation, acting un­ animously to reelect him to the ment happy, so, in turn, they can post. Further, they offered a vote produce good chow for the ra«t of of thanks to him for straightening the gang. Grant's been sailing with out quite a few shipboard beefs. the SIU regularly since 1947, most Brother McCorvey apparently had of the time as chief steward, while what it takes and his shipmates, Campbell is one of the Union's recognized it accordingly. McCor­ newer members, being sworn into vey has been an SIU member membership this past February. 4 4 4 since 1946. On another Isthmian ship, the t 4" Quite a few of the Union broth­ Steel Maker, Seafarer George £. ers have been doing their bit re­ Murphy .proposed, and won ap­ cently as chairmen of SIU shore- proval by all hands, that conditions aide membership meetings. Out in in the ship's hospital be discussed San Francisco, that well-known between the Union and the com­ Seafarer, Donalj*. .'^Iny", ^eaj*^ pany with a. vievy tpward s|hi|^g Active on Union Business in headquarlers recently was a six man quarterly financial committee consisting of John Urzan, W. Home, Ed Edginton, R. Morgan. Joseph Malone and Cecil Leader, representing the deck, engine and steward depart­ ments. The Com­ mittee, which had been elected by the headquarters membership, gave the Union's fi­ nancial records thc traditlonallyEdgmton . PHote vRAWisKse T0W}XlCL£S PKS-^^: •; •• W'-?i • E:- • I ?: r?v'-f' '• " . •paii^TiFsrSX' llWMsS'mm-.. aKe \VelCA>ttiedly yowr W All SIU ships are receiving with this mailing of the SEA­ FARERS LOG copies of the Welfare Plan enrollment cards, which are to be filled out by _ . ,all Seafarers. Men who are on the beach can get these same cards at any SIU port office. voiMeS ifi VRon^ofi The sooner these cards are T0 ioo filled out and turned in to the Union, the better the Union's f^iLiJ new Welfare Plan benefits >MMnn wiUAUruii will work. The card file will GprixK be the key for speedy service copf/hw 3C ' •MmiMi to Seafarers and their, fami­ cF-me lies since it will help the Plan make rapid determination of s&mm vmm Seafarer's eligibility. PMV Seafarers should also see to ATM* it that their wives and family SIU I members have copies on hand »AUj of the special supplement on ' ' the SIU Welfare Plan which appeared in the May 13 SEA­ FARERS LOG. The supplement will serve as a handy refer­ ence for all concerned in the event they have to make use of the Welfare Plan. 4 4 4 ^F/VEF/r$ Transfers Again As if the transfer foreign of approximately 70 Libertys and a number of passenger ships is not enough, subsidized steamship lines have come up with a new proposal. Now they want to take their C-type ships and transfer them so that they can get a fat price when the time comes to replace their vessels with new ships. Presumably the reasoning behind this short-sighted sugges­ tion is that the subsidized companies would be able to the transfers to force up the price of their ships when it comes time to either sell or trade them in. If the transfer outlet is closed, the shipowner will have to take what he can get from, the Government. The whole thing sounds like a swap of present dollar gains for future suicide, for nothing would be calculated to do more damage to the US merchant fleet than to put a few hundred C-type ships in the, hands of runaway |lag operators. �Mii:^<!S7rJltM» MEET THE SEAFARER Pare Pevep SEAFARERS L O l?: Maryland AFL Tags Runaway 'Hot Ship' BALTIMORE—Action by SIU and other maritime union delegates to the annual convention of the Maryland-District of Columbia Federation of Labor (AFL) produced sharp pro­ tests last weiek against the^ transfer of the liner Trade- SIU-A&G delegates to the SIUNA wind to the Liberian flag and convention, this week in Montre,al. its continued ^ operation right out The Tradewind beef, introduced of the nation's capital in Washing- in the state *AFL eonvention by ton. The convention was held in , delegates representing the SIUthat city. affiliated Brotherhood of Marine The ship is the same one that Engineers and Masters, Mates and was hit with a protest strike by Pilots Local 14 in this city, wound German erewmembers in Miami up as the subject of a stronglysome weeks ago. The back of the worded resolution. All affiliated strike was broken when US Im­ unions we asked to steer clear of migration officers and Miami city the ship and to urge members not police joined efforts to aid in the to patronize the service ottered. Botlv the BME and MM&P have speedy deportation of the strikers been picketing the ship iif Wash­ back to Germany. ington, in protest against its subMayor Swbm in standard wages and unfair compeMeanwhile, following his elec-• tiUon. The operator is the CaribLon victory May 3 with strong bean Atlantic Line. It is manned SIU and other labor backing, in-, by a foreign crew flown to the cumbent Baltimore Mayor Thomas | states from overseas. D'Alessandro, Jr., was sworn into office for another term, with a large labor representation in at­ tendance. One of the key labor figures who was to attend was SIU Port Agent Earl Sheppard. He missed the occasion because of SIU duties involving his post as one of six A. C. BECK, ch. electrician It may be treason to California, to stick to a specific port. Beck but A. C. Beck is one native of the doesn't care where he is at a given Question: What do you think of Golden State who prefers to ship time as long as there are ships off the East Coast. Not that he available. Most of his time in re­ the new .^embership-adopted sen­ favors the East, Beck hastily ex­ cent years has been aboard Isth­ iority hiring set-up? plains. On the contrary, he thinks mian, Robin and South Atlantic • San Francisco is the greatest port ships. Emii Gomez, MM: As a Class A 'Round-The-World Runs in the wo^;ld. It's just that ship­ man I think the new shipping set­ ping is better here for his rating If he can get one he prefers to up is a fine thing. and he likes the kind of runs he ride the Isthmian ships on the While it does can get out of New York. 'round-the-woi-ld runs. "They are not essentially A good percentage of SIU ship­ usually good feeders," he ^aid change the sys­ ping off the West Coast consists of "and are clean ships. I've found in tem we had be­ Libertys on the Far East run, and most instances that I've got plenty fore, it affords these, vessels do not carry electri­ of first-class equipment and mate­ the Union and cians, since the 3rd assistant en­ rials to work with on these ves­ the membership gineer does most of the electrical sels which makes the job a lot plenty of protec­ work, with some help from the easier." The globe-girdling runs, tion from Gov­ dec}^ engineer. With more C-types he points out, also make for niceernment interfer­ running off the East Coast, Beck sized payoffs. ence under the present labor laws. finds New York and other East Although he likes the long runs 4' , 4" Coast ports offer him a wider Beck is a firm believer in taking Hugh Williams, deck engineer: choice of jobs. regular vacations. "I can't see rid­ The 46-year-old Seafarer - was ing a ship steadily," he said, "be­ I think it's just Wonderful. I've born in Oakland, California, and cause after a while you begin to been an S I U has been living in the Bay area get slaphappy, even on the best of bookmember for ever since, right now in San Fran­ ships." Generally he takes off at a great many cisco. For several years before least every other trip and some­ years and this W^orld War II he worked as an in­ times more often than that, de­ system we have dustrial and construction electri­ pending on the length of the voy­ now is ahead of cian, a good part of that time be­ age. He then grabs a plane and what shipping ing spent with Bell Telephone. flies back home to San Francisco systems were many years ago. Worked At Pearl Harbor for two weeks of-relaxation. Then came Pearl Harbor which, After that, he's refreshed and The seniority sys­ tem we voted as the saying goes, changed a few ready to go back to sea again. people's lives around. Beck went While San Francisco is his fa­ gives the oldtimei's like myself full to . work rebuilding the base in vorite port bar none, he also has protection. It really protects every­ WASHINGTON — Ameri­ February, 1942, along with several a soft spot for Honolulu where he body all along the line. can-owned C-type ships will thousand other construction work­ spent a year and a half during the 4. 4) t follow approximately 70 US ers. While they were at it, they war, and for Singapore. If you James Serrano, MM: The sys­ Libertys to runaway flags if a built a giant new drydock to serv­ know your way ai'ound the Hawai­ tem is very good because it gives group of subsidized steamship com­ ice Navy ships. The whole job ian Islands, he claims, you can me as a Class B panies have their way. The com­ took about a year and a half. "We have as good a time there as any­ man preference panies are pressuring the Govern­ would sit around for weeks doing where in the world. over the outsider. ment for permission to sell their nothing," he reealls, "then sud­ Time For Study It also gives all denly we would get busy as beav­ Another attractive thing about Class B men a Plans for an atomic-po\t- ships to foreign flags as part of ers around the clock." shipping for a living, he added, is measure of secur­ ered passenger liner are being their ship replacement program. Following his Pearl Harbor stint the fact that there is plenty of time ity against all discussed by the Maritime While subsidized lines are not he served some time in the Navy for serious study during off hours. newcomers into Administration with United States permitted to operate foreign-flag a^'seaman 2nQ ..lass and as fire­ "I've been studying up on sound the industry and Lines, G. Joseph Minetti of ships in competition with the US, man 1st class. When he got out systems and all the new develop­ I helps stabilize an the Federal Maritime Board an­ sale of the C-types would mean of the Navy he decided to try his ments in radio and electronics," he • Industry that has nounced. The news came just a that the runaways would have that hand at merchantmen and caught said. "Shipboard off hours pro­ always been 'feast or famine." few weeks after President Eisen­ much more tonnage with which to the Robin Doncaster off the West vide the ideal surroundings for hower announced plans to build undercut US maritime operations. 4" 4" 4i Coast. At that time she was be­ this kind of thing." The transfer program got under an atomic-powered prototype mer­ William P. Wilson, steward util­ ing used as a troopship in Pacific Someday if he decides to stop way full-scale last year when the chant ship. ity: I've found that the way ship­ waters. One trip with her and shipping, he figures he will be wellThe new ship would be a sister Maritime Administration permit­ Beck was a confirmed merchant prepared to enter the booming ping has been a ship of the United States and ted half the US tramp fleet to go Class B man in seaman. He has been sailing as electronics field in one capacity or would replace the America which foreign, all of them to the runa­ electrician ever since with all of another. Meanwhile though, he's my rating can get will be "overage" by 1960. The way flags of Panama and Liberia out without too his time on SIU ships. content to ride SIU ships and col­ America will be 20 years old by which run the cheapest ships in much trouble. Unlike some Seafarers who like lect those good SIU payoffs. that year and no longer eligible the world. I've had my per­ Seek High Price for operating subsidies. mit since 1951 and if I keep on It is believed that the subsidized Twin To United States shipping I know If the negotiations for subsidies lines are making this move so that that I will be go through, the new ship would they can get the best possible price be a twin of the United States in for their old ships, either by sell­ Evidence that negotiations were for US postal employees. Senators able to get my getting down to business at Ford sponsoring the increase made Class A in time. It's worth wait­ size, but would be able to accom­ ing them foreign or by getting the modate more passengers and car­ Department of Commerce to bid and General Motors was seen as plans to introduce a bill for an ing, I know. go. It would be completed in five higher for the vessels under a 4" 4i 4« the United Automobile Workers (CIO) called for strike votes among eight percent rise. It was believed P. Espeseth, AB: The new sys­ or six years, and would mest like­ trade-in program. However, transfer permission Ford and GM employees. The that the new bill would receive tem is much better for a Class B ly be the first commercial ship to might be refused on grounds that i guaranteed annual wage demand speedy Congressional approval and man like myself use atomic power. Meanwhile, the Bethlehem Steel the Defense Department would is the major issue in the current would be signed by^^the President. because it gives auto contract talks. First vote tal­ 4« 4« 4" me a chance over Company's shipbuilding division want to "modernize" the reserve lies showed the members voting the man who has drawn up designs for a pro­ fleet, which now consists largely of Two sporting figures are targets overwhelmingly to authorize a of a strike action by AFL restau­ started to sea af­ totype atomic power ship, 600 feet obsolete Liberty ships. Since World War II, foreign strike if necessary. ter me. My op­ long and capable of accommodat­ rant workers unions in New York ing 500 passengers. The ship shipowners of all nations have portunities for City. Jack Dempsey's restaurant 4» 4) ij" jobs are much would not have any funnels and acquired more than 1,100 vessels and the Turf, restaurants on New . The manufacturer of Evinrude York's main stem, ard involved. better than those looks like an oversize submarine from the US. Many of these ships marine motors and CIO Steelwork- The owner of the Turf is Jack of any American with a huge teardrop - shaped are now competing directly with ers' have reached agreement on a Amiel, who came up"'*witli a Ken­ US-flag operations. seaman outside superstructure. 12-cent hourly wage increase, put- tucky Derby winner a couple of SIU Class A men. ing an end to a month-old strike. seasons back. Long-term failure of 4) 4) 4 The increase includes a boost in contract negotiations caused "the James Alston, baker: I've beep Incentive pay rates. The new director of the foreign aid program, who will have walkouts. an SIU member from the begin­ charge of shipping aid to US allies under the "50-50" law, has 4" 4i 41 4> ning oLthe Un­ confessed, "I just don't know enough about the foreign-aid pro­ Ag^roximateiy 19,000 New EngCIO Eiectricai Workers reached ion so I'm famil­ gram yet," when asked what he thought about it. He was also Ifind textile workers are hol(jjng agreement with the .Sperry Gyro­ iar with hiring. described by his boss. Secretary of State Dulles, as "unacquainted firm in the second month of tlieir scope Company of Long Island, Under the new with its details." strike at several major New Eng­ New York, on terms of a wage system . I still The new appointee is an ex-Congressman and Cincinnati land plants. Textile mills have been increase, ending a month - long have the protec­ lawyer, John B. Hollister, who heads the law firm of which the pressing for a wage . cut in new walkout. Sperry manufactures tion I've always late Senator Robert A. Taft was a member. He got the job as the contracts, with the union strijiing bombsights and other precision had as a bookresult of a reshuffle of the foreign aid set-up which places it to maintain existing wage demands electronics equipment. Ten thou­ member — some­ directly in the State Department. •nd conditions. sand workers wei'e involved in the thing seamen Hollister was also executive director of the Hoover Commis­ , t» 4« walkout which flared into promi­ elsewhere can't sion, which drafted an unpublished report recommending that the • After President Eisenhower ve- nence when stnkebreakers crashed say. The new set-up^ is a good one whole foreign aid program be discarded. ped an 8.8 percent' wage increase picket lines. as far as I'm concerned. US Lines Plans Atom Superliner il Co'sSeeking Alien Flags For C-Shlps It's Quite Foreign To Hiiii • "r-M �SEAFARERS Par* TweW* Mt- SlU ^Tourists' Aid By Korea CIs The SIU crew of the SS Amerocean (Amerocean) reports that it got a much-needed helping hand recently from Army and Air Force personnel stationed in the area of Pohang, Ko­ rea, •*• John A. Weiss, ship's dele­ at a complete loss if it hadn't been gate, wrote to the'LOG de­ for the Army and Air Force men scribing the efforts of American servicemen in Pohang to help the Seafarers make the most of their stop there. The units were the 22nd Crash Boat company of the US Air Force and the 523rd Engineering com­ pany of the US Army. On behalf of the crew of the Amerocean, Weiss sends thanks to "a swell bunch of guys." Weiss "Due to the curfew in this area, and the lack of any shoreside facilities," Weiss writes, "the crew would have been stationed in Pohang." The servicemen provided the Seafarers with a place to sleep and something to eat while stuck on shore. They also arranged transportation to the various places of interest in the vicinity. "We not only want to express our appreciation to thpm," Weiss says on behalf of the crew, "but we want men on other SIU ships stopping here to know how swell we were treated." Beresford Edwards Please get in touch with Albert Jackson, steward on SS Calmar, c/o Calmar SS Corp., 25 Broad­ way, NYC, t The following named men are urged to pick up gear left with the Cities Service Oil Co. at 23 Pearl St., New York, NY, as soon as pos­ sible before Sept. 1, 1955, as it will be disposed of after that' date: 0. Agan, B. Anderson, J. Basconcellos, W. J. Bern on. W. B. Blankingship. Brus­ sels, H. T. Buckner, B. Burris, BushneU, D. R. Cabiroy, J. Carver, M. Cherry, N. Connerty, C. Connors, R. Cooke, B. Croft. Dailey, C. L. Davis, Devaroux, J. Dillon, W. Dobbins, C. Doniarad. F. Fontenot. C. J. Gallagher, Gentry, W. Goff, S. K. Hale, C. Hampson, V. Hard­ ing, J. Harper, T. Harrell, Hartshorn, J. Hayden, J. Hoffman, E. Hurst, Jr., E. Johnson, J. Kenna, R. L. Kldd, K. Knight, B. Lelland, J. Lissansky, W. McAlpln, S. L. McCariii, McChevy, G. McCuliough, P. McDonald, J. McNeon, N. Magash. 1. Mikalson, S. Modzewlsky, Mullens, Muller, J. Murphy, W. B. Nellson, Jr., O'Neil, Pedersen. F. W. Pollack, T. E. Bobbins, H. Shelton, W. L. Sikes, J. E. Smith. E. Soltes, L. V. Stlrpe, F. Sullivan, C. Summerell, J. E. Thomson, J. Tillman, G. Turadyyozlau, J. Vascoifcellos, W. A. Wajda, Wanicki, Williams, I. Wilson. The following named men are asked to contact S. Gates, at 6836 Haden Road, Norfolk, Va.r John Alstatt, George Austin, James K, Brooks, Theodore Carroll, Robert Sojka, Robert Stalworth, 3^ Graydon R, Suit Contact your father at 708 Ridge St., Houston 9, Texas, S- 4« 4" Wiiliam J, Wolfe Get in touch with your sister, Mrs. Anne Martin, c/o J. W, Bailey, 1210 A Street, South Gar­ dens, Savannah, Ga. i> t- t> Herman Rogga Seymour Graifer Please write to Wiiliam Parks aboard SS Bradford Island, c/o SIU Hall, 1419 Ryan St., Lake Charles, La, SEAFARERS IN HOSPITALS USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. George Anderson Thomas Mungo Curt Borman Fred Pittman Victor B. Cooper Ralph Ruff John Simpson Adion Cox Gorman T. Glaze R. H. Solheim John R. Ilenghey Francis Sullivan Harry Sullivan J. Howard Norman T. Jackson Joseph W. Taylor Melvin H. Jone.s C. A. Virgin Robert Lipscomb USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Frank Alasavich Nicholas Ritrovato John M. Herrold USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Francisco Cueliar , John E. Markopolo Benjamin F. Grice Rosalio Rodriguez Emiiie S. Lerma Emerson Spaulding Henry P. Lopez John E. Tillman USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Francis J. Boner Ralph J. Palmer Floyd Hillier John H. Richardson USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. J. L. Buckelew Michele Liuzza David Cincore Alfonso Olaguibel Albert T. Cooper Stanley F. Ostrom Donald D. Dam brino Randolph A. Ratcliff Serio M. De Soso G. J. St. Germain Calvin DiSiiva Edward Samrock John G. Doolej Harvey E. Shero David B. Fields Erskin F. Sims Leo Fontenot Woodrow A. Snead Wiiliam Grimes C. H. Summerell Earl T. Hardeman Lonnie R. Tickle Emil Herek Dick Visser E. G. Knapp James E. Ward Leo H. Lang David A. Wright USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Marcelo B. Belan M. Medina E. B. Frost John F. Murphy Frank Kubek Frank Schmiedel A, Luguidis Norman West USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN, Charles Burton USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS J. R. Alsobrook Virgil L. Harding p. F, Peibjer . , Albgrt.W. Kozin* . Jose Santiago Edward J, Toolan Rosendo Serrano USPHS HOSPITAL LEXINGTON, KY. 6. O. Chaudion SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY Joseph Koslusky USPHS HOSPITAL , ^ SEATTLE, WASH. L. Bosley William J. Frick Sverra Johannessen Aneiio L. Grilio Tim M. McCarthy Wylie G. Jarvis V. K. Ming USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA, Paul B. Bland James B. Henley Lucius A. DeWitt Clyde H. Jernigan Thurston Dingier Jimmie Littleton Rufus L. Fields James T. Moore W. G. Gregory John H. Morris KINGSBRIDGE VA HOSP, BRONX, NY James Kennedy USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, BROOKLYN, NY Fortunate Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Frank W. Bemrick James R. Lewis Claude F. Blanks Arthur Lomas Robert L. Booker Francis F. Lynch Joseph G. Carr Joseph D. McGraw Jar Chong Archibald McGulgan Gabriel Coloni H. F. MacDonald Walter W. Denley Vic Milazzo John J. Driscoll Melvin O. Moore Bart E. Guranick Eugene T, Nelson Tatb Hassen Joseph Neubauer Joseph Ifsits D. F. Ruggiano Thomas Isaksen Wade H. Sexton John W. Keenan G. E. Shumaker J. R. Klemovvicz Henry E. Smith Ludwig Kiistiansen Harry S. Tuttle . Frederick Landry Virgil E. Wilmoth James J. Lawlor .Chee K. Zai USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Jfasc Antonio Gus. Kounavls W. Bednar Marcel Laureano Dusan DeDuisin Michael Michalik John Dovak Clifford Morgan Carl Ernest Rafael Padilla Gerald Fitzjamea C. Palmer Estell Godfrey G. H. Robinson Howard Hamlin Jose Rodriguez G. E. Herrmann Thomds Tomlin Stefan Kadziola ' Samuel L, Vandal p. Kaim George E. Vickery Philip F, KoroL Emil P. Wagneiv , • LOG Spreads Story Of SIU in Army To the Editor: I would like to add my thanks to those of the many Seafarers in the Army who have come to appreciate the LOG as our sole contact with our Union and our profession. Although far away from our ships and our brothers, are still among the best informed union men in the world. We will be able to return fully aware of the changing maritime situulioii May t1, ItU sauce, 48 cups of young fresh spinach. Also, 16 chicken boullion. cubes dissolved in 8 cups hot water, but this can be substitut­ ed by the use of 8 cups of real­ ly heavy boiled-down chicken stock. Cut the steaks diagonally across the grain into vei=y thin slices, thinly slice the mush­ rooms, onions and celery and drain the bamboo shoots. Brown the meat quickly in a heavy greased pan and add all the ingredients except the spinach. Simmer for 10 minutes, then add the spinach and cook 5 minutes longer. The vege­ tables should be crisp and ten­ der «hen you get through, not overcooked. The latter seems to , be the rule with most cooks, especially vegetable cooks who wrestle with frozen vegetables. Serve whole combination with hot seasoned rice and stand back for the compliments. Jesse W, Puckett Wants Age Goal In SIU Benefit To the Editor: Can we some day have pen­ sions for the young man at 65? Yes, it is possible. This great Union which we founded and nourished during our years of following the sea can do it, just as it through the years has raised the dignity of the working seaman. As an example of the work­ ings of the Union to take care of its members, a plan is novv in force whereby a seaman may collect disability regardless of age, which is indeed a wonder­ ful thing. But when disability happens to an older man, the money which he receives must, go to doctors, medicines, etc., which leaves very little to live on during retirement. Those who follow the sea for, many years as members of this' and current Union regulations Union should have a pension and policies. Every Seafarer plan in order to provide a com­ 4 4 4 likes to see a job well done, and fortable living and make way our own paper merits all the for the younger men who wish pats on the back and recognition to follow the sea. Can our great it has received. To you who Union do this, just is it has ac­ make it possible, I say thanks To the Editor: complished so many insur­ again. There are many great mile­ mountable tasks through the stones on the road the Sea­ .years? After reading the news, and Suggest Study the editorials, and the shipping farers have traveled to security reports, it is great to read that and happiness since the SIU I sug^gest the Union study this an old shipmate and friend is was formed. One of the mo.st matter, as the time will come still doing a heads-up job as important is the new expanded when all seamen must enter the delegate, or has become a proud "Welfare Plan benefit system snug harbor of their twilight father. And we read with deep for the families of SIU men. years. concern of a brother going to A man of the sea is pretty Oidtimers and young men his final reward. much resigned to taking the who look forward to the time of breaks as they come, although retirement, why not stop now •Lucky To Be Seafarer' Every seaman is aware of the he welcomes improvements in for a few moments to comment his lot as much as any man, on this subject and get it work­ popular misconceptions about a but when he marries he often ing? sailor's life. Even so, the ideas August Schroter that you find some people have has some doubts as to whether, are a continual surprise. The he is doing the right thing by (Ed. note: The Seafarers Army furnishes about the best a woman and the children which pension-disability benefit of $35 are to follow when he binds her cross-section of American youth per week is, in e//cct, su­ to a man who will often be away possible. After talking to men perior to o straight pension plan from home, on the oceans of from all parts of the country inasmuch as there is no inflex­ and from many occupational the world, and sometimes just ible age goal and assistance is' when she will need him most. backgrounds, I know how lucky given the seamen who need help The new SIU Welfare Plan the most. Also, most seamen I am to be a Seafarer, Our wages and conditions benefits reduce these worries when they reach the age of 65 seem almost unbelievable to and make seafaring an even find it very difficult to pass a most other men. They, in turn, more honorable profession, by company doctor, which is where have profited by my own experi­ making it fit in better with the the pension-disability benefit ence and, with the help of the life of a husband and father. comes to their aid.) LOG understand our industry Seagoing is not an easy life, 4 4 4 and its problems. and it does a man a lot of good I have been in the Army since to see some important things April, 1954. After training in resulting from his labors, espe­ Hawaii, I was sent over to cially as he gets along in years. Korea, where I have been for To the Editor: J. T. Handlon the past eight months. At the I am both happy and proud t $ present time I am stationed in to say that by the end of June Seoul, the capital city, which is this year I'll be back with the the most decent place to be, SIU, I've really appreciated get­ I havfr come to like the coun­ ting the LOG while in the try and the people in it. Al­ To the Editor: Army, though it is popular for privi­ After being ashore these My time is almost up now, so leged men to condemn the less many months it looks like I'll please take me off your mailing fortunate peoples of the world, soon com? out of retirement and I have found the Korean people follow the good, old sea for a list. Soon I'll be picking my LOG intelligent and rich in spirit, if living again. up at headquarters, and having nothing else, One thing is noticeable when a couple of "cool ones" in the I will be over here for many more months to come, and I am one goes over,all the events the Port O' Call, These last couple looking forward to the day that Union has passed through dur­ of months are really dragging I return. In the meantime, my ing the past 13 years and that is by, Robert "Red" Fink very best wishes to all the mem­ the ever-present name we use to describe to others the basic cor­ bership, 4 4 4 nerstone that the organization is Michael J. Carlin founded upon: the Brotherhood 4" 4" 3^ of the Sea, If one closely inspects cir­ cumstances evolving within and To the Editor: around our Union these past I hope you will be able to To the Editor: years, he finds more and more publish the following note of Here's a recipe I use for how many times that word thanks: tnaking "sukiyaki" that gener­ "brotherhood" is used whenever "To the crew of the SS Southally keeps the Far East boys the Union members must dis­ port: r t happy thinking they're back in play themselves, whether at sea "I wish to extend my deep­ or shoreside. Tokyo., est appreciation for the .kind The stuff you need, for about There's no getting away from contribution from the crew50 servings, is as follows: 12 it — the original charter mem­ members in extending their poun'Ss of round steaks, 8 bers should always be acclaimed sympathies for the loss of my pounds dried mushrooms (you as ones endowed with wisdom husband, who was also the can substitute canned mush­ and foresight for drawing up brother of one of your crew, room pieces that have been such a solid charter and founda­ Frank E. Oetgen, drained), 16 mild onions, 48 tion for us all. ,"My family and I will always stalks of celery, 7-8 S-ounce And thanks for the LOG, as remember your kind thoughtcans of bamboo shoots, 48 table­ it's a wonderful publication, fulness." spoons sugar^ 51^ cups soy Guy F.. Wallace Mrs. Ernest J. Oetgen, Jr. Letters to the Editor Seafaring Made NobSer By Plan Returning Home TO SIU In June Union Keynote Is Brotherhood Here's Sukiyaki Recipe For All Note Of Thanks To Southport �May Xf. IfSi Fsge Fbirieta SEAFARERS LOG Sweetwater Men Fight Boredom Via Sports n How to break the monotony on broom handle and spliced some a long cruise shuttling back and rope into rings," Schoor says, forth between two foreign ports? "and we have a lot of fun playing That is a question Seafarers quoits." Two regular fishermen are Steve aboard far-flung SlU-contracted ships often have to ask themselves. Coker, AB, and Tony Mplis, oiler. It often requires both ingenuity Jimmy Mears, AB, and Joe Cllevenand imagination to make spare ger, OS, like to take their , work­ time interesting in the confine"; of outs boxing. Oiler Bill Bowman » ship. ; sticks to hurling practice. The SIU crew members of the Contenders for the title of quoits .SS Sweetwater iMetro Petroleum) I champs are Gene Salvador, third are currently solving the problem cook, and Vincent Wheeler, OS. by an all-out emphasis on sport.s. According to Brother Harry N. Schoor, who relayed the details Seafarers aboard the SS Sweetwater keep in shape through athletics. Jimmy Mears (left) and Joe and the accompanying pictures to Cicvcnger square off In a practice round of the manly art of self defense. Steve Coker tries his luck the LOG, the Sweetwater left the with some deep sea fishing from the stern. The ship was on runs between Japan and the Persian States in October and has been Gulf. making runs between Japan and the Persian Gulf ever since. Fine Crew, Officers "We have the usual problems of a run like this," he writes, "but Seafarers aboard the SS A suggestion for a standard, Union-distributed "last will and testament" is advanced by with an exceptionally fine crew Steel Surveyor (Isthmian) Seafarer Jack "Aussie" Shrimpton in letter to the LOG, in which he writes of many prob­ and officers, we are getting along showed the true SIU spirit lems which can arise because of a seaman's failure to prepare for his own burial and his sur­ swell." recently when a shipmate was Cards and reading help a lot to forced to remain behind in Cal­ vivor s care. pass the time, he relates, but the cutta to enter a hospital. "How many of us have a crewmember dies at sea, the dis­ direst emergency? ship's real outlet is through sports. The ill man was Vincent Arposal of the body is in the hands made our will?" he asks, "and "The wording could be clear, Getting a big play aboard ship jona, who sails in the deck depart­ if not, why not?" of the captain. He usually radios simple and shorn of fancy legal the company, which gets in touch phrases. It could be made out in are fishing, "catch" ball and box­ ment of the Steel Surveyor. .Ac­ Hazards of Sea cording to the minutes of the Un­ with the next-of-kin, who must duplicate. One copy would be ing. "The normal hazards of our oc­ "The bosun made a stand from a ion meeting aboard the ship short­ suddenly decide what they wish sent by the seaman to his principal cupation are greater than in most ly after it left port. Brother Arjtrades," he points out. Death by done. If death occurs in a for­ beneficiary (or executor) and the jona's sudden iljness made it •misadventure' hits seamen in all eign port, the same procedure is other copy filed with the captain necessary for him to enter a hos­ followed, starting with the Amer­ \tX)C MM/Lvfe at the time of signing on. It would age groups. That is why shipping pital just before the Steel Sur­ B^NEFne: companies pay extra high pre­ ican consul, if there is one, or the be returned at the pay-off, and veyor was due to sail. I—L miums for life and accident insur­ ship's agent or local port author­ taken on to the next ship. ities." His shipmates took quick steps iijg(s»yistrsinH(£r. "In this form, a man could spec­ ance on crewmembers. to see that he was made as com­ ify whether he wanted to be bur­ Much Time Lost i "But the emotionally adult per­ fortable as possible, with a sup­ son sees to it that his estate can This takes time, naturally, since ied at sea, on shore, returned to ply of smokes. be settled quickly and with a mini­ many survivors live in remote his next of kin or cremated. He could name the recipient of his mum of bother for those left be­ parts of the country. There are * Fabricator Notified HAMMM hind. WIlFOn HAH often lags in communications and wages due 4md dispose of all his The SS Steel Fabricator (Isth­ effects as he saw fit. "Take the matter of burial, for hitches due to "red tape." mian), due in Calcutta later, was example. "The paper would be a Union notified and asked to pick up Ar"In actual practice," Shrimpton "As maritime law now stands, if says, "many masters and consuls service to its members, of course, jona and give him transportation back to the States. The SIU order immediate burial, as local not an official SIU document." Shrimpton realizes that other public health laws often require it. s h i p's delegate 6^ No one is to blame in these cir­ minor difficulties would be en­ aboard the Steel VovB cumstances, be­ countered, but believes they could Fabricator was COP/ also notified, so cause the de­ be managed easily once the main vWF«t4A/ ceased has left no questions were elearly settled by a that he could visit AT Mt »lt» HAt-i. ill A pinochle player for over 30 clear word of his last statement. the Seafarer as years. Seafarer Henry., Anderson, soon as the dele­ final wishes. "Again, there FWT on the Coe Victory, is still gate reached LOG-A-RHYTHM: wondering about the bit of magic is. the matter of port, and find out disposal of wages that produced a double "run" for if he was well due, personal ef­ a Baltimore tavern owner while enough to begin Arjona fects and the Un­ the voyage home, the Coe was in that port. ion death benefit. and to make whatever further ar­ The double "run" — a hand Shrimpton By Harry Wolowitz "The first two rangements were necessary for the made up of the nine, jack, queen, trip. king, ten and ace of the same suit have to wait until the ship returns twice over — means a perfect play­ from its voyage. The Union benefit The brothers of the Steel Sur­ I'm look^ing for an island ing hand for its holder. The bar­ is paid out in a matter of days— veyor also notified Union head­ sometimes within hours—because man got his in clubs. quarters, so that Arjona's sailing Near a moonlit bay. Although a "run" of the jack the Union has secured a clear state­ records and health benefit could Where I'll never have to work, hut always play. through the ace (15 points vithout ment of what the Seafai-er desired. be kept in accurate and up-to-date the nine, 16 with it) is fairly com­ "The personal effects could be order. Where eight bells are chimes and ships are rare. mon, the odds against ever getting shipped from the first convenient Lives In 'Frisco Where there are no hot, dripping leaks or stifling air. two of them in the same hand, port of call if proper instructions Arjona makes his home in San especially in a four-handed gamej were on file with the captain, and Francisco when on the beach. Where it never rains and it never snoivs. are astronomical. a voucher of wages due" could be The meeting of the SIU men .Anderson, who thought fellow sent to the nearest relative in a And the sun is so bright, and fair breezes blow. aboard the Steel Surveyor was Seafarer - pinochlers would be matter of days. Where stewards, cooks and messmen presided over by C. "Butch" Would it not be a great serv­ interested in hearing about per­ Wright as meeting chairman. John fect hand — he'd never heard of ice then for the Union to sponsor Are, always at their best. T. "Jack" Westfall was secretary it being drawn before—still hasn't a simple form of will and testa­ And the smiling, soft, young native girls . , and the reading clerk was Harold lost hope. The first one, in cases ment that a Seafarer could use to Rosecrans. \ Arc informally dressed. declare his wishes in case of the like this, is always the hardest. Steel Surveyor Crewmen Ease Brother's Illness ISvery Man Should Make His Will voibu KPIOW HOE-n (oim 'mt Perfect 'Hand' Causes Stir The Fireman's Dream fiurty \NKDV. fiOBBBiT FARMEBAN^, \i:| I By Bernard Seaman The Masquerade is Over VStUeesA ) 'SI .ill — A»^telr Ll'l-^lO£'f£c>A/V£Clc... CiAtzmA-BAneup! TLL. CALL yocj LATER ii ABCAIS) 9 k mm Ji V:7-' • �mm S E M P M WE'R^S'^ 1* Before SS Mother M. L. Rah Away jiPFIRSON CITY VICTORY (Vic­ tory C«rrl»ri), May S—Chalrnun, N. Du->oli> Sacratarvr •>. 'Ho4aai. Diicuaslon held on Uie. time aUowed to atay on ship. AU hands were aaked to keep the laundry and recreation room clean. .Last ship's delegate wiU find out if American money will be given in draw^. ROBIN TRENT (Seat Shipplno), May IS—Chairman, J. HIgglns; Sacratary, T. Thompson. Headquarters report and communications were accepted as read. IBERVILLE (Pan Atlantic), May U —Chairman, F. Miller; Secretary, R. Ecksrt. Communications and head­ quarters report were read and dis­ cussed. A motion was made to accept and concur. Carried. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), May • —Chairman, R. Baach; Sacratary, R. SIU crewmembers of the SS Mother M. L. are shown durin? a "last meal" on the ship while on its last voyagre under the Ameri­ can flag. Photo was relayed hy Har\'ey Mesford, who lists the men as "Don, Chuck, Smith, Slater, Tybrsky and Matthey." The ship now is under the Liberian flag. RECENT ARRIVALS All of the following SIU families 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jose • will collect the $200 maternity M. Montalvo, Robestown, Texas. benefit plus a $25 bond from the 4 t t Union in the baby's name: Paul Butler Johnston, born April Peter George Karas, born April 27, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 16. 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Jonhston, East Windsor, Conn. Peter Karas, Maiden, Mass. t 4!' 4" t i 4Linda Rae Holbrook, born April Ronald George Phillips, born 28. 1955. Parent's, Mr. and Mrs. November 27, 1954. Parents. Mr. and Mrs. Geoi'ge Phillips, Luce- William Holbrook, Jr., Baltimore, Md. dale, Miss. 4i 4i 4> t 4> i Steven Dale Stough, born May Anona Lisa Broadus, born April 21, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 2, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Stough, Junction City, Byron Broadus, Springhill, Ala. Wash. 4* 4" t 4i t t Linda Isabel Haskins, born Roberto Botello, born October March 16, 1955. Parents, iVfr. and 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Earl W. Haskins, Dorchester, Felix Botello, Galveston, Texas. Mass. 4^ 4" 4^ 4» 4" t James Michael Halpln, Jr., born Hope Emma Williams, born Feb­ April 26, 1955. Parents, Mr. and ruary 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Halpin, North Wey­ Mrs. Arthur Williams, East mouth, Mass. Meadow. LI, NY. 4^ 4^ 4^ • 4i 4^ t Rafael Reyes Maldonado If, born Michele Theresa Bourgeois, bom 2, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. April 22, 1955. Parents, Mr. and May Ralph Reyes Maldonado, San Mrs. Joseph Bourgeois, Salem, Pedro, Calif. Mass. 4. 4> t Arnita Darlene Wilkerson, bom December 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wilkerson, Mobile, Ala. 4> 4' ft Frank Andrew Mosblech, born March 8, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mosblech, St. Louis, The deaths of the following Sea­ Mo. farers have been reported to the 4> 4> 4i Seafarers Welfare Plan and the Herman Louis Green, born $2,500 death benefits are being April 21, 1955. Parents, Mr. and paid to their beneficiaries: Mrs. John Green. Baltimore, Md. Barrett "W. Moore, 44; A member 4> ^ 4i> Ross Franklin Lyle, Jr., born , of the SIU since April 29, 1955. -Parents, Mr. and 1943, when he Mrs. Ross F. Lyle, Lake Charles, joined in the La. " Port of Mobile. Brother Moore 4" 4" 4" Carolyn Evelyn Ammann Maldodied of unknown nado, born December 4, 1954. causes at Inchon, Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter O. Korea, on March Ammann, Philadelphia, Pa. 31, 1955, while a member of the 4> 4* 4^ Daniel Morin, born April 9, 1955. SS Ocean Ulla. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James He had been sailing in the steward Morin, Baltimore. Md. department. His place of burial is not known. Brother Moore is sur­ 4' 4» 4' Robert Neil Alder, bom April 6, vived by his wife, Helen D. Moore, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry of Mobile, Ala. Graham Alder, New Orleans, La. 4. t t Billy E. Nolan, 27; Brother Nolan 4> t 4> Rose Mary Edlund, born April was lo.st at sea aboard the MV 25, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Southern Districts, which was last John Edlund, Mobile, Ala. heard from on December 6, 1954. A member of the SlU-affiliated 4i 4> 4. Kenneth Vincent Trawick, born Sailors Union of the Pacific since April 9, 1955. Parents, Mr. and May, 1952, he had been sailing in Mrs. Harvey Trawick, Mobile, Ala. the deck department. He is sur­ vived by his brother, Willard 4^. 4 i(> Miguel Montalvo, bom Ma^ 2,' Nolan, of Piketon, Ohio. Digest o£ ships* Meetings Grant. All beefs squared away aboard ship. Regarding extra meals for ship's representatives in port, this will be taken up with patrolman in New York. Contributions to the ship's fund will be collected at payoff. .A vote of thanks given to the steward department for fine food and service rendered. Crew was in complete agreement with the SIU hiring set-up and stand taken ' by AFL unions in CAMU dispute. FORT HOSKINS (Cities Servlca), no date—Chairman, W. Thompson; Sec­ retary, B. Webb. Imcks are needed for quarters. Crewmembers were asked to keep the messhall a little cleaner. Ship's treasurer reported S8.S0 on hand in the ship's fund. ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), May »— Chairman, C. Parker; Secretary, H. Kllmon. Crewmembers suggested that sardines and yellow cheese be in­ cluded in the night lunch. All of the requested repairs were not taken care of in New York due to lack of shoi'e gang. The written communications of the last meeting were posted on the buUelln board. ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), May I—Chairman, A. Fringe; Secre­ tary, M. Launey. Ship's-treasurer re­ ported a' balance 'of $16.50 in the ship's fund. Motion made and passed to purchase a new iron. Reports and resolutions were read and discussed. EVELYN (Bull), April 7—Chairman, E. Smith; Secretary, E. Black. Stew­ ard will order more chocolate nrilk and have the toaster repaired. Con­ siderable di.scusslon on the quality of prepared food. Delegates report everything running smdothly. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), April SO—Chairman, C. Wright; Secretary, J. Westfall. A vote' of thanks was given to Brother Fancher, the chief cook. for phonograph and records. Washing machine was in bad condi­ tion when It was brought aboard in New York and is constantly breaking down as happens with most machines not suitable for heavy duty. Dlscu.saion on native labor used in Calcutta. Crewmembers voted to give full sup­ port to the new seniority system and the position AFL unions took on CAMU. One crewmeniber was left in a hospital In Calcutta. TRINITY (Carras), March IS—Chair­ man, J. Buielewikl; Secretary, C. Cawrych. Crewmembers complained because menus are changed too often, and requested that ship's delegate be present when requisition is made. A vote of thanks was given to the ship's delegate for a job well done. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), May S—Chairman, F. Dnewicks; Secretary, D. Coillns. Discussion held on TV,, ship's fund and repair list. Crew voted to approve ncwLv-estubllshed SIU hiring set-up and AFL's stand on CAMU. WESTPORT (Arthur), April 11 — Chairman, L. Richardson; Secretary, T. Cowen. Suggestion made that steward put out fruit juices at least three times a week. Steward agreed. A new ship's delegate was elected. May •—Chairman, L. Smith; Secre­ tary, A. Wasillk. Motion made that ship's delegate see a patrolman about new washing machine and rep'- rs. A vote of thanks.was given to the stew­ ard department for the fine job they have done. May 12—Chairman, L. Smith; Secre­ tary, A. Wasiilk. Several complaints on the food and steward has done nothing to remedy situation. Crew was in complete favor of the newlyinaugurated SIU hiring system and voted to give the AFL urtions their support in CAMU beet. Reports and communications were read and ac­ cepted. MARYMAR (Caimar), January J— Chairman, A. Reorko; Secretary, John Rambo. Discussed condition of wash­ ing machine and the possibility of getting a new one. No beefs reported. RAPHAEL SEMMES (Waterman), May J—Chairman, C. Quinnt; Secre­ tary, H. Pierce. All men were asked to keep the messroom and pantry clean at all times. A repair list will be made up for. payoff port. Steward department given a vote of thanks for a good Job. Donations to ship's Majr 27. M5#; fund WiU bp accepted in Baltimore. Brother Zalenslj:i reported that he has not gotten aU the money he put out for- telegram. DEL MONTI (Mississippi), May 11— Chairmai, S. Bosteansan; Sacratary, G. Malonay. A motion was made and carried that this crew send a wire to Brother Lundeberg supporting his ac- • tlons on bulk cargo agreement. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), May 1*—Chairman, J; Ross; Sacratary, C. Bobba.: lleadquarters report and C()ihmunlcationS' wcfe read and accepted. A vote of confidence ;was given to union's negotiating committee by- this crew. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), May 1< —Chairman, R. Grant; Secretary, R. Campbell. A motion was made by Brother Hopkins tq accept headquar­ ters report unanimously. A motion w.ts made by Brother Grant to accept all reports given by patrolman at special meeting. STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), May 7— Chairman, B. Brown; Secretary, R. Hennlnger. Discussion on more sani­ tary conditions in the 'pantry and throughout the ship. All hands wish to express their Interest in this new meeting set-up and hope to see more bulletins issued and discus.sed at forthcoming meetings. Crew voted to accept new hiving program and were in 100 percent favor of -the position taken by .\FL unions on C.AMU beef. Motion made to have boarding patrol­ man investigate conditions of the hos­ pital medicines as the present loca­ tion is unsatisfactory due to intense heat. COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), May 6—Chairman, C. Rhodes; Secre­ tary, R. Youtzy. Books will be packed and sent back to the American Mer­ chant Marine Library Association. Two resolutions adopted at this meet­ ing. First, the crew was in favor of the new SIU hiring set-up and the second gave AFL unions crew's full support on C.AMU. A motion was made that the members aboard this ship draft a telegram to Harry Lundeberg. Carried. EUGENIE (Ore), May t—Chairman, A. Reid; Secretary, T. Hill. Crew voted to accept resolutions dealing with the SIU seniority program, and agreed to back po.sition taken by AFL unions on C.AMU dispute. Motion m.nde by T. Hill and carried that a telegram be sent to Harry Lundeberg. pledging crew's suppoft on CAMU ac­ tion. Carried unanimoitary. A veto of thanks and confldeno* goes to tho ..Union's negotiating committee ' for a job well done regard'ing welfare bene­ fit increases. SEA CLOUD (Amerlcbn Merchant Marine), May 7—Chairman, H. Hartmand; Secretary, E. Gretsky. - Discus­ sion on distribution of new fanscleaning of pantry at night and the start of a ship's fund. Dispute over the repair list from previous trip. JBBTHCOASTER (Caimar), April 9— Chairman, H. Zurn; Secretary, J. Tal­ bot. Cleanliness of tho messroom was discussed. Money reported missing from oiler's locker. Alotions on new SIU hiring program' and AFL stand . on CAMU dispute voted on and adopted b.v entire crew. DEL ALBA (Mississippi), April 20— Chairman; J. King; Secretary, W. Gels. Ship's delegate reported that lockers in cook's quarters were repaired in port. Patrolman contacted in regard to painting of crew's quarters passage­ ways. mes.sh.i11 and galley. This will be done at the end of tho voyage as ship is having annual inspection. ROBIN KETTERING (Seas Ship­ ping), May 1.1—Chairman, G. Schmidt; Secrstary, P. Prows. Headquarters . report and communications were ac-i''.'; cepted as read. Ever.vthing reported ' T running smoothly. • :.^t; SEATRAIN NSW JERSEY (Seatraln);ia May 9—Chairman, Norman Kirk; Sec-',.? rotary, D. B Patterson. Discussion"'"^* held on m.-rltime l.ssues. The latest communications bulletin was read to the crew and pos.cri. ALAMAR (Caiman, May 9—Chalrmm, J. McPhaul; Secretary, P. Mattlson. Headquarters report and com­ munications read and crew voted to accept .same. A telegram was sent' to Lundebei-g pledging support on CAAIU. DESOTO (Waterman), May 9—Chair­ man, not given; Secretary, C. Karas. Report on 1* A- O changing flags.. Headquarters vnort and communica­ tions were read and discussed by the crew. INEZ (Bull), May 9—Chairman, E. Ball; Secrelary, J. Murphy. A motion was made b.v Bell to give a vote of thanks to the union negotiators for a job well done. Crew voted on com­ munications and headqtiarters report, and carried both unanimously. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), May 11—Chairman, H. Harris; Secretary, W. Nichter. Motion was made by Brother Nordlaiid to accept the new SIU hi-ing set-up. Carried. Brother Mortineau made a motion that all hands .eive support to the AFL unions on C.AMU issue. .A telegram was sent to Harry Lundeberg. ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), May 9 —Chairman, B. McMulty; Secretary, C. Brockett. A. Hawkins made a mo­ tion to give a vote of thanks to the Union's welfare negotiating commit­ tee for a lerri'tc job. Commimieationt and reports read and po.sted. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Saatraln), May II—Chairman, C. Motley; Sacra­ tary, F. Panca. Headquarters report and communications were read and accepted by entire crew. Duet. Ship's delegate reported every­ thing running smoothly at pre.sent. The .ship sailed from New York April 18, 10.55. and as usual tho crew aboard thinks it has the best of food, and the capialn tries his best to see that the crew is happy. $22.50 reported in the .ship's fund. A suggestion was made that a member while In the hospital get $1.5, and this crew would also like to see him continue gelling his $19 out of the ho.siiHel until he ia physically fit to work. Brother Callan made a suggestion that a new crew was on ho.srd the shin so it would ha a good Idea that all the delegates raaign and start a new trip. CITRUS PACKER (Watarman), May t — Chairman, Puckett; Sycratary, Weber. Crewmembers complained about not knowing where they are going and, consequently, they can never arrange to have mail sent. Some disputed overtime reported which will be straightened out. Ship's treasurer reported S20 in the ship's fund. ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), April 30 —Chairman, E. Rllm; Secretary, T. Ashe. Repair list read and additions made. Linen day was changed to Fridays. Request made and approved to pay slopchest bill on arrival in Mobile. Motion made art' carried to have patrolman take action to insure enough cigarettes for the entire voy­ age. A slopchest price list should be posted. WILD RANGER (Waterman), Feb­ ruary 27—Chairman, M. Daniy; Sec­ retary, J. Trawick. Ship's delegate reported that a new washing machine came aboard. Crewmembers reminded to give the messman a break during meal time. All library books should be brought back to the recreation rooms so that all members can have a chance to read them. May 1—Chairman, E. McCaskay; Secretary, W. Davis. The chief stew­ ard was taken ashore in Turkey to receive medical treatment. t^en meals are served all unauthorized persons should stay out of pantry. Departmental delegates will talk to guys who have gotten out of line. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), May 1—Chairman, Har­ rington; Secretary, R. Anderson. A patrolman will be informed about the insufficient slopchest. Letter pertain­ ing to restricted time sent to head­ quarters. Crew voted to approve new hiring set-up and gave full backing to the AFL unions on CAMU. Repairlist will be ready to be turned in to payoff port. STEEL AGE (Isthmian), T. Flnnerty; Secretary, D. Martin. Motion made and carried that a wire be sent to Lundeberg supporting his stand re­ garding CAMU. Crew agreed unani­ mously to accept resolutions on newl.vinaugurated SIU hiring program and action taken by AFL union In CAMU dispute. DEL SOL (Mississippi), May 9 — Chairman, L. Ereland; Secrettary, F. Dominies. Motion made and carried that we send Harry Lundeberg a wire supporting his position regarding the CA.MU. ROBIN WENTLEY (Seas Shipping), May llt^Chairman, F. McGarry; Sec­ retary, W. McBlynn. Motion made by Issac to send a telegram to Lundeberg ANTINOUS (Waterman), May 7 — Chairman, J. Little; Secretary, M. BALTORE (Ore), April 23—Chair­ man, C. Glbbs; Sacratary, F. Dslaon. Cups should be taken out of lounge when crew finishes with same. The Bhip'i delegate gave a talk on the poor attendance at shore meeting with patrolman. Ship's treasurer said there is $11.19 in the ship's fund. SEATIGER (Colonial), May 1—Chair­ man, T. Fatrlquin; Secretary, A. Car- pantsr. Discussion held on wntchea not being relieved on time. There was a talk on the slopchest merchan­ dise and the crew was told that cau-' tion should be used when buying. All crewmembers were warned to watch foc'sles and possessions while passing through the Suez Canal. Crew voted full approval of new hiring system and voted to send' a • telegram to Harry Lundeberg. ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), April 24 —Chairman, Malar T. Costello; Sec­ retary, J. NaUon. Crew reported that everything is running in perfect SIU style. One member was hospitalized in Kingston, .Tamalca. Brother Prestwood had $575 stolen from his foc'.sla locker and as yet has no clue to the thief. Delegate reported on the vari­ ous headquarters report and how beneficial this new minute report form will be. There is a balance of $182 on hand in the ship's fund. New hiring hall set-up and action AFL unions took on CAAIU given full ap­ proval. OCEAN DINNY (Maritime Overseas), January 2—Chairman, D. Bass; Secre­ tary, W. Milna. Brother Milne told the crewmembers that the SIU men are setting the standard for the indu.stry. and it is necessary for every SIU man to act accordingly. Alotloii made and carried to. elect a ship's treasurer and collect $2 from eaclt' j brother to start a ship's fund. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), April' 17 —Chairman, L. Bugayawskl; SecreJlary, W. Jenkins. One shipmate was left in the hospital in Honolulu. The crew agreed to send a letter of re­ covery. Crew was asked to contribute as much as possible toward payment of TV. Electric fans were ordered by the steward but have not been re­ ceived on b'oard for the past three trips. A vote of thanks given to the steward department. �,S---^,!^ "-•• .. i ' Pass J^fieefc. DIRECTORY OF SIU BRANCHES •'-'m RICHMOND. CALIF;...........257 5tb i . Phone SAN FRANCISOO........450 Harrison BALTIMORE 1210 E. Baltimore St. -' • Douglas Earl Sbeppard. Agent EAstern 7<' SEATTLE............ ..2505 1st Ave. BOSTON 276 State - ' stain 0390 James Sbeehan, Agent Richmond 24)140 WILMINGTON ..^ 505 Marino Ave. HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. Terminal 4-3131 C. Tannehill, Acting Agent Preston 6558 NEW YORK.......675 4th Ave., Brooklyn LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. w HYacinth 9^6600 Leroy Clarke, Agent HEmlock 6-5744 MOBILE .. .1 South Lawrence St. - Gani^iarf District Cal Tanner. Agent • HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS ....... 523 BienviUe St. M0NTiaAL.'.;i ;.,i.tt4 8L James St. West Lindscy WiUiams, Agent . . > PLateau 8181 Magnolia 6112-6113 HAUFAX. NA..128% HolBs St. NEW YORK 675 4tb Ave., Brooklyn' ' • Phone; 3-8911 HYacintb 0-6600 ftlRT WILLIAM.... 118% Syndicate Ave. NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 Ben Rees,. Agent MAdison 2-9834 PORT COLBORNB 103 Durham St. PHILADEU'HIA 337 Market St. Ontario Phone: 5591 S. CarduHo. Agent Market 7-1635 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. B. EMpire 4-5718 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. 617% Cormorant St. Douglas 2-5475 VICTORIA, BC. Empire 4531 Marty BreitboS, West Coast Representative VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. Pelayo 51—La Pacific 7824 Sal Colls, Agent Phone 2-5996 SYDNEY. NS .304 Charlotte SL SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St Phone 6348 A. Micbelet. Agent Phone 3-1728 BAGOTVILLB, Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. 52 St. DavidXSt. Jeff GiUette, Agent Emott 4334 THOROLD, Ontario CAnai 7-3202 TAMPA 1809-18U N. FrankUn SL QUEBEC Il3 Cote De La Montague Tom Banning, Agent Phone 2-1323 Quebec Phone: 2-7078 WILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave. SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St. NB Phone: 2-5232 Ernest TUley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS ...675 4tb Ave., Bklyn Great Lakes District SECRETARY-TREASiniER Paul HaU ALPENA. 133 W: Hetcher ASST. SECRErARY-TREASURERS Phone: 1238W J. Algina, Deck C. Simmons, Joint BUFFALO, NY 180 Main SL J. Volpian, Eng. W. Hall, Joint ^ Phone: Main 1-0147 E. Mooney, Std. R. Matthews, Joint CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave., NB Phone: Cleveland 7391 DETROIT 1038 3rd SL SUP Headquarters Phone; Woodward 1-6837 531 W. Michigan SL HONOLULU...... 16 Merchant St. DULUTH Phone: Melrose 2-4110 Phone 5-8777 3261 E. 92nd St PORTLAND 522 N. W. Everett St. SOUTH CHICAGO Phone: Essex 5-2418 Beacon 4336 SIU, A&G District • il Aerial photo shows SlU-eontracted Isthmian Steamship Company's new, enlarged Brooklyn Erie Basin facilities capable of handling six C-3s at once. Five ships were in position when photo was taken. --Dotted line (Brooklyn-Battery tunnel) shows easy trucking route to and from terminal. Ample truck parking and maneuvering space is available outside the sheds. Isthmian Adds New Brooklyn Terminal '•i USPllS Has Last; Say On Duty Slip Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors have the final say on whether yor not a man is fit for duty. If there is any question about your fitness to sail, check with the nearest USPHS hospital or out-patient clinic for a ruling. jSeafarers on Isthmian ships in Brooklyn are now using ope of the most modern ship freight terminals in the coun­ try, which was opened officially at Erie Basin two weeks ago. (Continued from page 3) iUnder its now-completed Bonner Proposal. In some in­ of protected open storage and fire­ expansion pxogram, the com­ stances, thousands of disputes over proof shed areas. ply added 300,000 sqilkfe feet The Isthmian terminal also has working rules have piled up with , • -i ! 'hp- -k' - "Ii • " f• Threat To SIU Freedom ofwaterfront property to its exist­ ing facilities, and erected a new transit shed over one-eighth of a mijie long. With the new build­ ing, Isthmian can now accommodMe up to six 6 C-3-type ships at one time for rapid loading and un­ loading. Its "Breakwater" terminal is now 3,250 feet long and up to 325 feet wide, enabling it. to work 80 trucks' at one time and an esti1 mated 400 truckloads ajl told on M an average work day. ft also features nearly 750,000 square feet an advantageous location for trucking since it is near the Brooklyn exit of the BrooklynBattery tunnel, a major trucking artery. Trucks bound to and from Manhattan can get to the terminal without having to battle heavy city traffic enroute. Isthmian, currently operating 24 ships under SIU contract, pro­ vides worldwide shippinjg service covering all major areas in the Far East and Mediterranean, plus intercoastal service for the US North Atlantic coast. the result that the unions have been forced to strike to take care of long-standing grievances reach­ ing back for years. Had this system been in effect in maritime, the SIU would have been unable to negotiate its new senior­ ity hiring system and the increase in shipowner contributions to the Welfare Plan, with the result that the whole question of Seafarers' job rights and the new welfare benefits would have been up in the air for months and at the mercy of a politically-inspired decision. One maritime expert's analysis of the new proposal put it this way: "It would authorize and encourage Government intervention in prac­ tically every maritime labor. dis­ pute. It would also authorize a Government board to interpret ex­ isting agreements (clarifications procedure). It would give the Board tremendous power to pres­ sure parties ... to accept arbitra­ tion. ... "It is a substitution of bureau­ cratic processes for collective bar­ gaining." To date the new proposal has not been submitted in the form of a bill since Rep. Bohner said he was seeking, public reaction to the idea. He insisted however, that "some­ body has to give in or we won't have an American merchant marrine," Implying that the sad state of US maritime today is the di­ rect result of poor managementlabor relations. Actually, Ameri­ can-sea unions have built an en­ viable record of industry labor stability during the postwar years which in man hours rates among the best. While Rep. Bonner was making this announcement the House Ap­ propriations. Committee was sla.shing funds for new ships, subsidies and other maritime purposes and Other farm bloc Congressmen re­ newed their attack on "50-50." No change, has been made either, in Administration ifolicy toward trans­ ferring of ships which has resulted in the loss to the US fiag of over 70 Libertys and a number of pas­ senger ships. Women Are Outnumbered In This SIU Family ^KCSp/«t«»Al<804«D vtshS/Ai/fosp. voioo IM tIAFAREKS WELFARE RLAN .. ••• liiuMiri pfoiectiBfi /RF l/it .• pfui nyA KMOW #0W1D oam •mt mcMAFs* aiATH BiMim NMPiiai •pMIUTT-MHtMH •iUlM* rcoaniu iwwim puMti!!"" COP^ eflHS TfBp! miFAnenA/i» AT AfOY SIU FIALU Geprge Talley, born February 9, is the fourth son and third $200 SIU maternity benefit for Seafarer Lawrence G. Talley of New Orleans. Seafarer Talley was away on Far East run but left plenty of males behind at home, (left to right) Lawrence G. Jr., two; Freddie, three, who came just before SIU maternity benefit began; Mrs. Talley and George; Ronald, one. All younger Talleys got $25 US bonds as well from glU. _ • '-fr."'-- i -a �May 27 1955 HAIL NEW BENEFITS -Story on Page 2 -flii';;?' 'W;'i • :!• • •' •*• '^'V" ' •^* ;:S:%4;':: Increased pension-disability, now $35 a week, is most welcome to veteran New Orleans Seafarer, Leonard Ellis (left) showing check to Emory Bartield, FWT. Discussing details of new benefits at Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, hospital are Sea- ' farers (left-right) James Lewis, A. McGuigan, Harry McDonald, Jar Chdng, Fred Lan­ dry. Several hospitalized Seafarers pointed out that the $21 weekly benefit was enough to cover rent money at honie and extras besides. 4. 'B.. •ill® > "iiliili; ill Arrival of SIU New Orleans patrolman Herman- Troxclair at USPHS hospital in that city with new, higher benefit proves to be joyous occasion for Seafarer-patients there. Here, Charles K. Nicholson, AB, receives his $21 payment. Looking on are (left-right) Seafarers Calvin DiSilva, AB, Harvey Shero, AB, Mike Liuzza, MM, and George Olive, cool^ —' H curt. Reading all about new family coverage in the pages of the SEAFARERS LOG special supplement is Seafarer Val Sungaroff who came up to the Union's headquar­ ters with his son, Alex; � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource May 27, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 11 Description An account of the resource Headlines: NEW SIU BENEFITS 'PLEASANT NEWS' TO FAMILY ME NEW BENEFIT CARDS READY SIU CONVENTION HEARS REPORTS PROPOSED US BOARD IMPERILS FREEDOM OF SIU CONTRACTS ANONYMOUS LETTERS SING CURRAN TUNE 'HAVE NOT' US NEEDS SHIPS - NAVY SEC'Y SIU CO'S ASSIGNED 2 VICTORYS NY NEEDS ENGINE RATES, PUMPMEN MASS. GOVERNOR HAILS REVIVAL OF BOSTON-PR RUN BY ALCOA HOUSE UNIT CUTS $51 MILLIONS IN MARITIME FUNDS SNACK BAR BIG HIT IN MOBILE OLDSTER, 77, TO SEATTLE: KEEP UNITY ENLIST FINKS AT SAVANNAH JAIL MA HEAD URGES STEPS REVIVING DOMESTIC RUNS SENATE FOR C-1 PHILIPPINE SALE TRAMPERS SEEK US SUBSIDY, GET REBUFF SEATRAIN ROUTE CHANGE UPS NEW ORLEANS' JOBS DELEGATES MEET, BEEFS DECLINE PORT PLANS STIR FIGHT IN 'FRISCO SS ALCOA PARTNER SS MARORE AHA! HERE'S THE TROUBLE! SPRINGTIME FOLLIES WELFARE FORMS TRANSFERS AGAIN MARYLAND AFL TAGS RUNAWAY 'HOT SHIP' US LINES PLANS ATOM SUPERLINER CO'S SEEKING ALIEN FLAGS FOR C-SHIPS SIU 'TOURISTS' HAIL AID BY KOREA GIS EVERY MAN SHOULD MAKE HIS WILL SWEETWATER MEN FIGHT BOREDOM VIA SPORTS STEEL SURVEYOR CREWMEN EASE BROTHER'S ILLNESS PERFECT 'HAND' CAUSES STIR ISTHMIAN ADDS NEW BROOKLYN TERMINAL Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5/27/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/44a2624ed3af624f2bc83fee657dfba3.PDF b88274acce48583a1bb0a3a8e1d3761d PDF Text Text "'-f" • ®f^'; \^M-'- M-' Vol. XVIi No. 10 SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF TH E S EAFA.K E R S INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC IK-. ••- m lf-3 r-' '-<:.;:>:^S '••4 li: • ;•-:'?$ AND GULF DISTRICT • AFl • HOSPIIAL-SURGERY ; Wfe }Sl WIVES CHILDREN 7 Pays Hospital Room^ Extras, Surgical Fees, Dr. Hasp. Calls Death Benefit Boosted To $3,500 On Seafarers Hospitalized Seafarers To Receive $21 Weekly Pension-Disability Plan V^{fi 2 Soctions 1st SGction . ""'•'""7 �SEAFARERS toe Vaffe Tw* May IS, IMS SlU-NLRB Reach Accord To End Pending Cases Following the SIXJ's successful negotiation and institution of a seniority hiring system to protect the professional Seafarer, the memberdnp of the SIU Atlantic and Gulf District has authorized and accepted a prpposed National Labor Relations Board stipulation to dispose Of several Board cas«s pend-t b a:? / >; ing against the union. The membership action was taken at regular meetings in all ports on May 4. In the background of the pro­ posed agreement with the NLRB is the story of a long and deter­ mined SIU fight to protect the professional seamen and to avert the disasters inflicted on other maritime unions over the same is­ sue. These were the developments: SAVANNAH—Seafarers in ibis port step out on the picket line, When it became obvious during lending aid to Southern Bell Telephone strikers. Photo shows, left the past year that the NLRB was to right, T. Burke, G. P. Gapae, two telephone strikers, members of pressing its fight against the SIU the CIO Communications Workers of America, Ben Sellers, J, F. hiring halls and had also forced Lee, J. B. Henley (in background). the NMU to capitulate without the NMU first negotiating and insur­ ing a spelled-out hiring system which would protect its profes­ sional sailors, the SIU adopted a line of action that would guar­ antee its membership recognition of their seniority and protection of their job rights. Opened Negotiations Seafarers in South Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports have been The Union notified the ship­ Photo above shows seamen registering in Class C, one of the new lending moral and picketline support to the Communications owners that it wished to renegoti­ provisions of the Seafarers contracted hiring set-up. The provision ate its entire hiring agreement. In Workers of America (CIO) in a showdown strike with the for class C men gives greater security and job protection to men support of this position, the SIU Southern Bell Telephonein class B and class A, as shown by shipping figures on page 12. membership went on record unanly-worded telegram from Port Company. imoasly to back this demand and replied flatly that while it was membership-adopted policy, the Telephone workers in nine Agent Cal ^ Tanner to Alabama's agreeable to a settlement stipula­ SIU rejected any idea which would Southeastern States are involved Gov. James E. Folsom. tion as may be required, it would have put the professional sailor at in the strike which is now entering The telegram said, in part: For a report on the security under no condition settle these the same level as thousands of its third month. "It is obvious the company is hot given Seafarers under new cases uhtil the seniority and job finks who could have thus walked In New Orleans, about 300 Sea­ dealing fairly with its employees rights of Its professional seamen in on the shipping list to bid for this dispute. Result of com­ hiring set-up, see story and farers on the beach and from ships in were fully protected and recog­ jobs against the more-entitled Sea­ pany's position has been to force shipping figures on page 12. in the harbor donned white caps nized in the agreement on hiring. farers. its employes to remain out on to march with about 10,000 other In strict accordance with its Ironclad Seniority AFL, CIO and railroad brother­ strike. We respectfully urge you On March 1 of this year, the hood members in a parade held to inists on this case being sub­ with strike action if necessary to Union scored its first victory in April 28 to demonstrate the unity mitted to arbitration when you force negotiations for the protec­ the campaign to protect the men of labor support of the telephone meet with Southern Governors for tive seniority system tlie Union conference on this urgent matter sailing under the SIU banner by workers in the dispute. wanted. The membership strength­ in Atlanta." hammering out with the shipown­ ened its position, further by ap­ Observers agreed the procession Basic issues In the strike in­ ers an ironclad seniority system proving a $20 assessment to pre­ of white-capped Seafarers, led by volved the CWA's efforts to win a which fully recognized for hiring pare for a fight if necessary by a purposes a man's cumulative sea- SIU Port Agent Lindsey Williams, "reasonable general wage increase" smashing 95 percent majority. time with SlU-contracted com­ carried off top honors among the in an effort to narrow the wage This, incidentally was what the union marching units for its strik­ differential between phone workers panies. NMU had failed to do, and because ing appearance and orderliness. in the North and South. With the approval of the new of its failure had, as NMU National In Savannah, Seafarers bolstered Token Boost seniority hiring system by the Treasurer M. Hedley Stone said, in The company offered a token membership, the plan was put into the telephone workers' picketlines effect destroyed the NMU hiring hall. The SIU had no intention of Delegates from SIU of North successful operation. At this point —manned primarily by women— wage increase, but hitched it to falling victim to the same game. Americ^ affiliates will gather the SIU knew, that It was able to until the Savannah police forbid a "no strike" clause which would Meanwhile, iinfair labor charges in Montreal, Canada, on May settle the 23 cases with the NLRB "mass picketing." Savannah police deprive the union, of the only eco­ had been instituted against the 23 for the seventh biennial con­ without NLRB at the same time es­ said that the arrival of "these big nomic weapon at its disposal for union by twenty-three men. Back­ vention of the international union. tablishing rules that would—as in fellows" constituted intimidation protection of union security. The company's position on the ed by the provisions of the Taft- The Sheraton-Mount Royal Hotel the NMU case—jeopardize the of the scabs. The. Seafarers then Hartley law, the NLRB put the will be the site of the meeting, seniority of the old line profession­ set up a sympathy line across the arbitration proposal strengthened street from the telephone building. belief in the CWA's contention that heat on the Union as a result of which Is the first to be held out­ al Seafarers. Southern Bell is far more in­ Wire To Governor In the course of the negotiations the charges. side the United States. The SIU terested in destroying the union In Mobile, Seafarers supported The SIU took a firm position of NA represents 62,000 seamen, (Continued on page 19) ^the telephone workers in a strong-^ than it is in settling the strike. fishermen, cannery workers and allied marine workers throughout the United States and Canada. Six delegates will represent the May 13, 19S5 Vol. XVil. No. 10 A&G District at the convention. A As I See It.... Page 4 m-embershlp - elected credentials Burly Page 16 committee, chosen at the ApriL20 Crossword Puzzle Page 8 headquarters membership meet­ Editorial Cartoon .......Page 0 ing, reported receipt of six nomin­ Editorials Page 9 ations. With no contests for any of Final Dispatch Page 17 the convention delegate posts, the Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 committee has declared the nom­ Labor Round-Up Page 8 inees elected, without the neces­ Letter of The Week Page 9 sity of balloting. Maritime .Page 8 The six delegates will be SIU Meet The Seafarer Page 8 Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall, Notices, Personals Page 18 Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Bob Off Watch Page 14 Matthews, and the following port Port Reports Pages 12, 13 agents; Lindsey Williams, New Quiz Page 14 Orleans; Cal Tanner, Mobile; Earl Recent Arrivals Page 18 Sheppard, Baltimore; Steve CarShipping Figui-es Page 12 dullo, Philadelphia. SIU History Cartoon .... Page 6 San Diego In '5S Vote of Thanks Page 9 The last international conven­ Welfare Benefits Page 17 Welfare Report Page 17 tion, held in 1953 in San Diego, Your Dollar's Worth Page 4 completed arrangements for affili­ ation of the Marine Firemen's Published biweekly af the headquarters Union- with the SIU, an affiliation •t the Seafarers International Union, At­ which was ratified subsequently NEW ORLEANS—Part of group of 300 white-capped Seafarers is shown marching in support of strik­ lantic « Oulf District AFL, <7S Fourth ing CIO telephone workers. Seafarers joined with 10,000, other AFL and CIO and railroad brotherhood Avenue. Brooklyn », NY. Tel. HYaclnth ,by the Marine Firemen's membermembers in city to demonstrate unity of all labor in support of the telephone workers';.long->strijke,» at the .Post Offlce In Brooklyn. NY, undar. • Seafarers Back CIO Phone Beef SIU Of NA Convention OnMay23nd ' SEAFARERS LOG �'Ubnr IS. l9Si SEAFARERS LOG Fife Tlire* • • -i Win Top Protection For Family in New Hospital-Surgical Plan Also Boost Hospital Pay, Death, Pension-Disability Hospital Room and Board: Seafarer's wife and unmarried High among the most beneficial gains ever to be won for Seafarers by the SIU, children under 19 get hospital room and board up to $10 a broad, new program of welfare benefits will go into effect on June 1. A package per day. Payments cover up to 31 days after first $50 of of brand new family benefits giving top coverage plus solid increases in exisiting expenses. Hospital Extras: Seafarer's wife and unmarried children un­ benefits for Seafarers were proposed by the Union and negotiated by the Union der 19 get a maximum of $100 for extra in-hospital costs. trustees of the Seafarers Welfare Plan. The program includes hospital and surgi­ This benefit goes with above benefit or surgical benefit be­ cal coverage for Seafarers' families as well as increases in disability-pensions, Sea­ low, or both farers' hospital benefits andt Surgical: The Seafarer's wife and unmarried children under death benefits. 19 are covered for surgical costs up to $300. (See surgical The new benefits are the schedule.) $50 deductible does not apply to this benefit. result of a long study by SIU Doctor Calls at Hospital: Seafarer's wife and unmarried trustees, experts in the field children under 19 are allowed $4 per day for doctor visits of hospital-surgical care and while hospitalized for a maximum of 31 days. Benefit paid SIU officials to formulate the best possible plan with the to non-surgical cases. Payment In Hospital: All Seafarers in hospitals for more details on all the bene­ than one week get $21 weekly; payments continue during fitsFull provided by the Seafarers entire period of hospitalization. Welfare Plan, both new fam­ ily »benefits and increases Pension—Disability: All totally disabled Seafarers, regard­ in existing benefits, are con­ less of age, get $35 weekly; payments continue during entire tained in the eight page sup­ period of disability. plement in the centerfold of this issue. Seafarers are ad­ Death: All Seafarers' beneficiaries get $3,500. vised to keep a copy of the supplement as a handy refer­ Maternity: All Seafarers get $200 plus a $25 bond for each ence on the provisions and child born, plus duplicate payments for multiple births. workings of the Welfare Plan. Scholarship: Four scholarships worth $6,000 each awarded annually—after tests—to Seafarers or children of Seafarers maximum of benefits to the for four years at college of choice. Benefit will finance grad­ families of Seafarers. The new pro­ uate work if student qualifies. gram won unanimous and whole­ NEW YORK—Seafarers Joseph Malone and Edward Hansen dis­ approval from Seafarers in Special Equipment Benefit: Special aids necessary for Sea­ hearted cuss the increase in SIU Welfare Plan benefits following the reg­ membership meetings in all ports ular membership meeting on May 4. Both Seafarers are currently farer's recovery not provided by hospital. on May 4. It consists of a package receiving the pension-disability benefit now boosted to $35 weekly. which is believed to be superior to Unemployment and Meal Book Program: Unemployment anything existing in the health and pense, family doctor expense in unmarried, are benefitted by con­ benefits and meal book credit available through facilities welfare field. No less than nine hospitals, maternity, disability-pen­ siderable increases in existing Wel­ benefits involving cash payments sion, death, Seafarers' hospital ben­ fare Plan provisions for them as provided through all SIU port offices. are included in the package plus efit, scholarships for Seafarers, follows:— Seafarer Dormitories: Provide a place to sleep, shower, four additional categories of ben­ special aid, meal benefit and dor­ Death benefits are increased laundry, etc., in facilities available at most SIU port offices. efits involving direct assistance to mitories for Seafarers on the beach bye$1,000 to $3,500. the Seafarers. between Jobs and training facili­ Seafarer Training School: Upgrading training at no cost to Benefits Include family surgical, ties • Hospital benefits are increased for Seafarers. $6 a week to $21. As before, the Seafarer at school available in Mobile, Alabama. family hospital, family hospital exThe new benefits, their values NEW ORLEANS—Seafarer Milton J. Mouton (center) and his family hear about the details of the family hospitalization benefits to be paid under the newly-expanded SIU Welfare Plan, from SIU Patrolman Herman Troxclair (left). Listening, left to right, are Mrs. Mouton, daughter Felicie, 14; Mouton; Elsie, twin sister of Felicie, and Milton Mouton, 12. "Now we can discontinue our private hospitalization insurance," says Mrs. Mouton, "which is quite an expense for us, with a minimum or protection." - • [jf and their coverage are as follows: • A hospital benefit for wives of Seafarers and unmarried children under 19. This pays for hospital room and board at the rate of $10 A day for 31 days. It includes a $100 maximum allowance for addi­ tional hospital expenses. Payments are made for that portion of the combined hospital and hospital ex­ pense bill which exceeds $50, up to the maximum amount allowed, $410. Aid To Seafarers 0 A $4 daily allowance for visits by a doctor to hospitalized wives and children of Seafarers who are being treated for non-surgical in­ jury or illness, up to a. maximum of 31 days' visits. Maximum value of the benefit is $124. • Surgical benefits up to a max­ imum of $300 according to a sched­ ule drawn up for various types of surgery. Blood transfusion costs are covered under this benefit. All of the above benefits apply to wives and unmarried childi'en under 19. The existing SIU mater­ nity benefit, which pays $200 for the birth of each child plus a $25 defense bond from the Unmn, will continue as before and will be han­ dled as a separate benefit to which the other hospital and surgical benefit! do not apply. Seafarers themselves, married or benefits are payable for as long as a Seafarer is hospitalized, years if necessary. • The disability-pension is in­ creased by $10 a week, making It $35 a week or slightly over $150 a month. • The existing $6,000 four-year college scholarships for Seafarers or their children are continued as is. All of the above benefits are pro­ vided by the Welfare Plan at no cost to the Seafarer. All costs are borne by shipowner contributions to the Plan which the SIU won originally in 1950 and which have been increased several times since (Continued on page 19) Dependents^ Form In The Works In the near future the Seaf:ii -3is Welfare Plan will have forms available on which Sea­ farers will list their wives and children under 19 who qualify for dependent.s' hospital and surgical tenelits. These forms will make for speedy handling of claims filed by Seafarers for these benefits. Seafarers will not have to fill out any other documents for this purpose. 'V.t ' J e* 1 m J •JI "•i'l ^1 �SEAFARERS Pafe Fow Wateman Sale Stirs RR Battle May IS, i855 IPG Canadian Seafarers In Brooklyn Aa I See It MOBILE—A full-scale bat­ tle between the Waterman Steamship Company and seven major eastern railroads is shaping up as the company offi­ cially changed hands for the sum of $41i/i! million. With the defeat of a court action to block the com­ pany's sale, trucking executive Malcolm P. McLean and his as­ sociates have replaced the old Waterman board of directors and mailed out checks in the amount of $41,567,040 to Waterman stock­ holders. Immediately the East's most powerful railroad interests, includ­ ing such lines as the Pennsylvania, At Brooklyn pier aboard the Canadian Constructor, which is under New Haven, B&O, Louisville and contract to SIU Canadian District, Canadian Seafarer Jacques SaNashville and others, moved to vard (right) chats with shipmates Ben Burke (left) and Karl Barnes. stymie McLean's plans for truck Savard recently visited SIU headquarters and renewed old acquain­ trailership services by asking the tances with A&G Di.strict Seafarers. Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate the sale. The ICC already has refused to accept surrender of Waterman's intercoastal certificate, which means it will probably demand that the sale to McLean be subject to its ap­ proval. Coastwise and intercoastal ship­ ping interests have long complained WASHINGTON—Only the selection of a name and formal that the ICC was a "railroad agency," claiming the railroads ratification by convention remains to be accomplished before with their far-reaching economic the merger of the AFL and CIO is complete(l. Agreement power have been able to dominate was reached on May 2 on provisions of a constitution for organizations. The same prohibi­ the agency. the combined 1.5 million-mem­ tion extends to racket-controlled Rails Fear Trailership The railroads, obviously fearful ber labor organization, which was unions. If a union is found to be of McLean's truck trailership the last major task faced by the dominated either by totalitarian or racketeer rule, it can be suspended plans, have charged that the sale Joint Unity Committee. The Joint Unity Committee by a two-thirds vote of the execu­ of Pan Atlantic and Waterman to McLean was "tainted with illegali­ which worked out the details of tive council. The question of jurisdiction is ty" and said it would be "manifest­ the merger has set the actual ly improper" to permit Waterm'an amalgamation procedure for the dealt with through a complaint to surrender its operating certifi­ week of December 5, 1955. Dele­ procedure. Other provisions deal gates from both AFL and CIO un­ with discrimination and an organ­ cate without a hearing. The Waterman sale to McLean ions will meet in New York City's izing program. Still to be settled is the problem was on the basis of $48 per share 71st Regiment Armory to seal the of stock and included a proviso contract. Before that, botli organi­ of a name for the new organiza­ that the intercoastal operating zations will hold separate conven­ tion, While a small matter of it­ self, it may cause difficulties be­ certificate be surrendered. It came tions in the city. Bars Racketeers cause the AFL wants to preserve after an unsuccessful bid by a New Provisions of 'the new constitu­ its name as is, while CIO repre­ York stockholder to halt the trans­ tion give equal status to craft and sentatives want their organization action. Completion of the Waterman industrial unions and prohibit un­ recognized through a change in the purchase is one part of McLean's ions that are controlled or direct­ name of the combined organiza­ far-reaching maritime plans. ed by Communist or totalitarian tion. AFL-CIO Leaders Okay Unity Charter SOME STIRRING UP OF STAGNANT WATERS IS TAKING PLACE in the shipping Industry as the result of new proposals, particularly in the passenger business. These proposals involve exploring and de« veloping sources of business which have been neglected bcause of the mossback, horse and buggy-type thinking which dominates industry. Certainly there is room for experimentation and a fresh approach in both freight and passenger fields. In other transportation industries, such as airlines for example, and in shoreside production indu.stries new developments are welcomed with eagerness as companies strive to outdo each other to Introduce a superior product while reducing cost to the customer. When a man comes along with a new idea in the shipping business the tendency of the other operators is to try to sit on It before it gets started. That is one of the reasons why the industry is stagnating even where Government subsidiies are available. A sample of the do-nothing outlook of US operators is the fact that nobody under the American flag has yet announced any plans to de­ velop the St. Lawrence Seaway trade. Meanwhile several foreign flags are building ships specifically for that purpose. The new approaches in the passenger field involve the idea of lowcost transportation instead of luxury travel for a few. Airlines have done this through their aircoach system and railroads and busses are equally concerned with broadening their business. This kind of ap­ proach is considered the American way of doing things, but in shipping, the Europeans have captured what there is of a mass market, leaving the US with a piece of the luxury trade. The result is, for example, that US ships carried little more than 10 percent of the transatlantic passenger totals of 939,000 last year (inbound and dutbound) and that 10 percent was practically all in the luxury bracket. A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT WELFARE BENEFITS of the SIU and the new benefits that have just been added is contained in a special section in this issue. Seafarers are advised to save this section or give it to their families so that all hands will know what to do in case of an emergency. Those who want additional copies will be able to get them from headquarters or from the outports. In establishing these new benefits througli the Welfare Plan, your Union has made every effort to design them to help the man who needs help the most. Just to take an example, the country's biggest hospitali­ zation outfit does not protect an individual who has to go back to a hospital a second time for treatment of the same disease for a second round of surgery. The SIU hospital and surgical benefits for the family will cover such cases so that the family faced with a long-term hospital problem is well-covered. And, of course, for the Seafarers themselves, the SIU Is continuing the practice of hospital benefits for as long as a man is In drydock, while increasing the amount paid to $21 a week. In increasing benefits all around, your Union has raised them to the point where they are superior to practically any other welfare plan in or out of the maritime industry. The disability pension benefit, which comes out to slightly more than $150 a month, represents, more than the base wage of the average seaman just a few brief years ago. Those disabled Seafarers who happen to be over 65 can collect as much as $275 a month between the SIU disability pension and their social security payments. Certainly in days when a $100 a month pen­ sion Is considered exceptional, this represents a superior type of benefit. With the long list of benefits now available under the Welfare Plan, Seafarers would be well advised to study them carefully so that they will be fully familiar with what they are entitled to. SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Vets—Know Your Benefits l.t'Jt- W'- • !! tl,- 11 An increasing number of Seafarers can now count serv­ ice in the Armed Forces among their varied experiences. Veterans of both world wars and the Korean conflict are entitled to valuable benefits for themselves and families. But sometimes vets or their widows pass up thir rights because they are not aware of them, just as people some­ times forfeit all or part of their Social Security benefits because of lack of knowledge. Here is a checklist of important benefits every man with war service should know, and see that his wife knows about them too. In fact, it would be wise to clip this list and keep it with the family's insurance policies and other documents. Non-Service Connected Disability: Any veteran of either World War, or who served during the Korean conflict, is entitled to a monthly pension from the Veterans Admin­ istration if he becomes totally and permanently disabled in civilian life to the extent where he can no longer work at a full-time job. Remember, this is not the disability compensation paid to veterans who were injured in serv­ ice but is payable for non-service connected disability. A disabled vet is eligible as long as he does not have income from all other sources of over $1;400 a year if he has no dependents, or $2,700 if he is married or has a minor child. Thus a disabled Seafarer who is a veteran would be eligible for the VA pension in addition to the disability payment of $35 a week ($1,820 a year) under the SIU's own welfare plan. Death Benefits:'Dependents' pensions often are payable dependent parents of war veterans, even if death is non-service connected, but under different conditions. Most widows and minor children of World War I vets ire eligible if their annual incomes don't exceed the limits described above. The Government also will pay up to $150 for funeral expenses on the death of any honorably-discharged vet. Medical Care: Outpatient medical. treatment Is also available for men with service-connected disability. The VA also supplies disability aids in such cases, such as prosthetic appliances, eye-glasses, hearing aids, etc. Dental care now is available only if applied for within a year of discharge. But recently-discharged men should take advantage of this valuable provision. Hospital care in VA or other authorized institutions is available for vets with service-connected disability, and also to others who had war service even if the Illness was not incurred in service if the vet signs an affidavit that he is unable to pay for his own hospital expense, and if facilities are available. But in emergency cases, a veteran can be taken right to a VA hospital. Vocational Rehabllitatiuu: Veterans with at least ten per cent service-incurred disability are eligible'for vocational rehabilitation. This includes monthly allowances and ex­ penses for job training, and vocational guidance. Social Security Credit: Social security credits are grant­ ed for any service between Sept. 16, 1940, and June 30, 1955. The credit is given at the rate of assumed earnings of $160 a month no matter what the serviceman's actual pay was. This is a valuable provision because it will help many men, or their surviving families, establish their rights to Social Security payments, and increase the amount they get.. An ex-serviceman ddesn't have-to take Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying any action now to establish these military Social Security credits. When he or his family become eligible for So­ cial Security benefits because of age or death, it is only necessary to show proof of the military service to the So­ cial Security office, and these military credits are then added to the man's civilian Social Security credits. Insurance: World War II vets who let their GI life in­ surance policies expire now cannot reinstate them, but any that have been recently let lapse can be reinstated before the^ end of the period of the policy by meeting health requirements and paying a number of back pre­ miums. It is vital to keep GI insurance in force because you cannot buy it for anywhere near the same cost from private companies. If your GI Insurance is in force, you can have added to it a valuable disability-payment fea­ ture at small cost. It is especially desirable for a Seafarer to add this disability clause to his GI insurance policy be­ cause, in gome Job classifications especially. Seafarers usually have to pay more than many land workers for dis­ ability Insurance from private companies. Educational Benefits: Most World War II vets may no longer begin education and training courses under the GI Bill, although some later ones, and Korean and pdst-Korean vets arc still eligible, as is any present serviceman who was in service on or before Jan. 81, 1955. State Benefits: Besides Federal benefits, veterans aro eligible for many benefits provided by state and local governments. It is not possible to list them all, but among those provided by various localities are property-tax ex­ emptions; employment preferences; educational benefits for children of deceased vets; domiciliary care; state and soimty hospltaL privileges and land settleme:nt benefits. �•i.i StBAFARERS S»-;. V- . aw. -iWv.if J - •< . ['• ••••.'.J' ,••••" . ' Win • IPG SIU Fights Ship Inspections Cut •" . .r" - -n WASHINGTON—Representatives of the SIU and- other niaritime unions have pledged a knockdown fight against a bill to cut out the annual inspections of merchant ships in favor of inspections every two • • years, which may come up for ately because of the threat of an action in the Senate before inspection at any time. long. Union spokesmen, however, dis­ counted the whole notion of in­ creased safety resulting from few­ er inspections. They pointed to the acknowledged practice in the in­ dustry to let everything" go until the inspection. The implied "threat" of an in­ spection anytime, they charged, would still cause things to be left to the last possible moment. As a case in point, SIU officials cited the still-unexplained disap­ pearance of the SlU-manned LST Southern Districts last December with a crew of 23 men. Testimony at the Coast Guard inq'uiry into the disaster later ex­ posed an "arrangement" between the CG, American Bureau of Ship­ ping and the Southern Trading Company, operators of the illfated vessel, under which the ship was allowed to "get by" with patched plating instead of new plates because of the expensive repairs that would be involved. The bill was favorably reported a week ago by the Senate Commit­ tee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ Artist's conception of proposed US-flag trans-Atlantic superliner with a displacement of 106,000 tons merce. It has the backing of the and air-conditioned accommodations for 9,000 passengers. The 34-knot ship would be 1,250 feet long Coast Guard and virtually all ma­ and 144 feet In the beam, and would enable travelers to get a brief look at Europe on a two-week shipjor shipowner groups. shore vacation trip. Promoters of the giant ship are meeting with the Government to discuss possible During the heaTings on the meas­ construction subsidy arrangements. ure last month, the Coast Guard contended that biennial inspec­ tions would tend to increase ship safety, rather than lessen it. A spokesman for the agency claimed that more could be accomplished if its personnel could be freed from having to inspect the ships a year, as now required by An adventurous proposal for construction of two 1250-foot passenger superliners designed once law, and could devote more of to carry over 10,000 passengers and crew has been put forth by a New York hotel man. The their energies to unscheduled reproposal calls for construction of one-class liners selling sleeping space aftel" the fashion of inspections of regularly-inspected railroad trains, at the rate off ^— vessels. $50 a head and upwards. Food would be fast enough to go to Eu­ involve a minimum of cabin The theory was that the "sur­ costs would be extra, with rope and back, and allow for time space per passenger although the prise" inspections would keep the food for sale at shipboard cafe­ ashore withih the normal two-week plans call ^for 5,000 cabins, each shipowners on their toes, and terias, coffee shops and restau­ vacation which most working peo­ with bath and twin beds. would "induce" them to put the ple receive. rants. Swimming Pools Too vessels in A-1 condition immediNo^ Operating Subsidy The radically-new superliner o\her features of the proposed idea is the brainchild of H. B. A key feature of the plan would ships would include 375,000 cubic Cantor, president of the Carter be service without benefit of any feet of dry cargo space and 100,000 Hotel chain, which operates the operating subsidy. Cantor believes cubic feet of reefer space, 20 wa­ Governor Clinton Hotel in New that by operating a utility-type tertight compartments, theaters, York City. He bases its hopes on ship for a mass trade, he will be skating rinks, swimming pools, the appeal of a European vacation able to clear a profit on the basis gyms, nightclubs and shops. The to hundreds of thousands of mid­ of low-cost rates, without any fi­ ships will be designed for use in dle-income families who could not nancial assistance from the Gov­ the convention trade so that meet­ afford the cost of regular passen­ ernment. ings and conventions can be held ger service. In addition, the ships While jhe ships will be designed on shipboard. Enjoying the blessings of a peaceful old age with the help for utility and minimum upkeep With an eye toward emergency costs, in line with the low fares, wartime use, Cantor claims that of the SIU disability benefit of $25 per week, Seafarer Wil­ the plans call for air-conditioning the ship can be designed for use liam Girardeau celebrated his "Zgth birthday last April 2. throughout. as a plane carrier, through tele­ Now living at home in North — Specifications for the ships are scoping funnels, lowering masts Harwich, Massachusetts, Gir-' leave when he fell Into a coal pit such as to stagger the imagination and collapsing ventilators. This ardeau sailed actively with and fractured his spine. He spent and arouse considerable skepticism would create a flying deck with an the SIU until the age of 72. A seven weeks in the Red Cross hos­ shoresido accident suffered in pital at Beverwyck, Holland, after among people In the industry. The 800 foot runway. vessels would be 1,254 feet long The estimated cost of these ves­ Amsterdam finally put an end to which he was repatriated to the States, entering Staten Island hos­ with a 144 foot beam and would sels would be in the vicinity of his career. displace 105,000 tons. Normal $140 million. Cantor reports that Girardeau was aboard the David pital for further treatment, i^ermanent Injury speed would bo 34 knots based on negotiations are underway with the S. Terry on January 29, 1952, when Subsequently, it became obvious 288,000 sliafl horsepower, but the Government for construction sub­ the accident occurred. He was re­ WASHINGTON — More ad­ ship could be stepped up to 38 sidies. turning to the vessel after shore that the injury would not heal completely and Girardeau applied •iministration criticism of the knots and 380,000 shaft horse­ for the SIU disability benefit. He power for emergency purposes. vital "50-50" shipping law was was accepted and put on the SIU By comparison, the largest exist­ expressed to Congress, this time benefits list on March 3, 1953. from Harold Stassen, head of the ing ocean-going ship, the Queen In SIU Since 1940 Foreign Operations Administra­ Elizabeth, is 1,031 feet long from A veteran SIU member who tion. Stassen told the Senate For­ bow to stern, but only 118.6 feet joined the Union in January, 1940, eign Relations Committee that the in the beam. Gross tonnage fig­ Girardeau is well-known to Sea­ "50-50" law wais being carried "too ures for the Elizabeth are 83,000 farers who worked the Evangeline, far" if it applied to carrying of aid tons (displacement tonnage is Yarmouth, Acadia and other pas­ cargoes from one foreign nation to pretty much in the same area). senger vessels of the Eastern another. The Elizabeth as a four-class pas­ Steamship Company. He spent vir­ He complained that "50-50" was senger ship, caiTies approximately tually his entire seagoing career holding up movement of tobacco, 2,300 passengers and 1,200 Crew. with Eastern, sailing with that coal and other commodities. "On During the war she packed company for 40 years. the other hand," he said, "we real­ in upwards of 15,000 troops Girardeau is proud of his grow­ ize we must maintain a strong mer­ sardine fashion. Obviously," Qaning family which includes nine chant marine. So we have to fit tor's proposed superliner would gratidchildren and one great­ the two objectives together and grandchild. He has three daugh­ strike a balance." ters living in New York and a The "50-50" law—of utmost im­ son and daughter in Savannah, portance to US seamen—^has been where' he came from originally. under fire ever since the Admin­ "I am getting along very well,'' istration announced its agricultural he writes, "although I am handisurplus disposal program. Foreign qapped so. I am feeling very good nations with shipping interests and receive the LOG each month, Continuing to build up his have been attempting a boycott of also my welfare benefit which is Malcolm Mc­ ^ the program in the hope of win­ ocean-going fleet, a blessing to me. Thank you for ning repeal or amendment of "50- Lean, operator of the SlU-coneverything." ' tracted Pan Atlantic steamship ' 50." Representatives, of some foreign company, has purchased the tanker nations, with the unofficial bless­ Whittier Hills from National Bulk ing of the State Department, have Carriers. This is the second tanker purbeen approaching farm bloc Con- gressmen promising huge pur­ cliased by McLean, the other one Regular membership meet­ chases from the Congressman's being the Potrero Hills, which had ings in SIU headquarters and particular area if "50-50" is re­ been owned by an SlU-contracted at all branches are held every company but had been In lay-up pealed, second Wednesday night at Evidence that the boycott was for some time. 7 PM. The schedule for the McLean got in the shipping breaking up was seen in the con­ next few meetings is as follows: clusion of two agreements for sftle business originally through the May 18, June 1, June 15. ; of US surplus cotton to Finland purchase of Pan Atlantic and its All "Seafarers registered on Seafarer William Girardeau prepares to take a slice out of his 75th • ' for over $5 million end of sur- seven ships in'the coastwise trade the shipping list are required birthday cake as his wife stands by in their North Harwich, Massa­ • ^ plus tobacco to Great Britdid for from the Waterman Steamship to attend the,meetings Compkny. lisminibn.'-# chusetts, homed! Oltardeau la^ an SIU penshm, ot^ ^ ^ Propose 1,250-Foot 'Dreamboats' Carrying 9,000 Low-Cost Berths '50-50' Law Under Rre By Stassen Pan Atlantjc Adds Tanker Meeting Kight Everg 2 Weeks • �Undeclared $ Brings Stiff Fine In Asia Operation Spic-And-Span IS'' m llS' MOBILE—Seafarer E. L. "Walker, chief electrician, gets expert hair-cutting job from union barber J. E. Busy in Mobile SIU hall's new air-conditioned barber shop. Mobile membership finds shop a big convenience enabling them to stay in cool of hall in between job calls. Stiff penalties for seamen hold­ ing undeclared currency in the wartorn port of Saigon have been inflicted, on crewmembers of the SlU-manned Steel Admiral. Three Seafarers on the ship were fined slightly more than half of the currency in their possession, the fine in one case being $234, in addition to confiscation of the money. _ This practice is current not only in Saigon, but in other Asian coun­ tries such as India, Thailand and Indonesia. Currency in possession of the crew must be declared before arrival in these countries. In the Steel Acmiral incident, the ship was searched by authori­ ties in Saigon on February 16. The three seamen were found with un­ declared currency amounting to $73, $447, and $60 each. They were fined $37.22, $234.32 and $31.42 each in addition to having the currency confiscated. Atom Ship To Be 'Showboat' WASHINGTON—The first atomic-powered merchant ship to be built by the United States —if it is ever built—would be more of a "showboat" than a commercial vessel, according to plans announced by the Maritime Administration and the Atomic Energy Commision. The >roposed ship would cost at* [east $30 million and some submarine, because space Eestimates of its costs run as lems are not as severe. high as $80 million, a figure that is astronomically out of line with the costs of a conventional ship. Mariner class designs, in them­ selves far too expensive for ship­ owners, run $9 to $10 million each. The high cost of the ship and the purposes for which it ^ in­ tended drew immediate fire from the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee, with committee mem­ bers showing coolness toward the proposal as an expensive gimmick xather than a practical develop­ ment. Time Ripe For Change However, the president of the General Dynamics Corporation, John Jay Hopkins, who directed the building of the atom sub Nau­ tilus, has declared that the coun­ try's merchant fleet is ripe for a "widespread changeover from oil power to nuclear power." Building an atomic plant for a merchant ship would be simpler than for a prob- replacement program for C-2 and C-3 types. Cost Figures Vary The proposals for the atom-pow­ Maritime Administrator Clar­ ered merchant ship, first put forth by President Eisenhower, caught ence Morse estimated the hull cost both the Atomic Energy Commis­ at around $1214 million with the sion and the Maritime Administra­ power plant cost supposed to be tion by surprise, according to testi­ in the vicinity of $21 million. Oth­ mony before the committee. Pro­ er figures given are far higher, posed details on the ship make it raising total costs in the vicinity clear that the first vessel so built of $80 miiiion. Construction costs will be designed for domestic and of the atom sub Nautilus exceeded international propaganda purposes $150 million. Tlie plan drew immediate fire rather than for any useful func­ tion. The vessel would be com­ from Representative Sterling Cole, pleted in 19.57 at the earliest. New York Republican. The ship, Among other items the ship will he declared, would serve no use­ contain a 1,000-seat theatre, extra ful purposes in advancing atomic passenger accommodations and an energy development because the exhibition hall to parry displays reactor would be much the same for peacetime uses of atomic en­ as the one on the atomic submar­ ergy. For the time being the Mari­ ine. The expensive shipboard ex­ time Administration plans to con­ hibitions could only be viewed by vert one of its new Clipper or Sea­ people living in seaports, whereas farer designs for atomic power the same exhibits could be shown anywhere in the world to many purposes. These are the designs which the more people without putting them •Administration plans to use in any aboard a "phantom ship." Cartoon History Of The SIU T<^ of the Nd CIVIL WAR IN SAIGON—South Vietnamese preh"^ Diem and the Vietnamese Army appeared to be the vic civil War between'his forces and those of the Binh Xw army of ex-river pirates headed by the "police chief nam. Premier Diem defied orders of Emperor Bao Dai u and turn control over to an appointee of the emperor forces fought it out in the streets with the private armyand the Binh Xuyen head are reportedly business partn« gambling and prostitution enterprises. They had the s French government which opposes Premier Diem as a" a puppet of local political chieftains. US, RED CHINESE MAY NEGOTIATE—Over bitter the Chinese Nationalists and from the Republican Part; the US State Department is moving cautiously toward ne Red China over Formosa. Indications were that part of package would be transfer of the offshore islands of Quei tc the Communists in exchange for a "hands^off" Formosa. PROBLEMS PLAGUE POLIO VACCINE—After sev< children had contracted polio, inoculations were haltei from one drug company in an attempt to discover if th( was responsible. The halt threw the inoculation progi confusion. Meanwhile, demands were rising for Federal the vaccine when it became known that adults were g lions, although the- first vaccine was supposedly "reserve in the five to nine age group. Experiments are being I laboratories to check the vaccine produced while some tion programs are held up. 4;. 4. 4. DID RAINMAKING CAUSE FLOODS?—Dr. Irving 1 making expert, declared that Air Force and Army ra were very likely responsible for flood and hun-icane da that Army tests at Alamogordo, New Mexico, in 1952, ca heavy rains in the Missouri Valley and the disastrous in that year. He also blamed Air Force seeding of October, 1947, lor turning the hurricane off its north by 120 degrees, with the result that it smashed the city 4« 4- 4» AUSTRIAN TREATY PROSPECTS BRIGHTER—A the four major powers—Britain, France, US and Sovi made rapid progress toward completion of an Austri; that would provide lor withdrawal of occupation force develop, it is expected that the treaty can be comple years after the fighting ended' in Europe. 4> 3> i CONGRESSMEN SEE WIRETAP TECHNIQUES—A Subcommittee saw an impressive display of wiretap demonstration by electronics expert Bernard Spindel shown to the Congressmen were a telephone "bug," , that both records telephone conversations and eavesdn tions in the lOom when the phone is on the hook; a , up conversations in adjoining room.s; a piece of walil a printed circuit on which thumbtacks served as pi conversations; and a beaming receiver which could p: tions at considerable distances. These, and many i pressed observers with the fact that private conversatio be carried on in sign language. 4;. 4.-4;. NEW YORK POLICE HUNT BOMB-PLANTER—Af covered a home-made bomb in the Radio City Music York showplace theatre, police put a special squad t< tempt to locate the individual who has been plantin gested places in the city. The bombs consisted of piP with powder and hooked up to a timing device. Pi'ogvess in Canailn iiis I iii . vM W 'j mm: ' Si Since 1949, when it began itS; successful campaign to drive the Communists off Canadian ships, the SIU Canadian District had made great strides. At its convention in January, 1951, it showed gains of 6,000 new members and contracts for iiiland and deep-sea shipping which were setting the pace in the Dominioi^. •wm" The fierce and bloody battles with the CP-dominated Canadian Seamen's Union, in wliich Seafarers played a leading »role, had ended the stranglehold of-the Commies on Canadian shipping. The phony 1949 •>trike," which no bppa,, fide, union supported^ put ; it. out of ..bueip^ss fpr xqodJ, Seeking a genuine trade union, ex-G£ flocked to the Canadian District, enj affiliate to stabilize shipping jind cor proving conditions. Its success wasl ' stcated at. the convention,, asrdelegate| a loan by the A&G Disti'ict iii full. �SBdfARERS rac* Sts Operation Spic-And-Span Undeclared $ Brings Stiff Fine In Asia MOBILE—Seafarer E. L. "Walker, chief electrician, gets expert hair-cutting job from union barber J. E. Busy In Mobile SIU hall's new air-conditioned barber shop. Mobile membership finds shop a big convenience enabling them to stay In cool of hall in between job calls. stiff penalties for seamen hold­ ing undeclared currency in the wartorn port of Saigon have been inflicted on crewmembers of the SlU-manned Steel Admiral. Three Seafarers on the ship were fined slightly more than half of the currency in their possession, the fine in one case being $234, in addition to confiscation of the money. _ This practice is current not only in Saigon, but in other Asian coun­ tries such as India, Thailand and Indonesia. Currency in possession of the crew must be declared before arrival in these countries. In the Steel Acmiral incident, the ship was searched by authori­ ties in Saigon on February 16. The three seamen were found with un­ declared currency amounting to $73, $447, and $60 each. They were fined $37.22, $234.32 and $31.42 each in addition to having the currency confiscated. Atom Ship To Be 'Showboat' AVASHINGTON—The first atomic-powered merchant ship to be built by the United States —if it is ever built—would be more of a "showboat" tlian a commercial vessel, according to plans announced by the Maritime Administration and the Atomic Energy Commision, The ship would cost at Proposed _ least $30 million and some submarine, because space . prob­ replacement program for C-2 and C-3 types. estimates of its costs run as lems are not as severe. high as $80 million, a figure that is astronomically out of line with the costs of a conventional ship. Mariner class designs, in them­ selves far too expensive for ship­ owners, run $9 to $10 million each. The high cost of the ship and the purposes for which itjjs in­ tended drew immediate fire from the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee, with committee mem­ bers showing coolness toward the proposal as an expensive gimmick rather than a practical develop­ ment. Time Ripe For Change However, the pre.sident of the General Dynamics Corporation, John Jay Hopkins, who directed the building of the atom sub Nau­ tilus, has declared that the coun­ try's merchant fleet is ripe for a "widespread changeover from oil power to nuclear power." Building an atomic plant for a merchant ship would be simpler thah for a The proposals for the atom-pow­ ered merchant ship, first put forth by President Eisenhower, caught both the Atomic Energy Commis­ sion and the Maritime Administra­ tion by surprise, according to testi­ mony before the committee. Pro­ posed details on the ship make it clear that the first vessel so built will be designed for domestic and international propaganda purposes rather than for any useful func­ tion. The vessel would be com­ pleted In 1957 at the earliest. Among other items the ship will contain a 1,000-seat theatre, extra passenger accommodations and an exhibition hall to carry displays for peacetime uses of atomic en­ ergy. For the time being the Mari­ time Administration plans to con­ vert one of its new Clipper or Sea­ farer designs for atomic power purposes. These are the designs which the .Administration plans to use in any Cost Figures Vary Maritime Administrator Clar­ ence Morse estimated the hull cost at around $12',^ million with the power plant cost supposed to be in the vicinity of $21 million. Oth­ er figures given are far higher, raising total costs in the vicinity of $80 million. Construction costs of the atom sub Nautilus exceeded $150 million. The plan drew immediate fire from Representative Sterling Cole, New York Republican. The ship, he declared, would serve no use­ ful purposes in advancing atomic energy development because the reactor would be much the same as the one on the atomic submar­ ine. The expensive shipboard ex­ hibitions could only be viewed by people living in seaports, whereas the same exhibits could be shown anjlwhere in the world to many more people without putting them aboard a "phantom ship." Cartoon History Of The SIU • Since 1949, when it began its: successful campaign to drive the Communists off Canadian ships, the SIU Canadian District had made great strides. At its convention in January, 1951, it showed gains of 6,000 new members and contiacls for inland and deep,-sea shipping which were setting the pace in the Dominion^, Mar 1% 1«8» LOe CIVIL WAR IN SAIGON—South Vietnamese premier Ngo Dinh Diem and the Vietnamese Army appeared to be the victor in a bitter civil war between* his forces and those of the Binh Xuyen, a private army of ex-river pirates headed by the "police chief of ^uth Viet­ nam. Premier Diem defied orders of Emperor Bao Dai to resign office and turn control over to an appointee of the emperor. Instead, his forces fought it out in the streets with the private army. The emperor and the Binh Xuyen head are reportedly business partners in Saigon's gambling and prostitution enterprises. They had the support of the French government which opposes Premier Diem as anti-French and a puppet of local political chieftains. $• t if US. RED CHINESE MAY NEGOTIATE—Over bitter protests from the Chinese Nationalists and from the Republican Party's right wing, the US State Department is moving cautiously toward negotiations with Red China over Formosa. Indications were that part of any settlement package would be transfer of the offshore islands of Quemoy and Matsu tc the Communists in exchange for a "hands-off" agreement on Formosa. t '4" 4" PROBLEMS PLAGUE POLIO VACCINE—After several inoculated children had contracted polio, inoculations were halted with vaccine from one drug company in art attempt to discover if the vaccine itself was responsible. The halt threw the inoculation program into some confusion. Meanwhile, demands were rising for Federal allocations of the vaccine when it became known that adults were getting inocula­ tions, although the first vaccine was supposedly "reserved" for children in the five to nine age group. Experiments are being held in various laboiatories to check the vaccine produced while some state inocula­ tion programs are held up. 4> 4> ' DID RAINMAKING CAUSE FLOODS?—Dr. Irving Langmuir, rainmaking expert, declared that Air Force and Army rainmaking tests were very likely responsible for flood and hurricane damage. He said that Army tests at Alamogordo, New Mexico, in 1952, caused extremely heavy rains in the Missouri Valley and the disastrous flood at Omaha in that year. He also blamed Air Force seeding of a hurricane in October, 1947, for turning the hurricane off its northeasterly course by 120 degrees, with the result that it smashed the city of Savannah. 4> 4' 4- AUSTRIAN TREATY PROSPECTS BRIGHTER—Ambassadors for the four major powers—Britain, France, US and Soviet Union—have made rapid progress toward completion of an Austrian peace treaty that would provide for withdrawal of occupation forces. If no hitches develop, it is expected that the treaty can be completed shortly, ten years after the fighting ended' in Europe. 4» 4« 4" CONGRESSMEN SEE WIRETAP TECHNIQUES—A House Judiciary Subcommittee saw an impressive display of wiretap equipment in a demonstration by electronics expert Bernard Spindel. Among items shown to the Congressmen were a telephone "bug," a miniature mike that both records telephone conversations and eavesdrops on conversa­ tions in the room when the phone is on the hook; a coil which picks up conversations in adjoining rooms; a piece of wallboard' containing a printed circuit on which thumbtacks served as pickup points for conversations; and a beaming receiver which could pick up conversa­ tions at considerable distances. These, and many more items, im­ pressed observers with the fact that private conversations should ideally be carried on in sign language. 4> 4» — NEW YORK POLICE HUNT BOMB-PLANTER—After they had dis­ covered a home-made bomb in the Radio City Music Hall, huge New York showplace theatre, police put a special squad to work in an at­ tempt to locate the individual who has been planting bombs at con­ gested places in the city. The bombs consisted of pipe lengths stuffed with powder and hooked up to a timing device. Progress in Canuila The fierce and bloody battles with the CP-dominated Canadian Seamen's Union, in which Seafarers played a leading «role, had ended the stranglehold of-the Commies on Canadian shipping. The phony 1949 "strike," yvhich no bona, fide: union supported^ put ' it. out of,JausijQ^ss fpj; good; ' iVo. 89 Seeking a genuine trade union, ex-GSU members had flocked to the Canadian District, enabling the SIU affiliate to stslibilize shipping ^nd concentrate on im­ proving conditions. , Jts success was amply demon­ strated at. the convention, asi delegates voted to repay a loan by the A&G Disti'ict ih full. �V-"i- ' 'May lar, mft SEAFARERS LO€ |*arc iiereii '•i t SlU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON . • ' •— ' » In spite of opposition from some elements in Conyress, the pro­ posed atom-powered merchant ship will be constructed by the US. It will be built within two years so that mid-1957 will see the first nuclearpropelled merchant ship start on its cruises in the interest of speed­ ing the development of atoms for peace. , It's expected that a somewhat smaller number of men will be em­ ployed on'the atom-powered ship than on the conventional type of the same size. The subsidized segment of the American merchant marine is par­ ticularly interested in the outcome of the atom-powered merchant ves­ sel because they have replacemnt obligations to the US Governmentrunning to about $1.6 billion. Private operators cannot finance the exploratory work to develop the ship so that this becomes the duty of the Government. Several thousand more tons of cargo can be carried on the ship than on the conventional vessel of the same size, because bunker space and the propulsion plant will be so much less bulky. The atom-'powered merchant vessel, although it will be owned by the Government and operated by the Maritime Administration, will employ civilian officers and crewmen. The Government will train the crew to man the ship—this training may take up to a year. 4' • 4" Senate and House Committees will push forward to final approva the legislation just introduced dealing with transportation, and rec­ ommended by the special Presidential advisory committee. The legis­ lation will affect railroads, coastwlse-intexx-oastal steamship lines and trucks. However, in the proposed change in the national transportation pol­ icy, the legislation is definitely pro-railroad. It would remove the restrictions formerly in the law as to unfair and destructive competi­ tion, thereby leaving the ti-anscontinental rails completely free t« charge any rate they wish provided only that the rate is not below a minimum reasonable rate. Hardest hit by the new transportation legislation, which has the blessing of the Eisenhower Administration, Would be the trucks. . 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" 4> i- i • Currently, 11 maritime nations lead the .US in ship construction. These .are Russia, Britain, Germany, The Netherlands, Japan, France, Sweden, Italy, Norway, Spain and Denmark. Russia has 66 merchant ships on order in yards of the Western world. As to the US, the overall picture in shipbuilding and ship repair is taking a turn for the better as a result of maritime legislation passed and proposed. The prospects, at least for shipbuilding, are brighter now than they have been for several years. Ship construction authorized last year, coupled with that proposed in this year's budget, if approved by Con­ gress, and further programs outlined by the Maritime Administration and the US Navy, give indications of at least a start on a sound longrange ship construction program. Unfortunately, time has been running against the shipbuilding indus­ try in that progress on the authorized programs has been slow—too slow to halt the downward trend in employment. However, the pros­ pects are still there and it is anticipated that eventually the difficulties encountered to date will be resolved and substantial work will get under way. > More shins went to wrecking yards to be bi'ojken up for scrap the world over during 1954 than in any year since 1935. Tankers accounted for half of the 1,219,000 gross tons of merchant shipping sliced up by the cutting torch last year. More than one-tenth of the world's-tanker fleet went to the scrap yards. The US almost displaced Italy for thii'd place, by pptting the scrapper^s torch to some 94,000 gross tons of vessels. In order of tonnage scrapped during 1954, the United Kingdom was first, with Panama fol­ lowing closely. A review of the Federal budget for the coming fiscal year indicates that one of every five dollars of proposed expenditures will go for pro­ grams with economic or social objectives. Here's a quick preview oLGovernment aids (subsidies) proposed for agricultural pursuits as compared to merchant shipping. Agricultural activities will receive $2,355,120,289 as compared.to $194,901,314 for the US merchant marine. 4" 4 4 Pan Atlantic Steamship Corporation's seeking to take over the spot in tl^e intercoastal trade formerly held by Waterman's subsidiary Ar­ row Line. Pan Atlantic was purchased from Waterman earlier this year by the McLean Securities Corporation, which has now bought out Waterman itself. In any event, most of the existing intercoastal carriers will .vigor­ ously fight Pah Atlantic's efforts to get into the intercoastal trade, and it'll be some time, next year before the Interstate Commerce Conamission will get around to a final ruling on the matter. v . 4 u• 4 Cargo t Monkega From India: Seafarers Aid Salk ''j! i,' for the past two years, SIU crewmen have watched Isthmian ships at Indian ports load deck cargoes of monkeys for the US, and countless times have asked themselves, "What do they do with all those monkeys?" With the* recent release of^ up to a week. On a recent trip we the Salk polio vaccine story, had one sturdy individualist who it now becomes clear that Sea­ farers have in their own way help­ ed along an important discovery, for these are the Rhesus monkeys, used to develop the new wonder vaccine; . During the* past two years Isth­ mian ships have brought back an estimated 15 to 20 thousand monkeys. Scientists report that the organs used from each of these animals eventually can provide vaccide for nearly 1,000 persons. But the rise in the use of the Rhesus for research has its handi­ caps to pleasant living for crews aboard ship, according to Seafarer Jack "Aussie" Shrimpton, steward, who has made a half dozen or more trips with monkey cargoes aboard the Steel Ti'aveler. Typical of animals used for Zillions Of Flies polio virus are ttiese two Rhe­ In the first place, there is the sus monkeys. smell. Then there are flies. "All the way home from India there fights." Shrimpton pointed out that are. flies, millions, no, zillions of no attempt was made to segregate theni;" he said. "Of course, when the sexes at any time, and that if we didn't know what these ship­ this was done prior to loading, the ments were all about, we didn't casualty rate could be cut con­ take to the chimps too kindl.v. siderably. Now. at least, we know it was for "Directly the ship leaves the a damn good reason. Life with Indian Ocean and gets into the monkeys cannot, by any stretch Red Sea, a following wind always of the imagination, be called good develops. Then the flies come. Be­ living," he added. cause it is absolutely impossible "All Seafarers on Far East runs to keep the cages clean, the flies become more or less immune to stinks in general, but living in breed in the filth and finally take over the ship. They swarm on close proximity with 500 simians, deck, they get into the galley, herded in small cages on deck, has messhalls and foc'sles. and with­ to be sniffed at to -be believed," in a couple of days, all hands are he commented. 'fly-happy.' The method of shipping them is "Then, invariably. dysentery primitive. They are confined to small wooden cages that hold breaks out and the crew demands about 30 each, and according to the steward's head hung on a pole. the estimates of SIU crewmem- This situation is good for the next bers, casualties ran 20 to 40 per­ three days until the ship hits the cent each trip, depending on the Gulf of Suez, when the wind al­ ways changed to head-on. and season. "The chief mate would always from there the fly menace can at appoint one of the men in the deck least be kept to the after end of department the 'monkey man' and the ship. The stench still remains. "As always happens, one or two his job was to look after them dur­ ing the voyage. If he lost ten per­ of our little Rhesus friends man­ cent or less, he received a bonus age to gnaw their way out of the cages and have themselves a ball. from the company. "Most deaths occurred because This entails a monkey-hunt by "all of exposure and 'boy wants gal' hands which can last sometimes defied all efforts to catch him and while the ship was in transit through the 'Suez Canal he made his getaway by jumping overboard and swimming for shore. When last sighted, he was heading across the Sinai Desert in* search of a palm tree. Communist Outcry "The Rhesus monkey is common throughout India, but like most other forms of animal life, it is sacred to the Hindu religion. In­ creased importation of them to the US has already caused a public outcry against .the practice, and the Commtmist Party in India is trying to make the most of the sit­ uation to stir up anti-American feelings," Shrimpton concluded. After the ship's arrival in the US, the monkeys are unloaded down South, in ports like Wil­ mington, NC, and Savannah, Ga,, for transfer to the Polio Founda­ tion's conditioning center, at Okatie Farms, Pritchardville, SC. Here they are obseiwed, tested and checked regularly, until they go to the research centers and labs. Use of the Rhesus monkey in polio research followed attempts with every known domesticated animal, including cows, chickens, goats, sheep, and even some .birds. When the results were negative, the scientists had to turn to the jungle. The problem, as explained by I'esearchers at the National Found­ ation for Infantile Paralysis, is that the root of all evil as far as polio is concerned is a virus, which must have living tissue in order to grow. This is where the monkey comes in. For the manufacture of the Salk polio vaccine, the virus is grown in a liquid solution of which a primary ingredient is tissue from the kidney of a monkey which has been inoculated "with the virus. It will grow and multiply perhaps 100 times while in this state. After­ wards it is rendered non-infectious by treatment with formaldehyde and stored for luse later in making the vaccine itself. Pressmen's Affair At SIU Baltimore .Hail PIPliiiiP . r ", lilliii® > ( 4 . As previously reported by the LOG, those seamen entitled to deten­ tion benefits must now act quickly under the law. Only five months more remain within which to apply. •_ Any individual who was employed as a seaman'of a vessel registered under the JUS law or under the laws of friendly allies,* and who was a citizen of this country on and after December 7, 1941, is entitled to apply. Such seamen must have been captured, or interned, or held by the government of Germany or Japan, in World War II for any period of time after December 7, 1941, as a prisoner, internee, hostage or in any other capacity. , , . Applications should be. filed with the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, Washington 25, DC. Detention bene­ fits are jpayable at tlie rate of $60 forjeach month of internment, if the seaman was over 18 years of age at the time, or at the rate of $25 for each month if he was less tJian ,18 years old. More than 250 members and guests attended the banquet of AFL Printing Pressmen in Baltimore, whlch/vvas held at the new SIU hall in that port. The festivities, catered in the shipping hall of the SIU bulldingi were »p,on«ored j>y the local union. The SIU Baltimore hall is, headquarters for the AFL in Baltimore, Whlei^jhas ofricea in the build^. ' . ; ^ ^ ;i,.. '<4 �Page Eisht I'."' ^'-I SEAFARERS Mar 13. 1955 LOG MARITIME The world's biggest* tanker, the Onassis-owned AI-Malik Saud alAwal, was due in Philadelphia this week on her maiden jfoyage from Hamburg. The giant ship, with an oil capacity of 46,350 tons, will run from the Persian Gulf to US ports under charter by the SoconyVacuum Oil Company. . .A new radar monitor that detects objects within a 30-mile range and then automatically buzzes for the navigator has just been put on the market. The $1,500 installation also polices Question: How do you feel about itself and will issue a signal when it is not operating properly. It the new dependents' hospital and was developed by Miller Associates of Lakeville, Conn. surgical benefits? MEET THE SEAFARER / GENE LA CHAPPELLE, AB Getting ready to head back home and occasionally^ knocking off sum­ to the "north woods," his home mers and working as a lumberjack town of Marquette, Michigan, is on Michigan's heavily - forested Seafarer Gene La Chappeile. Gene north peninsula. That work pays recently paid off the Republic well, he said, provided, a man is (Trafalger) after a six month tour on piecework production with . 4. 4. 4of the oil terminals. With plenty power saws. Not the least of the Although most of her 800 passengers weren't aware of it, firefighters Fred D. Bentley, MM: In my of tank-cleaning money in his spice of lumberjacking is the were busy all day battling a serious blaze in No. 4 hold while the opinion it will be nice to have pro­ pockets, he bought himself a 195^ presence of plenty of game, in­ 27,666-ton Cunard liner Britannic continued on course three days out tection for a Oidsmobile. He intends to take cluding bears, who like to raid from New York City recently. Detectives boarded the ship on arrival m a n's family off any day now for a visit home the meatbox at night if they can. In Liverpool to investigate possible causes of the fire. Considerable whether he is and a vacation with his family. Unfortunately, he said, not damage was reported. . .Japan, formerly in jslxth place among the ashore or at sea. When he returns to»New York, he's evei-ybody in a logging crew gets world's shipbuilders, moved into fourth place during the quarter end­ I can remember going to try to grab himself a to work the power saws and some ing March 31, as Great Britain, despite declining orders, maintained one time when I Robin Line sliip to see what the property owners object to their her lead. The US trailed In 11th place. The US total of 113,760 tons of was out at sea South African run looks like. use because the equipment tends shipping being built at home is just a little more than half what Amer­ and my wife had "I've heard the Robin Line run to destroy young timber that's in ican owners are building abroad. to go to the hos­ recommended by many shipmates," the way. Logging is far from pital. When I he said, "and I want to try it to peaches and cream in any event. 4 4. 4 got back from see if it's as good as they claim Arosa Line will add a third ship to its passenger service between Sailed As Organizer Canada and Europe this July, when the 17.080-gross-ton former French the trip I had to dig down real it is." In June, 1952, Gene started sail­ liner Felix Roussel will complete her overhauling. Due to be renamed deep to pay the bill. Normally Gene doesn't ship out ing as an SIU organizer in Atlantic. the Arosa Sun, the 575-foot liner will have accommodations for 1,000 of New York, preferring to sail out He spent over two years in that 4 4 4 tourist-class travelers and 100 first-class passengers. . .Arrival of the Tomas Mojica, OS: I'm for it be- of Ports like Galveston and Mobile. fleet during the SIU campaign, 258-ioot Swedish motorship Monica Smith last month marked the open­ cause it will make things better But he thought he would try South serving as the SIU delegate on one ing oi the 1955 overseas shipping season in Detroit, Mich. The ship for us besides Africa for the first time in his sail­ ship for the greater part of the came in without any fanfare, but the next day got a big reception and the belter care ing career, so he intends to look time. After a long spell on the a tropliy for winning the annual race into port. for a good berth when he gels tankers, he's out to try freight ship the membership back. riins for a while now. will get with the 4 4 4 Started At 16 As he sees it, freight and tanker other benefit in­ The disabled Swedish taker Pegasus had to be towed nearly 800 creases. So far I runs both have advantages, de­ Although he's only 26 years old. miles to the Dutch West Indies after her rudder Jammed amidships have been lucky La Chappeile got an early start at pending what the seaman is look­ while she was passing through the Panama Canal. Two tugs took the and have not had going to sea. He was just past his ing for. "If its money you want, 12,300-ton ship under tow and brought her into port for repairs. . . any family prob­ 16th birthday when he enrolled at you can't beat a tanker job," he Union-Cnstic Mail Steamship Company has ordered a new 28,000-ton lems with hos­ the Sheepshead Bay training cen­ said. "But on the other hand, the passenger ship for its South African mail service, which will be built pitals but you ter in late 1944. At that time tlie tankers seldom- stop at any of the In Belfast, Northern Ireland. The vessel, similar to the new Edin­ can never tell about the future. maritime service was the only good ports and you don't have the burgh Castle, will be the ninth added to the Union-Castle fleet since Government service which accepted same amount of time ashore, it 1945. She will carry 700 passengers, 225 of them in first-class. 4 4 4 candidates at age 16. Shortly after all depends what's important to Valentins Jansons, eh. electri­ he enrolled, th^ Maritime Commis­ you." Personally, he enjoyed the 4 4 4 Panama Line s SS Panama has been reinstated as a passenger ves­ cian: This is the most important sion hiked the age floor because old Waterman run into North single benefit too many of the 16-year-olds were Europe and rates Hamburg as his sel alter a short-lived one-month career carrying cargo only. The that seamen can getting homesick and dropping otit favorite port, with Trieste a close rwitch-back is caused by increased traffic resulting from new legisla­ get. When you before they completed the course second. Like many other Seafarers tion that provides free home-leave travel for Government employees are out at sea, it and did Uncle Sam any good. lie was sorry to see this run go in Panama. . .Ship traffic through the Suez Canal topped the 100-milis no fun for the lion-mark for the first time in its 85-year history during 1954. The His first trip to sea was on a by the boards because of cut-rate family to be left Sun Oil tanker, signing on March competition from runawa.v-flag op­ 102.5 million-ton volume last year exceeded the 1953 figure by nearly in a spot with­ 17, 1945. Subsequently he caught erations and the low cost foreign 10 million tons, and was accounted for almost entirely by increased out being able an NMU ship and got an NMU full operations generally. 011 shipments. to get help. This In the future. Gene hopes to 4 4 4 book. The ship was the J. L. is the biggest invest in a shoreside enterprise Luckenbach and the trip, "as he Fewer icebergs than usual will get in the way of North Atlantic ship­ achievement o f recalls it, was a real lulu. When which will give him a steady bread ping this season, according to a Navy Hydrugraphic Office expert. The Welfare Plan. he paid off he dropped his NMU and butter income, so that he could decrease is forecast as a result of temperature studies and other data 4 4 4 book and started sailing with the spend most of his time ashore. gathered far South.in the Gulf Stream off Kew West, Fla., which af­ "1 know of one Seafarer who The benefits ! SIU. He's been with the Union bought himself a small apartment fects the movements of the Labrador Current off the Grand Banks at Rafael Vldal, AB: ever since. As far as he is con­ Newfoundland. . .Officers and crewmembers of a Swedish motorship for the family are the best idea cerned, dropping out of the NMU hcuse" he said, "and it seems to It means which collided with a yawl that sank with five persons aboard have yet. be working out pretty well for him. was a wise decision. refused to testify in Los Angeles at US Coast Guard hearings into the we will have the Anyway, I would keep on sailing Worked As Logger disaster. The Swedish owners of the Parramatta challenged the au­ right to bring a couple of trips a year because thority of the CG to look into the matter. An immediate application the wife and Gene spent \he next several you can't do as well ashore as you children to any for a hearing in a US District Court was filed by the CG. years sailing a variety of SIU ships can going to sea with the SIU." hospital even if we don't have the money on hand to pay for it. It will cer­ tainly make the ACROSS 4. City on Formosa 21. Costa 33. Less true A New, York State court has stone for its new Washington head­ coast 1. Life family enthusiastic for the Union. ruled that refusal fo join a union quarters building. . The building 22. North African, 34. It needs S. Man in the 5. It mans a ship port polishing where a union shop contract is in was planned before merger talks galley 4 4 4 6. Sweep 23. Sly move 35. Fathers 0. Chemical .symbol 25. Philippine 7. Ocean: Abbr. This certainly quitting a job with the CIO, but is expected te 36. Boom Ed House, AB: for iead: PI. natives without good cause. The case in­ serve as headquarteis,ior the com­ 12. City in Samoa 8. City on island 26. Rich earth 37. Urgent request will be a very good thing for the S of Florida •13. Cape 27. mater 38. Loot . married seaman, volved the unemployment insur­ bined APL-CIO organization. 9. Kind of cloth 14. Meadow • 29. 30.000-ton 40. Ship of the Bull 10. Hazard to ship 15. SlU member 4 4 4 si^i Most seamen ance claim of a machinist who was French sliip Line 17. Periods of time 11. Edge of window 30. Port in Ceylon denied benefits after he lost his Missouri "right to work" law ad­ 41. Macaw can't get ^ hos19. Enough: Poetic 16. Prefix for "not" 32. Product of the 42. Bow head 20. "Anchors " 18. Hard to pin galley p i talization job for refusal to join the Interna­ vocates took a severe setback when 45. Musical note 21. " Holiday" down through Blue tional Association of Machinists state legislative committee voted 20. River in France 23. Where Mantle (Puiilc Answer On Page 17) the measure out with a "do not plays Cross, so the (AFL). 24. Near East pass" recommendation. The .vote 4 4 4 Umon Plan will ' country 25. Not tidy Bank employees are the targets was seven to two. Farm groups take care of that 26. Louisiana; Abbr. problem. Just re­ of a new organizing drive being supported labor's stand on the bill. 28. A destroyer 29. Judith 4 4 4 cently I quali­ conducted by the Office Employees 30. Mountain pass A $1,250,000 loan has been ad­ fied for the SIU International Union in New York. 31. Indefinite Recent mergers of large banking vanced to the Gnmmunications article maternity benefit myself. 32. River in France firms have had the effect of depriv­ Workers of America by its parent 33. It's in the wake 4 4 4 ing many emp.loyees of benefits organization, the CIO, to help it 34. 'Make drunk 35. Island in Canary Dan Butts, bosun: I've been mar­ and job opportunities they for­ fight out the Southern. Bell Tele­ group ried for 13 years and it's wonder­ merly enjoyed. phone strike; The strike has been 36. Small European herrings on for oyer eight weeks in nine ful news to me 4 4 4 38. Alto that the Union While negotiations with Ford and southern states with no break in 39. Where Berra stands was able to ob­ General Motors approach the cru­ sight. Loan money will be used 40. Member of the tain hospital and cial stage, the United Automobile to provide relief and qissistance to cre^y / 43. Roiuan bronze i surgical benefits Workers has extended its contract strikers. 44. Russian moun­ for a member's with American Motors until August , 4 4 4 tain range 46. River in Spain An agreement on arbitration of wife and chil­ 12. No announcement has been 47. Hearland dren. It will made as yet of any settlement on their disputes brought to an. end 43. Danger spot 49. Place to anchor make the mar­ the UAW's demand for a guarap- one o'f the South's major strikes, the 57-day walkout on the Louis­ ried men feel at teed annual wage. DOWN case on a long ville and Nashville Railroad. 'Sev­ 1. Run into 4 44 WallalM voyage knewing that the benclU is With, President. Eisenhower on eral railroad brotherhoods were: 3. Member of th* available. crew hand, the AFL l^d the corner­ 'involvedr IHSS �" May 13, 135S^ SEAFARERS LOO V»tm NIM i j • '= 1 SEAFARERS^ tOG 'Family Trip!' Vol. XVIi, Na. 10 May 13. IfIS Publlihed biweekly by the Seafaren International Union, Atlantic A Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. JiYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address; SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer HKBBMT BRAND, Editor; RAY DRNISON, Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, rt Editor; HERMAN ARTRUR, IRWIN SRIVACK, PAUL RAWLINCI, Staff Wrilert; ANiu, NILVA, Photographer; Bnx MOODY, Qulf Area Representative. fi 120 Welfare Milestone The brand new package of welfare benefits voted by SIU , Welfare Plan trustees rates as a milestone jn the Union's drive to cushion the disastrous impact of injury and illness on Seafarers and their families. Hospitalization and surgical expenses for the farhily have been a heavy burden for all American workers. For Seafarers the problem has been ag­ gravated by the fact that all too often they have been out at " sea when a medical emergency heis arisen. Time after time it meant they had to leave the ship and fly home from far away ports so that they could attend to the needs of their families. Even then, without a payoff in their pockets, they often had a tough time meeting cash demands of hospitals, surgeons and doctors. From now on Seafarers will be able to go to sea knowing that no matter what happens, their wives and children are protected through the Welfare Plan. One of the features of the new dependents' benefits is the $50 deductible provision on the allowances-for the hospital bed and hospital expenses. The reasoning behind it is sim. ply explained. It was felt that a bill up to $50 would not constitute an unbearable burdeii on a Seafarer, but that heavy bills running into several hundred dollars or more were the ones that hurt the most. If the Plan had contracted to pay all hospital bills from $1 up, it would not have been able to make such generous allowance for hospital care, hospital expenses, surgical care and doctors' visits. The result is that the Seafarer faced with the really big expense would not have been covered as fully as the man with the minor bill. With the $50 deductible feature, the man who needs help the most will get the most help, which is as it should be. Ordinarily, the addition of these generous dependents' benefits would be considered an ample achievement. But the Welfare Plan did not stop there. Very substantial increases were also made in Seafarers' hospital benefits, in the disabil­ ity-pension for Seafarers who can no longer work, and in the death benefit. It all adds up to a package that every Seafarer can be proud of, because it .represents just about the best combination that any welfare plan can offer anywhere. $ $ $ An Sill Habit Lending a hand to other unions in beefs is an old SIU habit. The stack of plaques on the wall in headquarters and the many letters of thanks on file from other unions, both AFL and CIO, testify to that fact. Workers in unions in the maritime industry and those shoreside have been given con­ siderable assistance in a wide variety of legitimate economic beefs. Right now, it's the CIO telephone workers who are in need of help. They are locked in a grim battle with the Southern Bell Telephone Company, and the company gives every in­ dication that it is aiming for destruction of the union, the Communications Workers of America. Realizing this as a threat to all of labor. Seafarers have been out-on picketlines in various Southern ports, have dem­ onstrated on behalf of the strikers and have protested the company's union-busting attitude in communications with state officials. The roster of unions aided by the SIU is a long one. The Union is happy to add the southern telephone workers to the list. $ $ t Vaeeine And Monkeys When the details of the Salk anti-polio vaccine Were an­ nounced several weeks ago, a number* of Seafarers learned for the first time that they were cogs in the machine which promises the conquest of polio. They were the men on SIUmanned Isthmian ships who "delivered the goods"—the dirty and unpleasant task of carrying enough monkeys from India to supply vaccine which will protect millions of America's children. Monkeys, as the story in this issue shows, are just about the most unpleasant cargo ever devised. The men who worked the "monkey run" are entitled to commendation for enduring its discomforts. , It's an interesting coincidence that the March of Dimes campaign of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis has been for years the only fund-raising campaign officially .endorsed by the SIU, and Seafarers have contributed heavily < U.out^of their pockets ta that campaign. / '' ' ... Sick Seafarers If ail SnJ Plan To the Editor: Whenever the representatives of our Union sit down with the ship­ owners to work out a new contract, one thing is sure: the SIU will come out of the conference with a working agreement that will be­ come the standard for the maritime industry. On June 15 of this year, i-epresentatives o' another big maritime union will begin negotiations for a new contract. A condition being sought calls for eliminating the "inequities" in its present agree­ ment. This is another way of say­ ing, "We yvant an agreement as good as the SIU's." We mention this because the same thin^ holds true for the SIU Pension and Welfare Plan. Others Follow SIU Seafarers in New Orleans are ing to witnesses and reading writ­ In 1950 when our Plan first be­ sure to have another festive after­ ten depositions into tlie record, came operative, it was the fir.st noon some day this summer thanks was able to arrive at a decision in­ Welfare Plan worthy of the name. to the generosity of the Del Sud volving two related sets of charges, Other unions, following in the In the first instance the 3rd crew. At last report, the crew wake of the SIU, used our plan as cook of an SIU ship was accused had $458 tucked away in the pic­ a model not only for maritime but nic fund, and as the time for the by a shipmate, not a member of in other industries as well. annual event grows near, this fig­ the galley gang, of not perform­ Perhaps the most outstanding ing his duties properly, leaving ure is sure to go up. feature of the SIU Plan is the fact The Del Sud gang started these dirty pots lying around in the gal­ t';at it is self-administered. ley and falling short on the job in Under this type of administra­ picnics a couple of years ago and other re.spects. In his defense the they proved to be so popular that tion, the needs of the membership 3rd cook offered depositions from are quickly recognized, with the they've quickly become a tradi­ the chief steward and others that tional SlU event. It's one of the result that no time is lost in mak­ he performed all his duties regu­ few occasions that many of the ing adjustments in our Plan to larly and that the galley was kept Seafarers in and around New Or­ meet changing conditions. Hospi­ in tip-top condition. The steward leans have a chance to get together talized or disabled members never also expressed the opinion that the socially with their shipmates and lose touch with their Union. Should charges were a personal beef in­ families for an afternoon of good an emergency arise, personal con­ volving friction between individ­ tact with representatives of the eating, dancing and entertainment. uals and having nothing to do with It's all a lot of hard work for Union is easily arranged. the man's work. members of the Del Sud gang who There are no long waits, as there After hearing testimony from handle the arrangements, so here's are in some other unions, while all parties concerned, the com­ members' problems go through a a vote of thanks to them in ad­ mittee was of the opinion that the vance. maze of insurance company red charges were frivolous and should 4^ AR 4" tape. never have been brought before it One item that's always welcome, To those of us here at Manhattan particularly on a under the Union constitution. Ac­ Beach, the announcement of a long ocean voy­ quittal of the defendent was rec­ probable increase in the weekly age, is a motion ommended. hospital benefits, disability and The committee then had to con­ picture projector death benefits, and • the family and a few reels sider charges that were filed hospital plan, comes as exceedingly against the accuser in the above of mavie film. good news. Movies can be case. He in turn, was accused of Many of us have been here for the highlight of unauthorized in­ five years, some for far longer. any long trip be­ terference with Never in that time has our Union cause after a the work of the failed to provide for us financially. while, checkers, galley force as Welcome Surprise Travis cards, records well as a second When our weekly benefits and books start getting pretty charge of assault. reached the sum of $15 for as long as we were hospitalized, we felt stale. - Crewmembers of the Robin on the chief that they would remain there per­ Kettering were fortunate in that steward. In this instance manently! Now with talk that they their chief electrician, Fred L. the defendant Travis, handled the movie projec­ will rise to $21 per week for the was found guilty Gaylord duration of our stay at the ho.spital, tion problem in fine style. on both counts Travis, a New Yorker by birth it is difficult for us to express our gratitude—not only for this in­ and residence, joined the SIU .in and subject to fine. The commit­ Savannah on July 2, 1941. He will tee emphasized that the nature of crease but for others. We wish we could personally celebrate his 53rd birthday this the charges ordinarily might justi­ fy a severer penalty but that the thank all the brothers responsible month. good record of the defendant was foi providing for us in the past and 4" J" 4 On-the-beam steward depart­ considered. in the days that lie ahead. The committee further stressed Consequently, at a meeting held ments were a favorable shipboard that it was Union policy not here on the afternoon of May 4, feature of the Del Aires (Missis­ and violence the member-ship unanimously sippi) and the John B. Waterman to tolerate fights while crewmembers were working agreed to have a letter drafted to (Waterman). The galley gang, on express our thanks, to be signed the Del Aires was given a "rousing aboard ship, and recommended by each member at the hospital. vote of thanks," while the Water­ that the Union seek out another Some day medical science will man crew commented on the "ex­ crewmember who was believed to probably find the answer to tuber­ cellent job" done by the steward have provoked the assault and culosis as it has to polio. Until that department. These two sound like notify him that his behavior was not to be tolerated. day it is a source of hope and good feeders off the face of it. The membership-elected com­ encouragement to know that we 4 4 4 have the SIU in our corner. A headquarters trial committee mittee members who handled the Signed by 27 Seafarers at Manhat­ last week had a real Gordian knot case were Seafarers E. C. House, tan Beach Hospital. Forwarded by to untangle, but after hearing Sam Phillip. N. Gaylord, S. P. hospital delegite Vic MUaato. claims and cQugter-clalms.^Usten-; t^impton and Nick-Qmlco^ I Vot( rj"". ' ' Thanks ^1 �- •• SEAFARERS • Fate Ten IOC ONG after the age of sail is supposed to have ended on the seas, a number of die­ hard ivindjammefs are still to be seen from time to time along the ocean highways. Some are naval or merchant marine train­ ing ships; others are traders, some' are deep tea trawlers, and a few are jailing yachts. Strangely enough, one of these vessels is ^ fairly new ship and she flies the American flag, the only squarerigg^ under American registry. y. . This "newcomer" to the ranks of sail is the 295-foot bark Eagle,' which is sailed out of New London, Conn., during the summer months by cadets of the US Coast Guard Academy on transatlantic cruises. One of two large steel barks built in the 1930s by Adolph Hitler for naval training. Eagle was named Horst Wessel before the United States acquired her as war repara­ tions. This steel bark is a lofty and finelined vessel with a diesel for auxiliary power. Ambassador's Yacht Until recently one of the world's finest sailing ships was the diesel auxiliary bark Sea Cloud, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davies of Washington, DC. He was the for­ mer Ambassador to Russia. For about three years now, Sea Cloud has been tied up—a victim of high costs and high taxes. Another pre-war, German training ship, the Magdalen "Vinnen, was taken by the Rus­ sians after the war and is probably still be­ ing used by them in some capacity or other. Norway has two handsome sailing ships for merchant marine officer training; the three-mast bark Sorlandet and the 192-foot, ' full-rigged ship Christian Radich, both built in 1937. During the war the Germans used the Radich as a depot ship for U-boats. She survived the war and, upon extensive recon­ ditioning, again became the "Queen" of the Norwegian merchant marine. She visited New York in 1948 on a cruise with cadets. Another notable Norwegian windjammer is the three-mast auxiliary bark Statsraad Lehmkuhl of Bergen, a 258 footer built in L r'- — • \- •' > ^ "3F • .' S #?ii:j||l^ii:iii3 " ^x-vr.K-XvrvSy-AS® J I- ' Tfsas * f/f "'' -I '"'liii •, • IP. 'it-.... 4 " k''' yf %l-: • • teZ;: . While the age of the windjammer is long since past, these two barks are among several that are still in active use. Above is the hark Eagle, the only square-rigged ship under the American flag, which is used by the Coast Guard as a training ship. The Eagle sails out of New London each summer with a ship­ load of Coast Guard cadets. At right is the steel-hulled bark Sagres, a Portuguese ship which toured New England ports some years ago and received a rousing reception. Most active windjammers are either private yachts or training ships. V--! ' May 13, 13S5 , ^a L ^ �I sni'^Fi^' «ssi.iss^thf^fce^ mmm —'6 wiejr f « Spain I Iif ^""•»' Sabastian Elcano fnr named th« «"d Portugal has thiT'"? "«val office erTv' . . yo3rs ago'nniAwEn*!'"'; anr? -^ogland portsS sptr II Paareirtt' 5~ T-Sa a™bVd^''- Pi»ii ' 'C4t J^etch Atlant7s°"whi^h"^-'®7"^"^®^s « the bif S,°4T"iSfP'^'P 'Seareh ou? o/w™^ iah-bum'"veaferr®'' "•« >nneh of h|r fL^f, " ™^i'4y 42"- at Seattle and is ^^a'ay members and the mer yacht of H K Ha L .Westward, forNorti Atlantic' speS f?oiT°'' Hale, the Imer United States/ now held by PortuS'UAsa mers. — auxiliary windjam- three-mSst/'teak' bS4l'"''" 127-foot »«n. Burraa, and Iflf"''" at Moulouif »' Iiafg4 atm «"«. a few .qua?e?fgge^''SoSa'S 'e6^^^DeIore the The i4fl.fn«+ _x- , .. »chooner^OiCeau DI^T ,^^^®®-niast atixiliarv Of TahitfiX'sS &ar®0"0 '"S ." i' amy If LeXn' wSofj" 'net^aado4 fe-fwaprit, Amerilo VeenuS' '''a .b"«t ta 1930 ^'^AJ" PolomL? TL2 w"f fli-from SdJ^aauang ^'' ggg all-from thJ thJSded oast ooaat 4ts te To?;''" visited SS m»dous refepL" ^ every port of call. ^^®^°-Aniericans Amerman calling Which runs tn T>—, ® ^"gantine IWari^^. • •"'"' V/,' •"^•;f,/. �if'- SEAFARERS Pare Twelva LOG Mmy 13, 13SS PORT MUSPORTS. .. . ..... as Mungo, Robert Kennedy, Curt San Francisco: Borman, John Powers, Jessie A. Clarke,' V. B. Cooper, Ben L. Bono, N. M. Jones, Raymond Solheim, Norman Jackson, C. Virgin and S. A. Rodgers. Earl Sheppard A new service has been added Things are moving along very Shipping for the past two weeks Baltimore Port Agent at the hall for the convenience of nicely down here, as shipping has has been very good in this port as the membership, and that is a 244^ i i more than held even with the num­ we shipped more men than we hour laundry and dry cleaning Houston: ber of men registered during the registered. It should remain good facility. All you need do is drop last two weeks. your laundry down the drop and since we have several payoffs save all unnecessary handling of it. This activity was caused by the scheduled and one tanker due in In the recent municipal election arrival of the following Cities by next week. here, all SlU-supported candidates Service wagons: Bradford Island, The Coast Guard is actively en­ went into office—100 percent. Shipping perked up quite a bit Winter Hill, Fort Hoskins, Logans forcing its new rule of permitting Shipping in Baltimore has de­ during the past period as we Fort, Archers Hope, Chiwawa, clined slightly, primarily because crewed up the Marie Hamlll only one blue, ticket AB on deck, Cantigny, plus the Bradford Island, so those men who have not gone crews seem to be remaining on Fort Hoskins and Chiwawa again. board longer. We have hopes of (Bloomfield) and the Royal Oak up, for their green tickets should We also had the Del Valle (Mis­ several ships crewing up in the (Cities Service). do' so Immediately. Some of the sissippi) in Port Arthur, Texas; near future, and others stopping We now have two bids on the brothers have missed out on good Val Chem (Valentine), in Orange, over in transit which may need installation of an air-conditioning Jobs because they didn't have one. Texas, and the Del Rio (Missis­ replacements. unit at the hall. As soon as we sippi) right here. All the. above , We find a lot of ships coming Ships paying off recently were get the third one, we will submit each took a few men. in lately with a bunch of petty the Elizabeth, Mae, Emelia and Locally, the Metal Trades Coun­ Evelyn (Bull); Bethcoaster, Portmar them all for approval by head­ beefs that could be handled right cil (AFL) is still locked in a dis­ (Calmar) and Oremar, Cubore, quarters, 80 that we can get this on the ship by the delegates. Since pute with the Cities Service re­ Baltore, Marore, Santore, Chilore hall cooled off in the near future. we have a new set-up on delegates, and there are more of them elected finery over a new and Oremar (Ore), A proposal at the last Central on each vessel, contract, but is Signing on w^re the Oremar, Trades (AFL) meeting in this city delegates should d e t e rmined to Cubore, Venore, Baltore, Marore, be able to han­ keep plugging Oremar (Ore); had quite a few of us worked up, dle many of these away until it is but we finally squelched it to stop Bethcoaster, Texminor items on signed. mar (Calmar); it from getting any further. ^ The the spot. Tlic telephone idea was to allow the old ILA and Steel Rover, Ships that paid workers are still Steel Executive some CIO unions to take part in off here during out in this area an AFL parade. We wouldn't en­ (Isthmian), and the last period a.s well as the Seacloud (Amer­ dorse ILA'participation at all and were the Choc­ rest of the state, we non-concurred to kill the idea. Strickland ican Merchant taw (Waterman) and have the sup­ Simpson Future shipping out of here Marine). and the George port of all labor groups behind looks questionable as far as regu­ Making stop­ Lawson (Pan-Oceanic). The them. The Lake Charles Central overs were the larly scheduled payoffs are con­ Choctaw and Coeut d'Alene Vic­ Lewallen Labor Council (AFL) is already on Bethcoaster, cerned, although the Oceanstar tory (Victory Carriers) signed on. record to give them all-out aid Yorkmar and Pennmar (Calmar); (Dolphin) a^d a few surprise visits We also had a good share of inwhere and whenever it is needed. Roamer, Partner, Ranger and could change all that. transits, including the following; For our "Seafarer of the Week" During the past period, the Seamar, Massmar, Marymar (Cal­ Puritan (Alcoa); Ocean Nora we nominate Brother Herbert (Ocean Transportation); DeSoto, Catherine (Dry Trans) also paid mar); Ocean Dinny, Ocean Ulla Strickland, who was very active Iberville (Pan Atlantic); Santa off and signed on, and we had the (Ocean Ti-ans); Wacosta, Fairland, during the Atlantic drive and is Venetia (Elani); Fairisle (Water­ following ships in transit: Stony Beauregard, City of Alma, Bien­ now sailing coastwise on a Cities man); Dorothy, Hilton, Jean (Bull); Creek (American Ti-amp); Del ville, Jean Lafltte (Waterman). Service tanker. Born in the great and Robin Doncaster (Seas Ship­ Viento, Del Rio (Mississippi); Re­ Among the brothers of our last state of Texas, he holds the rates public (Trafalgar); Alexandra meeting was Seafarer Wallace K. ping). of OS, wiper and 3rd cook and is Baltimore's "man of the month" (Carras); Seatrains Texas, Savan­ Simpson, who is now attending quite a versatile guy. His ship­ is Joseph Lewallen, who sails in nah, New Jersey, New York (Sea­ Stanford University at Palo Alto mates say he can fill in any place the deck department. Brother train); Steel Architect (Isthmian); as one of four winners of a $6,000, and do a top job at it. Lewallen has been sailing as an Fairisle (Waterman), and Royal four-year scholarship awarded by We are happy to report that we AB for a number of years on SIU- Oak (Cities Service), the SIU Welfare Plan last year. have no brothers in any of the C. M. Tanneblll cbntracted ships and has always Marty Breithoff local hospitals. Houston Port Agent conducted himself as a real union West Coast Rep. We also don't have many on the man should. beach either, but among those here He has just been released from are J, F. Mapp, Johnny Mitchell, the mai'ine hospital and is very Dugie Cox, "Doc" Peralta, "Big enthusiastic about the new increase Otto" Pedersen, Nick Manuel, Jake in benefits. He says that it' will Nash, Tex Alexander and our old undoubtedly come in mighty handy standby, "Swede" Hellman. for the boys, especially those who Leroy Clarke have families. Lake Charles Port Agent Speaking-of hospitals, let's give 3. i 4. a thought to those less fortunate than ourselves and drop a note or New York: card with a cheering word to some ot the brothers at the USPHS Hos­ Shipping for Seafarers under the new seniority hiring syspital, Wyman Park Drive, Balti­ tern was very good throughout the A&G District during the more 18, Md. Those still on the sick list are: past two week shipping period. Jobs went a-begging for John Schultz, Fred Pittman, Robert Class A and Class B men. To-' We are pleased to report that Lipscomb, William Mellon, John tal jobs shipped were 1,053 everyone is happy around this Simpson, Juan Parodi, George against 1,156 men registered. these, the greater proportion—59 port. The weather is fine and Anderson, Leslie J. Brilhart, Seven out of every 100 jobs out of a total of 83 Class C men shipping is good. The boys on the Charles Jenkins, E. Rhoads, Thom­ shipped went to Class C men. Of .shipped—got their jobs in the West Coast ports of Wilmington, San Francisco and Seattle, where job opportunities for SIU Class A and Class B men were especially abundant this period. Overall, the figures show that 649 Class A men and 321 Class B men shipped out, y^ith the 83 Class Registered C men taking jobs which A and B Deck Eng. Eng. Staw. Stew. Total Total Total . Total Total' PORT ABA men had turned down. B A B A B Reg. A B Boston 9 3 3 2 8 4 18 9 27 On the basis of shipping figures New York gl 21 49 25 80 34 190 200 70 Class X men have far more jobs Fliiladulphia 23 7 13 8 14 11 50 24 74 available to them than takers and Baltimore 31 13 49 20 38 21 135 56 191 Norfolk g 2 4 thus have the best Job protection 8 4 3 16 , 11 27 Savannah 5 3 7 in the industry. Class B men in 4 3 2 15 9 24 Tampa 10 g 4 8 11 15 25 26 51 the SIU are equally fortunate, Mobile 22 4 2S 7 18 64 8 17 81 with more jobs for them than New Orleans 36 g 23 13 34 22 93 43 136 takers as well. Houston. ...' ... 25 11 10 10 8 41 7 28 69 Under the SIU's new hiring sy.sSeattle 17 2S 9, 19 8 10 34 55 89 tem, the job security and protection San Francisco .... 20 11 17 11 14 IS 51 37 88 18 118 Wilmington 10 5 g of Class A and Cl'ass B men en­ 9 8 1 24 15 39 11 83 Deck Deck Eng. Eng. Stow. Stew. Total Total Total Pack Pack . Total Total Total Total sures them of continued ipreferen' A B A B A B A B Reg. ,A B A • C Shlp.( tial shipping on the basis of their 137 232 t41 ' 7S# 'I- 400 l.ISS ' ) 83 l.esh" .9ectititJiyjydig£^e^nioB contraqL 277 M• •»w Lake Charles: Metal Trades Seek CS Refinery Pact |; '"r. Atl's Welt; Weather, Shipping Both Geed beach here seem to be Jiving well and enjoying their stay ashore. In addition, for the first time in some months we have jobs re­ maining on the board for two and three calls with no takers, which is very unusual to say the least. We only hope things continue this way. Almost all of the ships are com­ ing in now in very good shape, with the,crews doing a bang-up job and taking an active interest in their Union's affairs. Most of them are receiving the new min­ utes' forms which are being sent out by headquarters and are hold­ ing meetings and taking action on all items as they come up. If all oi the crews on SIU ships will follow these forms and take the proper action by sending in their recommendations and beefs, we will be able to screen these minutes and, in turn, take action to provide the best possible rep­ resentation ashore. New System We are now in the process of setting up a new system for han­ dling these beefs and answering the communications as they come in from the ships, so evei-ything should be operating smoothly from here on in. On the waterfront end, we paid ^off a total of 24 ships in the past 2 weeks, signed 6 on foreign articles and serviced 10 in-transit ships. There were no major beefs on any of these ships and every­ thing was settled at the point of production. The following were the ships paid off; Seatrains Georgia, Sa­ vannah, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York (Seatrain); Sea Cloud (Seatrader); Ranger, Roamer (Al­ coa); Queenston Heights (Seatrade); Val Chem (Valentine); Robin Kettering, Robin Doncaster, Robin Trent (Seas Shipping); Jeff­ erson City Victory (Victory Car­ riers); Val Chem (Valentine) Steel Rover, Steel Executive, Steel Admiral (Isthmian); Angelina, Kathryn, Suzanne (Bull); Logans Fort, Cantigny, Bradford Island (Cities Service). Ship.s signed on were the Pega­ sus, Ranger, Roamer (Alcoa); Robin Sherwood (Seas Shipping); Jefferson City Victory (Victory Carriers) and Steel Worker (Isth­ mian). In transit to the port were the following: Puritan, Planter, Part­ ner (Alcoa); Bethcoaster, Yorkmar, Portmar ( C a 1 m a r ); Iberville, Chickasaw (Pan Atlantic); Edith (Bull); Seatrain Texas (Seatrain). , Claude Simmons Asst. Sec'y-Treas. Baltimore: Union Voles Gounl In Ciiy Eloelions 06 Glamping Down On Bine TIekel ABs Old ILA Barred. From AFL Parade Seafarers Enjoy Good Shipping In All Ports A&G District Shipping Reear4 iv : -|r.;;'::e.'::i-ir o:.-A �SEAFARERS Mar 13. 19S5 Pac* TliirfeeB LOG .. PORT ttEPOBTS Mobile: Strikes Due To 'Work' Law, Governor Says 1 New recreational facilities have been added in our new building since our last report to the LOG. Three new pool tables are in the downstairs rccrcat/ion deck ^>nd also other new gear. The barber shop and shoeshine stand are oper­ ating from 8 AM to 5 PM on the ground floor, where the lounge and TV room have been completed. As soon as materials are avail­ able, we will complete the second deck lounge and TV room and the top deck facilities. Supplies are being held up by the freight strike on the railroad. This strike, on the L & N, and the telephone strike, are still going on, and both these unions say they will stay out until they win their demands. Alabama's Governor Folsom has spoken out in favor of the strikers, urging them to try and get together with Jhe company without sacrificing any of their demands. He blames both strikes on the infamous "right-to-work" law and has urged its outright re­ peal. We have pledged all-out support to both of these unions in their fight to obtain better conditions and wages. _ Payoffs Paying off here in good shape were the Monarch of the Seas and Goiden City (Waterman); Gulfwater (Metro) and the Corsair and Polaris (Alcoa). Signing on were the Golden City, Polaris and Cavalier. The Steel Age (Isthmian) was in transit. Prospects for the next two weeks look a little brighter. Waterman business has been at a virtual standstill pending the sale completion, and is expected to pick up when it is settled. ' The Gulfwater (Metro) is laid up, and is expected to take a crew shortly. Due to hit port for payoff or in transit are the Monarch of the Seas; Corsair, Pennant, Pilgrim, Pegasus, Pioneer, Patriot, Partner, Clipper, Corsair (Alcoa) and the Afoundria and Claiborne (Water­ man). Russell The Mobile branch wishes to extend its deep­ est sympathy to Brother Claude "Lefty" McNorton and his family, as his mother passed away last week, and to the family of James E. Rounsavall, who died recently. Brother Rounsavall sailed in the steward department and is sur­ vived by a wife and two children. For "Seafarer of the Week" we nominate Brother Lawrence Rus­ sell, who has been with the SIU since 1938. He is single and makes his home on the outskirts of Mo­ bile, where he indulges his favorite sport of fishing when on the beach. Having seen all the SIU head­ quarters buildings since its incep­ tion, Brother Russell is extra proud of our new building, which he says is one of the finest union halls in this section of the coun­ try. His favorite among the Union benefits is the disability care. He says it assures a man that he will be taken care of in his later years. Felipe Reyes, chief steward of the Snack Bar, has been pepping up the appetites of the members on the beach with such dishes as chop suey and Chinese fried rice, which are added to the menus along with the regular items such as steak and ham and eggs.Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent 4" t 4" Seattle: Beefs Are Sellled On Overlinie, Storing Approximately 80 hours of over­ time was disputed when the Jean Lafitte (Waterman) paid oft here, but the overtime has been col­ lected. It was for the deck de­ partment standing watches in holds to prevent pilfering of the cargo by natives overseas. On the John C. (Atlantic Car­ riers), tliere was a question about company promises regarding storing-and repairs at the sign-on, and this also was settled to the crew's satisfaction. Both the Jean Lafltte and the John C. paid off and signed on, as did the Waryior (Waterman). The John C. had made an eightmonth trip. Prospects for the future here also look good, with three payoffs coming up. Ships in transit were the Raph­ ael Semmes, Fairland and Choc­ taw (Waterman); Seamar (Calmar) and Lewis Emery Jr. (Victory Car­ riers). Oldtimers on the beach at pres­ ent are C. Wallick, H. Peeler, W. Bilger and G. Glennon. Men in marine hospitals are P. Cogley, J. Dewell, W. Fick, A. L. Grillo, S. Johannessen, M. Musashi and U. K. Ming. Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent 3ioney Exchange Hates Listed The following is the latest available listing of official ex­ change rates for foreign cur­ rencies. Listings are as of May 12. 1955, and are sub­ ject to change without notice. England, New Zealand, South Af­ rica: S3.80 per pound ateiiing. Australia; $2.24 per pound sterling, Belgium: 50 francs to the dollar'. Denmark: 14.45 cents per krone. France: 350 francs to the doUar. German^: 4.2 marks to the dollar. Holland; 3.7-3.8 guilders to the dollar. Italy: 624.B lira to the dollar. Norway: 14 cents l>er krone. Portugal: 28.75 cscudos to the dollar. Sweden: 19.33 cents per krona. India: 21 cents per rupee. Pakistan: 50.22 cents per rupee. Argentina: 14.2 pesos to the doUar. Brazil: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro. > Uruguay; 52.63 cents per peso. Vepezuela: 29.85 cents per bolivar. SIU^ A&6 District BALTIMORE 1218 E. Baltimore St. Earl Slieppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. C. Tannehill, Acting Agent Preston 6558 LAKE CHARLES, La 1419'Ryan St. Leroy Clarke, Agent HEmlock 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrertoe St. Cal Tanner. Agent . HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 823 BienvUl* St Lindaey Williaaia. Agent " MagnoUa 8112-6113 NEW VORK 678 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYacint^ 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ban Reel. Agent • MAdison 2-9834 PHILAUELPKIA 337 Market St. S. Cardullo. Agent » Market 7-1638 SAN FRANCISCO 480 Harrison St - Dougiai 2 5478 Marty RreisfeaJ. WeM Coazt Rsi-Tesoftittlv* New Orleans: Seafarers Aidlabor's 'Phene Strike Parade Seafarers who were dn the beach and aboard sh^is in the harbor on April 28 are entitled to a big hand for the manner in which they pitched in to help make the united labor parade on behalf of the strik­ ing workers of Southern Bell Tele­ phone a success. The telephone workers in nine Southeastern states have been on strike for nine weeks and are deserving of the fine support they are getting from other unions in this beef. The life of their union is on the line. From all accounts, Mississippi Shipping Co. is doing all right in the financial department. At the annual meeting of stockholders, the company reported 195^.was a "very satisfactory" year. Earnings were $2,237,405 in 1954 as com­ pared with $1,489,198 in 1953. Gross revenue in 1954 amounted to $20.6 million as compared with $18.6 million in the pi-evious year. As for other hews of Seafarers in this port, we hear that Brother Donald Dambrino is preparing to do something about Dambrino a steadily - e.vpanding waistline. Dambrino now weighs in at a robust 282 pounds and is reported to be preparing to go^ into the USPHS hospital here and stay on an enforced diet until he drops down to an even 230. Edward J. Brevier, Paul Turner, Frank Edmonds, Edward H. Burns and Erskin Sims were admitted to the hospital recently. We hops they will be able to report com­ plete recovery soon. William Grimes,. George Kipg, ,Tames O'Kecfc and Harvey E. ^hero are still convalescing, but hope to be able to make the ship­ ping list soon. James Mason, Harry Wolowitz and Michael Romalho were discharged from the hospital and are waiting their turn to ship out. Shipping Slow Shipping continues on the slow side. Since our last report we have 5 payoffs, 3 Ships signed on and 14 hit here in transit. The Del Valle and Del Sud (Mississippi), Madaket (Waterman) and Chickasaw and DeSoto (Pan Atlantic) paid off. The Dei Viento, Del Sud and Del Rio (Mississippi) signed on. Ships that called here in transit were the Clipper, Patriot, Corsair and Polarus (Alcoa); Lawrence Vic­ tory, Del Viento and Dei Rio (Mis­ sissippi); the Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana (Seatrain); Monarch of PUERTA de TIERRA. PR Pelayo 51—La .• Sal Colls, Agent Phone 2-S99F SAVANNAH A..3 Abercorn St A. Micheiet. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jen\ Gillette. Agent liUliott 4334 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St Tom Banning, Agent Phone 2-1323 WILMINGTON. Calif 805 Marine Ave. Ernest Tilley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS... 878 4tb Ave., Bklyn SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST. SECRfcTARV-TREASURERS, C. Simmons, Joint J. Algina, Deck W. Hall. Joint J. Volpien, Eng. R. Matthews. Joint E. Mooney. Std. HONOLULU... PORTLAND... the Seas, Golden City and Clai­ Savannah: borne (Waterman); Margarett Brown (Bloomfield), and the Edith (Bull). Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans, Port Agent We were called on to represent t. i tone of our members before a US Tampa: Coast Guard hearing officer, re­ cently. Sentence was suspended, but the interesting part of this hc&ring was the fact that the offense occurred over three years The new ships' meeting forms ago and was just brought to a and bulletins sent out from head­ hearing. This serves as a warning quarters every two weeks are mak­ to all to keep out of the official ing a hit with the crews coming log, as the Coast Guard is really in to this port. There has been a cracking down. The- Southstar and Southport lot of talk on the subject and (South Atlantic) paid off here, and the reaction is all favorable. One of the main reasons they the Southstar signed on. Ships in transit were the Chi­ like the idea is that now all the news and beefs from the • ships wawa (Ciities Service); Robin Sher­ wood (Seas Ship­ will be easier to explain at their ping); Steel Ro­ end and simpler to interpret when ver (Isthmian), they come ashore. and Seatrains The new welfare increases an­ Georgia and Lou­ nounced at the meeting also got isiana (Seatrain). a great reception and the member­ Shipping looks ship adopted a vote of thanks to dismal for the all officials. coming two-week Shipping i.s fair and is expected period. to remain fair for the coming pe­ Qne beef, re­ Bryant riod. Although we had no payoffs garding the bosun and sign-ons for the second two- and deck maintenance men sand­ week period in a row, we did have ing, scraping and removing varnish a f«w in-transits. from wheelhouse doors, was The DeSoto and Iberville (Pan settled on the Southstar in favor Atlantic) were both in twice, along of the men involved. with the Chiwawa (Cities Service*; At the last meeting, a motion Golden City, Fairisle (Waterman), was made by Herman "Buster" and Chickasaw (Pan Atlantic). Bryant to the effect that head­ Tom Banning quarters should have reprints of Tampa Port Agent the record of the Senate Labor 4 4 4 Committee hearings on the Cities Boston: Service organizing drive given wider distribution. He pointed out that all the membership should read about the battle the SIU waged to bring Union conditions to this fleet. He suggested copies Alcoa will start a new .service be put on all SlU-contracted ships from here May 20 with the sailing and in all SIU halls. of the Alcoa Roamer. Ports of call Brother Bryant is a comparative at Puerto Rico have been named as newcomer to the SIU. having been San Juan. Mayaguez and Ponce. ai'oimri ahuut .six years, but he has Alcoa advised that the move to seen his share of action on many Boston is made by the company to picket lines and has engaged in provide one of the nation's main some of the Union's toughest beefs. manufacturing centers with export He was highly pleased with the transportation to supply Puerto announcement of the new Welfare Rico's expanding consumer market. benefits that SIU members will Quite a few ships have been in transit, and most of them took now receive. On the beach at present are R. C. on a few men. Generally, shipping Grimes, Steve Poole. M. J. has slowed down in this port. There were three recent payoffs, "Shorty" Akins, Jimmy Lee. Bob by the SS Ann Marie (Bull). SS Fagler, Charlie Lee. Aubrey Republic (Trafalgar) and the SS Smith, Ed Searcey, Johnny Bragg. Tony Parker, Bill Hamilton and Alexandra (Carras). Ships in transit were the Robin G. B. Gapac. Men in the marine hospitals are Kettering and Robin Doncaster (Seas Shipping); Fairisle (Water­ Rufus L. Fields, Jimmie Littleton, man); Winter Hiy (Cities Service), Tommie Moore, Ernest Webb, John and Steel Rover, Steel Admiral H. Morris, Gerald Perdomo. Wil­ liam G. Gregory, Lucius De Witt, and Steel Seafarer (Isthmian). Boston weather has finally Henry "Skeets" Lanier, Clyde changed to the better after 17 days Jernigan, Albert H. Schwartz and Jack Henley. of rain. A. Micheiet James Sheehan Savannah Port Agent Boston Port Agent Coasi Guard Now Cbacking Old Logs New Meeling Forms Greeted Favorably -I • "I Roamer to Launch Alcoa PR Service IIII;HMOND. CALIF SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE WILMINGTON NEW YORK 257 5th St Phone 2599 .*450 Harrison St. ^ Douglas 2-8363 2505 1st Ave Main U290 505 Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-66QO Canadian District MONTREAL 834 St. James St. West PLateau 8161 HAUFAX. N.S 128'A HoUls St. Phone: 3-8911 FORT WILLIAM.... 11814 .Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. SUP Ontario Phone: 5591 ...16 Merchant St. TORONTO. Ontario 872 King St. E. ' Phun» 5-8777 EMpirt 4-5719 UTH Cormorant St. .313 N. W. Everett St. VICTORIA. BC Bmpiio 4531 4m VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. Pacilic 71124 304 Charlotte St. Phone (>:i-(8 BAGOTVILLE. Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD. Ontario .. 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote Oe La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St. NB Phone: 2-5232 SYDNEY. NS Great Lakes District ALPENA , 133 W Fletcher Phone: 12.iHW BUFFALO NY CLEVELAND 180 Main SL 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE Phone; Main 1-0147 Phone: Cleveland 7391 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Headquarters Phone: Woodward l-b?57 UULUTH 531 W Michigan St Phono: Melrose 2-4119 SOUTH CHICAGO... 3281 E. «. PhoB9; JEmx •;] -"v • �SEAFARERS tdC '• rake Fourteen 3^-. • • Seafarer Visiti:Pisa fcY; • , It' fi:u- fS^. • ••KisiSi-s® : ws.;*;?;:- •f "YPiPif .iptpPY i-' ;;':aii«fSi^ : - axail SIU member Melvin L'Esperance (right), carpenter on thp SS Lawrence Victory (Mississippi), sees the sights in Pisa, Italy, with Ernest J. Hendry (left), Lawrence Victory 2nd mate, and radio operator Howard Stuart. In the background is the Baptistry of the cathedral at Pisa. The famed Leaning Tower is located near-by behind the cameraman taking the picture. ' v Lifeboat Gives Way During Sea Fire Drill A defective lifeboat davit was revealed during a recent fire and boat drill aboard the Queenston Heights (Seatrade). During the drill, at sea, on April 19, the lifeboats were be­ ing swung over the side in the+ customary manner when the "The above was mentioned," number four boat carried Brother Sheehan notes, "to alert away. The incident is reported in the minutes of the latest Union meet­ ing aboard the Queenston Heights. Brother Daniel Sheehan reports that the bolts on the foot of the boat were crystalized. Crashed Into Sea "The forward davit carried into the sea as soon as the lifeboat was put into motion," Sheehan reports. It took the boat with it. "The after davit bent up like a pretzel," he went on. "The en­ gines were stopped and we man­ aged to salvage the boat and the davits." The boat was stove-in and had been held by the sea painter. Fortunately no one was injured, although if the same thing had Sheehan happened during a genuine emergency, the result may have been tragically different, I I'f OFF WATCH " I •I Pets can be a great pleasure Tilts feature is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, aboard ship, as most Seafarers new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarerswill agree,, but occasionally may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore itnd fm It,. -, I Y'-l- Control Pets,, Shipmates Told : I.:,. .-. -.-irtj*!-. the brothers and to stress the ne­ cessity of maintaining annual in­ spections by the Cdast Guard. "These tankers are getting old and are in rather poor shape." Vigilant Crew He went on to say-that the Sea­ farers aboard the Queenston Heights have always been especi­ ally vigilant in matters of safety, but had to do a • lot of serious thinking when the lifesaving equip­ ment suddenly gave way before their eyds. "There is no way a Seafarer can protect "himself when something like that is going to happen," Sheehan said. "Faulty-equipment can be prevented from endanger­ ing lives only by having it tested and spotted through regular, strict inspection by experts." "" The incident brings to mind a current. Coast Gaiard proposal to abandon annual inspections and substitute a system of regular in­ spections at two-year intervals plus spot-checks of occasional ships. ' James Kelly served as chairman for the meeting. (1) The bombaVdment by the British of what fort was the inspiration for the "Star Spangled Banner?" (2) What have the following in common: (a) horse-chestnut, (b) fra­ grant crab, (c) honey locust? (3) A man decided to donate $450 to five organizations to be split up in portions of one-third, one-fourth, one-fifth and one-sixth, with the remainder going to the fifth organization. How much did the last group receive? (4) Rearrange the word slatenart to spell a word meaning interpret. (5) Which is higher in, rank, an earl or a marquis? (6) According to the nursery song, where was the queen while the king was in the counting house counting out his money? • (7) What- is the name for the soft fatty substance enclosed in: the interior of bones?. -Y (8) Which is'farther north, Seattle, Washington, or Nova Scotia? (9) Among what group of people did. the swastika symbol originate? Tip) Is the "Milky Way" g small portion of the sky or does it cdfn-' pletely encircle-the Earth? .i.i ^ 'Aiiflweri 'on Pafe''l»)i • 'V : they can cause problems on ship­ board as well as on shore. The SS Sea Cloud (American Merchant Marine) recently took actions which indicate that it may be having animal pimblems. The minutes of the last Union meeting, at sea, show that the Seafarers resolved that the ship's dog be kept out of the galley and that specified portholes be kept closed to protect linen from the ship's monkey. The crew notified men in the galley to chase the dog out of those spaces whenever he ap­ peared, or face the possibility of stern crew measures. Crewmembers expressed the opinion that the dog's presence in the galley could lead to unsani­ tary .conditions through petting of him by foodhandlers, and also is a disrupti h g influence since men who must keep an eye on the pet can­ Wexler not devote their full attention to Jhe preparation of meals, according to N. W. Wexler. Presence of the monkey in the galley was also discouraged. Since the wanderings of the monkey are moi'e difficult to con­ trol, no one was assigned to reg­ ulate its' activities. But crewmeinbers urged that everyone make an effort to take maximum security measures against the tricky Ani­ mal's raids on sleeping compart­ ments and the galley. aboard ship. Queries should be addressed to. "Off- Watch," SEA" FARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. Due to the season and the long 4 list of jobs yet to be done by home keep the fingers intact and tem­ craftsmen and "do-it-yourself" ad* pers calm when driving small diets, a number of new products to nails and brads into hardrtoget the work done easily are flood­ sqifteze-into -places. Pressure on ing the market. Offered generally the handle of the "Rammer-Ham­ with a specific task in mind, they mer" drives the nail while a can readily be adapted to a num­ pressurized nozzle holds it. The ber of jobs with the same show of item is $2 postpaid. ingenuity which "created the home ft ft ft craftsman hardware boom in the A new plastic pipe has appeared first place. on the market as part of a kit for t. t. tputting in an under-lawn sprinkler Owners of a standard or heavy- system without finally calling in a duty quarter-inch . electric ..drill plumber to do the job. The pipe can now adapt this tool into a-neat hooks to an outdoor faucet and is grass trimmer or floor polisher in guaranteed not to rot, crack or just a few seconds. The "Power- freeze. Kits include the pipe, wand" is a long steel handle with sprinkler heads, couplings and wheels and a clamp arrangement complete instructions. The aver­ that grips the drill for floor polish­ age installation of 1,000 square ing with "a circular brush that is feet costs around $16, according to included as part of the kit. The the manufacturer. Industrial Plas­ brush can be replaced with a ro­ tic Co., Plainfield, NJ. • tary steel cutter (also included) Tor ^ ft" ft ft trimming the grass in hard-toThe "Sportsmen's Safe-Tee Wayreach spots near fences and trees er Water Purifier" is recommend­ without back-bending effort. The ed to seamen by- Brother S. C. kit has « list price of $8.95 com­ Konzen, OS, of Chicago, as an item plete and can probably be gotten with which he has had "wonder­ at most large hobby or hardware ful" success. According to him, shops. Apt Products. Inc., 665 it's an easy means of assuring safe Lexington Ave., Brooklyn 21, NY, drinking water for hunters, fisher­ is the manufacturer. men, campers, hikers and—he i ft 4adds—seamen. The special min­ Those "do-hickies" and "gismos" eral mixture provides about IVii of wartime fame have come to life qUai-ters of watei-, free of taste, in the form of the Do-Hicky, Inc., odor and bacteria, in just a few which apparently is devoted to minutes, and can be used about that sort of thing out in Rockville 100 times (150 quarts) before the Centre, NY. The company has a mineral loses its force. An added new lever-action nail driver to advantage is that it weighs less than four ounces and will fit right into a shirt pocket. Grabs Nap On Sfiip, Wakes Up Far At Sea LOG-A-RHYTHM; A Dreamer An unexpected passenger was the "guest" of the SS Steel By John F. Wunderlich, Jr. Artisan (Isthmian) after a stopoff in a Middle-Eastern port during its' current voyage. as close to Iran as possible, and The sudden "shipmate" is an*angements made for his return I'm just a dreamer. an Iranian longshorenian to his old Khurramshahr home. I'm no one but me. Standing at my post '' who turned up the morning after the ship sailed from Khurramshabr, Iran. Brother Leo L. Seleskie, who forwarded news of the incident to the LOG along with the accom­ panying photograph, i-eports that the man's story is as follows: He had been working long and hard as a longshoreman, loading a German ship docked nearby. He was weary and came aboard the Steel Artisan to catch a nap. Na­ tive workmen were then busy loading the Isthmian ship. The man asked one of them to wake him up when they finished up and were ready to quit the ship. No one did. One established fact is that early the following morning, at sea, the cook was attracted to number three hold by shouts of "Somebody, please let me out." Made Comfortable The man was given a place to This unhappy Iranian turned sleep, aft and his Seafarer hosts up on the SS Steel Artisan kept Him generously supplied witli after it sailed from Iran. smokes and meals. Brother Seleskie saS>s that in spite of this, the man appeared very worried, insisting that he wanted to be back in Iran, with his wife and family. Not necessarily out of cynicism, \ Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors but as a handy ^identification, the crewmen usually referred to the. / have the final say on whether or jiot a man is fit for duty,- If unfortunate one as "the stoway/ay," there is any question about Since the schedule of the Steel your fitness to tail, cheek with Artisan called for seveiral stops in the neatest' USPH!3 hospital or the Red Se* area before entry into the Mediferr^neah; the man from . .out-patient clinic'for A JruUng.... Iran Was expected to be deposited VSPHS Haa iMat Sns On Duty SUp Gazing at the sea, . Dreaming, just a dreamer, slill. I wouldn't be Anybody but me. As dreamers are. In their dreams, ' . I am a conquerer. Great, invincible. Of mighty words and fearless deeds, When really I am ' Nobody but me. While dreaming I watch the ocean. Where green, breaking, turns to while, foam. The derelict becomes a warrior Proud with honors But really the derelict Is no one but me. Despair comes, leaves. Dreaming, I send a message Across the star-flecked blue. A dispatch begging, praying Confessing My deep and tender love—anil ' true, And in my loneliness I long For none but you. Still dreaming, I build iastlet, giant towers, A cottage nfeant for two. To be president.' Leader of my fleet, • ••• - ' So fast, .so clean, so frfie, ; Plowmg the tea.-: A [ i; - i rJth nohddy but .to*. " �6^3 lfa7lS.lt9S SBAPAKtKa IOC T»g9 Fifteea Picture Visit to Ocean Dinny By Spike Marlin "What would happen," they used to wonder in Brooklyn, "if our pitching was solid and our relievers were reliable, if we had a left fielder, if Furillo started fast and Campanella regained his touch, if Robinson could play regularly— wouldn't we run away with it?" They can stop wondering right now. "The baseball f^ver is still in the incubation stage, but all these things are happening at once, with the result that the Brooklyn club is showing some of the fastest early footwork any team has "ever dis­ played. By taking 21 of their first 24 games, Brooklyn clamped a solid, if temporary, headlock on first place. They did so simply by play- Seafarers aboard the SS Ocean Dinny (Ocean Transport) relay these pictures of life aboard the SlU-contracted ship. Above, left, First Assistant Macon A. Rowse and engine depart­ ment delegate William 3- Thompson strike a harmonious pose. Above, right. Captain D. D. MacClennan poses with ship's delegate Walter D. Milne (right), with the ship's name in foreground. Lined up in the picture at left are the de­ partmental delegates for the Ocean Dinny. They arc (left to right), deck delegate David Bass, ship's delegate Walter Milne, steward delegate Wilson B. Yarbrough and engine delegate Wil­ liam R. Thompson. Was War Hawk The Ocean Dinny was formerly the SS War Hawk (Waterman) and was taken over by Ocean Transport Co., in Mobile, in December. It took on its new SIU crew at Mobile. Pictures were taken especially for the LOG on a ship's recent voyag«. SIU Gourmet Gives Eatery Tips (Ed. note: The following article was submitted by Honest Al. Whitmer, the Duncan Mines of the SS Neva West (Bloomfield). Brother Whitmer here describes his adventures in sampling the o//erins'S of restaurateurs along the Texas Coast). I don't profess to be an epicure, but I would like to pass on a few of my gastronomical adventures. I won't attempt to name all of the establishments wherein I have indulged myself in masterpieces of the culinary arts, but here are a few I have had the good fortune to learn about. . 4 One delightful place in Cor- effort to put out the fire built by it comes to the hot sauce and, us Christi, Texas,, is Don abundant use of pepper sauce on should you go too far, take a little edro's. Here one does not break Jbread, he ;!;ips tortillas in a frantic / V.. . Vv^Jc-. salt. Never use water to put out the fire. Bring your own extin­ guisher if you choose, but try Don Pedro's if you like your chili hot. Also In "Corpus" Another place Whitmer in "Corpus" that I liked was the Ship Ahoy. Service is good and a specialty is sweet, crisp fried shrimp. Next we move to Brownsville, Texas, where a must on the tourist itinerary is Landrum's. It is at the foot of the International bridge to Matamoras, Mexico, and affords first class food designed to fit the average pocket-book. Stop by after visiting Matamoras, where the tequila will sharpen your appetite for good food. In Matamoras itself, a littleknown but fine eatery is the Patio. Here you get both Mexicair and American dishes and a complete meal costs less than a dollar, In­ cluding wine, beer or tequila. Frogs legs are a house specialty, along with filets done over charcoal. Charcoal Galley Up the Texas coast, on the treasure isle of Galveston, a num­ ber one spot is Jack Tar's charcoal galley, out near Stewart Beach. Prices are rather steep, but you get your money's worth. This covers a few ports, and I'll be jglad to explore some others for you kt 1 lateir date. enchiladas and tamalas. Take it on the slow bell when iiii Beefs Come Out In Wash A frequent source of minor beefs aboard sh^ is the wash­ ing machine. It seldom causes major trouble, but many crew meeting minutes deal with keeping the washing machines in proper order. The constant attention shows its value to the crew. Recent minutes of meetings from the SS Seastar (Mercador) and the SS Marymar (Calmar), for instance, report that the crews gave serious attention to keeping washing ma­ chines in proper trim. The Seastar Seafarers were in­ terested in having a hot water pipe adjustment on their machine, and instructed their ship's delegate to investigate the matter. C. Saunders served as chairman of the Seastar meeting, with E. Pappas handling the secretax'y's chores. Aboard the Marymar, the crew i-cquested that a tray be fixed under the wringer, for more ef­ ficient operation. They also agreed among themselves to make eflorts to keep the washing niachine cleaner, and to handle It carefully. Both meetings stressed the im­ portance* of each man passing on the machine in as good a condition as he found it, which is necessary when a number of men are using ajiy facility in common. Chairman for the Marymar meeting wks Andy Reaska. Frank Fletcher was secretary. ing on the ballfield the kind of ganie they always played on paper but seldom in real life. ' That doesn't mean of course that they can't turn, around and revert to normal. Robinson's bad legs can act up, left-fielder Amoros may turn out to have feet of clay like all Brooklyn left-fielders before him. Loes and Meyer can become three inning pitchers again and the newly-found relief aces can wind up in Montreal before the season is over. It would surprise nobody because that is the Brooklyn way. The Dodgers of recent years have always been the kind of club that looked solider, deeper and, more resourceful than any in base­ ball. Why they never turned out that way is one of those mysteries that lie in what is known as "the murky depths of the human per­ sonality." IiT other words, like.Tom Dewey, Sam Snead and Discovery, they couldn't win the real big ones. No Blaze-Power As individuals, they've always been well-stocked in natural talent. As a team they never blazed up furiously the way the Giants did last summer. The Dodgers may overpower you but they will sel­ dom outfight you. particuiarly on the pitching mound. Some bad management in recent years hasn't heiped the club catch the spark either. The difference between Brook­ lyn and the Giants in terms of combativeness last season was the difference between a backacheridden Maglie fighting out of jam after jam and a Loes throwing half-heartedly because he was sulking that day. Only Erskine of the present day Brookiyn statf rates as a 14-carat pitching pro. There are other individuals on the Brooklyn club who have the fire but they have never been able to infect their teammates. This club is so wealthy talentwise, it can win on a haif-throttle. It would be an interesting, though somewhat goiy, spectacle to see the team really open up and turn on the heal. ^ The LOG conducts this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share flavored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer James Hendley's recipe for "crab gumbo." You have to go way South of the Mason-Dixon Line to learn about gumbo and the use of same. Some folks only know it as "okra" from its use in crossword puzzles, but it's gumbo just the same. what you need: 2 cups sliced fresh According to the Seafarer okra, i/i cup diced ham, 6 diced James Hendley, 2nd, cook, tomatoes, 1 pound crabmeat, Vz who's had a chance in 15-odd years of cooking, both ashore and aboard ship, to use his share of this veg­ etable, gumbo has a unique taste and flavor which characterizes a lot of Louisiana cook­ ing. He's been us­ Hendley ing it now and then aboard SIU ships for the past five years and finds it has appeal to all kinds of appetites.- He hasnT lost a '-customer" yet. To make "crab gumbo," here's "ir 1 » iV., clove garlic, 6 peppercorns, and salt; bay leaves and thyme to t..ste. Fry the ham, garlic and okra in lard or oil. When the mixture is well-coated with fat, but not brown, add all the rest of the ingredients except for the crabmeat, Include a cup of hot water when combining in these items. Cook about 20 minutes more, then add the crabmeat and cook for another 15 minutes. When the cooking is completed, and the aroma begins to tell on you, it's ready. Serve on mounds of steamed rice. (Feeds four; in­ crease proportionately for any numbejr of portions.) " ' ' • i-i .'i M % �m if Or. tK"'. ''•! •• ..v<^. SEAFARERS Far^ sixteen Thanhs Portmar Crew For Help fe?/'"I--- r' -' ', •. v.- !> To the Editor: My wife and I want to thank the crew and officers of the Portmar (Calmar) for the way they came through when I received bad news out on the West Coast. Most of the crew didn't know me from "Adam," as the saying goes. Shoreside folks just don't know how big-hearted seamen are when someone is in trouble. Anyway, everything is coming alohg fine now with us, and I hope to see all of you real soon. Good luck and good sailing to a fine bunch of men. J. Welsh L E T t EM S • 'send the LOG, to my new address. Fred G. Oestm'an (Ed. note: The LOG will be sent to you at your new -address.) . 4> 4 4 Warm Monheys: Cool OT Cash To the Editor: On behalf, of the SIU crew of the SS Wacosta (Waterman), I am writing to tell all the brothers about our last voyage and recent payoff. Soon we are leaving Seattle for Formosa, Manila, Saigon and 3^ 4" 4" Bangkok. On the last trip, we picked up a small zoo in Bangkok It consisted of seven elephants several monkeys, pythons, rare To the fiditor: birds, wildcats and hyenas. I'm writing to let you know of The voyage to Seattle, via For­ another change of address. It mosa, took 28 days, and the ani­ seems like I've done nothing but mals were in number four hold. move around in this Army. But After we left Formosa, it got Seafarers in the Baltimore Marine Hospital gather to draw their that suits me fine because it helps very cold. To keep the animals weekly hospital benefits. They are (left to right): Joe C. Lewallen, the time go faster. warm, the engi­ S. A. Holden, Stanley Rogers, an unidentified Seafarer, E. H. I can't wait to get back on a neers put steam Huizenga and N. T. Jackson. Seated is Tony Kastina, SIU repre­ good old SIU ship again. I'm sta­ pipes and heating sentative, making the payments. tioned about 19 miles outside of lamps in the Tokyo right now and lots of times hold. The mate when I go down to Yokohama I see ordered the care, after taking care of same for that big, beautiful "W" on those watches from 8 157 years. Waterman scows and they sure PM to 8 AM to To the Editor: Was Tried Before look good. It's a little touch of check and see if SIU men in the Baltimore In mid-1953 Mrs. Oveta Culp home. the animals were Marine Hospital (USPHS) receiv­ I've managed to transfer from warm and the ing the weekly hospital benefit Hobby, Secretary of Health, Educa­ Loleas the artillery to a post engineer steam lines In given by the SIU are really pleased tion and Welfare, and Joseph outfit and I'm a steamfltter right order. The boys put down for four to hear that it has been agreed Dodge, budget director, pushed now. It's about as close as I could hdurs overtime each watch, and to raise the payments in the near drive to shut down all Public get to what Health Hospitals, with the excep­ the mate disputed it, claiming the future. used to do when safety of the ship was involved tion of the same four to remain All SIU men will be glad to I was sailing as in checking the steam lines. know this, I'm sure, for you never open. Their bill was voted down an oiler. Just Upon arrival in Seattle on April know when the best and healthiest in the 83rd Congress in 1954, due nine months and 10, the deck delegate, Herman of us will have to hit the old hospi­ to the efforts of our Union repre­ 16 days and I'll Christenscn, contacted the SIU tal unexpectedly. sentatives and others who wrote to be b^ck on the port agent and explained the case. We receive our payments from Congress protesting the injustice. shipping list. We won a victory there. The Next day the agent came aboard our Union welfare representative, I received a to pay off the ship. Tony Kastina, who comes by the Congress appropriated thirty-three copy of the LOG million dollars in the budget for Naturally we expected arguments hospital every Tuesday. today and read and trouble, but the SIU official We always have our regular the period of June 30, 1954, to Kowalski about the new went topside to see the captain. coffee time in the Baltimore Hos­ June 80, 1955. Now we have an­ shipping set-up. I like it a lot bet­ He handled the beefs so smoothly pital, the way we do on all of the other battle on our hands. ter than the old one. I'm sure that everything was quickly SIU contracted ships—thanks to This Hoover Commission is try­ that as long as the SIU does as the very good contract and con­ ing to do the shme identical thing settled to the crew's satisfaction. well as it has done, there will Deck delegate Christensen and ditions we have now aboard all that the Hobby-Dodge combination be no shortage of jobs for anyone. tried. the whole crew requests me, as of them. I also read that the SIU won the Joe C. Lewallen secretary-reporter for the SS Wa­ Letters Help West Coast election and I'm glad costa,, to write the LOG express­ 4 4 4 During the previous fight, all to hear that. Things get better all" ing our thanks to Seattle agent Seafarers were worried about the the time. proposed closing of the Marine The best of luck to the best of Jeff Gillette for settling all beefs Hospitals. At that time I wrote the unions and to all my old ship­ to our satisfaction. ^ Peter Loleas Democratic Senators from Louisi­ To the Editor: mates. I see where the Hoover Com- ana,, the Hon. • Russell Long and Henry J. Kowalski 4 4 4 'missioil on Government Reorgani­ the Hon, Allen J. Ellender, plead­ (Ed. note: The LOG will be sent zation Is trying to put over the ing with them to fight in Congress to your new address.) same thing the "Hobby-Dodge" to keep the hospitals open, and I group failed in doing in mid-1953. must say that I received most en­ To the Editofr: They advise shutting down all couraging letters from both of I want to thank the boys who US Public pealth Service hospi­ them. sent me the LOG recently. It tals, with the exception of four to Now this threat is on us again, means a lot to me and I enjoy it remain open. To the Editor: this time through the Hoover Com­ This is to thank you for the very much. Not only does the Hoover Com­ mission. But they won't catch our I am away from the docks now, mission want to close the hospitals, Union napping. LOGS I have received in the past. I enjoyed reading them and watch­ but still mi.ss .seeing the boys who but it wants to cut the budget of We can count on our Union ing the progress the SIU is steadily used to come to the cafe T ran in various other Governmental Insti­ representatives being on the job making. I have seventeen months Texas City. I would very much tutions concerned with medical to fight this thing. But the mem­ more to go in the service and when like to hear from some of them care, including those for the armed bership as a whole. and all its that is finished, I will be around who were my friends and used to services and Civil Service workers. friends can help by starting now to pick up my book and start back come around regularly. But with the backing of our to write our Congressmen and at sea under the best contract in Most people used to call, me Union officials. Seafarers and their Senators, concerning this impor­ the maritime industry. "Mom." My address now" is 107 families and friends, the Hoover tant beef. Let's show them that in My address has been changed East Hopkins St., Mexia, Texas. group will have a hard time trying unionism there is strength. and I hope you will continue to Alleene Watson to freeze seamen out of medical I Duska "Spider" Korolla Counting Haps Til His Heturn K'r . •pi.- Balto Men Laud SIU Hospital $ Mobilize Nou^ For Hospitals ^Mom' Misses Old Friends Wants LOG Sent To New Address Burly #. t LOG Never Look Mtaeki ilaril. 1S3S Steward Gives Serving Ideas To the Editor: I'm writing In regards to the new set-up on shipboard feeding. I am th6 steward aboard the Mon­ arch of the Seas (Waterman) and have been sailing for some time. This is my opinion of the steam table vs. gaUey serving question. I have talked to a few brothers from various Alcoa and Bull Line ships and they say it'is incon­ venient to the cooks for everything to be served from the galley. .I think aU roast meats are best served from the galley. The fried and breaded meats, iiiil and vegetables, should be served iiiiiiiilS from the steam Stringfellow tables.' I have found that vegetables and breaded meats put in the steam tables are much better. They are kept hot and the steam tenderizes them more. 'This doesn't mean for the cooks to put the food on the steam tables in the morning for the whole day. Defends Steamtable SteaiA tables are more efficient in keeping food hot than ranges are, where it gets direct heat wfiich causes food to stick to the pots, especially food which has cheese in it. If the change is for reasons of economy, I don'f agree that it will work. Serving food from the galley doesn't .cut down on how much food is cooked. The steward could make checks to see if any food is being wasted and then tell the cooks about it. The steward should also check the steam tables at every meal to make sure the food is hot. Individual serving dishes are okay. It makes the food look bet­ ter when it is served and Uie crew is better pleased. This is just my own opinion about the serving. I would like to get the ideas of some other stew­ ards on the matter. C. L. Stringfellow 4 4 4 Shows Promise As LOG-A-Himer To the Editor: I am sending you this corny poem I wrote when I had nothing to dQ. Maybe If you have space you can put it in the LOG. "Stranger in Town" There he stands on the corner, s9 blue. Maybe he's thinking of Someone like you. He's just a stranger in this here town. Just standing there toith a face afrown. He'll most likely walk down Main Street Looking for you, a girl so sweet. I hope he finds you because he's all alone;' So if you see. him hanging around. Treat him right, this stranger in town. Charles Ludwick By Bernard Seaman �liar IS. 1955 SEAFARERS SEEIN* THE SEAFARERS Wifh WALTER SIEKMANN LOG Pace SeTcnteea All of the folloiving SIV families Gaetano Salvatore, New Bruns­ will collect the $200 maternity wick, NJ. benefit plus a $25 bond from the 4 4 4 Union in the baby's name: Elida Marie and Elexis Del Car­ Robert Kenneth Grifnth, born men Kothe, bom March 12, 1955. March 28, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Mrs. Jesse Griffith, Baltimore, Md. Kothe, Baton Rouge, La. It was no surprise to your Union to find that the Seafarers in the 4 4 4 4" 4^ Philip Alvin Mauffray,- bora hospitals were pleased as punch with the increases in benefits nego­ Kathleen Ann Wessel, . born April 15, 1955. Parents, Mr. and tiated by the Welfare Flan and the new benefits that were added. The brothers in the marine hospitals, who run into men from all other March 29, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Funston Aloysius Mauffray, unions while they are in the boneyard, can tell you from personal ex­ Mrs. Thomas Wessel, Braddock, Philadelphia, Pa. Pa. perience that the SIU Welfare Plan has them all beat. 4 4 4 4 4^ 4 Thomas Earl Campbell, Jiorn 4> i ^_ Dawn Lee Williams, born April April 19, 1955. Parents, Mr" and There've been several new arrivals at the Staten Island hospital latelj^, 4, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. but fortunately it appears as if none of the boys has anything too Roland R. Williams, Baltimore, serious to worry about and most of them should be Md. up and around before long. John Dovak, who was 4 .4 4 fireman on the Bienville, is in for treatment of a John Calvin Kaimick, born Feb­ chipped knee bone. John had an accident on the The deaths of the following Sea ship and checked into the hospital April 25. Vari­ ruary 13, 1955. Parents, Mr. and cose veins have been giying trouble to brother Jan Mrs. John Kalmiclc, Meriden, farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the Mucins. He was engine utility on the Beatrice before Conn. 4 4 4 $2,OT0 death benefits are being he checked in for treatment. Another brother, re­ Donald Union Sanders, born paid to their beneficiaries: cently readmitted to the hospital, is Seafarer Mike March 16, 1955. Parents, Mr. and I^chalik who was chief steward on the Rayvah. D. E. Kelley: Brother Kelley Seafarer Gerald Fita came down with a case of Mrs. Union H. Sanders, Jr., Bay Vandal died in Alameda, Califoraia, on pneumonia late last month and is now recuperating. Minette, Ala. • February 9, 1955, of a respiratory The Sandcaptairi was his last ship. H. Hanlin. AB off the Texmar, got 4 4 4 ailment. The SS Hastings of his jaw broken and entered the hospital for treatment on April 30. Jennie Diaz, born April 2, 1955. Kidney trouble and a skin condition laid Malcolm Whitehead low. He Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Domingo Waterman Steamship was the last SIU ship Brother Kelley sailed was on the Ocean Lotte as oiler. Diaz, Bronx, NY. aboard. He Is survived by his Other Seafarers in the hospital are Daniel De Marco off the Steel mother, Virginia E. Kelley, of Con4 4 4 Fabricator; L. Labrador, Mary Adams; S. Kadziola, Robin Doncasler; Neil Alan Blonstein, born March gord, Mass. Duska Korolia off the Robin Kettering, Gus Kounavis, DM off the 11, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Robin Hood, and Albert Nelson, AB off the Alcoa Pilgrim. Luther C. Seidie, 61: On March David Blonstein, Brooklyn, NY. 2 of this year 4 4 4 Rafael Padilla, 3rd cook on the Seatrain Savannah, and Carl Brother Seidie Raymond Joseph. Roney, born Ernest, messman on the Michael, are both being treated for heart died of a heart April 12, 1955. Parents, Mr. and conditions. Sam Vandal, baker off the Seatrain ailment in New Mrs. Clarence Roney, Chickasaw, Texas, and Fred Delaphena, steward from the Orleans. Place of Ala. Steel Navigator, have both been readmitted for burial is not 4 4 4 further treatment. known. He joined Gene David Ballance, born the Union in 1948 ^ March 17, 1955. Parents, Mr. and We're sure all the brothers in the hospitals were in New York and Mrs. Suny B. Ballance, Norfolk, had been sailing happy to learn that the Union is always considering Va. in the deck de­ means to improve our Welfare Plan. Your Union partment. Brother Seidie is sur­ was the first with the unlimited hospital benefit as 4 4 4 Beth Wargo, born April 9, 1955. vived by his brother, W. H. Seidie, it was first with many other Welfare Plan features. What the trustees have come up with this time you Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen of New Orleans, La. Kadziola can be sure will help those in our Union who need Wargo, Danville, Pa. 4 4 4 Walter J. Byrne, 52: Brother the help most. 4 4 4 Michael Rocco O'Nell, born Byrne died on . , April 11, 1955. Parents, Mr. and February 16, Mrs. Francis O'Neil, Philadelphia, 1955, In the Kings USPHS HOSPITAL Leo Fontenot G. J. St. Germain Park State Hos­ BALTIMORE, MD. William Grimes Edward Samrock Pa. George Anderson Robert Lipscomb Earl T. Hardeman Harvey E. Shero pital in Suffolk, || Ben Bono WIlliKin .1. Mellon George J. King E. R. Smallwood 4 4 4 New York. Burial Curt Borman Thomas Mungo E. G. Knapp Henry S. Sosa Albert Alfred Bagley, born took plaee at St. L. J. Brilhart Juan Parodi Leo H. Lang Lonnie R. Tickle Jessie A. Clarke Fred Pittman James M. Mason Dick Visser April 15, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Charles C e m e Victor B. Cooper John Powers Earl T. Minton James E. Ward Mrs. Albert Bagley, Flushing, NY. tery in FarmingGorman T. Glaze Edwin B. Rhoad* Alfonso Olagulbel Harry Wolowiti Norman T, Jackson Stanley Rodgera R. A. Ratcliff David A. Wright 4 4. 4 dale, NY. Joining Charles E. Jenkins John Simpson tJSPHS HOSPITAL Diane Consalvo, born April 12, the Union in Mclvin H. Jones R. H. Solheim SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Robert Kennedy C. A. Virgin Marcelo B. Belen John F. Murphy 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1952, in New York, Brother Byrne Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Frank Alasavich J. S. O'Bryne John M. Herroid USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Francisco Cueliar John E. Markopolo Benjamin F. Grice John E. Tiliman J. S. McRae Wiiliam G. Trice USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GAJ Lucius A. Dewitt Benito L. Mendet Rtifii.s L. Fields James T. Moore William G. Gregory John H. Morris James B. Henley Gerald Perdomo Clyde H. Jernigan Luther Roberts Henry Lanier Albert H. Schwart* Jimmie Littleton Ernest H. Webb USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS., LA. Sidney Anderson Edwin Davis Walter J: Anderson Serlo De Soso William R. "Burch John G. Dooley Albert T. Cooper David B. Fields Speak Your Mind At SiV Meetings pi |! |i Under the Union constitu* Hon every member attending a Union meeting is entitled to nominate himself for the elected posts to be filled at the meeting—chairman, read* Ing clerk and recording secrftary. Your Union urges you to take an active part in meet­ ings by taking these posts of service. And, of course, all members have the right to take the floor and express their opinions on any officer's report or issue under discussion. Seafarers are urged to hit the deck at these meetings and let their -shijpmates know, what's on their minds. Max Byers Joseph Perreira Harry J. Cronia W. Timmerman Frank Kubek Norman West Robert Lambert Joseph R. Wlnf USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Richard Anderson Marcel Laureano Isaac Antonio Frank D. LUlie R. C. Caraballo John McKarek Dusan DeDuisin Charles Oglesby N. B. Edrlngton Rafael Padilla Carl Ernest Alexander Peffanis Theodore Gerber Francisco Pineiro Estell Godfrey G. H. Robinson G. E. Herrmann Jose Rodriguez Carl A. Ilm Alvin S. See D. Kaim Samuel L. Vandal James Kirchner James Waldron Philip F. Korol M. H. Whithead USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Dominick. DiMaio Sverre Johannessen William J. Fick George J. Wanka USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT. MICH. Tim Burke USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton USPHS HOSPITAL LEXINGTON. KV. George O. Chaudion USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Fortunato Bacomo Kaarcl Leetman Frank W. Bemrlck James R. Lewis Claude F. Blanks Arthur Lomas Robert L. Booker Francis F. Lynch Joseph G. Carr Joseph D. McGravr Jar Chong A. McGuigan Gabriel Colon! Harry P. McDonald Walter W. Denley "Vic Milazzo John J. Driscoll Melvin O. Moore Bart E. Guranick Eugene T. Nelson Taib Hassen Joseph Neubauer Joseph Ifsits D. F. Ruggiano Thomas Isaksen G. E. Shumaker John W. Keenan Henry E. Smith John R. Klemowlcs Harry S. Tuttle L. Krlstlansen VlrgU E. Wilmoth Frederick Landry Chee K. Zat James J. Lawlor USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS B. F. Deibler Rosendo Serrano Virgil L. Harding Edward J. Toolan Jose Santiago ^ . SAILORS SNUG HARBOR V STATSN ISLAND, NY XdieSlt Koslusky SEAFARERS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID April 22 to May 6, 1955 Number of Seafarers receiving benefits this period 963 Average benefits paid each Seafarer $59.91 Total benefits paid this period. $57,689.43 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD $4,110.00 Hospital benefits . 8,942.50 Death benefits ... 2,400.00 Disability benefits 4,800.00 Maternity benefits 37,436.93 Vacation benefits Mrs. Thomas J. Campbell, New York, NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Dennis Pantoja, bora March 9, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Evaristo V. Pantoja, Bronx, NY. Gregory Joseph Duchmann, born April 17, T955: Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Duchmann, Jr., New Or­ leans, La. Susan Shu Pow, bora April 20, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Pow, South Ozone Park, NY. had been sailing in the engine de­ partment. He is survived by his wife, Helene B. Byrne of Brooklyn, New York. 4 4 4 ' Carl Jefferies, 50: A member of the SIU since 1946, Brother Jefferies died of acute bronchitis on March 27, 1955, in New Or­ leans, La. He sailed as a mem­ ber of the engine department from New Orleans and is survived by his mother, Allie Jefferies, of Dallas, Texas. 4 4 4 Sotirios Gelardmos, 22: Brother Gelardmos was lost at sea aboard the MV Southern Districts, which was last heard from on Decem­ ber 6, 1954. He joined the Union in Norfolk in 1951 and had been sailing in the deck department. Brother Gelardmos is survived by hi« father, Niko Caos, of Norfolk, Va. Va. 4 4 4 James R. Frotton, 49: A member of the engine de­ partment, Brother Frotton died of asphyxiation by smoke on March 6, 1955, in Wil­ mington, Mass. He had joined tha Union in 1941 in P h i 1 a d e 1 p hia. Burial took place at Wildwood Cemetery in Wilming­ ton, Mass. Brother Frotton is sur­ vived by his wife, Patricia Frotton, of Wilmington, Mass. 4 4 4 Stephen T. Harris, 43: Brother Harris was re­ ported missing at sea while serving aboard the SS John B. Kulukundis. Brother Har­ ris joined the Union in New York in 1945 and had been sailing in the steward Total $57,689.43 department. He is survived by hi* WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY wife, Freddie Harris, of New York. Hospital benefits paid since July 1, 1950 $662,125.50 4 4 4 Death benefits paid since July 1, 1950 1,209,859.88 Henry W. Parsons, 61: Brother Disability benefits paid since May 1, 1952 93,145.00 Parsons died aboard the SS Gol­ Maternity benefits paid since April 1, 1952 368,800.00 den City at Vacation benefits paid since February 11, 1952 4,312,969.92 B r u n s b u ettelkoog, Germany, . .$6,646,900.30 Total on January 28, (Dates are when benefits began.) 1955, of a heart WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS disordei*. Place of Cash on hand—Vacation $718,028.33 burial is not Cash on hand—Welfare '. 449,186.14 known. He join­ 161,185.05 Estimated accounts receivable—^Vacation ed the Union in 145,991.85 Estimated accounts receivable—Welfare Mobile in 1951 US Government bonds (Welfare) 1,720,696.88 and had been Real estate (Welfare) 240,894.70 sailing in the engine department. Other assets—training ahlp (Welfare)... 117,803.40 Brother Parsons is survived by hi* wife, Agne* Parsons, of Mobil*, Total Aaaeta , . .$3,553,786.35 Alabama. , „ . >«••••• I •. • • «.«<• % • • i I ••#••#••••« tot • • • >'l • �SEAFARERS l^are Eiffhtees W-. ... DIGEST ofi SHIPS'' MEETINGS ... ITEEL CHEMIST, (isthmUn), Ptbroary t7—Chiirman, E. L»$sor; Sceratary, A. Martlnalll. Suegestion made that new refrigerator be ordered. Steward reported that grade of meat waa poor thU trip and that the patrolman ghould check with the port steward on this matter. Balance in the ship's fund is $56.35. 1^' «ay 18, 188$ LOG for an early return on them. Moticjn made and carried to ask for a new wash­ ing machine, installation of an extra tub in laundr.v room. The brand of soap powder, evaporated milk and coffee on board now is unsatisfactory. Discussion on receiving narrow sheets and bath towels. meeting. Brother Crane read resolutions dealing with SIU stand on C.AMU dispute/ and the Union't new seniority hiring system. The company should give larger bath towels to crswmembers. SANTA VBNBTIA (Elsm), April 15— Chsirmsn, F. Nolsn; Sscrstsry, E. BIsck. Crew took unanimous action in giving ALAMAR (Calmar); Dacambtr II — support to the AFL on "CAMU, and SALEM MARITIME (Clflas «*>-vlea); Chairmanr L. Morton; loerttaryr Jamos pledged fidl support to SlU's new hiring February 11—Chairman, Andy 6owdar; McPhsui. Telegram drafted and sent to Discussion on food prepara­ plan. Saeratary, William P. Mlakda. One man Lundeberg. missed ship in Boston and three men tion. Suggestions made to keep washing missed ship in Lake Charles. No beefs machine and laundry clean. ARLYN (Bull), April 12—Chsirmsn, C. reported. ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcol), March 13— Krelss; Sscrstsry, W. Donsld. No dis­ putes aboard and ship had a clean pay­ Buster Young; Secretary, SUZANNE (Buii), March 4—Chairman, Chairman, off. AH repairs wiU be taken care of at M. Orlando; Secretary, C. Rawllngs. Few James Nelson. Ship's delegate checked once. Crew voted 100 percent in favor repair items brou'ght up and added to up on the fines imposed on crewmembers of SlU's new hiring system and were in the repair list. Vote of thanks for chief last, trip. Crew wishes newly-elected Gal­ agreement with AFL's stand on CAMU veston agent the best of luck. Financial cook in preparing the food properly. report made and accepted. Crew com­ dispute. mended the messraen on the fine Job LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), ALCOA PARTNER (Aleps), April U— March $—Chairman, W. Maahan; Secre­ they did. Chsirmsn, V. Quinn; Sscrstsry, A. Asron. tary, S. Rivera. A few members of the SEAMAR (Calmer), March 13—Chair­ Crew will elect treasurer at first meet­ steward department were logged for fail­ ing to perform their duties in accordance man, J. Marshall; Secretary, F. Miller. ing and set up a ship's fund. Communi­ with the Union agreement. They were Repair lists should be turned in to the cations were read and discussed. Reso­ apparently under the influence of alcohol. ship's delegate before completion of the lutions jyere adopted pledging 100 per­ Motion carried to have a special meeting voyage. Motion made that the patrolman cent support ,to SIU in CAMU dispute, with the patrolman before payoff. The in .New York and the pali'olman in the and ail brothers were in favor of the Mo­ washing machine should be overhauled. port of payoff be contacted regarding the newly-Inaugurated hiring set-up. shortage of hot water in showers. A tion was made by Nicholson to pledge JOHN KULUKUNDIS (Martis), January vote of confidence given to the ship's support to SUP in CAMU dispute, and S—Chairman, C. Tobias; Secretary, B. delegate for his splendid cooperation and all brothers Were in favor of tlie newl.vinaugurated hiring setup. Motion was Pinntil. A letter drafted by ship's dele­ tactful handling of the job. made by Nicholson to pledge support to gate and sent to headquarters was read EMELIA (Buii), April 10—Chairman, A. SUP and Lundeberg on issue regarding • to meeting, and an answer to same was aiso read. Keport on telegram concern­ Campbell; Secretary, J. Eddins. Repair bulk carrier contract that was signed, and lists to be given to departmental heads. to send a telegram to Lundeberg regard­ ing draw in Calcutta. Beef about some­ body using yellow laundry soap in wash­ Headquarters report was accepted by ing action taken. Carried. crew. Communications read and dising machine. Thanks to steward depart­ SEATICER (Colonial), April 13—Chsir­ ment for a good job during the holidays. cus.sed and a motion was made by W February 13—Chairman, C. Tobias; Steward to accept and concur. 'Written msn, T. Patrlguin; Sscrstsry, A. CarpsnSecretary, E. Pinnell. Repair list turned resolutions on C.AMU dispute and air ter. Resolutions adopted supporting po­ in. Crewnienibers in the messroom were proval of new hiring system adopted sition taken by AFL unions on C.VMU as . asked to make less noise. Laundry should unanimously. .Motion made by L. Coion well as SlU's recently established hiring that a telegram of support be drafted system. There was some discussion on be kept cleaner. and sent to Harry Lundeberg. Carried. the new hiring system and everyone is in Linen wiii be clianged on Fridays. Wash­ accord with same. SEA COMET li (Seatraders), January J — Chairman, C. Andrews; Secretary, ing machine needs repairing and the first assistant will take care of same. Ship's SEAGARDEN (Psnlnsulsr Nsv.), March Conceives. Oid repairs were all taken care of. A vote of thanks was given to secretary-reporter requested that the 25—Chairman, B. Adams; Secretary, W. the steward department for a grand ship's minute forms be printed so the Cunningham. Crewmembers were asked the average American type­ to dump garbage aft. Shaft alley doors Christmas and New Years dinner. Agent lines fit should be left open for ventilation. Dis­ in -States wiii be contacted about pest writer. cussion on washing machine, and caie coiitroi aboard ship. I February ?—Chairman, W. Rogers; Sec- ] CUBORE (Ora), April 11—Chairman, R. of recreation and messrooms. Forest; Secretary, R. Colyar. Resolu­ retary, C. Edwards. Meeting was called OCEAN DEBORAH (Ocean Trans.), for the purpo.se of electing a ship's dele­ tions adopted supporting position taken gate to replace Brother Andrews who bv .AFL unions on C-tMU as well as SlU's March 2i—Chairman, J. Cunter; - Secre­ rec'cntiy established hiring system. A tary, R. Hernandez. Delegates were asked went to hospital in Yokohama. motion was made by Richard Faust and to have repair lists ready before .nrrival OCEAN DEBORAH (Ocean Transporta­ carried that a telegram be drafted and In port. No one aboard got any mail forwarded from the company office in tion), February 2—Chairman, L. Johnston; ! sent to Harry Lundeberg. New York. For this reason a letter was Secretary, R. Hernandez. Crewmembers ! ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa), April 13— sent to the New York port agent hoping should not go to the pantry and serve themselves at meal hours. Someone will Chairman, M. Reed; Secretary, G. O'Neil. that he will be able to contact the com­ go to the union hall at San Franci.sco to Motion made by W. Perry to accept and pany office in New York. A vote of see if there is a po.ssibility of getting concur in resolution pledging full sup­ thanks was given to the steward depart­ books and magazines replaced. It was port of .\FL position on C.AMU. Brother ment for a Job well done and. in par­ agreed that each department take care Novack made a motion that resolution ticular. to the night cook and baker for of cleaning the ship's laundry room as giving tuii endorsement to new hiring the coffee cake he put out at coffee time. well as the sink in crew quarters on system in SIU be adopted. A telegram Crew needs a new washing machine as weekly rotations. Pictures will be taken was sent to Harry Lundeberg assuring the one now being used is in very bad of the siiip and crew and sent to the him of crew's full cooperation and sup­ shape. port on stand taken in Washington. LOG. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), April 4— ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), April 14— Chairman, T. Hirsh; Secretary, J. Vaz­ INES (Bull!, February 19—Chairman, H. Long; Secretary, J. Bergeria. Ship's Chairman, R. Himei; Secretary, J. Tiliey. quez. Crew voted una'hhnousiy to sup­ delegate elected. Motion made to make The headquarters report was discussed port AFL unions' position on C.\MU. up a pool for arrival in San Juan and enthusiastically by the membership and Crew, likewise, voted full support to new the money left over will go into the we decided to go down the line with com­ SIU hiring program. ship's fund. Tiie TV will be repaired, plete acceptance on this matter. The Crewmemljers were asked to keep the membership aboard expresses a vote of STEEL KING (Isthmian), April S— lamifhy clean and take care of the wash­ thanks tn the negotiating committee and Chairman, J. MIsner; Secretary, E. Dawishes the .Arthur SS Company and the iany. Headquarters report read and dis­ ing machines. SIU a long and successful association. cussed. Motion carried to concur. Reso­ February 27—Chairman, C. F. Aycock; Crewmembers were fully united on reso­ lution adopted backing SIU hiring setup Secretary, C. Andrews. Ship's delegate lutions dealing with new hiring set-up and AFL action on C.4MU. After dis­ asked department delegates to make up in SIU and stand taken by AFL unions cussion a telegram was sent to Harry and turn in all repairs. The washing on CA.MU. Lundeberg backing his stand and actions machine should be secured firmly to on CAMU. ALCOA CAVALIER (Alcoa), April 13— deck and bulkheads. Steward depart­ ment was given a vote of thanks for the Chairman, W. Tatum; Socrotary, T. STONY CREEK (Martrada), April 11— fine chow that was served on this voyage. Rodgers. Discussion on seniority ship­ Chairman, C. GIbbs; Secretary, W. Snail. Two resolutions were accepted Chief • engineer claims we are to carry Captain sent the crew a message thank­ ping. ing them for being such a good bunch unanimousl.v. First gives crew's full sup­ three wipers. Union to clarify. Reports of men and telling them that it was a port in CAMU dispute: second, crew and communications read. Crew unan­ p!ea.5uie to sail with a crew that doesn't pledged full support to SlU's new hiring imously voted to support AFL unions' foul up. plan. Foc'sles painted in engine and stand on CAMU. Also voted unanimous­ steward department quarters. ly to support SIU hiring program based QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Saatrade), Feb­ on seniority. ruary 27—Chairman, D. Sheehan; Secre­ MONARCH OF THE SEA (Waterman), tary, R. Jernigan. Motion made and car­ April 12—Chairman, R. Eckhoff; Secre­ SUNION (Kea), April S—Chairman, G. ried to replace steward. Menus below tary, A. Clements. Headquarters report Mattair; Secretary, C. Unadsin. Motion SlU standard. The . refrigerator on this was read and accepted. Crew voted to made and accepted to accept and post ship has been repaired on four difl'erent give AFL unions full backing in CAMU headquarters report. Resolutions adopted occasions. Company has promised to put dispute, and is in favor of Union's new supporting position taken by ,VFL unions a new one aboard next trip. hiring system. on CAMU as well as SlU's recentiy-established hiring system. ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), February 15 DEL NORTE (Mississippi), April 10— .—Chairman, G. Mitchell; Secretary, J. Chairman, Wcsseis; Secretary, Zimmer. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), April 4— Tiiley. Ship's delegate had a talk with Brother Veiner reported smooth sailing Chairman, A. Megiio; Secretary, D. Wag­ the captain before the meeting and prom­ and then went on lb give the brothers a ner. Ship's communication read and disised a draw if crew cleared for shore detailed account of the now SWp's Com­ cus.'^ed. Motion made and carried to send leave in Pedro. He handed out repair mittee to be set up, and the procedure Harry Lundeberg a wire assuring him of list forms to each delegate and asked tiiat should be followed in conducting a this crew's support on CAMU. Crew also voted full, support of SlU's new hiring system. Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourfh Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG- -please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME YAKA (Waterman), April 4—Chairman, B. Payne; Secretary, R. Darling. Motion made by H. Henry and carried to accept and concur with resolutions backing AFL on C.AMU and supporting SlU's new hir­ ing set-up. Motion made -by J. Martin that this crew send Harry Lundeberg a wire pledging support. Carried. VAL CHEM (Valentine), April 7—Chair­ man, L, Hagman; Secretary, J. Parker. Motion made and carried unanimously that a wire be sent to Lundeberg pledg­ ing support on CAMU issue. Crew also voted unanimously full support of new seniority hiring program. giving him this crew's full support on tain. Discussion on the ship's eommu> CAMU. Resolution adopted pledging nications. Voted to send a telegrsm to crew's support to ne^ senionty hiring Harry Lundeberg backing him on his action concerning CAMU. Crew alsii set-up. voted 100 percent support to new senior* ity hiring system. COEUR d'ALBNE VICTORY (Victory Csrrlsrs), April 14—Chairman, H. Mstford; Sscrstsry, D. Iklrt. Motion made STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmisn), April and carried unanimously to support AI^. 4—Chsirmsn, J. DIabakIs; Secretary, ' H. position on CAMU and SlU's new hiring Klrkweod. Crew took unanimous action set-up. A telegram was drafted and sent giving support to AFL on CAMU and to to Harry Lundeberg, pledging our sup­ SIU on new hiring system. port. Headquarters report and com­ munications read and accepted. CITRUS PACKER (Waterman), April S —Chairman, R. Wilderspn; Secretary, C. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), April Chairman, B. Laisor; Sscretsry, R. Burns. .Graham. Resolution discussed and a mo­ There is $54.35 in the ship's fund at this tion was made and seconded to accept time. Deck delegate reported that he and concur in support of AFL position had spoken to the chief mate about paint­ on CAMU. Resolution on SIU hiring set­ ing out the quarters and was told this up was explained to ail members and will be done the first timp the weather was carried unanimously. Wire sent to gets better. The steward delegate re­ Harr.v Lundeberg expressing support and ported that the steward department got a confidence. There was a discussion on chief cook on arrival in Long Beach and the new seniority .s.vstein. now they have a full department. Crew CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), April F voted unanimous support to SlU's new hiring set-up and the stand taken by —Chalrmgn, R. Mitchell; Sscrstsry, C. Lee. Motion made and carried that a AFL unions on CAMU. Motion made by 11. Pascborg that a wire be sent to Harry telegram be sen! to Brother Harry Lunde­ Lundeberg backing him on his stand of berg pledging support to him in CAMU walking out of CAMU. Motion carried beef with the CiO maritime unions, car­ ried. Crew gave unanimous support ta unanimously. new hiring program. AZALEA CITY (Waterman), April 15— Chairman, J. Mann; Saeratary, J. WltCLAIBORNE (Waterman), April 4. — chan. Motion made by Witchen that the Chairman, H. Andrews; Secretary, C. SS Azalea City crew go on record to Turner. Headquarters report and com­ concur and accept resolutions pledging munications accepted. Unanimous support fuU support of AFL position on CAMU. voted AFL unions in position on CAMU. Motion made by Charles Ross and carried Crew also gave full endorsement to SlU'a that a telegram he dratted and sent to new hiring program. Harry Lundeberg. Crew voted full ap­ proval of new hiring aet-up in SIU. • DEL ALBA (Mississippi), April S — Chairman, J. King; Secretary, E. Riviera. BALTORE (Ore), April 14—Chairman, J. Ship's treasurer Riviere reported that Mehaiov; Secretary, W. Rogawski. Mo­ there is a total of $60.25 in the ship's tion made by J. Lakym to support AFL funcL Crew gave SIU full vote of con­ position on CAMU as well as SlU's new fidence in new hiring set-up, crew voted hiring program based on seniorit.v. A same. Communications read and voted telegram was drafted and sent to Harry on by entire crew, accepted. Motion f.undeberg supporting him on the CAMU on made and carried to send a telegram to issue. Harry Lundel)erg giving support in CAMU SEA MONITOR (Excelsior), April 13— beet. Chairman, J. Risbeck; Secretary, R. Brown. Everything running smoothly DEL CAMPO (Mississippi), April 5— aboard ship. Motion made Ijy J. Smith that a telegram be sent to Harry Lunde­ Chairman, H. Troxclair; Secretary, R, Vaughn. Communications read and car­ berg. giving him crew's full support on C.AMU issue. Several delegates elected ried unanimously. Motion made and car­ at this meeting. Crew also pledged full ried that a telegram be sent to Brother Harry Lundeberg expressing sentimente support to new hiring plan. of crew in support of CAMU position. QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Seatrade), Union's new set-np on hiring given ap­ April 5—Chairman, J. Kelley; Secretary, proval. D. Sheehan. Crew's position on hiring DEL MAR (Mississippi), April 4—Chair­ hall seniority s.ystem and CAMU read and carried unanimously. Motion made man, E. Bates; Secretary, V. Romolo. Headquarters report read and accepted. to send a telegram from ship's crew to carried unanimously. Harry Lundeberg supporting him 100 per­ Communications Crew voted to suppoit SIU hiring pro­ cent in this beef. gram. Motion made by Brother McFall ROBIN MOWBRAY (Seas Shipping), and carried that a telegram be sent to April 6—E. O'Brien; Secretary, H. Biide. Brother Harr.v Lundeberg giving support Communications were read to crew by on his po.sition regarding CAMU. the reading dark and there was some FAIRPORT (Waterman), April 5—Chair­ discussion. Crew voted 100 percent in backing up Harry Lundeberg in the ac­ man, J. Parks; Secretary, B. Shuler. After discussion on CAMU a telegram waa tion concerning CAMU. Resolution adopt­ ed supporting SlU's new seniority sys­ sent to Harry Lundeberg assuring him of their full support on action taken in tem of hiring. Washington. $26.00 in the ship's fund. Resolution carried unanimously to sup­ ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seas Shipping), April i—Chairman, J. Rivera; Secretary, port new SfU hiring plan. E. Erazo. Motion carried unanimnnsly to KATHRYN (Bull), April 11—Chairman, support AFL unions on C.AMU issue. Also voted unanimously to support Union's P. Harper; Secretary, R. Adamson. Crew adopted 100 percent lesolutioiis giving new hiring set-up. support to stand on CAMU and new hir­ SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatraln), April ing plan. S—Chairman, W. Nowberg; Secretary, P. EDITH (Bull), April 11—Chairman, Fred McBride. Communications read and ac­ cepted. Crew voted unanimously to sup­ Davis; Secretary, Charles Starling. There port position on CAMU: also voted 100 is a balance of $31.53 in the ship's fund. percent in favor of SlU's new hiring sys­ Communications and resolutions 100 and tem. Motion made that crew send • 100-A were read and accepted. Motion wire to Harry Lundeberg supporting him tContinued on page 19) , in fail beef with Curran. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatraln), April I—Chairman, G._ Kaufman; Secre­ tary, B. Moya. The crewmembers of the SS Seatraln Louisiana go on record 100 pereent in siipporl. of Union's stand on CAMU and in support of newly-estabiished seniority hiring system. SANTORE (Ore), April 4—Chairman, R. Cole; Secretary, T. Hansen. Everything on board shipshape with no beefs. Mo­ tion made by John Niemicra to accept headquarters report, carried. Motion made by Max Steinsapir to adopt resolu­ tions supporting AFI., stand on C.AMU and SlU's new hiring system. Carried unanimously. A wire was sent to Harr.v Lundeberg regarding .position on CAMU issue. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatraln), April 5—Chairman, N. Kirk; Secretary, E. Jones.. Motion made and carried to accept headquarters report as read and post same. Crew voted to give AFL unions its full backing in CAMU dispute. Resolution adopted also to back Union's new hiring system. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), April 7—Chairman, J. Cole; Secretary, F. Sullivan. Headquarters report carried unanimously. Resolutions were adopted pledging 100 percent support to SIU in CAMU dispute. Motion made and carried to send a wire to Harry Lundeberg to assure him that the crew is 100 percent behind him in this smear campaign. Crew voted unanimous approval to newly-in­ augurated hiring set-up. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), April 6 SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatraln), —Chairman, C. Heniiey; Secretary, D. Collins. Motion made and carried to send April 4—Chairman, J. Puiien; Secretary, a wire to Harry Lundeberg backing his S. Johnson. Headquarters report read stand on CAMU dispute. Crew also voted and accepted. Two resolutions adopted. full approval of new seniority hiring First gives crew's full support to AFL position on CAMU; Second, pledged full system. support to SlU's new hiring plan. SUZANNE (Bull), April <—Chairman, SOUTHLAND (South Atlantic), April 5 H. Orlando; Secretary, C. Rawiings. Dele­ gates reported everything running —Chairman, T. Constantin; Secretary, A. TO AVOID DUPLICATIONt If you erg an ol<J subterrber and hava a ehsnga smoothly. Ship's treasurer reported the Groover. Motion made by R. White to fund has $10. Crew voted full support on accept and concur with resolutions supof addrais, plaasa giva your formor addrost balowi poi-ting AFL on CAMU and SIU on new CAMU and on new hiring set-up. hiring program. Carried unanimously. FREDERIC C. COLLIN (Dry - Trans), Motion made to send a wire to Harry aeaeaeaeaeaeaeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaae e ee«•eeseeteaaaeeeiaaataaaaeaBaatao* , April 12—Chairman, H. Masford; Secre­ Lundeberg. tary, A. Smith. Some disputed overtime SOUTHWIND (South Atlantic), April 5— which' will bo- taken care of at payoff. A M • •••••••aBaaaaetee ZONE STATE telegram was sent to Karry Lundeberg Chairman, H. Jones; Secretary, R. MerCITY STREET ADDRESS CITY Signed , ADDRESS ZONE STATE Benjamin W. Sumaskl Your wife reque.sts you to con­ tact her at 41 Marvin St., Buffalo 4, NY. 4- 4« James Mathews Moran Your daughter, Mrs. Betty Mor­ an Hennecke, is anxious to hear from you; her address. Box 12, Shively, Kentucky. 3^ ' i. Alvin Carl Olander Please write to your mother, in New Sweden, Maine, and pick up mail at Houston, Texas. 4> James 11. Darrow Please contact Florence Hoover,, now Florence Slates, at Box 682, Wilmington, Calif., or c/o Ernest B. Tiiley, SIU Hall, Wilmington, » i i* 4" 4- 4 4» 4 4 4 John W. Smith Contact Amersea Corp. for re­ fund on money confiscated in Japan last July. Bill O'Connor Please get In touch with Tom Cozzo, Ordway 3-4040, San Fran­ cisco, on an important matter. Herman Rogge Bill Parks asks you to get in touch with him on the Bradford Island, Cities Service Co., 70 Fine /; • • , V �T SEAFARERS liiiyl3.1IS5 r-'' • "ff' rw IOC .. . DIGEST ofi SHIPS' MEETINGS... (Continued from page 18) mad*'by D. Keddy that R. Arlesuc be elected ae ahip'e aecretary reporter, car­ ried urianlmoualy. A motion by C. Star­ ling was made and carried unanimously that a telegram be dratted and sent to Harry Lundberg thanking him for a job Veil done. PLdRIDA. April 6—Chairman. H. Shaw; Secretary, L, McCoy. Communications from headquarters read. Crew of the SS Florida sent a telegram to Harry Lundeberg supporting his action on CAMU. A report from Bob Matthews read concern­ ing ship's status. munlcatlons were, read and carried unani­ mously. Crew voted full support to new seniority hiring system. Motion made by J. Kennedy that a supporting telegram be sent to Harry Lundeberg on his posi­ tion In CAMU. Carried. KYSKA (Waterman). April 7--Chalrman, H. Mesford; Secretary, P. Hugglns. All eommunicatlons read and then posted on the bulletin board. Motion made and carried to unanimously support SIU's new hiring system. Motion made by C. Moose and carried to send Harry Lunde­ berg a telegram giving him full support in CAMU issue. GEORGE A. LAWSON (Pan Oceanic), February 2—Chairman, M. Smith; Secre­ tary, J. Hauser. Discussion on proposed Coast Guard taking over physical and mental health program. Letter from secretary-treasurer regarding same was read, and all hands were urged to write to their Congressmen. Vote of thanks to the captain: for his cooperation and to the steward department for high qual­ ity and variety of food. Discussion on FRANCES (Buii), April 12—Chairman, GIs being in recreation room, and If they W. Smith; Secretary, E. O'Rourke. Reso­ can't keep it clean they should be kept lutions were discussed on supporting po­ out. sition on CAMU and SIU's new hiring method. Accepted unanimously by the DESOTO (Pan-Atlantic), February «— crew. Chairman, P. Reyes; Secretary, R. Hamp­ shire. Crewmembers were Informed' that tlREECE ViCTORY (South . Atiantic), the hospital - would not be used for - a Aprii 6-:-Cha.irman, ,N. Jakian; Secretary, storeroom in the future but should be H. Gulnie'r. Motion, carried unanimously ready at all times for emergency, as the to support J.undeberg position on CAMU; law Specified. Motion made and carried crew also gave full support to seniority that' 'a ship's fund be established and system 'now in operation. . . every member donate at least $3. Elec­ tion results reported and members are HURRICANE (Waterman), April « — satisfied. ' • • Chairman, M. Longfeliow; Secretary, R. Davidson. Motion made to send telegram LONCViEW VICTORY (Victory Car­ to Harry Lundeberg supporting his stand riers). February 26—Chairman, N. Kirk; on CAMU. Resolution adopted pledging Secretary. A. Kessen. Ship's delegate backing to new senidrity system. No talked to captain about getting motor beefs pending aboard. for washing machine fixed; Motion made and carried that all overtime be paid at JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), payoff time and not carried over to the April 5—Chairman, S, Furtado; Secretary, next trip. Chief electrician said he had E. Hansen. Headquarters report and coin- some spare motors that should be reFELTORE (Ors), April 5—Chairman, R. Marry; Secretary, C. CIsrk. Foc'sles need painting and deck should be repaired in laundry. Motion made by William Sharp and carried unanimously that a telegram be drafted and sent to Hatry Lundeberg pledging him support of crew In CAMU dispute. New hiring set-up given full approval. SlU-NLRBReach Accord To End Pending Cases (Continued from page 2) on the settlement stipulation with the NLRB, the Union representa­ tives made it clear that in any event before any final agreement could be reached and signed, the entire matter would have to be presented verbatim to the mem­ bership at regular meetings and that SIU membership authoriza­ tion be given before any Union official could sign the document. The membership authorized the action, after thorough discussion, at the May 4 meetings. Net result of the signing of this stipulation is that the; 23 men in­ volved in the Board cases will be allowed to apply for the seniority rating they qualify for under terms of the Union's hiring agree­ ment with the shipowners. Head­ quarters estimates that approxi­ mately 16 of the 23 men rate Class "d" seniority, 5 rate a Class "B", and the remaining two a Class "A" rating. It is interesting to note that these individuals would have been entitled to, and received, the same seniority rating had they not filed complaints with the NLRB. Of the 23 men, only one is entitled to financial remuneration, amount of which is to be set by the regional director of the Board. Hiring Clause Defined As in the case of any such agreement worked out with the Board under Taft-Hartley provi­ sions, the stipulation repeatedly specifies that membership or nonmembership in the Union shall not constitute the basis of a man's shipping rights. This proviso, of course, has no bearing on the pres­ ent hiring system, inasmuch as shipping is done solely on the basis of seniority, in accordance with the contract The core of the SIU hiring sys­ tem, which is part of the Union contract with the shipowners and which was negotiated some two months ago, involves three classes of seniority: Men who were sailing regularly on SIU vessels before Jan. 1, 1951, have the top "A" rat­ QtUz AnHwerz (1) Fort McHenry, Baltimore, ing. Those sailing regularly on SIU vessels since Jan. 1, 1951, to during the War of 1812. the present are rated as Class "B." (2) All are American trees. Men who had no time aboard SIU(3) $22.50. contra(?ted ships as of Jan. 1, 1955, (4) Translate. or who have not shipped regularly (5) A marquis. during the periods described cov­ (6) The queen was in the parlor, ering Class "A';; and Class "B,:' re­ eating bread and honey. ceive a Class "C'Tating. (7) Marrow. 90-Days A Year (8) Seattle. Although never previously spell­ (0) The Hindus. (10) It completely encircles the ed out in detail, seniority has al­ ways prevailed in the SIU and thus Earth. determined a man's rights to ship. In effect, therefore, the new seni­ Puzzle Answer ority system means that all Class "A" men are regular members of the Union. SIU permitmen consti­ the great majority of those QSDB BBSS BIIQ tute possessing Class "B" seniority rat­ ings. Class "C" men are entitled to ship under the seniority method BOSHg] now in effect if after eight consec-' utive calls no "A" or "B" men take the job called. However, under terms of the contract hiring provi­ sions, all Class "B" and "C" men must get off after 60 days aboard any vessel and _ re-register for a job. The job which they leave then goes on the hiring board and is reslfjpped lA tbe^ usual manner, . [ziisgsa mm mm\ja Q:i]a[iSa SSB aaaaa SHHraa SaaEUS QEBS QBEDS •as fflSEB asHS sea aasH SSE® referred to the patrolman. A motion was made that delegate be rotated every payoff. After some discussion it was agreed that 'this was not necessary the man In question was doing a good MARY ADAMS (Bloemfleld), February Job. therefore, the motion was defeated 12—Chairman, Al Wile; Secretary, O. by vote. Smith. Motion made aqd passed that SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seitrain), March ship's delegate report any fights that take place aboard ship at meetings. The stew­ 13—Chairman, Walter Newberg; Secre­ ard department was given a vote of tary, Beckerleh.. Discussion on the' air scoop'in the messhall. Discussion regard; thanks for a Job well done. ing literature harmful to Union coming aboard ship. I^aid mail was taken to the ANTIN0U8 (Pan-Atlantic), February 27 hall. Discussion 'on the missing iron; a —Chairman, Robin; Secretary, H. B|errlng. Air conditioning pertaining to the new .one will be purchased. regulation of heat and cold was dis­ SEAfRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), March 20 cussed. $31.81 in the ship's fund, and money will be used for chain and links —Chairman, 11. Allen; Secretary, Sir for crew's swing and games. A vote of Charles. Treasurer reported $50.75 in the thanks given to the baker for a Job well ship's fundi and crewmembers will do­ nate $1 to same. Motion made and car­ done, and the new chief cook. ried to buy a booster for the television. paired upon arrival In United State* port. Two men in the (toward department were hurt on company launch foinf athore in Saaebo,. Japan. BEATRICE (Bull), February 20—Chair­ man, J. Bernard; Secretary, P. Reyes. Ship's delegate resigned and a new one was elected. Suggestion made that the steward department wear white Jackets. Crewmembers were asked to keep messhaU locked while in port. Any beefs or complaints should be reported to the delegates. INES (Bull), March 13—Chairman, W. Mlllison; Secretary, H. Long. Money for TV repairs taken out of the ship's fund and $31 remains. All crewmembers agreed to keep laundry room clean. Ship's delegate reported that one man missed ship in Baltimore. Motion made and carried that this man be given every consideration shoreside as crew does not believe him to be at fault. SEATIGER (Orion). February 6—Chair­ man, W. Tkach; Secretary. W. Collard. The members voted thanks and confidence for the much-improved menus and quality of food and service. March 10—Chalrman,-C. McCarthy; Sec­ retary, T. Bolton. Patrolman will be contacted regarding ship sailing short of men from Texas City. Beef on rusty water and no hot water in showers. Crew requested that a public exterminator be called on board to kill cockroaches and bugs in next port of caU. CAROLYN (Bull), March 13—Chairman, E. Abuly; Secretary, W. Ludlaih. Balance of $1 in the ship's fund. Steward depart­ ment given a vote of thanks by entire crew. Repair lists should be turned in. Crew agreed to compensate 2nd cook for radio damaged during chipping on vessel. YORKMAR (Calmar), February 27 — Chairman, G. Leoffer; Secretary, R. Mc­ Neil. New air vent in baker's room still leaks after being replaced in Baltimore. Members asked to try and keep down noise in passageways so men off watch can get some sleep. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), Mafch 13— Chairman, C. Bush; Secretary, S. Neiisen. Delegates were asked to turn in repair lists so • most of repairs can be taken care of before ship gets into port. Crew's radio negds fixing and will be taken care of out of thp ship's fund. Arrival pool will be taken care of by the ship's delegate. BALTORE (Ore), March 9—Chairman, B. Colyer; Secretary, H. Wheeler. Ship's delegate given a vote of thanks for a job well done. Motion made and carried to contact New York for clarifications regarding contract.- Ship:a fund $16.19. CHILORE (Ore), March 6—Chali-man, D. Pontes; Secretary, H. Leiby. Overtime for Saturday and Sunday sanitary work on bridge will be taken up with the patrolman. There was - some discussion of why the bookmen on board will not accept the Jobs as delegates. Passage­ ways are to be more quiet as men are sleeping throughout the day. Library books should be returned to the library. The recreation hall is not being kept as clean as it should be after the nightly games that , are played. Each crewmember was asked to keep the pantry clean after using. All beefs will be brought to the attention of the patrolman by the ship's delegate. EDITH (Bull), February 27—Chairman, F. Davis; Secretary, Ralph Tyree. Ship's delegate reported $76 in the ship's fund. Motion made that the ship's delegate contact the captain and patrolman asking for statements to bo issued to each crewmember before the.payoff, itemizing his earnings. A patrolman will be contacted concerning delayed sailing. ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), March 5 — Chairman, J. Wilson; Secretary, J. Splvey. A vote of thanks was given to the 3rd mate for fixing the radio. Crew­ members were asked to return cups to the sink. The chief cook was reported to headquarters for stealing ship's gear. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), February 20—Chairman, H. MInkler; Sec­ retary, G. Vinson. Motion made and car­ ried to contact a patrolman regarding heating problem in crew's quarters. The retiring ship's delegate was given a vote of thanks for a Job well done. Requests made that the night lunch have more of a variety. Treasurer reported S40.70 in the ship's fund. SANTORE (Ore), February 19—Chair­ man, C. Stroud; Secretary, E. Potts. The ship's delegate was requested to see a patrolman about having sufficient aprons and jackets aboard ship. Some of the fans need repairing. Discussion on menus. SHINNECOCK BAY (Veritas), February 26—Chairman, H. Pruitt; Secretary, V. S. Kuhl. Several inquiries made as to why showers have been turned off. This mat­ ter will be turned over to the patrolman at payoff. Other than the repairs, every­ thing is going along pritty smoothly. FRANCES (Bull), March 3—Chairman, E. O'Rourke; Secretary, P. Gonzales. Work .done - by deck department which they daim is . longshore. work will be ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), March 15—Chairman, B. Slald; Secretary, C. since the captain refused to pay overtim* to tha wipers on weekends ice will be pulled twice en Ttiursdays and Fridays' to have enough. Men asked to be raoiw coiisiderate of brothers sleeping whilethe ship is in port. Discussion on poor service given in the srew messroom. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatreifl), ' February 25—Chairman, J. Pullen; Secretary, S. Johnson. Ship's delegate called a special meeting for the purpose of electing a new ship's delegate. Motion, made and carried that any more per*, forming by crewmembers will be dealt with through membership adopted pro-: cedures. The ship's delegate was re­ elected and given a vote of confidence and promised cooperation for the future. BIENVILLE (Waterman), February 27— Chairman, R. Hutchins; Secretary, J. Flood. One man missed ship in San Pedro and Joined in .Seattle. Motion made and carried . that a patrolman come aboard in first port regarding repairs that have been promised several times with no results. Crewmembers were asked to bring all surplus linen to the steward. Dwyer. Motion made and carried to see the patrolman about getting more variety in foods. Discussion held on repairs in general and all agreed that each dele­ gate should submit a repair list on ar­ SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), rival in New York. February 19—Chairman, McRay; Secre-, tary, S. Johnson. Ship's delegate re­ JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Victory ported there is $83J!5 in the ship's fund. Carriers), March 7—Chairman, N. W. Du- All repairs have been taken care of. Mo­ Bols; Secretary, R. Morgan. Ship's dele­ tion defeated to buy a TV set from the gate contacted master about slopchest. ship's fund.. and sizes will be obtained if requested. A draw wUl be given if there is no pay­ SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), Feb­ off same day of arrival. Steward re­ ruary 13—Chairman, J. Long; Secretary, quested all extra linen be turned in. F. Johnson. A contribution was made to the American Seaman's Friend Society ROBIN MOWBRAY (Seat Shipping), from the ship's fund. Three men missed January 9—Chairman, O. Raynor; Sec­ ship in New Orleans. Discussion held on retary, N. Remley. Ship's library was re­ purchasing a record player. Ship's iron ceived. The washing machine has been is missing, and Brother Long reminded fixed. Motion made and carried that the erew that four irons have been pur­ crewmembers wear shirts in the mess- chased in the past ten months and have room. Ice situation was discussed, and disappeared. Win Family Sick Care; Boost Other Benefits (Continued from page 3) then in subsequent successful Union contract negotiations. Other benefits are provided as follows:— • Seafarers in all ports who are on the beach waiting to ship out are entitled to assistance through the interest-free loan and mealbook program, and the use of dor­ mitory facilities. • The Andrew Furuseth Train­ ing School will he available to Sea­ farers for upgrading purposes at no cost to them. • Special assistance in the form of wheelchairs, artificial limbs and other devices vvill he provided for individual Seafarers if the trustees so vote. In aiinquncing details of the Wel­ fare Plan improvements, SIU Sec­ retary-Treasurer Paul Hall told the membership, "Your Union has at­ tempted to' work out a program here which will offer the most protection possible to both married and single Seafarers. In drafting this program, your Union's Wel­ fare Plan has designed the benefits to help those who need help the most. The trustees of the Plan and the headquarters officials of your Union believe that this package represents the best possible pro­ tection that could he obtained for all Seafarers." Self-administration of the Wel­ fare Plan by Union and employer trustees was a big factor in bring­ ing the new hesiefits about, in that savings from bypassing insurance companies could he passed on to Seafarers and their families in the form of additional benefits. Eligibility Welfare Plan trustees also took important steps to assure that the wide variety of benefits under the Plan would he payable to profes­ sional seamen who make a living by going to sea. Changes were made in the eligibility require­ ments to meet that objective, hut these changes will not affect any Seafarers who are already receiv­ ing any one of the existing benefits under the Plan. These men will also he entitled to the current in­ creases in benefits. The one day's seatime qualifica­ tion for death, hospital and mater­ nity benefits will also apply to de- ptndents' benefits as well, with one iuiportant difference. As of June 1, the qualification for all the above benefits will he one day's seatime in the previous 90 days, and 90 days on SlU-contracted ships in the pre­ vious calendar year. The change is designed to give preference to the full-time Sea­ farer over the one-tripper and the emergency replacement. Under the old system such men were entitled to welfare benefits on an equal basis with professional SIU sea­ men. Disability-pension qualifications have also been changed. Applicants will need 12 years' seatime, or 4,380 days, since January 1, 1934, one day of which must he within 90 days of the Seafarer's application for benefits. This is assurance that benefits will go to actively-sailing Seafarers, with those disabled in previous years already covered by the retroactive features of the orig­ inal disability benefit. Disability qualifications, aside from seatime, will consist of in­ ability to work at sea for a living, no matter what the age of the Sea­ farer. Scholarship benefit qualifications continue unchanged at three years' seatime on the part of the Seafarer or the Seafarer-father of the schol­ arship applicant. In figuring the family hospital benefits, the Seafarer pays the first $50 of the hospital room and extras expenses and the Welfare Plan picks up the rest of the tab up to $10 a day for the hospital room and board and $100 for expenses like x-rays, operating rooms, special nursing care and the like. The $50 deductible feature enables the Plan to provide these generous benefits to help the family faced with a major hospital hill. The surgical schedule, as the special supplement in this issue shows, provides a spe­ cific benefit for each specific opera­ tion up to the $300 maximum. The hospital and surgical sched­ ules, and the $4 a day doctors' visit allowance, are based on national average cost figures supplied by the American Medical Association and other medical authorities. Full­ er details as well as procedures for collecting benefits are described in the 8-page Welfare Plan supple­ ment in- this issue, , ,. • • '"i •'-x-f �;• • ; •;rv- SEAFARERS ik-.-' . OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL I , SPECIAL S-PAGE SUPPLEMENT # ^r/#- # rV : • -• i• :;5 «6I W®""" „lh» 'V' ot on v «»<• 'V^Co-'xy ida® W.«o" , gnorso' iloto'e > hara' ;• . •'A ta »W •' *** iodiaa ' Conv.n"""'^ tH« _ . •r«rer s ' - plus ?V.".. M' '& ' \'y .'- •Vsii'' ! •t'- • ::ri. K ->>'- .• *" • ®a#;.;: W^'./ SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAl UNIOH • A&G DISTRICT �'I'ii " ''y-. ' J-.- , ' ! --li.'' li K, I- 4 - •-i S ••tii. <»» • .-J • .-V . r" • •••.- ••„:; -fy.-n-1,-.-• li' . #•:•• • l-r: v-:^- ' ••.. r-.S'i, • . 1 . .• ' •-•': .: - '• • ' / • . -. 'M »>r --; - ^ i,. -fe' • -M "Th* surface of tfits new area of security for seamen has only been scratched at yet, but the vast potentialities that it has for seamen marks It second only to the Hiring Hall as an instrument of security for the men who go to sea. The Welfare Plan idea embodies all the elements of security heretofore undreamed of." •/f &''ry' 4 ' iM -r'lS '•"iS 'nl» -Report of SlU • A&G District • ToSlU ofNA Convention/ March 26,1951/ San FranciscO/ Calif. SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN -;SQ3S % -•-V II 2 with new HOSPITAL ANO SURGICAL BENEFITS NEW! ... maximum protection for Tfie Seafarer's family, . . plus NEW! INCRIA8E8 in J,.-.. -sv. • -'t'.. • 1 • •• 1. - • • 'A f DEATH BENEFIT HDSPITAL PAYMENT DISABILITY-PENSION BENEFIT ... V COMPtETE SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN BENEFITS : v^' .-ciU , ^i^FA^ERS lOG • RndSection 8 May 13/I95S •--rl I ^Tt;£ I . -H j �May li, 1«A% -Fa*® S—Tw« § • • ll- I Announcement this month of the new system of hospital and surgical benefits for Seafarers' dependents and the increases in existing benefits ' cove^-ing hospitalization, disability and death for Seafarers themselves fol lows a tradition of pioneering in union welfare programs that has been with the SIU since the earliest days of its existence. Now in operation nearly five years, the Seafarers Welfare Plai\. provides a weil-defined program of benefits tailored to the specialized needs of sea-' men. The blueprint first envisioned in 194S has proved to be more and more a reality with the passing years. Fundamentally, the idea behind the development of the present Welfare Plan benefits stems from the SIU's desire to bring a measure of security to the men and the families of the men who labor in tljis highly unstable industry. The SIU saw that the area of welfare security represented for seamen a field second in importance only to the hiring hall. This was, in fact, a whole new concept of life for seamlen. Proof of the sweeping changes wrought by the welfare program is the tremendous upsurge in the number of seamen married, raising children and becoming established members of communities everywhere. Just as important to the SIU as establishing a welfare plan was the method of its administration. The SIU was unwilling to pay the costs of insurance company administration with its cold and inflexible attitude. Careful studies of other union welfare set-ups indicated that this was the fate of all who embraced insurance company plans. The result Was that the SIU demanded and won a self-administered plan that keeps costs low and maintains constant contact with the seamen-beneficiaries. The problem of welfare benefits for seamen, completely unknown in the industry at the time, was first discussed at a joint conference of the Sailors Union of the Pacific and the SIU A&G District in June, 1949, in Washing­ ton, DC. It was agreed that the two affiliated organizations would press for this type of benefit, heretofore unheard of, at their next bargaining ses­ sions with the shipowners. The SUP, under the leadership of Harry Lundeberg, was the first to crack the ice when late in November, 1949, the SUP compelled the West Coast operators to agree to payment of 25 cents^ for each unlicensed man's work day into a welfare fund. When the SIU A&G District opened negotiations loith the shipowners on December 4, 1949, it came fully-prepared. In all, virtually every one of its demands were approved by the operators. On December 29, a key memorandum was signed by representatives of several major SIU operators, and the Seafarers Welfare Plan was born. It committed the operators to a contribution of 25 cents per day for each Seafarer working on their ships, which was to be pooled in a central fund from which Seafarers would draw benefits as they needed them. A joint panel of Union and shipowner trustees was empowered to oversee all oper­ ations, which would be under the immediate concern of a full-time admin­ istrator familiar with the problems involved. When payments first began on July 1, 1950, a $500 death benefit and a $7 iveekly hospital benefit were provided. There had been no effort to make benefits large right at the start and thereby run the danger of bankrupting things before they got going. The Union was concerned, however, in the case of the hospital benefit, with putting no limit on the length of time dur­ ing which benefits could be received. All these objectives were met and continue to highlight the Plan's operations. It was a long step from the $2 weekly hospital benefit, $100 burial benefit and $50 "shipwreck benefit" made payable out of the Union treasury under the old SIU constitution. In January, 1951, the Plan's trustees took the first step calculated to put the idle reserve fund to work earning money. The sum of $500,000 was used to purchase interest-bearing US Government bonds, which the Plan now holds in the amount of $1.7 million. In like fashion, the first $500 death benefit has gone through four separate increases to reach its present new level of $3,500, and the hospital benefit, originally $7 weekly, has been tripled by the increases to $21. Just a few weeks before the second anniversary of the Plan, in June, 1952, the $200 maternity benefit and a disability benefit—then pegged at $15 weekly—were added to the list. The disability benefit, payable to any Seafarer, has just had its third increase, and is now $35 weekly. An outstanding achievement of the Plan was the creation of a Scholar­ ship Fund In October, 1952, which is enabling three Seafarers and the chil­ dren of five others to attend the college or university of their choice with $6,000, four-year scholarship awards from the Welfare Plan. Four such awards are made each year. As part of its program of providing aid for Seafarers in areas never touched by shoreside unions, the Welfare Plan operates an ever-expanding program of unemployment aid for Seafarers on the beach waiting to ship. This has come in the form of a loan program, special recreational cafeteria facilities in some ports and in making available dormitories, showers, laun­ dry facilities and similar items in many halls. l)X 1^ I I/'s.wI - • t • ti tUli .iHi �Mmy IS. ItSS Hospital, Surgical Benefits; Increases In Hospital, Death, Pension—Disability Why SlU Plan Is Self-Insured The uniqueness of the operation of the Seafarers Welfare Plan is underscored by the fact that it is one of the few self-administered welfare programs in the country. Most union welfare plans are based on insurance policies taken out with an insurance company and the insurance company administers the plan accordingly. Since insurance companies are in business as profit-making enter­ prises, the expense of an insurance-administered plan is bound to be higher than one which is self-administered, and profits from in­ vestment of premiums also go to the company. Brokers' fees and other expenses of Insured plans are additional burdens. For that reason it was decided when the Seafarers Welfare Plan was first negotiated to administer the program directly, through es­ tablishment of a Welfare Plan office staffed with professional ad­ ministrators. The result has been that expenses of the Seafarers Welfare Plan have been limited to 7.7 percent of income. Comparable expenses under insurance company plans, according to the New York State Superintendent of Insurance, average around ten percent, with many plans running up above 25 percent in adminis­ trative costs. Accountants for the Seafarers Welfare Plan have figured that had the Union's Plan's funds been put in the hands of an insurance com­ pany, the additional cost would have been around $110,000 a year, an increase of 50 percent in operating costs. Likewise the plan would have lost over $100,000 income from investments it has made in US Government bonds with its surplus. How Hlan Is Run The Seafarers Welfare Plan, which is a self-administered, selfinsured program, is governed by a board of trustees consisting of three SIU and three shipowner representatives. The trustees have the authority to determine how the Plan is to be run and what benefits are to be provided. They can call on expert advice for this purpose and in turn, they issue instructions to the professional administrators hired by the Welfare Plan for the purpose of carrying out its functions. Welfare Payments And Assets MAY 6, 1955 BENEFITS PAID Hospital benefits paid since July 1, 1950 Death benefits paid since July 1, 1950 Disability benefits paid since May 1, 1952 Maternity benefits paid since April 1, 1952. Total (Dates are when benefits began.) ASSETS Cash on hand Estimated accounts receivable US Government bonds (Welfare) Real estate (Welfare) Other assets—training ship (Welfare) Total Assets 'ii" t"- . • S, $662,125.50 1,209,859.88 93,145.00 368,800.00 .$2,333,930.38 $449,186.14 145,991.85 1,720,696.88 240,894.70 117,803.40 .$2,674,572.97 E£Feclive June 1, 1955, Seafarers, their wives and children will be covered by a new Welfare Plan program bringing additional hpnefits and a large increase in benefits previously existing. The new program includes hospital and surgical coverage for Seafarers' families, and higher pay­ ments for disability-pensions, Seafarers' hospital benefits a"d death bene­ fits. It makes up a package which trustees of the Welfare Plan believe to be without a peer, including as it does, besides the above-listed benefits, maternity and scholarship benefits, unemployment benefits and training facilities. As approved by the membership go to active Seafarers, with those dis­ in all ports at the May 4 member­ abled in previous years already brought in under the retroactive features of the ship meeting, the new package con­ original disability benefit. sists of the following; Disability qualifications, as oefore, will • A hospital benefit for wives and chil­ consist of inabUity to work at sea for a dren of Seafarers which pays for a hospi­ living, no matter what the age of the tal room at the rate of $10 a day for 31 Seafarer may be. days, plus $100 maximum allowance for Qualifications for the scholarship benefit extra hospital expenses, after the first $50 will remain three years' seatime on the of expenses. part of the Seafarer, or the Seafarer-father • A $4'per diem allowance for doctor's of the scholarship applicant. visits while hospitalized up to a maximum The new family benefits will work in of 31 days' visits. the following fashion. The $10 a day hos­ / • A schedule of surgical benefits up pital benefit and the $100 maximum allow­ to a maximum of $300, depending on the ance for extra expense like x-rays, operat­ type of surgery involved. Blood transfu­ ing rooms, extra nursing care and the sion costs are included under this heading. like, will be treated as one package in The above benefits apply to wives of figuring the $50 deduction. The Seafarer Seafarers, and to unmarried children of pays the first $50 of the package and the Seafarers up to 19 years of age. The Welfare Plan picks up the tab for the rest. existing $200 maternity benefit plus $25 . By putting in the $50 deductible feature US defense bond from the Union will be the Plan was able to provide more gener­ continued as is. ous benefits, so that the Seafarer who is For Seafarers themselves, the improve­ faced with a really whopping hospital bill ments in benefits are equally impressive. will get the aid he needs. The whole idea They involve: is to help those who need help the most, • A $1,000 increase in the death benefit instead of dissipating the Plan's resources in payment and handling of minor hospital to $3,500. bills. • A $6 weekly increase in hospital bene­ The surgical schedule, which is fully fits to $21 per week, payable, as before, detailed for all types of surgery, provides for as long as a Seafarer is hospitalized, payment for specific operations up to the • A $10 weekly increase in the disabili­ $300 maximum, and includes blood trans­ ty benefit to $35 a week, or slightly over fusion costs at* $20 per transfusion. Both the schedule of surgical benefits $150 a month. / and the hospital allowance were based on • Continuation of the existing $6,000 figures drafted after consultation with the college scholarship program. American Medical Association and other In addition, under the Welfare Plan medical authorities. The benefits reflect program. Seafarers in all ports who are the average national cost of hospitalization on the beach waiting to ship out are en­ on the basis of a semi-private room, the titled to assistance through the loan and average cost of hospital extras, and typical meal book program, the use of-dormitory surgical fees charged by surgeons in vari­ facilities, plus the facilities of the Andrew ous parts of the country. Furuseth Training School for upgrading The same holds true for the $4 per day purposes. allowance for doctor's visits to a hospi­ . The new benefits program was made talized patient. The purpose of this bene­ possible by a recent increase in payments fit is to take care of non-surgical hospital to the Welfare Plan negotiated by the cases. The allowance applies on a day SIU as well as by the self-administered by day basis each day the doctor visits nature of the Welfare Plan. The savings the patient, whether he visits once a day made possible from bypassing insurance or more, up to 31 days of visits. companies and their "cut" of a welfare The procedure on payment of depend­ program's income can be passed on to ents' benefits is simple enough. When a Seaferers and their families in the form of dependent is hospitalized, the hospital superior coverage. should be notified that the dependent is While in the process of revising and covered by the Seafarers Welfare Plan. broadening the Welfare Plan, the SIU The hosjHtal should be told to contact the trustees also took the opportunity to nearest SIU hall to verify the eligibility assure that its benefits would be payable of the dependent. In a few days, the hos­ to the professional seaman who sails reg­ pital will receive a letter from the Welfare ularly with the SIU. Certain changes were Plan office confirming the eligibility of made in eligibility accordingly. Thie one the patient and informing it of the covei-day's seatime qualification for death, hos­ age the patient is entitled to. pital and maternity benefits will carry Once the patient has been discharged over to the new dependents benefits, but from the hospital, a claim can be filed It will now be on the basis of one day in with the Seafarers Welfare Plan at 11 the previous 90 and 90 days in the preced­ Broadway, New York City. A Welfare ing calendar year. This will tend to give Plan check will then be forwarded cover­ preference to the full time, professional ing that part of the bill for which benefits Seafarer. apply. To assure the speediest possible han­ Qualifications for the increased disabili­ ty-pension benefit will now be 12 years' dling of such claims all Seafarers will be seatime, or 4,380 days, one day of which asked to fill out forms listing their de­ must be, within 90 days of the Sea­ pendents. 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Exostosis, ostema, removal of 65.00 Foot stabilization !..!!!!!.•., 150^00 Fracture Simple, closed reduction, with or without pins and/or calipers Ankle (Pott's), astragalus, clavicle, elbow, fibula, os calcis, radius, . scapula, ulna, wrist (Colics') 75.OO Femus, pelvis . . .. ... . . !! 90.00 • Fingers or toes (phalanges), hand (metacarpals), foot (metatarsals), nose, rib or ribs, tarsal or carpal bones 25.00 Humerus, mandible, maxilla, (alveolar process excepted), patella, radius and ulna, tibia or tibia and fibula 75.OO Vertebra or vertebtae, coccyx excepted Body or lamia go.oo Articular, lateral or spinous processes only 20.00 Compound—The maximum is one and one-half times the allowance for the corresponding simple fracture treated by closed reduction. Treated by open operation, except pins and/or calipers—The maximum is twice the allowance for the corresponding simple fracture treated by closed reduction. Fracture of skull—see neurosurgery. Hallux valgus (bunion), operation for Single 50.OO Bilateral—same surgical occasion . TsioO Hammer Toes, operation for !!!!!!!!.!!!!! 5o!oO Incision into joint Semilunar cartilage, knee, removal 125.00 For other reason 5o!o0 Paracentesis (tapping) only lo]oO Patella, excision of ff 1 r'rr r v -i-f ? ^ v/ •' 1 VI-.T 13n* >,>^5.00 Tendons and ligaments Tenotomy, sole procedure Suturing Single structure Multiple structures Transplant of tendons Single Multiple Toe nail, radical removal 0) MAXIMUM PAYMENT 25100 35.00 50.00 50.00 75.00 15.00 EYE Cataract, removal of Needling, complete procedure I Chalazion, operation for Conjunctival flap operation Conjunctival suture Cornea Paracentesis of Transplantation of Ulcer Cauterization of Delimiting keratomy Detached retina, electrocoagulation for .; Enucleation and/or evisceration (exenteration), including implantation Foreign body, cornea or conjunctiva, removed Foreign body, intraocular removed Glaucoma, filtration (trephining) operation Hordeolumor sty, operation for Iridectomy, sole procedure Lachrymal sac, excision Pterygium, removal Ptosis, eye lid, correction of Unilateral Bilateral—same surgical occasion Strabismus (crossed eyes, squint) convergent or divergent, correction by cutting operation, complete procedure 25.00 200.00 5.00 25.00 200.00 90.00 5.00 50.00 110.00 5.00 75.00 50.00 35.00 50.00 75.00 110.00 15.00 200.00 140.00 180.00 NOSE AND THROAT Antrum puncture and irrigation 5.00 Antrum window, Caldwell-Luc operation 60.00 Ethmoidectomy, Including removal polyps 50.00 Frontal sinus, radical 100.00 Laryngoscopy, including biopsy For diagnosis or treatment 10.00 Operative 25.00 Nasal polyps, removal Single 10.00 Multiple 20.00 Nasal septum, submucous resection ' 75.00 Tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy, cutting or electro-coagulation, com­ plete procedure 50.00 Tracheotomy 65.00 Turbinectomy, unilateral or bilateral 15.00 BREAST Abscess of, incision and drainage Amputation of Simple unilaterad Radical, with exporation axilla 25.00 100.00 150.00 INFECTION AND TRAUMA Abscess, not mentioned elsewhere, incision and drainage Superficial Deep Carbuncle, incision of Debridement of wounds i..^ Suturing, sole procedure—$2 per stitch, with maximum of 10.00 25.00 15.00 10,00 50.00 LYMPH GLANDS Superficial, .removal of, including biopsy Deep chain, removal of, including biopsy 20.00 75.00 SCALENE SYNDROME Cutting operation for Unilateral Bilateral—same surgical occasion ^5.00 120.00 THYROID GLAND Removal of (thyroidectomy) complete or partial, complete procedure TUMORS AND CYSTS Benign tumor or cyst, superficial, excision of 150.00 10.00 Cyst Branchial, removal of Pilonidal (including pilonidal sinus) excision of Thyroglossal, excision of Epithelioma, including basal celled carinoma, excision of With gland dissection Other malignant tumors, face, lip or skin, excision of ;..... ' With gland diksectibh ... .-'.W. WjWl CB s wI ^1 150.00 50.00 10.00 25.00 20.00 EAR Abscess, middle ear (otitis media) incision drum (paracentesis) Fenestration operation for otosclerosis Mastoidectomy Unilateral Bilateral—same surgical occasion 4) L hci 75.00 60.00 150.00 25.00 75.00 50.00 100.00 �13. 19S» P«ee S—SevcB rrr^r Seafarers are urged to leave with their wives their Social Security number, their Z number and the address of the nearest SlU office in order to speed acceptance into a hospital of your dependents in cose of an emergency. DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION MAXIMUM PAYMENT Warts, moles, removal of Single Multiple f . 10.00 15.00 VEINS, VARICOSE Complete Procedure Cutting operation for, with or without injections One leg Both legs—same surgical occasion "Injections only One leg Both legs ! 50.00 100.00 35.00 50.00 GYNECOLOGY Artesia of the vagina, plastic correction . . .,. ... .... 50.00 Imperforate hymen, correction of, by cutting 10.00 Bartholin's gland • Excision of 50.00 Incision only -10.00 Caruncle, urethra, excision or fulguration 20.00 Cervix Amputation, complete ^ 50.00 Dilation and curettage non-puerperal, ceiVical repair (trachelorrhaphy), conization, cauterization or polypectomy, with or without biopsy 25.00 Two or more of these procedures done at same time 35.00 Cul-de-sac drainage, colpotomy 15.00 Cystocele or rectocele, surgical repair of, sole procedure 60.00 Cystocele and rectocele combined, surgical correction of, perineorrhaphy, sole procedure , 100.00 Cystocele and rectocele, repair of by cutting operation or perineorrhaphy, in combination with one or more of dilatation and curettage non-puerperal, cervical repair (trachelorrhaphy, conization, cauterization or polypectomy, with'or without biopsy *. . 125.00 Oophorectomy (excision of ovary) and/or salpingectomy excision of tube) for cystic ovary, ovarian cyst or other cause, unilateral or bilateral, including separation of adhesions and appendectomy 100.00 Displacement (retroversion, prolapse, procidentia) of the uterus, correction of by cutting operation, abdominal or vaginal approach, with or without separation of adhesions, appendectomy or unilateral or bilateral oopho­ rectomy and/or salpingectomy 125.00 The above procedure combined with one or more of the following— dilatation and curettage non-puerperal, cervical repair (trachelorX'haphy), conization, cauterization or polypectomy, with or without biopsy 150.00 Displacement (retroversion, prolapse, procidentia) of the uterus, correction of by cutting operation, abdominal or vaginal approach, with or without separation of adhesions, appendectomy or unilateral or bilateral oopho­ rectomy and/or salpingectomy but combined with cutting operation for systocele and/or rectocele or perineorrhaphy 150.00 The above procedure combined with one or more of the following— dilatation and curettage non-puerperal, cervical repair (trachelor­ rhaphy), conization, cauterization- or polypectomy, with or without biopsy . 150.00 Hysterectomy, any type, with or without separation of adhesions, appen­ dectomy or unilateral or bilateral oophorectomy and/or salpingectomy, abdominal or vaginal approach 150.00 The above procedure combined with one or more of the following— dilatation and curettage non-puerperal, cervical repair (trachelorrhapy), conization, cauterization or polypectomy, with or without biopsy 175.00 Hysterectomy, any type, with or without separation of adhesions, appendec­ tomy or unilateral or bilateral oophorectomy and/or salpingectomy, abdominal or vaginal approach but combined with cutting operation for cystocele and/or rectocele or perineorrhaphy 175.00 The above procedure combined with one or more of the following— dilation and curettage non-puerperal, cervical repair (trachelorrhaphy), conization, cauterization or polypectomy, with or without biopsy 175.00 ' Vesicovaginal fistula, repair of •. 125.00 MISCELLANEOUS Blood transfusions, including cost of blood or blood derivatives—$20 per. transfusion, with maximum of ' 120.00 Bone marrow, aspiration of for biopsy 10.00 Parotid gland Total removal 75.00 Mixed tumor removed from '. 60.00 Stone, removal from parotid or submaxillary gland 25.00 Submaxillary gland, removal of 50.00 NEUROSURGERY Brain tumor, complete procedure ... Cranial nerves, section of sensory root of fifth (for tic doloreux), or eighth (for Meniere's disease), resection gasserian ganglion Craniotomy, exploratory or decompressive Hematoma, subdui-al or extradural, treated by trephining ... Intervertebral disc (nucleus pulposis) rupture, herniation or protrusion, re. moval of or exploration of Laminectomy, exploratory or decompressive Lumbar and/or cisternal puncture, not for anesthesia—$10 per puncture with maximum of Meningocele, excision of i Neuroma, peripheral, resection of Peripheral nerves, decompression, suture or transplantation of, single or first each additional.after,firi^t 300.00 200.00 150.00 150.00 200.00 200.00 100.00 100.00 50.00 75.00 25.00 MAXIMUM PAYMENT maximum Pneumonencephalography, including lumbar puncture .....' Rhizotomy isection of nerve roots within spinal canal), chordotomy Skull fracture With brain injury, nonoperative treatment - With elevation of fragment.* Compound with debridement and elevation of fragments Spinal cord tumor, removal of • Sympathectomy Lumbar unilateral Lumbar bilateral—same surgical occasion Thoraco—lumbar with splanchniceciomy, complete procedure Trephining, exploratory, sole procedure, per side Ventriculography, complete procedure, including trephining ., 150.00 25.00 200.00 50.00 100.00 200.00 200.00 150.00 200.00 200.00 25.0^ 35.00 PROCTOLOGY Abscess, ischiorectal, perirectal, perianal, drainage of Carcinoma of rectum, resection, complete procedure :... Cryptectomy of one or more crypts Dilation of anal orfice, sole procedure '. Fissurectomy • Fistula-in-ano, operation for (fistiuectomy) Hemorrhoids Operative removal, any method Internal or internal and external The above combined with fissurectomy and/or cryptectomy External only Injection treatment, complete pi-ocedure—one-half the allowance for corresponding cutting operation Polypectomy, one or more Prolapsed rectum, cutting operation . Proctoscopy and/or sigmoidoscope, with or without biopsy 25.00 200.00 15.00 15.00 35.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 20.00 30.00 100.00 10.00 THORACIC SURGERY Bronchoscopy, including biopsy Diagnosis only Removal foreign body or other treatment Congenital anomaly of heart or aorta, surgical correction of ..! Esophagoscopy, incYuding biopsy Diagnosis only Removal foreign body or dilation stricture Esophageal diverticulum, excision of .s • Lobectomy or pneumonectomy , Phrenicotomy, phrenicestomy, phrenic avulsion or crushing ....'. Pneumonosly Pnumothorax. artificial, first induction refills, each .. Maximum Thoracentesis (tapping chest) Thoracoplasty One or two stages Three or more stages, including previous stages Thoractomy with rib resection for daainage of empyema Vagotomy, thoracic approach 30:00 50.00 300.00 30.00 50.00 75.00 300.00 50.00 50.00 25.00 10.00 160.00 25.00 100.00 200.00 75.00 150.00 UROLOGY Abscess, prostate, incision and drainage 35.00 Caruncle, excision or fulguration 20.00 Circumcision 15.00 Cystostomy, cystotomy, suprapubic, with fulguration or other bladder treat­ ment 75.00 Cystoscopy, including biopsy For examination only with or without retrograde pyelography 25.00 For treatment, bladder, ureter or kidney . ., 25.00 For removal of tumor or stone from ureter or bladder 50.00 Viverticulum of bladder, resection of 125.00 Endoscopy and/or dilation urethra, diagnosis or treatment, with or without biopsy 15.00 Epididymectomy Unilateral 50.00 Bilateral—same surgical occasion 100.00 Fistula, urethral, operation for 75.00 Hydrocele Tappping, not more than ten each side, each 10.00 Radical operation Unilateral 50.00 Bilateral—same surgical occasion 75.00 Litholapaxy (lithotrity), complete procedure 35.00 Meatotomy, sole procedure 5.00 Nephrectomy 200.00 Nephrotomy or nephropexy 150.00 Orchidectomy (excision of testicle) Simple, unilateral .' 50.00 Simple, bilateral—same surgical occasion 75.00 With gland dissection 150.00 Plastic repair, uretero-pelvic junction, or correction aberrant renal artery ., 200.00 Prostatectomy, complete procedure including vasectomy Suprapubic or perineal 150.00 Transurethral, complete resection 150.00 Punch operation, median bar resection 75.00 Pyelotomy, complete procedure 125.00 Uuretero-lithotomy, ureterotomy 125.00 Urethrotomy, external or internal 50.00 Varicocele, operation for 50.00 " Vasectomy, not associated with other procedures . '../ri '.H . . t'. ' 251.00 ba:# coooa.* ? I I ::41 •^1 I m ':A'i �May IS. USS' ru» I—KlfM WHAT TO DO IF YOUR WIFE OR CHILD IS HOSPITAIIZED ^ ^Kirs, Q. Is there any particular hospital I must go to? A: No. You may go to whatever hospital you choose. Q. Do SIU officials, SIU trustees or SIU em­ ployees receive any of these benefits? A. No. In order to receive the benefits a man must meet the eligibility requirements as a working seaman. Notify hoBpital your fam­ ily has Seafarers hospital "* and surgical coverage. L Have hospital call nearJ est SIU office to confirm • your family's eligibility. ,, iHOSPlI' -^1 3 4. Later hospital will re­ ceive letter from Plan listing your coverage. Q. What if my wife or child needs several op­ erations daring one year, are they restricted to a total of $300 in surgery? A. Not at all. The benefit starts anew for each period of hospitalization or each admission to a hospital for surgery. Q. Does the new eligibility requirement affect men now receiving hospital or disability-pen­ sion benefits? A. Men now receiving Welfare benefits will continue to receive these benefits. Q. Can a Seafarer's wife apply for benefits or must a Seafarer apply himself? A. The dependents benefits may be filed for and collected by the wife of a Seafarer. See or write your nearest SIU agent or the SIU Welfare Plan. Q. If a blood transfusion is needed, will its cost come out of the hospital extras benefit? A. No, under the surgical benefit $20 is allowed for every transfusion with a maximum of $120. Q. What if my room costs only $8 per day. Do I still get the $10 per day? A. The new hospital and surgical benefits are reimbursible only, meaning you must have in­ curred the debt to^et the money. If your room was $8 you'd receive just the $8. (This, of course, is after the first $50 of expenses.) " Your dependent will then be admitted; no de* posit is necessary. Q. What is the maximum in benefits a Sea­ farer's dependent can receive under the new hospital and surgical benefits? A. There is no maximum, although for one con­ finement the maximums of $310 in hospital room fees, $100 in extras and $300 in surgical fees would total $710. The dependent may, of course, be readmitted for further treatment later which would start the benefits anew. Q. Why does the Seafarers hospital benefit for dependents have a $50 deductible provision when some plans pay from the first dollar of expense? A. Studies have proven thSt almost everyone can handle a hospital expense-up to $50 with ease, but would be in trouble if the bills ran to several hundred dollars. This provision al­ lows for greater coverage of dependents and for a greater maximum. Under a $l-up plan, the bulk of the funds are paid out for minor claims, thus denying families the maximum cov­ erage of the Seafarers Plan. Q. What is specifically included in the surgical benefit? A. This benefit is solely to cover the surgeon's fee, according to the surgical schedule, and in­ cludes nothing else. Q. I'm single and my mother is totally depend­ ent upon me for support. Is she covered? A. The new benefit was drawn up with the im­ mediate family of a seaman in mind and can provide adequate benefits for these dependents. To broaden the coverage to include parents or other dependent relatives would have neces­ sitated limiting the benefits below the high level the plan now offers for immediate de­ pendents. However, study will continue in this area and the Plan can always broaden its cov­ erage at a later date. Q. Must I first have $50 in hospital room ex* penses and another $50 in extras before I am covered by the hospital and extras benefits? A. No, these two benefits are a unit and are together on your bill. After you have a total of $50 in expenses the Plan covers your ex­ penses of both hospital and extras. Q. Suppose because of unusual circumstances I haven't worked one day in the last 90 days and my wife or youngster becomes hospitalized? A. The Seafarers Welfare Plan was established with a flexibility no other plan has, a flexibility which enables the trustees to waive certain re­ quirements in unusual circumstances. Q. Do the fees listed on the surgical schedule cover the full cost of an operation? A. Surgeons in port cities throughout the United States were queried when this list was drawn up and the sums listed here are the aver-: age they gave. These sums,should be sufficient for these operations in most cities. Q. Does this mean the benefits and the eligi­ bility requirements are now frozen? A. Not at all. The Seafarers Welfare Plan trustees meet every month and under the Plan's flexibility, (something no insurance company set-up allows) changes can be made in both benefits and eligibility.. Q. Does the Seafarers maternity benefit now come under this new program? A. No. The Seafarers maternity benefit con­ tinues as it did before: A payment of $200 foreach birth (duplicate payments for multipje births) and a $25 US Treasury Bond for each child from the Union. i. At time of discharge, make, claim to Welfare Plan for benefits. SEAFARERS AND WIVES OF SEAFARERS: \m' p' I#).': j •.'J-' 6. If you have any questions or problems about any of the Seafarers Welfare Plan benefits,Claim will be speeded contact the nearest SIU port agent or the officesof the Seafarers Welfare Planet 11 Bjrpadway, through and check .01 .1;) re )> i. yi mailed out promptly. ' ^ - • New.York/NY, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource May 13, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 10 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU-NLRB REACH ACCORD TO END PENDING CASES SEAFARERS BACK CIO PHONE BEEF SIU OF NA CONVENTION ON MAY 23ND WIN TOP PROTECTION FOR FAMILY IN NEW HOSPITAL-SURGICAL PLAN ALSO BOOST HOSPITAL PAY, DEATH, PENSION-DISABILITY WATERMAN SALE STIRS RR BATTLE AFL-CIO LEADERS OKAY UNITY CHARTER SIU FIGHTS SHIP INSPECTIONS CUT PROPOSE 1,250-FOOT DREAMBOATS CARRYING 9,000 LOW-COST BERTHS '50-50' LAW UNDER FIRE BY STASSEN PAN ATLANTIC ADDS TANKER UNDECLARED $ BRINGS STIFF FINE IN ASIA ATOM SHIP TO BE 'SHOWBOAT' CARGO: MONKEYS FROM INDIA: SEAFARERS AID SALK WELFARE MILESTONE AN SIU HABIT VACCINE AND MONKEYS LAST OF THE WINDJAMMERS CONTROL PETS, SHIPMATES TOLD LIFEBOAT GIVES WAY DURING SEA FIRE DRILL GRABS NAP ON SHIP, WAKES UP FAR AT SEA PICTURE VISIT TO OCEAN DINNY SIU GOURMET GIVES EATERY TIPS BEEFS COME OUT IN WASH THE SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5/13/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/a56f8c1b1c297cb7c9464b11c1aa1c4e.PDF 3d81a0598e64be528389d6f1c51212e9 PDF Text Text .· Y~I. ,CYll . No. ·9 ' SBAl'ARBBS • .,LOG •OFFICIAL ORGtN OP TH·I SIAFAltERS INTERNATIONAL UNION• ATLANTIC AND GULF ' April 29, 1955 DISTRICT• AFL • ProposalWould Am,nd Ship Law It Ended 10 Y ea1•s Ago Recalling days ·when seamen braved enemy fire in World War II, photoshows ammo ship exploding in hug~ burst of smoke and flame after direct hit by German bomber. Attack was on Arctic run where so many seamen lost lives. At right, Seafarers A. Schiavone, steward, who was torpedoed aboard the Western Schetac and .western Imboden, and I. Levy, OS, who had Alcoa Prospector shot out from under him, look at headquarters memorial plaque listing 1,200 Seafarer-victims of war. VE day, ten years ago on May 7, 1945, put an end to attacks on ships. (Story on Page 2.). �0 s E-', A.:1 tB·.i r.1t ·' i .o a i Pace Two I -, t, ' ,("' • • ' VE-Day--Honor: .G,~O~ • Ten years ago on May 7, 1945, representatives runs were virtually wiped out. of a torn and beaten Germany signed terms of _ Actually, seamen. aot, a taste of war well before th~ US unconditional surrender. On the other side of officially entered the fighting on December 'I, 1941. A., the world, the last major battle of the Pacific War was being fought on Okinawa. These two events, followed by the surrender of .Japan, put an end to the greatest maritime operation of all times. . When the ftghtini' ended in Europe, the US had &,529 merchant ships of all types in active service, aupplying every corner of the werld. A total of 1,554 ships had gone under from torpedoes, bombs, mines and other war-caused accidents, causing the deaths of 6~000 merchant &eamen whose ranks were quickly re-filled as new ships came out. Thousands of others were injured or suffered from hunger, thirst and exposure when they .had to take to lifeboats and liferafts. Of the 6,000 dead, over 1,200 were m.en who sailed with the SIU and whose names are memorialized on the plaque in the Union's headquarters. Storm-Centers Of War In the course of the war mereh.ant ships had been the atorm-centers of the battle of the Atlantic, the suicide run to Murmansk, the danger-filled and successful lifeline to Malta and Suez, the landings at North Africa, Anzio and Normandy and the South Pacific island-hopping campaign . . Right here at home on the coastwlse and nearby foreign runs, SIU-manned ships fought desperately to stay afloat as German subs roamed the Caribbean, t1ie Glilf of Mexico and the doorsteps of major East Coast ports. After merchant ships were armed, not all the fighting was one-sided. Merchant ships manned by Navy gun crews had the satisfaction of claiming numbers of enemy planes. But for the most part, the enemy was dishing it out and merchant ships were doing the catching. The ending of the European war marked the end of ship losses on any scale. The last ship to be sunk by enemy action was the collier Black Point, which waa torpedoed off Newport, Rhode Island, on May 5, just two days before VE day. For some months before that, ships had been moving in comparitive safety as Allied sea and air forces awept the war areas of enemy planes and 11ubs. The wo.r st losses of ships .and men had come in the first three years of war, especially in 1942, when merchant -&hips had to go it alone with little or no escort and without armament in many instances. It was in those months that SIU contracted fleets on the coastwlse and nearby foreign far back as October, 1939, the City of Flint was seized by a German battleship while en route to Norway. But the start of maritinie combat la generally dated from the sinking of the ·SIU-manned Robin Moor on May 21, 1941. On orders of a" German awl>, 38 crewmembers and ..eight Delid paaaenrera ,y;are forced ta -take to lifeboats on 30 min· utel• notlcie, ·after whlch· th• 1h!p was torpedoed. The f~ur_ lifeboats drifted from ,.13 to 19 day!J before rescue 1hlp1 picked up .11urvlvon. After the Robin Moor sinklnJ unarmed American mer•hant ahlpt were in lncr_easlnt danger de&plt~ protests from the Government. Repeated attacks spotted the news <Continued on pa1e i8) Thousands of New Yorkers jam-packed Into Times Square, traditional celebrating apot of the city, to blow oft steam when V-E day came on May '7, 1945. End of war In Europe was taken as sure sign of eventual allied vlctory In Pacific. "Statue of Liberty" In background 11 plaster replica which waa mounted on recruiting boo*b. . . - Farm Bloc Moves To Slash '50-50' SUP Victorious· On Pacificus · · SAN FRANCISCO-H;~rry Bridges and his West Coast longshore union took their second major beating ~ this month from West Coast SIU affiliates, as the Bridges' union knuckled down and recognized sailors' rights in cargo handling on coastwise ships. The latest win capped t h e + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4-1 victory of the SIU Padfic Bridges contended the Sailors The tie-up of the ship extended District in the three-depart- only had a prior claim on num- to all parts of the coast for a three- ment election on West Coast ships her 3. mc:in th period, while · the shipownannounced earlier this month. Empt)' Hatch ers in the Pacific Maritime AssociIn the cargo-handling beef, the At the time, number 3 was ation refused to call down Bridges longshoremen had originally tied empty, and Bridges claimed that on the issue. In the face of t hl!I, up the Coastwise Line's Pacificus members of his International the Sailors responded by voting a on October 27 by re~using to fur- Longshoremen's and Warehouse- "no port overtime" policy on otner nish dock men for Sa-Hors working men's -]Jnlon (Ind.) had first call PMA .vessels • . Surpluses, is expected to recom- prices if US ahips are to be assured cargo on deck.. Despite the SUP's on all the others. The Sailors had Operaton Surrender mend that "50-50" be ignored in half of the cargoes. clear contract provision giving the'· been assigned to ·work number 4, _ connection with sale of agriculThe boycott has been designed Sailors first call on any hatch; and the dispute erupted over this. · Finally, fn. February, after an unsucces.s ful appeal to the Govern.. tural surpluses to foreign. nations. to put the squeeze on farm bloc ment for intervention in the dis· The recommendation, if it comes, Congressmen who are anxious to pute,· the shipowners themselvea will be an outgrowth of a boycott reduce the mounting pile-up of backed down, and ordered the by foreign maritime nations on surplus food products. Should the Coastwise Line to call for a new the purchase of US surplus food- US be unable to dispose ·of any SUP crew for the Paci.ficus and to 1tuffs as long as "50-50" appli~s .to sizable part of the surplus they . . abide by the SUP pact. The uneasy.· their shipment. Great Britain, fear the situation might backfire peace lasted nearly a month, until Denmark, Norway and other marl- politically in the form of pressure the Paci.ficus returned to San for reduction of farmers' price Pedro again and the lLWU at· supports. · President Eisenh9wer this week revealed US plans for tempted to invoke Its :boycott once . state Department View The boycott has received sympa- building an atom-powered merchant ship which could travel more. However, this · time, faced April 29, 1955 Vol. XVII, No. t thetlc consideration from the us without refueling "for scores of thousands of miles of opera- with another tie-up, a group of the shipowners called Bridges. to task As I See It .............. Page 4 State Department which bitterly tion" to demonstrate to . the for violation of his own agreement Burly ... . .. .. ..•••..••.. Page 16 opposed passage of a permanent free world h9w atomic energy atom-driven merchant vessel would and paved the way for the ILWU can be harnessed for peaceful probably follow the. arrangement to back do.wn. The result again Crossword Puzzle ••.•.•. . Page 8 "50-50" law last year. As maritime spokesmen pointed purposes. _ provided for the two Navy sub- leaves the Sailors with the right Editorial Cartoon • , •.••. Page 9 Cost of the proposed constmc- marines. Tlie ships both . r etain of first call on' working any hatch Editorials ....... ; •..•.•. Page 9 out, the cost of "50-50" in disposal Final Dispatch ...... : ... Page 17 of agi:lcultural surplus is a minor tion, plans for which are being conventional turbines to drive on the 1hip1. Inquiring Seafarer ..•. • . Page 8 consideration, amounting to one- readied by the Atomic Energy their propellors. However, the turBridges ls not expected to make Labor Round-Up . ..•.•.. Page 8 quarter of one percent of the total Commission and the Maritime Ad- bines use steam generated by heat furtlier issue on ihe ship. Letter of The Week ..• • •. Page 9 cost of ~he $700 million program. ministration, would be about $20 from an atomic reactor. Fuel Saving Maritime . .......••• • ••. Page 8 The real reason for the attacks on million. The vessel would probably Meet The Seafarer . .•••.. Page 8 "50-50" is the desire of foreign be modeled after the MarinerThis makes possible a tremenN iglit Notices, Personals ..••.. Page 18 nations to obtain a stranglehold on class freighters •built by the ·Gov- dous saving in fuel and fuel space Off Watch . . . .....•..... Page 14 the 1novement of agricultural car- ernment since 1950. and would enable radical changes Everg W Port Ueports .....• .Pa ges 12, 13 goes. (A lengthy .illustrated feature of in ship design. for freight and maQuiz . ... .............. . Page 14 The r ecommendatiol) to dispense the future for an -atom-power ed c1iinery spaces. Only a minute Regular membership meet- Recent Arrivals . ........ Page 18 with "50-50" waa put in concrete merchant marine appeared ln the amount of uranium ls required to lngs In SIU ~eadquarters and SIU History Cartoon .. . . Page 6 form by the American Farm Bu- SEAFARERS LOG. on February power the reactor. The ahlps, ;like a t a11 branc h ~· are held every Vote of Thanks ...... ; •. Page 9 reau Federation, most powerful of 4, 1955.) the Nautilus and .Sea Wolf before Welfare Benefits •. . ...• . Page 17 the farm organizations in the US. The US submarine Nautilus, them, would, however, have to ~ave second Wednesday night · at Welfare Report ..... . ..•. Page 17 Senators on the committee, who which is still undergoing tests, is built-in shielding of considerable 'I PM.. The schedule for the Your Dollar's Worth .... . Page 4 are expected to approve the recom.:. the only ship of any type afloat thickness as a protection against ~ext few m~etlnais Is as followa: May 4, May 18, June i ;· mendatlon are: James Eastland, today known to· be powered by atomic radiation. . . Published blwHklY •t th• h11dqu•rt•r1 Mississippi; Spessard Holland, atomic energy. It went to sea for Disclosure. of the Governo;ient'11 1" .. ·AU Sr•are.;_ registe.red ·00 ot th• SHferers lnternatl.inal Union, At· Florida,· W. KeIT Scott, North the first time in January of this 1 ddr b th .... .. .. lentlc & Gulf District AFL, 675 Fourth P ans came 10 an a ess Y e the lhi in 11 eel Av~nue, Brookfyn· 32, NY. Tel. HYaclnth Carollna, Democrats; Andrew. y~ar. A sister ship, the Sea Wolf, President before a meetln& of PP I st are requir at th• Post Office 1n ar.ooldyn, NY, under Schoeppel, Kansas an~ Milton will be launched shortly. newspaper executives in New York . to attend th•, meeting• •ntertcl .. HCond clH1 _.._ •tter ·Yo.u ns, North Dakota, Republicans. Plans for .tl~e power plant on an City.' • ·:'~ '" ~...... ZP> · 1-' 1 WASHINGTON-A strong farm bloc move · to knock out "50-50" as far as agricultural surpluses are concerned is being fought by maritime representatives. A group of five Senators from agricultural states, form-• ing the Senate Subcommittee time countries have been refusing on Disposal of Agricultural to take the food supplie-; at bargain SEAFARERS LOG A-Powered .Cargo Ship Planned For Peace Tour T.-------·- ------ Meeting 2 eehs '"'°'· "tJ · . -: ·.. 'l ~;: •l '~ ~:ii: d."11 �8:flf s·~e1ts~· ··;_Pay' Lid 'On . / Subs· i dies .-w ASHINGTON- A controversial new maritime bill .which would involve mafor am~ndment of the 1936 Mer· chant Marine Act has been introduced into the.House of Representatives by Herbert U-onner (De~.,NC), chairQtan of the House Merchant Marine Committee. The J>ill would permit tlie Mari-+------ - - - = - - time Adminisfration to fix others, .that are in excess of com· parable costs on foreign-flag ships. Ceilings, . manning The Bonner bill would drastically . ... . .... . Conrress~an Robert. Molloh~, chairman of the Con«ressional Committee. on rackets lo ~abor unlon1, 1· lauded the SIU's- operatton1 last week. Co~gressnian Mollohan is. shown in board in .the port · o'f Baltimore duri~s his visit, fro~t, ·scales a~d ~o~king. ·rules ·on change the basis for figuring oper. subsidized ships for the pur- ating sulilsidies and alter the direc· poses of. arriving at operating tion and intent of the 1936 act. subsidies. • The operation of the 1936 Act of t!te SIU shlpplns _. l . -ChairlnOtl Of Congress (Qmni. ·on Labor -RClck.ets LauclS SIU . • · ~ ,. .., BALTIMORE-Warm praise for the SIU and the Union's policies was expressed by Repieseptative Robert H. Mollohan in an appearanc~ before. the April 20th Baltimore membership meeting:- The West Virginia Democrat, chairman of a House subcommittee.which is charged · with investj·g ating . roalpractfces in the labor ~IU's .recent histor~, Mollohan pres?,rvation of the union hiring movement hailed the SIU's spoke m congratulatory terms of hall. . action. iQ diajor union beefs as demon~~~~tl!lg "loyal, vigoroua and honest". ti:ade unionism. Representative Mollohan se~es .. as chairman of the Subcommittee· on Legal and M netary Aftalr1 of the Government9 Operations Committee- with jurisdiction over varl· OUI Government age~cles. It bas been assigned responsibility by the ~ouse for investigation of any the SIV's .many union actions Inc~udi~g its pght a~ainst CommU· msts m maritime, its battle to save the Public Health Service hospitals and Its participation in the New York· waterfront beef. ·"In all of .these good fights," !le said, "you have demonstrated that the chief indus.trial foundati?n of our democracy is our loyal, vigorous and honest trade union movement." elements that mtsht have . ·- racket infUtrated trade· unions. · Incredible ·Prosreu , The speech ·to t.ht ·Baltimore piembership came in ~h.(~oqrH of visit by Mollohan th• new IU hall on April 20. The Con• re 11man rec.ailed ,that hi .b~~· been t . the old North .Gay Street hall ;,t orie ·time and that the· new hall .'represents almostJncredtbie pro1tes1 for maritime· labor." Showing his familiarity with the . · Mollohan also praised the SIU constitution 81 "one of the most democratic constitutions in the movement." Turninl to the p~oblem1 of th.t industry, the Conarressman crit· icized . "predatory employers and other · re~ction~rt. 1roup1" who have been Hekinl to undermine th• maritime hiring hall. "In my opinion," hl .deelared,!"the contln· uin1 stability a!!_d · strength of cn1r maritime industry depend upon. the . ! to Repres~ntative Mollohan is serving b.ls second term in the House. He is a member of the Armed Services .Committee in addition to . his chairmanship of the Government Operations subcommittee. As stated by Representative represents only one of several cir· cumstances in . Which the Govern· Bonner, the bill Wo~ld permit ment, in part, foots the wage cost unions and operators to negotiate any · £Ontr~cts that they pleased, but i! the limits set ·by the Government were exceeded, the excess costs would not be figured into the cost of operations, and the ships. would not be subsidized above the Governn.ient ceiling. In introducing the bill, Bonner carried out a previously-expre'ssed proposal put forth by him and others in the maritime industry. The introduction ·comes in advance of scheduled hearings on labor-management relations in maritime, in· dicating that the hearings will be held to gauge reaction to the bill. Gov't Obllgatlon1 Under the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, the Government is obligated, in figuring operating subsidies, io !nclude all cost items, wage~ .and S-1uconvent•1.on..T0 0pe· In ·.Mont-real .·o·n ·M.ay .23· --·---'·---------_..;;--..:..-----~----- . ~ Delegates from SIU of North America affiliates wi.U ga~her in · Montr~al, Canada, on May 23 ·for the seventh biennial convention of the international union. The Sheraton-Mount R . oya.l Hotel will be the site..._____________ of the ineet1l'!g, which is tht first to be held outside the United ~tate.s .. .The . SIU of NA ·reprt1ent1 62,0()0 seamen, ftshermen, cannery · workera and allied marine workers throughout the United States and Canada. Six delegat,es will represent the · .A&G District' at the convention. A . membership • .elected . credentials committee, chosen at the Aprll 20 headquart~rs ·. membership meet· ing, reported receipt of six nominations. With no conte~ts for .a ny of the convention delegate posts, the committee hair declare(\ the. nom~ inees 'elected, without the necessit.Y- of . b.alloting. . . The six delegates will be SIU Secret~cy-,'l'reasm~_er Paul Hall, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Bob Matthews, and the following port agents; Lindsey Williams, Nuw Orleans; Cal Tanner, Mobile; Earl Sheppard, Baltimore; Steve Cardullo, Philadelphia. San Diego In '53 The last international convention, heid in. -1953 •n San Diego, .completed arrangements for affiliation of the Marine Fh'emen'a Union with the Sil:T, an affiliation. which was . ratified subsequently by the Marine Flremen•s, membe!'ship. . This y~ar, the _convention will East Coast.Hearings Due ·In ..Maritime bill in private industry. Technically speaking, the bill does not pose . direct interference with the rights of unions and man. agement to bargain on wages, manning scales and other monetary issues. For practical purposes, the Maritime Administration ceiling would · act as a strong brake on shipowners' willingness -to agree to improvements in union ·contracts. Could Reduce Standards Since the Maritime Administration would be· empowered to fix maximums, it would have authority to set such maximums below present contract wage and manning levels, which could mean a reduction in standards. a1ready negoti· ated through collective bargaining. The objective of the bill, accord·ing to Representative Bonner, is to improve the competitive position of the. US merchant marine. In in· troducing it he cited the decline in number of American ships operating and the virtyal collapse of coastwlse and lnthcoaslal operations. Critics of the bill argue thaf its appli_cation to subsidized shipping would on the face of it in Iio way affect col).ditions for coastwise and intercoastal ships and other non· subsidized companies. They point out that wages of seamen are only one factor in maritime operations . Other factors· that cannot be · ignored in assaying the health of the industry include rate competition from railroads, truckers and air· lines, the growth of registrations under runaway flags , the aging of American ships and the costs of new ones. Since the Bonner bill comes in advance of the schecluled merchant marine hearings, it is expected that both unions and operators will have much to say on the subject in the course of the sessions. �Pap l'our US Subsidy Sought For Low..Cost Liners A•.l See·.lt ·&JHo#.1 WASHINGTON-Plans for a b rand-new transatlantic pas1enger ship operation, one t hat would aim at providing one class moderate-cost 1ervice under the American flag, have been filed by Arnold Bern-\hree class s.e rvice on other liners, stein Lines.. Application has and cafeteria-style eating accombeen made to the Federal modations. Average · round trip r d fares would be about $360 or Maritime. Board f~r. op~ra mg ~n roughly $25 a day for seven day construction 1ubs1d1es m order. to crossings each way. Tftis is well begin service based on conversion below minimum fares for passehger of one or more Mariner-type ves- trip accommodations with the savsels. Up to thre? .ships are planned ings coming because of the one for a weekly sallmg schedule, car- class arrangement and cafeteria rying 900 passengers on each. service. The one class arrangement The new Bernstein proposal is a saves expensive duplication of pubrepeat of an application that was lie rooms. In order to conform with made before the Korean War and steamship conference rules there was approved in 1950. At that time would be a limited f~rst class acthe plans called for conversion of commodation for about 40 passentwo Government-owned P-2 trans- gers. ports, the General Weigel an d G en-· eral Pope. However, just a few days after the application was ap•. proved, the Korean War began and the Navy took the two ships fo1· ••1• • ls aimed at transatlantic travelers of more mod~st means who cannot afford the ~irst and seco~d class accommodations on US ships and are blocked by the limited number of tourist class accommodations. The result is that foreign flag sh~ps capture travel to Europe, becommg increasingly popular under "buy now, pay later" plans. Bernste~n anticipates ample demand for his ahips. He estimates that 80 percent of passengers traveling in transatlantic service are Americans, but only two American-flag passenger vesaels are on the North Atlantic run. He plans to «"ltn Ms ships direct to the continent, landing at Antwerp and Rotterdam, as compared to the Southhampton and Le Havre stops of other transatlantic liners. The core of the Bernstein plan calls for uniform tourist accommodatlons throughout, compared to Richard Argo •trikes a pose In robe" bearlnr SIU emblem. Robe was purchased for ~Im b:r Baltimore Seafarers. · AS REPORTED IN THE LAST ISSUE OF THE SEAFARERS LOO, Union and mana1ement trustees of -the Welfare Plan have had undet study a variety of new welfare beneftta. It tan now be reported that consid'erable progress has been made on thl1 score and the ro'ugh out• lines of additional benefits are being whipped into shape. ..# The memberthlp 11 aware that the Unton baa been aiming for ·a p~­ gram to take care of the oldtimers in the Union, beyond the present disability benefit, as well as a system to take care of medical and hospital expenses for the families of Seafaren• .,Ptpspects aie pretty 1ood at the moment that the trustees will be able to come up with a package that will satisfy the needs of Seafarers and be s~perfo_rHo similar plans now in existence. .. lp ' It can well be understood that an undertakini of Uiis ki nd in a ne\V benefit area would involve a great deal of planning and detaH work. It's not something that can be arrived at oven:ftght. But the work i1 progressing t ery nicely and an announcement will be forthcoming before long. A NEWS ITEM IN THF; BRITISH SWPPING JOURNAL "FAIR· play" should give pause to those peoJJie in the Coast Guard who are all too eager to saddle American seamen with their "brain-body" testini c· plan. The British journal reports that the Norwegian Ministry of · Education, which ta bl charge of seamen'• training, has vetoed a proposal that sailors be required 'to submit to examination of their "moral anci psychological behavior" as the publication .puts. It. The 1ucreailon for 1uch a procedure had been put forth by • Government committee set up to study manning requirements in the No1·, wegian merchant fleet. The committee'• proposal was far milder thal\ that put forth by our Coast Guard, becauae, amon1 other thln11, it BALTIMORE-Wearing the "silks".. of . the SIU, Richard specifted that the· Norwegian Seamen'• Union would have a voice iQ Argo an employee of the Baltimore hall cafeteria, has fought the proceedings on individual cases, somethin1 that would be denied · ' AAU }'1ght we1~ · } t t'tl f th S th Atl t" his .way to the 1 l e or , e ou an IC American unions by the Coast Gu4lrd plan. Nevertheie11, the Norwerlan government wanted no pac:t· of it "The re~10n. The 19~year-old cam- su.pport hi1 family. He has' placed Government" the article reads, ".fl.nd1 that the1e recommendations 10 paigner won · himself a _ gold himself in position to bid for the too far." Further, they add, introduction of more rigid rules "piight medal as well as a gold trophy US Olympic boxing aquad next be detrimental to the 1eneral interest of Norwegian shipping." for being the "outstanding open year a~d ii considered a bright Now H ta well known, the Norwegians have been· in the· shippjnf fighter" in his class. prospect should he turn profesa- business for many centuries and are fully acquainted with the physicai Argo won his title the bard way, ional. and mental requirements for seamen in the industry. ~l? ur · Union ii taking on two fighters in the same pleased to learn that its · opinions on psychological testin~~ fw .seamen l\'ear1 SIU Robe evening. He stopped one opponent When he goes Into the rin1, the have been 1ubstan tiated by an author itative, qualified source in the second round of the semi- fighter spol"ts a silken robe donated ~ t t final match and then went on to a by individual Seafarers in the port CREWMEMBERS OF THE STEEL NAVIGATOR, AS REPORTED IN technical kQockout victory in the with the SIU wheel embroidered the April lS i111ue of the LOG, have submitted' to headquarters three ·second round of the finals. proposals on 1hipboard nfety which they arrived at after a deck deon the back. Argo, representing thte Baltimore The youthful boxer has been partment meetins.. on the subject. The recommendations were sent on Young Men's Christian Association, praised by observers for bis 1peed to the negotiating committee which always takes under advis_ement any also scored a second-round knock- in the ring. He comes from a fam- and all suggestion• from ships' crews on this score. out to enter the semi-finals, show- ily of ringmen since his father and A1 alwaya, ~he Union welcomes suggestion from crewmembers on 1uch ing that he possesses more than av- brother were, both amateur c~m­ issues because it baa found that many valuable improvements in conerage punching power. palgnen. At 132 pounds, he 1hows tracts have been the result of proposall ·by heads-up Seafarer crews. The father of two little 1irls, indications of trowing into a full- The brothers on the Navigator, by submlttln1 their ideas, are fulfillin« Argo works days in the cafeteria to fledgel! welterweight before .long. an important Union fun ction. SIU.Backed Boxer /' opsAAU Lightweight /Title --------------'T mt;::E:;,~~~::.:.:::·11.,h Lichtweight .·-· 4 • YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Repair Money l B or r OW ·ng By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS When a Seafarer needs money to finish an expansion attic, install a new heating plant or make other additions or repairs to his home, he oug11t to put more thought into :financing the project than most families do. Too often wage-earners take the easy way and let the seller finance the job with some sad results. The worst result is that for the sake of painless finan cing, a homeowner may be overcharged fo r the job itself since he often doesn't stop to compare prices and get other estimates. Another costly result is that people often pay more than necessary for financing charges. Bec~use a homeowner is usually considered · a good credit risk (the lender can always seize the house) , home• improv.ement loans are compar atively easy to get. The result is, many people even let t11eir own money lie in banks and savings bonds earning only 2lh -3 per cent interest while they take out loans which cost them several times that much. The reason , of course, is that wageearners want to have quk:k access to their savings in case of unemployment or costly illness. They are also afraid they won't repla·::e their savings if they use them instead of borrowing. But t hese fears lead them to spend a lot of hard-ear ned extra ·bucks for interest fees. For example, one man borrowed $2,000 on a three-year F HA home-impr ove ment loan to finish his attic even though he had t hat much savings of his own. For the compulsory budgeting required by t he monthly payments on the loan, '1!.e paid interest charges of $300. Meanwhile his own savings lying in the bank and in bonds earned interest of only $75. As this department has warned before, most people don't realize how much true interest they pay. It can save you money all your ,life to realize that while the interest rate· is figured on the original amount of your loan,. the trqe int~rest rate is appr oxi:nately twke as much as the aclVe.rti~ed,~ rate•.. It ~~or~s,,. ol{~ 1,~.at.. WllY. b'- "· cause when you repay monthly you owe on the average only half the original sum. The five per cent rate advertised by banks for the Government-backed FHA lmprovement loans ls misleading. If you take out a $1,000 FHA loan to ·be repaid in 12 monthly installments, the discount interest fee you must pay la $50. But your average debt during the year would be about $1500, so the true interest rate on an FHA home-improvement loan is about ten percent. · Sometimes an FHA home-improvement loan is the most suitable way to borrow fo r home needs. But even tht!n, beware the frequen t tendency to borrow as much and take as long to pay back as is permitted. For example, one man borrowed $2,500 to enlarge his house. He did some of t he wor k himself and hir ed help and :bought materials as needed. The work spread out over two years. Meanwhile he ·was paying ten per cent on the full lofln while much of the borrowed money lay idle. He should have financed pa1't himself out of current income. Thia would have been less hardship actually then repaying the monthly installments (plus interest> out of current income. Then only wh en additional cash was actually needed should he have borrowed some. Not only should you borrow as little as possible for as short a time as possible, but sometimes you can beat the FHA interest r ate itself. FHA is supposed to. be a bi&: boon · for homeown ers, but here are ever yday sources for home-improvement loans that often beat the FHA rate: 1-Your life lm;urance policy, if it's the kind with cash value, offers a loari at generally a true rate of five per cent. · Or you can use the policy as collateral, for a bank loan, and sometimes shave the rate down to four. 2-Credtt unions sometimes beat the FHA ten per cent interest charge. You have to belong to a credit union or join one to borrow from It (cr,edit unions are often sponsored by labor groups and employers, churches, housini developments and fraternal societies). Credit union' rates -vary from one-half ·Of one P.er cent ·• month to one pe~ ~enhtp.1,e year ly rates, pf ~i~ to iwe~ve pe11 cent_; __ " Written exclusively for THE SEAFA·RERS . LOG. by Sid·n •y Margoliu1, Leading Expert on B~ying I-Commercial bank1 Jnitke personal loans at discount rates of from three and one-half per cent tn big citiea like New York (a true rate : of aeven per cent> to six per cent in .small cities (a true rate of twelve ). Sometimea commerci~l banks are m9re reluctant to make loans to Seafarers than to land..;based workers, but a home-ownin& Seafarer stands a much better chance of being able to 1ecure a commercial bank loan, at the comparatively reasonable bank rates. But don 't confuse bank personal loans with those offe red . by small-loan or .personal-finance companies. These charge true rates of actually 18 to 42 per cent a · year, although stated as monthly rates of one and one-half to three and · one-half per cent. (-Open-end mortgages are a low-cost way to borrow home-improveme~t money if you need to make very small payments over a longer p eriod. An· open· end mortgage la one in which the mortgage-holder will lend you money for home-improvement nee~s almply by increasin1 the amount of your paid principal. The interest rate la the · same u on your original mortgage-generally a true rate of four t o i;ix . per cent. There ls one cat ch: the period of repayment will have to extend over the remaining life of your present mortgage. This would not be bad cm a low-i~terest mortgage with ten years or less to go. But on longer imd higher-rate mortgages, it may cost you more in interest in tl}.e long run than a short-term F HA or bank loan. However, if you do also have a prepayment clause in your mortgage-permitting you to pay off ahead of time with'?ut penalty-then you can pay up .t he ad.d ed improvement loan when you. have extra cash I' it doesn:t run too many years: Not all mortgages have open-end provisions, but the trend is to make them avatlalJle. 'When buying a house, it is wise .to ask. to have )M>th the open-end and prepay~ ment-without-penalty elaU.. . lufl1e.d . in the mortgage contra-ct. Xfl �. .&..... H. .ilH - , An .Example.'Of M ar~tiine Labor·DiJrup.tion. ~. !: ··- ·- During the five weeks since all the AFL unions withdrew from the Conference of American Maritime, Unions for its failure to act on a score of seamen's problems, .;N;MU President Joe- Curran has been busy attempting to becloud the issues. He's iS'sued press statements, flooded 1 ships with liis bulletins and crammed the 'Pilot' with, wild ravings-i.and li~s1. like the foUowing: , (Mobile Analyzes Harrj Lundehtrg ,, Layton Overstreet, Agent ,MOBILE, April 7-Tha Hany Lundeberg sell-out to the International Shipping Co., baa .•et off a. bombshell In ~al 5 ot\, t'he 'AFL Masters, Ma tea a'nd Pilots in this. por:t., In their.}'.eeular membership meeting April ·& 'the members ol. thi1 local went on record: (1) Condemnins Harry Lunde· lier&' of the SOP for the delib· erate sell-out ti.. many liard· won iain1 of the seamen. of e grap ter h seam foreig to bri yet Ir com lone cove 'Pilot' story claims MMP local in Mobile adopted motion to con• demo SIU President Harry Lunde· berg, Its national Pre:Jldent C. T. Atkins and demand that illMP return Immediately to CAMU. Pooling efforts to break, a strike airainst substandard conditions by German crewmembers on the Liberian-flag liner Tradewind, US Immigration officers .and Miami police escort some of the strikers off the pier for d4=.tentlon. They were promptly deporte\ back to Germany by transatlantic plane. The ship, the former Aleutian manned bJ West Coast SIU affiliates, Is on the MlamlBavana run now In competition wUh US-flal' operators on the route, Including P&O, an SIU-contracted company. --...--------.. ... . No such action took place! Only motion waa on the matter of Job jurisdiction-a matter which had been settled to the satisfaction of MMP President Atkin• prior to the .story In th.e 'Piiot.' Foreign-Flag Co. . STAfEMENT BY PRICE MITCHELL BUSINESS AGENT, LOCAL 5 - MIBP . MOBILE,- ALABAMA / . . •\ / aa immediateJJ IO to C0'1• -t inue this aoUdltlcatlon of · tile ..American maritime ufllou. All our members aboard llh!P · Onl ~ , I ' (2) Conde~nms Cap't C. T. Atkins, President of the MM.l:P and for his actlona In coins alone with Harr1 Lundebers. (3) Instructfns • the National MM..tP. t., Tetum to the Confer• · .ence of Amerlcaa Maritime Uni· Nd , ENCE Uses· US Law Ta End Crew Beefs ' "THE NMU PILOT OF· A-PRIL 14. WAS IN ERROR WHEN IT STATED OUR MOBILE LOCAL OF THE MASTERS, MATF.S AND PILOTS CONDEMNED HARRY LUNDEBEllG AND· CAPTAIN C~ T~ ATKINS. . • I' MIAMI-German crewJ11embers of the Liberian-flag passenger ship Tradewind operating out of Mi~mi were promptly deported on the first available transportation when they struck for improved condi--+tions. The fate of the Trade- senting their beefs. Under the wind crewmen-in effect_:_put "runaw~y" flag type. of operation 11 .A _MOTION WAS PASSED IN OUR REGULAR MEMBERSHIP .MEETING OF APRIL 5, 195,, REAFFIR?4ING THE OPPOSITION OF THIS LOCAL TO THE SUP AGREK· 'MBNT ON THE SS .!J.'ONSINA ON . THE GROUND THAT. WK _CONSIDER· THE SUP _EKPERIMENTAL CuNTRACT .AN l.NVASION OF THE JURISDICTION.OF THE MASTERS!' · UUIS AND PILOTS. WE HAVE AND SHALL CONTINUE . 'T() 'PIGHT TO MAINTAIN OUR JURISDICT.ION. · .· · "-?HE MOTION DID NOT CONDEMN OR ATTA(;-~ LUNDE· BEBO OR ATKINS. '~CONTRARY TO THE PUBLISHED REPORT, WE TOOK JfO POSITION WHATSOEVER AT OUR MEETING ON THE ISSUE OF WITHJ?RAWAL BY THE· .MASTERS, MATES AND PILOTS FROM·-THE CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN MARITIME UNIONS. IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN OUR POLICY TO LEAVE PAR'l'ICIPATION OR -NON-PARTICIPATION IN THE CONFERENCE TO THE DISCRETION OF THE DELEGATES IN ATTENDANCE. ; "IT CERTAINLY IS NOT THE OF.SIRE OF THIS LOCAt' TO BECOME INVOLvED IN ANY CONTROVERSY BB~ TVIEEN UNIONS FOR UNLICENSED PERSONNEL. PRICE MITCHELL" Ala. Unions To Battle ~Wreck-Law' MOBILE- A new administration pledged to lead a hard-hitting legislative program aimed at repeal of Alabama's "right-to-work" law was elected by the Alabama State Federation of Labor . (AFL), at its annual <;onvention here last week. Carl Griffin of Mobile was+-----------------------elected president o{ the Fed- representative of the Bureau of Ap- Discussions of the "right-toeration to succeed Steve prenticeship, US Department of work" bill, which outlaws union Latham of Birmingham who did Labor, to bec.ome a candidate for security clauses in labor-managenot seek reelection. W. L. Huf- the state -AFL post. In his capacity ment contracts in this state, were faker, Anniston, was elected first with the Bureau of Apprenticeship, conducted throughout the convenvice president, succeeding John A. he had a hand in developing plans tioii in an atmosphere of optimism. Pace, Sheffield, who unsuccessfully for the SIU'• Andrew Furuseth This outlook no doubt was encouropposed Griffin for the top office. Training School for merchant sea- aged by the state elections last Both Griffin and Huffaker had men here. year in which Gov. James E. Fol· the active support of a big delegaHuffaker, a delegate from t,he som~ re'g arded as friendly to trade tlon of Mobile Seafarers who r-ep- Moulders and Foundry Workers unionists, .and .a majority of favorresented the SIU at the meeting. · Union,. also .is . chairman of the -·able r.e,presentjltives !n ti~• lower ~rfmn, . ~ del~gat~ "f~ -p.·t~e. .Southern "P,ipe .coun~n· of his or- ho~se. .o.f tl!e .. Alabama !.egislature Paiq,te1;.i Union. r.e siP,.ed ~.; ilel~,~ :&aniza,tl~n., ··« ·. >·, ~.\>'1 , , _ • -. · • ,,wo~ with ~la)»er"I auppcu-t. ' . .. ~~ the us Immigation service in the such sh.1ps are p~rm1tted to composition of handling the company's pete with Amencan vessels and ·labor relations problems via the base the~selves .a t.. _an A~e~ican deportation route. Nineteen crew- port ~vhile avoidmg Amcri~an members who walked off in pro- regulations . on labor, mannmg test against substandard conditions scales, taxation and safety. were turned over to Immigration which shipped them back to Germany. on the first available transatlantic planes. The crewmembers were not even given the bene~t of t~e u~ual 29-day shore leave in which tune J they could attempt to find a ship WASHING TON - The sale out of the States. of the Waterman Steamship The Tradewind is the former Company to Malcolm McLean US-flag vessel Aleutian, which wu has been bogged down by court manned for many years by West actlon initiated by one stockholder Coast affiliates of the SIU when and by the T. J. Stevenson Comshe ran in the Seattle to Alaska pany, a rival bid·der for the comtrade. Subsequently the - Aleutian pany. . was sold to a Liberian-flag operaAt stake in the dispute, besides tion and sailed for the East Coast the ships and other property of while Sailors and Firemen pick· the company, is the intercoastal eted the pier. In Miami she enter- operating certificate of the Arrow ed the Miami to Havana service iu Line. The intercoastal certificate coq1petition with American-flag was to be surrendered to the Inships in that operation, using .an terstate Commerce Commission, unlicepsed crew that was hired in upon purchase of the common Germany. stock of Waterman from its shareCrewmembers who walked off holders by a subsidiary of McLean the ship all complained of under- Securities Corporation.- McLean manning and overwork, poor living Securities had previously purconditions and other beefs. Base chased the Pan-Atlantic Steamwage for the black gang members !ship 1 Company, Waterman's subwho led the walkout was $65 a 'sidiary in the coastwise trade. month. The walkout came just beMcLean had offered to buy the fore sailing time and delayed the company's stock at $48 a share vessel for three hours . . Immigra~ and own ers of 98 percent elf the tion moved in immedi:ately and is- stock had surrendered it on the sued deportation · orders the very recommendation of the Waterman next day, explaining that the ship's board of directors, for sale at the operator would pick up the tab for $48 price. At the same time, Wate~·­ transatlantic air transportation of man sought to surrender its Arrow the deportee~. · · Line intercoastal operating cerSince the Tradewind is register- tificate to the Interstate Corned in Liberia and signed on a Ger- merce Commission. man crew in Hamburg, the latter It was then that a New York city rates as the crews' home port. stockholder of the company obThe Tradewind goes nowhere near tained .a ·restraining order from Gemiany at any ·time, leaving the the courts to keep the de~l from ciew w;i~h;io effec~i :~t~.:. ~f . ~t9- .80J111 t~'O\lgb. :,. ~ • ~- .t- ... Mi ~ ~ • ·.r ~ s Ie HeId up a Io wt -- . n a erman / �... .. ., ! t . •~;. ·•1s· .· . ~ ..,.t •. ., I<;,'\ ' · · . --- ··· -~- - - ·~·~·-·· S E:-A'·l: ·le~:R: g:lfi; Six Kozlowski Bulk Of Aid Shipments Slated For Asia In '56 . ' WASHINGTON~Heavy aid shipments, principally . to Korea and Formosa, are in prospect if Congress approves President Eisenhower's request for $3 V2 billions worth of economic and military aid•\ _... , . during the year ending June tion, ·which has been running the 30, 1956. · Th. t t d · · e amoun reques e is Vll"1ually the same as the 11mount voted . J f or th e year en d mg une 30 , 1955 . It is about $800 million less than the grant for the -year before that. However, there are strong indications that Congress may trim the figure below the $3~ billion fund request. state Dep't In Charge Accotnpatlying the fund request was announcement of a new foreign aid administrative set-up. The Foreign Operations Administra- Cartoon aid p~ogram, will have most of i~s functions transferred to the State Department. A new agency· the . · .- - · ' . . International Cooperation Admm1st t' ·n b t 'th' th ra rnn, WI e se up wi _m . . e State ti;>epartment to supervise ind 0 P!i!_ra ions. , The $~¥.l billion re~ueste? i~­ eludes shghtly over $1 billion m direct military aid and another $700 million- for various economic programs. Large amounts of food, cotton, coal and other commodities will be shipped overseas. under the program, continuing the surplus disposal now under way. Histor~ ·singer quently was operated on and recovered from his injuries. · In letters of coll}mendatiort to the volunteers, the Coast Gua.r d Commandant declared: · "The United States Coast Guard is pleased ~ commend you for your outstanding · conduct in assisting your fellow .. shipmate George R. Black in transferring him safely to the USS General A. E. Anderson. "As a member of the crew of the SS Marven on September 18, 1953, you volunteered to serve in a boat crew and undertake the ·transfer of the Injured .m an to t_he USS General A. E. Anderson, although there was a high sea running and conditions we.r e highly lfazafdous for handling a lifeboat. Despjte the difficulties of wind and sea, iiafe delivecy of the patient was effected and the boats' crew returned safely aboard the SS Marven, . although the boat had to be abandoned. Your courage and devotion to duty in vofonteering for this difficult task to aid "in saving your shipmate's· llfe were in keeping with the highest tradition of the United States Merchant. Marine." Of_· The SIU -, _ • The SIU- Welfare Plan issued a progress report on / Its first si~ months of operation early in 1~51. The record ·showed the fund working"' on a solid financial , · ALBERT' EINSTEI~ DIES-World-famed physicist Albert Einstein died following a brief lllneas in Princeton, New Jersey. He was 76 years of .age. Einstein la known principally for his contributions to · scientific theory which in turn paved the way for modern-day devefopments in atomic energy and electronics. It wa:; at his suggestion that the US Government first started atomic energy re·s earch in World War II. . ;\:. . t ' - t '' was MOBILE GOES SWIMMING-A record 13.36- inches of i·a.i n dumped on Mobile, on one ·day, leading to flash floods which deluged streets and flooded. homes. Highways were washt!d out and an ,estimated 350 homes damaged by the deluge. Rowboats came into styfe for trans· portation. ~ ;\;. t ~RITISH SET ELECTION, CUT TAXES-A general election May .26 .has been· scheduled in Great Britain following the resignation of Winston Churchill __ as prime minister. Shortly after announc'e ment of the election, the Co,nservative government announced considerable cuts in .income and business taxes. HoW-ever, British income· taxes at a base rate of 42~ percent are ro·u ghly driuble those in the United States. · ;\;. ;\;. t MORE TROUBLE IN SAIGON-Street fighting has erupted between the Government of South Vietnam and the. private armie's ot South Vietnam's police chief; the Binh Xuyen. orga~ization. The Birih Xuyen and its head, General-Le Van Vien, have been demanding a bigger role in the government. General Vien an·d hi:r army reportedly have ~ · monopoly on gambling all'd "pleasure houses" in the Sciuth Vietnamese capital as part of a financial arrangement with .Emperor Bao Dal. ;\;. ;\;. ;\;. AFRICANS, ASIANS MEET AT · BANDUNG-Representatives of 29 African and Asian nations met in conference at Bandung, II'ldone~ia. last week to discuss international problems. Although it was· feared bl the US that the conference would be doml~ated by pro-Communists. spokesmen for the western point of view were ·forceful and .numerous. J.!:rguing that Communism was another forni of colonial imperiallsni. Commuiiist China's foreign minist~r, Chou Eli Lai, trimmed ·his ealii , skillfully to the prevailing mood, offering a conciliatory QJJtlQQk' 1mct proposing pea<;e talks ovi;r Formosa. · W ellar•e Plan Gro1v11 "J\To. · BIJ �__. ...... .... . - t fl L•1:1 i\'11 !iii Mtt from W ASBINGTON ' The outlook for American shlppln1" for the next year or two oan be 'flewed along the following pattern: Whereat ln the paat· ·o overnment-aided cargoes have been moving preponderantly over transatlantic routes, more and more of thi1 move. $nent now will be transpacific lb. view of the policy of the Eisenhower •dmlni1tration to shift the aid from Western European to the Asiatic bloc nations. . . For example, the new Mutual Security program shapini up for the ooming fiscal year beginning July 1 may call for a Congressional appropriation as high aa $3,530,000,000, a portion of which will go .to US 1hipping lines to cover transportation costs. This proposed US aid proaram reflects the greatly improved conditions in Europe and provides for the critical needs of Asia. The Pr'e sident's program propose& no economic aid for the original Marshall Plan countries in Western Europe-the vaat majority of the aid cargoes will go to the Asia bloc. However, this definitely does not mean. that transatlantic shipping will not :be strong in the year ahead. Much of the aid cargoes moving transatlantic in prior years will now be replaced by the us surplus agricultural program. On the subject of our surplus arrlcultural prorram. President Eisenhower, on Jul),. 10, 1954, approved and signed Public Law 480, referred to as the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. This law authorizes the President to sell for foreign currency or furnish emergency famine or relief assistance to friendly countries in the aggregate amount of $1 billion of surplus agricultural commodities before June 30, 1957. The importance of this to US-flag shipping is that the Attorney General has ruled that the 50-50 cargo preference law applies to transactfons under the Act. Forces are now at work (primarily US farmer-shippers) to eliminate the application of the 50-50 shipping provision to this law. Management and labor in the maritime industry are ready to ftght the farm lobby on lhis issue of such great importance to the maritime industry. t t Coffeetlme between Job calls Is a popular diversion at the l\loblle SIU hall since the snack bar was opened last week In the new wing of the buildlnr. The beautiful room In which Seafarers are served colfee, sandwiches, milk sha.kes, short orders and one luncheon "special'" dally ls attractively finished In wood panelinr. t The US Supreme Court has ruled in fa~or of. a seaman in a complaint against Matson Navigation Company involving a maintenance sutt. . The seaman iri question . was on shore and was injured in an automobile accident. However, in view of lhe fact that he had already Signe~ arti<;~es for the succeeding voyage, and even though he was engaged in personal pleasure at the time of the accident, the Court ruled for the seaman on the ground that he was a member of the crew and generally answerable to the call of duty at the time l!e was injured. t i \ t t \ ~ Latest figures on employment in the US fleet show that there are some 67,180 seamen employed on l,lt2 vessels, either privately owned or privately operated. This is 5,521 less than a year ago. Seagoing personnel is distrLbuted generally as follows: 36.:5% in the deck ~partment; 36.4% in the engine department; and 27.1% in the steward department. The breakdown by number follows: deck, 24,!Sl51; engine, 24,424; steward, 18,205. Of the soamon currently employed, 14,837 or 22.J:% were in the licensed officer category and 52,347 or 77.9% were tinllcen1ed. A~ heretofore, the C-type vessels provide greater emp!Oyment than any other aingle type, with tanke~s a reasonably close second. ~ t Memben of the SIU raq mannlnr the new snack bar in the Mobile ·hall. 8eafaren Jl.mm7 Battle (left) and Charle. Carlson remon _pastrlu from the blr chill boK adJolnlnr the 1nack bar salley. The new faclllt7 wu opened lnformall1 lut week. t Followinr quickly on the recommendation of the Hoover Commisaion, Representative Wickersham, Oklahoma, has introduced a bill callin1 for the lay-up o MSTS tankers and substitution of private tankers. However, liis bill has been referred for consideration to the House Armed Services, a committee which is extremely fi:iendly with MSTS. There's more than an even chance that the Wickersham bill will not be reported out by this committee. The Hoover Comml.aslon found that the so-called nucleus fleet of ships owned by MSTS totaled 40 lHt year, or larger than all but two private fleets of freighters. ;t. Recent announcement by President Eisenhower giving the green light to construction · of an atomic-powered merchant ship ·means that within the next ten-year period, c.hances are good that many ships tn . the US merchant marine, to be constructed during ilie period 1960-196:5, will be propelled by this new force of energy. As reported in this column before the potential of the maritime application of atomic power is far beyond anything ever dreamed. Tests of the world's ftrst' atomic-powered submarine, the Nautilus, have been outst anding. , · In his announcement of the projected atomic powered ship, President Eisenhower said: '~The new s'hip, powered with an atomic reactor, wlll not require refueling ·for scores of thousand& of miles of operation. Vlsltlng the .ports · of the world, it will demonstrate to people everywhere this peacetime use of atomic energy, harnessed for tl~e improvement of human living. In part, the s~ip will be an atomic exhibit; carrying to all people practical knowle.d ge of the usefulness of thi,s new adence in medicine, agriculture and pow~r pr~ductlo~:· ,-.·' .·.. ~~ , , ~ · ... . . ·,.: • ~;.o~uJ )~, ~ . . . u) ~ - ~~. , ~ , . -_ • _. ·t t AfJ t ,,a~. If l>"il!'l 't ~111' '~.. t . ;• ''! ' · ~ 5\') . , .• .• · L• ; Bridges Biel Delays MCS-AFL Paet Talks to ;t. • ., el\.,.:. ·• a New Annex In Mobile. MOBILE-Virtual coi;nple· tion of the new addition to the Mobile SIU hall and open- As a result of recent Congressional bearings dealing with delays in ship construction, the jam holding up tanker and passenger ship construction will be .broken in the near future. Before the end of the year, four passenger ships should be under construction, two for the Grace Line and two· more for Moore-McCormack Company. Also it now seems clear that the deadlock over tanker construction will be broken so that contracts will be let for the building by private industry of 15 large tankers for long-term chartering to the Navy. t Fete Opens SAN FRANCISCO-Staggering from the most serious 15etback of his career, Harry Bridge11 has taken the expected route · in filing objections to delay certification of the SIU p · 'fi Di trict as the bargain. acI c S C unionism on American-flag ships mg agent for West · oast sea- as a result of the victory. men in all departments. ObJectiona filed with the NaEarlier, efforts by Bridges ·to block the election It elf were th1·own out of court. The delay now is holding up negotiations on a new contract. Bridges' International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union <Ind.) wound up at the short end of a 4-1 count in the recent balloting on this coast. SIU Pacific District, -eomposed of the Sailors Union of the · Pacific, Marine Firemen and ·M!lrlne Cooks. & · Stewards-AFL, ~a!!hecL .: the .Ias.t rem- tional Labor Relations Board by the ILWU involved a variety of .tJ:umped-up charges, sine~ the votes of the deck and engine personnel In the SUP and MFOW were sufficient to snow under all pro-Bridges ballots just by themselves. Meanwhile, members of the steward department, formerly, afftliatecJ with the now-defunct National Union of Marine Cooks .and Stewards and lately- with. the IL~U, are flocking to sign u~ ,Pf1 .ni.mtlr•i# : . ~-m~M9i§.\7CQP~f<0lJ1!«& , fJRJ.14ijY . ~ the SIU. ..) l'.t~. .J. ' ~.' ,, ! '.' ' ,1·;' •.- : 1", f ' I } ,~ ing of a beautiful new snack bar was celebrated here with an in· formal open · house and Southern• style "shrimp' boil" following the regular membership meeting April 20. Celebration of a formal opening for the new facilities will be delayed until completion of remod· eling of the original building which is expected soon. Seafarers and their friends had an opportunity to inspect th,e new wing which includes snack bar; galley, lounge, administrative and welfare offices, a dormitory, show• en1 and laundry facilities. Five-Cent Coffee The snack bar already has a large following among Seafarers and their guests in the port, and features "Mobile's best cup ol coffee with pure cream" for a nickel. The SIU eatery also provides one luncheon "special" daily. Seafarer Phil Reyes, steward, is acting aa serang while the snack bar operation ls being established. Work ls still in progress on a retail Sea Chest store, which fronts on the Dauphin St. side of the building and new wing at Dauphin and S. Lawrence Streets, a recrea· tion room, also on the ground floor and immediately in the rear of the Sea Chest store, and library and television rooms. Hiring Hall !\loved The hiring hall already has been moved from the first floor to the second deck of the original st~uc· ture, although alterations to hiring facilities have not been entirely completed. Patrolmen's offices have been moved from the first floor to the second floor, also, and occupy space formerly used as the agent's and administrative offices. A barber shop on the first floor of the old building was expected to be in operation this week. Completion of the alterations .was delayed .somewhat by rail and telephone strikes in this area which held up delivery of materiali and ·r evision of the telephone set,\U>)J?. ·tJu; ..4aij,, t ,i .. 1: 1) : , •. -..~10. �.. ~ • • SE.4,.4RER~ Pal'e Elcht I MAR ·I TIME l f ~,. I • .t THE THE INQUIRING MEET SEAi'ABEB SEAFARER West Germany expects to have 3 million tons of merchant shipping by the end of 1955, according lo a report from the Transport l\~inistry. Before World War II , all of Germany had a merchant fl eet totaling only 1.5 million tons. Vast vessel construction programs and ship purchases from other countries have doubled the prewar fleet in the past ten )'ears . . . Holl and America Line has ordered a ne~v 7,200-ton motor cargo ship for 1956 delivery from a Netherlands slupyard. The vess~l Question: Are you. in favor of will be 425 feet long, and have a capacity of more than 400 ,00U cubic changing Federal law to provide feet of bale cargo space, plus 40,000 cubic feet in refrigerated space. for ship inspections every two years t. "" t instead of one? A second ship will be added in July to the Pacific Islands Transport Line's service between the US West Coast and the South Sea Islands. William H. Rhone, steward: No, -!fhc 6,265-tdn Norwegian motorship 'l'horshall will join the Thorisle cm the run, which the company has maintained since 1938. The line the shipowners will ·always take the line of least pro,•ided the only commercial link between the Pacific Coast and resistance. They Tahiti, w 'cstl.'rn Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia and New Guinea during wouldn't do arwWorld War II ... Firemen were on standby for three days during the thing to fix up loading of the US freighter Columbia Trader in Halifax, NS, this month, the ship until it 1'•ith an ammonium nitrate cargo four times the size of the one that fell apart. They blew up and ranged Texas City, Texas, in 1947. The 9,0·00 tons of have to ·have the fertili:ter compound are bound for South Korea. threat of annual .t. t t i n s p e ctions to · Hoping to boost orders for its native shipbuilding indu stry, Japan make them get is setting in motion plans to staff her overseas offices with shipbuilding the ships in trim . expert s. The first of these experts is bound for Brazil lo join. the Japa- Otherwise, they'll take plenty of nese embassy in Rio. Others will go to New York, London., ·Bonn, Ham- chances. burg and Bombay, among other places . .. Additional bulk '. cargo unloading facilities will soon be made part of the l .2-mile-long West Dock in the port of Amsterdam, Holland. The new aids will include 1 R. Gustaffson, carpenter: I'm for maintaining the present regulafour hea\·y-duty gantry cranes. tions, which are t still not the best, The keel of France's pro!,losed new $75 million liner is now expected but the best we to be laid down next spring. Plans call for a 56,000-gross-ton ship have right now. \\'ith a speed of 31 knots and accommodat.i ons for 2,000 passengers Maybe if the In trans-Atlantic service. Emphasis will be on tourist travel. Berths present r u 1e s for 1.500 tourists and only 500 first-class passengers will be provided were given strict• . . Three men on a disabled motorboat in the Gulf of Panama were er enforcement, rescued by the United Fruit Company's Morazan this month after particularly rebeing adrift for 30 hours. All three occupants were from the island of garding the use Taboga. The Morazan ran across them enroute from Puerto Bolivar, and maneuvering Ecuador, to .New Orleans. Qf a lifeboat, we'd all be better off. • - .. t .t. t • April · 29, l9SI ·tOG ot. ¢. ;\:. AL YARBOROUGH, stwd. utility Sailing with the SIU . for t.e n years now, Seafarer .Al Yarborough recalls that it was the purest kind of accident that brought him into the Union. "I was in a hotel lobby in New York in 1945 after a trip to sea ," he said, "when somebody came in and asked me why I didn't join the SIU. I told him I had never heard of the SIU but he took me .down to Beaver Street and I got shipped out that same day." His first ship was the Liberty ship Mayo Brothers, operated by Waterman. He went to France, had. a fine trip and got a fat payoff when he returned home. After that he said goodbye to the Army Transport Service and other outfits he had sailed with. He's been with the SIU ever since. Vacation · Trip The start of Yarborough's seagoing career was also accidental. The year was 1940 and he was working as bartender fn the officers' club in Fort Lewis, Washington. He had a two-week summer vacation coming up when a friend suggested that they make quick trip to Alaska • He signed on as wiper aboard an Army Transport Service Hog Islander carrying cement to Arrchorage. The two-week vacation turned out to be a three-month one and he gave up bartending for sailing. One of the officers at the Fort Lewis base, incidentally, was a major named Dwight Eisenhower. Yarborough remembers that Mrs. Eisenhower often left young John at the club while she went out to do her shopping. On one occasion, John stuck a quarter into the slot machine and hit the $50 jackpot. In the resulting ruckus Yarborough alniost got bounced for letting a minor play the machine. Army Regular Yarborough himself grew up on military posts because his father was a professional Army man for 30 years, attaining a full colonelcy before he retired. As a result he got around the country quite a bit, living at such widely-scattered points as Fort Benning, Plattsburg, a Launched at Hamburg in 1914 to serve as a yacht for Kaiser WilHector de Jesus, cook: Once a helm II, the passenger-cargo ship Corsique has finally made her last year is preferable to the proposed trip-this time to the scrapyard. She had also been sailing in recent changes. We read )'ears under the name Liguria. Another oldtimcr, the Jamaique, a en o u g h about 1 \ eteran in French-flag service in the South Atlantic before 19:i9, is more and more also on the scrapheap. She had been on the Marseilles-Saigon run ... . ahips having acCunard Line has reported a banner year during the recently-.e nded cidents and going winter crnise season operated with the liners Caronia, Mauretania and down. P e o p 1 e Britannic. More passengers sailed on the winter cruises during the would feel much 1954-'55 season than in any other season in the company's Jong hissafer when they tory. know an inspector has just ·been there . The in specTraffic through the P anama Canal set Uu·ee new records during March, including one for the greatest number of transits by ocean- tions should be held more often, &oing commercial vessels, 709, in one month. The 700•mark had never though. · been reached before. Tolls from commercial shipping in the . month topped $3 million for the first time in the waterway's history .•. Due Thomas Boarman, AB: Let's keep to begin service a year from now, the new 18,500-gross-ton passenger the one-year rule. One ship doesn't line1· Bergensfjord will b::come Norway's largest passenger vessel hold up ·as well · ; when fittings are comp!eted following her scheduled launching this as the next, so July. Under construction in England, the ship will operate regularly t h e inspections · on the NY-Norway-Denmark run, with time out for cruises. have to be geared to the oldest and most run - down ship. If the inspections are cut to every two ACROSS DOWN 11. Desire the windl:i $S "Runaway" US motion picture years, the ships 36. Not sounded l. H 's a stop on 1. Not SJ.rnburned 17. Actual producers are the targets of the 19. Obliterate a voyage :m. Malla Is one will have to fall 2. The sea 22. People of Oslo 41. Within the law Hollywood AFL Film Council, rep6 . Something to to pieces before they're fixed. 3 . City on the 24. British school 43. In the sa ck sail in Baltic , resenting union• in the motion 25. So. African fox 45. Look closely 9 . Se<'ret agent .to ;\:. .<\'. 26. Old ships 46. Heraldic 4. Sea SE 0£ picture industry. The council 27. Irishman bearing 12. Samo;i n port Au stralia Rudy Leader, steward: The com- charged that some pictul·es are be28. 27 ,090· t 011 47. Related 13. sea1nan 5. Swiss c:ity panies will take it easy if the can. ing made in foreign countries to Ita lian shi p 48. Good Service 6. .Jap sash: Var. 30. Military 14. Famed mystery Pension: Abbr. If the . law is escape US wages and asked that 7. Sou t hern state writer stockade 49. Cargo from 8. Head, in changed, they'll· employer representatives confer on 15. "Sea-" 33. Bar forming lran Fra nce top of h oisti ng 50. Royal British love it because it the question. ' Louisiana lfi . 9. Light-hitting gi n, anrl faces Artists: Abbr. 10. Ila rd. glossy boxers wlll mean they <·overing t. 10. Hawaiia n dish <Puzzle Answer On Page 18) can put otff every20. Thirst· Increases In unemployment inquenc-her thing for another surance benefit• are spreading 2 3 4 -1!1. Pl;1C'e for a 6 7 8 10 II year. The annual throughout the nation. Sixteen fight 23. Re gion inspections aren't states have a·n nounced improve12 26. Gua1n town even e n o u g h . ments in benefit payments, with 119: They're made 15 in the galley But the way New York taking the lead in payBl . Form r Indian some of the ships ing $36 a week; a $6 ·increase. Howdiplomat 18 82. Snfll ll E uropean are, it would be crazy to change ever, some of the benefit improve· herring now. 64 . Roa ns: Abbr. ments are offset by' tighter require6 5 . • Bowlers ments for qualifications. 87. It flows into 1 h<> 0i•e Nick Gaylord, 3d cook: I'm not ¢. t. ¢. 39. Sw ing about in favor of cutting down the inspec- · · A strike call by the Brotherhood •o. Shouts about 31 g rie\'ances of Locomotive Engineers against tions to once 42 . Sofl tou c h 35 every two years. the New York Central Railroad was 44 . Kin rl of fish trap They · should be called off after the 'National Rail39 P nrt 3 .800 way Mediation Board 1;tepped into held more often, m11es from NY maybe every six the case. Working rules affe-ctirig tJ. Pert. to aircraft months. The way the monthly mileage allowable to fi2 . Bro lherhood to cut out loss of the engineers are the issues in o f seamen Ii~ . Famed place life and property dispute. <Jf exile 52 is to check the t. t t . 64. Girl's nickname f5 . .!"lease: Abbr. s h i p s regularly Growin~ use of anti:trust· regu66. Business 55 and not let them · Ia!ions agaiiiat ' unions . :was "high~· transactio.n 17.. A lamoul\Bctftt :~ t~.i ._.._....!iio . _...,... ~~get run ~bwn in :U1et.:4lJ;St ·Place. lig~ted by· the F~deral Trade'. «;om':. ... "' ' . ' . ... . ' ~ Governors' Island and other Army bases. . The 39-year-old Seafarer . ~ikes to stick to ·the Far East hms when he can get them, with Japan the preferred port of call. Shanghai and Hong Kong were g<ibd ports in the old days, bu~ the last J!me he was in Shanghai in 1948," Communist-inspired anti-Western '' feeling was runriing high and 1 cre\vmembers took ·a pushing around from street gangs. Expert Pickpockets "Those boys were expert pickpockets too. I had my jacket buttoned and my bands jam1ned' in my pockets and still they cleaned me of my cigarettes somehow. If you wore a wristwatch they would flip it off before you knew what hit you." His last trip out was on the Steel Flyer on the pineapple run. In the course of the run they were treated to a spectacular s)low when volcanic eruptions swept a peninsula on the island of Hawaii. "It was a great tourist attraction," he said. "They were flying people over the eruption every day at , $20 a head. · Got Close Look "When our ship ' ·went out the old man took her dose to , shore so that we all got a good look at the eruption. The lava glo\ved like a huge neon light. you couid see it from as far off as 20 m~les." Right now Yarborough is h,oping to catch anotper Isthni'iail . ship, one that will stop at Djakarta, so he can visit an uncle who is a missionary in Indonesia. The last time he saw him was in 1'948 when he was aboard the Twin Falls Victory, At the time his uncle invited several crewmembers to his home and showed them around to the local sightseeing ntt1•actions. Right now Yarborough makes his home in Brooklyn, just a conple of blocks from the hall, which makes it convenient for him wheR it comes to catching a job can. Although he started going to sea as a lark, he:s made it his life'• work and intends to keep UJ.>-'Vith it for as long as he can. mission's action against the Inter· national Ladies Garment Workers Union and the Brotherhood of Teamsters. The two unions are accused along with California employers' associations Of forming illegal agreements to control the industry. The basis of the accusation is that manufacturers agreed to have their work done by unionized contracting shops. .to ;t. . "" Union spokesmen strongly urged a $1.25 an hour wage minimum in testimony before ·a Senl!.te Labor .Committee sub-committee. Representatives of AFL and CIO unions in the clothing, textile and department store 1felds called the present 75-cent minimum obsolete. They argued it permits unfair competi· tion from non-union operation: aµd low living standards, part'icularly in the South. ¢. " ¢. Eastern1 Airlines followed flve other major airlines iq. signing .a new contract with the International Associatjon of Machinists. It pro. vides five to seven cent hourly in• creases for mechanics and ground service staff as well as retroactivity to. July · t · 1954: Approximately 3,~00" Eastern· e_inp~oiY:!~(.p~e "£~ fect,ed. -l19rt:IHe .l'a.e..ii..! n:; ..&9 ~~d~ ~~ . \·. �..... Nia• A.-GH, 1951 . Sl;APARBRS .• LOG., Aprll 29, IHI.. ' . I Vol. _XVII, No. t Published blweetJJ .bJ the SeBfarera ~ternatlonal Union, Atlantic . .A Gull District, AFL, 8'115 .Fourth Avenue, BroolElyn 32. NY. Tel HYaclnth 1Ml600, Cable 'Atldress: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, LETTER of the Secretary-Treasurer ~ICRBERT BRAND, Editor; RAY DENISON, Managing Edi tor ; _ B ERNAllD SEAMAN, Art Editor; HERMAN AtlTHVR, IRWIN SPIVACK, PAUL RAWLINGS, Staff Writers; D ANIICL NILVA, Pliotograplier; BILL MOODY, Gulf Area Representative. An Aton1ie Merehantm._n .News that the US is planning an atom-powered merchant ship is welcomed by all of maritime. From the economiC standpoint; atomic vessels could provide US maritime with the technological edge it so badly needs to meet competition. Indications are that the ship will be built along lines projected in the SEAFARERS LOG of February 4th. It will either be a converted Mariner or a Mariner design adapted to the new propulsion system, with the atomic power plant providing steam for a conventional steam turbine system. The only major complication is- the high initial cost of an atomic reactor. It would be desirable to concentrate on designs for a low-cost reactor so that the atomic ship can become a usefi.t'l tool, and not simply a Government publicrelations gimmick to impress Americans and the other residents of this atom-conscious globe. .•... ,.~:$f(~'{\~''0·•'1'f\. ·•·~· .... ' ·. ;, ;, ,-,. ·.,•,.: ..'-· \ ,' ,.: ·;~~.-·. ~· :;.,_.·,t: :.·''-.:~ ;~.;t~•~.'.,·~i'-·-.: •... .• •. WEEK . .';'. .. ,..~:.·,j ·-"i:: '! , ~;~z:.r;" i :'~: r.<· • \ To tile Editor: . As one of the oldtimers of the maritime Industry, with _lots of memories, I was counting my blessings the -other Clay for being a member of.the SIU for the past 15 years • We all know the SIU has come a long way from the old days of R Wh f . B t C t" ose ar ln os on, oncep lOn Wharf in Mobile and, last but not least, Stone Street in New York. . ,." >.. .. ' , I \ ' ..... , I ,/ , "" "" Shipowners' Wl1ip .._._._....... 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The runaway shipowner prefers to sign each and everyone that calls himIt must have been a good trip an SIU man. his crews otit of foreign ports so he can work them as if they selfSome will say, oh , that is the and a harmonious crew aboard the were indentured servants, because he knows he can count on march of time, · and we had to do Seastar (Triton) because all reImmigration when .h.is crews act up. this, that and the other things, but ports from the ship have nothing If Immigration is going to jump to the whims of foreignthe best of all ls but praise for the way matters were flag shipo\vriers· and swish alien seamen out of the country the SIU Welfare handled aboard her. All ttie delegates, ship and departmental, got Plan . . when· H~ey protest' unbearable working conditions, runaway There is no a vote of thanks for doing a fine flag operations will find it easy to destroy . US competition greater f r i e n d job, and the steward department by lowering ' cqnditions to rock-bottom 19th century levels. than the one who was complimented for good feedOne of the purposes ·of the 1915 Seamen's Act was to imwill help you ing as well. When the food is good prove foreign-flag standards by giving foreign crews a chance · when he is most and the beefs are taken care of to better their conditions · through sign-offs at US ports if there isn't much needed, and that crewmembers so desired. Immigration is certainly nullifying else that can is your Welfare atand In the way the spirit of the 1915 law by its hasty actian. Plan. • Hartman of a good trip. ;t. ;t. ;t. It is a great Ship's delefeeling to know, when you are sick gate William H. in the hospital and can't earn the I Ro1en and the money t o keep the landlord or the The Sailors Union of the Pacific has done it again. For the hungry wolf from the door, that . departmental del. second time in recent months, Harry Bridges tried in vain the Welfare Plan helps your egates, R. E. Ktur, deck: Wiley to invade their jurisdiction. This time the Sailors won an even family. T. Stricklin, enIt is a pleasure to see a young m<;>re decisive victory. Rogen gine and Earl H. The second "Battle of the l'acificus" followed the same seaman with his wife getting a pattern as the first. When the ship arrived in San Pedro helping hand when the stork la Gates, steward, were the men who rated the applause. Rogers is a around. Bridges again challenged the Sailor's right to work any hatch flying It i1 a benefit to all mankind Rocky Mountain boy from Denver of their choice; a right spelled out in the Sailors' contract. that maybe one of our young peo- w.ho sails in the engine department When the Sailors refused to knuckle under, the longshoremen ple made a name for his or herself and has been a Union member since were ordered not to' work the ship. through the privilege of going to 1944, joining in · Galveston. King As on the first occasion, the shipowners tried to appease college helped by the Welfare llves In the Hampton Roads area and joined the Union in Norfolk in Bridges.- The first time they paid for their appeasement Plan. It Is a fine feeling, after one 1948, while Stricklin came In when the Sailors stopped working weekend port overtime. When they saw that the SUP was determined to fight it out year on a ship or any quarter of through the same port a year year to enjoy a little vacation earlier. Gates also comes from again, they somehow mustered up enough courage to tell awith the vacation check, as I never Norfolk and has been sailing with Bridges tq live µp to his contract. collected a vacation check until the SIU since December, 1952. The result is that Bridges, shorn of shipowner support, has the Vacation Plan paid it to me. Tops In Service been badly defeated. It is unlikely that he will try this stunt Sense Of Security The crew also mentioned that t he again. It is a sigh of relief t o know that t t ot. when you are played out and can't steward and chief cook n otified keeP., your end up at ·sixty or over them of their readiness to prepare to know you d6n't have to sell any special dishes for crew.members at any . time on their request. Once again an SIU crew has been praised for courageous apples or rely on charity. That rates as tops in service and action in the "highest traditions of the merchan t marine." 'As we are men of the sea, we certainly deserves a mention, but This time it was the Coast Guard which issued the citation. are, as a figure of speech, strangers unfortunately, the minutes did not when such occasions hit our family It went to . crewmembers of the Marven who manned a life- and it is the Welfare Plan and its list the names of the brothers inboat in stormy· seas and transferred a badly injured shipmate. purpose to help when most needed. volved. It would be a good idea If the It would be ironic if the Coast Guard were to compel these As these are only a few of the same men to run through its testing gaup.tlet, and then lift many ways the Welfare Plan helps shipboard secretary made a point their papers because their family background was faulty. its members, not to mention a lot: of getting all the names down in Yet under the Coast Guard's proposal it would have that more to come, I think I have som&- the minutes so the brothers who · thing that I can be proud o~ having deserve a pat on the back could power, no ma tt er h ow we 11 a man h a d perf orme d h'is d uties been, 8 member of Ute SIU, foi all be mentioned by name. in the past these yeara. The Union is aware of the valuable role played by -the As these years have not been i n Coast Guard in making the oceans safer for merchant seamen. vain, I think I .can count m;v bleuRecogni&inl the value t hat • Coast Guardsmen themselves have participated in many a ings. as they were all won the hard stint as a shipboard delegate prohazardous rescue operation and have aided safe navigation way, and anything you have to vides for any crewmember, Seaon other assignments. . -fight for you can enjoy the effort, farer Joseph R. Ranieri voluntarily .If the Coast 1 Guard confines itself to' these duties, to the labor, the heartaches that' were stepped down recently aa the h h h put into lt. · steward department d elegate on , t oroug -going s ip inspections ana to enforcing safety So, at night, when 1 am relaxing, the Catherine (Dry Trans) to mike standards, it is performing functions for which it is properly 1 count m:v blessings and am proud way for a newcomer. He had been . . suited. But the Union does not think the Coast GU:ard, or any to be a member of the Seafareri servlag aa department dele1ate for other · ~gency, .c an qu~lify it~e~ to _pass , up~n the safety-po- Union. some. tJme, but felt that an ·opent~ntial,. ~f. civili~h"sg!amen~ ·:;~~111 ~ · ~1\1.,· .. r~wr .ti 1.1 · .. ;~~ .. ·;, . , ~ ,. c1a1r1e1-.r~·· a~aa..•.. ·.iiowct b.e mid*! e> . . ....sw~ ·~~ } ,~il 'f ,w: • "· . .~. ,., ,,, ., t " 't'~ i ' .,.1" LJ < • 'f ' . • • ot. .,~ ··"/•.::;;;r~ _ :·~·::.:··.;·,t.'.:;Y;}~,:;.rs \ \ 1•,',•'' . .I. _... "·>(~~r !fi Heealls 15 Years 01 Sill Progress ..· ·:: : --:..,•...,' ........ 'vote;{ Thanks' B1•idges Eats ·Crow Praise From· Coast G11ar1l ans ,.i. J ~ I ::-• , 'f .tJ '.t .,- • .'· - • I \~~~ " •A i'°',. :~ '~~ "t . • l ' ,t.!!• permit-hoider so that the latter could have the experience for future use, when he becomes a mem. ber of the Union. The value of the teamwork between shoreside Union officials ,,-; and shipboard delegates is nowhere better demonstrated than on SIU ships, where a shipboard team of delegates serves as the Union apparatus aboard the ship to meet any situation. : ~ t "" Another slJlp that can boast of a neatly-arranged and well-caredfor collection of reading matter ls the Steel Traveler (Isthmian). The efforts of Seafarer L ouis E . Garcia are responsib~e for this desirable situation. A messman on the ship, Garcia volunteered to act as librar ian and earned the thankl of his shipmates accordingly. ;t. t t Shipboard baking is really on the upgrade these days, or so it seems, because so many SIU crew1 have been giving the baker a pat on the head. The Robin Sherwood crew thinks their particular baker. Charles Cantwell, can't be beat. The rest of the steward department is doing equally well, the Sherwood gang said. Incidentally, shipboard bakinl has more hazards to it than other types of shipboard cookery, because some kinds of cake will "fall in" if t hey ·:,·"': >·<>~ are jostled at t he /~ wrong moment. :~ ' l< ~s tme baker put .:.~ it, "you've got ·&~ the cake to the ;:~ p_oint w? ere it's ,;:{~ risen mce and 4~ high and is just · about ready to come out of t he Cantwell oven when t he ship heaves and bounces on some rough water. What's left of the cake is fit only for the garbage pail." Of course it should be mentioned that whipping up a meal in rough weather can be a trying chore, no matter what's in the oven, putting an extra strain on the sldll1 of the steward department. · Cantwell comes from the shore1 of Lake Michigan, being born In Chicago on November 12, 1907• He joined .t he SIU lo New York, April ·z, · lHS, and aalla regular]7 'i nitthe stewar.cl d.epartQJeµt . .. ·~, .: . I �· Apr!I. 29, 1951 ... s-1u Of NA Routs Bridges By 4 To 1 J ·- Dep'f_Vote . BME -- --- -- 1. CANADIAN ·DIST MAW· . ". �April 29, 1955 I SE A. F .4 RE·RS 'L 0 G • Pa&'e Elena . . I ' B y your secret baJlot vote for the SIU Pacific Dis- trict, you, the working steward department men on the West Coast, have earned the congratula~ tions and esteem of your shipboard brothers and of the entire membership of the Seafarers Internati~nal Union of North America. You have become part of the largest single union of maritime workers in America today, a union which has grown by leaps and " bounds in recent years because it has consistently maintained trade union principles and a trade union program to the exclusion of all outside influences, poJitical or otherwise. . The SIU of North America today consists of 62,000 5eamen,' fishermen and allied crafts in the United States and ·.Canada. These 62,000 members are in 46 craft and ·area unions of their own, all of them with local autonomy to conduct · their business as they see fit. · In recent years, the SIU's policy of sticking to a trade uniqn program, come what may, has paid huge dividends to the membership and vastly speeded the growth of the organization. The policy, backed up by vigorous and energetic trade union action, has led to the revival of the Canadian District as a trade union for Canadian seamen in the place of the wholly-Communist-dominated organization that ruled the roost in Canada. It led to the founding of the Brotherhood of Marine Engineers which has since enjoyed consider~ble success in attracting the support :Of engineers looking for genuine union representation. The policy and outlook of the SIU won the wholehearted approval of the membership of the Marine Firemen's Union which voted overwhelmingly to join the SIU of NA just two years ago. And just two weeks ago, as yoJJ know,. you stewards and cooks on West Coast ships, with the aid o~ your shipmates in the deck and engine dep~rtments, decisively and overwhelmingly rejected: Communist-line unionism by voting four to one for. the SIU.. This string of. SIU successes, the rapid growth of the union and its unparalleled st~ture in the industry is proof positive that there is·no substitute for a headsup program of trade unionism' which depends on inn~r strength and membership support as its basic _weapon. The shipowner, the shoreside employer, the Govern- . ment and the labor movement respect the SIU because they know what it stands for, and equally important, they know where it stands at all times. In the maritime field this pas meant a staunch and unrelenting defense of the maritime hiring hall, the heart and core of any marine organization that deserves to call itself a trade union. - As a cook or steward, you can now look forward to SIU-type representation, which means topnotch contracts, protection on the job, vigorous and rapid action . on shipboard beefs, d.e mocratic control of union 'policy by the membership, a welleadministered program of welfare benefits, defense of your right to proper medical care and most important, aggressive action to assure th~ greatest possible number of job opportunities for professional seamen in the steward department. . Next month in Montreal, the convention of the SIU of North America will officially welcome you and your brothers in the steward department. as full-fledged members of the international union. From now on in it should be smoother sailing for you with the comfort• ing assurance that all SIU affiliates will stand by you in the Brotherhood of the Sea. .. �Al)l'll n; 1151 .p oar aaoara • • ••• • • • •·.• weeks · don't look too prom1smg, iority ratings let. these jobs go, the Mobile: slnce some shipping is being held jobs go to class C men. up due to the pending sale of This can only make it tougher Waterman to McLean plus the OU in the future when waiting to ship. railroad strike which is affecting So let's make sure we fill this area. At the present time, these jobs when they go up on the the only ships due to hit the port Some of the Seafarers on the Shipping is and continues ·to be board. either for payoff or in ·transit are just fair in the Port of Boston. During the p~st period we ~ad beach here got a chance to put the Monarch of the Seas, Claiborne, The Salem Maritime and Archers 1"4 payoffs, 11 s1gn-ons on for~ign their small boat training into ef- Golden Clty . (Waterman) and CorHope (Cities Service), and the Sea- . articles ~nd 20 ships in t~ansit. feet last week when several flash sair, Polaris, Pennant and Cava· tiger (Colonial) paid off and We paid off the fol.lowing:. ~ea­ floods hit the area and a lot of iler (Alcoa). aigned on, and we had only the train Texas <Seatraml; Famsle families had to be evacuated from We're hopef~l that in the long Southland (South Atlantic) in (Waterman); Stony Creek <Ameri- their homes by boat. run the McLean interests will transit All beefs were settled to can Trampl; Ocean Lotte <Ocean '. A large part of the Moblle mem- stimulate shipping out of this port the satisfaction of the crews con- Trans.>; Fort Hoskins, Bradford cerned. Island (Cities Service); Alcoa Part- bership lives in the Chickasaw when they get their operations The crew on the Southland had ner, Alcoa Pilgrim <Alcoa); Frances, and Eight-Mile area, and these rolling in high gear. · Cal Tanner -. · a meeting when the ship came Ines, Suzanne <Bulll; Steel Worker were the districts where the flood Mobile Port Aa'ent 1n here to discuss the matter of (Isthmian); National Liberty <Na- waters caused the most trouble. atores since the vessel was very tional Shipping); Robin Sherwood We are thankful to report that there were no fatalities during short of meats. We also found the <Seas Shipping). · ship very short and informed the Sign-ons. in me . port incl~ded: the floods. San Francisco: · The Alabama State Federation . company of the situation, but the Mankato Victory <Victory C~rn~rsl; port steward in Savannah said not Robin Goodfellow <Seas Sh1ppmg); o.f Labor he~d its. annual conven- . to put any stores on at all. . Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Pilgrim, Alcoa hon in Moblle this week and, as When we told the company the Ranger (Alcoa); Ines <BulU; Steel usual, the SIU took a big part. AlJ I ahip would not sail without theJtl. Vendor, Steel Scientist, Steel Ap- affiliated districts of th~ SIU atShipping has slowed down Jn this the next morning prentice (Isthmian); National Lib- tended the convention sessions. ' at 9:30 a truck erty (National Shipping); Bienville The three-day gatheriBg featured port during the last two weeks, as Sen. Lister Hill, a well-known we had three ships diverted to came down with (Waterman ). friend of labor, other por\a. Two went to Seattle the meats and The in-transits were the Sea- .......... ··.· .. as guest speaker and one to Wilmington, helping the ship ieft an trains Louisiana, Savannah, New .: on opening day. things out in those places, at any hour later. There Jersey, New York, Georgia (SeaMeanwhile, with rate. was a fine crew train); Queenston Heights <Seaaboard her. They trade); · Alexandra <Carras); Alcoa the aid of varlThe future .doesn't look too stayed on the Runner (Alcoa); Chickasaw .. Anous relief jobs in bright here, either. We had no payship all night tinous (Pan Atlantic ); Hurricane the harbor, we offs and just two sign-ons, the waiting for the <Waterman); Bethcoaster, Pennmar made out okay Kyska and Young America (WaterHaskins stores so that <Calmar); Val Chem .. <Valentine); in shipping for man). The Ocean Deborah (Ocean they would be there when they Kathryn, Beatrice, Elizabeth <Bull); the ·last two Trans); Calmar <C~hnarl; Steel came and could sail right away. Steel Navigator, Steel Flyer (lsthw e e k s. We -Chemist (Isthmian), and Yaka, Keel Our selection for typical SIU mian)· Stony Creek (American shipped 75 men Hastings .and. Raphael Semme1 man of the week is E. ~askins, Tram~). to regular jobs, 95 to relief jobs, (Waterman) all called in transit who sails in the deck department and had a total of six payoffs al)d There . were no special beef1 Claude Simmon1 as bosun, AB or deck..maintenance. four slgn-ons. any of these vessels .. Asst. Sec'y-Treas. Earl has been a member of th~ All the payoffs were in good All Hands Pleased SIU for quite a while and likes to shape, and provided only minor take an active part in the member- Tampa: Everyone here on the West Coast beefs which were settled to the ship meetings, as all Seafarers satisfaction of all hands. .T hey is happy and still talking about ~ should and can do. were the Alcoa Pioneer, Cavalier, the three-department SIU Pacific He is the proud father of four Clipper, Puritan and Patriot <Al- District election in which the SIU beautiful children-his latest, a coa), and the Monarch of the Seas beat Bridges four to one and sucgirl, was born about three weeks last <Waterman). The Pioneer, Clipper, cessfully eliminated the ago-and hails from Dorchester, The fishing is holding up pretty Puritan and Patriot signed on stranglehold retained by the ComMass. Others on the beach include we'll in this area, although the ship- again. mies on American-flag ship1. G. Dunn, T. Ritson, R. Burns and ping is nothing to talk about and Maternity $ Help Brothers on the beach include A. Melanson. doesn't figure to get b ~tter too For our Seafarer of the Week we the following: Hans Skaalegaard, A word of caution to Seafarers soon. · Al Kessen, ·F .. Votto, C. Nangle, 8. l wh 0 joine d Zygarowski, Blackie Otvos, A. Lowho take jobs when they don't We had no payoffs· or sign-ons nom Inate J , C · Kee• know where the ship is going. It during the last two weeks and just the Union in 1944 and sails regu- guido, R. Sipsey, Bill Bause, Vic pays to be sure about this before five ships in transit. larly out of the Gulf as bosun or D'India and Mize. "Salty Dick" you leave town, since otherwise These were the Iberville and De deck maintenance. He is married Martinez says he thought he was there is a hardship on the man who Soto (Pan Atlantic); Chiwawa and has three children, one of coming to sunny California, but It originally ships plus a possible "(Cities Service); Bienville <Water- whom qualified him for the $200 has rained day and night since he delay in getting the ship out when man ) and Del Alba (Mississippi). SHJ maternity benefit plus a US came here. we have to send more men to fill There were no outstanding beefs bond' for the baby. "That was help at the right time," 85 .Keel The farmers sure love it though, the jobs. on any of these ships. and are trying to get "Salty" to James Sheehan Other than this, things are pretty puts it. run for ·"Official Rainmaker" In Boston Port Agent slow in. this port. We are glad to J. C., or "Junior," as he la CalJfornia. Any seconds? i ;.\;. ~ report that there are no brothers known to his friends, is one of the Bridges took another licking in the marine hospital, however. New Yori<: well-known Baldwin County sea- when he was forced to back down Among the oldtimers on the men and while on the beach bebeach are James Wood!t; B. Owens, tween ships manages to raise a few on the Pacificus beef for the second A. Alvia, F. Kulan and F. Fer- potatoes, which ii the main Bald- time. All in all, It was a good week win county crop. He's also quite for; the SIU Pacific DistriCt. nandez. Tom Banning a fisherman. Marty Brelthoff Shipping for the last two weeks Tampa Port Agent Prospects for the coming two West Coast Rep, has been somewhat better than in '~ the past. Most of this is due to the fact that six Alcoa C-ls and three Alcoa C-2s are beginning to come in here from the Gulf. We have had quite a few r eplacements on ~hese ships", and they will be runllling out of New York in the Shipping Figures April 6 to April 19 future. However, even though shipping REG~ smP. REG. REG. TOTAL SWP. SWP. TOTAL has been a little slow, we see that PORT DECK DECK ENGINE .STEW. REG. ENO. STEW. SWPPED some jobs have been hanging on B.oston 8 7 10 26 8 5 8 15 the board. When the A and B senNew York 78 58 71 207 ea 61 81 2f0 H 18 71 Philadelphia 153 ST 31 24 108 39 . 71 82 HO Baltimore 171 71 63 I 8 H 22 Norfolk 18 8 8 H Savannah 23 10 8 38 1 I I T Seafarers overseas who want Tampa 12 10 11 3T 3 I 10 11 to get in touch with headquar25 11 11 15 48 31 111 3T Mobile ters in a hurry can do so by 38 11 H 101 43 41121 cabling the Union at ita cable 31 New Orleana IO · 11 28 7I ad~ess, SEAFARERS NEW 17 86 IZ 101 Houston· ff '8 YORK. 111 81 28 121 49 Seattle • • • • • -19 • • • • • • • • • • • • • Use of this address will a145 30 18 101 Sanl'ranclaco .•••••••.••••• 20 lT II 80 .1ure speedy transmission on • I I ,_11 I 1'1 WilmlnltoD all meiiaaaes and faster serv. ~ ·· .. ~ ~. ,. ~ for the men iavol"4. Boston: Small Boal Training Put To Use In·Floods . 0raw 0n S lhlan d Wails, Gels Slores 1 v1·ctory Over Bridges Is s1·11 'MIJ·or Item ·.··· ··,·:·;•\ ~:: , zt•lil on No Seafarers Ailing lq Marine Hospital c. Alcoa Jobs Give Lift To Shipping llnion Has Cable Address .................... ................. ............... ....... .......... ................ ... .................. " .................... .................... .............. .................. ... ............. ., • -• :·-t-1•" ·,.,.·,ia• .,,. '· · .3•,.-09· ' • ~t.f r\)J7';. l id ,~I • f. 1 ·~, ~«~i ·-· lODI ·~~ I ' Monkeys Not Crew's Business; OT Paid Shipping in this great Northwest port has been ideal this past period. There's been no trouble at all for anyone wanting to move out. It l_o oks as if things will just continue as well in the next two weeks. as we have three payoffs seheduled. The Jean Lafitte and Fairland <Watermaril and the John C. (Atlantic Carriers) are all due in. The latter ship has been out eight months and will probably take a full crew. Vessels- that paid off here included the following: Wacosta IWatermanl; Frederic C. Collin <Dry Trans); Mary Adams <Bloomfield), for a 14-day port payoff; Lewis Emery,. Jr. (Victory_ Carriers), and Ocean Dinny (Ocean Trans). The Wacosta, Frederic C. Collin, Lewis Emery, Jr., Alice Brown (Bloomfield> and Coeur d'Alene Victory (Victory Carriers) signed on. 'In transit to the port were the Kyska, Hastings, Young America <Waterman) and the Alamar and Calmar (Calmar). We had one real overtime beef ·o n the · Wacosta, which had been carrying a partial .load of animals -<monkeys, small elephants, boxes of pythons, etc.) that were bunked . on t h e 'tween decks of the num· . her four hold for 14 days. Two people, man and wife, were the keepers who took care of the ani· m~ls dt.tring the Flint . day from 8 AM to 5 PM, and then took off with everything in good order until the next day. . . 'the .akipper had i~sued orders for the deck department <watche1 only) to make a round every hour in the hole where the animals were kept and to report to the officer in charge if anything was out of order. Following these orders, the sailors made the rounds every hour and put down one hour's overtime. Not Ro.u tine Waterman claimed that the work · done by the deck department wa1 . a routine check for the safe navigation of the ship, but the Union pointed out otherwise. This was a definite vigilance practice which is generally done by animal keepers. In the absence of same, the Union contract calls for overtime for this type of work, particularly when the animals are fed and cages are cleaned. The intent is certainly there right in the agreement. Accordingly, the company paid the beef, which· amounted to · approximately $450. · No doubt they passed the bill on to the owners of the cargo, Among the men on the beach here is Brother G. W. Flint, who joined the SIU in Baltimore in 1947. He sailed his first ship as chief cook because of hi1 experience ashore and hH been in the steward department since then. Thi1 Seafarer sailed Cities Serv• lee ships as a crew' organizer for ov,r a year and received' h11 SIU book in 19150. He says that a bil asset of the Union la the fact that It takes up alf beefs and aettle1 them very P1.1>mptly with the OPerators. He ls 48 years old, single, and plan• to stay that way. Other oldtima in port are C. E• Wallick, D. Barry, l. L .. Barton ancl C. J. Quint. . • ~: · o1eft. Gl,QeU. ... . ~ J •'·;:. ... \,(, ~·~it• • °';:fi,~t'!if...' .. ._.:1..i~· f r l '-_: ' . ~ • ~ " • ,. Seattle: ~ • rf. 'tjt.. ~ • • ... . . -Seattle Pori·- · • j: . ....:'. ' · ~ • ,,- - fl t ',,, 11 :; " ' ~ 1 ·g;,f, I• l t, • 1.l<""' �s ·E A fl .4 R'E RS April 29,_·1951 L 0 C- .Po11r auoar a • • • • ••••• Savannah: New Shipping Rules Greeted Fivorably A slight pick-up in the shipping piCture is hoped for here with one payoff expected in the coming period. We had no payoffs or sign-ons during the last two weeks and only six in-transits, including ttre-'Robin Goodfellow, Robin Mowbray <Seas Shipping); Seatrains Georgia·, Louisiana (Seatrainl; French Creek (Cities Service); Azalea City (Waterman). The new shipping and hiring rules approved by the membership recently still get a lot of attention and questions from the men on the beach and on the ships. The reaction has been overwhelmini in favor of the changes, which help protect the aseniority rights of men who ·have been sailing SIUcontracted ships. One of the brothers who welcomes the change in the Union's 1hipping rulee-and appreciates the fact that in the SIU the membership had the opportunity to vote · for or against them-is Brother G. A. Allen. Al, who'• married, has been sailing in the "black gang" for a long period. He says the Welfare and Vacation PlaQs won by the Union are the best•in the maritime industry and probably better than those for shore unions also. He is a proud member of this Union. A. Michelet Savannah Port Arent i i ~ Baltimore: Shipping Remains On Level Keel We are happy to report that .&hipping in this port for the past two weeks has been on a level keel ·and that there are indications this will continue. The activity came from 18 payoffs, 13 fiign-ons and 11 ships that stopped by in transit. At this time we have only one outstanding beef and that is with Calmar concerning the SS Marymar. The beef has been sent on to SIU headquarters and we are hoping for a favorable report on it in the very near future. Our last meeting attended by a couple of fine speakers, one of whom has proven himself a true friend of ours-Rep. Robert Mollohan of West Virginia. •He now 11eads the House Subcommittee on Legal and Monetary Affairs which is looldng into alleged "racketeering" by some unions. He provided the membership here with a very infoNnative talk. In addition, the last meeting featured a visit by SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall, who explain.. ed to the membership what ia going on in maritime regarding the failure of the Conference of American Maritime Unlon1. Those paying off here during the was lJSPHS Has Last· Safi On Duty Slip Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors have the final say on whether or not a man is fit for duty. If there is any question about your fitne·ss to sail, check w1th the nearest USPHS hospital or out:-,fi~lifn~~!i\n1.c "~~: .~ ~ulln,g. last two weeks were: Chilore, Cubore, Baltore, Feltore, Venore, Santore (Ore); Marymar, Oremar (Calmar); Robin Goodfellow <Seas · Shipping>; Edith, Emilia, Jean <Bull); Seamonitor (Excelsior); Planter, Pegasus ·<Alcoa); Cantlgny, Winter Hill (Cities ·service); Azalea City <Waterman). Sign~ons included the following: Chilore, Santore (twice), Cubote, Baltore, Feltore <Ore); Marymar, Oremar <Calmar); Azalea City (twice), John B. Waterman <Waterman); Seamonitor <Excelsior); Trojan Trader <Trojan). In transit were: Pilgrim, Runner, Ranger (Alcoa); Bethcoaster, In twice (Calmar); Steel Vendor (Isthmian); Winter Hill (Cities Service); Republic <Trafalgar); Evelyn, Arlyn <Bull); Chickasaw <Pan Atlantic). • Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Arent t. t t Houston: Air-Conditioning Unit ·Here Being Studied Shipping has been fairly good here with 4 payoffs and 11 ships hitting the area in transit. However, it will slow down some the next two weeks unles1 we get an unexpected payoff or two, as we have only one and possibly two payoffs in sight. Men who have wages and 1ub1istence coming from the Alcoa ·p1anter and the Alcoa Pegasus can now collect from Bloomfield. Our branch ftlembership here is talking up the need for an airconditioning . unit at the hall and we are working on thia problem. When a report on the question ia received, the memBership will be informed of it. Payoff• Clean All payoffs during the past period have been unusually 11mooth and we have had very minor beef1 to handle. This is to the credit of the delegates and crew1 on these vessels. The. following were the 1hip1 paid off: Neva West, Margaret Brown <Bloomfield); Sunion <!tea); Royal Oak (Cities Service). All but the Royal Oak signed on asatn. Ships which stopped by were the Seatlger <Colonial>; Del Alba, Del Campo, Del Viento (Mlullsippi); Alexandra <Carras>: Mae, Edith <Bum: Seatralna 'i'exae, Savannah, . New York <Soatraln); Blenvllle <Waterman>1 lttJ>ubllc (Trafalger>: Stony Creek (American Tramp) •. C. M. Tannehill Houat~n Port Arent Lalce Charles: Laundry-Strike Won; Phone Beef Still On Although there have been quite a few ships in this area, few crewmembers got off, so shipping has been slow. Calling Into this area In the past two weeks were the Cantigny, Bradford Island, Fort Hoskins, r.;fgans Fort, Arche.rs Hope and Chiwawa. The Cantigny and the Chiwawa made return stops. All the above are owned by Cities Service. Over in Orange, there were two visits from our old stand-by, the Val-Chem of Valentine T a n k e r s . There were a few jobs on each, but not many. The AFL Laundry Workers won their strike and now we can get clean 11hirts done up by union Fiiosa w o r·k er s. The strikers won just about everything they wanted:· five paid holidays per year, an increase of four cents per hour across the board and paid overtime. This was the first try in years for them. The 'phone strike is atlll in progress here as elsewhere. All labor in this area is backing the 'phone workers. At the meeting here on April 20, the deck department took the reins. D. E . Williams was chairman and N. Tripp was recording secretary. Both sail as ABs and did fine jobs in their posts. We have no one i:n local hos pi- Honefl Exeluinge Bates Listed The followlni 11 the latest available Ii.sting of official exchange rates for foreign currencies. Lfstlng1 are as of April 28, 19M, and are subject to change without notice. J:n.r!em!, New Z1111l11nd, l!!outh /...l· rlca: 12.llO per pound •terllng. o\u1tralla1 12.H per pound 1terlln1. Belalum: BO franc1 to the dollar. l>•nmark: H.'8 cent1 per krone. · France: 3110 franc• to the dollar. (lermany: •·• marlu to the doll11r. Rolland: l.T-8.I tullder1 to the dollar. ilaly: G24.0 Ur; to the dollat'. Norway: H cient1 per krone. tortugal: 18.'711 t1oudo1 to th• dollar. •weden: 10.11 unt1 per krona. ln41•: 11 oent• per rupee. takl1tan1 10.U 01nt1 \)tr rup11. t'rfentlnar lU »••~• th• dollar. tr ...all: a.• ttutl ,., tr\lltlro. trruiuay: II.es e1nt1 per· p110. V1n11uela1 111.aa nn~ ftr bolivar. '' tals but have sevei-al brothers on the ou t-patient list. On the beach here are brothers Tex Alexander, Swede Hellman, Babe Torre, J . F. Mapp, Ross Lyle, Jimmy -Parker, Jack Walker, E. Cox, "Doc" Peralta, Otto Pedersen and many others. Also Tex Gillispie; who just got married. · For Seafarer of the Week we nominate brother Mike. Filosa, who sails in the deck department and is one of the real oldtimers. He joined the SIU back in its early days when it was really a battle to keep the young Union going. As Mike says, it took hard work, many knocks and goqd brains to build the Union to v. hat it is today. And that ls w hat it takes to keep it on top. He is always re~dy to explain to the younger members how the Union gre.w and advises a steady hand at the wheel. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent .t. i t. ~hilaclelphia: Members Discuss CAMU's ·Failure This port is still holding its own as we have shipped quite a few men during the last two weeks and have the Pennmar (Calmar) due in for payoff Friday. In addition, the Arizpa (Waterman) is atlll hanging tight at the Sugar House. Both the company and the longshoremen are standing pat: which leaves the issue in a stalemate. There baa been quite a bit of comment concernini the Conference of American Maritime Unions beef, which all dwindles down to one thing: A smear campaign ls being waged to di.scredit SIU President Harry Lundeberg. Joe Curran, President of the NMU, at the 1ame time 11 trying to put himself forward aa the "savior" of all American seamen. However, we all know what Curran stands for and how be 1old out just recently on the vital fgsue of the hiring hall. Payoff• Payoffs during the last two week1 were the following: Arlyn, Evelyn, Carolyn, Hilton (Bull) and Antinou1 <Pan Atlantic). The AnUnous and the Rayvah (Transpor~ tatlon Corp.> algned on. ln-tran11lt1 were the Andrew. Jackson, Steel $Ql@ntist Usthrnianl; John B. Waterman (Waterman); De Soto, 8hlokaaaw <Pan Atlantic); Itobln QOdfellow <Seas Shipping); Winter Hill (Cltlea Service); Jean <Bull>J lafVah <Transportation CorpJ1 Ooean Lotte <Ocean Trans). j, I. Cardullo fhda4elphJa Port Agent WILMINGTON, Calli .... ·~ llarlne Ave. l'ORT WILLIAM .... U8'ti lyndlcate Ave. >ntulo Phone: 3.3221 Erneat Tilley, Agent erintnal 4-2874 LBQRNll ........ 103 Durham St. llEADQUARTERS .•• . CITO ' Ave., Bklyn. PORT BALTIMORE ........ 12u1 J:. Baltimore in. Jrl Phone: 11591 Earl Shcippard, Afent EA1tern 7·4900 IECRET falJ·mtAIURER TORO o. 8ntarlo • ••••• ··~Kin• St. E. fplre 4-11'119 BOSTON ................ , ... A'lii 8tate It. ASST. ' IECRETARY·TREASURERS VICTORIA. JO ...... 91'1\i ormorant St. Jamea Sheehan, Agent Rhihmond l·OHO Empire 41131 Al1ln11, D;cJ llm:~ops, Joint HOUSTON .• . .. . .. • ....... 4202 Canal It. . Volplan, n , • Hal Joint VANCOUV.mR, BO ............ 198 Main St. O. Tannehill, Acting Aaent Pre1ton 611118 . Mooney, t • • :Matt ew1, Joint Pacific 7824 LAKE CHARLES, La .•••.. . H19 .R yan It. SYDNEY, NI ............ 104 Charlotte St. Leroy Clarke, Aaent H£mlock 11·1174' Phone 6346 SUP BAGOTVILLB. Quebeo., ,, ••• . 20 Elgin St. MOBILE . . • . . .. •. . 1 louth Lawrence l!t. Phone: 1145 KONOLULU .••• , • , •.•••• , .16 Merchant St. HEmlocll 11·17114 Cal Tanner, .A.gent Phone 11·8777 THOROLD, Ontario ...... II St. Davids St. NEW ORLEANS ....... . HS Bienville St. CAnal 7·3202 . • Lindsey Williama, Agent · PORTLANJ> ........ 1111 N. W. Everett St. QUEBEC ........ 118 Cote De La Montague · Beacon 4336 ¥aanolla 6111·6113 Qutl>~CI. Phone: 2·7078 NEW YORK ...... 6711 4th 4\,ve. Brooklyn RICHMOND, CALII', , , , , , , ••••. 11!17 11th St. SAINT JOHN ...... 177 Prine' Wllllam St. Phone 2599 NB Phone: 2·5232 HYac1nth 9·6600 NORFOLK •.•...••• •• , •. 12'1-129 Bank it. SAN f'RANCISC0 .. ,, .... 450 Harrison St. Ben Rees, Agent MAdlson 2·9834 DoualH 2·8363 _' Great Lakes .District PHILADELl'HIA . • ,, ••••• . 337 Market St. "SEATTLE ........ ••••.,,. ... 8!105 1st Ave. . Main 0290 ALPENA ....... ; ........ 133 W . .Fletcher S. Cardullo, Agent Market '1·16311 SAN FRANCISCO ....... 4110 Harrlaon St.· WILMINGTON ,. .... ,. .. 110!1 Marine Ave. Phone: 1238\V Dougla1 2·11471' Terminal 4·3131 BUFF ALO. NY ••• ·; ... ..... . 160 Main St. Marty Brelthoff, West Coaet nepresentatlvf NEW YORK ...... 878 •th A.ve. Brooklyn <;Lll:VELAND ...... 34 Lakeside Ave., NE 1 Phone: Main 1·0147 PUERTA de TIERRA, PR . . Pelayo 111-La I HYacmth 9·6600 • l'hone: Cleveland 7391 llal Colla, Agent Phone ll·ll9ff DETROIT .... ... '.l. . . . . . . . . . . . 1038 3rd St. SAVANNAH . . . . . . . . . • • . .• Abercorn St. Canadian District Head.quartera .rho~t: Woodward 1-6857 A.· Michelet, Aaent Phone 3·1728 SEATrLE ........ .......... 115011 let Ave. MONTREAL ....... 9" I&. JaJntt St. West DULUTH ••••••••• ·;·1131 W. Mlchlaan St. · · · llone: Melrose MllO · · · . PLateau 8161 Jeff GWette, Aaen:t Ellrott '33t TAMP4'mt .11.••. 18\)i!··l llll N. :f*tnklln &to• HALIF~:'l N.I..... --_.;-; .. 128'-i ,~Bollla St. ~H CBlCAGO •• • i.: •• .1181 &.~·:1t. Pb.oner. a.aeu , . . r~011•1 s..ei' ' '-'mt Tom B'annlna. ~·~·W Pl'tone 2-1323 SIU, A&G District t. t. · - • < ~ New Orleans: Loe.al Paper Raps 'Waste' In MSTS "The New Orleans States," a newspaper which often editorializes against principles supported by the_trade union movement, took an editorial position recently which Seafarers can endorse. This editorial dealt with the "stupid waste, duplication and inefficiency in the Federal transport of freight and passengers in peacetime at a cost of $3 billion a year," including, of course. the MHitary Sea Trallsportation Service. Q~otipg the Hoover Commission on Government Reorganization. the editorial pointed out: "During the year, some 8 milliC1n passengers were carried in national defense · planes. At no cost to the passengers, of course. Of these , 4.8 million were 'hitch-hikers,' or personnel on leave. "Last year tl\e military transported 71.667 motor cars on ships, at a cost of $18 million. These were all private property . ... "The Hoover Commisssion recommends that all this free transport by rail, ship and plane be restricted and realistically limited to persons and cargo entitled to it," the "States" editorial said. "That makes a lot of sense," it added. Billion Sidetracked As a footnote , we might add that if a substantial part of the $3 bil· lion spent by the Go\ ernment on this project had been put into the proper channelfi of trade, perhaps the US merchant marine would not find itself in the plight it is in today. As for news of men on the beach here, our sympathies and best wishes for a speedy recovery are extended to Elmo L. Vance , James O'Keefe, Walt er A n d e r s o n and Harry Wolo\\·itz, who r e c e n t 1 y were admitted to the USPHS hospital. John Doyle, L o n n i e Tickle, Vance James Mason and George King are s_Hll on the ailing list, but are reported to be conrnlescing satisfactorily. We hope to have a good word about all of them ve1•y soon. Edwin Rhoades has been transferred to the USPHS hospital in Baltimore. John Elliott, Robert Scheiffius, · Cassie Carter, William Brewer and Clarence Crevier have been discharged from the hospital and hope to be able to ship soon. Shipping Slow ghipping , howe,·er, is still on the slow side here, but has picked up somewhat since our last report. In one or two instances, jobs have almost gone begging for a lack of takers. We had five payoffs, three sign-ons and 16 ships that called here in transit during the last two weeks. The Del Norte, Del Viento and Del Rio (Mississippi) and the DeSoto and Iberville (Pan Atlantic) paid off. The Del Alba , Del Norte and Del Campo <Mississippi) signed on. Ships in h'ansit were the Corsair, Pennant, Cavalier and Pioneer (Alcoa ); Steel Flyer (Isthmian); the Seatrains Georgia , Louisiana (Seatrain); Del Alba , Del Campo CM.is· sissippi); City of Alma, Monarch of the Seas, Bienville, Claiborne <Waterman); Beauregard 1Pan At- r Ian tic); Neva "\\est (Bloomfield); Logans Fort .(Cities Service). Lindsey J. Williams '3 .~ :.A>.duilJM.l.~'-:..- .. ;.:, .. ) �1'119 . . . . . . ._ ). Visit To . Pyramids R~lled ·r wo Bos·u·.ns? OPP WATCH - ·Too Much For ·o remar +=:Thu fea.twr• I . V · ·· · ··· dedgned to offer hint•· and infottnatlon on. · hobbC.t new products, developments, publfcatton1 and th• H1ce tohiah ieafar1,.; u mav find helpful in spending their letsure-ttme houri, both a1ior1 an4 The SS Oremar (Ore) dis· aboard ship. Querie1 1hould be addr1ased to ~'Off Watch,'' &EA• covered on a recent sailing FARERS LOG, 671S Fourth Avenue, BrooklJ1n 31, NY. Three tlmt1 faster than regular+-~-----------­ that in the case of bosuns, as Anaco Color, a new fast color ftlm, of regular household starch, t1P8• in most other things, you can iet Anscochrome, will be on the mar- clally 1f the spots are little more . ket for the firat time next month, than smudge1 from ftnger marke. too much of a good thing.· Such an Incident was reported in daylight type only. Rated .wlt'b All ypu have to do ls · wipe the in the recent minutes from . the a daylight exposure index of 32 starch on tb,e ftn1er-marked ~ spot Oremar. The meeting w• presided . the new film will replace Ansc~ and surroundings, and let it dry. over by J. C. Arnold as chajrman. , Color .and will be available la 20- (Just wipe it on; don't swab It back · ' The secretary was Wallace P. An· . exposure Sl5mm magazine• and and forth.) derson, who provided the LOG bulk loads, as well as 120, 620 and After It has dried, wipe the re· 828 rolls. For advanced photogra- malna off with a damp cloth. Genwith the details. According to the minutes. the phers, the new material permits erally the finger marks will come Oremar spent the first few houra much higher shutter speeds In ac- right off with it ••• Gre·ase or oil tion shots not possible with the stains can be removed in the same ·at sea of its last way with . a thick paste of powvoyage with two slower color films. bosuns aboard. According to the manufacturer, it dered chalk mixed with carbon The reg u 1 a r will give -truer color reproduction tetrachloride (be careful with tt, though), two cheap items obtain· bosun came aboard in the at all exposure levels. Thus, color able at most hardware stores. In balance will be m a i n t a l n e d throughout the color scale of a plc- this case, you have to spread a small houra of Seafarer F. D. "Mouse" Gonsoulin (second from left, with arm lump of the stuff on the spot anti the mornini on the salling da3[ ture even with accidental over or let it dry overnight. A brush upraised) provides thi1 picture of a group on a tour to the Pyra· under-exposure. Under-exposure mids near Cairo in 1948. To the right of Gon1oulln art Ralph and, In order to will merely result in a darker or should take it. off-sp9t and allMcDonald, the l~te Martin H. "Moon" Koune, Henry ·Patterson next morning, get a few hours Andenon of undisturbed Ughter picture, respectively, with and Nell Shane. They were aboard the Samuel Dexter, a Waterman ~ ;t. ;t. no shift in color balance. Processliberty, on her maiden voyage from New Orleans to Cairo, "around hit· Ing kits for Ansco Color can still Now that the warmer weather is sleep, locked his door before the Horn," on a voyage taking eight months and 18 day1. Man at the hay. be used for Anscochrome. making itself felt and the weather ting far left is unidentified. When the ihird rQate made his ;t. ;t. ;t. · from here on in can be expected G fl h Ith it to be good more often than it ls rounds to check up on who was and wasn't aboard, he discovered ra . ex ·~ come up " s bad, Seafarer home craftsmen and the bosun's quarters locked. He latest mnova~ion, 8 s_tereo ~amera "do-it-yourselfers" are breaking . . using the :basic box-camera idea of . d" th fil d i th out their outdoor gear in mcreas· assumed from this that the bosun was not aboard. \ wm mg e m an re 1eas ng e Ing numbers · shutter,_ Those who shy away from A quick call went out for a new getting involved with . shutter Thos~ who have reached the bosun and in a short time another speeds, diaphragm stops, sc~~l~s •. near-impossible state . of having gentleman of that rating came depth of .field and the like will 1ots of tools and no pro3ects to use bustling aboard. Without unpack- welcome this camera with a lens them for-as well as complete novOne of many SIU ships which regularly send their holiday ing, he set to putting the crew into opening control marked with sim- lees-may get some useful ideas and special menus to the LOG for a careful perusal, th& Sea- action. "ple terms like "bright " "hazy" and from the recently-pUlbli~hed "Ama• ' teur Builder's Handbook"' by Hub· Meanwhile, the -mate attempted "dull." · farers on the Stony Creek relive the ill-fated battle of that make things ready for the new . bard Cobb. Well illustrated with name a dozen or more times+-------------- to crewmember. lie unlocked the Sharp. ster~o pictures from four more than 1,000 how-to pictures, and about 700 British regulars door of the bosun's quarters and feet to infinity are obtained. The the book gives complete detailed __ per year. The battle is fought out all attacked the American commandls fixed at 1/50 second and discovered the regular inhabitant shutter . h . d f "M" fl h instructions on almost every home over again every Chriatmas, New ers. Eighteen other officers and of those spaces, -sleeping peaceis sync ronlZe . or as repair, improvement or mainteYear's. July 4th and Thanksgiving, 80 men, aa well u artillery and fully. lamp1. A companion stereo view- r n.a nce job you can think of. among others, right down in the supplies, were captured. The " lnIn addition to the usual home The word spread rapidly amopg er is also made for the camera. messhall. Bare facts of the disas- vasion" idea faltered as the Amerlthe crew that the . ship now" had The complete. kit of camera, case fix-it jobs, it also covers the buildtrous 1813 encounter with the Brit- can army withdrew. Stony Creek two bosuns. The tidings were .re· and viewer will probably sell tor ing of glass block walls, tells how lsh invariably appear as part of had, as they say, "rocked the boat." about $OO. ¢. t. t. to enclose a porch, build a ftrethe menu booklel, along with One hundred and thirty years ceive~ with mixed emotions. the pilot was about to be place or even unusual designs of Since samples of some of the finest table later, in 1943, the keel of the SS One of many method• for clean- furniture. Priced at $2.9!5, it cond'hote_ service in the world, for Stony Creek was completed- 67 lowered, off Virginia Beach, the which SIU steward department days from keel laying to launching. crisis was solved by having the ing wallpaper stains in the home- tains over 1500 pages of lnformapersonnel are justly famous. In the haste, apparently, somebody replacement bosun acc~mpany Jiim. no, .don't paint the whole wall just tion. William ' H. Wise Co., Inc., Camped Near British inadvertently left out an "•" from The bosun took the sudden end of yet-requires only a thin mixture New York, NY, ls the publisher. What actually happened was that its name. Most historical and topo- his short but hectic voyage with US Generals John Chandler and graphical sources refer to the place good grace al rightfully could be I William H. Winder, and about 1,400 itself as "Stoney Creek," a village expected under the cireumstance•. The minutes report that the inmen, encamped on June 15 at Stony of under 2,000 inhabltanta. But cident ended with "everyone' sattsCreek, near the British . camp at "tqi.s does not deter the Seafarera Burlington Heights, Ontario. Their aboard. _fied" and the only permanent Time For hnnre plans were to surprise the British effect was to .p rovide the crew with · . . .. . and to advance from there to One of theH days the Sii Stony an amilstftg iiiiCilC.te w.tth which to : invade Upper Canada. Unfo,rtu- Creek will batter tt1 way up into recall the_voyage. Undoubtedly the occuiance will The reign of J~hn L. "Frenchy" Hubbard as "best fisher· nately, the British had a surprise, Stoney Creek and have tt1 reven1•. It. would be euler. bowever, to also serve as a :warning to all thoae man ~ast of tb.e Mi1si11ippi" has come to lll;1 end. too. Frenchy had waged an .activ.e .defense of hi1 title The following -morning, ahortly forget the whole th1nf. Canada -and who are called .upo11 to "count before daybreak, General Vincent Great Britain . are our alllH now. bodies" aboard ah!p. to make dead .bestowed), but • · hook-dan-..,_____________ certain a man u mining ·b efore gling officer has snatched his ::~~~m:::. ord,er for a · crown. The LOG printed ·.a picture of Frenchy with a 38pound dolphin not Ions ago, and his lariest catch wa1 another dolphin, a 70-pounder. (1) Michelangelo and Machiavelli both lived in Italy durin1 the 15th Late word reveals, however, that an~ 16th centuries. Both are famous; one for patntlns and sculpting Frenchy has been outdone by the and the other as an author, statesman and philosopher. Who Js who? first assistant engineer of liia own (2) What are the four truly precious atones? · ~ U ship, the SS Ann Marie <Bull>. The (3 ) Who · was the last major leaguer to wind up a baseball season By Joseph Michael Connelly engineer, Cecil Locatell1, hauled with_a batting average of over .400? Was it: (a) Joe Dimaggio, (b) Stan · 1::..-:;;;;;;;;;;;il in a shark that hit the scalu at 1 Musial, (c) Ted Williams, (d) Rogers Hornsby? 216 pounds. (4) Earlier this year, France announced plans for bulldlng a new Outside the ahip, rain u falling super-liner for transatlantic service. What was the name of the last Onto the pier-tnto the river; Outside, the nigh·t-awell covers French ship to hold the speed record for an Atlantic crossin1T · · the cf.tu (15 ) What famous building ls locat ed at Agra, India! Wi th a large, damp-spotte d cloaJc .(6) A man has a number of coins whose total value ls $7.80. If he h'.18 one-third the number of nickels in quarters and twice aa many In the rain, outside, is the horn, Wailing a last goodbye., dimes as quarters, how many of each does he have? ' · (7) If you were a Bull Moose in 1012, of whom were you. a follower? Wailing to the outside. "Farewell.'' · . Outside, the riv~r flows (8) A map in an-airline ticket office shows distances to. various points the &hip as follo ws: New York, 2110; Honolulu, 3846; .Lisbon, IS400.; Loi Angeles, . · ' 1445. Where are you: (a) Caraca~. Cb) Chicago, (cl Mexico City, (d) FTl 0 1?mg hto dth1 Dfcean, . Seattle? . a1cing t e .,v,r B, -· • The inside river's filth, and (9) Who is supposed to have used the jawbone of an. HI In battle? sh.ip .. (10) What European country has given New York City iti:largest im- To the clean-smelling, sait . migrant group? · .. .. :. · · .Bp7':4J/j119,_·. ·. · · t.,;. ·;·. •• • ; • (QuJz A.Mwl"~d~• -~tJ>3 ..t • .;· ,} 1,>.;;i,, '.i·} ~ ·; !'' Sta o.uUide , :.• · ... Seafarers ·'Refight' Stony Creek's Battle ,, 'Frenc hy . Loses .,tIe 1 T A F• h•ng ·Eng ·neer 0 15 1 1 • nieh , '·.· QQiz .COrner . 0UfSI•-'e 1 f •.,. • • . ,.. • t~ t . r-'' ... • fr ~ - ,'1:i'4 '. 1•. t- ii\ Jc \ . .• ! . .. ti;, �~rost good ballplayers may be. in At Ghicago he always ha<! the the National League these days, nucleus ·of a good club with estabbut when 1t. comes to managerial lished professionals like Minoso, Seafarer$ ' of the SS Nat}onal Liberty. (American Watertalent; the American League clearly· Fox, Kell, Fain aild Pierce at one has the edge. Probably the best of time or another. way_s) are.up in arms· over a move to restrict the crew's free· the AL crop is Paul Richards who dom of night lunch activities. ~ · aa,.Bai- ColJection has a deserved repatation of ge"tAt a recent crew .meeting Baltimore's roster this year is a ting top mileage~ out of secondand a severai crewmen wiaware ' fabulous rag-bag ~ollection-good aboard the National Liberty, raters. · men on their last 'legs, untried at sea; the members assign~d bit on the snack-hap.py side-a Right now Richards is facing his rookies and men who were "promthe ship's delegate to take UR with situation which did not improve greatest challenge, to make a ising" for years but ·never filled the . the .c aptain the matter ,of padlocks -their dispo_sition any. · major league ball c1up out of the bill. On the pitching siae he- has having · been abruptly placed · on In addit"ion to being deprived of Balijmore Orioles. This is a team potential for really surprising the cabinets containing · crackers, ce- what they consider their rightful which cannot boast- of a single league. Up until now it's only disreal, drinking glasses and miscel- snack, th~ men · of the National me'rnber who would be a full~time · appointed the management. laneous edible item.S that. com~ in· Liberty ar~ offended by the very regular on a pennant contender There's Harry Byrd, who wa1 handy during or after a · nlght presence of. the Jocks. They defi·with the possible exceptior of BiHy supposed to set them on fire for nitely do ~ot contribute towards a wat~h. . Co;x. New York last year; Jim McDonald, The -crew voiced the opinion; re- "homelike" atmosphere, reports Richards got his reputation at wlio flashes brilliantly at erratic ported in the min,u tes. of the meet- say. · Stewardess Fanny Maire hands Chicago where he spent several intervals; · Joe. Coleman, a soreAl10 A We-ak ~enu ing, that such items are a legitiout a new cfoll to a Junior seasons _getting maximum mileage armer making a comeback; · Bob mate part o·f their night, lunch and At last report, the delegates and passenger of the Alcoa Clipper,_ out of retreads. He was partieular-. Kuzava, World Series hero and a should be freely available. captain- were "locked''. in c;onfer. at _a recent party aboard. AIJ ly effec~i.ve with washed-up pitch- nondescript the rest of the time; _ Also placed under lock and key ence on the matter. well as adding a spot of ers and .played a bold, free-wheel- Don Johnson, a very strong· right· were all .but four sets of 1!l!ver- ~ At the same meeting, the crew 1lamour to the LOG, the photo ing gam_e to force his bre.aks. But. hander; · Erv Palica, Brooklyn's also expresse.d dis~atisfaction with ware. serves as a reminder that the despite the. many wea}cnesses of the wonder boy who never grew up; Bill a particular menu, on which mac-- SIU also hag lady members, in Captain'• Idea Chicago cast, he never faced the Miller, a talented southpaw who limited numbers. - · problems that confront him now: has done his-best against Cleveland Under questioning by the crew, aroni , and cheese was substituted the steward reported that the· pur- for a second meaf .dish, the only and Jim Wilson, who pitched' a .nopose of locking up the food was meat being Swiss steak. hitter for Milwaukee last year. . The chairman for this meeting .. to keep the messroom and pantry Any one of these pitchers has ·w~s Charles Moss. F. T. Anderegg, elean." , the physical equipment to become deck delegate, served as secretary. ! • ·Questioned further, as to whose a real winner. But if all of them idea the placing of locks on the follow past patterns it's going to. cabinet was, the steward said that be a rough summer in Ba l'.i more: Gr:e ek To Him the .captain had told him to install The rest of the club is indifferent lliem. / looking ·at best Such badly-faded ·cra:ckers and cereal are relativeSeafarer C. V. Berg, the "Boswell of the Marie Hamill," veterans as Bob Kennedy. Vern Stephens, Johnny Pesky and Eddie ly inexpensive foodstuffs, the crew relays, another chapter in his series of thumbnail sketches of Waitkus are operating in his infield. pointed out, and tpe entire The one bright spot is Cox. lhe his fellow-crewmen aboard the Bloomf?.eld ship. amount of same that tne whole crew could consume in a year of The Hamill itself, B r o t h e r + - - - - - - - - - - - - best fielding 3rd baseman in lhe midnight snacks would hardly machine so much on this vessel majors and a superb clutch hitter, Berg writes, should be called and 'has learned so many new but a question mark at 36. Richards bankrupt anyone. The sudden -"The Houdini of the North shakes of the torso, he plans to go was forced to give up on Stephens "pantry security" measures taken on the Nation.al Liberty caught Atlantic Sea Lanes" because it on the burlesque circuit and give and Pesky releasing them this past _ _ can get in .and out of &ales without some of those shakers some com- week. The outfield pattern is much the even a loose seam. petition. We'd love to see that, as Charlie only weighs 267 pound§.," same. Gene Woodling, an estabOn Brother Berg also reports that lished journeyman past his prime Most of Berg's shipmates have Meeting also been bestowed with nick- the steward department put out a will perform along with two otliers names, such as: large green cake with shamrocks from a quartet of men who never Seafarers sending telegrams "Larry (The Quiet Man) Kilgore, on it for St. Patrick·s Day, "but quite made it. They a··e Cal or letters to the . New York headquarters dispatcher asking the chef and domino -champ, who we couldn't get one of the - Irish- Abrams, Gil Coan , Chuck Diering has some of the brothers paying men to sing 'When Irish ~es Are and Hoot Evers, every one of them to be excused from attending "Phil" Cajiao, of SS Steel past 30. ·Behind the plate there;s his taxes from the dopiino tourna- Smiling.' headquarters m e JD .b e r s h i p Recorder (Isthmian.), seems to ment. "Sam Han,' a former brother nobody P>Cce]lt a rooJde nanied meetings must Include the reghave no trouble being underistration · numl)er of their "Jimmy Sherlock, the Kip Street now sailing under the banner of Smith who hit .350 in eolumbus. 1tood by these "Greek Dancing It Richards can tyke headway 1hippf.tig card in the message. Girls" during a vi~it to Basrah •. Flash, who can talk himself ouf of the Master, Mates and Pilots, is reFrom now on, If th• number more situations than even William lieving as chief mate on -this ves- with this club, he deserves a spot This recent picture was forIs not· included, the excuse can- · (Shamrock) Burke can arrange. sel for this trip. It was great hav- in the Han of Fame. He.\: ah ay1 warded by deck delegate E. W. ncit ~ accepted by the dis· Carter, who was also a mem"Robert Henry (Nantucket) ing you with us, Brother Hall, and been a successful gambler bl!t this patcher. • ber of the party, - 'as Brown, who has been instructing we'il like to sail with ~·ou again time his deck is stacked with lownumber cards. was "Blackie" Shannon. the Bosun, Blackie Mancino, in the soon." arty form of public speaking but now regrets it, since Blackie can Seafarer Calls .HarTiill ~Houdini Of Atlantic' Put Number Exeuses I- S eaI arer S.am.S a~s - l. ---------------------------.. ~~~!~~a~!~ ~o~k~an talk him into "Autry (Third · Can Opener) Johnson, who lays claim to being the best frozen and canned vegetable dispenser south of the Masoq.· Dixon line. "Josh (The. General) Lee, the soft-spoken oiler, who is really one accomodating guy, because some of the guys were yelling that the steaks were tough and Lee grabbed up a b o u·t two d o z e n knives, w e n t below to the ma chine s h o p, sharpened th e m; cleaned tliem and t h e n gave them to the guys to cut their steaks' with. "Charles <Mldcet) Scott, who 1tated that since he has operated the sanding and rust chipping The LOG conducts this column ·as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share flavored recipes, little-Jrnotma. cooking and baking hints, dishes witli a nationat flavor and tile like mitable for shipboa.rd and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Is i dro Avecilla'a recipe for "bread pudding supreme." What to-do with bread that 1 has lost its spring and pep is an age-old problem. Some is generally appr9priated sy the dunkers who like -to sponge up their coffee that way. Soine winds up as croutons for soup, or goes over the side to feed what would otherwise have a very limited use. the birds. An excess of old bread also provides the occasion for making an old-fashioned bread pudding like the "bread pudding aupreme" offered here by Seafarer Isidoro Avecilla, chief cook. Served either hot or co 1 ~. a bread pudding toppe.d by a custard or • other aweet-fla~ Avecllla vored 1auce always makes a liood dessert on any occaslon. Avecilla, who has been sailing with the.· SIU ·for t~e past 12 years and has been cooking ashore . and on ships for over '60 years, finds a bread pudding a . simple dish to P~J:l·~ l\.Dd ·~~v_ee ~I~ !t~s. tJte· adt'led .f'!. ~!rh~t ··~~ ~1ir,t'\ " ' & -·~, : 1 1)'!_,, \.; .. ~ ...: 1 ~6'i f ' v: Here's what you need: 8 slices old bread, 2 apples, i.t.,_ pound raisins, 1 ounce nuts, 2 eggs, ~~ cup milk, ·nutmeg and sugar to. taste. Soak In Water The bread should be soaking Jn water, while the apples, raisins and nuts are chopped.· After a while, squeeze out the water from the bread, combine it with the eggs and milk and add in the other ingredients. · Mix everything together with a rotary beater or spoon and , prepare for baking in a 2" pan or a casserole, whichever is available. Bake for 30 minutes in a medium (350°) oven. Serve hot or cold, topped with a fruit or custard sauce. (Recipe serves 4; fucrease it Pl'.OPoriionately for any iuimb'er of .! !_~~~ .. .' ,' .. ·, . ., . . : ... ·.... , "') �1.A:Jrll ... 1111 Second• ffl,e-. '/l 'er , Sill-Owned Slalp• : • •. Antlnou• Ball• -Ne"' .B rotlle-., To the Editor:· :, Te the Editor: delay, in order tQ make crewmem~ . A few 'trips ago l wrote to the . After arriving he.re in London . have learned about other unions, from LI\ Pallfce, France, I -re- the SIU still tops them all. Now I A•h• Wli11 llnion• hers trylne to get back to the 1hip LOG about the gall~y crew of the pay,$~ or five cartons of cigarettes Antinous. At the ~ time of publica· cei ved an April issue of the LOG will say "Goodbye, brothers, and Not In to l'et back, It is exactly w.bat tfon a few days later, o6r then · from my wife and sure was glad to · God speed you all. " To She EliHor : F. W. Kinfield 1et it. I hereby request that the LOG the US law calls extortion. (They chief cook, Bill Varn, and the night I read an interesting letter from and the Buyer's Gtiide be sent to lat~r sell these cigarettes openly cook and baker_, Paul .Carter, got ~ ~ .t. off to take a vacation after providEdward R. Mclnis who suggested my new address. At the same time, on the black market.) ing us with the best of chow for that the SIU operate ships. I think I wlsh to express my appreciation · We are exposing this disgusting ' that would be a good thing if it:s <late, perhaps, but -always present) embezzlement in the interests of many weeks. possible, what with the way things To the Editor: Everyone, including myself, was for progressive leadership, the the public, the shipowners and all ...._ look for contracted ships. It is the worriea that our meals would be brotherhood and all the benefits seamen, regardless of their union This is an idea I have pres~nted main question now. that have .been coming our way affiliation. ' different. I ·h ighly respect both we are making this trip very to several ~eop.le _in Washing~on ·as Varn and Carter for their work, through a strong and -democratic Si&"ned by T\venty Seaf.arer1 fast. Signed on in Savannah March a w_ay of_ s1mphfymg evacuation of Union. but no real changes were made o( the Lewts· Emery Jr. 2!J on SS Southport (South At- · t~~- pubh~ from many of our large although,· of course, no two people It is always a pleasure, . and it Jantic) and are due back in George- c1t1es dunng an emergency. I am gives a feeling of assurance to i - .\; t do anything alike. town, our first port after 'leaving a men.1ber of the Masters, ~fates note, that our New Men On here April 20, about April 30. we and Pilots a~d would also hke to Union is abreast t;onvef1s Thanks Bob Wells had come on as chief are making a smooth trip this lime, get the reaction ol the SIU memor ahead of curcook; he was BR at the timP.. SIV Visit making only two ports in Europe , bership to my proposal. rent happenings "Frenchy" Robin caipe on in To the Edito'r: La Pallice and London. · We all know that the average exthat affect us all. Last trip she laid up 44 days in · cursion boat In New York harbor This is fo convey to the SIU the Miami as baker. This refers espeMy story begins with brother Germany after striking something can carry about 5,000 peop1e, and sincere appreciation of the Italian c i a 11 y to the Wells, and I surely hope I have a underwater out- that there are about ten million latest change in Transport Workers Team, your chance to write side Bremer- people in Greater New York which, the s h i p p i n g guests on their recent visit to the .more about him. haven that tore a like most big cities, has water all rules, which in- us arranged by the SIU. staff in He has worked hole in the bot- around it. deed could mean New Orleans. Halvorsen on many Alco". tom. · We also know we have about the difference of The warmth and hospitality exships..and was t .1 There is an- 2,000 US ships idle and going to us having a union or not. tended to th~m while in New Orlethe Antinous beother thing which the dogs, and that each of them There is one thing I would like ans left a very definite impression fore as cook in has come up. could carry about twice as many to mention, and which has had me with· them that will remain a 1951. Does a Class A people as those excursion boats. puzzled for a long time. Why is it cherished memory of American When Wells . man have to sail Add to this the fact that we have that unions ue so cautious about democracy. came in on this . 90 -days to keep -an oversupply of farm products and participating in politics? Eriksen time,· he had na • Al~s ·pro&"ram his Class A rat- other food items which could be I think I understand the reason idea he would With the cooperation so freely 1 I ing? The March 18 LOG said that stored in all 01· most of those 2,000 for some of the misgivtngs, such as given by you, the Technical Assist-· soon become a full. bookmembe~'. Class B and C members .have to ·ships fu advance of any emergency. Communist , aiitators; but as it is have 90 days a year seatune. We . They would also do nicely as bal- most of us' hardly participate in ance Program cannot but succeed. . He wertt around. askmg the. men if they were satisfied with his cook• ~vould appreci~te very much if you . last. politics at all. As the team manager represent- ing- and if any· changes should be could clear this up in the LOG.. In the case of a war most roads ing ·Foreign Operations Adminis- made. But none had to be made; Everyone Concerned - Give all my old shipmates m subways key railroad points and tration, I would be remiss it) my everything was good. After all, our. living standard New York and Baltimore my best bridges ' would be useless if duties if I did not acknowledge and the laws we live by are set in your efforts wishes, as I am shipping out from to make the ,occasio,n On top of this he has one of the and making my home in Savannah. bombed. The. waters around N1: Washington, by politicians. For inbest second cooks (George Hiers), . a me~orable one for the team, exand also galley man- (Mike Eala) he Edmund K. w. Eriksen · a~d other ~laces, however, would stance, the Taft-Hartley Law, the Steward delegate still be navigable. "Right to Work" bills and the min- pressmg my own t?anks for yo~r can ask for, and they sure get (Ed note: Once a Seafarer hai 1~he ships would, of course, n.eed imum wage standard. Politicians \~on.derful cooper.at10? a~d . appre- . along like brothers. Bob is always earned his Cl.ass A rating., it is crews, but there are plenty of Job- made those laws.. and they concern ciatton,/ and trustmg. i.t . wil~ be my smiling and tries . to keep things goo~ .fortune to VlSlt with . you right at all times. permanent and is not lost 9y tem· less seamen, and even more will all of us, very much. ,. Proud Of SIU porar-y inactivity.) be in the same boat as the effects So why should we not go into agam m the ·n ear future. Richard O'Driscoll . ;\;. ~ ;t. of the ship transfer program are politics and vote for · those who It was really nice to see when Bi1Js felt more and more. All the neces- consider us the most'? That way we a ... ;.\;. ;\:. ;.\;. he got his book. He spent most of . sary elements are here for a mass can ease our ow.n difficulties, and •• •1 z t that day around hi~ r.oom looking evacuatil;m program. The ships be- those that may conte up later. n,,,o~, at the book and telling different To the Editor: long to the Government and as Of course, each of us can do so men how proud hi' was to be a It has been nearly three years such should be used to bring the now, but 1 believe our leadership To the Editor: member of the SIU. since I was on my last ship, the· De best benefits to its citizens. can better point out to those poliexpress our gratiBut I don't think that Bob is the Words .cannot Soto. I had hopes that I could The 1nathematics of the whole ·· tici:ms that will really work for us overcome the yea rs against me C64 ) opera.lion are simpl e. -T wo t hou- and the bettering or our conditions. tmfo ~pd appreciation to the SIU only one who'~ proud that he's and especially to James Sheehan, got ten the book. We on bonrd the and the 50% disability I incurred sand ships by 10,000 persons equals _ Si&"urd Halvorsen are proud of him and in World War I , but the CBmbina- 20 million persons. Ships also <Ed. note: The LOG wm. now be port agent in Boston, for handling Antinous how he feels about . the SIU-. We · tion against me was too much to have many advantages and facili- sent to you reUJil.arly at your pres- the return of the body of Allen .G. wish him well the best of luck ancl match the rugged sea life. t· s b tt th h "d t ent addr es$.) Brown, bosun, to Hyannis, Mass~ clear sailing in the :v.ears to come. I haven't made a "comeback" ie. e er an any s oresi e ype of shelter, and they are mobile at i ;t. ;t. We received a cablegram from Maurice "Duke" Duet sufficient to . delivering the goods the same time. I believe the idea the Robin Line that Allen . had · on the job, as every SIU member is a sound 0•ne and should be expassed away 'vhile enroute from· ;,\;. 1' i must do. Such being the case, 1 am plored further by our civil defense On lnchOlf, Capetown, South Africa, to the leaving the industry to try some- authorities. by way of Holland, and informing • To the Editor: thing elsewhere. Ted Sorensen Top We, the undersigned crewmem- us that" he was to be interred in It has been a real pleasure. as the Canary Islands in two days. To the Editor: t ;\; ;\; bers of the Lewis Emery Jr. (Vicwell as profitable, to sail with the Bod7 Returned I _would appreciate it kindly if tory Cafriers), would like to reSIU, and I am deeply grateful for you could send me a· copy of the port to the membei} hip that the the privileges ~nd benefits gained Knowing that time was short, we _booklet "45 Ways to Save Money'' launch service in fochon Harbor therefrom. The small amount we is both dangerous and inefficient. ~ontacted Mr. Sheehan and asked plus the LOG. have paid back to the Union in the To the Editor: The members of ·the LOG staff form of dues and assessments is a After reading your article in the Both the Union and the shipping that, if it,. was humanly possible, wanted his body returned to the mere "drop in the bucket" com- last issue of the LOG, may I make company are done a disservice by we United states. He immediately are doing a wonderful job on our pared to what we have received. a suggestion ? I notice that the the launch service agents, for it is LOG. It is both interesting and Howeve;·, in the face of all this article about the "Oscars" did not operated as nothing but a racket. contacted the New York office and, educational, and many of us enjoy and the fact that I am no longer state that the worthy contestants Launch service is supposed to be through his efficient, courteous and it as much as our home-town news• V going to try shipping, you can be had lo be sea men. provided three times a day, at $9 continued help, the body was re- papers. I wish you continued sue• turned to Boston. sure I will be back if needed in I suggest that a special Oscar be per run. But here at Inchon c'ess for a great Union paper. In closing, let me state that the there is no such thing as schedule. any national emergency that comes given for the best work of those · Robert Westerfield up. I could still "pinch-hit" on fine folks uf bulh sexes who help The boats are not seaworthy, Brown Family will always have the (Ed. note: Both ,the LOG and 11 short runs . or do standby work in to make the LOG an interesting and they have no compass in the greatest respect and admiration for copy of "45 Ways to Save Money" pap er. port. event of fog or other emergencies. the Seafarers International pnion. are being sent to you in answer •to To conclude, despite all that I !Ur, and l\frs. Percy E. Brown They purposely lag behind, and l\frs. J. Dunne '!!our req1Lest.) Poll,tlc• lfrges Ship l]se 111. ff-Defense For Fare well To Shipmates . A gen . •• ai lJ For Burial A.Iii Warn Of Backet Boats vs. ·flails LOG For Doing Job Suggests LOG Wi1len Awa1•1l ·- / He Sh.011.l 1l Kuom! B'rl JJer•nard Sea111:an �) , . . . .... 1~ SEEIN'' T ..B SEAF4BERS, With WALTER SIEKMANN / Seafarer Charles Orleaby, who has been getting some tough breaks the last couple of years got a good one out at the Staten Island hospital just recently. The doctors removed the l!teel plate that was put in his right leg which he fractured In December, 1953. We hear the operation is a complete sue<:ess and Oglesby is now up and around, walking as good as ever. This brother broke his left leg in December, 1952, in a shipboard fall and his right leg two years later in the same kind of accident. He's hoping he'll be able to keep his pins steady from now on in. Oglesby was AB on the Seanan on his last trip. Another brother who is now recuperating from a shipboard injury is M. Laureano off the Royal Oak (Cities Service). He had been cleaning tank and when he climbed back up on deck he slipped and broke two ribs on his right side. They took him off in Galveston and he came back up to New Yor~ to the hospital here. ·· Frank Lillie Back in the ho~pital for further treatment is Seafarer Jamea Waldron. He was partially paralyzed by a stroke last year, and is under observati~n now to see what else can 'be done for him. Carl Jim, who wiss steward on the Bienville was in for dental repairs at the USPHS here last week. Frank Lillie is being treated for stomach trouble. He was AB on the Ocean Bette befo,e he checked in. Fred Heck, who is with the black gang is being treated for a gland disorder. The :Beauregard w<1s his last ship. a Seafarers In Hospitals· USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Geor1e Ander1on ' JoHph C. Lewallen :A. Arvanitl1 Robert McCerkel Georfe Bekken Carl Mccranie l:dward B. Bl1 WHllam J , Mellon Ben Bone Thoma. Mun10 Lorenzo Brltida G90rP D. Olive L . J. Brllhart Fnd Pittman Jo1eph Bucher · John Powers JHlie A. Clarke ft. X. Rlchard1on Vietor_ B. CooP,er Stanley Rodtera John J. Doyle Robut W. Scales Leo A. DwYer John R. Schultz German T . Glaze Edward ·s..erko S. A. Holden John Simpson J:dward Huizenira R. H. Solheim· Norman T. Jackson Carl J. Spurcll: Melvin H. Jones John Straka Anthony J , Kelly USPHS HOSPITAL . BOSTON, MASS. John M. Herrold R. J. :Mctau1hlln USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS f1·Jnidad Garcia Jr. John E. Markopolo .lenJamln f'. Grice William G. Trice VA HOSPITAL FORT How ARD. MD. Wilbert Hu&hH - · 'FINAL DISPATCH ;··<·~.: ·~:.:::·(\\::::. The deatha of the following Sea· farer• have been reported .to th• . Seafarers Welfare P.l an and th1 f2,~00 death benefit• arc being paid to their beneficiaries: USPHS. HOSPJT AL NORFOLK, VA. l'ranci1 J . Boner Eustoquls Rivera USPHS HOSPITAL - SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Marcelo B. Belen James MacKenzie Harry· J. Cronin Joseph Perreira ;r, Jl, Eran W. Timmerman l'rank Kullek Norman WHt Rollert Lambert P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL . SAVANNAH, GA. Paul •. aland James T. Moore &ufua L. Fields John H. Morris William G. Grerory Gerald Perdomo Jimmie Littleton Ernest H. Tvebb Benito L. Mendez USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. P . . B. Corley W. A. Johnstitn William J. F4ck Motomu Mu1aahi Sverre .Tohannes1en Geor1e J. Wanka . USPHS HOSPITAL ·· DETROIT, MICH. Tim aurke ; USPHS HOSPIT AL MEMPHIS, TENN. Charles Burton USPHll HOSPITAL L EXINGTON, KY. 8. 0. Chaudion USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS a. F . .Deibler ,Jose Santiago Vir•il L . Hardinf · ~dwud J. Toolan IAILORS SNUG HARB,OR STATEN ISLAND, NY Joaeph Kollusky VA HOSPITAL JA_MAICA PLAIN, MASS. T. J:. Lamphear USPHS HOSPITAL 9 STATEN ISLAN:P. NY A. Z. Andenen Carl A. Ilm Richud Anderson D. Kaim Isaac Antonio Jo1e11h J. Keatinf Raymond H. Bunce Philip F. Korol William R. Burch Adolph Kubacki Charle1 F. R. C. Caraballo Frank D. Lillie Wll1on, 21: On D. Chlrlchella John McKarek J. Cook Jorge .J. Mai-r ero March 28, 19M John Dusan DeDuisin Stephen ME:hl"inger ·Br other Wilson Fred A. Delapenha Michael Michalik DeLeon Rafael Padilla died of exposure Hlpoilto N. B. Ed1·1niton Charle• Oglesby in Mobile, Ala- Cad Ei·nest F r ancisco Pineiro Theodore Gerber Geo1·ge H. Robinson bama. B u r i a 1 Estell Godfrey Jose Rodriquei: t 9'ok place at the Robert F. Grant Aaron Sasser Han1 R . Hanssen Olav W. Seim Mobile Memorial John Hawkin. Enr ico Tlrelll Gardens Ceme- Fred W. Heck Samuel L. Vandal James Waldr on ter y in Mobile. G. J:. Herrmann USPHS HOSPITAL Brother Wilson joined the SIU . in MANHATTAN BEACH, NY 1952 in Mobile, and had been sail· Fortunato· Bacomo lCaarel Leetmaa Jng in the steward department. Frank W. Bemrick Jamei R. Lewl1 Claude F. Blanks Arthur Lomu He i1 survived by his mother, Mrs. Robert L. Booker Francis F. Lynch Joseph D. McGraw . Myrtle Wilson, of Mobile, Ala- Joseph G. Carr J ar Chong . Archibald McGuliran bama. Walte1· W. Denley Vic Milazzo John J , Driscoll Melvin 0. Moore Bart :W:. Guran lck Eugene 1'. Nel1on Gr 0 r ·i 0 P. Taib Has.sen . Joaeph Neubauer Ros a r 1 159 1: Thomas Isak1en Daniel F. Ruggiano J'ohn W·. Keenan Wade H. Sexton Brother Rosario John R. Klemowlc:1 George E. Shumaker . d f d · Ludwlf Krl1tta nsen Henry E. Smith d le 0 rownmg Fred erick Landry Vir.1Cil E. Wilmoth on June-29, 1954, James J. L a wlor Chee K. Zal in Norfqlk, Vil'· USPHS HOSPITAL g1ma. Place of NEW 0RLEAtJS, LA. · 1 E Walter J. Anderson Georire McFall b Ul'la was verCharles E. Brady Jamel M. Mason green Cemetery Albe1·t T. Cooper James B. <YKeefe · in Brooklyn, New ·John G. Dooley Alfonso Olaguibel John Doyle R. A. Ratcliff York. Brother Charin Ellzey G. J . st. Oe1·maln Rosario had been a member of the Henry L. Falgout Edward Sam1·ock David B. Fleld1 Thomas A. Scanlon SIU since 1943, joining _. in New Leo Fontenot Henry· s. Sosa. York, and had been sailing in the William Grlmt11 Lonnie R. Tickle Earl T. Hal'deman Elmo Vance deck department. He is survived Jamu H. Hudson Dick ·· vrsser · .by his daughter, Julia Ros·, rio, of Geor• e J. Kin& · Jamea E. W.-!!rcl . · ~G. K1.1a~p ·. David A. ~'Y'rltht. e' o, ,, N ew Y ork City. . . , '. . :'l'.,w,;llfi. Lant .....;Jt;.>l'~~J--'.·.~ · - ~~~"'V . -,, !I . . ~-., . '"' . ,,.-, ~- - With ship's flag at half mast crewmembers look on silently as Captain H. M. Scholder of Robin Sher-.. wood (center, in background) conducts funeral services over the flag-draped body of Seafarer Stanley Kul'tish, FWT. The Seafarer died at sea, 'apparently of a heart ailment, about a. week before the ship \was due to dock in Boston. Photos were taken by ship's purser-pharmacist, Morris H. Elbert. All of the folfowing . SIU familie1 will co!Lec' tlie $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond tram. the Union in the baby's nam~: • Claudia Gail Petts, born March 18, 1954. Parents, . Mr. and Mrs. ~olan Potts, Jr., San Francisco, California. Robert Brian Keelan, born March Charles Anthony Batson, born, January 5, 1955. Parents, Mr. and 31, 195~. .Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Charles W. Batson, An.d alusia, Jehn :Keelan, Brooklyn, NY. Alabama. · .~ t t Deherah:Denise Peace, born FebJohn Anthony Caine, born March ruary 24', 1955. Parents, Mr. and 13, 1955. Parenti!", Mr. and Mrs. Mn. Henry C. Peace, Kauntz, Francis E. Caine, Mobile, Alabama. Texas. ti . ;\".. Elaine Burial, bore January 111, 19M. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pablo Barria!, New Orleans, La. Joanie Lee l'loppert, born February 2, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mn. Francis Pleppert, New Orie· ans, La. , i ;t. ;t. Shirley Darlene Newton, born March 18, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mts. Charles Newton, Mobile, Alabama. t & t ;to Katherine Guzman, born March ./ . Toity Dean Sanchez, bern Janu- 13, 195!J. Parents, Mr. and M-r.s. ary 3, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. PedFo Guzman, Brooklyn, NY. Charles Richard Sanchez, Chicka.t. t t saw, A.labama. Patti· Layne Reed, born March ;t. 22, 1!15~. Parents, Mr. and . l\frs. Douglas Ted Parker, born March Mitchi!ll T. Reed, West Enterprise; 17,. 1955. Parents, Mr. and 1\:Irs. 1\lliss. Wi'lliam R. Parker, Mayport, Flort .t t ida. Betty Jean- Guthrie, born Sep.t t .t tember 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Deborah Patricia Slintak, born Mrs. ll-ydolpb Gutiu·ie, Tampa, Fl ~ . January 17, 1955. P itr ent8, Mr. and ~ ;t. ;\; Mrs. Edward Slintak, New York, Harriet· l\larie Svendsen, born r N~ . . March- 13, 1955. Paren ts. Mr . and Wanda Jean Sanchez, barn March -.t. t -t. Mrs. Viktar Svendsen, Balti mo-i·e, 13, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. May Linr Shek, born l\iarch 12, Md •. Thomas H. Sanchez, Chickl!saw, 1955. Parents, Mr. and· Mrs. Sou Alabama. , Shek, New York, NY. Brenda, Susan Yates, born De. cember, 23·, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Yates, Tampa, Fla. S E A F . A R E .R S - ' REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID April 11, to April 22, 1955 No. of Seafarers receiving benefits this period .. , . .. .... . . . . ... . 1.131 Average benefits paid each Seafarer . ...... .. ... .. . ... .. .. $ 67.06 Total benefits paid .t his period . ..... . . ... ... .. . ..... ... .. . $75,842.63 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Hospital benefits .. . ....... . .. .. . .. .. . ...... ... : . .. .. ... . $ 6,435.00 Death benefi ts .. , , . . .. . . ... . ... . . .. . .... .. .... ... ....... 10,809.15 Disability benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,450.00 Maternity benefits .... .. . . . . . . . .. , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,200.00 Vacation benefi ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.948.48 t ;\; ;t. Norwood Dale Cain, born March 19, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norwood· 0. Cain, Bayou La Batre, Ala. , Thomas Casey Silkowski, born :June 21, 1954. Parents. Mr . and Mrs. John Edward Silkowski, Bridge City, La. t t Debra Carol· Stocker, born February 5, 1955. Parents, Mr . and Mrs. Harry Stocker, Jackson. Miss. ;\:. .t· Tana Ann Del Buono, born March 21, 1955. Parents, Mr. a nd Mrs. Gene Del Buono, Brooklyn, NY. 1' Total ... . ... --: . . ............ . ...... . ... . ... .. ..... .... . .. $75,842.63 ~ t t WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY l\~igdolla Cabrera Antonetty, Hospital benefits paid since July 1, 1950 .. .. . ... .. . . ... . $ 658,015.50 born March 5, 1955. Parents. Mr. Death b enefits paid since July 1, 1950 .. .. . . . ... .. .. .. . . 1,200,91 7.38 Disability benefits paid since May 1, 1952 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,745.00 and Mrs. Angel Cabrera, P once, Maternity benefits paid sihce April 1, 1952 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364.000.00 ·PR. Vacation benefits paid since Feb. 11, 1952 .. .. . ......... · 4,275,532.99 l\Iary Ann Westlake, bo1:n March Total .. .. .. . '. .. . ... .. . . . .. . .. ......... .. .. ....•..... .. $6,589,21 0.87 31, 1955. P arents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Westlake, Brooklyn, NY. <pates are when ben~fits began). t t ;\; WELFARE, VACATION ·PI,AN ASSETS Cash on hand-Vacation . .. .... .. . .. . .. . ... . ........... $ 773,144.23 Daniel Eugene Alford , born J an-Welfare . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468,734.92 uary 22, 1955. Parents . Mr. and Estimated accounts receivable-V<!cation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161,185.05 Mrs. · '.Alex Lee Alford , Pen sacola , · -Welfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145,991.85 Fla. US Government bonds <Welfare) . ..... .. .. . . . . ..... ... 1.720,696.83 : .t t ;!. i Real estate (Welfa re) . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240,894.70 Sharon Elaine Rosen, born April · -"' Other assets-training. ship (Welfare) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 ,803.40 ,28, 1954. Par.ents, ~1£r. and Mn. - - - - -,,...-- .Arnold W. Rosen, Jr., Laingsburg, ~!!..-! 03.. }V!~cI1~n. "" -:r:.....,.."' ., ._ ';.'.'li'if',C•<..Ho'l'¥IP'ill~ ... _, ~....~.-::?". ll.-~ ~"- ~ .~...,....~ ~-~ ..... �.. • DIGEST ~·o1 SHIN' NEE.•Df,es.· •' aAL TORI COr1), Pebruary 16-Chalr· man, Colyer; Secretuy, W. Whiten. Vol· untary contribution• will be made to the • h lp'1 fund at payoff._ Crawmember1 were asked to be more quiet in pa11ageways, ~nd t o re l u t·n e mpty coffee cup1 tQ the p ant r y. Mtrch 20-Chalrman, It. Clolyer1 Secrehry, w. Muterson. The 1hlp'1 delega te reported that t he steward must order a new washing machine H the old one can•t be repaired. A vote of confidence wa1 given to the steward department. of linen. Steward WH as~ed to put out canned fruit• once In awhile. A. vote of thanks was given to the galley staff for their fine work. The ahlp'a laundry ls insufficient and i.f the linen is not sent ashore In the near f utur e c:rewme mben will bave tu do their own linen, thanks given to the 1teward department for a job Well done. · March 6-Chalrman, · S. Kw11tkowskl1 Se retary, R. Arnold. Dlscunlon on at!!_; tude of supervisory personnel toward Union members, and what to do with shlp '11 fund, record player, electt·ic Iron and other property belonglna t o the crew. March 22-Chelrmel),' I . ZubovJch1 . .cretary, w. Trolle. Suggeatlon made that 'the ahlp'a delegate see the chief enalneer about having. the waahing machln•~ re· paired. Su&'gestlon · made for the: ahip'1 delegate to contact the American ·. Mercha nt Marine Library Auoclitlon to chan ge the b l\rd ~ books. · ' IUP~ly -, of "meillc.i . put ,aboarcl. ,_ '. • equipment should be . · ALCOA ,OINTER (Alcoa>, March UChah'n11n, B. · McNulty1 · s'ecretary, L.· Bruce. A 1peclal meetln& 'was called to find out. why there wa's not aufflcilent night lunches put out . The steward r e• OREMAll COre>. Februuy 6-Chalrmen, plied tha t If the delega tes had come to E.· Barnhllll Secretary, R. Fithen. Wash CUBORE core>, March 30-Chalrm•n, H. him they would not' have needed a 'spe• ing machine should be .left clean after GREECE VICTOR,Y <South Atlantlc), Colllen S1eretary, .R. O'Dowd. Request clal meeting for thl •. The · steward ts111ed using. There were leaks in the fll'eman's Februmry 21...-Chalrman, F. Young1 Se~ fo1· more cups at coffee time. No beefs orders to the 1o:l!und cook to dish out ' retary, M . Gottschalk. Ship's delegate reported. foc'sle but they were fixed . m~re night lu!lches. · February 21-Chalrman, D. Miller; Sec- reported warning by captain to the crew retary, G. Milsap. A n.ew ship's delegate to ·declare all goods In Southampton as ANN MARI& . CBull>~ March 6-c:halrSIATRAIN LOUISIANA <Seatraln>. PENNMAR (Calmar), February .u Chairman, a . lngr1m1 Secretary, V. was elected. Engine delegate wlll see customs are tough there. Steward dele- man, I!. Dekln1 S1cretery, L. Calderon. March '20-Chalrman, A. Collet; Secretary, Monte. Ship's delegate reported that the flnt engineer about sougeeing engine gate reported that captain ts trying to In1t ructions were given on how to con· G. Kaufman: The report on water which run department. He makes unreasonable tact the ship .In cas~ of· em~r&'ency. One wa1 sent aehore to be tested will be there was not enough, food last trip. The foc'sles. demands that are lmpossjble to :f'ull\11, man In steward department missed the ready when ship ·returns to New · Or· ·bed1·oom stewal'd will take care of the YOUNG AMERICA CWatermal'l), no da te a nd further details and , ln:f'ormatlon wlll ship In Puel'to Rico. Second electrician leans. Ship's trell'liurer reported that ·recreation room and the engine and deck department will t'ake care of the -Chairman, J. Nash; Secretary, J, Singer: be banded to patrolmAn on arrival 11,1 asked f or rt101•e coopel'8tion concerning when h e h :led .)o flnd out why Coca Cola Ship's delegate reported b!,lefs against the States. Crewmembers we1·e -asked to electrical equipment. Suggestion WOii was not' delivered to the ship In 'New laundry. Jt was suggested that the last made to try and get a better quality ot Orleans he could see no one but the 1tandbv should take all cups from the • the steward d epar tment . Officers receive return soiled linen. a val'lety of ice c1·eam and cookies where· soap. The ~teward was Instructed to night foreman, and was given no ex· . t able ~nd put sa me in sink. ' as t h e c1·ew does n ot , The re Is a shol'tage ANGELINA (Bull>. January 20-Chalr- ol'der a new toaste1·. Cr ewmembers were planatlon. Motion made that the sillp•1 WESTERN TRADER (Western Navl11a· of food at meal time s, and the food isn' t man, E. Roundtree/ Secretary, H. Thomas. asked t o keep longshoremen out of ship delegate contact SIU welfare department, tlon J, January 23-Chalrman, J . Sh1ets; prepared properb•. Gal'bage to be dis· All hands are .happy aboar d flhip so Jar. alleyways especially . durln&' mea_l times. letting th e m know that S250 was paid The ship · crewed a week ago and no for -machine and to see whether the Coca Secretary, F. Cullison. Ship' s delegate beefs have been reported yet. Cola comp.any can be made to supply a will , see the chief engineer about the March 6--Chalrman, R. Fegler; Secrecertain number of cases each trlp, Jack of cold drinking water. No beefs tary, H, Thomas. Delegates will make 1·eported . up individual repair lists. l\fesshalls need · STEEL-. NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), March February 24-Chalrman, Cross; Secrepainting and fans need repairing and 12-Chalrmen, C. Scofleld1 Secretary, A. tary, F. Cullison. Repair lists from all oiling. Brother Blizzard was thanked for " P~rlseau. Motion made ·and carried- that departments were turned Into the cap· fixing television, and the ship's delegate the ship be sub~ected to a closed fumlga• tai n . and t he cr ew agreed not to sign was thanked for the efficient and well tlon, because on 'two separate occaalon1 ou unless all major repairs were made. dol}.I job he performed. . Discussion on rats and bed bugs were found. DlscusThe ship's delegate asked the mate to current resolution will be voted on in alons on ·situations existing In •the stew· have a sailin~ boal'd placed by the ganethe future. ard department pertaining to the quality Way. of some of the stores, lack of variety RAPHAEL SEMMES CWetarmen), 'April GEORGE A. LAWSON (Pan Oceanic>, (Continued on page 19) December S-Chalrman, J . Swe1ney1 Sec· posed of back alt and not thrown on 4-Chelrman, H. Pler ce1 Secretary, J. P. A vote of thanks wa1 giv~n to the stewFifer. Brotbers Wj!re told to leave books retary, J . areoke. One man In steward deck. ard department. alone that don't belong to tliem. 4. vote depar tment Is fouling up and will lie ' of thanks wa1 glven for the steward deturned In t u the pat rolman in first port SEAMONITOll (Seas Traffic and Trad· partment for a fine job. l\fen using Bl!AUREGARD (Weterman), no datof pa ~·otT . lng J, F•bruary 22-Ch;iilrman, J. Har· . wa shing machine were a sked · to turn Chalrman, J, Kenai Secretary, O. W11hlln. The Ship's~ dele!rate advised men. to be on THI! CABINS c~ Tanker), January 1 worth; Secratary, C. Foster. Ship is due same off when finished using it. I-Chairman, George -BradyJ Secretary, fur -payoff soo!1 and crewmem~ers w~re steward, has a movie machine on board the job during working hours every day N Lambert. Cap tain will okay the pur· ~e~uested to give a ~nple no~lce. if lenvmg and a suggestion was made that crew- In port. · Ste.ward department delegate - The 1ollowinl' men have money • f l> • t f b 0 d In Japan if ship. Two men missed ship m Lisbon. members donate money for this so ftlms thanj{ed Cl'ew for -cooperating In. keeping due in amounts from $2 to $152 eha.s~ o . ee i ou 0 ~ n made and Discussion on dela yed sailing while the can be olitalned on the West Coast . the pantry clean. Deck delegate sµgno~1-~ed Ill adva nce. Mot 0 t extra ship was In several ports. Chief engineer April 11-Chalrman, H. Pierce; Secre- gested that all g&l'bage be taken aft and (average $20) from South Atlantic ca111ed to thank . captain for he told to stop doing crew•s wnrk . A vote tary, Bernard Toner. Motion made by L. emptied. All hands were asked to clean Steamship Line, Inc., and can refreslu~1ents dur111g the holidays. Dele· of thanks wu given to th_!! steward ile- Zalenski that a wire of suppol't be sent laundry room af ter usin&' aame. cate~ will get r<?p alr list• well in advance par! ment f o1· the food and sel'vice on · to Harry Lunde berg. taln same by contacti'nl' the com· Ship's delegates 10 as much as possible can be done at this vu ·a e were elected. aea. .Crewmembers were asked to watch ~ g · CHICKASAW CWaterman), March 2~ pany at the Savannah Bank Build· Chairman, J. Brown; Secretery, T. Buslg· 1a£et:v a t all times. ALCOA POINTER CAlcoa>, March 11- -.VACOSTA (Waterman), February 20- Ito. A new ship's delegate wa1 elected. ing, Savannah, .Ga.: January 30-Chalrman, H. Waller; Sec· Chalrman, J, B1dnar1 Secretery, R. An· Chalrman, L. Bruce; Secretllry, C. Welch. Dennis H. Brazell, Carl H. Bolton, Sen Discussion on blower In lower passageway retary, J . Guard. l\lembers voted to dls:pa tch a letter to the home office of Captain said ther e will be no slopchest drew1. Motion made and carried to keep to eliminate noise. Crewmembers were Chong Chan&'. Constantin Cyr \akldls, L. c. Ma thi asen regarding sending of crew for next trip. Clothes wlll be ordered a record of the number of days of water asked to help keep the mesaroom clean. Tai, George H. Burke, Joseph W. O'Neil, Herbert E. Loge, Gerald L. N11nce, Theo• mail to overseas ports. Door in 4 to 8 for crew on coast. Chief elech·lcian will shortage in order to file for compensa· foc'sl e kicked in by former crewmem- take care of repail'ing fans. Dell!"g ates tion .. A report will be sent to New York FAIRPORT (Waterman>, February 26- dQre R.· Correll, Anthony J. Marano, "be r; r equ est was made to impose a fine should get up a repair list. Donations to fo1· action. Elect'rlclan will be contacted Chalrman, J. Lewi11 Secretary, I. Roavold. Floyd C. Nolan, Frank B. Sterlltz, Wil· the March 0£ Dlmea will be collected at fo r such action in the future . A new lock and hasp waa put on · the llam M. Lawton, OrdWay D. Scott, Buster February 11-Chalrman, A. Brown; payoff. pantry door to · pr_event disappearance of Moore, John Dunn, Juan Hopkins, Moodie lecretary, N. Lambert. Chief englnee1· ls night lunches while ship Is In port. Dis- Willis, Joseph M. Stephens, March doing all he can to help the rusty wash STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), April cussion by . ship's delega te and members Kuzywda; Egll I. Borgic, Dyorizago Kazlukewlc:r., wat er condition . The tank cannot be 6-Chalrman, H. McGu•11•1 Secretary, G. of c1·ewmembers missing ship between cleaned until vessel enters shipyard, hut Peny. Ship's offlcen. were elected and pol'ts. Recommendation df fines in the Gaston H. Salllard, John T. Flood, Robert· L. Legg, Wal Young, Winston C. Jackson. he will continue to :flush tank at every communications and written resolutions £uture, . Zenith Payne, Artbur B. King, Joseph opportunity. were accepted . A motion was made by M • . 'l'.homas, Vincent S. Kuhl, William H. George Peny and carried unanimously ROBIN HOOD CSeas Shipping), February Mason, Stanley Steven1, Krekar Balovaian, TOPA TOP'A (Waterman), February 2' that a telegr am be sent to Harry Lunde19-Chairman, M. Kopenhagen; Secretary, Donald W. Turner , Robert Subbert, Henrv -Chairman, J, Busalackll Secretary, s. berg. H. 4>ombrowskl. Motion made that _Dj!W 'oseph. Ship's delegate will take all reabout raising pressure In drinking foun· delegates be elected as . the old onea re- Hence, Herbert Parks, Jr.; pair lists and hand 1ame over to patrolClaud& J, Hopkins, Homer L. Rin~o. MARY ADAMS CBloomfleld), Aprll 10- taln. Messman asked crew to coopel'ate signed . . A suggestion was made that on G.eorge man and d~partment heads before algn-on. Chalrman, M. -Dackn, Ernest Ramirez, Emer y H. Meaford1 Secretary, E. Fed· in keeping messroom clean. A vote of long stays i n port the steward -contact A new washing machine 11 needed for den. A motion waa made by R. Burton thanks was given to the steward depa1·t· D. Cor.well, Lawrence E. Bartlett, Vinthe chief. mate and see about having the cent Dawson, Robert B. Brady, Rolando the crew. and carried that a teleg1·am be sent to ment. garbage removed as .,it ls unsanitary. All Montero, Russell E. Simmons. Elmer Lundeberg, giving him a vote of hands a1u·eed to give the old library CICIL N. BEAN (Dry-Trana), February Harry PENNMJlR (Calmar), March 27-Chalr· books t d the seamenls club in East Lon~· Wheeler. Paaquala Dinlno, .Joseph R. Mar· confidence. Resolutions were acted upon 20-Chalrman, P. ArthoflrJ Secretary, K. and carried unanlmou1ly. man, W. Davle11 Secretary, N. Cohen. A don as they- were generous and kind to coux, Uno Vllpor n, Nicolas Razor, .Touni1 (:olflna. Ship's delegate wanted to know · minor dispute was reported in the en- the c1·ew. last Christmas. No · one but P. Skoilfelas, Anthony L. Scarmato; · i he 1·e1mm why the laat mlnute1 were John J. Gates, Athanaslos Makaratzlir, gine department. Steward was asked to the crew· ts alloV{ed to use th• laundry LOGANS FOlt T CCltlH ltr vl~el, April not 11111t to headquarters. F ormer 1ecVictor . B. Cooper, Chen&' Youn&'. James change v1tr lety of dessert1 11nd cu ~ down ratuy claimed they were lost. A mo- 10- Chalrman, J . l•lde1 Secretery, Rob- on custards. If any of the crewmembers and wasbh11f machine, and ·all ))ands C. Burnette, Willy O. Svara•.. Call' G, tion was passed that a 1peclal -meeting ert Bennett, The 1hlp'1 delegate spoke · have beef• about the food they 1hould should keep same clean. A vole ul thank• R einhold, W. H. Walton, W . H . Cha dbu r n, '!i• held with agent ·ot payoff port regard· on the SIU atand on marine ho1pftals br ing them to the attent-lon of the stew- given to the baker for hi• exceptionally David R . Morra&"hum, Francis J. Harirney, :Ing hmel'1p1·ing mattre1111 and lhortage and tha new bli-1111 1y1tem. Crcwmembers ard department and not grumble among good .baking and tasty snacks at coffee C. Del Castilla, Peter Smidt, Ralph W. tlmi. wore Informed of the ·new bulk carrier Shandi, Arnoldu1 DeKok, Hubert H. Repair llat1 will be made a&"reement adaptecl by Hury Lundeberif. themselves. John1on, John Ballud, Robert J, Wise• A motion waa made and carried to give up by the department delegates for 1ubPILTORll <ore>t March 2S.::,,cbi·ir man, m a n , William B. Salazari . Lundeber1 full backln1 on his position mlttal prior to ·arrival on the Ea1t" Coast; W. Reld1 Secretary, . O. Ball; Delegates Claude F. Carroll, M. J. Mitchell, Vil• In refuence to CAMU. · 'IUGINll ' <Oro), March U-Chalrmen, were asked to check each department for helm Rlchard1on, Petrol E. Vout1lnas, needed repaln and turn •ame over to the Johanne1 Vande1 Evde, Joannl• Konlem, ALCOA POLARIS CAlaoa>, iiebruery H Ill. Slrol11 'ecretary, A. Da.Foreat. A let- ship's delegate, Cup1 1hould be returned. Curt st~rke, B. J, Fanning,_G. w. Wohl, from the SIU Welfir e Dep u tme nt to -Chairman, W. 'hurrou11h11 Secretery, ter to the · Piiiilry a fte r usln« · them . All M. Polouls, D. Z. Lutero, L. J. Love, L. C. W. Bataon. The· chief engineer will the shlp'1 delegate, in reference to the hand• were . asked to' cooperate and· help F itsgei.'ild, J. G. F redericka, J , J , LYc!~nl, of a shipmate, was read. An check the cold water line to aee why the death H •. Alexandrta, E&"bert Palmer, E. Von del.' nad been prepared and mailed ke4p the pantry and laundry cleaner. water la alway1 hot. Request patrolman answerGermany..Vllet,, D. V . .Burchard, W. ·A.. Brooki; The delegate reported to attend tire and boat drill In Mobile aa ·from CHlLORI (Ore), March 2~Cl:lelrjften, C. T. White, C. Barrineau, W. -s. WUvariou1 member. ue 1hlrklng their that he now h&1 a complete repair list D. Ponte11 secretary, J. O•ddla. The chief llam1, E. Mathew1, .T, llsits, C. L. Moody. and wlll turn it in to the captalii. A dutlea at aald clrill1. vote of thank1 w11 .extendetl to the e ngineer will see abaut r epair ing wuhln&' M, Multer, .. R. G. Atwell. E. R-. Cr.owen. reported, J. N. Dubose. S. F. Hayea, C•. C. Slmmon1, for the excellent quality of the machine. No beef• CUBORI COre), 9iebruary 22-Chalr· baker . _ . __ G. A. Gardner, C. Kµmrow, M. J. Lohr. · goods on the voyage. Some disman, w. Caln1 lecretary, B. Wlalon. Mo· baked SIA CLOUD (American Merchent M1·· I. Ranew, John A. Call, G. F. Wilson, G. cussion about painting done by the captlon made that. pantry and recreation tain, which will be taken up with the rlne), December 26-Ch•lrmen, 1. Gr•t· A, Allen. J . B, :ffenley, A. R. La .Torre. room be locked In port. A vote of thanks patrolman 1ky1 Secretuy, Done ld . Porreat. A new' . L. :M. Al!eir, ·E: D. Selms, 0. F. Martin, _ upon arrival. was given to the eteward department. ship'• , delegate ·was elected. A motion J;ame1, .B'rown, R , R. White. Members were asked to stop throwing MICHAIL (Carras), Much 2~Chair· was made and carried to have minor cigarette butte on the d eck. , man, F. ·1sra111 Secretary, D. Collins. repail's and adjustments taken care of by d,epartment delegates. The steward FR&NCH CR!il!K (Clt111 Servleel, Feb· Cr ew was psked to donate to· the ship' s will report m~ cm;1dltlon 11n!f. shortages. of ruary 23-Chelrman, A: Arnold; Secre- fund. There is now a balance of .$22.85 .store11 at t he next meeting. The 1teward the f und. The crew ·was also asked to t ary, I. Johnson .. Shl11'1 delegate repor ted In take it easy and not overload the wash- depar tment will · t a ke care of ihe recrea- · that all 1•epah·1 . will . bo . taken ca re of. ing tlon r oom a nd the deck a nd e ngine demachine when usln&' It. Discussion on flrlna of men. Vote of Nicfiolas Mllldlebrooil PDl't ments will alternate in taking ca re of the laundry room. ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), no date Please contact John W. Clark J a nui ry 30-Ch.a lrmen, H. Gerl1; Sac·. Cha(rman, . . C• . Long1 Secretary, John Decker. Food change bas started on Bull retuy, _D. Forrest• . Ship's delega·t e. re· immediately at the SIU New York Ltne for -the purpose of lmp1·ovlng stew· por te4 tllat ,one half . the number ·.o f new ha Ir concerning an important ·mat· ard department efficiency. It ls the pol- t ans r equired we1·e placed aboard. He· ter. icy of the SIU to cut waste without cut- rend a copy of the . steward - r equisition ~75 Av~. ting the · quality of tbe . lood. -'!'he stew· rd for 1undry stores, which indidllted that i\;. i\;. ;t, department stores are put on by the new cots we1·en't ordered. Two new fan1 Henry L. Childers 1 company and are not orde1·ed by the wer e allotted to each department. Crewsteward. members were asked not ' to overload Peter Pasinosky, who was ·ship· washln·g machine. mate with you -aboard SS Donald ROBIN LOCKSLEY <Seas Shipping), ARLYN (B i.Ill, Merch 24-Chairman, 0. S. Wright in 1946, urges you to Guerro; Secretary, c. KrelH. Captain asked cre~ embers not to ihrow ciga- contact .him at Campbell Ave., f11ds re tte butts or any -dirt in passageways. Woodcliff Lake, NJ. Repair lists a1·e to bl! made out by de· 4;. . ;t._ (1) Michelangelo was the painter pa1·tment delegates and h anded over to ~ e • e I e I • • • • • and sculptor. thl! 1hlp'1 delegat e.. before arrival in port. Bernard Jurkowski A vote of tha nks was given to the baker .your,.brotiu~r Staniey urges you (2) Diamond, emerald, sapphire, a nd t hlr!f cook f or splend\d meals poi cut <,lur ing a bsence of a chief cook. ruby• to write him c/o PO Box 121,_Web· - -MON_EY DUE ob· P11zzle An•wer _Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, Fourth Brooklyn 32 NY1 . I would like to recefve the SEAFARERS LOG-please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) STREET ADDRESS CITY. S_igned ....... ....... ........ . ...... ..... ... NAME . .... .... . . . . ....... Z0NE .. ' .. ' .STATE .......................... . :ro AVOID DUPLICATION1 ff . you ere en old subscriber . end have .• c:h1nge of 1ddress, please gl~e your formtr 1ddre11 below1 · · --- Answer•• '(3) (c) Ted Williams, with the Boston Red Sox, in 1941. (4) Normandie (19~5). (5) Taj Mahal. (6) 39 nickels, 26 -dimes, 13 ALCOA PA't RIQT (Alcoa), March ,_ Chairman, W. Smith; Secretary, T. · San· chez. S15 wus t aken fr om the ship's fund fol' flowers· f or a .. -brot her who passed· away. A suggestion was made to mak..two arrival pools to build the •ship's fund in order to buy a TV set . Ship's delegate will see the chief engineer about buying a 'n~w washi ng machine. . up , ADDRESS ·······.· ··· ·· ·; ·······-~ ············· · · · · · ·· · · · ··· · · ···· ·· ·· ···· · · · · · ·· · · ·· ;"· ...............,.................. J. TRINITY (Carras>, March 6-Chelrm1n, Buselewskl; Secretary, M. ·Reid. ~- ster, ~ass. ... �'. ... :.idu,.tw , ' '" ; ·, • ' ' ; • ·~ : S B.Al·'.4· lr··:.E.a ·s ,• .-~ r • £0 G • • ~· :DICBST -: ol SHIPS~ . ' were acted upon and accepted 100 •per· <Continued from page ·18) cent. :A motion WH mad~ :by H. Brodie and the practlee of •Yinf too ma!IY left· to wire Harry LundeberJ, PrHldent of oven and Hrvlng them at a later meaJ. ~e Seifareri International Union. reaard· Ina mpport to polltlon on CAMU, cat:· , STBEL 'SIAFARIR Oathmlan), March rJed. unanimou1ly. · s-;..chalrm1n, none; Secretary, none. 12-4 oiler feels that llnce he 11 a union man ANN MARii <•um, Aprll J-Ch1lrm1n. and pays mb1tantlal dues he Jntenda to be treated and spoken to by otrJcera in I. Dakln1 Secretary, 1. · Kllll1rew. Dele· jatH report aveeythlnl In aood condl· a manner befitting ht1 rating and affllla· tlon. Dl1cu11lon1 with captain on bavlna Uon and runhina 9Dlootbly. A apeclaJ quarters painted. A vote of thanlu WH meeting WH called. All reporta and com· Miven to the baker tor the goodlem at munl~tlona were accepted. Crew voted full endorsement of AFL polltlon on coffee time, and to all deleeates. CAMU and SIU new hJrlnt eet-up. Crew· members request a new toaster. New DEL ALBA CMlssl11lppll, March 20 mattre11H1 are needed for the ho111ital. Ch1lrm1n, E. Riviere; Secretary, ~- GelL &hip's deleeate reported that new pDlow1 were received- and ship was fumigated. ANTINOUi cwaterm1nl, April S-Ch•lr· Seef In steward department in I regard man, J. L(ttle;· Secretary, J. Murphy. Comto dirty pitchers, but other than thJa· the munlcatlon1 read and , accepted. Resolu· steward department has been very coop- tlon1 on CAMU and SW hJrlnt program erative. Motion made and carried that were -read and motion• made and car.ried paHageways, quarters, galley, messhall1 to acc~pt and concur. A motion was and showers be painted. made by Brother Ellis that a telegram be sent to Brother Harr)' Lundeberg con· REPUBLIC (Trafal1lar>. October 1~ demnlng the actions ol Joe Curran In Chairman, W. Szczepanski; Secretary, W. selling out on hiring hall Jssue. Barth. Request for an exterminator to try to get rid of roaches. A patrolman ARCHERS HOPE <Cities Service>. April wlll be contacted about having the fresh 6-Chalrmen, T. Waems; Secretary, I. water tanks cleaned. Swafford. All reports and communications were voted upon and accepted GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service), unanimously. Crew backs AFL unions' March 28-Chalrman, E. Deshotels; Sec- stand on CAMU. Crew also pledges full .retary, J. Bdward1. Engine delegate took support to SIU hiring program . up the question of keys with the chief engineer and the chief said the captaib BEATRICI <Bull>, April 4-Ch1lrman, would reach an agreement with the ship's F. Fromm; Secretary, R. Hall. Ship's delegate. Motion made and carried that de,\egate. F. Froom, reported that the the night lunch contain a greater variety ship pays off In Baltimore. Headquarters of meats. The heating system In some report and communications were read .rooms Is very poor. and accepted. Motion made by P. Dunphy to accept resolution supporting CAMU CATHERINE (Dry Trans), March 26decision. Motion made by H. Ricci to Chalrman, J. Ranieri; Secretary, D. Massa. accept resolution on SIU hiring set·up. Ship's delegate requP.sted that shipboard Both carried unanimously. elopchest prices 1 be mailed Into nearest port. Longshoremen and others outside BEAURliGARD <Waterman), April 5of crewmembers should be kept out of Chalrman, s. Turner; Secretary, J. Can· messrooms and crew's quarters at all .trell, Jr. Brother Mastin was elected as times. Steward told membership that ~n ship's delegate, Joe Pagola was elected. cases of shortages of soap, matches, etc., as ship's secretary reporter and John he would be glad to cooperate and su~ Cantrell was elected to the post of 1hlp's plement. All hands urged · to keep Jaun- treasurer. Resolution& mpporting AFL dry room clean. stand on CAMU and backlDf SIU new hiring set-up accepted .100 percent. MoALCOA PIONEER <Alcoa>. February 27 tion made by J. · Cantrell to .send tele· -Ch1lrman, J. Fedesovlch; Secretary, J •. gram to Harry Lundeberg congratulating ~ R. Tiiiey. The shiP'!i delegate reported him on . the· action he took regarding· that the ship received fresh stores of an CAMU. A ship's fund wlll be l!tarted kinda In 5an Pedro. So far there Is a for emeriency use and benefit of crew· dispute about no shore leave In Yoko· membere. All crewmembers were 11)\ed hama and delayed aalllng due to repalre to cooperate with the new))' elected crew of the vessel. Motion made and carried representatives. BIENVILLE (Waterm1n>, April 4 Ch1lrm1n, M. Karlovee1 Secretary, R. Perry. J\lotlon made by A. Maje.ky to accept and concur headquarters report, carried unarilmoualy. Communication• read and" accepted by the crew. Resolutions adopted eupportlng AFL lltand on CAMU and SIU'• hiring 1et-up. Motion made by A. Shellen that the crew wire the president of the International regarding CAMU l11ue. Carried unanl· that crew go on record to ask negotla.t ing mously. committee of the SIU to bring up the BRADFORD llLAND <Cities Service), po11lbillty of changing the present trans· portation clauses In tlie agreement to "Pr!! ,_Ch1lrm1n, H. Oranfl Secretary, D. Wiiiiams. Motion made and carried collect transportation from port to port Instead of area to area. The washing ma- to send telegram to Harry Lundeberg backing his position on CAMU and giving chine Is In a poor !;Qndltlon. him crew'• 1upport. Ship's trea1urer, V. Radcllll' reported that thert II f48 In ALCOA CORSAIR IAlco1J, Api'll l - the ahJp'1 fund. Dl1eu11lon on ffniorlt)' Ch1lrman, o. Callahan1 Secretary, M. Cos- rule1. tello. Communlcatlon1 were read and accepted. Brother CalJJlhan made a nt'o· CALMAR CC1lm1r), Aprll l--Ch1lrm1n. tlon to accept and concur In resolutions A. J1ckson1 lecretary, c. Hostetter. Del· •lidorslng 1tand on CAMU and SIU htr- e1ate1 report ahJp j1 In 1ood 1hape with lna sy1tem, motion carried unanimously. no beefs pendlna. Headquarter1 report WH read and aacepted. Crew voted ALCOA PINNANT (Alcoa), April 6- complete mpport to AFL unlona' poll· Chalrman, V. Naah; Secretary, J. Stewart. Uon on CAMU• . Crew allO 1ave full IUPHeadquartefl report, communlcatlon1 ind port to &JU'• new hlrlDI 13'ltem. A mofHolutlom read, dl1cwined end accepted tion WH made by W. Yerke thlt a tele· unanimously. Motion made and carried aram ile sent to Harry LUBdebera. to Hnd a teleeranr to Harry Lundebera 1uppo~lng hJm on CAMU. · CANTIGNY <CltlH •ervlce), Aprll 7Chalrmen, J, Phllllpa; lecretary, R. - Mc· ALCOA PILGRIM CAico.), April 7- Don1ld. Re10lutton1 end communication• Chalrmin, Rihn; Secretary, Turk. Dele• read and accepted. Motton made and carfates reported no beef11 pending and all 11 In order. l;leadquarten report waa read and accepted with thank1. All com· munlcatlon1 · were read and accepted. lle1olutlon1 adopted In 1Upport of AFL action on CAMU and· SW'• new hiring eet-up. A lincere vote of thank• 1lven SIU repreaentatlve1. for a Job well done. ALCOA POINTIR <Alcoa), April 6 Ch1lrm1n, J. lt1 mbo; licretary, C. Brock· ett. We, the . crewmembere of the SS Alcoa Pointer, vote 100 percent tin favor of AFL polltlon on CAMU and SJU'1 new hlrlnt program. ALCOA POLARUS <Alco1), ·April 5'C h1lrm1n, H. Troxclalr; leGret1ry, J. Hannon. Motiona made and carried to accept headquarters report and communlcatlon1. Resolutlon11 carried unanimously. Support voted SIU hiring 1et·up. A motion wH made and carried that a wire be sent to Brother Lundeberg supporting his actlona In withdrawing from CAMU. ALCOA RANGER <AlcOI), April 7Chalrman, J. B1doff; Stcretary, R. Clymer. A motion wa1 m11de by R. Smith that crew 11\lpport CAMU po1ltlon and &lU'1 new hiring hall arrangement. Unanimously agreed. A telegram of IUP· port was sent to Harry Lundeberg. rled to eend wire to Jfarr1' Lundeberf baeldna him on CAMU tnue. Crew also voted full npport to SW'• new hlrlnl Mt·•P· . CHICKASAW (Waterman), April 7 Chalrm1n,. R. Suckln11eri Secretary, M. Patterson. :Meetlna aalled to take action on Important tuue1. Crew voted unanl· mou1 1Upport to Lundebera 11olltlon on CAMU and endoreea 8IU'1 newly-eltablilhed 1enlorlt7 hlrlna ayltem. A tile· iram WH 1ent to Harr)' Lundeber1 coniratulattn• him for expolfnl failure ot CAMU. CHILORI <Orel, April 7-Chelrm1n, S. Pulford1 Secretary, O. Marcotte. II. Ful· ford, 1blp'1 delefate, reported that the food t1 lmprovln1. The WHhlnl machine wa1 repaired by m1ehlnilt and II workln• very 'Yell. New lhip'1 officers were elected. Motion made · by D. Ponte1 and carried that a teleiram of full mpport be 1ent to Harry Lundeberf. Crew voted unan1Jnou1 mpport to AFL iroup1 on CAMU action and ple~ed iuli Eupport to &JU In carrytna out new 11nlorlty hlrln• ay•tem. ALCOA RUNNER <Alcoa), April 6,Ch1lrm1n, H. Butts; Secretary, c. Jones. · Reports, communications and resolutions were. accepted 100 percent. Motion made 1md carr,J.ed to 1end a telegram to Harry CHIWAWA <Cltl•- Service), Aprll S-Lundeberg regarding hl1 stand on Wash· jngt.on walkout. SIU ni;w hiring 1et·UP Ch1lrman, J. Merrell; lecretary, I. R1y. fiven lull support. Severil brothers apoke- Crew voted lull 1Upport to CAMU poaltlon and SW'• new hlrlDI proiram. l>n keeplnt the ship cleaner. ALIC• BROWN <Bloomfteld), April 6Chalrman, c. Hlll1 Secretary, R. Fer•u1on. A vote wa1 held on re1olutlon1 relating to AFL union's 1tand on CAMU and SIU hiring plan. Carried 100 per· oent. The crew aboard thil ship will back headquarters all the way. BAL TORI <Orel, no 4late-Chalrm1n, Jack Wise; lecretary, J. Olbll1. Dllcu1ldon on keeplnf recreation room clean. New w&1hln1 machine to be uaed caretully. 8hlp'1 dele1ate reporta everything fOlnf ftne. . I - Pq-e. Nfneteea . ' MEETINGS • • • .. 41 American money order1. Wlll notify pa. trolman and aak for proper· repatr1 or demand a new washing machine. Pad· ding for doors will be requested 10 that doors m•Y be closed without wakln1 those members asleep. ~ral. The crew pantryman was oven a vote of thanks for his voluntary care ot the crew library. Brotfier Emerick a&~ed the crew to be careful when using the washing machine as the motor burned out the first time it was used this voyage. I ORIMAR core>. March 16-Chalrman, S. Prekepuk1 lec:retary, W. Anderson. Ship's de~l(ate reported that the SIU library came aboard In Baltimore ind alked crew to take care of the books. fans In the dayman's foc'1le need re· Pairing. A .vote of thankr extended to the ste,.-ard · department for the swell chow tlley have been putting out. SALEM MARITIME <Cities 6arvlce), Much 20-Chalrman, A. Gowder; Seere· tary, W. Mlekle. One man missed ship In Lake Charles. Di~ussion on SIU pro· CITY OF ALMA !Waterman>, February cedurf!. All hands were informed of new SW seniority hiring system. Crew radio 13-Chalrman, D. Pool; Secretary, R. El· llott. No beefs reported, and everything to be purchased in J!.altlmore. running smoothly on board. C. J . Nall SANTORE core>, March 27-Chalrman, elected as ship's delegate. c. Stroud; Secretary, ' G. ' Prota. Motion March 27-Chalrman, H. Scholes; Secremade and carried that the ship's dele- tary, R. Elliott. Sugges.tion . made that gate see the patrolman about arranging all repairs be made this trip as they for standbys for those that want them haven 't been taken care of for the last In the shipyard. The ship's delegate will t~o trips. Delayed sailing from Tripoli see the mate about keys for the rooms disp uted. · be~ore goin~ to shipyard. The ste'\\'ard -turned the ship's fund over to the ship's ANTINOUS <Waterman>. March 13delegate. , Chairman, J. Little; Secretary, H . Bi'err• · Ing. Ship's delegate reported $22.81 in MARORE <Ore), March 27-Chalrm~n. J th.e ship's fund and t~ouble between rhe C. Sharp; Secretary, c. Ludwick. More w1~er and first assistant referred to fans are needed in the recreation room. Umon. One man. fired for abusive Jan- , J lee water requested in messroom besides g.ua ge to the chief mate and first as- the soft drinks. Men coming off watch s1stant. Deck delegate and electrician say there is no night lunch. Men can't both spoke , orl cooperation ::mong crews!eep because of loud squ(!ak from the member.s and licensed personnel who are also umon men. washing machine. I I COE "VICTaRV <Victory Carriers>, March 17-C:halrman, L. Hall, Jr.; Secretary, Frank Allen. The ship's articles were backdated · ten days on arrival Jn New York: No port payoll', only a draw elven out. Ship's delegate to tell patrolman to ' demand that the captain make up a· port payoff before rdgnlng articles. Refrigerated ·boxes, · dry store rooms and lockers, etc., should be cleaned at sea and not In port as has happened on for· mer voyages. The ship wlll be exter· mlnated for roaches on arrival. A vote of thanks goes to the steward department for all· around good chow. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), April 3Chalrman, W• ., Mitchell; Secretary, E. Auer. Ship's · delegate gave a talk on the mall situation and Will see about working out the best arrangement In each port. Brother King gave a talk on keep· In& things clean and shipshape In gen- a:: Stauertnc Losses The Ill-starred "convoy PQ-17, known to seamen as the "Fourth of July" convoy lost 22 of its 33 ships after its armed escort left it to shift for itself on July 4, 1942. The losses were heaviest in three days of concentrated attacks during which heavily-loaded ships exploded from munitions cargoes or went down in minutes. Only four SIU ships survived · of the 20 US ships in the convoy, most of them manned by Seafarers. Succeeding convoys; even though well-escorted, bled severely to deliver food and war materials. PQ18 which followed lost 13 of its 40 ships and up to March, 1943, 32 of 143 American ships sailing this run neyer saw port again. But not all the stories of the merchant marine in war were tales of ships lost and men killed. Mer~ chant ships had t heir successes too, which were reflected in military victories ashore. There was the SIU-manned Seatrain Texas which rushed 180 Sherman· tanks to North Afric!l. without escort in • LIBERTY FLAG <Dover), March 6' MARY ADAMS .(Bloomfield>, March '7Chalrman, A. Wiier Secretary, B. Hay. Chairman, C:onnors; Secretary, A. , Fecte~u. Ship's delegate reported that The chief engineer was contacted about the water being rusty, and crew was told money question had been taken up with that there was not enough water taken patrolm ~ n . Suggestions were made that library books be returned in their places. A weekly list will be posted for the cleaning "Of the recreation and laundry rooms. Suggestion made that fresh milk sho\ll<l l!e sgved for Persian Gtflf. Fase-sts quit Ten Years Ago (Continued from page 2) · in the coming months but they were only a foretaste of what was to come in the months ahead. When war broke out, German subs immediately moved into action off the east coast of the US where unarmed , unescorted merchant vessels made good hunting. Between January and June , 1942, 154 American and Allied ships were sunk along the coast and in the northwest Atlantic. It wasn't until June that coastal convoys began and ships got some measure of protection. The same was true of Gulf and Caribbean waters, wher~ 167 ships were sent to the bottom in the same period. In the month of May German subs feasted on 31 ships in this ·a rea alone. Ships were sunk In the mouth of the Mississippi, between Key West and Havana and at . the entrances to Texas and Louisiana oil ports. Oil and bauxite carriers .were· the principal targets. But .the most dramatic and most dangerous run was the trip through icy Arctic waters to . :Murmansk. In addition to navigational hazards of bitter Arctic ·Ocean weather, ships had to run gauntlet of planes, subs and naval vessels based .on Norwegian ports. Men who survived the loss of their ship often failed to survive the icy cold and stormy waters on liferafts and boats. aboard ship at Pusan, and tanks · have a sediment on the bottom. Motion made by bosun that a repair list be turned Into the delegate6. To go on record that a crewmember be brought up on charge1 for maliciously threatening life of fellow crewman and that such charges be left pending until brother can answer same at Union hall. Patrolman will ch eck on galley range with the chief engineer. MARGARET BROWN !Bloomfield), April 16-Chairman, E. Hunt; Secretary, v. Genco. Motion made and carried to ac· cept headquarters report as read . There was len gthy discussions on the new seniority shipping system. Crew went on record to adopt the new SIU hiring pro· gram based on seniority; also the resolution dealing with the AFL posit ion on CAlllU. the summer of 1942. Tank drivers of the British 8th Army met the ALCOA PEGASUS . <Alcoa), April 16ship at the docks and shortly after Chalrman, A. Beck; Secretary, A. Gomez. Reading clerk read communications dealput the force s of Marshall Rom- ing with the hiring hall and rotary shipping. Crew took action giving support mel to rout at . El Alamein, just to AFL on CAMU and to SIU on newly. 60 miles west of Alexandria. The established hiring system. Motion made Robin Locksley , another SIU ship. by Brother Philllp to draft a telegram carried precious supplies of food , ' munitions and fuel to beleaguered Malta in November, 1942, when the Mediterranean was an Axis lake and Malta was being bombed daily. The Lawton B. Evans delivered gasoline and ammunition to Anzio beachhead in "Jan.uary, to H~rry Lundeberg going· along with 1944, and shot down four bombers I him on failure of CAlllU. carried. while b e ing unloaded . VENORE ((Ore), April 16-Chairman, $. Seafarer-Hero Day; Secretary, W. Robinson . Motion made by Brother Gilmore accept and Then there were the hundreds concur in headquarters report. Carried of ships whic h landed 2 ~2 million unanimously. Motion made by Brother Robinson to accept and concur with resotroops, 17 million tons nf supplies lutions backing AFL on CAMU and stip· and a half-million trucks and tanks porting SIU's new hiring system, Carried. A telegram sent to Harry Lundeberg on the Normandy beaches in the backing him was all the way. It was pointed first three months after D-Day as out that shipboard meetings should be held more regularly for the benefit of all well as the hundreds more at the concerned. A vote of thanks was given Leyte landings, and at other in- to the steward department. vasions from North Afriea to OkinMAE (Bull), April 4 - Chairman, A. awa. Among the seamen who man- Hiers; Secretuy, G. G19e. New delegates ned these ships were men like elected. Communications were read and carried unanimously. Motion by Ed Carl· Gustave Alm , carpenter of the An- son to approve new hiring plan. Crew gelina, who single-handedly kept went on record In support- of AFL posl· Uon on CAMU, carried unanimously. !\Io· four survivors of torpedoing from tlon by Sid Berger that the crew of the SS Mae wire SIU President Lundeberg losing .their grip on an overturned on the Issue regarding CAMU, carried. lifeboat through a stormy Atlantic night. Then when rescue came, MARYMAR <Calmar), April 6-Chalr· Alm caught lines from the · ship man, J. Markham; Secretary, F. Fletcher. Washing machine needs repairing and and tied them around his ship~ patrolman wlll be Informed of this at Communications, mates who were too weak to help payoff In Baltimore. headquarters - report read. Crew unanithemselves. mously adopted resolutions 1pproving There was Joseph Squires of the new SW hiring set-up and endorsint stand on CAMU. Motion made that Maiden Creek wno stayed aboard AFL a telegram be sent to Harry Lundeberg 'to launch the last lifeboat when backing him 100 percent In his attempt the ship went down on December to keep Jo~ under our flag. 30, 1942, and George Alther who MASSMAR <Calmar), April 4-Chalrman, lost his life trying to save a A. Novik; Secretary, H. Greenwald. Mix· inlf niachlne sent ashore !or "l'epalrs. Ice wounded Naval officer on the box fixed. Motion made by Edward Crelan Timothy Pickering in July, '1943. to accept and concur in headquarters i·e· port. Motion by E. Abad to accept and Or Holcomb Lemmon of the Henry concur In resolutions on SW hiring and Bacon who helped load passengers support of CAMU. Motion made by A. Novak that the crew of the SS Massmar and crew into lifeboats and life- wire the president of the SIU of NA rafts and then calmly. chatted with pledging support in CAMU issue. the chief engineer as the two went MOBILIAN <Waterman>, April 6-Chalr· down with the ship. min. J. Burns; Secretary, J. Castro. Mo· These men, and others, w.ere tlon made and carried to support new SIU hJrlng system and to back AFL po· awarded the Distinguished Service sitlon on CAMU. Headquarters report Medal of the merchant marine, the was read and accepted. highest honor available to men in NATIONAL LIBERTY <Nation-al Ship. merchant . service. More than 20 ping ind Trading), April I-Chairman, F. «;osptl; Secretary, F. Anderg. Deck de· merchant vessels were subsequent- partment quarters need painting al'ld ly named after Seafarers who lost other repairs should be taken ca1·e of also. Communications accepted as read. their lives during the war. Crew voted unanimously to endorse AFL After May 1945, mercha.1t position on CA!IIU. Resolution adopted full endo1·sement tq new hiring ships turned to the new task of giving system in SIJJ. LOGs and the Union will feeding and supplying war-torn be asked to contact the company and make sure LOGs are forwarded to vessel lands, and the i·esumption of nor- while on voyage. mal commerce between nations. 1: -, NEVA CBloomfleld), .April 6Ten years after, the memory of Chalrman, WEST M. Browni Secretary, A. Whit· wartime heroics may grow faint mer. Crew voted to adopt a resolution pledging 100 percent support to new hirbut the job 9,£ the merehant maing set-up and AFL stand on CAMU. rine coi:it~nues. . ·co:mniuttlcatlons"' were read and accepted. I to 1; ·1 �SEAi'AREllS •i:.aa · Vol. XVII No. 9 Aprll_. Zf, 1951 __• _:_OP:FICIAL _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __ ORGAN OP: TH! SEAFARERS INTtRNATION ,AL UNION . • ATLANTIC AND GULP DISTRICT• AFL •~ ,. / years ago- History's greatest land and sea w-ar, World War -II, came to an end in the European arena ten years ago next week. It was on May 7, 1945, ~hat a defeated Germany officially threw in the sponge. The end of the war in Europe also meant the end of an orgy of merchant ship sinkings which cost the US alone over 1,500 vessels and .the allies all told 4, 770 ships. Six thousand US mer· cha'nt seamen went down with their vessels, over 1,200 of them members of the SIU. The number of other seafaring casualties from injury, hunger, thirst and expesure ran many times that total. · World War II was fought on a scale that is still hard to con.. ceive ten years after, and made demands on the US merchant marine that stagger the imagination. By VE day, the US had 5,529 merchant ships on d:uty carrying food, munitions and other supplies to every one of the world's far-flung batUe areas. For the men who braved-icy Arctic waters on the Murmansk run, faced torpedoes unarmed and unescorted in the Atlantic in 1942, or ran the gauntlet into the beaches at Anzio, Sicily, Okinawa, Normandy and other landings, it was a grim war in· deed. V-E day for them was · a memorable day of rejoicing. ,,.... Pleased relief showed on faces of Boston residents when they got news that European war was officially ended. Japanese surrender came approximately four months later. IL. - In a scene repeated many times over during the war, a merchant ship explodes and goes up in flames after being hit by a German bomber during the 1943 invasion of Sicily. · One week after Germany's surrender, U-boat U-858 surfaced off Cape May, New Jersey, and turned itself in. Marines are shown searching U-boat crewmembers. · These Seafarers drifted three days in a lifeboat after a sub .p umped 50 sheOs into _their unarmed ship. It was 1942 when. ships were unprepared for ·sub warf~re. Two of three survivors of SIU-manned City of Atlanta, Robert Fennell, oiler, and George Tavelle, 2nd mate, smile from hospital .beds. Ship ··was one of first ·to co down after US. ent~red war. · . ·-· - . - � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Title A name given to the resource April 29, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 9 Description An account of the resource Headlines: VE-DAY HONOR 6,000 SEAMEN DEAD FARM BLOC MOVES TO SLASH '50-50' SUP VICTORIOUS ON PACIFICUS A-POWERED CARGO SHIP PLANNED FOR PEACE TOUR BILL SEEKS PAY LID ON SUBSIDIES CHARIMAN OF CONGRESS COMM. ON LABOR RACKETS LAUDS SIU SIU CONVENTION TO OPEN IN MONTREAL ON MAY 23 EAST COAST HEARINGS DUE IN MARITIME US SUBSIDY SOUGHT FOR LOW-COST LINERS SIU-BACKED BOXER COPS AAU LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE AN EXAMPLE OF MARITIME LABOR DISRUPTION FOREIGN-FLAG CO. USES US LAW TO END CREW BEEFS SALE HELD UP ON WATERMAN ALA. UNIONS TO BATTLE 'WRECK-LAW' SIX SEAFARERS CITED AS HEROES BULK OF AID SHIPMENTS SLATED FOR ASIA IN '56 FETE OPENS NEW ANNEX IN MOBILE BRIDGES BID DELAYS MCS-AFL PACT TALKS AN ATOMIC MERCHANTMAN PRAISE FROM COAST GUARD SIU OF NA ROUTS BRIDGES BY 4 TO 1 IN 3-DEP'T VOTE TWO BOSUNS? TOO MUCH FOR OREMAR SEAFARERS 'REFIGHT' STONY CREEK'S BATTLE 'FRENCHY' LOSES TITLE TO A FISHING ENGINEER CREW BELLIES GROWL AT LOCKED NIGHT LUNCH SEAFARER CALLS HAMILL 'HOUDINI OF ATLANTIC' Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4/29/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/2208d6e010e8d9199c20add615cc7ff9.PDF c43a02bd81fe5d5016a2a3175eaf79ef PDF Text Text -Story On Page 2 SEAFARERS LOG 3 M\ • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • SlU ROVIS BRIDGES IN ELECTION, 4-1 Story On Page 3 •h ^ '? • Jubilant MCS-AFL mem­ bers (right) celebrate after leamfng that SIU Pacific District walloped Harry Bridges' ILWU in NLRB vote on West Coast snips. Above, NLRB examiner Bradford C. Wells. (standing)] calls off ballots for checkers (h to r.) Eleanor Aviso, Pac* M'time Ass'n; Harry Brown> MCS-AFL; Howard Cavaco, ILWU. Top right, smiling j^L leaders V^atch NLRB''s Roy Hoffman boxing bal­ lots after count. (L. to r.) Hoffman; Jack Henning, Calif. AFL; Harry Brown, MCS-AFL; Ed Turner, SIU organizer; John Jehnings, SIU attorney, Sam Ben­ nett, vice-pres. Marine Firemen, (Story on Page 3.) J Viefory! '•imt • Vri; I 'M I •'•!{«! I .^!'S m �AllHi is/l9ltt S isf A F A R B R S t^ML ILA Crimp Rig Milks Seamen K.' Further proof of charges the SEAFARERS LOG that the ILA's so-called seamen's union is nothing but a cover for a crimp hall shak^own operation was shown by the ' experience of a group of* crewmembers it was able to solicit Greek seamen on the SS Cam­ on the ship. The money was bridge, a Liberian-flag Lib­ squeezed from crewmembers who Plans for the SIU's new Andrew Furuseth Training School which will provide complete facilities for a fuli ungrading program in all departments were developed following joint meetings of Union and shipowner representatives with the US Department of Labor and the Coast Guard. Pictured (seated, 1-r) at a meeting in Mobile are: Cmdr. R. Murdoch, CG; Seafarers Jack Parker, Bill Wallace; C. Griffin, field rep.. Bureau of Apprentice Training, US Labor Dept.; Gal Tanner, SIU port agent; Max Harrison, chairman of management committee; Capt. J. B. Rucker, CG; Capt. T. L. Proud, Alcoa port captain; Cmdr. C. C. PhilUps, CG; Harold Fischer, SIU patrolman; standing, H. Fagan, Waterman commissary super.; Seafarer F. M. Reyes; Leo Marsh, SIU patrolman. Seafarer Joe Wread. New SIU Training School To Start Classes May 1 MOBILE—A completely equipped training school for the upgrading of merchant seamen, developed jointly by the SIU and SlU-contracted steamship companies, is slated to open here May 1. The new program was an­ in case of emergency," the state­ resentative. Bureau of Apprentice­ ship. nounced following meetings ment said. The Coast Guard, Bureau of Ap­ Joint Administration with the US Department of Tentative plans for the school, prenticeship and Alabama Depart­ Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship, steamship companies and the US Ck>ast Guard. Purpose of the school will be "to provide training for prospec­ tive merchant seamen and to pro­ vide refresher courses and training for seamen in the industry to help qualify them for upgrading," it was set forth in a statement of pol­ icy developed at the meeting here. It will be financed by the SIU Welfare Plan as a welfare benefit for unemployed eligibles. It is expected that the school will be developed into a complete train­ ing center—^both for entry and up­ grading—pending the working out of adipinistrative and legal details. "Training will be provided which should drastically reduce accidents and waste and should equip all sea­ men to handle themselves properly SEAFARERS LOG April 18, 19S5 Vol. XVII. No. 8 As I See It Page Burly Page Crossword Puzzle Page Editorial Cartoon .......Page Editorials Page Final Dispatch Page Inquiring Seafarer Page Labor Round-Up Page Letter of The Week Page Maritime ". .Page Meet The Seafarer Page Notices, Personals Page Off Watch Page Port Reports Pages 12, Quiz ' Page Repent Arrivals Page SIU History Cartoon Page Vote of Thanks ...Page Welfare Benefits ....Pages 18, Welfare Report Page Your Dollar's Worth Page 4 16 8 9 9 19 8 8 9 8 8 17 14 13 14 18 6 9 19 18 4 Publlthad bfwMkly at tho haadquarfart of fha Saafarars Intarnatlonal Union, A^ lantic a Gulf Dlstrlet AFL, «75 Fourth Avanua, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tal. HYaelnth af.ifta Rost Xtfflea.ln. BrooktyD..JIY,.jiadar 0.4M0. Entarcd a« laeond cl»« mattar to be known as the Andrew Furu­ seth Training School, provide for its administration by a committee of six members, three representing the SIU and three representing the companies. Seamen now sailing on SIUcunlracted ships who want to up­ grade their present ratings may do so through attending the school, whicfi is expected to receive Coast Guard sanction for this purpose. The training program contem­ plates use of the SIU training ship, the Andrew Furuseth, now based at Bayou La Batre, near Mobile. Merchant ships that will be in Mo­ bile harbor from time to time will be used for advanced training phases. Two-Week Sessions The school will accommodate about 30 men for each two-weeks' training session and will be capable of handling 700 to 800 men a year. The school will be departmen­ talized for specialized instruction in deck, engine and steward de­ partment work. Veteran SIU men will be engaged as instructors in each department. Training courses wiU . include such general subjects as use of lifeboats and life saving equip­ ment, fire fighting, first aid and artificial respiration and swimming for men in all departments. In addition, courses will be offered in work specialties of the various departments. The planning session here was attended by SIU Port Agent Cal Tanner, Patrolmen Harold Fischer and Leo Marsh as well as Seafarers F. M. Reyes, Joe Wread, Jack Parker and Bill Wallace; Max Har­ rison, Chairman of the Manage­ ment Committee; Alcoa Port Cap­ tain T. L. Proud and Waterman Commissary Superintendent Harry Fagan, representing SlU-contracted steamship companies; Captain James B. Rucker and Commanders" Charles C. Phillips and Robert Murdoch, representing the Coast Guard, and Carl Griffin, field ren-, ment of Vocational Education will act in an advisory capacity in de­ velopment of the school. "Through the Andrew Furuseth Training School, the SIU will be discharging important responsibili­ ties to the membership and to our contracted steamship companies," Tanner said. "We will provide our members with an opportunity to (Continued on page 17) erty. Instead of a contract and improved conditions that they were promised, the ILA's "union" rep­ resentative simply had these men signed off and crimped another alien crew aboard, after taking several crewmembers for $15 apiece. The ILA-chartered "United In­ ternational Seamen's Union" was formed last fall ostensibly to or­ ganize seamen on foreign-flag ships. Actually, according to its president, Louis Le Doulx (Londos), the organization hoped to raid established sea unions, American or foreign, with cut-rate contracts.The new "union" simply repre­ sented a continuation of a crimp hall operation that had functioned for some time to supply crews to 'h:unaway"-flag ships operated by Aristotle Onassis. Fouled-Up Trip Crewmen on the Cambridge had arrived in New York on March 14 after a trip which proved unbear­ able because of extremely bad food, unsafe conditions and mis­ treatment. They'had heard about the ILA "organizing" foreign-flag ships, so six of their number went up to the "United International Seamen's Union" office for help. Their objectives were to get a contract which would at least, set down conditions of work in writ­ ing, some improvements on food and wages, and a formal payoff and sign-on which they had not received up to then. The "United International Seamen's Union" said that it would go to work on the problem Immediately. The first thing that the "union" did was to collect $15.05 from 14 were making less than $100 per month. The "union" then went through the motions of calling a company representative and asking for overtime increases, transporta­ tion, and better food. In the process of comiiig down to the ship to- sign men up and collect their "dues'" the "tinion" repre­ sentative spent most of his time freeloading on the officers' chow. After several days of shadow boxing, the "union" told the men it could do nothing for them. It told the crew to sign off and take whatever the company wanted- to give them. As soon as the men signed off, the ILA "union" rep­ resentative promptly crimped a new crew aboard which he had taken off another Liberian-flag ship in the port. SIU Pension^ Family Care Studied By Welfare Plan A promise of new Welfare Plan benefits and possible increases in existing ones are con­ tained in a study now imderway by Union and management trustees. Trustees are studying the possibility of an expanded pension program which would be an outgrowth of the disability benefit, as well as the problem cover all Seafarers meeting age of providing medical bene­ and seatime qualifications. This fits for wives and children of Sea­ farers. Existing benefits, with the exception of scholarship and ma­ ternity benefits, are lilso under re­ view. The new study is an outgrowth of recent increases in Welfare Plan contributions won by the SIU as well as a review of the operation of the Plan up until now. Several sessions of the trustees have been held on these problems with the as­ sistance of actuarial specialsts and it is expected that the trustees will act on the new proposals be­ fore long. Since the SIU Welfare Plan is self-administered and self-insured, the addition of new benefits or im­ provement of old ones is a com­ paratively simple procedure. It does not Involve rewriting of trust fund contracts as happens when an outside insurance company is in­ volved. This makes for faster action on new proposals. Pension Study Under consideration on the pen­ sion issue is a plan which would would be in addition to the cur­ rent disability benefit which pro­ vides lifetime income to Seafarers at any age who are imable to work. Should such^ plan be worked out the 'trustees would also aim for possible increases in payments over the present disability benefits. The dependents' medical bene­ fit is one which has been requested by Seafarers frOm time to time, and the trustees are studying the advisibilily of such a plan as well as the administrative problems in­ volved. Not neglected in the study are the existing hospital and death benefits. Increases in one or both of these benefits may be part of the new package. The trustees are hopeful that they can come up with a combina­ tion involving increases in old benefits and addition of new ones if possible. That depends on skilled forecasting by actuaries of the cost of such benefits through the years, as compared with the -anticipated income of the Welfare Plan. Mobile Hall Work Delayed MOBILE—Seafarers in this port are hopeful work on the beautiful new addition to the SIU hall here will be completed in time for th^ membership meeting of April 20, but the construction schedule hai been delayed by two major strikef in this area. Every effort is being made to complete finishing touches to thO new three-story wing as well a8 al­ terations to the original two-story building at S. Lawrence and Da­ uphin Streets, said Port Agent Cal Tanner. "Some Items 4re completely be­ yond our control, however," he said. "Delivery of some necessary materials and telephone installa­ tions are being held qp by the rail and telephone strikes." Both strikes were still going strong at last report witji .no settle­ ments in sight. / �9EAPARERS Ayrii 15. 1955 Scene at NLRB headquarters in San Francisco after 4-1 victory for the SIU Pacific District in West Coast bargaining election was announced shows Pete McGoIdrick (left), representing Harry Bridges' longshore union, making a hasty and unhappy exit. Momentous victory for SIU unions, which ended control by last remnants of Commie unionism on US-flag ships, is marked by restrained relief of Ed Turner (3nd from left), SIUNA organizer who headed the drive, and Sam Bennett, MFOW vice-president. In rear is John "Bud" McGorlan, MCS-AFL. Par* Thr«!« LOG Victory smiles were flashed at MCS-AFL headquarters as soon as news of the crushing 4-1 defeat of Bridges' longshore union by the SIU Pacific District was known. Phil Boucher, MCS-AFL dispatcher, passed news to jubilant membership in San Francispo. Balloting represented combined win for SUP, MFOW and MCS-AFL. Siij Of NA Routs LOG To Give Own Bridges By 4 To 1 ^Oscars' For 1955 In 3-Dep'f Vote The • constructive role of Seafarers in making the SEA­ FARERS LOG an outstanding and unique trade union pub­ lication is to be recognized in the form of four annual LOG awards established this week-*by the SIU. Each year the editors of the LOG will select four distinguished membership contributions, one each in four categories — letters, photographs, poetry and drawings—and present to them the SEAFARERS LOG award. The award program begins as of January 1 of this year so that everything published in the LOG during 1955 is eligible. At the end of the year all issues of the LOG will be scrutinized for out­ standing contributions, the pres­ entations to be made early in 1956. In selecting the award winners, the following standards of judg­ ment will apply: The letters award will go to the Seafarer whose letter, in the judgement of the editors, offers a positive and constructive proposal for the membership or best ex­ presses the feeling of a Seafarer on any given issue. Seafarers For Action Xhe photography award will be keyed to the best photograph or photographs of Seafarers at work or play, or other photographic sub­ ject matter of strong reader appeal. * The poetry award will be issued on the basis of literary merit and subject matter in the tradition of the sea. Similarly the award for drawing will take into account quality and originality as well as subject matter based on maritime or related experience. While it is the editors' present Intention to make the awards in these four categories, the award program is flexiible enough .so that any contribution that does not fall into their scope would be consid­ ered for an additional award if it has sufficient merit. The idea for an awards program derives from the fact that rank and file Seafarers have done a great deal in years past to make the LOG an interesting and lively newspaper. The stories, letters, poems, photos and drawings sent by Seafarers from all over the, I i f.if'srf' SAN FRANCISCO—Seamen on West Coast ships have put to rout the remains of Communist-line unionism with 'a resounding four to one vote in favor of the SIU Pacific District. Sailors, firemen and cooks participating in the three-depart­ ment vote rolled up 3,931 votes for the SIU of NA with Harry Bridges' Interna­ tional Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union far in the rear with 1,004 tallies. There were 327 no unionr~ the Pacific, the Marine Firemen's soon threw in the sponge when it votes. Union and the Marine Cooks and found that it would have to buck powerful waterfront ap­ The overwhelming SIU Stewards, AFL, indicated they Bridges' paratus. victory heralds the first time in 20 years that American un­ licensed seamen have been completely free of any Com­ munist controlled unions on the West Coast. It represents the most serious setback Harry Bridges has suffered in his career. For the first time now, all three shipboard departments on West Representation of the SEA­ Coast ships will be represented by FARERS LOG award emblem. one union, the SIU of North America. world have done much to add ap­ SIU Pacific District officials, peal to the LOG and make it a representing the Sailors Union of membership publication. SIU Crews And Meetings Back Lnndeberg Stand SIU members ashore and on the .ships have taken strong positions in support of Harry Lundeberg, secretary-treasurer of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, following the attack on him by Joseph Curran, president of the National Maritime Korea, a trade now monopolized by Liberian-flag vessels. Tiie Union. Membership meetings in all ports voted unanimously to sup­ port liUndeberg and endorse his signing of an experimental bulk cargo agreement. SIU crews are also acting on the""issue. Eighty •Siu-manned shipsL have already taken unanimous action in support of Lundeberg's position. The NMU president's virulent attack on Lundeberg followed the signirtg of an agreement with the operators of the Tonsina, a Liberty ship, which will run in the bulk trade between California and agreement was designed to enable US ships to compete in this trade. The attacks grew in intensity when AFL unions ieft the Conference of American Maritime Unions. Typical of the response from SIU ships was the message sent to Lundeberg by the crew of the SS Edith. "Curran and his stooges," they declared, "tried to use CAMU for their own ends, even if it was at the expense of all the seamen and the AFL unions. You did the right thing in getting out of CAMU." would move immediately for a new contract covering the stewards as soon as certification from the La­ bor Board is received. It is ex­ pected though, that Bridges will restort to harassing tactics in an attempt to delay certification. In any case, the Communist-line leaders of ILWU Local 100, which succeeded the defunct National Union of Marine Cooks arid Stew­ ards, realize the jig is up. Reports are that they have been advising their supporters in the shipboard steward depai'tments to apply for AFL membership. Since the re­ sults were announced, MCS-AFL offices have been deluged with new applications. The SIU victory represents a personal triumph for SIU presi­ dent Harry Lundeberg who spon­ sored the chartering of MCS-AFL in 1950 after NUMC&S was ex­ pelled from the CIO for following the Communist line. With the aid of rank and file NUMC&S mem­ bers who had been fighting the Communist-line leadership the new union made its modest be­ ginning. Immediately it ran into violent opposition from Bridges who had long had NUMC&S under his thumb. One of the methods used in an attempt to stir up opposi­ tion within the Sailors Union was publication of the "West Coast Sailor's Journal," an anonymous publication which spent its ener­ gies attacking the SUP leadership and promoting Communist propa­ ganda issues. Meanwhile, the National Mari­ time Union (CIO) made half­ hearted efforts to organize the cooks and stewards, That union Once MCS-AFL became active, the leadership of NUMC&S began a series of violent purges of men suspected of AFL sympathies. They were expelled from the union, jobactioned off the ships and dumped in the streets. But none of these tactics could keep the MCS-AFL from making progress. Finally, MCS-AFL reached the point where it was able to petition for an election last year. . The Communist Party strategists switched horses in midstream from the discredited NUMC&S and ad­ vised their supporters to vote "no union." Meanwhile, NUMC&S membership was swallowed up in a hastUy organized "Local 100" of the longshore union. The result was that a heavy "no-union" vote prevented MCS-AFL from winning a dear majority. Nothing daunted, the SIU Pa­ cific District petitioned for a new election involving all three shipbard departments. Alcoa Payroll Office Moves Seafarers in New York who have to contact the Alcoa Steamship Company's Marine and Ship's Payroll Depart­ ment are advised to note the shift of that office from its former location in downtown New York. The new address is 270 41st St., at Pier 6, Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, not far from SIU headquarters. The change from the old location at 17 Battery Place is effective immediately. ., jii -..J ji \'- �SEAFARERS iPat* W6vr '' lAwfii W; IfM LOG Seafarers Aid Jn Fishing Beat Rescue a"5; The SlU-manned coastwise freighter Antinous la shown in Coast Guard photo as she stood by dis­ abled fishing boat South Seas (circled, top) in Gulf rescue. Three men were saved through com­ bined efforts of ship's crew and Coast Guard after their boat sprung a leak and threatened to sink. Ex-Sailor Writes Historical Novel A frequent contributor to the SEAFARERS LOG, Marius Hansome, -former seaman, fisherman and cannery worker, and a present-day writer and academic figure, this month published his first novel, "Appointment with Fortune," dealing with the history of the m the*^ I American Northwest in varied experiences at sea, which early part of this century. Mier Sure to Get Dues Receipts Headquarters again wishes to remind all Seafarers that payments of funds, for what­ ever Union purpose, be made only to authorized A&G repre­ sentatives and that an official Union receipt be gotten at that time. If no receipt is offered, be sure to protect yourself by immediately bringing the mat­ ter to the attention of the sec­ retary-treasurer's office. The 247-page volume, published at $3.50 by Vantage Press, Inc., New York, tells a story based on the authox-'s varied personal ex­ periences in the West of 1914 land ill the post-World War I period. The key figure is first a seaman and then a teacher in the brawl­ ing "wilds" of the Pacific North­ west and Alaska. Life On Ship Woven into the tale ai-e some Interesting descriptive passages about the life of seamen in the old pxe-union days. The author apparently called upon his own began in Denmai k and later moved to this country where he , sailed for a number of years on "West Coast ships. He has been a pi-incipal and superintendent of schools in Wash­ ington, Idaho and Alaska; Profes­ sor of Social Sciences in the Rand School, Hunter College, Columbia University, Baldwin-Wallace Col­ lege, and has a doctorate conferi-ed by Columbia. He is the author of "Woi-ld Workei-s' Education Move­ ments, Their Social Significance," "Sociology," a textbook, and a con­ tributor to numerous newspapei's and national magazines. THE LATEST HOOVER COMMISSION REPORT DEALING WITH trovernment transportation operations puts light on a situation which your Union and the rest of the maritime industry has recognized for some time. That is that the Military Sea Transportation Service has been competing with privately-owned shipping for years through its operation of dry cargo, tanker and passenger ships. Furthermore the Commission's findings bear out another well-known situation, that MSTS does its job at far greater cost than it could be done by private operators. This is true in face of the fact that wages and conditions on private ships are'superior all ai'ound to those on MSTS ships. Since these conditions are well-known to everybody in thp industry, in the administration and in Congressional quarters that deal with the merchant marine, there seems to be no reason why immediate action could not be taken to change matters. US shipping and seamen have enough problems to deal with without having to face unfair competi­ tion from a Government agency. , J". 4i t A COUPLE • OF DEPUTIES IN THE FRENCH NATIONAL Assembly have dramatized the problem of the runaway flags again by demanding that French ports be closed to these cut-rate, cutthroat operations. Those demands follow growing complaints' by British shipowners on this same score, so it can readily be seen that the runaways are hurting all legitimate shipping operations, even those under lower-wage foi-eign flags. Aside from the serious impact of the runaways on American sea­ men, which is well-known to every Seafarer, it appears that these out­ fits will ci'eate an international pi'oblem for the United States. As is well known, the bulk of this shipping is owned by American opei*ators who have been encouraged by their own Government to evade the international standards established by the legitimate maritime nations. The spread of the runaways can only contribute to inter­ national friction and lead to 'anti-American feeling accox-dingly. It is well-known that this country has taken the lead in promoting constantly higher international standards of manning, safety, con­ struction and shipboard-feeding on ships of all nations. At the same time we have our State depai-tment professing great concern about the well-being of foreign flag shipping under legitimate flags, even to the extent of attacking protective legislation for the American mei'chant marine. ^ IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN YOUR UNION'S POLICY TO ENCOURAGE the broadest possible participation by Seafarers in the shipboard and shoreside machinery of the Union. The recent change in the ship­ board set-up involves, among other things, the addition of new func­ tions to be fulfilled toy crewmqpnbers. On some occasions there is a tendency for crewmembers to let one or two of their number carry out- these opei-ations with the result that one man will be performing a double function. While the Seafai'er involved may be fully capable of handling these chores, it's a sounder idea to spread the responsibilities and duties around a larger mnnber of men. Broader participation by crewmembers is the fairest and most desirable state of affairs. Many clews are already following a pi-occdure of giving each ship­ board assignment to a different man. In the long run, the Union and the membership will benefit by such a procedure which promotes the idea and practice of teamwork among ships' crews. SEAFARERS GUIDE TO RETTER BUYING Renting Vs. Buying Home If you listen to the National Assn. of Real Estate Boai'ds, you will go away believing you don't have to pay much rent at all for a place to live. This association of real estate agents reports that half the dwellings in the coun­ try still rent for $42 or less. Thei'e is one big fallacy in that plausible-sounding sta­ tistic. As labor housing experts have pointed out, the average cost of rent is brought way down by substandard dwellings. There are about 15 million decaying and delapidated homes in the counti-y, and one out of every five families now lives in slums. So you can see what you get for "$42 or less." As a matter of fact, rents have been subject to more inflation in recent years than any other major living ex­ pense except medical costs. "Average" rents have gone up 20 per cent since 1950, compared to increases of nine percent in food costs, and seven pei'cent for clothing. The result is, among many families, including those of Seafarei's, the big debate of other generations—is it cheap­ er to buy or rent a house—has been the big dilemma of today: where can you either rent or buy at a tolerable cost? For many families there has been no choice in recent years—they have had to buy to get a roof over their heads. Also, there are personal pieferences involved. Some fam­ ilies prefer a house, while otheis prefer the convenience of a flat or apartment. Here is a comparison of the strictly financial advantages of renting vei-sus buying in today's housing market: Advantages of Renting: There is no risk of capital as in buying a house in today's inflated market, which requii-es at least an initial outlay of $2,000 to $4,000, when you con­ sider not only the down payment but closing fees and additional equipment required. I Hi' '• LiifertiS!.':'. —The investment lequired for a house can be made to yield an income in savings bonds or other investment. —A renting family has greater freedom if it must move or if its income or family size changes. Also, unless you , know you will stay in the same location at least a few years, renting avoids the hidden expenses of buying (clos­ ing costs, lawyer's fee, etc.) which many families who move fieq'uently have been paying over and over in recent years. —Except for coopei-ative apartments available in some cities, home ownership usually means an individual house. But unless you prefer and want a separate house, it is the costliest type of dwelling to build and maintain. Advantages of Ownership: You are partially pi-otected against excessive I'ent charges despite any possible further inflations. The cost of opei'ating your own home will rise too, but not as steeply. In some ai-eas where rents have skyrocketed as controls were removed the past two years, home ownei'ship has actually been a cost saver for some families. You lose perhaps three to six percent interest on the cash you invest, but nowadays landlords often try to make the lent you pay yield them a ten peicent return on their investment, in addition to their basiness expenses which you must pay. —If you ov(ri a home you have an oppoitunity to invest "sweat equity"—your own labor—by maintaining and im­ proving your property. —Some of your monthly payment does build up equity (your own investment in the house), even though the amount you build up is often exaggex'ated by builders and mortgage lenders. The partial fallacy is that you also "use up" a house while you are paying for it. It depre­ ciates in value. Also, in the eai-ly years of home ownership you build up very little equity. Most of your monthly pay­ ment goes to mortgage interest, arid only a small pai't Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying toward paying off the debt itself. Still, it is possible to stave off some of the depreciation by wise choice of a neighborhood that is impx'oving i-ather than deteriorating, and by cai'eful pi'operty maintenance. If you keep the house' long enough you will ultimately enjoy the benefit of high equity. . —There is a tax advantage in owning. Mortgage interest and property taxes are deductible on federal and some state income taxes. This often saves the homeowner $8 or $9 a month. -' Adding up the comparative advantages, nowadays own­ ing does Tiave a financial edge over i-enting a comparable home, largely becduse rental housing in many areas has become an exorbitant profit enterprise. The chief excep­ tion is if you do have a reasonable, stable rent in one of the few areas where controls still exist, or where lack of demand restrains rental charges. But in general, as one authority put it, you can probably have a better home for the same money owning than renting. But beware undertaking a lax-ger house and larger ex­ pense than you can afford. Realtors arid lenders tend to be over-optimistic about how much house a family can afford. They tend to say you can afford to spend one-fourth of your income for housing expense. But unless you are willing to sex-imp on food and other necessities, it is much more realistic to pjan to spend no mox-e than one-fifth of income for your entire housing expense, including mort­ gage payment, takes, heating and repairs. Buyers often tend to underestimate repair costs. They are fooled by the fact that new houses require comparatively few repairs and replacement o|^ equipment. But before many years, repaix-s aiid replacement of such expensive items aS heating-system components begin to bedevil homeowners. Real-estate ex­ perts themselves calculate repair costs at about 2^1 perleriht of fhd 'cost of a piropertyl • - �SEAFARERS Pare Five LOG See No Job Loss In Sale Of Waterman To McLean MOBILE — The SlU-contraded Waterman Steamship Company is in the process of selling all of its ships and facilities to the Malcolm P. McLean interests which recently bought the ^ven ships of Pan Atlantic Steamship Corp., Waterman's coastwise subsidiary. Properties involved in the'" multi-million dollar deal now $68 million and total liabilities at doctor ordered to give the almostdead coastwise trade a revitalizing being closed include 29 steam­ nearly $21 million. Familiar the world over as the emblem of the Waterman fleet, the "Flyinr W" symbol on the bow of the company's fleet of C-2s will disappear from the high seas once the sale to McLean is completed. Starting in 1919 with one ship, Waterman became the largest freight shining operation in the world. The company has been under SIU contract since 1938. Familiar To Vanish From Sea MOBILE—The sale of the Waterman Steamship Corp. this month foreshadows the disappearance of the familiar "Flying W" from the high seas after a 35-year career during which the company grew into the-*largest freight shipping oper­ ers for the Government at one time, all manned by men of the ation in the world. Waterman vessels have been manned by Seafarers under an SIU contract since the Union was first founded in 1938. The company had a modest be­ ginning in 1919, when the old US Shipping Board alloted the SS Eastern Sun to a newly-formed Mobile shipping company headed by the late John B. Waterman, af­ ter whom one of the ships is named. The Eastern Sun made her first trip to Livei*pool, England, via Norfolk, with coal. Reached Peak During War During World War 11, when the company reached its peak, it had its own fleet of 38 American-flag vessels and operated up to 125 oth- 'Loretta' Dies In Baltimore BALTIMORE — Seafarers and maritime labor through­ out this port mourned the passing last month of Mrs. Loretta G. Busick, 62, a long-time friend of merchant seamen and a wellknown local waterfront figure. She died 'March 25. Until recently, Loretta had op­ erated the "Seven Seas Cafe" where, in good times and bad, she always had a friendly word for the mei'chant sea­ man and an open heart when he was in trouble. Many an oldtime sailor was in her debt for money, Mrs. Busick advice, or the price of a meal. A delegation of Seafarers and Baltimore SIU port officials paid their last respects at the funeral services here, at the Poly Trinity Church. Burial followed in Rich­ mond, Va. Floral tributes were sent by the SIU branch here, from headquarters in New York, and SIU. As trade expanded during the post-World War 1 period, the op­ eration became known as the Mo­ bile-Oceanic Line, with three small vessels running between Mobile, Tampa and Miami. By 1931, it had 14 ships and its own local repair yard for handling minor repairs. Additional vessels were pur­ chased in 1936 and 1937 when the now near-defunct coastwise ship­ ping industry was the mainstay of US-flag shipping and Waterman was the principal operator in that service. In 1937, Waterman also bought the giant Chickasaw shipyards and created a subsidiary, the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., for construct­ ing cargo ships. Conversion of several "baby flat-tops" after the war for the SlU-manned Robin Line and the building of 31 of its own ships was done right here. All of its ships are C-2s. Never Regained Trade In the post-war years. Water­ man, like most other coastal opera­ tors, never recaptured the trade it lost in that field. Nevertheless, it operated over 40 ships at one time in service all over the globe, to Europe, the Caribbean and the Far East, as well as others for Govern­ ment account during the Korean War. The company moved into its own new 18-story building here in 1948, and this home office served as the center for branches in 25 US cities . and other agencies throughout the world. There are Waterman-owned docks in Puerto Rico, purchased from the Govern­ ment and doubled in capacity, a new terminal, only a year old, in Port Newark, NJ, and branches of Ryan Stevedoring, another subsi­ diary, ih many US ports where "Flying W" ships call. A huge Waterman-built and op­ erated citrus fruit tei'minal in Tampa, Fla., used chiefly by the Pan Atlantic Steamship Co., its coastwise subsidiary, was disposed of as part of a sale to the McLean Securities Corp. earlier this year, from other SIU ports on al^ coasts. ifiyqlying.peYen.slijps. ships manned by Seafarers and the Waterman repair yard here which is under contract to the Marine Al­ lied Workers, an SIU affiliate. Shortly after McLean Securities Corp. bought Pan Atlantic, the SIU signed the McLean corpora­ tion to ,a regular SIU freightship agreement. Port Agent Cal Tan­ ner, SIU representative in this port who handled the negotiations on that occasion, expressed the belief the SIU will encounter no diffi­ culty in continuing in effect its present Waterman contracts cover­ ing the freightships and the repair yard. Security of SIU jobs on the 29 ships in question and MAW work in the repair yard seems to be as­ sured, T;.nner said. He already has been conferring with McLean exe­ cutives regarding the situation. The ships which McLean pro­ posed to buy through the C. Lee Co., an Alabama corporation which is a wholiy-owned subsidiary of the McLean Securities Corp., are being operated by Waterman in the intercoastal trade and in runs to the Far East, Europe and Puerto Rico. 842 Million Deal Under terms of the McLean pur­ chase, approved by the Waterman board of directors, offers are being mailed to Waterman stockholders by the C. Lee Co. to purchase all outstanding shares of Waterman common stock at $48 a share. Thei'e are 874,548 shares of this capital stock outstanding, which would make the total purchase price $41,978,304. The sale is conditional upon 80 percent of ail outstanding capital stock being delivered to the pur­ chasers on or before April 21, 1955. Also involved in the transaction are other Waterman properties in­ cluding the 18-story Waterman Building in downtown Mobile, the Gulf Shipbuilding facilities at Chickasaw, Ala,, the Ryan Steve­ doring Co., the Grand Hotel at Point Clear, Ala., and properties in Puerto Rico. In a financial statement issued along with announcement of the purchase offer. Waterman assets were listed as slightly more than Rename SIU Friend La. AFL Head BATON ROUGE—E. H. "Lige" Williams of Shreveport, long i-ecognized as a friend of the SIU in this area, was reelected president of the Louisiana State Federation of Labor at its 43rd annual con­ vention here. Williams, who entered the labor movement gs a union barber, has served as president of the state or­ ganization for 22 of those years. Louis P. Sahuque, New Orleans, was reelected first vice president and E. J. Bourg, Baton Rouge, was reelected secretary-treasurer. Sahuque, who also has served for many years as legislative rep­ resentative of the state federation, announced at the convention that he would not accept nomination to the office after this year be­ cause of, ill J^oalth. If the McLean offer is accepted by the required number of stock­ holders, it is his intention to con­ tinue the Waterman business with headquarters at Mobile, McLean said. After purchase of the Pan Atlantic fleet and the Gulf Florida Terminal Co. of Tampa from Wa­ terman, McLean stepped down as head of the McLean Trucking Co. of Winston-Salem, NC, to take active charge of the new enter­ prises. He also moved his residence from Winston-Salem to Mobile. McLean purchased Pan Atlantic as the first step in his plan to op­ erate a coastwise trailer-ship serv­ ice. He plans construction of at least four specially designed ves­ sels capable of carrying 286 35foot loaded trailers on a "roll-onroll off" service. Maritime observers felt that Mc­ Lean's purchase of the Waterman coastwise ships was just what the shot in the arm. Acquisition of the additional Waterman properties would permit him to extend his op­ erations to the intercoastal trade. The readiness with which Mc­ Lean signed an agreement with the SIU covering Pan Atlantic encour­ aged the belief that Seafarers will man the new specially-designed trailer-ships when they are com-" pleted under plans which report­ edly involve the outlay of $43 5 million for construction. These ships would supplement rather than replace present Pan Atlantic operations. In furtherance of McLean's coastwise plans. Pan Atlantic sus­ pended its operations to Mobile and Boston on April 1. Company officials said the sus­ pension was temporary and WHS "part of a program of preparation for a long-range coastwise pro­ gram." PORTLAND, Me. — A vet­ Unable to sail any longer eran Seafarer who first joined because of a muscle disorder the Union in 1940, Earl Spear that has weakened his right had to call it quits because of a bad heart and a bronchial condi­ tion first contracted dur­ ing three years of imprisonment by the Japanese in World War II. However, Spear credits the secu­ rity of the SIU disability benefit, which he's been receiving since March, 19.53, and the freedom from worry that it brings, with actually improving his health. It's been a good prescription for him; he's tanned and healthy - looking today. Since he is only 56 years of age, he is not yet eli­ gible for Social Security benefits, and the SIU dis­ Spear ability money is bread and butter for him. He does get a small payment from the Gov­ ernment which is given to exPOWs, but it's far from enough. At present. Spear lives in a small cottage on Highland Lake, 15 miles from here in the heart of the piney Maine woods. With a television set, a fishing rod, a veg­ etable garden and occasional visits from friends, he finds his days pass pleasantly. Anytime he wearies of the solitary life, there are his mother and sister and old fi'iends to see in Portland, as well as a lit­ tle shopping to do. Spear started going to sea in 1912 at the age of 14. His first trip out was as a messboy on a coastwise collier at $10 a month for 16 hours a day. But he liked sailing and stayed with it. Dur­ ing the 1920s, he recalled, he earned as much as $120 a month as a combination cook and steward. While in Manila shortly after World War 11 broke out he was jailed by the Japanese and im­ prisoned for three years until fi­ nally, on February 23, 1945, the US 11th Airborne Division freed the American prisoners. When he was released his weight was down to 129 pounds and he was badly in need of medical care. leg permanently. Seafarer Burton Frazer, at 61, at least has the comfoi't of knowing that he's got $25 weekly in SIU disability benefits coming in regularly to help him out. The transition from a long, ac­ tive life of sailing on all kinds of ships to the present calm has been a painful one, but Frazer manages to keep busy .ind is .nlwnys "in touch" with things. He's almost a daily visitor to Union headquar­ ters in Brooklyn and attends most SIU meetings in the port like a ritual. He lives in Manhattan. Leg Buckled,^ On the disability list since Janu­ ary, 1954, he wound up his last trip just two years ago on the Seatrain Louisiana. It all happened, quickly. He turned in one night after watch feeling fine and the next day couldn't get as far as the door of his foc'sle without the leg buckling. Hospital treatment later failed to bring it around. He then applied for, and received, the SIU disability benefit. Single now, although he was married once many years ago, Frazer started his sailing cai'e.r at the age of 14, shipping out of Portland, Me. in the summertime, and later turned to the sea as a livelihood. He passed from sailing ships to colliers, then to tankers and fi­ nally to dry cargo ships. At this point, in World War I, he was Frazer earning up to $90 monthly as a fireman. Eventually, he joined the SIU in 1938, after a stint in the old ISU. He sailed continuously be­ fore and since then in the engine department. "The sea is a good place for a boy to begin in," he points out, "but it's best, these days, to fin­ ish some schooling first. Today's wages and conditions won by the SIU make sailing a highly desirable,.^rDfe5sion.*', j. ':ii �J,...,.w. SEAFAItERS race Six hf. i|L I.!!; • S';"£; .i' :j;^ '-* 1'^ I f > • LOG April IS. 19SS CS Orders Louisiana Labor Backs 3rd Super Sill's Hospital Fight T ankship PLAN NEW BIG FOUR TALKS—Efforts are afoot to set up a new series of talks leading up to a meeting of President Eisenhower with the leaders of France, Great Britain and the Soviet Union. The efforts follow ratification of German rearmament and would be aimed at a general solution of world problems in Austria, Germany and the Far East. 4" 4* iji AUTO INDUSTRY RUNS WILD—A tremendous boom in automobile production and salea has taken place in the first three months of the year with manufacturers putting out over 2,100,000 passenger cars alone in that period. Production is 37 percent ahead of last year's rate, .with the total number of passenger cars turned out last year be­ ing 5V& million. BATON ROUGE, La.—The SIU's fight for continuing the appropriation for USPHS ho.spitals was supported by the Louisiana State Federation of Labor in a strongly worded resolution adopted at the or--*ganization's 43rd annual con­ thrown ui)on the already over-bur­ dened and over-crowded facilities vention here. WASHINGTON — The SlU-contracted Cities Service Oil Company formally completed an agreement with the Maritime Administration this week for trading in two more The resolution urged the US T-2s against the building of a third Senate to approve the hospital ap­ 80,000-deadweight-ton supertanker. propriation already okayed by the Five other T-2s were involved in US House of Representatives and the contract reached last Novem­ sent to the Senate Appropriations ber for the first two ships. Committee for consideratipn. The Construction on the first two, at House recognized "the need for an estimated cost of $8 million these hospitals and public health •ach, is already underway at the services" despite the "adverse re­ Bethlehem Steel Company's Spar­ port" of the Hoover Commision on row Point Yard in Baltimore, and Government Reorganization, the they are expected to be ready early resolution pointed out. next year. The third supertanker "American merchant seamen will also be built by Bethlehem. perform a vital and fundamental role in our national defense and New Design The ships are completely new in in the development of our state design and will be able to carry and national economy," the resolu­ 18 different grades of petroleum tion declared. "Adoption of the products at one time. The 650-foot Hoover Commission's proposals vessels will have a speed of 17 , . . would-work severe hardship ^ knots and carry a 48-man crew in on merchant seamen and adversely * US-flag service between Lake affect the economic* structure of Charles, La., and East Coast stor­ the American shipping industry. "This program of service to mer­ age terminals. Individual rooms for each crewmember plus special chant seamen has been functioning recreation rooms are part of the for 157 years, and long has been recognized as essential for the design. The traded-in tankers will go in­ care of injui'ed seamen. "Closing of the USPHS hospi­ to the Government-reserve fleet under the program designed to tals would result in thousands of se'amen and other patients being modernize US tankers. French Deputies Urge Actiou Ou 'Ruuaways' PARIS — Striking a blow on behalf of French shipowners and indirectly for the flag-operators of other recognized mari­ time countries, two French deputies are campaigning in the National Assembly for a law-*" barring entry to ports in enable the shipowners to escape France and her dependencies the wages, safety regulations and of any ship sailing under the "Panhonlib" fiag. "Panhonlib" is a designation given to ali ships sailing under the "runaway" fiags of Panama, Honduras and Liberia. In the US, 69 former Americanflag Liberty-type vessels have been allowed to transfer to operations under these flags, against the protest of the SIU and other mari­ time unions. The "runaway" flags other standards that exist in reg­ ular maritime nations. In urging their measure on the National Assembly, the deputies pointed out that the ships under "Panhonlib" flag were owned by companies "which try to elude responsibilities affecting all other merchant marines, and consequent­ ly are' competing di.shonestly with otiier companies respectful of the laws of their countries." of other public and private hos­ pitals." The resolution went on to point out how the hospitals, have "con­ tributed immeasurably to the gen­ 4 eral public good" by pioneering OBITUARIES IN THE NEWS—Two nationally-prominent publishers many medical developments and died recently, Colopel Robert R. McCormick of the Chicago "Tribune" "training thousands of* critically .and Joseph Pulitzer, of the St. Louis "Post Dispatch." Colonel McCor­ needed doctors and nurses." mick gained fame as spokesman for the right wing of thb Republican The resolution, which directed Party. Other prominent personages who passed away were Walter that copies be sent to US Senators White, energetic head of the National'Association for the Advancement Russell B. Long and Allen J. El- •of Colored People, and John W. Davis, famed constitutional lawyer lender of Louisiana, was intro­ and unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1924. Davis and White duced at the convention by the dueled last year in th^ US Supreme Court over the school segregation New ' Orleans SIU delegation issue. headed by Lindsey Williams, New Orleans port agent. EARTHQUAKES ROCK SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES—Over 300 per­ Adopted Unanimously sons were reported killed and untold damage done when a series of The convention suspended its regular order of business on sharp earth shocks wrecked a number of villages on the island of Min­ Wednesday afternoon to adopt the danao. Philippine relief agencies and the US,Air Force both took a resolution unanimously so that hand in ferrying supplies and rnedical aid to the stricken area. 4 4 4 action on it could be reported to the SIU regular membership meet­ WAR CLOUDS OVER QUEMOY, MATSU—Two tiny islands just off ing in New Orleans Wednesday the China coast, Quemoy and Matsu, were the center of international night. attention this week. The islands are held by Chinese Nationalists and The stand of the Louisiana Fed­ reports were rife that the Chinese Communists would attack them. eration was hailed by Seafarers in This raised the question of US involvement in the fighting and its pos­ New Orleans as strengthening the sible spread into a major war. US allies have already stated they hand of the SIU and others in would not fight over these islands although they do agree on defense maritime industry in the fight to of Formosa. preserve the USPHS hospital 4 4 4 program. CHURCHILL RESIGNS—Winston Churchill's lengthy tenure as The Hoover Commission report Prime Minister and Government official in Britain came to an end last recommending the closing of all week when he offered his resignation clearing the way for new elections but four specialized USPHS hos­ in Great Britain. Churchill has been succeeded by Anthony Eden as pitals closely paralleled the pro­ prime minister until the elections take place. The 80-year old leader, posal advanced last year by Mrs. v/ho ranks as one of the most famous men of all times, may continue Oveta Gulp Hobby, Secretary of in an active role as a member of the House of Commons. The elections Health, Education and Welfare, are expected to be held in May. and former Budget' Director Jo­ 4 4. 4 seph P. Dodge. This proposal was RED CHINA SHAKEN BY PURGES—The first major shake-up in voted down after it aroused a storm of protest from Seafarers and CommunRt ranks since they took over China has taken place. Two others in the maritime industry. major party leaders have been accused of conspiracy and seeking to While the action of the Louisi­ overthrow the leadership of the Red Chinese government. One of the ana Federation and others sup­ accused men reportedly committed suicide. The shake-up may, in part, porting the SIU fight was encour­ be connected with internal economic difficulties. The event follows aging to SIU officials at headquar­ the recent major shake-up in Soviet Russia itself. 4 4 4 ters, Seafarers were urged not to relax their efforts in contacting POLIO VACCINE A SUCCESS—Results of last year's nationwide their Senators and Congressmen tests on polio vaccine have been announced with the vaccine reported about the necessity of keeping the a success. Approximately 440,000 children were inoculated last year hospitals open. Washington offi­ and only 113 came down with the disease, with no deaths. There were cials must be kept aware of the 750 cases and 15 deaths among 1,400,000 children who did not get the need for the hospitals until final vaccine. Authorities report that the vaccine is at least 80 per­ approval is won for the $34 million cent effective, possibly more, and preparations are underway for mass appropriation voted by the House. vaccinations of all school children this spring and summer. Cartoon History Of The SIU In January, 1951, with the Korean war still on, US maritime unions faced a- new attack on the hiring hall. The shipowners, claiming a shortage of experi•nced seamen, asked that manpower pools be set up by the-US similar to those established in World ^^ar JI. Se* uflione rfadied-Jbr .f . SMU Vt'livefs 3ifinpower The SIU immediately answered the shipowner threat by creating its own reserve of skilled seamen. Manpower committees were set up in all SIU halls to contact Seafarers over draft age who had left the industry, urging them to return. No source of experienced manpower, was left untapped, - ; iI No. 87 The response proved again that the Union could supply the operators with all the men they needed right out of its own hiring halls. No ships were delayed because of crew shortages and vital cargoes continued moving. SIU companies-hailed the Union effort as»,j'?a: remachaWe^ jobsl^'iv '•-i' • y ' i •• �April 15, 1955 SEAFARERS LOG Pagre Seven T-'.'is'" Report Rakes MSTS Competition from WASHiNCTOw )|yjti| Privately-Operated Shipping SlU NEWSLETTER Rulei are finally beinp aet up relatinr to claims by seamen and officers of ships owned toy the Government and operated under agency agreements. Section 1 (a) of Public Law 17, 78th Congress, provides that officers and members of crews of vessels operating now or in the past under . agency arrangements with the Government would have the right to make claims as follows: death, injuries, illness, maintenance and cure loss of effects, detention, or repati'iatlon, collection of wages and bon­ uses and making of allotments. All claims must be submitted for administrative consideration prior to institution of court action thereon. Claims based upon any insurance policy issued by the Maritime Administration (except claims for loss of or damage to personal ef­ fects if the seaman is alive, bonuses, detention and repatriation bene­ fits) must be filed with the Chief, Division of Insurance, Maritime Ad­ ministration, Department of Commerce, in this city. All other claims should be filed with the general agent of the vessel with respect to which such claim arose, or with the Director, Office of Natiortal Shipping Authority of the Maritime Administration, this city. The Government promises to give prompt notice in writing of the allowance or disallowance of each claim, toy mail to the last known ad­ dress of, or by personal delivery to, the claimant or his legal repre­ sentative. In the case of administrative disallowance, in whole or in part, such notice shall contain a brief statement of the reason for such disallowance. The above rules become effective as of the middle of April, 1955. 4> !• WASHINGTON — The open secret of the maritime industry, that the Military Sea Transportation Service is competing directly with privately-owned merchant ships, was strongly assailed in the latest Hoover Commission's report, this one dealing with Gov­ ernment transportation serv-|' ices. The report bluntly states though in the words of the Com­ mission 85 percent of MSTS cargo that much of the dry cargo, is "merchandise which is very sim­ tanker and passenger traffic of MSTS could be carried on private­ ly-operated ships at a great saving to the taxpayers. At the same time, a change in operations would be of great benefit to the US merchant marine. The Commission's conclusions repeat what has been maintained for some time by the SIU, other maritime unions and every ship­ owner group in the industry. It has been pointed out time and again that MSTS ships in the so-called nucleus fleet were in direct and open competition with private in­ dustry. Excessive Costs Private ship operators have also maintained that they could carry cargo and passengers far more economically than MSTS does be­ cause of the excessive manning scales on MSTS vessels. The report estimates that total Government transportation costs run as high as $3 billion a year. Typical of the way MSTS has grown all out of proportion is the fact that it operates over 220 cargo ships now compared to the 160 it had in 1950 and the 140 it began with in 1947. While MSTS has been growing the privately-owned fleet has been shrinking, even ilar . to commercial commodities and could be carried on commer­ cial ships." Could Carry All Private merchant ships, the Commission found, have 50 percent more unused outbound space avail­ able than would be required to handle every ton of outgoing cargo carried by the MSTS nucleus fleet. In other words existing private ships could carry as much outgo­ ing cargo as MSTS now handles and still have space left for half as much again. The same situation prevails with regard to passenger services. The entire privately-owned passenger fleet consi.sts of 40 ships which carried 466,000 passengers last year. MSTS runs 60 ships, 35 of vdiich carry civilians. In 1954 it carried 200,000 civilian passengers, enough, apparently, to keep about 15 good-sized ^private passenger ships in operation. Actually, the American-owned passenger fleet declined from 49 to 40 in the years between 1952 and 1954 while MSTS was carrying large numbers of civilians. The committee declares that more private passenger ships, tank­ ers, intercoastal ships and dry car­ go ships could be utilized by the Government and recommends that the MSTS nucleus fleet should be reduced considerably. "There cannot be two American merchant marines," it concludes, "one military and one civilian, op­ erating independently and at times in coippetition with each other. Cooperation from the Secretaries of Defense and Commerce, assisted by American ship operators and the Congress, is needed to end this situation." The Government has put the finishing touches on plans for a family of new merchant vessels—ships that will become the next generation of America's merchant shipping. These ships tentatively are being re­ ferred to by such types as the Island, the Freedom, the Clipper, the Seafarer, the Pipeline, the Bulk and the Turnpike. Right now, for example, the Government is seeking appropriations of $23.5 million for construction of two prototype ships of a type de­ signed to carry military materiel in event of "war. Thei^e two ships would not be for sale. Another $23,450,000 appropriation request probably will be approved •toy Congress to cover construction of five dry cargo ships (of the ex­ perimental type mentioned above). Sale of these ships to industry has been discussed behind closed doors but no decision reached as of this" time. In the coastwise trade there will be rapid growth of special purpos-2 ships. In the cargo handling phase, there will be considerable improve­ ment in ship-to-shore cargo handling facilities with special emphasis in speeding special types of cargo. The future will ^pd ships becoming much more specialized. For example, there will be an increase in the construction of large bulk carriers to take care of the needs of Ameri­ can industry for the import of evei'-increasing quantities of ores. Some of {he new-type ships will soon be offered to fiidustry for com- ' Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors meht and for suggestion as to integration into their present fleets. have the final say on whether If the Maritime Administration gets the money it requested, the or not a man is fit for duty. If agency will start on the construction program toy expanding its tradethere is any question about in-and-biiiid offer. It is now applicable only to tanker construction but your fitness to sail, check with wdll be extended to the dry cargo ship field. the nearest USPHS hospital or In the preparation of design work for the next generation of ships, out-patient clinic for a ruling. as outlined above, the Government has been guided by the following considerations: 1. That the deadweight size of the cargo ships now in operation is adequate for the replacement program. 2. That cargo carriers which will be forming the US merchant ma­ rine of the next 20 years must be faster than the corresponding units now in operation. 3. That, in general, a trend toward higher stowage factor is evident and therefore that the new units must have a higher cubic footage con­ tent than in corresponding types now in operation. Going ashore in port in Southeast Asia has 4. An all-out effort must be made at this time to design cargo ships ports, and not the least of them is the harassment which embody the best possible cargo handling features. VSPHS Has Last Say On Duty Slip Ala, Cuts Fishermen Gas Taxes MOBILE—The Alabama Legisla­ ture has provided for a refund of six cents of the seven-cents-a-gallon state gasoline tax on all gaso­ line purchased by commercial fishermen for use in their boats. This means Alabama commercial fishermen must henceforth pay only one cent a gallon state lax on gasoline instead of the seven cents they have been paying for years. The tax-relief bill long has been a major item in the legislative pro­ gram of the Mobile Bay Seafood Union. Full credit for success in securing enactment of the legisla­ tion was given to the Mobile Coun­ ty legislative delegation by Urban Bosarge, head of the SlU-affiliated fishermen's organization. Much-Needed Relief "We have been fighting for thi* greatly needed relief for a long time," Bosarge said. "We would not have succeeded this'session if it had not been for the vigorous fight put up in our b^ehalf by Stale Senator Garet Van Antwerp and State Representatives Otto E. Si­ mon, Thomas Murphy and John M. Tyson." More than 200 gasoline-propelled fishing boats based along the Ala­ bama Coast will be affected by the measure which "will save many fishermen from disaster," he added. The tax relief comes at a time when "the going is rough, economically speaking," for fisher­ men, Bosarge said. ' Drug Traps/ Strict Customs Plague Seafarers In Far East its hazards. Seafarer Luis Ramirez re­ of seamen by local customs officials. Just tit off the Steel Navigator (Isthmian) on a round-the-world trip, Ramirez found that customs The privately-owned US-flag fleet on April 1 totaled 1,117 vessels regulations in several coun-"*" of 14,089,628 deadweight tons. This total was divided into 719 dry the ship. "Not only did I have to pieces that are sold in many of cargo and passenger vessels of 7,531,386 deadweight tons and 398 tank­ tries are getting stricter all pay the export duty, but I think these places as solid ones, but af­ ers of 6,558,242 deadweight tons. the time, particularly in such they considered it a very serious ter being broken they can produce The fleet on April 1 was two vessels and 10,500 tons below the March places as Indonesia, Ceylon and 1 size, this reduction resulting from the removal of one over-age pas­ senger vessel, a Liberty type dry cargo ship and 2 tankers by transfer Thailand. Adding to the difficulty is the or sale foreign. This takes into account additions during the period. fact that the US offers cash re­ t t. t President Eisenhower is asking Congress to okay , an appropriation wards for informers who turn men of $161i million to pay for detention benefits of internees and prisoners over for violation of US customs regulations. Since the US awards of war of World War II. Under Public Law 744 of the last Congress, merchant seamen are are scaled to US income levels, entitled to such benefits if they were captured or interifed by Germany they often represent a fortune to or Japan for any period of time after December 7, 1941. Under the law impoverished Asiatics who are en­ couraged to plant narcotics and these benefits would amount to $60 a month. other valuables on unwitting Seamen entitled to benefits (if they have not already collected under the original 1948 benefits legislation) are those who were employed on Americans and then turn them in. Underpaid Guards any US-fiag ship or on a vessel of any government friendly to the US Ramu-ez quotes one Singhalese during World War II, and who was a citizen of this country on and policemen telling him in Colombo after December 7, 1941. ' Applications for the above benefits must be filed with the Foreign that "you can take a treasure ashore and they (the pustoms) do Claims Settlement Commission in this City before August 30, 1955. not even care so much to check. iJi> 4» 4< ~ ' Coming back to the ship, they try Once again secret negotiations are under way to have American their best because it is the US shipping lines represented by one organization. The three major, and Customs rewards they are after, separate, organizations now are the American Merchant Marine In­ not what they can get from our stitute, the Association of American Ship Operators, and the Pacific own country. No matter what and Maritime Association. how we work, we always stay un­ Talks are under way to have AMMI absorb PMA, as a beginner. derpaid." It was in Colombo, Ramirez said, he got a working over from customs'because hto was carrying a pound of Ceylonese tea back to - offense because they nearly gave me the works." Checks were also extremely strict in Indonesia where two items of the same kind are not allowed out of the country. More serious, as far as seamen are concerned, is the racket whereby narcotics are stuffed in the insides of souvenh's. In some ports souvenir-sellers specialize iq. peddling stuffed fish, birds or ani­ mals to seamen and tourists. Oc­ casionally though, valuable nar­ cotics are secreted in the insides. Notify Washington The drugs themselves are worth little or nothing in the Asiatic country, being a common and eas­ ily-obtainable item. But the re­ wards from Uncle Sam are another story. After the seaman buys the 'item and goes aboard' ship, US Customs in Washington is notified and the reward collected on the basis of the US market value of the drug. "It will pay you to check any­ thing you buy," he warns, "and make sure that no Insides go ut^ checked. There are many wooden a lot of surprises." The policy of the SIU has always been to take strong action against anyone In the Union ranks who Is found to use or traffic in dope, a policy fully endorsed by the mem­ bership on numerous occastions. Seafarers are urged to be vigilant against any attempts by outsiders to use them as pawns in their traf­ fic, for not only will the individual be penalized, but the entire Union and the membership may suffer harmful effects. Turning to more pleasant sub­ jects, Ramirez reports that almost everywhere he went he found the S^IAFARERS LOG available and being read by people "who actual­ ly do not even know how a ship looks inside." During one stop in a Malayan port on the edge of a jungle to pick up rubber "a Malayan fisher­ man who doubles as a souvenir salesman sold me a souvenir wrapped in a copy of the LOG." All (if vf-hiiih pifbvey that" the LOG really gets around. -.t- �SEAFARERS Paee Eight LOC April 15. igsc MEET THE SEAFARER The chief engineer of the Brazilian freighter Santa Maria has de nied sinking his ship in a plot to collect over $1 million in insurance. He is accused of opening the seacocks while the ship was at sea, send­ ing to the bottom a cargo of scrap iron falsely declared to be machin­ ery. . .The Maritime Administration has asked bids for 1.he purchase of three sunken ships for scrap. They are the tankers Munger T. Ball and Joseph M. Cudahy and the cargo vessel Baja California. ROY JOHNSON, AB Fresh out of Uncle Sam's khaki Somehow, through that my8« and eager to sail again is Seafarer terious system of selection em­ Roy Johnson of New York City. ployed by the Army, it was decided Question: What team do you Johnson just completed his two that Johnson's seagoing experience pick as baseball champs in '55? year hitch last March 1 and is now qualified him as a policeman. He 3« 4" 4" getting accustomed to wearing civ­ was put in an MP detachment and Back to France, but temporarily. The SS America has carried • William V. Giick, AB: My pick vies while he looks for a fast run sent to Korea where he spent a cargo of $6,500,000 worth of French 19th Century paintings to Paris for this year is the Kansas City down to the islands. year enforcing military law at an for an exhibition. The paintings are owned by American museums and Athletics. I'll Johnson, who won't reach his Army post in the hills. are on loan. . .Governor Harriman of New York has signed into law Subsequently, the Army sent back the under­ 26th birthday until this coming a provision increasing pilotage fees at the Port of New York from dog in everything summer, doesn't look the picture of him back to the States and set him $5.50 to $6.25 a draft foot for all ships. It is the first increase in three and I'm no dif­ an old salt. Still he rates as a veteran down on Governor's Island, right years and the third since 1884. Pilots will get a 10 percent wage ferent when it seaman with eight years' sailing in the middle of New York harbor increase, comes to base­ under his belt. That's because he where he could watch all the SIU ball. I like the got an early start in the trade. He ships go by while he counted the 4" 4" 4" team's sense of was only 16 when he caught his days to his release. ThQ South African cargo ship Constantia limped into Halifax recently fair play and first ship. It was a tanker belong­ On Cruise Ship minus her foremast. The ship was enroute from England to Baltimore sportsman ship, ing to an unorganized company, when she ran into a storm. The mast fell overboard on the port side, Before going into service, John­ and that always land Johnson worked steadily for smashing the port boom as it went. . .Moran Towing and Transporta­ son was a crewmember on the Bull tion Corp. has purchased the Dauntless Towing Line. The fleet con­ helps a team that needs a push to them "for the next two years, sail­ Line cruise ship Puerto Rico, which ing as ordinary seaman. sists of four Diesel tugs and two coastwise tugs . . . Longshoremen at wind up on top. ran between New York and San 4i 4> 4> three Irish sea ports have returned to work after a three-day stoppage In SIU In '47 Juan. "I was on her 22 months," involving over 20,000 men. The strike was of a jurisdictional nature Joe Brown, cook: New York In 1947, Johnson got his break, he recalled, "and she was a good . . .A leading British shipper has warned that the "pseudo shipping Giants. They are under good as far as he was concerned, wlien ship. It's too bad that the com­ countries"—Panama, Honduras and Liberia—are a real threat to legiti­ management and he got into the SIU by sailing on pany couldn't make a go of her oil mate maritime nations. He pointed out that these countries now have they already have organizational status. Since then, a passenger ship run." more tonnage than all powers other than the United Kingdom and have a winning team he has been sticking close to the Although the Puerto Rico is now from last year. a lower average age. Seafarers, with the exception of defunct and flying a runaway flag, You can never his two years' service in the Armed Johnson prefers to ride either Bull 4" 4" 4' underrate the Forces. Line or Alcoa boats to the islandi The Socony-Vacuum Oil Company will soon charter the Onassis value of proper In the course of time Johnson if he can. Like many Seafarers, tanker Al Malik Saud and Al-Awal. The 46,550-ton ship, world's larg­ management. If picked up an AB ticket. Then came he favors this short offshore run est tanker, has lain idle since being completed by her German build­ you follow the the Korean war and a steady up­ over any other, offering as it does, ers. . .The Port of New York Contracting Watching Association is giv­ game, you'll al­ surge in shipping, which caught the the advantage of frequent return ing a ten-week training course to 600 watchmen, gatemen and security ways see that In officers. Course is on basic port security and will have lecturers from the tight spots good strategy can industry short of experienced men. to the home port, particularly for Thousands of seamen, discouraged a married man. the Coast Guard, Customs Service and other Governmental agencies pull the team through to a win. by the 1949 post-war slump in the Living ashore as he does in New . . .The last of 18 tankers built by German shipyards for Aristotle merchant marine and the lack of York, shipping out on the Puerto it 41 Onassis was launched in Bremen early this month. She is the 21,850Hugh Dryden, oiler: My girl jobs, had given up the sea. By Rican and nearby foreign runs ton Olympic Sky. . .Several hundred tons of high-octane gasoline ex­ friend and family are Yankee fans, 1952 when shipping hit its peak, gives him more time at home than ploded in a coastal tanker in Brighton, England, caAy this month. and I can't buck the Government was crying for any other. The blast destroyed the vessel, but left the captain's canar^^ unscathed. the whole family. ship's officers and experienced rat­ As far as that license is con­ 4" 4" 4" I say the Yanks ings, beating the bu§Jies to flush cerned, Johnson hasn't given up out men. Johnson decided it was will win it this The Italian freighter Valentina Bibolini came off second best in a the idea. He intends to get some year. The girl as good a time as any to get a more shipping under his belt as a collision with the British tanker Alva Star near Southampton. The iicense so he headed to Sheepshead friend is the one Italian ship was left high and dry on a mudbank. . .The Queen Eliz­ sort of refresher course and then who always gets Bay and took a cou^e in prepara­ will sit for his license examination. abeth arrived in New York last week after completing her first Atlantic tion for a third mate's ticket. the tickets, so crossing using her new stablizers. The ship's master reported that the However, circumstances in the But even if he gets the ticket, he you can see the ship was running at 30 knots and kept steady through a "real north­ form of Uncle Sam's Army in­ plans to continue shipping with spot I'm in. But easter for 12 hours with the wind occasionally reaching 47 and 50 the SIU. "The way things shape the team seems terfered with his ambitions. miles per hour." up now", he concluded, "a mate's Ordered To Ship to have the stuff to make it this license isn't worth anything be­ t 4' 4' season. "I had finished the course," he cause shipping is so tough for of­ The Sft Lawrence River season officially got under way on April 1 said, "and 1 was getting ready to ficers. A seaman can do better 4 4 4" with the arrival of the British vessel Manchester Spinner. None of the sit for my license examination for himself by shipping as an un­ Al Williams, cook: It's the Brook­ channel buoys has been put In place yet because of the heavy Ice con­ when my draft board instructed licensed man with the SIU, be­ ditions, which kept the ship from proceeding on to Montreal. First lyn Dodgers for sure, and for a me to go back to sea. I shipped cause then at least, he has the op­ simple reason. ship to open the port of Montreal wins a gold-headed cane. The Man­ out and the next thing I knew they portunity to work pretty reg­ They're a damned chester Spinner won the prize last year. drafted me anyway." ularly." good team and there's no one around that can top them. Their consistently good playing for the ACROSS 48. Period of time 8. Town on Cape 25. Wipe out A $5 a month dues increase ha< $175 million plant in a dispute Spoil 27. Cod Admiral past few years I. Group to which has been voted by the convention over the daily output expected What most 30. European Domingo 9. the SIU belongs shows that for ships are falcon 4. A symbol to of the United Automobile Work­ from the men. 10. New Years — •31. Crushed engaged In real, honest tc) ^ Seafarers of ers (CIO). The increase will go to­ Bl. Ground 11. Members of a 33. Frequent color 4 4 4 idleness goodness baseball they're the beneficial moisture of the sea 5. The opposite wards building up a $25 million The power of state courts to is­ group team. 34. Came to earth of 4 Across DOWN strike fund in the event the union sue Injunctions in Taft-Hartley 16. Belaying 36. Water animal 12. Seaport in 4 4 4 Cry of triumph 18. The nurse 37. Noted pioneer has to strike a major automobile cases has been upheld by the Su­ Indochina shark 39. Reared Part of a John Troester, FWT: I'd say the manufacturer this spring. Negotia­ preme Court by a 5-3 vote. The 13. Pass from one Dresses 20. 40. Our Uncle giant's shout to another Dodgers are the team to beat this tions on the UAW's demand for a ruling was denounced by Justices How cotton is 41. Oriental title 6 nautical miles 14. Actress shipped 42. Boys' organiza­ equals 2 — year. With any guaranteed annual wage are ex­ Douglas, Black and Chief Justice Gardner 22. Large body of tion Mark with 15. Port in kind of luck and pected to produce some sharp bar­ Warren as opening the door for water 43. Before hot iron Honduras 3.3. Come to a stop 44. Not Certain fish no major injuries gaining and possibly a strike. 17. Girl's name anti-union campaigns. It allotvs 24. What some experienced Mobile. 19. A kind of to the players, ships are not 47. Senior: Abbr. employers to by-pass the National Symbol for liquor: PI. 4 4 4 calcium they should come 20. Annoying (Puzzle Answers On Page 17) Labor Relations Board and get Southern Bell Telephone is Insect through the sea­ locked in a strike struggle with state court Injunctions against or­ 21. Get your 1 2 son on top all the Communications Workers of ganizational picketing. volume of the Log the way. All- they America (CIO) in nine southern 12 4 4 4 S3. An ore ship need is a couple states. The strike has been on for 26. Good things A seniority dispute caused the to hold of breaks and no four weeks so far with so signs of closing of two New Jersey West15 27. Little grooves one can keep a settlement apparent. 28. Arrive: Abbr. inghouse lamp- plants last week. 29. Man's nick­ them from the championship. Three thousand members of the 4 4 4 name 4 4 4 30. Strikes with New regulations to safeguard International Union of Electrical a knife Charles Hartman, steward: The workers against the harmful ef­ Workers (CIO) walked out after 15 81. Kind of resort Yankees have got it made now fects of atomic radiation are being men were furloughed from one town 32. Each: Abbr. that Turley has put into effect by the New York plant for refusing to work over­ 33. The Galloping come up from State Labor Department. The reg­ time. The settlement provides that of Moraga 34. Friends, in Baltimore. They ulations take into account the workers with seniority can select France needed a little growing use of atomic by-products their shifts in certain circum­ 33. New sub­ marine device • push in the in industry as well as other radio­ stances. 37. Part of a pitching depart­ active materials. propeller 4 4 4 38. Chinese money ment and he San Jose, Costa Rica, is the site 4 4 4 39. Wood, in should certainly An electric generating plant con­ of the 3rd annual conference of France 40 41 40. Greek god with be the man to struction job by the Atomic En­ the Inter-American Regional Or­ a horse's ears provide it. I ergy Commission is humming on ganization of Labor, now in prog­ 45 42. Any SIU don't think New member all cylinders after 414 AEL pipe­ ress. Delegations from the US, 49' • York will have any trouble mak­ fitters retUbWed td their JobS. Work' Canada *An6. Latfn-AiifdHfcifl' labbf' ing the grade' thik'^year. wds tied up for five days at the organizations are in alt'&dahVd':'' '1 ' V . �April 1S« 1955 SEAFARERS SEAFARERS «L06 Published biweekly by th* Seafarers international Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel HYaciulh 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. LEHER PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer of the Vol. XVII, N». • April IB, 1955 Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAT DEHISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; VPhoto Editor, DANIEL NXLVA; Staff Writer*, HERMAN ARXBUR. IRWIN SPIVACK; Gulf Area Reporter, BiU MOODT. 1*0 T*g» Nine LOG WEEK Final Victory At long last US seagoing unions, after a bitter 20-year struggle, have been cleansed of Communist influence. The victory of the SIU Pacific District in the three-department vote has driven the Communists out of their last stronghold in maritime—the steward departments on West Coast ships. The US has been so strongly anti-Communist in the last few years that most people take it for granted the Com­ munists are on the run. They tend to forget the very real tlireat the Communists posed in some sections of industry, particularly in maritimie. If anybody thinks that defeating Communists is a soft touch, they should look at the record. It took flve years, for example, to free the West Coast cooks and stewards from Communist control, and they are only one small segment of the industry. The Communist strength in maritime came originally from the fact that seamen used to be among the most ill-treated and exploited of any American worker. By 1946 the Com­ munists on the waterfront had grown to menacing propor­ tions. They had fed well on the wartime honeymoon at­ mosphere and seized control of the apparatus of one union after another while the seamen were busy manning the ships. In fact, in the immediate postwar period the SIU of North America stood virtually alone against rising Communist strength. The NMU was under their thumb, as was the National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards, the Canadian Seamen's Union, the American Radio Association, and im­ portant sections of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Asso­ ciation. Communist forces were 'also making a determined bid to capture the Marine Firemen's Union and made such serious inroads on the Masters, Mates and Pilots that they barely missed taking that organization into their camp. Were it not for the SIU A&G District on this coast and the Sailors Union out west it's likely the Communists would have swept all of maritime into their* net. Now the situation has been completely reversed. In both Canada and the US the Communists remain a threat in mari­ time, but they are on the outside looking in. The fact that they ace is a fitting tribute to the rank and file membership of all SIU affiliates who carried the brunt of the battle. J" 4" Training Program A long-standing SIU objective will be realized next month when the Andrew Furuseth Training School starts func­ tioning in Mobile Bay. The idea of a joint Union and ship­ owner training school has been an attractive one for many years. Now the idea has arrived since Seafarers, in coopera­ tion with SlU-contracted operators, will be running the show^ What it means for the average Seafarer is that he can upgrade himself for any shipboard rating for which he is qualified in terms of seatime and other minimiun require­ ments imposed by the Cpast Guard. The training will be free of charge since its cost will be met by the SIU Welfare Plan. A point, too, which Seafarers can pride themselves on is that the SIU in going ahead shows confidence in the industry. —a quality sor,ely lacking among shipowners and Govern­ ment today. The SIU has always prided itself on the fact that men sail­ ing under its banner were the best in the American mer­ chant marine. The FurusethJTraining School is insurance that those standards will be maintained. 4 ^ Log Awards How A Bosun Can Wear A Smile To the Editor: A bosun's Job aboard ship is one which can be—^like any other job —good or bad, pleasant or un­ pleasant, depending on circum­ stances. I do not pretend to be an oldtime bosun, although I broke into this particular racket as bosun-mate on the Alcoa Clipper in 1947. At that time promotions were allowed aboard ship, and the job went, by common agreement, to the man who had been dayman the longest. Bob Hubbs, an excellent Sea­ farer and shipmate, and I, had been daymen on the vessel longer than others but we had both shipped at the same time. Our only recourse was to flip a half dollar. (SIU men had just gotten a raise due to Union efforts and there was nothing cheap about us!) I won and Bob got off. This was perhaps wise under the old policy of promotions aboard ship—it may have prevented dissension and pre­ vented my losing a friend. Promotions aboard ship can cause discord and I am not in favor of them. I have never taken a job as bosun for one trip only. I do not contend that bosuns should marry a ship, but until IIP they become sour, or tired of the vessel or the run, each trip may find them more efficient and the job an easier one. These points hold true, I be­ Lewis lieve, only if the bosim Is a good Seafarer, unselfish, and well grounded in SIU policy. Of course, the ability to get along with one's shipmates is of great importance. A bosun's responsibility to his crew calls for leadership in stress­ ing matters pertaining to good sea­ manship for the operation and maintenance of the vessel. His further service to his shipmates demands good Union character and a conscience. He should work closely with his delegates. There should be no cause for friction be­ tween them. His Vital Job Ho can do much for his Union and consequently his brother crewmembers, by knowing the contract, living up to It, and by taking a stand always for his men. Habitual foul-ups, of course, are deprived of his and the delegate's protec­ tion. His teaching of Interested newcomers In both Union activity and seamanship can do immeasur­ able good. Particular attention should be paid to ordinary seamen, young­ sters, and anyone going to sea for the Hrst time. Too many bosuns forget their early days at sea and expect a new man to know as much or be as skillful as they are. As I said, I do not pretend to be an oldtime bosun or a know-it-all. In fact, if I should do all of these things Instead of merely writing them down, I might be a damn good The institution of SEAFARERS LOG annual awards aims for proper recognition of the worthwhile and valuable ma­ teriel submitted to the LOG by rank and file Seafarers. In the past the writings, drawings and photographs submitted by Seafarers have done much to make the LOG a lively and informative newspaper. In addition, many valuable suggestions have appeared in the pages of the LOG which have later been incorporated into official Union policy. Whait the editors are looking for in making these awards is not necessarily the "professional touch." The emphasis instead, will be placed on content and interest of the ma­ terial itself. Every Seafarer then, has as good a chance as any other to come up with one of the four annual, prizes. The editors will. gnd .j^livpaat^ri^d J^rom. the in^inbership bosun myself.' v. 'nrarston Lewis ftCCOrdnjjIyi; >«»i:: .n '• » • v> I I,- .I fi. I Vote m Thanks The tricky question of financing I New York. At the wind-up, three a shipboard TV set has plagued specific ideas were approved and many ship's crews, but the solution passed' on for consideration by devised on the Alcoa Patriot ap­ headquarters officials. pears to have everybody happy, so One, submitted by Seafarers there mus't be something to it. A Thomas H. Bubar and Philip F. hand vote at a recent meeting Erek, concerned a proposed rule adhpted the combined suggestions that the deck department not be of two crewmembers. Seafarers E. required to secure gear at one end A. Grady and Floyd Smith. of a hatch while cargo operations Under the proposal, each man are going on at the other end. will donate $5.00 to the kitty right Such a rule would, most likely, away in order that the purchase help avoid many costly injuries to can be made. Then upon leaving crewmembers on this score. the ship, a crewmember can get Bubar Is an oldtimer bom In his $5.00 refunded by presenting Maine in '94 and he still lives his receipt to the ship's treasurer. and maintains his New crewmembers, apparently, home there, in will also have to kick in a $5 bill. the town of BumIn this way, everyone on the ship ham. He has been at all times will have an equity shipping with the in the set and can be expected to SIU for nearly protect his investment against out­ 12 years now. right abuse. "The gangway watch," Erck, a comparathe meeting minutes also noted, tive newcomer, "will keep a close eye on the TV will celebrate his set." Yes, but then who's going to 31st birthday a Wariiola watch the store? week from today, on April 22, and will have bean an Lives In Mobile Grady, a deck department man, SIU member for seven years when originally hails from Mississippi, this May 19 rolls around. Born in NY, he now lives at where he was born in 1927, but he now makes his homf in Mobile. Absecon, in the neighboring state He's married, and joined the SIU of New Jersey. Julio Evans, Man­ in the port of Mobile back in De­ uel Sanchez and Richard P. Dorau cember, 1947. A member of the also put up specific ideas for black gang, Smith joined the SIU working rules which were later 16 years ago, on May 21, 1939, in submitted to Union officials for New Orleans, where he lives now. study. 4 4 4 He's also a married man. He was Crewmembers on the Arlyn born 43 years ago in Oklahoma. (Bull) didn't go hungry after all 4 4< Many times in the past, sugges­ when the chief cook had to leave tions from ships' crewmembers the ship suddenly just before it have been incor­ sailed on a recent trip. Accord­ porated later on ingly, the crew unanimously adopt­ as part of the ed a vote of thanks to the night standard SIU cook and baker and the 3rd cook working agree- "for splendid meals put out during ments. Recom­ absence of the chief cook." Paul mendations from Warhola, 3rd cook, and Clyde the ships in this Kreiss, NCB, had turned to on ex­ connection are tra work in the emergency to keep generally checked the boys well-fed. Apparently over very care­ they filled in so well that the chief Bubar fully and docu­ cook wasn't even missed, which mented. If the idea is a sound one, speaks well for steward depart­ and both sides can see its merit, ment talent down the line. Just turned 28 last month, War­ it will soon wind up in the agree­ ment to take care of the particu­ hola hails from Johnstown, Pa., and joined the SIU In Baltimore lar situation. On the Steel Navigator (Isth­ nearly eight years ago, in August, mian), deck department members 1947. Kreiss will celebrate his met last month to consider several 27th birthday this June. He's mar­ proposals for ship safety and ried, lives In NYC, and joined working ruleSrW^ch might be sug­ Union on April 28, 1945.. He|' gested to headquarters In —^-'nalljr comes from lUinpis.^ ;<S:'.-•a! '•'C �SEAFARERS Pare Ten ON THE HIRING HALL AGAINST: FOR: "Your president recommended that the books be opened. . . . Our members lost nothing by opening the door to quali­ fied seamen. . . . The National Council voted 18 to 2 to adopt the resolution calling for compliance with the Taft"The union hiring hall is the most Hartley Act and immediate integration important single labor relations device into the shipping list of the Union of ever to be developed in the maritime , all seamen with qualifications whether industry. . . . Taft-Hartley would pre­ members or non-members of the union vent preferential employment and I'otary and to treat them ali on an equal basis. shipping." There would be no discriminatioa against qualified seamen who were not union —Joe Curran, April 2, 1953 members." • "Our union shall strike if any at­ —Joe Curran, Nov. 25, 1954 tempt is made to destroy the' hiring hall." —Joe Curran, March 12, 1948 "The union does not intend to permit non-union men to freeload on conditions built up over years by the union mem­ bership." —Joe Curran, Aug. 24, 1950 I*.'}- s "We have stated from time to time on this question of the hiring hall we will make no compromise. ..." —Joe Curran, Feb. 9, 1950 ON CLOSED NMU BOOKS FOR: AGAINST: "The council has taken , the position that no books will be issued. . . . Our members will be fully protected. . . . We do not intend to permit the same thing to take place where the Com­ munists and their stooges controlled the union when they opened the books . . . and flooded the union." —Joe Curran, Aug. 10, 1950 "Opening the books of the union will remove obstacles and place the union in a better position to fight antiunion at­ tacks . . . the resolution adopted by the National Council calls for the open­ ing of the books—it would be foolish to continue a policy of keeping the books closed. . . ." —Joe Curran, Sept. 16, 1954 ON COAST GUARD FOR: AGAINST: "The Coast Guard knows what a mer­ chant seaman is really like . . . the Coast Guard also is in a position to un­ derstand problems in the industry . .~. we can expect the Coast Guard to make a thorough investigation and to take action on all cases of reported miscon­ duct. ..." —Joe Curran, Oct. 22, 1943 (Ed. note: We were unable to locate any statements by the NMU President ' that were critical of the Coast Guard, its hearing units, its arbitrary powers, its proposed military-type physical and mental tests or any other action by the Coast Guard against civilian seamen.) ON COMM. FOR MARITIME UNITY AGAINST: FOR: "The leadership of the SIU-SUP . . . "The west coast section of CMU tried have in the past week bitterly attacked to jam down our throats now by a four the foi-mation of a national structure for to one vote . . . make the policy for our all seamen, longshoremen and officers. union . . . practically telling us you will The claim it is a 'booby trap' and a com­ follow our procedure or else . . . this mie plot to enslave the seamen under the has enabled the shipowners to weaken domination of Bridges and Curran. -the NMU. ... I disagreed particularly It is unfortunate that the leadership of when our union is made into a B class these two unions are so shortsighted. . . ." union by a couple of small craft unions 3,000 miles away. Did we build our —Joe Curran, March 22, 1946 union for these people to dictate its poli­ "We owe a great vote of confidence to cies? These four craft unions, located CMU and pledge to make it even stronger. 3,000 miles away, together with the fifth We didn't do this alone. We did it union, a shoreside organization, the through the solid support of many ILWU, have been dictating all policies unions . . . because of the solidarity of of CMU and have made our great indus­ seven unions in the CMU." trial union virtually a stooge for their shotgun 'unity.'" —Joe Curran, Sept. 20, 1946 —Joe Curran, Dec. 27, 1946 LOG April 18, 195S ..Mr. Curra Record Of Fli|j The Editor, Seafarers Log All of this big hollering by NMU President Joe Curran in trying to make a big issue out of the SUP agreement on the SS Tonsina prompted us to send the following wire to Harry Lundeberg: "Harry Lundeberg: "Hope you are getting as big a kick out of Joe Curran's latest hysterics as we are. Man that boy gets more confused every day. Remember how he saddled the seamen with the Coast Guard and later used it to get rid of his opposition? Remember his zig-zag- . ging on the war? Remember^'how he blasted RMO one day and loved it the next? And how about his position (what position) on the war bonus for sea­ men? After reading his phony attack on you and the SUP, we know that Mr. Curran and his record of flip-flopping hasn't changed a bit. Laugh it off ON WALTER REUTHER AGAINST: FOR: "The best fitted man . . . was Walter P. Reuther, president of the million and a half member United Auto Workers, a man who had shown the ability to lead that great organization and to pull it to­ gether, after faction wai'fare had threat­ ened to destroy It, and as a result of his leadership, the union today is one of the most powerful in the CIO. Walter P. Reuther, will. In my opinion, bring to the presidency strong, able leadership." —Joe Curran, Dee, 11, 1952 ON NO-STRIKE PLEDGEFOR: AGAINST: "Our no-strike pledge is a sincere^ one if the operators will deal .... in peace­ time as they did in war, there should be no reason for strikes. We intend to do everything we possibly can to avoid disastrous strikes . . ." —Joe Curran, May 18, 1945 ON THE AFL FOR: "I had the real privilege of sitting in on the joint meeting of the AFL and CIO . . . the AFL Executive Council adopted a program for which they should be highly coinplimented. ..." -Joe Curran, Feb. 17, 1955- ON PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT FOR: AGAINST: R:-/, P'/-- - "Franklin Roosevelt's passing was a shock to the entiie world. . . . Seamen lost the greatest friend we have ever had. No otlier man . . . did more for the seamen during the days of unemploy­ ment and depression ... he did not for­ get the seamen . . . prior to the Roose­ velt administration, merchant seamen re­ ceived no recognition. ... He gave us that inspiration which helped us build our strong union. . . ." —Joe Curran, April 20, 1945 "The Roosevelt Administration was bent on destroying the militant trade unions . . . We have gotten nothing from Roosevelt's administration ... if the Roosevelt administration is re-elected it will, under the smokescreen of na­ tional defense, immediately set about to smash our union." —Joe Curran, Nov. 1, 1940 "The Reuther forces in working alli­ ance with the Trotskyites arc instigating strikes. . . . The Reuthers, Trotskyites, ACTU'ers, are also bent on destroying the war effort. By their efforts to con­ fuse the .rank and file and to convince the workers that Hitler is not our enemy but that our government is, they have given practical support to John Lewis. ... They are now trying to cause division in the ranks of the United Auto Workers. ... It is our job ... to denounce these fakers whose lust for power makes them willing to play Hitler's game, ..." —Joe Curran, May 28, 1943 "I, together with other officials, fought the Communists' attempt to promote col­ laboration with the shipowners in 1944. ..." —Joe Curran, Sept, 12, 1947 AGAINST: "There are those in the AFL who have always hoped that some disaster would befall the CIO and that the in­ dustrial movement would return to the "House of Labor." It is regrettable that the leaders of the AFL have often played into the hands of the real enemies of labor." —Joe Curran, Nov. 27, 1952 ON WAR AGAINST FASCISM AGAINST: FOR; "Our position on the international situation Is clear. Our members do not have to be told that Fascism means the end ... of the free trade union movement . . . the union is solidly sup­ porting the Administration's all out fight against Fascism and Nazism." —Joe Curran, Nov. 7, 1941 "We the trade unionists . . . have got to organize and make articulate the over­ whelming anti-war sentiment in this country . . . there is being launched in this country today a series of planned as­ saults on the trade union movement . . . under cover of the war program." —Joe Curran, March 14, 1941 �AprU 15. loss SEAFARERS And His ^Flopping..." Harry, your record is for seamen straight down the line. Crew of the SS Steel Worker" As you will note in oiir wire to Lundeberg, Curran's rav­ ings are no surprise to oldtimers. We remember his rec­ ord as smelling pretty bad. Too bad the younger men on the ships couldn't get a chance to see how Curran the great stood on the important issues affecting seamen. For that reason we think the SEAFARERS LOG ought to cheek back into the record and print some of the positions Curran I has taken on many of the issues of the past. In that way, the younger men would have a better chance of judging I just what his yelling is worth. How about it? Crew of the SS Steel Worker {Ed Note: The SEAFARERS LOG ^oUoived out the recommendation made by the creiv of the Steel Worker. HerewUh are direct quotations from statements made by Joe Curran in the "Pi7o<" over the past years on issues of {interest to seamen.) ON THE MEBA FOR: "Our Union wishes to extend its deep appreciation to the officers and members of your union for their splendid solidar­ ity " —Jo* Curran, Sept. 27, 1946 rage Eleven LOG ON COMMUNISTS IN NMU AGAINST: FOR: "Hacks . . . who have taken open pub­ "I am not interested in purging the. union of anyone because of political be­ lic positions . . > against supporting our liefs. Communists . . . have every right country in time of war if the Soviet Union is on the other side should be to be members of our union. . . ." pulled off the ships and the Coast Guard —Joe Curran, March 14, 1947 should revoke their papers. .. "I am against . . . any brand of witch —Joe Curran, August 10, 1950 hunt in our union. The present struggle "They are attempting the policy of in our union ... is one of issues and not rule or luin. These are orders to be on the matter of political beliefs. . . ." carried out on behalf of the Communist —Joe Curran, Jan. 24, 1947 Party. If they can't control our union they will attempt to break It. . . ." —Joe Curran, Jan. 31, 1947 ON PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN AGAINST: FOR: "The National Maritime Union congratulates you on your magnificent vic­ tory . . . despite Dixiecrat and Wallace defections. . . .1! N "President Truman is backing up the shipowners . . . showed that in addition to selling the railroad workers down the rivei', he now intends to do the same with the maritime workers ... we rated him a first class strikebreaker." —Joe Curran, Nov. 5, 1948 —Joe Curran, June 7, 1946 ON JOHN L. LEWIS FOR: AGAINST: "Lewis retired from his position as president of the CIO a greater and stronger figure than ever." The CIO . . . will fight any attempts on the part of Lewis ... to divert the atten­ tion of labor from winning the war. . . . Lewis is one of those at home who are trying to open a second front for Hitler behind our backs." —Joe Curran, Nov. 29, 1940 AGAINST: "We cannot support that kind of beef ... we are not going to sacrifice the crews of those vessels, on a haywire beef on which we were not consulted. ... I will tell you this: everything the MEBA has got from 1936 up to today Is due to what the NMU and other unlicensed unions got for them." —Joe Curran, Oct. 6, 1949 —Joe Curran, June 12, 1942 ON THE ISTHMIAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST: FOR: "The desperation of the SIU ... in the Isthmian Line organization shows too that in this organizing work our program has been correct...." "Myers, proceeded to appoint only those organizers who were members of the Communist Party . . . dozens of organizers were put on. Thousands of dollars were wasted. Organizers, instead of organizing Isthmian ships, spent much of their time . . . smearing and discredit­ ing non-Communists. . . ." —Joe Curran, May 3, 1946 ON HARRY BRIDGES AGAINST: FOR: "There has not been sufficient expres­ sion of concrete support to the second Harry Bridges defense which Is of the utmost importance to the labor move­ ment. Our union would be far from the stage it has reached were it not for the inspiration which .the seamen derived from the courageous work of Harry Bridges." "Ever since the days when Bridges ... set up the CMU for the purpose of controlling our union'^from the outside, he has been giving misleading informa­ tion in an attempt to create confu­ sion. ..." —Joe Curran, Nov. 5, 1948 —Joe Curran, March 28, 1947 ON COMMUNISM FOR: AGAINST: "We believe that no greater service could be rendered today to the unity of our country than the immediate release of Earl Brovvder." —Joe Curran, May 9, 1941 "Today the Soviet Union is following the same line as Hitler.'' , —Joe Curran, July 13, 1950 —Joe Curran, April 3, 1942 "The only case the Government has against Harry Bridges is that he is a champion of labor. . . ." "The Soviet delegaition consisted of a wonderful group. . . . Kuznetsov their spokesman is an outstanding trade union­ ist. . . ." —Joe Curran, May 30, 1941 —Joe Curran, March 9, 1945 ON THE WAR SHIPPING ADMIN. AGAINST: FOR: "Officials of the SlU, SUP and MM&P prepared to do all in their power to scut­ tle the Maritime War Emergency Board. ... The whole maneuver was planned as' a move against the Board for reducing the bonus. . . . Lundeberg's position, and that of Captain C. F. May and Harry Martin, of the MM&P ... is completely untenable ... we give our unqualified support to the MWEB. . . ." —Joe Curran, June 9, 1944 "For the most part, the members of the Board have ijeen extremely fair in arriving at their decisions (on war bonuses). We have reason to believe that the War Shipping Administration now has a constructive and cooperative labor division. They have and will receive the full cooperation of our union." —Joe Curran, July 31, 1942 (Ed. note: At no time were we able to find any statement by Curran that was critical of the MWEB, despite the fact that all other unions were highly critical of this agency for slashing the war bonus.) "The (Maritime) Commission Is not engaged in a legitimate, bona fide train­ ing project. . . . The Commission ... is attempting to flood the industry . . . for the obvious purpose of undermining the present wage structure and weakening maritime unions." . i (Ed. note: Kuznetsov was recently ap­ pointed Minister of Culture by the rulers of the Soviet Union to oversee that literature, music and the arts con­ form to the Communist Party's policies.) ON VINCENT MALONE AGAINST: FOR: "I know that you have always been deeply concerned with the welfare of your membership and it is for that rea­ son that I urge you to give further con­ sideration to unity proposals." —Joe Curran, Aug. 15, 1941 "Malone of the MFOW stated that the conference was a flop and Weisberger of the SUP stated the same, showing that they were afraid to continue the con­ ference , . . when we withdrew they did' not have the guts to stand on their own feet. . . ." —Joe Curran, Aug. 22, 1941 —Joe Curran, Feb, 7, 1941 ON JOE CURRAN "Curran has always taken one position and will continue to do so. . . ." r —Joe Curran, July 11, 1947 'I �m SEAFARERS Pace Twelre April 15. 1555 LOG PORT REPORTS Mobile: Rail Sirike Embargo Slows Hall Constraelion ' K: . fe': IF«f This port is still in the grip of a railroad strike, with the result that shipping has been hampered considerably and the recreation building was unable to open as planned. The struck railroads have clamped a freight embargo on this port which is keeping freight from being shipped into the area. As soon as the strike ends we expect shipping to pick up quite a bit accordingly. Our payoffs in the last two-week period were: Hastings, Afoundria, Monarch of the Sea, Claiborne and Hurricane (Waterman); and the Alcoa Corsair, Clipper, Polaris and Pennant. Signing on were .the Hastings, Afoundria, Monarch of the Sea, Hurricane, Alcoa Polaris and Alcoa Pennant. In-transits were the Steel Vendor (Isthmian) and the Chickasaw (Pan Atlantic). Dispatcher Moved We have moved the dispatcher to the second deck of our main building as the street floor level is now in the process of painting and redecorating. The new building lacks some equipment that was ordered and is being held up until the railroads start running again. Also holding up the opening of the combined Sea Chest and recre­ ation building is the telephone •trike. We have been held up on telephone service also. If, as it ap­ pears, both of these strikes are settled , shortly, we should be able to get everything going by our next meeting. The Mobile branch wishes to Owens extend the deep­ est sympathy to the families of brothers Barrett W. Moore and Charles Wilson. Moore was chief cook on the Ocean Ulla in Far East waters when he passed away. He was a member of the SIU for many years and is survived by his wife. Wilson lost his life when he ano two friends were trapped in a rowboat in Mobile Bay during a recent surprise cold wave and were frozen to death. He is survived by his parents and five brothers. Oldtimers on the beach at pres­ ent include Chester Steers, C. Lowery, T. D. Owens, H. Gray, H. Gable, W. Havelin, E. Howard, C. Taggart, T. Bell, A. Lazzaro, B^ C. Jones, C. Hanners. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent if $> 'minor beefs, all of which were set­ tled satisfactorily. The only exception to this was the Bienville (Waterman), on which the company held a beef in abey­ ance. The company had used shoreside labor in Korea to scrape and paint inside passageways on the ship. This is a good beef and should be settled in a few days. Payoffs in the port included the Seatrains New York, Savannah, Louisiana, New Jersey (Seatrain); Elizabeth, Arlyn, Kathryn (Bull); Steel Flyer, Steel Navigator (Isth­ mian); Bienville, Mobilian (Water­ man), and Archers Hope, Bradford Island and Fort Hoskins (Cities Service). The following were the ships signed on; Puritan, Roamer (Alcoa); Robin Locksley, Robin Mowbray (Seas Shipping); Eugenie (Oro); Coe Victory (Victory Carriers); Greece Victory (-South Atlantic), and Mobilian (Waterman). In transit were the Seatiger (Orion); Bethcoaster, Massmar (Calmar); Andrew Jackson (Waterman); Iberville, DeSoto (Pan Atlantic); Seatrain Georgia (Seatrain); Val Chem (Valentine), and Ines and Beatrice (Bull). Claude Simmons Asst. Sec'y-Treas. i $• Philadelphia: it Arlzpa Tied Up In Dockers' Beef Shipping is holding its own pretty well in this port, and we still have the Arizpa (Pan Atlantic) hanging tight at the Sugar House, locked in a beef which has local longshoremen refusing to work. JHowever, the ship may yet leave the port due to the beef, and there is also still a chance that the long­ shoremen will go back to work any day. On the question of the AFL maritime unions and the CAMU beef, we are happy to report that crews of SIU ships touching here are very much in favor of the posi­ tion the Union has taken. The following were the ships paid off during the last two weeks: Carolyn (Bull); Republic (Trafal­ gar); Massmar (Calmar); Steel Ap­ prentice (Isthmian), and Queenston Heights (Seatrade). All except the Carolyn signed on again. We also had the following ships in-transit: Robin Mowbray (Seas Shipping); Eugenie,(Oro); Antinous, De Soto, Iberville (Pan Atlantic); Bents Fort (Cities Service); Marymar (Calmar), and the Arizpa (Waterman). A. S. CarduIIo Philadelphia Port Agent New Orleans: SIU Officials Hamad To City AFL Board Two SIU representatives were elected to the 15-man Executive Board of the New Orleans AFL Central Labor Council at the coun­ cil's annual election held in the •SIU hall here recently. They were C. J. "Buck" Stephens, New Or­ leans SIU patrolman, who was re­ elected to the board, and Tommy Doyle, representative of the ^lUaffiliated Marine Allied Workers. Doyle received the highest total of votes of any candidate in the spirited contest for the executive board seats. Stephens was not far behind, receiving only three less votes than his brother mernber of the SIU delegation. A. P. Harvey, president; A. H. Buckley, vice president, and Robert L. Soule, secretary-treasurer, were re-elected without opposition. The council is made iip of delegates representing about 80 AFL unions in the area. Other news of interest to New Orleanians is the begiiming of ac­ tual construction of the new Missis­ sippi River Bridge. Ground has already been broken for the foundation of the New Orleans end Curl of the span at Thalia St. The $30 million bridge will connect this city with com­ munities on the west bank of the river. The bridge is expected to be completed in July of 1958. An estimated 670 days will be required for completion of foundation work for the project, which engineers say presents some of the most dif­ ficult engineering problems ever encountered on this type of con­ struction. New Admissions Four brothers were recently ad­ mitted. to the USPHS hospital. They are Jean Latapie, Dolphus Johnny" Walker, Clarence Crevler and Pierre LeBlanc. Still in the hospital, but reported to be con­ valescing in good style, are Keyon F. Parks, Thomas Scanlon and John P. Doyle. Edward Stevens, Glen Curl, Adie Coleman and Charles Terry were discharged re­ cently and hope to be able to ship soon. Shipping, meanwhile, continues to be on the slow side, and pros* pects for the immediate future are not any brighter. Since our last report, we have had 5 payoffs, 3 New York: Repair Lists Vital Al Payoff, Sign-On Shipping in the port is still on an even keel, but we expect it to pick up in the near future, due to PORT Boston the Alcoa ships that will soon be New York paying off in this area. We would like to bring up the Philadelphia matter of repairs on our contracted Baltimore .7 ships. Delegates should always be Norfolk sure to have sufficient copies of Savannah the repair list made up at the time Tampa of sign-on or payoff. The chief engineer, chief mate, company Mobile representative and your Union New Orleans patrolman should each receive one Houston In order to avoid any delays in Seattle getting these repairs attended to. San Francisco During the past two weeks we had 8 sign-ons, 14 payoffs and 10 Wilmington ships, in. triin^il,, .Most, o£{^^,p|dps i <1. « came in clean, with only a few. i/f. totals ^ Shipping Figures March 23 to REG. REG. REG. TOTAL DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. 60 20 11 244 82 74 99 32 19 170 61 49 49 13 17 44 17 14 122 37 48 106 27 . 38 116 46 37 73 33 16 r 24 76 26 29 64 23 22 28 u 6 1 885 F 1,251 sign-ons and 13 shipil to hit here in transit. Payoffs The Steel Scientist (Isthmian); Del Sud and Del Santos (Mississip­ pi), and the DeSoto and Iberville (Pan Atlantic) paid off. The Del Sud, Del Oro and Del Mundo (Mis­ sissippi) signed on. The Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pen­ nant, Alcoa Corsair and Alspa Pil­ grim (Alcoa); Steel Traveler (Isth­ mian); Del Sud, Dfl Oro and Del Mundo (Mississippi); Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana (Seatrain Lines); Monarch of the Seas and Claiborne (Waterman), and Arlyn (Bull) called here. ^ Lindsey J. WUliam# New Orleans Port gent it ft Tampa: SS Cuba Goes Into Shipyard; Grew Off The business of this branch is moving along in gOQd order, with only a few minor exceptions which will be cleared up In the near future. Although we have been enjoying good shipping here, things have slowed up a bit and we have only a few in-transit ships to look for­ ward to. But there will probably be some jobs on them', so that they will help take up some of the slack. The SS Cuba (P&O) has gone into the shipyard for about 30 days so her crew is helping to keep the hall here looking busy. We will keep the membership informed on the progress of the work on her as soon as we get further informa­ tion on it. Payoffs The following were the ships paid off here during the last period: City of Alma (Waterman), Beaure­ gard (Pan Atlantic), and the Cuba. The Beauregard signed on, and joined our three in-transits, the Chickasaw and Antinous (Pan At­ lantic), and the Alcoa Pilgrim (Al­ coa), in moving in and out of here. Our new shipping and hiring set-, up is working just fine and that is due a great deal to the manner In which the brothers have pitched in to get it going. All of them de­ serve a vote of thanks for their help. Tom Banning Tampa Port Agent Lake Charles: Lois Of Strike Aclien In 'Phones, Lanndrios Shipping in this port continues to move along at a steady pace. Calling here in the last two weeks were ten Cities Service wagons to keep the pumps humming and the boys moving off the beach. These ships were the Archers Hope, Bents Fort, Bradford Island, Fort Hoskins, French Creek, Cantigny, Chiwawa, Salem Maritime, Logans Fort and Winter Hill. Over in Orange,. Texas, we had ouf reg­ ular call on the Val Chem (Valen­ tine). All of these ships were in fair shape with no outstanding beefs and all took a few replacements. Picket Maneuvers We have quite a bit of activity on the strike front here. The laun­ dry workers are out on strike and have modified their tactics by car­ rying around picket signs reading "this place unfair to me." This is made necessary by the fact that the anti-labor laws in Louisiana allow injunctions to be slapped on unions for such picket lines. Also on the picket line here are the telephone workers who are striking in this state and several of our neighbors. The new seniority system has been working fine in this port. Naturally there's been a great deal of interest in it and all the broth­ ers are studying up on it so that they know the regulations from A to Z. Torre One of our ver­ satile brothers on the beach here is I. J. S. Torre, who sails in the. engine department usually as pumpman or oiler. On occasion he will take a firing job and right now he is thinking of shipping as 3rd cook. As you can see, he's a good man to have around because he can give you a hand in quite a few. ways., Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent Miami: t, t. Blood Emorgoney Ho Problem Hero The membership at our last meeting in this port was mad»^ aware of the attempt by certain groups within the Conference of American Maritime Unions to con­ fuse .the aims of legitimate mari­ time unions. It has fully endorsed the present SIU position on CAMU. Meanwhile, shipping continued to hold its own and we expect it to continue likewise for the coming period. ' We paid off the Florida (P&O),' which is on continuous articles, and also signed on the Michael ' April 5 (Carras). Ships in transit were the SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL Ponce (Ponce Cement); John B.' SHIP. ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Waterman (Waterman); Antinous, DECK De Soto (Pan Atlantic); Chiwawa 29 6 11 12 (Cities Service), and the Florida. 191 58 66 67 A complete discussion was held 68 14 27 27 at the meeting under "good and 58 208 73 75 welfare" on the possibilities of establishing a local blood bank for 8 81 8 15 the use of SIU men and theii^ 46 IS 15 18 families. 79 26 27 26 However, the final decision of 82 23 31 28 the members here was that there 86 are enough Seafarers available at 33 24 27 all times in the event of an emer42 19 11 12 gency^ and-that where the need 71 18 29 24 occurs, it caa be handled almost 77 29 26 22 immediately witbin the local mem­ 12 8 7 2 bership. I. .' •Bddla. ^arr.,.,. . Pqrt.A^f^t.^iir. •'v.351 F'--: 332, • 339 • ''i- • �SEAFARERS April IS. 19BS Paf« ThIrieW' LOG .... JPOJRT JREJPORTS Boston: Engine Ratings In Short Snppty Shipping has been above aver­ age for the past two weeks and we hope it will stay that way. We had six payoffs during the period, in­ cluding a few Cities Service wagons which paid off on Saturday and Sunday as usual. Replacements were also put on the seven intransit ships that called here. For the information of the brothers, we have had a shortage of rated engine room men for some time. Ac­ cordingly, , m e n who could get pumpmen's endorsements should make it a -point to do so as we have had to call New York Olson for all pumpmen during the past couple of months. We have also been short of messmen and ordinary seamen and had to call New York for these ratings, too! Ships paid off included the Michael, Alexandra (Carras), and Winter Hill, Logans Fort, Bents Fort and French Creek (Cities Service). All of them were signed on again. The in-transits were the follow­ ing: Tagalam (Seatrade); Steel Navigator (Isthmian); Iberville, Chickasaw - (Pan Atlantic); Bien­ ville (Waterman); Ann Marie (Bull), and Robin Sherwood (Seas Ship­ ping). All beefs on the above ves­ sels were settled to the satisfaction of the crews involved. Typical SIU Man Our selection for typical SIU man of the week is Evald A. Olson, one of our real oldtimers. A mem­ ber of the old ISU, he has been with the SIU since 1938, and is known to his friends and ship­ mates as the "Big Swede" or "Alec." Olson just got off the Queenston Heights (Seatrade) after seven months and intends to take it easy for the summer. He sails in the deck department as an AB. A final note is about three North End cops who will be given a hearing by the commissioner next week on charges that they were watching TV at the Seamen's Friend Society, on Hanover St., at 5 PM last Friday. This happened while traffic was piling up as the result of a fire alarm at Prince and Salem Streets. James Sheehan Boston Port Agent t> , out seven months, the Mary Adams had an exceptionally clean payoff. This was matched by the Ocean Deborah, which was not out quite as long. Both of these' ships also paid out with transportation for crewmembers back to the port of engagement. Vote Of Confidence At our last meeting here, the membership went on record to give all of our officials a 100 percent vote of confidence for their fore­ sight in keeping our hiring hall system and maintaining the best work possibilities for Seafarers. Among the brothers on the beach right now are W. E. Harris, O. Oakley A. Oramener, W. Pozen and J. Spuron. Those in the marine hospital are J. Dowell, W. Fick, S. Johannessen, W. Johnston, M. Musashi, F. J. Rochon and' G. J. Wanka. Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent ji • J" 4" San Francisco: Revised Hiring Rules Wertdng Out Wett The past two weeks has seen very good shipping in this port and the future outlook is also good for the brothers who are on the beach right, now. The La Salle (Waterman) and Alice Brown (Bloomfield) were in here for payoff and we signed the La Salle on again for another trip. Our in-transits included the Fairisle, Topa Topa, Fairport, Citrus Packer (Waterman); Steel King (Isthmian), and Alamar (Calmar). Two ships were scheduled to come in here this week for payoff, but it looks like the Jean Lafitte will be diverted to Seattle. The Choctaw (Watei'inan) will be in next week for sure as she was delayed. John C.^Due By the time of the next ineellng, we should..jlso have the John C. (Atlantic Carriers) in. This ship has been out for a considerable length of time and should take a full crew. Our new hiring system and ship­ ping rules are working out very well, and with no beefs. Oldtimers on the beach, at the last count, included C. Shirley, C. Nangle, W. Pennington, T. Ulisse, G. Manning, J. Moore, J. Morris, Tom Hong, T. Delaney and F. Votto. In the hospital right now we have P. S. Yuzon, N. West, J. Perreira, J. McBrien and R. Lam­ bert. Marty Breithoff West Coast Rep. Cooper, Robert McCorkel, George Houston: Bekken, John Straka, Ed H. Huizenga, Norman Jackson, Joseph C. Lewallen, John R. Schultz, Harry Rockind, George D. Olive, Joseph A. Buchec, Raymond Solheim, Gor­ Apparently the US Coast Guard Things looked- up considerably man Glaze and Ralph Ruff. is active these days Investigating Earl Sheppard over the past two-week period and misdemeanors in the official log­ Baltimore Port Agent we have high hopes that the future book of ships in Northern France will bring even bigger and better 4" 4* and Germany, as charges have jobs for Seatarers^-in the port. Savannah: been forwarded to the States and We had 16 ships pay off, 10 sign some seamen have been beached on and 15 ships stopped over in as a result. transit. All the payoffs with a few A case like this occurred on the minor exceptions were very clean Genevieve Peterkin (Bloomfield) and we wish to offer a vote of The SIU crews of at least four which, incidentally, was the only thanks to the delegates and crewmembers on these ships for a job ships here have unanimously ac­ ship to pay off and sign on here cepted and concurred in resolu­ during the last period. However, well done. " We would like Seafarers to drop tions upholding the SIU and AFL the matter was eventually settled in and enjoy the food and drinks position regarding the Conference to the satisfaction of the crew and in the Baltimore Port O' Call. The of American Maritime Unions company and we don't think it will come up on this Ship anymore. food is priced most reasonably and (CAMU). In any case it appears that the Among others, the Southwind the drinks are "certainly in line Coast Guard is getting progressive­ with those in all the better-class and Southland (South Atlantic) ly tougher. and the Steel Vendor (Isthmian) bars. Aside from having the Genevieve and Seatrain Georgia (Seatrain) Best In Town Peterkin in and out, we had five have also sent wires on behalf of Those who have already visited in-transits, including the Steel our Port O' Call know that it is, the entire crew to Harry Lunde- Vendor, Steel Scientist asthmian); berg, endorsing his stand. without a doubt, one of the nicest Hastings (Waterman), and Seatrains Shipping in the port has been New York and Savannah (Seatrain), places of entertainment in the city, and you can be proud to bring very good up until now, but is not Shipping has slowed down an:', fig­ your families and friends to a place expected to be ures to be slow the next two weeks more than fair of this calibre. nlso. Our "Seafarer of the Week" this in the near fu­ Seafarer-Shipowner time is George ture. We paidLoff Among the brothers on the beach Little, who has and signed on right now is "Toots" Harris, who been sailing with the Southwind is now a capitalist and the proud and Southland the SIU for a pe­ possessor of his own shrimpboat. riod of seven and also serviced However, all he has caught so far five in transits. years. Little is a is a couple of catfish. Dan Gribble full bookmember These were the has a new baby girl. That makes Angelina (Bull); In the Union and it three girls and no boys for him. really appreciates Chiwawa (Cities Enough said. Service); Steel Vendor, and Seaall the different "Red" Rhoades is taking a litti# benefits he de­ trains Geoi-gia and Louisiana (Sea­ Little siesta after setrain). rives in the SIU. ranging on the One of our real oldtimers. As he states It, "I have always Seagarden (Pen­ found the officials of the SIU Brother Geronimo B. Gapac has insular Nav.) for ready and willing at all times to been going to sea for some 30 years one trip. "Stud" listen to all of my beefs, large or and is one of the top stewards in Melloy has just small. I know, without a doubt, the Union and in the maritime in­ returned after that we have the finest set-up in dustry. He is at present working three years of no ashore as chef and manager of Bothe maritime industry." overtime in the Peep's L'uncheonette, which boasts Men In Hospital Army. Among the of the "finest food in the .South," Those boys In the hospital are other oldtimers Sims Proud of SIU still looking forward eagerly to re­ on the beach are As far as Union matters are con­ A. "Salty" Wilburn, G. Sims, R. ceive some word from old friends and shipmates. Seafarers are urged cerned, Brother Gapac considers Rnoles, J. Ziereis, J. Coash and V. to send them a card or letter and the fight the SIU is maintaining Svendsen. to come in and visit when they're in regard to the hiring hall one of Jack Mays was discharged from in port. The address is USPHS its most outstanding efforts. He the marine hospital on April 1. He Hospital, Wyman Park Drive, Bal­ says he is really proud to belong went in there with a couple of timore 18, Md. Those laid up at to such an organization, and also broken ribs and a punctured lung. has high praise for our Vacation John Grassi and W. G. Trice com­ this time are: Robert J. Wiseman, Alfred Seeg- Plan and other benefits for Se?t- plete our hospital list at this time. miller, Anthony Mastantuno, Lo­ farers. There's a tali story making the Others on the beach include rounds here about a Texas raccoon renzo Brigida, Robert Scales, George Anderson, John Simpson, John Floyd. John Monteverde, Carl being smarter than either the man Fred Pittman, Joseph Prabeck, Leo Lowery, Claude West, Berry Tip- or the hound-dog who are out to Dwyer, Roy M. Hawes, William pins, Barney McNally, Steve Poole, get him. It may be true because Mellow, Thomas Mungo, Edward Jim Lee, Marion Akins, G. A. the 'coons keep multiplying and Serserko, L. J. Brilhart, John C. Allen and Thomas Constantin. get progressively harder to catch. A. Mlchelet Charles Tannehill Mitchell. Savannah Port Agent « Houston Port Agent Also, Jessie C. Clark, V. B. Baltimore: GG Keeping Busy Chectiing Legbeeks Port 0'Catt Set-Up ts Realty Top-Notcti Money Exchange Rates Listed Shipping Good, Soon Staying That Way SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. C. Tannehill, Acting Agent Preston 6558 LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke, Agent HEmlock 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUle St. Llndsey Williams, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK 675 4tb Ave., Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-0000 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees, Agent MAdison 2-9834 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. Cardullo, Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff, West Coast tiepreseniatlve PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. Pclayo 51—La 5 Sal Colls, Agent Phone 2-599P SAVANNAH S Abercorn St A. Mlchelet, Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeff GUlette, Agent " Elliott 4334 TAMPA, .. .tl809-lUll N. Franklin St: Tom Banning, Agent Phone 2-1323 •:f| Crews Endorse StU Position On CAMU Seattle: Shipping in this port has been and remains very good. The mem­ bership here has its choice of runs, and we only hope things keep up this way. We shipped just a few men Jess than we registered dur­ ing the past two weeks. Payoffs included the Kyska and Young America (Waterman), Ocean Deborah (Ocean Trans) and Mary Adams (Bloomfield), which has since been sold to Sheppard Lines, an SUP-contracted company. The Cecil N. Bean (Dry Trans) and all but the Mary Adams signed on again. In-transits were the Morning ' Light, Topa Topa and La Salle (Waterman), plus the Yorkmar and Portmar (Calmar). No Major Beefs •There were^ho outstanding beefs on 'aHJR *bf' thfese vessels. Although ''r'll WILMINGTON, Cam 505 Marine Ave. Ernest Tllley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS....675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS J. Alglna. Deck C. Simmons. Joint • J. Volplan, Eng. W. Hall, Joint E. Mooney, Std. R. Matthews, Joint SUP HONOLULU FORT WILLIAM.... 118>A Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, EC 61714 Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. SYDNEY, NS Pacific 7824 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6348 BAGOTVILLE, Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, Ontario 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC .113 Cote Oe La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WiUiam St. NB Phone: 2-5232 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND ..622 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND, CALIF 257 5th St Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 Great Lakes District SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 0.290 ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher WILMINGTON 505 Marino Ave. Phone; 12.38W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. 734 Lakeside Ave., NE NEW YORK 675 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 HYaclnth 9-6600 * Phone: Cleveland 7391 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 531 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL 634 St. James jSt- West DULUTH PLateau 8161 Phone: Melrose 2-4110 CHICAGO 3261181:32)16 St. HALIFAX, N.&. 12^^^0111^ Phone: Essex 5-2410 The following is the latest available listing of official ex­ change rates for foreign cur­ rencies. Listings are as of April 14, 1955, and are sub­ ject to change without notice. England. New Zealand, South Af­ rica: $2.80 per pound sterling. Australia: $2.24 per pound stei-ling. Belgium: 50 francs to the dollar. Denmark: 14.45 cents per krone. France: 350 francs to the dollar. Germany: 4.2 marks to the doUar. Holland; 3.7-3.8 guilders to th« dollar. Italy: 624.9 lire to the dollar. Norway: 14 cents per krone. Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the dollar. Sweden: 19.33 cents per krona. India: 21 cents per rupee. Pakistan: 30.22 cents per rupee. Argentina: 14.2 pesos to the dollar. Brazil: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro. Uruguay: 52.63 cents per peso, j '•'> Yi^esuela:''2fr.i65 centrpeF b'ollvar.' 4 .'I'lO ..'ib'jt'J j'" sl-^l '^1 '^1 -il �SEAFARERS Pare Fourteen April 15, 195S LOG OFF WATCH Flit Flies On Steel Seafarer —Painting Job Gets Nowhere This featur* is designed to offer hints and inforgiation on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. - Queries should be addressed to "Off Watch," SEA' FARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. SIU ships' meetings and the minutes which record the happenings therein are a unique institution and have been applauded as such in national magazines and daily newspaper feature stories time and time again. The meetings are a practi--*Although the Post Office De-^ cat voice-box for all Seafarers, were John Masters, ship's delegate; captain. Fortunately, the ship oper­ partment is still playing it cagey maica, BWI, by April 30. Orders who need an outlet of this kind Paul Pallos, deck delegate, and ates in a warm climate, so there's on the date for the first-day sale should be accompanied by 50 cents to sound off to their brother members and to the world at large about an infinite variety of items, including beefs large'and small. "Nobody knows the troubles at sea," might be a proper refrain In this instance. Aboard the Steel Seafarer (Isth­ mian)—certainly an apt name for a vessel crewed by sturdy SIU men—a recent ship's meeting was treated to an illuminating dis­ course by Chris­ topher B. Kelleher, engine dele­ gate, who also served as chair­ Kelleher man. Faithful in his duties, delegate Kelleher reported to the assem­ blage about the state of things in his department, and particularly, of the new but incomplete paint job in the foc'sles occupied by the black gang. Delegates Paid A Visit The narrative began with the captain. Apparently, before the painting was even begun, Kelleher v as a member of the contingent of delegates who visited the office of the old man to see about having the quarters painted. The others 'Duke' Pays Call Manuel Caldas, steward delegate. The master. In his turn, was ap­ propriately busy on the occasion. Standing there, in his belly-but­ toned birthday suit, he was tire­ lessly squirting disinfectant from a flit gun at a lonely fly. Before the Seafarers even got to the point, he let them have it, too. "Do you have to bother me? Don't you see I'm busy now?" he asked less than delicately. "See the de­ partment heads. I'm a busy man. I don't have no time for Union delegates," he added. His gram­ mar, however, didn't bother them as much as his attitude, but they advanced to the next lowest link in the chain of command, in this case the chief mate and chief engineer. And lo and behold, they were told the black gang quarters would indeed be painted, and they were —sort of, anyway. After the 12-4 watch put in 28 hours painting, the job was abruptly cut short. 'Painting Too Slow' The chief engineer had the no­ tion that the paint-wielding by his department was a little slow, and that he might work a deal to get the deck department to finish the job in less time. But this likelihood is extremely unlikely, according to brother Kel­ leher. His feelings on the point are, in fact, quite emphatic. "It will never happen," he told the meet­ ing audience. Thus, the painting of the black gang quarters is up in the air, just like the DDT-weary fly which we expect is still being pursued by the llse Onlif One 3ia£l Address Veteran Seafarer Tony Pisano, well-known as the "Duke of Bourbon Street," shows off the royal profile as he crosses Dauphin St. in Mobile on way to meet a lady friend. The curious passers-by apparently didn't realize that a "Duke" rates a picture wherever he goes. •P.^h' • A." ^'ir •ftl: III Seafarers with beefs regard­ ing slow payment of monies due from various operators in back wages and disputed over­ time should first check wheth­ er they have a proper mailing address on file with the com­ pany. SIU headquarters offi­ cials point out that reports received from several opera­ tors show checks have been mailed to one address while a beef on the same score is sent from another, thus creat­ ing much difficulty in keeping accounts straight. Seafarers are urged to use one perma­ nent address for mail so that claims can be checked speedi­ ly and payment made right away. (1) John Marshall Harlan is the newest justice of the US Supreme Court. How many of the others can you name? (2) What is the common name of the group of stars known as Ursa Major, or Great Bear? '3) Which word does not belong in the following group: fez, turban, culotte, toque, beret? (4) One number is missing from tlie following scries: 16, 18, 22, 25, 31, 35. 43, ., 58. Which is it? * (5) What famous family of bankers derived their name from a red shield? (6) The.art of producing, pictures from plates treated with acids is given what name? (7) What kinds of twins ere brother and sLster twins called? (8) If you were on the moon would you weigh more or less than you do now? (9) One-third, one-fourth and one-fifth of a number added to 13 pMduce the missing number. What is it? (10) According to Emerson, where was the shot fired that was heard •round the world2s x -.i • (Quiz Answers on Page 17) '.V \ of the stamp marking the centen­ ary of the Soo Locks, at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., it has meanwhile come up with plans for another 3c. issue honoring the Armed Forces Reserve. The stamp will go on sals for the first time at Wash­ ington, DC, on May 21. It will picture a member of each of the reserve forces. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard. About a dozen more new US issues are expected before the end of the year,- • t. i The Caribbean Island of Jamaica is also offering an item for phila­ telists next month, when a set of four commemoratives wijl be is­ sued May 10 to honor the island's 300th year under the British flag. no danger of his catching cold if Collectors who want first-day cov­ the chase should take him on deck ers along with a mint set of the when he's in the costume last re­ stamps can obtain . them if they ported. send an order to PO Box 300, Ja- lOG-A-RHYTHM: There's Nothing Like A Baby In The Home By Charles W. Cothran To the Editor: I have written the following poem and dedicated it to my Infant daughter, Carole Ann Cothran. I hope you will publish it in the SEA­ FARERS LOG. Charles W. Cothran When the baby wakes up in the middle of the night And it's bellowing at such an hour that you moan. Just remember these words, and get their meaning right: "There's nothing like a baby in the home." While lying in bed and wishing like—well. That its wailing was just a nocturnal dream. The wife awakens and you hear her yell: up. John, you heard the baby scream." 'Tis an ordeal from which one must never take flight. For a married man should cease the world to roam. So remember these words in the midst of your plight: "There's nothing like a baby in the home." Of course, no one remembers his own cradle days. Or the nights his daddy picked him up and walked. So charge it all up to the price a dad pays. For the words "I do" he could have balked. Then take it like a man, 'tis the only thing to do. That's the moral of this little poem, Stick out your chest — it's a compliment to you, for "There's nothing like a baby in the home." Many Services At Genoa Club In either stamps, postal money or«\ der or check for the first-day cover of the four stamps only. An ad­ ditional two bits should be sent for the mint set. The stamps spot­ light the Jamaica centenary (16551955) with designs of four differ­ ent events in the island's history, and the usual portrait of the reigning monarch, in this case Queen Elizabeth II. 3) 4" i Already given the condensedversion treatment in "Life" and • Book-of-the-Month Club choice for April, C. S. Forester's "The Good Shepherd" is a sea story which tells of 48 desperate hours in the life of a North Atlantic convoy during 1942-43, before improved sonar, and hunter-killer teams turned the tide against the Uboats. Essentially the story of a US Navy convoy escort commander and his trials in bringing a convoy of merchantmen to England, it fol­ lows in the tradition already set by a number of earlier novels deal­ ing with the same theme. "The Cruel Sea," first the book, and then the movie, told a similar story about a British Royal Navy escort force, and there were others both before and after that one. Seamen Secondary Few of these books go into much detail from the standpoint of the merchant ships and their crews, because the drama, from the point of view of the authors, apparently was greater aboard the outnum­ bered naval escort ships than onthe sitting-duck merchantmen. But The Good Shepherd" Is Forester (creator of Captain Horatio Hornblower), and those who like sea stories, regardless of their focus, should enjoy this one. It's pub­ lished by Little, Brown St Co., at $3.95. 3) 4 A new item in hobby and do-ityourself shops is a ratchet chain wrench designed to fit into tight spaces where a pipe wrench won't go. The new tool is adjustable over a wide range of pipe sizes from %" to 41^" and is said to grip any round or hex shape with­ out slipping. It saves buying a full set of pipe wrenches and gives you the right size when you need it. The wrench lists at $3.95 post­ paid from Chain Wrench Co., 1217 Harmon PL, Minneapolis 3, Minn. Jolly 'Goodfellows' In Yugoslavia One of the little-known spots catering to seamen in different ports of the world is the Apostolato del Mare in Genoa, Italy. According to Nicholas Gladis, an SUP member who was there last while on the SS President Buchan­ an, a man who's in port and wants to get a meal off the ship for a change can do pretty Vv-ell there on 75 cents. The six bits will get him table service for a good meSl, wine and even a finger bowl at the end. The place is only a few min­ utes' walk from the main dock, at number 6, Piazza Dinegro. In addition to a restaurant, the Apostolate del Mare, which is the same as the Apostleship of the Sea maintained In US^ ports and places all over tjie globe* features a read­ ing room, writing-rsorH* i^pvies, a playroom and individual rooftw^ Gathered round the festive board. Seafarers from the Robin Goodfellow exchange greetings with the citizens of Sibenik, Yugoslavia, at a party in their honor given by the local populace: Pictured (1-r) are: Walt Pitek, M. J. "Skinny" Wells, Glen T. Darling,Jtudy Urbina, Ruben Martaznes. Wells 8e»t in thenElH^*- .T' �15, 1955 f(E 4F ARERS Revolt Brews -^Pointermen' Leading Way LOG Pate Fifteen A 'RelaxIngVGame Of Ping Pong Bv Spike Martin Latest reports from the Al­ coa'Pointer (Alcoa) are that this SIU crew is going to take some decisive action on a matter that has been tr9ubling them for some time. A lot of people are expected to rush to join the cru­ sade. However, the Seafarers involved may find it difficult to answer for this sudden move when they re­ turn to home and hearth. Concentrating hard on their game. Seafarers Harry K. Kaufman (left) and Percy A. Gray, Jr., both ABs on the City of Alma, pad­ For there it is, plainly enough, dle their way through a ping pong tourney at the United Seamen's right in the March 13 ship's min­ Service club In Leghorn, Italy. Apparently both of them forgot utes; "A vote was taken to change they had come ashore in the first place to relax. We don't know the vegetables as much as pos­ sible." who won, but Kaufman yvas the one who sent the photos in. Enraged youngsters who can't answer back too often when a plate of legumes and similar edi­ bles is put before them will now have dad on their side. After all, M you can't have a Take some lions, monkeys and diamond mines, add the "two-pot system" operating in the Congo, Victoria Falls, ivory, sand, great pyramids, tom-toms, McNulty kitchen back, Cairo, Casablanca and Capetown, and you have the "dark home either. continent"—limitless Africa. To its credit, the Pointer crew Take all of the same and We just missed (no regrets) a 17has put its collective finger on a add Seafarer Duska "Spider" day rainy season, the worst in 32 real problem. Take spinach, for Korolia who's now returning after years. Some claim they were wad­ example (please!). That's green. So his first trip in nearly three years, ing in water up to their waist . . . are green peas. Then there are and you have a full report on all "A funny thing happened at the green beans, too. Add to this broc­ the goings-on. Mayfair Hotel. . . Instead of a sea­ coli, cabbage, asparagus, brussels Happy to be back in harness after sprouts and others. They're all a lengthy stay in the hospital, Ko­ man getting gypped, a receptionist at the hotel has been giving out too green, too. This is fine for a St. rolia is aboard much English money in exchange Patrick's Day dinner, but that was the Robin Ket­ for US dough . . . They sent out a last month. tering (Seas Ship­ Jetter to all American ships asking Why not some orange peas or as­ ping), which is the crewmembers who exchanged paragus? Oranges and tangerines money there to return the differ­ have had a monopoly on this for due back in th^ States next week. ence . .. years. Or blue broccoli, maybe? "The amount overpaid was just That would certainly help make a The vessel is the about half the girl's salary for a dish look colorful and perhaps same one he was month, nearly six pounds. At $2.80 more appetizing. Cabbage, of on when he made his last voyage American for the pound, she was course, is the exception. Korolia out 16 bucks. No one on the Ket­ There are both green and red to Africa. Extensive Itinerary tering was involved . . . varieties of this, but red is a good The itinerary this time covered, color to leave alone these days. Raise For Longshoremen In any event, the possibilities are among other places, Durban, Mom­ "Longshoremen in Mombasa have endless. A revolution is in the basa, Laurenco Marques, Dar-Es- won their strike. After eight days making, and the Pointer, appropri­ Salaam, Zanzibar and Macala in of picketing, they have come away ately enough, leads the way. B. P. Portuguese East Africa. Points of with a raise of 50 cents a day, about McNulty was chairman at the interest were many and varied. cents American. They now "Durban is booming . , . Lots of seven ship's meeting last month; Leo make 84 cents (American) per ships here waiting to unload . . • Bruce was secretary. eight-hour day . . . "About two dozen ships are an­ chored out waiting for berth in Mombasa. Shipping is very pros­ perous . . . But all of East Africa's natives seem hungry and just mak­ ing ends meet, especially with this prosperity staring them in the face. "The 'Sultan' owns Zanzibar, which attracts Europeans from all nations ... At the hotel, you can get guides for a whole day for one buck, hire a sailboat or gear for underwater sightseeing . . . This last item is very ^popular. The is­ land and the waters around it are very scenic ... It also has the best climate in East Africa all year round. It never gets higher than 86 or lower than 76 degrees here at any time. 'Beasts Roam Town' "Another interesting spot Is Macala in Portuguese East 'Afi'ica . . . The natives hardly ever leave home at night for fear of being caught by some of the panthers and lions that roam around the little town after dark . .. Until two years ago, all American crews were warned never to go ashore after 6 because of the hungry beasts that came out of the jungle at night. Ap­ parently some good hunters have scared the rest of them off. It's pretty safe now . . . "This is written from Laurenco Marques . . . After three more stopovers back in South Africa, we arc homeward bound for Boston ^Spider' Gets Caught In The Web Of Africa Just in case you never heard of him before, and might nevei\hear of him again, the new welter­ weight champion is a 23-year old Bostonian named Tony DeMarco. For the record, DeMarco took the title by knocking holes in Swisscheese 'champion Johnny Saxton up in Boston on April Fool's Day. Chances are that on June 10, two months and nine days later. DeMarco will no longer be cham­ pion because he has a date that night with Carmen Basilio. Offhand we don't know whether that would be the shortest tenure ever for a titleholder, but it cer­ tainly comes close. There have been other champions who held titles briefly, among them Gene Tunney when he y/as American light-heavy champion in 1922. Then of course there were the bush-leaguers Lauro Salas and Paddy DeMarco ino relation) with whom Jimmy Carter played re­ volving door in the last couple oL years. No Man Of Distinction Tony DeMarco has nothing in tne way of an impressive record, which is the reason why he was hand-picked for Saxton to fight in the first instance. In the last year, the only fighters of any distinction he met were Red Top Davis, a featherweight, and George Araujo, who once challenged for the light­ weight title with notable lack of success. The tipoff was that ti:e sports were putting three skins to one in Saxton's favor. Saxton won the title origin.iliy after a strenuous build-up during A baker on his last trip, with Bull Line, Norwood lasf provided LOG readers with a recipe for making an old-fashioned clam '35 Memento -OR BETTER MORE R)R HIM THAN MEDICINE. and New York . . ^ " 'i T.y , i- /-I yj 7 One of those old-line Maine cooks with a full stock of recipes for the real. New England-style fish and seafood ^tews and chowder, Seafarer Nelson E. Norwood now comes up with a change of pace in a pastry** batter for making eclairs or chowder like the ones for which Maine 'coasters are justly famous. cream puffs. yRoPA Ham lElL BE SLAD TO SEE 'ibu, AMP TbuR VISIT WiLt- vd 7: The LOG conducts this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share flavored recipes, little known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national jlauor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Nelson E. Norwood's recipe for eclairs and cream puffs. 'Ben&sk KiBDicm! YET- DRoPlM AND SEE THAT OlX> SHlPMAlE OF YOURS Aibw iNiHE HOSPITAL. which his management carefully avoided tossing him in with any­ one remotely connected with ihe business end of a punch. All who saw the Saxton-Gavilan title fight of last October which Saxton "won" are unanimously agreed that it was the worst title fight in years, capped by a ques­ tionable decision. All Saxton did Was slap, clutch and clown throughout the fight, while Gavilan was about as active as the subject of a Matthew Brady photograph. They didn't need any ^ high-speed lenses to catch the action that night. Basilio, the unrecognized cham­ pion, has been thundering in -his tent up in Syracuse, New York, for several months now. Basilio will never get a job as an Arthur Murray dance teacher, and he's no speedster with his hands either. But for lack of somebody better, he is generally regarded as the class of his division. To prove it, he has been fighting middleweights and some of the stronger welter­ weights, winning with monotonous regularity. He has an awkward, crowding style, which is somehow effective and he scores regularly with a heavy left hook. Chances are that Basilio will be a lop-sided favorite when he gets into the ring with DeMarco which will be an odd situation indeed. But it will be no odder than the fact that Saxton was given a crack at the title in the first place or that anybody ever thought him worth the trouble of an extensile buildup. Digging down into his scrapbook, Seafarer Leroy Clarke, SIU agent at Lake Charle.s, La., has come up with this "oldie" taken from the deck of the SS Chiriqui, a United Fruit Co. ship running out of Frisco to Panama in 1935 un­ der SUP contract. The boat was transferring a stowaway (seated) to another ship to re­ turn him'to Panama. Clarke, of course, is the man with the boathook. His varied career ha.s taken him from Grand Bank fishing boats and shoreside restaurants to deepsea ships with the SIU since 1939. However, he's just as proud of his breads, especially brown bread, which is a Maine and New England specialty, as of the other items he features when he sails as a cook. His recipe here, with the amounts given below, will produce about 80 eclairs or cream puffs. The batter is the same. Here's what you need: 2 cups shortening, 4 cups water. 1 teaspoon salt, 4 cups sifted flour, 2 teaspoons bakers' ammonia (powd­ ered, not liquid), and 16-20 eggs, depending on their size. First melt the shortening (lard or oil), add the Norwood water and salt, and let the combination come to a boil. Add the flour all at once and stir it up fast until the paste leaves the side of the pan. Let it cool five minutes. Now add one egg at a time, beat­ ing each egg thoroughly into the mixture, until all the eggs are used. The batter may then be dropped with either a spoon or bag. Bake in a hot oven until the shells are nice and light, approximately 25 minutes. Fill with custard or cream. It might be a good idea at this point to start getting the next batch ready, too. The crew will probably want more; • 1 �'SFMPARBRS Page • Sixle^ CG Proposais Baffle Him If. To the Editor: Everything is fine out here on the Steel Rover (Isthmian) in Honolulu. I just read the Coast Guard's new proposals for profiling mer­ chant seamen and my first reaction is a quick burn; what's this sea life coming too, anyway. Such standards may be in order for a licensed man, but I don't think they can be applied to a working sailor. Does - the Coast Guard really expect the deck hands to v elcome these proposals with open arms? In my opinion, a man's ability to produce a day's work for the company is not limited because he may have a stiff knee joint i'or have some fin­ gers missing. By Coast Guard standards, a man could be classed "incompetent" or "unquali fled" Feil very easily. After I read the proposed pro­ filing system's inspection of a deck hand's individual behavior pattern, I wasn't sure whether I was the village idiot or not. Under the col­ umn heading "Emotional Stabil­ ity," if a man is not calm, cooper­ ative, interested or alert, he prob­ ably would be stuck with a label as a "psychoneurotic" or worse. Of course, the answer is simple. Now that the Hoover Commission has come up with the moldy idea of closing all the marine hospitals, why don't they just fire all the present sailors, hire a new ci'op from "Muscle Beach," and throw us all in the booby-hatch. What's this sea life coming to— huh? Bill Feil 4< MMG Is Tops^ Iti'other Says To the Editor: I'm sending you my change of address so that you can continue to send me the LOG. I would like to compliment you on your punctuality in sending the LOG to me, and I would also like to say that I think the LOG is the outstanding union publication in circulation today. Thomas L. Teeara 4« P Ir . t 4" lAiwson Crewmen On Shuttle Run To the Editor: I thought you might like to know that this ship, the George A. Lawson (Pan-Oceanic) has been on the Japan-Korea shuttle for the past eight months and this has Ijeen a good deal thanks to good chow and good cooperation from topside. This crew has given a vote of thanks to the steward department for the good meals it has'put out and especially wants to commend Jimmy Cox for his fine baking. The crew has also given a vote of thank.s to our skipper. Even though we were in Pusan at the time, we had a very enjoy- LETTERS' able Christmas and New Year's holiday, with fine meals and the mess and recreation rooms excel­ lently decorated with all the holi­ day trappings by Steve Mosakowski. John Sweeney Ship's delegate Leaves The Sea —Not The Fish To the Editor: After 10 years of sailing SIU ships with the very best union there is in existence, I decided to try shoreside life for a while. So, with Henry Laired as my partner, I have opened the L & R Fish Market at 400 North Joachim St., Mobile. Henry and I would like to see our many friends, and they all have a standing invitation to drop in if they are down this way. Incidentally, I hope you will note my new address and continue to send me the LOG there. I will close with the hope that good fortune continues to follow the SIU brothei-hood. Eldon (Bill) Ray (Ed vote: Your change of ad­ dress has been noted. You will continue to receive the LOG. reg­ ularly. ) t> if Wants LOG Sent To Keep in Touch To the Editor: I have been sailing on SIU ships for the past three years and have been amazed at the wonderful con­ ditions which the Union has won. Right now, I am on Tinos Is­ land, Greece, as I have come back here to see my family after a long absence. I will be here many months and while I am away, I would like to receive the LOG at this address. Although I will be away from ships and from my brothers for some time, I would still like to keep in touch and learn all about the SIU. Andreas Velalopoulos (Ed. note: The LOG will be sent to you regularly at your new address.) X if if by setting up hospitalization plans, both for themselves and their fami­ lies, through their respective wel­ fare plans. To the Editor: Right now I am one of the SIU Wants SIU Program crew on the Sandcaptain, down As we Seafarers know, our SIU here in Maracaibo, Venezuela, and has always been the pioneer and I have just finished reading the March 4th issue of the SEA­ leader in the maritime field, and FARERS LOG, telling about the therefore I think we should again Hoover report which proposes the give very serious consideration to closing of US Public Health Serv­ the matter of setting up some sort ice hospitals and thus would de­ of hospitalization insurance pro­ prive American seamen of the gram. We all know that much consider­ medical and hospital care which they have every right to obtain. ation of such a program has al­ ready been given by our members, Will Do Share and much investigation and This Hoover report, which would groundwork has already been done strike a crippling blow to US mer-" by our Welfare Services Depart­ chant seamen under the guise of ment. But so far the program has "economy," makes the future of not become a reality and I think the TISPHS hospitals look mighty we should strive to that end. black. I know At the time that- initial surveys that our Union— as it always has of such a program were made, I done in the past was told by our Welfare Services —wiil fight tooth director that considerable mpney and nail to keep would be needed because many hos­ the USPHS hos­ pitals and clinics would have to be pitals alive. And contacted in order to assure the I am also con­ members proper treatment and fident that the service. Assessment Is Okay individual Sea­ Jellette farers will do Apparently, insufficient funds is their share in this fight by writing what is holding up this prograi^, letters of protest to their Senators and so I say that if we cannot ob­ and Congressmen in Washington. tain sufficient funds out of em­ Remember, boys, this Hoover ployers' contributions to our Wel­ proposal is just a carbon copy of fare Plan, then we should assess the one that Mrs. Hobby tried,to ourselves, year by year, to meet the shove across before, which was cost. voted down by Congress last year I again urge that this matter of after a heavy protest fiom seamen, a hospitalization assessment be including Seafarers. This shows brought to a vote on the floor. I am that we did it before and we can do sure that if our members approve it again, if we put our shoulders it, our officials and Welfare Sefvto the wheel. ices director can work out a hos­ At the same time, however, I pitalization program that will be of strongly feel that all American inestimable benefit to every SIU merchant seamen should, take im­ member. John Jellette mediate steps to protect themselves Urges Hospital Plan For Union When Men Were 'Boys' Rt§ttei'-IJp Time is iiet*e Again To the Editor: Now that baseball is back and is one of the most talked-about subjects again, everyone is team­ ing up and pairing off against the next guy. Tommy Doyle and his "shallow water" boys, way down yonder in New Orleans, have rigged a team and are prepping 'to take on all comers. "They go to bat against some crackerjack team from the West bank of the Mississippi some time this month. Scirana is man­ ager, and Dpnohue (Pat's brother) is captain. By the way. Tommy is official batboy. As he says, all he can catch is a few cold ones. Percy Boyer Burly Memories of days gone by are recalled by SIU oldtimer Percy Boyer (3rd from right) in this tintype of 15 years ago, taken at a dockside canteen in Buenos Aires. All the faces are familiar, ex­ cept for the man at Percy's left, the local shoemaker. We don't know what happened to him. The rest are all still active in the SIU. Pictured (1-r)' are Seafarers Joe Martello, Danny Byrnes, the shoemaker, Boyer, Eddie Parr and Frenchy Mouton, when they were on the old Del Sud in 1940. Parr Is now SIU Miami agent. Cun^i Go Wrong For $i srrv/vra 91 )\oi/Jvqyoo, ^" Apfii 15, ?95S LOG •V / Ltfi/epE soiX> TOMS FOR •iA ^ONSt THSfRS A UTTLS FUtST. His Prospeetin^ isnH Paging Oft To the Editor: ..Some of your readers may re­ member a story printed in the SEAFARERS LOG last year called "Seafarer Digging for Gold." The . Seafarer was my husband, Horace Curry of Mobile. Well, Curry has been from Mo­ bile to Canada, Brazil, Venezuela and Trinidad, but he hasn't found the gold. This doesn't stop him, however; he's still looking. Meanwhile, this is my first letter to the LOG, but I had to write. think the Union has done wonders' for its members. Keep the good work going. (Mrs.) J. Horace Curry if if Urges issue Of 'SiU Guidebook' To the Editor: I'd like to make life suggestion that the SIU publish in one con­ cise, easy-to-understand pamphlet all the material which a guy on a ship or ashore could use for quick reference. A booklet like this could include the working agreements between the companies and the Union, the SIU constitution, the complete re­ quirements of the SIU Welfare Plan and Vacation Plan and any­ thing else like this pertaining to the benefits offered by our fine organization. It would make things simple for everyone to check on a moment's notice. As far as suggestions go, I'd like to second the idea put forward by brother Sven Stockmarr recently in the SEAFARERS LOG which urged the use of pictures of the brothers Involved along with the "Final Dispatch" column. Some­ times this is the only way we can identify a de­ parted brother, since often we Cousins. never use more than a nickname for a new shipmale, and don't know the man's real name until we i-ead his version of the trip in the LOG. Incidentally, the United Sea­ men's Service club here in Pusan, Korea, was shut down for a while by the provost marshal after a little ruckus took place there .^late in February. We are patiently waiting for it to reopen again soon, as we are idle here, waiting for the completion of loading while we age of SEAFARfiRS LOGs here By the way, there is a real short­ age of SEAFARERS LOGS here at the club and more can i-eally be used. C. L. "Buddy" Cousins (Ed. note: The USS Club in Pu­ san, according to the NY office of the organization, reopened again last month after a brief lapse. LOGs are being sent there regu­ larly, in response to your request. A "Seafarer's Guide," including the material you mention, has' been under consideration for some time. Plans will be announced as they develop.) By Bernard Sedn^an OfnLj. 6ies4^ BM/N^ �* iWH Pat* Scrcnteca SEAFMKEtLS 'tOG ... DIGEST oE SHIPS* MEETINGS ... ROBIN TUXRORD <t«it Shipping)/ JanMary 30 — Chairman, F. Da Baaumont; •acratary, C. Mathaws. Several complainta about food. Conduct of chief steward to be brought before patrolman at a crew meeting after ship docks in New York. Appreciation voted to galieyman for his excellent work ax night cook and baker and second cook during illness of regular second cook, night conk and baker. SEATRAIN NEW. YORK (Saatrain) Fabruary 13—Chairman, W. Doak; Saeratary, J. Cole. Ship's delegate will speak to the chief engineer about low pressure on drinking fountain. Crewmembers were asked to cooperate and return cups to pantry. Canvas covers requested for ventilators down below during cold weather. ^Balance in ship's fund $65.80. Ship requests a pocketbook library from SlU.VAL CHEM (Valentine) Fabruary 15— Chairman, J. Karl; Secretary, L. Hagmann. A special meeting was called due to the crowded condition in the deck department quarters. Crewmembers of that department voted to give the cap­ tain 24 hours notice not to sail the ship unless they' get one additional foc'sle. February 17—Chairman, J. Parker; Sec­ retary, J. Vandenbarg. The steward was asked to put out an assortment of fruit .at night, and to sed that the milk is thawed out before serving. A new TV set will cost around $235. MARY ADAMS (Bloomfleld), February 12 — Chairman, Al Wile; Secretary, O. Smith. A motion was made that the* ship's delegate be instructed to report at regular ship's meeting any fights that take place aboard ship. The steward department was given a vote of thanks for a job well done. ship's delegate will sea the master about the threa dapartments. A vota of thanks having deck department foc'slas and pas­ was flvan to tho ataward dapartmant, sageways sougeed. ROBIN 6RAY (tail Shipping), D6camARCHERS HOPE (Cltlas tarvica), Feb­ bar !•—Chairman, J. HIghant; Sacratary, ruary 23—Chairman, W. Adamsi Secre­ B. Slald. Motion mada and carriad to tary, B. Padgett. Ship's delegate saw tiie have patrolman check alopchest bafora captain about having rooms painted. Ail signing ai'llclea. General diacusaiun on men on standby be sure to make coffee ship's stores. Washing machine in bad condition and laundry has no scupper. for all hands on holidays. Ice box in galiey needs repairs. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), Fabru­ STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Febru­ ary 10—Chairman, H. Hutcharion; Sacre1ary,.H. Rosecrans. Cooka wlU tender­ ary 21—Chairman, A. Shrlmpton; Sacra­ ize steaks. Suggestions welcomed for tary, D. Moon. Captain agreed to paint new suggestions to menus. Recreation all foc'sles next voyage. There is a sura room will be locked in port. Checkers of $60 In the ship's fund. Motion made and carried that the messhaU chairs be will be fed after the crew. secured as a safety precaution. This PORTMAR (Caimar), February 16— crew goes on record as being in favor Chairman, C. Martin; Sacratary, F. Buhl. of the existing traveler's check system. Crewmembers agreed that all beefs A motion was carried that the crew fol­ should be taken to the department dele­ low up the recent write-up in the LOG gates and not to the Union hall Individu­ regarding installing air conditioning on ally. A vote of thanks was given to th( Isthmian ships on the Persian Gulf run. ship's delegate and the caoks and mes.s- A. hearty vote of thanks given to the boys. A motion was made and carried steward and his entire department for to request large wooden lockers installed the fine meals served throughout the in crew foe'slcs. Stores will be checked four month trip. The ship's delegate with delegates before start of next trip. thanked the crew for its cooperation. All hands agreed that this trip was a ROBIN KIRK (Robin), Dtcembar 1«— good one and that harmonious relations Chairman, A. Thompson; Secretary, A. prevailed throughout.- . Notturno. Motion made that a more ANTINOUS (Watsrman), Fabruary 12— adequate Sea Chest be provided for the Chairman, M. Duat; Secretary, H. B|er- ship. A suggestion was made that engi­ ring. Ship's delegate reported contact­ neers be contacted about fixing leaks in ing New, Orleans patrolman pertaining laundry. Crewmembers were asked to be to un.safe deck cargo. Captain agreed considerate of the men off watch sleep­ to remedy situation in future. Balance ing. in ship's fund $21.81 and a suggestion STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), Janu­ was made not to increase tame as there might be a tendency to use an excessive ary 33—Chairman, R. Cummings; Secre­ fund foolishly. Baker asked crewmem­ tary, E. M. Watts. The steward depart­ bers to refrain from serving themselves ment was given a vote of thanks for the from the pantry during regular meals. fine food prepared during the hoiiddys Crewmembers were asked to take better as well as the rest of the voyage; Mo­ care of the washing machine in the tion made and carried that the ship's delegate l>e allowed ample time with the future. boarding patrolman to get beefs squared away without interference from the rest ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), February 21 —Chairman, L. Moora; Sacratary, R. of the crew: Deck department delegate Palmer. Ship's delegate spoke on bring­ suggested that tlie mate be contacted and ing ship in clean. Everything running asked to have a dodger board installed oh the foc'sle to protect the man on smoothly aboard with no beefa. watch. WARRIOR (Waterman), Fabruary <— Chairman, J. Crews, Jr.; Secretary, M. Elliott. A suggestion was made that delegates be changed every trip so every man has a chance at the Job and can get more experience. Crewmembers re­ minded of Sea Chest bill which should be paid, in New York at the payoff. A EVELYN (Bull), Fabruary 11—Chair­ new water cooler is needed in the engine man, F. Wtflktr; Secretary, J. Warmack. room. The ship's delegate reported that lots of ALCOA RUNNER (Alcos), February 13 painting has been done and lots more — Chairman, R. Egan; Secretary, W. will be done on next voyage. Discus­ Kavitt. Ship's delegate talked on per­ sion on pantryman not doing his work formers, and said beefs should be properly, and he goes to the captain brought up in the proper manner. Crew with beefs about the steward. Crewmem­ goes on record to give second cook a bers were told to go to the ship's dele­ vote gf thanks for doing a fine job. The gate with beefs and not to the captain. MONEY DUE Ex-Bradford Island The follovving men should con­ tact McNutt & Nash, 84 William St., New., York 38, NY, concerning salvage money due for towing dis­ abled island trader MV T.B. Radar off Trinidad, on March 19, 1953: Henry Czer, Francis Becraft, Gote Berggren. Joseph Burns, Daniel Clapp, James Curran, Henry Czerwinski, James Elrod, Jacobus Lakwyk, Marthon Lea, Lars Lynge, Tony Maliik, Spero Manzares, Homer Paschall, Joseph Puglisi, John Bounds, Marvin Sparrow, Eugene Stinehelfer, John Tierney. t Ex-Victory Carriers Checks for retroactive wages have been returned to Victory "Car­ riers, Inc., 655 Madison Ave., New York 21, NY, as unclaimed and may be obtained by writing the com­ pany: SS Ames Victory, Joseph V. Bissonnett, Joseph J. Penner; SS Jefferson City Victory, John C. Martin, Carmelo Murphy, David Raynes; SS Longview Victory, Rob­ ert E. Ayers, Raymond J. Knoles, Thomas C. Riley; SS Mankato Vic­ tory, James A. Slay; SS Northwest­ ern Victory, Henry N. Grant, John W. Williamson. ft Ex-John C. Checks covering retroactive wages on the above vessel can be obtained by writing or calling At­ lantic Carriers, Inc., 29 Broadway, New York 4, NY. • ~ ^ Puzzle Answer S][!]S QSBQia QQQ @•013 SESQEi BBS 30Q[1I3 3SIES @0 @Q[iB3 ESS @33301 SSH ANN MARIE (Bull), February 14—Chair­ man, E. Dakin; Sacratary, L. Caldaron. The chairman told the crew that there is a good aupply of clgarettea for the trip and informed them that the master has enougii cash on hand to give a draw before getting to Boston. Discussion on cleaning the laundry. It was agreed to be cleaned on a weekly rotary basis by Louis EuEcne Barch Contact Bull Steamship Com­ pany, 115 Broad St., New York, NY, or the nearest office of the US Immigration and Naturaliza­ tion Service. 4, Jim Babaccia Get in touch with Slaid c/o the Lake Charles SIU hall. 4 4. 4. Preston J. Stevens Please get in touch with Harold J. Lamy c/o Dodd, Hirsch and Bar­ ker, 709 Carondelet Building, New Orleans, or call Canal 7265. 4" 4^ 4i(» Crew complalnloc because ship's officers, custom guards and their friends go Into tho crew pantry and eat up aU the night lunch. Department delegates wiU see the captain about this in addition to keeping longshoremen from the crew quarters. MICHAEL (Carrat), January 2—Chair­ man, F. Israll; Secretary, W. Lleberman. Fans are needed In foc'sles, galley and pantry. .Ship's fund totals $25.71^ and donations will be taken from crewmem­ bers. The clock in the galley should be fixed. An iron will be purchased. SANTA VENETIA (Elam), December 12 —Chairman, E. Black; Secretary, W. Nesta. Crew was asked to make less noise in passageways, and to keep the pantry and messhaU cleaner at night. January 15—Cltairman, J. Smith; Sec­ retary, J. Haynes. Crew's radio is in Baltimore hall being repaired. Ship's delegate reported that the captain will put. out a $25 draw for all hands on reaching port. Motion made and carried that water tanks be examined and if nec­ essary cleaned and cemented. Steward requested one man from each depart­ ment check stores coming aboard in States. Slopchest for next voyage should be checked for items and sizes. ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), Jenuary 29—Chairman, C. Kaust; Secretary, B. Padgett. Department delegates were asked to get up a, repair list. A vote of thanks was given to the steward depart­ ment for the good chow and to the messman, especially, with the extra daymen to serve. ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), JanuarySO— Chairman, T. Costello; Secretary, James M. Nelson. Crewmembers made a col­ lection of tl05 and it was sent to a brother who had to get off the ship be­ fore sailing as his baby died. Sugges­ tion made to stop using coffee cups for ash trays, and to buy ail crew movies in the port of Mobile instead of New Or­ leans. $219.50 in the ship's fund. VENORE (Ore), January 2—Chairman, J. Kearney; Secretary, J. Oliver. The steward department was given a vote of thanks. A ship's delegate was elected. A motion was made and carried to see the patrolman for fans ift recreation * ANTINOUS (Waterman), January 30— room. Chairman, J. Charamie; Secretary, R. BENTS FORT (Cities Service), January Guild. Deck cargo aft considered unsafe for crew. Discussion on men missing 6—Chairman, Ben Martin; Secretary, ship. The. electrician is not permitted to Robert Hammond. Headquarters was no­ change bulbs on weekend. Men in en­ tified about the coffee and the soap pow­ gine department complained they are re­ der. Each member of the engine depart­ quired to stan^ by on weekends to blow ment donated $1 to the ship's fund. Sev­ eral complaints on the food situation. tubes. Ship's delegate urged men to take dele­ TAGALAM (Seatrade), January 5 — gate posts aboard ships, and the meeting Chairman, T. J. Cennell; Secretary, J. A. positions as well, stating that he feels Menville. The Tagalam was .laid up in it is a bookman's responsibility to the Seattle for eight months and in very bad Union and his book to hold such shape, so the crew has taken a pledge positions. to make it a clean SIU ship by sougeeCOEUR d'ALENE VICTORY (Victory ing, chipping and painting. February 1—Chairman, T. Connellr Sec­ Carriers), January 15—Chairman, W. Zaretary, J. Menvllla. The washing ma­ leski; Secretary, W. Fisher. Delegates chine needs repairing. Suggestion made were asked to make up repair lists so to have a jar placed on the table at that all work can be done aboard ship payoff for the March of Dimes, and all that is possible before arrival in the money donated will be turned over to States. Departments will rotate in tak­ the patrolman. The Tagalam isn't what ing care of the recreation room and the slie was on the beginning of this trip. laundry. The crew did a very good job, and wilh ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), no datea little more work and paint the ship Chairmen, C. Gillespie, Jr.; Secretary, J. will be a good clean SIU ship. Wilson. Caplain requesled lliat gear of DEL VIENTO (Mississippi), January 29 seaman in hospital be brought to him, .—Chairman, H. Shiro; Secretary, P. K. for rechecking. The food should be' Chambliss. Discussion on the possibility cheeked for freshness as there has been of having the vessel stored at least oiia eonsideruble trouble with • the refrigera­ day prior to .sailing so the quality and tion. Vote of thanks given to the messquantity of stores can be .examined by man and pantryman for cleanliness. cooks and steward. STEELORE (Ore), December 29—Chair­ man, Henry Shepeta; Secretary, E. J. Debardelaben. A vote of (hanks was given to the stew-ard department for the Christmas dinner they worked so Iiard to prepare. The washing machine will )je checked when tlie ship arrives in Balti­ more. The steward will check with the port officials to ace what can be done about same. . ' SEATRAirt SAVANNAH (Seatrain), Jan­ uary 27—Chairman, S. Johnson; Secre­ tary, J. Puller. Motion made and car­ ried that ship's delegate see the chief mate about painting deck department shower and toilet. All brothers were asked to try to keep the messhaU cleaner. The ship's delegate promised to have a new work list made up concerning the cleaning of the laundry room. There has been a shortage of face towels. Crew­ members were asked to be a little more careful with them. The water fountain is leaking pretty badly. REPUBLIC (Trafalgar), February 22— Chairman, W. Barth; Secretary, D. Keddy. Ship's delegate reported that new fans are coming aboard and that port captain would inspect tlie mcssroom chairs using his judgment on repairs. Discussion held on ship's cleanliness and on some food problems. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Febru­ ary 20—Chairman, J. Alien; Secretary, Sir Charles. Discussion on sailing board time and the time the crew has to re­ port back to ship, and what can be done about same. A new TV set is needed aboard and facts will be obtained on same from Sea Chest at the hall. that • letter be prepared and sent to Union etating the feeling of the mem­ bers in support of the administration and affairs of the SfU, A&G District. A suggestion was made that a picture story of. the members activities be prepared and sent to the editor of the LOG. No date—Chairman, J. Denals; Secre­ tary, M. Cox. Repair list hag been turned over to the captain and copies are on hand for SIU patrolman. Wire was re­ ceived from headquarters stating that this is an organized ship. Balance in ship's fund is $23. Suggestion made that Innerspring mattresses and better linen be put aboard. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department. Tho captain reported we do not have a pen­ alty cargo. L. EMILIA (Bull), January 16—Chairman, Guelinifi; Secretary, C. KaVanagh. Ship's delegate informed deck members that mate informed him that men are to work bell to bell with no time off. The mate, emphasized the fact that the bosun is not to do any work only super­ vise. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for the service and preparation of food. Ten innersprings are needed to replace old ones. All rooms need painting. Scuppers should be cleared to stop odors. February 16—Chairman, C. Kavanagh; Sacretary, Red Campbell. A new ship's delegate was elected. Que.stion regarding fans will be brought to the patrolman's attention. • Messman requested coopera­ tion of all hands as to keeping messroom and pantry clean. * OREMAR (Ore), March 4—Chairman, C. Milssp; Secretary, "W. Anderson. Brother Anderson reported that two men in the deck department were fired without cause. Attention was called to the fact that dockworkers have walked off with property belonging to the crew and weren't searched or challenged at the gangway. Steward was asked to leave napkins out for the night lunch. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward and his department for the good chow they have been putting out. Furuseth School To Open May 1 (Continued from page 2) upgrade their ratings and thus in­ crease their earning capacity. We will give further assurance to the operators that the SIU always can provide a stable force of competent seamen to help them meet the cut­ throat competition of 'runaway' foreign flag operators." Harrison sees the school as being a means of providing the industry with "qualified men who will aid us in the efficiency and economy of our operation. < "From the humane side, it will do much to promote the safety of men at sea and we are always in­ terested in the safety factor," he said. "We see opportunities for great advancements in the steward department, particularly with ref­ erence to training passenger ship personnel." Captain Rucker said the school appeared to him to be a "fine movement which will have farreaching effect in the direction of promoting greater safety. The Coast Guard is in favor of any program that will add to safety of men at sea." Friends of Re and Luckjf at the Hub Bar, 311 23 St., Galveston, OCEAtT DINNY (Maritime Overseas), Texas, are urged to get in touch January 2—Chairman, D. Bass; Secretary, with them. W, Miline, Motion made and carried to request SIU headquarters to provide in­ 4 41 4^ formation as to the status of this ship. A great deal of discussion regarding R. De Los Santos and Joseph whether or not brothers aboard would be Saxton, are urged to contact the issued books. A suggestion was made Seafarers Sea Chest at headquar­ CATHERINE (Dry-trans), January 25— ters, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn, NY. Chairman, L, Hailiday; Secretary, J. Sherlock. Purpose of this meeting was Edifor, 4i <4 4^ to discuss members coming back to the Bill Gonzales ship under the intluence of alcohol and SEAFARERS LOG. their shipmates. If any mem­ Van Whitney has checked your disturbing ber conducts himself in such a way that 675 Fourth Ave., gear into the headquarters baggage it is unbecoming to a Union member he Brooklyn 32. NY room. The baggage check has been will be put on charges. left in the mailroom in an en­ DEL MUNDO (Mississippi), January 31 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please —Chairman, I. Brown; Secretary, J. Pocbu. velope with your name on It. put my name on your moiling list. (Print Information) i> if ti Quiz Answers Ernest E. Smallwood (1) Chief Justice Warren and NAME It Is urgent that you contact Mrs. O. G. Bowen, Fairfax Drive, Justices Black, Burton, Clark, Route 2, Fort Myers, Fla. Douglas, Frankfurter, Minton and Reed. STREET ADDRESS 4 4> t V (2) The Big Dipper. Al Caracciola (3) Culotte; the rest are head­ Please contact Ted Chinell, CITY ...ZONE STATE Purser, Pacific Far East Lines, gear. (4) 48. Pier 40, San Francisco, Calif., or (5) The Rothschilds. ^ Signed . 1556 Filbert St., San Francisco. (6) Etching. Very urgent. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you srg an old lubtcribsr and hav# a chanq* (7) Fraternal twins. i. i. i. of addrati, plaata giva your formar addraii balow: (8) Considerably less. Anyone knowing whereabouts of (9)60. gear of Alfred Stearns who paid (10) At Concord, Massl, where ADDRESS ... off City of Alma, March 29, 1955, the first battle of the; Aiperican is urged tD^ contact the -Mobile Revolut^^ took 4CI:LY tiaaaaaaataaa «•«aa996ao9ta099«aaata$ata9aMMaM y::*j " •I - ••U - AI .•-I I m • -A" I " I M ;s; . -A I •/I -• AI -J I "••il '^1 •II �April m. 195f I SEAFARERS'L0€ ' VW* l^lrhte'cB Family Gathering At The Brown'a Homestead S E A F A R E R 8 fyi!;' • t 5 -I.H I; w.i. ' 5 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID T. 'war No. Seafarers ReceiTinf Benefita this Period| Average Benefit! Paid Each Seafarer Total Bencfita Paid thia Period '•^. »• .Iv.-'- ;: M, '- -I . ' WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD ivj.; ;^. Howital Benefita Death Benefita SJESJL Diaabilitv Benefit. .M4<«nity Btatfiw. ¥.L. Vacation Beneflta New twin arrivals, Ira C. (left) and Sharon join rest of family of Cecil Brown in posing for LOG photographer in their Louisiana home. Susan, 2, also brought family $200 maternity benefit and $25 US Bond as did each of the twins. Oldest daughter Margaret Ann, 4, came Into world before Union maternity benefit was instituted. All of the following SIU families 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray­ Mrs. Lawrence G. Tailey, Sr., New will collect the $200 maternity mond Torres, New Yofk, NY. Orleans, La. benefit plus a $25 bond from the $1 4/ 4^ $1 4) Union in the baby's name: Steven Eikevik, born February George Daniel Tailey, born Feb­ Elizabeth Torres, born March 6, ruary 9, 1955. Parents, Mr. and 26, 1955. Parents, Mr. .and Mrs. Bjarne Eikevik, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 4 4j' 4» Gwendolyn Jane Wiggins, born February 28, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wiggins, Mobile, Ala. Immigration Now Spot-Checks Ships In Domestic Trades J Al. 4) 4« 4" Stricter immigration controls involving spot checks of ships Robert Thomas Brewer, born De­ even though they may not touch a foreign port have been cember 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William B. Brewer, New Or­ instituted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The leans, La. spot checks involve the clear-• ance of every crewmember on dered to produce the four men at Cheryl Lynn Terry,4J'born March the ship, including all the US a Government Immigration office 16, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. citizens aboard. Failure of crew- or be penalized by a $1,000 fine James Terry, Whittier, Calif. members to .stay aboard for such for each man. This is the standard 4. 4. 4. spot checks means that both they fine imposed on the operators in Dannie Lee Darby, born Febru­ and the shipping companies can any instance of a crewmember ary 10, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. leaving a ship without clearance. Huron C. Darby, Jr., Galveston, get into hot water. Under the procedure, all ships Subsequently, two of the men Tex. arriving at any US port are re­ returned to the ship and were 4^ 41 4 quired to notify Immigration. In cleared while a third was located Ida Lee Jartin, born January 26, recent weeks Immigration has been in New Orleans. The fourth- man 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Domin­ spot checking these ships at ran­ has still not been located and is go Jartin, Bi-ooklyn, NY. dom. If the ship is ordered to being sought by the company and 4, 4> 4 await an Immigration check it the Government agency. Donna Maria Mottram, born means that every crewmember's These checks, of course, are car­ March 8, 1955. Parents, Mr. and papers must be looked over. ried out regularly on offshore Mrs. Richard P. Mottram, Murine, A recent instance involving the ships as well and involve checking Miss. Arlyn (Bull Line) is indicative of the credentials of resident and 4 4 4 how the system works. The ship non-resident aliens. This kind of Deborah Elaine Lago, born arrived at Port Sulphur, Louisiana, procedure has been carried on March 16, 1955. Parents, Mr. and from San Juan. It had not touched under the authority of "the Mc- Mrs. brison Lago, New Yoi'k, NY. at any foreign poi-t in the course of Canan Immigration Act. 4 4 4 the voyage. Nevertheless, Immigra­ Seafarers on ships in the coast­ John Joseph Cabral, born Feb­ tion came aboard to check the wise, intercoastal and islands ruary 28, 1955. Parents, Mr. and crew. trades who have been accustomed Mrs. John Cabral, Brooklyn, NY, Four of the crewmembers had to going ashore without these 4 4 4 already left the ship before they checks are advised to make sure Mary Rose Murphy, born March could be cleared by the inspector. the ship has been cleared by Im­ 9, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John As a result, the company was or­ migration from now on in. F. Murphy, Flushing, NY. ^ E A «=* A B PORT C CALL 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ••riT-. ^A\^iN\pRB Hosoitnl Benefit* P«id Since lulv 1. 1950 • | Sda Death Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1950 • 11/ / Oo tnS Diaabilitv Benefits Paid Since Mav 1. 1952* oo Mnternitv Benefits Paid Since AotU 1. 1952 • oo Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • Sf Total LSiS 3CR A ^ • D.te Benefit* Beeaa WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS CEibonHand Vacation cvKiinakca AVVOUIKV nccciTaoic VVclfErc US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS 4 r-.' 1 1 Vff'ril\t*\ tutes "iT ' /5- yy lt> mSiA y® iTSJTTir*! COWIEHTSt TUB board of truatBaa of tha Saafarara* Walfara Plan la# at tha praaant tlma* angagad in a atudy of tha banaflta which hava baan paid by tha Plan. Tha atudy la baing laada in anticipation of inereaaihg aoma of tha praaant banafita, aa wall aa nha poaaibility of adding a Depandancy Banafit in lina with tha raquaat mada by varioua allgiblaa undar thia Plan. Uhdar tbia aalf inaurad typa of plan» tha abova can ba accompliahad aisplar and chaapar than if tha Plan waa an inaurad Plan.^^^ A Submilttd ..*....4^...?.?. A1 Ketr, AssiMtmfXMnistftor ' YOUR CLAM fOR MAmSNANCe ANDO/RB,.. Ill 4 SIO 4 WELFABE SERVICES Carl Elestus Penton, born Oc­ tober 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jackson Penton, Pearl A/ WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Michael Kenneth Marple, born August 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Marple, West Haven, Conn. Margaret Ann Bojko, born March 15, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bojko, Philadelphia, Pa. S9 /// JL June Ann Galasi born March 13, 1955. Pai-ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Galas, New York, NY. Mary Teresa Strickland, born March 13, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Leroy Strickland, Savannah,-Ga. g/eoC?ACt>^Al _IauL Ifc is vfety Impot^ayii'inc/amni^ WBiiffeJiaMce and cutis-ihat you ms-f-a shipboard wade of yout^ accidienb'endihf' you ave leavino-iiieahipfor med­ ical yfeacone. ^ve a sifiiptAAdh. Mie keex> a copy. Al^' wed/cal sli^ . If Voa have., any quesVio^, cortmcd-dh& Stu Welfaye SeK//c5e&. . BEPumnT ...J • �ldS3 SEED** THE SEi^ARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN Everybody knows the saying that it's the innocent bystander who gets it in the neck. Well Seafarer Isaac Antonio proved that very statement. Brother Antonio was trying to break up a fight out in the street near his home, and all the thanks he got for it was to get knocked down and have his right knee broken. He learned the hard way that being a peacemaker can turn into a pretty rugged job. Antonio's last ship was the Seanan and he was steward aboard her. He's been in the hospital about three weeks .now and hopes to be up and around before too long. Among the other brothers at the hospital is Sea­ farer Philip Korol, who is getting treatment for a back injury. He was BR on the Alcoa Runner when he got hurt and after being- treated in a hospital in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was sent back to the States. For a while he was getting outpatient treatment here but the condition kept getting worse so he was admitted to. the hQspital on April 6. Seafarer George Herrman, who was on the Archers Hope his last trip out, has been readmitted to Staten Chirichella Island for further treatment. Dominic Chirichella, AB off the Sandcaptain, entered the hospital for an operation on March 30. He's in fine shape now and should be discharged by the time this appears in print. The doctors have R. C. Caraballu, messman off the Jean, under study to find out what caused his stomach ailment. He entered the hospital on April 6. The day before that. Seafarer Newton Eddington came in for treatment of a gall bladder ailment. Eddington was oiler on the Seatrain New York. Seafarer John Hawkins, OS off the Steel Appren­ tice, is being treated for a cyst on the base of his spine. Hernia trouble has put Francisco Pineiro out of action for a while. He was FWT on the Greece Victory. A skin condition put Brother B. Hanssen in the hospital for treatment. He has a rash on his hands which keeps him froip doing his work in the steward department and the doctors are trying to clear it up. Pineiro He was on the Seagarden on his last trip. Olav Seim, who was oiler on the Steel Admiral, is being treated for an attack of malaria. Seafarers In Hospitals usPHS HosprrAi. BALTIMORE. MD. George Anderson Thomas Mungo George D. Olive George Bekken Fred Pittman Alvln L. Blain JoRph Prabeck Lorenzo Brigida' , Harry Rochkind L. J. Brllhart Ralph Ruff Joseph Backer Robert W. Scales Byrd O. Buzbee John R. Schuitz Jessie A. Clarke A. E. Seegmiiler Victor B. Cooper Edward Sescrko Leo A. Dwyer John Simpson Gorman T. Glaze Robert Smith Roy M. Hawes R. H. Soiheim Edward Huizenga Norman T. Jackson John Straka Joseph C. Lcwallen Warren O. Whitmer Robert McCorkel John C. Mitchell G. Manila Henrich Wiese Tony Mastantino Robert J. Wiseman WUliam J. Mellon USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Alfred A. Hancock USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY. A. J. Andersen Serafin G. Lopez Dusan DeDuisin John McKarek Perfecto Manguel Hipolito DeLeon Jorge J. Marrero C. E. Flikins Michael Michalik Gerald Fitzjames Paige A. Mitchell Theodore Gerber George Robinson Estell Godfrey Jose Rodriguez Robert F. Grant Matti Ruusukalllo Fred Hauser Howard Sanders D. Kaim Joseph J. Keating Aaron Sasser Norman D. Wilson Adolph Kubacki T. Larsen USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKT.VN, NY. Fortunato Bacomo James R. Lewis Frank W. Bemrick Arthur Lomas Claude F. Blanks • Francis F. Lynch Joseph D. McGraw Robert L. Booker A. McGuigan Joseph G. Carr Vic MUazzu Jar Chong Walter W. Denley Melvin O. Moor* Joseph Neubauer 4ohn J. Driscoll Daniel F. Ruggiano Bart E. Guranick Wade H. Sexton Taib Hassen' George E. Shumaker Thomas Isaksen E. R. Smallwood John W. Keenan John R. Klemowicz Henry E. Smith Ludwig Kristiansen Renato A. Villata Frederick Landry Virgil E. Wilmoth James J. Lawlor Chee K. Zal Kaarel Lcetmaa Put Number On Meeting Excuses Seafarers sending telegrams or letters to the New' York headquarters dispatcher asking to be excused from attending headquarters membership meetings must Include the reg­ istration. number of their shlppfhg card in the message. From now on. If the number Is not included, the excuse can­ not be accepted by the dis-patcher. r Pagf Mnstem SEAFARERS'LOC MAINE GENERAL HOSPITAL PORTLAND. MAINE Lionel O. Chapman USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Rufus L. Fields Louis C. Miller Samuel N. Hurst James T. Moora Jimmic Littleton John H. Morris Angelo J. Martins Wallace W. Sweat USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT. MICH. Tim Burke USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton USPHS HOSPITAL LEXINGTON, KY. George O. Chaudion USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Benjamin F. Deibler Jose Santiago Virgil L. Harding Edward J. Toolan SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY. Joseph Koslusky * USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. John J. Blpere Francis J. Boner USPHS HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS Benjamin F. Grice Earl Alverson Alexander P. Copa John E. Markopolo Jack Maya Roy E. Curtis Fred Fall William G. Trie* John Grassl USPHS HOSPITAL ' SEATTLE, WASH. K. Abarons John Kasigian James Dewell Raindo Mora William J. Frick Motomu Musashl Sverre Johannessen Jack R. Simison W. A. Johnston George J. Wanka USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLE.ANS, LA. William Brewer Kenyon Parks C. G. Crcvier Wallace Pratts John Doyle R. A. Ratcliff T. L. Dugan N. Reznichenko Charles Ellzey - Gleason St. Germain Henry L. Falgout Thomas A. Scanlon Leo Fontcnot Benjamin C. Seal William Grimes Edward J. Stevens Earl T. Hardeman Luiuilo R. Tickle E. G. Knapp Dick Visser Leo H. Lang Dolphus D. Walker Jean Latapie James E. Ward Plere LeBlanc Maurice A. Webra James M. Lucky David A. Wright ^onso Olaguibel VETERANS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Floyd F, LUes CHARITY HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. George W. Books USPHS HOSPITAL . SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Marcelo B. Belen John F. Murphy . Salvatore J. Guiffre Joseph Perreira Merle Houx Clyde J. Smith Jr. Aloyslus Kessen Norman West Robert Lambert P. S. Yuzoa C. McBrien KINGSBRIDGE VA HOSPITAL „ BRONX. NY. James Kennedy SlU's Reputation Meets The Test The SIU's reputation for making good on blood donations stood the test again recently. As a result, the wife of Seafarer John Jellette is out of danger after hovering on the brink for several hours. the hall for help. He got in tou^i called the hospital and informed' Jellette had just returned with a Welfare Services represen­ them that the Union was ready to home from an SIU ship when tative at headquarters and ex­ replace any and all transfusions his wife was, taken critically plained his needs. Unfortunately promptly on Monday. With this as­ ill at their home in Brooklyn. She was rushed to Prospeet Heights Hospital where Jellette was told that several blood transfusions were needed immediately to keep her alive. Jellette's first thought was to call it was a Saturday afternoon, and since dispatching was over for the day, there was nobody around the hall to turn to on the problem. Go-Ahead Signal Here's wher^ the Union's "credi?' stood the test. Welfare Services The 'New' Tommy Moore Ready To Make Debut The value of both the Public Health Service hospitals and of the SIU Welfare Plan has been written up many times on these pages, but it would be hard to find somebody more ap­ preciative of these two organ-• izations than Seafarer Tommy ' the items he consumed in an hour Moore. After 3V2 years in and and 20 minutes were 18 feet of surance, the hospital went ahead and gave Mrs. Jellette four trans­ fusions which pulled her through the crisis. On Monday arrangements were made with the local Red Cross chapter and four Seafarers, Brinkeroff. House, Coutant and Bram­ ble, went to th^ local Red Cross offices to make up for the trans­ fusions. Mrs. Jellette is now doing nicely and is well on the road to recovery. This latest instance is only one of several in which the Union has been able to get immediate help for Seafarers or members of their families by pledging replacement of transfusions. Because the Union has liverfup to its obligations time and again, most hospitals in the metropoiitan New York area will go ahead with transfusions without delay. The same is true, of course, of the Public Health Service hospital in Staten Island where it has been general policy to provide as much blood as needed for Seafarers with the assurance that the Union, when asked, ^ would make up for any drain on the hospital's blood sup­ plies. The only reason that a Union blood bank has not been es­ tablished at the hospital is because of lack of space and personnel. At other Public Health Service hospitals, such as in New Orleans, the Union has a blood bank of its own to which Seafarers donate regularly, providing assurance that their Union brothers will have all the blood they need in any emer­ gency. "I am deeply grateful" Jellette said, "as is^iy wife, for the gen­ erous response to my appeal. It sure feels good to belong with such brothers to .the SIU who truly live up to the inscription on the Union button, 'Brotherhood of the Sea.'" out of the Savannah USPHS'hos­ Vienna sausage, eight cans of sar­ pital, Moore is hopeful of being dines, four cans of salmon, four discharged shortly, 280 pounds cans of pork and beans, three links lighter than when he entered and of smoked sausage each 12 inches in good health again. long, a quart of buttermilk, large Through all those trying months loaf of bread and a quarter pound one thing that helped sustain him was the interest of his Union and the financial help received in the form of the $15 weekly hospital benefit. Since the SIU benefit is paid for as long as it is needed, Moore has been receiving it since back in >1951 with the exception of a lengthy period in 1953-1954 when he was not hospitalized. All told, the figures show he received over $1,700 in benefits. Moore entered the hospital origi­ nally for a throat operation and treatment of arthritis. At the time, November, 1951, he tipped the beam at 427 pounds, obviously a complicating factor in his arthritis and an extremely serious health hazard of its own. At last word, he had lost 15 inches from his 54-inch Tommy Moore in 1952. waistline and weighed 160 pounds. He expects to take off another 10 of potato salad. Needless to say he pounds before he leaves the hos­ won a bet he made on the outcome. pital. But all that is behind him now. Active Athlete From now on in, Moore looks for­ Moore's weight problem grew ward to leading-a normal life and like anybody's—from eating too hopes his former shipmates wilL much. The 42-year-old Seafarer abandon the nickname "Skoko" recalls that he was always bulky they attached to him after a wellas a youngster, but that didn't keep known shortening product of the The deaths of ihk following Sea­ him from being hale, hearty and same name. farers have been reported to the "I can't say too much," Moore active. He played football in high Seafarers Welfare Plan and the school and was a crack swimmer, said "in thanking Dr. Zeigler and $2,500 death benefits are being the entire staff of the Savannah participating in many Savannah paid to their beneficiaries: Kiver swimming meets including hospital for the wonderful care I've one 20-mile run down to Tybee Is­ Melvin N. McQuiddy, 46: On land in which he managed to cover September 12, 1954, Brother Mc­ 18 of the 20 miles. Quiddy died of heart disease in Couldn't Get Clothes Galveston, Texas. He started sailing regularly In Burial took place the SIU in 1942. In 1943 he was at the Forest torpedoed on the General James Park Cemetery Oglethorpe and had his first ex­ in Galveston. perience with the disadvantages of Brother McQuiddy bulk. All his gear had been lost joined the Union on the vessel and he had been in 1952 and had given a dunking in the North At­ been sailing in lantic besides. When the rescue the engine department. He is sur­ ship took him and other crewmemvived by his brother, Mr. B. W. bers to Londonderry, Ireland, there McQuiddy of Ogden, Utah. were no clothes availa"Ble to fit him iS* i* 4" and he had to wear a trench coat, Trlpo Vldovlch, 62: On February shoes and scarf until he could'get 11, 1955, Brother Vidovich died of to Belfast and get appropriate a heart ailment gear. At the time he wore size 48 while sailing pants. arfooard the SS Moore always had an avid ap­ Winter Hill. Burpetite and before he went to sea, ial took place at The "new" Tommy Moore. he would always work in places St. Joseph's Cem­ that had food or served food. Much received all along. That goes too etery in Camden, of his time was spent in local drug for the great help I've gotten all New Jersey. Join­ store-luncheonettes like Walgreen, along from the Union. ing the Union in Inman's and the Hotel De Soto in 1952, in San Fran­ "I don't think there's another Savannah. cisco, Brother union anywhere that would have On one occasion he was written stuck with a member-for as Ion? Vidovich had been sailing in the up in Ripley's "Believe It. or Not" as the SIU did for me. As far as engine department. He is survived after he.starred in an eating con­ I'm concerned there's none better by his wife, Mrs. Mary Vidovich test at Inman's in 1934.' AtAtmg than the SFCTWelfafe Plan." • - Of•Xafflden; "Flew Jersey; DISPATCH i •-s -.I j I 1' - fJ. I I II I �•- SEAFARERS • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL ITN I O N • LOG ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • til s. Announcing ESTABLISHMENT OF Ife- aoss w I SEAFAREltS Ivaf;;-' i: LOG . --|g Ji;i >'• B BV" m::. To Men of the Seafarers Int'l Union, A&G District, AFL "for outstanding contributiont toward bettering the SEAFARERS LOG and for constructive aid to the SlU/If Ife" •Ei--.' 1^/ Seafarers and readers everywhere have long found the SEA< FARERS LOG to be.an Interestingly different union newspaper —a fact that has led to the LOG winning a sizable number ofowards in trade union journalism. That "something" that has made the LOG different is un­ questionably a result of the letters, poems, photographs, and, drawings sent in by Seafarers from snips and ports throughout the v/orfd. l-wf-' 1^- m m- •. •^• fc-:: : This direct participation in the Union newspaper by Seafar­ ers has served to make the LOG truly a newspaper of, by and for the membership. Moreover, membership participation in the newspaper fias served as a means of bringing forth fdeai and suggestions for Union action on fronts beneficial to Sea­ farers. ifi- b'lV].. fc:>- ISWijj':.;-'/:; ' ISfc'feit-; Bi,'-/"!.!-. •• ••' • -• ; f/'Vi •' ' In order to give recognition and honor to these membership contributions as well as encourage greater participation, the SfU is establishing the SEAFARERS LOG Awards, The SEA­ FARERS LOG Awards will cover the four topics listed below. Everything published in the LOG during 1955 is eligible. At -the end of the year, the editors of the LOG will go bock • through all the issues and select the outstanding examples in these four fields for awards. The presentations will be made early next year. P;. '-.x _ 4V -.y . .. .-.L': .! . - J - • An award to the Seafarer whose letter offers the best proposal in behalf of the member$hi|S or for the bed! Letters. ......... .letter expressing the feeling of a Seafarer on a particular issue. MI Im'-W-^-r . ligiti- •' Photographs t - : ;. I e 'e' e '« e' An award to the. Seafarer whose photograph or photograph! the editors feel hai the greatest reader appeal'' OP best illustrates Seafarers at work or at play. ^ Poetry. ......... .An award for the poem which the editors feel has literary merit and Isdn the tradition of the sed. ^ * Drawings. ...... .. i An award for the pen and ink drawing showing quaiity and originality based on marltimi or teiated.experlencei. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource April 15, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 8 Description An account of the resource Headlines: ILA CRIMP RIG MILKS SEAMEN NEW SIU TRAINING SCHOOL TO START CLASSES MAY 1 SIU PENSION, FAMILY CARE STUDIED BY WELFARE PLAN MOBILE HALL WORK DELAYED SIU OF NA ROUTS BRIDGES BY 4 TO 1 IN 3-DEP'T VOTE LOG TO GIVE OWN 'OSCARS' FOR 1955 SIU CREWS AND MEETINGS BACK LUNDEBERG STAND EX-SAILOR WRITES HISTORICAL NOVEL SEE NO JOB LOSS IN SALE OF WATERMAN TO MCLEAN FAMILIAR 'W' TO VANISH FROM SEA 'LORETTA' DIES IN BALTIMORE RENAME SIU FRIEND LA. AFL HEAD CS ORDERS 3RD SUPER TANKSHIP LOUISIANA LABOR BACKS SIU'S HOSPITAL FIGHT FRENCH DEPUTIES URGE ACTION ON 'RUNWAYS' REPORT RAKES MSTS COMPETITION WITH PRIVATELY-OPERATED SHIPPING ALA. CUTS FISHERMEN GAS TAXES DRUG 'TRAPS,' STRICT CUSTOMS PLAGUE SEAFARERS IN FAR EAST FINAL VICTORY TRAINING PROGRAM MR. CURRAN AND HIS RECORD OF FLIP FLOPPING FLIT FLIES ON STEEL SEAFARER - PAINTING JOB GETS NOWHERE MANY SERVICES AT GENOA CLUB REVOLT BREWS - 'POINTERMAN' LEADING WAY 'SPIDER' GETS CAUGHT IN THE WEB OF AFRICA SIU'S REPUTATION MEETS THE TEST THE 'NEW' TOMMY MOORE READY TO MAKE DEBUT Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4/15/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/7553eb82c17dde6c3db60c7f31092998.PDF d86fee0c5c09b7da368d637496bd228f PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THI SiAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • 3-DEPr VOTE ENDS SEE SlU VKTORY Last Sea Union Under Control Of Communists Hearing Doom ——— ->1 Story On Page 3 New Seniority Hiring Set-Up Runs Smoothly 'I'H Story On Page 3 - • CAMU Flops; AFL Unions Withdraw .*>1 1 Story On Page S 'ifi SlU Action w Nips Unsafe Shipboard Rig '•'m •s" •. I<V>: ' - ^-. 'V V. 11••.•;'••: |!'j.r Ir'"' lit. 'it Story Ontf*age 3 liS-^ — M ^ff u •/ Harry Lundeberg, president of the SIU of North America, lead» AFL delegation out of CAAfU rOnSp Washington conference room after presenting statement with reasons for AFL maritime union withdrawal from the Conference of American Maritime Unions. Failure of CAMU to fulfill its function was cited as one of the main reasons for the AFL unions' action. Shown leaving with Lundeberg are: SUP New York port agent Morris Weisberger (behind Lundeberg) ; David Lees (with pipe) and Fred Farnen, Great Lakes SIUj .^knd Thomas Meyer (right), Marine Firemwi'si,Union. (Story on Page 2). House Okays USPHS Budget For'55-'56 Story On Page S • .''rf �"Hr k^s'i, 1S88 USPHS Clears 1st Hurdle Okays Fund Bill ;r. Venus Loses Her Sea-Legs WASHINGTON—Seafarers and other merchant seamen last week won the first round in the fight to keep the US Public Health Service hospital program intact for another year, as the House of Representatives passed a bill to provide $34 million for the operation of the hospitals in the fiscal year year after a wave of protest from beginning July li Seafarers and others, in the mari­ Now clear of its first major time industry. The. House action last week, in approving funds for hospital operations ; during . the coming 12 thonths, underlines its reaction to the "economy" pro­ posal. Employee Wage Boost ^ The additional funds for USPHS activities provided in the House appropriation bill this year cover an increased wage cost for em­ Swept ashore last week during 60-mlIe-an-hour gale winds, the ployees, estimated at $800,000, Venus, a 6,269-ton Norwegian vessel, provokes the interest of curi­ which Is required by law. osity-seekers at Plymouth, England, after Hhe rode up on the rocks at nearby Mount Batten. No injuries were reported. Noting this. Rep. John E. Fogarty (D-RI), who filed the com­ mittee report, stated: "According to testimony and information pre­ sented to the Committee,'it was not planned to close any hospital In 195*6. The Committee wished to further assure this by allowing in full for this sizable and practical­ ly uncontrollable added cost (of $800,000)." While House Merchant Marine Committee staff members Hailing the House action, SIU started discussions with East Coast maritime representatives, officials at headquarters urged they announced that open hearings have been scheduled on Seafarers not to relax their efforts in contacting their Senators and the subject of West Coast la--*'situation in maritime and its effects Congressmen about the necessity bor relations. on the American merchant marine. of keeping the USPHS hospitals The staff members, Ralph Discussions are planned with open. "The battle may be won, E. Casey, chief counsel, and two representatives of both seagoing but the war isn't over," they cau­ assistants are, in their own words, and shoreside unions, the ship op­ exploring" the labor-management erators, stevedores and the New tioned. York-New Jersey waterfront com­ mission. Subsequently, the committee staff wUl go to the Gulf area to explore conditions in that section. The SIU Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict is one of the unions which Adding another company to the the House staff will contact. SIU roster, the Union reached Casey and his assistants have agreement with, the newly-formed Pointing to the failure of the Conference of Anierican Maritime Unions to deal sincerely already been to the West Coast Arthur Steamship Corp. last month for a standard SiU freight contract and effectively with the issues affecting the American seaman, all the AFL-affiliated unions to see maritime representatives in that area. The hearings there are on its first ship, the Westport. have left the conference. In a statement of withdrawal signed by the AFL representatives,' expected to open after the con­ The ship, a Liberty, had aboard a hey declared: "The CAMU clusion of the current discussions. full crew of Seafarers and sailed was formed to present a firm organization for his own pet pro­ jurisdictions over bulk cargo ships. The committee, headed by Rep. in ballast from Norfolk to pick up jects at the expense of his mem­ When the AFL and CIO joined a cargo of sodium ash in Louisiana. and united stand on problems bership and the membership of hands, the prograih would be Herbert C. Bonner (D-NC), is seek­ ing to develop remedies for the facing the American seaman. She will pay off in Hampton Roads other unions, industry's many ills. (Continued on page 17) "Of these the foremost were the and is expected to head for the The futility of CAMU was spell­ maintenance ... of the' hiring Far East after that. ed out clearly when NMU Presi­ Formerly the SS Union Sulphur, dent Joseph Curran and William the Westport had been manned in Full details of the contract Steinberg, president of the CIO all three departments by SIU af­ tigned by the Sailors Union radio operators union. Issued a filiates on the West Coast until the with the International Steam­ blast in the public press against new company was formed for East ship Company, operators of the Sailors* Union of the Pacific Coast operations. Its offices, in the Tonsina, can be found on and its secretary-treasurer, Har^ New York, are at 120 Wall Street. page 6 of this issue. Lundeberg. This blast came on the very eve of the meeting on an issue that should have been dis­ hall ... we do not approve of the cussed at the meeting itself. The manner in which the hiring hall April 1, 1955 Vol. XVII, No. 7 was handled by the National Mari­ attack was followed up' by radio­ grams circularized to all ships at NMU President Joseph Curran's violent and hysterical As I See It Page 4 time Union ... all undersigned sea by CIO radio operators well attack on Harry Lundeberg and the Sailors Union of the Burly Page 16 unions pledge themselves to a de­ in advance of the meeting. Pacific has stirred much_comment in maritime and labor Crossword Puzzle Page 8 termined and continue# fight to Target Was SUP Pact circles,. ' The SEAFARERS-* Editorial Cartoon ....... Page 0 uphold the . . . rights of our mem­ LOG has asked observers in was to meet, Curran invited Lunde­ bers ... to use their own hiring The target of the attack was an Editorials Page 9 experimental bulk cargo agree­ both fields for their reactions. berg to a meeting of the LaborFinal DispatchPage 19 haUs. ..." ment signed by the Sailors Union Although they prefer not to be Management Committee without Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 CIO Hiring Surrender some weeks before with the oper­ quoted these' observers attribute success. Here is Lundeberg's view Labor Round-Up Page 8 On this note, AFL unions, in­ Letter of The Week Page 9 cluding fhe SIU and all its affili­ ators of a US flag liberty ship, Curran's rash action to three fac­ on the subject as reported to the SUP membership: Maritime Page 8 ates, left the March 21 meeting in the Tonsina. One point of the at­ tors: "The CIO Maritime Committee 1. The CIO Labor-Management Meet The Seafarer Page 8 Washington. Their endorsement of tack was that the new agreement is part of what is called the LaborNotices, Personals Page 17 this position was the result of was signed by the Sailors Union Committee. Off Watch Page 14 maneuvers by CIO unions, particu­ for the whole crew. In fact, Lunde­ 2. The maritime hiring hall and Management Committee, composed of the big subsidized shipowners Port Reports Pages 12, 13 larly the National Maritime Union, berg had consulted with unli­ seniority. on the East Coast, headed by the Quiz Page 14 to use CAMU for political pur­ censed affiliates on the question of 8. The APL-CIO merger. US Liiie and the CIO unions, prin­ Becent Arrivals Page 18 poses and as a cover-up for a jurisdiction, and / subsequently in Here in brief is the background cipally the NMU. No one else in SIU History Cartoon Page 6 series of abject surrenders on Washington, met with national on these factors;j the industry, belongs to this set-up, Vote of Thanks Page 9 major "porkchop" issues for sea­ heads of the R^dio Officers Union, The CIO Labor-Management which is ostensibly set up by the Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 men. These issues, aside from the Brotherhood of Marine Engineers ^ Committee big shipowners under labor's label Welfare Report Page 18 all-important hiring hall question. and Masters, IV&tes and Pilots on : ' The CIO Labor-Management in their continuous attempt to Your Dollar's Worth Page 4 Include the Coast Guard's pliyslcal this question. All parties'agreed thkt this Was Cdmnlltlee was set up by Curran, wheedle more subsidies from the Publlshod biweekly at the headquarters and mental examination program in their jurisdiction but that the and Lundeberg has often been re­ US, Government. •f the Seafarer* International Union, At­ and defense of AFL jobs on Ampac Saiiors Union shodld be allowed quested to participate. Lundeberg "Significantly' enough the colantic a Oulf District AFL, 675 Fourth ships. to crew the ship in this one experi­ has spurned these invitations be­ chairmen of this committee are Avanue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYaclnth In addition, CAMU was rendered mental instance. Subsequently if cause he opposes this type of "co- NMU President Joseph chrran and at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under B4660. Bntered a* second class, matter ineffective by the efforts of one the experiment, workgd, the other. pppyatiQi}." Just before the, Confer­ John Franklin, president of United CIO representati've to exploit the AFL unions Vould assert their' ence of American Maritime Unions ttM Act ef August 24; 19IZ (Continued on page 17) hurdle, the measure now goes to the Senate for consideration by the Appropriations Committee of that body. Action there is expect­ ed before long. House approval followed a day. after the House Appropriations Committee had adopted the bill with minor amendments. The funds provided are. $352,000 less than the President's' original bud­ get request of $34.4 million for "hospital and medical care" ac­ tivities of the USPHS, but are $1 million more than the program received last year. The House Committee report noted that "it was not planned to Secretary of Health Hobby close any hospital in 1956." This A reluctant custodian of view was backed up earlier by Dr. seamen's hospitals. G. H. Hunt, Assistant Surgeon General, in testimony at commit­ the Hoover Commission recom­ tee hearings, who told the Con­ mending the closing of all but gressmen that the Public Health four specialized USPHS hospitals Service operates 16 hospitals and Indicated this proposal was getting 25 outpatient clinics. "The esti­ anything but a warm reception. mates before you," he said, "pro­ The suggestions of the Hoover vide for the continuation of this Commission paralleled the same program at approximately the idea put forward in mid-1953 by present level of bperations." Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary Meanwhile, the furor through­ of Health, Education and Welfare, out the maritime industry and in and former Budget Director Jo­ Congress raised by the report of seph P. Dodge. These were voted down last Gov't Goes 'Exploring' In East Coast M'time -- 0 SlU Signs Up New Company CAM U Fails UnionSeamen ^AFL Unions Withdraw Maritime Observers Report: SEAFARERS LOG I I fek:-' Why Joe Curran Attacks Lundeberg �April , I>ar*^t1ife« gE^EARBR9'LOC 19SI •''m Working Smoothly The SIU's new seniority hiring system went into effect smoothly and unobstrusively in all ports last week. Seafarers are now registering and shipping under the joint Union-ship­ owner plan which assures the**^ men th^t they will ship in ac­ of the LOG there were-no difficul­ cordance with their pooled ties in putting it into effect. Regis­ seniority, which is their length of service on all SlU-contracted ships. The new system calls for all seamen employed regularly since before January 1, 1951, to register class "A"; seamen employed regu­ larly since before January 1, 1951, and before January 1,"1955, to reg­ ister class "B"; and all newcomers to register class "C". Class "A" men have preference over "B" and "C" for jobs, with "B" next in line on the preference sys­ tem. Provision has been made for a joint union-shipowner board of control and the entire procedure, including Union shipping rules, has been written into the SIU contract. Training School Meanwhile agreement has been reached on the mode of operation of the Andrew Furesetfa Training School which is now located in -Mobile Bay. With the new seniority hiring system fully reported at all mem­ bership meetings and in the pages tration and shipping figures for the first two weeks indicate its workability. The Union registered 1,190 men in all ports during this period and shipped 1,019, a situa­ tion which showed a lower registra­ tion figure than in the period j)rior to establishment of the new rule. The new seniority system offers ample assurance to the profession­ al seaman that he will be able to get a ship within 'a reasonable length of time, even though ship­ ping today is not what it was two or three years ago. By contrast, under the National Maritime Union system of an open hiring hall for aU comers, the NMU has 23,000 men waiting on its registration lists, and is ship­ ping roughly 1,000 men a week, which means a lengthy delay in getting a ship. The NMU has been pleading for its membership to take vacations so that some of the men on the beach can move aboard ship, but the membership is understandably reluctant to pay off under present conditions. It is reported that the NMU is now in the process of attempting to negotiate a seniority agreement with the shipownei*s in the SIU pattern, but that it is having con­ siderable difficulties because of the fact that it has already opened its hiring hall to all men with seamen's papers. Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings is as follows: April 6, April 20, May 4. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required to attend the meetings ; I --"t Group or crewmembers of the Wpst Coast passenger ship President Monroe relax in messroom awaiting their turn to cast ballots in NLRB election. At right, Louis Salvi, 3rd steward, reads post­ ed election notice. Last ship to vote, the Monroe was polled by the New York NLRB office March 30. 3'Dept Vote Ends See SIU Victory As Tally Hears SAN FRANCISCO—The last segment of Communist-line unionism on Ameri­ can-flag vessels is expected to be on its way to extinction early next week when the counting of ballots in the three-department vote on West Coast ships is completed. The actual count is due to^ department personnel on West Sailors Union led by Harry Lundeget underway Monday, Coast ships, who have been with­ berg and the Marine Firemen April 4. out formal union representation of headed by Vincent Malone on tho Every indication froin the balloting which wound up Wednesday with the polling of the liner President Monroe in New York points to a solid victory for t le SIU Pacific District, representing the Sailors Union of the Pacific, the Marine Firemen and the Marine Cooks and Stewards, AFL. The win will cul­ minate a bitter 20-year fight on this coast to end Communist ex­ ploitation of American seamen. The immediate issue at stake is j the bargaining rights of steward Prompt Action Nips Ship Beet Prompt action by headquarters representatives brought a swift end to unsafe v/orking conditions on the SS Elizabeth (Bull Line) and substitution of a new system of wire-brush­ ing over the side. The company was contacted immediately after the ship's delegate com­ plained to headquarters aboutt i' & the unsafe conditions and agreement wa.s reached to use a different and safer method. The beef arose wiien deck gang members were put to work over the side ^on rope-rigged stages with electric wire-brushing equip­ ment. -There were two men on a stage, each one operating an elec­ tric wire brush. The equipment consisted of a bulky tank, hose, wire brush and cables leading to a power source. "The whole unit resembles a tank-type vacuum cleaner, but is of far greater weight, about 30 to 40 pounds. With two men working there were two tanks and accessory equipment on the narrow stage.*" Deck gang men on the Elizabeth described it as heavy work and particularly dangerous In the high March winds. Once headquarters received the complaint. Union representatives immediately went to work on it. The men were knocked off shortly afterwards and after discussion with the company, agreement was reached on modifying the type of 'operation. Pictured on deck of the Elizabeth a short time after work over the Bide with heavy vire-brush rig was halted, "Lefty" Gooch, AB and deck delegate, shvows what equipment looks like. - any kind for some time, although the Marine Cooks and StewardsAFL, an SIU affiliate, has been active in their behalf. Last year, an election among the cooks and stewards involving only the MCS-AFL and the National Union of Marino Cooks and Stew­ ards (Ind.) proved inconclusive. With CP strategists dictating each move, NUMC&S received ,quarterbacking from Harry Bridges' Inter­ national Longshoremen's and Ware­ housemen's Union (Ind.) and al­ lowed itself to be swallowed up so that a hastily-organized Bridges "Local 100," which was unable to get on the ballot, could campaign in its place. The result was a clear majority for MCS-AFL over the Commieline cooks' union, but a heavy "no union" vote marshalled by Bridges' forces nullified the result. With the issue still unresolved, this led to the joint filing last fall of a petition by the three SIU affiliates for a three-department election in­ volving all personnel on West Coast ships. Eventually, after lengthy hear­ ings by the National Labor Rela­ tions Board and much jockeying before the board and the courts by both the NUMC&S and Bridges, voting began January 31 with Bridges' "Local 100" and the SIU Pacific District on the ballot. NUMC&S was unable to qualify. Voting was conducted by mail on a total of 140 freighters and manually on five passenger ves­ sels, including the Lurline, and the Presidents Cleveland, Wilson, Polk and Monroe., Nearly 6,000 votes are involved. However, with the deck and engine departments already repre­ sented by SIU affiliates, and a large majority of steward depart­ ment members already recorded in favor of MCS-AFL in last year's polling, a heavy victory for the SIU Pacific District is inevitable. The result will close many years of bitter campa gning, with the one hand opposing Bridges' efforts to extend his control over workers wiio have never been within the Commie-line longshore union's jiu'isdietion. An SIU win will also bring fulllime representation to the cooks nnd stewards on the West Coast for the first time in several years, replacing the part-time, party-line unionism practiced on them by the now-defunct NUMC&S. The result­ ing single bargaining unit for all three departments on the ships will extend the practice in force on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts for nearly 20 years. US Breaks Out 18 Ships For 'Blue Jay' Run WASHINGTON—The Mili­ tary Sea Transportation serv­ ice announced it is breaking out 18 ships. Including both Victorys and C-ls, from the Govern­ ment reserve fleet for "Operation Blue Jay," the summertime supply run to US Arctic bases. The Government-owned ships will be used on the runs that are considered more hazardous. Strict security controls will be invoked on these runs. In addition, MSTS announced it would charter pri­ vately-owned ships in this opera­ tion for the first time. The private ships would operate in the less dangerous waters. The announcement did not make clear whether the Governmentowned ships would be chartered out to private companies or not. This has been the standard pro­ cedure in previous years. Bases to be supplied include the giant Air Force installation at Thule, Green­ land. I JI ml �f: Vacv'Toor' sr^F^ii«ir»' tiO'c New Hiring System Gets Once-Over Keen interest in new seniority hiring system just established by the SIU is displayed by a dcl^ation of Turkish government labor officials during a visit to SIU headquarters. Pictured in the shipping hall (1-r) are: SIU Patrolman Keith Terpe; S. S. Mehmet, labor inspector; Willy Dorchain, American Representative, Int'l Transportworkers Federation, and G. B. Huseyin and O. M. Sami, of the Min­ istry of Labor in Ankara. Dispatcher Tom Gould is behind the counter. MA Okays 'Fake' Runaway Deals WASHINGTON.—A Maritime Administration official has admitted that the Government ship agency merely winked at "private arrangements" between.shipowners trying to get on the foreign-flag transfer gravy train and others who committed theemselves to keep their vessels under the American • This fee, of course, was recov­ Eighteen separate transfer deals flag for a price. ered many times over when the are reported to be involved. . Captain Walter C. Ford, The much-criticized MA ship American shipowner began oper- Deputy Maritime Administrator, said over one-fourtl> of the 69 Liberty ship transfers allowed under the policy adopted last Au­ gust presumably Involved "mone­ tary considerations for the sub­ mission of letters of commission." transfer program enabled shipowners to transfer one ship for every two they would continue to maintain under the US flag. Owners of only one ship were allowed to switch to foreign-flag operations" provided they could produce a letter from another company, under which the second company committed itself to maintain a ship under the US flag. Those owning three ships who wanted to transfer two of them qualified by submitting a letter from another company along with their own to meet the "one for two" requirement. Sold For $10,000 The going rate for such letters of committment. The New York Times reported last fall, was $10,000 and up. ating under .a 'Tunaway" flag and competing with US ships for the same cargoes. A letter from Capt. Ford to Rep. Herbert C. Bonner (N-NC), chair­ man of the House Merchant Mar­ ine Committee, on this subject ar­ gued that "it was not believed to be necessary or advisable to con­ cern ourselves with the private arrangements made." Ships involved in the 18 special transactions include the following SlU-manned vessels: Capt. N. B. Palmer and National Freedom (American Waterways); Christos M. (Martis), Holystar (Intercon­ tinental), Marven (International Nav), Taddei (Shipenter), Mother M. L. (Eagle Ocean) and Compass (Compass), alL-qye'ntually' transfered. A»ril-C IT IS UNFORTUNATE, AND A DISSERVICE TO WORKING SEAmen of all unions that the NMU president has chosen to open an attack which tends to push aside fundamental issues facing his inembership. The reasons for his attack on Harry Lundeberg, the secretary-treasurer of the Sailors Union and president of the SIU" of North America, are fully discussed elsewhere in this issue. Even if it could be assumed that the NMU president is sincere in hia complaint, it certainly appears to. your Union and to other observerii that the complaint could have been discussed in an orderly and con« structive fashion at the conference table. Instead, the NMU officer has chosen to rush out and sound the alarm for a personal vendetta based on sheer avarice, in the process app.ai-ently hoping to elevate himself in the eyes of people outside the industry. It appears odd that the NMU president Joined in calling a meeting of ail maritime unions at the very time that he was preparing to smear Lundeberg, create a hostile atmosphere and even pressure individuals in other unions to form a combination in his corner. Your Union con­ siders that it was impossible from the start for any constructive and rational discussion to take place at a meeting, scheduled subsequent to the issuance of noisy broadsides against our affiliate, the SUP, and its secretary^ Harry Lundeberg. The sad result of his ill-conceived adventure is that it holds no promise of benefit for seamen anywhere."- He may believe it expedient and politic' in his own union to raise this -issue in dealing with the probleihs the NMU faces. It is doubtful whether such a procedure is to be preferred when it would appear that a cool head would be in the best interests of the seamen. The need for a sober attitude is particularly keen now in light of the general condition of tiie US maritime industry. Now more than ever the cool, deliberative point of view is necessary if the industry is to be preserved in the best interests of all concerned. In any case, whatever the NMU officer has done or will do, will not distract those maritime unions that are at work on the problems of their memberships. And we, in our union, are sure that when the tumult and the shouting dies, that all seamen regardless of affiliation, or whether they are licensed or unlicensed, will see this maneuver of the NMU president as just one more political gjTation in a long series, and will judge it accordingly. A FINE EXAMPLE OF TEAMWORK BETWEEN THE MEN ON THE ships and your Union's shoreside apparatus took place recently in deal­ ing with a problem that arose on an SlU-contracted ship. It appears that a deck department officer had put members of the deck gang to work over the side under hazardous circumstances. Immediately, Seafarers on the ship, who were fully alert to the dangers involved, contacted headquarters. The officials of your Union got to work on the problem with-the company with the result that a new and far safer system of handling this particular kind of work has been devised. This incident speaks volumes for the value of having both shipboard and shoreside Union machinery functioning at all times. Had there been nobody on board to take responsibility for seeing to it that the safety objectives of the Union were met, serious injury eould have resulted. iBut with an active system of shipboard delegates the com­ plaint was acted upon without delay. , Certainly, all parties—the Union, the membership and the shipowner —benefit greatly when such conditions are corrected since all stand to lose in case of neglect. Your Union is proud of the fact that its ship­ board apparatus "does respond so readily to the needs of the member­ ship, just as it takes pride in equally rapid response from shoreside. SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Some Lowdown On Gasolines A Seafarer operating a car this summer will find his gasoline expenses larger than ever. Next to depreciation, gas is the biggest expense in car ownership. You have to figure that your cost for gas and oil now runs close to 2t2 cents a mile. Not only are cars getting bigger and heavier, thus demanding more fuel, but prices of gaso­ line have been shoved up by the introduction of new premium fuels. It's easier to know if you are getting good comparative value in a whiskey than in a gallon of gas. The whiskey at least has the proof and age marked on the label. But when you want to buy a tankful of gas you are bombarded with all kinds of claims for super-ingredients and high octane rating, but no major gasoline company tells con­ sumers just what the octane rating of its fuel actually is. The reason for all these new fuels, many of which com­ mand an extra premium in price too, is that modern highcompression engines require high-octane gas, which is gas that bums more slowly and evenly. Otlierwi.se, the Intense heat at which a high-compression engine ignites the fuel mixture will cause the engine to knock. The usual method of raising the octane rating of gas is to add tetra-ethyl lead. But the lead causes a new problem for modern high-compression cars. It leaves a residue of lead salts on the piston heads. Together the lead and carbon deposits make a liot surface when you've been running your car under load, and this in turn causes a premature explosion of the gas. This difficulty has been most noticeable in hilly regions, as on the West Coast, where much city driving is done under hill climbing con­ ditions. So there's^ tho 'problenii.-: Lqsvpoctane gas causes • knock' 4•;':;;V: in a modern high-compression engine, while high-octana gas—if it depends chiefly on added lead for its~octane rating—causes premature explosion of gas, with such ef­ fects as loud, cracking noises in the engine at low speed, or a thudding sound when you open the throttle after a slow trip through traffic. That's why the new premium gasolines came on the market, and why there has been so much confusing bally­ hoo, about them. One group of gasoline companies has sought to solve the problem by adding such chemicals as trictesyl phosphate ("TCP") to the gas. This neutralizes - the deposits of lead salts, and also helps stop spark-plug fouling, a problem with older engines as well as highcompression ratio (over 1 to 1), and do much driving to solve the problem by re-forming gasoline during refin­ ing to get a higher octane rating without adding so much of the lead which has been causing trouble in some mod­ ern high-powered cars. Where does that leave a Seafarer when he loads his family or girl friend into the car and wants to buy a tank­ ful of gas? Should you buy one of the new premium gaso­ lines even if they do cost more? Or should you just buy i any reasonably-pi'iced regular-grade gas? Try'Em All The answer really depends on your own car and drivifig conditions. If you have a modem car with highcompression, ratio (over 7 to 1), and do much driving under heavy traffic and hill conditions, and have actually expei-ienced premature explosion of gas, then it is cer­ tainly worth trying several tankfuls of TCP gas or sev­ eral tankfuls of the new extra-high octane gases without TCP, to see if they actqally help. Or if you have experi' enc«d much kpark-plug fouling, that'i8, if yduF cA' 'ii'ik''' Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying "spark plug eater," it would be worth trying a TCP gas. Another possibility is the few brands which don't use lead at all, such as Amoco, wliieh develops a high octane rating through the addition of benzene. Amoco, however, is not available everywhere, and generally costs more than other gasolines except where competition causes its dealers to cut the price. But if you don't have a high-powered car (the dealer in your make can t<^l you its compression ratio), or have not experienced the premature gasoline explosion de­ scribed above, then you" can save mote money than ever by sticking to regular gas. The gasoline companies havg increased the price of premium gases so the spread be­ tween the regular and premium grades is now at least 2Vi or 3 cents a gallon, and often more. Consider that even regular grade gas tliese days has a comparatively hign octane rating, and for many older cars on the road, mod­ em regular grade is the equivalent of premium. The only time higher-octane gas may be wholly useful for older cars is When you travel in hilly counti-y. It would also pay to try different brands of regulargrade to see if there Is an noticeable difference in the mileage yoii get, and also the performance when acceler­ ating and on hills. Not all "regular" gasolines are the same. Some have a little higher octane rating. One of the best values is considered to be Sunoco,- which seln for the price of most "regular" grades but has a higher octane rating, although, according to trade authorities, not quite as high as the costlier top premium gasolines. Also, some of the private brands sold by |maller regional service-station chains at a little lower cost may be sat­ isfactory for your particular neieds. In fact, the privatebrand stations sometiiffes bujQhe gasoline from the big 'cbmpaiiieS; v - •-• •n 'y- " Jul: �P&gt T1T« ' ' BE AT A KEitS^ lOG' Aprii^> ISSi 'Hairless'Honnds Cut Inspections To Make BredBy Seatarer Shins'Safer ' CC Asks WASHINGTON—The US Coast Guard marshalled its forces this week for a drive toamend Federal ship safety laws and do away with annual inspections of merchant ships. The CG .is backing a bill requiring inspectio n of vessels only once every two years, on the shaky theory that this wille ^^ .actually help make the ships sels for both crew and cargo by tention to the case on a Citips much safer. unscheduled reinspections of reg­ Service tanker earlier this year, Laws requiring annual inspec­ tions of vessel hulls and boilers have been on the books since 1871. As expected, representatives of the major shipowner organizations backed the officiai Coast Guard view, which was presented by Rear Admiral H. C. Shepheard. The testimony was at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Merchanf Marine and Fisheries, headed by Sen. Warren Magnuson (D-Wash.>. A similar bill was passed unani­ mously by the Senate in the last Congress, but ran into snags in the House. Now CG's Job Support for the measure-is based All set to beat out her own accompaniment, Foo-Foo, a Chinese on Coast Guard recommendations crested dog owned by Seafarer Raymond Frye, sits on her hairy that the biennial inspections would legs at the family piano. A rare variety, the Chinese crested is be sufficient protection to the hairless except for its legs, topknot and talk merchant marine and the public. Under present statutes, the Coast STOCKTON, Calii—Flea powder for the family pup is Guard h^s the responsibility for something they never have to worry about in the household conducting formal inspections of of Seafarer Raymond W. Frye of this city. The dog is there, merchant ships once every year. but the fleas have to shift for-f — — Its backing for the proposed themselves and find a differ­ The Fryes have a number of the amendment stems from the convic­ tion that more can -be accom­ ent home. Chinese-crested dogs, both males Frye's special hobby is breeding and females, of which there are plished to insure the safety of vesand raising Chinese-crested dogs, only about 50 altogether in the which are almost hairless and, con­ US. The American Kennel Club sequently. are on the "flnfair" list recognizes the breed, but won't of every known variety of flea. His register it until there are more of prize show-dog, Foo-Foo, has won them in the country. The Seafarer her share of awards with just a and his wife have raised dogs for thatch of foliage on her head, tail years, but had never heard of the and feet, all of it show-white next cresteds until Mrs. Frye learned to a sturdy, cliocolate-brown body. one was for sale in Arizona. Foo-Foo also has a sidekick The breed is actually supposed called "Tingaling," a toy Chineseto have originated in Turkey about crested who is equally bald all over her spotted body. The two of 3,000 years ago when the cresteds them are a weird-lpSking, but were used as harem watch-dogs. striking pair. . Barbers are about The first ones imported to this country reportedly came over in the only ones who can't understand clipper ships engaged in the China all the fuss over them. They're tea trade, which gave them their hostile to anything "hairless" by name, in roundabout fashion. SEAWPfflCB BUT 7Wa« nature. The crested requii-es no special Hope To Exhibit SfiARATTHfilROVlN Now on the tanker. The Cabins care and has a thick hide like that of a sow. They are easy on the (Mathiasen), running between Guam and Philippines in the Pa­ house, shed dirt but no hair, and cific, Frye and his wife, Catherine, have no body odor, according to intend to specialize in raising the Mrs. Frye. They are easy to train, AT SlU HALL ' YORH unusual breed and hope to be able she adds. Foo-Foo sings, for ex­ ample. Unfortunately, only -other to exhibit them in most-of the 56 dog shows scheduled on the West dogs can follow the melody. Coast for next year. Foo-Foo has already made her mark and will be in about ten shows this year just to see wliat the competition is like. m 6HBST Mumps, Wine Busting Out CARRIERE, Miss.—To most of its recipients, the SIU dis­ Mumps and sherry wine were ability benefit means the dif­ part of this week's maritime news, although in different times. The mumps came as an extra added hazard to erewmembers of the Coast Guard cutter Bibb, on serv­ ice in stormy North Atlantic waters. The Bibb was on weather duty between Greenland and Labrador when the mumps epidemic struck, putting 34 of the crew out of ac­ tion. The Bibb headed for Argentia, Newfoundland, where the ill men were taken off and rushed to the Boston USPHS hospital. Mumps can be pretty serious for adults. The sherry wine proved equally aggravating because , it was rendered useless by bilgewater. The British liner Starling was pumping her bilges in Bristol, Eng­ land, when the pumps started" squirting sherry. Examination re­ vealed that several caskS; of sherry had burst during a gale. • ference between living off charity and being self-sustaining. But to Seafarer Robert L, Butler, Jt is even more important than that. It means that in his declining years, he and his wife have- assurance that they will be able to meet the mortgage on their home. Butler's health has been .failing for several years Butler and just recently he was compelled to apply for the disability benefit, after being an active Union member since it was founded in 1938. He is. now listed as permanently unfit for sea duty. He had his own home in the Mis­ sissippi town for several, years but some time ago took out a mortgage for improvement?; Ofi;,the building,. ularly-inspected vessels than by the formal inspections required at annual intervals specified by law This argument was also upheld by former Sen. Herbert R. O'Conor of Maryland, now Washington counsel of the American Merchant Marine Institute, who said that the biennial inspections would permit mote "surprise" inspections of ships throughout the year. This would "induce" the maritime in­ dustry to redouble its-own efforts to have ships and equipment in the besst condition in every month of the year—ready for unexpecteo examination and inspections, he stated. Similar arguments were advanced by other speakers. Want ABS Used The AMMI also urged con.sideration of another amendment to ex­ isting law which would authorize, but not require, the Coast Guard to utilize the services of accredited and non-profit organizations in the inspection of hulls and boilers, such as the American Bureau of Shipping founded in 1923. Maritime observers from all seg­ ments of the industry, however, sharply question the entire basis of the proposed legislation. They note that, if anything, more regu­ lar inspections of vessels are needed at a time when the Ameri­ can merchant marine is rapidly deteriorating. Most of the ships were built during World War II and show the strain of wartime assembly-line construction. At SIU headquarters. Union spokesmen discounted the whole idea and pinpointed several cases of inadequate Coast Guard inspec­ tions and "arrangements" like those made between the operators of the ill-fated LST Southern Dis­ tricts, ABS and the Coast Guard, to allow the ship, to "get by" with patched plating instead of new plates at key structural points. Replacement would have involved expensive repairs. The Southern Districts disappeared in the At­ lantic last December with a crew of 23 men. Union officials also called at- Since his wife is ili also, neither of In due time he moved up in the them was in shape to go to work ranks and obtained a chief mate's and feared they would have to give license for Norwegian ships. their place up. In 19U2 Rolls decided he was "I don't know how," his wife tired of sailing, so he piled off a writes, "we would ever manage to Norwegian ship pay off the mortgage, and live, in the States and without this aid from the SIU headed for North Welfare Plan. We realize that the Dakota. For fif­ SIU has made this possible." teen years he is. i. tried his hand at SEATTLE—After a lengthy farming, until he decided that sail­ seagoing career stretching ing was really his back to 1893, Seafarer Bernard first love.. Roll is content to live shoreside He returned to these days. The disabled Sea­ Roll sea with the old farer keeps an oar in by attending membership meetings in Seattle ISU in 1918, and stayed with it and dropping around to the hall through the bad years until the when he is lonesome for company. SIU was founded, sailing as AB or Ben Roll was born in Norway bosun all the while. Once in the SIU, Roll was able back in 1877, and started going out to sea on coastal schooners at the to reap the benefits that had been a^e of 16. Subsequently, he denied him during all his years of worked as coal-passer for a short sailing. time on deep sea Norwegian ships, Now though, he lives ashore but soon switched over to the deck comfortably in Seattle and keeps department where he has been in sight of the waterfront where he ever sincgj <• spent so much of his where a ship's lifeboat was found to have a hole in its side as big as a man's fi.st right after the Coasts Guard had pronounced it seaworthy. The hole was right next to the CG inspection plate on the lifeboat. Question Shift Ob.servers also noted that with the Coast Guard apparently eager to reduce its own tasks relative to ship inspections—at a time when the ships were most vulnerable to safety infractions—it appeared par­ ticularly unwise for the Govern­ ment agency to stress its willing­ ness to suddenly expand opera­ tions for a full-seale screening of all merchant seamen on the basis of their physical health, mental conditions and family background. The Coast Guard unveiled a. de­ tailed plan for "profiling" of sea­ men late last year. As yet, no hear­ ings have been scheduled on the proposal, which has been attacked by all segments of the industry. Rush Work On Mobile Hall's Wing MOBILE—Every effort is being made to have work on the beautiful new addition to the Mobije SIU hall completed in time for the next membei'ship meeting, April 26, Most of the major remodeling work to the new building which ad­ joins the present hall on the Dauphin Street side has been com­ pleted. Some minor alterations, installation of some additional equipment and finishing touches to interior decorations remain to be completed. The time schedule for comple­ tion of the work was interrupted by two major strikes in this area. One, being conducted by non-op­ erating employees of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, delayed de­ livery of materials needed for in­ stallation of new flooring in the addition. The other, involving em­ ployees of the Southern Bell Tele­ phone Company, has delayed in­ stallation of telephones for'the dis­ patcher's counter which is being moved from the first floor to the second deck of the original building. New Facilities When completed, the addition will house a snack bar, galley arid Sea Chest warehouse on the first floor- offices for the port agent, administrative staff, welfare de­ partment and Sea Chest on the second deck, and a dormitory, showers and laundry on the third floor. A Sea Chest retail store, front­ ing on pauphin Street, and a .Rec­ reation room will be installed on the first floor of the original build­ ing. The hiring liall will be moved to the second floor of this building, which also will provide accommo­ dations for a patrolmen's office. The first and second decks are connected by doorways which have been opened between the wall sepai-ating^ the two. 'bnlldingsf - ' • < ' ''mm :> �Fac* SEAFAREitS \ LOG Experimental SUP Pact Seeks Part Of Runaway Bulk Cargo Shipping April 1/1955 The jollowing story deals with the signing of an experimental contract on the Tonsina, a bulk cargo Liberty ship, by the SUP. The Tonsina case has been blown up all out of proportion by NMU President Joseph Curran in the hope of diverting attention from his failure to make a fight on the hiring hall issue and the lack of a militant, forward-looking policy on other matters of importance to working seamen. The actual facts of the Tonsina case and the purposes of the Sailors Union of the Pacific in signing a new-type agreement with one operator on one ship, are described below. YALTA CAUSES STORM AGAIN—A good deal of heat and very little light was generated by the State Department's sudden release of the 1945 Yalta conference proceedings. The release drew much critical comment abroad especially in England where Prime Minister Winston Churchill charged that there were many inaccuracies in the US version. The text did not divulge anything not known except to give some in­ sight on the outlook of the three major personalities; Roosevelt, Chur­ chill and Stalin. A new, experimental contract aimed toward stimulation of bulk cargo trade off the West Coast has been signed by the Sailors Union of the Pacific with the International ^Trading Company, operators of the Liberty ship Tonsina. The new contract is designed to recap^ ^ture for American-flag ship- + ping the carriage of ore and putting 25 crewmen on these other cargo in bulk that is now ships instead of 32. LABOR OUSTS BEVAN; CHURCHILL MAY RETIRE—Change are coming fast and furious on the British political scene. The Labor Party executive booted out Aneurin Bevan who disagreed time and again with the party's leadership on foreign policy matters. The split in the Labor Party was taken as indication that the Conservatives would seek an early election and that Churchill would finally retire from public life. New Union Officials In Office Effective today, officials elected by the SIU member­ ship officially take office for two-year terms. As a result of tiie elections there are .some new faces in the SIU ofTicial family and shifts in other spots. Major changes are in the ports of Savannah, Tampa and Houston In Savannah, Frenchy Michelet is the newly-elected port agent and has taken over his duties there. Tom Banning, formerly serving as San Francisco port agent, was elected to the post of Tampa agent, while Ray Vaughan was elected agent for Galveston. The Galves­ ton hall has since been moved to Houston, Texas, by membership resolution. Port agents for the other SIU ports in the Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict were all reelected to tiieir present positions. Hq Revamped On the headquarters staff the Union has a new assistant secre­ tary-treasurer in the person of Ed­ die Mooney. He ^vill serve as the steward department representative in the new alignment whereby eacn department will be represented on this level along with three as­ sistant secretary-treasurers atlarge. Joe Algina and Joe Volpian are serving as deck and engine representatives respectively, with Claude Simmons, Bob Matthews and William Hall, as joint as­ sistant secretary-treasurers. New patrolmen were elected in the ports of New York, Baltimore, Tampa and New Orleans. being carried largely by foreignflag operators. The SUP's action in embarking oni this experiment was the-outcome of a steady decline of Ameri­ can shipping in this area. While American ships were laying up, these cargoes off the West Coast { were moving largely under runa­ way flags. By sighing the agree­ ment the SUP hopes to obtain jobs for seamen in this trade, which is totally apart frdm the regular berth services and the coastal and intercoastal trades. Approved By Members The contract came after meet­ ings with the International Steam­ ship Company in which the prob­ lem of getting bulk cargo for ^merican-flag ships was discussed. It was agreed to set up this one ship experiment to see if it would be fruitful for all parties con­ cerned. The agreement was dis­ cussed by the SUP membership in all ports and unanimously ap­ proved. Crewing of the Ton,sina followed late in February. Under the terms of the contract the base pay is $400 a month with overtime payable after eight hours in any one day. Weekend over­ time has been incorporated into the base scale. The savings in costs for the shipowner come out of a reduction in the manning scale by seven. The SUP membership of course, is fully aware of this arrangement and h h should prove unsatisfactory, they are in a position to discontinue it. Other SUP contracts are not affected by the experi­ mental arrangement. The Tonsina agreement has provoked an hysterical reaction from Joseph Curran, president of the National Maritime Union. Leaflets have been flooding all USflag ships, SUP, SIU and NMU,: at­ tacking Lundeberg and the Sailors Union. The leaflets have called for seamen on all ships to "petition"' AFL President George Meany protesting the Tonsina vcontract. "The "petition" tactics are, of course, the same ones used by Curran in days gone by to "save Harry Bridges," "open up a second front now," "bring the boys home," "reappoint Henry Wallace" arid a variety of other causes embraced by Curran in the past. Use Oftlif One 3tail Address Seafarers with beefs regard­ ing slow payment of monies due from various operators In back wages and disputed over­ time should first check wheth­ er they have a proper mailing address on file with the com-., pany. SIU headquarters offi­ cials point out that reports received''from several opera­ tors show checks have been mailed to one address while a beef on the same score is sent from another, thus creat­ ing much difficulty in keeping accounts straight. Seafarers are urged to use one perma­ nent address for mail so that claims can be checked speedi­ ly and payment made right away. Cartoon History Of The SIU i. 4 4. 4 4. 4 STOCK MARKET SETTLES DOWN—The value of stocks took a violent dip in the course of a Senate investigation into the stock market, leading to complaints that the Senate committee was "rocking the boat." However, it recovered most of the lost ground showing that the market, and the people who play it, could survive all investigations. - 4 4 4 LOYALTY PROGRAMS UNDER FIRE—Important changes in US screening procedures seem to be in the offing as the result of growing criticism of the US loyalty program. One suit now in the courts will challenge the Government's right to conceal the identities of accusers. A member of the Government's security controls panel, ex-Senator Harry Cain, has attacked criticism of the Fifth Amendment, and Con­ gressman Martin Dies indicates, he will introduce a bill to give more rights to accused Government employees. Meanwhile, Government wit­ ness Harvey Matusow has been sentenced by a Texas court to three years for contempt after reversing his testimony on the alleged Com­ munist affiliations of a union oflicial. 4 4 4 WEST GERMANS RATIFY REARMAMENT—The West German par­ liament completed ratification of German rearmament, leaving it up to the French to finish the job. The Fi-ench Assembly had ratified the agreements and the French Senate followed suit—this past week. Ger­ many would be allowed 12 divisions under the rearmament plan. 4 4 4 STASSEN GIVEN DISARMAMENT POST—President Eisenhower has appointed Harold Stassen special assistant to the President for dis­ armament. His job will be to develop disarmament policies. Stassen is currently head of the Foreign .Operations Administration and his new appointment was seen, in part, as the result of his failure to win approval for an expanded aid program for Asia. 4 4 4 SEGREGATION OUTLAWED IN RECREATION—A Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that beach and bathhouse facilities in Balti­ more must be open to all races. The ruling reversed a Baltimore Dis­ trict Court decision upholding separate facilities and follows the pat­ tern of the Supreme Court's decision on schools. Meanwhile the Su­ preme Court is prepai'ing to rule on enforcement methods for its school segregation decision. The Court is now at full strength with confirma­ tion of John Marshall Harlan to replace the late Justice Robert E. Jackson. 4 4 4 FORMOSA STALEMATE CONTINUES—An atmosphere of watchful waiting prevailed in Formosa -Straits as Nationist China sought US guarantees for offshore islands and Communist China failed so far to act on threats of Invading the islands. Meanwhil^ efforts were afoot to set up a new force in Southeast Asia in the form of a Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). The US, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaya and the Indochinese states participated in a conference tp that end. Several important nations, notably Burma, Indonesia and India, are stading aloof. The Membership tteeides •\o.80 ,:-V I»<- • Using the democratic procedure traditional with Seafarers, in January, 1951, the SIU began polling ship's crews on two items of Union policy involving their jobs. Previously aired in the SEAFARERS LOG, the questions dealt with the denial of shoreleave in war areas and cargo-handling in foreign ports. saiwiMi •* -vjtfliod ..S'.VtT'.A Letters from the Union urged all crewmembers to observe all contract terms even when they felt the companies were violating them. The Union noted the dangers of crews taking matters into their own hands at a time when enemies of maritime labor were anxlous to put the ships under'military controL Beefs on both questions, the Union proposed, should be handled at the payoff where proper settlement of the overtime couldybe made. Results of the polling proved conclusive. Immediate returns backed the SIU view by a margin of 3,145-5. A difficult problem had handled in. typical^ SIU; $tyl«. �SEAFARERS Aprn 1, 1958 SlU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON ALTHOUGH THE REQUIREMENT IN LAW OF INDIVIDUAL visas for alien seamen has not been enforced as of this time, foreign maritime nations, particularly Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland, France, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Greece and Spain, continue to hammer away at our State Department to either knock out the statutory provision altogether or to permanently post­ pone it. The US State Department's visa office admits that a difficult admin­ istrative problem is presented in the issuance of iiWividual visas to several hundred thousand seamen. The visa office says that considerable time may be required to complete clearance checks; if a seaman applies outside of his home district, the case must be referred to the consul in the home district for any available infofmation regarding him; cases will constantly arise in which it will not be possible to complete the action within the short time the vessel will be in port; and that there would be cases in which seamen will not be eligible to receive visas because their passports have been lost or stolen or because of some medical disability or other ground not involving security, or be­ cause the processing of their cases has not been completed. Approached on the above subject matter, the US State Department says: "It is doubtful whether it would ever be practicable to have a worldwide screening of all seamen coming to this country through the visa process since, without consular establishments in every seaport from which'vessels may proceed to the US, it is necessary to exempt from the visa requirement vessels sailing from ports at which no American consular officer is stationed as visas cannot be required unless facilities for their issuance are available. Furthermore, even with expanded yisa facilities, difficulties would arise in the case of vessels diverted at sea to an American port and in the case of a lastminute replacement without time in which the replaced seaman can obtain a visa before the departure of the vessel. "The problem of issuing seaman visas to all members of the erews of vessels which may proceed to the US is enhanced by the fact that there is a frequent change in the composition of the crews under the systems in force in most of the maritime countries to provide employ­ ment on a rotation basis for the seamen of these countries." Because of the above considerations, US Government agencies in­ volved are giving consideration as to how best to amend existing law to obtain a more realistie program of control of alien seamen in the interest of national security. S* J* LOG Pare Sere* A Maritime Tragedy TARANTO, ITALY—^The terrors of a raging sea unfolded dramatically for passengers and crewmembers on the British liner Stratheden recently, as stormy seas off the southern coast of Italy brought death to 19 men just 200 feet from safety. A lifeboat from the Stratheden had been sent out on a perilous rescue mission to pick up survivors of the disabled Greek trawler las on. As it returned, with eight jnembers of its boat crew and 11 survivors from the stricken ship, the boat capsized, drowning all those aboard. Only four men from the trawler were eventu­ ally rescued of its 20-man crew. The traveler had developed engine trouble which com­ pletely disabled it in the midst of heavy' weather. An air-sea search finally located her after more than eight hours. The double disaster followed. • '41 The six Indian seamen and two British sailors who later drowned while returning to the Stratheden with 11 survivors from the lason are shown before they left. Their lifeboat capsized only 200 feet from safety. 4" IN ORDER TO BOLSTER AMERICAN-FLAG SHIPPING, THE Commerce Department may ask President Eisenhower to publicly re­ affirm-the nation's eontinued need for an adequate merchant marine. Having in mind that present and prospective investors in shipping must have confidence in the future of the American merchant marine. Commerce is weighing the idea of recommending that the President, in a major policy speech, should adflress a special message to Congress reaffirming the importance to the nation of a well-balanced, vigorous and modern merchant marine. 4" . i i THE US GOVERNMENT FINALLY HAS DECIDED TO MOVE ahead and study the possibilities resulting from the St. Lawrence Seaway project. The Maritime Administration, for example, is now moving with haste studying the trade potential on routes that will extend from the Lakes area to various foreign destinations. This agency also is studying the question of whether American lines, under existing law, can be subsidized on routes extending from our Great Lakes ports. In the meantime, ports on the Great Lakes are preparing to spend over a billion dollars in anticipation of increased trade resulting from opening up the Lakes to foreign trade—most of this money going into harbor development. Upwards of 50 million tons of cargo is anticipated annually after the St. Lawrence seaway is deepened to permit large ships to pass through —grain and iron ore will dominate this movement. t> On the deck of the British liner Stratheden, passengers intently watch efforts to rescue 20 men on the disabled Greek trawler lasoQ. The scene was 120 miles oil the southern coast of Italy. Anxious eyes looked on as the lifeboat was lowered from the Stratheden for its mercy mis­ sion. It never returned; 19 met their deaths. 8fh 5IU Library To All Ships AMERICAN SUBSIDIZED LINES, RESPONDING TO A REQUEST Seafarers will shortly begin enjoying the latest in new reading material furnished under from the Government for recommendations in connection with ship the SIU ship's library program. Cartons of 50 brand-new books will be available to all con­ replacements, have come up with many suggestions aimed at fostering tracted vessels beginning today, April 1. and encouraging the sizable fleet modernization job facing the mer­ This fourth no-cost distribu--*^ chant marine in the next few years. tion of the year to all SIU packages prior to sailing, depend­ These include continued research toward atomic power and gas ships means that 8 sets total­ ing on the length of the trip. turbine piopulsion for merchant ships; long-term operating subsidy ing 400 new books will have been Crews who may have missed some contracts (20 years) to eneourage fleet replacement; a flattening out put aboard all vessels within the of the previous libraries can still of the peak of vessel replacement schedules to permit orderly ship­ past two years under the pioneer obtain them by notifying any building programs; broadened Investment opportunities for the use of library program sponsored by the Union official or representative of reserve fund moneys; and authority for considering all war-built ships , - the SIU Sea Chest. A Seafarer who has complained SEAFARERS LOG. as "obsolete" for purposes of replacement. The library packages are dis­ All of these are hot issues and it's highly unlikely that the Com­ about receiving mail from various Communist and Communist-front tributed in all ports through the merce Department or the Congress will okay many of them. groups has been advised to request facilities of the SIU Sea Chest and, 4* 4» 4" Seafarers who have been AFTER CONTACTING STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS, THIS that his name be removed from the in all cases, may also be ordered fired aboard ship for any rea­ directly from any Union hall. Dele­ reporter found out that the following remark is the typical short­ mailing list. son are urged Ho contact tho Seafarer Henry P. Leavey re­ gates are reminded that they sighted statement made by foreign maritime nations. The Government nearest SIU hall as soon as maritime spokesman for the Netherlands criticizes the US for what ported to the SEAFARERS LOG can obtain a 50-volume ship's li­ their ship reaches port. he calls "protectionist shipping policies." This official contends that that he has been receiving propa­ brary in the event none has been There have been cases where our maritime policy will lead to retaliation by other countries which ganda material at his home con­ delivered to the ship merely by the company orders replace­ taining the standard Communist contacting the nearest SIU hall. wouid_ result m the disappearance of free enterprise in shipping. ments for the fired men and For example, speaking of the 50-50 shipping rule, this Netherlands line and purporting to represent , First launched in August, 1953, the replacements are sent out the library program provides for official says that the US "cannot expect to be the most powerful nation the opinions of seamen. from the hall only to learn that of the western world and the world's largest creditor and at the same He was told that the proper the distribution of 50 new books to the fired men have been rein­ ail contracted ships every three time force expensive transportation on other countries . . . which course of action was to write to stated after an SIU patrolman would undermine a basic activity of many European countries." the- address of the propaganda months. The books are handy, has arrived aboard and investi­ In other words, according to their point of view, it is alright for them publication' and ask that the, ma­ paper-bound volumes supplied un­ gated the case. This often to support their own shipping, but wrong for us to support ours. By terial be discontinued. If that der an arrangement with Pocket causes Inconvenience or hard­ using US-flag ships to carry surplus cargoes, our Government will doesn't do the trick the next step Books, Inc., one of the country's ship to the men sent as recollect more in taxes—these taxes would be lost to Uncle Sam if our will be for him to file a complaint major distributors 'of such vol­ placements. cargoes were carried by foreign ships. umes. with the postal authorities. Fired Seafarers are urged to Ships which are scheduled to be Any other Seafarers who are contact the hall so that re­ plagued with the same, ot similar, away from the US for more than placements will not be sent iinwanted material should follow a three-month trip, receive two or before a patrolman arrives. moke separate, all-different library thq. same airocediue- - -. - CP stepping Up Sea Mail Fired? Call Hall •Wl :y§\ •'< • I �Pa£« Eight Pi; • SEAFARERS LOG AprU 1. 1»S5 THE MEET THE INQUIRING SEAFARER SEAFARER ^The International Ice Patrol has begun its annual vigil against drift­ ing bergs on North Atlantic sealanes. Headquarters for the patrol, which is maintained by the US Coast Guard, is at Argentia, New­ foundland. Three cutters and five airplanes are being used. All ships HAROLD WRIGHT, wiper have been asked to report ice wherever they see it ... US Steel's fleet of 59 iron ore ships is expected to begin its Great Lakes shipping The Korean War, like World ing than the daily clock-punching season next Monday, if weather and ice conditions permit . . . Bids War II, brought an Influx of new routine that people run into shoreare already in for a 1.7-milc'-long tunnel under Baltimore harbor. Question: In what world port men in the maritime industry. A side. The project is expected to cost about $94 million. have you noted the greatest post­ lot of them dropped out as soon as Most of the time Wright ships J. a> 4i war change? ,the emergency was over, but oth­ out of New York since he Uvea Application has been filed with the Federal Maritime Board by the • < ers. like .Seafarer^ Harold Wright, down In the Coney Island section States Steamship Co. of Vancouver for a Government subsidy en its have stuck to tlie sea in good of Brooklyn. He has no particular Sal Labarbera, MM: Yokohama. trans-Pacific service. The company says it Is the only West Coast line times and bad because they prefer preference as to ships and runs, Japan, probably took as bad a without a subsidy contract now. Thirteen ships would be involved . . . taking "anything that comes along" beating as any it to any other kind of life. Japan's Transportation Ministry says plans are now completed for a Wrigim who is 37. comes from on the shipping board. For a while place got during major shipbuilding program to be started between now and April 1, the war. but you Jersey (fity originally. As he put though, he was shipping out of the 1956. About 260,000 gross tons of new shipping is proposed . . . TwJ wouldn't really it. "I always wanted to go to sea West Coast to Japan and the Far crewmembers were injured when a cargo of 480 tons of potassium ni­ but I never had the chance to." East and had the unusual experi­ know it today. trate in the hold of the 6.393-ton British freighter Sarmiento caught After a two-year hitch in the Army ence one trip of going to New The harbor is fire and exploded. The mishap occurred near Bristol. England. busier than ever, in World War II and several years Zealand, a country few American new buildings of working shoreside, the last time seamen get to set. Only 13 ships were building or under contract to build in the nation's Followed The Queen are always going in a New York hospital. Wright privately-owned shipyards on March 1. Two dry-cargo ships, an finally got his chance in the 1951 He was aboard the Julesburg, a up. and the peo­ auxiliai-y cargo-attack transport and three tankers are being built for tanker, with a cargo of gasoline ple are very shipping boom. the Maritime Administration and the rest are tankers for private His first ship was Waterman's last April when she called at Auck­ friendly and easy to get along with, companies. No ships were ordered, launched or delivered during Wild Ranger on the North Euro­ land. New Zealand. "We got there t t , February . . . Arnold Bernstein's ten-year legal battle with Hollandpean run. It was during the win­ about a week after the queen of H. Filler, OS: I think Rijeka, ter. he recalls, and the ship ran Amenca Line ended last month when an undisclosed settlement was England." he said, "and the city reached. He had brought suit for $11 million as the value of two Yugoslavia, has seen a lot of into one of those mean North At­ was still decorated and full of the Red Star Line vessels "extorted" from him while he was a prisoner changes since the lantic gales. When it started holiday spirit." Crewmembers had ot the Nazis in Germany in 1937. Holland-America bought the ship.3 war, according to bouncing around. Wright began to a fine time, with plenty of spark­ what I've seen. «n a re-sale in 1939. have doubts about his decision to ling sight-seeing available to add I know that it 4* sail for a living. "When the ship to other attractions. Monthly sailings between Finland, Sweden and Denmark to St. Law­ today everything started squeaking and groaning I Evidently the Julesburg was the rence River and Great Lakes ports will begin this month when the is cheap, the food began to get a little worried." he first US ship in that port in quite 2.500-ton Helsingfors arrives from Finland about April 10. This first is good and the confessed. some time, because 'it repatriated are Finnish-flag service to the Great Lakes will be operated by the newly- people Surprisingly enough though, he one forlorn American seaman who formed Finnish North America Line, which will be known as Finlake. friendly and didn't get seasick and was spared had been on the beach thei-e for Three ships will be used altogether .,. The liner Panama is being with­ make no trouble the unpleasant initiation that usu­ almost two years. "He was in drawn from the passenger trade for use as a cargo ship on the New for you. Of ally greets a tenderfoot seaman. pretty bad. shape," Wright recalled, Vork-Haiti-Canal Zone run. Her sister ships, the Cristobal and Ancon, course, the place has- changed gov­ "and the crew all chipped in to No Pleasure Trip will, however, remain in passenger service for the Panama Line. The ernments a couple of times too. "People ashore." he commented give him some clothes, shoes and it lO.OOO-gross-ton Panama was built in 1939. sadly, "get the idea that life on everything else that he needed. John Maguire, AB; Casablanca, board ship is just one big pleasure He was certainly happy to see that i 3. Heavy seas caused the 2,585-ton Portuguese freighter Vila do Porto in North Africa. They've built a cruise and that seamen get paid American flag again." lot of those high. for doing nothing. If they got on to break in two last month, after she ran aground on the Portuguese Not the least of the attractions of White modern boai-d one of these freighters in a seafaring, Wright said, is the op­ coast. The crew of 35 was rescued by lifeline. The ship was on its buildings there good blow they would find out portunity for on-the-spot observa­ way to New York .... Contracts for a new $8 million ore pier at that have really that it's a lot rougher than they tion of how the other half of The Newport News, Va., have been awarded, and work is due to begin made the city think and there is plenty of hard world lives. Reading about it in next week. The new facility will rise about 12 feet above mean low look like some­ work besides." water level, and will be 800 feet long and 90 wide. The builder is the newspapers, he says, is never thing. I was the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway . . . The Adriatica Line has re-es­ Most shoreside people, he finds, quite the same as actually being there in 1953 on get their ideas about ships from there. One of the big differences tablished service between Italy and Yugoslavia. The 1,403-ton Civita­ a tanker and the seeing and hearing about the big between US cities and most for­ vecchia will be used on the run. place looked like passenger liners which are a far eign ports, he finds, is the number 4" A Norwegian Air Force lifeboat rescued 40 Russian seamen after it never even cry from the typical dry cargo of beggars you run into in the their ship, the Irtish, collided with another vessel and grounded out­ came close to the war. It's a good freighter. streets. It's an object lesson on side Bodoe. Norway. There were no reports of damage to the other port for us. Of course, Wright adds, the pay how comparitively well off Amer­ ship, the German freighter Carl Julius . . . All 204 passengers and the i going to sea is good under the SIU icans are. crew of the 3.000-ton Chilean cniise ship Villarica were removed from For his part, Wright intends' to Bias R. Veea. 2nd cook: I'd say contract, much better in' fact than the vessel last month, after she ran on the rocks in the Straits of Puerto Rico has changed the most the kind of money he got when keep on sailing for the. indefinite Magellan. Rescue ships, including the Moore-McCormack freighter in the last ten he was working ashore in the hos­ future. As far as he's concerned Alormacgulf. arrived quickly to take off all those aboard. The ship years since 1945. pital. But as far as he's concerned, it's a good life and an interesting was reported taking water in two holds but was believed in no danger Conditions on the it's a fair day's pay for a fair day's one. and he wouldn't change it for of sinking. • island have im­ work, and the job is more interest­ any other. proved a lot, and the people are much better off today than they were then. The Jap coin 11. US Pacific Italy and ACROSS standard of liv­ AFL Paper Mill Workers con­ Pittsburgh's 16-month-old depart­ Town in base Albania 1. Port in France Holland 19. Capital of 38. Distress call 6. Chatter ing is higher and ducted a successful two week ment store strike finally came to 61. Attack Eritrea 42. What the Sea 9. Swamp the ports are much better today, an end as delivery trucks went to strike at the Jesup, Georgia, mill 21. The Khan Chest is 12. A member of DOWN 22. Famed flax 44. It'a cooked in the crew too. 1. Large snake work for the first time since of Rayonier, Inc., winning a first maker the galley 13. Nari-ow creek 8. Shape, number, November 27. 1953. Teamsters time contract with a base of $1.44 23. Great Lake 45. Tops t 4" 4" 14. Water, in etc. of sails 24. Havine a 46. Employ France Local 249 had settled its strike an hour. The union had been cer­ .3. High note Theodore Catherine, OS: Yoko­ aaucy look 47. British foreign 15. Capital of 4. Realize 25. Very drunk minister hama is the-best port today as far several weeks ago but other unions, tified as collective bargaining agent Guam 9. Fishing boat 28. Small fish 48. Bound 16. Branch, at of 6. Attempt to as I'm concerned. represenling office workers, res­ in December and called the strike 30. What an SIU 51. Free of the sea seize power contract 53. Gains: ahbr. I was there be­ taurant workers and store clerks when the employer offered a wage 17. Chinese tea 7. Light breeze usually showi 54. Summer in scale below the prevailing levels 18. Mop up 8. South Sea fore the war and had continued picketing. 31. Irish France 2U. A calkiuc island in the South. 32. Horned animal 55. What old since then and material 4i 41 4> 9. Labor leader 35. Strait between •hipt do 82. Turn back 10. Hawaiian the way it's The stikebound Brooklyn Eagle it 4" 4 Harbor. 85. island (Puzzle Answers On Page 17) c h a n g e d 1 s announced it was closing its doors LI. New York City employees have 88. Cargo for a really something. permanently following a contract laker asked for rights to organize and le |9 7 10 II S 1 They've cleared dispute with the CIO Newspaper 27. Give off. ai bargain collectively on wages and smoke up most of the Guild. The Eagle blamed the clos­ 13 14 89. The pension damage from the ing on Guild wage demands, claim­ conditions on the same basis as plan helps this group war, and today ing it could not meet the competi­ workers in private industry. The 16 17 33. Title of it's a busy place where a seaman tion but the Guild argued the news­ demand was put forth by repre­ respect sentatives of AFL, CIO and inde­ IZO 34. Means of sea Is always welcome. paper was meeting the competition pendent unions of city employees communication on contracts with all.craft unions. at hearings on the formulation of it 4" 5" 36. Part of "to be" 22 23 24 37. Arranges, as Joseph Petrusewicz, OS: Manila Attempts are now being made to a city code of labor relations. sails |27 26 28 31 32 in the Philippines had more than revive the newspaper under new 39. This dents the budget 4i 4 4 ownership, while the strike pro­ its share during 40. Bay in Japan 134 33 136 ceeds. the war and when 41. Girl's name Soap and toothpaste workers at 43. Danish crowns we came In there Colgate-Palmolive in Jersey City 139 37 l40 45. A good place afterwards you to buy The camels are off the. picket- voted to return to work after an 48. Borrowed 143 44 42 could see how lines at the Rohr Aircraft Corpora­ 18-day strike and reopen negotia­ money the city was hit. tion of Riverside, California. A tions with the company. A 14-cent . 49. What the SIU 45 46 4^ provides Today, it's all six-week-old strike by the Inter­ wage Increase demand had been Gold, in Spain EG. built up again national'Association of Machinists rejected by company representa­ 92. River emptying 49 into Gulf of and back in good ended with agreement on a new tives. The 2.500-member local Guinea shape. Manila has grievance procedure. lAM mem­ union is a miember of the inde­ 56 S6. Before: Prefix ' 67. A kind of Ude: always been a bers picketed with camels and ele- pendent Colgate-Palmolive Em98. eifij S9f.s pretty fair pl«* jjlidttts dfteF-tf -'cbUrt drdet Umiftld'j iplbyees ' Associatibri, • which visit .yi, helper ohe-cqmpany outfit MM " pickets. 1 XABOa p- |LI ^'••' I I ^ --; I •5i?.; ^^ ' $1 $1 �April 1, 19SS' SEAFARERS Xant See Any Reason For Keeping This Law!' SEAFARERS « LOG Vol. XVII. No. 7 April 1. 1955 Pafe Nine LOG " v'Ur '-tri Published biweekly by the Seafarers international Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 673 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32. NY. TeL HYaclnth e-6600. Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. •- > PAUL HAIL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HEBBEBT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BESNABD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK Ai MASKIN; Gull Area Reporter, Bnx MOODY. 180 IVo Safety 191 easnre The US Coast Guard and US shipowners are pulling in the same harness to put through a bill cutting the number of ves­ sel inspections in half. Instead of the annual inspections that have been the law since the 1870's, the Coast Guard now pro­ poses that inspections be conducted just once every two years. At the same time the Coast Guard is pushing for tight con­ trol over seamen by seeking a complicated inspection system of crewmembers for safety purposes. s The'Coast Guard's excuse for lowering inspection standards is that it will permit greater flexibility for surprise spot checks. The theory is that shipowners will keep their ship in constant readiness. Also the Coast Guard points to the inferior inspection standards of foreign nations as a reason for lowering US standards. It is obvious that some of the impetus for this bill is a ship­ owner desire to save money, since ships will not have to be laid up each year for inspection purposes. Whether or not this motive predominates, it is a poor idea in light of the fact that the US merchant fleet as a whole is past middle age and growing older daily. There is nothing like the knowledge of an annual inspec­ tion year in and year out to make a shipowner keep his ves­ sels spic and span. The "hit and run" system of spot checks simply is not going to convince those shipowners who feel that the "other guy" will be the one who will get tabbed or they'll be able to "talk" their way out. If anything, one of the conclusions that could be drawn from the Southern Districts case is that ships need more careful and more intensive inspection at frequent intervals. To lower inspection standards now is,simply an invitation to new disasters. t 4J- PBS Wins Again That the Public Health Service hospitals will function for another, full year at least seems reasonably certain as the re­ sult of action by the House of Representatives in approving the hospitals' fund requests. Economy advocates apparently shot their bolt in last year's fight and raised no opposition in the House. The appropriations bill still has to pass the Sen­ ate but it is rare for the Senate to make cuts in House appro­ priations, since that bpdy has the responsibility for initiat­ ing imoney bills. The appropriation voted by the House is much the same as last year's, with a small increase added to provide pay boosts for hospital personnel. This is assurance that the hos­ pitals will be able to maintain full staffs at a time when skilled doctors and nurses are pretty hard to come by. Further, in'passing the appropriation the House indicated it was not taken in by the Hoover Commission's arguments in favor of discontinuing Government medical services. For the time being at least, the commission's proposals are no threat to American seamen. ' 4 4 4 CAMlJ's Failure All seamen, whether in the SIU or other unions, will cer­ tainly be disappointed with the news that the Conference of American Maritime Unions no longer functions as a working body. With the withdrawal of AFL unions, CAMU remains a shadow creature. Actually though, the disappointment should ba tempered by the knowledge that CAMU never did function effectively because its-purposes were nullified by- some, of its members. The major reasons for, establishing CAMU'were the hiring hall, the hospital issue and other legislative matters. From the very beginning, the NMU and CIO unions went their own' way on these issues instead of utilizing CAMU. This left it an organization without a purpose. ^ The SIU, if it so chose, could have remained in CAMU and would have if anything constructive was possible.^ Actually though, the AFL mafitime unions have cooperated on major issijes: in the past, and will'continue to work together as the. heed arisen, Asks SMU-Owned^ Operated Ships To the Editor: For some time now I have been kicking an idea around in my head, and so finaiiy I made up my mind to write you this letter. Perhaps if you print it in the LOG some of the other SIU brothers will have some comments to make about it. Briefly, I have often wondered if it wouldn't be'feasible for our Union, the SIU, to go into the shipping business—provided, of course, that jye didn't compete with our contracted companies. It seems to me that if some of these fly-by-night operators can put a small down payihent on a socalled "surplus" ship, and then start operating, why can't we? This would provide our niembers with % jobs of a permanent nature. Also, i think, we,should make it a point to compete with ships op­ erated under the Panamanian and Honduran flags. Even if we only If the black gang quarters on broke even, we would have ac­ the Steel Seafarer do not have a complished something. new coat of paint by the time she comes back to her home port, it Would Vote Assessment I, for one, would gladly vote for won't be the fault of John Masters, an assessment of $100 in order ship's delegate, and Chris Kelleher, to get this project started. Per­ engine delegate. Masters and Kel­ haps, in return for putting their leher were still plugging away on money into the project, we could the subject, according to last re­ sell the members shares in the ports received at headquarters, despite inertia and resistance from corporation. It might even be possible for topside. Kelleher told his shipmates that us to charter a Mariner ship from the Government and operate it as after some remonstrances with the a low-cost passenger ship—perhaps skipper and the chief engineer, solely for the use of students or some of the black gang men were other worthy people who can't put to work on the job, but pulled afford the regular passenger fares. off it before they had gotten very I realize therer would be all sorts far. However, the delegates re­ of difficulties in the way of getting fused to be discouraged and were such a project rolling, but I wish all set to go back at it for another some of my SlU brothers would try. give the matter some thought. Per-- .*^^sters, the ship's delegate, sonally, I think it's worth trying. sails in the deck department and And while we're speaking of has been the possessor of an SIU ships, I'd like tb tell the brothers book since December, 1950. He about my last ship, which was the joined the Union in the Port of Steel Advocate, although I think New York and is a native of the a better name for it would be the big town of 43 years' standing. Kelleher first saw the light of Steel Aggravate. Actually it's not such a bad ship, but it has one day in Ireland 39 years ago. but of those hardtiming chief mates now makes his home in Massachu­ on it who thinks he can get away setts. He joined the SIU in New York back in December, 1943. with anything. Was Deck Delegate 4 4 4 Because of this mate's tactics, There seems to be a friendly and there was plenty of contradiction beneficial rivalry developing among and confusion on deck, to say noth­ shipboard bakers ing of behind-the-scenes skulldug­ over turning out gery. I was the deck delegate andT,coffee time snacks. Anyway, believe me, it was no picnic. For a increasing men­ while there I wanted to resign, tion of this prac­ but I knew somebody had to keep tice has been this character In line and so I stuck noted before in it out. the various ship's Among the stunts this bird reports. The lat­ pulled was replacing the bosun, est man to get who paid off in Honolulu, with Souther the palm from one of his pals who wasn't even qualified ,for the job, working qne his shipmates is Seafarer Harry D. watch a day himself on OT and Souther on the Robin Hood. Crewhaving the men paint the rails members noted that his baking was "exceptionally good" in addi­ with rags. , Anyway, as soon as we hit New tion to the coffee time treats, York for payoff I called the hall which have met with unanimous and they arranged to have another favor. bosun shipped. What's more, at Souther, who is 29, comes out of the payoff the patrolmen did a Leominster, Massachusetts. He got go£d job of putting this mate, his SIU membership in .New York strai^t'about « few things. Even just last summer, and has all of so, I don't expect him to change, hit seatime in the steward depart­ ^hpse gpys.jiev^r jlesr^. , .. . ment. } < ' < Edward ,N, Vote -. Thanks I1 are one of the items proposed by the SIU steward department com­ mittee as a means &f improving shipboard feeding and providing greater variety to crew-members on SIU ships. 4 4 .. 4 Usually it's the crew singling out an individual member that rates mention in this space, but the next item is a turnabout one. Seafarer Edwin E. Ritchie on the Beauregard has a word of praise for the crew for helping keep the pantry ship-shape and clean. Sanitary Measure Of course, keeping the pantry and messroom in proper shape makes it that much easier for the galley gang and allows them to devote their time to the primary job of turning out good chow. It's also an important sanitary measure. Ritchie has been shipping as a Seafarer since World War 11. and got his book in New York in March, 1945. He's 33 and lives in Pritchard, Alabama. 4 4 4 Recently a Seafarer got himself worked up for some unexplained reason 'and went on a shipboard binge, drinking on the job and performing in the recreation room so that other crewmembers had to handle his chores. Naturally, this didn't sit well with the crew, and as soon as the ship .arrived in port, which hap­ pened to be Phil­ adelphia, his shipmates brought him up on charges under two head­ ings. The Philadel­ phia membership elected a trial Ruff committee con­ sisting of Seafarers Rapfiaei Romos, Fred Tonucie, William Mel­ lon, Thomas Gorman and Ralph Ruff to hear the charges. The ac­ cused Seafarer was advised of his rights and after testimony was taken. It was decided to fine him on two counts, plus probation. Sitting on a trial committee is one of the responsibilities and duties accepted by the men of the SIU: to insure democratic and con|ona| rljghti t« all Iccu^ -ii-K-.-i I • ••'tt WS.r- w rcisifa:,. •m �^ y»«» Tea • / • SEArAREkS LOG ^ ^ " April 1,195» . J- ^ worth'o Three Years of SlU Maternity I ir' m 518 636 647 In three years, payments of maternity benefits to Seafarers have steadily increased as shown above. The increase has taken place although there are less men in the shipping industry now than there were in 1951-1952, showing the growing tendency of Seafarers to become family men. ir^Ml i-11^..:/ • i:;;: '"•\vOj_r Bw; • !p' w .Mi' I 0'' • w''' Number one on the maternity benefits list was Seafarer Joseph Cave (right) of New Orleans. Cave Is shown picking up the first check plus congratulations from A1 Kerr, assistant administrator of the Welfare Plan. . -. >!•) • ..f.. Jostiph Cave, Jr.y points to his big day on the calendar as he prepares to celebrate his, and the Welfare Plan's, third birthday. Jodywasbomon , '' f - . April 2, 1952, just 24 hours after the SIU Plan vent into effect, making • • �April 1,195B- ,• B • :•."••' --. •;: • K:V^"A • - - "• p?:®'A V SEAFARERS LOG Pace Elevoi babies enefits , The SIU -Welfare Plan paid out its first $200 maternity benefit as of l^pril 1, 1952, to Seafarer Joseph A= ICave of New Orleans. Three years land 1,800 bouncing babies later, the IPlan had disbursed another $360,000 to Seafarers to help meet the burden of hospital and doctor bills. During this period the SIU has given each lewly-born youngster a $25 savings 3ond—a total of $45,000 at maturity. I An astonishing feature in the maJternity benefit picture is the absolute Igrowth in number of benefits paid, y^ear by year. This growth has taken olace in the face of a decline in the lumber of men shipping. I What it means is that the Seafarers [Welfare Plan correctly anticipated a lew trend in Seafaring—the tendency of professional seamen to become family men and assume the burdens ind responsibilities .of parenthood. The SIU maternity benefit is probjably the largest of its kind in any [welfare plan. Its value and desirjability is no longer questioned, and its [successful operation has been imi­ tated by other unions in the maritime [industry. , I One of four Seafarers who have collected the Union maternity henefit three times for single hirths, Seafarer Nils Nielsen is shown ahove with his family. Nielsen sails regularly as carpenter on SlU ships. His wife, Louise, is a formet- PHS hospital nurse. -ti To date tl. Plan ha. paid beneHl. to .even KU of la-ln. .uch a. the Maher hvlo, (left) and one set of trlnlel., chUd.-en "'J"'""' also collected for one other child. Apart from these multiple births there have been four instances where Seafarers have collected three individxi^al benehts for three separate births. Seafarers who have collected two individual benefits total. 180. The Plants particularly beneficial in instances of multiple births hecausa it nays oni berififit for each child, unlike other plans which make no allowance for such circumstances. v • - . . Siiivy---v'-i ."v c; I �vv:':" -Vr 1 &•• • •frflr «; ' SEAFAREnS Faci Twelve Houston: Good Shipping Holds; Payoffs Rnn Smooth ;: .1 Shipping and business in this port during the last two weeks continued to be very good. In some respects, in fact, it has been too good. In some ratings, such as ABs and oilers, we had some trouble getting enough men. The four ships in for payoff made for a pretty busy weekend of pay­ ing off. signing on and crewing up these ships. The William Carruth (Trans Fuel), Irenestar (Maine), Seagarden (Peninsular Nav.) and Gene­ vieve Peterkin (Bloomfield) ac­ counted for all this activity. In transit were the following; Eoj'al Oak, Bents Fort, Fort Hoskins (Cities Service); Seatrains Texas, Savannah, New Jersey (Seatrain); Del Oro, Del Mundo (Mis­ sissippi); Tagalam (Seatrade); Michael, Alexandra (Carras); Seatiger (Orion) and Val Chem (Val­ entine). There was very little in question on these ships, and we handled whatever disputes there were right on the ships. The future outlook so far de­ pends on a Bloomfield ship due April 5, plus the regular in-transits that always provide a few jobs. Charles Kimball Acting Houston Port Agent ^ ^ New Orleans: ^ Union Policy On GAMU Backed By fdembership - Shipping dropped way down in this port during the past period, and will probably remain that way in the coming two weeks. Even the towboat and relief jobs ^didn't ac­ count for much activity, which didn't help things at all. At our last meeting, the mem­ bership of this branch went on record unanimously in favor of the SIU's policy regarding the Con­ ference of American Maritime Unions and allied items. Payoffs during the period in­ cluded the following ships: Steel Scientist (Isthmian); Iberville, De Soto (Pan Atlantic), and Del Sud and Del Santos (Mississippi). The Del Sud, Del Oro and Del Mundo (Mississippi) signed on. We had a total of 13 in-transits as follows: Alcoa Clipper, Pennant, Corsair, Pilgrim (Alcoa); Steel Traveler (Isthmian); Del Sud, Del Oro, Del Mundo (Mississippi); Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana (Seatrain); Monarch of the Seas, Clai­ borne (Waterman), and Arlyn (Bull). Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent t two weeks just passed included the Stony Creek (American Tramp); Calmar, Seamar (Calmar), and Angelina and Dorothy (Bull). The Stony Creek, Calmar and Seamar signed on again. In addition, we had these eight ships in transit: Winter Hill (Cities Service); Emilia, Jean (Bull); Raphael Semmes (Waterman); Arizpa, Chickasaw (Pan Atlantic); Steel Chemist (Isthmian), and Robin Locksley (Seas Shipping). A. S. Cardullo Philadelphia Port Agent i, t Seattle: New Hiring Rules Please Membership As expected, the Cecil N. Bean (Dry Trans) was the only ship to pay off here during the last period, so activity has slowed down from the pace of two weeks ago. We had a pair of sign-ons in the Ocean Lotte (Ocean Trans) and Sea Comet II (Ocean Carriers), plus the Pennmar (Calmar) and Azalea City (Waterman) as intransits. Shipping in the near fu­ ture looks to be only fair. Arrival of the SEAFARERS LOG issue of March 18 containing the full reports on the new hiring sys­ tem and shipping rules gave the membership here a chance to go over the whole set-up again and they again came up with a very favorable verdict. The whole new hiring system was, of course, ex­ plored in considerable detail at the previous meeting. Among the members on the beach here is Seafarer Billey G. Edelman, a Texan who, at the age of 27, is still enjoying a life of single-blessedness. Edelman joined the SIU in Jan­ uary, 1946, in New Orleans, and has sailed in the deck department continuously, ex­ cept for a twoyear hitch in the Army in 1953-54. His first trip was ^the Park Victory, (Robin Line), which took him to Greece, Pales­ Edelman tine and Italy with a cargo of mules and horses. Despite this, he stayed with it. This brother is very pleased with his SIU membership and really likes the way of life aboard SIUcontracted ships. He says our sys­ tem of handling beefs jointly through the delegates and Union officials is second to none. Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent Baltimore: Seafarers Rate Hand Far Glean Payoffs Perl Hciding lis Own; Pace Bue Tc Keep Up A slight improvement in ship­ ping in the last two-week period has us hopeful of a future upturn in business out of here. We paid off 16 ships in the period covered by the report, signed on 10 and had 11 in-transits. Our payoffs were: Mae, Emilia, Evelyn, Edith (Bull); Raphael Semmes (Waterman); Salem Mari­ time and Logans Fort (Cities Serv­ ice); Coe Victory (Victory Car­ riers); Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa); Steel Chemist (Isthmian) and the usual run of Ore ships, the' Feltore, 4" 4" t Chilore, Baltore, Marore, Venore and Oremar. Norfolk: Signing on were the Baltore, Feltore, Chilore, Cubore, Marore, -Venore and Oremar, all of Ore Line; and the Yaka and Raphael Semmes. The in-transits were the Michael (Carras); Bethcoaster and Shipping has been holding its Calmar (Calmar); Alcoa Pioneer own here in this port with practi­ and Puritan (Alcoa); Iberville (Pan cally the same number shipped as Atlantic); and the Angelina, Hil­ were registered over the past two ton, Jean and Ines (Bull). weeks. However, there is nothing Most of the ships paid off clean definite scheduled here at the and the crews can certainly take a present time, so we are hoping bow for bringing in the vessels in for the best. such fine shape. The only beef The new system of seniority job hanging fire is one on delayed classifications has been out into sailing on Bull Line ships. We are effect and is working very satis­ expecting to hear from headquar­ factorily. All shipping is being ters momentarily as to the out­ done under the new rules. come. The new rules have been dis­ Welcome Mat Out cussed very thoroughly by the The welcome mat is out to all membership here and all agreed SIU members, friends and families that they would work for the pro­ to visit our buifding and make use tection of Seafarers. The following were the ships paid of our famed cafeteria. Port O'Call cafe and Sea Chest. All these fa­ off: Seastar (Mercador), Greece cilities are open for your conven­ Victory (South Atlantic), Hastings ience and pleasure. (Waterman) and Eugenie (Oro). In port with" us now is Seafarer All but the Eugenie signed on Stanley Wojcik, , again. We had only one in-transit who is one of '< - ship during the period, the Steel our newer Union Flyer (Isthmian). There were no members and special beefs on any of these ves­ mighty pleased sels. Meanwhile, our pool table has with it all. As he puts it, "my been repaired and neW'balls, cues one ambition and rail covers provided so that since I s^rted the membership can make use of this equipment at all times. The sailing with the table is very popular and gets a SIU was to be­ Wojcik lot of wear accordingly. come a full book member. I have always found the Although the plans have been Union to have my welfare at heart passed on and bids for repairing and I can assure all newcomers the roof and painting the hall have that if they do their job in the been accepted and approved by good old SIU fashion they too will the membership, the painting of eventually become full members the hall is still not accomplished. of the Union. It is just a matter This is due to the fact that it of following the rules laid down has taken some time for the build­ by the organization- and doing ing to dry out since the roof was their jobs as set forth in the fixed. We hope to get around to agreements." the painting itself before long. We suggest that all the brothers Ben Rees get out their pens and cards or put Norfolk Port Agent New Hiring System Working Out Okay Shipping Figures March 9 to March 22 The shipping figures for this REG. REG. BEG. TOTAL REG. port tell most of the story of the PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. past two weeks. We shipped al­ Boston 15 12 12 39 most as many as we registered and New York .. 74 62 59 195 that means we have been holding Philadelphia 28 9 22 59 our own pretty well in this depart­ Baltimore .. ..a........... 73 63 200 ment. Norfolk .... This pace will probably keep up 29 6 46 11 for the coming period, as we are Savannah 10 10 29 R scheduled to have the Arizpa (Pan Tampa 22 50 19 13 Atlantic) in, possibly for payoff, Mobile 39 44 40 123 as well as two ships each for Bull 22 New Orleans 45 57 124 Line and Calmar. Ships -that have been in here 45 175 Houston .... 67 63 recently appeared in ve^ fine 49 14 Seattie 15 20 shape, with few beefs and a smooth . 28 70 21 21 iSan Francisco •••••••oeeeeee' trip recorded all around. This is 85 15 IS • • • * »eee«eeee the way we always like to see ' <:>S? V/'.-)'!-;- V them. ' Thei'lllf of''i>aj«4fli»'aurinf the on their walking shoes either to write or pay a visit to their less fortunate buddies in the USPHS Hospital, Wyman Parkway, Balti­ more 18, Maryland. Those in the hospital now are as follows; Clyde R. Leggett, Arthur Faulker, Ed Ruley, J. A. Lewis, Wm. C. Simmons, Francis Mayo, Roy Hawes, William Mellon, B. O. Buzbee, Robert Smith, Alfred E. Seemiller, Robert Scales, Stanley Gelak, Robt. J. Wiseman, G. Maiello, Thomas Mungo, George Bekken, Jessie Clarke, Robert McKnew, Edward Seserko, George Olive, Victor B. Cooper, Norman Jackson, John-R. Schultz, Edward Huienga and Gorman Glaze. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent Lake Charles: Laundry Workers In Sign-Up Brive AFL Laundry Workers in this port are in the midst of a full-scale organizing drive these days. The tactic devised by the union has the employees working only half a day, but the employers don't know when the half-day begins and they're pulling their hair out. The way it operates, the laundry workers may cOme in for the morn­ ing, work until noon and then go fishing, or they may first come in at noon. With schedules and de­ liveries to worry about, the bosses can't figure which end is up. Of course, all they have to do to right the situa­ tion is to sit down with the union Hellman and talk business. All the unions here are backing the workers all the way. Shipping down here is moving along nicely, so quite a few of the brothers got out during the last couple of weeks. The activity was due to the arrival of t:he following: Chiwawa,. Logans Fort, Bradford Island, Archers Hope, Winter Hill (all of these came in twice), Cantigny. Bents Fort, Salem Maritime (Cities Service), plus the Tagalam (Sea Trade) and Seatiger (Colo­ nial),. both in Port Arthur, Texas, and the Val Chem (Valentine), in Orange, Texas. At our iast branch membership meeting, brother Ross Lyle, pump­ man, was chairman, and Ezeb Manuel, who sails in the steward department, was recording secre­ tory. Both did a very fine job. For our Seafarer of the week we nominate brother Karl A. "Swede" Hellman, better known as the exmayor of Highway 90 West; Since this is an election year, he may run again, we hear. "Swede" started sailing with the SIU in 1946 and has always proved to be a good man on the ship. He was observed recently looking over some second-hand cars and said . he may go into the used-car busi­ ness between trips. He uses the , cars alright; we once made the mistake of riding with him and that was enough. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent 4i 3^ Wilmington: .\ ^ jr smPi DECK 15 68 23 68 21 15 29 17 31 56 10 32 12 t lii-TransH Ships Keep Things Busy Although we had no payoffs or sign-ons during the past tvvo we.eks and nothing appears to be expected in the coming period, shipping still caused a little stir in this port. The 1^1 ships that we had in transit hiad us busy trying to find men who were ready to ship. The only brother that' we had in the ; SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL hospital here was discharged last ,. ENG. STEW. SHIPPED week and was able to ship on the 13 87 Western Trader after she came in 9 at the Shell Oil dock. 49 56 178 forHebunkers t was none other than Arthur 13 54 "One-Round" King who had spent 18 191 a couple of months in drydock and , 59 , 64 on the beach with us. 12 8 41 The ships which were in transit 8 82 :» were "the following; Bienville, John . 56 17 14 B. Waterman, Morning Light, Fair15 15 45 port, Azalea City (Waterma_n); Steel Voyager (Isthmian); Mary35 118 47 mar, Yorkmar, Portmar (Calmar); 137 85 46 Warrior (Pan Atlantic); National. 13 . 82 Liberty (American Waterways); ^ 9 25 21 78 Seacomet'II (Ocean Carriers), and6 12 80 Westefn Trader (Western Nav.). .a**" ^ nl'-i .A<v iJL Bw'WHey-''* •' hi'"- mmitiPMifGMEcoitP^ 3^ Philadelphia: rv'i" rir April 1. 195S LOG PORT REPORTS.. PWi 1^1. ; ' t. /'ill" �SEAFARERS li/-'. V-- Aprtl 1,1955 raire Tiiirie«fl LOO PORT KEPOBTS Boston: City Officials Applaad Seafarer's Boys Cieb company paid everything. This is just one more instance in which the crewmen, working with their Union officials, got everything that was coming to them. The payoffs during the past two weeks were {he Salem Maritime, Cantigny and Archers Hope (Cities Serviceir Frances and Jean (Bull); Robin Mowbray (Seas Shipping); Jefferson City ,Victory (Victory Carriers); Val Chem (Valentine Tankers); Republic (Trafalgar); Queenston Heights (Seatrade), and Seatrains Georgia" and Texas (Seatrain). The sign-ons were the Steel Advocate and Steel Traveler (Isth­ mian); Robin Kirk (Seas Shipping); Jefferson City Victory (Victory Carriers); Lawrence Victory (MLssissippi); Republic (Trafalgar) and Queenston Heights (Seatrade). Ships in tran-sit were the Seatrains Savannah, Louisiana, New York and New Jersey (Seatrain); Alcoa Partner and Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa); Chickasaw and Antinous (Pan Atlantic); Steel Chemist (Isth­ mian); Kathryn, Ann Marie and Suzanne (Bull); Bethcoaster and Seamar (Calmar), and Greece Victory (South Atlantic). Claude Simmons Ass't. Sec.-Treasurer This port is continuing, to hold its own fairly well, with the tankwagons, as usual, providipg the bulk of our sJiipping business. We paid .off the Ann Marie (Bull); Seatiger (Colonial) and Bradford Island, French Creek, Fort Hoskins and Royal Oak (Cities Serv­ ice). Ali of these ships signed on again. Ships in transit, which took a few men, were the John Kulukundis (Martis); Antinous and be Soto (Pan At­ lantic), and Alex­ andra (Carras). What beefs there were on board were set­ tled to the satis­ faction of crewmembers. Maffucol LocaT I'esidents and political representatives here are worked up over defective con­ struction in a new $9 million jail being built in this state. Although the place has been six years 4) 4) a-building, the Governor refused to open it for occupancy after two San Francisco: convicts pointed out major defects, such as cracks in the walls and locks that could be opened with penknives. Of more interest to Seafarers is the world's largest ship anchor Shipping here continues its now under construction at the roller-coaster ride. Although the Charlestown Naval Shipyard. The last report showed us way down, hook is 20 feet long, 13 feet wide the present two weeks were very and weighs a mefe 30 tons. It's for good and the future looks bright. use aboard the super-carrier ForIn the period just passed we restal. shipped more men than we regis­ Club A Success tered, even with just the one pay­ Just off the Chickasaw (Pan off and sign-on that we had. The Atlantic) is Seafarer Vincent Maf- crystal ball didn't even come close fuci, who is having considerable to that when we reported in the success with the boys club he runs last issue of the SEAFARERS LOG. in Somerville with the aid of two We expect a couple of payoffs next other residents. They instruct the week, also. boys in various sports and run Waterman's Morning Light was dances and social affairs. Maffuci the source of a lot of our activity has been commended by the mayor in the shipping department, and and other city officials for the the eight In-transits we had added good work at the club. On the beach with us at the mo­ their share. Ships that called here ment are J. Rubery, R. Johnston enroute Include the following: and G. McCarthy. We have only Gateway City, Azalea City, Fairone hospital patient at the mo­ port, Fairisle, Maiden Creck,.(Waterman); Yorkmar, Portmar (Cal­ ment, A. Hancock. mar)^ and Steel Voyager (Isthmian). Seafarer Arthur Blood, who Among the brothers on the sailed out of this port, passed away on March 20. A wreath was sent beach here waiting their turn to by the Union to the funeral serv­ get out are F. Yoh, C. Mazur, J. Henhing, C. Shirley, F. Ryan, C. ices. Ridge, A. Surles, M. Lee, I. DeJames Sheehan Kleo,, C. Demers, J. Webber, T. Boston Port Agent Ulisse and C. Hill. 4- 4" 4" Tom Banning New York: San Francisco Port Agent Shipping Up Again; Future Looks Good CG Seen Sliii inienl On Hardtiming Seamen Once again I would like to call the members' attention to the fact that upon the slightest pretext the Coast Guard is waiting to pounce on you. It seems as though the CG has nothing to do but hardtime seamen. So watch your step or they'll be on your trail. Shipping in this port slowed up considerably during the past two weeks and it does not look as if It will be any better during the coming two weeks. During the past two weeks we paid off 12 ships, signed 7 oh for­ eign articles and had 15 in ti'ansit. However, the job turnover on these ships was small. Crewmen Win Beef On the Lawrence Victory (Mis­ sissippi), the skipper and chief mate did not want to pay some good overtime, but the crew stood together and reftrstfdi. Jtty off. So, d&>«iBuai^1l^lm«||feMitl)i6y the Kagelmacher, Joe Rosa, Jack Cra­ Mobile: ven and Ernie Sims. The membership here is remind­ ed that Garden City-Checker Cabs is the only union cab company in town. These cabs should be pa­ The recent' transfer of several Shipping is likely to pick up tronized by all unionists. Alcoa ships to the East Coa.st run E. B. MacAuIey here this coming week as we have hM quite a few bi'others wonderHq. Representative two payoffs schedule(f right now. in| how long these vessels will be 4 4 4" In addition, there are not too many on the new run, since they always Tampa: men on the beach here at the shipped out of here, and have their homes and families in this present time. Accordingly, the out­ area. look is fair for the immediate future. We've checked with the com­ pany on this matter, and so far The Southport (South Atlantic) came in for payoff and sign-on dur­ The rainy season has dropped in they have set no definite time for ing the last period with 228 hours here with a bang and we are really the duration of this extra EaSt of disputed overtime. Most of this getting it now at all times. But Coast service. Accordingly, we had to be referred to headquarters everything else is fine down here, urge Seafarers on tlie.se ships to stay with them. It may be only a for interpretation, however, so it so we can manage' the weather. will -take a little time to clear it Shipping pepped up quite a lot couple of trips hauling sugar and all up. during the last period as we then they'll be back on the Gulf We were successful in collecting shipped six more men than we run, and getting home regularly overtime for butchering for the registered and all ships arrived in again. Shipping in the port generally chief cook on this ship. The com­ fine shape. The only beef we had pany was forced to buy beef in was on the Cuba (P&O), where the took a real nose dive for the last Germany to restock the vessel, and chief mate fired one man on what couple of weeks. Only 44 men the beef turned out to be an en­ we thought were insufficient were shipped to regular jobs, and approximately 120 to various relief tire cow. Since^ our agreement grounds. states that butchering of anything This was cleared up finally in jobs in and around the harbor. in eighths or larger shall be con­ the man's favor, but it was a long Runner In Survey sidered overtime, the chief cook way getting there. First the cap­ There were a total of seven pay­ netted' himself 16 hours of OT tain refused to talk about it by offs, three sign-ons and four ships claiming there were no beefs on in transit. Part of the decline in when it was all over. the ship and therefore nothing to shipping stems from the fact that In-Transits Ships in transit io this port were talk about. Then a call to the out of the seven ships paying off, the Seatrains Georgia and Louisi­ company office in Miami got no­ four are on continuous articles and ana (Seatrain); Steel Scientist where when we tried to get P&O only took a few replacements and (Isthmian); Bents Fort and Chi- to have the master or the chief one other, the Alcoa Runner, went take the man back on the into the yard for a five-year sur­ wawa (Cities Service), and An­ mate job. vey. This put a full crew on the tinous (Pan Atlantic). But we still had one ace left in beach until the ship crews up Our man of the week this trip the bag, which was article II, sec­ again in the next week or ten is brother Hari-y M. Galphin, who tion 3 of the P&O agreement deal­ days. started going to, ing with a "port committee." This Payoffs here were the following: sea regularly just did the trick, after the company Alcoa Corsair, over 28 years ago, was notified that we wished to Pilgrim, C a v aon Marqh 4, 1927. exercise the privilege of calling lier. Runner and Galphin has seen together a port committee as pro­ Patriot 'Alcoa), many changes on vided for in the agreement. Monarch of the behalf of seamen Won In Committee Seas and Clai­ during this time, borne (W a t e rFive hours of bargaining later, but he considers man). Signing on the SIU's gains we were awarded the beef when were the Alcoa the company agreed that the de­ of recent years to Galphin Pilgrim and mands we made were just. The be the most out­ Patriot (Alcoa). brother involved thei-efore got Lumpkins standing of the lot. The DeSoto and back on the ship with full wages One of the worst experiences he and subsistence for the time he Iberville (Pan Atlantic). Steel recalls came during the war when was fired. Traveler (Isthmian) and Del Sud the SS Benjamin Smith was torpe­ Our only payoff here was the (Mississippi) were in transit. doed off the west coast of Africa Alcoa Pointer (Alcoa), which was Authorities in the Italian port and he wound up in a lifeboat for clean as a whistle with no beefs city of Venice recently identified two and a half days before he was at all. A few more ships are also a body found in the Grand Canal picked up. Today, he lives danger­ expected to come in this week. as that of Reese Lumpkins, who ously between trips indulging in his The following were the ships in was chief electrician on the Ocean favorite hobby, which is stock car transit: Cuba (P&O); DeSoto and Dinny (Ocean Trans). Brother auto racing. Iberville (twice), Antinous, Chicka-' Lumpkins had shipped out of this Along with Galphin on the beach saw (Pah Atlantic); Archers Hope, port for years and started his last at this time are several other .old- Winter Hill (Cities Service); Del voyage from here also. He was timers, includingr Claude R. West, Viento (Mississippi); Topa Topa reported missing about a month Geronimo B. Gapa'c, Clyde Laseter, (Waterman); Marie Hamil (Bloom- ago when the Ocean Dinny sailed George Trusedell, Johnny Floyd, field). from Venice. Bennie Gonzales W. "Sleepy" Matthews, Jack Nel­ Support To Strikers Hq. Representative son, R. C. Shedd, Steve Poole, Red The labor scene in Mobile pres­ ently shows two strikes in prog­ ress, one involving non-operating personnel on the L&N Railroad and the other communications workers at the Bell Telephone systeih. Our support and assistance WILMINGTON, CalU BOS Marine Ave. FORT WHLIAM....118t4 Syndicate Ave. has been pledged to both of these Ontario Phone; 3-3221 groups in their beefs. Ernest TlUey. Agent Terminal 4-2874 103 Durham St. HEADQUARTERS....678 4tli Ave.. Bklyn. PORT COLBORNE Ontario Phone: 8591 For our Seafarer of the week BECRETARY-TREASURER TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. Paul HaU EMpire 4-5719 we nominate brother Henry Hill, ASST. SECRETARY-TREASITRERS VICTORIA, BC 61714 Cormorant St, who joined the SIU in 1938 and J. Alglna. Deck C. Simmons, Joint Empire 4531 J. Volpian. Eng. W. Hall, Joint VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. has sailed out of the Gulf area E. Mooney. Std. R. Matthews. Joint Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS 804 Charlotte St. since then, usually as chief cook or Phone 6346 steward. He is married and makes SUP BAGOTVILLE Qucbee 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 his home here. Having seen all HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. 62 St. Davids St. the gains won by the Union under Phone 5-8777 THOROLD. Ontario CAnal 7-3202 PORTLAND 023 N. W. Everett St. QUEBEC 113 Cote Do La Montague the SIU Welfare Plan, he is still Beacon 4336 Quebec Phone: 2-7078 IlICUMOND. CALIT. 257 Sth St SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St. most pleased with the Vacation Phone 2599 NB Phone: 3-5332 Plan, which he feels helps take up SAN FRANCISCO..i.....450 Harrison St. the slack for a man on the beach Douglas 2-8363 Great Lakes District waiting for a ship. SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 0.280 ALPENA ; 133 W. Fletcher Other oldtimers in port right WILMINGTON 805 Marine Ave. Phone: 1238W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. now include L. Koundourakis, 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE NEW YORK 678 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 A. E. House, W. Wade, M. Robin­ HYacinth 9-6600 Phone: Cleveland 7391 son, J. Miller, T. Moss, C. McDETROIT .1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 Lemore, W. Reynolds, R. Watford. 831 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL. . m St. Jamek St. West DULUTH Phone: Melrose 2-4110 J' ' Cal Tanner ii PLateau 8161 • Phon^^E^AW. Savannah: iSKiyM££ SlU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Jamea Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. R. Vaughan, Agent Preaton 6SS8 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-3744 MOBILE . ' 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 823 BienvUle St. Lindsey WiUlaini. Agent MagnoUa 6113-6113 NEW yORK 678 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. Agent MAdiaon 2-9834 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. 8. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1639 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-5479 Marty Breitboff, West Coast Kepreseniative PUERTA de TIERRA. PR Pelayo 51—La 9 ^1 Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH 3 Abercorn St A. Michelet. Agent Phono 3-1728 SETTLE : 2505 1st Ave. GlUette, Agent--..-EUiott 4334- New East Coast Run May Be Just Temporary Cow-Carving Cook Goto Bulehoring OT Pact Clause Saves Job For Seafarer •-'.Hr I ' ••^1 M / "^^1 �SEAFARERS Par* Fourteen •« April 1, 1951 LOG OFF WATCH This feature it designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, neto products, developments^ publications and the like which Seafarers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries should be addressed to "Off Watch," SEA­ FARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. fe- :i- t '-Hr' &;g:"=:' Making a voyage aboard the SlU-contracted Kathryn proved a happy sequel to the story of his marriage. Seafarer Charles E, Rawlings reports to the LOG. Above (left) Rawlings poses in the ship's engine room with his wife Angelica and daughter Sandra. At the right are Angelica and Sandra with the Kathryn's skipper, Captain Callis. Rawlings says Kathryn crew's work is in best SIU tradition. SIU Voyage Is Seque To Story Of Romance Althougrh Seafarers who are reg-^ is for the Seafarer to carry iilar travelers in and out, of the stances his film in a separate package. country may not have too much Then Cu.stoms can check your bag­ trouble on this score, a reminder gage without fogging" every roll. never hurls. The» lesson learned 3) 4 the hard way by many occurs whem The American Photographio their baggage contains film—ex­ posed or not—and the need to let Book Publishing Company has Customs know about it. In major available a 30-page listing of cur­ ports like New York, Customs may rent books on different phases of use an x-ray machine to go over photography, which can be gotten your gear. This is what can ruin merely by writing 33 West 60th film, and generally they wijl al­ Street. The information is - ar­ ways be the rolls which contain ranged under 40 separate subject the highlights of a particular trip. headings, and may help speed se­ The best advice to give in such in- lection "of a good all-around book dealing with a photography sub­ ject you're interested in. Shutter Subjects On The Venore Some time ago the SEAFARERS LOG published a story telling of Seafarer Charles E. Rawlings' long search for the fiancee he had not seen in many years. That search, as the LOG story related, ended hap--f pily when Rawlings Ipcated honeymoon Angelica and I could his sweetheart—Angelica Diaz see the ships in the harbor from —in Puerto Rico, and the two were married there. Now, it seems, there is a sequel to the story, for Rawlings—who at­ tributes his finding of Angelica to his SIU sailing—recently was able to give his wife a first-hand exam­ ple of what it means to be aboard an SIU ship. This occurred when Rawlings, together with Angeiica and daugh­ ter Sandra, sailed as a passenger aboard the SlU-contracted Kathryn (Bull). "You may remember that in your fine story about our marriage," Rawlings now writes the LOG, "you mentioned that during our Speak Your Mind At SttJ 3^eetuB^s r Under the Union constitu­ tion every member attending a Union meeting is entitled to nominate himself for the elected posts to be filled at the meeting—chairman, read­ ing clerk and recording secre­ tary. Your Union urges you to take an active part in meet­ ings by taking these posts of service. And, of course, all members have the right to take the floor and express their opinions on any officer's report or issue under discussion. Seafarers ai-e urged to hit the deck at these meetings and let their shipmates know what's on their minds. the window of our hotel room in San Juan. Well, one of the ships we saw at that time was the Kath­ ryn, and I was very happy, re­ cently, to be able to give Angelica a close-up of life on her when we boarded her as passengers at Mayaguez, PR." Met SIU Buddies The trip to the States, Rawlings writes, not only gave him an op­ portunity to renew acquaintances with many of his SIU buddies, but also proved a very interesting and enjoyable one for Angelica and lit­ tle Sandra. "This voyage," Rawlings says, "was the first for my wife and daughter, and my wife wants you to know that the outstanding serv­ ice she received aboard the ship was the best she has ever gotten. She wishes to convey her heai-tiest thanks to the officers and SIU crewmen of the Kathryn and hopes you will print a special God bless you all, for these wonderful men. "For myself," Rawlings writes, "I want to say that the spirit I saw displayed aboard the Kathryn by t%e SIU crewmen, in the perform­ ance of their duties, again made me realize that there is no union that can begin to compare with the SIU. The wondel-ful at home feeiing that they gave to me and my family, and their consideration for our comfort, meant more in happiness to all of us, I am sure, than anything our fares could have purchased. I would like to 'add my voice to that Of my wife in saying 'Thank you one and ail.'" 1^ I&-' rfr Vf-:':- I.*;, £ I (1> Which does a fire need in order to burn: oxygen or carbon dioxide? (2) If A is always one-fourth of B, and A is 2 when B is 8, what is B when A is one-half? - (3) What little girl in a comic strip has a dog named Sandy? (4) What is probably the earliest-known instrument for measuring time? (5) Who wore herring boxes for shoes? (6) Is the monetary unit of the Greece the quetzal, the franc or the drachma?' (7) How fast must the wind travel to be a huri'icane: (a) 25 mph, (b) 50 mph, (c) 75 mph, (d) ICQ mph? (8) What important part did Sutter's mill play in American history? Where is it? (9) Puring what war did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place: (a) War of 1812, (b) Crimean War, (c) Spanish-American War, (d) World War I? (10) The word meridian pertains, to what time of day? <. . (Quiz Answers On Page 17) t:i:i < H i f f K'*'? . Snapped during a moment of leisure aboard the Venore (Ore) is (left) Richard Glaze, oiler. At the right, in the usual order, are C. O. Stroud, oiler and FWT Smith. Stroud sent in the photographs. The Venore is on the regular run between Sparrows Point, Md., and the ore fields in South America. LOG-A-RHYTHM: A Seaman's Dream By M. Dwyer A frequent contributor of poetry to the SEAFARERS LOG, M. Dwyer herein submits a new version of an age-old formula for success in mar­ riage for seamen. "To many foreign lands you'll I sailed upon a moonlit sea roam And dreamed a dream most real to me. "Yet none will ever be your home. I dreamed that I was home once "You'll laugh when in some more, distant port A welcome mat outside the door. "With maids whose favors can be bought. And in the dream I seemed to be A lad close to my father's knee. "But when you settle down for His words of wisdom I still hear. life, Through the years ringing clear. "Choose a lady for your wife. I saw him smile at me and say: "Test them, son, one and another "Perhaps some day you'll sail away, "But if a ieaman's life you choose, "Try to find one like your mother, "Be prepared to win or lose. "A loving woman, kind and true. "Remember, boy, there are a few. "And if you choose this fine -profession, "And if you find this woman rare, "'Think well first and -use dis­ "Make sure that she can also share cretion, "Your seaman's life and seaman's "For it's no picnic to attend— ways, "This rugged life can break or "With no tears shed through mend. absent days. "But if she's one who takes to "Some nights you'll toss upon grieving, your sack. "And wish, perhaps, that you "Her heart viay break when you were back are leaving. "On land to live a life of ease "So find one who will Understand "Instead of sailing on the seas. "A seaman cannot live on land." "But should the sea get in your These wisdom words were in vein my ear "You'll never stay at home again, As I awoke to a sky clear. "For men have left their loved And I smiled and had to say: ones fair "To roam -the •world, and' breathe "Thanks,~I3tt<k-i«r-sh0winff--me-'---the way." ^ j . .... i i,.< f 4« 4» The " ticklish Job of painting chair and table legs can be accom­ plished without smearing the floor or leaving excess paint at the tip of the leg by creating a pair of stilts for the article involved which will get it off the floor. The trick lies in elevating the chair or table by driving a nail or two into the end of each leg so that the piece can still stand on its own and then be painted. 4" 4" 4" 4 4 4" Philatelists interested in firstday covers of the proposed new Soo Locks stamp will have to wait for official word from Washington before they can start sending out requests. Although June 18, 1955, was announced as the date of is­ sue by the local postmaster, the Post Office Department in Wash­ ington has refused so far to con­ firm the date, and collectors will have to await Its decision. The angler interested in knowing about the flies on which trout feed will find a good source in Art Flick's "Streamside Guide to Natu­ rals and Their Imitations." Both the novice and the experienced fly fisherman will find it valuable. Most bookshops and sporting goods stores, carry it. '—for SIU MEMBERS! A/eEDINSB4GE4R ANPSHOReWSARFfiOMATbO/HBRdSH TOASOUVKKUERT^ULATSPEOAU se4c/JKrH?ics your SEA CHEST SHORE WEAR f SEA GEAR SEA GEAR t SHORE WEAR at SIU HEADQUARTERS �A»Hi 1, idss SEAFARERS Pace Fifteea LOG Shipmate's Wedding is Gala Event For Dei Vaiie Crew B3J Spike Marlin , The wedding of Seafarer M. W. Valentine proved a festive occasion for Valentine's shipmates on the Del Valle (Mississippi), as this photo shows. The wedding was held in Houston and was followed by a party at Little Nell's, with a good time had by all. Valentine and his bride Ey^hel, both wearing light clothes, are shown at the center of the photo, which was sent to the LOG by H. D. Higginbotham. Tampa-To-Havana Is Some Fun For SlU Stewardess On The Cuba Life aboard one of the SIU's newest ships the P & O's SS Cuba—is a good deal for the SIU crewmembers. And especially if that crewmember happens to be a woman. So re­ ports Audrye E. Henry, a nurse who has been serving as stewardess on the Cuba, and who has been tending to the wants • of both the crew and the 200 joyable .because of the kindness~of enables her to give care to the passengers which the ship the crew. "They have taken me crewmembers, if needed, as well Just when we thought everybody in this gloomy old world was get­ ting ftiore worked up over foreign affairs than sports, the citizens of Montreal have shown where their true interests lie. Others may get excited over what Acheson told Chiang Kai Shek. In Montreal, they are all for stuffing Clarence Campbell in a well-weighted sack and rolling him down the slopes of Mount Royal into the St. Lawrence River. Campbell got in this plight by happening to be the president of the National Hockey League. His enormous "crime" consisted of the suspension of Maurice Richard for the remainder of the season. In the eyes of the citizenry, Richard is hockey's Babe Ruth. The suspension came when Mon­ treal and Detroit wei-e neck and neck in the stretch and continues right through the championship piayoffs. Naturally the citizens were annoyed. Drew Blood All Richard did to deserve such foul treatment was to crease an op­ ponent's skull with a hockey stick and take a couple of whacks at an official who interfered. Inciden­ tally, it wasn't the first time that Richard drew blood. The very same night of the sus­ pension, Detroit played Montreal in the latter's home arena and Campbell boldly attended the game. A mild riot foliowed, punc­ tuated by rotten fruit and eggs and climaxed by a tear gas bomb. The game was called off while police moved in to try to break it up, car­ rying several kicking, screaming spectators off to the iocal pen. After that the crowd really got hot under the collar. It surged into th^ street, smashed windows, looted and started fires. Over 100 people were ^ arrested. Richard hustled off to a radio studio and broadcast a special pica to his legions of admirers to keep cool. Richard may be hotheaded but his worshippers will match him in that respect anytime. Explosive Fans This kind of behavior is always amazing but it is not restricted to Montreal, far from it. People will open newspapers and yawn at the daily recital of misdeeds, local or international. Then they will ex­ plode all over the place at a sport­ ing event. New York is supposed to be a sophisticated town in that respect, but that myth is easily punctured. We recall one ugly scene in Yankee Stadium when New York and De­ troit were grimly battling for the top spot. lYes, Detroit once did win a pennant). The Yankees were trailing in late innings when they got three men aboard and left-hander Tom­ my Henrich di-ibbled a roller down the third base line. The umpires called it a foul ball and the next thing we knew, men who wouldn't dare raise their voices to their wives were flinging pop bot­ tles." Everybody, friend or foe, retreated to the dugout to keep from getting skulled. Since then, then've been serving beer and soda in paper cups. There's something about a sport­ ing event that incites to riot more than anything else. What it is we'll leave for others to explain. /. -U "./•r .1 generally carries. The Cuba, Audrye reports in a letter to the LOG, is on a weekly run between Tampa and Havana. It leaves Tampa every Monday morning for Key West; From there it goes on to Havana and then re­ turns to Tampa for the week-end. "Havana," Audrye writes, "is the kind of place you read about in the magazines or see in the movies, with palm trees swaying in the breeze, stars, shining overhead, and music guaranteed to make one for­ get iife's ups_and downs." Escorted By Crewmen ' Her visits to Havana, Audrye re­ ports, have been particularly en­ to some of the nicest places in the as to carry on her regular duties city," she writes, "and have treated among the passengers. me wonderfully in every respect. I would like- to take this oppor­ The LOG conducts this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, tunity to express my appreciation bakers and others who'd like to share flavored recipes, little-known to each and every one of them." cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here s Seafarer Julio Reg's Audrye writes that she has a recipe for "Chicken a la Rey." son in school in Baton Rouge, and A perennial favorite, chicken again makes an appearance that her desire to be nearer to him is making her leave the Cuba here as the mainstay of Seafarer Julio Key's "Chicken a la for the present. She hopes, how­ Rey." The recipe is the veteran steward's own creation, and ever, to be able to ship on an­ the dish, from all reports, other SIU ship out of New Orleans seatime under his belt, about 15 in the near future. Meanwhile she "fit for a king," which is what of of those in the galley. intends to do private nursing duty. "a la Key," in this Seafarer's To make the dish, here's what This nursing experience, Audrye native Spanish, means in English. you need: 10 chickens (3-31i feels, is very valuable in her work The speciality always met with pounds each), 1 as stewardess aboard a ship and favor whenever he served it on the pound onions, 1 iiipiiliil® liner Puerto Rico, while that ship pound green was in US-flag service with an SIU peppers, 3 grains crew, and still has 'em smacking gai'lic, 1 teaspoon their lips on other SlU-contracted paprika, 2 bay ships today. Re^'s last ship was leaves, 1 can the Marina (Bull). Although he tomato paste, 2 first joined the SIU in 1948, by No. 21^ cans to­ Audrye Henry, shown while that time he already had 20 years matoes, 2 table­ stewardess on the Del Sud. spoons WorcestKey er.shire sauce. First, clean and prepare the Delegates Pose On Seatrain Georgia chickens and cut them into four parts. Fry the parts until they are half done and set aside in a brais­ ing pan. Prepare the sauce by chopping the onions and peppers finely, add the garlic, paprika and bay leaves and braise separately in a little oil. Now add the tomato paste, toma­ toes and Worcestershire.and when this is ready, pour it over the chicken in the braiser. Add enough stock to cover the chicken, cover the pan and cook until the sauce begins to thicken. The next step is to prepare the [HB SIU NASAgarnish. Fry 12 green peppers POTATIOAJ cut in four parts, boil 6 dozen small onions until half done and boil 2 MAlf^rrAlMlNG dozen carrots cut into 3 or 4 strips. CLEAM SHIRS. AT THE When serving, to each piece of chicken on a plate or casserole, add LAYOFF BE SUR£ THE two of the small onions, 2 carrot strips, 1 piece green pepper, 1 _ ^SSAe£lVAyS,MESSR3CM, strip of pimento (if available) right ^Fodsi^At^ DECKS Af2.BCLBM> BB A on the chicken, 1 teaspoon green This quartet is composed of the four delegates aboard the Seatrain peas, chopped parsley and lots of Georgia (Seatrain Lines). Left to right are D. Smith, deck; A. Lam­ CdBW THE SIU CAM BE PRoUD OF I the sauce itself. It's a real pleaser. bert, steward; K. Beckerich, engine, and F. King, ship's. Photo (Feeds 40.) .was. taken by.I'lftehcr. Johnson, chief steward. It" .-•YWrH'.h •.t. U*1 LBA\/B HBR SH/PSHAFeJ U I ! I 9 �^ P,se •* s'^'f SE SiV Men Cheered JViftf In Hospital To the Editor: I would like to take this oppor­ tunity, through the LOG, to thank the SIU brothers and officials for their visits to me while I was in the Brighton USPHS Hospital in Massachusetts. I would also like to say that the members of the hospital staff were very kind to me. It was wonderful to get letters and postcards from the brothers in distant ports who read about me in the LOG, and these brought me many happy memories of the times we spent together. Again I would like to thank one and all. Joseph Fawcett An ^" u'f r. • L E T T E R S April 1, IvsS GI In Europe Wants LOG Sent To the Editor: everything that tvas done for me, Catholic Trade Unionists, popularly I have been in the Army since and I hope, someday, I will be August, 1954, and now that I have known as the ACTU. . Welcomed By Crew able to do them all a good turn. to spend quit'e a bit of time here Right now I m all set and ready in Europe, I would like to have The nien on board these ships To the Editor: accepted me for what I was—a I have just finished reading the to^ ship out again here in New copies of the LOG sent to me. member of the crew. And never February 18th issue of the LOG, York. The call of the wild seas got In my estimation, the LOG Is was I made to feel uncomfortable which contained an article of great me shortly after the accident and one of the best union newspapers since then I have been anxious to there is when it comes to keeping or unwelcome in any way, whether interest to me. I was casually talking to a group its members informed about what's Tliis article was the "Inquiring ship out again. . The accident was like a light to going on in their union, on deck, or having* coffee in the Seafarer" column in which the crew's mess or sitting in on a ship­ men were asked if they would be me, showing me the way to be a I really never fully appreciated board SIU meeting. interested in a correspondence Christian. I'm really ship-shape our Union until after I was drafted. now. Coming, as I do, from a long school set-up for seamen. I used to gripe line of seafarers, sailing is in my James McGbe* about 'some of My answer to that question is blood, and when I am among sea­ "yes," I have tried on several oc­ the shipboard ^ ^ men I always feel that I am among casions ta carry conditions, lik^p my own people. Also, as a priest, on extension the food on some I am in my elemenh For, after all, work from the of the scows, but t i J. whom did Christ choose for his University I can see now To the Editor: first apostles but men who went of Washington in I am writing this to thank you that it was like to sea—the fishermen of Galilee? Seattle, But be­ for sending the SEAFARERS LOG eating at the Rev. John J. Walsh cause of the diffi­ to me. I only wish I had been re­ Waldorf com­ To the Editor; Philadelphia, Pa. Smith culty of main­ ceiving., copies of this fine news­ pared with some We, the undersigned members 4> 4- 4' taining a current paper long ago, liecause then I of the Army of the crew of the DeSoto, feel forwarding ' ad would have known and understood chow I have had. that a steward should be compli­ Also, in the SIU, we got paid for dress, and the so much more than I did ..when 1 mented when he does good work Cowdrey time consumed lost my son. He was Purdom Ar­ our work. Here in the Army we just as quickly as he should be in sending-mail, I always found it nold Moulds and he was aboard the put in plenty of OT and never get condemned when he is delinquent To the Editor: a nickel for it,I am writing this to let you know impossible to completq a course. Southern Districts. in his duties. Of course, one should be proud You complete a lesson and mail I live far inland, in Arkansas, Our "bellyrobber," Phil Reyes, that I have been drafted into the who has been almost a permanent Army and would like to have my ir in for correction. Then, in the and so I do not know much about to serve his country. But life in fi.xture on the De Soto— and who name put on the SEAFARERS two or three monI:hs it takes you shipping. Also, I do not know the Army can never stack up with to get the next lesson, you could much about unions, and I had no Ife in the SIU, is well known to many Seafarers LOG mailing list, Melvin H. Smith I sailed with the best union have completed a half-dozen idea, until I lost my son, that anv as a tine steward and fine shipmate (Ed. note: The LOG will be sent union took such interest in the —has finally left this ship for a there is, the SIU, from 1943 to lessons, to you regularly.) I certainly wish the SIU mem­ families of its members. January, 1955, and my last ship shore assignment. bership would give this matter We don't know whether this was the Steel Director. In particular, I would like 'to 4^ 4 4 Any lettei's my friends in the some more consideration. move will prove to be permanent thank the SIU Welfare Services Robert G. Cowdrey or temporary. But we certainly SIU care to send me will be greatfor taking a personal interest in wisli Brother Reyes the best of ly appreciated, my loss and doing things for me 4< 4" as tliis Army life luck in whatever he does. when I was too shocked to do them To the Editorleaves a lot to be for myself. Kept Crews Happy Just a few lines to let you know desired. Believe Mrs. Floyce Morris We think that for a steward to I am still receiving the LOG evei*y me, they could To the Editor: slay on a coastwise ship as long two weeks and am enjoying every My husband brings home the as Brother Reyes did, and to keep Qcrtainly use a issue of it. few organizers, SEAFARERS LOG for me to read the men satisfied and have no It certainly is good to read of especially here and I certainly do enjoy the arti­ major beefs, is a big achievement. the man^ things the Union is doing at Fort Knox. cles about the sea and ships in To the Editor: What's more, we think that Broth­ and getting, for its members, and I would like to I would like to thank you and it shows what a union can accom­ your fine newspaper. er Reyes was primarily responsi­ say "hello" espe­ Humphrey ble for the fine reputation this I like almost all of the articles your entire staff tor making it plish when it is wide awake. ship enjoys in the ports she calls cially to my pals and pictures in your paper, but possible for us to receive the LOG My last ship was the George K. in New Orleans, which has been while we are in service. It certain­ Fitch out of Mobile with a cargo at. most "of all I like the poems you Therefore, in appreciation of his my home port since 1946, I sure publish and that is the real reason ly is a great morale lifter and I'm of wheat for Sicily, in 1947. I fine work, we take this way of ex­ miss seeing the Mardi Gras this for this - letter, because I would sure the. other SIU brothers in also made one trip on the Maiden pressing our esteem, and we hope year and the races at the Fair like to know if you publish these service will agree with me. Creek and would like to know jf Now my time has come to return this ship has been laid up as I that when Brother Reyes reads Grounds, but I guess there'll come poems,in book form. this letter in the LOG he will another day. I collect poems of all kinds and to civilian life and freedonv. I had haven't seen anything about her In closing, I would like to wish two years of Army life and, believe know that his leaving this ship all the brothers happy sailing and I have been cutting the poems out me, that's enough for me. I can in the Log for some time. has been deeply felt. ^of the LOG and putting them into Send Quotations say I hope to be with them again H. C. Randall, ship's del. my scrapbook. But I would prefer hardly wait to get back to the SIU when my hitch is up. Incidentally, I recently read a and especially to see the new Balti­ R. A. Jackson, deck del. to have them in book form if they Pvt. Henry E. Humphrey little piece in the Woodmen Of more hall. D. R. Smith, engine del. are available. US 52386490 I probably won't be here when The World magazine and I thought Curt Boruxin, steward del. I would appreciate it very much Btry C, 54th AFA Btn. the next batch of mail comes so other SIU men might enjoy read­ if you would let me know about i. 4.-4. DIv Arty, 3rd Armrd Div. you can take my name off the ing it, so here it is: this. Fort Knox, Ky. mailing list. If someone should ask you (Mrs.) Mary Edwall (Ed. note: Your name has been M, L, Olvera why a ship Is always referred (Ed. note: LOG poems are not added to our mailing list.) (Ed. note: Your name has been to as "she or her" you might published in book jorm at pres­ To the Editor: 4. 4i 4. give this explanation: "It costs ent. However, a number of SIU removed from the mailing list.) I have spent the past two sum­ a lot to keep her in paint, and 4> 4* 4* members have suggested such a mers at sea—in 1953 aboard the powder, she'll drift off If you publication and this project is be­ Iberville and in 1954 aboard the don't keep her tied down, she ing considered.) John B. Waterman. To the Editor: makes her best showing in a 1 signed on these trips as libi-ar4» 4» 4« I would like to take this way high wind and it takes a man To the Editor: ian. but changed this title to that of extending my sincere thanks to On behalf of my wife and fam­ to handle her." of chaplain-librarian and served in my fellow SIU crewmen on the ily, I am writing this letter to • I am sending you a small contri­ this capacity during both voyages. Compass. thank my fi'iends and shipmates bution which I hope you can use I can truthfully say that both of I had to get off the Compass for To the Editor: in the SIU for their thoughtful- to keep up your good work. those summers were the most re- hospitalization in Piraeus, Greece, I want to take this opportunity ness and sympathy following the L. C. Hall waiding of my priesthood. And and my shipmates took up a col­ to thank every one who stood by tragic death of our son. (Ed. note: Thank you for your the experience I gained during lection and presented me with $60 me at the time of my accident on I hope you will print this letter contribution. .A receipt is being them has been invaluable, particu­ to help me out. I want them all the Steel Fabricator (Isthmian), a in the LOG soon as it is the only mailed to you. The Maiden Creek larly since I was appointed by the to know I appreciate this very year and a half ago, outside of way we have of reaching all these is in service' and was'recently re­ Archbishop of Philadelphia to be much. Manila. ported enroute from the • Canal men and thanking them. chaplain for the Association of August J. Williams Zone to iSan Pedro, Calif.) Believe me, I really appreciated Norman I. West Correspondence School Souyht SIU Aids Mother Of Lost Crewtnan HeSoto Crewmen Commend Reyes GI Anticipaiiny Return To Union Enjoys Gettiny^ Readiny The LOG Wants LOG Poems Printed As Rooh He^s Eayer To Return To Union Priest Finds SIV Runs 'Rewarding Shipmate Aided Ry Compass Crew SIU Men Liyhten Parents^ Sorrow Ue^s Okay iVoii?, Ready to Ship Burly A IJllle MHttpnied Overtime Bit Bevnard Seaman �Afrit 1. ItBS Maritime Observers Report: Why Joe Curran Attacks Lundeberg BE Af AHERS Psse LOG . CAM U fails Union Seamen ^AfL Unions Withdraw by the fact that genuine opposi­ (Continued from page 2) The same NMU representative, worked out with CIO imions as tion is limited to only one segment incidentally, again without consulta­ of maritime. tion with AFL spokesmen, testified well. Another cause of friction was before a Congressional committee It appears certain that thie. NMU July 2, 1948, when Taft-Hartley loosed the attack at the time it did the attempt- of the NMU's Wash­ in favor of policies that would (Continued from page 2) ington representative, Hoyt Had­ have deprived the membership of States Lines, largest benefactor of was first becoming a problem, to cover up its own singlehanded dock, to" play both sides of the the Sailor's Union of 400 jobs on abandonment of union hiring with­ Curran vowed in the "Pilot": Government ship subsidies in the fence on the runaway-fiag issue. Ampac company vessels. nation. "We have made It clear that we out consulting other unions as Without consultation with the promised. By finding some excuse As the evidence piled up, it be­ "Attempts have been made for do not intend to relinquish our AFL unions, he placed an item on came obvious to AFL maritime to attack the Sailors Union, NMU fight for the hiring hall ... we years to get the Sailors Union and President Curran was hopeful that the agenda of the March 21 meet­ unions that CAMU was not serving the AFL unions into this outfit. will strike." ing calling for censure of Senator It is obvious in order for it to be But on March 3, 1955, NMU he could take the heat off his ad­ Warren Magnuson of Washington. the interests of their membership. ministration on the hiring issue, Instead it was being used to pro­ really effective, it must have the treasurer Hedley Stone reported The censure was to have been for. AFL unions in there. As a matter the following as his statements at not only at the conference meet­ Magnuson's vote approving con­ mote private projects and to give of fact, not only have the ship­ an NMU council meeting of the ing, but inside his own union firmation of Louis Rothschild as the cloak of authority to self-ap­ where both officials and members pointed spokesmen. Under such owners pleaded with us to join, previous August: have expressed dissatisfaction with Under-Secretary of Commerce. circumstances, the AFL unions taut also Joseph Curran has at­ (You are saying) "to the hun­ Rothschild, as Maritime Adminis­ felt it was best to sever connec­ tempted as their salesman, but has dreds of thousands that have sea­ his surrender on hiring. trator, perpetrated and encouraged tions with the organization. AFL unions of course, were the ship transfer program. been unsuccessful, in selling this men's papers, that we have 23,000 outfit to the AFL labor unions. CAMU was formed originally in jobs here, come in boys, stand in aware for some time what was go­ While calling for Magnuson's "Now we have found out further line . . . These officials (Curran ing on in the NMU on the hiring censure, the same NMU represent­ January, 1954, to formulate a com­ that the CIO unions, together with and Company) say, look, you are issue, and were disturbed by de­ ative congratulated Rothschild on mon program on behalf of all nonthe so-called management, have going to die anyway, so commit velopments. However they held off his promotion and the NMU Communist American maritime been trying to create the impres­ suicide . . . The question is to get open criticism in the hope that the "Pilot" applauded Magnuson in unions. Among issues responsible sion that this CAMU is in effect knocked down dead or to lay down unions could get together at a print. If the AFL unions had fal­ for its formation were the hiring a Labor-Management committee. dead . . . the 90-day waiting time CAMU meeting and-thrash the is­ len for this trap, it would have hall question, the fate of the ma­ It certainly was the feeling among will become a 180-day waiting sue out. The AFL maritime unions placed the onus on their heads for rine hospitals, the fight for a per­ were not the only ones upset by censuring a Senator well-known manent "50-50" law and the prob­ the AFL unions that we should not time . . ." the NMU's hiring hall fiasco. Top for his hght on behalf of a strong lems of coastwise and intercoastal lend the label of the American And Stone concluded, "I don't officials of the NMU were equally Federation of Labor as a seal to shipping. want to be the one that says to the disturbed. As M. Hedley Stone, merchant marine. this phony set-up called the Laborguy out there pitching for the job Management committee, to be used treasurer of the NMU said at an to go before the Government and that he has to divide it with the emergency NMU Council Meeting world when the union primarily last August, "this is about the get more fat subsidies." Incidentally, Curran's "coopera­ was formed to secure him his job." most distressing subject ... I have tion" with management casts much Which is just what Curran told his encountered in a long, long time light on NMU policies in recent membership. ... To willingly vote I am-going Curran also said on July 2, 1948, to comply ... means the follow^ months, including his failure to make any kind of beef on the "we do not intend to allow any ing: that without being forced to Coast Guard's physical and mental shipping from the dock." But on I am saying ... to the hundreds March 17, 1955, the New York of thousands that have seamen's CECIL N. BEAN (Dry Trans), February men while on shipboard, and in doing so inspection proposals. the respect of the shipowners. When Lundeberg rejected the NMU acting agent,' Jdhn Kadash, papers, that we have 23,000 jobs <—Chairman, I. Music; Secretary, L. Pep­ winFobruary 20—Chairman, J. Rogers; Sec­ per. Ship's delegate reported any over­ said there was shipping off the latest invitation, it meant that here, come in boys, stand in line." time regarding no launch service will be retary, none. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department and the crew turned over to the patrolman before pay­ Curran had failed in his promise dock in the NMU. "With shipping •We Can't Protect You' off. Department quarters need sougee- messman for their fine work. No beefs to "deliver" Lundeberg to John as bad as it is, more and more and repair lists should be turned reported. "... as an officer of this union ing, in to department heads. The chief mate Franklin and the^ "fat cat" sub­ skullduggery comes to light each has been several times v.bout BALTORE (Ore), February —Chair­ sidized shipowners. Curran theh day . . . we are checking crew lists should I be the one to tell the working on warned deck but ignores these warn­ man, T. Jacks; Secretary, E. Villapol. man in the hall, divide your job ings and continues working when he Motion made and carried to. contact turned around and loosed the blast ... in ordgr to determine . . . who pleases. The 1st assistant has been work­ boarding patrolman on behalf of three at Lundeberg, before CAMU had had shipped off the dock . . .," with the world. In other words, ing outside of the engine room while on men fired in the black gang. A vote we can't protect you. Have we watch. Kadash said. even met. Both of these men should be of thanks was given to the steward de­ turned into their own unions. Pantry­ partment for a gob well done. With a growing groundswell of come to that particular stage?" The Maritime Hiring Hall man was fired without payment for day's opposition from his own member­ and Seniority Stone was overridden on this work. Captain threatened erew mess and GATEWAY CITY (Waterman), Febru­ saloon mess if overtime was turned in ary 14—Chairman, D. Degraf; Secretary, The most tragic aspect of Cur­ ship, Curran ^as in desperate subject and the NMU did, in fact, there would be no time off in any ports. Robert Walton. Two men missed ship in ran's recent behavior was his aban­ need of some issue to divert at­ open its halls to all comers on an Bremerhaveii and the.v will be turned in donment of the hiring hall. On tention internally from the NMU equal basis. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), February to the patrolman. Discussion on the S—Chairman, J. Selby; Secretary, F. way the crew left the pantry and messhiring hall catastrophe. He turned Although the NMU had been SIvertsln. Ship's delegate is seeking room in port. The baker was requested on Lundeberg as a scapegoat ac­ clarification of wipers p.yinting the en­ to put out some hot rolls and some cof­ moving in this direction for sev­ Puzzle Answer gineer's quarters. All members should fee time goodies. General discussion on cordingly. eral months, nothing Was ever said study contract and make su.ggestions for repairs. about it to the other unions. Then iicgutiating committee for the next con­ The AFL-CIO Merger SHINNECOCK BAY (Veritas), February tract. Crewmembers were asked to take care of cots and linen issued to them and 13—Chairman, L. Garabedian; P. Living­ Since the AFL and the CIO when the conference meeting was bring ston. Due to adverse working condi­ back all soiled linen when chang­ were about to merge, the big ques­ just a few days off, the blast ing. Ship's delegate will see the mate tions on deck when leaving port, ship's against the Sailors Union was let about having oft' shore passageway roped gear was not properly secured and when tion in Curran's mind apparently off when crew sleeps on deck in hot men were turned to later to secure same, was who would be the top spokes­ go both as a smokescreen and to climate. the overtime «as disputed under guise safety of the ship. Motion made and man for maritime. CuiTan showed provoke the break-up of the ALAWAI (Waterman), February 10— of carried to give radio operator a vote by his politicking oh merger that CAMU. Chairman, E. King; Secretary, R. Land. of thanks for his cooperation in opening The NMU's abject surrender on Motion made and carried that a' letter the slopchest whenever any of the crew he was extremely anxious to be be prepared and submitted to the Union required an.vthing. Repair lists to be recognized as .mafitime's "top the hiring issue has placed in­ hall in Mobile concerning the excessive turned in by all delegates and copies creasing pressure on other unions. charges brought against a Seafarer for will go to the chief engineer and the stateman" and the number one damages to an innerspring mattress. chief mate. man in hrs field. But he well knew Both the SUP and the SIU have Charges were $35 and the cost of re­ LIBERTY BELL (Dover), January 30— of Lundeberg's outstanding repu­ succeeded in the face of this pres­ placement was only $19.50. The ship's was requested to contact the Chairman, R. Vickerman; Secretary, A. tation as a relentless fighter for sure in maintaining hiring halls delegate captain for a letter for eaeh man stat­ Weddie. Motion made and carried to seamen. In his mind, Lundeberg that protect the rights of profes­ ing that he had been laid off 'through no have ship's delegate see the captain fault of his own, this letter to he used about obtaining American currency or loomed as the principle obstacle to sional seamen. In dealing with the unemployment office. traveler's cheeks in foreign ports, and Other action by the NMU con­ about having inside passageways cleane,i Curran's burning ambition, even CANTIGNY (Cities Service), January 2f up. •though Lundeberg has shown tributed to thg breach. One was —Chairman, R. Koch; Secretary, AckerJOHN B, WATERMAN (Waterman), many times in past actions that he the NMU's half-hearted lip service man. Foc'sles need painting, sougceing and fumigating. Performers were warned. February 14—Chairman, S. Gondiar; Sec­ prefers to remain at the helm of in the fight against the Coast The retary, E. Hansen, Discussion about keep­ steward delegate will see the stew­ Bill Gonzales his own union over any other dis­ Guard "brain-body" testing sys­ ard about putting more cups out in port. ing the laundry room clean, Rantryinaa tem, leaving the SIU and the Sail­ All hands were asked to keep the pantry asked the members not to leave glasses Van Whitney has checked your tinction. in the sink at night. $3 was spent for gear into the headquarters baggage Curran's self-created fear and ors Union to carry the brunt of and recreation room cleaner at night. OS who was hurt in Philadelphia, There room. The baggage check has been anxiety over Lundeberg impelled the campaign. The Coast Guard, MICHAEL (Carras), February 14—Chair­ is 31 cents in the siiip's fund. man, F. Israel; Secretary, W. Leiberman. left in the mailroom in an envelope him to try to tear Lundeberg incidentally, .has not given up its^ Ship's COMPASS (Compass), January 30 — delegate bought an iron for $12.98. M. Krammer; Secretary, P. with your name on it. ' down. That was the reason for program, apparentiy encouraged A letter was received from an injured Chairman, pumpman's wife thanking officers and Piascik, Any repairs from the last re­ directing his anti-Lundeberg pe­ ^ James McGuffey pair list that have not been taken care crew for their contribution and good deeds. Repairs arg not being taken care of should be added to the new one. The Phone Valley 4492 or write your titions to George Meany, AFL ship's delegate thanked the crew for of and fans haven't been ordered. Quiz Anstvers wife at 1916 Stephen Giarod, New president, in an attempt to dis­ the contributions given to the crewmemher who was injured at Sardini, Greece. (1) Oxygen. DESOTO (Waterman), December »— credit Lundeberg and enhance his Orleans. Important. Chairman, W. Burke; Secretary, F. Reyes. A vote of thanks was given to the stew­ (2) Two. own standing at the same time. He Thurston Lewis ard department for their efforts during The steward department was commended (3) Orphan Annie. for the fine food prepared and service the voyage. Write to Saltjl Dick, c/o SS dusted off the mimeograph ma­ rendered. Crewmembers were asked to (4) The sundial. Cuba, P&O Steamship Company, chines left over from the days MARIE HAMILL IBloomficId), February clear laundry of hanging clothes as soon (5) My darling Clementine. as they are dry, to return coffee cups to It—Chairman, D. Jones; Secretary, C. 'when he and the Communist Party Taib^, Florida. the pantry and keep the mcssroom clean. Berg. Two men missed ship;. Motion (6) The drachma. were riding high in the NMU and Clifford C. Moore The deck engineer thanked the crew for made and carried to have delegate con­ (7) (c) 75 mph. the very fine spirit of brotherhood which tact union official in regard to Bull Line (^tact Re's Hub Bar, Galveston, turned out canned statements by e.xists among the SIU crew of this ship. plan for feeding. Ship's. delegate re­ (8) Gold was first discovered He the hundreds. ; TexaSi;fbr important mail. stated that he has not shipped with ported that all repairs have been taken If anything, CUrran'S hysterical there in 1848. It's in California. many finer crews in the past and ad­ care of and a new motor Is on order Gloucester City High Ring vised the members present to keep up for the washing machine; A vote of (9) (b) Crimean WgTi which was the desirable Above ring with initials R.F.F. and divisive attack at a time when confidence was given to the elected and conditions on board. reelected officials of -:the Union. has been left with LOG office. the AFL and CIO are working between Russia on the one hand TRANSATLANTIC (Pacific Waterways), Owner can have same by-identify­ more closely together. Irreparably and Turkey, England, France and December 1?—Chairman, C. Yearwood; FAIRLAND (Waterman), February II— ing his ship and rating at time ring damages his standing as a spokes­ Sardinia on the other in 1853-55^ Secretary, L. Zweriing. Temporary ship's Chairman. J. Sullivan; Secretary, G. Tip­ delegate reported that all repairs have ton. Four men were logged in deck de­ was lost. man for maritime labor, and un­ Americans were hot involved.' been taken care of-and everything is go­ partment for drinking and missing work. Bill Blanton (10) Noon. Post meridian means ing fine. Brother Marshall gave a short Motion made and carried to hold all fortunately only; 'raises stumbling in messhall. Crew was asked Get in touch with Dick Clement blocks vin the . path^ Qf the labor "aftef mdqm' and leads to the use talk on the Issue that we are now con- meetings yith as a Union, He said we to take care of washing machine until 436 48tH Street. Brooklyn,'{ Ih < aiiiwgt jeopduct ourselvei^ as true unlofi fepairs can be made in next port. • Digest of Ships* Meetings m T EHK HE10 SCaQS aSHDQEl SES E^DE EEana EE[^ SSDS ESEa DSd asa cassfflaB Ena SBS BnasE EES EDE aaBDS sais sag aEasQ • • / eg •: - Si - -••If �v!" 4 ^»11flfflitem SEA^ARER^' tt? g ' : : : ' ^^ .• > ;... «»9H! !, Iflif Happy For Two Different Reasons iiiiill ?- - ^•5 "H'- 5 mmmmmm ^IliSilF *iiiiili SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID hem -((«>,<»> • ' > No, Seafarers Receivine Benefita thia Period I Average Benefita Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefiu Paid thia Period "MurMp.mmuiiMii • ^SS" A2. WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Seafarer George Herrman smiles after receiving maintenance and cure check at Staten Island hos­ pital. The check, which was delivered by an SIU Welfare Services representative, represented pay­ ment for period before Herrman entered hospital. At right Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Cole pose with daugh­ ter, Barbara Ann, in New Orleans, following delivery of $200 SIU maternity benefit. ifaHBitri BtntflU Peath BtBtHtt PIMMHIY -5UsflJ 4.Z6Z- Vacation Benefita bl.SSZ JIsaaL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY 1: iCfc.- All of the following SW families Mrs. Erving J. Taylor, Covington, will collect the $200 maternity La. benefit plus a $25 bond from the 4" 41 4" Union in the baby's name: Naomi Lorraine Hoiiings, born Helen Marie Gladhill, born Jan­ February 16, 1955. Parents, Mr. uary 30, 1955. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Alphonse Hollings, Mo­ Mrs. Charles Gladhill, Ellicott City, bile, Ala. Md. 4 4« a* i" •$> if Teresa Carolyn Morris, born Linda Gayle Hathorne, born February 16, 1955. Parents, Mr. February 3,1955. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Richard Morris, Jr., VineMrs. Arnold E. Hathorne, New Or­ mont, Ala. leans, La. 4 4 4 Jacqueline Louise Gray, born i i Debora Ann Alexander,' born February 4, 1955. Parents, Mr. February 23, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Gray, Norfolk, and Mrs. Nick Alexander, Jr., Va. 4*4 4 Texas City, Texas. Debera Anna Prodey, born De­ 4i 4" cember 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Judith Ann Bonefont, born Jan­ Mrs. Jerome A. Prodey, Baltimore, uary 4, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Md. Mrs. Juan Bonefont, NY. 4 4 4 4" a« 4" Richard Elton Jacoby, born Dominic Ann Hali, born Decem­ February 28, 1955. Parents, Mr. ber 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Richard Jacoby, Los An­ Mrs. Joseph Hail, Mobile, Ala. geles, Calif. and Mrs. Uuno Paulson, Brooklyn. 4 4 4 Ivan David Curtis, born March 2, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan R. Curtis, NY, NY. 4 4 4 4 Mary Frances Brault. born Feb­ ruary 23, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Brault, Brooklyn, NY, 4 4 4 Candace Leigh Primeaux, born February 25, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis P. Primeaux, Sulphui-, La. 4 4 4 4 4 4" John Hamoudah Ei Giiani, born February 16, 1955. Parents, Mr. an_d Mrs. Hamoudah EI Ghani, Bi'ooklyn^ NY. Walter Gerard Kammerer, born December 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. 4« 4^ a^i 4 4 4 and Mrs. Raymond Kammerer, Jean Jenalie Taylor, boi-n Jan­ John Kenneth Paulson, born Brooklyn, NY. uary 2, 1955. Parents, Mr. and February 19, 1955, Parents, Mr. 4 4 4 Andrew Sherrad 'Andrade, born March 5, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Andrade, Plateau, Ala. Death At Sea Can Lead To Complicated Problems 4 ^4 Mm tizw 4 Bertha Mae Williams, born Feb­ ruary 28, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Williams, Jr., Tampa, Fla. 4 Hospital Benefita Paid Since lulv 1. 1950* i Sa Death Benefita Paid Since lulv I. 1950 * Lii^sia Disability Benefita Paid Since May 1. 1952* Maternity BeqeRta Paij Sjnce Aprtf 1. 1{>?2 ' Vacation Benefita Paid Since Feb. II. 1952 ' iltl Total Date Benefita Be«»a WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Vacation C..byuH.wl |pei£„e Esiimaied Accoums Receivable nutoi^ A9 If a i,6io At e Vacation US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS oo y3| inPoil v«ll II 1 9EBBFZ3iZl COMMENT* Effective March l5, 195?* the employees contri­ butions to the lYelfare plan was increased from ,60 per day to .75 per'day, A new benefit, "Special Equipment,", to provide j'or the pruchase of wheel chalfs, braces, etc., for seamen eJ.lglblo for benefits under the Plan, In cases where such equipment is not provided by a hospital. SuhmMti /Wf 3-28-55 4 A1 Kerr, Assistant Administrator YOUR CLAIM fOR MAmBNANCe ANDOuRS... Patricia Gail Fillingim,- born March 4, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Filllngim, Chicka­ saw, Ala. When a Seafarer dies either aboard ship at sea or in'a for­ eign port, the natural inclination of the family is to make arrangements for return of the body. This seems to most 4 4 4 Pamela Aiesia Rankin, born people to be more reverential and proper than burial at sea is available, and the family is March 4, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey A. Rankin, Mobile, or burial in a foreign port, billed accordingly. but it is not as easy as it seems. Contrary to popular impx-ession, the shipping company has no re­ sponsibility for the return of the deceased to his residence. Further, it is not possible for the family in such circumstances to get a last look at their loved one, because regulations require that an airtight and sealed case be used for trans­ portation purposes. This case can­ not be opened. The only satisfactory alternative to burial at sea or in foreign soil is a cremation. Here personal preferences and religious scruples come into play. Embalming Necessary If the family is determined that the deceased be returned home, this is the procedure that has to be followed. 'Arrangements have to be made at the ship's first port of call for embalming the deceased and the body sealed inside an air­ tight lead coffin.. The coffin is then sent back to the States, usual­ ly on a fast passenger ship if one At a US port, an undertaker has to be hired to transfer the coffin to a train, on which it is shipped to the home town of the deceased. There are charges for both these sex-vices as well as for the home town undertaker's services, funeral ceremonies and cemetery plots. Where families have requested such procedure, Welfare Services has assisted in making such ar­ rangements. Families should con­ sider that the procedure can be a very expensive one and should weigh it against their future needs. As always, it is important that 'Ihe Union or the company have a next-of-kin listing which they can turn to in any kind of emer­ gency. Not all Seafarers have re­ membered to fill out Welfare Plan beneficiary cards, with the result that it is sometimes difficult to locate next of kin. In several re­ cent instances. Welfare Services has been able to locate family Ala. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Joanna Moreni, box-n February 19, 1955, Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Moreni, Philadelphia, Pa. % is vfeiy impoyhni-inclamnt^ tpaiifferjance aytdcuire-Mioa shlpbodhJ fepoH' be rrtade of acxii^eni'stKlihsf' Souere ledYino-tbe^hip-ht^niaJ' John Eai-1 Mitchell, born March 11, 1955. Parents, Mx-. and Mrs. John E. Mitchell, Lake Charles, La. Thurman Emmit Beavers, born January 15, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emory A. Beavex's, Baltimore, Md. 4 4 4 4 4 4 v^lhse&o-fhe copY' Melvin John Massicot, born Jan­ uary 15, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jules Massicot, Marksville, La. Ira Cecil Brown, Jr., and Sharon Cecile Brown, born January 4, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Bi-own, Ponchatoula, La. 4 4 4 Mark. Douglas Franklin Turner, box-n December 17, 1934. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Georgo F. Turner, members through othpr sources. •Tampa, Fla.. . . .. ••i.ixvt'i .. Ill keepd medical slip . If Voa have any qae&f ions, cormc^-ther sia SID WELFUr SEIVICES iirunnr .'rrJj » :* . ''.-Mr'. . .14' 1 1r �MM - SEEDT THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN Sometimes it happens that the brothers go into the hospital with one complaint only to find out that there is something else wrong that they never knew about. That's what happened recently, to Seafarer Adolph Kubacki. This brother was working as night cook and baker aboard the Greece Victory (South Atlantic) when the ship ran into some weathej:. Kubacki slipped while she was pitcliing and rolling and in­ jured his head. '' When he checked into the hospital for treatment on March 10, the doctors found he was also suffering from pneumonia. Now he's getting both matters attended to and should be up and around before long. Seafarer Howard Sanders was injured while aboard the Calmar as messman. He had to have a hernia operation, and is now doing fairly well. Also in the hospital off the Calmer is chief cook Michael MichaKubacki lik. John Cook, AB off the Seanan, checked in on March 2 for some minor surgery. Several of" the brothers who had been in the hospital for a while have been discharged recently. Brother Mattl Ruusukallio is back home over in Hoboken. He's going to keep working on those physical therapy exercises in the hope of gaining some control over his legs and feet. Meanwhile, he's got the use of the wheelchair your Union bought for him. Seafarer Paige Mitchell is also in circulation again. He was on the Sandcaptain. Brother Theodore Larsen has been discharged after getting his eye treated. A case of pneumonia put Seafarer H. DeLeon on the shelf. He was aboard the Ponce as utilityman and went into the hospital on March 11. 4" , ^ SE*3i>r^%'rR^s* xoc Carbon- Tef Plus Alcohol-TNT Carbon tetrachloride la well known to be one of the deadliest compounds in general use forcleaning purposes. For that reason the SIU contract discourages its use by calling for overtime wher­ ever it is employed. A little Iqiown effect of the compound, however, is that slight exposure is multiplied many times over when it combines^ with alcohol in the body. The New York State Depart­ ment of Health has reported in­ stances where a combination of carbon tet fumes and the glass that, cheers have had fatal or near-fatal results. Close Call One recent case reported con­ sisted of a shoreside worker who used carbon tet to clean a rpg. He breathed too many of the fumes even though he was working in a well-ventilated room, and became ill. Subsequently his wife came home, fixed him a hot toddy and put him to bed. The next day he was in a hospital and just did man­ age to pull through. The best thing, of course, is to keep away from carbon tet alto­ gether. But if you must use it, make sure of two things: That the work area is as well ventilated as possible, that you drink nothing stronger than soda pop at least for the next 24 hours. | • • "* 'Wig* 'Waeteea Taklnst Charge At Early Age v! Patricia Murphy, 31^, has firm grip on cash after her dad, Sea­ farer John Murphy, collected $200 maternity benefit for her baby sister, Mary. Patricia's brother, John, 2, also qualified for SIU baby benefit. As every Seafarer knows its important for a great many reasons not to lose your discharges. One of them is that you need a recent discharge to get into the hospital. And, of course, the discharges are important in collecting vacation and welfare DeLeon The pitfalls of high-pressure installment-type buying were again illustrated by the sad benefits. ' experience of one Seafarer's wife. After she had signed teh installment contract, she came If you have misplaced your discharges, you can get duplicates from the Coast Guard for a fee, or the Union can come up with proof that to Welfare Services too late to do anything about it, and has had to mark it down as the you were on a ship at a certain time. But all this takes time and price of wisdom". trouble, particularly when a man is sick and has to get into a hospital After signing the contract she Welfare Services advises and upwards. The discount will for treatment. The easiest way is to hang on to those discharges and Seafarers before they sign more than cover the cost of the discovered to her sorrow that she have them handy when needed. was only allowed $110 as a deposit their names to any purchase or­ bank loan. and that the interest rate and indi­ der to make sure what they are This particular instance dealt getting into. The best thing to do with the purchase of a refrigerator vidual costs were hot specified. Further, by all indications, the is not to buy from the "no money and kitchen range from an install­ WiUiam E. Neet USPHS HOSPITAL Antonio Schiavone store was charging her list price SEATTLE, WASH. G. H. Robinson Victor ShavroS down, three years to pay" type of ment-buying house that advertises Jose Rodriguez •Warren Smith Michele CandeUeri WUliam J. Rose place. If, necessary, borrow the quite heavily in the press and over or better for the two items. Jose Rodriguez Henrich Sterling Sverre Johannseen Abe Rosen Subsequently, she found that Olav W. Rosenberg Matti Ruusukallio Sylvester £. Walsh W. A. Johnston cash from a bank first, so that at television. After the woman had Aaron Sasser N. Di Wilson Stanton B. MarshaU George .T. Wanka her contract had been "sold" by least you know how much inter­ Seymour Savitt CUfford Womaek been high-pressured into the sale the appliance house to a credit Edward J. Rogg est you have to pay. she agreed to deposit $100 cash corporation. This allows the pur­ SEASIDE HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL Such a procedure can be a real and trade in her old refrigerator chaser to avoid ceilings OR inter­ LONG BEACH, CALIF. GALVESTON. TEXAS saving, because today it's possible on the understanding that it would est and opens the way to extravaMax Byers Fred Fall Louis B. Thomas to buy any kind of appliance for knock $100 additional off her total -gant charges. Chuiles C. Greer William G. Trice HARBOR GENERAL HOSP. James F. Mapp John T. Watt LOS ANGELES, CALIF. cash at a discount of 20 percent obligation. In some instances Welfare Serv­ Andrew Noronha V. E. WUkerson Arthur R. King Miurray W. Smith ices has been able to get install­ USPHS HOSPITAL ment houses to take back their CITY HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS stuff, return the deposit and vol­ MOBILE, ALA. B. F. Dclbler Vlrgll L. Harding untarily tear up the contract. This Arthur Hendersen Joseph C. Lewallen . CHARITY HOSPITAL isn't easy, because the installment NEW ORLEANS, LA. USPHS HOSPITAL house is under no legal obligation Ceorge W. Books MANHATTAN BEACH, NY to do anything of the sort. High Pressure Shrinks Pocketbook Seafarers In Hospitals Growing Up in Baltimore VETERANS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Floyd F. Liles MERCY HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Edward RiUey USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Alfred A. Hancock W. V. Kouzounas John M. Herrold USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Charles E. Brady Kenyon Parks William Brewer R. A. RatcUil Adie Coleman H. E. Restucker Francisco S. Costa M. J. Rodriguez Clarence G. Crevier G. J. St. GermaItt" Glen M. Curt Elvis J. Saucier John Doyle Thomas A. Scanlon Henry L. Falgout Benjamin C. Seal Leo Fontenot Edward J. Stevens Charles L. Terry William Grimes Jack Groen Lonnie R. Tickle Jack Utz E. T. Hardeman Eugene V. Hoyden Marion C. Vester Konstant N. Kain Dick Visser E. G. Knapp Billio C. Ward Leo H. Lang James E. Ward J. M. Lucky Paul J. Wilkinson Harold' D. Napier Edward L. Woods David A. Wright Alfonso Olaguibel USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Allen D. Edenfield Angelo J. Martins Rufus L, Fields Louis C. Miller Samuel N. Hurst James T. Moore Carl F. Kumrow John H. Morris Jimmle Littleton William A. Smith . USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Oscar J. Adams Fred Hauser Hussen Ahmed G. E. Herrmann D. Kaim A. J. Andersen Virgil S. Bowman T. Larsen Serafin G.-Lopez Dusan De Duisan Joseph P. FarreU John McKarek Simyliero Mansan C. E. Filkins Gerald Fitzjames ^ J. J. Marrero EsteU Godfrey ' Antonio S. Martin Paige A. Mitchell Robert F. Graitt Fortunate Bacomo Frank W. Bemrlck Claude F. Blanks Robert L. Booker Joseph G. Carr Jar Chong Walter W. Denley John J. DriscoU Bart E. Guranick Taib Hassen • Thomas Isaksen John W. Keenan John R. Klemowicz Ludwlg Kristianscn Frederick Landry James J. Lawlor Kaarel Leetmaa James R. Lewis Arthur Lomas Francis F. Lynch Joseph D. McGraw Archibald McGuigan Vic Milazzo Melvin O. Moore Joseph Newbauer Daniel F. Ruggiano Wade H. Sexton G. E. Shumaker •Henry E. Smith Harry S. Tuttle Renato A. Villata VirgU E. Wilmoth Chee K. Zal - .-^1 .••AB The deaths of the following Sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the $2,500 death benefits are being paid to their beneficiaries: USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Marcelo B. Belen Joseph Perreira Salvatore J. Guiffre Clyde J. Smith Jr. Robert Lambert Norman West C. McBrien Joseph R. Wing George W. Manning S. L. Woodruff Frederick Ness . P. S. Yuzon Walpole L. Clark, 37: Brothpr Clark died of a heart ailment on February 11, 1955, in Los Angeles, California. Place of burial is not known. One of the first men to join the Union, in 1938, in Balti­ more, Brother Clark has been sail­ ing in the steward department. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Veda Clark of Brooklyn, New York. USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. George Bekken Clyde R. Leggett Lorenzo Brigida James A. Lewis Byrd O. Buzbes Robert Littleton Robert G. McKnevr Jessie A. Clarke Victor B. Cooper C. Marilla Fr^cisco Mayo James R. Dayton Leo A. Dwyer WUnam J. Mellon Arthur J. Faulkner Thomas Mungo Louis Firlie George D. OUve Stanley Gelak Robert W. Scales •John R. Schultz , Gorman T. Glaze Alfred E. Seegmiller Roy M. Hawes S. A. Holden Edward Seserko Edward Huizenga W. C. Simmons Norman T. Jackson Robert Smith Melvin H. Jones R. H. Solhein Robert J. Wiseman Okol J. Jones USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. William C. Baldwin WiUis A. Harper Francis J. Boner Frank S. Paylor Joseph M. Cash James A. Sparrow • ^1 "i 4" Seflfares T'mory "Moose" Beavers is justly proud of his family of four growing children. Latest arriver is Thurman, being held by mother. Big brother Tony Ray, 21^, got $200 reward from Union when-he was fiofn. Dad ships regularly out of Baltimore. li'il 4" Harold B. Lennon, 37: On Janu­ ary 8, 1955 Brother Lennon died of 3d degree burns in the Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City, NC. Burial took place at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in North Carolina. Brother Lennon joined the Union in 1952 in New York and had been sailing in the engine depaiiment. He is survived by his father, Mr. Robert B. Lennon, of Manteo, North Carolina. •'I �LOG SEAFARERS • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • "A Vital link in the Chain HK'^ •if'- • ft: is a key figure in the never-ending fight for security and conditions on the job.. He is just as important in this respect as your SIU contract and your staff of Union officials in each port. iSV''-: 'c'' •- - i|£'V.'" Shipboard delegates are men who, of their own accord, accepted responsi-^ bility for protecting your rights during the voyage. A crew without a dele­ gate would be a crew''in danger of losing the rights won through its Union. jr-V5- • • I'- • i£-r.h: •:. • I-KK:: Your delegate protects the contract. He handles individual grievances with department heads and the captain. He is an important cog in shipboard meetings. He sets up repair lists and carries out other actions by the crew. In the last analysis he is the SIU's one and only liaison between the Union and a crew of over 30 Seafarers out on the high seas where Union action counts ^ i the most. , • ^r Delegates, in short,- are* a vital link in the chain of Union security. They , . • i ... . • . . • y need and deserve the cooperation of all crewmembers. 'tSii:' ': - - -• tei'4 ' ' : - ;' • •' ^ '' • f ' • . pf- . •, • • ;• ;.. \ , j.jiv I • I J "X -V t-/ - � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource April 1, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 7 Description An account of the resource Headlines: USPHS CLEARS 1ST HURDLE - HOUSE OKAYS FUND BILL GOV'T GOES 'EXPLORING' IN EAST COAST M'TIME CAMU FAILS UNION SEAMEN - AFL UNIONS WITHDRAW WHY JOE CURRAN ATTACKS LUNDEBERG SIU SIGNS UP NEW COMPANY SENIORITY SYSTEM WORKING SMOOTHLY 3-DEPT VOTE ENDS - SEE SIU VICTORY AS TALLY NEARS PROMPT ACTION NIPS SHIP BEEF US BREAKS OUT 18 SHIPS FOR 'BLUE JAY' RUN MA OKAYS 'FAKE' RUNAWAY DEAL 'HAIRLESS' HOUNDS BRED BY SEAFARER CUT INSPECTIONS TO MAKE SHIPS 'SAFER,' CG ASKS RUSH WORK ON MOBILE HALL'S WING EXPERIMENTAL SUP PACT SEEKS PART OF RUNAWAY BULK CARGO SHIPPING NEW UNION OFFICIALS IN OFFICE A MARITIME TRAGEDY 8TH SIU LIBRARY TO ALL SHIPS CP STEPPING UP SEA MAIL NO SAFETY MEASURE PHS WINS AGAIN CAMU'S FAILURE SIU VOYAGE IS SEQUEL TO STORY OF ROMANCE TAMPA-TO-HAVANA IS SOME FUN FOR SIU STEWARDESS ON THE CUBA DEATH AT SEA CAN LEAD TO COMPLICATED PROBLEMS HIGH PRESSURE SHRINKS POCKETBOOK Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4/1/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/5a45b4b32be4f80e646d71a461a601f6.PDF c1d508b1e01ff1111efde48d745f1839 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS » OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTE R N ATI O N At UNION • LOG ATLANTIC AND GULF ^ March 18, 195S DISTRICT * AFL • SEAFARERS ADOPT I ^ -II ->.va I Ir ' '^1 •K- -.,1 I I il i' -Story On Page 3 Squeeze On US To Scrap '50-50 Story On Page 2 1 1 ' Discussing changes in the galley as part of a new IwCnr AOOfv* systeni of food preparation and feeding, Seafarer Cliff Wilson, steward adviser (left), shows former SIU man Eandolph Bass, Alcoa port steward in New York, what's ^been done on the com­ pany's Alcoa Partner. (See Photos on Page 5.) • •,j,| f fjj A miniature United Nations set-up was organized for Liftto I#lw» a visit by Italian transport union leaders to an AFL Central Labor Council meeting held recently at the New Orleans SIU hall. The proceedings were translated into Italian by Mrs. V. Brown • (at mike) and piped into individual earphones worn by the delegates. Seafarer Fidel DiCSiovanni served as a ^ide for the yisitors. , ,, A > Familiar as a haven for sea oldtimers, At WCiflipifSr century-old Sailors Snug Harbor is now in danger of being taken over by the City of New York as a site for a college on Staten Island. The fate of some 200 men living there is uncertain. (Story on Page 4.) S<S>'S:v' iil I • f I 'f '!A \ I ''M �SEAFARERS March 18, »S5 LOG Proposed New AFL Longshore Hq« Pressure US To 50-50' Law I WASHINGTON—A powerful and influential com­ bine of foreign-flag shipowners, the State Department and a section of the Congressional farm bloc has been formed for a frontal assault on the "50-50" shipping law. The combine is using the huge pile-up of billions of surplus agricultural prod­ maritime circles, and among Con­ ucts in the Government's gressmen concerned with the na­ hands as a lever to upset tion's shipping problems. Repre­ Architect's sketch of the proposed headquarters at St. Louis, Mo., for the AFL International Brother­ hood of Longshoremen,/Which was founded 18 months ago after the old ILA was ousted from the AFL for racket domination. The new union has its principal strength right now on inland rivers and the Great Lakes. Occupancy is expected-in April. Improper Stowage Blamed For Mormackite Sinking NORFOLK—complete study of bulk cargo handling has been proposed in a Coast Guard report blaming improper loading for the loss of the SS Mormackite last fall with 37 of her crew. The NMU-manned C-2 went down off Cape Henry on October 8, 1954, much the> manner SlU-manned Southern Isles procedure in the Brazilian port. reflectors so that rescue vessels before her and the Southern Aside from the cargo study, the can spot them more easily. Districts afterwards. All three ships were carrying ore cargoes. In addition to the stress placed on improper cargo handling, the Coast Guard indicted the ship's captain for failure to prepare for abandoning ship, and for not or­ dering distress signals in time. The skipper went down with the ship. Earlier Notification Of equal significance, in light of the Southern District's loss, was the Coast Guard opinion that, loss of life would have been greatly re­ duced had the Coast Guard been notified earlier of the ship being overdue. The Mormackite and Southern Districts sinkings have ptompted demands for daily radio reports by merchant ships so that an immediate search can be under­ taken if a ship is hot heard from. Testimony offered on • the load­ ing of cargo during the hearings brought out that the 9,003 tons of iron ore loaded in Brazil had sim­ ply been dumped into the holds Without hand-trimming. This, the company maintained, was standard I SEAFARERS LOG Mar. 18. 1955 fe. Vol. XVII. No. 6 As I See It Pago 4 Burly ....Page. 7 Crossword Puzzle Page 8 Editorial Cartoon .......Page 9 Editorials , Page 9 Final Dispatch Page 19 Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 - Labor Bound-Up Page 8 Letter of The Week..... .Page 9 MariUme Page 8 Meet The Seafarer Page 8 Notices, Personals .......Page 17 T)ff Watch Page 14 Port Beports Pages 12, 13 Quiz Page 14 , Becent Arrivals Page 18 SIU History Cartoon ....Page 16 Vote of Thanks Page 9 Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 Welfare Beport Page 18 Your Dollar's Worth..... Page 4 Publlshod biwaekly at the headquarters ot the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic A Guif District AFL, «75 Fourth Avenue, Brookiyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth f-6i00. Entered as second ciass matter at the Post Offfice In Brookiyn, NY, under the *«f ef;yAyB««t 84, 1911' Coast Guard hearing panel rdfcommended redesigmng of -lifeboat radios so that they could be oper­ ated without opening watertight coverings, immediate • notification of the boast Guard when a ship was in distress, and notification of the Coast Guard and operators whenever the master thought that the "eaworthiness of the vessel was affected by its cargo or by other difficulties. Additional Life Rafts The hearing board also sug­ gested that merchant ships carry additional life rafts and floats and that they be equipped with radar Cargo Shift The Mormackite left Brazil Sep­ tember 24, 1954, after loading iron ore and a smaU quantity of cocoa beans. Early on the morning of October 7 the crewmembers no­ ticed some cargo shifting in heavy seas. Subsequently, the vessel took a battering on its starboard bow causing a large cargo shift following which she took on a 25 degree list. Crewmembers were forced to abandon ship by jumping into the sea, after which the vessel rolled oyer and sank. Only 11 men sur­ vived the disaster. one of the US merchant ma­ rine's basic props. The strategy of the combine is a three-way squeeze play. Foreign nations started it off by refusing to take surplus agricultural cargoes. unless they could dictate the conditions of shipment. The State Department took it from there by encouraging the tactic and amplifying a con­ tinuous stream of protests. With agricultural surplus, failing to move in large quantity, some farm bloc Congressmen have taken up the beef as a means of protecting the huge subsidy program for their constituents. The farm bloc representatives are demanding that "50-50" be nullified as far as disposal of agri­ cultural surplus is concerned. If that happens the foreign shipowners-«and the State Department ex­ pect to have little difficulty repeal­ ing the entire Cargo Preference Act. Threatens Sea Jobs Victimized V this squeeze play would be the American merchant marine and the jobs of thousands of seamen whose livelihood has al­ ready been endangered by the wholesale transfers of US shipping to runaway flags. The attack on "50-50" , has aroused considerable alarm in FBI Nabs Enemy Of Canadian SIU On Charge Of Dodging Draft In US MONTREAL—A man who made a full-time job of attempting to disrupt the SIU's Canadian District has been picked up by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation for draft-dodging, according to the "Canadian Sailor," the District's official publication. John Droeger, who had been a ' hatchetman for a "union" op­ found at the fringe of the labor ance with Captain H. N. McMaster erated by a former shipping movement. The latter include un­ who graduated from- company hir­ master, was arrested in Philadel­ phia, the newspaper said, on a warrant issued by Assistant US Attorney General John Carrol. Droeger was recently described in McLean's magazine, a leading Canadian publication, as "Bank's severest critic." The magazine was referring to Hal Banks, who is the SIU of North America's interna­ tional representative in Canada. The arrest of Droeger, following upon the arre.sts in the attempted assassination of SIU SecretaryTreasurer Paul Hall and also the shenanigans of disgruntled ele­ ments in the National Maritime Union bear out the contentions made in the SEAFARERS LOG last September as to the nature of forces working against legitimate maritime unions. The LOG of Sep­ tember 3 described this group as the "A.nti-Union Medicine Show," a "traveling troupe" composed of three elements. They are "the Communist Party . . . lawyers w,hose professional ethics are on the skimpy side ... and an odd .assortment ^f phon\es ithat' can. be successful ex-officials, would-be officials without talent and a few fastbuck boys . . Canadian SIU Target At the time of the appearance of the article the Canadian District was a choice target of this oddly assorted group. As the LOG put it, a nucleus of unhappy ex-officials of the defunct Canadian Seamen's Union had formed a working alli- MeeUng Night Everg 2 Weeks Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM; The schedule for the next few meetings Is as follows: Mar. 23. April 6, April 20. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required to attend the meetings. ing boss to "union" official. They were using ex-Canadian District seamen as a front to attack the Canadian District. McMaster him­ self operates under a charter from District 50 of the United Mine Worker's. Before his arrest, Droeger had been McMaster's field general and had gotten into the SIU Canadian District during the Korean crisis. Subsequently he was expelled for dual unionism and went to work for Mc Master. He pulled such capers as padlocking Canadian Dis­ trict halls, filing nuisance charges against Canadian "District officials and other publicity-seeking stunts. .According to the "Canadian Sailor"'- US authorities bad been looking W Droeger for failure to report for military service in the Korean War period. It was at this time that he was sailing in Canada. He made the mistake of taking the Canadian-flag ship Canadian Con­ structor into Philadelphia where he M^as picked up by US agents in a routine examination of the crew list. .•>uUh't' Uiil hns sentative Thor C. Tollefson (Bep.Wash.) ranking minority member of the House Merchant Marine Committee, has charged that for­ eign-flag operators are aiming for a complete monopoly of US Gov­ ernment cargoes. As an example of their tactics, he cited an Instance where repre­ sentatives of a foreign power ap­ proached a farm bloc Congressman directly^nd told him that "prod­ ucts of JUS state will be purchased if such can be shipped on their own flag vessels." Quarterbacking the strategy of the combine is the US State De­ partment which was taken to task recently by the House Merchant Marine Committee. The committee noted that the State Department had failed to maintain US national policy in respect to "50-50." "state Dep't Lobby Actually the SIU and other marltime groups consider this ah ex­ treme understatement. From the time that a "50-50" provision was first proposed back in 1948, the State Department, in their eyes, has virtually become a lobby on behalf of foreign flag shipowners. State Department spokesmen un­ der every administration have ap­ peared year after year at Congress­ ional hearings to oppose "50-50" in any shape or form. Outside of the Congressional hearing rooms the Department has energetically presented every protest made by foreign flags and has actively en­ couraged foreign nations to make such protests. As has been, pointed out in the LOG, the operations of "50-50" are* shell as to guarantee foreign flags half of existing Government cargoes but this, apparently, does not satisfy the foreign-flag oper­ ators. Thus far the Foreign Operations Administration and other agencies are living up to the letter of the law and no bills to repeal "50-50" have been introduce. The SIU and other maritime groups are keeping a close watch on the situ- • ation, prepared to move in if the situation warrants. Okay Subsidy For South Atl. WASHINGTON—The SlU-contracted South Atlantic Steamship Company's bid for a Government operatipg-differential subsidy con­ tract was approved this month by the Federal Maritime Board. How­ ever, the company must still clear up its foreign-flag connections or get a waiver on them from the FMB. The agreement requires the com­ pany to provide between 22 and 26 sailings per year with four C-2s from the US Atlantic ports of Hampton Roads and Key West to .the United Kingdom, Ireland, and all of continental Europe except J .bftaiW wt rtut �B fige Tare* SEAFdRElLB IOC Siareh IS, IfiS SlUSeenAs Victor In WC Voting Just a handful of ships re­ main to be voted as the crucial t h r e e-department collective bargaining election on West Coast ships draws "to a close. The last of the West Coast ships scheduled to vote is the 'round-the-world pas­ senger vessel, the President Mon­ roe, which will be voted in New York on or about March 26. The SlU Pacific District remains fully confident of a de'cisive victory. Monroe Delayed The Monroe was scheduled origi­ nally for this week, but engine trouble delayed her en route. She is now in an Italian shipyard get­ ting necessary repairs. Four freightships should be forwarding their ballots to the San Francisco office of the National Labor' Rela­ tions Board in the next few days. On the ballot in the elections are the SIU Pacific District, rep­ resenting the Sailors Union of the Pacific, the Marine Firemen's Union and the Marine Cooks and Stewards, AFL, versus Local 100 of Harry Bridges' longshore union. Bridges hhs taken over for the vir­ tually-defunct National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards which at one time controlled steward de­ partments on West Coast ships. Count On April 4 The present schedule calls for the NLRB's San Francisco office to count all ballots on April 4. Vot­ ing began January 31 with the NLRB mailing ballots directly to the ships with the exception of five large West Coast passenger vessels. Indications of an SHJ victory i were strong from the very begin­ ning ' when Bridges and the NUMC&S (the latter union is not even on the ballot) attempted to upset the NLRB election order In the courts and confine the voting to steward department men only. The courts refused to interfere with the NLRB'a conduct of the voting. • . '^1 All ports have been instructed to allocate proper facilities for the registration of new men. Photo, left, shows fkilties set up to handle Class C registration in New York. In photO: at right, two appUcants are in process of being registered by dispatcher. The membership of the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, has ratified a newly-nego­ tiated hiring clause with contracted operators, establishing a system of seniority in the employment of Seafarers. Action op the contract was taken at the regular membership meetings throughout the District on March 9. The new hiring system with the signatory companies is already operating in New York and will go into ef­ fect shortly in the outports. It was drawn up after lengthy study by the Union of difficulties brought about by the Taft-Hartley Law.^ Because of the provisions of"^= that law, the type of hiring hall operated by the SIU and From Report Of other maritime unions in the past has been considered Secretary-Treasurer as not permissible. In reporting to the membership oh the new hiring agreement at and to assure last Wednesday night's (March 9) headquarters membership meet­ When the Taft-Hartley professional'seaman the shipowner of qualified labor. ing, Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall, who served as chairman of law was first passed the late The outcome of their discussion at the SIU negotiating committee, said: Senator Robert Taft himBelf agreed,' after meeting with Harry Lundeberg, president of the SIU of North Amwrica, thai the special problems of day-by-day hiring in maritime . The complete text of the membership-adopted hiring clause is on page 1 and the newly-adopted 'shipping rules are en page 6. had to be dealt with to protect the View of the training ship Andrew Furuseth, now stationed in Mo­ bile, where steps are being taken to obtain state recognition. Vessel has its own pier on a site that includes Ufeboats, rigging loft and facilities for all three shipboard departments. It will serve for the training of Class C men, as well as upgrading for duties performed by men employed-on SlU-contracted ships. Up to now ship has served for upgrading but now goes into type of training program Union envisioned when vessel was first acquired. In charge are Joe Wread, D. L. (JOghciad) Parker and BiU Wallace. ' I thd time was the "Lundeberg-Taft formula," an understanding which recognized seniority as , the key­ stone of any equitable hiring sys­ tem. Thds, for all practical pur­ poses, seniority has always been the basis of SIU hiring, but this new agreement spells it out in fine detail and embodies those details in the present contract. Three Classes The core of the new hiring system involves three classes of seniority, -with men sailing regularly before December 31, 1950, getting the top "A" rat­ ing. Men sailing regularly since January 1, 1951, to the present, are rated class '"B" and men who have no time aboard SlU-cohtracted ships as of January 1, 1955, or who have not' shipped regularly during the periods described to cover classes A and B, re­ ceive a "C" rating. Regular­ ity of sailing is defined as a minimum'of 90 days' seatime on SIU ships in any given cal­ endar year. ' , ,. For the purposes of seniority the joint hiring system gives equal recognition toward time spent on any SIU ship. In other words, the seniority is pooled among all SIU operators, just as time spent on SIU ships is pooled for the pur­ poses of vacation pay and welfare benefits. The significant provisions of the new hiring system are as follows: • The hiring syslenr and the .shiroine i^ules aria jumt 4uurt of the "The new agreement .gives, a maximum of job. security and pro­ tection to the SIU membership... "This agreement was accomplished only after many months of hard detailed work by many of our people. The negotiating com­ mittee, consisting of Joe Algina, Claude Simmons, Earl Sheppard, Lindsey Williams, Cal Tanner and Keith Terpe were assisted throughout by consultation with the SIU agents in all ports and in discussions with rank and file members. ^ addition, Morris Weisberger of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, a veteran of mari­ time negotiations, sat in throughput the agreement talks and gavo valuable advice and assistance, for which we are grateful. • "The union's general counsel, Sy Miller, did an outstanding job in all of the legal details, including the complexities of the TaftHartley Law. His efforts in this dijection, as reflected in the new agreement, could well serve as a pattern in those areas similarly affected by Taft-Hartley. "As the membership knows, we have discussed this problem in many membership meetings, over a considerable period of time. You are fully aware of the problem confronting the Union in this matter... "It is the considered opinion of your negotiating committee that this agreement on hiring represents an answer to this problem... Your committee recommends ratification of this agreement." (SIU membership in all ports voted unonimously in favor of the new agreement.) contract with the shipowner so that hiring now becomes a joint responsibility exercised thi-ough the physical facilities of the Union's halls. • There are important differ­ ences between the three classes of seniority. Class A men are recog­ nized under the new agreement as having first preference for employmfent. They can ship without hindrance accordingly. This group should contain the SIU's present full book membership as well as those other men who have been sailing steadily and are eligible for. class A seniority under the rules. Discussed In Defail It is estimated that the number of men who qualify for class A seniority and who do not yet pos­ sess membership in the SIU totals 350 men. In recognition of Jthese 350 men obtaining class A" senior­ ity, Seafarers in rfegiflw a\eetings have gone on record to allow thas* men to apply for full Union mem­ bership. The vote approving mem­ bership to these 350 men came only after the entire issue had been presented in SIU meetings and dis­ cussed in detail—the SIU policy on issuance of new memberships at any time. . Under the new agreement, class A men sailing SlU-contracted ships —including.the 350 newly^admitted men—will have, by far, the best job ratio in the entire maritima industry. • Class B seniority comes after class A on hiring. The present SIU permitmen are expected., to con­ stitute the great majority of those possessing class B seniority ratings. Since under the new provision class B men will have a priority, which did not exist before, over class C men, the holders of class, B (Continued ©n- page IT) - • I • ''ts V^I M.\ ;T-\! I 'V; I J �Pare F«w iMuvli It. IfM istAFMREks ide Snug Harbor Future Dark The 124-year old mariners' haven, Sailors Snug Harbor, inay close its doors if New York City goes through with plans to take over the property. A proposal by Mayor Robert Wagner to convert it into a Staten Island community college is now under study by the city's budget director. A GROUP OF FINNISH UNION SEAMEN APPEAR TO HAVE Admittedly a desirable struck an important blow for the West ahd in the process taken the laiece of real estate, the 127shipowner and the diplomats of several nations off the |iook. Accord­ ;.cre waterfront retreat started Mincticning in 1831 under the pro­ visions of the will of Captain Itobert Randall. At its peak it I'ared for over 800 aged seamen, but in recent years the number has dwindled until today there are lit­ tle more than 200 men in resi­ dence there. Contributing to the sharp decline in numbers are the difficult entrance requirements set up by the trustees. Men Will Lose Should the city take the prop­ erty these men would undoubted­ ly be the losers as any other home that might be set up for them would not compare in facilities to what they have now. And there is always the possibility that they might be turned over to state and city institutions instead of having a place of their own. The SlU has always been a staunch defend­ er of the oldtimers at Snug Har­ bor and will watch the current de­ velopment closely. Just four years ago, in fact, over SSOO.OOO was spent in modernizing Snug Harbor with the money go­ ing for an ultra-modern infirmary, new fire alarm system, heating A view of the large library at Sailors Snug Harbor, Staten Island, system, conversion of the electri­ NY, founded as a home for veteran seamen more than years cal system to AC current and re­ ago, M-hich the City of New York is considering as a site for a new construction of galleys. The in­ municipal college. The question of what would happen to the re­ firmary was especially designed to tired seamen has not. been decided. The "harbor" was established meet the needs of aged and bed­ and is maintained from funds of the late Captain Robert Randall. ridden seamen. The proposal to establish a col­ property off Washington Square duce the maximum income for the lege at the Snug Harbor site was : has grown past the $12 million benefit of resident seamen. They first put forth seven years ago. It ! mark by the trustees' own esti- point to the institution's practice is being taken seriously now be­ tmate. In recent years, the trustees of setting up 99-year leases for out­ cause of the expected population i have leased portions of the land side developers whereby the de­ increase on Staten Island when I to high-priced housing and com­ velopers reap the bulk of benefits the Narrows Bridge is built. while paying a flat rental to the mercial developments. Several officials besides the Despite the multi-million dollar estate. mayor have indicated great inter­ value of the holdings, the trustees Actually today. Sailor's Snug est in the plan and one Staten have pleaded poverty on several Harbor is operated as a private Island architect's group is applaud­ occasions. Once in February, 1949, corporation with the state and city ing the choice. The architects call they attempted to get resident sea­ having no direct interest in its the property ideal for a "first class men to sign over all their personal business. At one time three gov­ college installation" and declare property including any pension in­ ernment officials sat as members "there is no longer any need for come they might have. An out­ of the board of trustees, the its present use." cry from the maritime unions Chancellor of State, Recorder of Self-Supporting forced the trustees to beat a hasty New York County and the Mayor of New York. The first two offices Under the terms of Randall's retreat. Critics of the way the institu­ were abolished years ago and the will Snug Harbor is supported by income from property Randall tion is conducted have maintained mayor stopped sitting as trustee in owned in lower Manhattan. that the valuable properties have June, 1950, with the permission of Through the years the value 8f the not been managed so as to pro­ the courts. ing to an announcement by the Finnish Seamen's Union (which in­ cidentally,' is part of the International Transport workers Federation with which the SIU is affiliated) the crewmembers of the Finnish tank­ er Aruba will not take a shipload of jet fuel into Red China. For the information of those Seafarers who have not been in a position to keep up with the news on this issue, the Aruba had been chartered by her Finnish owners to a Hong Kong company which is believed to be controlled by Red China. She was loaded to the marks with kerosene which is the fuel used by jet-propelled warplanes. It has been estimated that there was enough aboard her to provide for 5,000 jet missions from the Chinese mainland against Formosa or against any US military ba%es like Okinawa. As soon as the voyage of the Aruba got under way there was a great deal of excitement. The Nationalist Chinese said that they would in­ tercept the vessel and there were demands made' in some quarters here in the States for the US to take positive action. Needless to say this made the-Far East situation more explosive in more ways thah one. Nobody though, seemed to be able to figure a way out. The Finnish government said it couldn't do anything and the ship's owners claimed their hands were tied by the charter. It looked like real trouble until the seamen of the Aruba themselves took a hand. Their union told the world Wednesday morning that the men would not take the ship into a Red Chinese port. This announcement was greeted with a sigh of relief everywhere except in Pciping and other Communist capitals. It might be no exaggeration to say that these union seamen on their own may have preserved peace in the world for the time being. The shipowner involved wasn't wonded about the consequences as long as he got his charter fee. The diplomats were helpless. What makes the situation all the more pleasing is that the Communist Partj^'s wateifront section has been calling on seamen to strike a blow for peace. These people even took a rap at the SEAFARERS LOG for pointing cut just what was happening around Formosa. Now that the Finnish seamen on the Aruba have struck a blow for peace we can expect the local Communists to weep and wail and gnash their teeth, which wiil show how peace-loving they really are. It might be that this courageous action by the Finnish seamen conu!S out of their first-hand knowledge of Communism because of the 1939 invasion of their country by Russia. Finland has been a sitting duck for the Communist armies ever since, with some of its territory oc­ cupied by Soviet armed forces. Certainly then, it took plenty of cour­ age on their part to act as they did despite any consequences their country might face. 4- IT'S A ROUTINE MATTER FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SEAMAN f SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING the market instead of the more expensive advei-tised brands (they're all much the same). Around New York, white eggs cost more than brown. 8—Buy standard grades (Grades B and C) of canned Hut in Boston, many families are willing to pay more goods instead of fancy Grade A (they're all exactly for the brown. the same nutritionally). Actually, of course, the shell color has nothing to do 9—Buy the store's oWii private brands of packaged or •with the quality of the egg inside. This is simply one canned foods instead of the nationally-advertised «f the better-known of the many food prejudices that brands. lead people to part with extra money. -Every family has 10—Use home-cooked cereals instead of ready-to-eat some of them. But when you realize certain food-shopping cereals (often the home-cooked ones are more nour­ habits are founded on fictitious legend, including the ishing too). modern legends of high-powdered advertising, often you 11—Where available, buy foods loose; loose cottage can make noticeable savings. cheese, sauerkraut, lentils, etc., instead of the same Here is a list of 28 ways to cut food costs that a Sea­ foods in packages. farer's family might find both revealing and profitable: 12—Buy small or medium-sized oranges and other fruit . 1—Buy brown or'mixed-color eggs if cheaper in your instead of the large, specially-selected, more ex­ locality. pensive ones (they're just as good eating). ; 2—Use large eggs during spring and summer but switch 13—Buy the fruits and vegetables in season in your area to mediums and pullets in tire autumn months. instead of those hauled long distances. :. S—Use evaporated milk or dry non-fat milk powder in 14—U.se more dried fruits instead of canned. Buy the cooking insdead of whole milk. smallest sizes, as smalFsizd prunes; they are. priced lowest. ' • 4^—Buy plain milk if the price is lower instead of 15—Buy '.stahdard whole wheat, rye and White breads in­ homogenized milk. stead of rolls or special bi'cads. N 8—Use margarine, cottage-cheese, apple butter or peanut 16—Serve home-made desserts instead of commercial butter as a-bread spread instead of butter. " baked good^. fli-^Buy cheese off-the loaf instead of in packages or jars." 17—Use pink ralmbqj khd bopita instead, of red^ salmon 7—-Buy the cheapest brdiid of vegetable shortening in and Tuna fish. ' ' " '' * 28 Ways To Cut Food Bills 4'" to deal with danger and near-disaster. Ship rescues happen so often that most of the time they go unnoticed. Just recently, for example, the crew of the SlU-manned Antinous had quite a time saving some, fishermen in rough Gulf waters outside of Tampa. According to ail accounts, this was a considerable feat of seamanship. And this week headquarters received word that crewmembers of the Stony Creex had been warmly commended by their skipper for prompt and efficient action in plucking one of their number from the sea. The professional seamen, like the men who man SIU ships, take this kind of occurrence as part of the job. They hope it doesn't hap­ pen, but if it does they Have the skill and training to handle the emer­ gency. That's why it is important to see to it that US ships are manned by experienced professionals who are always up on the skills of their trade. || f 4- Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LDG. by Sidney Margolius/ Leading Expert on Buying 18—Buy large sizes of packaged and canned goods instead of small ones. 19—Serve fewer and larger courses at meals instead of many small courses (tcenable buying in bulk and to have fewer leftovers). 20—Except when tomatoes are in season locally, buy them canned instead of fresh. 21—Serve more frequently these vegetables high in food value for co.st: turnips, kale, carrots, collards and green cabbage (and often spinach). 22—Serve potatoes more often than rice or macaroni products (they're higher in food value). 23—Use molbsses to add iron and extra food value to . baked beans, cereals, gingerbread and puddings, in­ stead of white sugar. * • 24—-Cook vegetables in as little water as possible, but save the remaining liquid—also the liquid from canned vegetable.s—^for' making soups and gravy. ""Some of the best nourishment is in the liquids. 25—Cook vegetables in the skin where possible instead of paring fii-st, both to preserve food value and avoid thick peelings. 26—Make your own jellies and jams while fruits are in season instead of buying preserves later. . 27—^Use meat leftovers! and bone scrapings in casserole'is, scailoped dishes o^ salads. V 28—Plan ypiir menus beforehand around the advertised ;..y. specials Hi the "markets xpthe^. than Y'aiiing until you get to the store and buying on impulse. �BEAFdnEHS Piss Wlrs LOG New Meal Set-llp Betters Service, Cuts Waste Viind-UpOn, Cos Report Most of the retroactive wage claims payable to Seafarers under the SIU freight agreement have been collected, but the major ^teamship operators report they still have amounts outstanding. While over-all totals are cator, voyage 20 (Jan. '54-April '54) small, individual Seafarers $344.95; Steel Inventor, voyage 89, Seafarers in the steward department aboard the Alcoa Partner help launch the "new look" in food preparation and feeding which will be tried on all company ships to improve service and cut waste. At left, C. G. Cazalas, galley utijity, prepares soup, while Alfredo Aaron, chief cook (right),"^ carves ham to prder. Unions Nix Wage Freeze striking back at a Congressman's proposal to freeze seamen's wages, US maritime unions have moved to protest and battle this infringement on collective bargaining rights. Action followed after Representative Herb^t C. Bonner (Dem., North Carolina) wrote to the Maritime Administration suggesting that the agency in its calculation of the operating it would not abide by such a ruling as far as unsubsidized operations place a subsidy ceiling on subsidy. manning scales, wages and fringe benefits as of January 1, 1955. In other words, seamen sailing sub­ sidized ships would not be able to negotiate improvements through their unions as the Government would not figure any further gains $IU Tanker Men Hailed In Rescue Among the first to act was the Sailors Union of the Pacific which went on record for a six-point pro­ gram of counteraction involving protests to Bonner and the Mari­ time Administration as well as a call for united union action. The SUP further declared that should such a proposal be adopted it would notify the shipowners that are concerned. In his letter of protest to Bon­ ner, SUP Secretary - Treasurer Harry Lundeberg placed responsi­ bility upon the Pacific Maritime Association for the wage freeze, proposal. He recalled that the same idea was put forth a year ago by a West Coast shipowners' spokes­ man. . j A' ' 'v'ic'.' have appr^able amounts coming to them in some instances. Among companies which still have back wages outstanding, Alcoa has submitted a list of 65 names which covers both retroac­ tive pay and other unclaimed wages. The total is approximate­ ly $1,600 of which $553.05 is due to an ex-Seafarer John BaiTon, for a 1951 voyage on a National Shipping Authority vessel. Mailed Checks Bull Lines reports very little left on retroactivity with only 35 checks still pending for amounts of $1 or more and a small number of checks for lesser amounts. The company explained that these checks were mailed out three times without success in locating the Sea­ farers who had money due. Calmar and Ore Lines were un­ able to break down retroactivity as they had lumped it together with unclaimed wages running back for the past several years. Isthmian reports that it has $14,130 still outstanding out of an original total of $63,000 that was due Seafarers. Some of the ships with larger amounts due are: Steel Advocate, voyage 19 (Aug.Nov. '53) $298.87; Steel Age, voy­ age 19 (Nov. '53-Feb. '54) $701.18; Steel Executive,, voyage 11 (Nov. '53-Feb. '54) $331.63; Steel Fabri- SOUTH GATE, Calif.—-One of 43 veteran Seafarers currently receiving a guaranteed Seafarers on board the income of $25 weekly in SIU disability benefits, Henry A. Ferree, 66, has found this Los Stony Creek were proud pos­ Angeles suburb a perfect place in which to enjoy his new-found leisure. sessors of a "well done" from Actually, Ferree points"*'""" the ship's captain as the result of out, he still has a job of He continued shipping the successful rescue of a crewsorts. Since hit wife In­ with either Isthmian or member who went overboard in tends to work until she Waterman until his eye­ shark-infested waters. herself can retire next sight got too bad and, in — Singled out% for praise in the fall, he's "chief dishwash­ fact, wound up his final z commendation were Pavlos Vour- er" around the house trip last September on . deris, chief steward, Mike Ohan- right now. After that, Isthmian's Steel Designer. ^^ < nesian, AB, and Frank, Alboi'e, however, the closest to In December, he began bosun, along with the ship's chief anything resembling "work Ai.4 >•> receiving SIU disability mate. that he's going to get to benefits, but he still keeps will come when the lawn in touch with doings at Gave Immediate Alarm around their comfortable the SIU hall in Wilming­ According to available informa­ home needs weeding. ton. He visited the De­ tion, on the rescue, one of the crewsigner at Long Beach last Ferree, who was born members went overboard on week while she was in February 9 while the Stony Creek in Texas back in '89, first port to see if she w-as still started on a career at sea was outside Aruba, headed for the in good shape and to say Panama Canal. Vourderis, who saw when he joined the US hello to former ship­ Navy, for a four-year him hit the water. Immediately mates. sounded the alarm while Ohan- hitch', in 1908. His first Thanks to the SIU ship, he recalls, was the nesian thi'ew him a life ring. Welfare Plan and tiie square - rigged Intrepid. A boat was then lowered away His job was that of a 40money he had coming in Seafarer and Mrs. Henry A. Ferree on the lawn and the crewmember was safely gallon yards man at $16.40 from social security he of their comfortable home in South Gate, Calif. hauled back aboard little the worse per, month. Today, many can now take it easy for for wear although the waters in the men on SIU ships earn that in just slightly hectic. Eventually, in 1920, the rest of his life. "It's good to area were thick with sharks. one day of regular Saturday over­ Ferree had to give up his sea life know you're not forgotten," he In his commendation. Captain time, aside from their base pay. and help raise his young daughter, points out. E. M. Mokarzel cited Vourderis and "The disability benefits provided After bis Navy hitch was over, Bose. His Arst wife had died sev­ Ohannesian for their prompt ac­ Ferree turned to merchant ships eral years before. every week by the SIU made a tion and bosun Albore for his "An* for a Tob and in 1913 in San Fran­ Then, in 1940, Ferree returhied great deal of difference to men seamanship." cisco eventually landed a quarter­ to shipping and began working for like myself who no longer can work The skipper concluded, "It is master's berth on the Pacific Mail Isthmian which, at the time, was at their profession," Ferree stated. gratifying to have seen that the Line's Mongolia. He received $40 an unorganized company: He stay­ "I don't-know what we'd do with­ entire crew responded to tlie monthly, there, but with the watch ed until the SIU began organizing out then)," he added, "Years ago, emergency promptly and without on. ships- at that time always on the company, and remained to vote before the SIU, there were no reserve, . and that each man co-i call, and a four-on, four-off system for the Union and help bring the benefits like these for. seamen at operated itUly ^afld effectively." .all." in .< oper^ion, conditions - tveve fleet under SIU contract. pas' waaiwqiai nqi atiiy,ud 1>«B "jdi oJ • • • -"-v.; (Sept. '53-Feb. '54) $307.95. Also, Steel King, voyage 17 (July-Nov. '53) $297.79; Steel Maker, voyage 27 (Sept. '53-Jan. '54) $704.65; Steel Navigator, voy­ age 20 (Oct-. •'53-Feb. '541 $420.97; Steel Ranger, voyage 89 (Sept. '53Feb. '54) $317.52; Steel Scientist, voyage 24 (Jan.-April '54) $416.30; Steel Surveyor, voyage 19 (Oct. '53Jan. 54) $405.12. Other large payments due are Steel Traveler, voyages 15 and 16 from August, 1953. through May, 1954, a total of $821.14; Steel Ven­ dor, voyage 20. (Oct. '53-Mar. '54) $438.65; Steel Voyager, voyage 19, (Nov. '53-March '54) $500.79 and Steel Worker, voyages 21 and 22 from October, 1953, to May, 1954, a total of $674.33. Has Unclaimed List Mississippi Shipping Company has no breakdown on retroactive wages for last year as it has lumped them together with figures for past years. A total of 830,000 is still outstanding on this list, with most of the money being old unclaimed wages. Last year the LOG ran the company's unclaimed wage list and Seafarers can check the list by consulting the bound volumes in any SIU hall. Robin Line has $2,160.72 pend­ ing for 173 Seafarers. The largest amounts outstanding are on the Robin-Goodfellow, voyages 24 and 25; Robin Gray, voyages 20 and 23; Robin Kettering, voyage 20^ Robin Kirk, voyage 21; Robin Locksley, voyage 48; Robin Sherwood, voy­ age 48 and Robin Trent, voyage 20. South Atlantic reports it has a 200-man list of wage claims cover­ ing both retroactivity under the current contract arid unclaimed .wages running back for several years. Con.sequently the amount of retroactivity left is a small one. Seatrain Lines reports a total of $2,877.78 remaining in retroactive wages plus another 8858.08 in un­ claimed wages for other reasons. By ships the totals are: Soati'ain Texas, 546.84; Savannah, 3'70.52; Louisiana, 162.99; New York. 793.56; New Jersey, 745.49; Georgia, 258.38. Morse Okayed As MA Chief WASHINGTON — Although he declared that the wholesale trans­ fer of US ships was a "correct" policy, Clarence G. Morse was unanimously confirmed for the Federal Maritime Board by the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. In the public hearing on his ap­ pointment, Morse told the Senators that he did not approve of the "principle" of transferring Ameri­ can ships to runaway flags, but -he gave his endorsement to the Roth­ schild program of allowing 69 Liberty ships and a number of pther types to escape US-flag obli­ gations. Morse said it was the proper procedure at the time, even though the Government was al­ ready setting various aid programs in motion. • , ---•v." I •\ 'CM �SEAFARERS Six SEAFARERS INFL UNION A&G DISTRICT, AFL 2. Shipping Procedure CONTRACTED EMPLOYERS Shipping Rules |C. s:;: I nf.:: • h 6. Standby Jobs A, Standby Jobs shall be shipped in rotation, within A. No seaman shall be shipped unless registered for shipping. No seaman shall register for shipping in more each class of seniority rating. No standby shall be per­ than one-port of the Union at one time. No shipping card mitted to take a regular job on the same vessel unless he returns to the Hall and throws in for the regular Job. Issued in one port shall be honored in another. B. No seaman may register for another, or use another's His original shipping card shall be returned to the stand­ by when he reports back to the dispatcher unless it has shipping card or seniority rating card. All registration must be in person, and seamen must bt present, in person, expired in the interim. when a job is offered them. 7. Relief C. No seaman may register for a job so long as he In the event an employed seaman wants time off and is employed on any vessel. secures permission to do so, he shall call the Hall and D. No seanian shall have the right to reject more than secure a relief. No reliefs shall be funiished for less than Every seaman shipped through the hiring halls of the two jobs, after throwing in for them, within the period four (4) hours or more than three (3) days. The one ask­ Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic of validity of his shipping card. Rejection of more than ing for time off sliall be responsible for paying the relief and Gulf District, hei-einafter called the "Union" shall be two jobs during this period will require re-registration at the regular overtime rate. Reliefs shaU be shipped in shipped pursuant to the following rules: and the taking out of a new shipping card. the same manner as a standby. E. Every seaman who accepts a job, and who quits or This rule shall not apply when replacements are not 1, Seniority is fired after one day, shall not be permitted to retain lequired by the head of the department concerned. A. Without prejudice to such other legal conditions and the original shipping card on which he received his job, restrictions on employment as are contained in the agree­ but must re-register to ship. If he quit or is fired within 8. Promotions or Transfers Aboard Ship ments between the Union and the Employei's, seamen one day, he must report back to the dispatcher on the No seaman shipped under these rules shall accept a shall be shipped out on jobs offered through- the hiring next succeeding business day or else give up the original promotion or transfer aboard ship unless there is no time halls of the Union in accordance with the class of sen­ shipping card on which he received his job. or opportunity to dispatch the required man from the iority rating they possess, subject, nevertheless, to the# F. .No seaman shall be allowed to register on more than Union hall. other rules contained herein. one list (department). No seaman shall be shipped out 9. Change In Seniority B. Seniority shall be determined in the following man- on a job off' a list other than that on which he is registered, A. All those who possess a Class B seniority rating Jier: except under emergency eircunistances, such as insuring shall be entitled to a Cla^ A seniority rating eight <8) A Class A seniority rating shall he possessed by all against a vessel sailing short in a department. sesmen who have sliipped regularly up to December 31, G. No seaman shall be tendered any job unless he is yeai-s after they commenced to ship regularly with the 1954, with one or more of the companies listed in Appen­ qualified therefor in accordance with law and can furnish, companies set forth in Appendix "A", provided they dix A, attached hereto and made a part hereof, since on demand, the appropriate documents evidencing this maintain their Class B seniority rating witliout break. B. All those who possess a Class C senimity rating shall before January 1, 1951, subject, however, to Rule 9. qualification. be entitled to a Class B seniority rating two (2) years A Class B seniority rating shall be possessed by all H. No man shall be shipped while under the influence after they commenced to ship regularly with the com­ seamen who have shipped regularly up to December 31, of alcohol or drugs. panies set fortli in Appendix "A", provided they main­ 1954, with one or more of the companies listed in Ap­ I. All seamen shipped through the Union shall be given pendix A, since before January 1, 1955, and who do not two assignment cards. One of these cards shall be given by tain their Class seniority rating without break. have a Class C seniority rating, subject to Rule 9. C. Shipping with one or more of the companies set the seamen to the head of his department aboard ship, A Class C seniority rating shall be possessed by all the other to his department delegate aboard ship. forth in Appendix "A" for at least ninety (90) days each seamen who do not have a Class A or Class B seniority J. Subject to the other rules contained herein, a seaman calendar year is necessary to maintain without break a rating, subject, however, to Rule 9. receiving a job shall give up the shipping card on which Class B or Class C seniority rating, subject, however, (o Rule 3A. This latter provision shall not operate so as to Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no he was shipped. reduce any seaman's seniority if the requirements therein seaman shall be deprived of the seniority to which he were not met during the first calendar year in which the would be otherwise entitled by virtue of service with the 3. Hospital Cases seaman commenced to ship but, if not met, the said armed iorees of the US. A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein calendar .vear shall not be counted insofar as seniority up­ C. A seaman will be deemed to have shipped regularly contained, the period of employment i-equired' during with one or more of the companies listed in Appendix A each year to constitute regular shipping, or the main­ grading is concerned. D. The same provisions as to military service as are if he has been employed as an unlicensed seaman no less tenance of Cla.ss B or Class C seniority without break, than ninety days (90) per calendar year on one or more shall be reduced, pro rata, in accordance with the propor­ contained in Ruie IB shall be analogously applicable here. American flag vessels owned or operated by the said tion of bona fide in and out patient time to each calendar JO. Discipline companies, subject, however, to Rule 3 A. This latter year. Example: If a man has been a bona fide in and out A. The Union, although under no indemnity obligation, provision shall not operate so as to reduce any seaman's patient for four (4) months in one caiendar year, the seniority if the requirements therein were not met duruig yearly employment required for seniority purposes shall will not ship drunks, dope addicts and others whose pres­ ence aboard ship would constitute a menace or nuisance the flrst calendar year in which the seaman commenced be reduced by one-third for that year. to the safety and health of the crew. Anyone claiming a to ship but, if not met, the said calendar year shall not B. A seaman who enters a bona fide hospital as an in­ be counted insofar as seniority upgrading is concerned. patient and remains there for thirty (30) days or more, wrongful refusal to ship may appeal to the Seafarers .Ap­ D. Employment with, or election to any office or job shall be entitled, if otherwise qualified, to receive a thirty peals Board, which shall be a board of four (4), two (2) to in the Union, or any employment taken at the behest of, (30) day back-dated shipping card. If he has been such be selected by the Union, and two (2) by that negotiating the Union, shall be deemed to be the same as employment an inpatient for less than thirty (30) days, he shall be committee, representing Employers, known and commonly with any of the companies listed in Appendix A, and entitled, if otherwise qualified, to a shipping card back­ referred to as the Management Negotiating Committee. seniority shall accrue accordingly during the period such dated to the day he first entered the hospital. This ruie This Board shall name a Hearing Committee of two (2), to sit in the port where 'the refusal to ship takes place, employment, office, or job is retained. shall not apply unless the seaman reports to the dis­ if practicable, and if not, at the nearest available port E. A Cla.ss A seniority rating shall be the highest. Class patcher within forty-eight (48) hours after his discharge, B, the next highest, and so on, and priority as to jobs exclusive of Satui'days, Sundays, and Holiday.s, and pro­ where it is practicable. This latter Committee shall "ar­ range for a prompt and fair hearing, with proper notice, shall be granted accordingly, subject, nevertheless, to the duces his hospital papers. and shall arrive at a decision, unanimously, to be binding rules contained herein. and final. If a unanimous decision cannot be reached, an F Within each class of seniority, a seaman shall be 4. Business Hours and Job Calls appeal shall be taken to the Seafarers' Appeals Board. shipped in accordance with the length of time he has A. All Union halls shall be open from 8:00 A.M. until Where a specific company is involved in the dispute, a been unemployed, the one unemployed the longest to be 5:00 P.M. On Saturdays, the halls shall be open from shipped the first, subject, nevertheless, to the rules con­ 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon. On Saturday afternoons, Sun­ representative thereof must be appointed to the Com­ mittee by the Board, unless waived by the said company. tained" herein. days, and Holidays, the hours of business shall be de­ B. Where a seaman deliberately fails or refuses to join G. It shall be the responsibility of each seaman to termined by the Port Agent, upon proper notice posted his ship, or is guilty of misconduct or neglect of entry furnish proof of seniority and length of the period of his on the bulletin board the day before. aboard ship, he may lose his shipt>ing card for up to unemployment. Notwithstanding any other provisions B. Jobs shall be announced during non-holiday week herein, the failure to produce adequate proof of seniority days, including Saturday mornings, on the hour, except thirty (30) days. For a second offense, he may lose his or length of unemployment shall be greunds for denial for the 8:00 A.M. and noon calls. On Saturday afternoons, card up to sixty (60) days. In especially severe cases, or of the job sought. An appropriate seniority rating card Sundays, and Holidays, or under exceptional circum­ in case of a third offense, he may lose his shipping card duly issued by the Union shall be deemed sufficient proof stances, the job may be called out at any time after it permanently. C. The Board of four (4) shall be a permanent body, of seniority, for the purposes of shipping, without prejudice • comes in. In no case shall a job be called out unless it and each nieinbei-s .shall have an alternate. The selection to the right of any seaman to furnish different proof of is first posted on the shipping board. of alternates, and the removal of members or alternates seniority in reasonably legible and easily ascertainable.C. There shall be a Ihnit of eight (8) job calls in which form, such as official Coast Guard discharges. Unemploy­ the priority of Class A and Class B personnel may be ex^r- . -shall be-set forth in the agreements signed by the Uniqn ment periods shall be ascertained solely from shipping cised in obtaining a pai-ticular job. If the eighth job call . and the Employers. -Members of the.Board may serve on a Hearing Committee, subject to sub-paragraph A. The cards i.ssued by the Union. does not produce a qualified seaman possessing either: a.'' H. Seniority rating cards will be issued by the Union Class A or Class B seniority rating tin the order pre- , Board shall act only if (here participates at least on# • only upon written and personal application made and ac- scribed herein), that seaman with a Class C sexiiorRy rat­ Union member end one-Employer member, while the ecpted. These will be valid only for the calendar yeai- in ing, otherwise entitled under th»e rules, shall be selected collective strength of each group shall be (lie same, re­ which issued. No seniority rating -card will be issued after for the job. This rule sliall not be applied so as to. <»use gardless- ef-the actual number in attendance. The deciaions-ef the Board shall be -by unanimous vote, and sh^ll October in each calendar year, unless the remaining time a vessel to sail shorthanded or late. , - be final and binding, except that, in the event of a tie, is not needed to preserve the seniority rating of the appli.the Board shall select an impartial fifth member to re­ 5. Special Preferences cant, or is mathematically sufficient to enable him to re­ tain his seniority. Each seniority rating card shall be based A. Within each class of seniority rating, seamen over solve the particular issue involved, in which case, a major# jupon entitlement as of the date applied-for. fifty (50) years of age shall be preferred in obtaining jobs ity vote sjhail then be final and binding. Where no agree­ ment can be reached as to the identity of the fifth mem­ Shipping cards issued by the Union shall be valid for of fire watchmen. a period of three months from the date of issue, subjdct B. A seaman shipped on a regular job, whose ship lays ber, application therefor shall be made to the American to the other rules contained herein. Shipping cards shall up less than fifteen (15) days after the' original employ­ Arbitration Association, and Its rules shall then be fol­ be issued to all those requesting the same, previded the ment date, shall have revered to him the shipping card lowed in reaching a decision. D. All disputes over seniority, and transportation dis­ aeaman has all the necessary documents and papers re­ on which he was shipptMl, provided the card has not ex­ putes arising out of seniority, rule applications, shall be quired by law and is otherwise eligible. pired. dealt with in the same manner as disputes over shippinB. I. Seniority shall be calculated on the basis of emploj'C. If a ship lays up and then calls for a crew within rights. ment in any one of titese three departments; deck, engine ten (10) days after iayup, the same crew members shall E. W is the obligation of the one aggrieved to initiate or steward, have prefei-ence, providing. they are registered on the action. No particular form is necesoary, except that the J. Seamen with a Class B and Class C seniority rating shipping list. complaint must be in writing, set out the facts in suffi­ may be shipped on a vessel for one round trip, or sixty D. A seaman with a Class A seniority rating shall not cient detail to properly identify the situation complained 160) days, whichever is longer; in tlie latter case, the sixty be required to throw in for a job on the same vessel after (60) day period may be extended,. where necessary to first obtaining a job thereon, so long as he has not been of, and be addressed to tfao Seafarei-s Appeals Boei<d, Room 316, Graystone Building, Mobile, Alabama. insure practicability insofar as leaving the'ship is con­ discharged for cause or has quit. cerned. This rule shall not be applied so as to cause a £. Class C personnel with e certificate of satisfaction IV. Amendments vessel to sail shorthanded. No transportation shall be completed from toe_ Andrew Furuseth Training School These rules, including seniority classifications and due by virtue of the application of this rule. The words, shall be preferred over other Class C personnel. requirements, may be amended at any time, in accordance "round trip," shall have the usual md customary meaning F. The above preferences shall obtain notwithstanding with law, contracts between the Union and the Employers, attributed to it by leamcof^n^HattHtr it be eeastwise, inter- any other c provision to the contrary contained, in. tfaes* andj to the extept pei-initted by law and contract, as afore- AND ! I Msrsfa !S, 1«5S LGC Oli.: �':=:T3;y-S^-Vrf Mard IS, 19SS SEAFARERS LOG Pare ScT« New Membership-Approved Hiring Clause Article 1, employment, amended March 1, 1955 and ratified in District-wide meetings on March 9, 1955, This agreement is entered into this 1st day of March 1955, by end between the Seafarers International.Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf District, affiiiated with the American- Federation of Labor, hereinafter referred to as the Union and the undersigned company, and any of its subsidiary companies, which may be form­ ed. to operate ships in the off-shore, coastwise, or intercoastal trade, hereinafter referred to as the Company and remains in effect until September 30, 1957, and shall continue from year to year thereafter, unless either party hereto shall give written notice to the other of its desire to amend or terminate same, which notic^ shall be given at least 60 days prior to the expiration date. After such notice has been given, specific proposals must then be submitted within 10 days and negotiations commenced at a time which is mutually agreed upon. If, duryig the 60 day period, the . parties fail to agree with reference to such proposals, the parties may, by mutual consent, ex­ tend this agreement for a specific period beyond such expiration date for the continuance of negotiations. Ap­ plications by either party to open negotiations for changes In the wage scale or any monetary matters at any time during the life of this agreement shall not be deemed cause for termination of this Agreement. Monetary mat­ ters for the purpose of this section shall be the following: Overtime, Standby Rate, Longshore Rate, Tank Cleaning Rate, E.xplosives Handling Rate, Extra Meals Rate, Sub­ sistence and Room Allowance. Section 1. The Company recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive bargaining representative of all Un­ licensed Personnel employed on board American " flag vessels owned or operated by the Company, or its sub­ sidiaries. Section 2. The Union agrees to furnish the Company with capable, competent, and physically fit persons when and where they are required, and of the ratings needed to fill vacancies necessitating the employment of Unlicensed Personnel, in ample time to prevent any delay in the scheduled departure of any vessel covered by this agree­ ment. To assure maximum harmonious relations, and in order to obtain the best qualified employees with the least risk of a delay in the scheduled departure of any vessel covered by this agreement, the Company agrees to secure all Unlicensed Personnel through the Hiring Halls of the Union. If, for any reason, the Union does not furnish the Company with capable, competent and physically fit persons when and where they are required, and of the ratings needed to fill such vacancies, in ample time to prevent any delay in the scheduled departure of any vessel covered by this agreement, the Company may then obtain members of the Unlicensed Personnel from any available source, in which case the Union shall be notified. Section 3, The Company agrees that, as a condition of employment, all Unlicensed Personnel shalh become members of the Union within thii'ty-one days after the execution of this agreement, or within thirty-one days after hire, whichever is later, ancl shall remain members of the Union while employed by the Companies listed in Appendix A, attached hereto, and made a part hereof, during the life of this agreement. The Company is not obligated to take steps to enforce this provision unless due notice is received in writing from the Union, to the effect that a member of the Unlicensed Personnel is not in compliance herewith. Section 4. (a) The Union agrees that the Company has the right to reject (by written notation on the job assignment slip) any application for employment who the Company considers unsatisfactory or unsuitable for the vacancy, or to discharge any member of the Unlicensed Personnel who, in the opinion of the Company, is not satisfactory. If the Union considers the rejection of any applicant for employment or the discharge^^of any mem­ ber of the Unlicensed Personnel as being without reason­ able cause, such action by the Company shall be dealt with under the grievance procedure, and the Union agrees that" any such rejection or discharge shall not cause any vessel to be delaj'ed on her scheduled departure. (b) Unlicensed Personnel when appiying for employ­ ment shall submit to the physical examination prescribed by, the Company, and shall submit from time to time Burly thereafter to such physical mcamination as^may be re­ quired by the Company. In the event any decision of the Company physician is challenged by the Union, as to the physical fitness of a member of the Unlicensed Personnel, such member shall be re-examined by a Public Health Physician and his decision shall be binding. Section 5. The Company agrees not to discriminate against any member of the Unlicensed Personnel for legitimate Union activities, and the Company further agrees .hat no man, referred in accordance with this Article, shall be discriminated against because of race, ^reed, color, national or geographic -origin. Section 6. The term Unlicdhsed Personnel ai used in this agreement shall not include super-cargoes, cadets, pursers, and livestock tenders. Section 7. Either party shall have the right, upon written notification to the other, to re-negotiate any part or all of Article 1. Upon receipt of such notification, the parties to this agreement shall meet within seven (7) days for negotiations of this issue. Section 8. Subject to the other provisions of this Article, jobs shall be referred and held upon the follow­ ing seniority basis: (a) A Class A seniority rating, the highest, shall be possessed by all Unlicensed Personnel who have shipped regularly, up to December 31, 1954, with one or more of the companies listed in Appendix A, since before January 1, 1951. (b) A Class B seniority rating, the—next highest, shall be possessed by all Unlicensed Personnel who have shipped regularly, after January 1, 1951, to December 31, 1954, with one or more of the cdmpanies listed in Ap­ pendix A, and who do not have a Class A seniority rating. (c) A Class C seniority rating, the ne.xt highest, shall be possessed by all Unlicensed Personnel who do not have a Class A or Class B seniority rating. (d) Unlicensed Personnel possessing a Class B senior­ ity rating shall be entitled to a Class A seniority rating eight (8) years after they commenced to ship regularly with any of the companies set forth in Appendix A. Un­ licensed Personnel possessing a Class C seniority rating shall be entitled to a Class B seniority rating two (2) years after they commenced to ship regularly with any of the companies set forth in Appendix A. No upgrading of seniority shall be granted if the Class B or Class C rat­ ing, as the case may be, was not maintained without break during the required years. Shipping with one or more of the companies set forth in Appendix. A for at least ninety (90) days each year is necessary to constitute shipping regularly, and also, to maintain without break a Class B or Class C seniority rating, unless reduced pi-o rata by virtue of bona fide inpatient and/or out-patient hospital time. This latter provision shall not operate so as to reduce any seaman's seniority if the requirements therein were not met during the first calendar year in which the seaman commenced to ship but, if not met, the said calendar year shall not be counted insofar as senior­ ity upgrading is concerned. No seaman shall be deprived of the seniority to which he would be otherwise entitled by virtue of his service with the armed forces of the United States. (e) Subject to the provisions of Section 3. assign­ ments to jobs within the above classes shall be made without regard to Union affiliation. (f) The Seafai-ers' Appeals Board may provide for concomitant reasonable disciplinary, administrative, and elaborate rules and regulations, add newly contracted companies, provide for rotary shipping within classes, and full seniority credit for employment by, or election to office or job in, or any employment taken at the be­ hest of, the Union, and draw reasonable job circulation regulations, provided: 1) The said rules, regulations, and provisions do not discriminate except to the extent contemplated in this' agreement, or change the intent and purpose of this agreement. 2) Rotary shipping within classes A, B, and C, shall be based on a period of unemployment of ninety (90) days. . 3) Men over fifty years of age may be prefeiTed in obtaining jobs of fire watchmen. 4) The Andrew Furuseth Training School, jointly 3iate« Are I/nreasonable operated and administered as an upgrading center for unemployed seamen, shall also be jointly operated and administered, pursuant to ai-rangements and details to be worked out, to train Class C personnel. The Company prefers to hire Class C personnel regardless of rating or department with a certificate of satisfactory completion of the course therein over other Class C personnel when­ ever possible. • 5) The job circulation regulations may provide for requiring those possessing a seniority rating below Class A to leave a vessel after sixty (60) days or one I'ound trip, wihichever is longer, provided, further, however, this regu­ lation is not construed to sanction a vessel's sailing shorthanded. There shall be no bumping within Class A. No tranportation, subsistence or wages shall be paid a man joining or leaving a vessel through exercise of seniority privileges, notwithstanding any provisions of Article II, Section 57, of this agreement. Any disputes arising out. of the application of tills sub-paragraph shall be decided under the procedure set forth in sub-paragraph 6. 6) Any seaman claiming a wrongful deprivation of his rights under this Article shall have a right to petition a permanent Board of four members (each with an alter­ nate, to function when the tegular member can rot do so), to be known as the Seafarers' Appeals Board.. The address of this Board sliall be Room 316, Greystone Building, Mobile. Alabama. All complaints shall be in writing and shall set out the facts in sufficier.t detail. In the event an alleged grievance arises under this Article affecting a Company, the Board shall appoint a hearing committee of two to sit, conduct a fair heax'ing, and make a determination which must be unanimous to be final and binding. This committee must be composed of one representative of the Company involved and one Union representative, the committee to sit at the port where the complaint arose. Subject to this latter provi­ sion, Board members may be committee members. In the event the Committee cannot reach a unanimous decision an appeal shall lie to the Seafarers' Appeals Board. The Board of four shall be evenly divided between the Union and Employers, and selections thereon and removal therefrom shall be made by the Union and the negotiat­ ing committee, commonly known and referred to as the Management Negotiating Committee. Decisions of the Board shall be by unanimous vote, each side to have the same collective vote, regardless of whether the Board of four, or their alternates, are all in attendance. In the event of a tie, the Board shall select an impartial fifth member to resolve the particular issue involved, in which case a majority vote shall then be decisive and binding. Where no agreement can be reached as to the identity of the fifth member, application therefor shall be made to the American Arbitration Association and its rules shdll then be followed in reaching a decision. The Seafarers' Appeals Board is charged with the duty ^ of making appropriate and reasonable rules of procedure ^'ith respect to the proceedings to be taken before it. Section 9. The parties hereto agree that the appro­ priate unit, for representation purposes, is the unlicensed personnel aboard the vessels owned or conti'olled, as aforesaid, by all the companies listed on Appendix A, and any amendments to said Appendix, as set forth herein. Section 10. The Union siiall protect and indemnify the companies parties to this agreement in any cause of action based on improper application by the Union of the employment provisions of Article I of this agree­ ment. The Company, shall protect and indemnify the Union in any cause of action based on improper applica­ tion by the Company of the employment provisions of Article I of this agreement. Section 11. The provisions hereof are subject to Fed­ eral and State Law and if any part hereof is in conflict therewith, such part shall be deemed inapplicable and, to the extent thereof, shall be deemed severed from this agreement, the remainder of whic^ shall remain in full force and effect. The Collective jBargaining Agreement between the parties, as amended above, is to remain in effect, sub­ ject to the opening and renewal provisions therein, until September 30, 1957. Bir liernarfl Seaman ^'3 I i �Pace EicM Xc' 1^.V i'A. * ;r"'~ :s':.. • SEAFARERS A new improvement is slated to get underway soon for the Suez Canal, in which the waterway will be deepened and widened to per­ mit faster movement of ships drawing up to 36 feet. The Improve­ ments are in anticipation of an annual oil traffic volume of more than SO million tons, and an average daily traffic of 45 ships. Its capacity is now 40 vessels . . . Ending a three-day vigil aboard the US freighter Meta D after she grounded on the English Channel coast last month, Question: Do you think tho av­ the captain and 13 crewmen* came ashore to join 24 others rescued erage Seafarer keeps • himself earlier by the British Coast Guard. The ship was enroute with coal abreast of what's happening in the from Newport News, Va., to Rotterdam. SIU? 4" t" 4" France's merchant fleet tonnage Is way above its pre-war level, and showed a total of 3.8 million tons on January 1, 1955, 800,000 tons more than in 1939. The total number of ships involved, now 1,376, is vir­ tually the same as at that time. However, today's fleet has many larger vessels . . . The shipping season on the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes loomed closer this month. The Canadian government icebreaker D'Iberville completed the annual icehreaking trip between Quebec and the eastern approaches to Montreal on March 1. 4> 4' 4> Israel will have a brand-new 10,000-ton passenger-cargo ship next Sep­ tember, following the launching of the first of two sister ships in Ham­ burg this month. The Israel will have accommodations for 313 passen­ gers, a swimming pool, and 300,000 cubic feet of cargo space plus 20,000 more in refrigerator space. The 501-foot vessel was built under repai'ations agreements with West Germany. Three 7,000-ton cargo ships have already been delivered ... A total of 213 ships have been sunk and an­ other 200 damaged since 1945 by mines laid during World War II, ac­ cording'to The Financial Times of London. Indicating that the menace was far from over, the paper said the worst mine areas are off the coasts of West Germany, Denmark and Yugoslavia. 4" 4 4* Bulldozers have begun work on a $5.5 million project at Feltham, England, where model ships will be tested under rough sea conditions. The site will include a tank nearly a quarter of a mile long where 35foot model ships will be given tests at speeds up to 30 knots while a wavemaker stirs up 10 million gallons^of water ... An effort to promote Peruvian-flag shipping based on the "50-50" principle is now under­ way. A bUl was submitted to the Chamber of Deputies last week re­ quiring shippers to use Peruvian vessels for a minimum of 50 percent of their exports. 4" 4* 4' Designed to carry raw sugar cane in bulk instead of bags, the Crystal Cube—only ship of her type in the world—was launched at Greenock, Scotland last week. The vessel, one of six being built for Sugar Line, Ltd., will be unloaded by three-ton grabs in half the time taken to un­ load the cane in bags . . . Faced with deportation under US laws, some 200 British seamen who staged a protest strike against the Furness liner Queen of Bermuda have returned to work. The crew's beef was that three waiters serving as their bargaining committee had been un­ fairly fired in trying to boost the average basic monthly wages of $110. The ship sailed on a round-trip to Bermuda, however, with just cargo and mail. 4* 4< 4i A small blaze that broke out behind the panelling In one of the rooms on the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth one week ago caused a flurry of activity at the drydock in Southampton where the ship is having her annual overhaul. However, firemen quickly handled the fire and no real damage was reported. The 83,000-ton ship, due to resume transAtlantic service March 30, Is also being fitted with stabilizer fins to reduce rolling . . . The 26,650-ton Esso Frankfurt, largest tanker under the flag of West Germany, has been launched in Bremen. Upon com­ pletion, she will be operated by the Waried Tank Ship Co. to Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.' ACROSS 1. Coast Guard'! move to con­ trol all seamen 8. A good outfit to belong to 8. Pack in the hold 12. Pacific Island 13. Coffee 14. Irish 15. What crimp outfits make 17. Hindu cymbal! 18. Declare 19. High Turkish title 31. Negative 32. Belaying 83. Islands, in France 35. Kirby'! Bar and , . Makati Rizal 38. A little drunk 31. What waves do 32. Mothers 33. Of aircraft 34. Devilish 36. Thong of leather 87. Making! of • bomb 38. Dodger, pitcher 39. Eastern penin­ sula of NE Mass. 41. Crewmember 43. What you are reading 46. Bumps 48. Where the Flying Angel Mission is 80. Pacific island 51. First woman 52. Girl's name 53. Long fish 84. Mar-V« . 3. 4. B. . 7. 8. 5. 10. DOWN 11. Neva — • 35. At this time The elephant 16. A brown dye 36. Tender is the 20. Baba 38. Turn back symbol 22. Fold in cloth 39. It sweetens avis the pot 34. New Hebrides A shout island 40. The Kind of boat below London 35. Grains: Abbr. Girl's name 42. Cover a street 36. Creek Angers 37. Port 5,000 ms. 43. Girl's name from NY 44. Night birds Unloads 28. Indian 45. Tiny Insect Fix. as sails 29. Period of tima 47. Sacks: Abbr. This hurts 30. Jeweler's cup 49. Temporary: US shipping Abbr. Northern port 32. Imitated (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) 1 2 3 12 rr JJ 1516 34 superstcftflAg* ariHtmA 26 27 10 II L 122 25 9 123 35 42 24 29 30 Robert Hannibal,, steward: Yes, why shouldn't he? He's got every­ thing to gain be­ cause it means money in his pocket. If a man doesn't read the agreements and other Union lit­ erature then he's only^ hurting himself. The same goes with the guy who comes to a meeting and sits there with both ears closed. 4i 4 4" John Hamilton, machinist: When a Seafarer attends his Union meet­ ings ashore or aboard ship and reads the LOG through, he's got a pretty good Idea of what is happening. The man who doesn't bother and isn't Interested In his Union is only hurting himself in the long run anyway. 4 4 4 Eddie Hernandez, 2nd cook: It would be foolish not to because it's all there for you to study and check whenever you don't under­ stand something. The reports are put on the bul­ letin boards for anybody to look at them. It pays off in the long run. 4 4 4 Mai«h IS. 195S LOG MEET THE SEAFARER JOE WAGNER, bomiii There are some men who are US Shipping Board hall or right just not cut out for farming. Sea­ off the docks" he said. There was farer Joe Wagner was one of them, nothing like the current SIU hir­ with the result that the US mer­ ing haUs. Subsequently when the ISU fell chant marine gained a new hand. It Vas back in the late 1020's apart, Wagner joined the AFL that Joe decided he was through Seamen's Union formed to take with corn, cotton and peanuts and its place. He became a member headed for New Orleans and the in January, 1938, later in the .year sea. Before that he had spent all switching to the newly-chartered his young life oif farms in Mis­ Seafarers International Union. Sailed As Organizer souri, his native state, and- MissisAfter World War II Wagner sippi. Once in New Orleans, Joe headed, sailed as an organizer in the SIU's for the waterfront, looking for a' successful post-war drive at Isth­ mian. He also spent six months' job as a sailor. One day, while he aboard the Cities Service tanker was walking down Canal Street an Government Camp during some of AB on a Mississippi Steamship the hottest part of the SIU's fight Company ship asked him if he with that company, as well as sail'» wanted to go to work. That was ing on other tankers on organiza­ all he needed. He went aboard the status. Bibco as an apprentice seaman for tional "I was down in Buenos Aires in $27 a month. 1948 taking a vacation," he said, Subsequently the Bibco became "when I happe'Red to catch the •the "Del Plata and was torpedoed Government Camp out of there. In World War II. Wagner was While I was in the company agent's aboard her at the time a German office I spotted the ballots mailed sub sent the ship to the bottom. out by the Labor Board. The agent The crew was able to lower away had stashed them away and the boats and get away safely. crew hadn't gotten a chance to Wagner lost one other ship dur­ vote. I raised a" beef with the ing the war, a Waterman-operated American consul and afterwards scow. This time" too, the crew was the skipper had to vote the ship. able to get off without any loss. "They figured I was an SIU man Graduated To OS after that and even searched my After one year on the Bibco as foc'sle once to try to turn up some­ apprentice seaman, Wagner "grad­ thing on me. "But I managed to uated" to ordinary seaman at a stay aboard for six months until small raise in pay. From then on, my vacation time came due. Then he sailed pretty regularly on Mis­ they made me get off and wouldn't sissippi, Waterman, P&O and take me back aboard." This was typical of the tactics South Atlantic ships, sailing mostly employed by a company attorney out of Gulf ports. Quite a few of the men he sailed at the time who was setting up a with in those days are still active dummy union of his own in an in the Union while others went attempt to keep the SIU out of on to get their deck licenses, like the picture. Subsequently the Captain Kinney who is currently whole apparatus was ordered port captain for Mississippi in New abandoned and the company signed Orleans. "I understand some of with the SIU. After coming off the Govern­ these skippers - are still packing their SlU books too," he added. ment Camp, Wagner started sailing But in those early years there regularly out of New York. He was no SIU yet to represent sea­ was aboard the cruise ship Puerto men. Wagner was a member of the Rico for about three years and old International Seamen's Union sailed other companies out of the at the time, which didn't mean city. But he prefers those long very much in terms of wages, con­ Far East runs , with Isthmian be­ ditions or on-the-job protection. cause he can pile up a good-sized "We used to ship out of the old payoff before he gets off. Francisco Cornier, AB: It is to our advantage to do so at all times because if we do not know about our own benefits and conditions we are the ones who lose out on them. By reading the LOG and going New wage cut demands have to meetings you understand all been put forth by manufacturing the procedures firms, coupled with threats to move and help yourself at the same time. plants to cheap labor areas. The Sparks-Within^on Company of 4 4 4 Van Whitney, deck engineer: I Jackson, Michigan, manufactiAers think the average man in the Union of television equipment, have asked 600 workers to take an 18makes it his cent diourly cut. Electric Auto-Lite business to know of Toledo, which is a major autor what's going on mobile supplier, has also demanded because when he that costs bte "reduced." is out at sea .he is but of touch 4 4 4 Investment of union welfare with everything. funds in housing developments has That's why the been proposed by the New York LOG is read and housing commissioner as one way re-read and com­ to ease housing shortages. Some munications from the Union are always-looked over New York unions, including'Elecy trical Workers Local 3 and the In­ carefully. ternational Ladies Garment Work­ 4 4 4 Joe Bucher, AB: The more he ers Union, have already made such does, the more he benefits. The investments. It's been pointed out Seafarer who that the investments have been se­ reads the I^G cured through Federal mortgage carefully when it guarantees. comes to the 4 4 4 A new way to spur organization house or the ship can easily find of retail automobile dealers is be­ out what's new. ing tried by the Automotive Em­ Many reports are ployees Council in Portland, Ore­ included and gon. The Council, representing posted in our several unions in the industry, is halls for ,every- getting union members in Portland h9|lly 1dfiiee'-'«iidi<ineetlngff alwayf' <je6 IsignljfieidgtiJjthwibjefLmit their cars from unionized dealers •^ and have them serviced at union- * ized sei'vice stations. 4 4 4 With merger news in the air, the CIO Oil Workers and the Chemical Workers have gotten together in a new union, the CIO Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union. O. A. Knight, who was president of the Oil Workers, heads the combined group. 4 4 4 AFL Machinists Union members on strike against the Rohr Aircraft Company, Riverside, California, at­ tracted attention with a picket line consisting of elephants and camels. The line was in protest against a court order limiting pickets to two men before each gate. The 800 union members have been striking for six weeks, principally for a sat­ isfactory procedure to settle onthe-job beefs. 4 4 4 The Louisville Ond Nashxillo Railroad suspended operations after a Federal judge lifted an in­ junction against operating unions. The operating brotherhoods were permitted 4iow to respect picket Tines of 19,000 non-operating em­ ployees in ten unions^ Health and ithoartKikefeoiiiq fi ga mm. ri �ol March 18, 1M5 ' " . - " . .' SEAFARERS LOG ^ ^ Page SEAFARERS^LOG f'S. Vol. XVII, No. A March 18, 1955 Published biweekly by the Seafaren International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600. Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HEBBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN: Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK AL MASXIN; Gull Area Reporter, Bai MOODY. The Big Squeeze Foreign shipowners who have been struggling to cripple "50-50" with the help of the State Department have gotten themselves valuable new allies. These are some farm bloc Congressmen who are anxious to unload surplus agricultural products before they overflow US warehouses and cause a kickback against the farm subsidy program. The result is that "50-50" faces its sternest challenge less than a year after the practice was written into permanent law. ' " The SIU does not believe that the farm bloc Congressmen involved are deliberately out to wreck the merchant marine. It does think they are being conned by the State Department and foreign-flag lobbyists with golden'promises of massive agricultural cargo shipments if "50-50" is pushed aside. If the farm bloc Congressmen would reflect a little they would remember that at best the agricultural surplus pro­ gram will dispose of only a small percentage of existing sur­ pluses. The problem of exporting agricultural surpluses existed long before there was a "50-50" law—^before, in fact, there was any Government parity program. - These Congressmen should also consider that the American merchant marine and the people who work for it form^a huge consumers' body for US farm products. This condition is in no small part due to the fact that maritime unions have done so much to raise shipboard feeding standards as well as the living standards of workers throughout the industry. This kind of market, incidentally, is far more lucrative and reliable in the long run than any one-shot agricultural sur­ plus export program. The minute foreign nations have no need for US agricultural surpluses the US will not be able to give them away with transportation costs thrown in, whether they are carried on US or foreign-flag ships. If, as is claimed, US surpluses are needed abroad to meet the demands of growing populations, then foreign nations are playing a cynical game for the benefit of their ship oper­ ators at the expense of their own populations. Self .interest on the part of foreign shipowners is to be expected. Far less admirable is the-role played by the US State Department which seemingly has forgotten which na­ tion it represents. The SIU has fought this "50-50" battle many times over in the past. It is fully prepared to do it all over again this time. Slightly At Odds Noting more has been heard on the subject of the Public Health Service hospitals since the Hoover Commission report proposed their closing. All seems to be quiet as well with respect to the Coast Guard's brain-body test plan for Ameri­ can seamen. That doesn't mean that these issues are dead. But for the time being the proponents of these plans are awaiting a favorable opportunity to press them actively. What remains unclear is the role of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, which is in charge of the Public Health Service. The^ department, we were told, had endorsed the Coast Guard plan which would have involved setting up an elaborate medical and psychological bureau­ cracy to give exhaustive tests and "rehabilitate" seamen. At the same time, the department was the original sponsor of the plan to close down the PHS hospitals and concentrate its services in four specialized centers—none of which, inci­ dentally, is in a major port city. Its hard to tell just what the department really stands for. In either case, it's plain to see that the department's policy makers have no love for the working seaman. Snug Harbor Indications are that Sailors Snug Harbor may be taken over by New York City for use as a community college. Such plans raise a disturbing question as to the fate of retired seamen there, whose care has been provided for under an estate worth millions of dollars. Many of these oldtimers are bedridden. There is danger that their needs will be disregarded—a not uncommon hap­ pening with seamen. While Snug Harbor inmates are not the direct res^nsibility of the Union, the shipowners, or the city for that matter, any,.plans ifor-i SnNg-.fJJwSJotfftiftttiuiat 8hduld'.i«^;thi;,weifai?e ofrthese men as #pnme-^ebhjceifiil'i!-»ii;<).^ Raps PlanTo Shut Marine Hospitals To the Editor: The March 4 issue of the LOG tells about a'proposal by a group headed by former President Her­ bert Hoover to shut down the marine hospitals as part of a new Government "economy" move. Now I'd like to offer my opinion of this idea to my brother Seafarers. As we all know, Mr. Hoover held a number of public offices during the many long years of his turbu­ lent political career and has been both praised and damned as a re­ sult. For the record, most people like myself remember the tragic state of affairs we wound up in while he was in the tyhite House, and most of us find them pretty unpleasant to think about. Back In Washington But now Mr. Hoover is back in Washington, this time as head of another heavy burden on the tax­ payers, another alphabetical agency which bears his name. It's the Hoover Commission on Govern­ ment Reorganization this time. Meanwhile, the taxpayers are tak­ ing the beating and paying the wages of the whole gang. Now, it seems, the merchant sea­ men are going to get the dirty end of the deal, although the money which the Gov­ ernment provides annually so that seamen can get proper medical care is almost insignificant com­ pared to the mil­ lions spent on commissio ns, committees', Mazur boards and panels each year. .This shutdown of the marine hos­ pitals will give Mr. Hoover a chance to show the American peo­ ple how he can save them some dough. He calls it "economy." I say "nuts!" Would any man in his right mind deny his kids necessary medical and. hospital care because he wanted the money to buy himself a new Cadillac? Under the' circum­ stances, this proposal amounts to the same thing. Feels The Pinch I'm beginning to feel the pinch of this "economy" drive already, but even If things got worse I doubt whether I would ever take to selling apples again. That would only bring back the memory of Mr. Hoover in the White House, and would not help things one bit. However, I might take to whit­ tling little models of Mariner ships out of gold and try selling them to the Maritime Commission. But if this scheme by one of our ex-Pres­ idents gets to a point where it looks like the Government will really knock out the hospital and medical cere we now get, vte should all write or wire our Con­ gressmen to run him out of Wash­ ington, It won't be anything new to him. Xbe.VQtert nohim outopcf before. •' 'A I % Vote ^ Thanks One of the features of the SIU's steward department "new look" is a provision calling for the depart­ ment to put out a variety of baked goods at coffeetime. This has been the practice on certain ships where bakers go all out for their ship­ mates and turn out the tasty jtems which go a long way toward avoid­ ing monotony in the shipboard diet. Two men who have been doing this are Seafarers ' A. D. "Bud" Williams aboard the Seamonitor and Charles Locke on the Orcmar. Both of them were praised in their ships' minutes for .the extra effort they put out and the palatable ef­ fects it had. Williams is a New York native, who has been a member of the SIU since June, 19 4 5. He's 36 y e a^r s of age. Locke comes from West Virginia originally and started sail­ Cox ing with the SIU out of Baltimore three years ago. 4" 4" 4" Seafarer Maurice "Duke" Duet may have been a Delta Line reg­ ular once but he seems to have transferred his affections to the Antinous (Pan Atlantic). Maybe it was because of the nice things he said about the feeding on the ship, in a recent letter to the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG. In any case. Duet tried to resign as ship's delegate but it was no soap because he was im­ mediately reelected. It looks like a mutual admiration society, Duke. The 28-year-old Seafarer is a New Orleans man all the way, joining the Union in 1945 in that city. He sails on deck and calls the Crescent City his home. 4" 4" 4^ Although the last minutes re­ ceived from Seafarers on the George A. Lawson were dated February 27, the crew was still talk­ ing about the holidays which have been a high spot after eigh# months on the Japan-Korea shut­ tle. Steve Mosakowsk took charge of the 4ecbl-ali6ns deplili^entlahd,Bid' tion rooms, while the steward de­ partment labored mightily to put out appropriate holiday meals. Baker Jimmy Cox was especially cited for his wonderful output. Cox has been an SIU member, sailing in the steward department since May of 1948. He comes from Pemberton, West 'Virginia.^ Mosakowsk is a Philadelphia na­ tive who got his Union book back on May 12, 1940, in Port Mobile. He .sails in the deck department, usually as bosun. ^ 4 Any time there is a Union refer­ endum such as the one recently concluded it uti­ lizes the services of a large number of rank and file Seafarers to con­ duct the balloting and also to count the votes after it is all over. As is the usual procedure, these committees are elected at mem­ bership meetings and cannot in­ clude in their number any officer or employee of the Union. The headquarters tallying com­ mittee, which acts as the tally group for the district as well, con­ sisted of W. Horne and E. C. Bell, representing the deck dpeartment; R. L. Toler and W. S. Collard, en­ gine department; and Joe Malone and F. Keelan, steward depart­ ment. 4 PA ':A I 4 w . 1I 1 'M 4 This vote of thanks is a little different. It goes to an entire crew instead of any one individual and comes from the skipper. The captain aboard the Sea Comet II sent the following message to crewmembers while they were holding their February 27 shipboard meet­ ing before paying off on the West Coast: "I want to thank this crew for being a darn good bunch of men. It was a pleasure to sail with a crew that does their work and did not have anyone foul up. That is what you would call the old SIU tradition." Since the Sea Comet II was out for several months on the Far East ittlp that's a well-eaij^^ ,5 lent forv^e sntlre tianf^K nj A • , I •'i I �^•r; ,• ' - •- • :•. — —" .'. jr-"- fes'. V' Pas® Ten SE AF AkERS LOG ^ b: •'""fe-i... March 18, 1951 • •i^-' E~' '• I '^- '" r.-; ' f urv- .: . The cribbage board comes into play as Otto McLean (left) and Frenchy Blancbard carry on their own tournament to pass the time. Otto, shown figuring bis next move, woV the match. Seafarer Bill Reid on the Catahoula runs bis own "disc jockey" show on a portable record player. Porgy and Bess, apparently one of bis favor­ ites, is always-goodiJistOningi^'" I 'i; �•-> ' •> '•' >^»>T-7,-«.vV---r«vsj^ Vi'-r-iir"-'- * March 18. 1955 SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven 11 The Lawrence Victory crew pores over the latest LOG during a hull session. Included are Joe Woodward, G. it. Cannon, P. Frarigo, Bill Lynn, Ed Brown and Mario Reyes. "^1 i /i '••'-'I The hookah and the headgear recall memories of "Arabian Nights" for A. J.. Johnes, bosun (left), and Dugan, wiper, on the Steel Director. F. E. Hagin, FWT, took the photo. When barber-poles are few and far between, anyone with a pair of shears, a comb and nerve is a tonsorial artist. Bob Morgan, AB, is get­ ting the trim from Dick Anglone, oiler. i •^1 m Many ships carry a movie projector and a stock of rented films for reg­ ular showings. On the Del Sud, Frank Beeck, Doniinick San Sone and Lewis Lae officiate for the event/ . Back aboard the Lawrence Victory leaving La Fallice, France, George P. John, MM, shows off some of the tapestried furniture he picked up ftir his collection back homcu ;^. vf .1 �!^vrv>7:: ;• •••• i Sailing Be6f Pending For Bull Line Cremrs Clean payoffs have bfeen the rule herd during the past two weeks, and that certainly is the way we like to see them at all times. The record was broken by only one Item, a small beef concerning de­ layed sailing on Bull Line ships, and we are waiting for a clarifica­ tion from headquarters on whether this is payable. All of the activities at the SIU hall in this port are proceeding smoothly and in good order, and we expect no kinks to come up in the future. The membership, of course, is urged to make full use of all the facilities here, which are being maintained for the Seafarer's comfort and convenience. Shipping Remains Slow Shipping in the port remains on the slow side and there has been no uniisual activity in this regard over the past two weeks. With the breaking of spring, we are, how­ ever, hopeful for a break- in the lull. The last period was marked by 16 payoffs, 10 sign-ons and 14 ships stopping over in transit. Paying off were the following: Venore, Baltore, Feltore, Santore, Marore (twice), Cubore (Ore); Oremar, Bethcoaster (Calmar); Ines, Kathryn, Evelyn (Bull); Council Grove, Winter Hill (Cities Service); Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa), and Yaka (Waterman). The ships signing on were the Venore, .Marore (twice), Baltore, Feltore, Santore (Ore); Bethcoaster, Oremar (Calmar); Council Grove (Cities Service), and Atlantic Water (Metro). In transits included the Portmar, Bethcoaster (twice), Alamar (Cal­ mar); Antinous, De Soto (Pan-At­ lantic); Topa Topa (Waterman); Robin Kirk, in twice (Seas Ship­ ping); Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Part­ ner (Alcoa); Kathryn, Frances (Bull), and Steel Advocate (Isth­ mian). Wc still would like to remind the brothers that there are Seafarers not as fortunate as we are in hav­ ing. our health stationed in the ma'rine hospital right here. Take a few minutes of your time to write these boys a card or stop in and see them between trips. The address is USPHS, Wyman Park Drive, Baltimore 18. The names can be gotten right off the hospital report in the LOG on page 19. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent t- i> New Orleans: t> New Guif Ship Channel ' Is Urged in Congress -y.- India Wharf Blaze Burns For Two Days Money Exchange Rates Listed England. New Zealand. South Af­ rica: S2.80 per pound sterling. Australia: $2.24 per pound sterling. Belgium: SO francs to the dollar. Denmark: 14.45 cents per krone. France: 350 francs to the dollar. Germany: 4.2 marks to the dollar. Holland: 3.7-3B guilders to the dollar. Italy: 024.0 lire to the dollar. Norway: 14 cents per krone. Portugal: 28.73 escudos to th» dollar. Sweden: 19.33 cents per krone. India: 21 cents per rupee. Pakistan; 30.22 cents per rupee. Argentina: 14.2 pesos te the dollar. Braidi: s.eioentBtdHm^cciiai^. Shipping Figures February 23 to REG. REG. BEG. TOTAL PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. Boston .... 20 12 5 37 New York . 105 106 119 330 Philadelphia 24 21 23 68 Baltimore . 109 84 75 259 Norfolk ... 21 16 10 47 9 9 7 25 Savannah 9 7 6 22 Tampa 56 46 57 159 Mobile 56 42 78 176 New Orleana 82 61 52 195 Houston 27 1811 56 Seattle ............... 31 19 29 70 San Francisco 8 .5'. .22 » e e e e •Wilmington 0;t4-S Jr.OlltM .5E lasc ...... mo 471':^ - i,466' • ••••• 4 7;.-;;-TV . cient India Wharf into a blazing Philadelphia: inferno. It required the use ofevery piece of fire apparatus in the city before it was brought' under control. Tugs and harbor craft teamed up The recommendations of the to fight the blaze, which caused an estimated damage of $100,000. Al­ Hoover Commission^ urging the though the fire was believed to closing of the US Public Health have been checked in 92 minutes, Service hospitals means that the it, broke out again and continued SIU will have to go to bat again to fight this latest effort to cut the burning for two days. heart out of the Government's pro­ Meanwhile, shipping remains gram of medical sei-vices to sea­ fair and is expected to keep that men. way as far as this port is con­ The Seafarers in this branch are cerned. We paid off the Salem all set for another campaign to Maritime, Archers Hope (Cities Service); Tagalam, Queenston fight this "economy" proposal which everyone involved Heights (Seatrade), and Alexan­ in dra (Carras), and signed them' on in the maritime industry has a vital stake. As always, it is the all over again. policy of the SIU to fight any Ships in transit were the Arlyn curtailment of medical services to (Bull)'; Topa Topa, in twice (Water­ seamen and we will do everything man), and Iber­ possible to keep the USPHS hos­ ville and Chicka­ pitals open. saw (Pan-Atlan­ Shipping Fair tic). We settled Shipping has continued at a fair a beef, over a pace in this port, and even men broken refrigeracoming in from other ports have tor on the managed to ship out in a few days. Queenston The outlook for the next two weeks Heights, and fin­ is about,the same, as we have the ally jarred loose Stony Creek (American Tramp a new one from Bayne Skipping) scheduled for payoff as the company for well as the usual Bull Line and the vesseL Calmar ships that call here. For our typical SIU ma'n of the Payoffs during the last period week this time, we have .chosen Samuel £. Bayne, who is one of the included the Fort Hoskins (Cities charter members of the SIU and Service), Alamar (Calmar), and is waiting to ship out of the hall. Hilton and Carolyn (Bull). The Brother Bayne shipped as stew­ Fort Hoskins and Alamar signed ard on the SS Minotaur headed-for on again, and we also had eight in Russia during the winter of 1942, ships in transit. These were the Trojan Trader and his ship proved to te one of the few lucky ones to get through (Trojan); Robin Kirk (Seas Ship­ to Archangel. Only eight vessels' ping); Steel Executive (Isthmian); out of a 24-ship convoy finished Suzanne (Bull); De Soto, Iberville the trip and, like the Minotaur, (Pan-Atlantic), and Yaka and Topa laid in Archangel for three and a Topa (Waterman). The membership here rec^eived half months while the port was a full report on the new shipping being bombed continually. procedures at the last meeting and Torpedoed First Trip discussed them in full. The feeling On returning to the States, the among the Seafarers here is that ship headed right out again and the SIU has solved a big problem was torpedoed off the coast of and will continue strong. South America. Bayne clung to a A. S. Cardullo life raft for 12 hours before be was Philadelphia Port Agent rescued, and has been sailing SIU 4" 4" 4" ships as steward since then. He is Norfolk: especially grateful for the SIU Vacation and Welfare Plans which have helped give all Seafarers and their families security for the first time. One final note, a sad one, is that The membership in this port is we must report the death of cheered by the way shipping con­ brother James R. Frotton, who lost tinued to run at a good pace here his life in a flash fire that took the during the last two weeks. The lives of three others on March 6, future looks good, too. in Wilmington, Mass. The Union It's a welcome sign when this sent a floral wreath to his services. sort of thing happens for all con­ James Sheehan cerned. In addition, the ships that Boston Port Agent were paying 'off or calling for men were not in the coal trade at all. Th^y were carrying grain or gen­ eral cargo from this port, and at least one of them was moving Government cargo to Spain. We hope to see more of this sort of activity in coming weeks. • Two payoffs are scheduled so March 8 far for this period. Meanwhile, dur­ SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTMi ing the past two weeks we handled . i DECK ENG. STEW SHIPPED four payoffs, "the same number of sign-ons and six in-transits. 12 6 27 9 The-Bents Fort, Logans Fort and 42 55 57 154 French Creek (Cities Service) and 11 , 48 19 18 the Albion (Drytrans) all paid off 36 105 29 40 and signed on again. Ships calling in transit were the Inss (Bull); 20 33 23 76 Southstar (South Atlantic); Steel 7 18 7 4 King (Isthmian); Yaka (Waterman), ' 6 IS 3 6 and Alcoa Partner and Pioneer 36 38 29 103 (Alcoa). 65 52 Brothers in the marine hospital 51 ' 168 here are William C. Baldwin, Fran­ 62 49 39 150 cis Boner, William H. Mason, Rob­ 32 74 28 19 ert W. Miller and Joseph M. Cash, 17 5 7 9 Who recently became an out-pa­ IT* tient and attended our meeting. 9 - 8 .4 . '-'^Ben Beea-- • v:"* -•n.Hi&ri n» i'-.n. Norfolk IFort Ai^t - Check With Union Hail Upon Leaving Hospital Maritime interests in this port afe watching with interest the progress of a bill Introduced in The following is the latest available listing of official ex­ change rates for foreign cur­ rencies. Listings are as of March 17, 1955, and are sub­ ject to change without notice. i: i -:^- '• Mareh 18.1955 Congress by Representatives Hale San Francisco: Boggs and Edward Hebert of New Orleans to authorize construction of a $77 million, 70-mile-long tide­ water ship channel from New Or­ leans to the Gulf. This port has been in the dol­ This project has been under dis­ cussion and in the planning stage drums as far as SIU ships are con­ for some time. Army Engineers cerned with no payoffs in the last already have recommended dig­ two weeks. We had one sign-on, ging the short cut^ which would the Coeur d'Alene Victory (Victory provide a straight line seaway to Carriers) and a half dozen in-tranthe Gulf to eliminate the twisting sits taking some men. The outlook for the immediate course of the Mississippi River. The proposal calls for a channel future is not bright at all and I 600 feet wide and 35 feet deep. It would advise the brothers not to would connect with the Mississippi head for San Francisco for the through locks of the Industrial time being as we have enough men here to handle our needs. Canal. The in-transit ships consisted of Port's Activity Shipping picked up here some­ the usual run of Waterman and what since our last report. Even Calmar intercoastals with the J. B. so, if is by ho means booming. Waterman, Fairland, Bienville and During the last two weeks, we had Azalea City for Waterman and the eight payoffs, seven slgn-ons and Portmar and Marymar for Calmar. As is to be expected there's quite 17 ships hit this port in transit. a bit of interest here in the revised Ships paying off were the Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa); Steel Traveler hiring hall procedures with the (Isthmian); Del Norte, Del Oro, membership in this port fully in Del Mundo (Mississippi); Chicka­ accord with the steps taken to pro­ saw and Antinous (Pan-Atlantic), tect their seniority. * Check In and Western Trader. (Western Navigation). We have had a little problem The Steel Maker (Isthmian); Del arise here with Seafarers who Monte, Del Norte, Del Sol and Del check out of a hospital in one port Aires (Mississippi); Warrior (Wa­ and then take off for another terman) and Western Trader area without notifying the Union Hall. The result was in one in­ (Western Navigation) signed on. Ships in transit were the Alc(pa stance that the Seafarer faced Corsair, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Cava­ quite a delay in collecting some money due him because the com­ lier and Alcoa pany did not have an agent here, Polarus (Alcoa); but could have taken care of him Steel Maker, in the East Coast cffy where he Steel Advocate, had been hospitalized. Steel Rover It's a sound idea to check with (Isthmian); Del the Union upon getting out of dryMonte, Del Sol, ^ock so you can take care of all Del Aires (Mis­ loose ends before leaving that par­ sissippi); Seaticular port. ' trains Georgia On the beach with us now are and Louisiana Visser R. Shaynick, R. Charroin, F. Yoh, (Seatrain); Gold­ en City, Monarch of the Seas, C. Gedra, J. Basch, H. Skallegaard, Maiden Creek and Claiborne (Wa­ R. McCannon, M. Lee, L. Dower, terman), and Marie Hamil (Bloom- H. Shiba and F. Hills. The men in the San Francisco hospital, who field). Our sympathies are extended to would welcome a visit or a letter Dick Visser, Edward Stevens, from old shipmates, include C. Thomas Scanlon, James M. Lucky Knab, C. J. Lund, Chester Ander­ and Adie Coleman who recently son, C. Neumeier, P. S. Yuzon, R. were admitted to the USPHS Hos­ Lambert, J. McBrien, J. Perreira, pital here. We hope they will be Frank Paylor and S. L. Woodruff. Tom' Banning up and around the hall ready to San Francisco Port Agent ship soon. 4- 4Glenn Curl, John Doyle, Billy Ward and Alfonso Olaguibel are Boston: still in the hospital, but are re­ ported to be progressing toward recovery satisfactorily. Konstant Kain, Eugene Hayden and Aurelio Patingo recently were discharged, A large section of the Boston but had to return to the hospital waterfront was threatened with for additional treatment. Lindsey J. Williams flaming ruin this month when a New Orleans Port Agent roaring five-alarm fire turned an- f lir •• .• - POJtmfPOJRTS. Baltimore: |r- ' ,—: . SEAFARERS L<fG Paee TWelTB i •i---:^' :?'WvK.;;,f-''''--^.;^:-V,:'v Y"': Union Will Figjit Cuts In Hospitals See Good Shipping In Perl Oeniinuing �, •. /s," Mobile: New Facilities Seen Ready Next Mealing Completion of the Sea Chest store,' recreational facilities and other comforts in the extension of our hall here is now expected by the next meeting. Meanwhile, any Seafarers in the area or who come into port are Invited to drop around and see the way things are shaping up. Shipping for the past two weeks v.'as only fair and will likely be about the same for the next period since only two ships are due in for payoff, and-only six more are ex­ pected In transit and coastwise. The vesseis scheduled so, far are the Monarch of the Sea, Claiborne (Waterman); Iberviile, De Soto (Pan-Atlantic), and Alcoa's Corsair, Pilgrim, Patriot and Cavalier. Payoffs during the last period were the Golden City, Monarch of the Sea, Clai­ borne (Waterman); Arizpa (Pan • Atlantic), and Alcoa's Pa­ Nelson triot, Partner, Cavalier and Pennant. The Patriot, Partner, Golden City, Arizpa and Pennant signed on again. In transits included the Steel Rover (Isthmian); Fort Hoskins (Cities Service); Marie Hamil (Bloomfield), and Chickasaw, War­ rior . and Antinous (Pan-Atlantic). Elected as Seafarer of the week Is brother Marble E. Nelson, who joined the SIU 14 years ago this month. Married, and the father of two children, he likes to hunt and fish during his jspare time and also tells the world he has more job security with his Union member­ ship than a banker has. Nelson has books in both the SIU and the SlU-affiliated Marine Allied Work­ ers, and has been employed on tugs in the harbor for the Jast Ave years. He keeps his deep-sea SIU book active along with the MAW book because he believes that the in­ surance beneAts he derives as a Seafarer are worth the amount in dues he pays. He feels that the death beneAt program is the best of the many welfare beneAts avail­ able through the union right now. Among the old timers on the beach here right at the moment are H. R. Scott, J. C. Dunlop, T. Teears, N. Gronberg, C. Merritt, L, B. Moore, H. Hankee, H. Hill, G. Gonzales and E. Garberson. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent t> 'ti New York: . ' *• :. ~ -"--r -' '" ^ '" » - " SEAFARER'S LOG March IS. 1958 Pare Thirfen PORT REPORTS a benefit to all hands in improved service and feeding, and will also eliminate a lot of waste on the ships, always a big bone of con­ tention. Mooney In Charge Eddie Mooney, who was elected an assistant secretary-treasurer to. represent the steward department, has been £iven the responsibility of putting this plan into operation here at headquarters. Any sugges­ tions or inquiries on this subject should be addressed to him here in New York. We would like to get the com­ ments and ideas of the member­ ship on this subject, since it vitally concerns every man on the ship, and the steward department in particular. Shipping has been on the slow bell ibr the past week with very few payoffs and not too much of a tqynover on the ships in transit. Even the weather has been bad. Rain, sleet and snow combined with the sdow shipping to make ali hands wish they were on the beach down in the sunny south. It has been so cold up here that when they opened the track at Lin­ coln Downs last week for the sport of kings, they had to furnish the jockeys and horses with anti-freeze to keep them moving. But I guess we are never satisfied—in a couple of months we will probably be wishing for a transfer to Alaska. For the record, there were no major beefs on any of the ships pajdng off and signing on in the past two weeks. We paid off a total of 14 ships, signed seven on foreign articles and serviced 16 in vessels in transit. Payoffs The following, were the ships paid off: Beatrice, Elizabeth (Bull); Royal Oak, Bradford Island, French Creek, Government Camp (Cities Service); Seatrains Savannah, Louisiana, New York (Seatrain); Steel King, Steel Artisan /Isth­ mian); Michael (Carras); Val Chem (Valentine), and John Kulukundis (Martis). Signing on were the Robin Gray, Robin Tuxford (Seas Shipping); Gateway City, Maiden Creek (Waterman), and Steel Artisan, Steel Fabricator and Steel Execu­ tive (Isthmian). -Ships in transit were the Alcoa Runner," Alcoa Pointer (Alcoa); Republic (Trafalgar); De Soto, Iberville (Pan-Atlantic); Jean, Edith, Arlyn, Beatrice (Bull); Cantigny (Cities Service); Alamar, Calmar (Calmar), and Seatrains New Jersey, New York, Georgia and Texas (Seatrain). Claude Simons Asst. Sec'y Treas. Savannah: Seafarers Aiding Retail Gierke' Reef Shipping is barely fair for this port with only one payoff and sign-on in the past few weeks and half a dozen ships in transit. The future outlook can be ealled the same, although I reserve the Tight to withdraw that description at any time. Our one payoff and sign-on was the Southstar which came in with 'about 40 hours disputed overtime. The OT was settled in favor of the crew. In addition, the company agreed to put a new washing ma­ chine aboard and install a ladder on the after ^topmast which will make matters safer for the deck department. Needless to say the crew left port in a happy frame of Qiind. Tiie other ships we had in here were tlie Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana (Seatrain), the Angelina (Bull), Robin Kirk (Seas), Steel Traveler (Isthmian) and Chiwawa (Cities Service). The Retail Clerks Union in Savannah is still picketing the Yachum and Yachum Dry Goods Company and the ' ' boss is hurt bad, but refuses to bar­ gain. Some of the brothers are lend­ ing a hand on the picketline, which is mo-st welcome to the clerks. Keeping us comPany here, for the Monteverde geafarer John Monteverde, one of the real oldtimers in the Savannah area. John is pleased with the way the Union is handling the hiring hall problem, which in his opinion, is one of the tou{^est beefs the SIU has faced. John has been in some tough ones himself, one of the worst being the 39 months he spent in a German prisoner-of-war camp. Life Put Number On Meeting Excuses Seafarers sending telegrams or letters to the New York headquarters dispatcher asking to be excused from attending headquarters membership meetings must Include the reg­ istration number of their shipping card in the message. From now on. If the number is not included, the excuse can­ not be accepted by the dis­ patcher. looks a lot better to him now though, especially ^ith the SIU Welfare and vacation benefits to add to the good conditions out at sea. SIU Skin-Divers We also have Fred and Frank Boyne with us doing a bit of "skin diving" in these southern waters. Frank says he's going to try to lasso himself some giant turtles in the process. Other men in town now are Harry Galphin, Berry Tippins, Vince San Juan, Claude West, Sam Anderson, Geronimo Gapac, Marvin Forrester, Clyde Laseter, "Red" Kagelmacher and "Buddy" May, Jr. Over at the marine hospital Tommy Moore has streamlined down to a mere 170 pounds after up over the 400 mark. He should be fit for duty any day now. Ship­ mates of Jiramie Littleton will be glad to know he is rounding into shape also. Others in the liospital are Carl "Tuscarora" Kumrow, Rufus L.-Fields, Angelo Martins, A. D. Edenfield, Louis C. Miller, William A. Smith. E. B. MacAuley Hq. Representative Seattle: 4" t 4- Port's Shipping .Good; Grows Doing Fine Job This port has been moving along very nicely in the past two weeks but we are soiTy to say we expect a slowdown in the next two-week period. We shipped more men than we registered in the period covered by this report with the result that bookmembers could ship without difficulty. Our payoffs were the Longview Victory (Victory Carriers) and Seacomet II (Ocean Carriers). We had no sign-ons bbt there were^five intransits,-the J. B. Waterman and Azalea City (Waterman), and- the Massmar, Marymar and Pennmar (Calmar). We were happy to see that thei'e were no beefs of any consequence on the in-transit ships. The crews aboard them are doing a real bangup job in true SIU style. We have the Cecil N. Bean com­ ing in from the Far East for payoff in the next two-week period but that's all we have in sight for the immediate future. In the local Public Health Service_ hospital are: S. Johannesen, V. Mihg, G. Wanka, Q. Rosenberg, W. Johnston, M. Candelieri and F. Rochon. These men look forward to visits or a line from old ship­ mates. Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent We are liow putting the new steward department feeding p>rogram into effect on more of our contracted ships after trying it out successfully on various iships and runs. We have found that where the entire steward department' really got together and tried to make the new plan work, It has been very successful, and not only the crews but the conipanies in­ volved have been well satisfied. In putting this "new look" feed­ ing program into effect on all of the ships we will need the coop­ eration not only of the stewards but of the entire ship's crew, in­ cluding the licensed personnel. . But once it. is in operation and all hands have, had aome experi­ ence Mtldi^t, we beUhvo^it will be Shipping, Regislration Figures Break Even Shipping took an upswing here during the past two, weeks as we broke exactly even on men regis­ tered and shipped. Fifty-five of the boys came in, and the same number got jobs and headed out. However, we still have enough men on hand for anything that might come up, so don't rush here exi:^cting to get out in a hurry. Moreover, althdligh we helped out Houston with a few men during the past two weeks, they have plenty of man­ power on hand as of now for themselves. The abundance of jol>s in the past period was caused by the arrival of the Weems Council Grove, Bradford Island, Bents Fort, Lo­ gans Fort, Chiwawa, Archers Hope, Winter Hill, Government Camp, Cantigny, and then the Bent.s Fort, Logans Fort, Chiwawa and Arch­ ers Hope all bounced back again. All these ships were Cities Serv­ ice wagons. In addition, we had the Val Chem (Valentine) over in Orange, Texas; the Republic (Trafalgar), in Port Neches and the Alexandra (Carras), in Port Arthur, al.so in that same big neighbor of ours over the state line. At our last meeting, brother James "Blackie" Merrell, a deck department man, was chairman, and the job of recording secretary was handled by brother J. Mit­ chell, who is in the engine depart­ ment. Both these brothers did a fine job during the lengthy meet­ ing which took up over an hour due to the presentation and dis­ cussion of the new liiring hall set­ up and shipping rules. All hands appear pleased with the latest im­ provements. For our Seafarer of the week, we nominate Theodore "Ted" Weems, who joined the SIU during the Cities Service drive and helped swing this company into the SIU column. This brother has a cow ranch somewhere in Alabama and he fig­ ures on retiring there some day and raising nothing but cows. Meanwhile, he's trying to build up a bundle sailing with the SIU to help him over the rough spots. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent it 4- - ml •1 ; 1 I ym m •V I • M I • 4" Tampa: t> New Feeding Pregram Tried On Mere Ships Lake Charles: SIV SIU, A&G bistrict BALTIMORE........iai6 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Agent:* EAatern 7-4900 BOSTON 876 State St. James Sbeehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4803 Canal St. A. (Frenchy) Mlehelet, Agent. .Preston 6598 LAKE CHARLES. La 1410 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvlUe St. Undsey WllUams. Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 0-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. gent MAdlson 2-9834 PHILADELPHIA.......*...337 Market St. S. CarduRo. Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5479 Marty Breithoff. West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. .Pelayo 51—La 9 Sal Colls, .^ent Phone 2-599P SAVANNAH ; 2 Abercorn St Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeff Gillette. Agent.. . EUieU 4334 OUtMmoMr WILUHNGTON. CalU.. . .505 Marine Ave. Ernest TUley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS... .675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARV-TBEASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Alglna Claude Simmons Joe Volplan William Hall SUP HONOLULU. 16 Merchant St. FORT WILLIAM.... 11814 Smdicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario > Phone: 5591 TORONTO. OnUrio 272 King St. E. EMpire~ 4-5719 VICTORIA, BC 617Vi Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 290 Main St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE. Quebce 20 £lgi;i St. Phon^ 545 THOROLO. Ontario 52 St'. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7076 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St. NB Phone: 2-5232 Phone 5-8777 823 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4330 RICHMOND. CALIF 257 5th St Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 Great Lakes District SEATTLE. .2505 Ist Ave, • Main 0290 ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher WILMINGTON ....505 Marine Ave. Phone: 1238W . Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. 734 Lakeside-Ave.. NE NEW YORK 676 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn CLEVELAND. Phone: Main 1-0147 : HYacinth 9-6600 Phone: Cleveland 7391 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 DULUTH........... 631 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL ..694 St. James St. West PLat«au.B161 ^ Phone: Melrose 2-4110 ClOCAGO 3261 E. ' • ~ Phonoi Esse: PORTLAND SS Guha Beefs Sqnared Away ••ym Everything is in good shape in this port although shipping slowed up a little from the way it has been over the last few weeks. But the coming two weeks should bring a couple of ships in here, including one from Mississippi. We are keeping the SS Cuba (P&b) in line and she is now call­ ing for very few, if any, replace­ ments. A few beefs on her were squared away when we paid her off March 5. There were no sign-ons in this port, but the in-transits included the following: Chiwawa, Archers Hope (Cities Service); Cuba (P&O); Antinous (twice), Chickasaw (PanAtlantic), and Gateway City, Golden City and Maiden Creek (Waterman). .«Beiiiiie.:QDimaIei' ym m si • '-m �SEAFARERS Pafa F«arteea Manh If, IfSf LOG OFF WATCH This jeatur* is designed to ojfer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers may find heh>ful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard shijC Queries should be addressed to "Off Watch," SEA' FARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. P. Both nearly extinct, whooping^ cranes and musk oxen will be fea­ to pass on an item for fishermen tured on two separate stamp issues sent in by a Seafarer who noticed to be put on sale for the first time it in this month's "American Legion in Ottawa on April 4 as part of Magazine." He said he'd often Canada's National Wild Life Week had to cope with the problem of program. Accordingly, both stamp tangled lures and that the idea of collectors and wild life specialists using balsa wood to line the inside will cheer the appearance of the of the tray in a tackle box is a good one that others might also new Canadian issues. find useful. The stamps, a 5c blue showing The balsa wood, of course, serves two whooping cranes in flight and a 4c purple picturing the head of like a pin-cusblon to anchor the a musk ox, are being issued to call hooks on lures and flies and keeps attention to efforts of Canadian as them from fouling and catching well as American conservationists your fingers every time you dig in to protect the scattered remnants for a piece of fishing gear. Balsa is light, soft and easily workable of both species. and helps keep the tackle box Only 21 of the birds are believe^, orderly. to be still-living. Each autumn they migrate south, spend the win­ ir i- iter in Texas, and then return to Aboard the Royal Oak are (kneeling, 1-r) third cook Parker, MM Siim, OS Graham, an unidentified Of special interest to Seafarers some unknown area in Canada. In who enjoyed reading the 1951 nonoiler and OS Spitale. Standing are (1-r) MM Giudny, oiler Williams, baker Spivey, AB Gillispie, the same way, only a few small fiction best-seller "The Sea Around fireman Williams and fireman White. At extreme rear Is AB Crane, Photo was taken by AB Whitey. herds of musk oxen have survived Us," is the current release by the Crew is happy SIU gang all the way, ship's delegate Gillispie reports, and what^s more, has solid co­ the generations of hunters who al­ New American Library of a 35c operation from topside. ' • most completely wiped them out. Mentor edition of the same au­ Seafarers who wish, to obtain thor's "Under the Sea Wind," first LOG-A-RHYTHM: first-day cancellations of the published in 1941. Both volumes stamps should send self-addressed by Rachel L. Carson deal with al­ covers to the Postmaster, Ottawa 2, lied subjects. The older of the two Ontario, Canada, to arrive there is dedicated more to life on the prior to the first-day sale. Besides shore, in the open sea, and at the Tom Finnegan and Don Rundblad the cost of postage, collectors must sea bottom, however, than the "The include enough to pay the cost of Sea Around Us." the X)ttawa department's cover (Ed. note: Seafarers Rundblad No one gives a damn. The success of that volume, service fee of five cents per cover. which was first developed as a and Finnegan both returned from At home we are forgotten Korea not so long ago after serv­ Though we belong to Uncle Sam. Checks or money orders should be series of featured articles for a na­ made payable to the Receiver Gen­ tional magazine sparked the pub­ ing a hitch with Uncle Sam. Rund­ eral of Canada and sent to the PM lication of a number of books about One happy SIU gang is the blad was awarded a Bronze Star And when we get to Heaven, at Ottawa. crew of the Cities Service during the Korean fighting.) the sea and ships over the past St. Peter we will tell: 3) 4» it four years and added greatly to the tanker Royal Oak, according "We're soldiers of Korea Just to keep things in the same popularity of contemporary sea to ship's delegate G. B. (Tex) Gil­ "And we spent our time in hell." vein, this is an Ideal opportunity literature. lispie. Just across the Pacific— This crew, Gillispie says, has al­ Korea is the spot— "Under the Sea Wind" deals with ways considered itself fortunate to the ways of typical birds, fish and have a good ship, good officers and We're doomed to serve overtime other marine creatures. Seafarers a good skipper—Captain Priest— In the land that God forgot. should find it entertaining reading. who "rates with the best and is t 3) 4) always very cooperative in any­ Over here, with snakes and Reds, Stamp collectors interested in thing that comes up." Where a man is always blue. US issues have now sampled three Like New Contract Over here, in Nowhere, out of the four commemoratives Good Union representation has announced last December as part also been a strong factor with the A million miles from you. of its 1955 program by the Post men, Gillispie repprts, and they Office Department. The sole re­ are particularly happy over the ret­ We sweat, we freeze and shiver. maining item will bow In later this roactive pay a good number of It's more than a man can stand. year for the centennial of the Soo them have coming. We're not supposed to be convicts. Locks—"the world's busiest canal" "All of the men," Gillispie Just defenders of our land. —on the Great Lakes. writes to the LOG, "want to give Meanwhile, of general interest the officials a vote of thanks for We're soldiers of the Infantry to philatelists and to the public as a job well done in guiding the Un­ well are the little-publicized plans ion through ^a difficult period. Earning our monthly pay. of the PC Department to issue a They came through in fine SIU Protecting people with millions 15c "certified mail" stamp this • tradition in seeing to it that we For two-and-a-half a day. year. Like the service already of­ continue to enjoy the very 'best in fered by the more costly registered mai-itime.'" We're living with our memories. mail service, "certified mail" will With the crew and officers pull­ Waiting to see our gals. provide a receipt for the sender, ing together and the Union giving first from the office where the the men aboard their representa­ Hoping that while we're away mail is deposited and then when They haven't married our pals. tion, the Royal Oak shapes up as a the communication is actually de­ smooth - running efficient - working livered. - ' ; ship—just what the doctor ordered. No one knows we're living. Will Get 'Normal Handlhig' It will differ from registered ! mail in that the. "certified" letter , will get notmal handling: tyhile in t the custody of the postal service, r instead of the extensive precau­ ID What post did Franklin D. Roosevelt leave when he was elected tions taken in the case of regis- • President? Was he (a) Secretary of Commerce, (b) Governor of New tration. The new service will prob- | York, (c) a US Senator, or (d) Mayor of Chicago? ably be utilized most heavily in legal communications, such as (2) Five states in the US each contain two of the 20 largest cities tho9e between landlords and ten­ 'in the country. Can you name three of the states and the cities involved? ants, where everybody wants a re- ; (3) What animals are usually sheltered in a fold? ceipt as evidence of sending the (4) One man bidding for a certain paint job, estimates he can com­ communication, but there's noth­ plete it alone in 15 days. Another man says he can finish it in 10 days. ing of real monetary value en­ How long would it take them to do it together? closed. (5) Over what Pacific volcano was the American flag raised in a The stamp, incidentally, will pic­ dramatic episode of World War II? ture a heavily-burdened but smil­ (6) Where and what is the Gobi? ing letter carrier. The date and Phil's Arena Tavern, where Norfolk seamen gather for 10-cent (7) Ho\/ many sides has a polygon? place of -issue have not been disbeers, is the setting for this scene of harmony between the Navy closed, the same as in the case of (8) Who, in a. nursery zonz, "had a wife and couldn't keep her"? and the merchant marine. SeafarerS-are Clarence Crowder (top the stamp for the 100th anniver­ (9) V/hat is the capital of Northern Ireland? left), Thuston Lewis (top right) and John Edwards (bottom right). sary of the Soo Locks. Details will (lb) RearrangeiiartanachAo s;; ell a word meaning quack. SailA|ifina$9^Iia^-y,,BU8h >(t9P^ oenter),. Bill Wiyftg (hnttnm 1pflt.and_ ihfl printed , here when- they ar* SSjW . (Quiz Answers bis TSfe" Bill De Bruyme. available. Royal Oak Has Happy SIU Crew Soldiers Of Korea Seafarers Meet, Greet The Navy j-v. 1-'-.: �Iwssw"• MaFch IS. 1855 Hard Luck Can't Keep Him Down Seafarer James Hand is not the superstitious kind. And he doesn't believe a little run o£ hard luck puts the hex on a ship. That's why, although the ship he was on had her share of ill winds—including one that blew his way—Hand is back aboard her for another trip. The veteran Seafarer, when he was at headquarters recently, told the LOG that his streak of hard luck-occurred on Isthmian's Steel Fabricator, on which he signed last August on a 'round-the-world run. Things went pretty placidly for the first couple of months,-Hand said. But then, in October, while the ship was cruising along at reasonable speed in a calm sea off Java, the prop broke, ^he -men had to wait three days until the ship could be Hanif towed into the drydock in Surabaya, and then they waited three weeks for a spare. The return voyage. Hand said, was a rough trip and the crewmen continued to have a hard time. First the radio operator broke his leg and got a bad gash in his head. Then the carpenter broke his toe. When the ship finally hit Boston, the bosun had to get off with pneumonia. And, to top it all off. Hand himself fell in the messrooip and injured his back. During the return trip, inciden­ tally, the Steel Fabricator was delayed four days by another mishap. Hand reported. This oc­ curred when the Liberian-flag tanker World Peace rammed a railway swing bridge at El Ferdan in the Suez Canal, causing a .threeday jam in shipping»at both^ends of the vital waterway. The Steel Fabricator was the first ship through the canal afteu this accident. Hand said, but this dubious distinction hardly com­ pensated" for the other mishaps which occurred. SEAFARERS IOC Pace Piftcea SlU Crews Enjoy Christmae In France Bv Spik« Marlin It may come up snow and freez­ ing weather in northern climes but the calendar says that the baseball season begins just four weeks from now. That means it's time to rate the contenders in the baseball winter book. The American League can be dispensed with easily. Like last year the league shapes up again as a two-team affair with the Yankees' chances of a comeback based largely on Bob Turley and Don Larsen. Larsen, who won only three and lost 21 games last year should be a real sleeper. Anyway, he's bound to improve. The Yankees have a real headache at short but "Jerry Coleman may surprise every­ body by moving into that spot as a permanent tenant. Cleveland's' offensive gesture was the purchase of Ralpli Kiner who is another slow-footed heavy in a basketful of the same. The Indians are aging surreptitiously in key spots and look not quite as strong as last year. The rest? Kansas City (nee Philadelphia), Detroit, Baltimore, Washington can. safely be dis­ regarded. Chicago will make it a little interesting and Boston is a deep-toned dark horse with a new manager to boot. The National League looks like a far more interesting horse race. The Giants do not figure to repeat, not because the club isn't strong but the competition is very tough. Brooklyn with a healthy Roy Cam- panella must be rated more of a threat than last year. He is the key man whom the Dodgers simply cannot replace. Of course, Brook­ lyn has its usual pitching question marks. If Milwaukee Is going to make it, this should be the year. Bobby Thomson is supposedly in good health, giving the club the flex­ ibility and extra strength it so badly needed in the outfield. Eddie Matthews will qrrive this year or never. He's had all the press clip­ pings and now is the time for him to produce. Milwaukee will never quite recover from the Antonelll trade but there are several strong young pitchers who have the potential to bust out. The Braves cannot count on one or two more big seasons from their ace, Warren Spahn, so they have to make their move now. St. Louis showed awesome of­ fensive power last year but their pitching was horribly manhandled. Still the club has the nucleus of a strong staff in Harvey Haddix and Brooks Lawrence. Lawrence came up in midseason and stood up lo the League's hitters in real pro style. The Cardinals certainly have the potential to make it a fourteam race. That leaves ^iladelphia, Cin­ cinnati, Chicago and Pittsburgh to bring up the rear. The Phillies have stood pat and aren't improv­ ing with age. Along with the other clubs they don't figure for more than nuisance value to contenders. The LOG conducts this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Jesse W. Puckett's recipe for "liquid yeast." Although they were unable to be at home with their friends and families, the crewmen of two SIU ships which were at La Pallice, France, at the time, enjoyed their Christmas with Christmas trees and all the trappings. At top, aboard the Lawrence Victory (Mis­ sissippi) are (1-r) ship's delegate Mike Rogalskl (foreground). Bill Lynn, J. Fuinero, W. Ruskowski and J. Mechour. Bottom, on the Southland (South Atlantic) are (1-r) B. W. Brinson, Ted Morrison, L. A. DeWitt and N. Z. Leggett. Both treei, with ornaments, were supplied by United Seamen's Service. 4 Shipmate Is Shot ALimetC TOlOflGlRiPS? Apparently well-fortified now with recipes for "vinegar pie" submitted by LOG readers (Nov. 26, Dec. 24, 1954) in an­ swer to his request six months ago, Seafarer Jesse W. Puckett, steward, has dug down again*" ' into his bag of culinary tricks. size potatoes, 2 teaspo^s salt, 3 This time the veteran Sea­ tablespoons sugar, 1 dry yeast cake farer offers a hint for bakerf who or 1 ounce of compressed yeast which has been mixed with Vt cup may be running of lukewarm water. low on compres­ First, pare and boil the potatoes sed yeast and in a quart of water. Then, mash can't get any the potatoes and add the salt, sugar right away. The and the water in which the pota­ thing to do, says toes were originally boiled. Cool, Puckett, who has add the yeast, and pour the com­ almost 40 years bination in a stone or glass jar. of seatime behind Let it stand covered in a warm him, Is to make place for three hours or more. up a batch of li­ Puckett Keep Stirring quid yeast to carry you over. Each time the level rises to the The basie recipe he offers can be top 4>f the jar stir it down, and increased 16 times with your li^ •continue this until 4he yeast stops .pound of , compressed yeast, he working. Now cover the liquid adds, yeast end etore it in a cool place. • Here's what you need: 4 medium Use V^'cup of liquid yeast in place of 1 ounce of compressed yeast thereafter. When there is only Va cup of liquid left, prepare a new batch using the remaining liquid yeast in place of compressed Under the Union constituyeast and follow the above recipe. , tion every member attending You can get good results by re­ a Union meeting is entitled to peating the process this way for nominate himself for the quite a while, according to Puck­ elected posts to be filled at ett Then, next time you're in the meeting—chairman, read­ port, sock away a couple of yeast ing.clerk and recording secre­ cakes for Just such an emergency, tary. Your Union urges you to take an active part in meet­ ings by taking these posts of service. And, of course, all membei'S have the right to take the floor and express their opinions on any officer's report or issue under discussion. Seafarers are urged to fait the deck at these meetings and let their shipmates know what's en their mind; . Speak Your Mind At SiU Meetings SF voy TAKE A JC3Bd^)AeHIPeO/^6 A SHUnif fW, STAVWITM H^UmiL^CDMeS BACKTOTMeSTAreS. CtUlTTiNd^lP IN A rORBIGN PORT PffWVIES ybM » BROTHER ^EAfARgRS OFAOaNPWeP fO JOB K>/nn0 OUg<vn<W OFPiEIRld Vincent' (Body) Call, deck steward on the Alcoa Clipper, got this shot of his shipmate, F[orman T.' Ragas; during a run to the Caribbean. Ragas is bartender en the Alcoa ship. It looks h'we like he was on a "busman'* holiday" and was bidding:^ for somo^ aecvico like he pi«vido«|>foE tlMT'CUstomers^ AmiirM 9.tl :)W ciup) m �SEA^AnSRS LOG Pare Sixteen. Marcb 18. 19S8 . w. DIGEST oC SHIPS" MEETINGS . .. ELIZABETH (Bull), January 11—Chalr.man, R. Barratt; Secretary, S. Carr. Mo­ tion made to have ship's delegate, depart. mental delegates and steward check on food being held over to be used again. Di.soiission on men taking tales topsid^ A crewmeraber was promoted from deck delegate to bosun and this was cleared at the San Juan hall and will be cleared throu.gh Mew York. January 30—Chairman, Steva Carr; Stcratary, nona. Motion made and carried that a patrolman be asked to come aboard and check the food. The steward should spend more time in messrooir.j during meal hours. ft-" r;. fv^r ;S<' [ -5^''- if r.. . K- • <f ' • • 'P..~' BENTS FORT (Cities Service), February 9—Chairman, W. Drew; Secretary, G. Sinkes. Ship's delegate tried to get more milk for trip. Motion made and carried that crew be properly dressed when in and around messhall. Crew should be SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Saalrain), aboard ship one hour before sailing time. January 23—Chairman, J. McCaslin; Sacratary, W. Moya. Motion was made and Vole of thanks given to the 2nd cook and baker. carried to have frpsh milk served three times dail.v as long as it is available. SOUTHLAND (South Atlantic), Decem­ Ship's treasurer reported that one and a half eases of empty coke bottles are miss­ ber 5—Chairman, R. Kitchens; Secretary, T. Brown. Steward reported that he is ing and asked erewmembers to be more careful and return same in future. A unable to get a better brand of washing powder, because, as the Savannah agent suggeslion was made to purchase the 1954 bound volume of the LOG and the money pointed out. the agreement states wash­ for same will be taken from the ship's ing powders and Hot special brands. S15 was spent on (lowers for a recently de­ fund. parted brother, and $96 remains in JEAN (Bull), January U—Chairman, S. treasury. Crewmembers should return Foti; Secretary, R. Sandarlin. Many re­ books to the recreation room when fin­ pairs have not been taken care of. Fans ished with saine. One member asked wili be installed as soon as possible. All everyone aboard to leave radio speaker books will be packed and sent ashore in in mcssroom turned on as man on stand­ New York. A vole of thanks was given by receives orders ffom the bridge by to the steward department for a job this system. well done. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Febru­ SALEM MARITIME (Cities Service), ary 11—Chairman, E. Carter; Secretary, January 21—Chairman, A. Cowder; Sec­ W. Nichter. Engine room door in port retary, Wittiam. Ship's delegate reported passageway should be fi.xed as it slams. that a radio of the proper size has not Motion made to see port captain in New been purchased but delegate will buy one York about cabs taking the men through when possible. Ship's fund stands at the gate to the ship at the - Isthmian SC3. Request made that port personnel docks. not use crew passageways. CHICKASAW (Waterman), January 28— Chairman, E. Monahan; Secretary, G. Busciglio. The crew was thanked for their cooperation and good conduct on present voyage. Motion made that the ship's delegate register a beef in Mobile con­ cerning inferior food stuffs. Discussion held on ship sanitation. STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), Janu­ ary 9—Chairman, C. Scofield; Secretary, Joe Keamee. Most of the repairs have been taken care of. Minor beefs reported in steward department All hands were asked to take care of the library in keep­ ing it orderly. Garbage should be placed in garbase cans and not on deck while ship is in port. Most of the brothers aboard feel the trouble with travelers' checks is in cashing same. ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), February < —Chairman, E. Kelly; Secretary, A. L. Danne. Discussion- on baker's bread. Sliore gang foreman will be contacted about installing bread cabinet in PO messroom. One crewmember paid off in Ponce to go into the hospital. ALAMAR (Calmar), January U—Chair­ man, J. Barnett; Secretary, J. McPhaul. All repair li.sts to be given to the ship's delegate for the arrival at Long Beach. A vote of thanks was given to the baker. Disi-ussiott on the messman service. SEAMAR (Caimai;, February t—Chair­ man, J. Starka; Secretary, J. Hough. Mo­ tion made and carried that the captain be contacted by the ship's delegate about having cook's foc'.sle scaled and painted. If no action is taken this matter will be turned over to a patrolman. Writing desk will be installed in black gang's foc'sle. A vote of thanks given to the steward department for a job well done.. Wringer on washing machine will be re placed. MARORE (Ore), January 29—Chairman, L. Smith; Secretary, E. Harrison. Ship's library is on board and must be taken Ik" .. §:.• I'"''' ;• care of. The steward was asked to put spoons, silverware and more cups out for night lunch. OS lost some articles of clothing due to the taking of sens and was advised to make a list of same and forward to New York office. February 11—Chairman, B. Cuthrcll; Secretary, E. Harrison. Motion made and carried to make sure all repairs are made before leaving port. Discussion ' on de­ layed sailing. Report Lost Baggage Cheek Seafarers who lose baggage checks for gear checked at any SlU baggage room should notify that particular hall right away so that no one can improperly claim the baggage with that check. Headquarters officials advise you to do this immediately to avoid loss of your gear and/or trouble claiming it later on. - Make sure you notify the hall where the baggage was checked as soon as you find out you've lost the check. L:, ALCOA PEGASUS (Alcoa), October 17 —Chairman. L. Phillips; Secretary, E. C. Keagy. Ship's delegate contacted the chief engineer about scuppers in ^lley and sougecing black gang rooms. The boarding patrolm.-y; will be contacted about disputed overtime on dela.ved sail­ ing from New York, and possibility of getting fresh milk where possible in foreign ports. One permitman' aboard was given a vote of thanks for his fine baking and cooperation with all. VENORE (Ora), January 23—Chairman, J. Oliver; Secretary, R. Thels. SuggesANDREW JACKSON (Isthmian), JanU, tion that water sample be turned over to •fy S—Chairman, J. Repeikas; Secretary, i the patrolman as it is still rusty. SEATIGER (Orion), January 10—Chair­ A. Brodie. A vote of thanks goes to the steward department for excellent food man, T.- Bolton; Secretary, M. Collard. COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Feb­ served and fine service. Washing ma­ Definite .action will be taken on drinking fountains on foc'sle deck. There has ruary 3—Chairman, J. Golder; Secretary, chine should be used during daytime been a grave neglect of previous repair D. Sacher. More "milk is needed in for­ only, and run for twenty minutes so as lists. Shortages on stores witTbe checked. eign ports. Something should be done not to burn up. the motor. Delegates will note overtime p;-ior to about the spreads when the linen is issued for they have a peculiar smell. payoff. January 23—Chairman, W. Tkach; SecOREMAR. (Ore), January 9—Chairman, ret.-ry, M. Collard. Chief cook asked for a patrolman to come aboard and go over E. Barnhill; Secretary, W. Masterson. menus. Crewmembers are dissatisfied Plugged up shower drain in dayman's foc'sle needs to be opened. The steward with food. should place more cups at coffee time. Repair list to be made up and turned in PAOLI (Cities Service), February 9— before the ship arrives in Baltimore. Chairman, J. Wehe; Secretary, G. LIbby. January 28—Chairman, S. Thayes; Sec­ Motion made and carried that arrival retary, E. Barnhill. Leaks in fireman's pool be made up for radio. All proceeds foc'sle will be repaired. Discussion on will-go to the March of Dimes. It the coffee mugs in night pantry to be brought NEVA WEST (Bloomflefd), December patrolman doesn't take the books in rec- back after using same. Repair lists will 19—Chairman, J. Riley; Secretary, J. reation room they will be turned over be made up and turned in to the ship's Dolan. A new ship's delegate was elected TRINITY (John Carraci Jatiiiarv SB Merchant Seamen's I.ibrary in delegate. and he said he will do the job to the Chalrinan N Hartmln- S.crifarv V ^ ^ork. Ship's delegate will see the February 4—Chairman, E. Barnhill; Sec-, best of his ability and all performers can Bellamy. Special payoff' meeting called! ' Pa^'o'^an abotlt> transportation for each retary, R. FIthen. Discussion on the expect , to be turndd In to the boarding man coming from different ports for patrolman. The new washing machine Patrolman informed the crew that if the signing on. washing machine. Leaks in fireman's in the laundry is okay but the motor overtime was good, checks would be foc'sle have not been fixed as yet. must be reversed as it unscrews the mailed no later than Monday, January \vringer while . running. 24th. The crew was restricted to ship KATHRYN (Bull), January 24—Chair­ at a French port from 5 PM until 8 A.M man, J. Jones; Secretary, R. Adamson. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), De­ the following morning. Crewmembers were asked to try and keep January 14—Chairman, J. Buzilcwski; the messhall clean at night. Some dis­ cember 27—Chairman, J. McCailln; Sec­ retary, G. Vinson. Forty cases of coke Secretary, J. Kouvardas. Number-2 life­ puted overtime reported. are in stock, and there Is $71.65 in the boat to be repaired. Icebo.x and galley will be cleaned and sougeed. Some dis­ EDITH (Bull), February 4—Chairman, ship's fund. Suggestion made to get puted overtime reported. OCEAN NIMET (Maritime Ovcrstas), L. Cartwrlght; Secretary, F. Davis. Tele­ speaker in crew messhall .repaired in No date—Chairman, C. Bellamy; Sec­ February S^Chalrman, R. Frazer; Secre­ vision set to be raffled off. Crewmembers Edgewater. retary, Reid. A beet came up between tary, S. Cleslak. Suggestion made that will see if a new machine can be se­ OREMAR (Ore), January 9—Chairman, the captain and the chief pumpman when ship's delegate draw up a working sched­ cured. E. Barnhill; Secretary, W. Masterson. The the captain claimed the pumpman did ule _for recreation and laundry rooms. not know his job and that he had to go Bigger light bulbs should be put in messSTEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), February steward was asked to place more cups on deck every time the ship was dis­ room and recreation room. Ship's dele­ 4—Chairman, A. Hands; Secretary, A. G. at coffee time, and the chairman sug­ charging or taking on cargo. Members gate elected. Anopcl. A new ship's delegate was gested that the cups be placed in the suggested that all the old poems in LOG elected, and he asked crewmembers., for night pantry after using same. Repair be published in book form so that copies their cooperation. If there are any beefs list to be made up and turned in before ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa), January 30 in departments,, brothers should settle ship arrives in Baltimore. can be sent to relatives and friends who —Chairman, T. Lyons; Secretary, W. them with their respective department are interested in same. Dodd. One man reported injured in dclegatc.s before bringing them to the STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), November ALEXANDER (Carras), December It- Bremerh.aven. Nothing can be done about attention of the ship'.s delegate. $13.50 5—Chairman, S. Fauks; Secretary, O. Chairman, none; Secretary, W. Hand. A getting more hot water. A vote of thanks in the ship's fund and members would Seara. All departments will take turns motion was made and carried that the was given to the steward dejiartincnt for like to use same for reading material. in cleaning laundi-y room. Discussion Brother DeFerino A suggestion was made that crewmem­ travelers checks. • ~ outgoing ship's delegate get a vote of a wonderful job. thanked the crew for the flowers they bers donate to the fund so there will be November 21—Chairman, A. Paopas; thanks for the good work he did. December 27—Chairman, R. High; Sec­ sent to services for his deceased father. enough money to buy small things for Sec^tary, S; ^anks. Ship's dclegatfi re­ quested that all beefs be taken care of retary, P. Shanger. .Ship's treasurer re­ Patrolman will be Informed about slop- the crew's benefit. in the proper manner, 'and that is ported that the ship's fund is $5.45 in chest being better stocked. debt. A suggestion was made that crewFRANCES (Bull), January 23—Chair­ through the delegates. Cots can be ob­ IBERVILLE (Waterman), February 13— man, W. Smith; Secretary, E. O'Rourke.' tained through steward. menibeis donate $1 at payoff. Delegates December 22—Chairman, S. Hanks; should get up a repair list for patrolman Chairman, V. Smith; Secretary, L. Ken­ A time clock has been obtained and will at payoff. A vote of thanks was given nedy. Discussion on painting of recrea­ be attached to the washing machine as Secretary, O. Seara. Motion made to to the steward department for a fine tion room to be taken up with patrolman soon as chief engineer assigns electrician disregard captain's letter and have over­ Christmas dinner. at payoff. Engine department head needs to do the job. Motion made and carried time taken care of in New Y'ork. Linen January 30—Chairman, V. SzymanskI; repairing. Ship's delegate resigned. to turn over $25 in ship's fund and the will be checked for replacement. Secretary, C. Blalack. Motion made and proceeds from a tarpaulin muster to the MOBILIAN (Waterman), December 27— carried to have repaii-s for watertight ROBIN KETTERING (Seas Shipping), wiper left In hospital in San Juan. Sug­ doors and passage drains enforced by January 14—Chairman, R. Whitley; Sec­ gested that chief mate see longshore boss Chairman, J. Stringfellaw; Secretary, C. headquarters. Discussion on procedure retary, S. Korolla. Ship's delegate re­ on sanitary problem. Vote of thanks Crabtree. Delegate will see the captain for building ship's fund. Crew's radio ported that everything is running smooth- given to the steward department for food (Continued on page 17) Late in 1950, amid continued Communist exploita­ tion of steward department, men on West Coast ships, a major drive was laui^hed to enroll tlie cooks and stewards. under the banner of the SIU of Nortit America. Earlier, the Marine Cooks & Stewards had been ousted from the ClO for CJP-dominatipn. "I:S' FAIRPORT (Waterman), January 1 — Chairman, P. Ryan; Secretary, J. Easterling. Brother Lewis suggested that bet­ ter menus with more of a variety be put out. Vote of thanks given to the cooks for well prepared food. Suggestion piade to use part of the sKlp's fund to repait spare washing machine. Some of the ship's fund will be contributed to the March of Dimes at "payoff. needs repairing. Suggestion . made by crewmembers that a collection be taken for the March of Dimes. Cartoon History Of The SIU - J^'-T ly and thanked the crew for their coop­ and service. Request that a new icebox eration on the past voyage. Total in be put In crew pantry. ship's fund Is $12.53. Moving, pictures will be held between 6:30 PM and 8:00 PM ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), December 1* In the officer's mess. Chief cook would —Chairman, J. Dixon; Secretary, W. J. appreciate a writing desk in his room. Miles. Crew decided to turn the ques­ tion of what Is considered as first and CHIWAWA (Cities Service), January 19 second meat over to the patrolman. Dis­ cussion oq cooperation between galley —Chairman, A. Fricks; Secretary, E. Ray. Discussion on practices thaC are detri­ orew and topside messman. mental to the good and welfare of the ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), January 2-. crew as a whole. A suggestion was made that in the future when a man misses a Chairman, J. Morton; Secretary, J. E. vessel his personal papers be sent to the Hannon. All hands were asked to coop­ address he gives on the articles Instead erate and keep the pantry cleaner at of the one that appears on the validated night, and to put all Jellies and other Delegates were papers. The company seems to have types of food away. neglected the repair sheets received in asked to turn in a repair list to the steward. the past. West Coatti Organizing Spearheaded by .the SlU-affiliated Sailors Union of the Pacific, the campaign gained immediate support from the West Coast cooks and stewards. ; They rec­ ognized that -an SIUNA charter would guarantee themcontrol of their own affairs plus the backing of thou- IVo. 8ii In January, 1951, a major -East Coast union attempted-to capitalize on the tangled West Coast situaticin, but its campaign completely failed to get otf the ground. - The cooks and stewards feared being swallowed up by the other uhion and instead con-; . J- �SEAFAItEnS riw* SiTeMitcB LOG '.'i ... DIGEST of SmPS' MEETINGS... (Continued from page 16X and chief mate aaain abont the cleaninK «f Quartera. Motion made and carried that all members write to their Senatoi-s .and Confressmen In protest of the action that the Coast Guard is trying to pass concerning physical examination of all merchant seamen. BENTS FORT (Cities Service), January *—Chairman, B. Jackson; Secretary, R. Hammond. Ship's delegate reported that any men performing will be reported to . the patrolman. Motipn made and carried that headquarters take up the question of the coifee and soap powder put aboard this sliip. S20.15 reported in the ship'i fund. tary, A. Janet. Report was aent to head­ quarters in regard to the galley stove. General discussion on food and menus. Crew asked for a different brand of soap powder for the next trip. A new wash{ ing machine requested as present one is I in bad condition. Ship's delegate will ! take care of a new library for the next voyage. November 7—Chairman, R. Cootc; Sec­ retary, A. Friend. Coffee urn and wash­ ing machine were repaired. Discussion on new mattresses and they will continue to come al>oard six at a time until all the old ones have been replaced. December 11—Chairman, A. Friend; Secretary, A. Janes. A letter will be , sent to headquarters requesting that the three patrolman who paid off the vessel last voyage be dispatched to pay off the vessel this time as they understand the problems that arise aboard this ship. Lengthy discussion on the problem of the steward taking news of ship's min­ utes to captain and bringing captain mis­ information. All departments asked for less noise in the passageways. EMILIA (Bull), January 2—Chairman, 'L. (tuellnitx; Secretary, C. Kavanagh. Motion made and carried that screen . doers be installed on main deck passage­ way entrance instead of present closed type. Ship's delegate instructed the deck delegate to represent the deck depart­ ment only and let him take care of ship's business. One man missed ship at San MASSMAR (Calmar), January IS—Chair­ Juan. man, Arthur Kavcl; Secretary, Guy Wai­ ter. Motion made and carried to have QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Seatrade), Jan­ soap put aboard as per agreement and uary I—Chairman, S. Cieslak; Sacratary, not Octagon soap. Discussion on food in . K. Goldman. General discussion on bad general. Deck department was reminded menus that have been put out for last that ail hands should be on board for few days, especially on the holidays. shifting. Allotments being sent out on Steward has promised to work closer the tenth. with the cooks. MAOAKET (Waterman), Dacember 12— ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), January Chairman, W. Buscli; Secretary, B. 7—Chairman, T. Jones; Secretary, J. Wil­ Rucker. Ship's delegate reported every­ son. Suggestion made to see the patrol­ thing -going along very well. Talk in man about mattresses, and to' find out general. last time the ship was fumigated. One January 2—Chairman, Schmidt; Secre­ man missed ship in Staten Island. tary, Butch. Ship's delegate gave a talk on cleanliness of messroom. Water foun­ BARBARA FRIETCHIE (Liberty), Janu­ tain will be repaired. Vote of thanks ary. 4—Chairman, C. Suit; Secretary, A. given to the stewai;d department for a Thorne. Motion made and carried that fine jpb. The crew thanked the elec­ all delegates talk to the port steward trician for running the movies. abont getting a better grade of food and more of a variety. Card players were ROBIN TUXFORO (Robin), December 6 asked to be more careful with cigarettes — Chairman, J. Levin; Secretary, J. and not burn the tables. Domestic water Meyers. The work of the night cook and tanks will be cleaned. baker is definitely not up to par. The steward was asked to provide better night SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), De­ lunches for the crew. . * cember 19—Chairman, J. Long; Secretary, T. Bowers. Everything running smoothly. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), January Cash in ship's fund $38.03. A new ship's 23—Chairman, . J. Allen; Secretary, Sir delegate was elected. Two brothers got Charles. Discussion on a crewmember off and said they hated to leave as good a missing ship. $75.45 reported in the bunch as was oii this ship. ship's fund. January 16—Chairman, J. Long; Secre­ tary, F. Johnson. Christmas card was HURRICANE (Waterman), December 21 sent to Paul Hali and staff at headquar­ —Chairman, J. Burke; Secretary, W. ters. Coast Guard profiling system dis­ Smith. Ship has just been reactivated cussed,, and all brothers were urged to out of lay-up in Mo)>ile. Motion made and tend letter or telegrams to members of carried to speak to the patrolman at Congress whose names appear in the LOG payoff about getting chairs for the crew's atory. foe'sles. All hands were asked to return MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Carriars), October 3—Chairman, J. Flanagan; Secretary, A. Janes. There should be less noise in the recreation room when men off watch are sleeping. A vote of tlianks was given by the crew to the ateward department. October 24—Chairman, R. Cootc; Sccrc- :liiNET #iiisON^i: James McGuffey Call Valley 4492 as soon as pos­ sible or write your wife at 1916 Stephen Giarod, New Orleans, La. 3« i" i Roland Parady The followiRg men can collect Please contact , your mother. unclaimed wages from voyages on Write Mrs. Mary .David, 115 Austin National Shipping Authority ves­ Street, Worcester, Mas.s. sels operated by the Alcoa Steam­ i t i ship Co., Inc., by writing to the Jerry McCarthy Paymaster, Alcoa Steamship Co,, Please write as soon as you can. Inc., 17 Battery Place, NY 4, NY: Tim McCarthy, SS Fairland, c/o Spyrion Athanassioni Dillard Adcock; Waterman Steamship Corp., C. F. Miiiican L. Armstrong; Jean Auger; Vic­ tor M. Alcaraz; Edward Blackmon; John Sharpe & Co., Inc., No. 7, Nihon Barron; Edward J. Boynton; William A. Qdovi, Makakui, Yokohama, Japan. Brewer; John S. Bragg; Napoleon ~ A. Blanchard; Cecil E. Bennett; As Chan L'hu; Joaquin De Carvalhu. Pat G. Dougherty; Carlos De Leon; Nicholas Fedyk; Vincenzo Formlsano; Han L. Fook; John H. Floyd: John Gala; Matthew Gichenke; John O. Godfrey; loannis S. Gerontopoulos; F. Goose; Thad W. Hinson. Jr.; Edwin S. Harrlman; Her­ bert R. Hutehins; John T. Hawley. Winston C. Jackson, Jr.;' Hakan H. Jensen; Edward J. Koehanovski; loanis Konstantakis; Vincent S. Kuhl; Robert V K. Lee; Adam Le Maine. Jr.; Roland E. Lomax; Andrew C. Lutey: Harry C. Lloyd; Michael Marcandois; Thomas O. Melton; Ezeb Manuel; Edward R. Meeh; James A. McWhinney; Albert N.-North. Charles Palmer; Purvis S. Parker; Leo Rhodes; Doren L. Redmond; James P. Russell; Anthony H. Reardon; Eugene L. Stark; Daniel A. Santos: Wjn. C. Splvey; Ferdynand Szoblik; Wong M. Sing; Lee :A. Seh; Charles J. Sweet; Wilton A. ,'Thompsett; Wilmcr R. Wilkins; Leslie West: Robert WUson, Jr.; W. R. WhiteAurst; Constantine Zeppas. Quix Angwerm (1) (b) Governor of New York, (2) California (Los Angeles, San Francisco); Missouri (Kansas City, St.. Louis); New York, (Buffalo, New (York); Ohio (Cincinnati, CleveiiJand); Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, iPittsburgh). . ' I (3) Sheep. ] (4) Six days. (5) Mt. Suribachl on Iwo Jima. (6) The great desert ih Mongo­ lia. (7) Many! A polygon is a figure which has more, than four angles and sides. («) Peter Piper. ' '/ .(9) Belfast. ^ " (10) Charlatan. 4« 4" 4" Timothy F. Griffin Get. in touch with your sister right away. Urgent - 4 4 4 A! Kirkis I lyill leave your storm gear at the baggage room at SIU head­ quarters. Blaine Boxwell. 4 4 4 BUI Gonzales Your gear is in the baggage room at SIU headquarters. The cheek has been left in the mailroom in an envelope addressed to you. Van Whitney. 4 4 4 NIel Abernathy Please contact Red Braunstein at the Wilmington SIU halt Buzxlm AMSwer EEEE Bliffl aosa saiiiE ..Hjaifl aasa aasansaa HMHS SESa QEaCSQ GOSU QDGS QBiigl a[]3a[ia fansra ariBM SEDESiaS EOQEQ BOH3] HSa OSES aEQEU;SS3C] HSfflca awa aauiE anas SEH ausy coffee cups when Snlshed with same. A ing foe'sles and getting standby buzzer vote of thanks wns given to the steward installed in crew's messroom. department for a ftnc Christmas dinner. Ship's delegate explained to new erewLIBERTY FLAG (Dover), January f— mcmbers the purpose of standing one Chairman, C. McMuilan; Sacratary, E. minute of silence at every meeting. Hilt. The captain stated there was to be no American money, issued or trav­ ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), January 14— elers cheeks. All hands were asked to Chairman, S. Scott; Secretary, J. Purscll. cooperate in connection with painting of Discussion on repair list and excess drink­ rooms, moving gear. etc. ing, which will dealt with more harsh­ ly in the future. One member paid off by mutual consent in Trinidad. CUBORE (Ore), January 23—Chairman, Foust; Secretary, O. Guerrero. A vote of thanks was given to the steward de­ STEEL SCIENTIST rrslhmlan), Deccmpartment for the good meals served dur­ iMtr 15—Chairman, R. Hunt; Secretary, J. Fitzacrald. Ship's delegate reported that ing the holidays and during the entire everything is running SlU style. Depart­ trip. Portlwle windchute* will be ordered ment delegates volunteered to decorate for all unlicensed personnel's foe'sles. the crew mess for the Christmas holi­ All hands were asked to keep the wash­ days. There is $20 left in the ship's fund. ing machine and the deck of laundry Crewmembei-s were asked to return all room clean after using same. chairs to the messhall when finished with ^ame. EVELYN (Bull), December 26—Chair­ man, W. Aycock; Secretary, T. Moller. A GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), no special vote of thanks was given to the date—Chairman, E. Westlakc; Secretary, steward and the cooks for a swell Christ­ F. Timmons. Steward was asked to ob­ mas dinner. The entire crew appreciated tain more of a variety in vegetables as the extra work and effort that made this well as fresh fruit in season and a greater possible. variety of fish and shrimp. Motion made ALAWAI (Waterman), January 23— and carried to send a letter to head­ quarters concerning this matter. Ship's Chairman, E. Ray; Secretary, E. King. delegate will see the captain about paint­ Several beefs reported regarding slop- Sill Membership Adopts Seniority Hiring Set-Up (Continued from page 3) ratings will receive far greater job security than ever before. Class B men are subject to the 60-day rule. In other woi-ds, they are entitled to one round trip or 60 days on SIU ships, whichever is longer. • Class C men are entitled to ship if there are no class A or B men available for a given job for eight consecutive job calls. As men with too little or without experi­ ence on SlU-contracted ships they have no seniority and occupy the bottom rung of the seniority lad­ der. They, too, like c'ass B men, are subject to the 60-day rule and have to ship 90 days a calend^ year to maintain their status. Furuseth School • Class C men who attend the Andrew Furuseth training school and receive a training certificate accordingly will be given prefer­ ence in employment (xver oJ.hers in class C. The shipowners agree that the Furuseth school will have offi­ cial status for this purpose. « The luring system also pro­ vides for advancing from one class to another. A class B man can get an A rating after eight years in his class. A class C man can advance to class B in two years if he quali­ fies. • The hiring provisions are subject to renegotiation by either party upon seven days' notice. In negotiating this new hiring agreement, the Union and the operators also extended the exist­ ing SIU agreement for two, years until September 30, 1957. The con­ tract, however, can be reopened by the Union at any time for changes in wages and other monetary pro­ visions. In order to provide facilities for the registration of class C men, an additional shipping area has al­ ready been set up for them on the Union's property in New York. They will have access to registra­ tion and shipping, as well as full information on these subjects in the manner' prescribed in the agreement. This additional ship­ ping area will, as a matter of fact, sinqilify the administrative job required by: the new agreement Seafarers' are being assigned their new classifications as of now in headquarters when they come in to register. Appeals Board' A Seafai'ers Appeals Board, representing the Union and the companies, has been established to handle all grievances prising under the hirii^ provisions and to for-,, muiate rules necessary to cariy out the ;team's .and prineipies of the_ hi^-ing .arrahiggment. r V Tfie Seafarers Appeals Board is composed of Joseph Algina and Claude Simmons for the Union, with Lindsey Williams and Cal Tanner as alternates. For the com­ panies, representatives are Max Harrison, Waterman Steamship Company, and Roland C. (Chap) Chapdelaine, Seatrain, with Charles Logan, Mississippi, and H. (Randy) Schilling. Alcoa, as alternates. It is expected that the panel will operate smoothly and efficiently inasmuch as almost all of the Union and shipowner representatives are currently trustees of either the Seafarers Welfare Plan or the Sea­ farers Vacation Plan, and are totally familiar with problems com­ mon to both sides. In effecting the Union's role in the new program Keith Terpe, SIU Director of Organizing, has been assigned to work as coordinator in establishing the senioritj' rules and regulations in the branches main­ tained by the Union throughout the District. The drafting, negotiating and establishing of - the new seniority procedure culminates many months of work, and in view of the many legalities involved, attorneys for various steamship companies par­ ticipated, as did Seymour W. Mil­ ler, General Counsel for the SIU. Also a participant in the meetings was Morris Weisberger, east coast representative of the SUP, who represented Harry Lundeberg, president of the SIU of NA. Weis­ berger served with the committee in addition to keeping the Interna­ tional and President Lundeberg advised at all times during draft­ ing of the new agreement, a policy agreed to earlier to cover all mat­ ters affecting the hiring hall. chcft ai there U no heavy, sear or panta to fit crew. Crewmembers were ^ked to be quiet hi the pauageways. A vote of thanks was extended to the Bey Supply Company of Coos Bay, Oregon, for maga­ zines and books they sent aboard ship. MARY ADAMS (Bloomfletd), NovemlMr 14—Chairman, A. Blornsien; Secretary, B. Hay. Thanhs given to the deck en­ gineer for the work he did to make the washing machine secure against heavy seas. Discussion on the letter sent aboard ship to ship's delegate. Steward asked for first choice of meats on menus. EVELYN (Bull), January 26—Chairman, W. Aycock; Secretary, J. Warmack. Re­ pair lists should he made up regularly. Discussion on ttie washing machine. Beef about dirty cups and saucers left in the pantry, and the steward promised to straighten same out with the pantryman. CITRUS PACKER (Waterman), Decem­ ber 19—Chairman, H. Hankee; Secretary, H. Sedgeway. Motion made and carried for the ship's delegate to contact a paStroiman in California about getting a new washing m.ichine. Discussion on keeping the messtiaU and pantry clean. GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), January 5—Chairman, E. Wcstlake; Sec­ retary, F. Timmoni. Repair list has been made out and copies were given to the chief engineer and the captain. All quar­ ters need painting. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for well-prepared meals. Motion made and carried to have patrolman contact cap­ tain about changing bus schedule within US Naval Base in Leonardo, as many of the crewmembers missed the 8:30 bus and had to wait hours for the next one. .".'r' i HURRICANE IWarerman), January 30— Chairman, J. Longfellow; Secretary, W. Smith. Motion made and carried to ro­ tate department in keeping the laundry and recreation rooms clean. Discussion about trying to get American money or travelers checks for draws in foreign ports. A lole of thanks was given by the steward department to ttie 4 to 8 watch for cleaning up the messroom each morning. ORION COMET (Oil Carriers), January 16—Chairman, S. Koenig; Secretary, I. Weisbrot. Menus have been poor lately. Crewmembers were asked to keep the washing machine clean. Someone will he elected to buy magazines out oi ship'i fund. • )'% "• -I ; AZALEA CITY (Waterman), January 11 —Chairman. C. Johnson; Sacretary, J. Hannay. A repair list was made up and it wiU be lianded to the patrolman. Everything is in order aboard sliip. ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), January 31— Chairman, J. Wallace; Secretary, L. Moore. Motion made and carried to mail a repair list to the New York agent, as repairs liave not bcgn taken care of. Brother member gave a talk on men re­ fusing overtime and lying in bed when asked to work. * '^ • V BETHCOASTER (Ore), January 25— Chairman, F. Parsons; Secretary, M. Burns. Several beefs have been brought up and will ha\e to be placed in the hands of the patrolman. Fans should be fixed before the coming warm weather. Crewmembers were asked to put cups in pantry and keep the messhaU cleaner, especially at night. LONGVIEW VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), January 16—Chairman, N. Kirk; Secretary, AI Kcesen. Ship's delegate elected. Motor on wasiiing machine needs repairing, and this should be taken care of in Japan. Suggestion made that passageway main deck be painted and delegate will see the captain about same. A vote of thanks was given to the stew­ ard department for the fine food pre­ pared as weU as the service. TRINITY (Carras), January 23—Chair­ man, J. Buzelewski; Sacretary, M. Reid. All of the crew from the last voyage want to give the officials who paid off the ship a vote- of thanks. Suggestion made that chains and hooks be put on the portholes. BENTS FORT (Cities Service), January 27—Chairman, O. Williams; Secretary, L. Melanson. Discussion on Union welfare bsncfils. Tom Collins was clEcted ship'i delegate and will get in touch with head­ quarters for-a library and a patrolman for payoff. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—pleose put my name on your mailing list. {Fr/nt Information) NAME ••••/;, •••••• STREET ADDRESS ..... .,,,. CITY ...............ZONE Signed • • • • G * • • STATE ^1 n'G '• TO AVOID DUPLtClATION: If you oro on oM (ubicrikot oiHi. hovB • chingo of oddrtM. givo your formgr odilrgts boloW: ADDftESS CITY le. a ••••as•••eneeeneetsaeeeneenhaeaaeganaefe.ee sea el«ie«j»a9a.ie*»»«aa*a»M hOXiteGnt—OeoeG—»nO»f aonoaoni i ': \ :• ' j- 'c ' gi: s V • * •. li:; • /..L J- ^ Lvv * • . V ZONE • STATE aooeaanaMa »0«n • ;:MI �rii-— SEAFARERS P*ff« EUrhteoi All of the following SIU families •will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Vito Lopez, Jr., born November 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vito Lopez, Los Angeles, Calif. iii t> if • Frederick Landron, bom Jan­ uary 31, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesus Landron, Bronx. NY. a. i •, '^it \l4h^ h' -*;'" •*' li I-;- i • -•', 4 4 If • A\£ETYcx;/eaosHipMA-TESATTHESfUkom AT*IHEUAJIOW«ALL 47H4VEANP20JHSr. m BCCOkLV/M. SWAS* YAmS AHDWATCA 7W£F/<SHTSOMTV. mw LOW/PRICES pf " wt^.':r'-\i: : fe; 4 4 4 4 4 Carolyn Grace Simmons, bom Rebecca McNulty, born February February 4,1955. Parents, Mr. and 4, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Claude Simmons, Brooklyn, Bowman P. McNulty, Mobile, Ala. NY. 4 4 4 .4 4 4 Deborah E. Sullivan, born Sep­ Marceiia Kqibeck, bora; Decem­ tember 2, 1954, Parents, Mr. and ber' 31, 1954.'' Patents,. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Sullivan, Fairhope, Mrs. Chester Kolbeck, Brooklyn,: Ala. • •NY. i . Ir-,.; : 6l':'- Richard John Kanst, born Janu­ 28, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. ary 31, 1955. Parents, Mr. and John J. Miorana, Chalmette, La. Mrs. Casmier Kaust, NY, NY. 4 4 4 Sharon Elaine Applewhite, born 4 4 4 Tom Roiiand Danzey, Jr., ^born February 7, 1955. Parents, Mr. and January 13, 1955. Parents,' Mr. Mrs. Thomas Applewhite, Jr., and Mrs. Tom R. Danzey, Chicka- Washington, DC. saws Ala, 4 4 4 , 4 4 4 Betty Ann Hancock, born Febru­ Richard Brown, Jr., born Febm- ary 8, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. ary 1, 1955. <*arents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Perry Hancock, Henderson, Richard Brown, Brooklyn, Md. NC. 4 4 4 WEUCOMBMERBAI YOUflOwNPLACB. OWAl£P4NDOP£RAn© eYTHeSEAfARERS >J7ZUAII0M-A€e-AFL rrri iri— 4 4 4 4 Van Alan Saxon, born January 22, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Saxon, Mobile, Ala. 4 . 4 4 Christina Nadal, born January 21, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Nadal, NY, NY. 4 4 4 . •. Manih li, 195S LOG James ' Sullivan Hoiiey, born Mary Lou Smith, born December January 26, 1955. Parents, Mr. and 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. John H. Hmley, Jr., Whistler, John F. Smith, Covington,. La.' Ala. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Sandra Torres, born November Kenneth Peter Oisen, born Janu­ 8,. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. ary 28, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Leonardo Torres, NY, NY. Mrs. Jack Olsen, NY, NY. 4 4 4 Frederick Allen Fehler, Jr., born 4 4 4 Philip Johnny Miranda Puente, February 1, 1955. Parents. Mr. David James Fruge, born Febru­ born January 21, 1955. Parents, and Mrs. Frederick Pehler, Mobile, ary 7, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Philip P. Miranda, Ala. Joseph Fruge, Mamou, La. Ponce, PR. 4 4 4 4 •4 4 4 4 4 Lloyd Burnell Warning, bom Bart William Beye, born Febru­ Emily Cortes, born February 8, December 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. ary 7, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Milton B. Warning, Silas, Jan Jacob -Beye, Jr., Union City, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. En­ rique Cortes, NY, NY. Ala. NJ. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Harold Roger Zurn, Jr., born Gary Haymes Jackson, born SepAlark Joseph Grbac, born Jan­ .tember 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and uary 30, 1955. Parents, Mr. and January 24, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton H. Jackson, Baltimore, Mrs. Joseph Grbac, Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Harold R. Zurn, Baltimore, Md. Md. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Manuel Garcia, bom January 6, 4 4 4 Thad Michael Thompson, born Kevin Barry Smith, born Janu­ 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ar­ December 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. ary 25, 1955. Parents, Mr. and mando Garcia, Brooklyn, NY. and Mrs. Clem Thompson, MooresMrs. Raymond Smith, Paulsboro, 4 4 4 ville, NC. NJ. Ellen Marie Porter, bom Febru­ 4 4 4 4 4 4 ary 12, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Barry Lamar Kitchens, bom Joseph John Jernigan, born Mrs. Williiun Porter, Philadelphia, February 18, 1955. Parents, Mr. January 28, 1955. Parents, Mr. Pa. and -Mrs. Weldon L. Kitchens, Mo­ and Mrs. Partha Jernigan, Hollis, 4 4 4 LI, NY. Thomas Timothy Cornlck, born bile, Ala. 4 4 4 4 4 4 January 29, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Kathy Ann Stokes, born Jan­ Randolph Ogden Boiling, bom Mrs. Thomas Coraick, Levittown, uary lis, 1955. Parents, Mr. and January 27, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Pa. Mrs. Wiiliam Boiling, Opelousas, Mrs. Wilton Stokes, Prichard, Ala. 4 4 4 La. 4 4 4 James Lewis Smith III, born Anola Lynn Thompson, born • 4 4, 4 February 16, 1955. Parents, Mr. Vincent Pizzltoio, Jr., bom Janu­ and Mrs. James Lewis Smith, January 5, 1955. Parents, Mr. and ary 7, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mobile, Ala. Mrs. William R. Thompson, Colum­ Vincent Pizzitolo, New Orleans, La. bus, Misk 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Theress Ann Lyngstad, born Linda Sweat, bom January 24, February 6, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Martha Viola Torp, born Febru­ 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Mrs. Kjell O. Lyngstad, Mobile, ary 4, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Sweat, Savaunali, Ga. Arlin K. Torp, Mobilei Ala. Ala. 4 Iv^J; ?>; i. Anita Karen Piraino, born Octo­ ber 19, 1954. Par^ts, Mr. and Mrs. George Piraino, Holly Ridge, Miss. it i 4" Joan Crawford, born January 17, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Crawford, Mobile, Ala. / : ^f^-y Evelyn Leonoe Treuil, born Jan­ 4 4 4 David Earl Kennedy, born Jan­ uary 7, 1955. Parents, Mr. and uary 26, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. CHfton Treuil, Port Allen, La. Mrs. Williani E. Kennedy, Eight 4.4 4 . Mile, Ala. J• Elolza Pescador, born January 28, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Victoria Yvonne Gutierrez, bom Jose Pescador, Bronx, NY. November 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. 4 4 4 and Mrs. Frank Gutierrez, Gal­ Stephen Smith, born January 2, veston, Texas. 1955. Parents, Mr. and George Smith, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 Sylvia Louise Mouton, born Feb­ 4 4 4 ruary 1, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Sheila Elizabeth Royston, bom Mrs. Joseph Nathan Mouton, Gal­ February 14, 1955. Parents, Mr. veston, Texas. and Mrs. Julian Royston, Royston, 4 4 4 Ga. Bruce Michael Crawford, born 4 4 4 January 15, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Helen Marie Gladhill, born Jan­ Mrs. Charles Crawford, New Or­ uary 30, 1955. Parents, Mr. and leans, La. Mrs. Charles Gladhill, Eflicott City, 4 4 4 Md. Anthony Sturba, born January 4 4 4 2.5, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Linda Gayle Hathome, born Ranie J. Sturba, Morgantown, W. February 3, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Va. Mrs. Arnold E. Hathorne, New Or­ 4 4 4 * Robert Banister, Jr., born Janu­ leans, La. 4 4 4 ary 31, 1955. Parents, Mr. and, Debora Ann Alexander, born Mrs. Robert Banister, New OrleFebruaiy 23, 1955.- Parents, Mr. ans. La. J, J, and Mrs. Nick Alexander, Jr., Patrick Glenn Ward, born Janu­ Texas City, Texas: ary 4, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Henry M. Ward, Port Arthur, Judith Ann Bonefont, born Jan­ uary 4, 1955. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Linda Ann Wells, bom February Mrs. Juan Bonefont, NY, NY. 5, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Dominic Ann Hall, born Decem­ Hugh F. Wells, Jr., Kenner, La. ber 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 J victor Mioran^ki'^'^drirv •^J&iuair Mrk.". Jdse^l? '-HH^r,-' Mobile;' Ala. Old Seatime Still Counts Toward Early Citizenship Alien seamen who served on US ships before September 23, 1950, and have since obtained residence visas can still count that old seatime towards their five year residence require­ ment. However, this proyi--*^ sion of the act will expire Sep­ as it was oq American-flag ships. tember 23, 1955, so that only Time spent, on US ships as a non­ a limited number of aliens can make use of it. This provision should not be con­ fused with the old five yearjseatime rule. That rule expired last year, and allowed a non-resident alien to get citizenship on the basis of five lyears' time on American ships before September 30, 1950. The way the existing provision works is as follows: An alien who served two years on American ships before September 23, 1950, got a visa later on pnd then spent three years as a resident alien, either ashore or aboard US ships, has fulfilled his five year residence requirement. Otherwise, his five year residence, wouid begin from the time he got his residence visa. Continue His Time In other words, any alien who has seatime before 1950 can com­ bine that seatime with his time as a resident alien to make wp the five years. It does not matter how far back that seatime goes as long resident alien after September 23, 1950, does not count. One Seafarer Mvho recently won his full citizenship on that basis is Edward Mikkelson. He had almost three years' seatime on US ships up to the September 23, 1950 date. In February 2, 1952, he got his en- , try visa with the help of SIU Wel­ fare Services which secured the necessary letters of recommenda­ tion for him from various shipping companies. The three years' old seatime plus the time spent at sea and ashore since he got his visa qualified him for naturalization. Mikkelson warns, however, that some Immigration officers are. not too familiar with this particular phase of the law. "I had quite a time convincing the man I was dealing with that such a provision existed," he said. Otherwise, Mikkelson pointed out, he would have had to wait- un­ til February, 1957, before he would have been able to get his citizen­ ship. SEA FARE R S 5 SEAFARERS WELFARE^ VACATIOM PLANS PfMi MPpRTON •IHEPITS PAID T» .....'3..T..^/f.r..."S.ISr..'.....;„........ 1 Avefate Benefits Paid Each Seafarer r\ f/u\ is •iKTVjmrT! Total Behefita Paid ihie Period WILPAU, VACATION •KNEPin PAID THIS PIMOD Hoaalia! BaaafltaDeaih Baaafiia Diaahlilcv Baaafita JiMeraity Beaaflir Vacaiioe Baaafita Total 74 ¥S J-/3V . • S. aoo ts lA So/. 4t 1XS ft 7L^ isy ft WILFARC, VACATION tlNEPITS PAID PMVIOIMLV Hgwitri gwffi'f PtM f iHly i. lyij)' Deth s^tiu PM Si.e. Inl, 1. IWB » Mtttaitv Beaalif I7fc,7#a £4 Ac Simem AnrU I. H!>2 • cto JLLJ222J H niT rj< ts JIsuL ± UQsu. WELPARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Vacacioa Catli oa lUad Velfon VacBtioa Eatiaated Accouota RaceivabU y^lfare— US GoTttuaeDt Baada (Velfate) Real Eawta (Telfata) Other Aaaeta - Ttaining Ship (Velfara) TOTAL ASSETS iEfwmwi •JWTOPn insTTtti'ira WWffTO ,1 BCEDGIfim COjgjENT: The collega entranc®^examination board has announced that the rtext 19$b-1955 aeries of tests are to be taken on May 21, Of the 33 sppll' cants who have applied* lli. haVe t®ken the exami­ nation and their grades are in* The remaining 19 applicants are in process of completion and should be available for the Scholarship Committee at the June 25 meeting, providing all. applicants qualify. Swkmittei 3-114-55 A1 Kerr, AaaMflMT^lMSMlvr �^ March 18^^ 195S SEAFARERS SEEIN* THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN LtfG .. Page Nineteen Tax Dep't A Pushover—Sometimes What to do when you are supporting four parents. Claim exemption on all four of them! Which is exactly what one Seafarer did when he learned through the Union that he was entitled to do so. Not all the tax problems-tthat Seafarers bring to Wel­ to learn that he was entitled to an ment of back taxes plus interest. fare Services are as odd as the extra $1,200 for thie step-paren^ as It is believed this will be accept­ above example." But in any case. well. able to tax authorities. Otherwise, Seafarers who have tax headaches In a similar but less complicated he would be liable for heavy penal­ with Uncle Sam, and there are case a Seafarer had been the sole ties of between five and 25 percent many of them because of the na­ support of a widowe'd mother. But for each month's delinquency, plus ture of the seagoing profession, because she was receiving small six percent interest. can get proper professional advice monthly payments from Social If anything, he had a rather large through the Union office. Security he was under the im­ refuQii coming to him probably The case of the four parents is pression he could not claim her as will wind up with additional cash from Uncle Sam. simple enough when you boil it a dependent. File Amended Return down. The Seafarer's parents had Other problems peculiar to Sea­ divorced and both remarried. Since He was informed that he could farers involve wives and families t both parents were elderly as. were do so, and what's more, could living overseas. In these cases,- the One of the brothers who is grateful for the fact their spouses, the Seafarer wound file an amended return for three wife is deductible but dependent that there is a Public Health Service hospital to up with a father, mother, stepfather years back to get back the extra children are not. If a Seafarer turn to in time of need is Theodore Larsen. who and stepmother all of whom re­ taxes he had paid because of his himself claims residence in a for­ was carpenter aboard the Arlyn (Bull Line). Larsen Larsen quired his support. error in neglecting to claim an­ eign country for the tax year he got some foreign matter in his eye which he couldn't He had been deducting just for other deduction. does not have to pay US taxes. Or get out, so the hospital is treating him for the condition. William Neef, Then there were a couple of in­ if he is working in a foreign coun­ who was in a couple of months back for an eye-muscle operation is his natural parents and was pleased teresting cases involving New try on a long sign-on and spends back in for further treatment. It seems that the muscle didn't stay in York State's income tax. A Sea­ 17 out of 18 months out of the place the way it was supposed to. farer who was a non-resident alien States, he does not have to pay Seafarer Theodore Gerber is laid up at Sta.ten Island with a broken got a letter from the state tax de­ US income taxes. leg suffered in a shipboard accident. He was OS on the Seatrain Texas partment claiming back taxes for when the accident took place and had to go in for treatment on 3-Mile Taxfree several years on the grounds that , March 7. The doctors are performing a bone graft Non-resident aliens shipping out he was a "resident" of New York. of the US have an^e,ntirely dif­ operation on him. Brother John Cook, AB on the He cam# to the Union with his . Seamar, went in for minor surgery on March 2. ferent problem. They have to pay problem and a letter was sent to tax on time spent in US territorial A cut arm he got on the Iberville put Robert Grant, the State tax department on his One of the lesser-known features chief cook, out of action. He came into the hospital waters, but not on earnings out­ March 9. Aaron Sasser, wiper on the Gulfwater, had of the Seafarers 'VVelfare and behalf. The letter offered to pay side the three-mile limit. Nor are New York State taxes if the tax a finger broken when one of the engineers closed Vacation Plans are that^ benefits they entitled to Hpy of the deduc­ a door on his hand and will be out of circulation due to Seafarers under these plans department could arrange for him tions which residents have except to be a citizen of New York. Noth­ are still good for wife and children for a while. for the $600 personal deduction. Estell Godfrey, who has been laid up for a long in the event of death. In other ing more was heard from the tax The shipping company has to sup­ people on the subject. time with a broken hip, is moving around pretty well words, as long as the Seafarer is ply them with two separate earn­ Ahmed Another Seafarer, this one a cit­ ing statements accordingly. qualified, his beneficiary is entitled now with the help of his brace and crutches. izen, had been working on the SS It was good to see t^at Brother Hussein Ahmed was discharged from to collect SIU benefits in certain The complications of US tax laws Florida on the Miami-Havana run the hospital after having his leg amputated. He is getting dround pretty instances. are so involved as to go on and on for a period of over four years. For practical purposes, the rule good now and was glad to get out. Also discharged recently was endlessly. Seaferers who have any applies to collection of vacation During all that time he had been questions in mind as to whether Warren Smith. on articles. Nevertheless, the New pay, to the SIU maternity benefit they are following the correct Don't forget brothers when you do get discharged from the hospital and to the SIU scholarship benefit York State -tax department re­ procedure would do well to check quested him to file a delinquency go up to the hall and register with the dispatcher, even though you may in the event the son or daughter of return for a period of three years. up before the April 15 tax dead­ ;not be fit for duty as yet. By registering right away,' you get credit for a deceased Seafarer should quali­ When he was able to show that he line. your hospital time on your shipping card, up to 30 days, but if you fy for a scholarship award. It was on the Florida continually for delay yoii lose'that special consideration that's given to hospitalized might also apply in a> limited way the entire period, the tax depart­ to the, hospital benefit or disability ment dropped the claim. Seafarers. "• benefit where there would still be a Failed-To File few days benefits coming to the A more recent case involved a Seafarer. K. G. Wetterhorn Clifford Womack USPHS HOSPITAL Serfarer who had neglected to file N. D. Wilson As an instance of the way this returns for the past five years as BALTIMORE, MD. ' FcUpc Aponte Okol J. Jones USPHS HOSPITAL work, Mrs. George Plraino of Holly the result of an honest error. ,The Ernest Atkins R. M. Kirkwood NORFOLK, VA. Ridge, Mississippi,.collected a ma­ Seafarer had his home in a south­ Benjamin Balcer James Lewis W. C. Baldwin William H. Mason The deaths of the following Sea­ Robert Littleton G. 'Bassler Francis J. Boner Robert W. Miller ternity benefit for the birth of her ern state but shipped mostly out farers Have been reported to the Robert G. McKnew Walter Butterton Byrd O. Buzbee Charlie W. Phelps daughter, Anita. Her ^husband, of New York. His withholding tax Seafarers Welfare Plan and the Edmund H. Marsh WiUiam Carey Joseph M. Cash James A. Sparrow Victor B. Cooper Thomas Mun'go Seafarer George Piraino, passed forms had been sent back home $2,500 death benefits are being USPHS HOSPITAL Ste'phen Musco James R. Dayton MANHATTAN BEACH, NY away in the summer of 1954, but and he assumed, incorrectly, that paid to their beneficiaries: George Olive Leo A. Dwyer Fortunate Bacomo Arthur -Lomas Arthur J. Faulkner D. G. Robinson since the baby was born within a the family was filing for him. Ac­ Frank W. Bemrick Francis F. Lynch Robert W. Scales Louis Firlie Claude F. Blanks Joseph D. McGraw John Kosmas, 48: Brother KosJohn R. Sehultz Gorman T. Glaze year of th^ time that he was on his tually, this canpot be done as the Robert L. Booker A. - McGuigan George E. Godwin W. C. Simmonslast ship, the survivor, in this case tax returns have to be filed by the mas died of a heart attack aboard Joseph G. Carr Vic Milazzo Roy M. Haw>s Robert Smith Jar Chong Mclvon O. Moore the" SS Eugenie on Februarjr '7,' R. H. Solheim his wife, was entitled to the $200 individual involved. S. A. Holden , . W. Denley Eugene T. Nelson George A. Williams Walter Charles Henschke Welfare Plan benefit. John J. Driscoll Joseph Newbauer Once he learned of the error, 1955. Burial took place at sea. Robert J. Wiseman Bart Edward Huizenga E. Guranick D. F. Ruggiano -Norman T. Jackson N. Hatgimisios Of course, if the seatime were he hotfooted up to the Union where Brother Kosmas joined the Union Taib Hassen Wade H. Sexton Melvin H.- Jones Thomas Isaksen more than a year old, the eligi­ he was told to file as well as to in 1951 in San Francisco and had G. E. Shumaker USPHS HOSPITAL John W. - Keenan E. R. Smallwood BOSTON. MASS. bility for the benefit would have send in an affidavit explaining the been sailing in the steward departLudwlg Kristiansen Henry E. Smith Frank Alasavich John M. • Herrold lapsed. Frederick Landry Renato A. Villata circumstances and offering pay­ ment. He is survived by his wife, -Alfred A. Hancock Frank Simione James J. Lawlor Virgil E. Wilmoth CITY HOSPITAL Margaret Kosmas of San Francisco, Kaarel Leetm'aa Chee K. Zai MOBILE, ALA. . California. James R. Lewis • Arthur Henderson USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL 4i if . ^ GALVESTON, TEXAS SAVANNAH, GA. Fred Fall Samuel B. Setliff Alexander P. Copa Louis C. Millgr Allan G. Brown, 31: On January Benjamin F. Grice Louis B. Thomas Allen D. Edenfield James T. Moore George Litchfield - WlUiam G. Trice 10, 1955, Brother Brown died of a Rufus L. Fields John H. Morris Reinaldo L. Monies John T. Watt Carl F. Kumrow Robert Myers heart ailment aboard the SS Andrew Norohha Jame^ A. Winget Jimmie Littleton WUliain A. Smith Angela J. Martins Ernest H. Webb Bloemfontein. Burial took place USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. at Oak Grove Cemetery in HyanDETROIT. MICH. MIcliele Gaudelieri Foster J. Rochon ' Tim Burke nis, Mass. Joining the Union in J. Heidt William J. Rose USPHS HOSPITAL Sverre Johannessen Olav W. Rosenberg 1943 in Boston, Brother Brown had MEMPHIS, TENN. W. A. Johnston George J. Wanka . Charles Burton been sailing in the deck depart­ USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. ment. He is survived by his moth­ FORTH WORTH, TEXAS Salvatore Manciano Alfonso Olaguibel B. P. Delbler Harry L. Schuler er, Mrs. Anna W. Brown of HyanP. B. Bommarito Herman F. Ostberg Virgil L. Harding Edward J. Toolan Charles E. Brady Kenyon Parks nis, Mass. ' Jose Santiago • Lyles D. Brunson R. A. Ratcliff It seems that every year the seaman is the target of a drive to dump his medical benefits through the Public Health Service. Seafarers in and out of the hospitals helped put the skids under this plan last time. But there is no question that thei'e are influential people who want to take away the seaman's bene­ fits. The way to stop this is to reach out for a pen and some paper and let your Congressman hear from you. It would be a pretty good idea if the wife and other people in the family did the same. •-isI 5IU Benefits Carry Over After Death $1 ^Seafarers In Hospitals Stork's 2nd Visit To Guidry Famiiy USPHS HOSPITAL ; LEXINGTON, KY. - George Qr'Chaudion Charles Gregory VA HOSPITAL OTEEN,%NC Leonard J. Frank SAILOR'S SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Joseph Koslusky S HANEMANN HOSPIT.AL ' SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. H. B. Shaynick USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Oscar J. Adams. Ludwlg Kristiansen At Husseh Ahmed Serafln G. Lopez Virgir S. Bowman- John McKarek , Matthew Eurisa Antonio S. Martin -i Joseph Felton Abdul G. Mohamed Angelo P. Ferrie G. H. Robinson C. E. Filkins Jose Rodriguez ' Gerald Fitzjames Jose Rodriguez Henry Franklin MaHi RuusukaUio . EsteU Godfrey Anthony Scaturro • J. A. Golder Antonio Schiavone Fred Hauser Victor Shavroff G. E. Herrmann Henrich Sterling j Timothy R. Holt Carl Simdquist LaueiuChristian rVeee- Adie Coleman M. J. Rodriguez Salem Cope J. E. Rounsavall Glen M. Curl David H. Rucker John Doyle Joachim D. Saik Hal R. Ellis Jr. Benjamin C. Seal Fred R. England Henry S. Sosa Henry L. Falgout G. J. St. Germain Leo Fontenot James W. Sumpter .Alfredo Garcia Charles L. Terry WUliam Grimes Lonnie R. Tickle E. T. Hardeman Marlon C. Vester Eugene V. Hayden Dick Vlsser Frank Johnson Blllie C. Ward Konstant N. Kain James E. Ward E. G. Knapp Paul J. 'Wilkinson Leo H. Lang Edward L. Woods Thomas E. Maynes David A. Wright Lionel B. Miller CHARITY HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. George W. Books USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Chester Anderson C. J. Neumaier G. J. Fletcher Frank S. Paylor Clyde L. Knab Joseph Perreira Robert Lambert William L. V/iUiams Clarence J. Lund S. L. Woodruff, , dlleBrle«-- -- Ifoit? To Get Disabled Pay Albert Raymond Guidry, Jr., joins big sister Martha, 2, in Guidry family portrait. Both children, of course, were greeted by a $200 .SKii'beiieftt iplus ;$25;y.§toiji / | Any totally disabled* Sea­ farer, regardless of age, who has b|Ben employed for seven years on SiU-contracted ships is eligible for the $25 weekly disability benefit for as long as he is unable to work. Ap­ plications and queries on un­ usual situations should be sent to the U11 i c n Welfare Trustees, c/o SiO Headquar­ ters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. ;^l �SEAFARERS •fe i^:"' I ib^" * OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • March 18, 1955 ATLANTIC AND GULF easily evaded this by using dif­ ferent routes'through the track­ less bayous. Finally, the exasperated govern­ ment got out a warrant for Laf­ fite's arrest, and he was picked up while strolling down a busy New Orleans street one day. He didn't stay in jail very long. Bail was arranged, and Laffite escaped fur­ ther penalties by simply jumping bail. Slave Auction In 1814 Laffite got so brazen that he openly advertised a sale and slave auction. A group of armed men headed by a revenue officer was dispatched to l)revent the sale and arrest the ringleaders. The small force was far too feeble to contend with Laffite's men. One man was killed and two others wounded before the fight was over. The rest were bought off and told to go home and behave like good f-v:- ?I^': i\'T' bOVB. "... Barataria Bay Mras the hideout of most pirate operations. From there the Koods were floated to New Orleans for sale." If The ^Gentleman Pirate' -Louisiana's Jean Laffite Among the ranks of famous pirates, Louisiana's own Jean Laffite surely ranks as the num­ ber one "gentleman." He was also one of the best diplomats and most successful organizers the piracy business has known. Unlike the traditional picture of a pirate, Laffite made nobody walk the plank, carried no knives in his teeth and probably died peacefully in bed. As a matter of fact he would no"" doubt be a bit hurt to have-*" himself described as a com­ stolen cargo onto pirogues and cations arose for the Laffites. For mon garden-variety pirate. He took their goods on hack-country one thing, the US and Britain got was simply a businessman streams and bayous to New Or­ into a war. Then Louisiana hewho found it more convenient leans where they were offered for came a state which meant that l^;.IrV • l-in?''; J/;. ; to operate without bothering about little things like customs duties, laws, and ownership of merchan­ dise. Versatile Operation At one time or another in his career he was a US.marshal, a Mexican federal official, a Spanish Intelligence agent, a leader of auxiliary troops for the US Army, a slave trader, a smuggler, a pirate and a commander of pirate enter­ prises. Sometimes he was several of these things at one and the same time. Nobody is quite certain where Laffite came from, or where he , went after he dropped out of sight In' 1821. Apparently he was a na­ tive of France. JMor can anybody explain why he spelled his name differently than any one of the Louisiana Lafittes. (Despite what Waterman Steamship Company has on the how of its C-2 of the same nathe, the pirate spelled it with two "ff's.") Louisiana Pirate Base In any case, the Laffites, Jean and his older brother Pierre, came Into prominence sometime after the US bought Louisiana Territory froni France in 1803. At that time the Louisiana coast Was a favorite base for pirates who preyed on Spanish ships in the Gulf of Mexico. Barataria Bay was the hideout of most pirate operations. From there the pirates unloaded sale. For a while the Laffite brothers were in the employ of the US Gov­ ernment as marshals whose as­ signments were to capture smug­ glers. A short stay on the side of virtue convinced the brothers that there was no percentage in working for a meager Government salary. They switched sides^ and entered the more profitable smug­ gling operation. Apparently the brothers had a genius for business organization because in 1811 the pirates of Barataria Bay asked them to take leadership over their operations. A business combine was formed with Jean Laffite at the head, re­ placing the independent ventures that had existed before. Became French Ships Among, the first things Laffite did was tp have the ships legally accredited to the Fi-ench flag. For­ eign-flag transfers were easily done those days, too. That took the stigma of piracy off his operations since France was at war with Spain and the French coulii raid Spanish commerce legally. Of course, the little problem of smug­ gling still remained. But Laffite's operations were seldom disturbed since he had connections with prominent local New Orleans mer­ chants who were only too glad to take his merchandise off his hands in short order and dispose of it. -Within a year thougbr compU- there would he an energetic local government to contend with. As a matter of fkct, shortly afterward the state sent out an expedition to stop the smuggling, hut Laffite At about the same time Laffite's brother Pierre was picked up and held without bail in New. Orleans. But the war druths were; beginning to heat louder as a Brftish force prepared to invade the delta and capture-New Orleans. Knowing of Laffite's reputation and his knowl­ edge of the bayous, the British sent an emissary to him who of­ fered him the rank of captain and $30,000 in cash, a tremendous sum in those days, if he would bring himself and his pirates into British service. . ^ However, instead of selling out to the British, Laffite sent word to New Orleans of the impending British attack on the city. The next day his brother "escaped" from jail. It was d fair enough transaction as far as all were con­ cerned. Perhaps if Pierre Laffite had been free at the time, Jean would have reacted differently to the British offer. Ships Seized In any case, Laffite's valuable information didn't stop the author­ ities from cracking down on him. A large expedition was sent out to destroy his fleet and seize his base. Laffite realized it would be disastrous to attempt open warfare with the Government. All of his vessels in port were seized and all his men fell prisoner while he and his brother went in hiding. By December, 1814, the city of New Orleans was in critical danger as British forces took control of the waters.of Lake Borgne; All able-bodied men were pardoned DISTRICT •-AFL • and enrolled-'in General Andrew. Jackson's defense forces. Subsequently, the pirates played an important role in the Battle of New Orleans and the defeat of th# British, for it was their devastating and accurate fire that destroyed the British artillery and softened up British troops. As a result of the pirates' exploits, the LaTitte brothers were-granted full pardons by President Jamei Madison. For a while they contin­ ued living in New Orleans, at­ tempting to regain their ships and property that had been seized by the authorities. They were unable to do so and were forced into bankruptcy. Became Spanish Agdnts But the resourceful Laffites were far from washed up. Jean Laffite made contact with Spanish government agents and was put on the payroll as a Spanish intel­ ligence agent against pirates and Mexican revolutionaries. But while he was supposed to be working for Spain, he was hack at his old tricks of raiding Spanish .ships, this time from a new base—Galveston Island. The island was uninhabited at the time, so Laffite simply set up shop there, building homes, ware­ houses and docking facilities for his ships and for his 1,000-man force. Before long he was hack in business with his old partners in New Orleans on a larger scale than ever before. No doubt the finances for ' his venture came from these same sources. All was quiet, peaceful and prosperous for a couple of years until the Federal Government got into the picture. The US was in­ terested in taking over Galvestoa Island and the surrounding area and Laffite was politely asked to leave in 1818. He ignored the re­ quest and wrangled an appoint-, ment as "Governor of Galveston" from the Mexican government, something he was in fact, if not in name, for several years before. Meanwhile he was still supposed to he serving Spanish intelligence against Mexico. But Laffite. could not hold out indefinitely. In"^ 1821, the US served a second, and final, notice on him to get out of Galveston, and sent a Navy ship to enforce the order. Laffite put all his shoreside installations to the torch and sailed away. That was where his trail disappeared. The best of evidence has it that he died in 1826. ~''h tilH ;:F.i 'r.'-i-.. •A- L^fite $30,000'and-af <;ommi«Bloh hi«Bloh''WJdiii 'f<>ir«hik' wtth 'tbtta" � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource March 18, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 6 Description An account of the resource Headlines: PRESSURE ON US TO SCRAP 50-50 LAW IMPROPER STOWAGE BLAMED FOR MORMACKITE SINKING FBI NABS ENEMY OF CANADIAN SIU ON CHARGE OF DODGING DRAFT IN US OKAY SUBSIDY FOR SOUTH ATL. SIU SEEN AS VICTOR IN WC VOTING SIU MEMBERSHIP ADOPTS SENIORITY HIRING SYSTEM SNUG HARBOR FUTURE DARK RETRO WAGE WIND-UP ON, CO'S REPORT UNIONS NIX WAGE FREEZE SIU TANKER MEN HAILED IN RESCUE MORSE OKAYED AS MA CHIEF NEW MEMBERSHIP-APPROVED HIRING CLAUSE THE BIG SQUEEZE SLIGHTLY AT ODDS SNUG HARBOR DOOMED OFF-WATCH ROYAL OAK HAS HAPPY CIU CREW HARD LUCK CAN'T KEEP HIM DOWN OLD SEATIME STILL COUNTS TOWARD EARLY CITIZENSHIP TAX DEP'T A PUSHOVER-SOMETIMES SIU BENEFITS CARRY OVER AFTER DEATH THE 'GENTLEMAN PIRATE' - LOUISIANA'S JEAN LAFITTE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/18/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/c245f3bb61d037c6c024912bcf977f84.PDF 987e5d73cfb2f4a90d7f2e6f6e8e8e22 PDF Text Text story On Page 2 SEAFARlBRS LOG ,• OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • HOOVER REPORT SEEKS PHS DOOM -Story On Page 3 Sojfa Of Two Stowaways...As The Robin Tuxford (Outbound) Met The Robin Mowbray (Inbound) I Seafarers on lifeboat from the Robin Tuxford take up the sea painter of ,* the Robin Mowbray to prepare transferring two stowaways discovered soon after the Tuxford left Capetown, South Africa. O Short ocean trip for the stowaways nears an end as * they start up the ladder to board the Robin Mowbray, which was enroute to Capetown at the time. Q Aboard the Mowbray, Seafarers at rail look on as one of the stowaways (wearing suit Jacket) waits for his partner. Their sea adventure was cut short after only 800 miles at sea. Despite choppy seas, the transfer of both men was soon over, and they were on their way home again. All photos by Seafarer Oscar Raynor. . �. Page Tw« 11'.. *" SEAFARERS hOG House Body Raps Foul-Ups Over '50-50' And Transfers ^: March 4.195S Launch New SIU Passenger Run WASHINGTON—Confirming eveiy charge made by the SIU, the House Mer­ chant Marine Commitee has severely criticized US tramp shipowners, the Mari­ time Administration and other responsible Government agencies for their mishan­ dling of foreign aid cargoes and for maladministration of the "50-50" law. ^ The committee found that the Maritime Administrator had transferred tramp ships in the face of an ob­ How has the transfer of 69 Libertys afTected the US tramp fleet? vious upsurge in US-flag Here are a few examples. business; the tramp ship­ * Pacific Coast shippel-s reported that there was an "acute short­ age" of lumber space. owners had played hide-and* With no lay-up ships coming out, inquiries are out for British, seek hy means of the transfer Australian, South African and other foreign flag vessels to carry gimmick, forcing up charter lumber. prices, and the various Gov­ * Business in grain, coal and other commodities was such that ernment agencies had messed shipowners had "little incentive" to bring ships into the West up foreign aid shipments. Coast area, even though present rates are "rather high." Further the committtee strongly * The Department of Agriculture has not been able to locate defended the "50-50" law as in no enough US-flag tonnage to handle Yugoslavian wheat shipments way responsible for any foul-up in and has authorized carriage of 80,000 tons on foreign bottoms. aid shipments. It was highly criti­ cal of US and foreign interests who attempted to undermine it and charged that the incompetence of tremely favorable terms under the cumstances, the committee conadministrative agencies and the 1946 ship sales act. This act was cluded, the foreign nations have excessive greed of tramp ship­ designed, in the committee's words, no kick coming. owners was playing into the hands to promote "an efficient and ade­ quate merchant marine." of the foreign interests. Congress, the committee added, While nothing can be done about then passed the "50-50" law with­ Members of the deck department on the newest SIU passenger the transfers short of drastic new out lyhich "the American tramp run pausp for a picture aboard the SS Cuba during loading of legislation governing foreign-flag stores before her maiden voyage last month. Pictured (1-r) arei registrations, the committee de­ fleet could not continue to exist." The committee further noted 'Skinny' Wells, AB; Rudy Cancella, AB; Pat Robertson, Bosun, anjl manded that one central agency, Jack Thayer, AB. Ship runs between Tampa and Havana. the General Services Administra­ that 27 of the 69 Liberty ships tion, take charge of all foreign aid which transferred foreign were WASHINGTON — Former shipments. It urged, further, that purchased in December 1950 and Maritime Administrator Louis the Stale Department should January 1951, after the Chinese B. Rothschild was sworn in "maintain the national policy of Communists entered the Korean this week as Under Secretary of the United States" with respect to fighting. "Now only four years Commerce for Transportation. later, the owners have transferred Earlier his appointment to the "50-50". The report implied that the one half the US tramp fleet to post was unanimously approved by State Department's attitude was foreign-tlag registry . . ." a Senate committee, although his Plenty of Cargo encouraging the enemies of "50policies as MA chief came under 50" both at home and abroad by "It was said that at the outset fire from at least one committee doing nothing while foreign na­ of the recent transfer program the member. tions raised all sorts of difficulties tramp shipowners indicated a de­ At a hearing of the Senate Inter­ in the handling of foreign aid ship­ sire to remain under the Amei'ican state and Foreign Commerce Com­ ments. flag but that lack of cargoes . . . mittee, Senator Magnuson, the left no alternative to transfer . . . committee c'haii-man from Wash­ Mortgage-Duckers The SEAFARERS LOG had Yet despite a steadily strengthen­ ington, disagreed ..with Rothschild's charged that tramp shipowners had ing charter market . . . the enact­ foreign transfer policy of last Au­ gone into business at the start of ment of legislation . . . (50-50 and gust under which 69 Americanthe Korean War, had reaped the the coal and food surplus pro­ flag Liberty ships were transferred profits of war cargoes without even grams) there is no indication that to foreign registry. paying a cent, in many instances, any operator withdrew his trans­ Rothschild, who was nominated on their ship mortgages to the US fer application . . by President Eisenhower to suc­ , Each transfer meant the ceed Robert B. Murray, Jr., as the government, and then turned around and switched their regis­ loss of job opportunities for some commerce undersecretary. Is ex­ tries to runaway flags with the ap­ 40 American seSmen. Owners . . . pected to move still Jiigher In the proval of the same Maritime Ad­ should bear in mind that ... the Eisenhower administration. ministration which held the mort­ 1936 and 1946 acts were designed Indications now are that Roths­ to protect American seamen as child will be succeeded as both gages. The House Committee pointed well . . . the tramp ship operators Maritime Administrator and chair­ Ready for a rushing business in the ship's bar, Seafarers M. man of the Federal Maritime out that the tramp fleet was ac­ have not been loyal .. ." Yglesias, bartender, and Ray Gonzalez, bar waiter, practice a dry Elsewhere in its report, the Board by Clarence G. Morse, who quired by shipowners under exrun with a few set-ups. The Quba joins the popular SS Florida committee pointed out that 32 of is now general counsel for both which has been on the Miami-Havana run for many years. Both 69 tramp ships were transferred maritime bodies. vessels are operated by the P&O Steamship Co. after November 1, 1954, when it was clear that cargo would be Mor. 4, 1955 Vol. XVII, No. 5 available "in a matter of weeks..." Inadequate Fleet As I See It Page 4 "The result is that we now have Burly Page 15 Crossword Puzzle .... Page 8 an American tramp fleet which is The largest group of applicants in the three-year history of the SIU Scholarship Plan, 18 Editorial Cartoon .......Page 9 or mby soon prove to be wholly in all, are vying for the four 1955 awards worth $6,000 each. Eight Seafarers and 10 chil* Editorials Page 9 inadequate even to carry the mip- dren of Seafarers have met qualifications thus far and either have taken the college en* Final Dispatch r Page 19 imum of 50 percent of Govern­ trance examinations or will-* Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 ment cargoes provided for in the take them soon. to take the next test on Saturday, call for the applicant, if a Seafarer, Labor Round-Up Page 8 law." The 18 applicants don't March 12. to have three years seatime oa Letter of The Week Page 9 The committee went over the necessarily reflect the final totals The growing interest in the SIU SIU ships. If the child of a Sea­ Letters Page 15 handling of foreign aid shipments Maritime Page 8 in a similar vein. It spoke of a re­ since there is still time for addi­ Plan reflects its generous cash farer, the father's seatime is tha~ Meet The Seafarer Page 8 grettable lack of coordination in tional candidates to qualify and provisions, its imlimited range of qualifying factor. All applicants must be in thf Notices, Personals Page 17 handling shipments uuder "50-50" take the college entrance test. The study and the fact that both Sea­ last examination for this year will farers and their children can upper third of their high school Off Watch Page 14 with the result that shipments Port Reports Pages 12, 13 have been delayed because there be given on May 21 and the com­ qualify. In addition, four of the graduating class and must submit mittee of university administrators candidates for this year's awards transcripts of their high school Quiz Page 14 wqs no uniform procedure. who select the winners will meet had competed unsuccessfully last records plus tliree letters of ref­ Recent Arrivals Page 18 Finally, it scorned the argu­ at the end of June. year. The terms of the Scholarship erence, one from their high school SIU History Cartoon .._... Page 6 ments of foreign nations and for­ Actually, a total of 43 inquiries Plan permit them to come back principal. Vote of Thanks Page 9 eign shipping associations, point­ were reported by the SIU Welfare again for another try if they take Winners of the previous years* Welfare. Benefits ....Pages 18, 19 ing out that foreign shipowners another college entrance examina­ Plan Office but a number of those awards were: 1953, Robert Good­ Welfare Report Page 18 were getting half of the shipments win,'' Alma Jimenez, Charlena Your Dollar's Worth Page 4 and toeing paid in American dol­ inquiring were not qualified under tion. In its first year, 1953, the four Holden and Elizabeth Lomas, all the terms of the plan and others PubllshMl biweekly et fhe headquarfert lars to boot, while the freight rates failed to complete their applica­ awards were won by children of children of Seafarers; 1954, Sea­ of the Seafarers International Union, At­ are paid for by the local govern­ tions. Seafarers, but last year three of farers Ed Larkin, Wallace Simp­ lantic A Gulf District AFL, *75 Fourth Five of the 18 remaining hav? the four awards were, taken by son and Seymour Wallace, and Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth ments to the United States at the 9-660*. Entered as second class matter official rate in their own depre- already taken the college entrance Seafarers themselves. Jack Game, son of Seafarer Eddia •t th« Port Offlco In Brooklyn, NY, undo* _ i. • Hiq Art of Ausurt 24, wx ciated currency. Under such cir- tests and five more.^ari^.,^^]^eduIed . The SIU Plan's jrequlrenMnts S. Game. • MA Chief Gets New Gov't Job a;^ r L-> %:k'• K- :l 1;^ SEAFARERS LOG 18 Seek SIU Seholarships. Ilfir- |i u. I r\<-,•''''••' �March 4,1955 skAFAttBRS LOG Thres La. Seatrain Hoover Report Proposes Dock Blaze Delays Ship End To All U5PHS Hosps : NEW ORLEANS—Fire that • broke out an hour and a half after the Seatrain Louisiana . departed from this port bound for , Savannah and New York destroyed a 400-fopt section of the Seatrain Lines docks near Belle Chasse on the west bank of the Mississippi. , Damage from the February 19th blaze was estimated at about $250,. 000. ! Origin of the fire was undeter­ mined, but company officials theo^rized it may have been touched off by a cigarette smoldering among the creosoted pilings. A draft of air created when the Seatrain Louis­ iana pulled away from the dock could have fanned it into flame, according to this theory. Arrival of the Seatrain Georgia a week later was delayed one day until temporary repairs could be made. Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held ;every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings is as follows: Mar. 9, Mar. 23, April 16. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required to attend the meetings. WASHINGTON—Dusting oflf the slightly motheaten program that was put forth last year by Mrs. Oveta Gulp Hobby, the Hoover Commission on Government Reorganization has proposed the closing of the Public Health Service hospitals. The new proposal is an exact duplicate of the one that former Budget Director Joseph Dodge and Mrs. Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, put before Congress in mid-1953 only to have it voted down last year after a wave of protest from Seafarers and others in the maritime industry. The Hoover Commissionf of all medical services in the "economizers" taken into ac­ on much if not all of this cost to recommendations came as deprived count the fact that thousands of the Government itself. one blow. part of package document Nowhere in its lengthy report seamen and other patients would The net result would be a less -on Government health serv­ ices including the Veterans Administration and Defense Department hospital facili­ ties. As far as Seafarers are cohcerned, the proposals call for an end to all med cal services for seamen and the closing of all of the Public Health Service hos­ pitals with the exception of four —the Bethesda research center, the Lexington narcotics center, the Carville leprosarium and the Fort Worth hospital for mental cases. Others Curtailed Other Governmental medical services to men and women in the Armed Forces, and to veterans, to various civiL servants and to dependents of men in uniform would be curtailed but not discon­ tinued. This would be accomplish­ ed by closing some of the hospitals and limiting free treatment in some instances according to ability to pay. But it is only the seamen who are singled out as a target to be does the commission make any reference to the cost of free medi­ cal care lavishly given to members of Congress and other high Gov­ ernment officials at both the Wal­ ter Reed hospital and at Bethesda. With Congressmen having raised their wages to $22,500, and other officials in a similar income brac­ ket, the free hospital services to them would normally come under attack, according to the arguments used in the commission's report. If the Hoover Commission pro­ posals were to be adopted by Con­ gress it would mean the closing of 13 hospitals and the end-of a pro­ gram of service to seamen that has been functioning for 157 years. The Public Health Service Hos­ pitals have long been the targets of self-styled "economizers." Since World War II they have succeeded in curtailing services to seamen by closing ten of the 26 hospitals that were originally functioning and cutting down on appropriations for other hdspitals. In none of these proposals have McLean Signs SIU Pact; Plans Trailer-ship Fleet MOBILE—The SIU signed the McLean Securities Corp. to a regular SIU freightship agreement last week, thereby assuring that Seafarers will continue to man the seven ships bought by McLean in January when it purchased the Pan - Atlan,tic Steamship Corp., Waterman's coastwise subsid--*iary. McLean is the company of the new company. The negotia­ The seven ships involved in the maritime observers feel will tions were handled by Port Agent Pan-Atlantic transaction, all C-2s, revitalize the almost-dead coast­ Cal Tanner, SIU representative in are the Antinous. Arizpa, Beaure­ wise trade. A further result of the signing is the likelihood that Seafarers will man a projected fleet of specially-designed trailer-ships for coastwise operations long planned by Malcolm P. McLean, president Laid-Up Tanker Turns Turtle Company officials are still awaiting the results of a pre­ liminary survey by divers of the damage to the tanker Camas Meadows, which capsized during a violent storm last month at Genoa, Italy. No SIU crewmembers were aboard. Laid up for some time, the foriSer SlU-manned ship was one of several vessels in the harbor which took a beating from the big blow. No other SlU-contracted ships were reported affected, however. Destructive Winds The storm, described as one of the worst to hit ^ the area in 50 years, featured winds which hacked 100-foot holes in a breakwater 40 feet high. Divers have not yet completed their survey of the ship, since the storm lasted several days. US Petroleum Carriers, Inc., operators of the vessel, also have two other iships under SIU contract, the tank­ ers Fort Bridger and Lake George. All of them are laid up right now. this port. Pan-Atlantic's home office will remain here, at least for the time being. Opening Wedge The purchase of PM-Atlantic Is expected to provide McLean with the opening wedge in his fight to get a trailer-ship service underway. He has stepped down as head of the McLean Trucking Co. of Winston-Salem, NC, to get the new enterprise off the ground. PanAtlantic already has the authority to call at the East Coast ports which could be serviced by a trailer-ship operation. Construction of at least four special vessels capable of carrying 286 35-foot loaded truck-trailers in a "roll on-roll off" service is plan­ ned by McLean. The new vessels would supplement rather than re­ place present Pan-Atlantic opera­ tions and would reportedly involve an outlay of $43.5 million for con­ struction.* Charters Expected It is believed they would be built .^for Pan-Atlantic and then chartered to the McLean Trucking Co., which has already asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to buy another firm, S. C. Loveland, Inc., a barge oper­ ator, and to start its trailer-ship service. Although Waterman has how apparently abandoned all hope of reviving its own coastwise trade, it will continue operating its-re­ maining ships in the intercoastal trade and in runs to the Far East, Europe'and-Puerto Rico. gard, Chickasaw, DeSoto, Iberville and Warrior. Under the new agree­ ment, they will continue to be manned by SIU crews as before. be thrown upon the overburdened resources of local hospitals which are already over-crowded with pa­ tients. Nor have they considered the fact that the SIU would im­ mediately take steps to transfer the responsibility for care of in­ jured seamen to the shipping com­ panies, who in turn, would pass efficient and probably more cost­ ly system than now exists. Closing of the hospitals would also be a distinct setback to medi­ cal progress since they have pi­ oneered many medical develop­ ments including sanitation, indus­ trial hygiene and new forms of (Continued On Page 17) TV Eye Again Focused SIU Baltimore Hall / A second major television program devoted nearly a halfhour to a "live" pick-up from the SIU's new Baltimore branch hall. Station WMAR-TV in Baltimore did the show on Sun­ day, February 27, from 4:00 to^ 4:30 PM, devoting itself to an |in the Baltimore Union hall itself; explanation of maritime union ' ' The bulk of the program was functions in the port. The pro­ devoted to an SIU job call out of gram is a regular local TV feature the new hiring hall, and to a called "The Port That Built A ship's payoff scene as shown on City." the spot with a US shipping com­ Previously, WAAM-TV in that missioner, a Waterman company city had featured film clips and representative and a ship's cap­ still shots of the new hall on a tain present. Other activities in program that deals with indus- the hall, principally the cafeteria trial and commercial develop- and Baltimore Port C Call, were ments in Baltimore. And just also covered by the TV cameras. three weeks ago, WMAR-TV in­ There was just one interview terviewed Seafarers on board the on the program, that being with a Steelore, dealing with their suc­ veteran MM&P skipper The cess in saving the ship from dis­ MM&P, along with several other aster in an Atlantic storm. unions, has its Baltimore offices in the SIU hall. Direct From Hall Last Sunday's show was done "The Port That Built A City" is directly out of the SIU hall with conducted by Miss Helen Dellch, the^ exception of a few film clips. marine editor of the "Baltimore Some of these were from the SIU- Sun." As the name indicates, the produced film, "The Seafarers," show is a presentation of features showing Seafarers on the ships. dealing with maritime activities Welfare Services Representatives in the port of Baltimore. It is visiting seamen's homes and other designed to keep the importance shots that could not be duplicated of shipping in the public's eye. Baltimore SIU port agent. Earl Sheppard, explains how ship is paid off to WMAR-TV televiewers as US shipping commissioner, company rep and Seafarers go through simulated payoff procedure. Miss Helen Delieh, who conducts program, "Fort That Built A City" is holding mike. Payoff scene and others) in which Seafarers took part were televised di^ct from SIU Baltimore hail on Sunday -February-U7.'„''""" •:KT. �MaMki/iiM BiAFAttBKS toe Pace T«V MarkFuruseth'sBirth r:-.. Andrew Furuseth starts on his second century this month. The "Abraham Lincoln of the* sea," who helped free seamen all over the world from the dictatorship of oldtime desertion and mutiny laws, would be 101 years old this coming March 12 if he were still alive. Although Furuseth's repu-"^ from the desertion laws. The 1915 tation was established way SEVERAL OF EUROPE'S MOST IMPORTANT MARITIME act also contained a wide variety of nations, led by the British, are balking vigorously against application back in the 19th century and specifications on the treatment of of the "50-50" law on US surplus products. In at least one instance, capped by the 1915 Seaman's Act, seamen, minimum safety provi­ some of these surplus cargoes were rejected by a leading maritime na> there ai'e men going to sea today sions, adequate foc'sle space and tion on the grounds that they could not dictate the carriage of these who knew him personally. There other regulations. It is the base on cargoes on ships of their own flag. are Seafarers active In the SIU which subsequent acts were built who were present at Furuseth's Many shoreside people may toe indifferent or unsympathetic to the here and abroad and from which funeral ceremonies aboard the seamen's unions proceeded in im­ importance that is attached to "50-50" by people in US maritime, Schoharie, which took place in 1938 simply because they are unfamiliar with the operations qf interna­ proving shipboard conditions. out of Savannah, shortly after his tional trade. But a few imaginary examples will serve to bring the First-CIass Citizenship 84th birthday. issue home directly. Unfortunately, Furuseth never In all this, Furuseth's basic idea Coal is one of the big items which Uncle Sam is moving overseas in lived to see the formation of the was to win for seamen the rights of great quantity. Millions of tons are being donated to other nations SIU of North America and the first-class citizenship and the full with no strings attached because there is more soft coal available in gains won for seamen in the years respect of the community. As he this country than is needed while many European countries suffer from that followed. But from 1887, when put it in a iflessage to the 1929 "9 chronic shortage of this commodity. Suppose one of the countfies he was elected secretary of the SUP convention: that was on the receiving end was to demand that its coal companies Coast Seamen's Union, until the "There Is no reason why we 1930's, he was the acknovvledged should not receive wages equal to and coal miners be allowed to go into Pennsylvania and West Virginia leader of all American seamen. In those of the average mechanic. The and dig the coal. Suppose, further, they insisted on sending rail­ Andrew Furuseth, from a and roiling stock to transport it to dockside to be put on*their those years he almost single-hand­ very nature of our calling demands roaders painting. ships. edly pushed through the White of us seamen a willingness to die Obviously such a demand would be considered fantastically unrea­ Act and the Seamen's Act of 1915, ships where conditions were not to that others may live. The world at sonable. Yet the same demand is considered acceptable once it ap­ the American seaman's magna their liking and marked the begin­ large demands this . . . while . . . charta, which was expanded and ning of a successful fight on the it insists upon treating us as the plies to transporting the commodity—coal, grain, butter or anything Improved in the Jones Act of 1928. infamous combine of crimp oper­ stepchildren of human society . . . else-—past the arbitrary three-mile limit of coastal waters. In the current surplus cargo situation these foreign nations are claim­ Furuseth was unusual in that he ators and shipowner. When the nation needs men to de­ ing the right to carry Government-owned cargoes in any quantity be­ accomplished exactly what he set fend its seacoasts, and we fail, the Fought For Freedom cause they are paying the freight cost. Actually though, in many In­ out to do. A Norwegian who sailed nation suffers, and yet under ordi­ Then for 18 years Furuseth under European flags for many fought tirelessly for freedom for nary conditions when there is no stances the freight cost is being paid into the foreign shipowners years, he decided that the only way all merchant seamen and legisla­ danger either to the nation or to pocket in good US dollars while the US is getting foreign cur/ency of to free seamen from bondage was tion setting minimum conditions on the lives of passengers, we are gen­ dubious value in return. The foreign shipowner wouldn't have it any to form a union in the United board ships. The climax was the erally. looked upon and treated other way—it's the dollars he wants. No one in the middle of this "50-50" argument should lose sight States and use it as a lever to win 1915 Seamen's Act, sponsored by like roughnecks . . . There are yet human rights for seamen all over Robert LaFollelte, Sr., which abol­ many who think anybody is good of the fact that US-owned cargoes and "50-50" have been as great a the world. With that in mind he ished the desertion law on all enough for the sea and that most boon to the foreign shipowner as to the American. For "50-50," of settled in California and devoted ships, foreign or American, while men are too good for the sea, but course, works both ways. Just as it is a guarantee that 50 percent of himself to the cause. in US ports. The long-range effect their number is gradually dimin­ Government cargoes go on US bottoms, the reverse is equally true. It virtually guarantees 50 percent to foreign bottoms as well. The way Brutality Was Rule was to free seamen everywhere ishing ..." all the "50-50" provisions have been administered in past years is At the time, the 1880's, seamen ample proof of that fact. under all flags were subject to the These surplus and foreign aid programs have also had the effect of iron rule of captains and mates. raising freight rates all around for both domestic and foreign carriers. Because there was no legal way of Consequently, your Union believes that "50-50" and US aid has been paying off a ship before the end a tremendous factor in the prosperity of the foreign shipowner. He of a voyage, conditions were un­ would weep"bitter tears if the day should come that there were no Gov­ believably bad and brutality was ernment-owned cargoes for him to carry. the rule. Most sign-ons were for Actually while the foreigii-flag shipowner cries "freedom of the seas" extremely long periods of time. BOSTON—Seafarers and representatives of unions from and "discrimination," what ha is really looking for Is 100 percent con­ The only way a seaman could escape beatings, floggings, bad food all over Massachusetts teamed up this week to help bury a trol of these cargoes and the bankruptcy of the US merchant marine. In your Union's opinion, the law should require 100 percent of and overwork was to jump ship proposed state "right to work" bill. The measure is opposed Government cargoes to go under the American flag. Your Union is without pay and leave all his pos­ by leaders of both parties in-*^ quite certain that this 100 percent practice is thd way foreign govern­ sessions behind. This branded "him So-called "right to.work" laws ments handle their own cargoes. When the British, for instance, were as a deserter. If he banded to­ the legislature, the governor gether with his shipmates to at­ and the State Commissioner have been adopted in 18 states jn sending aid to Greece in 1946, or to Malaya or any other part of the recent years. They restrict most world where they have an interest, you can be sure that everything, tempt to improve conditions he of Labor. forms of union security, such as without exception, moved on a British ship. Only One Backer could be charged with mutiny. the closed shop. A similar bill is During a jammed hearing at the Furuseth started first to improve SEVERAL WEEKS AGO THE SEAFARERS LOG INVITED conditions for coastwise seamen, State House Feb. 28, no one spoke now pending before the Maryland because they were excluded from up for the bill except its sponsor. legislature, sponsored by the readers to send in for copies of a booklet on "Your Dollar's Worth,'' certain of the harsher provisions of State Representative Charles S. Chamber of Commerce and others. the column which deals with buying problems likely to be faced by the law. A combined campaign of Marston III of Haverhill, a Repub­ Lawmakers in Idaho rejected one Seafarers and their families. The response to this offer has been a surprisingly heavy one with the result that hundreds of booklets hanging up individual ships and lican. Massachusetts law requires earlier this year. Marston, whose family owns a containing a selection of these columns have been mailed out to Sea­ activity in Washington gradually that every bill must have a public brought about abolition of deser­ hearing. Accordingly, a legislative shoe factory, was hissed as he left farers and other interested readers. Your Union is gratifled to know that there is such keen interest tion laws in the coastwise trade committee went through the mo­ the room. One of the legislators and later in the offshore trade. It tions of hearing the pro and cons called his proposal "a bastard son shown in the material that appears in these columns, which, by the way, are written exclusively with Seafarers in mind. of the Taft-Hartley Act." meant that seamen could pay off on the proposed law. UnionsTeamllpToBury Mass. Anti-Labor Bill • WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Shopping Refrigerators Refi'igerators are a little less expensive this year than last—^from $10 to $30 less—and more of them have the good design features that most families want, such as the full-width freezer chest. A Seafarer and his family out shopping for a refrig­ erator should be aware that the same manufacturer's de­ luxe and standard or "stripped" models are basically the same steel box, the same three inches of insulation, the same mechanism and baked-enamel exterior. The price difference results from added features. The trick is to select the box with the features you really want and which are really valuable, and avoid those boxes that ask a high price for mere gadgets. Automatic defrosting, for example, may be a valuable feature but not such recently introduced devices as drink dispensers, or special icemaking equipment. Automatic Defrosting: Many refrigerators now have automatic defrosters. These are advertised under all kinds of pseudo-scientiflc names that confuse buyers more than they explain. Basically there are two types of automaticdefrost systems. One type is a timer. At a set time each day it turns on a heating element that does the defrosting —generally in less than 20 minutes. The other .type ls.« push-button. It turns on the heating element to start defrosting after the refrigerator door has been opened and closed a certain number of times. (Frost accumulates each time a refrigeratoi-'door is opened.) The push-button type of automatic defroster thus defrosts several times a day, depending on how much you use the refrigerator. Undoubtedly automatic defrost is a valuable feature. Defrosting is a chore, and neglecting it reduces a refrig­ erator's efficiency and makes it use more current. But the manufacturers demand a high price for boxes with automatic defrost—often a hundred dollars more for the same size box without it. Full-Width Freezer Chests: These generally can store 40-60 pounds of frozen foods, and are a definite advantage in saving shopping trips and also taking advantage of spe­ cial buys in meats and frozen produce. The full-width compartments are also more efficient than the smaller U-shape compartments. Fortunately, it is not necessary to pay a high price for a refrigerator with this feature. Some brands offer full-width freezer jM)mpartments in moderateprice models as well as expensive ones. However, note that there are two types of freezer com­ partments; the ordinary kind which generally holds frozen foods at 15 degrees, and the so-called "true" freezer comvpartments which-geL.the temperatuie down'to zero. For Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying most families, the ordinary kind is sufficient and saves the extra expense of the colder compartments, which are necessary only if you quick-freeze some of yc^ur own pro­ duce or store frozen foods for more than a week. Special Features: Adjustable butter conditioners and "bacon and cheese keepers" are widely-promoted features of the more expensive refrigerator but it is hardly woFth buying a costly model for these gadgets. Drink dispensers,^ automatic ice-makers, and special egg baskets are other widely-advertised gadgets which should not be decisive factors in making your choice. The Size: A large-enough refrigerator pays for itself by enabling you to buy foods in larger quantities and con­ serve leftovers. In fact, the price per chbic foot of capacity is lower as refrigerators get larger. But don't get too large a box since there is an increase in operating costs too. A simple rule is that a family of three should have a sevenfoot box, with each additional person requiring two more cubic feet. Shop for Discount: The nationally-advertised makes have very high list prices, so it pays to shop for the best discount. Many independept dealers these days'give dis­ counts of 20-25 percent on refrigerators, thus trimmihiE $10C! ot-ihore off the price of the larger boxes. �•••'••''^vv March 4.19SS SEAFAREKS Par* Plr* toe Seafarers Brave Raging Sea To Aid Fishing Boat Seafarers aboard the Antinous (Pan-Atlantic) were participants in the latest in a series of rescue missions in which SIU crews have been involved recently in stormy Gulf Waters. The successful effort helped save the lives of three men on a disabled fishing boat. Details supplied by Sea--* ^ farer Maurice "Duke" Duet, sick man with his head in the en­ the trick, however. The captain DM, helped fill in the gaps of gine box with the gas fumes," decided to lead out the lyle gun Enjoying Mardi Gras in New Orleans French Quarter is this group of Seafarers and lady friends. Hiding behind mask at left is the "smiling bosun" Mike Rossi, while C. "Red" Carolan sports topper. In rear are Jesse Williams (left) and John Chopstick. Girls are Vera Storien and Lee Hume. Seafarers Help Fete Cay NO Mardi Cras NEW ORLEANS—chilling rain that prevailed through­ out most of the day kept many Mardi Gras celebrants indoors on Carnival Day, celebrated here February 22, but did not serve to dampen the enthusi--*asm of Seafarers who partici­ and most New Orleans men aboard pated in the festivities in the Mississippi, Alcoa and Waterman famed French Quarter surround­ ing the SIU hall in New Orleans. Despite the severe weather, the streets wei-e crowded with gay celebrants and widely-renowned Canal Street was jammed from curb to curb by those who gathered to join in the revelry and to watch parades that passed by throughout much of the day and far into the Jiight. Few Quit Ships Missing from the annual festivi­ ties this year were many New Or­ leans Seafarers who traditionally come ashore for vacations at this season to join with family and friends in the revelry. iShipping has been off here in recent weeks NY Alcoa Runs Gain 3 Ships The SlU-manned Alcoa Steamship Company is in­ creasing its services out of New York to the Cai'ibbean. Three ships normally running out of the Gulf are in the process of being added to the New York runs. The Alcoa Pegasus, Alcoa Planffer and Alcoa Pilgrim will join their sister ships, the Puritan, Pointer, Partner and the three Alcoa C-2's in regular service out of New Y'ork. In addition, the Alcoa Pioneer, which was on charter to States Marine Lines, will make one trip out of New York before going into regular service in the Gulf area. ships running into New Orleans chose to stay aboard their ships. Those who did come ashore, however, and others on the beach here celebrated the gay holiday in typical New Orleans fashion. SUP Marks 70th Year, Many Gains The granddaddy of all maritime unions, the Sailors Union of the Pacific, reaches a story published in the St. Peters­ burg (Fla.) Times on February 5. The incident took place about 75 miles west of there the day be­ fore. The Antinous was bound from Tampa to New Orleans at the time. Apparently the only ship in the area, the Antinous first learned of the mishap when it received a dis­ tress call from the Coast Guard telling that a fishing boat with three men aboard had motor trou­ ble and was sinking. Off To Rescue Meanwhile, Captain Ryan on the Antinous bad sounded a general alarm and within a few minutes. Duet said. Chief Mate Evans and seven men were over the side on their way to the rescue in one of the ship's boats. Five minutes later, however, the motor conked out, so the boat crew took to the oars while Phillips, the first ^assist­ ant engineer, worked on the motor. But the wind and seas proved too strong for this and the boat had to return to be picked up. Efforts to fix up the motor worked this time, so a^ain a vol­ unteer crew of some of the first gang and new volunteers set out. "At times we couldn't see it," Duet recalled, "and the fishing boat was still about three miles off. Everyone in the boat was cold and wet as they hadn't even con­ sidered the condition of the seas when we started out." Then, after running for three hours so that the boat finally got to within 100 feet of the South Seas, the motor gave up again. The first assistant went to work on it again and "must have been some a historic milestone this Sunday. On that date, March 6, it will cele­ brate its 70th anniverasry of con­ tinuous existence as a seamen's union. March 6, 1885, was the dale of ^ the open air meeting of a few hun­ TAMPA—One of the latest dred seamen at Folsom Street wharf, San Francisco, that gave SIU men to qualify for SIU birth to the Coast Seamen's Union disability benefits, Seafarer as it was then called. Seamen Nick Giosue has been receiving his on the coastwise schooners were payments of $25 weekly like clock­ aroused by the action of shipown­ work for the past three months and ers in ordering a reduction of still finds it hard to believe. their wages. Although previous "It's wonderful," he admits. maritime unions had all failed, "After 53 years of sailing my time 222 men present signed up in .the is my own and I new organization and collected $34 can count on the in a tarpaulin muster so that they SIU Welfare Plan could rent the Irish-American for benefits I hall for a , more formal meeting never dreamed the following night. about," Giosue added. The vet­ Historio Site eran seaman first The site of the historic Folsom Street meeting is now marked with started shipping a monument of Andrew Furuseth from his native who was chosen leader of the new Italy at the age Giosue union two years later and led the of 16 and finally fight to free both American and had to call it quits last year af­ foreign seamen from virtual serf­ ter -he wound up a long stint on dom. the SS Florida (P&O) in Septem­ Under Furuseth's leadership the ber. He'll be 70 next month. SUP successfully fought through Lives In Tampa major strikes against the ship­ Able to relax now for the first owners and the Californyi Em­ ployers Association. It also pro­ time in years, Giosue lives with his moted the McGuire Act, the White wife, Carmelina, and their two Act, the 1915 Seamen's Act, the children, at their home in this city. Jones Act and other Federal"legis­ He came here soon after arriving in lation which was designed to give the lis as a passenger on an Ital­ seamen full rights. ian ship in 1906. For many years the SUP was ^ After getting to the US, he went affiliated with the old Interna­ to work in a Tampa fishhouse, tional Seamen's Union but when sailed fishing smacks for about ten that organization died, the,SUP years and then during World War took the lead in formation of the I, shipped on Government trans­ Seafarers International Union of ports. He later went back to fish­ North America. ing, shifted to a local ,tugbqat .tor ; Duct commented," but we didn't give up." Finally, Captain Ryan saw that the boat was in trouble and came to the rescue. But although Phil­ lips got the motor working again, it gave way once more right by the stern of the ship. "We were all pretty lucky ourselves then," said Duet. "What with the heavy seas' and the propellor of the ship so close to the lifeboat, we broke three oars and one boat hook try­ ing to keep away from the blade." The third attempt finally turned . '':i - line and tow it around the fishing boat until someone caught it. One of the men did, and the occasion provided the first relief they'd had from bailing the boat by hand since midnight of the night before. Good Day's Work "All in all, it was a good day's work," Duet commented. Sea­ farers who took part were Duet; Scott, the bosun; Herman, Geraci and Bill Sherry, ABs; Merlesema, Cheramie and "Slugger,^ ordinary seamen, and Halim Hambouz, wiper. BOUND LOGS READY Seafarers can now obtain cloth-bound volumes containing all issues of the SEAFARERS LOG in 1954. These volumes are for sale at the cost price of $5.50, and can be picked up at headquarters or ordered by mail. separate volumes were issued for The handsome, bound 1954 each six-month period of 1947 volume is suitable for addition to a ship's library or home bookshelf, and carries all the news and fea­ tures highlighting the events of 1954, both in the SIU and in the maritime industry generally. . The volume contains nearly 600 pages, including all 26 regular is­ sues of the LOG plus all special supplements issued during the year, such as reprints of the Union constitution. Back Volumes, Too In a companion offer, copies of all bound volumes dating back to 1947, up through and including 1954, may be obtained for the package price of $30. This set in­ cludes 10 volumes in all, since and 1948. The latest volume, the 1954 is­ sue, carries, in addition to the reg­ ular news and feature stories, the texts of many official Union re­ ports issued during the year, as well as news of changing develop­ ments- and innovations in the in­ dustry. There are also many per­ sonal articles about Seafarers, their families and their jobs. Either the separate 1954 bound volume or the complete set of 1947-54 'volumes can be^ ordered by mail by using the coupon printed on the back page of this issue. Stocks of bound volumes issued prior to 1947 have already been depleted. six years and eventually, in 1935, began sailing for P&O. Coming out of the old ISU, he joined the SIU here in 1940 when the Union organized P&O. Since then, Giosue has shipped-on a va­ riety of SlU ships out of Tampa and elsewhere, but the P&O Flori­ da run to*Havana has always been a favorite. Even so, he's a frequent visitor to the Tampa SIU hall, where he can always find some of his former shipmates and talk over "the old days." Times have changed a lot, but they always help you. to ap­ preciate what you have today. The oldest son in a family of 13, he was the only one to turn from the family's farm to the sea. Conditions Poor Starting out on the local fish­ ing boats hunting for cod. he later switched to the small coasters that plied betwen the tiny port settle­ ments carrying both passengers and freight. Wages were around $20 a month for a bosun and about $13 for ABs. "They had condi­ tions on ships then that they wouldn't let a dog live under to­ day," he recalls. Hansen didn't get to the US un­ til 1925, but once he tried Ameri­ can ships he stayed with them. He joined with other Norwegian sea­ men in forming the Norwegian Seamen's Union in 1906, threw in with the old ISU when he reached the States and eventually with the SIU when it was founded in 1938. Still hearty," he often makes the trek from his nearby Brooklyn home to SIU headquarters to spend pleasant hours with old friends and reflect on the changes he's seen in the seaman's way of life since he began his sailing career in 1887 at the age of 14. The veteran Seafarer is still amazed at most of them. "I never expected seamen would ever get the kind of benefits we have to­ day in the SIU" is his constant reminder to those who think that "miracles" only happen in fairy tales, •v:;r $> $1 i* With more years of sailing be­ hind him than the estimated life expectancy of most j^eople born 20 years after he was,' Seafarer Ed­ ward K. Hansen reluctantly retired from the sea two years ago but still finds the pull of his lifetime's work an irresistible one. Now 81, Hansen has been receiv­ ing SIU disability benefits since March, <.1 953, when he closed out a record of 65 years as a sea­ man on Scandanavian and Amer­ ican ships. A few months earlier, he had made his last trip as a car­ penter on the Hansen Robin Mowbray (Robin .Line) .:to South African ^•1 ^1 i �Far* Six SEAFARERS Mweh 4. 195S LOG Coast Guard Inspectors Blew This One TRADES BILL PASSES HOUSE—Democrats in the House of Rep­ resentatives delivered the votes to pass President Eisenhower's request for a three-year extension of the Reciprocal Trades Act. The final vote on the bill was by a comfortable margin, but a key preliminary vote was 193 to 192, and a hard fight in the Senate was seen by both sides. 4. PLAN SHORTER PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS—Both Democrats and Republicans are scheduling their 1956 presidential nominating conventions at later dates than usual. With television available, can­ didates no longer need as much time to stomp the country. The Demo­ crats will meet late in July or early in August in Chicago While Re­ publicans plan a four-day convention in San Francisco on August 20. The GOP plans are based on the assumption that Eisenhower will run again. t Seafarer on board Bi-adford Island, Cities Service tanker, puts hand through hole crew found in No. 3 lifeboat after Coast Guard's annual inspection had okayed the ship. Hole was found right under the Coast Guard inspection plate. Discovery of holes in this and No. 4 lifeboat followed decision of skipper and mate to scrape down too-thick paint and take close look at condition of lifeboats. Hole was then patched as shown. Sea Chest Opens In Baltimore BALTIMORE—The official opening of an SIU Sea Chest retail store here two weeks ago means that all facilities at the new SIU branch hall in this port are no win operation. A steady flow of Seafarer-shoppers has kept the place hopping since then. The retail outlet here is one"*" Sea Chest branch alpng with dles the distribution of slopchests of three outport stores that the other facilities. The Sea Chest on a competitive basis to ships in have been set up by the Sea warehouse in Mobile is now doub­ the area and has representatives Chest since the original one was opened at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn three years ago. Other stores are currently operating at the SIU hall in New Orleans and In Mobile, where construction is continuing on a building next to the present hall which will house It- Visa Cutoff Date Dropped Is-: I?'. • m I Non-immigrant alien seamen who were faced by the problem of obtaining individual visas to the US by June 30 no longer have to worry. The State De­ partment has found this re­ quirement "impractical" at present and has knocked it out of its rules. For the present, the Department will visa crew lists of all non-immigrant aliens who do not have indi­ vidual visas. r*? r:-' • \T I '- t [ tA" .- m Ik' ling as a retail store, also. Spacious Set-Up Much larger and modernistic than the Sea Chest at headquar­ ters, the Baltimore store is located on the second deck of the building, and provides easy access from the street for use by the general pub­ lic. Seafarers , and members of local unions occupying offices in the SIU building can enter either that way or from elSewhei-e in the hall itself. Items carried by the Sea Chest cover a wide range of union-made and brand-name dress clothes and work gear, including suits, coats and shoes, plus jewelry, luggage, radios, phonographs and a variety of other gift selections. The store also carries toiletries, cigarettes and other tobacco products, all sold at prices generally below those at comparable establishments and with a money-back guarantee behind them. In addition to the store sales, the Baltimore Sea Chest also han­ covering the ships with an array of clothing and gift items which are not included in the slopchest itself. Orders for many items can also be filled from a Sea Chest catalogue, in which case delivery is made to the ship along with the regular slopchest order for' the vessel. Union-Sponsored The Sea Chest, as a Union-spon­ sored enterprise, was launched originally to provide Seafarers with a place where they could be sure of obtaining first-quality mer­ chandise at low prices. It was established as a means of enab­ ling Seafarers to bypass other waterfront ship chandlers and slopchest dealers who for years victimized seamen with shoddy, poorly-made merchandise at high prices. Seafarer Pat Murphy, as port manager, is in charge of the Bal­ timore Sea Chest operation. He emphasizes that the general public as well as Seafarers can enjoy sub­ stantial savings by shopping there. Cartoon History Of The SIU 4> 4" ~ H-BOMB DESTRUCTIVE POWER REVEALED-The Atomic Energy Commission has released information on 1954 H-bomb tests showing that 7,000 square miles can be affected by deadly radiation of an Hbomb. This is an area almost as large as the state of New Jersey. Meanwhile the British announced they would build an H-bomb and also are converting electric power plants to atomic energy. 4« 4" 4" FIELD REPORTS ON IMPRISONMENT—Hermann Field, brother of Noel Field, who was imprisoned by Polish Communists, arrived in London and reported on his ordeal. He told of being held in the cel­ lar of a house for five years in solitary without ever getting out in the open. His brother Noel, who was imprisoned in Hungary, has also been released but has elected to stay in that country. 4. 4. ^ CONGRESS ACTS ON WAGE INCREASE—Congress has voted to laise its own salary to $22,500 yearly and give similar increa.ses to Federal judges and the vice-president. There was general agree­ ment on the need for the increase, but criticism of Congress' failure to act on increases for other Government employees. 4- 4> NY POLICE ARREST WIRETAPPERS—Three New York telephone company employees were arrested and $10,000 worth of electronic equipment was seized in a police raid on a wiretap center. The equip­ ment, which need not be connected directly to a phone line, was enough to tap thousands of phones. Some moves are being made to legislate against such indiscriminate wiretapping. .t 4» MORE WITNESSES ADMIT PERJURY IN RED HEARINGS—Two more anti-Communist witnesses for the Government have admitted making false accusations of Communist sympathies. Ttie two, Lowell Watson and Mrs. Marie Natvig, had both testified at a Federal Com­ munications Commission hearing linking Edward O. Lamb, a Toledo publisher, with the Communist Party. Lamb's hearing dealt with his application for renewal of a television station operating license. Sub­ sequently the two witnesses repudiated their testimony, claiming they had been coached by a commission official. Harvey Matusow, first witness to confess false accusations, has amplified his list of misdeeds, including peddling of a blacklist of radio and tv performers. 4^ » US MAY OFFER GRAIN TO RUSSIA—Reports of recurring food shortages in the Soviet Union have prompted a study by the US Gov­ ernment of the possibility of an offer of grain surplus to relieve emer­ gency suffering. Some Administration people fear that the offer would be misunderstood and would only have the effect of strengthening the Soviet government at a critical time. t 4> 4i WEST GERMANS RATIFY REARMAMENT—The West German par­ liament approved the rearming of the country under the North Atlan­ tic treaty by large majorities. Also approved was an agreement on the status of the coal-rich Saar Valley. Spwiliyhi on MSTS • Xo. 84 mmmm. ' is •. 'mm In November. 1950, after a year in operation, the Navy's Military Sea Transportation Service became the subject of a Congressional inquiry. Urging sharp cuts tor MSTS, the SIU pointed to the agency's direct competition with private industry and its cut-rat# j>«y poliQy a^ the oxp^jajs^vf. irition jcamen. ..... • ssj^sEssasaicsa.'s:..' Meanwhile, the US called on the nation's sea unions to draft a program for the industry's mobilization in wartime. The SIU and other sea unions responded with a firm guarantee to supply all the men that were needed through their hiring halls, if experi­ enced men weren't drained off the ships ^y the draft. The unions also noted the two-headed situation caused by appeals for skilled crews to man the ships, when at the same time MSTS was taking over pri­ vate vessels and replacing professional seamen with temporary civil service crews at lower pay. The . prpUem remained .to. plague the Industry, however. �SEAFARERS Marcli 4. 195S SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINOTON I ' " . I The Eisenhower Administratioil ship transfer policy has plagrued the Maritime Administration in more than one way. With the declining number of American flag Liberty type vessels, the question of replace­ ment or added tonnage has undergone radical changes in the last few months. For example, the question of altering the law is being considered to permit sale from the reserve fleet of Liberty ships for domestic opera- tion should privately owned vessels be unavailable at reasonable prices. i 4" 4" Transcontinental rails and trucks still are causing considerable trouble to the efforts of steamship lines to regain their prewar position in the coastwise and intercoastal trades. The proposition is being advanced that only the offshore carrier can continue in the domestic trade, this as a leg of his foreign trade opera­ tion. However, many domestic lines believe that this is not so, and are convinced that the procedure, if permitted, will not only destroy the existing coastwise vessels, but will drive what remains of the trade into the hands of the rails and trucks. 3^ 4* P«ff« jSerea LOC Fntnre Grim, Saigon On Feverish Bender A city where shopkeepers and office girls play dice on streetcomers, where a police chief boasts of his ownership of a "house of entertainment" with 600 girls, where a $125 camera sells for $600—that's Saigon, the frontier city of the cold war, as seen through the eyes of ••-Seafarers these days. Like Hanoi and Haiphong before it, this Indo-Chinese city may be 4 While some American lines sit back nursing their wounds over being defeated on the St. Lawrence Seaway project, foreign flag carriers are losing no time in becoming entrenched in this trade. While it's true that the US companies lost their battle to defeat completion of the seaway, they are not planning on tbe possibilities of the new waterway. On the other hand, foreign flag carriers are moving in quickly. Sev­ eral foreign lines are forming joint services, such as the Ellerman Fabre Joint Service, in the trade between ports on the Great Lakes (Canadian and US), St. Lawrence River, Eastern Canada, and ports in Europe. 4" 4 4* British flag ships continue to trade freely with Communist nations. As a resuit, the Chinese Nationalist government will bar numerous foreign flag vessels, principally British, from calling at Formosa. Belief is that these ships have sailed into Communist ports on the mainland. In addition to the British ships, those accused include vessels belonging to the Dutch, Swedes and Finns. 4 4 4 Canadian steamship lines will launch a strong effort to receive gov­ ernment subsidy to help them operate again under the Canadian flag and provide a nucleus of maritime personnel. However, this is not the fii-st time they have put up such a campaign. The last time they were defeated. 4 4 4 In recent years the total seaborne trade has been increasing at the rate of about 3 percent per annum, while total world tonnage has been Increasing at the rate of about 4 percent. This, along with other factdrs. Is causing serious problems in the maritime industry throughout the world. A couple of things adding to these difficulties are the increase of flag discrimination and competition resulting from registration of ships under "flags of convenience." 4 4 4 As of December 15, 1954, Greek-owned shipping (both Greek and foreign registry) included 1,234 vessels of 8,333,661 tons afloat, plus 73 vessels of 969,660 tons under construction, making a total of 1,309 ships of 9,305,321 tons. This makes Greek-owned merchant shipping the third largest in the world (after US and United Kingdom), but only 14.9 percent is regis­ tered under the Greek flag. 4 4 4 About 80 percent of ship construction in East German yards is des­ tined for export, with the principal customer being Russia. In addition to Russia, those that will receive the ships include Poland, China, Czeciioslovakia and Bulgaria, all in the Communist bloc. 4 4 4 4 4 4 The US Government maritime agencies are sitting on a very explosive issue at tlie moment—concerning the possibility of rate wars in numer­ ous trade routes. The issue concerns steamship conferences, but some of the conference lines, primarily foreign flag carriers, are undercutting rates and granting rebates to customers. If the US Government throws the foreign flag lines out of the con­ ference, this may mean that the American flag carriers also will have to get out in order to meet rate competition, resulting in the possible dissolution of a number of steamship conferences and an overall rate war between US and foreign lines. Several of the trades affected at the moment include the trade from the US Gulf to the Mediterranean, from the US North Atlantic to the Mediterranean, and several US transpacific trades. A "confidential" report just finished by the US Government reaches the conclusion that the deadweight tonnage of cargo ships now. in operation is adequate for^ replacement programs. This report, which may not be released for some time, takes the view that cargo carriers which will form the US fleet for the next 20 years must be faster than those now in operation. Another suggestion in the report is a trend toward higher stowage factor. 4 4 4 For the past few years there has been a substantial volume decline in exports to most areas, with the entire European region; Caribbean; East Coast of South America; and India, Persian Gulf and Red Sea showing the sharpest drop. Percentage-wise, US vessel participation in our export trade has been sharply reduced since 1951 in all areas except Portugal and- Span­ ish Atlantic and the West Coast of Africa. By contrast our import volume has Increased from almost all major trade areas except the East Coast ^of South America and the entii'e European area. However, our competitive position in the ocean' movement of this traffic has grown weaker in all trades since 1951 with the exception of Central America, Mexico, Portugal and Spanish Atlantic areas. When Indo-China truce was signed last summer. Seafarers on ships in Saigon held a special meeting at tlie city's Continental Palace to discuss the Communist threat hanging heavily over the city. Conditions today appear more tense, according to Seafarer Luis Ramirez, who was In Saigon recently on the Steel Navigator. Photo shows Seafarer Ray Queen, meeting chairman (center), addressing last year's gathering of SIU crewmembers from the Steel Admiral, Alcoa Pioneer, Seacomet and Beauregard. 'Magna Charta' Of Sea 40 Years Old Today Forty years ago on March 4, 1915, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the Seamen's Act of 1915, known as the magna charta of seamen. Although it has since been amended and improved many times the 1915 Act stands on foreign ship?, at the time, was raise wages all around and im­ out because it freed seamen to prove the competitive position of once and for all from the serfdom of the desertion laws and set up the first real safety and manning pro­ visions the industry had known. Although it was designed to benefit the American shipowner as much as seamen of all nations by enabling foreign seamen to im­ prove their standards, it was bit­ terly fought by shipowners of all nationalities. They feared, rightly so, lliat the law was the upeniug wedge through which seamen could force further improvements of their conditions and obtain more freedom of action. The Seamen's Act, sponsored by Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Sr., was signed into law only after a long and bitter struggle led by Andrew Furuseth. Historical Steps The basic provisions of the act are as follows: • Arrest and imprisonment for desertion of American ships was abolished. The only penalty could be forfeiture of gear and wages. • Foreign seamen in American ports as well as American seamen in US and foi-eign ports could de­ mand half of wages earned and un­ paid. The two provisions, taken to­ gether, meant that seamen were no longer bound to the ship. If the officers were tyrannical, conditions unbearable, food and sleeping quarters inadequate, the seaman was able to leave the ship with­ out being treated like a runaway slave. fa ' , " US ships. Safety Laws Also But the desertion provisions were only one aspect of the 1915 Act. Of equal importance were the safety provisions of the law whicii are the basis for all the interna­ tional safety regulations that have been put in force since then. These regulations called for 65 percent of the deck crew to be able seamen, sufficient numbers of lifeboats, division of crews into watches of equal strength, provi­ sion for minimum foc'sle space and a" variety of other clauses that for the first time made a serious effort to set both professional and safety standards. CG Boosts Cost Of Duplicates The Coast Guard has an­ nounced a new schedule of fees for copying, certifying or searching records of merchant seamen. Beginning April 1, seamen will have to pay $1.50 both for original and duplicate copies of validated papers. The current charge is 75 cents. After the April 1 date, sea­ men will also have to pay 35 cents foi^ duplicate discharges . .and 10 cents for each addi­ tional duplicate. ' engulfed by the Communist tide within a few months. There are few who would be willing to bet on Saigon's future •without a long pull in the odds because the outlook for survival is not considered good. If Saigon does go Communist, it will mean another port and area that will be denied to US ships and seamen. Recently in Saigon aboard the Steel Navigator, Seafarer Luis Ramirez took a look around the city and reports that what he saw was not attractive. In fact, he said, "If there are people who say they like to live in Saigon, even if thej' have a choice to live some­ where else, something must be wrong with he or she somehow. A tense atmosphere is observed there all around and sky-high prices for everything is the order of the day." The newest business enterprise in town, Ramirez says, is "an en­ tertainment house that most of us call the 'stockade,' but its real name is Palais de Glace (Palace of Mirrors). It boasts that it has 600 gii-ls under that one roof only for the purpose of personal en­ tertainment." Chief Has Monopoly This establishment is owned by South Vietnam's police chief. Gen­ eral Le Van Vien who, according to responsible accounts, has an open monopoly of the "entertain­ ment" business in that country. When the Navigator got to Saigon, the local government had "outlawed" gambling and ordered the closing of gambling houses owned by the same General Vien. Nevertheless, Ramirez reports, "gambling is done here almost any place in town, even under a pai-ked trailer using its protecting shade. The fishermen, the barge­ men, rickshaw drivers, even "office girls get together at any corner and then indulge in some dice shooting." As examples of the kind of prices that have to be paid in the inflation-ridden city, Ramirez says that a roll of 35 millimeter Kodachrome goes for $10 (it's about $3.00 in the States, includ­ ing processing) and "a well-used Leica 3F will cost over $600." The going rate for such cameras in the US is $125 and up depending on condition. Pilferage High With prices sky-high and goods scarce, and with 500,000 refugees from Communism in North Viet­ nam flooding the area, pilferage rates as a major occupation. "While unloading a load of old clothes that was sent there by a US charitable organization for use by Vietnam refugees . . . watch­ men were posted to watch the stevedores so that none was stolen. I believe that even then they stole it by the dozens of pieces. "One of the watchmen took off his own pants in order to work in shorts, for the heat there was terrible. At the end when all the stevedores were gone he noticed that somebody stole his own pants, contents and all. He had to stay around until one of the crewmen gave him a pair of pants that could be uied." Ramirez concludes, "Compared to Saigon, Bangkok, to me, is like the brightness of a well-polished diaamnd.",. - �,•V .r. ;'^:i)\': r-r. Pace Eif M SEAFARERS LOG MEET THE mm MARITIME l!-' I Ir: Ife* I^;.,•,•.•• Ir^' March 4. 1955 A A VA VSWA SEAFAR£K More ihlps were launched last year from the world's shipyards than In any year since 1900, according to Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Yards in Great Britain and Northern Ireland combined to account for 26.8 percent of the world total of 1,233 vessels of 5.2 million gross CHARLES A. WELCH, deck engineer tons. West Germany, Sweden, the US and Japan followed in that order, although figures for both the US and Japan showed a drop from 1953 It was literally because of the picked up a paper ashore and About half the American production of 478,984 tons was for foreign fortunes of war that Seafarer found out that all through the trip Question: What mistaken ideas owners ... The Utah Construction Co. has placed an order for a second six deadly Indian cobras were loose large ore carrier to be built by a Japanese shipbuilder. The Japan Steel have you found among shoreside Charles A. Welch started sailing somewhere on the vessel. people concerning merchant sca< with the SIU back in 1943. But Tube Co. is involved in the contract for a 31,400-ton ore-ship. "The ship had taken some cobras once having gone aboard an SIU from India on order for a reptile men? • ship fresh out of a Government farm down in Florida," he said, Storms mixed with fires on two ships endangered the port of Genoa, Ed Martin, MM: I've found that training school, he learned fast and "and six of them got away. After Italy, last week, until the threat of explosions subsided. Fire in a hold near a cargo of chemicals, matches and alcohol had caused the 7,647- most people know about the mer­ never sailed with any other outfit. the payoff they found the snakes chant marine ton Dutch freighter Grootekerk to be towed two miles offshore, while in various parts of the ship. Ona Shortly after his first trip with of them was behind a winch, an­ these days maybe in the harbor itself the 4,147-ton Swedish motorship Nordanland still because of the the SIU, Welch got his Union mem­ other was near the galley and a smouldered following a series of blasts. She was carrying 600 tons of publicity WO got bership book, which makes him an third was up on the captain's deck.". carbide ... Cunard liners carried a quarter of a million passengers last during the war. old-timer with a dozen years of Nobody in the crew had any inkling year, more than the ships of any other company. A total of 939,000 The public today membership behind him. passengers were carried by trans-Atlantic ships in 1954. during the voyage of the presence recognizes the of dangerous traveling companions. 3^ i« 3» Welch was a newly-graduated merchant seaman The Holland-America luxury liner Nieuw Amsterdam will soon lose Out In Orient mai-itime trainee from Hoffman * as a hard-working Its pre-eminence as the largest vessel in the Netherlands merchant Subsequently Welch took part in Island when he was put aboard the guy who's got a marine when the giant whale factory ship Willem Barendsz II puts to organizing some of the tranipship William McClay, a Bull Line Lib­ job to do like sea. The new whaler will have a gross displacement of 44,000 tons com­ erty. He had four months' school­ operators for the SIU. In the everybody else. They really envy pared with 36,235 for the liner, and will be able to double as a regular ing behind him and a shiny, new process, he spent a great deal of tanker during the off season ... A British Admiralty committee testing the life at sea,-though. FOW certificate to show for it. As time out on Far East runs, with the 4 4 4 the seaworthiness of welded ships built in the US, has reported that he put it, "They put me between result that he has spent about five Tom Harrell, OS: Lots of people the boilers and told me I was a years out in the Orient. He doesn't the American vessels compare favorably with riveted ships built in are confused about what we do, fireman." Today though, after 12 care much where a ship goes, by Britain^ because their 3^ 4" 3» ^ years' experience he can handle all and large, but if he could have it American President Lines has agreed to buy four Mariner-class minds are back his way, he'd prefer being on the the engine depax'tment ratings. dry cargo ships from the Government as replacements Tor existing in World War II. old Waterman run to Northern In those early wartime days freighters on its global and Pacific runs. The company made the sole When you ex­ European ports. when ships were busting out all bid in response to a Government offer to sell the ships. Its bid met plain to them "You go to good cities that way over, professional seamen were few the minimum prices set by the Government, a total of $17.8 million. what the mer­ like Bremerhaven, Rotterdam and and far between. Thousands of new Three other Mariners of the 35 originally built have been bought by chant marine is others, and the run was just a men like Welch learned on the job Pacific Far East Lines . . . The 1,088-ton German freighter Hoheweg they automatical­ little over a month which meant under hazardous wartime condi­ sank off the English coast this month after a collision with the 5,375- ly say it's part getting back to the States pretty tions. of the Navy or ton Sunny Prince of Oslo. All 14 crewmen of the German vessel were regularly." Trained At Hoffman Idand Coast Guard. taken aboard the Sunny Prince. "The 34-year-old Seafarer is mar­ They also still believe that old A native of Flushing, Long 4 4" 3[' stuff about seamen with a wife Island, Welsh had gone through ried to an English girl and has one The Giacomo Costa Navigation Co. has ordered a 20,000-ton turbinehigh school and worked a variety child, a daughter. He met his wife powered passenger liner to be built at a Genoa shipyai-d for the South in every port. of shoreside jobs before going to while in England on a Bull Line 4 4 4 American run. Due to be ready in two and a half years, the ship will Marvin White, cook: Most of the the old Hoffman Island training ship, but the marriage was all in be able to carry 1,200 passengers in the flourishing Latin-American time I find people have the notion school off Staten Island. This unit the family, he explained, as his trade . . . For 15 years the flagship of the Greek Line, the Nea Hellas , that being in the was subsequently replaced when wife's brother married one of will return to New York on March 21 as the SS New York. The 17,000merchant marine the Mai-itinie Commission took over Welch's cousins. Just last year, he ton liner is being converted from a three-class liner into a two-class is similar to being the training facilities and opened brought his family over from Eng­ passenger vessel offering 71 first-class and 1,370 tourist-class berths, in the service. the huge Sheepshead Bay training land and settled them in the She will also shift from the Mediterranean to the North Atlantic trade States. They think we base. at the time, as the newer Olympia, present flagship of the line, switches "They ai'e back home now, visit­ have the same After his first run on the McClay to the southern route. ing my wife's family in Newcastle," kind of restric­ to North Africa, Welch sailed a 3* 4 4 tions and have to variety of ships to various war he said. A report of the Delaware River Port Authority says that for the first salute officers zones. Some of them came under Although he holds all the engine time in 100 years, the Delaware River ports now occupy first-place just like in the department ratings for dry cargo enemy bombing attacks but fortu­ among the nation's ports in the handling of import cargoes. The Navy. They're nately, none of them was lost. ships, Welch prefers working deck challenge to the longtime supremacy of NY is based on figures showing Nothing that happened during engineer. Working day work all the NY lagging behind the Delaware River port area by 1.2 million short amazed at our conditions. the war, he says, quite compares time has advantages, he finds, and 4 4 4 tons of imports for the first nine months of 1954. The ports involved Stephen Cohilas, cook: There with the jolt he got as a member of the job offers more interest and are Philadelphia and Chester, Pa.; Camden and Trenton, NJ, and Wilmington, Del. . . . The Boston Metal Co. of Baltimore has bought doesn't seem to be quite as much the Nicaragua Victory crew. This variety than any other in the en­ was one of the Isthmian ships that gine department. The main thing the formerly-SIU-manncd liner Acadia, presumably for scrapping, from misunderthe SIU was organizing in 1946, thnugh, isibat the job is on an SIU Eastern Steamship Lines. Idle for years, the 22-year-old vessel is the standing about The trip itself was uneventful and ship with the wages and conditions merchant seamen last of a once large group of coastal liners operated by the company. it was after the payoff that he that go with it. anymore, al­ though some peo­ ple think it's a - I "tX • 1 f « t "romantic" life and you don't do anything but ACItOSS DOWN 17. Face: Slang 37. This records 19. Pause your tour A three-year contract at the vator Company plant in Yonkers. 1. The briny 1. Turf travel around all 20. Entertain 2. Earlier 4. A member ot 40. Fishing device Farmingdale, New York, plant of The company had threatened to over the world. 21. One of the the crew 3. The "A" In Gras canonical hours 41. Most of the time they know that Republic Aviation has been ap­ close its plant unless economy ». Eiid-of-voyage A&G District 23. It guides a 43. Voyage event 4. Pay proved by plant employees. The could be achieved. it's a job like any other. tourist 45. The albatross 12. Worthless scrap 3. Naples, 24. Rouge is one contract with the International Salerno, etc. 13. Make up for 4 4 4 4 4 4 25. Your sea chest 46. Symbol for 6. Illegally dis­ 14. Fruit drink Jose Aguiar, AB: People are Association of Machinists (AFL) is a good ruthenium tilled whiskey 15. He heips you Pittsburgh's on-again, o.ff-again 27. Toward 47. Part of a race very interested in what we do, calls for five to seven cents in 7. Compass out 28. Attack department store strike is still on 48. A number bearing 17. The SIU Wethourly increases. Approximately because they stiU .30, Where th* 49. Ask for a 8. Musical not* fare but settlement prospects look Plaza Hotel I* think we do 5,000 workers are affected. 9. White hand-out 18. Girl's name brighter with the signing of an 32. Sack SO. Tai»-room brew 10. Girl's nam* 19. New Guinea something like 34. Comparativ* 51. Nothing 11. Money in port agreement between Building Serv­ 4 4 4 ending the Navy or Coast 53. Virginia: Abbr. Tokyo . in 20. Cape ice Employees Local 29 and two 16. Pitcher Lopat Mass. (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) Guard and have "Right to work" laws are under 22. Part of Arabian the same type of attack from another quarter. The major stores. Previously, the sigh­ peninsula 24. Bin of sale: regulations 1 n American Civil- Liberties Union ing of a Teamsters agreement sev­ Abbr. eral weeks ago was believed to wartime. They published an analysis by its board herald 26. "Semper the end of the strike,^ but FiUelis" is ona are surprised of directors which questions the King Cola 29. no agreement was reached with about ^ihe con­ laws as interfering with the civil other unions. Still SO. Make lace on strike are They protect 31. ditions we have liberties of labor organizations. clerks, office employees and res­ us and that we can pick our own job. The ACLU said that the laws were Rico 33. 35. Dry, as wine being used "to obstruct the exer­ taurant workers. 36. Indian tribe 38. Before 39. Plural ending 40. Block up again 42. Compass bearing 43. Drink ot liciuor _ 44. South Sea islander 47. A bar in Liverpool 49. A man from Hamilton 62. Macaw 53. Cape Islands 54. Khan 5S< A lot of ginger 50. Another lima 5T-:.c>i,—l-'iNiX-te 1 f.i I. (Mislsj 1,; 4 4' 4 J. Behar, cook: They think the merchant marine is strictly s Navy-type opera­ tion where every­ body has to wear a uniform and salute officers. Many people have the idea the ships are set up on a military basis and are surprised to learn that we have a strong'dnion: end- ini^y ^pendi^gji^i;ll^asliore don't ii^ave. cise of basic organizing rights," 4 4 4 Two unions in the New York area have agreed to take steps to assist the employers' competitive position. The Hat, Cap and Mil­ linery Workers Union (AFL) has agreed to sidetrack increased pen­ sion fund contributions in favor of a $1 million promotion fund to help the Sale of women's hats. The CIO United Electrical Workers Union has voted to accept changes in ;|)roductioii pi-aaict'S, at the Otis Kle- 4 4 4 The possibility of a strike at eight major New York newspapers was seen In the request by Typo­ graphical Union, Local 6 to the international union for authoriza­ tion to take a strike vote. One of several issues at dispute is /the question of automatic typesetting machinery now being installed in some composing rooms. Efforts to settle another New York news­ paper strike, that of the CIO News­ paper Guild against >4he Brooklyn " Ejigle, have .felled fflr.j uy �mm^^: March 4; 195S SEAFAStERS Pac« Nine LOG SEAFARERS^ LOG * Gimme! He's Still Hanging On!' \ AV • • W / Vol. XVii, No. S March 4. 1955 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 67S Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 82, NY. TeL HYacij^th 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor. HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor. RAY DENISON; Art Editor. BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor. DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writer*, HERMAN ^IHUR. IRWIN SnvACK AL MASKIN; Gull Area Reporter. BILL MOODY. lao . The Whipping Boy Those people in Washington who find kicking somebody around a favorite form of recreation have discovered a new whipping boy in recent months. He is the American seaman who has been the^target of a bewildering variety of proposals attacking his job, his wages, his union, his benefits under law and his very right to earn, a living in his chosen profes­ sion. There's been the Government-approved program of trans­ fers to runaway flags taking thousands of jobs away and providing cutthroat competition for US-flag ships; the con­ tinuing hostility of certain Government officials to "50-50", even though it is the law of the land; the attempt by the Secretary of Health and Welfare to scuttle the seamen's health and welfare; last but not least, the Coast Guard's pro­ filing system that would deprive them of their jobs in some instances for the sins of their fathers. Now the Hoover Commission on Government Reorganiza­ tion has revived the thoroughly-discredited Hobby-Dodge plan to close down the Public Health Service hospitals and discontinue all their medical services to seamen. This is part of a so-called economy program that would also make some slight curtailment in the .Veterans Administration and the Defense Department medical service. Of course, the opera­ tions of USPHS hospitals are a drop in the bucket compared to the.VA and the Defense Department. If economy were the true reason, for indiscriminate ax-slashing there's much more money to be saved elsewhere. Actually the USPHS was singled out simply because the Hoover Commission believes that it is the most vulnerable politically. It would not dare recommend the closing of the VA program for non-service disabilities anymore than it would dare recommend discontinuance of free medical care for Congressmen and Government officials. To buttress a shabby argument, the Commission has used reasoning which smacks of outright dishonesty. The PHS hospitals (and Armed Service hospitals as well) are accused of "inefficiency" and instances cited where they keep patients for longer periods than private hospitals. What the Commission fails to point out, for reasons of its own, is that the patients in private hospitals have homes and families to go to where they can convalesce; while the Seafarer, like the man in the Army, is often a long way from home. He can't convalesce in a YMCA or an Army barracks so he stays in ^ the hospital that much longer. When Mr. Hoover was president during the years of the great depression, the Government was really strapped for revenue. Yet no move was ever made at the time to close the hospitals. It seems odd then, that in these years which Government orators are so fond of describing as a golden era, that the same Mr. Hoover should suddenly find it neces­ sary to trim these services. Those who think that they can get away with closing the hospitals are counting oh the indifference of the unions, the seamen and the maritime industry. It's up to^all parties con­ cerned to prove this thought is a miscalculation. 4" 4" 4" Anniversary Alonth March is a big month for important seafaring anniversa­ ries. This March brings us the 70th anniversary of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, the 101st birthday of Andrew furuseth and the 40th anniversary of the 1915 Seamen's Act. All of them come in the same month within a few days of each other, which is a coincidence. What is no coincidence is the fact that all three are closely inter-related. It was the few himdred poverty-stricken sailors of 1885 who got together and formed the SUP who made it possible for seamen to celebrate these other anniversaries. At the same time, without Andrew Furuseth and without the Sea­ men's Act he fathered, seafafing unions would never have gotten off the ground in the first place. The work these early pioneers and Furuseth did was the basis. Seamen later pick^ themselves off the floor and fin­ ished the job that Was begun in 1885. But everything good that happened to seamen can be dated back to the day that sailing men in San Francisco discovered they could defy the shipowner and win improvements by working together. That's one-fa-jt .that should never be forgotten if seamen are to prosppi' ' - 0ifet*S JLdvicC 5 ..v-nl To Speed Mail To the Editor: I was extremely interested to read the article, in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG of January 21, about the action the SIU is taking to improve the mail service to the men on the ships, particularly those running foreign. As you kno}v, mail is generally, as important to a seaman as it is to a soldier. It's a great pepperupper, especially when you're far from home. And so I was gratified to read about the SIU's proposals for getting mail to the men faster and more regularly. However, therd^ is a . point I would like to make, and that is the reason' I am writing this letter. According to the LOG article, the SIU is asking all ship operators to It's normal, for a steward and his cooperate in getting mail to the department to get a vote of thanks men by providing accurate lists of their agents in all the ports at for the food and service. Steward which a ship is scheduled to call. A. Higham on the Robin Gray was These lists, as I understand it, given the mark of approval accord­ would be furnished by the com­ ingly but that wasn't all. The crew panies at the time of sign-on. also thanked him for his consid­ Agent Is Culprit eration and care for a dead ship­ Now this is fine, as far as it mate. goes. The trouble is, it only goes It seems that the day junior as lar as the company agents. And my many years of sailing have engineer died on board last Janu­ taught me that It is generally the ary 28 and Steward Higham took company agent who is at the root charge in preparing for the burial of the trouble, when a seaman at sea. All hands agreed that he fails to get mail that should be showed great care and dignity in behalf of the deceased crewmemcoming to him. I think that most of the com­ ber. Higham is an oldtimer who panies I have sailed with have been pretty good about forwarding joined the SIU in its early days in mail abroad. Some of the smaller 1938 down in Mobile. He's from outfits seem to get kind of lazy New York originally but now lives and negligent sometimes. But the in the azalea city. larger outfits, generally, are pretty 4 4 t good about forwarding mail—if It Since the SEAFARERS LOG is is sent to their home office first, always happy to receive photos and that is. stories from the The trouble, as-1 say, generally ships, a sugges­ arises with the company agent, and tion by Seafarer most cases of <ielayed mail deliv­ L. S. Johnston of ery that I have seen have been due the Ocean De­ to agents sitting on the letters and borah deserves a packages instead of delivering mention. Since them as they should. the vessel is new Serves Good Pur^se to the .SIU, John­ ston proposed Having the companies supply that pictures be lists of the agents-would serve a Johnston taken of the ship good purpose because the men's families could then send the letters and the gang aboard her and sent directly to the agents and they in to the LOG. wouldn't have to go a round-about Johnston, known to his shipmates way through the companies' home as Johnny, sails in the deck depart­ offices. ment with the SIU and rates as However, this still wouldn't give one of its original members, join­ the agents any hotfoot or make ing up in New Orleans in Decem­ them get the mail to the men on ber, 1938. He was born in Indiana the ships any better than they do but now makes his home in Goshen Springs, Mississippi. now. I think that, in addition to get­ 4 4 4 ting the companies to supply lists Two other Seafarers^ who rated of their agents, we must get after mention for their all around per­ the companies to get after their formance were G. Grey, 2nd cook agents and see that they get on the on the Alcoa Roamer, and James ball and get the mail to the men G. Rodder, AB and ship's delegate as soon as the ship arrives in port. on the Portmar. Both of these I think It Is also, important to brothers were mentioned in their remind the brothers that they must respective ships' minutes as doing let their families and friends, know a fine job, with the Portmar crew where they are going. I know more noting that it had been a pleasant than one man who shipped out and harmonious trip all around. without telling anybody his destlRodder has been an SIU member nation,-_and then .wondered why sjnpe 1942. jo(3^g ii^ tlm Port pf. thei»iwas no mail ^ iNefv Iforkj Hq|^ New zealpnder -•m ry'd -•|l m\ ^Vote ^ Thanks British West Indies, got his SIU book back in September, 1943 and has been sailing with the SIU steadily since then. 4 4 4 We don't know if the SIU's new steward department procedures have been adopted yet aboard the Alcoa Planter, but in any case, the crew is certainly happy with the feeding system as is. The vote of thanks motion to the department was certainly phrased in enthusias­ tic terms, with the department praised for a "wonderful job." "Everyone," they added, "agrees the food is excellent." Unfortu­ nately, the names of the deserving department members .were not mentioned in the minutes. ^ 4 4 4 It's a little late to be talking about Christmas Dinner menus, but one that came into the SEA­ FARERS LOG office from the Steel Traveler is too unusual to be passed up without mention. Instead of serving what has become the convention al Christmas Dinner — roast turkey — Seafarer Aussie Shrimpton came up with a truly different ship­ board menu. Among other Shrimpton items it offered turtle soup, fillet of pompano, roast gosling with mushrooms, water chestnuts and wild rice, and as a topper, crepe suzettes aflame with brandy. For those who have more conventional food tastes there was also jumbo shrimp cocktail, baked Virginia ham, mince pies, plum pudding and ice cream. The whole meal was finished off by a fruit buffet, cold beer and Swedish punch. Putting out this kind of a meal for the holiday and setting high standards of quality for the voyage earned Shrimpton and his depart­ ment a hearty vote of Ahanks from all hands. Shrimpton, as the name indi­ cates, is a native of Australia, but now has his. home in the bluegrass country, Lexington, Ken­ tucky. He got his SIU book in Bosin.J94S .and whqn not sailing ~ lief stewai^ is-ii 'h«n<^ man - �I.:-...-..-..,:: rv^v^^'f"'"- Page Ten SEAFARERS "••• ••• : •v.-, •'. •-' '.T.Vt?:- March 4, 1955 LOG • "y.h- The Revolution in Coc A flashy comeback by what appeared to be a doA\ and-out industry is shaping up these days. J The seriousness of the effort is evidenced by the fej that shipowners, truck fleet operators and railroad d ficials are talking to each other again, overlooking tl feuding and sniping of the past. What is happening ? that the near-defunct coastwise shipping industry h\ come to the realization that an alliance with the ra| roads and truckers offers the quickest solution to its o^ problems. The others, in turn, foresee sufficient add revenue to justify the get-together. Generally, the decline of coastal shipping came the start of World War II, when the Government tc { over many of the ships as an emergency measure a enemy subs played tag with the rest.~ The railro^ and truckers profited, easily absoi-bing most of 1, traffic. When the war ended in 1945, coastal ship (, erators were unable to recoup what they had lost, addition, post-war Government aid programs_ complete changed the character of US merchant shipping a spurred the growth of foreign trade. The end-product of all this is the current empha on ''roll on-roll off" dry cargo operations and the use Plexiglass model of a prototype "roll on-roll off' ship for the MSTS shows how military vehicles could he loaded and discharged from the ship in a mat­ ter of a few hours. The design features ports at the stern and sides for moving vehicles aboard under their own power and ramps at key poiiUs to move traffic continuously to the various hold decks. A special complement of drivers would be carried to handle actual movement of the vehicles. elevators would be provided in each vehicle hold to bring the drivers up from the various hold levels to the second deck where traffic comes aboard. The ship would have all machinery amidships and wopld have conventional cargprhsiidlilif for.irahsporting general cargo also.; . �March 4, 1955 ®[?[? SEAFARERS ZZ7 stwise Shipping LOG Face Eleveii I I I I I I I I I -J ships to move rolling stock between coastal ports. Neither of these ideas for ship operations are new, however. A pioneer in the field, SlU-contracted Seatrain Lines has been in the business of moving loaded freight cars by ship for a quarter of a century. Its service, started in 1929, now offers six specialized vessels, each capable of carrying 100 fully-loaded railroad freight cars between its New York terminal at Edgewater, NJ, and Southern and Gulf ports. . , Principally a post-war innovation, trailer-ship op­ erations, up until now have not been carried out on spe­ cially-constructed vessels. Modified Liberty-type ships and converted LSTs have been put to use to carry loaded truck trailers on these runs linking coastal ports, some inland ports and Puerto Rico and the mainland. The advantage claimed for both trailer-ships and trainships is that once cargo is stored, it never has to be handled again until it reaches its destination. The net effect it to cut shipping costs and time. Costs run high and continue to climb. Time is a valuable consideration for most shippers. ' Among SlU-contracted companies, McLean is the first SIU operator in this field. Seafarers, therefore, will play a big part in the coming "revolution" and the campaign to put coastwise shipping back on its feet. Meanwhile, the Government is also showing an active interest in the field. It has already come up With a de­ sign for a new "Turnpike" class vessel for carrying truck-trailers commercially. Furthermore, the Navy's Military Sea Transporta­ tion Sej'vice has the blueprints of a prototype defense vessel which is said to be almost ready for the builder. This ship would carry both wheeled and tracked vehicles and would be designed to provide for their rapid loading and discharge under" their own power. It would have the added feature of conventional cargo-handling gear for transporting general cargo as well. MSTS would Ibe able to move its vehicle cargo on and off the ship by means of side and/or stern ports. Trailers Not Self-Propelled Similar principles would be applied to most of the proposed "roll on-roll off" trailer-ships, except that in these, the truck-trailers would be not self-propelled. In­ stead, the design of the ships would fix a traffic pattern enabling truck cabs-to come aboard along with the trailer while loading, and independently when discharging. One of the basic criticisms of the entire trailer-ship operation, however, is what happens when 200 or more Dowerless trailers are put ashore. The system requires a:rge loading terminals in prime waterfront areas which are already crowded and heavily trafficked. The answer,, its supporters say, is in public financing by local port authorities, which would be repaid by rental payments. Seatrain experienced the same kind of difficulty in setting up its own operation. The problem of getting fully-loaded 65-foot railroad freight cars aboard a ship is not easily overcome. But the special design of the ships and terminals in key ports provided the answer. Now there is a design for a two-decked train-ship which can load and unload simultaneously through bow and stern doors right at regular car float terminals which many harbors already have. The innovation elimi­ nates the need for special terminals and boasts the added feature of easy conversion for carrying truck-trailers. ' At top, a view of the special Seatrain terminal at Edgewater,*^NJ, with the SIUmanned Seatrains Texas and Havana alongside. Elaborate hoist apparatus lifts loaded railroad freight cars aboard and deposits them on inlaid track aboard the ships. Below, one of the Seatrains shown in the role of an aircraft and vehicle carrier during World War II. Unique construction of the ships enabled them to play vital war role. Breakdown sketch of a Seatrain showing how the cars are loaded on nearly a mile of standard railroad track spread over four decks. The insets illustrate how cars are locked into place (top) and the elaborate loading and unloading apparatus (bottom). Seatrain operates six ships between New York (terrninal at Edgewater, NJ), Sa^ ?^'''>^^•'vahnah, New Orleains aind Tex^s City. Each can carry 100 fully-ldaded freight cars. .-,-V - 3-; ,••1; •SI I 11 0 • -.mI V - •'ml �'•••> .1- ". ' - VA- PMX6 Twelve SEAFARERS Mareli 4,1981 LOG PORTREPORXS Mass., and the Union sent a floral Lake Charles: says that it's by all odds the best Miami: wreath. in the business. Recently he quali­ In closing, we would like to re­ fied himself for the special disabil­ port that quick work by the crew ity benefit of $25 a week and is and offiqers of the Coast Guard very happy about the prompt and cutter East Wind prevented ex­ efficient service he got, since he Shipping held Its own in this plosion of a magazine of live am­ Shipping here just about held Its Shipping in this port was fair applied for the benefit only a short during the past two weeks. We time ago. Incidentally, Brother port during the past two weeks and munition when a spectacular fire own during the past two weeks. had 91 men registered in all three Stoll comes by the nickname we were able to ship quite a few swept the ship's engine room at During this period we had 40 men departments and were able to ship "Preacher" because he can take off ABs on offshore ships and put her berth at Castle Island on Feb­ only 37, but we also obtained on almost any subject and talk some replacements on the Ponce ruary 20. The fire was brought registered and shipped 26, so that we still have plenty of men, in all and Florida. We had 22 men 'under control after 2Vi hours. standby jobs for 35 men, so this about it for hours. James Sheehan Among the other oldtimers now registered in all departments and. ratings, to meet any foresee^able brought to 72 the number of men Boston Port Agent on the beach are Harry Galphin shipped 20. put to work during this period. future calls. During these two weeks we paid 3) t t The outlook for the next two Clyde Laseter, Vince San Juan, A. Calling in here during these past weeks is just fair as we have only (Jukey) Cohen, A. (Jack) Bullard off the Compass (Compass), Ponce two weeks were the Council Grove, Jose Rosa, E. M. (Bud) Bryant and (Ponce) and Florida (P & O). The Philadelphia: one payoif sched­ ? Cantigny, Brad­ Claude R. West. Florida signed on while the Com­ uled. This is the ford Island, Chi­ In the'USPHS hospital here are pass transferred to a foreign flag. Longview Vic­ wawa,. Salem J. (Tommy) Moore, better known In transit were the Ponce tory (Victory Maritime, Govr as "the Scoco kid"; Jimmie (Ponce), Fairport, Chickasaw and Carriers), due in eminent Camp (Georgia Boy) Littleton, Rufus L. De Soto (Waterman) and Bradford here from the and Bents Fort, This port has just experienced Fields, Ernest Webb, Angelo Mar­ Island (Cities Service). Far East. all of Cities Serv­ a couple of weeks of prosperity, tins, John Henry Morris, A. D Eddie Parr At this writing ice. Over in Port with considerably more men Edenfield, Louis C. Miller, Alex­ Miami Por.t Agent we have not Arthur, Tex., we shipped than were registered. ander C. Copa, Robert Myc = and signed on any 3) 3) 4 had the Winter And, from all indications, this sit­ Carl F. Kumrow, that well-known, ships for the Wanka Hill (Cities Serv­ Boston: uation should continue well into Swafford colbrful pearl diver. Formosa area ice), Republic next week. E. B. McAuIey and we will just have to wait and During the past two weeks we (Trafalgar) and Michael (Carras), Hq. Representative see what the future brings. paid off three ships here, signed and in Orange, Tex., we had the During the past two weeks we Val Chem (Valentine Tankers). t 3) on five and had six in transit. paid off the Alawai (Waterman), The payoffs were the Maiden At our last meeting. Brother Coeur d'Alene Victory (Victory Houston: Shipping here in Beantown was Creek (Waterman), Trojan Trader R. M. Thompson, who sails in the Carriers) and Ocean Lotte (Ocean fair during the past two weeks (Trojan) and Portmar (Calmar). engine department, was chairman. Transportation). In transit were and" the outlook for the future These three ships signed on and Brother S. C. Slaid, who sails in the Massmar (Calmar) and Raphael is about the same. also the Carolyn and Ines (Bull). the deck department, was record­ Semmes and John B. Waterman During the past two weeks we In transit were the French Creek ing secretary. Both men did a fine (Waterman). Phenomenal is the word for paid off the Salem Maritime, Can­ and Winter Hill (Cities Service), job. Ocean Lotte In Shipyard (Waterman), Robin Satis On Deck shipping in this port and we have tigny and Bradford Island (Cities Chickasaw The Ocean Lotte ran aground cleaned the beach of men and are Service) and the , Queenston Clray and Robin Kirk (Seas Ship­ For our Seafarer of the Week we several times during February and now scraping the bottom of the Heights (Seatrade). These four ping) and Arlyn (Bull). have selected Brother J. Swafford, ships signed on again and in Is now in the shipyard. She is barrel. I would like to say, how­ All the payoffs and sign-ons a deck department man. Brother expected to come out ^ound ever, that by the time this report transit were the Michael (Carras), were in good shape. Swafford i has been in the Union March 7. A . S. Cardullo appears in the SEAFARERS LOG, Bents Fort (Cities Service), Seafor quite some time, and is now tiger (Colonial), Antinous and De Oldtimers on the beach here in­ things may be back to normal. We Philadelphia Port Agent waiting for a coastwise tanker run. clude H. Murphy, W. Kramer, J. have been telling the members Soto (Pan-Atlan.), Ann Marie He says he is mighty pleased with t. (Bull), Steel King Sampson, W. Cressman and J. that the good shipping this port the new tanker agreement and fig­ (Isthmian) and Wilmington: Hunt. In the hospital are S. Jo- has been enjoying has been a ures on buying himself another Robin Kirk (Seas hannessen, K. Wanka, O. Rosen­ seasonal thing and could return at cow or two just as soon as he gets Shipping). berg, W. Johnston and V. Ming. any time to the Bloomfield-Seahis back pay. Brother Swafford We had no Jeff Gillette train in-transit-replacement situa­ comes from Georgia but says he beefs of any kind Seattle Port Agent tion that normally prevails here. likes Louisiana very well. on any of these But the good shipping has con­ t 3> t We have no brothers in the hos­ ships. Shipping in this port has been tinued right along and from all Savannah: Our selection on the slow bell during the past pital here that we know of, and indications the half dozen Libertys for a typical SIU two, weeks, with no payoffs or everything else Is pretty quiet, bound for this port to load grain man this week sign-ons, and none are due during both on the local labor front and MacQueen will keep the pot boiling for some as far as the weather is concerned. is Charles Mac- the coming two weeks. time yet. Queen, who is known to his friends The danger of another flood, that Despite this, shipping is holding Four Ships Pay Off and shipmates as "Scotty." Mac- its own, due to the in-transits, and we wrote about the last time, has Here in Savannah the Retail During the last two weeks we Queen, who. coihes from Arling­ now passed, and although it has Clerks International Association, paid off the Alcoa Planter (Alcoa), ton, Mass., sails In the steward de­ we do not have many men on the been raining and cold for some beach at this time. Local 1604, is involved in a boycott Robin Goodfellow (Seas Shipping), partment and specializes in being The in-transits during the last time, it now looks as if the weather action against the Yachum and Liberty Flag (Gulf Cargo) and topnotch saloon messman. He report period were the Massmar, man has decided to give us some Yachum Dry Goods Co., and some Gulfwater (Metro). has been an SIU member for Alamar and Calmar (Calmar); fishing days and quite a few of the SIU men are assisting them in These four ships signed on again about a dozen years and is a good Madaket, Yaka, JoHn B. Waterman boys are casting their eyes in the their picketing of this firm. The while in transit were the Alex­ Union man. and Raphael Semmes (Waterman); direction of the lake. RCIA has had a contract with this andra (Carras), Alcoa Pegasus Leroy Clarke Oldtimers now on the beach in­ Alice Brown (Bloomfield); Alcoa firm for about four years, but the (Alcoa), Steel Fabricator and Sleel clude J. Connolly, R. Murphy, V. Lake Charles Port Agent Pioneer (Alcoa); Ocean Deborah boss suddenly decided that he Maker (Isthmian), Fairland (Water­ 3) 3>. 3> would have nothing more to do man), Seatrains Texas, Savannah Tocco and P. Norton. F. Alasavich (Ocean Transportation), and Stony with organized labor and has re­ and New Jersey (Seatrain), Archers and A. Hancock are patients in Creek (American Tramp). Norfolk: I would like to say that I am fused to sit down and talk over Hope and Cantigny (Cities Service) the Brighton Marine Hospital. Brother Brown Buried glad to be back on the job after the situation with the union em­ and Edith (Bull). Funeral services for Brother my trip to the drydock. ployees in his store. With our as­ A. (Frenchy) Michelet Allan G. Brown were held Thurs­ Ernest B. Tilley sistance, the picketline is causing Houston Port Agent day, February 17, in Hyannis, Wilmington Port Agent a drop of about 55 percent in the firm's business. There has been a definite pick­ As for shipping, we had only one up in shipping in this port and payoff and sign-on here during the the shipping picture here jiow past two weeks, looks better than it has for more but we had eight than a year. ships In transit During the past two weeks we and we feel ship­ paid off five ships, signed on four ping can be con­ and had eight in transit. Shipping Figures February 9 to February 22 sidered fair. The The payoffs were the Logans outlook for the REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL Fort (Cities Service), Greece Vic­ next two weeks is PORT DECK ENGINE S'U'EW. REG. ENG. STEW. SHIPPED tory (South Atlantic), Shinnecock DECK about the same. Boston 14 6 25 5 9 7 18 2 Bay (Veritas), Gateway City (Wa­ The Bents Fort New York terman) and Transatlantic (Pacific 88 75 100 263 69 69 79 217 (Cities Service) Cohen Waterways). Philadelphia 28 18 34 38 32 16 62 104 paid off and The Logans Fort, Greece Vic­ Baltimore signed on here and in transit were 79 56 71 209 72 63 59 191 tory, Shinnecock Bay and Trans­ the Southland and Southstar Norfolk 12 10 12 17 16 45 9 31 atlantic signed on again. (South Atlantic), Angelina (Bull), Savannah 14 10 5 3 18 8 3 3 In transit were the Steel De­ Azalea City (Waterman), Chiwawa Tampa ^.... 18 11 48 19 48 16 12 20 signer, Steel Artisan and Steel and Logans Fort (Cities Service) Mobile 41 Voyager (Isthmian), Alcoa Runner 48 and Seatrains Georgia and Louis­ 49 138 27 34 34 95 and Alcoa Pointer (Alcoa), Coe iana (Seatrain). New Orleans 57 156 60 74 191 51 45 60 Victory (Victory Carriers) and 'Preacher' Gives Praise Houston 46 28 41 28 39 108 82 106 Southland (South Atlantic). The For our Seafarer of the Week 17 ) Seattle 40 37 10 31 10 20 91 Steel Voyager called twice. we have selected Brother Walter San Francisco 52 20 22 18 58 15 15 20 Stoll, who is much better known All of these ships were in good 17 as "Preacher.", A real oldtimer. 'Wilmington 7 6 5 6 shape. 8 18 8 Brother. :Stoll has higb» praise for ! o;(l <iBVn'Aeee':"Plan and : 409 9'i Seattle: Shipping Holds Own; Flood Throat Passos Replacements Taken By Pence And Flerida Standby Jobs Boost Employment Total Here Conlinuance is Seen in Port's Prosperity Shipping Galled Fair, Oullcck Seen The Same 'PhenomenaT Shipping Cleans Off The Beach In-Transit Galls Make Shipping Bold Its Own Retail Clerks' Beef is Aided By Seafarers 'Definite Pick-Up' Is Neted In Shipping �SEAFARERS March 4, 1955 LOG Pare Thirteea ••Qes PORTMUSPORTS Baltimore: New Sea Chest OuHel Opened In Hall Here This week our Sea Chest retail outlet was opened in this port and we know that the members who visit this beautifully laid out store will be very pleased with the merchandise which it stocks. Our new cafeteria, likewise, is doing a bang-up job with clean, wholesome food tastefully pre­ pared, and prices such that all members can eat at a minimum cost to themselves. As some ^of you fellows know, we are applying for a change of license for the Port O' Call, and we believe the need for this is ap­ parent. We would again like to emphasize that we rely on the members' cooperation to maintain the high standards of service of the Port O' Call, which is some­ thing we may all well be proud of, and which is fast becoming the talk of the town. Shipping Picks Up Shipping during the past two weeks picked up a little bit but not enough to pull us out of the doldrums. However, we are hop­ ing to have a ship lhat has been in for repairs crew up in the very near future. And, with spring on the way, we are looking for a bang-up shipping season. During the past two weeks we paid off 20 ships, signed on 13 and had 13 ships call in transit. The payoffs were as follows: Suzanne, Evelyn and Mae (Bull); French Creek and Archers Hope (Cities Service): Seatiger (Colo­ nial); Seamonitor (E X c e 1 8 i 0 r)f Robin Gi-ay (Seas Shipping); Steel Voyager (Isth­ mian); Fairport (W a t • r man); Mankato Victory I (Victory Car­ Sawyer riers); Oremar, Yorkmar and Bethcoaster (Calmar), and Santore, Marore, Baltore, Feltore and Chilore (Ore). ,The Oremar paid off twice. Signing on were the French Creek (Cities Service); Seatiger (Colonial); Steel Voyager (Isth­ mian); Seamonitor (Excelsior); Oremar, Yorkmar and Bethcoaster (Calmar), and Santore, Marore, Baltore, Feltore and Chilore (Ore). The Oremar signed on twice. In transit were the Alcoa Puri­ tan and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); Iberville and Chickasaw (Water­ man); Carolyn, Ines and Suzanne (Bull); Steel Maker, Steel Advo­ cate and Steel Executive (Isth­ mian); Winter Hill (Cities Service); Bethcoaster (Calmar), and Trojan Trader (Trojan). Beefs Generally Minor The beefs on these ships genci-ally were minor and the only things pending at the moment are a couple of clarifications with the quartermaster section of the Ore Line vessels. We are confident these will be straightened out very shortly. All of our crews did fine jobs in bringing their ships iii for the payoffs; all sign-ons, too, were smooth. The in-transit ships were also in fine shape. This week we intend to be a lit­ tle different and present our "Man " of the Month"—Chai'les R. Sawyer, who has beeq a member of our or­ ganization since December, 1945, and who recently became a full bookmember. He has this to say about the the years with the Seafarers I have always tried to do a bang-up job and I consider the SIU tops in the maritime field. I urge'all of the men coming into our organization to always attend the meeting so that they will be fully Informed on all the behefits that they may derive from the various activities at these meet­ ings." We wish Charles years of good sailing. With spring upon us, let's not forget the boys who are on the in­ side looking out. Perhaps a cheery note or word from you will give them the urge to perk up and be among you again. The address is USPHS Hospital, Wyman Park Drive, Baltimore 18, and the brothers now confined to it are as follows:— W. Simmons, E. Plahn, E. Joyner, A. Willis, J. Hannay, B. Buzbee, G. Williams, L. Dwyer, R. Kirkwood, E. DeLaCruz, R. Hawes, J. Alstatt, R. Scales, O. Jones, J. Bokus, B. Balcer, G. Goodwin, T. Mungo, F. Forte, C. Leggett, L. Firlie, D. Robinson, R. Solheim, E. Marsh, G. Little, R. Littleton, J. Schultz, N. Jackson, R. McKnew, G. Oliver, S. Musco and G. Glaze. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent 4« 4" 4" San Francisco: Waterman's Choctaw, YoungAmericaSignOn Shipping was slow in this port during the past two weeks and the outlook for the future is the same. We had no payoffs during the past two weeks and none are in sight for the next two weeks. During the last two weeks we signed on the Young America and Choctaw (Water­ man). In transit were the Raph­ ael S e m m e s, M a d a k e t and John B. Water­ man (Waterman), Massmar (Cal­ mar) and Ocean Deborah (Ocean Transportation). Dunn Among the men on the beach now are J. Dunn, C. N. McKee, F. Hills, C. Demers, C. Shirley, J. Jacobson, B. Tolbert, C. Nangle and R. Shaynick. In the hospital are M. Meigussoglou, O. Gustavsen, R. Lam­ bert, C. I^eumaier, J. Perreira, P. S. Yuzon, E. L. Brown, G. J. Fletcher, F. S. Raylor, C. McBrien and Max Byers, Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent New Orleans: Port's Hospital List Is Lowest In Months We don't know whether it is the climate or the general Mardi Gras atmosphere that prevailed here during the last few days, but the Npw Orleans hospital list contains fewer names than it has in months. We hope this condition is Indicative of a permanent trend. Four brothers were admitted to the USPHS hospital here since our last report. They were Sam Cope, Hal Ellis, Glen Curl and John P. Doyle. They have our best wishes for a speedy and complete recov­ ery. Charles Brady, Daniel Rucker, Billy Ward and Thomas Maynes are still confined to . the hospital, but are reported 4o be convalesc­ Curl ing in good fashion. Joachin Saik, Jack Oosse, Al­ fredo Garcia and Lionel Miller have been discharged from the hospital and hope to be ready to ship soon. Shipping has been fair here. During the last two weeks we had 7 payoffs, 2 sign-ons and 18 ships in transit. Payoflfs were aboard the Del Mar, Del Sol and Del Aires (Mis­ sissippi), the De Soto and Ibervillp (Waterman), the Steel Executive (Isthmian) and Seanan (Stratford). The Del Mar and the Seanan signed on. Ships that called in transit were the Cavalier, Pennant, Planter, Clipper, Pegasus and Pilgrim (Alcoa), the Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana (Seatrain Lines), the Hurricane, Fairland, Monarch of the Seas, Warrior and Claiborne (Waterman), the Steel Executive, Steel Fabricator and Steel Maker (Isthmian), the Arlyn (Bull) and the Neva West (Bloorafield). Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent t> New York: SIU, Go's To Clarify Tankor Pact Wording I would like to inform the mem­ bers that since all of the tanker companies have now signed the SIU's standard tanker agreement, we expect to get together with them in the next couple of days and clarify those sections of the agreement where there have been disputes due to misinterpretations of the contract. This is the same thing that has been done in the past on the freighter agreement, and as soon as these clarifications have been agreed on by both sides, they will then be printed and made a part of the tanker agree­ ment. I would like to make it clear that we do not intend to change the wording of the agreement in any way, but merely to clarify the intent and meaning of the word­ ing. We believe that by doing this it wili make for much smoother sailing for the crews riding these tankers, and also aid the patrol­ men in paying them off. Shipping Is Good Shipping has been good for all ratings in all three departments during the past two weeks. And, according to the schedule of ships due in, it should remain good dur­ ing the coming two weeks. We paid off 15 ships during the past two weeks, signed 2 on for­ eign articles and serviced 19 intransits. All of these shijis were in good shape with only minor beefs which were squared away aboard ship. We also had two ships come out of lay-up and take on full crews last week, so that gave shipping an added and welcome boost. These ships were the Jean and Dorothy, both Bull Line ships on the Is­ lands run. Ships Paying Off The following were the ships which paid off: Paoli, Council Grove and Royal Oak (Cities Serv­ ice); Steel Maker and Steel Advo­ cate (Isthmian); Edith and Emelia (Bull); Val Chem (Valentine Tank­ ers); Seatrains New York, Georgia and Texas (Seatrain); Topa Topa (Waterman); Robin Tuxford and Robin Kirk (Sens Shipping), and Ocean Dinny (Ocean Transporta­ tion). The Robin Hood (Seas -Shipping) and Coe Victory (Victory Carriers) signed on, while in transit were the Chickasaw, Hurricane and Antinous (Waterman); Frances and Elizabeth (Bull); Alexandra (Carras); Seatrains Savannah, Louisi­ ana, New York and New Jersey (Seatrain); Val Chem (Valentine Tankers); Steel Designer and Steel Voyager (Isthmian); Alcoa Puritan (Alcoa); Seatiger (Colonial); Greece Victory (South Atlantic), and Yorkmar, Portmar and Beth­ coaster (Calmar). Claude Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treasurer sru MAij. ommxoxm. SIU, A&6 District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimor* St. Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State, St. James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0146 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. (Frenchy) Michelet, Agent.. Freston 6558 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cnl Tanner. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 BienviUe St. Lindsey WUUama. Agent -Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 8-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. gent MAdison 2-8834 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent . Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5479 Marty Breithoff. West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA. PR Pelayo 51—La 9 Sal CoUs. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH g Abercorn St Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeff GlUatte. Agent-. « EUrott 4334 WILMINGTON. CaUl lf05 Marine Ave. Ernest Tiliey, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS .. .675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Jee Algina Claude Simmons Joe Vulpian WUIia'm HaU SUP HONOLULU FORT WILLiAM....118Vk Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNK 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire ^-5719 VICTORIA, BC ei7V* Cormorant St. Enipire 4.531 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE. Quebec 20 Elgirf St. Phone: 545 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-.3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone; 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St. NB Phone: 2-5232 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND .022 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4330 RICHMOND. CALIF 257 5th St Phone 2590 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. ^ Douglas 2-8363 <7reat Lakes District SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 ALPENA 133 W Fletcher WILRUNGTON 505 Marine Ave. Phone: 12:i8W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE NEW YORK 675 4tb Ave., Brooklyn CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 HYacinth 6-6600 Phone; Cleveland 7391 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 531 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL 634 St. James St. West DULUTH Phone; Melrose 2-4110 PLateau 8161 SOUTH CHICAGO. 3261 K.,.92nd St. Phone: Esses 5-2416 Mobile: Sea Chest-Bee Room Opening Draws Hear By our next meeting we hope to have a definite date for the open­ ing of our new combined recrea­ tion room and Sea Chest. In the meantime, the members' sugges­ tions for improving the recreation­ al facilities are being given careful consideration and will bfe followed wherever practicable. As for shipping, it can be consid­ ered good during the past couple of weeks and we wqre able to send 95 men to regular jobs and 116 to various relief jobs in and around the harbor. During this period we bad 11 payoffs, 6 sign-ons and 6 ships in transit. The payoffs were as fol­ lows: Beauregard, Warrior, Wild Ranger, Monarch of the Seas and Claiborne (Waterman) and Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pilgrim, Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Corsair and Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa). The Wild Ranger, Beauregard, Alcoa Pilgrim, Alcoa Pointer and Alcoa Roamer signed^ on again and in transit were the Del Valle (Mississip­ pi), Ocean Nimet (Ocean Transpor­ tation), DeSoto and Iberville (Waterman), SeaJames (Stratford) and Alcoa Planter (Alcoa). Prospects for the coming two weeks also look fairly good, with the following ships due to hit the port either for payoff or in transit: Monarch of the Seas, Claiborne, Golden City, Arizpa, Antinous and Chickasaw (Waterman) and Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Partner, Alcoa Clip­ per, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa Polaris and Alcoa Cavalier (Alcoa). One of the Seafarers on the beach is Roy James, who joined the Union in 1947 in New York and has been sailing steadily since then. Roy, who has been shipping out of Gulf ports for the past four years, makes his home in Galves­ ton. He Is single and his favorite sport is fi.shing, but he says he also got a big bang out of the Mardi Gras, which started right after he hit the beach. After considering all the various benefits which the Welfare Plan offers, Roy says it is hard to pick an outstanding one since they are all so good. How­ ever, he says that personally he likes the vacation pay, which cer­ tainly comes in mighty handy when shipping slows up. A few of the other oldtimers on the beach now are H. Dunn, A. Lynn, R. Cooper, D. Stokes, P. Simmons, J. Wilkerson, B. Overstreet, C. Smith, H, Curry, R. Matthews and R. Thomas. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent 4" 4" i Tampa: Shipping Figures Top Port's Regislrallons The business of this port is in good shape. Shipping has been holding its own and during the last report period we had 26 men registered and shipped 28. We had no payoffs or sign-ons during this period but in transit were the Warrior, Iberville and De Soto (Waterman), Cuba (P&O), Chiwawa (Cities Service) and Marie. Hamil (Bloomfield). 5 • Bennie Gonzales ^ ^ .... ...» Hq.-RCpreseiitatDre'^':' .. - -i'. • y I " • i' �4I2®®L r.rW'«»i"?^r?«« MEERS tO°' day^Tlrt^....""! RrOOKlU'* If it's not, ®"JgJJer "5^^ the uortion, then you'U Tthat half the fun m part finding out that n covered white P^J^^^hite light is photography question, that know that too darkroom worklures are taken, the qu ^eeping into happens, the located invariably pops P anyhow? ing area or, as o must « ^[J^°irnportant thing is foS -hhe ^ away from the working areas. .vhether the j, If you re J" purpose on the s»Io o«"v area you re "smg up is dark of printing paper. half a test strip o P^^^^ Q. stos »« favTlndlealed Interest tween jobs have as S ^nd^hen d^veloP^i^;"^ ^ in what has ^his watery sport electrician Tony "skin-divingactivity either consists of treasure-hunting. "pV^BenaJdez, OS , still be white. — for spear-fishing.^tm^^^^^^^^ r XVllcaai*. „:rtV,fr fli»e 0 AB Watson. At Qgnt " — Q-Hee'vrSmJrhV- i- SrtrSre test ^a" • Business a wVialina IS r activity may he mterwhlle 'ontli-publlshed manested in a r"®"«y^P,"for Photograual called Una Handbook phy and Techniques" ' of Equipment mc. (New Yoik. Exp ^ Cross, •petroleum Makes £ VsA seamen lir ISlnfg°Sles who _ think 'mttenrfJdh^or^P'- . The fact is tha __j/> EjrVialing a lot ^ .'expedition u every month. has made whah^^ load ot Jjnnker y,ase and more P ^^ew of the The south G«^M, „i to can take it _ tanker French Cities ®®7h recently delivered while frankly adm g^^ pictures about ^®:®^°inl^ng^$328 a ton, this some time to c ^ experimental, r^:rwiS relVrhS-'-e'''.t SreSf tsra 1^ the Aht- Ev, ..a i<; a floating "factory 19 ships which carry consisting of ...ith which _the the heavy gear processed, whales f ® "h "P .^g steam These W"^^^®5'gngines and genera- 14»»v» —- r„S='.r.arsMP> UP-"' g^jp of fuel oil each^^g. washes rags in In addit-on, .-12 catchers, W tose^e. ™ .nother SVi or tooro •' "" * Northwest to Eusan, SnL^rme-eetahliehedprac. annually. «. ftn Venczueia Job tESSsfsaSiHi I ' liiiRiliiSi When in Roj;'?® V:K; _. nlfl saving that when y i the Romans do. weu, ^ — „„ writes, writes "the Aragues the •'Anyway, Aragu Louis LOG, Ara-' "^nvway," Aragu ' stuck Tn a letter to tne &iooa opera started a the was to be ®«^«fJembershiP gues-whoj^snoww 8"^7"Jl?eUs"o??ho Incident two fingers m his ^ ^ 4 to show headquarters m e m meetings musUnrtude J their Soccurred to him iu «h»^,S tied. I ef s^^^/gppreciated the istratlon numb ^gggage. ^n^t%nstead tSe was only ?1dSer oul'oo "aeudh shipping oard number music. But ins ^f whom he identmes .fffng in a From now on, 1 Atagues « >'t™ „„ a dead silence. l'°°Vl°'l!!?^^t'ed by the disthe girls in Italy a „ fear^md': t" a.gualut.uce .1 'Don't yon ws tn whistle IS like ffiat aoggeated ^at_^th« u A„g« ^ Ay«S"!^irn?cSvey the same same eP0°'',.'.7.„™ mifgWiuee Araguea Sa<tf;somrSgi«iug.Aragues|aj;h^^^^^^^ and his pal agreed. "-^^.rouSfpietur. The use of stub as and "nment is widely specialized oquiP 00^ and there is discussed in me fke even something ^uh "skin diver who g ^ a spear m one bandj^^^^ Baby ® !lter photography other, underwater Pp^,^p„rtions has '^f^'^^^tal^uipment manuthese days brought out a facturers ^grwater housing simple „n that is said to for such a could desire, be as saje as anyo ^jonOther 8"^^f®^Ltographic dilem- s struction Aggr | boat has full bi^ pn "ir?. ¥jrra.a.'1hihU^^^^^^^^ "rurTeUUiSmS.? Sf, i.oL hU la hot "" fdunking however. "^STh'^ulVrcaident who ^ Z a word meaning mla.d worh ol g.aaa "" ® Rearrange camma tn snen •" t,"The eemhlned same day, is 12. u "' ' K'rhe state ,a) Colorado, lb) BUI. How »ld !» -0 elevation Is. Kansas. Id) "o™ ^rh' vassar as and TV have »g'e„ts have been ,„^.jsrS|r^«t»^r,tSar*'Sii™'"xs It ih- "> W'-- admitted (^^What counp did Napoleon i-.-tr-rc; ''. "a nation of shopkeepeis 1 how much marked tpects �March 4.19SS SE/IFARERS Page Fiftees LOG Fish 'n'Clips-(Hair 'n' Shrubs)-On Voyager Run Bv Spike Marlin SIU crewmen aboard the Steel Voyager (Isthmian) were hot in the Persian Gulf—hot with fishing lines, that is. Left, (1-r) utility McKnew, wiper Markonis and steward Qunitayo show off the groupers they hooked. Right, Markonis gets shark, caught by BR Gus Dixon, ready for photographer. Left, ch. cook Holden, doubling as barber, gives "haircut ala Persian Gulf" to 3rd cook Doyle as (1-r) oiler Whitehead and wiper Carames look on. Right, shrubbery at Hanging Gardens, Bombay, is admired by OS Bill Neef (right) and "Doc" Watson, who took all other photos here. Hedges are trimmed-to represent gorilla and elephant. LOG-A-RHYTHM: The World Champion By Roy Fleischer All his secret desires For power and conquest Were proclaimed openly After the fifth driJiA. He could lick anyone In the'place! —And would, too! Fists doubled, He leaped forward To defeat a sleeping bum. He could lick the cops, too! Every man on the force! He was the pugilistic champion. More powerful Than any man in the world! He threatened The man who restrained him. The wide-eyed bartender. The row of sipping men At the bar. But before he could strike The first blow To rule the world. He passed out, dne drink too many. And fell, unconscious. On the floor. Too drunk to move. The man who toould conquer The world. Seafarer Sam Says fAoLo ONTO Tanker Afire, Crew Of Ines Goes To Ai(J Fire at sea aboard a Norwe­ gian tanker provided some ex­ citement for the SIU crew­ men of the Ines (Bull) during one of the vessel's recent runs to Puerto Rico, according to ship's delegate Tony Calderira. "During our last trip south," Tony reports to the LOG, "our radio operator received a distress signal from the Norwegian tanker Fensal, which had caught fire. "The Ines changed course and sped full steam ahead to the strick­ en vessel. When we reached it we found a Grace Line ship standing by. We also stood by for several hours, and assembled a lifeboat crew and made a trip to the Fensal. "On boarding the Fensal," Tony reports, "we found that the fire, although It caused considerable damage, was under control." Take a heavyweight fighter who forget that Ezzard Charles mad« has been badly beaten by two light him go through the hoop. Marciano's string-pullers have heaviei^ and what do you have? made him look ridiculous by run­ A challenger for the heavyweight ning out on a profitable evening title. If the logic of this procedure with Moore to pick on a stiff like doesn't strike you, don't blame us. Cockell. As it is, Moore himself Don Cockell is the heavyweight could probably finish the English­ man without breathing hard. and he has a contraict, to fight MarLeaving comic opera for the ciano to prove it. moment, the light heavyweight The only excuse for this contest. division holds promise of more inand it's a shabby one at best, is i teiesting action. Floyd Patterson, that very few in the States have ' the wonder boy, has really arrived at the age of 20, and Harold John­ seen Cockell fight. They have seen son is looking as sharp and crisp all the other heavyweights often as ever. Johnson, who is a strange enough to have the "sense not to case, nearly took the title from buy tickets if they fight Marciano. Moore, but then sat down in one Cockell is an unknown quantity. round to Boardwalk Billy Smith. The promoters reason that there Just when everybody had him are enough people around who will marked for the skids he showed come out to see him just out of more flash and style his last time sheer curiosity. out than any other big fighter in Cockell has done the bulk of his the past year. campaigning in English cities. It That was when he completely was over there that Jimmy Slade, outfought and outmaneuvered a fattened-up light heavy, dumped Paul Andrews, toying with him for him. Randy Turpin, who is really a few rounds and then putting him a middleweight mind you, also took on the deck for good with just him over the hurdles. Nobody one pretty right cross. Andrews here would dream of putting Slade admittedly is green and a little or Turpin in the same ring with slow, but still, Johnson's perform­ Marciano. Most boxing commis­ ance was impressive. Johnson and Patterson would sions would consider it cruel and make a very attractive set-to—lots inhuman. better looking than MarcianoNobody In Sight Cockell. Patterson, of course is Unfortunately, the heavyweight just about ready for a title fight division is shy of a logical chal­ with Moore right now, but we don't lenger. The only semblance of think Moore is anxious. If old competition in sight for Marciano Archie must get his block knocked is old man Archie Moore. Archie off, he'd prefer Marciano to do is undoubtedly five times as skill­ the knocking. It would be more ful as Marciano, but he is still only profitable, and he would still have a light-heavyweight and an aging his light heavyweight title after one at that. Those who figure Marciano got through stomping on Moore as a real challenger tend to him. The LOG conducts this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes; little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer George Dackn's recipe for "Nut-filled Turnovers." There are those who say that the master of a ship is one who seeks perfection in others because he cannot measure up to his own high standards. In such cases, the best is never good enough, and woe unto-^the cook or baker who fails to Turnovers" and many ship cap­ tains. In any event, Dackn de­ please him. Be that as it may, Seafarer George Dackn, steward, has a solution to the dilemma which— some might say—obviously results from the similarity between the principal ingredient in "Nut-filled California Sunshine Makes 'Em Beam THAT RooKj OF -THE MOST VALUASLB POSSESSIONS IN THE MARitiAtE INDUSTW \S AN SlO BOOK. KCEf> IT IH A SAFE PLACE ALWAYS . GETTIHS A I>OPL»' CATE IS AN EAPENSIMB ANT> TIME - CoAlSUAdlN^ JOB AAJD CAM CJAUSE A MEMBER AJEEDtESS^ lMCC3Ah/EAllEAlCE • J iJt. u ri! I )it)i Snapped as their ship came into Wilmington, Calif., for bunkers are some of the crewmen of the National Liberty (American Water­ ways). Ship, carrying coal, was on her way to Japan. Man in center, wi^ beards is CharlCA Hoss of Savannah. scribes his turn­ overs as "a real captain pleaser." For the record, any project which enjoys success like that — and with the crew as well — can't be hidden, under a bushel. Dacka Here's what you need: take 2 pounds chopped wal­ nuts, 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon van­ illa and teaspoon cinnamon, and mix them together for the filling. Then, combine 12 cups flour, Vi cup sugar, 6 tablespoons baking powder and 1 teaspoon baking soda. Dissolve 2 small yeast cakes (2-ounce size) in a half cup of warm water and add to the flour mixture. Next, mix and add enough warm water to make a medium batter. Let this stand for ten minutes, and then spread the batter on a grid­ dle like pancakes. Bake them on one side only and then while they are still warm, place some of the nut filling on the unbaked side, turn them over half way and seal the edges. When ready to serve, fry the turnovers in butter on both sides and pour sugar syrup over them. The sugar syrup can be made by boiling 2 cups sugar and 1 cup water until thick. �SEAFARERS Pare Sixteen Warns Against Phong Insurance 1.1 :• Maroli 4. 1955 LOG L E T TEE S To the Editor: I would like to warn the mem­ bership about the practices of some of these fly-by-night insurance companies. When my brother was To the Editor: in the Army, he and a bunch of I thought you might like to know other men in his company were that the following resolution, high-pressured by their own lieu­ which I introduced, was passed by tenant into buying some insurance the crewmembers. of the Alcoa from the salesman of a certain in­ Pennant (Alcoa) at the shipboard surance company in Texas. All meeting of February 6: my brother did was sign a white "Whereas the Welfare Plan is card without even seeing a policy, now paying maternity benefits and getting a physical or anything like is always willing that. to help all Union members, Sent Him Policy "Be it resolved The next thing he knew the that full family company had sent him a photostat hospital coverage of an insurance policy with his sig­ be installed for nature on it. He never signed any the benefit of all such policy but they must have pho­ members and tographed or copied his signature their families. off the card and stuck it on. They \ "We, the crewnever did give him any kind of Stewart At Ward Line Bar in Havana, Seafarer Tiney Phillipa, crewman on members of the physical examination. Alcoa Pegasus, relaxes with a friend. Miss Hilda Gonzales. Later on he found out that the Alcoa Pennant, do heartily endorse $10 a month he was paying for the Union efforts to secure a hospitali­ policy was far too much for that sation plan for members and their kind of insurance. When he com­ families." plained to the Veterans Adminis­ James C. Stewart To the Editor: tration they told him there wasn't 4* 4* 4' I thought you would like to anything they could do about it. know that on my arrival in Gal­ The result was that he was stuck veston aboard the Alcoa Pegasus, for $230. I ran into Brother Walter BrightSo if any of these insurance well, who Is now back in the tav­ salesmen try to high pressure you ern business. into signing any cards, better make To the Editor: I am writing this from the Man­ Brother Brightwell, who, used to sui'e first what kind of a deal they are getting j'ou into. hattan Beach USPHS hospital to operate the Circle Club in Galves­ Edgar Anderson let you know that this hospital is ton, now runs, Brightwell's Tavern at 408 20th Street. 43^ one of the best. Brother Brightwell keeps the The other night I wanted to LOG on tap, and he has a nice watch the Olson-Jones fight on TV, place for seamen to meet, so I but the nurse told me I had to hope some of the brothers will stop To the Editor: have someone push me into the TV in if they're in Galveston. I spent over four months as room in a wheelchair, so I got Another good place is the Ward bosun on the Robin Kirk, and I Paddy McCann. When it comes to Line Bar in Havana where all the think that the skipper. Captain pushing wheelchairs, he's tops. Alcoa Pegasus crewmen had a Herbert, is a good man to sail I certainly would appreciate with. When I went on board the having visits from any of you boys good time during our stay there. I am sending you a photo of this ship I heard from some people who care to come out here. place and-1 hope you will use it that he was a quick man.with the Jack Denley in the LOG. log book so I was prepared for Mrs. Robert Cole L. L. (Tiney) Phillips (The Baltimore Kid) the worst. But I was pleasantly Seafarer Robert Lee Cole and surprised. Miss Marjorie Hede were married We had a good crew aboard, in Folkston, Ga., on February 6, without pei'formers. Because we 1955, it "has been announced. gave the skipper a fair deal and The bride is the daughter of Carl didn't foul up, we got all the co­ E. Hede, while Cole is the son of operation in the world from him. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Cole. He showed consideration for the After a wedding trip, the couple crew and met us halfway every will live in Jacksonville, Fla. time. II some of the brothers on a 4" 4" 4" trip foul up too much, they can't blame the skipper for cracking down on them. Marcelino Santiago To the Editor: 4i 4" 4" I am writing this from the Sungei Gerong hospital in Sumatra, where I am laid up in bed with a pretty bad fracture of the right To the Editor: leg. I will have to have traction I am writing this to thank the on it for a while to get it in place SIU for getting my husband, so the doctors can put a cast on it. Matti Ruusukallio, the wheelchair I was on the Steel Vendor when which he so badly needed. I and the ship's carpenter went to It is wonderful to know that look over the refinery here; The when J'OU need help of any kind, accident happened while we were all you have to do is to call on riding bicycles back to the ship. the SIU and the Union is always Former shipmates meet again at SIU headquarters as Seafarer Allen I would appreciate it if you ready to lend assistance. Friend, MM (left) greets Cpl. Roy Johnson, stationed at Governor's would send me the last three or We sincerely appreciate all the Island, NY, after year of service in Korea. Both men were on liner four issujss of the LOG as there good things that the Union has Puerto Rico in 1953 before she was sold by Bull to foreign-flag is not much reading material hex-e. done, not only for us but for all interests. Johnson, an AB who sailed SIU for seven years, came John F. French Its members. to hall to check on reactivating his book. He hopes to continue (Ed. note: Copies of the LOG (Mrs.) Mildred Ruusukallio sailing after his discharge from Army. are being sent to you airmail.) Famiig Hospital Plan Is Sought ?•;: rX r- SIU Brother Buns Galveston Tavern Seafarer Weds Georgia Girl Baltimore Ki#r Wants Visitors Finds Robin Kirk Captain is Okag illiiiii Ex-Shipmates Get Together At Hq Steel Vendor Man Hurt In Sumatra Sags ^Thank Foit^ For Wheelchair I' 1^5 " r-'.- I •. Burly WRLi; Back to Beaiiig ASflllDlmkJM //^(wW'Cg/ To the Editor: I have just arrived in Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela, aboard Seatrade's tanker Queenston Heights, and I would like you to know that we made this run without a beef of any kind. We signed on in Philadelphia and went up to Portland, Me., where we had a very clean payoff, and then 23 hours later we signed on for this Venezuela run. I think that the fact that we had such a good run is due to two things. First, the crew gets along very well with the officers on this ship, especially our skipper. Cap­ tain Costello, who never interferes in our affairs as long as we do our jobs properly. Good Chief Cook rSecond, we have a fine chief cobk on hei-e. His name is Hanrik Hansen and there are never any complaints about anything he puts out. I have worked with many other cooks, but to me Hansen is the best chief cook I have ever sailed with. On a ship like this the men get along together very well, just like brothers, and this gives a real meaning to the term "Brother­ hood of the Sea."' In closing, I would like to say that making a run like this, on a ship like this, and with a crew and officers like this, again make me i-ealize the value of membership in the SIU. It is no idle boast to say that SIU men I'eally have "the best in maritime." Alexander Chemey 4 4 4' Seamar Crewmen Are Eating Well To the Editor: One of the most important i-equisites towai'd making a happy ship has always been food—and it al­ ways will be. Aboard the Seamar (Calmar), I am happy to say, the food situation is being taken cai'e of very vvell. I'm not going to insult anyone's intelligence by saying that Calmar is going hog wild V and putting prime cuts of meat and A-1 brands of other foods on here. But I do say that the menus and the preparation of food are vei-y, very good.*^ Cummings The credit for this must go to John Marshall, steward; Frank Rankin, chief cook; Sam Merkerson, second cook, and Dick Johnson, thii'd cook. The other members of the steward de­ partment ai-e also on the ball. Incidentally, our chief cook, Frank Rankin, was formei-ly a chef for the Pennsylvania Railroad. I want you to know that in mak­ ing the above statements I am speaking for the whole ship's com­ plement, who i-ealize that they really "hit the jackpot" on this trip. Dick Cummings Ship's delegate By 'Bernard Seaman COOLV PERHAPS flhlD AMmEATT -TD-— ^0,MiZ.CLAEi< ^ GABLIJlVOMr LIKE ro imUDE. BUTl >7 \fiOU— Seatrade Tanker. Has A Good Bun Icl JN • % fimmsJoBj �Pve SereBteea iskAFARER^S iio March 4.1M8 ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... data—Chairman, Jahn Winn; Sacratary, L. Hall, |r. Ona man missed ibip and a few brothera were caught on the abort and by making loans to him before de­ parture of ship. New book aent tq ahlp by Union for the library, and crawmembera were asked to return same when finished. New mattresses were distributed equally among the three departments. Any minor repairs should be listed and MARORE (Ore), December I—Chair­ turned in to boatswain. man, Charles A. Moss; Secretary, E. Har­ LIBERTY BELL (Dover), Dacambar li rison. Motion made and carried to have delegates check books and permits. The —Chairman, R. VIckarman; Sacratary, M. Pappadakli. Action wUl be taken in the steward department was thanked for a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. Dele- near future on any one performing, the :ate will see the patrolman about put- ship's delegate said. Motion made that a ship's fund be estabfished by each ing up a siopchest list. January 9—Chairman, C. Moss; Secre­ crewmember donating the aum of SI. tary, E. Harrison. Beefs about mate be­ The ship's delegate reported the case of ing on deck. Discussion on keeping a crewmember who was detained by the laundry clean. The crewmember who has police in San Pedro. been taking the cocoa at night was asked STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Dacam­ to leave same as others enjoy it too. OIL AIRES (Mli*lulppl)> D«c*mb«r u1l _ Chairman, C. Frayi Sacratary, D. FIfchar. Suggeation made that carpenter buUd bookcase for library, and all mem­ bers were asked to return books when inished with them. All longshoremen and other persons who are not crewmembers should ha kept out of the pas­ sageway. Discussion on penalty cargo. ? for their convenience. Crewmembera sug­ gested that there be more variety in meats. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for a fine Christmai dinner. Repair lists should be made up each trip until all the repairs are taken care of. that It la interfering with his regular duties. Motion made and carried that a letter be sent to headquarters about the oiler who left ship without a relief. The master will be contacted about needed repairs I and also about some extra fans. CHICKASAW (Waterman), Dacambar 21 —Chairman, M. Ellis; Sacratary, O. Buiclglio. Repairs lists should be turned in by department delegatea to ship's dele­ gate for voyage ending. Crew gave the captain k vote of ^anks for arranging to have the ship decorated, which lent tha proper Christmas atmosphere aboard. The steward department was given a vote of thanks for their extra service in preparing a variety of foodi during the Christmas holidays. COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), no STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), January S— Chairman, C. Bush; Sacratary, S. Nialsan. Failure of the Swift Laundry to return crew's laundry will be investigated upon asked to leave the keys to their rooms when leaving ship. Discussed having crew's washing machine repaired out of ship's fund. Steward expressed thanks for "splendid cooperation received from crew during the trip. tPERSONAtS: John Westley Prescott Your mother wishes you to contflct her. Eugene Ciccato Get in touch with Joseph Pilutis at his home. i t t Harvey C. Hill You are asked to contact Ted Steuka, 399 Ahport Blvd., South San Francisco, Calif. t> S> NcUl Abemathy Bed Braunsteln wishes you to contact him at the Wilmington hall. J* 4" Herbert Pollock Your seaman's papers and other papers have been found and are being held for you by Mrs. Alice Knowlton, 3706 OVi Ave., Galves­ ton, Tex. t 4" Charles Lee Contact Lionel B. Miller, 2729 Bay St., New Orleans, La. 4" 4- 4 4 4 4 4 4 Larry Briggs John Allega wishes you to eontact him at the NV Cafe, North Oxbridge, Mass. Troy Thomas Theresa wishes you happiness on your birthday, March 20. Thomas E. Collins Call Michael Clifford at TUlip 2-1810 or write him at 353 Mosholii Pkwy., Bronx, NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Orville Francis Christian T. M. Kususky says it is im­ portant for you to contact him at 722 Carman St., Camden, NJ. Edward Rydon Abe Weistock wishes you to get in touch with him about the dis­ position of your sextant. His ad­ dress is 5430 Nelson Ave., Balti­ more, Md. 4 4 4 Nesbett Legion Morrison Urgent you contact your mother at 513 £. Brought St., Savannah, Ga. 4 4 4 Edgar (Red) Starns Ronald (John) Barnes asks you to contact him at Virginian Ap't. No. 1, 2014 4th St., Seattle, Wash. 4 4 4 Nicholas Fedyk Urgent you contact your sister, Mrs. Anne Tetor, at 7351 Theo­ dore St., Philadelphia. BElgrade 6-3092. 4 4 Patrick John M. Havas portant news for reached at the 4 Mozier says he has im­ you. He can be Jersey- Journal, ANTINOUS (Waterman), January 2— Chairman, M. Duet; Secretary, K. Cola. Treasurer reported $35 in the ship's fund out of which was taken money for parts for converter for TV set and various Christmas decorations for crew messroom.. A letter from Brother Hall con­ cerning Coast Guard power grab was read to the membership and all brothers, were urged to write their Congressmen concerning this unfair issue. Ail brothers thanked steward department for a won­ derful Christmas dinner. A. Shrimpton. Ship's delegate explained the reason why there could only be one draw in the Port of Calcutta. Vote, of thanks given to the steward and his de­ partment for the Thanksgiving dinner and for the all around good meals served aboard the ship. Suggestion made that the siopchest be opened at afternoon coffee time as well as evening. Chief IBERVILLE (Waterman), Dacambar 1* mate appeared before the meeting and —Chairman, Roy Guild; Secretary, V. C. talked about safety precautions In pre­ Smith. Suggestion made to shade lights venting shlifboard accidents. for TV, and to buy Christmas tree with needed decorations. This was approved ANN MARIE (lull), January 2—Chair­ by the membership and V. C. Smith vol­ man, H. Martin; SaCrstsry, E. Dakln. unteered to do the buying and to post Discussing on men using ship's gear in receipts for same; such expenses to be a proper manner. All hands were asked paid from the ship's fund. to shut oft washing machina after using January 3—Chairman, V. C. Smith; Sec­ same. Crewmembera were reminded -to retary, W. A. Wada. Ways and means pay dues this trip. discussed for increasing ship's fund. Crewmembers voted to donate $1 each. OCEAN LOTTE (Marlllm* Ovtrteas), The steward thanked crew for coopera­ January 1—Chairman, A. Carpantar; Sac­ tion in keeping messhall clean. Wiper ratary, Kainowtky. Motion made and and OS will take turns cleaning ladder carried to have delegate* mak;e a list of to crew's quarters aft. Crewmembers re­ all the neglected repairs turned in from minded to clean laundry room after using the previous meeting, and refer them to same. our port agent, prior to signing articles. DEL VALLE (Mississippi), November 23 -There was quite a discussion in reference to the improvement made In painting —Chairman, Joe Wise; Secretary, R. crew's quarters. Salby. Ship's delegate will contact the 'chief engineer about having fans installed in foc'sles as per agreement. A sugges­ tion was made that crewmembers read the agreement and at tha next shipboard meeting a discussion should be held on Irazarry. Treasurer reported that there changes in conditions and working rules. is $103.10 in }he ship's fund. From this money 50 eases of coca cola was pur­ YORKMAR (Caimar), Dacambar 25— chased. All members agreed to pay $2.40 for a case and when empties are returned Chairman, E. Hogga; Sacratary, T. Kannedy. The steward department will take one dollar will be refunded. A new ship's care of the recreation room in the fu­ delegate was elected. ture and the engine and deck depart­ ments will take care of the washroom. ROBIN MOWBRAY (Seas Shipping), De­ Any one who uses tha washing machine cember 5—Chairman, N. Remlcy; Secre­ was asked to make sura they leave it in tary N. Wroton. Motion made and car­ good condition. Crew will And out what ried that an attempt be made to get med­ has happened to ship's fund that was icine lockers installed in each foc'sle so left on ship. the men would have some place to keep their shaving gear, etc. Discussion en the ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), January 2— literature coming aboard ship, and it was Chairman, C. Back; Sacratary, R. Palmar. decided to keep same and turn it over Motion made to elect committee to study to the patrolman. problems of Installing a TV let for the crew. Bepalr list made up and will be GOVERNMENT CAMP (ultics Service), posted in messroom. Crewmembers were Nevambcr 25—Chairman, L. Pakrer; Sec­ asked to return cups and glasses to mess- retary, J. Block. Steward department was room and to keep the ship clean. complimented for the "very nice Thanks­ giving dinner they prepared and served. MICHAEL (Carras), January S—Chair­ Ship's delegate will obtain all available man, P. Jakubcsak; Sacratary, S. Dant. information in relation to resolutions pre­ Ship's delegate resigned due to the fact sented for further discussion. Quiz Answers Puzzle Answer SSQ [IZ1DQSI2 saa [ESHaaHBa aaaGa QSHHS aaa Q[§[z;][iao aa rasQH® GOQa fflcansras aaaaijis SHS QQuaa sa saaara Gasaa DSD Hsaa aaamfflBMCJ rasBEa oan [3[3r:q Bgljl SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), Jan­ uary 15—Chairman, S. See; Secretary, C. E. Mosley. Steward department was thanked for the improvement of menus and service. $64.80 reported in the ship's Shortage of stores brought up and dis­ fund. The polio fund was discussed and cussed. Steward feels he isn't at fault it was agreed that the men make their since he came on board after requisi­ donations at home. tions were turned in. Some items on the repair list will be held over until next EMILIA (Bull), January 15—Chairman, trip as ship is scheduled for the ship­ L. Gucllnitz; Secrataj-y, C. Kavanaugh. yard. Ship's delegate informed crewmembers that they are to work from bell to bell EUGENIE (Orel), December 25—Chilr- with no time off. Mate pointed out that man, V. Meahan; Secretary, M. Culp. the bosun was not to do any work ex­ Ship is in need of ail new mattresses cept supervise. Three men were fired. and the new pillows smell like dead Motion made and carried that meetings chickens. Ship's delegate will see the be held at 6:30 PM instead of 3 PM and patrolman about a better grade of meat, that new delegates be elected at every eggs and general stores. The laundry payoff. A vote of thanks was given to soap powder is a poor quality. Captain the steward department for the service will not put out overtime for betterment and preparation of food. Extra fans are needed. Repair list made up. of crew's quarters. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), De­ cember 10—Chairman, M. Shapman; Sec­ retary, S. Johnson. A collection was taken up for a few additional Christmas ornaments as some of the ornaments from last year got broken. Motion made and carried that all brothers write their Congressmen concerning the new pro­ posals made by the Coast Guard. There was a lengtlily discussion on the food ^ served aboard this vessel and its prepara­ tion. The chief cook and galley force promised to do better in the future. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), January 2—Chairman, C. Liverman; Sacratary, J. (1) (c) Claustrophobia. (2) (b) James Buchanan. He was the only President to remain a bachelor throughout his term in the White House. (3) Mosaic. (4) Bob is 101/4 years old and Bill is m. (5) (b) Delaware, with an aver­ age elevation of 60 feet. (6) (d) New York. It'i in Poughkeepsie. (7) England. (8) Guy Lombardo. (9) $24. A bushel costs $3. (10) A cockroach. STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), Decamber 12—Chairman, J. Kramer; Sec­ retary, A. Parlsaau. Attention brought to the fact that the men logged on last trip had to appear before the Coast Guard. Mate agreed to all repairs and same wUl be taken care of while ship is underway. A new ship's delegate was elected. AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers), January •—Chairman, O. Frank; Sacra­ tary, A. Barnard. Ship's delegate re­ ported that two men were logged for missing watches and performing at sea and in port. A motion was made and carried that these two men be brought BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), up on charges for conduct unbecoming union members. A letter from SIU con­ January 14—Chairman, G. Jargo; Secre­ cerning the Coast Guard matter was read tary, G. Java. Jr. Chief engineer okayed repairs and will get to them as soon as by the ship's delegate and posted. possible. Crewmembers were asked to DEL VIENTO (Mississippi), January 9 clean washing machine after each using. officers —Chairman, H. Cornell; Secretary, J. Crew commented on the fine Atchison. Discussion on the galley util­ aboard this ship. ity: the crew decided to leave this matter ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), Janup to the discretion of the patrolman. uary 15—Chairman, C. Kaust; Secretary, B. Padgett. Engine delegate asked crew not to hang laundry in the engine room. Steward is not issuing enough laundry powder. Crewmembers getting off ship were asked to bring linen midship. bar IS—Chairman, J. Cravan; Sacratary, arrival in New York. Crewmembers were OCEAN ULLA (Ocean Transportation), no data—Chairman, L. Clllls; Secretary, D. PIcccrall. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for a job . well done in preparing and serving the Christmas dinner. Deck delegate re­ ported that he has spoken to the captain and he promised to take care of all re­ pairs. Ship's delegate will see the chief engineer about removing rubber hose from the washing machine - and put a piece of pipe In Its place. the shlp'a fund be turned over to the next ahip's delegate for next voyage. Several members spoke on the welfare of aU crewmembers. IBERVILLE (Waterman), January Chairman, V. Rosata; Secretary, V. Smith. Coca Cola is being sold aboard ship with the profit going into the ship's fund so it will be self-supporting in the future. Suggestion made that a repair list be submitted in time so that repairs may be taken care of in Mobile. ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa), January 15 —Chairman, Powell; Secretary, F. McGuagge, Suggestion made to get rid of some of the old books in the library. Discussion on the water in the pantry. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), Jan­ uary 9—Chairman, M. Machel; Secretary, C. Hartman. Motion made and carried for messman to dispose of garbage on main deck below the main house as crew lives on this deck. Suggestion made that Arabs be fed in the PO mess as not to conflict with the crew during mealhoiirs. Departments will rotate in clean­ ing laundry and library. SANTORE (Ore), January 4—Chairman, R. King; Sacratary, T. Hansen. On sev­ eral occasions shower water has been too hot. January 10—Chairman, R. King; Secre­ tary, J. Grlttith. One man missed ship. Cash on hand 544.20. The ship's dele­ gate will buy a new radio for the crew, ROBIN TUXFORD (Scat Shipping), no and it will be purchased from the Sea data—Chairman, A. Cairns; Secretary, F. Chest. Gardner. Carpenter bought some new FENNMAR (Caimar), January 15 — records and the crew agree to pay for same. All hands were asked to return Chairman, Walsh; Secretary, Strange. cups to sink, and to refrain from putting Bosun made a motion that all showers cigarettes or ashes in same. Laundry be painted and repaired. The steward room will be kept clean by departments department was complimented, with spe­ cial thanks going to the steward and rotating. chief cook for their fine work. VAL CHEM (Valentine), December 1— Chairman, J. Karl; Secretary, R. Galling. LIBERTY BELL (Dover), January 21— The steward was asked to get new mat­ Chairman, VIckarman; Secretary, M. Paptresses for the crew. The crew voted not padakis. Motion made and carried that to bring to the attention of the patrol­ man the matter of the second mate, but rather give him more rope to hang him­ self. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for a wonderful Thanksgiving Day dinner. CHICKASAW (Waterman), November 30—Chairmen, Ralph Secklngar; Secre­ tary, J. Murphy. Ship's delegate asked aU delegates to turn In their repair lists. He explained our system of electing new delegates every trip to the new members of the crew. The chief steward thanked aU hands for their cooperation. Bosun requested that all garbage be dumped aft. BARBARA FRITCHIE (Liberty), Novehibcr 4—Chairman, E. Tesko; Secre­ tary, A. Thorns. Vote of than'KS extended to the ateward department for an exceUent Thanksgiving Day dinner. Stew­ ard will see about getting a bigger toaster for the crew mess. FAOLI (Cities Service), January 2-:Chalrman, D. Collins; Secretary, J. Fischer. RAPHAEL SEMMES (Waterman), No­ vember 22—Chairman, J. Slogaitis; Sec­ retary, H. Pierce. Crewmembers were asked to keep the messhall alid pantry clean at all times for the next watch. A new sliip's delegate was elected. Report Asks End Of PHS For Seamen (Continued from page 3) ti'eatment for tuberculosis and other diseases. These hospitals have also been of gieat value in training thousands of physicians and nurses—professions in criticaiiy short supply. Actually, while the hospitals are Government-supported today, sea­ men have an equity in the proper­ ties since for many years, the pro­ ceeds from shipboard loggings went for the support of the marine hospitals. This fact raises a legal question as to the authority of Congress to shut them down. While the Hoover report has al­ ready'been criticized both in and out of Congress, it will undoubted­ ly be used in a fresh attack on medical services for seamen. As in the past, the SIU will make every effort to save the hospitals and ui'ges individual Seafarers to do likewise by writing Congress­ men from their home states. Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—pleose put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY ZONE STATE Motion made and carried that American money Issued in foreign ports be put in the contract. Master said logs will stick but men are not fired. Crewmembers TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are en old subscriber end have e ching* will see about baving the ship fumigated. of eddreas, please give your former address below: Signed CHILORE (Ore), January 1—Chairman, John Giancola; Sacratary, H. Leiby. PO mess wiU be kept open while ship is in ADDRESS port: members were told that if they >K(IV>tsi9~sA)>tain anything from- the- Sea Chest Ihe night telephone will be posted CITY -..I ZONE .. STATI • it �• SEAFARERS Pase EisJiteeB o To speed up its many services to Seafarers and their families, the headquarters office of th® SIU Wel­ fare Services Department has shifted to new quarters on the sec­ ond deck. Welfare Services formerly oper­ ated out of desk space in the front of the headquarters hiring hall. The office has now b^en moved to the large room at the right rear of the shipping hall providing ample seating space for Seafarers or family members who come in to see a Welfare Services represen­ tative. The new and more spacious facilities mean that Welfare Serv­ ices will be able to handle a larger volume of applicants than before In comfort. Another representa­ tive has been added to the staff of the department which will also mean faster service l!?K p I h\ - ht- • -, 'fe'' Couldn't Sign Off When he got back to the States, the Union found that Byrne was too ill to sign off articles. He had about $500 in earned an unearned wages coming to him at the time. With the approval of the member­ ship, arrangements were made with the company to pay the money due directly to Mrs. Byrne. This step was taken by the com­ pany after the Union agreed to stand good for the money In the 3 REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID T...«?.r.«?..Cr...Jf:sr. Proia No. Seafarera Receiving Benefits chis Period I Ayerage Benefitt Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefita Paid thia Period /Co 4 ba\aS Coj VrjlRo WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD HosDilsl Benefits Desth Benefits Dissbilltv Benefits 00 4 nU.lL Mrs. Isaac Hancock poses with* baby Betty Ann in front of the family buggy and home in Henderson, North Carolina. Betty Ann arrived in this world on February 8, 1955, and was welcomed by a $200 SIU Welfare Plan payment. Welfare Services also made ar­ rangements for" payment of the Welfare Plan hospital benefits to Mrs. Byrne, giving her an addi­ tional source of Income which her husband had no use for because of his condition. A few weeks after his repatria­ tion Byrne passed away suddenly in the hospital. Having no one else to turn to, Mrs Byrne came once again to Welfare Services for help In the emergency. At her request. Welfare Services assisted In making funei'al ar­ rangements. This is often done by the Union office to protect bene­ ficiaries of Seafarers from the ex­ orbitant prices which are occa­ sionally Imposed by unscrupulous undertakers on the families of de­ ceased breadwinners. Linda Lee Lowman, born Janu­ ary 23, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George N. Lowman, Brooklyn, Maryland. 4" t .i" Joseph Wayne Vogel, bom Janu­ ary 11, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Vogel, 304 East Randall Street, Baltimore, Maryland, t it " Brenda Annette Padgett, born December 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Padgett, New Or­ leans, La. 4' it 4" Marilyn, Cruz, born January 6, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Juan Cruz, Jr., New York, New York. 4" 4 4" Margaret Renee Pierre, horn No­ vember 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Pleme, Chunchula, Alabama. 4 4 4 4 4 Hosbital Benefits Paid Since lulv L 1950 • Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950* Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * Matctaitv Benefits Paid Since Anril I. 1952* Vacation Benefita Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 * Total • Date B«n.rits Betss 9b Un no AA f (oo.iae 71 VacatioD Cash 00 Hand fSfST" Vftcacion Estimatedi Accounts Rcceivnblo ygifnyg— US Governmeot Bonds (Veifaie) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS iimmm II (XSH OA I innwwrn ivTRmm eSDERBEni SOiniBNTSi During th« past year the Welfare Plan paid out DSiiTH BBNE- . FITS in the anount of $333,200.00. HOSPITAL BENEFITS in the anount of $170,600.(X) were paid to eligibles under the Plan. The Plan also paid six hundred fowteen (6lU) NATERNITT BBI^ITS for a total of $122,800,00 for the year 1951|. DISABILin BENEFITS in the amount o'f $1x3,200.00 were paid by the Plan dxiring the year as well as $10,000.00 in SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS. The above represents only e portion of the benefits paid, as the Plan paid out well over a million dollars in benefits. /de /wf Smimituj M K#rr, Assisteal Adminiattetor TOPk • Y<X//? CLAM fOR MAmeNANCe AND CuRB. .. 4 Osborne Marshall William Brooke, Jr., born January 22, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Osborne M. Brooke, Mobile, Alabama. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Lamont Wayne Lewis, born No­ vember 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonai'd Lewis, Washington, DC. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Thomas William Beatty, Jr., born January 12, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Beatty, Houston, Texas. David Wayne Barnett, born De­ cember 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Barnett, Gulfport, Mississippi. 4 X UdLai Vn (ffi" WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS if \feiAf imporfayii'hclamm " maiirhsnance and cune-M-'^M if]sis/-a Ghlpboand yiepont be mde of your-atXflAenf'sfd-fhifyou aye lea\/]m -fhe niedical yeaeons. /ave a shiprrtah, keep a v/lhse&^-Hte apY' medical slip ipfBvA, 14? you hav - 'anycjue^ions, cord^-fhe % Patricia Jean Beresford, born January 10, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Beresford, East Boston, Massachusetts. Mrs. Helena Byrne (left) is assisted in filing claim for the SIU death benefit at the,; headquarters l^elfare Services office. Fa -4 Vernon Victor Jaks, born Janu­ ary 12, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jaks, El Campo, Texas. P.' 1- Lo WELFARE. VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Lanora Marvel! Cantrell, born January 25,1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Cantrell, Jx-., Mobile, Alabama. 4 po ^0 Vd, 4* Kathryn Nannette Miller, born .January 21,1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller, Mobile, Ala­ bama. ?n ^ Sis' VacMion Benefits Totrf The assistance Welfare Services gives to Seafarers and their families is typified by the^ experience of Mrs. Helena Byrne of Brooklyn. From the 'time her husband, Seafarer James Byrne, became ill on^ board a ship through his re­ unlikely event that Byrne should cent death and burial, the claim it at a later date. Union office aided her every step of the way. Mrs. Byrne's husband first be­ came ill on the Warrior, (Water­ man) several months ago, and was put ashore in a Turkish hospital. Welfare Services aiTanged initial­ ly for his repatriation to the US, SEAFARERS SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS Welfare Follows Through On Aid To Seafarer's Wife 'if Misrcii 4,1958 5 All of the foUoioing SIU families and Mrs. William S. Sharp, Cincin­ will collect the $200 maternity nati, Ohio. it 4" benefit plus a $25 bond from the Agustin Tellez Manzanet, born Union in the baby's name: December 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. William Stewart Sharp, Jr., born and Mrs. Agustin Tellez Bosado, January 26, 1955. Parents, Mr. Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico. r:- •" '"•r;.';'-'^:;<-.'r» • • • EOG House, Car And Baby Bigger Office Provided For HQ Welfare ' 4 4 Jean Valmon Dupre, Jr., born January 22,1955. -Parents, Mx'. and Mrs. Jean Valmon Dupre, Mamou, HI eiu ' SID WELFAHE SERVICES iipumiir JUUJI11 • .'1-: �Mareli 4,1958 SEAIARERS LOG Pace Nineteen -••JSSI — And The Bride Caught Her Ship SE^* THE SEAFARERS The cpurse of true love seldom runs smooth as a familiar saying goes, so its nice to have Welfare Services haindy to take care of some of the roadblocks. Right now Welfare Services is clearing the way for Seafarer William "Tiny" MacDonald's recAtly-acquired bride to be-^l admitted to the United States as a resident of the country. Seafarer Dusan Deduisin is keeping his fingers crossed as are all of his friends that the Staten Island hospital can restore his eyesight. De But that wasn't all. dulsin dkpects. to be operated on shortly for a cataract on his left eye and a separated retina on tHe other eye. Brother Deduisin spent quite a- bit of his own cash and had an opera­ tion performed by an outside specialist in Philadelphia last summer. Since he hasn't been able to sail since then and has spent his own dough for treatment, your Union was able to get him admitted to Staten Island ,on the grounds that his was a continuing case. If any of his friends have a little trouble recogniz­ ing Seafarer Tim Holt froip now on in it will be with good reason. Tim is in the liospital now for an operation on his nose because of an old injury, and the doctors are going to straighten it out for him. Brother Jimmie Golder is up and around again after a double hernia operation. He was aboard the Coe Bowman Victory his last trip out. The brothers will remember Jimmie who was working as dispatcher at headquarters for a time. . Brother Jose Roddguez, who had an operation on his neck some time back, went back into the hospital on February 16, to have the scar tissue removed. Another brother due to be operated on is Antonio Schiavone, who was steward on the Beatrice. The doctors are going to fix up his bad thumb. Seafarer Virgil Bowman, who was oiler on the Steel Architect, has been having some trouble with varicose veins and had to take time off for, treatment. Recovering from injuries after a fall on the Hurricane is Seafarer Matthew Eurlsa. He got cut up and suffered a possible back injury when he fell off a turbine. Seafarer David Kaim had to go back in for more treatment because of a skin condition, and Seafarer Joseph Puglisi is in for the same reason. Brother John McKarek got a shock wheif he went in the hospital for a minor operation and doc­ tors found he had a touch of diabetes as well. Also getting treatmenii for diabetes is Antonio Martin, who was wiper on the National Freedom. Brother Gerald Fitzjames who was FWT on the Sanddaptain is coming along nowi He had a stomach ailment and had lost quite a bit of weight. Anthony Seaturro, messman off the Steel Surveyor also is get-, ting treatment for stomach trouble. Other brothers in the hospital include Cornelius Holt Filkins, who was on the Southern States the last time out; Sylvester Walsh, AB off the Pennmar; and Joe Felton, AB off the Sandcaptain. i The men in the hospital and your Welfare Services representatives 'want to thank Dr. John Wilson and the staff of the Staten Island hospi­ tal for the fine job they've been doing and the cooperation they have been giving your Union's representatives. It's made matters more pleasant for our people all around.- Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY NEW ORLEANS, LA. Samuel Bailey Oscar Adams Joseph Malone Raymond Mormino P. B. Bommaritos Alfonso Olaguibel Hussen Ahmed Abdul G. Mohamed Charles Brady C. H. Allardice Joseph Neubauer Jack Oosse Lyles Brunsoii Archibald Andersen George Robinson Herman Ostberg Enoch Collins B. Calliorina Juan Ruiz Aurelio Patingo Carl A. Carlson Mattl Ruusukallio Warren W. Currier Darrell Riley George Cutrer John J. Doherty Leon Ryzop J. E. Rousavall Thomas Dugan Angelo P. Ferrie Victor, Shavroff David Ruckner J. Engeihardt George W. Flood Henrich Sterling ' Joachim Saik Estell Godfrey Henry L. Falgout Carl Sundquist Benjamin Seal Lonnie HaU Leo Fontenot, Samuel Vandal Antonio Soils Miles Foster Fred Hauser Christian' Voss Henry Sosa Alfredo Garcia George Herman James Waldron Token Spiers William Grimes Pedro Ibardohisa K. G. Wetterhorn Gleason St. Germain Clifford Womack SeraHn G. Lopez Kristian Gunderson Goon Poy Thlu E. T. Hardeman Juliu^ Thrasher USPHS HOSPITAL Konstant Kain Lonnie R. Tickle MANHATTAN BEACH. NY E. G. Knapp Marion Vester Fortunato Bacomo James R. Lewis Leo H. Lang Billie Ward Frank W. Bemrick Arthur Lomas Earl P. Larson James Ward Claude Blanks Francis F. Lynch Harry Lewis Edward Woods Robert Booker ' loseph D. McGraw Thomas Maynes Clyde Wright Joseph Carr Thomas McCaffrey Lionel Miller David Wright Ho Yee Choe Archibald McGuigan Jar Chong Vic Milazzo USPHS HOSPITAL Walter Denley Melvin O. Moore SEATTLE, WASH. Eugene T. Nelson John Driscoll Yue Kung Fah George J. Wanka Bart Guaranick Daniel Ruggiano Sverre Johannessen M. H. Whitehead Taib Hassen W. A. Johnston Wade H. Sexton Thomas Isaksen USPHS HOSPITAL George Shumaker John W. Keeiiaii Ernest Smallwood FORT WORTH. TEXAS John R. Klemowicz Henry Smith Leonard Cradttock Harry Schuler Ludwig Kristiansen Ranato Viliata USPHS HOSPITAL Frederick Landry Virgil E. Wilmoth SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Edwin Brown James J. Lawlor Chee K. Zai M. Meguissoglu Max Byers Kaarel Leetmaa Charles Neumaier G. Fletcher Frank Paylor USPrtS HOSPITAL Olav Gustavsen Joseph Perriera LEXINGTON. KY. Robert Lambert P. S. Yuzon George Chaudion Christian McBrien JACKSON-MEMORIAL HOSP. USPHS HOSPITAL kUAMI. FLA. SAVANNAH. GA. Sverro Leknes Alexander P. Copa Louis C- Miller USPHS HOSPITAL Allen D. Edenfield James T7 Moore • BOSTON. MASS. Rufus L. Fields - John H. Morris Frank Alasavlch Clarence Storey Jimmie LitUeton Ernest H. Webb Alfred Hancock Angelo J. Martins SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSP. USPHS HOSPITAL LONG BEACH. CALIF. BALTIMORE, MD. Bjom A. Granberg John Altstatt Robert M. Kirkwood USPHS HOSPITAL John Anton Clyde Leggett NORFOLK. VA. .Benjamin Balcer Timothy l.ess Francis Boner Joseph MuUer John Bokus George Little Walter Butterton Charles Phelps" Charles BouskUa Robert Littleton William Mason Robert Renfrou Delvini Brodeur . Robert McKnewJesse R. Matthews Jesse Voliva Byrd Buzbee Edmund MarshOTARITY HOSPITAL E. Delacrus Thomas Mungo NEW ORLEANS. LA. Leo Dwyer Stephen Musco ^ George Books Louis Firlie George Olive ! USPHS HOSPITAL Ferdinand Forte Eugene Plahn GALVESTON. TEXAS Gorman Glaze D. G. Robinson Roy E. Curtis Andrew Noronha. George Godwin Robert W. Scales Fred FaU Irvin Ranew John Hannay John R. Schultz L. I. Floyd William Trice ' Roy M. HaWes William Simmons Benjamin Grice John T. Watt Norman Jackson R. H. Solheim George Litchfield James A. Winget Okol Jones G. A. W^lams •. •«»-Jefen- •Slhert wniis MacDonald's "hands across the sea" romance with Miss Margit Heikkila of Helsinki, Finland, be-> gan when he met his wife-to-be in New York in between trips. The future Mrs. MacDonald was in be­ tween trips,-too.. She's a steward­ ess on the Patricia, a Swedish pas­ senger ship. That made it a sea­ faring romance on both sides. 24-Hbur Wait Before long, MacDonald was headed for the altar on Saturday, February 18 to be exact. But there were some difficulties to overcome first. New York has a 24-hour wait for marriage licenses and the bride-to-be was set to sail aboard the I^tricia on Sunday the 19th. Under some circumstances it's possible to get a waiver of the waiting period. .Welfare Services went to work and got the waiver. The delay on the waiver though, carried matters past the normal Miss Margit Heikkila signs the book In Brooklyn Marriage License closing time for the Marriage Li­ Bureau before being wed to Seafarer William MacDonald. Look­ cense Bureau in Brooklyn. After ing on (left) is Seafarer Maurice "Duke" Duet, who served as a some more phone calls, Deputy witness to the marriage ceremony. City Clerk Joseph D. Comite gen­ erously agreed to keep the office Gould, and another Seafarer to to make her ship. The wedding open after hours. Always obliging. serve as the necessary witnesses. over, she went aboard the Patricia Welfare Services then sent along The couple was able to get mar­ the next day for its Caribbean one of its representatives, Tom ried and Mrs. MacDonald was able cruise. (The ship rides between New York and the Caribbean in the winter, and Sweden and Eng­ land in the summer months.) Mac­ Donald went back to the SIU head­ quarters hall to find a good one on the board. The most important problem Evi(3ently deciciing to test the Union's follow-through on a that arose, of course, was the maintenance beef, the Alcoa Steamship Company attempted question of getting his new bride to hard-time Seafarer Edison Brown on a maintenance and permission to enter the US as a permanent resident. Welfare cure claim. The only result Services quickly got the necessary was to sock itself with a bill to the Baltimore SIU hall and the legal documents drafted and sent for back maintenance, court Union contacted the hospital re­ off to Immigration here in th'e costs and legal fees, because the questing the clinical abstract, which Stales. Meanwliile, Mrs. MacDon­ Union went to bat immediately to was forwarded, and another week's ald will be making application for assure Brown all the maintenance maintenance paid. a visa in her native city. he was entitled to. The next week though, on Christ­ If all goes well, the visa should Brown suffered a fractured ver­ mas Eve, the company agent came come through in six weeks to three tebra in his spine as the result of up with a new demand. This time months and the Macdonaid family an injury aboard the Alcoa Pointer. he wanted a narrative summary will settle down to married life He was put in a body cast and then which in effect represents a com­ Stateside. treated on outpatient status at the plete report on the case. Other­ Baltimore Public Health hospital. wise, he said, the company would For several weeks Brown had been not pay maintenance any more.' The hospital, in turn, said that collecting maintenance from the Alcoa agent in Baltimore with it could not provide such reports the presentation of the usual "unfit on every patient because it would mean too much of a burden on its for duty" slip. staff. On December 15, the hospital The deaths of the following Sea­ 'Go Ahead And Sue' took the cast off, took some X-rays farers have been reported to the and then put Brown In a new cast. Since Brown was still in a cast Seafarers Welfare Plan and the Brown went up to the Alcoa office and had no other source of income, in his cast to collect ano'ther week's he brought his beef to the Union. $2,500 death benefits are being maintenance. To his astonishment, The SIU called the company's paid to their beneficiaries: the agent turned him down saying headquarters in New York and was James R. Cassady, 22: Brother that he would have to get a clinical informed that the company would Cassady died of leukemia in the abstract. not pay without the narrative sum­ USPHS hospital In New Orleans, The Injured Seafarer went back mary. The Seafarer, a company La., on December 26, 1954. Place representative said, could "go of burial Is not known. The Alcoa ahead and sue" if he wanted to. Cavalier was the last ship Brother Immediately, the office of Sey­ Cassady sailed aboard. mour W. Miller, the Union's gen­ i. eral counsel, went to work on the Henry N. Grant, 64: Brother case. Suit was filed through asso­ Under the rules of the Va­ ciate counsel Sol Berenholtz in the Grant died on January 4, 1955, in cation Plan as set forth by the port of Baltimore. Just before the Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Joining trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ case came up, the company threw the Union In 1942, in New York, ply within one year "of the in the sponge. It agreed to pay Brother Grant had been sailing in payoff date of his oldest dis­ $440 worth of maintenance due, the steward department. He is charge in order to collect his and all expenses including court survived by his sister, Adina Grant full vacation benefits. If he costs and, of course, legal fees to of New York City. ^ 4) 4" presents any discharge v/hose its own counsel. The case was han­ payoff date is more than a John M. Pinkus, 67: On January dled at no charge to the Seafarer year before the date of his va­ since it represented Union enforce­ 14, 1955 Brother Pinkus died in cation application, he will lose ment of a contract provision. - • Boston, Mass. Place of burial is out on the sea time covered Brown is still collecting his St. Joseph Cemetery in Boston, by that particular discharge. maintenanco and will continue tp Mass. Brother Pinkus joined the Don't sit on those .discharges. do so until he is certified fit for Union in 1939 in Boston and had Bring them in and collect the duty. Nothing more has been been sailing in the deck departmoney that is due to you. heard from the company about nar­ meqt. His beneficiary is Miss Ger­ trude Carey of Boston,, Mass. rative summaries. -C I • ••.J- Co. Finds Playing Scrooge Expensive Hobby After All BonH Wait, Get Vaeatian Pay •I'M �w'i ^'^•y:^'''i':(-i' ','\''i' £•. f;\- SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULP DISTRICT • AFL • S,- 115:';i? '£- -•. BOUND VOLUMES OF ALL 1954 ISSUES OF THE SEAFARERS LOG kk'' IS^: I; ^ : t Handsome, bound volumes of the SEAFARERS LOG for the entire year of 1954 are now available to LOG read­ ers for addition to ship's libraries and home bookshelves. The sturdy, cloth-bound volumes contain all 26 issues of the LOG published last year—nearly 600 pages of news, photo­ graphs and specialized features dealing with SIU activities and maritime happenings generally. Priced at $5.50 each, the 1954 bound volumes of the LOG serve as a handy reference source not^only for Union and maritime news, but also for many personal items about Seafarers, their families, the ships and the ports that they visit. New developments in the industry, innovations in ship design and on-the-job aids, as well as historical ma­ terial on the folklore of the sea, help round out these issues. Ji i'fr; Ifi-- I;:- ||:..' ; •&?-«•;.'•'. -5 f •: 4" 4" _ For the benefit of those who have missed out on pre­ vious years' volumes, a complete set of bound volumes of 'the LOG for 1947 through 1954 is also available, at a cost of $30. This includes all LOGs published from 1947 through the end of 1954, a total of 10 volumes, since sepa­ rate volumes were issued for each six-month period dur­ ing 1947 and 1948. Both the individual 1954 volumes and the complete set of 1947-54 volumes can be obtained directly at SIU head­ quarters or by mail, iVith the coupon provided on this page. t ^. r Editor, SEAFARERS LOG 675 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn 32, New York ^ Please send me the following: (a) ..bound volumes of the 1954 SEAFARERS LOG @ $5.50 each. (b) .complete sets of bound volumes of the SEAFARERS LOG for 1947 through 1954 @ $30 each. Enclosed is a total of $ ^ H ^ NAME m- ADDRESS 5 ii � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource March 4, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 5 Description An account of the resource Headlines: HOUSE BODY RAPS FOUL-UPS OVER '50-50' AND TRANSFERS MA CHIEF GETS NEW GO'VT JOB 18 SEEK SIU SCHOLARSHIP LA. SEATRAIN DOCK BLAZE DELAYS SHIP HOOVER REPORT PROPOSES END TO ALL USPHS HOSPS TV EYE AGAIN FOCUSED SIU BALTIMORE HALL MCLEAN SIGNS SIU PACT; PLANS TRAILER-SHIP FLEET LAID-UP TANKER TURNS TURTLE MARK FURUSETH'S BIRTH UNIONS TEAM UP TO BURY MASS. ANTI-LABOR BILL SEAFARERS BRAVE RAGING SEA TO AID FHISHING BOAT SEAFARERS HELP FETE GAY NO MARDI GRAS BOUND LOGS READY SUP MARKS 70TH YEAR, MANY GAINS NY ALCOA RUNS GAIN 3 SHIPS SEA CHEST OPENS IN BALTIMORE FUTURE GRIM, SAIGON ON FEVERISH BENDER 'MAGNA CHARTA' OF SEA 40 YEARS OLD TODAY THE WHIPPING BOY ROLL-ON, ROLL-OFF WHALING IS BIG BUSINESS - PETROLEUM MAKES IT SO WHEN IN ROME TANKER AFIRE, CREW OF INES GOES TO AID BIGGER OFFICE PROVIDED FOR HQ WELFARE WELFARE FOLLOWS THROUGH ON AID TO SEAFARER'S WIFE - AND THE BRIDE CAUGHT HER SHIP CO. FINDS PLAYING SCROOGE EXPENSIVE HOBBY AFTER ALL Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/4/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/dc6d005bf37edc036800c0425958841a.PDF 4d06a8251096781d28ee60319ed0638b PDF Text Text '.-V. i-V-. • LOG SEATARERS "'j • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE S E A F A R E R S *1 N T E R N ATI O N A L UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • • :B -J .- FACE GOV'T QUIZ Transfers^ Subsidies On Agenda -'• -Story On Page 3 isiiiiii iiiiiiii iii .MMMiiWivi Stations Ready. •ft ' dfm I ^ •mmrnmrn Dining room of SS Cuba is ready for first passengers on maiden voyage under SIU banner. Setting them up are waiters (left to right) R. Gon­ zalez, Orillion and Joe San­ chez. Ship runs between Tampa and Havana. iiiiiil ' I IT ' t I Deluxe Service, Seafarer Roy Green finds new automatic washer-dryer ideal for handling his gear. Ma­ chine is part of refurbished New Orleans recreation and service set-up for membership in that port. (Story on page 7-) ^ >' omK» «i ^L "mm II •i f - -^^1 m ' .:\1| • • jj •^1 m U^ell^A On-spot Baltimore telecast spotlighted seamanship of Steelore crew in saving vessel. Miss Helen Delich mod3ff CCf OfC vrCW rlflffCw* ierator, is shown during interview with 14 men of crew. They were: H, Ramos, H. Shepeta, H. Spie^ W. MitchTv/rin« W. «r Matthews, E. m Guerrero,'^N.'uiright, "NT TTi»»irrV%f C. n "nQiTki^Q w Delapena, "naior^pna Ti JohnRon. E. "E. J. Debardelaben. Padelskv, S. Disharoon. Entire crew • ell, G. Mills, Daroba, E. L. Johnson, Debardelaben, J. Padelslq^, ' in the emergency. (Story on Page 8.) t received special citation from "Baltimore Steamship Trade Ass'n for their "splendid seamanship" �P»ipe Twm SEAFARERS L.dG N 'mnuiT 1«. 195#' AFL, CIO Agree To Form Single Union Federation MIAMI BEACH—^The long-sought single national federa> tion of American labor unions is virtually in sight as a result of agreements reached between a joint AFL-CIO unity com­ mittee. The agreement calls for the Congress of Industrial Organizations to "merge" with the American Federation of Labor in one federation of't'* autonomous international im ions. It is subject to ratifica­ tion Jjy both AFL and CIO con­ ventions, which appears a foregone conclusion. While the two federations will become one, the merger will not affect the status of any autono'mous union in either federation. That means that the Seafarers In­ ternational Union will continue to be a separate and distinct inter­ national union in the maritime in­ dustry, apart from the other unions in the industry, just as it is today. The merger agreement reached by the joint committee specifies that "the integrity of each affili­ ated union in the merged federa­ tion shall be maintained and pre­ served . . The only way this situation can be altered, the agree­ ment says, is "by voluntary agree­ ment," although the federation will seek to encourage elimination ot duplicate set-ups. Actually then, the merger agree­ ment consists in large part of re­ admitting individual CIO unions as they stand into the American Federation of Labor, with repre­ sentation in the executive council Map showing: the Far East area which will be involved in forthcoming: bonus neg:otiations called by and on a new general board. the SIU. Crews of ships in the light shaded areas numbered I, II, III and IV along the China coast Briefly, here are several prin­ now get 100 percent of base pay while in these waters plus a $100 bonus when attacked, and are cov­ cipal features of the merger agree­ ered by $10,000 war risk insurance in those areas as well as in area VI (Hong Kong, dark shading) ment: and VII (Saigon), not shown. A $5 per day bonus in area VII is also payable now. Korea (area V) Industrial unions will have a is no longer a bonus area. The SIU and other unions are seeking to extend and broaden bonus cov­ separate department in the federa­ erage in waters around Formosa (area IV). tion called the Council of Indus­ trial Organizations. Since the CIO at present is composed principally of industrial unions, the council will be largely a CIO affair. How­ Acting in the face of the explosive Far Eastern situation, the SIU has notified all con­ ever, the council will be open to industrial unions- An indus­ tracted operators that it intends to reopen negotiations on present agreements providing all trial union like the SIU of North area and attack bonuses and war risk insurance for Seafarers on ships in hostile Asian America would be free to join it, waters. or not to join, as it saw fit. The demand is expected to unions throughout the industry are includes Korea as part of the Pa­ Organizing Department bring about a series of meet­ also working on the problem with cific area. A central department of organiings with the shipowners before their contracted operators. Additional war risk insurance is "Zation will be set up headed by a long at which the Union will pre­ Union efforts are geared to in­ provided for ships crews in the CIO man at first. It is believed sent its proposals for extending crease existing bonus rates in ad­ four China areas, as well as in the that CIO President Walter Reuther and broadening the bonus areas vance of any open outbreak of Saigon and Hong Kong areas. will take this post. AFL President and coverage, particularly with re- hostilities which might upset the George Meany vfill head the com­ ^gard to Formosan waters. Other sensitive balance in the Far East bined federation'. The organizing department will work with indi­ right now. The action follows sim­ vidual unions on organizing drives. ilar efforts by the SIU after fight­ The present AFlTexecutive coun­ ing broke out in Korea during cil will be replaced by an enlarged 1950, and earlier in World War II. Feb. 18, 1955 Vol. XVII, No. 4 In such cases, the bonus coverage council of 27 members, ten from CIO unions and 17 from the AFL, As I See It Page 4 ceased with the end of hostilities. giving CIO men representation on Burly Page 15 Four Areas Covered the top level. An executive com­ Crossword Puzzle Page 8 Voting is proceeding mittee of six will also be set up. The present schedule of bonus Editorial Cartoon ... Page 9 payments provides all crewmem- smoothly and at a fast pace in A new committee^ called the Editorials Page 9 bers.^yith a bonus of ICQ percent the three-department collec­ general board will be established. Final Dispatch Page 19 of their base pay while their ves­ tive bargaining election on West This board will consist of one rep­ Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 sels are in four specified areas Coast ships. In the first two weeks resentative from every interna­ Labor Kound-Up Page 8 along the China coast, plus a $100 of the balloting which began on tional union along with the mem­ Letter of The Week Page 9 attack bonus in the event of a January 31 approximately half of bers of the executive council and Letters Page 15 hostile attack against the vessel it­ the eligibles voted. the national officers of the federa­ Maritime Page 8 self or the harbor where it happens tion. Consequently, SIU of NA Stewards Are Issue Meet The Seafarer Page 8 to be staying at the time. These President Harry Lundeberg would The National Labor Relations' Notices, Personals Page 17 payments are in addition to the Board is conducting the vote to Off Watch Page 14 regular wages and allowances determine who shall represent Port Reports Pages 12, 13 earned on the voyage by each steward department members on Quiz Page 14 crewmember. West Coast shir''- The choice is Recent Arrivals Page 18 In addition, each crewmember is Regular membership meet­ SIU History Cartoon .'... .Page 6 entitled to an area bonus of $5 for between the SIU Pacific District, representing Sailors, Marine Fire­ ings in SIU headquarters and Vote of Thanks Page 9 each day he is aboard a ship in men and Marine Cooks and Stew­ at all branches are held every Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 the waters in and around Saigon, ards, AFL, and the International second Wednesday night at Welfare Report Page 18 Indo-China, v/hich involves a sepa­ Longshoremen's and Warehouse­ 7 PM. The schedule for the Your Dollar's Worth Page 4 rate area from the other four. men's Union headed up by Harry next few meetings Is as follows: Aside from these bonuses, crew- Bridges. The National Union of Publishod biweekly et the headquarters Feb. 23, March 9, March 23. members are also covered by $5,of the Seafarers International Union, At­ Marine Cooks and Stewards is not All Seafarers registered on lantic A Gulf District AFL, 675 Fourth 000 in war risk insurance while on the ballot. Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYaclnth the shipping list are required ff-6600. Entered as second class matter they are in the Pacific, Mediter­ Voting will come to an end on to attend the. meetings. et the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under ranean (ind European areas, which March 28. the Act of August 24, 1*12, SIU Calls Bonus Meeting SEAFARERS LOG WC Voting Half Over Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks J::'.:-.!,\m:: •/ be a member of this board, giving the SIU representation at the pol­ icy-making level of the new federation. The merger agreement, signed by a committee of 20 AFL and CIO leaders, also provides for gradual merging of AFL and CIO headquarters staffs and various state and city central labor bodies. Biggest effect of the merger will be to provide a single voice for the labor movement in legislative and political matters and to some de­ gree in new organizing work. The AFL executive council has approved the merger; the CIO ex­ ecutive board will consider it later this month. Then a constitution will be drafted by the joint com­ mittee to be submitted to the two executive bodies for approval. SUP, MFOW Officials Reelected Both the Sailors Union of the Pacific and the Marine Firemen, Oilers and Waterten- ders have completed secret ballot elections of officers. The SUP vote was for a one year term while. MFOW officers will serve for two years. SUP members reelected Harry Lundeberg secretary-treasurer in the two-month vote ending January 31. Lundeberg was unopposed. Others elected were: Assistant secretary, Harry John­ son; Port agents. Max Weisbarth (Seattle), William Benz (Portland), R. G. Anderson (Wilmington). Mor­ ris Weisberger (New York), C. Christiansen (Honolulu); patrol­ men, San Francisco, A1 Maniscalco, Jack Dwyer, A. J. Pawliek, Homer Davis; dispatcher, San Francisco, Joe Pohorence; outport patrolmen, Ted Lewis (Seattle), R. Williams (Portland), Gordon Ellis and Tony Finale (Wilmington), William Arm­ strong (New York). . SUP members also chose five building corporation trustees and seven SIU convention delegates. MFOW Elects MFOW voters reelected Vincent Malone, president; Sam Bennett, vice president, and C. A, Peterson, treasurer, unopposed. Others elected were: C. F. Berglund and Jack Hatton, San Francisco busi­ ness agents; C. J. Christie, Frisco dispatcher, and Stuart Hunt, Frisco patrolman. Outport winners were: Seattle, Fred Bruette, port agent; R. N. Sweeney, business agent; San Pedro, Joe Dobosics, port agent; William Condare, business agent; Portland, A. H. Ward and Art Coleman, port agent and busi­ ness agent; New York, E. G. Ram­ say, port agent. Jack Von Hess, patrolman-dispatcher; Baltimore, Tommy Meyer, port agent; Hono­ lulu, Alex Jarret, port agent; Gulf area, J. R. Gormley, representa­ tive. Four trustees and four con­ vention delegates were also chosen. ''• - �ShEAFARERS February 18, 1958 Ship Transfer« Boxseore WASHINGTON—The jumbled off-again, on-again ship transfer program of the Maritime Administration appears to be on again, follbwing the disclosure that the application for the 69th Liberty dry cargo ship to quit the American flag had been okayed by the Government ship agency on February 9. More than one-third of this figure, a total of 25 ships, were SlU-manned vessels. The latest "runaway" to be approved is the Pegor, owned by the Pegor Steamship Corp. of New York, which will operate the ship under Liberiari flag, with no change in ownership. More than half of the US-flag trampship fleet has been swallowed up in this manner during the last six months, since the MA first revealed its easy ship transfer policy in mid-August, 1954. With additional freighters, passenger ships and tank­ ers of all types also allowed to transfer, the latest Liberty switch makes the total of all ship transfers okayed by the MA more than 100. The boxseore to date on the Liberty transfers is as follows: SlU Ships Other Unions Total Transfers (25) (44) (69) SlU Libertys involved in transfers are the following: Anne Butler, Barbara Michel, Bluestar, Captain N. B. Palmer, Christine, Christos M., Compass, General Patton, Greenstar, Holystar, Lucile Bloomfield, Marina, Marven, Mother M.L., National Freedom, Purplestar, Ragnar Naess, Rosario, Seacoral, Sea Wind, Strathport, Taddei, Tainarpn, Trojan Seaman and Western Rancher. Pare Thre* LOG House Committee Opens Quiz Of US Ship Agencies WASHINGTON—A searching examination into the policies and practices of US Government agencies in maritime has begun by the House Merchant Marine Com­ mittee. The full-scale inquiry will undoubtedly bring recommendations for new legislation and changes in policy to deal with the continuing problems of Amer­ 4ican flag shipping. been discussed. One is a possible Maritime subsidies and the transfer policies of the ceiling on operating differential Maritime Administration will be the principal concerns subsidies which are budgeted for $115 million in the coming fiscal of the committee, but the investigation may well go be­ year. The other concerns return of coastwise and intercoastal shipping yond these items. It could Administration; the costly in­ to control of the Maritime Admin­ include such questions as vasion of the private shipping istration rather than the Inter­ the conflicting policies of field by the Military Sea state Commerce Commission. Co­ the Maritime Administration, Transportation Service, and Gov­ the Agriculture Department ernment regulation of coastwise and the Foreign Operations and intercoastal shipping. Broad Latitude The probe by |the committee, headed up by Rep. Herbert C. Bonner (Dem.-NC), was authorized in a House resolution on February 2. Committee members have broad latitude to inquire into a wide variety of maritime subects. In its hearings thus far, the committee has confined itself to - i investigation of operating and con­ struction subsidies in US shipping. Two proposals of importance have TV Hails Steelore Crew For'Splendid Seamanship •" ' * . US Unveils Designs Of New Ships WASHINGTON —Pro^o.sed Government designs for seven "ships of the future" have Dramatic efforts to save the Steelore are relived by chief mate Edward Chelchowsfcy as he recounts events of th^ crew's five-day battle with the Atlantic in a television interview oh the battered ship in a Baltimore shipyard. Fourteen Seafarers also appeared on the show conducted by Miss Helen Delich, marine editor of the Baltimore Sun (left). The crew was also honored at the time with a special cita­ tion for their "splendid seamanship" by the Baltimore Steamship Trade Ass'n. BALTIMORE—Seafarers and officers of the Steelore (Ore) relived their harrowing ex­ periences of a month ago for a television audience recently, as they received a special com­ mendation from the Steamship Trade Association of Baltimore "for their splendid example of seamanship which exempli­ The resolution read as follows: fies the excellent standards of up the leak after one SOS had been sent^nd cancelled, but the crip­ "Whereas, the American-flag the American seamen who to­ pled ship remained in danger for day comprise the American Mer­ chant Marine." The scene of the double-bar­ relled event was right aboard the disabled ore ship at the BethlehemKey Highway Repair Yard, with 14 of the 32 original members of the SIU crew appearing before the TV cameras and three of them the subjects for-on-the-spot interviews. The occasion was a live broadcast of "The Port That Built a City" over station WMAR-TV. • Last month, the 32-year-old Steelore was proceeding north from Venezuela with a cargo of ore bound for Sparrows Point when a break in a vent pipe sent a torrent of water rushing into the ship, causing a 15-degree list. Emergency repair work by the,crew patched four more days before the tug Curb finally eased her into port at Morehead City, NC. No lives were lost during the eventful voyage. She was later brought here under tow. Wide Interest The story of the near-fatal voy­ age attracted wide interest in this city since many in the crew live in the area and ship out of Baltimore regularly. The new SIU hall in the port was also featured on TV re­ cently on another show. Presentation of the award by the Steamship Trade Association high­ lighted the occasion for the crewmembers present as John S. Aler, Jr., STA manager, read the text of a resolution to the men during the live telecast. nt.-. steamship Steelore, Capt. V. E. Raymond, master, owned by the Ore Navigation Company, was bound for Baltimore on January 13, 1955, with a cargo of iron ore from Puerto de Hierro, Ven­ ezuela, and "Whereas, she encountered one of the worst storms of her long career, causing damage that imperiled her and placed her in imminent danger of fumidering, and "Whereas, the gallant and heroic deeds of her master, offi­ cers and crew over a p^od of days filled with dangers and hardships effected the salvage of the vessel and her cargo, and "Whereas, such actions are recognized as being in keeping (Continued on page 16) . been disclosed by the Maritime Administration, Including four dry cargo ships, a tanker, a bulk car­ rier and a truck-trailer carrier. The Government construction program will probably center around a new "Freedom" class of di-y cargo vessel, designed to re­ place the war-built Libertys. These ships will be about 8,500 tons and 417 feet long, with a 26-feet draft and speeds of 16 to 18 knots. Smallest design of the group is the "Island" class designed to re­ place present small coastal car­ riers. It will be 350 feet in length, about 5,000 tons deadweight, and have a speed of 14-15 knots. Third in line will be the "Clipper" class of 10,500 tons and an 18-knot speed. These will be 460 feet long, with a draft of 28 feet, and are designed to replace the exist­ ing C-2 type freighters. Largest Is "Seafarer" The largest of the di-y cargo de­ signs will be called the "Seafarer" class, and will be built as replace­ ments for the existing C-3s and C-4s. The "Seafarers" will 'be 495 feet long, 13,500 tons, and will have a speed of 18 knots and a draft of almost 30 feet. For the tanker trade, the pro­ posed new class is called the "Pipeline," and will feature a 20knot speed and 180,000-barrel capa­ city. The ships will be off 22,000 deadweight tons and 595 feet long. I The "Bulk" class will be the new bulk carriers, with a 16-knot speed, a length of 580 feet and hold space for dry bulk cargo shipments! "Turnpike" class ves­ sels are designed for carrying truck-trailers between coastal ports. incidence or not, coastwise and intercoastal shipping has not fared well in the time since the ICC took control in 1940. Transfer Once-Over It is likely the inquiry will also take a long, hard look on the Mari­ time Administration's, wholesale transfer of ships to foreign flags. A total of 69 Liberty dry cargo ships have been allowed to switch to runaway registries under this program, creating a shortage of US flag tramps to carry FOA and Agricultural Department cargoes. An additional large number of Liberty tankers, passenger ships and tankers of other types have been permitted to transfer. The SIU and other maritime unions have been highly critical of the transfer policy because its net ef­ fect, is to worsen the competitive position of US shipping. MSTS operations, particularly in the carriage of privately-owned automobiles and in the tanker field have been sharply criticized re­ cently by Representative Tollefson, ranking minority member of the committee. Maritime industry spokesmen are expected to take the opportunity to point out that carriage of such cargoes by priv­ ately-owned ships would be a big help to the industry. Private ship rates on the carriage of oil cargoes particularly, are far less than the cost of MSTS operations. Thus far, the committee has not indicated if it will call any mari­ time union witnesses to testify on the various phases of its investiga­ tion. SIU'Mystery Ship' &lls A company spokesman dis­ counted recent newspaper re­ ports about the detention of the Isthmian freighter Steel Ven­ dor with a shipment of arms by authorities in Jakarta, Indonesia, as '.'a routine matter" this week. Communist publications in the area had played up the incident as one with serious political over­ tones. Actually, the Isthmian spokesman explained in New York, the ship's captain had merely failed to make a formal declaration to local officials that the Vendor was carrying the munitions. The detention on February 5 kept (the ship in Jakarta harbor until the master finally filed a formal notice that the Vendor was carrying the shipment as part of its cargo. The material involved was reported to be five field artil­ lery pieces and ammunition con­ signed to the Thailand government. �f • - •- ' Fckniary It. 195S SEAF ARERS lOG Face Foae Alien Flags Open Drive On'50-50' • Seafarers OK Sets For TV Sea Drama WASHINGTON —Although their own shipping is reaping the benefit of increasing freight rates as a result of US aid programs, several foreign nations have renewed their attack on the permanent "50-50" law. By refus­ ing to accept US surplus farm com­ modities they are attempting to stimulate farm belt legislators and the Agriculture Department into undermining "50-50." Norway for one, has notified Washington it will not buy surplus foodstuffs until "50-50" is repealed. Other countries are dragging their feet even though they can get farm products on extremely favorable terms. This situation exists al­ though the US is picking up the tab for that portion of the shipping cost in excess of foreign freight Congress Interested Already the hold-up on surplus sales is prompting Congressional interest into new "50-50" inquiries. At the same time, because of the transfer of 70 tramp ships to run­ away flags, the Agriculture Depart­ ment and the Foreign Operations Administration are both having trouble finding ti'amps to carry US cargoes. Since the Government is reluc­ tant to break ships out of the boneyard at this time, it is possible that more than 50 percent of the foreign aid shipments will be mov­ ing on foreign bottoms shortly. The chief beneficiaries would be US-owned tramps who got transfers on the excuse that there was no work under the American flag. Lack of coordination in handling these Government cargo shipments was highlighted by the Agriculture Department's request to the Mari­ time Administration for advice on what constitutes fair and reason­ able shipping rates. The Depart­ ment has been handling surplus food shipments on its own while the Foreign Operations Administra­ tion has been doing the same for aid shipments. The Agriculture Department has admitted that it doesn't have the qualified per­ sonnel to deal with shipping ques­ tions. Almost like the real thing, reports Seafarer Bill Mitchell (above) as he tries a prop wheel in the carpenter shop of the American Broadcasting Co. in New York. Mitchell, with two other SIU mem­ bers, visited shop to check sets of the US Steel drama, "Freighter," which ABC televised last Tuesday night. Below, Seafarer John "Bananas" Zeireis who sailed old coalburners himself, talks things over with ABC's Albert Heschong, who designed sets for show. IT'S BEEN YOUR UNION'S CONTENTION FOR SOME TIME THAT one of the reasons some operators like to run their ships under foreignflag is so that they can disregard safety regulations and run their ships pretty much the way they please. That argument is being borne out by what is happening down in Hampton Roads these days. It appears that quite a few of the runaway flag ships that have^been loading coal there for foreign ports have been overloading deliberately to the point that their marks were under water. That the overloads were deliberate was shown by the way they were done. The ships would take on a full load at one pier and then clear for foreign ports; but on the way out of port they would make a quick stop at another pier and pile on an overload. The situation has reached the point that the Coast Guard has felt it necessary to tighten up its inspection procedures in that port. As anyone can see, such pr,^ctices by the foreign flag operators are very profitable. With the current coal shipment rate running upwards from a minimum of about $10 a ton depending on the run, an operator can clear himself several thousand dollars extra from a single voyage with an overload of a few hundred tons. This can mount up to a sizable chunk of dough in the long run for the runaway operator at the risk of every crewmember aboard. With the best of intentions the Government and private regulatory agencies are unable to cope with this kind of violation by the runaway operatoi-s. The Coast Guard cannot crack the whip on them the way it can on an American operator. The only thing that is done, usually, is to give the operator a slap on the wrist in the form of a $500 fine. It doesn't take an electronic calculator to figure that the risk of a $500 fine is well worth taking in an operation of this kind. But even if the penalties were increased they wouldn't have too much effect. ^ The blame for the situation can be placed on the unrealistic and shortsighted policy of permitting these ships to get away from the Amer­ ican flag in the first instance. No wonder US flag operators have a hard time competing with such cutthroat practices. NO SOONER WERE PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR AN ATTEMPT TO revive the coastwise trade than the railroads, who are always vigilant in protecting their interest, jumped into the picture to block the de­ velopment of a new ship run. Seven of the biggest east coast lines are trying to put legal blocks in the way of plans for "roll-on roll-off" trailerships. The people who are planning this run are the same ones who recently bought the SlU-contracted Pan Atlantic Steamship Com­ pany and are operating it in the coastwise service; It's interesting to note that when the railroads put up a fuss of this kind, they act as a united group with plenty of strength behind them. But when a steamship company is under attack, the company has to fight it alone. The rest of the industry just goes its own sweet way. Nor has anybody ever heard of steamship companies getting together •and putting up any kind of a real beef over the railroads' invasion of the intercoastal and coastwise trades. Before 'World War II, for example, the steamship industry had over 140 ships in the Intercoastal business. Now there is just a handful of ships on this run. The coastwise trade has suffered in proportion. These ships were pulled off the runs for wartime purposes and never were able to get back on because the railroads took them over. It seems the companies could take a leaf from the Union policy "an injury to one Is an injury to all" and apply it in this instance. If such a constructive approach were adopted, the industry could undoubtedly count on support from the unions with which it does businggs. DOLLAR'S WORTH Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying SEAFARERS GUIDE TO RETTER BUYING Shopping Sewing Machines A Seafarer's family in Portsmouth, NH, has asked for information on "automatic" sewing machines—an item of wide interest these days. The so-called "automatic" sew­ ing machines are the "zig-zag" machines which have simple automatic or semi-automatic adjustments for different widths of stitches,, or which use other devices to eliminate the use of some attachments. They can make buttonholes, monograms and do other tasks, all without attachments. There is keen interest in such machines among women who sew. However, zig-zag machines are expensive, and a family should make sure it" really needs and will use such a machine before making this investment of almost $300. A zig-zag machine is desirable only if you do a good deal of fancy stitching. If your chief need is for straight stitching, you can buy a good-quality rotary-head straightstitch portable for a little over $100, or a long-shuttle straight-stitch machine for even less. (Machines with long-shuttle heads are less expensive, but those with ro­ tary heads run faster, are quieter, have less vibration and are thus likely to last longer if you use a machine heavily.) Too, the operation of a strpight-stitch machine is easier to master than that of a zig-zag modeL If your chief sewing task is darning, there is a third type of machine especially suitable for this purpose. This is the open-arm or free-arm straight-stitch machine. You can slip socks, trousers, other garments over the open arm for easy darning. Many sf the leading makes of zig-zag machines are Ir:. I' imported. Among these are the Necchi, Elna, "Viking, "Vigo- Is expensive and the only make not available in a private relli and Pfaff. There are also two leading domestic ma­ brand or at discounts, except that neighborhood dealers chines, Singer and "White, which have models incorporat­ may quietly cut th' price occasionally. The White is^ an­ ing various devices to eliminate the use of some attach­ other good machine, and is available under the Sears brand at less cost. Also watch department store sales for ments. In open-arm machines, as far as this writer knows, good buys in straight-stitch machines. Many Japanese-made machines are now sold in the US there ai'e now three makes widely available in the US. The Elna and Bernina open-arm models are both made too. Some are e.xact copies of Necchi and Singer models in Switzerland and both sell for about $180. Montgomery at half the pric%, like the Japanese-made State model Ward sells an open-arm machine made in Holland at a which is patterned after the Necchi. However, inspect Japanese-made machines carefully. Some are well-made, catalog price of .$120. In shopping zig-zag machines, try out the various makes but others are poorly constructed. You should also make to see which is easiest to use for the major sewing tasks sure that local service and parts are available for any you have to do. Some zig-zag machines are more auto­ Imported machine. As with the zig-zag machines, the big test of a straightmatic than others for embroidery. Note, also, the amount of vibration ir the various makes. The less, the better stitch model is trying it yourself. Especially check these points: Will it sew backwards or forwards with fingertip the machine Will probably sfand up. Government home economists have also pointed out that control? Does it have a floating presser foot so it will if you do some fancy sewing but already have a straight- ride over seams and pins, thus eliminating the need for stitch machine, before you turn it in for a new zig-zag basting? Does it have a stitch regulator that's easy to model, make sure you ean't do the same tasks with your adjust for fine and heavy materials? Does it produce a own machine's attachments. If you haven't learned to use double lock-stitch that looks the same on both sides? some of them, try them out a.nd compare the results Does it have automatic self-adjusting tension? Does it .have an automatic bobbin winder that stops when full? with those of zig-zag machines. ^ There are many brands of straight-stitch machines, but How many attachments do you get? Also check the guarantee. Note whether there are any most are made by just four companies: Singer, White, National and New Home. White makes Sears Roebuck's significant exceptions, such as a charge for parts or labor Kenmure, and the Domestic. The New Home makes the within the period of guarantee. If the machine is adver­ Free Westinghouse, and National makes many private- tised as "unconditionally guaranteed," you should be brand machines sold by large department stores. The able to get your money back without question during the Singer is considered an outstanding domestic make, but life of the guarantee if you are dissatisfied. •M, • 'ti ' �-^1 SEAFARERS Febmry IS. 195S Pace Five LOG I LA Crimp Joinf Recruits Crew For Rejected Ship Limitations on shippinc-aliens are discussed by SIU Welfare Serv­ ices Director Walter Siekmann (lower left) with elected committee of alien meipbers. They are, clockwise. Rex Coote, R. Pelasoja, T. Panayiotis, E. Loosaar, F. Gelgrew. SIU Clarifies Shipping Regulations On Aliens Seeking to provide clarification on the question of the number of aliens allowed by law to ship on different types of ships and runs, SIU headquarters officials this week unraveled the problem with the aid of a special five-man must be admitted to the US as committee of alien seamen legal residents. '' and a US Shipping Commissioner. The result, to be circulated in all ports as the minutes of a spe­ cial meeting held in New York on February 10, has led to the furnish­ ing of all SIU dispatchers with a list of the quota of aliens allowed, under the law, on all SlU-contracted vessels. A question by an alien seaman. Seafarer Rex Coote, which came up at the regular headquarters branch meeting last week, led' to the Union action. Coote and four other aliens,. Seafarers R. Pelasoja, T. Panayiotis, E. Loosaar and F. Gelgrew, were elected at the spe­ cial meeting as a committee to sift available information along with SIU Welfare Services Direc­ tor Walter Siekmann. Sometimes Yes, Sometimes No Principal question before the committee was the reason why aliens are permitted to ship aboard some vessels, but not aboard others. The problem was compli­ cated by the fact that on some trips a particular ship could take aliens and on others could not. Their inquiry, according to the committee report, led to the feel­ ing that the problem of shipping aliens can be simplified, if all alien members keep fully informed on the legal requirements. List Avaiiabie Accordingly, a list of ships and the quota of aliens allowed to ship aboard them will hereafter be available at all SIU halls. Generally, the question of how many aliens can ship on a particu­ lar vessel hinges on the question of whether or not the ship is a subsidized vessel. The two types of subsidies paid by the, Govern­ ment are operating subsidies and construction subsidies. The following are the rules, as the law defines them: • Subsidized cargo vessels must carry citizens only. • On non-subsidized cargo ves_ sels, 75% of the crew must be citizens. • On subsidized passenger vesaels, 10% of the crew may be aliens. However, they must be resi­ dent aliens and can ship ouly in the steward department. • -On coastwise vessels, the In terms of SlU-contracted vessels. Seas Shipping Co., Inc. (Robin Line) and Mississippi Shipping Co., Inc. (Delta Line) are companies with operating subsi­ dies. Alcoa Steamship (3o. vessels were built with a construction subsidy. Ships of these three com­ panies, therefore, fall into the rules governing subsidized vessels. All of the Mai'iner-type vessels were built with construction subsidies, so that when these ships are op­ erating, the rule-s for subsidized vessels also applies. In addition, the Government also reserves the right, at any time, when ships are crewing for cer­ tain trips classed as "security runs," to limU the crew to US citizens only, regardless of wheth­ er the ships are subsidized or not. This- is entirely within the discre­ tion of the Government. Aided by the SIU disability ben­ efit, polio victim Eugene Milanesi, 27, may someday be practicing the science that is sparking his own hopes for recovery right now. The former Seafarer, crippled by paralysis in both legs in October, 1950, plans to begin a formal fourj-ear course in chiropractics this Septeuiber. Chhopraclics is a sys­ tem for healing disea^ based on the theory that most ills can be cured by restor­ ing normal nerve functi(flis through exercise and body adjustments. One of 43 oqceactive seamen now receiving the $25 weekly dis­ ability benefit under the SIU Milanesi Welfare Plan, the youthful Seafarer is pretty chipper these days and confident about his future. Although he wears braces on both legs and uses a cane, his steps are not as painful as they used to be and the left leg almost seems to be approaching normal. .lililiHlldb w«4« it 'pwuribler Confirming SIU charges that it is a crimp joint masqerading as a union, the ILA-chartered "United International Seamen's Union" has been caught red-handed crimping for a ship that was thumbed down by its previous crew as unsafe to put to sea. The ILA crimp outfit tipped its hand when it agreed to recruit seamen after the plant and refused to start it up waterfront, keeping secret the fact an imported Italian crew had again. Then he and the rest of the that the ship had been labelled walked off the Honduran - flag crew, with the exception of the unsafe. The ship has since sailed. tanker Gus M in fear of their lives. skipper, asked to be sent home to One other ship, the Leo M., was also scheduled to be crewed from The ILA crimp outfit's willing­ Italy. abroad but it is believed the same Crew Sent Home ness to do business with the seaTo avoid further trouble the pattern will be followed. shaky Gus ^M and supply cut-rate It was in its October 29 issue crews to other foreign operators company threw in the towel and gives the lie to the claim by ILA shipped the whole crew back via that the SEAFARERS LOG re­ president William Bradley that the luxury cruise ship Cristoforo vealed details of the crimp origin formation of the UlSU would help Colombo. The compa-ny must have and anti-union aims of the ILA belter conditions on fox'eign-flag been anxious to keep the whole affiliate. The LOG reported on ships. According to Bradley, his matter hushed up to take such ex­ outspoken boasts by officials of the "union" could "help the American treme measures for fear that in­ UlSU that they would raid any and seamen if the American shipping vestigating agencies might enter all unions iii the business. Actu­ companies who operate foreign the picture and take a good look ally as the LOG pointed out, the new "union" was simply an over­ ships under dummy corporations at the condition of the ship. The company then turned to the night transformation of a crimp have to pay foreign seamen wages equal to their own." Tlie current "United International Seamen's hall that had been operating for cut-rate crimping campaign indi­ Union" as the last resort. The 1L.\ some time past to supply crews cates that the shipowners will not crimp rig then proceeded to re­ for' Aristotle Onassis and other have to fear higlier wages or bet­ cruit men along the New York runaway shipowners. ter conditions from Bradley's out­ fit. Rig Exposed At the time the SIU exposed the ILA crimp rig at least one respon­ sible maritime union publication gave extensive space to the Bradley claim of indirectly bettering Amer­ ican seamen. Despite the gift of considerable space in a union newspaper, it is doubtful if any seaman was taken in, for it is ob­ vious that the ILA rig could only be diial and hostile both to estab­ lished US-flag unions and to repu­ table foreign-flag unions. The Gus M incident developed when the operators flew a crew all the way from Italy to take her from Chester, Pa., to England where she is to be broken up for scrap. Apparently the companyagent went to this expense to avoid difficulties that might arise from the ship's obviously deteriorating condition. The imported crew went aboard and took the ship into Baltimore to be patched up for the transAtlantic venture. The brief run into Baltimore was enough to con­ vince crewmembers to get off— and fast. When they got to that city, the chief engineer shut down him to drive a car and get about wherever he wants, although he can't drive for long periodk of time. Sitting or standing for any length of time is not too comfortable for him. Responding To Care Milanesi has been under a chiro­ practor's care for about ten months, and finds his body responding to the treatment very well. Unable to get other work and trained only as a seaman, he's decided to try and learn as much as he can about chiropractics so that perhaps he can do some good for others. He hasn't been working since polio attacked him while he was aboard the Steel Apprentice (Isth­ mian) as an AB. He was handling lines on deck while the ship was leaving Bombay when he first felt a peculiar sensation in his body. By the next day th'e pains had him en his back and paralyzed in both legs. Still Has Hopea Back in the States, he was hos­ pitalized for eight months and told that If he didn't regain use of his leg* ia yearn, he never would. sUlL M AFL Drafts Fund Code -Follows SIU Pattern I MIAMI BEACH—The AFL Executive Council this week proposed a drastic code for governing the operation of union welfare funds which will be submitted to al affiliated organ­ izations. The proposed AFL program of the criticism directed at union is geared to provide self-gov­ welfare fund^has arisen in this erning safeguards on the hundreds of union welfare funds. Abuses in recent months of a handful of union welfare funds brought about the AFL's suggested code. In New York, meanwhile, SIU officials pointed out that all the proposed safeguards dealt with in the AFL code had been a part of the operation and administration of the Seafarers Welfare Plan from the day it was first set up! They noted that the SIU Plan was a self-insured operation, which completely by-passed doing busi­ ness with *both Insurance brokers and insurance companies, and added that it had been planned that way, at Union insistence, when it was first launched in 1950. Most hasn't given up hope. After he left the hospital, a neighbor near his Brooklyn home provided a bicycle which was rigged as an exerciser and he's used that, weights and other gadgets to work out as often as he could. The summers he's spent at his brother's farm in Vermont, where he helped out by jockeying a tractor around the fields while soaking up sunshine. Thanks to the regular aid pro­ vided by the SIU Welfare Plan, he's been able to make his way a little, and if he goes through chiropractors' school; he'll still only be 32, and who knows what the next four years will bring any­ way? Meanwhile, Milanesi keeps up with some of the friends and ship­ mates he made since he first began sailing during World War II. An­ other trip? "I'd like to make just one more," he says. "Things like the disability benefit are typical of a lot of changes that have come in the SIU since 1950. I'd like to see them in operation just once. The pay tiiese days Is really some«& »»• * -n area. The SIU Welfare Plan is admin­ istered by an impartial administi-ator and a non-salaried board of trustees composed of three trus­ tees each representing the Union and the shipowners. Claims for benefits are processed through the Union and paid directly by the Welfare Plan. Sailor Eyes Barge Biz DETROIT—Provided he can find the appropriate ships a Great Lakes Seafarer intends to go into the shipping business shortly. Ben D. Afram, who carries a book in the SIU Great Lakes District, has written Jthe Union asking if it can help locate the equipment he needs. Afram is hoping to get a tug and three or four barges which will be used to haul scrap metal. He's look­ ing to pick up a tug in the 1.000 to 1,500 horsepower range and seme 1,500-ton barges. Afram has asked that SIU port agents keep their eyes open for such vessels or for small ships that are headed for the scrap heap and can be used as barges. Afram is a member of the firm of Afram Brothers of Milwaukee, who are dealers in the scrap metal business. s a's i s '•<» a»«^ -i .•al •: -'it �i 'Wl th Pare Sis SEAFARERS February 18, 1955 LOG Alcoa Meals Garbed In 'New Look' I 4 The "new look" in shipboard feeding, developed by the SIU to improve standards of food preparation and service, is now being extended to ships of the SlU-contracted Altoa , IRAQ, TURKEY GET TOGETHER—Iraq and Turkey have negotiated Steamship Company. Seafarer Clifton W. Wilson, chief steward, has made a survey of the a mutual defense pact which would attach Iraq to the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance in an indirect fashion. The pact has Egypt and other company's ships under the di-" Arab League members up in arms because they want to slay neutral had nothing to put out but lesspreparation will result in happier rection of the SIU's Stewax'd crews plus elimination of waste desirable foods like sliced bologna, between East and West. Department Committee, and and spoilage of inferior stores. 4" i 4" liverwurst, American cheese and POLICE SEEK MILLIONAIRE'S MURDERER—NY police had a his suggestions are being incorpo­ Typical of the change in pro­ other ready-made foods for dry super-sensational murder mystery on their hands when Serge Rubin­ rated into the department's pro­ cedure is the method of handling sandwiches. Now the roast is carved as the stein was found dead in his palatial 5th Avenue mansion. Rubinstein cedure along with others put forth roasts. Under the old system, the roast was sliced up well in advance messman gets orders from the had achieved notoriety by dodging the draft in World War II and by a by the committee. of the meal and put iff a tray on crew, providing, a much tastier succession of shady financial deals. He had served time for draft eva­ The Alcoa changeover follows the steam table where it slowly dish. The uncarved portion of the sion and. was up for deportation. the pattern set on the Bull Lines, dried out to leathery texture. What roast is retained and can be used t SENATE NOW HUNTS STOCK MANIPULATORS—After a couple first company to institute the "new wasn't eaten at the meal then had to provide superior night lunch look" after consultations between to be thrown out because it was along with a variety of night lunch of years of gunning for Communists and Communist sympathizers. ,the Union committee and the com­ useless. Then when night lunch side dishes such as baked beans, Senate investigators are taking a new tack this year. The Senate Bank­ ing and Currency Committee has undertaken what has been described pany. The objective of the new preparation came up,^ the galley potato salad and the like. as an "unspectacular" fact-finding study of the whys and wherefores system is to replace mass feeding of the stock market. Stocks have been riding high in recent months. by an individual approach that 4" 4" 4- • typifies good restaurant service. It US HELPS EVACUATE CHIANG ISLANDS—With US air and naval Involves, among other points, cook­ forces participating, Chinese Nationalists evacuated 15,Q00 troops and ing to order as much as possible; an additional number of civilians from the Tachen Islands group. The doing away with steam table cookery; carving of meats to order; evacuees were taken to Formosa. Red China's seizure Of a nearby island use of side dishes in serving most prompted the evacuation. Meanwhile, no great progress has been made vegetables; an emphasis on neater in efforts to obtain a formal cease fire in the Formosa area. SAN FRANCISCO—Members of the SlU-affiliated Sailors messroom set-ups and a consider­ able up-grading of the content of Union of the Pacific won a clear-cut victory over both em­ RED ITRIAL WITNESS 'RECANTS'-Ex-Communist Harvey Matusow night lunches. who testified as a paid informer at the trials of Communist Party ployer and Communist-inspired opposition recently, ending leaders and also at Senate hearings now declares that his testimony More Efficiency a three-month, Bridges-enwas perjured. Matusow had named about 180 people as being Com­ This coupled with more efficient forced deadlock on the SS sailings for other passenger and munist or Communist-inspired, including among them Bishop Oxnam meal planning and sensible use of cargo ships, as the Sailors stood and Owen Lattimore. One result of the "recantation," is to cast doubt leftovers is expected to reduce Pacificus which hampered op­ fast in their position. on the reliability of ex-Communists as Government witnesses, although shipboard waste considerably while erations all over the West Coast. some now claim that Matusow was really a Communist plant from the PMA Passed Buck at the same time providing fresher, Vindication for the Sailors came The PMA, meanwhile, took no beginning. tastier meals for all hands. Cook­ as the employers' group, the Pacific 4. a> action against the longshore gi-oup. ing to order, the committee points FRENCH GOVERNMENT FALLS AGAIN—Premier Pierre MendesMaritime Association, called on Instead, it moved for US interven­ out, does away with the over­ France was ousted from office in France in what was widely regarded cooking and over-preparing of food the Coastwise Line to order a new tion in the dispute as a means of as a personal feud.between the premier and other politicians who were breaking the deadlock. When this that is the cause of most shipboard SUP crew for the Pacificus and was not forthcoming, PMA re­ envious of his successes. The overthrow of his Government again cast waste. abide by its agreement with the lented finally, but passed the buck dou'ot on the que.stion of rearming West Germany. Consequently it was The new s.vstem went into effect Sailors on handling cargo. The to the Coastwise Line. hailed by Moscow. The immediate cause of his downfall was a dispute last November on some Bull Lines over granting more self-government to Arab nationalists in France's Throughout the dispute, firemen North African territories. ships and has mad# a noticeable Pacificus had been tied up in Los improvement in feeding on that Angeles since October 27 as a on the Pacificus cooperated in the beef by refusing to turn on the company's vessels. Regular meet­ result of the dispute. MALENKOV OUT, BULGANIN IN—In a surprise announcement steam. The firemen are members which stunned the outside world. Premier Georgi Malenkov resigned, ings between ships' stewards and Bridges Boycott of the Marine Firemen, Oilers and attributing his decision to "inexperience." He was replaced by Marshall SIU assistant secretary-treasurer The three-month tie-up arose Watertenders Union, another SIU Nikolai Bulganin. The move is seen as part of a shift in emphasis from Eddie Mooney, chairman of the Union committee, have been held when Harry Bridges' longshore affiliate. higher living standards to production of arms and the development to brief stewards on the new pro­ union refused to supply dock men When the new crew was ordered, of heavy industry in the Soviet states. This was the first instance of a cedures. The committee is now for Sailors working cargo on deck. special SUP meetings in all high Soviet political leader being permitted to resign without being drafting the procedures in written Bridges contended the Sailors only- branches were held at which the tried and executed as an enemy of the state. form for use by all SIU stewards. had the right to work No. 3-hatch, membership voted to end the "no 4" 4" 4" Eventually the committee plans to which was empty, although the port overtime" policy, providing KP ON WAY OUT? An Air Force experiment in use of outside cater­ meet personally on the problem sup agreement gives the Sailors the PMA and its member com­ ing firms to handle preparation and serving of meals is working out with every SIU chief steward, first call on any hatch assigned .to panies continued to abide by the successfully. The experiment at the Vance Air Force Base has shown while extending the system to them by the shipowner. The Sailors agreement. that the private catprer can do the job at lower cost and turn out other companies under contract to had actually been called on to The Pacificus beef was the latest better food, while airmen were able to devote full time to training in­ the Union. work No. 4 hatch. to arise from the long-standing stead of potato peeling. Unanswered by the experiment was the prob­ Company cooperation is an esWhen the longshore union failed efforts of Bridges and his Interna­ lem of feeding under wartime conditions. Bential to the success of the plan, to supply men for the Sailors work­ tional Longshoremen's and Ware­ 4" 4i 3^ Mooney emphasized, since it de­ ing cargo out of No. 4, the Sailors housemen's Union (Ind.) to cut in SEEK $7 BILLION FOR SCHOOLS—The administration has asked pends in the first instance on sup­ Union membership responded by on the Sailors' traditional jurisdic­ Congress to approve a $7 billion school construction program under plying first-quality stores to the refusing to work port overtime oii tion over cargo-handling on certain joint Federal and local auspices. There is an estimated deficit of 300,ship in ample variety. In turn, the all PMA ships until the employer types of ships. A similar beef led 000 classrooms in the nation which the program hopes to attack. The Union committee is convinced that group got Bridges to change" his to a two-month strike by the SUP program would involve Federal loans, grants, and purchases of local the "to dl-der" system of food stand. This brought about delayed in 1952. school bond issues. PMA, Bridges Wilt; SUP Wins Pacificus Cartiton History Of The SIU isib' In November, 1950, the SIU marked its 12th birth­ day, as veteran Seafarers everywheire hailed a dozen years of progress and steady gains. Operations of the infant SIU Welfare Plan continued to run smoothly, while Seafarers enjoyed benefits ' they had only 'dreameU'"aBou¥ when the'^Uriibh .was formed ip ,lS3i8..: 12 Years Of Progress Topping off the important victories that year, the winning of new highs in pay for all Seafarers and the successful wind-up of the four7year drive in Cities Service, was the promise of; a model SIU>, headquarters in -Brooklyn already ,under construe,tjon. Meanwhile, the Union was 2Vo. 83 Capitalizing on another dispute and backed by a majority 6f the crews, the SIU called a strike on two : So.u.thern, Trading Company ships in Philadelphlai Eight hours later,- an agreement -cpvering the comj>ai^'a,fiva ships, was assured. ,Thd win: sparked this ^ pppipythuiU^s j^r'S^a^^ .\ t '• i • . : • "i'l!:*• -/i i -15 = �ii•:»E3S i-iiSKi™ SEAFARERS Febnuty It, Itfi SlU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON Contrary to the trend In all other countries, the US flag privatelyowned merchant fleet is now at a postwar low. Including only ocean­ going vessels of over 2,000 tons, this fleet has declined to a total of 1,120' vessels of 0,605,553 gross tons and 14,263,649 deadweight tons. Of these, 392 are tankships of 4,159,376 gross tons and 6,587,205 dead­ weight tons. The balance, 728, are dry cargo ships and passenger vessels. Of interest is the fact that of the 58 Liberty-type warbuilt tankers sold to private American interests by the Maritime Commission, only 3 remain under US registry, the balance having been converted into dry cargo ships or transferred to other flags. Of the total of about 220 Liberty dry cargo ships owned at one time by private lines and documented in the US, 165 remained on January 1. The decline in this segment of the private fleet was hastened in 1954 by a large number of transfers to registry in Panama and Liberia. Wmg» Scf en LOC NO' Rec Room Popular Now being put to good use by Seafarers on the beach is the beautiful new recreation room on the first floor of the New Orleans hall. Designed for the greater comfort and con­ venience of all hands, the new room, and its adjacent facilities, provides a pleasant place for the brothers to spend their time between job calls. The facilities include pool and shuffleboard tables, a laundry room and private dressing rooms and showers. m if if i^-mt Recent Congressional hearings have clearly Indicated a lack of co­ ordination between the US agencies responsible for the movement of surplus commodities abroad. Despite the fact that Congress enacted the permanent rule under which at least 50 percent of the surplus goods is supposed to move in US bottoms, the Department of Agriculture, in flouting this mandate, has attempted to give much of the business to foreign flag ships on the ground that American tonnage was not availanle. As a matter of fact. Agriculture, on February 9 of this year, made known that it would go into the foreign charter market to obtain ships to move grain. However, less than 48 hours later. Agriculture ob­ tained US tonnage In the local market showing that American flag ships were available. Hearings have pointed up the fact that there is no coordination be­ tween Agriculture, the Maritime Administration and the Foreign Operations Administration. The agencies, while ships were being transferred foreign, simply were not in, touch with each other as to what shipping would be required to move the agricultural program. if if i> On the subject of the permanent 50-50 shipping rule. It Is now clear that an all-out effort will be nthde to kill this law later in this Con­ gressional session. The US State Department has been besieged by foreign lobbies in the Capitol to amend or repeal the law entirely, on the ground that it discriminates against their countries. Such arguments will be taken up principally by the Congressmen from the US farm areas, who will spearhead the drive against 50-50. Although US ships have been carrying 50 percent of the aid cargoes, the distinct trend has been that the merchant fleet is not doing nearly so well over-all. Foreign-flag competition continues to grow. Although 1954 saw some Improvement in ifS flag participation in our export trade, it was too small to indicate any substantial interruption in the growing foreign flag activity in evidence since 1946. In the latter year, US ships car­ ried 71 percent of our dry cargo exports. During the first 8 months of 1954, US participation was only 24 percent, about the same level as 1938. if if if It still will be many, many years before atomic energy will be ap­ plied to commercial shipping on any broad scale. Although it was reported to Congress that the day of the atomicpowered surface vessel will come very fast, and that the potential of the maritime application of atomic power is far beyond anything ever dreamed, it's not expected that this new source of energy will find itself on many ships before the year 1965. 4" 4" Overall photo of new New Orleans recreation room shows three pool tables and shuffleboard table which help men pass time between job calls. 5' There's more than an even chance that the Democratic-controlled Congress will do its best to terminate the Foreign Operations Ad­ ministration on June 30. This would mean that the various foreign aid functions of FDA would be handled by the existing agencies of the US government. ^ 4' Congress soon will give consideration to a Presidential request of $16t4 million to pay for detention benefits of internees and prisoners of war of World War II. Under Public Law 744 of the last session, merchant seamen are entitled to such benefits if they were captured or interned by Germany or Japan for any period of time after December 7, 1941. Under the law these benefits would amount to $60 a month. . Applications for the above benefits must be filed with the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission in this city before August 30, 1955. Seaiiicri entitled to benefits (if they have not already collected un= der other laws) are those who were employed on any US flag ship or on a vessel of any government friendly to the US during World War II, and who was a citizen of this country on and after December 7, 1941. i. i. • ->.1? Pick Up'Shop Card At Payoff i, .J.ii V'.U '-i'-i-s. H. Pizatowski enters one of three dressing rooms. Seafarer Roy Green inspects new washer and dryer in laundry room at rear of recreation room. Removal of Louis S. Rothschild as Maritime Administrator will not mean that his lenient ship transfer policy will be disturbed in any way. As Under-Secretary of Commerce for Transportation, to which post he was elevated recently by President Eisenhower, his orders will continue to be carried out by the MA. Although applications for transfer of Liberty dry cargo ships are now being turned down by the MA, this is subject to change at any time so that there would be return to Rothschild's policy. As soon as the present aid and surplus agricultural programs subaide, it can be expected that the tramp shipowners, will again appeal to MA for transfer privileges. -Vii.f iy.Kivt'if. i New tiled lavatory In recreation room provides Harold E. Crane with cQnvenient pldde to shave. Seafarers who have taken the series of inoculations re­ quired for certain foreign voy­ ages are reminded to be sure to pick up their inoculation cards from the captain or the purser when they pay off at the end of a voyage. The card should De picked up by the Seafarer and held so that it can be presented when signing on for another voyage where the "shots" are reqirired. The inoculation card is your only proof of hav­ ing taken the required shots. Those men who forget to pick up their inoculation card when tfiey pay off may find that they are required to take all the "shots" again when they want to sign on for another such voyage. • '- • I'.U ti V ' 7 i; • • • • V . TT �SEAFARERS PafcUcM The US Court ot Claims this month ordered the Government to pay $02,000 lor a vessel taken over from the Sand Products Corp. of Michigan during World War II. The ship, the Octorara, was used as a Coast Guard training and (barracks ship and was later converted to a combination refrigeration and hospital ship... The Swedish Navy has decided to Install a radio position-fixing system developed as an aid to navigation by the British Decca Co. The Swedish chain of trans­ Question: Would you be inter­ mitting stations, to be erected at Stockholm, will be linked with Den­ mark's, which is already in operation. The same system is in use in ested in a correspondence school France and Germany, and more than 2,500 ships and aircraft are set-up for seamen? • equipped to make use of it. Robert Leavy, OS: Yes, J would i ^ ' Virtually rebuilt except for her hull, the former US troopship Mari­ probably use a set-up like that to help me get an posa has completed her maiden North Atlantic run as the liner Ho­ AB's ticket and meric, flagship of the Home Lines. Operating under Panamanian reg­ maybe for some istry, the vessel will make four cruises to the Caribbean, and then general school enter service between Quebec and English Channel ports... India will courses, too. I'm spend $10 million in a, program designed to modernize Bombay's Prin­ sure it would be cess and Victoria docks and convert them to year-round use. - They are a good idea. I presently only tidal docks. don't intend to $. quit sailing right A boiler explosion aboard the Costa Rican tanker Darnel two weeks now, and If I ago killed two men, seriously injured three more and caused minor could get some Injuries to several other crewmembers. A US Navy transport brought extra schooling while I'm at it, it medical aid to the stricken ship within 24 hours after the disaster, would be a good deal all around. which occurred about 200 miles off the coast of Spain... Turkish Mari­ 4 4 4 time Lines will begin next month the first regular Turkish-flag cargo W. Walker, cook: I wouldn't be service between the US East Coast and Greece, Jsrael and Turkey. Four 15-knot, 10,700-deadweight ton ships have been assigned to the too interested for myself, but I know a lot of monthly service. men on the ships 4" who keep saying Twice balked in attempts to reach England by a mysterious leak that they'd like to In her No. 2 hold, the British freighter La Orilla has sailed from Hal­ take some extra ifax, NS, to try again. The 7,000-ton ship twice had to return to port schooling if they with a bad list and water in her hold, but after her cargo was shifted had the time. and the list corrected, she was certified as seaworthy again. The cause This would be a of the leak was not discovered.. The world's largest ore ship, the good opportunity 60,000-ton Ore Titan, has left Japan, where she was built, on her for them. It maiden voyage to Venezuela. Built by the National Bulk Carriers of vyould give them America at a Kure shipyard, she will carry ore from Venezuela to the a chance they can't get anywhere US. The 795-foot-long vessel has a speed of 14 knots. else and could help in upgrading. $• $• $> 4 4 4 Four huge tankers of 50,000 tons each will be built in France for W. Ortiz, electrician: It's a won­ the Tide Water Associated Oil Co. of San Francisco, each measuring derful idea. There's always room 812 feet in length. Two of the vessels will be constructed at Dunkirk for Improvement and two at Saint-Nazaire. They will be the largest tankers in the in all of us, and world when completed... Rescuers saved 26 men clinging to the masts schooling doesn't and bridge of the half-submerged 656-ton Icelandic trawler Egill Raudi hurt anybody. If late last month during a fierce storm off the coast of Iceland. Five a seaman can't other crewmembers were lost on the ship, in the wake of the prob­ get to school able loss of 40 British sailors who vanished earlier on two trawlers because of the in the same area. The 81G-ton Roderigo had gone to the aid of the money involved 559-ton Lorella in answer to distress calis, and presumably went and the time he down also. would have to stay ashore, this $ 4 4> The 16,600-ton former Swedish tanker Avantf, which split in "a would be his chance. He could stay wreck off the coast of Japan two years ago, has come to life again as on the ship and do the work right the Japanese-flag Shimwa Maru. She is again at sea following exten­ there. sive repairs and refitting.. . First German passenger-cargo liner built 4 4 4 Joe Bums, carpenter: I think it's since World War II, the 9,200Tgross-toq Haniiover will make her maiden appearance in New York late next month. One of six sister a good suggestion, providing its ships being built for the joint Hamburg-American-North German run in a proper Lloyd service to the Far East, she will make two round trips to NY way. 'Some of before going on her regular run. The Hannover, a 538-foot ship, has a these schools service speed of 171/2 knots, -and features air-conditioned outside state­ don't do anybody rooms for all passengers and an outdoor swimming pool. any good. But a real correspond­ ence school could help a lot of men on the ships who are looking for ACROSS DOWN Age Musical note decent schooling Bristles 1. Desire King Cole either for the sake of education or 1. •What the SIU sound Snake Break, as a usually does 6. Crush Port in Norway hawser. for use on the job. 9. Period of time 2. Fruit drink Basic 3. 12. Idea; Comb, 4. form % 5. 13. On sheltered 6. side 7. 14. Anger 15. A Seatrain ship 8. 9. 17. Something to foUow 10. 18. Winter con11. EteUation 18. Symbol of a Uiie 20. 23. 24. 25. 27. 32. 33. 34. 35. 37. 38. 39. 41. 42. 44. 47. 48. 52. 53. 54. so' »7. Garden tool Airman: Abbr. Over: Poet. of Wight What the SlU holds Sea Oriental prince Palestine port Island E of Prince of Wales Island A sight on Sicily Compass bearing Upon Place Belaying Trite An insect The Horse Creek Alberta: Abbr. Lay. as at anchor Hindu Kiiock oil: Part of chip. Guinea Wartime leader of Japan SIU members Too Called, on poker Cry of greeting Southern . ship lost at sea Region Period of time Ocean: Abbr. Paradises New Guinea port Man from Tallin River in France Unmixed, as •whiskey Huge fish of the Amazon Man from Baltic area Aleutian island Lie in wait Vegas Female deer Commune in Holland Salt, in France (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) 4 4 4 February 18. 181(5 LOG Theodore Goodman, steward: It would really be something good. Anything you can do to better your­ self will make you a better sea­ man. There are lots of men I know who would make good use of a correspondence school set-up. Men aboard ship have a lot of time for such things that people ashore never have. WILLIAM DUNHAM, ch. steward At an age when some men are 'on the Thomas Haywood, a Liberty beginning to look forward to a operated by Waterman. She ^ran rocking chair and a pair of soft through the Mediterranean and slippers, William Dunham started Bl^ck Sea into Russian-controlled out on a brand new career—going ports in those areas. By that time to sea. Eleven years later he's still the AUies had full control of the at it and fully intends to keep go­ Mediterranean, making it unnijcessary for ships to make the difficult ing indefinitely. A native New Yorker, Dun­ and dangerous journey around ham was bom in the big city on North Cape to Murmansk. Went On Cavalier Thanksgiving Day back in 1896. After the war's end in 1945, Before he started sailing he was in the trucking business for quite a Dunham was one of the Seafarerfew years. At the time h^rabbed crew that put the Alcoa passenger his first ship out of Baltimore in ship Alcoa Cavalier into service. 1944, he was in charge of the US At that time the Cqyalier was run­ Navy's trucking operations in that ning out of New York and Dunham port city. After one trip he de­ stayed with her until she shifted cided that he preferred seafaring operations to the Gulf. SinceTie to any other occupation and he's has his home in White Plains, a been sailing regularly with the suburb of New York City, Dunham called it quits. SIU since then. Subsequently, he served as sec­ The veteran Seafarer went to elementary and secondary schools ond steward on the Bull Line pas­ in New York. Shortly after leav­ senger ship, Puerto Rico. Like all ing school he found himself chas­ ex-Puerto Rico crewmembers, he ing Mexican bandits south of the mourns her passing. "It was a border, as a member of the Na­ great run," he said. "Just a few tional Guard. This experience days at sea and plenty of time in stood him in good stead when the port." Since the Puerto Rico went out US entered World War I a year of service, Dunham has been sail­ later. ing as steward or cook on freight With 'Fighting 69th' Dunham went overseas with the ships. He likes to grab a Bull Line famous "Fighting 69th" and served or Robin Line freighter with pas­ in France with that unit while it senger accommodations if he can, created an enviable record for it­ but he looks forward to getting self on the battlefield. By war's back on a regular passenger ship end he had emerged with a com­ run some day if one should be­ mission. Fortunately, he escaped come . available out of New York City. "We've got lots of good pas­ the fighting unscathed. After leaving Uncle Sam's army, senger ship men in this area" he Dunham located in Chicago and declared, "and we could put to­ entered the trucking business gether a fine crew." Steward Representative there. He was in the trucking in­ Passenger ship runs, he points dustry for a^ number of years until the war drums started beating in out, have the advantage of being Europe again. "In 1940," he said, far steadier than cargo ship op­ I got an offer from the US Navy erations and have a stabilizing to go to Baltimore and supervise effect on shipping in good times their trucking operations." Part and bad. Dunham expressed warm ap­ of the over-all job involved the shipping end of the business, proval for the new structural set­ which introduced Dunham to the up in the SIU calling for a steward supply and storing problems of department representative at the boi^h merchant and Navy vessels. top level. That way, he says, those compa­ It was experience which proved valuable to him later on in fami­ nies who are tempted to cut cor­ liarizing him with the shipping in­ ners will find if harder to pull a dustry and the problem of the fast one and performance and conditions in the department can steward department. Dunham's first trip was made be maintained at a high level. ROUND' A little noticed long-term strike against the Ford Motor Company of Canada came to an end with the granting of « four cent in­ crease retroactive to last June. Ap­ proximately 6,700 workers at two Canadian plants had been striking for 3V^ months. The men, members of Local 200, United Automobile Workers, CIO, also obtained im­ proved vacation, welfare and in­ surance provisions. 4 4 4 The guaranteed annual wage has been made^ the major negotiating target of AFL railway workers unions. The demand will be put forth on behalf of 350,000 railway shop workers. Railway shop work­ 4 4 4 George Clark, bosun: I think the ers have suffered from heavy lay­ idea's a good pjie. Fellows like offs in the past year. Union spokes­ men said the guaranteed wage pro­ myself might not vision would help stabilize employ­ be very inter­ ment. ested in a school 4 4 4 like that, but Reasons why US workers st^k there are plenty to unions were shown in the be­ of youngsters who havior of several railroads and would be glad to trucking companies recently. Some take advantage of rail lines laid off men in wholesale it to better them­ lots just before holidays tc save selves. Education holiday pay and « few trucking doesn't hurt any­ body;. Most of. us could use some companiiss refused to :pay, Afli. Teamsters holiday pay Novemoer no'Hj and ti'E'V : . 11, because the contract called for pay on Armistice Day. The name of the holiday has been legally changed to Veterans Day, giving the companies an "out." 4 4 4 The CIO has set up a Leather Workers Organizing Committee iii Boston in attempts to recapture membership of the leather division of the Fur and Leather Workers Union. That organization was ex­ pelled from the CIO six years ago for following the Communist party line. Approximately 35,000 workers are involved. ^ ^ ^ The United Mine Workers (inde­ pendent)-has attacked the proposed extension of the reciprocal trade program as Injurious to the coal industry. The Mine Workers ob­ ject particularly to import of resid­ ual oil which competes with do­ mestic coal as a fuel. 4 4 4 striking painters at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, have agreed to arbitra­ tion, clearing way for resumption of construction work on an atomic plant. The men, members of Local 437, AFL Painters Union, struck .in a dispute ovei: working copditions. • • �. •" - .-•' • ;. f J- - Fehrnniy 18» 19t8 ^ SBAPARETiS IOC Page Nine S^AFAREM^LOG Nbreofy 18. 1958 •a\ '•'il Vol. XVII. Ne. 4 Published "biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HBRBEBT BRAND; Managing Editor. RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNAIID SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEE NH-VA; Stojff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK At MASKIN; Gulf Area Reporter, But MOODY. 120 TRie Smokescreen Last week's news of an agreement to combine the two ma­ jor labor groups in America has, as was expected, set off a howl of pain from the "unions ain't no good" school "of think­ ing. Until last week,these forces used as their favorite ciy the theme that unions should get together for the betterment of the country and cut out the inter-union warfare. "Now with a merger pending, they have changed their cry to , "mo­ nopoly." ~ Usually the spokesman for such a group is the head of the National Association of Manufacturers or the head of the US Chamber of Commerce. One point these boys have choserf to ignore in their 'labor monopoly" wailing is the fact that a merger of the AFL and CIO does not in any way change the character of the individ­ ual imions. Only the make-up of the national, state and city councils will change^ and these groups control no interna­ tional unions, negotiate no contracts and exert no direct in­ fluence in any industry. The same, however, cannot be said for many organizations on the other side of the fence, such as the National Association of Manufacturers or the Amer­ ican Medical Association. Both of these groups exert strong influence down to the individual member or doctor, • At the heart of the recent outcry is the constant attempt by business to make big business appear saintly and big unions appear as monsters. Then, with ease they can push for legis­ lation to curb Imions further. Unfortunately for the nation, they have succeeded to a siz­ able degree, according to a recent survey published in "Look" magazine. "Look" reporte*' that people hold few fears of "big business" but are concerned over the "growing power" of unions. In view of the fact thkt the Taft-Hartley Law and the state "figbt to work" laws are making progress difficult for unions, it is hard to see where this "growing power" is. More fright­ ening to the average American should be the ever chipping away of the rights of Americans to build themselves strong unions. If anytlijng is true today it is the weakness of America's unions outside their immediate area of collective bargaining. Look at the Federal Government: The Secretary of Labor is a" department store executive. Of the 531 members of Con­ gress only 3 have labor backgrounds. On the important Sen­ ate and House labor committees 2 men with labor back­ grounds sit with 42 Other congressmen whose backgrounds are identified solely with business. Trade unions are virtu­ ally-without voice on Government commissions^ boards and councils, yet trade unions are the only economic representa­ tives for one-fourth of the nation's families. America's trade unions must become stronger for the sake of our country's standard of living and for democracy. Re­ cent history has given painful proof that the countries where the trade unions are weak, are non-existent or have" been destroyed, thd country has quickly gone on to a dictatorship. It happened in Russia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Argentina, Spain and many others. .As a case in point, the only recent rebellion against Communism came from trade unionists in East Berlin tliree years ago. Whatever future faces the United States it is clear that theVe is no danger from strong, dynamic, democratic trade unions. Charges of "monopoly" are only part of-the smoke­ screen being used by men who have learned nothing from history and refuse to think that a working guy has any rights. ' t. ^ ^ Praise For Steelore Normally the dajr to day performance of professional sea­ men seldom attracts much attention shoreside. That's why it is pleasant to note that for their accomplishments in saving their ship, the crew of the Steelore rated an appearance on a Baltimore television show. Besides, the crew received a citation from a Baltimore mari­ time group hailing them for their splendid seamanship in keeping the huge or^ carrier from going under. By working as a team under difficult conditions, crewmembers managed tp keep the ship afloat long enough for it to reach port safely, , This kind of skilled response do an emergency situation is the trade mark of the professional seaman at his best. The SIU :is~-proud of the fact that it numbers such men in its jfinks and wishes , to add its '^ohgratulations to dhe dtten of the Steelore. ' xin.fr il Letter Campaign On U-SPHS Urged 4 To the Editor: As most of my SIU brothers know, from previous stories in the SEAFARERS LOG, I recently spent some time in the USPHS hospital in Norfolk, Va., after a 10-foot wave caught me and dashed me 50 feet down the catwalk of the Cities Service tanker Logans Fort during a storm 300 miles east of Norfolk. This Was the first time I was hos­ pitalized in 11 years of sailing, and it gave me the opportunity to ob^erve USPHS operation at first hand. It also gave me time to think about the entire USPHS situation, and as a result of that thinking I wrote a letter to one of my sena­ When a ship comes in from a for that purpose. tors in Washington—Senator J. W. ti'ip with disputed OT, repair beefs Karlak calls Brooklyn his home Fulbright of Arkansas. In reply. I received a letter from or other problems for the patrol­ port. He's a native of Poland, 30 Senator Fulbright promising, to man, it makes for a good deal of years old, who joined the Union give the matter his most careful confusion if several crewmembers n Galveston in 1946. crowd around all explaining things conside.ration. - 4 4 at once. Seafarer Earl Morris be­ Wants Others To Write It seems the television age The reason 1 am writing the lieves that the patrolman is en­ hasn't madethat the hit that was an­ titled to a few minutes with the LOG now is because I believe that ticipated aboard the Edith (Bull if many more Seafarers would ship's delegate in which they can Line). Reversing the normal trend, quietly sit down and talk over write their senators and congress­ the crewmembers of the Edith in­ pending beefs. Then the patrol­ men in Washington, we could get structed their ship's delegate, action not only to help the USPHS man can get i line on what's going Frederick V. Davis, to have the set on, consult the individual crew­ program but to benefit the Ameri­ cheeked in Baltimore. If repairs can merchant marine in other members involved, and be in a bet­ were too expensive, Davis was told ter position to take the beef up ways. to see if he couldn't swap the elec­ My letter to Senator Fulbright with the company. tronic seeing eye receiver for a Morris, himself a delegate on the was pretty lengthy, and 1 know "good radio." that the SEAFARERS LOG does Steel Executive (Isthmian)* prob­ ably has had plenty of per.sonal e.xChannel Snow not have the space to print the letter in its entirety. But I believe perience with the difficulty of tak­ It's encouraging to note that that .if you at least printed parts ing up crew beefs in the course of crew beefs these days can revolve of it, it might help other Seafarers a payoff. around such incidentals as snow on who wish to write letters of their , A Pennsylvania resident, Morris all channels indicating that the own. So here are a few of the has been a member of the SIU normal order of shipboard business since October, 1948. He is 27 years is hitting on all things I had to say: "Dear Senator Fulbright: old and sails in the steward de­ cylinders. *T am a Seafarer in the Ameri­ partment. Aside from be­ can merchant marine and I am ing delegate, 3^ 4" i now in the USPHS hospital in Nor­ Davis was best folk, Va. This is the first time I Coffee eups aren't the only items qualified to pass have been hospitalized in 11 years aboard«a ship that seem to wind up on the merits of anywhere but in the messroom. At the set because of service. the beginning of a trip, there he holds an elec­ "1 am amazed that-the staff of this hospital has been able to ac­ might be a good number and va­ trician's rating. complish so much—and 'so cheer­ riety of books in the ship's library, He's a New OrFoe fully and efficiently—on its pres­ but as the trip wears on somehow leans resident most of the books seem to wind up ent budget. But it is evident that who joined the SIU in 1948. He is if the appropriations were in­ in various foe'sles. It's understand­ 33 years of age. creased the staff would be able to able that a man might want to take 4,4 4 handle more patients and with a book with him into his room but, says Seafarer Thomas A. Brown, even greater efficiency. Another sample of a Union-age "Seafarers, 1 think I can safely off the Southland, too many crew-' type beef is the one over the wash­ say, risk more for their Govern­ members never bother returning ing machine. This time it's the ment and their employer than any them to the recreation room long Steel Director crew that was runr other civilian'beacetime employee. after the book is ning into difficulties over the oper­ As an example, I call your attea- finished. Get ation of their clothes washer. Sea­ tion to the recent disappearance tliera back on the farer Ed Foe thought it might lie of the Southern Districts with all shelf, he says, a good idea for the brothers not to and let somebody hands.. overload the machine and to clean else in the crew it out after use. Watch that lint Wartime Contributions trap. That's where all the trouble ."In wartime, of course, our eon- have a crack at usually starts. tributions to the national welfare them. It's a point are even greater. Yet far too often well taken. 4 4 4 Brown, an en­ we find ourselves treated as for­ gine department Crewmembers of the Steel Re­ Karlak gotten men. corder have decided they've found "We do not lay the blame for rating, . makes this on any one man, but we wohld Savannah his home port. He's 2'. the ship's delegate of the year in like to urge our senators and rep­ and has been a Union member for Seafarer Tom A, Martineau. The crew voted to keep him on the job resentatives in Washington to take nearly eight years. "as he has done such a good job a stand for us, and help us to have Doing something about the laun­ the last two trips." a greater, stronger ^nd healthier Martineau comes originally from merchant marine, both from the dry schedule is the suggestion of a Robin Hood crewmember, Steve the lakes country up in Minnesota, standpoint of men and ships. "1 hope that I can count on your Karlak. With one washing machine but operates out of Baltimore now. study of this hospital situation and aboard it is desirable to assigi: He's 29 years old and joined the thaC we Seafarers can depend on times for .eacli department's meija- ;Uni9n in Baltimore in 1944. He as bosun and dtecl; .de;^ bers, and ;Karlak felt that the del-' your support in this matter;" itini st. >- >« Thnrsioii Ji. LeiHt • egates shoulddraw up li schediile...^la^ent ratings. Vote ^ Thanks •;3 4 M ••-.'•hi �'«r . r»re Toi SEAFARERS LOG The saga of the SlU-manned San Mateo Victory, which plowed, at full speed onto the jagged shore of Cheju Island, Korea, last April, is now com.plete. An official report on the mishap las just been issued, putting the blame on faulty instruments and poor naviga­ tion, but this does not lessen the interest in the salvage work on the shipj which was recorded by one of the men in the ship's crew. Seafarer Don Black. It was a few.minutes before midnight' on April 5,1954, with thp ship heading from Inchon, Korea, for a layover in Sasebo, Japan, before sailing home,- A Crew of Fiebniary 18, 195S that she abruptly ran halfway up the rocks on Cheju and stayed there. Fortunately, no one w'as hurt, and one month later^ with eight sets of beach gear and three Navy salvage tugs pulling, the San Mateo slid back into the water and set course for Japan agaip to have her ragged hull repaired. : A Navy official who was there had nothing but pi'aise for the crew and .operation. As he put it: "It was a crew of real sailors in the fiiiest.oldtime tra­ dition's of the profession." Here is some of the story. ' T • ;>• - \':vr7 -i.-r'T : ,7 •^7;•^^/-,-^• . -.'t '^Vi^v Two Navy salvage workers come aboard the San Mateo to check hull damage after she grounded up on Cheju Islands t Korean women cashed in on the disaster, V J used baskets to* cart home oil from a leak vivIn the ship's fuel.tanks. •: �-i' .' V. February 18, 195{( SEAFARERS LOG Pare Eleven ' '-i-• >; •'yjp High and dry on Cheju's 'rocks, the San Mateo proved to be a real at­ traction to Korean natives who had never seen a ship of its size at such close range. Curiosity-seekers were around all the time. The pulling and tugging operation to get the ship off the rocks utilized the ship's regular crew as well as Navy salvage specialists. Here Sea­ farer Norman Best, AB, signals to winch operator. ^ -A/? J -f/l' Despite the precarious perch which the ship rested on, the entire crew remained aboard throughout salvage work. Attempts to back off were futile because of rock protruding up through the bottom. Principal diversion for crewmembers during month on rocks consisted of visits with natives and GI's taking part in salvage operation. The na­ tives- were just as interested in observing them. •. 'i- . Navy small craft alongside San Mateo were used by salvage experts and divers who placed explosives for blasting rock from under the ship. Six special salvage ships were used for the work. Navy had some had moments, too. This landing craft used in salvage work went aground during the operation, complicating the job of sal,', vage workers. It was later gotten off also. Holes were drilled into rock to place charges for blasting. Rock had to be removed from under the forepart of the vessel and also from places where it had cut through the ship's bottom. Pneumatic drills proved useful for cutting into rock ledges surround­ ing-^Utip end gripping it to shore.. Refloating operation, took just.one month before the San Mateo slid back into water. , , . - . ; u «\ �Pace Twelve SEAFARERS . PeibnieiT 18> 1955 LOG PORT itEPORTS...... Wilmington: i;;' P IH' Ir 1^ In-Transils Take Men, Keep Shipping Geed Due to the absence of port agent Ernest Tilley, because of illness, the affairs of this port are now being handled by Marty Breithoff, SIU West Coast representative. Brother Tilley is expected to be able to return to his duties by February 15. During the past two weeks ship­ ping- in this port was good, and although we did not have a payoff we had 1 sign-on and 11 in-transits, and were able to ship 37 men. The outlook for the next two weeks is about the same. The Cabins Signs On The sign-on here was The Cabins (Cabins) and the in-transits were the Fairport, Raphael Semmes, Fairisle, Wacosfcd, Topa Topa and Jean LaFitte (Waterman); Steel Seafarer (Isthmian); Portmar and Seamar (Calmar); The Cabins (Cabins), and Southwind (South Atlantic).' Marty Breithoff WC Representative ti s> t> New Orleans: Mardi Gras Time Falls To Lure Men Off Ships I ly..'. C; ^i^'- m- reported to be recuperating satis­ Lake Charles: factorily. Among those recently discharged were Goon Poy Thlu, John Englehardt and Darrel Riley. Payoffs since our last report Shipping remains very good here were aboard the Alcoa Runner and Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa), Steel Direc­ in Lake Charles and during the last tor (Isthmian), Del Monte (Missis­ report period we registered 29 men sippi) and Chickasaw and Antinous and shipped 31 in all ratings. We still have enough men on hand, (Waterman). however, to handle any foresee­ The Alcoa Runner and Alcoa Pe­ gasus, Sunion (Kea) and Del Rio, able situation. Calling in here during the past Del Viento and Del Valle (Missis­ two weeks were the Winter Hill, sippi) signed on. Council Grove, French Creek, Ships calling in transit were the Bradford Island, Paoli, Salem Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Maritime, Archers Hope, Chiwawa, Corsair, Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); Logans Fort, Government Camp Steel Fabricator (Isthmian); Del and Cantigny (Cities Service) and Rio, Del Viento and Del Valle Seatiger (Coloni­ (Mississippi); Seatrains Georgia al). Over in Or­ and Louisiana (Seatrain); Afoun- ange, Tex., we dria. Monarch of the Seas and Clai­ had the Val borne (Waterman); Edith and Eve­ lyn (Bull); Genevieve Peterkin Chem (Valentine (Bloomfield); Ames Victory (Vic­ Tankers). All of the above tory Carriers), and Sunion (Kea). ships took on a Lindsey J. Williams few men, ac­ New Orleans Fort Agent counting for the t t shipping figures. Torre At o u r last Houston: meeting. Brother H. Lee, cook and baker, was chairman and Brother I. J. S. Torre, pumpman, was re­ cording secretary. Both men did a fine job. For our Seafarer of the Week Shipping in this port remains at a very high level. During the past we have selected Brother M. Ward, two weeks the men shipped again better known to the tanker boys as exceeded the men registered by "Windy." "Windy," who sails in a comfortable margin, and we were the deck department, runs our obliged to call New Orleans to well-known " 'Gator-mouth" Bates a close race when it comes to mak­ maHe up the difference. However, we have no way of ing noise. However, he's always knowing just how long this boom ready to lend a hand in Union ac­ will continue as it is primarily due tivities and is a good man to have to unscheduled ships loading grain around. here for the Mediterranean and, We know of no brothers In the in two cases, the Far East. local hospitals at this time. Injunction Thrown Out Four Ships Pay Off On the local labor front, all is During the past two weeks we paid off the Neva West (Bloomfield), Amerocean (Amerocean), Santa Venetia (Elam) and Alcoa Planter (Alcoa). The Amerocean, Santa Venetia and Alcoa Planter The following is the latest signed on and in transit were the available listing of official ex­ Genevieve Peterkin (Bloomfield), change rates for foreign cur­ Seatrains New York, New Jersey rencies. Listings are as of and Savannah (Seatrain), Del Valle February 16,1955, and are sub­ (Mississippi), Afoundria (Water­ ject to change without notice. man), Alexandra (Carras) and Mae (Bull). England, New Zealand, South Af­ rica: $2.80 per pound sterling. All of the payoffs were clean Australia: $2.24 per pound 'sterling. and the few beefs that existed were Belgium: 50 francs to the doUar. Denmark: 14.45 cents per krone. all squared away. France: 350 francs to the dollar. During the coming two weeks we Germany: 4.2 marks to the dollar. Holland: 3.7-3.8 guilders to the have the Marie Hamill and-.Neva dollar. West (Bloomfield) due in here for Italy: 624.9 lire to the dollar. Norway: 14 cents per krone. payoff, and should also have about Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the dollar. the same number of unscheduled Sweden: 19.33 cents per krona. India: 21 cents per rupee. ships, so shipping here should re­ Pakistan: 30.22 cents per rupee. main about the same. Argentina: 14.2 pesos to the dollar. Brazil: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro. A, (Frenchy) Michelet Uruguay: 52.63 cents per peso. Houston Port Agent Venezuela: 29.85 cents per bolivar. In-Transll Tankers Keep Shipping Good Unscheduled Vessels Make Shipping Boom It is carnival time in New Or­ leans again and the season when Seafarers who live in this port usually look forward to merrymak­ ing and fun. Traditionally, many New Orleans men choose this time of the year to come ashore for their vacations so they can celebrate Mardi Gras with friends and family. Mardi Gras will be celebrated this year on February 22, which is just a few days in the offing. Tt has been apparent from the trend on incoming ships of the last few daj's, however, that a great many less men than usual will leave their jobs during the Mardi Gras season. Shipping is still slow here and it is evident the oldtimers don't want to take a chance on being left on the beach after car­ nival time. At this time of the year, the usual question is being rajsed about interpreta­ tion of the clause Kain in the shipping rules relating to the length of time men are allowed to keep their names on the shipping list before they must re-register. Some men are under the impre.ssion they are permitted to have 90 days on the shipping list, but the shipping rules specify three calendar months. This means that those on the list during Feb­ ruary will lose a couple of days be­ cause of the abbreviated month. Let us hope that shipping picks up to the point where this won't POKT be a problem with anyone. Boston Shipping is still below par here. New York Since our last report we had 6 pay­ Philadelphia offs, 6 sign-ons and 18 ships in Baltimore transit. The outlook remains about Norfolk the same for the immediate future. Savannah Five Men Enter Hospital Tampa Five brothers have been admit­ ted to the USPHS hospital here re­ Mobile cently and they have our best New Orleans .wishes for an early recovery. They Houston are joachim Saik, Lionel B. Miller, Seattle Earl P. Larson, Thomas E. Maynes San Francisco and Samuel Bailey. A. Patjngo, Koqstai^t Kain, Clyde (^Vr^ili^ningtoii »5 • f W5iat^jgi)d. ^anlei ^Pucker are still conffnied to the hospital, hut are Money Exchange States Listed quiet at the moment. The injunc­ tion that was slapped on the AFL Painters Union, under the so-called "right-to-work" law, has been thrown out of court. However, the employer, who tried to keep the Painters from picketing a new plant that Is going up here, says he will appeal the court's action and we are waiting to. see what happens. The river is rising here'and if it keeps up we may be in the same spot we were in a couple of years ago when a large part of the city and surrounding area was fiooded. We hope it doesn't get too high be­ cause it's the wrong time of the year to go wading. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Fort Agent t 4" Seattle: Two VIelory Carriers Sehediiled To Pay 0!f Shipping was very good In Seattle during the past two weeks and it looks very good for the com­ ing two weeks, with the Longview Victory and Coeur d'Alene Victory (Victory Carriers) slated to pay off. The Young America and Choctaw (Waterman), which paid off here during the past two weeks, are in the San Francisco area and will top off in Seattle in a week or so. We had no sign-ons during the past two weeks, but* we had ten ships in transit, as follows: Yaka, Young America, Choctaw, Jean LaFitte and Raphael Semmes (Waterman); Ocean Lotte (Ocean Transportation); Frederic C. Col­ lins (Drytrans); Lewis Emery, Jr. (Victory Carriers), and Alamar and Calmar (Calmar). Jeff GUlette Seattle Port Agent t 4) t Norfolk: Oilles Service Ship Pays Off And Signs On Shipping was slow in this postduring the past two weeks with only the Chiwawa (Cities Service) paying off and signing on. In transit were the Bradford Island (Cities Service), Azalea City (Waterman), Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa) and Steel Designer and Steel Ad­ vocate (Isthmian). The Greece Victory (South At­ lantic) is the only payoff we have in sight for the next two weeks. Ben Rees Norfolk Port Agent Boston: Shipping Flgntss Hit Two-Yehr High Mark Shipping was very good in Bos­ ton during the past two weeks, and we shipped more men than at any other time during the past two years. During this period we paid off the Logans Fort and Council Grove (Cities Service); Ocean Nimet and Ocean Betty (Ocean Transporta­ tion), And Queenston Heights and Tagalam (Seatrade). These six ships signed on again, and sn transit were the Steel De­ signer, Steel Rover, Steel Maker ' (Isthmian) and Hastings, Iberville, Beauregard and Chickasaw (Water­ man). The Queenston Heights paid off in Portland, Me., and the boys thought they had gotten off course and docked at the North Pole be­ cause the temperature was 15 de­ grees below zero. The Cities Service tanker Royal Oak paid off in Melville, RI. Acadia Is Sold The passenger ship Acadia, last of the Eastern SS Co. fieet, has been sold by the company to the Boston Metals Co. of Baltimore, Md. The ship, which had been laid up in Norfolk for some time, following her war service, was re­ cently towed from Norfolk to Bal­ timore. The Baltimore firm has for years purchased old vessels for scrapping, but it is reported that it may hold the Acadia for a while in the hope of selling her. Our selection for a typical SlUman this week is Robert J. (Bob) Murphy, who sails in the engine department as FWT or wiper. Bob, an SIU member for quite awhile, has been the ' reading clerk at several of our meetings and has always shown himself a very good Union man. Among the men now on the beach Murphy here are W. Fos­ ter, H. Dumey, F, Natale, D. Hodge and E. Andrade. In the Brighton Marine Hospital are F. Alasavich, A. Hancock and F. Simione. The body of Allan G. Brown, who passed away on January 10 aboard the Blounfonlein of the HollandAmerica Line, is being brought back to the States aboard the Holland-Ame;:ica liner Abbedijk, which is due to dock in Boston on Febrary 15. Brother Brown was on the Robin Trent when he became ill. He was transferred to a hos­ pital in Africa and then' to the , Blounfonlein. James Sheehan Boston Port Agent 4" t 4^ Tampa: Shipping Figures January 26 To February 8 '. REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. ENG. STEW. SHIPPED DECK 17 g 12 81 19 28 38. 34 106 74 70 61 209 61 250 ' 87 35 30 15 17 26 . 72 29 80 60 88 68 55 74 207 83 211 11 25 17 13 1 8 2 55 23 17 9 8 5 34 9 9 39 10 17 8 ,7 19 34 12 59 19 97 19 28 31 38 21 39 121 35 47 53 46 53 152 26 28 101 47 35 15 22 72' 28 17 69 23 31 10 64 24 43 111 45 108 41 38^ ' 29 23 12 37 11 39 • 17 , W • 8 , 493 • 352 Hall Improvemeiiis Shaping Up HIcely Shipping In this Florida port is holding its own, and during the past two weeks we shipped five men piore than were registered. Our,new ship; the Cuba .(F&G),, is doing well and our hall is also " coming along nicely. The pool tables are now in and we expect to have our new furniture deliv­ ered in a couple of days. During the past two weeks we paid off the Cuba, and the Hurri­ cane (Waterman) and in transit were the Cuba, Nevd West (Bloom-r field), Alcoa Runner and Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa) and Antinous and Chickasaw (Waterman). ptennie Gohzalfe''"'')'';^ -Hd. • Represriitai '<] Si �- SEAFARERS Febmary 18, 18SB Page Thlrtes LOG .... PORT REJPORTS Mobile: Survey Lay-Up Fleet Fer Fermeea Service At this writing, no ships are being taken out of the lay-up fleet here because of the Formosa situa­ tion, but 'the fleet is being sur­ veyed by the MSTS in case the situation reaches a point where the ships are needed in a hurry. , Also, the US Government recent­ ly allocated $15 million to begin dredging and construction of a new ammunition depot in Grand Bay, Ala., about 20 miles from Mobile, and when this is-completed—dur­ ing the latter half of this year— we expect to get quite a bit of ammo out of there. Shipping in this port during the past couple of weeks has been slow. We shipped 59 men to regular jobs, sent 121 men to various relief jobs in and around the har­ bor, and had 9 payoffs, 4 signons and 7 ships in transit during this period. Browning The payoffs, which were all in good shape with only minor beefs on them, were the Afoundria, Monarch of the Seas, Hurricane and Claiborne (Waterman); Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Puritan, Alcoa Polaris and Alcoa Cavalier (Alcoa), and Ocean Ulla (Ocean Transportation). The Afoundria, Hurricane, Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Polaris "signed on and in transit were the Alice Brown (Bloomfield); Ames Victory and Northwestern Victory (Victory Carriers): Del Viento (Mississippi), and Chickasaw, City of Alma and Antinous (Waterman). Future Prospects Good Our prospects for the coming two weeks look good with the following ships due to hit the port either for payoff or in transit: Beauregard, Claiborne, Golden City, Monarch of the Seas, War­ rior, Wild Ranger, De Soto and Iberville (Waterman) and Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pil­ grim, Alcoa Pointer, Akoa Corsair and Alcoa Patriot (Alcoa). In addition to these, there is a good possibility that several ships not presently scheduled to hit Mo­ bile will load ammunition out of here as the tempo is stepped up In the Formosa area. For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Brother Daniel Browning, who v has been a mem­ ber of the SIU since its beginning. During most of this time Brother Browning has shipped out of Gulf ports as bosun or carpenter, but he has also shipped on quite a few tankers out of Philadelphia. Married, and the father of seven children. Brother Browning makes his home in Mobile. His favorite sport is baseball and he likps to spend his summers on the beach so that he can enjoy it. Having seen the Union grow to its present strength, Brother Browning is sure It will continue to pace the indus­ try in obtaining new benefits for Its members under the Welfare Plan. Other Brothers On Beach Among the other brothers on the beach at present are C. E. Lomers, W. Jones, E. M. Williams, B. Morillo, H. Sanford, D. Carpen­ ter, F. Thompson, C. Garrison, I. V. Bridges, W. Chandler and E. Ayler. In closing, the Mobile branch would like to extend its deepest sympathy to the family of Brother HeiMsF, P^fsons, who died in Germany recently while aboard Waterman's Golden City. Brother Parsons, who suffered a heart attack, was working as oiler on the ship at the time of his death. A wife and son, both living in Mo­ bile, survive. Brother Parsons' body vnll be returned aboard the ship and funeral plans will be an­ nounced as soon as we learn when it will arrive.' Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent t. t. San Francisco: t. Port's Shipping Boom Soon Siaekoning Off There was quite a boom in ship­ ping in the port of San Francisco during the past two weeks. The future, however, does not look too bright as at present we have no payoffs in sight. During the past two weeks we paid off four ships, signed on three and had eight ships in transit. All of the ships paying off came in in very good shape, with only a few minor beefs, and this is a credit to the crews and delegates. The payoffs here were The Cabins (Cabins) and Kyska, LaSalle and Jean LaFitte (Waterman). The three Waterman ships signed on again and in transit were the Cal­ mer and Seamar (Calmar); Wacosta, Jean La­ Fitte, Raphael Semmes and Yaka (Waterman); Steel Seafarer (Isth­ mian), and Southwind (South At­ lantic). On the local LaCorte labor front, there was a little trouble when a small grodp of chain store and super­ market operators—about 40 in all —locked out members of the AFL Grocery Clerks Union, Local 648. The majority of grocers, however, refused to join in the lockout, signed the new agreement and are how operating under its terms. Among the men now on the beach are C. Callaghan, F. Hall, J. LaCorte, J. Henning, C. Shirley, F. Ryan, J. Goude, F. Hills and C. N. McKee. In the hospital here are M. Meigossoglou, C. Neumaier, J. Perreira, P. Yuzon, O., Gustavsen, Robert Lambert and J. Kelly. We are sure that all of these hospitalized brothers would enjoy receiving cards or letters from their shipmates and buddies, or have these men visit them. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. (Frenchy) Michelet, Agent. .Preston 6558 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 823 Bienville St. Llndsey Williams. Agent MaguoUa 6112-6113 NEW YORK 678 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYacintb 8-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. gent MAdison 2-9834 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty BreUboK. west Coast Representative P«ERTA de TIERRA, PR. .Pelayo 81—La 5 Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH S Abereorn St Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeff Gillette. Agent BHiott 4334 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin 8t Ray W,b.lte. Agent fbone 2-f323 Baltimore: Shipping Slump Ends, More Actlvlly Is One During the past two weeks shipping in this port picked up considerably and we certainly hope we are no>v out of the doldrums once and for all. In fact, we look forward to much more activity in the near future. During the past two weeks we had 17 payoffs, 12 sign-ons and 16 ships in transit. The payoffs were as follows: Mae and Evelyn (Bull); Sunion (Kea); Steel Recorder and Steel Fabricator (Isthmian); O r e m a r (Calmar); Archers Hope and Win­ ter Hill (Cities Service); Azalea City (Waterman); Coe Victory (Victory Carriers); Robin Locksley (Seas Shipping), and Chilore, Steelore, Marore, Venore and C u b 0 r e (Ore). The Cubore paid off twice. The ships sign­ ing on were the Steel Recorder and Steel De­ Scales signer (Isthmian); Stony Creek (American Tramp Shipping); Oremar (Calmar); Aza­ lea City (Waterman), and Chilore, Marore, Venore, Baltore, Feltore and Cubore (Ore). The Cubore signed on twice. The ships in transit were the Bethcoaster, Marymar and Pennmar (Calmar); Alcoa Partner and Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa); Antinous, Hastings and De Soto fWaterman); Robin Trent and Robin Hood (Seas Shipping); Steel Director and Steel Rover (Isthmian), and Ines and Kathryn (Bull). The Bethcoaster and Hastings each called here twice. Ships In Good Shape Beefs were very few and the ships that chme in here were in such fine shape that it was a pleasure for the patrolman to pay them off. Two beefs we had with Isthmian regarding delayed sailing and the oilers working in the fireroom have been settled with the company. Also, headquarters representatives advise us that they feel we have a legitimate beef on overtime for the men on the Steelore, and they have submitted the same to the company. The men involved will be advised of their findings. Again we would like to commend the brothers for their fine coopera­ tion in maintaining our new build­ ing and our new Port O'Call bar in particular. We still have a number of broth­ WILMINGTON. «alif 803 Marine Aye. Ernest Tilley. Agent Terminal 4-2714 HEADQUARTERS . 678 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian William Hall SUP HONOLULU ers laid up in the USPHS hospital here, and I know they would wel­ come cards and letters or visits. The address is Wyman Park Drive, Baltimore 18, and the men'are as follows: Byrd Buzbee, E. DeLaCruz, Rob­ ert Kirkwood, Leo Dwyer, Robert Scales, Thomas Mungo, Albert Willis, William Warmack, Edmund Marsh, R. Littleton, Jose Prota, Norman Jackson, G^ D. Oliver, G. B. Little, J. R. Schultz, T. J. Less, R. McKnew, L. Firlie, Ste­ phen Musco, Gorman Glaze and Joseph Gill. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Fort Agent ^ ^ j;, Philadelphia: Hilton Takes On Crew, Garelyn Set Te Fellow The Hiltofi (Bull) called for a full erew this week, and the Caro­ lyn (Bull) will also eall for a full crew in a couple of days, and this should clean up the backlog of men registered. In addition, the nowidle Ines (Bull) may call for a full crew during this coming week, so things are in pretty good shape for shipping in this port. During the past two weeks we paid off the Ines and Arlyn (Bull) and Marymar and Pennmar (Cal­ mar). The Arlyn, Marymar and Pennmar signed on and in transit were the John B. Waterman, Hastings, Azalea City and Iberville (Waterman); Republic (Trafalgar); Steel Recorder and Steel Designer (Isthmian), and Suzanne (Bull). A. 8. Cardullo Philadelphia Port Agent New York: Ann Halle Signs On Afier Leaving Lay-Up Although the Ann Marie (Bull) came out of lay-up and signed on, shipping in the Port of New York was very slow during the past two weeks. Therefore I would again advise the brothers in other ports not to come to New York if they want to ship out in a hurry. The only real change here has been in the weather. The snow has now all disappeared and we are hoping it will remain pleasant. It would like to call the mem­ bership's attention to going aboard ship without a pass or not as a crewmember. If any Seafarer has business aboard these ships, he should come to the dispatcher and get a pass, otherwise he is sub­ ject to the membership-adopted rules on this. The elections are. now over and the officials you have elected will serve you for the next two years. The complete returns of the elec­ tion were printed in the last issue of the LOG. Paid Off 18 Ships During the past two weeks we paid off 18 ships, signed on 5 and had 12 in transit. The payoffs were as follows: Jean and Elizabeth (Bull); Seatrains Louisiana, Savannah and New Jersey (Seatrain); Robin Trent, Robin Locksley and Robin Hood (Seas Shipping); Government Camp, Paoli, Salem Maritime and Bents Fort (Cities Service); Steel Designer and Steel Rover (Isth­ mian); Fairland (Waterman); Val Chem (Valentine Tankers); Alex­ andra (Carras), and Republic (Tra­ falgar). Signing on were the Fairland (Waterman); Robin Trent (Seas Shipping); Ann Marie (Bull), arid Steel Surveyor and Steel Director (Isthmian). In transit were the Alcoa Part­ ner (Alcoa); DeSoto, Iberville, Wild Ranger and Maiden Creek (Waterman); Cantigny (Cities Service); Seatrains New York, Georgia and Texas (Seatrain); Pennmar (Calmar); Steel Fabrica­ tor (Isthmian), and Beatrice (Bull). Claude Simmons Ass't Sec.-Treasurer 4" Savannah: SEAP4RS3S Buy TWHIR <SSARAT7Hei«OVlM SBA 6BBST FORT WILLIAM.... 118H Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNB 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA. BC 61714 Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. N8 804 Charlotte St. Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE. Quchto 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD. Ontario S3 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC. ...r.. .113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WUliam St. NB Phone: 2-5232 3^ Shipping Called Fair, Seen Slaying That Way Shipping in Savannah has been fair during the past two weeks and looks as if it will stay that way during the coming period. The Southland (South Atlantic) paid off and signed on hex-e while in transit were the Steel Director (Isthmian), Angelina (Bull) and Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana, which each called here twice. For our typical SIU man this week we have selected John Floyd, who says he is highly pleased with our Welfare Plan and believes Seafarers enjoy the best benefits fai the industry. Men now on the beach include D. R. Acker, J. A. Hudgins, C. LaAcker seter, M. P. Linsky, N. J. Creasy and B. Brooker. In the hospital are Frank F. Nel­ son, Rufus L. Fields, James T. Moore, Ernest Webb, Jimmie Lit­ tleton, Angelo J. Martins, John Morris, Allen D. Edenfield, Guillermo C. Pena, Raoul Cabrera, Louis C. Miller and Alexander Copa. ,. .1.', g B McAHiley - 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 822 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND. CALIF 257 8tb St Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-6363 Great Lakes District SEATTLE 2505 Ist Ave. Main 0290 ALPENA ...133 W. Hetcher WILMINGTON .....808 Marine Ave. Phone: 1238W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK 678 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE HYacinth 8-6600 Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 831 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL 634 St James St. West DULITTH Phone: - MelrOse 3-4lip Pi.steau 8161 3261 E. 92nd ^ HALIFAX. N.&... 128Vt HolUs St. SOUTH CHICAGO : ., ; tW"®' 3-891^ A j.a .-yi!' PORTLAND 4" .-J s.i; bittSiXOS -.'ji -?'l �Fw* Fooiieea SEAFARERS lUMiarr IS. ISM LOG Coffee Bean Dreams, Crewmen's OFF WATCH Schemes Keep Trip Percolating This feature is designed to offer hints'and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries should be addressed to "Off Watch," SEA' FARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. You can take it from Clifton V. Berg, ship's delegate on the Marie Hamill, that life aboard that Bloomfield Victory ship is anything but dull. A recent run to Rotterdam gave Berg plenty of opportunity to observe the antics of 4his shipmates. He jotted down enthusiasts can really have his impressions and passed to Brazil, where he can sleep in a nounced he is going to run for the a Jazz high old time with a recent LP Wis., and can probably be gotten mayor of Monte Carlo. If he's de­ them on to the LOG. Here are pile of coffee beans." record release offering the com­ from most local hardware shops. Thomas Guiterrez: "He's some­ feated, he'll take the presidency his thumbnail sketches: bined talents of Louis Armstrong times called the of the Monte Carlo bank." 4. t t and W. C. Handy, "the father of "Soupbone" Kalanovsky: "This 'pride of GuadaEarl "Bockshot" Alverson: "He's |i ir ballet-dancing crew messman de­ veloped a new dance called the 'broken glass mambo.' So many glasses were broken when the ship rolled that he made Anna Pavlova look like a novice when he lunged for them." Henry "Sleepy Time" Maas: "This second circuit man is the only electrician who can change fuSes and snore at the same time. He can sleep anywhere and any way." Davy Jones: "This 'running short of coifee' steward kept dreaming coffee beans were floating through the air and landing in his bunk. We suggest he make his next run lajuara' although he's better known as the 'Brooks Brothers BR.' He keeps tabs on the steward with a stopwatch and a Geiger counter." "Junior" Dan­ Berg iel: 'This clongated bull wiper, after consuming four eggs, six biscuits and two glasses of buttermilk, complaine4 of developing appendicitis. But after skipping two meals he was fit for duty again." Robert "Antwerp Shorty" Masserall: "This atomic age wiper an- Frenchie Defends His Title Frenchy Hub­ bard, (1) oiler on the Ann Marie (Bull) is one champ who doesn't believe In resting on his laurels. Frenchie has often called himself the "best fisherman east of the Mississippi," and Just to keep his claim intact he submits this photo of one of his most recent catches. This dol­ phin measured 54V^ Inches and tipped the scales at 38 pounds. Also in the pho­ to, which was taken by W. Blakeley, are (1r) Gene Dakin, George Stanley. wired his surplus loot back to the States as a down payment on a rabbit, and chicken farm. He says he's going to fool the Texas game warden by shooting his own out of season." lia^-ry "Silent" Kilgore: "This chef seldom says five words-at a time but lets his excellent cooking speak for him." "Fireball" Capps: "This retired swabby fell down the gangplank and claimed-he slipped on George Mi Chang's hotcake batter. Chang settled the case for 8,000 paddoodlie or about 17 cents." "Duke" Fisher: "He claims he's going into the lumber business. The captain has already given him two logs." Lloyd "Willie Boy" Forrest: "He's going to use his SlU money to go back to the cac­ tus country and retire. He also expects to make a fortune out of his 'Forrest Mir­ acle Tonic,' which is a surefire rem­ edy for arthritis. Alverson It's made out of cactus Juice, mesquite oil, alligator milk and rattlesnake venom." Louis "I Veto That" Gracia: "This galley potato bug is going to invest his money in stainless steel and monel metal and sell the stuff to the shipowners to use in the galleys and save the cost of steel wool and cleanser. He says all of his pots and pans are buddies and always stick together." All in all. Berg reports, the run was a good one, with the oaptain good on the draws and the;crew­ men, once they hit Rott^am, having themselves quite a lime in the land of Edam cheese and wooden shoes. the blues." The spirit of both oldtimers is well blended on a 12inch disc labeled "Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy" (Columbia), with "Satchmo," backed up by his current little band, singing and playing 11 different Handy compo­ sitions. This release is one of many late items featuring jazz in all its forms and shadings. Appar­ ently the record companies are go­ ing all-out to give jazz fans, both young and old, plenty to choose from. The selection and the mate­ rial generally was pretty skimpy just a few short years ago. Of late, the major record outfits are sur­ passing the so-called "jazz" labels in their output. i- Seafarers who take their photog­ raphy seriously and probably cut heavily into their payoffs to buy new camera gear or gadgets may find it possible to turn all that to advantage by reading "How To Make Money In Photography" (New York; American Photographic Book • Publishing Co., Inc., $4.50). Al­ though the book is no short-cut to a fortune, it does present a great deal of encouraging advice on prac­ tical ways for making a camera pay off in your spare time. Aside from the inevitable wed­ ding and baby pictures, which quickly suggest themselves as money-making schemes, for Sea­ farers there is a great potential not available to landlubbers. Pic­ tures for travel and trade journals, calendars, news and picture fea­ tures of foreign lands and such items offer a wide field which few people other than seamen can tap.' The author, E. M. Hanson, has dredged up a lot of material from his experiences for thoughtful con­ sideration by amateur lensmen. The book is probably available at most' camera shops and at bookstores also. With an eye to the multi-mil­ lion-dollar volume of the do-ityourself market, the Bakelite Com­ pany, 30 East 42nd Street, New York 17, NY, is leaping to the res­ cue of many home craftsmen. Fashioning its appeal to those who would like to make cabinets, desks, chests and such items but who don't'think they're up to making drawers while they're at it, the concern is producing a wide range of lightweight, sturdy plastic 4 4 drawers, ready to be built into Fans of good reading In history all sorts of do-it-yourself installa­ and biography will find "The Life tions. A brochure telling all about it can be obtained on request to of Abraham Lincoln," by Stefan Lorant, the Lincoln authority, a the company. rich experience in both words and t 4" i pictures. Originally published in a Another aid for the home crafts­ more expensive McGraw-Hill hard­ man is a simplified all-metal at­ cover edition, the entertaining tachment for using a table saw as volume has just appeared as a 50a jig saw too. At speeds of up to cent paperbound Mentor release 4,400 rpm, the gadget makes possi­ pub.lishcd by the New American ble cuts of thicknesses up to four Library of World Literature. Illus­ and a quarter inches. Its 12-lnch trated with 180 photographs, the arm permits work up to 24 inches paperbound book will appeal to in diameter, using standard jig­ young and old alike. Junior can saw blades. List-priced at $9.95, probably use the book at school the attachment is made by Versa long after Dad breezes through it Tool, Lake Avenue at 4th, Racine, after-hours in his foc'sle. Dei Mar Crew Marks Christmas With Shipboard Party (1) What was the name of the famous wife of King Menelaus in Greek mythology? Her's was the face "that launched a thousand ships." (2) If a horserace is listed as a six-furlong race, how long will it be in miles: (a) a half-mile, (b) three-quarters of a mile, (c) a mile, (d) a mile and a half? (3) What school is generally associated with "The Stein Song" made famous by Rudy Vallee? (4) The first woman to become a member of a US President's cabi­ net was Frances Perkins, who began serving under the Roosevelt administration in 1933. What post did she occupy? (5) With what outstanding athletic achievement during 1954 are the names Roger Bannister and John Landy associated? (6) The family feud in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was be­ tween the Montagues and the Capulets. From which side did Romeo come? Sir--^ U' (7) When a spider spins a web, he spins a neat little problem,-too. The drawing at right shows the web and the prob­ lem. Study it. The object is to figure out how many triangles of all sizes the web contains. (8) Before he went to the White House, President Eisenhower was head of a famous American uni­ versity. What was the name of this institution; (a) Notre Dame, (b) Princeton, (c) Columbia, (d) Stan­ ford? (9) Which are the Benelux countries? , (10) One of our earliest presidents issued a doctrine bearing his .name which even today governs US relations with Latin America. What Being at sea during Christmas didn't dampen the Yuletide" spirit of the crew of the Del Mar (Missis- �.-i- SEAFARERS February 18, 1958 Says ReUgion9 Labor Are Linked To the Editor; ~ Any . labor organization which does not provide a definite' in­ centive for a member to advance, for himself and his family, is like a ship without a destination. The majority of men who go to sea are working for something, or someone, other than themselves. Many are working for their wives, children, mothers, brothers and sisters, or sweethearts. , Most Seafarers do not work for others solely because of religious beliefs. They do it out of a sense of fair play and the knowledge that all of us in this world must help each other. Nevertheless, I think religion has a great deal to do with our economic life. I think it is one of the tragic errors of this century to consider a man an impersonal creature, like a machine, who owes nothing to anyone except himself. We recognize the family as the backbone of society. But a fam­ ily cannot by itself satisfy all a man's needs of body and soul. No family, for instance, has enough craftsmen or the productive abil­ ity to supply all the material things a man needs to live safely and comfortably. And besides his physical needs a man has educa­ tional, recreational and religious needs as well. Must Work Together Therefore, a man must work in harmony with other men gathered together to work for the common good. This is the principle on • LET IE R S ' She Likes Story On Bombay Shop Aboard the Antinous are (l-r) Mike Eala, galley utility; George Hires, second cook; Bryan Von, chief cook, and Paul C. Carter, baker. Crewmembers say meals on ship are tops. grated, the better we will be able to help each other. Ray Brault • (Ed. note: Brother^ Brault is ap­ parently re/erring to the recent address, of Father William J. Kelley of Catholic University in the SIU's new Baltimore hall. Father Kelley helped to kick off Maryland la­ bor's fight against adoption of a "right-to-work" law in that state.) tit Injured Brother Wants LOG Sent To the Editor: If possible I would like to have the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to my home as L would like to keep up with the news of tha Union and the ships I sailed on. I was hurt quite badly in an auto accident last August—on Fri­ day the 13th—and I am at my home in New Hampshire and ex­ pect to have an operation on , my jaw in about six weeks. Believe me, I can't wait until I am again in good health and can go down to the hall and get a ship. I generally ship out of Boston. I sailed for Standard Oil a few years back, but the working and living conditions on SIU ships are tops. Raymond M. Davis (Ed. note: The LOG will be sent to you:.) Seafarer Ray Brault, author of this' letter, is shown here with his four-year-old daughter, Diane. which we have built our Union— an organization in which each man contributes his particular skill for the benefit of himself, his fam­ ily, his profession and society as a whole. This spirit of brotherhood—as in our Brotherhood of the Sea—is the essence of religion and shows how vital religion is to our eco­ nomic welfare. The SIU has proven in Baltimore that labor and religion can be con­ solidated, and I believe that the more religion and labor are inte- Burly Pare Fifteen LOG 4" 4- 4" Parents Thankful For SIU Benefit To the Editor: This letter is in appreciation of the $200 maternity benefit, plus the US savings bond, which we received for the birth of our daugh­ ter, Angela Sue Nuckols, who was born on April 24, 1953. Had we waited much longer- to write this letter, Angela would have been old enough to do the job herself. However, we hope you will forgive our negligence and accept our thanks, belated though they may be. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Nuckols To the Editor: I am the proprietress of Cherry Souvenirs in Bombay, and I would like to thank you-for your kindness and the good publicity you gave me by printing the photographs of my curio shop in the SEAFARERS LOG of-October 1. I am happy to say that I receive the LOG regularly and carefully save all the copies for reading by the Seafarers who visit my shop. As a token of my gratitude, and in appreciation of your efforts, I have sent a silver-and-bronze plate, which I hope will meet with your approval, to be placed in your Union hall. This plate is a mag­ nificent representation of the an­ cient art and culture of India. The ship's delegate of the Steel Voyager is bringing this plate from Bombay to New York and will present it to you. Mrs. D. Parkes Calls Galley Gang 4 4 4 On Antinous Tops Pals Beunited To the Editor: Because of LOG ' I have b^en on most of the Delta Line ships, including the passenger ships, and believe me, brothers, on those ships you really eat. When I caught the Antinous (Waterman) six months ago, my friends in t^e New Orleans hall told me to be ready to eat plenty of potatoes. Well, I came aboard weighing 175 pounds, and although I've been trying to watch my eat­ ing, the scales now register be­ tween 195 and 200 pounds. I wouM like to say that all the boys in the galley here not pnly cooperate very well, but every man is capable of cooking a very good meal him­ self. I've never seen such good cooking. Every man on the ship feels the same way. It's obvious that when these boys cook they Duet don't do it just to get thpir pay, but have a real feel­ ing about it. On many cold days we have" hot rolls and we also generally get rolls and something extra at coffee time. In closing, I would like to say that these boys rate with the best chefs of any restaurant I have ever been in. Maurice (Duke) Duet Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch wHh headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transnilssion on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the men involved. His Alibi Tfi the Editor: I would like to thank you for printing my letter about the crimp joint on West 28th Street in the SEAFARERS LOG of December 24. I would also like you to know that because of this letter I was able to locate an old pal of mine, former policeman John W. Donald­ son, who wrote a letter which ap­ peared in the LOG on January 21. Believe me, the LOG really gets around. I want you to know I enjoyed reading Donaldson's article and everything he said about "Captain" Horn and his crimp activities was true. I also enjoyed reading the letter from Seafarer Thor Thorsen about what went on in the old days. I know that the SIU has done an excellent job in correcting such abuses and all the members should be very proud of it. Albert H. Kisch 4 4 Hosiery Workers Sfiawn SIU'Movie To the Editor: I would like to thank you for your generosity in lending the film, "The Seafarers," to our or­ ganization—Branch 92, American Federation of Hosiery Workers, AFL, in Marlinsburg, W. Va. This film was shown at our meet­ ing on Monday night, February 7, and proved to be an interesting and educational account of the great strides your union has made. As you probably know, hosiery is one of the sick industries, and while we have nothing as .magni­ ficent as the SIU, we have made progress through our union. Joseph O'Leary, Pres. Branch 92, AFHW, AFL 4 4 Showing .r "{ou vtlBIZB SpPFbS^ TO — fZBUe^B MB AT ^ ^ WPTSA SIS WBAf . 4 Bisabled Member Wishes LOG Sent To the Editor: I would appreciate it if you would put me on the mailing list for the SEAFARERS LOG. I was recently put on the disability list and retired to the h^ls of Birming­ ham, Ala., and I would like to have the LOG so that I can keep up with the news of the Union and my old buddies. Altogether I spent about 37 years sailing, mostly out of Gulf ports, and the changes, I have seen, especially since the SIU was started, surpass all a man could hope for. Charles E. Spencer (Ed. note: Your name has been added to our mailing list.) Quite A Sight 4 Mother-Mu'Law Likes LOG9 Too To the Editor: Believe it or not, but I have a very good mother-in-law. I know it's hard to believe because good mothers-in-law are hard to find. Since she is a good one, I would like to show her my appreciation by requesting that you put her on the mailing list for the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG. My mother-in-law lives with my wife, and when I was on the beach I used to bring the LOGs home and my mother-in-law started to read them and became very inter­ ested in them. Now that I am aboard ship— I am now on the Val Chem—she does not see the LOGs any more and she misses them. So if you would be so kind as to mail them to her, I would appreci­ ate it a lot. Thank you. John Yandenberg (Ed. note: Your request is being taken care of.) I Kenneth Ray McWaters III is wide-eyed as he looks around New Orleans hall. Ken is being held by poppa K. R. McWaters, Jr., who ships iri~ the black gang. Young Ken is two years old. By Bernard Seaman BUFOBD,TmV SBt^B1 WAS IM lyB PUBLIC UBRARY" 1 ""3 �SEAFARERS Pace Sizteem Febraary It. ItSS LOG ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS .. SEAMONITOR (ExceUlor), OM«mber « ^Chairman, A. Willlami, Saeretary, C. Fojifar. Ship's delegate reported that draws will be in American currency, and innerspring mattresses wlU be suppliea for the next voyage; Discussion on time off In foreign ports, and the ship's dele­ gate requested that members go throu^ proper channels in regard to time off. Canal workers should be kept out of pas­ sageways while ship is In transit. Crewmembers were requested to write to their congressmen about keeping the ma­ rine hospitals open to merchant seamen. I[,t \(f STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), Decembar 24—Chairman, John B. Garrison; Sec­ retary, E. Cordon. Complaints made about faucets in deck department toilet. It has been 28 months since the deck quarters have been painted. A vote of thanks was given to the steward depart­ ment for the Thanksgiving dinner that was prepared and served. NATIONAL FREEDOM (National Ship­ ping and Trading), December 19—Chair­ man, J. Stogatis; Secretary, G. Dryan. Ship's delegate reported that the captain will give a draw on arrival in port. Mo­ tion made and carried to have delegates draw up a repair list and turn same in to ship's delegate. The steward reported that a check of mattresses would be made during the next linen change. Stew­ ard department was given a vot# of thanks. at payoff as some of them have been re­ ported missing, possibly due to atevedores in foreign port. Repair lists are being made up. SUZANNE (Bull), November—Chair­ man, none; Secretary, Q. Remaud. Sev­ eral men on night watches complained that there is rarely any night lunch left by late evening. Beq/s by the entire crew on the quality of the food served. ALEXANDRA (Carras), November 11 —Chairman, Siymanski; Secretary, W. Hand. Motion made that ship's delegate see the patrolman about milk. SUward asked that all soiled linen be returned to him. The crew gave a vote of con­ fidence to the steward department, es­ pecially the cooks for their fine work. Effort should be made by all to try and keep the messhall clean between meals as welt as during meals. November 21—Chairman, V. Siymanski; Secretary, P. Sauger. All beefs have been settled. Ship's delegate- reported that pumpman was justified in being fired. Suggestion made that permit men try to cooperate with each other. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Novem­ ber 20—Chairman, A. Shrimpton; Secre­ tary, D. Moon. No beefs reported aboard. There is a sum of $60 in the ship's fund. Procedure for the drawing of the new traveler's checks explained by ship's delegate and after some discussion the crew agreed to cooperate in every way possible. The steward welcomed ali crewmembers aboard and said that he would like to hear any suggestions as to menus. TRANSATLANTIC (Pacific Waterways), December 19—Chairman, C. Yearwood; Secretary, L. Swerllng. All repairs have been taken care of. Brother Marshall gave a short talk on the issue that we are now confronted with as a union, and in order to protect and preserve what we now have we must conduct ourselves as true union men while aboard ship. All present promised their full cooperation FRANCES (Bull), Docsmber 26—Chair­ in the cause. man, J. Parker; Secretary, H. Reeve. A vote of thanks was given to the steward LOGANS FORT (Cities Service), Decem­ department for the good meals served on ber 26—Chairman, J. Said; Secretary, R. this vessel and particularly for the ex­ Bennell. Vote of thanks given to the excellent Christmas dinner. A suggestion ship's delegate Thurston Lewis who had was made that the ship's delegate ap­ to leave the ship as a result of an un­ proach the captain regarding the pur­ fortunate accident. The steward depart­ chase of an automatic electric time clock ment was given a vote of confidence for for the washing machine. the exceptional Christmas dinner. t •' |c V' SALEM MARITIME (Cities Service), De­ cember 20—Chairman, Andy Gowder; Secretary, none. Linen should be put in pillow slip or linen bag instead of tlirowing it down. Crew requested a change in the brand of soap powder. Discussion on radio and purchasing new one. Sug­ gestion made that a sea chest be put on board. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Saatrain), Decem­ ber 26—Chairman, J. Allen; Secretary, Sir Charles. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department for a very fine Christmas dinner and improvements in the food. One pending beef will be set­ tled at payoff. EMILIA (Bull), December 12—Chair­ man, none; Secretary, A. Silvertri. Sug­ DEL MAR (Mississippi), December 19— gestion made to have washing machine Chairman, J. Bates; Secretary, H. Gerdes. moved to mid ship from the stern. The Motion made to get a new water foun­ tain in deck loungei that washing ma­ chine hours be from 8 AM to 10 PM daily: that Christmas fund be kept as party fund, and that $30 be donated for magazines for library. Letter from SlU headquarters discussed, in addition to the Coast (iuard proposals. crew was a.skcd to cooperate and keep the messhall clean and return cups to the sink. December 19—Chairman, J. Reyes; Sec­ retary, A. Silvertri. Chief steward made a motion that crew get clarification on delayed sailing from the patrolman on arrival in port. Linen will be changed on Tuesday morning at a speciled time. Sug­ SOUTHERN STATES (Southern Steam­ gestion made to have two meetings per ship), December 26—Chairman, J. Town- trip. send; Secretary, J. F. Ryan. Steward de­ partment was given a vote of apprecia­ SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatraln), De­ tion for the Christmas preparation of cember 19—Chairman, C. Moseiy; Secre­ foods, plus a worthy word for the baker tary, J. Cole. Melons were not delivered for putting out tasty tid-bits. in Texas. $59.36 in the ship's fund. Night cook and baker given a vote of thanks OREMAR (Ore), December 20—Chair­ for a job well done. h" man, S. Senak; Secretary, W. Masterson. One crcwmember missed ship in Balti­ more. Brothers were cautioned to use valve on the washing machine carefully. The ship's delegate will take charge of Union literature when it arrives aboard. MAE (Bull), December 18—Chairman, Pat Fox; Secretary, Carlson. Motion made to see the agent in Baltimore about get­ ting a new washing machine. $34.69 in the ship's fund. Repairs on lower deck taken care of. A new TV antenna will be purchased shortly. "IT ['S'/ • m STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), December 26—Chairman, W. Jenkins; Secretary, J. Howard. A vote of thanks given to the steward department for a wonderful Christmas dinner. There is 811 in the ship's fund and $3 will be paid for radio at the first draw. Two beefs pending will be settled by patrolman. P'-' W- MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), November 7—Chairman, Rex Coote; Secretary, A. Friend. Coffee urn and washing machine were repaired, and other repairs are being taken care of. Discussion held on new mattresses. ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), De­ cember 20—Chairman, G. Gordano; Sec­ retary, B. Padgett. Chief engineer agreed to repair a few things at a time until he got caught up. Motion made and carried that fresh fruit be placed in refrigerator. Motion made and carried that machinist and pumpman be given a vote of thanks for their efforts and cooperation on mak­ ing repairs. Crewmembers were asked to be quieter in passageways. Suggestion that ship's delegate contact someone in New Yorlf about having a library put aboard. CECIL N. BEAN (Dry-Trans), December 19—Chairman, Paul Arthofer; Secretary, L. W. Pepper. Messhall will be painted during the next voyage. Compliments were given to the entire crew for their good behavior In geiieral. The crew was asked to be in a sober 'condition for payoff. Thanks was given to the pnembers of the steward department who did the work of the chief cook for thirty days due to a leg injury of the cook. WESTERN TRADER (Western Naviga­ tion), Decombtr IB—Chairman, H. Krohn; CANTIGNY (Cities Service), December Sacratary, M. Cross. Report on cleanli­ 29—Chairman, R. Kech; Secretary, A. ness of messroom. Explanation of san­ Ackarman. Suggestion made that meet­ ings be held once a month so as not to bother the 4 to 8 watch. There is $21 in the ship's fund. A motion was made that the ship's delegate see the captain about replacing TV. The crew is willing to chip in with the company for a new one. K; I fe-r- ^•• I te- •fe •:••-• itary work as per agreement. Motion made and carried to congratulate the steward department for a job well done. Warning as to peddlers coming aboard in New York. GREECE VICTORY (Sooth Atlantic), December 12—Chairman, E. Westlake; . AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), December 5 Secretary, M. Gottschalk, Discussion wag —Chairman, F. Paitrano; Secretary, held on repairing lockers in crew's quar­ Wails. Ship's delegate asked for more co­ ters. A new ship's delegate was elected. operation from all departments at all ANN MARIE (Bull), December t times. Motion made and carried that a ship's fund be started and all brothers Cheirmen, W. Whltford; Secretary, E, wanting to donate do so voluntarily. Dakin. Ship is scheduled to make one Brothers were asked not to leave cups, more trip and then It wiU lay up. Crew, spoons and glasses on the stern of the members were asked to put drinking glasses in the glass rack in the pantry ship. and not in the sink. Frenchle Hubbard, DEL ALBA (Mistlttlppl), December 24 the oiler who recently had his picture —Chairman, George Burch; Secretary, R. in the LOG, claiming to be the best fisb Ransome. Motion made and carried that erman east of the MississippL did it a letter be drawn up and given to the again by catching a 34inch dolphin patrolman to see if something can be that tipped the acales nt 38 pouttds. done to relieve congestion in steward deRMiN KBTTERtNG (SM4 BhtpRins), . partment focfsles. Suggestion -made that ship be jomigat^ or «t least sprayed, DKMriwr it-ChatFRiM, R. r*»« tt ifseumwMdiliiia mmfji If* Beware Of Case Chasers Despite the best efforts of the authorities, the Public Health Service Hospitals are still plagued with ambulance chasers. Seafarers approached by these characters or their front men are advised for their own good to give them a fast brushoff. It is well known that the ranks of the ambulance chasers contain many who will charge excessive fees or simply sell out their clients to the com­ panies. Most of them are known to be pretty poor law­ yers or else they wouldn't be digging for business the way they do. The time to choose a lawyer is not while you are sick or injured and being hypnotized by a fast line of chatter. Wait until you are recovered and then if you need an attorney go out and shop around for the best attorney and the best deal you can get. Morte. Motion made and carried to have ship fumigated to eliminate roaches, and to have steward patrolman present while storing ship to- inspect quality of stores being put aboard. Discussion on food and how it should be cooked and prepared. Meats are inferior. COUNCIL GR0V8 ((Jltlei Scrvka), Novtmber 10—Chairman, A. .Panton; Secre­ tary, T. Bolton. Several beefs against the steward will be taken up w'^.en ship-ar­ rives in port. Crcwpjembers were asked to keep the messroom cleaner and to put cups and dishes away. Repairs will be turned in to delegates so J.hey can be handed in at payoff. CHICKASAW (Waterman), October 17 —Chairman, E. Williams; Secretary, R. Secklngev. Discussion held on getting repair lists made up by delegates before end. of trip. Cleanliness of the messroom was also diStussed. All hands agreed to do their part to keep things shipshape. the deck department in getting the ship in shape. Steward department ^Iren • vote of thanks. The messmen are good workers and on the ball. MOBILIAN (Waterman), December 12— Chairman, J. Strlngfallow; Secretary, C. Crabtree. Washing machine will be checked and put in good working order. Crewmembers were asked not to overload same. Request made to get main deck passageways sougeed in addition to all quarters. Men not sleeping were asked to keep the noise down in the passage- > ways. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Carriers), December 11—Chairman, A. Friend; Secretary, A. Janes. There was a lengthy discussion on the problem of the steward taking news of ship's meetings to the captain and also bringing captain misinformation. All departments asked for less noise In the passageways. Mo­ tion made and carried to send a letter to headquarters requesting that the three patrolmen who paid off this vessel last voyage be dispatched to pay off the ves­ sel this voyage as they understand the problems which have arisen aboard ship. : BEAUREGARD (Waterman), November 11—Chairman, M. Rossi; Secretary, T. Scott. Steward agreed to change linen on Friday instead of Monday. The phony literature that is being circulated aboard EXCELLO (Excello), December 12— . ship was read and exposed in an open Chairman, Joe Wagner; Secretary, P. discussion: A letter from headquarters Hammel: Motion made and carried to was read. get in touch with patrolman to come to ,. ship and settle beef on unpaid overtime. ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), November 28 Everything in order aboard .ship. -Chairman, T. Cottello; Secretary, James Prestwood. Discussions were held on putting cigarette butts in ash can In laundry, scuttlebutt being fixed or re­ placed, wipers doing their sanitary work properly. All bookmen were told to vote as soon as possible. Vote of thanks given to cooks for well prepared Thanksgiving Day meal. ANDREW JACKSON (Isthmian), De­ cember 5—Chairman, M. Pugaczewski; Secretary, A. Brodle. Scuppers in galley are stopped up. Wind dodger on flying bridge will have to be fixed. Crewmem­ ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), December 8 ported $13.20 in the ship's fund. The pa­ bers were asked to bring cups and —Chairman, W. McNeil; Secretary, J. trolman made a very careful check as to glasses back from recreation room. Hannen. The ship's delegate reported where the rotten eggs came from. The scuppers in the laundry will not take the CUBORE (Ore), October 12—Chairman, that officers will be at the fire and boat water as fast as it runs down from the J. Keauvey; Secretary, W. Cain. Third drill in Mobile. Motion made and carried sinks. cook missed ship. Quality of meat seems that a letter be written to Union head­ to be bad in comparison with previous quarters in New York about the meat be­ COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), Oe- supplies. Patrolman will contact port ing purchased in Trinidad. A few of the men are fouling up and have been I'ober 17—Chairman, James Mears; Secre­ steward about same. warned. A vote of thanks given to the tary, J. Balton. Delegates and patrolman MAE (Bull), October 23—Chairman, E. hsip's delegate for a job well done. will check stores and slopchest before signing on. The crew was asked to help Carlson; Secretary, J. Shea. There-Is STEEL AGE (Isthmian), November 28— $38.11 in the ship's fund. Cards and other keep the messhall dean. game articles should he taken better Chairman, F. Brannan; Secretary, •. Carter. Motion made and carried to con­ SWEETWATER (Metro Petroleum) Oc­ care of hy crewmembers. Rods for an­ tact the port steward about lack of good tober 24—Chairman, E. Eriksen; Secre­ tenna to be put on hy Sparks. linen and better Jilankets. Motion made tary, F. S. Paylor. Requests nfade that RAPHAEL SEMMES (Waterman), Octo­ to have laundry fixed so as to have suffithe ship's radio be hooked up to the c^nt drainage at all times. All literature loudspeakers in messhall. A new washing ber 14—Chairman, W. Hendarshot; Secre­ that came aboard this vessel while in machine for the crew is needed very tary, R. Musselwhile. Fans were prom­ Far Eastern ports will be -turned over to badly. The patrolman will check on the ised In San Francisco but were not de­ the patrolman upon arrival in New York. Coast Guard regulation of the location livered. Thanks and appreciation was and distance from the fans to the outlets. given to the steward department. Flow­ AMERSEA (Amcrocean), October 4— ers were sent to the families of two Complaints on grade of paper aboard. crewmembers and the crew was thanked Chairman, R. Air; Secretary, George Fiitklea. Discussion on wearing shorts by both brothers. and greasy clothes in the messroom at WACOSTA (Waterman), January 12— meals. The steward asked -everyone to Chairman, M. Matonte; Secretary, J. BedSTEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), Novem­ nar. Payoff wiU be in Seattle. Two men ber 27—Chairman, P. Karas; Secretary, turn in all extra linen before arrival in Brazil. missed the ship in Yokohama. Steward Alfred Perei. Reported beefs about November 18—Chairman, R. Air; Secre­ asked that all dirty linen be-turned in money draws. $10.50 in the ship's fund. before leaving the ship, A vote of thanks Motion made and carried that the ship's tary, O. Coker: Names of performers was given to the ship's delegate for a job delegate go to the captain and find out (Continueci on page 17) done in SlU-style. about launch service ashore. Ship's dele­ gate requested cooperation from all mem­ DEL SUD (Mississippi), January 15— bers concerning money draws. Vote of Chairman, D. Claussen; Secretary, H. thanks given to the chief cook for do­ Ringo. Scuppers in deck department nating a radio. have never been fixed, and sug.gcstion AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers), De­ was made that no one .sign on until this has been taken care of. Crewmembers cember 4—Chairman, F. Damask; Secre­ were told that on custom -declarations tary, A. Bernard. Suggestion made that they are to always write the number of ship should he kept as clean, as this Is articles rather than "x." $45 was taken your home. Garbage should be dumped from the ship's fund for books in library. aft. Laundry will be kept clean hy al­ The chief steward said that this trip ternating departments. Cigarettes should was the best, since the launching of the not be thrown on the deck. ship. ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), December 19 ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Seas Shipping), —Chairman, R. Miller; Secretary, L. Moore. Repairs not completed in Mobile January 12—Chairman, A. Goldfarb; Sec­ retary, G. Whale. In the future any were put on list for this trip. Larger clothes lockers were recommended for member having a beef must take same (Continued from page 3) to his departmental delegate. A vote crew quarters. Chairman Miller talked of thanks was given to the steward de­ about the current Coast Guard threat to with the highest traditions of partment. e.specially the cooks, and to the seamen. A letter from headquarters was those who follow the sea, electrician for showing movies during the read on the subject and crewmen were urged to write to their Congressmen in voyage. "Be it resolved that Captain regard to this matter. Heroism Of SS Steelore Crew Feted ROBIN HOOD (Seat Shipping), Decem­ ber 24—Chairman, O. Hodge; Secretary, D. Hadell. All hands were asked to clean the laundry after using same. Crewmem­ bers were asked to be quieter in the pas­ sageways at all times in consideration of watch slanders sleeping. Discussion on slopchest prices. Many men expressed the opinion that prices are too high. Mo­ tion made that the Union post a price list so member's can compare prices with those charged aboard ship. January 29—Chairman, M. Koponhagon; Socrotary, H. Dembrowskl. Motion made and carried that the Union put at least one full copy of the agreement plus all the amendments and clarifications on every ship so that the delegates can check on any questions that may arise. Sug­ gestion made that new fans be ordered for the rooms. This matter will be brought to the attention of the patrol­ man. Any member getting off ship should-turn his linen in to the steward and leave the room clean. VAL CHEM (Valentine), January 29— Chairman, J. Karl; Secretary, L. Hagmann. Repair list given to the captain. The crew was notified that there wonld be no more shipboard promotions. 8123A3 reported in the ship's fund. Motion made and pasted to buy a television set out of the ship's fund. New cots are needed as thg ones aboard are old and torn. Crewmembers asked that the springs on the bunks be repaired until new bunks can be installed. REPUBLIC (Trafalgar), February 2— Chairman, J, Doris; Secretary, W. Berth. Discussed the repairs made to date and accounted for money received for vari­ ous cauaee. New fans are needed for the foc'Bles. OCEANSTAR (Triton), Deeembar 12— Chairman, W. Westcett; Socrotary, A. Burgln. Department delegates were re­ quested to make out repair lists of items which come to their attention. The stew­ ard department will take care of cleaning the recreation room, and the deck and engine departments will take care of the laundry. Fans Will be installed as per agreement. Innerspring mattresses should be suppled all members of the crew as per agreement, and this is to be done before articles are signed for the foreign voyage. SEA8TAR (Marcador), December 5 Chairman, V. Raid; Secretary, J. Kane, A suggestion was made that erew turn any necessary repairs In to > theirT de­ partment delegates in order that a proper repair list can be made for arrivid in Baltimore. Mattresses and fans discussed. There is a very good crew on this ship and all hands are trying to get the ship in SlU order in short time. i ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), Nevambsr IS —Chairman, W. Gilck; Secretwy, J. Purcsll. Suggestion mqde to hoR meetings M little earlier se as men off watch can get the proper real. A short discussion was held by the ship's delegate on the way each SlU man should act, Oeesmbor 9—Chetrmsn, P. Ownas/:4eeretery, J. -Purcsll. Slscustion 6a' time •off by Raymond, his officers and crew be commended highly for their deeds and congratulated for their splendid example of sea­ manship, which exemplifies the excellent standards of the Amer­ ican seamen who today comprise the American Merchant Marine." Seafarers William Mitchell, DM; Henry Shepeta, AB, and E. J. De , Bardelaben, stewaiii, along with several of the officers, were th® subjects of interviews and de- • scribed the events of the trip. Other Seafarers present were; Hipolito Ramos, AB; Geoffrey Mills, DM; William V. Matthews, MM; Norman R. Ulright, wiper;" Charles Daroba, oiler; Edward A,i Guerrero, MM; E. DeLaPena, machinist; Lawrence Johnson, OS; ',' Harold T. Spier, AB; Joseph Padelsky, chief cook, and Samuel Disharoom, 2nd cook. "The Port That BuUt a City," produced by Miss Helen Delich, v/ith herself and Ad Wienert as moderators. Is a regular presenta­ tion of WMAR-TV which empha­ sizes the importance of ships and trade fax people's everyday living by ieaturing waterfrcmt 'lictiVitiM �Tn* S«TCTtecM SBAFARERSLOe PcWnuT IS. 1955 ... DIGEST df SHIPS' MEETINGS ... (Continued from page 16) while on board are to be ctven to the patrolman at the payoff. Bepalr liata will be made up and handed In Immediately ao that department heada can have the repairs taken care of. A vote of appre­ ciation was given to the baker for his attention and service. A list of men who wish to remain with the vessel Is to be taken up and given to the master before the ship reaches her destination. SUNiON (Kea). November 21—Chair­ man, Brother Early; Secretary. ScoHy ^MONETtDtJE: Ex-Gov't Camp Delayed sailing beef for crew which paid off East Braintree, Mass., on December 11 has been settled. Checks are being held in the Boston hall for the following crewmembers; John Dixon, Walter Edwards, Eligio LaSoya, -James Mathews, Kenneth McjCullough, Richard Newell, Lee Parker, Herman Samp­ son, Van Worrell, Walter Zieler. J. 4. The following crewmembers of the Ocean Betty, Ocean Lotte, Ocean Nimet and Ocean Ulla have retroactive wages still unclaimed. They should write the Maritime Overseas Corp., 61 Broadway, NY 6, NY: Malvenan. Brother Malvcnan was given a vote of thanks for the exceUent qual­ ity of stores furnished. Much discussion concerning repairs, painting, etc. The laundry wiU be cleaned by the deck and engine departments and the ship's rec­ reation room wiU be cleaned by the stew­ ard department. Discbarges to be fur­ nished from the time of assignment to the vessel. A vote of thanks was given to the entire steward department for the exceUent meals served. Screen doors on main deck passageways, starboard and port to be rescreened. TROJAN TRADER (rzrsM Dtcsmber S —Chairman, H. Parks; Secretary, W. Thompson. A copy of the repair Ust was handed to the captain and chief en­ gineer. Additional copies wUl be given to the patrolman, the Union and the com­ pany. All crewmembers wiU check foc'sles for any additional repairs and turn them over to the department dele­ gates. AU delegates wiU have overtime ready for the patrolman when he boards ship. A motion was made and carried to take up a collection and have a wreath placed on the grave of the chief cook's niece who passed away whUe he was at sea. ROBIN MOWBRAY (Seas Shipping), No­ vember S—Chairman, P. Calabaugh; Sec­ retary, 3. Shaw. Ship's delegate re­ ported that the captain refused to coop­ erate with the steward on the purchase of stores. Steward requested that all complaints about the food be brought up at this meeting so they can be remedied if possible. Ship's delegate asked all de­ partment delegates to get a repair list in order. Ocaan Ulla V. 9 CGonnor, WUliam M.; Lebmers, Tilt; Burch, Iran O.; Roditls, Dlmltrlos: Davis, David E.; Ferrow, Richard L.; Torina, Samuel: Molsant, Ralph J.; Seratt, Jack D.: Batson, James R. Smith, Donald E.; Neef, William B.: Cantln, Joseph; Martinez, Francisco; Howarth, John J.; Segundo, Demetrio; Franklin, Andrew A.; Walter, Czadowskl; Allison, Blair; Smith, Donald; Schmledel, Frank W. Jr.; Ferron, Richard L. Kim. You Hong; Molsant, Ralph J.; Francisco. James: Panedlols, loannis; Neef, Wi^lam E.; Burch, Iran O.; Howarth, John J.; Nelson, Frits A.; Torina, Samuel; Rossi, Frank; Franklin, Andrew A. rti .'-IK. Seafarers aboard vessels calling' at Bangkok, Thailand, are urged to avoid losing or misplacing the so-called "land­ ing permits" issued to seamen by local authorities, at the risk of being denied shore leave while in port. Author­ ities there report some diffi­ culty caused by permits which have been iosi and have ex­ pressed concern that unau­ thorized persons may obtain them. For this reason, there is a possibility that duplicates may not he issued and thus cause canceliation of shore leave for_ the affected seaman. Seafarers who lose their land­ ing permits should report the loss to the police -immediately or at least before the vessel• sails. The permits are being issued to provide seamen with local identification while they are ashore. presented to patrolman when ship arrives in port. The ship's delegate spoke to the captain about liHing logs. Steward asked crew to cooperate and turn in aU linen. Ocean Betty V. 1 Cantoral, Bcllsarioi Ekeland, Ola: Gon­ zalez, Jose: Fetchko, Andrew; Martinez, Tomas: Rodriguez, Adolfo: McCaskie, Thomas Jr.: Declnque, Joseph; Seroczynskl, Charles: Doyle, Joseph: Anderton, Joseph. Oqucndo. Esteban: Duff. Robert W.: Buckley, Henry A.: Schmolke. Paul T.: Diputado. Esteban; Montano. Frank H.: Fitzgerald. James P.: Dwyer, I-eo A.: Domey. Edward C.: Francis, Marion C.; Ryan. Joseph T.: Shalegaard, Hans M.: Pendleton. Joseph L.: Sullivan. Timothy. Lipari, Antonio: Kammet, Harold; Mar­ tin, James W.: Zetterman. Stew I.: Jette, Marcel: Stianscn. Richard: Huren, Steve: Morris, Calvin D.: Egel, Victor: Danner, Henry R.: Buttel, Harry C.: Murray, F. W.: Smith, Thomas E. Urbaniak, Eugene: Mahoney, James J.: Brenna. Sverret: Erickson, Kenneth: Stankiewicz, Alfred D.: Cullison, Sterling F.; Owensby, Dock J.: Gray, Herman E.: War­ rington, Duane L.: Anderson. Frank E.: EUer. Gilbert E. Jr.: Mahoney, John J. Ocean Betty V. 2 Andrews, Carroll H.: Dwyer, Leo A.; Walker, Ottis D.: Beem, Jimmie A.: Ryan, Joseph T.: Fick, WUliam J.; Craig, Ar­ thur L.: Deiblcr, Benjamin: Schrottmann, Fred:. Caddy. William A.: Helducki, StanIslaw: Lipari, Antonio: Sullivan. Timothy. Ocean Betty V. 3 Hackney, Hoyt L.: Parnell, James H.: Walker, Ottie D.: Sullivan, Roger W.: Harper, Leon C.; Jenson, Bjoerne: Shaf­ fer, William V.: Harper, Carroll: Bryan, George H.: Card, James W.: Bell, James E.: Singer, John W.: Cullison, Sterling F.; Ende, Johannes: Smith, Andrew A.: LaCoste, James A. Ocean Lotte V. 10 HUdreth, George M.: Doherty, Michael T.: Leidig, Leonard W.: Osborne, William L.; Barbee, Robert K.: Schonn, Hartman: Agol, Bentram: Sidney, James T.: Pozen, Woodrow; Ventura, Baltazar: Pitkofsky, Hyman: Rocha, Alberto C.: Kilbourne, Ralph; Stump, Henry G.: Molsant, Ralph J.: Donnelly, Bernard: Hartman, Nyhl B.; Bryant, Frank W.: MitcheU, Paige A. Ocean Lotte V. 11 Aycock, William A.: Patten, Eugene F.: Egel, Victor: Pozen, W. W.: Pitkowsky, Hyman; Ekroth, Hans M.; Erickson, K. W.; Ryan, L. G.: Dawes, T. J.; Goldstein, Morris: Vlllamor, Cirilo: Gedra, Charlie A. Ocean NImet V. 2 Richardson, Herbert: Kruszewski, Wal­ ler F.: Bednar, John: Popa, Theodore: Greenside, Frederic: Devine, Jolm J.: McGlone, Francis X.: Svensson. Bertil E.: Wills, Leo F.: Robillard. Gerald G.: Bloeman, Gomalre; Bond, Lawrence; Frlssora, Amando. Ocean Nimet V. 3 Miles, Joseph; Topoiian, Garabed: Rich­ ardson. Herbert: Kruzewskl, Walter; Popa, Theodore: Devine, John J.; Bond, Law­ rence; Andrew, Carmelo; Fraln, James N.; Hall, Britton F.; Svensson, Bertil E.; Benbow, John E.; Jastrzebskl, Anthony; Frlssora, Armando. Ocean NImet V. S Wieners, William: Hancock, Jonnic: Roberts. Carlton A.; Moore. Woodrow W.; Zetterman, Sten T.; Stiles, John M.: White, Billy; Moylan, Daniel J.; Charles­ ton, Donald H. Del Signore, Gino; Huhn, Arthur; Hud­ son, Jack: Hartson, Dean L.; Arong, Marcllo: Rosenfelt, Oscar;. Fortler, Ber­ nard B.; Oziel, David: Boles, Bernard J.; Bergstrom, James; Forrest, George B. Ocean Ulla V. t Milllson, Wm. H.: Davis, David E.; Howarth, John J.: Smart, Alexander; Ruff. Gottfried; Nemeth, John; Sadler, Jo­ seph E. DonH lAkse Thut Bangkok taken care of. Ships leaving the Statea ing messhall and recreation room clear ahould have a sufficient ilopcheat aboard especially the card players. Treasurer re­ ported $108.71 in the ship's fund. prices in foreign ports. BENT%FORT (Cities Service), January 2—Chairman, H. Grant; Secretary, R. Hammond. Discussion held on keeping the messhall clean. All men to be prop­ erly dressed when entering the messhall during meal hours.- All brothers reminded to contribute to the ship's fund. $EACORAL (Orion), December 27 — Chairman, Charles L. Volk; Secretary. Morris J. Black. Motion made to inform the new crew that the washing machine .wringer la broken, and that stores should be checked before sailing. Stores should be checked when they come aboard. EVELYN (Bull), December 25—Chair­ DEL CAMPO (Mississippi), December 26 man, W. Aycock; Secretary, T. Moller. A —Chairman, H. Cordon; Secretary, W. special vote of thanks goes to the steward Harper. The crew gave the steward de­ partment a vote of thanks for their serv­ ice, and speoial thanks was given the cocks for such wonderful tasty food dur­ ing the voyage. The steward praised his own department for the finest coopera­ tion given him during the entire voyage. ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), December 12 —Chairman, J. Aloysius Ryan; Sccratary, J. Thomassen. On December 2nd there was a meeting with the Union patrolman, port steward, ship's delegate, the stew­ ard, chief cooks and baker in trying to find a way to reduce the waste. The steward explained to the crew that.in the feeding of this particular vessel there is a considerable amount of waste, fat and bruised meat that is purchased in Trini­ dad. As far as any other waste, the cooks aboard are very conservative. December' 28—Chairman, J. Smith; Seeratary, J. Ryan. The steward department was given a vote of thanks for a fine Christmas dinner, also for services ren­ dered by the messman. Arrival pool wiU be applied to the new ship's fund. The old fund has been donated to the family I and the cooks for a swell Christmas din­ ner. The entire crew appreciated the extra work and effort that went into it. KATHRYN (Bull), Decembar 27—Chair­ man, Mika Zailnka; Sacratary, A. Gon­ zales. Vote of thanks for the messman and pantryman. No beefs reported. A little matter about Dominican Republic . custom officials eating with crew to be taken up with patrolman. ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), December 12—Chairman, I. Peacock; Secretary, James T. Wilson. Mattresses, springs and chairs have been ordered. Motion made i and carried to have gaskets put into port­ holes that need them. ROBIN DONCASTER (Seas Shipping), December 26—Chairman, Newton Paine; Secretary, Ken Neumann. Motion made and carried to hold a special meeting with the patrolman at port of payoff. I Several complaints about poor stores, es' pecially fruits and vegetables. Crew agreed to take up a collection for de­ ceased brother. ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), Decem­ ber 24—Chairman, T. Gillespie; Secretary, J. Wilson. Motion made and carried to ask patrolman to try to correct the cab situation in Port Neches. Texas. Ship's delegate will see the steward concerning of Brother Claude Walker, who passed floor boards' in chill box. away this voyage in San Juan. COMPASS (Compass', November 22— I BEATRICE (Bull), January 2—ChairChairman. J. Phipps; Secretary, P. Plas: man, A. Schivone: Secretary, Roger Hall. SAND CAPTAIN (Construction Aggre­ STEELORE (Ore) December 12—Chair­ cik. The matter of disputed overtime gates), December 27—Chairman, J. Shul- i Ship's delegate read a letter from SIU man, Jack Wise; Secretary, E. J. DeBar- will be taken up with the patrolman in er; Secretary, John Jellette. Ship's dele­ i headquarters and discui^on followed. delaben. The chief engineer has asked addition to the promise of new mattress­ gate gave a short address advising the to fix the crew's washing machine. AU es and pillows. The present linen is in men that he would contact company offi­ bad shape and should be replaced. repairs have been turned in. cials regarding draws and necessary re­ pairs needed. It was unanimously agreed MICHAEL (Carras), December 4—Chair­ - LOGANS FORT (Cities Service), Novem- that should a man leave on his own he man, none; Secretary, Charles Starling. bar -127—Chairman, B. Cordy; Secretary, should pay the cost of transportation from $31 was collected from the crew for the T. Lewis. A special meeting was called the States for his relief. Suggestion made ship's fi.ind, out of which $7.29 was taken to determine Why shore leave was not list be made up every three for a radiogram. Motion made and car­ permitted. Motion made and carried that that abydraw department delegates so that the ried to rotate watches in deck depart­ each member claim overtime after 24 days captain has time to get the money. Some ment. The baker was given a vote of hours after the last launch left. complaints about lockers not being suit­ thanks for his work and the crew should December 11—Chairman. T. Lawis; Sac- able. ^ do all they can to help him get a book. retary, W. Pritchett. Minutes of special meeting and last regular meeting were VAL CHEM (Valentine Tankers), DeSOUTHWIND (South Atlantic), Novem­ read and accepted. Ship's fund discussed cemtier 30—Chairman, Frank Latimer; ber 28—Chairman, D. Dambrino; Secre­ further. $40 was sent to the editor of the Secratary, Gillespie. Report on the tary, H. Corde's. The ship's delegate wrote LOG for copies of bound logs and $7.75 chief mate W. to be handed to the patrol­ a letter to headquarters telling them was paid to the ship's delegate reimburs­ man. Request to see the steward what a terrible state the ship was in ing him for radiograpt sent to headquar­ about a largermade toaster for the crew's when crew signed on in New Orleans. ters concerning new mattresses. messhall. Crew should cooperate in keepSuggestion made that a new washing ma­ chine be put aboard next trip as well as ARLYN (Bull), December 4—Chairman, a refrigerator for the crew messroom. George H. Seeberger; Secretary, Clyde Kreiss. A vote of thanks was given to the COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), No­ steward for the good tasting vember 28—Chairman, S. Barnes; Secre­ food anddepartment very good service rendered. The tary, J. Colder. Repair lists were turned usual repair lists were made out by de­ in on November 22nd and some work Is partment delegates. The following men are a.sked to being done. Remainder of repairs wUl be PiBSliNAtS Louis M. (Smokey) Deckelmann Contact Mrs. Floyd H. Smith in New Orleans regarding important mail being held for you. 4, 4 4 Nesbett Legion Morrison Urgent you contact your mother at 513 East Brought St., Savannah. 4 4 4 Billy K. Nuckols "Remember the Alamo!" "Remember the 23rd!" (Signed) Your wife. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 J. Foster Mapp Important you write to Jimmy Mapp at Box H-2, Angola, La. Charles Pitt You are asked to get in touch with Mrs. Bemice Simpson at 1320 Eastlsfinth St., Brooklyn, NY. Neill Abemathy Red Braunstein wishes you to contact him at the Wilmington hail. Ernest Your mother hear from you. Canal St., New 4 II. Ibarra is very anxious to Contact her at 404 Orleans. . Charles Tullla Cities Service has check for wages and subsistence due you from the Chiwawa. 4 • 4 4 GEORGE LAWSON (Pan Oceanic), Oc­ tober 24—Chairman, J. Brooks; Secretary, J. Sweeney. Motion made and carried that the new man who just missed ship be refused a job. Pocket books in crew library will be put away for safe keeping while ship is in port. November 17—Chairman, J. Hauser; Secretary, C. Magnan. Ship's delegate asked to see chief engineer regarding re­ pairs to steward department shower valves. Suggestion made, that drains and valves in all wash rooms and showers be checked. TRINITY (Carras), December S—Chair­ man, J. BuzelewskI; Secretary, M. Raid. A motion was made and carried that all key men should be shipped two to three snoinotpij Xed o; a.veq ;,uoa\ uaui sq; os days ahead of the crew when a ship has been laid up, so that any repairs can be Qaiz Answer pick up mail being held for them in the Boston SIU hall: James Cozier, Nick DlMaio, Jo­ seph Dumuth, J. Freeman, Joseph Goldman, William Grimes, John Houlihan, Danny Hunt, Earl John­ son, Wm. C. Kennedy, Joseph Londy, Arthur Petrin, Woodrow W. Pozen, Francis Roberts, J. B. Smith, Charles Sutton. 4 4 '4 INES (Bull), December 27—Chairman, Brown; Secretary, A. Vayevofski. Wash­ ing machine should work if not over­ loaded. A letter will be written and sent to headquarters on extra life saving gear. A vote of thanks was given to the stew­ ard department on the Christmas dinner they prepared, and for the service of the pantryman and messman. Discussion held on the Coast Guard issue. Letters will he written to Congressmen by crewmembers. 4 I BIENVILLE (Waterman), January 3— Chairman, Jim Davis; Secretary, J. Elliott. Steward spoke on stores and how the Union, is working .to get better stores aboard the ship. Two brothers missed ship in Mobile. Puzzle Answer •QSIQ CQElgjCl :' BBQ OBSS] QHIill; DOS GSIlilZinSSSIlQ SSQ ummm sniiaoaas] SBSB: QESS ' BBSS saiziiBssso saoQ SSIS SIS: SSD Qisia •dDQ HQanQBsiis snos Qass Christopher McBrien (1) Helen of Troy. You are asked to contact Wel­ (2) (hi three-quarters of a mile. •QB SDBS] OSSB A furlong is a disiiance of 660 feet, fare Services at headquarters. which is an eighth of a mile. (3) University of Maine. Editor, (4) Secretary of Labor. (5) Both ran the mile in less SEAFARERS LOG, than four minutes. Bannister, did it 675 Fourth Ave., first in 3:59.4, but Landy later topped his mark with an even 3:58. Brooklyn 32, NY (6) Romeo was a Montague. I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—pleose (7) The number of triangles of put my nome on your mailing list. (Print Information) all sizes is 75. There are five sets of 13 triangles each (a) and super­ imposed on these are five sets (b) of two triangles each, which are NAME formed by the right and left halves of the first five sets. STREET ADDRESS CITY \A ~7 \ w .ZONE Signed- . STATE . For Rent TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you arg an elif tubterfbar anrf hava a chanq* Night club for rent, accommoda­ al addrata, plaaia qiva your fcrmar addrai* balowt (8) (c) Columbia. tions for 150 customers, $175 per (9> Belgium, Netherlands and month for building and fixtures. ADDRESS Located, Houston, Texas. Contact Luxembourg. US (10) James Monroe, fifth A. F. White. 421 Texas Avenue, ..ZONE CITY Texas City, Texas, Phone 5-2442. 1 president. -ro; v.-.STATS VtAV ,:i -"*• :7 , ( SWEETWATER (Metro Petroleum), De­ cember 26—Cllairman, James Meares; Secretary, Frank S. Paylor. Motion made to give a vote of thanks to the steward department for the weU conducted holi­ day work. Suggestion made to keep feet off the chairs in the messhall. The wash­ ing machine needs a new wringer. Water cooler requested for the portsidc of crew's quarters as the one on starboard side is very inconvenient. Bosun reported $22 in the ship's fund. 4 Bill Gonzales Van Whitney has checked your gear into the headquarters baggage room. The baggage check has been left in the mailroom in an envelope with your name on it. 4 ; Library discussed. No beefs or disputed overtime. i: i C? L • •••aaaaaea. aaMa '•< �SEAFARERS Pare Klrhteea Febrtiary 18, 1955 LOG SIU Gives Him His $$ Worth SEAFARERS Last week was bonanza time for Seafarer William C. Lee in Savannah. As the result of Union efforts Lee collected $1,744 in disputed maintenance money from the Calmar Steam­ ship Company. Since Lee was on the shelf for quite some time with a slipped disc suf­ fered in an accident aboard a-*company vessel, the mainte­ nance money he obtained through the offices of the Union's general counsel made quite a dif­ ference in catching up with lost pay. Lee's troubles began while he was aboard the Seamar (Calmar) as deck engineer. He was using a 24Inch pipe wrench on a winch be­ cause he had been unable to obtain the larger size wrench he needed. Because the wrench jaws were not big enough to give him proper hold they slipped, throwing him to the deck and injuring his back. After spending a sleepless night In discomfort, Lee reported his troubles to the mate and got" off the ship for medical treatment. When he checked in to a Public Health Service hospital doctors found he had suffered the spinal 5 (5 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID PfMi T....i«!r;.//f.r..CC No. Seafarers Receivine Benefits this Period i Averaae Benefits Paid Each Seafarer V Total Benefits Paid this Period 1 1 S<^ \ 1 1 * 1 • 7,2 I WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Death Beoefiit Diaabiiitv Benefita Maternity Beoefits Vacation Benefits Total -4 J \ d-Ss _ if- f./>ej e> 0 A4 g 4S".1 • * JA V • WELFARE. VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Report Lost Baggage Chech Seafarers who lose baggage checks for gear checked at any SIU baggage room should notify that particular hall right away so that no one can improperly claim the baggage with that check. Headquarters officials advise you to do this immediately to avoid loss of your gear and/or trouble claiming it later on. Make sure you notify the hall where the baggage was checked as soon as you find out you've lost the check. SIU representative E. B. McAuIey (right) delivers $1,744 check to Seafarer William Lee in Savannah as William Lee, Jr., looks on. injury and was in for a long siege of medical treatment. Stalled On Payments Subsequently, Lee presented a claim for maintenance to the com­ pany. When company representa­ tives stalled him repeatedly on the ground that his claim needed fur­ ther investigation, he turned to SIU Welfare Services for help. Before the company would pay, it was necessary for the SIU to call up its legal aid to insure enforce­ ment of the contract. The result was that the company had fb come through with $1,744, which at the $8 daily rate specified in the Union contract amounts to 218 days main­ tenance and cure. Previously Lee had collected $200 from the Union Welfare Plan plus a $25 defense bond from the Union in the form of maternity benefits for the birth of his son, William Lee, Jr. Consequently the payments represent nearly $2,t)00 which Lee would not have obtained without a Union contract and the services established by the Union for Seafarers. Hosoital Benefits Paid Since July 1. 1950 • | tiff tIS ^oll Death Benefits Paid Since Tuly 1. 1950 * III ILf SlS flsrl Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 • tS Ids txal Maternity Benefits Paid Since AptU 1. 1952 • ool Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • dQS<^i.<iS tff 1 Total I * Date Benefits Besan 11 r . ' 1 WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Vacation G..li uu Il.uJ ^feifare Estimated Accouius Receivable Vacation US Govetomeat Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS II 1 AJ 1 Hi 041 ai-|l ioilli <fQ Hg '•?(iZ32£ iff Iipta Ho COMMENT; All of the following SIU families cember 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and will collect the $200 maternity Mrs. Eddie Perry, Mobile, Ala­ benefit plus a $25 bond from the bama. Union in the baby's name: 4 4 4 Lynne Kay Brooks, born Janu­ Allen Adkin Cooper, Jr.. born November 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. ary 9, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Allen Cooper, Baltimore, James Brooks, Richlands, North Carolina. Maryland. Nob Hill Avenue, Seattle, Wash­ ington. 4 4 4 Sam Zaiica, born November 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Zanca, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4' Erie Helmer Anderson III, born 4- i 4" Pattric John Mulivrana, born January 4, 1955. Parents, Mr. and James Baniel Sherman, bom December 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. Mrs. Eric Anderson, Jr„ Brockton, January 1955. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Donald Mulivrana, 316 Mass. Mrs. Charles Sherman, Dickenson, Texas. 4 4' 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" 4' 4" 4" 4' 4* 4* 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" 4 4* 4> Susan Marie Lewis, born Decem­ ber 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert I.ewis, Cortes, Florida. John Roy Twaddell, born Sep­ tember 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Twaddell, Bellingham, Washington. 4i 4' 4« James Stephen Meeks, born De­ cember 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James O. Meeks, Hampton, Georgia. ! -i. • \w:\ Louis Hermino Rivera, ' born January 2, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rivera, Jersey City, New Jersey. 1* li- John Ralph Welch, born Decem­ ber 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert M. Welch, Covington, Louisiana. 2 •> • £ I . I .. I' h'. I . • Linda Susan McNeely, born Jan­ uary 5, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James McNeely, Brooklyn, New York. Jackie Ann Daigrepont, born De­ cember 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Daigrepont, Jr., New Orleans, La. George Gilbert Glass, bom Janu­ ary 1, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Glass, Brooklyn, New York. Wanda Diane Ferry, born De­ 4 The College Entrance Examination Board has announced that the next 195U-55 aeries of tests are, Saturday March 12 and May 21, 1955« Of the 33 applicants who have applied, 9 have taken the examination and their grades are In. The remaining 2k. applications are in process of completion and should be available for the Scholarship Committee at the June 25 meeting, providing all applicants qualify. 4 Submitted /Wf A1 Ken, Assistuut Administrator LongJerm Patient Sent Close To Home By Union A seriously ill Seafarer who was about to be committed for^the Seafarer was a long term resl-|responsible for transportation expense. of -Fv* o »-i 4-rt n l-» f 1 T **l VllC dent Of the tllG city, City* DGnSG. long-term treatment has been transferred to a hospital in his dBIlt Consequently arrangements were The next step was to secure re­ home city through the efforts of SIU Welfare Services. The lease of the Seafarer from New made through SIU Welfare Serv­ transfer will enable his pa--^ General Hospital agreed to accept York. Welfare Services was suc­ ices and the Seafarer was driven rents to visit him regularly him as a patient after the Union cessful in this respect, on condi­ down to Philadelphia and admitted and keep in close touch with representatives pointed out that tion that New York would not be to the hospital there without inci­ his course of treatment, which dent. would not have been possible otherwise. The Seafarer had to be taken off the Steel King in the port of Singapore for medical treatment. Seafarers are again warned He was flown back to the US for not to send their baggage COD further observation and treatment .to any Union hall. No Union in New York. hall can accept delivery of any While he was in New York, his baggage where express charges mother contacted the SIU Welfare have not been prepaid. Services Department asking if something could be done to have Men who send baggage COD him transferred to a Philadelphia to Union halls face the pros­ hospital. She explained that he pect of having to go to a lot was a Pennsylvania resident who of trouble and red tape with had been born and raised in the the Railway Express Co. All city. Welfare Services promised COD baggage—regardless of I to look into the situation and see the port—goes to the local ex­ if anything could be done. press office, where it is held, Meanwhile, legal complications by the express company, until had arisen over the Seafarer's claimed. course of treatment and a hearing Seafarers who want to be was scheduled. sure of getting their baggage A postponement of the hearing when they want it, can send it Parents of 111 Seafarer.thank Seafarer Jim Morgan (left) for help­ was secured while Welfare Serv­ to any Union hall provided ing move him from New York City to hospital in his home town. ices contacted hospitals in ihe they prepay the shipping Morgan was one of two Seafarers who made trip along with SIU Philadelphia area seeking admit­ charges. . Welfare Services representative. tance for him. The Philadelphia RonH Send Your Baggage COB �SEAF ARERSHLOG Februitr]^ 18, 1988 SEEW THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN Quite a few of the long-term patients at the Staten Island hospital . seem to be coming around these days, which good news. It's nice for tliem to get back on their feet again after a long stretch on their backs, particularly when it means for many of them coming closer to that "lit for duty" slip. Brother Fred Hauser, one of the brothers who has been in drydock for quite some time now, had the cast removed from his leg and can be found working himself back into shape in the physical therapy room. Seafarer James Westphal, who suffered a stroke and was in rough shape for quite some time, was readmitted for further treatment re­ cently and appears to be doing pretty well now. Seafarer Ahmed Husscn, who has' been laid up since last August, has been fitted out with an arti­ ficial leg and got his first weekend pass since he entered the hospital. It must have felt good to be able to see the outside again for a couple of days. Serafin Lopez, who was in a Venezuelan hospital since last October and had a gall bladder operation came up to Staten Island a couple of weeks ago. He looks to be on the mend. He was on the Alcoa Ranger as fireman when he had to get off. Abdul Mohamed, deck maintenance on the Alcoa Herrman Runner before he was hospitalized, is another broth­ er who is doing pretty well now and looking forward to getting out. Recent Admissions Among the brothers who were admitted more recently was P. I. Irrardolasa, off the Steel Worker. He had a minor operation and ex­ pects to be out before long. He was bedroom steward on the ship be­ fore being admitted on January 24. George Herrman, AB on the Archers Hope last time out, went in for tteatment February 7 for a leg injury. Karl Wetterhom is getting treatment for a ruptured disk in his back and figures to be around awhile. Welfare Services has moved his gear over to the baggage room at headquarters so he won't have to pay rent anymore. He was AB on the Robin Ket­ tering before entering the hospital nn January 18. Other men at the hospital not mentioned here before include Edward Taylor who was on the San Mateo Victory; Angelo Ferric, 3rd cook on the Mi­ chael; Carl Lundquist, AB maintenance on the Seatrain Louisiana; Heinrichi Sterling, FWT on the Northwestern Victory and Christian Voss, who was night cook aboard the Barbara Fritchie. The Manhattan Beach hospital had three men check in there. Francis Lynch and Ernest SmallVoss wood have both been readmitted recently. John R. Klemowicz was also in Manhattan beach for a short period but everything is okay now. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. WiUiam H. Mason USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Clarence Bertrand Irvin Ranew, Jr. L.I. Floyd William G. Trice Benjamin Grice John T. Watt Andrew Noronha ^ USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Herbert H. Armfield Sverre Johannessen Angeles Z. Deheza Mike MicheUK Yue Kung Fah G. L. Nance Lester J. Haag George J. Wanka Samuel Ginsberg M. H. Whitehead D. M. Hebert USPHS HOSPITAL .BALTIMORE. MD. Thonias L. Ankerson Robert G. McKnew Ernest Atkins Edmund H. Marsh Byrd O. Buzbee Thomas Mungo E. DcLaCruz George Olive Leo A. Dwyer Robert W. Scales • Louis Firlie John R. Schultz Joseph GUI William C. Simmons Gorman T. Glaze WilUam D. Warmack Timothy Less Albert L. Willis George B. Little John Zohil Marion Luska USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Mack J. Acosta Leo H. Lang Harry " R. " Lewis WUliara R. Aplin Samuel A. BaUey Thomas B. Maynes Charles W. Barnett Vincent Michel George W. Books Raymond Mormino Charles E. Brady Alfonso Olaguibel John G. Brady William D. Ott Scbast. C. Carregal Aure'lio Patingo Enoch Collins Randolph A. RatcUS WarrenW. Currier Darrell Riley George S. Cutrer Mitchell J. Rodriguez Robert G. Dewey David H. Rucker Hal R. Ellis. Jr. Benjamin C. Seal Fred Fagan, Jr. Antonio G. Soils Henry S. Sosa Leo Fontenot MU.es C. Foster Token H. Spiers Eart G. Garberson G. J. St. Germain ' Alfred Garcia Goon Poy Thlu William Grimes Julius P. Thrasher Kristlan Gunderson Lonnie R. Tickle E. T. Hardeman Marion C. Vester Edgar Harman James E. Ward Earl L. Hodges Howard O. WUUams Konstant N. Kain Lew. R. WilUamson E. G. Knapp David A. Wright USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON. MASS. Frank Alasavich Peter Jomldes : .AJitr,e.d .A. Hanckock Frank Simiona I HARBOR GENERAL HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES. CALIF. Thomas F. Galvin USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Max Byers M. Meguissoglu Olav Gustavsen Charles Neumaier Francis J. Haigney Joseph Perreira John G. Kelly P. S. Yuzon C. McBrien USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. E. G. Brewer James T. Moore AUen D. Edenfield John H. Morris Rufus L. Fields Frank F. Nelson Jimmie Littleton GuiUermo Pena Angelo J. Martins USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton' USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT. MICH. Tim Burke USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Benjamin Deibler Jose Santiago Virgil Harding Edward J. Toolan Woodrow Meyers SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NV Joseph Koslusky USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Abdul Mohamed Hussen Ahmed C. H. Allardice Joseph Neubauer B. CaiUorina Ernest Ramirez George H. Robinson Carl A. Carlson Juan Ruiz John Doherty A. Ferrie Matti Ruusukallio Leon Byzop George W. Flood Estell Godfrey Victor ShavroK Lonnie Hall Carl Sundquist Fred Hauser Edward J. Taylor WUUam R. Home Samuel L. Vandal J. Waldron P. I. Ibardolasa Serafin G. Lopez K. G. Wetterhom Clifford Womack Joseph Malone USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. NY Kaarel Leetmaa F. Bacomo James Lewis F. Bemrlck C. F. Blank Arthur X.omas Francis P. Lynch Robert L. Booker Joseph McGraw' Joseph G. Carr Archibald McGuigan Hoe Yee Choe Vic MUazzo Jar Chong Melvin Moore John DrlscoU Eugene Nelson Bart Guranick Daniel F. Ruggiano Domingo Guyal George Shumaker Talb Hassen H. Tuttle Thomas Isaksen Ludwig Kristiansen Renata ViUata Frederick Landry Virgil Wilmoth James J. Lawlor Chee K. Zal • Fife Ninetedi Co. Mum, Union Obtains Vital Info Although her Seafarer-husband Was fighting for his life in a Navy hospital in Cubia, Mrs. Andrew J. MuUer was not told by his employer of his condition and the circumstances of his near-fatal accident. It was only through the efforts of SIU Welfare Services and the cooperation of the US Navy-*^* that she was able to keep posted on his medical progress and the treatment he was receiving. This situation prevailed although the entployer, the Waterman Steam­ ship Company, was receiving pe­ riodic reports from the Navy on Muller's case. A letter sent to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Hospital by a Waterman representative thanked the hospital "for your pe­ riodic progress reports on the above seaman ex SS Wacosta." It added, "Please inform the patient that we are keeping his wife in­ formed." The circumstances of Muller's accident point up once again the importance of notifying the Union immediately when any crewmember has been hospitalized in a for­ eign port. Had Welfare Services been notified in the first instance it would have made the informa­ tion available to Mrs. Muller from the start. Skull Fracture Muller, who was AB on the Wa­ costa, suffered a compound frac­ ture of the skull and other injuries last November 9 when he fell into a hold. That evening, Mrs. Muller said, she received a call from a Waterman representative. "He told me that my husband had met with a serious accident and had been I m • -m On the mend now. Seafarer Andrew Muller (left) chats with Wel­ fare Services Representative Milton Flynn and Mrs. Muller. 13th, reporting improvement. Then they stopped coming. What happened was that on the 15th, C. Brooks Morris of the com­ pany claims department wrote the Naval hospital that "we are keep­ ing his (Muller's) wife informed." Apparently this was the reason S.S. WACOSTA, V-S7 Andrew James HuUer Injury - November 9th, 19SU. Pear Poctort Thank you for your periodic progress reports on the above seaman ex S.S. WACOSTA. Please inform the patient that we are keeping his wife Informed, -V^ Fart of letter from Co. Representative to hospital. taken into Guantanamo Bay hos­ pital. He said he had no other in­ formation but that I should sit tight and they would give me a daily report." "That," she said, "was the last word I got from the company." The next night she got a tele­ gram from the Navy in Washington giving her the first real informa­ tion about the accident. It in­ formed her of the skull fracture and said further, "you will be ad­ vised of daily progress and prognosis'reports." Another wire came on November 11 and a third on the I-' that the Navy discontinued for­ warding of reports to Mrs. Muller. Meanwhile Mrs. Muller had called SIU Welfare Services in the hope of learning some more de­ tails. The Welfare Services repre­ sentative called the company but all he was told was that Muller had met with an accident and that the company would "let him know" what had happened. Arranged For Reports Failing to get any information from that source. Welfare Services then contacted the Guantanamo hospital directly. Arrangements Injury Was Blessing in Disguise were made for daily reports to be forwarded to the Union office and relayed to Mrs. Muller. Subse­ quently, Welfare Services was in­ formed by the Navy of arrange­ ments to repatriate the seriously injured seaman. Since he was in bad shape, he could not be sent all the way to New York. Instead, he was flown to the Jacksonville Naval hospital. Once he was there. Welfare Services saw to it that Mrs. Muller was flown to his bedside and made further arrangements for his trans­ fer to Staten Island. 1* Ml m The deaths of the following Sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the $2,500 death benefits are being paid, to their beneficiaries: Peter Chefclin, 56: Brother Cheklin died on, September 1, 1954, aboard the SS Mother M. L. Burial took place at sea. He had been a member of the SIU since 1944, joining the Union in New York, and had been sailiqg in the engine de­ partment. His beneficiary is a friend, Klaudia Nikitina, of San Francisco, California. i Henry Nitchmel Grant, 64: Brother Grant died of an injury on January 4, 1955, in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Place of burial is not known. A member of the Union since 1942, joining in New York, he had been sailing in the steward department. Brother Grant is sur­ vived by his sister, Adina Char­ lotte Grant, of New York City. 4" 4" 4" Henry Androvett, 51: Brother Androvett died in the Pilgrim State Hospital in West Brentwood, NY, on January 16, 1955. Burial took place at the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Flushing, New York. Brother Androvett joined the SIU in 1951 in NeW York and had been sailing in the steward department. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Lillian Gillespie of Brooklyn, New York. 4^ Seafarer Frank Nelson is happy that he fell off ladder on Southern Districts and had to be hospitalized just two weeks before the ship was lost. If not for the injury he would be consorting with Davy Jones instead of being attended to by attractive nurses at Savannah Public Health Service Hospital. nI ^ 4> Frank J. Famlglio, 18: Brother Famiglio was lost at sea a.board the MV Southern Districts, which was last heard from on December 6, 1954. He joined the Union in New Orleans in 1953 and had been sail­ ing in the deck department. He is survived by his sister. Miss Susan Famiglio, of New Orleans, La. ••'.5 I �LOG SEAFARERS • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL il •f yr If U • •• : Ore docks are only a 15-mlnute walk from the main street of the town (largre photo, top), but there are few diver­ sions rlffht now. ' ' One of the newest runs available to Seafarers is an eight-day round trip between Sparrows Point, Md., and the French Ca­ nadian port of Seven Is­ lands, Quebec, main outlet to the sea for ore from the newly-developed Labrador fields. Inaugurated last sum­ mer by the SlU-manned Chilore and Sahtore (Ore) after they were fitted with special radar gear for the trip up the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the run was closed out by ice in No­ vember. It is due to start up again soon. Seven Islands, a 300year-old former whaling port, is having growing pains from its new-found importance, but Seafarers like T. W. King, who made the trip on the Santore and furnished the photos for this page, have found the run a good one. The boom for Seven Is­ lands, however, is being felt also by those who are helping to bring it there. Prices for practically ev­ ery item are high and go­ ing higher. Three Seven Islands "belles" watch the action elsewhere as the Santore loads in the background. The ore deposits, 360 miles to the north at Knob Lake, are linked to the ore docks by a standard-gauge Diesel-powered railway. Ore comes aboard on a conveyer belt device which can load a ship in six hours, if all goes well. An estimated ten niillion tons was brought out last year, and this will probably be doubled this season. The loading boss is on deck. ' • J'i The shoppinsr center In Seven Islands boasts two hotels, a bank-post office, grocery and another store. Bui the present prosperity idll spur buildinf as new ore deposits are beinff found all the time. 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Title A name given to the resource February 18, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 4 Description An account of the resource Headlines: AFL, CIO AGREE TO FORM SINGLE UNION FEDERATION SUP, MFOW OFFICIALS REELECTED SIU CALLS BONUS MEETING WC VOTING HALF OVER HOUSE COMMITTEE OPENS QUIZ OF US SHIP AGENCIES TV HAILS STEELORE CREW FOR 'SPLENDID SEAMANSHIP' US UNVEILS DESIGNS OF NEW SHIPS SIU 'MYSTERY SHIP' SAILS ALIEN FLAGS OPEN DRIVE ON '50-50' ILA CRIMP JOINT RECRUITS CREW FOR REJECTED SHIP SIU CLARIFIES SHOPPING REGULATIONS ON ALIENS AFL DRAFTS FUND CODE - FOLLOWS SIU PATTERN SAILOR EYES BARGE BIZ ALCOA MEALS GARBED IN 'NEW LOOK' PMA, BRIDGES WILT; SUP WINS PACIFICUS NO REC ROOM POPULAR PRAISE FOR STEELORE SALVAGE OF THE SAN MATEO VICTORY COFFEE BEAN DREAMS, CREWMEN'S SCHEMES KEEP TRIP PERCOLATING LONG-TERM PATIENT SENT CLOSE TO HOME BY UNION CO. MUM, UNION OBTAINS VITAL INFO Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/18/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/0a6c2a6b81ddc7e9aaa75be98d06b4f7.PDF 642982fcc40a931701a1b6fe2f185798 PDF Text Text II '"i-y: -Story On Page 3 SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • •^41 WC SEAMEN BEGIN 3-DEPT. ELECTION •m4 > v Story On Page- 2 -41 m �•X - Page Two r.r'PiW--- SEAFARERS LOG 3-Depf. Vote On; Climaxes 20-Year Fight Against CP % Rank-&-File Units Check Vote Results SAN FRANCISCO—With the courts having Jbrushed aside delaying moves sponsored by Harry Bridges, the National Labor Relations Board this week began the three-department vote on West Coast ships. The vote is £xpect^ to result in a heavy victory for the SIU Pacific District, representing Sailors, firemen and Marine Cooks and Stewards, AFL. The expected victory will^ Union of Marine Cooks and Stew­ against the Bridges and defunct conclude a fight of 20 years ards, se|^oing ally of Harry Committee for Maritime Unity ef­ standing to eliminate Com­ Bridges, asked the ninth Circuit fort to use seamen for Communistmunist-line •unionism from of Appeals to alter the election the seagoing side of the indus- ground rules. The NUMC&S, which is not on the ballot, asked that voting be confined to steward de­ partment men. Unanimous Verdict The three Appeals jurists ruled unanimously in favor of a threedepartment vote in which the Pacific District will oppose the In- Harry Lundcberg try. The fight has been led by Harry Lundeberg, secre­ tary-treasurer of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, and Vin­ cent Malone, president of the Marine Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders Union. Victory will repre­ sent a triumph for genuine trade unionism as opposed to the kind of unionism dominated by the political twists and turns which the Communist Party line dic­ tates. Balloting began on January 31 with the NLRB mailing bal­ lots directly to the ships. Five siips, the Lurline and the Presi­ dents Cleveland, Wilson, Polk and Monroe will be voted di­ rectly by NLRB representatives. Only men actually in the employ of the companies are being per­ mitted to vote. Men waiting for jobs on the beach are ineligible. Voting was originally scheduled for January 17, but the National SEAFARERS LOG Feb. 4, 1955 w- F(cbruary 4. 1955 Vol. XVil, No. 3 As I See It .Page Burly Page Cro-ssword Puzzle Page Editorial Cartoon ....... Page Editorials Page Final Dispatch Page Inquiring Seafarer Page Labor Round-Up Page Letter of The Week Page Letters Page Maritime " Page Meet The Seafarer Page Notices, Personals Page Off Watch Page Port Reports Pages 12, Quiz Page Recent Arrivals Page SIU History Cartoon Page Vote of Thanks Page Welfare Benefits Pages 18, Welfare Report Page Your Dollar's Worth Page 4 15 8 9 9 19 8 8 9 15 8 8 17 14 13 14 18 7 9 19 18 4 Published biweekly at the headquarters of the Seafarers international Union, At­ lantic & Cult District AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office in Brooklyn, NY, under the Act of August 24, 1912. Vincent Malone ternational Longshoremen and Warehousemen's-Union, Bridges' shoreside outfit. The ILWU has picked up the ball for the disin­ tegrating NUMC&S and has at­ tempted to organize shipboard steward departments. The current election Is Just one more step in the duel be­ tween Lundeberg and Malone on the one hand and Bridges and his allies on the other, dating as far back as 20 years. Traditional­ ly, whether or not it was popuiar, Lundeberg and Malone consistently pursued a trade union policy in the sense of hewing to bread and butter is­ sues affecting the livelihood and welfare of seamen. That, as they see it, is the business of a sea­ man's union. Unionism First This has placed them squarely in opposition to the Communistline policy of placing political is­ sues ahead of trade union Issues. Historically, maritime unions that followed the Communist line, past or j?resent, have enmeshed themselves in a tangle of contra­ dictions. Back in the late 1930s they were for the Copeland "fink book" when other sea unions were against it. Then they whistled a different tune. At other times they have ap­ proved no-strike pledges in peace­ time only to utilize the strike weapon subsequently to affect US foreign policy. Typical of the party-line type of operation is their attitude toward various beefs that have sprung up from time to time. In the Mello Franco beef, the Aleutian beef of last year and the current Pacificus dispute, Lundeberg and Malone fought to preserve the livelihood of the seainen they represent, as. line objectives. This attitude has been roundly condemned in Communist-line lit­ erature as representing a back­ ward and selfish point of viewas if the employment and well-be­ ing of seamen should be secon­ dary to other purposes in a sea­ man's union. Actually of course, these beefs, particularly the" Mello Franco, hurt the Communist cause in maritime immeasurably. It was as a direct result of the attempted raid on the Mello Franco that the Coiftmunist-dominated CMU was subsequently destroyed by the AFL maritime unions. That buried the last Communist attempt to roll all the country's maritime unions into one basket. While the outlook is bright for an SIU victory, it's well under­ stood that this isn't the end-all of the problem on the West Coast. However, the assurance that all shipboard departments will be af­ filiated with one international un­ ion and be free from Communistline control is a sign of consider­ able progress. Seek Daily Ship Report For Safety WASHINGTON—A biU re­ quiring ships to report their positions by radio at least once every 24 hours has been Introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Daniel Flood, Dem­ ocrat of Pennsylvania. The meas­ ure calls for this requirement on ships of 500 gross tons or more that are already required to carry radio installations under the 1934 Communications Act. The Pennsylvania Congressman explained that the bill was moti­ vated by the loss of the Mormackite last October with 37 of her crew. In that instance, it was sev­ eral days before survivors were lo­ cated because there had been no regular radio contact with the ship and her sinking did not become known immediately. Districts Case Similarly, the SIU - manned Southern Districts apparently was lost with 23 men several days be­ fore a search was started for the vessel. The search was begun only after she was overdue on her esti-, mated-time-of-arrival report to the home office. Several SlU-conlracted compa­ nies make it a practice to have ships radio positions daily to the home office, but it appears* that the majority of companies have no such requirement or limit it only to those ships that are in US coast­ al waters. . . ,, ^ NEW YORK—^Members of the six-man tallying committee elected at headquarters to count the vote in the SIU's election for officers pair off to check the results on each ballot. Shown (1-r) are: Charles Stambull, William MacDonald, Walter Reidy, Edgar Starns, William Mitchell, who was paired with R. Ewing (not shown). This committee also conducted a district-wide taUy. NEW ORLEANS—Completing work. Seafarers on the tallying com­ mittee for this branch sign report after winding up count' of 1,237 votes cast in the Union's biennial election at the New Orleans halL They are (1-r): Fidel DiGiovanni, Louis O'Leary (signing tally sheet), Sal Mancino, Vic Miorana, A. L. Stephens, Charles King. Each port tally is checked by the NY committee. WILMINGTON, Calif.—Vote count proceeds at SIU hall in this West Coast port as Seafarers elected to the six-man tallying unit recheck their findings before winding up work. Committee mem­ bers shown (1-r) are: J. J. Flanagan (portion of arm visible at far left), J. N. Young, J. Ward, C. C. Brown, J. Paerels. One member is pot shown and was not identified. �:Fe%rdM7 V idSS SEAFARERS Page Tbre» tOd •'^;'.*<:t:^ 5dr:;:U' '^c'"f->b-jr;''?i-rf« ffpw tvillthe current crisis Qp.ef 'Formosa affect Seafarers?^ Will the threat-^Hhe island, by the ChMe^Compmmists^req'ime a mass breakout of merchant^hip8, frpm the reserve fleet to carry a flood of supplies to that Pacific base of wffldffe- shipping needs tlxerff be siich that they can-be han­ dled by ships alfeddr^ M At^ to supply merchant ships in a huimy if neeffed dhd nre^^ supply the crews? With these questions in mind, the SEAFAkERS LOG surveyed the current crisis with a view to determining the demands that may be made on American seamen as well as the availability of ships to meet ivhatever emergency may arise. Here are the LOG*s findings: Traditionally the first to be affected by an international crisis, the US shipping; - industry and the Seafarers who man the s hips are keeping their eyes on the troubled Formosa area. As a result of hot and heavy pressure on the area by Chinese Com­ munist forces, the US is stepping up assistance to the Nationalists and concen­ trating more guns, ships and planes in the vicinity. All that means a bigger job for the US merchant • mood is one of watchful waiting only eight percent of cargo was marine and possibly an in­ rather thant hasty action, and the hauled on foreign vessels. crease in the number of Maritime Administration declares In other words, Formosa, like ships in service. If so, Formosa would be fol­ lowing a pattern set many times before in which the American merchant marine quickly was involved in the forefront of a crisis. In the hos­ tilities of World War II, ships and the Seafarers who manned them were among the first to bear the brunt of the fighting. The 1950 blow-up in Korea placed a ^udden and unprecedented demand on merchant ships to rush huge quan­ tities of supplies and support such operations as the landings at Inchon ^gnd the evacuation of Hungnam. The near-collision in Indo-China saw "US merchant ships moving under sniper fire from hos­ tile Communist forces. Ship Breakout Seen In more peaceful operations, Seafarers were called upon to move mountains of supplies to war-stricken Europe and Asia un­ der various operations such as UNRRA, the Marshall Plan, EGA, and the many coal and grain pro­ grams. Now Formosa is the focus of a major Government opera­ tion. Since the US merchant fleet is already lugging considerable quan­ tities of Government cargo to 'Korea, Indochina, and Japan and has been depleted by transfers, any sudden good-sized pick-up in ship­ ping would mean a breakout from the US reserve fleet. Even be­ fore the current Formosa blow-up the Foreign Operations Adminis­ tration was talking about pulling Government ships out for coal and gi'ain- because the Maritime Ad­ ministration has transferred for­ eign about 90 ships in the past year. Nobody expects anything like the breakout of over 500 ships such as took place dur­ ing the height of the Korean War. That would only happen In the event US forces were Involved in direct action, in which case the book would have to be thrown away and everything that could float would be put tb use. A more likely. prospect would be a modest breakout between 50 and 100 ships, including 15 of the modern Mariner ships that were built since Korean war days. A breakout of these ships would require 2,000 to 4,000 seamen—licensed and unlicensed. Right now, the Government's that there are no plans of any kind to pull ships out of the reserve. Actually, it wouldn't take more than a week to whip the Mariners into shape. The usable- Libertys and Victorys in the reserve would take longer and shipyard capacity would be a big factor here. Each time one of these Far East crises boils up, it raises the ques­ tion of the fitness of our merchant fleet. Briefly this is the status of the US merchant fleet today. . • Ships available today are far less numerous than at the peak of the Korean war breakout (Februr ary, 1952). At that time there were 1,288 privately-owned ships plus 528 Government-owned ships oper­ ating. Today the privately-owned fleet has dwindled to 1,142 ships, a drop-off of 146 vessels from 1952. • Two hundred and eighfy-five of 500 useful Government-owned Libertys are now used for grain storage leaving 215 Libertys, the 15 Mariners and. a small number of Victoi*y ships immediately avail­ able. Consequently, the total of ships available right now is about 1,400 compared to slightly better than 1,800 in 1952. More Commitments • The US, with less ships, has more commitments in the Far East today than it had in '52 because of the collapse of the French in Indo­ china and the threat to all of Southeast Asia. That means that less shipping, proportionately, would be available in a Formosan emergency. • While the size of the fleet compares pretty well with what the US had in June, 1950, when Koi'ea erupted, there is no large reserve of idle private tonnage such as existed then. Idle tonnage has been permitted to transfer. • The Korea experience shows we cannot count on foreign ships for quick aid in an emergency. In the first three months of Korea, Meeiing Night Everg 2 Weeks Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and; at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at, 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings Is as follows: Feb. 9, Feb. 23, Mar. 9. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required' to attend the meetings. any other international crisis, brings up the old contradiction between the merchant marine as the fourth arm of defense, and "that same merchant fleet as a private operation that's expected to make its way without top niuch Government help, even if it means transferring wholesale to foreign flags. IStrain On Fleet If the Formosa situation should lead to any large scale hostilities it would mean a terrific strain on tlie aging and dwindling merchant fieet. It would also mean that ships would face the threat of submarine and air attacks. Whether or not the Chinese Communists blow their corks, the US is pledged to long-term defense of the 300-mile-long island of For­ mosa and its 400,000 Chinese Na­ tionalist troops. Formosa is only about 100 miles from the Chinese mainland but a long haul of well over 6,000 miles from US West Coast poi'ts. ••'Ml '-^1 ,J I .1J ^1 Western Pacific defense hinges right now on keeping Okinawa (1) and Phillippincs (2), where bulk of SIU shipping activity is eoncentrated, open as supply points for Formosa (3). SIU ships are also calling at Formosa and may be going in there more and more. Non-Communist countries are in dark shading. Communist nations are in light shading, with Soviet Russia (not shown) meeting North Korea at its extreme northern tip. "il -'•1 ^1 -I Announce A&C Vote Tallyf New Balloting Record Set ' N. Counting up a record total of 6,423 votes, the six-man rank and file headquarters tal­ lying committee has completed its vote count and has issued a report announcing the win­ ners in the two-month SIU elections. Seafarers filled 49 posts in the elections, choosing among 78 candidates in the districtwide vote. A 79th candidate, Frenchy Michelet who received (3)—Ted Babkowski, To'm Clark, not on the ballot, was success^ 4,704 votes in the contest for port Walter Siekmann; New York stew­ ful in a write-in vote. The elections for a two year term began on November 15, 1954 and were completed on January 15, 1955. In accordance with the Union constitution the member­ ship, in meetings on January 28, elected tallying committees com­ posed of two rank and file Seafar­ ers from each of the three ship­ board departments. The headquar­ ters tallying committee served as the committee for the Port of New York and collated the tallying of the outports for the district-wide totals. Final Approval Awaited The full report of the commit­ tee, which appears In this issue, will be presented to the next mem­ bership meetings in all ports for final approval.^ At stake in the election besides the post of secretary-treasurer were six assistant secretary-treas­ urers, nine port agents and 33 pa­ trolmen in the various ports. The winning write-in candidate was agent of Savannah. ard patrolmen (3)—Paul GonsorReelected to the top post in the chik, Howard Guinier, Freddie Union was SIU Secretary-Treas­ Stewart; New York joint patrol­ urer Paul Hall who tallied 5,864 men (6)—Frank Bose, Marty Breitvotes in a three way contest. His hoff. Reed Humphries, E. B. Mcopponents, Ray White and Walter| Auley, Keith Terpe, Ernest Tilley. Philadelphia agent—A. Cardullo; Philadelphia joint patrolman— The full text of the Head­ John Hetzell; Baltimore agent— quarters Tallying Committee's Earl Sheppard; Baltimore deck pa­ report as well as a complete trolman—Leon Johnson: Baltimore tabulation of the district-wide engine patrolman—A1 Stansbury; vote begins on page 6. Baltimore steward patrolman—Joe DeGeorge; Baltimore joint patrol­ Beyeler, tallied 266 and 116 votes man—Rex Dickey. Norfolk agent—Ben Rees; Nor­ respectively. Other successful- candidates folk joint patrolman—James Bulwere: assistant secretary-treas­ lock; Savannah agent—A. Michelet; urers—Joe Algina (deck); Joe "Vol- Savannah joint patrolman—Nevin pian (engine); Eddie Mooney Ellis; Tampa agent—Tom Banning; (steward); Bob Matthews, Bill Hall Tampa joint patrolman—Benny and Claude Simmons (joint); Bos­ Gonzales. Mobile agent—Cal Tanner; Mo­ ton agent—James Sheehan; Boston joint patrolman—James Sweeney; bile deck patrolman—William Mor­ New York deck patrolmen (3)— ris; Mobile engine patrolman— Mike Colucci, Lou Goffin, Tom Robert Jordan; Mobile steward pa(Continued on page 17) Gould; New York engine patrolmen •Ml -I �. - J. 5 •• J:-.' Face FMHP . SEAFARERS .,F«|w«ait lOG Ask Court To Void Sea Chest Suit The SIU fired its opening shot last week in the slopchest dealerInspired Government lawsuit against the SIU Sea Chest with motion to throw the entire case out of court. Union action to upset the suit brought by the Justice Depart­ ment last August challenged basic theories in the Government's case and contended that an action against the Union-pwned slopchest operation could not be made under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The Government charges the Sea Chest with being a "monopoly" under Federal anti-trust statutes. No Monopoly: SIU C. J. (Scotty) Kerrigan (left) and steward R. E. Stough of the Del The SIU has consistently main­ Rio display honors by Liberian President W. V. S. Tubman making tained that the lawsuit arose sole­ Stough "Knight Official of the Humane Order of African Redemp­ ly beeause ship chandlers were tion." Tubman, Del Rio passenger, sent Kerrigan letter of com­ resentful over the Sea Chest's low mendation. prices and high quality goods to Seafarers. In 1954 the Sea Chest saved Seafarers an average of 17 percent in tlieir slopchest pur­ chases. The SIU also maintains it sells only to steamship companies on a competitive basis. The Federal judge hearing the case in Brooklyn, Federal District Court indicated that as the motion NEW ORLEANS—In appreciation of a pleasant voyage contained many extremely techni­ home from a recent visit to the United States, President Wil­ cal and complicated points of law, liam V. S. Tubman of the Republic of Liberia presented offi­ the Union should not expect a cial decorations and commen­ quick decision. The Union was which transported him there from represented in court by General dations to various unlicensed Haiti; He visited Haiti after ah ex­ and licensed members of the Counsel Seymour W. Miller. tensive tour of the Eastern andOne of the main points in the crew of the SlU-contracted Del Rio Southern United States, which in­ (Mississippi). Union case is that the Sea Chest cluded New Orleans. Seafarer Rufus E. Stough. chief is a wholly Union-owned and oper­ The Del Rio arrived in Monrovia, ated corporation whose only cus­ steward, was appointed a "Knight Liberia, with President Tubman on Official of the Humane Order of tomers are Uie men on Union-con­ tracted ships. In fact seamen are African Redemption" and deco­ December 5. Seafarers who were members of in the category of ^'captive" cus­ rated accordingly. Seafarer Cecil tomers since they can't buy slop­ James "Scotty" Kerrigan, pas­ the crew during the voyage said chest goods anywhere else but on senger bedi'oom steward, was given that President Tubman displayed the ships. a personal letter of commendation. an active interest in their work and visited them frequently during the The question is further compli­ Master Cited voyage." He was highly pleased with cated by the fact that the opera­ Capt. William Cornforth, master, the hospitality shown him by the tion ot a slopchest on US-flag was appointed "Commander of the crew, they reported. vessels is required by law for the Order of the Star of Africa." In New Orleans, company offi­ benefit of the seamen. The general On instructions from the Missis­ cials said that the capable and public is not involved. Since the Sea Chest is Union-owned and sippi Shipping Co., the Del Rio put friendly manner in which Seafar­ therefore owned and operated by into Kingston. Jamaica, November ers handled their duties during the the only'ones who can benefit from 20, to take President Tubman and voyage, in typical SIU style, did •what it buys and sens, there is no his party of six aboard. President much to help cement the friendly "monopoly" situation involved, Tubman and his party had reached relations existing between Missis­ Jamaica by way of a British cruiser sippi and the Liberian Republic. the union maintains. Liberian President Honors 2 Seafarers ItllT; ' DESPITE SOME LJVST MINUTE DELAYS, the three-department vote on West Coast ships Is no«f underway and promises final solu­ tion of the problem Involving steward departments on West Coast ships. Unfortunately, for a great many years the basic job problems of steward department men on the Coast have^een pushed aside by political considerations Imposed by the Communist Party's water­ front section. The stewards have taken quite a pushing around during these years and the trade union issues have been hidden by all the dust kicked up-in the process. It should be a distinct pleasure for these, men, and for everybody concerned, to get down to doing business on the basis of trade union policies. Once this election is ovei-, the stewards, with the support of the Sailors and Firemen, can buckle down to the job of building a union that belongs to them alone and not to a political apparatus. IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, YOUR UNION'S NEWSPAPER CARRIED a story on the effects of the coming St. Lawrence Seaway on Ameri­ can shipping. It was concluded at the time that there is a possibility of benefit both for offshore and coastwise trade, provided US ship­ owners took action to get the necessary shallow-draft ships. Other­ wise, smaller Eurpean ships that can make use of the 27-foot St. Lawrence channel would monopolize the trade. Now the "Log," a trade magazine of-the shipping Ihdustry, has -come, to the same conclusion. In a lengthy editorial in its January, 1955, issue the "Log" points out, just as your Union did many months ago, that the Seaway trade will go by default to foreign flags, unless US operators bestir themselves. It is true that most US East Coast operators actively opposed the Seaway. But now that the Seaway is coming, the industry must live with it, and the best way is to take advantage of . whatever trade the Seaway will create. For as the "Log" points out, it could very well be that the smaller ships needed for Seaway operations could be utilized profitably on offshore runs to many of the less-developed ports of the world. THE LAST ISSUE OF THE SEAFARERS LOG CARRIED PHOTOgraphs of most of the Union brothers who are currently receiving dis­ ability, benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. Just this past week the tru-stees of the Plan voted to add more Seafarers to the disability list. Three years ago there was no method for taking care of these men who could no longer work on the job. Today, while it is regrettable that these men no longer sail, at least they have the assurance of a regular income. Before this, the disabled seaman simply had to go on charity. There was no other way. Your Union's experience with the disability benefit has fully con­ firmed the belief that the test of a man's ability to work is fibt his age in years but simply his health. There are some,men op this list, pro­ fessional seamen all, who for one reason or another . were disabled at a comparatively early age — some of them under 40, As long as they met the seatime requirements and were unable to work, your Union believed It was more important to take care of them than to force the retirement of an old-timer who might still h? hale and hearty' and perfectly capable of doing a day's work along with his shipmates. Many people who are authorities on the problem of oldtimers have expressed concern about systems that compel a healthy man to retire and lose income when he can still earn a good living, and at the same' time, fail to take care of the man-who is disabled not by age, •but by circumstances. Your Union takes pride that its Welfare Plan was flex- ible enough to avoid this pitfall and provide help for men, young or old, who really need it the most. WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYINa Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Morgolius, Leading Expert on Buying m. I tr_. \t. ' jf.' , hr • Furniture Sale Values Can a Seafarer and his family save any money by shopping the midwinter furniture sales now going on in most .cities? Yes — if you avoid the trickier, higher-priced installment stores, compare values widely among different furniture and department stores and. select well-made pieces that are truly suitable for your needs. Prices of house furnishings are slightly lower this year than in the past few years, but beware the gaudy, massive furniture known in the furniture trade as "borax," which uses fancy styling to distract the buyer from its basic Shoddiness or high price. Recently manufacturers have been trying to push larger furniture: sofas with more seating space, bigger chests of , drawers, etc. But larger furniture is a good choice only if you have the space for it. In today's smaller houses, the need is more for moderately-sized pieces that ease house­ keeping and doesn't crowd up a room so it looks like an over-furnished model room in a store. Simple design gives you most for your money. Bulkiness may look impressive in a store but may be a : nuisance in your home. Foam Rubber Popular Living-room chairs and sofas upholstered in foam rub­ ber are available now at comparatively reasonable prices. Foam rubber makes satisfactory upholstery if properly handled; There are different qualities of it, with lowergrade foam rubber containing more air pores. You can Another way to tell if you are getting decent furniture tell by pressing the cushions between your hands which actually is the better-quality less-porous foam rubber. Too, for your money is to examine the backs and drawers to the foam rubber needs to be securely attached to the outer see if they have been finished or left "raw." In fairly wellcovering by a welt and possibly button tufts. Make sure made furniture, the backs and drawers are at least waxed. Plastic-surfaced tables and chairs with chrome legs' It is, else the covering will tend to wrinkle in use". Too, make sure the crimped-wire steel webbing underneath the have become widely used for dining as well as kitchen : foam-rubber upholstery is securely attached to the bottom furniture. Such furniture is very practical, and comes in of the chair or sofa. Such wire webbing should be attractive designs these days. But some is cheaply made. attached with round helical springs and not merely stapled For sturdiness, the table should be constructed so the directly to the chair bottom as it often is in mediocre apron touches the chrome legs. On cheaply-made chrome leg chairs,-the seats seem low because they are thinly furniture. The covering is important too, both for durability and ' filled. Better-grade chairs have legs spot-welded to the to ease housekeeping. It's best to avoid pile fabrics, espe­ seat pads, not merely screwed on, and the S-shaped chrome cially mohair, which are costly and collect dirt. In pile legs fully support the seat to its very edge. Also, some fabrics, velvet is a little better choice. The cotton uphol­ sets have only a thin chrome finish. Examine the chrome stery fabrics are durable and soil resistant, but avoid finish with your eyes and fingers for signs of peeling which loosely-woven fabrics sometimes 'found on modern furni- indicate, a cheap finish. In wood dining and living room tables, plastic top sur­ • ture. .. • • " \ faces are gaining popularity for their real advantages. Beware Fake Maple . They are heat and scratch resistant, easy to clean with Maple is generally a good comparative .Lvalue in furni­ a damp rag and don't need polishing like wood surface# ture, but beware of fafcery in- maple. Sbmetimies/gumwood do. These, surf aces come in wood grains which you hardly with maple finish is sold as solid maple. Tlieite is nothing tell from real wood veneer. wrong with maple-finish gumwood if the finish has been The wrought-iron legs now found on much modern'furniput on well (you can tell well-finished furniture by the ture are another help in housekeeping — no denjs or depth and smoothness of the finish). But you shouldn't scratches, simply wipe them clean, etc. The legs them- ' pay the solid-maple price for imitation maple. Any sales­ selves are now sold in many stores so you can attach ply­ man who assures you furniture ig solid iiiaple should he wood or other tops yourself to make coffee and corner willing to state so in writinig on your bilL tables. �SEAF ARERS Fejbruanr 4. 1955, LOG , SIU Seeks Pact With Mew Owners Of Pan-Atlantic In double celebration. Seafarer James Hand, electrician, cuts Vacation Plan's third birthday cake while ffettinc vacation check which brought Plan's total payments to $4 mUlion. Presenting check is ' SIU ass't. sec.-treasurer Claude Simmons while ass't. sec.-treasurer Joe Algina looks on. Girls (1-r) are Anne Carlin, Ruth Pechin and Dolores Grayson of Vacation Plan staff. $4 Million Vatation Birthday On the eve of its third birthday, the SIU's history-making Vacation Plan shot past the $4 million mark in benefits paid. Seafarer James Hand collected a check for $58.02 last week to put the Plan past the milestone slightly ahead of its February 12th birthday date. Hand got the money for^ by the SIU because very few sea­ time spent- 6u the Isthmian fits on the basis ol a new nigh fig­ men had ever collected vacation ure, $176 for each year's seatime. ship Steel Fabricator, just re­ money under the old system. Most turned from the Far East. Al­ though still aboard the Fabricator he took advantage of the, Vacation Plan provision which permits a Seafarer to cbllect as often as four times a year if he so desires. New Increase Adding to the 3rd anniversary celebration is the fact that the Plan recently started payment of bene- The increased benefit covers 90 days or more of seatime accUtnulated after December 1, 1954. The new high levei represents a 19 per­ cent increase over the former level of $148 and is the highest paid by any unlicensed men's plan in the industry. Although Vacation Plan , pay­ ments got underway on February 12, 1952, Seafarers collected money retroactive to July 1, 1951. The plan had been negotiated and won in May of J951. The time lag of several months allowed for tlie building up of sufficient cash reserves and sufficient sea­ time to make payments possible. The Vacation Plan, first of its kind in the industry, was devised Ed Moi^an Is New AFL Newscaster Emery Hit, Crew Safe A new nightly radio news pro­ gram over 175 stations of the American Broadcasting Company radio network is now being sponsoj;ed by the AFL. The program's commentator is Edward P. Morgan who resigned as director of new# for the Columbia Broadcasting Sys­ tem to take the AFL position. The program is broadcast from Washington and is heard at 10 PM Eastern Standard Time, which means 9 PM in the central states and 7 PM on the Pacific Coast. Formerly With CBS Morgan is weii-equipped for the job since he has been in the news­ paper business since 1932 and has been broadcasting for CBS since 1946. In recent years he has han­ dled several major radio and tele­ vision news assignments for the CBS chain. Among stations carrying the pro­ gram are' KCBQ in San Diego; KGO in San Francisco; WQAM in Miami; WSMB in New Orleans; WFBR in Baltimore; WVDA in Bos­ ton; WABC in New York City; KEX in Portland, Ore.; WFIL in Phila­ delphia; KXYZ in Houston, and WGH in Norfolk. The AFL-sponsor^d broadcast deals, largely with news of general interest to all listener^ as well as labor hews. . Just two weeks after she came out of a year-long lay-up, the SIUmanned Lewis Emery Jr. was struck amidships4n a collision with the Weyerhauser freighter George S. Long. The accident took place January 24 under fog conditions in Coos Bay harbor, Oregon, and buc­ kled in several plates on the port side. . The Emery proceeded under her own steam to Portiand, Oregon, where repairs are now being made. No injuries were reported as a re­ sult of the accident. The vessei had signed on for a Far East voyage with Yokohama as its first port of call. Repairs are not expected to take too long be­ cause it was rot necessary to un­ load any cargo to carry out the re­ pair work. The George Long, a lumber ship, bashed a hole in her bow eight feet above the waterline. It too made for safety under its own steani. The Emery had been laid up in Rich.mond, California, before crew- ing up out of the San Fi'anciSGO hall. seamen worked for several com­ panies in the course of a year and did not stay with any one company long enough to be entitled to vaca­ tion pay. Consequently, the SIU and its contracted operators set up a cen­ tral fund into which aii shipowners contributed so that seamen could collect vacation pay in exact pro­ portion to the number of days worked. Negotiations are under way for an SIU contract with tha McLean Securities Corporation, following purchase by Mc­ Lean of the SlU-manned Pan Atlantic Steamship Corporation and seven C-2 ships operated by the company. Pan Atlantic is Waterman's subsidiary operating exclusively in the coast­ wise trade. •*" Indications are that an j tinue operating its remaining ships agreement will he signed in in the intercoastal trade and m the near future that will not only Atlantic, Far East and Puerto Rico cover these seven ships, but will runs. Along with Pan Atlantic, Water­ assure SIU manning of projected trailerships, vessels specially de­ man sold the Gulf Florida Ter­ signed to carry truck trailers on a minal Company at Tampa to Mc­ coastwise run. The trailerships will Lean. The seven C-2s involved in the supplement and not replace present Pan Atlantic operations, according sale are the Antinous, Arizpa, to Malcolm P. McLean, head of the Beauregard, Chitjkasaw, DeSoto, i Iberville and Warrior. company. Roll-On, Roll-Offs Some time ago, McLean, who was head of one of the country's largest trucking corporations, an­ nounced intention to start a rollon, roll-off trailership service with vessels that would carry 286 35foot loaded truck trailers. Purchase of Pan Atlantic, with its authority to call at East Coast ports, would j make it easier for McLean to put: the trailerships into service. j It is expected that the trailerships will be built for Pan Atlantic WASHINGTON—Plans revealed and then chartered to McLean Trucking Company. The latter last week to get Federal agencies firm has already asked the Inter-j out of businesses where private state Commerce Commission for operation is cheaper have not yet authority to purchase another firm, been e.xtended to the Navy's Mili­ S. C. Loveland, Inc., which oper­ tary Sea Transportation Service, ates barges, and to start its .trail­ although some MSTS activities cost the taxpayers more than six ership service. Sale of Pan Atlantic means times what they would in private abandonment by Waterman of ef­ industry. Accoidingly, Rep. Thor C. Tolforts to rebuild the coastwise trade into a major shijiping operation. Wson (R.-Wash.), head of the The coastwise and intercoastal House Merchant Marine Commit­ trades were badly hurt when ships tee in the last Congress, has intro­ were withdrawn during World War duced a bill to curb MSTS activi­ II for offshore runs. They have ties. The measure would direcLthe never succeeded in regaining their military to make gi-eater use of commercial ships in moving mili­ pre-war prominence. Ho'wever, Waterman will" con- tary cargoes and personnel over­ seas. The Government shipping oper­ ation has been sharply criticized by the SIU and all other segments of the maritime industry for com­ peting with private enterprise and taking cargoes which could be more economically handled by commercial shipping. Tollefson's committee last year urged drastid curbs on the agency's activities at a time when private-owned ship­ ping was in a slump. Auto Movements Criticized Figures cited by the Washington Congressman in support of his bill indicated that in 1954 MSTS mov­ ed 71,667 private, automobiles at a cost to the Government of $100 million,, or more than the total cost for the year of operating subsidies for the entire American merchant marine.- He further charged that he could not see how the shipment of private cars fell within the scope of MSTS resi)onsibilities in the first place. In another area, he* noted, MSTS movements of oil on its own tank­ ers cost $8.66 per thousand long ton miles compared to $1.40 on commercial tankers. On private tankers operating under contract to the agency, the cost was $2.33. MSTS Curb Asked, High Costs Cited Injured Seafarer Gets Special Aid Providing specialized aid not Vegularly called for in Flan, SIU Welfare Plan has presented. Seafarer Matti Ruusukallio this spe­ cial-type wheelchair, alsd leg braces, With Ruu3u]i;allio, in SI hospital with broken neck, is Welfare Services: rep. Tom Gould. # m �infcrir: SEAFARERS Page Six IPG A & G District Election Tabulation (CandidaU* with an astarlsk (*) bafera thair total* ara thosa who wara alactad) «';v K 11" Ifi • Sav a 4 2 259 56 2 17 8 0 4 8 0 0 64 -294 SP 7 228 8 2 7 0 252 W1I S«a • Sub-Total 116 a 2 •5A64 110 97 266 15 \14 46 6 4 129 0 0 2 0 0 6,423 117 133 585 1,084 27 150 0 1 0 1 612 1,236 59 1 4 0 64 276 8 10 0 294 230 22 0 0 2S2 112 125 S .1 4 0 0 0 117 133 72 6 1 0 79 575 1.052 37 182 0 1 0 1 612 1,236 58 3 3 6 64 266 23 5 0 294 228 24 0 0 252 120 13 0 0 133 73 5 1 0 79 571 1,049 41 185 0 1 0 1 612 1,236 263 58 26 3 5 3' 0 0 64 294 225 27 0 252 114 111 19 4 0 2 0 0 • 117 133 248 240 265 110 19 0 882 209 215 213 112 7 0 756 92 111 102 94 0 0 399 99 100 106 37 9 0 351 Bal 13 825 32 9 7 0 886 Nor 1 86 3 0 0 0 90 78 22 3 0 0 109 Ml 3 122 2 2 4 0 133 Back Assistant Sacratary-Traasurar J. Algina, A-1 136 1,689 497 No Votes 6 26 14 Voids 4 36 7 Write Ins 0 2 1 Totals 146 1,753 519 856 29 1 0 886 85 v5 0 0 90 96 12 0 1 109 131 1 1 0 133 72 6 1 0 79 Engine Assistant Secretary-Treasurer J. Volpian, V-1 127 1,674 489 No Votes t... 15 49 22 Voids 4 29 6 Write Ins 0 1 2 Totals 146 1,753 519 842 42 2 0 886 86 4 0 0 90 92 16 0 1 109 131 1 1 0 133 Steward Assistant Secretary-Treasurer E. Mooney, M-7.... 126 1,621 491 No Votes 15 99 18 Voids 4 28 9 Write Ins 1 5 1 Totals 146 1,753 519 829 55 2 0 886 86 4 0 0 90 91 17 0 1 109 129 3 1 0 133 Joint Assistant Sacratary-Traasurar (3) W. Hall, H-272 103 1,621 482 785 . H. Matthews, M-1.. 118 1,618 482 815 \ C. Simmons, S-1.... Ill 1,625 514 790 No Votes 82 293 55 262 Voids 24 97 21 6 Write Ins 0 5 3 0 Totals 436 5,259 1,557 2,658 80 80 84 26 0 0 270 73 85 82 80 4 3 327 126 129 129 9 6 0 399 Sacratary-Traasurar Bos NY W. Beyeler, 3 45 P. HaU, H-1 . 123 1,541 K. White. W-2 13 93 No Votes 3 11 Voids 4 62 Write Ins 0 1 Totals 146 1,753 Phi 5 489 7 1 17 0 519 Tsm Mob No 2 1 20 68 - 595 1,187 8 12 , 18 0.21 12 9 0 0 1 79 612 1,236 LC HOU 555 982 577 1,023 563 998 141 697 31 0 4 1 0 4 0 237 1,836 3,708 52 54 58 22 -6 0 192 68 68 e 111 3 ' 3 0 117 Boston Agent J. Sheehan, S-3.... 135 1,654 No Votes 7 73 Voids 4 24 Write Ins 0 2 Totals 146 1,753 499 11 » 1 519 822 52 11 1 886 87 3 0 0 90 90 10 0 0 109 130 2 1 0 133 72 6 1 0 79 568 1.060 44 174 1 0 1 0 612 1,236 60 2 2 0 M 271 ' 231 13 21 10 0 0 0 294 252 103 7 2 0 117 108 7 2 0 117 Boston Joint Patrolman J. Sweeney, SO.... 140 1,625 No Votes 2 107 Voids 4 21 Write Ins 0 0 Totals 146 1,753 500 14 , 5 ' 0 519 815 TO 1 9 886 87 3 0 0 90 93 15 0 1 109 129 3 1 0 133 68 10 1 0 79 556 1,045 56 190 1 0 0 0 612 1,236 58 3 2 0 64 260 16 9 0 294 229 23 0 0 252 118 15 0 0 133 104 10 3 0 117 New York Dock Patrolman (3) A. Arnold, A-147... 37 310 54 100 A. Bjornsson, B-34.. 31 300 37 89 M. Colucei, C-3 70 1,203 442 677 L, Goffin, G-7 98 1,437 446 734 T. Gould, G-267.... 77 1,340 429 734 J. Pasinosky, P-68 . 23 277 71 63 (No Votes 81 163 35 242 'Voids 21 228 42 19 Write Ins 0 1 1 0 Totals 438 5,259 1,557 2,658 8 6 77 82 75 9 13 0 0 270 39 21 50 78 50 26 57 5 1 327 3 5 129 126 113 5 6 12 0 399 112 11 53 84 6 26 62 534 958 63 557 1,014 63 547 1,001 9 31 83 382 19 76 72 4 12 0 0 2 237 1,836 3,708 9 2 50 51 54 5 6 15 0 192 60 34 203 235 207 39 73 31 0 882 40 31 170 202 191 36 77 9 0 756 50 36 70 84 83 17 59 0 0 399 31 22 72 90 87 21 16 12 0 351 Now York Engine Patrolman (3) T. Babkowski, B-1.. 90 1,379 462 730 p. Bush, B-9 49 482 05 Ifgl T. Clark, C-5 101 1,545 479 766 W. Siekmann, S-7... 101 1.523 463 750 No Votes 72 187 41 228 Voids 25 141 24. , 16 Write Ins 0 2 3 0 Totals 438 5.259 1,557 2,658 76 14 83 81 16 0 0 270 54 59 74 78 55 4 3 327 121 10 123 121 8 16 0 399 65 550 948 56 232 8 563 1,054 67 68 563 1,029 <13 22 92 7 12 30 0 0 2 237 1,836 3,708 54 11 56 54 10 7 0 192 220 73 251 245 74 19 0 882 195 53 210 208 84 6 0 756 93 49 101 95 61 0 0 399 90 41 97 94 20 9 0 351 Now York Stewards P. Gonsorchik, G-2.. H. Guinier, G-3 P. Stewart, S-8 No Votes Voids Write Ins Totals 82 83 85 20 0 O 270 83 84 82 76 0 2 327 131 127 127 11 3 0 399 564 73 565 70 560 70 138 23 9 1 0 0. 237 1,836 59 56 59 14 4 O 192 261 259 259 88 15 0 882 228 218 222 77 11 0 756 107 108 118 66 0 0 399 103 96 105 36 11 0 351 5 75 74 3 9 76 4 68 9 76 78 5 123 122 6 5 121 3 119 2 122 122 6 42 0 798 16 45 121 60 526 963 65 543 993 5 49 79 125 9 51 962 64 525 7 115 30 909 60 520 125 9 49 844 540 64 560 1,005 68 46 996 206 1 28 174 0 5 0 474 3,672 7,416 Patrolman (3) 115 1,670 490 783 117 1,662 489 773 Ill 1,662 495 792 85 178 52 294 10 82 28 16 o 5 3 o 438 5,259 1,557 2,658 1,021 1,003 1,015 660 6 3 3,708 New York Joint Patrolman (t) H. Barrett, B-86... 33 382 F. Bose, B-4 80 1,350 M. Breitholl, B-2..,. 88 1,444 L. Bruce, B-158 18 254 J. Dawson, D-82 33 331 R. Humphries, H-4.. 87 1,281 A. Lake, L-41 29 357 E. McAuley, M-20.. 70 1,237 C. Stevens, S-56 43 339 K. Terpe, T-3 91 1,352 E. TUley, T-2 102 1,413 No Votes 164 412 Voids 38 366 Write Ins 0 0 Totals 876 10,518 57 445 456 36 47 442 54 438 59 408 438 106 126 2 3,114 106 695 698 80 100 662 96 626 123 726 743 638 18 0 5,316 18 0 540 33 64 66 21 25 61 21 84 33 69 89 85 1 2 654 Philadelphia Agent A. Cardullo, C-1.... 115 1,608 No Votes 25 110 Voids 5 23 Write Ins 1 7 Totals 146 1.753 492 17 6 4 519 788 92 2 4 886 87 3 0 0 90 89 15 0 5 109 132 0 1 • 0 133 71 7 1 0 79 545 1,041 67 191 0 1 0 3 612 1,236 Philadelphia Joint Patrolman S. Bergeria, B-179 .' 15 167 J. Hetzell, H-6 72 1,215 H. Webber, W-365.. 30 261 No Votes 24 55 Voids 5 55 Write Ins 0 0 Totals 146 1,753 17 458 19 6 19 0 519 47 702 79 55 3 0 886 4 81 3 2, 0 0 90 11 52 31 13 2 0 109 3 115 5 2 0 133 13 50 8 7 1 0 79 Baltimore Agent ' E. Sheppard, S-2.., 125 1,647 No Votes 16 78 Voids 4 25 Write Ins 1 3 Totals 146 1,753 500 13 6 0 519 ' 849 34 2 1 886 87 3 0 0 90 94 13 0 2 109 132 0 1 0 133 Baltimore Deck Patrolman W. Hendershot, H-327. 21 259 L. Johnson, J-2 103 1,391 No Votes 16 .55 Voids 6 47 Write Ins 0 1 Totals 146 1,753 45 451 12 11 0 519 64 784 35 3 0 886 4 84 2 0 0 90 28 69 10 2 0 109 Baltimore Engine Patrolman F. Stansbury, S-22.. 119 1,021 No Votes 23 106 Voids 4 26 Write Ins 0 0 Totals 146 1,753 492 19 8 0 519 844 41 1 0 886 87 3 0 0 90 Baltimore Steward Patrolman jr. De George, D-2 . 65 1,202 A. Gowder, G-352.. 31 185 G. Hazen. H-386 .. 7 138 A. Kavel. Jr< K-79 . 8 120 No Votes 25 48 Voids 10 58 Write Ins 0 2 Totals 148 1,753 425 30 24 12 15 13 0 919 684 62 55 20 59 6 9 <86 77 6 2 1 3 1 0 90 , 45 68 5 48 45 36 49 209 186 72 . 67 212 52 220 92 100 4 28 16 21 11 43 8 34 31 34 228 50 161 74 70 6 45 36 22 28 52 210 163 74 58 49 5 40 33 49 57 230 187 85 83 54 237 212 116 97 35 175 136 42 190 7 24 19 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 384 1,764 1,512 - 798 702 57 4 2 64 270 19 4 1 294 222 120 26 13 4 0 0. 0 252 133 3 1 117 16 50 510 959 '40 114 104 36 9 10 0 0 612 1,236 3 52 4 1 4 0 64 24 200 39 20 11 0 294 27 182 25 17 1 0 252 21 67 35 10 0 0 133 10 73 28 3 3 0 117 68 10 1 0 79 577 1,090 35 143 0 0 0 3 612 1,236 58 4 2 0 64 273 . 232 15 20 6 0 0 0 294 252 124 8 0 1 133 109 5 3 0 117 4 126 2 1 0 133 30 91 558 1,033 22 108 0 4 2 0 612 1,236 4 52 5 3 0 64 40 224 20 10 0 294 27 208 16 1 26 4 1 0 79 232 98 9 0 0 133 16 86 1 4 0 117 94 15 0 0 109 129 3 1 0 133 68 10 1 0 79 561 1,040 51 196 0 0 0 0 612 1,236 57 5 2 0 64 264 23 7 0 294 226 26 0 0 .252 118 15 0 0 133 109 6 2 0 .117 45 -29 13 9 11 2 9 109 lis 60 527 986 2 31 67 6 15 41 0 13 27 4 25 104 1 1 11 O O 79. 612 1,236 63 4 1 0 3 3 0 64. 190 44 20 9 21 10 0 294 a f 5 1 2 3 7 0 133 (Continued on page 16) • 1 e 159 62 36 28 16 12 20 22 1^ 9 1 0 1 0 133r 252 105 a 59 25 10 11 4 2 e 117 Pebrnary 4, 1955 SHI, A&G Hq. Tallying Committee's Report February 3, 1955 certifications, with respect to ros­ Including Port of New York as ters, stubs, unused ballots, and used ballots. Including the open­ Well As All Others •6,033 316 To Be Read at "Election Report" ing of the ballot box. 69 Meeting of February 9. 1955 5 The breakdown of the total votes 6,423 We, the undersigned Headquar­ cast in the Port of New York is ters Tallying Committee, duly given in the Port by Port break­ •5,923 elected at the regular business down later in this report. 440 55 meeting of January 26th, 1955, at The Committee has checked in­ 5 6,423 Headquarters, submit the follow­ voice No. 7654 received from the ing report and recommendations: printer, Brandt & Brandt, Who We met with Claude Simmons, printed the ballots that were used •5,837 521 who is the Port Agent for the Port in the conduction of our Union 58 of New York under the terms of election for the Election of 19559 Union Constitution, who 1956 officers of the Seafarers In­ 6,423 our turned over to us the ballot box ternational Union of North Amer­ •5,575 for the Port of New York. At the ica, Atlantic and Gulf District. We •5,715 time of turning the ballot box over find that the bill was for 10,000 •5,709 to this Committee, he also gave ballots paid with our General Fund 2.051 204 each of us a copy of the Union check No. 5211, dated December 15 Constitution, as well as a letter 29, 1954. 19,269 that bad been sent to all Port tally­ Of the ten thousand ballots, one ing committees by Paul Hall. He thousand were set up to be used •5,9.18 438 suggested that we read those sec­ as sample ballots. The Committee 64 tions of our Constitution dealing has checked and we find that in ' 5 6.423 with the Headquarters Tallying -Headquarters there are still seven Committee in detail, as well as the hundred and thirty sample ballots letter of instructions sent to the that have never been used. We •5,837 537 Port Agents referred to above. have on hand in Headquarters of­ 43 The Committee then took over fices signed receipts from the fol­ 1 6,423 one of the pool rooms on the sec­ lowing ports for the following ond deck of our Headquarters amount of sample ballots, broken 917 building as the place in which we down, as follows: 730 would do our work while in ses­ •4,767 sion. Our sessions were open to FORT BALLOTS •5,297 •5,051 all membera. There were no in­ Boston 10 715 New York 1,305 stances of misconduct. 482 Our first action was to accept Philadelphia ,,. 3 from among ourselves, Walter Baltimore 19,269 Reidy, as Chairman of the Com­ Norfolk mittee. The Committee then des­ Miami •5,127 Tampa 1,300 ignated the Chairman to request 10 •5,570 Claude Simmons, the New York TVIobile 35 •5,473 New Orleans ... 1,383 Port Agent, to furnish us with 316 someone who would know where Lake Charles' .,, 10 Houston 19,269 all the files, election material, and so forth would be, in addition to San Francisco .. 10 having the combination to the Wilmington .... 10 •5,770 •5,710 vault so that we could lock the Seattle •5,762 ballots up for safe-keeping at any 1,818 196 time we so desired. In answer to TOTAL 240 13 this request, A1 Kerr, the Union 19,269 Office Manager, was assigned to The Committee was also shown work with the Committee, He car­ a carbon of the form letter that 1,005 was sent to Savannah on the •4,964 ried out our orders at all times. •5,225 We then received from the sample ballots, which was identi­ 631 885 Headquarters offices all of the files cally the same letter that went •4,864 relative to the conduct of the elec­ to all ports. The Port of Savannah 853 we found was sent ten (10) sample ballotts •4,694 tion. From the files, 967 signed receipts for ballots No. 6751 but they have informed Head­ *4,934 through No. 7500 and No. 7751 quarters that they never received •5;339 3,282 through No. 8950, which had been them, although all other ports have 886 issued to the Port of New York sent in signed receipts that they 9 38,538 and signed"^for by Claude Sim­ did receive their sample ballots. mons. We have also. seen a, letter. from The Committee then checked the,printer wherein he states that •5,742 597 the stubs that were in the ballot he took twenty (20) of the sample 57 27 box and found that they numbered ballots for his files. ,When taking 6,423 from No. 6751 through Nq. 7500 into consideration the samplg bal­ and No. 7751 through No. 875% lots that are on hand in Head­ 428 The numbers from the. stubs, when quarters, the receipts for sample •4,788 checked against the used and un­ ballots sent to the outports, and 721 335 used ballots, were found to coin­ the letter from the printer, we 131 cide with the numbers of the bal­ have accounted for nine hundred 0 6423 lots that had been issued to the and ninety (990) of the one thou­ sand sample ballots that were Port of New York. printed. If Savannah did not re­ Your Commute then checked •5,965 397 the dates of the voting rosters and ceive the ten (10) ballots previous­ 50 compared them against the min­ ly mentioned, then we, the Com­ 11 6,423 utes of.the special meetings for mittee, must of necessity presume the election of Polls Committees that the ballots were lost in the 667 in this port. We found in every in­ mail, and by so. doing we have# *5,343 stance that Polls Committee had accounted for the one thousand 317 93 been duly elected for the days on -sample ballots that were made up 3 which voting had been conducted by the pi-inter. 6,423 in the Port of New York, We, the Committee, have We checked the unused ballots checked the files of Headquarters •5,829 that were on hand that bad been offices and seen signed receipts 542 52 issued to the Port of New York. by the various Port Agents for 0 6,423 We found that unused ballots No. the official ballots that had been 8754 through No. 8950 were on sent to them by Heaquartcrs offices. hand in the Port of New York. As We. have checked these signed •4,715 585 stated before, the stubs for these receipts and the serial numbers 307 unused ballots checked out. on them against the loose stubs 274 Your Committee then com­ received, and against the stubs still 353 126 menced counting the votes that attached to the unused ballots. 3 6,423 had been cast during the election 9,000 ballots were sent to all Ports, in the Port-of New-York:. The the stubs on them bearing serial Committe« inserted the proper (Continued on page 16) �FebroMT 4. 1058 SEA¥ AREKS Page Serea LOG Report Sees US Vessels ITF Seeks Inter national Obsolete In Five Years Action Against 'Runaways' - - WASHINGTON—A forecast that nine out of every ten ships in the American merchant fleet will be unprofitable to operate after 1960 has already come true for many seamen and shipowners hard hit in recent years by stepped-up for­ and since they are newer, they eign competition and dwin­ also have the benefit of advances dling military cargoes. The report released by the American Merchant Marine Institute, a major shipowners' group, offered the somber prediction as part of a year-end statement. The problem of old age will also hit the US merchant fleet at th.e same time, since most active Athericanflag vessels today were built after 1940. A 20-year life span is the rule for most ships. Moreover, the average age of foreign ships is considerably less than that of American vessels, fc . Steelore In Drydock With the assistance of an es­ cort of tugs, the crippled orecarrier Steelore reached its home port of Sparrows Point, Maryland, last week after a near sinking in stormy Atlantic coastal waters. An engineering survey is now in process to determine the ex­ tent of bottom damage and the cost of repair work. The Steelore was in serious danger of capsizing after a severe storm led to a break in a vent pipe which sent tons of water cascading into her port side ballast tank. For five days, January 13 through 18, the crew fought the water with pumps after patching the damage as best as they could. A 15-degree list that threatened the ship and caused her to send out an SOS the morning of the 14th was corrected aud subsequently the vessel was towed into Morehead City, North Carolina, by the tug Curb. From there 4he Curb, assisted by other tugs, took the Steelore up the Coast to Sparrows Point. • The 22,000-ton ore carrier was enroute from Venezuela with a full load of iron ore at the time. She carried a crew of 32 Seafarers and. nine officers. GENEVA, Switzerland—A formal complaint that wage and safety standards on "run­ away" ships operating under foreign "flags of convenience" are killing the shipping indus­ tries of bona fide maritime nations has been put before the International Labor Organization here. The beef was documented ington. The MA has okayed a by the Seafarers' section of switch from American flag and reg­ in construction, design and ma­ the International Transportworkers istry for 68 Liberty-type ships in chinery which permit lower operat­ Federation which includes the SIU less than six months. Nearly 30 ing costs in today's market. Much and other sea unions in the US and more freighters, tankers and pas­ lower wage and safety standards throughout the free world. The senger vessels of various types have also widen the gap between US- problem of phony ship registra­ flag and foreign-flag ship operat­ tions has reachedi such proportions, been allo\^ed to shift to foreign registries during the same period ing costs. the ITF charged, that it will seek by the Federal ship agency. In its statement, the AMMI hail­ international action to enforce fair The policy has been sharply ed the passage in Congress last standards aboard the "runaways." year of the "50-50" law requiring Panama, Honduras, Liberia and criticized for creating a shortage WASHINGTON — Far-reaching at least half of all Government- Costa Rico were cited as the na­ of shipping under the US flag at interpretations of the law by a time when the US Foreign Opera­ financed cargoes to be moved in tions principally responsible for American ships and the policy of the situation. The ITF reported tions Administration requires huge Louisiana state • courts which en­ the Maritime Administration in that 845 ships are now under the amounts of tonnage for the move­ abled two huge sugar producing ment of 10 million tons of coal and and processing corporatfons to permitting transfers of many flags of these tiny republics. vast quantities of agricultural sur­ break a strike of Louisiana sugar­ American vessels to foreign flags, cane plantation workers could Lull in Transfers pluses overseas. as specific aids to the US industry*. have destructive effect on all un­ Action by the ITF highlighted a On the latter item, of course-, it The situation has raised the pos­ overlooked the added competition three-week period in which for the sibility that ships may have to be ions, according to the National to American ships posed by US first time in months, no ship trans­ taken out of the mothball fleets to Agricultural Workers Union, AFT'The ne^ affect of the state rul­ vessels now opierating as "runa­ fers were approved by the US meet FOA needs. It has also meant ings is to put the union out of Maritime Administration in Wash- that additional ships have been al­ ways" under foreign registry. business in its attempt to organize lowed to operate un^er below- the plantations. However,, the de­ standard conditions prevailing in cision handed down in the Louisi­ the foreign fleets, thus increasing ana Supreme Court on January 10 the slump in American shipping creates a precedent for barring due to undercutting practices by w orkers in many industries from foreign ship operators. striking or picketing their employ­ ers. Call For Probe Declare Emergency WASHINGTON—Non-immigrant alien seamen are again In pressing its complaint before The decision based on the reminded that they must obtain a visitor's visa by June 30, the ILQ, the ITF urged the world novel theory thatwas workers engaged labor agency to investigate what 1955, in order to re-enter the United States. The regulation can be done to "minimize the ad­ in an industry of primary impor­ applies to seamen on both^ ^ tance to a community may not American-flag and foreign-flag the sole responsibility for obtain­ verse effect" of the growing fleets hold a work ^ppage or picket for vessels, but not to resident ing the visa. Accordingly, non-im­ of llrunaway" ships on legitimate union recognition during an emer­ migrant alien seamen are urged to mai-itime countries. Nations which gency period of production. The aliens. Under the McCarran Act and contact the American consul where permit the "runaway" ship opera­ sugar cane plantation workers various rulings by the Immigration their applications are filed as tions do not impose any regulations struck the Godcuaux Sugars and or standards of their own on the South Coast Corporations right in and Naturalization Service, the quickly as possible. transferred ships. State Department and other Fed­ the pocketbook by walking out dur­ Takes Months ITF has for.several years been ing the harvest season of 1953. eral agencies, all non-immigrant Since issuance of a visa ordi­ alien seamen must have a visa narily takes several iflonths, be­ seeking to police the foreign ship The courts said this constituted from an American consul in order cause of the number of forms fleets which operate under wages an emergency and could not be to land in the US on or after July which must be filed and the in­ and conditions far below thase for permitted because of damage to 1, 1955. Failure to obtain one may quiries that have to be made, it is seamen in the US and in other the employers' property. Perma­ make the seaman subject to dc- suggested that an offer to pay the regular maritime countries. In nent injunctions against union portation. In^addition, the master, cost of cables, if required, might 1950, its campaign attracted- world strike and picketing activities were owner or opm-ator of the ship will expedite the necessary investiga­ attention when, in a drive by the granted on this basis. be liable to a $1,000 fine for bring­ tion. SIU and SlU-affiliated Sailors The NAWU, according to H. L. ing him to the US. Once obtained, the visa is valid Union of the Pacific, the SUP suc­ Mitchell, president, is readying a for two years from the date of is­ ceeded in establishing US wages speedy appeal of the rulings to the Union, Co's Cooperate While the SIU and some steam­ sue, after which it has to be re­ and conditions aboard a 'Panaman­ US Supreme Court. Last year the Louisiana state ship companies have cooperated in newed. In any event, resident alien ian-flag vessel, the Phopho. The assisting non-immigrant aliens in seamen lawfully admitted to the ship, later renamed the Harry legislature joined the anti-union obtaining visas by filing the neces­ US for permanent residence are Lundeberg, was wrecked off Lower parade by enacting a so-called sary forms with the- American not involved. No application has California last Feb. 8 with no loss "Right to work" law. The law out­ laws union security provisions. of life. consul, the men involved still have to be filed by these seamen. La. Strike Ban Threat To Unions Visa Deadline Near For Non-lmmigranfs Cartoon History Of The SIU - Bridges' ttaid Fails J| >• a '• -^1 No. 82 M . wccober, 1950, the West Coast longshore union led by Harry Bridges launched a new attack against the SlU-affUiated Sailors Union of the Paciflc. The SIU assured the SUP its full support in the beef, which involved the loading and unloading of lumber on ateamschbbners, traditionally sailors' work. When the Commie-led longshore group began pres­ suring the shipowners for the steamschooner jobs and - refused to supply men to do other work on the ships, the SUP retaliated by fi-eezing several of the lumber ports. It promised a total shutdown of ship­ ping if the raid was not called off. Unions in the area backed the SUP as Sailors began working ships without using longshoremen, and the dispute dragged into the courts and before the Na­ tional Labor Relations Board. In May, 1951, the SUP got the full backing of the AFL Executive Coun­ cil. It warned that nq raids would be tolerated. �• ,:t. • ' \' Paffe Eiffht MARITIME I K':": Ifv,,.' I. H^:'V :W-V Pebruaiy 4, 1955 SEAFAnERS tb^G MEEt THE SEAFARER The first Japanese sliip to come to Yugoslavia since World War II, the 7,730-ton Yokohama Maru, unloaded 1,200 tons of Japanese textile machinery at the port of Split last month. A second Japanese ship is on her way there... A maritime court in Hamburg has criticized JOHN B- SWIDERSKI, bosun a German sea captain charged with cowardice by members of his crew for not trying to rescue 12 men off the wreck of the Dutch The hard-up coal towns of east­ signed up with the Union an(J^ I'vecoaster Carpo near England last Nov. 27. The court ruled that Cap­ ern Pennsylvania have exported certainly been satisfied with that Quesflon: Do you'bave any sug­ quite a few of their sons to the big decision.'" tain Franz Krammer should have kept his Liberian tanker Casino gestions for improving mail service cities. A • good number of them standing by until all hope for sutvivoi-s had vanished. Swiderski got his membership to the ships? have wound up in occqpations such book in 1948, and like many other 4< . 4" . 4 as seafaring where the hard physi­ Seafarers stuck with the tankships A new attraction has been added to the many features of the liner D. Diaz, bosun: I think that mail cal labor they-becanae accustomed through the rest, of the four-year United States, in the form of two special CinemaScope motion-picture screens. The $12,000 wide screen installation makes the US Lines to the ships should be sent care of to in the mines serves them well. battle until Cities Service finally the seamen's club Among them is Seafarer John B. discarded its company-union rig speed queen the first North Atlantic passenger vessel to boast the new in the port, since Swiderski, formerly of Wilkes'- and threw in the sponge in 1950. movie aid.. Sole bidder for any of the five fffariner-type ships of­ there is a sea­ Barre, Pa. fered for charter by the Maritime Administration recently, American Far East Runs men's club al­ President Lines bid $33,850 a month for charter of the Oid Dominion Since then Swiderski has been John, who is -39 now, followed most everywhere Mariner, and will use the ship in its 'round-the-worid service. sticking to Far East freight runs, where we can the traditional pattern of the coal principally with Isthmian when he fields. His father had been a. 4 4 4 pick up our let­ Arrival in New York of the Israeli motorship Dagan last week ters and pack­ miner and at 14 years of age, he can get them. "I like to work" marked the maiden voykge of the first ship-built by Germany as part ages. Most of the went to work in the anthracite he said, "and if you put out the of a reparations agreement with Israel. Owned by the Zim-Israel time the company funnels on the night shift, while work there's usually plenty of Navigation Co., the 7,000-ton cargo liner was designed to carry fruit agents do not for­ going to school in the daytime. In overtime, which makes me happy. and general caigo and can do up to 15 knots. She will be joined ward mail when the ship leaves. those days before oil became king, I m willing to put in the time and fihortly by three sister ships. anthracite was still very much in the w'^rk if I get paid for it." This causes mucfl of the delay. demand in the big eastern cities When he gets on a ship, he said, ' 4 4 4 ^ 4 4 4 he likes .to stick with it a while, The Navy's Military Sea Transportation Service has shipped its Harold Orkofsky, MM: Since as a heating fuel. Three years later Swiderski went making two or three long-run trips 10,000,000th ton of cargo out of the Qiilf of Mexico aboard the Lykes there are only two or three key down in a mine one day and was before he calls it quits. That way freighter Norm'aU Lykes in New Orleans. According to MSTS, the ports on any run, great bulk of this cargo has been moved on privately-owned US ships the mail should lilSiiiiiflSIS lucky to come up alive. He was he accumulates a nice-sized payoff since the Gulf cargo area for MSTS was set up in October, 1949... be addressed to caught in a roof cave-in and was which allows for some time on the Now being fitted with stabilizer fins to counteract rolling at sea, the these places only, badly banged up. That decided beach if he wants it. Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth will be the largest ship to be fitted with instead of any him on trying his hand at some Hawaii Stop this device and the first to have a double set. The ship will have two one of a dozen other line of work where a man One trip proved longer than he fins on each side, one pair amidships and the other placed forward places on the had better chance of coming home bargained for. He caught the Steel and operated separately. The fins are about 14 feet long and 7 feet way. Then, if the for supper in one piece. ^ Flyer in 1951, for a run to Hono­ mall misses the wide and are operated hydraulically with gyro control. In the long run, the accident lulu which dragged out to 5'/i ship, it can be was a piece of good fortune in dis­ months. That was because several 4 4 4 guise because it led him indirectly Isthmian ships were hung up by Originally launched without a name, the 30,000-deadweight-ton su­ sent along to the pertanker Olympic Sun wiil finally be put to work in one of the fleets next key port in plenty of time for into the SIU, while the men who Harry Bridges in a beef over the scayed behind and worked the Isthmian engineers who had gone operated by Aristotle Socrates Onassis under the Liberian flag. The the seaman to receive it. mines are finding it increasingly over to the SlU-affiliated BME. It ship was withdrawn from sale after there were no takers for a re­ Peter Artour, ^B; ^ail to the difficult to make a living. wasn't much fun being stuck in ported offer to sell h^ at 25 percent below her cost of $8 million... Hawaii, which is an expensive port, Canadian Vickers LtdHast month laid the keel for a 4,000-deadweight- ships has always been loused up Worked on Docks because nobody so all hands were more thaif ton ore carrier designed to ply between Skagway, Alaska, and Van­ at some of these • John headed for New York and pleased when the ship pulled out couver, BC. The ship will carry lead, zinc and asbestos. It is one of companies both­ the docks, working for some time for the homeward voyage? a handful of new ship units under construction for the depressed ers to forward it as a longshoreman. One day a Canadian maritime industry. Swiderski was also aboard tlie ahead, or the United Fruit ship needed a man in Steel Apprentice when the ship 4 4 4 agents sit on it a hurry and Swiderski was hired embarrassed itself by running into Ward Line has taken over the management and agency of the Dom­ when It arrives off the dock. The company got a lighthouse down in Philadelphia. inican Steamship Line, known as Flota Mercante Dominicana C. por and then send it him seamen's papers and he was "We would have hit it head on." A. The company operates direct weekly sailings between New York back to the com­ all set in a new career. he said, "If it wasn't for Eddie end Trujillo City.. .The first excavation contract on the St. Lawrence pany office in the Swiderski sailed on NMU ships Kacsur who was OS'on the bow at Seaway has been awarded to the Badgett Mine Stripping Corp of MadStates. The whole for a while, but in 1947 that union isonville, Ky. - , problem depends on the coopera­ started having serious internal dif­ the time." As it was, the light­ 4 4 4 tion of all the shipping companies. ficulties so he got a'job as OS house was knocked over and the ship had a good-sized scar to show A "Maritime" item in the last issue reporting that Philadelphia 4 4 4 aboard a Cities Service tanker. for the encounter. was the "nation's second most active port" in vessel arrivals and George. Dackn, chief steward: Shortly afterward he was promoted departures last year apparently has one staunch Baltimorean Married and the father of four The best way to get mail to the to bosun. steaming. In no uncertain terms, this Seafarer called Philadelphia children, Swiderski lives down in ships is through an "upstart" which couldn't top Baltimore in anything. Figures "Tl.e SIU and NMU were both the Coney Island section of Brook­ the company supplied by the Maritime Ass'n of the Port of NY, however, hold organizing in Cities Service then," lyn. He finds sailing with tlie agents in the dif­ firm. Baltimore ran third, trailed by San Francisco and New Or­ he recalled, "and I Was contacted Union the best way of balancing " ferent ports. leans, in that order. The statistic used merely concerns ship arrivals by both sides to sign a pledge card. the family budget and getting good When they coop­ and departures. It didn't involve dollar volume of cargo cargo Johnny Arabasz, who was the SIU- conditions on the job as well and erate, we get the volume or anything else like that. New York, of course, was first. orgauizer, didn't have much of a looks back on the coal mine cavemail right away. job selling me on the SIU. I in as a lucky break. Most of the dei lays I've found have been on the G 0 vernment ships, where the agents just sat on ACROSS . Pi-sli Elm 41. Lecture the mail and didn't bring it aboard. 1. "As I It." The "YamaCreek 43. Where Bath is Under pressure from the Otis was covered by a Union contract, a Log column - Girl" 45. God of war Island group 4 4 4. 25. Mast 47. City in Pa. Elevator Company to give up cer­ compared to eight out of ten fac­ Collide with in Indonesia Fred J. Johnson, 2nd cook: What 26. Fight 48. .Symbol of a Things for the Ship's boss -27. Great French line we have to do is to get after the tain contract benefits, the CIO tory workers in those same cities. hold writer Final passage 49. North Sea Electrical Workers, Local 453, are In most instances, office workers Noun ending 28. Island SW of company agents negotiating several items with the were covered by the same union river Swears Efate 80. Trinidad Man's name overseas and company. The firm has threats that had a contract for factory Coastal port 30. Llgni Egg-shaped product Summer, in make sure they ened to close down its Yonkers, workers with the company. 33. Sally of the What they pay 81. Compass Paris fans off in direction bring it to the New York, plant and run away to 35. Courage 82. 17. City on the Bottom of Weight of India 4 4 4 ship. Sending the midwest if it did not get tax 38. Suit maker Channel harbor Takes a beating After 37 years, hat workers at A gas company mail to the com­ Voyage (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) relief and a better contract. Ap­ Canadian pany offices won't proximately 2,100 workers are af­ the Frank H. Lee Company, Dancapital bury, Conn, got union representa­ Take the helm help, because fected. Ship's timbers tion again. Workers voted 316 they first have to Steep 4 4 4 to 221 in an NLRB election to be Kind of tide send it to the A Ford Motor Company spokes­ 40 winks agents anyway. If man denied reports that the firm represented by the AFL United Clerk on a passenger slilp our people send mall to the agents would grant a guaranteed annudl Hatters Union. The union had a A canal ^ contract at the plant until 1917 direct, we sTiould get it. Past time wage to the CIO Auto Workers in when it lost it during a strike. Chow up 4 4 4 its new contract. The union has Composer of John Abraham, AB: I don't get already made clear that it would Lee is one of four major men's "The Merry Widow" too much mail on the ship, but present the demands as a key is­ hat companies. River, NJ 4 4 4 when I do it's be­ Titler sue. The company spokesman The battle against "right-tocause the agents Park on Mt. said no decision would be made un­ Desert Is. are on the job 46. Outmoded til contract talks got underway in work" laws which outlaw union security is being taken up anew as and don't hold it garment the near future. Singing voice state legislatures meet this winter. back. If the ship­ Type of ship 4 4 4 AFL unions in Pennsylvania rep­ ping companies Slant A number. Despite years of organizing ef­ resenting 300,000 members have will provide the Man's name forts, unions have persuaded very launched a campaign to block right addresses Cons A sea few white collar workers to join "right-to-work" legislation, while for the different Sooner than up, according to a US Labor De­ in Missouri the AFL State Federa­ ports, we will al­ partment survey. The survey tion and CIO Industrial Council DOWN ways get the mail. I don't think there is any showed that only one out of six of­ have joined forces to fight a proOver the —— fice^-SvioikeYs In Imajbr ' trS''Cities poseci refere'ndum move. Mr. Slaughter othdf "wiiytb'dlB'ii • • • ,• • • " • /•' .• • •' '• - •*. �Febrnary i, 1955 SEAFARERS SEAFARERS^ LOG Published biweekly by the'Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32. NV. Tel HVacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFABERS NEW YORK. LEHER PAui. HALL, Hearetary-Treasurer of the Vol. XVII. No. 9 February 4. 1955 Editor, HEHBERT BRAND; Manogir.g Editor, RAV DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN: P.'icto Editor. DANIEL MLVA: Staff iVriters, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIM SPIVAPK AL MASKIN". Gun Area Reporter, Eiti MOODV. Ojliii Page Nina LOG IS OM Mrr.HSRel IRY geXTCcbs/ WEEK Aits^0*kM IIM MfflBits i The extent to which anti-union sentiments have penetrated is illustrated by a story out of Louisiana, a state which last Wants Magazines •< ear adopted a phony "right to work" lav.^ The Louisiana Placed On Ships State Supreme Court has ruled that the AFL Agricultural To the Editor: V/orh.ers cannot strike against ma. or sugar plantations during I am now aboard the Alcoa ' tae harvest season. Jn enjoining a strike against two large Planter, enroute to Bremen, Ger­ . plantations the court declared that strikes in the "emergency many, and I am writing this to pass period" were illegal because they "damaged the employers' along to you an idea I have bad for quite a while. property." ' ; Th's is a thinly-disguised rationalization that could be used Some time ago the SEAFARERS to" ban every strike that ever was called. Obviously, a union < LOG asked for suggestions about is f • 0 c? i. ' 1: "^a n " -MM production has improving the SIU libraries aboard ships. Many suggestions were . come to a halt and nobody is working. Under the Louisiana the given—such as including encyclo­ Court's ineory, evary sinke invoiving perishables could be pedias, almanacs, dictionaries and outlf"we:l for "d^-maplry rn employers', nrpnerty." To carry it books of reference—and these were to an extreme, it would apply if Seafarers hung up a ship excellent. and five nounds of but'ter spoiled in the dairy box. . However, I did not see anyone The AJ''L union involved intends to carry the fight to higher come up with a suggestion for put­ courts, where it is very likely the decision will be reversed. ting old maga­ But meanwhile, the exploited sugar workers have been de­ zines aboard the prived of their right to strike and possibly have lost their ships, and that is rajf idea. As for chance to get any improvement in their conditions. V I • M .'3 to ' e -"c s 0° goiierr . onti-unlon almosphere , the magazines be­ old— don't in which such decisions breed. If a state court can convince ing forget that no itself that such a finding represents the law of the land, it reading matter is reflects an unhealthy mood to say the least. really old to" us 4. 4. Sea gypsies. % Vote ^ Thanks It's normal for Seafarers who have been sailing for some-time to take some of the everyday pro­ cedures of Union operations for granted because they are used to them and understand their reason for being. Not so the newcomer, who often might be puzzled by something that might seem simple and obvious to the oldtimer. On the Hurricane for example, a newcomer raised a question about the practice of standing one minute in silence at every ship­ board meeting. Ship's delegate Raymond H. Ulatowski explained what the ceremony was about to the man's satisfaction. It might not be a bad idea from time to time for delegates to take up little points of meeting proce­ dure, particularly if the ship hap­ pens to be carrying crewmembers who are not too familiar with Union procedures or with Robert's Rules of order by which meetings are conducted. Ulatowski sails in the engine de­ partment, usually as electrician. He's 30 yeai-s old and joined the SIU in April, 1948. New Britain, Connecticut, is his home town, With all of the Araffues Union's activities At this writing the United Nations is attempting to corral to improve the well-being of the as college scholar­ the Chinese Communists into a conference room in order to members—such and art contests—I •ft'onder avi-Ive I . a 'oeacaLtu o. uvlon of ther' crmosa problem. Chances ships why the Union has not seen Rt to are considered fair that the UN will succeed, but in the mean­ provide the men on the ships with time the Chinese Communists are talking fight in very bellig­ the gold mine of information and erent terms. They are i-eported to have assured Burma and education contained in old maga­ India in full seriousness that they intend to take Formosa zines. Perhaps it is simply be­ • one way or another, by force if necessary. cause no one has thought of the This threat is being taken very seriously in Washington. idea.' At any rate, I. think most of the One way of meeting it now being employed is a show of strength by US Armed Forces in the area. Backing up this men on the ships would enjoy hav­ show of strength" over 6,000 miles from home requires the ing copies of such magazines as the Saturday Evening Post, Time, services of a large segment of the US merchant piarine. Newsweek, Reader's Digesi, Ameri­ It is no secret that plenty of ships and considerable quan­ can, Cosmopolitan, Esquire and tities of cargo have been going to Formosa in recent months. Argosy. , The pace is likely to be stepped up considerably from now I also know many men who ; on in. That means that American seamen will be sitting in would enjoy reading magazines like ' the ringside seat of another world crisis like so many that have True Detective and Detective ,gone before. \ Weekly. With most of us the oomic In one important respect the current crisis in the Formosa books also go over very big. Wants Technical Periodicals area differs Considerably from Korea as far as merchant ships go. Formosa and the other Nationalist-occupied territories Most important of all, I think are islands../Fighting already going on involves .ships and the crewmembers should be intro­ planes more than land forces. If the fighting steps up, US duced to the professional maga­ t 4" t merchsnt ships and ."^eamen will be in increasing peril from zines, such as those in the archi­ When a crewmember leaves ship tectural. engineering, mechanical for a variety of reasons, sometimes a potent Red China air force, land-based long-range artillery and electrical helds. and even a few submarines reportedly handed over by the Many of the women's and home because he is hurt or suddenly Russians. nciagazines contain excellent rec­ taken in, he often leaves,his gear behind him.. Un­ Seafarers have been in dangerous waters before this in ipes, and I think would aid the less the gear is other world crises. Formosa is just another in a series of such steward departments. dropped off at a troubles that began way back in the 1930's. In a troubled We deep sea sailors, as you Union haU some­ world, the exposure of merchant ships to danger has become know, are ambassadors to the peo­ where, it usually ple of the many lands we \isit. a standard hazard of the trade. becomes quite a And I think having these old'maga­ problem to track zines, to hand over to these people it down and have when we are through with them, it returned to its would help to promote goodwill. A sensible proposal has been offered in Congress by Rep­ owner. Take Up Procedure Seafarer Ola resentative Daniel F*lood of Pennsylvania. He has submitted We could also turn over copies Ekelund Ekelund, deck a bill that would require ships to report their positions eve^ of the magazines to the Gls in delegate on the Iberville saw to it day. Failure to report would be taken as a sign that the ship Korea" and Japan. is in trouble and immediate search measures could be I remember that when I was that ohe shipmate's gear got to the undertaken. in Malaya, the people could get no headquarters hall. Ekelund took time and trouble to lug the gear Representative {'lood's bill is the outgrowth of two recent American magazines except the the from marine disasters—the loss of the Mormackite with 37 men, overseas editions of Time and Life, lyn. Port Newark over to Brook­ and the disappearance of the SlU-manned Southern Isles and wre willing to buy all that Ekelund, who sails as AB, has with her entire crew of 23 seamen. In both cases nobody anybody had. been a Union member since No­ had any inkling the ships were in danger and searches did ' Incidentally, they are very ih- vember, 1950. He's a native of terested in American comic books not get underway until days after the sinkings. Neither over there, with "Superman" and Norway, 37 years of age, and liVes ship had a chance to radio for help. "Hopalong Cassidy" running far in Brooklyn. The daily report would go a long way toward assuring in the lead. t 4" prompt help in the event of emergencies. It is a simple and Well, that's my suggestion, and The spirit of Christmas was very inexpensive precaution. If the Government does not take I hope the members and the of­ much in evidence over the holiday measures to make it mandatory, the SIU intends to bring ficials of the Union will consider it. season aboard the Steel Scientist. Lopis B. Arague;, Three qf tB^^rew, E.' the matter up at it? next contract meetings with the^operators. Daily Reports the carpenter who was unnamed, and Benny Bengert, stepped for­ ward to volunteer their services for decoration of the messhall. TJie usual shipboard messhall drabness was brightened up for the holiday season with appropriate party-type touches. 4, Sliip's delegate Ed Zaniewski of the Wacosta was on the ball dur­ ing his term of service, according to crewmembers of the ship. Zaniewski got a vote of thanks for a job well done in "true SIU style." The 29-year-old Seafarer sails as AB in themeck department on SIU ships. He's been a Union member since October 21, 1944, and calls Cleveland, Ohio, his "home port." 4" 4« 4 The returns are still coming in from satisfied Seafarers on the Christmas and New Year's feeds put out by SIU steward depart­ ments. From the Evelyn comes a special vote of thanks to the steward and the cooks for a really swell Christmas dinner. The en­ tire crew said they appreciated the extra work and effort that went into the holiday affair. Crewmem­ bers of the Cubore also voted thanks to their galley gang for the good meals put out in the holiday sea­ son. 4 4 4. Savior The final re­ turns are in the SIU's elections which ended January 15. Vote counting was done by six-man rank and file tallying committees that were elected in all ports at the January 26 membership meetings. Then the committees forwarded the returns and ballots to the head­ quarters tally committee which compiled the results and will pre­ sent them to the next membership meetings for approval. Among men who served on the various tally committees were: W. Kramer, J. Gallagher, R. Graf, W. Carney, R. Savior and J. Hoggie in Philadelphia; A. R. Sawyer, A. H. Anderson, T. M. Gower, C. A. Moser. J. B. Harris, and W. Smith in Norfolk. Other rank and file members in the other ports carried out the same function. �^»|»?v^5:-';'V:;-:.'|/ Pare Ten PelmiAiT 4. 1955 SEAFAREk^ tdC OWERED BY a chunk of uranium weighing less than a handful of peas, the Navy's submarine Nautilus—first atomic-powered vehicle of any kind—last month demonstrated how the devastation unleashed over Hiroshima and Nagasaki nearly ten years ago can be' put to work to propel ships at sea. The slim, 300-foot Nautilus is a costly exppiment. Built at a reported cost of $50 million, she will be able to do things no other submarine has ever done. Unlike a combustion engine, her powerful atomic engine does not need oxygen for its operation. As a result, the Nautilus will be theo­ retically capable of crossing the Atlantic under the surface and at full speed—estimated at up to 28 knots, even while submerged. The energy driving the Nautilus comes from an atomic reactor utilizing the same material—uranium 235—that was the heart of the first atomic bomb. Pressurized water is used to conduct heat from a chain reaction in the reactor to a heat transfer system, which then uses the heat to pro­ duce steam for the turbines which drive the vessel's propellers. Whet, then, of an atomic merchant marine? . This much is certain. An atomic-'powered cargo ship will he built long before it will become commercially practical to operate one, probably as a supply ship or auxiliary vessel for the Navy. An atomic plant of any kind requires effective shielding against radio­ activity and sensitive "robot" controls to guard against leakage of any-of the potentially-ddngerous materials used. An atom-powered ship, therefore, is now a reality. It can be driven on the surface as well as under water by nuclear fuel. But its main job is to sink other ships. Peaceful adaptations based on the lessons learned from the Nautilus are surely on the drawing boards already. For one. thing, they won't need any smokestacks. Atomic fuel doesn't generate smoke or soot, and doesn't need any outlet to the air anyway. This will probably be the only outward difference noticeable in an atompowered ship. Like the NaUtilus, which also carries batteries and,electric motors for auxiliary power, prototype atomic ships will likely utilize nuclear power only as a fuel source to run turbines which are more or less conventional in engine design. But the design of below-decks spaces eventually will be considerably altered. A minimum of fuel storage space will be needed since a little bit of atomic fuel really goes a long way. In theory at least, the' potential energy in a two-pound lump of uranium the size of a golf ball is the equivalent of 460,000 gallons of fuel oil or 3,000 tons of coal. Ship designers see this leading to the end of the conventional double bottoms in ships because of the elimination of the need for fuel storage. One item on which there seems to be pretty general agreement among the experts is that conversions of conventionally-powered turbine-driven ships to atomic power are unlikely. Ships would necessarily have to be so redesigned within the hull shell to take advantage of the economies and power increases made possible by the new fuel source that conversions would be too costly. One survey on the application of this new source of energy to the C-4 Mariner-type cargo vessels came up with a figure of $5,2 million as the cost of a reactor plant which could produce the same amount of power now available on a 13,000-ton Mariner. The ships originally cost $10 million to build two years ago. The cost of fuel estimated in this same survey was from $11 to $20 per gram of uranium 235. On the basis of these figures and the theoretical operating figures for the Nautilus, a 2,800-ton submarine, the cost of fuel for taking the ship around the world submerged (two pounds of uranium) would be from $11,000 to $20,000. These figures, of course, are for a sub traveling underwater and the uranium cost figures are a year old. But one steamship company which has operated several of the Mariner-type ships estimated fuel costs per thousand miles as $2,350, at 21 knots. The same 'round-the-world trip for a Mariner would therefore cost $60,000 just for conventional fuel. P i' LkA. !A JUL UuL /A\II1 • 1 I I 1 10m i » L 9 I jp _ i Ill iiiil -m •> -V '-i " ji:i-ff : . Cutaway model of one of the new Mariner-type cargo ships showing how an atomic reactor would be used with the ship's existing power plant to furnish cheap fuel. Use of atomic power would eliminate the need for. a smokestack since no smoke or soot is produced by atomic fuel. The device would cost #5.2 million. Closeup of the model of a cargo ship propulsion unit using atomic power to at the rear right of the photograph. The rest is equivalent to the normal plai firebox and boilers^ using power from a chain reaction to produce «team and souriM would eliminate need for large fuel. storage spkce on thetship and will designed by the Newport ^ews Shipbuilding Co. . �IffiBp-:»-I.- '• SEAF ARERS February 4, 19{UI rage Elevea LOG, The submarine USS Nautilus launched the era of atomic tranportation by successfully using power ^rom atomic fuel in its first sea trials on Jan. 17, 19.'55. The ship is shown returning to her dock at Groton, Conn. I m^ti«i:ii|i liBiiiiiiilili ir^ »•' - if — [fciSfeg I liiiiiiil •V -m "••IH •-M TK:il :^H Irive the exieting power plant. The reactor is the portion of the plant shown It on this type of ship. An atomic device txpuW replace the conventional [turn the turbines which drive the vessel's propellors. Use the new fuel {eventually mean greater payload as i^ell as greater speed. The layout yvas r, ^ ^ Reactor of the atomic sub Nautilus is surrounded by a lead shield to guard agairist leakage of radioactive elements. A chain reaction in the reactor heats pressurwed water which is piped to heat exchanges. There the liert converts other, water to steam, whi<^ then goes, lo the suh s tprbmes which actually drive its propeUort,v;:-;j;,.i^ 'v • ^ - r'AkHliV-l.iSiAv ^-jiv i • *• ' j �<• ;^r-. 5* i• r. Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG February 4, 1955 PORT tUSPORlS.. m m m are convalescing in good fashion Boston: the Brighton Marine Hospital for Baltimore: and e.xpect to be discharged soon. x-rays of his leg. Had 7 Payoffs Shipping Is Quiet Since our last report we had 7 Shipping here during the past payoffs, 4 sign-ons and 18 ships in two weeks has been quiet and the outlook for the future is only fair. transit at this port. While shipping has been off of Death recently took the last of During the past two weeks we paid During the past two weeks we Payoffs were aboard the Alcoa late, plans for continued industrial a quartet of Seafarers well known off and signed on the Council paid off 14 ships, signed on 9 and expansion in this area and pro­ Ranger (Alcoa), Steel Surveyor in the Boston area. This occurred Grove (Cities Service) and in (Isthmian), Del Valle, Del Rio and had 12 in transit. This is poor for jected improvements of the harbor transit were the Chickasaw, Antiindicate that New Orleans will con­ Del Sud (Mississippi) and DeSoto on January 14 when Erother John nous and De Soto (Waterman); the port of Baltimore but we have M. Pinkus passed away in Boston Alexandra (Carras); Government hopes that the future will give us tinue to improve its position as a and Iberville (Watferman). The Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa) and City Hospital. The death of Brother Camp (Cities Seiwice); Eugenie some tankers to crew up and we major shipping center. The Freeport Sulphur Co. and Del Campo, Del Alba and Del Sud Pinkus, who was generally known (Oro); Steel Fabricator (Isthmian), are also looking forward to a good as "Spike," means that the four and Robin Trent and Robin Locksthe Federal Government recently (Mississippi) signed on. number of payoffs during the next announced plans to build a big Ships in transit were the Alcoa men who wex-e watchmen together ley (Seas Shipping). pilot plant to treat nickel-cobalt Corsair, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa on the Evangeline and Yarmouth, A delayed sailing beef on the tv'o weeks. • ore from Cuba. The plant will be Cavalier and Alcoa Pilgrim both formerly owned by Eastern Government Camp was settled in All of the payoffs we had here SS Co., all passed favor of the crew and checks for built at the English Turn on the (Alcoa), the Steel Director and were clean, and there were no away within the the same have been sent to the east bank of the Mississippi River Steel Surveyor (Isthmian), the beefs on any of j past year. The Boston hall. This beef had been Del Campo and Del Alba (Missis­ near Braithwaite. the ships 'signing other three men pending since the ship paid off The plant, which will require sippi), the Seatrains Georgia and on or in transit. were James Pens- here December 11. about two years to build, will be Louisiana (Seatrain), the Fairisle, The payoffs^ wick. Michael For our typical SIU Man of the used in the study of a new process Arizpa, Monarch of the Seas, were the Mae, Buckley and Week we have selected Brother of getting nickel and cobalt from Madaket, Claiborne and City of Evelyn and Frank Burns. Oliver Headley, who ships as ore deposits at Alma (Waterman), Salem Maritime Kathryn (Bull); These men. all pumpman. Brother Headley usually Moa Bay on the (Cities Service) and Northwestern Bents Fort (Cities oldtimers in the ships out of Baltimore but for the northeast coast of Victory (Victory Carriers). i Service); WestUnion, had been Pinkus past month has been registered In Cuba. These Lindsey J. Williams ern Trader watchmen on Boston. His last ship was the Alex­ New Orleans Fort Agent metals are essen­ (Western Naviga­ Eastern ships for many years, and andra (Carras). Buzbee tial to the pro­ tion), Oremar and were well known end well liked James Sheehan duction of air­ Bethcoastet (Calmari; John B. throughout the Boston area. Boston Port Agent Seattle: craft, guided mis­ Waterman (Waterman), and BalThe Union sent a floral wreath siles and many 4« 4" 4" to Brother Pinkus' services and the tore, Santore, Cubore, Marore and other important port agent attended. Feltore (Ore). The Feltore paid Tampa: weapons for na­ off twice. Thlu 5 Men Injured tional defense. The Steel Flyer (Isthmian) and Bad weather, we aire sorry to say, Seafarers are familiar with the the Western Trader, Oremar, John Shipping has been slow in Seat­ was responsible for injuries to a Freeport Sulphur Co., which pro­ B. Waterman, Cubore, Santore and duces sulphur loaded aboard SIU- tle and the outlook for the future number of our men. Aboard the Marore signed on. The Feltore is about the same. Steel Fabricator (Isthmian) four contracted ships at Port Sulphur. The shipping picture was very signed on twice. During the past two weeks we men were hurt and were sent to good in this port during the past Already virtually completed and In transit were the Ocean Nimet in production is a new $30,000,000 paid off the Wacosta (Waterman) the Brighton Marine Hospital for two weeks due to the crewing up plant constiucted by the Lion Oil and Mother M. L. (Eagle Ocean). examination. Three of the men re­ of the Cuba (P & O). We had (Ocean Transportation); Iberville Co. 14 miles upriver from the Huey The Wacosta signed on again and turned to the ship' but the bosun to call the outports for some stew­ and -Chickasaw (Watennan); Cal­ P. Long Bridge. The plant, which the Mother M. L. went under the remained In the hospital for fur­ ard department ratings and were mar, Massmar and Bethcoaster ther treatment. On the Robin also able to negotiate for three (Calmar)^ Alcoa Pointer and Alcoa has a daily capacity of about 300 Liberian flag. In transit during this period Locksley, one wiper was hurt duh- more ratings in the deck depart­ Roamer (Alcoa); Robin Wentley tons of anhydrous ammonia, uses -natural gas, air and water to turn were the Frederic C. Collins ing rough weather when he slipped ment—a storekeeper and two deck (Seas Shipping), and Suzanne and Ines (Bull). out chemicals for agricultural and (Di-ytrans), Bienville and Fair- or fell in the steering engine rooni. maintenance men. < port (Waterman), He was laid up in his bunk for a industrial use. > Hall in Good Shape In transit here were the Iber­ P o r t m a r and couple of weeks and then sent to ville, De Soto and Madaket Harbor improvements are going As most of you brothers who Yorkmar (Calahead steadily and the New Or­ (Waterman). have visited us know, the hall here mar) and Lewis leans Board of Port Commissioners Bennie Gonzales is shaping up in fine style. The Emery, Jr. (Vic­ recently authorized an outlay of Hq. Representative maintenance erew is doing a good tory Carriers). $152,909 for improving the Har­ 4" 4" 4) job in maintaining tlie building, At our last mony and First Street wharves. and we want to thank all of the meeting the fol­ The following is the latest Wilmington: This item was the first step in abrothers for cooperating in keep­ lowing tallying available listing of official ex* $10,000,000 wharf building pro­ ing the building shipshape. . committee was change rates for foreign cur­ gram. Also being considered by elected: M. Delrencies. Listings are as of In closing, we would again like Knaflich the commissioners is construction lano, L. Hodges, •February 1, 1955, and are sub­ to remind the brothers to write or of a new wharf at Nashville Ave. Spuron, M. Pappadakis, C. Tulject to change without notice. visit their shipmates who are laid Shipping Picks Up lia and J. Adams. Shipping in this port has been up in the USPHS hospital, Wyman England. New Zealand, Soutb Af­ We were very happy to learn rica: $2.80 per pound sterling. Shipping has picked up some­ on the slow bell during the past Park Drive, Baltimore, Md. They Australia: $2.24 per pound sterling. two weeks due to the crewing up are B.vrd O. Buzbee, Lee Dwyer, what since our last report, but it about the big votes rolled up in Belgium: 50 francs to the dollar. all ports in the Union's recent Denmark: 14.45 cents per krone. will pick up. still cannot be classified as boom­ James Walker, Raymond Smith, France: 350 francs to the doUar. We had no payoffs or sign-ons Russell Henry, Joseph GDI, T. Aning. Twenty-three more men were elections. It shows all the mem­ Germany; 4.2 marks to the dollar. Holland: 3.7-3.8 guilders to the bttt serviced seven ships in transit. kerson, William Simmons, A. shipped to regular jobs than were bers are taking a real interest in dollar. These were the Paoli (Cities Willis, T. Mungo, Ernest Atkins, registered during the last two Union affairs. Italy: 624.9 lire to the dollar. Norway: 14 cents per krone. Oldtimers now on the beach Service); Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa); William Warmack, Jesse Clark, weeks. Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the dollar. include H. Murphy, J. O'Neil, J. Yaka (Waterman); Steel Seafarer Gorman Glaze, R. Scales, Jesse D. Speaking of jobs, some men who Sweden: 19.33 cents per krona. India: 21 cents per rupee. (tsthmian), and Alamar, Yorkmar Baugher, Robert McKnew, George have been dispatched to last-min­ Balderson, M. Dellano, H. Knaflich Pakistan: 30.22 cents per rupee. and Calmar (Calmar). ute openings on sailing days for and E. Crelan. Argentina: 14.2 pesos to the dollar. Oliver, John Zehil, George Little Jeff Gillette BrazU; 5.4 cents per cruzeiro. Alcoa ships bound to the Carib­ Ernest B. Tilley aiid John R. Schultz. Uruguay: 52.63 cents per peso. Seattle Port Agent bean have been turned down be­ Wilniington Port Agent Venezuela: 29.65 cents per bolivar. . Earl Sheppard cause they have not received yel­ Baltimore Port Agent low fever shots which are required on this run. On these last minute i. i. s. calls, the men dispatched don't Philadelphia: have time to make the trip to the hospital and report back to the ship by sailing time.. For that reason, all members in Shipping Figures January 12 fo January 25 this port interested in making Alcoa jobs are being advised to go REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL Shipping has not been too good to the USPHS hospital and get their POET DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK - ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Boston in this port during the past two shots at 3 PM on Tuesdays and 11 14 7 6 27 10 5 1 16 AM on Fridays. Those who pre­ weeks but we expect a pickup in New York .. 75 63 80 218 60 49 54 163 pare in advance will be able to the next couple of weeks when we Philadelphia 17 14 11 8 42 5 . 8 21 throw in for the Alcoa run with­ will have two Calmar ships coming 101 74 66 36 241 33 33 102 out having to worry about being in for payoff. Norfolk . 16 8 7 31 6 8 • turned down for this particular 4 18 Duri.:;g the past two weeks we Savannah 7 medical reason when they report 8 7 22 15 12 8 35 paid off the Queenston Heights to the ship. 14 21 44 15 12 44 71 (Seatrade), Massmar (Calmar) and David A. Wright, George St. Mobile 33 28 91 30 39 34 S3; 105 Suzanne (Bull). The Queenston Germain, Charles Barnett, Daniel New Orleans 68 42 165 Heights,' Massmar and Irenestar 55 46. 63 73 ' 182 Rucker,, William Tank and Goon Houston .... (Maine) signed on and in transit 22 20 13 , 55 32 15 21 68 Poy Thlu are aniong brothers who were the Steel Worker (Isthmian), Seattle 31 20. 11 62 15 have been admitted to the hospital 9 9 33 Winter Hill (Cities Service) and recently. San Francisco 19 15 13 47 13 7 12 32 Chickasaw, Antinous and John B. Edgar Harman, Earl Gaberson, Wilmington ••eoeoooe* 10 8 8 26 4 . 5 Waterman (Waterman). 3 12 William E. >lplin and Darrell Riley S. Cardullo ar« lidil M, the hospital list, .but Totals 422 ; w :321 328 •1,-303 V 262 V 859: Philadelpliia Port Agent • ii. Ui-. : i New Orleans: Industrial Expansion Boosts Port's Status Death Takes Last Of Wpii-XDOwn Quarlet Mother M.L Pafs Off, Transfers To Liberia Shipping is Slow Bnl Fnlnra Looks Botlor Shipping Very Good As Gnba Tokos Grow Mone^ Exchange Rates Listed Shipping Horo Slow; 7 In-Tfansits Gali I II V Shipping Pieknp Seen; Two Galmar Ships Due - �seAFittiSRS toe Febriiair PaceHiIrfeea PORT KEPORTS Mobile: Formosa Cutting Lajf-Up Flool of Brother Clinton K, Partelle, who died recently.' Brother Par­ telle had shipped out of this port in various steward department rat­ ings for the last several years, and was well liked by everyone who knew him. A niece^Mrs. Virginia Huck of Roanoke, Va.—is his beneficiary.' in closing, we would like to re­ mind all the brothers that income tax time has rolled around again. Withholding forms from the Sea­ farers yacation Plan are being mailed/out as fast as possible, and all hands should have theirs by the end of this month. Gal Tanner Mobile Fort Agent New York: Wealber SloWs Ships, Cuts Down Payoffs Antinous and Beauregard (Water­ Son Francisco: man); Winter Hill (Cities Service); Steel Recorder (Isthmian), and Re­ public (Trafalgar). Claude Simmons Ass't. Sec.-Treasurer Three Payoffs Due, Future is Drighler Although shipping in San Fran­ Shipping and business in the With-the troubled situation in cisco was slow during the past two Port of New York slacked off some­ the Formosa area, it looks as if weeks, the outlook for the future what during the past two weeks. A quite a few unscheduled ships AVill is brighter because we expect number of ships that we expected Lake Charles: . be calling at the Theodore ammu­ three payoffs next week. in for payoff were diverted to nition depot. It also appears that We had no payoffs or sign-ons other ports and several ships were If the Formosa situation gets .any during these past two weeks, but delayed due to bad weather. These, worse there is a good possibility we did have six ships call in trans­ however, should be in the latter that the Government will pull it and were able to put some men part of this week and first of next some of the ships out of the laidShipping has been holding up on these. These 'ships were the week, so the shipping picture up fleet in the Mobile River and Steel Admiral should be better in the coming pretty well here in Lake Charles put them into the Far East trade (Isthmian), Portbut we don't advise any of the period. hauling ammunition and supplies. mar and Alamar Shipping in this port during the At present we have quite a large brothers to rush down here expect­ (C a 1 mar) and ing to get out in a hurry. past couple of weeks can be con­ number of men on the beach so I 3» 3/ 4" Maiden Creek, sidered good, with some 105 men Calling in here during the past would not advise anyone to come Fair port and shipped to regular jobs and 91 Savannah: here expecting to get out in a hur­ two weeks were the Council Grove, Topa Topa sent to relief jobs in and around ry. Of course, this is a normal Government Camp, Winter Hill, (Waterman). Chiwawa, Cantigny, Logans Fort, the harbor. During this period condition. We always have a lot of Men now on we had seven payoffs, four signmen, who have been ashore for the Bradford Island, Archers Hope', the beach in-p on's and three ships in transit. Christmas holidays, coming in to Bents Fort and Salehi Maritime, all elude K. Hansen,The payoffs, which were all In of Cities Service'. Over in Port ship after the first of the year. HHb V. McMahon, C. Shipping in the port of Savan­ Neches, Tex., we good shape, were as follows: Al­ Any of you fellows who like win­ coa Cavalier, Alcoa Pilgrim, Al­ nah has been nothing to write ter sporfk or have a little Eskimo had the Michael Gates, T. tlrbina, A. Begg, F. (Carrasl and in Vqtto, J. Goude, F. Hills, W. 0. coa Partner and Alcoa Clipper home about but it has been hold­ in you probably wouldn't mind be­ ing its own during the past two ing here right now as we have had Orange, Tex., we Kennedy, A. Snider, A. Brown, A, (Alcoa) and Mon­ weeks. had the Val Nottage and K. Bryant. arch of the Seas, snow and plenty of cold weather. In the hospital are M. MeigusDuring this period we paid off Down in Venezuela, however, it's Chem (Valentine City of Alma soleloy, P. S. Yuzon, W. K. Single­ the Strathbay (Strathmore) and Tankers). and Claiborne ton, J. Perriera, C. Neumaier, J. G, Cantigny (Cities Service) and a lot different picture, and the Each of the (Waterman). ' signed on the Cantigny and the boys on the Sandcaptain are beef­ above ships took Kelly, F. Halgney, O. Gustavsen The sign - ons ing about how hot it is. But on Angelina (Bull). In transit were some men, so all and C. Brown. we re the some of these chilly mornings 1 the Robin Don-; Tool Banning together we were Ocean Deborah wish I were down there myself. caster (Seas Ship­ San Francisco Port Agent able to ship 25 (Ocean Transpor­ Daly Had 16 Payoffs ping), Seatrains men. ^ tation), Alcoa Louisiana and At our last meeting, on January During the past two weeks we Pilgrim and Al­ Skinner Georgia (Seapaid off 16 ships, signed 6 on ar­ 26, M. Launey was chairman and Houston: coa Partner (Al­ train), Raphael ticles and serviced 18 in-trahsits. Johnny Mitchell was recording coa) and City of Alma (Waterman). Semmes (Water­ The Ann Marie (Bull) went into secretary. Both men sail as pump­ The in-transits were the De Soto man) and An­ lay-up an4 the Beatrice (Bull) went men and both did a fine job at and Iberville (Waterman) and gelina (Bull). into lay-up but came out again a the meeting. Steel Director (Isthmian). The Strathbay few days later. Daly Sails On Deck Future Prospects Good came in with Lamb Shipping continues to be vei-y, The payoffs, which were all in For our Seafarer of the Week very good in this port, primarily Prospects for the coming two only a few hours good shape with no major beefs we nominate Brother Thomas J. due to the fact that unscheduled weeks look good, with the follow­ of disputed OT, which were set­ on any of them, were as follows: tled in favor of the crew, and we Daly, who sails in the deck depart­ ships are coming in here at the ing ships due to hit the port either Jean, Beatrice, Emilia and for payoff or in transit: Afoundria, would like to congratulate the dele­ Frances (Bull); Steel Worker and ment. Brother Daly is always rate of about one a week to load Claiborne, Hurricane, Monarch of gates for bringing in such a clean Steel Flyer (Isthmian); Madaket ready to help the Union any way grain for Europe. We don't know the Seas, Warrior, Chickasaw and ship. Edward F. Lamb served both and Hastings (Waterman); Brad­ he can while waiting for a ship, how long this will continue as the ^ Antinous (Waternian), Ocean Ulla as ship's and steward delegate, and ford Island, French Creek and and also does A good job afloat operators themselves don't have (Ocean Transportation) and Alcoa the other delegates were Thomas Archers Hope (Cities Service); Sea- as a department or ship's delegate. any advance information, but we We have finished tallying the do know that Ocean Transporta­ Corgair, Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa Puri­ Faulkner, deck, and Paul R. Kiau- trains New York, Georgia, and votes cast here and have sent them tion will have one C-2 paying off sen, engine. Overall, the men re­ tan, Alcoa Pennant and Alcoa ported, they had a very pleasant Texas (Seatrain), and Trinity and to headquarters for tallying. here and loading grain for Europe Cavalier (Alcoa). Michael (Carras). run to Yugoslavia. early next week. On the local labor front the AFL For our Seafarer of The Week The ships signing on were the Painters Union has just had an During the past two weeks we Men In Hospital we name Brother Jeff Skinner who Steel Worker (Isthmian); Mankato injunction thrown at it to stop paid off the Liberty Bell (Tramp joined the SlU in 1938 and has Men now in the USPHS hospital Victory (Victory Carriers); Robin shipped steadily out of the Gulf are Rufus L. Fields, "Georgia Wentley and Robin Doncaster (Seas them from picketing a new plant Cargo) and Genevieve Peterkin, area since then, usually as AB or Boy" Littleton, Frank "Jelly Shipping), Madaket (Waterman), that is going up here. This in­ and these two ships signed on. In transit were the Seatrains New bosun. Brother Skinner, who is Bean" Nelson, Angelo Martins, and Barbara Fritchie (Liberty junction has been slapped on them York, Texas and Savannah (Sea­ under the so-called "right-to-work" married and has one child, makes John H. Morris, A. D. Edenfield, Navigation). law and they have ten days to file train); Alice Brown (Bloomfieldl; his home in Theodore, a few miles G. Pena, John R. Bailey,- Elmer Republic (Trafalgar); Del Viento Ships in transit were the an answer.' outside of Mobile. While he's on G. Brewer and James T. "Tommy" (Mississippi); French Creek (Cities Frances, Elizabeth and Edith On the political front all is quiet, Service); Steel Director (Isthmian), the beach his favorite sport is Moore. (Bull); Seatrains . Savannah and but we expect big noises any day and Madaket (Waterman). fishing and he can generally be Moore, who used to tip the scales found around the Fowl River area, at 410 pounds, is now down to New Jersey (Seatrain); Alcoa Run­ now from all the boys who want Bloomfield Payoffs Due fishing until he gets ready to ship. a mere 180 because of the care ner and Alcoa Pointer (Alcoa); to get into the race for the gov­ , During the next two weeks, in Marymar and Massmar (Calmar); ernor's chair. Having been in the Union since he's gotten at the hospital. addition to the Ocean Transporta­ Eugenie (Oro); Northwestern Vic­ its beginning. Brother Skinner has tion C-2, we have two Bloomfield Leroy Clarke E. B. McAuley tory, Jefferson City. Victory and seen all the gains it has made. payoffs scheduled. Lake Charles Port Agent Hq. Representative Ames Victory (Victory Carriers); In his opinion, the top gain is the All of our delegates attended vacation plan which, he says, not the.^ Central Trades' meeting on only pays his yearly dues but January 18 and were very well re­ leaves him enough to tide him ceived Hy that body. over if shipping is tight. ' A. (Frenchy) Michelet Other brothers who are now on Houston Port Agent the beach are Jimmy Hassell, T. P. i> ti i" Yarbrough, J. C. Dunlop, G. AnWILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave. FORT WILLIAM.... 11814 Syndicate Ave. SlU, A&G District Ontario Phone: 3-3321 • thony, J. Sennerville, E. Torres, Ernest TUIey. Agent Tciiiiiiial 4-3074 103 Durham St. Norfolk: 675 4th Ave., Bkiyn. PORT COLBORNB 1316 E. Baltimore St. HEADQUARTERS F. Brugger, L. Jackson, C. N. John­ BALTIMORE Ontario Phone: 5591 SECRETARY-TREASURER Earl Sheppard. Agent EAstern 7-4900 TORONTO, OnUriO 272 King St. E. Paul HaU son, Fred Neeley, F. Widegren and BOSTON EMpire 4-5719 376 State St. ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS H. Pizatowski. VICTORIA, BC 617(4 Cormorant St. James Slieehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Robert Matthews Joe Algina Empire 4531 Joe Volpian HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. Claude Simmons VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. Sea Chest Taking Shape WiUiam HaU A. (Frenchy) Michelet, Agent. .Preston 6558 Paciflc 7824 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St All hands now on the beach can Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-5744 Phone 6346 SUP During the past two weeks wo BAGOTVILLE, Quebec 20 Elgin St. gee our new addition rapidly tak­ MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone: 545 paid off the Royal Oak (Cities Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 ing shape next door-'for our com­ Phone 5-8777 THOROLD, Ontario 53 St. Davids St. Service) and Jefferson City Vic­ NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUle St. PORTLAND CAnal 7-3202 623 N. W. Everett St. bined Sea Chest and recreation Lindsey William*. Agent 113 Cot* Do La Montague tory and Ames Victory (Victory Beacon 4336 QUEBEC MagnoUa 6112-6113 room. We expect that the annex Quebec Phone: 2-7078^ 257 5th St. These three ships .TOHN 177 Prince WiUiam St. Carriers). 675 «tb Ave.. Brooklyn RICHMOND, CALIF will be ready for occupancy by NEW YORK Phone 2599 SAINTNB Phone: 2-5232 signed on and in transit were the HYacinth 9-6600 450 Harrison St. March 15. NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. SAN FRANCISCO Douglas 3-6363 Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa) and Steel MAdison 2-9834 At this writing we have no Ben Rees, gent Great Lakes District . 2505 1st Ave. PHILADELPHIA .337 Market - St. SEATTLE. . Worker, Steel Flyer and Steel Re­ Main 0290 knowledge of any Mobile member S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1635 ALPENA ...133 W. Fletcher corder (Isthmian). WILAHNGTON SOS Marine Ave. Phone: 12.38W now in the hospital. Brother Wil­ SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Although the "50-50" bill was Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 liam G. Moore, who was in the Marty • Phone: Cleveland 7391 Breitholl, West Coast Representative NEW YORK 675 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn supposed to go into effect Janu- ^ CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. .Pelayo 51—La 5 HYacinth 9-6600 USPHS hospital in New Orleans, Phone: Main 1-0147 ary 1st, it has not affected the Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. has been discharged and is now SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 coal movement in Hampton Roads. JeR Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 on the beach here in Mobile. 531 W. Michigan St. 624 St James St. West DULOTH SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. MONTREAL Ben Rees Phone: Meirose 2-4110 PLateau 8161 „ EUiott 4334 .The Mobile branch, wishes to ex­ JeS GUlette, Agent 3861 E. 93nd St IM'A HoUis>St. SOUTH CHICAGO ...'•.1809-1811>(|4. Frankltit SL HAUFAX. N.K^;;... Norfolk Port Agent tend its sympathy "to the family TAMPA \ Phone: Esses 5-2419 V Phone; 3-8911 Bay White, Agent Phona 31333 1 Shipping Holds Up As CS Tankers Take Men Strathbay Pays (Mf, Delegates Gommended European Grain Runs Spur Port's Shipping Two Viciory Garriers Pay Off And Sign On A.: 's/-J �Pace FourtecB SEAFARERS February 4, 1955 LOG Thankssiving Day Is Happy Event On Gateway City WATCH f:f' If- lUi. l-lr' Thanksgiving Day was a happy occasion for the SIU crew of the Gateway City (Waterman) even though they were at sea, enroute from San Francisco to Pusan. Left, ham and turkey are prepared by (1-r) R. M. Peralta, ch. cook; F. Yoh, NO & B, and A. Sanchez, 2nd cook. Right, broad smiles of crewmen show how they welcomed Turkey Day fare. In back row (1-r) are Strickland, Yoh and D. Wagner. Seated are A. Rheingold, P. Geiitile and T. Hong. Photos were taken by Tony Nottage, electrician. l<' i>' If: 1' P If SIU Sailing Brings Happy Ending To Long Search For His Lost Love When Seafarer Charles E. Rawlings married Angelica Diaz in Puerto Rico, the ceremony marked the happy ending to a long search for love. And that happy ending was brought about largely because of his SIU sailing, Rawlings reports. In a letter to the LOG, Rawlings tells the tale as follows: "I enlisted in the Army in April, 1941, and because my father had spent many years in Puerto Fico as an engineer, I requested service there. As a result, I was assigned to the 25th Field Artillery Battalion at Henry Barracks, where I briefly met Angelica Diaz, the daughter of a retired Army ser­ geant with 32 years of service. .,^."1 was only 17 years old then, and Angelica was Just a schoolgirl," Rawlings writes, "but time "went by and our friendship grew with the years. "In 1943 I was sent to England, where I volun­ teered for airborne service. Angelica and I ex­ changed many letters but this correspondence ceased when I lost all my gear in Belgium "Then the war ended and after a few months of honor guard duty in Berlin I came home. Joined SIU After War "During the war -!• had met many merchant sea­ men, and so upon my return to Baltimore I was very happy to be able to join the SIU and start sail­ ing myself with those swell fellows. "My trips at sea eventually brought me to my favorite 'Isle of Paradise'—Puerto Rico," Rawlings says. "But I could not find Angelica and for some years I searched the island for a trace of my lost love. "It wasn't until February, 1953, that I finally lo­ cated Angelica, and the reunion with her and her family was of course a joyous one, celebrated by a fiesta at which roast pig, Spanish rice and beans and many other Spanish dishes were served." Rawlings reports that he completed a trip around i/.y [i;- I'y.' Rev. Rafael Landron (back to camera) officiates as Seafarer Charles Rawlings is married to An­ gelica Diaz in Cayey, Puerto Rico. At extreme left is matron of honor, Senora Bruniida Nunez. the world* aboard the Steel Chemist last October, then rushed back to his "Isle of Paradise" to bring the long story to its happy ending. Married In November That ending took place on November 27 when he and Angelica were married in Cayey, PR, where the couple now lives. ' "The wedding itself was a quiet affair with only a few close friends and relatives present," Rawlings writes. "But after that there were five wonderful days of fiesta in San Juan where, from our window, (1) With what history-making events are the names Bikini, Eniwetok, we could see the ships coming Alamogordo and Yucca Flats associated? and going. It was really a dream (2) If you were driving a car and saw a sign reading "Boston—1850, come true." Chicago—960, Denver—*^0, Miami—1370," would you most likely be Also, he writes, he took many in (a) Dallas, (b) Detroit, (c) Los Angeles or (d) Washington? photos of the Steel Chemist's (3) The first talking motion pfcture—it was produced in 1927—wa.s voyage 20, from last July to last (a) Birth of a Nation, (b) Hell's Angels, (c) The Jazz Singer, (d) A 1 October, and will be glad to''send free enlarged copies to any of his Quiet on the Western Front? His (4 Five times a certain number plus four plus one-third the num­ shipmates who write him. address is P. O. Box 531, Bo. Palo ber totals 52. What is the number? Seco, Cayey, PR. (5) What ancient city was buried by ashes following an eruption of Mount Vesuvius? (6) Johann Gutenberg is generally recognized'as the inventor of (a) the cotton gin, (b) radio, (c) printing with moveable type, (d) the sewing machine? (7) What vegetable is also called gumbo? (8) What do the H's stand for in the name of the 4H Clubs? (9) By what other name is a tricycle known? . (10) A man walked one-half of a mile at the rate of three miles per 'hour, and then caught a bus which took him three miles more at the rate of 10 miles per4iour. How. long did it take him to make the en­ tire trip? ATlUE -SIU f^ALL • SEwYoW , (Quiz Answers on Page 17) This feature is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries should be addressed to "Off Watch," SEA* FARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. 4—: The recent National Motor Boat flag, 12 in. by 18 in., features a red Show in New York City was the battleaxe on a blue field, and sort of bqsman's holiday which all costs $5. •seamen—profesionals as well as 4 ^ amateurs—could enjoy. Bulging A new development aiding the with exhibits and new products growing popularity of amateur catering to all boating tastes, the boating is a sort of "pay-as-youshow featured knock-down, build- float" system offered by some 'em-yourself boat kits from under banks and finance companies to $100 all the way upwards to a appeal to folks unable to lay down 51-foot Wheeler "walk-around spot cash on a purchase. With the flush deck cruiser for close to boat field offering a new, virtually $90,000, fully equipped. Salesmen untapped source of business, the also filled a few order pads for men with the money are now will­ larger craft running into six fig­ ing to finance up to two-thirds of ures, in the purchaser's choice of the cost of a new or used boat and woods, metals, colors, engines and spread the payments out as much assorted gadgets. In the way of as three years. 4" 'i> 3) other figures, experts noted that there are some 5.3 million pleasure For the man who warns to build craft of all sizes in the US, of his own boat, the Douglas Fir which about 4.5 million are out- Plywood Asociation has issued a boards. directory telling where plans for over 400 boats may be obtained, including basic measurements and Gadgets galore adorned the Mo­ characteristics. The directory is in tor Boat Show's exhibit spaces. four categories. One is for tenders, For example, the sailor who is tired sailing dinghies, rowboats, outof sweating up the anchor could boards and outboard racers. An­ enjoy a fully automatic electric other has Inboard and outboard winch for weighing or lowering the runabouts and,j:ruisers; a third is hook which is controlled from a for sailing craft and a fourth for switch alongside the star steering kit boats. Any one of the indi­ wheel, ide'd never vidual list can be gotten for a dime, have to go on , . and the entire directory for a deck except to quarter. The addres is the Douglas wash off the Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma flukes. They 2, Wash. haven't invented Illiiiiiiiliii 4 a remote control Two novels, both dealing with gadget for that > operation—at least not yet. Ideal he problems of skippers of ocean Windlass Co., East Greenwich, RI, liners, will come off the presses is the manufacturer . . . The sport­ this month. On February 11, Haring goods firm of Abercrombie & court. Brace & Co., will publish Fitch came up with a "batlleaxe" the "The Captain's • Table" by Gordon—a humorous flag to signal when there's a lady Richard aboard, which some thoughtful story about a liner's captain whose boatmen cbuld put to e variety of previous command hjid been a uses. According to A&F's advertis­ tramp steamer. On February 28, ing blurb, the flag is an "affec­ Norton will publish an American tionate way of signalling she's edition of "The Liner," by the aboard. Could be the boys want French novelist Edouard Peisson. selected company only in her pres­ This is about a luxury liner ence ... or a language curb on "doomed" by pressures on its cap­ ship-to-shore radio." The nylon tain. LOG-A-RHYTHM: God Makes All By Daniel Taylor To the Editor; Some time ago I was a passenger aboard the Raphael Semmes (Waterman) and I was greatly impressed by the story of the bosun. Seafarer Julio Bernard who, as a child, had polio. I have written the following poem about Mr. Bernard, and I hope you will publish it in the SEAFARERS LOG for his Union brothers to see. Daniel Taylor There's a lad I know who works at sea Who's made a noble fight, His shriveled, tioisted limbs were once A most ungainly sight. Now, they say, he has his way With those who sail the sea— It must be so-for this I know: He had his way with me! So it would be unkind to leave behind As noble a lad as this,You'll never walk, they told him— And not say at least a word The fakers and the quackers. That all is not remiss'. You cannot grow, you wiU not live— For God makes all along the mall You're fust like crumbled crackers. Of life on sea or land. And if you're there, just anywhere. folks will ^inderstand. But he knew better. He knew God Most • was there So, bosun great, don't be late To help him on and on, When the Golden Roll is called, And though he cried 'till all For you know, as onward you go. thought he'd died That none need ever be appalled. His spirit was not gone. Thus I'd leave you this, like a Then one day as he did pray maiden's kiss: God raised His wondrous Hand, Forever hereafter think of me And the lad so bad no longer was When, before God, you're on some sad foreign sod For he walked around just grand! Or sailing on God's boundless sea. �\7 • SEAFARERS Febmai? 4, 1968 TeUs Of Death Of SMU Brather To tiie Editor: I am writing this to inform you that Brother Henry. Grant, crew pantryman on the Alcoa Pointer, passed away recently after being taken off this vessel while it was at sea, enroute towards Mobile. It was New Year's night and oiir skipper wired ahead to the Coast Guard for help. When the CG cutter arrived, the medico board­ ed us and after looking Brother Grant over he decided he was too ill to remain aboard the Pointer until she Bruce reached Mobile, so he had him transferred to the CG ship. Made Comfortable I would like to say that while Brother Grant, was on this ship our skipper, chief officer, chief engi­ neer and all the crewmen did everything they possibly could to make him comfortable. When he was transferred, his belongings were itemized and put aboard with him, and later, when we learned he had died, a letter was written and sent to his next of kin. Watching the care given to this man again made me feel very proud to be an SlU member sail­ ing an SlU ship. Leo Bruce L E GI Finds tOG Good Salesman To the Editor: Just thought I'd drop you a few lines to say "thanks" for sending the LOG to me here in Keflavik, Iceland, where I'm now finishing my third month of a 12-month hitch in the ^Army. I sailed with the SIU for four years and would still be with it except that Uncle Sam decided I should work for him, so I went into the Air Force. So far It hasn't been too bad but the^ wage scales and working conditio'hs I had in the SIU are certainly non-existent here. See Things Differently Some of these farm boys, how­ ever, don't see things the same way. Every once in a while they start talking about the advantages of being in the Army and they think it's wonderful that their wives can have babies in thO Gov­ ernment hospital at such low cost. When I tell them that Seafarers get a $200 maternity benefit, plus a $25 US bond for the baby, they only laugh—at least, they used to. But since the LOG has been com­ ing to me some of them have read it, and now they "ask me how they also can get into the SIU. I want you to know I enjoyed every day I sailed with the SIU i 4« and I hope to be back with my eld shipmates when I'm discharged. Thanks again for the LOG. A3/o Elton T. Hayes AF 14515224 To the Editor: 932nd AC & W Sqdn. I would like to thank ship's APO 81. NY, NY. delegate H. M. Connell and the crew of the Del Viento for answer­ 4. t ing my appeal for help; also Mrs. W. G. McChesney of Baltimore. As 1 wrote in the LOG once be­ fore, I am crippled, due to »broken hip which never healed properly To the Editor: and am unable to do any work. The sinking o^ the Southern Because of the length of time I Isles off Cape Hatteras three years was compelled to spend ashore, I ago with the loss of 17 men was do notr~have enough seatime to indeed a catastrophe to the families qualify for the disability benefit of these men. And now 23 more given by the Seafarers Welfare families cannot look forward to a Plan. reunion with their loved ones be­ I wish things were different and cause of the disappearance of the I could go back to work with my Southern Districts. old shipmates, but that will never Families have mourned for men be. lost at sea since the beginning of Any of the brothers who feel they could help me in any way history, and this was eloquently ex­ can get in touch with me at my pressed centuries ago by the fol­ lowing poem, probably written for home at 101 W. 69th Street, New the lost crewmen of some Greek York City. vesseL Robert E. Quinn The poem, entitled "An Inscrip­ $1 j;. tion By the Sea," was written by Glaucus, translated by Edwin A. Robinson, and appeared in Robin­ son's book, "Captain Craig," pub­ To the Editor: lished by the MacmiUan Company Just a few lines to let you know of New York: that Captain Iman, the skipper of No dust have I to cover me. the Bradford Island, is leaving this My grave no man may show; ship and we, the crew, think he My tomb is this unending sea, rates a pat on the back. We have And I lie far below. always found the captain to be tops My fate, O stranger, was tq drown. in seamanship, efficiency and fairAnd where it was the ship went nes. And, in fact, all of the officers doum on this ship are very good. Is iuhat the sea-birds know. Jim Merrell (Miss) Irene M. Molloy Ship's Delegate Gets Assistance^ Could Use More Old Poem Honors Men Lost At Sea Bradford Island Skipper Praised Burlv Pafc FIfteea LOG TEES Consoles Kin Of Lost Crew Johnny Baxter Hopes Dad Will See His Photo To the Editor: I am Johnny Baxter and I will be three years old on February 12th and I am sending you a snap­ shot that my mommy took so you can put it in the LOG and maybe my daddy, who is Merton Baxter, and who is now aboard the Alcoa Pioneer in Yokohama, Japan, will see it and get a surprise. JohnnyJlaxter4> 4i 4> Thanks SIU For Hospital Aid To the Editor: I was ' discharged from the USPH§ hospital in New Orleans on December 31 and I am writing this now to thank SIU Welfare Services for my Christmas bonus as well as my regular weekly hospital bene­ fits. I also appreciate very much the courtesy of WSjOISiMmm the Union's rep­ resentatives who visited me in the hospital. It is a pleasure and privilege to be a member of the SIP^' where any member can be assured of re­ Garberson ceiving the very best at all times. In return, I think that we mem­ bers s^uld give our best, to the Union at all times, and keep it the finest maritime union in the world. Earl G. Garberson 4" To the Editor: I would like to take this method of expressing my. sincerest sym­ pathy to the families and friends of the crew of the Southern Dis­ tricts. It is always heartbreaking to lose someone dear, but perhaps the families of these men will find some consolation in these stanzas winch I have written. I call the poem "They Have Sailed Away": They'had chartered a course which we all must sail Though our hearts are heavy and our courage fail. They have sailed to the Port of No Return Though their memory lingers and their loved ones yearn. So think of them not as dead, J ^say— They,have^ot died but fust sailed away. M. Dwyer 4" 4" i Wants To Keep Up Ties To Union To the Editor: Although I retired my SIU book on January 25 to work ashore, I "Still would like to keep in touch with the many friends and ship­ mates I had during more than ten years of sailing SIU ships. I would appreciate it if some of them would write to my new address, 102 Irvington'Street, SW, Washington 24, DC. I shall be managing the Pacific Restaurant, a bar and grill in Washington^ and can assure all my Union brothers of a warm welcome if they happen to drop in some time. Since the SEAFARERS LOG is always a good way to keep in touch, please put me on the sub•scriptioq list also. P. L. THantafillos (Ed. note: The LOG will be sent to you regularly from now on). To tiie Editor: At present I am serving as ship's delegate aboard the Bents Fort (Cities Service) and I am writing this because tliere is something I would like to bring to the attention of the membership. I believe that all bookmen should" take- delegates' jobs and meeting positions at the meetings both aboard ship and ashore. In that way all the men would get an idea of these jobs and this would make it easier on the delegates Hammond or meeting offi­ cers who are serving at that par­ ticular time. I also believe that these men, by having problems brought to them, would learn how these problems can be handled or be avoided, and thus would be able to avoid these pitfalls themselves. No delegates would have to hold their jobs for very long periods of time if more men were willing to try their hands at them. Robert M. Hammond. 4 ^ Waists Spreading On The Antinous To the Editor: I am writing this because I thought that you might like to know that here aboard the Antin­ ous (Waterman) there is now a se­ rious discussion going on concern­ ing the hefty waistlines that are beginning to blossom out all over the place. And our crack steward and his cooks and baker show no signs of letting up. In fact, one of the brothers has recommended that we ask the company to put an extra boom^ the gangway so the boys can be lowered to the dock when they ar­ rive in New Orleans. "Jeep" Cole Snapped During De! Mar Voyage l" Ask Publication Of Poetry Book To the Editor: We, the crew of the Trinity (Carras), have a suggestion we would like to pass on to the other members. We suggest that all the poetry published in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG be published in book form, so that these books can be sent to friends and relatives. Crew of the Trinity Caught by the camera during a recent run of the Del Mar (Missis­ sippi) are (1-r) Eugene Leonard, second electrician; Clyde Miller, bosun; Peter Valentine, ship's delegate; Jack Bates, crew cook, and Jake Cuccia, deck delegate. Bir Bernard Seaman This One'9 Got A Punch WH^.-n^isisjusrA Uffie CWyfGcrm COMB MTU MB, TDJAlK UT%& SROTUB^Zm CAM TALK -to CH/VDRBH^ ill: -nrri^ Z< P«li Take Delegates* dohSf He Urges '--il �Faf« Slxteea S E A F 4 R E I^ S t aC^ February. 4. 195S SlU, A&G Hq. Tallying A & G District Election Committee's Report (Contiiiued from page 6) Bot NY Baltimore Joint Patrolman R. Dickey. D-6 96 1,357 R. May, M-872 27 295 No Votes 18 58 Voids 5 43 Write Ins 0 0 Totals 146 1.753 i?"; Phi Bal Nor Sav Ml Tam 465 30 14 10 0 519 789 51 44 2 0 886 83 6 1 0 0 90 70 29 9 1 0 109 121 6 1 .5 0 133 64 9 5 1 0 79 557 1.038 25 90 28 106 2 2 0 0 612 1.236 ,0 3 1 85 1 0 0 90 13 23 13 47 11 2 0 109 3 2 4 112 3 9 0 133 5 5 5 67 6 1 0 79 41 50 23 47 9 52 518 970 17 100 4 8 0 0 612 1.236 0 3 2 53 2 4 0 64 89 0 1 0 0 90 75 24 9 1 0 109 119 7 2 5 0 133 65 7 6 1 0 79 546 1,011 35 103 27 117 4 4 1 0 612 1.236 8 4 4 74 90 78 8 3 20 109 6 4 13 110 133 19 4 10 46 79 70 172 17 77 14 3 522 973 612 1.236 Article XIII, Section 5 (a), of the (Continued from page 6) numbers 1 through 9,000. We re­ Constitution. Instead, they sent the Norfolk Agent ceived back stubs (including the roster for each day's voting in the C. Anderson. A-22.. 17 157 20 ~52 G. Lawson. L-27.... 17 111 17 55 ones on the unused ballots) num­ envelope with the ballots that had R. Miller. M-360 9 165 28 38 B. Rees. R-2 bered 1 through 9.000. The total been cast that day, 79 1.214 431 871 No Votes 18 52 14 67 number of unused and used ballots 5 53 9 PIIILA.: On Nov. 15th, one sheet Voids 3 equalled 8,999. All unused ballots of the five (5) sheets of the voting Write Ins 1 1 0 0 TotaU 146 1,753 519 886 are accounted for. In this entire rosters for the day, only had the election, therefore, only one used signature of two of the Polls Com­ Norfolk Joint Patrolman ballot is unaccounted for. Further mittee on it, but the other four J. Bullock, B-7 89 1,354 449 729 James. J-183 29 285 39 78 on, in this report, we give a de­ (4) sheets had all three (3) of the J. No Voles 24 71 20 72 tailed break-down of the ballots, Polls Committee signatures. Voids . ............ 4 40 11 5 Write Ins 0 3 0 2 * by ports and serial numbers, as 146 1.753 619 886 In addition to the above, the Totals well as the discussion of other discrepancies, in which will be in­ Port of Philadelphia voted Manuel Savannah Agent Morrisou. M-3.... 50 338 76 129 cluded the discussion of this one Caldas, C-385, on January 10th, J. No Votes 12 56 4ff 27 1955 and January 11th, 1955. As ballot. Voids 4 137 19 15 a result of this actio% by the Polls Write Ins 80 1,2.30 397 686 Your Committee has made a Totals 146 1.753 519 886 comparison of the voting rosters Committee, the Philadelphia Port Tallying Committee voided the of the various ports against the •• Write-in votes resulted in the election of minutes of the special meetings whole day s voting for the Port Michelet's vote: for the election of Polls Commit- for the day of January 11th, 1955 A. Michelet, M-14.. 78 1,227 395 686 teesr. We found in every instance on which three ballots were cast. Savannah Joint Patrolman J. Bragg. B-313 41 330 48 - 89 that a duly elected Polls Com­ MIAMI: On December 1, 1954, N. Ellis. E-70 76 1,320 445 735 mittee had been elected, with the no Polls Committee was elected in No Votes 23 50 14 59 Voids 4 46 12 3 exception of the Port of Miami, the Port of Miami, but a roster Write In 2 7 0 0 for December 1, 1954, and the for the day was submitted on Total 146 1.753 319 886 p'ort of Philadelphia, for Januarys, which was recorded the casting ,jof Tampa Agent 1955, with which we will deal later one ballot. This Committee has T. Banning, B-IS ... 100 1.376 461 729 in this report. Your Committee iiverett. £-37 .... 26 280 28 86 voided the ballot that was cast that G. No Votes 16 30 18 68 also found that some Port Polls day. Voids 4 45 12 3 Committees had failed to sign the Write Ina 0 2 0 0 146 1,753 519 886 daily voting rosters, which will TAMPA: On November 19th, Totals also be dealt with later in this 1954, the Port of Tampa had a Tampa Joint Patrolman report. Special Meeting for the election of B. Gonzales. C-4 .. 117 1.644 493 810 No Votes 24 78 14 75 We, the Committee, have made a Polls Committee called to order Voids 4 26 10 1 a check of the unused ballots that by Ray White at 8:30 AM. Under Write Ins 1 5 0 0 Totals M6 1.753 319 886 were returned to Headquarters to our Constitution, Articlp XXIV, this Committee and we find that Section 2, it says: that special Mobile Agent when checked against the stubs meetings shall be held between the C. Tanner. T-1 .... 124 1.663 493 820 No Votes 17 64 12 64 of the used ballots and the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Voids 4 26 11 2 Write Ins 1 0 1 receipts of Headquarters for the 0 Totals 146 1.753 NEW ORLEANS: On November 319 886 ballots sent to the Ports, that all unused ballots were returned to 16, 1954, the Port of New Orleans Mobile Deck Patrolman cast a total of one hundred and W. Morris, M-4 ... 117 1,6:32 ' 493 798 headquarters. No Votes 25 75 17 72 The Committee has counted the one (101) ballots, according to-the Voids 4 26 9 16 Q 0 0 0 ballots that were cast in each port rosters and stubs that were sub­ Write Ins 148 1,753 519 886 on a daily basis, compared same mitted by the New Orleans Port Totals against the rosters for that port, Tallying Committee. However, in Mobile Engine Patrolman and has found that all used ballots checking each individual day's vot­ R, Jordan, J-1 .... 118 1,650 501 837 • Votes 24 78 12 47 were returned to Headquarters to ing of the Port, this Committee No Voids 4 25 6 2 found only one hundred ballots in Write Ills 0 0 0 0 the Headquarters Tallying Com­ Totals 146 1.753 519 886 mittee, with the exception of one the envelope dated November 16, ballot in the Port of New Orleans, 1954, and found no extra ballots in Mobile Steward Patrolman Marsh, M-9 .... 116 1.658 494 801 referred to above, and to be dealt any other day's envelope. Inas­ L. Votes 26 70 18 82 much as the New Orleans Port Tal­ No with later in the report. Voids 4 25 7 3 Ins 0 0 0 0 The following is a breakdown of lying Committee had included this Write Totals 146 1.753 519 886 the balance that were sent to the ballot in their count, we, the Head­ Ports by Headquarters, for which quarters Tallying Committee, have Mobile Joint Patrolman 498 829 H. Fischer, F-1 .... 118 we have seen the receipts, as well reasoned that the ballot was prob­ No 14 Votes 24 56 4 as a breakdown of the unused ably lost in the packaging of the Voids 25 7 1 Write Ins 0 1 0 0 ballots returned to Headquarters, ballots. In any event, the one bal­ Totals 146 1.753 519 886 ballots used, ballots lost, ballots lot would not have made any dif­ New Orleans Agent ference in the outcome of the elecvoided, and total ballots cast. Port Boston New Y Baltimore. Miami Tampa Mobile Ballots Received From Hdqrs. ,. . 1-250 . 6751-7500 7751-8930 251-500 7501-7750 8951-9000 501-150(1 . 1501-17.50 . 1751-2000 ,. 2251-2500 . 2001-2250 . 2501-3500 . 3501-5000 . 5001 5250 ,. 5251-5750 6003-6250 6384-6500 6718-6730 fi: ft During the period of time in which the Headquarters Tallying Committee was- in operation, sev­ eral minor discrepancies on the conduct of the election have oc­ curred, but none of which would change the outcome of any job on the ballot. However, for the benefit of the membership, we are listing them. Port by Port as follows: BOSTON: Failea to T>ack fosters 1B separate package as required in 0 0 0 (Continued on page 17) Galveston Agent K. Alsop, A-3 .... 55 407 R. Vaughan, V-129.. 67 1.250 No Votes 20 42 Voids 4 53 Write In 0 1 Totals 146, 1,753 LC Hou Sub-To)al SF Wll 52 226 6 38 4 23 2 7 0 0 64 . 294 210 26 15 .1 0 252 102' 24 7 0 0 133 95 17 2 3 0 117 ^6A23 21 22 16 212 15 0 294 19 22 24 168 19 0 0 252 14 21 15 75 8 0 0 133 10 18 17 68 1 3 0 117 422 389 398 •4.709 334 109 2 6.423 55 6 1 2 0 64 222 36 28 8 0 294 190 33 29 0 0 252 85 38 10 0 0 133 86 27 1 3 0 117 •5.164 747 418 83 6 6.423 10 1 0 53 64 84 15 15 180 294 47 13 5 187 252 46 13 41 74 133 37 4 4 72 117 1,170 303 246 ••4.704 6.423 A Sea •5,325 679 335 84 0 A. Michelet to the post of Savannah agent. Following is the breakdown of 74 20 109 45 520 973 52 .177 4 82 4 0 0 90 13 90 4 2 0 109 4 120 4 4 1 133 6 67 3 3 0 79 34 108 543 1,007 33 117 a 3 0 1 612 1,336 3 56 3 2 0 64 81 6 3 0 0 90 61 34 12 2 0 109 123 1 6 3 0 133 63 9 6 1 0 79 577 1.037 20 88 10 113 5 0 0 0 612 1.236 86 4 0 0 80 87 - 22 0 0 109 129 3 1 0 133 73 3 1 0 79 88 4 0 0 90 91 16 1 1 109 128 3 2 0 133 86 4 0 0 90 97 12 0 0 109 83 S 0 0 90 183 73 71 •4.683 44 221 21 8 0 294 35 38 192 . 83 24 9 1 0 0 1 252 133 28 64 1 4 0 117 825 •5,12.3 369 94 12 6.423 53 5 3 3 0 64 232 37 18 7 0 294 223 19 10 0 0 252 96 28 9 0 0 133 90 23 1 1 117 •5.302 688 343 87 3 6.423 573 1,060 39 175 0 0 0 1 612 1,236 57 5 2 0 64 265 23 6 0 294 227 23 0 0 232 120 12 0 1 133 111 4 2 0 117 •5.856 506 33 8 6.423 73 3 1 0 79 600 1,103 12 132 0 0 0 1 612 1.236 58 4 2 0 64 269 16 9 0 294 233 17 0 0 252 120 13 0 0 133 112 2 3 0 117 •5.97T 381 61 4 6,423 128 . 3 , 1 1 133 69 9 1 0 ,79 595 1,071 17 165 0 0 0 0 612 1,236 56 6 2 0 64 269 18 7 0 294 230 22 0 0 252 119 14 0 0 133 108 6 3 0 117 •5388 463 69 1 6.42S\ 04 15 0 0 109 129 1 3 0 133 72 6 1 0 79 600 1,069 12 167 0 0 0 0 612 1,236 56 6 2 0 64 260 26 8 0 294 229 23 0 0 252 120 13 0 0 133 112 2 3 • 0 117 *5.932 437 54 0 6,423 80 4 0 0 90 93 16 0 0 109 129 1 3 0 133 69 9 1 0 79 597 1,063 15 173 0 0 0 0 612 1,236 57 5 2 0 64 261 25 8 0 294 230 22 0 0 252 120 13 0 • 0 133 109 6 2 0 117 •5.883 485 55 0 6.423 66 2 0 0 80 97 12 0 0 109 130 2 1 0 133 72 5 2 0 .79 598 1.070 14 166 0 0 0 0 612 1,236 57 3 2 0 64 267 19 8 0 294 233 18 1 0 252 .122 11 0 0 133 108 7 2 0 117 •5.942 427 53 1 6,423 a « 819 65 2 0 886 87 3 0 0 90 93 14 0 2 109 131 1 1 0 133 74 4 1 0 79 595 1,135 17 100 0 0 0 1 612 1.236 58 3 3 0 64 273 13 8 0 294 237 13 0 0 252 123 10 0 0 133 113 1 3 0 117 •6,040 328 50 5 6,423 502 9 6 2 519 808 76 2 0 886 87 3 0 0 90 93 15 1 0 109 129 1 3 0 133 70 8 1 0 -79 585 1,104 27 128 0, 0 0 4 612 1,236 56 4 4 0 64 269 17 8 0 294 237 15 0 0 252 121 12 0 0 133 111 3 3 0 117 •5,959 396 58 10 6,423 499 823 13" 61 2 7 0 0 519 886 86 4 0 0 90 129 96 13 1 3 0 0 0 109. 133 73 5 1 0. 79 592 1,129 20 107 0 0 0 0 612 "1,236 58 3 3 0 64 271 13 8 0 294 235 17 0 0 252 122 11 0 0 133 113 1 3 0 117 •6.019 348 33 1 6.423 121 694 63 8 0 886 9 78 3 0 0 90 13 77 18 2 0 109 11 60 7 1 0 79 43 176 558 979 70 12 11 0 0 0 612 1,236 8 51 2 3 0 64 48 41 223 188 19 18 11 . 0 0 0 252 294 48 76 9 0 0 133 34 77 3 3 0 117 1,055 . •4,971 318 101 0 6,423 788 94 3 1 886 87 3 0 0 90 93 14 1 . 1 109 1,087 30 144 0 0 0 5 612 1,236 57 4 3 0 64 262 24 8 0 204 222 29 0 1 252 123 8 0 0 133 111 4 2 0 117 •5,881 473 53 14 6.423 1.59 668 53 5 1 886 14 75 1 0 0 90 28 60 10 3 0 109 42 122 555 894 12 310 2 9 1 1 612 1,236 6 52 3 3 0 64 54 205 19 13 3 294 58 177 15 728 44 33 28 48 - 4.. 1 686- 81 3 4 1 1 0 9 90 59 17 12 9 93 0 109 574 1,000 ' 10 33 11 46 '3 39 14 106 • 1- . 0 11 0 1 . 0 eia 1.236 79 57 0 253 194 6 21 9 10 5 11 11 18 -• 0 1 0 294 . 959- 0 0 0 ed the totals of the other one hun­ dred (100) ballots In our totals. LAKE CHARLES: The Port of Lake Charles at the start of voting instead of issuing their ballots to the voters from the lowest number up, commenced with the highest number and worked down. They continued this procedure for the full sixty day period of voting. This is not actually a violation of No 508 7 4 0 519 252 New Orleans Steward Patrolman 133 28 418 117 G. Rlehm, R-343 ... 39 469 H. Troxclair, T-4 .. 79 1,237 23 54 12 • This figure includes the three ballots that were voided by the Pliiladelphia No Votes Voids 5 46 10 Port Tallying Committee. Write Ins 0 0 ' 0 t This figure Ineludes the bailot that was voided by the Headquarters Tallying 519 Totals 146 1,753 Committee. New Orleans Joint Patrolman t This figure includes the one ballot that was lost in the Port of New Orleans. 497 liThis figure includes the four ballots that were voided by the Houston Port P. Warren, W-3... 119 1,653 No Voids 23 73 14 Tallying Committee. Voids 4 £2 7 Write Ins 0 5 1 Election Discrepancies tion, so this Committee has includ­ Totals 146 1.753 519 San Francisco. Wilmington ... Seattle ,. 5751-6250 ,. 6251-6500 . 6501-67.5(1 Ballots Used 1-146 6751-7300 7751-8733 251-500 7301-7750 8951-8969 501-1386 1501-1590 1751-1839 2251-2,50:1 2001-2079 2.501-3112 3301-4737 5187-52.50 5251-5540 5747-5730 5751-6002 6251-6383 6601-6717 L. Williams, W-l ... 125 1,669 No Votes 17 58 Ballots Unused 4 24 Ballots Ballots Ballots Voids and Write Ins 0 2 Returned Lost Voided Cast Totals 146 1.753 146 0 0 147-250 1753 0 8754-8950 0 New Orleans Deck Patrolman •519 C. Tannehill, T-5... 123 1,664 8970-9000 0 3 No Voles 18 60 Voids 4 26 886 Write Ins 1 3 1387-1500 0 0 Totals 146 1,733 90 1591-1750 0 0 109 1860-2000 0 0 2384-2300 0 1 •tl33 New Orleans Engine Patrolman 2080-2250 70 C. Stephens. S-4 ... 122 1,671 0 0 3113-3500 612 No Votes 0 0 20 57 47.58-5000 1 11237 Voids 0 4 24 5001-3186 0 0 64 Write Ins 0 1 5541-5746 T294 0 4 Totals 146 1.753 Mob 33 467 8 11 0 519 Oalvetldn Joint Patrolmen 442 C. K'mball. K-a .;.. 80 1.286 J. King, K-308 .... 7 137 22 V. Whitney, W-11. .. 11 131 19 10 K. Winsley, W-369... 16 87 12 No Votes ;.. 31 38 Voids .6 54 14 Write Ins ' 1* 0 0 Totala', 1.753 , .519 4 125 3 - 1 0 133 131 1. 1 0 133 67 10 2 0 79 2 123 5 1 0 133 17 58 3 1 0 79 m .1 21 a T 0 m • 63 3 6 1 5 \582 a ar 3 o 0 64 a 0 252 �'Sv'a" Fefcnuu^ 4. MUT PERSONALS F«ff* fcTcatooi SSAFAREttM LOG SIU Headquarters Tallying Committee's Report Angel BOM Paul Hall, Secretary-Treasurer of votes had already been cast. There­ hav« no evidence to indicate that (Continued from page 16)* Contact Philip Mltniek, 131 / the A & G District. Several arrests fore, apart from the fact that there anything but an honest mistake Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, the voting procedure of the Union were madb and people are being is not the slightest evidence, or was Involved. In any case, it was but as it is different from the NY. even the hint of evidence, or even a very small error of no real effect. ^ custom and usage of the Union, held. t 4" l" Following-the appearance of the a formal protest, with respect to We recommend no further ac­ wherein the ballots are ordinarily Nesbett L. Morrison used from the lowest number up, story in the newspapers, the Tampa any "plot," it would have been tion be taken with respect to the Urgent tfiat you contact your the Committee thought that it Tribune, on December 25, reported impossible for the vote on who failure of the Port of Houston to mother at 513 E. Brought Street, should be brought to the attention that one of the candidates on the was to be secretary-treasurer to have the Polls Committee sign the ballot, Ray White, stated that the have been affected. Savannah. roster on the dates of November of the Membership. 8. This Committee recommends 16th and November 24, 1954. We 4. 4i t HOUSTON: At the start of vot­ plot was "rigged" by Hall to find nothing wrong with the Janu­ ing on November 15th, the Port of smear him (White) and then added as follows: Francis Burley that the murder plot had "hurt his ary 12, 1955, procedure of the Port (a) No further action be taken Houston started issuing ballots Write your mother. She is wor­ chances badly." of Houston and recommend that with respect to the way that Boston from the top number down. After ried over not hearing from you. As a union member and one who packaged the rosters, inasmuch as no further action be taken thereon. four ballots had been issued from 4. 4> (h) We recommend that the pro­ the top, the Houston Polls Com­ ran on the ballot, I am interested this had no effect whatever upon George Wise mittee then realized that they were in knowing whether White filed any the balloting, or the validity of the cedure on write-ins followed by this Committee be upheld, inas­ Pick up your gear at the Railway varied from the custom and usage complaints with respect to the ballots cast. Express office, Seattle, Washing­ of th Union wherein ballots were election and its conduct with the (b) The fact that the Port of much as it is impossible to count ton. usually issued to the Voters from duly constituted and elected mem­ Philadelphia did not have uniform write-in votes where the name the lowest number up. At this bership tallying committee, and signatures on the voting rosters written in is illegible. If a man t 4" 4" point it was brought to'^the atten­ whether his statement that the for November 15, 1954, -is imma­ wants to write in a name, he ought Henry Doucette murder plot "hurt his .chances terial. In fact, there is no constitu­ to do so clearly, if he wants his Contact Jack G. Wilson, Hale tion of the Membership at the badly" have any validity. I am tional "requirement for that any­ write-in to be effective, Houston Hall at that timei and the Road, Route 1, Box 53, Forest 4. Finally, this Committee finds asking this question of the com­ how, and we cannot see how that four ballots already cast were Park, Ga. thereupon voided with the four mittee because it has all of the affects the voting. Therefore we that there have been no protests 4i 4> 4> men who had cast these votes be­ balloting data and reports and can recommend no further action be written or otherwise, with respect to the conduct of the election, that Ex-SS Chamborine ing issued new ballots and allowed therefore tell whether there was taken here too. any mathematical chance that the Any member of crew of the to vote again. We recommend that the-voiding the balloting took place in strict above vessel from September 1, In addition to the above, the results of the election could have of the whole day's voting for the accordance with the Constitution, 1919, to March 23, 1920, please Port of Houston failed to have a been altered or changed by any Port of Philadelphia, of January and that what errors were made, contact Henrik C. Jensen, Corps Polls Committee for the Port to development occurring on Decem­ 11, 1955, on which three ballots were all of no importance, and of of Engineers, US Army, New sign the roster on the dates of ber 23, almost six weeks after bal­ were cast, be upheld. Manuel no measurable effect, but, never­ York 33, NY. Urgent, November 16th and November loting began and when, based on Caldas—C-385, voted on January theless, were dealt with in accord­ 24th, 1954. On January 12, 1955, previous experience, the heaviest 10, 1955. His later vote on January ance with the spirit of the Consti­ 4" 4" t it was necessary for the Port of portion .of the vote would have 11, 1955, was illegal. He should tution, small as those errors were. Auto For Sale been cast. not have been allowed to vote, and This Committee wishes to thank 1953 Dodge Diplomat Coronet, Houston to hold two Special Meet­ I would deeply appreciate an the voiding of the three ballots the Employees at Headquarters for ings for the election of a Polls hardtop, gypsy green, cream top. answer from the committee to this cast on January 11, 1955, was, in their cooperation and assistance Has radio, heater, tint glass, direc- Committee. One meeting was held and wishes to congratulate this question which I consider has great our opinion, proper. at 9:30 AM and the other at 1 PM. tionals, 27,0C3 miles. Asking Union for conducting an orderly, importance. (c) We recommend that the ac­ honest and democratic election. $1,500. Gus Janavaris, New York. The necessity arose for the second Fraternally, meeting from the fact that one of tion of voiding a single ballot cast Phone Astoria 4-5888. 5. The Official Tally of this LINDSEY WILLIAMS. the Polls Committer members on December 1, 1954, in Miami, be Committee, including the official 4 4> 4" W-1 elected at the 9:30 meeting was upheld. The Constitution plainly breakdown of the write-in votes, . W. r. Elliot shippe^ during the meantime. Comments and Recommendations states that no voting shall take is annexed to this report and made Your mother is seriously ill. Ur­ Some write-ins will not be in­ gent that you contact your sister, cluded in this report, for two Pursuant to Article XIII, Section place unless a Polls Committee is a part of it. Subject to the appro­ Mrs. F. E. Lester, In Chatham, reasons, mainly. The fii-st, is that 5 (b) of The Union Constitution elected. Since no Polls Committee priate action of the membership at 1. With respect to the letter from was elected on that day, the ballot Virginia. this Committee was not able to Scofield, we find that his name should not have been cast ••'nd the "Election Repwt" meeting, it represents'the basis for the action make out the name written in in­ should have been included on the should be deemed void. called for in Section 6 of Article asmuch as it was not legible. The ballot. Further check reveals that (d) With respect to the voting second Is that some ballots con­ what happened was, in making out in Tampa on November 19, 1954, XIII of the Constitution. taining WTite-ins happened to be the stencil, some typist, unfortu­ Agent Ray White, of the Port of Dated: February 3, 1955. Fraternally Submitted voided because the ballot on which nately, left out his name. However, Tampa, called for the election of they were written was Illegally de­ in view of brother Scofield's letter, a Polls Committee, at a meeting By the undersigned Headquar­ faced. and his official withdrawal as a started at 8:30 AM. The Constitu­ ters Tallying Committee; CORRESPONDENCE: The fol­ candidate, we recommend that no tion requires that it be called no W. McDonald, M-921 — Deck lowing correspondence , was re­ further action be taken in this earlier than 9:00 AM. However, Dept. ceived by the Headquarters Tally­ regard, and that the thanks of the in view of the fact that no evi­ W. Mitchell. M-22—Engine Dept. ing Committee: W. Reidy, R-4—Steward Dept. membership be given Brother dence has been presented to indi­ E. Starns, S-728—Deck Dept. 1. A letter from Charles Sco- Scofield for his Unibn spirit. cate that anything was involved fleld—S-186, addressed to the Sec­ O. Stambul, S-578—Engine Dept. (Continued from page 3) With respect to the corre­ but an ordinary error, it is rec­ R. Ewing, E-128—Steward Dept. . trolman—Leo Marsh; Mobile joint retary-Treasurer, and turned over spondence from Brother Williams, ommended that the ballots cast on patrolman—Harotd Fischer; New to us,^ without comment, immedi­ this Committee does not feel that that day remain in the tally, as Orleans agent—Lindsey Williams; ately after our election. The letter it should answer individual ques­ they are now. Quiz Answer New Orleans deck patrolman— reads as follows: (e) In New Orleans, on Novem­ tions from individual members but (1) They all have been testing Charles Tannehill; New Orleans Dear Sir and Brother: should confine its actions solely ber 16, 1954, the rosters show 101 sites for atomic and hydrogen engine patrolman—C. J. Stephens; I recently paid off « ship and to the report, as provided in the ballots cast. Also, the New Or­ bomb explosions. Alamogordo and New Orleans steward patrolman— found out that because of some Constitution. However, the matter leans Port Tallying Committee Yucca Flats are in the US; the Herman Troxclair; New Orleans error, my name was not on the raised by Brother Williams is of tallies 101 ballots. However, when others are islands in the South joint patrolman—Paul Warren, ballot for New York Engine Patrol­ great importance. This Committee the ballots reached New York, Pacific. Galveston agent—^Ray Vaughan; man. As you know, I have been has no way of knowing what a this Committee found only 100 bal­ (2) Dallas. Galveston joint patrolman—Charles running for years, however, I member thinks of when he casts lots. We have no doubt that, since (3) The Jazz Singer, with A1 Kimball. no mistakes can happen and I don't his ballot, and does not officially 101 ballots were actually cast and Jolson. The first motion picture In its report' the tally committee want to raise any beef about this care about that, either. Therefore, tallied in New Orleans, the differ- with sound was Don Juan (1926) —in response to an inquii-y by a situation, or have any clerks fired, how the attempted murder affected ence in one is accounted for by which featured a synchronized Seafarer on the ballot—made note or anything like that. Therefore, those voting is not this Commit­ some packaging error. This one musical score, but no spoken dia­ of the fact that Ray White was I'm now withdrawing my name tee's concern. However, since this baUot could not possibly have any logue. quoted In newspapers declaring officially and I am not a candidate Committee has personal knowledge, effect, and we recommend that (4) Nine. his involvement in an alleged mur­ for any office or job in this elec­ by inspecting all the files and elec­ the totals of the other lOO ballots (5)' Pompei. der plot against Paul Hall, incum­ tion. Show this to the Headquar­ tion material, that the election was be included in the tally, as they (6) Printing with moveable type. bent secretary-treasurer, was a ters Tallying Committee when they run in a manner which should give are now. (7) Okra. (f) Lake Charles issued their "smear" against him so as to are elected and tell them I do not pride to every Union man, it will (8) Head, heai"t, hands and diminish his chances in the elec­ request to appear. There will be not let go unchallenged any com­ ballots from the highest number health. tion. The committee pointed ouW no need for any special vote be­ ment that reflects in any way upon down instead of from the lowest (9) Velocipede. the fact that, in this Union, every number up. We recommend that • (10) 28 minutes. It took him ten that at the time the news of the cause i withdraw as a candidate. membens guaranteed the right to no further action be taken on this minutes walking and 18 minutes alleged plot broke, just before Fraternally, Christmas, 85 percent of the total CHARLES J. SCOFIELD cast his ballot secretly and without because there was no other irregu­ by bus. pressure of any kind. We have no larity and the Constitution does ballots had already been cast. S-186 evidence to indicate anything to not provide for any particular way This is the normal pattern In 2. A letter from Lindsey Wil­ Puzzle Answer SIU elections whereby the bulk of liams, the Port Agent of the Port the contrary. We have had no of giving out the ballots. How­ the balloting takes place in the of New Orleans,- was also received. protests, written or oral, of any ever, it is recommended that, in kind, from anybody. We have no future general elections, instruc­ first couple of weeks. The last SQBDS evidence of any kind to suggest tions be issued by the membership OCSS month's voting generally consists That reads as follows: January 26, 1955. that anything but human errors to the^ effect that all ballots be of men who, haVe been out at sea Headquarters Tallying Committee entered into the very few and tiny issued fr-om the lowest number up. on long runs. (g) With respect to Houston, we discrepancies that were uncovered The committee also reported SIU, A&G District and these are dealt with as per the recommend that four ballots cast be that at no time in the course of 675^th Avenue constitution. With respect to the honored even though they are cast SfflBSSE SHGHQEIE the election, or during the tallying, Brooklyn, New York ballots cast, the votes received by a second time. The reason for this was any protest filed as to the con­ Dear Sirs and Brothers: ESa SEQ BSOOEB duct of the voting in any SIU port. On December 23, 1954, toward the victorious candidates for every is that the first four ballots were •S!Zt!S [ZlEfiQSB voided, and that it was not the Tallying committee members for the close of the balloting period office or job speak for themselves, EBEBDE QSSD headquarters were: Edgar Starns in the District wide elections, as do the differences in the votes fault of the voters that this situa­ and William McDonald, deck; Bill which began 6n November 15 last, received. We have no further com­ tion took place. The previous •SBSB BDBSBDD recommendation with respect to EGSSBB aSlB DEQS Mitchell and Charles Stambul, en­ and ended on January 15, news­ ment to make on that. As of December 23, 1954, our Lake Charles should take care of gine; RaHh £!wing and Walter papers reported that New Jersey Hcidy. police had nipped sa plot to mdfder I fcbunt shows 83.2% of' the such incidents in the future. We ».«f stiMAMC* oiawvvs that -•(J:-"; i : •M I - • •tl Winners In A&G Voting Announced ; siaas BSEsa a@a SBS PS® �r'%^'<..->V'r ;'^r"^'-V'' 'S E A PA REE ^ tW^- Paire Etffhteea rf: • •" S E A FA R E R S 'y.: M' 'j.. February 4, 195S • SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION FLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID From ...../-<(7.- , J, Tq No. Seafarers Receiving Benefita this. Period| • Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer -Ve&jAL Total Benefits Paid this Period a '7 ^ dL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Seafarer Niels Nielsen (left) cashes in $200 maternity benefit check at headquarters. At right is Niel­ sen's wife, Louise, and three "SIU benefit babies": Thomas, born July 18, 1952; Michael, January 6. 1955 and Robert, September 18, 1953. One Trip Paid Double Benefits Seafarer Niels Nielsen is the latest Seafarer-father to put in for his third maternity bene­ fit, with the birth of Michael K. Nielsen on January 6,1955. What's more, Nielsen collected two benefits on the basis of his seatime on a single SIU ship. Nielsen explained that he>born within a SO-month period. had shipped on the Steel Fab­ had to qualify for the benefit. ricator, August, 1953, and his At that, Michael's arrival came Nielsen is all squared away now, second son, Robert, was born in September of that year. When he got off the ship on January 18, 1954, he presented his discharges and collected the maternity bene­ fit. After that, Nielsen ran into some illness at home and has had to stay ashore in the past year. So when Michael came along this Jan­ uary 6, his old discharge from the Fabricator was the latest one he within 12 days of the deadline, since his eligibility under the SIU Welfare Plan would have expired on January 18, 1955. Was Early Qualifier Nielsen's oldest son, Thomas, was born on July 18, 1952, making him one of the early qualifiers un­ der the Union plan that went into effect as of April 1, 1952. The three Nielsen sons have all been All of the following SIU families Mrs. Niels F. Nielsen, Jr. Freeport, will collect the $200 maternity New York. 4' 4> 41 benefit plus a $25 bond from the Marsha Darleen Fiiiingim, born Union in the baby's name: December 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. Michael OrvU Collins, born De- and Mrs. Marshall Fiiiingim, Chick­ cember 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and asaw, Alabama. Mrs. Thomas M. Collins, Pontiac, 4* 4" 41 Michigan. Valerie Lynn Keddy, born De­ cember 22. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Michael Kenneth Nielsen, born Mrs. Donald Keddy, Newark, New January 6, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Jersey. 4" 4" I mr r. IN ORDERTO ASSURE PROMPT FATMENTOFTHESIUWELFARE PLAN'S DEATH BENEFITTOTKE PERSON TOOJI/AMEASBENEFICj^^^ll^l^jJylARY.ALLSEAfARfRSAREURfi- Name Your tDTomommficm CARD. THESE CARDS ARE AVAIL­ ABLE AT AUSIUNAUB.IfYOO NASH TO CNAH6E TOUR BENEFIClARTfrol/CANNAMEAM wmHXfiLLouTmim AND DATE IT.THESARD MfnHDK UTESTDAIFBTHEONETHAT COUNTS. and expects to ship' out again shortly. Meanwhile he is hard at work fixing over a house he bought for the growing family out in Freeport, Long Island. The 27-year-old Seafarer, who sails as carpenter, has been sailing with the SIU since 1946. He's mar­ ried six years now, having met his wife, Louise, while he was a patient at the Staten Island hos­ pital and she was a nurse there. John Michael Singh and Harry Chandu Singh, born December 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Surat Singh, Philadelphia, Pa. 4" 4" .4" Harry Lopez, born December 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Al­ bert Lopez, Miami, Florida. 4> 4. t s- f i S 6 oi b Ol II CVb • 3 ^ oa su-l Ob 1L i I- 1 IV WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1950 * || LaOLS So Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 19S0* l.'g.S,'^'! Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * -lEajLo SLSL Xaternitv Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 19S2 * Total !IL aiq (Ltlt * Date Bencftta Sett a WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS ^ , ... Vacation Cash on Hand ^ . a « .giO. .oLi .gd a Estimafed Accounts Receivable • VacaiioQ US Govecnment Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS COMMENTt — : >7J; ritiifn JiriJii /.rll //voLe 32] During th« aonth of Qoeeaber tho Plan paid out oi^t lEAlU BENEFITS aaking a total for tho year as of Oocsmber 31, of 166, Tho Plan also paid out 1,028 HOSPITAL BHfEFITS making a year to date total as of Doeeaber, oS ll.OU?. Tho amount of MATBRNITT BEWEPITS paid out for tho month of Dadomber was sixty-fivo mhich gives tho Plan a year total oT 601, There were 202 DISABILITY E0IEPITS paid during the month which gives a year to date total of 1,727, 4> Debra Lynn Allen, born Decem­ ber 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Allen, Newport News, Vir­ ginia. ti t> Patricia Ann Rountree, born Oc­ tober 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Rountree, Thunder­ bolt, Georgia. 4* Hospital Benefits _De,th Benefits Disabilitv Benefits Maternity Benefit, Vacation Benefits Total SuhmitUi A1 Kerr, As${3teiit''XdmMsMlor Ringing in The New Year 4" Brenda Ann Laird, born October 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Laird, Parksley, Virginia. t. t. t. Ricardo Gonzalez, born Novem­ ber 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesus Gonzalez, Texas City, Texas. 4> 4> 4i Deborah Dcon Barbour, born De­ cember 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Barbour, Bayou La Batre, Alabama. 4> $1 $1 Patricia Lynii Anderson, born December 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Anderson, Prichard, Alabama. 4" 41 4" .Johnnie ^Michael Broadus, born December 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Broadus, Springhill, Alabama. 4" 4" 4" Douglas Charles Singleton, born November 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Singleton, Ozone Park, New York. 4 4i 4" Pamela Jean Murphy, born De­ cember 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Patrick Murphy, Cul­ ver City, California. New Year's Day gift to this Seafaring family was George Gilbert Glass, who first saw the light of day -the afternoon of Janudry I71955. George's dad, John, and mother, Helen, look on while he gives voice to his feelings. Dad missed out ..by a few hours on having another tax exemption for full-year of 1954, bmi $200 SIU maternity benefit plus $25 bond offered ample consn^doi. �February 4, 1938 SEAFARERS SEEIH* THE SEAFAliiRS With WALTER SIEKMANN There's good news from the Washington front for all Seafarers in and out of the hospitals. It seems this year the budget requests in­ clude money to keep the Public Health Service hospitals open. As a matter of fact, the Government is asking Congress for a little bit more than the hospUals got last year. This isn't the end of the matter by a long shot since Congress still has to vote the funds. There probably will be hearings on the matter but it looks pretty good from here, since the administration is now backing the hospitals. in any case the SIU will keep all the brothers posted on the latest developments, and if there is any future beef about the hospitals you can be sure that your Union will be in there swinging. 4^ 4 One of the brothers who has been in the hospital for a mighty long time is Estell Godfrey. He's been laid up at Staten Island ever since July. 1953. with a broken hip. Before that, he spent several months in a hospital in Yugoslavia... Now, the people at the hospital have built a frame for his leg so Godfrey can get but of bed and move around a little. He's able to get up for his meals which is a big relief after being confined to the sack for so long. Brother James Mitchell expects to be in the hos­ pital for a few weeks recovering from a slipped Godfrey disc in his spine. Mitchell got the back injury while splicing a mooring line on the Eugenie. He was bosun aboard her. Seafarer Charles Allardice had to get back in the hospital again. He was fireman on the Seatrain Texas when he developed an infection. One of those little bugs that the doctor calls a yirus put the skids under Seafarer Chce Mohat last week, but he ex­ pects to be as good as ever in a couple of days. Mohat was AB on the Angelina when the bug struck. Seafarer Domingo Guyal who was OS on the Steel Vendor went into the hospital January 13 to have his ticker checked up. A touch of arthritis has put Seafarer Ernest Ramirez out of action for the time being. Ramirez was deck maintenance on the Beauregard on his last trip. He went in on January 18. Ira Sundt, who was pumpman on the Queenston Heights is getting Ramirez a once over for his stomach trouble'. J. R. Velasquez hurt his hand around New Year's and went into the hospital on Jan­ uary 3. He was oiler on the Citrus Packer on his last trip. t 4^ • Death - benefit payments have already bee n made to the beneficiaries of eight Seafarers who perished on the Southern Districts, but t he other six are being held up because of fail­ ure of the men to fill out beneficiary cards. As a re.sult, the next of kin-^ have to secure appointments there is a Wife, the matter is clear The latest card filled out is'^the from the various states in cut. but where men were unmar­ one that determines who the bene­ ried. or possibly divorced, it is not so simple. Procedure for Change If' any Seafarers nave not filled out a beneficiary card in the past or want to change their beneficiary they should ask the Udion repre­ sentative in any port for the card. The two minutes spent in sitting down and filling it out properly are positive assurance of protection for the Seafarer's family. If for any reason the Seafarer wants to change his beneficiary— because of marriage, divorce, death of the previously - named beneficiary, birth of children or other reasons—all he has to do is fill out a new card and date it. ficiary is. Wives and other beneficiaries of Seafarers should know that once this card is filled out there is no need for any legal action to collect the benefit All that is required is a death certificate and a discbarge from an SIU ship in the 12-month period prior to the Seafarer's death. Wives should also know that they are entitled to a Sbcial Security benefit and a monthly pension for themselves and their children in the event of their husband's death. They can get information on this from any Social Security field of­ fice. Or if they prefer. Welfare Services can get the information for them. The deaths of the following Sea­ steward department. He is sur­ farers have bfien reported to the vived by his wife. Mary T. Bran­ Seafarers Welfare Plan and the don of* Galveston. Texas. $2,500 death benefits are being 4 4* 4 paid to their beneficiaries: Purdom A. Morris, 30: Brother Thomas T. Nichols, 30: Brother Morris was lost at sea aboard the Nichols was lost at sea aboard the MV Southern Districts, which was MY Southern Districts, which was last heard from on December 6. last heard from on December 6. 1954. He had been a member of 1954. Brother Nichols joined the the Union since 1944, joined in SIU in 1944 in New Orleans and New York, and had been sailing in had been sailing in the deck "de­ the steward department He is sur­ partment. He is survived by his vived by his mother, Fioyce Morris wife. Vondell Nichols of Mt. Olive, of Fordyce, Ark. Mississippi. 4 4 4 Hospital in Roanoke. Virginia. Place of burial is not known. Brother Partello joined the Union in 1944 in New York and sailed in the steward department. He is survived by a niece. Virginia Huck of Roanoke, Virginia. which they reside as administra­ tors of the estates of the deceased. Letters substantiating these ap­ pointments will have to be sent to the offices of the Seafarers Wel­ fare Plan at 11 Broadway in order for the payment to be processed. The Welfare Services office is assisting these beneficiaries in ob­ taining appointments as admin­ istrators. but procedure differs in various states. In any case, the procedure means unavoidable de­ lay in collecting benefits. The de­ lay is painful to many families be­ cause they are in financial distress and need the money in a hurry. The failure to fill out beneficiary cards also raises the question of who is to be the beneficiary. If 4!" 4!" 4j' All of these brothers as well as anybody else in the hospitals, would welcome a letter or a visit from their old friends. So if you have time, James B. Sellers, 29: Brother don't forget to think of yoin: shipmates who are laid up. Sellers was lost at sea aboard the MV Southern Districts, which was last heard from on December 6. 1954. He had been a member of USPHS HOSPITAL HARBOR GENERAL HOSPITAL the Union since 1944, joining the STATEN ISLAND. NY. LOS ANGELES. CALIF. Husscn Ahmed Joseph Malone SIU in New York, and had been Thomas F. Galvin C. H. AUardice Perfecto Mangual sailing in the deck department. Carl C. Borealino Abdul G. Mohamed USPHS HOSPITAL Carl A. Carlson Chee Mohat He is survived by his mother. Mrs, BALTIMORE, MD. Jar Chens A. I. MuUer Allie Lee Bargeron of Savannah, George T. Colemaii Robert Purvis TOomas Ankerson Joseph G. McKreth Antonio Colon George H. Robinson Ernest Atkins Ga. Thomas Mungo John J. Doherty Jose Rodriguez Jessie Baugher George OUve 4i 4 4j Adolf Eliasson Matti Ruusukallio Byrd Buzbee Colon Rose George W. Flood Leon Ryzop Jessie A. Clarke Robert W. Scales Samuel B. Thomas, 35: Brother Vgilllam A. Gardner Ira A. Sandt Leo Dwyer John R. Schultz Estell Godfrey Olav W. Seim LOuis Firlle WiUiam Simmons Thomas was lost at sea aboard the Lonnie HaU Victor Shavroff Joseph GUI Raymond Smith MV Southern Districts, which was Fred Hauser Joseph St Laurent Gorman T. Glaze James Stathis WilUam R. Home Sidney D. Turner RusseU R. Henry James Walker last heard from on December 6, Vincent Jones Samuel L. Vandal John R. Klemowicz William Warmack 1954. Brother Thomas joined the David B. Kaim Justo R. Velasquez Timothy Less . Albert L. WUlis K. W. KeUy James Waldron George B. Little John ZohU union in New York in 1951 and Thomas J. Ward Clarence E. Lord Robert G. McKnew had been sailing in the steward Clifford Womack Donald McShane USPHS HOSPITAL department. He is survived by his USPHS HOSPITAL SAN -JUAN. PR. SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. wife. Mrs. Lena Belle Thomas of Juan Soto Charlie Brown M. Meguissoglu Thomson. Georgia. Wayne T. Center C. J. Neumaier USPHS HOSPITAL Seafarers In Hospitals MANHATTAN BEACH. NY. Fortunato Bacomo Arthur Lomas Frank W. Bemrick Joseph D. McGraw A. McGuigan Claude F. Blank Robert L. Booker Vic MUanzzo Joseph G. Carr Melvin O. Moors D. F. Ruugiano John J. DriscoU G. E. Shumaker Bart BL Guranick Robert Sizemore Taib Hassen Thorny Isaksen E. |i. SmaUwood Henry E. Smith John w. Keenan Ludwig Kristiansen Harry S. Tuttle Frederick Landry Renato A. Villata James J. Lawlor Virgil W. w'Umotli Kaarel Leetmaa Chee K. Zai James R. Lewis USPHS HOSPFTAL GALVESTON. TEXAS C. Dudley William G. Tries Benjamin Grice John T. Watt Lee Parker Charles B. Young Murray A. Plyler Clarence Bertrand Harold W. Sweet USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. C. D. Anderson Frank HaU R. J. CaldweU Joseph Morgan ' USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. ,John R. Bailey Angelo J. Martins E. G. Brewer C. L. Middleton Fred N. Buckner James A. MiUer W. O. Cunningham J. T. Moore AUen D. Edenfieid John H. Morris Rufus L. Fields Frank F. Nelson Albert W. Lima GuUlermo Pena Jimmie Littleton Ernest H. Webb • USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Frank Alasavich Alfred Hancock Joseph Fawcett George A. WecdeU -.i'V Olav Gustavsen Joseph Peryeira Francis Haigney W. S. Singleton Paul E. Huggins Pi S. Yuzon John G. KeUy USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. M. H. Whitehead William H. Kramer Lester J. Haag Mike Michelik S. Johannessen Roscndo Serrano USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Benjamin Diebler VirgU L. Harding USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. WUllam Aplin Leo Lang Mack J. Acosta Henry McKinney Charles W. Barnett Vincent Michel Julian B. Barrett Raymond Normlno George W. Books Alfonso Olaguibel S. C. Carregal William D. Ott Clarence Cobb Kenyon Parks Ernest N. Cochran Aurelio Patango ^ Warren- Currier Fred Peterson Randolph RatcUff George S. Cutrer Robert Dewey Darrell RUey Ekic Ekiund Mitchell Rodriguta Jal B. EUis Benjamin Seal, Fred Fagan Wade Sexton Antonio Soils Leo Fontenot MUes C. Foster Henry Sossa Richard Grailckl Walter Soubry William Tank William Grimes Kristian Gunderson Lonnie R. Tickle E. T. Hardeman James E. Ward Howard WiUiam| Earl L. Hodges L. R. Williamson Herman Holmes V. L. Williamson Charles Jeffers Edward Woods Richard Johnson W. E. Wright Konstant Kaim E. 6. Knapp Page Nineteen LOG 4> 4> $• William T. Cooper, 27: Brother Cooper was lost at sea aboard the MV Southern Districts, which was last heard from on December 6. 1954. Brother Cooper joined the SIU in 1951 in Savannah and had been sailing in the engine depart­ ment. 4" 4" 4> Louie B. Cook. 53: Brother Cook of Mobile was lost at sea aboard the MV Southern Districts, which was last heard from on December 6. 1954. He had been a member of the Union since 1953. when he joined the SIU in Mobile and had been sailing in the engine de­ partment. He is survived by his wife. Lillie Cook of Mobile. Ala. 4 4" 4 James H. Brandon. 38: Brother Brandon was lost at sea aboard the MV Southern Districts, which was last heard from on December 6, 1954. He joined the Union in 1942, In New York, and sailed in the 4 4 4 John Daniels, 36: Brother Dan­ iels was lost at sea aboard the MV Southern Districts, which was last heard from on December 6, 1954. Joining the Union in 1953. in New York. Brother Daniels had been sailing as an OS. He is sur­ vived by his wife. Mrs. P. Daniels Vincent Jones, 54: Brother Jones' of Conway. South Carolina. died of natural causes at the 4 4 4 USPHS hospital in Staten Island. Durard Dewey Shaw. 46: On New York on January 13. 1955. He had been sailing as a chief elec­ December 24. 1954, Brother Shaw trician aboard SIU ships since 1951 died of pneumonia in New Orleans. where he joined the Union in Place of burial is not known. A Philadelphia. Place of burial was member of the SIU since 1939. Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn, joining in New Orleans, he had New York. Brother Jones is sur­ been sailing in the steward depart­ vived by his son,,Vincent P. Jones. ment. He is survived by his wife, hfrs. Alma - Shaw of JJew Orleans, Jr. of Brooklyn, New.York. La. 4 4 4 4^4 Hurlbht McDonald Free, 37: Brother Free died on December 29. 1954, at the Maimonides Hos­ pital in Brooklyn of natural causes. Burial took place at the Evergreen Cemetery in Portland. Maine. Robert H. Shell, 40: Sailing in the deck department on SIU ships since 1951, when he joined in Mo­ bile. Brother Shell died in George. Mississippi, on December 19. 1954. • Place of burial was Pine Crest Cemetery in Mobile. Alabama. He 4^4 4 Larry Williams, 53: One of the is survived by his wife. Lucille first members of the SIU. joining Shell of Mobile. Alabama. the Union in 1938. in Savannah, 4 4 4 Brother Williams died on January Gustavus Ekelund. 57: Brother 19. 1955, in the Graduate Hospital Ekelund died in the Staten Island in Philadelphia. Place of burial USPHS hospital on December 1, was Charleston Cemetery in South 1954, of natural causes. Place of Carolina. He is survived by his burial was Rose Hill Cemetery in sister. Lucy Williams Cain of the Linden, New Jersey. Brother Bronx. New York. Ekelund joined the Union in New 4 4 4 York in 1951 and had been sailing Clinton Partello, 67: Brother in the steward department. He is Partello died of a head injury on survived by his wife. Mrs. Ruth December 24. 1954. in the Virginia Ekelund of Galveston. Texas. NO LAWYERS NEEDED The SIU Welfare Plan office wishes to remind Seafarers and their families that no lawyers are heeded to collect any SIU Wel­ fare Plan benefit. Some cases have arisen in recent months in which lawyers were engaged. The only result was a delay in cbllection of benefits and a charge against the benefit for lawyers' fees. It's emphasized that the Welfare Plan was designed from the beginning to provide simple and speedy payment of all benefit claims, so as to bypass lawyers and legal fees. Any application for benefits should be made directly to the Seafarers Welfare Plan, at 11 Broadway. NY. NY. by the individual involved. �SEAFARERS OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION * ATLANTIC AND GULP DISTRICT * AFL * ' 1 "• • c • •' i,4,,? -• < . -r ^ 4i^®®(®)<>(®)(5)(8) IHiiilfUI VACATION PLAN It's only a slight exaggeration to say that Seafarers today are $4 million richer than they would have been without the SIU Vacation Plan. The $4 million paid out since the SIU won the first industry-wide vacation plan three years ago vir­ tually represents the difference between it and the old-style vacation system. ^rr •»; Under the old way, Seafarers collected vacation money only if they stayed as long as a year in the steady employ of a single company. Since the overwhelming majority of seamen go from ship to ship, most of them never collected a nickel in vacation pay. Even those who were eligible found they had difficulty collecting from the company. All the short-changing of Seafarers has been ended by the SIU Plan. With the operators contributing to a central kitty for each day's work, the Union made sure that every Sea­ farer would get exactly as much vacation money as he had' coming to him. Further, the Union-administered Plan was set up so that seamen could collect vacation pay as often as four times a year. All a man has to do is present 90 days' worth of dis­ charges for sea and port time at any Union office and fill oiit a simple application. His check is forthcoming in short order. To top it off, the SIU Plan now offers the highest bene­ fits, $176 a year. No wonder the Vacation Plan's third anniversary means Happy Birthday" for all working Seafarers, pw ' m:- t^• Seafarers Int'l Union«A&C District-AFL / •' 1 j.*' ^ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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VOTE ON; CLIMAXES 20-YEAR FIGHT AGAINST CP SEEK DAILY SHIP REPORT FOR SAFETY WHAT DOES THE FORMOSA CRISIS MEAN TO SEAFARERS ANNOUNCE A&G VOTE TALLY; NEW BALLOTING RECORD SET ASK COURT TO VOID SEA CHEST SUIT LIBERIAN PRESIDENT HONORS 2 SEAFARERS SIU SEEKS PACT WITH NEW OWNERS OF PAN-ATLANTIC MSTS CURB ASKED, HIGH COSTS CITED $4 MILLION VACATION BIRTHDAY MSTS CURB ASKED, HIGH COSTS CITED ED MORGAN IS NEW AFL NEWSCASTER EMERY HIT, CREW SAFE SIU, A&G HQ. TALLYING COMMITTEE'S REPORT REPORT SEES US VESSELS OBSOLETE IN FIVE YEARS STEELORE IN DRYDOCK VISA DEADLINE NEAR FOR NON-IMMIGRANTS ITF SEEKS INTERNATIONAL ACTION AGAINST 'RUNAWAYS' LA. STRIKE BAN THREAT TO UNIONS ATTACKS ON RIGHTS CLOSE-UP VIEW DAILY REPORTS AN ATOMIC MERCHANT MARINE? SIU SAILING BRINGS HAPPY ENDING TO LONG SEARCH FOR HIS LOST LOVE ONE TRIP PAID DOUBLE BENEFITS BENEFICIARY CARDS SPEED PAYMENTS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/4/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/93e969abb3110fe2814c1286fb93a223.PDF 4b925ec37dbf7770be2259d1645c9c44 PDF Text Text • yT-'i''- r. '•--•*^-;i7'' 7 CG Ok'd Districts Safety Code Evasion Story On Page 3 / ! SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • f -1 DISABlfD ORE SHIP 5-Day Battle Saves SS Steeiore -Story On Page 3 A five-day battle by its SIU crew to keep the Steeiore afioat met with success when the 22,000-ton ore carrier safely reached Morehead City, NC, under tow. The 32-year-old ship had been taking water in a ballast tank because of a broken vent pipe and it was feared she would have to be abandoned. She is shown here enroute under the watchful eye of a Coast Guard cutter before the fully-loaded ship was taken in tow by the tug Curb. (Story on Page 3.) Crew Wins Fight. _ :l �rm. -fc Paie two JanUaiT ?1, 1955 SEAFARERS 106 The Two - Headed Monster A two-headed monster is on the loose in Wash­ ington these days and its bodes no good for Sea­ farers. One head is the US Maritime Administration, which shapes and enforces the Federal Govern­ R' r-' ment's, shipping policy. The other is the Foreign Opera­ tions Administration, which has the responsibility of man­ ning the many far-flung aid programs sponsored by the US. This modem-day monster, however, has a very disturb­ ing problem. Its heads are moving in opposite directions. •fhe facts of the dilemma are simple. For the past five months, the MA has given American-flag trampship own­ ers the green light for the transfer of 66 Liberty dry cargo ships to the registries of Panama and Liberia. This means, in plain terms, that a US Government agency has allowed the nation's trampship fleet to be cut right in half. Many other ships, including freighters, tankers and passenger vessels, have also been allowed to transfer, but they, for the moment at least, do not com­ plicate the present picture. And while the Maritime Administration last month in­ dicated a halt in the transfers, it quickly reversed its field in a hasty "clarification" of its "stop" order. This enabled eight more Liberty ships to become "runaways" up to last week and at least one more has joined the stampede since then. So much for the MA. Enter the other monster. FOA right now is In the midst of a program to ship ten million tons of coal and huge quantities of agricul­ tural surpluses overseas. To do this, it needs shipping space, lots of it. Therein lies a problem. American tonnage is pretty well tied up these days. Freight rates for exports to Europe are going April 1, so that cargo movements for that area are being rushed. In addition, the Government is already making bulk ship­ ments of goods abroad on berth cargo liners, (the trampships' opposite number), adding to the general tightening In available tonnage. This brings up the question of usihg trampships to move the FOA shipments. Over the past few weeks, even as some of the latest trampship transfers were being processed and approved by the Maritime Administration, there have been persis­ tent reports from Washington that the MA and FOA were jointly developing plans for a breakout of idle Govern­ ment-owned tonnage from the various reserve fleets. This likelihood is based on the fact that the amount of available tonnage for FOA needs is shrinking, and that shipping space must be found somewhere—and soon—^for handling the FOA's cargo movements. Thus, even as the head of the American Tramp Ship­ owners Association, whiph represents the bulk of the re­ maining tramp shipping under the US flag, was protest­ ing—as late as last week—that there is plenty of private tonnage availabre to handle the traffic, the country was being presented with another one of those Invigorating spectacles which periodically spotlight attention on Wash­ ington. The comedy of errors this time arises In the spectacle of one Government bureau—the Maritime Administration —rushing headlong into wholesale transfers of US ships to foreign flags, while another—^the Foreign Operations Administration-^yisualizes so serious a shortage of that saine type of tonnage fof its own needs that it Is forced i:' i ? to call on the party of the first part to take some, of thaV same type of tonnage out of mothballs at terrific expense to the Government. The situation is one which leaves the SlU and the thou­ sands of seamen it represents—many thrown out of work because of these ship transfers—mumbling under their breaths about "fouled-up mess.. .bumbling Government officials . . . people whose left hands don't know ^ what their right hands are doing." Many other rational people both in and out of the maritime Industry are likewise wondering what is going on In Washington, and not. only for this reason. Ship Transfer.<: Continue Ship transfers are still being permitted at the same time that other Liberty ships will have to be taken out of the reserve fleets to do the same jobs the "runaway" ships could have done in the first place. The taxpayer, of course, will have to foot the bill for breaking out these ships and overhauling them. The taxpayer, of course, al­ ways gets stung in these situations. The matter is also somewhat complicated by the fact, reported in The New York Times one week ago, that "only a few Liberty ships are available in near-by East Coast reserve fleet anchorages. Most of the Liberty ships In the Hudson Hiver (NY) and In the James River (Va.) are being used for grain storage. Breaking out these vessels for ordinary ocean transportation would Cntail discharge of the stored grain before they could be moved into the shipyards for survey and overhaul." Where the displaced grain would go, of course, nobody knows. It will be Interesting to see If Maritime Administrator Louis Rothschild and FOA Director Harold Stassen can supply the answers. Port O' Call Opened In Balfo: SlU On TV SEAFARERS LOG art editor Bernard Seaman (left, rear) takes breather while putting finishing touches on Baltimore Port O' Call mural. Looking over work are Baltimore Port Agent Earl Sheppard, SlU Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Bob Matthews and A1 Tanner, Port O' Call manager. Packed house celebrates opening of Fort O' Call cafe in new Baltimore halL Cargo netting separating bar proper from seating area and brass lanterns are two of many nautical touches. LOG Artist 'Muralizes' Baito Among the most striking features of the Port O' Call bar just opened in the new Baltimore hall are the original murals behind the bar and stage, both painted by Bernard Seaman, art editor of the SEAFARERS Another luxurious unit of the gleaming new Baltimore hall,-^ ••"LOG and member of the SIU. * the Port O' Call cafe, opened for business Monday, January The mural behind the bar old-fashioned sailor's straw hat. SEAFARERS LOG is 38^4 feet long and 5 feet The entire layout, design and 17, to an overflow crowd of Seafarers and their friends. Like Jon. 21, 1955 Vol. XVii, No. 2 high. In a striking color combina­ painting of the murals were the the rest of the hall the Port O'-* tion of black, gray and terra cotta, work of Bernard Seaman, who, in Call is bigger and better than three huge 60-gallon fishtanks set As 1 See It Page 4 it depicts the various shipboard addition to being LOG art editor, back into porthole enclosures in its counterpart in the Union's Burly Page 16 jobs performed by Seafarers, who is one of the best known labor the walls and featuring an assort­ Crossword Puzzle Brooklyn headquarters. .Page 8 are portrayed In two-dimensional, and political cartoonists in the Local interest in the new hall and the Union was stimulated further by the appearance of Port Agent Earl Sheppard on a local TV show, "Inside Baltimore." The show featured filmed shots of the hall's facilities and an explana­ tion of Union operations. Nautical Flavor The new Port O' Call unit is a spacious, square-shaped oak pan­ eled room, decorated with appro­ priate nautical embellishments. A large cargo net separates the bar proper from the seating area and dance floor which faces on a stage running the length of the room. The walls behind the bar and the stage are decorated with murals portraying Seafarers at work and old time ships. The bar itself is shaped like a pier with pilings run­ ning its entire length. Adding to the nautical flavor are i ment of exotic tropical fish, while mounted on the walls are barracu­ das and dolphins. Brass ship's lanterns and other familiar ship­ board gear round out the dec­ orations. The room can handle 150 guests at tables and at the bar. A three piece orchestra provides music for dining and dancing during the evening hours. The TV appearance of the new hall on station WAAM was the first time any Baltimore union had been featured on the program. The show normally deals with indus­ trial and commercial developments In the thriving Maryland city. Sec­ tions of the building featured on the show included the shipping hall, cafeteria, galley, barber shop, recreation deck, and the vacation and administrative offices of the Union. i Editorial Cartoon .......Page Editorials Page Galley Gleanings Page Inquiring Seafarer Page Labor Round-Up Page Letter of The Week Page Letters Page Maritime .Page Meet The Seafarer Page Notices, Personals Page Of! Watch Page Port Reports Pages 12, Quiz Page SlU History Cartoon Page Vote of Thanks .........Page Washington News Letter. .Page Welfare Benefits ....Pages 18, Welfare Report Page Your Dollar's Worth Page 9 9 15 8 8 9 16 8 8 17 14 13 14 6 9 7 19 18 5 Published biweekly at the headquarters of the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic & Gulf District AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act at AuBust 24, 3912. geometrically-patterned figures. The entire mural is done in a light vein with a modern, stylized manner. Mermaids And Seafarers In addition to the mural, the wall behind the bar contains two aqua­ riums built to resemble portholes. At the back of each of the tanks is also a painting which continues the theme of the murals. A third tank is in the opposite wall. The mural behind the stage is 23 feet long and 9 feet high. Sim­ ilar in coloring and style to the mural behind the bar, it depicts the transformation of merchant shipping from the days of the old Norse vessels of the ninth cen­ tury to the present. Near the center of this mural is a painted version of a porthole, which frames a white-capped Sea­ farer beside a seaman wearing ah country and has worked in practi­ cally all types of graphic arts. In the general field of design, he has Illustrated numerous film strips, books, pamphlets and other literature In the field of labor. He has also done poster work for the National Tuberculosis Associ­ ation and National Heart Fund, and has served as art consultant for both the Treasury Department and the War Production Board. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Fortune, Busi­ ness Week and many other nation­ al magazines, as well as in most of the major newspapers through­ out the country. For his work he has won 10 of the AFL's annual cartoon awards and a special Page One award of the Newpaper Guild of New York in 1952, the only time a labor ar­ tist ever gained this honor. �Januarj 21, 1955 SEAFARERS LOG Far* Three NY Lawyer Handled ILA $ To Fight Hall ••'1 '-tea J HACKENSACK, NJ—A Bergen County grand jury tak­ ing testimony on the murder plot against SlU Secretary-Treas­ urer Paul Hall reportedly was told by New York lawyer Benjamin B. Sterling that he handled between $26,000 to $27,000 of the money put up 3-Dept Vote Hits Snag by the old ILA for the election campaign of Ray White. White, Tampa port agent of the SIU, had been running for the secretary-treasurer's post in the Union elections which ended Jan­ uary 15. He is one of five men SAN FRANCISCO — In a under in the alleged desperate, last-ditch maneuver murder indictment plot. to stave off a certain SIU Bradley Put Up 40G's Pacific District victory, the de­ Also testifying at the grand jury funct National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards has tempor­ hearing was ILA President Cap­ arily blocked the start of the tain William Bradley. It is reported three - department representation that Bradley admitted giving as vote on West Coast sliips. The much as $40,000 in an attempt to unseat Hali from his SIU post. Communist - dominated union, Bradley was also questioned about which has withdrawn completely the use of his airplane credit card from the balloting, has asked the by James E. Cobb, who is accused Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to of being the triggerman in the plot. order the National Labor Relations Meanwhile Cobb and Edward Seafarer-members of the stricken Steelore's deck gang take aboard running line from Coast Guard * Board to limit the vote to steward Taffe, accused as a go-between, cutter Cherokee and start pulling in submersible pump. Leak from broken vent pipe in ballast tank department members only. All in­ both pleaded not guilty and are threatened the ship. Deck department members according to crew list are: Harry Ti Collier, >bosun; dications are that the court will being held in' $50,000 bail. Also John A. Morris, Gerald W. Calendine, Henry Shepeta, QMs; Harold T. Spicer, Hipolito Ramos, Claud* not intervene. under indictment are Ray White, Fowler, ABs; Lawrence Johnson, John S. Simpson, Thomas C. Moose, ordinary seamen; William TlMKiSIU Pacific District, repre­ his brother Steely White and Car­ Mitchbll, Geoffrey Mills, Ed Atkinson, DMs. senting the Sailors Union of the men Priore, a New Yorker. Pacific, the Marine Firemen and Extradiction proceedings against the Marine Cooks and Stewards, Ray White are now underway in a AFL, had petitioned for a three Tampa, Florida, court. Steely White department vote to settle once and has not yet been found by police. for all the question of union rep­ resentation on West Coast ships. The Labor Board had approved the petition and scheduled an election »to begin on Monday, January 17, and end March 14. Regular membership meet­ ^Opposing the Pacific District is ings in SIU headquarters and Harry Bridges' International Long­ at all branches are held every shoremen's and Warehousemen's second Wednesday night at Union which has attempted to or­ 7 PM. The schedule for the ganize the shipboard steward de­ next few meetings is as follows: partments as a unit of the long­ Jan. 26, Feb. 9, Feb. 23. shoremen. The court petition by MOREHEAD CITY, NC—The calm finally arrived late Tuesday for 32 em­ All Seafarers registered on the NUMC&S was seen as . a battled Seafarers and nine officers on the storm-battered, 22,000-ton ore carrier the< shipping list are required Bridges - inspired maneuver to to attend the meetings. block the inevitable. Steelore following their dramatic, five-day fight to save their 32-year-old ship and Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks '•:7m SIU Crewmen Win 5-Day Battle To Save SS Steelore 'D/s/ricfs' Ruled Lost; Ship Safety Code Evaded With CC Okay^ Co Admits themselves from destruction. The lull came as the vessel dropped anchor here after being towed from a point appearance of the LST Southern 300 miles east of Charles­ Districts nearly two months ago ton, SC. She was still tak­ with a crew of 23 men The Dis­ ing; in water through a broken vent pipe that sent a torrent of water rushing into her port side ballast tank and had her riding at a 15 degree list in the midst of a fierce At­ lantic storm. Ship's pumps—supple­ WASHINGTON—^An official Coast Guard statement that the Southern Dis­ mented by extras put aboard ffom tricts is considered lost and her crew of 23 presumed dead has cleared the way for a Coast Guard vessel—worked around the clock to keep the ship payment of SIU death benefits to beneficaries of deceased Seafarers. The SIU Wel­ afloat. fare Plan office is speedily| Thanks to the ingenuity with which her crewmembers hastily processing death claims in­ fashioned a plug to patch the dam­ volving payment of $35,000 age, an SOS disti'ess call sent out about 9 AM last Friday, Jan. 14, to beneficiaries of 14 lost un­ was cancelled by noon. But the licensed seamen. Steelore's troubles were far from Meanwhile, company claims over then. Monday, while under that the lost .ship was sea­ tow.of the tug Curb, and with her worthy were dealt a stunning deck reported to be less than two blow at the wind-up of Coast feet above the waterline, 19 men Guard hearings in New Orleans. were quickly transferred to the Under questioning, E. F. Railsback, tug and the ship was again thought operating manager of the South­ to be going down. ern Steamship Company, admitted Grim Moments existence of an agi'eement be­ The twin scares made for grim tween the operators, the Coast moments for the families of many Guard and the American Bureau of the crew, which originally sailed of Shipping to "get by" with from Baltimore to pick up a load patched plating under the power of Venezuelan ore and was due plant instead of renewing the back in that port fully loaded last plates, as specified in the safety Saturday. directive drawn up after the sink­ News reports last Friday morn­ ing of the Southern Isles. The two ing that an SOS had been received agencies agreed to this early,in from the ship, due to the time lag 1954, Railsback said, because re­ in some areas, made for an agoniz­ placement of worn and damaged ing three hours for the men's plating under the main engine and families and friends ashore until generator rooms would have dis­ Coast Guard hearings into the disappearance of the LST Southern the "cancel" order came through. torted equipment alignment. Such Districts wound up in New Orleans this week. Israel Seeger (left) The first shock over the impend­ distortion would require expensive •f SIU General Counsel Seymour-W. Miller's office questions CG ing disaster immediately brought inspector Alice (2nd left) as members of panel listen. (Continued on page 17) to mind the still unexplained dis­ tricts was carrying a bulk sulphur cargo and vanished somewhere north of Florida enroute to Bucksport, Me., in an earlier storm. SOS On Jan. 14 Trouble on the Steelore was fii*st reported by radio at 2 AM Jan. 14 when she messaged that she was slow ed down in a heavy storm. By 9 AM the torrent rushing into the ship through the leak brought the SOS and help was rushed to the area. The Curb and two Coast Guard cutters left from Norfolk and nearby vessels, including two other company ships, the Cubore and (Continued on page 17) • VTl Fired? Call Hail . Seafarers who have been fired aboard ship for any rea­ son are urged to contact the nearest SIU hall as soon as their ship reaches port. There have been cases where the company orders replace­ ments for the fired men and the replacements are sent out from the hall only to learn that the fired men have been rein­ stated after an SIU patrolman has arrived aboard and investi­ gated the case. This often causes inconvenience or hard­ ship to the men sent as re­ placements. Fired Seafarers are urged to contact the hall so that re­ placements will not be sent before a patrolman arrives. ^ " ••45 .-5:1 �\...; - • Taffc Few -. B';V>!'5rr-- SEAF4RBRS Gets Lowdewn On SlU Cenditions '•' • 'rr:' ^J-"-^'- • r^r- • • • >'•• ;r ^•-.•>-;f;.!ij,<v?»^ LOG SlU-Crewed SS Cuba To Begin Run TAMPA — The SIU ~ hall here is now putting a 115-man crew abroad the new P&O SIU Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Joe Algina (left) describes how 6IU shipping rules work to Captain S. Tsukada, former director for the Mitsui Line in Tokyo, during his visit to 'SIU headquarters to study how American maritime unions operate. The Union's Brooklyn hall was a major stopover on his official tour. • —^ i— Sea Chest 17 Percent Cheaper On Slops An average price saving to Seafarers of 17 percent on ship­ board slopchests compared to prices charged by other ship chandlers was reported by the Seafarer Sea Chest Corpora­ tion for the year 1954. As a-*^ result, the operations of the those ships supplied with SIU slopSea Chest have meant consid­ chests. In addition, the Sea f- If-: W-ry' t-m:: erable cash savings to Seafarers on Chest has continued to supply branded, high-quality merchandise to the ships. Unlike most ship chandlers, the Sea Chest offers full money-back guarantees on its merchandise and refuses to handle any seconds or irregulars. Ship chandlers have long made it a practice to palm off on seamen shoddy goods at high prices. These abuses led to the SIU forming the Sea Chest Corportion for the pro­ tection of seamen. The saving to Seafarers is all Government action against the more striking when it is con­ the Kulukundis shipping in­ sidered that 60 percent of all terests moved in two direc­ slopchest sales consist of tobacco tions at once this week. While products which' are standardized the Justice Department seized two in price. Consequently, the big more SlU-contracted vesisels as savings arfe on work clothes and alien-owned, a Federal judge dis­ other personal gear purchased by missed three indictmenls against the Seafarer during a voyage. Big Sea Chest Savings Manuel E. Kulukundis arising out Examination of a typical slopof earlier ship seizures. The indictments were voided by i T ,Laws. chandler to one SlU-contracted Federal Judge Bolitha J. They involved charges that Kulu­ vessel shows a total price of $1,kundis falsified records of corpora­ 183.87 to the ship. The same sloptions owned by him and his asso­ chest could be supplied by the ciates to make it appear that they Sea Chest corporation for $986.47. were owned by American citizens. When the 10 percent markup is The corporations involved had pur­ added, the gap widens with the chased several tankers from the Sea Chest slopchest retailing at $1,085.11 compared to $1,301.81, a old Maritime Commission. difference of $226.70 on one ship Two More Seized alone. Meanwhile, Justice Department Of course, prices vary from ship representatives seized two SlU-con- to ship and port to port, but the tracted ships, the tanker Tagalam above sample comes close to the In Los Angeles and the freighter average in the industry. ' Shinnecock Bay in Norfolk, both Comparisons of individual items on charges that they were fraudu­ show some startling price differ­ lently purchased from the US Gov­ ences. A khaki chino shirt sup­ ernment. The Shinnecock Bay was plied by the private ship chandler permited to sail after the captain for $3.50 is sold by the Sea Chest and first mate were deputized as for $2.75. The Sea Chest shirt, US marshals for the purpose of incidentally, is superior in qual­ retaining the vessel under seizure. ity. Raincoats sold for $7.75 by All told, the Qovernment has the private^ concern go for $5.95 seized 43 ships in attempts to re­ from the Sea Chest. cover vessels which the Depart­ The record of the SIU Sea ment of Justice claims are con­ Chest's performance and average trolled or owned by alien shipping price savings to Seafarers, along Interests. with evidence of the continuing The dismissal of the Kulukun­ abuses fostered by other ship dis* indictments were ordered on chandlers supplying Americain ves­ the ground that he had testified sels, will he brought into play before a grand jury in connection when • a dealer-inspired anti-trust with the case. By so doing, he ac­ lawsuit against the Union opera­ quired immunity from prosecution. tion comes to triaL ^ Ship Suits Piague SIU 'Alien Go's' Jaaiiary 21. 1055 SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE BY YOUR UNION in recent weeks toward its long-term objective of providing comfort­ able, well-equipped facilities for men on the beach in all ports. Just this past week, the Union-owned Port O' Call corporation was able to start functioning in the new Baltimore Port O* Call. In New Orleans, the outfitting of the new recreation room is just about com­ pleted, while in Mobile work is starting to convert a building next door to our present hall for a variety of Union functions which will allow more space for additional services for Seafarers. The SIU has pioneered in these facilities for the same reasons, that it.has inaugui-atcd so many other services that are unique for Seafarers. The working seaman, who is in any one of a doze^ ports between job.s, needs more than just an office for his union. He heeds a place to ship out of. Most men working shoreside do not have these same needs be­ cause they do not go from job to job, and have, homes in the same cities they work in. When your Union was just getting underway, the best that could be done was to find a room somewhere on the waterfront with a few tables and chairs. It's been a long uphill climb from those days to the modern facilities we now have or are establishing in many of the ports. The job isn't done yet, but your Union intends to keep pressing forwaid until Seafarers everywhere have the kind of shoreside facilities they need. passenger ship, the Cuba, which will run out of Tampa to Havana and Key West. The Cuba, formerly the Denali of the Alaska Steam­ ship Company, ^arrived from the West Coast for payoff on January 18 and goes into the new twice-aweek service on January 24. An SIU crew brought the ship around from Seattle. The 3,365-ton twin-screw turbine vessel will carry 200 passengers in berths out of Tampa plus addi­ tional passengers out of Key West for the 61i hour daytime run into Havana. There are 70 passenger rooms aboard the ship. The present schedule calls for ALL REPORTS ARE NOT YET IN ON THE TROUBLES THAT BEthe Cuba to leave Tampa 4 PM fell the Steelore in last week's Atlantic storm, but from -what has been on Mondays and Thursdays, arriv­ learned at headquarters it appears that the crew gave a very good ac­ ing Key West 8 AM the next mor­ count of themselves. While it seemed for a while that the ship and ning. A bus from Miami will make her cargo would be lost, the officers and crew got to work and success­ Key West connections in the morning with the ship scheduled fully effected temporary repairs under very difficOlt weather dHiditions. to leave Key West 11:30 AM for a As a result the ship was kept afloat and has been towed into port. 6 PM arrival in Havana, 26 hours .Offhand it would be safe to say that among the officers and crew of that ship there are probably many men who would not be able to make in all. the grade according to the testing scheme dreamed up by the Coast Northbound 23 Hours Guard. When the chips were down though, all of th^e men -delivered Northbound sailings will be 23 hours, leaving Havana 11 AM and did the job that had to be done for the safety of the ship. The'basic test of any professional seaman's ability is not a set of Wednesdays and Sundays, stop­ ping at Key West 6 PM and then gimmicks dreamed up by some self-styled shoreside "consultants" who into Tampa at 10 AM the following don't know the difference between a funnel and a hawse pipe:: It's simply his day-to-day performance on the job.' morning. Further, the Steelore incident points up another fact:that the Coast The service is to be integrated with the existing P&O Miami to Guard seems all too ready to overlook. This is a 32-year-old ship. Like Havana run served by the Florida so many old ships now in service under the US flag it may possibly by arranging for passengers have been properly maintained and serviced, but eventually it was to go from Miami to Tampa via bound to show the effects of wear and tear and age when the going got .tough. The need of the merchant marine is not new seamen but Havana and Key West. The Tampa to Havana run has newer, better built and safer US-flag merchant ships. not been serviced since before THE SERIES OF QUALIFYING TESTS FOR THE 1955 SCHOLARWorld War II. Unlike the Florida, the Denali will not carry automo­ ship awards given by the Seafarers Welfare Plan are already under biles. It has a very limited amount way. The Welfare Plan reports that several candidates have already completed all requirements while others are getting ready for the ngxt of space for cargo. Despite the growing popularity set of college, entrance examinations. Intere"kt is nmning pretty high in these four-year $6,000 scholar­ of air flights between the Florida mainland and Havana, the leisurely ships which were, first started by your Union's Welfare Plan two years travel offered by the P&O services, ago. Eight successful candidates are now^ at school under the Plan, with comfortable sleeping accom­ three .of them rank and file Seafarers. Any Seafarers or children of modations added, clicks with many Seafarers who want to take a crack at one of these awards are advised to get their applications in now. vacationers and tourists. Philadelphia Hall Host To Seafarers' Children Group of Seafarers' children wHO Were present at Christmas eve party in Philadelphia are all smiles after receiving Christmas stocking from "Santa ClaUs," William (Little'Buck) Piezczezuk. Fami­ lies of SIU men' got turkeys, fruft cake and other' fixings for use*in Christmas dinner at Dome. �aSps?-W." ' January 21, 1955 i. _ , • _v •*ijv-' • .. ., SEAFARERS LOG SiFedal Aid Response Shows , Weifare Fund Adaptabilty The SIU Welfare Plan this month once again demonstrated its versatility as a self-in­ sured operation which can respond quickly to the needs of Seafarers and their families. Acting on an appeal for specialized aid not provided for by existing benefits under the Plan, Union and shipownerstrustees voted funds for the purchase of a special type of End of the voting in New York in the SIU's biennial election for •fficers is signalled by a final test of the ballot box lock before the box is sealed with tape by members of the polls committee. The trio (I-r) includes Seafarers Edward Puchalski, Tom Bucci and John A. Ziereis. The box will remain sealed in the vault until a rank and file tallying committee is elected January 26. SlU Vote Tops Record; Tally Begins Jan. 27 Voting in the SIU A&G District's election came to an end on January 15, with a record total of 6,419 votes in the ballot boxes. The heavy turnout surpasses that of all previous A&G District elections in the Un--*—— ion's history. lots, used and unused, to the head­ The two-month election be­ quarters tallying committee. 'Die gan on November 15. Seafarers had a choice between 78 candi­ dates, in itself a record figure, to fill the 49 official posts in the Union. Two years ago. Seafarers cast 5,700 votes in the last election. As provided for in the constitu­ tion, counting of the ballots will begin after the election of rank and file tallying committees at the next membership meeting, January 26. The tallying committees will be elected in each port, and will forward their coun^ and the bal­ New York committee will rechcck the count of the outport commit­ tees and then file a report for ap­ proval at membership meetings in all ports on Feb. 9. Voting^in the election was espe­ cially heavy in the early days of the voting period with the ma­ jority of the vote being cast at that time. At stake in the election are the posts of secretary-treasurer, six as­ sistant secetary - treasurers, nine port agents and 33 patrolmen. wheelchair and leg braces for Seafarer Matti Ruusukallio to aid in his recovery from a broken neck and other injuries. Ruusukallio is currently at the US Public Health Service hospital on Staten Island, New York. The unusual situation created by this case, meanwhile, prompted ac­ tion by Union trustees to determine whether the Plan can create a for­ mal benefit of some kind to deal with sipiilar situations. To Study Situation Specialists employed by the Plan will now seek to find out whether aid in unusual cases of ill­ ness or injury, with a view to spe­ cialized treatment or rehabilita­ tion, can be linked to the welfare benefits now prbvided. The rapid-fire action by the SIU Plan is in sharp contrast with what would have happened under a plan run by an insurance company. In the latter instance, it would be necessary to rewrite the entire in­ surance contract and reassign all of the premiucs in order to cover the new benefit, a procedure which would take months. Ruusukallio's problem arose in that "no man's land" in which the USPHS had no facilities to provide the specialized equipment he need­ ed and the Welfare Plan did not cover such situations. The Staten Island hospital doesn't carry the appliance he required and had nothing in its budget with which to buy it. The Welfare Plan, ac­ cordingly, stepped in to plug the gap by voting funds for its pur­ chase. Hospitalized 8 Months A New Jerseyite, the injured Seafarer suffered his mishap dur­ ing a pleasure trip last May 30, a few weeks after he paid off his last ship. He has been hospitalized ever since. Now it is hoped that Ruusukallio will be able to leave the hospital for home later this year, aided by the appliances fui-nished by the Welfare Plan. This latest development in a long series of SlU-sponsored bene- • 5 -J Voted special aid by the SIU Welfare Plan trustees to help in his recovery and rehabilitation from a broken neck. Seafarer Matti Ruusukallio eets the good news from SIU Welfare Services Rep. Tom Gould (center) at the Staten Island USPHS hospital. The Welfare Plan is buying Ruusukallio a special wheelchair and leg braces which the hospital cannot provide. Looking on is Emma Wiest, hospital social service aide. fits and services amply demon­ strates how the flexibility of the SIU Welfare Plan has enabled it to pioneer in the field of Union welfare benefits. Regular benefits now provided by the Seafarers Welfare Plan in­ clude a $15 weekly hospital bene­ fit, $25 weekly disability benefit, $2,500 death benefit' and $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond in the baby's name from the Union. The Plan also provides funds an­ nually for four college scholar­ ships worth $6,000 each which are good for four years of study for Seafarers or their children. YOUR SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Tips On Portable Power Tools Seafarers, being handy men, are naturally interested in the growing use of power tools for home jobs. But their wives have an interest in these tools, too. In fact, a portable electric drill, with its many uses around the house, actually is at least as useful an accessory for a womaii as a man if she gets acquainted with'the ways it can help her. With various attachments, such a drill can be used for waxing and polishing furniture, wood­ work, counter tops, hardware and leather, personal items which need ^ax like hand^gs and luggage (using a special non-smearing wax); sharpening cutlery and garden tools; scouring pots; sanding; removing rust and old painty mixing paint, and of course, drilling holes—its primary use. You can now buy a good portable electric drill for family use for $20 and less, and the accessories which extend its uses are available at moderate cost. For general household use, a quarter-inch drill is rec­ ommended I'ather than the half-inch size. Because ol its faster revolutions it is npire efficient for waxing, and a wider variety of attachments is available to broaden its usefulness. Also, it is less bulky and lighter thian a halfinch drill, and thus is easier for a woman to handle aswell as her husband. ^ Come In Three "Types Quarter-inch, drills generally come in three capacities: light, standard and heavy duty. For most home needs, a light or standard-duty Willis generally adequate rather than the. costly heavy-duty models. The low-cost lightduty models can do many household jobs. But if the tool will be used often for drilling metal or for heavy jobs like extensive sanding a standard-duty type does supply more power. You can compare the power of vari­ ous models on the market by the manufacturers' ampere ratings. Generally geared-key or hex-key chucks, which you tighten with a key, are preferable to the hand-tightened ones. They cost only a dollar or so more, and are easier to tighten and unloosen. If you already have a handtightened model, and have encountered the occasional trouble they cause in unloosening them, yOu can buy a geared chuck with a threaded adapter to replace the hand-tightened one. Be sure any drill you buy bears the seal of Under­ writers Laboratories, indicating it has been tested for electrical safety, and read the directions carefully, espe­ cially for lubrication. Many ^a portable power tool has been burned out by neglect of lubrication. Don't buy too many attachments all at once. It's wiser to start only with those you know yoti will need and add utliers as you find uses fur them. Most useful attachments for general household use, besides drill bits for drilling, are a lamb's-wool bonnet and cotton buffer for polishing, knife grinder, paint mixer, sanding attachment and hori­ zontal stand. Tips On Buying As with many other goods, you don't have to depend on a famous name or pay the list price to get a satisfactory Put dumber On Meeting Excuses Seafarers sending telegrams or letters to the New York headquarters dispatcher asking to- be excused from attending headquarters ihembership meetings must Include the reg­ istration number of their shipping card in the message. From now on. If the number is not included, the excuse can­ not be accepted by the dis­ patcher. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying electric drill for household or hobby use. Many inde­ pendent retailei's now give discounts of 20-25 per cent on the nationally-advertised power tools such as the Skil and Black & Decker brands. Also, both Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward have their own brand power tools at lower cost than the list prices of the national brands. In the larger cities, downtown hardware stores also often offer price concessions on power and other tools. Another good source for tools and power equipment for families, and hobbyists, is the big semi-wholesale electronics sup­ ply house. Allied Radio Corp., 100 N. Western Ave., Chicago. It would hot pay to use Allied for-very small purchases, but for larger purchases, you can get their catalog by writing. Pool Your Orders As with many other purchases, if you can pool your orders with neighbors and friends you can cut your costs sharply. At least several supply houses of which this writer knows will give special prices on group orders for power and other tools. Scott-Mitchell House, Inc.. 611 Broadway, New York, sjpecializes in better-quality tools for hobbyists, with discounts on group orders. Write for price lists. Silvo Hardware Co., 108 Market St., Phila­ delphia, is a semi-wholesale supply house handling wellknown brands of tools. You have to pay $1 for its catalog, which is credited to yo.u when yoU order. Other jobbers or large distributors offering low prices on tools and special discounts on bulk orders, include Anco Tool Sup­ ply, 12957 Hamilton Ave., Detroit; Alexander's, 58 Read* St., New York; Norton Berger, 108 Market St.,. Phila­ delphia. " ' '•^tl �•SB .;•% ' :; Face Six SEAFARERS •ammi LOG Mobile Plans Dorm, Snack Bar :^l3' • • EISENHOWER OFFERS iDONGRESS PROGRAM—In his "State of the Union" address. President Eisenhower asked Congress for legisla­ tion reducing tariffs, increasing minimum wages and wages for Federal employees, including Congressmen, a broad highway program and a new program of assisting local school boards to provide enough edu­ cational facilities. He also requested a Federal health "program that would aid voluntary health plans, as well as an extended draft law, and continuation of the Point 4 program among others. -The foreign trade proposal is likely to come up early in the session and open a battle over tariffs. il^:' • i / ill % 4" i 4 4" t 4" RUSSIANS FREE TWO AMERICANS—Two Americans, one a civ­ ilian, one an AWOL soldier, were freed by Russian forces after years in slave-labor camps. The civilian, John H. Noble of Detroit, had been picked up in Germany in 1945. The soldier. Pvt. William Marchuk of Norristown, Pa., had been AWOL since 1949. Both men complained that they couldn't get used to the soft beds in the US Ariny hospital where they were staying. A third American, AWOL Pvt. William Verdine, will be released shortly. i Work is underway at building (left) adjoining Mobile SIU hall. Added space will be used for Sea Chest retail and wholesale facilities, snack bar, TV room, and dormitory with laundry and shower facilities. ••• t PANAMA PRESIDENT ASSASSINATED^A machine gun gang as­ sassinated President^ Jose Antonio Remon at the Juan Franco race­ track near Panama City. After an investigation aided by New York City detectives, Panamanian police arrested Remon's successor, first vice-president Quizado, and other prominent citizens on the basis of .'^ome confessions. But the motives for the shooting remained unclear. ALAS POOR GINA!—Italy, the home of Gina Lollobrigida and other sultry temptresses who have made motion picture history, has sud­ denly decided to go mid-Victorian. Police have revived an old law of Mussolini's day prohibiting necking in public and are inaugurating a nation-wide campaign against the practice. The campaign started in Turin where movie theaters were raided and 35 bewildered couples hauled off to the clink. Observers agreed that Italy would survive it all. MOBILE—Provision for shoreside living facilities for Seafarers on the beach highlight Improvements being made in a building recently acquired next door to the Mobile branch 4* 4^ ^hall. ' STOCK MARKET BOUNCES AROUND—A wave of heavy buying The building, adjoining the hallway with windows along the that moved stocks up to 1929 levels caused the Federal Reserve Board present hall at the intersec­ rear of the floor will connect with to increase the down payment requirement on .stocks from 50 to 60 tion of Dauphin and Law- recreation facilities and the li- percent. The news upset stock market speculators with the result that 90c Pay Base Fight rence Streets, will be joined phy- brary-to-be in the second floor of nearly $8 billion ip paper stock values was wiped out in a two-day drop. Experts agree though, that stocks are going to stay high, which makes I IHIIL sically with the existing hall by the existing hall. Laundry Too • breaking through the walls on the people who bought in before the elections last November very happy. The third deck dormitory will WASHINGTON— A proposal for street and second deck levels. In HANSEL AND GRETEL FLEE CAPITALISTS—Czechoslovak Com­ an increase in the minimum wage addition to a dormitory, the build­ have sleeping facilities, showers, a law from 75 to 90 cents an hour ing will contain a Sea Chest retail washing machine, drier and elec­ munists have rewritten the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale to illustrate will soon be put before Congress store and warehouse, snack bar, tric irons. All three floors will be the "evils of capitalism." Instead of being caught by a witch, the in­ at the request of President Eisen­ television room and additional air-conditioned. The present hall nocent children drift across the border to the capitalist west while has been air-conditioned for some their parents are busy fulfilling work quotas. There the children be­ hower. The present wage mini­ office space. In turn, the existing time. port agent's office will be convert­ come exploited workers. They flee eastward again where they are mum under Federal law is 75 cents The first floor of the existing rescued, by a Communist border guards from the pursuing capitalists. ed into a library and writing room. an houi\ hall will be unchanged, with the 4. 4. 4. Work Proceeding Rapidly The minimum wage proposal is patrolmen's office, dispatch coun­ NO RELEASE OF US PRISONERS SEEN—A non-commital com­ expected to touch off a sharp fight Remodeling work is already go­ ter and shipping board remaining munique from UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold and China's in Congress with some groups, in­ ing ahead rapidly. The Sea .Chest as is. foreign minister,- Chou En Lai, indicates that no agreement was reached cluding unions, supporting a figure will be located on the ground floor "Plans for work now underway of at least $1 an hour and other ex­ front, with its warehouse to the will provide much needed addi­ on release of H US Air Force men jailed by Red China as spies. Indi­ pected to fight any change in the rear. Also on this floor will be the tional space in the Mobile hall as cations are that the Red Chinese are using the flyers as one of many present minimums. the snack bar and television room well as attractive facilities for the levers to attempt to win admission to the UN. Another lever is in­ If passed into law, the new which will -be ponnected with the greater comfort and convenience creased military pressucfeon offshore islands held by Nationalist Chi­ minimum wages would have con­ shipping hall through a doorway of the membership," Cal Tanner, nese with Red aircraft stepping up raids on Nationalist positions. 4> if siderable effect on such low wage in the existing wall. port agent, said. COSTA RICA CHARGES INVASION—Fighting flared in northern industries as textiles and other The second deck of the building The expansion will also make soft goods trades that have been will have offices for the port possible better service to the mem­ Costa Rica as Government forces came to grips with a small fdrce of "running away" from union con­ agent, the SlU-affiliated Marine bership in the port through pro­ revolutionaries. Before the fighting broke out, Costa Rica accused tracts by establishing low wage Allied Workers, SIU Welfare vision of needed space for Welfare Nicaragua of plotting an. invasion and asked the Organization of Amer­ ican States to act to keep the peace. Costa Rica and Nicaragua have plants in the south and west. Services, and the Sea Chest. A Services and the Sea Chest. long been rivals for Central American leadership. • dCcS Cartoon History Of The SIU StU Wing 4'Year Fi^ht iVo. 81 •: uv-' : •' i'-' - I la ifr^ li i' • lii -fc •' fjjr • i |i«r .: }'. '^-'P Although the membersJiip had authorized a strike In Cities Service, SIU negotiators kept trying for a peaceful end to the contract stalemate. But fruitless sessions continued Into September, 1950. Mean­ while, the Union made ready to lay its case against CS before a special hearing of a Senate Labor sub­ committee in Washingtoib Less than 48 hours before the Senate hearing was to convene, CS capitulated on the terms of an SIU agreement. The pact brought a four-year battle to establish Union wages and conditions in the CS fleet to an end. SIU men in the fleet and Seafarers .everywhere hailed Che end of a long,, bitter and costly organizing battle. At the hearings, SIU witnesses documented a strong case against CS. Later, the Senate group's report de­ clared: "It is almost unbelievable that any uijion ^could continue in existence in the face of this com­ bination of legaLstalling and violent anti-union ac­ tivity, Certainly a smaller, poorgr and less persistent union would have been destroyed..." > �SEAFARERS JuUry 91, 1»» P«*e Sivwr' LOG SIU NEWSLETTER SIU Seeks Improved Mail Service from WASHINGTON Seeking to unravel the kinky roblem of poor mail service for Seafarers aboard ships proposed a solution in a new appeal for cooperation both here and overseas, the SIU from the shipowners. In a letter to all contracted THE OUTLOOG FOB AMERICAN SHIPPING IS MUCH BRIGHTThe Union does not have th* •r than a few monthi ago, both from the atandpoint of tramp and regu­ operators, the Union pin­ ed, however, except in special lar berth operators. For example, the 10,000,000 ton coal program pointed ways in which letters cases. In most instances it is sent facilities for sending thousands of and packages from home can be to a particular hall because a Sea­ pieces of mail to men aboard ship, speeded on their way to the crew- farer is expected to arrive there since it generally has no way of members aboard ship. The action shortly at which time he can pick knowing where a man is at a par­ ticular time. was prompted by numerous recent it up. complaints from Seafarers of diffi­ culties in getting mail, particular­ ly holida.v messages and Christmas packages. Mail, as always, is a strong morale-boostdr for seamen away from home. The SIU request to the ship­ owners for their aid in getting mail to crewmembers was directed principally to some of the small companies who often are~lax in handling this matter properly. Most of the major operators have been cooperating for some time in trying to deal with the problem of mail. Accurate Lists The proposals center around the cooperation of the ship operators in providing accurate lists of their agents for all ports where a ship is scheduled to go at the time of the sign-on. In this way, crewmem­ t 4" ' ONE INTERESTING ANGLE OF THE 50-50 SHIPPING RULE THAT bers can notify,their families and has come to light involves a so-called three-way barter deal—for ex- friends where mail can be sent and cmple, US coal to Denmark, Danish manufactured goods to India, paid be assured some regularity of de­ for by India out of FOA dollar aid. FOA is adopting a policy of let­ livery. Crewmembers are urged to ting US ships participate 50-50 on the cargo from this country to report to SIU patrolmen when Denmark in exchange for a waiver of the 50-50 rule on the move­ addresses are not provided at the time of sign-on. ment from Denmark to India. A key element in this, however, FOA feels that the NSA rates established in 1951-1952 are higher the SIU noted. Is the delivery of than "fair and reasonable rates" for US-flag vessels because (a) John Henry, a cinammon-colored, white-faced ringtail acquired by they were admittedly established at levels substantially above commer­ the mail to the ship when it ar­ Seafarer George E. Annis, DM, in Brazil, thinks nothing of it as he is the' center of attraction in the New Orleans hall. Annis, cial rates in order to avoid Government competition with private in­ rives in port. This hinges on efforts dustry, (b) they included the cost of very substantial break-out re­ being made by the agents abroad shown here catching up on the SEAFARERS LOG, picked up his pet while aboard the Del Viento. pairs as well as normal break-out costs, and (c) they included esti­ to put the mail aboard the vessel on arrival. mated cost of lay-up. , Companies To, Speed .Mali In the case of mail sent directly THE TALK AROUND TOWN IS THAT THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE of the House Merchant Marine Committee is not nearly as strong as to the companies' home Offices, It should be. After Representative Jack Shelley, California Democrat, efforts can also be made to see to announced that he would quit the Committee in favor of joining the it that it is forwarded properly House Appropriations Committee, he was besieged by industry to and promptly and will arrive in change his mind. In deciding to join. the. Appropriations group, Shel­ port by the time the ship gets ley is taking the position that he still will be in a position to aid the there.'Mail is frequently allowed WASHINGTON—^President Eisenhower this week sparked merchant marine. Besides, the Appropriations Committee is con- to pile up at the company offices hopes for- a revival of the nation's declining merchant marine sidered, after Rules, to be the tbp unit on the House side of the Capitol.s when the ships are only • low The House Merchant Marine Committee as a whole also is weak this days travel away. The result is and shipbuilding industry. In his budget message to Congress, year—one reason being that the Democrats haye lost seven of their that crewmembers either never he asked for amounts totaling"* ^ former members, either through defeat in the elections or change see it or get it several months late, $241 million for shipping ac­ only $33 million last year. over to other Committees, while the Republicans on the Committee particularly when a ship is out tivities in the fiscal year be­ Shipbuilding and ship conver­ have lost three of their former members. This wiil mean many new on a long voyage. sion take up $102.8 million in the ginning July 1, 1955. Complants about mail service to faces on the Committee, which is so important to^the merchant marine, Continuation of the US Public proposed maritime budget while date have not involved the facili­ new members with little or no knowledge of US-flag shipping. Health Service hospital program operating differential subsidies for ties provided at all SIU halls for a. 4 US ship operators account for an­ THE GOVERNMENT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCE- handling Seafarers' mail address­ was also forecast by a request for other $115 million, $30 million over nearly $34.5 million for these in­ ed in care of the Union. Mail de­ ment soon on the option held by States Marine Corp. to buy sub­ what was asked last year. The sidized Bloomfleld Steamship and' subsidiary Gulf Star Steamship livered to the halls is not forward- stitutions. The hospitals received remainder is taken up by $15.1 mil­ Company. The purchase price being negotiated is $2V^! million. In lion for the expenses of the Mari­ addition to this price, Bloomfleld would collect 50 percent of net time Administration, including profits of Bloomfleld and Gulf Star, after taxes, accruing to either costs of operating the reserve fleets company from date of the agreerirent, June 4, 1954, to the date States and other MA facilities, $6 million Marine exercises its option to buy. Also, Bloomfleld will get 50 per­ more for the repair of reserve fleet cent of additional net profits that would have been realized by Bloomvessels and an. item of $2 million field and Giilf Star from capital gains on the sale of any Liberty-type for the US Merchant Marine Acad­ ships owned by the two companies in the event bona fide offers are emy at Kings Point in New York. received and permission for such sale is refused by States Marine. Hundreds of dollar-wise Seafarers and other readers of the No funds were requested to aid 4 4 4 four state officer training schools ANOTHER PIECE OF GOOD NEWS FOR THE US MERCHANT SEAFARERS LOG have swamped the LOG with requests for in Maine, Massachusetts, NY and reprints of 45 selected columns of the popular feature "Your fleet is tfle decision of the Attorney General that the 50-50 ship­ California, as the Government in­ ping rule applies to surplus agricultural goods sold abroad for for­ Dollars Worth" offered in the-^ dicated all emphasis on ship officer booklet. eign currency. This huge program wiil involve expenditure of hun­ last issue of the LOG. training would be concentrated in dreds of millions of dollars, and American-flag ships, under the rul­ As a result of the enthusias­ Pleased by the strong interest In the Kings Point institution. the LOG feature, the Union es­ ing, wiil carry half of it. The surplus agricultural progam will involve tic response, a specially-designed a three-year period, and goods will move out in all directions—Western booklet containing the entire set timates that the heavy tide of re­ 20 New Ships Europe, SOuth America, Middle East and Southeast Asia. of '45 columns,is already on the quests will continue for some time The budget would provide for presses and will be mailed free of with readers responding from all the start of construction on 20 ^ * over the country and throughout TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM OF HELPING TO BRING the mer­ charge to all who write in. The new ships during the year, includ­ the world. chant fleet up to date. Congress will soon consider the White House ing two prototype dry cargo ships The 45 columns from the LOG request for ship construction funds of 103 million dollars for the fis­ Readers who may have missed series cover a wide iange of sub­ and a prototype tanker designed cal year beginning July 1, 1955. These funds, if approved on the Hill, the coupon and offer on the back would continue the trade-in-and-build tanker program begun this year; page of the last issue can obtain jects from the popular LOG ex­ for possible mass production in continue essential research and development work on ship design; fi­ the booklet containhig 45 "Your clusive written by Sidney Margo- an emergency, five additional C-2 nance construction of two cargo ships and one tanker as prototypes Dollar's Worth" columns by lius, the nation's outstanding ex­ or C-3 freighters for sale to pri­ for mass production in any future emergency; start orderly replace­ merely addressing a request to pert on consumer buying. Subjects vate companies, two new passenger ment of cargo ships built during or before World War II; and provide the Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, covered include home financing. In­ ships for American President surance and maintenance, tips on Lines and ten ships under the for the construction or conversion of four passenger-cargo ships. 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, buying clothes for the entire fam­ tanker trade-in-and-build program President Eisenhower's budget for the fiscal year 1956, for the first NY. • ily, the costs and care of automo< adopted last year. The latest bud­ time, fails to include any federal money requests for operation of biles, appliances, furniture and get, however, makes it possible the four state marine schools. The feeling on this is that the States other items for the home, hints on for dry cargo ships as well as tank­ original plan was to furnish indi­ of Maine, California, Massachusetts and New York should bear this vidual reprints of the 45 different buying food, drugs and jewelry, ers to be traded in for credit on cost alone, without US Government support. columns, but the very pleasing how to save on insurance and loans the building of new ones. Among response and the requests by in­ and many other subjects. "Your other projects, existing experi­ dividuals for almost the entire Dollar's Worth: Seafarers Guide To ments fvith Liberty ships to con­ iC/u, listing have brought about the Better Buying" has been a regular vert them to higher speeds would be continued and expanded. decision to print the full series as LOG featune since Jply, 1952. announced by the White House last fall is rapidly shaping up. This is a crash program in the light of three factors: (a) The need of foreign countries for coal during the winter 19541955; (b) The strategic desirability of minimizing the purchase of Iron Curtain coal by the free nations; and (c) Pressure from the American coal industry to get the movement started and to have it continue at a substantial pace. The Elsenhower Administration is most anxious to move all of the 10,000,000 tons of coal, or as much as possible, dur­ ing fiscal year 1955, On the basis of 10,000 tons of coal per ship, this movement would Involve 1,000 shiploads. Because of the transfer of American-fiag ships to foreign countries, the Foreign Operations Administration, as of a recent date, indicated that it would be able to handle only about 20 cargoes of coal per month, • even if there'were no demands made upon American tramps for*hauling grain. Therefore, FOA\is expected to use up all American-flag space available at "fair and reasonable rates"; thereafter to declare non-availability for purposes of the 50-50 shipping law and then re­ sort to foreign-flag shipping; finally, under FOA plans, after all for­ eign-flag shipping space available at reasonable rates has been used, then to call upon the US reserve fleet. In the light of the impending shipping shortage which FOA esti­ mates might last for at least six months and probably longer, FOA will try to put as much grain, and to get the Agriculture Department to do the same, on American-flag berth lines, using tramps primarily, if not entirely, for the coal movement. 'Well, ril Be A Ring-Tailed.. . "-k • m m m I SI '•i •:4 $241 Million Asked For Maritime In '55 'Your Dollar's Worth' To Be Issued As Book • r' 4-s : ^ '•rv ^ .. ••'I 1 .a �; •- 1. \t: I w hv F f I v: j;: & S'. • 'iV'- - SEAFARERS Tage Elffht Due to be launched early this summer, a new Empress of Britain Will replace her namesake lost during World War II, and is expected to make her maiden voyage a little over a year from now. Now under construction at Glasgow, Scotland, for the Canadian Pacific Steamship Co the 22 500-vessel will be placed on the Montreal-Liverpool run She will have accommodations for 1,050 passengers... Two tank­ ers owned by Oljmipic Lines of Panama collided in the Bay of Suez Question: What's your feeling about this month, one of them catching fire in an explosion caused by the gambling aboard ship? Impact. The 17,722-ton Olympic Thunder and the 21,200-ton Olympic • Honor were involved in the mishap, during which the Thunder caught Bill Nuckols, AB: As long as a fire. Only slight damage was suffered by the ships. guy has money to spend, it's okay to toss a little of it away now and Figures reported by the Maritime Association of the Port otJiew then on a game York showed that New York handled almost one-fourth of the 102,113 of cards. It's just shins that entered and left the country's major ports last year. New bad when guys York worked nearly twice as much as the nation's second most active start losing the port, Philadelphia. US ships accounted for slightly more than half payoff before ®f New York's outbound traffic.. Flota Mercante Grancolombiana, the they get it; that's Joint shipping venture owned by Colombia and Ecuador, has an­ when you start nounced plans for expansion of its services between US ports and having trouble. I Latin America which will actually double some of its services. The like pinochle concern, which now owns 20 ships and has 10 others under charter, is mostly. It's a good way to pass the due to add 4 new ships to its fleet this year. time aboard ship. $. 4. Si ^ ^ Membership of the Federal Maritime Board was completed early Mike SpaUuto, MM: A little so­ this month when Ben H. Guill, former naval officer, former member of Congress from Texas and former executive assistant to the Post­ ciable game on the ship is alright master General, was sworn in as third member of the board. Earlier, every once in a G. Joseph Minetti of New York joined the only remaining member, while. We Louis S. Rothschild, board chairman and the Maritime Administrator, haven't got too on the panel.. .Twelve out of 14 crewmembers were lost when the much to do be­ Grimsby trawler Evelyn Rose of 327 tons sank near Oban on the tween ports and western coast of Scotland. The vessel struck a reef and sank while an as long as a man isn't playing attempt was being made to launch the lifeboat. away his last dol­ 4i 4 ^ The 19,105-ton liner Gripsholm, ex-flagship of the Swedish Ameri­ lar it's a good can line and a repatriation ship for refugees in World War II, has way to spend the been officially rechristened the Berlin. The 29-year-old liner is on in­ time. I don't like definite charter to the North German Lloyd Line.. Operation of the to make it a habit, but I go for a 18,000-ton liner La Guardia in passenger service between the US West little pinofchle now and then. Coast and Honolulu moved another step closer to reality following 4 4 4 Henry Watson, cook: When ybu the decision of a Maritime Administration examiner to allow the Hawaiian Steamship Co. to charter the ship from the Government. have a good crew and everybody gets along okay, She is idled right now in the James River (Va.) reserve fleet. there's nothing 4 t i wixmg with play­ Two shipyards in Kobe, Japan, launched new vessels last week, one ing a little cards of them a 38,750-ton supertanker for a Panamanian company. The on the ship. giant petroleum carrier is the Chrysanthy I, owned by the United Everybody has a Shippers Co. of Panama. Less than a third her size is the new 11,300good time and ton Philippines Maru, built for a Japanese company.. .Members of a the money keeps volunteer lifeboat crew on the Furness liner Queen of Bermuda who going back and performed an heroic rescue of ten Newfoundland fishermen this month forth so that no­ were honored at special ceremonies in New York after the liner arbody really loses vived back in port. The men took men off the floundering fishing out. I don't play as much as I boat Student Prince II about 200 miles NE of Bermuda. used to in the old days though. . 4 4 4 4 4 4 This country's two largest liners were filled to more than 90 per­ Francis E. Miiler, wiper: It's a cent of their passenger capacity on their trans-Atlantic voyages last year, according to the United States Lines. The company disclosed good pastime on a ship when you that the liners United States and America carried 94,456 passengers have nothing between New York and Northern Europe during 1954. The United else to do. Every­ States, largest and fastest ship in the US merchant fleet, accounted for body likes to 67,577 passengers out of the total.. The Military Sea Transportation gamble a little Service chartered 14 privately-owned and operated US-flag ships dur­ when there's a ing December, bringing the total of the Government shipping agency's small game going on. As long as chartered vessels to 36 at the end of last month. the stakes stay low and nobody ijllt!|ii.i ...J can win or lose too much, I like to play whenever I get a chance. , DOWN ACROSS 1. Vehicle Victory 1. (Victory Car­ 2. Lake cargo riers) 3. Crewmember 4. Balto has a new 4. Came to a stop one 5. Pie mode 8. What we sail in 6. Whole bunch 12. Governor of 7. Bloodsucker Kansa.s 8. Marksman 13. Kind of lily 9. Small mountain 14. Animal's skin 10. Thought 15. Control, as il. A fruit sliip's speed 16. Three famed 17. Olive £enus initiala 18. Follower of 19. The SlU helps 1 2 him 21. Stack 24. Bingle 12 25. Grow old 26. Worked with 15 shovel 28. Flat tablelands 32. Valley 34. Girl 36. City in Nevada 37. Country N of Lebanon 39. Ceylon export 41. Politician; Slang 42. US intelligence outfit 44. Palmyra is one 46. Ceylon seaport 50. Weight of India 51. Captain in Moby Dick 52. Judge 56. Actress Hayworth 57. An exclamation 58. Product of Trinidad 59. Man of action 60. Port on Kyushu 61. Compass bearing 20. 21. 22. 23. 27. 2?^3. So­ SB. That man 40. Birthplace of Wearies St. Francis Unsightly 43. Beside the ship Square sail 45. Man's nick­ Channel name Apart 46. St. Louis Soon ballplayer Exchanged for 47. Large river money 48. Not on time Island group 40. Baltic stop NW of Sumatra 53. Mahal, Hawaiian of India wreath 54. Cure leather Point a gun 55. Before (Punle Answer on Page 17) 4 4 4 January 21. 195S LOG Jerome Pine, MM: I'm for it; whoever wants to play a game of cards should be able to. Of course, I'm not in favor of gam­ bling when it means a man is going to throw away all h 1 s dough and be broke all the time. Then it means hard feelings and resent­ ment among the crew and makes a lot of trouble all around. MEET THE SEAFARER ALLEN J. FRIEND, MM. Looking over the headquarters at going to sea. He caught an shipping board for a European run Army Transport Service ship In December, 1946, and made two this past week was Seafarer Allen trips with it. Then, looking for J. Friend of Brooklyn. Bom and greener pastures, he switched over raised in the borough. Friend to the SlU in March, 1947. He'a started going to sea late in 1946 been sailing with the Union ever because as he put it, "I got itchy since. In 1948, Friend got a lengthy feet and wanted to see different taste of picketline action when the places and the way other people now-famous Wall Street strike lived." The novelty of viewing the broke out. Stock Exchange em­ other half of the world has long ployees struck for a contract and since worn off but Friend is con­ with the help of Seafarers kept vinced he made a wise choice of mass picket lines going for several weeks. Friend himself spent three vocation, if only by accident. weeks on the line in what he re­ As the father of two chUdren, calls as one of the -wettest spring ages two and four, and the owner seasons New York experienced in of his own one-family home in many a year. Brooklyn, the 31-year-old Seafarer Subsequently, Friend ^became a sees going to sea as the only sure c^ewmember of the Bull Line way he can meet all the financial cruise ship Puerto Rico on which obligations involved. he spent two happy years. The "Next to my family and home," cruise run was a popular one, he he said, "my SIU membership is recalls, with men home in New my most important possession be­ York a couple of days every two cause it means bread and butter weeks. The attraction of running for all of us." to a semi-tropical land, particu­ Enlisted In Army larly in the wintertime, was an­ Going to sea was not exactly other strong point of the run. It what Friend had in mind at the was a sad day when the company beginning. He had gone to school finally laid up the ship and later at the Food Trades Vocational sold her for foreign-flag operation. High School in New York City, "I'm stiU grieving for the old but war clouds were looming in Puerto Rico," he sighed. Europe, and here in the US, Uncle Close To Home Sam had put the Selective Service Since he's a family man. Friend system into motion. On his 18th likes to stick to those nearby for­ birthday, February 26, 1941, Friend eign and European runs which enlisted in the US Army for what mean no more than a month away turned out to be a 4V4-year hitch, from home at most. He did take considerably more than he bar­ one Far East run in the last year, gained for at the time. He was which had its quota of harrowing still in high school but managed moments. He was aboard the to get leave to graduate in uniform Greece Victory carrying a cargo that June. of ammunition when the ship's Friend was mustered out of propeller fouled on a buoy chain service on November 11, 1945, re­ in Kurihama, Japan. "The wind turning to the States with the 66th startecU acting up and it looked Dmsion after three years in Eu­ like the vessel was in for real rope. For the next 12 months he trouble. Tugs were called to help kicked around with the "readjust­ and fortunately, the ship was able ment blues." He had wanted to go to get off the next morning and to veterinary school but circum­ proceed for repairs. stances didn't work out in that di­ Friend's last ship was the Manrection. # kato Victory, recently back from Sailed ATS Europe. He intends to keep on After a considerable spell with sailing for the indefinite future, be­ the old "52-20" club. Friend de­ cause he finds its the best way he cided that he would take a crack knows of paying the bills. Efforts afoot to merge the Inter­ national Fur arid Leather Workers Union with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters (AFL) will be subject to approval by the next meeting of the AFL Executive Council. The Fur and Leather Workers is one of the unions which had been ex­ pelled from the CIO as Commu­ nist-dominated, ancl AFL officials indicated the union would have to show proof of an Internal clean­ up. Two leaders of the union; Ben Gold and Irving Potash, have both been prosecuted under the Smith Act. 4 4 4 Produce strikers In New York went back to work after a week's Arthur Mandick, wiper: There's tie-up with a $9.50 p'ackage in a nothing wrong with it as long as two-year agreement. The package you're not provides an Immediate increase of a fanatic about $6 in wages, plus improvements in it. There's quite fringe issues. Produce handlers a lot of gambling are members of Local 202, Inter­ in small games national Brotherhood of Teamsters. on the ships be­ 4 4 4 cause the guys The United Mine Workers Union haven't got much is planning to encourage the set­ ting up of local union health cen­ else to do. A ters in remote mining communities small-stake game so as to make more efficient use helps pass the time and makes things interesting of its Welfare fund. The Union is hopeful that 'the local centers while you're at it. 4 4 4, V'-f would help reduce the burden of hospital bills on the fund. Fund in­ come has been cut sharply by the decline in coal production. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4. A telecast of negotiation sessions between AFL Paper Make^S and the Rogers Corporation of Rogers, Connecticut; is planned for next month. The telecast will be sent out over a closed circuit, and wit­ nessed by industrial relations spe­ cialists attending a conference of the American Management Asso­ ciation in Chicago. A 35-hour week has been negoti­ ated for 3,000 sportswear em­ ployees, members of AFL Ladies Garments Workers Local 226 in Los Angeles. The new agreement represented a 2i/i-hour work week reduction and means that 35 hours is now standard for nearly all ILGWU members in Southern California. Construction of US bases in Newfoundland has led to the chartering of a local of the AFL Common Laborers Union. The workers Involved are building a Naval Base at Fort McAndrew, Ai;gentia, Newfoundland. �January 21, 1955 SEAFARERS Pare Nina LOG In Time Of Need!' SEAFARERS^LOG JoBBory 21, 1955 Vol. XVII. No. 2 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600. Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAV DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NI'LVA: Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SJPIVACK At MASKIN; Gull Area Reporter, Bm. MOODT, LETTER of the m /.i I 'M\ mmhr' :iffl pfp. -if WEEK ' '41 [ Ilisaster Insurance The Southern Districts disaster, involving the loss of 23 ; Wi^ht On lives, 14 of them imlicensed men, sharply points up the tre­ Shipping Threats mendous importance of the Seafarers Welfare Plan. Many of the families of the victims are in serious financial plight To the Editor: I am writing this letter and I after the shattering blow of losing the breadwinner. It's true sincerely hope you .will publish it they are entitled to file for damages, but lawsuits have a way in an early of the SEA­ of dragging out over months and years. Meanwhile the Wel­ FARERS LOGedition because it concerns fare Plan is giving them immediate assistance in the form a matter which I believe is of vital of a total of $35,000 in death benefits, just when such assis­ concern to every SIU member. tance is badly needed. Any expressions of opinion or As a matter of fact, it was at the urging of the Union that any suggestions which other broth­ the Coast Guard issued an official statement that the crew ers might care to make will be was presumed lost, paving the way for payments of benefits. warmly welcomed by this writer. Recently, the American Mer­ Normally such a statement would not come until the conclu­ chant Marine Institute issued sion of Coast Guard hearings and fidng of a report. startling but true figures showing The death benefit is one of several SlU-sponsored benefits that this great nation of ours is repeating a costly which offer speedy financial assistance at critical moments. eiTor which hurt In the centerfold of this issue are the photos of the many our economy .and Seafarers who can no longer work but who are well taken impaired our na­ care of through the SIU disability benefit. Each issue of the tional defense in SEAFARERS LOG carries reports of other benefits such as the past. This maternity and hospital payments, all of which run into hun­ error is the ne­ dreds of thousands of dollars every year. glect of the American mer­ It was just a few years ago that the Seafarer and his family chant marine. had little or no relief from misfortune or disaster. A small Latest to be bitten by the ship­ These figures burial benefit existed that was just enough to pay for a burial. Rushton board television bug is the Alcoa show that the Men in hospitals got $3 each week to keep them in cigarettes. transfer of American ships to Roamer crew. At the last ship­ All that has been changed thanks to negotiation of a sound foreign registry has reduced our board meeting crewmembers elect­ and far-reaching Welfare Plan, total tonnage to 15 million tons, ed a committee of three consisting The Welfare Plan is one of many aspects of Union activity leaving our merchant fleet at the of R. W. Miller, C. J. Beck and Blanco (first name not given) to over the years that has radically changed the way of life of lowest point in 30 months. Also, despite the declared policy look over the pros and cons of the a seaman. It offers assurance that the Seafarer and his family and come back with a re­ is protected against unforseen disaster such as befell the of transporting 50 percent of for­ question port. eign aid cargoes in American bot­ Southern Districts. Primarily the committee will be toms, only 29 percent of all Amer­ I liispection C|uestioiis Speaking of the Southern Districts, the Coast Guard has concluded hearings into the reasons for the mysterious disap• pearance of the ship. While final conclusions will not be drawn until all the evidence is in, some sharp contradictions emerge from the testimony already given. The several in­ spectors who looked over various parts of the ship at various times are in considerable disagreement with each other as to her condition and in disagreement with Seafarers who sailed the ship, before and during her final voyage. Even more startling is the information given in last minute testimony by the company's operating manager. He revealed that both the Coast Guard and the American Bureau of Shipping had gone easy on basic safety requirements because they would have been a heavy expense to the company. In other words, the safety of the ship and crew took second place to the company's financial well-being. Three Seafarers who testified to patching holes below the waterline with bolts and wooden plugs were followed to the stand by inspectors who said they saw no such items. Then along came two other inspectors who said they saw fish bolts and wooden plugs in the hull. One Coast Guard inspector said his "inspection" of the engine room consisted of asking the chief engineer and the skipper how things were below. The chief told him they were shipshape, but one Seafarer witness told of a variety of temporary and makeshift repairs below and had his testimony confirmed by a letter written by. one of the Seafarer victims just before the ship's final voyage. Certainly there are plenty of inspectors going aboard ships. In the Southern Districts case there was an insurance com­ pany man. Coast Guard inspector, FCC expert, company inspector and an independent surveyor all taking look-sees 3t the ship. Perhaps all this overlapping and division of au­ thority defeats its purpose with some inspectors tending to let the "other guy" worry about it. In any case either the inspectors did not see the defects or were reluctant to take action that would have delayed the sailing of the ship. It boils down once again to a conflict of company profits versus human safety. For when the South­ ern Districts was last seen by a tanker December 5, she was headed at top speed into the heart of a storm which the tanker sought to avoid. In this case the attempt to make a schedule tick apparently contributed to the loss of the ship and crew. ' Vote Thanks Union book ever since. He is 34 years old and lives ashore in Phila­ delphia. !Sf if % Another baker who has been turning out top quality products is Chris Markris of the Alcoa Pega­ sus. Ship's minutes reported from the Alcoa vessel make a point of praising him for fine baking and his cooperation with hands on the ican exports and imports are car­ trying to find out whether a set ship. can be installed aboard ship in ried by American sliips. if if if such a manner as to give some de­ Other SIU steward departments Seafarers Must Act cent reception on the coastwise What can be done to stop this runs. The committee might do that received the four-star rating recently include the gang on the ridiculous situation, and what pai't we can play in encouraging a well to check the experiences of j Antirioiis (Waterman) and the Del some of the other coastwise ships Cainpo (Mississippi). The Antinous' strong and healthy merchant ma­ on this score. crew gave thanks for a "wonder­ rine is the immediate problem of Reactions Differ ful Christmas dinner" and added every man in this Union. This Some of the ships appear to be "meals in general are excellent." situation concerns our bread and well-satisfied but on other vessels Del Campo's department got "spe­ butter, and the sooner we get busy the reception has been a cause of cial thanks for wonderful tasty on it the better it will be for us. much aggravation. food" and the steward himself Our Union, as we Seafarers prai.sed the men in the galley gang Then, of course, there's the know, has played a leading role in the fight to keep our merchant problem of what kind of set to buy. for the fine cooperation they have marine strong against interests And while they are at it, shall it been giving him. 4" 3« J) which would let it be sold out for be color TV or old-fashioned black the sake of sliowing an immediate and white? It looks as if commit­ Seafarers at the last headquar­ tee-members have their work cut ters membersliip meeting elected profit of a few more dollars. a quarterly finan­ But, in addition to what our out for them. cial committee, Union as a whole is doing, what if % The vote of as x-equired by can we individual Seafarers do? dhanks to the the Union con­ For one thing, we can keep our feedbag depart­ stitution, to give pens busy, and keep writing our ment is standard the Union's finan­ Senators and Representatives in procedure where cial status its Washington. If we keep that the crew is well regular, thorough stream of mail flowing, perhaps we fed and content­ examination. The can encourage Congress to enact ed, but some of members, legislation that will really protect, the praise of­ E. Starns and W. preserve and strengthen our mer­ Stambul fered recently is McDonald for chant marine. on the lyrical the deck department; C. Stambul Hatgimisios Alert Public To Dangers side. Take the and W. La Chance, engine depart­ Moreover, each of us Seafarers can appoint himself a "committee Steel Flyer as an example. Baker ment; and W. Rcidy and R. Ewiiig of one" to see to it that the general Kosta Hatgimisios received quite a for the steward department, spent public is alerted to the dangers few accolades for what the crew several days going over Union which beset our merchant marine. called a "wonderful job of bak­ recoi'ds of all kinds in conjunction We should talk this matter up ing." They reported he made svilh Certified Public Accountants, among our families, friends and "pastries and pizza pie for coffee- taking inventory of Union property acquaintances as much as possible, time, as good or better than any and other steps required for the and see that they are made aware ever found ashore." We've heard i-eport. This of coiu'se, is a complete I'eof the disastrous policy this coun­ of bakers putting out a piece of cake or some doughnuts with cof­ porl on all the Union's finances, try is now pursuing. It is up to us who make our fee, but it's the first time that serv­ and should not be confused with livings by going to sea to keep the ing pizza pie at coffeetime has the weekly port audits which take wheels of this campaign rolling, been reported. No wonder the account of port income and outgo only each week. and to make every American boys are satisfied. 'The quarterly report will be Hatgimisios has been whipping realize that a sti'ong American merchant fleet is a valuable eco­ up batter for quite a few years presented at membership meetings nomic asset in peace as well as a now. He joined the SIU in Provi­ in all ports January 26 for ap­ dence, Rhode Island, on February propriate action by the member­ necessity In war. 10, 1939, and has been packing a ship. Edwin T. Rushton �Page Ten •.(: SEAFARERS January 21, 1955 LOG '£• ~ Benjamin Bailey, 74 Lives in Brooklyn, NY John E. Bellard, 67 Lives in Newjport, NY Clarence B. Brunda^^e, 71 Lives in Tampa, Fla. Joseph Germane, 70 Lives in Brookiyn, NY Sidney W. Ghale, 62 Lives in Charleston, SC Nick Giosue, 59 Lives in NY, NY Younggters and oldsters alike, all Seafarers who receive disability benefits under the SIU Welfare Plan, have the security of knowing that the $25 weekly payments to them will continue for as long as they may need them, whether months or years. Many of them have worked as seamen their entire lives, some for as many as 50 years. Others are rela­ tive newcomers to sailing, Wt the sea knows no bounds of age, race or religion and takes its toll of all men. The SIU disability benefit was established for this reason. Its purpose was to provide a cushion of se­ curity for Seafarers who were unable for some reason of disability to continue in their profession and earn a livelihood for themselves and their families. First launched in 1952, the disability benefit orig­ inally provided weekly payments of $15 to each qual­ ified seaman, regardless of age. Ten Seafarers qual­ ified at that time, with eligibility based on proof of seven years' se£ participating ir A few mont] October, 1952, weekly. Six mo: to its level of $! ent. This is mo ships in the 19c Moreover, ne and qualifying ond anniversar; ting the weekly those who had under protectio Today, 43 on $25 weekly ben ing made at the to the total of n^ fit originally b( None of the \k il- William A. Kemmerer, 79 Lives in Pennsgrove, NJ William E. Lake, 6g Lives in Boston, Mass. Matthew Little, 92 Lives in Staten Is., NY Bernard Y.. Boll, 77 Lives in Seattle, Wash. Charles Schrunk, 68 Lives in Jacksonville, Fla. Ifr &• Pr. g. William Bochell, 69 Lives in New Orleans, La. �SEAFARERS Januarj^ 21, 1955 LOG Benito Candamlo, 66 Lives in Miami, Fla. Alexander Dudde, 67 Lives in Brooklyn, NY Ernst E. Ekiund, 66 Lives in Brooklyn, NY Leonard F. Ellis, 68 Lives irt Houma, La. William Girardeau, 74 Lives in N. Harwich, Mass. Samuel L. Gordon, 70 Lives in Brooklyn, NY William J. Gray, 52 Lives in Mobile, Ala. .Ernest E. Gross, 65 Lives in New Orleans, La. ime on ships operated by companies the SIU Welfare Plan. 3 after the benefit first began, in payments were increased to $20 ths after that, the benefit rate rose 5 weekly, where it remains at prese than they received for working on )'s. / men are constantly applying for or the disability benefit. On its seclast May 1, 27 Seafarers were getlenefit. This figure does not include een getting benefits and died while of the Plan. e-active Seafarers are receiving the fit. Accordingly, payments are be­ rate of $1,075 per week, in addition arly $75,000 paid out since the bene?an. nen recdving it, especially the old- timers, could have visualized years ago the blessing of security they are enjoying today through the facil­ ities of their Union's Welfare Plan. The state of maritime unions was such in those days that only a few "dreamers"-—men who "walked with their heads in the clouds"—could foresee even a small portion of what is reality today. Disability benefits from a seamen's welfare plan for which the seaman pays none of the cost were the pipedreams of long ago. And while much remains to be done in this area, and will be done in time. Seafarers who become disabled and are no longer able to work will always be assured a comfortable cushion for their future years. The SIU disability benefit eliminates the need for seeking help in the form of charity handouts. Men who have given their lives and health to an industry are assured its grateful thanks in the form of guar­ anteed aid from the Seafarers Welfare Plan. The SIU takes care of its own ... Eugene Milanesi, 26 Lives in Brooklyn, NY Francisco Molina, 66 Lives in Santurce, PR Grand W. Nutting, 75 Lives in Baltimore, Md. Joseph Piiutis, 40 Lives in Brooklyn, NY Earl F. Spear, 56 Lives in Portland, Me. August Steinmann, 71 Lives in Maspeth, LI. NY Thor Thorsen, 65 Lives in Brooklyn, NY George B. Thurmer, 42 Oliver Springs, Tenn. Benjamin Trottie, 66 Lives in Brooklyn, NY �SEAFARERS Pa*e Twelve # January 21, 1955 LOG PORT REPORTS sold by Waterman to the Maritime Savannah: ping), Ann Marie (Bull), Iberville Mobile: Overseas Corporation, will be in (Waterman), Michael (Carras) and service for her new owners by the Steel Worker and Steel Flyer first of next week. (Isthmian). Sailed On Ann Marie For our Seafarer of the Week For our SIU man of the week we nominate Brotber T. C. Deale Shipping in the port of Savan­ At this writing—^three days be­ who ships in various engine room Things have been going along we have selected Joe Lapham. Joe, very nicely here in Lake Charles who was the SIU agent in Provi­ fore the close of the voting to ratings and has sailed steadily out nah was fair during the last two and during the past two weeks we dence in 1947, is an AB and has elect the Union's officials for the of Gulf ports since 1944. Brother weeks and it looks as if it will stay shipped more men than we regis­ been sailing steadily since he took next two years—there are good in­ Deale, who makes his home in Just about that way during the tered. We only hope it keeps tip his book out of retirement. His dications that the balloting in the Birmingham, Ala., is married and coming two weeks. During the last two weeks we Mobile branch will go over the 600 has one son. He believes the ma­ that way. However, we have last ship was the Ann Marie. paid off the Ines and Arlyn (Bull). Other oldtimers now on the ternity benefit is tops among the mark, thus setting a new record enough men here to fill any ex­ These two ships signed on again Welfare Plan's many benefits. pected jobs, unless something very beach are E. Eklund, O. Headley, for tills port. This indicates a very healthy in­ unusual happens, so we don' W. Prince and C. Karas. In the A few of the oldtimers now on and in transit were the Steel advise any of the brothers to dash Brighton Marine Hospital are F. terest by the members in the se­ the beach are C. Merrill, H. New­ Worker and Steel Age (Isthmian), down here expecting to get out in Alasavich, G. Weddell, J. Fawcett lection of their 1955-56 officers, berry, Eddie Yates, H. Hurlstine, Southstar (South Atlantic) and and A. Hancock. and as long as the members con­ M. Nolan, D. Bissett, T. Dailey, C. Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana a day or so. Brother Allan G. Brown died tinue to display this interest it as­ Steers, J. P. Cox, W. Wilson, W. (Seatrain). Calling in here during the past For our typical SIU man of the two weeks, and taking on men January 10 aboard the Blounfon- sures the election of officers consis­ Hinton and J. Knowles. week we have selected Steward lein of the Holland-America Line, tent with the wishes of the SIU were the Seatiger There are no brothers that we Ivey M. Peacock. homeward bound from Africa. membership. (Colonial) and know of in either of the two local This well-known Brother Brown was on the Robin At this writing the exact date hospitals. Council Grove, " b e 1.1 y r o bTrent when he became ill. He was for the completion: of our com­ Bents Fort, Gov­ Gal Tanner b e r " with the transferred to a hospital in Africa bined recreation room and Sea ernment Camp, Mobile Port Agent South Atlantic and then to the Blounfonlein. His Chest building is still indefinite, Chiwawa, Winter 4« 4" 4) line is known to father has asked the Union to take However, the Hill, Logans many of the care of all the details about bring­ building is tak­ Fort, Cantigny, Philadelphia: ing his son's body back for burial. ing shape rapid­ members for his Bradford Island formula for a James Sheehan ly and we will and Archers Tom Collins. Pea­ Boston Port Agent know within the Hope (Cities Silcox cock admires the 4) 4< Peacock next two weeks Service). progress the just when we Over in Port Arthur, Tex., we Vilmingfon: Shipping has been moving along Union has made over the years will be able to had the Queenston Heights (Seaand is especially proud of the wel­ move in and get trade) and in Orange, Tex., we had on an even keel in this port. fare benefits it has obtained for things set up. the Val Chem (Valentine Tankers). During the past two weeks we its members. "These benefits are This is the first For our Seafarer of the Week Deale paid off the Republic (Trafalgar), really a blessing," he says. time a retail Sea we name Brother Robert M. Among the oldtimers now on the Calmar and Seamar (Calmar), Chest outlet has been combined Thompson, an SIU old timer who Shipping in this port has been generally sails in the engine de­ very good since the first of the with recreational facilities and we Gateway City (Waterman) and beach are H. E. Rountree, W; T. partment as oiler, although he is New Year and of course we are believe the members will get a lot Winter Hill (Cities Service). These Matthews, Walter Stoil, Mike of good out of the combination. now waiting for a firing job. hoping it will keep up that way. five ships signed on again and in Kavanaugh and John Sikes. In Shipping in this port was a trifle Brother Thompson can always be transit were the Edith (Bull); An- the marine hospital are Tommy Although we had no payoffs dur­ depended upon to pitch in wher­ ing this period, we did have 16 slow during the past two weeks tinous, Yaka, Raphael Semmcs and Moore, Rufus Fields, Jimmie ever th3 Union is concerned, and ships in transit. On these we were with 78 men shipped to regular Iberville (Waterman); Robin Good- (Georgia Boy) Littleton, Albert he is particularly always ready to able to put 39 men—and that jobs and 137 men sent to relief fellow and Robin Doncaster (Seas Lima, Frank Nelson, Angelo Mar­ help out the newer members. jobs in and around the barbor. Shipping), and Steel Architect, tins and John Morris. means a lot for this port. £. B. McAuIey At our last meeting. Brother As for the future, the outlook is During this period we had seven Steel Age and Steel Seafarer Hq. Representative J. E. Mitchell of the engine depart- pretty good, as we are hoping that payoffs, three sign-ons and three (Isthmian). 4) 4« 4> • ment was chairman and Brother ships in transit. A. S. Cardullo some of the Houston: C M. Silcox of the deck depart­ Payoffs In Good Shape Philadelphia Port Agent tankers that are ment was recording secretary. The payoffs, which were all in now in the Far 4) 4> 4) Beth men did a fine job. East will be com­ good shape, were the Alcoa Pa­ On the local labor front all is ing in soon for triot, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Corsair Norfolk: quiet. There are no beefs outstand­ payoff, and then and Alcoa Pennant (Alcoa), Ocean ing and all the local unions report we i)rill still have Lotte (Ocean Transportation) and Shipping continues to be veiy their members all at work. Monarch of the Seas and Clai­ the in-transits. good in this port and during the Leroy Clarke At this time, borne (Waterman). past two weeks we shipped more Lake Charles Port Agent The Ocean Lotte, Alcoa Patriot we are happy to There has been a slight improve­ men than we registered. say, we do not and Alcoa Pennant signed on 4. t Penner have anyone in again and in transit were the Del ment in US-flag ship activities in In our last port report .we did Boston: the hospital here—a fact which we Santos (Mississippi) and Claiborne this port during the past two not predict such good shipping, weeks and we are looking for this but the Seagai'den (Peninsular chalk up largely to our fair Cali­ and Chickasaw (Waterman). fornia weather. Navigation) came in here unex­ Prospects for the coming two improvement to continue. Among the oldtimers on the weeks look pretty fair, with the During the past two weeks we pectedly and took on almost a full beach now are John J. Flanagan, following ships due to hit the port paid off the National Freedom crew for a grain run to the Medi­ Right now certain interests are Joe Penner, C. C. Brown, W. K. either for payoff or in transit: De- (American Waterways), Seacoral terranean. Bloomfield, which now has the attempting to have a so-called Yerke, R. L. Lambert and A. Soto, Monarch of the Seas, City of (Coral) and Southern States Alma, Afoundria, Beauregard, (Southern). In transit were the Alice Brown in the shipyard, telld "right-to-work" bill passed here in Bokan. Brother Penner just hit town a Iberville and Claiborne (Water­ Raphael Semmes (Waterman), us that they expect to get a char­ Massachusetts and of course we are requesting all of the brothers few days ago and said he is real man) and Alcoa Partner, Alcoa Bi-adford Island and Cantigny ter for this vessel and will prob.abto write their local representatives glad to be back in sunny California Pilgrim, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Cav­ (Cities Service), Alcoa Runner (Al­ ly call for a full crew in the next coa), Shinnecock Bay (Veritas) and few days. This, plus the fact that and ask them to vote against this after being laid up awhile in Bluff alier and Alcoa Clipper (Alcoa). Due For New Service we have two payoffs scheduled, Oceanstar (Dolphin). bill, which is really a union-bust­ Hospital, Yokohama. El-nest Tilley should make shipping continue There is a good possibility that ing measure. Ben Rees Wilmington Port Agent the Lafayette, which was recently Norfolk Port Agent good during the next two weeks. The new super highway, which During the past two weeks we is being built two doors away from paid off the Seagarden and the the hall here, is progressing nicely. William Carruth (Transfuel) and Several roads which were blocked signed on these two ships and the off because of the construction Margarett Brown (Bloomfield). In have been opened again, and this transit were the Del Alba (Mis­ artery, when completed, should re­ lieve much of sissippi); Michael and Alexandra (Carras); Margarett Brown and the traffic con­ Shipping Figures December 29 to January 11 gestion around Alice Brown (Bloomfield); Seatrains Savannah and New Jersey the hall. REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL Shipping here (Seatrain); Edith (Bull); Bents PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED in Beantown has Fort (Cities Service); Ocean Lotte Boston 19 20 18 57 4 7 7 18 been slow dur­ (Ocean Transportation), and Re­ New York lis 91 81 290 85 79 58 222 public (Trafalgar). ing the past two Philadelphia 25 19 16 60 21 22 15 58 weeks and the All the payoffs and sign-ons outlook for the were clean, with no beefs. Baltimore 80 60 58 198 47 34 38 119 future is only Also, I am happy to report that Norfolk 20 20 6 46 6 6 Brown 1 13 fair. Although we have made many friends in Savannah 19 14 11 44 6 2 6 14 tjie Texas we had four ships paying off here, labor movement in the Tampa 13 4 17 34 8 9 11 28 there were only a few men getting last few months. We have five Mobile 31 28 30 89 28 18 off and consequently we did not 30 delegates to the Houston Trade 76 ship many men. Council and we intend to get very New Orleans 53 37 52 142 48 41 131 42 The ships paying off were the active in the council and also the Houston 26 16 23 65 34 19 74 21 Alexandra (Carras) and French state federation. We feel that by Seattle 20 16 19 53 18 17 8 43 Creek, Cantigny and Logans Fort enlisting the aid of all organized San Francisco 19 23 13 59 31 20 27 78 (Cities Service). labor in Texas we will be able to These four ships signed on and 13 Wilmington 5 12 12 29 12 14 get a better deal for the SIU. 39 in transit were the Robin DoncasA. (Frenchy) Michelet 277 913 TotlOf 448 860 350 1.164 348 288 ter and Robin Wentley (Seas Ship* Honston Fort Agent Lake Charles: t \ik Bull Ships Pay Off; Shipping Slays Fair Voting Seen Headed For Reeerd High Mark Shipping Fignres Top Port's Roglsiraiions Shipping Moves Along 'On An Even Keel' 16 In-Translis Make or Busy Shipping Increase Is Reported In US-Flag Activity 'Righl-To-Work' Rill Faces Union Bailie !• Seagarden Crews Up, Alice Brown To Follow �SEAFARERS January 21, 1955 Page Thfrteea LOG ... PORT JHEPORTS San Francisco: CG's Physical Plan Discussed At Mealing This poi-t has been enjoying very good shipping and the future - looks bright. . During th"e past two weeks ,we paid off the Longview Victory (Victory Carriers) and signed on this ship and the Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa) and Lewis Emery, Jr. (Vic­ tory Carriers). In transit were the Seacomet II (Ocean CarriersT, Lewis Emery, Jr. (Victory Carriers), Yorkmar (Calmar) and John B. Waterman, Hastings, Azalea City, Morning Light and Fairport (Waterman). At our last meeting there was a discussion about the proposed Coast Guard plan of physical ex­ aminations, and the steps the Union is taking to oppose this pw)posal were explained. The Union has formally pre­ sented its opposition to the whole scheme in a letter to the Coast Guard. Since none of the sea unions like it either, the admirals are reluctant to do anything about it right now. Digging Up Old Cases Lately we have had quite a few men coming in , with complaints about the CG dragging out old cases that happened as long as seven years ago. This looks like a deal to pressure union seamen because of the fight they are put­ ting up against the CG's medical plan, so we are advising the broth­ ers to make sure they keep their noses clean on the ships because those CG guys are evidently out to get seamen on anything they possibly can. Men now on the beach include F. Votto, e. Gates, K. Hansen, H. Mease, P. Huggins, H. Skaalegaard, A. Snider, A. Brown, A. Nottage and M. Lipkin. In the ma­ rine hospital are O. Klein, > G. Promutico, M. John, F. Haigney, P. S. Yuzon, W. K. Singleton, C. Neumaier, O. Gustavsen, W. Cen­ ter and C. Brown. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent 4) $1 3^ Baltimore: Shipping Is Slow But Improvenient Is Seen During the past two weeks ship­ ping here in the Port of Baltimore has been slow. During the coming weeks, however, we are looking forward to considerable improve­ ment in the situation. The few ships that did come In here for payoff during the last two weeks had no beefs of any size on them and the crews were all satisfied. The ships paying off were the Suzanne (Bull), Raphael Semmes (Waterman) and Steelore, Feltore, Chilore, Cubore, Baltore, Santore and V enore (Ore). Signing on were the Bethcoaster (Calmar), Shinnecock Bay (Veritas) and Klemowicz Steelore, Feltore, Chilore, Cubore, Baltore, Santore and Venorc (Ore). In transit were the Alamar, Cal­ mar, Seamar and Bethcoaster (Calmar); Antinous and De Soto (Waterman); Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); Steel Archi­ tect and Steel Seafarer (Ishmian); Seastar (Merckdor); Oceanstar (Dolphin); Robin Kettering and Robin Doncaster (Seas Shipping); Bents Fort and Winter Hill (Cities Service), and Kathryn (Bull). Opening Port' C Call -At this writing we confidently expect our new Port O' Call bar to open on Monday, January 17, and the retail division of thq Seafarers Sea Chest to open February 1. Everyone is striving to make the F'ort O' Call a place of entertain­ ment to which the members will be proud to bring their friends and families, and we are also obtaining adequate supplies of all needed merchandise for the convenience of the members in the Sea Chest. Our cafeteria is doing fine and has increased its volume consider­ ably since it opened, meanwhile fully continuing its high standards of service. Incidentally, our beautiful new hall was on television last Tuesday at 10 AM on the program entitled "Inside Baltimore." We are the first union to be so honored on this program and Miss Todd, the nar­ rator, did a splendid job in ex­ plaining our welfare benefits and in describing the building aqd its many features and functions. Of course, we were very glad that the people of Baltimore got this oppor­ tunity to see just what we are doing in this port. At this time, however, we would like to ask the members to be careful and not congregate in front of the bulding or in the corridors. We don't want our neighbors com­ plaining about this and, besides, it's much warmer in the building than outside. This summer it will be much cooler inside because of our air conditioning. Parking Lot Kept Open We would like to thank the mem­ bers for their cooperation in keep­ ing the parking lot open so that it's possible for cars to come and go without having to wait for some­ one to move his car. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent $> $• Miami: Everything Is PlacM Where The Palms Grow During the past two weeks we paid off and signed on the Florida (P & O) and in transit were the Raphael Semmes, Chickasaw and De Soto (Waterman), Seastar (Mercador), Florida (P & O) and Ponce (Ponce Cement). There were no serious beefs and everything was settled to the sat­ isfaction of all concerned. Eddie Parr Miami Port Agent SlU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. (Frenchy) Mlchelet. Agent. .Bresluu 6538 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Lcroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. Lisdsey Williams. Agent MagnoUa 6112-6113 NEW YORK 678 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. gent MAdiaon 2-0834 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoil. West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA, PR Peiayo 51—La 5 Sal Coils. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St. Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeff GUiette. Agent Elliott 4334 TAMPA .. 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Ray White. Agent Phone 2-1323 New York: New Year's Shipping Slarls Off Wilh Bang We started off the New Year with a bang here In the Port of New York, with the largest num­ ber of ships paying off and sign­ ing on articles that we have had for some time. During the past two weeks we paid off 23 ships, signed 10 on for­ eign articles and serviced 10 in transit. The Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers) came out of layup during this period and the Ragnar Naess (Norlo) and Ann Marie (Bull) went Into lay-up. All of the ships calling here were in very good shape with no major beefs on any of them. This is what we all like to see, for a smooth-running ship means a satis­ fied crew and a good trip, short On Pumpmen Shipping continued to be good in all departments and especially in the engine department, with pumpmen at a premium. We have had to call on our affiliates, the MFOW and; SUP, for pumpmen during the past two weeks, and with more tankers coming out of lay-up"and more being built under the new Government shipbuilding program, I would advise all tankermen who are qualified to go up and get their pumpmen's endorse­ ments. This is a good paying job on any ship and we should not haye to call' on outside men to fill these jobs when we have many men in our own ranks who can qualify for this rating. As this Is being written, this is the last week of voting to elect the officials to serve the Union for the next two years, and from all indi­ cations we will have a record vote. The voting has been heavy in all poi*ts. This we like to see, because it Indicates that the membership is taking a great deal of interest in the internal affairs of the Union, which is as it should be. Ships Paying Off The following were the ships paying off here during the past two vveeks: Kathryn, Evelyn, Bea­ trice, Ines and Ann Marie (Bull); Steel Seafarer (Isthmian); Barbara Fritchie (Liberty Navigation); Greece Victory (South Atlantic); Lawrence Victory (Mississippi); Seatrains Savannah and Louisiana (Seatrain); Northwestern Victory (Victory Carriers); Robin Doncas­ ter and Robin Wentley (Seas Ship­ ping); ValXhem (Valentine Tank­ ers); Queenston Heights (Seatrade); Ragnar Naess (Norlo), and Salem Maritime, Archers Hope, WILMINGTON. CaHf 805 Marine Ave. Ernest Tilley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian - WUUam HaU SUP HONOLULU...., Council Grove, Government Camp, French Creek and Royal Oak (Cities Service.) Signing on were the Steel Ap­ prentice, Steel Seafarer, Steel Architect and Steel Age (Isth­ mian); Lawrence Victory (Missis­ sippi); Ines (Bull); Robin Kettering (Seas Shipping); Northwestern Vic­ tory (Victory Carriers); Greece Victory (South Atlantic), and Gate­ way City (Waterman). In transit were the De Soto (Waterman); Seatiger (Colonial); Alcoa Ranger and Alcoa Puritan (Alcoa); Bethcoaster (Calmar); Irenestar (Maine), and Seatrains Georgia, Texas, New York and New Jersey. (Seatrain). Claude Simmons Ass't Sec.-Treasurer 4, t i Seattle: Shipping 'Very Good' For Prosont, Fnluro Shipping has been very good in this Northwest port during the past two weeks and we had to send to San Francisco and Wilmington for about 15 men to complete crewing up the Tagalam (Seatrade), which came out of lay-up. We also expect shipping to con­ tinue good during the next two weeks as we Have the Mother M. L. (Eagle Ocean) and Wacosta (Water­ man) coming in for payoff, and we expect both of these ships to load again for the Far East. Dui-ing the last two weeks we paid off the Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa) and signed on the Tagalam (S e atrade) and Cecil Noack N. Bean (Drytrans). In transit were the Paoli (Cities Service), Yorkmar (Calmar) and Fairport (Waterman). Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent Gil $ i4> Tampa: 6 In-Transiis Call; Few Beefs Reported All of the ships hitting this port during , the past two weeks were in-transits, and there-was a mini­ mum of beefs on them. The ships were the Antinous, Chickasaw and Arizpa (Watei-man), Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa) and Del Alba and Del Valle (Mississippi). Bennle Gonzales Acting Tampa Port Agent FORT WILLlAM....lieV4 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Onurio 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, BO 617Vt Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. SYDNEY. NS Pacific 7824 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE, Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD. Ontario 82 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-.3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St. NB Phone: 2-5233 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 622 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND. CALIF 257 6th St. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 Great Lakes District SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 0.290 ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher WIUHNGTON 805 Marine Ave. Phone: 1238W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK 676 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE HYacinth 9-6600 CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 531 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL 664 St. James St. West DULUTH Phone; Melrose 2-4110 . PLateau 8161 3261 E. 92nd St. HALUAK. N.S. 128V» HoUis St. SOUTH CHICAGO Phone: Essex S-34U Phone: 3-8911 New Orleans: Recreation Room Ready For Finishing Tonohes All but the final finishing touch­ es have been completed on the beautiful new recreation room iii the New Orleans hall. The two pool tables previously located on the second floor ship­ ping deck were shifted down to the new room on the first floor last weekend and a third table was in­ stalled to help accommodate the cue stick experts who always seem to be standing by waiting for a chance to display their skill be­ tween job calls. The shuffleboard also was moved down from the third floor and set up along one wall of the recreation room. Present plans call for locating the new television set, which is on order and should be delivered by the time the LOG goes to press, on the third floor where the present set is lo­ cated. The new set will be equipped with an efficient aerial to pick up both New Orleans TV channels instead of the one chan­ Holmes nel received on the old set. The new recreation room un­ doubtedly will provide Seafarers with a pleasant place to wile away their time between job calls and the whole plan of the new set­ up is intended for the greater com­ fort and convenience of all hands. Speaking of job calls, the ship­ ping board has been somewhat bare since our report two weeks ago. During that period, only 97 men were shipped to regular deep sea jobs, which is off from the usual lively shipping rate in this port. Discharged From Hospital From the USPHS hospital we have good news that L. Fontenot, Benjamin Foster, Joseph Gehringer, Bichard Gralicki, George Nich­ ols and Enoch Gaylor have been discharged to out-patient status and are looking for "fit for duty'' slips soon. Charles Jeffers, Walter Souby, Richard Johnson, Henry McKinney and William C. Wright were re­ cently admitted to the hospital. They have our best wishes for a speedy recovery. Charles Brady found it neces­ sary to return to the hospital for further treatment after being out for only a shoi-t while. William E. Alpin, Henry Sosa, Herman Holmes and Fred Fagan are still confined to the hospital, but are reported to be convales­ cing in good style. Since our last report we had six payoffs, three sign-ons and 11 ships in transit. The Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa), Del Campo, Del Norte and Del Viento (Mississippi) and Chickasaw and Antinous (Waterman) paid off. The Alcoa Roamer and the Del Santos and Del Norte (Mississippi) signed on. Ships calling in transit were the Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Patriot, Al­ coa Clipper and Alcoa Polaris (Al­ coa), the Del Santos (Mississippi), the Seatrains Georgia^ and Louis­ iana (Seatrain Lines), Monarch of the Seas, Claiborne and Golden City (Waterman) and the Margarett Brown (Bloomfield). Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent •M I �ifcf; H'i' It- Psre FonieeB Swrnxaxf tl, lift SEAFARERS tOC OFF WATCH Seafarer-GI Raises His Voice For Prize-Winning Army Quintet The Government's policy on foreign transfers had many Seafarers, who are now in the Army, worried for a while that, there would be no US ships for them to come back to when they get out of service. But one Seafarer-GI who didn't have to worry too much on that score IS Pfc Gerold D. Erlinger. Gerry — who sailed SIl Thij feature if defipned to offer Mntf amt information on hobbtea,' new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarert. map find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries should be addressed to "Off Watch," SEA* FARERS LOG, 875 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, Amateur craftsmen whose home repair and remodeling Jobs never, seem to end can probably get lot of use from a new sandpaper­ ing outfit called the L'il Sharpy. It is a combination backing of foam rubber and metal plate that is sait to give the user high speed, ac­ curacy and control in numerous hand sanding Jobs. The outfit comes as a set of four pieces of different sizes, including a small flat file, which handle like a plane for leveling wood surfaces. The kit comes with a suspension rack an( is made by the Milwaukee- File Co. able number" of addressed addressed' en> velopes, with a money order to cover the cost of the stamps to be affixed, to the respective post­ masters. ships from 1947 until he entered service in 1953—is most anxious Seafarers who up until now to get back to them, he reports to may have been reluctant to fake the LOG. But meanwhile, he's advantage of the wealth of longcarving out a second career for playing records available to suit all himself as a member of an Army musical tastes or v^o have held singing group which has won honback on purchases because of the "ors all over Europe and is bidding high "list price" on most labels, for still further recognition. can Join "with the rest of the rec­ This group, called "The Full ord-buying public in enjoying the Sails," is composed of five Army recent cuts in LP "list prices." boys who specialize in singing Both Columbia and RCA Victor, spirituals. They got together to who have set the pace, have t 4" compete in the second all-Army In addition to those aboard the dropped the "list" on most of their singing contest. And, although at Cities Service tanker Bents Fort discs^ron\ $5.95 down to $3.95 or first they didn't think they'd get who will probably want to claim a less, and the bulk of the industry very far, they promptly took first copy for the ship's library, there can be expected to follow suit very place in their initial competition are many Seafarers and other air- soon. The 45 RPMs have also been at La Rochelle, France, near chair adventurers who will be in­ cut proportionately. Rochefort, where they are sta­ Up until now, "list price" hasn't terested, in the publication of tioned. Hitting a high one is Seafarer Gerry Erlingcr (second from left), Bents Fort; A historical account meant much in most localities any­ At Orleans, prance, the quintet shown with four other GIs who make m> "The Full Sails," quintet, of the Adobe Empire that shaped way, since m^any record shops have competing in second aii-Army singing contest, took top honors in copped another "first," then went the destiny of the American South- been selling at up to a third under on to Heidelberg, Germany, and Europe, is now in race for grand prize. v/est." Historians accord Bents "list" all along. But now, even took first place in the all-Europe Fort a critical place in the west­ those who haven't had. the benefit the the Army, after that it will be back ward march of the US, and this of this will find record prices more finals, competing against the best winning recordings firom to the SIU, if he has his way, Gerry 449-page volume by David Laven­ within reach. A real record-buying talent from France, Germany and States and the Far East. England. The men don't know what their says. And meanwhile he's keeping, der reads like an epic tale. Hun- spree throughout the country can reward will be, if they take the his hand in the water, so to speak, drum life aboard the tankship by be expected. Makes Tape Recording grand prize, but are hoping either by serving as coxswain of an Army the same name might well be After this, the group made a LCM in the 81st Transportation brightened by a reading of the ex­ tape recording of their two best for a trip back to the States or to Co. (BOAT). ploits of its namesake. Published spend the rest of their ' Army numbers — "Swing Low, Sweet Discharge Greece Victory by Doubleday, the book retails at Chariot" and "Heaven, Heaven"— careers entertaining the troops Recently, Gerry reports, the $5.50. and this recording was sent to overseas. landing craft discharged the But whatever comes to him in Washington to compete against the Greece Victory at Le Verdun, With the first of 1955's new US so he was able to meet some stamp issues oiit already—the 3c Seafarers who were around of his SIU pals, and he has brown commemorating the 150th also met some at the ports of anniversary of the Pennsylvania SIU headquarters during the Rochelle and La Pallice, which are Academy of Fine Arts made its early part of 1952 will un­ only 23 miles each from where he debut last Saturday in Philadel­ doubtedly remember Harry B. Anphia—collectors can . now begin trotter. He's the seaman-author is stationed, in Rochefort. Gerry, who started sailing SIU concentrating on the future. whose play, ''Slow Boat Across," The next one is the 3c issue for had its first rehearsals at Hq in when he was 17, sailed in all deck department ratings, out of San the centennial of the founding of preparation for its presentation at Francisco, and sailed Uiroughoul the first land grant colleges in the the Cherry Lane Theatre in New the Korean War in Far Eastern US, which will receive its initial York. sale on Feb. 12 at East Lansing, waters. Since then, his play has come He was drafted off the Steel Mich., sifS of Michigan State Col­ into quite a good deal of favor on Woi'ker in June, 1953, given his lege. Following that will be an 8c the West Coast, particularly around basic training at Fort Dix, then blue for the 50th anniversary of Wilmington, Cal., where he lives, sent to Bremerhaven and then Rotary International, which will Antrotter now reports to the LOG. Over the Labor Day weekend, Rochefort. His old shipmates who have its first-day sale in Chicago, wish to write him may address him Feb. 23. (Eight cents is the rate for instance, the play had a fouras follows; Pfc. Gerold D. Erlinger for an ordinary letter addressed to night run at the Labor Temple in US 51259163, 81st Trans. Co. most places overseas.) In either Long Beach, and other California (BOAT), APO 217 c/o PM, NY, case, collectors who want a first- showings are now planned, Antrot­ Wiper Bill Stevenson got this shot from the stern of the Val Chem NY. Mail is always appreciated. day postmark can send "a reason- ter says. (Valentine Tankers) when the Val Chem recently came to the aid Placed In Libraries of this little Panamanian ship whose diesel engine had failed, What's more, copies of the play leaving her adrift off Miami. At the request of the Coast Guard, have been placed in the American the Val Chem towed the drifter for about three h6urs until she Merchant Marine Library and in could be taken under tow by a CG cutter and brought into Miami. both the passenger and crew li­ The photo shows the Panamanian crew getting ready to make fast braries of the Lurline, a Matson the Val Chem's towline. Line ship on which Antrotter once sailed. Antrotter, who belongs to the Radio Officers' Union, AFL,'made his last trip aboard the SlU-contractcd Keystone I^ariner before she went into lay-up. (1) John James Audubon pictured in words and in paintings: (a) the The play, a comedy-satire, is Panama Canal, (b) the birds of America, (c) the Reign of Terror in based on a novel which Antrotter France, (d) great English gentlemen? wrote about a voyage from New (2) How large would a drawing be of a field 14 by 24 yards, if the Orleans to Venice, Italy. For this scale were one-quarter inch to the foot? novel the author was awarded an honorary membership in the Inter­ (3) In French money, how many centimes are there in a franc? national Mark Twain Society. (4) Which is lighter: oxygen or hydrogen? (5) Who is sometimes called "The South American Washington?" (6) Who was elected at the first national election in the US in which women participated: (a) T. Roosevelt, (b) F. D. Roosevelt, (c) Harding, Every SlU-manned ship is (d) Wilson? entitled to a 50-volume library (7) Who made the first solo flight around the world; (a) Charles assortment every three months Lindbergh, (b) Wiley Post, (c) Eddie Rickenbacker, (d) Amelia Earhart? from the SEAFARERS LOG, (8) Where do^ we have three small bones called the hammer, the The libraries are placed aboard anvil and the stirrup; (a) elbow, (b) knee, (c) nose, (d) ear? the ships by SIU Sea Chest representatives. If you haven't (9) A man spent the equivalent of one-fourth, one-fifth, one-sixth received your regular assort­ and one-fifteenth of his pay for rent, food, clothes and miscellaneous, Snapped aboard Jhe Cecil N. Bean (Drytrans) during a run to ment, contact the Sea Chest 'essentials and still had $28.50 left. How much did he start out with?' Formosa are (1-r) William A. De Lapp, bosun; L. W. Pepper, stew­ representative in the nearest (10) What is an ounce of prevention worth? ard, and J. Kissel, night cook and baker. Steward department got SIU hall. (Quiz Answers on Page 17) crew's thanks for topnotch meals served during run. m 1,® |5i |i.W' m f Salty Play Hit On WC Val Chem Tows Drifter liiiiilBliillliliiiililliiliiiiiMWii® Good Food Makes For Big Smiles Each Quarter iKi |i-- ...1- ^ J- • • ;• '• . �' - • •/ SEAFARERS JannuT t]« 1*59 Pace FIfteea LOG Steel Chemist Crewmen Are 'Reund-The-World Bound Now making 'round-the-world run sxe these Steel Chemist crewmen, snapped soon after ship left 'Frisco. They are (1-r) T. Acedo, F. Keller, C. Uribe, A. Blain, N, Wuchina. M. Escandell (center) is chief cook on Chemist. With him are Bill Jones (left), 2nd cook, and B. Baa, baker. Shipboard meeting night on the Isthmian ves­ sel finds (1-r) R. Schlagler, C. Ombao, N. Wuchina, J. Martinelli, M. Bruno, J. Powers, A. Stankiewicz, L. Ceperiano and F. Kscandell. Bob Beale (above), chief electrician, took these photos. Getting in some- bunk prac­ tice, oiler Stankiewicz (top) and FWT Blain take it easy. By Spike Marlin Ray Robinson, at 84, has proved the ring when the 'Jistering heat he is only human after ali. After of a record-breaking summer's day laying off for 2Vi years he re­ finished him off. Ray started off by toying with turned to the ring, and such is the poverty of the middleweight divi­ punchless Gene Burton in a Cana­ sion that he immediately became dian el&iibition. Burton is good mentioned as a contender for the practice for anybody. He can't hurt you and he'll make you move title. But age has taken its toll even and keep alive in the ring to catch from the likes of a ring marvel him. Then he teed off on Joe such as Robinson. On his third Rindone, who has become a handy outing he was solidly and methodi­ punching bag for middleweight cally beaten by Tiger Jones who contenders. has everything a good middleweight No Buzzsaws Here needs except one fatal lack—speed. You can be sure Robinson isn't Robinson insists that he will walking into any buzzsaws, mainiy keep on trying. It means he has because there aren't many in the fallen into the illusion of so many middleweight division. Olsen, of fighters before him, that he can course, is more than a match for regain the speed and timing he any middleweight now in the ring. once had in such extravagant quan­ When you look past him at the tity. rest of the division there isn't Lots of people are comparing much to see. There's Castellani Robinson's comeback with Joe who is plenty slick but a nonLouis. The parallel isn't exactly aggressor, Holly Mims the mysteri­ the same. Louis was a heavy­ ous Washington middleweight who weight who needed lots of work is supposed to be something spe­ and competition to keep him in cial and Giardello, a vastly-over­ trim. He didn't get it and he had rated fighter. Actually, Robinson's return is a tendency to be hog fat in be­ tween bouts. His reflexes dis­ the sympton of a desperate short­ appeared suddenly during the first age of ring talent. Another symp­ Walcott bout and never came back. tom is talk of matching Olsen with Robinson has been tap-dancing Archie' Moore for the light-heavy in night clubs ever since he quit, title. Neither man can find a which is just like doing roadwork worthy foe in their own divisions. indoors. Besides he had plenty of As for Marciano, the antics of pro­ speed and skill left in him at the moters in attempting to dig up time. He was plastering a much stiffs for him are positively heavier man, Joey Maxim, all over ludicrous. LOG-A-RHYTHM; He'll Get No OT For This Watch Acceptance By Thurston Lewis The scenery may vary, and people may dress differently, but human nature is pretty much the same the world over. And when a fast-talking pitchman meets a certain kind of customer—well, the results are usually the same whether the encounter is on Broadway in Manhattan or in faroff" and who wore an English-style mango on a tree does its neigh­ Cochin, India. tunic, suddenly said to me, in per­ bor. Because of this, and forget­ A good example of this is fect English: 'Will the gentleman ting my other children and my two hungry wives, I related to the LOG by Seafarer Sahib tell me the time, please?' will let you have 'J *l'm afraid not,' I said, T have Harry Kronmel of the Steel Sea­ this watch for no watch,'" Kronmel writes. farer (Isthmian). Just such an In­ only 130 rupees." With that, Kronmel reports, the cident, Kronmel reports, occurred gaunt stranger pulled several ex­ Calculating the asking price at to him in the bazaar in Cochin. pensive-looking watches from his $26 in American "I was standing on a street cor­ pocket and strapped them to his money, Kronmel arm. "You," he said, "are as my ner in the bazaar," Kronmel writes offered 50 rupees the LOG, "when a tall, gaunt man. eldest son, and resemble him as a instead. * , "You are' as Kronmel my own father and mother," the street vender said. "The watch is yours for 120 rupees." Kronmel shook his head. "I will not let profit stand in tHe way of our friendship," the watch seller said. "Take it for 110 rupees." Kronmel started to walk away but the stranger ran after him and grasped his arm. "This leaves me no profit at all," he said, "but the watch is yours for 100 rupee.s," Kronmel finally bought the watch ' for 85 rupees—$17—and then prepared to leave the bazaar. "But as I made my way through the twisted alleyways,'.' he writes the LOG, "I suddenly came upon a sight that made me stop. There, displayed in a jewelry shop, was -the same watch I had bought—and the price was 40 rupees." USPHS Has Last Say On. Huty Slip Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors have the final say on whether or not a man is fit for duty. If there is .any question about your fitness to sail, check with the nearest USPHS hospital or out-patient clinic for a ruling. Cell walls a two-fold nature have And you hear, men speak about The way they keep some men within While others they keep out. In more than one respect. Men are confined upon the swells Though sober and circumspect. To many a man with years at sea, Lqnely and lost ashore, A friendly smile and hand may be Ships' hulls a two fold nature' Also have, of that there Is no His greatest treasure store. doubt. Their brave crews ' they keep And his acceptance, in a town. within Of a Seafarer who's on land Has proved a policy safe and And raging seas without. sound Yet ships are like the hated cells For any people's stand. The LOG conducts this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Bob Ham­ mond's recipe for "angel food cake." One of those typically-American dessert treats that starts the mojuth 'watering almost as soon as the name passes the lips is the delight known as angel food cake. It even rates dictionary mention as "a deli--*cate white cake made without if cake flour Isn't available, you can get results that are almost as shortening." good with regular flour. And since Seafarer Bob Ham­ Here's what you need: cups mond has thoughtfully paid tribute egg whites, V/^ cups sugar, 1 cup to "Galley Gleanings" as "one of flour, VA teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon my favorite features in the LOG," cream of tartar, 1 teaspoon vanilla. we are doubly Sift the sugar, add half of it to happy to return the flour and sift twice. Then beat the favor by the egg whites and salt until passing on his they're foamy. Next, add the recipe for one of cream of tartar and whip until our favorite foods stiff. which, he notes, Add the remaining sugar, fold­ is very simple ing it into the flour mixture by and "sells" very hand; The flavoring should be well. added last. Bake for 30 minutes at 275 degrees, then increase the Sailing as 2nd Hammond heat to 3?15 degrees and bake until cook and baker, Hammond has been a member of the baking has reached the point the SIU since he joined in Savan­ where if you lightly jab the surface nah a week after he passed his with a finger, the finger doesn't 20th birthday in 1947. He's been leave an impression. " Turn the pan upside down and at "it ever since, catering to the hearty appetites of Seafarers. His allow the cake to "sweat" out. For formula, incidentally, calls for more than one cake, multiply the cake flour, but Hammond says that ingredients accordingly.) �iS-V;,.,, . v.- S5B? SEAFARERS lOt Page Sixteen Widow Expresses Thanks To Union January 21, 1955 -tr Ex^Cpp Relates i Crimp Abuses L E To the Editor: My husband, , James Brandon, was a member of the crew of the Southern Districts and I would like to take this way of thanking To the Editor: all those who have been so kind I am writing this to express my during this trying period. sincere appreciation to the staff Most particuiarly I would like and doctors of to thank Bennie Gonzales who, as the Manhattan Tampa representative of the SIU, has done everything in his power Beach USPHS hospital. I espe­ to help me. Bennie recently helped immeas­ cially would like urably in arranging for James to to thank Dr. get off the Government Camp to Whitehead, D r. attend his sister's funeral, and now Haas and Dr. Long who have he has been most kind to me. have personally thanked Bennie helped me back McCann on many occasions, but I think on the road to They everyone should know that he is recovery. a man who can be depended upon have been wonderful both to me and to my wife, whenever she This is the three-masted full rigger Indymion, on which vet­ in time of trial. eran Seafarer Thor Thorsen was shanghaied in May, 1S14. 1 would also like to thank Sonny visits me. And so, both my wife 4 Simmons, who was more than an and I wish to thank them and wish A. DeKovessy. Both gave me ex­ ordinary friend to James in many them all success and happiness in instances, and Chai'lie Kimball of the future. cellent treatment. P. J. McCann Galveston for the same reason. I had been sailing on the Es­ To the Editor: 4) 4" 4" Also, I wish to thank Toby Flynn cambia and when I became ill the My recent stay in the Staten Is­ captain radioed for help. The of Welfare Services for his coop­ land marine hospital gave me MSTS took me off the Escambia eration and kindness, and the en­ plenty, of time to think about and an ambulance was waiting at tire SIU bi'otherhood for the beau­ things, particularly about my old the dock to take me to the hos­ tiful flowers sent to James' sister's To the Editor: I have been in the Navy since sailing days, and there were a good pital, where I was operated on. funeral and to James' memorial service. 1948 but I still receive the LOG many of them. I found the attitude of the en­ I guess what I am really frying at my mother's address, and here At any rate, I have jotted down tire hospital staff toward a seaman to do is to thank James for choos­ in the Canal Zone, where I am a few of my recollections and I to be very courteous and helpful. ing to join the SIU when he chose now stationed, I have just finished hope you will Myron E. Foils sailing as his life's work. I know reading all the issues from last publish them, in of no other organization which August through November. the SEAFARERS 4> 41 4> would do so many things, so often, I have always wanted to write LOG. I am also for a single member, and I know you a letter to see if I couldn't enclosing a few how James felt toward the organi­ contact some of my old shipmates, old photos and I zation. I hope to keep up with its and this is it. hope you will activities through the LOG, if I The men I would most like to also publish To the Editor: may be kept on the mailing list. contact are l^Jorman C. Barnard these. I am writing this to tell you Thanks again to all of you on and Sam V. Lindsay. The last ad­ Briefly, m y about a shipmate of mine on the behalf of James' family and my­ dress I had for Norman was c/o story is this: I Thorsen self. And thanks again, James, for the SIU hall in Mobile. That was started to sail in Mary Adams (Bloomfield). being an SIU member. I know that we have a lot of the end of 1948 and he was sail­ 1908 on the three-masted bark In(Mrs.)' Mary T. Brandon ing as FOW at that time. verdem, out of Norway, and in good athletes in the SIU but Duke (Ed. note: Yon will continue to Sam was sailing out of Mobile 1913 I shipped on the four-masted Livingston is one of the best ex­ receive the LOG regularly.) as a wiper the last I heard of him. bark Christel Vinnen out of amples I know of clean living— t 4« 4" Shipped With Waterman Bremen, Germany. and that's a must if one is to get As for myself, I got my permit I skipped the (^ristel Vinnen in in Mobile in 1946 when I shipped Newcastle, Australia. Then in May, anywhere in. the world of sports. on the Zebulon Pike, a Waterman 1914, while I was in Port Adelaide, Duke, who hails from Norfolk To the Editor: Liberty. At that time I was a Mari­ South Australia, I was shanghaied but does most of his wrestling I want to take this opportunity to time School graduate (FOW) and onto the three-masted full rigger around New York, toes the Tothanks the crew on the Beatrice just about as green as they come, Indymion, which was a Finnish ledoes at 218 and is as tough as (Bull), especially the bosun, Julio, but the crew took me in hand and ship built in 1875. they come. and the third assistant engineer, I think they did a pretty good job I'm a frustrated boxer myself, When this ship got to Vancou­ for taking, care of me and helping of cutting me in on the scoop. having trained while working in ver, BC, I managed to get off, and I'll close this by thanking you me along when I was repatriated then sailed Canadian ships until the steel mills in aboard the ship a while ago. for your courtesy in printing it. Pittsburgh be­ 1917 when I shipped on' an Ameri­ After I got hurt on the Elizabeth, Robert E. Guess £N1 (SS) can tanker. From that time on I fore I joined the I went into the hospital in San Box 424 Rodman h^ve sailed US ships. SIU during the Juan for 19 days Panama, Canal Zone war. And I've No one has to tell me what a and then came 4- 4' 3^ often thought good deal SIU men have, because back to the New that the Union I can remember back when. York on the Bea­ should sponsor a Thor Thorsen trice as a pas­ stable of boxers senger. I want ft 4 To the Editor: and wrestlers to say I got the Aboard the Alcoa Polaris the under the SIU best care possi­ Livingston bosun and deck maintenance banner. ble on the ship turned to work at 6 AM and I think such a move would en­ coming home and worked until 7:30 AM, then To the Editor: courage the spirit of good sports­ that everybody Colon knocked off a half hour for break­ I am writing this letter because manship and fair play among our was very good to fast and went back to work at me. In fact, at the payoff they 8 AM. Does this give the bosun I would like publicly to thank the members. I also think that our doctors and staff of Tripler Army boys would be inspired to win out collected $55 which they gave me and deck maintenance a penalty General Hospital in Honolulu for of loyalty to the Union. to help out. hour? Please answer this in the excellent care they gave me Tliat was a kindness from a fine meal I myself am past my prime, but the LOG. during the five months I was con­ I am hoping my son learns the art bunch of men which I appreciated Crew of Alcoa Polaris fined there. very much. I hope that I can help of self-defense well enough to note: The bosun and DM some of them out the same way ate(Ed. I would especially like to thank enter big-time competition when breakfast within the time speci­ sometime when they need it. fied in the contract and no penalty the two doctors who attended me he finishes his formal education. Julio Colon meal hour is allowable.) —Col. L. K. Mantell and Major C. Clarence L. Cousins USPHS Doctors Get Mtis Thanks Seaman Recalls ^The Old Days^ Seeking Contact With Shipmates Says SIU Should Sponsor Athletes Thanks iteatrice Crew For Aid Mealtime Query Is Answered Army Doctors Get ills Thanks Burtv •01-:-^ • • •:>•,.:! :r-!>'^m0;0: 'S; *My Aching Feet!* To the Editor: I'm a retired. New York City po­ liceman and a friend of Albert H. Kisch, an oldtime seaman who's now employed as a waterfront patrolman on South Street. I knew A1 as an ace niessman in the past, and I certainly enjoyed reading his letter about the -phony crimp joint on West 28th Street in the December 24 issue of the SEA­ FARERS COG. At any rate, I'm writing this be­ cause A1 didn't mention the days of 1920-37 when "Captain" Horn had an office on Front Street and Coenties Slip and used to hunt up live ones along South and White­ hall streets by buying them a meal and giving them a dollar or two to ship out. As soon as you boarded a ship Donaldson you were put to work holystoning the decks, pol­ ishing the bright work and doing plenty of painting and chipping— with no goggles. And there were always "Captain Bligh" officers who were anxious to find fault and work you extra. Coffee time was unheard of on those ships and we often had to swipe food from the passengers' pantry. When we docked, all the food was stowed away and we had to live and eat ashore. As for towels, we either had our own or used our shirts. 'Captain' Gets His Cut Then, when we were paid off— at $40 a month-—we never saw the money as the purser would take off the "captain's" fee for putting us on boai;d. After the payoffs the men never got their berths back, but ^yere left to shift for themselves, no mat­ ter where the payoff port was. What's more, crewmen were often thrown off the ship in for­ eign ports, and were replaced by foreign seamen who also paid the crimp. I know that it is unions like the SIU that made a seaman's job worth fighting for. John W. Donaldson 4> 4" 4" Wants Rain Gear Left On Ships To the Editor: I have a suggestion I would like to pass along to the other brothers for consideration. This suggestion is for men in the deck department, and I think it would save them weight and room in their baggage. My suggestion is for the crews to take up collections to buy rain gear and then leave it on the ship, so that a man ashore doesn't have to lug it around with him. The ships have washing machines so possibly this suggestion could be extended to other kinds of gear as well. E. R. Cretan Bg Bernard Seatnan �• SEAFARERS JanuaiT tit 1*55 ^'.^fis^J^y:f^^•.\';:r-,^ r^-'j •• • •. LOG Pag* Berenteea SlU Crewmembm Save P/sfr/cfs' Safety Rules Gale-Battered Steelore Bypassed With CG Okay she'd never make the Sparrows possibly not even to Cape Look­ out, so 19 men were taken off im­ mediately. The sea apparently quieted, however, and the tow con­ tinued into the harbor here. . The full crew is back aboard now, waiting for the company to decide what to do with the ship. It is expected she'll be closely ex­ amined by divers before being moved again. Seafarers aboard the vessel, ac­ cording to the company's crew list, were: Deck department—Harry T. Col­ lier, bosun; John A. Morris, Gerald W. Calendine, Henry Shepeta, AB quartermasters; Harold T. Spicer, Hipolifo Ramos, Claude Fowler, ABs; Lawrence Johnson, John S. Simpson, Thomas C. Moose, ordi­ nary seamen; William Mitchell, Geoffrey Mills, Edward C. Atkin­ son, DMs. Engine department — Eduardo Delapena, machinist; William L. Mason, deck engineer-utility; Livious A. Underwood, Charles Dorona, Juan P. Riviera, oilers; James P. Eller, Paul E. Saltz, Frank G. Ortiz, firemen; Norman R. Wright, Joseph F. Laughlin, Earl L. Brittain, wipers. Steward department—Edward J. Debardelaben, steward; Joseph" J. Padelsky, chief cook; Samuel Jisharoom, cook and baker; Ed­ ward A. Guerrero, William B. Matthews, Jacob B. Malenke, MMs; Wm. John Donald Joseph Williams, utilityman; Eu­ Your wallet containing dis­ gene C. Brown, 3rd cook. charges and other papers is being held for you at the SEAFARERS LOG office, SIU headquarters. (Continued from page 3) Marore, several tankers and the Furness liner Queen ot Bermuda raced to the scene. It was the sec­ ond mercy mission in as many trips for the Queen of Bermu&a, which earlier this month rescued ten fishermen off a sinking New­ foundland fishing boat. Tlie Cubore arrived before noon with the crisis apparently over for the moment. She stayed with the Steelore until one of the CG ships, the Cherokee,, and the Curb ar­ rived to join the rescue planes fol­ lowing things overhead. Eventually, only the Curb remained until an­ other ship, the Baltore, later joined the slow procession northward, standing by the tow. After taking her tow the ship moved steadily at a plodding four knots, in the direction of Cape Lookout near here, where it would be decided whether the Steelore could make the remainder of the trip north to Sparrows Point, Md., her actual destination. Heavy with water, although her pumps were constantly working, the disabled ship proceeded this way until Monday, when the tug reported her in danger again be­ cause of the low freeboard. Indi­ cations at this point were that NOTICES $ s* t Roy Pierce You are asked to contact Leonard J. McLaughlin, secretary-treasurer, Canadian District, SIU, at 634 St, James St. W., Montreal 3, Quebec, Canada. ^ Manuel Garza Ray Morey F. L. Richardson The Boston office of the NLRB wishes to get in touch with you regarding back pay due from the Excelio Corp. as a result of the' SIU's successful action involving unfair labor charges against this company. PERSONALS Paige Mitchell Tony (Champ) Matosky Very important you contact Pedro Villabol by mail at*SIU headquarters. j) $ Friends of Russell Hinkel Cpl. Hinkel wishes his friends and shipmates to write him at 201 Fort Drive, Aiexandria,.Va. 3) 4^ James- W. Baldrldge Anyone knowing the where­ abouts of this man is asked to con­ tact his sister, Mrs. B. B. Davis, at Box 312, Vinton, La. Quiz Answers 3> (1)'(b) the birds of America. (2) lOV^ inches by 18 inches. •(3) 100. (4) Hydrogen. (5) Simon Bolivar. (6) (c) Harding (1920). The "Women's Suffrage" amendment to the Constitvition was first rati­ fied that year. , (7) (b) Wiley Post, in July, 1933. (8) (d) ear. (9) $90. 10) It's worth a pound of cure, according to a much-quoted proverb. Edward F. Woods Your mother is very worried about you. Let her know your whereabouts. Fritz. Puzzle Answer ass [SESBB adOB QBCa QBSS. Baas ^BSSIBBQDS SBSQ aso SaBSBBB BBBBSB BDO aisa IZISSESS SBSB aQB BSBS SQQDQ aSQ BSB ans nsBBBB BSBSIZISS SSB QBESS ssan!z;]E;sas aasB mm 3) 3) 3) L. S. Park John R. Ward The Isthmian SS Co. in Long Beach, Caiif., is holding your gear off the Las Vegas Victory. i 4. 3) Wesley T. Christianson - Urgent you get in touch with your wife as soon^ as possible. 3)i 3) 3) Friends of Wm. E. Hammond Pvt. Hammond (US 51265501) wishes his cx-shipmates to write him c/o 315th Engr. Co. (Port Constv.), Fort Baker, Sausalito, Caiif. 4. 3> '3) Harry (Hank) Keane Please write me at 345 Thacher St., Milton 86," Mass. This is im­ portant but not urgent. Eddie Cal­ lahan. 3) 3) 3) Carl E. Gibbs . Brother Gibbs asks his creditors to contact him at the SIU hall, 1216 East Baltimore St., Baltimore. (Continued from page 3) rebuilding of that portion of the ship. Consequently, the company, for a year, has been patching and darning the bottom of the ship by welding dqubier plates over the old ones. There has been much testimony during the hearing about repeated fractures and leaks in this area, as well as evidence offered that some .plates were worn thinner than minimum Coast Guard safety requirements. Further, Raiisback admitted that the company did not try to radio the Southern Districts until December 9, the day after it was supposed to hear from the ship. It continued unsuccessful efforts to contact the vessel for days, until it finally notified the Coast Guard the afternoon of the 11th that the vessel was overdue. Ironically enough, the Savannah station had tried to contact the ship December 6, without success. "The company was unaware of the attempted contact. Three other highly significant developments were revealed by other, testimony offered at the hearings: • There were "definite indica­ tions" that the Southern Districts was overloaded when she left Port Sulphur, La., December 2, enroute to Bucksport, Me., with a cargo of sulphur ore. • One of the lost crewmembers in a letter to his grandmother sub­ stantiated testimony by a Seafarer that the engine room was not up to Coast Guard safety require­ ments. • Another merchant vessel re­ ported seeing the Southera Dis­ tricts speeding head on into a se­ vere storm area on December 5. Hearings had been resumed Jan­ uary 17 after a six-day recess to permit Raiisback to appear and testify. Apart from the admissions about the company's "understand­ ing" with the Coast Guard, Railsback further conceded the exist­ ence of patchwork, jury-rig re­ pairs in the engine room and ad­ mitted the company undertook only "necessary" repairs in New Orleans as the ship was slated for annual inspection in Norfolk after one more trip. He stoutly insisted nevertheless, that the ship was seaworthy when she left on her fatal voyage. The Overloading question was raised by James B. Robertson Jr., Coast Guard naval architect. In­ formation available, he said, point­ ed to the fact that the ship's marks may have been submerged. Rob­ ertson is the same architect who testified that the Southern Isles was overloaded before she was lost three years ago. Earlier, Captain Kensr Jensen, representing the National Cargo Bureau, testified that he measured the Southern Disti'ict's feeboard when loaded at nine feet, eight inches. With the allowance for loading in fresh water, this figure would have put the ship at the borderline. However, doubt was cast on the accuracy of Jensen's measurements in a lengthy crossexamination. Israel G. Seeger, rep­ resenting the office of SIU General Counsel Seymour W. Miller, and others present questioned Jensen closely on this score. It was brought out that tlie ship's star­ board list, estimated at three degrees, could., have affected the accuracy of measurements by as much as* nine inches. The ship had been measured from the port, or higher, side only. Relaxed Changes Robertson had also testified that after the loss of the Southern I?les the Coast Guard called for struc­ tural changes in LST's and im­ posed additional limits on cargd" and the draft of the vessels. How­ ever, these were later relaxed, particularly those dealing with cargo density, on a petition of the ship operators "and a showing of loading controls of cargo weight on the tank tops." Robertson added that the No. 3 tank top had been replaced 'just before the vessel left Sulphur because it was rusted out. T' other tank tops were in bimilar shape, he said, they would have been -in "serious danger" of giving way. Testimony by Lt. Walton D. Alley, Coast Guard inspector, was also revealing. Alley had ordered the tank top replaced after he found it to be badly deteriorated. He said he went into No. 1 hold and had the sheathing removed fron^ the tank top and inspected its entire length because "holes in the bottom . . . indicated this was a logical place to start" his investi­ gation. He hammer-tested adjoin­ ing tanks but did not investigate them further because they "sounded good." Alley conceded he made no "in­ ternal examination" of the No. 2 hold, nor had he inspected the engine room. "I questioned the chief engineer," he said, "over a cup of coffee with him . . . and he said the engine room was in good shape." He admitted he could not positively say the engines and steering mechanism were sea­ worthy on the basis* of the chief's statement, but claimed that the hull was seaworthy. A far different picture of condi­ tions in the engine room was painted by Seafarer William L. Cooper, one of those lost on the ship, in a letter written to his grandmother, Mrs. L." F. Cleary, in Savannah, while the ship was in drydock. • "The chief is in a sweat," he wrote, "because the inspector will be in the engine room and will find all the salt water and bilge lines full of patches, which is not going to go over big with the Coast Guard ... all of those lines will more than likely have to be I'eplaced and they will find lots of other things that will not come up to the requirements ..." This description of conditions in the engine room was in line with earlier testimony • given by John Flanagan, oiler, who quit the ship in New Orleans, "because the en­ gines were in too bad condition to make the trip." Other SIU mem­ bers had testified to the presence of hull patches below the waterline with such devices as washers, bolts and wooden plugs, testimony borne out by Alley and Arthur B. Griant, independent marine surveyor. Both of these inspectors said they saw a "fish boit" and wooden plugs in the hull. Other inspectors testified they had not seen these. These wit­ nesses claimed that plates in, this condition were repaired in New Orleans. Judging from weather informa­ tion introduced during the hearing, the seaworthiness of the LST's hull and engines was put to a severe test on her last trip. At about 1:30 PM on December 5, the Southern Districts was sighted abeam of Jupiter Light on the Florida coast by John Wesley Rivers; chief mate of the Gulf Key, a tanker bound from Mobile to New York. "Four or five men were working on deck and the ship seemed to be proceeding at full speed," Rivers related. The Gulf Key passed the LST and proceeded northward into in­ creasingly strong winds and heavy seas. By the morning of December 6, -the going became so rough the Gulf Key had to reduce speed and leave the sea lane in search of quieter waters. "We had to siow down or pound everything to pieces," Rivers recalled. Wind in the area had reached a velocity of 65 knots an hour at midnight of the 6th and climbed to a peak of 75 knots (hurricane velocity winds) at 3 AM on Decem­ ber 7, bringing about "mountain'ous seas." The last radio message from the Southern Districts was received at Wilmington on December 5^ A Savannah station attempted to con­ tact the ship by radio beginning ajt 5:58 PM on December 6, but never was able to.Veceive any response. A similar fruitless effort was made by the station at Tuckerton, NJ, on December 7. The time element involved in these, reports added credence to the theory that the ship was lost after encountering the heavy weather reported by the Gulf Key and other vessels on December 6. Omit Minutes This Issue Because of the importance of the Coast Guard hearings on the Southern Districts to the future safety of shipboard crqws, it has been necessary to leave out the ship's minutes which normally appear on this page in order to carry a full report On the hearings. To make up for the omis­ sion, the next issue of the SEAFARERS LOG will carry two full pages of minutes in­ stead of the usual single page. All minutes mailed in to the LOG will, of course, continue to be printed in the LOG. Editor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY , I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY ZONE STATE Signed ... TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old lubscrlber and hava a ehtnga of addrats, piaata giva your former addre» below: ADDRESS CITY ....... >aaaaaeeeaaaaaee**«aM xeaeaeeaeaa • aeeaaeaeaaaei .ZONE aMeeaeaaaaea** STATE �>are Eifhtera 1 I iWOS ' ft 'W SEAF ARERS JnittUT tt, 19S5 LOG Why Delay? nie Early For Benefits A Seafarer came into the New York Welfare Services office recently to inquire about collecting the -$200 maternity benefit. He had become a father 20 months ago but had neglected to apply for the money. He was informed, regretfully, that he was no longer eligible for the benefit and the-* $25 defense bond that goes The limit is one year after the desirable from the beneficiary's - * event in the case Of maternity and point of view. with it. 5 6 The hospitalized Seafarer has The regulations of the Seafarers death benefits, and .14 days,after another interest besides collecting discharge from a hospital, for the Welfare Plan limit the time in SEAFARERS WELFARE,. VA CATIOF( PLANS which benefits can be applied for. hospital benefit. The Seafarers' his benefit within a 14-day period. Vacation Plan also puts a one-year The shipping rules provide a man REPORT ON BENEFITS P AID limit on collection of vacation pay. must register within 48 hours of dis­ In addition, there are important charge from the hospital if he is To.JrJ.-.Y-s-jr regulations on shipping rules cov­ to get the 30-day shipping card. ering men in. the hospitals, which The card gives him a handicap of No. -Saafarara Raaaiyir.s Benefits this Psriedi /o It every hospitalized Seafarer must one day for every day spent In the 1 Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer |' «/4 follow in order to get the benefit hospital up to a maximum of 30 1 Total Benefits Paid this Period i ' 1 » days so that he does not lose out of the 30-day shipping card. on time spent while hospitalized. Several Reasons WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS.PAID THIS PERIOD However, if he waits .onger than There are several good reasons 48 hours to register he loses out The wife and children of a Sea­ for imposing time limits on wel­ SSto oo farer who were faced with dis­ fare benefits. For one thing, the on this provision. roooo oo Death Benefits Fit For Duty possess action by a landlord are longer the peidod of delay, the Some Seafarers believe that Dissbilicv Benefits ioSa a a still in their apartment, thanks to more difficult it becomes for the they cannot register if they are y3,AOO oo the intervention of the SIU Wel­ Plan to check on proof of eligibili­ not fit for duty, which is one re^ason ay. ALs Vacation Benefits fare Services office in New York ty. Each year old records are filed why so many men fail to take ad­ a/ 1 Tots! ii \ II Vf away in storage to make room for The Seafarer had an under­ vantage of the . 30-day provision. standing with the landlord that he new ones, and under certain cir­ But the rules provide that men WELFARE. VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY would take care of some overdue cumstances the hunt for necessai-y register as long as they are* not rent as soon as he shipped out. information would be an expensive in-patients. Then when the Sea­ i Hosoital Benefits Paid Since lulv 1, 1950* | However, when he did ship the and time-consuming job. -F9 farer is fit for duty, his card is old Secondly, carrying over pending enough for him to ship out in landlord started putting pressure Death Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1950 * lit /Jo 9 i7 tfr on his wife for the money due, al­ benefits from one year to the next hurry. oo Diaabilitv Benefits Paid Since Mav 1. 1952 • T li though the understanding was that would make for a bookkeeping Outpatients should register ac­ Matctnitv Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 • J •?» •/<>• oo everything would be taken care of headache of huge proportions. If cordingly, They ai-e subject to all oaf when the Seafarer completed the a large number of such benefits the rules of registration like any !|L 9/v 3g were pending, the trustees of the other Seafarer which means they voyage. * Date Senefita Beaan II Welfare Services was contacted Plan would have no way to judge are required to attend member­ by the anxious wife who feared the financial health of the fund, ship meetings while on the list. WELFARE. VACATION PLAN ASSETS that the family and all its posses­ and no way to tell whether or not Seafarers who have benefits sions would be put out in the it could support additional bene­ coming to them or who are in Vacation Lfli la-r A? street. The landlord was contacted fits. doubt about any of the above Cash on Hand JtA. and after some heated discussion, . The operation of the Welfare provisions should make sure to Vacation tiL 9'>f<| AO was persuaded to hold off action Plan has been geared to pay bene­ contact Welfare Services. In any Escifflated Accounts Receivable nt'iLo CO i for 18 days until the Seafarer fits as speedily as possible. This case, it's the smart thing not to US Government Bonds (Welfare) Lt 1 could be contacted. is also business-like, since it means delay. The sooner the procedure Real Estate (Welfare) (3n •/«/« 5i/| It's expected that he will then a smaller administrative expense is taken care of, the faster will the Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) tnios d-oll be able to straighten matters out and consequently, more money Seafarer receive the benefits from TOTAL ASSETS and take care of any payments due available for the benefits them­ the Welfare Plan and the benefit the landlord. CfM^ENTSl selves. Speedy collection is also of the shipping rules. Union Blocks Eviction Bid By Landlord All of the followmg SIU families and Mrs. Anthony Phillips, Mo­ will collect the $200 maternity bile, Alabama. benefit plus a $25 bond from the 4> 4' 4* Union in the baby's name: Gilbert Lawrence Maldonado, Belinda Elise Long, born De­ born December 9, 1954. Parents, cember 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Estaven Maldonado, Mrs. Charles Long, Mobile, Ala­ Alvin, Texas. bama. 4i 4i 4' John Andrew and Jean Marie t 4. Anthony Marko Phillips, born Rodowsky, born November 2, 1954. December 12, 1954. Parents, Mr. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ro- Victim Of Southern Districts dowsky, Baltimore, Maryland, . 4> t David Benton Pretlow, born May 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Pi'etlow, Snohomish, Washington. 4> 4" 4" 4" 4" a* 4« a* a* a* 4* 4" Barry James Guthrie, born De­ cember 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Guthrie, Tampa, Florida. Robert Anthony Garrod, born December 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garrod, Atlantic City, New Jersey. n as much as many of the beneficiary cards now on file at the office of the Welfare Plan are not properly completed, new beneficiary cards have been issued to all ports and offices. When a new card is received by an eligible of the Plan, he should read it carefully, before completing samca After a card is completed, it should be cheeked for possible errors or omissionsa beneficiary card which is not properly completed may deprive your beneficiary of Welfare Benefits that they would ordinarily be entitled tooa Submitted A1 Ketr, Assistant Administrator TO PROT^ YOUR CLAM fOR MAmBNA/^Ce At>tD CUR£. •. Ton! Elaine Daries, born De­ cember 22, 1954. Parents, Mi", and Mrs. Emile Davies, Covington, La. Elaine Pacheco, born October 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hermino Pacheco, New York, New York. He, I's \/eiy 'wpoyhyij-hdamnt:^ and cune-ihsf'ioa losisf-d sHipboand rejf>cjd' he made of iour acridenf'didihr ^oaane leauim-Hieohi^farrpdical r'eaec^. a Money Exchange Rates Eisted The following is the latest available listing of official ex­ change rates for foreign cur­ rencies. Listings are as of Janu­ ary 18, 1955, and are subject to change without notice. England, New Zealand, Sauth Af­ rica: $2.80 per paund sterling. Australia: $2.24 per pound sterling. Belgium: 50 francs ta the dollar. Denmark: 14.45 cents per krone. France: 350 francs to the dollar. Germany; 4.2 marks ta the dollar. Holland: 3.7-3.S guilders to the dollar. Italy: G24.9 lire to the dollar. . Norway: 14 cents per krone. Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the dollar. Sweden: 19.33 cents per krana. India: 21 cents per rupee. Pakistan: 30.22 cents per rupee. Argentina: 14.2 pesos ta the dollar. Brazil: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro. Uruguay: 52.63 cents per peso. Venezuela; 29.85 cents per boUvar. Til SID WELFJIBE SEITICES • iipinuff copY. >A(5Cmedical slip -fv&jTi -//le caplBm. If You ha^ anYoue&Viors, conrncd-Hie eiu WelfaveSerUice^,. �SEAFARERS Jmaary 21. 1058 (•THE SEAFARERS LOG Pare Nlneteea Seafarer Collects 3rd Baby $$ With WALTER SIEKMANN Among the new admissions to the Staten Island hospital recently was Brother Clarence Lord, who was messman on the Excello. Clarence has been having some ear trouble,.tout when he wanted to go to the hospital he found he didn't have his discharges handy. Welfare -Serv­ ices was able to supply proof of the fact that he had been sailing the required number of and got him in for treatment. Seafarers should know that the hospitals have tightened up on their admission procedure recently, and they want to see those discharges before they let a man come in. Sometimes this can cause quite a problem. The Public Health Service hospitals are a lot stricter than they used to be years back about proof of admission because they have to watch their budget pretty closely. It's the wisest thing to have the necessary documents handy when you have to go for treatment so that there's no delay or unnecessary difficulties on this score. " ; iCt Friends of Brother William Gardner will be pleased to know that he is on the mend now and Mrs. Jean Rogers is shown at home with family of four, three of whom have collected SIU mater­ doing very well. He was in bad shape for a while nity benefit. Left to right are: Jerry, Jean Marie, Catherine Mary, Patrick Jr. Dad was out at sea and the doctors really had to work on him to pull when picture was taken. him through. His last ship was the Lawrence Vic­ Mohamed tory. J. R. St. Laurent, who was an oiler on the Another Seafarer's family has collected SIU maternity benefits for the third time. SeaExcello, went into the hospital on January 6. The doctors are giving ^rer Pat Rogers was the second to qualify for three baby benefits when his daughter, hinij a check-up on his ticker. Catherine, was born last October 20. All told, Rogers has collected $600 and three $25 Varicose veins have been troubling Antonio Coion. defense bonds in the form oft who was steward utility on the Seatrain Savannah, SIU maternity benefits. lingim of Chickasaw, Alabama, Dolan Fillingim on September 6, so he is getting them taken care of. Robert Purvis whose third SIU maternity benefit 1954. At that though, Pat is one Rogers was nosed out for is in the hospital with an unusual complaint—he the top spot by Tommy Ray Fil- came from the birth of Terry up on the Fillingim family be­ has water on the elbow. Purvis was oiler on the cause his oldest child, Patrick Jr., Edith and went in for treatment on January 5th. was born before the SIU started A case of pneumonia put Lonnie Hall on his the maternity benefit in April, back. He was OS on the Lawrence Victory before 1952. he went in on January 7. Abdul Mohamed is re­ Not figuring in this tabulation cuperating from injuries he got aboard the Alcoa because of unfair advantage are Runner. He came in the same day. Colon Seafarers Bob Long of New Or­ Other new admissions are Carl Carlson, who was leans and Louis E. Hudson of Mo­ chief cook on the Lone Jack, and J. J. Vanos, AB on the Cantigny on bile. Long astounded the Crescent his last trip. Hardly had the SEAFARERS LOG printed a warning City when his wife gave birth to about the practices of unscrupulous undertakers as disclosed triplets in December, 1953, while by the New York State attorney general, than the wife of Hudson collected three benefits via the birth of a set of twins in USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL a deceased Seafarer came to-*-^ NEW ORLEANS, LA. MANHATTAN BEACH. NV 1953 and another child this year. latter had no next of kin in the William E. Aplin Leo Lang • SIU Welfare Services with a Fortunato Bacomo James J. Lawlor Julian B. Barrett August Michel Rogers' other children besides James R. Lewis Frank Bemrick tale of woe. She showed bills United States. August Brosig Vincent Michel Arthur Lomas Claude Blanks the two men­ It is obvious that the attorney Thomas Blackledge George R. Nichols for her husband's funeral amount­ Francis Lynch Joseph Carr Olaguibel Archibald McGuigan George W. Books Alfonso stood to rake in a handsome fee tioned are Ger­ Ho Yee Choe ing close to $1,100. ' Russell N. Boyett Thomas Peacock Vic Milazzo Jar Chong for his services—which in this in­ ard, born on May Fred D. Peterson Charles Brady Nor was that all. Since her hus­ Melvin Moore John J. DriscoU Randolph Ratciiff John Carolan stance were totally unnecessary. 11, 1952 and Eugene Nelson Bart Guranick band had died in Puerto Rico, the Joseph Richard S. C. Carregal Daniel Ruggiano Taib Hasseii Darrell Riley The simple and easy procedures es­ Jean, June 17, wife faces additional charges for George E. Shumaker Herman A. Carson Ernest Rogriguez Thomas Isaksen Clarence W. Cobb tablished under the Welfare Plan 1953. Renato Villata John Keenan preparation and shipping the de­ Mitchell Rodriguez Warren Currier When the LOG Ludwig Kristlansen VirgU WUmoth Tage Roslund make it possible for beneficiaries George S. Cutrer ceased back to New York—charges Frederick Landry Lembit Saar photographer ar­ Robert Dewey to collect the death benefit with­ which will total approximately USPHS HOSPITAL Benjamin Seal Fred Fagan DETROIT, MICH. out paying a cent to any outside rived at the Rog­ Luther Seidle Leo Fontcnot $300 or more. Tim Burke Earl G. Garberson Wade Sexton ers home, just a party. Antonio Solis Enoch Gaylor The shipping charges of course, USPHS HOSPITAL If anything, one of the functions hoot and a hol­ Joseph T. Gchringer Henry Sosa Rogers MEMPHIS. TENN. are unavoidable because of the cir­ of the Welfare Services office is to ler from the SIU Richard Gralicki Walter Soubry Charles Burton William Grimes Bob Spears cumstances. The funeral charges assist beneficiaries in collecting headquarters hall, he found that USPHS HOSPITAL ' Kristian Gunderson Alexander Stevenson FORT WORTH. TEXAS the widow paid at home were such benefits speedily. dad was out at sea picking up the E. T. Hardeman Albert Stout Benjamin F. Deibler J. Santiago Edgar Harman Nicholas Tala something else again. Welfare Virgil L. Harding Edward J. Toolan This isn't the first instance in pork chops for Mrs. Rogers and Herman Holmes Lonnie Tickle Services has found as a general Woodrow Meyers George W. Huber Vernon Williamson which lawyers have gotten them­ the four children at home. Henry Jeffrey A. C. Witherington rule of the thumb that- $600 is selves an "in" on the collection of VA HOSPITAL Present plans of the Rogers fam­ Konstant Kain Edward L. Woods OTEEN. N. CAROLINA ample to provide for as elaborate E. G. Knapp Jacob Zimmer Leonard J. Frank death benefits. Seafarers should ily, according to Mrs. Rogers, do a funeral ceremony as any family be reminded that neither they nor not call for any further additions USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. STATEN ISLAND. NY would want to give the deceased. any member of their family needs to the family, but only time will Donald McShane Hussen Ahmed Frank Alasavich Alfred A. Hancock Too Late Joseph Malone Robert Booker Joseph Fawcett George A. WeddcU to pay lawyers for that purpose. tell. Ferfecto Mangual Carl Borealino USPHS HOSPITAL In this case, it was too late to A. 1. Muller Carl A. Carlson SAVANNAH. GA. Matti Ruusukalllo George Coleman Fred Buckner Angelo J. Martins do anything. But had Welfare Jose Salgado Antonio Colon J. D. Cannady James T. Moore Services been consulted before­ Olav Seim John J. Doherty George S. Chance John H. Morris Victor Shavroff Adolf Eliasson Frank F. Nelson Rufus L. Fields hand and asked to assist or at Morris Slegel George W. Flood Jack Nelson, Jr. James F. Lee least check on the arrangements, Prank Strelitz William Gardner Ernest H. Webb Albert W. Lima Sidney D. Turner Estell Godfrey Robert R. White Jimmie Littleton a considerable amount of the Un­ Samuel Vandal Frederick Harvey USPHS HOSPITAL The deaths of the following Sea­ department. He is survived by his ion's $2,500 death benefit could James Waldron Frederick Hauser BALTIMORE. MD. Francis WaU WUllam R. Home have been saved for its original farers haiw been reported to the wife, Mary Lee Walker of Mobile, Thomas L. Ankerson John R. Keemowlcz Thomas J. Ward Vincent Jones purpose, the care of the family of Seafarers Welfare Plan and the Alabama. Timothy Less Ernest Atkins CUfford Womack David Kaim George B. Little Roy W. BeU K. W. KeUy $2,500 death benefits are being the deceased. t 4> 4 Robert G. McKnew B. O. Buzbee SAILORS SNUG HARBOR paid to their beneficiaries: Harry N. Byrd Joseph G. McKretb James Fenswick, 62: Sailing in The incident took place just STATEN ISLAND. NY W. W. Moore Jessie A. Clarke the deck department on SIU ships Joseph Kosiusky shortly after the state's attorney Louis Firlie Thomas Mungo Albert P. Smith, 56: On Novem­ since 1939, when he joined in New PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL Colon Rose Joseph Gill general announced he was investi­ SAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO John R. Schultz Gorman T. Glaze gating the practices of unscrupu­ ber 20, 1954, Brother Smith died York, Brother Penswick died on Jose Rivera Raymond Smith D. L. Guerriero James Stathis Richard M. Harp lous undertakers. The attorney in Bermuda of pneumonia. His August 29, 1954, in Boston, Massa­ USPHS HOSPITAL Russell R. Henry Otis Townsend place of burial is not known. Broth­ chusetts, of a heai't ailment. Place NORFOLK, VA. Michael Jablonski Vlfiliiam D. Warmack general had said he had many Colon BoutweU William Mason er Smith joined the Union in 1944 of burial was Cedar Grove ceme­ complaints that undertakers were Isaac Duncan Irvln Taylor Thurston Lewis Norman Wroton taking advantage of death benefits in New York and had been sailing tery, Boston, Mass. Surviving is his USPHS HOSPITAL paid by union welfare plans to in­ in the steward department. He is wife, Helen Penswick of Boston, SEATTLE, WASH. Frank Airey Sverre Johannessen crease their charges considerably. survived by his sister. Miss Ada Massachusetts. Thomas Connell Mike Mlchelik In another instance involving an L. Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsyl­ 4 4 4 Franklin D. Oilman M. H. Whitehead Bjorn A. Granberg SIU death benefit. Welfare Serv­ vania. Joseph La Plante, 39: Brother Seafarers overseas who want 3^ 4" 4" USPHS HOSPITAL ices received a call from an attor­ La Plante was struck by a motor to get in touch with headquar­ GALVESTON. TEXAS car and died in Addington Hospital ney purporting to represent the Claude Walker, 41: Brother Wat­ ters in a hurry can do so by Benjamin Grico William Trice in Durban, South Africa, on Octo­ beneficiary of a deceased Seafarer. er died of a head injury on De­ A. W. Keane John Watt cabling the Union at its cable Murray Plylcr Charles B. Young The call came hard on the heels cember 14, 1954, at the Hospital ber 31, 1954. Place of burial is not address. SEAFARERS NEW USPHS HOSPITAL of the hospital death report. of the Capital in San Juan, Puerto known. He joined the Union in YORK. SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Naturally, the attorney was Rico. Place of burial is not New York in 1942 and had been Use of this address will as­ Charles Brown Oliver Klein Max Byers John Meletios keenly interested in how to col­ known. He was one of the first sailing as chief electrician. Brother sure speedy transmission on Wayne Center Charles Neumaier lect the death benefit, which in members of the SIU, joining in La Plante is survived by his wife, all messages and faster serv­ Henry J. ChUds Joseph Perreira Olav Gustavsen GUbert Promutico this instance was payaible to a November, 1938, in Mobile and Lucienne La Plante, of Baltimore, ice for the men involved. Francis Halgney W. S. Singleton friend of the deceased, since the had been sailing in the steward Maryland. Paul Hugging P. S. Yuzon Lawyers, Morticians Are Sill Benefit Scavengers Seafarers In llospitals ~ Union Has Cable Address �-; ;;i;r V'^ •-•:^:v!'.r-.>v'yr:'.,'-v '• • •- Z»'-' 1.4^'""-- SEAFARERS • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF f; THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • On y. LOG ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • oh.. i;- •i^ Qffy? In yGur union-..; V>G4I? p2i:3fed:ed/ SIU CONSTITUTION. Protects your right to participate by majority vote in the forma­ tion of all Union policies and decisions. Assures you a voice and full control of your job rights and the right to vote on all agree­ ments and rules affecting your livelihood. Insures your right and every member's to vote and participate in all Union elections and to take part and exercise your votes at all Union meetings. Guar­ antees control of your Union finances through regular rank-andfile audits. SlU CONTRACT Gives you the highest take-home pay in the industry in ail ratings. Assures the best working and living conditions aboard ship, many modeled after your recommendations and those of your shipmates who are periodically polled on contract issues. Provides for your job security and protection on the job by an experienced full-time Union staff of patrolmen and representatives in all major US ports as well as a system of crew-elected delegates aboard ship who represent you at sea. SIU WELFARE PLAN IP?'- 1 SIU VACATION PLAN . . SIU STRENGTH. KL-^: •- Full time protection for you and your family through a series of benefits providing broader and more extensive coverage than any other union in the industry. Operates at low cost on a selfinsured basis to assure the highest possible hospital, disability, maternity, death, scholarship and other benefits—and at no cost. Provides speedy payments with no red tape, and the aid of a specially-created Welfare Services Department to service you at all times. Protects you with the highest paid vacations in the industry on the basis of days worked each year. Assures you a paid vacation whether you work for one company or a dozen through a central system of accounting maintained at Union headquarters for which the shipowners pay all costs. Provides you and all SIU Seafarers for the first time with an opportunity to enjoy leisure tii^ie ashore with your families and friends through vacation pay which can be collected as often as four times annually. Guarantees you the backing of a trade union tailored to your needs and devoted exclusively to the security of you and your family, both on the jo® and off it. Offers you the best job oppor­ tunities in the industry and security in those jobs at all times. Operating on a solid financial footing, your Union provides a net­ work of halls and facilities in all major ports and special services for all your needs and problems on ship and ashore. Seafarers Int'l Union • A & C District • AFL � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource January 21, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 2 Description An account of the resource Headlines: THE TWO HEADED MONSTER PORT O' CALL OPENED IN BALTO; SIU ON TV LOG ARTIST 'MURALIZES' BALTO NY LAWYER HANDLED ILA $ TO FIGHT HALL 3-DEPT VOTE HITS SNAG SIU CREWMEN WIN 5-DAY BATTLE TO SAVE SS STEELORE 'DISTRICTS' RULED LOST; SHIP SAFETY CODE EVADED WITH CG OKAY, CO ADMITS SIU-CREWED SS CUBA TO BEGIN RUN SEA CHEST 17 PERCENT CHEAPER ON SLOPS SHIP SUITS PLAGUE SIU 'ALIEN CO'S' SPECIAL AID RESPONSE SHOWS WELFARE FUND ADAPTABILITY SIU VOTE TOPS RECORD; TALLY BEGINS JAN. 27 MOBILE PLANS DORM, SNACK BAR 90C PAY BASE FACES FIGHT SIU SEEKS IMPROVED MAIL SERVICE $241 MILLION ASKED FOR MARITIME IN '55 'YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH' TO BE ISSUED AS BOOK DISASTER INSURANCE INSPECTION QUESTIONS WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN SEAFARER-GI RAISES HIS VOICE - FOR PRIZE-WINNING ARMY QUINTET SALTY PLAY HIT ON WC WHY DELAY? FILE EARLY FOR BENEFITS UNION BLOCKS EVICTION BID BY LANDLORD SEAFARER COLLECTS 3RD BABY $$ LAWYERS, MORTICIANS ARE SIU BENEFIT SCAVENGERS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/21/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/f445a1f58b83fa29257d4c76a717b8f0.PDF 51e58a6c6db379f76e80bbe3bdcb201d PDF Text Text -Story on Page 2 SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICiAl ORGAN OP THB SEAFARERS t N 7 E R N AT f O N A L UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL LOST SHIP UNSAFE CG HEARING TOLD T I Clampdown Bars All LSTs From Sailing -Story on Page 3 i I I Huddle Jk§ CG Hearina J^scussmg a point in the investigation of the disappearance of the LST Southern Districts, outside the Coast ™ Guard hearing room in New Orleans where an official probe is going on, Israel G. Seeger (2nd from left), associate of SIU general counsel Seymour W. Miller, talks with Seafarers Charles P. Johnsen (left), Charles E. Collins (2nd from right) and John • Flanagan, who were on the ship until her last voyage and testified .at the hearing. The missing ship had 23 men aboard. (Story on Page 3.) �Pare Two SEAFARERS LOG January 7, 1955 Grand Jury Begins Probe Of Plot To Murder Hall BpiBSiiBil HACKENSACK, NJ—A special Bergen County grand jury here began taking testimony this week in investigation of an alleged conspiracy to murder Paul Hall, secretary-treasurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District, SIU, at his home. The FBI, the Bi-State Waterfront Commission and law enforcement officials in four states are busy following up leads in the case in which five men have already been indicted and five other "John Doe tioned in connection with the case The money was in $100 bills and indictments have been are: was found wrapped in Tampa bank handed down. • Ben Sterling, 42, New York wrappers. Cobb told police that after the attorney, who was picked up by New York police and taken to the shots were fired he was to have Hillcrest Avenue station. He was abandoned the car and was to be I questioned there by Queens Assist­ driven by Taffe to Suffem, New Frank Green, who has reportedly ant District Attorney Thomas P. York, just over the Jersey state confessed that he was the "trigger line. There he was to catch a train man" of the alleged conspiracy. back to New York City, subse­ • Edward Taffe, 65, of West Milquently returning to Tampa by ford, NJ, indicted as a co-con­ plane. Double-Cross Seen spirator. Detective Carl De Marco of the • Carmen Priore, alias Thomas Balloting in the SIU's general election for officers .continues at prosecutor's office told newspaper Hodges, 52, of New York, indicted a near-record pace throughout the district, as in New Orleans, reporters, "If he (Cobb) had gone as a co-conspirator. where the crew of the Del Mar arrived in port to push the total through with the job and gone vote over the 1,000 mark. Here, Seafarer John R. Vazquez signs • Ray White, Tampa port agent back for his big payoff he'd have register to become the 1.000th voter in the port as membership of the SIU, who, according to Ber­ been done away with — his lips balloting committee of (1-r) Harold Jones (seated), Bill Mitchell and gen County prosecutor Guy Calissi, would have been sealed. They Vic Miorana look on. has been named by Cobb as the in­ wouldn't let him run around with dividual who hired him to do the this spending money and their job for $15,000. White is running names on his lips." against Hall for the post of secre­ Cobb himself was reported as tary-treasurer in the SIU elections saying that he had driven north which got underway November 15 earlier in the month but had got­ and will end January 15. ten cold feet and left his car with • White's brother. Steely Taffe. However, he alleged. White White, now being sought in Nor­ told him he had better go back and folk. Others who have been quesJames E. Cobb do the job. Police said Cobb told With all indications of a near-record turnout, voting in tlji them he had been warned he would Cullen. Subsequently, Sterling be "taken care of" if he failed to SIU A&G District's elections is rapidly drawing to a clos appeared for questioning before go through with the slaying. Just one week remains for Seafarers to vote' in all ports, Bergen County authorities and is Commenting on Cobb's confes­ fore the close of the balloting" scheduled to appear before the sion, Calissi declared that he was Bergen County Grand*Jury. Seafarers aboard vessels satisfied that Cobb had given a on January 15. • William Higgs, former member factual account of the plot. calling at Bangkok, Thailand, The heavy turnout was of the SIU, who was expelled for are urged to avoid losing or Cobb's arrest touched off a wide­ prompted by a record number of aiding the old ILA in its fight with spread investigation involving the candidates, 78 in all, for the 49 misplacing the so-called "land­ the AFL longshoremen's union. FBI and police of New York, New posts ing permits" issued to seamen open in uie election. Ap­ Early last year Higgs was placed Jersey, Virginia and Florida. by local authorities, at the parently the total vote will surpass on the ILA payroll and appeared risk of being denied shore Subsequently, assistant prosecu­ the 5,700 votes cast in the 1952 with ILA President William Brad­ tor Fred Galda of Bergen County election. leave while in port. Author­ ley at ILA meetings, where he went to Tampa to question White ities there report some diffi­ Committees To Be Elected culty caused by permits which attacked the SlU's role in the AFL and Higgs. White has refused to Membership meetings in all ports have been lost and have ex­ waterfront drive. He also aided waive extradition proceedings with the ILA in the preparation of the result that Governor Meyner on January 26 will elect tallying pressed concern that unau­ With the aid of clerks, cooj thorized persons may obtain scurrilous literature. of New Jersey has formally signed committees which will count the ers, checkers and other votes cast in their particular port them. For this reason, there ILA President Bradley has been papers requested his extradition. is a possibility that duplicates called to appear before the Bergen A hearing has been set for January and then forward their findings cellaneous crafts not coveV^ may not be issued and thus County Grand Jury for question­ 13 in Tampa. Meanwhile, White and the ballots to headquarters. by a longshore agreement, lea The headquarters tallying commit­ ers of the old ILA finally dr cause cancellation of shore ing. iSradley will be asked about is free on $5,000 bail. tee will serve as the tally commit­ gooned a favorable vote on ra leave for the affected seaman. funds purportedly given by him Bradley Credit Card tee for the entire district and head­ fication of a new two-year loii Seafarers who lose their land­ to Higgs and White, and about Galda reported finding evidence quarters, with the final results to shoremen's agreement. The c^ ing permits should report the Cobb's use of an airline credit card loss to the police immediately issued in Bradley's name. He will of frequent travel between New be reported to the following mem­ tract is virtully identical with agreement that longshoreii or at least before the vessel also be asked about lists of long­ York and Tampa by many of the bership meeting. | The majority of the vote was cast themselves rejected December sails. The permits are being shoremen allegedly found in principals. Airline schedules show that White and Higgs flew to New by a vote of 6,199 to 4,590. early during the balloting period, issued to provide seamen with Cobb's and Priore's possession. York on December 17, Cobb on which began on November 15. AFL forces on the docks local identification while they Shotgun In Car critical of both versions of December 18, Steely White on At stake in the election are the are ashore. According to Bergen • County December 19 and Cobb again, re­ posts of secretary-treasurer, six as­ contract because they did not prosecutor Calissi, a report was turning to Florida, on December sistant secretary - treasurers, nine vide the guaranteed eight hd received at his office on Thursday, day, 23-man gangs, sling Iq port agents and 33 patrolmen. (Continued on page 17) December 23, at 3:30 PM, that limits and other important clauq Hall was to be murdered within The only immediate gains Jan. 7. 1955 Vol. XVII, No. 1 an hour. Police and detectives im­ longshoremen were a seven ce As 1 See It Page 4 mediately rushed to Hall s home an hour wage increase. Burly Page 16 in Montvale, New Jersey. At 4:30 ILA leaders also declared Crossword Puzzle Page 8 PM, Calissi said, Cobb was arrested if the membership failed to Editorial Cartoon .......Page 9 in front of Hall's home in a 1951 prove the contract on Jan. 5 tl Editorials Page 9 Chevrolet with Georgia license would be voting for a strike. Wf Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 plates. Detective Charles Fromherz the first vote was conducted:^ Members of the SlU-affiliated Brotherhood of Marine En­ Labor Round-Up Page 8 and Captain John Ducotf of the the Hone.st, Ballet Association, Letter of The Week Page 9 Bergen County police found a gineers have reelected incumbents to office and approved a second t. • ly was left largely, in: Letters Page 16 double-barreled shotgun and two four-year term for officials in -he union's 60-day secret ballot hands of individual ILA l<j vote. The constitutional Maritime Page 8 shells on the seat beside Cobb. unions. Meet The Seafarer Page 8 Voting ran for 60 days from According to Calissi's tiffice, amendment on the ballot, in­ Meanwhile, a final breach Notices, Personals Page 17 Cobb talked freely about the plan. creasing the term of office October 1, to November 30, 1954, tween former ILA tugmen Off Watch Page 14 Cobb was quoted as saying he was from one to four years, was ap­ with ballots delivered to eligible Captain Bradley appeared wh Port Reports Pages 12, 13 originally approached by Ray proved by a majority of almost four voters in person or by, mail. Bal­ Joseph O'Hare, head of the Quiz Page 14 White two months ago, and was to one, well over the necessary lots were counted by a rank and local that recently returned to SIU History Cartoon Page 6 promised $2,000 down and $13,000 two-thirds required for ratifica­ file committee at the union's De­ AFL, revealed Bradley was cember membership meeting in tempting to break up the ut Vote of Thanks Page 9 to be paid later on by Sterling in tion. Washington News Letter. Page 7 Tampa for the assassination. On O'Hare charged that "Bradley| BME President Wilbur Dickey, New York' headquarters. Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 subsequent occasions, Cobb said, who was unopposed, was elected to Approximately 90 percent of the preached some of our deleg Welfare Report Page 18 he came to New York to discuss his second term. Others elected engineers eligible to vote took part with lavish promises of mone Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 the matter with White and with were Raymond McKay and John W. in the election. they would desert Local 333 Taffe and Priore. organize for the ILA." Bra Regan, vice-presidents; Raymond The BME was chartered by the Published biweekly at the headquarters Calissi said further that police Doell, treasurer; and an executive SIU of North America in 1949, and confirmed the breach by peti of the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic & Gulf District AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth found $2,000 in Taffe's home which board of three rank and file mem­ was granted its autonomy in 1953. ing the tug owners for a con 9-66I*. Entered as tecend class matter Cobb said was given to Taffe for bers, Gordon Small, Leon Berlage It held its first election in the. faU iii the name of the now-de| at the Post Office in Brooklyn, NY, under |L^. maiine divisioq., tijjs pqrt In the abortive consij^racy. the Act of August 24, 1912. . - • Those indicted thus far in elude the following: •James Cobb, 33, alias SIU Election To End Jan. 15; Voting Heavy DouH Lose That Bangkok ^Visa^ ILA Rigs Pact Okay In 2iid Voti SEAFARERS LOG BME Votes Officers For Four'Year Term r V- �SEAFARERS LOG January 7, 1955 Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Regular membership meet* Ings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings Is as follows: Jan. 12, Jan. 26, Feb. 9. All Seafarers reglsiered on the shipping list are required to attend the meetings. Page Three 'Districts' Probe Opens; Cancel All L5T Sailings NEW ORLEANS— Damaging testimony by Seafarers that the missing LST, Southern Districts, was an unseaworthy rustbucket, was underscored by Coast Guard withdrawal of ocean-going certificates for all other LST-type ships. Further, evidence was offered at Coast Guard hearings here that the ship was carrying far more tonnage than was originally reported and the question has been raised as to whether or not the ship was overloaded. The Southern Districts was en route from Port Sulphur, Louisiana, to Bucksport, Maine, with a 23-man Suez Canal Blocked By Tanker Crash crew aboard when it vanished without a trace some­ where between Florida and Maine. An intensive air-sea search begun on December 11 was called off on the 21st without turning up a trace of the ship. It was not until January 2 that a lifering of the missing ship turned up off the Florida Keys. A sister ship, the Southern Isles, was lost three years ago off Cape Hatteras with 17 of her crew. — kin in this country is an uncle liv­ The Coast Guard's ac­ ing in Norfolk, Va. Previously, 11 tion was viewed as virtually other Seafarers and two SUP mem­ Radiophoto shows Liberian flag tanker World Peace jammed up against railway swing bridge at El Ferdan in Suez Canal. Tanker ran into bridge on December 31, causing a three-day jam of ship­ ping at both ends of the vital waterway. Dad Lost, Family Of 5 Faces Uncertain Future Lake Charles, La.—Like 23 other families struck by tragedy in the loss of the Southern Districts, Mrs. Thomas T. Nichols faces the New Year with a heavy heart—and the future of providing for her four small children without their father. Seafarer Thomas Nichols, 29, was AB aboard the ill-" fated ship. For the present, Mrs. Nich­ ols plans to remain at her resi­ dence near Lake Charles until the oldest of her children, nine-yearold Winston, completes his present school term. After that, she said, she may move to Birmingham to live with a sister. The first word Mrs. Nichols had that the ship with her husband aboard was missing was when an account of the search for the Southern Districts appeared in the daily newspapers. Since then she contacted the company offices of the Southern Steamship Company, operator of the ship, in Wilming­ ton. SIU representatives have been constant contact with her since It first became known the ship was missing. At first, Mrs. Nichols was In dire financial circumstances. Then, SIU Welfare Services ad­ vanced her $100 and now the com­ pany has sent to her $153.80, repre­ senting the new amount of wages due her husband, plus $500 as his clothing allowance. Decision to Come Questions concerning what may have been the fate of the missing Southern Districts are holding up payment to Mrs. Nichols of the SIU's $2,500 death benefit, a $1,000 double indemnity insurance policv which her husband had in force Mrs. Thomas T. Nichols is shown at home with her four children, Winston, 9; Thomas T. Jr., 2; Johnny Ray, four months and Freda Gai^ 3. Loss of husband aboard Southern Districts has left her with virtually no financial resources. and insurance which would pay out the balance due on a 1954 automo­ bile which Nichols purchased re­ cently. These questions may be settled by the Coast Guard ruling expected to result from a hearing in the Southern Districts case now being conducted by a Coast Guard investigating board in New Orleans. Meanwhile, Mrs. Nichols i^ fnak- ing ends meet on the sums she has received to date. Won't Abandon Hope Of course, she and the children, Winston; Freda Gail, 3; Thomas T. Jr., 2 and Johnny Ray, four months, will be the last to give up the final ray of hope that some clue to the missing Southern Districts and the fate of the crew'will'bd UhcoVer^d: confirming charges that the Southern Districts was an un­ safe vessel for seagoing pur­ poses. An announcement handed to the press at the start of the hearings stated, "The commandant of the Coast Guard has withdrawn authorization for unlimited ocean and coastwise routes for LSTt y p e vessels." Coast Guard in­ spectors are al­ ready boarding LST's upon ar­ rival in port and picking up their ' Gelardos certificates, jjending further action. Indications are that the ships will be severely restricted in fu­ ture movements if allowed to sail at all. Ten LST's still sailing are affected by the order including four other SlU-contracted ships: the Southern States and Southern Cities, sister ships of the South­ ern Districts; the Bethcoaster (Calmar); and Excello (Excello). Other ships affected are the tend­ ers S-21, S-23, S-24 owned by the California Company, New Orleans; the R. W. Mcllvain, owned by the Pure Oil Company; the Coos Bay, owned by H. W. Irwin of Oregon; and the Eagle, owned by Gulf Oil. SIU Represented Hearings on the loss of the Southern Districts and her 23-man crew opened with SIU representa­ tives in attendance, and participatRepresenting the office of SIU General Counsel Seymour W. Mil­ ler at the hearing is Israel G. Seegar. Three members of the Sea­ farers Union who had sailed with the ship testified as to the poor condition of the vessel. Numei'ous leaks, malfunctioning cf pumps and steering gear, rusted, nearly rotted-through decks, doggeddown "doorways to crew quarters, and wooden plugs in holes below the waterline were cited as con­ tributing to the unseaworthiness of the missing ship. Victor Matukas, loading foreman at Port Sulphur also testified, stat­ ing that he had put 3,900 tons of ore into the hold at the direction of the captain. First repoi'ts had it that the ship was carrying only 2,659 tons. This raised the'ques­ tion, of an overload, and subse­ quently, there was doubt indicated that the ship had sufficient free­ board. Meanwhile, the Southern Steam­ ship Company, operators of the Southern Districts, belatedly added another name tq the list of miss­ ing crewmembers. He, is Sotlrios Gelardos; OS; 22,' whose next of bers were listed as missing along with nine officers. The hearings heard the ill-fated ship described by Seafarer Charles E. Collins, AB, as "one big bucket of rust" at the time he got off the vessel in the Todd Shipbuilding Company yards here just before she sailed on her last voyage. The vessel was put in drydock here for repairs after having run aground in Tampa. •Afraid Of Ship' Collins testified he had been going to sea since 1939 and the Southern Districts was the "first ship in my life 1 was ever afraid to ride." Explaining he left the ship after being a member of the crew about three months, Collins said he just didn't want to make the trip North "in the rough weather you find up there at this time of the year. "She groaned and creaked too much for me," he testified. "She was a terrible steering ship. If the weather got just a little rough, she would fall off as much as 10 to 15 degrees and nobody said anything because nobody, the officer on watch or anybody else, could do any better." Patches Over Holes Collins said it was the practice never to do any chipping aboard the Southern Districts, but to paint over the rusty deck and hull plates. On four different occasions, he said, he saw the mate welding patches over holes on deck. Once, he said, the chief mate (Continued on page 17) Boss Still Chisels Pay You think the bosses today are any better when it comes to chisel­ ing their employees on overtime and other items than the employers of years ago? Not according to the US Labor Department's Wage and Hour Divi­ sion, which investigated 6.600 firms in the New York-New Jersey area during the year just ended. The Federal ageney found that one out of every two employers investigated had violated either the overtime, minimum wage or ehild labor requirements of the law. The Federal wage minimum is now 75 cents per hour. Viola- • tions on this score alone were found in 450 cases. On the good side, the division also reported a collection totalling $1.2 niillion in back wages for 16,000 workei's throughout its jurisdictions ' �raie Four I15;'-^' SEArARBRS January 7. 195S tOC 'Right-T«-Work' Laws REVIEW of TRIALS and APPEALS # CONDUCTED JULY-DECEMBER 1954 f This is the fourth review of trials and ap­ peals conducted under the SIU's constitu­ tion and printed every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG. This review covers the period from July 1, 1954, through December. 31,1954. Once again, the limited number of cases reflects the determination of the membership in all but a handful of instances to abide by the standards adopted by the membership in the Union's constitution. The first trials and appeals report, believed to be\inique in the labor movement, was is­ sued on July 10, 1953, and subsequent reports have been issued at the six-month intervals. As specified in the SIU constitution, all trials must be conducted by elected rank and file trial committees from which officials are barred. Standard courtroom procedure is followed as closely as possible, with proper notification of the accused, cross-examina­ tion, presentation of defense witnesses and similar procedures provided for. The consti­ tution also specifies ah appeals procedure to a rank and file appeals committee, as well as a final appeal to the international convention. All such steps pass for review before Union membership meetings. In the last six months there have been six trials, all of which resulted in findings of guilt. In one trial the membership non-con­ curred in the findings, turning down the trial committee's recommendations. There were no appeals made during the period. Names of accused individuals and of their accusers are not used for purposes of publica­ tion. September 9, 1954 September 23, 1954 December 2. 1954 Accused: B-770, Accuser: S-3. Accused: Z-33, Accusers: S-2, S-33. Accused: S-823. Accusers: T-5, W-1. Charges: While a crewmember aboard the Steel Seafarer, accused was found to have marijuana in his possession and was taken off ship by Customs officials. Trial Committee: Peter Jomides J-65, D. B. Moon M-664, George Fleming F-138, Michael Dusevitch D-433. J. T. Higgins H-43. E. A. Olsen 0-37. Findings: Guilty as charged. $100 fine and one year's probation. (Above findings were non-concurred In by the memberahip as penalty levied was In violation of the SIU constitution.) i t November 18. 1954 4" Accused: C-221, Accuser: M-1. Charges: On evening of November 10, 1954, in the course of special dedication ceremonies for new Union Hall in Balti­ more, accussed became intoxicated and used violent, abusive and obscene lan­ guage in presence of members, officials and guests. Trial Committee: C. Bedell B-139, G. Perry P-371, R. Musselwhite M-293, W. B. Baylors S-633, H. Wheeler W-179. Findings: Guilty as charged. Suspended 90 days and a $50 fine. Charges: Entered Baltimore hall on Sep­ tember 20 in drunken condition and inter­ fered with agent's discharge of duties by invading port agent's office and disrupt­ ing conduct of Union business. Behaved in a disorderly manner in the Union hall. Trial Committee: James Corcoran C-18. A. Bearden B-204, Charles Moss M-502, Vincent Quinn Q-10, Kay Nichoison N-161, Robert Pomerlane P-437. Findings: Guilty as charged. "$50 fine and an apology to the port agent. 4" August 12, 1954 t 4" Charges: Came into New Orleans hall badly ^Intoxicated. When asked to leave hall by authorized official refused to do so. Had to be removed from hall on four separate occasions when intoxicated and caused disturbance in the process. Trial Committee: S. Mancino M-386, C. Lewellyn L-194, C. Wright W-239. W. Mitchell M-22, H. Gunther G-174. Findings; Guilty on both counts. $fOe fine. $ 4^ jr December 2, 1954 Accused: F-216, Accuser: W-1. Accused: 0-12, Accusers: D-136, B-137, Charges: Accused, without authoriza­ C-95, L-285. tion from the membership, employed an Charges: Left watch in engine room temporarily but failed to return and was found sleeping in quarters under influ­ ence of alcohol. On various other occa­ sions turned to under influence of alcohol causing general disturbance aboard ship. Trial Committee: H. B. Belts B-395, J. Johnston J-225, W. A. Young Y-5, J. W. Ward W-4, H. H. Hurlstone H-375. Findings: Guilty as charged. $50 fine. outside commercial photographer, and at­ tempted to get him into the New Orleans hall to take photographs of special Union proceedings and information, for the pur­ pose of unauthorized and unlawful dis­ closure of such private Union business and proceedings. Trial Committee: Same as above. Findings: Guilty. Expelled from mem­ bership. Crew Blasts Transfer 'Piracy' NORFOLK—Crewmembers aboard the former SIU ship Seacoral dramatized the protest of all American seamen against the Maritime Administration's ship transfer policy last week when they hoisted the traditional flag of piracy—the skull and crossbones—on their vessel to emphasize that it was pirat­ ing American wage standards ship's American registry was actu­ "Jolly Roger" on the ship's stern. and stealing American sea­ ally surrendered on Dec. 25, the The vessel's career as a "pirate m... ji,(.,... men's jobs. The Seacoral and six other ves­ sels were approved for transfer to foreign registry during the past two weeks in a "clarification" of the MA'S earlier-announced "halt" on trainpship transfers. The Gov­ ernment ship agency completely reversed itself one day after de­ claring no more transfers would be permitted, when US tramp opera­ tors raised a howl. Fifty-seven dry cargo Liberty ships had been okayed for transfer to Panamanian and Liberian regis­ try when the short-lived "halt" in transfers was called last month. Now the "clarification" has already given the green light to seven more. It is explained by the MA as a move to enable vessel owners whose applications for transfers were already processed to take ad­ vantage of the Government escape hatch transfer policy. 23 SIU Ships Gone Nineteen former SlU-contracted vessels have already been trans­ ferred, in addition to the Seacoral and three others of those just okayed, the Taddei (Shipenter), National Freedom (American Wa­ terways) and the Marven (Interna­ tional Navigation). Thus, a total of 23 SlU-manned ships are involved cut of 64 US Libertys which have switched registry altogether. Reports indicate that there are up to 12 more transfer applica­ tions pending before the MA, some or all of which still may be ap­ proved. About one-third of these are probably SIU ships also. Meanwhile, events aboard the Seacoral, which arrived here De­ cember 31 from Yugoslavia to load coal for Japan, caused somewhat of a sensation. Although the ' Opening gun in AFL-CIO efforts to block adoption of anti-labor "right-to-work" law in Maryland was fired recently by Father William J, Kelley of Catholic University, noted authority on labor legislation. The clergyman called "right-to-work" laws "immoral.** His remarks kicked off rally for Maryland labor held in hiring hall of new SIU Baltimore hall. new Liberian registry did not ar­ rive until six days later-. Thus, with the ship in port and officially no longer entitled to fly the US flag, SIU crewmembers hoisted the ship" ended soon after, however. The Liberian registry papers and a new crew of Greek seamen ar­ rived to take over, and she became just another "runaway" instead. Travelers Check Draws End Exchange Rate Loss A favorable response toward the SlU-sponsored use of travelers checks for issuance of draws in foreign ports has been reported from the Steel Apprentice. Although the- ship stopped in obscure ports where currency exchange can tain went ashore and dug up some be a real headache and where local exchange. Better Money Exchange travelers checks are not wide­ ly known. Seafarer Leon White reported that the checks proved their worth. White, who was chief electrician aboard the Apprentice, said that the only difficulties came in a few shoreside shops where local people were not familiar with the way travelers checks work. He predict­ ed though that once their use becomes general. Seafarers will have no difficulties on that score. Used In Basra Among ports in which the travel­ ers checks were used satisfactorily were such out-of-the-way places as Basra in Iraq and Massawa, Eri­ trea. Of particular advantage. White noted, was the fact that draws could be issued the night before arrival in port, eliminating the alltoo-common aggravating delay in issuance of currency. Under the old system, the crew often had to wait for . the draw while the cap­ The travelers checks meant that crewmembers were receiving the equivalent of US money, which they could exchange themselves. TR most places this meant getting a better rate of exchange than they would get otherwise and con­ sequently more purchasing power for the dollar. The advantage of carrying the equivalent of American money was underscored by the experience of the Steel Artisan crew last sum­ mer at an Iranian port. The com­ pany agent in the port gave the crew Iranian rials at the rate of only 32 to the dollar. The legal rate of exchange at the time was 80 to 90 rials to the dollar. The Union has since taken this matter up with the company, and the Seafarers involved are now en­ titled to receive the difference between what they got and the legal exchange rate, amounting in some cases to as much as $100 a man. MENTION OF THE WORDS "TAFT-HARTLEY" TO LAWMAKERS and other interested parties usually stirs up a dust-cloud of argument and controversy. However, despite the emotional nature of the issue, the incoming Congress could perform a great service to the nation if it set afoot a move to examine just how the law has been working in certain areas. After all, Taft-Hartley has been on the books for VA years now. Leaving the legal technicalities and the political slogans out of the picture, there is a good opportunity now to examine how the law has been administered in certain areas and how it has worked out in various industries. Such an examination would determine, among other things, whether the law has worked to stabilize management-labor relations in any given area. The examination would be of particular value if it took a long hard look at various vital industries, including the mari­ time industry. Your Union cannot vouch for what is happening elsewhere, but it is the contention of the SIU that the administration of T-H in maritime has served to hurt legitimate unions in this industry and promote the interests of the waterfront section of the Communist Party. This is a serious charge, but your Union is convinced that it is in a position today to offer definite and very real evidence on that score. The manner in which the law is being administered by the National Labor Relations Board is opening the floodgates to the Party and on the verge of giving it a field day in maritime. All parties will agree, including the Seafarer, the shipowner and the administration in Washington, that the worst thing that could happen is to let any section of the industry fall into the hands of the water­ front Communists. The chaos and instability that would result would be a severe blow to our merchant marine, which is already plagued by numerous problems. Yet the narrow, legalistic outlook employed by the Labor Board is in effect promoting the chaos that the law seeks to avoid. The sittiation today calls for a realistic approach to what could be­ come a major national problem. This organization is ready and willing to make its case before any interested Congressional committee. Your Union believes that there is a genuine opportunity here for interested Congressional groups, to put a halt to developments that could be detrimental to this nation's security. 4' 4" t YOUR UNION, AMONG OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, HAS BEEN putting up a beef for quite some time about the use of "runaway" flags for ship registry. While this has been of considerable concern to the maritime Industry, those on. the outside have not felt the impact and consequently have shown little interest in the problem. Now, it appears that some people are trying to interest other corpo­ rate enterprises in registering a dummy front outfit in Liberia as a means of escaping US wages and taxes, just as the shipowner does. It has been suggested, seriously, that motion picture produ-'.-on com-j panics be incorporated in Liberia. The production companies would be created as dummies for the purpose of making films overseas in other countries for the American market. Neither the country in which the film was made, nor the US, would be able to tax the profits made by the production company which would be a "Liberian" concern. All this, of course, would be quite different from the practice of cer­ tain Hollywood outfits of making pictures "on location" overseas,! since these companies are still US firms and subject to US taxes. YetJ even this practice has been cause for concern for craft unions in thef industry whose employment is affected accordingly. It appears then, that Liberian registry possibly offers a threat tc far more than the maritime industry, and the practice should rightlj become the concern of'all of the'dabor'movement. �rr JmaUmrr 1, 19SS SEAFARERS LOG Pain» Fhr* Movie Go's Also Eye $ CG Playing 'Possum As Under Flag Of Liberia Seafarers Rap Test Plan . Professor Frabjous J. Entwhislle's dream is coming true. .J'he apparent reluctance of the Coast Guard to announce open hearings on its proposed A New York attorney and accountant has suggested, seri­ system of physical and mental tests for screening seamen has failed to halt the snowballing ously, that US motion picture companies should incorporate opposition to the plan this week as Seafarers in all ports echoed the SIU's formal rejection oi the scheme. in Liberia to escape US taxes• A resolution adopted unani­ sist of an exhaustive series of ex­ industry late last year. Following and wages, after the fajhion pany pays no taxes tP Liberia be­ mously at the New Orleans aminations to check mental and the publication of a story in the of US steamship companies. cause all its business is done out­ branch meeting December 15 and physical characteristics such as a LOG on the subject, a spokesman Readers of the SEAFARERS LOG will remember that Professor Pntwhistle, a handy figment of the imagination, put forth a grandiose theory of mass transfer of Ameri­ can industry to runaway flags. His theoix as appearing in the August 20 LOG, was simple enough. If all of American industry followed the e.xample of shipping companies and transferred to runaway flags, their profits would be tremendous because they wouldn't- have to worry about wage standards, safety provisions, taxes, strict inspection systems and the like. Of course, under the non-existent professor's system, millions of Americans would be unemployed and the US standard of living would go to pot, a slight handicap that doesn't seem to worry the transfer addicts. Straight From Shipowners Now an attorney named Julian Weiner actually wants to translate this fantasy into the real thing. Weiner learned all about it by working for a shipping company— naturally. In a headlined story in "Variety," show business bible, he says that American film companies "have neglected to investigate the possibilities of Liberia, to his know­ ledge the world's only democracy where native corporations aren't required to pay taxes in income derived from outside the country." In other words, shipping com­ panies incorporated in Liberia don't pay any income tax as long as they stay away from that coun­ try—something which isn't too hard for a busy shipowner tp do. Movie companies, says Weiner, can do the same thing. It's all very simple, says Weiner. The movie company, organizes a Liberian corporation. The Liberian corporation makes the picture somewhere outside of Liberia. The picture is sold to a US distributing company, with the sale taking place outside the US. Consequently, the Liberian com­ side of that country. And it owes npthing to Uncle Sam either. Even if the company was incor­ porated in Liberia but had to make its picture in the US it would not have to pay taxes on earned income from showing the picture in for­ eign countries. "Ultimately," Weiner concludes, "the earnings of the Liberian com­ pany, accumulated tax-free, could be distributed to its stockholders via a corporate liquidation taxable as capital gain." —Move over Professor Entwhistle. Make room for a real-life rival. concurred in by the district-wide membership at the last meeting pointedly supported the SIU dec­ laration of Nov. 26 that "if any proposals such as that advanced by the Coast Guard go into effect in any shape or form whatever, that the Uhion is prepared to reopen its contract and negotiate a pension plan specifically to protect Sea­ farers who are deprived of their livelihood by the Coast Guard's scheme." There has been little favorable comment so far on the CG's pro­ posed brain-body tests, which con­ man's sense of smell, family back­ passed off the, entire affair as ground, shipboard record (as seen something very tentative and a by the captain) and similar items. matter which was yet to be put 'Questionable,' Says Expert before the Coast Guard's legal de­ Many medical authorities, in­ partment. cluding a psychiatrist who renThe "maritime unions" had comdered an opinion on the proposals ; pletely misinterpreted the intent of at the request of the SEAFARERS the CG, he said. Most observers LOG, sharply question the value of were inclined to discount the ex­ the entire procedure for determin­ planation that CG attorneys hadn't ing the man's fitness to sail. even seen the proposals as highly Meanwhile the Coast Guard con­ unlikely in the case of such an ex­ tinues to maintain silence on what plosive matter. Pressed to name it plans to do regarding the draft a date and place for a hearing on of physical and mental standards the proposals before they are put which it began circulating in the into effect, the CG still remains miute. Attack On Jones Act In line with SIU members' de­ nunciation of the scheme as "an outright power grab which could result in blackballing out of the industry any seaman now sailing" and "an underhanded attempt to wreck the Jones Act on behalf of insurance companies and shipown­ ers," an analysis of the entire Coast Guard draft by a man who has been sailing as a master for years and who has suffered from diabetes for 30, is particularly in­ teresting. Preferring to remain anonymous, the captain, now a harbor pilot, notes how the regular meal hours and steady life aboard ship have aided him immeasurably in his affliction and adds that under the CG scheme of things he, as a dia­ betic, would not be allowed to sail. He adds that the same could apply to such sea immortals as Matthew F. Maury, a diabetic who later also •suffered the loss of both legs. An outstanding seaman a century ago, Maury's discoverie.S^n ocean cur­ rents and similar data are still vital to navigation many years after his death. Also cited as being unac­ ceptable under the Coast Guard's plan would be George Washington Explanation of how SIU shipping system works is presented by Union headquarters representative because of facial smallpox scars Keith Terpe (right) to group from New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cor­ and John Paul Jones because of nell University. They are, (left to right) Joseph Risluccia, Professor Maurice Neufeld, Seafarer Ed his background of illegitimacy. Larkin, who arranged for the visit, and Miss Naomi Spatz. Larkin is currently attending the school. If' College Group Briefed On Rotary Shipping YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Beware Vacuum Cleaner Deals So many workingmen's families are buying expensive vacuum cleaners from house-to-house canvassers on the installment plan that it's time we have a frank airing of this problem before many .Seafarers' families get involved in these costly deals. Buying a vacuum cleaner solely on the basis of a home demonstration without comparing other makes is definite­ ly not the way to shop. Some families who can ill afford the expense, have found themselves signed up to pay as much as $250 for a cleaner with a lot of extra attachments. Some other makes of cleaners sold house-to-house cost $00-$100. "This is not as steep as $250, but even so, you should know that you can go to a store and buy one of several makes of excellent cleaners for as little as $50-$60, and often, less. The lower prices do not mean these vacuum cleaners are inferior. In fact, some of the lesscostly cleaners are actually more efficient than several of the most expensive makes sold by canvassers. In one case, 'the canvassers gain admittance to the homes by representing that your name has been picked out for a TV quiz. As one woman reports her experience: "You get a phone call stating that your name has been picked, and would you be home on such and such a night;. In order to verify that, the caller says, they will have a man call the same day and he will tell you about the quiz, ^ut when he calls, he has the cleaner." • In the first place, the Government home economists have recommended, don't buy a cleaner for the attach­ ments. Dirt-removal capacity .and convenieiice oL use are more important. You can generally add attachments as you need them. The $250 set mentioned above has such varied attachments as one for polishing or waxing floors; another for polishing silver, shai'pcning knives, etc.; a sprayer and other attachments. But if you really did need all these tools, you could buy separate ones, plus an ex­ cellent vacuum cleaner, for much less than the cost of this set. Tips on Buying Cleaners Canister-type vacuum cleaners have become popular because they are compact and easy to emptly. They have no dust bag but use paper disposal bags or dust containers which are easy to empty. Too, many of the canister clesfners are more powerful than tank or cylinder-type cleaners, and thus'more efficient for cleaning large rug areas. In shopping for a cleaner, one of the points to compare is the motor capacity. Some of the more powerfui tank and canister-type cleaners have one-half to one horsepower motors. Here are other points to check; Try out the various makes of cleaners to see which clean well and are convenient to handle. See if the dust contain|r or bag is easy to remove, the cord is long enough, the attachments are easy to insert, and the rugcleaning nozzle is adjustable to different heights of rug pile. One of the most reasonably priced of all the canistertype cleaners is the Eureka Roto-Matic. Even at its list price of $69.50 it sells for $20-$30 less than other national brands, and many discount houses and independent re­ tailers sell it at net prices ranging from $41 to $54. It is an outstanding value, and is S convenient and efficient c^aner. ... • . - . Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying Among other well-made canister vacuum cleaners are the Lewyt, Apex and Universal, although they cost more than the Eureka. Among the more reasonable and well-made tank-type cleaners, the Hamilton Beach is well-constructed and one of the most convenient to use. It moves on swivel wheels instead of skids like most tank cleaners. Hoover cleaners are generally powerful and well constructed but are among the costlier makes. The mail-order houSes—Sears, Montgornery-Ward, Alden's and Spiegel—also have their own brand vacuum cleaners at reasonable prices. The Montgomery-Ward cleaners are made by Eureka and are excellent quality. For a small home where there are no large rug areas to clean, and where the cleaner is used largely for gen­ eral household cleaning, a light but efficient low-priced make is the Regina Elektrikbroom. It weighs only six and one-half pounds and can be hung in a closet like a broom. It lists at $49.40 but is available at discounts for $40 or less. Beware Bait Ads As this department has warned before, avoid being caught by bait ads on television and in newspapers for rebuilt cleaners at fantastically low prices, like $12.50 or $15. These offers are generally a ruse to get you down to a store .where the salesman disparages his own "bar­ gain" cleaner and attempts to high-pressure you into buy­ ing a much more expensive one. If the salesman is reluc­ tant to sell you the advertised special and attempts to get you to buy a higher-priced cleaner, you will be safer shopping elsewhere., , n 's • - n, --"•I • 4 �JsBuarr 7, idte itlFiiREkk idc W' Union Host At Holiday Feasts m m: m FIELDS TO STAY IN HUNGARY—The mystery of Noel Field ap­ parently will remain unsolved. The Hungarian government has an­ nounced that Field and his wife had asked for and received asylum In that country. Both had recently been released from Hungarian jails after disappearing behind the Iron Curtain five years ago. Still to be heard from is Hermann Field, brother of Noel, who was imprisoned by Poland and recently released. si- ii> S> t> DRAFT CUTS ANNOUNCED—A scheduled reduction in the Army from 3,300,000 to 2,815,000 was announced by the Defense Department. Further draft calls will be cut in half from 23,000 to about 11,000 a month and draftees will have their term of service reduced to 23 and 22 months as against two full years at present. it NEW MOSCOW PURGES—Four more Soviet officials have been shot after a military trial on charges that they were associated with the conspiracy of the late Lavrenti Beria, former secret police head. West­ ern observers, on the basis of evidence available, conclude that mili­ tary leaders are gaining more and more control in the Soviet Union. 4i Sparkling new Baltimore cafeteria had full house for Christmas Day dinner. 4 3) INSECURE SECURITY CLEARANCES—Security clearance methods of Government agencies will undergo Congressional L vestigation as the result of contradictory treatment of a veteran Federal employee. The employee. Wolf Ladejinsky, has worked in Japan for several years as a land reform expert and was given full clearance by the State Department. Recently his job was transferred to the Department of Agriculture, and he was then dismissed as a security risk on the basis of his personal file in the State Department. FRENCH REVERSE SELVES ON GERMAN ARMS—After first voting down German rearmament, the French Chamber of Deputies reversed itself and finally approved proposals to bring West Germany into the European military alliance. The first vote on Christmas Eve caused anxious concern in the US and Britain. Despite the subsequent re­ versal the whole episode emphasized France's dubious outlook toward German arms. 4" i 3) HOLIDAY DEATH TOLLS SOAR—A two day Christmas weekend chalked up a record of 391 traffic deaths with another 123 deaths from other causes. Officials were busy toting up New Year's weekend traffic deaths, a holiday which usually produces large numbers of auto accidentf COLD WAVE GRIPS ALASKA, SIBERIA —Fort Yukon, Alaska, shivered from a chilly 66 degrees below zero last week while radio reports from Siberia spoke of temperatures of 88 below zero. The coldest weather recorded is 90 below zero, a reading, taken in 1892, Family of Seafarer Robert Banister (left) celebrated holiday in New Orleans. in a Siberian village, but it is believed that Antarctica's interior can On the heels of the successful Thanksgiving dinners served to Seafarers on the beach outdo that performance, in all ports, the Union again played host to the shoreside membership on both Christmas and New Year's Day, Turkey was king on both occasions as Seafarers toasted the holiday season in proper style. —— The Christmas dinner also tained on New Year's day. The sahdwiches on New Orleans French served to inaugurate the new­ new Baltimore hall cafeteria was bread, plus cases of ice cold beer. .t IV' ly-refurbished recreation room in the SlU's New Orleans hall. Only finishing touches and installation of equipment remain to be done in the new room which will serve as the recreation center for Seafar­ ers on the beach in that port. At headquarters, 286 Seafarers, wives, children and other guests enjoyed the Christmas dinner of turkey and smoked ham, while a smaller number, 238, were enter- host to another large group of Sea­ farers, with other halls setting up for meals in the hiring hall or in nearby eating places. Monday Treat :New Orleans Seafarers got some extra kicks out of the holiday fes­ tivities when they showed up for the Monday morning job call, two days after Christmas. They found a supply of leftovers on hand in the form of turkey and ham 4> All hands enjoyed an Impromptu snack right after the 11 AM job call with the patrolmen doing the honors. The holiday dinners have been traditional with the SIU for the past few years, and always attract a good number of Seafarers who have gotten off their ships to be PARIS TO PERFUME SUBWAYS—The llibway system in Paris will home for the holidays, or who are be perfumed with woodsy scents in an effort to make underground on the beach waiting to ship out. travel more attractive. Thus far there has been no word from New during the holiday week. York, Philadelphia or other US subway towns on plans to follow suit Cartoon History Of The SIU Due to the fighting in Korea, in July, 1950, the drafting of men into the armed forces was speeded up. Deferments were given men in some essential 4ndustries, but seamen weren't included in this cate­ gory. The SIU warned of the dangers if any real shortage of skilled seagoing manpower developed. 4i STOPS ON DIME AT 632 MPH—An Air Force officer came to a dead stop from a speed of 632 miles per hour in IVi seconds in special Air Force tests. The only ill effects suffered were two black eyes re­ sulting from his eyes being thrown forward against his eyelids. The test was conducted on a rocket sled mounted on rails. Air Force scientists estimated that the officer was subjected to pressures equal­ ling 35 times his own weight. * ^ ^ ^ PERU LOTTERY HUNTS FOR 325G WINNER—Officials of Peru's national Christmas lottery are still looking for the holder of the win­ ning ticket, worth $325,000 in American money. No one has turned up to claim the cash. Bran Call The problem grew serious as more ships came out of the mothball fleets. The Union got deferments for some rated men, but the practice's of local boards varied. Some men were deferred, while others sailed into the ^ar zone with troops and sup­ plies and then were drafted off the ships. No. 80 Since there was ho firm national draft deferment policy, tffe SIU took its case to the draft directors in each state. Still the confusion continued. Final­ ly, in December, the Maritime Administration called • a m'eeting of all sea unions on the issue. The draft­ ing of ^skilled seamen continued unchecked, however. �January 7, 1955 SEAFARERS LOG page Seven SIU NEWSLETTER Tips For Seanieii On Filing 1954's Revisrd Income Tax It now appears that most of the maritime legislative proposals to be considered by the 84th Congress which just convened in this city will ^ be those sponsored by the Government, rather than by industry. These measures are those included in the so-called Murray Report, put out some time ago by the Commerce Department. They will include recom­ mendations which will be of aid to both subsidized and non-subsidized American steamship lines. Many of the Commerce Department proposals will prove to be more or less noncontroversial. HoVrever, one in particular, and incidentally one of the most important, will be subject to criticism by the General Accounting Office and possibly the Bureau of the Budget. This is the ship construction revolving fund which both the Commerce Department and steamship lines want to restore to existing law. Such authority originally appeared in the 1936 Merchant Marine Act but subsequently Congress refused to appropriate moneys for the fund. Into this fund would go appropriations for vessel construction and certain receipts from Government mortgages and sales of vessels. 4^ 4. t With the going getting a little tougher for some lines, US-flag com­ panies can be expected to push for Congressional sapction, or for Mari­ time Administration permission, to continue to transfer vessels to foreign flag, and without restrictions which have been imposed in the past by the MA. The flrst'shot in such a campaign was fired recently when a group of companies took the position that restrictions imposed in recent years by the Government on transfers appear open to challenge. Thus, not only will they seek the right to transfer, but want the privilege of doing so without any strings tied to the deal. ' 4" 4- The White House* is thinking in terms of crippling the 50-50 shipping ,law passed last year under which at least 50 percent of aid cargoes would be carried by US-flag vessels. The strong possibility is that President Eisenhower will ask that this law be amended so as to exempt , from its application US surplus agricultural commodities sold abroad for foreign currencies. In addition, he may ask for exemption in the various off-shore routes, engaged in by (ramp lines—foreign-to-foreign . ports not involving US areas. The 50-50 law passed last year specifically included agricultural com­ modities and foreign-to-foreign trades. President Eisenhower, after signing this measure in the last Congress, asked the Justice Department for a special report on its vai-ious features. However, many quarters here feel that it is doubtful whether such a report will be made at all in that the President now would rather have no such opinion at all than a written adverse (to him) report from Justice. 4" 4" 41 Many steamship interests in this city, contacted by this reporter, appear ready to sit back this year and not suggest too much in the way of maritime legislation. However, they are very much interested in, and will watch closely, the action of Congressional Appropriations Committees to attempt to prevent riders and strings being tacked on to maritime appropriations. For example, there is a good chan^ again this year that the House or Senate Appropriation Committee, in connection with appropriations for the Foreign Operations Administration, will attempt a rider to the effect that no funds shall be used for ocean transportation in an amount higher than the world market rate—which means simply that American tramps would get little of the FOA aid cargoes, with foreign tramps carrying the vast majority. Such a move on the part of the Appropriations Committees, if suc­ cessful, would completely emasculate the 50-50 shipping law. t 4. 4" adopted during 1954 as well as many of the general tax pro­ visions that apply to seamen. Generally, with very few excep­ tions, seamen are treated no dif­ ferently under the tax laws than any other citizen or resident of the US. (The non-resident alien sea­ man must also file a return, but the rules are not the same for him.) WHO MUST FILE. Those un­ der 65 years of age earning over $600 and those over 65 earning over $1,200 must file a Federal tax return. WHEN TO FILE. Tax returns must now be filed by April 15, 1955. The new law extends the reporting deadline another 30 days. Previously, it was March 15. How­ ever, the April 15 deadline is waived in cases where a seaman is at sea. In such instances, the seaman must file his return at the first opportunity, along with an af­ fidavit stating the reason for filing late. Another tax rule specifically .af­ fecting seamen governs situations where a seaman signs on in one year, signs off the next and gets a statement of his wages and the tax withheld TW-2 form) from the shipping company when he signs off. Under such an arrangement, it is possible for a seaman to have no income in one year and the equivalent of two years' income in another. In order to alleviate this situa­ tion, the seaman can report the total of his allotments, slops, draws and other cash items as in­ come in the first year, and then deduct this amount from the total income reported on the W-2 form he gets in the second year. He cannot claim any tax with­ held in the first year either, but 4i The "piggy-backing" by water of trucks and rail cars carrying freight will be looked into by Congressional Committees in the next few weeks in an effort to see whether something cannot be done to encourage the use of this system more. Three well-known domestic companies are negotiating right now with the Interior Department for i-ail car/truck ferry,-ights on the US West Coast between Puget Sound and points in Alaska. These com­ panies are Luckenbach Steamship Company which would like to enter into the picture jointly with the Coastwise Line and Alaska Steam­ ship Line. However, Interior feels that there is room for such a service only for one company so that eventually Alaska Steamship or Coastwise-Luckenbach may have to drop out of the picture. The ships to be used in this Puget Sound-Alaska service would carry up to 100 rail cars each. National Bulk Carriers also wanted to institute Such a service but ' its proposal submitted to Interior was deemed to be not responsive. In the meantime, on the US Atlantic Coast, Sea Trailers, Inc. has applied for the right to institute a truck-ship service between NoiTolk and New York. Sea Trailers wants the Government to advance a loan of over $8,000,000 to finance construction of two vessels, each of which would carry 160 trailers of 30 feet in length at a rate of $67.50 per trailer. 4" Now that 1954 has departed and 1955 has arrived to take its place, most, of us are beginning to realize that the income tax collector c an't be far behind. Accordingly, since several Seafarers have requested information on the application of the new tax laws to seamen, the ' LOG has compiled a digest of er's wife, and can aiso be claimed , gross income for drugs and medj icine can be deducted. the most important changes by both of them. 4» A question that is continually raised by Atlantic Coast steamship lines Is the extent to which East Coast ports may suffer from Great Lakes competition when the St. Lawrence Seaway project is opened up for business. The seaway will open up for big ships in about four years^ with completion of work expected in the fall of 1958. When constructed, the canals and channels connecting the seaway project will be a minimum 27 feet deep. Those in charge of . its construction insist that the St. ^ Lawrence geaway will not hurt the competitive standing of old established East Coast ports. They say that both the US and Canada, as a' result of the completion of the seaway, will experience a vast expansion of wealth; and that the areas to be served by the seaway are to become more in­ dustrialized as the consequence of cheaper bulk transpoi'tation. .i-.-f'.lli'i.-. OOiiMr'. JO go Wiiican claim all of it for the second year when he files his return along with the W-2 form. HOW TO FILE. The wageearner who has average expenses (amounting to ten percent or less of income) and an income of under $5,000 is advised to use the short form. Those with income of un­ der $5,000 but with higher than average expenses can use either the long or short form and those with income of $5,000 or more must use the long form. A husband and wife should file a joint return on either the long or short form to take advantage of the split income provisions, even if the wife has no income. Single persons should use the long or short form depending on their deductions and/or income. EXEMPTIONS. Each taxpayer is entitled to a personal exemption of $600 for himself, $600 for his wife, an additional $600 if he is over 65 and another $600 if he is blind. The exemptions for age and blindness apply also to a taxpay-JiU '.-Ill In cases where .a man's wife lives in a foreign country, he can still claim the $600 exemption for her as his wife. However, if she has income in the foreign coun­ try, it cannot be taxed by the US. In addition, a taxpayer can claim $600 for each child, parent, grand­ parent, brother, brother-in-law. sister, sister-in-law, and each uncle, aunt, nephew or niece dependent on him. The dependent must have received less than $600 gross in­ come, and be a resident of the US, Canada, Mexico, Panama or the Canal Zone. A change ih the law permits a child under 19 or a student over 19 to earn over $600 and still be eligible as a dependent if the tax­ payer provides more than one-half of his support. Another change in the law en­ ables a seaman who is contributing (with other relatives) more than ten percent of the support of a dependent to claim an exemption for that individual, provided the other contributors file a declara­ tion that they will not claim the dependent for that year. Previ­ ously, a taxpayer had to provide more than half the support in oi'der to claim the exemption. Deductions DIVIDEND INCOME. If a sea­ man has income from stock divi­ dends, he can exclude the first $50 he receives as dividend income from his gross income, and then take a tax ci-edit of four percent of all dividends received after July 31, 1954 (less the $50 previously deducted), after he has determined what his tax would otherwise be. CONTRIBUTIONS. Previously, a taxpayer could only deduct for contributions of up to a flat 15 pei'cent of gross income. Now he can deduct up to 20 percent of gross income for contributions to charitable institutions, and an ad­ ditional ten percent of gross in­ come in contributions to churches, hospitals and educational institu­ tions. INTEREST. Interest paid to banks and individuals on loans, mortgages, etc., is deductible. TAXES. State and city retail sales taxes, property and school taxes, state stamp taxes on securi­ ties, state gasoline taxes, auto li­ cense and drivers' license fees and state income taxes are all deduc­ tible. MEDICAL AND DENTAL EX­ PENSES. All expenses over three percent of gross income for doctor and dental bills, hospital bills, medical and hospital insurance, nui-se care and similar costs can be deducted. All expenses over one percent of .".ii, , i'it; ••J'*!!.' '1, ; • ;.1 !•! : However, deductions of all ex­ penses for medical services, drugs and medicines are limited to a maximum of $2,500 for each ex­ emption claimed, up to a total of $10,000. The three percent rule on medi­ cal services does not apply in cases where a taxpayer is over 65, but the one percent rule on medicines and drugs does. This entire section was rewritten last year, since the law previously limited deductions for medical and dental expenses only to those over five percent of gross income. CHILD CARE. This is a brandnew provision allowing a deduc­ tion of up to $600 to a widower, divorced or legally separated tax­ payer toward the cost of providing care of a child under 12 or a person physically or mentally incapable of support, regardless of age. This expense is deductible only if its purpose is to allow the taxpayer to remain gainfully employed. It cannot be claimed if the pa.vment for child care went to a person who is already claimed as a de­ pendent on the same return. ALIMONY. Periodic payments of alimony to a wife in accord with a written agreement between them can be deducted. Previously, only alimony which was required by a court decree was deductible. CASUALTY LOSSES. The rea­ sonable value of all clothing and gear lost at sea due to storms, ves­ sel damage, etc., for which the tax­ payer is not otherwise compen­ sated, can be deducted as an ex­ pense. The same applies to fire loss or losses in auto accidents which are not compensated by in­ surance. LOSSES DUE TO THEFT. Per­ sonal items the loss of which can be proven are deductible. WORK CLOTHES, TOOLS. The cost and cleaning of uniforms and a m MI ::1 • .'Ji I '^1 -'i • 3 J J work clothes which ordinarily can­ not be used as dress wear can be deducted. This includes protec­ tive work shoes, gloves, caps, foul weather gear, clothing ruined by greasd or paint, plus tools bought for usq on the job, or books and periodicals used in direct connec­ tion with work. UNION DUES. Dues and initia­ tion fees paid to labor organiza­ tions or professional groups, and most union assessments can be deducted. TAX CREDIT FOR RETIRE­ MENT INCOME. A tax credit of up to $240 is allowed for individ­ uals against retirement income such as rents, dividends and earn­ ings at odd jobs. This is a new provision important to retired sea­ men or their widows. Federal payments of Social Security bene­ fits and SIU disability benefits ar« not included. J I I i il �Tast Eiffbt MEET THE SEAFARER ^y - • W-' '"i-i ., 'ft' • •t' . viS?"-' Kr January 7«' 1^55 SEAFAR Ems LOG After burning for three days in the outer roads of Singapore, the Danish freighter Lexa Maersk was beached by tugs in 23 feet of water. A fire of unknown origin broke out on the vessel, whose cargo included 1,800 tons of rubber. The 62 persons on the ship, including 12 passen­ MAURICE "DUKE" DUET, Bosun gers, were all taken off safely ... A new city-built pier replacing one on the same site which burned in 1947 has been turned over to Grace One of baseball's most loyal from them and from people in the Line for its Caribbean passenger liner service out of New York. The devotees is Seafarer Maurice game." $12 million Pier 57 is a double-decked affair resting on three buoyant Before Duet knew it he was neck Question: Do you think Ameri­ "Duke" Duet. Introduced to the deep in baseball as a combined cement boxes that jut out into the Hudson and are themselves usable can ships can be made safer for game at first hand by shipmates field manager, schedule-maker and as a huge underwater cargo-storage area. the crews? aboard the Mississippi cruise ship business-manager. "I went to the e 44» Victor Litardi, MM: One thing Del Norte, Duet rapidly graduted company," he recalls, and got them The highest monthly traffic volume In the history of the Snex Canal we ought to have on all ships is a to the managerial post of the Del to chip in 50 percent toward the cost of uniforms and equipment. map showing the used the waterway during the month of October, 1954. The number of position every Norte Stars. From there he went We raised the other 50 percent chips was 1,154 with a total of 9.1 million tons. Petroleum shipments day. Then if on to head the SIU Beachcombers ourselves and were in business as accounted for 5 million tons of the total . . . Due to be ready for her something hap­ and now he has plans to run a team a fully-equipped club." Pacific run in May, the Canadian Pacific Railway's train ferry. Princess Under Duet's tutelage the Stars pens^ and the men in Little League competition. of Vancouver, is being completed in Glasgow, Scotland, for an early are in a boat, launching. The 15.5-knot vessel is designed to make three round trips In between it all, the 28-year old won trophies in Argentina, playing they can have an Seafarer has sandwiched in his local clubs. Subsequently after rid­ daily between Vancouver on the mainland and Nanaimo on Vancouver idea which' direc­ regular work as a Seafarer and ing the ship a while, he got off and Island. She will be fitted to carry 800 passengers and 28 boxcars or tion to- go in. I right now he's deck maintenance one of the Star's pitchers, Leroy 115 automobiles or a combination of both. hear of plenty of on the Antinous, a Waterman coast­ Seals, got off the ship with him.. ,4. t cases of men wise run. "Seals was a good pitcher," Duet New York harbor extended its traditional welcome to 163 new ships heading in the wrong direction said, "so I got the idea of starting Started On Shrimpers totaling 1.4 million tons last year. Of the total, only 14 flew the US when land is only a few miles away. a shoreside team." That was the Baseball was the furthest thing beginning of the SIU Beachcomb­ flag. Norway led the list with 26 new ships, Germany followed with 24, 4" it 4i Fred Lewis, MM: All we need from Duet's mind when at the ers, a Union - sponsored group Japan with 20, Liberia with 16 and Great Britain with 14. Tankers accounted for the largest segment of new tonnage, comprising 62 new are some modem ships that can tender age of 12 he first started to which played semi-pro teams go to work on shrimpers and tug­ around New Orleans and attracted vessels of 808,968 tons . . . The stern part of the 80,000-ton. Liberian do the job which boats out'of New Orleans. For a quite a bit of attention to the tanker World Concord, which broke in two during a gale in the Irish these old work­ few years he worked summers and Union. Sea last month, has been towed into Belfast, Northern Ireland, from horse ships we other odd times on the boats until Duet made,a point of scheduling Scotland, to be put into drydock. The forepart of the tanker now is have now are do­ he was old enough to get his sea­ games for the Beachcombers in all anchored off Belfast waiting for experts t& decide whether to try to ing. The LSTs men's papers. That was in the parts of the city so that many New and other ships join the sections. midst of World War 11, and Duet Orleans natives who had never built for emer­ 44* 4* spent the next couple of years on gency purposes A new shipping line will enter the fiercely-competitive trans-Atlantic have no business various SIU ships out of the Gulf. heard of the SIU became acquaint­ service next April as the Europe-Canada Line. It will offer regular sail­ being on the open When the war ended Duet ed with the Union for the first time through the ball club. ings from Bremerhaven, Le Havre and Southampton to Montreal during sea. That LST settled down as a regular on the The Beachcombers had a lot of the summer months and to New York via Halifax during the winter. that was lost last month with over Delta Lines' South American run The firet crossing will be made by the 11,734-ton motorship Seven Seas 20 men aboard is a typical case. both on the passenger vessels and fun, he recalls, because his man­ ... The 4,037-ton English^ Channel ferryboat Cote d'Azur crashed into the freight ships. It was there that agerial methods were a little on 4' 4" 4) a jetty in Calais harbor, but the mishap apparently caused no severe he was first introduced to baseball. the unorthodox side. "I've-figured Abraham Mander, MM: Ships all along that the team would do injuries. Thirty-one passengers and 63 crewmen were badly shaken can be made a lot safer even As Duet recalls it, a fellow Sea­ its best if we had a good time and up, however. though US ships farer, Tex Melting, talked him into enjoyed ourselves. So we used to 4> 4* iiiis• probably have a trying out for the Del Norte Stars throw a party after almost every Shipping in the international waters of the Danube River finally better safety rec­ in 1950. "I had never played base­ game. It worked out fine for us." appears to be reviving after a lapse of many years. For the first time ord than in most ball before" Duet recalls, "but Just recently. Duet became th# since the war a Hungarian boat crossed into Germany as a German tug other countries. I Tex had an idea that I could pick proud owner of a new home in towing three barges arrived in Belgrade, Yugoslavia . . . The second wouldn't be able up the game and be of help to New Orleans. "I bought a place Norwegian ship transferred to Turkey in less than a week has been to say which item the team." right in back of a baseball dia­ turned over to her new owners at Halifax, NS, and renamed the Seyhan. is more important Duet didn't get much encourage­ mond," he said, "and I'm going to The former Norviken, a 3,097-ton fi-eighter, is one of several vessels than another, but ment from the Stars manager, so try to set up a kid's team. If things acquired by the Turkish Marine Bank as a result of a recent purchase there sure is subsequently he and some other work out, I'll convert my garage negotiated in the US. something wrong crewmembers organized a scrub into a dressing room for-the team. when a ship like that LST with 23 team to challenge the regulars. It will be pretty convenient that men can just disappear. When the manager got off the ship, way, Although ore and grain tonnage dipped sharply, throughout the 1954 4i 41 4* crewmembers elected Duet to take "I would never have been able to season, coal movements on the Great Lakes during November, 1954, Pat Mulholland, OS: There his place. do all this," he concluded, "if it were a half million tons greater than in the same month of the year ought to be more attention to fire weren't for the fact that the SIU before ... In Baltimore, however, the situation was reversed. Graip and boat drill, Bought Some Books made it possible for me to earn a shipments nearly doubled during October, while coal movements regardless of the "At the time I didn't know any­ good living going to sea. I've dropped 20 percent . . . Storms in the South Atlantic battered several weather, even thing about baseball" he confessed, certainly had a lot of fun over the vessels, including the Panamanian grain ship Vori. Leaking, but re­ though it's a "so I went out and^bought myself past few years and I think all the ported to be in no danger, the vessel received a Coast Guard escort nuisance some­ some instruction books and picked boys who were with me enjoyed it into port. She was 95 miles off Bermuda. up as much information as I could as much as I did." times. On one recent trip we could . hardly lower the boats and then it took six men to crank ACROSS 3. Country W of 19. Where Mobile 35. Kidd or Teach them up again. Kenya is 36. Titles The CIO International Union of the company's stock to keep an­ 1. Our union 37. Girl's name 4. 4» 4" i Cut 21. Strife and span 4. Electrical Workers won another other company. General Tire, from 38. Malicious 5. Through 22. It's served in Sellg Freilich, oiler: They cer­ 8. Curves burning Sloppy Mol's 6. That is: abbr. 39 Festive 12. Crewmember tainly can be made a lot safer. round from the independent gaining control of Motor Products 23. Shade tree 43. Nude 7. Island near 14. The cook . The Maritime United Electrical Workers Union through stock purchases. It is 24. Child 44. Paid notices Greece serves it 26. Part of the 45. Precious ' Admi; trati o n in an election at a Magnavox plant feared that the latter move would 8. Friend, in 15. Morocco port ship stone loss of contract benefits and Paris or the Coast in Greenville, Tenn. The CIO got mean 16. Emigrant 29. Tower in Fla. 48. Job for 9. Get back jobs. 18. Short sleep 30. S bill Moran 10. Freight Guard or who19. boy! 31. Harbor 47. Part of "to 11. Part of ship 4 4 4 soever is re­ 847 votes to 743 for "no union." 20. Agriculture: 32. Army issues be" 13. Girls' names abbr. 33. Nova 50. River in Italy The independent union is the one 17. Island H of sponsible ought Seven locals of the Internation­ 21. Large rolls of Ccbu (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) to see to it that which was expelled from the CIO al Brotherhood of Teamsters bills 23. When we they are built ac­ as a Communist-dominated organ­ (AFL) will receive wage increases choose officers cording to more ization. 25. Alabama: abbr. of 35 to 66 cents an hour in two 26. Florida: abbr. rigid standards year agreements effective January 4" 4* 4" 27. Unit of and get better, weight 28. Musical note A four-month period of grace 1. Approximately 20,000 members inspections. I just came back on are involved. The locals represent Peddler's a C-2 that split a couple of plates was given to the Norwalk Lock teamsters in Philadelphia, Norris- i craft 31. In this manner Company by the Government after on the way over. 33. Boy an appeal by Machinists Lodge town and Chester, Pa.; Wilming-i 34. Cape in Mass. ton, Del.; and Camden and At-j 4" 4 4" 35. Cushion Charles Shirley, 2nd electrician: 1294 on behalf of 500 workers at lantic City, NJ. 36. Joe or Whitey 39. Admiral's It's mostly in the design of the the plant. The company had filed boats 4 4 4" , a bankruptcy petition and was ships, in items 40. African native operating on a month-to-month 41. Period of time like having your Part of New York's product 42. Underwater basis when the Goverment de­ supply has been cut'off by a five-j motors and mo­ hazard cided to liquidate its operations. tor parts mote 43. Hard day old strike of 1,200 produc substances accessible ii: an handlers and truckmen, member 45. Seaport suburb 4 4 4 e m e r gency so of Istanbul of Teamsters* Local 202. " Chaii] 48. Girl's name A novel tactic to keep their jobs store supplies are not affected that you can 49. Ship^ owner has been undertaken by members the strike. The produce men ar work on them. 1 31. Seven Club, Glascow Everybody of Auto Workers Local 1217 em­ asking for the same kind of io 32; City in Alaska ployed at the Deepfreeze plant of crease as other Teamster loci knows that it's S3. Sheep always the Motor Products Corporation in unions received recently. Mediatoj DOWN Chicago. Approximately 1,100 are attempting, to resolve the wrong part that breaks down at ir The Baltic 3r Word ending just the wrong., time. " , vyorkers in the plant, are buying. pute. . 'O'i, - •• •;f«''!nC7fA fir!) "h; >!fa.. ffiiiTl^tl* 'rrlfii ihi'tTV'iiVii'lT'ii ' �•» January 1, 1955 SEAFARERS SE;AFAliERS^I.06 'Hey, Waif For Us!' Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. LETTER Paul HALL, Secretary-Treasurer of the Janaory 7. 1955 Vol. XVIf. No. 1 Editor, HIRBEJIT BRAND; Managing Editor, HAY DENIEON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writer*, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK At MASKIN; Cull Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. 110 Page Nin* LO.G WEEK J I New Angles American maritime unions, who have been voices in the wilderness in the fight against transfers, may be getting a helpinf hand"soon. Indications are that other American busi­ nesses are showing an interest in the advantages of corporate registration under the "runaway" fiags. If such developments do take place, the transfer problem is going to assume im­ portant dimensions in American industry as a whole. At any rate, efforts are being made to interest motion picture companies in the tax advantages of Liberian registry, and other outfits are no doubt studying the gimmick to find out if there's anything in it for them. Meanwhile, shipowners are sailing merrily on their way through the wide-open loophole provided by the Government. Th& Government is taking no action whatsoever to block the loophole, and some of the operators are demanding that tlTey be able to transfer without the annoyance of having to get any Government approval at all. It's to be expected thiat operators of standard cargo ships will be next in line once all the Libertys are gone. Anytime somebddy waves the stars and stripes, some ship­ owners are the first to pop up like so many jacks-in-the-box and sound off with sonorous phrases about the American Way of Life. But as soon as they see visions of a fast buck, the haste with which they will abandon the flag is positively indecent. This IS old stuff to Seafarers who have seen it happen time and again. It's about time that shoreside individuals and organizations started taking a long, hard look at the meaning of all these transfers and their implications. , : t i Unseaworthy The Coast Guard's action in pulling the certificates of sea­ going LST's is pretty convincing evidence that the seaworthi­ ness of these vessels is open to serious doubt. Unf(#rtunately, it took two sinkings and the loss of 40 lives before the Coast Guard took such affirmative steps. These were wartime ships built for one-shot landing operations, and in the light of ex­ perience the makeshift strappings and other devices used to strengthen them were of dubious value. If there are to be final conclusions on the LSTs they will have to come out of the hearings now being conducted by the Coast Guard in New Orleans. The results of these hearings are of considerable importance to the families of the missing men who will look to them as a basis for claim­ ing compensation from the company and its insurers. But it should be understood that the Coast Guard does not rate as a disinterested outsider in these proceedings. Since it has authority and responsibility over a ship's seaworthiness, it would be difficult for the Coast Guard, with the most earnest intentions, to remove all tinge of self-interest from its con­ clusions. Looking back at the sinking of the Southern Isles three years ago recalls some interesting facts. At those hearings James B. Robertson, a naval architect, testified that the Southfern Isles was overloaded on four" separate occasions. He got the figures on the overloads from the Coast Guard itself, in Puerto Rico. Apparently the Coast Guard at the time merely registered the fact of overloading but did nothing about it. In the Southern Districts case, testimony has been offered showing numerous instances of patchwork repairs, malfunc­ tioning of vital equipment and other practices hardly con­ ducive to vessel safety. Here, too, there is no evidence that the Coast Guard made use of its powers to enforce safer pro­ cedures. ' Of course. Coast Guard inaction does not excuse the com­ pany which must bear primary responsibility for the condi­ tion of the ship. But the Coast Guard, which has spoken so much rec-^tTy of its concern for shipboard saftey, seems all too ready slough off responsibility to marine underwriters and the operators themselves. ^ It all points to a cynical, but nevertheless factual conclu­ sion—when it's a choice between the dollar and the safety of the crew, the dollar wins out &V often. That's one of the reasons why so many operators pr( !er a "runaway" registry where they can ovefload, Underman and undfer-fflaintaih their ships to their hearts' content without interference. •4 m J-m SIU's'54 Gains Worthy Of Pride To the Editor: I am writing you this letter and I hope you wiii pubiish it in the first issue in January because I think that is tlie logical time for ail of us Seafarers to look back and see what we accomplished dur­ ing 1954, and also to look ahead and try to figure out what we want to accomplish during 1955. First, looking back at the old year, I think that we Seafarers have every right to be proud of the gains which our Union has made. The increases we have gained in wages, overtime and va­ cation pay are just a few of the things I can name offhand. What's more, our Union has con­ sistently been a leadeK in the fight, not only to keep our own Union strong, but also to keep the ent i r e American merchant marine strong and to help seamen everywhere. Our Union, for instance, carried Korolia Uie fight to Wash­ ington for passage of the "50-50" bill, and after seven long years of struggle we finally won out last year. And as a result of this we not only helped ourselve.s, but other American seamen as well, and also the US shipping industry as a whole. The fight against letting US companies transfer their ships to runaway flags is another fight which our Union carried right to Washington. Fight For IJSPHS Program ' I I X'\I I Vot< One of the penalties of doing a good job as a ship's delegate is that the delegate is likely to be stuck with the post seini-permanently. At least that's what seems to have happened to James Flana­ gan, who is aboard the Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers). Flanagan was delegate for one trip and then re­ signed so that somebady else could get a crack at the job. But his shipmates "double-crossed" Flanagan him by reelect­ ing him/ Flanagan, who sails in the deck department, usually as AB, has been a Union member for a little over eight years, joining in New York on October 24, 1946. He lives in Huntington Station, Long Is­ I might also mention the fight our Union has waged against cut­ land, when not sailing and is 44 ting down the USPHS hospital years old. 3) 3) program. We waged this fight suc­ cessfully once, but now it looks An anonymous member of tjje as if the Government is at it again crew of the Archer's Hope got a and we must take up arms once hanji from shipmates because of more. his continuing efforts and coopera­ Right now our Union Is en­ tion in making repairs and keeping gaged in two other fights, and I her shipshape. The ship's pump­ am confident our efforts here wiii man-machinist was the one who also meet with success. First, our got the applause. He indicated his Union is fighting the phony crimp eagerness for more of the same by rig which has been set up in New promising he would do his best, York and is selling books to any­ with the cooperation of the engi­ body who has a couple of bucks neers, to fix the crew washing in his pocket. And, second, our machine and see that it suds up Union is fighting the phony Coast crew gear in approved fashion Guard proposals which would give fi-om now on in. the CG iron-fisted control over 3) t American seamen. Seafarer Lewis Riviere is one I think one thing we Seafarers Union brother who has appeared should remember is that our Union was alert to these dangers and got in this corner before, being dited right on the bail in the fight by his shipmates for taSty pastries. against them. It can never be said Riviere, who sails exclusively as night cook and baker, got the that we were caught napping. accolade again, this time from, the Well, that's a brief review of crew of the Seatrain New York on 1954. Now, how about 1955? I the coastwise run. think -that for 1955 each one of Riviere has been around "for a us Seafarers should resolve to be while" as the saying goes, joining ever alert and vigilant to the dan­ the SIU way back when, on Novem­ gers which beset our Union and ber 30, 1938. A native of the Brit­ to continue to work together ish West Indies, he now makes shouldei; to shoulder, as we always New York City his home town. have in the past, to safeguard the He's 63 years of age. gains we have made and to keep 3) 3) 3) the SIU "the best union in mari­ time." Crewmeinbers of the Aieoa (Mer) Korolia Boamer are some of the m: Thanks d Seafarers who are fired up about the Coast Guard's ambitious plans to put all working seamen on a physical and mental exam griddle. Seafarer R. W. Miller, chairman of the last shipboard meeting, put in a few minutes discussing the Coast Guard scheme and reminded the membership present that the way to lick it was to get busy writing Senators and Representatives in Washington, giving them the lowdown. Miller comes from North Caro­ lina, but now makes his home in Norfolk, Va. He joined the SIU in New York on May 24, 1949, and sails in the engine department. He's 34 years old. ^ i!! if Men aboard the Mississippi cruise ship, Del Mar, also were urged to write to their represent­ atives on the Coast Guard prob­ lem. The chair­ man of the last shipboard meet­ ing, Jack Bates, known affection­ ately to his ship­ mates as "Gator Mouth" told the crew to get on the ball if they wanted to keep Bates the Coast Guard from putting the screws on the Union membership and imperiling the seaman's right to work ships and earn a living. 'M t i 5. The holiday season is always a busy tim^5 for cooks everywhere, and steward department men on SIU ships are no exception to the general rule. Thanksgiving, Christ­ mas and New Year's Day are ail occasions for something extra special in the way of shipboard feeding, with each galley gang tiying.to outdo the other in putting up the best possible holiday feed. Among crews that made a point of noting the quality of holiday meals were the men aboard the Steel Rover (Isthmian) and the Frances (Bull). The Steel Rover crewmen called the Christmas dinner "wonderful." The Frances gang said that the food was "ex­ cellent." The adjectives might be different, but. the end result was the same, 9 well-fed end COU" tented crev , •1 :| :|| �W' January 7, 1955 Pace Eleven SEAFARERS LOG January 7. 195S Mi Not too long ago ^ jm- .m Seamen's defense committee waterfront office provided legal aid for arrested strikers. Seamen picket NY pier in 1936t Minutes before, police rode down 30 pickets. ' ^ New York Police give rush act to group of pickets in 1936 strike to clear way to pier. s illislliii sjiiiiii: "'Hi iiii iii F . III sliaiSiS || r ^ L I' 'V " ' r '"i % 11^- M'i Bitterest and hardest-fought waterfront (Strike was the now-famed walkout of seamen and longshoremen of 1934 on the San Francisco docks. Here p< SMiiia ise A vivid reminder that sea­ men's unions were torn on the picketlines Within the last 20 years are these photos of water­ front beefs before World War II. Between 1921, when the Government and shipowners broke the back of the old ISU, and 1934, when West Coast sea­ men led the way to a union re­ vival, seamen's conditions sank to rock bottom. Wages started at $22.50 a month and work­ aways made payless trips for the privilege of getting a job the next time around. Crews were turned to on "field days" and blue linen was the rule all around. Old union men either were blacklisted out of the in­ dustry or were careful to hide the fact that they once packed a union book. In the depths of the depres­ sion grumbling grew and out of desperation crewmembers took to job actions. Here and there the remnants of once-strong maritime unions kept halls open. The spark that touched off the rebirth o'f strong unions was the 1934 general strike when seamen walked off the ships in support of longshoremen. There wgre no funds and the men were ill-equipped for an ex­ tended strike but thepicketlines went up and stayed there de­ spite guns, gas and blackjacks. Subsequently, in 1936, East Coast seamen followed the lead of their West Coast brothers in a general upheaval of the mari­ time industry. From then on maritime unions were here to stay, although many a battle was fought in the years that followed and will be fought in the future. No doubt many readers of the SEAFARERS LOG took part in these strikes and some may recognize themselves or old shipmates in these photos. It was the sacrifices of these men, some of whom paid with their lives, that made it possible for seamen.to turn the tables on the shipowner., after. year|.. , bucko rule on the ships. M This 1940 photo from San Francisco shows SUP Sailors fighting on American President Lines pier. off Bridges-inspired raid hy shoreside union n A Not all strike scenes were furious. Idle lumber car­ rier sits peacefully at dock in '36 tieup. 1 Soup kitchens were essential to strikers. This one was in San Francisco in '36. iiil t > I 1 9 \ I % ' i ^ mmmmm k .«<r' ' Bedlrd 'hafd iW' W»UI»*kitch-e'A thn'in 1936. They were operated hy Maritime Federation of Pacific representing seamen and longshoremen. Federation broke up when Communists took it over. > �\w: • -it Pace TwelT* January 1> 1955 SEAFARERS idG PORTttEPORTS New Orleans: New Recreation Roem Makes Christmas Debut and Del Oro (Mississippi), and Ocean Dinny (Maritime Overseas). The following ships called in transit: Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pen­ nant, Alcoa Corsair and Alcoa Pilgi-im (Alcoa); Steel Advocate, Stfeel Architect, Steel Age and Steel Worker (Isthmian); Del Mundo and Del Oro (Mississippi); Morning Light, Monarch of the Seas, Bienville and Claiborne (Waterman); Marie Hamil (Bloomfield); Evelyn (Bull); Ocean Dinny (Maritime Overseas), and Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana (Seatrain Lines). Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent Lake Charles: Port Affairs Smooth During Tho HoiMays Things have been running along A big Christmas party and din­ quite nicely in this port during ner was given in the New Orleans the past two weeks. hail on Christmas Day and all hands Calling in here during this agreed it was one of the most suc­ period were the Bradford Island, cessful affairs of the kind ever Council Grove, Salem Maritime held here. Bents Fort, Government Camp The dinner, which included tur­ Chiwawa, Winter Hill and Cankey, ham and all the trimmings, tigny (Cities Service); Val Chem was served in our new recreation (Valentine Tankers), and Excello room on the ground floor. Work (Excello). on the recreation room is nearly ^All of the above ships took on completed and it will be ready for 4" it 3) a few men so shipping picked up use as soon as paiiiting of the walls, quite a bit during the holidays .and final trimming and equipping the Boston: we were able to ship 40 men, most­ room is completed. ly in the deck department. Ship­ The pleasant atmosphere of the ping has now slowed down again new room contributed a great deal however, and we have enough men to the success of the Christmas on hand to handle any expected party, which was attended by many . New Orleans Shipping was fair in Boston dur­ calls. Voting to elect officials of the Union for the next two years is ' members and ing the last report period and the For our Seafarer of the Week proceeding at a brisk pace in San Francisco, with more than 200 i II their families and outlook for the future is pretty we nominate Brother Jack M. men already voting. Here Roy Alston drops his vote in ballot box 1. members from good. Johnson who sails mostly as third while members of balloting committee look on. Committee members I elsewhere who During this period we paid off cook, although he sometimes ships are (1-r) J. Ramos, Hans Skaalegaard and Luke A. CiamboH. were here on the the, Alexandra (Carras) and Bents as OS. All the benefits SIU men •f beach or aboard Fort, Council Grove and Logans enjoy were only obtained by hard San Francisco:. C. N. McKee, W. O'Conner, C. ships in port. Fort (Cities Service). These four work, Broth'^r Johnson says, and Gates, A. Begg, F. Votto, H. Skaa­ There was ships signed on and in transit were we must always be alert to see legaard, J. Thomas, E. Martinez, plenty of turkey the Chickasaw, Antinous and De that no one takes these benefits William Bause and T. M. Moriariand ham for all. Soto (Waterman), Robin Kettering from us. Hartlii t.v. In the hospital are M. Byers, In fact, there was (Seas Shipping) and Steel Vendor C. Brown, O. Gustavsen,,0. Klein, Men On The Beach such a plentiful supply that on and Steel Seafarer (Isthmiah). Although shipping has been only C. Neumaier, G. Promutico, J. On the beach here now are A. G. f.*xir here during the past two weeks Monday after Christmas we were All the payoffs were clean and PeiTiera, P. Yuzon, W. Center and able to serve turkey and ham sand­ there were no beefs of any kind (Tex) Alexander, Jimmy Phillips, the outlook for the future is ex­ P. E. Hugglns. J. A. Coyne, Tom Bolton, Red wiches and cold beer to all those iljf on any of the Kehrly and a number of others, all ceptionally good. Tom Banning who were present for the 11 AM ' above ships. San Francisco Port Agent During these past two weeks we spending the holidays with their job call. Everybody agreed the Ou^ selection paid off and signed on The Cabins t 4 4 post-Christmas "lunch" was some­ of a typical SIU families. But after January 1 they (Cabins) and iii transit were the will be ready to go again. Houston: thing like eating turkey hash at man this week is have no men in the hospital Pennmar and Marymar (Calmar); home, only better. Anthony J. Me- at We Steel Navigator (Isthmian), and this time. Beefs have ail been of a minor lanson, who is Choctaw, Azalea City, Hastings and nature here of late and the crews At our last meeting the deck known to his John B. Water­ m&mmm r of the Del Alba, Del Mar and Del department took over, with Te.x friends and ship­ man (Waterman). Oro (Mississippi) were accorded a mates as "Shorty.' Alexander serving as chairman and Lately we have Shipping has been very good in vote of thanks by the patrolmen J. A. Phillips as recording secre­ Shorty sails as Melanson been getting com­ this pox-* dui'ing the past two here for bringing in exceptionally engine utility, tary. Both men did a fine job. plaints that men weeks as the dispatcher's records clean ships. pumpman or (uler and his last ship On the local labor front things have'been refus­ show. Steward Given Thanks was the Queenston Heights. Dur­ are very quiet now, and the local ing orders aboard However, we do not expect this The steward of the Del Oro was ing the holidays he has been work­ political front is also quiet. It the ships. This pace to hold because we have no given a vote of thanks by the crew ing ashore, driving an Army truck, looks as if all the candidates are is definitely con­ payoffs scheduled during the next for a job well done on this ship's but now that the holidays are over waiting until after the holidays to trary to the two weeks. most recent voyage to West Africa, he intends to ship out again. start blasting their opponents. agreement, as We had no sign-ons during the McKee Everybody who ever has sailed this Also on the beach now are D. From all the members around there is a clause last two weeks but we paid off the run knows it creates plenty of Hines, R. Johnston, W. Canty and headaches for the steward, so W. Foster. In the Brighton Marine here to all the other brothers, in the agreement about obedience Margaret Brown (Bloomfield) and afloat and ashore—a Happy New to the master. If you think that had 14 ships in transit, as follows: Alexander Martin, the steward in Hospital are J. Fawcett, F. AlasaRepublic (Trafalgar); Seatiger question, certainly deserves a pat vich, G. Weddell and A. Hanpock. Year and good sailing during 1955 the orders given to .you are wrong, to one and all. carry them out anyway and when (Colonial); Logans Fort and French on the back and our nomination as James Sheehan Leroy Clarke you arrive in the payoff port you Cx-eek (Cities Service); Seatrains "Seafarer of the Week." Boston Port Agent Lake Charles Port Agent will be compensated if they are Texas, SaVannah and New Jersey Shipping has been proceeding at wrong. (Seatx-ain); Del Oro (Mississippi); a steady rate since our last report. Alexandra (Cax-ras); Steel Architect Shipping for permitmen has been 204 Men Cast Votes' and Steel Age (Isthmian), and particularly good. Bookmen have The voting for Union officials Golden City and Bienville (Water­ preferred to wait until after the is coming. along fine in this port man). holidays to throw in for jobs. It and at this writing 204 men have There were a few minor beefs on appears that competition will be voted. Anyone who has not voted the Steel Age and Margaret Brown keen in the immediate future, yet and wants to do so should do but these were squared away. though, as everyone will be anxious so quickly, because voting will end A. (Frenchy) Mlchelet to get out and we have only six January 15. Houston Port Agent payoffs scheduled for the coming Men now on the beach Include 4 4 4 two weeks. From the USPHS hospital here Tampa: we have received news that Samuel Cope and Benjamin Foster have been discharged to outpatient treatment after long confinement to the hospital. W^e hope they will We had no payoffs or sign-ons qualify for "fit for duty" slips sopn. in this port during the past two Arne V. Oisen, Jack Peralta and Shipping Figures December 15 to December 28 weeks but five Waterman ships Nicholas Tala also have been dis­ charged from the hospital and are REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL called in tx-ansit. These were the expecting to ship in the near fu­ PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Golden City, De Soto, Chickasaw ture. Boston 99 11 2 29 9 8 19. and Iberville, which called here 2 twice. Among patients recently ad­ New York ..' 123 . 75 96 294 91 71 68 230 All the ih-translts were visited mitted to the hospital are Kristian Philadelphia 23 24 26 73 10 16 35 and found to be in good shape, 9 Gunderson, August Brosig, Darrell with 'no beefs pending on any of Baltimore 114 92 75 281 70 54 Riley, Fred Fagan, Earl Garberson, 167 43 them. George Nichols and Enoch Gaylor. Norfolk 16 17 16 49 15 17 15 47 Cux-rently we ar8 receiving esti­ 8 Ships Pay Off Savannah 28 12 17 .57 20 9 47 mates 18 from contractors on improv­ During the last two weeks, 8 12 Tampa 12 9 15 36 5 5 2 ing the hall here. ships paid off here, 6 signed on Mobile 33 ^3 49 115 38 32 48 118 In closing, we would like to take and 19 called in transit. The Alcoa Planter (Alcoa); Steel 62 199 this opportunity to wish all of the New Orleanu 62 64 48 164 76 61 Architect (Isthmian); Del Oro, Del 64 brothers, afloat and ashore, a Houston 42 23 , 24 89 27 21 16 Happy New Year. We sincerely ^Santos, Del Mar and Del Alba 35 109 Seattle 37 35 32 104 38 36 hope they all enjoy good sailing (Mississippi), and the DeSoto and 9 47 throughout 1955 apd the years tol San Francisco 27 . 12 13 52 25 13 Iberville (Waterman) paid off. 6 come. • 4 Wilmlngtoh 7 6 6 19 2 0 Ships signing on were the Alcoa Benrde Gbiiiales, Aetinr^^:' Planter (Alcoa); Steel Advocate •Totala: • ^ 'l' 540 ' (Isthmian): Del Mundo. Del Mar ••'Tni Good Shipping Soon For Next Two Wooks Future Oullool( Seen 'Exeeptieuaiiy Geed' Shipping 'Very Good' Dui Drop Is Expected Dids Deing Received On Hall improvemente ii!:;?;.- li - 7' �-'i;^.-^..-;--.' - January 1955 -•' ' SEAFARERS L r Pare Tbirteoi LOG .......PORT REPORTS Savannah: SoHlh Atlantic, Bull Slilps Pay Off, Sign On Shipping has been mighty good in tills port during the past two -weeks. The outlook for the future is fair and we expect nothing out of the ordinary. During the last report period wc paid off the Angelina (Bull) and Southport and Southstar (South Atlantic). These three ships signed on^and in transit were the Robin Sherwood (Seas Shipping), Steel Admiral (Isthmian) and Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana, which each called here twice. There were a few minor beefs on the Angelina when she paid off but these were all squared away. Men now in the hospital are James Lee, R. L. Field, J. T. Moore, A. W. Lima, R. Carrollton, E. Webb, J. Littleton, George Chance, J. T. Kern, A. G. McLaughlin, J. B. Christy, J. D. Cannady, Frank Nel­ son and Fred Buckner. Jeff Morrison Savannah Port Agent 4* 4" Baltimore: Shipping Slow; Port O'Cali Being Readied Shipping in the port of Balti­ more has been on the slow bell during the past two weeks and the near future does not look too bright. We registered 281 men dur­ ing this period and shipped 167, which leaves quite a large nuniber of men on the beach. During this period we had 15 payoffs, 10 sign-ons and 8 ships in transit. The payoffs were as fol­ lows: Frances, Mae, Suzanne and Edith (Bull); Steel Age (Isthmian); Salem Maritime (Cities Service); Bethcoaster and Oremar (Calmar); Yaka (Waterinan), and Feltore, Chilore, Cubore, Baitore and Venore (Ore). Signing on were the Trojan Trader (Trojan); Oremar (Calmar); (Bull); Frances Yaka (Waterman), Sjoberg M a r o r e, and Feltore, Chilore, Cubore, Baltore and Venore (Ore). In transit were the Robin Mow­ bray (Seas Shipping); Bethcoaster and Portmar (Calmar); Alcoa Part­ ner and Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa), ^and Iberville, Chickasaw and Yaka (Waterman). Our new hall is proving a-won­ derful place to be in. Otir cafeteria is doing very well and our Port O'Call bar should be ready to serve patrons within the next two weeks, Wc"are expecting to make this one of the show spots, of this city. Voting Is Brisk Voting to elect the officials-of the Union for the next two years has been going on at a brisk pace here and I know that all records for this port will be broken. Per­ sonally I am gratified to see the members taking such an active in­ terest in their affairs, Our Seafarer of the Week is Brother A1 Sjoberg, who h^s been an SIU member from the very beginning and who has always been active in all our beefs and in all things concerning the welfare of the Union. His advice to the newer members is to always conduct themselves as gentlemen. In that way, he says, they will always be respected as gentlemem We cer­ tainly wish AL good sailing at all times in the future. In conclusion, don't forget te drop a line to the boys in the USFHS Hospital, Wyman Park Drive, Baltimore 18, Md. They are: Harry Johnson, Allen Myrex, George Bexton, Thomas Mungo, Daniel . Hutto, Thomas Ankerson, John Rekstin, Philip Korol, Walter Denley, Carl Chandler, Jesse Clarke, Roy Bell, W. Moore, Louis Firlie, Edsel Malcom, Timothy Less, Joseph Kozlowski, Joe McKreth, Robert McKnew and Harry Byrd. Happy New Year to all. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent 4 t^ Norfolk: Foreign Transfers Hit Shipping Here During the past two weeks the Chiwawa (Cities Service) paid off and signed on in this port and in transit were the Southport (South Atlantic), Bienville (Waterman) and Alcoa Partner (Alcoa). All of these ships were found to be okay. At this writing two ships are pay­ ing off in Hampton Roads—the National Freedom (American Wa­ terways) and the Seacoral (Coral). These two ships will sign on for­ eign crews hnd our checking shows that these foreign crews came out of- the phony New York crimp rig that the SEAFARERS . LOG ex­ posed. Coal Loadings Up Coal loading in Hampton Roads has been higher than it has been in many years, but is being carI'ied in foreign-flag ships. With all this, the outlook for the future here is not good. In the hospital now are I. E. Taylor, Isaac B. Duncan, Thurston Lewis and Colon Boutwell. These men received the Christmas bonus as well as the regular weekly hos­ pital benefit. Ben Rees Norfolk Port Agent $ « Wilmington: t in-Transits Expected To Provide More Jobs Shipping was very slow in this port during the Christmas holidays but tomorrow we expect to have two Waterman and one Calmar ship in transit so we may get a few jobs. We had no payoffs or sign-ons during the last two weeks. In transit, were the Pennmar and Marymar (Calmar); Citrus Packer and Azalea City (Waterman); Steel Navigator (Isthmian), and Liberty Bell (Tramp Cargo). Ernest B. Tilley Wilmington Port Agent New York: Robin Sbip Comes Qui; Dredge Takes Mere Men We are happy to report that shipping and business in the Port of New York remains good, and after everyone enjoyed a big Christmas we are all looking for­ ward to a happy and prosperous New Year for all hands. Although we did not have as many ships coming in for payoff as we normally have, shipping held up good. Permitmen had good shipping because a lot of the boys wanted to stay ashore until after the holidays. Shipping was given- an added boost when the Robin Goodfellow (Seas Shipping) came out of layup and took a full crew, and we also flew an additional 20 men down to Venezuela to the Sandcaptain, a dredge belonging to Construction Aggregates. Those boys have a steady job for the next 16 months if they stick it out for the duration of the contract. Ships In Good Shape All of the ships coming in here during the past two weeks-were in good shape, with their crews do­ ing a bang-up job on them. Dur­ ing this period we paid off 14 ships, signed on 5 and serviced 17 in .transit. The payoffs were as fol­ lows: Beatrice, Emelia and Elizabeth (Bull); Steel Apprentice (Isthmian); Seatrains New Jersey, New York, Georgia and Texas (Seatrain); Mankalo Victory (Victory Carriers); Archers Hope, Bradford Island and Royal Oak (Cities Service); Queenston Heights (Seatrade), and Robin Kettering (Seas Shipping). Signing on wei'e the Robin Sher­ wood, Robin Mowbray and Robin Money Exchange Rates Listed The following is the latest available listing of official ex­ change rates for foreign cur­ rencies. Listings are as of Janu­ ary 4, 1955, and are subject to change without notice. England, New Zealand, South Af­ rica: $2.80 per pound sterling. Australia: $2.24 per pound sterling. Belgium: 50 francs to the dollar. Denmark: 14.45 cents per krone. France: 350 francs to the dollar. Germany: 4.2 marks to the dollar. Holland: 3.7-3.8 guilders to the dollar. Italy: Average closing rate of lire to the doUar in Milan and Rome. Norway: 14 cents per krone. Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the dollar. Sweden: 10.33 cents per krone. India: 21 cents per rupee. Pakistan: 30.22 cents per rupee. Argentina: 14.2 pesos to the dollar. Brazil: 5.4 cents per cruzeiro. Uruguay: 52.63 cents per peso. Venezuela: 29.85 cents per hoiivar. SW HALL Goodfellow (Seas Shipping); Steel Admiral (Isthmian), and Liberty Flag (Gulf Cargo). In transit were the Wild Ranger, Arizpa, Chickasaw, Warrior, Antinous and Fairland (Waterman); Kathryn, Suzanne and Beatrice (Bull); Seatrains Savannah and Louisiana (Seatrain); Cantigny, Winter Hill and Government Camp (Cities Service); Alcoa Partner (Alcoa); Calmar (Calmar), and Re­ public (Trafalgar). Claude Simmons Ass't Sec.-Treasurer 4 4 4 Seattle: Tagalam Is Sehedttled To Come Qui Of Lay-Up Shipping has been very good in this Nortljwest port during the past two weeks and the outlook for the future is bright as we have the Tagalam (Seatrade) cOming put of lay-up and the Alcoa Pegasus is due in for payoff in Portland, Ore. Paying off here in Seattle during, the past two weeks wereM:he Seacomet H (Ocean Carriers) and the Cecil N. Bean (Drytrans). SigniM on were the Seacomet II and thF Coeur d'Alene Victory (Victory Carriers), and in transit were the Pennmar, Massmar and Marymar (Calmar) and the Azalea City, Citrus Packer and John B. Water­ man (Waterman). The Calmar ships, incidentally, are giving us one of our biggest headaches here, because nearly every week we have to request ad­ ditional stores for them to make the return trip to the East Coast. We generally have to request such things as coffee, night lunches and large quantities of meat, and the crews and delegates are very hot about this. This is a situation which we believe should be rectified and at our last meeting a motion was made and carried unanimously that headquarters look into the storing of these ships on the intercoastal runs. Guess that's all except to say that the severe cold and snow we had last year seem to be bypassing us this winter. We have had some rain, but who can complain about that when shipping is so good? Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent Mobile: Ariiiia Will Crew Up, 11 Ships To ?ay Off Shipping in the port of Mobile was good during the past two weeks and we shipped 118 men to various ships. We also sent 139 men to relief jobs in and around the harbor. During this period we had 8 pay­ offs, 6 sign-ons and 4 ships in transit. The payoffs, which \ver« all in good shape, were as follows: Monarch of the Seas, Claiborne and Arizpa (Waterman) and Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Pilgrim, Alcoa Puri­ tan, Alcoa Run­ ner and Alcoa * Cavalier (Alcoa). Signing on were the Golden City (Waterman) and Alcoa Cor­ sair, Alcoa Pil­ grim, Alcoa Puri­ tan, Alcoa Runner and Alcoa Cava­ Nail lier (Alcoa). In transit were the Del Aires (Mississippi), Steel Advocate (Isth­ mian) and De Soto and Ibeiville (Waterman). » Coming iiy here for payoff dur­ ing the next two weeks are the Monarch of the Seas, Chickasaw, Claiborae and Antinous (Water­ man) and Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Roamer and Alcoa Corsair (Alcoa). In addition, we expect to crew up the Arizpa (Waterman) which paid off here December 28 and laid up for about 10 days. This ship should take a full crew around January 8. Sails As Chief Steward In the spotlight, as Seafarer of the Week, is Brother Clarence Nail, who has been a member of ^ the Union since its beginning. Brother Nail, who sails as chief steward, is married, and has two grandchildren. He thinks that our Vacation and Welfare Plan ben­ efits are the best in the industry. Members currently on the beach include G. Troche, Marion Green, Walter Whitten, ChaHes Spencer, D. L. Parker, J. Wread and a num­ ber of others. In closing, we wish,to extend our sympathy to the family of Brother Robert Shell, who died since our last meeting. He is survived by a wife and other relatives. We also extend our sympathies to the fami­ lies of the crew of the Southern Districts and hope that some news about the men on this ship will be forthcoming. Cat Tanner Mobile Port Agent Philadelphia: Shipping Rise Noted; Standby Jobs Obtained Shipping picked up quite a bit in this port during the last report WILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave. FOHX WILLIAM.... 11814 Sj-ndicate Ave. period and it looks as if it will Ontario Phone: 3-3221 SiU, A&G District Ernest Tilley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 103 Durham St. continue for some weeks to come. ...673 4th Ave.. Bklyn. PORT COLBORNE BALTIMORS^. ...1216 E. Bkltimore St. HEADQUARTERS. Ontario Phone: 5591 SECRETARY-TREASURER Earl Sheppafd, Agent EAstem 7-4900 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. Moreover, we have been fortunate Paul HaU EMpire 4-5719 BOSTON 276 State St. ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS . 617V4 Cormorant St. in picking up the standby work for James Sheehan, Agent Rlctunond 2-0140 Robert Alatthews Joe Aigina " VICTORIA, BC Empire 4531 one of our contracted companies. Joe Volpian HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. Claude Simmons VANCOUVER, BO 298 Main St. WiUiam HaU A. (Frenchy) Mlchelet. Agent. .Preston 6558 During the past two weeks we Pacific 7824 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. paid off the Carolyn (Bull). SeaPhone 6346 Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-5744 SUP BAGOTVILLE, Quebec 20 Elgin St. tiger (Colonial), Alamar (Calmar), MOBILE : 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone: 54.5 Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 Phone 5-8777 THOROLD, Ontario 52 St. Davids St. Michael (Carras) and Republic NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUle St. PORTLAND CAnal 7-3202 (Ti-afalgar). 532 N. W. Everett St. Lindaey WUllanu, Agent 113 Cote De La Montague Beacon 43.36 QUEBEC The Seatiger, Alamar, Michael MagnoUa 6112-6113 Quebec Phone: 2'707a 257 5th St. SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WiUiam St. and Republic signed on and in NEW VORK......67S 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn RICHMOND. CALIT...... Phone 2599 NB Phone: 2-5232 HYacintb 9-6600 transit were the Chickasaw, Fair450 Harrison St. NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. SAN FRANCISCO Douglas 2-8363 Ben Rees, gent MAdison 2-9834 land and Gateway City (Waterman) Great Lakes District 2595 1st Ave. PHILADELPHIA ....837 Market St. SEATTLE and the Frances and Edith (Bull). Main 0.290 .4LPENA S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 133 W. Fletcher All the payoffs and sign-ons WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. Phone: 1238W SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO, NY :. .180 Main SL were clean and all the ships gen­ Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 Phone: Cleveland 7391 678 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn Marty Brelthoff. west Coast Representative NEW YORK 734 Lakeside Ave., NE erally were in good shape, with HYaclnth 9-6600 CLEVELAND PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. .Pelayo 51—La 5 Phone- Main 1-0147 only a few minor beefs which Sal CoUs. Agent Phone 2-5996 DETROIT. 1058 3rd St. SAVANNAH 8 Abarcorn St. Canadian District Headquarter* Phone; Woodward 1-6857 were all squared away. JeS Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1788 531 W. Michigan St. .Ot St. Jam* St. West DULUCT SEATTLE ....2S«aast Ave. MONTREAL S. CarduUo Phoner Melraae 2-4110FLateau 8161 Jeft-eSlette. Agent Elliott 4334 3M1 B. Mnd ^ TAMPA imm-mi N. rramuin a*. HALiEAX. NJ.....,.....12I^^0^I^ SOUTH CmCAaO PhOBKi . Philadelphia Port Agent Bnc* 8-auS tUf , Whit*. A^l 0 none a-uaa •i •[ -• i-rrV '• • .1. ' �January 7, 1955 r Irl On Logans Fort, The Crewmen Sport Real Sill Smiles ii'' P l-i, v'l •' • j'r • w.", •Cf' •, |v • Sporting real SIU smiles as they pose for the cameraman are some of the crewmembers (left) of the Cities Service tahker Logans Fort. In the usual order are AB Pinnel, ship's delegate Lewis, wiper Brenanides, wiper Fielding, OS Alexander, wiper Copado and engine delegate McGee. At the right is a typical messroom scene. Photos were taken by Wm. Rapp, oiler, and S. Manuel, pantryman. Santo Domingo s Tops For A Flingo Even If Yc)u Gan't Speak Tfie Lingo (Ed. note: The following article was written by one of the LOG's roving correspondents. Seafarer Angus C. (Red) Cdmpbell, We think it speaks for itself.) During my recent literary absence from these pages I have been filling in as fashion editor on the "Hobo News." Nevertheless, I'd like to take this opportunity to offer some advice to readers of the LOG regarding mid-winter vacations. Personally, I can think of no finer place than Trujillo^ City, better known as Santo world that features neon-lit poetry the many beaches will offer you a pleasant day. You may even be Domingo. You can get there in the men's room. • :U • 1-- either by ship or plane. Air travel is quite safe, but you still have a cab ride from the airport. The speed limit here is 35 miles an hour—25 on the ^sidewalks. The selection of a hotel natural­ ly depends on your financial "buckground." If you're in the higher income brackets, like bookies and T V repairmen, you'll take up residence at "The Jaragua" where super - cleanliness is the rule. Here they don't change the linen — they throw out the whole bed. And nowhere else are, Campbell the chambermaids so well bred — or badly buttered. Just think how nice it would be to sit nightly on your own private balcony with a tropical moon shin­ ing down on your varicose veins. If you're looking for a cold one, the bar features "50 Mixed Drinks and How to Swallow Them." The bartenders are strictly tropical— they've always got their palms out. And this is the only bar in the Try "Mike's Place" Of com-se, this is not the only hotel in town. There's another nearby with 200 rooms and no baths. It's closed on Saturdays. As a last resort, if you're the kind of person who can stand anything, like a Pirate fan, you Ct.n stay at "Mike's Place." When you register don't be surprised if you have to make your own bed—but he'll give you a hammer and saw. For two dollars you get a room with an adjoining towel. Every building in the city faces the ocean — Mike's faces the incinerator. Room No. 7 doesn't have any ceil­ ing but that's okay—the guy up­ stairs doesn't walk around much. As for the bathroom, make sure you're a loud singer—there's no lock on the door. But some rooms have radio and television—boy, it would be great if they had elec­ tricity! As for air conditioning^ the porter comes around every half hour and blqws through the key­ hole. If he ever brings you a tele­ gram you'll never get him to stick it under the door. It's always on a plate. But no matter where you stay, in time to see "Miss Surfmaid elected. The only contestant I ever backed wound up as "Miss Sand­ bar." When the judges saw her they all wanted to know how long the body had been in the water. OFF WATCH This feature is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publication, and the like which S^mfurers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. Fans of the off-beat in record­ enced photographer can make per­ ings will probably enjoy one of the fect exposures without figuring out latest offerings of a company called the compensating F-stop adjust­ Cook-Sounds of Our Time which, ment for every change in shutter in the absence of burlesque in speed. Introduced last year with many places, has taken the trouble a conventional Synchro-Compur to bring, it _righ.t .in.to_.the J.iyin.g. shutter, the Super Regent is now room—for your listening pleasure, available with the new Compulf anyway. The company set up its LVS (Light Value Scale) shutter. A change in the siiutter speed equipment in the pit of a New automatically changes the dia­ Jersey burlesque house and recorded the sounds of the pit- phragm to a correctly compen­ band playing music for the strip­ sated F-stop. Another feature of pers, the comedians' gags and skits the new model is a delayed action and the audience howling, stomp­ mechanism for self-timed pictures. ing and whistling. "Burlesque Un- It is synchronized at all speeds for censored" ($5.95) is a rare find both flash and electronic flash and that will be enjoyed by many. It lists at $89.50. t> t> ti may not make too much of a hit with the ladies, however, A different type of sea story in its own right is "The Blue Conti­ iSr t> . Ansco announces a new version nent," a chronicle of actual under­ of its Super Regent 35 mm coupled sea adventures by an Italian scientific-sport expedition of skindivers in the Red Sea. Wellstudded with photographs, the book provides a good accounting for the growing popularity of skindiving as a sport—both by itself and combined with underwater photography or offshore fishing. Seafarers who are enthusiasts for this sort of thing will doubtless find the reading entertaining and val­ uable for their own purposes. Writ­ ten in an exciting style by an actual member of the expedition, Ansco Super Regent Folco Quilici, the book is priced rangefinder camera with a boast at $5 and is published by Rinehart that now even the most inexperi­ & Co. LOG-A.RHYTHM: My Seafaring Son By Lillian Logan know a lad who went to sea. So this young lad who was so smart He went because the food was free. Got his papers and did depart. To work all week, then have to pay For his own keep was not his way. He sailed the seas, saw sights galore. One day he said, "Can'tcha see, Then one day met a gal ashore. mum, Now this same lad can't sail afar From a life like this no fortune'll Or spend his pay in the nearest come. bar. I gotta go where, come pay day. The dough's all mine and. I can Nor can he take time off at will. play He has to work to pay some bill. And he hasn't saved that "pile" yet Cards if I like, or spend it all 'Cause all his plans became upset. On one night's spree in some port The butcher man, the baker, too. o' call. Or, if I want, I'll work a while. Want their money when it's due. Then take off and live in style. And now there is a little boy "You may have to make your bed . . ." Who always wants .another toy. . If it's hot music and ton-id danc­ And when I'm tired I'll start to save. So Daddy still sails on the sea. ing yoij,'re looking for, this is the Then come home and never slave. But not because the food is free. place. If the dances were ever interpreted, the whole Kinsey report «.would have to be revised. (1) Members of what religion use a mosque as a place of worship? The music is so hot that the TV sets are equipped with asbestos (2) What was the motto of The Three Musketeers? screens. (3) What is the Earth's nearest neighbor in space: (a) Mars, (b) Take it from me, you'll love Saturn, (c) Moon, (d) Jupiter? Santo Domingd. Just leave the (4) After a card-game, a man winds up with $10.25 in nickels,,^ wife at home. dimes and quarters. If the number of quarters is one more than the number of nickels, and the number of dimes he has is twice the number of quarters less two, how many of each does he have? (5) Before the US went off the gold standard, what was the value of a double eagle? For obvious reasons the LOG (6) What is the name of the Indian chief who completely routed cannot print any letter or and destroyed the forces of General Custer? other communications sent in (7) Two men who later became Presidents of the US signed the by Seafarers unless the author Declaration of Independence in 1776. One of them was John Adams. signs his name. Unsigned, Who was the other? Was it: (a) Franklin, (b) Hamilton, (c) Jackson, anonymous letters will only (d) Jefferson? Things .jwere a lot different for a seaman in the days before the wind up in the waste-basket. (8) What famous building is located at Agra, India? SIU, says veteran Seafarer Thor Thorsen, who submitted the alcove If circumstances justify, the (9) Three cigars and one pipe will exactly balance 12 boxes of photo. This is the Christel Vlnnen, built in 1890, on which Thorsen •LOG will withhold a signature matches on a scale. One cigar and eight boxes of matches will exactly made a 13-month trip in 1913 before quitting the ship in Australia. on request, but if you want it balance one pipe. How many boxes of matches will balance one pipe? The first mate issued him a draw a handful of shillings before printed in the LOG, put your (10) How many men were op a dead man's chest? he left—and that was all the pay he ever got from that voyage, name on it; . (Quiz Answers On Page 17). Thorsen reports. ' IllllilPo Pay? 'A Handful Of Shillings' Sign Name oh LOG Letters •1 ' .i w,. d 'yeni �» Mixup Gives Crew Draw/ But In lOU's When a shipping company has its headquarters on the East Coast, and one of its ships comes out of lay-up on the West Coast, there's apt to be some coniusion. This Is what happened when the Oceanstar (Triton) came out of lay-up recentlj'. And, in fact, there was so much confusion that the crewmen found themselves getting part of a draw in lOUs, according to ship's delegate Wil­ liam J. Anderson. "This ship was taken out of the boneyard in Portland, Ore.," An­ derson reports. "But the company is a New York outfit and so there was a lot of confusion. In fact, when the ship got to Coos Bay, and we asked iof a draw, the captain didn't have enough money to cover it. We must say, to the captain's credit, that he used his own money to cover as much of the draw as he could, but the re­ mainder had to be given out in lOUs. "While it certainly was decent of the captain to do this, it must be noted that giving out a draw in lOUs is uncommon, to say the least," Anderson says. * M f a V • I. • ^ 8SAFARSRS 104 Jaasar? 1, 1985 ttlght Now Hofo A Cowboy By Spike Martin Seafarer Al Page, DM, proudly shows off his five-year-old son Steve as a "future deck maintenance man," during a recent visit to SIU headquarters. Steve, who is obviously a rootin'-tootin' cow­ boy right now, hasn't committed himself for the future yet. Broom-Swinging Bosun Goes Into Gear Ancd There Are DeacJ Ducks On The Mae During the fall and early winter months, when the hunting season is on in various parts of the country, the SEAFARERS LOG gets a lot of letters from brothers who think they're pretty handy V(^th a gun, and who like to report on what they've toted home from the hills.. broom. After landing, the ducks Apparently, however, ^one ing to Ralph's shipmate, third cook were hemmed in by the bulwarks Sid Berger, Ralph recently dem­ brother stands in a class by onstrated his ability with a broom and were unable to take off again. himself. In fact, he doesn't even need a gun to bag himself a bevy ^of birds. Just as old broom is good enough. This seagoing Deadeye Dick Is Balph Ruff, a Union oldtimer who generally ships out of Baltimore, and who's lately been sailing as bosun on the Mae (Bull). Accord­ by bringing down a pair of goodsized wild ducks while the Mae wa.s''crossing the Gulf of Mexico. Cementing Hawse Pipe , Ralph was cementing the hawse pipe when the ducks came in for a landing on the forecastle head, Sid reports to the LOG, and so he promptly knocked them off with a '\ - Just because Otto 6raham is the neighbor of a certain MD who was recently convicted of disposing of his wife was no^reason, in the eyes of patriotic Detroiters, for him to behave with such homicidal intent towards the world champion Lions. If Graham is wise he will stay out of Detroit hereafter. Local pride was cut to the quick by the Cleveland Brown's 56-10 drubbing of the Lions and revenge would be the order of the day. Actually Graham had a motive of sorts. His club had never beaten Detroit and he had never thrown a touchdown pass against them. Since professional football is, at best, little short .of legalized mayhetn, Graham could be excused for emulating his neighbor. Nimble-Footed Graham is justly famous for his passing skill but he showed real art as a runner fti the title game. As a matter of fact, he was the shiftiest runner on the field. The lumbering giants- of the Detroit defensive line had him trapped several times in the first half when there was still time to turn the tide. But Graham skipped away from them as nimbly as an ante­ lope outfooting a herd of ele­ phants. It must have been terribly frustrating to the outsize defensemen who were out to crush him if they could, or at least tear a liga­ ment in his throwing arm. Half of the battle in a pro foot­ ball game is to keep key men from getting hurt. The T-formation quarterback's motto is "he who passes and runs away lives to pass another play." Graham has'always been pretty good at self-preserva­ tion although he usually' has con­ siderable help from some of his burlier teammates. Ojiher quarterbacks in the league haven't been quite that fortunate, with corresponding effects on their team's fortunes. In the past season alone. Tittle of San Francisco, Conerly of New York, Finks of Pittsburgh, Krekorian of Balti­ more, Blanda of the Chicago Bears and Layne of Detroit have all been on the shelf for one game or more becar«? .of injuries. But Graham seems to lead a charmed life. It's reminiscent of the time Sid Luckman played with the Chicago Bears. He went through many a game without getting the seat of his pants dirty; Graham vs. Baugh Some sportswrlters have taken to comparing Graham with Sammy Baugh, generally rated the best ever. It's hard to make compari­ sons because Baugh played double duty, offense and defense. Offhand though, Baugh could do everything Graham can, and more. Aside from his passing and running skill, Baugh was one of the best punters pro football has ever seen, and he was a fine safety man as well. But since the Browns have Horace Gillom to boot the ball, they are per-, fectly happy with Graham the way he. is, Bagging A Buck A recent hunting trip in Nova Scotia proved very successful for Seafarers John MacPherson (left) and Eddie Derhak, as this photo shows. The buck whose antlers they are holding weighed 225 pounds after it was dressed. The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like • suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Louis Gome's recipe for-"Veal Scalopine a la Cream." It cannot be denied that veal is not popular on American ships, according to Seafarer Louis "Frenchy" Corne, al­ though the US has by far the best quality of veal in the world. In his experience, the rea-+ —— — son for this is the lack.of care pounds of veal, cut it up like cut­ and attention given to it dur­ lets, and then cut these pieces in- After knocking off this pair of wild ducks with a broom, bo­ sun. Ralph Ruff of the Mae proudly poses with prize. n order to collect transportation Inoney, when paying off In a port other than the port of sign-on, make sure you get a rSturn transportation receipt and a travel subsistence voucher ••• AMD present it to the company's home office within 30 days, they were really sitting and ducks—but that's beside the point. 15id' doesn't say what happened to the ducks }ater but we have lit­ tle doubt that the crewmembers of the Mae had a lip-smacking time in the messhall, thanks to Ralph's broom-swinging prowess. ^t3^4cl[Se4CY' At ing preparation. This is in sharp contrast with conditions In Europe, where veal Is, to use Corne's own expression, the "plat de luxe"—"the real stuff." "Scalopine a la cream," which is a good standby dish, is quickly prepared. A good chef can turn it out in 25 minutes, and Corne has found it to be a top succ 6 s s whenever he's served ~ it aboard ship. Corne Corne, inciden­ tally, is a seagoing veteran whose first trip dates back to 1913 and who has been sailing SIU ships since 1942. The only break in this stretch was from 1926-41 when he operated a well-known place in New Jersey on his own. In, order to make the Vecalopine," here's what you do: take 20 two. Flatten the meat with the palm of the hand instead of ham­ mering it to death with a "per­ suader." Salt and pepper on both sides—heavy on the black pepper —and dip lightly in olive oil. Next, saute the veal in butter and keep it hot. Then, whip or stir the melted butter — including whatever sticks to the pan (which is the best part)—and work in 4 or 5 cans (pints) of milk, 1 table­ spoon each of A-1 sauce and Kitchen Bouquet sauce or Bovril and tablespoon of Worchestershire. Stir this mixture until the sauce is thick like a good beef gravy, strain and keep it in a bain marie (double boiler). At mealtime, serve 4 or 5 "scalopines" per per­ son' covered with sauce. "Frenchy" adds that if there's a good skipper aboard, try to get a pint of sherry or port wine to use instead of one pint of milk. It's even better that way. �rare Slxteoi Army Could Use Ship Know'tiow SSAPARERS Januan 1, ISSS LOG L E T T E R S Son Gotten Home In Emergency To the Editor: To the iSditor: of the Ij^iion, and so I would appre­ all. conversations pertaining to I hope you will publish this let­ As one of the many Seafarers ciate it very much if you could ter in the SEAFARERS LOG as I who has shipped to Europe via ships and their operations. send the LOG to me over here. Then one day I happened to pick would like to thank the SIU repre­ his local draft board during the sentatives in Philadelphia for the Harlan K. Hall past year, I would like to take up a copy of the SEAFARERS To the Editor: this occasion to wish one and all LOG. I started to read it, became (Ed. note: Your name has been wonderful help given to us when We, the crew of the Arlyn, were we were trying to locate the ship added to our mailing, list.) happy and safe voyages during very interested in it, and found the answer to my problem, I can so overwhelmed with grief and my son was sailing on. 1955. 4 4 4' now talk about the sea and I owe it shock upon reading the October 7 Because of this help my son was I would also like to say "hello" all to the LOG. I look forward able to get home in time when to the many friends, too numerous eagerly to receiving each copy and minutes of the Alcoa Roamer, his father was being operated on, to mention, with whom I had the can't put it down until I have read about the death of the dishwater ,and he was also there when his pleasure of sailing. canary, that we decided to do it through from cover to cover. father failed to survive the operas To the Editor: Dui;ing the past year I have something immediately. Liked Log-A-Rhythm read many letters in the LOG from I'm out of the hospital now, tion. I would like to comment espe­ We just can't have gooney birds It is a comfort to me to know Seafarers in the waiting to ship from New York, cially on the Log-A-Rhythm in the dying and do nothing about it— how effort the SIU made to Arnvy- Vv ha • - -ar e "11. SeptenTBef~ IT" Issue^'Tearifihg iraf "as, tlie- gatiant—crevr- of• t-hl; but I can tell you it would have locatemuch my son, and '.vs can never looking forward bemi one rough Chris"tmas up at by M. Dwyer. I thought the poem sleek craft of Liberty-ship design. to sailing again the Brighton (Mass.) marine hos­ thank the SIU enough. was just beautiful. (Mrs.) Margaret Graf when they are pital without that greeting card We formerly lived in St. Peters­ discharged. For from the Union, plus the $25 , ALCOA NOAMER <A|CM), Ac»«b*r 7—1 4 4 4 burg but now we are back in good I Chairmam. C. A. Case; Secretary* L* B.! myself, I'm hop­ bonus benefit voted to hospitalized 1 Moore. Ship's delegate was elected. A J old Mobile again. I am sending you Fdiiihwater canary flew in the bosun's ^ ing there will Seafarers. our new address 'and I sincerely 1 foe'sle around curi'ee time: the bosun de>i / I elded-to let him slay as mascot, but tho; still be some A lot of other guys ih the hos­ hope you will continue to send us I bird died in (he afictiioon. American- flag pital weren't so lucky, and didn't To the Editor: the LOG as I enjoy reading ii so ships left sailing get any messages much. I am writing this because I have Krier when I get out in Was this bird murdered? Or did from anybody. Mrs. John R. Roberts not been getting my SEAFARERS April, 1956. (Ed. note: You will continue to he, perhaps, get a whiff of that The extra $25, of LOG lately anM I certainly hope Right now I'm in an Army boat receive the LOG regularly.) evil-smelling Island DDT? And course, really you have not.taken my name off company and I will say that, in did the crew wire the Coast Guard came in handy, 4> 4i 4> your mailing list. my opinion, there's a crying need for instructions as to a fit burial along with the I have been laid up for the past for men who know something for the little creature? regular weekly six years, but the call to go back about operating the boats. If there After ail, this canary must have $15 benefit -I've to sea is still very strong and I ace such things as navigation laws, been getting for been a rare bird to hog the entire have been praying for the day proper lights and simple safety To the Editor: the past seven I would like to use these col­ space of the ship's minutes. when I could start shipping again. rules, they don't seem to know weeks. I had And now, for the most important Stabile I certainly miss the' feel of a deck about them over here. I have been umns of the SEAFARERS LOG to details concerning this bird, Was been in the thank each and every person who under my feet and the good times amazed at some of the happenings Brighton hospital for a liver ail­ so generously contributed to the the flag flown at half mast? Did ment. I used to have with my old ship­ I have seen. success of the Christmas dinner the captain read the Bible for the mates. Wants LOG Sent Now that's all cleared up and I last rites? And was the crew in in the New Orleans hall. I hope you will publish this came down to New York to pick If possible, I would like very Since I know your space is lim­ full dress for the last rites? letter in the LOG so my old ship­ up a ship and visit old friends, much to receive the LOG over ited, I will not try to name all the Want Mote Info generally sail carpenter and was mates can see it and mayhe write here. Copies are now sent to my people who de­ We, the crew of the Arlyn, are last on the Steel Traveler (Isth­ to me. The address is Louis Kellar, home address, but my mother is serve thanks in­ very concerned about these things, mian). 86953, Box 69, London, Ohio. a regular LOG reader and I don't dividually. But and if the crew of the Alcoa Roam­ Louis Kellar want to deprive her of this pleas­ I do want to say Thanks again to the SIU for er will fill us in on the details in (Ed. note: You will continue to ure. to all the people their next minutes, they will re­ thinking of guys like me in the receive the LOG regularly.) hospitals and for making our holi­ I'll close with best wishes to all. who devoted lieve our great anxiety over this 4 4 4 Pvt. Barney L. Krieg day a lot cheerier. their time and terrible tragedy. US 54144222 effort to prepar­ Matthew Stabile Meanwhile, we have this bit of 81st Trans. Co. (BO.^) ing and serving counsel to offer the Roamer crew­ 4 4 4 APO 217, NY, NY. this dinner that men: In case another dishwater To the Editor: this event would Miorana <Ed. note: Your service address bird enters your fbc'sle, make sure I have just, finished reading the has been added to our mailing not have been it is fi'ee of all foul odors, put him possible without you. list.) article in the November 26 issue on a special diet, give him books The port agent and Union offi­ out of the SIU library to read, To the Editor: of the LOG about the Coast Guard 4« 4" 4« cials here also pitched in to make teach him a few manners, and you This Is to let you know that the plotting a seamen's blacklist. What this dinner a real old-fashioned will have a happy bird— not a Seastar (Triton) is finally out of the LOG says about this move be­ family affair, and they also de­ dead one. la fact, he may even lay-up and is making her first ing a power grab is true, but I serve thanks. help you chip paint—and without voyage in 14 months. After 14 would like to remind the mcmbcra To the Editor: It was really a pleasurb to see OT. months in the boneyard, as you that this plot is not a recent I am writing this on behalf of our Seafarer brothers and their can imagine, it's quite a job for thing. Under the Government's And so, we who were so sorely i my fellow crewmembers on the families all gathered together in "security program," for instance, Cities Service tanker Logans Fort, real SIU style, swapping reminis­ struck by this tragedy, send our all hands to get things going 'right. any seaman can be brought up on However, we have a very, very and wc hope that it will be pub­ cences and enjoying themselves. sincere condolences—to the bird, good crew on board and we hope charges by the Coast Guard, classi­ lished in the LOG. It made me realize again how for­ that is. to have this ship fied as a "security risk" and sus­ Fraternally, We, the crew of the Logans tunate I am to be an SIU member. in real SIU order pended indefinitely without a ' Crew of the Arlyn Fort, wish to thank Thurston Victor Mtorana in a short time. chance to defend himself. Lewis for his untiring efforts in 4 4i l* ^ It seems to me that certain peo­ There are nu­ our behalf and the fine job he has merous things ple in Washington are trying to done as our ship's delegate. the company will use the Coast Guard to wreck US We wish him a speedy recovei-y have to take care maritime unions and all the gains from his recent injury and a happy To the Editor: To the Editor: of and we are they have made. In fact, it seems New Year. sure these things to me that the present Republican T am writing this to let you Joseph P. Saide, Jr. I have been a member of the will be done as administration is bent on wrecking know I am now working as an SIU since 1949, shipping mostly soon as we hit the entire labor movement, and is operations agent for National Air­ out of Seattle. But right now I am Reid Baltimo,re. Mean­ going along with "big business" all lines at International Airport in working on a shoreside job here in Miami, and am joining the branch Adana, Turkey. I am working for a while, as I say, every man in the the way. Giiy W. Newman of the Airline Pilots' Association. construction firm from Boise, crew is doing his full share to get To the Editor: I am a former SIU bookman Idaho, and I am an excavation this vessel shipshape. When my husband and I were and I certainly would appreciate superintendent on this dam and Before closing, we would like married I knew nothing about ships it if you would print this in the power house project for the Turkish to extend a vote of thanks to our or the sea. And since my husband SEAFARERS LOG so all the government. steward department for serving —who is now on the Alcoa Corsair brothers may know where I am I have always enjoye^ reading really topnotch food. —has been going to sea for 17 and what I'm now doing. the SEAFARERS LOG and would Vance A. Reld years, I felt completely left out of William T. Scott like to keep up with the activities ShipTg delegate But Who Killed Cock Canary? Thanks SIU For Cheerier Xmas In Lay-UPi HeUl Weleome Letters Says ^Thank You^ For Xmas Dinner Sdys Power Grab By CG Isn^t New Seastar Sailing After 14 Months Ship^s Delegate Thanked By Crew He Goes From Ships To Planes On Turkish Job, Wants LOG Sent LOG Makes Wife Hep To Sea Talk acB& Burlv - C> m-! • For AU Uanda By Bernard Seaman �SR 4P ARERS SsBussyl, 1058 Pase Seventeen LOC ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... day of'arrival to make certain that fresh stores are put on each trip. Chief engi Pantry will be cleaned. Quarters and to vary menus more often in the future. neer will be notiffed of water cooler be­ ing out of order. Members were asked to return coffee galley should be sougeed and painted. Ail hands were asked to keep the laun­ cups to the sink. FAIRLAND (Waterman); Dscemtier 2— dry and the washing machine cleaner. MOTHER M. L. (Eagle), December 1— Chairman, G. Conrad; Secretary, H. Chairmen, J. Nance; Secretary, Nell Fierce. .Ship's deiegate reported that the COViRNMENT CAMP (Clfle* Service), November 35—Chairman, L. Parker; Sec­ Metthsy. Most of the repairs have been crew had to get the port agent in Wil­ retary, J. Block. Steward department taken care of. Ship's delegate was asked mington down to the ship in order to was complimented for a very nice to have a draw list ready one week be­ have a catwalk erected over the deck fore arrival. Crew agreed that Thanks­ -cargo and lashings. Repair list will be Thanksgiving dinner. giving dinner just couldn't be beat. made up before payoff port. OCEAN LOTTE (Maritime Overseas), Fresh frozen strawberries will be served November 28—Chairman, R. Palmer; Sec­ Christmas and New Year's. There are a CALMAR (Calmar), December 5—Chair­ retary, p. Wasmer. A special meeting fine bunch of fellows aboard and every­ man, H. Pcdersen; Secretary, P. St. was cailed to eiect ship's deiegate. Gen­ one agrees that there will be a clean Marie. Repair lists requested from de­ eral discussion took place reirtive to payoff. partment delegates will be mailed from improvement of steward department MASSMAR (Calmar), Novamber 30— the Canal Zone. No beefs reported. quarters, installation of fans, renewing coils on bunks and painting. There was Chairman, A. Kavel; Secratary, W. Dun­ DEL NORTE (Mississippi), November 28 a great deal of discussion pertaining to ham. After a discussion was held on the arlicies signed in San Francisco and the coffee situation a motion was made —Chairman, Brother Munna; Secretary, , J.—..CaUa.—r-. carrfesl that •tJre-Taiiare**i5i 'tiie "capiain wj* t«ks"Cin?e" letter to the company and have the that the captain had decided after a of repairs. brand changed. Chairman talked on the conference with the delegates to revoke BALTORE (Ore), no date—Chairman— subject of the ship's fund and made a his prohibition of no beer for the crew C. Reier; Secretary, Charles Henschke. motion that the fund be used oniy for at the beginning of the new voyage. He relief of our needy brothers. Crewmem- warned the delegates that he would in­ bers were urged to vote in the SIU stitute the prohibition again if any mem­ bers of the crew showed any signs of election. performing. Treasurer reported a cash WARRIOR (Waterman), October 14— balance on hand amounting to $12S.G0. Brothers were requested to be more Chairman, C. Garner; Secretary, M. El­ liott. Some of the repairs from last careful with the new washing machine. trip were not completed. Future meet­ DEL SLID (Mississippi), November 28— ings will be called after 6:30 PM or at 1 PM on Saturdays or Sundays. Suggestion Chairman, T. James; Secretary, C. Pamade that telegram be sent to New Or­ torno. Motion made and carried that the leans about windchutes and fans that crew go on record of supporting our union officials one hundred per cent with have not come aboard as yet. November 28—Chairman, J. Crews; |r.; a vote of thanks. The men were re­ Secretary, M. Elliott. Something should quested not to use face bowl for laundry. be done about the vegetables and pota­ A vote of thanks was extended to the toes, and steward agreed to do some­ steward department for a job well done thing about same. Everything abcMird in handling the Thanksgiving dinner. running smoothly. FLORIDA (P * O), December 4—Chair­ BENT'S FORT (Cities Service), Novem­ man, G. Taylor; Secretary, D. Birming­ (Continued from page 2) ber 14—Chairman, E. Hamaty; Secretary, ham. A letter from secretary-treasurer J. Beres. Machinist made a motion that to the crew was read to the member­ 20. On some of these trips aliases soap be changed to national brand. Port­ ship. Due to the shortage of time avaUwere used. Cobb stated he had hole dogs and gaskets to be put on re­ pair list. Ail men to put needed repairs used an airline credit card be­ on a list. Prolonged discussion on the longing to Bradley. current SIU election. November 28—Chairman, R. Hammond; Bradley admitted to reporters Secretary, J. Beres. Ship's radio is still he had a card but that he "lost it" in the repair shop. The ship's delegate held a discussion on the use of elected and has since gotten another one. delegates for all requests to department Cobb said, according to Calissi, heads. VINORI (Ore), Nev«mbir «—Chair­ Motion made and carried to get a new man. •. Halla; Secratary. H. J. Lakyn. washing machine. Steward was requested Grand Jury Probes Hall Murder Plot that Ray White made arrangements SEATIGER (Colonial), November for him to use Bradley's card. Chairman, T. Bestty; Secretary, A. Har­ rington. A talk was held on getting Galda further reported that in American money. The chair­ Higgs told him Bradley gave him draws man asked members to donate, money for a check for $6,000, which Higgs extra washing machine motor. Ship needs exterminating as there are roaches cashed in a Tampa bank. Accord­ in foc'sles and lockers. ing to Cobb's story he got $2,000 KATHRYN (Bull), November 28—Chair­ two days after the date Higgs was man, none; Secretary, Mike Zelonka. supposed to have received the Ship's delegate reported everything ship­ shape. The repair list should be made check from Bradley. out earlier than in the past. Galda added that Bradley had ELIZABETH (Bull), November 28 — given at least $40,000 to Ray White Chairman, R. Barrett; Secretary, Rueland concluded that there was "big llnga. All crew's quarters locks will be and/or renewed if necessary money floating all over the place overhauled by shore locksmith. News carried top­ down there." side and this must be stopped. Steward to attend in crew messhall during meal While White's e.\tradition is hour. pending, Priore has waived extra­ BALTORE, (Ore), October 31—chair­ dition and , gone to New Jersey, man, R. Stahl; Secretary, A. Nelson. Mo­ where he is being held in $50,000 tion made by one brother that ali dele­ gates check with steward on or before bail. He has admitted knowing Cobb and TalTe, Calissi reported, but has refused to talk further. Bradley was due to be questioned by the grand jury on January 4, Andrew Kinney but his appearance was postponed. Your brother Michael asks you Steely White has not yet been to write him at USNS Upshur, c/o found. FPO, New York, NY. Quiz Ansivers (1) Mohammedanism. (2) "One for all and all for one." (3) (c) Moon. (4) 20 nickels, 40 dimes and 21 quarters. (5) Twenty dollars. (6) Sitting Bull. (7) (d) Jefferson. (8) Taj Mahal. (9) Nine boxes of matches. By simplifying the information we have, we find that one cigar will balance one box of matches. Since one cigar and, eight boxes of matches balance one pipe, it follows that nine boxes of matches can also balance one pipe. (10) 15. Puzzle Answer gQDQ SQUa Bisas giaanGasss IHIIQO ESIQS QDQ Has [SiQas SBsaDnaGs HHH HHH [HDQfzaaaBQ @a[s SESiE anas QSa HBH @00 !Z:!ga0HS @09000 SG!oa@ [s:0i00Da0 s[i0s seas able to the crew, many of whom were on a new library aboard. Watertight doors duty, a moUon was made and carried into passageways leak. There is a bal­ that all reports be dispensed with and ance of $5.10 in the ship's fund. the meeting be conRned to new business. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seas Shipping), IBERVILLE (Waterman), November 26 November 25—Chairman, E. Luzier; Sec­ —Chairman, C. Copper; Secretary, R. retary, W. Tregembo. Beefs about prep­ Guthrie. Ship's delegate reported that aration of food. A vote of thanks went there was too much horseplay on ship, to the crew messman. A suggestion was and reported that steward was neglect­ made that if a man doesn't do his job ing his job, and the galley and stove are properly he should be replaced. filthy. A motion was made that two dele­ gates and the steward inspect the galley BEATRICE (Bull), December 5—Chair­ every week to see that everything is SIU man, J. Bernard; Secretary, R. Hull. shipshape. A new ship's delegate was Ship^s fund amounts to $12. All hands elected and the old one was given a were asked to cooperate and keep the vote of thanks for a good job done. laundry clean, and to turn in ali extra linen. Gangway watch will keep keys to WESTERN TRADER (Western Naviga­ pantry so as to keep longshoremen out. tion), December 3—Chairman, C. Murray; Secretary, H. Krohn. While in Raymond, PONCE (Ponce Cement), December 7— Washington, one of the brothers in the Chairman, E. Mooney; Secretary, P. Mer_d^k department was injured while on M.'Jt'sn..raa.45t.ai?Jt carried .to .have "waicK' and was'taken to the' TfibspitiaT."" AS' a meeting at least once a month while soon as the longshoremen heard about ship is en this run, and to stagger meet­ same they offered their help. Their co­ ing arid time to give men on watches a operation was appreciated by ail. Ail. chance to attend. The ship's delegate hands were told to bring oups to pantry. was given a vote of thanks for a job well Chairs in recreation need repairing. done. £ DEL MUNDO (Mississippi), December 5 —Chairman, T. Beatrous; Secretary, J. PIcou. Ship's deiegate explained about the logs to everyone's satisfaction. Broth­ er uncker asked all brothers to keep off his freshly painted deck for about one hour. ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), De­ cember 2—Chairman, J. Mitchell; Secre­ tary, H. Richardson. All departments were asked to turn in repair lists as soon as possible. The icebox is out of order and will be repaired upon arrival in the next port. PAOLI (Cities Service), December S— Chairman, W. Walker; Secretary, J. Fisher. Ali hands were asked to be sure to shut off washing machine. A vote of thanks was given to the steward depart­ ment and each and every man for mak­ ing the trip across a pleasant one. DEL AIRES (Mississippi), November 20 —Chairman, B. Wright; Secretary, D. Hall. Quite a few beefs aboard regard­ ing chow, penalty cargo, disputed over­ time, etc. Motion made and carried that ship's delegate see the patrolman about having the ship fumigated for rats as they have been seen everywhere. The drinking water is rusty and it was rec­ ommended that the fresh water tanks be recemented. A letter was sent to the New Orleans port agent regarding food beef and other beefs mentioned. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), November 14—Chairman, R. Lyie; Secre­ tary, V. Ratcllff. Discussion on crewmember who missed ship. A telegram will be sent to the patrolman to ask for Southern Districts Probe Opens; CG Canceis Saiiings Of All LSTs (Continued from page 3) and the chief engineer patched a hole in the hull below the waterline, by passing a bolt over the side on a line and using it to secure a big washer used to plug the leak. John Flanagan, oiler, who signed on last August 12th and got off in the shipyard here "because the engines were in too bad condition to make the trip" said lines in the engine room were patched with friction tape and wooden plugs. Pump Burned Out On one trip from Houston to San Juan, Puerto Rico, he testified, it was nece.ssary to keep the bilge pump running 24 hours a day be­ cause of a leak in the No. E3 cen­ ter tank. As a I'esult, the bilge pump was burned out and never was put back in working order, he said. Other pumps aboard would not suffice to take care of the in­ flow of water in event of a serious mishap, he said. Flanagan also told of the steei'ing gear going out of commission twice while he was aboard. Once, he said, both engines were stopped while repairs were made at sea to the steering engine. The voyage was continued with the steering apparatus jury rigged, he added. On the other occasion, the steering gear jammed and the ship cruised in a circle until it could he tem­ porarily repaired. When Flanagan joined the ship August 12, he said, the steering engine was powered by curreni conducted by ah ordinary exten­ sion cord leading from an AC out­ let in the messrooin. He said this jury rig was installed after gen­ erators supplying current to the steering engine burned out. There were no spare parts aboard to re­ pair the generators and when he left the ship in New Orleans, November 28, this arrangement for supplying electrical power to the steering apparatus was still in use. Plugging Leaks Charles P. Johnsen, DM, related two leaks in the bottom shell plat­ ing of the No. 3 center tank were patched with wooden plugs in San Juan and the ship continued on to Jamaica where a cargo of bauxite was taken aboard for Corpus Christi. Rust on deck was "a good halfinch thick" and "we weren't al­ lowed to do any chipping, just painted over it," Johnsen testified. Johnsen said when he saw the ship in drydock in New Orleans just before he got off along with Flanagan and Collins the bottom of the ship "looked like a shower" i 4" from water spraying from leaks Charles .W. Brinton amidships and forward. This man is seeking witnesses He recalled he left the Southern to his accident November 30, Isles, a sister ship of the Southern 1953, while on a standby job in Districts, shortly before the Oakland, Calif. Contact Ivan PechSouthern Isles went down off ner, 225 South 15th St., Philadel­ Hatteras, and the "Districts was in phia, Pa. far worse shape than the Isles." i t 4" "At least, they made an attempt James Ahern to keep up the Southern Isles," You are asked to contact J. Suhe said. fryd, 3 Tudor Gardens, W. Auton, "The Southern Districts was London W3, England. always leaking and they were 4. 4. always taking soundings, eight or Henry Waller ten times a day," he said. Duke Duet asks you to get in Once, after a sounding, he tes­ touch with him c/o the Antinous, tified, the mate dropped the sound­ Waterman SS Co., Mobile, Ala. ing rod and "it went right through 4" 4" 4" the rusty deck near the No. 1 John Kucharski hatch." The hole was patched with ex-SS George A. Lawson a sheet of steel welded over the Contact. Pan-Oceanic Navigation hole, he said. Corp., 270 Park Ave., NYC, re­ Both Collins and Johnsen said garding your retroactive wages, the Southern Districts habitually J. Coleman 4 4> 4' George Glennon Your gear off Council Grove is sailed "down by the head." They also testified that in rough Your mother asks you to write at headquarters. Get in touch with weather it was necessary to dog her in Hillsboro, ND. Welfare Services. down the only doors leading from 4" 4» 4" 4" 4" 4" Stanley D. Turner Will the following men contact the crew's quarters so tightly that Get in touch with Pfc. W. R. heaUquarters record clerk. Your it could take four minutes in Col­ Weidmann, 4006 ASU Enl. Det., pictures in hook ledger are fading lins' estimation and "from five to Fort Sam Houston, Tex. and have to he replaced: Jesus ten minutes" according to Johnsen, Araya, John Anton, Lewis Almeida, to free them to permit escape in an 4" 4" 4" John F. Dixon Marty Amad, Daniel W. Alexander, emergency. The Coast Guard action in lifting Your wife asks you to contact Alex Anegnoston, Robert W. AIher at 124 W.. Bryan St., Savan- hertson, Robert M. Beliveau, John the certificates was without parallel •<^^ll>4^l»enV4n{tpHime-^i8tbi'i^ • After .V-V-A' Biaw' ^«iewe«d-.-£Ma'4>.-<Bftdoih-'^' the Southern Isles sinking in 1951 the Coast Guard ordered LST's to be strengthened with additional belly-bands. It did the same when two T-2 tankers broke in half one winter. In the Southern Isles case, the ship broke in two and sank so, rapidly that crewmembers never had a chance to launch lifeboats. All indications are that the same fate befell the Southern Districts which was doubly unfortunate in that, there were no other ships in the vicinity at the time to offer any help. The Southern Districts had left Port Sulphur, on December 2, with a cargo of 3,900 tons of sulphur ores. She was due in Bucksport on December 12, but was supposed to report in 72 hours before arrival time, or December 9. When nothing was heard from on the 9th or for 48 hours after­ wards, the company notified the Coast Guard on the lllh. A search was begun which proved unsuc­ cessful. Consequently, it is fairly certain that the ship sank some time be­ tween December 6, when she was sighted off the Florida Keys, and December 9 when she was due to radio the home office but failed to do so. Seafarers lost aboard the ship ii>/<. addition to Gelardos were: James H. Brandon, 38, Tampa; Louis B. Cook, 53, Lake Charles; Thomas Nichols, 29, West Lake, La.; Frank Famiglio, 18, New Orleans; Samuel B. Thomas, 35, Thomson, (ia.; John Daniels. 36, Conway, SC.; Wladslaw Hine, 46, Philadelphia; Purdom Morris, 30, Fordyce, Ark.; William T. Cooper, 27, Savannah; James B. Sellers, 29, Savannah; Victoriano R. Martinez, Norfolk. Two SUP men lost were Herman Klotz, Jackson Heights, NY. and Billie Nolan, Miami. Officers aboard the ship were Captain E. M. Rowe, Norfolk; T. B. Roane, 1st mate, Norfolk; J. B. Downing, 2nd mate, Virginia Beach; D. C. Hud­ son, 3rd mate, Portsmouth, Va.; G. C. Falle, radio operator, Balti­ more; W. H. Jennette, chief engi­ neer, Scranton, NC; E. Opffer, Ist^ assistant, Palatino, Cuba; M. 1J»' Carder, 2nd assistant, Newport, Ky.; L. L. Parrish, Jr., 3rd assistiant,-Rlehmond.- Va. -^1 i\ �• f 1 •• ••• • • T Page Eighteen SEAFARERS January 7, 1955 LOG Here's How You Collect M&C SEAFARERS Keeping down maintenance and cure payments to Seafarers is obviously in the interest of the shipowner and the claim agent. One asset to the shipowner in this respect is the absence of any accident or sickness report from the ship. If the company office has no ' report, that puts the burden tained by the crewmember. The to the Seafarer if he is called on of proof on the Seafarer. It next best thing is have have a to show proof that he left the ship means days, and sometimes weeks of digging up the necessary in­ formation so that the Seafarer can collect his dough. When a man is on the beach and not fit for duty, delays like that aren't welcome. File Report The best way to assure that pay- ments . will be- me-t-promptly is to see to it that the skipper or the purser takes down a report that the crewmember is leaving the ship for medical reasons. Ideally rhie report should be filled out in duplicate, signed and a copy re­ shipmate witness, the fact that a report has been made. After the report has been made, the crewmember should get a med­ ical certificate from the master. This is further proof that he left the ship for medical reasons, whereas an ordinary discharge simply shows he paid off the ship .without indicating the .r£.a.?.on for leaving. The master's medical is used to gain admittance to the Public Health Service hospital. It be­ comes part of the official hospital record which is readily available -m All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: James Hilton Babson, Jr., born November 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Babson, Enfield, North Carolina. 7"ll for treatment. Welfare Services has two in­ stances on record of men leaving ship by ambulance, yet having dif­ ficulty collecting maintenance be­ cause the claims agent had no re­ port from the skipper. In any case, it's wise for the Seafarer to contact SIU Welfare Ser-vis£.s. on any •n&aintea.a-nee-aihd cure item. It will save the Sea­ farer a good deal of time and will make it easier for him to collect in the event the .company wants to stall him or deny him.his bene­ fits. ZL 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs Kurt Walls, New Orleans, La. MMZ,,""',; - 4" 4* 4' Elizabeth Ann Zechenelly, born Robert Rodrlquez, born Novem­ November 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. ber 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. George Zechenelly, Pearl John Rodrlquez, Brooklyn, New York. River, La. 4^ $> 4« 4" it David Charles Griffith, born Steven Kong Wong, born Decem­ 4 t Darlenc Walls, born November November 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. ber 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Kong Wong, Brooklyn, New York. t 4^ 4» t Teresa Jo Sheffield, born De­ cember 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sheffield, Mobil?, Ala­ bama. 4« 4^ 41 Michael Battle, bom November 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Winston Battle, Mobile, Alabama. ing all necessary arrangements. It 4> 4> 4i has found that the cost of a most David Calvin Byrd, born Decem­ elaborate ceremony is very rarely over the $600 mark, yet there have ber 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. been reports in the paper's of Willoughby Byrd, McLain, Missis­ undertakers charging far more sippi. it 4i' t than that to working men's fam­ Judy Lynn Jones, born Novem­ ilies. ber 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Burials of a family member is a Raymond Jones, San Antonio, grievous task, and in the general Texas. upset following a death, it is easy 4i it 4i for the unscrupulous members of Olga Marina Resales, born De­ the undertaking profession to play cember 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and on the family's desire to give the Mrs. Orlando Resales, San Fran­ deceased a fitting tribute. cisco, California. Should any doubt arise as to the 4> ^ 4i legitimacy of funeral charges, SIU Antonio Cruz Lopez, born Octo­ Welfare Services should be con­ ber 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. tacted on this score. Antonio Cruz, Caguas, Puerto Rico. Pop's Handing Out The Cigars No Sea,faT8rs-R-i^£et?k^-g5g6-fks^-:-ht£ Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period 4> t 4> 4< 4* 4< 4i> 4> 4« T.... 9^-. M. ££l i WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD /Or/fS- aoll fosl. oo 11 3 oan \ ^t ! LL SO I tS- 933 Ho*pical Benefits Desth Benefits Disability Benefits Maternity Benefits Vacation Benefits Total ss-f /V WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLYHospital Benefits Paid Since Tulvl. 19S0 * Death Benefits Paid Since lulv I. 1950 * Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952* Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 19i2 » Total ' Date Benefif Began /, //ft 9f, 7/, 77c <00. li. 4.0gV,-?Tf JL WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation Vacation 4^ New reports of unscrupulous undertakers preying on fam­ ilies of deceased union members have come to light recently following an investigation undertaken by the Attorney-gen­ eral of New York State. The investigation, centering has assisted many families of Sea­ Rh New York City, concerns farers in handling burials and mak­ those undertakers who hike up the price of funerals when they dis­ cover that a union welfare fund is paying a sizable death benefit. So far, SIU Welfare Services re­ ports that no such cases involving Seafarers have been called to the attention of the Union office in recent months. However, this prac­ tice is widespread, judging from previous complaints made on this score in various parts of the coun­ try. The CIO United Auto Workers Union has turned up such cases in the past, and the United Mine Workers Welfare fund also re­ ported many instances of similar abuses. In the past. Welfare Services REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID lo From t Sarah Fay Foster, born October 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Foster, Mobile, Alabama. 3 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATiaN PLANS and Mrs. Thomas Griffith, Indian Head, Maryland. 4" i 4" NY Scans 'Gyp' Undertakers Who Rake In Union Benefits 5 US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS 33 SSt! 3<H /9 lU >143 HfT Vff t,13o^L* i.iLi 7// .$7 yp 1 ORimnnEn] COMMENTt During the aonth of November the Plan paid out six DEATH BENEFITS making a total for the year, as of the end of November, of one-hundred and fifty eight. The Plan also paid out eight-hundred and fifty three HOSPITAL BENEFITS making a year to date total, as of October, of ten thousand and nineteen. The amount of MATERNITY BENEFITS paid out for the month of November were sixty, which gives the Plan a year to date total of five-hundred and thirty six. There were thirty-nine DISABILITY BENEFITS paid during the month which give a year to date total of one thousand fourhundred and nine. Aie Submllted ...?:T^."5.?. AI Kerr, AsslslMf Administrator Assurance Of A Happy New Year James Alan Zuzov, born August 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Zuzov, Los Angeles, Cali­ fornia. Jeanne Colleen Edwards, born August 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Edwards, Gulfport, Mississippi. 4» 4* it Elizabeth Marie Alexander, born October 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Alexander, Dor­ chester, Mass. 411 4' 4" Richard Steven Lacoste, born December 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Lacoste, Mobile, Alabama, Vivian Ellen Jansson, born De­ cember 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sven Jansson, Brooklyn, New York. |T«'*aMP tWKW. tCESfWYOURS '^'$2x-Seafarer Russell Hinkel, now an Army corporal, is all smiles and cigar as he poses with wife and new daughter Sandra Lee. Hinkel's last trip before going into service was on the Yaka in March, 1953. Wilmington Port Agent Ernest Tilley (left) congratulates Seafarer Henry A. Ferree after latter receives his first disability benefit check from SIU. ...... .. '..a,' .. . .i.» i- • �SEAFARERS January 7* 1055 SEEDP THE SEAFARERS We're still toting up the figure on the amount of money that was paid out to the brothers as a hospital bonus this Christmas, but the total has already gone past the $5,000 mark, besides the cigarettes that were distributed to keep the brothers in smokes for a while. Your Union is proud that it was the first to start the practice of paying a holiday bonus, as well as being the first to pay benefits for an unlimited period. Now some of the other unions in the industry "are swfn1gfrig~woufia to thlf 'SiU way doing tilings; • whkh proves It has been the best way all along. 4^ 4" Among the brothers who spent the Christmas holiday at the hos­ pital was Seafarer Olav Seim. Brother Seim was oiler on the Steel Admiral on his first trip, but he had to take off for Staten Island on December 12, when he suffered a malaria attack. Andrew Mnller, who was AB on the Wacosta, faces a pretty long stay in the boneyard. He was badly hurt by a fall aboard the Wacosta (Waterma i) while the ship was in Guartanamo Bay, Cuba. He was taken to the Jacksonville Navaf hospital at first, but was transferred to Staten Island when he was in shape to be moved. Talk about tough luck, William Home has had a share. He was all set to go with the Sandcaptain on that 18-month sign-on, when he fell and broke his leg in a shoreside accident. He was taken first Home to Methodist hospital in Brooklyn until the Union had him moved across the bay. We were happy to see that Donald McShane is rapidly on the mend. He was pretty badly smashed up in a fall from a boom over in Ice­ land, but it appears now that after a long spell of treatment he will be as good as ever. Brother Fred Harvey, bosun on the Steel Archi­ tect, came into the hospital during the holiday week. He's suffering with an abdominal strain and had to leave the ship in New Orleans. He went into the hospital there, but then came up to New York as he lives here. Other brothers who have been admitted recently include Morris Siegel, messman on the Greece Vic­ tory, Antonio Colon, steward utility off the Seatrain Savannah; Leon Ryzop, who was on the Evelyn Ryzon last trip out, and Joe Malone, who is back in for further treatment of his troublesome stomach ailment. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Julian Barrett Vincent Michel Thomas Blaekledge George C. Murphy George Books C. R. Nicholson Charles Brady Alfonso Oln/Tuibel John I. Calamia Arne V. Olsen John Carolan Jack Peralta Sebastian Carregal Randolph RatcliS Herman Carson Joseph Richard Clarence Cob DarreU RUey Enoch Collins M. Rodriguez Samuel Cope Tage Roslund Warren Currier Lemblt Saar George Curry. Edward Samrock Robert Dewey S. Schieitler Fred Fagan, Jr. Benjamin Seal E. H. Fairbanks Luther Seidle Leo Fontenot Wade H. Sexton B. D. Foster Durand D. Shaw J. T. Gehringer Henry Sosa Harvey L. Graham A. Stevenson Richard Gralicki Albert Stout Francis Green Nicholas Tala Wiliiam Grimes Lonnie R. Tickle Kristian Gunderson Eusebio Velazquez E. T. Hard>-?man James E. Ward E. G. Knapp V. L. Williamson Leo Lang A. C. Witherington August Michel USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS II. M. Bumpass Murray A. Plyler Troy Cousins William G. Trice Thomas J. Dawson John T. Watt Benjamin Grice Robert R. White A. W. Keane Charles B. Young USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Frank O. Airey Bjorn A. Granberg Clarence Edwards Sv«rre Johanessen L. A. Forgeron .Mike Michelik F. D. Oilman V. K. Ming USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Charlie C. Brown Oliver F. Klein Alax Byers C. J. Neumaier Wayne T. Center Joseph Perreira Henry J. Childs G. Promutico Olav Gustavsen Joseph R. Wing F. J. Haigney P. S. Yuzon Paul E. lluggina USPHS HOSPFFAL BRIGHTON, MASS. Frank Alasavich Alfred A. Hancock George B. Dunn Jose E. Leston Joseph C. Fawcett M. A. Stabile Robert H. Fields George A. WeddeU USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Fortunato Bacomo Francis F. Lynch Frank Bemrick Joseph D. McGraw Claude F. Blanks A. McGuigan Robert L. Booker Vic MUazzo Joseph G. Carr Melyin O. Moore Ho Yee Choe Eugene T. Nelson John J. DriscoU Pedro Peralto Bart E. Guaranick D. F. Ruggiano John B. Hass G. E. Shumaker Taib Hassen Robert Sizemore Thomas Isaksen E. R. Smallwood John W. Keenan Henry E. Smith L. Kristiansen Harry S. Tuttle Frederick Landry Renato A. ViUata James J. Lawlor Virgil E. Wilmotb Kaarel Leetmaa Hurlbert M. Frso James R. Lewis USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NV Hussen Ahmed N. H. Lundquist Harvey Alexander Donald McSbane C. C. Borealino Perfecto Mangual C. F. Boyle A. 1. MuUer Jar Chong William E. Neef George T. Coleman Joseph Neubauer C. W. Cothran James Parker R. Cowperthwaite G. H. Robinson John J. Doherty Jose Rodriguez Adolf Eliasson M. Ruusukallio George W. Flood Jose Salgado David S. Furman William SaXtarez WUliam A. Gardner Olav Seim Estell Godfrey Victor Sbavroff Henry Grzegorski Morris Siegel Fred Hauser F. B. Strelitz Edward R. Hillman Sidney D. Turner Vincent Jones Samuel L. Vandal David B. Kaira Francis WaU K. W. Kelly Albert Willis A1 Leiner Clifford Woqiack BKLYN EYE & EAR HOSP. BROOKLYN, NY Alberto Espino USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland Albert W. Lima Fred Buckner Jimmie Littleton J. D. Cannady A. G. McLaughlin R. Carrollton Angelo J. Martins George S. Chance J. T. Moore Rufus L. Fields Frank F. Nelson James F. Lee Ernest H. Webb SEASIDE MEM. HOSP. LONG BEACH, CALIF. Harry M. Hankee TerriU D. York USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Isaac B. Duncan USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Francis J. Albore Philip Korol T. L. Ankerson J. A. Kozlowskl Marcelo Arong Marvin F. Kramer Roy W. Bell T. E. Lanphear Harry N. Byrd Timothy Less John Castro James McFarUn Carl E. Chandler Earl McKendree Jessie A. Clarke Robert G. McKncw Oswald M. Ergle J. G. McKreth Louis Firlie Tony Mastantino Gorman T. Glaze W. W. Moore Arthur J. Hiers Thomas Mungo Daniel A. Hutto Allen M. Myrex Michael C. Hynes John Rekstin Michael Jablonskl August A. Smith Frank Hon A. Stracciolini USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton USPHS HOSMTAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS B. F. Deibler J. Santiago Virgil L. Harding Edward J. Toolan W. A. Meyers VA HOSPITAL OTEEN, NC Leonard J. Frank SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Joseph Koslusky .jy., Page Nineteen LOG Ship In Hurry So Crewman Suffers The hazards of falling ill at sea were Strongly pointed up by the experience of Seafarer Charles Cothran, Although he was on a coastwise ship within range of numerous US coastal cities, Cothran suffered through three days and nights aboard ship with what later proved to he a ruptured ap--^ pendix. Only emergency sur­ be transferred ashore either by one on board who was qualified to gery and 26 days of hospital cutter or helicopter. The nearest treat him. treatment pulled him through. He still has three weeks to go at the minimum, before he will be fit for duty again. All this could have been avoided, Cothran believes, if the skipper had taken the time out to have him transferred and put ashore when he first started showing sighs of illness. Cothran was aboard the Seatrain Texas as 3rd cook when she left Texas City, Texas, about noon, November 30. The ship was leav­ ing earlier than usual and was making time so it could get into Edgwater, New Jersey, on Sunday, December 5, unload, and go into the shipyard the next day. Slight Bellyache Tuesday night, Cothran reported, he was awakened with a slight bellyache but thought nothing of it. The same happened the follow­ ing evening, but again it didn't seem anything to get alarmed about. Thursday morning, though, Coth­ ran really started to feel sick. After breakfast he headed for his bunk and took a little nap. When a ship­ mate came in to wake him at 11 for the noon meal, he found he was unable to get out of bed Cothran because of crip­ pling pain in his abdomen. He asked for the skipper, who came down and looked him over. Feed­ ing sicker by the minute, Cothran asked the skipper to contact the Coast Guard and see if he could Solid Comfort city at the time was Key West. No Hospital "The skipper said there was no point in doing it because there was no hospital in Key West," Cothran said. "But even so, I could have gotten to a doctor. And in any case, there were opportunities later on to transfer me where I could go ashore in Miami or some other city. "I have an idea he didn't want to lose any time on the way up because the ship was on a tight schedule. But after all, ships are delayed all the time if a person's life is at stake. Two of three hours would not make that much differ­ ence." Instead, the captain got in touch with the PHS hospitals by radio for information on how to treat Cothran. That night the mate gave him two shots of penicillin. By the following evening, Friday, he was in such distress that the mate had to give him morphine, but the effects wore off in just a few hours. Cothran agreed that he was given all possible attention while aboard ship but obviously there was no It was 10 AM Sunday morning before Cothran finally got ashore. He was taken over to the Staten Island hospital where the doctors operated almost immediately. They found his appendix had ruptured at least 48 hours beforehand if not more and gangrene had set in. It wasn't until December CI that Cothran v.as able ta leave the hospital, subject to further exam­ ination and treatment. Gels Wages Plus M&C Since Cothran won't be fit fo? duty for a while yet, Welfare Services is making all necessary arrangements for him to collect wages due as well as maintenance money. "The doctors told me," Cothran concluded, "that I was really lucky to pull through this one alive. Lucky or not, there's no reason in my mind why I or anybody else in the same spot can't be put a.shore as rapidly as possible under such circumstances. On a coast­ wise ship there's no good reason for any delay in medical treat­ ment. At least the seaman should be given the benefit of the doubt." The deaths of the following Sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the $2,500 death benefits are being paid to their beneficiaries: hospital in Staten Island, New York. He was buried in Sil­ ver Mount Cemetery in Staten Island. Joining the Union in 1939, in Savannah, Brother Mar­ tins had been sailing as watertend; Thomas A. Bryan, 67: Brother er in the engine department. His Bryan of 67 Macombs Place, New beneficiary is a friend,® Antonio York, died of natural causes at Vleera Cardozo of New York City. the Kings County hospital in 4> 4 4 Brooklyn on December 2, 1954. He was buried at Wryodlawn Ceme­ Harold James Pitts, 52: Brother tery in New York. Brother Bryan Pitts died of heart trouble on joined the Union in New York in July 6, 1953, in the Rhode Island 1944 and had been sailing in the Hospital. Place of burial, North steward department. He is sur­ Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode vived by his niece, Vera Smith Island. He joined the Union in Green of Brooklyn, New York. Boston in March, 1952, and had been sailing in the deck depart­ 4" i 4" Manuel Martins, 59: On Decem­ ment. Brother Pitts is survived ber 15, 1954, Brother Martins died by his wife, Margaret Pitts of of natural causes at the USPHS Providence, Rhode Island. Life seems placid for Reinaldo Antonio Cruz Lopez, son of Seafarer Antonio Cruz. New addition arrived on October 81, 1954. Speak Your Mind At SiU ^Meetings Under the Union constitu­ tion every member attending a Union meeting is entitled to nominate himself for the elected posts to be filled at the meeting—chairman, read­ ing clerk and recording secre­ tary. Your Union urges you to take an active part in meet­ ings by taking these posts of service. And, of course, all members have the right to take the floor and express their opinions on any officer's report or issue . under discussion. Seafarers are urged to hit the deck at these meetings and let their shipmates know what's on their mind. Sin WELFARE SERVICES YOUR PROBLEM IS OUR BUSINESS �" tL SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ f $ $ Ifoiir Dollar's Mh $ s $ fo sai® mney $ $ I Isit:-- $ $ ISf.'. i&.., IK- $ I??..: h- m $ r $ N EVERY issue of the SEAFARERS LOG "Your Dollar's Worth"—a column written exclusively for Seafarers—^gives aid in helping you get the best quality merchandise at the lowest cost, plus tips on how to avoid swindles, gimmicks and shady practices often used to bilk the working guy and his family. These columns are written by Sidney Margolius, the nation's out­ standing expert on consumer buying. At right are 45 ways you and your family can get the most for your money. These columns originally appeared in the LOG and upon request are available to you for your guidance. 1. Financing a Home 2. Perils for Home Buyers 3. Are Co-Op Houses Good? 4. Your Buying a House. 5. CuHing Housing Cosfs 6. Save on Properly Ins. 7. Buying Gooa Work Clothes 8. Men's and Women's Coats 9. Money Values in Shoes 10. How to Buy a Raincoat • 11. How to Buy a Suit • 12. Save on Car Expenses • 13. Save on Car Needs • 14. What' Car Owning Costs • 15. Beware Finance Co. Ins. • 16. Savings in Cleansers • 17. Buy Quality Furniture • 18. Tips on Wash Machines • 19. Those Food-Freezer Plans • 20. High Cost of Loan Co.'s • 21. Up to Date on Gl Ins. • 22. Loons for Seamen • 23. The Most for Savings • 24. Life Insurance I • 25. Life Insurance II • 26. Budget for a Family • 27. Phony Health Plans • 28. Small Insurance Costly • 29. Guarding Soc. Sec. Rights • 30. Beware Costly Vitamins • 31. Eat Better for Less • 32. Household Drugs Gouge • 33. Private Brands Save • 34. The Truth on Cold Cures • 35. Beating the Milk Gouge • 36. Facts on Toiletries • 37. Toothpaste and Teeth • 38. Women Worst Fed • 39. Buying at Discounts • 40. The Lowdown on Watches • 41. Are Synthetics Useful? • 42. Save on Eyeglasses • 43. Tips on Buying Jewelry • 44. Costly Hearing Aids • 45. Best Buys in Luggage • • • • • • • • • n In the future the SEAFARERS LOG will continue to assist Seafarers and their families by reporting the best in buys and the pitfalls to avoid. Any Seafarers having questions or sug­ gestions for topics they wish covered are asked'to drop a line to the LOG editor. $ $$$$$$$$$$• $ $ $ M Editor ^ SEAFARERS LOG ^ 674 Fourth Avenue ^ Brooklyn 32, N.Y. Send me columns No Name ^ Street ^ ^ W R J • t ^ ' City Zone State.... ^ If you wish to receive copies of one or several of the columns listed above, fill out the coupon at left, giving the column num­ bers, and they will be mailed to you without cost» �;• •'': '-i -1. ^1 SEAFARERS*LOG Vol. XVII, No. 1 Jan. 7, 19S5 I Const. Supp. 120 The strength of any organization lies,in its foundation and the foundation of the SIU is its constitution. In the 27 months since the membership voted in secret referendum to rewrite its constitution, it has amply ful­ filled the function of better protecting the rights of every member. In the course of drafting and adopting the new document, copies of the constitution were printed in the SEAFAREBS LOG and distributed to all Seafarers, ashore and on ship. Subsequently the 1953 Agents Conference report, which was adopted in all branches, moved that the LOG print the constitution every six months, so all Seafarers would have the opportunity to acquaint themselves thoroughly with their guaranteed rights and privileges. Accordingly the constitution was reprinted in the issues of July 10, 1953, Jan­ uary 8, 1954, July 9, 1954, and now, six months later, is reprinted once again. L. CONSTITUTION Seafarers International Union • A&G District • AFL '• .1 "V. S ^ -• « •: The two-year-old SIU constitution has evoked considerable comment in ond outside maritime and labor circles. Here ore a few of the many reactions to the document from members of Congress. Representative Craig Hosmer, Calif.; "I wish to congratulate you on your furnishing mem­ bers of Congress with your newly adopted constitution. I believe that the more eseplieitly rules, regulations, customs and privileges can be drafted and set down in documentary form, the better off we are. ... It just hap­ pens I am a deepwater man myself, and sailed with the merchant marine during the war." Senator Herbert H. Lehman, NY; "It is greatly encouraging to know that responsible unions such as yours are not ceasing their at­ tempts to further rights of their members, both within the unions and as part of the total national economy. I find particularly praiseworthy the Statement of Principles and the Declaration Rights contained in the be­ ginning of your constitution." Senator Henry M. Jackson, Wash,: "... I have looked over the constitution and off­ hand it would appear to be eminently fair and just' I was particularly interested in the fact that it was adopted in such a democratic manner by the full membership of your or­ ganization." Senator James E. Murray, Montana: "I am particularly impressed by the provisions of the constitution providing for a trial com­ P<aj» noma smm ^ mittee to hear charges against members, and guaranteeing the traditional American rights to representation, cross-examination, and con­ frontation by the accuser ... I am happy to note that your new constitution is drawn in the spirit of democratic trade unionism." Senator Hubert Humphrey, Minn.: "The con­ stitution seems to me to be an extremely democratic one and 1 am impressed with the emphasis which is placed upon ratification by members. I also approve the provisions with respect to providing for a trial committee ..." Representative James A. Byrne, Pa.: "I feel sure that your organization, operating under its revised Constitution which embodies the • fundamental concepts of our democratic sys­ tem, is contributing to the welfare of all Seafarers and of the nation." Senator Harley Kilgore, West Va.: "The re­ quirements . . . that the membership shall participate in the making of every decision and policy seems to me to be a healthy and effective method of maintaining democ­ racy ..." Representative John J. Rooney, NY: "I firmly believe that you have achieved a masterful job in rewriting your Constitution and the fact that it was adopted by a membership vote of over 90 percent demonstrates that they are apparently well satisfied with the provisions contained therein." Representative Robert H. MoHohan, West Va.: "1 dm particularly impressed by the pro­ visions dealing with trial and appeal; they are certainly in the best American tradition. Placing the burden of proof on the accuser and guaranteeing the accused representation, cross-examination and an opportunity to be confronted by his accuser should guard against irresponsible, unjust punishment." Senator Wayne Morse, Oregon: "This formu­ lation of union's practices and usage is tre­ mendously impressive. I was particularly struck by the Declaration of Rights . .. Also of great interest to me are the meticulous provisions for trials and appeals. I would hope that this kind of action will be generally followed throughout the trade union move­ ment Senator Paul H. Douglas, 111.: "I appreciate your sharing the constitution with me and I commend the sense of public interest which moves you to feel that these are of concern to persons outside the ranks of your own mem­ bership." ,iw,. yT'tv ^•-vTb - �EVERY SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED pu jl r V,' ' r • • The right to be confronted by his accuser and to be given a fair trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. • Protection of the rights and privileges guaranteed ' him under the Constitution of the Union. - 't • g; Kr ^• .4' ® The right to vote. • The right to nominate himself for, and to hold, any office in the Union. • The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. • That every official of the Union shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member and that in no case shall any member be deprived of his rights and privileges as a member without due process of the law of the Union. • The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stand with him in defense of the democratic prin­ ciples set forth in the Constitution of the Union. f i' . •Vr 'I::'' PREAMBLE We, the Seamen and Fishermen of America, realizing the value and necessity of a thorough organization of sea­ faring men, have determined to form one union, the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, to embrace all seamen and fishermen of North America, Canada, Alaska, and the Temlodes, based upon the following principles: Whatever right belongs to one member belongs to all members alike, as long as they remain in good standing In the Union. First of these rights is the right of the American sea­ men to receive their employment through their own Union Halls, without interference of crimps, shipowners, fink halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the Government. That it is the right of each member to receive fair and Just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient leisure for mental cultivation and physical recreation. Further, we consider it our right to receive healthful and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to rest. Next, is the right to be treated in a decent and respect­ ful manner by those in command. We hold that the above rights belong to all seamen alike, irrespective of nationality or creed. Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we are conscious of corresponding duties to those in com­ mand, our employers, our craft and our country. We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote harmonious relations with those in command by exercis­ ing due care and diligence in the performance of the duties of our profession, and by giving all possible assist­ ance to our employers in caring for their gear and property. Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: To use our influence individually and collectively for the purpose of maintaining and developing skill in seaman­ ship and effecting a change in the Maritime law of the United States, so as to render it more equitable and to make it an aid instead of a hindrance to the development of a Merchant Marine and a body of American seamen. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments of the seafaring class, and through its columns seek to maintain the knovvledge of and interest in maritime bffairs. To assist seamen of other countries in the work of organization and federation, to the end of establishing the Brotherhood of the Sea. To assist other bona fide labor organizations whenever possible in the attainment of their just demands. To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals 60 as to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable and useful calling. And bearing in mind that we are migratory, that our work takes us away in different direc­ tions from any place, where the majority might otherwise aseet to act, that meetings can be attended by only a fraction of the membership, that the absent members, who cannot be present, must have their interests guarded from what might be the results of excitement and pas­ sions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those who are present may act for and in the interest of all, we have adopted this constitution. .STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND DECLARATION OF RIGHTS In order to form a more perfect union, we members of the Brotherhood of the seamen, fishermen and allied workers ashore—realizing the value and necessity of unit­ ing in pursuit of our improved economic and social wel­ fare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to the following principles: In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall ever be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our duties and obligations as members of the community, our duties as citizens, and our duty to combat the menace of communism and any other enemies of freedom and the democratic principles to which we seafaring men dedicate ourselves in this Union. We shall affiliate and work with other free labor or­ ganizations; we shall support a journal to give additional voice to our views; we shall assist our brothers of the sea and other workers of all countries in these obligations to the fullest extent consistent with our duties and ob­ ligations. We shall seek to exert our individual and col­ lective influence in the fight for the enactment of labor and other legislation and policies which look tc the at­ tainment of a free and happy society, without distinction based on race, creed or color. To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind that most of our members are migratory, that their duties carry them all over the world, that their rights must and shall be protected, we hereby declare these rights as members of the Union to be inalienable: I No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or privileges guaranteed hini under the Constitution of the Union. II Every member of this Union shall have the right to vote. No one shall deprive him of that right. III Every member shall have the right to nominate himself for, and to hold, office in this Union. IV No member shall be deprived of his membership with­ out due process of the law of this Union. No member shall be compelled to be a witness against himself in the trial of any proceeding iiT which he may be charged with failure to observe the law of this Union. Every official and job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member in accordance with the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. Every member shall have the right to be confronted by his accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this Union. In all such cases, the. accused shall be guaranteed a fair and speedy trial by an' impartial com­ mittee of his brother Union members. VI No member shall be denied the right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. VII A militant membership being necessary to the security of a free union, the members shall at all times stand ready to defend this Union and the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union, VIII The powers not delegated to the officials and job holders by the Constitution of the Union shall be reserved to the members. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I NAME AND GENERAL POWERS This Union shall be known as the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict. Its powers shall be legislative, judicial, and execu­ tive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance of charters to, subordinate bodies, corporate or otherwise, the formation of funds and participation in funds, the establishment of enterprises for the benefit of the Union, and similar ventures. A majority vote of the membership shall be authorization for any Union action, unless other­ wise specified in this Constitution. This Union shall, at all times, protect and maintain its jurisdiction over all work which belongs to the seaman and all such work as seamen now perform. ARTICLE II AFFILIATION This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America and the American Fcd= eration of Labor. All other affiliations by the Union or by the Ports shall be made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Candidates for membership shall be ad­ mitted to membership in accordance with such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. Section 2. Candidates for membership shall be American citizens, or eligible for such citizenship. No candidate shall be granted membership who is a mem­ ber of any dual organization or any other organization hostile to the aims, principles, and policies of this Union. No candidate shall be granted membership until he has taken the following oath of obligation: OBLIGATION •T pledge my honor as a man, that I will be faithful to •V ..KJ QJti* »-vii.r .AtAs? ifLulj: fsn.p.f.v- A-"/ti- p'S*'' waawtgjgCi!. , iiiiC .Ta&ir.rtlHSt m yiur.'iJg �January 1, 19SS SEAFARERS LOG Page S—^Three Ithli Union, and that 1 wUl woik for its Interest and will Section 5. Tbe period of retirement shall be computed (g) He be responsible, within the limits of hit look upon every member as my brother; that I v?ill not from the day as of which the retirement card is issued. powers, for the enforcement of this Constitution, the work for less than Union wages and that I will obey all ARTICLE Vn policies of the Union, and all rules and rulings duly orders of the Union. I promise that I will never reveal SYSTEM OF ORGANIZATION adopted by a majority vote of -he membership. Within, the proceedings of the Union to its injury or to persons Section 1. This Union, and all Ports, Officers, Port these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, posi­ not entitled to know it And if I break this promise, 1 Agents, Patrolmen, and members shall be governed^ in tion. and prestige of the Union. ask every member to treat-me as unworthy of friendship this order, by: (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those and acquaintance. SO HELP ME GOD!" (a) The Constitution other duties elsewhere described in this Constitution, as (b> Majority vote of the membership Section 3. Members more than one quarter in ar­ well as those other duties lawfully imposed upon him. Section 2. The functions of this Union shall be ad­ rears In dues, or more than three months In arrears In as­ (i) The responsibility of the Secretary-Treasurer may sessments or unpaid fines, shall be automatically sus­ ministered by Headquarters and Ports. not be delegated, but the Secretary-Treasurer may delegate Section 3. Headquarters shall consist of the Secretarypended. and shall forfeit all benefits and all other rights to a person or persons the execution of such of his duties and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically Treasurer, and one or more Assistant Secretary-Treas­ as he may in his discretion decide, subject to the limita­ urers, the exact number of which shall be determined by dismissed if. they are more than two quarters In arrears set forth in this Constitution. In dues or more than six months in arrears in assessments majority vote of the membership to be held during the tions (j) Immediately after assuming office, the Secretarymonth of August in any election year, as set forth more or unpaid fines. Treasurer shall designate one of the Assistant Secretaryparticularly in Article X, Section 1-D. This time shall not run: Treasurers to assume his duties in case of his temporary In­ Section 4. Each Port shall consist of a Port Agent and (a) While a member is actually participating In a strike capacity. This designation may be changed from time to Patrolmen, as provided for herein, and the Port shall or lockout. (b) While a member Is an In-patient in a USPHS bear the name of the city in which the Union's Port time. These designations shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where Headquarters is located. The provisions Offices are located. Hospital. of Section 2-A of this Article shall apply in the case of a Section 5. Every member of the Union shall be regis­ (c) While a member is under an incapacity due to ac­ tered in one of three departments; namely, deck, engine, vacancy in the office of SecretaEy-Treasurer, as set forth tivity in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member is in the Armed Services of the or stewards department. The definition of these depart­ in that section. (k) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Port Agent United States, provided the member was in good standing ments shall be in accordance (with custom and usage. or Patrolman shall be filled by the Secretary-Treasurer by This definition may be modified by a majority vote of at the time of entry into the Armed Forces, and further provided he applies for -reinstatement within 90- days the membership. No member may transfer from one de­ temporary appointment except in those cases where the partment to another except by express approval as evi­ filling of such vacancy is otherwise provided for by this after dischai ge from the Armed Forces. Constitution. Such appointment shall be submitted to a (e) While a member has no opportunity to pay dues denced by a majority vote of the membership. regular meeting for approval, modification, substitution of ARTICLE VIII because of employment aboard an American flag mera replacement, or postponement of a vote to a later date, ATLA'NTIC AND GULF DISTRICT OFFICERS, PORT chant vessel. by a majority vote of the membership. In the event of the AGENTS, AND PATROLMEN Section 4. A majority vote of the membership shall be Section 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected, postponement of the vote, the temporary appointment shall , sufficient to designate additional circumstances during which the time specified in Section 3 shall .not run. It except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. These remain in effect until a vote is taken. (1) The Secretary-Treasurer is directed to take any and shall be the right of any member- to present, in writing, officers shall be the Secretary-Treasurer and pne or more all measures, and employ such means, which he deems Assistant Secretary-Treasurers. to any Port at any regular meeting, any question with re­ Section 2. Port Agents and Patrolmen shall be elected, necessary or advisable, to protect the interests, and further gard to the application of Section 3, in accordance with the welfare, of the Union and its members, in all matters procedures established by a majority vote of the member­ except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. involving national, state or local legislation, issues, and ARTICLE IX ship. A majority vote of the membership shall be neces­ public affairs. OTHER ELECTIVE JOBS sary to decide such questions. Section 2. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Section 1. The following jobs in the Union shall be Section 5. The membership shall be empowered to es­ (a) In the event the Secretary-Treasurer shall be unable voted upon in the manner prescribed by this Constitu­ tablish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under to carry out his duties by reason of incapacity, the Assist­ tion: which dues and assessments may be remitted where a ant Secretary-Treasurer designated in accordance with (A) Meeting Chairman member has been unable to pay dues and assessments for Section 1-J of this Article shall assume the office of Sec­ (B) Delegaten the reasons provided in Sections 3 and 4. retary-Treasurer during the period of such incapacity. (C) Committee Members of: Section 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the com­ Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of (a) Auditing Committee mon welfare of the membership, all members of the Union the Secretary-Treasurer, succession to the office shall be (b) Trial Committee shall uphold and defend this Constitution and shall be determined as follows: (c) Quarterly Financial Committee governed by the provisions of this Constitution and all That Port Agent of the Ports of New Orleans, Mobile, fd) Appeals Committee policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. or Baltimore who received the highest number of votes (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 7. Any member who advocates or gives aid to Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as in the last regular election shall be the first in line of the principles and policies of any hostile or dual organiza­ tion shall be denied further membership in this Union. provided by a majority vote of the membership. Commit­ succession. The next in the line of succession shall be that A majority vote of the membership shall decide which tees may also be appointed as permitted by this Consti- ' Port Agent of the said Ports who received the next highest number of votes in that election. The next in the line of tution. organizations are dual or hostile. succession shall be that Port Agent of the said Ports who ARTICLE X Section 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation received the next highest number of votes. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. PORT AGENTS. AND OTHER with the Union shall at all times remain the property of The Port Agents of the said Ports shall also be deemed ELECTED JOB HOLDERS the Union. Members may be required to show their evito be Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, whether or not so Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer denee of membership in order to be admitted to Union (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall be the Executive Of­ referred to on the ballots or elsewhere. meetings. (b) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall assist the Section 9. Only members in good standing shall be al­ ficer of the Union and shall represent, and act for and in behalf of, the Union in all matters except as otherwise Secretary-Treasurer in the execution of tlie laller's duties lowed to vote. as the latter may direct. specifically provided for in the Constitution. ARTICLE rV (c) The Assistant Secretary-Treasurers shall be mem­ (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, REINSTATEMENT bers of the Agents' Conference and each may cast a vote port or otherwise. Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated (c) He shall be responsible for the organization and in that body. in aeeordance with sueh rules as are adopted, from time maintenance of the correspondence, files, and records of Section 3. Fort Agents to time, by a majority vote of the membership. (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the the Union; setting up, and maintenance of, sound account­ ARTICLE V ing and bookkeeping systems; the setting up, and main­ administratipn of Union affairs in the Port of his juris­ DUES AND INITIATION FEE tenance of, proper office and other administrative Union diction. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his Port, be Section 1. All members shall pay dues quarterly, on a procedures; the proper collection, safeguarding, and ex­ calendar year basis, on the first business day of eaeh quar­ penditure of all Union funds. Port ..r otherwise. He shall responsible for the enforcement and execution of the Con­ ter, except, as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be in charge of, and responsible for, all Union property, stitution, the policies of the Union, and the rules adopted be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Con­ and shall be in charge of Headquarters and Port Offices. by a majority vote of the membership. Wherever there are stitution and may be changed only by Constitutional He shall issue a weekly comprehensive report covering the time restrictions or other considerations affecting Port amendment. financial operations of the Union for the previous week. action, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to Section 2. No candidate for membership shall be ad­ Wherever there are time restrictions or other considera­ insure observance thereof. (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or other­ mitted into membership without having paid an initiation tions affecting Union action, the Secretary-Treasurer shall wise, for the activities of his Port, whenever demanded fee of one hundred ($100.00) dollars. take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (d) Subject to approval by a majority vote of the mem­ by the Secretary-Treasurer. Section 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward by reg­ waived for organizational purposes only, in aeeordance bership, the Secretary-Treasurer shall designate the num­ istered mail, addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer, a ber and location of Ports, the jurisdiction, status, and with sueh rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the activities thereof, and may close or open such ports, and , weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly income membership. may re-assign Port Agents and Patrolmen of closed ports and expenses, and complying with all other accounting ARTICLE VI to other duties, without change in wages. The Ports of directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer, RETIREMENT FROM MEMBERSHIP (e) The Port Agent, or someone acting under his in­ Section 1. Members may retire from membership by New York, New Orleans, Mobile, and Baltimore may not structions, shall open each Port meeting and shail deter­ be closed except by Constitutional amendment. paying all unpaid dues, dues for the quarter in which they Where ports are opened between elections, the Sec­ mine whether a quorum e.xists. Nothing contained herein retire, assessments, fines, and other monies due and ow­ retary-Treasurer shall designate the Port Agents thereof, shall permit the Port Agent to otherwise act as chairman ing the Union. A retirement card shall be issued upon re­ of any meeting, unless so properly designated by a quest, and dated as of the day that sueh member accom­ subject to approval by a majority vote of the membership. majority vote of the-members present at the said Port The Secretary-Treasurer shall supervise the activities plishes these payments and request. Meeting. Section 2. All the rights, privileges, duties, and obli­ of all Ports. (f) Each elected Port Agent may cast one vote at any Subject to approval by a majority vote of the member­ gations of membership shall be suspended during the pe­ Agents' Conference. riod of retirement, except that a retired member sliall ship, the Secretary-Treasurer stiall designate, in the event (g) The Port Agent may assign each Port Patrolman to not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain in any of the incapacity of a Port Agent or Patrolman, a replace­ such Union jobs as fall within the jurisdiction of the Port, dual or hostile organization, upon penalty of forfeiture of ment to act as such during the period of incapacity. At tbe first regular meeting in August of every election regardless of the departmental designation under which bis right to reinstatement. Section 3. Any person in retirement for a period of six year, the Secretary-Treasurer shall submit to the member­ the Patrolman was elected. ih) The Port Agent shall designate which members at months or more shall be restored to membership, ex­ ship a pre-balloting report. This report shall recommend cept as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current the number and location of Ports, the number of Assistant that Port may serve as representatives to other organiza­ quarter, as well as all assessments accruing,and newly Secretary-Treasurers and Agents, and the number of tions, affiliation with which has been properly permitted. (i) The. foregoing is in addition to those other duties levied during the period of retirement If the period of Port Patrolmen which are to be elected for each Port. prescribed elsewhere in this Constitution. This recommendation may also specify, whether any retirement is less than six (6) months, the required pay­ Patrolmen and/or Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, shall be Section 4. Port Patrolmen ments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said Port^ Patrolmen shall perform whatever duties are period of retirement, iijciuding those for the current designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shall quarter, and all assessments accrued and newly levied be subject to approval or modification by a majority vote assigned to them by the Port Agent. Section 5. Meeting Chairmen during that period. Upon such payment, the person in of the membership. (a) The chairman of each meeting at any Port, including (e) The Headquarters of the Union shall be located In retirement shall be restored to membership, and his mem­ bership book, appropriately stamped, shall be given to him. New York. The Secretary-Treasurer shall also be the Port the Port in which Headquarters is located, shall be the presiding officer of the meeting, shall keep order under Section 4. A member In retirement may be restored to Agent of that Port (f) The Secretary-Treasurer shall be chairman of tbe rules of order provided for, from time to time, by a membership after a fwo-year period of retirement only majority vote of the membership and. If nose, then byf Agente* Conference and may cast one votCi. by majority vote of tbe roembersbip. ;l| ••'••Mj I •m •'iji -ij •?(l •v .'4 �. i;p-; !?.- IS; iM- .- i: Sr-' ^u "^v': ».., • t' pv Ife' P"fgifs;,.. Page S—Four such rules as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership in each Port. (b) The meeting chairman may cast a vote only in the event, of a tie. (c» The meeting chairman shall not permit the discus­ sion of any religious subject. Section 6. Delegates (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of the Union who are elected, under the provisions of this Constitution, to attend the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America. (b) Each delegate shall attend the Convention and fully participate therei.i. (c) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, support those policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to the convention. Section 7. Committees (a) Auditing Committee The Auditing Committee in each Port shall audit the regular weekly financial report of the Port Agent and, in writing, certify or refuse to certify said report. The Auditing Committee for the Port where Headquarters is located shall also audit the Secretary-Treasurer's financial report, to which the same rules as to certification and refusal to certify shall apply. The said report in its en­ tirety shall then be presented to the membership with action thereon to be taken as per a majority vote of the membership. (b) trial Committee The.Trial Committee shall co::duct trials of persons charged, and shall submit findings and recommendations as prescribed in this Constitution. It shall be the special obligation of the Trial Committee to observe all the re­ quirements of this Constitution with regard to charges and trials, and their findings and recommendations must specifically state whether or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. (c* Quarterly Financial Committee 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make a quarterly thirteen week) audit of the finances of Head­ quarters and each Port, shall note discrepancies where they exist, shall report on their findings, and make rec-. ommendations. Members of this Committee may make dissenting reports, separate recommendations, and sepa­ rate findings. . 2. The report and recommendations of this Committee shall be completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all Ports, at the first or second regular meet­ ing subsequent to the submission of the said report and recommendations. ' 3. All Port Agents are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, bills, vouchers, receipts, etc.. by the said Quarterly Financial Committee. 4 No report shall be considered as complete without an accompanying report and audit statement by a com­ petent accountant, and the Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the selection of such an accountant, who must be certified under state law. 5 Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership. (d) Appeals Committee 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as may be adop'^d by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week after the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of the membership, not inconsistent therewith. (e) Negotiating and Strike Committee 1 The Negotiating and Strike Committee shall repre­ sent the Union in all negotiations for contracts and changes in contracts, with persons, firms, corporations, or agencies, etc., wherein wages, hours, benefits, or other terms and conditions of employment of the members of this Union are involved. 2. Upon completion of negotiations, the Committee shall submit a report and recommendations to the mem­ bership of the Union at a regular or special meeting. The Committee may also make interim reports and rec­ ommendations and submit them to the membership at a regular or a special meeting. 3 A Port may establish a similar Committee for itself provided permission by a majority vote of the membership has been obtained. In such event, the Port Negotiating and Strike Committee shall forwai? its report and rec­ ommendations. together with comments by the Port Agent, to the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall then cause the said report and recommendations to be submitted to the membership of the Union at the earliest subsequent regular or special meeting, whichever he chooses, to­ gether with any report and recommendations which the Secretary-Treasurer deems desirable to make. The Port Negotiating and Strike Committee shall submit the report and recommendations upon completion of the negotiations, and may submit interim reports and recommendations, in the same mariner above set forth. 4 In no event shall a Negotiations and Strike Commit­ tee obligate this Union or any Port thereof, in any man­ ner. without the approval of the membership of the Union a.s evidenced by a majority vote of the member­ ship 5 A Negotiating and Strike Committee may decide the time of entry into, a strike, provided prior authority., evidenced by ii. ,tma vote,of the membership, is' SEAFARERS LOG January 7, 1955 granted therefor. In all other cases, a majority vote of the go into session. It shall determine whether the person has submitted his application correctly and possesses the membership shall decide when a strike shall begin. 6. This Committee shall be charged with the prepara­ necessary qualifications. The Committee shall prepai^e a tion and execution of a strike plnn which shall be bind­ report listing each applicant and his book number under ing on all members and other persons affiiated with the office or job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be this Union. However, a majority vote of the membership marked "qualified" or "disqualified" according to the find­ may repeal, or otherwise treat or dispose of any part or ings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "disqualified," the reason therefor must be stated ail of a strike plan. in the report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a ARTICLE XI special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also be WAGES AND TERMS OF OFFICE OF OFFICERS AND noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed OTHER ELECTIVE JOB HOLDERS. UNION by all of the Committee members, and be completed and EMPLOYEES. AND OTHERS Section 1. The following elected offices ana jobs shall submitted to the Ports in time for the next regular meet­ ing after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read be held for a term of two years: and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the Secretary-Treasurer Bulletin Board in each port. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Port Agent (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the Patrolman Committee, he shall be notified immediately by telegram Section 2. The term of any ^^lective jobs othc-r than at his iicted addresses. He shall also be sent a letter those indicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue containing the reasons for such disqualifications by air for so long as is necessary to complete the functions there­ mail, special delivery, registered. A disqualified appli­ of, unless sooner terminated by a majority vote of the cant shall have the right to take an appeal to the mem­ membership or segment of the fTnion, whichever applies, bership from the decision of the Committee. He shall whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or forward copies of such appeal to each Port, where the ones serving. appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular Section 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of meeting no later than the second meeting after the Com­ any office or other elective job shal' be determined from mittee's election. It is the responsibility of the applicant time to time by a majority vote of the membership. to insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, Section 4. Subject to approval by a majority vote of the without prejudice to his written appeal, the applicant may membership, all other classifications of employees ox the appear in person before the Committee within two days Union shall be hired or discharged, as well as compensated, . after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct as recommended by the Secretary-Treasurer. his application or argue for his qualification. Section 5. Subject to approval by a majority vote of The Committee's report shall be prepared early enough the membership, the Secretary-Treasurer may contract to allow the applicant to appear before it and still reach for, or retain, the services of any person, firm, or corpora­ the Ports in time for the first regular meeting after its tion, not employees of the Union, when he deems it neces­ election. sary in the best interests of the Union. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the Section 6. The foregoing provisions of this Article do case of such appeals, be suffidient to overrule any dis­ not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture qualification classification by the Credentials Committee, in which this Union participates, or which it organizes or in which event, the one so previously classified shall then creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by a be deemed qualified. majority vote of the membership shall be followed. le) The Credentials Committee, in passing upon the ARTICLE XII qualifications of candidates, shall have the right to con­ QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICERS. PORT AGENTS. clusively presume that anyone nominated and qualified in PATROLMEN, AND OTHER ELECTIVE'jOBS previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job Section 1. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, has met all the require­ candidate for, and hold any office or the job of Port Agent ments of Section 1-A of Article XII. or Patrolman, provided: Section 3. Balloting Procedure. (a) He has at least three (3) years of sea time aboard an (a) The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper American flag merchant vessel or vessels; if he is seeking the job of Patrolman or Assistant Secretary-Treasurer in and timely preparation of ballots, without partiality as a specified department, this sea time must be in that de­ to candidates or Ports. The ballots may contain general information and instructive comments not Inconsistent partment, and (b) He has at least four (4) months of sea time aboard with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified an American flag merchant vessel or vessels, or four (4) candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically within months of employment with, or in any office or job of, the each category. The listing of the Ports shall follow a Union, its subsidiaries, or affiliates, or at the Union's geographical pattern, commencing with the most northly direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st Port on the Atlantic coast, following the Atlantic coast down to the most southerly Port on that coast, then west­ and the time of nomination, and (c) He has been in continuous good standing in the erly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of Union for at least two (2) years immediately prior to his Ports is exhausted. There shall be allotted write-in space, on each ballot, sufficient to permit each member voting to iioinination, and write in as many names as there are offices and jobs to be (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America. Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other voted upon. Each ballot shall be so-prepared as to have the elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said be members of the Union. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective number to be easily removed. On this removable portion offices and jobs, whether elected oi appointed in accord­ shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature ance with this Constitution, shall maintain membership in of the ballot and the voting dates thereof. (b) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the Sec­ good standing. Failure to do so shall result in ineligibility to hf ld such office or job and shall constitute an incapacity retary-Treasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as with regard to such office or jo'j. indicated in the preceding paragraph and shall be num­ ARTICLE XIII bered consecutively, commencing with number 1. A suf­ ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS. PORT AGENTS ficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each AND PATROLMEN Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and Section 1. Nominations amount, sent thereto shall be maintained by the Secre­ Any member may submit his name for nomination for tary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a any office, or the job of Port Agent or Port Patrolman, by verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers delivering or sending a letter addressed to the Credentials of the ballots sent. Each Port Agent shall maintain sepa­ Committee, in care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the ad­ rate records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and dress of Headquarters. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged count the ballots, when received, to insure that the amount with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the over to the Credentials Committee upon the letter's re­ amount and numbers li.sted by the Secretary-Treasurer quest. This letter shall be dated and shall contain the fol­ as having been sent to that Port. The Port Agent shall lowing: immediately ejiecute and return, to the Secretary-Treas­ (a) The name of the candidate urer, a receipt acknowledging the correctness of the (b> His home address and mailing address amount and numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify (c) His book number the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrep­ (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a ancies shall be corrected as soon as possible prior to the candidate, including the name of the Port in the event the voting period. In any event, receipts shall be forwarded position sought is that of Agent or Patrolman for ballots actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer le) Proof of citizenship shall prepare a file in which shall be kept memoranda and (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall candidates. at all times be available to any member asking for in­ The letter must reach Headquarters no earlier than Au­ spection of the same at Headquarters. gust 12th and no later than September 12th of the election (c) Balloting shall take place in person, at Port Offices, year and shall be secret. No signature of any voter, or other Section 2. Credentials Committee. distinguishing mark, shall appear on the ballot, except (a I A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the first that any member may write in the name or names of any regular meeting after September ilth of the election year, member or members, as appropriate, for any office, or the at the Port where Headquarters is located. It shall consist job of Port Agent or Patrolman. of six members in attendance at the meeting, with two -(d) No member may vote, without displaying his Union members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards De­ Book, in which there shall be placed an appropriate nota­ partments. In the event any Committee member is un­ tion of the date and of the fact of voting, both prior to able to serve, the Committee shall suspend until the Sec­ being handed a ballot. A ballot shall then be handed to retary-Treasurer calls a special meeting at the Port in the member who shall thereupon sign his name on' a order to elect a replacement. The Committee's results separate roster, together with his book number, and ballot shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by number. The portion of the ballot on which the ballot a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting number is printed shall then be removed, placed near the caUo^i, for. that purpose at ftead.quartBra .Rortf/ vFostet and the member shall proceed to the voting site n.».4a. -r (b'» After lU ejBietiQO.,tbAshall'*«bnt»haii te'^ponri^ �January 7, 1955 ' lishment of a booth or other voting site where each mem* ber may vote in privacy. (f) Upon compietion of voting the member shaii fokt the baiiot so that no part of the printed or written portion is visible. He shall then drop the ballot into a narrow-siotted ballot box. which shall be provided for that purpose by the Port Agent, and kept locked and sealed except as hereinafter set forth. (g) Voting shall commence on November 15th and shall continue until January 15th inclusive, Sundays and holi­ days excluded. If November 15th or January 15th falls on a holiday or a Sunday, balloting shall commence or end, as the case may be. on the next succeeding business day. Section 4. Polls Committees (a) Each Port shall elect, prior to the beginning of the voting on each voting day. a Polls Committee, consisting of three members. For the purpose of holding a meeting for election of a Polls Committee only, five (5) members shall-~sonsti4yte • s-qtissivn - for - e.acbuSc'rt. .Jf:.shgJJL.ha.ihA.. responsibility of the Port Agent to call the meeting for the purpose of electing the said Polls Committee. In no case shall voting take place unless a duly elected Polls Committee is functioning. (b) The duly elected Polls Committee shall collect all unused ballots, the voting rosters, the numbered stubs of those ballots already used, the ballot box or boxes, and the ballot records and files kept by the Port Agent. It shall then proceed to compare the serial numbers and amounts of stubs with the number of names and corre­ sponding serial numbers on the roster, and then compare the serial number and the amounts of ballots used with the verification list, as corrected, and ascertain whether the unused ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, represent the difference between what appears on the verification list, as corrected, and the ballots used. A report shall t'.en be drawn, indicating the results of the foregoing comparisons and noting any discrepancies. A copy of this report shall be given the Port Agent, to be presented to the next subsequent regular meeting. A copy shall also be simultaneously sent to the SecretaryTreasurer, who shall cause an investigation to be made forthwith, in the event of discrepancies. The results of such investigation shall be reported to the membership as soon as completed, with recommendations by the Secre­ tary-Treasurer. A majority vote of the membership shall determine what action, if any, shall be taken thereon, with the same effect as indicated in Article 1. (ci The Polls Committee shall also insure tnai ihe ballot box is locked and sealed, which lock and seal shall not be opened except in the manner hereinafter set forth. The same procedure as is set forth in the preceding para­ graph with regard to discrepancies shall be utilized in the event the Polls Committee has reason to believe the lock and seal have been illegally tampered with. fd) The Polls Committee shall permit qualified members only to vote. Prior thereto, it shall ascertain whether they are in good standing, stamp their book with the word "voted," and the date, issue ballots to voters, insure that proper registration on the roster takes place, collect the stubs, and keep them in numerical order. It shall preserve good order and decorum at the voting site and vicinity thereof. All members and others affiliated with the Union are charged with the duty of assisting the Polls Committee, when called upon, in the preservation of order and decorum. (e> In order to maintain the secrecy and accuracy of the ballot and to eliminate the possibility of errors or irregularities in any one day's balloting affecting all the Balloting in any one Port, the following procedure shall be observed: At the end of each day's voting the Polls Committee, in the presence of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes proper decorum, shall open the ballot box or boxes, and place all of that day's ballots therein in an envelope together with a copy of the roster of that day's voting. The envelope shall then be sealed. Each member of the Polls Committee shall sign his name across the flap of the said envelope with h>s book number next to his signature. The Committee shall also place t^ie date on said envelope, as well as a certificate that the said box or boxes were opened publicly, that all ballots for that day o-^ly were removed, and that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope dated for that day. This envelope shall then be replaced in the ballot box. The ballot box shall then again be locked and sealed and the key shall be placed in an envelope. This envelope shall then be sealed, and the members of the Committee shall sign their names across the flap of this envelope and place their book numbers thereon, together with the date. It shall be the responsibility of the Port Agent to see that this envelope with the key is properly safeguarded until turned over to the Polls Committee tb-- following morning. In addition, the Polls Committe ,iall deliver to the Port Agent duplicate copies of me roster, the unused ballots and reports as set forth in this section, any files that may have been given, the ballot box or boxes, and all the stubs collected both for the day and those turned over to it. The Port Agent shall keep the rosters, unused ballots, ballot box or boxes, and stubs, under lock and key until duly called for as herein set forth. The Port Agent shall insure that no person illegally tampers with the ballots, stubs, rosters, or ballot boxes while they are under his custody. A third copy of the rosters for that day shall be mailed by the Polls Committee, or the Port Agent, to Headquarters. (f) Members of the Polls Committee shall serve without compensation, except that the Port Agent shall compensate each Polls Committee member with a reasonable sum for meals while serving. SeoUon 5, Ballot Golleotio»i Tallyinf Procedure; PrvleslB.. and Special'Vetet: SEAFARERS LOG Page S—^Fiv® (a) A Port Tallying Committee shall be elected at the peals may be taken, by the said member, by addressing first regular meeting after the close of voting at each a letter or telegram to each Port, c/o the Port Agent, in Port. It shall consist of six (6) members, two from each which shall be set forth the facts regarding the appeal of the three departments of the Union. In the presence from the dismissal of his protest, the member's name, and of any member desiring to attend, provided he observes his botJk number, with a copy to Headquarters. It shall decorum, it shall open the ballot box or boxes, count be the duty of the Port Agent to submit this appeal to the the number of ballots therein contained, and count the Election Report meeting at his Port. The protesting mem­ ber is charged with making this appeal prior to the holding number of votes for each candidate. The Committee shall place all ballots therein in a seaied envelope, together of this meeting. Special votes ordered in accordance with with a certification signed by all members of the Com-, this paragraph shall take place at the Port where the mittee that the said box or Isoxes were opened publicly, claimed discrepancy or denial of the right to vote octhat all the ballots therein were counted and tallied, and cuiTed. In such case, the Port Agent shall have the func­ that all of those ballots are enclosed in the envelope, and tions of the Tallying Committee as set forth in Section shall forward this to Headquarters. The Committee shall 5-'J of this Article, insofar as the said Section 5-C deals also forward to Headquarters, in the same package but with the terms of such special vote. Port Agents shali officially notify Headquarters, imme­ bound separately, all the rosters, together with a certif­ ication signed by all members of the Committee that all diately, after the Election Report meeting, of the decision the rosters utilized are enclosed therein. In the same pack- of the membership at the Ports with regard to all of the .age,, but. bound separately, the Committee shall forward foregoing. Headquarters is charged v/ith adequately and fo Headquarters all unused ballots, together "with a"cer-~' 'TirnelyiriformTng "afl'ecied'~iihembeTJ'" or" cilV" utcisrcfiio tification, signed by all members of the Committee that all reached. A majority of the membership, at the Election Report the unused ballots sent to the Port are enclosed therewith. The certification shall identify, by serial number and meeting, may order a recheck and a recount where a dis­ amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. In the same senting report has been issued by one or more members * package, but bound separately, the Committee shall for­ of the Headquarters Tallying Committee. (g) A special vote must be taken within ten (10) days ward to Headquarters all stubs collected during the period of voting, together with a certification, signed by all mem­ after the Election Report meeting. The Secretary-Treas­ bers of the Committee, that all the stubs collected by the urer shall make a sulTicient amount of the usual balloting Committee are enclosed. It shall be understood that the material available to Port Agents for the purpose of sucn above certifications are made according to the best knowl­ special votes. Immediately after the close of such special edge, information, and belief of the Committee members. voting, the Port Agent shall summarize the results and Wherever forwarding is not don^ in person, forwarding communicate those results to the Secretary-Treasurer. The shall be accomplished, expeditiously, by registered air ballots, stubs, rosters, and unused ballots pertaining fo mail, special delivery. All forwarding shall be to the. the special vote shall be mailed to Headquarters, all in Headquarters Tallying Committee, at the address of Head­ the same package, but bound separately. An account­ quarters. In the event a Port Tallying Committee cannot ing and certification by the Port Agent similar to those indicated in Section 5-A of this Article shall be enclosed. be elected or cannot act, the Port Agent shall transfer all of the aforesaid material to the Headquarters Tallying The Secretary-Treasurer shall then prepare a report con­ Committee which will then carry out the aforesaid func­ taining a combined summary of the results, together with a schedule indicating in detail how they affect the Head­ tions. quarters Tallying Committee's results. The form of the (b) The Port Tallying Committee which is elected at the Port where Headquarters is located shall also act as report of the Headquarters Tallying Committee shall be the Headquarters Tallying Committee. The Headquarters followed as closely as possible. Two copies shall be sent Committee is charged with the tally of all the ballots and to each Port, one copy of which shall be posted. The other the preparation of a report setting forth in complete de­ copy shall be presented at the next regular meeting after tail, the results of the election, including a complete ac­ the Election Report meeting. Section 6. Installation into Office and the Job of counting of all ballots and stubs, and reconciliation of the Port Agent or Patrolman. same with the rosters, verification iists, and receipts of (a) The person elected shall be that person having the the Port Agents, all with detailed reference to serial num­ bers and amount.^, and with each total broken down into largest number of votes cast for the particular office or Port totals. The report shall clearly detail all discrep­ job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected ancies discovered, and shali contain recommendations for for a particular office or job, the proper number of can­ the treatment of these discrepancies. All members of didates receiving the successively highest number of votes the Committee shall sign the report, without prejudice, shall be declared elected. It shall be the duty of the Sec­ however, to the right of any member thereof to submit retary-Treasurer to notify each individual elected. (b) All reports by Committees and the Secretary-Treas- — a dissenting report as to the accuracy df the count and urer under this Article, except those of the Polls Com­ the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. (c) The Tallying Committee is also charged with the mittees, shall be entered in the minutes of the Port where receipt and evaluation of written protests by any member Headquarters is located. Polls Committee reports shall who claims an illegal denial of the right to vote. If it be entered in the minutes of the Port where it functions. (c> The duly elected Secretary-Treasurer. Assistant Sec­ finds the protest invalid, it shall dismiss the protest and 80 inform the protesting member, by wire, on the day of retary-Treasurers, Port Agents, and Port Patrolmen shall dismissal. If it finds the protest valid, the Committee take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume shall order a special vote, on such terms as are practical, the duties thereof, at midnight, March 31st. At that time, effective, and just, but which terms, in any event, shall the terms of their predecessors shall expire. This shall include the provisions of Section 3-C of this Article and not apply where the successful candidate cannot assume the designation as to the voting site of the Port most his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority convenient to the protesting member. Where a special vote of the membership may grant additional time for the vole is ordered in accordance with this Paragraph C, assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure these terms shail apply, notwithstanding any provisions of the newly-elected Secretary-Treasurer to assume of­ to the contrary contained in this Article. Protests may fice, the provisions of Article X, Section 2-A, as to suc­ be made only in writing and must be received by the cession shall apply until such office is assumed. If he Headquarters Tallying Committee during the period of its does not assume office within 90 days, the iine of succes­ proceedings. The reports of this Committee shall include sion shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other a brief summary of each protest received, ihe name and cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as book number of the protesting member, and a summary decided by a majority vote of the membership. (d) Before assuming office, every Officer, Port Agent, of the disposition of the said protest and Patrolman shall take the following oath: (d) The Headquarters Tallying Committee snail com­ "1 do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute mence proceedings on the first business day subsequent the duties of of the Seafarers to its election and shall complete its proceedings within International Union of North America. Atlantic and two weeks thereafter. Each member of the Committee Gulf District, and 1 will, to the best of my ability, shall be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay. The protect and preserve the Constitution of this Union proceedings of this Committee, except for the actual prep­ and the welfare of the membership." aration of the report and dissents therefrom, if any. shall ARTICLE XIV oe open to any member, provided he observes decorum. OTHER ELECTIONS (e) The report of the Committee shall be made up in Section 1. Auditing Committee. sufficient copies to comply With the following require­ Each port shall elect an Auditing Committee on Friday ments: two copies shall be sent by the Committee to each Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer prior to the first of each week, at 3:00 P.M., for the purpose of auditing the reguiar m eting scheduled to take place subsequent to the financial report for that week. These reports shall be close of th ommittee's proceedings or, in the event such submitted to the next regular meeting of that port, for meeting is scheduled to take place four days or less from membership action. The Committee shall consist of three the close of this Committee's proceedings, then at least five members. No Officer, Port Agent, Patrolman, or employee days prior to the next regular meeting. Whichever meet­ shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The election ing applies shall be desigiiated, by date, in the report, shall be by majority vote of the members in attendance and shall be referred to as the "Election Report" meeting. at the meeting, provided that any member eligible to As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall serve may nominate himself. The same provisions shall apply with regard to the Port post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner. This copy shall be kept posted for where Headquarters is located except that the Auditing a period of two months. At the Election Report meeting, Committee there shail audit the financial reports of the Headquarters Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. Section 2. Quarterly Financial Committee. (fi At the Election Report meeting, there shail be taken The Quarterly Financial Committee shall be elected at up the discrepancies, if any, referred to in Section 5-B of this Article, and the recommendations of the Tallying the Port where Headquarters is located, at the first or sec­ Committee submitted therewith. A majority vote of the ond regular meeting held after the close of the calendar membership shall decide what action shall be taken there­ quarter for which the Committee is to make tlie required on, if any, which action, however, shall not be beyond audit. It shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer to ordering a special vote to the extent reasonably indicated decide at which of these meetings the election shall take by the reported discrepancies. The same procedure shall place. The Committee shall consist of six members, with apply-to all'members appealing from denials of their pro*' two members from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards teilts bv the Headquarters Tall}ling^^ Cominlttbe, which a if* < D«pBEtiQeiffs. No officer. Port Agent, Patrolman or emr A -ii - II • �Page S—Six SEAFARERS LOG Jahuanr 7, 1955 Section 4. No trial shall be conducted Unless all the given a fair trial, or (c) that for any other reason, the ac­ ployee shall be eligible to serve on this Committee. The members shall be elected by a majority vote of the mem­ accusers are present. The Trial Committee shall conduct cused was not given a fair trial. (d) If there is no substantial evidence to support a bers present at the meeting provided that any member the trial except that the accused shall have the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, and the witnesses, finding of guUt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend eligible to serve may nominate himself. as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused may that the charge on which tho finding was based be dis­ Section 3. Trial Committee. A Trial Committee shall be elected at a Special Meeting select any nflember to assist him in his defense at the missed. (e) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser held at 10:00 A.M the next business day following the trial, provided, (a), the said member Is available at the regular meeting ot the Port where the Trial is to take time of the trial and (b) the said member agrees to render punishment. Section 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its place. It shall consist of five members, of which three such assistance. If the accused challenges the qualifica­ shall constitute a quorum. No Officer, Port Agent, Port tions of the members of the Trial Committee, or states decision and dissent, if any, to the Secretary-Treasurer. Patrolman, or employee may be elected to serve on a Trial that the charges do not adequately inform him of what The Secretary-Treasurer shall cause sufficient copies to be Committee. No member who intends to be a witness in wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of published and shall have them sent to each Port in time the pending trial may serve, nor may any member who such commission, such matters shall be ruled upon and to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. cannot, for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall disposed of. prior to proceeding on the merits of the de­ He shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at be the duty of every member to decline nomination if he fense. The guilt of an accused shall be found only if proven their last known address, or notify them in person. Section 15. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing dis­ by the weight of the evidence, and the burden of such proof shall be upon the accuser. Every finding shall be this Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall qualifications apply to him. The members of this Commit­ tee shall be elected under such generally applicable rules based on the quality of the evidence and not solely on the accept the decision of the Appeals Committer, or the dis­ number of witnesses produced. sent therein, if any. If there is no dissent, the decision of as are adopted by a majority vot of the membership. Section 5. The Trial Committee shall make findings as the Appeals Conunittee shall stand. Section 4. Appeals Committee. If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven members, to guilt or innocence, and recommendations as to pun­ five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the ishment and/or other Union action deemed desirable in Port where Headquarters is located, in the manner pro­ JPort where Headquarters is located. The same disqual­ the light of the proceedings. These findings and recom- vided for in Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so ifications and duties of members shall apply with regard mendation.s shall be those of a majority of the Committee, providing for a new trial shall contain such directions as to this Committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In and shall be in writing, as shall be any dissent. The Com­ will insure a fair hearing to the accused. Section 16. The Secretary-Treasurer shall notify the addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee mittee shall forward its findings and recommendations, in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial Committee deci­ along with any dissent, to the Port Agent of the Port accused and each accuser, either in person or in writing sion, if the said member was a member of the Trial Com­ where the trial took place, while a copy thereof shall be addressed to their last known address, of the results of forwarded to the accused and the accusers, either in per­ the appeal. A further appeal shall be allowed as set forth mittee. son or by mail addressed to their last known addresses. in Section 17. .Section 5. Negotiating and Strike Committee. Section 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of The members of a Negotiating and Strike Committee, The findings shall include a statement that the rights of whether of a Port or otherwise, shall be composed of as the accused under this Constitution, were properly safe­ the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers Interna­ many members as shall be determined, by a majority vote guarded. The findings also must contain the charges tional Union of North America, and the rights of, and of the membership, upon recommendation of the Secre­ made, the date of the trial, the name and address of the procedure as to, further appeal as provided for therein. tary-Treasurer. Any member may attend any meeting of accused, the accuser, and each witness; shall describe each Decisions reached thereunder shall be binding on all mem­ this Committee provided he observes decorum. However, document used at the trial; shall contain a fair summary bers of the Union. Section 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the a limit may be set by the chairman of the Committee on of the proceedings, and shall state the findings as to guilt or innocence. If possible, all the documents used at Union to take all steps within their constitutional power the number of those who may attend. the trial shall be kept. All findings and recommendations to carry out the terms of any effective decisions. Section 6. Meeting Chairman. shall be made a part of the regular files. Section 19. Any accused may waive any or all rights The meeting Chairman shall be a member elected from Section 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, and privileges granted to him by this Article. If an accused the floor by majority vote of the members at any meeting. upon receipt of the findings and recommendations of the has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend Section 7. Delegates. As soon as the Secretary-Treasurer is advised as to the Trial Committee, cause the findings and recommendations without properly requesting a -"ostponement, the Trial date and duly authorized number of delegates to the con­ to be presented, and entered into the minutes, at the next Committee may hold its trial without his presence. vention of the Seafarers International Union of North regular meeting. ARTICLE XVI Section 7. The Port Agent shall send - the record of America, he shall communicate such facts to the Port OFFENSES AND PENALTIES Agent of each Port, together with recommendations as to the entire proceedings to Headquarters, which shall cause Section 1. Upon proof of the commission of the follow­ generally applicable rules for the election of delegates. sufficient copies thereof to be made and sent to each ing offenses, the member shall be expelled from mem­ These facts and recommendations shall be announced and Port in time for the next regularly scheduled meeting. bership: Section 8. At the latter meeting, the proceedings shall read at the first regular meeting thereafter. Unless (a) Proof of membership in any organization advocating changed by a majority vote of the memb rship during that be discussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority the overthrow of the Government of the United States meetin.g, the election rules shall apply. These rules shall vote of the membership of the Union shall: by force; (a) Accept the findings and recommendations, or not prohibit any member from nominating himself. The (b> Acting as an informer against the Interest of the (b) Reject the findings and recommendations, or results of the election shall be communicated to each Port Union or the membership in any organizational campaign; (c) Accept the findings, but modify the recommenda­ Agent, posted on the bulletin board, and announced at the (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent, of the Company ^next regular meeting of the Port. Rules of election here­ tions, or against the interests of the membership or the Union; Id) Order a new trial after finding that substantial, jus­ under may include provisions for automatic election of all Id) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy qualified nominees, in the event the number of such tice has not been done with regard to the charges. In this to destroy the Union. nominees does not exceed the number of delegates to be event, a new trial shall take place at the Port where Head­ Section 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of the quarters is located and. upon application, the accused, the following offenses, the member shall be penalized up to a elected. accusers, and their witnesses shall be furnished transpor­ penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event the ARTICLE XV tation and subsistence. TRIALS AND APPEALS penalty of expulsion is not invoked or recommended, the Section 1. Any member may bring charges against any Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any penalty shall not exceed suspension from the rights and other member for the commission of an offense as set punishment so decided upon shall become effective. The privileges of membership for more than two (2) years, or forth in this Constitution. These charges shall be in writ­ Secretary-Treasurer shall cause notice of the results a fine of $50.00, or both: ing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his thereof to be sent to each accuse«* and accuser. (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union prop­ book number. The accuser shall deliver these charges to Section 10. An accused who has been found guilty, or erty of the value in excess of $50.00; the Port Agent of the Port nearest the place of the of­ who is under effective punishme.nt may appeal in the fol­ (b) Unauthorized use of Uni'on property, records, stamps, fense, or the Port of pay off, if the offense took place lowing manner: seals, etc., for the purpose of personal gain; aboard ship. He»shall also request the Port Agent to He may send or deliver a notice of appeal to the (c) Wilful misuse of any office or job, elective or not, present these charges at the next regular meeting. The Secretary-Treasurer within 30 days after receipt of the within the Uniop for the purpose of personal gain, finan­ accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting notice of the decison of the membership. cial or otherwise, or the wilful refusal or failure to takes place. Section 11. At the next regular meeting -of the Port execute the duties or functions of the said office or job. Section 2. After presentation of the charges and the where Headquarters is located, after receipt of the notice or gross neglect or abuse in executing such duties or request to the Port Agent, the Port Agent shall cause of appeal, the Secretary-Treasurer shall present the notice, functions; those charges to be read at the said meeting. which shall then become part of the minutes. An Appeals (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of if the charges are rejected by a majority vote of the Committee shall then be elected. The Secretary-Treasurer ballots, stubs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or Port, no further action m.ay be taken thereon, unless is charged with the duty of presenting the before-men­ election files, or eleclioii material of any sort; ruled otherwise by a majority vote of the membership of tioned proceedings and all available documents used as Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges the Union within 90 days tliereafter. If the charges are evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as are(e)false; accepted, and the accased is present, he shall be auto­ any written statement or argument submitted by the ac­ (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false matically on notice that he will be tried the following cused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he reports or communications, with knowledge of the falsity morning. At his request, the trial shall be postponed so desires. The appeal shall be heard at Union Headquar­ thereof, or unauthorizedly altering reports or communica­ u-ntil the morning following the next regular meeting, at ters on the night the Committee is elected. It shall be tions which fall within the scope of Union business; which time the Trial Committee will then be elected. He the responsibility of the accused to insure that his written (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or shall also be handed a written copy of the charges made statement or argument arrives at Headquarters in time for misconduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detri­ against him. such presentation. ment of the Union or its agreements; If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall Im­ Section 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the ap­ (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference, or delib­ mediately cause to be sent to him. by registered mail ad­ dressed to his last known mailing address on file with peal as soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration erate and malicious villification, with regard to the execu­ the Union, a copy of the charges, the names and book of the evidence and arguments before it. It may grant ad- tion of the duties of any office or job; (i) Paying for, or receiving money for, employment numbers of the accusers, and a notification that he must journmefats and may request the accused or accusers to present arguments, whenever necessary for such fair con­ aboard a vessel; appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the morning sideration. (j) Wilful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the Trial Section 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall the purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to Committee will be elected In the event a majority of the membership of the Union be by majority vote, and shall be in the form of findings the Union, or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving shall vote to accept charges after their rejection by a and recommendations. Dissents will be allowed. Decisions evidence of Union affiliation, with intent to deceive; (k) Wilful failure or refusal to carry out the orders of Port, the Trial shall take place in the Port where Head­ and dissents shall be in writing and signed by those partic­ quarters is located. Due notice thereof shall be given to ipating in such decision or dissent. In making its findings those duly authorized to make such orders during time the accused, who shall be informed of the name of his and recommendations, the Committee shall be governed of strike: Section 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of the accusers, and who shall receive a written statement of by the following: (a) No finding of guilt shall be reversed if there is sub­ following offenses, members shall be penalized up to the charges. At the request of the accused, transportation and subsistence shall be provided the accused and his stantial evidence to support such a finding and, in such suspension from the rights and privileges of membership case, the Appeals Committee shall not make its own find­ for two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00, or both: witnesses. (a) Wilfully misappropriating or misusing Union propSection 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent ings as to the weight of evidence. (b) In no event shall increased punishment be recom­ erty of the value under $50.00; evidence and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence (b) Assuming any office or job. whether elective or not required by courts ot law but may receive all relevant mended. (c) A new trial shall be recommended if the Appeals with knowledge of the lack of possession of the qualifica­ Rstimony. The Trial Committee may grant adjournments, at the request of the accused, to enable him to make a Committee finds—(a) that any member of the Trial Com­ tions required therefor; (c) Misconduct during any meeting or other official proper defense. In the event the Trial Committee falls mittee should have been disqualified, or (b) that the ac­ beneath a quorum^ It shall adjourn until quorum-doer- cused 5ya,s,..HQt,,a4?qu?tely..ip£pp!XveA ofi.tti.e .4eta.ils.>i>ft.jlw- Un}w. pr()e^eding„,qf,.bi:^t}giqg.jy,9, vpioo. inte, ^wptfte,, 0Xist. irou'T't!-? if'ftl charged |fip,»«lpeiii(hetf.,ju, this, AEtipJe^j,,.,, �January 7, 1955 (d) Refusal or negligent failure to carry out orders of those duly authorized to make such orders at any time. Section 4. Upon pvoof of-the commission of any of the following offenses, members shall be penalized up to a flne of $50.00: (a) Refusal or wilful failure to be present at sign-ons or pay-offs: (b) Wilful failure to submit book to Uniqn representa­ tives at pay-off; (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sign on; (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in discharging their duties; (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union Hall; (f) Gambling in the Union Hall; (g) Negligent failure to join ship. Section 5. Any member who has committed an offense penalized by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to waive his rights under this Constitution and to pay the ma.ximum fine of $50.00 to the duly authorized representa­ tive of the Union. Section 6. If offense against the Union and its principles and policies takes place in the meeting, the meeting may go into a Committee of the Whole and try the member at once, and in this case, the findings and recommendation of the Committee of the Whole shall be acted upon as If the report were made by a duly elected Trial Committee. Section 7. This Union, and its rnernbers, shall not be deemed to waive any ciaim, or personal or property rights to which it or its members are entitled, by bringing the member to trial or enforcing a penalty as provided in this Constitution. Section 8. Any member under suspension for an of­ fense under this Article shall continue to pay all dues and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, members, officials and job holders. ARTICLE XVII PUBLICATIONS This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, news­ papers, magazines, periodicals, and general literature, in such manner as may he determined, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XVIII BONDS Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed, as well as all other employees of the Union, may be re­ quired to be bonded under such terms and conditions as may be determined, from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XIX EXPENDITURES Section 1. Policies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures to be made or expen.ses to be incurred shall he determined by a majority vote of the membership. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in existence, the Secretary-Treasurer may authorize, make, and incur such expenditures and expenses as lie within the authoHty conferred upon him by Articie X and Ar­ ticle XI of this Constitution. Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly apply to the routine accounting and administrative pro­ cedures of the Union except those primarily concerned With trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. Section' 3. The provisions of this Article shall super­ sede, to the extent applicable, the provisions of Articles X and XI. ARTICLE XX INCOME Section 1. The income of this Union shall include re­ ceipts from dues, initiation fees, fines, assessments, con­ tributions, loans, interest, dividends, as well as income derived from any other legitimate business operation or other legitimate source. Section 2. No member shall be required to pay or de­ liver any sum of money to any Union representative with­ out obtaining an official Union receipt, signed and dated. It shall be the duty of the member to demand such re­ ceipt. Section 3. No assessments shall be levied except after a ballot conducted under such general rules as may be decided upon by a majority vote of the membership, pro­ vided that: (a) The ballot must be secret. lb) The assessment must be approved by a 2/3 ma­ jority of the valid ballots cast. Section 4. All payments by members or other affiliates of this Union shall be applied succe.ssively to the mone­ tary obiigations owed the Union commencing with the oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of accrual of siich obligation. The period of arrears shall be calculated accordingly. ARTICLE XXI PERMITS AND OTHER TYPES OF UNION AFFILIATION This Union, by majority vote of the membership, may provide for affiliation with it by individuals in a lesser capacity than ihembership, or in a capacity other than membership. By majority vote of the membership, the Union may provide for the rights and obligations incident to such capacities or affiliations. These rights and obli­ gations may include, but ar§ not limited to: (a) the applica­ bility or non-applicability of all or any part of this Con­ stitution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c) the right of the Union to peremptory termination of such affiliation and, (d)-the fees required for such affiliation. In no event may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation equivalent to that of members, receive priority or rights over members, or be termed a member. ARTICLE XXII FORMULATION OF SHIPPING RULES Section I. The formulation of shipping rules shall not be deemed part of any routine administrative-task.-' Ship" ping rur^- governing thr details Of ' thb ra^^nUiieh^ 'of-'^^ SEAFARERS LOG jobs and governing conduct and procedure connected therewith may be issued and take effect only after ap­ proval by a majority vote of the membership. Shipping rules duly issued shall be deemed to be Union policy. Section 2. A majority vote of the membership may make special exceptions or rules for any company or vessel, for organizational purposes, whether covered by a contract or not. ARTICLE XXIII QUORUMS Section 1. Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specif­ ically provided, the quorum for a special meeting of a Port shail be six members. Section 2. The quorufh for a regular meeting of a Port shall be seven members. Section 3. The quorum for the Agents' Conference shall be a majority of those eligible to attend. Section 4. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ in, the quorum for any committee shall be the majority of those duly elected or appointed thereto. Section 5. Unless otherwise specifically set forth here­ in, the decisions, reports, recommendations," or other func­ tions of any segment of the Union requiring a quorum to act officially, shall be that of the majority of the quorum, and shall not be official or effective unless the quorum requirements are met. ARTICLE XXIV MEETINGS Section 1. All ports shall hold regular meetings, provided a quorum is present, on every other Wednesday, at 7:00 P.M. If such meeting night falls on a holiday, the meeting shall take place, providing a quorum is present, at 7:00 P.M. the follrwing night. In the event a quorum is not present at 7:00 P.M., the Port Agent of ihe pertinent port shall post­ pone the opening of the meeting until a quorum is pres­ ent, but in no event later than 7:30 P.M. A majority vote of the membership shall be sufficient to change the date of any future regular meeting. Section 2. A special meeting at a Port may be called only at the direction of the Port Agent. No special meet­ ing may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted at least two hours in advauce, on the Port bulletin board. ARTICLE XXV AGENTS' CONFERENCE Section 1. The Secretary-Treasurer shall call an Agents' Conference once a year, and may call, with the approval of a majority vote of the membership, additional Agents' Conferences during the year. The time and plaee of eaeh such meeting shall he fixed by the Secretary-Treasurer. These conferences may be postponed or cancelled by a majority vote of the membership in case of emergency. A majority vote of the membership shall determine when such • emergency exists. Section 2. The Agents' Conference may discuss and prepare reports and recommendations on any part of the Union's activities, policies and plans. The adoption of any such recommendation by a majority vote of the memhership shall make the provisions thereof binding Union policy, until modified or otherwise altered by a majority vote of the membership provided s.uch recommendation Is not inconsistent with the provisiuns of this Couslilution. ARTICLE XXVI DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING THERETO Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any illness or condition preventing the affected person from carrying out his duties for more than 30 days; or absence from the United States; or suspension from office or membership as provided for in this Constitution; or the due replacement of one under an incapacity as indicated. However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to prohibit the execution of the functions of more than one job and/or office, in which event no incapacity shall be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or of­ fice of the one taking over the duties and functions of the one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the time during which the circumstances exist. Section 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "vacancy," and the term "vacancy not caused by an incapacity," shall be deemed to be the same, and shall include failure to perform the functions of any office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or expul­ sion from the Union with no further right to appeal in aecordance with the provisions of this Constitution. Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole, the term, "majority vote of the membership," shall mean the majority of all the valid votes cast by members at an official meeting of those Ports holding a meeting. This definition shall prevail notwithstanding that one or more Ports cannot hold meetings because of no quorum. For that purpose of this section, the term "regularly scheduled meeting night at which the pertinent vote may take place" shall refer to a meeting or meetings during the time period within which a vote must be taken in accordance with: (a) The Constitution lb) Union policy, and (c) Custc.'n and usage of the Union in the indicated priority. Section 4. When applicable solely to Port action and not concerned with, or related to. Union action as a whole, and not forming part of a Union-wide vote, the term, "majority vote of the membership." shall refer to the majority of the valid votes cast by the members at any meeting of the Port, regular or special. Section 5. The term, "membership action" shall mean the'Same as-the term'"majority vote-of the membership." Page S—Seven holder thereof. Is set forth in this Constitutiofi, all refer­ ences thereto and. the provisions concerned therewith shall be deemed to be equally applicable to whomever is duly acting in such office or job. Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed to mean that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected officials and other elected job-holders are required to assume office. The first election year shall be deemed to be 1954. Section 8. The terms, "this Constitution," and "this amended Constitution," shall be deemed to have the same meaning and shall refer to the Constitution which takes the place of the one adopted fay the Union in 1939. asamended up through August 1951. Section 9. The term, "member in good standing," shall * mean a member not in arrears or under suspension or sentence of expulsion. Unless otherwise expressly indi­ cated, the term, "member," shall mean a member in good standing. Section 10. The term, "membership book," shall mean any official certificate issued as evidence of Union mem­ bership. Section 11. Whenever the day on which a Union meeting or action is to take place falls on a holiday, the meeting i or action shall be put off until the next business day, at the same hour. ARTICLE XXVII AMENDMENTS This Constitution shall be amended In the following manner: Section 1. Any member may submit, at any regular meeting of any Port, proposed amendments to this Con­ stitution in resolution form. If a majority vote of the membership of the Port approves it, the proposed amend­ ment shall be forwarded to all Ports for further action. Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by * a majority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Constitutional Committee in the Port where Head­ quarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six members, two from each Department and shaU be elected in accordance with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port. The Committee will act on all proposed amendments referred to it. The Commit­ tee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report on the amendment together with any proposed changes or substitutions or recommendations, and the reasons for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treasurer. If a majority vote of the membership approves the amendment as recommended, it shall then be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure outlined in Article XIII, Section 3-B through Section 5. The amend­ ment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if ton lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the V amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all Ports and made available at the voting site in all Ports. Section 3. If approved by a % majority of the valid ballots cast, the amendment shall become effective im­ mediately upon notification by the Headquarters Tallying Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer that the amendment has been so approved, unless otherwise specified in the amendment. The Secretary-Treasurer shall immediately notify all Ports of the results of the vote on the amend­ ment. ARTICLE XXVIII TRANSITION CLAUSE Section 1. It is the purpose and intent of this Article to provide for an orderly transition from Union operations and activities as governed by the Constitution in effect prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, to operations and activities conducted in accordance with this amended Constitution. Accordingly, the following sections are to be given the interpretation required to effectuate the foregoing purpose and intent. Section 2. All routine administrative, accounting, and other similar procedures and processes of this Union, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect, unless or until changed, in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 3. All methods and means of collecting and disbursing Union funds, all segregations of Union funds, the sequence of regular meeting nights, rules of order generally followed, bonding procedures, shipping rules, permit systems, reinstatement procedures, and any other practices'or procedure, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be permitted hereunder, and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 4. All Union policies, customs, and usage, in­ cluding those with regard to admission into membership, in effect immediately prior to the adoption of this amended Constitution, shall be deemed to be'permitted hereunder and shall continue in effect unless or until changed in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 5. The Secretary-Treasurer, the Assistant Secre­ tary-Treasurer, all Port Agents' and Patrolmen, and all others elected as a result of the balloting held by this Union during November and December of 1952, shall be deemed to have been duly elected in conformity with the provisions of this Constitution. From the date of adoption of this Conslilulion, they shall execute the powers and functions, and assume the responsibilities, of the said offices and jobs, as set forth in this Constitution. They shall hold office, pursuant hereto, until the expiration^i date of the terms of office set forth herein. The terms of Article XIII. only insofar as they apply to election of Officials, Port Agents, and Patrolmen, shall take effect the first election year. �*!F SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF D I STR I CT • AFL • CONSIIIUIION SUMMARY of ARTICLE XIV-0»her Elections: ARTICLE I—Name and General Powers: nate^tie election ^of meeting chairmen, delegates and members of the following committees: Auditing, Quarterly Financial, Trial, Appeals, Negotiating and Strike—Defines qualifications for these positions. name of the union and defines its general powers. A BTi/"i c 11 A Provides for affiliation of the AtAKI ILLt i I—AttHiaflOn; lantic and Gulf District with the Seafarers Internatfonal Union of North America, the American Federation of Labor and other bodies as may be determined by a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XV-Trials and Appeals: momber to a fair trial by an impartial committee of his Union brothers. Lists in detail the procedure for bringing charges and for pre­ senting charges to the membership—Provides for election of fivemember trial committee and defines Committee's procedure and duties—Requires that accused must be confronted by the accuser= Gives accused right to representation by a brother member before the trial committee—Requires presentation of the Committee's find­ ings to the membership for acceptance, rejection or modification by a majority vote of the members—Provides procedure for appeals. ARTICLE ill-Membership: set by a majority vote of the membership—Defines certain eligibility requirements that must be met by candidates for new membership —Provides relief for members who may be unable to pay dues because of incapacity beyond their control—States the Union's oath of obligation—Outlines rules for suspension and dismissal for non­ payment of dues and assessments—Rights of membership to expel those who might support dual and hostile groups. ARTICLE XVI-Offenses and Penalties: "u ARTICLE IV-Reinsfatement: fenses for which a member may be brought to trial—Places limita­ tions on penalties that may be imposed upon members found guilty of such offenses—Gives a member the right to waive trial and accept an automatic penalty for infractions not involving suspension or dismissal from the Union—Provides for trial by" meeting acting as committee as a whole for offenses committed during course of meeting. statement' of dismissed members. Retains the existing dues schedule, initiation fee and method of payment—Provides dues may not be changed except by constitutional amendment—Permits the membership, by majority vote, to waive dues and initiation fees for organizational purposes only. ARTICLE V—Dues and Initiation Fee: Gives the membership the right to authorize the pub­ lication of a newspaper and other literature. ARTICLE XVII-Publications: ARTICLE VI—Retirement from Membership: Defines the procedure by which a Seafarer may retire his book and outlines the method of reinstatement. ADTI/"IC V\/lll Provides for bonding of officers AKIIV-LC AY III DOnaS: and employes oLthe Union under such conditions as may be determined by the membership. ARTICLE Vll-Sysfem of Organization: ARTICLE XIX-Expendifures: ments of the Union and provides for administrative authority. cies or specific instructions with regard to expenditures. APTin F VIM designates the following as elecAKIIt^LC YIII urncers: tlve officers: the Secretary-Treasurer. Assistant Secretary-Treasurers and Port Agents and Patrol­ men. A DTI^I C VV Defines the Union's sources of in- bers to require Union representatives to give them a receipt for any payment of money to the Union—Provides that no assessment may be levied unless approved by a two-thirds majority of the valid ballots cast by the members in a secret election—Gives member­ ship power to set up general rules for assessment balloting—Pro­ vides for the Union to derive income from dividends, interest and legitimate business operations. ARTICLE IX-Other Elective Jobs:.^7eha?rmt'S: gates and members of certain committees must be elected by the member.ship. ARTICLE X—Duties of Elective Officers: SuSS^ of ADTir'l F YYI Retains the existing requirement Al\l IVMLC AAI rGrmilS: that rules for issuance of permits must be determined by the members. the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treasurers, Port Agents, Patrolmen, Meeting Chairmen, Delegates and members of the Auditing, Trial, Quarterly Financial, Appeals and Negotiating and Strike Committees—Provides procedure for filling vacancies in office—Requires all Port Agents to file weekly financial reports— Establishes membership control over actions and reports of officials and committees. ARTICLE XXII—Formulation of Shipping Rules: Guarantees, as did the previous Constitution, that shipping rules may not be revised unless approved by membership. ARTICLE XXIII-Quorums: ARTICLE XI—Wages and Terms of Office: shall be six members and the quorum for a regular Port meeting shall be seven members. Provides that the Secretary-Treasurer, Assistant Secretary-Treas­ urers, Port Agents and Patrolmen shall serve for two-year terms and that their wages shall be set by a majority vote of the membership—Provides for hiring and dismissal of other employes and personnel, subject to a majority vote of the membership. ARTICLE XXIV-Meetings: regular meetings at 7 PM on every other Wednesday—Exceptions are noted for holidays and failure to obtain a quorum. ARTICLE XII—Qualifications for Elective Office: ARTICLE XXV-Agent's Conference: SnS'cJS^^^^^ Sets forth that any member has the right to nominate himself for any office—Lists eligibility requirements for the various offices. APTin F yill FUrHrtnc. describes procedure for nominaAKI n-LC AIII ciecrions: tion to office-Provides for elec­ tion of a six-member Credentials Committee to inspect the candi­ dates' eligibility according to rules of Constitution—Establishes safeguards for the right of a member to nominate himself to office —^Retains the Union'is existing balloting procedure—Describes bal­ loting procedures in detail—Provides for election of five-member 'Polls Committees and six-member Tallying Committees to conduct elections and tabulate results—Sets forth the manner for installation of officers. , . I,. AKI IV„LC AA—income: come—Sets forth the duty of mem­ ence of Port Agents to be called by the Secretary-Treasurer. ARTICLE XXVI-Definitions: of the Constitution. ARTICLE XXVII-Atnendments: stitution by the membership. ARTICLE XXVIIi-TranslHpn Clause:^^?^™ by proposed C<msUtution. ,. , > ; ^ : X-i'l htrs, *= � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource January 7, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 1 Description An account of the resource Headlines: GRAND JURY BEGINS PROBE OF PLOT TO MURDER HALL SIU ELECTION TO END JAN. 15; VOTING HEAVY ILA RIGS PACT OKAY IN 2ND VOTE BME VOTES OFFICERS FOR FOUR-YEAR TERM 'DISTRICTS' PROBE OPENS; CANCEL ALL LST SAILINGS DAD LOST, FAMILY OF 5 FACES UNCERTAIN FUTURE BOSS STILL CHISELS PAY CREW BLASTS TRANSFER 'PIRACY' TRAVELERS CHECK DRAWS END EXCHANGE RATE LOSS MOVIE CO'S ALSO EYE $ UNDER FLAG OF LIBERIA CG PLAYING 'POSSUM AS SEAFARERS RAP TEST PLAN UNION HOST AT HOLIDAY FEASTS TIPS FOR SEAMEN ON FILING 1954'S REVISED INCOME TAX NEW ANGLES UNSEAWORTHY "NOT TOO LONG AGO..." SANTO DOMINGO'S TOPS FOR A FLINGO EVEN IF YOU CAN'T SPEAK THE LINGO MIXUP GIVES CREW DRAW, BUT IN IOUS BROOM-SWINGING BOSUM GOES INTO GEAR AND THERE ARE DEAD DUCKS ON THE MAE HERE'S HOW YOU COLLECT M & C NY SCANS GYP UNDERTAKERS WHO RAGE IN UNION BENEFITS SHIP IN HURRY SO CREWMAN SUFFERS SEAFARERS IN HOSPITALS SIU CONSTITUTION Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1/7/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/345cdaec7f2425743ba7581384dedbab.PDF 7c00f32fdcc88555c0913ac9adc4e432 PDF Text Text '." ' J'- • Vote; SlU Win Seen '%.V iL-f^ Vol. XVi No. 26 e-S ! ^ii-Vk -k' I •:.• •M'' -Story on Page 2 ! ->v:'!-' r», • r-' r^v •' • * SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • • -iiy • ^-y •;, •:• • rkS &:• •• -J 22 ABOARD Districts 12 Days Overdue m 1 •Story on Page 3 •:|l -iy, '•^1 m •Wt "••'I'Sg liif: 'iii^ ^W«W-, J.; , • . Jtc/lGlf a a • And DoSOoif ^lye today through a chance of fate that kept them from sailing aboard the ill-fated LST Southern Disw!r nUo!^ JoTfl! 1 f T \ medical treatment, Seafarers Thomas Blackledge, MM (seated), and Marion " Sn iien ftr 1® }! ^ on the missing ship. Wife and children of Thomas T. Nichols of West Lake, La. (top row), mainJif P f n1Sn?rPnT.te^ ^ shows family of Lake Charles, La. Seafarer Louis B. Cook. Left to right, Mr. frir tim ch^ ?n/S^P • daughter and son-in-iaw; Mrs. Copk; L. B. Cook,,Jr., a son, and Glenda Hooper, a granddaughter. A Coast Guard search lor the ship and survivors among the 22-man crew was given up this week. The ship has bwn missing since Dec. 6. (Story on Page 3 ) �liK; Itef-V'- lW«Tw« SMAF ARE R S toe \ fc Orders f' WC Vote .v.»v , , iteeember 24. liBM -:0m NO lAWnrERS IIEEPED Tfat SIU Welfare Plan office wishe* to remind Seafaren and their families that no lawyers are needed to collect apy SIU Wel­ fare Plan benefit. Some cases have arisen in rebent months ip which lawyers were engaged. The only result was a delay in coUe(^ tlon of benefits and a charge against the benefit for lawyers"fees. It's emphasized that the Welfare Plan was designed from the beginning to provide simple and speedy payment bf all benefit claims, so as to bypass lawyers and legal fees. Any application for benefits should be made directly to the Seafarers Welfare Plan, at 11 Broadway, NY, NY, toy the individual involved. SAN FRANCISCO—^A National Labor Relations Board order last week for a three-depart­ ment vote on West Coast ships appears to hate cleared the way finally for a Seafarers International Union victory in the long fight for representation of steward department per­ sonnel. Over 2,000 steward*^^ department men are covered stewards' representatien once and Christmas Cheer For Hosflltalized Seafarers for all. Both Bridges and the by the order. NUMC&S sought to defeat this bid, The board action from Washing­ ton is a dear defeat for Harry and complicated the proceedings Bridges and his International with a stack of unfair labor charges Longshoremen's and Warehouse­ and petitions of their own for a men's Union and for the tattered new vote among steward depart­ remnants of the Nationd Union of ment men only. Both these actions Marine Cooks and Stewards, both were upset by NLRB rulings. Details of the West Coast elec­ independent and both ousted from the CIO in 1950 for Communist- tion will still have to be decided among all the parties concerned. domination. The SIU is expected to win over­ Meanwhile, the NUMC&S has the whelmingly in a three-department added problem of proving its eligi­ vote which would include not only bility to be on the ballot because the cooks aqd stewards, but deck of a question regarding its filing of department personnel in the Sail­ finandal reports. It has until ors Union of the Pacific and engine January 17, 1955, to qualify undof department men in the Marine labor board rules. Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders Union. Both ihe SUP and MFOW are affiliated with the SIU aniTthe votes of their members would far outweigh those of the galley per­ sonnel, whose ranks include the Regular jnembership meet­ last segment of pro-Communists on ings in STU headquarters and US-flag vessels. at all branches are held every No Union Now second Wednesday night at The cooks and-stewards are cur­ rently without union representa­ 7 PM. The schedule for the tion of any kind as a result Of the next few meetings is as follows: inconclusive results of balloting Dec. 29, Jan. 12, Jan. 26. Walking patients at Staten Island hospital line up for distribution of extra $25 Christmas bonus, earlier this year. The voting gave All Seafarers registered on arettes and cigars from SIU Welfare Services Representative, Tom Gould. .They are, left to right; Sea- V the SlU-affiliated Marine Cooks the shipping , list are required ' farers Harry Morton, Kendall Kelly, Roger Cowperthwaite, Morris Siegel, John Doherty, Olai^iSeim,!^! and Stewards-AFL a clear major­ Sidney Turner and George Robinson. Bonus is in addition to the regular $15 weekly beneflL All: ity over the NUMC&S, but pro­ to attend the meetings. hospitalized Seafarers throughout country received bonus. duced the most votes for "no union" at the urging of Harry Bridges "Local 100," which was un­ able to get on the ballot. MCS-AFL was organized a, fewyears ago by rank and filers fed up with conditions within the NUMC&S, who obtained a charter from the SIU of North America. The battle has been see-sawing since then -between the SUP, The SIU served formal notice on the Coast Guard this week of its total opposition to the Bridges. MCS-AFL and the Coast Guard's attempt to inject itself into a civilian industry and establish sweeping physi­ NUMC&S. • cal and mental controls over seamen. In a letter to Rear Admiral Halert C. Shepheard, ' Sfiigle Unit As a result of the NLRB order, head of the .Coast Guard's Of- * WASHINGTON—American unlicensed men in all departments fice of Marine Safety, SIU specific authorization from Con­ of physical examinations, a system on West Coast ships will now have Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall gress. In its release of the pro­ which meets with the approval of merchant seamen who were an opportunity to vote for a single outlined th» Union's opposition posed program, the Coast Guard the SIU. The president of the com­ held by Germany or . Japan/ bargaining unit known as the SIU and asked that the SIU be notified evaded the question of its author­ pany, Harry X. Kelly, happens to as prisoners, internees or hostagesbe chairman of the Merchant Ma­ at any time during World War II Pacific District, composed of the of the time and place of hearings ity to impose these controls. SUP, MFOW and MCS-AFL. The on the proposed system so that the The Coast Guard program was rine Section, National Safety after Peaii Harbor now have an ILWU and NUMC&S wiU also be SIU can spell out in detail the pro­ presented originally at a meeting CoupcU. opportunity to apply for war claims gram's "inconsistency with accept­ of the Merchant Marine section of on the ballot. Strict Exam benefits under a new.law passed ed labor-management relations in the National Safety Council. The Under Mississippi's physical ex­ by the last Congress. The three SIU affiliates orig­ private industry." / major weapon in the Coast Guard amination program, instituted this inally petitioned for a three-de­ Detention benefits are payablo partment election in an effort to The letter declared that the Un­ arsenal was the argument that at summer, all seagoing personnel the rate of $60 for each calendar settle the issue of the cooks and ion is "unequivocally opposed" to present, the industry does not have take a strict examination. The ex­ at the Coast Guard's plan as a mili­ a good system of examining indi­ amination includes chest x-ray, month during which a seaman was tary invasion of a-private industry viduals with physical and mental urinalysis, electro-cardiogram in at least 18 years of age, and at the rate of $25 for each calendar to impose controls over civilian defects. some instances, and other tests at month during which he was under workers' rights to jobs. Further the At the very same meeting, the the discretion of the examining 18. Survivors of seamen who Dec. 24, 1954 Vol. XVi, No. 24 SIU challenges the methods the Mississippi Shipping Uompany Men sailing with the would otherwise qualify for these Coast Guard would employ in presented an outline of its system physician. As I See It. Page 6 screening (Continued on page 17) benefits are also eligible. men for physical and Burly Page 15 Eligibility is based on service attributes as "absolutely Crossword Puzzle ........ Page 8 mental aboard a US-fiag vesseL or a ves­ unscientific." Editorial Cartoon .......Page 9 sel which was registered under the Congress Interested. Editorials Page 9 laws of any government friendly Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 Meanwhile there were indications to the US during World War H, Labor Round-Up Page 8 that influeptial members of Con­ August 31 Deadline Letter of The Week Page 9 gress—as a result of maritime un­ Claiins must be filed by August Letters Page 15 ion protests—^were disturbed by Maritime Page 8 the Coast Guard's attempted pow­ The SlU-contracted Sandcaptain, sand dredge operated by 31, 1955, and must be filed even Meet The Seafarer Page 8 er grab. Senator John Butler, Construction Aggregates, sailed from New York on Decem­ by those who filed a similar claim Notices, Personals Page 17 member of the Water Transporta­ ber 14 for an l^month "tour of duty" at a Venezuelan con­ with the former War Claims Com­ mission, which was not paid.Off Watch Page 14 tion Subcommittee of the Senate, Port Reports Pages 12, 13 has shown marked interest in the struction project. • A 41-man^ who stick it out for more than Seamen or their survivors who Quiz Page 14 dispute and has informed SIU of SIU crew is aboard the ship nine months will receive a bonus served, gave aid to, or collaborated SIU History Cartoon Page 6 NA headquarters that his commit­ which will be dredging sand amounting to 25 percent of their with hostile governments, members Vote of Thanks Page 9 tee was anxious for the Coast in the mouth of the Orinoco River. base wages. Thereafter, they will of the Armed forces and those who Washington News Letter. .Page 7 Guard and unions to settle the is­ There are Indications that the receive additional bonuses month are entitled to^ or received civilian Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19* sue. If no such agreement is company may assign its two re- for month, for as long as they stay detention or other benefits as a Welfare Report Page 18 reached. Senator Butler implied mainihg sandboats, the Sandchief on the ship. civilian US citizen under another Your Dollar's Worth.. .i. Page & that a Congressional investigation and the Sandmate, to the same All three of the sandboats have law, are not eligible to file for operation in the near future. ' would be in order. been idle since the ear^ part of these benefits. Published' biweekly at the headquarters ef the Seafarers Imernatlenal Unloii, Ah In any case, examination of the The 18-m(mth sign-on is covered 1952, when they worked on land­ Applications and further infoi>: lantic a euir District AFL. «7S Fourth .1 i.^reaklvrt 3S, MY. Tel, MYsiinth regulations makes it clear that the by a spwlal SIU cciitraet to fill operations in Newark Bay for mation can be obtained from the r-»*00. Entereo as second class matter Coast Guard does not have author­ keep the crev on the job and keep construction of the New Jersey Foreign C^ims Settlement ^o^ . at the Pest Offlce In Brooklyn/ NY, under ity to impose its program without replacements at a nainimuin. iMTSh turnpike. mission. Washington 25, DC. the Act of Ausust M, IflS. Meetimg Night Everg 2 Weeks SIU Re/ects CG Proposal; Seamen Can Congress May Probe Plan Now Apply For POW $ iftf;' !i< SEAFARERS LOG Sandboet Signs For 18 Months In SA i^;l. I fr t Ki :'••' i:' •' I- • • •, fx �ilB:: December 24. 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Fate Three Southern Districts Feared Lost With Crew Of 22 Aboard Hope has virtually been abandoned for the 22-nian crew of the SlU-contracted Southern Districts which disappeared wit hout a trace somewhere off the East Coast and has not been seen nor heard from since December 6. An intensive Coast Guard air-sea search, underwayt since December 11 with a one day interruption, was Two years agro crewmembers of Southern Districts commemorated loss of sister ship Southern Isles with special shipboard ceremonies •t site of disaster. Now Southern Districts is feared lost in same Ceneral area. MA Halts called off on December 21 af­ ter failing to turn up a shred of evidence as to the fate of the vessel and her crew. While the ship has not been officially given up for lost, chances that survivors would be found were described by a Coast 5 i To : ' ' ; A Day Brandon Nichols Guard spokesman as "very re­ mote" particularly in view of severe weather in the area. Never­ WASHINGTON—After approving transfer of 57 American- theless merchant ships have been flag Libertys to "runaway" foreign flags, Maritime Admin­ asked to continue to watch all istrator Louis Rothschild turned off the faucet—only to turn along the vessel's route from Port Dreary Christmas is outlook for family of Frank Famiglio, Jr., 18, Sulphur, Louisiana, to Buckpoiir, it on again under pressure^ who is missing on Southelm Districts. Here Famigiio^s aunt, Mrs. Maine. from the tramp shipowners. a shortage of tramp shipping was Margi Maiorana, and his grandmother, Mrs. Pauline Famiglio, con­ the 13 unlicensed men aboard, Further, just before Roths- developing. The SIU's Washington 11Ofsailed fer with SIU patrolman Herman Trexciair in New Orleans. Frank's with the SIU A&G Dis­ ehild announced he was "halting" correspondent reported that the trict and two were members of uncle, Blaise Famiglio, is currently aboard Del Sud. transfers, his office approved the shortage reached such proportions the SlU-affiliated Sailors Union of Savannah, and Victoriano R. Mar­ Southern Isles, which broke in two shift of five more Libertys, includ­ that the Foreign Economic Admin­ tinez of Norfolk. oft Hatteras and went to the bot­ ing the SIU-«ontracted Ragnar istration was -almost ready to de­ tom October 5, 1951. Only six men The two SUP men were Herman Naess. clare that there were no American survived that disaster, which came Klotz of Jackson Heights, NY, Rothschild's "halt" to transfers tramps available to carry Govern­ so rapidly that the ship did not and Billie Nolan, Miami, Florida. came last week on the grounds that ment cargo under the "50-50" law. have time to radio for help. Other crewmembers were; Cap­ "there was a growing demand for> This would dump much of this Similarly no SOS was ever re­ tain E. M. Rowe, Norfolk; T.' B. cargo into the laps of foreign op­ American flag shipping space." He Roane, 1st mate, Norfolk; J. B. ceived from the Southern Dis­ had been shifting Libertjrs. from erators. Downing, 2nd mate, Virginia tricts, indicating that the ship may Operators Act American registry so rapidly that Beach; D. C. Hudson, 3rd mate, also have gone down so rapidly No sooner had Rothschild "halt­ Portsmouth, Va.; G. C. Falle, radio as to preclude any emergency calls. • ed" transfers, with 57 ships al-' The verifiable facts of the case operator, Baltimore; W. H. Jenready gone, than tramp ship oper­ Famiglio Thomas nette, chief engineer, Scranton, are as follows: The ship left Port ators put the squeeze on him. NC; E. Opffer, 1st assistant. Pala­ Sulphur, Louisiana, on December After meeting with their repre­ the Pacific. Two other Seafarers, tine, Cuba; M. L. Carder, 2nd as­ 2 with a cargo of 2,659 tons of sul­ sentative, Rothschild announced he Thomas Blackledge, MM, and sistant, Newport, Ky.; L. L. Par- phur ore for Bucksport, Maine. was "clarifying" his order so It Marion Vestor, oiler, escaped the rish, Jr., 3rd assistant, Richmond, would not apply to six pending ap­ fate of their shipmates when they Va. plications. This means another six were , left behind in New Orleans News that the ship was missing ships will be transferred after for medical treament. Rothschild called a "halt." Seven­ Seafarers aboard the ship were: ; teen more ships may get a green James H. Brandon, 38, of Tampa, light via this route. Florida; Louis B. Cook, 53, Lake Originally the transfer policy Charles, La.; Thomas Nichols, 29, The former Alaska passen­ was announced to assist shipown­ of West Lake, Louisiana, who is ger ship Denali is now headed ers who were unable to find em­ the father of four children; Frank toward the Gulf Coast where ployment for their vessels under J. Famiglio, 18, of New Orleans; it will operate on the Tampa to the American flag, because of com­ Samuel B. Thomas, 35, father of Martinez Sellers Havana run. The Denali will petition from "runaway" opera­ two children, living in Thomson, operate in addition to the P&O tions in the first instance. Subse­ Maximum capacity of the vessel is Steamship Company's Miami to quently, the policy became a de­ 4,000 long tons of ore. She was Morris Cooper Havana run now being handled by vice for operators to get better reportedly sighted by another ves­ the SB Florida. sel off the Florida Keys on De­ prices for their ships than they and overdue cast a pall over SIU cember 6, and was due in BucksA skeleton SIU crew wOs could under the American market, membership meetings on Decem­ port on December 12. placed aboard the Denali in Seat­ and to make "partnerships" with ber 15. SIU Secretary-Treasurer tle, where she had been laid up other owners for purposes of put­ 72-Hour Notice Paul Hall declared: "We're hoping by the Alaska Steamship Company ting more and more tonnage under Normal company procedure against hope that some men may before being sold. The ship then foreign flags. have survived but it looks extreme­ called for her to notify the South­ picked up a payload of lumber for Actually the "hardship" plea has ly doubtful. Our heartfelt sym­ ern Steamship Company, her own­ transport to the Gulf Coast. no validity today, ^'it the tramp pathies go to the families of these ers, 72 hours before her estimated The Denali will operate under operators still prefv. foreign flags Union brothers who—we fear-^ time of arrival on December 12. Hinc Daniels the same P&O passenger ship con­ for obViou» reasons. have been victims of one of the The company then was due to hear from the vessel on December 9, tract as the Florida. There are To date, 19 SIU ships, one third Georgia; John Daniels, 36, of Con­ tragedies that beset seafaring." possibilities that the Denali will of the total, have been lost way, South Carolina, father of The Coast Guard has announced but when she did not report the touch at one other Florida port through transfers. Rothschild is ex­ three children; Wladslaw Hinc, 46, that a hearing into the vessel's dis­ company apparently assumed that besides Tampa, possibly SL Peters­ pected to push through a few .more of Philadelphia; Purdom Morris, appearance will open in New Or­ she was delayed by bad weather. When nothing was heard for 48 burg. Present plans .call for the before Congress gets a chance to 30, of Fordyce, Arkansas; William leans on January 3. ship to operate on a year-roiuid ask a few questions about' the T. Cooper, 27, of Savannah; James The Southern Distncts, an LST, hours after that, the company basis as.doejs the Florida. whole arrangement. Benjamin Sellers, 29, also of is a sister ship of the ill-fated (Continued on page 17) -r.. » Til'.-.i'!'; New P & 0 Ship Heads For Tampa ••'51 -^1 �p«c« FMT 2 SlU Go's Face Gov't Lawsuits SEAFARERS ICC Bceember ti, 19S4 WaeliMl 50 Feet Alone Catwalk THINGS ARE REALLY LOOKING UP FOR THE WEST COAST affiliates of the SIU of North America, and turning up the other face of the coin it's a glum Christmas for Harry Bridges and his cohorts. The National Labor Relations Board has approved the petition filed PHILADELPHIA—The owner­ by the SIU Pacific District on behalf of sailors, firemen and cooks for ship of another SlU-contracted a three-department election on West Coast ships. vessel, the Gulfwater, came under A victory in this Government-ordered crew election means fire as the Justice Deparment that for the first time all three departments on the West Coast will filed suit against its owners charg­ be together in one international union, the SIU of North America, ing the vessel is alien-owned. and the Communist Party's waterfront section will no longer have any Federal agents seized the vessel foothold on American-flag ships. as the Government suit claimed Just a few years back, few people would have given a nickel for the that Metro Steamship Corporation, SIU of NA's chances of bringing all Shipboard departments under its the vessel's owner, is controlled by banner. .An important development in this direction came when the the Kulukundis family, prominent Marine Firemen's Union voted in 1953 to affiliate with the SIU. From Greek shipowners. Under US then on it was the SUP, the MFOW and the Marine Cooks and Stewards, shipping laws, the ship could only AFL, against the Communist-dominated National Union of Marine be sold to American-owned cor­ Cooks and Stewards, itself largely a creature of Harry Bridges long­ porations. shore union. Once Bridges is beaten on this issue, as it surely appears Meanwhile, the Government's he will be .he will be confined pretty much to sniping at^the SIU from suit against the Philadelphia Ma­ the outside. .) i rine Corporation, owners of the Seafarer Thurston If^wis, AB (right), gets a light for his cigarette SlU - contracted tanker Potrero 5 ii * from a crewmember of a Coast Guard patrol boat which transferred YOUR UNION HAS TIME AND AGAIN CRITICIZED THE MARIHills, got under way in Washing­ him and Henry Vansen, bosun (center), ashore at Little Creek, Va., ton. The Government charges that time Administration for its transfer policies. This week the Maritime after both suffered injuries aboard the tanker Logans Fort (Cities Administrator outdid himself in proving that the transfer policy Manuel Kulukundis owns a major­ Service) last week. The mishap occurred while both were on their ity of the stock in the corporation. is no policy at all, but a pattern of confusion, expediency and weakway to a paint locker and huge waves coming over the bow washed Other Government suits include kneed sacrifice of US shipping to the greed of a handful of operators. them nearly 50 feet along the catwalk. Both later entered the the SlU-contracted US Petroleum As a result of the transfer of over 50 ships, things got so tight re­ Norfolk USPHS hospital. (Official US Coast Guard photo.) Carriers and Victory Carriers. cently that there were hardly enough Libertys available to take Gov­ ernment cargoes. The Maritime Administrator consequently suddenly reversed himself and called off all transfers. That situation lasted just about 48 hours. The tramp ship operator's representatives in Wash­ ington got to work, with the result that the Administrator reversed himself again and cleared the way for six more ships to dump the American flag. All this pulling and hauling one way or. another doesn't add; up to much of a maritime policy. Your Union believes, to paraphrase a famous quotation, that the Maritime Administrator was not appointed •Dpcnite the manv. difficulties which beset the maritime industry, the SIU rode out the to preside over the liquidation of the American merchant marine. ^ 1. 4 , storms in the troubled days of 19M The year's end found the SPEAKING OF SHIP TRANSFERS BRINGS TO MIND an interest­ TTninn in sound shaue and ready to take on any task that might arise. ing question. The US Government has been taking legal action against Among the major accom--* number of companies and agencies who own or operate tramp plishments for Seafarers in meanwhile, passed the $3 million Libertys among other ships. The Government charges that these com­ the past 12 months were the mark in benefits paid out since it panies are alien-controlled in violation of our shipping laws. negotiation of a new contract and first started functioning in Februa­ If this is the case, how does it affect the ships already transferred? an increase in vacation payments, ry, 1952. They are supposed to be under American control even though they are success in combatting shore leave . The permanent "50-50" law was under the Panamanian and Liberian flags. But do Americans really restrictions in Korea and at US a major feather in the Union's cap own them, and can they be counted on in a national emergency? military bases, and the completion since the SIU had battled for this of the fine new Baltimore hall, legislation for seven years, since CONGRESS GETS BACK INTO BUSINESS VERY SHORTLY WITH plus addition of recreation facili­ the start of the Marshall Plan. It a lot of important items on the agenda. One of them is a program for ties in other ports. In the legis­ gave assurance that from now on new freight Ships and for assistance to various sections of the industry. lative arena, the passage of the 50 percent of all Government The new program is broader than anything that has been proposed the permanent "50-5()" bill realized a cargoes would be carried on Ameri­ last few years and it appears to have the backing of the administration. Union objective of many years' can flag ships. If a substantial part of this program should go through, it would Longshoremen in the Port standing, while the enemies of The opening of the new Balti­ really make 1955 a big year for the Industry. Your Union will speak of New York caught leaders the Public Health Service hospitals more hall just a few weeks ago out in support of any new proposals for the aid of the shipping indusr of the old ILA flatfooted were set back on their heels. try, which in turn mean pork chops and sectulty for Seafarers. (Continued on page 16) when they voted down a pro­ SIU progress in 1954 was made posed two-year agreement which in the face of a drop-off in ship­ failed to correct a sizable number ping particularly in the early of longstanding waterfront griev­ months of the year and repeated ances. The agreement had been attempts in some official quarters warmly endorsed by Captain Wil­ to deprive seamen and their unions liam Bradley, ILA president, and of past gains. These included the lauded by the employers. effort to sandbag the Public Health NEW ORLEANS—Oscar "Papa" Celestin, one of the most noted musicians ever, pro­ Another stunning setback to the Service hospitals which was sound­ ILA this week was the re-entry ly defeated, but which is due for duced in this city that is the cradle of jazz and who was a great favorite among New of the 3,500-man tugboat union a revival in the coming months; Orleans Seafarers, died at his home here December 15. into the AFL. The tug union was the transfer loophole so conven­ The venerable Negro trum-"' Bradley's home outfit until he was iently opened to tramp ship opera­ peter was 70 years old. He appearance to provide the music served as business manager of the made ILA president. The tug move tors by the Maritime Administra­ was stricken ill last August for dancing under the tree-shaded band. cuts Bradley from any union base tion; and the Coast Guard's current and his condition had grown pro­ Audubon Park grounds. The band "Papa" Celestin was born in the and greatly weakens any ILA attempt to clamp tight-fisted con­ gressively worse since then. will continue to play under the di­ cane and bayou country of As­ attempt to gain a stranglehold on trols on every working seaman. rection of Bed Pierson, close sumption Parish in 1884. At the "Papa" Celestin was well known New York harbor. age of 10 he decided to be a mu­ New Features to SIU men who ship out of New friend of the leader who had sician, selecting the comet as his Still Pro-AFL In negotiating a new agreement Orleans, particularly to those who The large contrary vote to the providing two to six percent in­ Instrument. agreement was considered solid creases in wages and overtime, the sail regularly on the Mississippi Pertiaps the most triumphant proof that the AFL still has a very Union added several new features passenger ships, the Del Sud, Del moment of his career was his ap­ strong following in the port de­ heretofore not found in maritime Mar and Del Norte. pearance at a "command perform­ spite its narrow defeat in a collec­ contracts, as well as subsequent On sailing day, "Papa" and his ance" before the White House Cor­ tive bargaining election last May. clarifications. Among items in­ Dixieland jazz musicians always respondents' Association's annual The "Waterfront News," publica­ cluded in the contract was a provi­ were on hand at dockside to en­ 'banquet at the White House. On tion of the AFL Longshore Com­ sion for money draws in either US tertain crew members and pas­ this occasion, he was warmly com­ mittee, had been highly critical of dollars or travelers checks, while sengers lining the rail with such plimented i/y President Eisen­ the agreement, calling it a sell-out other features were strengthened spirited numbers as "Way Down hower who said: "Mr. Celestin, you of the basic needs of all longshore­ and improved. Yonder in New Orleans," "Bill are a fine gentleman and a credit men. "Waterfront News" also urged to your race and our country." ' The SlU's successful shore leave Bailey," "When the Saints Go longshoremen to be alert to an beef with the Defense Department Marching In," "Bourbon Street Many musicians went on to ILA attempt to sell them the same resulted in $18,000 of disputed Parade," "Muskrat Ramble" and fame in the entertainment world package again with a slight change overtime payments to the crews many other old standards at which after playing for Celestin. Among in the trimmings. those was Louis Armstrong who of two SIU ships, and greater his talented musicians excelled. While all sections of the port freedom of action in many ports many years ago supplied him with At SIU Affairs voted against the agreement, the where seamen were restricted be­ One of "Papa" Celestin's last the appellation of "Papa" which biggest "no" vote came from fore. remained with him through the public appearances was at the an­ Brooklyn longshoremen. Brooklyn remainder of his life. The vacation increase, which nual picnic given by the crew of Only recently "Papa" Celestin had been an AFL stronghold was voted by the trustees of the the Del Sud. This affair always was One of the mainstays of SIU throughout the campaign to organ­ SIU Vacation Plan, had the effect considered an annual, engagement port celebrations in New Or­ estimated he had performed before ize a new longshore union. leans, jaTxman Oscar "Papa" 40 million persons and had played of putting Seafarers' vacation pay for the Celestin troupe and no The proposed contract had pro- above any other unlicensed group Del Sud picnic would have been^ Celestin died last week at the for about 1,000 funerals during his. lifetime. in the indust5-y. The Vacation Plan considered opij(U>leUb;MUihQUfc;.his agRvef;90. Continued on page 16) V' SIU Wins New Gains Despite Stormy 1934 ILA Men Nix 'Sellouf Agreement 'Papa' Celestin, Jazz Great, Dies !•: �DMctnber S4, 198i SEAFARERS Page FIT« LOG SKI Movie Being Shown To Woridwide Audience 4 Seafarers don't only go around the world by ship—they and their Union are doing it on celluloid, too. That's the progress report on the SIU's third and most ambitious movie film—^"The-* Seafarers," in both color and' sands of trade unionists in the US sound—which has been circu­ have had a chance to enjoy a lating a little more than a year filmed chronicle of present-day .throughout the US and all over the conditions in the SIU plus a bird's globe, through the facilities of the eye tour of SIU headquarters. The United States Information Service, iilm was completed in the summer an agency of the State Pepartment. of 1953, and depicts how the Union Stateside, the 30-minute SIU oper^es ashore and aboard ship to movie is circulated by the Union represent and service the member­ itself and also by the Workers Edu­ ship. cation Bureau of the AFL, with the Covered US And Canada result that hundreds of audiences, According to a report of the including Seafarers in all branches WEB, it has been shown from and crews on many SlU-contracted "Maine to California and from ships, have viewed it, Idaho to Florida. It has been pre­ This means that tens of thou- viewed by the National Film Board of Canada in Ottawa and shown Members of galley gang of Kathryn, one of ships involved in new feeding experiment, relax in 'messat Manhattan College in New York room after serving lunch. Seated around table clockwise,.beginning at left, are: Pedro Jimenez, MM; and Pennsylvania State Univer­ Juan Rodriguez, MM; Angel Seda, passenger MM; Jimmy Jones, saloon pantry; Jose Torre, baker; sity." Daniel Seda, galleyman; standing, left to right, Manuel Rodriguez, chief cook; John Giordano, 2nd cook; Typical union groups which have Louis Vila, night cook. Not present were Mario Familla, eheif steward, and Frank Hernandez, pas­ viewed it include the Retail Clerks senger mess. local in Los Angeles, American Federation of Government Em­ ployees in Oklahoma City, Coopers Union in Memphis, Beet Sugar Re­ finery Employees locals in South Once again the Christmas Dakota, Kansas and Idaho, Ken­ season is upon us. And, as is tucky State Federation of Labor, usual at this time of the year, West Virginia Federation of Labor the SEAFARERS LOG has re­ and the 1953 AFL convention in A "new look" in shipboard meal preparation and service has been hailed as a complete ceived many Christmas cards and St. Louis. Reactions have been extremely success after a two month experiment with one SlU-contracted company. Plans are now expressions of goodwill. From brothers on the beach in favorable. The Oklahoma Council afoot to extend the set-up to other companies' ships. The "new look" is an SlU-sponsored the States, from brothers at sea of Government Employees consid­ outgrowth of Steward Depart-•and brothers in faroff foreign ered it "one of the very best of the ment Committee meetings be­ roast and then letting the slices We believe we've proved that the .ports, from friends of the Union labor films." The WEB report also tween the SIU and the com­ dry to leathery texture on a steam proper approach is simply to re­ and from many persons who are noted that "The Seafarers" is panies and is aimed at revamping table, cutting bread as it is need­ gard the crew as being a good sized not connected with the Union in booked well into 1955 already. steward department practices to ed, serving vegetables in side family and not as a crowd in a The international audience for any way, but who enjoy reading bring about personal service and dishes, making coffee to order in cafeteria." the SIU movie has consisted main­ about its activities in the columns eliminate the mass feeding ap­ percolators and similar practices. Also hailing the plan is Charles ly of trade-union groups with the of the LOG every two weeks, the O. Minot, port official for the Bull proach. As a result. Seafarers will showings handled exclusively by LOG—and the Union for. which it Line Company and a mem­ enjoy fresh-cooked, tastier meals For a complete picture story speaks — have received these the USIS. To facilitate the film's ber of the joint union-operator and superior service while main­ presentation, the sound track has greetings. of the SIU experiment aboard Steward Committee. "The success taining the high quality of food a ship of the SlU-contracted to date of this plan is a tribute to To all of the brothers and been translated into a dozen or supplied to the ships. others who have sent these cards more foreign languages. Bull Lines, see this Issue's labor and management cooperation. the LOG says "thanks" and heart­ Seafarers in many faroff ports The recently conducted tests centerfold. The preparation of the food and iest best wishes for a merry Christ­ have reported to the LOG of re­ were carried out abc rd several the service is much better this way ships of the Bull Line, where a actions to the film by native work­ mas and a happy New Year. and the crews are happier. The Eddie Mooney, of the SIU, a noticable improvement in meals ers. In these cases the feelings The LOG staff and editors, difference now is that all the food member of the stewards depart­ and service have resulted. were not only of admiration for speaking for the Union, sincerely is eaten and the waste is at a min­ ment committee, termed the plan Basically the changes put into hope that all of the brothers, con­ the Union's statui-e, but outright imum. If a saving results to the "an effort by the Union to make effect consist of preparing, cutting awe over what it has been able to tinuing to work together for the it will be as a result of conunon good through the ma­ accomplish during its short history. and serving food to individual or­ meals for Seafarers aboard ship acompany Other films produced by the SIU der as much as is possible. This second to none. A crew is small cut in waste, which everyone is chinery of their Union, will enjoy happiness, prosperity and good date back several years to "The means cooking steaks and chops enough to give each man individual interested in eliminating. The sailing throughout 1955 and the Battle of Wall Street," first pre­ to order, carving roasts to order attention at mealtime and make same high standards of quality and (Continued on page 17) instead of cutting up an entire his meals aboard ship enjoyable. viewed in May, 1949. years to come. Thanks, Men, For Those Xmas Cards 'New Look' In Ship Meals Hailed After l-Mos, Trial YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Preview Of 1955 Living Costs I Seafarers and their families can expect a little lower cost of living in the first few months of 1955 than now, but with a new upswing in prices due by mid-Summer. It would be wise to adjust your financial planning and tniyjpg accordingly. The break you get this Winter, in the form of slightly lower living costs, is due to the abundant supplies of meat and consequently lower food bills. But by Summer, meat will be costly again, some new price increases are sched­ uled for clothing, and with housing and medical costs at peak level.: and still climbing further, your family wilt feel the price pressure. The quietly but steadily rising costs of medical care have gotten little public attention, but have become one of the most serious living-cost prob­ lems for moderate-income families. The combined'cost of doctor, medicine and hospital fees has risen 20 per cent In the past four years, more than any other item in your cost of living. The rising cost of rents has been running a close- second to the jumping medical bills, and will con­ tinue to be one of your most serious problems this year. This situation means that moderate-income families will have to closely watch their other spending, and particu­ larly, take advantage of the currently lower food and clothing costi, to set aside more money for housing and medical bills. In other words, you won't be able to spend AS much, for food, furniture and dothing la ^55 aa in other years. s Here are suggestions, to' help- your family inatntsis, .its living standard in face of the shifting price movements, and the higher living costs expected later this year: FOOD: This Winter, you will find your best values in beef (in heavy supply at this time); pork (more reasonable than last year); eggs (which are unusually reasonable now and will be even cheaper by Spring); cheddar cheese (un­ usually low priced nowadays) and fish (which is in abun­ dant supply). Lamb and veal .are also a little more rea­ sonable at this time. But as meat prices go up with the arrival of warmer weather, rely more on eggs and cheese to give your family nourishing meals at reasonable cost. Keep down your milk bills by buying fresh milk cash-andcarry at-stores in the nefw half-gallon and gallon con­ tainers, and by using dry skim milk for cooked dishes and beverages too. CLOTHING: Clothing prices are expected to go up a little later this year. Wholesale prices have already been Increased on some work clothes, and retail prices will be higher soon. Fill in your family's clothing needs at the January and February clothing clearances. You will have to pay higher prices for the same clothes this Spring-than you will right now. Especially take advantage of the Jan­ uary shoe sales to anticipate your needs at reductions of 10 to 20 per cent. Shoes have gone up more than other clothing items and represent your family's costliest cloth­ ing purdiase. HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS: You wiU find widespread price-cutting ibis yew on household appliances. Maniuac-turers* list prices or sHmdlurd retail pricea are now pretty much a thing o| the past since many stares now offer dis­ Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying counts of 20-30 per cent on such appliances as refriger­ ators, washing machines and others. Look for clearance sales of small appliances and housewares in January, and clearance sales of refrigerators in July. HOUSES: Prices of older houses have come down a little, but the downturn has been small compared to the rise. They rose on the average 244 per cent from 1945 to 1952, and since then, have dropped an average of only 7 per cent. Continued large-scale building of new houses this year will force down prices of older ones still fur­ ther. But houses near the large cities will continue to command an exaggerated price because of the scarcity of suitable land for building. As previously pointed out in the LOG, families will have to look further and further oiit to find reasonably-priced housing. AUTOS: The 1955 cars are about the same price as last year, but retail prices early in the year may be a little higher because dealers are not offering as large discounts and over-allowances on trade-ins. The auto industry is attempting to keep up its prices by cutting production. But by mid-Summer, after the first interest in the new cars has worn off, there will be more price competition and larger discounts. Generally car dealers start cutting prices after July 4. Most 1955 cars are featuring higher horsepower and V-8 engines. With the trend to V-8's, the 1953 and ^54 six-cylinder models have lower resale value, and present a buying opportunity for families satisfied with less power and more interested in lower (^iterating costs. The longer, heavier, more powerful 1995 models -win c-o&t.yott more to fuel and repsdr. �iPace'tts S E AP ARltRS P«<»mber 24, 1954 LOG Admit Huge Seafarer's 'Baby'— Rakeoff in New Gangway Rig Ins. Sales m m .Ui: ^••S.' $•. ^ HOUSEWIFK HIT BY METEORITE—In the first such accident in recorded history Mrs. Hewlett Hodges of Sylacauga, Alabama, was A new, simplified rig for hafidling gangways, onie which bruised on the hip by a ten-pound meteorite from outer spa'ce. The its Seafarer-inventor claims will eliminate many of the diffi­ meteorite crashed through the roof of her house and struck her while she was catnapping on the living room couch. Mrs. Hodges intends to culties of rigging and handliiig, is now in the US Patent Of­ make good use of her ill wind by selling the meteorite for a reported fice awaiting $20,000 after first having to hire a lawyer to get it back from the Air WASHINGTON — The in­ approval. Sea­ Force which spirited it away. surance industry practice en­ 4 "t abling brokers to siphon off farer William DETAINED ALIENS "SPRUNG" FROM JAIL—After strong public huge profits in arranging policies V. H. Susikari, protest the Immigration Bureau has halted its practice of lodging alien covering members of labor unions AB, who in\'ented detainees in local lock-ups around New York City and is quartering took a vi^hipping before a recent the rig, is' hope­ them in a midtown hotel. The practice began when the Immigration ful that its fea­ House Labor Committee hearing. Bureau recently abandoned the Ellis Island immigrant center. tures will prove An insurance company executive attractive to ship­ admitted to an arrangement by ping companies ACCUSED RED JUST ANOTHER FBI MAN—R. J. Hardm, a Penn­ which one broker received com­ and seamen alike. sylvania coal miner, has told a Congressional committee that things missions of over 27 percent of the went badly for him after he was denounced as a Communist iiy FBI premiums paid in on hospitaliza­ , Basically, the undercover man Matthew Cvetic in 1950. Hardin, himself an FBI in­ new rig consists tion policies covering members of formant, had his home stoned and lost his job, finally being run out the AFL Hotel & Restaurant Em­ of two shafts, of town. But he continued to work for the FBI. The incident prompted one a horizontal ployees and Bartenders Unions In one wag to remark that FBI plants appeared to outnumbcv. genuine Atlantic City, NJ. The company shaft which is at­ Communists and consequently could be the main source of the Party's tached to the top official further admitted the prac­ edge of the deck funds. tice was totally unsound, but is railing . and the widely in force throughout the in­ other a curved POPE RECOVERING FROM SEVERE ILLNESS—Pope Pius was re­ dustry. ported on the mend after suffering a severe setback from a recurrent shaft attached to Some states, such as New York, digestive disturbance. The nature of his ailment has been diagnosed horizontal legally require welfare contracts the as a hernia of the esophagus. Doctors said that the Pope was still not one. The gang­ which are to be administered by an way rotates in­ out of danger. Insurance company to be placed side of the curved through a broker and in most shaft and moves ALABAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL ON MURDER RAP—Attorney others the practice is followed any­ up and down General Silas Garrett of Alabama has been charged with first degree way. The arrangement, which with the aid of murder as an outcome of the Phenix City clean-up campaign. The in­ means high commissions for the tumbuckles. dictment charged him with responsibility for the assassination of brokers for little or_no work in­ Albert Patterson, who was elected to succeed Garrett as of January 1. 180 Degree volved, generally results in either Patterson ran on a vice clean-up platform, Swing higher premiums or fewer benefits l" t Susikari claims for union members under insured "TEST-TUBE" BABIES CALLED ILLEGITIMATE — "Test tube' welfare plans. The unions who that this rig per­ babies, conceived through artificial insemination' are illegitimate if the wish to have their welfare plans mits the gangway mother's husband is not the donor of the seed, a Chicago judge has handled through an insurance com­ to be rotated ruled. The ruling came during the course of a local divorce suit, and through a 180pany have no alternative but to raises the question of legitimacy for thousands of children conceived degree arc from accept the arrangement. Photo of new gangway rig invented by Seafarer through artificial insemination because of the sterility of the mother's one side to an­ William Susikari shows shaft and turnbuckle ar­ husband. Seafarers Plan Better other and also The situation differs sharply in permits easy ad­ rangement. Gangway can be rotated 180 de­ it the case of the Seafarers Welfare justment for grees and handled by one man. EISENHOWER OFFERS '55 PROGRAM—President Eisenhower has Plan, which is self-administered by height. The rig eliminates tackles Susikari, who has been sailing taken the lid off domestic proposals he intends to place before the a joint committee of shipowner and falls and permits the gangway since 1913, has taken out one other next Congress in 1955. The proposals call for increases in postal rates, and Union representatives and to be operated by one man, a dis­ patent for a shipboard device pay increases for Federal employees and continuation of present tax thereby bypasses heavy payments tinct advantage. which however, did not prove too rates on corporations and on various commodities such as liquor, cig­ to insurance companies completely. Another advantage of the gang­ successful. Once his gangway arettes and gasoline. Also under consideration is a proposal to in­ The net effect is to insure maxi­ way, Susikari says, is that it can patent comes through he will at­ crease the present Federal minimum wage, now 75 cents an hour, mum benefits for SIU men at a •be very easily secured once the tempt to interest shipping com­ cost much lower than would be ship is ready to leave port. UN CONDEMNS CHINA ON US FLYERS—Red China's trial and panies in the device. possible if the Plan were admin­ imprisonment of Korean POW's has been condemned by an over­ istered by an insurance company. whelming Assembly vote" in the United Nations. UN Secretary-General In the case of the Atlantic City Dag Hammarskjold has been requested to seek their release in the unions, further testimony before name of the UN. Meanwhile there were reports that the Chinese would the House investigators developed release the flyers and other imprisoned Americans if exit visas were is­ that the insurance company had sued in the US to 35 Chinese students who want to go back home. abandoned its original arrange­ 4" t ment with the broker under which "SAFE DRIVING DAY" ONLY PARTIAL SUCCESS—A death toll he got 171-^! percent of premiums, somewhat lower than usual was the only concrete result of "safe driv­ the company got 20 percent, and ing day" December 15. The year before, 60 persons were killed in then they split any profits above traffic accidents on that day. In some areas such as New York City the total of percent. driving accident totals were higher than usual. Cartoon History Of The SIU Sttf Sets Pay Pattern iVo. 79 ;i I? It fe; M/' IA ^;W- In accord with the unique reopening clause in SIU agreements, enabling the Union to call for a wage review at any time, in September, 1950, the SIU called for new "pact talks. The Union keyed its deaiiands thp steady tjtS0 in living costs since the itart of the Korean War a few months earlier. The operators came up. with the wage "pattern" agreed to earlier by some West Coast unions, which > seemed to be ^setting the pace for all others. How-\ yer, SIU-negjotiators warned they.,woul4 not hie hound -bjy any 'Tormula" adopted' diywhire. Two^^^^^^ -ageeentcnt was reached on a higher ^gure. Agreement on a 6.38% increase provided $13-24 more in base pay per month, plus similar boosts in over­ time and other items. The SIU "pattern" was quickly ; ..«^jpt>d hy-a^other m^l» Coast, iwhmen's unioh and uppcd d^ges for ABi to two and a half times \ivhat they were in 7 �tWrli. ItM 9EAFARERS LOG SIU NEWSLETTER SIU f^ WASHINGTON **«• Bmm . Aids In Tug Sestue mcxsssssssssss ' _ , 1 ; I AlthoDch th* Maritime Administration annoonced a halt to further transfer foreign of Liberty dry cargo ships, the damage already has been done as to the tize of the merchant marine. Since liberalization , of this transfer policy In August of this year, 57 Libertys were trans­ ferred and 21 more applications will be approved. The Maritime Administration says that the ban on further transfers was put into effect because there has developed a growing demand for shipping space, occasioned by both normal improvement in the commercial market and by an increase in our aid programs. The fact remains that in a few days the 84th Congress will convene, and al­ ready it is apparent that the subject of ship transfers will be thoroughly explored on Capitol Hill. " The MA has been transferring ships so fast that the Foreign Eco­ nomic Administration was nearly at the point of having to declare the non-availability of US-flag tramps to carry aid cargoes under the 50-50 shipping provision. Although US-flag tramps were physically available for thie aid cargo movement, so many of them were under notice of transfer that FOA could not accept them as American-flag vessels under thd 50-50 shipping rule. ' .ill As 195'4 !iipproaches an end, the privately-owned American merchant marine grows smaller and smaller, due to the economic situation, policies of US Government agencies, such as competition fropi the' Military Sea Transportation Service, and the policy, up to -the recent halt, of allowing the large-scale transfer to foreign registry of American ships. At the end of the year, the total of 1,162 vessels was divided into 749 dry cargo and passenger carrying vessels of 7,828,091 tons and 413 tankers of 6,712,564 tons. The fleet on December 1 was 17 vessels Three survivors of the tug Bertha R., which sank in the Gulf recently, reach for lines tossed from and some 187,000 tons below the November size, this resulting from USCG cutter Cartigan, one of the rescue vessels. Hie SlU-marmed tanker Bradford Island aided In removsj of 14 dry cargo and 3 tankers by-transfer foreign. the rescue of four others and the cutter recovered the body of one man who died of exposure. A The number of ships in reserve amounted to well over the 2,000 crewmember on the tanker. Seafarer Tom Collins, later provided photos and an eye-witness account to mark. On December 1, there were 1,970 World War II built ships in newspapermen,. reserve, of which 1,505 were Libertys and 259 were Victorys. The others itlClUded Mariners and tankers. Seafarers on a routine tanker run into Lake Charles, La.,,had ringside seats for an un­ The latest picture.>as to US-flag participation in foreign trade is not expected sea drama recently in which seven men off a sunken tug were rescued. One too good, showing that American vessels are carrying only-29.1 percent of the commerce, exclusive of where the 50-50 shipping proviso applies crewmember, Seafarer Tom Collins, provided the an eye-witness story featured in daily newspaper accounts. . to US-aid cargoes."" The events occurred mid­ up an, SOS from the stricken tug­ was the outboard ship, was first t(f i a; t . way between Mobile and boat Bertha B. reach the rafts and immediately The Coast Guard is finding that it has a real hot potato on its hands in connection with its .proposed rules on medical examination and Panama City, Fla., with the SIU- Being the closest ship to the lowered a boat. Crow's Nest View physical standards for licensing merchant marine personnel. If-the manned Bradford Island (Cities disaster scene, the Bradford Is­ .Coast Guard persists in its view of issuing the rules. Congressional Service) en route to Lake Charles land rushed to answer the SOS Collins, who^ said he was watch­ from Linden, NJ, when it picked and arrived there about two and a ing the entire'operation from the committees will investigate the matter. half hours later, according to Col­ crow's nest, using field glasses, re­ 4. lins. All it found, however, was ported that this was the place Newest applicant for a steamship service under the American flag is the barge which the tug had been where "our captain executed a the Hawaiian Steamship Co. which wants to charter a-Government towing. There was no trace of the pretty piece of seamanship, for the passenger ship for a' service between San Francisco-Honolulu, with tug's crewmembers. wind was still blowing very hard, the privilege of carrying some cargo. It therefore continued to search making maneuvering difficult." The probability is that the Government will okay the venture but for two rafts which had been drop­ Soon after, the Helen Lykes' life may put in some restrictions on carrjage of cargo. ped to the men from the tug by a boat picked up four men off one Other Pacific Coast lines showing interest in the Hawaiian cargo Coast Guard plane shortly after raft and the Coast Guard cutter Include the |>acific Far East Line and American President Lines, Ltd. they abandoned their vessel. But Cartigan gathered in three more This will prove to be a real figbt with the opposition coming primarily the search dragged on although off the other plus one man who had from Matson Navigation Company, the existing operator in the trade. the midnight to daylight effort died of exposure during the night. i. i 4> proved unavailing, Collins recall­ Collins pointed out also that even Application forms are now available to merchant seamen seeking Seafarers and members of with the tanker shielding the rafts, dftention benefits as a result of internment during World War II. As other US trade unions are ed. By dawn, however^ several other rescue was difficult. The Cartigan previously reported in the LOG, American seamen captured or held again invited to compete for during World War II, after December 7, 1941, by Germany or Japan foiur one-year scholarships for ships, including the Helen Lykes, had to make three passes to pluck as prisoners, internees, hostages," or in any other manner, are entitled labor study in Great Britain made reached the scene and moved to the men off the raft. Eventually aid in the rescue efforts. A search winding up its rescue mission, the to benefits from the US Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. available annually through the pattern was set up and the sweep SIU Bradford Island remained to Eligible survivors Of such American seamen may-file claims. Institute -of International Educa­ Detention benefits are payable at the rate of $60 for each month dur­ tion. Two Seafarers have won of the area continued until a CG search for the drifting barge which plane located two rafts about eight the tug's crewmen had unsuccess­ ing which a seaman was at least 18 years old and at the rate of $25 such awards in previous years. miles away and fired bombs to di­ fully tried to board and took it per month if under 18 years of age. The law was passed so late in Three of the scholarships provide the last session that Congress did not'appropriate the money. This for a year of study at Buskin rect the ships. The Lykes, which into tow a few hours later. appropriation will be approved within a few months. College, Oxford, England, and the t 4^ t fourth for a year's study at Coleg Legislation will be introduced quickly in the next Congress conven­ Harlech, Wales. The awards cover ing January 5 to subsidize American tramp ships. In order to 'protect tuition, room and board, and existing American lines, of the so-called liner group, the tramp subsidy provide a small sum for personal bill will contain suitable safeguards to avoid competition with other use. American steamship companies. Candidates for the awards must It's expected that such legislation will not be actively opposed by be members of US unions and be SAN FRANCISCO—^Under unrelenting pressure from the other segments of the merchant marine. Neither will it be opposed between 20 and 35 years of age. Sailors Union of the Pacific to enforce agreements on work­ by US Government agencies. The main opposition will come from many They must be capable of doing members of Congress who will express alarm at the cost of supporting work on the college level in the ing cargo, the Pacific Maritime Association has appealed to the merchant marine. field of trade unionism and labor the Government to get it ouf^ of a fix arising from the tie-up he pointed out that they have 4. it relations. Norway is rejecting the US offer to sell surplus coal for counterpart The two Seafarers who won of the Pacificus. The Secre­ lived up to the letter of their funds because of the condition that at least 50 percent of the shipment awards in the past are Irwin Suall tary of Labor, James P. Mitchell, agreement, as admitted by the be transported in US bottoms. The Norwegian Government takes the and Ed Larkin. Suall, who had has been asked to appoint a fact­ PMA. Wouldn't Supply Men view it cannot consent to an exporting country determining who will served -as an organizer on Isthmian finding panel to resolve the beef, handle a commercial shipment. The Pacificus blow-up began ships and as a member of the which has led to delayed sailings Union's publicity committee dur­ of other passenger and cargo ships. when the longshoremen refused • ^ t Six groups have offered to construct tankers for the Military Sea ing the 1946 General Strike, won The Pacificus has been tied up to supply front men for Sailors Transportation under new law. These will be chartered for a 10-year a Buskin Scholarship for the year in Los Angeles, harbor since Octo­ working cargo out of No. 4 hatch period. However, the whole program is in jeopardy.. Up to the time 1948. ber 27 as a result of the refusal of on deck. Bridges contended the of this writing, the Maritime Administration refuses to recognize such Larkin, winner of a scholarship Harry Bridges' longshore union to Sailors only had the right to work tankers as "special purpose" type ships. If they are recognized as special to Coleg Harlech in 1952, and who supply dock men for Sailors work­ No. 3 hatch (which was empty) de­ type ships, the builders would- be eligible to ask for 100 percent Gov­ was also a Union organizer in the ing cargo on deck. In return, the spite the provisions^of the Sailor's ernment insurance on the construction cost. successful Isthmian campaign, re­ SUP has been refusing to work contract giving Uiem first call on The matter is being fought bitterly'behind closed doors, and unless ceived one of the four four-year, port overtime on all PMA ships any hatch assigned to them by the the Maritime Administration gives in, and thus allows the 100 percent $6,000 scholarships awarded by the until the Pacific Maritime Associ­ shipowner. insurance, the matter once again wiil be brought before Congress. If SIU Welfare Plan this year. ation got Bridges to abide by the The SUP immediately notified the PMA of the violation of tho the latter takes place, the Maritime Administration will be condemned Applications for the Buskin or agreement. for'its stand against declaring the tankers to be special purpose type Coleg Harlech awards must be SUP Secretary-Treasurer Harry agreement by the longshore union, forthcom­ vessels. made by April 1,1955, to the Com­ Lundeberg said, he had no objec­ but when no action mittee on Labor Scholarships, tion to a fact-finding panel that ing, the membership decided to Institute of International Educa- would investigate the failure of apply the , pressure. Membership iBridges to. live up,to^,its^contract' meetings on November 8 voteci with the l^MA. As to the Sailors,- th^ "no ^ort overtime'' goUejr; ; i',« T.' I '^1 I •^1 •^1 '4\ ••ill J M Open Int'l Awards To Union Men PMA Yetps For US Action On Paciticus f •r'VB '••j - J 'V: vY, -| �V.;^^;LTT.7««4t^-' V'vV' raeeElckt December 24, U54 LOG MEET THE SEAFARER il:£ JiiSv/, |;'V SRAFARERS m-: 1^- Fourth new tanker to join Tidewater's fleet this year, the $6 million Flying A Washington has been delivered to the company for use in the foreign and coastal trade in the Pacific. The 16,000-deadweight-ton NICHOLAS P. LIAHOFF, wiper ship will join a sister ship, the Flying A California, -in that service... Figures revealed a week later show the Port of New York had a record Most shoreslde people would re­ last long. In November, 1948, Chi­ day on November 26 "when more ships entered and gleared the harbor gard going to sea as adventurous nese Communists captured Muk­ than on any day since the end of World War II. Curtoms officials han­ •Question: What kind of a year in itself, but for Seafarer Nicholas den, giving them control of all of dled 145 vessel movements in and out of the port during the day. Dur­ do you think 1955 will be for you Liahoff, it must seem like a peace­ Manchuria. In the months that ing the war, 140 ships were considered a heavy day's work. ful interlude in a life that's been followed their armies started to as a seaman? overloaded with adventure. . • work their way southward. Four $> $ Dennis McCarthy, 2nd cook and ^ Born in Harbin, Manchuria,. of days before the Communists seized The Navy's Military Sea Transportation Service chartered 24 pri­ vately-owned and operated US-flag vessels during November for use bakerri don't think shipping and White Russian parents who had Tientsin In May, 1949, Liahoff fled jobs will be any fled the Bolshevik Revolution, Lia­ the city. As he was a former State In its operations, including 19 tankers and five dry cargo At too good in 1955. hoff lived in China through the Department ertfployee, the Com­ the end of the month, 43 private vessels were operating for MSTS .. Nobody wants an­ Japanese occupation and the post­ munists would have given him Orders for 37 vessels have been placed with Japanese shipyards since other war which war years. He fled the country short shrift. last April by foreign companies. Sixteen tankers, 14 freighters and right, how looks 'just a few jumps ahead of the Communications had been torn seven ships of other types to be built will cost an estimated 585™"like the only Communist Chinese armies, came up all ever the country by Commu­ lion. Orders have come from companies registered in the US, Liberia, thing that would to the United States, joined the nist guerrillas so Liahoff ' had to Panama. Denmark, Turkey, Hong Kong, Sweden, ThaUand and the give shipping a Army, went back across to Japan make his way southward by foot, Netherlands. boost. And if and then returned to the States except for short strejtches where l" 4* 4 the Coast Guard before starting to sail with the the railroad was stiR running. He First ship built in West Germany for the-'Soviet Union, the 3,000-ton takes over, a lot kept moving by day and night for fish-factory ship Pushkin is the first of 24 ships on order, at a total of us .seamen could be thrown out SIU. 35 days until he arrived safely in Liahoff was born in Harbin in cost of about $45 million. She was launched two weeks ago at a Kiel of the industry. 1927. His parents, an engineer and Shanghai after a trek of some 700 shipyard .. The Moore-McCormack passenger liner Brazil had to in­ ^ t a'liallerina, were members of the miles. terrupt its normal 38-day voyage to Buenos Aires last week only 100 Got US Visa Rafael Matos, AB: The way large White Russian community in miles south of New York when a short circuit disabled half of the things look right now it doesn't Subsequently Liahoff got a visa that city. When he was a year ship's 18,000-horsepower twin-screw engines. The captain elected to to enter the United States and got appear as if it old, his parents moved southward bring her back to port rather than travel at reduced speed. All but to Tientsin in North China where out of Shanghai ahead of the Com­ 13 of her 326 passengers remained aboard, using the ship as a hotel will be an out­ he was to spend most of his early munists. He joined the US Army until she was ready to sail a few days later. The others chose to fly. standing year. Shipping isn't after arrival in the States and was life. 4"' t 4" too bad now but sent to Japan with the occupation Japanese Move In A record in foreign water-borne commerce was rolled up by the it's nothing to forces. His tour of duty during the Delaware River port area during the first half of 1954, according to a get excited about. Shortly afterward in the early Korean War eased his path toward report just filed show rug an Increase of 13.1 percent over the same I don't think that 1930's the Japanese started assum­ full US citizensbip. period in 1953. The report said other major North Atlantic ports, by anything will ing gradual control of much of Liahoff returned to California comparison, showed decreases ranging f^om 2.9 to 12.2 percent... come along in North China. In 1937 open war eariy in 1952 and went to work Ocean movement of loaded truck trailers between NY and Puerto Rico the next few broke out between the Japanese ashore in San Francisco for. a brief got underway last week when the Liberty ship Transunion unloaded months to change matters either and Nationalist Chinese. Japanese period. While there, a -co-worker the first shipment of inbound trailers at Port Newark, NJ. The vessel, way. forces" soon occupied all of North advised him to go to sea.- Since he due in the NY area every three weeks, is also used in -a similar service ' < and Central China's coastal areas had made two trips previously on $ 4i 4> between Norfolk and San Juan. G. Morales, oiler: I expect things and ^mained in control until the US ships out of China .he decided to be pretty good for seamen next end of World War II and Allied to give it a try. 4" 4" 4" . year. There's still victory in 1945. Shipped On Marymar The 22,000-ton Cunard liner Ivemia, sister ship of the Saxonia which plenty of trouble The White Russian community ' His first SIU ship was the Marymade her maiden trip to New York earlier this month, has been in Asia and the in China was not molested during launched near Glasgow, where she is being built. Both she and the He has been sailing with the Gov e r n m e n t this period of occupation as they mar. Saxonia, which is on a special cruise service from Liverpool to NY Union ever since in the engine keeps sending welcomed the Japanese as allies right now, will be used primarily for the Canadian trade for which department. stuff over there. against Communist Russia. When they, were built and designed... November freight shipments through "When I first started sailing," he It looks as if this Liahoff got older, he worked for the Sault Ste. Marie locks decreased to 6 million tons, compared with recalls, "I still had the idea that will keep up for the Japanese occupation on a job 8.6 million tons in the same month last year and 13.7 million tons in a while yet and he got through the White Russian the officers were absolute rulers 1952. Ore shipments for the entire season totalled 60.7 million tons as shipping seems community, and his parents car­ and it was my job to do their bid­ against 95.8 million tons in 1953. to be picking up ried on their professions without ding come what may. After a few trips I began to realize how much » » * over anyway. , hindrance. the Union meant for the seamen." Train ferry service between New Orleans and Havana resumed this 4* 4* 4* -• At the end of World War II, Liahoff's future plans are indefi­ month after a lapse of several years. The West India Fruit and SteamJames Alston, chief cook: Well I Japanese forces withdrew and the nite but one thing is certain. His ahip Company's earferry Sea Level renewed the service from Belle- think 1955 will be a very success­ Chinese Nationalists took over mother escaped from Shanghai and chasse, its terminal in the New Orleans area. The SlU-contraeted Sea- ful year for sea­ with the help of US foreign aid Communist rule after he left train Lines formerly operated on this run... The Korean Bear, second men in the SIU. agencies. Since Liahoff knew both China. She is now living in Sao of three cargo-passenger ships being built for the Pacific Far East I think shipping English and Chinese, he found em­ Paulo, Brazil. "As soon as I can," Line under contract with the MaritimeAdministration, was launched will keep on pret­ ployment with the State Depart­ he said, "I hope to go down there two weeks ago in San Francisco. The three ships are Mariner-type ty much the ment and with US China relief for a lengthy visit. Then I'll de­ vessels modified for PFE's requirements in the Pacific trade. The first same level it has agencies. cide whether or not I'll keep on one, the Golden Bear, will undergo sea trials next month. been the last few This state of affairs wasn't to sailing." weeks. Things have been pick­ ing up recently and I'm hoping they will stay that way through ACROSS 4. Island NE of 16. Showered next year. 37. Channel bet. Cancellation of the so-called "es­ New York have approved new two19. Sand bar Kind of pokor Java and Fiji 4> 4i ^ calator clause" has been agreed on year agreements with major news­ 20. Everything Sumatra hand 5. Thin 21. Contend 38. It makes you R. Gustafsson, carpenter: I don't- in a settlement between 15 non- paper publishers. The agreements 4. Strike with 6. Blood vessel 23. One hot land cry open hand rightly know what the future will operating rail unions and the na­ call for $5.80 weekly package in­ 26. , Border 7. Noted writer' 39. Cast off 8. Kind of chest 27. Chowing 41. Docks „..bring but it tion's railroads. The escalator creases. Unions Involved were the 8. Bobby 29. Not important 43. Beliefs 12. Man's name Thompson looks fairly good clause tied railroad workers' earn­ Newspaper and Mail Deliverers 31. City in Libya 45. Olive genus 13. Aircraft 32. Bit lor a horse 47. Black: Fr. 0. Part of coat now. Shipping ings to the cost-of-living index (independent), and AFL unions of 14. Ann or Race 33. Years: Abbr. 48. Black Uquid 10. Carmen or has been holding with the result that there had been stereotypers, paper handlers, and 35. Zealous 49. Sheep 15. Companion Aida . up pretty ^ood some small declines in wages over mailers. sea 11. 17. The Grove. NJ (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) recently. I fig­ the last few months. The settle­ 18. Sierra • t 4) 19. Rear ure it will con­ ment, covers 825,000 railroad men. Chicago lathers, who signed a 2 20. Indian infielder tinue to hold up ' <4 4* 4* three year contract last December 22. Kind of tide the way it is Vegas .24. Ground has been broken for a providing for continuation of the 12 25. Bits of dust with hot much new Washington headquarters for 26. Eagle's nest 15 change — and as the International Association of existing $3.30 hourly scale, havo 28. Fable 30. Cheer of en­ an SIU man I shouldn't have much Machinists (AFL). The $2.5 million been granted a 10" cent hourly in­ couragement crease by employers. The increase trouble. S4.. "Jumping Joe" ten-story building will be com­ came as a result of wage gains by , ex-Yank ^4 $ if pleted early in 1956 and will have other building trades unions. iniielder John Wright, FWT: It all de­ several stories of office space for About 1,000 members of Local 204 38. Rip 37. Distress call pends what will happen -with all rental to outside tenants. 40. Irish sea god are affected. the ships that 41. yi quarts 4i 4^ 4* 42. Up to point of 4i i4 4^ are being trans­ The National Labor Relations ' 44. Acting ferred on that 46. Island vr of Board continued to turn part of Old time members of Typo­ Sumatra "one for one" its jurisdiction over to the states graphical Union, Local 6, in New 47. He solves plan. If they your problems when it refused to consider a dis- York were honored at special cere­ 00. Place to live keep OB trans-., pute involving a California radio monies recently. One retired print­ 01. Smart man: ferring the ships Slang station and the AFL Electrical er, 96,-got' a 70-year pin while 02. Old joke I don't think Workers Union. The Board deci­ others were honored with 50 and 03. Insects things will be sion was based on the grounds that 60-year pins. One of the 50-year 04. Stations: Abbr; 05.. Anger too good, but if the station does less than $200,000 members still employed is Carl O. DOWN : the Government business annually. Felbel, who works in the shop Fathers puts a stoft tia Jtd jS^Bping-aJkouid Jil J 4" • • whicht'iprints '.>th«j;.SEAFABERS tma .of woo«" ."fs-; 'Xii FoUowing be okayv, A ' ' ^ Four craft printing unions in LOG. .'.U!- - LABOR ROUND-UP • m - ip- r • p' �Deeenlier «i. IfM SEAFARERS fWMbOT 24. 1*954 SEAFAKEkS P»s» NIM LOC LOG TAe Long Vol. XVI, No.^« Published biweekly by the Seafarers international Union. Atlantic & Gulf District. AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32. HV. Tel HYacUith »-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. pAut HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HenBBHT BRAMD; Managing Editor, RAY DENISOM; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writcr«, HERMAN ARTBUR, IRWIN SPIVACK At MASKIN; Cutf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. Another Tragedy .^ At this writing it appears there is no hope for the officers and unlicensed men aboard the SlU-manned Southern Dis­ tricts. A ten-day search has failed to produce a single trace of. the ship, which vanished somewhere off the Southeast At­ lantic :Cpast on a routine coastwise voyage. All Indications are that whatever happened to the ship, the 22 men aboard did not have a chance. There was no SOS or any other word of warning from the radio operator that the ship was in trouble. The search for survivors turned up no lifeboats, rings or jackets, or any other sign that the crew abandoned ship. The only surmise that can be drawn is that the Southern Districts met the same fate that befell her sister ship the Southern Isles just three years before in the same waters— that she broke in half and went to bottom before anyone had the time to launch a boat or call for help. If this is the case (soniething that may never be known) it indicates that the extra strapping ordered by the Coast Guard on these warbuilt ships, after the Southern Isles sinking is not the full answer. It's too easy in this year 1954 to be lulled into complacency because. designers and engineers have devised all kinds of built-in safety features and because radios, radar networks, helicopters, seaplanes and rescue craft are available in emer­ gencies. Somehow in the face of all precautions the sea finds a way to smash a ship. The'22 lost seamen aboard the South­ ern Distr cls. like the men the Mormackite, the Pennsyl­ vania arid the Southern Isles before them, are heart-breaking reminders of that fact. i" "t 4" r.'Ti I I CG Power Grab Draws His Fire To the Editor: • I've been reading the stories in the last couple of issues of the LOG about the Coast Guard's latest move to grab more power and tighten the screws on seamen by drawing up a set of wacky "physical requirements." In the first place, I thing I know as much about ships and the sea as any of the Coast Guard brass in Washington because I've been sailing for 40 years—since before World War I. In that time I've seen a lot of things. For one thing, I've seen the ships change from the fiithy, stinking places they used tp be 'to the clean, comfortable, sanitary places they are now. And I know that all the things that were done to make the ships healthier places to Jive on were done by maritime unions like our own SIU—and not Being sick while at sea is no fun by the Coast Guard. under the best of circumstances, particularly on a freight ship SIU Fought For Safety For another thing, in all my where there is no doctor aboard. years of .sailing I saw many in­ The best that can be done is to stances when shipowners tried to keep a inan as comfortable as pos­ send out ships that were over­ sible and see that his personal loaded, undermanned or otherwise needs receive attention. unseaworthy or in dangerous con­ Aboard the Amerocean (Amerdition. And I know that in these ocean) Seafarer Tom Jones made * cases it was action by the SIU it a point to see to it that sick that made the ships sail in proper crewmembers were attended to It is ironic that the Southern Districts tragedy should come condition. I saw' many cases with all possible kindness. Crewwhere the Coast Guard took no members of the ship declared that at a time when the Coast Guard is devoting considerable en­ action until the Union put up a Jones deserved a hand and per­ ergy toward putting over new bureaucratic controls under strong beef. sonal recognition for his services As almost%ny shoresider knows, to his sick shipmates. the guise of safety. While Coast Guard spokesmen were busy the Coaikt Guard was originally set plumping for their "profile" system as some kind of magic up to^take care of safety on the 4" 4" 4 cure-all which will weed out unfit seamen, other Coast ships, to do rescue work at sea The Waterman ship Fairland is Guardsmen were frantically and unsuccessfully combing the and to watch for icebergs. As far a safer placfe to work on thanks to waters of the Atlantic for survivors of the ship. For their as taking care Y)f the safety fea­ the crewmembers who saw to it tures—^well, as I say, that's been that necessary precautions were search efforts they deserve full praise. done almost entirely by the SIU taken. The' ship had taken on a The SIU maintains that the Coast Qpard can do more ^r and other maritime unions. And deck cargo which made crew navi­ shipboard safety by concentrating its efforts on making ships now the Coast Guard, has the gall gation on deck hazardous and dif­ safe and seaworthy than it can do by any "profiling" system. to come along and try to stick its ficult. Consequently crewmembers Profiles aren't much help if a ship breaks in half. No matter nose into something that doesn't got in touch with the Wilmington Port Agent and as a result it was how high a seaman rates in arm and leg strength or in ex­ even concern it. cellence of family background, he can't swim 200 miles to \ What's more, the Coast Guard is agreed to erect a catwalk over the going about it in a way that's deck cargo. The crew made no shore. completely ridiculous. Under the 'mention in its minutes as to The fate of the Southern Isles, the Southern Districts and Coast Guard plan a seamen could whether the Coast Guard had the tecent sinkirig of the Mormackite point up that much re­ lose his papers-because he stutters, taken any hand in this matter of mains to be done in the field of ship design and safety. And because his grandfather was a gas- ship safety. ^ in this area of operation, the Coast- Guard will find it has the hound or because he got into a 3^ 4 4" wholehearted support of every segment of the maritime little jam when he was a kid. Good service was the keynote of industry. Could Kill Union the crew mess aboard the Robin Worst of all, a guy could get the Sherwofod on the last voyage, judg­ tit boot if he just beefs about ship­ ing from the crew's action in vot­ board conditions. ^In that case ing thanks to the messman. He was the Coast Guard could call him a Ai4uro Mariani, who has been sail­ By any standards 1954 has not been the best year for the "chronic complainer." Just think ing regularly in the steward de­ US maritime industry. Yet despite many difficulties and ob­ of what this could do to our Union! partment since joining the Union don't think*" it's hard to see in New York in 1944. stacles, the SIU has been able to make a very considerable the1 reason behind all this. If you degree of progress in the past 12 months. 4 4> 4i look at the record of the Coast ^ This year has seen the passage of the permanent "50-50" Guard, you'll see it has been try­ When a ship is out on the Korean law, a Union objective of long standing, and a successful fight ing to sandbag labor unions ever shuttle run for several months and to.save the Public Health Service hospitals from destruction. since it got its power over seamen there isn't too much to do the It's seen the Union make further gains in wages, overtime ^from the Department of Com­ ship's library will get read from and other contract provisions, and break into new high merce and this is just another step cover to cover that direction. and back again. ground on vacation pay. It's witnessed the opening of a in This move is another way of Eventually Union hall in Baltimore which surpasses anything seen in the helping the big boys like the ship­ though there industry, and further improvements in other halls around owners and insurance companies, comes a time the ports. not only slugging the unions but when the ship The year 1954 has had its quota of headaches too, among by making the individual seaman simply runs • out them a severe shipping slump in the earlier part of the year, afraid to sue the company, even of reading mat­ when the company is definitely ter and that's and the Maritime A(^inistration's ill-advised and suicidal responsible for him getting sick or that. ship transfer policy. Nor is the future free of problems for hurt. Since there was Mlohalskl the industry and the Union. But the outlook is that whatever I think all of us Seafarers, no way for the 1955 brings, the men of the SIU are the best-protected and through our Union, must fight like Liberty ship George Lawson to ibest .equipped on thei^aoari^e union: field tof weather any hell 4b kill tttls thing. get a newiW library aboard'. Sea­ storms. . . <>iv« • WilUam Rechler farers Antbony Michalskl and Bab- Ship Safety Pretty Good Record ••li Wote^ :'v:| . I . iI NI ert Aumiller did the next best thing. They arranged a library swap with another SIU shin in the vicinity much to the pleasure of the avid readers aboard. Aumiller is a resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana, who joined the Union in New York on June 28, 1943. He is 31 years old and sails in the steward department. Michaiski, a Philadelphia resident, has been a member of the SIU for eight years. He comes from Poland originally and sails in the engine department. He's 33 years of age. » 4 4 4 A sound suggestion* that would add a bit of comfort to shipboard living was offered aboard the Robin Mowbray by Seafarer Earl Foe, AB. He proposed that a small medicine chest be put up in each crew foc'sle where a crewmember could keep those little odds and ends like shaving gear, toothpaste and the like. His shipmates agreed that the proposal would be 'elcome. It has often been pointed out that Seafarers these days carry lots more personal gear than they used to at the time when it was customary for many men to ship "schooner rig." Hence the need for more storage space in foc'sies. A native of Michigan, Poe sails regularly in the deck department. He joine'a the SIU in New York on November 6, 1946. 4 4 4 Good feeding starts with good stores and the steward who keeps his eye on what comes aboard is getting a head start in that di­ rection. Aboard the Sunion (Kea) veteran steward William "Scotty" Malvenan was Johnny - on - thes p 01 when the Malvenan stores came aboard. The crew voted him their thairks for the excellent quality of the stores on the ship and the whole steward department was., praised for really fine feeding. Malvenan, who is a native of Scotland, has been sailing SIU since it was founded back in 1938. He is 48 and lives ashore in Qatpn Rouge, Louisiana. < > •4' �jjjrdJSjil-i^ U. »«>*: 7—— approach to ship! • S!"Tt "pripirs'tPedro 'at table, first requireKr',Brant«.'taf___^ iars arc — day's cookiug use. use^ •fav's^ooking * plan to improve the P P put into effect ^ of'shipboard m®®| giu-ccntracted Bull on several ships of the s reSteamship ^°"P;?y,tVie progress of the pilot suits. ts now in the '^Jh_ Tflj I,^ ' Mm " ^\ : •f-' -' •« *' ••-V .. .» : :•. ^ ^!SaSrgit""^reWS of other stea^^^ ^ V -•tr- . - •:•• •"- away from * ::fm -v >> •**•* r I •mmiM ' V' 1 ;!SS'! in waxed Pa^ feiiiiiR Cateiol rh«''',"V*Sraoce'l'tat steward ^ are on hand for • V box tor lunch. 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'MMM0MMMMMMMMMM .. ii®iiiPiliiiiiiiSiiii^^ Siis II mmmmmmMmm 0y00000>>000--^:00< ^ "*• WiisXf® f'l iSSiWWsW^ - hvvh>,x,.v'.-xv;%-:-'.v---;.vv;;.v:-;v;>>v>:;.;.v;-;v>.;.;-;li:-.:. •v;/:-v.-"hvvh>,x,.v'.-xv;%-:-'.v---;.vv;;.v:-;v;>>v>:;.;.v;-;v>.;.;-;li:-.:.: .•;vx;x><x;x;?>x;;i^^ V ii' gets packaged ice littR fiy -m ' lillK ^ I M - - - x;-;y;vx>^;-";.y;v:ix X lliiiSsi® F«sh pastry. :xx^v.- -sxxv'xv ' • I, "• -- Sx �SEAFARERS LOG Dectsmber 1951 PORT REPORTS... . .. . .. and George Curry are convalescing Mobile: hall and has served on many SIU New Orleans: in good style and expect to be dis­ committees. charged from the hospital soon. Also on the beach npw are A. Eklund, D. Hines, L. Nagle and P. Shipping It Slow DeMinico. In the Brighton Marine Shipping has been on the slow Hospital are F. Alasavich, G. Wedside of late. In the last two weeks Work is proceeding on schedule we had only 9 payoffs, 4 slgn-ons Shipping In this poit during the Down here in Louisiana things deU and J. Hunt. James Sheehan on conversion of the ground floor and 15 ships in transit The out­ past couple of weeks has been ex­ are running along very nicely and Bostop Port Agent. quarters of the New Orleans hall look for the Immediate future is tremely gobd, with soihe 230 men shipping is holding good. It looks shipped to regular jobs and 200 to an attractive and comfortable somewhat brighter, however. as if all the boys are getting off » » recreation room. the ships for the holidays except Houston: The Del Sud and Del Mundo sent to various relief Jobs in and At the ratq the work is progress­ (Mississippi), the Alcoa Ranger around Hie harbor. those in the steward department. ing, there is a good chance that (Alcoa) and the Chickasaw and During this period we had eight Calling into this port during the the new room will be ready for Antinous (Waterman) paid off here. payoffs, six sign-ons and seven past two weeks were the Chiwawa, use by the New Year, or shortly Government Camp, Council Grove, The Alcoa Ranger and Del Sud, ships in transit. The payoffs, thereafter. ' Bents Fort, Royal Oak, Bradford Del Sol and Del Aires (Mississippi) which were all in good shape, were While there has been some slight signed on. as follows: Claiborne and Mon­ Island and Winter Hill (Cities Serv­ Shipping in this port has been arch of the Seas (Waterman) and ice); the Excello (Excellol; Val very good. In fact, it has been so inconvenience to.- the membership Ships in transit were the Alcoa Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Cavalier, Al­ Chem (Valentine Tankers), and good that we have" been crewing as a result of the work that has Corsair, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Cava­ coa Polaris, Alcoa Partner, Alcoa Queenston Heights (Seatrade). The the ships with a^^raajority of per- been going oh in the building, lier and Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa), the Clipper and everyone is aware that it is for a Alcoa Pennant ' Bradford Island made a sliort rijn mitmen. good cause and that the finished Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana (Alcoa). to Florida and called ^ere again During the last report period we product will be well worth the time (Seatrain Lines), the^Der Sol and Signing on were the Patriot, on her return. paid off the Catherine and Albion and effort that is being put into it. Del Aires (Mississippi), the Citrus Polaris, Partner, Clipper and Pen­ Have Small Boom (Drytrans) and the Neva West and It already is apparent that be­ Packer, Monarch of the Seas, nant, all Alcoa, and the Citrus All of the above ships took on Marie Hamil (Bloomfield). These sides providing an attractive place Warrior and Claiborne (Waterman), Packer (Water­ a few men so we had a little boom four ships signed on and in transit the Steel Rover (Isthmian), Evelyn in which the . -A man). In transit around here. In fact, we have no were the Mae (Bull) and Salem Maritime (Cities membership can were the Afounpumpmen or machinists here now (Bull), War­ Service). spend the time dria, Chickasaw and very few ABs and FWTs. rior (Waterman), liindsey J. Wililanu between job calls, and Antinous At our last branch meeting. Ocean Dlnny New Orleans Port Agent work that is be­ (Waterman), Sea Brother J. A. Phillips of the deck (Ocean Transpor­ ing done on the » if t Nan (Stratford), department was chairman. Brother tation) and Seag'round floor Steel Rover Ezeb Manuel of the steward de­ trains Louisiana Savannah: room will greatly (Isthmian), Del partment was recording secretary. and New York improve the ex­ Oro (Mississippi) Both men did a fine job. (Seatrain). terior appearance and National For our Seafarer of the Week Eden The payoffs all of the building. Freedom (Ameri­ we nominate Holger Pedersen who came in in good Fields The annual Metting can Waterways). comes from Iceland, and who sails shape with all Christmas dinner .-and party for Shipping prospects for the com­ in the steward department. Ac­ hands happy. Shipping has been good in this SIU members and their guests will port and it looks as if it will stay ing two weeks also look good with cording to his shipmates, he al­ Among the men shipping out of be given, as is customary, on that way for the next two weeks, the following ships due to hit the ways does a fine job. here recently was Tex Metting, on Christmas Day. These affairs with payoffs scheduled for the Ar- port either in transit or for pay­ We have only a few boys on the heach here right now and none in Jhe Del Bud, and we were-sorry to always have been popular with Ijm and Angelina (Bull) and South- off: Arizpa, Bienville, Monarch of see him go, although we wish him SIU men in New Orleans and all star (South Atlantic). tl)e Seas, Claiborne, De Soto and the hospital. good sailing. Tex worked unstint- Seafarers in this port -have been Leroy Clarke ^ louring the past two weeks we Iberville (Waterman) ' and Alcoa Lake Charles Port Agent ingly to help usr get this new hall invited to attend and bring their paid off the .Natioqid Freedom Puritan, Alcoa Runner, Alcoa Cor­ on a going basis. He painted the families. J. t a> (American Water­ sair, Alcoa Patriot and Alcoa Pilplace, swept it, polished the bright Fear For Southern Districts ways) and in grffn (Alcoa). ^ Boston: work, ran all over town getting the Most of the improvement in Needless to say, we have been transit were the necessary gear, and was a regular gravely concerned here over the Azalea City (Wa­ shipping in this port can be at­ chief cook and bottle washer for fate of the Southern Districts terman); Robin tributed to Waterman taking its six weeks. which has been reported missing Kirk (Seas Ship- C-28 out of idie status. "Seven of on a coastwise, voyage from Port Already Repaid pi n g); Queens- these have already crewed up and ton Heights (Sea- we expect to crew upjwo moi-e Eastern SS Co., the Boston com­ ' Tex wouldn't 'take any thanks Sulphur to Bucksport, Me. The trade); Edith and in the next week or so. These pany which sold the passenger ship when he shipped out, either, but crew included relatives and close Arlyn (Bull); are the Hurricane and Golden Evangeline, is continuing to sell told us that being an SIU member friends of New Orleans Seafarers its holdings and last Wednesday, had repaid him many times over and all hands have been anxiously Steel Advocate City. In addition, the Lafayette Bumsed awaiting some favorable report December 15, put its Pier 18, for what'he had done. and Steel Archi­ (Maritime Overseas, Corp.) should from the search for the ship. North River, New York, up for tect (Isthmian), and Seatrains be out of lay-up in about the next Besides Tex, guys like Bill Three of our oldtimers are back Georgia and Louisiana, which each 10 days. public auction. The . high bidder MitcheU, "Casey" Jones, "Speed" in the USPHS hospital here. Clar­ 'Scotty* On Sick List was F. William 'Zelcer, president Walker, A1 Prescious, Ted Shultz, ence (Red) Cobb was re-admitted called here twice. We had no sign- " For^our Seafarer of the Week of Skyports, Inc. It was reported ons during this period. Josh Lee, Bill Blanton and many after making only one voyage since that Skyports bid $100,000 and The Steel Architect has a hard- we nonainate Brother Ronald A. plans to convert the old pier into others pitched in to help us get he. was last discharged. J. C. (Red) timing skipper on it who has given Eden, who is better known to his the hall going and are really work­ Carolan is receiving hospital treat­ the delegates 4. rough time. friends as "Scotty." Scotty joined a parking lot for some 300 auto­ mobiles. The next highest bidder ing hard to keep the SIU the best ment agaih after being on out­ Men now on the beach include the Union in 1944 and has sailed was reported to be the Dollar Line. union in maritime. As "Speed" patient status for sometime. Ben­ E. M. Bryant, R. Bumsed, J. B. steadily since then, generally out Also up for sale at the same time Walker said when he picked up his jamin Foster was re-admitted for Christy, M. O. Brightwell, J. B. of Gulf ports as chief electrician. ' was Eastern-owned property in vacation check: "If it gets any a check-up. Farrow, C. E. Joyner, G. Bell and He is married and makes his home better my wife wUl never let me Victor (Zeke) Bonura, Charles R. L. Strickland. In the marine in Springhiil, Ala., a few miles Norfolk. E. Nicklson, Thomas Fields and hospital are James F. Lee, R. outside of Mobile, and during the As far as shipping is concerned, get off the ship." In closing we would like to wish Manuel Church have been dis­ Fields, J. T. Moore, A. Lima, R. past several months he had been it has been good in this port durall the brothers a Merry Christmas charged from the hospital and are Carrollton, E. Webb, J. Littleton, on the sick list due to diabetes. ing the past two, and good sailing throughout the now receiving out-patient treat­ George Chance, A. McLaughlin Scotty's favorite sports are hunting weeks, and we New Year. ment. They hope to be able to ship and J. T. Kerns. paid 4)£f the Seaand fishing and he thinks that the A. (Frenchy) Michelet soon. tiger (Colonial); vacation pay is tops among the Jeff Mon4son Houston Port Agent Charles E. Brady, Lonnie Tickle Ann Marie (Bull), Savannah Port Agent many benefits which the SIU has and Cantigny, obtained for its members. Government Speaking of benefits, the Wel­ Camp, Logans fare Dept. is going ahead with ar­ Fort and French rangements for Christmas and Creek (Cities New Year's dinners for all brothers Service). Johnston on the beach and their families. The Seatiger, This is going to be a first-class Cantigny, Logans Fort, Govemaffair at a local place. ment Camp and French Creek Shipping Figures December 1 to December 14 Among the men now on the signed on and in transit were the beach are R. Vaughn, J. D. MorREG. REG. REG; TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL DeSoto (Waterman) and Robin PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED ban, Charles Hanners, Joseph " Sherwood and Robin Mowbray ' Boston ... Curtis, Huber Wilson, S. Sceviour, fl » 10 13 31 14 12 7 33 (Seas Shipping). H. House, A. L. Johnson, H. A. New York > eowoooooooeoi 103 . 94 88 285 99 76 72 When the Government Camp 247 Fossett, Jimmy Carter, P. E. Ker30 26 paid off here the crew had a de­ 12 68 35 24 22 81 foot, H. Nichols, J. Thompson and layed sailing beef fojr time spent 138 119 94 351 104 94 78 271 W. McNeil. in Lake Charles, and this was set­ Norfolk 6 In closing, we would like to ex­ 14 4 • 24 3 3 2 8 tled and will be paid at the next tend our sympathy to the family Savannah ..., 12 12 10 34 7 14 6 27 payoff. of Brother Claude Walker, who Tampa 3 6 8 17 5 4 7 16 Pays Off In Providence died in San'Juan, PR,, of a heart Mobile 37 • 41 55 133 79 80 The Chiwawa (Cities Service) 71' 230 attack. Brother Walker was a paid off In ftovidence. This was New Orleans 69 -52 - 63' _ 184 71 48 second cook on the Alcoa Patriot 51 170 a clean payoff with no beefs re­ for a long time and was on articles Houston ..... 25 . -25 25 75 . / 33 34 31 98 ported. when he died. His. body is to be SeatUe ...... 31 33 18 40 104 26 a•••oe* 20 58 Our Seafarer of the Week is Roy returned to Mobile and funeral 16 > . .23 San Francisco ••••••••••a 21 62 •;:,9, • 9' 7 25 Johnston who sails in the engine arrangements- will be announced Wilmington .. 7 ^ " 4'^; • : .:16 departc^fsrf and whose last ship 6 4;/ 14 later. wag the Et{<ing®Une». japyjhas nl-450'-. '•4BSbeen «,gi^t t|^ Sf..375„»,^ .1,278 -.f-l Lake Charles: Mora Watarain B-2s ~ ComeOalOf Lay-Up New Recrealioa Boon Nearing Cempleiiini In-Transils Take Men, Creale A Snail Boom Ghrlstnis SUniing Reported 'Very Geed' - if SMppisg Fslsra Gdod; Fosr Payoffs An Baa I Eastern Sells Pier 18 In NY, Norfolk Land »v"- C" T^' W' J ilii' 'xt::-:- rf;^" • m: fcl Si- '.:.x �Deoetnber 24, 1954 i New York: Xfflas Shipping Good; Bull Trades Add Jobs Shipping and business has been very good in the port of New York during the past two weeks, with a good-'turnover in jobs in all three departments. The holiday season is with us now and a lot of the boys are get­ ting off their ships to spend some time ashore with their friends and families, so the ones who have been on the beach for a while are finding it easy to get out. W|iat's-more, we have been hav­ ing some real winter weather here, with the temperature down to 15 degrees at times, and this probably gives a lot of the boys the urge to take off. During,^the past two weeks we paid off 14 ships, signed 11 on for­ eign articles and serviced 16 in transit. The payoffs were as fol­ lows: Elizabeth, Suzanne and Beatrice (Bull); Bradford Island, Archers Hope and Royal Oak (Cities Serv­ ice); Coe Victory (Victory Car­ riers); Val Chem (Valentine); Robin Sherwood and Robin Mowbray (Seas Shipping); Greece Victory (South Atlantic); Liberty Flag (Gulf Cargo); Michael (Carras), and Steel Admiral (Itshmian). Ships Signing On Signing on were the Andrew Jackson and Steel Vendor (Isth­ mian); Jefferson City Victory, Northwestern Victory, Greece Vic­ tory and Coe Victory (Victory Car­ riers); Robin Kirk (Seas Shipping); Amelia (Bull); Transatlantic (Pa­ cific Waterways),'^ Bienville (Water­ man), and Sandcaptain (Construc­ tion Aggregates). In transit were the Seatrains Savannah, Louisiana, Georgia, New York and New Jersey (Seatrain); Alcoa Runner and Alcoa Pointer (Alcoa); Kathryn (Bull); De Soto and Iberville (Waterman); Repub­ lic (Trafalgar); Santa Venetia (Mar-Trade); Winter. Hill (Cities Service); Steel Navigator and Steel Age (Isthmian) and Bethcoaster (Calmar). Most of these ships came in with very few beefs as far as OT and re­ pairs were concerned, but a couple of them were in bad shape where the Brews were concerned. On two of the ships there had been quite a bit of performing and fight­ ing among the crewmembers, and there was one case of a crewmember attacking a couple of men with a fire ax. There are a number of these men up on Coast Guard charges and a couple of them will be very lucky if they don't lose their papers. All of these actions put your Union and its officials on the spot, as the companies concerned keep a complete record of these things and throw them into our laps when we meet with them. CG Cracking Down As all of you know, the CG Is now cracking down on merchant seamen and considering even tougher laws to deal with these cases. We are opposing these proposed laws but actions of this kind by our members certainly will Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will as­ sure STJccs'y transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the meh involved. SEAFARERS \ LOG Pac« TtalHcca ^ PORT REPORTS not help us in our fight against them. We must have the coopera­ tion of the members who are sail­ ing the ships to keep these per­ formers in line if we hope to keep the conditions we now have and avoid the conditions that would exist under the CG proposals. And so it is up to the members to see to it that our constitution and con­ tracts are lived up by all brothers, ashore and at sea. The Bull Steamship Lines have traded in two of their Liberty ships for two C-2 type vessels and this gives us a few more jobs in ^that fleet. The ships traded in were the Marina and Roisario and the new ones have been renamed the Amelia and Jean. The Amelia has crewed up and sailed out of New York and the Jean is crewing up in Norfolk. Sandcaptain Crews Up We have also had another wel­ come addition to the SIU fleet during this last report period. This is the Sandcaptain, a dredge boat belonging to Construction Aggre­ gates. This ship, which was laid up for about three years, came out and t6ok on a full crew, and is now going down to Venezuela on an 18month job. We were successful in increasing the manning scale up to 41 men on this job, and also obtained consid­ erable raises for all ratings. In ad­ dition to their wages, all men who stay on the job nine months or longer will get 25 percent of their base pay as a bonus. The voting to elect officials to serve the Union for the next two years is going on at a very brisk pace and it is evident that most members are taking an active in­ terest in this event. Claude Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treasurer t PhUadelphia: 4 fort's BHsiness.Up As Goal Ships Move Shipping has picked up consid­ erably in this port with some of the coal ships beginning to move. We had three coal ships in for pay­ off and. sign-on and we expect this to continue as the Government al­ location for coal shipments gives the Pennsylvania area quite a jarge allotment. The ships paying off during the last report period were the Ocean Ulla (Ocean Transportation), Portmar (Calmar) and Seacloud (Amer­ ican Merchant Marine), These three ships signed on, and so did the Compass (Compass). We also had eight ships in transit. A. S. Cardullo Philadelphia Port Agent Baltimore: Shipping Holds Good; Hall Is Shaping Up Shipping in the port of Balti­ more- can be considered good, al­ though the exceptionally high registration does not necessarily reflect the job potential as far as the past two weeks are concerned. The payoffs and sign-ons during this period were generally in good condition and all beefs were squared away to the satisfaction of the crews concerned. About the only beefs were on Ore ships pay­ ing off here. The payoffs during the past two weeks were as follows: Amersea (Blackchester); Compass (Com­ pass); Mae, Ines and Evelyn (Bull); Fairland and Fairport (Waterman); Barbara Fritchie (Liberty Naviga­ tion); Trojan Trader (Trojan); Steel Vendor (Isthmian); Council Grove (Cities Service), and Marore, Santore, Cubore, Baltore, Steelore and Venore (Ore). Signing on were the Bethcoaster and Y o r k m a r (Calmar); Steel Vendor (Isthmi­ an); Fairpcrt (Waterman); Gulfwater (Metro); Barbara Fritchie (Liberty Naviga­ tion), and Marore, C h i 1 o r e, Santore, Cubore, Mastantuno Baltore, Steelore and Venore (Ore). • In transit were the Antinous and- DeSoto (Waterman); Alcoa Pointer and Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Ocean Lotte (Ocean Transporta­ tion); Robin Sherwood (Seas Ship­ ping); Bethcoaster (Calmar), and Steel Admiral (Isthmian). Our new hall is really shaping up'in fine style now, and once again I would like to extend an invita­ tion to all brothers to visit us and enjoy our new facilities. We are making every effort to get our Port O'Call bar open as soon as possi­ ble, and will make every effort to operate this club so members and their families and friends can en­ joy the maximum in entertain­ ment at a reasonable cost. Voting Is Brisk The voting for the election of Union officials for the next two years has been very brisk in this port, and it looks as if we will set ^/o KiCTOtf L, .B. .. oases an all-time high in the number of ballots cast here. At this writing we have already reached the num­ ber of ballots cast in previous elections and there is still a month of the voting left.. Any time in the hospital is a lonely time, and that's particularly true during the holiday season, so we hope you brothers will take the time to send notes of cheer to those in the'hospital. The address is USPHS Hospital, Wyman Park Drive, Baltimore 18, Md.; and the men now hospitalized are as fol­ lows: Harry Johnson, James C. Glisson, O. M. Ergle, Michael Hanyes, T. Ankerson, M. Jablonski, Earl McKendree, Daniel Hutte, T. Mas­ tantuno, Thomas Mungo, Philip Korol, T.' Lamphear, P. Lannon, M. F. Kramer, G. Glaze, J. Clarke, A. Smith, J. McKreth, R. McKreth, T. Less and J. Castro. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent t it San Francisco: I'' ProlesI CG's Plan, Groihers Here Urged Here in San Francisco we are urging all of the members we come in contact with to be sure to read the- article in the November 26 is­ sue. of the LOG about how the Coast Gdard is trying to get con­ trol of merchant seamen through its plan for physical examinations. We are also urging all the broth­ ers to write nr telegraph the Sena­ tors and Congressmen listed in that issue of the LOG and protest this plan. In-Transits Call We had no payoffs or sign-ons in this port during the past two weeks but serv­ iced seven intransit ships, as follows: Jean LaF i11 e, Raphael Semmes, La Salle and John B. Wa­ terman (Water­ man); Steel Chemist (Isthmi­ an); Massmar O'Connor (Calmar), and Western Trader (Western Naviga­ tion). Men now on beach include F. Votto, H. Skaalegaard, L. C. At­ kins, V. Johnson, H. Forbes, C. Lawson, R. Hassey, W. O'Connor, James Pulliam, F. Kustura and A. Begg. In the hospitals are M. Byers, C. Brown, L. Cronsohn, J. Childs, O. Gustavsen, C. Neumaier, J. Promutico, J. Perriera, P. Yuzon and O. Klein. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent Seattle: Men Gel Onl Qniekly As Ships Qnii Lay-Up Shipping was very good in this port during the past two weeks and we expect it to remain that way during tl^e . immediate future, at least. Diking the coming two weeks, for instance, we have the Coeur d'AIene Victory (Victory Carriers) coming out of lay-up, and also ex­ pect three payoffs—the Ocean^ Betty and Ocean Nimet (Ocean Transportation) and Seacomet II (Ocean Carriers). The Coeur d'AIene Victory is the 12th ship to come out of lay-up here in the past 7 weeks, and this has boosted ship­ ping to the point where our motto, for the present, at least, is "Come to Seattle if you want to ship quickly." During the past Mercereau two weeks we paid off the Jean LaFitte (Water­ man), and signed on this ship and the Eugenie (Ore), Oceanstar (Dolphin), Young America (Water­ man), Denali (P&O) and Liberty Bell (Tramp Cargo). In transit were the La Salle and Raphael Semmes (Waterman) and Massmar, Calmar and Seamar (Calmar). Sailing Since 1946 For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Jack D. Brook, who has been sailing SIU out of Galves­ ton since January, 1946, and who made his first trip on the Cyrus W. Fields, a Liberty ship which carried a'cargo of horses to Trieste. Jack, who is 28 years old and un­ married, sails in the deck depart­ ment, and prefers foreign runs, although he has no particular preference as to ports. Recently Jack got his full book through the admissions committee at headquarters and is very happy about that, because he says he is confident the SIU will always have jobs for its full bookmembers. Among the oldtimers now on the beach are R. B. Barnes, Leo Movail, B. Yonce, H. Murphy and E. L. Mercereau. In the hospital are B. Granberg, C. Edwards, S. Johannessen, 'C. M. Michalik and F. Gilman. We will close by hoping all Sea­ farers had a Merry Christmas and will have a Happy New Year. Jeff Gillette Seattle Fort Agent Please Parden Us... SiU BAJLt OiRECfOMY SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE. 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. (Frenchy) Michelet, Agent. .Preston 6558 LAKE CHARLES, La ,.1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke, Agent Phone 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent Phono 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS S23 BienvUle St. Lindsey Williams, Agent MagnoUa 6112-6113 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacintb 9-6600 NORFOLK '....127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. 8. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Tom Banning, agent Dougias 2-5475 Marty Breithoff, West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. Pelayo 51—La 5 Sai CoUs, Agent Phone 2-5996 .<tAVANNAH S Abercom St. Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeff GUlette. Agent EUiott 4^ TABIPA ..... 1800-iaU-N. FrankUn 8k Bay White, Agent ^ Phone 3-1323. WILMINGTON, Calif 605 Marine Ave. Ernest TUley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS .. .675 4th Ave., Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian WiUlam HaU SUP HONOLULU FORT WILLIAM....liavi Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone; 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 372 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, EC.;....61714 Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. PaciBc 7824 SYDNEY, NS 304 Charlotte St. . Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE, Quebeo 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, Ontario 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebeo Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince Wiiiiam St. NB Phone: 2-5232 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 ...623 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND, CALOr 257 Sth St. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Dougias 2-8363 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Great Lakes District Main 0290 ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher WILMINGTON 605 Marine Ave. Phone: 12.38W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO, NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK 875 4tb Ave., Brooklyn 734 Lakeside AVe., NE HYacintb 9-6600 CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 DETTICTT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Hba<muarteri Phone: Woodward 1-6857 MONTREAL 834 St. James St. West DULTTTH.... 631 W. Michigan St. PLateau 8161 Phone: Melrose 2-4110 3361 B. 93nd St -»¥So«^ SOUTH CHICAGO . Phone'; Esses 6-2419 PORTLAND In the last issue of the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG, a "Patro.lman Says" article, written by Tampa patrol­ man Bennie Gonzales, was incor­ rectly added to the Tampa port re­ port of port agent Ray White. The portion of the article, which should have appeared over Patrol­ man Gonzales' name, and as a separate "Patrolman Says" report, is as follows: "When the Steel Vendor was in here, it sure was good to see some of the guys on Jier, including Aldo Perini, Olle Johannsson, N. K. Brancato, G. Condos, Joe Bucker and Tony Matosky, better known as "Champ." "We all spent some time at the Old Fort, a well-known bar here in Tampa, and we know the boys all enjoyed the floor show and will reinarnber this visit for a long while to cume. If any of you other boys are in -thteaTea; drop into'the haU dncr. g8y 1 Mi ; �Camera Catckes A Few HI-J Inks bn The S II ', 'M'; V';i' ii I » OFF WATCH This jeaturt is deti0nrd to o/fer hints and Information on hobbies, hew products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarara may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS LOO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. 4 —— The first of four commemorative the popularity of the paperbound stamps scheduled for issue next books which have revolutionized year will be placed on first-day the p.ublishing industry In recent sale in Philadelphia, January 15, years. They have helped make the to honor the Pennsylvania Acad­ SIU ship's library program suc­ emy of Fine Arts on its 150th birth­ cessful, providing entertaining Having his camera handy enabled FWT F. E. day. The 3c stamp will have as its reading in a handy compact pack­ Hagin of the Steel Director (Isthmian) to get design a reproduction of the acad­ age, and Seafarers and seamen ev­ these shots of his shipmates during a run to emy's painting titled "Peale in His erywhere seem to especially favor Far East ports. At the left, AB Boyer (left) » Museum" — an original self-por­ jthem. trait by C. W. Peale (1741-1827), a A handy and useful volume of does a little clowning with MM Kumrow while painter best known for his like­ the paperbound variety is 'a guide DM McAndrews looks on.. At the right—posing nesses of George Washington, who to some of the world's best writ­ with an unidentified gent who looks like a local gendarme—are (kneeling, 1-r) Wiper Dugan, .Bosun was a director of the academy from ing, both new and old. "Good Johnes, Wiper Givas and Second Electrician Winsley. All the boys seem to be having a fine time. 1805-10. Collectors who want the Reading" (Mentor — 50c) is a first-day cancellation may send classified and expanded reading addressed covers, with check or list of more than 1,250 titles, with money order to cover the cost of the added feature , of a^sizeable the stamps to be affixed, to the checklist of the best to be found postmaster at Philadelphia. The in paperbound editions. Each of the stamp is being printed in sheets of books listed in the volume is ac­ companied by a brief description; 50. and each of the lists of varying t 4 It may be hard to realize, but little Rita McWilliams is now all grown up and re­ Seafarers who have adv;inced to subject matter is followed by a cently got married. producing 8 mm or 16 mm amateur brief comment by an editor. The This statement may mean nothing to some Seafarers, but it should certainly ring a bell sound movies may find one of their whole is a guided tour through the — for the men who sailed onf~~ on major problems solved by a new world of books that can be useful the Bull Line's old cruise ship, cause they "adopted" the "Chicks' shaking their heads and muttering, long-playing record of 16 selec­ for everyone. •jj, ^ « . the Puerto Rico. These men back in the spring of '52, and sup­ "My, my, how the time does fly." tions for dubbing in as mood back­ ground. Priced at $9.95 by the should remember that it was only plied them with baseball uniforms Introduced a little late for Audio-Master Corp., 17 East 45 St., Christmas this year, but equally a little over two years ago when and equipment. New York, NY, the record includes useful for year-round service — Bita was cavorting around the Rita's dad. Seafarer John McWil­ musical themes suitable for a wide especially for spur-of-the-moment sandlots of Jackson Heights, NY, liams, was then BR on the Puerto variety of subjects and ranging' in celebrations aboard ship—is a new as captain of "The Chicks"—a Rico, and through his efforts the time from 23 seconds to three min­ paint product that can be> removed crew collected enough money to teen-age girls' baseball team. utes and 25 seconds. Lacking this simply by peeling it off. Packaged The Puerto Rico men will have buy baseball uniforms—^with the or similar dubbing material, the with brush, patterns, and. red, good reason to remember this, be- SIU emblem on one sleeve—^for amateur movie-maker would be re­ green and white paint, the stuff the entire team, plus an extra $100 stricted to finding appropriate se- is dandy for painting decorations for bats, gloves-and other equip­ lectiona for his purposes from clas­ for all types of occasions and for ment. sical or popular recordings for the special projects in nurseries and Presented At Meeting general - market. These gifts were presented to children's rooms. It costs $1.49 the girls at the headquarters meet­ d) it ppd. from A-Peeling Paint Co., ing of June 4, 1952, by Thurston Little has to be said to explain 3463 Ashton Ct.,.Palo Alto, Calif. Lewis, who was then the ship's delegate. The girls responded by promptly tackling all teen-age LOG-A-RHYTHU! teams—of both sexes—^in the Jack­ son Heights area, and compiled a pretty good record, so 'tis said. But that was 2Vi years ago and Rita has given up baseball dia­ By M. Dwyer monds for a wedding ring. On November 27th, Rita was God bless you, merry merchantmen, who sail your ships tonight married ta Donald Werdann of Co­ Through calm or stormy wetther, with hearts so true and light. rona at the Lutheran Church of God bless you, merry merchantmen, and make your futures bright. the Atonement in Jackson Heights. Abide^ now in comfort and Joy. The couple will make Jackson Heights their home. God bless you, merry merchantmen, who risk your lives at sea We are sure that all Seafarers In tithes of war, as well as peace, to keep our country free. who know Rita or her dad wish God bless you, merry ' merchantmen, wherwer you may be. the former captain of the "Chicks" Abide now in comfort and Joy. good sailing on the seas of matri­ mony. Now if your homes seem far away and you are feeling blue. Yet we are sure there will be Sea­ Remember, with a trusting heart, your loved ones there are true. farers, particularly the men who Though miles away, upon this day they fondly think of you. sailed on the Puerto Rico, who will BUa and husband Abide now in comfort and Joy. feel a note of sadness upon reading Bita as a "Chick" this article. We can see them now. It's Now Ring, Not Baseball Diamon(d For ^Adoptee' of Puerto Rico's Crew i- ' ;':i- Seamen's Christmas Seafarer Is Raising This Big, Happy Brood -.t'-. :i • •. 1 • •(• t - s:- . •. • Vi Quiz Corner (1) There was only one occasion in US history when the son'of a President later became President himself. Who were they? (2) The team of Lewis and Clark was famed as: (a) vaudeville per­ formers, (b) explorers of the Western US, (c) part of a baseball doubleplay combination, (d) early airplane designers? (3) What is the name of the largest city in New Mexico? (4) A man who was giving a party had an invitation list of 80 per­ sons. If half of them came, and 60 percent of those were women, how many men came to the party? (5) What Englishman was called the uncrowned king of Arabia? (6) What four-ljetter word is formed by the initials of the main points of the compass? N^ewspapers would have a hard time without it; (7) What city is known as the "furniture capital of the United States"? (8) Who was the man who made his fortune explaining the game jcalled, whist to Londoners? (9) If a train which could travel twice as fast as another train couid do 80 mjU^|>er hour, and both trains started out at noon Headed In opposite apart were they after 90 minutes? ; : "^^/l' Wftlnfi' evetydoy us#i^i|[|iiS9fi3wbnly made of i •' This happy b|-QOd belongs to Seafarer Teodoro (Teddy) Ruiz, who's been an SIU member since ifs first » Clift year—at their home in Fajaydo^ Puerto Rico, are (l-r) Ri^ael, 3;,Feirna94Q, 12; Ana Pelia,<^ WilUe, I; ! 1^; Blanca Iris, 13, fiJid 8. pr chllK; the iaie^them to;.the 'i �Decemtter 24, 1954 Guam^VS PrUseo Alike, He Says To the EdOiton I ans- writing this because I thought you might be interested to know that this ship, the Fort Hoskins, is now on its way to the Persian Gulf from Guam. In Guam, our draw was in US currency and we found prices just about the same as in the States, Clothing, for instance, is just about as expensive as in the States, Incidentally, I have received the letter containing the list of area bonuses and would like to thank the Union for it, even though we did not touch any of thesfe areas. In Japan we left one man — Claude Davis—but the crew does not think that this man was at fault. One crewmember knew where he was ashore and'was going after him, but the captain forbade him to do this and said there was not enough time, although the crew thought that there was. L. J. Brilhart Ship's delegate it 4> Cecil Mlean Trip Called Good One To the Editor: I am writing this from Formosa to let you know that we here on the Cecil N, Bean (Drytrans) had a pretty smooth trip this time and consider ourselves fortunate in several respects,' In the first place, our steward department has done a bang-up job and supplied us with plenty of chicken, good steaks and a wonder­ ful Thanksgiving Day dinner. Our chief cook has been laid up since Pusan, but the other boys in the galley have doubled up and are doing a fine job. Skipper Good On Draws . In the second place, we've had smooth relations with topside all along, and Captain R, W, Walton has been very good about giving out draws. We also have a wellstocked slopchest, AB Roland Heinz is deck dele­ gate on this trip, and third cook Hugh Fritts is the steward dele­ gate. I've heard several of the guys say this is the best crew they've sailed with and the same goes for me. Well, the longshoremen have taken off the last of the cargo now, but weather conditions are holding us in the harbor here for another day. However, the old man just put out another draw so we can look forward to another good night of shore leave. Hope to be seeing some of you boys in Seattle around Christmas, Robert L. Andrews Burly SEAFAR LOG ./. Pace Fifteeii^ L E T IE A S * iLikes Patriot, Rum 'if' Coke Run To the Editor: Thought I would drop you a line to let you know I'm still aboard the good ship Alcoa Patriot on the "bauxite, rum, coke and gals" run. The Patriot is realiy a good ship, with a fine relief skipper by the name of J. W. Tanton, good of­ ficers, and a topnotch crew. Ail the crewmen are full bookmen and the second, third and fourth offi­ cers on deck are also SIU book­ men in good standing. Our permanent skip­ per, who is now on vacation, is Captain Robert H, Perry, and Ryan he's also a fine gentleman to ship under. We expect to be down in the Islands for the Christmas holidays, but none of the crew seem to be getting homesick and none are get­ ting off. Last night we had a shipboard meeting and voted to take a little loot out of the ship's fund, buy some cokes and Seven Up in St, Thomas, and celebrate the holiday at sea. Delegates Capable Incidentally, the very capable delegates we have here are E, A, Grady, ship's; A, K, forp, deck; J, Ott, engine, and C, Halings, steward. As for myself, I'm just a "new­ comer" on this ship, with only 13 months aboard, but I've seen enough to be able to tell you guys to try to hop aboard if you're ever down Mobile way. That's all for now except to wish all of you—on behalf of the rest of the guys—a hearty Christ­ mas and a happy New Year, Joseph A. Ryan 4" 4" 4" Has Two Recipes For Vinegar Pie To the'Editor: A few issues ago, in the LOG, I read about steward Jesse W. Puckett wanting a recipe for "vin­ egar pie" so I looked through my cookbooks' and found two of them, I hope you will print them in the LOG so that Mr. Puckett, wherever he may be now, will see them. The first recipe, called the "pioneer recipe," calls for one cup of brown sugar, two cups of water, one cup of vinegar, two tablespoons of butter, one-half cup of fiour and plain "pastry. Combine the sugar, water and vinegar and bring to a boil, then add the butter and stir until it melts. Mix the flour with a little cold water until smooth, add to the boiling liquid and stir until thick. Line a pie plate with the pastry, pour in the filling and cover with strips of pastry in lattice fashion. Bake in a hot oven (450' F) for 10 minutes; reduce heat- to moderate (350* F) and bake 25 minutes. This recipe makes one 9" pie. Recipe No. 2 The second recipe calls for two tablespoons of butter, one-half cup of sugar, three tablespoons of flour, one teaspoon of cinnamon, onequarter teaspoon of cloves, onequarter teaspoon of allspice, oneeighth teaspoon of salt, one egg, two tablespoons of vinegar, one cup of water and plain pastry. Cream the butter and sugar, then add the dry ingredients, egg, vinegar and water. Cook in the top of a double boiler until thick, stirring constantly. Line the pie plate with pastry, bake in a mod­ erate oven (350° F) for three minutes, then pour in the filling and continue baking until the crust is brown. This recipe makes one 8" pie. My son, Robert, is steward on the Paoli and through him I see the LOG and certainly enjoy read­ ing it, Mrs. John McNeil 4" 4" 4" Oldtiwae Seaman Hits Crimp Rig To the Editor: I am an oldtime seaman who is now empioyed as a waterfront patrolman on South Street, and al­ though I am not a member of the SIU I certainly enjoy reading the SEAFARERS LOG, Recently I was really burned up when I read the article about the phony seaman's "union" on West 28th Street, In fact, 1 went over there to see the place for myself. It's certainly a dump and I am sure that all it wants is to bring back the conditions seamen escap­ ed from years ago, as a result of the efforts of real maritime unions like the SIU. Sailed In 1919 I myself was sailing during the Shipping Board days of 1919-20, and I can tell you a merchant sea­ man's life was a pretty miserable one. The food was terrible, we call­ ed, the coffee "lye water," and the chief steward alloted one can of evaporated milk to be mixed in a bucket of water and put out for the crew mess, I was a messboy in those days and, believe me, I know all about what went on on those ships. Im­ agine being able to sleep on innerspring mattresses, and have bunk lights, baths, washing machines, radios and all sorts of conveni­ ences! Thirty-five years ago we all went below up forward, and had one bucket of salt water to wash in, tin plates and cups, and no OT, believe me. All I can say about this crimp joint is that a seaman would have to be awfully hard up, or awfully anxious to get out of the country to pay to ship out of there, Albert H. KIsch It Worked! Awaits Return To ^Rest Uitioii' To the Editor: It's been over a year since I last wrote to the LOG, but there's a reason. The reason is that I've been in the Army—for the past one year, 14 days, 12 hq^irs and 13 minutes, to be exact, I sailed in the SIU in the black gang" from June 19, 1946, to August 28, 1953, So naturally, when I got into service, the Army decided that I would make a very good cook. Their attitude about food seems to be: throw it in, mix it up, cook hell out of it and let 'em eat Still :t, OT conditions are also great on this job, with cooks working an average of 17 hours a day. Oh, well, only 35 more days and then back to the SIU at last. Be­ lieve me, I certainly am proud to be a member of it and I know from personal experience that it's without a doubt the best labor union there is. Recently, for instance, SIU Wel­ fare Services gave me excellent service when I was injured in an automobile accident here on Long Island, and I don't know of any other organization which would give a retired bookmember such fine service after he had been away from it for over a year. Until I get out, how about some of you guys dropping me a line, particularly Dutch Van Alstine if he's around? Meanwhile, Happy New Year and good sailing to all of you, Pfc. Clyde L. Still US 5414796 52nd Brigade R & R Section Montauk, LI, NY. 4> 4 4> Logans Fort Men Like LOG Story To the Editor: I am writing this to let you know that we on the Logans Fort find it an ever-increasing pleasure to read the SEAFARERS LOG, and we certainly are proud that we have such a fine Union news­ paper. The entire crew was delighted with the LOG article of Novem­ ber 12 about our "long hairs and short beefs," Since then we have had a few beefs, as related in the "Letter of the Week" column of December 10, but we still feel we're a happy crew. And just in case any crewman does look glim, a reference to that recent LOG article is sure to bring a broad SIU smile. I am enclosing some poetry t have written and I hope you will be able to use it in the LOG sometime, Thurston Lewis Ship's delegate Steel Rover Men Aided On Beef To the Editor: We, the deck department of the Steel Rover, would like to give a hearty "thank you" to the Balti­ more officials for the very capable way in which they handled our beef while we were in that port. While we're handing out the laurels, we'd also like to give one to Toby Flynn of Welfare Services at headquarters for a nice assist to a Seafarer with real troubles. With other union welfare set-ups under fire, it's comforting to know our own , welfare department is really on the ball. This is one sailor who knows that the word "brother" is more than just a word in the SIU, Blaine Boxwcll 4 4 4 SiV Sckolarships Draw His Praise To the Editor: I would like to state that the college scholarship awards made under the Seafarers Welfare Plan are a wonderful thing, and I am sure that all the members are happy to see so many of their brothers and their families striv­ ing to win one of these awards. Does this plan, at present, in­ clude the wives of Seafarers? If not, I would like to suggest that their inclusion be seriously con­ sidered, I would also like to suggest that the SEAFARERS LOG begin a new column listing articles which Seafarers want to buy, sell or swap, Fred Miller (Ed. vote: At present, SIU col­ lege scholarships are open only to Seafarers under 35 or the children of Seafarers or deceased Seafar­ ers.) 4 4 4 Top Crew Sailing On Archers Hope To the Editor: There's been no news in tjie SEAFARERS LOG about the Archers Hope for some time now, but that's because this ship was laid up for 10 months before she went back to sea on November 18. At any rate, we want you to know we had our hands full but we are getting this rust-bucket shipshape again. We have a swell SIU crew aboard this ship. The pumpman, machinist, one oiler, one FWT, second cook, third cook and two ordinary seamen came out of the Lake Charles hall, while the rest of the crew came out of Savannah. H. E. Richardson 4 4 •v;S 4 Sends Greetings To SiU Brothers To the Editor: I'd like to take this opportunity to send greetings to the Union and to wish all the officials, the editor and staff of the LOG, and the members a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. May all of us enjoy an even more prosperous and powerful union during 1955, George H. Seeberger BU Bernard Seantau -\ �Faf« SixtecB Ulrr: 1^- SEAFARERS LOG ... DIGEST <>f SHOPS* BIEETINGS... STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Octebar 14—Chairman, E. Johnson; Socrotary, W. Nlchtar. Motion made and carried to ac­ cept traveler's checks and there will be a discussion on same after members have had a chance to use the checks. The old washing machine will be Exed from the ship's fund, as soon as possible. Sug­ gestion made that everybody take a turn in keeping the library in order. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), October 17—Chairman, Frank Keller; Secretary! M. Bruno. Motion made to donate $5 to the Merchant Marine Library when the new books come aboard. Chairman asked all members getting oS ship to leave their keys with someone who Is staying on. Patrolman will be contacted at pay­ off to see if a new washing machine can be purchased. MASSMAR (Calmer), October 1<—Chair­ man, Red Cibbs; Secretary, D. Fansler. Ship's deiegate will check about getting new mattresses when ship docks in New York. Repair lists will be made up and turned in to the ship's delegate. Cold drinks were not served for a couple of days due to the fact that the ice box was being cleaned out. DOROTHY (Bull), October 23—Chair­ man, E. Abualy; Secretary, P. Patrick. Drinking water warm in Puerto Rico. Suggestion made that mate get locks for all screen doors. Present exhaust ven­ tilator in galley inadequate and a sugges­ tion was made that a new one be installed. ANDREW JACKSON (Isthmian), Octo­ ber 16—Chairman, T. Deale; Secretary, A. Brodie. Ship's delegate gave a short talk on crewmembers confining their drink­ ing to off duty hours. He also is going to speak to the chief engineer about keeping the engine room doors closed as the heat comes into the crew quarters and makes it impossible to sleep at night. BENTS FORT (Cities Service), October 35—Chairman, T. Nichols; Secretary, J. Beres. Captain has offered to buy cigar­ ettes for the crew and sell them at $2 a carton, which wUl enable the crew to avoid the high state taxes in the south­ ern states. The steward directed that linen be given out on a piece for piece basis. A. December 24. 19S4 SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), Oc­ tober 24—Chairman, A. Fricks; Secretary, T. Bowers. There is $41.60 in the ship's fund. Two crewmembers refused to move out of the 4 to 8 engine room so it could be painted. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), October 23—Chairman, Sir Charles; Secretary, W. Cothran. The crew gave a vote of thanks to all the delegates aboard. The steward a.sked the crew to cooperate in keeping the miik crates available for loading fresh miik. Chickens and ducks should be cooked a Uttle longer before serving. The chief electrician was badiy injured by a fall aboard ship an hour before .sail­ ing time. Jerry was well liked aboard the Seatrain Texas and his shipmates wish him a full and speedy recovery. LONE JACK (Cities Service), October 16—Chairman, J. Phillips; Secretary, Wells. Wipers asked for clarification on who should give them their orders. All departments to get repair lists and turn same over to the ship's delegate. LOGANS FORT (Cities Service), Octo­ ber 14—Chairman, W. Thompson; Secre­ tary, T. Lewis. Fans need cleaning. All crewmembers were asked to keep messhaUs clean and to use ashtrays and put cups away. Motion made and carried to see patrolman about getting new mat­ tresses before signing on. CHOCTAW (Waterman), June 26— Chairman, Robensen; Secretary, J. Slmlson. Repair .lists discussed. A vote of thanks was given to the steward depart­ ment for good chow and service. August t—Chairman, Jacobson; Secre­ tary, Johnson. If money is needed for a ship's fund a meeting will be called. Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32. NY Crewmembers wera asked to remove cota from deck in port or during rainy weath­ er. Slopchest additions will be made by individuals needing same,. September It—Chairmen, Jacobs; Beerotary, Johnson. One man missed ship. Motion made that letter be written to hall asking why ship is always laying up at end of trip but never does. The ship's delegate was given a vote of thanks for a good iob. Discussion on laundry room cleanliness. October 17—^Cttelrman, T. Scott; Secre­ tary, C. Jrtinson. Motion made that slop chest be examined by patrolman in New York. Discussion on drain in laundry room. All crewmiembers requested to no­ tify their delegate of any necessary re­ pairs. All hands getting off ship re­ quested to clean their foc'sles. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), July 13— Chairman, Robert L. Carriss; Secretary, Gerald E. SInkes. Larger coffee pots will be purchased. Draws to be put out any time between ports. Coffee urn in the crew pantry should be fixed. September 4—Chairman, James Sheets; Secretary, G. SInkes. Motion made that deck maintenance men have a larger foc'slc on these Waterman type C-2s. Suggestion made for the ship's delegate to see the captain about notifying the crew when he is going to close slopchest, so as crewmembers may purchase last minute necessities before ship reaches port. The crew was asked to return all cups to the pantry. October 10—Chairman, H. W. Eatherton; Secretary, G. SInkes. First assistant wouldn't check overtime sheets to show department whether or not there is any disputed overtime. Flush valves in deck and engine toilets need repairing. Motion made and carried to install clock in rec­ reation room aft. ^Can'Shahera^ Have No OK. The membership is Rgalq cautioned to beware of persons solifdting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile, Pa­ ralysis is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the payoff. Receipts are issued on the spot was given to the steward department for their fine chow and excellent service. The steward department gave the deck and engine departments a vote of con­ fidence for their wonderful cooperation. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), No­ vember S—Chairman, Carlsen; Secretary, G. Raid. A letter of thanks was read from Father Walsh from Philadelphia and is to be sent to the LOG for pub­ lication. Discussion on men getting drunk and leaving a mess in living quarters. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), Oc­ An attempt will be made to improve tober 24—Chairman, C. Lee; Secretary, cooking. F. Flanagan. Motion made and carried to get an additional library of stiff OREMAR (Calmer), October »—Chair­ backed books aboard, besides regular SIU man, Harold B. Thomas; Secretary, C. pocket books. $5 of the ship's fund will Kent. Suggestion made to have crew's be contributed to the driver who brings radio in lounge fixed and each man chip these books aboard. Crew complained in to pay for the. repairs. One man that menus lacked variety from week to missed ship on departure from Sparrows week. There is now $50.36 in the ship's Point. fund. October 24—Chairman, H. Thomas; Sec­ retary, L. Van Evera. Any repairs that MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car- have to be taken care of should be riers), October 24—Chairman, Rex Coots; placed on a regular repair list and for­ warded to the ship's delegate. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward de­ partment for the excellent way in which the food was prepared and served. quartera wera palntad thia trip and the reat wUl ba- painted next trip. A letter waa aent to SIU Welfare about two men left In hoapttal. Ship'a delegate auggeated that each man take care of hla seamen'a papera, as these papers are the means- of his livelihood and the loss or misplacement of these papers would keep him from working. The steward depart­ ment was given a vote of thanks. •obor payoff and to leave quarters clean. The steward department was thanked for a job well done. October 3—Chairman, W. Yorko; See* rotary, F. Fletcher. One man went to hospital In Seattle. Discussion about keeping the Japs out of the passageways, messhalls and laundry. A vote of thanks to the steward department for excellent food served. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), October 7—Chairman, Herman Fruge; Secretary, T. Jackson. Cbrew suggested that liquid cool drinks and apple jelly and butter be supplied for next voyage. Ship's dele­ gate reported that there is S40 in the ship'a rund. AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), Novambar 14—Chairman, S. Barryman; Secretary, O. Fayne. Repair Usts made and wUl bo given to the patrolman at payoff. The steward was asked why there was not 40 gallons of milk on board on the day of departure from Yokohama. The chief electrician was told that painting the STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), Soptombar -26—Chairman, Jim Hannors; Socro­ tary, A. Barbaro. The porthole windscoops which were ordered have not been delivered as yet. Measures nere discussed and plans were agreed on to keep the laundry clean and the washing machine in good order. The proper con­ duct for crewmembers in Arabian ports discussed. October 17—Xhalrman, J. Hannor; Soc­ rotary, A. Barbaro. Ship's delegate dis­ cussed his meeting with the captain on cigarette rationing. Captain insists that two cartons per week is sufficient. Mo­ tion made and carried that a letter be written to headquarters about natives crowding the messrooms and insulting the crewmembers. Herman Whisnant gave a talk on the SIU agreement. STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), Novam­ bar 14—Chairman, 6. Lawson; Sacretary, W. L. Glllospla. A new washing machine is needed aboard, also a new slop sink for deck department locker is needed. PAOLI (CItlas Service), November 7— Chairman, D. Collins; Secretary, W. F. Walker. Practically none of the repairs have been taken care of. Motion made that slopchest be supplemented In San Pedro. No cold weather gear aboard, or rain gear of any kind. DESOTO (Waterman), October 17 — Chairman, E. B. McAuley; Secretary, Phil Reyes. Father Bluitt of Philadelphia who is traveling round trip on the DeSoto was invited to the pieeting. Several members felt that it' would be a fine idea to have a man who is active in labor circles, . especially the waterfront. deck In his foc'sle. uras the wiper's job and not his. EXCELLO (Excello), November 21 — Chairman, J. Christy; Secretary, D. Keddy. A motion was made and carried to give Brother Christy and the steward (Continued on page 17) '54 Stormy, But Union Won Gains (Continuea fTom page 4) was a night of celebration for many Seafarers, with the Union now possessing in New York and Balti­ more two of the finest halls that could be found anywhere. Mean­ while work is going ahead on im­ provements in New Orleans and Mobile to provide the most up-todate facilities possible for those two major ports. The SIU's pioneer college schol­ arship plan, only one of Its kind in the industry, made news with the award of three of its four annual scholarships this year to working Seafarers: Ed "Larkin, Wallace Simpson and Seymour Wallace. Although the lay-ups and trans­ fers of ships foreign meant a con­ traction in shipping, the Uhion successfully obtained agreements for manning of several new vessels, adding more jobs to the SIU's roster. Of dramatic interest to manyonlookers was the SlU-spearheaded fight on behalf of the AFL to organize a new union for long-* shoremen. While winning tremen­ dous support, the AFL'drive fell short by the narrowest of margins. Subsequently timely SIU exposure put the skids under an ILA-sponsored attempt to set up a seaman's raiding outfit and infiltrate legiti­ mate sea unions. OCEAN BETTY (Msritlma Overseas), October 30—Chairman, R. Ewlng; Secratary, K. Collins. The stove is not giving out the heat it should and captain said a man from the stove company came down to the ship and could find nothing wrong with it. All the screen doors need repairing. There is a very good steward Secretary, Aiex Janes. Report was sent on board and the boys gre really eating. a witness at first hand to see what makes to headquarters in regard to galley stove General discussion on food and menus. the SIU the progressive, militant and FAIRLAND (Waterman), October Si- most democratic maritime labor union. Steward told the crew that all beef is fourth grade. All department delegates Chairman, Lee Curry; Secretary, H. Motion made and carried that the union will hand in repair lists to ship's dele­ Pierce. Meeting was called to order and officials make an intensive study of the gate. Laundi-y room will-be taken care of there was no old business. All depart­ Blue Cross group insurance that will in­ by deck and engine departments and the ment delegates reported everything run­ clude our dependents. Means of keeping recreation room will be taken care of by ning smoothly with no beefs. All hands the laundry clean discussed and crew­ were asked to flush toilets. the steward department. members were asked to return coffee cups after using same. Father Bluitt ANN MARIE (Bull), October 27 — spoke ROSARIO (Bull), October 30—Chairman, on his mission as a labor priest L. Gadson; Secretary, R. Aguiur. Ono Chairman, E. Dalln; Secretary, J. Laphan. and what he wiU strive to achieve for The washing machine has been repaired man missed ship in San Juan as the cap­ the laboring class. tain told the men the ship would stay and crew must take better care of it. in port until Monday at least. Less There is a balance of $21 in the ship'a ORION COMET (Oil Carriers), October grease should be put on the food. Mo­ 31—Chairman, A. Branconi; Secretary, J. tion made that a fan be installed in the Mann. Messroom taglcs are overcrowded washing room as it is too hot while In and the crew would like to know if one port. more table could be put In the crew'a mess. Discussion on the men who missed BETHCOASTER (Calmar) October shifts. Vote of thanks given to the stew­ 26—Chairman, C. E. Nelson; Secretary, ard department. L. E. Williamson. Steward department November 7—Chairman, H. Waller; appreciates cooperation of crew by com Sacretary, W. O'Donnell. Motion made ing to chow in first half hour. Foc'sles and carried that a delagation see the are in bad shape, however crew under­ captain about dropping logs. Crewmem­ stands that they are to be painted. bers will send a wire to President Eisen­ hower about the marine hospitals. The THE CABINS (Cabin Tankers), October asked that all linen be turned in 20 — Chairman, Braunstein; Secretary, fund after S3.50 was spent oil radio re­ steward at next change, and he will order new Harris. Quantity of night lunch will be pairs. A vote of thanks was given to mattresses. increased. Repair list wiU be turned in Sparks for repairing same. Ship's fund at least ten days before arrival home­ to be donated to some charity in case ORION STAR (Orion), Novambar 7— ward bound. Fans will be cleaned by ship lays up. Chairman, H. Knowlet; Sacretary, Bill ordinary seamen and wipers on sanitary. Stark. Ship's treasurer gave a report of All hands were asked to - cooperate in GEORGE A. LAWSON (Pan Oceanic), the ship's fund. There is a total of keeping messroom clean. Saptambar 6—Chairman, J. Brooks; Sac­ $99.11 in the fund. The steward depart­ retary, J. Sweeney. Letter was sent to was commended for their fine ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), October 27 hall on passengers. Captain has been ment work. —Chairman, J. Aioyslous Ryan; Secre­ notified about repairing screens and has tary, B. Kelley. Arrival pool arranged said that he will try and get screens in ANN MARIE (Bull), November 13 — to swell ship's fond. A few minor beefs Japan. Chairman, Eugene Dakliu Secretary, J. wili be referred to the- boarding patrol­ September 20—Chairman,' M. Sharpe; Lopham. A gift was presented to Sparks men in Mobile. A hearty vote of thanks Secretary, Louis Coffey. Mate kept a list for fixing the radio. Crewmembers were of those men who went ashore during asked to turn In all soiled linen. A vote restricted hours. One man missed ship in of thanks was given to the steward de­ Sasebo. Discussion about drawing Ameri­ partment. can money in Japan. Screens were bought In Japan. ANDREW JACKSON (Ifthmtan), No­ vember 13—Chairman, F. Morrit; SacraPAOLI (Cities Service), October 17— tary, A. Ereffie. Deck delegate will aee Chairmen, C. W. Ely, jr.; Secretary, R. the patrolman about gear not being aeMcNeil. Ship's delegate will see the pa­ cured for tea on leaving India, A hand trolman about getting messhaU painted, vote waa taken on having traveler'a (Continued from page 4) ship fumigated, new mattresses pur­ checka on board and the decision waa chased and all rooms painted before agalnat it. A letter will be sent to head­ vlded for a seven cents an hour leaving the States. quarters on this matter. Brother Guthrie wage increase this year and aix gave • talk on crewmembers cooperating Four ROEIN TRENT (See* Shipping), with one another, and not rushing thingi cents- an hour next year. tember S—Chairmen, Joseph Capelll; Sec­ at the payoff when there are beefs to be more cents would have gone Into retary, I. Buckley. Brother Eddie Mc- settled la other departments. pension and welfare funds, without was elecbed as ship's delegate. • ••••BE • ••••#« Mamar No beefs reported in any department. EAREARA MICHEL (Nerlo), Nevamber providing for any increase in bene­ October 10—Chairman, J. Capelll; Sec­ 20—Chairman, F. Culllton; Sacrstary, A. retary, I. Buckley. Steward department Waddle. The ship's delegate told the fits paid to the longshoremen. Also day workers were told by ship's delegate crewmembers that the captain was going included was a no-strike clause t to use seats In messhall of men go- to clamp down on men who are late for J on watch. Crewmembers reported woric and taking coffee ttma In excess for the two years of the agree­ slackness In medical treatment received of the alloted time. Repair Usta were ment. on voyage. turned in to the captain. "Waterfront News" pointed out lU Men Nix Seliout I wouW like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—pleose put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) •fc. STREET ADDRESS CITY ZONE ......STATE ROYAL OAK (CItlas Service), October 30—Chairman, I. Peacock; Secretary, James Wilson. Bapeir list wll be turned in before airlval. Motion made to see TO AVOID DUPLfCATtONr If you «r« an oM siibwrtbs; aid IIBVG B ehBii«B patrolman about having two. fans in each foc'sle 4M per agraeraent. Lengthy dip •f BMrMA-plHiB ftvB ya«ir IbfRMT «d4r«g MGWI cuasien concemlnE peer condltloa eC mattresaes. Some of the mattreasea are toe larfe for the -bnnlM. Signed . ADDRESS Giry .lONI ... STATS RAPHAEL lEMMBS (Waterman), Ne­ vamber IS—eiMlrman, Reffaal lAarHnl; Eacretary, D. Graaii. A laundry bag wtUbe placed In paaaageway ao that no mora tolled linen will be thrown down Into the Mielter deck. Ship"* dalente will: aee «bont repairs on' aresr^ wwibinE maehlM and toaator. The atamant waa elected to heedle ahip*! Mad, ML M0NT4 (MlwmtiiBH. Nevaipbar 7 MCUA^kANMR UUcoeb taptgiiiNr dMlraMMb Cecit fL IMMitaM Oeera-.- 16—Chatnmm, K. Yeaiiei EeeMtary, w. iaryv Ctisrlae OewHns. f art of the cr<9w'f AdaffiA Ship'a SelegateUi' » that the contract contained none of the longshoremen's basic de­ mands such as those for an eighthour day, paid hoUdayt, limited sling leads, Improved wcUbxe and pension benefits, adequate -sani­ tary iaelHtIca, 28-maa gangs apid other:pcg«UiMU irf lb# gram. : '-M:, �Pare Serenteea SEAFARERS IOC SMcmber 14. 19S4 . DIGEST o( SHIPS' MEETINGS . tacrstery, •. Whale. A lively discussion (Continued from page 16) was held about what kind of money ecpartmant a vota of thanks for the very craw should ask the captain for at draw flno work- they have been doing to ^ep on arrival in Capetown. One crewmemup the morale of the ship. ber was admitted to the hospital in Capetown on November 20th suffering aiLTORB (Ore), November 14—Chair­ from appendicitis. men, L. Hopkins; Secretary, T. Jacks. Discussion to exchange the AC current Iron for DC iron. Discussion about stew­ ard department caring for laundry and the unnecessary noise while watch below la sleeping. Vote of thanks given to the galley force for excellent performance. The ILA and SIU situation was discussed fully. SWEETWATER (Metro), November < Chairman, J. Meeres; Secretary, F. Paylor. Each member of the crew will do­ nate SI to the ship's fund. Motion made to have an arrival pool once a month and a 'certain percentage of kitty to be donated to the ship's fund. Suggestion made to give a vote of thanks to the agent in Norfolk for the fine job he did in getting repairs straightened out. Crewmembers were asked to return all books to the library. ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shipping), Novem­ ber 21—Chairman, T. Wessel; Secretary R. SIrols. Motion made and carried that there be no payoff until all beefs are settled In each department to the satis­ faction of crew. Vote of thanks given to the chief electrician and second electri­ cian for their splendid job of keeping the washing machine in order. ANGELINA (Bull), Tfovember 11 — Chairman, Creenwald; Secretary, Freilich. Some repairs have not -been taken care of. One FWT was hospitalized in San Juan. Washing machine will have to be fixed or replaced. All hands agreed to chip in tl for TV repairs. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), Novamber 14—Chairman, Roy Joplin; Socratary, S. Johnaon. Brothers were aU sorry to learn ot the death of Brother Chapman's father and extended their deepest sympathies to him. All hands were urged to go up to the SIU hall and vote. They agreed that a vote of thanks should be extended to the headquarters staff for the very fine job they have done during the past year. CANTICNY (Cities Service), November 20—Chairman, A. Phillips; Secretary, M. Ohstrom. Port steward in New 'York was contacted by telephone from Bos­ ton and assured us the new mattresses would be put aboard at our next port. General discussion on TV set and im­ portance of refraining from meddling with back of set. Brothers were urged to contribute generously to the ship's fund. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Seat Shipping), SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), No­ November 13—Clielrman, A. Coldfarb; vember 21—Chairman, C. E. Mosely; Sec­ Hail Ships' 'New Look' in Feeding retary, John Cole. Ship's delegate re­ ported that stiff-backed books have been sent for. Crewmembers were asked to keep washtubs clean. Financial report, $52.36 in the ship's fund. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Novem­ ber 2#—Chairman, J. Allen; Secretary, C. Cothran. Motion made and carried to have steward get a different brand of soap instead of octagon face soap. Few complaints on food. this trip. Member* of the crew should suggestion was made to donato all at tbebe more respectable to each other. oU books to a wertby cause «ith«r in Japan or Korea upon arrival. FAIRPORT CWatermsn), November IS —Chairman, B. Hoods; Secretary, J. EastTROJAN TRADER (teres), November erllng. There is S31 In the ship's fund. 24—Chairman, H. R. Hutchlns; Secretary, Brother Oilman, who was hurt aboard H. K. Hull. Mattresses and fans wiU be ship before arrival at San Francisco, put aboard in Boston. Treasurer -re­ sent word from the hospital that anyone ported $11 in ship's fund. A patrolman aboard ship who saw the accident please will be consulted as to who orders forward a statement in his behalf. All stores. fountains need repairing. eOE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Oc­ COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), No­ tober 17—Chairman, J. Golder; Secretary, vember 14—Chairman, Robert Kehrly; L. Hall, Jr. Motion made to hold ship­ Secretary, P. F.rango. Several complaints board meetings every two weeks on Sat­ regarding steward and the food he urday providing ship is at sea. The serves. No one wiU payoff or sign on pump on washing machine is not working before patrolman okays suggestion to properly. Crewmembers were asked to have steward put ashore. return all books to the Ubrary. INES (Bull), October 10—Chairman, Vic Courr; Secretary, A. Voyesotsk. Baker is short of material for baking. All mem­ bers WiU donate $1 for TV antenna. The washing machine should be checked when crew finishes using it to see that it is turned off. November 7—Chairman, D. Martin; Secretary, H. Long. There should be more of a variety on night lunches. Gar­ bage to be dumped aft. At the present time there is $28 in the ship's fund. ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), November 14—Chairman, E. Grady; Secretary, B. Kelly. AU book men were urged to get to the haU and vote for their favorite candidates at the end of this voyage. Crewmembers were asked to take better care of the record player in the messhall. AU Uterature received ~on board this vessel from headquarters has been posted in the crew messhaU to keep the crew up to date. November 20—Chairman, J. Aloysius Ryan; Secretary, J. Meeks. Mail service in' the islands will be discussed with the captain. Crew was asked to be more considerate of shipmates sleeping and eliminate noise in the passageways. A hearty vote of thanks was given to the entire steward department for a fine holiday dinner and excellent service given by the cooks and mes.smen during the entire voyage. DEL MAR (Mississippi), November 13 | JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman), Novem^hairman, . Eddie Stough; Secretary, ber 21—Chairman, R. Parady; Secretary, Eddie " Caudill. Motion made "" " " ' ^ and ^ carried "• J. Thomas. One shipmate was left in to continue movie fund. Chief cook the hospital in Yokohama. There is a shortage of stores this trip and the food is not up to par. Crewmembers were YORKMAR (Calmer), October 17 — asked to put aU garbage into the cans Chairman, E. BuzalewskI; Secretary, D. aft. Warrington. A train ticket was bought for the old carpenter to the East Coast STEELCRE (Ore), November 14—Chair­ from the ship's fund. Motion made for man, Winston Jackson; Secretary, E. the patrolman in New York to find out Gilford Sinuns Debardelaben. Each department was why the coffee is being rationed aboard to make up repair lists, which will Please get in touch with me asked ship. be taken care of in the Port of Balti­ through the SIU hall in Baltimore. more. The messroom should be kept CECIL N. BEAN (Dry Trans), October Ed Luzler. clean by aU brothers. The chief engineer 24 — Chairman, L. Hodges; Secretary, win be contacted about shower heads Louis Potter. The captain wiU be con­ for showers. tacted in regard to American money J. W. Hinson draws in foreign ports. The ship's dele­ AMEROCEAN (Biackchcster), Novem­ Please contact Robert Floyes at ber 21—Chairman, Thomas King; Secre­ gate was asked to see about a fresh water line being installed on the out­ 2020 Selman Ave., Mobile, Ala., tary, J. Pendleton. The company has side passageway for the use of the long­ ignored the repair lists for the last two shoremen. This would keep them on the immediately concerning the car. trips. An inferior grade of meat was outside of the ship and away from the sent aboard in Seattle. Tom Jones was 4» 3» crew's quarters. The men on sanitary given a vote of thanks for showing kind­ William R. Dixon of the deck and engine departments to ness toward sick crewmembers during alternate weekly in keeping the laundry Contact your wife immediately. this trip. Five men were logged, two in clean and the steward department utility the engine department and three men There is sickness at home. to clean the recreation room. in the deck department. STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), Octo­ ber 19—Chairman, Joe Kramer; Secre­ tary, C. Scofield. Repair list to be made up as soon as possible. New ship's dele­ gate elected. Motion made and carried DOROTHY (Bull), l--v*mb*r 21—Chair­ to give a vote of thanks to steward de­ man, L. Gwalthney; Secretary, P. Patrick. partment. Motion made by ship's delegate to have November 19—Chairman, J. Chatte- new fans placed aboard. Due to danger­ reau; Secretary, C. Scofield. Crewmem­ ous conditions aboard ship It was rec­ bers were asked to make less noise in ommended that a shoreside electrician the early hours of the morning due to come aboard to check wiring. Food is watches sleeping. A hardy vote of thanks not up to par. Brown laundry soap to was given to Brother Kramer for a job be issued as well as Lifebuoy, Men that well done. missed ship have been entered in log book. A vote of thanks was given to the SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), No­ ship's delegate for a job well done. vember 21—Chairman, J. Long; Secre­ tary, A. F ricks. Beef regarding deck de­ BIENVILLE (Waterman), October 3— partment overtime will be cleared be­ Chairman, J. Conners; Secretary, R. fore payoff. Sheets too small, and stew­ Walton. Ship's delegate stated that all ard said he does not get same pieces stores beefs were settled while the ship back from the laundry that he sends. was in San Francisco. Captain said that the draw money will be given out any SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), way the crew would like it, providing it November 29—Chairman, P. Kirk; Secre­ conforms with the laws at hand. The tary, E. Jones. Steward spoke about the steward reminded the crew to bring ail linen shortage. Library will be changed their soiled linen down every week. A (Continued from page 5) quantity laid down by the Union will, of course, continue." In the Bull Line experiment, this approach has led to fresher, tastier meals and has also led to consider­ able improvement in night lunch since the remainder of uncut roasts, fresh bread, fresh butter patties and the like are now left for the night lunch instead of the con­ coctions that often make up a night lunch. None of these practices, the committee emphasized, will in any way serve to cut down in the qual­ ity of food a Seafarer might want to have. What they will cut down is overcooking and overpreparing in advance of meals with the result that huge quantities of leftovers re­ main in such condition as to be virtually useless for subsequent (Continued from page 3) meals. called toe Coast Guard which The Bull Line pilot project got started a search with planes and underway about two months ago. ships out of Quonset Point, Rhode The Union sent a veteran passen­ Island, St. Petersburg and Miami, ger ship steward, Louis Guellnitz, Florida, and South Carolina. as traveling observer on two Bull The search continued without Line ships. His recommendations let-up until Thursday, December were coupled with those of the 16, when the Coast Guard an­ joint Union-operator committee nounced that it was abandoning and put into practice, after meet­ special search procedures but ings aboard the ships with the men would continue to hunt fdt survi­ involved. vors on its routine patrols. Rela­ Seafarers aboard the Kathryn, tives of some of the survivors ap­ one of the ships involved in the pealed to Washington for a contin­ pilot undertaking, expressed their ued search which was resumed warm approval of the change. They Saturday, December i8. It has were particularly pleased with the been called off a second time early practice of cutting roast meats to this week. order. William Ekins, carpenter on The Coast Guard in New York the ship, recalled there used to be reported that it had mamtained many complaints about meat being its search by sea and air all along cut up and put on the steam table the route of the vessel from Loui­ where it dried up long before it siana north. However, the search was served. Ed Slintak, AB, de­ had been hindered by extremely clared that there was a consider­ heavy seas and bad weather which able amount of waste under the has been general along the Atlan­ standard system of feeding which tic Coast for the past month. was of no benefit to the crew. The failure to get any report Ship's delegate F. Aponte re­ from the ship since site left Loui­ ported complete satisfaction with siana raised a question as to pro­ the improvements made to date. cedures in maintainn'ig contact "The food and service is much with ships. Some companies re­ better this way and the crew is quire ships to report in daily by happy. The difference in the way radio. Others call for reports at we are doing things now is very regularly stated Intervals in the course gf a voyage, depending on great." "• Since plans are afoot for expan­ the nature of the trip and the lo­ sion of this program^ Seafarers cation of the vessel. But there are who have suggestions for it are no regulations on this score, and ^asked to get in touch with Eddie the Coast Guard itself does not 'Mooney, SIU Steward Department track merchant ships. In view of the (jottthwfed Yadio Committee, at- headquarters; .'I J' • SEACORAL (Orion), November 24— Chairman, S. Bayne; Secretary, W. Clegg. Ship's delegate will ask mate to please stop chipping between 12:30 and 1:30 PM. The steward department was given a vote of thanks for a job very well done. asked that crew keep out of galley while passengers are being served. Treasurer reports $88M In the ship's fund.. AU hands were asked to keep laundry room clean. ' 4; 3» 4" 4» t t Ralph W. Wilkins Get in touch with your draft board in Lorain as soon as pos­ sible. Mother. Gene Sinclair Please contact Danny Kaim at the Staten Island, NY, marine hospital. I Samuel Erlitz Your seamen's papers left aboard the Camas Meadows are be­ ing held for you in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG office at SIU head­ quarters. 4i 4 4« Melvin Baumgardner A port time discharge from the Calmar is being held for you in silence of the ship it is believed the SEAFARERS LOG office at she may have encountered trouble SIU headquarters. early in the voyage soon after be­ ing sighted off the Florida Keys on Quiz Anzivers the 6th. A severe storm struck (1) John Adams, the second the area where the ship was sched­ President, and his son, John uled to be on December 7th. Quincy Adams, the sixth President. The Southern Districts case has William Henry Harrison was the many parallels to that of the grandfather, not the father, of Southern Isles. The latter ship Benjamin Harrison. was also carrying an ore cargo (2) (b) explorers of the Western when she broke up in a storm off US, sent on an expedition by Hatteras. She too did not have a Thomas Jefferson. chance to send any radio messages (3) Albuquerque. or launch lifeboats because of the (4) 16. rapidity with which the ship went (5) T. E. Lawrence. down. The only reason there were (6) N-E-W-S. any survivors was because a Lykes (7) Grand Rapids, Mich. steamship happened to be in the (8) Edmond Hoyle. Today we immediate vicinity and saw the still use the expression" ... ac­ Southern Isles' running lights dis­ cording to Hoyle ..." to describe appear. a game played according to the Subsequently, the Coast Guard rules. (9) 180 miles. ordered all remaining LSTs to add (10) Glass. extra belly hands to prevent fur­ ther accidents of this type. Since toe Southern Districts Puzxie Answer was equipped with the extra belly bands, her disappearance raises a question as to the seaworthiness of all LSTs for cargo purposes. The ships were designed originally for one-shot use in wartime but many of them have since been converted for commercial purposes with the addition of watertight bulkheads and the belly bands. The operators of the vessel have already taken action in Federal Court in Wilmington, Delaware, to limit their liability in the event of lawsuits by families of crewmembersi-'^ Fear For 22 Men Lost On Southern Districts ssiD sass saas •SQ QSQa asss SElDQCaSaS (1]Q[§[2[] . aaacoa EsranaQ ass anmo asasns . aaaaooa QDsasQ HfflSGSGn OSBS gas aas BDSIQS fflEDOa HBDICllgi . isQEsa {EaBaaQda Basin asiis SQiis QSDS aoQa Dsa CANTIGNY (Cities Service), December 3—Chairman, A. Phillips; Secretary, H. Storm. The ship's delegate will see about getting a better grade of coffee, and wash powder aboard. He will also set up a complete repair list in cooperation with department delegates and tuvn same over to the captain. SIU Vetoes Power Grab Plan Of CO (Continued from page 2) company have to pass the examina­ tion at least once a year plus a_ spot check each time they sign articles. Mississippi has found about ten percent of job candidates unaccep­ table, hut many of these have un­ dergone treatment and are back on board the ships. All this has been done smoothly and efficiently, without putting seamen under the control of the Coast Guard or any other military agency. By contrast, the Coast Guard would put seamen Ihrciigh a wringer consisting of an exhaus­ tive and apparently unrelated series of tests including checks on family background, juvenile delin­ quency records, sense of smell, ex­ amination of a man's shipboard record (as seen by the captain) and other requirements which in the eyes of medical authorities have been sharply questioned as having any hearing on a man's fit­ ness to sail. Further the Coast Guard proposal would represent an extension of its already consider­ able controls over civilian seamen The Union's contention that the Coast Guard should show more concern for its present function, that of seeing that ship's them­ selves are safe and safely-operated, was pointed up by two more recent incidents. In one instance the crew of toe Fairland had to go to the Union port agent to get a catwalk constructed over deck cargo. In the second, the crew of the Doro­ thy requested that the ship's elec­ trical system receive a thorough going-over. In neither instance has it been reported that the Coast Guard showed any active concern over conditions aboard these ships. , • I ' I •m '•t>i �SEAFARERS Pace Elcfctecm Over^as Hospital Visitor iA0G Weieqmes Stories9 PiASR Readers of the LOG always welcome news from the ships. In all editions there is room for stories, photos and letters sent in by the Seafarers. Several pages of each issue are devoted to the experiences of Seafarers and the ships they sail as they describe them themselves. If you run across anything of interest on your voyages, or just want to let your friends know how you're getting along, drop a few lines to the LOG. Don't worry too much about literary style. We'll patch it up if it needs patching. And of course, photos illustrating the incidents you describe make them more interesting for the readers. Send your stuff to the LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn, NY. If you want any­ thing returned after we use it, we'll do that too. r SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATI6N PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Ffom No. Seafaicrs Receiving Benefita this Period ATerage Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period Hosoital Benefits Death Benefits Disability Benefits Jose Carmeas of the Steel Voyager gets a welcome visit-while laid up in Bombay's Beach Candy hospital from Seafarer Bill Whalen. Bill was oft the Andrew Jackson which hit the Indian port after the .Voyager. Photo was taken by another Seafarer, Merwyn "Doc" Watson, electrician. vember 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chester R. Smith, Galveston, Texas. Earl Joseph Fence, born Novem­ Mark Alexander Zalenski, born ber 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. October 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Lloyd Pence, Rosenberg, Texas. Mrs. Lawrence Zalenski, Balti­ 4 4 4 more 11, Md. Daniel Edward Freedman, born November 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. 4. 4» Valencia Thompson, born Sep­ and Mrs. Max Freedman, Balti­ tember 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and more, Md. Mrs. Oscar Thompson, Jr., Los 4 4 4 Beverly Lorraine Causey, bora Angeles, Calif. November 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. 4" 4" 4" Dawn Ann De Grushe, born Sep­ and Mrs. Leon Causey, Crichton tember 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Station, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 Mrs. Averil F. De Grushe, Jr., James Patrick Kelly, born No­ New Orleans, La. vember 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4" 4" 4 Brenda Leonie Baker, bom No­ Mrs. James Kelly, Maiden, Mass. 4 4 4 vember 5, 1954., Parents, Mr. and Ralph Allen Lewis, born Novem­ Mrs. Edgar Leon Baker, New ber 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orleans, La. Jesse S. Lewis, Norwalk, Calif. Jonathan Kirk Creppon, born November 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Creppon, Houston, Texas. 1 4 4 Jane Grinnell Lambson, born October 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Lambson, Boston, Mass. 4 4 4 David Francis Finigan, bora Au­ gust 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Finigan, New Or­ leans, La. 4 I: ^ tl':' 4 4 Luis Antonio Viera Aleman, born November 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Viera, St. Rio Piedros, PR. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Alice OUva Witherington, born December 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthim Witherington, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 4 • 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 9A WELFARE. VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since lulv I. 1950 * | 4o». Mes Death Benefits Paid Siace Tulv 1. 1950' Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * | Maternity Benefits Paid Since AotU 1. 1952 * Voo £6 Vacation Benefits Paid Siace Feb. 11. 1952 * f»i Total « Oate Benefits Beaaa WELPARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacatioa to srypTi/ ^ . .. Vacation US Goyernment Bonda (Weifaie) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS . Hlf tJF 4c |/"i O 7// 37 i in.rca VP H " I COMMENTSi The Board of Trustees of the Seafarers Welfare Flap 188 again approved a resolution providing for a hospital ChristBias bonus of twenty^five ($25.00} dollars for aqr eligible under the plan vho is hospitalized for a period of more than one day during the period of December 19thy 195A throuc^ Deceidber 26ths 195A. This is In addition to additional recreational facilities being establidied in the ports of Mobile and New Orleans. Suimitled /K /Wf A1 Ken, AsaietrntCXSwdmUtreter 4 4 4' 4 Sharon Ann Gribble, born No­ Miguel Gonzalez Alvarado, born vember 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and April 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Gribble, Galveston, Mrs. Genaro Gonzalez, Barrio San- Texas. tomas No. 14 Playa Ponce, PR. 4 4• 4 4 4 4 Sally Anne Gentile, born Decem­ Donna Incerto, born October 14, ber 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Miiio Salvatore Gentile, New Orleans, Incerto, Brooklyn, NY. La. ' 37 5:;^ 3A|| 4 Cynthia Louise Young, born De­ cember 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Young, Route No. 3, Box 17, Moffet Road, Crichton, Ala. 4 oo 4 Lettie Almeda Roberson, bora August 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roberson, Mobile, Ala. 4 CO Vacation Benefits Tots! 4 Walter Anthony Wallace, born November 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Wallace, Nor­ folk, Va. Jeanmarie Cunningham, born Gary Stephen Buzalewski, bora November 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. November 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cunningham, and Mrs. Edward Buzalewski, Philadelphia, Pa. Reading, Pa. 4 4 4 Jo Ann Galardl, born November Rafael Del Valle Suarez, born 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo­ November 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. seph Galardi, Hammonton, NJ. and Mrs. Bartolome Del Valle, Bo. 4 4 4 Michael Anthony Faircloth, born Obrero Santurce, PR. July 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Joseph Torres, born November Grady Faircloth, Philadelphia, Pa. 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bias Torres, Astoria, NY. 4 Claire Erlksen, bora November Carol Ann Swafford, born Oc­ 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed­ tober 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and mund Eriksen, Route No. 1, Box Mrs. Joseph Swafford, Cedartown, 33, Savannah, Ga. 4 4 4 Ga. Robert Glover Farrar, Jr., bora 4 4 4 William John Prince, Jr., bom November 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. November 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Farrar, Chaland Mrs. William J, Prince, Dor­ mette. La. 4 4 4 chester, Mass. Ronnie Truett Smith, born No­ 4 4 4 Anthony Gates, bora November vember 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Raymond Smith, Murkei, Howard Gates, New Orleans, La. Texas. 4 /a WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THiS PERIOD All of the following SIU families vember 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and will collect the $200 maternity Mrs. Kenneth Hogan Kristensen, benefit plus a $25 bond from the Baltimore, Md. Union in the baby's name: 4 4 4' Cathy Lynn Connor, born No­ Geoffrey de Witt Brown, born November 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. vember 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Robert Brown, San Fran­ Mrs. Robert H. Connor, Natick, Mass. cisco, Calif. 4 S E A FA RE R 8 5 4 r- December 24, 1954 LOG 4 ^J^ijin Bernard Smith, born No- Paid On The Job Pick Up'Shop Card At Payoff Seafarers who have taken the series of inoculations re­ quired for certain foreign voy­ ages are reminded to be suro to pick up their inoculation cards from the captain or the purser when they pay off at the end of a voyage. The card should be picked up by the Seafarer and held so that it can be presented when signing on for another voyage where the "shots" are required. The inoculaUon card is your only proof of hav­ ing taken the required shots. Those men who forget to pick up their inoculation card when they pay off may find that they are required to take all the "shots" again when they want to sign on for another such voyage. Armando Ortega (right) collects $200 check and $25 bond from SIU representative Eddie Parr aboard the passenger ship Florida. Payment represented maternity' benefit to nejw Seafarer-father,, . -s, ; Photo .was taken by Ortega's shipmate, Seafarer Hector Reyes. ? 5: �(.>• r.--- 1.1 •• ^ y:: Deeemlier fl. ''• • ••' • - • —- --.y- 5E'^F-ARE R S^ X 0 G Pace Nlneteca -1 '-''I . SEBIN' THE SEAFARERS -I With WALTER SIEKMANN SIU hospital representatives were busy this week dishing out the $29 Christmas bohus from the Union Welfare Plan along with the regular hospital benefit. You could see from the response that the money certainly was welcome. Since the Christmas dough was given to any man who was in the hospital for more man one day between the 19th and 25th of December, Its possible that some of the brothers were missed during the regular weel&y visit. Anybody who didn't get hiis Christmas bonus and believes he is entitled to it should contact Welfare Services and they will be taken care of. 4^ '$1 Seafarer Adolph EUasson is finally back in the States after five weeks in the hospital out in Honolulu. Eliasson was splicing wire on the Steel Seafarer when one of the wire strands flew up and hit him in the eye. He had to be hustled to the hos­ pital and spent flve weeks put in the islands before Seafarer Alberto Espino (right) consults with SIU Welfare Services representative, Milton Flynn, he came back to Staten Island for further treatment. at headquarters, while Charles AUardice and Chang Sun wait their turn. Welfare Services is seeing to Tt that he gets all his back hospital benefits to cover his hospitalization in Honolulu. Seafarer William Gardner is on the mend at Staten Island after being in pretty bad shape. He had the doctors working on him all night when he One of the busiest ancJ most active Union departments, SIU Welfare Services, wound up first came in off the. Lavrrence Victory (Mississippi). Barcfcy Now though it seems as if he will pull through okay. another year of service to Seafarers ^d their families. Operating for the membership out of New York headquarters, the department handled approximately 10,000 individual re­ Gardner was messTnan aboard the Victory ship. One brother who ran into real ^ough luck was Kendall Kelly, AB quests for assistance in the 12-' on the Sandcaptain. He was all set to go south with the sandboat on a month period. These were in his job and what his probable earn­ Another area of Welfare Serv­ long trip when he got an attack of appendicitis. He addition to Welfare Services ings are. ices operation, partciularly in large had to be^ taken off and go into the hospital to have disbursement of SIU hospital and The sizable alien membership in cities like New York, is on housing it taken care of. disability benefits. the Union means that a consider­ problems. Some of the other brothers now up at the hospital While Welfare Services operates The requests for assistance, able number of problems arise on are Sam Vandal, night cook and baker off the Seacoming from both the men them­ Immigration matters. Here Wel­ out of New York headquarters, it train Texas, and Percival Barclay" who was baker selves and members of Seafarers' fare Services has been of consid­ can service the outports speedily aboard the Lone Jack (Cities Service). Barclay's com­ families, covered a wide variety erable help in getting shore leave and efficiently through the Union's ing through an operation in good shape. Charles of personal difficulties. In most extensions for alien members wait­ teletype communications system. Allardice» FWT, who also came off the Seatrain instances Welfare Services was ing to ship and on clearing the way Representatives in the outports can Texas, is another hospital patient. Finally i^e have able to provide valuable assistance for qualified aliens to receive resi­ then take necessary action to as-, veteran Seafarer Thor Thorsen in for a Iheck-up dence visas toward US citizenship. sist the Seafarer. Kelly in resolving these problems. and further treatment. Brother Thorsen is one of A large number of tliie items the brothers getting disability benefits under the SIU Welfare Plan. dealt with through the depart­ ment deal with services to Sea­ farers who become ill or are in­ jured in the course of employment. USPHS HOSPITAI. Taib Hassen Frank Mackey Welfare Services is particularly The deaths of the following Sea­ hospital in Staten Island, NY: BALTIMORE. MD. Thomas Isaksen Vic Milazzo valuable to Seafarers who are put farers have been reported to the Burial took place at Cypress-Hills Jdhn W. Kdenan Eugene T. Nelson Roy W. BeU Michael Kudik Ludwig Kristiansen Pedro Peralto ashore overseas for hospital care. Seafarers Welfare Plan and' the cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. Harry N. Byrd Tommy Lamphear Frederick I.andry Daniel Fuggiano John Castro Peter Lannon In previous years it wasn't unusual $2,500 death benefits are being Brother Centero joined the Union James J. Lawior George Shumakey Carl E. Chandler Earl McKendree Kaarel Leetmaa Robert Sizemore for men to have to wait ashore for paid to their beneficiaries: BttCord N. BeWeesc Robert McKnew in 1952 and had been sailing in James R. Lewis Henry E. Smith Oswald M. Ergle Tony Mastantino weeks or months until the company the steward department out of Francis F. Lynch Harry S. Tuttle Max FeUx Thomaa Munao Joseph D. McGraw Renato ViUata got around to repatriating them. Daniel W. Alexander, 32: On Louis .FirUe John A. Schultz New York. He is survived by his Archibald McGuigan Hurlburt M. Free Gorman T. Glaze August A. Smith Such cases are becoming rare today November 8, 1954, Brother Alex­ wife, Lee Yeng, of 48 Ludlow Feriand C. GreeS Frank W. Taylor LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSP. because SIU ship's' crews, under ander died of a lung ailment in Street, New York, NY. Michael D. Hynes Winston L. Vickera BROOKLYN. NY Michael JablonsU C. O. Winskey Jose M. CasteU the urging of Welfare Services, are the USPHS hospital in Mobile. His 4" 4> 4" "PbiUip KorolUSPHS HOSPITAL making it a regular practice to no­ place of burial is not known. August Jockei, 60: Brother JocSAN JUAN. PUERTO RICO USPHS HOSPITAL tify the Union office whenever one Brother Alexander joined the kel died in the Staten Island J. Colon SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. of the crew is taken off the ship Union in November, 1942, in Mo­ USPHS hospital on November 13, LINCOLN HOSPITAL ' Charles Brown N. Mellls BRONX. NY Max- Byers Charles Neumaier in a foreign port. bile, and has been sailing out of 1953, of natural causes. He joined Carmelo Reyes Henry Childs Joe Perreira VA HOSPITALthe steward department since that the Union in Philadelphia in 1946 Gilbert Pronutico Leo Cronsohn Family Allotments BROOKLYN. NT Colon Rose Antonio Diaz timfe. He is survived by his wife, and was sailing in the steward de­ Robert P. Rogerson W. Timmerman Olav Gustavsen It was out of Welfare Services Mrs. Nettie Alexander, of 556 partment. Brother Jockei was USPHS HOSPITAL William E. WUcax Francis F. Horak ' DETROIT. MICH. experience with such cases that the State Street, Mobile, Ala. Oliver F. mein P. S. Vuzon buried at; St. Michaels Cemetery Tim Burke F. A. Lord Union wrote a new clause into its USPHS HOSPITAL $• ti in Jackson Heights, New York. He VA HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. contract providing for family al­ • Benito Centero, 63: Brother is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ber­ OTTEN, N C Charles Burton lotments to" continue where men Centero died of natural causes on tha Jockei of Queens, New York, USPHS HOSPITAL Leonard J. Frank STATEN ISLAND. NJT have been removed from a ship be­ September 2, 1953, in the USPHS NY. USPHS HOSPITAL Hussen Ahmed Donald McShane GALVESTON. TEXAS cause of illness or injury. C. H. AUardice Joseph Halone Thomas J. Dawson David L. Palla J. P. Barclay Perfecto Mangual Maintenance and cure questions R. F. Gatlca WUUam G. Trice Ivan Buckley G. Mihalopoulas Benjamin F. Grice John T. Watt also contribute considerably to the Frank Calnan . WiUiam E. Neef James H. Hawkins Robert R. White Jar Chong Joseph Neubauer department's activity. Prompt pay­ A. W. Keane Charles B. Young George Coleman James W. Parker ment of maintenance and cure is USPHS HOSPlTAt. Fred Delapenha Abe Partner # SEATTLE. WASH. Irving DeNobriga Aniceto Pedro assured Seafarers through Welfare John Quigley John J. Doherty ' Clarence Edwards Mike Michellk Samuel Doyle William L. Rackley Services. Sverre Johannessen C. Eagleson Ernesto Ramirez USPHS HOSPITAL The department also gives a G. E. Ekelund George Robinson NORFOLK. VA. Joseph Farrell variety of aid to hospitalised Sea­ MatU RuusukalUo Jessie P. Brinkley Isaac B. Duncan Brigido Figueroa Jose Salgado Robert J. Caldwell Samuel L. Warren farers. Men laid up in private hos­ George W. Flood WilUam Saltarez USPHS imSPiTAL David S. Furman Victor ShavroS pitals can have transfers arranged NEW ORLEANS. LA. Esteii Godfrey Frank Strelitz to the nearest Public Health Serv­ Henry Grzegorski Chong Sun Donald A. Alt Frank Martin ice facility and various personal Fred Hauser Samuel Vandal Julian Barrett Vincent Michel Edward R. Hillman Francis Wall Thomas Blackledge Steve Modzelewski and emergency needs can be taken Vincent Jones John W. Williams Perry Bland George C. Murphy care of by Union representatives. Frank Keelan Albert L. Willis Victor Bonura C: R. Nichols A1 Leiner V VlrgU Wilmoth George W. Books Arne V. Oisen • In the event of a Seafarer's death, Arthur Lomas N. D. Wilson Charles E. Brady William A. Padgett Welfare Services is often called NUs Lundquist ClUford Womack John E. Brady Randolph RatcliS USPHS HOSPITAL Sebastian Carregal M. J. Rodriguez upon to arrange for the funeral. FORT WORTH. TEXAS Frank Catchot Tage H. Roslund B. F. Deibler Edward J. Toelan Manuel Church But Welfare Services work goes Edward Samrock Woodrow Meyers JSamuel Cope S.' Schieffler far beyong caring for sick and in­ CITY HOSPITAL Warren W. Currier Henry Schuler MOBILE. ALABAMA George Curry jured Seafarers. Any Seafarer who Benjamin Seal WiUiam J. Hanlon Eniile P. Davles Luther Seidle runs into difficulty ashore can also SAILORS SNUG HARBOR Robert Dewey Wade H. Sexton STATEN ISLAND. NY get help. A common request, for Thomas Fields Henry Sosa Joseph Koslusky Leo Fontenot Nicholas Tala example, is one for a credit refer­ USPHS HOSPITAL Stanley A. Freeman Lonnie R. Tickle SAVANNAH. GA. ence so that seamen can purchase WUliam Grimes Marion C. Vester. Paul Bland James F. Lee Lyie Hipp A. C. Vlpperman furniture, appliances, automobiles, R. CarroUton Albert W- Lima Vincent E. Kaiie PhUUp R. Wagner homes or other items via the in­ George S. Chance Jimmie Littleton B. G. Knapp James A. WaUer J. B. tihriaty A. G. McLaughlin teo H. Lau James E. Ward stallment plan. Seafarers usually Rufus Field' J. T. Moore Theodore E. Lee Harry Wolowitz run into difficulties on credit be­ James T. Kem E^est H. Webb. USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL cause of the nature of their-em­ , MANHATTAN BEACH. NY BOSTON. MASS. Fortunato Bacomo Ho Yee Choe ployment. Welfare Services *can Frank Alasavich J. E. SenAevUleFrank Bemrick John J. Driscoll George B. Dunn Matthew A.-StabUe often overcome such difficulties by Claude Blanks Bart E. Guranick John H. Herrold George A. W^ddeU Joseph Carr John B. Haas explaining how the Seafarer gets John Hunt Slli Welfare's Tally: 10,000 Assists 'i\ Seafarers In Hospitals '-4 • 'I r-'-c"'.1 �-•( /•['• • • . 4 SEAFARERS D«c. 24. 19S4 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS I NTE R N ATI O N A t U N I O N > ATI Jk N Tl C A N D -G U L F DISTRICT • API '• -.. H • n—~ SlU WINS New HIGH SI76 VACATION PAY^ U^^i ifniAii. A&G Dbtrict. District pioneer til Union. MG ptei»«« of »n I . •'; • J?-' • " '' * ' : life's??] Tlfltilil''^"" '"MBI Wer V'i"*"* '«'* BMhday (£g??fcf 'Suicid^ lUl^'."! Fimntial Shape iWsllBji<W!^g'**"Mn'.<""Stt« Maritfnm Adminiifa.*^ S Winners At Schools -ViaSIU Thr«« Seifarera children ofT „ji»n To Kpose \hip Chandlers I' fi" ' ^ages vf-:. -i. ' .-r ^_.._...^,,iiBiil >iadl.d JWgWg *=^ — 1 k* *— -• TS Seafarers To Seek 49 Union Po^ in Riree and. A '^Credentials Comm. Report Go Before Membersljir In Ship Transfers ^ rttim# AdministraUon'f W.^oeer '!f\'' ' •"-' F I-: •- -"Sia^Ss. "SCI 'IB&C Dodge Union W/iisr|SoorBadi Fight Far JoUessP, An iiemiiy "• 11 / SIU Balks -r r. *vt Ahonw uncl^ !70^?^' L f5*S*i-L^ "*® BirtMai , ' :0 \ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource December 24, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 26 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SEE SIU WIN AS NLRB ORDERS 3-DEPT WC VOTE SIU REJECTS CG PROPOSAL; CONGRESS MAY PROBE PLAN SEAMEN CAN NOW APPLY FOR POW $ SANDBOAT SIGNS FOR 18 MONTHS IN SA SOUTERHN DISTRICTS FEARED LOST WITH CREW 22 ABOARD MA 'HALTS' TRANSFERS - FOR A DAY NEW P & O SHIP HEADS FOR TAMPA 2 SIU CO'S FACE GOV'T LAWSUITS SIU WINS NEW GAINS DESPITE STORMY 1954 ILA MEN NIX 'SELLOUT' AGREEMENT 'PAPA' CELESTIN, JAZZ GREAT, DIES SIU MOVIE BEING SHOWN TO WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE THANKS, MEN, FOR THOSE XMAS CARDS 'NEW LOOK' IN SHIP MEALS HAILED AFTER 2-MOS. TRIAL ADMIT HUGE RAKEOFF IN INS. SALES SEAFARER'S 'BABY' - NEW GANGWAY RIG SIU SHIP AIDS IN TUG RESCUE OPEN INT'L AWARDS TO UNION MEN PMA YELPS FOR US ACTION ON PACIFICUS ANOTHER TRAGEDY SHIP SAFETY PRETTY GOOD RECORD TO ORDER: A NEW APPROACH TO SHIPBOARD MEALS IT'S NOW RING, NOT BASEBALL, DIAMOND FOR 'ADOPTEE' OF PUERTO RICO'S CREW SIU WELFARE'S TALLY: 10,000 ASSISTS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/24/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/3b094e82d6019bf595460e08d27fb0fe.PDF 832e42f0e4c388242ad0d0cf46f9a5e9 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG D«e. 10, 1954 • OFFICiAl ORGAN OF THE S E A FA R E R S I N T E R N AT I O N A I UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL ,VC M :¥-\ M •u: I Tramp Aid -Story on Page 3 New Orleans Sets Mark, Making it official by signing a Union receipt for his check, Seafarer Floyd H. Smith, FOWT (left), receives SIU vacation benefits of $40.53 for about ICQ days' work less taxes from Patrolman Herman Troxclair at the New Orleans hall. The payment to Smith put the total paid out in nearly three years by the port's SIU branch over the half-milliondollar mark. Payments throughout the A&G District since the vacation benefits began in February, 1952, total $3,885,581.77. y< Lighf Goes Out. I' ;M'- • '• : 'H. -if:'" (iSf. fate A familiar landmark to Sea­ farers sailing to Europe, the lightship South Goodwin is shown after she became a vic­ tim of a coastal storm which took the lives of her seven• man crew. The vessel wound up resting on a sandbank „ near Deal, Kerit, England, af­ ter hurricane-like winds over­ turned her on Nov. 29. Here, frogmen from a British frig­ ate use acetylene torches to try and cut into her hull and . search for the missing crew-. ; men. Raging seas also caused -'severe' damage elsewhere in ' the area. '-V-: "'S| ''4.1 �. SlU BLAST AT BRAIN-BODY TEST STIRS WAVE OF CG DOUBlETALK <««l«4UbwnM|ilft4 Training snip NOW jn iwobii* Taken aback by the SIU's point by point demolishment of its proposed superman brainbody exam program aimed at ironclad control of all merchant seamen, the US Coast Guard was deep in doubletalk and confusion this week. At Coast Guard headquart--^ ers in Washington action on satisfactory physical examination necessary to flght any attempt to put clvlUan workers under military the proposed plan was report­ set-up. edly at a standstill and spokesmen "The admiral should be reminded controL" were hastening to assure all call­ that the improvements that have The proposals, which have now ers that the plan was just a feeler changed merchant ships from un­ been punched full ef holes by the and was nothing to get excited safe, foul, disease-breeding holes to SIU and the SUP, consist of a 60about as the Coast Guard hasn't relatively decent places to live and page "profile" system of physical even submitted it to its legal de­ work were brought about solely by mental and emotional examina­ partment for a study of its future. the unions. The Coast Guard never tions of seamen. Any seaman who Taking the totally opposite posi­ once has been on the side of the failed to satisfy the examiners on tion, the commandant of the Coast seamen. a wide variety of qualifications, Guard told a maritime meeting in such as sense of smell, education, SS Helen Case Florida this week that it will go family background, clearness oi "Perhaps the admiral remembers speech, ahead with its project despite a and a long list of other far­ storm of criticism. yice-Admiral the SS Helen case, to give but one fetched reasons would be flunked A. C. Richmond said the criticism example. In that instance the crew out of the industry as being unsafe of the proposals by maritime refused to shift the ship because for duty. The proposals were unions resulted from "general mis­ she was undermanned and unsafe drawn up in such a way as to per­ understanding of the project, to leave the pier. The Coast Guard, mit blackballing of men-who took which is to benefit the average instead of seeing to it that the com­ the lead in beefing about shippany put the proper number of beard conditions, or participated Now in Mobile following a run down from New York, the Sea­ seafarer." farers training ship Andrew Furuseth is shown plowing her way Admiral Richmond's rema^ men aboard, hauled the crew be­ in union actions. southward with a full crew of SIU men aboard. JFrom all accounts, were immediately termed a "phony fore one of their courts and at­ Two-Point Criticism both ship and crew weathered some heavy blows during the trip, bleeding heart routine" by SIC tempted to bar them from work­ The Coast Guard's varied reac­ but no damage was suffered. ing as seamen. Here it was the Un­ Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall. tions came after the SIU and SUP ion and only the Union that step­ "This is the old military alibi," Hall said, "that workers need more ped to the defense of these men analyzed and exploded its proposals and more bureaucratic controls, against unsafe working conditions. on two counts: 1.) the attempt to while completely ignoring the fact "We haven't misunderstood the impose additional military controls that the unions, the companies and Coast Guard's proposals one bit. on civilian workers, without justi­ A. the USPHS already have a totally We're going to take every action fication of any national emergency, second, the far-fetched and ridicu­ lous content of the tests which were so drawn as to offer grounds The SlU-contracted P&O Steamship Company, operators of for flunking out every human be­ the Florida, have purchased the Denali from ,&e Alaska ing that was ever bom. Steamship Company, for pse oh the Florida-Cuba run. A Coast Guard's sudden discovery skeleton SIU crew from Tam-' that the proposals have not even pany will place the Denali in serv­ been passed by its own legal de­ pa and Miami has been flown ice between Florida's Gulf Coast, partment came despite the fact Co Seattle to take the ship Key West, and Havana. This has around to the East Coast. become an increasingly-popular WASHINGTON—Apparently anxious to complete its strip­ they were printed and distributed The Denali was operated for run with tourists headed for Cu­ as an official Coast Guard docu­ ping of the US merchant fleet before the end of the year and in advance of the shift to Democratic control of the Congress ment. Nor has the Coast Guard many years in the Seattle to Al­ ban and Caribbean ports via claimed it has the legal right to aska passenger service. Recently Florida. in January, the Maritime Ad--*put these proposals into effect the Alaska Steamship Company Negotiations are now in progress ministration this week gave the registries of either Panama, Li­ without specific authorization from abandoned its passenger opera­ between P&O and the SIU as to its blessing to the 52nd for­ beria or Honduras. tions and the ship has been idle contract terms. Further details Congress. eign-flag transfer of a dry cargo At the time the MA declared its Further investigation by the SIU since. will be carried in the next issue of Liberty ship since mid-August. Of policy on the issue, it was expected SEAFARERS LOG. Reports are that the P&O Com­ (Continued on page 17) these, 18 had been manned by that about half of the US-flag Seafarers. trampship fleet would be involved The transfer balance-s h e e t in transfers, and that is the pre­ showed 13 new transfers in the diction which seems to be coming past three weeks, five of which in­ closer to reality with every new volved SlU-contracted vessels. Ob­ report of an approved switch in servers believe now that the peak registry and flag. of 60-70 transfers which was pre­ Bull Line Switch dicted four months ago will now Meanwhile, the lone bright spot definitely be reached before Janu­ for Seafarers in the whole transfer ary 1. scramble came when Bull Lipe This figure was based on the ex­ sold and transferred two of its pected effects of the MA's "one for Libertys in a deal which added two" transfer rule, which permits two C-2s to its fleet. The exchange a shipowner to transfer one out provides a few additional jobs for of every two vessels he owns to Seafarers since the SIU manning scale for the C-2s is higher than that for the Libertys. The transaction involved the sale of the Marina and Rosario to Dec. 10, 1954 Vol. XVi, No. 25 Isla Colon Naviera SA of Panama As I See It Page 6 for operation under the Liberian Burly Page 16 flag. In r'itum. Bull will operate Crossword Puzzle Page 8 the Plandome and Short Hills, Editorial Cartoon .......Page 9 both C-2s and formerly the Ward Editorials Page 9 Line's Siboney and Oriente in Galley Gleanings Page 15 Cuban service. The exchange in­ Inquiring Seafarer ......Page 8 volved a cash payment of $175,000 Labor Round-Up Page 8 by Bull Line for the more valu­ At left. Seafarer William O. Alston (standing) receives a $19 meal book from patrolman Louis Neira Letter of The Week Page 9 able C-2 tonnage. at the Mobile SIU hall. Later, at the dining room in the nearby Catholic Maritime Club, Alston has Letters Page 16 The SlU-contracted company breakfast and hands book to waitress V. Evans, who will clip out tickets for the amount of his cheeky Maritime Page 8 also gained some 70,000 cubic feet Meet The Seafarer Page '8 of refrigerated space on each of its Established recently as the newest SIU welfare service, the meal book program for SeafMNotices, Personals Page 17 newly-acquired vessels, which will Off Watch Page 14 get good use on the line's New ers waiting to ship has already proven extremely popular. The program enables SIU men to obtain a l^ok ot tickets good for $10 in meals at recognized eating places in all ports on a Port Reports Pages 12, 13 York-Puerto Rico service. Quiz Page 14 In addition to the Rosario and six-month loan. SIU History Cartoon Page 6 Marina, other former SIU ships in­ Originally tested at the SIU the tickets, which are printed in in Six months. Sports Line Page 15 volved in the latest transfers were headquarters Any SIU seaman meeting the cafeteria in denominations of 5, 10, 25 and 50 Vote of Thanks Page 9 the Christos M. (Mariner Ship­ New York, the propam was ex­ cents, to pay for their meals, and simple requirements, and who has Washington News Letter. .Page 7 ping), Holystar (Intercontinental tended as soon as arrangements the restaurant or cafeteria operator been on an SlU-contracted ship for Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 Steamship) and Barbara Michel could be made in other ports with subsequently redeems them for at least one day in the previous Welfare Report Page 18 (Norlo Shipping). Earlier transfers local restaurant operators. The cash from the Union or directly 12 months qualifies under the plan. Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 included the General Patton, Tro­ meal book tickets can be used as from the SIU Welfare Plan. Loans can then be repaid at the next payoff. The six-month limit Apply At SIU Halls jan Seaman, Strathport, Bluestar, cash at the cafeterias in both the Publlthod bIwMkly at Hi* hMdquarfar* of ttio Saafarar* Intamatlonal Union, At­ Purplestar, Greenstar, Books can be obtained at all will be extended in cases where Western NY- and Baltimore halls, and in lantic A Culf District AFL, 475 Fourth Avanua, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tal. HYaclnth Rancher, Sea Wind, Tainaron, Cap­ other ports at specified eating halls by an application stating a men enter a marine hospital for f-6440. EntaraO as sacond class mattar tain N. B. Palmer, Anne Butler, places close to the halls. man is registered and waiting to treatment or are on a ship when at tha Fost Offfca In Brooklyn, NY, undar ship, and will repay the cost with­ payment is due. Christine and Lucile Bloomfield. Seafarers waiting to ship, use< fha Act of Aufust- 34, 3213. MA Speeds Transfers; 52 Libertys Flee US P&O Buys Alaska Ship For Cuba Seafarers Hail Meal Book Plan SEAFARERS LOG �SKAPft REKS1 tO€ \ •' " .^r. ',. Tramp Subsidies^ Vessel Trade-ins ":-trr Amonr Seafarers and family members who celebrated Thanksrlv In; Day in SIU halls was rroup In Baltimore cafeteria (above) and in New York headauarters (below). Faclnr NY camera is Seafarer Lionel Abrainson, with Seafarer Henry Simmons across table. WASHINGTON—A freightship trade-in program and other aids for the con­ struction of new US cargo ships have been proposed by the administration as part of its lOSS-legislative program for the merchant marine. In addition, the administra­ tion intends to give official support for the first time to subsidy proposals for tramp ship operators. While containing several proposals designed to stimulate the US flag merchant marine, both^ tanker trade-in bill adopted at the Butler explained, would make it subsidized and unsubsi- last session of Congress. In the a lot easier to push a ship con­ dized, the administration tanker bill, privately-owned ships struction program because it program makes no mention of the continuing transfers of Liberty ships and some pas­ senger vessels to runaway flags. The Liberty transfers have now reached a total of 52 ships. On the positive side, Senator 4ohn Butler of Maryland, Repub­ lican, chairman of the Senate Wa­ ter Transportation Subcommittee in the last Congress, has revealed proposals which the Department of Commerce intends to make at the coming legislative session. Some of these proposals are still getting a look-see from the Bureau of the Budget. Ten Proposals The entire Commerce Depart­ ment program is a broad one, in­ volving ten proposals. The trade-in plan, while not spelled out in de­ tail, apparently would parallel the SIU Host At Turkey Day Feeds Seafarers on ships at sea, ashore in SIU halls and at their homes made it a happy V ir ten years of age or more are be­ ing traded in to the Government in return for a generous allowance toward construction costs of new vessels. The traded-in ships go into the Government-owned re­ serve fleet. A dry-cargo program would tend to upgrade the "Gov­ ernment reserve fleet considerably by adding numbers of C-type ships to the current stock of Libertys and, at the same time, giving both subsidized and non-subsidized op­ erators an opportunity to moder­ nize their ships. Nothing has been said yet as to how many ships the Government proposes to accept^ in these tradeins. Operating subsidies for tramp operators have long been talked about but never submitted to Con­ gress with administration backing. The Commerce Department propo­ sal speaks of subsidizing "certain" tramp operators, indicating a lim­ ited number would be involved in any case. Construction Funds Another proposal would author­ ize non-subsidized operators to set up special vessej construction funds which would receive more favorable tax treatment. Owners of new ships would also be per­ mitted to accelerate depreciation, a bookkeeping gimmick which would reduce taxes considerably. An important part of the pro­ gram would be reactivation and replenishment of the ship con­ struction revolving fund. This is considered essential to any longrange construction program. It was authorized originally under the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, but has been inoperative in recent years. The fund would be established by appropriations and receipts from Government mortgages as well as the" sale and charter of Govern­ ment-owned vessels. The revolving fund. Senator and festive Thanksgiving Day with traditional holiday dinners the first order of business. All SIU ports put aside the roatine of job calls and other Union business and devoted themselves to turning out holiday dinners for Seafarers, their wives and. chil­ dren. Over 300 dinners were serv­ Del Sud crew had lively time at shipboard Thanksgiving party. Here ed in the headqubrters port of stewardesses and beautician enjoy horseplay with other Seafarers New Yqrk, with the younger "gen­ in passenger ship's steward department. eration very much in .evidence and doing their share. Baltimore prop­ erly inaugurated its new cafeteria by holding open house for Seafar­ ers, while other SIU halls arrang­ ed for temporary set-ups to take care of the partying. As in previous years, trustees of the SIU Welfare Plan have approved a $25 special Christ­ mas bonus for Seafarers in the hospitals during Christmas week. This $25 is in addition to Festive Shipboard On board ship SIU cooks and the standard $15 weekly benefit paid all year round by the Welfare Plan. bakers vied with each other to The bonus is payable to all turn out memorable dinners for Seafarers who are hospitaliz­ during their regular weekly visits meet from time to time to alter the crews. The SIU>-manned pas­ ed for more than one day dur­ to the hospitals. Seafarers eligible the hospital benefits if circum­ senger ship Del Sud came up with ing the week of December 19-29 for the bonus who do not collect it stances warrant it. The practice an elaborate menu of more than inclusive.^ on the day of the representatives' of voting a Christmas bonus was 60 items, featuring such attractions Normally there are 200 oi^ more visit can get their money by noti­ instituted Initially to give hospital­ as seafood cocktail, egg nog, broil- Seafarers in the Public Health fying Welfare Services in SIU ized men a little extra cash around '•i pompano, turkey, roast beef Service hospitals at any time. As headquarters. the holiday season for personal ex­ and baked ham. Seven vegetables, such the $25 bonus amounts to The trustees' vote on the bonus tras and any gifts they might want three salads, plus an assortment of $5,000 or more in additional bene­ is in line with their authority to to buy. cheese, mince pie, ice cream and fits for hospitalized Seafarers. other desserts and beverages. The Aside from the. hospital gift, the whole dinner was topped oif with trustees also voted to provide boxes of cigars. Other SIU ships Christmas dinners for men on the put out equally attractive holiday beach in the various ports, simi­ fare. lar to the Thanksgiving Day The shoreside Thanksgiving din­ dinners. ners are unique with the SIU Distributed At Hospitals among maritime unions and have been standaid^ Union practice for SIU hospital representatives will many years. • r .distribute tbe bonus, money in cas|i Vote Xmas Bonus To Sick would reduce the amount of appro­ priations that would have to be voted by Congress each year. In other words, the Government would be able to go ahead with its construction program without hav­ ing to rely on each Congress to vote appropriations for the entire cost of the program. Other aspects of the program include revision of, methods for figuring construction subsidies, a proposal for permanent authority to provide marine war risk insur­ ance, authority to do experimental work on merchant ships such as the current Liberty modernization program, and legislation verifying (Continued on page 17) Co's Can't Blackball SIU Men e An imsuccessful company attempt to deny a Seafarer employment because of a maintenance and cure claim high­ lights an important safeguard in SIU hiring practices. The prevail­ ing practice in the SIU is that a company cannot refuse to accept a man dispatched from the hall be­ cause of any lawsuits, past or pres­ ent, or any past medical record. The only ground for rejection is the man's current medical condi­ tion. At one time it was common prac­ tice for many steamship companies to "refuse employment to Seafarers involved in lawsuits against them. Now such cases are extremely rare. In the latest instance, the Val­ entine Tanker Company, operator of the Val Chem, attempted to deny employment to a Seafarer who had left the ship previously for medical treatment. The Sea­ farer had a maintenance and cure claim pending when he was again shipped to the Val Chem, but he had not filed any suit. Union rep­ resentatives immediately went to bat for the Seafarer, pointing out he had been cleared by the Public Health Service as fit for duty. The company reversed its stand and has also paid the maintenance money due the Seafarer. Some Seafarers have been under the impression that shipping com­ panies still follow the practice of refusing to hire men vrtio have been injured on their ships in the past, or who have filed suits against them, past or present, for any reason. Consequently they have not been throwing in for jobs with those companies. Seafarers are assured they can feel free to throw in for jobs with any SlU-contracted company, as long as they are deemed fit for duty by the Public Health Service. �New Bustling With Activity Seafarers d-owd patrolmen's counter at rear of spacious shipping hall to query patrolman rni fa­ cilities of new building as well as prospects for future shipping. Behind counter, patrolmen A1 Stansbury (left) and Rex Dickey handle flurry of"~questions as men register, check rotary shipping list and get job assignments. r a THERE'S BREN QUITE SOME TALK RECENTLY; AND SOME activity as well, on the matter of niodernizing old Government-owned ships. It appears that the Maritime Administration is going ahead rapidly with plans to remake at least four Libertys into higher-speed vessels with new power plants and engine rooms and with, experimental cargo-handling equipment and other new gear on deck, ' . .. J Now andther Government proposal has come to light for ti trade-in of dry , cargo ships. Naturally If this proposal is to be seriously con­ sidered it will be welcomed by all unions. But it does raise a ques­ tion as-to the kind of ships the operators will build under this,Gov­ ernment-sponsored program. Unions Not Consnltcd So far neither your ^ion, nor any other organization i%presenting the men who actually work on the ships has been invited to give any views on matters affecting the interests of crewmembers.- The same situation existed -when the Mariner ships were built, with the result that while the ships are modern and superior in design in most re­ spects there are some obvious drawbacks, such as splitting up watchstanders in separate foc'sles, which could have been avoid^. And on some of the Mariners, Seafarers reported the profusion of equipment on deck was such as to make it extremely difficult to work cargo. Your Union wonders then whether in modernizing the Libertys the MaFitime Administration has given any thought to modernizing them for the men who will work them as well as for the cargo- they will carry. Will any changes be made in the foc'sles, galley and messrooms and will the new cargo-handling gear be safer and easier to work with? Haa anybody thought of air-conditioning the ships, a big asset to crew comfort and efficiency? And since the Coast Guard says it's so worried about the dangerous and unpleasant conditions existing on ships today, have the admirals submitted any plans of their own to make the converted Libertys safer, more pleaShnt and less of a strain on the seamen that sail them? Your Union would certainly be-pleasahtly surprised if the;^ ; v ^ Another view of the two-deck combination shipping and meeting hall in the Baltimore building, which features balcOny set-up for extra seating as well as some of the building's recreational facili­ ties. Shipping board (not shown) is identical to the one at New York- headquarters except that it is somewhat smaller. . y It. liC^. te"' \fk'- |4If ts I. SOME NEW INFORMATION HAS COME TO LIGHT ABOUT THE. ill-fated Mormackite which went down with 37 of her nien. Ih this in­ stance survivors have reported that the cargo of iron oMidiffted be­ fore she went down.. Further testimony has it that the ship was loaded in a Brazilian port by chutes and nobody was sent into the hold to trim and level off the ore so that it would not shift at sea. The practice of hand-trimming bulk cargoes like ore, coal,-phosphate, and the like is a well-established one in most places where cargoes of this type are handled. For some reason though, it has not been done in this particular Brazilian port, although many cargoes of ore are loaded there regularly by the operators of the Mormackite. "nie Mormackite sinking recalled for Seafarers the Southern Isles loss in similar circumstances three years before. In that instance there were also lengthy Coast Guard- hearings and testimony was given to the effect that the ship was overloaded. Urew 'Profile' Wouldn't Help It appears in the case of the Mormackite as in the case of the South­ ern Isles there was nothing the crew on board could have done to save the ships from disaster, but that something might have been done to see that they were properly loaded in the first Instance. It didn't mat­ ter much, oncethe ships were loaded as they were, whether any crewmember could or could not pass a Coast Guard "profile" test. In any event no matter how carefully a ship is prepared for sea, the possibility of accident always , will exist, just as the recent disaster in a coal mine in West Virginia, which blew up a half-hour after it had been inspected and approved for safety. It's for protection against the unforeseen that seamen have a Jones Act which allows them to recover for their suffering in such instances, a protection which the Coast Guard plan could eliminate. i t NOT ALL OF OUR UNION BROTHERS CAN LOOK FORWARD Recreational facilities on top deck of modern SIU building get full play from SIU men waiting to ship and killing time between job calls. The hall also boasts a television room and writing room and the innovation of a glass-enclosed sun deck on this same floor offering a good view of the en­ tire city. L- to the best of holiday seasons, but. this year as |n the past your Union's Welfare Plan Is going to do its part to smooth matters for men in the hospitals. They will be getting $25 extra In thefr Christmas stocking this year as In the past to help out over the holidays. Your Union wishes them a speedy recovery and smooth sailing for all hands in 1955. -« '/ Barber shop and shoeshine stand (not shown) are popular fea­ tures 6f building, as are shower room and laundry drop elsewhere In hall. Here, Seafarer WiUiam Monway is getting a tonsorial operation at the hands of barber John Battaglia. • ' Modem cafeteria provides meals for hungry SIU men at moderate prices, under auspices of SIU Welfare Pjan. Kitchen will also serve needs of the still Incomplete Baltimore Port 'O Call Bar, Which will be styled somewhat after the original Port '0 Call in NY, btit will be much larger, conJ -^ "• 'NJ-'I talning i roohjy stage and a dahce,floor as well as tables for sdrviie. �:D«neiiiber.]«».l«H S'E}4FA»R'EfR»3 te Mark r»g$ riv* NLRB Speeds WC Vote Bid SIU west coast affiliates moved a step closer to a three-department bargaining election when the National Labor Relations Board threw out unfair labor practice charges inspired by Harry Bridges. The charges, while ostensibly aimed at the shipowners, were an at­ tempt to wreck the hiring-' halls of the Sailors Union of ber voted "no union" under in­ by filing "unfair labor practice" the Pacific and the Marine structions from "Local 100," which charges. Normally the Labor Firemen's Union as part of an ef­ failed to get on the ballot. Board would handle these charges fort to forestall a general bargain­ The result of the "Local 100" before going ahead with an elec­ ing election on West Coast ships. tactic was to deprive steward de­ tion, and the Bridges' maneuver The SUP and the Firemen, in partment men of a union contract was obviously designed to tie mat­ conjunction with the AFL Marine for the balance of the year. ters up indefinitely. Cooks and Stewards, have filed for Once the SUP Pacific District However, in this instance the an election as the SIU Pacific Dis­ filed for a new vote. Bridges at­ Labor Board disposed of. the trict. If the vote is held, it will tempted to stall off certain defeat charges in short order. settle the union ' affiliations of steward department men on West Coast ships and eliminate the last Communist foothold in the Ameri­ can merchant marine. ^ There is no doubt that the SIU Pacific District would win such an election overwhelmingly. Opposed By Bridges The Pacific District's election petition has been opposed from the start by Bridges' longshore union which has been attempting to or­ ganize steward department men into "Local 100." The West Coast longshoremen entered the field af­ ter the collapse of the Commun­ ist-dominated National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards, now virtually defunct for all intents and purposes. In a previous election held last winter, the NUMC&S appeared on the ballot opposing the AFL Marine Cooks and Stewards. In that vote MCS-AFL won a clear majority of those choosing between the two unions, but a larger num­ SUP Annual Poll Opens Depositing his ballot in the ballot box at SIU headquarters, Sea­ farer G. DiGirolopio became the 1,000th voter to cast a ballot in NY on November 30, just two weeks after voting in the Union's 1955-'56 election for officers began. Polls committee member Wil­ liam "Tiny" McDonald stamps "voted" in DiGirolomo's member­ ship book. Voting continues until January 15. in Plan Sets Rules For Reapplying Union and shipowner trustees for the Seafarers Welfare Plan this week issued a reminder to those Seafarers or chil­ dren of SIU men who lost out in. previous bids for SIU scholarship benefits and who ' are interested in applying for Board examination and ' submit the four 1955 awards worth proof of at least one day's seatime aboard an SlU-contracted ship in $6,000 apiece. Candidates who are reapplying the current year. The next College Entrance Board for the awards do not have to submit the full set of credentials tests scheduled will be given on required of original applicants, January 8 and March 12. Late •such as high school transcripts, applications will be accepted up letters of reference and records of until January 1 on the first exam seatime for themselves or a parent. and until March 5 on the second. However, they must notify the The regular closing dates on these Administrator of the Welfare Plan tests are December 14. and Feb­ that they are competing again. . ruary 19. Further information can In addition, they wiU have in­ be gotten from the SIU Welfare take another College Entrance Plan, 11 Broadway, New York, NY. Be Sure To Get Travel Vouchers SUP member S. A. Beard casts his ballot In New York as Sailors Union of the Pacific's annual election for officers got underway In all ports on December 1. Arnold Steinberg officiates at SUP voting booth as members of polls committee. Seafarers paying off at ports other than the port of sign-on should make sure to get a re­ turn transportation receipt and a travel subsistence voucher if they are to collect trans­ portation money. The receipt and the voucher should be presented to the home -office of the company within 30 days so that Seafar­ ers can coillect their trans­ portation under Article H, Section 27 of the agreement. This does not apply in cases where a ship is sold, lai'i up or lost. The annual election of officers for the Sailors Union, of the Pacific got underway in all ports on December 1. There are 17 official posts on the ballot as well as the election of seven delegates to next year's SIU|"^ convention and five SUP SIU president, Harry Lundeberg, building corporation trustees. is running unopposed for secre­ As in the A&G District, the SUP tary-treasurer of the SUP. Other vote will run for two months. In posts on the ballot are one assis­ the latter instance, voting will end tant secretary-treasurer, four pa­ trolmen and a dispatcher for San on January 30, 1955. All told there are 48 names on Francisco, one agent and one pa­ the ballot, although some appear trolman each for Seattle, Portland more than once, as a candidate and New York, an agent for Hono­ can run both for union office and lulu, and an agent and two patrol­ for convention delegate or trustee. men for Wilmington. YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Finding Out About Pubiic Lands Can you still get homesteads and public lands from the Government? Seaferers have asked this question, and at least one already is homesteading in Alaska. The answer is that there is still Ignd available which a man can buy or lease for little money. There are still some 175 million acres of public domain in the States, plus 270 million more'in Alaska. But all of it fs not developed enough for use yet, and-the Government puts it in'the market a few thousand acres at a time as roads are laid out or irrigation completed. Most of the available public land is in the Far West, Pacific Coast and Alaska, but there is also some in the South arid Southwest, and a few tracts in the mid-West. However, you should know that much of it is in com­ paratively undeveloped country. Some of it makes good vacation sites, but there is less land available that can make suitable homesites. In fact, the Government won't classify a tract as a hotnesite unless it's near a town, schools, has access roads and a potential water supply. Land In Oregon Some of the puiblic land is in the Klamath Falls basin of Oregon, near the mining town of Baker, and also around the former range country of Lakeview and Prineville. Iii the state of Washingtonrthere are cabin and camping sites in the big public-power reservations, which have ex­ cellent facilities.for hunting, fishing and other recreational activities. In Utah there are some ti'acts available near the DiMe National Forest, not far from Salt Lake City. There ate also tracts located near the Idaho Primitive Area (which by law is kept in itf pf^tural i^tate with,,n^ ^ iii,.;;;-. dwellings permitted). There are other sites in Idaho near the national forests. In Colorado, there are some tracts in Red Mountam, overlooking Aspen (a ski resort). Other Colorado areas where tracts are available or will be soon, are near Shadow Lake, and in Grand County, located in the Colorado River valley. Perhaps the greatest number of available tracts is in Alaska, with some of them in the warmer, more accessible coastal areas. There are a number of sites in California, but they are mostly in the dry desert in Southern Cal, and along foot­ hills of the mountain chains. All are fairly accessible. In Nevada, there are some- small-tract areas near such popu­ lation centers as Las Vegas and Reno. The only trouble is, some of the tracts do not have their-own water supply. There are also some small tracts in Florida and Alabama, but these are usually sand, with a small amount of brush cover and occasional trees. Here water is available from wells, and there is a comparatively good network of avail­ able roads. There are two general classes of public lands: —Cabin or camp sites, which are generally leased for three to five year^, with option to renew, for $5 a year. Soinetimes campsites ai-e sold outright for $10 depending on size and location. Largest tracts are five acres. You can put up a cabin if the site is classified as suitable for one, or just temporary shelter for vacations or weekends. —Home and business sites, which are sometimes leased for small rentals with an option to buy, and in other cases are sold outright. Purchase prices vary according to value, with some tracts of non-mineral land listed for less than $1Q an acre, and others in more developed areas, priced as much, as ^5jb |in acr?., th^ generally lim­ Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LQG. by Sidney.Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying ited to five acres, but sometimes go as high as 80 and even occcasionally, 160. Farmsteads by this time are scarce, except in Alaska. Some farmlands are made available as the US Bureau of Reclamation completes irrigation projects. Chief agencies in charge of leasing or selling public lands are the Bureau of Land Management and the Bu­ reau of Reclamation, both in the US Interior Dept., Wash­ ington 25, DC. The reclamation bureau disposes of newlyirrigated lands as they become available, mostly in the Far West. Y'ou can also lease campsites in National Parks and Forests. Agencies in charge are Nationai Park Service, US Interior Dept., and National Forest Service, US Agri­ culture Dept., both, Washington 25, D.C. But it's the Bureau of Land Management that has most of the available small tracts for sale or lease. If inter­ ested, first write to the bureau for a copy of its booklet, "Facts on Small Tracts," which outlines the procedure for applying. Also ask for a list of regional land offices. You next have to. write the land office in the region you are interested in, asking for information® on tracts now or soon to be available. Then you have to visit the area, at which time you can stop in at the land office. You have to inspect the site, tell the office what specific tract you want, and sign a statement that you have seen it. You then sign a lease and pay a deposit which you get back if: for any reason the deal falls through or the land office turns down your selection as unsuitable. There are no residence requirements for campsites; you come and go as you please. But for homesites you must agree to build a habitable residence, move in within a certain time^ lJ^ve, there greater part of the year, etc. �SEAFARERS VmcBiber' LOG >7 500 5IU Jobs Ahd 16 Vessels At Stake In US-Onassis Duel HISS RELEASED, REMINGTON MURDERED—Two major figuras Over 500 SlU-contracted jobs are linked to the latest US Government suit against multi­ in charges of Communist iiifiltration into the Government were in the millionaire Greek shipping operator Aristotle Onassis, because of his interests in two SIU- news within a few days of each other. Former Commerce Department contracted companies, Victory Carriers, Inc. and US Petroleum Carriers, Inc. Between them, economist William Remington died after an attack by fellow prisoners at the Lewisburg, Pa., Federal penitentiary. Robbery was the apparent the two outfits operate 16 motive. Former State Department official Alger Hiss was released remainder are Victory-types. All ous maritime nations. The com­ after serving 31^ years of his sentence. Both men-had been convicted ships. plaint of the former agent, Spyri- of perjury as an outgrowth of Communist espionage charges. The newest Federal suit are idle but the Ames Victory, Coe don Catapodis, is that Onassis (em­ Victory, Longview Victory and against Onassis and some of his as­ ^ ^ ployed him to handle the negotia­ CHINA IMPRISONS 13 US FLYERS—US Mankato Victory, all operated by relations with Red China sociates is the latest in a string of and signed an .agreement to reached a boiling point after the Chinese announced troubles for the Greek shipping Victory Carriers and manned by tions they had sentenced pay salaries, commissions and 13 captured US airmen to long prison terms, up to li15, for spying. magnate which have developed in Seafarers. other benefits totalling $560,000. The men had been shot down during the Korean war. US protests were "Monopoly" Deal Attacked the past few weeks. Subsequently, Catapodis charges, rejected by the Chinese government leading to demands for sterner He is currently being sued in The swindle suit against Onassis Onassis' signature started to dis­ action, including one call for a blockade of the China coast and an­ Paris for allegedly swindling a for­ is an outgrowth of an exclusive appear from the contract and mer agent out of $560,000 by sit­ contract he signed with the Saudi Onassis failed to re-sign it after other for cancellation of the Korean armistice. The Government's an­ swer was a new treaty with Nationalist China for defense aid. ing a contract with disappearing Arabian government that would promising to do so. t t ink. Just recently, Onassis be­ eventually give his tankers a com­ Catapodis has also accused came involved in an international plete monopoly on the transport of Onassis of paying a million in SMOG PLAGUES LOS ANGELES AGAIN—Los Angeles had its incident of some proportions when all Saudi Arabian oil. The con­ bribes to Saudi Arabian Officials in second major bout with severe smog in the past month when a blanket the Government of Peru bombed tract, signed eai;lier this year, set order to get the Saudi Arabian oil of smoke and fog covered the Southern California coastal ai-ea for several days. Traffic accidents went over the 2,000 mark in the murk, and seized five of his whaling ships off a storm of protest from varl- monopoly. airlines were grounded and crime rates soared as policemen vainly for operating Off its coast. -e^ tangled with traffic jams and accident calls. The whaling vessels were reg­ t i 4" istered under the colors of one of US PLANS SPECIAL DOPE STUDY—President Eisenhower has set the several countries in which up a special committee of five cabinet members to study the menace Onassis nominally locates his of drug addiction. The committee has been directed to' come up with various enterprises — the flag of recommendations that could be used as a basis for stiffer. action against Panama. dope peddling. Committee members are Attorney General Brownell, US CivU Suit Secretary of State Dulles, S^retary of Defense Wilson, Treasury Sec­ retary Humphrey and Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, In the US action, which is in the Education and Welfare. form of a civil suit against Onassis SAN FRANCISCO—SUP members have thrown down the and nine others and is filed bythe 4" 4^ Government in the US District gauntlet to Harry Bridges and the Pacific Maritime Associ­ 'FATHER' OF ATOMIC REACTION DIES—World-famed scientist Court for the Southern District of ation by refusing to work port overtime imtil a Bridges' raid Ernico Fermi, who supervised _ the construction of the world's first atomic reactor, died of cancer at the age of 53. Ferrhi's construction New York, the Justice Department on the Sailors' jurisdiction is+ is seeking the return of $20 mil­ repulsed. As a result, no the Sailors first choice on the hatch and operation of an atomic pile in the University of Chicago which pro­ duced the first controlled chain-reactor paved the way for the atom, lion as earnings of 16 war surplus West Coast ships are being to be worked by deck hands. bomb and other atomic developments. Fermi was originally a native ships allegedly illegally bought worked or shifted in port after 5 Employers Hem And Haw of Italy but left to escape Mussolini's rule. from the Government by corpora­ PM or before 8 AM on Saturdays, tions controlled by Onassis and his S jndays and holidays. 4" t 4^ As soon as the Pacificus was tied SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL BRAWL SEEN—The choice of associates. The Sailors voted this course at up, the Pacific Maritime Associa­ Johannes Gj Stirdom to succeed Dr. Daniel F.~Malan as prime minister SUP membership meetings Novem­ tion was notified of the violation of the Union Weren't Citizens of South Africa is regarded as certain to produce a split of the agreement by tbe longshore­ The Government complaint de­ ber 8, as the consequence of a men. The PMA was either unable between Dutch and English-speaking residents. Stiydom is an advocate clares that, the former Maritime cargo handling beef on the Pacifi- or unwilling to take action against of an independent republic wliUe the English want to remain in the Commission made the sales '— at cus of the Coastwise Line. Fire­ British commonwealth. different times between 1948 and men, members of the Marine Fire­ Bridges. 4' • 4" t The SUP membership vote re­ PLAN MORE $$ FOR ASIA—The 1952 — following representations men's Union, have been cooperat­ Government is planning expansion that the purchasing corporations ing by refusing to provide steam fusing to work overtime followed of economic aid to Asia to help contain communism there while cut­ were bona fide citizens of the US for loading and discharging during failure of the PMA to act on the ting military aid to Europe, which is considered pretty well back on beef. and under control of American overtime hours. its feet economically. Approximately $1.2 billion is being spent in Asia Started In LA Under the Sailors' contract, the this year, a sum which will go up considerably for the year 1955-56. citizens, which was legally re­ quired of purchasers of surplus Tl;e SUP tookv action after the membership Is not compelled to t 4> 4 ships after March 1, 1948. But it Pacificus tie-up was precipitated work port overtime since the con­ MCCARTHY 'CONDEMNATION' VOTED—The great debate on Sena­ noted that at the time the repre­ by West Coast longshoremen in tract specifies a 40-hour week, tor Josefih McCarthy came to a temporary halt when the Senate voted sentations were made,. the actual Los Angeles, October 26. The long­ Monday through Friday, from by wide majorities to condemn him on two counts, McCarthy himself control of the corporations was in shore union, in an attempt to in­ 8 AM to 5 PM while ships are in moved for an early censure vote when it became apparent that he could the Onassis group, all of whom vade the Sailors' right to work port. not rally-enough strength inside or outside the Senate to change the were aliens. hatches on coastwise ships, refused Pressure is Increasing on the results. The biggest pro-censure vote was 67 to 20. Moreover, according to the Gov­ to supply the front men for unload­ PMA to take a stand on. the beef, 4i 4i t ' ernment, title to the affected ves­ ing a hatch being worked by SUP with big West Coast passenger lin­ US WILL ADMIT POLYGAMOUS KING—An American immigration sels and all their earnings ^ince men on deck. Under the coastwise ers and other ships having delayed law againsf polygamy threatened to hold up the visit of King Tribthen should be declared the prop­ contract, the Sailors can work car­ sailings because of the no overtime huvana of Nepal, mountain kindom in the Himalayas. The King has two erty of the US. Of the vessels in­ go in any hatch when directed by policy forced on tbe sailors by wives, and is coming here to consult heart specialists. He was assured that the law would not bar his visit as a non-immigrant. volved, seven are tankers and the the shipowner. In effect, this gives the. Bridges' action. Sailors Ban Port OT To Fight Bridges' Raid I' h 1 jj; I 'l Cartoon History Of The SIU With the Korean War on, in July, 1950, the SIU and other maritime unions drafted a voluntary plan with Government officials for a waterfront security pro­ gram. The plan gave the Coast Guard power to bar the sailing of any seaman suspected as a subversive, but safeguarded his^ri|Alt.to appeal. Coast Guard Power Grab In approving the security program, the unions did not retreat from their basic dislike for a system giving the Coast Guard or a . similar agency strict control over civilian seamen, ^e SIU pointed out tl^at while its ranks were clean of Commies, they were still ac<( 2Vo. 79 When the CG assumed new, broader powers over sea­ men, which was Just what the unions-had hoped to avoid by their voluntary action, the entire screening 7 ^ program came tmder lire. Finally, in Deeemb^, tho ^'' - y;; BIU got some (sf tbe ivgfdatlontveMed and avoide#? : ^ 1 further friction for a tlmew 1J �December 10, 1954 tV>i,v- Seafarers Houston Hall is A-Hummin' SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON •i . ' ' . . ' " I It now appears that the comint year will he one of constructive mari­ time legislative activity in Congress. This will be with the view of not only consolidating galQS already made, but attempting to achieve a still firmer basis of Government aid designed to help stabilize our merchant marine. The Department of Commerce, for example, will recommend that non-subsidized steamship lines be authorized to place vessel earnings in a special reserve construction fund on a tax defeiTCd basis, designed for future replacement of their fleets. In addition, that agency will recommend that the ship construction revolving fund, under the juris­ diction of the Maritime Administration, be reestablished. Into this fund would go appropriations for ship construction, and receipts from Government mortgages, as well as receipts fi'om the sale and charter of Government vessels. Still other proposals to be advanced by th^ Commerce Department for'the consideration of Congress deal with authorization forhhe Gov­ ernment to accept dry-cargo vessels ten years of age or more for an allowance of credit on the construction of new vessels; permanent authority to provide marine war risk insurance; authority to continue experimental work on Liberty-type ships; and authority to complete the reserve fleet ship-repair program. T^ese are but a few of the maritime proposals that will be advanced, and, if enacted, will be of great aid in attaining the basic needs of many operators. Government aid to tramps is still under discussion within the Com­ merce Department, an3 it's not yet known whether Commerce will be in favor of this. ^ Over a period of many years, many within Congress have been criti­ cal of the size of the annual maritime appropriations. Reactivation of the revolving fund, mentioned above, will definitely reduce the amount of shipbuilding funds required to be included in the annual budget, and thereby soften such criticism of maritime appropriations. 4 4" J" Big like everything else in the State of Texas, sign alongside SIU hall in Houston makes it plain this is location of Seafarers' branch in the port. The site is at 4202 Canal Street, a choice comer loca­ tion close to all port facilities. Rumors cannot be confirmed here that Mr. Onassis, owner of one of the largest' tanker fleets in the world, is thinking of transferring hii^ ghips to the. Italian flag. Most of the ships are now flying the Pana­ manian flag. The rumor was that he., had been offered substantial tax benefits if he would change the flag to Italy. The wholesale transfers of Liberty dry cargo ships have reached 62. Since mid-August of this year, the Maritime Administration has approved the transfer to foreign flags of that many ships. It's expected that another 10 or 12 will be approved for transfer before the new Congress comes in next month. The new Democratic Congress will certainly take a hand in the matter but it may prove too late. At the moment, it's not known whether this Congressional probe will be made by Senator Magnuson, Wash­ ington, who will head the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, or by Representative Bonner, North Carolina, who is to be Chairman of the House Merchant Marine Committee. Although it has never been officially announced by the MA, this Government agency, as of last August, had in mind that it would allow up to about 60 Liberty dry cargo ships to go foreign. Applications covering 52 already have been okayed. The MA will be called upon by Congress to give a fuller acccTimting ' of its reasoning for allowing such wholesale ti'ansfers. 4" t 4 Fix Price On Mariner -S" South Atlantic Steamship Line is gettuig nearer to its subsidy award. The Government already has found that the company qualifies under the main provisions of law. The only <|rawhack at this stage are the exten­ sive foreign-flag agencies in which Strachan Shipping Company, parent - company, is engaged in. Under law, the Government must first pass on these agencies before subsidizing South Atlantic. 4> ' 41 The downward trend in employment among US flag vessels continued during the latter part of this year, with a further net reduction of 6() vessels as compared to the period April-June 1954. Of this number, 32 ships (27 privately-owne^ and 5 Maritime Administration owned) were relegated to inactive status; the remaining 28 were among those ships sold or scrapped. On Septetnber 30, 1954, freighter vessels in the US flag fleet totalled 2,614 ships, a decline of 22 ships during the quarter. Actively employed freighters showed a net decrease of 42 ships since the last quarter period, a reduction largely the result of a sub­ stantial contraction in the number of freighters engaged in overseas foreign trade. During the three months ending in September 30, 1954, fifty-two freighters, all privately owned and comprising 12 percent of the total number of US freighters operating in foreign trade, were either transferred to other operations, sold for service under foreign flags or consigned to inactive status. . At the end of the quarter (September 3(J, 1954) the number of privately-owned temporarily inactive vessels had risen to 130, an in­ crease of 15 ships oyer the previous quarter. The tanker fleet declined by a net of 6 vessels during the third quarter of 1954. Eleven ships were lost to the fleet as a result of sales to foreign operators and scrapping, and 5 new tankers entered the fleet from construction. 4 The- response of private Industry to the MSTS and Maritime Admin­ istration for building new tankers has more than exceeded expecta­ tion. MA had estimated that its tanker program would result in the construction by oil companies of 10 super-tankers, with the trade -in to the Government of 20 older tankers. Already MA is pasf the half­ way mark on this program. Congress authorized MSTS to charter, for 10-year periods, under separate legislation, up to 19 new tankers to be built by private industry. Already the oil companies have exneeded this by offering to build up to 23 new tankers for long-term charter to MSTS. ' ri Pate Seymi SEAFARERS' LOG Interior view of newly-opened SIU hall in Houston shows some of the branch membership enjoying a game of cards with inevitable "kibitzers" looking on. TV set is at far left and meinbership polls committee is seated at table just below it. A iiniform sale price of $4,183.571 for Mariner ships has been approved by the Gov­ ernment's General Accounting Office. Originally the FMB had set a scale ranging from $4,120,000 up to $4,424,000 for Mariners de­ signed for use as cargo ships. The difference in prices represented differences in construction costs for ships contracted for at a later date. The new uniform price repre­ sents what the General Account­ ing Office calls a "weighted aver­ age" of the three previous figures. Since most of the ships would have sold at the lowest figure, it represents no reduction in price for the greatest number of the Government-owned vessels. I ^I •a -13 SIU Years Best Of His Lite When Father Time and the effects of a shipboard Injury in 1951 finally brought an end to his sailing career, retired Seafarer Ben Bailey reflected that his record of 50 years of sea­ faring was well spent, especially the years since 1938 when he belonged to the SIU. However unaccustomed he^' may have been to it before. as bad—or worse—he returned to the sea. That was when he worked Bailey found himself thrown on the New York subway, which into a life j)f ease, but "free from opened that year, and he was put­ care about his future security. The SIU Welfare Plan provides him ting in a 12-hour day for a prince­ ly $9 a week in wages. with a comfortable cushion in the form of a $25 weekly disability Sailing through World War I ^benefit for as long as he needs it and into the thirties, Bailey joined and Social Security payments by the SIU in November, 1938, becom­ the Federal Government are added ing one of the Union's original to that. At 74, Bailey's needs, how­ members in its drive to improve ever small, are well taken care of. the lot of American seamen. Lives In New York When World War II Came, he was a fixture on the old George A New Yorker since Ijie turn of Washington as chief cook and the century. Bailey lives with his spent most of the war years on wife in the city he has known most what came ' to be known as "the of his life in a small Brooklyn workhorse of the Ajtlantic." His apartment. His married daughter Ben Bailey luck held out as far as subs and lives nearby, and if he tires of the small talk of his landlubber neigh­ about 1902 and managed to catch torpedoes were concerned. In 1951, however, while aboard bors, he knows he can visit the a job on the old Morgan Line SIU headquarters building and al­ freighter Almonte. Those were a Robin Line freighter as chief ways find friends and former ship­ "different days," he points out, steward, he took a bad fall which mates with whom to swap stories and few will argue the matter. caused him to be hospitalized in A couple of years later, in 1906, Saudi Arabia, and he knew that of the past. Bailey first caine to the US froin he tried work hi n ashore, but find- time and long years of working-had Barbados, .British' 'West'"indies,' Ing that conditions'iher4^wi^44ust rftfialiy;liiken their tcdL •a 'i. I �c. MARITIME F IH-'Iv. Ie J J '- • 1''^ < •;\- Italy's merchant fleet now totals slightly over four million gross tons, the highest in its history and eight times what it was in 1945. Before the war, the fleet totalled 3.3 million tons, and by the end of it, less than 500,000. The current figure includes 680,000 tons of liners and passenger-cargo ships, two million tons of cargo ships and 1.2 million tons of tankers . . . The world's largest whale factory ship, the 44,000ton Willem Barendsz II, has been launched in Holland. The vessel was named after a 16th century Dutch whale hunter and Arctic explorer. : Questiont What's yom' view of 4> 4" Coast Guard's superman brainDamaged in a storm at sea late last month, the cracked freighter P&I Hie' body proposals? Trader finaily reached a haven in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, after several days of limping shoreward. The vessel had split across the deck and down the port side . . . Greek shipowner Stravros S. Roland St. Marie, AB: I can't Niarchos has pulled a switch. Reversing the usual practice, where dry see an^ legitimate point to the whole scheme, cargo ships, particularly Liberty-types, have been converted to tanker but one thing I operations, Niarchos has placed an order with a Hamburg, Germany, really don't like shipyard, for rebuilding the tanker Myrtpho into a freighter. In addi­ is screening out tion, two new 12,500-ton freighters will be built for him at Kiel and guys as "beefdickering over the construction of two more there is underway. ers" or complain4> 4> ers aboard ship, A successor to the former Swedish-American liner Gripsholm is still in a free coun­ on the drawing boards, but model tests will be started in Rome Very try you're sup­ soon. The new shijp will be built along the same lines as the company's L posed to be able latest addition, the Kungsholm, at a shipyard in Genoa. The old Grips-^ holm, a frequent visitor to the US during World War II when She to do that with­ served as a refugee ship, is now operated by the North German Lloyd out being called dovm for it. Line . . . Plans are afoot for a multi-million-dollar modernization pro­ '44 4 gram for the Lake Michigan shoreline of Chicago, in view of the pos­ George Liebers, steward: I think sibilities for ocean commerce that will be created by the completion they're awful. They probably won't of the St. Lawrence seaway project. At the same time efforts will be go into effect made to build new beaches, a sea harbor for pleasure craft and other because of all recreational facilities. the opposition to them anyway, * 4 it 4 The Cities Service Oil Co. has shipped a $2 million "city" aboard but I think tbe the Egyptian freighter Mohammed All El Kebir for delivery to Oman whole idea In SE Arabia, where the company will explore for new sources of oil. smells. During The "city" includes 23 knock-down houses, farm mafchinery, tools, auto­ the war when motive vehicles and even flower seeds for planting . . . The second of the chips were four cargo ships built for the Westfal-Larssen Company's service be­ down they took tween the US West Coast and South America has been launched. It everybody and is the 7,610-deadweight-ton motorship Nordanger, whose sister ship, didn't look twice. the Hardanger, entered service last July. The vessels are 441 feet long 4 4 4 and operate at speeds of 15.5 knots. Alexander Boyle, vdperi They would probably affect the old4 4 4 ' A shipment of 44,000 tons from the Black Sea is the first cargo of timers most of Russian crude oil delivered to Port Said under the new Soviet-Egyptian all, and that is petroleum supplies agreement. Following delivery, the Egyptian tanker one hell of a A1 Hurriyeh returned for another shipment . . . Now that the Dutch note. It doesn't owners and Lloyds of London have both abandoned efforts to try to seem' fair for raise the Prins Willem V, which sank about three miles off Milwau­ them to want to kee's harbor entrance two months ago, the vessel is "fair game" for knock out the anyone who wants to try. The ship went down in 80 feet of water after giiyi "Vho've colliding with an oil barge towed by a tug. SShe was valued at $1.2 mil­ given their best lion and carried a cargo worth another $750,000. to the industi^ and can still hold 4 '4 4 Port authorities at Brest, France, gave up hope of'saving the 6,908- their own, Tm not worried for ton Swedish freighter Los Angeles, after she made port with her num­ myself though; I just passed an ber three hold on fire, and had her towed outside the harbor to remove Army physical the danger from other ships. The ship had been Mazing for 60 hours 4 4 4 up to that time . . . Work on a $45 miiiion improvement program th'at L. 8. Johnny Johnston, AB: It calls for widening and deepening the Suez Canal along its entire 100- sounds like a pjiony set-up to pae. miie-route is expected to get underway next year for completion about The whole plM 1960. The work would expedite the passage of ships drawing 36 feet. sounds like a The rapid increase in the size and draft of the new supertankers n«tng scheme to put the canal is believed responsible for the launching of the program, seamen under since there have been several cases in recent months when tankers in the same type of the 40,000-ton class couldn't ease through the canal while fully loaded. military Jurisdic­ tion that Navy men and Coast Guardsmen liave. ve had my share of Navy ACROSS 3. Where 16. Sand hiU experience and 1 know I don't 39. Came ashore They man a Guayaquil is 18. What cook 40. Island off ship want any more.' • doea 4. Girl's name Corsica INizzle a. 12. 13. 14. 15. 17. 19. 21. 22. 24. 28. 29. 31. 32. 34. 35. 37. 38. 41. 42. 44. Wr:- r> rJ?vS^':V/ 46 47. 49. S2. 55. 56. 58. 59. «0.. 1fL The SIU has 5. Go by the best welfare 6. Pound: Abbr. The Navy 7. Bit of charity Costa 8. What washer A kind of should be seaman A kind of buoy 9. The SIU Sheltered 10. An oil bodies of water company A sea soldier 11. Bearing of Dried up with Bahamas from heat Miami Also Kind of auto Mrs. FDR A labor group Fielder's bloopers An exclamation Kind of stone Period of time home pay And: Fr. Girl's name Number: Abbr. You can't beat SIU on this Peruvian animal ' Chicken . Port In Fr. Morocco The Log wins these Site of a canal US soldiers Long fish Bible character Literary collection International Line Look for DOWN December 10, 1954 SEAFARERS IPG PUvEifU 20. Boston U. 43. City in Tibet footballer 45. What steamers 22. Tendon follow 23. Make happy 48. Part of church 25. Allow use of 49. Oriental title 26. Calking fibre 50. Gain victory 27. A word, or 51. What we term follow 30. Stern 83. Miss West 33. Postpone 54. Sea bird. 36. A form of 57. Long ton; mineral Abbr. (Puzzle Answers On Page 17) r 10 II 4 4 4 4 4 4 Charles Thomas; night cook and baker: I've beon sailing quite a few years now, righi through World . War II and the Korean IVar, and I nevef saw them pull anything like this in wartime, where it might possibly do some good. And this plan has almost no restrictions to it. '• Duska "Spider" Korolia, MM: The Coast- Guard should stick to inspecting ships. Seamen already have enough controls over them^ when they go up for their papers, and then there's the physi­ cal you have to take . when you sign on a ship, The whole idea recalls sh ! MEET THE SEAFARER JIM DAVIS, Steward A restless curiosity about how the other half of the world lives has long been a motive for men to take to the sea. Seafarer Jim Davis has been satisfying that curiosity for the last 11 years, but still finds it a powerful lure. Between that and the fine conditions and takehome pay sailing SIU, Davis con­ siders the life of a sea-going man just about the most satisfying he could think of. Davis jK'as born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, which he stiil calls his home. But he has a second- "home" In Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where he has made fast friends with several local resi­ dents. Right now he's hoping to grab another Robin Line ship on the South African run so he can hold a reunion and pick up the skin of a lion he bagged on a safari when last there. . The lion skin will join a house­ ful of other mementos and souve­ nirs he .has accumulated In his years of sailing. Davis started out going to the University of Alabama where he studied for. a journalism degree. On the side he got involved in radio broadcasting and did a few hitches with small local radio sta­ tions as announcer, engineer and scriflt man. In 1943, Davis left school to ship out, catching the Paul Shoup out of Wilmington, California, as galley boy. Liked To Cook "I always liked to cook" he said, "so I put it to use on a ship." Now he holds chief steward . endorse­ ments, having worked at all ratings in the steward department. Davis neverr did get .back to school again, although he managed to complete another year's study via correspondence courses. He is hopeful though of getting that de­ gree some day by taking a year off and going to school at the worldfamed Sorbonne in Paris. Davis sailed through the war years until 1946. Then he thought he would try living ashore for a while. He went to work as a sales­ man for a Hollywood outfit that specializes in elaborate leather al­ bums for wedding photographs. The outfit whs, and is, thriving and the job was a good one but after nine months he decided that goinff to sea was what he really wanted. He's been sailing steadily ever since. His particular liking for Port Elizabeth stems from the warm hospitality of the port which is proud of its reputation as a friend-^ ly city. One local family, the "Mandy gang," as Davis fondly de­ scribes them, are his hosts when­ ever he gets there. "Tiiey are avid readers of the SEAFARERS LOG, ' he says, "which really gets around in that city." Four-Day Safari On his last visit, Davis went on a four day safari with a profes­ sional guide. The first night Out they put up at the hunter's camp, a collection of thatched roof huts in the bush. Davis was sitting back enjoying his coffee when he was jolted out of his seat by the roar of a lion just outside the camp. Al­ though the hunter assured him that the lions would never invade the camp, Davis is not ashamed to admit that he barricaded the hut door that night. Subsequently ho evened the score by downing one of the bushy-maned cats. Experiences like these, he says, and meeting up with all kinds of people all over the world are what make going to sea such an inter­ esting life. All Have Problems "After you get around to quit# a few countries," he said, "you'll find that people evei-ywhere are pretty likeable. They have differ­ ent customs and ways of doing things, but they all have their problems and headaches and they all want to get along with their neighbors. "Someday in the future," he con­ cluded, "I'd like to see the SIU Welfare Plan set up an exchange program, so that each year two or three children of Seafarers could go live abroad with Seafaring fam­ ilies and their children could come .to live here with some of our peo­ ple." Something like that, he feels, would be the basis for a genuine, world-wide brotherhood of the sea. LABOR ROUND-UP After one year, the deadlock has been broken in the strike of AFL Teamsters at five Pittsburgh de­ partment stores. The members of Teamsters Local 249 voted to ac­ cept a settlement on the basis of an immediate five-cent wage in­ crease and a change in the rules igiving the stores the rights to as­ sign helpers and use parciel post. A second Increase, is provided at il later date. The settlement cleared the way for other store unions to return to work. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Abolition of the independent Transit Authority in New York City was demanded by CIO Trans­ port Workers Union president, Mike Quill. The city-owned transit system was turned over to the au­ thority via legislation passed by the state legislature. The union is seeking repeal of the legislation. An interim increase of five per­ cent 'has been negotiated for 5,000 Montgomery Ward employees in Chicago by the AFL Warehouse & Mail Order Eniployees Local 743. •The increase waf the first break in year-long hegotiations after Local company are negotiating on other contract clauses. 4 4 4 •4 4 4 4 4 4 . A complete tie-op of all Chrys­ ler Corporation production was averted one hour before deadline when agreement was reached on a union shop for 850 Chrysler office workers. The CIO United Aiito Workers union wrested the agree­ ment from the company at 6 AM, ^ permitting the day's work to go oh. ' Repeal of the so-called "right to work" laws in the 17 states where they have been passed has been urged by the convention of the Na­ tional Council of Catholic Women. The convention, meeting in Bos­ ton, criticized the "right to work" legislation as forcing conflict be­ tween labor and management "^by striking at the right of unions to organize. Limits on admission of alien ac­ tors to the US have been urged by the AFL Screen Actors Guild. The group said that alien actors should be admitted only for starring or feature roles and that an actor on a temporary permit.be allowed to ipnesr in only one picture. Simi­ lar restrictions ^xist in Great ill �Dumber 10,, lOtt . - -.. ' .' SE^AFARERS SEAFARERS # LOG Deeembtr 10, 1954 Pace NIM LOG 'Dragging The Anchor!' Vol. XVi, No. 25 Published biweekly, by tbe Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District. AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 82. NY. TeL HYacinth 8-6600. Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBEIIT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DemsoN; Art Editor, BERNABB SCAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writer*, HIUMAN AmavB, IRWIN SPIVACK AL MASKIN; Guli Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. ISO First Step News of new Government proposals to strengthen the mer­ chant marine is sure to be welcomed by everybody in the in­ dustry. The proposed freight-ship trade-in program, if prop­ erly set up and administered, could go a long way toward modernizing the merchant fleet, while other aspects of the administration's plans would certainly be of considerable aid, particularly to non-subsidized sections of the industry. Tramp ship operators, too, would come in for a share of assistance under the new program. In light of these proposals, which by the way, come from the Commerce Department, it seems even more astonishing that the Maritime Administration (a Commerce Department subsidiary) should be proceeding as rapidly as ever with transfers of US-flag Libertys to runaway flags. The Mari­ time Administration has permitted 52 ships to use this tailormade escape hatch. Only a handful of Libertys remain in pri­ vate US operation. Regardless of the Maritime Administration's argument that these ships could not operate under the US flag, the inescap­ able fact is that every transfer means more cut-rate com­ petition for US ships. The free and easy transfer policy will make it alTthe more difficult, and expensive, for the Govern. ment to come lip with a workable maritime aid prograni. The very least that could be done, as a starter, is to call a halt on any further transfers as of now. 4 ft 4. 2lid Round Coining The US Coast Guard has been tripped up in its attempt to smuggle through so-called "physical exam" proposals that could be used to deprive seamen of their livelihood. Although the sneak attack was spotted and upset by the SIU and the SUP, the Coast Guard has not given up by a long shot. Further, Cbast Guard brass have the gall to claim, accord­ ing to newspaper reports, that there is "general misimderstanding of the project, which is to benefit the average seafarer," whose life is endangered, the Coast Guard says, by his own shipmates. The Coast Guard's wool-pulling act will fool nobody. It's well understood that these plans are to benefit the Coast Guard itself, the insurance industry and the shipowner, who, as to be expected, agrees with the Coast Guard. Just recently the Coast Guard in Boston gave a sample of its attitude when it went aboard an SIU ship and scanned tile log from front to back to find something it could use against the crew. As a result nine men, civilian seamen all, were hauled before a military hearing panel. No other civilian American is subject to the exercise of so much military power. But that doesn't stop the Coast Guard from grabbing for more control iuntil it can regiment the seaman 100 percent. t t Blackball Scheme "mTS la It's been the practice of non-union companies as well as operators who did business with other unions to blackball any seaman who sued the company for maintenance or other compensation under the Jones Act. Fortunately for Sea­ farers, the Union has energetically stamped out every effort by SIU operators to do the same. Every once in a while though, an attempt to blackball a Seafarer will pop up and have to be dealt with accordingly. However, Seafarers can feel free to throw in for any job with any company, with the assurance the Union will protect them against any blackball. All this would be changed if the Coast Guard were able to put over its physical exam program. If the Coast Guard plan goes through, all the shipowner would have to do is blow the whistle. The Coast Guard would come down and do the rest. That's just one of the many reasons why the Union is fight­ ing this Coast Guard proposal tooth and nail. If the Coast Guard can, in effect, repeal the Jones Act singlehanded withr out benefit of Congress, every legal safeguard for the seaman Is imperiled. * * i Holiday Greetliigs The Christmas Holiday is still two weeks off as the LOG goes to press. But lor many LOG readers on shil» at sea and in porta the world over, this will be the last issue of the paper they receive before the holiday season. To all the Union-^xtonds bt«f tfte hdMfeyi^nd l&M." Union ^Rescueo^ Stranded Seamen To the Editor; I flm writing this letter because we, the crewmembers of tbe Cities Service tanker Logans Fort, would like all our SIU brothers to know how efficiently the Union serves its members if they , get into difficulty. The Incident I am referring to particularly occurred in Chicoutimi, Quebec, on November 19, when seven crewmen of the Logans Fort were caught ashore fogbound and without money. As ship's delegate, X asked the captain, who was also ashore, for money for the men but a draw was r e - \ fused. Then la­ ter, after it became apparent that the launch Despite what the Coast Guard could not return may think, Seafarers on the ships to the ship, an­ are on the ball when it comes to chored eight taking measures for shipboard miles down the safety. These measures, of course, Lewis Saguenay River, depend on the willingness of the 1 made another attempt to see the shipowners to cooperate and take captain but this also failed. the trouble and expense to run a Brother Willis Thompson, the clean, safe and comfortable vessel. deck delegate, and I then contacted Coast Guard opinion to the con­ the Union in New York, by. tele­ trary, ships can be made safer, so phone, and were assured that the that average human beings (not company would be told how mat­ superman) can work them without ters stood and. the captain told to unnecessarily risking injury. take care of his men. For example on the Dorothy (Bull), Seafarer Ed Abualy pro­ Captain Comes'Throngh Of course, we do not know the posed that the contents cff any message sent to company see to it the captain by the company, but we that lifejackets do know that the next attempt by are placed on the delegates was successful and a launches when draw was issued in the lobby of the ship anchors in Fajardo, Puer­ the Chicoutimi Hotel. All the hotel employees were to Rico, so that keenly interested in the happen­ seaman going ings and were amazed that a few ashore will be as­ Cummings Seafarers, through their Union, sured of neces­ could bring sufficient pressure to sary protection against capsizing or other accidents bear to win their demands. The following day, Novenj,ber 20, to the launches. Another crewwas also foggy, and the captain, in member, Seafarer Richard Cummlngs pointed out that the wiring order to get the men back to the on the ship was in dangerous con­ ship, called the vessel by radio­ dition and recommended that a telephone and ordered a crew to shoreside electrical specialist be bring a lifeboat into Chicoutimi to brought aboard to give the ship's pick up the stranded men. electrical circuits a thorough in­ Unfortunately, the lifeboat's an­ cient engine broke down four times spection. Here then, are two sound safety and after five hours of futile ef­ suggestions from the crews them­ fort in a bitterly cold rain, the life­ selves, which if followed by the boat crew had to return to the Lo­ company, would serve to reduce gan's Fort. the danger of accidents without About three o'clock that after­ the necessity of taking every noon the fog finally lifted enough crewmember's "profile" and test­ so that the launch skipper agreed ing his family background. to take the captain, his wife, the Abualy is a Mobile boy, making steward, second mate, radio opera­ his home in that city. He's 27 tor and sevhn SIU brothers back years old, and comes originally to the ship. from Mississippi. He sails as AB. These brothers, besides Thomp­ Cummings holds both bosun's and son and myself, were McGinnis, carpenter's endorsements. He is AB; Fielding, wiper; Manvel, pan­ 51 and hails from Minnestota but tryman; O'Shaughnessy, machinist- now lives ashore in Philadelphia. pumpman, and Fusilier, OS. -^ ^ ^ To top It all off, we discovered If you happen to run into any when we got back to the ship that crewmember of the Robin Kirk and we had run out of cigarettes, so note that he is wearing a spotless tempers were pretty short all set of dungarees c>«dit it to the around. Nevertheless, we on the efforts of chief electrcian Carl Von Logans Fort feel that if we can Herman and 2nd electrician continue to face things with an SIU Francis W. Edwards. smile, and continue to work It seems that the washing ma­ through our Union to make things chine on the Kirk was giving a better, we can still claim the Lo­ little bit of trouble to all hands, gans Fort la a happy ship. until the two Seafarers went to IVe bpen Thurslqii .wprkfon dt. , Sluuutiieis ItW b Shfp^B hibibltatfii!'along fine s' clisrm'(and V0t( WBmi -3 I Thanks providing everybody with properlycleaned gear. Crewmembers of the Kirk voiced their appreciation accordingly by thanking the two men for the "splendid job" they were doing in keeping the machine in order. Von HeiTman, who is 37, has been sailing with the SIU for two years, starting out of Seattle in De­ cember, 1952. He comes from Cali­ fornia. Edwards, a Union member for nine years, just recently passed his 65th birthday. He makes his home Edwards in Milton, Mass­ achusetts. 4< i 4- 4* 4 4* All seems to be going well aboard the Steel Navigator with Seafarer Joe Kramer, ship's dele­ gate, in charge. According to the crew, Kramer has done a bang-up job in that spot and they gave him a hearty vote of thanks for his efforts. Kramer has been around quite a while with the Union and obvi­ ously knows the score. He joined the SIU over 11 years ago, on October 1, 1943. Pittsburgh is his home town. Kramer is 46 and sails in engine department ratings. Ship's delegate Luther V. Myrex of the Alcoa Patriot underscored an important point when he urged all Union members aboard the ship to make sure that they cast a vote in the Union's elections. As Myrex put it, "get up to the hall and vote for your favorite candi­ dates at the end of this voyage" so that every member will have a voice in deciding who will run the Union for the next two years. Myrex has been a member of the SIU since 1945, and holds all deck department ratings including bosun. He lives in Gardendale, Alabama. Speaking of the elections, the three-man rank and file commit­ tees are still being elected daily so that the voting can go forward under their supervision. Some of the members serving on these com­ mittees recently include B. F. Lowe, J. Henry and B. Giice in Lafi i/.irles; Lcn Dwyer, E. Hrelll and V. Capltano in WilmingIMU Jobd^YUr^iorana, D. ClaiuseR and H. joiiea in New Orleah^. I ,:y •J �•-^ip'fw^fm^ Pare Tm SiBAtAkEn^^taC- DeS^itber lOt 1954 mr' Back in the ^'good old days" before World War 1, a row of stacks was the symbol of royalty for tha >; i i queens # the seas. The yi'lated Tit^i^c boasted of four» v • l|^ >-)ri. , , J i jr^'ilVn * J'V^ ^*"*'» * �•' •^rf. December 10, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven • :a- w jrwin stacks of the superliner United States also lold air-conditioning units. ^ I IHigh stacks used by coal-burning tugs provide •good draughts for the fires. . , Diesel-powered ships, which do not need big draughts, require only thin pipes. • Historic steamship Savannah was first ocean­ going vessel to have smokestack. To most landlubbers a smokestack is {ust o smokestack. But Seafarers and other seamen know that smokestacks are as varied as are women. They know that smokestacks, like women, hove their particular personalities, their particular shapes and sizes, and their particular functions to perform. There ore, for instance, the thin, spindly smokestacks of the modern diesel-driven ships which do not require a big draft or uptake for their boilers. And then there ore the stacks of ample girth, generally the hallmarks of the passenger superliners, which sometimes measure over 50 feet "fore and aft, and can contain in them machinery weighing up to 125 tons. There ore those stacks, like the sky-rakers of the coal-burning tugs, which are a throw­ back to the old "steamboat" days, and which are designed strictly for utility, and never mind the appearance. And then there are those stacks, like the-"dummies" which may be found on some passenger liners, which are primarily decorative in nature, and which serve little useful purpose except to improve the vessel's lines. As the science of ship design and building has advanced, the need for huge stacks has declined, as evidenced by the stacks of the diesels. Yet it is likely that stacks will always remain in some form—even if only for dec­ oration. For ship designers seem to feel— and most Seafarers, we think, will agree—that a ship, like a woman, is not much to look at unless she is well-stacked. .N • m ; it \ In C-3 converted to passenger use, real stacks are aft, make for smooth lines. ; •rJ f Old stem wheelers always sported two funnels Just forward of pilot house. • Stack of 34,000-ton Cunard liner Caronia is said to be largest ever built. - In old "steamboat" days, no vessel was well dressed without real "sl^ ral^or." �Pace Twelve 5EAFARER9-to 19,198# PORTItEPORXS you would take time to drop them a line: Chester Wilson, Max Felix, Ed Cznasnowski, M. Jablonski, F. Taylor, Roy Bell, Gorman Glaze, B. Deweese, Robert McKnew, Os­ wald Ergle, John Castro, Earl Mc~ Kendre, T. Lamphear, C. Chandler, John Schultz, J. Clarke, A. Smith and Lester Long. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Fort Agent pital are Lonnie Tickle, Frank Boston: Catchot, Julian Barrett, George C. Murphy, Thomas Fields, Theodore Lee and Nicholas Tala. Five Ships Pay Off During the last two weeks, five No one should get the idea that ships paid off in this port, four Shipping was fair in this port Shipping in this port was slow there is a manpower shortage in signed on and 18 called in-transit. during the past two weeks with during the past two weeks and the Payoffs were aboard the Del only the Salem Maritime and New Orleans, but shipping here outlook for the future is about the has continued at a brisk pace dur­ Aires and Del Sol (Mississippi) and Bents Fort (Cities Service) paying same. ing the last two-weeks' report the Afoundria, DeSoto and Ibeiv off and signing on here. In transit During the last two weeks we period, as we shipped out 50 ville (Waterman). paid off the Southland (South were the Anne Marie (Bull), Steel ^ # The Steel Scientist (Isthmian), Navigator (Isthmian), Ocean Lotte more men than were registered. Atlantic) and Tampa: As we pointed out during our Del Norte and Del Monte (Missis­ (Ocean Transportation), Robin signed on the last report, shipping has held up sippi) and the Afoundria signed on. Kirk (Seas Shipping) and Trojan Archers Hope Ships calling in transit were Trader (Trojan). in New Orleans despite a general and C h i W a w a slump in the industry because of the Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Pennant, (Cities Service). When the Steel Navigator came the continued prosperity of the Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pilgrim (Al­ in here the Coast Guard boarded In transit were coa), the Steel Vendor and Steel her and subpoenaed nine men to port. the Steel Scien­ Shipping in this port during the Scientist (Isthmian), the Del Monte appear at a hearing for various During the first half of 1954, tist and Steel past two weeks was pretty good, New Orleans took over first place (Mississippi), Seatrain Georgia and Vendor (Isth­ reasons, such as missing ship and and we expect things to be even in the nation's Seatrain Louisiana (Seatrain mian). Robin not securing ship. better during the coming two ports in several Lines), Monarch of the Seas, Choc­ T u X f o r d and The CG is pick­ Paul weeks. taw, City of Alma, Claiborne and Robin Hood (Seas new import and ing up the log We had no payoffs or sign-ons export lines. Shipping) and Seatrains Georgia Afoundria (Waterman), Genevieve books and check­ during this last report period, but and Louisiana (Seatrain). The two Peterkin (Bloomfield), Southwind Among the items ing them for any Seatrains each called here twice. we serviced eight (South Atlantic), Southern Districts in which SI (J loggings, and Men now on the beach include in - transit ships (Southern Steamship) and Archers men are particu­ any performers as follows: Alcoa D. K. Waters, L. B. Paul, J. B. Hope (Cities Service). larly interested on these ships Christy and Mike Kavanaugh. In Runner (Alcoa), because these will he sub­ Lindsay J. Williams Del Aires (Mis­ the hospital are James Lee, R. L. cargoes are car­ poenaed to ap­ * New Orleans Port Agent Fields, Paul Bland, J. T. Moore, sissippi), Steel ried in SlU-conpear before a King # # # Carpenter Albert Lima, Ronald Carrollton, Vendor (Isthmi­ tracted ships are hearing. Houston: an) and City of Ernest Webb, Jimmie Littleton such import commodities as sugar, The Trojan Trader came Into Alma, De Soto, and George Chance. molasses, sisai and burlap. First Portsmouth, NH, and the ship's Iberville, Afounplace ranking was captured by delegate called the hall and asked Jeff Morrison dria and Choc­ Brancato New Orleans in exports of com, Savannah Port Agent to have new mattresses and fans taw (Waterman). put aboard. The company was con­ When the Steel Vendor was in wheat flour, cotton and agricultural t. t. Shipping in this port picked up tacted and promised to put these here, it sure was good to see some machinery. Baltimore: During this period. New Orleans somewhat during the last two items on board either in New York of the boys on her, including Aldo took the first place ranking in agri­ weeks but is still on the slow bell. or Philadelphia. Perini, OUe Johannsson, N. K. cultural machinery, bananas and During the coming two weeks We also contacted the Eastern Brancato, G. Condos, Joe Bucker sugar away from New York and we expect things to be even better SS'Co. about G. Weddell, who re­ and Tony Matosky, better known displaced Galveston as the fore­ because we expect to pay off the ported that the leg he injured on as "Champ." most cotton export port. Neva West (Bloomfield) and also the Evangeline last summer is still Anyway, we all spent some time Shipping here in the port of expect to have the usual amount bothering him. Weddell was sent Voting Is Heavy Baltimore has been on the "fuli at the Old Fort, a well-known bar of men getting off the in-transits to the company, which gave him a ahead" bell and it looks as if it here in Tampa, and we know the As in other ports. Seafarers here for the holidays. letter- of admittance to Brighton will continue that way through the boys all enjoyed the floor show are voting in the biennial election During the past two weeks we Marine Hospital. holidays. During the past two and will remember this visit for a of Union officials. Voting has been paid and signed on the Gene­ weeks we shipped 209 men in all long while to come. If any of you heavy during the first weeks of the vieveoffPeterkin Also In Hospital (Bloomfield) and departments, which shows that this other boys are in this area, drop election and a big vote is antici­ had the following ships in transit: is still a very good port. Also sent to the hospital was into the hall and say "hello." pated here. Royal Oak (Cities Service); Alex­ To those members who have not Ray White Several brothers who have been andra (Carras); Edith (Bull); Sea Brother J. Fawcett who became ill yet seen our new Baltimore hall, Tampa Fort Agent confined to the hospital have re­ Nan (Stratford); Lawrence Victory, in the hall and was found to be ' *< would like to ^ ceived their "fit for duty" slips and Del Aires and Del-Sol (Mississippi), suffering from extremely high say that you are Norfolk: are putting in daily appearances at and Seatrains Savannah, Texas and blood pressure. missing a real Ortier men now in the hospital the hall, waiting their turn to ship New Jersey (Seatrain). showpla'ce. Our are J. Herrold, F. Alasavich, M. out. Among these we Vfctor (Zeke) Beefs Squared Away solarium is now Bonura, who missed the Thanks­ The Genevieve Peterkin had a Stabile, J. Senneville and G. Dunn. open, along with giving Day opening at the Fair few minor beefs at the payoff but For our Seafarer of the Week our recreation these were all squared away to the we have selected Brother Alvin C. Grounds, but who now is reporte^I room, and our During the last report period cafeteria is also we paid off and signed on the "fit and fast" and ready to make c-w's satisfaction and the ship Carpenter. Brother Carpenter, who ships in the steward depart­ open now and is French Creek (Cities Service) and up for lost time. Other brothers signed on with no trouble. Among the men who have been ment, is very proud of his baking, on the fit for duty list are Leo serving excellent Felix Lawrence Victory (Mississippi) and food. We expect had in transit the Alcoa Runner Watts, Thurston Dinglear, Eaden on the beach here lately are "Tex" and says he would rather be' a the bar to be open in about two (Alcoa); Amerocean (Amerocean), King, Donald Alt and George Metting, "Red" Rhoades, J. Crep- night cook and baker than any­ pon, Santos Garcia, Johnny Byrd, thing else. Brother Carpenter weeks, and the Sea Chest will be and Steel Flyer, Steel Advocate, Dean. Joe Ranieri, "Horse" ' Grosclose made the seven-months maiden Luther Seidle, Arae V. Olsen, operating in the sales room in the Steel Rover, Steel Vendor and George Curry, Frank Martin, Vin­ and "Casey" Jones. In the hospi­ voyage of the Orion Comet and is very near future. Andrew. Jackson (Isthmian). cent Kane and Manuel Church re­ tal are James Hawkins, Robert now cook and baker on the Ocean Shipping Picture In the USPHS hospital at pres­ cently were admitted to the hos­ White, Shirely Poole, W. G. Trice, Lotte. Getting back to the shipping ent are Robert J. Caldwell, Jesse pital. We hope they are up and C. B. Young, M. A. Plyler, T. Daw­ Among the men now on the son and A. W. Keane. picture, during the past two weeks P. Brinkley and Isaac Duncan. around soon. beach are A. Eklund, E. CaUahan, we had 16 payoffs, 12 sign-ons and Ben Rees Still convalescing and looking A. (Frenchy) MIchelet W. Foster, H. Ryan and A. Vetu. 15 ships in transit. The payoffs Norfolk Port Agent for early discharges from the hos^l Houston Port Agent James Sheehan were as follows: Oremar and BethBoston Port Agent coaster (Calmar); Edith (Bull); Sf i - . it Madaket and Azalea City (Water­ man); Andrew Jackson (Isthmian); Wilmington: Amerocean (Amerocean); Govern­ ment Camp (Cities Service), and Chilore, Venore, Feltore, Steelore, Santore and Baltore (Ore). Signing on were the Santa Shipping Figures November 17 to November 30 We had no payoffs in this port Venetia (Elam); Amerocean (Amer­ REG. BEG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL during the past two weeks but we ocean); Azalea City (Waterman); DECK ENGINE STEW. BEa DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED had one sign-on and had 12 ships Steel Rover (Isthmian); Oremar PORT Boston 12 8 7 27 6 2 7 15 call in transit, and on these we (Calmar), and Chilore, Venore, were able to place 11 men. We New York 93 ' 78 78 249 82 68 57 205 Feltore, Steelore, Santore and also sent 7 men up to Seattle, Baltore (Ore). Philadelphia 15 13 15 43 24 28 20 70 which had Jobs for all of them In transit were the Robin GoodBaltimore 131 100 89 800 99 78 32 209 upon arrival. fellow, Robin Hood and Robin Norfolk 16 10 8 34 12 2 8 22 Kirk (Seas Shipping); Pennmar, Signing on during the last re­ Savannah 25 11 15' 51 18 11 12 41 Marymar and Bethcoaster (Cal­ port period was The Cabins (Cabins) while in transit were The mar); Iberville and Chickasaw Tampa 13 12 17 4H 19 11 14 44 Cabins (Cabins); Alcoa Pioneer (Waterman); Steel Flyer, Steel Mobile 38 32 32 100 57 55 80 172 and Alcoa Planter TAlcoa); PortRover, Steel Navigator and Steel New Orieana 98 57 9% 188 75 85 92 232 mar, Alamar and Seamar (Calmar); Advocate (Isthmian); Ines (BnU), Houston 28 20 12 55 30 12 7 49 Raphael Semmes and Yaka (Water- . and Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Run­ Seattle ~ 39 29 31 99 88 47 39 152 man); Micfaaei (Carras); Steel King ner Alcoa). (Isthmian); Sweetwater (Metro)i The following brothers are now San Francisco 27 28 29 82 8* 28 29 89 and Orion Comet (Oil Carriers). in the USPH3 hospital on Wyman WUmington 18 # 12 39. -4 1 8 11 Park Drive, here in Baltimore, «nd EmeatB. TUley 1 knoijr^bFy -wottl(ii«iniMl9te It U tt luiadhitMi Piorl A|fefilr4;.;;'.;;; Savannah: 'Fair'Shim Expected To Cenlioae New Orleans: Port is Prosperon And SMpping's Brisk CS Taakere Sign OB Bat SUpplBg's Slew Happy Tims Enjoyei By Steel Vender Men Shipping Picks Up, Sees GeHIng Belter Shipping Is Reported On'Fnll Ahead'BsH CS, Mississippi Ships Pay Off And Sign On m&GSHWpme RECORD 12 iB-TraBsils Call, Provide Jobs For MOD �;---•; - '^s-'-yrr;^, Deeember 19. :1§84 SEAFARERS Pace Thlrteea LOG . . . . PORT KEPORTS Mobilei Five Laid-U|i G-2s Puf Back In Service m. Shipping in this port during the past two wee'ks Vvas good, with 172 men shipped to regular jobs and 226 men sent to various relief jobs in and around the'harbor. We had 8 payoffs, 6 sign-ons and 3 In-transits during this period, with ^ the payoffs as follows: City of Alma, Monarch of the Seas and Claiborne (Waterman) and Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Pil­ grim, .Alcoa Roamer and Alcoa Corsair (Alcoa). • - , • Signing on were the La Salle, City of. Alma and MobiUan (Water­ man) and Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Pilgrim and Al­ coa Roamer (Al­ coa). ' In transit were the Southwind (South At­ lantic) and . De Soto and liierville (Waterman). This shipping York during the past couple of weeks was boosted by the fact that Waterman put five of its laid-up C-2s back into serv^ ice. Four of these have already crewed up and there is a possi­ bility that a couple of more C-2s will be taken out of lay-up within the next few days. Waterman had 11 ships laid up here for quite awhile, but the boys on the beach got quite a lot of relief work on them and that helped take up the shipping slack. Prospect For Future Good Prospects for the coming two weeks also look good, with the fol­ lowing ships due to hit the port either for payoff or In transit: Afoundria, Warrior, Chickasaw, Antinous, Claiborne and Monarch of the Seas (Waterman) and Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa Partner, Alcoa Clip­ per and Alcoa Pennant (Alcoa). Voting fot the election of Union officials has been going on at a brisk pace ever since the polls opened November 15.-'- This is a very healthy sign as it shows the brothers are interested in the elec­ tion of officials to run their busi­ ness for them. The voting will continue daily, as per the Union constitution, until January 15. Another thing of interest here is the repair and renovation of the building adjoining the hall, which is now going on, in fine' style. We are going to make the recrea­ tion half of this building a firstcla^s place for the members to relax and enjoy themselves in. Thanksgiving Dinner Seryed And speaking of enjoyment, . many of the brothers on the beach enjoyed a fine Thanksgiving din­ ner through the courtesy of"^he Seafarers Welfare Plan. This dinner was served at the Catholic Maritime Club and was really a good meal, according to the brothers who partook of it. For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Brother Terrill D. York, who joined the Union in 1948 and has sailed steadily out of the Gulf area since that time, generally as steward or cook. Brother York, who is married and has two children, makes his home in Toulminville, a suburb of Mo­ bile, and when he's not shipping he's spends quite a bit of time fish­ ing. Brother York highly praises the disability provisions of the Seafarers Welfare Plan. He says * he has seen some of his old ship­ mates taken care of by this benO'^fit, and that it gives a man a won­ derful feeling of security to know that his Unipq vs«l)-,take care of have to depend on charity if he is disabled. Lake Charles: A few of the oldtimers now on the beach are Robert Drain, Nils Larsen, Tage Roslund, M. Wadlington, Donald Pool, Joe Denton, Mal­ colm Cieutat, Leon Jordan, Robert Thomas, P. R. Simmons, Leonard Down here in Louisiana, things Smith and Joseph Green. have been running along smoothly Cal Tanner both as far as shipping and as far MobUe Port Agent as the elections are concerned. Many brothers are casting their votes here and it looks as if a Seattle: heavy vote will be rolled up. As for shipping, we shipped more men . than we registered in the engine department, and as many as we registered in the stew­ Due to the fact that several ard department," so we had a Liberty^ came out of lay-up, ship­ pretty fair two weeks. However, ping was exceptionally good in this we still have quife a f,ew men here, port during the past two weeks so we don't advise any of the broth­ and^we had to send to Wilmington ers to come down here if they are and' San Francisco for about, 25 anxious to get out in a hurry. men. Calling in here during these past During this period we paid off two weeks were the Government the Young America (Waterman) Camp, Council and signed on the Seamonitor (Ex­ Grove, Bents celsior), Western iigiss® Fort, Archers Trader (Western Hope, Bradford Navigation) and Island, Winter Irenestar Hill and. Cantig(Maine). In tranny (Cities Serv­ sit were the ice), and over in Raphael Semmes Orange, Tex., we (Waterman), Al­ had \he Southern coa Pioneer (Al­ Cities (Southern) Grice coa) and 'Alamar, and Val Chem Seamar and Cal(Valentine Tankers). All of these Spuron mar (Calmar). ships took a few men. P & O Buys Ship For our Seafarer of the Week We have learned that the SlU- we nominate Golden B. (Tex) GilContracted Peninsular and Occi­ lispie, who is really a native of dental SS Co., which operates the Texas and makes his home in near­ Florida, has purchased the Denali, by Orange. Tex sails in the deck formerly on the Alaska-Seattle department,' and about three run, from the Alaska SS Co. months ago he took a Waterman Men now on the beach include ship bound for the Far East, but J. Spuron and O. P. Oakley, while now he's back with us again and in the hospital are S. Johannessen, keeping busy reading farm and M. Michalik and T. C. Riley. poultry journals. Tex says that as Jeff Gillette soon as he makes his stake he is Seattle Port Agent going into the butter and egg busi­ ness on a big scale, but so far he has only, one hen and no cows. Miami: However, he's hoping. Also, he's pitching in hard as far as the Un­ ion is concerned, and he says he knows the value of the SiU and is determined to help keep and im­ Sliipping has been on the slow prove what we have gained. Was Meeting Chairman bell in this port and during the Tex served as .chairman at our past two weeks we had no sign-ons and only one payoff—the Florida last regular meeting, and J. A. (P & O). In transit were the Phillips, also of the deck depart­ Florida (P & O); Ponce (Ponce ment, was recording secretary, and Cement); Ocean Lotte (Ocean both men did a fine job. Trans.); Bradford Island (Cities Besides these two men, we now Service); Steel Vendor. (Isthmian), have on the beach Sam Evans, "Big and Iberville and Azalea City Jim" Canard, "Red" Henry, p. F. (Waterman). Lowe, A. Fruge, Ben Grice, E. We expect the P & O to get an­ Lerma, "Woody" Johnson, Mont other ship soon—the Denali—but McNabb, C. Young, J. F. Mapp, we don't know just when she will Ted Jones and B. McMichael. arrive from the West Coast. We have no men in the hospital Eddie Parr at this time. • " Miami Port Agent On the local labor front all is Heavy Yolo Forocasi In Union's Eloction Uberfys Leave Lay-Up, Shipping 'ExifeptienaF P S 0 Is Expeeled To Gel Another Ship mMmJ ' SlU, A&6 District BALTIMORE. 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. (Frenchy) Michelet, Agent. .Preston 6558 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS ....... 523 BienvUle St. Llndsey Williams. Agent . MagnolU 6112-6113 NEW YORK......670 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth S-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. Agent • Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA .337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1639 SAN FRANCJSCO 450 Harrison St. Tom Banning, agent / Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff, West Coast Representative PUraTA de TIEBRA, PR . Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal Colls. Agent . Phone 2-5896 SAVANNAH , : 3 Abercorn St. JeR Morrison.. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE ....V 2505 1st Ave. JeS GlUette. Agent Elliott 4334 Samte-Air-"" WILMINGTON. Calif 505 Marine Ave. Ernest TUley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST SECROTARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian WUliam HaU SUP HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 883 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND, CAUr 357 5th Si Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE ......3505 1st Ave. Main 0390 WILMINGTON 805 Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK......678 4tll Ave.. Brook HYaclnth 9 Canadian District MONTREAL....:^..634 SL James St. West PLateau 8161 quiet, but the political situation is picking upland each day more men announce their candidacy for the governor's office. It looks as if by election time we will really have a gang running for this office. The quail hunting season will open here soon and a number of the boys are looking forward to it. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent A, 4. New York: ^ $• Members Show Keen Interest In Jleelien Son Francisco: Union Acllon Saves Comet Seward's Job We had no payoffs in this port during t^e past two weeks, but we signed on the Orion Comet (Oil" Carriers) and in transit were the ^ Seamar (Calmar); Steel King (Isth- ' mian); Seamonitor (Excelsior), and Yaka and Raphael Semmes (Water­ man). When the Orion Comet paid off here we had a beef with the mas­ ter, who tried to fire the steward. The master re­ fused to give us any information as to why he was firing the stew­ ard, and so we checked with all the crewmembers, including Taylor the licensed per­ sonnel, and found this steward was a topnotch man and fed above the average during the run. Check­ ing further, we learned the master personally disliked the steward, and, of course, personalities have no place aboard ship. At any rate, this beef was settled to everyone's satisfaction, with the steward re­ maining aboard the ship. Deliver Maternity Checks During this last report period we also delivered two maternity checks, of which one went to Brother R. O. Brown. Brother Brown's baby was born in a hospi­ tal in San Francisco and when the time came for him to take his wife home he owed the hospital $98, so they released his wife but held the baby. We immediately got in touch with the welfare department at headquarters and the check was sent immediately, and we are happy to say that through this speedy action we were able to have the baby home in a few days. For our Seafarer of the Week we have selected Brother Charles Taylor, who joined the Union in 1944. Brother Taylor says that he likes the conditions on SIU ships very much, and also likes the va­ cation pay. Voting here at headquarters in New York has been going on at a very brisk pace and it is evident that the members are taking an active and interested part in the elections. As we have mentioned before, every member who has not yet voted should do so as soon as possible, as this ^voting is to elect the men who will serve for the next two years. Shipping in this port is still holding its own but 1 would not advise any of the brothers to come up here with the thought of getting right out. What they will get is a lot of real cold north winds. During the last report period we paid off as ships, signed on 3 and had 13 in transit. The payoffs were as follows: Seatrains Savannah, Texas, Geor­ gia, Louisiana, New York and New Jersey (Seatrain); Republic (Traf­ algar); Bradford Island, Cantigny and Council Grove (Cities Service); Val Chem (Valentine); Steel Arti­ san, Steel Advocate and Steel Nav­ igator (Isthmian); Robiir Kirk (Seas Shipping); Kathryn (Bull); Bien­ ville (Waterman), and Transatlantic (Pacific Waterways). Signing on werf the Sea Nan (Stratford), Steel Artisan (Isthmi­ an) and Robin Hood (Seas Ship­ ping). Ships In Transit In transit were the Pennmar and Bethcoaster- (Calmar); Carolyn, Suzanne and Beatrice (Bull); Alcoa Ranger and Alcoa Puritan (Alcoal; Barbara Michel (Norlo), and Chick­ asaw, Choctaw, Fairisle, Fairport and Antinous (Waterman). We find in the past couple of Tom Banning weeks that some of the crews have San Francisco Port Agent not been cooperating with their department and ship's delegates. Philadelphia:^ ^ The brothers should not forget that these delegates are their repre­ sentatives until the shoreside pa­ trolman comes aboard, and it makes for much quicker and easier payoffs if they cooperate with Shipping in this port picked up them. a little during the past two weeks Claude Simmons and the outlook for the future is Ass't. Sec.-Treasurer fair. During these two weeks we paid off 9 ships, signed on 6 and had 10 in transit. The payoffs were as follows: Marina and Hilton (Bull); Win-, ter Hill (Cities Service); Southern States (Southern); Maryniar anS Pennmar (Calmar); Queenston FORT WILLIAM 118VS Syndicate Ave. Heights (Seatrade); Republic (TraOntario Phone: 3-3221 and Barbara Michel PORT COLBORNE ...103 Durham St. fallar), Ontario Phone: 5591 (Norlo). TORONTO. Ontario 372 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 The Winter HiU, Southern VICTORIA, BC 61714 Cormorant St. Marymar, P e n n m a r^ Empire 4531 States, VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. Queenst^ Heights and Republic Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. signed oni and in transit were the Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE. Quebce 20 Elgin St. Robin Goodfellow and Robin Kirk Phone: 545 (Seas Shipping); SteeJ Chemist, THOROLD. Ontario 82 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 Steel Rover and Andrew Jackson QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague (Isthmian), and Chickasaw, Bien­ Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WUliam St. ville, Azalea City, Madaket and NB Phone: 2-5232 Antinous (Waterman). The Hilton paid off with the pos­ Great Lakes District sibility that she may go into idle ALPENA.. 133 W Fletcher status. The Marina has been trans­ Phone: '1238W BUFFALO. NY.../ 180 Main St. ferred to a foreign flag, but we un­ Phone:. Cleveland 7391 CLEVELAND......734 Lakeside Ave.. NE derstand that Bui; has purchased Phone: Main 1-0147 two C-^ to replace her and the DETROIT. . 1038 3rd St. Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 Hosario! . DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. ' A. S. Cardullo v Phone: Melrose 3-4110 SOUTH rniCAGO . saoyt ,9«nd st M » omUdMphtaf Poirt 'Agentf ) 11/4\ -SI m Shipping Sbows Gain, Fuiiire Onllook 'Fair' Phone; KMek ' 5-a4U> f ^ �Pafe r«iirte«l SEAFARERS tO^ Wage, Vacation JPay Booste Wilt Help Pay For This i»- I JMeendiier 11, OFF WATCH This featurs is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like tohich Seafarers may find helpful in spending.their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible, -f———— which these strains always Cameras and photographic equip­ sponse draw from Southerners everywhere," ment are not the only sure-to- With-this thought in mind, and a please gifts for the amateur lens- ready markqt in schools and such men; books on allied subjects often places where the historical signifi­ are just as much favored.' In any cance of the Civil War period can, event, what anpears to be a good help make a"best seller," Colum­ bet in this field is a volume titled bia Records recently came up with "Hints, Tips & Gadgets for the a new album called "The Confed­ Amateur Photographer," (London: eracy." "The Fountain Press; Philadelphia: -Available on one 12-inch LP disc Rayelle Publications, $2.95). It's a an^ in other speeds as weli, the collection of 120 how-to-do-it and record offers a colorful, sphited how-to-make-it ideas Sflected from The SEAFARERS LOG recent picture story, "Seafarer-Homeowner," has prompted Seafarer J. T. a popular feature in the Ikigllsh collection of music and words from, Spivey, Jr., to submit these photos of the new home which he and his .wife have just completed in weekly "Amateur Photograplter. the years 1861-65 and is packaged Shreve'port, La. A feature of the house, Spivey writes, is the cabinet-lined galley which is over Instructions for each item are spe­ with a speciaUy-produced histori­ 18 feet long and 14 feet wide. Also, he says, his wage boost, under the latest SIU contract, and his cific and detailed, and many are cal brochure describing the songs and the period. Hicluded are songs increase in vacation pay wUi come in mighty handy in helping to pay for this set-up. illustrated with drawings. like "General Lee's Grand March," ^ 3) All Quiet Along the Potomac To­ The Post Office Department has night," "The Yellow Rose of already announced its "Christmas Texas," "Lorena" and several present" for philatelists," with the others. disclosure of part of its 1955 pro­ 4) 4" 4" SIU crewmen who may be having a little difficulty putting zip into their shipboard meet­ gram of commemorative stamps. Some among the thousands of ings might take an object lesson from the crewmembers of the De Soto (Waterman). Re­ Designers of first-day cover en­ Seafarers who live along the route velopes and album publishers, as cently, for instance, the De Soto crewmen conducted a meeting at which « wide variety of well as the collectors themselves, of the Ocean Hiway between New York and Jacksonville, Fla., and are always Interested in such also know. how to use a camera, topics pertaining to the Union ^ attended, according to Phil cited a number of cases in which things. • Although the denomina­ may bo able to cash in on a photo were discussed. Many of the ever certain crewmembers, who were tions, colors^and designs, together contest vchich is already going on Reyes, who served as secretary. brothers took the floor to state For one thing, Reyes reports, not familiar with the agreement, with dates and places of first-day and will end finally next October their opinions on these topics, and Brother Lukas took the floor and lost out on their transportation it was agreed by all that this was gave a brief history of maritime money when the skippers of .the sale, are yet to be decided, the sub­ 1. The competition is sponsored by the Ocean Hiway Association the best shipboard meeting they unions, comparing the much im­ ships ' they were on discharged ject matter is now known. The four stamps, all of which which Is offering $400 in prizes for proved wages and working condi­ tlTem for cause. will probably be for domestic use,, the winning entries. tions of Seafarers with those of When several of the members will commemorate the 150th anni­ "The contest is open to all; there Seatrain Drill seamen 30 years ago. Brother disputed these statements, and versary of the Pennsylvania 'Acad­ are' no entry fees, no entry blanks Lukas urged the members not to questioned the payment of trans­ emy of Fine Arts—"oldest art in­ and no special requirements .for take all these gains for granted, portation money to men discharg­ stitution in the US," the 100th an­ entering, except that the photos but to be ever alert to keep them, ed for cause, Brother Reyes read niversary of the natioi^'s "first land subhiitted must have been taken to abide by the .contract and to the section of the agreement per­ grant colleges (Michigan State and along or near the official route of be loyal to the Union. taining to transportation money, Pennsylvania State), the 50th an­ the Ocean Hiway. A simple leaflet and said the payment of such niversary of Rotary International and highway map outlining all de­ Settling Beefs Brother Burke also took the floor money, even to men discharged for and the 100th year of the Soo tails of the competition can be ob­ and outlined the SIU method of cause, had been settled by Union Locks—the "world's busiest canal," tained by writing Dept. 3, Ocean on the Great Lakes. Hiway Association, PO Box 1552, settling beefs aboard ship. He officials and ships' captains. Brother Reyes warned, howevel:, Wilmington, Del. Entries have to pointed out that- no individual 4" t 1> . crewmember should directly ap­ that this does not give a man There are few people today, re­ be submitted to the Ocean Hiway proach his supei'ior officer on any liberty to perform aboard ship. gardless of where they hail from, Photo Contest, PO Box 267, grievance but should submit the Such a man, he pointed out, can who can't be stirred by the march­ Charleston, SC. No photographs be tried and disciplined by a fine ing rhythms of "Dixie" or the re­ will be returned. beef to his de­ or loss of his shipping rights ac­ partment d e 1 ecording to the Union constitution. gate. If neces­ LOG-A-RHYTHM: sary, he said, the Back Educational Program department dele­ All the members voiced the gate will turn opinion that more emphasis at the. beef over to shipboard meetings should be laid the ship's dele­ upon education and becoming more By M. Dwyer The Seatrain New Jersey pro­ gate, and if the familiar with the agreement, and J s h i p's delegate vided the setting for this a motion made by Brother Reyes photograph by Seafarer cannot obtain Home is the sailor, home from the sea. Reyes was i^econded and carried to devote Charles Oppenheimer, who's satisfaction from Safe from the wind and the rain, a portion of each meeting to a the officer or captain, he will sub­ discussion of the Union constitu­ much better known as "Sir . • k'.;, r!' His adventurous heart is at peace for awhile ' • - -..''-''if'' •' mit the beef to the proper shore- tion, contract or history. Charles." It shows some of his Till the day that he sails again. side Union official for action. shipmates during a fire and Such action, it was felt,'would Brother Reyes, who also spoke. help not only the permitmen on boat drill aboard the vessel. Home is the sailor to fires bright --'i board, but also oldtimers in the And the loved ongs who hold him so dear, Union whose familiarity with jhe 'Yet the sound of the ships in the harbor constitution and contract may be Forevermore. he will hear. getting a little rusty. •w -of: The meeting, which Was presided Home is the sailor,-home fo^ awhile. over by Brother^ G. Callahan, As the hunter comes home from" the hill. closed with many individual crew­ , (1) The largest city on the European continent is: (a) Rome, (b) Ber­ men, including permitmen, asking The time will pass, then he's off again lin, (c) Paris, (d) Moscow. various questions about their rights, With a craving that he"ll never still. i'r.. (2) An American, Florence Chadwick, has been in the news in re­ and benefits, and the oldtimers cent times because she successfully swam the English Channel. Who aboard answering these questions Though he kindles the fire of roaming. was the^ first woman to perform this feat? and pointing out that the rights To ashes the fire will burn. (3) Four hundred passengers boarded a cruise ship in the ports of and benefits of SIU men make the And the hearts that he leaves behind him Boston and New York, bound for three ports in the Caribbean. If 15 SIU second to none among mari­ percent of the passengers got off in Havana, and 28 percent were due time unions. • >r.'- ' Must be patient until his. return. to leave the ship in Ciudad Trujillo, hovv many were bound for San Juan? (4) In what country was Mata Hari shot as a spy in October, 1917? (5) What was the biggest real estate deal in history? (6) Is anthracite or bituminous coal more common in the US? (7) How old is a'person who is now as old as three times his age three years from now iess three times his age three years ago?. (8) Where is the famous village of Waterloo located: (a) France, (b) Belgium, (c) England,..(d) Germany? It was the site of an epic battle in the Napoleonic wars. (9) What were the names of the three ships which went on Columbtis' first expedition to the New World? (10) Which cities are Involved in >€aiarles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities"? ' ' • - \- Ships Meeting-De Soto Style Home Is The Sailor \ iv ' V' v" 11 I2|iiz Corner [[if- Iif- IM ^-fs-: • • • • - ft I �Deeember 10; 19S4 SEA^FARKRS LOG V f By Spike Marlin Out Of Seafarer-CI, And He Likes It There's a lot to be said for shipping as a crewmember on an SIU ship. But there's also a lot to be said for enoying the comforts of being a passenger, ^ven if you've got to get into Photogenic, Huh? I 'iV: - • I .?r:r-'v; This might not be the kind of makeup Marilyn Monroe would use, but it didn't stop wipers D. Flynn (left) and Sam K. I^eed from posing for FWT Everett Hord aboard the Steel Scientist (Isthmian) in Cal­ cutta. Hord got this shot right after Flynn, and Reed had fin­ ished cleaning out the ship's boilers. "Army khaki to do so. • This is the word from Sea­ Johnny, his address is: John But­ farer Johnny Butler, who's ler US 51298538, 81st Trans. Co. now serving'Uncle Sam, and (BOAI), APO 217, c/o Postmaster, who writes the LOG that a "one- New York, NY. ia-a-million" chance made him a passenger on the SlU-contracted Cracker State Mariner (South At­ lantic) when the Army sent him to France, eight months after be en­ tered the service. "Naturally," Johnny writes, "this was an exceptionally enjoyable ex­ perience for me since it gave me the opportunity to renew acquaitrtances with some of my old ship­ mates such as Myles Sterne, Henry Robinson, Eddie Van Wyck and that old belly robber. Cliff Wilson. "Everyone in the crew," Johnny says, "extended us Army boys every courtesy, from Ramon, the passenger utility, to Chips Nilsbeck, the ship's delegate, and our crossing, to La Pallice, France, was Swapping a few reminiscences really great. with an old shipmate. Seafarer "Nevertheless," Johnny con­ John Butler (right) gets to­ cludes, "I can hardly wait until my gether with Henry Robinson, Army sentence is up, and I'm sail­ second electrician on Cracker ing as a crewmember myself on an State Mariner. Butler, now SIU ship again." a GI, was Mariner passenger For those who want to write on run to LaPaiiice, France. SE Asia Seen ''Well Worth Saving' Is Southeast Asia worth saving? For the Western democracies, that area of the world is well worth protecting from the ravages of Communism, believes Seafarer Harry Kronmel. Kronmel makes this observation as the result of a four-months run to the Far East aboard the Steel Seafarer (Isthmian). During this pe­ nine years ago that thousands of seem completely indifferent to riod he visited many of the Filipinos were slaughtered and their future fate, despite the fact tinder boxes in the current -struggle between the forces of Communism and democracy, and talked to many of the native in­ habitants of these places. And from these talks he is convinced that Southeast Asia is worth sav­ ing because the majority of the people there, although not neces­ sarily pro-Western, are definitely anti-Communist, and do not wish to be ruled either by Moscow or Peiping. Here, in capsule form, are some of Kroiimel's impressions of the ports and countries he visited: MANILA: The people here still bate the Japanese. It was only i - nil;; .«• gA:V:.V-v,,' their relatives refuse to forget. The Filipinos fear an atom bomb attack but feel more secure with US bases on the islands. Inter­ nally, the people are cleaning house under the direction of a firm but liberal government; and—bar­ ring attack—they hope for a more stable future. SAIGON: The natives talk very little about the war. They simply accept the fact that their city is dying. The French servicemen and merchant sailors generally believe the US is "okay," but also feel the US should let France act in Indo-China as she pleases. , BANGKOK: Here the people CMMSIP 30ly/e UMO/i AflD^Pc^/i. BR0THm, BYNOMIHATING -^oUFSeifiM£enN& ft>STS Atio coMMffBe joe&. ev0fi^ QeAfARB/z sHoom Mine CAFfiAfOA 0F4SMOA. - v.'. \ •r. - 11 ,1 I that Thailand seems to be next on the Communist timetable of con­ quest because it is rich in rice and oil. For th> past century the teaching of English has been com­ pulsory in the public schools—a practice dating back to the days of "Anna and the King of Siam." Is 'Problem ChUd' INDONESIA:'This young repub­ lic is the problem-child of South­ east Asia, with civil war plus Com­ munist pressure causing it to "go around in circles." In the port of Jakarta there is a martial law set­ up which is strictly "bahoo"— which means it smells bad. Most of the business places are owned by Chinese and decorated with photos of the Russian and Chi­ nese Communist leaders. ~ "SINGAPORE: Here, where more order and cleanliness prevail, the population is about 90 percent Chi­ nese and 10 percent Malayan, and about the only Europeans or Ameridans to be seen are seamen. The many Chinese, however, consider themselves to be citizens of Malaya, not China, and are predominantly anti-Communist. In summing up, Kronmel says that in the seven. Southeast Asia countries" he visited he found strong nationalist feelings.. Most of the people desire independence, but right now the Communist pro­ gram is a threat to their future in­ dependence, and therefore there is an opportunity for the US to build up a strong pro-American feeling. Put Number On Meeting Excuses Seafarers sending telegrams or letters to the New York headquarters dispatcher asking to be excused from attending headquarters membership meetings must Include the reg­ istration ^ number of their chipping card in the message From now on. If the number Is not included, the excuse can­ not b» «ecep(M kar tlie dis­ patcher. It may be coincidence, or it may be that there is no other city of a million population handy on the eastern seaboard, but Baltimore has become the dumping ground for the humpty-dumpties of the sport world. Up until now, it's been assumed that Baltimoreans would crave some big-time action and come out to see it even though the home-town representative was slightly on the moth-eaten side. The promoters are discovering to their horror that it just isn't so. Of course It's always possible that Baltimore isn't the red-hot sports town it's been cracked-up to be. Nobody has really found out up to now, simply because Balti­ more has never been given an entry that could inspire anybody's enthusiasm. The tipoff on the indifference of Baltimore to second-rate goods was the failure of the Baltimore Bullets, the cellar-dwelling pro basketball club. The Bullets were in. debt for a few thousand dollars, nothing that would strain the pockets of any well-to-do business­ man. The owners of the club at­ tempted to peddle it for about two weeks but couldn't find any takers even though it doesn't require more than a couple of good play­ ers to turn a lousy basektball team into a decent one. Home atten­ dance of less than 2,000 at a few home games discouraged all com­ ers. Never Struck Oil The pro football entry, the Bal­ timore Colts, isn't fracturing, any attendance records either. The Colts found a home in Baltimore only after some extra-curricular wanderings that carried them as far westward as Dallas. There they drew as much applause as a dry-hole oil well. Texas was aban­ doned one dark, moonless night and Baltimoi-e chosen out of des^peration more than anything else. The change of air hasn't done the club much good. While cap­ able of putting up a fairly-decent front, the Colts haven't been win­ ning many ball games. The most talked-of trek to Balti­ more was last year's shift of the St. Louis Browns. The quick change of uniform and name didn't alter the dreary aspect of the club's performance. In this in­ stance though, the club did very well in the turnstile department, and even better after the season in snagging Paul Richards as gen­ eral manager. Richards promptly set the town buzzing with his daring and pos­ sibly preposterous trade of pitch­ ers Turley and Larsen for a slew of New York Yankee second-string­ ers. Despite all the brave talk about building for the future, this kind of a trade looks like a dis­ tinctly short-run investment. Rich­ ards knows very well that another season like the last would put the ball club in the deep freeze. He's hoping to get one or two years' breathing space out of old pro Woodling and pitchers Byrd and McDonald to give him a chance to develop a decent club. Real Romance Run •• , 4 • I I I .(SI I I 1 c 41 Sailing on the Evangeline proved to be the road to ro­ mance for George Svenningsen, as this photo shows. George met his bride—Marie Surette of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia—while he was on the ship last summex'. •^1 41 :^l 4i| m i The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Frank Mailory's recipe for "Hawaiian HollandaiAe." Feelings on special sauces to be poured over meats, fish or vegetables are generally split into two well-defined camps. Some people are very partial to them, and others like their food unspoiled by anything but natural juices. Even in the face of this, however. Seafarer Frank Mallory. is willing to present the recipe for a sauce he picked up while in Hawail. Those who like this sort of thing really like it, and those who don't 'wouldn't want it anyway, so you can't get through to them, anyhow. Mallory, inci­ dentally, has Mallory been shipping for just a few years now as a cook and also worked ashore in some big-city eateries. But he finds cook­ ing for a hungry ship's crew really has its Tewards—aside from the good SIU pay and conditions. Naturally enouji^h, the Hawaiian recipe has some of the Island's principal export in it, and here's what you need to prepare it: 1 pound butter, 12 egg yolks, 4 ounces lemon Juicti 4 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, 1 pint un­ sweetened canned pineapple juice. Firet cream the butter, then add the yolks a couple at a time and beat well. Next, add the lemon juice and salt and pepper. Then, just before serving, add hot pine­ apple juice, a little at a time, beating continuously. Cook in a double boiler arrangement, stir­ ring constantly, until the sauce thickens {ike boiled custard. (Should yield nearly two quarts.) Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at/all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings Is as follows: Dec. 15, Dec. 29, Jan. 12. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required to attend tiie meetings. J - .... M �S^E*AfAWWW%t>V^ Turkey Day Fare Wine Applause I t-; a- - To the Editor: , We, the crewmembers of the Steelore, would like to give our heartiest thanks to our steward de« partment for giving us one of the best Thanksgiving Day dinners we had in many years of SIU sailing.* The men who were responsible for this wonderful meal were Ed­ ward J. Debardelaben, chief stew­ ard; Joseph J. Padelsky, chief cook; S. S. Disharoom, second cook; E. C. Brown, third cook; Wil­ liam Matthews and Winston Jack­ son, messmen, and J. B. Malenke, chief pantryman. As you know, the Steelore is one With the kinks out of their system, and some good chow under of the oldest ships still to be in their belts, men picked up by Steel Director look happy now. service under an SIU contract. 4 The ship was in mothballs for some time, and was practically eaten up by rust, but going at her in real SIU style we have gotten her back To the Editor: in shape again. Crew of the Steelore Just thought you might be in­ terested in getting the enclosed Ji J" photo and also some information about two fishermen who were rescued by the crew of the Steel Director two hours before we hit To the Editor: Barring the outbreak of a war Singapore. These men got caught in a squall within the next two weeks, and ex­ cluding the Mau Mau terrorism in and their boat was overturned. When we finally Kenya and the constant sniping picked them up between the Chinese nationalists they had been and communists. Seafarers this sitting on the year will observe Christmas in overturned hull peace. This will be the first Christ­ for two days, and mas in 20 years told us that no­ when there has Robert E. Quinn body else would not been an ac­ pick them up. tive battlefield But anyway we somewhere or other, and it is a JBoyer P"* « lifeboat over the side and sobering thought. As a matter of got them, and I might say that we To the Editor: fact, there have got a nice compliment from the I'm a retired bookmember of the been few peace­ skipper for our seamanship. SIU, and I'm writing now to ask Incidentally, the photo I am ful Christmases Brault since 1914, be­ sending was taken by F. E. Hagin, if some of the brothers can see their way clear to give me a hand. cause for the past 40 years wars FWT. Guess that's all, so will close by As a result of three operations I have been waged on a greater or lesser scale in some country in the saying "hello" to all the boys and have had on my broken hip in the hoping everything Is mighty fine world. last few years, it appears that I You may remember that it was with them. won't be able to go to sea again. Percy Boyer not long after the end of the "war Right now I'm on crutches and still to end wars" and the birth of the 4" 4" League of^Nations that Poland got getting treatment. I'm also facing into trouble with the newly-born an operation for k catqract on my Communist Russia. Then Japan right eye. moved into Manchuria and soon To the Editor: I broke the hip in a shipboard after that long conflict ended I have been receiving the SEA­ Japan invaded China proper. Then FARERS LOG for almost 14 accident in 1949 and it didn't heal properly. The last trip I was able came the Italian war in Ethiopia, months at my to make was back in 1952 on the the Spanish civil war and the outfit here in Sea Gale. » fighting between Russia and Fin­ Pusan, and 1 want to 'thank land. Doesnt Qualify Pot Kept Boiling you for a good Unfortunately, because I had These wars—interspersed with job well done in very little seatime in the past five odds and ends of fighting in Pales­ keeping those years due to the injury, I wasn't tine, South other LOGS rolling. able to qualify for the SIU dis­ areas—kept the pot boiling until There are half ability benefit. the outbreak of World War II. a dozen ^lU men I know that many a time in the Surely, this is a dismal record, in my outfit—the pe Marco past I dug down along with but the picture has been made 501st Harbor even more depressing since 1945 Craft Company—and they all agree the rest of the gang to give an by the scientific developments the LOG is doing a great job of unfortunate shipmate a hand when he needed it. ' I'm hoping I can which might very well cause the repjirting the Union's activities. destruction of humanity if we ever Despite this, the one thing I've count on a little help myself now had another major war. been waiting for is the time when that I'm In a spot. Any of the At any rate, let us Seafarers be I could tell you to stop sending the brothers who feel they can help thankful that this Christmas, at* LOG to me. And now I can be­ me can get in touch with me at least, is one which we can enjoy cause I'm coming home. Oh, happy home, 101 West 69th Street, New York City. Thanks to all. day! in peace. Robert E. Quina Ray Brault Pasquale E. De Marco Storm \ictims GetSiU'LiW Seafarer Hopes > For Xmas Peace f t'.- fev It K" J r- ®^ Brother In Need Asks Assistance His Happy D'Day Is Diseharye Day ' '-'i. • H s- '' Fort Knox IsnH End Of Rainbow, DMtofbkr MK'IW Mother Grateful For Scholarship To the Editor: I am sending you my new ad­ dress and I hope you will continue to send me the LOG there as 1 certainly enjoy reading it, par­ ticularly , when my husband is at sea. As you know, our son. Jack, was one of the winners of this year's SIU college scholarships and is now attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I could hardly believe it when I learned he had been named one of the winners, and I want to thank all thdse concerned in his selection. Mrs. Eddie S. Game (Ed. note: Your change of ad­ dress has been noted.) To the Editor: Well, here I am at Fort Knox, Ky., where there's supposed to be gold in them thar hills. . But if you think that makes me happy, it doesn't. All I keep wishing is that I could return to sea on an SIU ship, because those days were heaven compared to this Army life. There we had plenty of good food, prepared by good SIU cooks, good bedding, and peaceful nights with the roll of the sea to lull you to ... 4> 4 4> sleep. There's nothing like that here. I think that the trouble with this man's Army is that there's no organization. You can't get To the Editor: enough guys to stick together to • Thanks very much for sending get anything decent, and when I me the LOG.; Although I'm now talk unionism to retired, due to a disability, I cer­ these boys, and tainly do like to keep up with tell them how what's going on in the Union. much good it Here in San Diego, where I live, does, they don't we are getting quite a few SIU believe it a n d wagons and I- try to visit them think it's all a whenever I can to see who I know joke. on them. I live only a couple of blocks from the watei'front and They think it's can see what ships are in the har­ a joke, that is, bor from my window.. until I show them Corriveau Thanks again to the SIU for all my copies of the LOG, and then they get real inter­ its past favors. Robert E. Van Dom ested and start shooting questions at me. 4 4 4 Speaking of the LOG, I hope you will note my new ad^ess and make the necessary change in your mailing list. I have a good buddy here, whose address I am To the Editor: I would like to advise you of enclosing, and I also hope you will the death of an old bookmember send him the LOG so he won't be of the SIU—Chester Kuplicki. swiping my copy. Brother Kuplicki, who died No­ Discharge Denied vember 1 of a heart condition, When i first got into this Army I sailed SIU ships throughout the made an application to get a hard­ war, but was obliged to retire after ship discharge as I had been sup­ a near-fatal accident aboard the porting my family while going to William Ryder in 1945 in Gran. I feel sure his old shipmates sea. Both my mother and father will be concerned to hear that this are ill, and my father, who is 60 years old, only makes $25 a week brother has passed away. Edward Hodge and cannot support the two minor children who are still at home. 4 4 4 But the Army refused to pay any­ thing because my father still made a little money, and today they turned down my application for a discharge although I had letters To the Editor: I am writing this to express my from doctors, priests and others. It's a lucky thing for me that I wils sincere appreciation to the crew of the Robin able to save a little money while Tuxford for their I was sailing SIU. kindness to me Anyway, I guess I'll just have when I was hos­ to sweat it out in the Anpy for a pitalized in Mom­ while longer. Meanwhile, I'd like basa. to isay "hello" to. all my old bud­ I would also dies ' and'' shipmates and wish like to express them happy holidays and good my sincere apsailing. preoiation to the Pvt. Joseph C. Corriveau purser and crewPanette US 54159386 xhembers of the Co. A, 240th Const. Eng. Robin Kirk, on which I was sent Fort Knox, Ky. back to the States, and would like Likes To Watch Ships Come In Reports Death Of Old Bookman He^s Grateful To Robin Crews mess, for his wonderful service. �I«/UM Pao. Serenteesr -'v . ^ .. DIGEST of SHIPS^ MEETINGS... fit NORTl (Mlululppn, OetoMr l- Chilrman, Cranai Swratary, Callahan. Traaaurcr reported fSS.BO In the ahip'a funid. Brother Acy asked the crewmemberk to please cooperate with blm and put their dirty linen in the linen bags that he had placed in strategic places gor their convenience and his. There wai a discussion about the ship's tund and what It should be used for. of thankg wag glvon to tho Itgward de­ partment. Dlacuaalon on varloua Itcmi of intereat for the good and welfare of the crew and the Union ax a whole. A dlscuxsion wax alxo held on emergency driUx, xhipboard cleaninexx, etc. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cltlef Service), October 29—Chairman, R. Lyie; Secretary, V. Ratcllff. Messhall wlU be painted. Dis­ cussion on ship'x library. The drainx are CAROLYN (Bull), October 37—Chair- stopped up in the deck department toUet. mad, Donald Rood; Secretary, Staphen New iron purchased for crew out of Muico. Ship's fund totals t42.80. Sug- xhip'e fund. - gestlon made that steward put out better MARYMAR (Calmer), October 34 — menus and meats. Also the steward aholild make sure that steak meat is Chairman, T. Suit; Secretary, A. Retko. grade A. Ship's delegate and steward A overwhelming vote of appreciation del(^gate will see captain about getting and thanks went to the steward depart­ ment for the bang up job they did. Crew steward department showers painted. reports that first class food le served. IBERVILLI (Waterman), October 33— Brother MUton Carp was taken off the Chairman, A. Varn; Secretary, Paul Cox. ship and hospitaUzed in San Francisco Motion made and. carried that delegates in September, and If any brother saw check hospital and see that it is clean. him Injured he should contact Brother Suggestion made that all beefs be taken Carp or the payoff patrolman. Chief to the department or the ship's delegate steward Andy Besko wiU contact the and not to . the hall by the men them­ port steward about obtaining new mat­ selves. tresses before signing on. CHIWAWA (Cities Ssrvlce), October 30 —Chairman, P. Hammel; Secretary, T. Cloygh. Motion made and carried to in­ struct ship's delegate to check with headquarters on payoif; status of ship when sha.. goes to the' shipyard. A vote PERSONAI.S Thomas Y. Loian Cjret in touch with your sister, Mr$, Phyllis Plasio, Box 166, Renton, Pa. Family is anxious to hear from you. : i i t John H. Murray Please contact your wife at 271 Maleleu Place, Staten Island, NY. 3« 4" ' Richard Leikas Your mother is seriously ill and in hospital. Write or call your aunt, Mrs, Victor Kauro at 1463 W. 6th Street, Ashtabula, Ohio, phone 4-8393. There is also some important m^ waiting for you at your brother's home. 4" I> 4 3^ Telly (Shorty) Vasquez Oontact Robert J. Barger, 220 North 5th Street, West Dundee, 111. •if '4" 4" John Phillip Hayward Please contact Mrs. K. Hayward, at HR 3, Verner, Ontario, Canada. ~ . .3) 3) 3) Gilford Simms Ed Lu?ui; asks you to get in touch with him through the Balti­ more hall and give him your address. . • Puzzle Anzwer DEL MONTI (Mississippi), Sepfombsr 4—Chairman, N. Funken; Secretary, C. Dowllng. Motion made and carried to post previous . minutes on, the bulletin board. Sugestion that the delegates con­ tact the first assistant about having aU scuppers and drains checked and opened. Soiled linen should be placed in laundry bags hanging in passageway. Secrstary, Thomas A. Royholdt. A hear­ ty vote of thanks was given to the crew for tho care they gave two men who were hospitaUzed during tho voyage. A certain amount of conflicting personality beefs present In the deck department, but they can be taken caro of by hold­ ing a' special deck department meeting. Motion made ibat the Union make an aU out effort to obtain air conditioning throughout all SIU contracted vessels on steady tropical runs. October 10—Chairman, A. Shrlmpton; Secretary, T. Reynolds. - Ship's fund to­ tals $40. Brother Mitchell spoke at length regarding the carrying of tales topside. Beef with steward department over painting tO bo referred to the patrolman. LIBERTY FLAO (Dover), October 32— Chairman, J. McRac; Seereiary, N. ,McGulre. A new ship's delegate was elected. Ordinary and wiper wiU take care of the laundry room and the steward depart­ ment will take care of the recreation room. CANTIGNY (Cities Service), October 24 —Chairman, A. W. Phillips; Secretary, M. G. Ohstrom. Television set is going to be repaired. New mattresses are on order. Donations for the ship's fund will be accepted by the ship's treasurer at payoff. AU brotners were urged to con­ tribute about SI each. SAN MATEO' VICTORY (Eastern), Oc­ tober 21—Chairman, Robert Miller; Sec­ HASTINGS (Waterman), October 17 — retary, L. Bruce. A cable was sent to Chairman.' Crawford; Secretary, J. Wells. the Union hall about paying off and lay­ Motion made and carried to start a ship's fund, and crewmembers will give on a voluntary basis. A vote of thanks was given to the radio operator for putting out news every morning. HILTON (Bull), October 14—Chairman, Henry Herklnhelns; Secretary, W. Ben- nerson. Request for a new Ubrary made. Soap dishes are needed in aU showers. Crewmembers suggested that a new washing machine be installed. YAKA (Waterman), August 33—Chair­ man, T. Scanlon; Secretary, Cross. Ship's delegate elected. Discussion held con­ cerning lack of consideration on part of some men. Crewmembers were asked to bring eups back to the messhaU after us­ ing same. Steward asked aU hands to stow cots away when not in use. KATHRYN (Bull), no date—Chairman, D. Mann; Secretary, A. Oonzalex. Motion made and carried to contact patrolman about lava soap situation, and the food problem. A suggestion was made to make six copies of the repair list and give same to different department heads. MAE (Bull), October 3—Chairman, A. Bokan; Secretary, C. Stansbury. Ship's delegate reported that the new fans are being installed and all other repairs are being taken care of. The timer for the washing machine was sent to the Suzanne by mistake. There la a balance of 326.70 in the ship's fund. Rods for aerial will be purchased In Baltimore. YAKA (Waterman), October 10—Chair­ man, Morgan; Sacrotary, Tapman. One man missed ship in San Juan, and one walked off the ship In Miami. Motion mSde and carried to see about new fans, ice box and the crew's drinklng-fountain. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Septem­ ber 19--Chalrman, Ausslo Shrlmpton; Ifuiz Anewerz . (1) ((d) Moscow. (2) Gertrude Ederle (1926). (3) 228. (4) France. (5) The Louisiana Purchase (1803). The US paid France $15 million for the territory, which was made up of all or part of 13 of the 48 states. (6) Bituminous, or soft coal, is much more common. (7) 18 years old. (8) (b) Belgium. (9) The Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria. (10) London and Paris. ing up the ship. Balance of the ship's fund wUl be turned over to the patrol­ man for the March of Dimes. The iron and poker chips were raffled out free of cost. The Steward department was given a vote of thanks. OCEAN ULLA (Ocean Transportation), October 24—Chairman, E. J. Bender; Sec­ retary, R. Hernandez. Crew was asked to take care of new mattresses and the new washing machine that was put aboard. Steward department lockers are in very bad shape. Crew mess and. rec­ reation room need painting. town. -Motion nude and carried that and were not reported to the Union. Mo­ aufficient atores be put on board to last tion made and carried to give the stew­ ard department a big vdte of thanks for at least four months. the food they served as well as their ILIZABETH (Bull). October 4—Chair­ cooperation. man. W. Lacbance; Sacratary, Robert FELTORE (Ore), October 10—Chairman, Rivera. Beef concerning firing of crew mess without being told why. Second T. Jacks; Sacratary, P. Smith. The crew cook missed ship in New York. Discus­ was in favor of contacting a patrolman sion concerning food and quality of same. to make up a price list of articles car­ October 20—Chairman. R. Barret; Sec­ ried in the slopchest. The crew voted retary* C. Oliver. General discussion on on having a sanitary list posted starting keeping laundry, working gear locker with the next trip. Each watch will be responsible for thd cleaning of the night and wash room clean. pantry. DEL ALBA (Mississippi). October 31— ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), October 10— Chairman, G. Duncan; Secretary. W. Gals. Chairman, R. Kelly; Secretary, J. Pursell. Phonograph wiU he kept locked in all Deck delegate reported that if any per­ ports. Discussion on the ILA beef. forming is done the captain will not al­ low "extras" to be brought on board. ROBIN WENTLEY (Seas Shipping), Oe- Discussion on instaUing washing machine, tobar 31—Chairman, J. Howin; Secretary, and clearing drains in the laundry. October 28—Chairman, J. Davis; Secre­ R. Kianask. Repairs and requisitions for new equipment required in all quarters, tary, J. Pursell. Messroom should be and must contain pertinent details such painted and on arrival in port this will as location, type of repairs required, etc. be discussed. Talk on proper setting up Scupper in laundry will be cleaned and of tables and of messman serving proper­ ly. A vote of thanks was given to the buzzer instaUed for the man on watch. steward and his department. A vote of thanks from the crew was given to Cap­ YAKA (Waterman), October 31—Chair­ man, M. Cross; Secretary, J. Mackenzie. tain Bulla for his consideration to a A lengthy discussion was -held on what crcwmember who needed medical at­ happens to the cups that the pantrj-man tention. leaves out for coffee at night. The crew DEL CAMPO (Mississippi), October 31— was asked to cooperate a litUe more and Chairman, Pat TruarasI; Secretary, M. bring cups back to the pantry. Macdonald. The steward was asked to WACOSTA (Waterman), November 9— put out more night limch. A new ship's Chairman, A. Prentek; Secretary. J. Bed- delegate was elected. nar. Patrolman wiU be contacted for two TROJAN TRADER (Seres), October 27— fans in each room. Motion made to see captain and have messroom used only by Chairman, N. R. Nutchlns; Secretary, W. crew and not engineers. Slopchest will N. Thompson. A motion was made and be checked in next port for additional carried that the ship's delegate and three department delegates see the captain articles. about the repairs needed now, and those STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), November that were carried over from last voyage. 7—Chairman, Dava Barry; Secretary, V. They wlU also see that the necessary Grande. The second electrician "Jumped stores and slopchest needed for this voy­ ship in Kahului and the chief cook took age are put aboard before saiUng. Stew­ sick in the same port and was hospital­ ard department wUl take care of the ized there. Twenty dollars was collected recreation room and the deck and engine from the membership to cover cost of departments will take turns keeping the telegram sent to New York hall. Out of laundry room clean. this money only $10.80 was spent and the ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), October 7— remaining $9.20 will be tlonated to the ship's fund. Several complaints about Chairman, C. A- Case; Secretary, L. B. the mate aboard ship. A vote of thanks Moore. Ship's delegate was elected. A ^ in the bosun's' was given to the steward department dishwater canary flew and especially to Mike, the best crew foc'sle aroimd coffee time; the bosun de­ cided to let him stay as mawot. but the messman. bird died in the afternoon. JOHN B. KULUKUNDIS (Martis), Octo­ ber 17—Chairman, C. Tobas; Secretary, S. Harris. Motion made and carried to in­ form Union headquarters of slow allot­ ment checks and draws. Laundry clean­ MARORE (Ore), Odober 17—Chairman, ing detaU arranged between deck and en­ gine department sanitary men. The oiler B. Colyer; Secretary, E. Harrison. Two was t^ken off in Cuba with an injured men missed the ship in Baltimore and WiU be turned over to the patrolman. The finger. steward department got a vote of thanks GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), for 100 percent improvement in the food October 24—Chairman, J. Burns; Secre­ and baking. November 4—Chairman, R. Colyer; Sec­ tary, Demelner. In the event ship makes another voyage requested fans wUl posi­ retary, E. Harrison. Ship's, delegate re­ tively be put on. Ship's delegate in­ ported that all repairs are being taken formed crew that captain is wilUng to care of, and what repairs cannot be com­ obtain merchandise out of bond as usual pleted will be finished up in the yard. Pantry should be kept cleaner in the if they so desire. future. ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Seas Shipping), SOUTHERN CITIES (Southern), Novem­ November 7—Chairman, P. Marlnelll; Sec­ retary, A. Knowlton. Engine department ber 2—Chairman, S. Vindui, Jr.; Secre­ man was logged for missing ship in Cape­ tary, J. Merder. Two men missed ship primarily responsible for dream­ ing up this proposal and what out­ side agency was broughyn to draft the "profile" system, ^he "pro­ files" bear all the earmarks of a shoreside testing service that has no direct knowledge of conditions of work at sea. Further the SIU is still attempt­ ing to determine the role of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in the drafting of these proposals. Further infonnation as to the background of the Coast Guard plan is now being processeiL In the meanwhile. Seafarers are urged to write members of House and Senate maritime committees as well as the House and Senate Labor Committees notifying them of the Coast Guard's plans and motives. Members of these com­ mittees, who are expected to hold the same committee posts in the new Congress, include the follow­ ing: Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee: Senators John Butler, Maryland; Charles Potter, Michigan; Warren Magnuson, Washington; Lyndon B. Johnr son, Texas; George A. Smathers, Florida. House Merchant Marine Com­ Sigiied, t .-f •#: . » «• ^ • D (t • V* mittee: Thor C. 'Tollefson, Wash­ to AVOID OUPLlCAtlON: tf you aro an eld subscribgr and hav» a ehanga ington; John H. Ray, New York; of at dress, please qlva your former addrais barowt ' " Samuel Curtis Edward A. Garmatz, Maryland; Tjjour discharge from the Can- John F. Shelley, California; Don *£SS . .. tigny, dated. August 19, 1953, is be­ Magnuson, Washington; Eugene J. ing held in the SEAFARERS LOG Keogh, New York. Senate Labor Committee: Irving office. #CiTY ZONE . StATI (soQca sinHSES sHGaacaH sna ssBs ssaog •[sa Eaos SBBQ cn «' 0 NOTICES • **tsesssaeats* • •?s| -"I'l •-II m ••iii ^1 KYSKA (Waterman), October 24—Chair­ man, P. Whitlaw; Secretary, E. Kuudisslim. Steward asked that all dirty linen be turned in. Crew agreed that the food has imprdved since the new steward and chief cook have come aboard. Ship's dele­ gate will see if a Sea Ctsest can be put aboard before leaving for Far East. SEAXRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Oc­ tober 20—Chairman, B. Steward; Secre­ tary, John M. Galas. Motion made and carried that ship's delegate see chief mate about painting rooms. Ship's treas­ urer's report was read and accepted with a total of $79.33. Ship's delegate re­ signed and Brother Clark was elected. •^JBI ...rl SIU BLAST AT BRAIN-BODY TEST STIRS WAVE OF CG DOOBLETALK (Continued from page 2) makes it obvious that somebody in the Coast Guard hoped to sneak this one through by dead of night. Very few individuals or organiza­ QBlSSa Q3S tions receit'ed copies of the propo­ SSBBCS [IBUQSiaQ sals, including shipowner SIU DBS SSBSSa QOa headquarters got a copy only SIQQB [ISQ DQISS through a secondary source and SO SBESnSDS [ZIBfZI even the New York office Of the [laSBSQSB BBQfZilS! Coast Guard pleaded ignorance, dlKS SBSQQ referring all queries to Washing­ ton. Clearly, little attempt was made to put Copies into the hands of those most concerned with the proposals. In fact the first an­ nouncement of the ^oposals was made by the Coast Guard before Editor. an insurance group's convention. SEAFARERS LOG, While the current Coast Guard 67s Fourth Ave., proposal has been pretty well de­ molished by the SIU's exposure of Brooklyn 32, NY . its numerous and glaring defects, I would |ikMQ receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please it Is apparent by Admiral Rich­ mond's remarks that the general (Print Information) Coast put my name on ypuir mailing list, Guard objective — that of imposing new controls cn seamen, has not been abandoned by a long NAME • 9 • • • • shot. In the Union's continuing inves­ STF EET ADDRESS • •• • • tigation several questions are still unanswered. The Union is anxious to find out which bureaucrat is . . .. .ZONE STATE QoaQ •Ti Ives, New York; Herbert Lehman, New York; James Murray, Mon­ tana; Lister Hill, Alabama; Paul Douglas, Illinois. House Labor Committee: Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr., New Jersey; Graham A. Harden, North Carolina and Augustine B. Kelley, Pennsyl­ vania. Announce Govt's '55 Ship Aims (Continued from pagfe 3) a imiform sale price for Govern­ ment-owned Mariner ships. Senator Butler, who is consid­ ered an outspoken supporter of Government assistance to the mari­ time industry, expressed approval of the Commerce Department's program as aiding both shipbuild­ ing and shipping. He made special point of the experimental program designed to reduce turnaround time, and of th^ tramp shipping subsidy. Of course, all aspects of the De­ partment of Commerce- proposals will have to pass the hurdle of the next Congress; Chances for Con­ gressional approval of the entire program are slight, although some of it Is likely lo go through. -J �^Wttgtr BlflMM VV AF-n'R'BH 3'HOC Dfshini; Out Th# Matern^^ , SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS 4''"- Fr«" REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Te../fs5t.:i^..r..>irif., No. Seafarefs Receivirip Benefits this Period Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer ; Total Benefita Paid this Period Ao WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD JkuBiuLBtASfiUL 1?^" -• ^ • SlU representative Benny Gonzales (right) counts out the $200 maternity benefit while Seafarer John Keimedy signs receipt. Tampa Seafarer is shown with wife and new son Anthony, who also received $25 US defense bond from the Union. AJJL£. Aa ^9,D0Q oo Death Beneflra DliabUltv Beaefita Maternitv Beaaflta VacatlBa Benefita IfiUL 2£ WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hoapital Benefita Paid Siace Tulv 1. IPSO ' Death Benefita Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 DiaihiiitV Benefita Paid STace May I. 1W2.' £SSL Mrs. Robert Musselwhite, 4531 Pen Mrs. Patrick O. Thompson, 2314 All of the following SlU families i2&za will collect the $200 maternity Annunciation Street, New Orleans Lucy Rd., Baltimore, Md. benefit plus a $25 bond from the La. 4> 4> 4 Feb. II. IW • Union in the baby's name: Ella Laura Waldrop, born Octo­ Vaeathwi Benefit. jji ^ Toial IISraSiHRfl James Allen Milton, born Octo­ ber 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. anc Judith Janice Finnell, born No­ vember 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and ber 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Waldrop, 129 East * Date Benefita B«..a Mrs. Arthur P. Finneli, 7837 Ford Mrs. Dewey Milton, 2227 Roanoke Avenue, South, Panama City, Fla. WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Avenue, Roanoke, Va. 4 4 4 Street, Houston, Texas.. Richard Orlanda Scarborough, ir it il> t> • 1 Vacatioo Guadalupe Rivera, bom Febru­ born September 9, 1954. Parents, Richard NOrman East, born Octo­ 97 Cash oa Hand Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scarborough, ary 14,1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. ber 3, 1954. Parents, Mr, and Mrs. f.r Vacaiioa Harry East, 450 Harrison Street, Bernardino Rivera, 288 Atlantic Box 76, Wanchese, No. Carolina. bflttlBKCeCI ACCOUOtS KCCCIVAOIC Wmiimrm Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. oo 4 4 4 San Francisco, Calif. Robert Delgado, born November us GoTcrnmeat Bonds (Welfare) $> 4" 4 Ji !• Ftf Real Estate (Welfare) Santo Fiffueroa, born November 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patricia Marie Kotich, born No­ «:•? Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) vember 2,^954. Parents, Mr. and 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Delgado, 128 - 35tl^ Street, 97 Mrs. Stephen George Kotich, 1555 Oscar Figueroa, 58 E. 107 Street, Brooklyn, NY. 1 TOTAL ASSETS || New York, NY. 4 4 4• Jay Drive, Mobile, Ala. • COlMEMTSt Sharon Gail Ames, born October 4 4" 4" In our report of November 18, 1954, mention was made of « i Patricia Ruth Musselwhite, born 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Charles Thompson, born new type beneficiary card that would be put out by the October 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. ^d October 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Omar L. Ames, 106-17 101st Ave­ Plan in the near future. The new type beneficiary card ii nue, Ozone Park, LI, NY. to MM. Seafarer Unable Tp Sign Off, Union Gets Money For Wife V'-- tl f&-' Sometimes it happens either through severe injury or sud­ den illness a Seafarer is not mentally competent to sign off articles or take other steps to dispose of his assets. The result can be severe hardship for a**^ man's family under such tir- transferred to Bellevue Hospital cumstances. In one instance, from w]|ere it is expected he will Welfare Services was able to take be committed shortly to a state the necessary steps to protect the institution for an indefinite period family, subject to the approval of of care and treatment. All of this left the Seafarer's the membership. The Seafarer involved in the wife without any source of income. The Seafarer had about $500 in incident suffered a sudden nervous breakdown aboard the Warrior earned and unearned wages com­ (Waterman) while on a European ing to him from the company but run. When it became apparent was not in condition to sign off that he needed treatment he was articles. The wife had begun pro­ put ashore in Turkey and confined ceedings to be named administra­ tor of his financial affairs but these to a mental institution there. usuaiiy take some time to com­ Indefinite Period plete. Welfare services was notified by Paid To Wife the ship and took steps to have Welfare Services contacted the him repatriated. After some delays company the situation and difficulties, arrangements and askedexplaining if the company could were made to repatriate the Sea­ pay the money due directly to the farer and send him to the Staten Seafarer's wife. The company Island USPHS hospital for obser­ agreed, provided the Union would vation; Subsequently he was stand good for the sum involved in the unlikely event that any sec­ ond attempt would be made in the future by the Seafarer to collect that payment. Welfare Services won approval for this coiurse of Headquarters again wishes procedure from the headquarters - to remind all Seafarers that membership at the December 1 payments of funds, for what­ meeting and it is expected it will ever Union purpose, be made be approved in airports at the only to authorized A&G repre­ next membership meeting. sentatives and that an official In addition to the $500 in wages, Union receipt be gotten at that Welfare Services is making ar­ time. If no receipt is offered, rangements to pay the Seafarer's be sure to protect yourself by hospital benefit to his wife. This immediately bringing the mat­ benefit will cover the period from ter to the attention of the sec­ his repatriation until the time he retary-treasurer's office. was transferr'vi Qi tlie Staten Island ho»>:)itaL . . . ,,, Be Sure to Get Dues Receipts 4 4 4 4 4 4 Franklin Gary Brazell, born Sep­ tember 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brazell, No. 3 - 4th Street, Tatnal Homes, Savannah, Ga. Gloria Hilton, born J^ovember 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo­ seph S. Hilton, 102 Jefferson Street, Hoboken, NJ. 4 4 ,4 • 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 now out and all eligiblea under the Plan are requested to fill one out as soon as possible.- These cards have been -sent to all of the offices" of the S.I.U. and are being put aboard ships so that the men-can mail them directly to the Welfare Plan office or turn them over to the Union for forwarding to the Plan office. Suhmlnti November 6, 1954 AL A1 Kerr, AasMma Admtniattaibr' Alice Faye Sanders, born August 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sanders, Box 27, Kitty Hawk, NC. « Rita-Sue Sandagger,. born Octo­ ber 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sandagger, 185 Ninth Avenue, Chickasaw, Ala. Thomas Prendergast Marshall, born November 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Marshall, 36 Chapman Street, Hartford, Conn. GregOry^Paul Gaddls, bom Au­ gust 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse P. Gaddis, 219 Temple Trailer Village, Alexandria, Va. Vina Marie Vtolante, born Au­ gust 4,1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Violante, 743 Haustey Street, Honolulu, TH. Albert Raymond Guidry, Jr., bom October 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert R. Guidry, 1436 Aztec Avenue, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 4 4 4 David Alan Sienii, bom October 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hendrik L. Stems, 100 JeweU Street^ Garfield, NJ. Stephen Paul Mntoon, born Octo­ ber 16, 1964. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. Matson, Jr., Hamilton Apt. No. 2. 17 Street, N. W, CleyeJan4 SIU WElFAiE SEITICES tmniBiR yOOft PROBIEM IS PPRfUSfNiISS �'- 'liMcdiMrf ' ^mAFURERS-^iLOV SEEDr THE SEAFARERS The Christmas holidays will be coming in two weeks which makes things a little tough for the Seafarers who are hung up in the hospitals. Being in a hospital for the holidays is no great fun no matter how you add it up. The SIU hospital representatives will do their best to cheer up the gang, but the very best Christmas present they could get is that good "fit for duty" slip. Here's hoping that all men in the hospitals get theirs soon. t It _ * Not too many newcomers have been admitted to Staten Island re­ cently which is good news by itself. One of the new admissions is Brother John W; Williams of Lynbrook. Long Island, who was oiler on the Robin Mowbray his last trip. Williams went in on Novem­ ber 18 to get treatment fbr a skin condition. Brother Victor Shavroff, who broke his teg coming back to his ship, is on the mend nver at Staten Island after he was transferred there by Welfare Services, as reported in the last Issue of the LOG. Shavroff was on the Steel Artisan. Samnel Doyle, who was 3rd cook on the Andrew Doyle Jackson before he got sick, is in for a spell of treatment for a stomach disorder. He entered the -hospital the day be­ fore Thanksgiving. Also in the same ward is Edward Hillman. He was OS on the Del Sol. Brother Pedro Ancieto of New York City ran into some hernia trouble and is under treatment now. Pedro was fireman-watertender on the Robin Goodfellow. Also admitted recently were Francis Wail of Brooklyn, who was wiper on the^ Seatrain Savan­ nah, and Frank Colnan, utilityman on the Robin .,entley. Down at Manhattan Beach hospital we have Brother Daniel Ruggiano as a recently-arrived pa­ tient. He was aboard the Angelina until he took Ruggiano sick and had to go in for treatment at the Brooklyn USPHS institution. Broken Neck No Citizenship Bar Seafarer Matti Ruusukalllo still has a long way to go in his recuperation from a broken neck, but he's feeling much jjetter these days because he successfully completed his quest for US citizenship. Ruusukalllo was sworn in as an American citizen on November 24, at a "last chance" appointment ar­ ranged for him by Welfare children. It was the first time he uled to take his citizenship oath on had been home since his accident June 2, but obviously was in no Services. condition to do so. Subsequently Since Ruusukalllo is still an-in­ last May. Immigration notified hini of new Holiday Weekend patient at the Staten Island Jiospital and is confined to a wheelchair, Ruusukalllo nad been taking dates on which he could get sworn getting him over to the oath-taking things easy at home after coming in, but each time Ruusukallio had ceremony at Newark's Immigration off the Seatrain Texas when the offices presented some difficulties. family went down to the resort But SIU Welfare Services saw to it town of Long Branch for the Deco­ that he got transportation, wheel­ ration Day weekend. His nearchair and all, to the ceremony. And fatal accident took place when he while the Union had Ruusukalllo dived into shallow water. He had out of the hospital for the day, the to be rushed to the Monmouth Welfare Services representative" Hospital, and subsequently he was ran him over to his home in Ho- transferred to Staten Island. boken for a visit with his wife and Meanwhile, he had been sched- SIU Welfare Builds Fire Under 'No-Heaf Landlord Rtmsnkallio in hospital. Seafarers In Hospitals VSPHS HOSPITAI, BALTIMORE. MD. Tonuny Lanphear Marcelo Arong Roy W. CampbeU Peter Lannon Lester C, Long John Castro Earl McKendree Carl B. Chandler Robert McKnew Jessie Clarke Edward Czosnowskl John A. Schultz Buford DeWeese August A. ^mith Frank W. Taylor Oswald M. Ergle Chester B. Wilson Max Felix Chambers Winskey Gorman T. Glaze Michael JablonsU Robert A. Yeager Edward Janowskl USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASS. u ' •l-} 1 Frank'Alasavlch Arnfin Oyhus George B. Dunn Joseph Senneville John M. Herrold Matthew StabUe USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Ralph Armstrong Abel N. Salaa Lyles D. Bninson Joseph Lollean Thomas Dawson EmU J. Spodar William Fassett WllUam G. Trice James H. Hawkins Robert R. White James Yarbrough A. W. Keane Charles B. Young Murray Plyler Shurley Poole USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland Rufus F. Field R. CarroUton James P. Lee George S. Chance Albert W. Lima Beware Of Case Chasers Despite the best efforts of the* authorities, the Public Health Service Hospitals are still plagued witli ambulance chasers. Seafarers approached by these characters or theit front men are advised for their own good to give them a fast brushoff. ft is well kmov^ that the '"ranks of the ambulance chasers contain many who will charge excessive fees or simply sell out their clients to the com­ panies. Most of them are known to be pretty poor law­ yers or'else they wouldn't be digging for business the way they do. The time to choose a lawyer is not while you are sick or Injured and being hypnotized by a fast line of chatter. Wait until you are recovered and' then if you need an attorney go out and shop around for the best attorney and the best deal you can get « Jimmle Littleton Ernest H. Webb J. T. Moore USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Julian B. Barrett Lyle L. Hipp James J. Battle Harold Keith Perry Bland E. G. Knapp victor Bonura Leo Lang Charles E. Brady Theo Lee John E. Brady John McDavltt S. C. Carregal Vincent Michel Frank Catchot Steve ModzelewsU G. W. ChampUn C. R. Nicholson Manuel Church William Padgett S. Cope Randolph RatcUff George Curry MitcheU Rodrlgues Emlle P. Davles John Ruszklewlcz George S. Dean Edward Samrock Joseph Denton Harry Schule'r Thurston Dingier Luther Seldle John H. Emory Wade Sexton Thomas Fields Henry S. Sosa Leo Fontenot Lonnle Tickle Gerald Fowler Arthur Vlpperman Stanley Freeman James E. Ward Paul Goodman Leo Watta Joseph Green USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Hussen Ahmed Vic Mllazzo Angel Carrasqumo WUllam E. Neef George T. Coleman Joseph Neubauer Fred A. Delapenha Oscar Olsen John J. Doherty James W. Parker Frank Fandlno Abe Partner Joseph P. FarreU Pedro Peralto Brigldo Figueroa John Quigley George W. Flood WlUlam L. Rackley David S. Furman Ik-nesto Ramirez Estell Godfrey Jose Rodriguez Fred Hauser Mattl Ruusukalllo Samuel Jonas Jose Salgado Vincent Jones William Saltarez J. Frank Keelan Frank B. Strelltz Richard Koch Chong Sun Ludwlg Krlstiansen Norman West Donald McShane N. D. Wilson Joseph Malone Clifford Womack Abraham Mander USPHS HOSPITAL JfANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKLYN. NY Fortunato Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Frank W. Bemrlck James R. Lewis Claude F. Blanks Francis Lynch Robert L. Booker Joseph D. McGraw Joseph Carr Archibald McGulgan Ho Yee Choe Frank Mackey Jar Chong Eugene T. Nelson Bart Guranick Daniel F. Ruggiano John B. Hass George Shumaker Talb Hassen Robert Sizemore Thomas Isaksen Henry E. Smith John W. Keenan Jack Thornburg Frederick Landry Harry Tuttle James J. Lawlor Renato VUlaU VirgU Wilmoth USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Albert H. Blrt Olav Gustavsen CharUe C. Brown C. J. Neumaler Henry J. ChUds Joe Perrelra Leo Cronsohn GUbert Promutlco Andrew Franklin W. Tlmmerman Franklin Gllman P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Thomas J. ConneU Lester C. Long F. J. Fletcher Hike Michellk Sverrb Joh^nnessen Linus E. Twlto JOHN DIEBERT CHARITY HOSP. NEW ORLEANS. LA. Cold, cold radiator hasn't enough in it to warm the tips of Seafarer Car! Adams' fingers. Ovbrcoat comes in handy as next best thing. The standard procedme for a New York City landlord when he's looking to cut corners is to cut down on heat, hot water and other services he's supposed to give to his tenants. When that happens, the ten­ ants start hollering, though fire under the landlord who is go­ often they can't do anything ing to find things pretty hot for about it. But if the tenant happens him from now on in. to be a Seafarer, the landlord hears about it in short order from SIU Welfare Services. Seafarer Carl Adams was one Union brother who was faced with this kind of a problem. The apart­ ment house he had lived in for The deaths of the follomng Sea­ many years was sold. The new farers have been reported to the owner, seeking to improve his Seafarers Welfare Plan and the earnings, turned the heat down to $2,500 death benefits are being the vanishing point. The result was paid to their beneficiaries: the Adams family was facing chill November days by wearing sweat­ Frank J. Devlin, 73: Brother Devlin died from drowning in San ers and coats indoors. Francisco in a fall from a pier. He Personel Attention Adams of course, raised the roof was one of the Union's earliest over the lack of service, but it got members, getting his membership him nowhere. Finally he decided book in New York on November to toke up his beef with SIU Wei- 22, 1938. He sailed in the engine fare Services. Welfare Services in department and held an electri­ turn called up the landlord who cian's rating. Surviving is a niece, suddenly decided he had better Emily Devlin, of 2463 Tremont take the complaints to heart. He Avenue, Bronx, New York. ran over personally and saw to it that the heat was turned up. John N. Hull, 45: "While aboard Things went along smoothly for the Steel Surveyor in the port of about three weeks, after which the -Calcutta, Brother Hull suffered a landlord evidently decided every­ fatal heart attack on August 10. body had forgotten about the He sailed in the engine department whole thing and went back to his and had been a Union member old ways again. In addition, the since June 24, 1942. His sister, landlord fired a part-time janitor Mrs. Gladys Powell of Box 434, who had kept the halls, stairways Warrenton, NC, survives him. and front of the building clean up t> t> Samuel D. Peralez, 22: An auto until then. Adams promptly went back to accident outside of Port Arthur, SIU Welfare Services again for Texas, proved fatal to brother Per­ further help. At last word Welfare alez on November 9. He had been Services was building a nice warm sailing for three years in the stewr. $> $• to postpone action because he was in no shape to leave the hospitaL Last Chance Finally on November 16, Ruusu­ kallio was informed that he would have to take the oath on the 24th of the month. If he failed to do so, he was warned there would be an indefinite delay, something the Seafarer didn't want to risk. How­ ever, while he had been removed from his cast, he was able to get around only with the aid of a wheelchair and it looked as if he would be disappointed in his long quest for citizenship. When the SIU hospital represen­ tative learned of his difficulties, arrangements were made with Welfare Services to pick him up at 8 AM on the morning of the 24th and take him over to Newark. He arrived in plenty of time for the oath-taking with the result that Seafarer Ruusukallio is now a citi­ zen of the USA. ^la ojejuM CUSSMHim{]5 ard department. Burial took place at the Greenlawn Memorial Park, Port Arthur. Surviving is his wife, Mary Ellen Peralez, of 521 East 19th Street, Port Arthur. t 4" Jose A. Guerra, 64: A heart ail­ ment caused the death of brother Guerra while he was under treat­ ment at the Savannah Public Health Seivice hospital. A veteran Union member. Brother Guerra joined the SIU on November 21, 1938, and sailed in the engine de­ partment. He is survived by his wife, Eunice Guerra, 509 Howard Street, Savannah, Georgia. VSPHS Haa Last Say On Haty Sttp Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors have the final say on whether or not a man is fit for duty. 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Title A name given to the resource December 10, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 25 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU BLAST AT BRAIN-BODY TEST SIRTS WAVE OF CG DOUBLETALK MA SPEEDS TRANSFERS; 52 LIBERTYS FLEE US P&O BUYS ALASKA SHIP FOR CUBA RUM SEAFARERS HAIL MEAL BOOK PLAN GOV'TS '55 AIMS: TRAMP SUBSIDIES, VESSEL TRADE-INS CO'S CAN'T BLACKBALL SIU MEN SIU HOST AT TURKEY DAY FEEDS VOTE XMAS BONUS TO SICK NEW BALTIMORE SIU HALL BUSTLING WITH ACTIVITY NLRB SPEEDS WC VOTE BID SCHOLARSHIP PLAN SETS RULES FOR REAPPLYING 500 SIU JOBS AND 16 VESSELS AT STAKE IN US-ONASSIS DUEL SAILORS BAN PORT OT TO FIGHT BRIDGES' RAID FIX PRICE ON MARINER SIU YEARS BEST OF HIS LIFE FIRST STEP 2ND ROUND COMING BLACKBALL SCHEME SHIP'S STACKS SHIP'S MEETING, DE SOTO STYLE LONG SHOT MAKES SIU SHIP PASSENGER OUT OF SEAFARER-GI AND HE LIKES IT SE ASIA SEEN 'WELL WORTH SAVING' SEAFARER UNABLE TO SIGN OFF, UNION GETS MONEY FOR WIFE BROKEN NECK NO CITIZENSHIP BAR SIU WELFARE BUILDS FIRE UNDER 'NO-HEAT' LANDLORD BEWARE OF CASE CHASERS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/10/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/17df734b5d384d08e8e317db7ea159bc.PDF e568a1fad76db032354f9b863052cb19 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THi SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • com HIMO PLOTS S AM N eUCX ST -Story on Page 8 ^-1 I: PI*'-- ir"':- •' > . •rsi' \A~ • -. t.- • rj\ • Wv... Yh^Sm Seafarers began voting by secret ballot on November 15 in all Union halls to determine who among the 78 MriUMKMny f fiefr WflOrCva* candidates will be elected to 49 headquarters and branch posts in the Union, Early voting was brisk through­ out the district with Seafarers on ships in the various ports piling off to cast their votes along with men on the beach. The two-year election balloting will continue for 60 days, until January 15, 1955, after which votes will be counted by rank and file tallying committees. Day by day balloting h conducted by three-man rank and file committees elected by the membership at the start of each day's business. (Story on Page 2.) • lit �5 psee tn § ?t Noi^Ae^ Gov't Agoncy Revives Drive Against '50-50' fe' - > I.' Newly-opened Seafarers cafeteria in Baltimore hall Is now providing low-eost meals for Seafarers on the beach. Unlike the New York cafeteria, it is not open to the public. Cafeteria Is on basement level, just below the Port O'Call eafe which is now In the process of completion. A new attempt to nullify the operation of the "50-50" prin­ ciple in foreign aid shipments has been made by a Govern­ ment agency. Paralleling the unsuccessful attack on American shipping under the original-^ Marshall Plan, the Foreign he would accept the American bids Operations Administration has unless they are "obviously unfair tried to drive American coal- and unreasonable." handling rates down to the level The current squabble over coal of foreign operations. rates is a replay of a much bigger If successful, the attempt would fight back in 1949, when the Mar­ have the effect of barring US ships shall Plan first swung into opera­ from carriage of coal relief car­ tion. At that time, the Marshall goes. The administration is ship­ Plan administrator threatened to ping ten million tons of coal to by-pass all American cargo ships coalshort nations sucn as Korea unless US shipowners cut their rates to the levels of foreign-flag and Japan. The FOA move against "50-50" operations. Foreign flag operators took the form of refusing all but got into the act by cutting their one bid by US-flag operators for rates to the bone in the hope of carriage of coal on the grounds putting US operators out ot nusithat they were not "fair and rea­ ness. The SIU led a vigorous and suc­ sonable." The FOA contended that cessful fight against the move. the US-flag bids should be about the level of foreign-flag carriers, and arbitrarily set a ceiling on the rates it would pay. Revise Position Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Industry spokesmen immediately Regular membership meet­ protested the move charging that ings in SIU headquarters and they could not operate under the at all branches are held every FOA ceiling, since it would mean second Wednesday night at carrying cargo at a loss. As a re­ 7 PM. The schedule for the. sult, the FOA backed down from next few meetings is as follows: its original stand and announced it Dec. 1, Dec. 15, Dec. 29. would open new bids on six car­ AU Seafarers registered on With the opening of its low-cost cafeteria, barber shop and recreation deck, the Baltirnore goes of coal. the shipping list are required Arthur Syran, who Is director of branch office of the SIU is virtually in full swing. All of the facilities of the brand new hall to attend the meetings. transportation for the FOA, and are now complete with the exception of the Port O'Call cafe and the Sea Chest retail store. The fully - air - conditioned' Baltimore "hall opened two more Federation of Labor. The weeks ago with a special mem­ Marine Firemen, Oilers and Waterbership meeting and party for Sea­ tenders Union will move in short­ farers in the port. The five-deck ly and other tenants are in pros­ Voting in the SIU's A&G District election for Union officers got off to a flying start hall is easily the best in the A&G pect. Work is now going forward on during the first two weeks of balloting with heavy voting reported in all ports. District, surpassing the famed The balloting, which got underway November 15, outdistanced the pace of the 1952 headquarters hall in space, com­ completion of the cafe and the Sea Chest. The Union already has a voting, which ran up a total-tforts and conveniences. liquor license for the Port O'Call Shipping out of the new hall be­ operation so it should be open for vote of about 5,700. Seafarers gan two weeks ago today but some business in the near future. Orders ashore on vacation or waiting oi the furniture and equipment for are also going out for stock and to ship swelled the total, along its subsidiary services had not yet fixtures for the Sea Chest retail with hundreds of others on Inbeen installed. However rapid store which will have ample space transit ships who came ashore to progress was made on these items to service all Seafarer's needs. vote at the first opportunity. SIU in the past two weeks. Pool table men heading out on offshore runs The Sea Chest has been operat­ and shuffleboard equipment have ing its slop chest supply service to also hurried to cast their votes been provided, a barber and boot­ on the chance they wouldn't return black were hired to put the barber to the States before the end of the shop in operation and final touches two-month voting period, on Janu­ were put to the cafeteria, enabling ary-15, 1955. it to open for business fully-equip­ At issue are 49 offices, including ped and staffed. all regularly-elected offices in the The following are the ma­ Tenants In Union. A record total of 78 can­ jor facilities of the new SIU didates is competing for these Baltimore branch office; Several of the Union's tenants posts, three more than there were • Modern hiring hall and are already operating in the build­ on the 1952 ballot. Fourteen other meeting hall ing, including the Masters, Mates nominees were disqualified from • Union offices and Pilots, the Brotherhood of running by a six-man rank and file • Cafeteria IMarine Engineers and the Balti­ credentials committee for failing • Bar and dance floor to meet the constitutional require­ • Barber shop ments for holding office. • Shoeshine Stand ® Laundry drop Tallying Committees Nov, 26. 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 24 • S&a Chest retail shop Following the end of the voting, • Air conditioning and sound­ As I See It Page 6 rank and file tallying committees proofing throughout Burly Page 16 will be elected by the membership Voting in the election for 1955-56 SIU olHcials gets underway at • Parking lot Crossword Puzzle Page 8 in each port, including headquar­ Union headquarters as Seafarer J. Pola (standing) gets his ballot • Pool room Editorial Cartoon ... Page 9 ters, to count the votes in that and prepares to step into the voting booth. Officiating as a member • Game loom Editorials Page 9 branch. The headquarters tallying of the Polls Committee elected that day was Red Stams. • Elevator Galley Gleanings Page 15 unit will also serve as a district • Television rooms Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 tallying committee and check on each department as well as six the photos and biographies of all • Open sundeck Labor Round-Up Page 8 the counting and results In each joint patrolmen in the Port of New candidates was published In the • Shower room Letter of The Week Page 9 port. Its report will certify the York, and an agent, Joint patrol­ October 29 Issue of the LOG, along • Piped mu.sic and public ad­ Letters Page 16 winning candidates subject to a man and one patrolman for each with a sample ballot on the back dress system Maritime Page 8 vote of the membership In all department In the Ports of Balti­ page. Copies of these can be ob­ Meet The Seafarer Page 8 ports. The full text of this report more, Mobile and New Orleans. tained at any SIU hall. Notices, Personals Page 17 the ships for some time out of a will be carried In the SEAFARERS There are no constitutional amend­ All Seafarers who have not yet Off Watch Page 14 warehouse at 1023 East Baltimore LOG. ments or propositions to be voted done so art urged to vote Just as Port Reports Pages 12, 13 Street. As soon as its lease expires soon as they can get to the nearest upon In this election. Offices Voted ' Quiz Page 14 the Sea Chest is planning to move A special supplement containing SIUhalL Offices at stake In the election SIU History Cartoon Page 6 this service into the hall as well. v.. Sports Line Page 15 Other features of the new hall Include the posts of secretaryVote of Thanks Page 9 include a modern hiring hall and treasurer, three joint assistant sec­ Washington News Letter..Page 7 meeting hall, ample space for Un­ retary-treasurers and one assistant Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 ion administrative offices, a laun­ secretary-treasurer each for the Welfare Report Page 18 dry drop, outside parking lot, deck, engine and steward depart­ Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 game room, television rooms, open ments. In addition, the membership will sundeck and shower room. The Publishtd blwMkly at tba headquartars is air-conditioned and choose an agent and joint patrol­ of lha Seafarars Intarnatlonal Union, At­ building lantic A Golf District AFL, 475 Fourth soundproofed throughout and con­ man for the Ports of Boston, Phila­ Avenua, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tal. HYacmth f-44M. Entered as second class matter tains a built-in piped music and delphia, Norfolk. Savannah, Tampa at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under public address system. and Galveston; three patrolmen for the Act of August 34. 1912,. Balto Hall Services Hum —Cafeteria Makes Debut Vote Heavy In All Portf Features Of Baltimore Hall SEAFARERS LOG �SEHFytRERS *haG ' Pir« ThfM 511/ To Fight CC Power Move Superman Brain-Body Test Bared As Scheme To Pull Seameu Papers Under the guise of setting up a physical standard system to improve the health of America's merchant seamen, the US Coast Guard is attempting an outright power grab for iron-fisted control of all seamen, which could result in the black­ balling out of the industry • they gave to the industry, corresponding improvement in his of any man now sailing. service and contain standards that could treatment of seamen. The SIU has declared that be used to flunk and revoke the Commenting on the proposal, it "will fight the Coast Guard's scheme all the way down the line in any shape or form that it rears its head." The physical and mental tests proposed in a 60-page document recently released by the Coast Guard could be used against all merchant seamen, no matter how many years of satisfactory CG Power Move: GG Orlglual Role: Ships, Not Seamen In the eyes of the public the Coast Guard's major functions are ship safety, rescue work and control of smuggling. As a matter of fact, the Coast Guard was formed by a merger of the Revenue Cutter Service and US Life Saving Services. Later the US Lighthouse Service was added. Through Jhe years, the Coast Guard has been concerned with iceberg patrol and ice-breaking, law enforcement on the high seas, maintenance of lighthouses, naviga­ tional aids and ocean weather sta­ tions, inspection of the safety fea­ tures and equipment of ships. Since ship safety is a major con­ cern of the Coast Guard, it would appear to merchant seamen that a much more energetic effort could be put forth to make the ships themselves safer and more com­ fortable places to work on. Time and again, the SIU has had to take action to remedy dangerous condi­ tions on board ship. An example is the case of the Christine, a Liberty ship, which attempted to put to sea in the spring of 1953 although it was showing a 12 degree list. It was only on complaint of the Union that the Coast Guard entered the picture. Subsequently, the Coast Guard ordered reinoval of excess cargo to assure stability. It was only Union action in this instance, that kept the ship from sailing in an unseaworthy condi­ tion, and risking the lives of all crewmembers aboard. Each year a large number of merchant seamen file suits under the Jones Act charging shipowner negligence as cause for personal injury or illness. These suits reflect the degree to which the shipowner is responsible for un­ safe or unsanitary conditions aboard ship. If the Coast Guard was primari­ ly concerned with ship safety it would be proposing stricter super­ vision and control over shipboard living and working conditions rather than stricter controls over merchant seamen themselves. The way to fix a leaky scow is to repair the leak, not to buy a stronger pump. papers of virtually every Ameri­ can seaman. The far-fetched nature of the document makes it obvious that it is a cover for establishment of sweeping new bureacratic con­ trols over the livelihood and ship­ board actions of seamen. The proposals also represent an under­ handed attempt to wreck the Jones Act on behalf of insurance companies and shipowners since, if put in effect, they would effec­ tively discourage seamen from filing negligence suits against shipowners responsible for injuries or illness. Finally, the new proposals could be converted into a Union-busting weapon with the greatest of ease, since they are broad enough to bar anyone who vigorously presses a shipboard beef as a "complainers" and unstable personalities. Seven Tests The Coast Guard proposals can be summed up as follows: All working seamen would have to pass seven separate tests as out­ lined by the word "Sailors." These would be Strength, Arms (arm function). Incapacitating diseases (past and present). Legs (leg func­ tion), Observation powers. Recep­ tion of sound. Stability (mental and emotional). Men would be rated by numbers on each of these seven tests and the numbering system could make up his "pro­ file." The profile for an AB would be 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1. Failure to pass any one of the seven could be taken as proof that the man is a seagoing "security risk" and un­ fit for duty. The Coast Guard would then ask him to "voluntarily" surrender his seamen's papers, since it has no legal right to pass on his phy­ sical qualifications except when he goes for a rating or a ticket. How­ ever, once a man has been brand­ ed "unfit for duty" under the above system, he could easily be blackballed off every Americanflag ship. How Many Tests? If a Seafarer should pass the test once, he has no assurance he won't be called on to do so two, three or a dozen times. Nor is any provi­ sion made for an appeal from the "unfit" ruling, once it is issued. This profiling procedure for mer­ chant seamen has been seriously questioned by a psychiatric spe­ cialist to whom the LOG referred the Coast Guard proposal for study. He concluded it has "no scientific basis," pointing out that there are no verified facts or sta­ tistics to determine which per­ sonality traits and physical quali­ ties are most desirable in a sea­ man. Army and Navy standards do not apply, he emphasized, as statis­ tics were based on many men who were draftees and may have de­ liberately courted failure to get medical discharges. Further, he added, the whole procedure obviously discriminates against a seaman since it demands superior performance of him un­ der conditions imposed on him by the shipowner, while making no demand on the shipowner for any "j -i SIU secretary-treasurer Paul Hall declared: "Clearly this is the most vicious and unjustified attack on seamen ever made by a Govern­ ment agency. This test isn't de­ signed for human beings. It's for Paul Bunyan and Moby Dick. There are grounds here for flunk­ ing every sailor that ever stepped on a deck. "But whether the tests are practi­ cal or not, the fact remains they are an excuse for the Coast Guard to move in and shackle working sea­ men. The SIU fully intends to fight this all the way down the line in any shape or form that it rears its head. Our Union is composed of men who were competent and qualified enough to man the ships in wartime and to meet the highest peacetime operating stand­ ards of any merchant fleet. We are not going to stand by idly while a set of gimmicks is put into action to deprive them of their (Continued on page 7) CG Power Move; strict Test Could Bar All Seamen Under the new Coast Guard proposal for mental and phy­ sical examinations for seamen, a man could lose his right to con­ tinue making his living as a sea­ man for failure to meet a wide variety of standards so strict that only a superhuman could pass. A few of the scores of reasons for which he could be denied an okay are the following: • Defective sense of smell. • Speech defects, stammering, stuttering and the like. • Non-contagious skin diseases that are unpleasant to look at. • Parents or ancestors who were alcoholics or criminals, had nervous breakdowns, or were di­ vorced or separated. • Lack of educational advan­ tages. • • Any record of juvenile de­ linquency or coming from a "broken home." • A record as a "beefer" or "complainer" abroad ship. . (The captain's opinions would be given great weight on this score. This could include shipboard activity on behalf of the Union). • Outbursts of rage. • Allergies. • Being hostile or uneasy in the presence of the examining doctor. • Attitudes toward sex. • Past head injuries. • Failure to answer questions in a manner that is satisfactory to the examining doctor. • Religious attitudes; ethics, opinions. • Frequent changing of jobs. i' �SEAFARERS Pii* FOOT I fe I- Jitaventer ZC, 19S4 THERE'S MUCH CRITICISM THAT COULD BE MADE OF THE Coast Guard proposal to regiment seamen under a type of military con­ trol that went out of fashion 50 years ago. But there's just a couple of things here that should rightfully be called to the attention of the public. The first is the fact that the Coast Guard is trying to make its quack proposals respectable by associating itself with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Before anybody falls for this cover-up they ought to consider one thing—that powerful people in- this depart­ ment are out to cut the throat of the Public Health hospitals. Since this Department was established two years ago, it's naade a prac­ tice of cutting down health and welfare services. Your Union knows from past experience, that the Department has no love for seamen and little concern for their problems. Otherwise it would be fighting for more health services, not less. Your Union believes that the Depart­ ment of Health, Education and Welfare could well be called to account for associating with this report. As people who are supposed to be ex­ Former Seafarer Herman F. Webber is shown (right) working as bosun aboard the Army tug LT 1960 perts on physical and mental health they have a good deal of explain­ (left) in the harbor of Pusan, Korea. A ten-year Union man, Webber now spends his days docking ing to do. SIU ships. Bosun Webber holds the rank of private and drags down $92 per month. Coast Guard Humbug 4 ; The second is that the Coast Guard presents this proposal with ques­ tionable purpose. Your Union questions the sincerity of the Coast Guard's proposal. Your Union believes it is pure humbug. To begin with, the Coast Guard presents a deliberately distorted pic­ ture of the life and outlook of a seaman. It's a picture that was true when the seaman was under a military-type control such as the Coast Anti-union regulations that have been promoted by em­ Guard would like to reimpose today. A seaman had no way of pro­ his rights. He could be lashed by the skipper, given the boot by ployers in several states appear to have reached their peak tecting the mate and charged with mutiny or desertion for any protest. That in the little town of Baxley, Ga. Two organizers for the was the way ships operated before the seamen won the rights of firstInternational Ladies Garment class citizenship, rights which the Coast Guard is trying to take away Workers Union (AFL) have today. As far as one Seafarer is been arrested for entering the The Coast Guard weeps crocodile tears about the life the^pbor sea­ concerned, the SIU is truly town and told that they must each man has to lead, about the poor living eonditions, the lack' oT recreation pay a fee of $2,000 a year for an international union. Be­ operating and comforts, the cramped living space, the dangers of working in the within the town limits. cause when an SIU ship pulls in holds, over the side or aloft in bad weather. Further, the organizers were in­ to Pusan, Korea, it has a good Where was the Coast Guard when the Union fought for white linen, chance of being towed to the dock formed that the town itself would soap and matches? Where was the Coast Guard when the Union de­ by an Army tug whose deck gang collect a $500 "initiation fee" for manded fresh milk, washing machines, decent messrooms and recrea­ every worker that the organizers is under an SIU bosun. tion rooms? Did anybody ever hear the Coast Guard demand reading The bosun is Seafarer Herman signed up. material, adequate slopchests, and bigger foc'sles for seamen? Did the Interpreting these regulations r. Webber, a ten-year Union man, Coast Guard ever come down to your ship to see if it was stored with who had to retire his book through as outlawing any kind of union Grade A meats and a wide variety of satisfying foods? Did you ever Hong Kong will again be a hear the Coast Guard put up a beef about manning scales or about the no fault of his own. Uncle Sam's activity in Baxley, the two organiz­ Army tapped him on the shoulder ers asked the Georgia Supreme monthly port of call for Isthmian old two-watch system? And has anyone ever heard a Coast Guardsmen one day, with the result that Web­ Court to throw out the ordinance. ships making the line's westbound say seamen should be paid decent wages? ber now helps dock the same SIU The court refused to do so on the round-the-world runs, it has been Union Fought For Safety grounds that the organizers have announced. ships he once sailed on. As a private in the Army, Web­ not yet been tried for violating the No you didn't hear it, and your Union, never heard anybody who did. .Resumption of the Hong Kong ber writes, he drags down $92 per ordinance. stops is expected to start with the It is the unions that have done more for the safety, the spirit, the com­ Small Town month. He takes a lot of kidding, sailing of the Steel Admiral from fort and the sense of pride or the seamen than any Coast Guard direc­ he says, especially when the tug Baxley itself is a small county New York on December 23. The tive ever written. The unions fought for the eight-hour day, good food, is called on to shift ships on a seat town in Appling County, Steel Admiral will be followed by safe and sanitary shipboard conditions, decent representation and the weekend and the SIU men aboard approximately 75 miles west-south­ the , Steel Recorder and Steel other benefits now in union contracts. them are getting a minimum of west of the port of Savannah. The Maker, which will sail from New The Coast Guard says that seamen are a group of strangers having lit­ four hours' call-in-time. 1950 census figures give it a popu­ York January 22 and February 19, tle in common. It appears that the Coast Guard may object to the fact lation of 3,400 which means that respectively. Keeps It SlU-Style that ships are manned by men of all races and religions with their, own at the best it would have a couple The Steel Recorder and Steel individual opinions and outlook on life. The Coast Guard apparently Since he is a long time Union member, Webber finds that hardly of small-sized plants. Evidently Maker will sail from Long Beach doesn't like the idea of a man being different than his neighbor and an SIU ship pulls into the harbor the local council passed the ordi­ and San Francisco on the sixth and expressing himself accordingly. without at least one or more of his nance to attract more industry to eleventh day of each month, re­ If the safety, the morale and the physical and mental well-being old shipmates aboard. "I've had the town so that the employers spectively, and arrive in Hong of the seamen are to be improved it will be by extending and strength­ many nice comments by SIU men could operate in open shop fashion Kong 22 days after leaving San ening the union gains of recent years. The surest way to create fear, Francisco. on the condition of the tug," he with low-paid labor. suspicion and discord among civilian seamen and to shatter their Headquarters of the Interna­ says. "I just tell them I'm keeping This is the only A & G company morale and functioning is to put these Coast Guard military proposals the tug in SlU-style, even if it does tional Ladies Garment Workers to call at this port. into effect. Union regard the ordinance as belong to the Army." Webber writes he is particularly clearly unconstitutional and intend thankful to some of the, Waterman to go ahead with a test case. Of ship gangs and to the company for course, the case will take several ••• the help they have given him in months to decide, during which period the employers in Baxley keeping his tug spic and span. "I The SIU continued to keep a weather ey e peeled this week on the activities of the have asked for and received some will have clear sailing. "United International Seamen's Union," the ILA-sponsored crimp rig. Thus far, the outfit The Baxley regulations are an used articles like paint rollers, old wire brushes and a little hard-to- extreme example of the kind of and its leaders have been promising much but accomplishing little of their announced anti-union legislation that has plan to raid both AFL and^ get paint now and then. made headway, particularly in the CIO maritime unions. Conse­ apparently unaware of this pro­ kickbacks from ship chandlers; "I think iPs a fair exchange be­ The outfit at present is prepar­ cause we manage about one Water­ South, in the last couple of years. quently, observers believe that posal and continue to glow, con­ The spread of state "right to work" ing to move its offices to 33 White­ man ship a week and our tug gives laws which forbid any kind of it will have little success in any versationally, with future plans. As part of its expansion pro­ hall Street in lower New York attempt to seize power in the them a lot of service." union security has had a serious industry but will serve the ILA's gram, the crimp outfit has printed City where Le Doulx-Londos for­ Webber writes that he makes it effect on union membership in the up a batch of-^ "unfair" picket merly operated. He also speaks a practice of visiting as many SIU affected states. In at least one attempt to harass and provoke signs and has sent men to contact of opening halls in other US ports legitimate trade unions. In any ships as possible. Seafarers hitting state, Virginia, the backers of companies having both American around the first of the year. Pusan can find him aboard Army "right to work" legislation have case, the SIU is fully prepared to and foreign-flag ships in the hope Meanwhile, applicants at the meet the threat. tug LT 1960. And when his two- been busy putting more teeth into of cooking up some kind of a deal outfit's 28th Street office are told year hitch is over, Webber is it.. Now any individual guilty of Change Of Leaders with the shipowners. Le Doiulx- that Le Doulx-Londos can get thinking of following the footsteps violating the law is subject to a The latest reports on the organic Londos boasts continually of being them seamen's papers if they don't of Seafarer J. A. Mcintosh and personal fine of $500. zation's "progress" reveal that a "near" a contract with an Ameri­ have any. One applicant paid his staking himself a homestead in The "right to work" laws and program for expansion is contem­ can-flag carrier, but no contracts fees and was sent to the Coast Alaska. the local regulations such as the plated. As part of the program the have materialized as yet. Guard with a letter from Le Baxley ordinance are also designed organization would dump its pre­ The only jobs that have materi­ Doulx-Londos requesting a vali­ to attract "runaway" plants from sent leaders. Captain George Beli- alized out of the outfit are typical dated document. The Coast Guard areas that are well-organized by basakas and . Louis Le Doulx- of a runaway-fiag crimp hall. Jobs refused to issue one to him. unions. A very large number of Londos and replace them with have been offered to ABs at $81 a It is the normal practice of the plants, particularly in the textile "American" seamen. Evidently month with 40 cents an hour for Coast Guard to honOr such re­ industry, have taken advantage of the feeling is that Belibasakas and overtime. One chief steward was quests from legitimate sea unions, this kind of law to get away Le Doulx-Londos have outlived told he could get a job at $220 a provided, of course, that the man from union contracts. their usefulness. Bqth men, .arfe security..plearanee..,. ' SIU Army Man Docks SIU Ships Ir I J- LOG Ca, Town's 'License' Bars Union Activity Isthmian To Call At Hong Kong Crimp Rig Promises—Buf susfiai acsis Mnim/ts i-'- • '• '*• tif rfiU'i �K* -nlfivy* tMI ' Navember t§, 1954 » 1 I * , '-f » 1 I SlEAF ARERS LOG rage FIT* Future Of Reserve Fleet To Hinge On Conversions The big question of the fate of the US-owned reserve Liberty fleet will be answered in the not-too-distant future. Work has started on experimental conversion of four Liberty ships to step up their operating speed, improve their cargo-handling gear and modernize them in other respects. — Contracts have been award­ gear, if successful in cutting the that modified Liberty ships would ed by the Maritime Adminis­ turnaround time, would have genu­ be used in convoy . . ." Inspecting the installation of plumbing in the elaborate new recrea­ tion room under construction in the New Orleans SIU hall are Port Agent Lindsey Williams (left) and veteran Seafarer Carl McCranie. Work on the layout on the ground floor of the hall is due to be completed by January 1, 1955. NO Hall Adding Laundry, New Recreation Facilities NEW ORLEANS—Seafarers in New Orleans soon will have at their disposal an attractive recreation room in which to wile away their time between job calls. Workmen are busy convert­ ing the ground floor of the will be provided in the lavatory SIU hall here to recreation room. facilities which are expected to be ready for use by January 1, 1955. Now being installed in the spaci­ ous room (40 by 60 feet) are thr^e combination dressing rooms and showers, a laundry room and toilet facilities. The laundry room will be equip­ ped with an automatic washing machine and drier and an ironing board and electric iron for mem­ bers who desire to launder their gear while on the beach. Automatic electric hand driers The air-conditioned room will have terrazo floors, a sound­ proofed acoustic ceiling and at­ tractively painted plaster walls. The combination showers and dressing rooms will be partitioned separately to afford privacy while in use. The room will be equipped with three pool tables, a shuffleboard table and a television set. At present, two pool tables are provided on the hiring hall floor on the second deck. tration for installation of two gas turbine power plants, a steam tur­ bine system and a geared diesel system. In addition, brand new cargo handling rigs of an experi­ mental nature will be installed above decks. There is a lot of doubt though, whether these experiments will have any real value in terms of utilizing the 1,500 ships in the re­ serve fleet. For one thing, the Maritime Administration has given up the idea of developing an 18 knot ship and is now aiming at a 15 knot speed. Maritime Admin­ istrator Louis Rothschild said that the IB-knot speed was abandoned on the grounds that the Libertys were not constructed to take the strain of an 8,500 horsepower plant. A power plant of that kind would require hull reconstruction at considerable additional cost. Both in terms of commercial op­ erations and in terms of Defense Department objectives, 15 knots is not considered sufficient speed. And with the American merchant fleet dwindling day by day be­ cause of transfers, the reserve fleet is the only possible source of extra shipping which the country could turn to in times of a shipping emergency. It is believed by some authorities that expensive conversions aiming at a 15-knot speed would have little practical effect in terms of bring­ ing a Liberty ship up to date. The cost of the four conversions now planned will run more than $2 million each. New Cargo Gear Of more practical importance, perhaps, are installations of experi­ mental cargo handling gear. Roth­ schild estimates that the average cargo ship spends 60 percent of its time in port loading and discharg­ ing cargo. New cargo handling ine practical value both for regu­ lar commercial operations and for emergency cargo needs. Aside from the new powerplants, the experimental Libertys that will have gas turbines will be equipped with controllable pitch propellers. These are believed to have great advantages in maneuvering a ship without having to change the di­ rection of rotation of the main en­ gine. The decision to concentrate on a 15-knot target, Rothschild said, was made in the face of conflicting opinions. "The more moderate scheme," he said, "was considered particularly since it was assumed WASHINGTON — The Maritime Administration and the SlU-contracted Cities Service Oil Company have completed arrangements for a swap of seven of the company's T-2s for three new 32,000-ton super­ tankers. a third super-tanker. The first two The swap is the first to tankers will be completed early in be made under the tanker trade-in program approved by the last Congress. The program was de­ signed to provide modern tonnage for the American-flag tanker fleet and at the same time give the Gov­ ernment a reserve of useable tankers. The contract calls for the imme­ diate construction of two super­ tankers by Bethlehem Shipbuilding at Sparrows Point, Marj'land, at a cost of $8 million each. In turn Cities Service will turn in five T-2s to the Government for $4.8 million. Third Supertanker Next April, the company will trade-in another two tankers for SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Here's one tip for Christmas: You don't really have to shop "early" as the stores say, unless you need to mail gifts. Otherwise, you'll find better buys after Dec. 11 when the stores start cutting prices on gift items. Here's another: Beware the novelties and gadgets man­ ufacturers and merchants feature for Christmas on the theory that the public is not as value and utility conscious A floating flshing knife with a cork handle Is a use­ ful gift for a man who likes to fish. It costs about $3.50 and will be well appreciated by an outdoor man. during the gift-giving season as usual. At this time of year stores push sudi short-lived gifts as fancy- lighters, humorous salt and pepper shakers, expensive mechanical toys, extra-fancy lingerie, etc. But you give .the most for your money when you seek out basic playthings for chil­ dren, and useful gifts for adults,- like well-made clothing and household equipment. About: ao percent of the playthings chlldten get during rr^ytxe twicwKcfP/TVowes CS To Trade 7 T-Ts For 3 Supertankers YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Tips For Christmas Shopping Whatever the outcome of the ex­ perimental program, the Govern­ ment will be faced with the prob­ lem of what to do with 1,500 Lib­ ertys which have little or no use at the present time. a year are those given them for Christmas. The test of a toy you buy ought to be: Is it interesting enough to the child and durable enough so he'll play with it, for months to come? Here are suggestions for gifts that have enduring value: Gifts for Children PLAY FURNITURE: Experts recommend simple "school" furniture in natural finish, like Phoenix brand sold by some toy stores. Avoid play furniture that is highlydecorated or has extra gimmicks like a musical chair, at an extra price. Simple play furniture can also be constructed at home, from packing cases, or "bought" lumber sanded down smoothly and given a natural finish. BLOCKS: Whether you buy blocks or make them your­ self, avoid the traditional cubes and instead get sets of large blocks in varied shapes. These have more play value because they can be arranged into different objects like bridges, tunnels, etc. You can make them yourself from one and three-eighths inch lumber, preferably a hard wood so they don't splinter. The set should have paired blocks of the same size and shape so they fit together and make a third block. The large hollow wood blocks used by nursery schools are good, but costly to buy. The large Blockbuster blocks made of corrugated paper are surprisingly durable and cost only $6 for a set of 12. PAINTING MATERIALS: Double easels are best but costliest. If you can't afford a good easel, make up a kit of newsprint paper, brushes and colors that will have good play value. • MODELING MATERIALS: One of the best play ma­ terials for young children is the elastic plastic which doesn't stick to surfaces and mak^a: housecleaning prob­ lems. But. don't buy tlie set-With little jars and molds! Buy a big jar of'elastic plastic and provide your own 'Jats ahd? molds; Another good type of modeling clay, for 1956. Aside from size, and a speed of better than 17 knots, the new tank­ ers will be the first built to carry a wide variety of petroleum prod­ ucts. Each tanker will carry up to 18 different grades of oil and gaso­ line. The new ships will have a man­ ning scale of approximately 48 men, licensed and unlicensed. They will be 650-feet long nd carry 13,340,000 gallons of oil products. Individual rooms will be provided for each crewmember. The tankers will run between the Cities Service terminal in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and East Coast ports. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying older children, can be baked in a home oven. For a more elaborate gift, you can also include glazes. SCOUTING EQUIPMENT: One of the best sources for well-made children's equipment at reasonable prices is :i| M •I Assemble a painting set for a child with a pad of newsprint and a variety of colors and brushes, for a gift with good play value at reasonable cost. the Boy Scout Trading Posts. You can find these in each town. The equipment is suitable for other children besides scouts. For example, they have camp shovels at low prices which are superior to the shovels usually sold (Continued on page 17) •m �f •??> Kwwbw 2«. 1954 SEAFARERS LOG rv Sis Freighter's Stern Rides High After New Yoric Crash MAJOR HELD AS KOREAN COLLABORATOR—Major Ambrose H. Nugent has been charged by the Army with collaboration with North Korean Communists while a prisoner of war and will be court martialed. Two of the charges involve treasonable offenses. The major, who was captured the first day US troops took part in the fighting, admittedly broadeast for the Communists but claims he did so under duress. He is the third US officer to face such charges. ^ AIRLINE SCHEDULES POLAR FLIGHTS—Scandinavian Airlines became the first commercial company to fly over the polar area with the opening of a new service between Los Angeles and Copenhagen on a four-trips-a-week basis. The new route is 535 statute miles shorter than the old one via New York and will save three to four hours flying time. » ^ ^ FIFTEEN SEALED IN BURNING MINE—Unalble to proceed with rescue work, state and United Mine Workers officials agreed to seal off the Farmington, West Virginia, mine of the Jamison Coal and Coke Company with 15 men still trapped below. The sealing off of the mine was agreed on after repeated explosions and underground fires had made rescue work impossible. It was hoped that the steps taken would bring the fire under control. The unfortunate miners were trapped by a gas explosion just 30 minutes after the mine had been tested and certified as gas-free. - j< Pf ii "i» 4 Riding high above New York's East River after a collision with the Japanese freighter Meirinsan Maru is the stern of the Panamanian-flag freighter Lake Charles. Bow of Lake Charles, operated by Garcia Line, sank to bottom of river in 20 fteet of water, after collision on November 18. The ship Is shown here on the Manhattan side of the river just south of the Williamsburg Bridge. 4 4 EGYPT'S PRESIDENT GIVEN BOOT—General Mohammed Naguib, a leader of the revolt against King Farouk's former government, was ousted from the presidency as the aftermath of an attempted assassina­ tion of Premier Gamal Nassar. Witnesses have linked Naguib to the assassination attempt. Nagiub and Nassar have long been rivals in Egypt following the overthrow of Farouk. It is expected that Naguib will be put on trial for his part in the conspiracy. South Atlantic May Get Subsidy 4 44 REDS SINK CHIANG SHIP—Soviet-<built torpedo boats sank a Natinalist Chinese destroyer-escort ship off the Chinese coast in the con­ tinued sparring for control of several small Nationalist-occupied islands. WASHINGTON—The SlU-contracted South Atlantic Steamship Company won the open­ Repeated artillery duels, air raids and other belligerent acts have mads ing round in its bid for operating subsidies when the Federal Maritime Board gave tentative Formosa the hottest spot in the world at the moment. approval to its application. 4 4 4 ATOMIC FUEL TO GO ABROAD—The US announced in the United The subsidy, if granted, Nations that it has allocated 220 pounds of atomic fuel for use in atomic would apply to Trade Route furnaces and power plants in other countries. The fuel will be allocated 11, which covers South At­ WASHINGTON—The US Maritime Administration's to a proposed international agency that would operate experimental lantic ports from Hampton Roads easy ship transfer policy provided a new addition reactors for peacetime purboises. The offer is part of the "atoms for and Key West here in the States, for the growing foreign-flag fleet of American vessels peace" program put forth by President Eisenhower in December. and runs to continental Europe and this week. The Government ship agency gave its okay the British Isles, including Scan­ 4 4 4 for the transfer of the 42nd Liberty dry cargo vessel dinavia under certain circum­ TWO MORE FIELDS RELEASED—The government of Hungary fol­ since mid-August on November 23rd. Half of the US stances. Spain and the Mediter­ lowed up Poland's release of Hermann Field by releasing his brother tramp fleet is eventually expected to be swallowed up ranean are excluded from this Noel Field and Noel's wife, Herta, from imprisonment. Noel Field was trade route. in this manner. a former State Department employee whose name was mentioned in The latest ship to go is the John W. Powell, owned Once before, in 1948, South At­ connection with Communist spy rings in this country. He and his wife lantic was found qualifled for an by the Anchor Steamship Corp., which has been sold disappeared on a visit to Europe, and his brother Hermann, disappeared operating subsidy, but the company to Seacarrier Corp., a Panamanian outfit, for operation while searching for him. All three, it is now revealed, were imprisoned chose not to enter into a contract by Communist governments on charges that they were US agents. under the Liberian flag. So far, transfers are being with the old Maritime Commission 4 4 4 approved only to the Liberian, Honduran and Pana­ at the time. MCCARTHY CENSURE SEEN LIKELY—senate censure of Wiscon­ manian flags. In granting approval, the FMB sin's Senator Joseph McCarthy for conduct unbecoming a Senator ap­ The boxscore to date on the transfers is as follows: points out that company received peared likely despite an 11-day delay in the special session called for SIU Ships Other Unions Total Transfers prior approval for this run, was op­ that purpose. The delay was causbd by McCarthy's hospitalization for (13) (29) (42) erating on the run and was quali­ an arm ailment. While efforts were being made to effect a compromise, fied under the provisions of the most observers agreed that McCarthy deliberately invited an adverse The SIU ships already transferred are the General 1936 Merchant Marine Act. vote by calling the Senate session a "lynching bee" and describing the Patton, Trojan Seaman, Strathport, Bluestar, Purplesix-man Senate committee that investigated him as the "handmaiden" Companies or individuals having star, Greenstar, Western Rancher, Sea Wind, Tainaron, of the Communists. Facing defeat in the Senate, McCarthy was at­ an interest in the operation are Captain N. B. Palmer, Anne Butler, Christine and tempting to mobilize public opinion through a petition drive in hia given a period in which to file ob­ Lucile Bloomfield. favor. jections to the grant of a subsidy. Boxscore On Ship Transfers Cartoon History Of The SIU CUieg Service Battle Baqes No. 77 >; i-N' P: •fci,. ; An interim pact with Cities Service was reached in March, 1950, but the SIU fight to improve con­ ditions on the tankers was not over. Talks continued on working rules to go with the wages already agreed ' Meanwhile;-unfair labor charges based on dompaiqr firings of men still bad to be settled. In June, the NLRB opened hearings on the ehargeSi The SIU produced evidence showing that CS had used every trick, including an elaborate labor si^ apparatus, to try and whip the Union, despite the tankermea's 9-1 vote fbr the SIU. .'After fbw days •f damagiitf tcstiiMnjr, CS threw inv lb*, sponge. The settlement produced reinstatement for over 100 ex-CS tankermen plus over f150,000 in back pay. < It also upheld SIU charges, clearing the way toti renewed bargaining. By the end of July, however,;. CS was still stalling. Tired of these tactics, Sea- ' dewmsiiyoted' taristt^.tt eoatinueit �November it, lfS4 SEAFARERS Pes* Sevea LOG CG Power Movet CG Super Brain-Body Test Bared as Blacklist Scheme The SEAFARERS LOG submitted the Coast Guard's proposals for study and appraisal to a physician who is a psychiatric special­ ist certificated by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Here, briefly, are some extracts from his remarks. "Statistics for profiling ... on the basis of personal history and predicting . . . functioning under stress at sea are not available . . . Army and Navy statistics ... are not applicable . . . there was a factor in these cases of secondary gain (removal from stress and danger to life) in the armed services for a man who would not function well . . ." "There might be some basis for such a plan where there is unanimity of purpose . . . among all parties concerned. But where a difference in basic interests may exist as ... . between the own­ ers .. . and the seamen, this plan could be used against the indi­ vidual seaman . . . the proposed draft could be . . . discriminatory against the seamen while it leaves the owner . . . free of any cor­ responding obligation . . ." ". . . the Coast Guard's proposals can have a negative effect and can induce a low morale . . . subjection of civilian workers to . . . control by a military agency is not desirable . . ." ". . . tbere is no scientific evidence to support the theory that histories of alcoholism, criminality, etc. have any bearing on an individual's ability to conduct himself normally in society . . . this is a highly controversial subject . . . consultation on the subject with 20 psychiatrists could result in 20 different opinions." "There is danger ... of licensing the Coast Guard to label com­ plainers as psychopaths, the danger being that the man who com­ plains can be removed via a psychiatrist's diagnosis. As a matter of fact complaining ... is considered a healthy outlet . . . Where there is a remedy, complaining can lead to constructive action." "The Coast Guard says, 'abnormal personal traits . . . not appar­ ent ashore, become a problem at sea' . . . this is a highly question­ able conclusion and as a matter of fact it can be demonstrated that the reverse is true." or industrial relations consultants, relations between crewmembers in (Continued from page 3) Jobs. We have opposed, and will who are totally ignorant of the the face of active shipowner oppo­ oppose, any scheme of this kind facts of life at sea outside of the sition. "The next thing the Coast Guard covers of a book. The description Actually, the LOG consultant . may propose is a new breed of of life at sea and relations between pointed out, there is a grave dan­ robot seamen of a certain height, seamen at work is an insulting ger that the Coast Guard will muscle development and brain and untrue picture. "The crew of abuse the term "chronic complain­ structure. They would like the kind the average merchant vessel," it ers" to the degree that all of them that would do what it's told with­ states, "are a group of strangers will be rated "unstable" and bar­ out asking questions." having little in common," ignoring red from shipping. "Complaining Demand Pensions the close working and living rela­ and griping is a healthy outlet, "If any proposals like these should tionships developed among crews he emphasizes, and "can lead to ever go into effect in any shape for the common good. It speaks constructive action." While un­ or form whatsoever the Union is also of "chronic complainers about stable persons may be chronic prepared to reopen its contract conditions for which there is no complainers, the reverse is not and negotiate a pension plan spe­ remedy," overlooking the Union necessarily true — chronic com­ cifically to protect Seafarers who system of shipboard meetings, plainers are not always unstable are deprived of their livelihood by ships' delegates and shoreside con­ persons. the Coast Guard scheme." tract enforcement in all ports ex­ In further justification for its Detailed examination of the isting solely to deal with shipboard power grab, the Coast Guard ar­ Coast Guard proposals reveals beefs. It overlooks the close asso­ gues that the design and function­ their ridiculous nature. Men could ciation of seamen in their various ing of merchant vessels is inher­ be knocked out of jobs for lack­ union facilities. ently defective. Involving such ing a sense of smell, for coming Actually of course, it is the ship­ danger and peril as to require men from broken homes, having a ju­ owner who has preferred to have ol supreme physical and mental venile record, a speech defect or a disgruntled and suspicious group condition to handle the job. Such similar far-fetched reasons. of crewmembers aboard, and it has phrases as "dangerous and hazard­ The LOG consultant termed been the unions who have acted to ous conditions . . . slippery decks particularly unsound in the pro­ promote close and harmonious . . . narrow, steep, or vertical stair­ filing system the references to a way ladders . . . extremes of heat seaman's family history as a basis and cold, . . . poor footing . . for disqualifying him. "There is dangerous operation . . . exposure no scientific evidence to support to extreme cold for long periods the theory that histories of alco­ . . . living quarters limited . . holism, criminality, etc. (in par­ sanitary conditions unsatisfactory ents and ancestors) have any bear­ ..." are scattered throughout its ing on an individual's ability to description. It is obvious from the conduct himself normally . . . tenor of the report that much As a matter of fact, the Coast should be done to adapt ships for Guard admits that "none of the more comfortable and safer opera­ several profiling systems in cur­ tion, which is a function of the Since 1947, the net ship operating subsidies paid by the Government rent use (in shoreside industry) ap­ Coast Guard. have averaged out at about $41 million each year. Is this a cheap price pears to be quite suited to the par­ Little Or No Value ticular needs of' the maritime inThe whole "profile" system, as to pay for the merchant marine? This question will be among the top dustry^ hence an adaptation of the Coast Guard admits, has been issues to be debated early next year by Congress. The new Coast Guard power borrowed from practices in cer­ Right now, special studies are being conducted by Government several was developed for this purpose." In other words, the pro­ grab, if successful, would be tain big businesses of applying sources to determine whether this is a cheap price to pay. A report on posed tests are a true catch-all an additional bur(ien on the psychological tests to job appli­ this should be issued in a couple of months for Congressional review. It is expected that the new Congress will determine that, despite stewpot consisting of a little of backs of the country's most cants. How near this "profile" this and a little of that, none of heavily-controlled and regulated mumbo-jumbo comes to outright widespread criticism from time to time, such amount is not too much civilian worker, the American quackery was shown in a recent to appropriate for the well being of America's subsidized shipping com­ which applies to maritime needs. seaman. Motive Is Clear "Fortune" magazine study. After panies. Already the Coast Guard, a careful eexamination, "Fortune" Regardless of the defects of these 4" 4" Although the past Congress enacted a permanent 50-50 shipping law proposed tests or any others, the military service, has four major concluded that personality tests clear motive remains to give the controls over seamen. It screens have little or no value in determin­ providing that American lines will transport at least 50 percent of all Coast Guard full military control all seamen for security risks. It ing a man's ability to perform un­ Government-financed cargoes, the tramp operators and the Foreign conducts hearing units which der pressure. If anything, they are Operations Administration continue at odds over the interpretation of over seamen. this statute. The new law states that the carriage should be at fair and The imposition of such controls, operate like a court martial to often misleading. according to the specialist consult­ discipline civilian seamen for As proof, "Fortune" took the reasonable rates. Although the tramp lines and FDA now have temporarily reached ed by the LOG, will if anything, behavior aboard ship. Seamen "profiles" of 14 of the country's have a negative effect on the mo­ seeking ratings in the deck or most successful business execu­ a truce as to the meaning of "fair and reasonable rates." it is now rale and performance of seamen. engine departments, or lifeboat- tives. The conclusions? "Not one clear that the 50-50 shipping law once again will be before the next "Control of civilians by a military men's tickets, must pass Coast corporation president had a pro­ Congress for action as to a proper interpretation. Initially, FOA took the position that the bids submitted under the agency is not desirable in a free Guard examinations. The Coast file that fell completely within the and democratic society. We need Guard also has complete control usual acceptable ranges and two new law by American tramps were not fair and reasonable and was look only to the Soviet Union . . . over the licensing of ship's offi­ failed to meet the minimum pho- rejecting such bids. In effect, what FOA wanted to do was to take the for evidence of the influence of cers. And finally, the Coast Guard file for foreman." Many of the lowest bid and throw out all the others. The temporary agreement reached between the tramp lines and FOA military control over civilians on has special powers over seamen people who did well on one stand­ the morale of segments of the who are convicted of narcotics ard test did very badly on an­ is that the latter now will accept the lowest market bids up to the num­ population." violations. other. No doubt Coast Guardsmen ber of ships actually needed, unless the bids on their face are obviously Now the Coast Guard Is asking themselves would fail to meet unreasonable. Already the Coast Guard holds Congress very likely will be asked to determine whether the perma­ a variety of powers over seamen for power to deprive seamen of many of the standards set for sea­ nent 50-50 shipping law is a good one. When the law was signed by through its security clearances, up­ their livelihood if they fail to meet men. grading tests, disciplinary hearing a wide variety of physical or Fortune" says that the tests are President Eisenhower several months ago, he did it reluctantly, with units on the style of court martials, mental specifications, many of a convenient way of firing men no the idea that additional studies would be made to determine whether narcotics controls and licensing them far-fetched and ridiculous longer wanted. "If business de­ the merchant marine should not be supported by more direct means. in the extreme. tests. t t t clines tests may also be applied to The effort of States Marine Corporation to buy out the subsidized For years seamen's unions, cut down the work force." One Present contract terms covering manning of Union-contracted ships under Andrew Furuseth, fought to psychological testing service ad­ Bloomfield Steamship Company will run into a further hitch in the call for physically fit men to man free seamen from harsh controls vices "there is no better , place to near future. Other such ship merger deals were quickly approved by the ships. It is the practice for over their lives and their freedom direct the ax than, in the worker the Maritime Administration, but in the case of Bloomfield, protests company doctors to examine candi­ of movement Seamen, who were category," and there is no better are coming in from other American operators. The principal protestant of the States Marine-Bloomfield proposed dates for jobs. Where there is dis­ considered by the courts "neither way to do it, it adds, than to merger Is Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., which is seeking a full scale agreement on a man's fitness, the among the living or the dead," give everybody a test. Public Health Service has the final were subject to beating and fiogOne of the very few men actual­ probe into the facts of the transaction. In any event it Is expected that the MA soon will pass on the matter. word. A seaman who has been hos­ ging at the discretion of ship'is ly in a position to talk about the 4« 4" 4' pitalized is not dispatched unless officers, and charges of desertion personality requirements of a sea­ Since the middle of 1952, there has been a continual reduction in ^he he has a "PHS fit for duty" slip. if they sougbt to leave a ship. It man's job is the psychiatrist Dr. Constant Union Effort was not until the 1915 Seamen's R. B. Robertson, author of the construction of vessels throughout the world, with US yards having The Union, through contract Act that seamen could be con­ book "Of Whales and Men." Rob­ felt this reduction more than any other major maritime power. The United Kingdom, with orders for almost 39 percent of the world's amendment and enforcement, is sidered free Americans. ertson made a lengthy trip to sea constantly endeavoring to improve Seamen were under civilian con­ as doctor on a whaling ship and total construction, had a decline of 30 percent in the tonnage of new safety practices and remove ship­ trol through the years except for observed conditions at first hand. orders booked last year as compared to 1953, and over 8 percent as board discomforts. Shipowners World War 1. In World War 11 He had this to say on seamen's compared to 1952. The world's shipyards now have on order or under construction who have men working over the the Coast Guard obtained control physical qualifications. "For a tough job one chooses 16,156,000 deadweight tons of oceon going shipping, or almost 6 million side in bad weather, securing ships over the merchant marine and while at sea or who indulge in hung on to its authority when the not the carefully-nurtured athlete tons below the postwar peak of 22,146,000 tons in 1952. The USSR with an increase of 41,000 tons of new orders was the other risky corner-cutting prac­ war ended. It has sought, to ex­ to whom disease is but a name, tices are natural targets for Union pand that control continuously in but the man who has encountered only major maritime country with any sizeable Increase of new con­ the years since World War II, and every one of man's morbidities and struction in the last six months. action. Careful examination of the Coast the current physical and mental has survived." In other words, pick Guard proposal indicates that it exam proposal is only one of sev­ the -man who has been through the was prepared by an outside outfit eral Coast Guard maneuvers to wringer and is still doing a day's r 'i•&' '"J * ^or»; possibly some psydR^ieab t^stittg rule' civUian ^seamen. CG Power 3iove: Seamen Now Under Heavy CG Bnrdens ^g||' A Psychiatrists Opinion... • —« from WASHINGTON �SEAFARERS Pace EicM LOG MARITIME The 25th new ship to enter the world-wide cargo services of the Japanese Mitsui Line since 1950 has made her maiden appearance in New York—and with a bang. After spending several days in the port, the 10,858-deadweight-ton motorship Meirinsan Maru collided in a mist with the Panamanian freighter Lake Charles, in a. mishap which wound up with the Lake Charles practically climbing up the city's East River Drive. No one was injured, however. An indication, inci­ Qucation; Have recent reports dentally, of the low wage bill necessary to operate the Japanese ship linking tobacco to cancer had any is the fact that she is manned by a crew of 53. effect on your smoking? J, J, • Designed for use aboard small craft, a miniature Gyro-Compass has Bob Bowley, chief steward: I been developed by the Navy's Bureau of Ships and the Sperry Gyro­ haven't changed my smoking scope Co. The device is expected to get widespread use aboard land­ habits any. I ing craft and will enable crewmen on such craft to find true north usually smoke without any specialized training . Already virtually depleted as a re­ about a pack a sult of ship transfers, principally to British-fiag operation, Canada s day while I'm merchant fleet suffered another setback this month when the 9,000-ton ashore and half immigrant ship BOaverbrae was sold to an Italian concern. The 800a pack a day at ' passenger vessel was the last passenger ship operating under the sea because you Canadian flag. can't smoke in t 4 4the galley. While Turkey's merchant fleet will grow by almost 70,000 tons and 11 ships I'm busy I don't within the next 20 months under the terms of agreements just signed. need to smoke as An outlay of $14 million is being used to buy five cargo ships here much. I expect to keep up that and build one 21,000-ton tanker and five medium-sized cargo vessels way. in Japan. Included in the purchase are two Victory ships... Battered 4 4" 4" by an Atlantic storm w'hich cracked her deck plates, the 7,111-ton William J. Benson, wiper: I'm a Panamanian freighter Stork was towed into a Newfoundland port last week, 60 hours and 150 miles from the spot where a Gulf of St. Law­ reformed smoker. I had been smok­ rence gale nearly swamped her. Although after 30 hours the order to ing very heavily '•abandon ship" was given, it was later cancelled as four ships raced before and I started to get a to aid the disabled vessel. pain in my chest. J" 4" 4I quit smoking Under ah agreement between the Greek government and the Home and the pain went Lines, the liner Atlantic will be renamed the Queen Frederika on Dec. away. I don't 22 in Piraeus, when she will raise the Greek colors. Now operating think the stories under Panamanian registry, the 22,000-ton ship will enter service as the largest, fastest Greek passenger ship between Greece and the US. about cancer and tobacco had any She is now running between English Channel ports and Quebec . .. The special effect on Maritime Administration has been asked to okay the purchase of the passenger sliip Aleutian from the Alaska Steamship Co. by the Carib­ me though. bean Atlantic Lines. The new owner will use the ship on cruise runs from Washington to Bermuda, Nassau and Havana. t 4. The first Israeli ship to be built by West Germany under the restitu­ tion agreement covering Jewish property confiscated by the Nazi re­ gime has been delivered to the Zim Israel Navigation Co. Altogether, 12 ships will be built under this pact. The initial one is the 7,000deadweight-ton cargo ship Dagan . .Four explosions wrecked a water­ front warehouse, injured six persons and jolted half of the city of Memphis awake before dawn one day last week. The cause of the blasts was unknown. 4" 4- 4" Joining the Liberty dry-cargo ships allowed to be transferred for­ eign by the US Maritime Administration are two US-flag tankers, the John Good and the Pan Maryland. The two ships will be registered under the flags of Liberia and Venezuela, respectively... Sixteen deck and engine officers on the Egyptian cargo-passenger steamer Moham­ med Aii el Kebir held a one-day strike protesting a cut in their usual draw of $50 in American dollars to $25 in Hoboken, NJ, last week. It was called off after the vessel's owners restored the cut in shore al­ lowances. The beef postponed a scheduled sailing to Baltimore for 24 hours. 4^ 4^ Harvey Alexander, wiper: That's a good question. I'm one of those who switched from cigarettes to a pipe as a result of the cancer re­ ports. I've been smoking the pipe for a couple of weeks now and I'm satisfied with it. Before that I had been a regu­ lar pack-a-day smoker. if November 28, 1954 MEET THE SEAFARER Maurice Kopenhagen, MM Seafarer Maurice Kopenhagen's Kopenhagen says he has no spe­ sailing experience follow a fami­ cial preferences as to ships "or liar path taken by many before runs, with one job pretty much like another as far as he is con­ him—that of a shoreside worker cerned. But like many Seafarers who turns to the sea as a better he would rather take a tropical way of making a living. Kopen­ run in the wintertime and a North hagen was 37 years old when he Europe trip during the summer first started shipping out in the months. That's one of the advan­ tages of seafaring, he pointed out. steward department, because he You can pick your climate to suit heard from many seamen about yourself. the superiority of sailing as a way By and large, he finds the ports of making a living. Once he in Spain, Italy and Germany the got started, he never gave it up. most hospitable, offering a wide It was early in 1941 that Kopen­ variety of shoreside recreation. hagen grabbed his first ship out Kopenhagen's last trip out was of Baltimore. He found that he on the Ocean Nimet which ran to couldn't get on US ships without Yugoslavia. On the way back the experience so he caught a Latviancrew had a little unscheduled flag vessel that was being operated excitement when they turned up a by American shipping interests. stowaway a couple of days out. After a trip of six months on a "The Yugoslav police had gone South American run, he came back to the States and caught his over the ship very carefully be­ first ship out of the Union hall. fore we left," he said, "looking It was the old Raphael Semmes, through all the lockers and any­ which later was lost to the enemy place else that somebody might be hiding." Evidently, too many of in World War II. Kopenhagen the local citizens would try to skip got his SIU book a few months out for greener pastures if the later and has been with the Union government didn't clamp the lid ever since. on them. Worked Ashore Hid In Hold A native of Poland, Kopenhagen The stowaway eluded the police came to the United States in 1920. Over the next 20 years he worked search by concealing himself in ashore in a wide variety of jobs in one of the cargo holds. He turned offices, chain stores and factories, up when the ship was a couple of none of which seemed particularly days out at sea. The captain ra­ rewarding, either in terms of ex­ dioed the information ashore and perience or the amount of money the stowaway was transferred to a Yugoslav ship off Gilbraltar, a they paid. "From the time I started going ticklish operation in a rough sea. Kopenhagen, who is unmarried, to sea with the Union," he said, "I found that the wages at the makes his home in New York end of the month came out where his mother and other rela­ better than the money I could tives live. Except for a period of earn ashore. But that wasn't the illness when he had to stay ashore only reason I had for going to sea. he has been sailing steadily with I found that on ships you can the Union since he caught that learn a great deal and have ex­ first SIU ship. periences that somebody living "Going to sea was a very good ashore would never have. At the decision for me," he said. "As far same time it's a lot more fun. as I'm concerned it's the best way "Going to sea for a living" he there is to make a living, particu­ concluded, "is an education all by larly with SIU wages and condi­ itself. It's not college but it's an tions. I intend to keep at it for ai long as I can." education just the same." Willie Williams, AB: No, those stories haven't changed my smok­ ing habits at all. Generally speak­ ing I will smoke a pack a day, but when I'm on overtime and the money's coming in I'll go up to two packs a day. Legislation to halt "runaway" "Employees Collective Bargaining I've been smok­ companies has been proposed by Association," and then tried to ing steadily for the AFL for consideration by the keep AFL building trades unions about 20 years now and I don't next Congress. The AFL proposes from picketing. The court threw, intend to change. increases in minimum wages, re­ out the company move. 4> ( 4> peal of tax exemptions for munici­ 4 4 4 John Gibbons, chief cook: I pal bonds issued to lure industry A narrow margin of 2,105 votes smoke and I don't know whether from other areas and repeal of kept the Nevada "right to work" to put much stock the Taft-Hartley provision that en­ law on the statute books in a state­ in the reports. ables states with "right to work" wide referendum. The proposition Smoking may or laws to enforce them in preference to repeal the law got 36,286 votes may not have bad to the milder union security regu­ but fell short of passage as 38,391 results, but I'll lations of Federal laws. votes were cast for the "right to leave that up to 4 4 4 work" act, the doctors. What Demands for a guaranteed an­ 4 4 4 about the men Smoked fish processors ended a who used to chew nual wage will be put forth seri­ tobacco all the ously this year by the United Auto two-week-strike in New York with time? I never Workers (CIO) as five-year con­ an increase of $6 a week for 250 heard any reports about them tracts expire with major automo­ men. Fish and Sea Food Workers tive producers. The guaranteed an­ Local 635 (AFL) signed the agree­ getting sick from it. nual wage has long been a plank ment with an employer group. The 4" 4" 4" in the UAW program but the ex­ starting minimum in the industry R. Beach, bosun: I'm still going perience of the past year in which is $62.50 but skilled workers re­ to smoke the same way as before. many workers were hired early ceive far more than that. When you go to in the - year only to be laid off 4 4 4 , ' sea and work on by droves in midsummer has The troubled atomic labor pic­ ships, smoking is stimulated interest in the proposal. ture was clarified slightly when just about the 4 4 4 1,250 AFL electricians went back last thing that A California construction firm on their jobs at Oak Ridge, Ten­ you would give that tried to use a state ban on nessee. A supervisory dispute was up. I don't think jurisdictional strikes to block or­ the cause of the six-day walkout. anything that's ganizing has lost its case in the As in previous instances, union been reported state's superior court. The Bau- difficplties were with construction would majce me man-Rpbert9' Company signed a contractors and not the Atomic change my mind ' about si^igjiipft .lyheji; I .wajjt j qpntraot /With a idummy lunlon, thd Bner^y Ctithmls^bn. _ 'i ff.'l-)/' )J'- ^.11 ItC jhoV ,iehhr,'ri(l J- ' LABOR ROUND-UP P; h ACROSS 57. Period of time 58. Remain upright Zernial. of 59. Bank. NJ baseball XJKJ W IN 4. Had picture taken 1. Gambled ». Baseball rooter 2. Hivei 3. Port in Masi. 12. Macaw 4. Cushion 13. Island off 5. Cargo carrier Venezuela on lakes de France 6. Certain 14. 15. Allen of sports 7. Flowed out. as tide 16. The Run for 8. Hudson River the Roses Line 17. Aleutian 9. Member of the Island group 18. British statesman I 2 20. Honey maker 21. Beginner 22. Half mask 12 24. Theatre shows 27. Dory 15 29. Famed battle in Texas Harbor, 30. 18 NJ 33. Part of the 22 ship 35. Short sleep 36. Got up 38. Race horses: Slang 40. Bows head again 42. Hitch-hiker on a shark 46. Put on 47. Oriental napie 49. Where Salt Lake is 50. -Former Japa-nese statesman 50 61. Calm down, as waves iS3. Moor 54 34. Norte (Miss.) 57 i 55. Any jane 36. , Former Gov't agency , 1. loLiI) v'ij j:f* 10. 11. 19. 21. 23. 25. 26. 28. 30. 31. crew 32. Boat used In Where Grand Venice Bay is 34. River in NJ Device to 37. Turf catch 6sh 39. College in Pen point Dallas Daimatia: 41. Wooden shoe Abbr. 43. Device to Moved in sweep mines slowly 44. Pay boost A line of 45. Signal to direction engine room Soak up 48. Tibetan priest A number 50. Small fish Hearing organ 51. Exclamations Antilles 52. Finish (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) : i Kflf'ii.fl ) kbc ii» i»'M i *1'.' �rji-j-'tr,- November 26, 1951 SEAFARERS Pace Nfn* LOG 'You're Nexf!' SEAFARERS ^ LOG Novembor 2«, 1954 B Vol. XVI, No. 24 Published biweekly by the Seafarers Internationa] Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAOI HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAV DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, AL MASKIN; Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. 'Vfi I I 120 Coast Guard Ambush The livelihood of every merchant seaman, no matter how long or how well he has served the industry, has been en­ dangered by the Coast Guard's latest proposal for physical and mental "examinations" of seamen. This program is a poorly-disguised power grab by a group of ambitious and cynical Government officials who would make merchant sea­ men unwilling puppets of their power manipulations. If this program should ever go through, the Coast Guard and the shipowner could use it to make every militant Union man walk the plank. They could use it to destroy the Jones Act which was passed to protect seamen from the negligence of the shipowner. Finally, the Coast Guard could use it to bring civilians in a civilian Jndustry under what amounts to a military dictatorship. The SIU does not think the Coast Guard can get away with it. Fortunately, the democratic processes of our Government prevent the Coast Guard from sneaking this program through in the dead of night. Public hearings will have to be called, and Seafarers can rest assured that the SIU will make its voice heard at considerable length. Other maritime unions are planning the same action. Among unanswered mysteries concerning the birth of this new program are two: First, how the Coast Guard ever expects sensible human beings to swallow the ridiculous pseudo-scientific quackery that it has pawned off as a valid test of a plan's ability to do a job at sea;—second, who is really Responsible for the 60-page proposal. It is so chockfull of scientific error as to cast serious doubt on the pro­ fessional competence of the nien who drafted it. The cover of the proposal declares that it is "published by the US Coast Guard with the concurrence of the US Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education and Wel­ fare." That department should be asked to explain its re­ sponsibility for this proposal. It should also be asked whether or not it is "concurring" with the Coast Guard so as to have an excuse for closing down the Public Health Service hos­ pitals. This, of course, brings up the subject of the againthreatened USPHS hospitals ... 444« Hope For The Hospitals What now seems to be an annual effort in Washington to cripple the vital US Public Health Service hospital program through budget cuts hasn't gotten underway officially yet, but many Seafarers are wisely not holding back their fire until that time. It appears that several SIU ship's crews have already con­ tacted their Senators and Representatives on the importance of keeping the hospitals open. Individual Seafarers and their families ashore have also taken up pen and pencil to speak their mind to Congress on the issue. This initial response is encouraging and means that Sea­ farers are aware of what is at stake for themselves, their families and the nation if budget "cuts in the name of "economy" can end or hamper what has been a responsibility of the Federal Government for 156 years. Meanwhile, it is important that more Seafarers bombard the Capitol with messages favoring letting the hospital budget alone. Efforts in this direction were successful earlier this year and they can be repeated again. .4' 44' Late Starters Can Apply 5^," ll-i f . Although the first group of tests which will help determine the winners of the four annual $6,000 SIU college scholar­ ships for 1955 have already been given, the door is still open to interested Seafarers or their offspring. Several other test series are scheduled to enable as many potential Candidates as possible to compete for the coveted awards. The next examinations will be given on January 8 and March 12. Closing dates for applying to take these tests are December 14 and February 19, respectively, but late starters can apply by January 1 and March 5, and still get under the wire. In the hope, that as many candidates as possible will go out for these awards, those interested are urged to get busy right away. Detail^ ihfprmation can be tobtained by contact­ ing the SIU Welfare Plai\ 11 Broadway, New York City, -^11 I Calls Sea Chest EMWsuit ^Phony^ m To the Editor: I am writing this because I have some comments to make about the phony lawsuit which has been brought against our Seafarers Sea Chest. What a lot of gall the jokers who . brought this suit against the Sea Chest have! For years they had a Roman holiday, putting their inferior crap on the ships, and generally putting it on at the last minute so no one had time to argue about it. And now they have the nerve to yell "foul!" I have been going to sea since 1912 and I have really seen some lousy merchandise come aboard the ships. I have seen cigarettes with worms in them, shoes that fell apart after a few days, pants Just how busy a ship's delegate that busted at the seams and items that looked as if can be in defense of his shipmates' they had lain in interests is shown by Herman R. a warehouse for Whisnant, delegate aboard the years. Steel Admiral. In the course of a And now these couple of weeks same interests who unloaded all Whisnant got on ;he captain's tail that worthless for wind scoops, junk on seamen discussed ration­ come along and ing of cigarettes charge, the Sea­ with the skipper, Seeberger farers Sea Chest and was ordered with being a "monopoly." That's by the crew to a real laugh! write to h e a d I think that the quality of mer­ quarters concern­ Whisnant chandise supplied by the Seafar­ ing natives eat­ ers Sea Chest is tops. At present I ing in the messhall and the be­ am chief steward on the Arlyn havior of the ship's officers. In (Bull) and believe me when I say addition, Whisnant made regular that I am proud to go down and reports to the shipboard meetings, open up a Seafarers Sea Chest gave a talk on the contents of the slopchest at any time because I SIU contract, said he would keep know that all the merchandise is a record of the anti-union behavior top quality. of certain of the ship's officers and As I say, I have been going to also spoke to the crew about proce­ sea since 1912, and I have handled dure in backing up a delegate on quite a few "crapchests" in my beefs. time. In fact, on several ships the All of that gives an idea of how merchandise was so bad that I much of a load a conscientious would not handl? it at ail, and the ship's delegate carries and how im­ job fell to the third mate. And so portant it is for him to have solid for me now to be able to handle support from his shipmates. a Seafai-ers Sea Chest slopchest is a Whisnant, who sails' in the deck real pleasure, and I can certainly department, carries a bosun's enappreciate the difference between "dorsement. He's a native and the way things are now and the resident of Lincolnton, North way they used to be. Carolina, and joined the SIU in Items Are 'Name' Brands 1948 in the port of Norfolk. I -might call attention here to 4 4 4> the fact that all the items In a Sea­ farers slopchest are "name" brands Crewmembers of two SIUand that in itself show$ how much manned ships aren't letting any things have changed since the Seafarers Sea Chest was started. I grass grow un,der their feet when can remember the days when a it comes to defending their inter­ seaman was lucky if he could find ests in Washington. The red-hot is­ any name on an article he bought. sue of ship transfers, and the pend­ In conclusion, I would like to ing appropriations for the Public propose a vote of thanks to our Health Service hospitals are get­ Union for bringing about the Sea­ farers Sea Chest. I believe that as ting the attention of men aboard a result of the SIU efforts the sea­ the Barbara Michel and the Orion man has finally come to his own. Comet 'respectively. Also, I want to say that if this Now that a ne%v Congress has phony lawsuit ever comes to court been elected, the minutes of the I know there are many, many oldBarbara Michel report that crewtimers who have been made to pay through the nose for inferior junk members are making letter's to put aboard their ships, and who their Senators and Representatives would be only too glad to stand up in Washington the first order of and say what a good deal they have gotten as a result of the ef- business. The letters deal with the transfer prbttem'and the legisla­ fotts bf the SedfaVeYs' SOA Chest. Geofga II. Seeberger tors are being notified in strong 1 •i\ • -<ll • 'iiI Vat • '~ ! I terms of the feelings of Seafarers on their subject. Tlie Orion Comet crew has gone on record to send a wire to Presi­ dent Eisenhower on behalf of the Public Health Service hospitals. Although the new budget hasn't been reported as yet. the word from Washington is that another attempt wiTl be made to cut the heart out of PHS appropriations. The Comet ci'ew feels, rightly so, that there's no time like the pres­ ent to act on this problem. Minutes of both ship's meetings failed to identify the authors of the shipboard resolutions on these sub­ jects, so our "vote of thanks" this week will have to go to the crews at large. 4 4 ,.4 As Seafarers know, voting in the SIU's elections began on Novem­ ber 15. Before the voting could get underway. Seafarers in all ports had to elect rank and file polling committees to supervise the conduct of the elections. This procedure is followed each day for as long as the balloting continues as called for under the Union con­ stitution. A special meeting is called each morning and three Sea­ farers are elected before voting begins. It's the responsibility of the committee to see to it that the carefully-specified voting proce­ dure is followed, that the ballots and ballot boxes are not tampered with in any way and that only qualified members are permitted to vote. In other words, the com­ mittees are keys to the proper conduct of the election. Seafarers in these all-important posts serve without compensation except for meal money. Among men elected at the start of the two-month voting in the various ports were Walter Reidy, Starns and W. McDonald in New York; D. E. Jones, Santos Garcia and G. C. Metting in Hous­ ton; Eli Hanover, T. LaBofia and Salty Dick" Martinez in Bal­ timore; B. A. Datzko Granberg, J. C. Jilurden and William Datdro in Wilmington and other rank and fila members throughout the district. �Page Ten SEAFARERS LOG November 26, 1954 AMTlCtM Iff ^ mini ^ . .. O. • •• •••.. 57.50 m»r m. .L 40.00 » 2"'* C.r,.C"" • • sa; ttv.v.;;--;: tp: : S^i-:y'S:SS-!"»- / Cramped foc'sles gave the seaman the room and the privacy of a goldfish. Clothes lined the walls, since lockers were a luxury. The ladder (right) led to an "emergency" hatch, which took 214 hours to open. 57.50 57.50 •• wVpir'"" • • "-'••w':;;;.- ^ •Mfinn ^ _ • "• • •• • • • y'so » a: I. 55.00 ••• 57.50 " AMWfic • ;®S 571 [JJ "'•'Jong, This was a messroom for engine department personnel 20 years ago, where the men in the "black gang" ate their meals. Running motors a few feet away provided them with continuous "dinner music." ifSfaslSiMiSl 1 * I ^ ^I "Sanitary facilities" they were called, and a constant debate raged over whether they were cleaner than the spaces where the crew ate and slept each day. ^ » i : J- r• . •—• - Crowded sleeping quarters doubled , as recreation room, since the messroom—with all the engine clatter like the one above—wasn't always popular. Leisure activity was limited to reading, letter-Writing or ah bcca- ' • br-i-. , , s j^xvaacii. .ucu-u • Giw.#t 4 6 H fr.f 4 •; * 1. 4 V . ' ' ^ Life preservers were jumbled in a heal an alleyway. between two watertight! did not find It easy getting at them inl �' November 29, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG •;^#i Page Elevea .4 •• • " , - — TT "'Cult It is a paradox for most veteran seamen that the conditions shown on these pages seem 100 years old in the light of today's benefits, while conditions today seemed more than a century away just 20 years ago. For these were the days before the birth of strong maritime unions which, because of their strength and the membership support they enjoyed, brought changes in the shipping industry viewed by many as'plainly "miraculous." These were the days of crowded, grimy foc'sles, two-pot feeding, heavyhanded officers who knew no bounds and working conditions which were so embedded in tradition that there seemed to be no escape from them. Safety regulations, of course, mattered for nothing; every­ thing—including the crew—could be sacrificed as long as the cargo got to its destination. A lot of changes have come about since those days. The SIU and other strong, democratic maritime unions have developed and grown, and with them the whole face of the industry has been remade. Ad­ mittedly, there's a lot that can be done yet—and will be done—in time. But the SIU and other modern seamen's unions have made great strides, and seamen today—those who remember those days anyway—can really say; "We've come a long way, brothers, we've come a long way..." -M ['• 1934 ll si fLl93s ^1 .'•51 rilSSiW: telfgiiilsill I' rlBiiiiii •iilailiSI ^IIIIIB ..- I » '' I •^ ^ 'i Mililiiir 4 in a locker in ioors. Seamen emergency. Firemen's foc'sle contained oil sounding pipe leading to the fuel tank. Soundings were taken day and night. The noise and fumes always interfered with sleep. Every seaman was his own "automatic washer" as long as he had a bucket. He washed himself and his gear in the same way, sometimes in the same water. �SEAFARERS LOG Pa*® Twicl*® •: . ' • Nwrember 29, 1954 POBTHEPOBXS..... made the grade after being con­ Baltimore: of the balloting which began this Lake Charles: < fined to the hospital for more than week for the election of Union a year. His friends and former officials for the next two years. At shipmates will be pleased to hear this writing balloting is brisk and that "Spider" has shipped as it appears that all records will be galley utility on the Alcoa Runner broken for the number of ballots Government statistics plus the (Alcoa). Since our last report to the cast in this port. We are urging Voting for officials of the Union During the last two weeks, this SEAFARERS LOG, shipping In every man who has a book to make for the next two years is now in experience we have had in the Port of New Orleans in the last two port handled seven payoffs, eight this port has maintained just about it his business to cast a ballot, progress in this port as it is in since that is one of the important all the other Union branches, arid weeks show that, even in this sign-ons and had 14 ships call in the same level, with the nuniber ways our members have to help we are hoping and expecting to period of slack shipping, this sec­ transit. tion of the Gulf is one of the best The Alcoa Runner (Alcoa), Steel of men sluppcd slightly below decide the policies of the Union cast a heavy vote here. We be­ shipping areas in the country. lieve it is our duty to advise, all the Scientist (Isthmian), Del Monte the number registered. There have for the next two years. At the present time the follow­ members that it is not only their and Del Norte (Mississippi), Chick- been no more ships taken out of The US Department of Com­ merce reported that during the a.saw and Antinous (Waterman) drydock at this writing, but there ing brothers are in the marine hos­ privilege but also their duty to first six months of 1954, the dollar and Southwind (South Atlantic) has been a rumor that additional pital here: William D. Kenny, cast their ballots for the men they ships will be taken out of the laid- Chambers Winskey, Pete Lannon, wish to serve them and the Union. volume of shipping through the paid off here. mid-Gulf ports of New Orleans, As for shipping around the.se The Alcoa Runner (Alcoa), the up fleet and reactivated, so all in Oswald Ergle, John Castro, Max Lake Charles and Gulfport, Miss., Del Vlenlo, Del Mar, Del Rio and all shipping here is not shaping up Felix, Michael Jablonski, Carl parts, it has been very slow during Chandler, Herman Glaze, Jesse increased 24.9 percent as compared Del Valle (Mississippi), the South too badly. the_ past two Clark, Robert McKew, August with the first half of last year. By wind (South Atlantic), Frederic C However, since we do have a weeks. We had comparison, the total value of all Collin (Drytrans) and Sunion (Kea) backlog of brothers registered here, Smith, Hugo Jeffcoat, Tommy 33 men registered Lamphear, Mercele Arong,- John US exports increased only 4.3 per­ signed on. I do not advise but were able to Stanford, Louis Firlie, Bobby cent. members to come ship only 22—10 Ships calling in transit were the Stalsworth and Ed Janowski, in the deck de­ Increased shipments of rice, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa here in the hope I am sure all of these brothers of shipping out partment, 5 in wheat, oilseeds, cotton, sulphur, Corsair and Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa) would appreciate hearing from the the engine de­ industrial chemicals and iron and the Del Rio and Del Valle (Missis­ quickly. But, of members, particularly those who partment and 7 steel mill products accounted for sippi), Seatrains Georgia and Lou­ course, all mem­ sailed with them. The address is in the steward the comparative prosperity of this isiana (Seatrain Lines), Monarch bers are invited USPHS Hospital, Wyman Park department. How­ port, according to the New Orleans of the Seas, Topa Topa, Fairisle to come here to Lowe Drive, Baltimore 18, Md. enjoy the facili­ ever, we did get Board of Port Commissioners. and Claiborne (Waterman), the ties of our new a call here one day for 4 men for In conclusion, in behalf of the Margaret Brown (Bloomfield) and SIU Shipping Brisk building and ship entire Baltimore membership- I standby jobs, which is very unusual the Southern Districts (Southern As for SIU jobs, shipping has out of here when Jeffcoat would like to thank all the mem­ in this port. We were able to fill Steamship). "been brisk since our last report, jobs are available. bers of the SIU for our wonderful these jobs with no trouble and also Lindsey J. Williams with more men Speaking of our new building, new building and all the other have enough men on hand now to New Orleans Port Agent being shipped we do not have all of our furniture privileges that have been given to fill any jobs that we can foresee in than were regis­ or equipment yet, but hope to soon the men who ship out of this port. the near future. tit tered. The out­ be enjoying all the facilities of this I can assure you that everyone CS Tankers Call Savannah: look for the shipping out of this port is deeply big, beautiful new hall of ours. Calling in here during these past immediate future grateful. Special Meeting Held two weeks were the Bradford is not so favor­ Earl Sheppard Island, Lone Jack, Bents Fort, As you know, if you read the able, but the Baltimore Port AgentGovernment Camp, Council Grove last issue of the SEAFARERS slack will be t- tand Winter Hill, all of Cities Serv­ LOG, we formally opened the hall .taken up some­ ice. The Bradford Island also at a special meeting last Wednes­ Houston: what by the Shipping has been good in this Barrett stopped here on her return trip day night and I feel certain that crewing up of port during the past two weeks and from Florida. the Del Norte (Mississippi), which the outlook for the future is fair. everyone who attended had a fine We have no men in the hospital is coming out of the shipyard after During the past two weeks we time. at this time, but recently we re­ Getting back to shipping, since her annual repairs. paid off and signed on the Rosario ceived word that one of our mem­ our last report we have paid off Of interest to Seafarers here Is (Bull) and servthe following ships: Steel Chemist This port has been experiencing bers, Sam Paralez, was killed in an a change in Seatrain schedules. iced 10 in-transit (Isthmian); Edith, Ines and Frances its usual pre-holiday lull and ship- automobile accident. He sailed in Beginning with the December 9 ships, as follows: the steward department as a mess(Bull); Yorkmar and Oremar (Calvoyage, the Seatrain Texas will go Southstar (South "ping has been on the slow bell. As man. mar); John B. Waterman" (Water­ Atlantic); Salem oft' the New York-New Orleans run man), and Feltore, Cubore, Baltore, a result, we had no payoffs or For our Seafarer of the Week and will ti'ansfer to the New York- Maritime and sign-ons during the past two weeks we nominate Brother Bill Lowe Chilore and Marore (Ore). Texas City run. The Seatrain Archers Hope Signing on were the Steel Chem­ and the only men we were able to who sails as chief steward or chief Georgia will follow suit on the (Cities Service); ist (Isthmian); Ragnar Naess ship were replacements on the in- cook. Brother Lowe sailed for December 16 voyage. Other Sea- Seatrains Geor­ Cities Service during the organiz­ (Norlo); Oremar (Calmar); William transit ships which we serviced. trains are scheduled to replace gia and Louisiana H. Carruth (Transfuel); Strathbay These in-transits were the Can- ing of that company and is now these ships on the New Orleans (Seatrain); Raph(Strathmore); Hilton (Bull); J. B. tigny (Cities Service), Steel Vendor enjoying the benefits that he aei S e m m e s run. Waterman (Waterman), and Fel­ and Steel Scientist (Isthmian), Del helped to win. He knows that no­ (Waterman); Steel Scientist (Isth­ Since the last report, five men have gone into drydock at the mian), and Southern States (South­ tore, Cubore, Baltore, Chilore, Monte (Mississippi), Seatrains where else can a seaman get the Texas and New York (Seatrain) benefits and privileges he gets in USPHS hospital here. They are ern). The Seatrains Georgia and Steelore and Marore (Ore). The Feltore and Cubore each and Southwind (South Atlantic). the SIU, and he says that we must George S. Dean, Charles R. Nichol­ Louisiana etch called here twice. always be alert to see. that no one son, Julian (Red) Barrett, Donald Among the men now on the paid off and signed on here twice. Over in Beaumont, Tex., we laid takes these privileges and benefits up the Cracker Stat# Mariner Alt and George Curry. We hope beach are E. M. Bryant, B. SweatIn transit were the Topa Topa, from us. these members will recover quick­ ington and H. Galphin. In the Antinous, DeSoto and Choctaw (South Atlantic). On the local labor front, the AFL ly and be ready to ship again. On each of the ships which marine hospital are E. Webb, (Waterman); Bethcoaster and MassMetal Trades Council has just called here, we held special meet­ A. A. Turlington, R. Carrollton, mar (Calmar); French Creek (Cities John (Red) Carolan, William Roberts, Albert Nelson, Marcus A. W. Lima, J. Littleton, J. T. Service); Robin Tuxford (Seas ings and the crewmembers dis­ signed the Davidson Chemical Co. Evans and Louis L. Arena were Moore, P. Bland, R. L. Field and Shipping), and Alcoa Partner and cussed the anonymous literature to a new contract and got just Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa). The Beth- which is being placed aboard them. about everything it was seeking. discharged recently and expect to J. F. Lee. Political Rumblings ship out soon. coaster called here twice. Jeff Morrison A. (FrenChy) Michelet Other than that, things are quiet Savannah Port Agent Houston Port Agent I am sure that everyone Is aware Still confined to the ho.spital, on the labor front but on the po­ but reported to be convalescing in litical front we are beginning to good style, are Victor (Zeke) hear the first rumbles of the ap­ Bonura, Samuel Cope, Harry L. proaching race for the governor­ Schuler, Theodore Lee and Charles ship. This is still quite a few E. Brady. months off yet but down here in Duska (Spider) Korolia finally Louisiana we believe in getting an early start on things. Right now we have four candidates in the Shipping Figures November 3 to November 16 race, but by the deadline for REG. REG. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL entries we expect to have about 15, REG. TOTAL SHIP. PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED because down here in Louisiana we Boston 11 7 29 8 26 11 9 9 Under the rules of the Va­ also believe that the more the New York ... cation Plan as set forth by the 95 84 252 100 84 87 271 73 merrier. trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ Philadelphia . 14 13 42 IS 13 40 15 14 The hunting season is still con­ ply within one year of th« Baltimore ... tinuing around here, and we are 96 83 68 247 101 87 52 240 payoff date of his oldest dis­ hoping that some of our boys bring Norfolk ..... 12 9 27 9 7 2 14 •charge in order to collect his home a full bag. Savannah .... full vacation benefits. If he 21 . 13 42 20 14 8 14 48 Leroy Clarke presents any discharge whose Tampa 6 29 5 7 14 14 2. Lake Charles Port Agent payoff date is more than a Mobile 33 26 27 107 32 82 24 4T year before the date of his va­ New Orleans 88 73 261 100 95 74 102 271 cation application, he will lose Houston .... 66 46 165. .11 53 9 - • 13 33 out on the sea time covered Seattle by that particular discharge. 28 29 28 85 27 26 73 20 Don't sit on those discharges. San Francisco » e e • e e • < 15 20 49 14 11 34 Bring them in and cdilect the . Wilmington ., 12 26 9 5 If money that is due to you. New Orleans: Balloting Is Brisk And So Is Shipping Port Area Ranks High, Govt. Figures Shew See Geed Veilng Mark Being Rolled Up Here Shipping's Good; Ton in-Transits Sorvicod Pre-Holiday Lull Hits Port, Slows Shipping AmBmanppwGRmxMD Don't Wait, Get Vacation Pay .•:» AT 1 (•'.J C't'tk't 'i'xI'tiZ '• iW vi't.)M' -^ e » o '•w- > r ty* r, , .; ./..Vx' 419 U58 ' 883 niUd �SEAFARERS November 29, 1984 Page Ttafrteca LOG PORT JREPOXTS Mobile: Shipping Fair; New Voting Record Seen Shipping in this port during the past couple of weeks has been fair, with some 82 men shipped to reg­ ular jobs and 170 men sent to vari­ ous relief jobs in and around the harbor. During this period we had nine payoffs, five sign-ons and four ships In transit. The ships which paid off here were the Hurricane, Monarch of the Seas, Lafayette and Claiborne (Waterman) and the Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Pennant (Alcoa). Signing on were the Fairisle and Topa Topa and Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa Puritan and Al­ coa Pennant (Al­ coa). In transit were 'Cayton the Antinous, Beauregard and Chickasaw (Wa­ terman) and the Del Valle (Missis­ sippi). All payoffs, sign-ons and in-transits were contacted and all beefs settled to the satisfaction of the crews. Future Outlook Fair Prospects for the coming two weeks look fair, with the follow­ ing ships due to hit the port either for payoffs or in transit: City of Alma, De Soto, Monarch of the Seas, Claiborne, Bienville and Iberville (Waterman), and Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Roamer, Alcoa Pil­ grim, Alcoa Pointer and Alcoa Cor­ sair (Alcoa). The LaSalle, one of the Water­ man C-2s which has been lying idle in this harbor for some time, will take a crew within the next week, so this is also a factor in our future shipping. Arriving here late yesterday, after a voyage from New York via St. Petersburg, Fla., was the SIU training ship Andrew Furuseth. This ship will be berthed in Mobile for some time, and exact arrange­ ments will be announced later as to her schedule and how she is going to operate. Voting for the 1955-56 Union of­ ficials is now in full swing here and from the beginning of the bal­ loting all signs have pointed to a record vote for this branch. Vot­ ing booths have been built accord­ ing to the constitution and have been located on the second deck, Story Stirs Interest Besides the voting, something of great interest to the members here this week was the story in the last issue of the SEAFARERS LOG about the $18,000 restriction beef which was won by the Union after a long and bitter fight. This was of interest because some of the brothers shipping out of this port will probably have some of this money coming to them. The members here wish to ex­ tend their deepest sympathy to the families of brothers H. Trawick and Daniel W. Alexandre. Brother Trawick's father died while he was at sea and he is to fly back from San Juan to attend the funeral. Brother Alexandre died at the USPHS hospital in Lexington, Ky., and was buried here in Mobile on November 16 with some of his shipmates serving as pallbearers. He is survived by his wife, four children, parents and other rela­ tives. For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Brother Louis Cay­ ton, who joined the Union in 1944 in Galveston but who has sailed steadily since then out of Mobile, generally as second cook. Brother Cayton, who is married and has one child, makes his home in Mo­ bile and when on the beach can generally be found fishing or troll­ ing for shrimp. He thinks that the vacation plan which SIU members enjoy is tops in the industry, and is looking forward to the vacation pay increase which is coming up the first of the year. Cat Tanner Mobile Port Agent 4Seattle: Four Ships Scheduled Te Ceme Out Of Lay-Up Shipping has been very good in this port during the past two weeks and the future also looks very good, with four ships due to come out of lay-up—the Western Trader (Western Navigation), Irenestar (Maine), Seamonitor (Ex­ celsior) and Seastar (Mercador). During the past two weeks we paid off the Alcoa Planter (Alcoa) and signed on the Alcoa Planter and Ames Vic­ tory (Victory Car­ riers). In transit were the Fairland and Maiden Creek (Water­ man) and Portmar (Calmar). For our Sea­ farer of the Week we have selected Brother M. M. Cross who joined the Union in New York in 1944. Brother Cross, who is 39 years old, sails all ratings in the deck department and pre­ fers intercoastal runs. He says that he is very happy to be a member of the SIU, which he sincerely be­ lieves is the best-administered un­ ion in the maritime field. Men now on the beach include E. M. Pappadakis and Tex Krohn. In the hospital are T. J. Connell, W. E. Ellis, F. J. Fletcher, H. E. Harrell, S. Johannessen, L. C. Long and M. Michalik. Jeff Gillette Seattle Fort Agent Boston: Boslon-Yarmoulli Run Has Doubtful Fuiure Eastern Steamship Lines, which last spring sold the steamer Yar­ mouth to a Florida company, has now also sold the Yarmouth's sis­ ter ship Evangeline, it has been reported. The Evangeline, which covered the Boston-Yarmouth run last summer, has been sold to the Volusia Steamship Company of Jacksonville, and sailed from Bos­ ton for Florida last Tuesday, No­ vember 9. She is expected to enter the cruise service between Florida ports and the West Indies. This leaves Eastern with the steamer Acadia, but so far the com­ pany has made no announcement about the Boston-Yarmouth run next summer, and it remains to be seen if this run will be abondoned or made by the Acadia or a chartered ves­ sel. Another item of interest here concerns the stowaway who came into Boston Lane on the Steel Chemist (Isthmian). He got on the ship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and while the ship was docked in Bos­ ton he got off by pretending to be a mate checking the drafts upon arrival. As soon as he got off the ship he hightailed it up to the city and the Immigration authorities have been looking for him ever since to find out if he is an Ameri­ can citizen. If the man does not check with the Immigration de­ partment the company will have to pay a fine of $1,000. Shipping in this port picked up quite a bit during the past two weeks and the outlook for the fu­ ture is fair. During these past two weeks we paid off the Cantigny and Royal Oak (Cities Service), Seacoral (Coral), Queenston Heights (Seatrade) and Alexandra (Carras) and these five ships signed on again. In transit were the Ragnar Naess (Norlo), Strathbay (Strathmore), Steel Rover (Isthmian), Southern Cities (Southern), Robin Goodfellow (Seas Shipping) and Iberville, Madaket and Chickasaw (Water­ man). For our Seafarer of the Week we have selected William (Billy) Prince. Billy, who is a handy man with a wrench, sails in all ratings in the engine department and sailed on the Evangeline last sum­ mer as engine maintenance. On a number of his runs he was also ship's delegate. Naturally, Billy is very sorry to see the Yarmouth and Evangeline go under foreign fiags as he sailed these ships for many years while they were under SIU contracts. Among the men on the beach now are R. Johnston, J. Hanson, K. Smith, M. Dusevitch and C. Karas. In the Brighton Marine Hospital are F. Alasavich, A. Oyhus, E. Broussard, M. Stabile and J. Senneville. Brother John Lane passed away on November 10. The patrolman attended the funeral services and the Union sent a fioral wreath. James Sheehan Boston Port Asent t San Francisco: ti Proles! PHS Closings, Brothors Hore Urged Now that the balloting has begun to elect the officials of the Union for the next two years, we are urging all the members here to be sure to get their votes in and make this the biggest vote that has ever been cast in a Union election. We are also urging our members to write or wire their Senators and Congressmen about the closing of USPHS hospi­ tals, since this issue has come up again. As for ship­ ping, it has been slow in this port Just during the past two weeks but we think the future looks much brighter. We had no sign-ons during the past two weeks but we paid off The Cabins (Cabins) and serviced six in-transit ships, as follows: Fairport and Kyska (Waterman); Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa), and Portmar, Calmar and Alamar (Calmar). Men On The Beach Among the men now on the beach are R. Montcalm, J. F. McGonel, F. Wonsor, J. Batson, C. Just, L. B. Knickerbocker, V. John­ son, M. Landron and A. Beck. In the marine hospital are C. Brown, J. Childs, O. Gustavsen, A. A. Kessen, C. Neumaier, G. Promutico, J. Perreira, P. S. Yuzon, W. Timmerman, A. A. Franklin and F. D. Gilman. In conclusion, we would like to congratulate all the members and officials of the Union on the com­ pletion of the fine new Baltimore hall and wish our Baltimore broth­ ers the best of luck' and good shipping in it. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent Stu HAtL DIRBCXORY SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Afent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Jamea Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. (Frenchy) Michelet. Agent. .Preston 6558 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent - Phone 6-9744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 823 Bienville St. Llndsey WiUlama. Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK 678 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK ...127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff, West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. .Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal CoUs. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH I Abercorn St. Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE .2505 1st Ave Jeff GiUette. Agent Elliott 4334 TAMPA .... 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. IK Phoni^8-;333 WILMINGTON. CalU 808 Marine Ave. Ernest TiUey. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS 678 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECREH'ARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian WilUam HaU SUP HONOLULU FORT WILLIAM.... 11844 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, BC 61744 Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. SYDNEY. NS Pacific 7824 304 Charlotte St, Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE. Quchee 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, Ontario 83 St. Davids St, CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WiUiam S., NB Phone: 2-5232 16 Merchant St. , Phone 8-8777 PORTLAND 833 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND. CAUT .....257 5th St, Phone 2599 SAN FRANQSCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 Great Lakes District SEATTLE ...2508 1st Ave. Main 0390 ALPENA W. Fletcher WILMINGTON 805 Marine Ave. Phone; 1238W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK 678 4th Ave.. Brooklyn 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE HYacinth 9-6600 CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone; Woodward 1-6857 531 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL 834 St James St. West DULUTH Phone; Melrose 2-4110 PLateau 8161 3261 E. 92nd St UAUFAX NA.-.19844 HoUis St SOUTH CHICAGO Phoney. 8-3419, New York: Voling, Good Shipping Make Hq A Busy Place Everything is humming these days in the port of New York. Shipping has continued to be good dur­ ing the past two weeks and there has also been much activity in the hall regarding the election of offi­ cials which is now going on. Everyone this year seems to be taking a great interest in the vot­ ing, which will determine the men who will serve as officials of the Union for the next two years. And, in fact, we set a record here on the first day of voting with 323 men casting their ballots. This voting will continue'through January 15, 1955, and we would like to remind every member that it is not only his privilege but also his duty to go into some hall while he is in port and cast his ballot for the men of his choice. 3 Ships Out Of Lay-Up As I have said, shipping in this port continued to be good during the past two weeks as we had three ships come out of lay-up and also shipped a full crew on a Lib­ erty ship that we signed a contract for last week. The ships coming out of lay-up were the Massmar (Calmar) and the Robin Tuxford and Robin Hood (Seas Shipping). The Liberty that we crewed was the National Free­ dom (American Waterwaysl, wnicn was formerly contracted to the NMU. During these past two weeks we paid off 15 ships, signed on 5 and serviced 20 in transit. The follow­ ing were the ships paid off: Barbara Fritchie (Liberty Navi­ gation); Suzanne, Evelyn, Beatrice, Arlyn and Angelina (Bull); Val Chem (Valentine); Steel Traveler and Steel Rover (Isthmian); Crack­ er State Mariner (South Atlantic); Robin Goodfellow (Seas Shipping), and Lone Jack, Government Camp and Bents Fort (Cities Service). Ships Signing: On Signing on were the Robin Trent and Robin Tuxford (Seas Ship­ ping); Steel Traveler (Isthmian); Massmar (Calmar), and National Freedom (American Waterways). In transit were the Alcoa Roamer and Alcoa Partner (Alcoa); Frances, Dorothy, Elizabeth and Mae (Bull); Steel King and Steel Chemist (Isthmian); Arizpa. Mada­ ket, De Soto and Iberville (Water­ man); Bethcoaster (Calmar); Seacoral (Orion), and Seatrains Savan­ nah, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, New York and New Jersey (Seatrain). Shipping should continue good during the coming period as there are quite a few ships due in that make the long runs. There is gen­ erally a good.turnover on these ships at this time of the year, as many of the boys like to hit the beach and spend the holidays with their friends and families. Claude Simmons Ass't Sec.-Treasurer •A •,SI -^1 I Report Lost Baggage Check Seafarers who lose baggage checks for gear checked at any SIU baggage room should notify that particular hall right away so that no one can improperly claim the baggage with that check. Headquarters officials advise you to do this immediately to avoid loss of your gear and/or trouble claiming it later on. Make , sure you notify the hall where the. bRggage was checked as soon as you find out you've^ lost the check. % k m �Pve Psufoca Norember X«, 1954 SEAFARERS hOG WATCH Snapped By Shipmate At iWeetlng On The Pertmar Snapped by crewmember Blaine Boxwell during recent intercoastal run are some of SIU crewmen of Portmar (Calmar) shown here at shipboard meeting. Photo at left includes Frank Wherrity, "Red" McCullough Leo Wills, Bob Ingram. Charlie Johnson. At right are crewmen Singh, Bileck. Southern Fried Chicken, Rough Seas Prove Bad 'Daily Double' On Madaket Southern fried chicken and heavy seas proved a bad combination recently for the SIU crew of the Madaket (Waterman), crewmember Roy S. Theiss reports. These two things, Theiss says, combined to bring to vivid reality one of the seaman's greatest fears—-fire at sea. In a letter to the LOG, engineer, who smelled the smoke, were finished the electrician, W. Theiss writes; "While some also came on the scene and got a Busch, went to work. As a result Southern fried chicken was being fire extinguisher, and the two men we ate a standard breakfast and prepared in the deep fryer, the managed to put the flames out for a few minutes. But they burst out ship took some again, reached up to the exhaust unusually heavy vents, and then swept through the rolls and the hot whole exhaust system. grease spilled Current Cut Off over the side of "As the alarm sounded the chief the fryer. As It electrician cut off the current to hit the hot plates the galley, several C02 extinguish­ of the range, the ers were discharged on the range, grease burst into and a fire hose was run in and flame, and then the hot plates cooled off. In a mat­ it ran down un­ Theiss After fire in galley of Mada­ ter of minutes the fire was put out. derneath and be­ ket, MM E, Goo and utilityhind the drip plate of the range, "Within minutes after the em­ man R, Bni clean up crew where it is impossible to clean, ergency was over the steward de­ pantry. partment, under the direction of and ignited some old grease. "B. Rucker, the steward, was in steward Rucker, went to work after that had no interruption of the galley at the time and he grab­ cleaning up the mess In the galley our regular meal schedule. bed a fire extinguisher. The chief and pantry, and as soon as they "As ^own in this instance," Theiss says, "with alertness and training an emergency can Alcoa Pioneer Men Pose For Photo proper be met and handled with a mini­ mum of time and danger to all hands." Union Bos Cable Address Topping off their gear before arriving in Havana, some of the SIU crewmembers of the Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa) pause long enough to have their photograph taken by shipmate Oscar Rosenfelt. iQiiiz Corner r--" »Vr„ (1) Which is the longest river in the world: (a) Congo, (b) Nile, (c) Yangtze, (d) Danube? (2) Two men can complete a certain job in 10 days. One of them, working alone, can do it in 15 days. How long would it take the other one to do the job by himself? (3) Which state was settled first: (a) Florida, (b) Massachusetts, (c) Delaware, (d) New York? (4) If a baseball player wound up the season with a batting average of .300 after 500 times at bat, how many hits did he have? (5) What was' the only tree which was forbidden in the Garden of Eden? (6) In British peerage, which ranks higher, an earl or duke? (7) How many kings sat upon the English throne in 1936: (a) none, (2) one, (3) two, (4) three? (ff) Rearrange the letters in "trechacar" to spell a word meaning reputation. ^ (9) What did Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren and James K. Polk have in common? (10) Three times a cprtain number plus two equals five times the number less 14, What Is the number? j _ ....(Qnis,Answers'Oa Page 17>-— Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with, headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK, Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the men involved. This feature is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARER'S LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. •' With the Christmas gift-giving lished by Ives-Washbum (NY), is season coming up, photography 236 pages, and lists at $3.50. 4 4 4 enthusiasts who are iooking for Seafarer-philatelists still have a something novel to give as a gift may wish to take advantage of a chance to obtain a first-day-of-isnew import from Japan, in the sue cancellation Dec. 10 when the form of photosensitized seven and United Nations Postal Administra­ nine-inch round and square china tion issues its 3c red-orange and 8c plates called Paloma Photo China. olive "Human Rights" commemorSensitized with a chloro-bromide atives at UN headquarters in NY. enlarging emulsion of medium Collectors are invited to send~"a speed and contrast, they are pro­ reasonable number" of self-ad­ cessed in a manner similar to dressed covers, with money order photographic paper. A picture of a or certified check to cover the ship, native figures or a family- amount of postage desired, to the portrait on a China plate might be UN Postal Administration, United a dandy gift for someone on your Nations, NY. Requests for mint list. With wooden display stands stamps should be sent separately, and test strips of the same emul­ 4 4 4 sion used on the china, the plates Dads who have access to photoare $2.25 and $4.50, depending on enlarging facilities can make a the size. They can be ordered real hit with the junior members through any camera store or from of the family by making up simple the importer, Spiratone, Inc., 49 picture puzzles for the kids to play West 27 Street, NYC. with. The idea is to print an in­ teresting photo of your youngster ^ Another item from Japan, for 8x10 or larger, and then back up the stamp collector this time, is a the photo with a small piece of 32-page illustrated book describ­ thin plywood, composition board or ing all Japanese stamps since sturdy cardboard. Next, cut the re­ 1871, which was issued by the sulting sheet into a dozen or so Ministry of Posts about a year ago, odd shapes like any other picture for sale to collectors. A copy of puzzle—a coping saw can do the the book can now be obtained at trick here—assemble the pieces no cost, by requesting one from flat in a box or scramble them In the Philatelic Agency in Tokyo. a drawstring bag, and then watch All that is required is that each the fun and recognition. request contain one international reply coupon, available at any postoffice, to cover mailing costs, t 4" 4" The popularity of the Herman Wouk novel "Caine Mutiny," which led to a successful Broad­ way play as well as a movie based on the book, has also caused a re­ vival of interest in another mutiny over .100 years ago. Although orig­ inal advertising blurbs for the "Caine" book and movie claimed that there never was a mutiny in the US Navy, the facts are just the opposite. There was what pass­ ed for a mutiny aboard the USS Somers in 1842, which-was led, it was claimed at the time, by the son of the then Secretary of War, in Washington, who was a mid­ shipman aboard the vessel. In any event, the Somers episode pro­ duced several books, the latest of which, the "The Captain CaUed It Mutiny," by Frederic F. Van de Water, has just appeared. Seafar­ ers whose reading tastes run |o history and especially naval his­ tory would probably find the story an absorbing one. The book, pub- LOG'A'RHYTHM: The Ocean Tramp By John Bunker There's a freighter down the harbor. She's a-swinging with the tide. Bottom mud upon her cable. Sea rust streaked along her side. See her steaming down the harbor. She's no liner with the mails. Riding deep she is with scrap iron And two thousand tons of rails. She took the North Atlantic route Through a February gale. The fireman heaved on slicing bars When the steam began to fail. The coal caked on the firing grates But she won't stay long in harbort And when the steam line btew. Soon they'll charter her away ? They tried to turn her with the the wind With d load: of coal from Cardiff To ride the norther through. For the fires down Rio way. See her fretting down the harbor. But she'll carry no more cargoes All her stdepiates red ^nd black. To the ports of many lands— Steam is rising front, the boilers,. They've posted, .heir as "overdue" CotU-mtokete-rolUng-up the-staeh, -And-"missing' •with dll ftandf^ • There are ten thousand miles behind her. Sure, ten thousand miles before, 'Till she's home again and empty. Briefly hobbled to the shore. Top Skipper Rates A Pat, Seaman Says Human nature being what it is, there's a tendency for SIU men, like other men, to beef about the bad things but for­ get about the good ones, says Sea­ farer Luigi lovino, crewman on the Barbara Fritchie (Liberty Naviga­ tion). Like Samuel Gompers, first president of the AFL, lovino be­ lieves we ought to "reward our friends and pun­ ish our enemies," and that goes for skippers as well as others. When­ ever SIU crews get on a ship that has a hardtiming skipper they soon pass the word along, he says, lovino but when they get a ship with a topnotch captain they rareiy find time for praise, "I've been aboard the Barbara Fritchie for six trips now," lovino writes the LOG, "and- usually I don't make more than a couple of trips on any ship. But on the Bar­ bara Fritchie we have an excellent skipper—Captain Bob Ransom, who's tops In cooperating with the crew and making the trips smooth. He stands up for the company, of course, but he also recognizes the crew's rights and the terms of the contract. "Every run I've mad^ on this ship has been free of b»,efs, and it's a pleasure to know the crew and delegates can concentrate on their work and not have to wrestle with a bucko, skipper. "So, if you ever ship on the Barbara Fritchie under Captain Ransom, you can be sure of a good ship with everything in SIU style," Tovinosaysr' — .,,.V : : �• ••".•-,prr • N«v«mber tt. 19M SEAFARERS Gi is Concerned About Transiers To the Editort About four months ago my friends and neighbors chose me to serve Uncle Sam, so I gave up my career as a chief electrician in the merchant marine to become a private in the Army. I took my basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and there I used to receive the SEAFARERS LOG, but now I'm going to school. at Fort Monmouth, NJ, so I wish you would note my change of address. I certainly enjoy reading the LOG and iearhing about what's going on with my old shipmates. But from what I read about those foreign transfers, it looks as if there may not be an American merchant marine for me to come back to after I finish my Army service. Learning Electronics The Army is teaching me elec­ tronics so I really can't kick too much. But the closest I get to sailing is over a bar with an old shipmate once in a while, and it's pretty rough being drydocked after eight years of going to sea, I'll sign off with my best wishes to the Union and its efforts to save the merchant marine and the Job I'd like to come back to. Pvt. Richard J. Peterson US 55455898 Co. R. 9404-TU Fort Monmouth, NJ. (Ed. note: Your change of ad­ dress has been noted). 1(1 it t, iAberaee^ Krupa Cheer Patients To the Editor: We, the brothers in the Brighton Marine Hospital in Boston, would like to tell our other brothers that if they must get sick, this is the place to be in. For entertainment, for instance, we have had such well-known per­ formers as Liberace, Gene Krupa and many other celebrities. We would also like to give credit to Miss Colohan here. She is very good at giving shots. M. A. Stabile, Jr. it it it Given Good Care in Si Hospital To the Editor: I want you to know that while • patient.at the USPHS hospital on Staten Island for seven weeks I received the best of care and treatment. I would like to take this oppor­ tunity to thank the SIU Welfare Services repre­ sentatives for all Tillabol they did for me during my stay. I also want to thank the nurses and staff members in Ward CD 2, and especially Dr. William Smith and Dr. W. H. Proudfoot who were most generous with their time and patience. Pedro VlUab^ LOG rkc»nftM» L E T TEE S and introduce yourself as a Union brother and Charlie and 1 will see that you're treated royally. Sorry 1 can't be on a ship with you boys right now but happy sailing to all of you. Eddie Kacsur if if J, She Has Beeipe For Vinegar Pie Eddie Kacsur o injured Brother Now Bar Owner To the Editor: I realize that you probably get a good many letters sent into the LOG and cannot devote as much space to them as you might like, but I certainly would appreciate it if you would print at least some of this letter, and also the photopraph 1 am enclosing which shows me at my new place of business. Rest assured that if you print this story and photo you will be doing a great service for a disabled Seafarer who is now unable to work due to a shipboard accident. You would also let all my friends at sea and on the beach know my whereabouts, and 1 would be very grateful to you. The point is that for the past year I've been aching to ship out again—^1 used to sail in the deck department—but it looks as if my sailing days are over, for the pres­ ent anyhow. The doctors say I'll be unable to work for quite a while, due to an accident 1 had aboard a Waterman ship, the old Stonewall Jackson, and have ad­ vised me to find something else. And so I've taken the money I've saved from sailing and, together with my brother Charlie, have opened a bar in New York City's Greenwich Village. Brother Also Sailed My brother Charlie, incidentally, also sailed with the SIU for about three years, and also was injured. At any rate, 1 am really happy to state that 1 can finally repay the Union in some measure for all the good it has done for me, because I feel sure that this is the kind of bar that all seamen will love. It's just like the ones we found in Bremerhaven and other good ports, and anything you want can be found in it. I'm sure that any seaman who is fed up with the clip joints that are found in New York will go crazy over this piace, which is called the Club 28 and is located at 28 Cornelia Street, near 6th Avenue and West 4th Street Just come in To the EditorRecently in the SEAFARERS LOG I read a "Galley Gleanings" article about steward Jesse W. Puckett, who said that all his life he had heard people talk about "vinegar pie," but had never met anyone who knew how to make it. Well, here's my recipe: Take one cupful of sugar, one cupful of boiling water, five teaspoonfiils of vinegar and two of lemon extract, also two level table­ spoons of cornstarch and two eggs. Mix the sugar, cornstarch, vinegar and flavoring and slowly add the hot water, strirring constantly on the stove until it thickens. When the mixture is cold, stir in the yolks of two eggs and pour into a pan lined with pastry. Make a meringue of the beaten and wellsweetened whites, and spread over the top after baking and brown. (Mrs.) Alice Smith 1^ i it Disabied^ He^s Aided By Union To the Editor: 1 would like to thank all the brothers at headquarters, from our secretary-treasurer on down, and including the staff of the Welfare Services Department, for helping me get on the disability benefit list. I'm going to be 72 years old next February and am no longer able to work because of a hernia operation and a heart condition. 1 used to be a member of the NMU at one time and worked for Cities Service for a great many years. There I met an SIU or­ ganizer who sold me on the SIU and 1 have been a Seafarer ever since. From the time 1 started with the Steinmann SIU in 1947 I've seen the SIU make progress until it is the best union in the whole United States. I know quite a few men in different shoreside unions, and you can believe me, their un­ ions can't compare with ours. A lot of the brothers will re­ member me from Cities Service ships where I sailed deck engineer and machinist. My last ship was the Nikoklis which I was on last January. Aofiut Stefaunann Overgioeked Bfirly League Praises SiU Demoeraeg To tte Editor: The New York Chapter of the League for Industrial Democracy is indebted to the SIU for a most stimulating and enjoyable visit to its headquarters on November 6. The courtesy and patience of your representative in answering our numerous questions were truly commendable. 1 only regret that more LID members could not take advantage of this opportunity to learn about the SIU and its earnest attempt to foster well-be­ ing for its membership and demo­ cratic methods in its administra­ tive set-up. (Mn.) Isabelle B. Friedman President, New York Chapter League for Industrial Democracy i Carroll and William Seafarer^s Wife Proud Of Sons i i Val Chem Men Protest PHS Cuts To the Editor: We thought that you might be interested in publishing the text of the radiogram which we, the crewmembers of the Val Chem, have just sent to President Eisen­ hower: "S.S. 'VAL CHEM' CREWMEM­ BERS REQUEST THAT BUDGET DlRECnrOR NOT CUT FUNDS FOR MEDICAL CARE OF AMER­ ICAN MERCHANT SEAMEN IN USPHS HOSPITALS." We have also sent copies of this radiogram to Hon. John Rooney, Warren G. Magnuson, Herbert Bonner and James Murray. John Latimer Ship's delegate i it i To the Editor: 1 am the wife of Seafarer Woodrow W. Reid, who is now chief cook on the Monarch of the Seas, and 1 hope you will publish this picture of our two sons in the SEAFARERS LOG. They are Car­ roll, 15, and William, 11, and 1 think they show what fine, healthy families Seafarers can raise, thanks largely to the economic and other gains" they have made through their Union. Incidentally, we motored down to Mobile recently to meet my husband and ~ checked in at the Seamen's Club. The dining room serves excellent food, and the en­ tire place is nice to be in, and other seamen's wives might find it To the Editor: 1 have no words to fully express a good place to go if they are visit­ my appreciation to the SIU for ing their husbands in this port. its kindness and help to me dur­ Mrs. Woodrow W. Reid ing the recent death and bui-ial i i i of my brother, Eddie T. Driggers. To all of the Union's officials, welfare representatives and mem­ bers 1 wish to say, in memory of my brother, "The SIU has once To the Editor: When 1 arrived here at the Frere again proven itself loyal and de­ serving of the deepest faith of the Hospital in East London 1 was brothers and their families." under the impression that South Paul M. Driggers African hospitals are inferior to i i i American ones, but 1 soon found out that I was wrong. 1 received a fine reception and was promptly To the Editor: and adequately cared for by Dr. I would like to take this method Naude of the casualty department, of expressing my appreciation to and then 1 was taken to a semi- the Seafarers private room where 1 was attended Welfare Plan for by some remarkably pleasant approving my acnurses. The doctor told me he plication for ben­ thinks 1 have a slight case of efits for the dis­ malaria, which 1 may have con­ ability I suffered tracted in Madagascar, but I have 14 months ago been so well treated that today I when I had to be feel much better. taken off my ship I would especially like to thank which was head­ my roommate, Mr. Goldsmith, and ed for Japan. Trottle nurses Dyks, Kieser and OosthuiI wish to thank zen, as well as the other nurses everyone concerned in this matter and doctors who have all been so for their cooperation and great kind to me. help to me. Benjamin F. Trotilc Ray Brault '<^1 :.r| Brother's Death Brings SiV Help ;S| al African Hospital Treats Him Well Welfare Plan Thanked For Aid OR Bernard Seaman •HI,, •h' >/ . .. �I-; 7s6«f.TsS?^->-?.-; w ^siAhkkkkiifdG ' .. DIGEST of smps IV frV t'.';7' i^- I STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), October 3 —Chairman, E. C. Teske; Secretary, S. Hanks. Launch service beef will be set­ tled at payoff. A new washing machine is needed. Mate thanked deck gang for the fine work they did during the voy­ age. Socrotary, Albert Do Forest. The engine delegate read an article in the LOG about performers and noted that the Coast Guard is sometimes called in on this type of beef. The ship's delegate will try to get numbers 5 and 6 SlU libraries aboard. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), August ItChairman, Pugacieski; Secretary, Fred C. Litsch. Ship's delegate reported that repairs will be taken care of in New York or Baltimore. The chairman made a motion that meeting minutes be read at the first meeting of next voyage so that the new crew will know what rules and suggestions were made to promote a smoother running ship. In case of layup, equipment will be turned into near­ est SlU hall. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), September 25—Chairman, James Flanagan; Secretary, Alexander Janes. The steward gave a report on stores. Library will be put out after leaving New York. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), Oc­ tober 4—Chairman, James Meaves; Sec­ retary, none. Thirty glasses have disap­ peared in ten days and the crew was asked to try and find out where they have gone. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), Septem­ ber 28—Chairman, John Garrison; Secre­ tary, Ed Gordon. Wringer for washing machine will be fixed or a new one will be purchased in Long Beach or San Francisco. Several crewmembers com­ plained about the soft icecream being served. A suggestion was made that all hands keep the screen doors locked while enroute through the Panama Canal. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Septem­ ber 25—Chairman, James Allen; Secre­ tary, Charles W. Cothran. Steward will request a better grade of beef. Ship's deiegate wiii contact captain about giv­ ing time off to all hands while in port until one hour before sailing time. Crew voted not to buy TV set for messhall. There is a balance of $55.10 in the ship's fund. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), September 28—Chairman, M. Masley; Sec­ retary, Frank Flanagan. Several for'sies painted and sougeed as requested at last meeting. Delegates were asked to turn in repair lists. FREDERIC C. COLLIN (Transfuel), Sep­ tember 26—Chairman, D. D. Story; Sec­ retary, H. Cordes. Deck delegate sent a letter to the New Orleans hall about the deck maintennce missing ship. Everyone DEL AIRES (Mississippi), September 12 aboard is satisfied with the travelers —Chairman, B. Wright; Secretary, D. checks. Motion made and carried that Hall. Most of the ship's repairs have the ship be fumigated before it goes out on the next voyage. Sheets are too small for new mattresses. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for their cooperation with the crew. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), October 10— Chairman, Hugh W. Eatherton; Secretary, Gerald Sinkas. First assistant wouldn't check overtime sheets to show depart­ ment whether or not there is any dis­ puted overtime. Motion made and car­ ried to have flush valves in deck and been taken care. Members were asked engine department toilets repaired. to be more quiet in the passageways in the afternoon in consideration of men MADAKET (Waterman), September 6— sleeping. Only two cartons of cigarettes Chairman, W. Busch; Secretary, B. Ruckbeing issued per week. er. Ail delegates were asked to make up a rep'>ir list and turn same in to the DOROTHY (Bull), September 25 — ship's delegate. Chairman, Jack Kain; Secretary, Peter October 12—Chairman, W. L. Busch; Patrick. Toaster in crew messhall not Secretary, B. Rucker. A vote of thanks working. Steward asked the crew to was given to the crew mess and elec­ cooperate and turn in soiled linen. trician for good show. Drinking water should be controlled in Puerto Rico as it always seems warm ROBIN TUXFORD (Seas Shipping), July during the day. 25—Chairman, Walter Fitch; Secretary, Walter Marcus. Chief engineer will flx ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), September water fountain. Purser will be contacted 15 — Chairman, O. Sandal; Secretary, to see if he will open the slopchest after James F. Fyrne. The 12 to 4 watch leaving port in order that crewmembers missed two watches. A deck department may buy cigarettes. member raised a beef about the captain September 19—Chairman, Harry J. not permitting the crew foc'sles to be Acesta; Secretary, Walter Marcus. In the painted. future no union pocket books should be giving away in any port. Books are put CHILORE (Ore), September 26—Chair- on board for the crew to read and not man, Eli Hanover; Secretary, D. Stone. for foreign people. Crewmembers were For the past three or four trips the -asked to keep the washing machine in a washing machine has been on the repair dean condition after using same. list and each time some part of It has been replaced. The steward department ROBIN WENTLEY (Stas Shipping), will keep the recreation room clean and September 26—Chairman, E. Cantoral; the OS will keep the laundry clean. The Secretary, J. Howlson. One brother was steward department was given a vote of hospitalized in Beira and he wrote a let­ thanks. ter to the SlU Welfare Services depart­ ment regarding same. Motion made and LOGANS FORT (Citias Service), Octo­ carried to attend safety meetings and if ber 2—Chairman, Thompson; Secretary, suggestions are not used, then crewmem­ A. Hebert. Motion made and carried bers will not attend any of the future that men wearing underwear will not be meetings. All rooms need painting. permitted in the messhall. Wipers foc'sle Books and magazines are not to be given was painted. Ship's delegate said that away in foreign ports, and the new li­ he will try to get benches on fantail for brary will be placed in the custody of crew's beneet. the ship's delegate or the steward. Vol­ untary contributions to the ship's fund QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Seatrade), Sep­ will be collected at payoff. tember 26—Chairman, Kenneth P. Gold­ August ' 1—Chairman, Walter Walsh; man; Secretary, K. O. Smith. Motion Secretary, Frank Crider. The captain in­ made and carried to draft a letter ask­ sists that passenger men either eat their ing that a former ship's delegate and meals standing up in passenger pantry or deck delegate be made to account for take them to the crew mess. Motion made ship's fund from . the last trip. Sugges­ and carried that a stand by buzzer be tion was made to take chairs out of installed in the crew mess to enable man messhall and replace them with benches. on standby to know when he is wanted on the bndi dge. ALEXANDRA (John M. Carras), Sep­ tember 26—Chairman, Fred Miller; Sec­ ROBIN $HERWOOD ($eas Shipping), retary, W. M. Hand. Chief pumpman September 21—Chairman, Ray Brault; didn't get--clothing allowance and failed Secretary, H. Berkenfald. Special meetto notice it until after the payoff. Ship's ing was called concerning old refrlgerdelegate contacted the patrolman again ator. Ship's delegate reported that one about making sure that fresh provisions man missed ship in New York. are provided at each port. October 10—Chairman, W. Kerby; Sec­ retary, Tommie Williams. Master refused COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Sep­ to let crew send cablegram to the Union tember 19—Chairman, L. A. Ciamboli; and asked the ship's delegate to give .'v p' Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your moiling list. (Print Information) fv' NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY ••••• •••••••• • • • •• ZONE STATE Signed TO AVOID pUPLICATIONi if you are an old tubseribar and hava a ehanga •f address, plaaaa giw your former address balowt ADDRESS ciTir « f BDGMMtFMf Biaaa/el ZONI . iaeseeeeaaee^ STATI him 24 hours to get the box fixed. A new refrigerator wUl be installed If the pres­ ent one breaks down again. Suggestion that some old books be given away in various southern ports to merchant ma­ rine library. FREDERIC C. COLLIN (TransfucI), Au­ gust 28—Chairman, H. K. Smith; Secre­ tary, H. Cordes. The steward department will take care of the recreation room and the deck and engine departments will take care of cleaning the laundry. Cap­ tain informed delegates that we would put the draw out in Lisbon in travelers checks. made and passed directing the ship's deiegate to write a letter to the secre­ tary treasurer and the editor of the LOG outlining the crew's recommendation for a change in sailing board clause and rest period clause in the tanker agree­ ment. SOUTHERN CITIES (Southern), Octo­ ber 9—Chairman, J. A. Sullivan; Secre­ tary, B. W. Buster. New mattresses and springs are needed on vessel. Lockers and fans are also needed as agreed in contract. ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), geptember 24—Chairman, Dempsy Nicholson; Secre­ BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), tary, Harry C. Kllmon. A special meet­ October 4—Chairman, J. MacLaughlin; ing was held to elect a ship's delegate. Secretary, V. RatcllH. Dispute on room Suggestion made to have a union patrol­ allowance as captain only wants to pay man look at the beef that was put three days to some of the crew. Ven­ aboard in Trinidad to decide if the in­ tilation system cut off in shipyard so spector should be called in to check it. that the entire system is now blocked off. Recommended that shipping not be JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), Sep­ done for a period of longer than four tember 22—Chairman, S. Gondzar; Secre­ hours around foc'sles while men are tary, McCall. Discussion about fruit sleeping. juices not being served often enough. At the present there is S47.70 in the ship's SUZANNE (Bull), October 3—Chairman, fund. H. Orlando; Secretary, R. M. Godwin. Messroom will be sprayed after each EVELYN (Bull), September 19—Chair­ meal. Each department repair list will be turned in on the way down south. man, W. Bunker; Secretary, M. Burns. Motion made and carried to have the Washing machine needs repairing. port agent or his representative come down especially to see about the food GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), September 26—Chairman, M. Gattschalk; beef and the repairs. The steward says that the captain is constantly interfering Secretary, Frank J. Shandl. Motion made and carried to ask for innerspring mat­ with the steward department. tresses for the entire crew on arrival ROBIN KIRK (Robin), September 5— in port. Discussion on sougeeing rec­ reation room. One brother would like to Chairman, Thomas Vessel; Secretary, Matthew Gehereaux. A suggestion was know if crew is entitled to transportation to New York in the event ship is laid up. made to hold meetings between 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM. Bad milk will be checked. FRENCH CREEK (CItias Service), Oc­ Steward is to notify delegates if captain tober 10—Chairman, William Adams; Sec­ refuses to order all stores. Suggestion retary, Dan Beard. Two new lockers are made to report all performers at ship's available for the crew and they will be meetings to decide upon action to be installed. The crew feels . a coastwise taken. Results will be turned over to a tanker should have a prompt payolf. patrolman. Unnecessary delays and company redtape ANTINOUS (Waterman), October 9— penalize crew when delegates bring in a clean ship. Minor food beefs explained Chairman, Ernest Gerace; Secretary, J. De Poo. A new ship's delegate was satisfactorily by chief cook and messman. eleeted. Each crewmember will donate There is $35 in the ship's fund. SI to the ship's fund at payoff. Voted to DE SOTO (Waterman), August 22— keep TV set in present location and to Chairman, Bill Burke; Secretary, Phil have Joe PagoUa responsible for same. Reyes. Steward reported that the rest Bosun will see about having messroom of the innerspring mattresses will be tiled. placed aboard this trip. Deck delegate DEL VALLE (Mississippi), October 9— thanked members of the crew who do­ nated sums of money to a former brother Chairman, Joe Scramuzza; Secretary members .whose mother just died. Stew­ Ramon Irazarry. One crewmember re' ard reminded the members of the nom­ ported fowling up continuously. Motion inations for Union officials currently go­ made and carried that a letter be writ ing on and the provision of the Union ten to Congress complaining about turn constitution giving the right to every ing American flag vessels over to foreign member to nominate himself for office. flag. A letter from the Sea Chest was Several members discussed the quality of read to the membership concerning qua! ity of skoes and other articles in slopthe food and suggested improvements September 19—Chairman G. Callahan* chest. Secretary, Phil Reyes. Motion made and DEL SOL (Mississippi), September carried that a certain portion of every meeting be devoted to educational di» Chairman, K. Lopez; Secretary, William R. Cameron. Motion accepted that each, cussion of our union constitution, conman donate $1 to the ship's fund. All hands were asked to clean the laundry room after using same. tracts and union history. All the necessry repairs should be submitted to the respective delegates before the ship docks at payoff port. It was agreed that the engine and deck departments will stag­ ger in keeping the laundry clean. Movies are being showed aboard -ship, by Sidney, the messmaii, and the ship's delegate urged every member to donate one hour's overtime for the renting of the films. $TEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), July 24— Chairman, W. Mitchell; Secretary, Charles J. Hartman. The sum of $80 is now in the ship's fund. This amount has been built up by arrival pools. Mention made that two members of the deck depart­ ment have been logged for failure to pass the port doctor prior to Karacchi de­ parture. Delegate stressed that port medical inspections are important and that crew must attend them. Ship's dele­ gate took the deck and spoke at length about sundry matters of union import­ ance that require more coopertion from the crew. Because of repeated complaints that letters mailed In Saudi Arabia sel­ dom reach the States the ship's delegate urged the adoption of a plan to send ail mail in one envelope to a US, postmaster who would open it and repost all the American stamped letters. GEORGE A. LAWSON (Pan Oceanic), July 18—Chairman, Frad Isrsal; Sacratary, J, E, Brooks. New washing machine will be ordered as the old one Is beyond repair. New mattresses that came on board in San Pedro were not satisfactory to the crew and steward. CUBORE (Ore), ;tptambar 5—Chairman, W. Cain; Sacratary, James Archie. All departments agreed on keeping laundry and recreation room clean. Vote of thanks was given to the steward depart­ ment for their fine work. One man was left in Baltimore. MARY ADAMS (Bloomtlald), Septem­ ber 29—Chairman, Al Wile: Sacratary, Bill Hay. Ship's delegate was elected. Cots will be checked before satlinv. Bosun-asked all steward department to diimp garbage back aft In the garbage drums instead of by number 4 hatch. Ship's delegate asked all members to take their , beefs to their own department delegate first and if beef cannot be set-' tied then coma to him. CANTIONY (Citias Sarvica), Dctabari 9 —Chairman, D. RaynoMst Secretary;. M. O, Ohstrom.' Captath - is.: trying-'to, get crew'fitalpvWon rapaiyad. :A"Dotto]F. was jnembers agreed on the suggestion. Stew. Md asked the men getting off to strip their bunks and leave the foc'sles clean. PENINSULA MARINER (Waterman), September 18—Chairman, J. H. Fisher; Secretary, J. B. Jaianng. Old minutee will be posted on the bulletin board. A tray should be placed on the washer so that the water will go in the sink in­ stead of on the deck. October 7—Chairman, C. Martin; Secretary, T. Lindbery. Steward department was given a vote of thanks for excellent food and service. Motion made that rooms be checked. CALMAR (Calmer), September 22— Chairman, Chuck Hostetter; Secretary, Henry E. Batogowskls. Meeting was called so that repair list could be taken up. Crew agreed not to sign on until new mattresses are put aboard. Medical sup­ plies will be checked before signing on. Arrival pools in the Canal Zone and New York will bring the ship's fund up to $40. The crew was asked not to open letters that are addressed to the ship's delegate. LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), September 15—Chairman, B. Fimovicz; Secretary, S. Rivera. Two men missed ship in St. John, New Foundland. Repair lists to be made up and turned in. Crew­ members were asked to stop making noise while men off watch are sleeping, and to keep the laundry and recreation rooms clean at all times. October 10—Chairman, W. Hammock; Secretary, S. Rivera. All repairs have been turned in and most of them have been taken care of. A new library will be put on board for next voyage. Sug­ gestion was made to keep recreation room locked in port: ALCOA PIONEER (Alcos), October 21— Chairman, John Fsdesovlch; SecretaVy, John R. Tllley. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for the groceries they put out in spite of the fact they fed breakfast the same day they came aboard and sailed the next. A patrolman will check the slopchest before crew signs on to make sure it is complete. BALTMORE (Ore), October 10—Chair­ man, John Peacox; Secretary, James Oliver. Fans recently installed are not working properly. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. ROBIN LOCK$LEY (Seat Shipping), no —Chairman, Steward; Secretary, H. Burge. Bosun suggested keeping the washing machine clean. Engineers will fix STEEL KINO (Isthmian), September 19 all repairs as they occur. Fans will be —Chairman, W. Schoenborn; Secretary, installed in foc'sles. Deck showers need R. Harford. Letter sent to headquarters painting. October 11—Chairman, Smith; Secre­ about cleaning tanks. All delegates were Two men given repair list. One man missed ship tary, John N. Thempsen. missed ship in Durban. Engine depart­ in Honolulu. ment complained about water and lack ANTINOUS (Waterman), September 12 of soap in engine room. This matter will —Chairman, W. Wallace; Sacratary, C. be turned over to the patrolman. Achoy. Captain warned crewmembers to SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), Oc­ be aboard one hour before sailing. In the future all beefs or communications tober 17—Chairman, Chapman; Secretary, Ship's delegate reported to the Union will be handled through the Friedman. ship's delegate. It was agreed that TV ship's fund now stands at SB7.25. He also set be raffled off among the crew. $47.06 spoke on a survey being made by the Union and company concerning ventil­ in the ship's fund. ation of messhalls. Former ship's dele­ OCEAN LOTTE (Maritime Overseas), gate given a vote of thanks for a job March 22—Chairman, R. Edan; Sacratary, well done. F. Sulllns. Each department will help SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatralnl, clean the laundry. Washing machine October 17—Chairman, E. Cols; Secretary# needs repairing. E. Jonas. Ship's delegate saw the pa­ April 10—Chairman, J. Stevens; Sacra­ supposed to have a tary, Robert Walton. Captain -said slop- trolman and is chest will be open as often as Is conven­ meetting with company about air con­ ditioning. Beef about cleaning laundry. ient. Brother Williams made a motion to have the linen checked for shrinkage Cots to be taken off deck. The relief as soon as possibie. Brothers were mate was using tools on deck. warned to be more watchful for out­ ALEXANDRA (Carras), October 17 — siders coming into Individual foc'sles while in port. Each department dele­ Chairman, Vssser SzymsnskI; Secretary# Galveston patrolman gate was asked to have a financial re­ W. M. Hand. port of ship's fund. There is a total of called and instructed captain to put out $13 in the fund, and a collection will be a draw. Chief pumpman brought to the taken after the meeting. August 6—Chairman, Stevens; Secre­ tary, R. Walton. There is a shortage of porthole screens. Shrinkage in the linen has not been taken care of. A collection was made to help Brother Sulllns with traveling expenses. He flew home from Inchon due to his piother's illness. Port­ hole screens, cots, milk, fly swatters, and of the members the slanderous other essential needs should be ordered attention propaganda being put out by "Justice by the captain upon arrival in Guam; Committee' against the SlU. Chairman Brother Foster who is steward will ac­ cept any constructive sugg'estions crew­ informed permits that they had the right to express themselves in a ship's meet­ members make about the food. ing. October IS—Chairman, V. SzymsnskI; PENNMAR (Cslmar), no date—Chair­ Secretary, W. M. Hand. Discussion about man, J. Samsel; Secretary, J. Dedicatoria. captain's decision not to put out a draw Two men hospitalized and left behind in Corpus Christi. Captain will see that for treatment in Panama. The captain is items on repair list are taken care of. very disagreeable to the crew and he A suggestion was made that each man does not recognize the ship's delegate or contribute to a ship's fund to take care any delegate on the ship. Motioh made of phone, calls, etc. that from now on foc'sles that have been painted should be dated and stamped on BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), the wall so that crew will know when to Dcteber 16—Chairman, Jehn C. Mitchell; expect painting again. The chief steward Secretary, V. F. Ralcllff. Motion made requested that excess towels and sheets and carried that a new iron be bought be turned over to him. out of the ship's fund, and that the crew radio in the messhall be left Off during STEEL NAVIGATOR - (Isthmlsn), Au­ meal hours. Ship's delegate will see the gust 13—Chairman, Charles Sceflefal;. Sec­ chief engineer about getting a new agi­ retary, F. Delapenha. Brothers spoke of tator for. the washing machine and- he understanding in regard to abuse and will also see the patrolman in New York dissention among the- departments. Stew­ about having the recreation room fixed ard promised to cooperate and Improve up, food situation. BREBCE VICTORY (South Atlantic), SAN MATEO VICTORY (Eastern), Oc- October 14—Chairmen, >)*. Oottschelk; teber S^hslrman, R. Miller; Secretary, Secretary, D. Gemelner. Di.:cussion on L, 'Bruce. The ship's- delegate said in the best means to get required fans And case the s>ilil lays up ti^ shlp'F lUQd 'should' be turned OveT to m needy cause U wap deciditd to refer the matter t» the v(Continued on p^e -such as the HarOb- ofi-Dinies.:. eirew-l , •« M H �Norembw Sf>'lt54 SEAFARERS LOG P«(« SCTClltCCB ... DIGEST of SHIPS' BIEETINGS.. Sims; Sacrstary. Stavo Musce. Motion made and carried to give ship's dele­ gate fuU purchasing power where recre­ ation facilities are concerned. The ship's delegate will sea the captain about using the ship's phone to call agent in Savannah, and find out whether or not the captain has the right to keep the MARINA (Bull), September 7—Chair­ creW on board while the ship is along­ man, F. Fletcher; Secretary, Burns. side the dock clearing immigratioin. Fans have not been put in ail the rooms according to the latest agreement. The MASSMAR (Calmar), August 28 — ship's delegate requested that each de­ Chairman, Red Giggi; Secretary, Guy partment settle its own beefs with its Walter. Philadelphia agent said there • own delegate. He spoke on the neces­ was not much that could be done about sity of working in harmony with ail the mattress situation at the time, but members. if nothing is done about it when the September 29—Chairman, K. Hatglmt vessel returns to New York then action sios; Secretary, Burns. One crewmember will be taken. Comment was made on took time off without first seeing the noise in alleyways after watches turned head of his department for permission. in. Laundry will be kept clean by Discussion regarding longshoremen in the wipers. galley, toilets and passageways. The ship's delegate agreed that they should MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ be kept out of messhails. galley, etc.. but riers), October 3 — Chairman, James the passageways are another question. Flanagan; Secretary, Alex Janes. Water cooler was fixed, and repairs not taken OREMAR (Calmar), September 25—Chair­ care of yet will be attended to. Vote man, Elmer Barnhiil, secretary, Clyde of thanks was given to the steward de Kent. It was suggested that pantryman partment. wash coffee cups in night pantry. A vote of thanks was given to the galley WINTER HILL (Cities Service), July 12 crew for the swell food they have put —Chairman, Al Parker; Secretary, August out. Souza, Jr. The steward delegate wishes to pass on the delegate job to another CUBORB (Ore), September 28—Chair­ member, and he thanked the crew for man, W. Cain; Secretary, O. Bell. cooperating with him. Rails leading to Scrubbing brush will be kept in laun the crew quarters need painting. Ship's dry. AU hands were asked to keep the fund has a total of 853. laundry clean, and not to wash mop in the tubs. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), July 2S— (Continued from page 16) patrolman at payoff for further action. Five copies of repair list will be made up and distributed to the port engineer, chief engineer, patrolman, captain and one copy will remain aboard. Chairman, Jenkins; Secretary, T. Ulisse. CAROLYN (Bull), October 4—Chairman, Crew to go on record to have stores checked by the Union to see if they come up to par with other ships owned by the company. A variety of night lunches re­ quested; steward requested to cooperate. Crew was asked to take care of cots and put them away when not In use. Cups should not be left out on deck. John Leys July 11—Chairman, Ray Ellison; Secre­ tary, T. Ullsse. There is S249.9S due on Please get in touch with your TV set. Crew to continue S3 donation at wife at once. flrst mainland draw on return trip. $24.50 now in ship's fund. ^GRSONAli 3) t !• Edward F. Woods Mother worried about you. Write home soon. Fritz. J" i" 4" Leslie N. Pearsall Please get in touch with me as soon as possible. My new address is 1122 53 St., Oakland, Calif. M. Oschitzki. t 3i 3) Bill Tacey Please contact me aboard the French Creek, c/o Cities Service Oil Co., 70 Pine St., New York, NY. Ed McMaster. 3« I" 4" Richard Suttle I got the stuff out and it's nice. Thanks a lot. Good luck. Mel. 3> t 4 Richard Brown Contact Allen Myrex, 4 N. High St., Baltimore 2, Md. ALAMAR (Calmar), August 8—Chair­ man, Herbert - Braunstlen; Secretary, James B. McPhaul. An improvement seen on fresh fruit over last trip was dis­ cussed by ship's delegate. Lights to be turned off on starboard while men off watch are asleep. Lockers and sink stoppers will be ordered and repaired. Wiper's foc'sle needs painting. All re­ pairs to be turned in to department dele­ gates. DEL ORG (Mississippi), July IS—Chair­ man, J. R. Tauart; Secretary, J. Smythe. Ship's library was explained by ship's delegate and he will check with purser concerning books in his storeroom. Ques­ tion on cups and glasses being left around the decks. Members decided that everyone bring his own cup and glass back to the pantry. FELTORE (Ore), August 9—Chairman, Quiz Anawerz Jim Keavney; Secretary, Ray Lavolne. (1) (b) Nile. It is almost 4,000 Part of the repairs have been taken care ef and the repairs pending will be in­ miles long. cluded in the new repair list. Ship was deiayetl when leaving .the shipyard for (2) 30 days, several hours after posted sailing time. (3) (a) Florida (1565). Patrolman informed the crew that they cannot collect overtime. Union library (4) 150 hits. (5) The tree of knowledge of expected aboard the ship this trip. Ship's good and evil. (6) A duke. (7) (d) three. George V died on Jan. 20, was succeeded by his eld­ est son, Edward VHI, who abdi­ Stanley Dean Turner cated the throne on December 11, and was himself succeeded by his Please get in touch with the brother George VI, father of the SEAFARERS LOG office at SIU present queen. headquarters in New York. (8) Character. 3^ 4 4' Charlie King (9) All were Presidents of the Get in touch with Joe Volpian US. (10) Eight. at headquarters. Important. NOTICES delegate requested a price list from the Sea Chest. Crewmembers complained that ice cream is served too soft and the steward informed the membership that the ice cream starts to melt the first day out of port, and there is nothing that can be done to remedy the situation. Mem­ bership requested that adequate refrig­ eration be obtained. Donations to the ship's fund will be collected at payoff. John Parker will buy an electric steam iron out of the ship's fund. Ship's dele­ gate to see the patrolman about chief refusing to obtain cleaning gear for the wiper assigned to sanitary work. Machinist missed ahip intentionaUy owing ferad a menu of a little mora variety money to 2nd mate, one 3rd assistant and plus extra service. others. A motion was made that the Union give a double fine to this brother. GOVERNMENT CAMF (Cities Service), SOUTHLAND (South Atlantic), Septem­ ber 5—Chairman, E. B. McAuley; Secre­ tary, D. T. Morrison. Several beefs about the meat served. It was brought out that the boxes marked strip loins were nothing but a poor grade of dog meat and not fit for any SIU crew. Motion carried to contact the union hall regard­ ing larger sheets to cover the new innerspring mattresses. Lack of keys for crew's quarters. The bosun pointed out that in the event that a man loses his keys to inform the mate on watch to open the room and not use a. fire axe to open the door. Discussion about use of money in the ship's fund. FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), August 3—Chairman, L. J. Brilhart; Secretary, H. W. Schnoor. Ship's delegate cautioned all brothers about smoking beyond safety barriers. He will see the chief engineer concerning replacement of new drain plugs in messroom. Men relieving watch TOPA TOPA (Waterman), September t were asked to relieve on time. Vote of James K. Sheets; Secretary, thanks given to the steward department. —Chairman, Gerald Sinkes. Suggestion that ship's delegate see captain about notifying the MOTHER M. L. (Eagle Ocaan), August 1 crew when he is ready to close siopchcst. —Chairman, H. Kanflich; Secretary, Nor­ Crewmembers were asked to return ail man Phillips. No beefs reported. Ail re­ cups to the pantry. SEAMAR (Calmar), August 19—Chair­ man, Barnett; Secretary, John Bucci. Ship's delegate will try to get Sea Chest in New York. Motion made and carried to turn deck engineer over to the patrol­ man for working off hours without pay­ ment of overtime. Mate will be asked to furnish new station bill and muster list pairs requested during the trip okay. Few as present one is confusing. hours disputed overtime, June 14—Chairman, Michael F. Dellane; TROJAN SEAMAN (Troy), August 1— Secretary, Norman Phillips. Motion made and carried that each department help Chairman, Red Baron; Secretary, H. Sanderiln. Steward suggested that new cots keep the laundry room clean. be ordered. Fans in several rooms have AZALEA CITY (Waterman), August 8— to be repaired. Chairman, Tex Suit; Secretary, Frank BALTORE (Ore), August 29—Chairman, Walker. Steward asked ail crewmembers to return surplus linen. The ship was B. O. Wilson; Secretary. J. J. Foley. De­ partment delegates were asked to turn held in Puerto Rico five weeks due to the longshoremen's strike. Ship's delegate in repair lists to the ship's delegate be­ fore going to shipyard. Discussion on elected. the most suitable thne for meetings. Steward was requested to have a variety CHILORE (Ore), no date—Chairman, D. Stone; Secretary, C. Patton. Before ac­ of salads other than tomato and lettuce. The night lunch could be improved. cepting the nomination of ship's dele­ gate. D. Stone stated that under no cir­ STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), August 31 cumstances would he accept if the crew expected him to go to bat for anyone —Chairman, James Hanners; Secretary. Ray Queen. Steward was asked to check who did not live up to the agreement and constitution. Linen will be changed each the stores more carefully when they Saturday morning. Agitator and wringer come on board. Crew agreed not to sigii on until repair list has been completed. broken on the washing machine. .Messmen don't get up at the proper time STEEL AGE (Isthmian), July 18 — in the morning to do their work, and Chairman, James W. Barnes; Secretary, the steward has been asked to crack and see that their work is done on John W. Barnes, Ail hands restricted down on board ship after doctors ex­ time. amination. Motion made to have better SANTORE (Ore), September 11—Chair­ lockers installed in foc'slcs. Motion made to get Lava soap only instead of Klex. man, R. King; Secretary, Frank Okwcrian. Delayed sailing discussed. Steward in­ Motions .accepted. Ail repairs should be checked by those crewmembers that are vited delegates to Inspect bo.es at any staying on for another trip, as they know time. what to look for, and be fixed before TROJAN SEAMAN (Troy), September sailing. Payroll slips should be broken down to show exactly how much over­ 11—Chairman, Thomas Foster; Secretary, time, how much base pay and how E. J. Whelan. A feU; hours overtime to much taxes amount to instead of a total be settled by patrolman at payoff Stew­ amount of wages and taxes taken out. ard asked crew not to waste the coffee. When leaving New York the mortal re­ The captain will be contacted about mains of Brother Henry Core were re­ fumigating ship and severance slips as the ship is laying up. MAE (Bull), September 19—Chairman, HIckey; Secretary, Williams. .411 repairs have been taken care of and fans are being installed as soon as possible in ail rooms. The ship's fund has a balance of $23.40. Ship's delegate will see that new drinking water pump is installed before ceived aboard ship. -His last wish was leaving Baltimore that he wanted to be buried at sea. CECIL N. BEAN (Dry-Trans), Septem­ OREMAR (Calmar), August 9—Chairman, ber 12—Chairman, Dan Butts; Secretary, William Mac Arthur; Secretary, L. Blank- N. McGuire, Overtime for chief mate enbechler. Ship's delegate reported that doing deck department work has been all repairs are being taken care of. Wind turned in. A unanimous vote of con­ scoops are being ordered this trip. One fidence was given to the steward depart­ man reported hurt and, was not allowed ment. if parts are available to fix the to see doctor in Canal. ' This will be re­ top of the galley range it should be re­ ferred to a patrolman. Ship's delegate paired before arrival in next port. reminded those men leaving ship to turn in linen and keys to foc'sle. SAN MATEO VICTORY (Eastern), Sep­ July 24—Chairman, Jack R. MIsner; tember 12—Chairman, Frank Brodzik; Secretary, William Mae Arthur. . Beef Secretary, Leo Bruce, A motion was ! about rusty wash water discussed. Stew­ made to spend some of the money from ' ard will see about dividing Canal transit the ship's fund for games. One brother crew between the two messhails evenly. suggested locking the messroom in port' Steward to see that his entrees for Fri­ to safeguard the books and put the key days include nreatless meals for Catholic where it can be found. , members of the crew. Deck and engine departments will clean the recreation SUZANNE (Buli), November 2—Chair­ room and passageways, and the steward man, P. Bush; Secretary, Remaud. The department will clean' the laundry. baker on the ship claims he is overtaxed ; with work due to extra passenger request' MARORE (Ore), July 31—Chairman, and variety of crew menus. He requested Henry Shepeta; Secretary, Manuel A. that the passengers be fed the same food RIndudes. Suggestion made to the stew­ as the crew and no extra additions. Stew- 1 ard to put some extra night lunches out. ard stated that passengers should be of- ' YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING (Continued from page 5) for children; Indian beadcraft and other handicraft outfits; reasonably-priced cameras, telescopes and other equipment Gifts For Adults For older children and adults, many clothing items are less costly this year than last and will make welcome gifts. Items made of the newer synthetic materials like nylon, Orion, Dacron, etc., are noticeably less expensive this year. Here are other specific value-wise suggestions: SWEATERS: To be sure they'll wear well, check the tightness of weave. The seams should be bound with ribbon to keep their shape and withstand strain, or at least be very firmly sewn. ROBES: Most men actually don't like tl^e expensive, fanpilyrtci(nmed rayon isatin robes^ widely sold fov Ghrist-> mas giving. They are not warm, and wrinkle quickly. More preferable are flannel, corduroy or terry-cloth. In buying flannel robes, for man, woman, or child, hold the material up to the light to make sure it isn't thin in spots. LINGERIE: Buy well-made tailored lingerie instead of the fancily-trimmed but non-durable things the stores promote for Christmas giving. In slips, nylon tricot is a useful type at a reasonable cost this year. HOUSEDRESSES; A simply-made housedress of basic­ ally good material like 80-square percale is always an acceptable gift for a woman. Look for durable con­ struction details like generous seams and hem rather than fancy trimming. SP0RT;SMAN'S KNIVES: A !'Sportsman's" pocket knife is one of the most versatile and rugged tools a man can own. .It.hasi.Ariarge .spear> blade^'-sra'all'pen. blade, tait*^ October 7—Chairman, W. Orr; Secretary, J. Block. The new washing machine or­ dered by the captain will be installed on this trir north. There is S18.92 in the ship's fu.nd. Ship's delegate was author­ ized to buy aerial for the radio. CRACKER STATE MARINER (South Atlantic), no date—Chairman, S, -Novak; Secretary, MIsterne. Repair lists should be turned into respective delegates. The steward department was given a vote of thanks. VALCHEM (Valentine), November 4— Chairman, L. Hagmann; Secretary, R. Geiiing. The crewmembers will draft and, send a telegram to the President of the US protesting the proposed cuts in the USPHS hospitals, as this would deprive merchant seamen from aid when needed. There is $112.07 in the ship's fund and the loan to Frank Maidanado has been paid. Repair lists will be made up. BARBARA MICHEL (Norto), October 38 —Chairman, E. Mmercelau; Secretary, Frank Cuilison. Motion made and car­ ried that crewmembers write a letter of protest to their congressmen to oppose the transfers of American-flag ships to a foreign flag. Discussion on use of the washing machine, and the crew was asked to exercise caution and considera­ tion in emptying tubs, and turning off machine when finished with s- mc. < i BEATRICE (Bull), November 8—Chair­ man, Red Campbell; Secretary, J. Ber­ nard. The chairman talked about the ILA and how they are trying to foul up the union. A vote of thanks given to the cooks for the fine meals they prepared. A little cooperation fr-jm the crew would be appreciated when dumping garbage. STEEL ARTISAN ilsthmian), August 14 —Chairman, Thomas Lowe; Secretary, A. Gaspar. The steward suggested that ail hands take good care of the linen, cots and cups. The three departments will take turns rotating in keeping the laun­ dry clean. September 24—Chairman, R. Beach; Secretary, F. P. O'Leary. Patrolman will be contacted to get in touch with the company about receiving mail. Sugges­ tion made that awning be placed on poop deck Had a little trouble getting trav­ elers checks cashed but when people see there Is nothing else to do they will cash them. Thanks given to the steward de­ partment for three good feeding trips. CANTIGNY (Cities Service), November 7—Chairman, M. G. Ohstrom; Secretary, D. Aguiia. Boston patrolman is contact­ ing .New York concerning new mattresses. Engine delegate will see the chief en­ gineer about a new hot water hose for washing machine, repairing latch on lower port engine room door and inade­ quate hot water in deck department showers. Puzzle Answer QSB DBS SIBB SSa [2]S!2ia[Sg) . [saBD : ESBQizaa sss .sDssia Hiaseii GOH@@ QBSiaas ^ QsizDssQ Esaa BBD [SDQC] ••a ODB Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying opener, screwdriver, cap lifter, corkscrew and awl— everything a Seafarer might need in one compact knife. SPORTS LANTERNS: Two interesting and useful battery-powered lanterns, for men who like hunting, fish­ ing and outdoor camping, are the Chest Light and the Head Lantern, sold by sporting goods stores and the large mail order houses like Montgomery Ward. The Chest Light is the size of a pack of cigarettes. You wear it around your neck on a strap. It was designed especially for night fishing so a man could use both hands for baiting hooks, etc. But it's even useful for changing a flat at night. The head lantern is designed like a miner's lamp and also frees a man's hands for fishing or other night activity. It can be worn on your head, carried as a hand lantern or used as a stationery light. It weighs only a quarter of a pound and has a long cord running to a four-cell battery case which you carry in your belt^ or pocket . ty �SEA^VxAiRSRatL^OtC 1_L Pare-EiffktecB.^^ ^ f 5IU Aids More PH5 Transfers *(»> SEAFARERS Several more Seafarers who have been treated in private or city hospitals have had SIU Welfare Services arrange transfers for them to a Public Health Service facility in recent weeks. One of them is Seafarer Victor Shavroff who suffered a severe compound fracture of his right leg enroute to his ship. As reported previously in the LOG the Public Health Serv­ ice will provide transportation for seamen from a private hospital to a Public Health facility in the event circum­ stances compel a seaman to seek treatment in a private hospital. Shavroff Further, PHS will pay the hospital bills in many instances, provided that PHS is notified immediately that the sea­ man seeks transfer. Welfare Service has been instru­ mental in arranging a good num­ ber of such transfers and seeing to it that the seamen's needs are met and that he has the necessary dis­ charges and seamen's papers on hand to qualify for admission to a PHS hospital. Ambulance Called In ShavrofC's case, he was on his way back to the Steel Artisan when he tripped and fell over an obstruction and was badly hurt. An ambulance was called, and Shayroff was rushed to Kings County hospital, a city institution, for immediate treatment. As soon as Welfare Services learned of the Seafarer's misfor­ tune, a Union representative head­ ed for the Kings County hospital to make necessary arrangements for his transfer. Because he un­ derwent extensive surgery on his fracture, Shavroff could not be moved immediately. What Welfare Services could do at the moment was to make certain that he was eligible to enter the Public Health Service hospital. Proof of his eli­ gibility was obtained, clearing the way for his transfer. ' After several days at King Coun­ ty, doctors in charge there notified the Union that Shavroff was in condition to make the ambulance trip across to Staten Island. The Public Health Service hospital was notified accordingly by Welfare Services and an ambulance sent to pick Shavroff up. Like other Seafarers involved in similar situations, Shavroff is eli­ gible for his SIU hospital benefit from the day he entered Kings 'County hospital. The hospital rep­ resentative will see to it that he collects -all money due him from the time of his injury. 0 (3 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Je From 1 No, Seafarers Receivina Benefits this PeriodH 1 Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer \ 1 Total Benefita Paid this Period | 1 ca WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Hosoital Benefita Death Benefita Disability Benefita Maternity Benefita Vacation Benefita 1 Total Wvn .S-islI S Ooo 1 A M|| /. tfTS 00 AJ 3i mL I I 11 VP. rjir fA WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY following SIU families Henry James Gable, 1301 W. 7th the $200 maternity Street, Whistler, Ala. a $25 bond from the 4 4 4 baby's name: David Lee Hartline, born Sep­ Michael Ellis Prudhomme, born tember 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. October 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Hartline, 2115 and Mrs. Joseph H. Prudhomme, Gaylord Drive, Dallas, Texas. 4 4 4 Covington, La. Debra Rae Casanova, born Sep­ 44> Keith Lee Ballance, born Octo- tember 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and ober 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray H. Casanova, 4303 CarMrs. Winfred N. Ballance, 218 W. tier Avenue, New Orleans, La. 16th Street, Norfolk, Va. 4 4 4 Christopher Paul Achoy, born 4 Evonne Marie Richardson, born October 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and October 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. Mrs. Charles P. Achoy, 149 W. and Mrs. Hubert E. Richardson, 179th Street, Bronx, NY. Route 1, Box 35, Sulphur, La. 4 4 4 James Mitchell Black, bom Oq4 4 4 Deborah Anne Harbman, born tober 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and September 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. Mrs. James Black, 2058 Washing­ and Mrs. William H. Harbman, ton Avenue, Bronx, NY. 9027 W. Shorewood Drive, Mercer 4 4 4 Island, Wash. America Morales Muniz, born July 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Sharon Denise Juzang, born Oc­ Mrs. Jose Morales Vega, 263 tober 25, .1954. Parents, Mr. and Buenaventura Street, Villa PalMrs. James B. Juzang, 405 Calhoun meras, Santurce, Puerto Rico. Street, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 Delia Luz Perez, born August 27, 4,4 4 Marva Jean Gable, born August 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ruben 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Perez Negron, 334 Providencia All of the will collect benefit plus Union in the Operation Was Successful Street, Villa Palmeras, Santurce, Puerto Rico. 4 4 4 Jan Van, born October 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ching Z. Van, 134 Suffolk Street, New York, NY, 4 4 4 4 Catherine Mary Rogers, born October 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick I. Rogers, 344 21st Street, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Edward Michael Molineaux, born October 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Molineaux, 525 Pfiffer Street, Camden, NJ. Roberto Principe, Jr., born Octo­ ber 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roberto A. Principe, 514 £. 145th Street, Bronx, NY. Pedro Galarce, born September 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ismael Galarce, 11 St. Marks Place, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 sasttd 3o — 00 f/ 00 22. S.ti99or4t 7f •Oi #1 • Date Benefits Beaaa WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS 4 Marcus Webb Garrett, born Sep­ tember 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard I. Garrett, Route 1, Box 145, Fairbanks, Texas. 4 Hospital Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1930 * Death Benefita Paid Since luly 1. 1950 • Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 • Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefita Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • Total Cash on Hand Vacation (»Sl //J .sx. Bt/qy-r Of lS33at 9Q Vacation 00 US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS 'j ffa 707 rjt f fse //9OC0 ?7 CBJTBgiTI SQiBHS* Duclng th« Bonth of Cotobor tho Plan paid out ton DEATH BENEFITS oakihg a total for the year, aa at tho ond of Gotober, of 152. Tbo Plan alao paid out nlno-bundrod and thirty-two HOSPITAL BENEFITS'aaklBg a yoar to data totals aa of Getobor, of 9166* Tho aaount of MATBRNITI BEIEFITS paid for tho nonth of Gotober woro fifty-two, which glToa tho Plan a yoar to data total of A76e Thora woro thirty-olght DI3ABILITX BENEFITS paid during tba •onth, which glvoa a yoar to data total of 137Ge 1 %mhmine4 At Kcrfg Azuiumsf'KiminiRtrmteir Craig Philip Price, born October 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Price, 4611 Touro Street, New Orleans, La. James Lee Francum, born Octo­ ber 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Francum, Route 9, Box 251, Lenoir, NC. Charles Wesley Stansbury, born October 12, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. Stansbury, 19 Jeffry Street, Baltimore. Md. Judith Lynn Brookshire, born October 17,1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Brookshire, 463 D Riverdale Street, Los Angeles, Calif. Tk Sharon Elizabeth Arscott, bom October 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. David W. Arscott, 1464 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Evelyn Vazquez, born October 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Polo Vazquez, 106 E. 116th Street, New York, NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Ernest Jeffrey Harris, born Oc­ tober 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emest E4ison Harris, 3138 W. Solano Drive, South Phoenix, Arizona. y-.- ' ' "' , ' n Seafarer Bill Neef smUes happily from hii hospital bed after op­ eration to correct a long-standing eye-muscle defect Maik Darley, born August 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mllburae Darley, 358 Drummond Park, Panama City, Fla. I SIU WELFARE SERVICES lEnunrar VOUft PR08UM IS OUR BUSINESS _ | �r-y^'-m Npir»r>i6;iAM<«W Group Off Seaffarers On The Mend SEEIN* THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN Brothers, it looks like the Coast Guard is cooking up a little scheme on physical tests which would make it very tough on Seafarers. It appears they are out to hardtime all seamen, but especially the men who wind up in a hospital even though it was the shipowner's fault that they got hurt in the first place. The brothers in the hospitals can rest assured that the Union will fight this one all the way 4pwn the line. Watch the LOG for further details. Among the Union brothers hospitalized recently is Frank Strelitz of New York, who suffered an accident on the Seatrain Louisiana. Strelitz was night cook and baker aboard her, and was work­ ing in the meat box along with the steward when a heavy package of meat fell from the top shelf and hit him in the leg. .The result was a broken leg and a spell in the hospital for Brother Strelitz. Seafarer James Parker, AB off the Robin Trent, had to go in the hospital on November 18. Eye trouble has got him down. A double hernia put bi'other Joe Keelan out of action. Keelan was AB on the Chickasaw and entered the hospital on No­ vember 15. Leiner Seafarer Alexander Leiner of Brooklyn was laid low when his appendix started acting up. It appears that the doctors may operate on him in the near future. Leiner was carpenter on the Steel Fabricator his last trip out. Sam Jonas' troubles come from kidney stones. He's been in the hospital since November 15 getting treatment. His last ship was the Seagarden. Fred Delapenha, chief steward on the Steel Navi­ gator, had to go in the hospital for treatment of a skin rash that's been bothering him. Fred lives ashore in New York. A touch of high blood pres­ sure is keeping Seafarer Frank Fandino out of action for a while. He was fireman-watertender on the Alcoa Roamer his last trip. Among the other brothers now in the hospital are E. Ramirez off the Beauregard; John Quigley, who was messman on the Steel, Rover; Thomas Maher, who was oiler on the Steel Traveler; Albert Delapenha Willis, oiler on the Bethcoaster on his last trip and George Robinson who was readmitted with a heart ailment. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Joseph F. Adams James Hudson Thomas Ankerson Henry Jeffrey Leonard Kay Louis Arena Wini.nm D. Austin £. G. Knapp WUliam R. Bates D. KoroUa Paul Laborde Perry Bland Leo H. Lang Victor Bonura Pierre Leblanc George Books Tbeo E. Lee Charles Brady Jesse Lyles John E. Brady James M. Mason August A. Brosig Vincent Michel Owen Butler Nick Mutin ^hn Carolan Sebastian Carregal Albert W. Nelson WillUm D. Ott C. W. Champlin Aurello Patlngo Cloise Coats Randolph Ratcllft S. Cope WUliam Roberts £mile P. Davies Henri Robin Joseph Denton M. J. Rodriguez Serio M. Desoso Clarence Dyer Edward Samrock Harry L. Schuler John Emory Benjamin Seal Marcus Evans Luther Seldle Thomas Fields Wade Sexton WUliam Fisher Paul Signorlno Olever Flynn Warren Simmons Leo Flntenot George Glerczie Nicholas Tala J. Vonholden George Gordano Roy M. Green J. E. Ward Paul Hebert Milton Wetzell Lyle Hipp WUUam Witty USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. WUliam E. Ellis l.estcr C. Long Jack M. Hudson Mike Michellk S. Johannessenn Richard L. Welch USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Albert DeForest USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Ralph Armstrong G. M. Gonzales Lyles D. Brunson Abel N. Salas W. S. Connors « Joseph Solleau Thomas Dawson Charles B. Young USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Charlie C. Brown Carl R. Johnson Henry J. Chllds Aloyslus Kessen C. J. Neumaler Luke Clamboll Leo Cronsohn Joe Perreira GUbcrt Promutico Andrew Franklin Franklin Gilman W. Tlmmerman Olav Gustavsen P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Arthur Botelho George F. Lechler B. M. Bumpass JERSEY CITY POLY HOSP. JERSEY CITY. NJ Ssteban Morales USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSP. MIAMI. FLORIDA William O. Gregory SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Feseph Xoslusky USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Woodrow A. Meyers Edward J. Toolan PHILADELPHIA GEN. HOSP. PHILADELPHIA. PA. Warren Nlelson USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Hussen Ahmed , A. H. Mander George T. Coleman WUliam E. Neel ' Irving DeNobriga Joseph Neuhaucr John J. Doherty Oscar Olsen Joseph P. Farrell Abe Partner Brigido Figueroa John Qulgley George W. Flood W. L. Rackley David S. Furman Jose Rodriguez EsteU Godfrey Mattl Ruusukallio Fred Hauser Jose Salgado Vlncent Jones WiUiam Saltarez Noral Jorgensen Chong Sun Richard Koch Pedro Vlllabol Nils H. Lunsquist Norman West Donald McShane N. D. Wilson Joseph Malone Clifford Womack USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Fortunato Bacomo Arthur Lomas Frank W. Bemrlck Hurlbut Free Francis Lynch Claude Blanks Joseph McGraw Robert Booker Thomas Bryant Archibald McGuigan Frank Mackey Joseph G. Carr Vic Mllazzo Ho Yee Choe Jar Chong Eugene T. Nelson Pedro Peralto Bart Gutanick John Hass James C. PoweU Talb Hassen George Shumaker Thomas Isaksen Robert Sizemora John Keenan Henry E. Smith Ludwlg Kristiansen Jack Thornburg Frederick Landry • Harry S. Tuttle James Lawlor Renato VlUata Kaarel Leetmaa Virgil Wllmoth James Lewis USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Frank Alassvich Arnfin A. Oyhui E. F. Broussard J. £. SennevUle Walter E. Gordon Matthew A. Stabile USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland Jlmmle Littleton R. Carrollton J. T. Moore Rufus L. Field A. A. Turlington James F. Lee Ernest H. Webb Albert W. Lima JEFFERSON HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. FA. Royal Hargraves USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Marcelo Arong Hugo B. Jeffcoat Thomas B. Bryant T. E. Lanphear John Castro Peter Lannon Carl E. Chandler Robert G. McKnew Oswald M. Ergle Roscoe T. MUton Max FeUx Eugene G. Plahn Louis Flrlle Thomas A. Scanlon Gorman T. Glaze Weldon C. Wade Michael Jablonskl J. C. Whatley Edward Janowski Chambers Wlnskey ;v! Recuperating from a variety of injuries at the Staten Island USPHS hospital are these five Seafarers. Standing, left to right, are: George Coleman, John Doherty, and Norman West, Seated, George Flood and Matty Ruusukallio. Lobster Tail Tainted, Co. Blames Victim Rock lobster tails are considered a delicacy by many people but there's one Seafarer who will have no part of them from now on. He is Edwin Christian, who went through a lengthy bout of food poisoning after dining on the South African specialty while aboard the Robin Trent. ' Piling insult on injury, the that he get further medical treat­ obligation over and. above apy company tried to get Christian ment. He checked in at the Staten maintenance and cure that was due to sign a statement, which declared, Island hospital where his ailment him. The .statement declared, was diagnosed as severe food among other things, that Christian among other poisoning. things, that he knew the food was bad when he Since he is still not fit for duty ate it. was aware the Christian came up to the headquar­ food was tainted Christian wisely refused to sign ters Welfare Services office for the statement and hotfooted it before he ate it. advice on how to collect mainte­ back to the M'elfare Services office. Christian hasn't signed the pa­ nance and cure. The company Welfare Services gently reminded pers, and SIU office was contacted and Christian the company that he would not was sent there to pick up money have to sign any statements of this Welfare Services due him. has made it clear kind to collect his maintenance to the company When he got to the company money. At last word, Christian had Christian that he would not office he was first asked to sign a not signed the paper and wa& well have to sign them to collect his statement which would iiave re­ on his way toward receiving full lieved the company of financial compensation for his ailment. maintenance and cure. Out of Action Christian's troubles began aboard the Robin Trent after the lobster tail dinner in a South African port. He and several other crewmembers became violently ill with all the standard symptoms of food poison­ ing. While he was given medica­ A Seafarer who was suddenly stricken seriouslv ill had his tion, he failed to recover and was wife rushed to his bedside from Houston, Texas, with the out of action all the way back to assistance of SIU Welfare Services. Further, as soon as he the States. was well enough to be moved,• — On the ship's arrival in New the Union arranged for him to i Houston branch office and asked York, Christian was examined by a be transferred from a local the agent there to get in touch "ompany doctor who recommended hospital to the Public Health Serv- with Eklund's wife. Once she was ice Hospital on Staten Island notified, Welfare Services made arwhere he is now given a decent rangements for her to fly to Eklund's bedside. chance of pulling through. „ , „ „ in a few days, Eklund started to Seafarer Gustave Eklund was ij-espond to medical treatment. Despite the best efforts of aboard the Seatrain Savannah when Meanwhile, Weifare Services was the authorities, the Public he suddenly suffered a severe re­ in constant touch with the hospital. Health Service Hospitals are currence of an old ulcer ailment. As soon as the Union office was still plagued with ambulance He was in serious condition and notified tliat Eklund could be chasers. Seafarers approached had to receive immediate medical moved, it made arrangements with by these characters or their treatment. Fortunately, the ,ship the Public Health Service for an front men are advised for was docked at Edgewater, New ambulance to pick him up and take their own good to give them a Jersey, and Eklund was rushed to him to Staten Island. fast brushoff. the Englewood Hospital for emer­ Eklund was transferred on No­ It is well known that the gency aid. vember 15, and is still on the criti­ ranks of the ambulance chasers Welfare Services was notified cal list. His wife stood by him for contain many who will charge from the hospital that Eklund was two weeks and then, satisfied that excessive fees or simply sell in critical condition and miglit not he was receiving the best possible out their clients to the com­ survive. It contacted the SIU's care, returned home to Houston. panies. Most of them are known to be pretty poor law­ yers or else they wouldn't be digging for business the way they do. The time to choose a lawyer is not while you are sick or The deaths of the following Sea­ rence, Massachusetts. Burial took injured and being hypnotized farers have been reported to the place at Immaculate Conception by a fast line of chatter. Wait Seafarers Welfare Plan and the Cemetery, Lawrence, Massachu­ until you are "recovered and $2,500 death benefits are being setts. Brother Lane joined the then if you need an attorney Union in June 1940, in New York paid to their beneficiaries: go out and shop around for and has been sailing as an AB. He the best attorney and the best John D. Lane, 50: On November is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vena deal you can get. 10, 1954, Brother Lane died of na­ Lane, 210 Arlington Street, Law­ tural causes at liis home in Law­ rence, Massachusetts. Seafarer Seriously Ailing, Wife Flown To Bedside Beware Ot Cane Chasers 1 �u SEAFARERS^ LOG Nov. 26, 1954 * OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND QULf DISTRICT > AFL 7 •1 Seafaring men have a unique sef of customs for all occasions, and the sea burial is very much a part of their tradition. Whether it is performed because of a dying wish, simple sentiment, or for health and safety reasons, the burial at sea is a singu­ larly solemn affair. The flag dips to half-mast, ship's engines come to a halt and the ship's log records the time, place and cause of the event while his shipmates gather on deck to pay their last respects. Ship's flag (above, left) stays at half-masf for as long as the deceased remains aboard the vessel. Here, Bosun H. Knaflich (left) and L. Tyburczy, DM, sew up the canvas. For his passage to the deep, the departing seaman is entombed in a weighted canvas bag or casket draped with the flag and a solemn prayer is intoned. Soon after, engines resume, and' the work of the living goes on. -«> m 11"' • • • The photos on this page record the burial of Seafarer Peter Cheklin, 56, a member of the SlU for the past ten years, who died of a heart attack on August 31, 1954, aboard the SS Mother M.L, enroute from San Francisco to Korea. pn day of funeral, engines stop and crew gathers to pay last respects. Chief Mate reads Bible as ship's delegate A. Anderson (short sleeves). Captain, others bow heads. r In mid-ocean, orew observes two minutes of silence In tribute to their departed shipmate after prayer is read at short burial service on dech. end of service, make-shift platform holding flagaped coffin is dipped towards sea and the weighted g drops into water. The ceremony performed at that time was typical of those which ships' crews are called on to perform on such occasions and which seamen have been taking part In for centuries. After the deceased is given to the sea, orew lines rail to pay last tribute as first and third assistant engineers oarefully fold the fiag. iinglnes start up again and ship circles buoy dropped to mark the place of burial three times. This is "last look and foodby," as ship's work and voyage rssumes. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource November 24, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 24 Description An account of the resource Headlines: GOV'T AGENCY REVIVES DRIVES AGAINST '50-50' BALTO HALL SERVICES HUM CAFETERIA MAKES DEBUT VOTE HEAVY IN ALL PORTS GA. TOWN'S 'LICENSE' BARS UNION ACTIVITY ISTHMIAN TO CALL AT HONG KONG CRIMP RIG PROMISES-BUT... FUTURE OF RESERVE FLEET TO HING ON CONVERSIONS NO HALL ADDING LAUNDRY, NEW RECREATION FACILITIES CS TO TRADE 7 T-2'S FOR 3 SUPERTANKERS SOUTH ATLANTIC MAY GET SUBSIDY COAST GUARD AMBUSH HOPE FOR THE HOSPITALS LATE STARTERS CAN APPLY 20 YEARS AGO SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN, ROUGH SEAS PROVE BAD 'DAILY DOUBLE' ON MADAKET TOP SKIPPER RATES A PAT, SEAMAN SAYS SIU AIDS MORE PHS TRANSFERS LOBSTER TAIL TAINTED, CO. BLAMES VICTIM BURIAL AT SEA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/24/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/ff0af614f8f694149e0051c56ab4ed00.PDF 03cfe4648aa04ae2cbe0385bb0066a03 PDF Text Text 3 ri i Voting Begins For A&C Officials Story on Page 2 Vol. XVi No. 23 SEAFARERS LOG Nov. 12, 1954 ' 1 <1 • ••I 1 • '1 m O/flClof IVs/cOnifflO. Taking part in the dedication ceremonies open^ ing the new Baltimore SIU offices, Mayor Thomas D Alesandro extends the congratulations of the city to the men of the SIU and presents Hall with the key to the city. Mayor D'Alesandro termed the building "an outstanding example of forward-looking trade unionism and a welcome asset to the city." Standing at right is SIU Baltimore Agent Earl Sheppard. } '• *>.-» • fi,i ; V In photo at right a group of Seafarers enter the new building for the special meeting and celebration. Among the more than 1,000 persons present for the ceremonies were Seafarers and their wives, public officials and representatives of various maritime and other AFL trade unions^ (Story on Page 3.) "•M fc I �Pae«Tw« SEAFARERS LOG A&G Balloting Begins Monday; Seafarers Vote On 49 Posts November 12, 1954 Vofe Closes Galveston In Hall Change - r- • •ii • 5 it All operations in the Hous­ ton-Galveston area have been With 49 A&G district offices at stake, Seafarers will begin voting Monday morning in the Union's 60-day shifted to the Houston SIU secret ballot elections. Voting booths have been set up in all SIU outports and at headquarters where Sea­ hall as the result of a resolution passed by the membership at last farers may register their choices for the various posts open in the two-year election. Wednesday night's headquarters A total of 78 candidates, the largest number ever to run for office in the SIU, are appearing on this year's and outport meetings. ballot. This is three more than the old record of 75 who qualified for the previous election in 1952. Actually The resolution, introduced si­ multaneously in all ports, pointed a total of 92 men nomi-^ out that since the opening of the Houston hall, Houston has been nated themselves under the handling more than 75 percent of SIU's simple nominating the shipping out of the area. This procedure, but 14 had to be was not unexpected in view of the disqualified because they did shift in shipping in recent years from Galveston island to the city not meet the minimum re­ of Houston proper. quirements for holding office Accordingly, the resolution asked as specified in the Union's membership approval for concen­ constitution. tration of all Union activities in Office Requirements Houston, permitting the closing of The basic requirements are: two the Galveston hall. years' consecutive good standing, Under the terms of the resolu­ US . citizenship and three years* tion, the Galveston and Houston seatime, four months of it in the shipping lists have been merged, past year. Men serving the Union with men from Galveston carrying in official or employee capacity are the same date of registration onto e.xempt from the four-month pro­ the Houston list. vision. Patrolman Charles Kimball and Mickey Wilburn, dispatcher, have Voting in the elections will con­ been assigned to Houston to work tinue until January 15 under the under acting port agent Frenchy supervision of rank and file ballot­ Michelet. Galveston agent Keith ing committees elected in all the Alsop has been assigned to the ports. At the first membership port of New Orleans to work under meeting after the close of the vot­ Lindsey Williams, port agent for ing six-man rank and file tallying that city. committees will be elected in all The Houston hall was opened in ports to count the votes. The accord with the recommendations headquarters tallying committee of the 1953 Agents' Conference, will count votes cast in headquar­ concurred in by all port agents at ters and will also serve as a districtGetting set for the two-month district-wide referendum on Union officers, which opens Monday, an that time, which acknowledged wide tallying body to check the SIU headquarters maintenance staffer paints a voting booth which can accommodate three Seafarers the shift In shipping importance tallies made by outport commit­ at one time. The secret ballot vote will be conducted at ail SIU halls through January 15, 1955. from Galveston to Houston. tees. The results of the election and the official report of the tally­ ing committee will then be printed agent and joint patrolman; Tampa agent and joint patrolman. in the SEAFARERS LOG. Also a Mobile agent and four The 49 posts to be filled include: one secretary-treasurer, the rank­ patrolmen and a New Orleans ing officer of the district; one as­ agent and four patrolmen assigned sistant secretary-treasurer for the the same way as in Baltimore, and deck, engine and steward depart­ a Galveston agent and joint patrol­ ments respectively and three joint man. assistant secretary-treasurers. Alerteii by the October 29 SEAFARERS LOG expose of a phony maritime "union" which Full biographies of all candi­ dates on the ballot, with their pic­ has been chartered to undermine legitimate unions, both American and foreign flag seamen's Posts To Be Voted tures, were printed in the October unions are preparing to deal with the disruptive outfit. Meanwhile, further information re­ Port officers to be chosen are: 1 issue of the SEAFARERS LOG. en agent and joint patrolman in A sample ballot appeared in the ceived substantiates first re­ Boston; nine patrolmen for the October 29 LOG and copies of It ports that the ILA-chartered SIU, has also Indicated it would representing both officers and un­ affiliate is merely a front for take steps against the new "ui^ licensed men, have made it plain deck, engine and steward depart­ are available in all ports. a revival of large-scale crimp-type ion's" program, that they would not sit by and ments (three in each) for New There are no referendums on operations on the waterfront. York as well as six joint patrolmen lis sea unions on both coasts, (Continued on page 17) As reported in the last Issue of for New York; a Philadelphia constitutional amendments appear­ the LOG, the discredited Interna­ agent and joint patrolman; a Balti­ ing on the ballot in this election. tional Longshoremen's Association more agent and four patrolmen, recently chartered an outfit in New one for each department and a York called the "United Interna­ joint patrolman; a Norfolk agent tional Seameh's Union." The ob­ and joint patrolman; Savannah ject of the outfit, as stated by Its president, Louis Le Doulx, is to raid established unions under both American and foreign flags and with the help of the ILA take their Nov. 12. 1954 Vol. XVi, No. 23 Another SIU - contracted com­ ships away. Le Doulx has a record As I See It Page 6 pany, the Transfuel Corporation of of supplying cut-rate crews, to Burly Page 16 25 Broadway, New York City, is Aristotle Onassis and other for­ Crossword Puzzle Page 8 now prepared to pay retroactive eign-flag operators. Editorial Cartoon ... Page 9 wages under the terms of amend­ Backed By Seamen's Foes Editorials Page 9 ments to the SIU dry cargo con­ Aside from the old ILA, the new Galley Gleanings Page 15 tract. operation has the active support of Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 The company asks f.iat seamen elements in the Marine Engineers Labor Round-Up Page 8 employed Ijy it notify the com­ Beneficiai Association as well as Letter of The Week Page 9 pany's office of a proper mailing admiralty lawyers and others who Letters Page 16 address. Checks will be sent out have been active in attacking the Maritime Page 8 in the mails accordingly. SIU and other legitimate unions Meet The Seafarer . .Page 8 by leaflet and newspaper. The Notices, Personals Page 17 AFL-expelled ILA, according to a Off Watch Page 14 New York daily newspaper, has Port Reports Pages 12, 13 announced. it is also working to Quiz Page 14 defeat the SIU leadership in the SIU History Cartoon Page 6 A&G elections beginning Monday. Regular membership meet­ Sports Line Page 15 Representatives of several legi­ ings in SIU headquarters and Vote of Thanks Page 9 timate foreign-flag trade unions ip at all branches are held every Washington News Letter.. Page 7 New York have already called the second Wednesday night at Welfare Benefits ....Pages 18, 19 attention of their home offlces to 7 PM. The schedule for the Welfare Report Page 18 Typical of crimp Joint operations, ,t|ie ^'tJnited Int'I Seamen's the LOG story and indicated that next few meetings Is as follows: Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 Union", has dingy office over a store on .New York's West 28th a strong stand would be taken Nov. 17, Dec. 1, Dec. 15. Street, from which attempt will be staged to disrupt legitimate against any raids. The local office Publiihcd biweekly et the heedquarters All Seafarers registered on of the Seafareri International Union, At­ US maritime unions. Chartered by the discredited old ILA, the of the International Transportlantic A Gulf District AFL, 675 Fourth the shipping list are required outfit specializes in supplying seamen at cut-rate prices to foreignAvenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYaclnth workers Federation, an organiza­ to attend the meetings. 9-6600. Entered as second class matter flag ship operators and has announced plans to move in on AFL tion composed of both US and at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act of August 34, 191Z and CIO ships when contracts expires foreign-flag unions, including the All Sea Unions Keeping Watch On Crimp Outfit SEAFARERS LOG More Back Pay Ready Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks �®..^^-:?.--'^';; '* -• _'-v•"•^-'S •' ' '• •'' • • '-"^ jrwember 1«, MM SEAFARERS LOG t*ge Thre* Mew Baliimore Hall Open; Tops InSeafarer Comforts, Services With*appropriate fanfare and iwelcoming ceremonies, Seafarers in Baltimore formally opened the finest union hall in the A&G dis­ trict and one of the best of its kind anywhere on Wednesday evening, November 10. The sparkling new hall, another major step for­ ward in the Union's building program, is without a doubt superior in design, facilities and membership conveniences to the SIU's alreadyfamed New York headquarteis. Opening ceremonies before a. throng of several hundred Seafarers, their wives and other guests got under way with a special member­ ship meeting at which Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, — Congressman Edward Garmatz and others extended their congratulations to the men of the SIU for making the new building possible. Afterwards Seafarers and their guests enjoyed an eye-filling buffet, followed by music, dancing and entertainment. Came From California Groups of Seafarers came from. Philadelphia and other nearby ports to participate and one SIU man came across At 6 PM, Seafarers, their wives, the continent from Wilming­ friends and guests started drifting ton, California. "I was top in. They wandered through the man on the Wilmington ship­ building from the basement cafe­ ping list," he said. "But I teria and kitchen to the rooftop wouldn't have missed this for any­ recreation deck and game room admiring the facilities and the thing." tasteful decoration of the building. .. While the official opening took Many brought cameras to take a place at 7 PM Wednesday night, picture record of the opening. Seafarers in the port had been Key To City The special meeting got under­ way at 7 PM with an invocation Features Of and the presentation of the key of The old and the new. Seafarers at the old Baltimore Baltimore Hall the city and a few words of wel­ SIU hall wait for the last job call before moving come by Mayor D'Alesandro. A ail operations to the new SIU offices. Above, Sea­ The following are the ma­ warm message of congratulations farers look over the new hiring board during a jor facilities of the new SIU was read from SIU President Har­ tour of inspection of new hall. The Baltimore hir­ Baltimore branch office: ry Lundeberg, and personal greet­ ing board is identical to that in the Union's New • Modern hiring hall and ings were delivered by spokesmen York headquarters. meeting hall for the Baltimore Federation of • Union offices Labor, the Masters, Mates and • Cafeteria One flight up is the modern Pilots, Brotherhood of Marine En­ assured it was so he shook his in design to New York headquar­ head unbelievingly. One Seafarer ters, the resemblance ends right • Bar and dance floor shipping hail, with a shipping gineers, and other union organiza­ • Barber shop tions. Congressman Garmatz, who present, Steve Emerson, AB, wait­ there. For one thing, the Balti­ board similar to that in New York. • Shoeshine Stand represents the district in which ed patiently camera in hand, for more hall, with five levels, has far A patrolmen's counter ^as been •""Laundry drop the hall is located, also spoke- a his son Paul Emerson, MM, to more useful space than the three- set up in the rear of the hall. The make his way around the buffet story New York hall, and its de­ floor also contains the port agent's • Sea Chest retail shop few words of welcome. table. "I'm taking pictures of him sign has utilized that space to great office and several other adminis­ • Air conditioning and soundOne speaker at the meeting in­ here," he said, "so we can send it advantage for the membership. trative offices. • proofing throughout terpreted the event this way. "The to our home town newspaper in The installation of built-in air-con­ • Parking lot Shipping Hall maritime industry today," he said, Arkansas." ditioning, thermostatic controls, • Pool room On the next deck are the two "may 'be beset by .fears and un­ • Game room While the buffet was going on, tiled and papered walls and su­ shipping hall balconies, one of certainties, but the SIU certainly perior lighting throughout also en­ • Elevator isn't holding back. Your Union is the shipping hall was cleared for hance the beauty and servicibility which will serve as a recreation • Television rooms dancing. Live music was supplied room. A TV set and other game going ahead with a vigorous, ag­ • Open sundeck and several acts followed for the of the building. equipment have been installed gressive program for the benefit Beginning at the basement level, • Shower room of the membership.. I think that entertainment of the guests. the hall features a cafeteria re­ there for the convenience of men • Piped music and public ad­ More Spacious an alert, intelligent membership served exclusively for Seafarers, waiting to ship out. Affiliated dress systeln and the Union's forceful leader­ and a modern galley, as well as unions such as the BME, the The big star of the evening was ship, working together, are setting the building itself, which drew roomy storage space. A truck Marine Firemen, the Sailors Union, loading dock and a conveyer belt will be tenants there as well as shifting Union operations bit by a fine-example for. the rest of the running upstairs will simplify han­ the MM&P and the Baltimoro bit all week long.^ A one o'clock maritime industry and the trade union movement." dling of supplies. The basement Federation of Labor. This deck job. call at the old North Gay Buffet Dinner level also contains one floor of a also features a tiled shower room Street hall was the last order of The new Baltimore branch duplex Sea Chest retail store, for the convenience of Seafarers. business. 'The dispatcher notified After the meeting, the ggests office of the SIU is just a few The rooftop, however, is th« which will carry sea gear and shore the men present that Gay Street headed for the rooftop recreation blocks from the waterfront area that drew the most admiring wear for Seafarers. was closing "as of now" and the deck where the buffet had been and near the old hall on North remarks and with good reason, fhs Seafarers went home to get laid out. Steward Thobe and his Spectacular Bar Gay' Street. Seafarers going entire rooftop area consists of two dressed in their Sunday best for assistants had outdone themselves On the street level is the upper huge recreation rooms surrounded to the new hall simply have to the opening. with a centerpiece consisting of a story of the Sea Chest, a three- on all sides by glass walls which go six blocks eastward from Meanwhile, workmen were clean­ roast suckling pig surrounded by chair barber shop and bootblack oiler a striking view of the down­ Gay Street on East Baltimore ing up and putting the finishing platters of whole turkeys, hams, stands, a laundry and dry-cleaning town Baltimore area. There is Street. The address is 1216 touches on the ^ew building—hang­ veal roasts and roast beef, all art­ drop and the Baltimore Port O'Call ample space here for Seafarers to East Baltimore Street. City ing Venetian blinds, checking fully sliced up and put back to­ bar. While the last-named is not relax and enjoy themselves, sup­ busses stop at the door. thermostats, mopping and waxing gether again, plus assorted cold yet complete, it promises to be the plemented by an outdoor sundeck The telephone number of halls and stairs, setting up furni­ cuts, shrimps, salads, fruits and most spectacular feature of the for those who want a suntan. the new hall is EAstern 7ture and .cleaning up the residue of other delicacies. hall with a large stage, dance floor 4900. Cool Comfort construction. In the gleaming One guest was so overpowered and ample seating space. The bar Men familiar with Baltimore's kitchen below,' Seafarer Gustave by the buffet that he refused to is being paneled in gray oak and Thobe,,-chief steward, and his as­ believe it wasn't the work of an "oohs" and "ahs" from those who will be decorated with fancy knot summer heat will be pleased to sistants were climaxing three days outside catering firm. "You mean_ hadn't seen it before. While the work, fishnets and tljree huge know that the building is air-con­ of preparation for the buffet. seamen did this?" he asked. When exterior of the building is similar tropical fish tanks built in the wall. ditioned from top to bottom. The building features plenty of aluminum, asphalt tile floors and special composition walls, all cheap What do you think of the new hall here in Baltimore? and easy to maintain and requiring Joseph A. . Prodey, steward Stanley Kudlick, FOWt Just Robert A. Doyle, DM: Boy, it's Stanley Krawczynski, AB: It's no paint. It is within walking utility: The new place is easily as from what I'vq^seen from the out­ tops. I've been through the place' beautiful. There's nothing like it distance of the Pratt Street dock good as the New side, it looks area and accessible to all parts of from top to bot­ in the world as York headquart­ better than our the city by bus or taxi. An outdoor tom and it has far as I'm con­ ers hall, prob­ hall in Brooklyn. parking lot provides safe and everything that a cerned. The hall ably better; I've I'm looking for­ ticket-free space for Seafarers' sailor could wish is twice as good seen New York ward to seeing care. for in the way of as our head­ so I can compare the Inside facili­ comforts and con­ quarters. The Seafarers are reminded that th» them. I was up ties and shipping veniences. As far sundeck and the next regular Baltimore port meet­ at the new hall out of there. Our as I'm concerned, recreation dqck ing on Wednesday evening, No­ yesterday looking Union certainly I'll take this hall are particularly vember 17, will take place at th* around, the place has jnade a lot of over our New nice and will be new SIU Baltimore hall. Shipping and believe me, progress c o m York headquar­ welcomed by the out of the hall got underway with it's got them all beat for style. pared to conditions 10 years ago. ters anytime. It's bigger and better. men on the beach waiting to ship. this morning's job call. '•i How to Get There >1 THE INQUIRING SEAFARER: !s&V ft.-- -xifl •t (il �• •. i-if • >r-:- Pac» Voor SEAFARERS November 12. 1954 LOG New Orleans Hall Gets A Face-Llfting Operation NEW ORLEANS—Plying paint brushes in facfe-iifting operation at NO hall, workers give the SIU New Orleans hall a shining new exterior. Renovations to exterior of building also included remov­ ing canopy over main entrance and laying new sidewalk in which ornament-topped posts are imbedded to prevent cars and trucks, which broke down old sidewalk, from parking there. X. Budgef-Cutters Plan New Attack On PHS Hospitals CREWMEMBERS OF A COUPLE OF |5IU Sl( ^S'ARE , GyiNG TO be $18,000 richer," with other Seafarers in line for gdded doug.i as well, because your {Union was successful in fighting a rlstrictionrtoship beef imposed by the Armed Forces. Men on two ships, the Lawrence Victory and the Cabroll Victory, can qualify W;the cash on the grounds that restrictions, ordered by brass hats at a Newfoundland military base were unjustified. Before the beef, is wound up at least one more ship and possibly otLiiers will be .added to'this list. The $18,000 didn't'come to Seafarers by accident. It was the result of a year-long fight by your Union, strictly on its own hook, to do something to stop the military from putting the squeeze on merchant seamen. When your Union saw the authorities restricting Seafarers to their ships in Korea, Labrador, Newfoundland, the Philippines and ot'.ier places where there are US bases, it decided that action would have to be taken to put a stop to this interference with the traditional freedom of working seamen. Your Union immediately took steps to deal with this b^f on llie top­ most level in the Pentagop. The result was a new shore leave order which put an .end to a lot of the unnecessary 'hardship imposed on the Seafarer In Korea and elsewhere. Furthermore, your Union was suc­ cessful in winning admission In the txecOrd, from- a top Government official, that the restrictions of Seafarers -in Bt. Georges Bay, New­ foundland, were without any justification^ . ;i The next step wps an obvious one. Headquarters made application for disputed overtime for two ships whose prews had been denied shore leave by the military. Tnis overtime has been approved all the way down the line with the result that the companies involved are now prepared to shell out the dough. ""Here was a case where it was generally agreed all around that the SIU .had a good beef, but where It was thbught t.ie Union would get nowhere fast in attempting to make headway with the military. That wasn't the way your Union looked at it. Its .action in this case was in line with the membership's policy to fight a good beef throug.i to the end, regardless of the odds and the time it takes. Ji 4i THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW GOING AHEAD WITH AN EXPERImental program to increase the power of four Liberty ships and try out a -variety of new gear on deck. The latest information is that the Government is aiming at a 15-knot speed for these ships, which is not'.iing to get anybody excited as far as day-to-day shipping operations are concerned. All this may or may not have a bearing on what happens to the 1,500 Libertys in the reserve, or on any other program for modernizing the merchant fleet. Certainly, while the program has experimental inter­ est, it will, have no immediate benefit for US-flag shipping. As far as your Union is concerned, it is still waiting for a practical, present-day answer to the difficulties faced by American-flag shipping. WASHINGTON—Seafarers who paced the successful fight of -US maritime unions to save the US Public Health Service hospital program at the last session of Congress may have to do the job all over again when the 84th Congress convenes in January. Present plans of the Bureau'*" of th^ Budget, which passes President submitted a budget re­ die the patients who would have on all money requests before quest to Congress covering the to be transferred from the marine they go to Congress, call for a hospitals in answer to appeals for hospitals, which hav% provided free heavy cut in the appropriation for his intervention. The budget bill medical care for seamen and the hospitals in the next budget was passed in June after Congress others since 1798. The hospitals The $33 million appropriation this lopped off $40,000 from the Ad­ themselves, down through the year gave the hospitals $110,000 ministration's original request of years, have served as an import­ t 4" J" ant training ground for thousands less than they had the year before $33,040,000 for the hospitals. A FEW WEEKS BACK YOUR UNION SET UP AN SIU STEWARD and resulted only in reductions in During the long months between of doctors, nurses and specialists some seiwiees. Two years ago, a the news of the proposed closings in various fields of medicine, pio­ department committee for fne purpose of drafting standard procedures budget cut of over $1 million in the summer of 1953 and the neered-cures for several communi­ tor galley gangs and for the storing of ships with high quality food forced several hospital closings: final signing of the bill by the cable diseases and developed new supplies. Along these lines youif Union knows that the working members of President nearly a year later, techniques which revolutionized • More Closings SIU shipboard steward departments can contribute a great deal to the the medical profession, and thus Seafarers on ships and ashore A substantial cut in the $33 mil­ have been a boon to the general work of this committee. The committee would like to hear steward swamped their Senators and Con­ lion hgUre would probably mean a department men and others sound off on the subject. public as well as seamen. gressmen with requests to keep shutdown of additional hospitals, with only 16 now operating, includ­ the hospitals open. Sent Petitions ing three which treat specialized diseases only. The budget slash Petitions circulated by many which was defeated largely by Sea­ ships' crews found their way to farers' protests this year was the capital in support of the "WASHINGTON—Seventeen insurance outfits specializing in selling accident and health aimed at the closing of all but the USPHS program, as the fight see­ specialized institutions. sawed one way and another policies have been hauled on the carpet by the Government. The Federal'Trade Commission Ten hospitals have been closed throughout the Congressional ses­ has filed complaints against these companies, which do a business of about $350 million yearly, In recent years. Including the spe­ sion. A large part of the credit on grounds of false and mis-"' cialized TB unit at Fort Stanton, for the final passage of the bill leading advertising. cnnpany would provide. nesses derive from conditions NM, and hospitals in Mobile, San was given to the individual and While the charges against the existing before the policy is sold. As SIU men know, the Sea­ Juan and Portland, Me. collective efforts of SIU men to farers Welfare Plan is self-insured companies are serious ones, they The advertising gives the impres­ Although no definite informa- alert Congress about the dangers and has nothing lo do with any in­ involve no court action. At worst, sion that all illnesses are covered, tion is yet available on the exact of any hospital shutdown. surance company, thus making pos­ if the charges are upheld, the 6om- ho matter what the cause. figure which will be recommended Many communities would not sible a lower operating cost and dhnies will be ordered by the FTC Various other complaints were for the hospitals in the 1955-56 have large enough facilities to han- higher benefits than any insurance to "cease and desist" from making also entered into the record by the budget. Budget Director Rowland false advertising claims in the fu­ FTC. R. Hughes has indicated the pi-oture. This is the only penalty the Among companies involved are gram will be sharply curtailed. Commission can enforce, in the four of the biggest, including Mu­ Hughes was Deputy Director of the absence of proven fraud. tual of Omaha, Bankers Casualty Budget Bureau under Joseph M. The specific charges include the of Chicago, Reserve Life Insurance Dodge, who initiated the idea of following: • Company of Dallas and Unitqd In­ shutting down the hospitals alto­ The companies misrepresented surance Company, Chicago. ' gether as part of a Government termination dates on policies. Ac­ Complaints by thousands of "economy" program devised in the tually, jiealth and accident policies working families that fhey had summer of 1953. Dodge resigned NORFOLK—Bids have already been opened on a $63 mil­ sold to individuals can be dropped been swindled led to the Govern­ "earlier this year. lion project providing a tunnel-trestle link across world- >y a company any time it feels ment investigation. Early this year, The fight which broke out when news of Dodge's plans became pub­ famous Hampton Roads between this city and nearby like it, which makes the promised in the SEAFARERS LOG column 4 protection mostly an illusion. "Your Dollar's Worth," Seafarers lic was spearheaded by the SIU Hampton. Although the water crossing "32 feet thick. and helped lead to the formation The. companies' advertising is were alerted to beware of the of the Conference of American of the Roads is only four miles An island will be built at-each worded so as to create the impres­ many phony health and accident Maritime Unions last January as long, the completed job will pro­ tunnel entrance, and on each island sion that all acci^nts and ailments Insurance plans as being "full of the. spokesmen for the nation's vide a roadway 23 miles long. It a wall 14 feet above sea level will are Covered. Actually, coverage gimmicks" which destroy the ad­ vertised benefits. non-Communist sea unions on this would be completed in three years be erected to keep high waters is strictly lirnited. and other issues. The SIU, through from the time work gets underway."* from flowing into .the tube. The Benefits payable under their ;CAMU, carried the fight to ConThe entire project will'consist of trestle approaches will be 30 feet plans were also exaggerated. Juici­ ,gress and before various Govern- a tunnel '7,475 feet long, with wide. est benefit amounts are reserved inent agencies involved, particular­ 6,753 feet under water, flanked on Hampton Roads serves the ports for a very few instances. The ad­ ly the Department of Health, Edu­ each side by a roadway trestle ap­ of Norfolk^ Hampton, Portsmouth vertising left the impression that AT cation and Welfare, under Secre- proach. The tunnel will contain a and Newport. News, and is probably c o V e'r a g e- begins immediately, :tery Oveta Gulp Hobby. 23-foot two-lane roadway, which at the principal coal export center in whereas in most cases it starts only Mrs. Hobby later also reversed its lowest point would be 101 feet the US. At present, ferries pro­ after several months. iierself and promised full support below sea level. The tubes will be vide the only means of transport ' The companies also refuse to piy for tbS hospital program when the steel and reinforced concrete shells across the Roads, benefits if they can prove that ill. Health insurance Outfits On.US Griddle •I'^-V Q- • If it 4 vC'i-'. v^:C S:; Plan Tunnel-Road Link Across Hampton Roads •.kSi.nu smc? Hi ; i-r^zK feiii i ?U' ft. •/i;:' . »•!( I r . i'!' . • •:v ' -".'.'•"i .i'- �NoTembcr 12, 1984 SEAFARERS Jndustrlal Democracy Group At SlU LOG Fare F1T« SlU Win$ Leave Dispute; Two Crews Due $18^000 A whopping $18,000 in disputed overtime is now ready for payment to crewmembers of two SIU ships, as the result of the Union's successful fight against shore leave restric­ tions in foreign ports. Crewmembers of the Lawrence Victory (Mississippi) and Carroll Victory (South Atlantic) willt" receive the unexpected bonus leave restrictions in St. Georges contracted ship also have a shor* as a result of the Military Sea Bay, Newfoundland, were unjusti- leave beef pending on the same Transportation Service admitting, tified. under SIU pressure, that shore Crewmembers •V 3 ST grounds, and it is expected that a third SIU- this one, too, will be settled in fa­ vor ^ the crew. The shore leave beefs arose orig­ inally in Korea where, after the end of the hostilities there, the mili­ A belated full-scale investigation of Maritiifte Administrator tary authorities continued to deny Louis Rothschild's "two for one" ship transfer policy is slated for shore leave to merchant seamen. next year, according to information received from ttoe SlU's Wash­ Before long, the practice started to ington reporter. It's feared though that the investigatiqp will com^ spread to other military bases es­ too late to save the bulk of tae US tramp shipping fleet which is tablished by the US on foreign fast slipping under runaway flags. soil. As reported in the "SlU's Newsletter from Washington" resent­ SHJ Took Lead ment is building up over the administration's high-handed action Taking the lead in protesting on transfers as well as changes made in the tanker trade-in these practices, the SIU brought program. the problem to a head in a meet­ F^urther details, and other information on the latest Washington ing with officials of the Defense De­ developments of importance to the maritime industry will be found partment. The result was an ad­ in the Washington report on Pag^ 7. mission by a Government spokes­ man that there^was no justification for the restrictions at St. Georges Bay. The conference also led to a new shore leave order greatly relaxing restrictions that had been 2,000 jobs for American seamen. sel under American registry. The in effect in Korea. Claims Then Filed The Liberty ship transfers alone*'other "is then free to transfer unThe Union's next step was to file end about 1,500 jobs for both un­ der the "one for two" rule an­ claims with the Mississippi Ship­ licensed and licensed seamen. nounced last August. ping Company and the South At­ Added to this are thousands of jobs Greece Wants Ships lantic Steamship Company for and business opportunities for US Now Greece, unhappy over the overtime covering shore leave at ship suppliers, repair yards and sudden maritime prosperity for Li­ St. Georges Bay. ^ince both ships other shoreside adjuncts of the beria, Panama and Honduras— were Government-owned vessels maritime industry. which are the only countries to out on charter, the claims were "One For Two" Policy which transfers will be permitted passed on to the National Shipping The MA transfer policy permits —is seeking MA approval of Itself Authority and to MSTS where they the shipowners to transfer one as a haven for American shipown­ were approved. out of every two ships they own ers. Greece at one time received The claims for the Lawrence to foreign registry. This rule has the lion's share of this traffic un­ Victory cover the ten-day period made possible a lot of convenient til the other countries discovered from September 1-10, 1953. The arrangements between owners of how profitable it could be and bo- Carroll Victory was restricted for just one ship or any other odd gpn encouraging it. a 13-day period in August. Both number of ships. By the loosest Of the seven Libertys approved companies involved have checks possible "partnership" arrange­ for transfer this month, five were ready for disputed overtime. Crew­ ments, two companies with one SIU vessels, including the Tainaron members can claim them by get­ ship each can put one ship under (Actium), Captain Nathaniel B. ting in touch with the companies' foreign flag and maintain one un­ Palmer (American Waterways), main offices in New Orleans and der the US flag with the Govern­ Anne Butler, Christine (Tini) and Savannah, respectively. ment's blessing. Mississippi Shipping can be Lucile Bloomfleld (Elam). Previous­ Sometimes the "partnership" ly, the General Patton, Trojan Sea­ reached at the Hibernia Bank consists of no more than a letter man, Strathport, Bluestar, Purple- Building in New Orleans; South from one one-ship operator to an­ star, Greenstar, Western Rancher Atlantic at the Savannah Bank Building in Savannah. other saying he'll maintain his ves­ and Sea Wind all went foreign. Locking The Barn Door .... Getting some information about SIU from patrolman Teddy Babkowski are some members of League-for Industrial Democracy. League inspected headquarters, reported themselves impressed with Union's constitution and democratic way of operation. Transfers Kill 2^000 Jobs^So Far WASHINCrON—^]^ll-bent on pursuing its easy ship trans­ fer policy regardless of the cost, the Maritime Administration this month gave its okay for the tranter of seven more dry cargo" vessels, bringing the> total transfers over a 90-day meet up with her former sister the Yarmouth, which is now period to 39 Liberty ships. Of ship, the Queen of Nassau under Pana­ these, 13 had been manned by Sea­ farers. Tin's flgure does not take into ac­ count a variety of other types .of vessels approved for tranSfer to Liberian, Panamaifian or Honduran registry, the latest of which was the SlU-manned passenger ship Evangeline. In this case, the switch was from one Liberian cor­ poration to another over which tlie original owners, the Eastern Steam­ ship Corp., have no control. Thus, Eastern, once one of the largest coastwise passenger ship operators, now no longer has any vessels in active US-flag service. The Evangeline is due to be op­ erated in the growing Florida-West Indies trade, where she will likely manian colors. Both vessels had been operated until recently under SIU agreements. The oniy condi­ tion placed by the MA on the transfer of the Evangeline was that it cannot be used in the MiamiHavana run, in competition with the US-flag P&O passenger ship Florida, an SlU-contracted vessel. Half-Way Mark These developments thus indi­ cated that the MA had no intention of slowing up the pace of approved transfers which.^three months ago, were predicted would reach a total of 60-70 dry cargo ships—about half of the US-flag trampship fleet —^before it would peter out. The half-way mark is now passed, and with it, more than YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER^ BUYING get you to phone in your name so a salesman can visit you. Then when the salesman has discouraged you from Wage-earners and their families are often victimized your original intention of buying the advertised special, these days by an advertising practice known among busi­ he works on you to buy one at a very high price, like $80. Bait sellers have also been active in the furniture renessmen as bait ads. This is the trick of advertising a product at what seems like an amazingly low price. But upholstery business. Some firms have been advertising when you go down to the store to buy it, or the salesman that they will reupholster any thfee pieces of furniture comes to call on you, you find that either they don't have in your living room for a low price' like $39, or $59. the advertised special or the salesman claims it just isn't Naturally a family grasps, at what seems like a chance any good, and he tries to sell you a higher-priced version. to solve a furniture problem for little money. But when Bait ads are particularly widespread on television nowa­ the salesman arrives," his fabric samples for the lowdays. The pitchman demonstrating an aluminum storm priced specml are obviously shoddy quality and unattrac­ window for only $10 is actually trying to hook you with tive colors and patterns. His real aim is to sign you for a bait offer. When the salesman comes to your house, for an expensive job that may cost as much as $200. Installment furniture stores have long used bait ads. the window turns out to be a battered, poorly-made prod­ uct which the salesman himself criticizes. He then tries One of their favorite devices is to advertise a mattress at a low (Irice. But when you get to the store the salesman to get you to buy good-quality storm windows for as much as $40. If you aren't wary, you may find yourself signing tries to sell you mattresses in fancier coverings at prices a contract for several hundred dollars to buy storm win­ of $10, $20 and $30 or more. Often these mattresses have dows at a high price, all because you thought you were the same contents as the advertised special; the only difference is the covering or ticking. going to get an unusual bargain. I Beware TV Pitchmen Attempt 'Switch-Selling' Television has ^gjven bait sellers a new, successful Bait ads are also often used to sell vacuum cleaners. The dealer advertises rebuilt or,used models of such method of practicing their tricks. The pitchmen can well-known cleaners as Electrolux and Hoover at very, demonstrate their products with high-pressure patter and low prices. But When you go down to the store to buy the offer of free gifts if you telephone right away. Be one, the salesman doesn't want to sell it to you at all. He especially wary about buying storm windows with the uses such tricks as reversing the fan blades on the adver-. proniise of storm doors thrown in "free," or a fancy grill Used bargain so the cleaner doesn't have proper suction. • given "at no extra chai-ge." Or he' Stuffs tissue paper in the tube, or loosens the bear­ Another form of baiting has been used by some auto ings so the machine is ve^ noisy. The whole idea is to dealers recently. This is the practice of "bushing." You get you to come down to the store prepared to buy, or come out to your car and And « card stuck under the Don't Get Fooled By Bait Ads Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying windshield wiper, offering you a fantastic price for your jalopy on a trade-in. Or you find a postcard in your mail offering a very high trade-in allowance. There have been cases of dealers offering as much as $1,300 trade-in allowance on a car actually worth only $300. But when you call at the showroom, all set to take advantage of the offer, you are subjected to all kinds of tricks and pressure to get you to take much less. Watch For 'Up-Selling' Actually it is the siqiplest thing in the world to protect yourself from the bait-and-switch game. As soon as a salesman starts criticizing his own advertised special, you know immediately that is only bait offer and the real intention is to sell high a high-priced article that almost always you can buy for less from a legitimate retailer. In the case the $10 storm windows often promoted on TV, the $35-$40 storm windows they really want to sell you can often be bought for as little as $25 from more reliable installers, and that is all they are worth.-When you see you are being traded up, simply leave the store or ask the salesman to leave your home if that is the case. - Then report the incident to the newspaper, radio or television station the promoter used to make the bait offer. The newspapers and radio and television stations are not innocent parties. They have all been warned by the Better Business Bureaus and their own associations about the spread of bait selling. If they did not accept such advertising, bait offqrs would soon die out instead of flourishing as they now are. If the newspaper or radio station pays no attention to your complaint, it's worth reporting the incident to your local Better Bbsiness Bureau, or the local law-enforcement authorities who hav* been getting after these tricksters in some cities. I �. I.'".-' y race SIX ' 5;V, - ' , ;- SEAFARERS vKeranber 12. 1984 LOG She's First Lady Patron Of Headquarters Parber Shop F)":- Women these days are Invading every sphere of what used to be a BATISTA UNOPPOSED IN CUBA VOTE—The withdrawal of opposi­ man's world and Fran­ tion candidate Ramon Grau San Martin left General Fulgencio Batista ces Pasalak is doing unopposed in last week's Cuban election. The opposition charged that her part In this fem­ government troops and rigged election regulations made a free elec­ inine revolution, as tion impossible. Batista, who seized power by force of anns in 1952, this photo shows. Fran­ had been a heavy favorite to win before the withdrawal. ces is getting her hair cut by barber John Rubino in the barbershop . NEHRU RETURNS FROM RED CHINA VISIT—Western diplomats at SIU headquarters, were keeping an anxious eye on India's prime minister, Jawaharlal and thus becomes the Nehru, after a ten-day visit to Red China. Nehru also stopped off at" first gal to crash the Hanoi to see Indo-Chinese Communist leaders and^it Saigon where an gates of this formerly anti-Communist government still holds sway. The Indian prime min­ all-male sanctum. Fran­ ister declared that the Red Chinese regime had too many internal ces is the daughter of projects to deal with to become involved in war. Jt was also reported Seafarer Frank Pasalak. that he attempted to soften Red China's views on dealings with other . •Both the barlaer and nations. the customer took the * ^ » event In stride, but OIL STARTS FLOWING F^OM IRAN—Iranian oil started moving several Seafarers out­ side in the hiring hall in western tankers under the agreement to, redpett ^production at were muttering about Abadan. The industry had been idle for two years since Iran seized the "nothing being sacred property of the Anglo-IrSnian OjJ Company. Eight international oil companies are now operating the property under a 25-year agreement. anymore." t 4^ - Bridges Attacks Sea Hiring Haiis ONE OF FIELD BROTHERS RELEASED—Hermann Field, a Cleve­ land architect, who wa's^arrested by the Polish Communist government in 1949,-as a spy, has been released from prison and all charges against him dismissed. It was the first that had been heard from him since he SAN FRANCISCO—An attack by Harry Bridges' longshore union against the hiring halls disappeared on a search for his brother, Noel Field. The latter and. maintained by two SIU affiliates clouded developments this week at National Labor Re­ his wife had disappeared earlier and may now be dead. Noel Field was lations Board hearings on an SIU of North America petition for a three-department vote on at one time reputed to be part of the Alger Hiss "ring" In the Govern­ ment. , West Coast ships. . - * t ^ nevertheless threw anoHier The action came as the tober 21 have developed testimony he monkeywrench into the proceed­ REDS EXPEL US DIPLOMATS' WIVES—Two wiv^s of US embassy upholding this view, and have an Bridges' union moved to keep important precedent in a *4934 ings by filing a petition on behalf officials, in Moscow have l^een ordered by the Soviet Government to a grip on the last Communist-in­ of a so-called "Steward Depart­ filtrated segment of the US mer­ West Coast election in which all ment Organizing Committee" of leave the country after a dispute over picture-taking. The State Depart­ chant marine. At issue is the ques­ three ship's departments balloted his own International Longshore­ ment charged the. tw/» women were forcibly detained by Russian secret tion of who shall represent stew­ as one unit in a vote between the men's and Warehousemen's Union police in violation of their diplomatic immunity, after trying to take a ard department personnel on West old International Seamen's Union for a separate representation elec­ picture M a group of Russian women. Coast ships, many of whom belong and a Communist-dominated enter­ tion among steward department to the Marine Cooks and Stewards- prise known as the Marine Wort • personnel only. BRITISH DOCK STRIKE ENDS—A month-long dock strike involv­ ers Industrial Union. The MWIU AFL, an SIU affiliate. ing 44,000 workers and tying up 340 ships was settled by an agreement In the wake of the hotly-con­ lost the vote and soon after dis­ on voluntary overtime. The strike tied up all major British ports and tested stewards' election last banded. In its turn, the ISU dis­ was led in many areas by "wildcat" committees. Charges were mads integrated a few years later, a de­ spring, whose results were incon­ that many of the strike committees were supported or led by the British clusive because of the heavy "no velopment which led to the forma­ C^munist Party. ' * tion of the present SIUNA in 1938. union" vote recorded at the urg­ 4^ 4^ . 4^ Charges 'Discrimination' ing'of Bridges' outfit, the Sailors Under the rule^ of the Va­ BABY SWAP HAS MOTHERS AGOG—Two mothers in an English Bridges' attack against the hir­ Union of Jhe Pacific, Marine Fire­ cation Plan as set forth by the town^ finally agreed to exchange their five-week-old baby sons after men, Oilers and Watertenders alfd ing hall came in the form of trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ blood tests upheld doctors' contentions that they had been given each the MCS-AFL recently petitioned charges filed against' the Pacific ply within one year of the other's babies when leaving the -hospital. At first the mothers insisted the NLRB in the name of the SIU Maritime Association, the West payoff date of his oldest dis­ that each had-her own, but later reluctantly agreed in the face of Pacific District for a three-depart­ Coast shipowners' group which charge in order to collect his the evidence, to give the other baby a try. ment vote to settle the question. negotiates with the SUP and full vacation benefits. If he The current hearings are an ef­ MFOW, that the SUP .gnd MFOW presents any discharge whose 4> t ^ ^ _ hiring halls were "illegal" and that fort to deal with this petitira._ payoff date is more than a ELECTION ENDS IN TANGLE—The bitterly-fought Congressional the employers were discriminating year before the date of his va­ 'Historical Precedent' and state elections came to a surprising finish with neither Republicans favor of the union seamen at a cation application, he will lose nor Democrats able to claim a convincing margin of superiority. Demo­ The SIUNA position is that a in time when a petition for a repre­ out on the sea time covered crats recaptured the House of Representatives but suffered wme un­ vote by the sailors, firemen and sentation election was pending. by that particular discharge. expected setbacks in the Senate. On the other hand, the Democrats had cooks and stewards as one unit Don't sit on those discharges. Bridges' Monkeywrench more success in state gubernatorial races and Republicans surprised would follow the historical prece­ Bring them in and collect the by taking a few seats in the "solid South" notably one in the TampaHowever, although Bridges thus dent in maritime union elections mdhey that is due to you. St. Fetersburg area. On the whole, Demodrats did not do as well as Involving all unions on all coasts. recognized that a three-department the "experts" and opinion polls predicted. The hearings which opened Oc­ election petition was in the works. p lur;- V"y I y- -• 1^' W — DonH Wait, Get Vacation Pay Cartoon History Of The SIU Weliare BenetUs Begim 70 w i Although the SIU, in 1949, became the first Atlan­ tic and Gulf Coast seamen's union to win an employerpaid welfare plan, benefits did not begin right away. Even with the employers-contributing 25c per day for each SIU man on their ships since Jan. 1, 1990, the 'Union moved cautiously, letting ^he reserve fund grow. Meanwhile, -agreement was reached on joint Unionshipowner administration of the plan—although the operators were sole contributors to the fund—to cut out the high cost of insurance company administra­ tion. Eligibility rules were made simple, enabling a man with Just onrday on an SIU ship to qualify for' bfocfits. Finally, in July, 1950, the SIU plan began paying out benefits. Starting modestly, the plan guaranteed SIU men a $7 weekly hospital benefit for as long as they were hospitalized, plus a $900 4eath benefit for their beneficiaries. An enthusiastic SIU membership hailed the event as a high point in tihe Union's history. Benefits were later increased sev>i»tal tlr>es; �. >«%.• It. MM SEAFARERS^ LOG < M r . Fare Sevea SIU NEWSLETTER Ready New Beneficiary Card from WASHMSGTOS * - _ •" ' ' Look for a full scale probe by Conrress early next year into the ship ' transfer policy of the Maritimo Administration. Louis S. Rothschild, Maritime Administrator, adopted a policy last August of allowing transfer foreign of Liberty dry-cargo ships on a 2-for-l-basis—that is, for every 2 ships owned by a company, 1 could be transferred from the US flag. There are some on Capitol Hill who are reisenting t'ae fact that MA did not clear this first with the appropriate Congressional committees before putting it into effect. Another resentment, from some quarters on the Hill shapes up from a decision made recently by MA in connection with the tanker tradein-and-build law. When this proposal was being pu^ed through Con­ gress, the understanding was tnat the new' tankers to be constructed would have a speed of 18 knots. Subsequently, the MA and the Navy decided to reduce this speed factor to 16 knots. One of the big factors behind the ship transfers has been the cam­ paign put on by US tramp ship operators. With this in mind, the chances are tnat next year Congress, in probing the matter, will look to the financial side of the picture, to determine just how much the tramps have realized from the transportation of Government cargoes, and how much of this went into their own pockets or was put back into the industry. . Between Jply 1, 1953, and October 15, 1954, a total of 132 pri­ vately owned US-flag ships, each over 1,000 gross tons, .have been transferred to foreign flag, including some for the purpose of scrapping. Since October 15 of this year, an additional 12 ships have gone to for­ eign flag. Speculation is that the boom might be lowered on the MA unless it keeps in closer touch with Congressional committees before adopting such policy changes. ^ . 4- 4" As reported earlier in the LOG, a move is afoot again this year to cut Government appropriations for marine hospitals. The Conference of American Maritime Unions has sent out letters to members of^Congress seeking their support to defeat the move. Response to date has been good with many Senators agreeing to fight reduced Government appropriations for such hospitals. 3^ 4 4 Reproduction, above, of new beneficiary card now being printed by Seafarers Welfare Plan shows important information that is required of all Seafarers. A new beneficiary card, containing some slight changes from the old form, is now being With the Democrats in control of both Houses of Congress once again, one of t.ie first noticeable improvements, so far as the maritime indus­ printed by the SIU Welfare Plan. As soon as the cards are available in sufficient quantity, try is concerned, will be the appointment of Representative Rooney, they will be distributed to all SIU ports for completion by Seafarers. New York, to head the Appropriations Subcommittee, which will handle ^ t The main reason for dis­ all maritime affairs. tributing the new card is the In the last Republican-controlled Congress, the .Subcommittee had been headed by Representative Clevenger, Ohio, who proved to be anti "act that a considerable num­ merchant marine. ber of cards now cA file are im­ 4 4 4 properly filled out. The SIU Wel­ The organization of both the-Senate and House by the Democratic fare Plan office estimates that majority in Congress will place the Democrats in a very strong posi­ about 25 percent of the beneficiary tion to negotiate with President Eisenhower on all legislative matters. At the moment, it appears that the-chairmanships of the various cards are lacking in important in­ committees, in most cases, will go to Southerners. WASHINGTON—Results in the national elections last week, formation or are improperly filled One of the exceptions is that Senator Magnuson, Washington, will wijh a shift to a Democratic 84fh Congress in the midst of out in other respects. become *.iead of the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com­ a Republican Administration, are not expected to have any Accordingly it was decided to mittee, which considers maritime affairs on the Senate side of the serious effect on new legislahave new cards distributed which Capitol. Senator Magnuson has pro;^d to be ver^ close to the mer­ merchant marine wielding the wpuld be filled out by all men sail­ chant marine in the past. Senator Johnson, Colorado, ranking Demo­ tion and policies affecting US can gavel ing on SIU ships. In the process, crat on the committee, who would have become its chairman, droppe^ shipping. In the elections generally, with the form was changed slightly. Optimistic forecasts by some out to take over the job as Governor of his State. Under Senator Mag­ the final results still in dispute in nuson, the next ranking Democrat on tie Committee is Senator Lyn­ maritime observers, hoWever, hint some Important Points areas because of the narrow at the prospect that the Demo­ don Johnson, of Texas. Seafarers will be notified through margins between victor and loser On the House side, the'House Merchant Marine Committee, when it crats, again in a majority position in the pages of the LOG when the important contests, the Demo­ is organized itext Jauvary, will be headed by Representative Bonner, after a two-year lapse, may at­ crats new card will be available. Of will control the House 232North Carolina, with "Representative Boykin, Alabama, being the next tempt to affect some check on the 203, and the Senate by a split of particular importance in filling out maritime policies of the Admin­ ranking Democrat on this group. Both of these men are sympathetic istration. This may be felt in a 48-47, with one acknowledged in­ the card is. the Seafarer's social to a strong merchant marine. closer scrutiny of the activities of dependent, Sen. Wayne Morse of security number, book or permit The outlook for tne Labor Committees in Congress looks like this: a Republican who backed number, signature and date on Senator Hill, Alabama, will become chairman of the Senate Labor Com­ the Maritime Administratidn and Oregon, Democratic presidential candidate which the card was filled out. the Federal Maritime Board, the mittee, succeeding Republican Senator Smith, of New Jersey. The beneficiary cards determine in 1952. The House Labor Committee is expected to be headed up by Repre­ Government shipping agencies re­ Adlai Stevenson who will receive the $2,500 death Governors Go Demo sentative Barden, North Carolina, who will succeed Republican Con­ sponsible for the much-criticized In the gubernatorial races benefit in the "event of the death ship transfer policy and what is gressman lilcConnell, of Pennsylvania. of a seaman covered by the SIU around the country, the Democrats criticized'as a dangerous lag.in 4 4 4 took 19, and the Republicans 15, to Welfare Plan. As such it is impor­ new shipbuilding for the weakened The legislative program for the maritime industry, although initiated make the line-up of governors now tant that all Seafarers fill them within a Republican-controlled administration in the past few. months, US merchant fleet. 27-21 in favor of the Democrats. out, particularly men who have Committee Changes is not expected to change muc'.i next year even though the Democrats In most of thew upsets and shifts dependents. control Congress. The shift in Congressional con­ from'one party to another in all When they're printed, they'll be At the moment. It appears that some of the major proposals before trol will naturally cause changes these offices, local issues played a available at all halls and at SIU the next Congress, convening in January, will center around the fol­ in control of the maritime commit­ major role, although serious un­ headquarters. Filing of a new card, lowing: tees in the House and Senate, of employment in some industrial of course, T^ill void the old one, Operating subsidy aid to tramp operators; simplification of the meth­ course. In the House, Rep. Thor areas, fluctuating farm prices and just as it has in the past. od of determining subsidies; authority for vessel owners to accelerate C. Tollefson, Republican of Wash­ the twin issues of public vs. private depreciation; permission for non-subsidized ship operators to place ington, will have to make way for power and Federal conservation vessel earnings in a special reserve construction fund on a tax deferred Democratic Rep. Herbert C. Bon­ policies had their effect on a broad basis; reactivation of the ship construction revolving fund, first author­ ner of North Carolina as the new national level. ized under the 1936 Merchant Marine Act; development of a shipbuild­ chairman of the Merchant Marine Despite the setbacks, which ing program designed to encourage up to 60 dry cargo staips eahh year and Fisheries Committee, but the President Eisenhower viewed with With Seafarers in Baltimore to replace our aging fleet; and auti.orlzation for the Commerce De­ change here is considered one of more alarm while campaigning be­ readying a move to the new partment to sell Government ship mortgages to provide'funds for party label only. Both men are fore the election than he did after ship construction. As to the latter, the sale price for the "mortgages felt to be strong advocates of the it when realities of the situation Union office in that port, sea­ probably would not be less than the mortgage indebtedness existing US shipping industry. closed* in on him, both parties men who have gear in the pres­ at the time of sale, and in addition such mortgages would be guar­ Decontrol of the Republicans in pledged full cooperation and bi­ ent hall are urged to pick it anteed by the Government. the Senate will probably find Sen. partisan policy on most foreign up as soon as possible. In addition-, special consideration is being given to the serious con­ Warren 0. Magnuson of Washing­ and some domestic issues. dition of the US domestic trade. It's not known at this time just what ton assuming chairmanship of the Once the move is made, the_ tiie legislative recommendations will be, but they may include sub­ water transportation subconunittee Union will have to clean out sidies for domestic lines, improvement of cargo handling facilities, of the Interstate and Foreign Com­ the baggage room. Seafarers and development of specialized types of carriers. merce Committee, replacing Sen. who pick up their gear will John M. Butler of Marylehd; a Re­ help ease the problem of shift­ publican. Here again, at in the ing baggage. House, the change still finds a lead­ ing supporter of a strong Ameri- Elections Bring Shift in Congress And States t / - Pick Up Gear In Baltimore m •Ah 1 �SEAFARERS Pare Elsht 11: L OG MARITIME October's hUrricane "Hazel" left a knotty problem for authorities In the Canadian province of Ontario, where an admiralty court will have to decide whether a $40,000 tug is the salvage prize of a tanker captain and his crew. The tug broke lines and was adrift in Lake Ontario during the storm when the tanker Blue Cross came along, put a crew aboard and brought" the tug back in to a Hamilton dock . . . Work on a $48 million canal project that will enable deep-sea shipping Question: Do you have any dcfrom the Caribbean to enter Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, is advanc­ ing to completion. The 20-mile canal will eventually be 30 feet deep. i^e to obtain and sail on a license? An important oil shipping center, the lake can now be traveled only (Question asked in Tampa hi^.) by ships drawing 13 feet or less. . Mack Patterson, AB: I've never 4" 4> 4^ had any desire to sail on a license. Attention on US maritime problems will be focused in Miami, Dec. It isn't just a B-10, when the American Merchant Marine Conferencje will meet in question of not conjunction ^with the 28th annual convention of the Propellor Club wanting to take of the US . . . The North German Lloyd liner Gripshoim, a former on added respon­ Swedish liner, will soon be renamed the Berlin. She is in service be­ sibility. 1 think tween Bremerhaven and New York . . . The SlU-manned Isthmian the men in the freighter-Steel Designer sailed from San' Francisco last month with unlicensed r a t a shipment of Government and private exhibits for the World Trade ings have better Fair at Bangkok, which begins Dec. 8. conditions. It is 4 4" t much easier to The Government will pay $5 million for five World War II Esso change jobs when tankers as an allowance credit against the building of two modern you get tired of sailing on one 35,550-ton supertankers. Esso is expected to spend an additional $16 ship. million on the replacements, which will be th^ first to be constructed 4 4 4 under the "trade-in-and-build" law passed last summer. The older Charles Kirby, chief cook: I've ships will go into the reserve fleet . . . Traffic reports for the Suez been sailing 13 years and every Canal for the month of August showed Liberian-flag shipping activity more than double what it was in the same month a year ago, a develop­ now and then I ment attributed to the large number of newly-built Liberian-flag super­ like to get off and take a vaca­ tankers passing through the waterway. According to the canal com­ pany, they carried three-fifths of all oil shipments to the US from the tion. That isn't easy to do when Persian Gulf. you're sailing in 4* 4 41 a licensed rating, Work on the first phase of a six-year port improvement program Is because then the getting underway in Philadelphia with the construction of a new apron company tells for Municipal Pier 3. Two other city-owned pi^rs are also due to get you when you can new aprons to improve loading' facilities in the port . . . The Italian get off. I like to freighter Santa Elisabetta, which ran aground on Smith Island Shoal, get off when 1 feel like it. seven miles east of Cape Charles lightship on the Virginia coast, was 4 4 4 ^ refloated without major damage. The 7,300-ton vessel had been en route Jack D. Brown, AB: I would' to Baltimore from Monrovia, Liberia, with a cargo of ore. have tried to qualify for a license 4 4 4 long ago if I ever had any de­ sire to sail top­ side. There is no question about it; conditions are better for unli­ censed meki. We don't have to take any abuse from the com­ 4 4 4 ^ pany^ because the SIU backs us Oceanic Steamship Co., a Matson Line subsidiary, is awaiting Gov- 100 percent in any legitimate beef. erriment approval of its plans to renew passenger service between 4. 4 4 California, New Zealand and Australia by converting two MarinerKoland Yelasco, second cook: type cargo vessels for passenger travel. The company says the two I'd rather sail unlicensed so if new ships could be ready by mid-1956. Its outlay would be $22 million I become dissat' and the Government's an additional $18 million ... The first Moroccan- isfied with one flag merchant ship to call at New York in many years, the 3,805-gross- ship, I can get fon Djerada, was originally built at Superior, Wis., in 1945. A major off and ship out item in ship's stores was the 400 gallons of Burgundy wine* taken on on another during the NY stay for her crew of predominantly French seamen. through the SIU's rotary shipping system, which just can't be beat. To sail on a license, you «MLCROSS DOWN 11. Trinidad 33. Leaning, as a have to be a good boy for the com­ product ship 1. What cook 1. Port S of pany to hold your job. % 17. Jack-in-the36. Cries heard at Trieste does to spud The Navy's Hydrographic Office has issued a publication indicating that floating mines are still a menace in the waters of the western Pacific, nine years after the end of World War II. The bulletin consOiidates data on mi^s and other hazards left by the war in six lar^e areas of the. Pacific Ocean and will supplement^broadcast information. The six areas are: (1) Indonesia, Borneo, Celebes, New Guinea, Aus­ tralia; (2) Marianas, Solomons, Fiji Islands, Carolines, Marshalls, New Caledonia; (3) Vietnam, South China, Philippines; (4) North. China, Korea, Yellow Sea, Siberia; (5) Japan (except for tl^e Inland Sea), Nansei Shoto, Iwo Jima; (6) the Inland Sea. a. S. I Nv''; ••iv.- , 1/ V If-;;.-, Go by Kind of poker 3. band 4. 12. N. African 5. ^ port 6. 13. Bread spread 7. 14. Room in a harem 8. 15. Go ashore S. 16. SIU member 18. Kidnap 10. 30. Having a sharp taste 31. Replace 23. Put to -work 26. Bundled 39. The weather. in general 31. High note 82. Mel, of base­ ball 34. Incorporated: Abbr. 35. Port in Oregon 37. WeU known name in ' photography 39... Ruffle - Designer 40. (Isthmian) ' 42. J Try out 44. Ascended 48. Prisoners with privileges 51. Valley 52. Help 53. Single time 64. Island near Corsica 65. Author of "The 'Telltale Heart" Native of Mecca S. African gold Selds Survive Stations Brew Washington port Article of furniture Suez Canal port Fruit drink 56. Oriental chiefs .swiifA illv pulpit bull fight Aromatic wood 38. Exports from Notoriety Spain A sight on 41. Moves gently Sicily 43. Greek portico 25. Part of the 45. Bargain day ship 46. Hamburg's 26. Chi footballer river 27. Too 47. Clos< 28. It's measured 48. Open^a keg in degrees 49. S. A. port 30. Worker with a 50. Former relief pen agency (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) 19. 22. 24. 4 Jack Woods, oiler: There was a time 1 thought I would like to sail on a license be­ cause of the ex­ tra • money. It takes four or five years to get sen­ iority with a com­ pany, though, and a man can'i have the freedom of shipping ha has in the unlicensed ratings which, I am now convinced, is the best deal. 4 , , ^ s ILC-M tl 4^4 4 4 s :• NoTemlier 12, 1954 MEET THE SEAFARER ANTHONY DENDDO, Steward Utility After years of worki in the an< thracite mines, service in Siberia with the United States Army and a short spell in the French Foreign Legion, life at sea with the SIU might seem'a bit tame to Seafarer Anthony Denddo. It dlso seem^s, and is, a good deal more pleasant and comfortable, to say nothing of paying better.^ But money isn't the only differ­ ence between a coal mine and an SIU ship, for as Denddo puts it, "I wouldn't go back .to the mines for $100 a day. It just isn't worth it." Worked At 14 The 54-year-old Seafarer ha^ his taste of coal mining at an early age. He was born in the anthra­ cite country of Eastern Pennsyl­ vania, like thousands of coal miners' sons before him. He fol­ lowed his father's footsteps into the coal mines at the age of 14, go­ ing to work for the Hudson Coal Company. His first job was to op­ erate the engine of the one track underground railway, that hauled the coal through the mine tunnels to the point where it could be loaded for its ride up to the surface. A couple of years' work in the coal mines convinced Denddo that maybe he had better try some other kind of life. As soon as he was old enough to get past a re­ cruiting officer, he joined the Army. This was in 1916, just in time for the first World War. The following year found him with the American Expeditionary Force in France. War Went On Officially the war ended in 1918, but unofficially it continued for at ieast two years after that in vari­ ous corners of the world. From France Denddo was shipped to eastern Siberia where he took part in the combined expedition of American, British and Japanese forces *againt the Bolshevik armies in that area. He recalls that Si­ beria was every bit as cold as it was cracked up to be, with the armies spending as much time fighting the cjimate as the enemy. Finaliy in 1923, Denddo and the Army parted company for the iast time. He went back to work in the coal fields for a while, this .time as a fuil-fledged coai ihiner. Then he got restless again and signed up with the French Foreign Legion for a hitch in North Africa that iasted a year. Returning home, Denddo found conditions in the anthracite mines getting worse year by year as the demand for hard coal 'decreased continually. The use of oil and then the depression "put the busi­ ness on the skids. Finally in 1939 he decided he would try his hand at going te sea. . "I'd been on quite a few Army transports when I was in service," he said, "and the sailors would keep telling me how nice it was to go to sea. So I decided to give it a try." ' First Trip His first trip convinced him that seafaring life was far superior to any kind of work he had done be­ fore. Of course he was just in time for another war. One ship he was on, the Simon Willard, took a beat­ ing in an air attack off North Af­ rica, but managed to stay afloat. Before the war was over he made a coupler of Pacific island'invasions as well. Denddo became a member of the SIU in 1942, and has been sailing as a Seafarer ever since, most of the time in the steward depart­ ment. Once he got a taste of life at sea, he never worked ashore again. And being single, he doesn't bother spending too much time ashore between trips. "Going to sea is a much better life , all aroui)^ than anything I'd ever done before," he concluded. "I'm certainly happy I decided to give it a try because I'm a lot bet­ ter off today than if I had stayed in the mines. '{The work is a lot cleaner and easier, and of course, the pay and conditions are better all around. Of course, it was a little more exciting being In the Foreign Legion, although that probably gets tame after a while also. But going to sea was the best move I ever made," he stated. ' 4 LABOR ROUND-UP Removal of a Taft-Hartley in­ junction was ordered by a Federal judge in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, leaving 4,500 atomic production workers free to strike. Officiais of the Gas, Coke and Chemical Work­ ers Union (CIO) indicated that no strike would be called until further talks were held on contract prob­ lems. The Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corporation, which op­ erates the facilities for the Gov­ ernment, has offered a six cent an hour wage increase after six months of unsuccessful negotia­ tions. 4^ 4 4 A new plan to utilize commis­ Mike Manning, chief electrician: sions from a union group insur­ Back in 1946 I thought I was in­ ance fund has peen drafted by terested in get­ Local 802 of the American Federa­ ting a license. We tion of Musicians (AFL). The union, paid off in San representing musicians in the New Francisco and the York area, will devote all commis­ third assistant sions toward sponsorship of free asked the ,pomconcerts and other cultural bene­ pany for trans­ fits. The step was taken because portation back to in New York State copimissions P h i 1 tt d e 1 must be paid under the law. phia. What he got . '4 4 4 was a permanent Publidters of New York City vacation. 1 decided then and there I would sail SIU ancl not be 4t the daily newspapers came to agreewith Aewjsp^pqr truck drivers mercy of the company. ,sil4«e<'i iJ for a $5.80 package increase. The agreement averted a strike sched­ uled for election eve. Approximate­ ly 4,300 members of the News­ paper and Mail Deliverers Union (independent) are covered by the agreement which provides for $4 in increases in two installments^ on a two year contract, as well as pension and welfare increases. 4 4 4 Shoreside seafood workers struck briefly last week at New York's famed Fulton Fish Market, but a truce agreement ended the walkout after three days. The strike in­ volved 450 members of the United Seafood Workers (AFL) against saltwater fish handlers. Wage set­ tlement details are still being worked out. • . 4 4-4 A "runaway" electrical equipment plant that had moved to Co­ lumbus, Mississippi, has been suc­ cessfully "organized -by. the CIQ Electrical Workers Union. The union won an election at American Bosch-Arma by 121 to 74. The plant moved to Mississippi when the town gave it a free land site and built roads and water mains for4t9 - ; , " • �'• SR^:f'-"• s •' '"- rl" ,{({ ,( t J I I't November It, 1954 ' 1-•; 5x*i', SEAP 4RERS LOG Paffo NIB* SEAFARERS #t.OG ^ -;S-i Vol. XVi. No. 23 Novembor 12, 1954 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Guif District, AFL. 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NV. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAVh HALL. Secretary-Treasurer I'-H-r-.i 1 r • '•^'" I •JI M Editor, HMRBOtt BBAMo:t Managing Editor. RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BotiiAin SEAMAN: Photo Editor. DAHUL INUVA; Staff Writers. REBMAN ABIHUB, IBWXH SPIVACK. At MASKIN; Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. :??v rt- IfV; On Loyalty' The .illustration on this page originally appeared in the LOG when the NY headquarters building was formally opened three years ago. The drawing is just as symbolic today as we open the new Baltimore hall as it was then.' The LOG said editorially then—and it says again today— "Brick, cement and steel went into its making, but it was the membership's devotion to trade union principles and to the welfare of the SIU that made it all possible." A strong membership with loyalty to its union made the SIU Building ' Program possible and as a result this week we open a modern ' hall in Baltimore that is without peer in the industry. The new hall boasts more space and more facilities than are available in headquarters, in itself hailed at the time of its opening as one of the finest halls of its kind. But that was three years ago, and in the interim, the Union's experi­ ence at headquarters has been put to good use in designing and building the Baltimore hall. It is the long term objective of the Union to provide modern, comfortable halls with all facilities in every SIU port. Of necessity, the process is a slow one. Locating suitable prop­ erties is not easy and expense is always a consideration. Con­ sidering the Union's modest beginnings in New York's Stone Street, what the Union has today gives an idea of the tremen­ dous progress made by the men of the SIU in their determi­ nation to maintain the strongest and finest Union—and facilities—in the world. . Get Ont And Vote! It's hardly possible to exaggerate the importance of the • elections for officers which take place in the SIU every two years. Of all the participation by the membership in Union affairs, aboard ship, at membership meetings and in commit­ tee, the Union's elections and other referendum votes top the list. As is alwSys the case in the SIU, there are a considerable number of candidates running for the various posts—rthis • year a record nuftiber of 78 for 49 positions on the ballot. This is made possible by the SIU's simple nominating pro­ cedure which makes it easy for any qualified Seafarer to get his name on the ballot: •The candidates are on the ballot, the voting booths have been set up, and voting will begin Monday morning. From now on it's up to the individual Seafarer. By casting his vote, he and he alone decides who will conduct the affairs of the Union for the next two years. U On Insurance Co's It's no secret that there are many insurance companies around .v^ho would love to lay violent hands on the SIU's self-administered Welfare Plan. One of the tactics used by. the'se companies is tq imply that they can do the job better. A quick check of benefits paid by private outfits as compared to the SIU Welfare Plan debunks that argument. Another claim put forth is that the companies are most reputable and carefully-regulated, and can be trusted to do best with funds put in their care. That may or may not be so. In this respect the SEAFAR- ERS LOG carries a story in this issue on how some bf these health and accident cpmpanies operate. It's not calculated td inspire much confidence in the operations of insurance companies. « Hospital Cuts Again? 1".' •N.. ' . . It appears right now that the "economy bloc" in Wash'^gton is intent on cutting down the US Public Health Service hospital program, despite the overwhelming demonstration by the maritime unions earlier this year against such a move. Successful in past years in cutting down the scope of the vital Government hospital program which provides medical care for seamen, this "economy" group will find that if its success continues, it will be dropping the whole problem of seamen's medical care right in the lap of the shipowners. ^ Accordingly, it would be smart if the ship operator^ raised their voice a little louder against any cutbacks in hospitals or hospital sendees. Although the SIU and other sea unions led ^the fight Ih. time, a united shipping industry could be Hfe' V even more eflebtivt. Defendg Stand On Steward Shipping To the Editor: I am writing this in reply to the "Letter of the Week" which ap­ peared in the September 17th is­ sue of the LOG. This letter was written by Brother Frank Cullison and in it Brother Cullison had quite a few comments to make about my previous suggestions forchanging our stewards' shipping set-up. In the first plafcq, Brother Culli­ son writes that I think the steward who has been ia the SIU the long­ est is the most efficient steward. Now that is not exactly what I said. (Reprinted from the Nov. 30, 1951, SEAFARERS LOG) I distinctly said that "all other things being equal, the man with the longest service record should be the most e^ficieilt man for a job." In simple English that means that if two men have the same am­ bitions, abilities, qualifications and Although the LOG poll ja SIU storing practices on SIU ships. It health, the .most efficient one libraries wound up several months may be one of those extraordinary should be the man with the longest ago, poll forms continue coming in coincidences, but ever since the service record. from Seafarers reading old copies formation oif the committee • was of the LOG for the first time. announced, crews of SIU ships Good and Bad in Jobs The results of the poll, of course, have been lavish in their praise' Brother Cullison also writes that in his many years of seaftirlng he gave a solid vote of confidence to of the quantity, quality and serv­ has seen both good men and bad the library iirogram, although ing of the food. To take one example, the Mar.vmen in key jobs, such as stewards' some changes in each 50-bpok as­ mar (Calmar) noted that it was a jobs. Well, what about the recom­ sortment were made. One good idea, not instituted at happy ship, a condition it attrib­ mendations I made for making the that time, called for including a uted in large part to the feeding. .requirements for a steward's rating world almanac or similar book of The crew went on record for an stricter? I believe stricter re­ facts in each library package to "overwhelming vote of apprecia­ quirements would provide us with settle the endless bickering ovpr better stewards on the ships, and issuei^ like which school won the tion and thanks to steward Andy also help solve the problem of con­ Rose Bowl in 1937. This week, Reske and his gang who did a gestion among stewards caused by one of these post-poll returns bang up job and gave best of serv­ ice. "No one," the recording sec­ upgradings. from an anonymous Seafarer also Among other things, I suggested urged having an almanac in each retary noted, "goes hungry on this possibly having a good stiff exam­ library and started the wheels roll­ scow. First class food and plenty of it (Ritz style)." Well the Maryination, or .possibly having a re­ ing. mar may not exactly he the Ritz quirement calling for six years of At the time the idea was first sea time. And probably some of put forward, the distributor who but you can't tell that by the crew. The Alcoa Patriot crew passed the other brothers have other sug­ supplies the LOG with books for gestions. . the libraries did not have an al­ the compliments all around noting Another thing brother Cullison manac among his offering, so the that "A hearty vote of thanks was questions is my statement that a idea ended right there. But now, given to the steward department man cannot be a good steward and the Union is attempting to make fof their fine chow and excellent a good cook at the same time be­ other arrangements to get one, be­ services rendered." The Patriot's cause the jobs are not similar cause there's an obvious demand minutes noted further that the gal­ ley gang gave the enough. A man. Brother Cullison for it. ^ writes, should not ship as a stew­ Seafarer "X" doesn't know it deck and engine ard unless he can "cut the mus­ yet, but he will probably go down men a vote of for tard" in all steward department in history blessed as the one who confidence their wonderful, ratings. helped settled shipboard argu­ ments on fact vs: fancy for once cooperation with Around Awhile Himself the steward de­ Well,-all I can say is I have been and for all. partment. around quite a while myself, and • 3^ 4^. 4" It appears then, I have seen quite a few men who As is the usual practice in the on these ships at were good cooks Or bakers but SIU, quite a few rank and file Dncote pretty poor stewards. And if a man Union brothers were elected to least, all is well like that gets a job as a steward, it meeting posts at the headquarters as far as feeding means some crew has lost a good and branch membership meetings the crew members is concerned. Another Calmar line ship, the cook or baker and another crew is 'of the Union last week. In Norfolk, "stuck" with a poor steward. That's Seafarer James Meehan served as Oremar, came up with much the same kind of not my idea of efficiency. recording secretary of that branch's comment about Unfortunately, the age of special­ meeting. In Miami, that well known the food and serv­ ization has not yet really arrived bosun Johnny "Bananas" Zieries ice. They made in the maritime industry, but I be­ was in the chair along with Bill particular note of lieve we ought to start getting McCuiston and R. Doran. J. Raw­ "excellent the away from the "jack-of-all-trades" lins and C. Ducoto were up front way the food is idea as soon as possible, especially at the Galveston -port meeting prepared and in the steward department. Our while Seafarers Vln Capitailo and served by Charles SIU crews are deserving of real B. A. Qranberg served in Wilming­ J e y n e r, chief specialists in the preparation and ton. Several other SIU ports also Joyner Ch«ri«s ». serving of their meals, just as ofte had rank and file members sitting Leoke, nightcook will flnli in the best hotels, clubs in the chair. and our cheerful and ever smilinfi and restaurants ashore.^ 1 think t » » my si^estion about having a . Just of few weeks ago, the SEA­ messman, Fred." Fred wasn't Group 1 fbr stewards and a Group, FARERS LOG announc^ that the identified further for the informa­ lA for the two senior cooks would Union was setting up a Seafarers tion of the LOO. be a step in the right direction In steward department committee to' - Joyner incidentally, is one of giving SIU crews what they exam <ne- operating procedures in the newer members of the Union, steward departments Mid take Betting, his membership beak in deserve. steps to ^ro a high level of Savannah last August. Harry L. FrankUa. ^Vote Thanks •M •-•<1 I 41 '41 �^ai^-(->'^,r SEAFAttERS • • ., .V, •.•:•• • LO^ •s\ ^•'*. .K^ss|:j;;5|r'y-ft • .• : ?f"n: sr —- »r-. , •. 1 - '.-%M*''-Z' * - •• «-v:Ti^ •••., '- . "• • •'•'•.• '- - ' , >i > ''. f 'n 1*5 .1 .,'. (ii''!!piJ I .-"''r' '"' 'X 'J The new showplace of Baltimore, the SIU Baltimore branch hall is shown here in architect's drawing.. Port agent Earl Sheppard (left) chats with group of Seafarers before the meeting. Seafarers V. Greef, S. Musco, Bill Baker and Mrs. J. A. Smith tune in one of TV sets. Game room features three new pool-tables, shuffleboard and a television set (not shown). Touring Seafarers look into shipping hall (rear)-. Corridor is lined with offices. Trying out barber chair is Harry Smith while Elvyn Bussell and Bob Stanford look on. With five stories, counting basement and rooftop facilities, elevator comes in handy. , ^' :Seafarers :aiu} quests, at special.meeting applaud - fccmgratulatojqrjyeiessa^ tO: the^Unipn. vi; > 7^. v- • ^ I ry>L\;y.A-- .•*•' vtaI.'Once'OyeF:dt«m.>two<Seafai*r&''-7f,';'i,':A«tii?<f^^^ ': 'V r: ': ;.,William Hartloys starts on salads'while'steward 4.>y»us.tay« .Thobe,:, (rearl\calls'ior'-suppl^^vt^^ | . �'J?'•' /'f'r N«T«nber lt> MM SEAFARERS Pare Elerea LOG ;Ef| •El •;iPl ."r-'t 3 I'readent of Baltimore Fed of Labor, Francis S. rilb^, praised SIU leadership in port. SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall, windup speaker, recalled old days of Union on Pratt Street. Crowd of several hundred Seafarers and guests filled Shipping hall and two balcony areas. -iiieiVnirr-.v TA i iw • * ^ dayor D'Alesandro (1.) and agent Sheppard isten to benediction by Brother Johns. One of many to greet SIU was Moe Weinstein, MMP agent. Mates will have office in hall. Balto Customs chief Ray Dempsey and Congress­ man Ed Garmatz pose with SIU's Bob Matthews. ^' y.-vPy|ii E•I : r ^ IE; • • S-; Ifter meeting «n<i bidfet} tables and ehairs were aet up on dhe sides' of the meeting hall anid'on tht^' Tad Thomas, wiper; John Watkins, AB, and -s'':"''-'' ^ liuoDnies -wherai-'^upsts could enjoy program'ef -i»ntertainment^4trranged for the evening, i -: v^ii" ^ ^Jaihes Banaskicwicz/MM, "fill 'er up'' at buffet. . ^ \ . »•' ;.EAV- - ... •'- v^t ^ y'' -- f '.fii '« • ' ' • ' - .r. ' • *. — - • -- ' �•.'• - •••^•^^• '• ' ? V'Tagt Twehrm SEAFARERS M-"-:-,'^- •-•y-1>.;.-;.;•»• f»r • -^ LOG . , • • .• . • . •-. • . yoTfcmber It. HU ^ - . '••• , /.. ,. "*^'0:1 (•;': • f ,• • - ,).B- • '«'4ll-" Seattle: . Laid-Up Ames Victory Set For European Ren Shipping has been good here, and the future also, looks good, with the Ames Victory {Victory Carriers) coming out of lay-up this week for a trip to Europe and the Mother M. L. (Eagle Ocean) set to sign on for another run to the Far East providing the company puts additional electric fSns on board. Several ships have come out of lay-up and others have called here with no fans as per the agreement, and this has stepped up the sale of 12" fans to the point where ship chandlers are having difficul­ ty supplying them. Other Beefs Settled The Mother M. L., when she paid oflf here, had a couple of other small beefs but these were settled to the satisfaction of the crew. In transit during- this period were the Pennmar (Calmar), Longview Victory (Victory Carriers) and Hastings and Fairland (Water­ man). Men on the beach now include M. W. Townsend, C. A. Gardner and Tex Ringo. In the hospital are William E. Ellis, W. J. Fick, J. M. H. Hudselm, S. Johannessen, Les­ ter C. Long and M. Michalik. Jeff GUlette ^ Seattle Port Agent ^ ^ Baltimore: Shipping Holds Good; Two Grownups Sialod W |fe;. Iff. 1 I to invite all of the members and New Orleans: their friends who can possibly make it to come and see bur new halL I hope that they take advan­ tage of the services they can get at our cafeteria and Port O' Call bar, and,I am sure that they will Considering thg slow shipping be more than pleased with their we had previously, and the slow visit. shipping in general, shipping in At this time I would also like this port during the past two weeks to thank the members for their has been good. Also, the coming whole-hearted cooperation during two weeks will be'good as the the elections. The members have rumors about Libertys coming oul already been congratulated by the of the boneyard have now become successful candidates, and by suc­ a realTfy. We already have orders cessful candidates I mean the ones for men for the Sunion (Kea) and we gave our backing to, who were the Frederic C. Collin (Drytrans)? all elected. Thanks again, fellows, and both of these ships will com­ for a bang-up job. plete crewing up around Novem­ Brothers In Hospital ber 8. The Sunion will take a full Men in the marine hospital at load" of wheat to Brazil while the present are Harry Thrash, Henry Frederic C. Collin will carry soy­ T. Miller, Gus Sanchez, George beans to Formosa^ Meltzer, Earl T. Erickson, Roy M. Also helping shipping here will Hawes, Jack Morrison, Julianus be the re-crewing of the Del Mar Blancor Clyde Leggett, Robert L. (Mississippi). This ship is now Lambert, Melvin Mjison, Francisco undergoing repairs and only 18 Mayo, Clouise Coates, Jessie A. men were kept Clarke, Leslie Aaron, Samuel C. on board out of Hudgins, Michael Rugaczewski, Jeff a crew of 103, so Davis and Walter H. Sibley. How there will be 85 about dropping a card to those un­ jobs open here. fortunate brothers while they're We also have laid up? You might be in their eight payoffs shoes yourself some day. scheduled here# We still have a few oldtimers during the next left on the beach including A1 two weeks, so Sjoberg, chief quartermaster John Lirsen Taurin, Maxie Steinsapir, one of this is another our better-known stewards, and a factor in the few others who are still absorbing good shipping outlook. Paying off here during the past as much of the. Baltimore climate two weeks werd the Alcoa Ranger as they can before shipping put. (Alcoa); Del Viento, Del Rio, Del Earl Sheppard Mar and Del Valle (Mississippi), Baltimore. Port Agent and De Soto, Beauregard, Iberville i. t, ' and Hurricane (Waterman). Signing on were the ..Alcoa Norfolk: Corsair and Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa); Del Alba and Del Campo (Missis­ sippi); Beauregard (Waterman), and Paoli (Cities Service). In transit were the Alcoa There was a slight pick-up in Pioneer, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa shipping in this port during the Cavalier and Alcoa ' Pilgrim past two weeks and we feel opti­ (Alcoa);. Steel Traveler (Ishmian); Del Campo and Del Viento (Missis­ mistic about the future. sippi); Seatrains Georgia and During this period we paid off Louisiana (Seatrain); Kyska, Mon­ the Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa), Seaarch of,the Seas, Arizpa'and Clai­ garden (Penn. Navigation), and borne (Waterman); Marie Hamill Bents Fort and Government Camp (Bloomfield); Soothem S t a t e.s (Cities Service), and these four (Southern); Val Chem (VMentine ships signed on again. Tankers); Paoli (Cities Service), In transit were the Alcoa Roamer and Evelyn (Bull). (Alcoa), Southport (South Atlan­ The Del VaUe paid off h^re tic), Ocean Ulla (Ocean Trans.) November 1 and we must extend and Steel Maker and Steel Trav­ a vote of thanks to, the crew for eler (Isthmiaf). bringing in a fine ship. Outside All of the payoffs, 8ign-ons..and of one crewmember fouling up, in-transits were in good shape. this ship was in perfect shape, In the USPHS hospital at the with no trouble during the entire present time are Herbert Bum- trip and not an hour of disputed pass, George Leckler and Lbnnie OT. It was really a pleasure for Hall. the boarding patrolmen to pay her Ben Rees off. Norfolk Port Agent The Del Mar will stage a party Litiertys Quit Lay-Gp^ 2 Tat(C On Hew Orews for President Tubman of Liberia this Sunday, November 7, and from all reports this will be a gala affair. Previously there were parties staged for other high officials from Liberia and the men who took part in serving these parties were highly commended by the company for a job well done. The ship is now on idle status due to dodocking, but 22 men will, be added to the 8 now on board to take part in preparing and serving .the food, and the party will prob­ ably last until the wee hours as the men have been told to be ready to work past midnight. Dewey Shaw, Nicholas Tala, John Naugle and Knud Larsen were recently discharged from the marine hospital here, while Melvin Foster, Nick Mutin, John Carolan and Leonard King are still a little under the weather but hoping to be able to ship out soon. Benjamin Seal, Paul Signorino, Gus Brosig, Harry Schuler and .Victor Bonura were recently ad­ mitted to the hospital. Llndsey J. William New Orleans Pert Agent * Stjvannah: * X- Sonlti Atlantic Sttips Pay Off And Sign On Shipping was fair in this ^ort during the past two weeks. '^We paid off the Southstar .and Southport (South Atlantic) and signed on these two ships and also the Royal Oak (CiUes Service). In transit were the Rosario (Bull), S t e e 1 Director (Isthnyan) and Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana, which each called here twice. On the Southport there was a beef about rotten Kagelmacher meat being put aboard, and on the Southstar there was a beef about the ship being short on some items. These beefs were taken up and disposed of by seeing to it that the meats will be more closely inspected when they come aboard, and also increas­ ing the stores on the Southstar. Men now'on the beach include W. Parkir, R. J. Nash, F. Kagel­ macher, j. Floyd and M. J. Akins. In the marine hospital are J. Little­ ton, A. W. Lima, W. C. Lee, W. H. Gilbertson, J. T. Moore, P. Bland, E. Snedeker and J. D. Cannady. Jeff Morrison Savannah Port Agent Lake Charles: Stiippiag Up Briefly ' But Slows Bown'Again During the past two weeks ship­ ping in this port picked up for a few days but this proved to be « flurry and then things settled down again. Calling in here during this pe­ riod were the Cities Service tank­ ers Chiwawa, Salem Maritime, Lo­ gans Fort, Bradford Island, Lone Jack, Government Camp, Bents Fort, French Creek and Cantigny. Over in Beau­ mont, Tex., wo paid off the San Mateo Victory (Eastern) and this ship then went into lay-up, and in Port Ar­ thur. Tex., wo had the Del Campo (Missis­ Boyd sippi) and Re­ public (Trafalgar). All of these ships took On a few men, so we were able to ship-'^S2 men alto­ gether. '; We expect several ships in hero during the next two weeks but don't advise any of the brothers to, run down here as we have enough men on hand to handle any ships expected for a while. Among the men on the beach are A. G. (Tex) Alexander, K. Hellman, H. Lee, S. Cantrell, J. Alsobrook, W. Johnson, GeofTge For­ rest, A. I. Hebert, C. Young, B. P. Grice, J. Dixon, B. J. Martin, J. Mitchell, F. J. Smith^ Jesse Maloney and Roy (The Goon) Boyd. We have no men in the hospital at this time. The AFL Laundry Workers are bipy lining up the laundries in this city and doing a job that has been . needed for a long time. Reports from the organisers show an over- . whelming desire for a union, and we are keeping our eye on the sit--: nation to help out if needed The LSke Charles Labor Council, AFL, has already gone on record to give the Laundry Workers all-out sup­ port. Elsewhere on the labor front things are quiet and no trouble is expected. The Metal Trades Coun­ cil, AFL, having won an NLRB election by a large majority, is now having contract talks with one of the chemical companies here, and these talks are goiqg along smooth­ ly and should result iu'the signing of a contract very soon. The hunting season is still on here full blast and every day some of the boys are telling about the ones they saw, but we don't hear much about the ones they bagged Leroy Clarke Shipping in the port of Balti­ more has been very good for the past two weeks—in fact, it has been good for the past five weeks and I base this statement on the fact that during this period we shipped more men than we regis­ tered. During the past two weeks, for instance, we registered 249 men and shipped 251. Furthermore, we expect shipping here to continue good and tomor­ row we will crew up two ships that have been laid up here for some time-7-the Strathbay (Strathmore) and the Ragnar N a e s s (Norlo). The Strathbay is heading for Yugoslavia and the Ragnar Naess is going on a Steinsapir tramp run which will probably take the crew around the world. All this is very gratifying to me as it proves that the SIU is still on a sound basis and I am positive Lake Charles Port Agent that this shipping is not just a spurt but. will continue at least through­ out the remainder of the year. . Philadelphia: During the past two weeks the foliowing ships paid off here; Steel Voyager and Steel King (Isthmian); Bethcoaster (Calmar); Mae and • •••(i Shipping Figures October 20 to November 2 Hilton (Bull); Raphael Semmes (Waterman); Bents Fort (Cities There is now a lockout in this ' REG. BEG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL REG. Service), and Santore, Feltore, PORT port, due to a beef by the old ILA DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Cubore, Baltore and Chilore (Ore). with the employers, and as a result Boston 15 28 3 8 13 5 8 2 Signing on were the Steel Voy­ no ships are moving iH' or out of New York » 0e 112 118 76 88 229 87 317 69 eo e0 ager (Isthmian); Bethcoaster and the port. We have three ships Philadelphia » e0 24 . 20 96 7 '8 16 oe o• 12 1 Seamar (Calmar); Julesburg (Ter­ affected by this lockout and we minal Tankers); Evelyn (Bull); Baltimore -108 cannot hope for any action until 83 88 59 ' 251 249 71 Raphael Semmes (Waterman), and it is ended And at this writing Norfoik 39 19 8 4 eo 0e oo00• 34 '12 16 6 12 Feltore, Vcnore, Cubore, Baltore, no ending is in sight. Savannah ........ #17 9 38 13 39 • ,12 9 12 ' 0 e'n • Chilore and Santore (Ore), During the past .report period' Tampa IS " 13 49 9 ^ . 39 11 6 28 • eeo o0 00 •0 In transit were the Angelina, we paid off the Dorothy (Bull) and > Mobile 17 50 24 16 57 Ines and Kathryn (Bull); Calmar, 31 39 120 had no sign-ons. In transit were Bethcoaster and Seamar (Calmar); the Robin Lodcsley (Seas Ship­ New Orleans .... »•/# e 0 0 0 79 "18 99 87 299 220 78 72i Alcoa Pegasus, Alcoa Pointer and ping), Chickasaw and Raphael Galveston 16 17 68 19 28 18 • UO 19 ceo onoo Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa)," Steel Ex­ Semmes (Waterman), Carolyn Seattle .......... ceo n««o 87 SO 97 19 '20 7 ecutive and Steel Chemist (Isth­ (Bull), and Seamar, Yorkmar and 39 68 19 14 San Francisco .... ! • • e 0 0 o 20 11 19 24 mian); Chickasaw' (Waterman); Marymar (Calmar). rAll of these Robin Trent. (Seas Shipping), and 5 . .8. , ship' were in good Aiffie. / Wilmington 19 2• 11 con oooo Sea Coral (Coral). , A. 8. Caadin*""^:.' 1 want to take this opportunity Totala' ' 289*" 1,029 \ nuadelplila rti Agent 519 412 419" 1,84B ^' 884' ; 892 Optimistic View Held Abeul Future Stiipping A&G SHIPPING RECORD we.,•-•••• B, Lostioai Of Old tUt Hits Stiippisg Hm �>5L'iprrv;.-Tv'"' November 12. 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Pare Tbfrteea • A'---'' ......... PORT REPORTS Son Francisco: Shipping Is Slow, No Improvemenl In View Shipping In this port was very slow during the past two weeks and it looks as if it will continue that way for a while. During this period we paid off the Longview Victory (Victory Carriers) and signed on -this ship and also the Madaket (Water­ man). In transit were the Steel Designer (Isth­ mian), Hastings, Azalea City, Fairland and Fairport (Waterhian), Wallick and Portraar (Calmar). ^ At our last meeting it was moved, seconded and concurred in that the anonymous leaflets circu­ lated among our members are hostile to the interests of our Union. Men now on the beach include A. .J. Surles, C. E. Wallick, R. Montcaln, A. Kessen, J. Jackson, P. Votto, F. Wonsor, J. Stuntebeck, J. Sheldon and F. McCall. In the marine hospital are J. Childs, P. Yuzon, O. Gustavsen, C. Neumaier, L. CronsohOi C. R. Johnston and J. Perreira. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent Mobile: Oi' Man Winter Hits Bnt Halt's Cozy Place Well, or Man Winter has Tnoved in on this port, with the tempera­ ture getting^down to the freezing mark for the flrst time this yea-, and the hall is a mighty cozy place to be in. We had our air condition­ ing system moved from cooling to heating this week ^nd from the looks of things the changeover was none too soon. Our plans also call for running an additional duct from the air conditioning unit over to the combined "Sea Chest-recre­ ation room next door when the renovation plans are completed. Shipping in this port during the past couple of weeks can be considered only fair, with some 57 men shipped to regular off­ shore jobs and 105 men sent to various relief Jobs In and around the har­ GaUo bor. • During this period we paid off the Arizpa, Monarch of the Seas and Claiborne (Waterman) and the Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Partner, Al­ coa Pilgrim, Alcoa Patriot and Al­ coa Clipper (Alcoa). The Arizpa, Partner, Pilgrim and Patriot signed on again and in transit were the Iberville and De Soto (Waterman) and the Del Viento (Mississippi). Future Outlook Fair Prospects for the coming two weeks look,fair, with the following ahips due to hit the port either • for payoff or in transit: Alcoa Cor­ sair, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa I%laris, Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Cavalier (Alcoa) and the Hurricane, Beau­ regard, Chickasaw, Fairisle, Mon­ arch of the Seas and City of Alma (Waterman). In addition, we have 10 Wate^ man C-2s laid up in this port awaiting cargo, and all of these are subject to go out on short notice as soon as the company can get cargo commitments for them. On the political, front, -this 'staunch Democratic state has Boston: elected a complete Democratic slate, including a new Democratic governor, senator find representa­ tive. The Republican party here, however, put up its stiffest fight since the Yankee carpetbaggers Patterned somewhat after the moved down from the North, es­ one in New Orleans, an interna­ pecially in the governor's race. tional trade center, designed to King Is SIU Oldtimer promote shipping in the port of For our Seafarer of the Week JBoston, is now being planned in we nominate Brother A. R. (One this city. The promoters of the Round) King, who joined the project have already selected the Union during its flrst year, 1938, top flood's of the Harbor Building and.has shipped steadily since that for the enterprise, and foreign time in all deck department rat­ trade and finance leaders havo al­ ings. Brother King makes his ready met with Mayor Hynes and home in the Tampa area but on his heard Wilham G. Zelzmann of last few trips shipped out of Mo-/ New Orleans explain the success bile. His favorite pastimes, while attained by, the International on the beach, are boxing, baseball House in that city.. and Falstaff, and he says his favor­ Another item of interest here -is ite SIU benefit is .the vacation pay the formation of the Boston Coun­ which gives him eating money cil of Seamen's while he's on the beach. Agencies. This Also on the beach now are G. council is deChandler, Bf S. Vatis, Luigi Gallo, -signed to bring F. James. E. Vitou, Otha Bryars, about a united Chester Spinks, C. Merritt, J. Nor- and cooperative fleet, G. Menendez, W. L. Kitchens effort by all sea­ and C. B. Ivey. men's iigencies The hunting season is now open here, and is com­ here and some of these boys on posed of the Sea­ the beach are taking advantage of men's Club of Rubery it. Boston, Ameri­ Cal Tanner can Merchant Marine Library As­ Mobile Fort Agent sociation, Baptist Seamen's Bethel, tit Boston Seamen's Friends Society and Women's Seamen's Friends Tempo; Society. On the political front, a Repub­ lican governor. Christian A. Herter, and a Republican senator, Leverett Saltonstall, have been reelected, Shipi)ing has heen holding its and the Republicans have gained own in this port during the past control of this, state for another two weeks and we expect it to two years. stay just about that way in the Shipping in this port continued immediate future. to be slow during the past two During this period we paid off weeks but we expect things to pick and signed on the Alcoa Pioneer up somewhat in the near future. (Alcoa), and in transit were the During the last two weeks we Kyska, Iberville and Chickasaw paid off the Cantigny, Logans Fort (Waterman). and Lone Jack (Cities Sjervice) and On the Iberville there was a the Ann Marie (Bull) "and these beef about the food by the officers, four ships signed on again. In but none from the crew. transit were the Steel Chemist Bennie Gonzales, Acting (Isthmian), Robin ffent (Seas Tampa Port Agent Shipping), Republic (Trafalgar), Sweetwater (Metro Petroleum) and tit Antinous, Choctaw and De Soto Miami: (Waterman). When^ the Sweetwater came into the Portsmouth Naval Yard she was badly in need of repairs, but due to extremely strict security During the past two weeks we regulations no outside workmen had no payoffs or sign-ons here were allowed to enter the yard. but serviced six in-transit ships, The ship, which is expected to sign as follows: Ponce (Ponce Cement), on foreign, is going down to Nor­ Florida (P & O) and Iberville, De folk where we have been assured Soto, Yaka and Topa Topa (Water­ the repairs will be completed. man). For our Seafarer of the-Week Eddie Parr we nominate Brother John S. Ru­ Miami Port Agent bery, better known to his friends Trade Center Planned Te Increase Shipping Stiipping 'Holds Its Own,' Ho Chango Soon 6 In-Transit Ships Aro Sorvicod Horn and shipmates as "Fish." Brother Rubery, who has been an SIU member since its'beginning in 1938, sails as bosun in the deck depart­ ment. His last trip was a sevenmonth run to the Far East aboard the Orion Comet. Also on the beach now are D. Downey, J. Patrice, J7 Sabella and W. Prince, while in the Brighton marine hospital are F. Alasavich, E. Broussard and A. Oyhus. Brother Michael Buckley, who had been sick and unable to work for the past year, died on October 31st in the Mattapan Sanitarium. The Union sent a floral wreath and the pallbearers were brothers J. Beresford, F. Bobbins, T. Fleming and J. Sheehan, Boston port agent. James Sheehan Boston Port Agent 4" t 4" Houston: Robin Gray Pays Off, Tatces Grew For Italy Since this new hall was opened we have paid "off the Robin Gray (Seas Shipping) and the Lafayette (Waterman). On the Robin Gray, which was in from a four-months run to the Orient, there were a number of beefs, but these were all squared away to the crew's satisfaction, thanks to Leroy Clarke and ship's delegate Steve Fulford, who kept detailed notes on the circum­ stances of each individual beef. The Robin Gray took practically a full crew for a run to Leghorn, while the Lafayette proceeded to Mobile and may possibly be laid up there. .We have quite a large shipping list here but could use electricians and pumpmen. A. (Frenchy) Michelet Houston Port Agent 4 4 Wilmington: 4> Port's Business Slow; 10 In-Transiis Gail Shipping has been very slow in this port for the past two weeks and the outlook for the next two weeks is not good. We had no payoffs or sign-ons during this period, but we serv­ iced 10 in-transit ships, as follows: Mary Adams (Bloomfield); Fairland, Maiden Creek, Madaket and Azalea City (Waterman); Steel De­ signer (Isthmian); Pennmar and Portmar (Calmar), and Ocean Betty and" Ocean Nimet (Ocean Trans­ portation). Ernest B. Tilley Wilmington Port Agent SrU HALL DiREClORY SIU, A&6 District WILMINGTON. Calif 80S Marine Ave. Ernest Tilley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS . .675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volplan WUUam HaU BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Agent EAatern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 SUte St. James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. (Frenchy) Michelet, Agent. .Preston 6558 LAKE CHARLES. La...;....1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent i Phone 6-5744 SUP MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 Phone 5-8777 NEW ORLEANS 823 BlenvUle St. PORTLAND 822 N. W. Everett St. Lindaey WUliama, Agent Beacon 4336 MagnoUa 6112-6113 257 8tb St. NBW YORK .678 4Ui Ave.. Brooklyn RICHMOND. CALIF Phone 2599 HYacinth 9-6600 450 Harrison St. NORFOLK U7-139 Bank St. SAN FRANaSCO DougUs 2-8363 Ben Reea, Agent ' i^hone 4-1083 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. PHILADELPHIA. 337 Market St. Main 0290 S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 805 Marine Ave. SAN FRANCISCO 480 Harrison St. WILMINGTON Terminal 4-3131 Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 678 4th Ave., Brooklyn Marty Brelthoff, West Coast Representative NEW YORK HYacinth 9-6600 PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. Pelayo 51—Laj Sal CoUs, Agent Phone 2-59w SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St. Canadian District Jeff Morrison, Agent Phone 3-1728 634 St. James St. West SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. MONTREAL PLateau 8161 Jeff GiUette, Agent EUlott 4334 I28qi Hollls St. TAMPA ... 18091811 N. Franklin 81. HALIFAX. NJ8. Phone) 3-8811 Kay White. Agent Phone 2-1323^^ '•» 153: tai., ti'V • . FORT WILLIAM.... 118t4 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone; 3-3221 PORT COLBORNB 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone; 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, BC 617Vi Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. PaclOc 7824 SYDNEY, NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE, Quebee 20 Elgin St. Phone; 545 THOROLD. OnUrlo 82 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De LavMontague Quebee Phone; 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WiUiam St. NB Phone; 2-5232 Great Lakes District ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher • Phone; 12,38W 180 Main St. Phone; Cleveland 7391 CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave., NE Phone; Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd. St. Headquarters Phone; Woodward 1-6857 OULUTH . 531 W. Michigan St. Phone; Melrose 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 92nd St Phone) >4^' BUFFALO, NY New York: Close Gonlesis iWark Voling Aronnd Perl Well, the big day for. the politi­ cians has come and gone. They say bad weather is Democratic weather, and we had plenty of rain here in New York City and snow in some parts of upstate New York. As for the Democrats, New York has elected a Democra­ tic governor for the first time in 12 years—Averell Harriman. The race between Harriman and Sena­ tor Irving M. Ives, the Republican candidate, was close however, and the official decision is still pend­ ing a re-canvass of the votes which has been ordered by Governor Dewey. Most of the other races here were also very tight with the Re­ publican and Democratic candi­ dates battling it out neck and neck right down to the wire, and at this writing some of these races are still unsettled, pending re­ counts or the counting of absentee ballots. We only hope that the final re­ sults of these elections will show the successful candidates to be people who will give favorable consideration to the problems of labor. We in the maritime in­ dustry, of course, are especially concerned about this election be­ cause of the fight merchant sea­ men are making against the pre­ sent Washington policy of allow­ ing American-flag ships to be transferred to foreign flags and other acts which are doing away with the jobs of US seamen. Shipping Picks Up Shipping in this port picked up considerably during the past two weeks, and we had more than the usual number of payoffs and also had two ships come out of lay-up, the Wacosta (Waterman) and the Ocean Ulla (Ocean Transportation). During the next couple of days we expect to crew up the Robin Tuxford (Seas Shipping) and the National Freedom (American Waterways), so shipping should continue to be good for the com­ ing period. The National Freedom is a former NMU ship that has just been signed to an SIU contract. During the past two weeks we paid off 24 ships, signed 7 on for­ eign articles and serviced 14 in transit. All of these ships were in good shape with the crews and delegates handling their jobs in true SIU fashion. The following were the ships paid off: Seatrains Georgia, New Jersey, Savannah, Louisiana, Texas and New York (Seatrain); Western Rancher (Western Navigation); Frances, Elizabeth and Kathryn (Bull); Val Chem (Valentine Tank­ ers); Bradford Island, French Creek, Paoli, Salem Maritime, Chiwawa and Royal Oak (Cities Service); Robin Trent (Seas Ship­ ping); Steel Executive and Steel Chemist (Isthmian); Choctaw and Topa Topa (Waterman); Mankato Victory (Victory CaiTiers), and Massmar (Calmar). Ships Signing On Signing on were the Steel Maker and Steel Executive (Isth­ mian); Seatiger -(Orion); pcean Ulla (Ocean Transportation); Rob­ in Locksley (Seas Shipping); Wacosta (Waterman), and Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers). In transit were the Warrior, Chickasaw and Antinous (Water­ man); Alcoa Runner, Alcoa Pi­ oneer and Alcoa Pointer (AlcDa); Steel King and Steel Voyager ^Isthmian); Yorkmar and Massmar (Calmar); Kathryn (Bull); Alex­ andra (Carras); Seatrain New Jer­ sey (Seatrain), and Seatiger (Or­ ion). Claude Simmons Ass't. Sec.-Treasurer |<lica) ic€« fiilt -.v l'£A"l i- 41 4 -•i I I ' I �'I »-i j r i • (- SEAFARERS LOG " i t ii Nmnmbcr It, 19M ( I rr OFF WATCH Discussions of SIU agreement are important part of shipboard meetingrs on Locaihs Fort. Here are some typical meeting shots taken by William Rapp. oiler, and Shadrack Manuel, pantryman. Left: AB Willis Thompson, deck delegate, .cives his report. Centen "Frenchy" Herbert serves as recording secretary at meeting in messroom after sapper. Right: Ship's delegate Thurston Lewis addresses the members. Hair's Long But Beefs Are Short And Logans Fort Grew Is Happy The Cities Service tanker Logans Fort is a clean and smooth-runnL^ ship. What's more, it's a happy ship, reports Thurston J. Lewis, ship's delegate. And this, Lewis says, is primarily due to two factors: to the familiarity of the crew with their SIU agreement, and to the close cooperation of the-^ crew with their delegates. chest and SIU library—two fea­ they enjoy, the crewmembers at­ As for the first factor, Lewis tures which make the men's ship­ tribute to John Crawley, former points out that discussions of the board life a great deal happier, ship's delegate, Lewis says. Besides Lewis, the present dele­ SIU agreement are vital parts of Lewis reports. Much of the good relations they gates are Willis R. Thompson, shipboard meetings. What's more, the crewmen are currently writing enjoy with their officers, as well deck; V. D. Becker, steward, and up suggestions for improving or as the good shipboard conditions Anthony McGee, engine." clarifying the agreement and these will be submitted to the Union's negotiating committee for consid­ eration. Regarding the second factor, « Lewis points out^ that the crew's policy of working through their elected delegates has kept rela­ tions between the crew and officers Hurricane Hazel really rocked the boat for a while, but cordial, and has kept beefs at a thanks to her officers and SIU crew the San Mateo Victory minimum. At a recent payoff,, for instance, the only beef was three (Eastern) escaped serious damage although she was driven into the bow of another ship> hours of disputed OT. while anchored at Norfolk. mate George M. Foster, to bosun Crew Are 'Longhalrs' This is reported to the LOG John B. Swiderski, and to our The crew, in fact, has only one real gripe, Lewis says. Currently by crewmember Leo Bruce who SIU crew. Every man did his full they are on a schedule which writes: "The clock struck 1500 on share and more in saving our ship makes them hit port both North the afternoon of October 13 and from further damage than she and South on Sundays. "Heads of Hazel struck with violent force and suffered when a" big gust of wind hair have been growing profusely fury, sending all craft heading for dragged our anchors and drove her into the bow o£ the Bahia Del due to the lack of contact with shelter. • barbers," Lewis says, "but occa­ "Our skipper. Captain Horsley, Mariel. "It is officers and crews like sionally Jim the messman comes gave us orders to secure thorough­ ly, and each man this," Bruce writes, "which make to the rescue of some especially tensely waited for me proud to be an SIU seaman on long-haired son of the sea with Hazel's arrival. an old pair of rusty scissors."^ an SIU ship." "All Navy ships But offsetting this dearth of tontook to sea, leav­ sorial treatment are things like the new foam rubber mattresses ing only a few merchantmen .ly­ which Lewis describes as the "cat's whiskers", and the fantail ing at anchor in area-recreation space which is the port of Nor­ being painted and equipped with folk. Then some­ benches for after-supper bull ses­ one cried, 'Here Bruce sions or other pastimes. she comes!' and "Bourey," Lewis says, "is a very come she did with all her power In its last issue the SEA­ popular card game on the ship and speed, like a hungry monster FARERS liOG carried a story although some of the men prefer seeking revenge. describing the visit of the rummy or hearts." "I think full credit must be Also, there are the SIU slop- given to Captain Horsley, to chief Western Rancher (Western Naviga­ tion) to the-port of Gijon, Spain, and the warm virelcome given to the SIU crew by the local popu­ lace. And now, it seems, there is a sequel to the story. These additional events were (1) Who was the first US President to speak over the radio: (a) Wil­ related by crewmember Luis R^mison, (b) Harding, (c) Roosevelt? irez when he visited headquarters (2) How much do you know about your own anatomy? What parts upon the Western Rancher's re­ of the body are referred, to as: (a) pulmonary, (b) cerebral, (c) renal? turn to the States. (3) Harry, now 39, is three times as old as Jack was when Harry was The Western Rancher was the as old as Jack is now. How old is Jack? first American jdiip to hit the little (4) Excluding Florida, the first letters of the names to the other Spanish port in the past three states bordering on the Gulf of Mexico combine to form the name of a years, and not only did the towns­ substance used in making beer, ale and other beverages, as well as people really roll out the red car­ the slang term for a much less potent drink favored at soda fountains, pet and treat the SIU men royally, lyhat is the word? but the local newspaper—£1 ,Commercio—also made quite a fuss (5) Which country is the setting for Kipling's poem "Mandalay"? about them, Ramirez reports. (6) Which event in American history was commemorated by the In an interview with one of the opening of the New York and San Francisco World's Fairs in 1939? paper's represeptatives, Ramirez, (7) How much does, a diamond of one carat weigh? on behalf of the crew and the (8) One-third «f a number plus twice the number plus seven equals Union, warmly thanked the resi­ j40. What is the number? dents of Gijon for their hospitality. (9) Is Salem or Portland the capital of Oregon? He -also stated that he hoped the (10). What is the American term for what the English call "crossword Western Rancher's visit would be pancakes"? , only the first of many visits by US (Quia Answers on Page 17) ships to this port. ^Hazei' Whoops It Up But San Mateo Rides Her Out Rancher Crew Makes News In Spanish Port Quiz Corner Cv lA- -l": This /cdtur# is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both Ashore and aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off-Watch," SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the tolumn or by mail, wherever possible. 4Oldtime Seafarers with a nos­ LP records under the coUectivo talgic remembrance of the days title of "Fats," by Victor, which when New Orleans was the cradle were pressed from recently-discov­ of jazz will probably relive a few ered transcriptions of the work of happy moments in reading "Satch- the late "Fats" Waller. The record­ mo: My Life in New Orleans," the ings are unique offerings of Wal­ autobiography of that impresario ler's work, since the numbers are of the horn, Louis Armstrong. Al­ played mostly in medleys, with the though "Satchmo" is still very piano man himself introducing much an active jazzman and his them briefly in his own colorful, records stand out as his Tiiost elo­ style. Some are backed by a rhythm quent autobiography, the 240-page band and others feature just "Fats" volume is a lively chronicle of his himself singing and playing. . The eafly years, in the days before he package totals 38 numbers, includ­ journeyed north to Chicago to join ing two different' versions of King Oliver's Jazz Rand at the "Honeysuckle Rose," "Ain't MisLincoln Gardens. The book is pub­ behavin" and a flock of other Wal­ lished by Prentice-Hall, Inc., of ler trademarks. New York, and retails at $3,5(1 4 4 4 Those amateur house-painters ^ Those who are beyond the begin­ and home craftsmen who long ago ner's stage in philately and are look­ discovered the virtues of using a paint undercoat before ap­ ing for a specialty field in stamp- special plying enamel to wood or other collecting may be interested in an surfaces may be interested in offer by the Precancel Stamp So­ knowing that there also several ciety, 1021 Province St., Pittsburgh preparations on theare market for re­ 12, Pa. This group will send to in­ moving the gloss from old enamel terested collectors a booklet ex­ to produce a good bonding surface plaining some of the high points of the new-paint. The special ma­ this specialty and 20 different pre- for terial is used to wipe down enam­ cancelled stamps along with it. walls before repainting.'Typi­ Only a stamped, self-addressed eled of these preparations is on# envelope need accompany requests. cal called "Wil-Bond," which is made ^ ^ t, by the Wilson-Imperial Paint Co., Backing up its product all the 115 Chestnut St., Newark 5, NJ, way, the Westinghouse lamp divi­ andean probably.be obtained at sion offers to replace every one of any paint store. its new flashbulbs that fails to flash with a neSv bulb—^no ques­ tions asked. Regardless of the age or cost of your camera or flashgun, if a bulb ever misses, simply re­ turn it to the place where you For obvious reasons the LOG bought it and exchange it for a new cannot print any lett^ or one on the spot. The company says other communications sent in^ it can make this guaranty because by Seafarers unless the author' of four "sure-fire" features built signs his name. Unsigned, into its bulbs, which assure full anonymous letters will only flashing power, operation even wind up in the -waste-basket. with weak batteries, super-sensi­ If circumstances justify, the tive triggering element and a preLOG will withhold a signature polished base for positive socket on request, but if you want it contact. printed in the LOG„ put your 4^ 4' 4" name on it . Another item for the jazz enthu­ siasts is a package of two 12-inch SignXameOn IA0GLetter9 LOG-A.RHYTHM: The Rebel Seaman By M. Dwyer There once was a seaman, a rough sort of guy. But one who could look you straight in the eye. A little wild was he—a rebel, I fear,. I'll tell you about him—just lend an ear. Well, he grew up, as young Seeking adventure—a thrill When old enough, he took For. reasons unknown, even lads do. or two. to the sea to me. He fell in love with the seaman's life. The sea to him was like a wife. Then soon he became top man in. his crew. And this isn't bilgewater I'm handing you. He left broken hearts in every port. And had scars to show for the fights he fought. In port he enjoyed the life that he led. But he'd go back to his-ship with an eager tread. He'd kiss alt the girls, then away h3'd skip. For before any woman he placed nis ship. He'd stand' his watches, perform his task. And never a favor would he ask. . He'd, stick up for a shipmate through thick or thin. And many a buddy counted pn him. W Alone at night, he'd lean on'the rail. And dream of home as the shiji would sail. He'd remember^the girl who Set him free. To journey far on the distant sea. For be she sweetheart, mother or wife. A smart wonian won't change d seaman's .•'•11,1 ft,. �J,.; •;..y* I • hii^' ':-• • November 12, 1954 SEAFARERS ^U-Drive-lt'Firm Helps SlU Crew See The Sights There's not too much point in.hitting a port if all you're going to see is some more of the sea, Seafarer Nick Wuchina points out. What you've got to do is get around and see the sights, says Nick, who is a crewmember on the Jefferson City Victory (Victory Carriers). A recent Jefferson City Vic--^ tory run to Bremerhaven, Germany, for instance, was a particularly enjoyable one, Nick reports, thanks to the crew's dis­ covery of a German "U-drive-it" establishment where they could rent cars, complete with radios and heaters for only 27 marks or $6 a day* Soak Up Scenery Because of this reasonable and convenient method of transporta­ tion, Nick says, the-Jefferson City Victory men were really able to get around and soak up a good deal of the local scenery. The "U-drive-it" establishment, which is also, a taxi service, is run by Albert Wilking at Lange Strasse 31. Bremerhaven. These photos, taken by Nkk Wuchina during a recent Jefferson City Victory run to Bremerhaven, show (left) crewman Logan in the ship's engine room, and crewman Spicey, who seems to have found something nicey at the Studebaker Bar. Greeks Say 'Thanks' To Seafarer Posing aboard their ship are the Greek crew of the Panamanian vessel Ionian Skipper, who say "thanks" to Seafarer Kenneth CoUins in a recent issue of the magazine Angyra (The Anchor), published by the International Society for the Aid of Greek Seamen. Last summer, when tbe Ionian Skipper was in Tokyo,' the crew was told by the skipper that the vessel was being scrapped and that they would be repatriated on a freighter and paid off "later." When the crew protested the captain howled "mutiny," but Seafarer Collins, after hearing the stoiy, promptly went to work on the company agent and Panamanian consul. As a result the hardtimIng skipper was fired and the crew got aU the pay due them. Seafarer Sam Says ^yr A swssEsnov ^AODLUMMIAM Agrcu=,oitA vemse (A/we/OS? t£rs4eAfi. ABOUT IT- THSiOS IS AIM/AVS THrihiS TO 8£T®e saevfe TH? num &rm! rage Fifteen LOG Agent Safe, Crew Citeid For Action Bv Spike Marlin Before World War II when a lot of people were poor, 40 cents and a high school pass could get you a fairly decent seat at a professional football game. For most games the guard at the gate wasn't very fussy. Anybody who didn't have gray hair and had the sense tb take a clean shave and wear a sweater could get in on the 40-cent tab. Most of the time there were three teams operating in New York, all living off short rations. The football Giants used to man­ age to make a buck somehow. The Chicago Bears were always solvent as were the Green Bay Packers. Other teams in the pro league looked slightly moth-eaten and played the same way. Fortunately, 'st?aks were reasonably cheap in those days so the players could be kept in food if nothing else. Bad Balance There were teams then that were as good, or better, than the best around today. But on' the whole, the league was sadly unbalan6ed. The Packers and the Bears took turns winning the Western title, while the Giants and Red­ skins completely dominated the eastern half. The good teams were very, very good indeed but the bad ones were just a couple of cuts above a good college club. By and large your pre-war pro teams showed a lot better running game than teams of today. It was the pro football people who discovered, out of necessity, that shifting teams around some­ times paid off. The Redskins went hungry for years until they quit Boston well ahead of the Braves and moved to Washington. There they became one of the strongest teams in the business. But pro football's biggest boom came when it went to the West Coast. : The pros discovered what the baseball people failed to see in time—that there was no big time professional sport in the West. They can give the Pacific Coast League any title they want but it will never be more than a refuge for worn out major'leaguers and ballplayers who can't make the grade in theliig time. Today professional football is solidly established as the only really sound professional sport outside of baseball. There are a lot of people who would like to see the professionals do a little more running and a little less pass­ ing, but is awfully tough to run against the big defensive lines that all pro teams have today. Otherwise, though, the profe.ssionals seem certain to take the play away from the collegians in the next few years. It's all to the good because then the colleges can go back to the business of teaching and people who want to see a foot­ ball game can do so without buck­ ing the college alumni crowd. Here's His Proof What might have been a fatal accident was prevented by the quick action of, the SIU crewmen aboard, and thus the run of the Frederic C. Collin (Transfuel) to Lisbon, Portugal, was kept from being maryed, re­ ports ship's delegate D. D. Story. "We had a good run," Story writes to the LOG, "but just before we left Lisbon the company's He's always considered him­ agent, Mr. Norton, was leaving the self the best fisherman east of ship and at the foot of the gang­ the Mississippi, Seafarer way he fell overboard, hitting his "Frenchy" Hubbard writes the head on the fender that held the LOG,' and he has submitted ship away from the dock and this photograph to prove it, knocking himself unconscious. especially to his competitors. Natives Don't Help , "Frenchy," who is an oiler on "The natives on the dock did the Ann Marie (Bull), reports nothing to "help theJnjured man," he caught this kingfish on a Story reports, "but the deck dele­ recent run to Puerto Rico. gate quickly lowered a line down and the chief engineer went down and made the line fast, and we pulled the agent back on the dock. Then we got a taxi and got him to a hospital, and later on—after the ship had left port—^we were noti­ The LOG opcjis this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, fied by radio that he was out of bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known danger and on the,road to recov­ cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like ery. It was the quick action of the crew that made this possible." suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Harold Thompson's recipe for "French onion soup." Liberty's Lady TWs Is one of the best "shofc^ of the Statue of Liberty he's ever taken, reports Tohi Collins, ship's delegate on the Bradford Island (Cities Serv­ ice). Ordinarily, Collins says, CS tankers don't anchor so close to the lady with the torch, but he got .tiiis photO from the deck of The Cabins (Mathiasen) at the Tankport, NJ., oU Although the quick-and-easy way of doing things is often most desirable, in cookery, at least, this is not always the case. One who takes pains with his work in this field will generally wind up with the"* most compliments, and will prolonged simmering will general­ also find that the extra time ly boil off some of the soup mix­ ture, when you're cooking in quan­ spent is well worth it after all. This is often true in the case of tity for a ship's crew, this isn't soups, for, as moi^t home-makers much a problem. You generally start out with know but few admit, most canned, packaged or quick-frozen varieties more than you need anyway, for don't come up to snuff. Care with who can tell when there'll be a run ingredients, and low-flame simmer­ on the stuff, with 40-odd different ing turn the trick when you're appetites calling the turn. According to Thompson, here's making soup, in the opinion of Seafarer Harold Thompson, chief what you need for a good Frenchsteward on SIU ships for the past style onion soup: 2V2 gallons of three years and a cook for many stock, 1 cup flour, 1 pound butter, 24 large onions, croutons or toast years before that. This is not meant to disparage bread, 1 pound grated Italian the soup-packers, Thompson con­ cheese. Slice the onions thin,- add tends. It's just that while the man­ to melted butter and cook very ufacturers may take a lot of pains slowly about 20 minutes. Blend in with their product, you can't make the flour for a minute or two and it come out first-rate at home just then combine with the stock. Sim­ by heating it up with sink water mer under a low flame for about 40 minutesr for a couple of minutes. Set aside for a couple of hours Of course, SIU cooks don't use the prepared mixes anyway. Ships' —^make it the night before, if pos­ cooks always have a couple of ^- sible— so the flavor can really lons of good stock and the fresh develop, then heat slowly again be­ fixings for almost any kind of soup fore serving. Serve with croutons ypq could uf^e WhtLioJ)^ toast sprinkled with cheese. •" I S':! • I:' -6 �1 Sl^AFARERS Pagre Sixfeea Hospitai Plali ' Vote Ms Ashed m, To the Editor: In reading the SEAFARERS LOG I have come across many let­ ters from Seafarers containing rec­ ommendations and suggestions for establishing a hospitalization insurartce plan so that Seafarers and their families can be assured of adequ^e protection' in case of need. I, like many other Seafarers, feel there is a vital need for such a plan, and I believe it ce^uld be set up in conjunction with our already-excellent Welfare Plan.. All seamen know how the Gov­ ernment; has cut down the USPHS program, and that the Government has little real interest in us sea­ men. Even now, when shipping is bad, men who have been on the beach more than 90 days are re­ fused treatment, and sometimes have to seek help at some chari­ table institution. What's more, if a seaman's wife or children become ill and need hospital care, his savings are often swallowed uj) by hospital and doc­ tor's bills, leaving him in desper­ ate financial straits. Matter Under Consideration I know this matter hai been un­ der consideration by the Union for some time as I .have already spoken to our Welfare Services director and been told that surveys have already been made. How­ ever, I was told, it would take money because many hospitals and clinics would have to be contacted in order to assure the members proper treatment and service. I say that if necessary we should bring the matter of a hospitaliza­ tion assessment to a vote on the floor, I believe such a vote would pass because I feel sure that many other-brothers share my views. John Jellette t; - I'ii •itr T'-^: f- It 4" 4" t He-s Organizing '—'Even The Army To the Editor: I just received my copy of the LOG and reading it certainly made me homesick. I also showed the LOG to some of the other GI's here in my company and they could hardly believe the good conditions and benefits that SIU men enjoy. Several of these boys re^d the LOG through from front to back, , and now hardly a day goes by when someone doesn't approach me and ask me how he can get his seaman's papers and join the Un;on. Believe me, I think, if I had some pledge cards I could organize this whole outfit, and it reminds me of the time we were organizing Isthmian. Well, in about another month I should be getting back to the States, so maybe then I'll be able to see some of my old pals. Mean­ while, I hope you'll continue to send me the LOG as it's certainly a real morale builder. Cpl. M. L. Olvera US 56206870 sue Co. 29 RCT Fort Buckner APO 331, San Francisco, Calif. PJ- K te Burly Ci Bachs Minion Mn VIeJLfare Probe To the Editor: I am now in the Manhattan Beach USPHS hospital, and I am writing this to say "thank.s" to the SEAFARERS LOG for the fine article in a recent issue about the New York state investigation ' of our Welfare Plan. I think the LOG article gave a good, clear explana­ tion of what this was all about and just what the SIU's position is. I read most of the New York newspaper articles about the probe. And, although I found nothing in these articles which I consid­ ered to be a real indictment of our Plan, r did find some of the arti­ cles pretty con­ fusing. However, I think the SEA­ Lomas FARERS LOG story cleared up that confusion and Confirmed our knowledge that our Union is doing everything it can to promote our best interests. As for the expenses in connec­ tion with Mr. Creasey, this man has an important position, as head of the welfare fund, and must con­ duct himself accordingly. He is doing a fine job, and I believe that whatever expenses were incurred were kept at a minimum. Those of us who have been, or are being benefitted by the Weifare Plan, either in the hospital or elsewhere, must say, "You are do­ ing a swell job. Keep up the good work." . Arthur J. Lomas % t - 4^ Wants More Mnfo On MMomesteading To the Editor: I have just finished reading the September 17th issue of the LOG containing an article about Brother Mcintosh homesteading in Alaska. I am quite interested in this sub­ ject and would appreciate it if you could tell me where I could ob­ tain further information. Jack D. Anderson US 55-408-173 97th Engrr, Co. APOU971 San Francisco, Calif. (Ed. note: Any brothers inter­ ested in this subject can obtain, information by writing the US De­ partment of Interior, Wdshington, DC.) ii. i, Seehs Contact With Old Pals To the Editor: I am writing this from the Rut­ land State'Sanatorium in Rutland, Mass., to let you know how much I enjoy reading the LOG, which I receive regularly. I am an oldtime sailor who made his first trip in 1919 on the Kisnop out of Boston; and after that I sailed with many outfits. I was a member of the old ISU, LOG Novembec^S» 19M r T E R S ' and then In 1938 I joined the SIU when it was chartered, and con­ tinued to ship, mostly out of Bal­ timore, until 1944 when I made my last trip on the Cape Corwin of the Bull Lines. Lacks 'Little Things' I was pretty scared when I first got into this place, but I have got­ ten wonderful treatment, especially from the people in Ward A, and with their help I manage to get along. However, I get no welfare benefits so there are many .small things that I lack. I certainly would appreciate hearing from any of the oldtimers who might have sailed with me. My address is Ward A, Rutland State Sanatorium, Rutland, Mass. Wiiliam H. (SUm) Love."" t t t Applauds Boost Mn Vacation Pay To the Editor: I'm writing this to say "thanks' not only to the best maritime union in this country but in the world. Yes, I mean the SIU.' I've just finished reading in the LOG about the vacation pay in­ crease, and I think that's proof enough of the above statement. At present I'm in the Army at Fort Devens, Mass., quite a few miles from the nearest SIU hall. However, I .get the LOG regularly so I can keep up with the Union's affairs. About two weeks ago I wept into Boston with an Army buddy of mine, Cpl. Edwin R. Game, and showed him around the SIU hall. Eddie is a nephew of Seafarer Eddie Game who ships out of Bal­ timore, and whose son. Jack, won one of this year's SIU college scholarships. - Learning To Be Cook Incidentally, I'm now receiving on-the-job tt'kining as a cook in the unit mess, which was chosen as the cleanest and best-run mess at Fort Devens by the First Army in­ spection team. Our mess sergeant is Harvey Jones and the best com­ pliment I can pay him Is to say he does his job in real SIU style. I've also been reading lately about how the Maritime Adminis­ tration is selling US seamen down the river by letting the companies transfer their ships' to monkey flags. It seems to me that our Gov­ ernment takes pretty good care of its war veterans, but forgets about the men w^o served just as well by keeping the ships sailing. My suggestion is for us to keep the ships and transfer Louis Roths­ child to Liberia. Well, anyway, I have another year to go in the Army and then I hope I'll be back sailing on an SIU ship again. Meanwhile I'd like to say "hello" to all my old shipmates and I hope some of them will write me. Pvt. A. M. Pietrowskl US 62335913 Hq, Co. 1st En., 74th RCt. Fort Devens, Mass. LOG ^brightens Hitch MnArmy To the Editor: I have been receiving the LOG regularly here in Germany, where I am now stationed, and I want all the members to know I appre­ ciate the consideration which the SIU shows to us beached brothers who havfe been caught in the draft. Getting Jhe LOG helps mg keep up with the latest happenings in the Union. ^Statiogied in Mountains I had hoped to be stationed near a port where I might see some of the brothers from time to time. But as luck would Have it I've been sentenced to 18 months in the mountains. Instead of sailing I now plod through mud, and Instead of smelling the sea I now smell cow manure-^ven right in the center of town, on the main drag. ' Well, I still have lOVi long, mis­ erable months to go, but at least I can look forward to getting back to a couple of cool ones In the Port O'Call and then to a nice clean SIU ship with plenty of that good old SIU chow. Pvt. E. "Red" Flnk US 51260317 Hq. & Hq. Co., 12th Inf. Reg. APO 39 c/«r PM NY", NY. 4" 4* 4" Shippert Steward Aid Sich Seaman To the Editor: Speaking for the crew of the Seagardeil (Peninsular Navigation) I would like you to know of the wonderful treatment given to one of our sick members by our skip­ per, Captain John Faraclas, and our, steward, H. R. Hanssen. The sick man is Brother John Blizzard, who developed appendi­ citis and-had to be rushed to the General Hospital In Rijeka, Yugo­ slavia. Five pack­ ages containing atticles of food and other items were sent to this man, and in fact Captain Faraclas took up the last and largest pack­ Sarkus age himself, after saying that what had already been' taken up was not enough. Among the articles which were taken to Brother Blizzard were canned foods, Fruits and fruit juices, j'ams, crackers, ihilk, bacon, eggs, towels, soap and matches. ~ ^he crew very much appreciate the} attention given to Brother Blizzard by Captain Faraclas and Steward Hanssen and wish there were many more men like them. We also wish Brother Blizzard a speedy recovery. Philip Sarkus - Ship's Delegate Amerocean Crew^ ^4 4 4 Officers Tops Old News Story To the Editor: After being in two hospitals, I'm Shows SMMJ Gains now on the Amerocean, and I thought I'd drop you a few lines to let you know about this ship and some of my shipmates. First of all, this ship is, a "feeder." The cook, baker and messboy are all on the ball, and the steward, L. B. Denley raomas, makes every effort to please. Our bosun, Packert, is a good Joe, and we also have a good chief mate, Mr. O'Neill, who looks some­ thing like W. C. Fields. Our skip­ per, Captain Morrisey, and our chief engineer, Mr. Hilberg, are okay, too. As for the crew, they're all tops. Be seeing you. ' Jack Denley (The Baltimore Kid) 4 4 4 LOG Makes Him Happy Mn Korea To the Editor: For the past year I have been receiving the LOG here in Korea and it was good of you to send it. There are a couple of other sea­ men here in my outfit and they also enjoyed reading the LOG and think the SIU is a fine union. I should be returning to the States very soon and am looking forward to visiting headquarters and seeing some of my old ship­ mates again. Cpl. P. D. Fato Thai's Why We've Got A Sea Chest To the Editor: y-l recently came across an old newspaper clipping reporting that seamep's representatives asked for minimum wages of $72 a month for sailors and the ship­ pers' representatives offered $48. What a difference between this and reading the SEAFARERS ' LOG, which points out the wonderful wages, working conditions and welfare benefits which SIU men enjoy. Take the recent headline, for Instance: "Win Vacation Pay Increase To $176." That certainly rates congratulations! As a retired bookmember of the Union I ^ow how much the ^lU does for its men. Only lately, in fact, one of the SIU Sea Chest men helped me get a discount oii a new Ford, and I am certainly thankful for that. 4 4 Paul Tribbia 4 Shoreside Minion CanH Match SMMI To the Editor: Just a few lines to let you know I have been working ashore since I got out of the Arm^. And be­ lieve me, this shoreside union has nothiqg to offer. I certainly envy, the men in the SIU. I generally enjoy reading the LOG} but I certainly was sorry to read about the death of Moon Kquna. Well, I certainly hope to be back with the men of the SIU some day. Meanwhile I am keeping busy rais­ ing a growing family. Joe Curran By Bernard Seaman �November 12-, 1954 • -r. SEAFARERS LOG' Pare S«TeBtees i . ^ DIGEST of SHIPS' BfEETlNGS .«. JOHN C (Devar), Sapfambar S—Chair­ man, Bab McCullachf Stcralary, liana. Mo­ tion made and carried that all hands con­ tribute 500 yen to ship's fund in Yoko­ hama to be used for purchcasing electric iron, magazines; etc. Steward requested the crew to conserve on coffee and not abuse the linen as this might be a long trip. in the crew pantry. Crewmembert were asked to keep toilets and showers locked while in port. The carpenter requested the baker make a variety of pies. chief cook. wants an electric grill and the steward suggested that it be requisi­ tioned and see what action the company takes before it is referred to the union. Several brothers complained about sailing PENINSULA MARINER (Walerman), board not being posted on weekehds on August 3*—Chairman, C. E. Martin; Sec­ time. retary, C. J. Nail. Discussion about dis­ charges which were given for coastwise ANN MARIE (Bull), August 34—Chair­ articles which had been written in red man, Biakely; Secretary, Bowder. Ship's pencil for vacation only. Several suit­ delegate reported that one man was left cases were damaged by fuel oil coming -in San Juan hospital. A new ship's dele­ from vents into port holes. gate was elected. From now on crew will see department heads about winches, etc. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seas Shipping), August IS—Chairman, Ray BrSult; Secre­ tary, A. J. TursI, |r. Chairman %skcd that mention be made in the minutci of MARY ADAMS (Bloomficid), Augud 15 the terrible condition of the crew's roKATHRYN (Bull), June 4—Chairman, A. frigerator. Attempts have been made to —Chairman, A. Kavel; Saeratary, J. Farrepair same to no avail. The-box has not nalT Several compli^ts about the food. Gonzalez; Secretary, Paul A. Emerson. The patrolman will check menus. Patrol­ The. crew complained that they have had operated right all trip. ^ man will also check aU mattresses, pil­ NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory lows and linens. Sheets are too small for . Carriers), September 11—Chairman, John bunks. Catrel; Sccrefaryr Joseph Obrega. The water still has oil in it. Ship's delegate asked the crew to recognize the delegates after the crew votes for .them and to cooperate with them when beefs come'Up. Patrolman will ask the captain about a written statement saying the ship is lay ' ing up so crew can collect vacation moqpy and unemployment benefits. ROBIN DONCASTER (Robin), August 1 —Chairman, Gene Flowers; Secretary, Hemsley M. Gulnler. All members were asked not to dump garbage midship as same must be taken aft. Motion made and carried' that wipers should clean thp .passageways by the bakers quarters. ' KATHRYN (Bull), September J—Chair­ man,. A. Gonzalez; Secretary, P.. Aponte. Outside people should not, handle food PEESONAXiS Claude W. Prltchett Contact your father at Peters­ burg, Va. t Samuel J. Anderson Your wife wishes you to contact her at Holmdel. ^ t • ir John S. Davies Contact your mother, Mrs. Eliza­ beth Davies, 311 Main St., Childs, Pa. Urgent. . 4 Isidore Ostroff . Urgent you contact Mrs. Lillian Ostroff immediately, i t John W. Bigwood . Contact Mrs. Mary L. Cusato at 08 Robert St., RosUndale 31, Mass. t t t t .William R. Dixon .. Because of illness at home you are asked to contact S. F. Dixon, 68 Pershing Terrace, Uniontown, Pa. i Rudolph R. Cefarattl Urgent you contact your mother as soon as piissifole. ^ ^ A. F. Morris Contact Mrs. Lucille Leland, 700 Michele Drive, Martinez, Calif. GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), Saptambar 2—Chairman, Don Hall; Saera­ tary, Norman Waxlar. Discusaion on re­ stricted shore leave on Bluejay run. A beef between two brothers was dis­ cussed, and the matter will be taken up with the patrolman. Recreation room will be locked in port. Vote of thanks given to the steward department for the ex­ ceptional food and extra Items of fare. August 7—Chairman, Tax Krohn; Sec­ bad" water, for the last two trips. The retary, Don Hall. Two men- missed ship condition of the washing machine used in New York. Ship's delegate elected. by the crew is in bad shape. Crew dis­ cussed-why they lose a day's pay on each HASTINGS (Waterman), July II— payoff. Chairman, L. Thomas; Secretary, J. Walls. Ship's delegate spoke on drinking. Dele­ SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatroln), Augusf gates were asked to havo repair lists ready before payoff. Milk will bo ob­ 2t—Chairman, S. Frciiicch; Secretary, Charles W. Gothran. Motion made and tained in Kobe. carried to concur with motions made on ' SALEM MARITIME (Cltloa Service), Seatrain New Jersey regarding time off September 1—Chairman, F. Smith; Secre­ for all hands, air conditioning messhalls tary, J. U. Wau. Ship's delegate reported and welfare funds to include immediate that fans are not available for deck de­ family. These motions are being sub­ mitted to the Negotiating Committee. Steward requested that all soiled linen be turned in before New Jersey arrivals. t 4 4 t Si 4 4 4' Francis E. MHler This man, formerly employed aboard the George H. Pendleton, Is asked to contact Herman N. Rabson, 15 Park Row, New York, NY. Quiz Ansiverz (1) (b) Harding (1923).' (2) (a) The regions of the (a) lungs, (b) brain, (c) kidneys. (3) 26. ; ^ (4) M(ississippi), Ad a b a m a), ^^iousiana), Ttexas) produces malt. (5) Burma. (6) The inauguration of George Wahington as President 15P vears earlier, in 1789. • .(7) One carat. A carat is the unit of weight used for measurfng -diamonds', (8) 57. t ; (9D Salem la the ca|dtal. (iW/Waffies. DEL MUNDO (Mississippi), September 34—Chairman, Trussel C. -Beftrous; Sec­ retary, John W. Picou. Food beef ex­ plained by ship's delegate ahd steward. Crewmerabers were asked to stop drop­ ping cigarette butts on the deck. MARIE HAMILL (Bfoomfield), Septem bar 5—Chairmanr R. E. Kiedinger; Sec­ retary, B. Messerall. Ship's delegate re­ ported that most of the repairs have been completed. Innerspring mattresses will be put aboard for everyone next trip. Repairs wiU be made on crew ice box. Vote of thanks given to the stew­ ard department for a job weU done. A vote of thanks was also given to the ship's delegate and the electricians. CHIWAWA (Cities Service), September 21—Chairman, James Murrell; Secretary, none, '^'here is a balance of $1.89 in the ship's fund. Voluntary donations will be coUccted from members who have not 4 a; t t 4 New motor was placed in washing ma­ chine. ""Letter on file concerning Sea Chest and information as to what may be purchased with ship's delegate. Men were asked to return cups to pantry from deck and recreation room after using same. NOTICES Ezra-R. Swarti Get in touch with Ezra N. Swartz at 11 Washington St., Carbondale, Pa., or Tom Banning, San Fran­ cisco port agent. Chee Mohat You are asked to contact your wife in Philadelphia. CHILORE (Ora), September S—Chair­ man, A, Swartz; Secretary, H. G. Leiby. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Au­ gust 22—Chairman, Jim Lippencotta; Sec­ retary, Aaron Wliburn. Mattresses and old bed springs will be checked. All hands agreed to have the iron repaired. Crew voted not to serve milk tiU Satur­ day night so it will last longer. Crew- Yet contributed to the fund. Brother members to buy radio aerials for Murrell gave a pep talk on our present partment head. Bailey was elected to the ship Idecided ut of the ship's fund. conditions, pointing out how they were take the crew's rqdio for repairing. Dele­ obtained, step.? neco.5.sary to rrtaintain gates will get all the information on the JEFFERSw>N ciTT vicTORT (victory these with the idea of bettering them slopchest for foreign voyage. Carriers), July 24—Chairman, R. C. Lund- when and where possible. quist; Secretary, E. Joseph. • Crew was BENTS FORT (Cities Service), August asked not to throw garbage outside messHURRICANE (Waterman), September 5 1—Chairman, J. Busslack; Secretary, D. E. room. Personal grudge between fireman Williams. Ship's delegate elected. All and wiper to be handled outside of —Chairman, D. E. Jones; Secretary, S. Zubovlch. Motion made by bosun to delegates were asked ta make up their meeting. repair lists. All beefs should be brought August 23—Chairman, A. Goldfarb; Sec­ write headquarters requesting informa­ before the department delegates before retary, V. Hall. Motion made and carried tion pertaining a bonus in this area, and going to the ship's delegate. to have all repairs taken care of before whether there is any kind of bonus or signing on. First aid kit will be installed penalty overtime for carrying refu.sees FRANCES (Bull), no dato-rfhalrman, G. down below. Mattresses will be replaced or for cleaning holds after refugees leave ship. Electrician told all hands to Bonatont; Stcretary, E. O. Rourko. The by inner springs. turn off all fans when not needed as there are no extra parts.' SEATRAIN SAVANNAH TSeatraIn), August 22—Chairman, Mack Chapman; CHOCTAW (Waterman), September 18 Secretary, S. Johnson. Ship's delegate —Chairman, John Gacobson; Secretary, reported one man fired since last meeting. George Motion made and car­ Motion made and carried that anyone en- ried to Johnson. a letter to the Sea Chest ,tering the mcsshall in undershorts, or to see ifwrite suitable slopchest could be without a shirt to cover his jrm pits be put abbard.a The excuse that the ship is Clint Pannell fined $5 which is to be payable at the going to lay ui> has usbd for the first draw and contributed to the ship's last couple of trips. been Your Personal property, off the fundi A vote of thanks The Negotiating Committee was was given to the delegates for a good Golden City.Js being held-and will advised that the crew aboard the Sea job done. Repair lists to be made up. trains would like to have time off where be sold at auction on January 20, men off are not expected back until one KYSKA (Waterman), September 25— 1955, at Appraiser's Stores, 201 hour before sailing time. AU brothers Chairman, S. Anderson; Secretary, P. L. were asked to donate at the payoff to Whitlow. Discussion Varick St., New York, NY. Con­ the on the preparation ship's fund. of- food and lineup of the menus which tact Welfare Services at headquar­ are the poorest quality. There is no LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), variety in the menus. Suggestion ters for "notice of sale of mer­ August'14—Chalrn..<m, that W. Hammock; Sec­ more cigarettes be put out and that a chandise." retary, J. Carlo. Ship's delegate saw the new slopchest list be posted in tjie messcaptain about the repair list. Crew's mess hall. Suggestion that the steward order be painted. Electrician advised crew sufficient sprayers, fly spray, deodorants The following men still have un­ to to take better care of fans. and buzz bombs for use by ail depart­ claimed retroactive wages coming ments. ELIZABETH (Bull), September 22 — from the Alcoa Steamship Com­ pany, Inc. Requests for payment of these wages should be made to Mr. W. C. Gegler, Jr., Marine De­ partment, Alcoa Steamship Com­ pany, Inc., Ppst Office Box 1568, Mobile 9, Ala.; or to Alcoa Steam-? ship Company, Inc., 17 Battery Morris Richelson . Important you contact J,ulio D. Place, New York 4,^NY. Louis L. Arena. Franklin Andrews, Ed­ Delgado at Sox 307, Guayanilla, ward A. Barry, Robert L. Brock. Ralph Puerto Rico. J. P. Burke. Joe R. Bryan, Guy O. Bar- t their lockers duetto the fact that some department was thanked for meals well articles have been missing. A few new prepared. mattresses will be ordered each trip. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), Septem­ SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Sestraln), ber 23—Chairman, J. C. Keel; Secretary, September 12—Chairman, B. Friedman; Adolph Capote. All delegates were re­ Sccratary, S. U. Johnson. A copy of -the quested to make up repair lists. Sugges­ letter sent to the negotiating committee tion that all hands get slip from mat* read. Donations to the ship's fund will showing reasons for being laid off. be accepted at th payoff. Repair list made up and anyone having additional repair items should notify his delegate. Chairman, M. Morrison; Secretary, ~W. BENTS FORT (Cities Service), Septem­ Leohance. Proper storing of ship taKen ber 27—Chairman, J. E. Buralack; Sec­ retary, George Hatgimlsson. The chief engineer will order a new agitator for the washing machine. Crewmembers were asked to be a little more quiet when men are sleeping. Suggestion made that patrolman inspect mattressc.s with ship's delegate in order to see if same need to be replaced. SEA COMET II (Seatraders), August < 22 —Chairman, Ed Nooney; Secretary, L. Freeman. Discussion on steward being up with union officials and port steward. brought up on charges. Crew went on Variations in menus suggested., record to give .vote of thanks and ap­ preciation to Captain Sterritt for his full CRACKER STATE MARINER (South At­ lantic), August 24 — Chairman, C. V. cooperation with the crew. The steward Magette; Secretary, A. Novak.' Ship safe­ ty meeting report made to the men. Motion made to call merchant marine Edifor, library to come and pick up old books and exchange same for new ones. Mo­ SEAFARERS LOG. tion made and carried that part of the ship's fund be used to purchase a steam 675 Fourfh Ave., iron. field. Fred D. Bentley, Emmet Barrios, Jack L. Chastain, Jr., Enoch Collins, Charles C. Collins. Harry E. Dorer. Beverley E. Dunn. Roscoe B. Dearmon. Joseph I. Decastro, Salvatore Di Bella, Robert E. Duncan, Billy G. Edelmon. John H. East. John R. Epperson, John E. Eubanks, Tlobert Eschrlch. James P. Faulkner. Rufus P. Flynn, Jr., Roy A. Goddard. Crisanto Garfin. Michael T. Gatto. Roht SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Sep­ G. Guerrero, Homer W. Gill, Schrader tember Aaron Wliburn, O. Hunter, Raymond Hodges, George A. Secretary,12—Chairman, John M. Galas. Ship's, dele­ Hawkins. gate suggested that men keep locks on Rufus G. Hurley, Jr.. Phllbert Hinds. Walter J. Jarrett, Ralph R. Jernigan, Fletcher Johnson. Robert K. James. Har­ old O. Keith, Eddie M. Klker, Jimmy A. Knight, Thomas P. Lind. Pierre C. A. LeBlanc, John T. Morton. Gasper Martinez, Margaret Morsette, Ray­ mond C. Miller, Fernando Martinez. Mar­ vin E. Miller, Clayton Mullis, WUiiam C Miller. Horace C, Mccurdy, Arthur P. Nickels. < Puzzle Answer Ld!;;3[£[l siaeff] saas aaa €>tja£cnoA a^aaa aaaiZii^as QaasLS Dsna !^0Qsaas tassQca aano i^aaaa ummu aaaaonas tasaa sns amaa aasH asa QSQS saaa r. 'X-i-i IRC *W» p? Sea Unions Alerted To Crimp Rig (Continued from page 2) permit the ILA or anybody else to. undermine present contract con­ dition and attempt to take away ships. Rank and file Seafarers, upon learning of the 'new organization, uniformly expressed their scorn of any ILA efforts to raid SlU-eontracted companies. The concensus of opinion tvas that any serious at­ tempt to get a foot in the door would meet with a very hot recep­ tion from the SIU's membershio. As one Seafarer put it: "We came from that kind of crimp hall set-up years ago and we aren't go­ ing back to it. There isn't a single SlU man who would back off from this kind- of a beef. The Commies on the waterfront tried the same thing years ago and couldn't lake us then. They won't be able to take us today." Another Seafarer added, "We can take care of every­ thing that comes along. When the day comes that the Union asks for men to handle the beef there will be more than enough to do the job." Meanwhile the "United Interna­ tional Seamen's Union" l^s been occupying itself by peddling mem­ bership books and shipping sea­ men to foreign flag operators at $100 a month. Men coming to the UISU office have been given "let­ ters of reference" to Standard Oil, Tidewater, Black Diamond and other companies with foreign-flag operations. In some instances men have not even been able to get jobs at the $100 figure. In addition the "union" has placed want ads in New York daily newspapers asking for licensed deck and engine officers for for­ eign-flag ships. This, it appears, is in line with its plans to estab­ lish a pool of low-wage seamen for the convenience of the operators. Thus far, despite its boasts, the new "union" has made no effort to sign any contracts, even with runaway-flag operators for whom Le Doulx has been crimping for years. However, any seaman who has the cash to buy himself a membei'ship book has been welcomed with open arms. •if-1 '•H -^ Brooklyn 32, NY « I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my nome on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS ................................ CITY Z^NE ......STATE ,..... Signed TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are an old lubscribar and hava a ching* of addrass, plaasa qiva your formar addrass balowt ADDRESS CITY ...... •a*««aa*a22 2aM2aaaaa*4aaa2«a»a»2ga*•**•••••••••••••t2aa««a«»*«*a2aaaaaa»aaaB Ma4aaMaBa*a4aaaaaaaaaaaa»agaaa«BO a..*. ZONE STATE. •aaaaaaaB^MBBBO : --'s .-'"[I �SEAFAREKS tOG November 12, 1954 Wolcomo Bearer Of SIU $S TIdinse - • f:# .• S E 5 & SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION FLANS REPORT ON BENEPin PrMi../«.::.,iX...dr:-/., .-To...;.//f;-;«:.r..Cy. No. Scafy,a Receiving Avcfaae Benefits Paid Each Seafarw Total Benefits Paid ibis Period 2^ WELPARE, VACATION BENEPITS PAID THIS PERIOD libuital Btnefita i Seafarex* Christopher Flowers, OS, signs for* his $15 weekly SIU hospital benefit at the Norfolk USPHS hospital while Patrolman James Bullock (center) holds receipt book. Waiting their turn are (left to right) Prescott Spinney, deck engineer; James R. Armstrong, galley utility; and George Lechler, messman. ^ W.: if All of the will collect benefit plus Union in the following SIU families the $200 maternity a $25 bond from the baby's name-. • Lon James Gooch, born August 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lonis B. Gooch, 669 Central Ave­ nue, Broaklyn, NY. 3) t 4" Claude Ledfor^ Atkins, born Oc­ tober 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Atkins III, 3001 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Ala. 4" c: E i Ja|^t Hamby, born September 30, :ra54. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hamby, 202 Michigan Avenue, Mobile, Ala. 'ber 5, 1954. -Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Higgins, 59 Boston Street, 4 4 4 Sharon June Harris, born Au­ Somerville, Mass.' — gust 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Mrs. James M. Harris, 106 Bennett Sandra Lee Swearlngen, born Road, Baltimore, Md. September 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. 4 .4 4 and Mrs. Barney E. S'weafingen, Linda Jean Oakley, born Sep­ 5427 Broward Road, Jacksonville, tember 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Fla. Mrs. Oliver P. Oakley, 2918 So. 4 4 4 Union Avenue, Tacoma, Wash. Barbara Brent Hellebrand, bom 4 4 4 Nancy Miiagros Oliveras Corniel January 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and born October 16, 1954. Parents, Mrs. Paul G. Hellebrand, 304 E. Fairview Avenue, Gaffney, SC. Mr. and Mrs. Braulio Oliveras, 20 4 4,4 Herzl Street, Brooklyn, NY. William Steven Smith, born Oc­ 4 ,4 4 Katherine E. Higgins, born Octo- tober 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Smith, Route 1, Attalia, Ala. ^ HisHead-On Meeting With Hatch Board Lays Him Low 4 4 4 David Lee Wheeler, born Sep­ tember 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wheeler, 222 Elmer Street, Vineland, NJ. One Seafarer who is thankful that he is still alive is John 4 4 4 Doherty, who was OS aboard the Mankato Victory. An acci­ Michael Hamlin, born July 23, dent he suffered while working down in the hold of the ship 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed­ came close to taking his life,-*^ ward Hamlin, 186 Green Street, but today he is up and around regular weekly service from Brooklyn, NY. again and making progress the SIU Welfare Services repre­ 4 4 4 sentative on ail personal needs. toward full recovery. " Grace Marie Case, born October Lightening the burden of being That's in addition, of course, to the hospitalized with a broken neck is SIU's weekly $15 hospital benefit 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Case, Jr., 2015 Avenue the fact that Doherty is receiving which he receives in cash as do Q^, Galveston, Texas. all the other hospitalized Seafarers 4 4 4 at Staten Island and in other Terry Sue McGoldrlck, born Oc­ USPHS hospitals. Several of his former shipmates on the Mankato tober 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Victory have visited him to help Mrs. John David McGoldrlck, Jr., 803 Ackerman Street, Rockdale, him pass his stay in the hospital. Despite the best efforts of Texas. the authorities, the Public Cleaning Dunnage Health Service Hospitals are 4 j4 4 Doherty was working down in still plagued with ambulance Dennis Alan Doyle, born June the hold with several other crewchasers. Seafarers approached members at the time of the acci­ 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. by these characters or their dent. They were cleaning up dun­ Billie E. Doyle, PO Box 128, Essex, front men are advised for nage after cargo had been un­ Conn. their own good to give them a loaded, and-a windlass was being 4 4 4 fast brushoff.' used to cart the dunnage out of Theresa Yolanda Maldonado, It is well known that the the hold. On one trip up, the born October 15, 1954. Parents, ranks of the ambulance chasers dunnage load got caught on a hatch Mr. and Mrs. Manuel 6. Maldona­ - contain many who will charge beam with the result that some do, 511 16th Street, Galveston, excessive fees or simply sell hatch boards were knocked loose. Texas. ^ out their clients to the com­ One of them, falling in the hold, 4 4 4. panies. Most of them are struck Doherty on the back of the Annie Lea Gllmore, born Octo­ known to be pretty poor law­ head. yers or else they wouldn't be ber 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Doherty was virtually paralyzed Mrs. David C. Gilmore, RFD 4, digging for business the way by the blow which he took across Dunn, NC. they do. the back of his neck. He had to be The time to choose a lawyer 4 4 4 Is not while you are sick or' rushed to the hospital where he Martha Kelm Spear, born Au­ was placed in a special neck brace injured and being hypnotized gust 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and by a fast Une of chatter. Wait" used for the treatment of such in­ Mrs. Boyd W. Spear, 443 W. Main juries. Now he is out of danger until you are recovered and and gets around quite freely, sub­ Street, Greenville, Tenn. then if you need an attorney ject to the limitation that his head 4 4 4 go out and shop around for is held rigidly in the neck brace. ' Bonnie Ann Guarlnd, born Octo­ the best attoniey and the best He is hopeful that he will be able ber 21„ 1954. Parents, Mr. and deal you can get. to recover fully from the injury Mrs. Bennie Guarino, 803 Third and be as good as new again. . Avenue, New Orleans, La. Beware Of Case Chasers yyys- ,|0® /vn/A Ss. JZiiahUity Benefita iktCfaitv Benefita VKStltn Benefita I7JC rt O '7.ooa TAEAI , il a tfc, oi WELPARE, VACATION BENE PI TSFAIB PREVIOUSLY fl'- ••J : 11 ieaiitil Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 19S0 • S8li,is )eaih Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1940* IAU\LI lability Benefits Paid Since Hav 1. 1942 • Ld 69S• »TiRy lfel»nitY Benefits Paid Since Anril 1. 1942 * ieatloo Benefita Paid Since Feb. 11. 1942 • Ik 0 ja ve. Total W A AA 1 ^ ^ Mi ^ ^ III. - I^sr9,?u h H WELPARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Vacuioo Sfh ss Hssi Welfare Estimateil Accounte Receivable Welfare IS Goverament Bonds (Welfare) Leal Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS } 7«»,7 ££ JLLZ&A& 97 f If «1»); JL In as much as many of the beneficiary carda now on file at the office at the Welfare Plan are not properly completed, we anticipate Issulnlg new cards to new members. When you receive a oard read It oarefidly before completing si After being bompleted, check for possible errors and omissions. CAUTIONt Beneficiary card which Is not properly completad may deprive your beneficiary of Welfare benefits. Suhmitled A1 Kerr, Aaais$tmi'''XSminiatrMt0r •••••••••Mvaaaaaaaai ^ * let OS Know... if you're in trouble youR pnoBuM is OUR BUSINESS SEE THE SlO WEIFME SEMCES DEPUnKIT �Nerember 12, 19S4 SEAFARERS SEEDC THE SEAFARERS Pace Nineteen LOG Landlord Got Too Ambitious This one could be called "The Case of the Greedy Landlord." Thanks to the landlord's desire to get more than was coming to him, and to the help of SIU Welfare Services, one Seafarer is on the road to recovering a big chunk of dough in rent overcharges. Were it not for the fact that^ the landlord applied for a rent Volkerts is a resident of Brook­ building were paying similar sums. increase legally. Seafarer A. R. lyn, where a State rent control One day Volkerts got a notice Volkerts never would have discov­ law is still in effect. He was pay­ All of the brothers in and out of the hospitals will remember the ered he was paying better than $70 ing .$100 a month for his apart­ ment, and other tenants in the big beef that your Union and its membership put up in the last Con­ a month over the ceiling rental. gress over the money for the US Public Health Service hospitals. As Mas reported in the last issue of the SEAFARERS LOG, it looks like the Government is fixing to take another slice out of the hospitals. Well the new Congress has been elected, and Seafarers in the hospi­ tals know M'ho their Congressional representatives will be for the next couple of years. If they don't know, the Union can find out for them. Just as soon as these Government proposals on the hospitals come through, or maybe even before that, it will be a good idea for all the men inside the hospitals, and the Seafarers outside too, to sharpen up their pencils and let their particular Congressman and Senators know what the score is. We'll have more information on this before long. t. 4. It seems lately that the men around the New York area are staying healthy or not getting caught in a bight, which is a good sign. At any rate, we are happy to report that there aren't too many new admissions at the Stateh Island Hospital. Among the brothers admitted recently is veteran Seafarer Thor Thorsen, who has been on the SlU disability bene­ fit for some time now. Thorsen went into the hospi­ tal for a check-up and hopes to be out again in the near future. A spot of sinus trouble laid Seafarer R. J. Koch of New Jersey low. Koch was machinist on the Logans Fort. He entered the hospital on October 29. Seafarer Chang Son, night cook and baker on the Alcoa Partner the last trip out, is getting treatment for gland trouble. Santos Pizarro, passenger utility on the Frances on his last trip, is in for a stomach De Nobriga ailment. Another ailing Seafarer is William Rackley of Bayonne, New Jersey. Rackley was steward on the Northwestern Victory before going in for treatment on O^ber 21, 1954. Doctors are giving him the once-over now to find out what's wrong. Some of the other men who have entered the hospital in the last couple of weeks are A. Hanstvedt, deck maintenance on the Northwestern Victory; Joseph Malone, who was steward on the Carolyn; Abraham Mander, steward utility on the Julesburg, and Ir\'lng De Nobriga, AB on the Alcoa Runner. It appears that they'll all be spending ThanksgivRackley Jng holidays in there, so write or pay them a visit if you can. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Boyd Amsberry Leonard Kay Perry Bland John D. Kelly E. G. Knapp CeorKe W. Bookl Charles Brady D. Korolia John E. Brady Leo Lang Auaust Brosig Knud Larsen Owen Butler Pierre Leblanc John Carolan Clarence Lomax Jesse Lyles Sebastian Carregal Oeorfie Champlin J. McElrcath Cloise Coats James Mason, Sr. S. Cope Clarence Mazoue Lesley Courtney Vincent Michel Clarence Crowder Nick Mutin J. Naugle EmUe P. Davies Serio Desoso William Ott AureUo Patingo Joseph Dlonnc Hal R. Ellis Randolph Ratcliff Thomas Fields Warren Reed Henri Robin WiUlam J. Fisher Edward Samrock Leo Fontenot Melvin Foster Wade H. Sexton Durand Shaw D. Ganvroglannis John W, Smith Nathan Gardner Wesley Sneliing George Gordano Roy Green Henry Sosa Edward Stevens Clifton Gullet D. R. Stroup Niel Hansen Nicholas Tala Paul Hebert Lyle Hipp J. E. Ward A. J. Wonlger Henry Jeffrey MONTELEPRE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Leonardo Munna USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. H. M. Bumpass George F. Lechler Lonnie Hall USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Lester Long Claudius Archer Mike Mlchelik ; Bernard Burks William Ellis Robert N. Oman ' T. Raines William Flek Robert Heillg Donald Ruddy Sverre Johannessen Richard Welch USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Henry J. Childs Carl R. Johnson Luke CiamboU C. J. Neumaier Leo Cronsohn Joe Perreira Olav Gustavsen P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Hussen Ahmed William E. Logan Peter Arthurs NUs Lundquist Charles Cantwell Donald McShane Angel Carrasqtiillo John Maclnnes William Malcewicz George Coleman Joseph Malone Irving Denobriga Abraham Mander John J. lioherty Vincent Fitzgerald' Perfecto Mangual Paige MitcheU George Flood • Albert Mdrse Estell Godfrey Joseph Neubauer John Graddick Romon Olivera John Hannay Oscar Olsen Alfred Hanstvedt T. Papoutsoglov Prcd Hauser Abe Partner GusUv Holgerson •William Rackley Vincent Jones Jose Rodriguez Theodore Katros Jose Rodriguez Arthur Kavel Richard Kovh Mattl Ruusukallio Jose Salgado Leo Kulakowski Salvatore Labarbera William Saltarez Florencio Letie C. R. Sanderson Joseph Stanton Robert F. Welker Chong Sun Norman West Pedro Villabol Clifford Womack BEEKMAN DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL NEW YORK, NY John Hamilton USPHS HOSPITAL MANH.ATTAN BEACH. NY Fortunate Bacomo Arthur Lomas Frank W. Bemrick Hurlbut Free Claude Blanks Francis Lynch Robert Booker Joseph McGraw Thomas Bryant Archibald McGuigan Joseph G. Carr Frank Mackey Ho Yee Choe Vic Milazzo Jar Chong Eugene T. Nelson Bart Gutanick Pedro Peralto John Hass James C. Powell Taib Hassen George Shumaker Thomas Isaksen Robert Sizemore John Keenan Henry E. Smith Ludwig Kristiansen Jack Thornburg Frederick Landry Harry S. Tuttle James Lawlor Renato Villata Kaarel Leetmaa Virgil Wilmoth James Lewi.s MEDIC.AL CENTER . JERSEY CITY. NJ Salvatore Marone USPHS HOSPITAL SAN JUAN. PR Sergio Rivero USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Marcelo Arong M. G. Madarang Joseph Calender Frank Maher Jessie A. Clarke Samuel Mills Oswald Ergle R. J. Montena John B. Gillespie Frank Paylor Gorman T. Glaze Eugene G. Plahn John R. Henchey Thomas Scanlon Francis Sullivan Michael Jablonski Douglas Turner EdwaM Janowski Neweli Keycs J. C. Whatley T. E. Lanphear Paul Wilkerson USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Frank Alasavicir • John T. Keegan Edward Bruussard Maurice Lavoie Joseph Carey Arnfm Oyhus Clarence Dudley USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Ralph Armstrong Eugene T. O'Mara Joseph Arras Abel Salas Joseph Busalackl Joseph Soileau John S. Sweeney A. P. Copa John E. Tillman Thomas Dawson William G. Trice Jack Ferguson John R. Mailman Franklyn W. Webb Ernest Kolenovsky Charles B. Young Joseph Montpcller USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, OA. James F. Lee Paul B. Bland J, D. Cannady Albert W. Lima H. Carrollton Jimmie Littleton Rufus L. Field J. T. Moore W. H. Gilbertson USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Edward J. Toolan W. A. Meyers PHILA. GENERAL HOSP. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Warren Nielsen USPHS HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. PA. W. M. Bankhead J..' " • . i:' -y-yV ' y •" y ' jgyyyjyy^^ Still able to smile after his long ordeal, Seafarer Hussen Ahmed is comforted by his wife. He's now receiving further treatment following amputation of bis left leg. 'Just A Bruise/ Co. Doctor Said; Leg Amputation Follows Another instance of unreliable medical treatment in foreign ports, coupled with neglect by ship's officers, has come to the attention of Welfare Services recently. As a result, a Seafarer has had to suffer a leg amputation and is still the States. undergoing treatment at the When the ship got to Boston, the Public Health Service Hospital. Seafarer Hussen Ahmed, M'as the victim of neglect and careless treatment after he had hurt his leg severely M'hen a heavy moor­ ing line slipped off a bit and struck it. At the time of the accident the ship was in a foreign port, several thousand miles from home. Although Ahmed was limping badly, he had to go ashore under his own steam to a doctor selected by a company agent. "The doctor examined him and sent him back with a report that it was "merely a bruise," Mrapping the leg up In a bandage and leaving it at that. Had To Climb Despite the fact Ahmed was obviously in pain, the ship's officers refused to move him to the sickbay. Instead they as­ signed him to a spare engineers room. In order to get to the messhall for his meals, he had to climb up and down a ladder. And he had to clean his own room, make his bed and the like. : This situation continued even though a doctor in another port said that there was definite evi­ dence of a fracture and the man was not fit for duty. The only thing that was done was to permit Ahmed to miss his watches for the next 20 days. No steps M-ere taken to hospitalize him or treat him for his injury. As a matter of fact, it was re­ ported that the mate often ridi­ culed Ahmed and intimated that he M'as faking all along. Back On Watch After 20 days, Ahmed was put back on a regular watch although it M'as obvious that the leg M'as in bad condition with a big knot on it above the ankle. Despite this he was M'orked all the May back to first Stateside port of call, Ahmed immediately M'ent to the local Pub­ lic Health Service hospital M'here he was marked as "not fit for duty" after examination. He was sent on to New York and had to take his own gear off the ship M'ith no one to help him. At Staten Island doctors discov­ ered that infection had set in and the only thing that could be done M'as to amputate, a situation which could have been avoided if he had been treated properly in the first instance. from the State Rent Control Com­ mission to the effect that his land­ lord had applied for a reiit in­ crease. The commission notice, sent to all the tenants, informed Volkerts that the legal rental for his apartment was nowhere near $100, but was actually $28.75. And the rent increase that the landlord was asking for could at best be an­ other 15 percent. What had happened, apparently, was that the landlord had some tenants in the building living at the old legal rental and M-as trying to jack them up, by jacking the legal ceiling for the M'hole build­ ing. He didn't figure that the rent control board M'ould send copies of his petition to the tenants them­ selves. Contacted Union When Volkerts got the notice, he hotfooted it to Welfare Services at headquarters. Since he had been living in the apartment for 17 months^ it meant that he had been overcharged over $1,200. Fur­ ther, the law provides additional penalties in the event a tenant successfully sues a landlord under the rent control laws. Welfare Services gave Volkerts the necessary information as to how to proceed in the matter. The result was that the landlord had, at last word, agreed to pay back the overcharge. And of course, from now on in, Volkerts Mill be paying the legal rental and not the $100 a month he had been shelling out up until now. Right Leg, Wrong Man Charles Merritt, 52: On Septem­ ber 13, 1954, Brother Merritt died of natural causes aboard the SS Del Sud M'hile at sea. He joined the Union in New Orleans in April, 1942, and has been sailing in the steward department out of that port ever since. He is survived by his M'ife, Mrs. Isabelle Merritt of 2133 Audubon Street, New Orleans, La. 11 As the result of a mix-up in the last issue of the SEA­ FARERS LOG, Norman West was mistakenly identified as having had his left leg ampu­ tated recently in the Staten Island hospital. West had an amputation some time ago and had merely entered the hospital for a brief period of further treat­ ment. The Seafarer M'hose leg was amputated recently was HuFsen Ahmed. Further de­ tails on his case appear on this page. Our apologies to both brothers for the error. FINAI DISPATCH The deaths of the foUowlng sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the $2,500 death benefits are being paid to their beneficiaries: ' Ir %\ Oscar F, A. Madere, 43: One of the first members to join the SIU in 1938, Brother Madere died of natural causes in New Orleans on October 11, 1954. He had sailed M'ith the Union in the engine de­ partment out of New Orleans since 1938, Brother Madere is survived by his M'ife, Mrs. Edith Medere, 2903 43rd Street, Metaire, La. 4 4 4 Ephriam M. Adkins, 64: On IVIay 29, 1954 Brother Adkins died of a heart attack while aboard the SS Alcoa Pilgrim. He has been a member since February, 1951; he joined the Union in Mobile. Brother Adkins is survived by his $ 4 4. Theodore Kioussis, 58: Brother brother, V. G. Adkins, of Route 1, Kioussis died of natural causes in Tlieodore, Alabama. La Serena, Chile, on September 4 4 4 Louis Fishman, 22: While sailing 8, 1954. A member of the stcM'ard department. Brother Kioussis aboard the SS Petrolite, Brother joined the union in 1945 and has Fishman Mas lost at sea on May been sailing out of New York. He 14, 1953. A resident of Brooklyn, is survived by his daughter, IMiss he had been sailing as Miper Karmelia Kioussis. of 807 South aboard the vessel Mhen the acci­ dent occurred. Oldham Street, Baltimore, Md. 1 II sI M m �• • 'V'" -i-.^.'-"* t./Tr\ SEAFARERS LOC » OFFICIAL ORGANOF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION s ATLANTIC J Nov. 12, 1954 AND GULF DISTRICT * AFL 7 v-S'-, - vv,i-. • ' ;:y^> -' -r"J ;: ' I'l' . • • ••• : • :•••-. .-:'i ^ - 'n • -: . r :-f.... Summer in North Pacific is real cool so lookout Patti, AB (left), don* parka. Below, the Cecil Bean dock­ ing at Keelung, Formosa. !•: -". I.; - •: !; i• v «•• • . .! Deck gang is hard at work as the ship maneuvers into port. That's Dan Butts, bosun, supervising from a high perch. &• • • &!' ' 1"^'' ' , •• Deciding on menu is half the job. Gardner, steward (left), and Doheze, chief cook, ponder the choices. Coffeetime on deck provides • break in the day's work as crewmembers sip, sun, swap stories. The Seafare'r facing camera seems con­ cerned, as viewed through the lens of Seafarer Don Ruddy. Markham (left) and Roche, ABs, greet boarding pilot at Port Angeles. He's been through it often, seems bored. "Lefty" Parks holds forth at ship's meeting to spin a tall tale to th® evident delight of his audience. This meeting was one of several dur­ ing two-month trip, which began July 22 In Seattle. :,C . ii - ( '...I. c \ • ,3 iiT" • v., ' ? fc' ^ Seafarers have always had a front-seat on history, although such things are commonplace to the . seaman, whose work takes him all over the globe. Thus, the trip to Formosa by the Seafarers on the Cecil N. Bean (Drytrans) was not espe­ cially out of the ordinary, de­ spite the history-making events . going on all around them in the Far Pacific. Crewed up out of the Seattle SIU hall on July 22, the vessel was joined by her crew in Port­ land, Ore., picked up a valuable cargo of wheat and proceeded to Keelung, Formosa, both pic­ turesque and dangerous. The port is one of the last. "bonus ports," and the fact that. crews sailing there qualify for a 100% bonus added to their reg­ ular pay while in the area points up that it is about as close to being a war zone as you can get. But through it all, work goes on. In time, the cargo wa,s de- livered, the crew wenf ashore for sightseeing and eventually returned with the ship to the lis. All the photos are by Sea­ farer Don Ruddy, a crewmember. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource November 12, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 23 Description An account of the resource Headlines: A&G BALLOTING BEGINS MONDAY; SEAFARERS VOTE ON 49 POSTS VOTE CLOSES GALVESTON IN HALL CHANGE ALL SEA UNIONS KEEPING WATCH ON CRIMP OUTFIT MORE BACK PAY READY NEW BALTIMORE HALL OPEN; TOPS IN SEAFARER COMFORTS, SERVICES BUDGET-CUTTERS PLAN NEW ATTACK ON PHS HOSPITALS HEALTH INSURANCE OUTFITS ON US GRIDDLE PLAN TUNNEL-ROAD LINK ACROSS HAMPTON ROADS SIU WINS LEAVE DISPUTE; TWO CREWS DUE $18,000 TRANSFERS KILL 2,000 JOBS - SO FAR BRIDGES ATTACKS SEA HIRING HALLS ELECTIONS BRING SHIFT IN CONGRESS AND STATES 'BUILT ON LOYALTY' GET OUT AND VOTE VOTE OF THANKS HOSPITAL CUTS AGAIN? WELCOME TO THE BALTIMORE HALL HAIR'S LONG BUT BEEFS ARE SHORT AND LOGANS FORT CREW IS HAPPY 'HAZEL' WHOOPS IT UP BUT SAN MATEO RIDES HER OUT RANCHER CREW MAKES NEWS IN SPANISH PORT BREMERHAVEN 'U-DRIVE-IT' FIRM HELPS SIU CREW SEE THE SIGHTS AGENT SAFE, CREW CITED FOR ACTION HIS HEAD-ON MEETING WITH HATCH BOARD LAYS HIM LOW LANDLORD GOT TOO AMBITIOUS JUST A BRUISE, CO DOCTOR SAID; LEG AMPUTATION FOLLOWS CARGO TO FORMOSA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11/12/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/51faeed0a8c7c3301b42b4e17b5926c1.PDF aee4d5ba20daf8426ed318438e57f572 PDF Text Text ,•& mm SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL �Fair«Tvr« I: oMKM-fiasnMSfitor... S E AF ARE R 3 LOG October 29, 1954 ;Vr.. *TtmTIOM! ui 5j2COA«MlTr« JusricT?! •w»o, /jT 1.1. - ^5J\1 DJO The charter Issued on October 19 by the AFL-expelled International Long:shoremen's Association to the front "union." Aim is to disrupt legitimate sea unions and return seamen to conditions of 25 years ago. IF |F' le' "Captain" BelibasaldB sits before picture of one of his "angels," Captain Bradley, head of ILA. Right, Aristotle Onassis, international shipowner, who has used the outfit's low-cost seamen. Typical of a crimp joint oper-. ation is the office of the front "union" set up in an'at­ tempt to disrupt the legiti­ mate American maritime un­ ions. Access to the dingy^three room set up is by way of the dark doorway at right. Bunt­ ing over the windows is to an­ nounce its chartering this week as Local 1824 of the mob-dominated International Longshoremen's Association. Inside, the crimp set-up spe­ cializes in supplying seamen— at $60 to $500 per man to lowcost foreign flag ships, and has announced that it seeks to move in on AFL and CIO ships when contracts expire. all ISSUES -IBS W n -vnIT !, .. - fAlU ® Scurrilous leaflets, such as above,- are typical of type being ciroiila^drhy anonymous "committees" made up of outside elements. Currently aimed at SiU, leaflets of same tone have been used in attempts to disrupt other legitiv. mate maritime unions. Who's Behind The 'Front?' This week an outfit bearing the label United International Seamen's Union opened a shabby crimp Joint over a store in New York's West 28th Street. It's program, is an ambitious one. But more significant than the crimp Joint itself is the curious array of elements for which it is a front: • The discredited International Longshoremen's Association, which was expelled by the American Federation of Labor in 1953. Said AFL Presi­ dent George Meany; "The ILA in no way resembles a trade union." He designated the SIU to lead the fight in establishing a decent union for longshore workers. • Elements in MEBA Local 33, New York, which met with attorneys and ILA officials to set up the front organization as another phase of their disruptive activity. • Individuals within the various legitimate sea unions whom this group "paid off" to serve as Trojan horses. Installed in their dingy NY westside offices, the front men for the new­ ly opened crimp joint shake hands in an­ ticipation of the fat fees they expect to collect from seamen they supply to ' cutrate shipowners. At left is "Captain" George Belibasakis with Louis LeDoulx, "union presid e n t," who until recently ran his own crimp joint at the saihe ad­ dress for runaway flag ships. • -•^ �• iV, • . •'' •* - . i ;'; '''" '• ' " " ^ ' SEAFARERS Pare Hire* ..dn»«« <I08S &CR3^ Crimp Rig Seeks To Scuttle Sea Unions' Wages, Conditions A Trojan Horse conspiracy to destroy American maritime unions across the land was uncovered by the SEAFARERS LOG this week. Intent on operating under a protective covering, a sordid collection of long-time enemies of US sea unions are attempting a new disruptive tactic hy setting up a crimp joint bearing the de­ ceptive laM of "United Interna-"^ tional Seamen's Union." Chartered by the discredited and AFLrexpelled old International Longslioremen^s Association, the new ''union^' was the brain child of a collection of designing maritime law­ yers, grasping union officials and mob elements backed by funds from vari­ ous qu^tionable sources. •fcv LOG The fantastic attempt to undermine American maritime unions was brought to light when the front men for the crimp outfit, sitting in their dingy second-story head(p]arjers on New York's West Side, bragged of their aims to a Door to newly-opened crimp joint reporter and photographer proudly proclaims its relationship they believed were from to AFL-ousted International Long­ a national magazine but shoremen's Association. "For Mem­ who, In fact, were from bers Only." means anyone who can the SEAFARERS LOG. get up from $60 to $500. The leaders of the rig identified themselves as men's Benevolent Aid Society" which was "Captain" George Belibasakis and Louis a hiring pool for runaway-flag ships, among LeDoulx. They made no bones about the which were the ships operated with cut-rate identity of one of their principal bene­ crews by international ship owner Aristotle factors. They proudly pointed to the wall Onassis. On the wall of his office, LeDoulx behind Belibasakis' desk where hung the has a testimonial letter from Onassis prais­ picture of Captain William Bradley, head ing his efficiency as a shipping master. Onassis currently is under fire for a deal of the mob-controlled old ILA. whereby he is attempting to squeeze out all Latest 'Front' Move tanker operations in the carrying of oil from The thinly-veiled attempt to move in on Saudi Arabia. and undermine the legitimate American Sale Of Jobs maritime unions by the use of "front men," The actual sale of Jobs by LeDoulx-Belisuch as Belibasakis and LeDoulx, is only basakis takes place in their furniture-bare the latest move in a series of such efforts. office at 112 West 28th Street. Usual practice In recent months, almost all US sea unions of any crimp operation is the payment by have found outride groups attempting to the steamship company of so much a head nibble, from within and without, at their for every low-cost seaman supplied, as well union jurisdictions, internal elections and as the constant maintenance of a blacklist operations. This has taken the form of anonymous committees, purporting to speak The story this week by the SEA­ In the name of the membership and scurFARERS LOO of one more method riious and libeious ilterature attempting to being used to undermine legitimate disrupt and weaken legitimate trade unions. American maritime unions does not The elements pushing the. anonymous end with this article. The LOG is leaflet campaigns against all unions are now gatheringi more evidence on this con­ unmasked as the manipulators behind the spiracy and will present the facts to false front "United International Seamen's Seafarers in coming issues. Union." Brag Of Support of men who show dissatisfaction with sub­ LeDoulx spoke in glowing terms of the standard shipboard conditions. "big support" his new."union" had. He told The crimp set-up is already in operation. of the people behind his union. Meetings Belibasakis and Le Doulx boast they have were held with top officials of the ILA', in­ supplied men to foreign-flaff ships, includ­ dividuals in the Marine Engineers Bene­ ing those flying the Liberian flag, at wage ficial Association (CIO)', trying tq seize con­ scales ranging from $100 to $125 a month trol of that organization and attorneys. At­ for AB's down to $70 a month for messtorney for elements in the MEBA, Local 33, men. in New York, is Benjamin B. Sterling. The •We'll Take US Ships' prospect of cashing in on this scheme ap­ The plan to put a knife In the back of all pears to be the motivating force for all legitimate seamen's unions was revealed parties concerned. when LeDoulx told the LOG reporter, Belibasakis and LeDoulx told the LOG "when the AFL and CIO contracts run out, reporter of . their dream to bring all sea­ we will Jump in and sign the ships. They men of all nations under their control—at will have to sign with us because If they from $60 to $500 a head. Their plans in­ don't the ILA and Bridges won't work the clude a seamen's "boarding" house," with ships." the usual crimp trappings, to accommodate Further, LeDoulx said he will take every­ 800 men for which each man would haye body (who can get up the tab) into the out­ to pay a dollar a night for a fibp. ; fit, including, licensed ship's officers. Since Louie LeDoulx is an old hand at crimping. the "union" is chartered to operate in "all He previously ran the "International Sea- ports of North America" he is eyeing the I Regular readers of the SEAFARERS LOG won't be surprised to find that a new attempt—in the form of a crimp joint—is being made to disrupt American seamen's unions. In the September 3 issue of the LOG a full report of the activities of anti-union forces at work pointed to their cam­ paign of disruption inside and outside US maritime unions. At that time the LOG revealed that a coalition of mob elements, grasping maritime attorneys and greedy, disgruntled union officials were waging campaigns, by leaflet and newspaper, to weaken maritime unionii arid pave the way for their greedy designs. The opening of a front "union" this week is but •one more move in this direction. jurisdiction of all other unions, including the disrupters is being printed on the type the Masters, Mates and Pilots, the AFL and of paper usually found around a lawyer's CIO radio operators, the Brotherhood of office, and we assume that they are borrow­ Marine Engineers, the National Maritime ing the presses of printers who work tor Union, the SIU, the SUP, the MEBA, the lawyers mostly. The presence of lawyers Marine Firemen's Union and the Marine in this conspiracy is clear enough. ' Cooks and Stewards, AFL. • . The Sailors Union of tne Pacific has Their plan for an all-coast. operation is long been a target of the Trojan Horse enhanced by the current relationship be« group. Anonymous publications and lit­ tween the old ILA officials and Harry erature have been put aboard SUP ships Bridges' West Coast longshore group. Le- and mailed to the union's members. The . Doulx was enthusiastic about meetings be­ SUP newspaper, "West Coast Sailor," re­ tween ILA officials and representatives of cently said, speaking of certain maritime Bridges. He also referred to meetings be­ lawyers, who went in for this type action, tween TLA representatives and other union "their prime motive is to get their hands representatives in an effort to strengthen on you so they can make a fat killing so the crimp outfit's position. they can pay off their ambulance chasers." Signing of American-flag ships is only 'Grab For Union* one aspect of the crimp rig. The othef phase contemplates the signing of cut-rate • The Marine Firemen's Union, now en­ deals with foreign-flag operators. LeDoulx gaged in an election of its officials, is wit­ mentioned specifically that he is receiving nessing a barrage of smear literature di­ active support from several port captains, rected to its membership by the usual anon­ who obviously are attracted by the oppor­ ymous "committee" sources. E. G. "Red" tunity to obtain crews at one-fourth the Ramsey, NY agent for the MFOW, said, wages of organized American seamen and "as was__expected, we've seen the usual to rid themselves of the "interference" of anonymous literature hitting our members, union representation and contracts. and not surprising, it is evident the groups Raid On Foreign Unions behind these leaflets are outsiders attempt­ The legitimate foreign-flag operations ing to make a grab for the union." are currently under contract to foreign • On the West Coast, defamatory and seamen's unions, such as the Norwegian, Swedish, Dapish, British and Greek sea­ libelous literature of an anonymous nature men's organizations, all of which are affili­ has descended on the SlU-affiliated Inland ated with the International Transport- Boatmen's Union In Seattle. workers Federation. This tactic is traceable to the NY ILA LeDoulx has been issuing 'membership mob and their recently-found ally, Harry books to anyone who comes to his office, Bridges. After Bridges' organization gave American or alien,'with no questions asked, $10,000 to the old ILA to help finance its provided the applicant comes up with the fight against the AFL there was a meeting required fee in cash. This is doing business in New York between Pete McGoldrick, ILA-style with membership books sold to Bridges' ILWU representative, and Tony ail comers, creating terrific competition for Anastasia of the ILA. (McGoldrick is one jobs. of Bridges' top hatchet men against the It was this style of doing business that SlU-affiliated MC&S [AFLl and is currently led to the ILA being kicked out of the engaged in trying to stop the MC&S [AFLl AFL. effort to drive the communists out of that The ILA always has-supported the shape- department on West Coast ships.) At this up which deprives longshoremen of any meeting a pledge of mutual support was semblance of job security and requires made. Captain John Fox, business man­ them to compete for work every day with ager for the Inland Boatmen's Union, said any transient who wants to work on the "all of the legitimate maritime unions here in Seattle are conscious of the significance waterfront. With the "United International Seamen's of this move and the threat upon their own Union" operating as their front set-up, the unions. This clearly is one more example anti-union elements behind the move are of outside elements attempting to seize continuing to promote Trojan Horse activi­ control of a legitimate maritime union so they can milk it for their own personal ties in the various marine unions. gain." Pattern Always The Same ILA 'Committee' The pattern is clear: in ail legitimate In the case of the SIU, A&G District, the unions in which they see the hope for profit from their illegitimate activities, the New York World-Telegram and Sun re­ schemers turn on their campaigns of anony-. ported that a combination of opponents of mous, scurrilous literature, supplemented the Union, including the old ILA, was in­ by outside publicity sources. In several in­ jecting itself into the campaign preceding stances, they have used names of indir the coming SIU election. The article called viduals with or without their knowledge or attention to leaflets, signed by an anony­ permission. In case after case, they have mous "Committee for Justice," and being been aided and abetted by persons they distributed on ships and in SIU halls. have "reached" within the organization This, then, is the rotten structure behind under attack. Where has this combination the false front erected this week on West of scheming maritime lawyers, grasping 28th St. in New York. It is composed of union officials and mob elements been at self-seeking individuals brought together work? by a common desire for an easy dollar at • Early this year, the National Maritime the expense of the ideals and conditions Union's membership was bombarded by vil- which have been achieved by the American lifyin^ leaflets from sources outside the seaman through years of bitter struggle union signed by a phony "committee" sig­ against these same forces—^the crimp, the nature. Joseph Curran, president of the finic and the shyster. These are the forces NMU, stated in the union's newspaper. The which the American seaman whipped and Pilot: left behind in his successful rise to a place "This smear literature ... comes from of dignity and first-class citizenship. There a group of lawyers, 'ambulance-chasers,' is nothing to indicate the American seaman no less, who would like to get their hands is inclined to throw himself,on the mercy on some union business, and through that of these outside leeches from whom he has freed himself by united action through his victimize seamen for the profit of a fev. "A good part of the literature printed for recognized trade unions. m I • �Fate Four SEAFARERS LOG October X9. 19S4 CollecH 3rd 5IU Baby $ r MOBILE—A record for ma-ternity benefit collections was established last month when Tommy Ray Fillinglm, second cook, of Chickasaw, Ala., was paid the $200 cash benefit, by the SIU Welfare Plan plus $25 Government bond from the Union for the third time since the plan was established in 1952. The most recent addition to the Fillingim-family was a boy, Terry Dolan Fillingim, bofn ISeptember 6. The other youngsters for whom Fillingim was paid maternity bene­ fits also were boys — Tommy Ray Jr., bom April 9, 1952, and Dewey Edward, bora September 10, 1953. Although about 100 Seafarers have collected maternity benefits twice for single births, Fillingim is believed to be the first to have collected on three separate occa­ sions under the plan, which is less than three years old. Needless to say, Fillingim thinks First SIU family to collect three times under the Union's mater­ the maternity benefit is tops among nity: benefit program, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Ray Fillingim of the various categories of the SIU's Chickasaw, Ala., are shown with their three youngsters, all boys. Welfare Plan. "The $200 cash benefit was ade­ Seated on his dad's lap Is Dewey Edward, who celebrated his first quate to pay the hospital and doc­ birthday a month ago, while the newest addition, Terry Dolan, born tor's bills for the birth of each of Sept. 6, 1954, Is held by Mrs. Fillingim. Tommy Jr., two and half my sons," he said as he posed with years old. Is fianked by his parents. his family for the LOG photogra­ pher. „ "I don't know what we would have done without the maternity benefit," Mrs. Fillingim recalled. "The benefit checks certainly came at a time when we needed them most." Filhngim's total collections have been exceeded only by Robert G. Long of New Orleans, who had Seafarers throughout the A&G District this week paused one child two years ago and who became the father of triplets last to pay their last respects to James L. "Blackie" Carroll, wellDecember. Louis £. Hudson of known Seafarer and former Union employee, who passed Mobile matched Fillingim's total away in Hattiesburg, Miss., on* by becoming the father of twins in Oct. 25. deck and engine departments and 1953 and another child this year. Carroll, who would have had a clear Union record on all "If we have another child, I 57 years old this coming major beefs, hope it is a girl," Fillingim said. been Carroll died at the hospital in "I also hope it Is a good while be­ January, had been receiving SIU disability benefits for the past two Hattiesburg a few days after Sea­ fore we have another one." years because he was no longer farers at membership meetings in able to work. He had been an active all ports on Oct. 20 approved the cost of providing emergency oxy­ gen equipment for his use in con­ nection with- hospital treatment. He had been ill of various respira­ tory ailments for some time. He is survived by his wife, Bar­ bara, of 307 North Tipton St., Hattiesburg. 'Blackie' Carroll, SIU Oldtimer, Dies At 57 6 More Go's Ready With Back Wages SIU headquarters received word this month that six more SlU-contracted companies are now ready to pay back wages to Seafarers in accordance with the terms of the supplementary SIU agreement ne­ gotiated this past June. Seafarers who have retroactive pay coming can apply for it by writing to the companies involved. The operators concerned are the following: Coral Steamship Co., 80 Broad St., New York, NY; Eastern Steamship Liqes, Inc., 40 Central St., Boston, Mass.; Excelsior Steam­ ship Co., 80 Broad St., New York, NY; Pacific Waterways Corp., 30 Broad St., New York, NY; Peninsu­ lar Navigation Corp., 17 Battery Place, New York, NY, and Seatransport Corp., 80 Broad St., New York. NY. V Clarify Weekend Gangway Watch t''- Some ship's crews have raised questions as to who is entitled Jo stand gangway watch on weekends. All members of the deck department are entitled to stand these watches with the exception of the carpenter. ' The overtime received for weekend . gangway watches should be divided equally '* among all the members of the deck department entitled to stand these watches. ' r LAST YEAR, THANKS TO A TERRIFIC SCRAP PUT UP BY Seafarers themselves, and by your Union in conjunction with other maritime outfits, the Public Health Service hospitals were saved from plans of Government economizers to close their doors. At the time your Union was of the opinion that those who wanted to close the hos­ pitals would not give up this fight but would come bade for another round. Now the word is that the Bureau of the Budget is going to propose another cut in .the hospital appropriation when it comes up with its budget recommendations a few weeks from now to be presented at the next session of Congress. The attack on the marine hospitals has been, going on for quite a few years now, with the result that a number of the hospitals have been closed already and the hospital budget is pretty much at rock bottom. It's agreed by the people running the USPHS that even a small cut in their appropriation from now on in would have a serious effect on the quality of medical service they could give to sick and injured seamen. Administration Reversal When last year's budget recommendations came along, it appeared that it was the official administration viewpoint that the hospitals were no longer needed. It was not explained just how seamen were to ob­ tain proper medical care in light of the fact that there were no other facilities available in many areas. By the time the rank and file Sea­ farer and the unions had been heard from, there was a reversal on the administration's part, which apparently came from the very top, in the White House. And in Congress itself, the supporters of USPHS had enough strength to push the funds through even though the Adminis­ tration had not requested them in the first instance. This year it appears that a slightly different tack will be employed by the economizers. Instead of trying to shoot the hospitals the;y are out to starve them to death in slow stages. Burden On Shipowner What these economizers, fall to figure on is the fact that the burden of caring for sick or injured seamen is going to fall on the shipowner if the Public Health Service is curtailed. And when that happens Uncle Sam. will in the end wind up with the greater part of the bill. It's been pointed out many time? before that the Public Health hos­ pitals are one of the oldest institutions that this country's Government has, having been planned when George Washington was president and set up soon after he left office. It's also been pointed dut that these hospitals have trained thousands of nurses and doctors and have pioneered a considerable number of developments in medical treatment that have benefited every person in this country, not only seamen. Further, they are continuing to do so. All of these facts are knolvn to the econ^izers but they prefer to dis­ regard them on the excuse that Uncle Sam can't afford the dough. In the end, despite what the economizers in the administration Jiave to say, it will be the Senators and Representatives in Congress'who will decide the question. Your Union has no reason to believe that the next Congress will be any less sympathetic to the hospitals than the last one was—if anything it might be more so. In this respect, as in the past, the rank and file membership of this Union can help a great deal by letting their Senators and Representatives in Congress know their feelings on the subject. Your Union will have more information on developments in the near future. Just as soon as the time comes. Seafarers can expect their Union, as in the paist, will put up the best scrap it possibly can to keep the hospitals operating on a decent budget for the benefit of all seamen. Union Opens New Houston Hall Carrying out the recommendations of the 1953 port agents' conference as approved by the membership, the SIU has established a new hall in Houston, Texas, to serve shipping in that port. tivate-the recommendation derived Opening of a hall in Houston facilities in the Houston area. had long been contemplated Subsequently the recommenda­ from a resolution submitted at the New Orleans membership by the Union in view of the tion, along with others made by the last meeting and. approved in a dis­ One of the early members of the SIU, James L. "Blackie" Carroll, 57, died this week In Hattiesburg, Miss. Seafarer for many years and served as a Union employe in variops capacities in the Port of Mobile over a four-year period from 1948 to 1952. Early Member One of the earliest members of the SIU, he joined the Union in December, 1938, in Mobile, and held Gulf book No. G-14. He was one of many veteran Seafarers who came into the Union on a transfer from the old AFL Seaman's Union, which disbanded when the SIU was formed in 1938. A familiar figure to many Sea­ farers, lie had sailed in both the SEAFARERS LOG Oct. 29, 19S4 Vol. XVI, No. 22 Publlihad biwackly at tha headquartart of tha Saafarar* Intarnational Union, A^ lantle & Ouif District AFL, 675 Fourth Avenua, Brooklyn 31, NY. Tal. HYaclnth *-66M. Bntarao as tacond class mattar at tha Post OMca In Brooklyn, NY, undar tha Act at Ausbst M, ItIL fact that the Texas metropolis had port agents was approved by the been taking mor'e and more ^ship­ membership. The decision to ac­ trict-wide vote. ping play away from Galveston is­ land. With Houston approximately 40 miles from Galveston, it made it inconvenient for the member­ ship in that port which had to WASHINGTON—The US Maritime Administration's travel back and forth between the easy ship transfer policy provided several new additions two cities. The situation also made, it difficult for the Union to service for the growing foreign-flag fleet of American vessels ships properly., late this week. The Government ship agency gave its okay for the transfer of the 32nd Liberty dry cargo vessel Mlchelet Named Agent on October 27. Half of the US tramp fleet is eventually The new hall is located at 4202 expected to be swallowed up in this manner. Canal Street, telephone Preston 6558. Frenchy Mlchelet, wellThe latest ship to go is the Sealife, owned by the Sea­ known SIU steward, has been ap­ farer Steamship Corp., which will be transferred tO| pointed agent for the port. Marineros Sociedad Armadora, SA, a Panamanian com­ The Galveston hall will continue pany, for registry under the Liberian flag. The transfer to function «nd the membership of seven others including two SIU ships, were okayed there will have the option of stay­ during the past two weeks. ing on the Galveston shipping list, or transferring to the Houston ship­ The boxscore to date on the transfers is as follows: ping list. , . In the 1953 .agents' conference SIU Ships . Other Unions Total Transfers the SIU Galveston agent noted that (8) (24) " (32) the trend of shipping was toward Houston and away from Galveston, The SIU ships already transferred are the General and declared that it was evident Patton, Trojan Seaman, Strathport, Bluestar,. Purplestar; that the affairs of the Union could Greenstar, Western Rancher and Sea Wind. . be handled much more efficiently and satisfactory by.-opening. SIU Boxseore On Ship Transfers �October 29, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Pace Ffre MIU Celebrates Travelers' Check Draws 16tii Birthday Popular With Seafarers Favorable reports on the workings of the travelers check system have been received at headquarters from the first SIU ships to be supplied with them. While the experiment Active on many fronts during the past 12 months, the SIU with travelers' checks is in its early stages, the first response has been an encouraging one. A&G District closed out the year with a new milestone in SlU-contracted ships start­ maritime urtion history and will celebrjite its 16th birthday ed putting travelers' checks this coming Monday in top" aboard as a result of a new condition—aright on the eve of sels, the Union won agreement to contract provision written into the recent contract amendments. opening what is recognized as man several new vessels and broke The checks are issued to crewone of the finest union halls in the back of one operator's company union set-up to add new ships and members in foreign ports, putting the country. jobs to the roster of work oppor­ an end to . the vexing problem of The November 1 anniversary of tunities open to the SIU men. varying exchange rates for local the Union's birth finds the SIU On the other hand, the hardcurrency. With two rates, an offi­ still the most militant and vigorous fought Atlantic tanker campaign cial rate and a "free" rate, pre­ organization in the maritime indus­ was nullified by the margin of vailing in many ports of the world, try, weil able to ride out the past cast by company supervisors, crewmembers used to find them­ 12 months of a slump in shipping. votes the AFL-backed drive among selves on the short end of the stick For, despite this, the other side and New longshoremen spear­ on money exchanges. of the ledger is crowded v^ith headedYork by the SIU got just a few Crewmembers of the Frederic - achievements and improvements votes short of a majority. C. Collin report that the travelers' geared to the welfare of the SIU The year likewise featured the checks made a hit with them the man. One, announced two weeks completion of work on the new first time they were issued while ago, is the unparalleled success in Baltimore SIU port office, exten­ in Lisbon, Portugal. Ship's delegate which the SIU won a new high ot of the Union's varied welfare D. D. Story declared "We had no $176 in vacation pay for its mem­ sion program to all ports and trouble getting them cashed . . . bership, which provides most Sea­ service the beginning of a new seagoing and we had the satisfaction of farers with more in vacation bene­ SIU training school aboard a re­ Displaying traveler's checks which they drew in place of US cur­ knowing we were getting all the fits than any other union in the furbished sailing vessel honoring rency in Lisbon are some of SIU crewmen of Frederic C. Collin money coming to us." industry. the founder of the American mari­ (Drytrans). Crew reported themselves pleased with method of During this 1953-54 period the time No Left-Over Currency union movement. draws which SIU initiated in contract talks last summer. Union also reached . agreement Similar reports were received with the shipowners on two to six from crewmembers of Isthmian percent increases in wages and ships on the other side of the overtime retroactive over a nineworld. One Seafarer reported that month period to give SIU men in some ports the crew had no peak earning power and demon­ BALTIMORE—Seafarers in this port, through SIU Port Agent Earl Sheppard, this week difficulty in making purchases di­ strated conclusively that its pioneer offered their full- support to CIO shipyard workers here in their beef with the Maryland rectly with travelers checks, with­ Welfare Plan was second to none out having to change them into Drydock Company. t in benefits, coverage and cost per local currency. "If we had money dollar of the more than $2.5 mil­ The pledged support con­ workers already laid off for lack dispute relied on apparently is the left over from a draw," he said, lion in different benefits paid out. tinued the tradition of SIU of work a chance to collect state stalemate over a new contract. "it was in travelers' checks which Officials of lUMSWA Local 31, we could convert back into dollars aid down through the years unemployment compensation. Al­ Saved Hospitals though the right of the workers to which is directly involved in the The ye^r was marked also by the to the CIO Industrial Union of collect the money has been upheld beef, point out that most shipyards as soon as we got back to the US. Before this I used to be stuck with Marine and Shipbuilding Workers success of an SlU-spearheaded by examiners for the Maryland all over the country are working all kinds of foreign currencies, and of America, which was climaxed in j;ampaigh to save the US Public Employment Security Board, pay­ with reduced staff due to few con­ Health Service hospital program 1947 during the CIO union's 131- ment has had to be held up pend­ tracts and that Maryland Drydock I have a whole boxfuL of the stuff at home." day strike against major US ship­ from'extinction by Congress and ing company appeals to higher is no exception. Some snags were reported in one ^ the formation of a working alli­ yards. After winning the beef, authority. The contract beef, according to or two instances because of local ance between all non-Communist lUMSWA officials presented a The company's action has also Charles A. Russell, local e.xecutive regulations. In the Philippine US sea unions on matters of mu­ commemorative plaque hailing the drawn the fire of the Baltimore secretary, arises from the com­ Islands the checks have to be SIU's assistance Which is stili tual concern. In another field of concern to seamen, the SIU waged displayed at SIU headquarters City Council, which unanimously pany's "complete indifference to issued at sea because there is a adopted a resolution demanding seniority rules and its efforts to regulation prohibiting issuance of a vigorous campaign against the today. abusive policy of military officials At issue in the current dispute immediate action on the-pending bypass men with years of seniority US travelers' checks while in a in one department by transferring Philippine port. India, too, has regarding shore leave for merchant is the company unwillingness to cases from -the state board. Attorneys for Maryland Dry- them to a. hew one where they some regulations which have seamen in foreign ports and suc­ yield on terms of a new contract caused difficulty. ceeded in winning a ruling from despite 16 negotiation sessions. dock, meanwhile, contend that must start at the bottom." Both Russell and lUMSWA Re­ the Defense Department guaran­ Talks are now recessed indefinite­ there was an actual labor dispute Headquarters would like to hear teeing the right of seamen to un­ ly, pending a management change on and after July 23, 1954, and gional Director Jack Gerson visited from other SIU crews on the sub­ that the workers laid off since the SIU hall here recently to ject. Seafarers are asked to Write restricted shore leave in virtually of heart. all cases. An. added bone of contention is then have actually been away from outline the situation to Sheppard. in notifying the Union how the .Even with a decided dip in ship the company's legal maneuvering their jobs for that reason, and not He assured them whatever finan­ travelers' checks are being received traffic and the lay-up of many ves­ which has worked to deny 300 due to any lack' of work. The cial or other support they needed. in various foreign ports. , SIU Socks Ship Workers' Beef YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Lowdown on Food-Freezer Plans -'it- ' ^;r- \§''SK.ri "Are the food-and-freezer plans I hear about on TV any ' good?" asked Mrs. I. L., of Bronx, NY, a reader of the SEAFARERS LOG. This is a question of interest to many families seeking some way of reducing food expenses in this time of steep living costs. The sales spiels of the television pitchmen and house-to-house canvassers are very beguiling; too niuch so, as some families who are now the disillusioned, not-atail-proud owners of freezers can testify. Buying a freezer is a dubious investment for a city family. You can rarely make it pay for itself, even though the promoters claim you will be able to buy food, from them at reduced prices if you buy a freezer. The chief exaggeration is the claim that the plan supplies you with food at much lower than retail prices. The "plan" may advertise some very low prices on certain items. But in many cases it has been proved this is only bait. Short-Weighted Meats For example, in Nassau CountyTNY, there have been many complaints about short-weighting of meats sold by the food plans at what seemed low prices. County weights and measures authorities warned the public that many food-plan companies advertise that you can buy.meat at 59 to 63 cents a pound. But they bill you for 150 to 180 ' pounds, (the wholesale weight of the meat) while you . actually get only 100 pounds after the wholesale .cuts are .. trimmed down to the usual retail cuts of meat. Thus you may pay an average price of 85 cents for meat, which may be cheap for the porterhouse you get In your meat order, but expensive for the stew meat you also get. Even if a food plan is operated honestly, as some of the long established reputable ones are, and does give you a discount for quantity'purchases, the costs of buying and operating a freezer may well cancel all such savings. Owning a freezer is generally an economy only' for families who grow some of their own food, or live in rural areas where they may be able to buy food cheaply for freezing (even then, processing the food for the freezer entails a lot of work for the housewife.) A freezer also offers certain conveniences, like bulk buying and fewer shopping trips. But for most families living in larger towns, a large-enough refrigerator perhaps with a fullwidth freezer compartment, would be sufficient at much less expense. Costs of owning a freezer are surprisingly high. They include amortization, of the freezer itself, interest charge for time payments, repairs, electric power and packaging (which becomes surprisingly expensive). Government ex­ perts Estimate that the cost of owning a freezer comes to about $100-$120 a year. Depending on how much you use the freezer, its operating and ownership expenses thus add on 11 to 25 cents per pound to the cost of the food. The gimmick used by many food-plan promoters is to tell you that "food for a week" will cost you only, say "$20 a week for a family of four." But this only includes meat, poultry, fish and frozen produce. It does not include the milk, cheese, eggs, bread, dry groceries,- etc., that make up oyer hair ^.yow; iood bUL • ' Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margoiius, leading Expert on Buying Buying a freezer through a "food plan" is especially dubious because you must also pay installment charges for buying the freezer on time, and in some "plans" you pay an installment interest fee on the food too. Beware 'Tie-in' Price The worst feature of some "food plans" is that you pay $600 for a freezer you could buy for as little as $400 in any of the reliable private brands, or from retailers. Espe­ cially avoid any plan which makes a flat weekly price for the payment on the freezer and the cost of the food, and whose salesmen refuse to state how much the freezer it­ self costs. Too, there are seasons when you don't want to use frozen produce, when nearby fresh produce is reasonable or fresh fish is in season and very cheap. Or you may prefer some­ times to buy canned vegetables and fruits, which are gen­ erally cheaper than frozen foods at any season. If you do raise much of your own food (which city dwellers- don't), a freezer may save time and conserve food values better than home canning, and also save some money. For example, some small-town dwellers buy chicks during the summer for a few pennies and raise them to broiler size for the freezer. Others buy meat at bulk prices in the winter and freeze it for the warm months when the price is high. They buy a quarter of beef or a whole porker. Or they make a batch of applesauce in the fall, when apples go begging, and have it for months. But for city families, the best bet is still to look for the *cut-4:ate specials.offer.eji|.by local.supecmarkets....^.,. �SEAFARERS Page Sis K• H:- Stiffen CG Control of Dope Raps Former Diplomat Visits SlU Hq •BOSS' CRUMP DIES AT 80—One of Anierica's most powerful po­ litical leaders, £. H. Crump of Memphis, Tennessee, died of a heart ailment at the age of 80. Crump had ruled Memphis, and Tennessee, politics with an iron hand for 50 years. He suffered his first political setback in 1948 when Estes Kefauver won the Senatorial nomination over his opposition. 3) WASHINGTON — Broad power to deny or revoke sea­ men's papers of men con­ (i victed of any kind of narcotics violation have been given to the Coast Guard under the terms of a law passed in the last session of Congress. From now on the Coast Guard will have authority to pull the papers of men convicted of shoreside narcotic offenses in any Federal, state or municipal court in the land. Up until now the Coast Guard has had authority only over nar­ cotics violations- committed while the seaman was in the employ of a vessel. It could not act against a holder of seaman's papers who was involved in narcotics use or traffic while ashore. Further, the Coast Guard will have authority to deny new docu­ ments for entry ratings to anybody convicted of a narcotics crime. The discretion of the Coast Guard will cover convictions taking place on or after July 15, 1954, and the agency can deny the documents, or pull the papers, anytime within ten years of such convictions. As far as current holders of sea­ men's papers are concerned, the Coast Guard is given broad author­ ity under the law to revoke papers. Convictions for possession, sale, transportation or use of any kind of narcotics, including marijuana, in any court anywhere in the United States or its territories wUl be grounds for the Coast Guard to call a hearing. The revocation of the man's papers will be for a minimum pe­ riod of three years. After that, the man can apply for new seamen's papers which the Coast Guard may or may not issue at its discretion. The main objective of the legis­ lation was to impose drastic limita­ tions on the ability of merchant seamen to participate in narcotics smuggling — either on ship or ashore. Of course, it 4oes not apply to seamen on foreign-flag ships who are not required to carry US seamen's papers. October 29. 1954 LOG 4 LONE SEAMAN REACHES SAMOA ON RAFT—Following in the path of the famed Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947, a 61-year-old New York ' seaman, WiUiam Willis, reached Samoa from Peru after 115 days of drifting on the Humboldt current. During most of the journey on the 34-foot raft he lived on raw dolphin fish. Discussing improvements in seamen's conditions in recent years, Edward R. Dudley, former US ambassador to Liberia (right), talks with SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paiil Hall (center) as Seafarer John Clark, steward, looks on. The onetime Government official visited SIU headquarters recently with Clark, an old friend. Log Reader Offers * Mystery Man' Clue NAVY PLANS ATOM CARRIER—with one atom-powered submarine virtually completed and a second one under construction, the Defense Department announced it was preparing to develop an atomic power plant for an aircraft carrier. Sea trials for the Nautilus, the Navy's atomic submarine, have been delayed because of defective steam pip­ ing which is now being replaced. $• •HAZEL' THROWS TEMPER TANTRUM—The season's most de­ structive hurricane, "Hazel" by name, caused over 300 deaths and hun­ dreds of millions in property damage all the. way from the island Re­ public of Haiti to Toronto, Canada. Beginning around October 5 off the island of Grenada in the Windward group. Hazel headed due west and then turned northward across Haiti. From there it went northwest, hitting the South Carolina coast at Myrtle Beach and cutting through North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York state and the province of Ontario, Canada. Storm and flood damage was severe for 200 miles on either side of the big blow. 3) . 4* 4" DEMOCRATS BAG A CABINET MEMBER—Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson was treed by gleeful Democrats on the scent of an elec­ tion victory following an untimely analogy between people and dogs. In discussing the unemployment problem the Secretary remarked he preferred bird dogs to kennel dogs because the latter just sit on their As a result of a story which appeared in a recent issue of fannies and yelp for feeding. The implication that the unemployed are the LOG, a possible identification of "Mr. X," an amnesia lazy and the "people to dog" comparison was pounced upon by Demo­ victim at the Boston USPHS hospital, has been made by a crats and made a key issue in campaign oratory. seaman who is himself a pa--^' tient at the USPHS hospital on Staten Island. The man is AB Joe McMurray, of the NMU, who reported that he had seen the LOG story in the hos­ pital and believes that the mystery seaman was a shipmate of his aboard the P. W. Sprague during a run to Antwerp in 1944. McMurray says he believes the man's name is Tompkins, and thinks he may have lost his memory during the buzz bomb attack on the Belgian port. Efforts to identify the amnesia victim were intensified recently when the "Boston Post" offered a $500 reward after "Mr. X" for the first time started to respond to questioning. "Mr. X," who was brought to the IHister X' hospital early in 1945 suffering from a bone disease, is qbout 65, erable knowledge of British navy six feet tall, slender, brown-eyed and merchant marine terms. In­ and grey-haired, and has a consid- cluding English sailors' slang. Cartoon History Of The SIU It took a war, the Korean action which began in June, 1950, to give shipping its first real boost in many months. The US, through the United Nations, was committed to. a major role in the fighting, and Seafarers, as in World War II, pledged overwhelm­ ing to keep the/ahipa.meyiiui and the Ktpply linear ^ » 4i 4> 4* GOV'T RAPS COFFEE EXCHANGE—The Federal Trade Commis­ sion charged the New York Coffee Exchange with responsibility for the drastic increases in the price of coffee which reached $1.45 a pound at retail earlier in the year. The Government agency said that trading practices of the Exchange, and speculation, were largely responsible. t i J RUSSIANS LEAVING PORT ARTHUR—Agreement has been, reached between the Communist Chinese, government and the Soviet" Union for Russian forces to evacuate Port Arthur in Manchuria. The Russians had occupied the base at the end of World War II. In addi­ tion the two countries have agreed to build two new railway lines link­ ing the Soviet and Chinese railway systems. The agreement is con­ sidered a sign that Red China and Russia are sticking closely together as equal partners in an alliance. 4 OWEN LATTIMORE INDICTED AGAIN—A key figure in Senator McCarthy's charges of Communists in government. Far East expert Owen Lattimore has again been indicted on perjury charges dealing with his testimony before a Senate committee. The US attorney try­ ing the case has asked Federal Judge Luther W. Youngdahl to dis­ qualify himself from hearing the case on the grounds that he is biased in favor of the defense. Judge Youngdahl had previously thrown out a key count in the Government's original indictment and was upheld by the US Court of Appeals. He refused to disqualify himself. War la Korea In July, the US began the Job of reactivating some of the more than 2JIXM World War U ehips in the reserve fleet for private operatlonr Meanwhile, with plenty of American abips atiU idle, the SIU charged tlut the Navy's Military Sea Tranq>eftatioa Servicet was still chartering 'toreign toanage to carry US eargoea No. 75 The SIU also went to bat with tiie shipping com­ panies and won war zone ooverage for Seafarers .go­ ing to the Far East. Although no one was hurt, the shelling of the SlU-manned Steel Rover near Hmig Kong in Am^ pinpointed the need to..^a88ure se­ curity lor Seafarers and their Sr^uiiUes in the midst ft m shiiotinf WW. . •^ �, .-.y yjw yy Ootober 29. 1954 SEAFARERS , ' Pagre Sevea Balfo SIU Port Office Nears Formal Opening SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON I LOG .|l i1 ii I Last year, due to the campaign put on by maritime unions, Congress appropriated about $33 miilion for marine hospitals. This was after the Bureau of the Budget had threatened to eliminate Government ap­ propriations altogether. Once again, the Budget Bureau, which passes on all Government appropriations before they are submitted to Congress, is thinking in terms of a substantial appropriation reduction for the marine hospitals. The Budget Bureau recommendation on this matter will go to Presi­ dent Eisenhower within the next six weeks. 4" t t 4> 4> 4 4 4 4 • 4 4 4 4 .f '•i Since the Greek Government eased many of the difficulties which Greek shipowners formerly met in placing their ships under that flag, more than 120,000 tons of shipping have gone back to the Greek flag. The Government of Greece has taken steps to inform interested parties abroad of all the legislative measures introduced up to this time in order to encourage the return to Greek registry of Greek-owned ships now under foreign flags. Some of the leading maritime nations of the world, particularly in Europe, are losing no time in planning for the opening of the St. Law­ rence Seaway. Unfortunately, up to this time, American lines have not shown too much interest in the subject. This is probably because US shipping companies were opposed to the Seaway project in the beginning. Whereas in the past many foreign shipping lines have gone only as far as Montreal, they are now making plans to es^tend their service beyond into the Seaway itself. Those who have indicated a desire to participate in this traffic include most of the European maritime powers. Contrary to some thought, it still will be a long time before mer­ chant ships will be propelled by atom power. Many obstacles remain to be conquered in this new field, including protection of crews and passengers from radio-activity. The maritime industry will need all the support it can get during the coming Congressional session to insure the success of shipping legislation to be introduced. This is so because maritime undertakings, like all others, are costly, and there are bound to be strenous objec­ tions raised. For example, it now appears that the keystone of the 1955 merchant marine legislative program in Congress will be a program to provide for replacement of the US merchant marine. Our fleet, in general, is more than middle-aged, and if not replaced according to a planned program, wjll become obsolete all at once. One of the big programs that will be considered by the next Con­ gress, convening, in January, will be one to authorize the construction of 60 large, modern dry cargo ships each year for 20 years. This new program probably would cost in the neighborhood of at least $400J)00,000, of which the industry itself would spend somewhat more than $200,000,000, with the Federal Government appropriating the balance. There will be substantial opposition to this program, both within and without Congress, even though the Government's share in the program would amount to less than one percent of our annual outlay for defense purposes. The main reason for opposition to maritime proposals is lack of un­ derstanding, lack of public prodding of the Congress, also a mistaken conviction, born of the costly emergency ship construction of the two World Wars, that we do not really need all this new construction, when already so many vessels are either in active service or in the reserve. Yet the Defense Department itself freely admits that the merchant marine, no matter how large it may be, and regardless of any emer­ gency construction program, will be woefully inadequate in case of Worid War III. Seafarers give the hew SIU Baltimore port office the onceover as work is rushed to complete the build­ ing in time for a scheduled opening in November. Behind them is tlje rotary shipping board for the main floor hiring hall, which duplicates the one at SIU headqijprters but is somewhat smaller. When completed, the building is expected to be one of the finest union halls in the US. SIU Strike Keeps Bull Run Tied Up BALTIMORE—^An attempt by the operators of ihe struck tanker Bull Run to get the ship worked on in the shipyard here was met with stone-wall opposition from CIO ship­ yard workers who refused to lay a hand on the vessel. Meanwhile, with the ship idled in the shipyard, picketing by^ members of the SIU crew has was later towed to this city and timore and manned the seagoing idled in the bay whiie a seagoing picketline for several days before been called off. Originally struck by the SIU in picketline manned by former crewthe Port of Norfolk, the Bull Run members circled the vessel in a cabin boat. Then, later this month, she was moved by tug to the facil­ ities of the Maryland Drydock Company. The shipyard workers, however, wouldn't touch her be­ Under the rules of the Va­ cause of the pickets. cation Plan as set forth by the The dispute is over the refusal trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ ply within one year of the- of the company. Petrol Tanker in­ payoff date of his oldest dis­ dustries, Inc., one of several SIU charge in order to collect his companies under the Mathiasen banner, to renew its SIU contract. full vacation benefits. If he The company had been under con­ presents any discbarge whose tract to the Union for several payoff date is more than a years. year before the date of his va­ As a result of the operator's atti­ cation application, he wiil iose tude, the SIU called the strike in out on the sea time covered Norfolk and the crew walked off by that particular discbarge. Don't sit on those discharges. the ship. Strike authority had 4 4 4 Bring them in and collect the been voted earlier by the member­ Thirty-five countries have accepted the 1948 International Conven­ money that is due to you. ship. tion for Safety of Life at Sea. Crewmembers later came to Bal­ The last nation to accept the safety convention was Poland in the middle of this year. The US, back in ^950, was the third country to accept the conven­ Puerto Rico Labor Chief Visits SIU tion, and in the last four years, the various other nations of the worid gradually have filed their acceptance. 4 '4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ' 4 DonH Waitf iSet Vacation Pay In the future, all applicants for merchant mariner's documents will be required to indicate on the application whether they ever have been convicted of violation of the narcotic drug laws of the United States. If the answer is "yes," the applicants will be required to state the place, date, and particulars of such conviction. Similarly, applicants for documents also must Indicate whether they have ever used or have been addicted to the use of narcotics. Failure to answer such questions, under new law, will be considered as one of the reasons for refusal to issue documents. The new law covers persons applying for any kind of Coast Guard license, certification, and documents issued to merchant mariners. Latest figures On the American merchant marine show a further drop in tonnage—21 ships less than the number in operation Just one month ago. The fleet today is 146 less than the active fleet in operation a year ago. This is the time of the year when shipping interests In the nation's Capitol are engaged in thinking of legislative programs for next year. Some have been, in talking the situation over with Commence Depart­ ment officials, but the latter take the view that it might be well to wait until the f/ovember elections before putting final touches on a legislative pro^am. On the other hand, at least one segment of the industry feels that the maritime industry has received about as much as it can get from the Government, and that it is up to the industry itself to carry on. Visiting the SIU hall in New Orleans, Fernando Sierra (wearing bow tie), secretary of labor for , Puerto Rico, chats with Seafarer Max Pitre (third from right), oiler on the Alcoa Corsair. Sierra was accompanied by Pedro E. Anglade (third from left), Puerto Rican attorney. , the ship was moved to the ship­ yard pier. She continues to be idle now and the company has indi­ cated no further move. No attempt to crew her has been made. Isthmian To Add Piers In B'klyn Seafarers shipping with the Isth­ mian Steamship Company in the Port of New fork will next- year be operating rut of one of the larg­ est'and most modern terminals on the Atlantic coast. The SlU-contracted operator has just completed arrangements for a ten-year lease on an additional ^09,000 square feet of waterfront property which wili connect with Isthmian's present breakwater ter­ minal in Brooklyn. When it is completed, the new facility will permit the simultaneous loading or unloading of six vessels, compared with the present accommodations for only four. Leaving Staten Island As part of its pier modernization program, Isthmian expects to give up its piers in Staten Island and eventually concentrate all opera­ tions in Brooklyn. The site, which extends into the Upper- Bay from Columbia Street, will house a new transit shed 750 feet long by 140 feet wide and will give Isthmian a terminal with an over-all area 3,250 feet long and up to 325 feet wide. The property's owners will undertake the actual construction. Isthmian currently operates 24 C-3 freighters and one C-2, the Andrew Jackson, on a bareboat charter from Waterman, another SlU-contracted company, in its world-wide cargo service. �m I I '.J'v • I Pare Eirht SEAFARERS LOG MARITIME All 29. crewraembers of the Llberian freighter Travel, Star were rescued last week when the ship caught fire after grounding on a reef near Okinawa. Army and Navy craft handled the rescue job . The Maritime Administration reports that the active US-flag merchant fleet suffered a decline of 21 ships during September. Only 1,308 ships of over a thousand tons were working on Oct. 1, representing a drop of 146 vessels in the last 12 months. The active privately-owned fleet Question: How do you like to has 59 fewer ships than a year ago. Government-owned ships accounted spend your time when you're on for the remainder. the beach? (Question asked in the 4 t Galveston hall.) The world's biggest tanker, the 47,000-tpn Al-Mallk Saud AI-Awal • Johnny Rielly, chief steward: I has completed her trial runs in the North Sea, following completion of construction in a Hamburg shipyard. She is going into operation try to plan my shipping so I will be on the beach shortly for the Saudi-Arabian Tanker Co., owned by millionaire ship­ during the hunt­ owner Aristotle S. Onassis . . . The Swedish-American liner Stockholm ing season., I like became the first trans-Atlantic liner to sail from a North Carolina port any kind of hunt­ when she left Morehead City this month on the first of four short ing, but shooting cruises. ducks and geese .44 4 is my favorite Efforts to salvage the 14,000-ton German liner Monte Cervantes have sport. During the ended in failure after 11 years and an expenditure of $1.2 million. season, you can The ship, with 1,200 passengers aboard, sank off the tip of South Ameri­ , always find good ca, in 1930, with no loss of life. After finally being refloated this month, . \ shooting along however, she sank once again while being towed by three salvage tugf the Texas coast. . . . Fire which raged aboard the 3,099-ton Norwegian steamer Folga 4 4 4 after she struck a mine in the North Sea caused no loss of life aboard Nick Magash, AB: I go fishing the vessel, thanks to the help of the Russian ship Tartu. One officer occasionally, but my favorite pas­ was killed when the -mine exploded, but 27 other cCewmembers were time is swim­ safe. ming and renew­ 4 4 4 ing acquaintances A total of only 16 vessels are under construction or on contract at with my. friends US shipyards on all coasts and the Great I^akes for future delivery. in Galveston. I The figure is made up of nine tankers, three dry cargo ships, two ore like to take time carriers, one passenger-auto ferryboat and one auxiliary cargo-attack off in the sum­ transport. All but six of them are scheduled for completion before 1955 mer when I'm . . . After making what is likely to be her last visit to New York, the not concerned British liner Georgic is expected to resume her old job of carrying with shipping. troops in the British Far East service. The 1932-built, 27,469-ton ship, Then I go out to currently under charter to the Cunard Line, served as a troopship dur­ the beach every day and visit with my friends in the evening. ing World War II. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Hafford W. "Red" Roberts, FWT: The Government will get $1.6 million in an out-of-court settlement Of course, I like to go home to arising from the loss of freight aboai'd the Jacob Luckenbach, which Oklahoma City sank near San Francisco on July 14, 1953, after a collision with the occasionally, but Matson freighter Hawaiian Pilot. The Luckenbach, operated by Pacific I always find Far East Lines, was carrying 12,000 tons of Army and Air Force cargo friends in any plus 87 tons of mail bound for Korea . . . The Sun Oil Company's 19port 1 happen to ship US-flag tanker fleet gained a new addition when the 30,000-ton be iff. I like to Western Sun was launched at Chester, Pa. The 641-foot sh'ip has a renew old ac­ speed of 16.5 knots and will be put in the coastwise service from quaintances and Texas to Marcus Hook, Pa. travel around with guys I know. 4 4 4 The other day I An all-time ore tonnage record for one cargo was reported at met a* shipmate I sailed with 11 Superior, Wis., after 21,762 tons had been loaded on the George M. years ago. Humphrey on its maiden trip. The new high is 705 tons more than the 4 4 4 old record set in 1953 by the Ernest Weir. Both ships are owned Henry P. Lopez, AB: I like to be by the M. A. Hanna Coal Co. The Humphrey is named after the present Secretary of the Treasury, who was a top company official before join­ ashore in the summer-when I can ing the Eisenhower cabinet . . . Forty Newfoundland seamen have quit go swimming in working ships operated by the Furness-Withy company because of the daytime and a change from Canadian to English .wage scales. A company .spokes­ go to the fights wrestling man said the switch was made In an "economy" move because the and matches at ni^t English scale is much lower. Of course, it is always fun to sit aroimd with your friends; drink a beer- or so, and watch television. ACROSS DOWN 11. Pitcher •34. Vigor I'm single, so my time is pretty Morean 36. Masterful 1. The Queens, 1. Heavy swell much my own. 19. Florida Island, 39. Spree 4. Kind of achest for instance 8. The finest 12. Ugly old 2. Consumed 3. Capital of woman Guam 13. Marbles 4. Wire to 14. Nor.se port support mast 15. Filipino 16. Money used in 5. Swedish district Bombay 6. Ship operators 17. Particle 7. Sacred song 18. Copper 8. Dory 20. Best part 9. Unexpected Values highly 22. obstacle 10. Warning sign 23. Weapons 24. Greek letter 1 Z 27. Yale foot­ ballers 29. Extent 12 31. SIU member 34. Ship 15 35. Island in Firth of Clyde 36. Endorsement IS on a passport 37. River in 22 England n. Yankee pitcher to. Port in Palestine (4. The Yanks, this year 46. Sharp tasting Kind of buoy 47. 49. Stringed instrument 51. Miss Gardner 52. The best quaUty . . 53. Island be­ tween Corsica and Italy 54. Temporary;, Abbr. < 55. .Marrlesf 56. Hawaiian . . * wreathes • 87. Bitter vetch 21. 23. 25. 26. 28. 30. 31. 32. 33. off Guadalcanal 41. Shipping of Shoals container Make public 42. The Orinoco Moor Atlantic: Abbr. 43. Dutch cheeses 45. Native earths Hankers 46. Cry of despair Father of Jacob and Esau 47. Cutting tool Not so happy 48. Author of Part of "to "The Gold be" Bug" Atlantic Island 50. Jap sash (Puzzle Answers On Page 17) ,444 William Hightower, FWT: Just relaxing with the guys I know on the beach is my idea of a gO|od tinifr. You can always find' some­ one around the hall or in the neighborhood to swap sea stories with. A little feminine c o mpanionship is in order, too, and I usually run into someone I know in Galveston. October 29, 1954 MEET THE SEAFARER HARVEY GUENTHER Orleans in a new role—that of an Electrician AFL organizer. His experience in (Interviewed in the Galveston hall.) organization work among laundry One experience with what he workers in the Crescent City describes as "management's idea brought him in contact with SIU of union" led Harvey Guenther members and officials with the re­ on a somewhat roundabout route sult that he became so interested to his first trip to sea aboard an in the SIU that he started ship­ SlU-manned ship out of New Or­ ping out. leans in 1946. Since his first trip early in 1946, This same experience introduced Guenther has ^aken part in a num­ Guenther to what he now calls his ber of major and minor SIU or­ chief hobby—studying and prac­ ganizational campaigns, including ticing trade unionism, with partic­ a successful SlU-affiliated Marine ular emphasis on the SIU brand. Allied Workers drive and the camr It all started in the early days of paign which brought the Cities World War II when Guenther was Service fleet under the SIU ban­ personnel director for a large St. ner. Settled In Houston Louis manfacturing concern. The Guenther eventually settled in St. Louis corporation took over operation of an automobile assem­ the Galveston area. He recently bly plant there for use in manu­ bought a house in Houston where he lives with his wife and 18-yearfacture of military goods. "Of course," Guenther recalled, old daughter. Another daughter "the men who had berti employed is married, and when Guenther is in the automobile assembly plant ashore some of his happiest mo­ were union members, which In the ments are spent visiting with his eyes of my employers made them three grandchildren. The SIU electrician and pump­ undesirable for work in the new operation. No one in manage­ man isn't the only member of his ment seemed to be concerned family who has more than a pass­ about the fact that conversion of ing interest in trade unionism, the automobile plant had thrown both as a vocation and as a hobby. His wife is an organizer, for the these people out of work." When Guenther was called on International Printing Pressmen the carpet for hiring too many of and Assistants' Union (AFL). "When I'm ashore it is a real the out-of-work assembly plant men, that was the last straw. pleasure to me to help Mrs. Gu­ Guenther resigned. enther in her organizational work," he said. "That, to me, is my re­ Management Double-Talks "The public shouldn't be misled creation." Both are avid readers of, the by management interests who ex­ press such grave concern for the LOG. "We get a lot of ideas from individual's 'right to work,'" Gu­ reading the LOG and studying the enther said. "What they really SIU's militant trade union policies mean is they want to deprive which we can adapt to other trade working people of the prjvilege of union lieljfls," Guentber explained. Gu'enlJiAr believes every SIU organizing legitimate trade unions: They want to put us in a position member should devote more time where we will have to belong to, to studying the tJnion'B contracts, their union of ideas to have the constitution and policies. "Every member should know the right to work." Guenther, believes his St. Louis rights that are guaranteed to him experience was a stroke of good under our constitution, contract and shipping rules," he said. "We fortune in disguise. His personal experience with should realize that along with management put him in search of a these rights, there is also an ob­ place where he could employ his ligation to do our part to help talents and knowledge of labor- maintain the fine orgainization we management relations to the best- now have. It is an organization advantage. Shortly thereafter, he which has won for us the highest was projected over to labor's side rewards in the industry in earn­ of the employe-employer relation­ ings, conditions, welfare benefits ship and found himself in New and internal union democracy." l^OUND^ A S^trike of 30,000 truck drivers in the New York City area quickly brought several hundred local and over the road truckers to terms on the basis of a 25-cents-an-hour in­ crease. Employer-negotiators had attempted to maintain a solid frcmt but the Teamsters; Union cracked it easily and .in five days .Aigned virtually every trucking operation in the area. union demands for a voice in the plan's operation. 4 4 4 Ten-thousand Ford Motor Com­ pany employees at the company's Ontario plants have gone out on strike for wage increases after sev­ eral months of negotiation between The United Automobile Workers and the company had failed to pro­ duce an agreement. The workers are employed by Ford's Canadian 4 4 4^ A "no-overilme" protest by subsidiary. Staten Island, New York, bus driv­ 4 4 4 Renewed efforts to. settle the ers slowed bus service for a few days. The men, members of the strike of Pittsburgh department Amalgamated Motor Coach Union, store employees were ^eemed un­ AFL, objected to the transfer of likely after members of Teamsters 4 4 "~-4 Leonldes Lopez, chief cook: I 29 (Irivers to other sections of the Local 249 (AFL) "rejected a five just loaf around the hall and visit city without i;eplacement. Union cent offer by a vote of 661 to 84. spokesmen contended that the The strike has been on for 11 friends in places transfers would leave Stated Is- months with inside unions affected along the coast, as well as teamsters. but I don't like lajid lines shoi^handed. to spend < much ' 4 4 4 4 4 4 Employers who have stock pur­ New York laundry workers have time on the chase plans for their workers piust opened a $l,300,0Qp .ipedical cen­ beach. I've been bargain with the upion. on the ter which .will provide outpatient^ going to sea for operation of such plans, the Na­ services for lSiOOO workers,jn thq"^ 14 years imd I tional Labof Relations Board has industry, "The center was opened like to be out on ruleid. A three to one vote of the by the Amalgamated Clothing a ship... For that NLRR instriic'ted the Ric^el'd b'il' Workers^" bl Ameiiba (ClOl^urider, reason, ,1 don't get ofl[ unless <! drc'ujiistances le- Ciim^tany tfe bargain vidtli the OH its cbnfrtict-»gAfembhtil witli Iflun-, qUlre'lift»':tt't--^»i.t-v!yO(.y kiz! WbrkeMxattt^ttlitlttgill *Uftlbil»loir^(dvy'bMplbjfbts �October 29. 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nina SEAFARERS « LOG October 29, 1954 •Beffer Sfay Buried!' Vol. XVI, No. 22 Published biweekly by the Sebfarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAXJL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer ' Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARO SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, iRwm SPIVACK, AL MASKIN; Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. 'Don't Try It* This issue of the SEAFARERS LOG carries a detailed ac­ count of a would-be conspiracy sponsored by the old ILA and elements within the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (CIO) to "take over" US shipping and put the SIU and other genuine trade unions in maritime out of business. The operating plans of the ILA-chartered "United International Seamen's Union" bare all the earmarks of the crimp-hall, boarding-house methods of shipping seamen that were so popular with shipowners before strong mari­ time unions came into being. While the LOG is devoting a good deal of space toward the conspiracy, the Union is not alarmed over its future pros­ pects. The purpose of the display is to call the attention of Seafarers and all other unions in maritime to the fact that - the enemies of maritime unions are still active. They still dream of the days when seamen had to crawl to get a job. The membership should note as well that among the people involved are the elements who were exposed in the LOG of September 3 as the cast of "The Anti-Union Medicine Show." Up until now these elements have been active-against indi­ vidual maritime unions. Now with the help of the ILA, they plan to attack all maritime unions at once. The SIU is confident it will be able to handle this threat as it has handled others in the past. It knows that Seafarers will-not..stQmach any attempt to return to conditions the Union overcame years ago. It knows it can count on the active support of the rank and file membership of the Union to Tneet this threat with all necessary measures. In closing the SIU has three words of free advice to the "United International Seamen's Union"—don't try it. Attacks Apathy To Blood Appeal To the Editor: Lately I have beep reading some articles in the SEAFARERS LOG about the fine blood donor record which SIU members have at the Staten Island USPHS hospital and elsewhere. But recently something happened in the shipping hall at headquarters which I would like to comment about. I believe in giv­ ing credit where credit is due. but I also believe in giving criticism when it is needed. And I think it is needed in this case. What happened was that re­ cently, while I was in the shipping hall. the dis­ patcher asked for 15 blood donors to go over to the Staten Island hospital and do­ nate blood for some of their fel­ low Union mem­ bers who were going to undergo CoiliiM There was a time when all who will be 52 years of age this operations. This blood, we were all told, was badly ship's delegate had to worry about December. He makes his home in was beefs on food, overtime and Harbor City, California. needed. Some of the other rank and file Despite this, only nine members, repair lists. Sometimes, of course including myself, responded to the these can prove a tall order. But brothers who took over meeting appeal—and tliis only after the dis­ with life on shipboard becoming posts in the various SIU ports last patcher had m^de the appeal threi more complex, a delegate can have meeting were A. G. Alexander and other things on his mind like S. C. Slaid in Lake Charles, Leo times over the loudspeaker. Now this is a sad state of affairs, ship's library, recreation supplies De Loach, who was recording sec­ As Seafarers know it has been standard SIU policy down because when a man is in the hos­ a record player and even the in­ retary at the Mobile meeting. Bill through the years for the membership to assist other trade pital and needs blood he needs it ner workings of a television set. Neehan in Norfolk, and A. Ander­ unions both in and out of maritime in winning their beefs. right away—not tomorrow or the son and F. Votto in the West Coast TV Troubles That policy has won us the close friendship of many unions next day. What's more, it takes Television troubles were dropped port of San Francisco. who have been glad to give us a hand in any way they could. only about five minutes to give a at the doorstep of Seafarer Sid 41 4 4 One such union with whom the SIU has had close and pint of blood, and it doesn't hurt The role of rank and file trial Berger aboard friendly relations is the CIO's Industrial Union of Marine the donor in any way, and so there the Mae (Bull committees in dealing with viplais no reason at all why the mem­ and Shipbuilding Workers. Line). Like many tions of the SIU constitution was bers should not have responded other coastwise pointed up by a recent trial of a Some years back the shipyard workers had a strike at better than they did. and intercoastal Seafarer in the Port of Baltimore. major shipyards which dragged out over several months. Sea­ Against Personal Experience ships the crew- The Seafarer was brought up on farers helping out on the picket lines, particularly in Balti­ What surprises me especially members of the charges after he had "invaded" the more, were instrumental in helping the shipyard workers about this whole situation is the Mae had chipped Union hall in a drunk and disor­ fact that I know, from personal win that beef. in for a TV re­ derly condition and interfered Now Local 31 of the shipyard union is engaged in a serious experience, that SIU men are in­ ceiver, but were with the orderly dischai-ge of hassle over job rights with the Maryland Drydock Company variably ready to donate blood having their duties by Union needed, even when that blood Berger in which the SIU is again giving all the assistance it can. when troubles getting officials, refusing is not for members of their Union. In return the shipyard workers have been of considerable For instance, I was in Yokohama, it to work properjy. So ship's dele­ to leave peace­ when re­ assistance to the SIU on several occasions. At the present Japan, on August 19, 1952, when gate Berger, at last word, was scout­ fully quested to do so. moment the SlU-contracted tanker Bull Run is being struck the Army doctors from the Tokyo ing out somebody ashore who could A membership by the Union because its owners have refused to renew the Army Hospital contacted all the adjust the receiver to suit the dis­ committee con­ taste of the crew. contract. The Bull Run is drydocked at the Maryland com- ships in the harbor and asked the criminating Berger, who sails in the steward sisting of James crews to donate blood to the hos­ , pany's yard, but as far as the shipyard workers are con­ Corcoran, VI npital's blood bank. And—except for department, has been a member of eent Quinn, A. cerned the barnacles will stay on her bottom. They're not one NMU man—every man who the Union for five years, joining in Bearden, Ray touching a "hot" ship. * Pomerlane responded to this appeal was an the Port of New York. He is 42 Nicholson, The Bull Run is further proof, if such were needed, that SIU member. years old and lives ashore in Balti­ Charles Moss and Robert Pomerthe SIU policy of aiding other unions pays off time and again What we should do here, I be­ more. lane heard the evidence and upheld Another delegate who has doiie lieve, is build up a blood bank the to the benefit of the membership. the charges. They recommended same as Seafarers have built up a "bang-up job"—to quote his ship­ that the defendant pay a $50 fine 4" i 4elsewhere, to draw against in time mates—is John H. Emerick aboard and apologize for his actions. the Steel Traveler (Isthmian). The of need. Thomas M. Collins ship's minutes noted that excellent 4 4 4 (Ed. note: Last month, after care was given two men who had This Sunday marks the end of the 16th year since the SIU A series of informative educa­ A&G District was chartered. It completes another year in the passage of a resolution by the been hospitalized during the course tional meetings on the Waterman which the SIU has been able to make headway in the face membership, the Union attempted of the voyage and the delegate saw coastwise ship De Soto got under­ to set up a special SIU blood bank to it that their interests were prop­ way recently on the suggestion of considerable obstacles. the Staten Island hospital. The erly safeguarded. made by steward Phil Reyes. It Despite the shipping slump of the past year which has at Union was informed at that time was agreed that a whole series of 4i t hit the entire maritime industry the SIU has been able that blood bank facilities at the Serving as an officer of the last meetings would be held both to to absorb the shock and press ahead for new contract, vaca­ hospital are too limited to store Wilmington membership meeting acquaint new men aboard with the tion and welfare gains'for the membership as well as more more than a gntall reserve supply. was Seafarer Jesse W. Puckett. A operations and structure of the new progress on the legislative field; And at the same time Therefore^ the Union has had to veteran member of the SIU (he's Union and to serve as a "refresher" it stands firm against attempts of enemies of the SIU to rely on having Seafarers donate been with the Union since 1944), course for all Seafarers aboard the blood when and as it is needed. Puckett originated the Idea of vessel. shake or weaken it in any way. However, the Union has an under­ cooks and bakers exchanging their The first meeting was held on The SIU, as i union, was born in a time of difficulty and has had to fight every inch of the way against the shipowner, standing with the USPHS hospital favorite recipes and food special­ the spot with Seafarer Otto Calla­ —and also with city and private ties through the columns of the han presiding. It dealt with Union the waterfront Communist, and other enemies of maritime hospitals elsewhere in New York SEAFARERS LOG. He's contrib­ methods of settling beefs, unions. It has survived all attacks and made tremjendous —that all blood used by Seafarers uted a few of his own to the Union history, provisions of the Union contract headway through the years in the face of them. The strength win be replaced immediately, and newspaper in the past and again and other items. It proved to be of the SIU and the secret of its success lies in the fact that the Union has always liv^d up to this week. . of considerable interest TO tiie it has always Jbeen, and i ixmtinuea; to be^ a fighting, union. Ms part of the understondiniL) Puckett is,a «l|^ve^^ Callfpin(4^'ewmembers. Lending Al Hand 16th Birthday I Vot< Thanks 'I '"f\ 1 1 rY I M I �I 1 fJ}-- VMTC Tea SEAFARERS LOG October 30. 1954 ISK- There are SlU men who ha'j years, and who are as much at pore OS they are in San Francl of the world which still remaiif complete mystery. That area US Navy expedition to Antarctic in 1946-47 (above) was largest, most mechanized ever made. Here, moored to bay ice, are three of 12 naval vessels used. Even, the frigid Arctic sec commerce. This was partici when Seafarers made runs t< the Antarctic waters—and t| sweeps of the continent of day commercially untouched] Still, scientific expeditions] tion of 1946-47, shown on the secrets of this heel of the technological advances being] Some day, in the SlU ship( question may be: "Anyone E >'••' e ^.' iff &-':• ?!••••• ;r- ;, iivi^ Although expedition was mechanized, dogs and sleds were invaluable, penetrating areas no machine could sled i» lpad«d loa,d«d M megs helJi ; J The penguin's called a funny duck, he's always dressed for a ball; but the funniest part about him is-r-he ain't, a duck< at alL Si-Cl lot Breaking ice in Bay of Whales is UJ Antarctic^—5-6 million square milei Kally aouth«rmnost aeaa of Atlantic Sftia'MH^ �October 29, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page Elevea m ' "•iL " Being-towed by tractor from bay ice to shelf ice is Navy observer plane. Rear Admiral Byrd, expedition leader, pioneered air exploration of Antarctic. • Huskies, such as one shown here, were as important to success of expedition as were men. Here Navy man rigs dog in place in line-up to draw slied. •i |» sailed the 5even sees for lome in Soigon and Singa0. Yet there is one area for Seafarers a region of the Antarctic. have seen their share of liriy true during the war, [ports like Murmansk. But vast, silent ice-covered jntorctica—remain to this ••and untouchable. Almost buried in snow is this Husky. Antarctic has severest climate on earth, with temperatures of 80 be­ low, or about 15 degrees colder than the Arctic. \ ^ s..\ Moored at Bay of Whiles is USS Ediste. Besides 12 surface vessels and planes. Navy used subs in expedition, which it designated as "Operation Highjump." - fke the US Navy expedipages, are revebling the [rid. And with the rapid [lade by man—who knows? jg hall of the future, the Little America?" L ' J' r.' * /^ General view of expedition camp at what Rear Admiral Byrd called "Little America." Unlike Arctic, which is frozen, landlocked sea, Antarctic is land mass. Quonset huts, built by Seabees, also formed part of camp. Expedition had in it over 4,000 Navy men plus many civilian scientists and technical experts. iiiiiiili: L . in Northwin<i. 'Patera surrounding l)f' land' around Southr Pole^ar* iPacific, Indian oceans. Tested under Antarctic conditions, emergency survival [ear, here shown being inspected, later helped save es of many Navy men in other situations, ' j.Kjftvv 'r.»rT fi-j Huk J With pipe and tobacco for comfort. Rear Admiral Byrd huddles near stove in shack. Byrd led four expeditions to AntarcUe—in 1929, 1933, 1939 and . • »v i • v*-« • �SEAFARERS Pace iSrd^ LOG October 29^ 19S4 PORT JtCPORXS Norfolk: Shipping Is Showing 'Signs Of New Life' During the past two weeks in this port we paid off the Bull Run (Mathiasen) and San Mateo Vic­ tory (Eastern) and signed on the San Mateo Victory. In transit were the Ocean Betty (Ocean Transpor­ tation), Steel Designer (Isthmian), Yaka (Waterman) and Coe Victory (Victory Carriers). At the last regular meeting the port agent said shipping in t.his port is showing*signs of new life with the crewing of the Oceon Nimet (Ocean Transportation) and the payoffs of the San Mateo Vic­ tory and Bull Run, but said it was a little too early to attribute this to the "50-50" decision applying to shipments of coal from this port by the US Government. He also stated that authority had been given to paint and repair the Nor­ folk hall. . Patrolman 'James Bullock re­ ported that in the USPHS hospital at present^are Herbert M. Bumpass, George F. Leckler, Lonnie Hall and Jesse P. Brinkley. Ben Rees Norfolk Port Agent paid off the Del Sud and Del Campo (Mississippi); Alcoa Corsair and Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Steel Traveler (Isthmian); Chickasaw and Antinous (Waterman), and Salem Maritime (Cities Service). Signing on were the Alcoa Roamer and Alcoa Cavalier (Alcoa) and the Del Sud and Del Oro (Mis­ sissippi). In transit were the Alcoa Pa­ triot, Alcoa Clipper and Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); Steel Advocate, Steel King and Steel Executive (Isthmian); Del Oro and Del Alba (Mississippi); Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana (Seatrain); Hastings, Monarch of the Seas, Warrior and Claiborne (Waterman), and Neva West (Bioomfield). 'SpideF Recuperating Duska (Spider) Korolia is back in the USPHS hospital and doing well after another operation, while Hal Ellis, Oscar Bird and Jesse McElreath have be6n discharged from the hospital and are waiting to ship out. Recuperating nicely, and hoping to be able to ship out soon, are Clarence Lomax, Henry Jeffrey, George Champlin, Aurelio Patingo, Samuel Cope and John (Red) Carolan. Men recently admitted to the hospital are Melvin C. Foster, Albert Volloton, George Gordano, Dixon Stroup, Edward J. Stevens and James (Blackie) Mason. Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent Wilmington: The Gahlns Pays Off, Signs On For Far EasI Shipping was not too good in this port during the past two weeks but We did have The Cabins (Cabins) come into San Pedro for a payoff and it was a clean one. This ship also signed on for a run to Japan with Navy cargo and we are hoping she will make a few trips to the Far East from this coast. In transit during this period were the Choctaw, Azalea City, Gateway City and John B. Water­ man (Waterman); Seacomet 11 (Ocean Carriers); Pennmar and Marymar (Calmar), and Southwind (South Atlantic). Ernest B. Tllley Wilmington Port Agent S. S St New York: Shipping Hoids Up, Joh Tnrnover Steady The ships we paid off during the last two weeks were the Steel Ex­ ecutive and Steel Maker (Isth' mian); Edith, Beatrice, Arlyn and Frances (Bull); French Creek Paoli, Chiwawa, Logans Fort, Brad ford Island and Lone Jack (Cities Service); Robin Tuxford and Robin Locksley (Seas Shipping); Penin sula Mariner (Waterman); Law­ rence Victory (Mississippi); Seatrain New Jersey (Seatrain), and Western Rancher (Western Naviga­ tion). • Signing on were the Greece Vic­ tory (South Atlantic); Coe Victory (Victory Carriers); Ocean Betty (Ocean Transportation); Robin Wentley (Seas Shipping), and Law­ rence Victory (Mississippi). In transit were the City of Alma De Soto, Kyska and Iberville (Waterman); Massmar (Calmar) Alcoa Ranger and Alcoa Puritan (Alcoa); Seatrains Savannah, Louis­ iana, Texas and New York (Sea­ train); Elizabeth and Dorothy (Bull), and Steel Director, Steel Recorder and Steel Voyager (Isth­ mian). Claude' Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treasurer St i Sonth's Shipping Good, Soon Staying Thai Way Lay-Up Heel Jdned By Peninsula Mariner The latest addition to the laidup fleet in this area is the Penin-^ sula Mariner, which arrived in this port a couple of days ago. This is the latest of the Pascagoula-built Mariners which have been sailing under the Waterman banner. Despite this, prospects for ship­ ping during the coming two weeks look fair, with the following ships due to hit the port either in transit or for payoffs: Arizpa, Beauregard, Fairisle, Claiborne, De Soto and Iber­ ville (Waterman) and Alcoa Cav­ alier, Alcoa Pil­ grim, Alcoa Part­ Nickerson ner and Alcoa Patriot (Alcoa). Some of these ships might lay up but there is a good possibility that the Waterman jobs would be replaced by some of the ships that Philadelphia: are laid up here, and that have al­ ready been repaired and are ready to go, so we shouldn't lose anything on the lay-ups. Shipping here slowed , down, Shipping in this port has been somewhat during the last couple of moving along fairly well during weeks with some 54 men shipped the past two weeks and we have to regular jobs and 111 men sent shipped just about as many men as to various relief jobs in and we have registered, which of around the harbor. During this period we had eight payoffs, four course is a healthy sign. We had the Calmar (Calmar) in sign-ons and three ships in transit. here for payoff—the first since the The ships paying off were the company started air conditioning Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Clipper, Al­ the holds of their ships. Also, we coa Polaris, Alcoa Pointer and. may be fortunate in having-these Alcoa Pennant (Alcoa) and the ships in here regularly for payoffs Monarch of the Seas, Claiborne as we understand there has been and Peninsula Mariner (Water­ a change in thein operations. man). The Alcoa Patriot, Polaris, Pointer and Pennant signed on Julesborg Takes Crew again. We also had the Julesburg In transit were the Chickasaw (Mathiasen) in hwe for payoff and Antinous (Waterman) and the after a four-month trip and we Del Campo (Mississippi). shipped a full erew on her. So. Mobile Bay Boy all in all, things were pretty good in this port, with seven payoffs, For our Seafarer of the Week, five sign-ons and six ships in we nominate Terrell T. Nickerson, transit. who joined the Union ^ 1948. Besides the Calmar and Jules­ Brother Nick," as he is known to burg the payoffs were the Steel lis friends, is married and makes Director (Isthmian), Cantigny (Cit­ his home down on Mobile Bay a ies Service), Angelina (Bull), few miles outside the city limits. Southern Cities (Southern) 'and He usually ships in one of the pa^ Republic (Trafalgar). senger ratings in the steward The Steel Director, Cantigny, department, and right now is on Southern Cities, Calmar and the beach waiting for a spot on an Republic signed on, and in transit Alcoa ship. When he's on the were the Ines (Bull), Steel Maker beach his favorite sport is catch­ (Isthmian) and De Soto, Kyska, ing soft shell clams and flounders Yaka and Iberville (Waterman). in front of his house, during the A. S. Cardullo . summer. As for the Union, Nick Philadelphia Port Agent says the Welfare Plan is tops, and he thinks the disability benefit is the best feature of the Plan. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent X s- St It looks as if all of these hurri­ canes we've been having have blown away our warm weather here in New York and it has been pretty chilly during- the past few days. 4. The only thing hot around here New Orleans: right now is the political situation and the politicians are really going at it. We only wish that shipping i> St t, around here would pick up as much momentum as these political cam­ Savannah: paigns. If it did, there would be This port has been getting its no men left oh the beach. fair share of shipping during the Shipping during the past two past couple of weeks, and from all weeks, however, has been holding indications shipping should stay up very well in this port and there good here at least for the ne.xt Shipping has been good in this has been a steady turnover in all couple of weeks. The Alcoa Corsair (Alcoa) has port'and it looks as though it will departments. .#The .only; slow ship­ ping,' in fact, has beeh for stew­ crewed up and that completes the continue that way for a while. ards. These boys seem to be hold­ We had no payoffs during the drydocking period for the Alcoa passenger ships. The Del Sud was past two weeks but we signed on ing down their jobs So I would not advise any one who is in a hurry the first Mississippi passenger ship the Royal Oak to get out in that rating to come to to go in and come out of drydook (Cities Service) New York to registw. and will be followed by the Del and had seven During these past two weeks we Mar and Del Norte, When these ships in tsansit: paid off 18 ships, signed 5 on for­ ships complete their- drydocking, the Steel Trav­ eign articles and serviced 16 in shipping will settle down to nor­ eler (Isthmian), transit. All of these ships were in Robin Kettering mal here. good shape with very few beefs on Alcoa now has the Alcoa Runner, (Seas .Shipping), any of them, and the credit for Alcoa Roamer and Alcoa Ranger Lone Jack (Cities this of course goes to th« ships' Service) and Searunning into New crews and delegates for doing Orleans every trains Georgia bang-up jobs in real SIU style. two weeks with and Louisiana, Week, bauxite, and of which each called here twice. Ocean Betty Crews Up course we hope Oldtimers on the beach are J. B. We had two ships go into tem­ they will con­ Farrow, A. Mackin, A. D. Eden- porary lay-up during this period— tinue with this field, C. B. Bennett and Leo F. the Edith (Bull) and Robin Tuxford schedule as they Weeks. In the hospital are J. (Seas Shipping). However, the will be a big help Littleton, A. W. Lima, J. T. Moore, Ocean Betty (Ocean Transporta­ to our shipping. P. Bland, James F. Lee, G. F. tion) came out of lay-up and took With two pas­ Bourdonnay Wilson, J. D. Cannady, W. C. Lee a full crew. We also expect two senger ships in and W. H, Gilbertson. more ships to come out of lay-up port at the time, our last meeting Jeff Morrison during the next two weeks so ship­ was like old home town week, with Savannah Port Agent ping should continue to be good. quite a few oldtimers around wait­ ing to get back out again on their respective ships. Among these were Sloppy Creel, Shorty Moise, Baldy Bolliiiger, Jack Bates, Major Costello, Zeke Bonura, Alton Booth, Mike Rossi, Buddy Voorhees, Frank Vivero, Pete Garza, D. D. Story, Frenchy Blanchard, Shipping Figures October 6 to October 19 Charley Crosland, Louie BourdonBEG. BEG. BEG. ^TOTAL SfflP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL nay, Frank Russo, Joe Cave, Heavy DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Hutcherson, Red Truly, Scotty PORT Boston 12 8 6 26 3 0 Malvenan, Gus Brosig, Leonard 1 4 Munna, Humela Fluence, George New York m 119 113 353 81 TS 73 227 Curry, Tony Di Nicola, Whitey Philadelphia 40 17 27 84 83 28 18 79 Plunkett and many others. Baltimora iig 79 86 283 ' 118 01 76 285 Luck Isn't Good Norfolk 23 17 10 50 8 4 4 ' IS Out at Magnolia Park in Jeffer­ Savannah 15 9 2 28 10 12 13 44 son Parish the trotting races have Tampa 18 13 24 55 12 5 3 20 been in full swing for some time Mobil# 30 21 23 74 13 18 26 now but from all indications none of the brothers has been Setting New Orleans .99 70 138 807 88 <» 127 278 the world on fire out there. Maybe Galveston 21 7 10 38 81 It 18 73 the holies they've been betting on Seattlp .18 16 14 48 65 44 37 138 aren't even trotters—Just walkers. SanFrancisca 28 17 35 80 26 19 78 28 .Or maybe they'll do better when the season opena at the Fair Wilmington ........... 12 8 2^ , 1^ 8 .••8 • •••••19 Grounds here in New Orlean*. Duringiithe past twoi-weeks we • ^428'" , .Alcoa Drydoekiiig Ends As Corsair Crows Up Mobile: Port Hoping To Got Calmar Ship Payoffs A & G SHiPPnfG RECOBJO h I- m Miami: . Talks Wilh P 8 0, New Bempany Under Way We had no payoffs or sign-ons in this port during the past two weeks- but we had seven ships in transit, as follows: Ponce (Ponce Cement); Antinous, De Soto and Yaka (Waterman); Wyoming Quaker), and Florida (P Se O). The Ponce eaUed here twice. Negotiatlims with the P & O are now under way and we are also talking with a new company which adll operate three ships out of here and Key West. We hope t» be able to make a favorable report on . them soon. .BddloPaiv - �October 29. 1954 SEAFARERS Paire Thlrteea LOG PORT MtRPORTS.. Lake Charles: Tanker Visits Keep Port's Stiipping Fair well to be prepared for a slack period. During the past two weeks we paid off 19 ships, signed on 15 and had 13 in transit. The payoffs were as follows: Hilton, Mae, Kathryn, Marina and Evelyn (Bull); Steel Recorder (Isthmian); Bents Fort (Cities Serv­ ice); Seamar (Calmar); -fiull Run (Petrol Tankers); Yaka (Water­ man); Jefferson City Victory (Vic­ tory Carriers); Chilore, Marore, Santore, Feltore, Baltore, Venore (Ore), and Oremar (Calmar). Signing f on were the Alamar, Oremar (Calmar); Catherine, Albion (Drytrans); Bents Fort (Cities Serv­ ice); Trinity (Carras); Yaka and Fairport (Waterman); Sweetwater (Metro Petroleum), and Chilore, Santore, Feltore, Baltore and Marore (Ore). In transit were the Robin Tuxford and Robin Locksley (Seas Shipping); Alcoa Puritan and Al­ coa Runner (Alcoa); Antinous, De Soto, Iberville and Choctaw (Waterman); Alamar and Bethcoaster (Calmar); Rosario (Bull); Steel Maker (Isthmian), and South­ ern Cities (Southern). I am very pleased to be able to report now that we definitely will be in our new hall soon after November 1 as we are now putting the furniture in it. The following men are now in the marine hospital: Robert Scales, James Temple, Gilbert Wright, John Jung, Edward Dooley, Albert Coles, Basil Earl, John Shaw and Andrew Prodey. I'm sure all of them would appreciate hearing from their shipmates and other Union brothers. Ear^ Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent Son Francisco: Ask For Replacemenls, Ship Delegales Told October 21 on this petition, which involves the SUP, MFOW, and MCS-AFL. Shipping in this port during the past two weeks has been slow, but the future looks brighter. We paid off the Madaket (Waterman) and signed on the Ocean Lotte (Ocean Transportation). In transit were the Gateway City, Azalea City and John B. Waterman (Waterman); Steel Seafarer (Isthmian); Seacomet II (Ocean Carriers); Southwind (South Atlantic), and Pennmar (Calmar). For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Brother Jack Surles. Brother Surles, who joined the SIU in 1946, says there is no com­ parison between sailing conditions then and now. As far as the Wel­ fare Plan goes, he does not have any favorite benefit, but says he believes every phase of it is tops. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent During the past two weeks the We have noticed lately that following Cities Service . tankers delegates have been lax about called at this port: Paoli, Chiwawa, calling in for replacements for Council Grove, Logans Fort, Brad­ permitmen who have been on their ford Island, Lone Jack, Bents Fort, ships over 60 days. There are French Creek and Salem Maritime. times when we are unable to make The Del Canipo (Mississippi) also a ship and' check on these men, called at this port, and over in and so it is up to the delegates to Port Arthur, Tex., we had the Del notify us. It is a good policy for Alba and Del Sol (Mississippi). In the delegates to call the hall when they arrive and let us know how Orange, Tex., we had the Val Chem (Valentine Tankers). many permitmen they have, and their ratings, so we will be able As a result of these calls, ship­ to contact the company and replace ping here was fair during the p^;st them. As bookmen know, if these two weeks and jobs are not called in they may the boys man­ be on the beach waiting for a job aged to get out. on a particular ship, and the job At our last does not materialize. meeting here, deck department We have also been having con­ i t 4. men took over versations with officials of the the platform with ; SUP and have learned that Broth­ Seattle: Brother Alexan- ii er Kim, who had been operating an der serving as g office for the SUP in Yokohama, chairman and Weems no longer has any official capacity Brother Slaid in that port to send replacements serving as recording secretary and aboard .our ships or - settle our both men did a fine job. beefs. If a man misses a ship or Shipping has been very good in " Brother Alexander hails from is left in that area, he should first this port during the past two Arkansas but is generally known report to the company agents end weeks, with four Libertys coming as "Tex," although sometimes he's the American consul. We under­ out of lay-up. called the mayor, or rather exstand they will carry a shipping Three of these mayor, of Highway 90 West. list to fill any vacancies that might have gone inter• Brother Slaid comes from coastal with lum­ occur in that area. ber and wheat to Louisiana. _Three-Department Vote the East Coast. For our Seafarer of the Week Another thing of great interest As for the fu­ we nominate Brother Leonard here, of course, is the petition by ture, the only Weems who comes from Alabama. the SIU of - North America for a thing in sight at Weems joined the SIU in 1949 dur­ three-department vote for repre­ the moment is ing the Cities Service organizing sentation on West Coast ships. the Mother M. L. campaign. He rode ' those tubs Michalik NLRB hearing's got underway (Eagle Ocean) through to the successful conclu­ which is due in here for a payoff sion of the drive and now continues this week. to ride them to enjoy the condi­ We had no payoffs during the tions that he and the others helped past two weeks but signing on to get. In fact, he says that al­ were the Cecil N. Bean -(Drytrans), though he'll sail anything that Liberty Flag (Gulf Cargo), Trojan floats he'll always prefer the tank­ Trader (Trojan) and Barbara ers. He also says the SIU cannot Michel (Norlo). . be topped for the protection it In transit were the Pennmar gives its members. (Calmar) and the Jean LaFitte and Other Men on Beach Azalea City (Waterman). Besides Brothers Alexander, Sign-On Is Okay Slaid and L. Weems, we also have The Barbara Michel, which be­ the following brothers now on the longs to a hew company which re­ beach: T. Weems, E. W. Copeland, cently signed the full SIU working M. (Fingers) McNabb,:Swede Hellagreement, signed on okay, with man, F. Reese, Ben Grice, E. Wil­ the company agreeing to install liams, R. Lyle, S. S. Lyle, Red fans and inner-spring mattresses Henry, A. (Frenchy) Hebert, Bill on the East Coast. Lowe, E. Lerma and a number of The Cecil N. Bean sign-on was Others. held up until electric fans were We have no men in the hospital installed, and on the Trojan here at this time. Trader the crew has refused to Meeting for the first time in the SIU's air-conditioned New Or­ On the local labof front, the AFL sign on until fans are installed as leans hall, delegates to the New Orleans AFL Central Trades and Boilermakers have finally settled per the agreement. Labor Council, posed for the LOG photographer. Accepting an their beef and all construction Jeff Gillette invitation extended by SIU members in New Orleans, the Council work here is in full swing again Seattle Port Agent will make the hall its regular bi-monthly meeting place. and everybody is happy except the contractors. The boilermakers got just about everything they asked. None of the other unions in this area have beefs at present and so everything is running along very smoothly. On that note I will sign off now WILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave. FORT. WILLIAM.... 11814 Syndicate Ave and get out and try to get a few Ontario Phone: 3-3221 SIU, A&G District El-nest TUley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 103 Durham St. 679 4th Ave., Bklyn. PORT COLBORNB fowls off the trees. BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. HEADQUARTERS Ontario Phone: 5591 SECRETARY-TREASURER Earl Sheppard, Agent Mulberry 4540 Leroy Clarke TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. Paul HaU BOSTON 276 State St. EMpire 4-5719 ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Lake Charles Port Agent James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 VICTORIA, BC 61714 Cormorant St. Four Liberly Ghips CoffleOulOfLay-U|i . SIU Host To New Orleans AFL Council sm • mm-mmcrmm i t 4. Baltimore: Shipping Hits Peak; Hall Gets Fnrnilure Shipping in the port of Baltimore is still very good, and during the past two weeks; we shipped six more men than we~ registered. I think, however, that we have now reached our peak, and 1 would ad­ vise any men here-who want to ship out to do so at their fii*st-opportunity. I dbwH lilt#^to have to make'tlfife'statbilfenVf'biff it's always GALVESTON 21st & Mechanic Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. Frenchy Mlchelet, Agent Preston 6558 LAKE CHARLES, La 1410 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent . Phono 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. Lindsey. Wllliama. Agent • MagnoUa 6112-6113 NEW YORK 678 4tb Ave,-, Brooklyn HYacintfa 9-6600 NORFOLK ;,.... 127-129 Bank St. Ren Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA..-. ..337 Market St. S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO .. , 450 Harrison St. Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff, Wes est Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA. PR Pelayo51—La5 Sal Colls, Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH ^ "7ANN,'" 3 Abercurn St. . JeR Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 . 9700 1st Ave SEATTLE Jefl Gillette, Agent Elliott 4.834 Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian WiUiam HaU SUP HONOLULU Empire 4531 298 Main St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY, NS ...304 Chariotte St. Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLB, Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, OnUrlo 82 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone; 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WiUiam .St. NB Phone: 2-5232 VANCOUVER, BC 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 822 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND, CALIF.. 257 5th St Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO........450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 Great Lokes District SEATTLE... V. 2505 1st Ave. • ' • Main U290 ALPENA 133 W Fletcher WILMINGTON .....805 Marine Ave. Phone: 12;{8W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO, NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK .... 678 4th Ave., Brooklyn J34 Lakeside Ave., NE HYacinth 9-6600 CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147. DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadiao District : Headquarters Phone: Woodward l-6857> 331 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL 634 SL James St. West UULUTH PLateau 8161 Phone: Melrose 2-4110 ;teyTH CHICAGO... E. •( PORTLAND ""P^hofef^ti Boston: Office Workers' Drive Gels Assisl From SIU Local 6, Office Employees Inter­ national Union, has been conduct­ ing an intensive drive here in Bos­ ton and the surrounding towns to get new members, and we have been handing out leaflets and as­ sisting them in their organizational campaign. The drive covers fac­ tories, business offices and stores. Also, we are watching the elec­ tion situation with keen interest, and are hoping the voters will vote right so that we can keep Ameri­ can ships for American seamen in­ stead of having them transferred to foreign flags. Shipping in this port has been very slow during the past two weeks, and the outlook is rough, since no ships are sched­ Higgins uled to come in here in the near future. During the past two weeks we paid off the Greece Victory (South Atlanticl, Alexandra (Carras) and Council Grove (Cities Service) and these three ships signed on again. The Southern States (Southern) paid off in Bucksport, Me., about 350 miles fi'om here. In transit were the Ann Marie (Bull), Steel Maker (Isthmian), Robin Locksley (Seas Shinping) and Kyska. Iberville and Chicka­ saw (Waterman). Sailing Is Delayed On the Alexandra, all repairs were settled with the exception of a few chairs in tlie messhall which were broken. This ship was de­ layed in sailing from the Mobile shipyard because the shipyard workers were not finished with their repairs on the throttle. When the Council Grove signed on she was short one man, a deck maintenance. The port engineer or skipper would not call in for a replacement until the ship was ready to sail and it was too late to clear the replacement through cus­ toms and the Coast Guard as the articles were closed. They were informed that they had better call in for replacements in time for us to get the men aboard, as we will not have these ships sailing shorthanded. For our SIU Man of the AVeek we have selected Brother Jack Higgins who is more commonly known as "Shipwreck" Higgins be­ cause he was bosun on the Cornhusker Mariner when she ran aground in Inchon, Korea. Hig­ gins, who really knows a bosun's job, just became the father of a baby girl and all the fellows in the hall are now waiting for the cigars. Welfare Benefits Given Higgins, of course, is now due to get the regular SIU maternity benefit, and another man who has jugt gotten a welfare benefit is James Galvin, who received the death benefit following the death of his brother, John Galvin, Oldtimers now on the beach in­ clude W. Canty, D. Downey, C. Krause and T. Ritson, In the Brighton marine hospital are A.. Oyhus, J. Carey, M. Lavoie, J. Keegan, C. Dudley and F. Alasavich, I guess that's all for now except to say that we are no longer hav­ ing Indian summer here in Boston. In fact, for the past couple of days it has-been real wintery. . James Sheehan sw valvj-Boston . I • 'i J •1 "1 '4 -A'i 'I i i(.:- ' "• • - J �Pace Foarteea III; SEAFARERS LOG In A Litt e Town, SIU Ship's Stopover Is A Big Event ' October iSf. IWt OFF WATCH This feature is designed to offer hints and'information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers In Gijon, Spain, an American ship is a rarity—so rare, in fact, that the arrival of one may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and is the signal for virtually the entire native population'to start celebrating. And that, ac­ aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch." SEAFARERS LOG, cording to crewmember Luis A. Ramirez, was just about what happened when the Western 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. 4_____ Rancher (Western Navigation) hit the port With color virtually supplanting walk, try this if you have a prob­ on the Bay of Biscay, on Spain's northern black and white photography as coast. the full-time- specialty of many lem setting bolts in concrete. Drilf .. The Western Rancher, Ramirez points out, is to the depth you want, then camera fans, Kodak has come up asethole an old Liberty ship, and not much to look at. Never­ your bolt in the hole—head with Ektacolor rollfilm which can down. Hea,t theless, it was only the second American ship to hit some yellow sulphur be processed directly by the user. in a small metal Gijon in many years—and the first to hit it in the remembering The film is offered in 127, 120, 620, to shape one endcan, past three years—and its arrival was the signal for of the for a 116, 616 and 828 rolls at prices pouring spout. Then, whencan the senors and senoras to roll out the welcome mat. the sul­ ranging from 80 cents to $1.50 and phur becomes fluid, pour it into The senoritas, too. is available in both daylight type In fact, Ramirez says, the natives were keenly dis­ the hole. It hardens to the strengin and type A (tungsten). It can be of appointed over the fact that the skipper wouldn't you'll avoid the mess processed in the same chemicals as of concrete, convert the vessel into a floating museum, and let handling the actual concrete, Kodak Ektacolor sheet film. them roam it and inspect it at will. and do the job faster at the same Strikes Up Friendship ill time. If^ou can, melt the sulphur One of the highlights of his stay, Ramiree reports, Stamp collectors _wlll sanqtle the outside "so you won't get the fumes was the friendship he struck up with Don Rodrigo sixth new US issue in recent in the house. Fernandez, the impresario or manager of the Salon months when the five-cent blue in ill ill ill Srieta. This place, Ramirez says, is a sort of com­ the new regular series—featuring Seafarers who up until now have bination cafe and theatre, and one may sit at a a portrait of James Monroe—has shied away from everything except table, have a few drinks, and enjoy a vaudeville its first day of sale on Dec. 2, 1954, a plain box camera with readyshow, with a minimum charge of only 6 pesos, or at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 2 was made settings to take pictures at 15 cents. selected for the first-day sale be­ work oi'"candids" of the family Through his friendship with Senor Fernandez, cause it was on that day in 1823 while, they're home could probably Ramirez and the deck delegate, Tony Ferrara, were that Monroe first expressed what make good use of a new 35-cent allowed backstage one night and met the show's has come to be known as the Mon­ Eastman Kodak booklet. Employ­ star performers—dancer Angelines Jiminez and roe Doctrine in his annual message ing the easy-does-it approach, flamenco singers Carmen Aparicio and Jose Luis to Congress. Fredericksburg, in its "Snapshots Exposed" explains pho­ Campoy. Later the entire cast put on a special show Flamenco sdngera Jose Luis Campoy and Car­ turn, is the place where the fifth tographic fundamentals in simple, President of the US practiced law. popular language and offers guid­ dedicated to the Rancher's crew. men Aparicio were among theatre-cafe per­ Another feature of the stay, Ramirez reports, was formers who entertained Western Rancher crew­ Collectors who wish covers com­ ance on such basics as exposure, a trip which the crewmen took to nearby Oviedo, memorating the event can send self- sighting and focusing, as well as men with special show while ship was at Gijon, which is the capital of the province of Asturias. addressed envelopes, with cash or the use of filters, close-up lenses, Spain. Here they witnessed a bull fight—and returned with money order to cover the amount flash techniques and other practi­ a bull's ear as a trophy—and also witnessed a local two kinds of wine, dessert and coffee. However, to of the stamps to be affixed, to the cal details. More than 100 pictures celebration called "America Day," featured by huge afford such a meal, the average worker would have postmaster at Fredericksburg. and charts illustrate the various to work at least two days, for an average worker floats representing New York and Brooklyn. points made. If you don't need one, ^ ^ $ Low Living Standard makes about 60 cents a day and it is not unusual to The next time you come home maybe you have a youngster who The 15-cent minimum charge in places like the find people working for 28 cents a day. from a trip and the wife latches would benefit from a( guide like Salon Srieta, Ramirez says, is typical of the price "Seeing things like this," Ramirez writes, "makes on to you to reset a fence or rig an this. Ask about it at any photog­ scale prevailing in Gijon, where the standard of me realize that in America we live like kings, and outdoor clothesline in a concrete raphy shop. living is much lower than it is in America. For 50 it is mostly due to our labor unions like our own pesos, or $1.25, for instance, one can obtain a meal SIU. Why, an SIU wiper or messman makes more LOG-A-RHYTHM: consisting of soup, salad. Paella' Valenciana (rice money and lives far better than even the so-called with chicken and clams), a meat dish, vegetables. 'rich' people here." SIU Lights Way For All Seamen The Seafarer's • O " Lillian Logan After sailing in the SIU for awhile, and then returning to his native Norway about four To the Editor: months ago to observe cqnditions there and elsewhere in Europe, Waldemar Knutsen is My son. Seafarer A. W. Phillips, has the LOG sent to me and I cer­ convinced that the conditions obtained by the SIU for Seafarers "shine like a beacon light tainly enjoy reading it Very much. Enclosed is a poem I have written for seamen everywhere. In^ about an incident which might have happened to some Seafarer's wife. fact, he says, foreign seamen of living, Knutsen writes. Never­ ever hope to obtain a decent stand­ (Mrs.) LiUian Logan would need years of intensive theless, the Norwegian seaman is ard of living. This is the important organizing before they could hope to gain even half of what SIU members enjoy. In an interesting letter written to the SEAFARERS LOG, Knutsen pays high tribute to the SIU and contrasts the conditio>ns it has ob­ tained with those of the foreign seamen he has known. In his native Norway, for in­ stance, the people have fought long and hard, sometimes against steel, to raise their wages and standards still in a state of virtual slavery, while Norwegian shipowners get fat by chartering their ships for US dollars and manning them with Norwegian crews at coolie wages. A Norwegian AB, for example, is offered about 385 kroner a month, or .$55 in American currency. Need Collective Action "Only by firm collective action and unceasing organizational ef­ forts can the unorganized searrien of Norway and the rest of Europe Quiz Corner (1) What was the name of the premier of Norway who was executed as a traitor in October, 1945? (During World War II, his name was virtually synomymous with traitor.) (2) A man sold a machine for $45 plus one-third the amount he paid for it. If he gained $12 by the two transactions, what did he pay for the machine originally? (3) Mt. Kosciusko is the highest mountain peak on the continent of: (a) Africa, (b) Australia or (c) Asia? (4) Which of these furs is the most expensive: (a) mink, (b) sable or (c) chinchilla? (5) Who owns the Gold Coast of Africa? the Ivory Coast? (6) A wooden pencil containing the softest lead is stamped- (a) No 1, (b) No. 2, (c) No. 3? (7) The Roman numerals MDCCXXVI stand for the year in which(a) the Civil War ended, (b) the American Declaration of Independence was issued, Cc) Columbus discovered America? (8) Which is the only state in the US which is split completely in two parts: (a) Louisiana, (b) Michigan, (c) Delaware? (9) A, who was talking to B, remarked: "C'a son is my father's grandson, and I am an only child." What was the relatlon'of A to C 10) What Jire considered the oldest architectural structures in the world? . oa.ffiKt lu s n iHi • thing that I learned while sailing in the SlU," Knutsen writes. Knutsen writes that he spoken to many people—and only seamen— since he returned to Norway, and when he .tells them about the accomplish­ ments of the SIU they find them al­ most impossible to believe. "I want you Knutsen to know," he writes, "that 1 consider it a great honor and privilege to have been able to sail on SIU ships and work side by side with SIU men. 1 know that in its internal structure the SIU is one of the finest examples of democracy in action I have ever seen. And I also know that the ac­ complishments which the SIU has scored for its members shine like a beacon light for unorganized sea­ men throughout the world." Oh. pity the maiden so young and so fair Who waits at the pier in utter despair. The ship has been docked, the crew came ashore;. And she has been standing an hour or more. But there's no sight of him, the one that she wed-' To think how she hurried, the way that she sped Just to be near him, to see him a whileWell. that kind of treatment wasn't her style. With a toss of her head and a twirl of her heet She started away, her tears to conceal. The dock master called her, a message he had— The tank had a leak, her husband was sad. - i :- ' V V i- He couldn't leave till the leak he repaired. Now site regretted the anger she'd aired. So. home she went dashing, sat down by the phone. For hours and hours she waited alone. Tired of waiting, the gateman she called. She asked for her husband, then loudly she bawled. Because what he told her no young bride should hear: "Mr. Phillips checked out with some dame on the pier." The maiden was heartsick but lots madder still. She dashed for a taxi, went off for the kill. The taxi pulled up'to the pier with a grind And the maiden jumped out. with murder in mind: 0 .•' ' '' Up to the gateman she ran with a shout: . ,; '• "Just shoro me the place where my husband signed outPi ^ He gave her the time sheet and to her surprise 3'' The name that she saw made her temperature rUte. The last name was the same; but what do you knouh^fj^ In place-of A.W.. the first name was Joe. , Ashamed of herself, conMte as can be, ^^ She lowered her head, saying, "Please, can't i^ou see, "It's been all a mistake. I've been such a heel.". I ;; 3^1%^ So the gateman agreed that he wouldn't squeal. ' i ] i 1 That night as beside her her husband j ..,. ,^he toy rery Stat �October <9, 1954 SEAFARERS Curfew For Choctaw Crew Doesn't Get Them In A Stew, Chief Cook Reports Despite the Army curfew, which makes them be indoors by iO PM, the Seafarercrewmen of the Choctaw (Waterman) are still finding Pusan, Korea, a pretty good port ^to enjoy themselves in. This is the report made in a letter to the LOG by the Choctaw's chief .cook, Eladio Grajales, who says the Choctaw men are finding Pusan very enter­ taining, thanks to American beer at 25 cents a can at the United Sea­ men's Service club and to the hos­ pitality of the Korean "beUa." As for the 10 PM curfew, many merchant seamen hitting the port may object to it, but he thinks it is a good thing in many respects, Grajales says. Living it up a little in Pusan, Korea, crewmembers of the Choctaw (Waterman) pose with some of the local belles. Left to right are MM G. de Jesus, chief cook E. Grajales, steward S. Escobar, R. Bauzan and L. Nunez. Man In Army uniform is Sgt. Quinones. PiekUp'Shoi* Card At Payait Seafarers who have taken the series of inoculations re­ quired for certain foreign voy­ ages are reminded to be sure to pick up their inoculation cards from the captain or the purser when they pay off at the end of a voyage. The card should be picked up by the Seafarer and held so that it can be presented when signing on for another voyage where the "shots" are required. The inoculation card is your only proof of hav­ ing taken the required shots. Those men who forget to pick up their inoculation card when they pay off may find that they are required to take all the "shots' again when they want to sign on for another such voyage. Fate Fifteea LOG "In Pusan," Grajales writes, "al­ most anything can happen to a sea­ man in a dark alley on a dark night. And so the curfew is really for the seaman's own protection." Besides, having to be indoors by 10 PM really isn't so bad; Grajales says. It depends a lot on who you're indoors with. -J By Spike Marlin We had a visitor this morning from just north of the MasonDixon line. It was that Loyal Son of Philadelphia, Del Aware. Peo­ ple in New York and other upstart cities -including Boston, are not aware of Del, but his fame is con­ siderable in the Quaker City. It seems Del is one of the few left alive who can boast of having seen the Athletics win a pennant. (One of the others, of course, is Connie Mack). "It really isn't so long ago" Del said. "Only 23 years. There must be lots of Athletic fans around who saw the team in 1931." Died of Grief We supposed that a good num­ ber of them must have died-in grief watching the latter day team or simply buried the whole affair deep in their subconcious. "Could be" he admitted, "I do recall seeing an inscription on a Bucks County tombstone which read 'suffered a fatal stroke when Bobby Schantz got a sore arm.' But- that must be a rare case. Most Philadelphia fans have learned to endure the Athletics just like the Schuylkill River ^Florida^ Hurricane?—It AM We didn't mean to do it, of course, but it looks as though the SEAFARERS LOG has unwittingly stirred up a small Florida hurricane—whoops, we mean a little tempest in the state of Florida. We did this, it seems, by tion to an article on page 13, himself hails from Tampa, so at recently referring to Hurri­ column 5, in the September 17th least Mr. Ramos cannot chalk this up as another damyankee plot. cane Carol, which kicked up issue of the LOG. "I strongly object to the term her heels quite a bit here in the New York area, as one of those 'Florida hurricane.' Being a native "Florida" hurricanes. And this has caused a number of Seafarers and others, who make the Sun­ shine State their home, to rear up on their hind legs and shout, "It just ain't so!" The spokesman for this group of indignant Florida drum-beaters is Earl Ramos, who describes himself as a retired bookmember of the SlU-affiliated MFOW, and who, in a letter to the LOG, states the feelings of his constituents as follows: Sonny, however, has an out, too. He claims he fell victim to a fasttalking ex-press agent from Los Angeles who assured him that Florida is where hurricanes really come from. Sonny says he is in­ clined to believe now that hurri­ canes are really manufactured in California, then smuggled down to the Caribbean or South Atlantic, wound up, and sent seudding to­ wards Florida in the hope that they'll wreck the joint. And he wants all Seafarers to know that— all, that is, except those shipping out of Wilmington or San Fran­ cisco. •m water which all of them drink." What, we asked him, did he think of the proposal to sell the Athletics for transit to Kansas City? Del's lips curled in scorn. "Kansas City," he sneered, "was an Indian village when Connie Mack won his first pennant. Sending the Athletics there would be like selling the Liberty Bell to Levittown or Oak Ridge." Liberty Bell? we asked. What would Oak Ridge do with a Liberian-flag tanker? The Cracked One "Not that one," Del said in an ex­ asperated tone. "The one in Philadelphia. You know, the one that's cracked and can't ring any­ more." A great light dawned. In other words, we said, Philadelphia cher­ ishes a bell that can't ring and a ball club that can't play—merely for their past glories. "Exactly" said Del with enthu­ siasm. "We have a sense of his­ torical perspective in Philadelphia. When the Athletics become too painful to contemplate we Philadelphians can glory in Lefty Grove's press clippings. You know of course that he was the last American League pitcher to win 30 games in one season. And there Was Rube Walburg, a real lefthanded speedster, and George Eamshaw, and those mighty fore­ arms on Jimmy Foxx. and AI Simmons, how he could hit, and . . ." Just a minute, we interrupted. Isn't there anybody on the present team that can arouse such enthu­ siasm? Too Painful "Well to teU you the truth," Del said, blushing, "I haven't been out to see the club in the last few years. Too painful. Much easier to catch a train to New York and watch some major leaguers." If that's the case then, we sur­ mised, the Athletics §ren't likely to do any more business under their new ownership in Philadel­ phia than they have been doing. "Oh sure," Del agreed. "No­ body wants to look at the club but we just like to keep it around for old time's sake. That will teach those Kansas City people not to tamper with tradition." • The LOG ope7is this column as an exchange jor steioards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking ynd baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Jesse W. Puckett's recipe for "baking powder bread." A frequent contributor to this column, Seafarer Jesse W. Puckett, steward, has now come up with a series of recipes for making bread with or without yeast or baking powder, and for making yeast or bak--^ flour, teaspoons salt, II2 level of that wonderful Sunshine State ing powder themselves. According to Puckett, who's teaspoons lard, 6 level teaspoons and a former member of the Junior been sailing with the SIU since Chamber of Commerce there, you can understand my posltioh. "As you should know, these 'blows' do not originate in Florida 'or anywhere near Florida. They usually form in the Caribbean or South Atlantic, a hell of a long way from the Peninsula. "There are many good Seafarers as well as other trade union mem­ bers living dowi\ here who resent such unfair and adverse publicity, and I'm sure that as one of the most constructive and leading labor papers in the field today you will see fit to correct your statement." 1944 and has a sailing career dating back 30 more years before that, he's often heard a holler from the galley — usually at the worst pos­ sible time — that the cooks were running low on yeast and what do they do? Puckett Well, says Puckett, you can make loaf bread, out of baking powder and other in­ gredients, without any yeast at all. This recipe will make two small We've Get An Excuse loaves or one large loaf, but Well, aU the SEAFARERS LOG Puckett suggests that small round can say in its def«ise is that the loaves baked in cake or'pie tins article to which Mr. Ramos re­ turn out the best. (The recipe can ferred was a New Yerk jKUt report be increased proportionately for as written by SlU assb*^^ ««eretary- nwuy loaves as you want.1 tmnunr floany . 8MiMnr..-Klia. Here's what you need; 4 cups baking powder, 2 cups milk. Sift the baking powder, flour and salt, then add the milk and lard and mix. Work the combination into loaves, put them into pans and bake in a hot oven for 30 minutes. You can use Graham flour instead of white flour in this combination also. Always on the look-out for something different, Puckett, in­ cidentally, hopes someone who reads this can provide him with a recipe for "Vinegar Pie." He says he's heard of it all his life and has talked with people who claim tO; have eaten it but no one seems to know how it is made. Just to show he means business, he'll trade his recipe for "Carrot Pie" AND "Carrot Cake"—both very tasty items en their own—for tiie secret to the elusive vinegar concoetieD. .oy 1 '4 \ •4 �SEAFARERS Pagre Stxteea Says Joining SiV Was ^Lueky Bay^ LOG October L E T T E Jl S ' 1954 Musie Peps Up !SF PHS Patients To the Editor: To the Editor: I'm sorry to say that this is the LaPallice, the agent there is really with them right now, I wish all my I am writing this letter to you first time I've ever written to the tops. friends many happy voyages, and on behalf of all the fellows at the LOG, but I think it's high time I I also would like to ask any of San Francisco marine hospital be­ The agent arranged for us to wrote and said that the luckiest visit the town of La Rochelle, sev­ them who know the whereabouts cause we all want to say "thanks" To the Editor: . day of my life was August 14, 1947, en miles away, and he also sup­ of two SIU members to let me to Ralph Baker Through the columns of the when I joined the SIU. know. These men are R. C. Bru of plied us with baseball equipment One of the things I like most and we played two games against LOG I would like to express my Mobile and R. E. Jackson of New and his Knights about the SIU is the way an SIU the Army guys. We tied one game heartfelt thanks to my shipmates York City, and I would certainly of Rhythm for man can walk 6-6 and won the other by a real and to the Union representatives appreciate it if they would contact the wonder f u1 music they played j for their many into any SIU "football" score—24-22. my attorney regarding my illness for us the night kindnesses when hall and always The agent not only arranged my two-year-old aboard the Golden City. His name of September 3. feel like he is is C. Paul Barker, 709 Carondelet This music these games and supplied us with son was struck Bldg., home. He can New Orleans, La. sure boosted our the equipment but he also supplied by a truck and always meet a *Duska (Spider) Korolia morale, and we a bus for round-trip transportation killed on Sep­ couple of his i, ^ ^ between the ship and the Army sure hope that Dawes tember 29. old shipmates or Charles H. Ken- • The ship I was buddies, spin a baseball field. nedy, president of Musicians Local on — the Maiden . "They Get Sore few yarns and i ' '• f No. 6, San Francisco, keeps it up. Creek — was 12 have a few beers, V.'e "old men with young ideas" Brown To the Editor: hours out of Mo­ The band was composed of and it's a good enjoyed very pleasant relation­ Koppersmith I'm now in the Army, in the 4th bile enroute to Ralph Baker, guitar; A1 Mariucei, feeling. ships with the Army boys and the I also think that there isn!t an­ -only thing wrong was the miserably Galveston when this, tragedy befell Signal Battalion, and I'd like to accordian; John Abbaticola, trum­ other contract that can compare sore muscles we had after the my family. Union representatives say "hello" to all my old ship­ pet; Vic Greene, saxaphone, and in Mobile immediately notified me mates. I think about them a lot Hank Micelli, drums, and our with ours. From time to time in games. by radio through the Waterman and I'm looking forward to the warmest thanks go to all of them. the LOG I have noticed members We feel that this work the USS T. J. (Aussie) Dawes talking about the part of the con­ agent is doing in LaPallice is the Steamship Co. and my shipmates day—about 101-^ months from now tract they like best, but I think best we have seen in a long time, made it possible for me to fly home —when I'll be back with them again. from Galveston. every feature is tops. and hope it will continue as long Every time I walk into the chow The Welfare Plan is another as American ships call at this port. Everyone joined in giving me a hall here I also think of the good SIU feature that is really tops. I haftd during this time of bereave­ And, incidentally, if any of you know only one welfare representa­ ment and I want all concerned to iood I used to get on SIU ships. I tive personally—Johnny Arabasz— other guys are expecting to call at know their efforts are appreciated. can't honestly say that I'm being To the Editor: undernourished, though, because but I know the SIU couldn't have LaPallice soon you'd better have Henry Koppersmith Just a few lines to let you know I'm still the same, weight I always found a better man for that kind your football team ready for a I am now on the Mankato Victory, tough tussle with the Army. was. t t of work. which has just reached Bremer­ The inspections here are really If you don't care for football the Also, a lot of credit should go to haven, Germany, after a run from something, too. We have about USS agent will make all arrange­ our newspaper, the SEAFARERS New York via Iceland. From here three or four a day. LOG. for being the finest paper of ments for you to go shopping or we go to Liverpool, England, and Well, anyway, it should all be Its kind. I know every SIU man sightseeing, and he'll see to it that To the Editor: then back to the States. enjoys reading it, whetlrer he's the "sharks" do not "lower the I am writing this to express my over by next spring and I hope I thought I was an "old hand" aboard ship, in some foreign port boom" on you or take you for a appreciation to the Welfare Serv­ then I'll have the feel of a deck in Bremerhaven, but it's been 25 under my feet again. "one-way ride." or at home. years since the Harry H. Pierce Marvin L. White ices Department and also all the Raised Seamen's Status last time I was Steward delegate members and officials of the SIU ^ 41 ^ Finally, I say ,"hats off to the here and there for the many things they did for 4have been so my husband Robert, both during SIU" for raising the seaman's many changes his lifetime and after his death status the way it has. Thanks that I have to rely largely to the SIU, seamen can no aboard the Robin Trent in Africa. To the Editor: on one of my longer be called v/aterfront bums. Proud of SIU I am writing this to let you shipmates — Al­ They own homes, raise families To-the Editor: I remember how often Robert know it is a real pleasure to read len Friend — to and rate respect the same as men I want to extend my sincerest used to say that the SIU is the the SEAFARERS LOG, which I show me how. to in shoreside occupations. thanks to the SIU Welfare Services get around. Even In closing, I would like to say Department for the prompt and best labqr union in, the world, and generally obtain at the British Na­ Litardi Allen, in fact, is this about our Union: Where else courteous service they gave me re­ how proud he was to be a member. tional Seamen's JUnion hall here can a seaman get so much for so cently. What happened was that I He never left the house without in Manchester, England. I want amazed by the vast changes that his SIU button, and when he was you to know that I think the SIU little? bought some furniture I wasn't buried I pinned the button to his is a fine example of what a good have taken place here since his last visit in 1948. Clyde C. Brown satisfied with and the store refused old Navy uniform and had it labor union should be. Incidentally, I saw the port doc­ to refund my money. But thanks to placed on top of the casket, as he Right now I am taking a four- tor here this morning and learned the Wejfare Services Department, wished. year course in how to pull teeth, I have a hernia, so it looks like I'll I got my money back in 20 minutes. I would also like to say that the but I still have the same ambition be back in the Staten Island hos­ I am a seaman's wife who is new Robin Line has treated me won­ —to make another trip on ah SIU pital again—this time for surgery. To the Editor: in this country, and I have no derfully, and that Bob often told ship. Say "hello" to all the boys in I would like to let you know that friends or relatives to turn to, so me the Rot)in ships were the best I would like to inform all. Sea­ the hall for me. this voyage on the Cracker State words cannot express how much he ever sailed on. farers hitting Manchester that Victor Litardi Mariner has been a very pleasant of a comfort it is to have the SIU they'll always find a warm wel­ (Mrs.) Lillian E. Peck one for the crew. We made our to turn to. t 4" come and plenty of cold beer in 4" 4" t first stop in St. Nazaire, France, the icebox at my address—8 West-: I have two young sons and I am and then went on to Bremerhaven, hoping that they also will be SIU minster Ave., Whalley Range, Man­ Germany, where chester 16. men. we spent a week­ Arthur W. Barrett Mrs. B. Mtgnano To the Editor: To the Editor: end. We then re­ i t I'm* now a patient'in the Seattle Well, I sure thought that by this turned to Bassens marine hospital after being hurt time I'd be on a ship again but it and LaPallice, on the Seamonitor, and I am writ­ France, for an­ seems I was wrong. After spend­ ing this to say that I think the other weekend. ing 15 months in the marine hos­ To the Editor: To the Editor: When we got pital here .in New Orleans I finally I would appreciate it if you SIU is the greatest union in the into LaPallice, I want to take this method of got out and did get a job on a run would send me the LOG as my country. we did not think saying "thanks" to the SIU for the to South America. But when I husband is aboard ship most of I've been sailing in the SIU as this port had maternity benefit check and US went to take my physical exam the time and reading the LOG a permitman, but the treatment I White much to offer us savings bond which I and my hus­ the doctor told me I had a stomach makes me feel as if I am with got from the SIU representatives in the way of entertainment, but band received recently. hernia. I told him I had just had him. here in Seattle couldn't have been to our rescue came the United Sea­ I especially enjoy reading the better if I was a full bookman. Our daughter, Diane, is now a hernia removed,-, but anyway I men's Service agent who made our three months old and I know that, had to go back to the hospital and ships' minutes. Also, that $15 a week hospital stay there very pleasant and en­ if she could, she would thank you sure enough they found out I have benefit I'm getting sure comes in Mrs. L. B. Cook joyable. another hernia. (Ed. note: Your name has been handy. too. Although the USS has no club in Ed S.. Cannon Mrs. Robert Layko Anyway, although I can't be added to the mailing list.) Shipmates^ SIU Aid Him In Need GVs Anxious To, Get Back To Sea Finds Biy Change In Bremerhaven Cites SIU Help To Her Husband Welcome Awaits In Manchester Gets Money Back^ Thanks To SIU WISS Agent^s Aid To sstr Men Told Coast Hospital Patient Aided i ^Spider^ Back On His Back Ayain Mom^s Grateful For SIU Baby $ Burl^ She Sattg, Too —Via The LOG By Bernard Seaman Welt, Looho Ain't Everything f, to tiyi: ^ ^ �Oetaier tt, 1*54 SEAFARERS LOG Page ScTentcea ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS .. ALCOA POLARIS (AICM>> SapUmbtr ia—Chairman. •. A. Yatat; Sacratary, R. Hannon. If any member haa a com Vlaint about ahoea return them and they will be taken carejof by the Sea Chest. Ship's delegate wai called to a safety meeting in the captain's room. A vote of thanks given to the ship's delegate for a -Job well done. BIENVILLR> (Watarman), Sapfsmbar U —Chairman. Oil Barge; Sacratary. J. on the northern-end of the trip. Fresh fruit and vegetables were not ordered In Houston by the captain as he was follow­ ing orders. Bosun suggested that another request to have his quarters moved to the main deck be made. ROBiN KETTERING (Sees Shipping). August 19—Chairman. Fred L. Travis; Secretary. David W. Ciark. Discussion concerning natives and stevedores coming into passageways and hanging around. Ship's delegate reported that the ship is running pretty smoothly although minor problems required calling this general meeting. September 12—Chairman. Frad Travis; Secretary. R. T. Whitiey. A few small beefs squared away to the satisfaction of all concerned. Motion made and carried to contact right parties and have them be sure that drains in laundry and toilets are fixed. The steward asked that all extra linen be turned In. A vote of thanks was extended to the steward de­ partment for fine food and oervice this trip. Keep Draft Board Posted SIU heaiiquarters urges all draft-eligible seamen to be sure they keep their local Se­ lective Service boards posted on all changes of address through the use of the post cards furnished at all SIU halls and aboard ships. Failure to keep jour draft board informed of your where­ abouts can cause you to be listed as a delinquent and be drafted into the services with'out a hearing. The Union in such cases can do nothing to aid Seafarers who fail to cojaply. tary. Bob Weils. The steward was asked about new mattresses and informed the membership that same had been put aboard last trip. A member of the black gang noted thai) the first aid kit in the engine room wax in bad shape. A hearty vote of thanks was voted to the steward department for the fine manner in which the department was being conducted. COMPASS (Compass). September 5— Chairman. C. Stack; Secretary, P. Piascik. Repair list discussed. Mattresses should be renewed and- the quarters should be fumigated. The steward department was given a • vote of thanks for their efforts during the voyage. ii Blackis Wsgner. Hat racks should be put outside the messhall. Larger blower fans in the galley need to be fixed. Ship's delegate reported two electricians were put ashore in Key West, Florida, for be­ ing UI. CRACKER STATE MARINER (South At­ lantic). August 29—Chairman, none; Sec­ retary. Walter Hantuseh. Motion made and carried to close doors tight on the inside to keep out persons not belonging in passageway. Motion made to start a ship's fund by coilecting $1 from each crewmember. Money left over when ship ties up should go to the March of Dimes. Telegram was sent to headquarters about rationing cigarettes. Vote of thanks was extended to Brother Cbips for building a bookcase and shelves for ship's library. Shuler. Ship's delegate reported that all beefs have been settled. Motion made and carried to instruct steward to con' tact captain and condemn ail eggs and . replace them with new ones in the next •; port. ' Crew decided to have meetings QUEENSTOWN HEIGHTS (Seatrade). '' inore regularly... Lengthly discussion on September I—Chairman, Kenneth P. Gold­ \ the cleaniine'ss of quarters and the coop man; Secretary. Henrik Hansen. Ship's oration of all men in keeping them ciean. delegate reported that union death bene­ August 17—Chairman. J. P. Schulari EXCELLO (Excello). September 12— fit cards are available for those that Secretary. O. Falrcloth. A motion was haven't fiUed any out yet. He also re­ Chairman, J. R. Sofaurent; Sacretary. made and carried to have deiegates check John Morrison. Overtime will be taken ported on mentaUy silk crewmember. Sea Chest when it comes aboard. Crew Proposed use of ship's fund if necessary care of when Union officials-come aboard compiained about the tomato Juice aboard to contact physician in Puerto La Cruz in New Haven. The crew voted for a ship and requested steward to try and to see that patient gets proper treat­ ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the .stew­ ' get another brand. Bosun warned all ment or gets sent home. Brother Thomp­ ard and the chief cook for the fine stores hands not to leave cots and Unen on the BENTS FORT (Cities Service). Septem­ son read an article from the LOG about they ordered and the way in which they fantalL One brother complained long and ber 15—Chairman. D. Wiiiiams; Sacratary. the proposed new issuance of union made prepared the food. bitterly about the undercooked vegetables George Hatgimlslos. A suggestion was accident report cards. and other food. made that crewmembers donate to the SOUTHERN DISTRICTS (Southern), Sep­ ship's fund at payoff. Ail donations will SEA CLOUD (Sea Traders). September tember 17—Chairman. James Sellers; Sec­ CHICKASAW (Waterman). September 11 be turned into the' department heads. A 4—Chairman. L. S. Johnston; Secretary. •tailed until he receives orders from the retary. Raymond Perry. It was suggested —Chairman. Jack Farrand; Secretary, new ship's delegate was elected. company office. A suggestion was made James Eichenberg. The ship's delegate that the sliower curtain be drawn inside David Sacher. Vote of thanks given to and the captain made a list of what the the shower when being used to keep the that the ship's library be locked up while Red Darley for a good Job done as ship's SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain). Sepmen wanted from the slopchest and sent water from going on the floor. Addi­ delegate. Suggestion that rooms be kept lember 12—Chairman. A. Gowder; Secre­ In port. the list to Pedro from the Panama Canal. tional spray guns requested. Crewmem­ cleaner and buckets placed In all rooms. tary. A. Lambert. Ship's delegate re­ Talks on Labor Day and what it stands bers requested a new ship's library. The FLORIDA (Peninsular and Occidental). for. ported everything okay and' he will try crew was asked to help keep the messhall ' THE CABINS (Cabin Tankers). Septem to get more meat this payoff. A better August 21—Chairman. H. Higgins; Secre­ cleaner at night. bar It—Chairman. 6. Everett; Secretary, fly spray is needed, as there are plenty tary. E. L. Myers. Ship's delegate re­ SEA TIGER (Colonial). September t— L. Carabedian. Frlgldaire in crew mess- of flies and bugs around. Crewmembers ported that ail beefs that could not be Chairman. A. J. Oueary; Secretary. H. handled aboard ship were turned over to YOUNG AMERICA (Waterman). Septem­ room will be repaired. Ail hands were were sked to wash feet In shower. Peterson. Beef about too many men in the patrolman. Members of steward de­ steward asked to cooperate in keeping the messdepartment sleeping in one room. ber S—Chairman. W. Cressman; Secretary. partment were asked not to remove pil­ N. Lamberi. Captain and steward have a room clean. Crewmembers were asked FRANCES (Bull). September 13—Chaii'- lows from each others beds as some of Crew wants fnesh bread in next port. to pick cups, cots. ^c. off the deck. man. Walter Newberg; Secretary. W. Or­ the •Wash water is too rusty. Each depart­ beef about the stores that were ordered. crew have two pillows, their own. One man jumped ship in Japan one hour tiz. Motion made and carried to put a ment delegate WiU get a repair list ready for next port. New mattresses wiU be ac­ before sailing. Two requcsis were made REPUBLIC (Trafalgar). September 7— lock on the messroom door to keep un­ *1.0 have patrolman board in Seattle and STEEL MAKER (Isthmian). September 4 quired in New York. Stores aboard Chairman. J. Doris; Secretary. William F necessary persons out. were not answered. Repair list has been -Chairman. E. G. Tesko; Secretary, S. Barth. The last repair list was not turned this trip very poor. Motion made and lurned in to the masccr and chief enHanks. Ship's delegate reported several in. therefore, a new one will be made up carried to get large size soap. DEL RiO (Mississippi). September 5— ;.uicer. Steward requested that hospital beefs concerning the food in general. Ail and presented before payoff of this voy­ Chairman. J. J. Harries; Secretary. be cleaned but master refused. Vote of SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain). hands were asked to cooperate and keep age. The crew was asked to put dirty thanks given to the cooks and messmen. cups and dishes in the pantry sink when September 19—Chairman. J. M. Monast; longshoremen out of quarters. Secretary. N. A. Kirk. There is $14.09 in finished with same. the ship's fund at present. Everyone is WARHAWK (Waterman). June 20— ROBIN KETTERING (Se-.s Shipping). helping to keep the laundry room clean. Chairman. Joe Wraad; Secretary. Dexter PORTMAR (Calmer). July 14—Chairman, August 19—Chuirman. Fred L. Travis; H. K. Piarca; Secretary. C. R. Johnson, Former beefs were taken up with patrol­ Warrail. A letter will be written to the Secretary, David W. Clark. S.iip's dereUnion in Wilmington to have fans ready Linen situation was discussed. Ail hands man. gate reported thai the ship is running Herbert Mclssac on arrival. The new washing machine preiiy smootbiy. One man missed ship agreed to help keep the messroom clean SANTORE (Ore). Saptambar 3—Chair­ on board wiU be used when needed. at night. The steward was asked to get Please contact your daughter, in Durban but rejoined in Beira. Dis­ cussion concerning natives, stevedores, table cloths for the crew mess, and he man. R. O. King; Sacratary. J. C. Arnold; Crew was asked to please consider men said he would order same in New York Delayed sailing time and men reporting sleeping when playing cards in messroom. Mrs. Eleanor White, at 6 Harvard etc., coming into passageways and hang­ back to the ship late was discussed. Stew­ The blower system was explained by elec­ Ave,, Wilmington, Mass. ing ai-ound water fountain, ladders and galley. Engine department brother lost STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian). Saplem- ard reported that he ordered four new trician. a suit in Durban. Discussion of ovcrsupi bcr—Chairman. K. Roberts; Secretary, refrigerators and would try to get a piy of" certain canned fruits. A vote of R. DeVirgilao. The crew was asked to large coffee urn for the pantry. Crew­ Reginald R. Paschal STEEL KING (Isthmian). June 25— thanks given to the galley force. members were asked to keep their feet cooperate with delegates. Motion made Chairman. P. Prokopuk; Secretary. P, James L. Yarbrough « and carried that the crew go on record off the chairs. Harford. Ship's delegate will see the as completely saUsfled with ship's slop Urgent that you advise me what ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Seas Shipping), engineer about the dirty, oily wash ORION STAR (Oil Carriers). July IS— chief chest as supplied by the Sea Chest and August 3—Chairman, Frank Albcrne; Secwater. A new washing machine is needed. hopes that it may continue. Permitmen Chairman, G. Ruf; Sacratary. A. W. Crewmembers were asked not to leave port you are in and how long yo"j reiary, Eric Klingvall. Ship sailed shortwere warned to cooperate further with Brown. Crew suggested that bookcases cots on the deck in port. A vote of expect to stay ashore as soon as handed one man in the deck department. be furnished for the recreation room. AU thanks was given to the steward de­ possible. crew's general welfare. Volunteer will clean the ship's librarv. Wire collect to J. D. Laundry agreed that each department wiU clean partment. will be cleaned by deck, engine Vance, New World Life Building, ALCOA CAVALIER (Alcoa). March 19 the recreation room and the laundry and steward departments alternately. AU August 31—Chairman. P. Prokopuk; —Chairman. Curley Myoed; Sacratary, room for a period of one month each. hands were asked to cooperate with the Secretary. P. Herayo. Motion made and August 1—Chairman. R. L. Abbey; Sec­ carried to report to the Union the con­ Second and Cherry, Seattle 4, crew mes.sman in keeping the messhall Harry Huston. Captain's compliment ac­ and pimtry ciean. cepted for improvement of fire and boat retary. E. L. Ramsey. Safety measures dition of the water on ship. Crewmem­ Wash. drills. Crew was asked to take better to be taken by crew on fire precaution. bers wearing shorts or a bath towel were care of library books. A vote of thanks First of all. crewmembers should know asked to stay out of messroom. their fire stations, and no smoking on GENEVIEVE PETERKIN (Bloomfield). given to the steward, department for Charlie "Red" Hall August 22—Chairman, W. Stockman; Sec­ fine Labor Day dinner. A collection was launch alongside of ship, j^eetines in fu­ FELTORE (Ore). September 2—Chair­ Write me at once. Walter Sib­ retary. J. F. Elliott. All repairs were not taken for Brother Naylor who had to ture to be held on first Sanday in month. September 5—Chairman. V. D'India; man. Jack Wise; Secretary. C. M. Bar- ley, 1305 Cambria St., Baltimore, taken care of while in port due to the leave ship sick. The balance of the movie Sacratary. J. Kosmas. Motion made and ietta. Captain and mate working on deck fact that some items were to be done fund will be added to this collection. accepted that deiegates be changed every and they were reported to the patrolman. Md. at sea by the mate. Suggestion that soap, three months. Poker table will be put Discussion on complaints- of sanitary matches, etc., be placed in a locker by TROJAN TRADER (Trader). July work. There is $27.65 in the ship's fund. In the recreation room this trip upon ar the steward so that anj-time the crew Chairman. W. Denelay; Sacratary. D. Conwants an.vthing the gang could help them­ Richard C. Johnson roy. Motion made and carried that agent rival in Yokohama. BEAUREGARD (Waterman), August 31 selves. Draws in foreign ports were dis­ check slop chest and medicine chest. The Please get in touch with me as —Chairman. M. C. Cooper; Secretary. J. cussed. WILLIAM H. CARRUTH (Transfual). pillows that were supplied smell and July IS—Chairman. J. Rudolph; Secretary. F. Austin. Master "refused to buy milk soon as possible. George Gurdon should be replaced by new ones. S. Pierson. Crew agreed on policy of unless he had a letter from the American OCEAN NIMET (Maritime Overseas). having deck and engine departments Consul, stating the quality of the milk Fay, 2324 Lincoln-Liberty Build­ clean laundry and the steward depart­ and its sterilization. Such a letter was ing, Philadelphia 7, Pa. September 12—Chairman. H. L. Hodges; a) Vidkun Quisling. Secretary, C. J. Oubint. A repair list wUl ment clean the reccreation room. A new obtained, but it wasn't satisfactory to the 4« 4» 4» be made up at tills meeting. Will see washing machine will be installed shortly. master and he still refused to buy milk. (2) $49.50. Letter wiU be sent to headquarters on captain about cleaning recreation room. Discussion of stale cigarettes sold in the The following-named men ai'C (3) Australia. It's in New South A few minor beefs will be squared away slop chest. Due to the fact that the daip situation out here as we ha"ve been di­ was laid up and then recrewed there was verted from cargo to a troop carrier or asked to write Norm Cohen, PO before reaching next port. Wales in the Australian Alps. no time to check the slopchest. but grew its equivalent. Box 902, Denver, Col., as soon as will make sure that they have Seafarers (4) (e) chinchilla. BULL RUN (Patrol Tankers). Saptambar VENORE (Ore). September 3—Chair­ possible: Gil Arnett, Charles CorS—Chairman. .John J. Kulas; Secretary, slopchest next trip. (5) Gold Coast—Great Britain; man. William Glick; Secretary. Charles A. H. Anderson. Ship's delegate reported STEEL WORKER (Isthmian). August 1 Thorpe. Mention made to repair leak in rent, Lee Parker, Fred Smith. Ivory Coast—France. that a wiper missed ship in Bridgeport, and one messman was taken off sick —Chairman. Leonard Wright; Secretary. the coffee urn. Crew requested that more (6) (a) No. 1. P. Corticllle. Suggestions were made drinking glasses be put aboard. Deck causing the ship to sail two men short. (7) (b) the American Declara­ All crewmembers agreed to donate to take care of ship's library. Messhall delegate reported that everything is run­ The following men are asked to twenty-five cents each toward a ship's will be cleaned by the standby man, ning smoothly and in a shipshape manner. get in touch with Joseph Pilutis at tion of Independence was issued. and the steward reported that he will The galley, recreation room, laundry and fund. inspect same to see that it gets cleaned. pantry were painted last voyage. St. Vincent's Hospital, 7th Ave. and The year was 1776. WESTERN TRADER (Waslarn Nsviga- It has been agreed that the distributoin (8) (b). Michigan. 11th St., New York, NY: "Citizea. of overtime will be equalized. GATEWAY CITY (Waterman). Septem­ tion). July S—Chairman. Al Oromaner; August 21—Chairman. L. Wright; Sec­ ber 5—Chairman. Charley Masur; Secre- Joe," Steve Massaros, Eugene Ci(9) Husband and wife. Secretary. L. W. Pepper. Discussion about steering from flying bridge instead of in­ retary. G. C. Reyes. Suggestion made (10) The pyramids of Egypt. cato, Frank Pescarek. side the wheel house. All members were that the names of brother members who asked to check fire and boat stations. Ice­ do not attend shipboard meetings be turned in. A suggestion was made that box needs repairing very badly. the steward put out more of a variety of Edifor, cold meats for the night lunch, and he LIBERTY FLA6 (Dover). July 2S— Chairman. Guy Whitahurst; Secretary. H. should prevent quick spoilage of fruits Albert A. Albu SEAFARERS LOG, R. Hutchins. Repair list read off. Motion and vegetables by having somebody re­ The papers left in the Welfare 675 Fourth Ave., made and carried that the captain should arrange the vegetable box soon as the be straightened out by the agent or pa­ foreign trip starts. Repair list was dis­ Services office at SIU headquarters trolman about passes in foreign ports as cussed. are being held for you there. Con­ Brooklyn 32, NY he is not cooperative with the crew. ROBiN MOWBRAY (Seas Shipping). tact that department so that they BEATRICE (Bull). September 14—Chair­ August IS—Chairman. James Rose; Secre­ I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please man. 6. McAlpina; Secretary. Roger Hall. tary. Edward Vernon Smith, Motion made can be returned to you. Men were asked not to diunp garbage on and carried that new mattresses pnd fans put my name on your moiling list. (Print Information) the deck next to quarters, 4-8 OS wants be put In all rooms. Water fountain on to know why he can't stand wheel watch port side should be taken care of. Re­ pair list was turned in and some of the as others do. A repair list was read. epairs have been taken care of. NAME OCEAN BETTY (Ocaan Transportation). WILLIAM H. CARRUTH (Transfuel). Saptambar S—Chairman, none; Secretary. R. D. Ewlng. Beefs taken up a-lth purser August 22—Chairman. S. Furtado; Secre­ and chief engineer not properly taken tary, F, Holland. Repair list from last STREET ADDRESS % care of. This will be turned over to the trip was brought to the attention of the boarding patrolman on, arrival in port. crew and many of the repairs on it have Repair list made.up abd a copy will be not been taken care of. The captain said CITY ..ZONE STATE given to the captain, chief mate and chief he would do as much as possible and promised to have the cre^s quiUrters -engineer. painted. •. " •• • . 3« 4- 4" 4" i Quiz Answers 4" 4« NOTICES Puszle Autuver ssB mm [iidSQ fflSH OHSSa SSHK SSESSOD SBIIDS saas Bn[z;][ia ) EDITH (Bui)),. September 7—Chairman. .^jKennath Bewig; Secretary, Charlas Gedeil. MAE (Bull).:.S«ptmiber.l-^halrmaii, F; -Motion made and carried that each man Hipp; Secretary. C. Stansbury, Heavy jdohate-SI for TV repairs. - A new icebox duty washing machine la needed.. A new ship's delegate was elected. At pres­ fs needed in the crew pantry. ent there is $19 in the Miip's ^hd,' . ^ ALEXANDRA Oolin M.«al;ras). Seplemser 12—Chairman..Fred Miliar; Secretary. .^. E. La'Bartera.' Statyatd informed the • iclrew that ;the cqii»a»y-b'ar(^a6lng agent 1uuij«queBtad 4M^jMlM, with the ex­ ception of milk and bread be obtained MARORE (Ore). August 37—Chairman. Bert Shshnoni Seciftary. Frank. Savoie, Motion made to see the patrolman about iuatitfUtion of jiew fans. Fan* are aboard but captain says they are not to be in- Signed EggBssgis EsafSiBasg HasnB mum EfflE ESDEg; @BEE • OSGS ^ TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you arg an old subseribar and hav« • cbtng* of addraiz, plaasa giva your former address below: .ApDPbSS CITY .J*.. .a**... . 2bN6 STATE iStsfc ii: �T»-ie Elrlite« :!< • f.- SEAFARERS LOG October i», lASli Seafarers accustomed to the hem 'n haw attitude of many shipowners when it comes to taking care of seamen's needs would have been astonished to see the speed flashed by one operator in an injury case recently. Once the. home. off ice; of the company received word of the accident, it got to work*^ on the case immediately—to repatriated to the United States. Obviously the company was fear­ do whatever it could to ward Meanwhile though, the ship went ful of the financial obligations it off claims by the injured Seafarer. Seafarer Donald MeShane, OS, was the victim of the accident which took place while his ship was in Iceland. Although weather conditions were extremely bad at the time, McShane had been or­ dered aloft to take the lashings off cargo booms. While he was atop the resistor house a strong gust of wind toppled him to the deck causing a variety of internal injuries, a broken arm, fractured heel and an injury to his back. Line ITp Statements McShane was taken ashore and hospitalized. Subsequently he was on to its next port of call in north­ ern Europe. Waiting on the dock to greet the crew were two company representatives whose first con-, cern was to line up as many cTewmembers as possible for statements as to the nature of the accident. Apparently the company had gone to no small expense to see to it that they beat the ship across. After making its European stops, the ship returned to the States, making Baltimore its first return port. On the dock, to nobody's sur­ prise, was another set of company representatives intent on picking up any information that the first two had missed overseas. might incur as a result of the acci­ dent and wasn't sparing the horses when it came to covering its ex­ posed flank. It is doubtful ih circumstances like these, whether any crewmember is obligated to issue written statements about a shipboard acci­ dent. In any case, crewmembers giving statements to anybody should make sure in the first in­ stance that they were personal wit­ nesses to the accident. They should also make sure that any statement they sign is in their own words and describes the facts as they saw them, not as they are inter­ preted by any other person. 5 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Pfoia To No, Seafarers RecetTinf Benefito thio Period Average Benefita Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS FAID THIS PERIOD Hoaoital Benefita Death Benefits Diaabilitv Benefits J UOf ool Y S-ao t.9oa Qg pa St-.njY Vacation Benefits Total All of the follovnng SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Lisa Blanchard, bom October 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd L. Blanchard, 1337 Lesseps Street, New Orleans, La. Mrs. Robert W. Collins, 276 Sum­ Mrs. John Crowley, Box 327, Alli­ son, Pa. mer Street, Somerville, Mass. 4' 4' * it 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Robert Keith MacCammond, Myra Aline Armstrong, born August 28, 1954. Parents, Mr, and born October 10, 1954. Parents, Mrs. James Rudolph Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. James L, MacCammbnd. Box 518, Nederland, Texas. Jarvisburg, North Carolina. 4 Stephen Eugene Martin, born Victor Manuel Castellon, born Donna Marie Gladwell, bom September 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. September 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. August 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Jose A. Castellon, 221 and Mrs. Eugene B. Martin, 7811 Mrs. Rudy Gladwell, 222 B. 95 Hyacinth Street, New Orleans, La. Daniels Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 4 4 4 Street, New York, NY. 4 4 4* David Custodio Mena, bom Sep­ i> O'Pete Terry, born September 2, tember 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Louis Randolph Williamson, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Julio Custodio Ruiz, San born September 27, 1954. Parents, Charles L. Terry, 1818 Valence Lorenzo, Catano, PR. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Williamson, Street, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 5304 Magazine Street, New Or­ 4 4 Johnny Roy Nichols, born Au­ leans, La. Neil Nagle, born August 22,1954. gust 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence t 4i Mrs. Thomas T. ^ Nichols, Route Paula Louise Blanchette, bom M. Nagle, 134 President Street, No. 1, Box 353, Westlake, La. August 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Lynn, Mass. 4 4 4 Mrs. Robert Blanchette, 1567 An­ 4 4 4^ Carolyn Janette Byrd, born Sep­ nunciation Street, New Orleans, La. Sonia Justina Rios, born Septem­ tember 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and ber 21, 1954. Parents, Mi-, and 'if Mrs. John F. Byrd, 6210 Aif Line Mrs. Alfredo Rios, 358 Henry Wilfred Davila, born September Drive, Houston, Texas. 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Street, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 Juan Davila, 3805 3rd Avenue, 4 4^ Terry Lee Nowell, born August Bronx, NY. Nancy Lee Thompson, born Sep­ 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. tember 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Robert L. Nowell, 2240 Jungle 4« 4" Robert Allan Prime, born Octo­ Mrs. W. Thompson, 91-22 187 Street, Lakeland, Fla. ber 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Place, Hollis, NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4> Allan Remick Prime, 92 Dudley Carol Ann Slay, born March 8, Street, Medford, Mass. Paul James SumskI, bora Sep­ 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. tember 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Gerald Slay, General Delivery, t 4i i Luis Antonio Gonzalez Monroig, Mrs. Benjamin Sumski, 41 Marvin Semmes, Ala. born July 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. Street, Buffalo, NY. 4 4 4 and Mrs. Luis Gonzalez, 720 Vine­ 4 4 4 Emalie Calhoun, born Septem­ Stephen Joseph Barry, born ber 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and yard Avenue, Madera, Calif. July 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Calhoun, 116 D 4> i Robert William Collins, Jr., born Mrs. Arthur S. Barry, 7224 10th Silsey Street, Prichard, Ala. July 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. _ 4 4 4 4 4 4 Wendell George Harwell, bom Walter Michael De Grey», bom August 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and August 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George E.'Harwell, 807 3rd Mrs. George E. De Greve, 159 Avenue, Chickasaw, Ala. Arlyn Drive West, Massapequa, 4 4 4 NY. Tommy Ray Kelley, bom Octo­ Despite the best efforts of 4 4 4 ber 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. the authorities, the Public Carlos Lozano, born August 20, J. F. Kelley, PC Box 91, Theodore, Health Service Hospitals are 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Ala. still plagued with ambulance Lozano, 1803 N. Calvert Street, chasers. Seafarers approached Baltimore, Md. Berry Wayne Ayler, bom Sep­ by these characters or their 4 4 4 tember 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and front men are advised for Jose Martinez, born August 23, Mrs. Albert Ayler, 1307 McGee their own good to give them a 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jose Street, Whistler, Ala. fast brushoff. Martinez, 107 Amsterdam Avenue, It is well known that the 4 4 4 New York, NY. ranks of the ambulance chasers George Stevie Petrantes, born 4 4 4 contain many who will charge October 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and David James Crowley, born Sep­ Mrs. Stavres Petrantes, 810 S. excessive fees or simply sell tember 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and out their cliehts to the com­ Carolina Street, Mobile, Ala. panies. Most of them are _ _4 4 4 known to be pretty poor law­ Harry rairick Long, bom Sep­ yers or else they wouldn't be tember 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and digging for business the way Mrs. Harry K. Long, 1420 Robert they do. E. Lee Street, Mobile, Ala. The time to choose a lawyer 4 4 is not while you are sick or Anthony Kennedy, born Sep­ injured and being hypnotized tember 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and by a fast line of chatter. Wait Mrs. John J. Kennedy, Hotel until you are recovered and Sulphur Springs, Tampa, Fla. then if you need an attorney 4 4 4, go out and shop around for the Robert Molls, bom September best attorney and the best deal 28, ^954. Parents,. Mr. and Mrs. you can get. Antonio Molis, Jr., 14 C Magnolia Homes, Galveston, Texas. 4- t $ Ifd. WELFARE, VACATION BENEFIH PAID PREVIOUSLY Hoaoital Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1950 • Death Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1950 * Diaabilitv Benefita Paid Since Mav 1. 1952 * Matcmitv Benefits Paid Since AorU 1. 1952 • Vncation Benefita Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • Total 5*7* srj/i ooB/.OL9 SSi i 1 • Dace Benefit! Becaa 1' 1 WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Vacation Cash oa Hand Welfare Estimated Accounta Receivable us Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Asset* - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS lEfWfPRI: 1 \mm?m 53JL CAAtJIiiJna '•jaonts of all bonoflto naintalti a atoadjr lowal, poaalblj Bided ty UOIOD piiblleltj throui^ the meaxw of the Seaflarm and the attmtlon that ie giwen to the Plana in the Dhion Mmberehip •eetings* Che aesesta of the Plana continue to grow, even thoo^ new Wieflt%are added frcai tlM to tine* Present aaaets of the Plane conblned are Inpone dealrlng Infozaatlon oa benefits due under the Plana ahould oontaet the nearest 8IV Port Agent vho will be able io aupplj than with the infomation^^^^ Smhrnitui A1 Katr, Aaaiattet'XSmMttTmtoT Beware Of Case Chasers SIU WEIFME SERVICES mnnnn YOUR PROBUM IS OUR BUSINESS m �October 29, 1954 SEAFARERS SEEW THE iSEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN We've made mention before of the system of hospital delegates that the SIU has so that all of the hospitalized brothers can have assurance of somebody around to cheer them up and take care of little things for them. And of course, there's the Union hospital representative dropping in regularly with the weekly benefit and some pleasant chat­ ter. Ail of that doesn't mean though that the men in the hospitals wouldn't welcome a visit from their shipmates once in a while. So if you happen to be on the beach here and have a friend in the hospital why not grab that ferryboat over to Staten Island and spend an hour or two with him? It's still only a nickel on the ferry and a real nice ride on these sunny autumn days we've been having. The same goes too for the hospitalized brothers in the various outports. it Three brothers who all sailed on the Greece Victory (South Atlantic) wound up in the hospital recently. Brother Oscar S. Olsen of Phila­ delphia went in for treatment of a double hernia on October 5. He was 2nd electrician on the ship. Also hospitalized off her were Abe Portner with a heart condition and Albert Morse. Portner was utilityman and Morse was messman on the Greece Victory. Brother Donald McShane was the victim of a ship­ board accident on the Jefferson City Victory recent­ ly. He was unlashing booms on October *16 when a gust of-wind blew him down. McShane was OS on the Victory Carriers ship and lives in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Graddick Ramon Olivera of Brooklyn, who was firemanwatertender on the Alcoa Runner last time out has been having trouble with diabetes and Is getting treatment at the hospital accordingly. Clif­ ford Womack who was messman on the Robin Goodfellow was laid low by a spot of stomach trouble. He's from South Bend, Indiana. Brother Norman West of Sebago Lake, Maine, ran into come real tough luck when the doctors had to amputate his left leg. He was FWT on the Steel Apprentice on his last trip. All of the brothers are hoping that he pulls-through in good shape. Another hernia victim in the hospital is Gustav Holgerson, oiler off the Mary Adams. He went in for treatment on October 12. Jose Algado, who was fireman on the Seatrain New Jersey is having his leg treated. His home is back in Spain. Other Seafarers who were admitted to the hospital recently include Peter King, who was chief cook on Holgerson the Mary Adams; John Graddick, off the Steel Maker; John Karplnsky who was messman on the Kyska and BUI Logan, AB, who took the Raphael Semmes out on his last trip. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Blarcelo Arong Robert Lambert Edward Cantoral Francisco Mayo James Chew Samuel H. MUla Jessie A. Ciarke Frank S. Paylor T. J. Cunningham Eugene G. Plahn John B. Giiiespie Charles B. Rosa Gorman T. Glaze . Vincenzo Russo Einar Hansen Douglas Turner Michael Jablonski Antony J. Tursl Edward Jarrowskl Clyde B. Ward Elmer E. Lamb VA HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Fulton Hendrix USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Harold Arllnghaus Carl R. Johnson Henry J. ChUds R. T. MUton Leo Cronsohn Charles H. Neumaier Benny M. Foster Joseph Perreira Olav Gustavscn P. S. Yuzon Gleen W. Hines USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Jessie P. Brinklcy Lonnie HaU Herbert M. BumpassB. Spinney George F. Lechler USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Thomas L. AnkersonThomas K|;yser Oscar R. Bird E. G. Knapp Perry Bland D. KoroUd Charles Brady Leo l.ang Charles Burton Knud Larsen Owen Butler Clarence Lomax John Carolan ' Jesse Lyles Sebastian Carregal Oscar Madere George W. Champlin Walter Makin Clarence Cobb Vincent Michel S. Cope William Moore WiUiam C. Cothran Francis T. Osetek EmUe Davies Amello Patingo Serio Desoso . Fred D. Peterson Robert Dewey Gilbert J. PlersaU Joseph L. Dlonne Elijah Piatt: Hal R. Ellis Randolph Ratcliff Thomas Fields Warren Reed Leo Fontenot William Biobcrts B. D. Foster Henri Robin D. Gamvrogiannis James Ruth Nathan Gardner Edward Samrock F. Green John E. Sanders Boy M. Green Wade Sexton Clifton Gullet Durand Shaw Harry Hankee Wesley Snelling E. T. Hardemahit Henry Sosa Andrew HarvUla D. R. Stroup Paul Hebert Lonnie R. Tickle Joseph Hinchey John C. Vieira Lyle Hipp J. E. Ward Leonard Kay USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Joseph Arras Frederick E. Otto Joseph Busalacki Murray A. Plyler A. P. Copa Abel N. Salas Warren W. Currier Benjamin Seal Benjamin F. Grice William Trice Tomas Gutierrez Franklin Webb Karl A. Hellman James Winget Ernest Kolenovsky Charles B. Young Eugene T. O'Mara USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Claudius Archer Robert Heilig Rex C. Becraft Sverre Hohannessen Bernard P. Burke Mike Michelik Roland Dean W. M. Pennington William J. Fick John W. Powers Brigido Figueroa Richard Welch USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Hassen Ahmed John Maclnnes Charles Cantwell William Malcewics Angel Carrasquillo Harold J. Moore George T. Coleman Joseph Neubauer John H. Doherty Mikade Olenchik Samuel Doyle Oscar Olsen V. J. Fitzgerald T. Papoutsoglov George W. Flood Abe Partner Estell Gpdfrey Santos Pizarro John H. Hannay Kalle Rankonen Fred Hauser Matti Ruusukallio Gaitano Interdonato Jose Salgado Vincent Jones William Saltarez Noral Jorgensen Charles Sanderson John Karpinsky Walter Sibley Theodore Katros Joseph Stanton Arthur Kavel Pedro Viilabol Peter King Robert WeUcer Fiorencio F. Letie Norman West William E. Logan Lloyd Wilson Nils H. Lundquist Clffford Womack USPHS HOWITAL BRIGHTON,' MASS. Frank Alasavich John T. Keegan Joseph W. Carey Maurice Levoie Clarence E. Dudley Arnfin A. Oyhus USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Paul Bland . Albert Lima J. D. Cannady Jimmle Littleton R. Carrollton J. T. Moore R. L. Field J. D. Thomas William Gilbertson Gilbert F. Wilson James F. Lee USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS J. R. Alsobrook USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke , VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Leonard J. Frank USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. NY ~ Fortunate Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Frank W. Bemriek 'James R. Lewis .Claude F. Blanks Arthur Lomas Robert L. Booker Francis F. Lynch Thomas B. Bryant : Joseph D. McGraw Ho Yee Choe ' Archibald McGuigan Jar Chong Frank Mackey John J. Driscoll . Vie Milazzo Bart E. Guranick Eugene T. Nelson John B. Haas Pedro Feralto Taib Hassen James C. Powell Thomas Isaksen George Shumaker Hurlburt M. Free Robert Sizemore John W. Keenan Henry E. Smith Ludwig Krlstiansen Harry S. Tuttle Frederick Landry Renato A. Villata James J. Lawlor VirgU Wilmoth Tage Nine(eea. LOG Seeks Care, Is Called 'Deserter' A Seafarer who suffered neglect of a serious injury and then was charged with "desertion" on top of it when he sought proper medical treatment, is now getting a different kind of reception from the ship operator. Back in the States and under the care of the Public Health Service, he has re­ ceived payment of his earned injury consisted of a badly crushed the doctor merely wrapped it up and unearned wages and will finger tip suffered in a shipboard without cleaning the wound and get maintenance and cure until such time as he is fit for duty again. Further, it's conceded all around that the "desertion" charge is not likely to stand up, and Welfare Services is hopeful that everything will be squared away on that score within the next few days. Refused Treatment Seafarer Robert G. Varnon's accident. When he went to the skipper and asked to be sent to a doctor at the next port, the skip­ per didn't deem it necessai-y and refused him medical treatment. After several protests and much pleading on Varnon's part, the skipper finally relented and sent him ashore to a doctor selected by the company agent in that port. Although the finger was crushed, Happy Father And Namesake Seafarer William H. Price of Portsmouth, Virginia, is the proud -ather of William Charles Pi-ice, resting comfortably in mother's arms at home. Price holds daughter Carol, 3, after receiving $200 SIU maternity benefit plus $25 US defense bond from the Union. Payoffs Rigtit In Hospifals Just Another SIU Service Welfare Services deluxe "special delivery" service on pay­ offs to injured seamen did the trick for three men who are now patients at the Staten Island hospital. " Arrangements were made in all three cases | ^ for the men to get paid off diately, completing all unfinished right in the hospital, where­ business on the spot. upon the Welfare Services repre­ sentative cashed their checks for them on the spot. Since payoffs have to be made in the presence of the shipping commissioner. It usually means The deaths of the following sea­ that the man in the hospital has to wait until he gets back on his farers have been reported to the feet again to get paid. And if he Seafarers Welfare Plan and the has a family to take care, of, this $2,500 death benefits are being can work considerable hardship. paid to their beneficiaries: Eddie T. Driggers, 47; A mem­ Consequently when Seafarers John Graddick, Theodore Katros ber of the SIU since July 21, 1942. and Jose Rodriguez entered the Brother Driggers died of natural hospital with payoffs coming to causes on Sept. 26, 1954, at the US them, the Welfare Services De­ Public Health Service hospital in partment got to work to get them Staten Island, NY. He had been sailing in the deck department. their money. Burial was at Evergreen Cemetery. Send Vouchers Brooklyn, NY. Surviving is a In Katros' case the payo.ff brother, Paul M. Driggers. of 2521 consisted of a couple of days of Lewis St., Jacksonville, Fla. unearned wages. Arrangements 4" J* i were made for the company to Regino D. Cabrera, 42: Brother mail the check directly to the Cabrera died of head injuries on hospital. Graddick, who was off Aug. 2, 1954, at sea aboard the SS the. Steel Maker and Rodriguez, Del Norte. One of the early mem­ who had been aboard the Lawrence bers of the SIU, he had been sail­ Victory, had full payoffs coming to ing in the steward department them. The companies involved since he joined the Union on Jan. agreed to send the checks and 14, 1939. His place of burial is not vouchers over to the hospitals, and known. Surviving is his father, the Shipping Commissioner's office Bennie Cabrera, of 843 NW 4 St.. sent a representative to the ward Miami, Fla. to take care of the payoff. t 4" 4* • When the checks were handed Edward W. Decker, 36:, On June over, the Welfare Services hospital 20, 1953, Brother Hecker died of a representative cashed them imme- heart condition at Belem, Para, sent the man back to work. After a day or two the pain be­ came unbearable and the Seafarer again asked to be sent to a doctor. He was again refused by the skip­ per. It was on'y after repeated protests on his part that the skipper sent him ashore, this time in an­ other port to another doctor se­ lected by the company's agents. Infection Sets In This second doctor merely put the finger in a plaster of paris cast. The result was that infection set in and the finger became badly inflamed. Varnon went back to the skipper once more but this time couldn't budge him. The captain declared that he had sent him to two doc­ tors already and that was enough. Fearful of the spread of the infec­ tion, the Seafarer asked the cap­ tain for $100 draw and informed him he was going ashore to seek treatment on his own. The captain issued him the draw, and crewmembers helped him pack his gear. Once he left the vessel, however, the skipper turned around and entered a "desertion" charge in the log. When Varnon got to a doctor of his own choosing, the physician was indignant at the neglect of the injury and immediately took steps to clean the wound and treat the infection. Not Fit for Duty Subsequently, he was repatriated on the very same vessel he had shipped on. He checked in to Staten Island hospital where after seven weeks of treatment he still was not fit for duty. Upon learning the facts of the case, the company back-pedaled from its skipper's actions and read­ ily agreed to handle the matter as it would handle any case where a man had -to leave ship in a foreign port for treatment. Of course under normal condi­ tions sick or injured men are put ashore by the captain without hav­ ing to leave a ship on their own. Desertion is a pretty serious charge, and only the obvious neglect of this man's health and the failure to provide him with proper treatment justified his leav­ ing the ship in this case. -ti I II • Yi J § -'4 Brazil. An ordinary seaman, he had been sailing with the SIU since January, 1953. His place of burial is not known. He is survived by his mother, Marie Schmidt, of 615 West Poplar St., San Antonio, Tex. t 4* 4" Peter Ley, 73: One of the early members of the SIU. Brother Ley died of hardening of the arteries at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., on July 5, 1954. A member of the deck department, he joined the SIU on Dec. 28, 1938. Burial was at Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Baltimore. His beneficiary is Lotlie Bullock, 2402 McElderry St., Baltimore. USPHS Has Last Say On Duty Slip Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors have the final say on whether or not a man is fit for duly. If there is any question about your fitness to sail, check with the nearest USPHS hospital or out-patient clinic for a i-uling. • '•rM 1 �i:: • Keith Alaop. A-3 • Raymond E. Vaughan, V-IM SAVANNA AGSNT Vol* for On* • JMMoxrimm.Vlr3 • • • • GALVESTON JOINT PAIBOUUN Vol* for On* Charles Kimball, K-2 J.A.gin9,K-308 Van WMtaoy. W-ll Keith (Honolulu) WliMtoy.W-gSS �'•-^•.•r'^y.'j}^r''ii^}^'iri-,f{-f'yif»:^,C^/^y:y.A^.r^.ji'i^.VSliry"r;;i:y-rrf'j,^^-^^^^ ^^^SEAFARERS LOG •friAl ORGAN OP THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • As provided in the constitution of the Silly Atiantie & Gulf Districty the foiiowing men have nominated themselves for union offices, and have sub- mitted the required credentials. A brief biography of each candidate with his Union experience appears on these pages to acquaint members with their backsrounds. Secret voting on the candidates will get underway Novemher 15 and run until January 15. A sample ballot appears on the back page. Candidates For 1955-1956 A&G Posts For: Secretary— For: Deck Ass'f Treasurer Secrefary-T reas. (Vote For One) (Vote For One) O WALTER (Rusty) BEYELER— No. B-81: Joined the SIU A&G District in 1942 and sailed throughout the war in every war zone. Was active In the 1946 Gen­ eral Strike and the 1947 Isthmian Strike, and holds clearances for all SIU strikes and beefs since he joined. Has served on"every type of ship under SIU contract. 'Has served on various rOmembership committees ashore, and has also served as department llhui i oe • - • or' ship's delegate on a number of SIU vessels. JOE ALGINA—No. A-1: Trans­ ferred to SIU from old AFL Seamen's Union when SIU was formed. Sailed ac­ tively in WW II before becoming Union organizer. Served as NY deck patrolman, acting port agent, before being elected NY port agent 1948, 1949 and 1950. Elected hq representative for 1951 and 1952; asst. secretary-treasurer for '53-'54. Participated in 1946 General, Wall Street and Isthmian Strikes. Union negotiating committee member for past eight years. eral Strike. Assisted the SIU dur­ ing the Canadian beef, and repre­ sented the SIU in last spring's ILA beef in San Juan. Actively participated in Wall Street Strike and many other Union beefs. For: Boston Agent (Vote For One) For: Jf. Ass'f Secrefary-Treas. For; Eng. Asst Secretary-T reas. ooo p<^-. i)\ ;V •I I For: Boston Joint Patrolman For: New York Deck Patrolman ooo -fj ARNI BJORNSSON—No. B-34: Native of Iceland but now US citi­ zen. Sailed in all combat zones in World War 11 o n foreign-flag and WSA ships. Started shipping with SIU nine years ago and has been in good standing ever since. Elected dele­ gate and meeting chairman by shipmates on many occasions. Elected to many headquarters membership committees and active in behalf of Union in other mat­ ters. Served as master at arms in headquarters. Sails as AB and bosun. JAMES SHEEHAN —No. Sr3: Member of SIU since beginning. (Vote For Three) Served as organ­ izer in Gulf dur­ ing 1 9 3 8 and 1939. Elected to Union office in WILLAM HALL—No. H-272: 1944 and to vari­ ous Union posts Joined the SIU since, including A&G District in NY deck patrol­ 1944, in the Port man, 1947 and 1948, and Philadel­ phia agent, 1949. Returned to sea of New York. in 1950 and sailed to July, 1951, Served actively when appointed Boston agent to in many of the replace resigning official. Has Union's major MICHAEL (Biackie) COLUCCI— sailed since 1924 as AB and bosun. strikes and beefs, Holds clearances for all SIU No. C-3: Joined strikes. Elected Boston agent for the SIU in 1944 including the in New York. 1952, 1953 and 1954. 1946 General Sailed during Strike, the f94'7 war to various Isthmian Strike, the Wall Street war zones. Strike and the Canadian beef. Served as dele­ Elected asst. secretary-treasurer gate on many 4) for '53-'54. Has been elected deck ships. Served as delegate and ship's delegate on PAUL «ALL—No. H-1: Original (Vote For One) Union organizer (Vote For One) most of the ships he has sailed throughout the member of SIU. on and has represented the crew. Isthmian drive. Served as picket Holds all strike Holds clearances for all Union captain during 1946 General Strike clearances. Ac­ actions. and 1947 Isthmian Strike. Also tive in all Union JAMES E. SWEENEY—No. S-6: served as picket captain during t 4) 4JOSEPH H. VOLPIAN—No.V-1: Is Boston joint organizing since Wall Street Strike and many other Started sailing in ROBERT MATTHEWS—No. M- patrolman at beefs. Worked as New York dis­ earliest days. 1922. Active in 1: Joined SIU present. Has patcher for 1952. Elected NY Elected secretarymaritime labor when it was char­ been appointed deck patrolman for '53-'54. many years be­ treasurer 19 4 8. tered. Served as and reelected to fore joining SIU patrolman and Served on all this post for nine LOUIS GOFFIN—N o. G - 7 I in 1940 in New port agent in Mo­ consecutive terms Transferred into SIU negotiating Orleans. Served bile and later as with the excep­ SIU from old committees since as NY engine paport agent in tion of a brief AFL Seamen's then. Helped initiate Welfare, Va­ t r o 1 m a n from Jacksonville and lapse in 1948-49 Union in 19 3 9. cation Plans. Participated In fight 1943 to 1947. San Francisco. while at sea. First Participated ac­ Assigned in 1946 went to work for the Union in tively in 1941 Which broke Communist hold on While patrolman served as special services repre­ 1941. Directed General Strike ac­ bonus beef, 1946 Canadian waterfront. Named by sentative in charge of membership to NY as hq rep­ resentative. Has been on every tivities in 1946 in Portland, Me. General Strike AFL as trustee in fight to bring problems. Elected assistant secre­ Union negotiating committee from Also served as joint patrolman in and Isthmian good unionism to longshoremen. tary-treasurer 1948, 1949, 1950, 1946 to present. Was elected as­ New York in 1943. He has been a Strike. Served secretary-treasurer for member of the SIU since 1938. Union as patrol­ Sailed in all war zones during 1953, 1954 and hq representative sistant for 1951 and 1952. Has strike-clear 1948, 1949 and 1950, 1953 and Has played an active role in all man and agent in Philadelphia and second World War. record for all SIU strikes and 1954. Was elected hq representa­ Union activities. Jacksonville and as assistant sec­ beefs. tive for 1951 and 1952. Partici­ retary-treasurer. Elected deck pa­ 4« 4» .4) pated in all SIU strikes and job trolman in NY for every year from actions. RAY WHITE—NO. W-2: Trans­ 1947 through 1952. Elected NY joint patrolman for '53-'54. Par­ ferred to SIU in X X X ticipated in contract talks. Has all 1938 from old CLAUDE (Sonny) SIMMONS— clearances. AFL Seamen's No. S-1: Member (Vote For Three) X X ^ Union. Helped of old ISU in TOM GOULD —No. G-267t 1935,then worked organize P&O (Vote For One) Joined SIU in with US light­ Port of New Or­ line, one of SlU's house dept. until leans on Decem­ earliest beefs. joining SIU in ADELBERT (Al) ARNOLD—No. ber 23, 19 4 2. Was NY patrol­ 1939. Sailed untU A-147: Joined Sailed regularly man six months EDWARD X. MOONET — No. August, 1941, the SIU A&G through war when appointed M-7: Now serv­ District in 1944, and Norfolk years. Active in Tampa patrol­ ing as elected and holds clear­ Union's post-war agent for three man. Shipped joint patrolman ances for all organizing cam­ years. Active in Isthmian organiz­ again, August, 1942, and sailed strikes and beefs in New York and paigns at Isth­ ing-drive and strike at that com­ as manager of the through war. Appointed NY pa­ since that time. mian and Cities pany. Served as hq representative Port O'Call Bar. trolman, Feb., 1945. Elected Tampa Has been ship's Service. Took part in 1946 General agent for 1946 through 1948. Re­ delegate on a Strike and other major Union beefs, participating in deckT. departinent Joined the SIU in signed July, 1948, and shipped un- number of differ­ through the years. Elected to vari­ negotiations. Elected Tampa poii 1945. Served as tU Nov., 1949. Elected NY engine ent ships, includ­ ship's delegate or ous^ rank and file committees. agent ior 1949. 1950. 1951. 1992, patrolman for 1951, 1952;'elebte(^ ing freighters, tankers and Se^ Served as welfare services repre­ steward delegate 1953 and 1954. Stidke-clpw for alb on majority- of Assistant secretary-treasurer'^ for trains; and has brought in many df sentative, dispa'tcher and pa^olmaa . » . i * . » i these vessels- elefar'df atny beefs' at y.nio» stgifces/andvbetrf*,, •j.H. y ships. Was member of Food and '53-'54. ' Alsi served' as Housing Committee for 1946 Genall. Has sailed in various ratings joiju patrolman in Seattle. For: Sfd. Ass'f Secretary-Treas. SJ; . : in the deck department on all the different types of ships. At preseiit, he is serving as bosun on the Steel Scientist (Isthmian). J �Supplement—Page Two SEAFARERS Elected NY engine patrolman for FRANK BOSE—No. B-4: Joined '53-'54. Active in every beef since JIU in Baltimore joining SIU. Now serving as direc­ in 1944. Active in tor of SIU welfare services. all major Union beefs including 1946 General Strike, Wall Street Strike, Coos Bay beef (Vote For Three) and other actions. Served as organ­ izer in Union's successful campaign against Cities W; PAUL GONSORCHIK —No. Service Oil Company, and in other post-war organizing drives conduct­ G-2: A&G mem­ ed by the Union. Utilized in vari­ ber since Union ous other capacities at headquar­ was founded in ters including acting patrolman. 1938. Sailed stew­ Sails in engine department as chief ard, chief cook electrician. and baker. Mem­ JOSEPH PASINOSKY—No. 68: Joihed Sea­ farers Interna­ tional Union in Port of New York on October 27, 1941. Sailed steadily through­ out the war years to various war zones. Following war, assisted in SIU organizing drive at Isthmian Steamship Company. Took part in many Union beefs including active role in 1946 General Strike and Isthmian Strike. Holds clearances for all Union beefs. One of five brothers who hold SIU books. Sails regularly as bosun. For: New York Sfd, Patrolman For; Hew York Eng. Patrolman (Vote For Three) o -o- o TEDDY BABKOWSKI—No. B-1: Joined SIU in 19 41 and sailed in all combat zones during WW II. Was volunteer organizer in Isth­ mian drive and various tanker drives. Served on New York Isthmian Strike committee. Active in 1946 Strike, Coos Bay and shipyard beefs. Served on Baltimore committees aiding shipyard and telephone workers. Elected joint patrolman in New York for 1949 and NY en­ gine patrolman for years 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954. t 4" 4" PETER BUSH—No. B-9: Started with SIU when Union was founded and re­ ceived his mem­ bership book in February, 1939, in the Port of Baltimore, Has been in good standing ever since. Has clean record with all strike clearances. Assisted in Union organizing drives and participated in numerous SIU beefs. Has total of nine years seatime on SlU-contracted ships and for two-year period was employed in various capacities at the Union's New York headquarters. LOG ber of Union ne­ gotiating commit­ tee, 1940 and 1941. Assisted in drafting original SIU constitution. Member 1941 Bonus Strike committee. Returned to sea in 1943, then elected NY dispatcher. Served as NY steward patrolman from May, 1951, until elected Baltimore steward patrol­ man for 1952. Elected NY steward patrolman for '53-'54. if HOWARD GUINIER—No. G-3: Joined SIU at its start. Served as organizer in vari­ ous drives from 1938 to 1941. Rep­ resented Union before National Defense Media­ tion Board on contract dispute in 1941. Served as chairman of headquarters Bonus Strike committee. Was chairman of NY branch food and housing com­ mittee for the 1946 General Strike. Secured 3,000 berths for members during strike. Elected steward patrolman in NY every year from 1946 to the present. i i t> FREDDIE STEWART—No. S-8: Was volunteer or­ ganizer for SIU when it was founded. Partic­ ipated in all ma­ jor strikes includ­ ing Bonus Strike, Isthmian, 19 4 6 General Strike and other actions. Was leader of direct action to secure milk, good 4> 41 4i provisions and decent shipboard TOM CLARK—No. C-5: Has conditions for all Seafarers. been with Union Served as steward patrolman in for past nine NY in 1947 and joint patrolman years, joining in 1948 and 1949. Elected steward SIU A&G Dis­ patrolman in 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 trict in New and 1954. York, 1943. Sailed during war in all combat zones. Served as black gang delegate and ship's dele­ gate aboard many vessels. Partici­ pated actively in 1946 General (Vote For Six) Strike, Isthmian Strike in 1947 and all other Union strikes. Was elect­ ed engine patrolman in New York for 1950, 1953 and 1954. Holds clearance for all SIU strikes since ROBERT A. BARRETT—B-86: becoming a member. A member of the 4" 4" 4" Seafarers Inter­ WALTER SIEKMANN—Ntr. S-7: national Union Member of the for 11 years, he SIU for 11 years. joined the Union Served on numer­ in New York Oc­ ous ships as dele­ tober 25, 1943. gate. Sailed Since then he through last war has taken part in all combat in all strikes and zones. Served as other beefs in temporary patrol­ which the Union has been involved man. Elected and has volunteered his services at Boston port agent all times for all Union assign­ in 1948. Active on strike commit­ ments. He sails regularly in the tees for 1946 General Strike and engine department, holding a chief Isthmian Strike. Served as shore- electrician's rating among others. side organizer -in Isthmian drive. He Is 45 years of age. for; New York Joint Patrolman O o -O- i i i October 29, 1954 ALLAN L.. LAKE—No. L-41; Joined SIU in 1943 and has been sailing regularly in steward de­ partment ratings. Had shipped on various ships on and off for 18 years before that. Has deck and en­ gine experience. Served as ship's delegate or depart­ ment delegate on most ships. Holds all strike clearances. Was on Val Chem strike committee. Served as organizer for AFL Marine Cooks and Stewards in 1953 and was elected delegate to NY AFL Cen­ tral Trades and Labor Council. t> it ii E. B. (Mac) McAULEY—No. M 20: Member of the SIU since 1943. Sailed all zones during World War II in both steward and engine depart­ ments. Was an official SIU ob­ server during 19 4 6 Isthmian election. Was acting Savannah agent in 1946. Has been ship's del­ egate and engine delegate on numerous ships. Was patrolman dispatcher in Savannah during 1952-53. Served as headquarters organizer 1953-54. New York dis­ patcher 1954. Has clear record on all Union strikes and beefs. For: Phila. Agent (Vote For One) OOO A. (Blaokle) CARDULLO—No. C1: Since Joining the SIU he has been active In all Union strikes and beefs. Was Marcus Hook agent until that hall was closed. Served as patrol­ man in Philadel­ phia, as West Coast representative and as NY hq representative. During war sailed in all combat zones. Has cleai-ances for all Union actions. Active par­ ticipant in Isthmian organizing and strike. Elected Philadelphia agent for 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954. Active in Phila. port affairs. MARTY BREITHOFF—No. B-2: Started sailing with SIU in 1942 and sailed dur­ ing World War II in all combat zones in both en­ gine and steward depart ments. Served on griev­ ance committee in Tampa during 1946 General Strike. Was ship­ (Vote For One) board organizer at start of Cities Service Drive, in 1946. Served as. chief dispatcher. Port of New York, in 1951 and 1952. Elected NY joint 4 4 4 patrolman for '53-'54. Currently STEVE BERGERIA—No. B-179: serving as SIU West Coast repre­ KEITH TERPE—No. T-S: Sailed Has served a s sentative. throughout Woi-ld ship's delegate War II on West 4. 4. 4 Coast in both and deck dele­ LEOPOLD BRUCE—No. B-158: deck and steward gate on most of Has been SIU depart ments. ships he's sailed member since he Joined the SIU in oined in Port of since joining the 1949. Was head­ New York in Union. Was pick­ quarters organiz­ April, 1946. Took er during 1949-51, et dispatcher and active part in active in winning member of clear­ numerous Union successful Cities beefs and actions Service drive. Also served as act­ ance committee including 1 9 4 6 ing port agent in Lake Charles dur­ in 1946 General General Strike, ing 1950-51. Helped organize sev­ Strike in Philadelphia. Also was Isthmian Strike, eral other non-union companies. picket captain and dispatcher in Wall Street Strike and Val Chem Was New York patrolman, contract beef last year, among others. negotiator and headquarters rep­ 1947 strike against Isthmian. As­ Served as ship and department resentative 1951-52. SIU Director sisted in Isthmian polling. Wide experience in negotiating on ship­ delegate on various ships including of Organization since 1952. board beefs and other troubles. Alcoa Polaris, Andrew Jackson, Active in Phila. BME organizing. Fairland and San Mateo Victory. 4 4 4 Sails regularly in steward depart­ ERNEST B. TILLEY—No. T-2: 4 4 4 ment as cook and baker. Joined SIU A&G JOHN HETZELL — No. H-6t District in Balti­ 4) 4 4> Has been a book more, 1939. Ap­ member of the JAMES MARTIN DAWSON- pointed engine SIU since 1947. No. D-82: Became patrolman for Has served a s member of the Baltimore in hip's delegate Seafarers Inter­ 1945. In 1947, ap­ and departmental national Union in pointed P h i1 a delegate on many 1946 in the Port delphia patrol­ ships. Has taken of New York. man and later an active part in Holds clearances served as Phila­ Union beefs on for all major delphia agent. Elected Philadelphia the West Coast, Union beefs such joint patrolman for 1948. Was act­ the Commercial Telegraphere as General Strike ing agent in Boston. Served as Wil­ Union strike, the Isthmian beef of 1946 and Isth­ mington agent in 1949 and as pa­ mian Strike, 1947. Participates ac­ trolman in Savannah. Elected Sa­ on behalf of the AFL Marine Engi­ tively in shipboard affairs and has vannah agent for 1951 and 1952. neers and the Operating Engineers' been elected many times to repre­ Elected NY joint patrolman for strike in 1952. Was appointed joint sent his shipmates either as depart­ '53-'54. Now serving as Wilming­ patrolman in Philadelphia in 1951. Elected Phila. joint patrolman for ment delegate or ship's delegate. ton agent. 53-'54. Sails in deck department as AB 4 •• 4 4 4 4 4 and bosun and is 33 years of age. CHARLES L. STEVENS—No. SHOWARD WEBBER—No. W-365t 4 4 ,4 Started going to 366: Has been REED HUMPHRIES—No. H-4: sailing all types sea during World Joined SIU in of ships in both War II on De­ July, 1944, in NY. the engine and cember 17, 1943, Sailed continual­ steward depart­ and has been ly in World War ments since 1916. sailing ever since. II in deck de­ Joined the Sea­ Became Seafar­ partment. Active farers Interna­ ers International in 1946 General tional Union on Union member in Strike and Wall May 16, 1941, in New York on treet Strike the Port of Bos­ August 15, 1946. where he served ton. Shipped to all zones and sailed Has sailed on almost every type of on the grievance steadily throughout World War 11. ship under contract to the Union committee. Active in many beefs Holds all ratings in the steward de­ and has been repeatedly elected as where SIU helped other unions. partment and has been chief stew­ ship's delegate or departmental Served as shipboard organizer on ard on the ships of numerous SIU delegate by his shipmates. His last Mar-Trade tankers. Appointed NY companies for 13 years. Has a clear ship was the Steel Maker. He sails patrolman in 1952. Elected NY record on all SIU strikes and beefs regularly as AB or bosun. Has oint patrolman for '53-'54. Is now since he joined the Union. . > • clean record in Union. in charge of SIU hq maintenance. For: Phila. Joint Patrolman OO O �October 29, 1954 SEAFARERS egate on ships. Was appointed dis­ patcher for Baltimore in 1049. Was elected Baltimore engine patrol­ man for 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954. For: Balfimoro Agont (Vote For One) EARL (Bull) SHEPPARD—No. Sl: One of SIU's original members. Active in P&O strike and other early Union ac­ tions. Directed field work in Isthmian organ­ izing drive. Par­ ticipated in Great L ak e s organiz­ ing. Directed NY waterfront ac­ tivities in 1946 General Strike. Ap­ pointed New Orleans port agent in 1947. Elected New Orleans agent for 1948, 1949, 1950. Elected as­ sistant secretary-treasurer for 1951. Appointed Baltimore agent in 1951. Elected Baltimore agent for 1952, 1953 and 1954. For: Baltimore Deck Patrolman (Vote For One) o WILLIAM A. HENDERSHOT— No. H-327: Joined the SIU in 1944 after serving in the US Army and Navy. Sails bosun and is thoroughly f a miliar with all -deck department jobs and contract provisions cover­ ing his depart­ ment. Has served as ship's delegate and deck delegate on many occasions and as­ sisted in settling beefs on various ships. Participated in all Union strike activity since 1945. Has been active in SIU organizing drives and other Union beefs. iii t> LEON (Blondie) JOHNSON — No. J-2: One of first to join SIU when it was formed in 1938. Took part in major beefs such as P&O Strike, Bonus Strike, longshore beefs and other impor­ tant actions. Served as patrolman in many SIU ports such as New Orleans, Galves­ ton, New York and Norfolk. Elect­ ed Galveston patrolman for 1948. Elected Baltimore patrolman for every year from 1949 up to the present. Sailed in all combat zones during World War II. For: Baltimore Eng. Patrolman (Vote For One) AL STANSBURY — No. B-22; Member of SIU since it was or­ ganized, joining in Port of Balti­ more. Taken ac­ tive part in all strikes and or­ ganizing drives since Union be­ gan. Sailed dur­ ing the war into most combat zones. > Served SIU in various appointive capacities. Was often elected black gang del- For: Baltimore Sfd, Patrolman (Vote For One) JOE (De George) DI GIORGIO— No. D-Z: Member of SIU since 1941, joining in Port of New Orleans. Sailed to all areas in World War II. Active in all major Union beefs such as 1941 bonus beef, 1946 General Strike, Isthmian Strike and other Union actions, serving on numer­ ous strike committees and other rank and file bodies.'Elected ship's delegate and steward delegate on numerous occasions. Currently employed by SIU Sea Chest as representative. 4" J" A. W. (Andy) GOWDER—No. G - 352: Became member of the SIU Atlantic and Gulf District in Savannah in 1944. Since that time has been ac­ tive in all Union beefs, strikes and 0 r g a n i z ation drives. Partici­ pated in 1946 General Strike and in Isthmian organizing drive and Isthmian Strike. Served on nu­ merous committees In the Union's branches. Elected delegate, chair­ man and recording secretary on many SIU ships. Sailed during World War II and Korean War. G. FRANK HAZEN—No. G-386: Union man since 1937 and joined SIU in Balti­ more, February, 1939, shortly af­ ter the A&G dis­ trict was char­ tered. Has been a member i n good standing ever since then. Was appointed patrolman in Nor­ folk, 1946. Sails in steward depart­ ment and holds all ratings for the galley gang from chief steward on down. Sailed through World War II and has been active in various Union strikes and beefs since the SIU was first founded. LOG For: Baltimore Joint Patrolman Supplement—Page Threo times by his shipmates as ship's delegate as well as department del­ egate in both deck and steward de­ partments, having sailed in both. 4 (Vote For One) 4 4 (Vote For One) R. W. (Bob) MILLER—No. M360: Been sailing since 1937 in various ratings in the engine department. Be­ came member of Seafarers Inter­ national Union in May, 1949, in the Port of New York. Took part in Wall Street Strike, garment cen­ ter beef and other Union actions since starting with SIU. Has been elected ship's delegate and depart­ ment delegate on many ships in­ cluding the Longview Victory, Northwestern Victory and Atlantic Water. Maintains home in Norfolk REX E. DICKEY — No. D-6: Elected deck pa­ trolman for the Port of Balti­ more for ten terms from 193848. Sailed active­ ly on a leave of absence in the war years, 194243. Served as patrolman-organ­ izer during the Isthmian drive and returned to this position on ap­ pointment in May, 1952. Has played a key role in the Atlantic tanker organizing drive. Was ac­ tive in the 1946 General Strike. Sailed consistently as AB between 4 4 4 1948 and 1952. Has been cleared BEN REES—No. R-2: Joined SIU in all of the Union's strikes since he joined in the year of SIU's in 1938. Appoint­ birth. ed patrolman-dis­ patcher for Nor­ 4 4 4 RICHARD MAY—No. M-872: folk in June, 1945. Served in Has been sailing that post until SIU since 1943. elected Norfolk Holds both deck joint patrolman and engine rat­ for 1947. Reelect­ ings and has ed in 1948. Ap­ shipped in both pointed port departments. Has agent for Norfolk, March, 1948. been departmen­ Elected Norfolk agent for 1949, tal delegate on 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954. In various occasions charge of feeding and publicity for in deck and en­ gine departments. Served on vari­ Norfolk strike committee in 1946 ous port committees in Baltimore. General Strike. Active for strike Participated-in New York Maritime committee in Isthmian Strike and Trades Council beef and served in Wall Street beef in 1947. on picketline for SIU affiliate in Baltimore. Sailed on SS Evestar until vessel was organized. Has clearance for all strikes since join­ ing Union. For: Norfolk Joint Patrolman For: Norfolk Agent (Vote For One) o^ C. D. (Bo) ANDERSON—No. A-22: Joined SIU in Port of Tampa, June, 1942, and has been member of Union ever since. Sailed to all zones throughout World War II. Held several ap­ pointive posi­ tions in the Union in various ports, the last one being dispatcher in Port of Baltimore. Actively par­ ticipated in the major beefs and or­ ganizing drives conducted by the 4 4 4 Union through the years. Sails in ARTHUR (Artie) KAVEL, JR.- deck department in all ratings and No. K-79: Became holds endorsement as bosun. a member of the SIU in Boston, 4 4 4 June, 1946. Took GLENIOUS (Glenn) LAWSON— part in the 1946 No. L-27: Joined General Strike the Seafarers and was also ac­ Inter national tive during the Union, Atlantic Isthmian Strike and Gulf District, the following in Port of Nor­ year. Holds clear­ ances for all major SIU strikes. folk on Novem­ Has been ship's delegate or depart­ ber 4, 1944. Has ment delegate on almost every ship been active mem­ he has sailed on including those on ber of Union ever organizational status. Was ship's since then, tak­ delegate on Mary Adams last trip. ing part in the Union's major Sails various ratings In steward strikes and other beefs as well as in the Union's successful post-war dep't. organizing program. Elected many For: Savannah Agent oo JEFF MORRISON—No. M-3: Served Union in various capaci­ ties on all coasts and active in ma­ jor Union beefs and strikes. Was on strike com­ mittee in Norfolk for 1946 General Strike. Elected joint patrolman in Mobile for 1947 and 1948. Elect­ ed joint patrolman in Galveston for 1949. In mid-1949 went to San Francisco as West Coast represen­ tative. Served as Wilmington port agent, 1950-51, and Seattle agent in 1952. Elected Savannah agent for '53-'54. For: Savannah Joint Patrolman (Vote For One) JOHN S. BRAGG—No. B-313t Joined the SIU in March, 1944, in San Francisco. Served on pick­ etline during 1946 General Strike in Port of Savannah. Has shipped in deck, engine and stew­ ard departments at different times since starting to sail. Has sailed in the engine de­ partment for the past six years. Has been elected by crewmemberi as engine department delegate and ship's delegate on various ships. Fully familiar with all Union regu­ lations and contract provisions. 4 4 4 NEVIN E. ELLIS—No. E-70: Is a charter mem­ (Vote For One) ber of the SIU, A&G District, transferring t o the SIU when it organ­ JAMES A. BULLOCK—No. B-7: was first ized. Sailed a 11 Joined the SIU during the war, in May of 1939, visiting all of the various war and has sailed zones. Served as steadily since. dispatcher in the Port of Tampa in He was appoint­ 1949 and 1950. Has been active in ed patrolman-dis­ all SIU strikes and beefs. Elected patcher in the Savannah joint patrolman for '53'54. He has been elected and has Port of Norfolk served as department and as ship's in 1946, and has delegate on many of the ships he since been elect­ has sailed. ed to that posi­ tion. Has been active in all SIU strikes and beefs since he joined the Union, and holds clearances for all of them. During the Wall Street Strike, he served in the capacity of (Vote For One) area captain. He was also active in Isthmian and Cities Service cam­ paigns. For: Tampa Agent 4 4 4 JOSEPH W. JAMES—No. J-183: Has been a mem­ ber of the SIU for the past 11 years, getting his book in the port of New York in September, 1943. Was in New York during 1946 Gen­ eral Strike and took active part in it. Has served as ship and de­ partmental delegate on many SIU ships. Sails regularly as electrician with the engine department and is currently 2nd electrician and en­ gine department delegate aboard the Mississippi cruise ship Del Sud. OOO TOMMY BANNING—No. B-12i Has been an acyve SIU member since joining the Union in 1938. Took part in the early organizing drives in various shipping compa­ nies. Served for several years in the US Army in World War II. On returning, was appointed SIU representative in Puerto Rico. Worked in head­ quarters of the New Yoi-k hall in 1951. Appointed joint patrolman in the Port of New York in 1952. Elected NY deck patrolman for .'53-'54. . :v �Soppleinent—^Pa^e F«iir SEAFARERS Oetober M, im LOG Alcoa passenger ships andjreight- and ship's delegate on -sarious ers, as well as the ships of other ships. Fully familiar witK terms iSIU-contracted companies. Is pres­ of Union contracts, constitution ently sailing on the Alcoa Clipper. and other Union rules. Has clear Has clear Union record in all beefs record on all strikes and beefs (Vote For One) since becoming a member of the since joining SIU. SIU. » » ^ LINDSEY WILLIAMS — No. HERMAN TROXCLAIR—No. TW-1: Joined SIU 4: Joined SIU in (Vote For One) A&G District in March, 1941, and January, 1942, in (Vote For One) has been aotive New Orleans. in Union since Sailed in the that date in all deck department strikes, beefs ROBERT J. JORDAN—No. J-1: during the war in and organization­ Sailed since 1938 practically every CHARLES KIMBALL—No. K-2: al campaigns, war zone. Served in engine depart­ serving on many Active mem­ as Gulf area or­ committees. Dur­ ment. Was organ­ ber of SIU since ganizer during ing World War izer in Gulf area Union drive to organize Isthmian. II sailed widely in many combat Union was first for Isthmian ships Led drive on American Trading and areas. Always sailed in stewards organized in Producing. Director of organization and tugboats 1938. Sailed at for Cities Service drive and was department. Was first elected stew­ from September, all times in deck responsible for .bringing many ard department patrolman for New 1945 on. Served department until (Vote For One) new companies under contract. Orleans for 1948. Was re-elected as Mobile engine Elected New Orleans port agent for 1949 and 1950. Elected steward 1944 when ap­ patrolman, Feb­ since 1950. patrolman in same port for '52, '53, pointed patPoIruary, 1946. Was man for Mobile. '54. Strike clear. acting dispatcher and organizer in Acted as Assist­ BELARMINO (Benny) GONZA­ that port. Was . elected engine ant West Coast representative in LEZ—No. G-4: patrolman in Mobile for 1947 and San Francisco in 1945. Elected Joined the SIU reelected in 1948. Elected joint Mobile port agent in 1946 and ap­ in 1938, in Tam­ (Vote For One) patrolman in Mobile 1949-1952. pointed patrolman and dispatch­ pa. Active in or­ Elected engine patrolman for '53er in 1947 in Mobile. Sailed 1948 ganizing P& O (Vote For One) '54. Active in all SIU drives and to 1951. Elected Galveston joint Line and in sub­ has clear record in all strikes. patrolman for '52, '53, '54. Clear­ sequent P & O C. M. (Whitey) TANNEHILL— ances for all Union strikes. Strike. Helped or­ No. T-5: Joined the SIU A&G ganize Florida 4 4 4 PAUL A. WARREN—No. W-S: District in June East Coast CarOne of the oldJOHN A. (Blackie) KING—No. of 1943. Since time members of ferry in 1940. that time he was K-308: Joined the SIU, getting Was New York dispatcher in 1946active in the Isth­ (Vote For One) his book in the SIU in Tampa, 47, steward, department patrolman mian organizing Port of Mobile In 1948. Elected Baltimore steward 1949. Served as drive, and also in on November 16, patrolman in 1949. Sei*ved as AFL shipboard organ­ the Cities Service 1938. Has been organizer in Florida. Was patrol­ organizing cam­ izer during active member man in Tampa, patrolman and dis­ paign. He holds Union's drive on LEO MARSH — No. M-9: Has since that time. patcher in New York during 1953clearances for all SIU strikes and Shipped to all Cities Service 54. Has clearances for all Union been a member beefs since he joined the Union. areas in deck de­ beefs and strikes. of the SIU, A&G In 1948, elected Boston joint pa­ partment during World War II. ships and also participated in trolman. Elected joinf patrolman District, since it for Galveston '59-'51. Elected New Participated in all Union strikes organizing drives was formed and Orleans deck patrolman for '53-'54. and beefs and took part in SIU's on harbor tugs he has always post-war organizing drives in non­ such as Biscol and Terry Smith sailed in the union companies. Served in vari­ tugs. Took part in major Union steward depart­ ous appointive Union posts and is strikes and beefs. Elected by ship­ (Vote For One) currently acting patrolman in New mates either as department dele­ ment, sailing in Orleans. Has clear strike record. gate or as ship's delegate on most a 11 ratings on ships that he has sailed on. Sails almost every (Vote For One) in deck department and has bo­ type of vessel sun's endorsement. CAL TANNER—No. T-1: Charter under SIU contract. He holds member of the clearances for all SIU strikes and 4 4 4 SIU since the beefs since the Union was organ­ VAN WHITNEY — No. W-11: very beginning. C. J. (Buck) STEPHENS—No. S(Vote For One) ized and has taken an active part 4: One of early Sailed actively Joined the SIU in during war see­ 1944. Holds in all of them. Was appointed as members of SIU, ing service in Union clearances steward patrolman for the Port joining in Demost combat for all strikes and of Mobile in December of 1951. c e m b e r, 1938. zones. Active in beefs since then. Active in 1939 Elected Mobile steward patrolman Isthmian Strike, KEITH ALSOP—No. A-3: Has 15 Picketed in Jack­ Isthmian organ­ years sea time to izing drive both sonville, F1 a ., for •53-'54. 1939 Bonus his credit, most on ship and during the 1946 Strike, 1946 of it in the en­ ashore as organizer. Elected Mo­ General Strike, General Strike gine department. bile port agent for every year and was an or­ and 1947 Isth­ Sailed to all parts since 1947. Participated in vari­ ganizer during mian Strike ous A&G District organizing drives the Cities Service campaign. Sailed when company was signed. Served of the world dur­ of past years. Active in all SIU in all ratings in the engine depart­ A&G District in many capacities ing the war. Served as port beefs and holds clearances for all ment. Sailed to all war zones. Took from dispatcher to agent in New (Vote For One) strikes the Union has engaged in an active part in the SUP strike of Orleans. Sailed in all combat zones agent in Charles­ since it was first organized. 1951. Now ship's delegate on Seaduring WW II. Elected New Or­ ton, SC, and Gal­ train NY. Was on hq tallying,com­ leans engine patrolman since 1947. veston. Served as patrolman in NY, Norfolk and New mittee for Baltimore Building Orleans. Was member of general Fund Resolution. HAROLD J. FISCHER—No. F-1: strike committee in Norfolk during 4 4 4 In SIU since 1938. 1946 strike. Served as chairman of the Isthmian strike committee, in Sailed steadily in • KEITH (Honolulu) WINSLEY— Galveston in 1947. Elected port No. W-269: Has engine depart­ (Vote For One) agent in Galveston every year from been a member(Vote For One) ment during war 1948 down to the present. of the Seafarers until December, Inter national 4" 4 ,4 . 1943, when ap­ Union, Atlantic RAYMOND E. VAUGHAN—No. and Gulf Dis­ pointed Mobile WILLIAM J. (Red) MORRIS — dispatcher. Was GEORGE A. RIEHM—No. R-343: V-129: A mem­ trict, since join­ ber of the Sea­ No. M-4: Sailed Has been sail­ ing up in Octo­ drafted into US farers Interna­ ing since 1937 in since 1939 and ber, 1945, in the Army in 1944 and tional Union, the steward de­ through World Port of San FranAtlantic and Gulf partment. Served War H until d.isch ar ged in Cisco. Has sailed District, since appointed acting regularly since then in the engine 1946. Returned to sea. Served again in the Armed September, 1947, agent for Jackdepartment and holds various en­ in Mobile as patrolman-dispatcher Forces from 1942 wheii he joined sonviile in March, gine department ratings including for four years from 1946 to 1950. to 1945 and in the Port of Gal­ 1945. Was later sailing that of electrician. Has a clean rec- • Has clear record on all strikes. started veston. Has been assigned to New ord in the Union, holding clear­ Served as SIU West Coast repre­ SIU in 1946. Re­ shipping, ever York and then do ances for all SrU strikes. ' Is 35 sentative and San FrahclicO agent. ceived book,mem­ since in Hie' deck department on> Years of ^ge afid' a resident of Al- ^ Norfolk as pabership in ,the Elected Mobile joint patrolman for trolman. Served as acting ,int in :n,;,typea;j|, shiij^icohtraRted 14 ifiers, Louisiana. IIU in 1948, in the « Charleston, SC. Appointei iatriilWk. Has sailed Delist Line and le SIU. Has been deck delegate GEORGE M. EVERETT—No. E87: Has been a member of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union, Atlantic and Gulf District, since joining in the Port of Norfolk on July 12. 1947. Sails regularly in deck department ratings. Has a clean record on all Union beefs with all necessary strike clearances. Is a resident of the port for which he is candidate and is 30 years of age. man for Mobile in 1947, Was elect­ ed deck patrolman in Mobile for 1948, joint patrollmart in '49 and deck patrolman for 'dS-'Sd. Has clear record on all Union beefs. For: Mobile Eng. Patrolman For: N"^ Orleans Agent O O For: Galveston Joint Patrolman O For: Tampa Joint Patrolman -cxp- -o For: N' Orleans Deck Patrolman For: N' Orleans Joint Patrolman o cy O For: Mobile Std. Patrolman For: Mobile Agent I • For: N' Orleans Eng. Patrolman O O -Q?- OOO For: Galveston Agent For: Mobile Joint Patrolman For; Mobile Deck Patrolman OOO I V For: N' Orleans Std. 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Title A name given to the resource October 29, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 22 Description An account of the resource Headlines: CRIMP RIG SEEKS TO SCUTTLE SEA UNIONS' WAGES, CONDITIONS COLLECTS 3RD SIU BABY $ BLACKIE CARROLL, SIU OLDTIMER, DIES AT 57 6 MORE CO'S READY WITH BACK WAGES UNION OPENS NEW HOUSTON HALL TRAVELERS' CHECK DRAWS POPULAR WITH SEAFARERS SIU BACKS SHIP WORKERS' BEEF SIU CELEBRATES 16TH BIRTHDAY STIFFEN CG CONTROL OF DOPE RAPS SIU STRIKE KEEPS BULL RUN TIED UP ISTHMIAN TO ADD PIERS IN B'KLYN DON'T TRY IT LENDING A HAND 16TH BIRTHDAY THE ICY SOUTH LAND: EXPLORING THE ANTARCTIC IN A LITTLE SPANISH TOWN, SIU SHIP'S STOPOVER IS A BIG EVENT SIU LIGHTS WAY FOR ALL SEAMEN CURFEW FOR CHOCTAW CREW DOESN'T GET THEM IN A STEW, CHIEF COOK REPORTS 'FLORIDA' HURRICANE IT AIN'T COMPANY REPS OUTSPEED SHIP SEEKS CARE, IS CALLED 'DESERTER' PAYOFFS RIGHT IN HOSPITALS JUST ANOTHER SIU SERVICE CANDIDATES FOR 1955-1956 A&G POSTS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/29/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/c1ce09d81428702a523a62102345de01.PDF c88508b735214afe0f88a686e065d39e PDF Text Text U?!-- : •• LOG J;:lf I ^ i.. j-.ll • OFFICIAL OHOAN O F THI IlAFAKiR t INTIR KATIO N Al ONION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT > AFL • \ :: ,r>'; I irl'-'' I •J ' New High For 51U Pioneer Plan -Story On Page 8 -s '-'Si si ••2 i3| lirj:-.- •ll i-y- - ::e i v"1^ �nActdberaSi 1954 S'E A FA R EAR S' L O'G SlU Up Tanker; Crew Pickets By Boat BALTIMORE—Seafarers from the crew of the SS Bull Run (Petrol Tankers) have been manning a 24-hour seagoing picketline around the ship here since Sunday, as the Company continues its refusal to renew' its full work agreement with ing maintained at local hotels in the city while off watch. the SIU. Operators of the ship, Petrol r, f n... The vessel, which arrived late Saturday under tow from Norfolk, had been covered by an SIU con­ tract for several years. Members of the crew originally left the «hip in the Virginia port, after the Union acted on prior strike authoi-ity voted by the membership and called the crew out on strike. At present only two SIU fire­ men are aboard the Bull Run, (acting on instructions from the Union), along with her full comple­ ment of mates and engineers. How­ ever, the various officers' unions involved have indicated their will­ ingness to back the SIU position in the beef. CIO shipyard workers at the Maryland Drydock Company have also pledged a "hands-off" policy in the dispute. Man Picket Boat . The seagoing SIU picketline is being maintained in a trim cabin boat topped with a large banner reading "SS Bull Run On Strike — Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic and . Gulf District, AFL." Members of the crew have been manning the boat since they arrived from Norfolk over the weekend in 12-hour watches 'round the clock. The picketboat is provisioned with sandwiches and soft drinks supplied by the SIU branch in the port, and all crewmembers ai'e be- Seatrain NO In Transfer To Liberia Tanker Industries, Inc., one of several SIU companies under the Mathiasen banner,' have not indi­ cated what their next move will be. Meanwhile, the ship is berthed out in the bay and the SIU picketboat continues its vigil. 51(1 CoiiiMf^e^lSiirviys'C*'" Steward D^p't Steps to assure high quality feeding, attractive service and smooth steward department operation on all SlU ships are being taken-by a recently-formed Seafarers ^steward de­ partment committee. The committee, which is workipg jointly with shipown^$, will strive to assure that Seafarers re--^"~ '' ^^ ceive the very best fbr every and iheSsroom as well as providing Side by slde ^ith the standardi­ food dollar spent by the op­ a variety of palatable meals served zation of stores on a high level of erators and at the same time will seek to eliminate waste and un­ necessary expense 'resulting frpftl use of unsatisfactory stores, pr lack of planning in steward department operations. , T , . The formation of the coriiihittee is the outcome of an SIU proposal that a standard stores list be es­ tablished for all SlU-contracted ships. TJiis proposal has now been broadened to include improviement of operating procedures In the steward department wherever pos­ sible with the double objective of assuring a .smooth-running galley in an attractive manner. Stores First Consideration Several meetings with, shipown­ er representatives have already been held by the Union committee. The Union representatives, Joe Algina, Claude Simmons and Eddie Mooney, chairman of the commit­ tee, have made Improvement of stores the first order of business. The committee has emphasized thai high quality stores are the most economical for the shipowner on a dollars .and cents basis be­ cause the better-quality foods mean less spoilage and waste. Ga/e Claims Ship, 37 Seamen A small boat from the freighter Maritime Trader bearing six victims of the capsized freighter Mormackite pulls alongside the USS Eaton to transfer bodies to the Navy ship. Twelve bodies of crewmembers were recovered from the Atlantic two days after the ship capsized and sank In a gale 150 miles off Cape Henry, Va. NORFOLK—A toll of 37 lives was taken by a fierce Gulf Stream gale when the NMUmanned ore carrier Mormackite capsized suddenly and sank 150 miles east-southeast of Cape Henry, Virginia. So sudden was the sinking that crewmembers had no time to •'take to lifeboats or radio for-*help. SEAFARERS LOG Only 11 crewmembers of Latest casualty to the US mer­ chant marine resulting from the Maritime Administration's easy ship transfer policy is the formerly SlU-manned Seatrain New Or­ leans, which is going under LibeVol. XVI. No. 21 rian registry. It is the 27th ship Oct. 15. 1954 transfer approved by the Govern­ As I See It .Page 4 ment in the past two months. .Page 16 Idle for the last four years, the Burly New Orleans has been sold by the Crossword Puzzle Page 8 SlU-contracted Seatrain Lines to Editorials Page 9 the West India Fruit and StearnGalley Gleanings Page 15 ship Co. Inc. of Norfolk, Va. It is Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 expected the ship will go into the company's railroad carferry serv­ Labor Round-Up ........Page 8 ice between West Palm Beach, Letter of The Week Page 9 Fla., and Havana, Cuba. West India Letters .Page 16 already has four other carferries Maritime Page 8 on this run. Meet The Seafarer Page 8 The 7,636-gross-ton New Orleans, Notices, Personals Page 17 built In England in 1928, is 452 Port Reports Pages 12, 13 long and 62 feet in the beam. She Ship's Minutes Pages 16, 17 has a capacity of 90 fully-loaded SIU History Cartoon Page 6 freight cars and a speed of 14 Sports Line Page 15 knots. Top of The News Page 6 She had been manned by SIU Vacation Plan Feature Pages 10, 11 crews in the service between New Vote of Thanks Page 9 Orleans and Havana until four Washington News Letter. .Page 7 years ago, when she was with­ Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 drawn as a result of a dispute be­ Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 tween Seatrain Lines and the Cuban government. Six other Sea­ Published biweekly et the heedovertere train vessels, the Georgia, Louisi­ of the Seafarers Infernatlenal Union, At­ ana, New Jersey, New York, Sa­ lantic A Gulf District AFL, S75 Fourth AVenuo, Brooklyn M, NY. Tol. HYaclnth vannah and Texas, are still operat­ 9-StQS. Entered as second class matter ed by the company under SIU con­ at the Paet Office In Brooklyn, NY, under tract. the Act of August 24, 1*12. the ship were saved after floating in lifejackets and clinging to de­ bris for 48 hours before their cries for help were heard by a passing Greek freighter, the Macedonia. Other ships which aided were the Maritime Trader and the Monroe Victory. Like Southern Isles The Mormackite disaster closely parallels the fate of the SIUmanned Southern Isles which broke in half and sank off Cape Hatteras just three years ago in another October storm. On that occasion, 17 of the 23 men on the 3,300-ton converted LST were lost. The Southern Isles was also carry­ ing a cargo of ore when disaster struck. Fortunately, the survivors of the Southern Isles were picked up im­ mediately. The Mormackite men had 48 hours in the water during which several were attacked by sharks and others went imder from exhaustion and submersion. First accounts from crewmem­ bers said that there was a sudden shift In the 6,000-ton ship's ore cargo following which the vessel turned over and sank. quality, the committee will seek to develop standard operating pfdcedures, for all steward departnients to follow. It is the objective of the committee to draft these pro­ cedures in clear and concise terms and then distribute them in the form of an operating procedures booklet to all stewards. In order to accomplish Its job, the committee welcomes sugges­ tions from steward department men and all other crewmembers who have ideas as to how the op­ erations of the department can be improved. Stop 'Merry Go-Round' One of the things the committee Is out to accomplish is to get away from the "merry-go-round" type of menu in which the same main dish is served on the same day of the week, week In and week out. A lit­ tle more change of pace in this di­ rection, it Is felt, will go a long way toward eliminating the feeling of monotony and consequent waste of food that tends to arise, particu­ larly on long voyages. Both preparation and serving of food will get equal attention from the committee. Good food coming out of the galley, the committee emphasized, merits attractive and palatable serving in. the messrpom. As an example, the committee cited the practice of serving a big chunk of butter "family-style" to a whole group of men. After the crewmembers have gotten through slicing pieces off, the rest of the butter has to be dumped. This un­ necessary waste could be avoided simply by cutting butter down into individual patties. That way each Seafarer could have as many pat­ ties as he wanted for individual consumption and the remainder of the butter could be put back into the dairy box for use at the next meal. Once the committee has arrived at certain practices and proce­ dures, it will continue to serve as a watchdog body to assure that superior practices are maintained, and it will meet periodically with shipowners to consider suggestions for dealing with shipboard feeding problems. Statement Of Ownership statement of the ownership, man­ agement, and circulation required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, as amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, and July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233) of SEAFARERS LOG, published every other week at Brooklyn, NY, for October 15, 1954. 1. The names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor and business managers are: Pub­ lisher: Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic & Gulf District, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY; Editor: Herbert Brand, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY; Managing editor: Ray Denison, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY; Business manager (none). 2. The owner is: (If owned by a corporation its name and address must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding one per cent or more of total amount of stock. • If not owned by a corpora ration, the names and addresses of the individual owners must be given. If owned by a partnership or other unincorporated firm, its name and address as well as that of each in­ dividual member, must be given.) Seafarers- International Union, At­ lantic & Gulf District, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY; Paul Hall, Secre­ tary-Treasurer, 675 4th Ave., Brook­ lyn 32, NY; Robert Matthews, Assist­ ant Secretary-Treasurer, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY. 3. The known bondholders, mort­ gagees, and other security holders owning <w holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so atate.) None. 4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 include, in cases where the stockholder or se­ curity holder appears upon the books of the company as trustees or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting; also the state­ ments in the two paragraphs show the affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and secur­ ity holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a ca­ pacity other than that of a bona fide owner. 5. The average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the 12 months proceeding the date shown above was: (This information is required ftom daily, weekly, semiweekly, and triweekly newspapers only.) This Information not required. (Signed) Herbert Brand, Editor. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th day of September, 1954. Mairion Kaplan, Notary PUblic. (My' commission expiresr-April 28, 1955.) - �•OtMkm U, US« SEAFARERS Av* Tfcre* LOG Baek Wages sm WINS NEW HIGH I/Ready At 4 $176 VACATION PAY More Go's 'pi iiu h.i'i Seafarers who have, retroactive wages coming from any of four SlU-contracted companies whose back pay lists are now ready can now collect the monies due them by writing the companies involved. The companies concerned are the following: J. H, Winchester & Co. (Liberty Navigation)^ 19 Rector St., New York, NY; Southern Steamship Co., 103 Pennsylvania Ave., Wilmington,. Del., and the Trojan Steamship Co., and Troy Shipping Co., both of 21 West St., New York, NY. The back pay stems from the re­ troactive feature of the supple­ mentary SIU agreement negotiated this past June, which made wage boosts retroactive to October 1, 1953. Most of the other companies have paid out the back pay during the interim. The Seafarers International Union, A&G District, pioneer of all maritime vacation plans and constant leader in benefits paid, swept far ahead of the field this week by establishing a new record high in vacation pay of $176. The increase—^which apiounts to a 19 percent boost for every Seafarer—was voted this week by the trustees of the Seafarers Vacation Plan following negotiations with the SIU. The increase from the present $148 in­ dustry-high annual level will go into effect for 90 days or more of seatime accumulated after December 1,1954. Stretching That Dollar? The rise in benefits does not involve any increase in Seafarers anxious to stretch that dollar and get top qual­ contributions by the ship­ ity for their money can find the answer to their buying would receive more than any other )roblems in the column "Your Dollar's Worth," on page ping companies, although seamen in the industry, and the ive. The column appears in every issue of the LOG and it does require their signa­ entire SIU crew would receive over IS written exclusively for Seafarers by Sidney Margolius, the leading expert on buying. Topics covered range from home buying (see this week's column) to shipboard gear, patent medicines and Jiome appliances. Whatever your buying problem, the LOG has the answer. If you have a particular sulsject you would like to have covered, drop a line to the LOG. $1,000 more than a crew of the same size under other plans in the industi-y. Before the SIU Vacation Plan was negotiated, very few seamen had ever received a penny in vaca­ tion pay. By basing Vacation pay directly -fi on the number of days worked and then having all contributions from all companies placed in a central fund, the SIU was able to assure vacation benefits to Seaferers for An analysis of the Seafarers the first time. Vacation Plan showing its The December 1 starting date superiority to all others in the from which seatime can be counted industry and a full explanation at the new, higher rate means that of its operations appears in the Seafarers should accumulate at centerfold of this issue. least 90 days seatime after that date before filing for benefits. operations of the Vacation Plan. Filing before those 90 days will The study showed that |jenefits mean that the Seafarer will be paid could be raised to the maximum of at the old rate of $148.a year.. $176, thanks to the low cost and efficiency of the Plan's operations. This is the greatest amount that could be paid based on the existing rate of contributions by the ship­ owners. , Already the Seafarers Vacation Plan, the first industry-wide plan in maritime, has paid out a total of $3 ^4 million in benefits to Sea­ farers since payments got under way in February, 1952. Under the existing rate of payments, account­ ants' figures show the $148 benefit "With voting due to begin a is the highest in the industry. Un­ der the new rate. Seafarers will be month from today, Seafarers receiving, on the average, $30 more in all ports last week approved than seamen in the National Mari­ the report of the membershiptime Union, which has the next elected credentials committee Steel fragment is removed from the eye of a Dutch seaman transferred to the SlU-manned Del Mar Ijest plan. which recommended a record total from another ship at sea, in the cruise ship's hospital as Dr. Schindler of the Del Mar (right) admin­ Actually, since the NMU plan is of 78 candidates qualified to run isters emergency treatment. The success of the operation, which took place in South American waters, based on a sliding scale according for the 49 Union posts in a twowas credited in part to the ingenuity of Seafarer Peter B. Oppedahl, electrician. to wages, most men sailing an month referendum. NMU ship get less than the $146 •Retired with a vote of thanks, NEW PRLEANS—The ingenuity, of an SIU electrician aboard the Del Mar coupled with average for their plan. Or putting the six-man panel was elected at a doctor's skill saved the eyesight of the crew member of a Dutch freighter. An electromag­ it another way, in a typical crew the headquarters branch meeting net rigged up by Seafarer Peter B. Oppedahl and operated by the Del Mar's physician. of 34 men, 30 of the 34 Seafarers Dr. Schindler, removed .the' To better acquaint Seafar­ ers with the candidates for piece of steel from the eye of .election the SEAFARERS the seaman. ' LOG will carry pictures and Ship's delegate Vic .Miorana re­ biographies of all candidates ports that the emergency treat­ The SIU signed another new company — with a potential of six ships — to the list of in the next issue, ZVi weeks in ment took place in South Ameri­ advance of the start of the can waters off RiO de Janeiro «on Union-contracted operators this mohth, as the Norlo Shipping Co. of New York agreed to balloting. the full SIU agreement for dry cargo operations. Currently operating two ships, the Ragnar Saturday, September 25. The radio 1 operator o£ the Delta Lines pas­ Naess and the i^arbara Mi--*^—= ^ N senger ship received an SOS early chel, the company has indicat­ Negotiations which led to the quarters staff, led by Assistant on September 22, in accord with in the morning from the freighter ed that it will add four more signing were handled by the head- Secretary-Treasurer Joe Algina. the procedure established in the Aagtedyk of the Holland-Ameri­ ships to its fleet before long. Both ^ 1, ^ SIU constitution. It scanned th« can Line that a crewmember of its present vessels are Libertys. nominations of a total of 92 Sea­ aboard needed immediate medical farers, of whom 14 were disquali­ An SIU crew from the Seattle attention. 'The Del Mar responded fied for failing to meet one or. more hall boarded the Barbara Michel by changing course and heading of the constitutional requirements. to the Dutch ship, arriving along­ in that port this week, but no Ballots Being Printed crew has yet gone aboard the SAN FRANCISCO—Hope rose last week that the drive of side at 8:40 PM. Ragnar Naess, which is idle in the SIU of North America to wiit bargaining rights for West Thus, ballots are now being Crew Made Transfer Baltimore. The Michel is slated to Coast steward department personnel will be crowned with printed in time for the official Crewmembers of the Aagtedyk come around to the East Coast on start of the voting on November 15 lowered the injured seaman into a her maiden voyage under the SIU. success before long. The at all SIU branches for a period lifeboat and the Del Mar's deck Previously under SIU contract tional Labor Relations Board shall represent the cooks. of two months. gang brought him aboard. Mean­ while operated by the Seatransport has scheduled a hearing for With the old Communist-domi­ The ballot will be virtually the while Oppedahl readied an electro­ Corporation, the Ragnar Naess Oct. 20 on an SlUNA petition for nated National Union of Marine same as the one voted on in the magnet for use by the ship's doc­ was sold earlier this year to a com­ a three-department vote. Cooks and Stewards out of busi­ previous election in 1952, when tor. pany under contract to" another The petition for a three-depart­ ness, the only obstacle to SIU suc­ there were also 49 Union officei The doctor operated immediate­ union and then purchased by the ment unit was made jointly by cess is Local 100, the catch-all unit at issue. However, this time Sea­ three SIU affiliates, the Sailors organized by Harry Bridges to take farers will be called upon to vote ly and by 9:55 PM it was all over. newly-formed Norlo concern. The company has signed the full Union of the Pacific, Marine Fire, over .the steward department. In a for three joint assistant secretaryThe steel .splinter was removed from the injured seaman'| eye and SIU .working agreement, which will meii. Oilers and Watertenders and three-department vote, it is ex­ treasurers plus one each to repre­ he was put back aboard his ship provide the regular wage scale, the Marine Cooks and Stewards- pected that the votes of the^eck sent the deck, engine and steward amid the cheers of the Del Mar's overtime and working conditions in AFL, acting as the Pacific District and engine men, along with those departments. In the previous elec­ of AFL stewards, will be far more tion, six joint assistant secretaries passenjgers who had been anxious­ force on other SlU-cpntracted of the SIU. • ' were voted upon. The action was taken to try and than needed. ly watching the proceedings. ' vessels. T eamwork 5 avesM an*s E ye tures in order to go into effect. It is expected that all SIUcontracted companies will approve the increase within the next few weeks, well in advance of the time that new payments will be made. The SlU-sponsored plan for in­ creased payments came after a thorough accounting study of the Credential Report OK'd By Members ,/•;: New Co. Signs SIU Pact WC Vote Hearing Set 1 •3 Bir'' �SEAFAWERS XO^v 0«|#ker, 18.19$4: Nears I6th Birthdiiy Solid Financial Shape Ait It. ^ HM.:' With the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, about to celebriate its 16th birthday on November 1, the men of the SIU can look back on a trade union record of accbrhliishments for Seafarers unequalled in maritime history. The men of the SIU now enjoy ipis in working conditions, contracts, wages, welfare, vacation and shoreside facilities. Equally as impre^ive is the SIU's record of accomplishment in building-a strong financial structure while at the same limje establishing a district-wide program of modern halls with first class facilities for. the men of the SIU. In yiew of. the fact that the current rank and file quarterly finance committee's examination of the Union's assets comes at this anniversary time, the committee requested that the Union's solid financial position be brought to the attention of the men of the SIU, with a breakdown of the Union's assets in cash,' bends, real estate. Union corporations and equipment. The committee's full report will, of course, be prbaented to the membership a£ regular meetings in all ports on October 20. E Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities October 13, 1954 Cash and Bonds Fund Cash in Bank General O& L Casta on Hand $212,235.61 $4,000.00 5,578.54 SOO^iOO I *........ "• :Casta " . Depository Assets ; •• . Total ' ;jr... 1227,7^5.61' $11,500.00 fiOg 11,004.12 11,004.12 Building 14,217.70 14,217.70 Property 2:800.89 2,i«)0.89 Strike ................ 46,523.48 $292,360.34 •Present Value of Bonds Accounts and Advances Receivable $197,609.00*'^ ••i," $4,300.00 $11,900.00 $197,609.00 ^ 244,192.48 $505,769.34 , ....V......... $114244.76 Investment In and Loans to Wholly Owned Corporations from Various Funds.. .k.... •*$423,531.84 (Seafarers Sea Chest Corpora^ tion; Seafarers Port O'Call Cor• ' , ' '' tion; Seafarers Sea Stores Cor' ' -1' poration; Seafarers Building .. , • - i Corjioration; Seafarers Baltimore r• i . ,5 t / > j Building Corporation; Log Press, ' . . • . r ' : > . ;V Inc.; Seafarers Baltimore Port ' - • : O'Call Corporation.) ^ ^ Land and Buildings—Union Halls .7.'T. Automobiles, Furniture and Fixtures 1 $1,639,667.73 126,638.32 Other Assets 14,959.75 Total Assets $2,721,211.74 Less Liabilities Total Net Worth $18,845.17 $2,702,366.57 ....: *• Of this sum, $400,000 represents investments made since March, 1953. Report prepared by Buchbinder, Stein and. Company, Certified Public Accountants, New York, NY. 1^^.; l;S'--" P' II- THERE IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY AS A RESULT OF STEPS UNdertaken by the West Coast unions affiliated with the SIU of North America that the Communist Party's last remaining pipeline on West Coast ships will be destroyed. At present the National Labor Relations Board is considering a petition from our brothers in the Sailors Union, the Marine Firemen and the Marine Cooks and Stewards for a joint,, three-department vote on the West Coast. The idea is that the name of the SIU of North America would appear on the ballot and sailors, fire­ men and' cooks would all vote under the single label. If this procedure is approved by the Labor Board it will mean that all three shipboard departments would fie standing together against Harry Bridges front stewards' union, Local 100, which he organized to swallow the steward department. As the membership will recall, there was an election a few months ago on West Coast ships in which only members , of the steward de­ partment voted. In that election, the MCS-$.FL, affiliated with your International Union, attracted a very sizable number of votes. The old Commie-dominated National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards fell by the wayside, but the waterfront apparatus of the Communist Party tufned pn the heat and swung a big bloc of votes into the "no union" colunin. s Entire Apparatus Put to Work It was no secret that this Was accomplished by turning the entire apparatus of the West Coast longshore union to this task and by or­ ganizing the stewards into "a local of^the longshore Union. The result is that the cooks on West Coast ships^have been' left without any union since then. • • It's^been apparent to all that Bridges' aim through, the years was to swallow up the seagoing unions on the West Coast: Up until now he had attempted to set up his pipelines within the existing unions. The old NUMC&S was a perfect tool for that puqmse. Now with NUMC&S destroyed Bridges has had to come out in the open where all can see his power grab in operation. • However, as usual, it's J)een the SIU of North America that has proved to be the biggest stumbling.block to Bridges' ambitions and the ambitions of the waterfront Cpmmie clique. If it were not for the formation of the SIU of NA and the fight that the SUP principally, your own union here on the East Coast and other JSIU affiliates haVev carried on against* Bridges down through the years, there is little doubt that he would have succeeded in gaining a stranglehold on the sea­ going unibns: ' • Sefinen Drew The Line : •:*, Bridges has been under attack for a long time from many qiiiirters including the Government and the press. But none of these attacks iiave hurt him half as miich as the fact that seamen (MI the West Coast stood up against him and drew the line. Every time he's/tried to cross the line he's been driven back. Bridges himself is well aware that the SIU and its affiliates are the biggest obstacles to his ambitions. That's why the SIU of NA in general and the SUP in particular have been his favorite target and that's why he will ally himself with any forces In attempts to binder the progress of the SIU. It wasn't so long ^go out on the West Coast that our brothers in the Sailors Union stood almost alone in this fight.. Time and time again Bridges and the operators tried double-teaming' the Sailors with the help of NUMC&S. Now it's a different story. The Marine Firemen are with the SIU and the cooks, given the opportunity, will join the ranks tQO. When that happens it will be the end of the long fight to eliminate the last traces of Communist influence from US seagoing unions. In light of current world conditions, this Is more desirable and necessary than ever. The Quarterly Finance Committee's findings as to the Union's net worth and totel assets, as shown above,^ permit an interesting comparison of the Union's financial strength and growth over the years rtnce its inception. The following figures therefore are reprinted from the A&G District's report to the 1953 SIU Convention, at which the Union makes reports of all -its activities, including financial state­ ments: Year Total Net Worth 1942 76,754.46 1944 ..........................................,.................... 241,898.74 1947 .....................,.,..........-.................... a...... a: 618,450.02 1949 1,383,014.65 1951 1,429,671.95 1953 .^....... f....... ...... 2,890,913.42 The figures above, along with those of the Union's current financial standing illustrate that the SIU has experienced a steady accumulation of assets and net worth and is today a solid, robust organization. 'This picture is particularly significant because the period 1953-1954 is one of retrenchment and recession In the maritime industry. The heavy layups of ships and transfers to foreign flags have resulted in tl5 loss •f income to the Union of some 4,000 dues payers who have left the indus^y during this period. This fac­ tor has had only minor effect on the union's financial position, as illustrated by the net worth figure of >2,896,913.42 in 1953, and the $2,702,366.57 of today. Additional Membership Financial Resources In addition to the assets Seafarers possess in their Union proper, the Quarterly Financial Committee noted that SIU men have a tremendous reserve of assets in the form of the Seafarers Welfare and Vaca­ tion Plans. At the present time, these funds have combined assets .of $4,768,223.55, which guarantee that Seafarers will receive their Union-negotiated welfare and vacation benefits. These funds are exclusive of the $5,729,316.95 already paid out in benefits to Seafarers. Thus the combined assets standing behind Seafarers amount to almost $71^ million. SIU A Job For Every Membership Book in The SIU In addition to providing its membership with the many facilities necessary for the comfort, relaxation and conduct of their business, one of the most important functions of a seafaring union is to protect the employment and job opportunities of its people. On this issue, the Quarterly Committee's report shows that the SIU has maintained one of the most favorable ratios of jobs to men in the industry—one contracted job for every SIU book member. This ratio of one book for every job is even more Impressive in light of the tremeridous loss of jobs to all American seamen in the past two years through lay-ups and trans­ fers to foreign flags of American ship^. In job protection the SIU man is the best fed, best protected In maritime. The SIU man therefore has not mnly the knowledge that his union is strong and sound financially, but that he himself enjoys the highest degree of individual economic security of any seagoing man in the world. %;-ivr!f>Sv J— • - ''' ' f .•-'''.''---'•is y0Ult.Flt08f.iM IS BUSINGS* WELFARE SERVICES PEPAPTMENT �-; '• *F^ Af-' i--' -••'••-' • V '"•• 06fober^lSrl954 V-, *"' rsii 1PMAf StSAfARERStOG ILA Phony Tie-Up Ends On Employers' Terms Opening Neat Tipping off their inability to stampede the stevedores and shipping compsnies into giving them anything better than they were offered six months before, officials of the old Inter­ national Longshoremen's As-* : sociation (independent) balled Shipping Association voluntari y off a hastily-called portwide came up with an offer of ten cenls stoppage last week and allowed New York longshoremen to go back to work. » In the process, New JTork's 25,000 longshoremen lost two days' wages, harbor activity was thrown into a turmoil and the dockworkers wound up no better off than when they~ walked off the job. They "gained" a ten-cent' pay package including eight cents more per hour in wages retroac­ tive to October 1, 1953, and an additional two-cents an hour in the employer contribution of five cents per hour to the ILA Welfare Fund, retroactive to- April 1 of this.year. However, the employers had bettered that offer six months ago, when it was rejected by the deaders of the AFL-ousted pier union. Shippers Offered More At that time, with the harbor tied up in the midst of the wrangle beween the new AFL Internation­ al Brotherhood of Longshoremen and the old ILA for control of the port's dockworkers, the New York New 'Prop' The largest controllable-pitch propeller ever designed for a US oceangoing vessel has been order­ ed by the Maritime Administration and will be installed on a Liberty ship as part of an experimental in­ stallation of a gas turbine propul­ sion plant. According to the MA, the con­ trollable-pitch propeller is the most promising-means of maneu­ vering and reversing the gas tur­ bine ship. It provides a means for reversing the ship from full power ahead to full astern in a very short time, without changing the direction of rotation of the main engine, and also enables the gas turbine to operate most efficiently for all loading operations. The 17'6" prop will be Installed on ajjiberty selected from the Na­ tional Defense Reserve Fleet. —eight in wages and two for wel­ fare—all of it retroactive to Octo­ ber 1, 1953, in an effort to settle a month-long-walkout. . The old ILA leadership, how­ ever turned it down, and the dock­ ers went back to work a week later anyway—with no contract im­ provement. In the interim, because of the rapid depletion of the ILA Wel­ fare Fund, the employers again came forward and, for the past six months, have been voluntarily pay­ ing a total of seven cents an hour per man'to the welfare kitty. This is the same two-cents "gain" figure incorporated in the settlement which ended last week's two-day strike. The peace pact also- contained a vague "promise" bj>^ the employ­ Drawing shows exterior of new SIU Baltimore port office, which will be ready for use within the next ers that they might some time in few weeks. SEAFARERS LOG will carry fuii photo layout when hail opens. the future boost the weifare contri­ bution and exacted a pledge from The brand new Baltimore port office, finest Union hall of its kind in the industry, will be the ILA leadership to hold off "open for business" br} or about November 1. Contractors are now putting the finishing possible future strike action for at touches and installing furnishings preparatory to turning over the property for full and least 45 days while negotiations permanent occupancy. 'When-* ^ gp on. From 'the sidelines, meanwhile, the hall is completed the SEA­ lation. Since it is four stories high supplied with ample space and de­ the AFL-IBL, which still holds the FARERS LOG will carry* a an elevator has been installed for signed for speedy service to meet allegiance of slightly less than half full picture and story layout on its the convenience of the member­ Seafarer's needs. The SIU Vaca­ ship as well as for ease of hand­ tion Plan and the Seafarers Wel­ the harbor's dockworkers, made no operations. attempt to work the harbor areas The opening of the Baltimore ling equipment such as furniture fare Plan have been provided with all the necessary facilities for their controlled by its membership in an hall will mark the second mile­ and files. As in New York, the lower levels functions. The hall is surrounded effort to let the old ILA officials stone in the SIU's long-range "hang themselves." progress to provide modern halls of the hall are devoted to eating at the side and rear by a good-sized ^or Seafarers in all ports where and drinking facilities and the Sea parking lot for use by the member­ 'Sweetheart' Settlement Chest. A modem cafeteria with a ship. The rooftop solarium is glass "We knew they couldn't come the SlU operates. glass-walled kitchen and a spacious enclosed on all sides and offers an Seafarers who considered the up with anything better — and cafe are provided, with more space excellent view of the harbor and might lose out — if they pulled a Brooklyn headquarters hall the for table service than in New York. city of Baltimore. last word in union facilities when strike," declared James Egan, secretary-treasurer of the IBL's it opened three years ago will find These facilities will 8e reserved Port Council, "and they ran true the Baltimore hall surpasses head­ exclusively for Seafarers. The Sea to form. While 25,000 longshore­ quarters in many ways—in space, Chest retail outlet has far more men lost two days' pay, ILA lead-, layout and variety of facilities for space than at headquarters, permit­ ers wrapped up their 'sweetheart' men on the beach. In planning the ting it to carry a wider selection of pact with the shipping association Baltimore hall the Union and the goods. A barber shop, bootblack Headquarters again wishes and left the men holding the bag. architects had the advantage of stand, laundry drop, baggage room, to remind all Seafarers that "On top of losing the retroac­ experience in operating headquar­ library, lounge, television room and payments of funds, for what­ tivity in welfare contributions that ters. Accordingly Baltimore will other recreation facilities are also ever Union purpose, be made they could have had six months contain many features that were available, some of them on the only to authorized A&G repre­ ago, they did nothing about the not installed in New York. Then, fourth deck recreation level. The modern shipping hall is sentatives and that an official real problems of actual working too, the existence of an additional Union receipt be gotten at that conditions on the docks. There's story made possible the construc­ similar in design to that at head­ time. If no receipt is offered, still no guaranteed eight-hour day, tion of a solarium and rooftop re­ quarters, containing the same type be sure to protect yourself by paid holidays and all the other creation area offering an excellent of shipping board. It will double in brass as an ample and com­ immediately bringing the mat­ items of real concern to the men place to relax between job calls. To . begin with, the Baltimore fortable meeting room for port ter to the attention of the sec-^ working on docks. These provisions retary-treasurer's office. have gone by the board," he hall ig completely air-conditioned meetings. Administrative offices have been throughout with a built-in instal­ added. Be Sure to Get Dues Receipts YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING those built under Title 1 of the National Housing Act. These are generally to be found in the outskirts of cities The housing problem has become the toughest puzzle •and the more rural areas where land is cheaper. They are for a family to solve on a moderate income. Housing has small, with generally less than 800 feet of living space, so become the football of the speculators—one of the juiciest select carefully with an eye to expans\pn possibilities if melons, of this era, with increasingly upsetting effect oni you have a growing family. They also have low taxes, working families' plans and hopes. From 1950 to 1954 which is, why some towns are refusing to permit any more housing costs rose an average of 14 per cent, but the'jump Title 1 houses to be built, claiming that the low taxes has been eyen bigger for renting families, who on the don't cover the cost of schooling for the children living average now pay 19 percent more rent than five years ago. in these houses. Many families who always rented now find^ themselves You may be able to locate such "Title 1" houses for forced to buy houses to escape rent gouges. sale in your locality by asking the FHA office in your city, But costs of individual homes have remained at high local banks or the real-estate editor of your local news­ levels too. A house which cost $7,000 to build (not to buy) paper. in 1945, wept up to approximately $12,000 in 1952 and by Older Houses Cheaper this year had come down to about $U,000. Another possibility for finding reasonably-priced hous­ But you couldh'^t buy it for $11,000 near a large city, ing is in older hous^. These were overpriced in recent because there is a growing shortage of improved land years, but as more new houses are built, prices of older around cities', and builders are tending to use remaining houses are being forced down. For one thing, they gen­ plots for larger and costlier houses. erally require a larger down payment, so a family with Thus you have to move further out from town nowadays a little capital is in a better position to get a favorable to find the better values in housing. This discourages men price. Also, an older house gives you an opportunity to who must travel to work, but Seafarers don't have that invest some -"sweat equity'" by renovating it. "Sweat problem and may have a^ advantage there. equity'' is the value you add to a house by the labor you Among the lowest-priced dew houses still ivailabie are invest in it. But an older house should be carefully se­ Ways Of Cutting Housing Costs •1 c Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying lected, particularly as to adequacy of electrical wiring, heating plant and insulation, and the future of the neigh­ borhood. Note especially how well nearby property owners maintain their houses, and signs of the encroachment of stores and factories into an older neighborhood. Many men who never before had any experience in carpentry these days build some or all of their own homes, or expand or complete them. One growing trend is to have a contractor build a shell which you finish your­ self—not an intricate job if you use dry walls. Other families have had some success buying ready-cut mate­ rials—airthe materials are sized and ready-cut. One family in Wisconsin reports that with an experienced carpenter as ^guide (he put in 66 days of work) the husband built a fiTe-room "ready-cut" house at a cost of about $5,000 including a full concrete basement. Because of the accumulation of mortgage interest, tha 30-year mortgages ^ith low down payments now per­ mitted by the Government are not necessarily a boon to the home-buyer. We advise that on any mortgage you make sure that the lender gives you a right of prepayment without penalty. On a $10,000 mortgage at five per cent running for 30 years, you will repay a total of $19,000 with interest. If the mortgage is paid up within 20 years, you will repay $16,000, which is plenty at that. x-.i.J-V.'-:'-! •ill'I '•'•a.Si a .'S '"a •C.'f �SEAFARERS October 15, U54 IOC Norfolk Sea Uniono Protoot Tranofors WEST GERMANY TO GET ARMY—-Agreement has been reached between the US, Britain, France and other western nations to grant full sovereignty and the right to rearm to West Germany.. ^The agree­ ment came at a nine-power conference In .London after months of bickering over the rearming of Germany. The German Army will be limited to 12 divisions and an 86,000-member Air Force. No atomic arms, guided missiles or other "pushbutton" devices will be permitted. 4 • Dramatizing the fight of US maritime unions against the Maritime Administration's ship transfer policy, members of the SIU and other sea unions demonstrate in Norfolk,to protest the transfer of the SS USO to Liberian registry. The ship is one of 27 approved by the Government for transfer to for­ eign fiags in the past two months. Seafarers who took part in the beef-were J. Anderson, J. Hodges, M. E. Walker and Cecil Saunders. r I«^ I i-P-'-. i? S"'- I K, lit; Scholarship Applications Opened Applications are now open to qualified Seafarers under 35 or the children ©f Seafarers who wish to compete for four SIU scholarships worth $24,000 which will be awarded in 1955. Eight college scholarships each worth $6,000 have been granted by'the Union's Welfare Plan in the past two years. high school class and three Princeton, NJ, which conducts the The awards, believed to be their testing program. letters of reference. the largest of their kind in the Needn't File Early All candidates will also have to US, provide for four years of Interested applicants for the SIU schooling in any course of study at take one of the standard College any college or university in the Entrance Board examinations scholarship'awards need not sub­ US chosen by the winning candi­ which are given at regular inter­ mit their qualifying material to the dates. They are generally an­ vals Jthroughout the country and in SIU Welfare Plan in advance ol nounced in June of the year in some foseign lands, the first of taking the examination, but must which study is to be begun to en­ which is scheduled for December do so by the time the last exam able the successful candidates to 4, 1954. The cfosing date for fil­ is given. As In the past, the winning can­ make final arrangements for en­ ing applications to take this exam didates will be selected by a panel tering school that fall. The; Union is November 13. program, another SIU^ •"first in Other dates for the examination of college administrators on the maritime," was launched in 1952. are January 8, March 12 and May basis on their performance on the 21, all in 1955. The closing dates college entrance exam and their Need Three Years' Seatime In order to qualify, applicants for these are December 14, 1954, past records. Applicants must be must produce records of three and February 19 and April 30, accepted by an accredited college years' seatime aboard SIU ships 1955. Arrangements can also be or university before they are elifor themselves or, in the case of made for a special exam for those gibfe to receive an award, but not children of Seafarers,- for a parent. who live more than 75 miles from before taking the exam. Further information can be ob­ In addition, they must furnish a a city in which the regular test is high school transcript showing a given. All exams are graded by tained from the SIU Welfare Plan, standing in the upper third of the Educational Testing Service, 11 Broadway, New York City. Cartoon History Of The SIU MCCARTHY CENSURE INDICATED—The senate will go into spe­ cial session after the November elections to consider the report of the six-man special Senate committee which recommended censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy on two counts. The committee unanimously found that the Senator merited censure because of his refusal to ap­ pear at a Senate committee hearing early in' 1953 and his abuse of wit­ nesses at Congressional hearings. All signs indicate that the fuli Sen­ ate will adopt the report by a convincing vote. Pro-McCarthy forces in the Senate Indicated they would put up a strong fight against cen­ sure. They lost one of their strongest backers when Nevada Democrat Pat McCarran died at the age of 76. it it if POLLSTERS SEE DEMOCRATIC GAINS—Opinion polls and sur­ veys on the coming elections see the Democrats regaining control of the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate-as well. Evidence points to a swing back to the Democratic column, although previous elections have shown that such evidence is not always reliable. Re­ publicans are taking the trend seriously and party workers have been warned that the GOP faces an uphill fight. Territorial elections in Alaska this week gave a clean sweep to the Democrats. Observers pointed out that the results in Alaska for the past 40 years have clearly forecast which way tho rest of the country would go in November. 4.4 4 FRENCH RED SPY RING REVEALED—^Three top national officials of the French Govemmept have been arrested, as well as other indi­ viduals charged with espionage on behalf of the Communists. Tho officials are accused of handing over details of French defense plans in Indochina to an* intermediary who, in turn, delivered them to the Communists who used them.to advantage in the Indochinese fighting. French Communist Party leaders are involved in the charges. 4 4 4 NEW ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION PLANNED—The Navy will send an icebreaker to Antarctica and establish temporary bases for a year, in­ cluding one at the South Pole itself. One of the announced purposes of the expedition is to determine how the melting of Antarctic ice is effecting the level of the world's oceans. It is widely believed that military considerations are also part of the picture. 4 4 4 ITALIANS TAKE OVER TRIESTE—The Governments of Italy and Yugoslavia have settled their dispute over the major seaport fcity of Trieste with the Italians taking control of the city proper. The set­ tlement means that American and British troops will leave the city in a couple of weeks and permit the Italians to incorporate the city into their national administration. 4 4 4 DIMAGGIO TAKES THIRD STRIKE—One of the most publicized Hollywood marriages of recent years has come to the inevitable Hol­ lywood ending with the announcement that Marilyn Monroe would divorce ex-baseball great Joe DiMaggio. The marriage began with a blare of trumpets nine months ago and the couple has been very much in the limelight since. 4 4 4 HISS PRISON RELEASE DUE—Alger Hiss, former State Depart­ ment official who was the central figure in sensational spy ring charges and was later convicted of perjury will be discharged shortly from the Federal penitentiary. Indications are that he will again be sum­ moned before Congressional committees for further investigation of Communist operations in Government agencies. . -Panmnantan Boycott NIK. 74 Ifew- • IIK ;• I#;; t-i fj'- "J'- Although a world boycott of Panamanian shipping had been set up in 1948, in Oslo, Norway, at a meet­ ing of delegates to the Int'l Transportworkers Federa­ tion, it was slow to go into effect. Meanwhile, ships ilwpt transferring to Panama to escape safety ruleo enforced in regular maritime nations. Finally, in April, 1990, after many postponements, amid efforts to settle the problem amicably, delegates from unions in the ITF, including the SIU, met in Amsterdam, Holland, to get the boycott underway. The competition of substandard Panama shipping had become too gr?i(t a tbrrat The SIU and SUP spearheaded the campaign in the US and met with their first success in July,-when the sup established American conditions and wages on a Panamanian-fiag ship. The victory iocused worid at­ tention on itho union against cut-throat competelidn to US shipping from "runaway" flag nations. : �Sg^FiiRgHg t&O Par*'Seres '50-50' Law Boosts Coal Shipments SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON A alzable proportion of new workers were brouvht under the oldage and survivors insurance system by Public Law 761 enacted by the last session of Congress. Approximately 7 million persons heretofore excluded from the program are now brought within its scope. In the maritime field, two new classes are brought into the program, (1) employees engaged in fishing and related activities, on vessels of 10 net tons or less or on shore. It's estimated that some 50,000 fishermen are involved in this category—(2) American citizens employed by Amer­ ican employers on vessels and aircraft of foreign registry. jj, ^ One ot the hottest maritime cases for the past few years involves the so-called dual rate system of steaniship conferences, a subject that has been in and out of court several times. For the. past several years, a team of three, Isbrandtsen Co., Inc., the Dept. of Justice and the Dept. of Agriculture, have teamed up in an effort to have the dual rate system outlawed. To date, these protestants have had considerable success in prevent­ ing steamship conferences from establishing two levels of rates. The whole issue is coming to a head very quickly now, and the final answer is expected to come—^not from the Federal Maritime Board—^but from the Supreme Court. " t t Steamship operators in the US coastwise and intercoastal trade have not been eligible in the past to receive Government construction sub­ sidies, principally on the ground that these trades are "protected" from foreign-flag competition. However, this' particular segment of the American merchant marine now can anticipate that the new Con­ gress convening here next January will at least give consideration to subsidies -for these domestic trades. Transcontinental rails and truck operators will oppose construction subsidies for domestic ship lines. Because this would be quite a de­ parture from existing law, there is considerable doubt that Congress will go along with the idea at this time. A ship construction subsidy for domestic shipping companies simpiy means that the vessel could be purchased by the US operator at what it would cost if built abroad. X ^ X The outstanding maritime policy of this country is to have a strong merchant marine (1) for national defense purposes, but also (2) to move the foreign and domestic commerce of this nation. Here's how the Eisenhower Administration has failed thus far to carry out this pojicy. Although the major US shipping laws emphasize the necessity of having a strong fleet to carry cargoes (as well as for defense purposes), the Republic Administration believes that the over­ riding interest of the Federal Government in its reiatioh to maritime matters lies in the national defense aspects—that the Government's Interest in shipping should be largely limited to the nation's needs for defense planning. The result of this kind of thinking is that the Republic Administra­ tion is in favor of a limited merchant marine capable of expansion in time of war, but not in favor of a merchant marine strong enough in peacetime to move all of our domestic cargoes, and at least one half of our foreign trade. ' . 4" i t For many years now, the US has been encouraging Its allies to re­ frain from trading with Russia—particularly in articles that could be turned into war materials. However, one of the biggest offenders of this understanding proves to be Britain: ^'or example, your reporter has learned from State Dept. sources that Russian interests have about completed the purchase of their third British vessel, the 10,000-ton MV Stanbui*n, from the Stanhope Steamship Co. In addition. Ministry of Transport authorization is considering sale to Russia of the 10,000-ton Queen Anne owned by Thos. Dunlop & Sons, and negotiations are believed to be under way for the sale of other British ships to Russian Interests. 4> <4 The total number of merchant ships registered under the. flag of Panama is somewhat small—mostly US and Greek, and they very sel­ dom touch Panamanian ports. Panama does not possess a fleet of- its own but its government now is planning a fleet, government-owned, pri­ marily to engage in trade between that country and the US. . Some 311 vessels in Panama's merchant fleet, as of the end of last year, were formerly under US registry, and 116 under British registry, out of a total of 847 vessels registered under Panamanian flag. Last year, the Panamanian National Treasury collected $324,781 from •hip registration fees, $136,487 from the property tax applicable to the vessels, and about $500,000 from consular fees collected for providing •ervices to Panama's merchant fleet overseas. ' • 4 - 4"' - 4" The two tanker bllla enacted by the last Congress, designed to en­ courage the construction of new tonnage, may be a complete flop. At ' this stage, the feeling is that the program lacks sufficient attractive­ ness—that there will not be an overwhelming response from industry, but merely a token response by certain major oil companies. Under the tanker-trade-ln-and-build program, it was ^loped that In­ dustry would be encouraged to turn in to the Goverment up to 20 T-2's, in exchange for a credit on the construction of some 10 new and larger tankers. The other program involved construction of still other tankers with the Military Sea Transportation Service agreeing to char­ ter them for periods up to 10 years. Some Companies may turn in bids under the program merely to ghow that there is nothing possible that could be accomplished under the laws, as they stand, and that Congressional clarification will be necessary in the next Congress. For example, on the MSTS charter proposal, many of the private tanker^ lines are against the provision giving option to MSTS to purchase the tankers at the end of the 10year charter period. In addition, private industry dpesn't particularly like the idea of having to build new tankers with an 18-knot speed. ' Taking a crack at-working ashore for a while. Seafarer Jimmy Boyles is shown at work in his television repair and service shop in Norfolk as h*e tries to figure out what's wrong with a customer's TV^recelver. Boyles sails as an electrician. Parlays SIU Savings Into TV Repair Co. NORFOLK—The best way to save a bankroll with which to launch a shoreside business is to ship out via the SIU, in the opinion of Jimmy Boyles, who parlayed the savings from five and. a half years at sea"*^" into one of this city's leading the money and save a good share of it than is provided by sailing television sales and service on SlU-contracted ships," he ex­ establishments. After sailing for five years as an electrician and six months in the licensed ratings of second assis­ tant and chief engineer, Boyles came ashore in November, 1953, to enter the television business. His last ship was the Longview Vic­ tory (Victory Carriers). With his partner, Marion Crank, an experienced TV technician, they started doing business as the Econ­ omy Television and Appliance Co. in a small one-room shop. They operated their pick-up and deliv­ ery service, as Boyles put it, "out of the back end of a 1946 Chevro­ let sedan." Business Booming Since then the business has thrived and expanded. Concentrat­ ing 'on the repair end of the busi­ ness rather than selling new sets, they have obtained contracts to service all sets sold by some of Norfolk's leading TV sales com­ panies. Their shop has been moved into spacious three-room quarters occupying more than 3000 square feet of floor space apd the delivery end of the business has been speeded up by the addition of two shiny, new panel trucks. A third truck is on order. Both. Boyles and his technicianpartner service the sets. The elec­ trical know-how which Boyles em­ ployed aboard ship gave him a good foundation for the complexi­ ties of television work, he said. Boyles, who is married, likes the iife of a businessman ashore. "I have a word of advice for any­ one . who wants to come ashore and go into business," he'said. "It pre­ sents an interesting challenge, but the guy who thinks he wants to run his own business should bear in mind that to make a go of it he must be willing to put plenty of hard work into it. There is no overtime and no limitation on the hours you work." Boyles gives full credit to the SIU for enabling him to get off to a good start toward saving the cap­ ital he' needed for his initial in­ vestment. "I know of no other plflce where a<.man bias,the opportuiiity to^earn plained. A brisk but temporary revival of American shipping on the coal run to Europe is seen in the coming weeks as the result of a Govern­ ment program to ship 10 million tons of coal to Europe this fall and winter. Under the terms of the perman­ ent "50-50" law passed at the last Congress after a vigorous fight by the SIU and other maritime un­ ions, US ships will be entitled to carry at least half of the coal cargoes or 5 million tons in all. This could figure to as much as 700 voyages by American ships, as­ suming that Libertys will handle most of the coal shipments. Rates Raised One effect of the Government announcement has been to raise rates on commercial coal ship­ ments near to the point where USflag ships might be able to par­ ticipate ~ in some of the regular commercial trade *this winter. The 10 million-ton shipment was sponsored originally to help out the soft coal industry which has been declining year by year in the face of competition from other fuels. Coal-poor countries such as Spain,. Italy, Greece and Yugo­ slavia will be recipients of most of the shipments. The ports likely to prosper mo^t from the flurry of coal traffic are Norfolk and Baltimore. Disability $ 'Lifeline' To Seafarer Under 65 For disabled men over 65 the SIU Welfare Plan's disability benefit usually more than doubles the money provided by the Federal Government in old age payments. But for men under 65 it is far more impor­ tant. It's the lifeline that and to the local seaman's club near enables them to keep their his home. Every once in a while heads above water. * if the weather and his health per­ One such Seafarer who up un­ til now has been living solely and exclusively off the $25 a week benefit is Thor Thorsen. Thorsen has been on the list since last November follow­ ing a severe at­ tack of , arthritis and a number of heart attacks. Thorsen Just last week he passed his 65th birthday, but as he put it, "I'm still waiting for my first Government check, but the disability money has been coming in every week." Extra Margin Thorsen figures things will be more comfortable with the Gov­ ernment money coming in, giving hilh that extra margin for buying new clothes and other irregular ex­ penses. He'wonders though, what he would have done in the last yeardf the Union Welfare Plan had not stepped into the breach. The veteran Seafarer, who has been sailing since back in 1908 in the deck department, has lived in Brooklyn for the last 26 years in the Bay Ridge section. These days his arthritis and heart condition compel him to take life easy, but he does manage to get around a little bit to the local Methodist church of which he is a member. mits he will make the short trip to SIU headquarters to keep in touch with old friends and ship­ mates. One Lakes Season . A native of Norway, Thorsen started sailing US ships back in 1917 whe.n he caught an oil tanker out of Vancouver. He tried one season on the Lakes in 1922-23 but didn't care~for it. "We were in and out all the time just like a ferryboat," he said. "You hardly had a chance to complete your watch and go ashore when the ship sailed again." For a time in the 1920's when shipping was bad he worked ashore as a carpenter, -painter and as a salesman in Chi­ cago department stores. Around 1929 Thorsen became a member of the old International Seamen's Union when that outfit was attempting to organize the ' Isthmian Steamship Company. He spent quite some time on Isthmian ships in those years, but more re­ cently has preferred Robin Line runs to South Africa. Thorsen's last trip was on the Robin Trent in the spring of 1953. He had to be hospitalized in May because of pleupisy and since then his arthritis has worsened consid­ erably. keeping him from working. The 65-year-old Seafarer has only one living relative, a sister in Oslo, Norway. He expects to con­ tinue staying on in Brooklyn where h'e has his closest friends, however. • .i �SEAFARERS PaccGtdit LOG October 15, 1954 I ti« Passengers Staged a stormy sitdown strike aboard the HollandAmericah liner Maasdam last week, after it suffered considerable bow damage in a crash with a French freighter and had to return to the pier in Hoboken,. NJ, from which it had sailed for Europe a few hours earlier. The tourists beefed that the company had failed to make adequate provisions for them as a result of the cancelled sailing . . . Choosing to maintain its Gulf and Caribbean services with foreignQnesUon: As » seaman, are yon flag vessels, the Ward Line has sold another ^air of its US-flag C-1 cargo ships, the Plandome and Short Hills, better known in recent In favor of burials at sea7 • years as the Siboney and Oriente. The sale leaves only two US-flag Theodore Gerber, carpenter: I'm vessels in the company's fleet. against graveyards; they're a waste i.- a. i of good space Conversion of the former Matson liner Mariposa, now Mhe Home that could be put Lines' Homeric, into a modern trans-Atlantic cruise ship, is nearing. to bettpr use. Its final stages at Monfalcone, Italy, where the rebuilding of the 26,000Besides, it makes ton vessel is being completed. She is due to make her maiden appear­ no differance in NY, on Feb. 11, to launch four special Caribbean cruises . . . ence where they Lack of cargoes has already idled more than 100 ore carriers on the put you after Great Lakes, although the normal shipping season there still has you're gone. One about six weeks to run . . . The Navy's Military Sea Transportation place is as good Service celebrated its fifth anniversary on Oct. 1, stilF under fire from as . another and private shipping companies and maritime unions for posing direct. Gov­ the sea where a ernment-sponsored competition to the weakened private industry. guy has worked all his life is as 4« 4" i • good as any. Soviet Russia and Sweden have signed a mutual aid treaty governing 4 4 4 all rescue operations for ships and aircraft in the Baltic Sea, under Charles Meloon, FOW: ^That's which continuous liaison between the maritime rescue services of both countries will be provided. Up to now, the Russians hbve consistently hard to say. I'm not in favor of refused to answer SOS signals from non-Soviet ships, even when the sea burials unless vessels were in sight of each other . . . All but two of a Norwegian they're really coastal liner's 300 tourists and crewmembers were saved when the necessary like Nordstjernon ripped its hull on a reef and sank in 20 minutes off the when a ship is far from port Borthern coast of Norway late last month. and that's t h e 3^ 4" The 26,950-ton tanker Socony Vaccum was launched for US-flag only thing that operation by the oil company of the same name in Quincy, Mass., last can be done. week and is due to make her maiden voyage from Texas to NY this Most guys have a December. The 6e4-foot vessel has a speed of 16¥2 knots and a draft family of some of 33 feet ... All segments of the maritime industry In California kind. A man's are united in a campaign to win the voters' support of a constitutional family is entitled to something bet­ proposition in the coming election which will codtinue the state's 40- ter that will give them a chance year exemption of US ships from property taxes. Backers of the measure to pay their last respects. 4 4 4. point out that the tax exemption is a key item in enabling US ships to Cecil C. Rush, chief pantryman: compete with foreign vessels which would not be subject to the local Burials Ht sea are very solemn taxes anyway. affairs because 44" t — there's nobody G. Joseph Minotti, Brooklyn lawyer and former Commissioner of there from the Marine and Aviation in New York City, has been sworn in to fill a vac­ family of the de­ ancy on the Federal Maritime Board in Washington. The other members ceased to pay his are Maritime Admini strator Louis Lothschild and E. C. Upton, Jr., who respects and no has just tendered his resignation . ,. . The Army has demonstrated a new real grief. I 51-foot barge designed for inland waterways, which is believed to be wouldn't want a the world's largest plastic vessel. Specific advantages of 1*^0 craft, which sea burial . for can transport five tons of dry cargo with a draft of oniy 21 inches, is myself because I that It is made of non-critical materials and would require little main­ don't want a tenance. watery grave for any reason. A 4 4 4., man's family should be there at Lykes Brothers has begun a new service from Glasgow to Gulf ports that final stroke of the belL In an effort to capture some of the heavy traffic in Scotch whisky imported to the Bourbon country for the year end holidays. The Dick Ellis De Angelo, AB: I'd rather Lykes cleared the Scottish port last week and will get eastbound service come home for a shore burial. I'm underway on Oct. 25 from Brownsville, Texas ... The new 10,188deadweight-ton Yokohama Maru is due to sail from NY today on the not for burials at second leg of her maiden trip to launch direct service between East sea unless they're Coast ports and Japan for Nippon Yusen Kalsha, a Japanese company. absolutely neces­ sary. It's unfair to a man's fam­ ily to have him go that way, without them having a chance ACROSS DOWN Lake cargo 33. Long knife to pay their last X. Subject of Ar- l. Gentle blows Progress 36. Newport — tide V of SIU 2. Single thing respects. If Coin of Iran Constitution 3. Old Norse 38. Capital of Patron saint something happened to Texas poetry «. De of sailors want a shore buriaL (Waterman) <• Way of doing Take oS 46. Hits S. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Far down Amos' pal Place to tie up A cons^teUation Invites British Channel island 18. Isiand off NJ 20. Port Egypt 91. BPOE members 93. Dizzy Dean's brother 96. Drops straight down SO. Noted French composer 31. Make a voyage 32. Hoot used in medicine 34. Rumanian coin 35. Port in N Africa 37. Wigwagger 99. Where Cardiff is 41. Suffix meaning "lung" 42. Boring tools 44. Bother 48. Portia's lover ^ In "The Mer­ chant of Ven­ ice" 91. Kind of floor covering 92. Old ship 83. Spoils • •"S?" to. 86. •7- beach • Portuguese / area in India Quarrel Require • g B. _ s. », ' things Fore-and-aft saiis Cargo from Aruba Williams and Kiuszewski Mountain nymph A sighting of shore clothes 43. teeak Run away 45. It rises and "It's falls move" Ship's bow (6. French pronoun Girl's name 47. Hospital in Naval base at Washington Dutch Harbor 48. Sack. Guide for a 49. African tribe motorist 50. Man's name (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) 4.4 4 MEET THE SEAFARER - .J ft' i* ' >: JOHN BUCCI, AB A firm believer in fresh air and home in a hurry and will take the sunshine is Seafarer John A. Bucci. 'round-the-world trips if they are Sporting a sunburned complexion available. in October, Bucci says that if you Bucci had one experience sail­ have to work, being out in the ing with a non-union tanker outfit fresh air on the deck of a ship is which- convinced him for all time one of the best ways there is of that he was better off on an SIU earning a .buck. With the over­ ship. He shipped but on Esso tank­ time that sailors get on SIU ships, ers and found out flrst-hajid why he adds, even a man who doesn't most seamen want no part of that care for fresh air can be satisfied." kind of company set-up. "There The 27-year-old Seafarer has are some seamen who like the idea been on deck with the SIU for the of working for one company and past four years. His Seafaring life getting a regular one-month vaca­ began when he caught the William tion each year. But to get that Sturges, a Government-owned Lib­ they have to take low pay and erty, down in Norfolk. At the time bum working conditions. Anyway she was under charter to the SIU- there's no job security working contracted Robin Line on the coal for an outfit like that. ^ run to Europe, which was quite a "I like to take a trip and come booming one^ until European coal off with a good payoff so I can mines caught' up with most of their take as much time off as I want local demand for fueL when I feel like it. I don't have Now On'Seamar to wait for any company to decide Currently aboard the Seamar when they are going to give me (Calmar) on- an intercoastal voy­ my free time. age, Bucci took advantage of his "Besides sailing with the SIU off-watch time to come up to the means that you don't have to de­ hall and pass a few sociable hours pend on one company to make with friends and former ship­ your living. After what's happened mates. to Esso in the last couple of years Bucci served an apprenticeship I'm not sorry I gave them up." on a seagoing career when he did a Aside from tjie money angle, four-year hitch yith Uncle Sam's Bucci finds sailing with the SIU Navy from 1944 to 1948. After in the deck department has social his discharge from the service he compensations. "I enjoy working decided to try his sea legs ashore with a group of men. It's usually for a while. It didn't take long much more pleasant than working before he was headed back to the on your own." sea again, this time in white cap More Action In NY and dungarees instead of the bell bottom trousers he had worn A native New Yorker, Bucci now before^ has his home in Wantagh, Long Likes Long Runs Island, and prefers to ship out of Since going back to sea, Bucci New York City. There's generally has kept pretty close to the freight- more action going on around head­ ship runs,, with the Isthmian line quarters, he says, and while he's being his particular favorite. He ashore waiting to ship the big town prefers that company's runs to all offers plenty to do to pass the time. others f6r several reasons. "First In addition, there's always some­ of all," he said, "on a long trip thing to take care of around/tho you can come home with a good- house. sized payoff and spend plenty of "I'm certainly happy that I time ashore before you throw in threw in with the SIU when I first for another job. You don't have, started sailing,", he concluded. to spend too much on the run "The conditions can't be beat. You either, because the ports are most­ get good representation all around ly cheap ones, even though Isth­ and good payoffs. Having an SIU mian makes quitef a few stops." book is the kind of security that Since he is single, he isn't par­ is pretty tough to match in any ticularly concerned about getting other outfit, at sea or ashore." LABOR ROUND-OP AFL leaders Indicated there was very little chance for affiliation by the International Fur and Leather Workers Union. Tho union, ex­ pelled from the CIO as Commu­ nist-controlled, has reshuffled its top posts with the resignation of President Ben Gold, who .is under conviction for perjury on charges of falsely denying Communist Party membership. The Fur and Leather Workers have been dick­ ering to get an AFL' charter. A possible merger with the Amalga­ mated Meat Cutters was also ruled out recently. . James Martin, FWT: I'd want a sea burial tnr myself; it's the best way for a sea­ •lii man, It's the quickest end easiest way, and there's no sorrow and moaning af­ terwards thai/ funerals on land always cause. A sea burial is a decent burial 4 4.4 An eleven-month old strike of and there's no funeral expenses to Pittsburgh department store work­ worry about. ers neared its first anniversary as A! Sacco, DM: It's all according new attempts to settle the walkout to the length of the trip the guy's collapsed. Members of 12 AFL un­ ion, 2,500 people in all, are in­ been on when it volved in the strike which includes happens. If the teamsters, building service em­ ship is only a ployees, clerks and office workers. week or so 'from Five major Pittsburgh department port, he's en­ stores are Involved in the strike titled to be which began last Nov. 27.-A series brought home so of proposals and counter-proposals that his family by both sides was put forward this can handle things week to end the dispute. in a regular man-' ner. I Wouldn't 4 • 4 • 4'" Long Island construction wdrk-' V ilb4''hWifial for myselfj ers have donated labor towards tho building of a new wing for treat­ ment of cerebral palsy cases. Mem­ bers of several AFL building trades unions turned out and donated ovM $100,000 in work for construc­ tion of the wing at the Nassau Cerebral Palsy Association's center. Expansion of the center will en­ able the Association 'to treat a growing number of cerebral pal­ sied children with new methods, developed in recent years. 4 4 4 Paterson, New Jersey, textile dyers have returned to work after a two-day strike af 90 dyeing, fin­ ishing and textile printi.?g plants. The 5,000 members of Dyers Lo­ cal 1733 (CIO) voted to accept a new one-year contract without any wage increases. Hourly wage rates under the contract range from $1.58 to $1.88. 4 4 4 Hollywood's motion plctur* workers are now covered by an in­ dustry wide. pension plan provid­ ing a n^inimum of $20 a month in .pensions for 18,000 workers. Forty different' unions ai% parties to the agreetneht which goes into effect on October 24. i �bcifober 15. 1954 SEAFARERS Pace .Nin*, LOG SEAFARERS^ LOG '—And Still The Champ!' Vol. XVI. No. 21 Oetobar 15, 1954 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District. AFL. 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600. Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. .• PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBERT,BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DAtma. NXLVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWW BPIVACK, At MASKIN, Gulf Area Reporter. BILL MOODY. ^4rAr\Q^ IM Vacation Increase One program of which the SIU has always been proud is the Union's Vacation Plan. When it was introduced it marked the first time that any maritime union had overcome the paid vacation problem. Before that the only way a seaman could hope for a paid vacation was to stay on one ship for as long as a year. It was the SIU which broke new ground for the industry by coming up with a central vacation fund, Union-adminis­ tered, into which all operators contributed. It was this which made it possible for seamen to collect vacation pay in the exact amount to which they were entitled. And by paying a flat rate to all seamen, irrespective of wages, the Union immensely simplified the administrative task. Almost $4 million has been distributed to date. As a result of the efficient and simple system set up under the Vacation Plan, the trustees find they are now able to approve an increase in vacation pay even though there will be no increase in shipowner contributions. Seafarers, in consequence, will be getting considerably more vacation pay than any other unlicensed seamen in the industry. That fact is eloquent tribute to the superiority of the SIU Vacation Plan. Stores And Feeding Good feeding has always been an SIU watchword. Through the years the Union has fought for adequate manning in the galley, sufficient stores, high quality and other practices that added up to eating pleasure. Now to further improve mat­ ters, the Union has set up a committee to meet with the operators on shipboard feeing. The committee is out to demonstrate how the use of su­ perior stores is actually cheaper through elimination of waste and spoilage. The committee will also assist steward depart­ ments in efforts to get maximum mileage out of ship's stores and to put out a variety of appetizing meals, attractively prepared and served. Needless to say, the committee feels that Seafarers them­ selves in all departments can contribute valuable ideas toward this goal. Accordingly, it welcomes all suggestions on this score. * 1. Welcome Forecast A West Coast maritimejjublication has a cheerful predic­ tion for union members. The source says that the GOP will take a severe setback this fall with the result that the work­ ing guy will regain some voice in Washington. The publication bluntly states that the GOP's anti-union, ro-big business position is responsible for the pending events, t declares that the GOP handed the "heavy sugar" in tax reductions to the wealthy, messed up the farmers, killed wage increases for Government employees and stacked the cabinet with big business spokesmen. This kind of talk sounds like the AFL and CIO speaking. Actually it comes from the "Pacific Shipper," a weekly pub­ lication which makes no bones about its Republicanism or its pro-employer viewpoint. The "Pacific Shipper" should be congratulated on its frankness. With its confession in the record, nothing more need be said. it S. f In Excellent Health As the SIU-A&(jr District nears two important milestones— its 16th birthday and the opening of the new Baltimore hall— a glance at the current balance sheet of the Union gives every Seafarer good reason for self-congratulation. In two im­ portant categories—jobs and financial reserves—the SIU is on very solid footing. Here is indivdual security, meaning jobs, and collective security, meaning a solid financial basis. This issue of the LOG (page four) reports that your Union has $2.7 million in assets, despite a rough two-year period of ship lay-ups, transfers to foreign flags and loss of revenue caused by over 4,000 men dropping out of the SIU. Moreover, the heavy loss of ships has not affected the SIU's ratio of a job for evry bookmember, a position no other seaman is in. So, despite rough weather in the maritime industry, the men of the SIU can pat themselves on the back, secure in the knowledge that the.SIU nears its 16th birthday in excellent health. li to i-.l ,i v ;'i> li, m. it j ji t .. Marine Exhibit Poses Questions To the Editor: I am now in the Army, stationed at Fort Myer in Arlington, Va., and so I was able to get into Washing­ ton during the recent convention of the American'Legion there. While, in the capital, I visited an exhibit about our merchant ma­ rine which was displayed in the lobby of the Department of Com­ merce building. I was happy to note that, among the other flags, those of our own SlU-contracted Seas Shipping and Alcoa com­ panies were re­ presented. I was also happy to note that the ex­ hibit, as a whole, was very interest­ ing and informa­ tive. At the en­ trance to the Goncalves building there were a spool of rope, an anchor and a propellor, and inside the ex­ hibit were many ship models and also many photographs with cap­ tions explaining the functions and importance of our merchant fleet. Not Entirely Pleased There were, however, many things about this exhibit which did not make me so happy. For in­ stance, I was very interested to see displayed statements such as these: "American merchant ships pay American seamen American wages" and "The American merchant ma­ rine is our fourth line of defense— vital in peace, indispensable in war." Also there were exhibited personal messages from President Eisenhower, Secretary of Com­ merce Sinclair Weeks and Mari­ time Administrator Louis Roths­ child. Now, apparently President Eisen­ hower agrees that the American merchant marine is an indispensa­ ble part of our defense system. But, If this is so. why isn't our "fourth arm of defense" getting the attention and support from our Federal Government that it de­ serves? Public In Dark I think that the real answer lies in the sad fact that the American people as a whole are either un­ aware of the vital importance of our merchant fleet or else are un­ aware of the fact that it could easily be led to the brink ot dis­ aster by the failure of our Govern­ ment to back it up the way it should. Also, as Seafarers, we know how much Ameriqan maritime labor unions like our own SIU have done to preserve and strengthen the merchant fleet, but it seems that very little is being done by the shipping companies. It seems that all they are interested in is in transferring as many of their ships as possible to foreign flags so that they can obtain cheap labor and avoid US tax and other laws and thus show as big a profit as pos­ sible. I would like to lu-ge all seamen to write as often as possible to their Senators and Congressmen. I think .« steady flow of letters could do a lot toward making sure the merchant marine gets a break. ii: .1 i Vot( Seafarer Thomas A. Scanlon ap­ parently made good in the tempo­ rary assignment of ship's delegate aboard the Kyska (Waterman). H e was serving as acting delegate until the crew got to electing a reg­ ular one, and there was no competition for Scanlon the post when it came up, with Scanlon being chos­ en unanimously. Further, the crew went on record giving him a vote of thanks for the good job he had done as acting delegate. Scanlon, who sails in the engine department, is a native of Connec­ ticut, but he now calls New Or­ leans his home. He's 43 years old and joined the SIU in New York on July 23, 1947. $ Two valuable suggestions that could be followed by all Seafarers aboard ship were offered to the crew of the Steel Flyer by Sea­ farer Michael J. Pugaczewski. For one thing, he proposed, and the crew agreed, that an inventory should be taken of all gear on board the ship that had been purchased by the Pugaczewski crew. Since many crews are in the habit of buying record players, games, even TV sets, Pugaczewski pointed out that unless they were listed as belong­ ing to the crew it might be assum­ ed in the future that they were company property. The result in such instances would be that a lot of effort and expenditure by Seafarer crews would go by the board unless the property was properly tagged as belonging to the unlicensed men aboard the ship. With an inventory on hand, ev­ ery crew would know what had been purchased by previous crews and in the event a ship was laid up, the gear could be turned in to the Union for use by the mem­ bership shoreside or in the hos­ pitals. Thanks when the ship paid off the outgo­ ing crew should leave a copy of the last ship's minutes to be read at the first meeting of the new crew. If there were any matters hanging fire, the new crew would be aware of them. Both suggestions were adopted by his shipmates. Many crews already follow the latter practice, making it a point to post a copy of the minutes on the crew bulletin board before paying off so as to leave a record of their activity behind them. If this were followed as a gen­ eral rule by all crews, both on minutes and repair lists, it would make life easier all around both for the new crew and the patrol­ men at the sign-on. Pugaczewski, a native of Balti­ more, joined the SIU in that port on November 3, 1945. He's 27 years old and still lives in the Maryland port city. l" t 4» Crewmembers of the Choctaw (Waterman 1 left a little bit of mys­ tery hanging in the air when they cited Seafarer George Johnson for his good work and went on rec­ ord to give him a vote of confi­ dence. The crew didn't specify e?^actly what it was Johnson. that Johnson had done, but in any case it was clear they were pleased with it. Since Johnson sails in the steward de­ partment, chances are they were talking about the cooking. Johnson, who comes from War­ ren, Indiana, received his SIU membership book in Norfolk on September 12, 1947. He is 27 years of age. i 4" A little bit of speechmaking aboard the Chiwawa (Cities Serv­ ice) won a round of applause for Seafarer James Murrell, who was serving as chairman of the ship­ board meeting. Murrell made some points that are always good to keep in mind—how present conditions aboard SIU ships were obtained and the steps that are necessary to maintain and improve them. The crewmembers' response shoyved that the- statements were well ,...1 ••I �skAPjinEns W^h€»M,UBi I fi'V- .; W'y,, p;i Si •k!p -•.-S, : AT* •>*: .-H- ?;. '•!/ ••• -., ^ti t v^' M> u--''"-».J V ' :C^'' U ' r. fi.: SlU I: .,.• • •: • Kf.' •••vM .1 ••ifj:;, / FIRST IN THE INDUSTRY •J -,:;-.f.^ c- I; , . 'y-..:. y,,; ^H,.|. ,; '5 I f ^rf.hv:^-: PLA Each shipowner pays the r<oRK-riM0s-i^same amount into the SlU Vacation Fund for VACATION PAYMENTS each man •»day worked BEGUN BY SEA UNION aboard his ships, regardless The Seafarera' International Unlon'a Atlantic and Gulf Dietrict, of a man's rating. The sea­ A. r. L., will begin paying today 93,900 000 in vacation money to Ita man makes no payment to •Mmbcra Thla fund, which waa contributed the fund. by eighty-seven ateamsbip compa­ nies under contract to the union, The payments are made I a^epresents thejirstjgiaranteedanri'Bl vacation sUowanceTonetT into a central fund where lieainen, esPljlaJly iiniijjHSed inspection is made con­ st a n 11 y of photostatic copies of all company crew lists to insure that correct payments are being made to the fund. •t--' • •t ' ?•'' ' I' Under the SIU administration of the fund, facilities are maintained at S'lU halls in all ports for handling applications by Seafarers. To collect vacation pay a Seafarer makes out an ap- plication at any SIU port office and submits his dis­ charges as proof of his seatime. A Seafarer can col­ lect on his vacation pay accumulated after a minimum of 90 days. The Seafarer's application is spot-checked in the local port and immediately air-mailed to SIU head­ quarters. If headquarters has any questions, the man can be contacted immediately in the port where he made application through the Plan's teletype network. The Seafarer's application at headquarters is first processed through an IBM department where it is checked against the seatime the employer has credited in his behalf. Once cleared here—an operation taking only a few minutes—his application is turned over to the administrative office and a check is written and air-mailed out to his SIU port office the same day his application was received. Often, where time is short, the teletype network is used in the major ports to further speed up an applica­ tion. In th( typed to he^ ately. Here doubt and aj plication laj now this pi minor hitch! Where a ters, his clail his vacation] As an ex£ Seafarers ceive a disci day. All t^ correlating record and farers will also the best , S;.;. \ < 1 • . r.. X?: The highest vacation payments in the industry, the speed in processing ond the efficiency of operation are all the result of the Union's deter| the best. More money for more men through the Seafarers Vacation PlanI i ,• ... ' •w • ,';;f • • i' •: , .y' - • �• X'Kt- ti PLAN SPEEDIEST SERVICE WORKS cases the man's application data is teleJlquarters iand the check written immedilie Union gives the man the benefit of the liumes all risks pending a check of his apIr through regular channels. Up until jcedure has worked very well with only Is. feafarer makes application at headquaris processed immediately and he receives bay in less than one hour. Iiple of the high efficiency and speed of the pation Plan, a man can pay off a ship, rej rge and collect his vacation pay the same Is is possible through the rapid receipt, lid recording of every Seafarer's seatime Ihe Union's determination that the SeaIt only have the best plan in benefits, but lin administration. /V>,. •) II i.i'' '..^i.ii MORE MONEY FOR MORE MEN Listed below are the payments of the three highest vacation plans in the mari­ time industry—lyith the Seafarers Vacation Plan way out in front. Here is a typical ship—a G^Z—with 34 unlicensed crewmembers. As the figures prove, the Seafarers Plan 7 gives more money to more men—without any gimmicks. Some plans offer additional pay if a seaman stays on a ship a year. The Seafar­ ers rejected this set-up in favor of spreading the benefits among all men, because only a small percentage of seamen stay on a ship over a year, which is one of the reasons the SIU fought for and set up the first industry-wide plan below. Iteting Seafarers PkiB Botun Plan 'Y* $176 $187.04 $176.40 D^ck MaifiL 176 160.58 154.42 SiU Deck MainL: .......... 176 160.58 154.42 SiU Deck Maint. 176 160.58 154.42 SiU AB 176 146.72 140.98 SiU AB 176 146.72 140.98 SiU AB 176 146.72 140.98 SiU AB' 176 146.72 140.98 SIU AB 176 146:72 140.98 SiU 176 146.72 140.98 SiU OS 176 113.96 111.58 SiU OS 176 113.96 111.58 SiU OS 176 113.96 111.58 SiU Oh. Elect: 176 232.96 219.80 2nd. Elect. 176 217.00 204.82 Oiler 176 146.72 141.12 SiU Oiler 176 146.72 141.12 SiU Oiler 176 146.72 141.12 SiU FWT 176 146.72 141.12 SiU FWT 176 146.72 141.12 SiU FWT 176 146.72 141.12 SiU Wiper 176 137.34 134.68 SiU Wiper 176 137.34 134.68 SiU Wiper 176 137.34 134.68 SiU Ch. Steward 176 182.14 171.78 176 168.56 159.04 SiU ^It. Cook-Baker 176 168.56 146.02 SiU [nd Cook 176 151.76 146.02 SiU S/lessman 176 113.12 111.02 SiU VIessman 176 113.12 111.02 SiU Vlessman 176 113.12 111.02 SiU S/lessman 176 113.12 111.02 SiU Jtility ................. 176 113.12 111.02 SiU 176 113.12 111.02 SiU 5984 4983.08 4784.64 SiU 176 146.56 140.72 SiU AB . •* •• • Galleyman total Crew Payment Drew Average /• . /> »• Highest Benefits Pkui -X' Ch. Cook nofron that the men of the SiU always rate Par*. Elevca SEAFARERS IPG October Uk ltM •-J These figures prove that a Seafarer receives an average of $30 per year more than a seaman covered by the next best plan and an SIU crew receives a thousand dollars more per ship. By taking 100 ships, for example, with 3,400 crewmembers, the deference becomes almost $100,000 more in the pockets of the Seafarers. So, Seafarers aboard the hundreds of SlU-contracted ships every year re­ ceive several hundred thousand dollars more than seamen covered by any other vacation plan. I �SEAFARERS Par* Twelv* 'OitoUr 15. 19^4 L6G PORT REPORTS Savannah: Port's Business Fair; 7 Ships in Transit Shipping In this port has been fair during the past two weeks, and it looks as if it wiU continue that way for a while. During this period we had no payoffs or signons, but in tran­ sit were the Antinous and DeSoto (Waterman): Steel Director and Steel Recor­ der (Isthmian); Seatrains Geor­ Maxey gia and Louisiana (Seatrain), and Carolyn (Bull). Oldtimers on the beach here are J. B. Farrow, R. C. Shedd and J. H. Maxey. Men in the marine hospital are W. H. Gilbertson, William C. Lee, A. W. Lima, Jimmy Littleton, James T. Moore, Paul Bland, James D. Cannady, Gilbert F. Wil­ son. James F. Lee and Rufus L. Fields. Jeff Morrison Savannah Port Agent ii New Orleans: Shipping Makes Up For Loss Of 'Extra' Johs tum, Jr., James £. Noonan and Charles W. Magee. The members here are pulling for the speedy recovery of Brother Oscar (Buck) Madere, who is in critical condition in the USPHS hospital following a stomach oper­ ation. Knud Larsen, John C. Vieiro, Oscar Bird, Clarence Lomax, Wal­ ter Makin and John Carolan were recently admitted to the hospital and are looking forward to being discharged soon. Duska (Spider) Korolia and Leonard Kay were readmitted to the hospital after be­ ing discharged recently. George Champlin and Jesse M. Lyles are convalescent patients and are also looking for their discharge slips soon, and back at the hall after treatment, and waiting to ship out, are John Sanders, Kenyon Parks, Marcus Evans, Lonnie Tickle and Clarence (Red) Cobb. The municipal authorities are taking steps to crack down on ships that dispose of garbage improperly and follow the practice of blowing their tubes while in port and spraying soot over many parts of the city. City Councilman Paul Burke said a "serious" problem has been caused by dumping garbage direct­ ly into the river and creating a rat problem on the waterfront. He said he favored "sending the cap­ tains to jail if that is what it takes to stop such practices." Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent Boston: ^Sa-SO' Bill Is Topic At Norfolk Orewmen Filling Up On Queenslon Heights The boys on the Queenston Heights may soon be ordering new dungarees and shirts from the SIU Sea Chest as they are all get­ ting too fat for their old clothes. The steward on this -ship has been serving very good meals and the way the crewBuckley men have been packing them away they all soon will be in the heavyweight class. Oldtimer Mike Buckley, who has been In the hospital for quite a while as he has been unable to walk/ has been transferred to the TB building at Boston City Hos­ pital. Shipping here during the past two weeks has been slow. We paid In Norfolk hall, Norfolk port agent Ben Rees (center, behind desk) off and signed on the Queenston calls regular bi-weekly branch meeting to order. At Rees' right Heights (Seatrade), Logans Fort is patrolman James A. Bullock. Among other items on agenda, (Cities Service) and Republic members discussed effect of "50-50" bill on the port. (Trafalgar). In-transits were the Robin Tuxford (Seas Shipping) and Antihous and DeSotO (Water­ State Mariner and Greece Victory Son Francisco: (South Atlantic), and Barbara man). Fritchie (Liberty Navigation). J. Sheehan Signing on were the Mankato Boston Port Agent Victory (Victory Carriers); Hast­ 4> 4) 4^ " ings (Waterman); Cracker State Mariner (South Atlantic); Steel De­ New York: Shipping in this port slowed signer and Steel Surveyor (Isthmi­ down quite a bit during the past an), and Robin Kettering (Seas two weeks but stayed pretty even Shipping). with registrations. In transit were the Alcoa RoamDuring this period we had one er and Alcoa Partner (Alcoa); De­ payoff and sign-on—the Jean LaShipping in this port during the Soto, Chickasaw and Antinous fitte (Waterman)—and seven ships past two weeks was a little slower (Waterman); Kathryn and Eliza­ in transit: the Bienville, Raphael than during the previous two beth (Bull); Calmar, Seamar and Semmes. John B. Waterman and weeks, with 16 ships paying off, 6 Bethcoaster (Calmar); Seatrains Choctaw (Waterman); Marymar signing on foreign articles and 14 Savannah, Georgia and New Jer­ (Calmar); Orion Star (Oil Car­ in transit. We crewed up the Man- sey (Seatrains), , and Alexandra riers), and Steel Worker (Isth­ mian). kato Victory and Coe Victory, both (Carras). Claude Simmons Gates Sails As Bosun of Victory Carriers. Asst. Sec-Treasurer Our Seafarer of the Week is Ce­ Shipping during the coming two 4' 4- 4" cil Gates, who joined the Union in weeks should pick up a bit. The Mobile in 1941 and sails in 'the Maritime Overseas Company is Miami: deck department as bosun. Gates, taking out two ships in the next who recently got married, says he couple of days and it looks as likes all phases of the Welfare though we may also crew the Rob­ Plan, but thinks the maternity ben­ in Hood (Seas Shipping), on which efit is the best. He also says that an SIU standby gang has been During the past two weeks in this vacation pay is very popular With working for the past four weeks. It looks as if the spell of unsea­ port we paid off and signed on the all the men on the ships he has sonably hot weather which we had Florida (P & O) and had the fol­ sailed on. Gates says he believes here has finally broken and cool lowing ships in transit: Fairpoft, his 13 years with the SIU qualify Iberville and Chickasiaw (Water­ him to say it is the best union in weather is on the way. man), Ponce (Ponce Cement) and maritime, barring none. The ships paid off during the On the beach here are A. Florida (P & O). past two weeks were as follows: Meadows, A. Macapagai, C. Carl­ Since the Florida has come out Steel Designer (Isthmian); Lone Jack, Government Camp, Bents of drydock She is on a two, instead son, J. Callaghan, F. Votto, P. Fort, Cantigny, Paoli and Bradford of three-trip schedule, and this Nash, J. Jacobson, L. Ciamboli, J. Island (Cities Service); Elizabeth, gives the boys that much desired Sampson, B. Tombocon, J. Doyle and M. Prisament. Hilton, Frances and Suzanne (Bull); long weekend in Havana. In the marine hospital are Eddie Parr Coe Victory (Victory Carriers); Charles Brown, B. Stalsworth, J. Miami Port Agent Seatrain Texas (Seatrain); Cracker Perreira, C. Neumaier, O. Gustavsen, B. M. Foster, J. Childs, P. S. Yuzon, William V. Shaffer and H. E. Ailinghaus. Marty Brelthoff, Acting San Francisco Port Agent Shipping Slows Oown Bnl Piek-Up's Soon Shippiag Slows Oown Bnl Piek-Up Is One t t 4. Strife on the labor front has af­ Norfolk: fected SIU men In this port be­ cause of the loss of the extra ship­ yard jobs to which Seafarers on the beach were being sent through the AFL Boilermakers' Union During the last two weeks we here. The New Orleans boilermakers paid off one ship in this port, are supporting a five-state strike to signed on two and had five in enforce their de­ transit. The payoff was the Coun­ mand for in­ cil Grove (Cities Service) and the creases In wages sign-ons were the Council Grove and payments to and Ocean Nimet (Ocean Trans­ the welfare fund, portation). In transit were the Al­ and work on four coa Ranger and Alcoa Partner (Al­ big construction coa), Steel Advocate and Steel Re­ projects and a corder (Isthmian) and Southland number of small­ (South Atlantic). At the last meeting the port er jobs has been halted. The boil­ agent discussed the possible effect Madere ermakers are the "50-50" bill would have on this therefore sending their own out- port and pointed out that the crewof-work members to the extra jobs ing of the Ocean Nimet was indi­ which had been going to the SIU. rectly due to the passage of that This slack, however, has been bill and that the port could look taken up by lively shipping here for more such activity. In the USPHS hospital at this during the past two weeks. Paying off in this period were the Alcoa time are Herbert Bumpass, PresCavalier and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); cott J. Spinney, George Leckler Del Norte, Del Oro and Del Alba and Lonnie Hall. (Mississippi); DeSoto and Iberville Ben Rees (Waterman), and Frederic C. Col­ Norfolk Port Agent lins (Drytrans) and signing on were the Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pioneer and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa) and the Del Norte and Del Santos (Missis­ sippi). In transit were the Alcoa Pen­ 4^ -4' 4^ nant and Alcoa Pilgrim (Alcoa); Steel Rover, Steel Director, Steel Wilmington: Shipping Figures September 22 to October 5 Surveyor and Steel Recorder (Isth­ REG. REG. ftEG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL mian); Del Santos (Mississippi); DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana PORT 10 3 Boston 13 15 13 41 , 3 4 (Seatrain); Monarch of the Seas. City of Alma, Maiden Creek and 211 73 New York 83 90 84 257 74 84 Claiborne (Waterman); Genevieve During the past two weeks we 61 14 Philadelphia 25 19 23 67 28 19 Peterkin and Neva West (Bloom162 had the Orion Star (Oil Carriers) in 56 Baltimore 84 70 68 222 51 55 ' field), and Evelyn (Bull). 36 and it was a pleasure to pay her 8 Norfolk 18 11 11 37 14 14 off. She has a fine SIIJ crew Dies Aboard Del Sad 3 15 Savannah 9 7 4 20 5 7 aboard her, and she came in hei'e The members here were sadden­ 1 10 without a beef and signed on again Tampa 9 10 9 28 4 5 ed by the death of veteran Seafarer with no trouble for the Far. East. 184 59 Mobile 58 52 48 158 64 61 Charles Merritt, who died at sea In transit during this period 281 130 New Orleans 96 92 135 323 80 71 aboard the Del Sud (Mississippi). were the Marymar (Calmar); John 69 16 Brother Merritt, who was engine Galveston 27 19 23 69 27 26 B. Waterman, Raphael Semmes utility on the Del Sud, suffered a 63 and Choctaw (Waterman), ' and 23 Seattle 20 90 19 59 21 19 fatal heart attack on September 19. 56 28 Steel Worker and Steel Seafarer San Francisco 29 21 29 79 14 14" Funeral services were conducted (Isthmian). 28 8 Wilmington 12 • . 11 ' 12 35 9 11 - • in New ^Orleans on October € and Ernest B. Tilley pallbearers were his sblpmat^, '' > KWUniaiiMMi •Port>Affent <429 0' dylOO' ' "• 4»T " " 978'-^'li93it.a,nsefri I ' "-S Walter J. Smby. Willi«a A. Ocean Nimet Grewed, '50-50' Bill Is Oiled Florida Makes Switch To Two-Trip Sehodnio A&Gsmppme RECORD Orion Slar Signs On, Doparis For Far EasI �Oeieker 15.1954 * SEAFARERS Page Tbfrteoi LOG .... PORT itEPORTS Mobile: Bnilding Is Obialned For Sea Chest Outiel a big^ football game between Ala­ Lake Charles: bama and Vanderbilt at Ladd Sta-* dium and, to top off the picture, both fresh and salt water fish are really biting around here. Brothers On Beach At present the Port Authority, Among the brothers on the beach who have been enjoying some of which runs the affairs of this port, these things are G. Coker, C. Rod- is engaged in an expansion pro­ riquez, J. W. Smith, Jack Oossee, gram, and is trying to get more Clinton Mason, Chester Steers, freight tonnage in here. We, of J. B. Harrison, James Jones, H. course, are hoping that this will Smith, Otis Lehman, William Guil­ take place, and that more SIU ford and W. Yarbrough. freight ships will make this a port In closing, we would like to ex­ of call. tend our deepest sympathy to the Other than that, things have family.of Brother Henry Kopper- been pretty quiet here as far as smith on the recent accidental t'he SIU is con­ death of his young son—one of a cerned, but there set of twins about two years old. has been some Brother Koppersmith was on the trouble on an­ Maiden Creek at the time his son other labor front. was run over by a truck, but was The AFL Boiler­ reached at his first coastwise port makers are hav­ and flew home for the fuiieral. ing a beef with the construction Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent contractors and all industrial con­ Gordano i 4. 4 struction has Galveston: stopped except for one job. The one company which has signed up is the Industrial Construction Company, owned by State Senator Guy Sockrider, who led the fight against the "right-to-work" bill and Shipping has been very slow in who has always been a good friend this port during the past two of labor. weeks. We paid off the Genevieve Shipping here during the past Peterkin (Bloomfield) and South­ two weeks hit a low spot. We had ern Districts (Southern Trading) a number of ships in,-but the crews and signed on the Southern Dis­ are all staying on and awaiting tricts and the Neva West (Bloom- the outcome of the tanker contract field). talks. In transit were the Del Oro and Calling in here during this pe­ Del Santos (Mississippi); Seatrains riod were the Cantigny, Paoli, Lo­ Texas, Savannah, New York and gans Fort, Chiwawa, Bradford Is­ Louisiana (Seatrain); Mae (Bull), land, Council Grove, French Creek and City of Alma (Waterman). and Bents Fort (Cities Service); We had a few minor beefs on Del Oro (Mississippi), and Excello some of these ships but they were (Excello). Over in Orange, Tex., all squared away we had the Val Chem (Valentine to the satisfaction Tankers). the crews. of Television Set Installed There, has also To perk up things, and service been a beef here by the old ILA, our members better, we installed a but this has not television set and were able to done much to watch the World Series. This port hold up shipping. is now hooked onto the coaxial The only ship cable, so we can get some good live held up was the programs. Lee Seatrain Texas, At our last meeting the black which was delayed about 24 hours. gang again took over the platform J. Lee is now on the beach en­ with W. L. Pritchett serving as joying the balmy weather and chairman and J. Mitchell as re­ hitting some of the local night cording secretary. Both are pump­ spots, and W. H. Whipple is also on men and both did a fine job. the beach. We have no men in the hospital . In the marine hospital are B. F. here at this time. Grice, Joseph Arras, A. N. Salas, For our Seafarer of the Week B. C. Seal, W. W. Currier, C. B. Young, K. A. Hellman, E. T. we nominate George Gordano who O'Mara, Felix Botello and T. hails from Pennsylvania but now calls New Orleans his _ home. Gutierez. George is one of our oldest mem­ Keith AIsop Galveston Port Agent bers, haying Joined the Union Port Hoping To Gel More Frolghtor Galls ^ In line with the Union's policy of making things as convenient as possible for the membership, we h^ve obtained the building next to the hall for use.as a Sea Chest warehouse a n d~ possibly a retail outlet for the Sea Chest if present plans materialize. The building is now being sur­ veyed for renovatidns that will provide the great­ est convenience Anderson for the member­ ship and the progress of this will be reported froni time to time in the SEAFARERS.LOG. Shipping in this port during the past two weeks can be considered good, wilh, some 184 men shipped to regular offshore jobs and 9b sent to various relief jobs in and around the harbor. The ships paying off during this period were the Citrus Packer, Monarch of the Seas, Maiden Creek and Morning Light (Water­ man) and Alcoa Puritan, Alcoa Pil­ grim and Alcoa Corsair (Alcoa). The Maiden Creek, Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Pilgrim signed on again. In transit, were the Mary Adams (Bloomheld)'; Del Santos (Mississip­ pi); DeSoto and Iberville (Water­ man), and Steel Rover, Steel Direc­ tor and Steel Advocate (Isthmian). All beefs on these ships were settled with a minimum of trouble. Picture Could Change Prospects for the coming two weeks do not look too good at this writing, but the picture could change at any moment, due to the world situation, because nine Waterman ships are still laid up here and these ships will be ready to sail any time there is cargb available or an emergency crops up. In addition, we expect to have the following ships in port either for payoff or .in transit: Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Po­ laris, Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Pilgrim and Alcoa Partner (Alcoa) and Claiborne, Monarch of» the Seas, Chickasaw and Hastings (Water­ man). On the local labor front every­ thing is quiet now. The Teamsters have settled their strike with the DeLuxe Cab Company, and the building trades' strike has been settled, and there are no beefs now pending by any labor union. Joined Union In '43 For our Seafarer of the l^eek we nominate Brother Walter J. Anderson who joined the Union in 1943 and has sailed steadily out of Gulf ports since then, usually out ^ Mobile as bosun or deck main­ tenance. Brother Anderson, who SIU, A&G District makes his home in Mobile, is mar­ BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Mulberry 4540 ried and' has three children, and Earl Sheppard, Agent BOSTON 278 State St. he thinks the best welfare, benefit Jamea Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 is the maternity benefit. Brother GALVESTON 21st tc Mechanic Phone 2-8448 Anderson's favorite sport is base­ Keith AIsop, Agent ball and during the World Series LAKE CHARLES. La....... 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 he could be seen on the top . deck MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. every day, sweating it out. How­ Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 523 BlenvUIe St. ever, he says he knew all along NEW ORLEANS Lindsey WiUiams. Agent that it would be the Giants. Magnolia 6112-6113 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn During the last couple of weeks, NEW YORK HYacinth 9-6600 incidentally. Seafarers on . the NORFOLK ;...127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 beach here have had plenty of 337 Market St. sporting events to occupy their PHILADELPHIA S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. time with. First we had the World SAN Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5475 Series on TV on the air-condition­ Marty Brcithoil. West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA. PR. Pelayo 31—La 5 ed top deck. There were about 150 Sal CoUs. Agent Phone 2-5996 2 Abercorn St. , men watching each -^ame and judg­ SAVANNAH Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 ing from the groans .there must SEATTLBF 2700 1st Ave. Jeff GUlette. Agent miiott 4334 have been quite few Cleveland . ,, . rTiu«_ TAMPA lAttirA ..... 1808-1811 wuv-roii «. N. Franklin rranKim ai. St. Ji|r*|«ter»^«BWMik'tl)i8fQA^Then we ||iia<V.SRay whitAtAgcnl {>,V PhqaiM 2-1323 SoHlhern Districis, Neva West Sign On away back in its early/ days, and he sails as AB. He is now riding coastwise tankers but for many years he sailed offshore ships and he says that nowhere in the entire world can a seaman find the rights and benefits that the SIU assures its members. He also warns the younger members to be watchful that none of these rights and bene­ fits^ are lost, because he knows what it means to sail under rot­ ten conditions. That's aboutit except to say that the hunting season for dove and squirrels is now on, and some of the boys ha\7e been doing some shooting, but so far all we have heard about is the ones that got away. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent t Baltimore: i* 4" Three Ships Crew Up; Hall Ready Hovemher i Shipping in this fair city of ours has taken a turn for the better and we have just completed crewing up three ships that have been idle here for some time. Naturally, the members went all out to grab these jobs for, as you know, shipping has been on the slow bell here. During the past two weeks we had 13 ships pay off, 9 sign on and 10 in transit. The following were the payoffs: Evelyn and Marina (Bull); Alamar (Calmar); Winter Hill and Chiwawa (Cities Service); Robin Wentley (Seas Shipping); Fairport (Waterman); Oremar (Cal­ mar), and Marore, Chilore, Cubore, Santore and Baltore (Ore). Signing on were the Bethcoaster and Portmar (Calmar); Fairlapd (Waterman); Marore, Chilore, Cu­ bore, Santore and Baltore (Ore) "and Oremar (Calmar). In transit were the Steel Advo­ cate, Steel Designer and Steel Ex­ ecutive (Isthmian); Alcoa Partner and Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa); Ines (Bull); Southland (South Atlantic); Chickasaw and Kyska (Waterman), and Bethcoaster (Calmar). Hsdl Ready In November At this time I am pleased to be able to report definitely that we will .take possession of our new hall no later than November 1. The following men are now in the USPHS hospital: Clyde Ward, James Chew, Vincenzo Russo, Einar Hansen, Michael Jablonski, Elmer Lamb, Robert Lambert, Francisco Mayo, Jessie Clark, Thomas Cunningham, Samuel Mills, Frank. Paylor, Charles Ross and Anthony Tursi. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Fort Agent SrU HALL OIRECTOn Y 10: :K 0f--. 0i^o WILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave. Ernest Tilley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS .. 679 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Voipian WUiiam HaU SUP HONOLULU FORT WILLIAM.... 11814 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNB..-. 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario J .272 King St. E. , EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, BC 617V4 Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS . 304 Charlotte St. Phone 0346 BAGOTVILLE. Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. CAnai 7-3203 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WUiiam St. NB Phone: 2-5232 18 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 523 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND. CALIF 257 ,5th St. Phone 3599 SAN FRANCISCO ...450 Harrison St. , -Douglas 2-8363 Great Lakes District SEATTLE. .2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 ALPENA..;.'. 133 W. Fletcher WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. Phone: 1238W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK 678 4th Ave.. Brooklyn" 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE STerUng- 8-4OT1 CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District' Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-8857 531 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL 894 St James St. West DULUTH Phone: Melrose 2-4110 PLateau 8161 HALIFAX. NA... ^3814 HoUt»__St. SOUTH CHICAGO...... 3261 E. 93nd ^ J Phone|.j^ll Seattle: Two More Libertys Coming Qui Of Lay-Up Shipping has been fair in this port during the past two weeks but the outlook for the future is better, with two more Libertys coming out of temporary lay-up. We had no payoffs during the past two .weeks but we signed on the Sea Coral (Coral) and Seacomet II (Ocean Carriers) and in transit were the Southwind (South Atlan­ tic), Yorkmar (Calmar) and John B. Waterman (Waterman). On the Southwind we had a beef about stores. The captain, it seems, struck out about 80 percent of the stores the stew­ ard had ordered, mostly fresh fruits and veg­ etables, but when we showed hfm he would need the items he had struck put the Menville beef was settled to the satisfaction of all concerned. For our Seafarer of the Week we have selected J. A. Menville. Brother Menville, who was born in Houston, Tex., sailed in the Navy from 1916 to 1920. After a variety of jobs he joined the Union in 1943 and made his first run on the Bien­ ville in an 80-ship convoy which took some 110,000 troops, nurses and others over to Ireland. Men­ ville, who sails as steward out of West Coast ports, is 56 years old, single, and says he intends to stay that way. Men On The Beach ">-• Men on the beach here include Tex Ringo, H. Parks, F. Cullison, G. J. Quint and D. Butts. In the hospital are C. G. Archer, C. R. Becraft, Brigido Figueroa, W. J. Fick, R. J. Heilig, H. -E. Harrell, S. Johannessen, M. Michalik, William Pennington and A. L. Welch. or Man Winter has already blown in here, and also the hunting season, and some of the boys have already headed for the tall timbers. When they go hunting in this neck of the Northwest they go with pis­ tols, rifles and hunting knives and really rough it, and I often wonder on a cold, wet night if they think about the comforts of a messhall or foc'sle. Jeff Gillette Seattle Port Agent i t Philadelphia: t Shipping Keeps Pace With Registrations Shipping in this port is still not good, but it has picked up some­ what and during the past two weeks we shipped almost as many men as we registered, aj?d we hope that this is an indication of future improvement. During this last report period we paid off four ships, signed on three and had eight in transit. The payoffs were the Bull Run (Mathiasen), French Creek (Cities Serv­ ice), Dorothy (Bull) and Seatiger (Colonial), and the sign-ons were the French Creek, Seatiger" and Hastings (Waterman). In transit were the Ines and Rosario (Bull); Chickasaw, Fairland and Antinous (Waterman); Steel Designer and Steel Maker (Isth­ mian), and Southern Cities (South- em); r. .A . > A. S. CardulloBt • phUa.'Fort Agent .,v,<io8 I niefr :^l m II �ov^^'iisi.. Spoilt Spuds Qet Heays-Ho On Steel Fabricator Bv sftike Marttn •li- i According to the announcements. In his fight with Carmen Basilio,' Kid Gavilan is supposed to lay his an awkward-looking but somehow welterweight title 'on the line In effective left - hooker,.. Gavilan Philadelphia October 20 in a bout found himself on the seat of his with Johnny Saxton. The next day pants and had to struggle to eke Saxton is suj)posed to go to jail— out a dubious decision. He an­ nothing serious, just a dozen traf­ nounced afterwards that he no fic violaticn tickets. Chances are longer could make the weight limit , that the jail sentence abd the fight without trouble and was hence­ 0*0 both pretty certain items, but forth a middleweight. Following just how the fistcuffs will turn out that pronouncement he signed for i.s somewhat of a puzzle. .a test with Bobo Olson in which' Also a puzzle on the face of it is Olson trounced him without undue the fact that Saxton is in the ring difficulty. with Gavilan in the first place, Since the Olson fight, Gavilan since by all ratings he certainly decided he was a welterweight doesn't figure as the top contender. again and signed with Saxton. But It has been obvious <all along that the fight has been postponed twice Saxton has been treated with un­ with Gavilan coming up with in­ due deference by the Maharajahs convenient (or convenient) ail­ of the fight game. He has been- ments shortly before posttime. * cultivated tenderly and provided Gavilan used to be at one time witji one soft touch bout after an­ close to the best pound for pound other. Still the effort to build him fighter in the business.'' If nothing up into a major attraction has not else, the Saxton test should show been. a howilng success, which whether or not he still retains his makes one wonder why be is stili old speed and skill. being treated so favorably. While nobody seems to be over-' Has Nothing To Lose "Operation Potatoes" was what the skipper logged this unscheduled activity aboard the Steel Fabri­ excited about the coming bout it In any case, Saxton has nothing will certainly be watched with cator (Isthmian) as she returned recently from a Far East run. Here (l-r) SlU crewmen "Red" Windell, Leo Loony and Carl Javis prepare to toss the spuds, which were rotten, overboard. The potatoes to lose by mixing it in the squared keen interest by the people up in had been transferred to the Fabricator from the Steel Surveyor, which picked them up in Egypt for circle and will gladly serve out his Syracuse who are firmly convinced 15-day-sentence if he takes the that their boy Basilio is the real delivery to Colombo. Seafarer Lars Nielsen snapped the photo and sent it to the LOG. title into the lock-up with him. champion. Chances are that BaOrdinarily Gavilan would figure to silio's backers will'be hoping that take this match with the greatest Saxton cops it, because they don't of ease. But the'last couple of have much hope of ever luring times out he was hardly over­ Gavilan back into the ring with With a few notable exceptions, of course, getting started in college is pretty much powering. Carmen again. like signing on for a run aboard an SIU ship. So reports Seafarer Wallace M. (Wally) Simpson, who last month embarked on his college career at Leland Stanford University LOG-A-RHYTHM: in California, thanks to win-^ ning one of the SIU's four- This ship has its good points. It that he was able to nfake his long­ year, $6,000 scholarships for never leaves port. What's more, a time dream a reality—after a wait good part of its complement is of seven years. the current year. "Well, today I signed aboard the composed of the fairer sex. One is Simpson, however, doesn't con­ By M. Dwyer SS Leland Stanford University," supposed to study?" sider the time spent at sea wasfed Simpson reports in a letter to the The 24-year-old Simpson, who in any way. He feels it has been Oh sailor boy, the ships, the ships are calling, ... LOG. "The sign-on took three hails from Riverbank, Calif., is one a vital part of his education, and From the bay, they're stvorigly calling thee. Tfours and it took another three of three Seafarers to win the four hopes some day to use the knowl­ The time has come'to pack your gear and wander, hours to pass the doctor's exam. SIU scholarships for this year. edge of foreign lands and peoples And sail far off to ports across the sea. This is the largest vessel I've ever Originally he was accepted in Stan­ he has gained as a Seafarer to get been aboard. The replacements, ford in 1947, but financial difficul­ a job as a foreign correspondent You cannot help this ever-burning feeling. only, number 1,200, and this rep­ ties prevented him from entering for some newspaper or magazine. Which makes you roam like seagulls in the air. resents only one-quarter of the un­ at that time. In­ At any rate, Simpson is extreme­ Your restless soul, must quench its thirst bj) seeking. licensed personnel. stead, to earn ly grateful for the opportunity to And yet you know not what awaits you there. money, he went Meets The 'Skipper' complete his education the SIU has "The entire first day," Simpson to sea, and from given him. "I'm tickled to death So go your way while lights of distant harbors writes, "was spent in signing on 1948 to last to be here," he writes, "and I'll Forever gleam, and seek you what you may. month sailed as and passing the physical, so no never, be able fully to thank the The time will come when your roving days gre over. work was done. We also went AB and DM on membership of the Union for mak­ And you'll sail- home once more to port to stay. SIU ships to all through the ceremony of meeting ing this wonderful opportunity the skipper. His cabin is a palatial parts' of the possible." affair, a veritable mansion, com­ world. What's more, Simpson says, he plete with swimming pool. Tea Family obligadoesn't want to lose contact with Simpson and crumpets were served and a tions, however, his former shipmkes and buddies good time was had by all, that kept the Seafarer from putting now that he's in school, and asks is, who sneaked off to the beer away enough cash to make college them to write him at Room SB, The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks,' gardens. possible, and it was not until he Building 214-B, Stanford Village, bakers and pthers who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known "Watches will be set at a AM. won one of the SIU scholarships Stanford, Calif. cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Ben Bailey's recipe for "beef pie." SIU Dining Room Staff Poses On Evangeline He's Making That Old College ^Run^ Sailor Boy m ill ."4 : iii ' illi miii *111 wmmiemm JI-. ri-i 'I I ' I Surrounding their veteran headwaiter, Walter Grosvenor (seated, front), is the dining room staff of the SlU-contracted passenger ship Evangeline (Evangeline) which recently completed her third summen of regular runs between Boston and Nova Scotia without a serious beef. After repairs and over­ haul, the ship is expected'to'salt'ltt'Decem^eryn^ the Fjbrida cruise 1:1)11, "How it looks and the way you serve it" is always half the job for a cook, according to Seafarer Ben Bailey, veteran of many years as the mainstay of* the steward departments on a desire to utilize leftovers. Bailey SIU ships and a seaman of 50 recalls^ how he often prepared in­ dividual small beefsteak pies foir years' standing. his crews a^ an .entree before the Backed by long years of experi­ main dish. The result was always ence in the galley. Bailey sub­ received happily, the extra meat mitted a couple wasn't wasted and the job didn't of his ideas on mean too much additional work for .cookery during a him -in the galley. . recent visit to * The best time to make a beef SIU headquart­ pie, of course, is after a main dish ers. No longer of steak the day before, when the active, he's been leftover steak meat is stili in its receiving the prime. Cut about 10-12 pounds of weeicly $25 S.IU the steak meat into small squares, disability bene­ and saute it with a couple of onions fit for over a Bailey in enough meat stock to cover it year. for about 30 minutes. "The looks of a dish very often Then, add in a large can of peas counts most with a ^seaman," he and a bunch bf carrots sliced and stated, "because he's seen all kinds 'put the mixture into individual pie in many parts of the world. Yon dishes or sma'! casseroles.- Season can prepare the finest old-fashion­ to taste with salt, pepper, Worces­ ed stew for him and he'il flinch at tershire sauce or other spices and it because it looks like every other cover the whole with a thin pie kind of stew that's been served to -crust, Bake for about 20 minutes, him for as long as he can;,remem--i then serve with a sprig bf parsley .ber.'^ — ; /. on top and perhaps a smaU amount .Cbippining this khhwlelige^ with nf rice on the side. . r si �' OeMMr il, 19M Old Seatnan WUfuah Sailing SEAFARERS r*tt f ifteea LOG L E T TEE S • To the Editor: I am writing this from the Phila­ of tho men In the SIU who might delphia State Hospital to let you have sailed with me would get In know how much I enjoy reading touch with me at Building N-7, the LOG. I have an old friend and Philadelphia State Hospital, Phila­ shipmate by the name of H. Bjork delphia. My right name Is Karl who sails as bosun in the SIU, and Emanuel Ellefsen but they might he supplies me with copies-of the know me better as Charlie Beechpaper. wood. At any rate, I am an oldtime K. E. Ellefsen union sailor myself, and I thought that perhaps some of your readers might enjoy reading about some of my experiences. To begin with, I'm 68 years old To the Editor: and I was a member of the old I have just been released from International Seamen's Union. I' the Staten Island USPHS hospital was born and raised in a small after six weeks of treatment for a town in Norway and-my father was heart condition, and I am writing a sea captain—the master of an old this to express my appreciation brig he owned himself. But luck for the wonderful treatment I re­ was against him and one stormy ceived both from the hospital staff night in 1888 the brig hit the rocks and from our own SIU Welfare off Denmark and sank. The rest Services Department. of the crew was saved but my This was the first time I was ever in a hospital and I must con­ father went down with his ship. Went To Sea At 14 fess that I was I myself went to sea when I was scared to death 14, aboard one of those leaky old when I first went sailing ships that used to be in in. But I soon got the North Sea and South America over that, thanks trade. It was a life that really made to the wonderful a sailor out of me, but It was and friendly rough and the pay was very poor, treatment I got and so I resolved to come to Amer­ from the doctors, nurses. Internes ica. Anyway, I got my chance In 1905 and everyone else Norwood when . I shipped aboard an old on the staff. I want to say "thanks" especially > barque to Canada, and ^nce there I leaped overboard one night and to the staff members in Ward D-2, and to Dr. Henley and Dr. Burke, swam to shore. After that I sailed Canadian who were never too busy to talk schooners for about a year, and to me awhile and cheer me up. . -Gets Hospital Benefit then began to sail American ships, As for the Welfare Services De­ and it was at this time that I partment, a..-Eepresentative visited joined the old ISU. In those days trade unionism me regularly and of course I got didn't mean much to seamen, and my regular hospital benefit of $15 it was hard to even get the men a week. I came into the Union when the to come to meetings. But I went, SS Florida was organized and SIU and it was there I niet Andy Furuiseth and learned the meaning of, headquarters were still on Stone Street, so you can see I've been an trade unionism from him. However, it continued to be a SIU man for quite awhile. And you can take it from me that no one is rough go for a union seaman in exaggerating when they call the those days, and finally in 1913 I SlU'the "best in maritime." went up to the Great Lakes and Nelson E. Norwood shipped out as a bosun for $60 „a month. In those days the Lakes were controlled by the Steel Trust, and it was practically impossible to get the seamen organized. To the Editor: Helps Organize Tugboatmen I would like to Inform you that After World War I, I went up Frank A. Brekke passed away in to Port Richmond, outside of Phil­ the USPHS hospital in New Or­ adelphia. The Philadelphia and leans on August 15. Frank was a Reading had a big fleet of tugs former permitman in the SIU and and barges there and I helped or­ the stepson of Seafarer Bill ganize the sailors and* firemen and Graeneveld. get the company to recognize the Brother Graeneveld, who has union. been aq SIU member since 1938, Well, after that, I kept on sailing is known to most of the brothers and doing union work until 1931, in the Gulf area, having been when I began to get sick, and in storekeeper on the Alcoa Cavalier 1935 I entered the Philadelphia for the past five years. General Hospital. Some time later He wishes to thank the men of the I was transferred to this place and Cavalier, from the skipper on I am still here. down, for their flowers and expres­ Right now I'm confined to a sions of condolence when Frank wheel chair after a five-year bout died. with TB, and although I manage I also want to say I attended the to gqt along, there are many small Del Sud's annual picnic and I think things I could use, but since I get all the men concerned deserve a no welfare benefits or anything, hand for putting on such a fine naturally I can't buy them. shindig. Duska (Spider) Korolia I sure would appreciate it if any Praises hsPHS, Welfare Dep^t |)rt. •:- v=:";<a»--••- •- - • . rf!. Ex'Permitman^s Death is Noted Tributes Touch ^MooitV Sister To the Editor: I am writing this to thank the SIU and all its officials and members for their many kind­ nesses when my brother, Martin H. (Moon) Kouns, passed away. It made me realize the Sfu is the finest union In the maritime, in­ dustry, and I am proud that both Martin and my brother Frank be­ longed to it. Martin's funeral procession was five blocks long and there were two truckloads of flowers sent by the SIU and other organizations and individuals, so that I hardly know where to begin to express my thanks. I-do want to thank the SIU branches in New Orleans, Lake Charles, Galveston and Mobile for their wreaths and sympathy cards, and also the SUP, the Mississippi Shipping Company, Local 1418 of the ILA and the Electrical Main­ tenance Social Club. ^ Crewmembers Thanked I must also thank the crews of the DeSoto, Alcoa Clipper and Alcoa Runner, and also the crewmen who sent flowers from Seattle through Jeff Morrison. Lindsey Williams, Buck Stephens and the New Orleans officials who closed the hall to observe -Martin's funeral also deserve thanks. I cannot thank everyone In parti­ cular, but I would like to say to all- those who contributed, "God bles^ you all." (Mrs.) Anna Mae Hanning l" t l" Sags One Paper To Another'-^ To The Editor: We, the staff of "White Sails," wish to thank the SEAFARERS LOG for its story and picture about us in the August 20 issue. As_ you know, "White Sails" is the monthly publication of patients at the New Orleans USPHS hospi­ tal. We are trying to build it up into something really fine, and are grateful for the notice you have taken of our efforts. G. W. (Bill) Champlin Editor, "White Sails" 4" 4" Chiehasaw Crew Praises Skipper To the Editor: It was Samuel Gompers, first president of the American Federa­ tion of Labor, who made the staj;ement, "We reward our friends and punish our enemies." We, the crewmembers of the Chickasaw, also feel that our friends ought to be rewarded. And so we take great pleasui*e in commending Captain Samuel G. Wonson, the master of this vessel, for being a fair and impartial skipper and an all-around good shipmate. Captain Wonson has run a tight ship but has always lived up to the agreement and has respected each individual as a fel­ low human being. Captain Wonson is now being re- lieved of command of this ship, and it is with dteep regret that we see him go. In closing, we wish him the best of luck in whatever he may undertake, and want him to know we would consider it a pleas­ ure to serve under him at any time in the future. Crew of the Chickasaw 4> 4 place The Face, Brother Advises To the Editor: I enjoy reading the SEAFARERS LOG very much, but I have a sug­ gestion to make which I think would improve the paper. I sug­ gest that when you print the "Final Dispatch" column you also print the photo­ graphs of our brothers who have passed away. The r^son I make this sugges­ Stockmarr tion is because many of the brothers do not know other brothers by their full nam^. Often they know them only by their nicknames or by tTOir faces. Therefore I think it would be a good idea to print the pictures. Outside of that, I think you are doing a wonderful job with the LOG. ^ven Stockmarr 4* 4' 4 Vote Democrat, He Urges Labor To the Editor: I have just heard the President of the United States on a nation­ wide telecast tell the American people that we are presently en­ joying a wonderful prosperity under the guidance of the Repub­ lican Party. The spectacle of Mr. Eisenhower tell­ ing us to our jf a c e s that we never had it so good while Mr. Hoover stands in the wings _like a Greek chorus and echoes the senti­ ments is so utter­ ly ridiculous that Michelet I would like to express my indignation in these columns. For the past six months I have been forced to go to almost a dozen cities on both coasts to try to keep working at my job as a chief stew­ ard, because this Republican ad­ ministration has just about put the American merchant marine out of business. During these months I have made it a point to talk to people in all walks of life in these cities and I am consequently fn a position to report to you that things are bad all over and getting worse day by day. 'Prophets of Gloom' Mr. Eisenhower and his stooge newspapers, whose editorial com­ ment and newslanting are dictated by their big-business advertisers, (Continued on page 17) Vol Chem Crew, Skipper Aid Him To the Editor: I vyrould appreciate it if you would publish this letter in the LOG as I wish to express my ap­ preciation to Captain Rainbow-and the crew of the Val Chem for their wonderful help to me. I am crew messman on the Val Chem and I have a wife and three children. Recently my wife needed an emergency operation, and when I told Captain Rainbow about it he advanced me money on my next month's wages. What's more, the crew voted me the ship's fund to help me out. While I did not need this gesture to make me proud of being SIU, it showed me once again the kind of men that sail on SIU ships. My wife, children and I ask God to bless each df these men. Francisco R. Moldonado 4 4 4 Hospital Stag Eased Bg SiU To the Editor: I hope you will_print this in the LOG as I would like to thank the SIU Welfare Services Department, and especially the Seattle repres­ entative, for the wonderfui treat­ ment I have gotten. I have been in the USPHS hospital here for the past year, and the SIU has helped me in every waj it could. S. Johannssen 4 4 4 Crew, Officers Beadg With Aid To the Editor: I am writing this because I wish to publicly thank the officers and the crew of the Monarch of the Seas for their generous "contribu­ tions of money to aid my daughter, who has polio. Everyone on this ship, from th% '.kipper on down, has been most generous and sympathetic, and my most heartfelt thanks go to all of them. James P. Crawford 4 4 4, ^Transfer Blues^ Hit Calmar Crew • •« i To the Editor: Just a few lines before we sail to let you know I'm now bosun on theCalmar, which is now at Long Beach, Calif., enroute to the East Coast, after loading lumber in the Northwest. This is a good ship and so far we have had plenty of food and no Hostetter beefs. We of the crew- were certainly sorry to hear about the Bluestar, Greenstar and Purplestar being transferred. Most of us were on one or another of these ships at some time and I myself was on the Purplestar for nearly a year. Chuck Hostetter vn; . Burtv ThaCa Getiing The Bnainese ^ By Bernard Seaman A KI -M �PMPe SEAFARERS LOG Oell^r^lS; 18iM> .. DIGEST of SHlPSrMEETINGS pipe connected from, washing machine to drain to stop water from running on the possible and tolreaftect brothers steeping, deck of the laundry. All members aboard ship were asked to be properly attired be­ fore entering the messhali. Crewmem­ ' # ALEXANDRA (Carres), August t — bers were asked to make as little noise as Chairman, T. W. BeaHy; Secretary, W. •TEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), Septem­ McHand. Crew requested cigarettes and cigars: Delegate wUl send wire to patrol ber 5—Chairman,, Drury K. Waters; Sec­ man in Galveston asking that the ship's retary, A. G. Arfopol. Motion made and library be renewed The officers and carried to contact patrolman and let him crew aboard this ship heaped praise upon investigate why crew can't get launch the steward department for the excellent service in foreign ports. Crewmembers will not sign on until two 14 inch fans are food served on this voyage. put in each room with two men, and one 16 inch fan is put in rooms containing PAOLI (Cities Service), August 15— Chairman, Rox Piarsoni Secretary, A. one man. Hahri. Motion made and carried to have PELICAN MARINER, (Bloomfield), ship fumigated for roaches. Discussion about dissension and logging of 4 to 8 August 24—Chairman, M. LIpkIn; Secre­ Three men missed oiler and FWT, and offers changing tary, P. Ashlolgh. watches with no overtime Involved. En­ ship in Seattle. One man rejoined upon A vote of gineer suggested that this matter be re arrival in San Francisco. thanks was given to Swede Larsen. the ferred to the boarding patrolman. July II—Chairman, Anthony Alleman; ship's delegate, for a job well done and Secretary, A. L. Hahn. Meeting called to to the steward department for good elect ship's delegate and various depart­ food served. Crewmembers were asked ment delegates. Suggestion made to to turn in any excess linen on hand. speak to chief engineer about fixing deck LAFAYETTE ' (Waterman), September and engine department toilets also about repairing all strips under bunks. A sug­ 5—Chairmen, Floyd i. Sterkey; Secre­ gestion was also made that linen locker tary, E. R. Ray. Crew suggested that be opened at 8 AM and 4 PM on Fridays the ship's delegate write a letter to head­ in order that every man may get his quarters about the. insufficient alopchest put aboard in Mobile. Crew pantryman linen and soaps. is incapable of serving and helping messman serve and it was suggested tha> he be changed. •EATRICE (Bull), Augutt 1l-^h«irman, A. Campbell; Secretary,. L. Vigo. Ship's delegate elected. No beefs reported. Dis­ cussion held on galley men to be covered by wearing suitable coats. 'f fife ft-. |f' 11 ••r* Seafarers with beefs regard­ ing slow payment of monies due from various operators in back wages and disputed over­ time should first check wheth­ er they have a proper mailing address on file with the .com­ pany. SIU headquarters offi­ cials point out that reports received from several operaltors show checks have been mailed to one address while a beef on the same score is sent from another, thus creat­ ing much difficulty in keeping accounts straight. Seafarers are urged to iise one perma­ nent address for mail so. that claims can be checked speedi­ ly and payment made right away. cusMon by several brother members about shipboard welfare. TRANSATLANTIC (Pacific Wsterways), August 15—Chairman, Gaorgo L. Hayas; Secretary, P. Irck. Ship's delegate re­ ported bad water shortage. Medical sup­ plies and the slopchest will be checked. Discussion on getting dodger rigged on flying bridge. The crew agreed not to sign 'on until all beefs were settled. CHILORE (Ore), August 1—Chairman, O. Stone; Secretary, C. Patten. A motion was made and carried that the company either discontinue (he practice of using a solution of Oxalic add to sougee paint work or furnish rubber gloves, as sev­ eral crewmembers have acid burjis on their hands. Ship's delegate will contact the proper people to see what has hap­ pened te the Sea Chest- library. Several members stopped by the hall to pick up a set of books and were informed that the ship had already had its quota. ANDREW JACKSON (Isthmian), August. JS—Chairman, Paul Morris; Secretary, Al­ exander Brodle. A letter will be sent to the Mobile port about the man that was taken off the ship in Alexandria. Brother Sanford asked for some shower curtains for engine department showers to prevent water from running over shower room decks. All delegates will see about hav­ ing crew's quarters painted. Vote of thanks given to the steward (lepartnient for excellent food and good service. The chairman complimented the steward on the slopchest that was put on board in MARYMAR (Calmer), August 7—Chair­ New York by the Sea Chest, saying that man, Roy J. Barker. Secretary, J. Smith. the crew said that it was the best they Three ABs were fined S30 each for neg­ have seen on any ship. lect of duty on board diip. Patrolman should be notified that the ship was not DEL VALLE (Mississippi), Augutt 30— stored with sufficient stores for the voy­ Chairman, Sam Bailey; Sacretary, Ramon age. Black gang reported that the 1st Irlxarry. Crewmembers were asked not assistant shows favoritism in distribution to throw cigarette butts on the deck in of overtime. All men getting off the steward department bathroom^ A sugges­ ship were asked to strip their beds and tion was made that when purser has (a turn linen in to the stewgrd. Ship's gather seamen's papers for the purpose fund of S18 to be turned over to the of identification in the South American patrolman at the payoff for donation to run that each man be responsible for hie the March of Dimes from the crew of own papers. pork on the menu, Severeal complaints the Marymar. AMERSEA, (Amerecean), Augutt 1< Chairman, A. Kessan; Secretary, George about rusty water. ORION COMET (Oil Carriers), August 31 FInklea. Engine delegate reported a few —Chairman, W. L. O'Donnall; Secretary, beefs and some disputed'overtime which STEEL DBSmNElt asthmlan), August F. Murray. Money from the ship's fund will be taken up with the patrolman IS—Chairman, W. Foy; W. Pedlar. Wash­ will be used to wire company or union as MOBILIAN (Waterman), August IS— when ship reaches port. All hands were ing machine will be put. on the repair to destination of ship and length of voy­ Chairman, J. Preseott; Secratary, J. asked to be sober at payoff. list. A report will be turned in to the age. A vote of thanks was given to Joe Strongfallow. Ship's, delegate discussed patrolman on the two men who missed Algina, assistant secretary treasurer, for payoff in Savannah and said that he GEOI^B A. LAWSON (PaH Ocaanlc), his prompt answer to a letter about ship­ would see captain about lifting logs. Mo­ August' i—Chairman; John - Swfeeney; ship. CHIWAWA (Cities Service), August IS yard workers working on ship after hours —Chairman, J. Swafford; Secratary, T. tion made and carried for members not Secratary, J. Brooks. New washing in and about crew's quarters. SEAMAR (Calmar), February 13—Chair­ to sign off. before a new refrigerator is machine has a too high-powered motor Clough. It waa pointed out to the crew August 1—Chairman, A. M. Brencehl; that thif vessel is due for the shipyard installed in the messroom. The old wash­ and will burn out in a few days if used. man, John Marshall, Secratary, Norman ing machine should be repaired and the It will be exchanged as soon as possible. Wexlar. Captain ordered no card play Secretsry, N. W. Kirk. Deck delegate in the near future and that it isn't a bit new _one checked. Discussion about the Stove, top in galley has to be replaced ing after 11 PM. Delegate explained let­ reported two men missed ship in Sasebo too early to start a repair list instead of ter being sent to union hall about man and engineers are doing crew's work. En­ waiting until the last minute. The pres­ man left in Saigon. The steward depart­ as It °is cracked. who missed ship in Aberdeen. Men in gine room men are not relieving watches ent water cooler In the crew-mess shouM ment was goven a vote of thanks. FORT HOSKINS (Cities . Service), underwear were asked not to enter the on time. Suggestion made that men stop be replaced with a larger one or a lino messhali. Action should be taken about bickering in passageways and bring up should be installed from the cooling sys­ DEL MONTE (Mississippi), August 15— August 25—Chairman, L. J. Brilhart, four men living in one room. A vote of their grievances at the meetings. The tem directly below. The Sea Chest was Chairman, C. Tex Wclborn; Secratary, C. Secretary, R. J. Ferguson. Blocked up thanks new ship's delegate asked for cooperation discussed. -Tidiness of the mess hall and M. Dowllng. The crew was informed drains previously reported to the chief ment. was given to the steward depart­ from the crew. laundry brought up. about the beef on the shortage of food, engineer will be brought to his attention August 22—Chairman, T. Clough; Socroand a letter was written to the New Or­ again. Ship's delegate will request cap­ COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), Au tary, Edgar A, Johnston. The ship's dele­ DOROTHY (Bull), no date—Chairman, leans agent about same. The ship's dele­ tain to put out a list of draws and slops gust 29—Chairman, H. L. Pruitt; Secre­ gate reported that he was trying to get Dick Cummlngs; Sacretary, William H. so that any descrepancies may be cleared gate remarked that the repair list for this For the past Thompson. A motion was made and car­ tary, D. H. Collins. Steward department as many items as possible on the repair voyage was the same as it was for the up before payoff time. missing from ^ha shower. Cigar­ list taken care of before entering the last three trips and that nothing had been two months ^ chief engineer and first ried to put electric fans in the foc'sles as clothes are short. Launch service reported shipyard. He also congratulated the dele­ done so far. It was duly moved that ail assistant have . been doing unlicensed ler the new agreement. Due to the ettes gates and the crew for their cooperation delegates get together with the ship's personnel work such as chipping, wire lard feelings that now exist between very bad. in bringing the vessel in for a clean pay­ delegate and discuss the actions of the brushing, scraping, etc. Due to various the Bull Line and the longshoremen in off. Discussion on various items of inter­ captain and the findings to be discussed illnesses, injuries and fatigue some of San Juan the ship's delegate WiU write a est to the membership in general. letter to headquarters explaining the with the patrolman. A vote of thanks the members turned down excessive situation in full so that action can be was given to John Addams for the man­ overtime on a Saturday. FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), Sep­ taken to eliminate this feeling. The 3rd ner in which he took over for a brother tember 1—Chairman, J. D. McGoldrick; assistant engineer is making repairs on during his attack of malaria. Sacratary, Dan Beard. Ship's delegate the washing machine. Department dele­ reported that crew may lose two hours gates were asked to make out repair BARBARA FRITCHIE (Liberty Naviga­ delayed sailing because of a technicality. lists and turn same over to the ship's tion), August I—Chairman, Les Ames; FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), August Crew should take better care of the new delegate. Secretary, Thurston Lewis. One brother 29—Chairman, L. J. Brilhart; Secretary, washing machine. Men were asked to asked for roach powder, and was told R. J. Ferguson. Blocked drains previous­ wipe black oil off shoes before going into STEEL AGE (Isthmian), August 24— that the exterminators would be aboard Chairman, W. O. Wandoll; Secretary, ly reported to the chief engineer will be the mess-hall. A funeral wreath was sent in Philadelphia. Steam which had been brought to his attention again. 'Vote of CHIWAWA (Cities Service), September backing up into the radiator in the cook's 7—Chairman, James Murrell; Secretary, Louis Johson. The ship's fund of S21 thanks was unanimously given to the to a crewmember's family. Donations to be collected for NMD workaway picked was turned over to the ship's delegate. room was stopped off. Red Clough. Discussion on various Laundry will be cleaned by one man steward department for a fine job done up In Venezuela. Arrival pools will ba topics concerning the good and welfare each week from each department. The during the trip to Japan and back. Ship's' made up to booster ship's fund. YOUNO AMERICA (Waterman), June 15 of the membership in general. The ship's laundry should be kept locked while the delegate requested that a new repair list —Chairman, W. ZaIeskI; Secretary, N. H. delegate reminded the membership that a ship is in port. Steward department was be submitted by each department by the DEL SOL (Delta Line), August 22 — Lambert. Steward reported linen short­ notice of less than 24 hours was not asked to cooperate and dump garbage time the ship reaches Panama Canal so Chairman, Joseph Blanchard; Sacretary, that the captain can't say such lists William R.'Cameron. -A few fresh vege­ age. Ship's fund now stands ^ $16.50. an acceptable excuse for missing a aft of the house. weren't-turned in on time. The engine tables were bought in Santos after seeing Men were reminded to turn off washing vessel. machine when finished. Suggestion made CUBORE (Ore), August 15—Chairman, room delegate brought to the attention that food was so low. Mate informed tha STEEL KING (Isthmian), August 3— Troy Thomas; Secretary, W. Cain. Pas­ of the crew the black gang beef. For ship's delegate that the steward depart­ that ship's delegate see master about getting draw in coupon books in Pusan. Chairman, Joe Cantin; Secretary, W. sageways. recreation rooms and pantry the past two months the chief engineer ment foc'sle would be painted on next Schoenborn. Ship's delegate repprted to • be kept cleaner. ' The steward de­ and the 1st assistant have been doing un- voyage. Delegates should check with tha GATEWAY CITY (Waterman), August that no action has been taken so far partment was given a vote Of thanks for liccensed personnel work. patrolman about the rusty water for 15—Chairman, Don Collins; Secretary, on the dirty water tanks. Crewmembers the good preparation and service of food. washing. Most of the foc'sles have one Hugh Wells. A vote of thanks was given were asked to take care of cots and ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), August 30— fan at present instead of the two as per to the steward department for a job done put them away in port. Vote of thanks CHOCTAW (Waterman), August I— Chairman, John A. Davis; Sacratary, the agreement. Money for playing cards as only SIU men coiffd do it. General extended to the steward department for Chairman, J. Jacobson; Secretary, G. Jamas F. Byrno. A motion was made and magazines was taken out of the ship's discussion on the crew as a whole—one getting fresh fish and fruit. Johnson. Ship's delegate contacted hall that the crew give a donation to the fund, and at present the fund stands at of the best. Any repairs needed should in New Orleans about repairs. Ship's March of Dimes, but the motion was S2.10. be placed on the repair list by crewJOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), fund discussed. Everyone agreed that voted down by a majority. Instead it was members. August 28—Chairman, A. Reld; Secretary, there is no need for a ship's fund, and suggested that the ship's delegate con­ DEL NORTE (Mississippi), August 15— Hansen. Motion made and carried if money is needed a special meeting will tact crewmembers at payoff for voluntary Chairman, Calahan; Secretary, ZImmer. OCEAN BETTY (Maritime Overseas), to spend part of ship's fund for playing be called. Crewmembers were asked to contributions. This voyage promises to The ship's delegate told the brothers that August I—Chairman, Joe Wagner; Secre­ cards and games. The delegates will take cots off deck before arrival in port. be a very good one at the present time. the' captain complimented him and tary, Ralph Ewing. Washing machine form a committee to handle the fund. There is a pretty good crew aboard and through him wanted to convey his comchecked by delegates and the only thing The ship's delegate will see a patrolman the food is excellent. pUments to the crew for the fine perform­ wrong with it is that the chief engineer about putting a Sea Chest aboard. $51.30 ance of their duties. Treasurer reported took agitator to prevent using. Each de­ in the ship's fund. SOUTHSTAR (South Atlantic), August 8 that there is a cash balance on han partment to take turns cleaning recrea­ —Chairman, L. Blizzard; Sacratary, C. amounting to $71.70. Brother McCarthy, tion room and laundry. <^CAROLYN (Bull), August 29—Chairman, RIea. Fans and mattresses needed. Mo­ athletic director, reported that S33 was Steve Musco; Secretary, A. Aragones. tion made and carried to store ship for spent for equipment and baseballs and SOUTHLAND (South Atlantic), August 1 Plate in coal bin should be removed at least 73 days and not to sign on until the balance in the kitty stands at S16. N® ..—Chairman, BUlic B. Darley; Secretary, for proper ventilation in the galley. crew is satisfied. A new washing ma­ announcement of scheduled games wa E. B. McAuley. Brother Darley reported Complaints about, insufficient milk on FAIRISLE (Waterman), July 4—Chair­ chine is needed as the old one is in bad made at this meeting. Brother Thiemong that all needed repairs were taken care board ship. The baker was given a vote man, Fred Shala; Secretary, W. Blanton. shape. Medical exam will be held some gave a straightrfrom-the-shouMer talk on of and that the new porthole screens thanks. An arrival pool was held The steward requested the crews coop­ place else instead of the messroom. Re­ the phony "Louisiana State Right To and the new innerspring mattresses are and half of it goes in the ship's fund. eration in pointing out shortages, as he pair lists to be turned in. -Port ageht Work BiU." now on board. Request made that engine department came aboard ship on sailing day. The working on beef of canned milk and toilet and showers be painted. need for innerspring mattresses will be Snow Boy soap powder. ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), August 1— OCEAN NIMET (Ocean Transportation), taken up with the Mobile patrolman on Chairman, L. Handley; Secretary, R. E. August 13—Chairman, J. L. Hodges; Sec­ ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), August SO— return trip. Brother Davis was injured BALTORE (Ore), August 15—Chairman, Mitchell. Motion made and carried to retary, C. J. Quinnt. Special meeting Chairman, J. Tanner; Secretary, L. B. and taken off ship at Key West. H. R. Zorn; Secratary, J. Oliver. A mo­ turn 3rd cook over to the patrolman and called in regard to a steward department Moore. Motion made and carried to August 15—Chairman, Charles Sim­ tion was made and carried to post a re­ let him do as he sees fit with him for beef. This beef stemmed from third cook have filters installed on blower for rooms, mons; Secretary, Fred Shala. Ship's dele­ pair list in the recreation room. J. Foley performing. A vote of thanks was given performing aboard ship and of his as rooms are hot When closed up for gate reported that the trip has been, was elected ship's delegate. «> to the steward department and to the malicious and derogatory remarks against loading and discharging cargo. One pretty smooth with, no beefs or logs.' captain and first assistant for cooperating the union and union brothers. At first member missed ship in Baltimoi-e and was Doors need repairing and the entire hos­ EVELYN (Bull), August 17—Chairman, with the crew. this beef was solely in the steward de­ reported to the union hall. pital needs painting. Men were requested J. Chew; Sacretary, M. Burns. Motion partment and then it began to grow and to be a little more quiet while washing made and carried that the new Baltimore REPUBLIC (Tl^falgar), September 3— now involves the deck and engine de­ ALAMAR (Calmar), September 4— clothes late at night. A suggestion was hall bar should sell draft beer. AU dele­ Chairman, Emel Grotsky; Secretary, B; partments as well. It was then that the Chairman, James R. McPhaul; Secretary, made that no one refuse any overtime gates were requested to make up repair Padgett. Ship's delegate bought an iron ship's delegate decided to call this special Robert Hammond. Motion made that when such overtime work is for the lists. Members were asked to pledge for the sum of $16;S0, out of the ship's meeting. fireroom ventilators be relocated. Re­ safety and welfare of the vessel. money for TV repairs. Twenty members fund. Several complaints aboht the stew­ pair list requested. Members were asked pledged at least one dollar apiece, which ard department from the crew. PELICAN MARINER (Bloomfield), Au­ to be sure that clutch is disengaged be­ ANGELINA (Bull), August 23—Chair­ sum is considered sufficient. August 15—Chairman, William Brightgust 24—Chairman, Nels Larsen; Secre­ fore starting the washing machine's time man, Ben Lawson; Secretary, Mike Kamwell; Secretary, C. Collins. Discussion of tary, M. Ashtelgh. Two crewmembers, clock. Inskl. Motion made and carried that a FELTORE (Ore), August 22—Chairman, beef between the chief engineer apd tha including the chief cook, were sent home new washing machine be installed and Clarence Jacks; Secretary, Carlle White. chief pumpman will be takeh up wRh ' from Yokohama for hospitalization. One ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), August 29 that the galley be equipped with a mix­ New SIU library, unmber 4; placed the boarding patrolman. Repair lists will brother suggested that the steward-de­ Virgil S. Afford, jr. Motion made and ing machine. A motion was passed that aboard this trip. Orders will be taken for be made out and'turned Into the patrol-. , ) partment rated a vote of thanks for the carried to start a ghip's fund. Steward patrolman be notified of captain's disre­ slopchest before arrival and delivery man on arrival in Portland. All brothera way in which they labored during a pe­ was asked to see that table cloths be spectful attitude toward crewmembers will be made the day the ship sails, "fte present at meeting agreed to donate to- ''' riod of short' rations. The Seaman's Club changed more often. when putting out money draws and ciga­ shipis delegate was instructed to inform ward a ship's fund. , in Pusan got plenty of action from the Chairman, George E. Odom; Secretary, rettes. The captain gave no assistance the patrolman that no fre.sh fruit was crewmembers of this scow. Prices are when 8 crewmeinber was injured in St. taken aboard this trip, and the ventila­ OCEAN LOTTE (Ocean Transportation), right and the beer is cold and the band BEAUREGARD (Waterman), June 27 Croix. . tion system in tim crew's quarters i^ .not September 6—Chairman, Charlie Foster; Is loud, if nothing else. It's really an Chairman, F. Spruill; Secretary, T. Scott. operating. All hands were reminded' to Secretary, Robert Walton. Six men left oasis in the midst of a desert of clip .Steward requested to see if he can ob­ STEEC RECORDER (Isthmian), August turn off wa.shing machine when finished the ship due to illness and pne man joints. tain a decent brand of i/bap powder for 21—Chairman, Frank Russo; Secretary, with same. A hew steam iron was pur- mi.sscd ship in Yokohama. Cots, fly swat­ the crew. Discussion on steam lines in W. A. Masterson. Ship's delegate re, cha.sed with the ship's fund and placed ters and the required food was brought MARY ADAMS (Bloomfield), August 8— crew's quarters. quested each department delegate to in the custody of the steward. aboard in Guam, but porthole sci-eens Chairman, A. Bjornsson; Secretary, Bill August 12—Chairman, M. C. Cooper; post repair li.st on bulletin board, A sug­ were r.Jt avaiU\bIe. Brother Williams sugMay. Motion made and seconded that Secretary, Fred Spruill, |r. A sugges­ gestion was made that recommendation SANTORE (Ore), August 22—Chairman, gested that the linen shrinUago problem ship's delegate see captain .ibout having tion was made to the steward that when be given in writing for brother, who was Charles H. Starling)) SecretJry, Ralph O. be brought up before the patrolman on steam line put from steam pipe to wash­ the ship is in port and when the heat ho.spitalized and inlssed ship, iri Japan, King. • patrolman yvitl he contacted in re­ arrival in .San Francisco.: -.All- orewnwnrt; : ing machine and to have r,wage drain is BO inten.sc t-s please try to have less on the last day. Motion made and carl-led gard to fans and B-.aitresses. Ccnorul dis- born Were aslced to be sober at the payoff. :^__£ j'j'V ' fe Use Ontfg One Mail Address for a Toluntarjr donation of SS for re­ pairing the washing machine so that the crew can have two machines operating. Patrolman will contact the company In regard to having worn out water coolers replaced. Notation to be put on bulletin board for individual needs in slop chest for next voyage. Vote of approval went to the steward department, and attention was also called to clean and efficient messman. X£ N- �15, 1954 SEAFARERS Pac* SeTcnteea LOG ,.. DIGESI^ of SHIPS' MEETINGS... NlAtSMAR (Calmar), July II—Chairman, Rad Cibbs; SecratarV, Frank NIgro. Roaches seen In the galley, pantry, and messrboms. In addition to deck and en­ gine tiuarlers. This trljl the stores are holding out and so far steward hasn't run out' of any main Items. A vote of thanks was' given to the new steward and his department for • the good food served. Ship's fund stands at S3S. FELTORE (Ore), .July 14—Chairman, Frank Natale; SecrAary, Frank Pagano. Repair list turned In and everything taken care of. $40 In the ship's fund. New iron and Ironing board cover will be purchased from the ship's fund. Com­ plaint to. captain about chief engineer man-handling member of black gang. Crew to get overtime for delayed sailing. Clothes, should be taken from drying room, as soon as possible to make room for other members' clothes. SIEAMAR (Calmar), August 3—Chair­ man, J. Barnetf; Secretary, T. Brennan. Ship's delegate reported $20.60 in the ship's fund. There was a disciuwion on the slop chest, and a motion was made and carried to insist en same. Discussion on fresh fruit being obtained at first port on West Coast. ALCOA RUNNER (AlCOa), August 3— Chairman, Clement Da ttospedales; Sec­ retary, T. C. Beatrous. Ship's delegate asked for help from the steward and deck departments for baseball equipment. The captain will be asked for a price list on the slop chest. $10 was received from the engine department for the ship's fund. Steward and deck delegates will collect for same. FONCE (Pence), August $^-Chalrman, Breegg; Secretary, Knowlas. Motion made and carried to write, a letter to New York hall and find out if crew is due pen­ alty cargo money after the jumbo boom Is put on next time In' Ronce. Electrician explained' ilew fans wOre ordered and will be spread aroiind. ' 'CrOwmembers were aske.d to turn off washing machine starling. Captain advised crew that he will give out draw before arrival in Mo­ bile. Ship's delegate asked that each de­ partment delegate turn in his repair list. Motion made and passed that the patrol­ man checlif the slop chest prices. Crew CATHERINE (Dry Trans), July 7}— was reminded not to give away or take Chairman, B. Snow; Secretary, J. Howard. home reading matter. Ship's delegate talked about keeping the CRACKER STATE MARINER (South At­ ship clean at payoff. Crew was askgd to turn in all linen early so steward de­ lantic), August S—Chairman, C. W. Wil­ partment can count and bag same. Vote son; Secretary, Walter Hantusch. Ship's of thanks was given to the chief engineer delegate reported that beefs were taken for his fine cooperation. All, crewmem- care of In New York satisfactorily. Mo­ bers were aslred to stay sobOr at payoff. tion made that ladders be made for June 37—^Chairman, f. Fox; Secretary, Upper bunks because crewmembers find J. Howard. Discussion about .the noise in them high and want to avoid accidents. Discussion on fixing a place for a library. the passageways. May 2S—Chairman, J. Howard; Secre­ Crew Complimented the. steward on the Improvement of the fojpd. tary, S. Pac.ewici. All repair .lists to be turned over to. the delegates . ai)d all bed springs are .to be checked before arrival CANTIGNY (Cities Service), August 19 in Galvestom ' —Chairman, J. Henry; Secretary, M. G. Chstrom. Captain will see about exter­ . YORKMAR Icalmar), July 3^—Chair­ minating the ship In 'the shipyard. Sani­ man, none; Secretary, none. Iron and tary men were Issued poison to be used Ironitig board were purchased' out of the in foc'sles. Motion made tlTat rotary ship­ ship's fund. Fatroiman visited the ship ping with a 60 or 90 day limit for permitat Newport, looked over the stores with men on tankers be recommended to head­ the steward and agreed that ship needed quarters. Motion voted down. Crew was some more provisions before leaving for asked to take care of the empty coke the East Coast. Cash on. hand in the bottles and not to leaVe them Ih'messship's fund $23.13.' room or lounge.. ; . - . after using It. Deck delegate fays that in Ponce the shorcgang has been eating In messroom after crew finished. The • cap­ tain has stopped 'this and requested that shoregang be notified to thet effect. ' ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), Augiist.'l— Chairman, Lawrence O. Russell; Secre­ tary, George E. Odom. < .The crew was asked to keep'' the laundry roopi clean after washing mops. Reading of old business posted in crew's messroom. SEATRAIN NEW YO'RK (SOatraIn),'Au­ gust 14—Chairman, Jesus Ayala; Soorotary, Leon Baker. Ship's delegate asked the different departments to cooperate «nd there woUld be less friction aniong the crew. One brother delilierately. walked off the ship without notifying the YORKMAR (Calmar), July 31—Chair­ deck delegate failed to call for a man, S. L. Woodruff; Secretary, John relief. Stewardand delegate told. the crew Jellette. Vote of thanks extended to the that if there were any beefs concerning steward department for .excellent meals. menus to bring theni up immediately. The chief cook was especially commended ^e 'Deck department to aboard until for the fine food he prepared.. Crew com­ the mate gives the remain due to the plained that the mattresses oris hard and inspection. There is all-clear in bad shape. Matter rof Vancouver draw In the ship's fund. 0 balance Of $38.86 was brought up by Brother Woodruff. FRENCH CREEK (Cltlas Service)/ Au­ GOLDEN CITY (Waterman) August * 17—Chairman, Roy Arnold; Secretary, -Chairman, G. L. Greon; lecrotaryf H. gust Dan Beard. The steward seems to be do­ ing a good Job. So far he Has ordered cots,-new. toaster, better washing powder and has Improved chow. Crew asked the chief engineer to check the washing ma­ chine or have a repair man work on it It's like getting mad with your dog as machine Is continually out of order. and substituting a wolf to watch Cots should not be left out on deck. Voie Ifemoerat^ He Urgee iMhor M': wk (Continued from page 15) call people who predicted what would happen under a Republi­ can administration "prophets of gloom." They; are quite right. Like my­ self, these prdpheta ef gloom lived under Republican administrations before. They found it a gloomy experience indeed because they damned near starved in the process. The Republican Party has and always will represent the monied interests of this country. Under Hoover the wealthy lived like Old World princes while the laboring stiff got barely enough to feed his family. He frequently couldn't even get that and had to hit the long, long breadlines for soup and "coffee-and." The Eisenhower bunch has al­ ready started the ball rolling to get back to the triie good old Re­ publican days of the 1930's. They are almost daily taking away some gaih made by labor underHhe Dem­ ocratic administrations. Every so often now the Republican majority of the National Labor Relations Board decides that it no longer has jurisdiction in this or that beef; and, as a consequence, anothier group of union-minded employees are clouted over the head by their employer and fink conditions prevail in another would-be union ship. They Take—And Give While they take away our con­ ditions on the ene hand, they are already busy giving it back to those whom Roosevelt so aptly dubbed the "economic royalists" of the nation. They Just passed a tax bill with a little joker about reductions in taxes on dividends; They even have the effrontery to tell us that the dividends on Joe Blow's two Bhares of Sioux City common was what they had in mind when they wrote the provision. How stupid can we get? How can we vote for the boss candidate and expect a fair shake from the guy after he gets in there? We must have put the Republicans in there because there sure aren't enough bosses around to do the trick. What really happened is that a lot of us got disgusted with some of the Democrats who were steal­ ing us blind and voted Republicans in instead. What we should have done was to vote in some hon­ est Democrats Instead. Certainly for the laboring man to put in his boss, representative is no solution. your sheep. FDR Helped Workers If you are too young to remem­ ber, ask your Dad who made it possible for him to earn a living with a decent wage under decent working conditions and he will tell you it was Franklin Delano Roose­ velt. When Roosevelt took over from the bewildered and pitifully incom­ petent Hoover the working man's affairs were in a hell of a shape. I was booming around the country on freight trains picking up a cou­ ple of bucks now and then as a house painter while waiting for a job on a ship at 40 bucks a month, six-and-six watches, no overtime and grub that would make Shuler seem a chef in comparison. I was one of the fortunate guys because I had two trades to hustle and the unlimited vitality of youth so I managed to get by. But there were millions of others who just gave up and-let the state and their rela­ tives feed them. Changed Taxes. NLRB FDR changed all that. He rigged the tax laws so that million-dollara-year jiet incomes were shaved down to a sum where a guy could still live handsomely as befits a captain of industry and the rest was left to trickle down in the economy in public works and so on until we all got a piece of Ihe cake. He fixed the labor laws in order to force the employer to bargain collectively with his employees and to give the employees a fair share of the profits of the enterprise. He set up the Social Security Jaws to guarantee the working stiff enough to live on when he got too old to work. Sure, he made mistakes. But they were honest -mistakes. -Hethought we could do business with the commies on a live-and-lettlive basis. But, remember, it was a delusion shared by thousands of cowards who nov) spit on his grave. After all, everybody makes mis­ takes. Even Christ got fouled up by Judas. Fellows, we have got to get out there and beat these Republicans this time or they will have us all working for "coffee-and" again. Lefs also enlist the aid of our friends. Remember what Sam Gompers used to teU the laboring man: "Reward your friends and punish your enemies." rrenehy Mlehelet SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), August 22—Chairman, S. Phillips; Sccre1*rv, J. Monast, Stop longshoremen from taking books and keep bookcase locked up. Steward wants all linen turned In on Saturday.' The steward department was given a vote of thanks for a Job well done. JEAN LAFITffE (Waterman), August 7 —Chairman, Frank D. Otvos; Secretary, *• Loreni. A motion was made and carried not to sign on until proper repairs have been m.ade on the hot water heater in the crew's quarters. Crew expressed llttif better than It- has been taken 'care of. All handa were asked'to return cupg and glassea after using them as there Is a shortage. Shlp'a delegate reported that It Is quite apparent that we are getting a runaround from the company and the captain. A lot of Important re­ pairs were not taken care of and the capr tain says he has no authority to have any repalrs done which may involve over­ LOGANS FORT (Cities Service),'August time. 1—Chairman, Bill Thompson; Secretary, 6TEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), August A. Rummcl. All departments reported running smoothly. Fumigating needed In 11—Chairman, A. Caldelras; Secretary, R. all quarters. Crew's quarters will be Oevlrgllao. Crew expressed regret for painted during voyage. Delegates were Brother John Hull who passed away on asked to make up repair list before August 10th departing Calcutta. Fan beef to be referred to the patrolman at pay­ reaching France. off. Suggestion made that the ship's fund be . replenished by voluntary cooROBIN WENTLEY (Seat Shipping), Au­ gust 1—Chairman, Walter Walsh; Secre­ tributlons of crewmembers. tary, Frank Crldcr. Ship's delegate COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Au­ caUed the Savannah agent in regard to passenger waiters. The captain Insists gust 5—Chairman, M. Townsend; Secre­ tary, Albert DeForest. A special meeting that passenger men either eat their meals standing up in passenger pantry, or take was held regarding the quality of foodthem to the crew mess. Motion made served, poorly cooked and sometimes half and carried that a standby buzzer be in­ raw. The chief cook claims that with stalled in the crew mess to enable man. several range failures daily it is Impos­ on standby to know when he is wanted sible to do a better cooking job. .Mem­ bers of former voyages claim that there on the bridge. has been range trouble before but thatSTEEL FLY,Eg (Isthmian), August 1— the company has refused to buy a spare unit. There are at present no Chairman^ ..Bush; Secretary, Fred. C. range parts or spares. A motion was made and Litsch. Pantryman asked brothers to try carried to ask the Union to push the and keep pantry cleaner. Brothers agreed to cooperate. . Suggestion made to move company for several badly needed el.ectric radio to the PO mess so that men who fans. don't care to watch TV may listen to the WACOSTA (Waterman), Ajgust 7— radio. Brothers feel that there should be an SIU representative In . Honolulu. Chairman; Ed Larkin; Secratary, H. O. Fitzgerald. Ship's delegate reported cap­ OCEAti NIMET (Ocean Transportation), tain told delegate to compliment crew in August II—Chairman, Quinnt; Secratary, his behalf for a very smooth running Joe Pugllri. Crewmembers were asked ship. Old ship's library to be exchanged to take care of the washing machine a in New York. Vote of thanks given to ship's delegate, Pete Gonzales, for a Job weU done and handled in SIU fashion. that tha food If way below par. Thf lack of variety In vcgctablea and menus was also brought up, and the steward was asked to supervise his department a little more closely regarding their work. The steward was advised that he would have the backing of the crew In any attempt he made to better the situation for the next trip. PERSONALS Joseph A. Rocco Iniperative.you immediately con­ tact Jerry Cunningham at 5318 Avenue pi/i, Galveston, to avoid legal proceedings against you. tit Robert O. Smith Your sister asks you to get in touch with her at Bessemer City, N.C. Your father is critically ill. j/ Crew of Winter Hill The Greater New York March of Dimes wishes to express its sincere thanks for your contribution of $58 to the campaign against infantile paralysis. NOTICES ^ ^ $1 ALICE BROWN (Bloomfield), August 5, 1954—Chairman, Bob High; Secretary, Cha Irman. Dissatisfaction voiced about' the way the ship is feeding. Ship's dele­ gate warned the crew about leaving the rooms clean and being sober at payoff. Question raised about sougee work in main deck passageways. The new innerspring mattresses are a poor quality. July 12—Chairman, F. Collins; Secre­ tary, S. L. Robblns. Discussion on the cleaning of the recreation room and the laundry. The delegates will decide how it wiU be worked. Discussion on draws in foreign ports. SEAGAROEN (Peninsular Navigation), August t—Chairman, R. Sullivan; Sacretary, J. Burns. Captain suggested that men stop gambling. Stores ought to be checked by crew before sailing. Repair list to be posted and checked as neces­ sary. Vote of thanks given to the stew­ ard department, and especially to Brother J. J. Shaller for reaUy superior baking. SAN MATEO VICTORY (Eastern), Au­ gust 1—Chairman, R. Stough; Secretary, H. C. McCurdy. Report on letter from New York company office to captain say­ ing crew's claim to lodging while ship was aground is not good. One MCS-.4FL man picked up in Honolulu to replace wiper who was hospitalized. Ship's dele­ gate to get all information on emergency work permits getting off the ship sick. Donations to the ship's fund to be given at earliest convenience. SUP replace­ ment from Hawaii was joined by two other men from our affiliated unions in giving a vote of thanks to the entire crew for fine treatment and congeniality. Edward W. Ketschke is inter­ ested in buying a modest home in Peter Christopher California from a fellow SIU or Get in touch with Welfare Serv­ SUP member. Contact him at 421 ices at SIU -headquarters, East 76th St., NY 21, NY, j/ 3" 3< t Thomas Lindsey Joseph HaroiR Edin Contact the baggage room at Your wife wishes you to contact SIU headquarters or the Railway her immediately. ALEXANDRA (Carras), August 11— Express office in San Francisco. Chairman, T. W. Bcatty; Secretary, W. 3» t t Hand. Special meeting held regarding Your baggage was sent from NY to Robert H. Bullock message received by captain. Men who San Francisco and is unclaimed "Red," 8-12 FWT on the Feltore, are to get off in Corpus to receive pay there. It will be disposed of un­ wishes you to write him at Box 411, increase. July 24—Chairman, nont; Secretary, less Railway Express is notified Baltimore, Md. Tommy Beatty. Discussion on the slopchest, about old cigarettes and very lit­ Otherwise. 3> 3/ 3< tle of anything else. Repairs and paint­ Jerrell L, Wee! ing are being taken care of. Man missed ship and will be reported to the union The Boston hall advises that This man, now in the Army, on arrival in the States. The steward will there are Cities Service checks for would like to receive mail from order milk, vegetables and fruit in Ger­ D. Sheehan, V. Siso and D. Gabriel, his old shipmates. Write him at many. Draw will be in marks, but mem­ can turn in before sailing. who were on the Winter Hill when R.O.R. 3 c/o Dixieview Motel, Eliz- bers July a—Chairman, Reld; Secretary, T. W. BcaHy. Boston patrolman at payoff it laid up in Baltimore. There are abethtown, Ky. in Maine got almost all of the overtime also checks from the Seatrade Cor­ 3/ 3/ . i okayed. Talk on a ship's fund bitt most of the members feel it-'s better to take poration for the follevyingmen who Major E. Reid up money when needed. A big vote of were restricted to the Qutenston Your wife is ilL Contact her thanks to a wonderful steward depart­ Heights in EI Salvador: G. Murphy, immediately at Apartment 6, 73 ment and all hands say they never had such fine food. Steward asked men get­ M. McKenven, B. Boudieau, W. Gates Ave., Brooklyn 38, NY. ting off ship to turn in linen and cots. Safford, J. Thompson, J. Gox, W. McKenna, A. Ahearn, J. Finn, P. Choplinski, A. Jerauld, J. O'Byrne, EdUor, J^. Lapham, A. Blanchqtte. There SEAFARERS LOG. are voucjiers to be signed by the 675 Fourth Ave., following nien for transportation money to the Trinity on March 30, Brooklyn 32, NY 1954: J, Preshong, W. Whitford, H. I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please Clement. ^ put my name on your moiling list. Puxxle Anawmr ansB SHHdsinan SBQB [EQSaQ aHfflraasoB HHiiai arara SBsnB mmm BHBai BaafflQHsa nanaB afflaoa onna naiaa BHian aaa® (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY ..ZONE STATE Signed TO AVOID DUPLICATION: It you org gii old tubicrlbot $011 h«vo • chingo of «ddrttt', plooto givo your formor addroit boiow: ADDRESS CITY .20NE • $ ••twg«9$$$$$**« ....STATE .'4 ••i '.TJ �'•'•T^y'^/->T''>'': SEAFARERS •I'-" "••'" •fe'' if.v- LOG Oetfl^er IS. 1*54 Repafrwtian Betoming Easier Thanks to the cooperation of ship's delegates and Seafarers, the Welfare Services De­ partment seems well on its. way towfird licking the repatriation problem once and for all. If Seafarer-crews keep responding on this problem as they have in the past, no injured or ill Seafarer will have to spend a day longer in a foreign port company agent for service. While notify headquarters immediately than is absolutely necessary. repatriation procedures were writ­ whenever a -crewmember had to 'DN-;- i:V; K •. - f,-- In the past two-week period alone, 11 Seafarers who were laid up overseas were started on their homeward voyages just as soon as they were deemed physically fit to" travel. This Is quite a change from the situation as it used to be when repatriation was a slow process to be undertaken at the whim of the operator's overseas agents. The traditional difficulties over repatriation have always arisen out of the fact that the injured or ill Seafarer when put off overseas for treatment was at the mercy of the ten into the contract, the Union had no way of assisting the Sea­ farer unless the Union was notified in some way where he was and what had happened to him. Ordinarily it was up to the Sea­ farer himself to let the Union kqow where he was. Sometimes due to the circumstances of his condition he was unable to com­ municate with headquarters until weeks after he went ashore. Consequently, Welfare Services some months ago made a point of asking shipmates and delegates to leave a ship in a foreign port. Once Welfare Services knew where the man was and what was wrong with him, it could arrange for proper care and repatriation according to the contract. The response of Seafarers to this appeal has been such that most Seafarers are now getting imme­ diate repatriation. If this kind of good work continues on the part of SIU crews. Seafarers will no longer face~the repatriation head­ aches that confronted them in the past.' •— 5 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON •INEPITS PAID F»«B No. Seafarwe Rcceivine Benefit* thi. Benefict Piid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid thie Period .5>l7e 1 WELPARi, VACATION RENEPITS PAID THIS PERIOD IJtieaeiuLfisnafiujjBeaiLBMetiia. Diaablliiv '•J!--: itfaiiY BtQtfiH. All of the following SIU families and Mrs. Robert Lasso, JY2 Apt. will collect the $200 maternity 13, Caparra Terrace, San Juan, benefit plus a $25 bond from the Puerto Rico. Union in the baby's name: 4 4 4Armanda Ortega, born August Bruce Matthew Todd, born Sep­ tember 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. "and Mrs. Mrs. Williani Todd, 29 Laidiaw Armando Ortega, 79 N. W. 37th Street, Miami, Fla. Avenue, Jersey City, NJ. 4 4 4 t' t- tAna Joaquina Colon Ortiz, born Milton Paul Maillho, Jr., born August 12, 1954. Parents, Mr. and August 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Antonio R. Colon, La Loma, Mrs. Milton P. Maillho, 1117 North Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. White Street, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 4" 4 4" Gardenia Luisa Barboza, born ^ederico Billo, born September August 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Crespin Barboza, PO Box 631, Carlo E. Biilo, 1806 Spain Street, Hitchcock, Texas. New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 4> 4 4 11Martha Petroff, born September Craig Donald Benoit, born Sep­ 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. tember 12, 1954. Parents, Mr. and George Petroff, 318 Knickerbocker Mrs. Leo Benoit, RED Route 12, Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Danielson, Conn. 4 4 4 Patrick Scott Paylor, born Au­ 4 4 4 Thomas Benjamin Simmons, III, gust 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and born September 19, 1954. Parents, Mrs. Frank S. Paylor, USPHS hos­ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Simmons, pital, Baltimore, Maryland. Jr., 101 Nelms Avenue, Nor­ 4 4 4 folk, Va. Monica Ray Johnson, born Sep­ tember 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Robert Lasso Calderon, born Mrs. Woodrow Johnson, 1807 Ryan September 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. Street, Lake Charles, La. Waiting For Dad To Come Home Gerard Thomas Maher. bom September 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Maher, 442 61st Street, Brooklyn, New York. 4 4 4 Clifford Price Thompson Iff, born June 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford P. Thompson, 1045 N. W. 30 Place. Miami, Fia. 4 4 4 Virginia Sue Trenholm, born September 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin S. Trenholm, 1059 Savannah Street, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 Barbara Ann Cole, born Septem­ ber 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Keith M. Cole, 1121 N. Dupre Street, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 Ada Florence Ros* Sapp, born July 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Omer Sapp, PO Box il4, Vi­ enna, Georgia. 4 4 4 Jennifer Ruth Moss, born July 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moss, 302 West Street, Fulton, Kentucky. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Liaue Mary Leavey, born Sep­ tember 24, "1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Leavey, 282 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. I Vacatiaa Total I WBLPARE, VACATION BENEPITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hypiial PtBCfiU PaicI Since lulv 1. I9S0* oks 'au Death Bcaefita Paid Since Tulv 1. IQSC » I Disability Benetita Paid Since May 1. 10S2 • ncraitv Benefita Paia Si,,., Apr^i Vacatloo Benefit! PaiJ Siar> Feb. 11. 1Q« Jk^JUa /2£ JEaial * Patt B«««a WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS ... ... Vacation v..aau uu luiMi * • . . «... Vacation Ub Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Otber Assets - Training Sbip (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS corner 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4- 4 4 4 4 22 MLS fA.|j .CUIS^ -P— oo f9/j //« oo • 0^7 V I Total Death Benefita paid since the start, slightly over I four (It) years ago, have just recently passed the one million (11,000,000.00) dollar mark. I The Trustee's of the Seafarers Vacation Plan have voted to increase the vacation benefits, at their meeting of October 5th, 195U. At the time of this*report being made, the Vacation Plan has oaid out its 59»OOOth vacation benefit check. The check was drawn to the order of ADREAM DBCENA in the amount of $131.13. Cynthia Bussell, born September 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo­ seph Leroy Bussell, 2509 Brown Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 4 I S9 LLF At Kntr, AMtistmit'XSmMstrmtor Charles Davis McLaren, bom September 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs, Joseph McLaren, 107 Marlin Street, Galveston, Texas. Jesus Rodriquez, born Septem­ ber 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs, Juan Rodriquez, 5606 AvenUe L, Galveston, Texas. Martha Carol Thompson, bom July 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred D. Thompson, Flomaton, Afa. Steven Charles Kissel, born Sep­ tember 14," 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Kissel, 656 Ander-i son Avenue; Cliff side Park, NJ. 4 Paul Raymond Davis, Jr., born September 20, 1954. Parents^ Mr. and Mrs. Paul Raymond Davis, 49 Allard Blvd., New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Denise Hope Callahan, bom September 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Callahan, Routd 1, Irvington, Ala. Anita Raye Williamson, born Au­ gust 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Williamson, 207 Ogden Avenue, Crichton Station, Mobile, Ala. is(- Charles Denver Perkins sits contentedly on his mother's lap after receiving $200 SIU maternity benefit and $25 US defense bond from the Union. Father was aboard Mobilian a's wiper when Savannah port agent Jeff Morrison delivered benefits. 4 4-4 Judy Leigh Wroton, born Sep­ tember 19r 19$4. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Wroton, 4016 North Highland, Norfolk, Va. AT SIU HEADQUARTERS 4tliAv#.«20lhSt.*irMlyH Swop yarns or watch the fight* on television with your old ship­ mates at the Port C Coll—YOUR union-owned and union-operated bar. Bring your friends — where you're always welcome. And the tab won't fracture that payoff. OWNED AND OPERATED by th« SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT A^A. "SI �h OcmienU^ M64 SEAFARERS ga^e Ninetjya LOG Lupton Family Gets Union Benefit SEEIN* im SEAtAlUeRiS — f With WALTER SIEKMANN One of the brothers who is very satisfied with the manner in which bis hospital needs were taken care of is Seafarer Joseph Stanton of Philadelphia. As was reported here last issue, Stanton, was in an automobile accident last August 23 down "in Atlantic City. He was taken to a local hospital for a couple of weekS: and then switched up to Staten Island, September 10. As soon as he got there, the hospital representative of the Union had" his benefits ready for him ifrom the date of the accident on. The Welfare Services-Department also helped see to it that he got transferred to a Public Health Service hosjpital as soon as he could toe moved. Ordinarily getting something in your eye isn't too much to worry about, provided you can get it out right away. Brother James W. Parker of Muskogee, Oklahoma, can tell you that something in your eye can be a mighty serious and annoying problem. He got some foreign matter there back in August while he was AB on the Robin Trent and ever since it's been troubling him. We hope the doctors can clear up this problem for him in short order. Door Accident Brother John Hannay of Jacksonville, Fla., got in the way of a door and it put him out of action for a while. Somebody slammed the door on his finger while he was aboard the Steel Flyer and did quite a bit of damage. Hannay was chief cook on the ship and came in for treatment on October 5. Lloyd E. Wilson, who comes from Cedarville, Ohio, is now under observation at Staten Island for a possible heart ailment. His last ship was the Ocean Betty, and he was messman aboard her. A spot of kidney trouble has put Angel R. Carrasquilo on the hospital list. Angel was electrician Hannay Northwestern Victory the last time out. Another electrician in for treatment is Robert Walker of Union City, NJ. He was aboard the Alcoa Puritan. Stomach Trouble Brother Santos Pizarro of New York City was in for a short stay recently but has now been discharged. He was passenger utility on the Frances (Bull Line) when stomach trouble laid him low. Another victim of stomach trouble was Peoro Ciaudio, who was-oiler on the Jefferson City Victory. Pedro Viliabol, steward utility on the Pelican Mariner, is getting his varicose veins taken care of while William J. Benson, wiper off the Steel Flyer, Is being treated for a head injury. Two other broth­ ers who have come in for treatment recently are William Maicewicz, FWT on the Robin Kettering, and Vincent Fitgzerald, who was messman on the Ciaudio John B. Kulukundis. Seafarers In Hospitals Edward Samrock Henry Sosa USPHS HOSPITAL John Sanders J. D. Thomas BALTIMORE, MD. Wade Sexton Lonnle R. Tickle Jessie P. Brinkley Robert Lambert Durand D. Shaw Ellas Walker Jesse A. Clarke Francisco Mayo Wilbur Sorenson J. E. Ward James L. Conner Samuel H. Mills T. J. Cunningham Frank S. Paylor USPHS HOSPITAL Gorman T. Glaze Vincenzo Russo SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Einar A. Hansen Douglas Turner Harold Arlinghaus Joe Perreira Jimmie M. Heifer Anthony J. TursI Robert Rivera. Jr. Charlie C. Brown K. L. Humphrey Harold B. Vincent WUUam V. Shaffer Henry J. Childs Michael Jablonskl Edward C. Yeamans Benny M. Foster W. S. Singleton Elmer E. Lamb Bobby R. Stalworth Olav Gustavsen Charles Neumaler P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MA^S. GALVESTON, TEXAS Frank Alasavlch Maurice Lavoi* Joseph Arras Jose E. Leston Joseph W. Carey Vincent Tocco FeUx Bottello Eugene T. O'Mara John T. Kecgan Warren W. Currier Murray A. Plyler PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL Walter R. Edwards Abel N. Salas SAN JUAN. PR Duane R. Fisher Benjamin C. Seal Joaquim J. Marques Benjamin F. Grice I. J. Torre USPHS HOSPITAL Charles B. Young Tomas Gutierrez MOBILE. ALA. Karl A. Hellman W. R. Walker Charles Saranthus Elroy Webb' Edward Jeanfreau USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. NORFOLK, VA. Paul B. Bland Jimmie Littleton Herbert Bumpass George F. Lechler J. D. Cannady J. T. Moore Earl T. Congleton P. Spinney W. H. Gilbertson E. R. Snedeker USPHS HOSPITAL William C. Lee Gilbert F. Wilson STATEN ISLAND. NY. Albert W. Lima Hussen Ahmedd Arthur Kavel USPHS HOSPITAL William H. Benson Florenslo F. Letle SEATTLE, WASH. Charles CantweU Nils H. Lundquist Claudius G. Archer Robert L. Morrow Angel CarrasquUlo Perfecto Mangual Bernard P. Burke W. M. Pennington Pedro Ciaudio Paige A. MitcheU Robert J. Hellig David F. Sykes Patrick Cleary Vincent Navarrete Sverre Johannessen WiUiam F. Vaughn George T. Coleman loseph Neubauer Mike MicheUk Otto R. Ware, Jr. Frank Collins .Velson E. Norwood V. K. Ming Richard L. Welch France DeBeaumont Mikade Olenchik SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSP. John J. Doherty T. Papoutsoglov LONG BEACH, CALIF. Samuel Doyle M. RuusukaUlo Edward H. Murar Thomas DriscoU Luis Salazar SAILORS* SNUG HARBOR George W. Flood C. R. Sanderson STATEN ISLAND. NY. Estell Godfrey Ira Sandt Joseph Koslusky Earle B. Goosley. R. Scotti INSTITUTE OP HEALTH F. Hauser Jose Vasquez BETHESDA, MD. Vincent Jones Pedro VUIabol Warren Whitmer Norai Jorgensen USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN EYE & EAR HOSP. NEW ORLEANS, LA. NEW YORK, NY P. L. Ankerson Lyle Hipp Haroid McKenzie tVilllam E. Aplin Leonard Kay VA HOSPITAL Charles E. Brady Charles F. Kelso MIAMI, FLA. Charles Burton E. L. Kirkpatrick F. Fernandez L. A. McLaughlin Owen Butler E. G. Knapp USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Sebastian Carregal D. Korolia .George Champlin Ben Ladd Fortunate Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Leo.Lang Frank W. Bemrick James R. Lewis Clarence W. Cobb Clarence Lomax S. Cope Claude F. Blanks Arthur Lomas Jesse Lyies Robert L. Booker Francis: F. Lynch William Cothran Emlle P. Davies Oscar Madere Thomas B. Bryant Joseph D. McGraw Serio M. Desoso Vincent Michel Ho Yee Choe Archibald McGuigan Jar Chong Frank Mackey Joseph Dlonne WiUiam G. Moore John J. DriscoU Vic MUazzo Eric R. Eklund O. J. Morgan Bart E. Guranick Eugene T. Nelson Matthew Eurasa Francis T. Osetek John B. Haas Marcus N. Evans Kenyon Parks Pedro Peralto Taib Hassen Thomas Fields AmeUo Patingo James C. PoweU Thomas Isaksen Leo Fontenot George Shumaker GUbert J. Piersall Hurlburt M. Free B. D, Faster Robert Sizemore R. A. Ratcliff Nathan Gardner John W. Keenan Henry E. Smith John C. Rehm John Gersey Ludwig Kristiansen Harry S. Tuttla W. E. Reynolds Roy M. Green W. E. Roberts Frederick Landry Renato A. VlUata' Andrew HarviUa James J. Lawlor VlrgU WUmoth Henri J, Robin "3 Widow of Seafarer Joe Lupton, who lost life in shipboard accident, receives $2,500 death benefit from Norfolk patrolman, James Bullock. Lupton was bosun on the Barbara Fritchie at time of his death. He was formerly dispatcher in Norfolk- Children are Graylan Leigh Lupton, 2V^, and William Allen Lupton, one year old. . 'free Transfer' Is PHS Policy A little-known fact about the Public Health Service hospitals is that under certain cir­ cumstances the PHS will pay a seaman's hospital bills for the time he is in a private in­ stitution. These payments will be made in the event that a seaman is compelled by cir­ cumstance to seek treatment-*--: ; in a private hospital, and so only in instances where the sea­ had suffered a sudden attack of ill­ notifies the Public Health man would be qualified for Pub­ ness and had no opportunity to get lic Health Service treatment under to a PHS hospital. When Welfare Service immediately. the standard rules and regulations Ser\'ices received notice that the i men were hospitalized it arranged of the service. In the past few months SIU Wei- ; with the PHS to have them transfare Services has been instrumen- i ferred to the Staten Island hospital tal in arranging at least half-a-; and have their original hospital dozen such transfers in the New ; bill taken care of. Then Welfare Services saw to it York metropolitan area alone. In each instance a Seafarer had been that the men got their hospital injured in a shoreside accident, or benefits as of the day they en­ tered the private hospital. It also covered them for the period that they were traveling from the pri­ vate hospital to the USPHS. In some instances such travel could involve a couple of days. There have been cases of sea­ men having paid private hospital Seafarers at the Manhattan Beach hospital had a graphic bills, not knowing that they could demonstration of the difference between the SIU Welfare have transferred to a PHS hospi­ Plan and that operated by an insurance company when one tal and had their bills taken care of. Even a couple of days in a pri­ of their fellow patients died at vate hospital can prove p.etty ex­ quirements set up by the insurance pensive, particularly if there is any at the hospital. company. The rest with a few ex­ surgery involved. As reported in "The Port­ ceptions have long since exhausted Of course in order to be transhole," publication of the hospital the 13 weeks' benefit supplied by fen-ed, a seaman must have proof patients, the brother who died had the insurance company. of eligibility in the form of dis­ been a charter member of the Na­ Seafarers at Manhattan Beach, charges and seamen's papers. tional Maritime Union and had served in all strikes, picket lines of course, have no worries along Sometimes a man who has been and other beefs. However, because this line since either through the ashore doesn't have any discharges he was a long-term patient and in­ special list, or the one-day eligi­ with him when he goes to a hos­ eligible for the insurance com­ bility rule they are all receiving pital. Welfare Services can get pany's life insurance, thei-e was no their hospital benefits for as long as verification that the man is elig­ death benefit for this veteran sea­ they are in-patients. And, of ible by checking his record of course, all of them are covered by service on SIU ships. man and union man. Formerly members of the NMU the Welfare Plan's $2,500 death had been covered by a $125 burial benefit which is ample to provide benefit, but this was discontinued for a decent funeral and leave when the NMU's welfare plan went something over for survivors be­ into effect on January 1, 1950. sides. Applications tor the mater­ At last report, following re­ Since the plan was under contract nity benefit must be supported to an insurance company, there was peated complaints by the NMU by the following documents: no way of setting up a special list Manhattan Beach patients as to • Your marriage certificate. to take care of the oldtimers who their plight, the national office of • Baby's birth certificate dat­ were already in the hospital, or the NMU was trying to find some ing birth after April 1, 1952. went in shortly afterwards without way out of the impasse of insur­ • The discharge from the last having picked up the necessary ance company rules so that the ship you sailed on before the seatime requirements to be cov­ union's members could get some baby was born. relief. ered by the insurance company. Six-Month Requirement Unlike the SIU, which requires merely one day on a ship in the previous year to be eligible for hospital and death benefits, the in­ surance company plan called for a six months' period before cover­ The deaths o/ the following sea­ tery, Boston, Massachusetts. Sur­ age went into effect. farers have been reported to the viving is his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth The result was that the NMU Seafarers Welfare Plan and the Galvin, of 38 Mozart Street, Ja­ membership in the hospital dug' $2,500) death benefits are being maica Plain, Massachusetts. down for nickels and dimes and paid to their beneficiaries: » » managed to come up with $25 be­ Ragnar August Erikson, 59: On tween them to send to the next of John Joseph Galvin, 35: Brother kin of the deceased brother. This Galvin died on May 12, 1953. He August 14, 1954, Brother Erikson was quite a sacrifice for the NMU has been sailing with the SIU in died of a heart ailment in New patients since many of them have the engine department since Orleans, La. A member of the never received any hospital bene- March, 1952, out of Boston. Burial steward department, he joined the fits because of the eligibility re- took piace at Mt. Benedict Ceme- SIU in New York in June, 1952. Furthermore, in such Instances PHS will provide for transporta­ tion of the seaman from the pri­ vate hospital to the nearest PHS facility. The Seafarers Welfare Plan in turn, pays the man's hos­ pital benefit from the first day that he is hospitalized. Ail this will apply, of course. Hospital Patients See Samp'e Of insurance Company's Rig How to Apply For Birth Pay FINAL IIISPATCH •• ;) •iM '-v iia.'.li.*:;:.' •••AA' -Jl . �m •• - • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • THE SHJ HAS WAGED A NEVER-ENDING FIGHT TO GUARANTEE UNION RIGHTS TO ITS MEMBERS • k.. <5.[5 'i i: , . I..; .. y i ! r .I f-- i '•-'S • I < •-/p The right to secret elections .1 » t f'l / In a five year period, Seafarers have voted in six elections—four for Unioriy. officers and in two referendums—one on the constitution, the other on the builds- [ ing program. All votes were by secrH ballot over 30 to 60 day periods, giving every member an opportunity to vote. The right to run for office Each week Seafarers are elected to posts of responsibility. Since the new constitution's adoption two years ago, close to 2,200 meeting officers have been elected at membership meetings and 4,700 Seafarers have been chosen for committee posts. Another 153 Seafarers have run for general Union offices. The rights of membership Possession of an SIU book is a guarantee of the best in maritime. Union policy is to maintain a ratio of one job for every active member, plus the best conditions, broadest benefits and highest take-home pay in the industry. Members can also retire or reactivate their books, as 451 have done since January 1. The right of control over officials Each year Seafarers take part in 364 reguUir port membership meetings and over 700 special meetings. They pass final judgment on financial audits am? other written reports detailing acts of SIU officials in discharge of their duties. The right of a fair trials and appeals system In the past two years the membership has elected 39 trial committees and nine appeals committees to act on charges against Seafarers. These rank and file committees have disposed of 50 charges and 11 appeals. In all these^ only five men—guilty of grave offenses—have been expelled from membership. protect the hard won rights that you have won w ' • •- ••^•.7 • • • .r I--.. • ^• >r' i&v ! -P J P'" M m4'i' : •< ift y : I' j -i:yv- t;. '^5 :> .i-;:'-,"V i.y > .^1 A , - •• * r f • A". - ^rAV";I.A.I-: y* .V AA.r.'i AA: A:~, Every Seafarer should do his bit to 'maintain democracy by participating democratic processes of his union. Keep th^ SlU a union of, by and for seame^A it is by voting ia the secret clecliQh fpr^ One of the ways you can which begins in all ports Novemberjr 15,.A 15 " i.A •. •ik- Li2:'" :• 1 • • -p yy-yy - • :;•• a- -? Aia yyyyyyyyyyyyyy'-' •I -;- I •- -.-ai' *• a;:•:a � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource October 18, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 21 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU STRIKE TIES UP TANKER; CREW PICKETS BY BOAT SIU COMMITTEE SURVEYS STEWARD DEP'T STANDARD SEATRAIN NO IN TRANSFER TO LIBERIA STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP BACK WAGES READY AT 4 - MORE CO'S SIU WINS NEW HIGH - $176 VACATION PAY CREDENTIAL REPORT OK'D BY MEMBERS NEW CO. SIGNS SIU PACT SIU NEARS 16TH BIRTHDAY IN SOLID FINANCIAL SHAPE ILA PHONY TIE-UP ENDS ON EMPLOYERS' TERMS NEW 'PROP' EXPERIMENT SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS OPENED '50-50' LAW BOOSTS COAL SHIPMENTS PARLAYS SIU SAVINGS INTO TV REPAIR CO. DISABILITY $ 'LIFELINE' TO SEAFARER UNDER 65 VACATION INCREASE STORES AND FEEDING WELCOME FORECAST IN EXCELLENT HEALTH YOUR SIU VACATION PLAN HE'S MAKING THAT OLD COLLEGE 'RUN' REPATRIATION BECOMING EASIER 'FREE TRANSFER' IS PHS POLICY HOSPITAL PATIENTS SEE SAMPLE OF INSURANCE COMPANY'S RIG Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/18/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/8bb4f4d6bf88f17bf188703220fea638.PDF 1ed99800eed4d3974eb40a839e14db60 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC J 'j!"''- lu'r- Ih^'rt^.. AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • SEEK 49 POSTS IN A&G ELECTION C' -'J -Story On Page 3 Alien Tanker Co's Get OH Easy -Story On Page 3 AM An \Mnririna sifting the qualifying data submitted by fflCfl WOfffLffly* Seafarers vying for 49 Union elective posts, members of the credentials committee elected at the last headquarters meeting prepare their report for SIU membership action. Panel members (1-r) are: W. Reidy, C. King, P. Mitchell, J. Levin, W. McDonald ar^ A, Velasco, representing two men each from the three ship­ board departments. (Story on Page 3.) \r- 'S' '-"1 • l! IV' Yf'' i-'. ¥ y I �_ _ l^llf Page TWO I: - <v<* SEAFiki.R^S^^ib G •\ )(.» , October i;'Asi Ask 3-Dep't Vote On Coast Ships To Beat Bridges AFL Confab Reaffirms Dock Aims LOS ANGELES.—The AFL adjourned a free-wheeling 73rd annual convention this week, spicing its sessions with SAN FRANCISCO—In a move designed to crush the last sharp criticism of the Eisenhower remnants of Communist influence on West Coast ships, the Administration's record on legisla­ Seafarers International Union of North America is prepar­ tion affecting the wage earner al­ ing to petition for a three-department election. The proposal, though President Eisenhower him­ self was a featured speaker at the if approved by the National Labor Relations Boafd, would gathering. place the names of the Sailors • Harry Lundeberg, President of Union of the Pacific, the Ma International Seamen's Union for the SIU, headed the International's rine Firemen's Union and the bargaining rights on West Coast delegation. j. , Marine Cooks and Stewards, ships. As a result, the Government held With SIU-A&G Assistant'iSecreAFL, jointly on the ballot un­ election with tary'^Treasurer Bob Matthews at­ der the name of the Pacific athethree-department Sailors Union of the Pacific, tending as part oYan SIU.of North District, SIU of •North America. the Marine Firemen's Union and America delegation, the conven­ Last spring the Labor Board held the Marine Cooks an(j Stewards tion also adopted a strong endorse­ a vote to determine the bargaining Union on the ballot under the ISU ment for a continued fight by the agent for steward department men label as opposed to the MWIU. new AFL InterhatiOnal Brother­ on West Coast ships. On the ballot The Communist • outfit received Long-term patients at the New Orleans US Pnblic Health Service were the MCS-AFL and the now- only a few hundred votes and went hospital read SEAFARERS LOG story about New York State in-' hood of Longshoremen against the discredited independent Interna­ defunct National Union of Marine out of business shortly thereafter. vestigation which showed the SIU Welfare Plan to be "tops in the tional Longshoremen's Association. Cooks and Stewards. With the industry." Patients (1-r) Leo Lang, James Ward and L. Fontenot Subsequently the old ISU dis­ The old ILA was expelled from the Communist - dominated NUMC&S integrated, leading to the forma­ have been receiving SIU hospital benefits regularly during periods Federation a year ago at the St. thoroughly discredited and bank­ tion of the SIU of North America, ranging from several months to more than five years. Louis convention, which set in mo­ rupt, Harry Bridges picked up the and giving the Communist Party's tion the seesawing battle for con­ ball and campaigned among stew­ waterfront section its opportunity trol of the New York waterfront ard department men for a "no to move in on the steward depart­ over the past year. union" vote. The result was 743 ment. votes for MCS-AFL, 1,285 votes for Officers Reelected- • Five To One "no union" and only 14 votes for In other action, the convention, West Coast SIU unions are con­ NUMC&S, showing that the West reelected all top officers, including Coast Communists were able to fident that in a three-department President George Meany and Sec­ Two SIU hospital patients hit the deck at the last head­ lead a disciplined phalanx into the vote the SIU would win by a mar­ retary-Treasurer William iSchnitzgin of at least five to one or better. quarters membership meeting on behalf of their brothers in ler, set in motion a plan to settle "no union" column. Meanwhile the Marine Firemen's the hospitals in reply to what they felt was a totally unfair disputes on jurisdiction tod simi­ No Union Protection Union membership crushed an­ treatment of the Seafarers+ lar questiqns among member Un­ Since then. West Coast steward other Bridges-inspired move to Welfare fund. The Seafarers a buck here and there from old ions of the AFL, urged a new Fed­ department men have been without withdraw the MFOW from the SIU. formal union representation al­ The motion, stampeded through Welfare Plan on Sept. 15 was shipmates because some insurance eral minimum wage of $1.25 . and though MCS-AFL has been active one small port where the opposi­ the subject of a one-hour hearing company says that after 13 weeks launched a campaign to make the they can't get benefits anymore If 35-hour-week the prevailing work­ in New York. on their behalf. tion was,well organized, called for Both men strongly defended the they die, there isn't even money week fti the nation's industries. The proposal for a joint, three- a new referendum on the question. Plan as being far superior to any for a coffin." department vote would give the The "convention body also Itcwas voted down by better than other in the hospitals. Not Helpless steward department men a union pledged that the AFL would assist to one in a poll of all MFOW In contrast, Driscoll said. Sea­ in every way possible .with all Seafarer John Driscoll, speaking of their own and would undoubt­ six ports. for Manhattan Beach ^hospital pa­ farers at Manhattan Beach have in probes of union welfare funds, but edly put an end to the present tients, told ,the ihembership that many instances been able to fulfill urged that the inquiry spotlight be divisions aboard West Coast ships. the Seafarers Welfare Plan "stands financial obligations they under­ thrown on insurance companies Meetings of the SUP in all ports for exactly what the title says, the took before they were hospitalized. and brokers who are allowed by earlier this month got the ball roll­ Another disabled Seafarer, James welfare of all Seafarers.' ing by going on record for a threelaw to reap thousands of dollars "I've been a patient for five Hamilton, came to the microphone from welfare funds without per­ department vote, and the member­ years," he said, "and every two in a wheelchair as the result of ship of the AFL Marine Firemen's forming any services. weeks without fail the Union rep­ amputation of both his legs. Cur­ Union also went on record over­ Other recommendations, from resentative has come around with rently at the Staten Island USPHS whelmingly in favor of the pro­ my hospital benefits. Meanwhile, hospital, Hamilton is on the SIU's the convention body and the AFL posal as did the MCS-AFL. Executive Council were that the members of other unions have been disability benefit list. Earlier Vote US must re-examine its "handout" "As far as I'm concerned," Ham­ penniless because they are at the The SIU of NA has a valuable ilton said, "the issue is very simple. policy in the field of foreign aid, mercy of an insurance company. precedent in its petition for a Without the Welfare Plan I'd be face up to the problem of unem­ "Some of these men are veterans three-department election in that out in the gutter or have to depend ployment apd put in effect a "real­ Seafarers on Calmar ships are of the big waterfront beefs oiE the just such an election took place in istic" program to fight it. on somebody's charity." again calling at the lumber ports 1930's. Yet they have to panhandle the early '30s. Following the 1934 strike, the Communists organized in the Pacific Northwest and Can­ the Marine Workers Industrial ada to pick up cargoes, as the AFLUnion to invade the maritime field. CIO woodworkers' walkout appears •They challenged the then-existing to be over. Cargoes are once again piling up at ports all along the line, accord­ 'llili ing to the company In New York, >''' / and the ships have resumed regu­ Oct. 1. 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 20 lar service to most of them. . As I See It Page 4 In Grays Harbor Burly I^age 16 Grays Harbor, Wash., for exam­ Crossword Puzzle Page 8 ple, greeted its first lumber Editorials Page 9 freighter in almost two and a half Galley Gleanings . Page 15 months when the Calmar arrived Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 there Sept. 7. She was the first Labor Round-Up . Page 8 one to enter the port since the Letter of The Week Page 9 Portmar loaded lumber cut prior Letters Page 16 to the strike and cleared the har­ Maritime Page 8 bor on June 27. Meet The Seafarer Page 8 The loggers' strike, which began Notices, Personals Page 17 June 21, saw some 100,000 lumber Off Watch Page 14 workers In the AFL United Broth­ Port Reports Pages 12, 13 erhood of Carpenters, CIO Inter­ Quiz ..Page 14 national Woodworkers of America Ship's Minutes Page 17 and some smaller unions go out in SIU History Cartoon Page 6 support of wage demands. Sports Line Page 15 The beef seesawed one way and Top of The News Page 6 another throughout the summer, Vote of Thanks ..Page 9 when several "back - to - work" Washington News Letter. .Page 7 movements were started. At the Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 present time, most of the workers Your Dolla^'.'s Worth Page 5 are believed to be back on the job SIU crewmemberi off the Hurricane pose in Pusan, Korea, in front of a huge billboard graph showihg the contributions by various groups and organizations, including merchant seamen, to a local hos­ pending final settlement of the fublishod bIwMkly at tho htaeawarlars pital drive. Gifts to the fund by seamen (far left) were the highest of any group at the time the •f tha Saafarart Intarnattaoal Wnian. At­ issues. lantic A eulf DMrlct AFL. n» Paurth photo was taken, and the crews of ten SIU ships, including the Hurricane, led the field there. Pictured Lumber cargoes have always Avanua, araaklyn n, MV. Tat. HYaFintli 9.MM. Intarad at aacand aiata mattar been a mainstay of intercoastal (l-r) .arei Seafarers Eddie Morris. AB; Irwin Sudduth, electrician; Floyd Peavey, galley utUity; Wil­ at tha Paat Offlo* In •raoktyn. MYt Vfltfar shipping.' liam Levey, FWT, and Frank Ballard, OS. ^ \ tha Act at Aiffltii* U. itlA Patients Laud SIU Weltare. Hit Critics Calmar On WC Lumber Run Again Seafarers Help Swell Korean Fund i.'VI '. SEAFARERS LOG .. .... "V-TT'iV.. -."V- �SEAF ARE^nS , LOG . 4lctober 1, J951 Pare Thre* To Seek 49 Union Posts Boxseore On Ship Transfers WASHINGTON—The US Maritime Administration's easy ship transfer policy provided another new addition for the growing foreignrflag fleet of American vessels late this week; The Government ship agency gave its okay for the transfer of another Liberty dry cargo vessel on September 29. Half of the US tramp fleet is eventually expected to be swallowed lip in this manner* The latest ship! to go is the Transamerican, which was owned by American Unibn Transport; Inc., of New York. It is being transferred to an affiliate, the "Transamerican Navigation Co., a Liberian outfit, for registration under the Liberian flag. Three other Liberty ship transfers were approved last week. The boxscore to date on the transfers is as follows: SIU Ships* Other Unions ^ Total Transfers (6) (18) (24) •The SIU ships allready transferred are the General Patton, Trojan Seaman, Strathport, Bluestar, Purplestar and Greenstar. Credentials Camm. Report To Co Before Membership A rank and file membership elected credentials committee has found a record total of 78 candidates eligible to vie for the 49 union posts to be voted upon in a two month period commencing November 15. The committee's findings and recom­ mendations .will be placed before the Union membership for action^at all port meet­ ings on October 6. The number of candidates who qualified is three more than the old record total of 75 in the*" rank and file credentials com­ McAuley, Keith Terpe, Ernest 1952 elections. All told a man mittee that was elected at the last Tilley, Charles Stevens. total of 92 inen threw in for headquarters membership meet­ Philadelphia agent (1): Steve jobs, but 14 were disqualified for failure to submit proof of sufficient seatime or failure to be in good standing over the past two years as required by the Union constitution. ing. lists the thw The report of the committee the qualified candidates and disqualified ones as well as reasons for disqualification. 14 Men Disqualified Of the 14 candidates disquali­ fied, six did not submit evidence Qualifications were, determined of the required three years' seaon the basis of Article XII, Sec­ time, one failed to submit four tion 1, of the constitution by a six- months' seatime in the current year, four were not in good stand­ ing for two years previous to nom­ ination and three had their books in retirement for two years previ­ ous to nomination and consequent­ ly were not in good standing under the terms of the constitution. Two of the above disqualified members were also ineligible un­ der a second count. In addition, the committee re­ ported that two other Union mem­ bers filed for election, but one failed to indicate what post he was To better acquaint Seafar­ ers with the candidates for election the SEAFARERS LOG will carry pictures and biographies of all candidates in its October 29 issue, ZVi weeks in advance of the start of the balloting. Seafarer Walter Reidy (left) raises his hand to identify himself as headquarters membership meetins votes on members of the election credentials committee. Other steward department members who vied for two of the six committee spots are, (left to risht): F. Gardner, A. Velasco, S. Chiavone, J. Wendt. Alien Tanker Go's Get Off Easy WASHINGTON—Despite the huge profits netted by the illegal operators of six war surplus tankers bought from the old Maritime Commission in 1946 and 1947, the Government will I net less than $2 million in, a recently-announced settlement of its claims against the vessels' lowners. The cases stemmed from I the purchase of the T-2s by New Paper Spurs IBL Pier Fight J affiliates of the United Tanker Corp. which were financed almost entirely by Chinese investors, al­ though the laws under which they were sold required operation by j companies controlled by citizens. I Accordingly, th« Government" Defeated by the narrow margin of little more than 200 votes I seized the Vessels at different times during 1951 and 1953" and in the New York dock election the AFL's International Broth­ erhood of Longshoremen is resuming publication of a weekly [proceeded against the owners. newspaper to spearhead its re--^^ Previous Settlement hewe^ drive on behalf of rank the "Waterfront News" will lead The settlement in this second th^ fight on abuse and mistreat­ and file dockworkers. I group of cases involving surplus Called -the, "Waterfront News," ment of rank and file dockworkers I tankers followed by several months the paper will pick up where the by the mob-controlled outfit. J a previous accord reached between "New York' AFL Longshoreman" Will Fight Commies I the Justice Department and asso* left off. That publication was the In addition, the publication de­ I dates of millionaire'- Grebk ship- spokesman of the A^L in the fight clares it will fight attempts by the I owner Stavros Niarchos concerning to oust the ILA from the port. Commimist Party to exploit its prfr 120 surplus tankshlps bought under The reason for the revival Of the election alliance with the old ILA 1 similar \ circumstances. Other newspaper, its first issue states, IS and any effort of the old ILA to cases are still pending involving because the "ILA leadership is sell out the membership in the I nearly 50 other wartime tankers. bent on raw revenge," against the Port of New York. CommunistOf the six ships involved in the nearly 50 percent of the men in front outfits were, active on beha(f ' latest proceedings, one, the New the harbor who are prorAFL. With of-the old ILA in the campaign and I London, owned by Arctic , Tank- the. ILA certified- as officbl bar­ have helped finance the leadership, [ers, Inc.'i was an SlU-manned ship. gaining agent for longshoremen. of that organization., . (Blackie) Cardullo Philadelphia joint patrolman (1): Stephen M. Bergeria, John Hetzell, Howard Webber. Baltimore agent (1): Earl (Bull) Sheppard Baltimore deck patrolman (1):', William A. Hendershot, Leon (Blondie) Johnson Baltimore engine patrolman (1): Flaye (Al) Stansbury Baltimore steward patrolman (1): Joseph (Joe) De George, A. W. (Andy) Gowder, G. Frank Hazen, Arthur (Artie) Kavel, Jr. Baltimore joint patrolman (1): RexforjJ E. Dickey, Richard May Norfolk agent (1): C. D. (Bo) Anderson, Glenions (Glenn) Lawson, R. W. (Bob) Miller, Ben Rees. Norfolk joint patrolman (1): James A. Bullock, Joseph W. James Savannah agent (1): Jeff Morri­ son Savannah joint patrolman (l)t John S. Bragg. Nevin Ellis Tampa agent (1): Thomas (Tom) Banning, George M. Everett Tampa joint patrolman (1): Belarmino (Benny) Gonzales Mobile agent (1): Cal Tanner Mobile deck patrolman (1): Wil­ liam J. Morris Mobile engine patrolman (1): Robert Jordan Mobile steward patrolman. (1): Leo Patrick Marsh Mobile joint patrolman (1): Har­ old J. Fisher New Orleans agent (I): Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans deck patrolman (1): Charles M. (Whitey) Tannehill New Orleans engine patrolman (1): C. J. (Buck) Stephens New Orleans steward patrolman (1): George A. Riehm, Herman M. Troxclair New Orleans joint patrolman (1): Paul A. Warren Galveston agent (I): Keith Alsop, Raymond E. Vaughan Galveston joint patrolman (1): Charles Kimball, J. A. King, Van (Continued on page 17) running for and the second failed to list any of ' his qualifications. Thus both men were ruled out. The committee noted that the nominations had been announced well in advance in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG and repeated several times. Qualification requirements had also been listed in the LOG for the information of potential candidates. The posts to be filled, and the candidates running for them are as follows: Secretary-treasurer (1): Walter (Rusty) Beyeler, Paul Hall, Ray White. Deck ass't secretary-treasurer (1): Joseph Algina Engine ass't secretary-treasurer (1): Joseph Volpian Steward ass't secretary-treasurer What^s Going On (1): Edward (Eddie) Mooney Joint ass't secretary-treasurer in Washington? (3): William Hall, Robert A. Mat­ • Will the US Government thews, Claude Simmons. set up a system of subsidies Boston agent (1): James Sheefor US tramp ships? haii; • What SIU - contracted Bosfon^ Joint patrolman (1): company is seeking a subsidy? James E. Sweeney > o What SIU - contracted NY deck patrolmen (3): Adelbert company is nearing a merger (Al) Arnold, Ami Bjornsson,- Mi­ with another US-flag oper­ chael (Mike) Colucci, Louis (Lou) ator? Goffin, Thomas (Tom) Gould^JoFor the answer to these seph Pasinosky. questions, read this week's re­ NY engine patrolmen (3): Theo­ port from your SIU reporter dore (Ted) Babkowski, Peter Bush, in Washington, whose column Thomas (Tom) Clark, Walter Siekappears on Page 7. mann. The LOG-exclusive column NY steward patrolmen (3): Paul ^Washington Newsletter ap­ Gonsorchik, Howard Quinler, Fred­ pears every issue to keep all die Stewart. NY joint patrolmen (6): Robert • Seafarers abreast of Washing­ ton happenings that affect A. Barrett, Frank Bose, Martin your jobs and Nthe American (Marty) Breithoff, Leoppld. Bruce, merchant-marine; James Martin. Dawson,. . Reed Ilumphdes, Allan L. Lake, £. B. a :• '•'•4 -I m • �SEAFAnSRS V A- -••• - - • '• AsISeelt... f- • . Ii&?-^;'-'' : • (fUhtM t?V'j '.n;-- • p; m. . w%' Tbe SlU-manned Ibenrille (Waterman) panes under the newly-completed central span of the "Sun­ shine Skyway" across Tampa Bay between St. Petersburg and Bradenton on |he Plorlda mainland. Tampa-Sf, Pete' Span Opens ' ^/•• i-y' -^ I • X-c i'S^: I. P[r.'/- •• f '<••- • lil. '•fep " %" 'Righf-To-Work' Law: Union-Busfing Tooi ?.'• • i.".' ?j>. -'v :. ' t'' TAMPA—^for. four years, Seafarers entering this harbor aboard SlU-manned ships have watched a series of causeways and bridges creep from the opposite shores of Tampa Bay toward the main ship channel. Last month (September 6) the spanning of the harbor entrance became an accom­ plished fact when the world's be provided on the causeways. The took the trouble to figure out the longest continuous over-water five miles of bridges have catwalks bridges and &useway vantage bridge, across the channel, was for fishermen over "some of the points will accommodate 30,000 best fishing waters in Florida," St. fishermen at once without danger opened to vehicle traffic^ For months now, SIU men have Petersburg boasts. Someone even of snarling lines or tempers. had a "mullet's eye" .view of con­ struction of the "Sunshine Sky­ way's" mammoth central span which crosses the main ship chan­ nel 155 feet above the surface of Members of the SlU-affiliated Brotherhood of Marine En­ the bay and provides a horizontal clearance for ship traffic of 800 gineers began voting today in a two-month ballot for their IT'S BEEN CUSTOlilARY EVER SINCE YOVR UNION OPENE| feet between the two £iant 250its headquarters In Brookyn for people from the outside to come arourj union's officers. This is the second general election in the foot towers that support it on and take a look at how we operate. Most shoreside people are quil BME since the union was^ either side of the channel. surprised to. learn how a seaman's union functions and having seen tq tive board seats are non-salaried granted autonomy by the SIU positions. World's Longest SIU change a lot of their old ideas'about seamen. Last week your Union had a group of visitors that was more unusu| The new "Sunshine Skyway" of North America at its con­ Also on the ballot is a proposed connects the Gulf Coast resort cen­ vention last year. amendment to the BME constitu­ than most, since they consisted of 15 European workers who have be ter of St. Petersburg, on the west There are seven offices at stake tion which would extend the term brought to this country by the State Department under an exchan^ shore of the bay, and the mainland in the election and 12 candidates of office from one to four years. program. These people spend a year in the United States working city of Bradenton, on the east and The amendment will have to be ap­ shoreside Jobs, while this country in turn sends a few workers evej ta the south of St. Petersburg. Its on the ballot. The incumbent presi­ proved by two-thirds of the engi­ year to live in foreign countries and become acquainted with the way of doing things. central span, said to be the world's dent, Wilbur Dickey, has been neers voting to go into effect. longest continuous over - water nominated without opposition and All members of the Union re­ One of the first things that the Gpvemment does when it gets vij bridge, is more than a mile long. is assured of re-election. Other ceive their ballots via the mails. itors of this kind is to show them around and usually the SIU is pick^ It is the principal link in a 15-mile posts open are two vice-presi­ The voting period ends on Novem­ as one of the stops on the "tour." Your Union is always happy to wt system .that includes 10 miles of dents, a treasurer and three ex­ ber 30, and new officers will be come such visitors so that the outside world can see how Seafarel causeways and five miles of ecutive board members. The execu­ sworn in on January 1, 1957. man the ships and supply facilities for men ashore betweep Jobs. bridges. The Skyway, completed at a. cost of $21,500,000, shortens the high­ way driving distance between St. Petersburg and points south on the Flushed with their success in three states this year, sup-"*Florida mainland by 49 miles. To Once the non-union people in slush fund by soliciting contribi touring motorists, it offers the porters of the anti-union "right to work" laws have set their added advantage of unusual and sights on five more state legislatures. High-powered, expen­ the place of employment form a tions from employers. The moni large minority or possibly a ma­ is going to full-page newspaper a) sweeping views of seascape on the sive, propaganda drives and-* ^ sparkling Gulf of Mexico with its behind-the-scenes wirepulling Today's "right to work" law jority of all the people employed, vei-tisements and other propagan^ bays, keys and islands just outside already ieature activity in the works the same pitch from a dif­ it's easy enough for the employer rapping union security and aski of the mouth of the bay. states of Maryland, Ohio, Missouri, ferent angle. Under the law, a to turn a deaf ear to the union or for more contributions. The objel is to get'enough citizens to siif St. Petersburg, the famed Oklahoma and Washington. union is simply not permitted to simply lock it out. petitions to put the proposition 1921 Lockout Pattern "Sunshine City," it means the end Nor do the "right to work" boys sign any contract which requires of a waterbound existence. Situ­ intend to stop there. With 17 states all or any of the workers covered The whole pattern is a reminder the state ballot. In most states, the "right ated on a peninsula bounded on in their trophy room and possibly by the contract to be union mem­ of what happened to seamen's un­ the east by Tampa Bay and on the more coming, they intend even- bers. In other words, as the law ions in 1921 when the shipowners work" crowd operates its wel south and west by the Gulf of tqally to push for enactment of a is twisted by its backers for pop­ got themselves^a pool of non-union heeled steamroller at the state le| Mexico, St. Petersburg was the Federal law along the same lines. ular consumption, non-union work­ Government trainees and then sim­ islature's session. But in Missoi "end of the line" for motorists. If If that ever happens, the future ers have the "right to work" any­ ply locked oiit the union men in labor defeated such an attempt la they wanted to visit St. Petersburg would be dark indeed for all,trade where, even where there is a union the old International Seamen's Un­ year, compelling the employl to use a more difficult ai[ and then continue on to Gulf Coast unions and union members. contract in existence. Iii effect it ion. The result was that wages for group expensive approach, In any ca| resorts to the south or to Miami The American Federation of opens the way to the destruction of seamen were sliced in half in the there always seems to be plenty 4ind Key West, it was necessary Labor years that followed. has described the ''right to the union. In other words: your either to make the long trip around work" drive bluntly as "a serious right to work for lesS pay. money available''from employeJ The "right to work" law usually the bay, through Tampa, or to avail threat to the future of our move­ And there is only one reason ei| says that it recognizes unions but Once an employer is assured themselves of a tedious ferry cross­ ment" and "designed to destroy that ployers would contribute to such) he can operate with non-union that a worker is free to Join, or not drive—^to weaken or cripple t( ing. unions." ' help it is an easy thing for him to to Join a union if he pleases. It's Uninterrupted Drive The Old 'Yellow Dog' bring the old "yellow dog" back. like telling people that taxes are union movement. Look To US For Law "Now, motorists may follow the What is a "right to work" law? Every replacement he hires he will good and necessary to support Gov­ Gulf Coast Highway from the Despite its catchy title it's simply make sure is someone who is ernment functions but that peoplS Seafarers of course, being cc northern boundary of Florida to the reverse of the old "yellow dog" either ignorant of unions or hos­ are free to, pay or not to pay as* ered by Federal labor legislatic St. Petersburg and continue their coin. The "yellow dbg" was a very tile to them—or' both. The only they please. are not yet affected by this "rigl journey uninterrupted across the popular union-busting device of 25 thing he can't dp is put the old Who Is Behind Drivft? to work" drive. But its backers al "Sunshine Skyway" to Gulf ^nd years ago until it was outlawed by "yellow dog" down on paper. 'With Who are the people behind this hopeful that once they get enouJ Atlantic points on the South Flor­ Congress. It was simple and sweet. a union shop of-course, he couldn't "right to work" drive and how do states lined up, they can go do\) ida mainland. All a worker had to do to get a do this,kind of thing since all his they operate? The current cam­ to Washington with a strong ar Tourist-wise St. Petersburg is Job was sign a -contract saying he employees would either be union paign in Missouri offers a typical ment. And if they do, their targe) capitalizing on the bridge in an­ would never Join a upion. No con­ members to begin with or would example. Here the Missouri Cham­ will be the Seafarers and' pve) other way. Public parking, picnic, tract, no Job. That was the "yel­ have to Join the union after a wait­ ber of Commerce is spearheading other legitimate American tra) bathing and boating fiicilities will low dog." the drive. It has raised a $250,000 union. ing period. BME Votes On Officials I ti..', • [ WHAT'S BEEN SUSPECTED AND FEABED ALL ALONG Bl American maritime unions came olbt into the open this week wheV Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks made it clear that Amerlcaa shipowners will be permitted, even encouraged, to register their ve| vels under runaway flags. Ii. answer to a protest^ Weeks said that far as he is concerned, it is, Government- policy to permit the transfd of a "reasonable" number of Liberty ships. And he added that theij was no ceiling imposed on the number of ships whose owners will allowed to scuttle the US flag and throw US seamen on to the beach, j This same Government official made quite a speech some montlj ago about what the people in Washington were going to do to strengtlj en the US merchant marine. It appears now'though, that the future US shipp^g and the Jobs of American seamen count for less in WasI ington than the opportunity for some shipowners to dodge US tax4 and- wages. Already the latest Government giveaway program has taken its tol of 24 Llbertys. Although this program is supposed to apply only to Liif ertys, it's quite clear that any shipowner who cries loud enough get a friendly hearing in Washington. For example, the Eastern Steamship Company has Just switched familiar ship to Seafarers, the old excursion steamer Acadia, to a ru away flag. Several oil tankers have gone the same way -in recei months. And as Seafarers well know, practically all new tonnage ownt by US companies is being registered foreign from the very beginnin The-inroads of the runaways are becoming so serious that they a even damaging the operations of European-flag shipowners. As mar Seafarers know from, first-hand experience, these operators have a lor way to go before they could approach conditions on US ships. Yet, was reported in yclir Union's newspaper a few weeks ago, the Britir have been complaining about the runaway problem. Just recent[ Norwegian shipowners put up their own beef about the way the Panl: manian, Liberian and Honduran-flag tankers have been torpedoi Norway's taqker operations. ' It's bad enough that the American-flag operator has had to strugg; along for years agaiiist this kind of competition without having his ou) Government kdd to his difficulties. The seaman tm the beach can't e^ the speeches and the operator can't fill up his cargo holds with thei| All the speechmaking won't help a bit, but a little positive action bottle up that runaway leak will do a world of gqod. ' KvP?:- : V?' 'Man--! :.:^i ,/ • . •4. itJ.wu-:;:- , �October 1. 1954 :-!?|P-; ' •- •' • .v!^-;-;•'" Soviet Sub Build-Up Is Ship Threat SEAFARERS Fate Five LOG KEY WEST, Fla.—Anothert American-built Americanowned; American-o p e r a t e d ship is going into service un­ der the Panamanian flag. This time it is the City of Key West, a converted LSM that will operate Although Soviet Russia got much of its merchant ship as a carferry between Key" West Cardenas, Cuba, and offer fur­ tonnage in the last war from and ther runaway competition to Amer­ the US, the story is likely to be ican-flag operations in that service. altogether different if and when The launching of the new ship there's a new one. took place under unusual circum­ Aside from the fact that much of this tonnage is still under the stances. Although technically a thumb of Moscow and in the wake Panamanian vessel,-the owners had of reports that the Russians are thoughtfully neglected to buy her buying up wholesale lots of hew a Panamanian flag. Instead she was or almost-new vessels overseas, flying red, white and blue bunting. comes; an estimate of what is ac­ Nor was there any Panamanian tually keeping her native ship­ representative present at the building industry so busy these christening and the ship dripped champagne from the bow to the days. tune of the Star Spangled Banner Six Cruisers Per Tear and the Cuban national anthem. British Admiralty figures indi­ "Loyal Panamanian cate that the Soviet shipyards have All of this might tend to pro­ the facilities to construct at Recent launching ceremonies for the SS City of Key West, a Panamanian-flag carferry, in that Flor­ least six cruisers, 60 ocean-going duce a state of disbelief in suspi­ ida city, featured many tributes to the virtues of that vessel although she is about as unseaworthy in submarines and a flock of small cious minds that Panama had any­ terms of US safety standards as anything afloat. Adorned with ^ed. white and blue bunting in an craft every year. In addition, al­ thing to do with it. It is on record, apparent effort to confuse the celebrants about her real identity as a foreign-flag vessel, the converted though the Admiralty survey however, that after a nominal sum doesn't say it outright, it's obvious changed hands, the City of Key 'LSM boasts less than half the lifeboat capacity required of a US-flag ship. that the Russian yards have to be West swore that she would be a making use of the service will be vage operators had to come to the that's normally found on a runa­ doing something, since it's well- true and loyal Panamanian for the ignorant of the registry of the ship. scene and remove passengers and way-flag ship. known that the Soviets have been rest of her living days. In this connection, there have This ship was formerly the In contrast to these mishaps is placing'large-scale building orders Of. more interest to Seafarers, been a number of unpleasant inci­ crew. New Northland, which operated ef­ the operating record of the SIUfor merchant ships in foreign ship­ and especially to the passengers dents recently on foreign flag ships ficiently for many with a manned Florida iii the same serv­ that ride her, are the City of Kdy in the ferry service. Just this past Canadiiin SIU crewyears yards.. . before the The reasoning is, therefore, that West's seaworthiness and safety month the formdr SlU-manned owner? thought they could do bet­ ice. In 25 years the Florida has never run into any serious diffi­ if they're not building cargo ships provisions. The 203-foot vessel is Yarmouth, operating under the ter with the rag-tag type of crew culties. behind the Iron Curtain„they must supposed to carry as many as 250 Liberian flag as the Yarmoutb.^ be mighty active building up passengers and 40 automobiles, in Castle, arrived in Miami with threeNavy surface and underwater fire­ addition, of course, to crew per­ fourths of its passenger list ill power to put everybody else's mer­ sonnel. Her lifeboat complement from food poisoning. Several of the chant fleet out of commission if for travel in hurricane waters con­ passengers had to be hospitalized. sists of one motorboat and two Lib­ the occasion for that develops. Quick Name Change erty ship lifeboats-^total cajpacity 20,000-Mile Range Fearful of the bad publicity, the London estimates, moreover, 100 passengers, or far less-than operators have hastily changed the that the Russians can turn out an the one lifeboat seat per passenger ship's name to Queen^of Nassau, ocean-going sub with a range of on. ea?h side of the vessel that is hoping no doubt to identify, her Seafarers are not the only ones who have difficulties with 20,000 miles in six^ months, com­ specified fbr US-flag passenger with the highly-successful Britishwaterfront peddlers and shoreside ship chandlers when it operations. pared to the construction time of flag Furness passenger ships, the Safety Margin Lacking about 30 months for a modern Monarch of Bermuda and the comes to buying gear. Indian seamen too, have had the same cruiser. Thus, U-boats are likely Of course, US passengers taking Queen of Bermuda. The rechristen- kind of worries with the re--* getting the big emphasis and the foreign flag ships like this can ex­ ing of the ship attracted the usual suit that the seamen's union many difficulties was reorganized Russians are expected to have pect a considerably smaller margin quota of speechmakers, all of in Bombay has been support­ early this year and is now showing about 500 of them within two or of safety than they will get on a whom conveniently forgot about ing a shoreside stores cooperative. a modest profit. The store does not cater to the The,atore is located in the Sea­ US ship. That goes for fireproof- the sick passengers in the hospitals. three years. Another similar operation, the ships, but sells clothes and other men's Canteen Building at the All of this again points up the ihg, ship seaworthiness'and other inferior condition of the US mer­ factors affecting safe operation. Nuevo Dominica, ran aground fol­ items, does laundry and dry clean­ Alexandra Dock, Fort Street in chant fleet, which would have to That is part and parcel of a cut- lowing a general engine breakdown ing, handles pictures and sells film Bombay, and is open to all seamen defend itself against such a men­ rate runaway flag operation. The and exhaustion of fuel* and water and repairs clothes. It was organ­ in the port, including Seafarers and' trouble is that many Americans supplies. The Coast Guard and sal­ ized in 1951 originally, but after other Americans on US ships. ace. Seamen's Store Fights India's 'Gyp-Chandlers' YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING 'Mi • •4M 7 y| ,•5 iij ••r Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying earned in self employment in a year, gets you credit for they can get the payments if the breadwinners had as few four quarters, as long" as you report and pay Social Se­ as six calender quarters of coverage under Social Security. Your Social Security rights may be worth as much as curity tax on self-employment earnings. Once you are Also, some older retired men drawing comparatively small a $40,000 combined insurance policy and lifetime annuity "fully insured," you or your family qualify for benefits Social Security checks because their benefits were pulled to you. On the basis of the new rates of payments, if any-, even if ypu are no longer working. You are "fully in­ down by periods of disablement or unemployment, in thing happened to you, your wife and children could sured" as soon as you have one quarter of coverage for some cases can have their benefits recomputed under the collect as much as $200 a month. Or when you reach 65, every two quarters that there are between the first half new regulations. If you fall into any of these groups or you and your wife can get as much as $1,950 a year )n of 1951, and the quarter in which you reach 65, or in know anyone who does, go to the Social Security office^ Social Security payments, and you can still work part ' which you die. The maximum anyone needs is .40 quarters. in your town, and see if these new rules help yoli. time. If you had to buy an insurance-annuity policy from Any quarter worked under Social Security since 1937 Keep a record of your own wage credits, and support­ a commercial company which would pay these benefits, counts, including Armed Forces service in World War II, ing evidence, to make sure there is no slip-up, or book­ it would cost you from. $1,000 to $1,500 a year for the or since. keeping error in reporting and recording your credits, premiums, depending on your age. A family man should always make sure he has had a either by an employer or the Social Security Administra­ The most iinportant thing <.for a man and his family year and a half of some kind of work within the last tion. You can get your record to date by getting Form . to understand, is that Social Security benefifts are never three years, to keep his wife and kids eligible for the OAR-7004, at any Social Security field office, filling it • paid automatically. If you are entitled to them, you must Insurance payments, until 'be has enough quarter; at his out apd sending it to Social Security Administration. age, to be fully insured. Candler. Bldg., Baltimore 2, Md. Or just 'write a letter apply for them. • Also, if you ever get sick for a long stretch, be sure you stating your name and address, date of birth, and Social You should make your ifamily aware, that Social Security does include insurance payments for a'famil}^ if anything apply for the "disability freeze" now allowed. You won't Security number. Always give your name to an employer for payroll pur­ get any cash payments while sick. Congress repeatedly ' happens to its breadwinner. has been urged by the unions to permit. Social Security poses, exactly as on your Social Security card. Sometimes .. Must Work 'Quarters!' • to ^pay benefits for long disability, but has always refused. a man will use a middle initial or name, tuen later drop Seafarers particularly^ because of a certain quirk ih the But if you do become totally disabled for six months or it, which increases the risk credits may wind up . credited Social Security law and the fluctating nature of their more, now you can apply td ha^e your earnings record to someone with a similar name. emploj>ment,'may be susceptible to loss of rights. To be "ffAnen" during that period, to . protect your benefit rights Be sure your wife has a record of your Social Security eligible for family insurance or retirement benefits, you and benefit amount. number. If you lose a Social Security card, make sure any need to be either "currently" or "fully" insured. You are new one issued you, has the same number as before. New Beneficiaries "currently insured" if you have at least some employment Right now the Social Security Administration is seeking A wife who has dependent children under 18, or is 65 in six calendar quarters during the three years imme­ some 115,000 widows, 120,000 dependent children and herself, or dependent parents 65 or older, are eligible diately preceding death, or retirement. Calendar quarters about 5,000 elderly parents, who have become eligible for for monthly insurance payments. But there is also-a lump are Jan.-Mar., Apr.-June, July-Sept., Oct.-Dec. Even $50 payments under the new rules. They were previously de­ sum death benefit of up to $255.. If you are not married, of earnings in a calendar quarter, from any employment nied benefits because their breadwinners at that time had this is paid to whoever pays your funeral expense, so «n ship prssihore, iaive%yq'* credit for that quarten t i4Citt wovkedi suffiqienUy kl0pgit|B4qr, Social .Security. Now , fliert | ^, Guard Social Security Rights f U.. i 1 I •"j I �SEAFARERS lOJi October 1. 1954 Cruise Run Again Proves Popuiai'ity WESTERN DIPLOMATS DICKER OVER GERMANY—With the col­ lapse of the European Defense Community, western diplomatic leaders are how trying to patch up the pieces and come up with a new plan that will permit German rearmament and at the same time satisfy the French. A meeting of the nine members of the North Atlantic Treaty 'Organization, is now being held in London to consider a variety of plans for dealing'with Germany. Tt's expected that rigid limitations will be. placed on the number of troops and military equipment that Germany/Will be allowed to possess. us LEADS FIGHT ON RED CHINA IN UN—With the United Na­ tions General Assembly back in session, the Soviet Union again moved for consideration of Red China's membership application. The pro­ posal was voted down by "postponing" the issue until next year with the United States leading the opposition. The Assembly then went on to consider several disputes between colonies and occupying powers in such places as Morocco, Cyprus and the East Indies. 4" \m -• SIU hall in New Orleans was a bee-hive of activity one day last week when the Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa -passenger ship on the Caribbean run, crewed up after a two-week lay-up for repairs. Here Port Agent Lindsey Williams (far right) calls deck department job? while Patrolman C. J. "Buck" Ste­ phens examines shipping cards. Job calls for the other departments on the popular run also had eager audience. ' ' ' ' ' " ^ I m Opens Bar—Buf He's Still SIU SAVANNAH—Take it from Mervin O. "Moe" Brightwell, vetermi bosun, the SIU is tops in maritime for Union representation and a contract that guarantees the best in the way of earnings, conditions and security. "That is why I am keeping^ my membership book active," said Brightwell, who open^ bis own shoreside business in Savannah last June. "My SIU book always will be my ace in the hole." Brightwell decijled to try his b^nd at operating a neighborhood tavern here after saving enough money during seven months and 11 days of shipping aboard the Robin Locksley (Seas Shipping). Savings Invested During his last trip as carpenter, he paid off at" the end of a voyage cf three months and 29 days with $2,335. A typical case, which Brightwell called "an example of real repre­ sentation," involved collection ^re­ cently by the Union of $225 due him in maintenance and cure. Brightwell was having difficulty collecting what was coming to him until SIU Welfare Services and Union representatives in the Savannah SIU Port Agent Jeff Mon^n (left) delivers a check' for Savannah SIU branch went to $225, representing maintenance and core payments collected by bat for him and- achieved a satis­ SIU Welfare Services for former Seafarer Mervin O.- (Moe) Brightfactory settlement of his case. welL Cartoon History Of The SIU 4' - i » ELECTION PACE STEPS UP—Democratic and Republican big guns are dueling over the fall Congressional election with the Democrats heartened by an upset victory in Republican Maine. Democrat Edmund Muskie won the Governorship and other Republican candidates were hard pressed. The Republican campaign tone as set by Vice-President Richard Nixon was to assail "Trumanism" while the Democrats have been attacking the performance of the Eisenhower administration, and the internal split in the Republican Party. 4" 4" 4" 4 4. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 • RUSSIANS DETONATE NEW ATOM BOMB—The Soviet Union an­ nounced that it had set off new atoni explosions in further tests of atomic weapons.; The announcement occasioned no surprise in the US. Meanwhile Australia started mining'uranium ore on a large scale for export to the US and Britain. . DC SCHOOLS END SEGREGATION—In accordance with the Su­ preme Court's decision, schools in Washington, DC, have eliminated segregation l^etween negro and white students, with the change taking place quietly. Difficulties were reported from other areas in the na­ tion, and the Mississippi legislature took steps to abolish the publid school system. The Supreme Court is expected to issue further rul­ ings clarifying its intent on how school segregation is to be ended. ' ' ITALY OFFICIAL'S SON ARRESTED—Minister Attilio Pkcioni of Italy has resigned to defend his son, Piere Piccioni, who has been ar­ rested in connection with the death of an Italian "party girl," Wilms Montesi, last year. Charges of dope traffic and police corruption are involved Jn the case, and the police chief of Rome has been ordered to appear for questioning concerning attempts to hush up the case. CANADIAN OIL SWINDLE CHARGED—A $5 million oil stock swindle was charged by the New Yprk State attorney general, Nathaniel L. Goldstein,' when he asked for a court order to keep four Canadian companies from selling stock in New York. The attorney general iden­ tified Gaspe Oil Ventures, Ltd., and Quebec Oil Development Ltd. as the major operations in the swindle. He pointed out that the compa­ nies owned lands, in areas where 100 years of drilling has failed to produce a drop of oil, yet investors were told that the company had fabulous gushers under development. STALIN MURDER IMPLIED—Strong evidence that the late Josef Stalin, Russian dictator, was murdered by his associates has been pre­ sented in' the "New York Times" by its Moscow correspondent, just returned after five years in Russia. The correspondent points to evi­ dence that Stalin was planning a massive purge of his closest asso­ ciates and was reported by all observers to be in excellent health, just before he was finished off by a "stroke." JfoitBt SMaritime Action 2Vo. 73 f;-- ife: F II > I'l:-'. 0 . ^ »4-. In April, 1950, East and Gulf Coast ship operators decided to take on a major sea union in what ob­ servers saw as an attempt to smash the AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots.. Meeting the threat, the SIU and other AFL maritime tihiops^liqed up,squarely with the, MM&P and got set for a full-scale shipping tie-up. Exposing the operators' claims, the Mates challenged their refusarto sign dn the same terms agreed to on the West Cbast. by some of their affiliated outfits. Seafarers pledged full support to the beef, aware, that an attack on a sister union, if unchecked,. would be followed by attempts against others. Faced by the combined strength of seamen and all other marine crafts as well as a complete tie-up of the industry, the operators, signed up 36 hpurs before' strike deadliiie^.6n April 22. The hew pact gave the^ Mates several conditions never before obtained and again proved the power of Joint union action. • a:i ;e e K �ctober 1. 1954 SEAFARERS laC Ptee Severn SIV NEWSLETTER ^om WASHINGTON 8 Winners At Schools -Via SIU phe 50-50 permanent shippinir law passed by the 83rd Congress will provide enough cargoes to meet the necessities of American tramp Jrators because Government-sponsored cargo movements are becomless and less. Therefore, US agencies are studying the matter of ether they should recommend to the next Congress that tranjp lines Imade eligible to receive Government operating subsidy aid. In the past, tramp operators have held that the Govemment should laidize well over 150 tramp ships. However, it is expected that US jncies next year will go along with a modified program to subsidize Ihe ncLTiiborhood of about 40 tramp ships. btlier US operators, in general, will not oppose subsidies to tramps Ivldod controls are put in to protect their own operations. the past few years, CongVess has indicated that it is not in the t)d to appropriate more subsidy for American shipping, so that a Congressional fight over tramp subsidies can foe expected. 4" 3» Jj* lumors are that Louis S. Rothschild, Chairman of the Federal Marile Board and Mai'itime Administrator, will get a higher post in the ^nhower Administration. The talk is that he will be promoted with|the Commerce Department or even to an ambassadorship abroad. 4* 4** *4* tere's the latest group of American steamship lines aspiring for l^ernment subsidy: Isbraiiiitsen Co., Inc., South Atlantic SS Co., and es Marine Corporation. Of the three, the most outstanding and aspected is Isbrandtsen, heretofore known in the trade as the ged individualist and opponent of subsidies. The company is ex­ ited to apply within the next few months for operating subsidy on round-the-world service going out of US North Atlantic ports, east|nd through the Mediterranean, across the Pacific Back to the US. the case of South Atlantic, this Company actually qualified for' sidy before World War II but refused at that time to give up its foreign-flag agency arrangements in the US Gulf and southeast, k^owever. South Atlantic, after all these years, is pushing once kn for its subsidy. |he foreign-fl^ agency tie-ins of South Atlantic probably will be subject of a .separate extensive probe by the Federal Maritime Ird. Under existing Jaw, a subsidized line (which South Atlantic les to be) cannot have foreign-flag tie-ins, such as agency arrangppts, unless specifically approved by the Government, till another company which had hoped for operating subsidy, nameStates Marine Porporatibn, has been appointed berth agency for the sidized operation of Bloomfield Steamship Company put of the Gulf |he United Kingdom and. Continental ports. The Maritime Admination will pass very soon on the option of States Marine to pur^e controlling interest of Bloomfield. However, it is not expected States Marine will exercise its purchase option immediately, hence appointment as agent for Bloomfield. 4* 4* 4* longress Is expected to appropriate money next year to provide delion benefits to seamen who were captured or interned or held by I Governments of Germany or Japan in World War II for any period |ime after December 7, 1941, during which the seamen were held prisoner, internee, hostage or in any other capacity. |his is provided for in a bill passed by the 83rd Congress amending |War Claims Act. The 1948 War Claims Act did not cover merchant fien in that the seamen were not captured or detained within the hs specified- by the Act or by the Japanese Government. However, •lie Law 744, 83d Congress, amended the 1948 statute to include Ing the eligibles merchant seanlen who were captured or interned jield by the German or Japanese Governments during World War |This new law was enacting in the closing days of the 83d Congress, unfortunately, there was not time to authorize expenditure of the ^ssary appropriations. is anticipated that an appropriate request for money to carry out new law will be made early in the next Congress, convening in jary of next year. / eamen entitled to detention benefits under the law are those emed as seamen or crewmembers of any vessel registered under the of the US, or under the laws of any government friendly to the iuring World War II, and who were citizens of the US on and after ember 7, 1941. eplications for the above benefits should be filed before August 1955. 4* 4* 4* atest statistics indicate that the merchant fleet of Japan consists of to 945 vessels,, which includes some 20 passenger ships and about Itankers. [le plan of the Japanese Government is to encourage the construcof another 180,000 tons of shipping in the near-future. Three Seafarers and the children of five SIU members prepared to resume schooling in the US and Puerto Rico this month under four-year, $6,000 scholarships provided by the SIU Welfare Plan. The eight include the children of four Seafarers who won tha 1953 awards and have already com­ pleted their first year of schooling paid by the Union benefit plus the quartet of 1954 winners whose edu­ cational needs for the next four years are likewise being financed by the SIU welfare program. • In the living room of his home in Tampa, Clarence B. Brundage (left) chats with Mack Patterson, AB. They were shipmates on the Antinous (Waterman). Disabled Seafarer Lolls In Sunshine TAMPA—Sunny Florida is a long way from Archangel and it is a lot more conifortable in the winter time, a fact well known to anyone who knows anything at all about geography. Clarence B. Brund-f : ^ age has been both places in "We were on an old lumber the winter. ship, the Minator (Waterman). Now, the 71-year-old retired Sea­ farer is spending the remainder of his days in Tampa, resting in the shade of his vine-covered porch in the summer and sunning himself on the lawn in the winter—thanks to his weekly disability benefit check from the Seafarers Welfare Plan. Brundage has plenty of stories to tell, as does any seaman who sailed all through World War II as he did. He sailed FWT and before making his first trip abq^rd the Norwmk (Eastern Steamship Co.) out of Boston he had done an eight-year hitch in the navy. His last ship before coming ashore to go on the SIU disability roll was the Antinous (Waterman). .In On Invasions ^ His -favorite stories have to do with the ships and the men with whom he sailed during the war. He took part in all of* the major Eu­ ropean invasions and got in on a few of the big Pacific operations for good mieasure. None, however, stands out in his memory like the trip he made in ah ill-fated convoy on the Mur­ mansk-Archangel run. There were more than 100 ships in that convoy and only six of us came back," he recalled. With the engine room back aft, she looked like a tanker. We were a' prime target and the German bombers were comipg out at us all the time, day and night, in waves of 10 to 25. Dynamite-Laden As if the bombers didn't make life intere.sting enough, the ice breakers which were supposed to be clearing a path for* the convoy froze fast, he said. The Minator was one of the ships chosen for ice-breaking duty. "We had 700 tons of dynamite in the forward hold and every time she would ride up on the ice and bang down, we wondered if it would be the last," he said. The Minator made it back to the States safely, but it "was her last complete voyage. She was the vic­ tim of a German U-boat on her next trip out. Now that he no longer js able to sail, he lives comfortably with his wife in their modest bungalow on his $25 weekly SIU disability benefit plus his Federal old age benefit. The income, he said, is adequate to meet his needs. "I don't know what we would do without the SIU welfare benefit," he added. Meyer This year's winners. Seafarers Wallace Simpson, Seymour Wal­ lace and Ed Larkin, and Jack Game, son of Seafarer Eddie Game, led the field of 16 competing for the coveted awards, which were announced in June. Simpson is attending Stanford University, while Wallace and Lar­ kin are continuing studies begun earlier. Wallace is resuming his pre-medical training at Columbia lis Larkin Who Is This Man ? BOSTON—Efforts to Identify a 10-year amnesia victim at trie Boston USPHS Hospital were intensified when a news­ paper offered a $500 reward for the positive identification i 4» . 4* of "Mr. X." The reward was4lie action of the Government of Greece to have Greek-owned ton- offered by the "Boston Post" return to that flag ig, proceeding with favorable results. , long other .things, the Greek Govemment has passed legislation after the patient for the first- time started * responding to ques­ |ncourage this flag return, including better tax treatment for ship- tions. \ uhder the Greek flag. The story of "Mr. X" began on 4* 4> 4) February 11, 1945, when he was liere may be a hitch In the Commerce Department program to en­ brought to the hospital suffering gage building of new tankers, by accepting older tankers as trade- from a serious bone disease. -• Congress appropriated some $26,000,000 for this tanker trade-inThe bone disease pardlyzed him Ibuild program, and the Government had hoped to purchase up to and "Jameson" was also suffering •Ider tankers in exchange for the building, by private industry, of from amnesia. Jew and faster ships of modern design. In recent weeks, "Jameson" has owever, the US Navy had-indicated that it would want, fon na­ begun to respond. He has consid­ si defense purposes, to have 18 knot speeds put ih the 10 new erable knowledge of British navy ters'. The hitch is tBat this is too much speed for many tanker com­ and merchant marine terms in­ ics. It is expected that the 'Commerce Department wiii confer with cluding English sailors' slang. in an effort to have this top speed decreased to about'16 knots, The mystery man is about 65, six Ihich case Commerce hopes to bo able to sell the program' to the feet tall, slender, brown-eyed and per industry. grey-haired. •Any Seafarers who believe they can help identify him are asked to communicate with the editor of the SEAFARERS LOG. ,V>'j til ii'vi I t jjli-i' ''V iJMi aU; tnnjla ic^ I..- Oiostaa Pott Photo) •• Simpson Game College, NY, after a stint at Long Island University, and Larkin is returning to the Cornell Univer­ sity School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Game is at North Caro­ lina University. The 1953 scholarship \\'inn.ers, all of whom easily qualified to receive the second year's installment of the $6,000 award by maintaining above-average grades,, are; Eliza­ beth Lomas, daughter of Seafarer Arthur J. Lomas, attending New Rochelle College for Women, New Rochelle, NY; ,Charlene Holden Meyer, daughter of Seafarer Stan­ ley A. Holden, attending Richmond Professional Institute, Richmond, Va.; Alma JimCnez, daughter of,. Seafarer Pedro Jimenez, Who is at the University of Puerto Rico's medical school, and Robert Good­ win; soA of Seafarer Eugene Good­ win, now attending- the Dental School of the University of Oregon. J-. -i )'J-. i-i 1 Jot, �Pace Eiffht te'; • 1^; .;'• . ' ; i.'' i'j .- • i'.' "ly'4:- /-{• . ••• Ir: : • ifi:§•|'"'':•; =,:v; - •' •i r f -Sl' '• •f'-r I (totoW 1. 1954 Completing the first maiden voyage in more than 20 years of a ship built specifically for the St. Lawrence passenger trade, the 22,000ton liner Saxonia is now in service between Liverpool and Montreal. Designed principally for the tourist trade, the Cunard vessel has a CHARLES L. STEVENS, Steward distinctive funnel of a unique pear-shajped design... Three representa­ Most people would hardly. con­ do other heavy work in the engine I tives of the Mitsubishi enterprises of Japan who came to the US sider a broken leg a turning point in room. Instead, he put his experi-| to propose the building of one or more large tinkers for the Tidewater Question: Wha^ do you think is Associated Oil Co. in the Far East have succeeded in getting an $11 the best unlicensed job aboard their careers. But for Seafarer ence as a cook to work and signed| miiiion contract for the construction of two 45,000-ton tankships. ship? (Question asked In Savan­ Charles L. Stevens it worked out up in the galley. Stevens got his Union book bnl nah SlU hall.) just thafr way. The injury finished May 16, 1940, and two years later! • British Navy and police vessels, recovered a 40-foot tug stolen from Lucius A. Dewitt, steward: Night off his activities below decks as got his endorsement as chief stew-l Rochester, England, after an all-night search in nearby waters. Police cook and baker is the best Job on member of the black gang and re­ ard. From that time on he has! said two men had stolen the tug,^worth nearly $50,000, and had prob­ the ship. It pro­ sulted in his switch to the steward sailed regularly as chief steward on| ably headed for the Continent before abandoning her 20 miles from vides time off in a variety of SIU ships. department. Rochester.. Total foreign cargo volume through the Port of San Fran­ foreign ports. At When World War II broke out,| Today, the 57-year-old Seafarer cisco reached a record post-war high in 1953, according to an annual sea, you are Stevens was aboard the West is chief steward on SIU ships and report just issued by port officials and the Department of Commerce. through with is quite satisfied with his occupa­ Kyska on a lend-lease run tol The 6.5 million short tons was more than 900,000 tons above the 1952 your work by 10 tion. The job, he points out, makes Russia. German bombers attackedl figure. PM, or a little no great physical demands on him, the'ship and he caught a piece of 444 after, and can be so he expects to be able to keep at shrapnel in his left leg. "The only The Maritime Administration has awarded a contract for the produc­ off until the next reason it happenecf," he said, "was it indefinitely. In your tion of a new type marine power plant, known as a free piston gas gen­ day. because I was foolish enough to Portuguese Native erator-turbine, to the Cleveland Diesel Engine Division of General home port, you out on deck watching the actloni Motors. The free-piston ehgine and several other experimental power are on day work and can go home Despite his English - sounding instead of being where I belonged." plants will be tried out on four Liberty.ships to find the best plant to nights. name, Stevens is a native of Por­ He went through the rest of the 4 4 4 use for the conversion of the war-buitt ships to' present-day needs... tugal and spent the first 17 years war unscathed. Charles W. Thompson, FWT: of his life in the Portuguese capi­ An American-built, Panamanian-flag motor tanker, the 14,540-ton Ion­ Sails Any Runs ian Mariner, is due in Japan shortly for scrapping in tow of the Brit­ Electrician or pumpman are the tal, Lisbon. In 1915, he left the top jobs. Not little European country to seek his ish tug Golden Gate. The 25-year-old vessel suffered a serious engine Stevens' most recent SIU shipl only is the pay fortune and came to the United was the Frances of Bull Lines. UnH breakdown last year but the owners decided not to repair her. good in these rat­ States. like some chief stewards, or other 43« ^ ings, but as an ratings for that matter, Stevens has "I was a legal immigrant," he electrician, there A Coast Guard icebreaker, the West Wind, is stiil sitting tight fast no particular preferences as tc is only one man said, "for which I am very thank­ companies or runs. He agrees that in the ice of the Lincoin Sea, 450 miles from the North Pole. Although ful today. Of course it was a lot over you, the in no special danger, since shifting ice pressure is expected to release some companies are a lot easier for chief engineer. easier to get a visa in those days." a steward to deal with when it the vessel, the West Wind has the problem of a broken blade on one Stevens became a full-fledged citi­ I've sailed on of her propellers. . New York's'Mayor Wagner has appointed a 12comes to requisitions, but doesn't tankers and I zen of the US in 1926 and has been care who he works for. "I've fount man group, of the city's financial and maritime leaders to help promote know the pump­ living in the States ever since. the Port of New York and guide its future development. No labor rep­ that if you put up a fight on the Stevens first started sailing in requisitions whert you have to, yoi resentative is included on the panel, although the Mayor said he may man has good pay and good con­ the black gang with the old Fall get the support of the crew and thf ditions, too. appoint one later. River Line, whose excursion runs Union, and the company has tt 4 4 4 4' 4» 4> v' James E. Brannen, MM: I had are nostalgic remembrances to come through. With a couple o| The Danish-built A. P. Moller Co. cargo ship Sally Maersk has made rather sail fireman-watertender many an old-time Seafarer, Then outfits it means battling with the her maiden appearance in New York as the 63rd ship in the Moller than any other in 1917 he went to work on Panama port steward all the time but >^oi fleet. The 9,700-deadweight-ton motorship is fitted to carry both liquid rating. I sailed Canal Company ships that were can get results." and bulk cargo at a speed of 18 knots.' A feature of the new vessel is wiper before being used as Army transports. He Stevens is married and whil< a separate cabin for each crewmember at the stern of the ship.. .The transferring to was torpedoed twice in that war, ashore between trips makes hia 3,197-ton British freighter Grosvenor Marindr was reported safe in the steward's de­ was bombed in World War II, but home in New York's Greenwicl] Communist-held Foochow last month after defying a Chinese National­ partment and I none of his mishaps at sea were as ist warship's warning not to enter the Chinese mainland port. The ship once sailed FWT serious as the automobile accident Village section. At one time, bad! in 1948, he came off a nine months was en route from Shanghai to Foochow to pick up a cargo. for five » days that laid him low in 1925. trip with a good-sized payoff an( when we were 4 4 4 Skidded On Ice decided he would like to open short-handed. I A report on Port of New York ship activity during August revealed hope to sail in A skid on an icy road did the little neighborhood eating place sij that more than twice as many foreign-flag ships—527—arrived during the engine department again when damage and for the next 21^ years he could stay ashore. • ) the month compared with American-flag ship arrivals—230.. . The shipping picks up. Before he got through though, hr Stevenis was laid up part or all of Government closed Venezuelan ports and airports to ships and planes the time. When he was able to re­ says, the place had eaten up thay 4 4 4 from Trinidad in mid-September following, an outbreak of yellow fever William T. Cooper, FWT: I've turn to woyk, he stayed ashore payoff and more. Since then, h| on that island ten miles from the Venezuelan coast...US shipyards been sailing since 1947 and I think holding various jobs as a cook in sdys, he has been content to R scattered on all coasts will feel the first real spurt of activity in many the oiler has the restaurants, and hotels. Finally in the shipowner worry about prof months following the awarding of Government contracts for the repair best job. He has 1935 he decided to go back to sea. and loss while he sticks to the busli of 13 ships in the reserve fleet. Funds for the program were authorized weekends off m With his bad leg, he could no long­ ness of running a galley deparj by Congress 4his year to help keep skUled shipyard labor on the job. port and is not er make It up and down ladders or ment. confined to the ship as much as some of the other ratings. Of course, the fire­ ACROSS DOWN 11. Western outfit S4. Member of crew man makes more A New Jersey committee has rec­ ardous to make men work moij 36. Lengthy Mr. Slaughter Texas—,in Re- 1. What Musial OT, but money Russian 37. rlvec. cife ommended repeal of that state's than eight hours on a flight. uses 18. Existed ^ 39. Recover from a isn't everything. I like a littie 4. Where Donald The v^allaba 20. Places to sit public utility anti-strike law by a setback 4.4 4 Duck Bar is 41. Member of deck recreation. Fish that cling 22.' Untrue The giant CIO Steelworkei vote of eight ta one. The commit­ a. Nautical initials dept. 4 4 4 to sharks 33. Sore 43. Plays court to 13. Gorilla Edward F. Cettl, bosun: The tee, appointed' by Governor Rob­ Union indicated a'decided coolne.^ Apple juice 34. Hits 45. Corrupt 13. French river electrician has the best deal. He ert Meyner, said that strikes have to its parent organization-^at its A Bone 26. Export of Spain *®- High note increased since the law was first lantic City convention. No tc 14. A good outfit Main hatches: Meadow 27. Observed makes niore Abbr. 15. Toned down passed in 1946. Instead of restrict­ CIO officials were invited to spea River in France JO. A majpr crime 49. Kind of cargo money and has a 17. Belgian port ive laws, the committee suggested at the meeting, and rumors weij ex- 50. Chowed Radio hook-up 33. Norwegian skilled trade that port 53. Rupee: Abbr. 19. Si bills Employers that the state rely on traditional that the Steelworkers will event c an be used 31. Jug Title of respect collective bargaining methods for ally part company with the CI (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) ashore. I would­ S3. Commotions and go independent. The rift d settling disputes. n't swap jobs; 25." —Welles, actor veloped after Walter Reuther 4 4 4 38. An exclamation though. I sail -Last ditch efforts' are under way the United Automobile Worke. knowl': 39. Having bosun sometimes, edge of in the New York metropolitan area won the presidency of the CIO. but I prefer sail­ SI. Behold! to hold off a possible strike of 4 4 4 ing as AB. I like of 83. Letters 30,000 truck drivers. Negotiations Several persons were injured credit: Abbr. the' work and libhity between trucking companies and a clash between pickets and sirik 33. Unadorned there isn't so/much responsil 11 locals of the International breakers at the Square D Compai 34.. In good shape attached to it. 35. Compass point Brotherhooii of Teamsters buckled in Detroit. A strike has been 4 4 4 36. Endures Daniel O'Donnell, OS: Deck down to around the^ clock bargain­ at the plant since last June, und 37. Reside maintenance is the best job. You ing sessions tb avert the strike. this lea(}ership of the United Ele • mis38. Fielder's play are off every Contracts had already been ex­ trical Workers, independent, 40. Recovered from night and can go tended a full month to permit more though the union has been oustc a drunk / r from the CIO as Xommiinist-co: home when you time for negotiations. 43. No lfs,-M>r buts trolled, the strikers have the foac: are in port, ^ 4 4 4 44. Not any 45. Important' sea­ Nef^. meetings arc scheduled be­ ing of Detroit organized labor. which is an -adfaring country 4 •, 4' 4... Vahtagk over the tween the AFL Air Line-Pilots.As­ of Europe Island at about CIO Textile Workers ^h aski regular watcJi sociation and^ .American Airlines171- W long. standers; It Is over the dispute which led .fa a fior ten cents, iiin hour increases f< •1. Everything •3. India's" ' Prime more like a; reg- -24-day pilots' sti'ikd recently; IThe 10,090 employees pf. thc<Americi • 'Minister-'; ' ; .lilar/ job.,ashore;, core of the dispute is that vcer-tain yiscose Corporation, revorsing14., ;A,: hobby- et ..v-Seafarera ' •'. " ' , piit lii'Yoiir jeight of the company'ii; tHhscoiitliientai treiid in the in^stry during wk •B.-.a4 Rofira-tft! hoprk .and YOpr/time. Is your- own flightfl'were running '8*^ he^I;8, isnd •wage cuts sor renewals without the 'unien eontehde<i >it .wiki'-ihaa* «riskset«wil?e<ithev f IIill mifiiiVTii H Vlil JMIJP id |-?,V.; I ^iv^; •;'''• i.> •^.v/ MEET THE SEAFARER .1- i- SEAFARERS LOG v";;-: iVS*'?' �ii'S'v October 1. 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Pagre Nin* •Me, Too!' SEAFARiStS^LOG October 1, 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 20 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAut HALL, Secretary-Treasurer . Editor,, HERBERT BRAko; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, Ai MASKIN, Culf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. Room For Ambition That standardized American dream about accumulating Ashs Breahdown a stake and then buying a piece of property or a small busi­ Of Messman-Jobit ness for future security is now reality for many men in the To the Editor: SIU. There was a time, of course, before the Union took a It is my conviction that wher­ hand, 'when seajnen-^lived a hand to mouth existence—ahd ever possible the Group 3 steward soriiefimes the hand didn't have much in it for the mcipth' jobs should be broken down into either. "This was the traditional way of life for seafaring men the particular jobs called for. And before Union conditions and Union contracts enabled them I also believe that the definitions to hold up their heads and changed their trade from a dump­ of "messman" and "utility" should be clarified, since they appear to ing ground to a desirable way of m^ng a living. have been altered in recent years. The majority of professional seamen are content to work Now these might seem like their trade and use their earnings to assure themselves the trivial issues,, especially to men comforts of life. Those who have other ambitions find by who are not in the steward de­ going to sea they can accumulate the necessary "nut" in the partment. But I think that any form of hard cash. So we see them going into business, improvement in our working con­ buying farms and homes and in other ways utilizing their ditions, however slight, is well worthwhile. And let's not forget seagoing as a means of accomplishing their aims in life, that the satisfactory standards we 4. enjoy today are the sum total of - >'f? *•' .'"rl "•HI I Vote Thanks many small changes. The average seaman, I think, might point out that the various The record number of 78 qualified candidates for 49 posts mess jobs all call THE SHIP CHANDLER - IN­ sails in the deck department. open in'this year's SIU elections is vivid proof of the mem­ for the same rat­ bership's active participation in the workings of the Union. ing .and provide SPIRED attack on the SIU Sea Williams, a North Carolina native, the same pay, Chest for putting an end to the joined the Union this year in Bal­ • It is also a tribute to the Union's simplified nominating and that there­ victimization of seamen by un­ timore. procedure whereby each' candidate may nominate hjmself i 4. t fore a messman scrupulous slopchest suppliers has without having to get off a ship and appear at a meeting. This found Seafarers quick to reply in SEVERAL SEAFARERS should be able to procedure was purposely designed to make it easy for any perform any" of defense of the Union-owned opera­ AROUND headquarters were, and member of the Union to run for office if he so desired. are, busy on the duties re­ tion. Among crews going on record in elected headquar­ The number of candidates wdqld have been even higher quired. But I would defense of the Sea Chest against ters membership were it not for the fact that some applicants failed to submit Sterne like to point out a Government anti-trust suit is the committees. The proof of seatime or specify the post for which they wanted gang on the Steel. Surveyor. The last meeting to run. On such matters, the Union constitution is very that there is.a world of difference crew here expressed itself as com­ chose a six-man ih the duties pertaining to the specific. pletely satisfied with the slopchest credentials com­ various mess jobs, and this results It's been traditional practice in the SIU ^o encourage the uj which definite preferences on the part supplied by the SIU Sea Chest and mittee membership to run for Union office. Full participation is of most messmen toward the job hopes "it may continue to the fur­ passes on the ther benefit of our Union broth­ qualifications of assurance of democracy in Union affairs and also gives the they are called on to do. ers." candidates for voter a chance to choose the best possible candidate for a Goodman Five Kinds Of Jobs given job. Once the credentials committee report has been Breaking down the various mess In the process this crew really office in the SIU. to the heart of the matter, be­ Chosen for this committee by acted on and the ballots prepared, the next step will be for jobs, I think we find five distinct got cause run there is no their Union brothers were W. every SIU member to exercise his right to vote for the candi­ kinds: 1) the waiter (saloon and answerIntothethelong kind of slopchest Reidy and A. Velasco, steward de­ crew messman); 2) the pantryman; dates of his choice, supplied by the Union corporation partments; J. Levin and W. S. Mc­ 3) the galleyman; 4) the bedroom other than another slopchest equal Donald, deck department: and P. 4. 4. steward (steward's utility), and 5) to it in quality and competitive in Mitchel and C. King for the black the passenger utility. price. gang. Now, the waiter has contact with 4) 4i i the people he serves, but the pan­ Another committee that recently Long-time complaints about waterfront peddlers and ship tryman is behind the scenes, cut A SUGGESTION THAT COULD completed its job was the monthly chandlers aren't confined to the US. Indian seamen too have off from the give-and-take of per- be taken to heart by many crews membership admissions committee. found it necessary to protect themselves by establishing their .sonal contact. It is easy to see is one offered by The last one had on it Frank Lamown supply store for personal gear. that a "good mixer" would prefer Seafarer Robert berti, R. McCarthy, R. Gedding, P. Marion, cur­ William M. Todd, Theodore Good­ So far it seems, nobody: has sued the Indian seamen's the personal contact, while another rently on the man might prefer to remain in man and Allen-Friend. union for doing so, probably because the seamen's own store the background. And it is also Alcoa Cavalier. 4" 4" 4has been a small and struggling operation. If it becomes suc­ easy to see that each man would Marion proposed THE WORKINGS OF SIU mem­ cessful, it is likely that the Bombay blood-brothers of our be more content if he could have that crewmembership-elected committees amply bers take better Stateside waterfront dealers will put up a similar fuss. the job of his choosing. demonstrate Union democracy in , It's bad enough when the "gyp-chandlers" soak the work­ I know some men who prefer care of the ship's action, and one of the best e.xing seaman here in the States, through their excessive prices galley jobs, while others I know library, the books amples of this is the weekly finan­ and reading mat­ have little use for the potatp-peelMarion and shoddy goods. Those who, do so to Indian seamen, how­ cial committee elected every Fri­ ter put aboard by iiig and pot-walloping chores in­ ever, should have especially uneasy consciences, because the volved. I also know men who con­ the SEAFARERS LOG for the day in all ports to go over the rec­ Indian seafarer, has a constant struggle on his hands to keep sider a steward utility job a plum crewmembers' leisure-time relaxa­ ords of each branch. body and soul together. . A recent such committee in Bal­ worth hoarding an ancient ship­ tion. Just as seamen everywhere have a common bond, it seems ping card for, while pthers find Marion, who sails in the steward timore was composed of Seafarers that those who prey on seamen are pretty much the same the that sack-making and sanitary en­ department, has been an SIU mem­ G. R. Suit, R. T. Milton and Peter world around. We hope for the seamen's sake, that Indian gineering chores go against their ber for nearly ten years. He Losado. This trio performed its joined in the Port of New York duties well and noted every ex­ grain. seamen make good in their cooperative venture. I think the solution to this prob­ on December 15, 1944. The 30- penditure by the Baltimore branch, 4 t t lem is fairly simple. Through a year-bld Seafarer is a native of even down to an item of 70 cents "for fuses." Little things mean a little cooperation between the Pennsylvania. lot, as the committee members 4- 4- 4" steward, company personnel man «SEAFARERS HAVE A FINE noted. and dispatcher, the jobs could be The foreign-flag transfer trend continues unabated with the specifically designated and listed reputation for coming to the aid Suit, an AB who now lives in growing carferry service out of Florida the latest hot-spot. accordingly on the board. of their brothers in trouble, par­ Houston, Texas, was born in that A new carferry, the City of- Key West, was recently chris­ 1 think that such a .change ticularly in family emergencies. state 33 years ago and joined the tened as another runaway operation in that service. wouldn't impose any strain on Up in Boston recently, one of the SIU in Jacksonville In 1941. Mil­ ^ Here is one phase of the transfer problem that directly- those involved, and tbat the bene­ brothers, needed help in the" fdrm ton, who also sails on deck.-ship­ coneerns the American public, for the City of Key West and fits would far outweigh the. incon­ of blood ddnaUons for his sick wife. ping as bosun, threw in with the other runaway-flag ships in the service carry mostly Ameri­ veniences In the paper-work de­ Several brothers at the Boston hall SIU ten years ago in Norfolk. He can passengers. Since these outfits are always at great pains partment. The results would promptly answered the call: John hails from Mobile and was born for more harmonious and Riibery, G^oi^g^ Williams, Tqln in the state of Georgia in 1902. to conceal their foreign registry, it would be a good'idea if make Losado, FWT and a resident of efficient food-handling teams, and Cummings and C, Meloon. Baltimore, became 53 years old 't • " • the public were informed that these ships simply do not in turn make for more simoothly- Rubery, Who was pn thj |.:i- - m^et. American-flag standards as to safety, ship construction running ships. on Sept. 15 and was boiii in Puerto ' -. Comet his last time out, and manning,scales. The American,travefer who take's these Aqyway, that's the wjay] 1 see it. member since Rico. He joined the SIU 13 years •agt^last month->iii New*¥ork. shifs ddesRSO iatJils own peijil. : J ,^ .. . • 940| qe i^fajyea Choice Of C^'andidates The World Over •V. mr Forewarned * • '.'i �Pare Ten SEAFARERS :®8issS N-. V ' ^ i October 1. 1954 LOG i;;* : IBli / Jii® iiiiil|iliiiiliiil®iiiis liim liWMsp -^ ' ' ' V i ''<^i ' As each SlU ship completes its voyage the Union's shoreside machinery swings into action. Union representatives go aboard to take care or the payoff and settle beefs on ihe spotw The shipping hall fills cqlls for replacements for the new sign-on. Those crewmembers who are leaving the ship pack their gear while others keep the plant going so the ship can handle cargo, and the galley force can ready the next meal. ' Soon the ship, in this instance the Robin Sherwood on the South African run, will head to sea again, all squared away as the new crew takes over and elects delegates for the coming vbyaige. mm&m .:|||i|y|i|^^^gM * ~ ^ - va illili I r I] r still on duty, Ray Brault, elec­ trician, tests a motor winding. ;• ' /i'. Chief cook Oliver Thompson pre­ pares cho'w ioi next meal. Up on deck, ship unloads cargo from its African run and then takes on new csurgo oiUerings for the outbound voyage.- Messman Ray Galarza counts out . dishes fot next meal's set-'up.' 'j �October 1, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Pa;e Elevea •M "d -p. " M. -Ml Jnion patrolmen head up gang­ way to handle payoff and beefs. . Contract is studied to dispose of some disputed OT. Ship's crew holds last meeting with patrolman before payofT Patrolman (standing) and com­ pany rep check overtime sheets. I J iii^ 1 I Iilliilp : i ' l4j^>yv' prewmembers sign off and regive their official discharges. Retroactive pay due under con­ tract is issued at the payoff. Customs officer goes through crewmembers' declarations. Seafarer Anthony Tursi counts the cash rewards of the trip. •1 ilBHIiiiP ISeafarer Joe Roll grabs a fast I shave before heading shoreside. Robert "Andy" Anderson cools off under lu refreshing shower. On way off ship, Crawford meets and greets his replacement, F. Adkins, who was dispatched to job from the Union hiring hall. y. ''S • A rear all packed, Bill Crawford all set to close, up.ai^d leave. A1 Piontek, ship's delegate, posts ininutes for the nekt crew. Two more replacements,go aboard to complete ship's complement as she prepareiS to weigh anchor and head for Soi^th Africa once more. I �SEAFARERS Pare Twelve LOG October 1, 1954 PORT RRPORXS.. (Alcoa) and Afoundria, Yaka and New York: the operators to giv# us a break Lake Charles: on this work. Raphael Semmes (Waterman).' Joined Union In '42 Therefore, the Union urges all For our SIU man of the week hands that when they see one of we have selected Seafarer S. L. these standby jobs on the board, Woodruff, who is better known to they shouldn't throw in for them Shipping in this port remained unless they intend to go down to We haven't been exactly booming his friends as'"Woody" Woodruff. Way down here In the swamps of He sails in the engme room in all pretty much the same as in the do a job and stay there until it's southwestern Louisiana things are up in the Hub but shipping has ratings, hails from Geary, Okla., last period: not booming but not completed. moving along very nicely although been doirfg fairly well and we are and joined the SIU in New Orleans too slow. Three ships went into Nineteen Payoffs shipping hqs been a little on the hopeful that the coming cold in 1942, after having been with the" temporary lay-up, the Robin Hood In the past two weeks we paid slow side, with 35 men registered weather will provide further pick­ MFOW. He thinks the SIU has the (Seas ' Shipping), Ocean Betty off a total of 19 ships, signed 8 on and 23 shipped during the last re­ best welfare set-up in maritinie, (Ocean Transport) and the Wacosta foreign articles and serviced 13 In- port period. ups on the tanker runs. and is especially enthusiastic about -(Waterman). To balance these off, trahsit vessels. Calling In here during these last We had four payoffs for the the vacation pay. In fact, he says however, three ships came out of Ships paid off included the fol­ two weeks were the French Creek, period of this report and three Bents Fort, Paoli, sign-ons. Paying off were the the vacation pay he has gotten lay-up and took full crews. These lowing: Kathryn, Beatrice, Edith Logans Fort, Chi­ Queenston Heights (Seatrade); through the SIU has been the first were the Mankato Victory (Victory (Bull); Steel Flyer, Steel Advocate Carriers), and the Rosario and (Isthmian); Robin Doncaster, Robin wawa, Winter Logans Fort (Cities Service); Evan­ in his 23 years of going to sea. Oldtimers on the beach here at Angelina (Bull). Kettering (Seas Shipping); North­ Hill, Council geline (Evange­ In connection with the laying up western Victory (Victory Carriers); the present time are J. Kackur, R. Otove, Bradford line!; and Ann G. Vance, J. L. Nicholson, O. Pow­ of the Robin Hood, however, there Alexandra (Carras); Ocean Betty Island and ConMarie (Bull); ell, iR. E. Palmer, J. E. Eubanks, is a point that has to be brought (Ocean Transport); 'Bents Fort, tigny, all of Cities The Queenston R. Montcaln, C. T. Nangle, E. S. to the membership's attentioh. The Paoli, Chiwawa (Cities Service); Service, and over Heights, Logans Schroder, A. Kessen, H. Arling- Union was successful in' getting San Mateo Victory (Eastern); John in Orange, Tex., Fort and Ann the company to take a 21-man Kulukundis (Martrade); Seatrain haus and H. Krohn. wa had the Val Marie signed on standby gang to work the ship Georgia, Seatrain New Jersey Chem (Valentine Marty Breithoff, Acting Senak on continuous ar­ while she Js laid up as a result of (Seatrain); Seatiger (Colonial), Tankers), which San Francisco Port Agent ticles. assurances that we would furnish and Val Chem (Valentine). has.a fine group of SIU men doing 3^ i i. Our in-transit them with competent men who Signing on were the Steel a bang-up jbb on her. Savannah: ships were in fair would do a fair day's work. In turn, Worker, Steel Admiral, Steel Sea­ Prince We shipped a few men to eiach of number with the we were told that if it worked out farer (Isthmian); Peninsular Mari­ Southern States (Southern); Steel okay on this one, Robin would fol­ ner (Waterman); Greece Victory the above ships so .things were not Advocate, Steel Designer (Isth­ low the same practice on any (South Atlantic); Robin Sherwood too bad. mian); Iberville, Gateway City and At our last meeting here on Sep­ future lay-ups. (Seas Shipping); San Mateo Victory tember 22, the pumpmen took over Chickasaw (Waterman) calling at Important Job (Eastern) and John Kulukundis with Brother "Whitey" Pritchett Shipping here has been good this port. (Martrade). So, after explaining to the mem­ during the past two weeks with the serving as chairman and Brother J. The payoff of the Evangeline put The following were the ships in an end to her regular summer run Southland (South Atlantic) paying bership the importance of doing a transit: Elizabeth (Bull); Seatrain Mitchell serving as recording sec­ to Nova Scotia, and we are happy off and signing on and the follow­ good job, we shipped the men Savannah, Seatrain Louisiana, Sea­ retary. Both meij. did a fine job. to report that for the third year in ing in transit: Peninsular Mariner down. However, we then ran into train Texas (Seatrain); Alcoa Run­ Cheer Tanker Pacts a row the ship operated without (Waterman); Carolyn (Bull); Robin the damnedest headache we have ner, Alcoa Pegasus, Alcoa Pointer When the announcement was any serious beefs of any kind. Del­ Sherwood and Robin Mowbray had for a long time. (Alcoa); Steel Admiral (Isthmian); made tliat some of the tanker com­ The company's port captain be(Seas Shipping); egates in all departments certainly gair calling us the next day to Alamar, Portmar (Calmar), and panies have signed the hew con­ are to be commended for the fine Steel Surveyor complain that some of the men Maiden Creek, Gateway City and tract there was much loud whoop­ job they did in holding beefs down (Isth m i a n); ing and cheering, and now the wouldn't work, that they found two Arizpa (Waterman). Southland (South to thf vanishing point. members are waiting for Cities Claude Simmons men sleeping when they were sup­ Right now, the ship will go into Atlantic), and Service to sign up SQ they can start Asst. Sec'y-Treas. posed to be working and that men lay-up for necessary repairs and Seatrains Geor­ to collect that back pay. Some of were quitting every day, some of 4. t4. overhaul. The current rumor is gia and Louisi­ the tankermeh will have consider­ them without even completing the Philadelphia: that the ship will s^il in December ana, which each able amounts, coming. day's work. on the Florida cruise run. This is called here twice. For our Seafarer of the Week Some of the men even said they The Southland a very good possibility as we we nominate Brother Steve Senak, were not told they had to put out understand it but there is nothing had a very clean who rode Atlantic Refining Com­ Darley a day's work when they went down payoff and credit definite on it yet. pany^ ships through to the-end of there. TTie result was that the com­ for a bang-up job can be given to that drive and did a very good job Welcome Home pany began raising hell and threat­ the ship's delegates. These are Shipping in this port has been We were happy to welcome back Billie Darley, ship's; J. C. Laseter, ening to lay off all hands and get slow during the past two weeks, due for us all during the campaign. Senak comes from Illinois and sails the Queenston Heights to its old deck; William J. Morris, engine, a shoreside gang to do the job. But we finally talked them into mostly to Calmar shijis paying off in the deck-department. He has run. Portland to Venezuela. This and R. F. Fields, steward. ordering more men and promised in Baltimore and entering the ship­ just completed an offshore run on past summer the ship had been yards there to install conditioning one of the Cities Service tankers, Sea Chest Praised to straighten things out. running regularly into Montreal. systems in their holds. However, on which he did a fine job as ship's For our SIU man of the week we So we shipped more men for the The boys on board were glad of we expect the Hastings (Water­ delegate, and is now waiting for have selected E. B. McAuley who jobs, and' things have gone pretty the change, since the ship is a man) to crew up again at the end a good coastwise run. "home away from home" for a lot sails as FWT and oiler. McAuley, smoothly since then. The only kink of this week and this should im­ On the* labor front here all is who joined the SIU in 1943, thinks was when one of the replacements of local Boston Seafarers. This ves­ sel has a reputation as a happy one of the best things about the went up first thing and asked lor prove the situation. Also, the Cal­ quiet with the exception of one ship which is justified by the fact Union is the Sea Chest. For years, the day off. You can imagine what mar conditionings should be com­ small beef that the Building Trades pleted in the not-too-distant future Council has with one of the con­ that there is fine cooperation at all he says, the waterfront parasite he was told. so we should again have a share tractors, but we believe it will be "took" the seaman. But now, times between officers and men Could Mean Other Jobs squared away by the time this is in of these payoffs. • and beefs seldom amount to any­ thanks to the Union, a man can get IVith ships laying up every day print. During the last report period we decent gear at a fair price aboard the Union would like to get more thing. That's about all except to say paid off the Hastings (Waterman), ship. of the companies to use our men On the beach are a few of the that the hunting season has opened, Republic (Trafalgar) and Winter Besides McAuley, men on the for standby work. It's a good deal men who just got off the Evange­ and some of the boys are trying to Hill (Cities Service), and signed on beach include J. H. Maxey, J. F. for some of the men who are wait­ line after a pleasant summer. They bag a few-birds, and we- are also are: W. Prince, P. Vroom, P. Nor­ Lee, A. L. Fricks, F. G. Wesley ing to ship, but if the word gets the Republic and Winter Hill. We looking forward to the circus com­ also serviced ten ships in transit. and C. West. ton and J. Scully. around that this is the manner in ing to town. Jeff Morrison A. S. CarduIIo which some of our people perform Janies Sheehan Leroy Clarke Savannah Port Agent Philadelphia Port Agent the job we certainly can't expect Boston Fort Agent Lake Charles Port Agent Boston: Standby Jobs Call For Day's Wortc, Too Evangeline Reported En Route To Ftortda GS Tanl(ers, Vat Gtiem Gall And Tatce On Men Sblpping Stays Good; Sontbtand Pays Off Crew-Up Of Hastings To Improve Stitpptng 9 San Francisco: 2 Payoffs Tatie Crews, Keep Beetcmen Moving m mt wniN A& e smPPOfG RSCOKO Shipping in this port during the past two weeks has been very PORT Boston good, with more men shipping than New York were registered. During this pe­ Philadelphia riod we had two payoffs that took Baltimore full crews and six in-transits that Norfolk took quite a few men off the beach. Although there are still quite a Savannah few men on the beach, bookmen Tampa have been moving steadily. ...Mobile The shIpsSve paid oifduring the New Orleani last two weeks were the Young Galveston America (Waterman) and Ocean Seattle Loite (Ocean Trans;). The Young America signed on and so did the San Francisco Kyska (Waterman). •Wiimin^ii ' In transit were t^.l^smar and Yorkn^w Shipping Figures September 8 to September 21 SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED 18 9 ^ 12 39 13 39 15 11 308 146 113 125 384 118 93 99 28 18 20 66 8 21 10 3 86 :..... S2 64 55 201 92 86 264 3^ 9, 8 20 3 5 1. . 9 .,.1 30 19 • 26 75 15 46 14 17 3 16, . 10 . 15, 24 49 8, 5 67 Y5 72 ^ 74 221 21 . 23 23 238, #17 74 119 284 ' < 81 54 103 15 12 47 32 23 7 20 77 , 20 64 17' - 28 \ / 23 <10 61 25 38 35 25 . 33 32 90 49 •)/49 ';;7;:, 8 ', ••:"4 7V' "•3-, 15 A ,*t DonPt Send Your Baggage COD Seafarers are again warned not to send their baggage COD to any Union hall. Np Union hall can accept delivery of any baggage where express charges have not been prepaid.. Men who send baggage COD to Union halls face the pros­ pect of having to.go to a lot of trouble and red tape with the Railway Express Co. All COD baggage—regardless of the port—goes to the local ex­ press office, where it is held by the express company until claimed. seafarers who want tp be Taure od getting theiir baggage when they want it, can send it to~ any Union ball provided they 'prepay -Vie.' Shipping 'chargee.*., ;! S^SI �SEAFA^RERS LOG October 1. 195i Page Tbirteea ...^..... PORTMtEPORTS Kr-, New Orleans: Red Tape Is Hurdled, Hail Gels'New Leek' The' New Orleans hall is finally getting a face lifting after hur­ dling more red tape to get the job done than they have in Washing­ ton. Not only do you have to get a city permit to get work done, but p ' since the hall is in the famous Vieux Carre you have to get a permit from the Vieux Carre Asciation to do any work on the outside of the building. Memberjs coming to New Orleans will notice that the canopy over the front door has been removed, due to a truck knocking it down and our not being able to replace it as it was illegal, according to the association. The cementing work will be complete shortly and the sign painting will start soon to 'complete the face lifting of the -front to go along with the recent inside paint job. Since our last report shipping has been good here and is expected to remain that mmsi way for at least another two weeks. The Al­ coa Clipper (Al­ coa) crewed up after being in drydock for two weeks. Most of the original crew r V went bacli; to Harvilla their jobs on the Clipper, but we were able to ship 15 new men to jobs that were not filled by former crew members. . If the same trend is followed on the Alcoa Cavalier, it will be a further aid to shipping here., , The Alcoa Pioneer has been laid up for more than 10 days and is expected to take a full crew soon. Job Situation Aided Another break in the job situa­ tion was provided when the AFL Machinists' and Boilermakers' locals here called the SIU hall for 44 men to,work on the Alcoa ships that were in drydock. This was a big help to some of the brothers. We expect to have more job calls from these unions in the near future as they were more than well pleased v^ith the high quality of work turned in by. the men shipped to the Alcoa shipyard work. The men who went but on this work knew that future jobs de­ pended on their ability, so they turned to in typical SIU fashion and got the job done. They de-serve to be commended for build­ ing a good record in this respect. Friends and former shipmates of Duska "Spider" Korolia will be pleased to learn that he has been discharged from the USPHS hos­ I 4-- . •; ' ' h-' <•' pital after a long stay and given a "fit for duty" slip. "Spider" was in the ball to register the day he was discharged from the hospital and hopes to make a job soon. We also are happy to report that f. James "Red" Gleason and James H. Bales have been discharged from the hospital and pronounced r fit for duty. '•• • ' r"'- -• Among those recently admitted i;t' ;••"" to tbe hospital are Gilbert "Big • Mamou"Tiersall, Andrew Harvilla, Clarence "Red" Cobb, Leonard ICay, Marcus Evans and Vincent .Michel. We hope these brothers \' --''r ' ?-:••• "v •?' v.'--;/' will be well and ready to ship 'U:.:.. again soon. , - * Samuel Cope and Oscar Madere i-t.t:' '•••'• are reported to he recovering? 'In> good shai*e-after recent surgbry: •1' I'S iv!';--' •i ? V;-:' and are looking, forjyard to tbieihg - able , to come to the hall to get their, haih''?^ sh'lppinii list.! >• During the last report period :we. Bj^V" Jl-il l"?^- I'VO'- •' M'/i I i^ lgna,fili»nr'E'«btf ^1- •?:s. coa Pioneer (Alcoa); Steel Director (Isthmian); Del Mundo, Del Mar and Del. Santos (Mississippi); Chickasaw and Antinous (Water­ man), and the Compass (Compass). The Del Mar, Del Sol, Del Mundo and Compass signed on. Ships that' called-in transit in­ cluded the Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Corsair and Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); the Steel Surveyor (Isthmian); Del Sol and Del Mundo (Mississippi); the Seatrains Georgia and Louisi­ ana (Seatrain Lines); Arizpa, Clai­ borne, Monarch of the Seas and Morning Light (Waterman), and the Margaret Brown (Bloomfield). Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent Galveston: 4. Ships And Jobs Scarce; Gullook Not Exciling Shipping out of this port is really in the doldrums with noth­ ing in sight promising much in the way of relief. In the past two weeks we had just three payoffs and one sign-on, with 16 in-transit ships giving us most of our action. Our payoffs were the Fort Hoskins and Government Camp (Cities Service) while the Margaret Brown (Bloomfield) paid off and signed on again. Ships touching this port in transit were: Seatrains Texas, Louisiana, New Jersey and New York (Seatrain); Seatiger (Colo­ nial); Del Mun­ do (Mississippi); Lone Jack, Brad­ ford Island, Fort Hoskins (Cities Service); Bien­ ville, Arizpa, City Hill of Alma (Water­ man); Alexandra (Carras); Steel Recorder, Steel Surveyor, Steel Director (Isthmian). While shipping action was light on these vessels,~ they had their good points too since they came in clean with just a few minor beefs that were squared away^ with­ out difficulty. On the "beach with us here is E. C. "Pappy" Hill, who was vaca­ tioning for the past two weeks up in Oklahoma, while Brother P. Lusk is also looking for a scow after attending Mexico City col­ lege for the past two months. Oh the beach in the hospital are Brothers William Walker, M. A. Plyler, D. R. Fisher, B. F. Grice, A. N. Salas, J. Arras, W. Currier, B. C. Seal, E. A. Hellman, C. B. Young and I. J. Torre. Keith Alsop Galveston Port Agent SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Earl Sheppard. Asent Mulberry 4540 BOSTON 376 State St. James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 GALVESTON 21»t 4c Mechanic Keith Alsop. Agent Phone 2-8448 LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke, Agent Phone 6-5744 MOBILE .1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent . Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. Lindsey Wiliiahis, Agent ' Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK..... 675 4tb Ave.; Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK ..127-139 Bank St. .Hen Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market. St. S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO ....., 450 Harrison St. SaV^CoHs. Agent SAVANNA.H' ' - . J4ff Mortlso .AgentSBATTUe. ' .: Jeff. Gillette. It - ilayL . Phone 2-5996 t Abercorn St. ;r Phome 3:1728 SffOWaat Ave. . CUlott 4334 Mobile: Shipping Slays Peer As Lay-Ups Ccnlinne Shipping in this port during the past two weeks has been bad, with some 65 men shipped to regular jobs and 93 to relief jobs in and around the harbor. During this period we had 13 payoffs', 5 signons and 5 ships in transit, but out of the 13 payoffs we had 5 of the Waterman C-2s lay up for an in­ definite period. Waterman is planning 4;o put two of the eight ships now laid up back into service during the next couple of weeks. However, two other Waterman ships due in here dur­ ing the next tWo weeks—the Citrus Packer and Maiden Creek—are due to go into lay-up, so there will still be eight ships in idle status waiting for cargo or charters. There were no major beefs at any of the payoffs here, but we did have one beef on the W i 1 d Ranger (Water­ man). On this ship, instead of having a d^y man replace a watch stander who was missing, the mate used the deck cadet instead, and as a result we had an overtime beef of over $300 which was collected and divided among the deck depart­ ment men who normally would have done the work. Getting Unemployment Pay Since the Waterman fleet has been laying up in this port, we have had quite a few requests from members on how to go about col­ lecting unemployment compensa­ tion. First, each crewmember laid off should get a notice from the company stating why he was laid off; second, each member who applies for unemployment com­ pensation should make sure that in the last fiscal year preceding his application he has worked at least 20 weeks for the company or companies he is making his claim against. These two steps are,|mlghty im­ portant, and members' unemploy­ ment claims will be processed more quickly and correctly i| they follow them. For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate' Brother Gibson Coker. Coker, who is married and has two children, makes his home in Mobile and ships steadily out of the area as bosun or deck maintenance. His last ship was the Claiborne on tbp Puerto Rico WILMINGTON, Calif... 505 Marine Ave. Ernest Tiiley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Bklyn - SECRETARY TREASURER Paul Hail ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Aigina Claude Simmons Joe Voipian * WUiiam Hall SUP HONOLULU run. A member of the Union since 1943, when he joined in New York,' Coker has seen many of the Union's gains made and his favorite is the vacation plan since, he says, it assures a man that he will be able to draw his vacation pay no matter how many companies he has worked for. A few of the oldtimers now on the beach here are Frank Edmonds, J. Dimas, L. 6. Hanson, D. Harri­ son, N. Davis, J. Williams, W. Brown, W. Kyles, P. R. Simmons, J. Karlsen and B. Faulk. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent ' 4. Baltimore: 4 4. Shipping Shows Rise But Don't Rush, Boys Shipping in this port picked up somewhat during the past two weeks, but it can still be consid­ ered only fair so we are not ad­ vising a stampede here as there are stiU plenty of men on the beach to take care of the jobs that are available. During the last two weeks we had the following ships pay off: Lone Jack (Cities .^Jirvice); Steel Rover, Steel Ad­ miral and Steel Flyer (Isthmian); Arlyn (Bull); Bull Run (Petrol Tankers); North­ western Victory (Victory Car­ riers); Trojan Lamb Seaman (Troy); Fairland (Waterman); . Portmar (Calmar), and Santore, Chilore, Baitore, Feltore, Cubore and Venore (Ore). Signing on were the Azalea City (Waterman); Pennmar fCalmar); Steel Rover and .Steel Flyer (Isthmian), .and Chilore, Santore, Feltore, Cubore, Venore and Baltoi-e (Ore). Ships In Transit In transit were the Alcoa Pointer and Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Robin Doncaster and Robin Kettering TSeas Shipping); De Soto, Maiden Creek and Iberville (Waterman); Suzanne and Mae (Bull), and- Steel Flyer (Isthmian). In the USPHS hospital now are Coley Crockett, Elmer Lamb, Vincenzo Russo, Einar Hansen, Jesse Brinkley, James Connhr, Jessie Clarke, Thomas Cunningham. Ed­ ward Neamans, Kenneth Hum­ phrey, Edison Brown, Julius Kekete, Frank Paylor and Samuel Mills. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent FORT WILLIAM 11814 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-571!) VICTORIA BC . 617t4 Cormorant St. Empire 4.531 VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St Phone (i."4b BAGOTVILLE. Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, Ontario ... 62 St. Davids St CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De Lc Montague . Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT .lOHN .... 177 Prince William St NB PhoneT 2-5232 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 POHTLAISp......i 532 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND. CALir 257 5th St. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO...... 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 Great Lakes District SEATTLE...... ...l.......; 2505 1st Ave Main U390 ALPENA .. 133 W Fletcher WILMINGTON .......... SOS.Marine Ave. Phone: l2;i8W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK ,. . '675 4th Ave;. Brooklyn CLEVELAND ... 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE . . -STerUng 8-4B71 Phone:' Main 1-0147 DETROIT ..... . 1038 3rd St. CcifUNlMin District • Ilea'dquartera. Phone: Woodward 1-6857 . 831 W. Michigan St. . .:;6N tt.' Jamer St. Wast UULUTH . MONTREAL . , Phone: Melrose k-AllO soirm CHICAGO K Wiia sr Seattle: Sea Unions Picket In ProtesI On Transfers Shipping hae been nothing to blow your top about out here but it has been holding up fairly well because two of our Libertys came out of lay-up. We had both the Ametsea (Blackchester) and the Amerocean (Ameroeean) coming out and taking full crews for a wheat, run to Brazil out of Seattle. The future looks pretty encouraging because the Seacomet II ((^san ^il^rriers) is supposed to come out shortly and load for another Far ®ast run while the Seacoral (Ckirall will load lumber for the East Coast. All of the unions out here in­ cluding the deck and engine offi­ cers, radio operators, the NMU and our West Coast affiliates are pretty hot under the collar over Maritime Administrator Louis Rothschild's action in approving the transfer of two more US-flag Libertys. Five-Day Picketline Since the ships were docked at Todd's Shipyard and- the Ballard Oil Docks here, eight maritime unions, including the SIU, put up picket lines on them to protest the transfers. We had the line on for five days. Unions participating were: Masters, Mates and Pilots, Local -90; NMU, Seattle branch; American Radio Officers Associa­ tion, Seattle branch; Marine Engi­ neers Beneficial Association, Local 38; Marine Firemen's Union; Sail­ ors Union of the Pacific and Ma­ rine Cooks and Stewards, AFL. It's quite clear to everybody ex­ cept Rothschild that everytime he approves one of these transfers he is making it that much toughej:.p£Qr the remaining ships under tne American flag. One Payoff 'The two Libertys coming out of lay-up were our only sign-ons. We had one payoff here, the Cecil N. Bean of Dry Trans. In-transit ships were the Afoundrla' and' Raphael Semmes (Waterman); Al-^ coa Planter (Alcoa) and Yorkmar (Calmar). With the meal ticket system go-; ing into effect oyt here, the mem­ bership has gone on record to. pa- :; tronize the Kilowatt Restaurant be- ; cause of the fair treatment the : management and the employees:: have given the Seafarers and the / decent prices on their menu. Oldtimers on the beach include:' H. Parks, M. Olson, J. Barton and J. Goude. In the marine hospital at the moment are C. G. Archer, B. Bork, W. J. Fick. R. J. Heilig, E. H. Harrell, S. Johannessen, R. L. Morrow, V. K. Ming, W. M. Pennington, R. L. Welch and O. R. Ware. Jeff Gillette " Seattle Port Agent i Use Oniff One ail Address Seafarers with beef<! regard­ ing slow payment of'monies due from various operators in back wages and disputed over­ time should first check wheth­ er they have a proper mailing address on file with the com­ pany. SIU headquarters offi­ cials point out that reports received from several opera­ tors show checks have been mailed to one address while a beef on the same score is sent from another, thus Creat­ ing much difficulty in keeping accounts straight. Seafarers are urged to use one perma­ nent address for mail so tijat claims can ba checked siieedliv and payment madis right awahi. • J �Pww FMurfeoi SEAFARERS October 1, im LOG OFF WATCH NM :«i aifli At tl|p left, Seafarers Lai« Nielsen Oeft) and Walter Scblecht, off the Steel Fabricator, pose at Cher* ry and Company In Bombay with ^be proprietress, Mrs. D. Farkes. At the rlfbt, some of the objects d'art which the shop sells are examined by (1-r) DM Sipsey, cb. elect. Adamson, steward Martin and second mate Salami. Shop- specia%es in selling souvenirs and ciarios of wood, brass and ivory. N^acy's Basement Has l^lothing On Shop n Bombay, SlU Bargain Hunters Find There are many things in this world which don't live up to their advance notices. But his isn't true of a certain souvenir and curio shop in Bombay, India, reports Seafarer L,ars Nielsen of the Steel Fabricator (Isthmian). This shop is Cherry and-*cator crew in the shop was first Fabricator men that they resolved ilompany, which specializes in aroused by a letter written to the to see for themselves the next ndian articles made of brass, LOG last March by Charles Col­ time they were in the Indikn city. /cod, and ivory. And, as far as oth price and service are conerned, the place is ail it's cracked p to be, Nielsen reports in bealf of his fellow crewmembers, The interest of the Steel Fabri­ lins, delegate on another Isthmian ship, the 5teel Admiral. That letter — in which Collins praised the prices and service in the shop—so interested the Steel LOG-A-RHYTHM: Sea Voices Gordon L. Peck Tell me not a seaman's lot is dirty and dull and hard. That his back is bent and his pay is spent at the turn of a greasy card. That the seas that roll from pole to pole only death and despair foretell. That his roll is blown and his hopes are flown in some foreign dockside hell. Through gale and breeze I have sailed those seas where the mermaids and tritons play, I've burned out my guts and been rolled by sluts in the fever that lasts a day. In the sober morn many oaths I've sworn to cut, out women and booze. But two months at sea work wonders with me and I can't seem to quit when I choose. 'Neath the Southern Cross where the whitecaps toss and the moon sparkles right out loud. There's a different kind of joy, I find, than comes wrapped in a satin shroud. Where the dolphins play and the Milky Way's like a barrel of diamonds that broke. The worries of Man and his money-mad clan seem remote, half unreal, and a joke. So when I'm on the beach jand home's within reach and I'm tempted by comfort and ease, There's a maddening lure I can never endure in a whiff of the salt sea brbeze. Quiz Cdrtier (1) Is Los Alamos in the US tamed as: (a) the site of a Texas liattleground. (b) a national park, (c) an atomic laboratory and jesting ground? "• (2) What is the number which when added to 1,000 gives a higher |«sult than if it were multiplied by 1,000? (3) What young girl led the French army against the English in 11 major war? (4) The quotation, "He leadeth me beside the still waters" is Jrom: (a) Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, (b) the 23rd Psalm, (c) IVinston Churchill's latest book about World War II? (5) Seafarers should know this one. Which two South American I ountries have no seacoast at all? (6) A man has a total of $5.90 in nickels and dimes.* If the num[)er of dimes is one less than h?lf the number of nickels, hgw many 'if each does he have? 47) What roads in Virginia are always wet? (8) What famed American'writer and lecturer lost her sight, hear­ ing and speech at the age of 19 months? I (9) According to the US Constitution, how many members are injiluded in the President's cabinet? (10)' Is an anemotnetep-use;^; (a) to test the bipod, (b) to measure I he velocity of the windi (•p) .tiir' i»eawr<^^ of color? ^_ (Quia Answen on Page 17) And what they found was that Collins^ praises had not been sung for nothing. "We are happy to state," Nielsen now writes the LOG, "that we vis­ ited this concern and were delight­ ed with the excellent behavior, cordial attitude and charming man­ ners of the proprietress, Mrs. D. Parkes. This lady gave us all pos­ sible assistance in purchasing all sorts of articles which we wanted for our comfort. Articles Called 'Superior' "The articles- we purchased at Cherry and Company," Nielsen writes, "were decidedly of superior quality, and nowhere else in the city of Bombay could we obtain such articles at such a remarkably reasonable price. "Unlike other shops in Bombay, we found that in this one no un­ due pressure or persistence was exhibited either Jjy Mrs. Parkes or her salesmen. On the contrary, they made every effort to make us feel right at home and at ease, and to browse around ali we want­ ed to without 'disturbance." The- address of the shop is 2, Annes Chambers, 3,. Camac'Road, Bombay *!. The place is recom­ mended to all of their fellow Sea­ farers by the Fabricator crewmen. Another Seafarer, Louis Hale, who has made many trips to the port, in a recent report to the LOG also echoed the crew's sentiments as to the quality and prices of the goods. •4i This feature is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Series addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, Ubill be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. 4— — workshop tip from "Better Homes Stamp collectoni specializing in US issues still have a chance to ob­ and Gardens" which others may tain a first-day cancellation of the find useful. In tight places where new 20-cent special delivery stamp you can't swing a hammer, you which will be released Oct. 13 in can drive a nail with a Cr-clamp. Boston. The design of the stamp, Start the nail by pushing the-point which will be printed in blue in into the wood with pliers. Adjust sheets of 50, shows a special deliv­ the clamp so that the flat gripping ery letter being delivered hand to head will press against the nailhand to the recipient. Collectors head to force it into the wood and may send a limited number of self^ slowly tighten the screw. To avoid addressed envelopes with a money damages to the wood, slip a scrap order to cover the cost of the of wood or a putty-knife blade un­ stamps desired to the Postmaster, der the screw. Boston 1, Mass., for first-day can­ 4. 4) cellation. Remember that each en Those who are in the market for velope must bear a 3c or 6c stamp a not-too-expensive 35 mm camera to prepay the postage, since special for limited picture work may find delivery stamps alone are not valid the $36.95 Paxette, a German im­ for postage. port, just about right. The cam­ era has automatic film transport t ^ Seafarers who dabble at carpen­ and shutter cocking, plus doubletry when home ashore have prob­ exposure prevention, built-in ex­ ably found the quarter-inch drill a tinction-type exposure meter, with handy tool for all kinds of jobs. a corresponding exposure scale on Now a new inexpensive attachment the $6.95 eveready case, depth-offor the portable electric drill en­ field scale, film rewinder and body ables you to saw, rout and drill release. It is equipped with a lumber, plyboard, plaster, plaster­ f/2.8 45mm Kalaplast lens and syn­ board, masonite and leather. A chronized Pronto shutter with short drill bit at the end of the speeds to l/200th of a second and tool makes the hole, and the stick­ bulb plus a built-in self timer. In­ leback surfaee enlarges or routs terstate Photo Supply Corp., 28 it. The attachment comes in two West 22d Street, New York, NY, is sizes: 2% inches long at $1.50 and the importer. 4V^ inches long at $1.80. If your 4 t t ' hardware store doesn't have it, An item for the seafaring-phila-, write Benrich, Box 64, Dept. PP, telist who may be ashore in Phila­ Jamaica 35, NY. delphia these days Is a special t 4^ stamp exhibition which opened A LOG reader passes on this last week at the National Phila­ telic Museum, Broad and Diamond Streets, to mark tHe 25th anniver­ Pick Up'Shot^ sary of the State of Vatican City the current Marian Year. Tho Card At Payoff and display will include the entire col­ Seafarers who have taken lection of Francis Cardinal Spellthe series of inoculations re­ man of New York, the show's spon­ quired for certain foreign voy­ sor, as well as material sent by tho ages are reminded to be sure Vatican Postal and Philatelic Mu­ to pick up their inoculation seum and entries by others invited cards from the captain or the to loan portions of their,Roman purser when they pay off at States, Vatican and "religion" the end of a voyage. stamp and cover collections. Tho The card should , be picked exhibit will be carried over through up by the Seafarer and held Nov. 2, 1954. so that it can be presented 4 4 4 when signing on for another A pocket level with a pocket clip, voyage where the "shots" are described as "handy as a fountain require. The inoculation pen" for the home craftsman, is be­ card is your only proof of hav­ ing marketed by Stanley Tools, and ing taken the required shots. retails at under $1. The five-illch Those men who forget to level, weighing less than an ounce, pick up their inoculation card is made of heat-treated aluminum when they pay off may find tubing, has machined flats on the that they are required to take sides and a solidset proved glass all the "shots'.' again when they with bubble set true to the working want to sign on for another surface! such voyage. •- .' .:>V ' • • T*;. . I.-.. .• . . ••-J.' , i• '•, ml -rel in., G St I su| li N ? h( m ly si ll is cl tl it s tt| 8tl ;4- d| i-j Cold Beer Helps Make For A Warm Time In Yokohama tii Obviously enjoying their shore leave In Yokohama are these SIU crewihen. At Yokohama Seahien'a -I- .if Club are (1-r) ; Clifford Eubanks and Norman Phlllipaof tiie Mother M.L. (Eagle Ocean) and Jimmy Williams, Joe Logan and Pedro Villabol of the Pelican idarlner (Bloomfield). At the right is Jjmmy '.••-J,/-:, Knight and his, attractive Japanese wife, llicliilMii. . '' . • �jC'frf^t':::;^', October 1, IbM SEAFARERS r^^iaT-' F•i^^^-'fv-^ '•F''T''•'-•';?•• -'•.; Pate Fiftoea LOG In Spain If's 'SI, Si' For Seafarers—See? By Spike Marlin Helping promote Spanish-American relations among the local senoritas are these crewmembers of the Transatlantic (Pacific Waterways), shown here during a recent stop in Bilbao. Spain. Left to right are J. Rogers, wiper; J. Landron, DM; W. McBride, bosun; Bill Doran, OS; Robert Leavy, OS, and Francisco Agosto, Jr., chief cook. Photos were sent by Tom Maynes. who says he also had a good time. Letters In Bottle Take Their Time — But They Get There Just The Same It may take a little longer than modern-day postal deliveries—or even the Pony Ex­ press—but the mariner's time-honored method of sending letters in bottles is still good. This is reported tp the LOG- by O. S. Flynn, former crewmember of the SlU-contracted Strathbay (Strathmpre), who-*discloses that ten letters forwarded to the original ad­ "posted" in a bottle off the dresses. coast of Brazil last January, were delivered to their recipients within three months. Just to make sure everything was legal, Flynn says', the Strath­ bay crewmen enclosed, money to cover the cost of postage for the letters. They also enclosed a book written by Jack London, and then tossed the bottle overboard, at a point approximately 700 mTTes west of the Brazilian coast, on llast Janu­ ary 8. On February 22—six weeks later —the bottle was found just off the Brazilian coast by an unidentified fisherman who brought it to the American consular agent at Sao Luis, Brazil. He sent the letters to Belem, Brazil, where the Ameri­ can consul sent them to the US Navy Hydrographic Office in Wash­ ington, DC. From here they were Used For Many Years In a letter commenting on the incident, the Hydrographic Office points out that "for many, many years, drift bottles containing mes­ sages have been used to determine and verify the circulation of oce­ anic waters, and as late as the turn of the 20th Century, the drifts of bottles thrown overboard by mar­ iners" were the prinf'.ipal means of determining the sets and drifts of ocean currents. "However," the office points out", "the data derived''by this^, means were only general and not alto­ gether reliable, due to the many variable forces influencing the pas­ sages of the bottles. In recent years more scientific and precise methods for the determination of ocean currents have been devel­ oped." ^Jbr A SVSSBSTICN iveAaoivMAi,AA/ MTCIB, OR A rswee lUTHsios? isrs-tfsyz ABOUT IT- riHE ws IS AlMAtS TISTI^ TO SETTSe SEKviS THff /^MSms^ip: 7m rm EorrcR/ Crewmen Mark Labor Day At Sea Services The SIU crew of the Seacloud (Seatraders) may have been all at sea at the time, but this didn't prevent them from duly observing |he Labor Day holiday, reports ship's delegate L. S. (John­ ny) Johnston. Bound for the Far East, the crew decided that since they couldn't parade or otherwise note the oc­ casion ashore, they would do so by holding a shipboard meeting. And so, Johnston reports, a meeting was held at the No. 5 hatch and a number of the broth­ ers gave tolks on Labor Day and what it„ means. At the conclusion of the talks, the members all voted to send their best regards to all Union brothers and officials on this day dedicated to labor. Ship In Poor Shape When" the crew was first sent to" the ship from the Mobile hall on August 20, Johnston says, they found it to be quite a mess. In fact, Johnston says, the ship was in the worst shape he'd seen since 1936, with a "messhall which looked like the fire room of a coalburner" and all the rooms and passageways in about the same shape. ' " The ship, lobked so bad that some 0^ the men wanted .to im­ mediately return to the hall. But cooler heads prevailed, and the crew went into a huddle . and de­ cided to let the skipper know in no uncertain tefms that "an SIU ship is' a clean ship." As a result of this firm stand, the crew made plenty of OT per man for cleaning, and also got new inner spring mattresses and an agreement to start: sougeeing and cleaning for the rest of the year. "This,'^' Johnston says, "is a good example of how working men can improve the conditions under which they work and Uvb through firm, collective action. Thanks to such action by its SIU crew, the Seacloud is becom­ ing a decent ship to live on, and I think this collective action sym­ bolizes ,;.the iTeal .spirit ofv Labor J Day." Right now as this is being read the Cleveland Indians and the New York Giants are locked in valorous battle for the baseball champion­ ship. It seems strange indeed not to see a JYankee uniform on the field, but" the" presence of the Giants in the contest makes it a partial New York affair for the sixth straight year. ^On the face of the won-lost rec­ ord they compiledi the Indians would rate as all-time terrors, hav­ ing won more ball games than any other ball club in history. How­ ever, a second look should con­ vince that the Indians, while a good team, are no super ball club. Their astonishing total of games won was rolled up against one of the weak­ est second divisions the American League has had in years. Against the only ball clubs that offered a stern test. New York and Chicago, Cleveland was only a .500 per­ former. Good Retreads The Indians' success stems more than anything from adroit use of pitchers by manager A1 Lopez. By spotting Bob Feller and Art Houtteman against second division ball clubs he got the most mileage pos­ sible out . of these retreads. And that policy enabled him to reserve his big three. Lemon, Wynn and Garcia, against the two contending clubs where he at least got an even break out.of them. The lamentable weakness of the AL's second division is emphasized by the fact that the runner-up Yan­ kees also won over 100 games, more incidentally, than they won in any of their five preceding championship seasons. Staggered Through On the other side of the fence, the Giants showed a good deal of early strength, but there were times in the later stages when they were distinctly wobbly. How­ ever, whenever Milwaukee and Brooklyn came close, the Giants had enough strength to stand them off, which is where it counts. As series contenders the Giants have two obvious drawbacks. The club leans too heavily on relief pitching with only Johnny Antonelli reliable as a nine-inning pitcher. And it has two All-Amer­ ica outs in the line-up, 2nd base­ man Williams and catcher Westrum. With these men and the pitcher bringing up the rear, it puts a heavy burden on three or four ballplayers to deliver all the runs. Cleveland's strong pitching, above all, has made the Indians distinct favorites to take the series. If the Indlms are to be taken, it will require.. some more superhu­ man feats by Willie Mays and very sound pitching by the veteran Sal Maglie. On The Afoundria •::3- • •Al -I Aboard the Afoundria (Water­ man) during a Far East run, popular Seafarer Percy Boyer (front) poses with a couple of his shipmates. Photo was Sub­ mitted to the LOG by Nick Wuchina. The LOG opens this column as an exchange Jor stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-knovm cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Antonio Goncalves' recipe for "Vichyssoise." Recalling the life and «good times aboard the SIU ships he sailed on for over four years as chief cook, Seafarer Antonio Goncalves, now a GI at Fort Myer, Va., has taken time out to submit a couple of recipes which he found to be "the the stock, parsley, celery, sliced favorites of many Seafarers potatoes and seasoning, and cook during my career with the SIU." Goncalves, who originally hails from Portugal and entered the I e r V i c e last spring, apparent-, ly had an "in" on French - style dishes, because "Vichyssoise" is one of "several • recipes from over the other-side" of Pyrenees Moun­ tains w h i.c h Goncalves he submitted. Vichyssoise" is a French-style po­ tato soup "originally made in the town of Vichy, famed for its min­ eral springs. To make It, -here's., what, you need; % lb. butter, 24 leeks (white part only), 6 onions, 2 ga.llons chicken stock, sprig of parsley, 5 celery sta'lks," 12 large potatoes, 6 cups heavy cream, and salt, pep­ per,- nutmeg and Worcestershire sauce to taste. Mince the onions and cut the leeks fine. Melt the butter in the soup pot and add leeks and onion. Cook very slo^y until the mix­ ture is tender but not brown. Add '•m until the potatoes are tender. Put everything through, a very fine sieve and add stock if neces­ sary. Stir in cream before serv­ ing. If evaporated - milk is used in place of heavy cream", the soup should be thickened slightly "with a roux made of butter and flour. "Roux" is the culinary term for a mixture used for thickening soups and sauces. "Vichyssoise" is also favored when cold and in this, ctfse should be. weii-chilled before serving. Top with a delicate sprinkling of finely chopped chives or parsley just before serving. (Serves 48.) ATTVE <510 MLL �y-i-TtCi'Miji -..v " SEAFARERS Pace Sixteen I: SMU Sea Chest Service Haited LOG L E T T October 1. 1954 R S Welfare SetdJp. Gets His Thanks To the Editor: ' To the Editor: Union brothers will stand by ttie. The story in a recent issue of before I started sailing out of San I would like to express my ap­ Waiting Te Ship Again • the LOG about how the chiseling Francisco and Seattle in 1952. preciation for the many fine serv­ I am waiting and praying for I want all the members to know slopchest operators have bulldozed the day I can start shipping again ices I haye received through our the Government into filing a I will never forget this, and I will To the Editor: In reading our ship's newspaper, because I sure miss the feel of a Welfare (Services Department, such monopoly suit against the SIU Sea always be ready to help the SIU Chest really burns me up. These no matter where or when I am the "Del Norte Navigator," I came ship under my feet and the good as the recent maternity benefit times I used to have with my SIU which my wife and I received after across an article characters really have nerve to called on. Isaak Bousin buddies. It's been 29 months that by Wilson Monbeef. They've been getting away the birth of our daughter. — I've been laid up and the call to tero, and I think with everything but murder for as I would also like to make men­ » »go back to sea is getting stronger a few sentences many years as I can remember. tion of the wonderful spirit of every day. from that article I remember one time I bought bear repeating for I would also like to, have the help and cooperation shown by the a pair of shoes from one of these LOG mailed to me so I can keep men of the SIU. I know what- it the benefit of waterfront operators who was han­ means to be in a hospital in a for­ other SIU men, up with the Union's activities. dling the slopchest on the ship and To the Editor: eign country with }>ronchial pneu­ William (Smoky) Grabenauer such as: In the September 3 issue of the the first time we hit more than a "If a union is (Ed. note: Your name has been monia and have my shipmates and mild sea the bottoms almost came LOG I read an interesting article delegates visit me to see if there only as good as added to the LOG mailing list.) King off. Those shoes must have been about the fine blood donor record was anything I needed. put together with glue, and lousy which the SIU has, especially at its members I'm 4) 4) ^ sure that the SIU ranks, with the Having been a seaman for the . the Staten Island USPHS Hospital glue at that. best. Everyone I've spoken to has past 13 years, and having been all This is very true, but I would like Made It His Fault over the world, I've found that to cite an experience I had at this, been ready to give me advice on how to make my work easier . . . there is no seamen's organization When I beefed about it I was told hospital. anywhere -that" can begin to com­ I must have done something wrong I was a patient in this hospital Now that I'm a member of the SIU Te the Editor: After 13 years of sailing with pare wjth the SIU. with them because "they were first from June 16, 1954, to July 2,1954, I want to tell the world I'm proud the SIU, I thought I at least knew of it." I would also appreciate it if you quality work gear." That ended for a hernia op­ Incidentally, Montero tells me how to throw in my card for a job. wuld put my- home address on that, and I was out six bucks and eration, and five his father gets copies of the LOG But recently an incident occurred your mailing list as my family cer­ still needed a pair of work shoes. days after my op­ regularly at his bar; "Sharkey's which has me wondering if I know tainly enjoys reading the LOG . Thanks to our Union, that's been eration my doctor the shipping rules, artd I'd like while I am away. Bar," in Norco, La. changed and we now get even more asked me to doF'orrest C. King some clarification. Bob Ladd Tiate a pint of than we pay for from the Seafarers While waiting for the 4 o'clock ,(Ed. note: Your address has slopchest on the ships. The stuff is blood because I . 4) 3; 5) call one day at headquarters, I no­ been added to the LOG. mailing top rate, the prices can't be beat had" the right ticed, a card thrown in for an AB list.) and when something goes wrong type for another job, which is in Group 2. This card 4) 4) 4) with an item we know we can get a patient they had. was older than mine,' so I held I donated a pint Salazar fair shake. To the Editor: back. But when the dispatcher an­ The only thing that is a "monop­ of blood and on I am writing this to thank the nounced-that the card thrown in August 13, when I had come back oly" about the SIU slopchest serv­ SIU for the death benefit I re- was in Group 1, I immediately ice is that it seems to have cor­ to the outpatient clinic for treat­ received after my son, Henry A. threw my card on the desk and To the Editor: ment of my right hand and elbow, nered the market on the best gear Currier, passed away last July 19. asked for the job, since I was reg­ I am now working at the Oak and stilt gives it to us at a low I decided to ask the hospital for a I would also like to express my istered in Group 2. The dispatcher certificate showing my blood dona­ Ridge atomic plant in Tennessee, price. appreciation to the Union for its said it was too late as my card w^s tion. and through an ex-SIU seaman Good riddance to the old days wonderful letter of consolation. not on the desk.' No Record Kept when the slopchest operator had I hope you will continue tp send I always thought a man ship­ working with me I have seen the Well, to make a long story short, us under his'thumbs and milked I was sent from one office to an­ me the SEAFARERS LOG, as ping in the group he was regis­ SEAFARERS LOG and hope you us for "new, first-quality gear" that other until finally, in the last of­ reading it makes me feel my son tered in had preference over a was just second-hand junk cleaned fice, I was told that the hospital is still out there with his ship­ man-shipping in another groiip, but will put me on your regular mail­ ing list as I certainly enjoy read­ up a bit. in this case I lost the job. doesn't keep a record of blood do­ mates. Joe Hudson ing this fine newspaper. (Mrs.) Marie Jennings I might add that later the man nations. (Ed. note: You mill continue to who got the job offered to let me From 1939 to 1946 I was with In my opinion, our Union should X % have it, but T declined because the the Army in the Canal Zone, do­ ask the hospital to keep such a rec­ receive the LOG regularly.) dispat(iher told me I was wrong. . ing guard duty on ships of all ord and give certificates to the men t » X Fred T. Miller types and nationalities that passed who donate blood. We don't ex­ (Ed. note: The shipping rules through the canal. In fact, I was pect any real reward outside of the provide that a job shall remain on the last Japanese ship to pass To the Editor: knowledge that we have helped a open' for three calls .by the dis­ through the canal before the war I am writing this because I want fellow human being, but I think it patcher. If .a man does not throw started. So you can see that news the members of the SIU to know would be good if we who have To the Editor: This is the first chance I have in his card in that time, the job of ships and seamen is of great how grateful I am for the wonder­ given blood at least had a cer­ had to write you about my brother, can be given to a man registered in interest to me. ful treatment which the SIU Wel­ tificate to show for it. George (Dusty) Espalla, who died another group.) fare Services Department gave me S. R. Thornton Luis Salazar In Mobile, Ala., last January 16. (Ed. note: Your name has been when I was hospitalized recently af­ X, I want you to' know that reading i; $ t added to the LOG mailing list.) ter sufferitfg an accident on the the LOGs, which come to me regu­ Gateway City. larly, makes me feel close to my t X, X When I was hurt while working brother. in the storage room, f got in touch To the Editor: Marie Le Gault with SIU Welfare Services and To the Editor: I'm returning to sailing in the ^ 4) 4) they gave me temporary assistance I enjoy reading the LOG and Union again after serving in the which enabled me to sign off the would like to let you know how a Army and I want To the Editor: ship and begin to get out-patient landlubber feels about a seaman's to say how happy I have just gotten back to -Snug treatment at the Staten Island paper. I am to again be marine hospital. The port reports are especially To the Editor: an active member Harbor after two more months in .1 I I hope you will print this letter interesting and' full of inforraatidh, of our fine organ­ the Staten Island hospital Seafarers Donate Blood and I also like the articles explain­ in the LOG because I want to ization—the SIU. sure was sorry to hear that "Moon" Later on I had to enter the hos­ ing the work of the Welfare Serv­ thank Mickey and the rest of my Please p r in t Kouns is no longer with us. Omar pital for an operation and all dur­ ices Department. Union brothers who have donated this in the LOG Khayyam was right when he said ing this time I received the regular My one complaint Is that I can nine pints of blood to be given to explain, my ab- of man that "he is but a tent in SIU hospital benefit of $15 a week, never solve your crossword puzzles if I need it when I am operated .sence during the which he takes his one day's rest, and Welfare Services also got five but I guess they are for true sea­ on for a floating disk in my back. last two years to a Sultan to the Realm of Death Panton Seafarers to donate blood to me. This is a major operation and I men. I also like the Quiz Corner. my old shipmates. addressed." , Woixls can never express my It helps me Write questions for have a 50-5(1 chance of coming put I hope to be meeting some of them I get a little restless here and gratitude about this wonderful radio quizzes and I have lots of of it paralyzed from the waist soon again. sometimes knock off a few original service to someone who is not a fun with it. down. But I have great cofifldgnce I'm registered at the Norfolk jingles which I hope you will be bookman or even a permitman in Thanks a million for your friend­ that my doctor will bring me out hall and am hoping to ship out able to use in the LOG sometime.. this great Union, although I was a ly and really informative paper. of it so I can go back to sea, and soon. -strong union man in other fields James (Pop) Martin <Mrs.) Gabrlelle Umsted I also have confidence that all my A. Edsel Panton Del Norte Story Worth Repeating iBlood Donation Records SoMtght Holding Card Can Cost dob LOG Perpetuates ^Memory Of Son Even Read in Atomic Plant Grateful For Aid Given In Injury (/> I w I I p ' T: ..n?! LOGs Remind Her Of Dead Rrother Happy To Sail After Army Duty Lady Landlubber Lihes The LOG Operation Duet He Gets Rlood oon V Death Touches ^Pop' - I �:' SEAFARERS 'Iktobef 1, • 1»54 ragt'S^kUeaf LOG .. . DIGEST of SmPS^ MEETINGS .. I •••:f: '^.•. • • V:;;p'-v;:V y'^:^ ') '' .. ••• ROIIN KITTERINO (tM« Shipplnfl), July 4—Chairman, L. Naplai Sacratary, . Jl. T. Whitlay. Discussion on fan in laun­ dry. and on serving milk three times a day. Men were asked not to take things from the lea bpx that do not belong to them. , all poislblc, crewmen would like plaatic pillow covera for the hot run. Dlicuaaion. held on waahing machines. Since both machines are in need of repairs and both were bought by former crews K was deemed advisable to put in for one new machine. .STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), July ItChairman, Dutch Kaafar; Sacratary, , Frank A. Kallar.tShip's delegate reported that the ' payoff went very smnotbly. Most of the repairs were taken care of. SS was donated to the Merchant Ma.rine Library. The steward was asked for'ash trays. Discussion was held on Issuing clean linen, and a satisfactory arrangeanent wiU be made with the steward. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), June 11 —Chalrmam-J. B. Garrlssn; Secretary, A. Therne. Suggestions made to keep screen doors- shut in port. Crewmembers were asked to keep some cigarettes to smoke instead 'of selling ail of them. A Uttle more cooperation was requested In using garbage cans. July 25—Chairman, Roland Leneve; Sec­ retary, Allan Therne.' Ship's delegate spoke to the chief mate about having the laundry Soogeed and the showers and toilets pamted. The chief mate said he would take care of this when he got the chance. Repair lists were distributed to delegates and department heads. They were asked to get same in early so that the repairs can be started. Chief cook says more reefer space is needed for SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Saatrain), July 25—Chairman, Jehn Monast; Secre­ tary, Herman Kirk. Motion made and car­ ried to advise the negotiating committee that the crew would like to have the time off on the Seatrains extended until one hour before sailing. Motion made ta air condition messhall or to Increase ven­ tilation, and motion was passed. There was a complaint about the mate working. CANTiCNY (Cities Service), August 1— Chairman, V. SzymanskI; Secretary, M. C. Ohstrem. Treasurer reported donations of S4 to ship's'fund increased same to a total of $45.50 on hand. Repair lists have been submitted and some of the repairs stares. All tables must be 'set up in have been completed with the rest to be messroom. , taken care of in the riilpyard. Brothers were urged to clean oht'the washing ma­ IBERVILLE (Waterman), July 30—Chair­ chine after using it. man, Charles Lee;. Secretary, Rudolph Tuthrls. All previous beefs were taken SnrCEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), July up and settled to everyones satisfaction. SI—Chairman, J. M. Hand; Secretary, T. Discussion dn man in steward's depart­ F. Martens. Ship's delegate requested the ment who had fouled up. It was decided cooperation of all brothers and asked that this crewmember be brought before that they stop talking behind one an­ the payoff patrolman. There is no ice other's back and work together. The available during mealtimje- The steward ship's awning has not been taken care of. was asked not to accept any stores unless Motion made and carried that tepair lists they were brought on board by SIU shore be turned in now so that all minor re­ gangs or regular men in the deck depart­ pairs may be made before arrlvaL If at ment. Shoreside workers have been bringing stores aboard. The ship's dele­ gate asked that regular men who take garbage aft take it themselves and not to rely on others as this practice usually brings about a filthy fantail, EERSGNAX.S R. E. Jackson Roy C. Brn Contact C. Paul Barker, at 709 Carondelet Bidg., New Orleans, regarding illness of Duska (Spider) Korolia aboard Golden City. * 4^ Jerrell L. Neel Ffiends of this man are re­ quested to get in touch with him at R. q. R. 390 Dixieview Motel, Elizabethtown, Ky. i; a; Harry C. Scott Contact Mrs. Louella Scott, Box 922, Cordova, Alaska. 4. 41 Bubba Beal Get in touch with Donald £. Grime, Box 711, Menard, 111. , t t i Eugene Wilson Get in touch, as soon as possible, with your mother at 508 W. Manheim St.^ Philadelphia. 4i 4> 4> Robert H. Bullock "Red," 8-lf^ rWT on the Feltore, wishes you to write him at Box 411, Baltimore, Md. 4^ 4> 4^ Sidney L. Wilson Mrs. L. Wilson wishes you to write her at Box 207, Bruce, Miss. 4> • 4) 4> 4i i Alexander James Mike A. Yiera Harry N. Schorr has snapshots he wishes to send you. Write him c/o SS Bull Run, Matliiasen Tank­ ers, Public Ledger Bldg., Philadel­ phia 6, Pa. "r- • . '•••'•. h:-' 4,; , •>{> w STEEL MAKER (Isthmlann July 31—Chairman, E. C. Tcsko,-'^Secretary, Tom Cordon. Ship's delegate stated that the agreement on American money for draws in foreign ports goes in effect on ship's signing on July 7 so it <does not apply to this ship. Unauthorized persons are to be kept out of the crew alleyway. Iron door to be kept closed leading from galley deck to engine room. Deck'department showers and toilets need painting in addi­ tion to the rest 9f the steward depart­ ment rooms. DEL SOL (Mississippi), July 12—Chair­ man, Joseph Blanchard; Secretary. Wil­ liam R. Cameron. Ship's delegate elected. AAPHAEL SEMMES (Waterman), July 24—Chairman, William Logan; Secretary, Edward Robinson. Motion .made and car­ ried to start a ship's fund and have each crewmember donate SI at first draw on West Coast. Bosun talked on throwing garbage overboard and not on deck. Ship's delegate discussed care of washing machine and crewmembers were asked not to overload it. He will see the chief NOTICES Thomas Lindsey Contact the baggage room at SIU headquarters or the Railway Expresr office in San Francisco. Your baggage was sent to San Francisco and is unclaimed there. It will be disposed "of by Railway Express unless-they are notified otherwise." « 4i 4i 4i Norman 1. West Frank Cogswell Tom Richardson Pick up your baggage checks in Contact Tore Wickstrom at 1035 the baggage room, SIU headquar­ S. Beacon St., San Pedro, Calif. ters. 4^ . ^ Raymond Reid 4 4. i The followi.'Ti men are asked to Contact Local Board No. 18 Dunn County, 143 Main St., Meno- contact the SEAFARERS LOG of­ monie. Wise. It is going to re­ fice at SIU headquarters to pick classify you if you do not report. up Coast Guard discharges and other papers and personal articles 4i> 4? i which are being held for them: William G. Ryan Pick up your gear- at the Isth­ Aubry L. Sargent^ Jacob Elizondo, Samuel Curtis, Joseph Francis mian Steamship Co. Dahkoski, John M. Thompson, 4f 4 t HebeT R. Guymon, Samuel LangWarren E. Frye Urgent you contact your family ham, William John Donald, Bill «r sheriff's office, Dare County, Baton, Albert Edward McKlnstry, Angel C- Diaz, Americo Medeiros. NC. 4i ^'•V. • ORION COMET (Oil Carriers). July IS— Chairman,. W. O'Connor; Secretary, W. O'Oonnell. Ship's delegate reported on water analysis in Ceylon. It was suggested that men clean up afternight lunch. Hoarding of linen must be stopped. Re­ pair list requested before arrival in ship­ yard in Japan. Ship's delegate will see about ordering spare cots. Soap is ship's property and is not to be taken ashore. There was a discussion on the washing machine and safety equipment. Report by delegate on next draw in Japan. ' 4i J^es McGuffey Your wife is anxious to hear frorrf you. - Contact her at Apart­ ment B, 505 Adele St., New Or­ leans, or call Raymond 4018. "l-'- COMPASS (Compass), July 25—Chairman, • Pete Plasclk; Secretary, Ken Oristensen. Vote of thanks given to Pete Piascik, steward, and his department for really putting out good chow. There were some questions and answers pertaining to the ship and its next port of call. 4 i about low pressure on drinking fountains. linen should be replaced as most of It Is Steward department was given a vote of so old that it must be handled with care. thanks for good chow-and fine service. Carpenter suggested that on the next trip wooden matches be supplied. April 25—Chairman, B. Gary; Secretary, ROBIN TRENT (Seas Shipping) August 1—Chairman, Martin Laas; Secretary, J. S. Secsenger. Crewmembers were asked to take care of the new washing machine. H. Hennlng. Disputed overtime to be taken up with the palralman. Motion It was suggested that meetings be stag­ made and carried to ask the hall for stew­ gered so ail men can attend. Suggestion ards to help ship's steward to check made for the ship's delegate to see the stores coming aboard to insure sufficient captain about opening a sea chest. quantity and quality for the. next trip. CRACKER STATE MARINER (South At­ Further discussion criticizing the food, menu and the chief cook using suet for lantic), August 15—Chairman, Joe Bracht; cooking purposes. Vote of thanks offered Secretary, Walter Hantysch. Captain will to the ship's delegate for helping to pro­ spedlr with Maritime Commission on se­ vide the ship with an exceUent library. curing ladders for upper bunks'to help Repair list to be posted on bulletin board. lessen chances of slipping and falling. August i—Chairman, J. H. Hennlng; Carpenter to buiid shelves for library Sacratary, Martin Laas. Repairs only soon. Food-,boxes are still spoiling food partly completed. The chief mate stated which gives off bad taste. Crew asked to that the policy of the company is such watch that coffee doesn't drip on deck that painting the Uving quarters of unli­ while carrying it up to the bridge. Stew­ censed personnel is done only once a ard department was compUmented en the year. The captain instructed the engine much improved food. department messman to have only one bottle of ketchup and one box of tooth­ SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), picks left out for the use of three tables. Motion made and carried that the dele­ gates go to the storerooms and iceboxes before arrival to United States to. take inventory in order to prove that the ves­ sel was inadequately provisioned for the voj'age. All hands were asked not to throw any cigarette butts en the deck. Delegates will check and report to the steward how many new cots are needed June 24—Chairman, Norman Kirk; Secre­ tary, John Monast. The mate has been in each department. giving the bosun and gang a hard time. Improper ventUation in the crew's niessqUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Sestrade), Au­ room. and it appears that the blowers are gust 1—Chairman, R. Murphy; Secretary, functioning. This will be taken up C. Dwyer. Motion made and accepted that not with the patrolman upon arrival. A vote delegate make ont repair lists. Discussion of to the officials for getting us on getting a sufficient supply of cots. Fur­ the thanks raise in pay, retroactive to October 1. ther discussion on past and future be­ havior on ship. • VAL CHEM (Valentine), July 27—Chair­ Richard V. Celling; Secretary, Bever EVELYN (Bull), no date—Chairman, A. man, Waits. Suggestion made that linen be Bryant; Secretary, D. Livingston. Wiper changed day before entering port and will take coffee down in engine room for that.the the radio be fixed whUe in shipyard. black gang. Ship's delegate will see chief Same to be paid for out-of ship's fund. mate about port hole screens. TV set needs repairing and a TV repairman will ELIZABETH (Bull), August 22—Chair­ be down to fix same and show the crew S; Fetl; Secretary, C. J. Oliver. how to operate the set. Ship's delegate man, Ship's delegate asked for a little more stated that he thinks a patrolman should cooperation in cleaning the laundry. Mo­ Qk tion made and carried that all delegates see the patreiman about storing, the ship in the proper way before sailing. Chairs need varnishing in the crew messroom. Discussion on installation of larger fans in rooms. a hpve a talk with the captain and remind him he is no God and is only a human being, and crew is the same and expects to be treated as such. Ship's delegate to contact Union hali for iibrary and also Merchant Marine Library for books as crew is in real need for reading material. July 25—Chairman, Robert Prideaux; Secretary,-John F. Tealc. Suggestion made by bosun and passed by membership that each crewmember will donate $2 to the ship's fund at the payoff. The steward department will take care of the recrea­ tion hall and the deck and engine depart­ ments will alternate in cleaning the laun­ dry. Delegates to see department heads about sougeeing and painting foc'sles im­ mediately. Steward will see about cots for sleeping on deck. Puzfte Anawmr nssss saiE aisiss sciiiQ STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), August 22—Chairman, Allan S.- Thome; Secre­ tary, H. Krenmel. Repairs on the repair list have been taken care of. Ship's dele­ gate will try to get a new washing ma­ chine in New York. Motion maded and carried that remainder of ship's fund be turned over to repatriated SIU seaman as there will be a few days before he gets his money. Arrangement made for more coffee to be brought up as engine room has been running short. Members cau­ tioned to leave rooms clean. OCEAN ULLA (Ocean Transportation), August •—Chairman, D. Giangiordano; Secretary, R. Hernandez. Ail beefs while in Puerto Alco to be turned over to the patrolman when ship arrives in New York. Crew mess refrigerator is in a use­ less'condition and should be replaced. No catwalks were built aft and forward to climb over deck cargo. The • mate was continuously complaining all during the trip that he could not give out any over­ time, but every time the crew did any [SBiaai!] ROSARIO (Bull), August 22—Chairman, A. AAontemarand; Secretary, J. Evans. Ship's delegate reported everything nor­ mal with information from the captain about regular draw next trip. Deck dele­ gate asked for cooperation from the crew in keeping the laundry clean. SAN MATEO VICTORY (Eastern), Au­ gust 12—Chairman, Ed Taylor; Secretary, Lee Bruce. Washing machine needs a new roller and the tub leaks. Steward was asked to have more variety for the night lunch. Laundry te be kept clean by steward department and the engine and deck departments will alternate in keeping the library clean. STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), August SiChairman, E. G. Tesko; Secretary, T. S. Hanks. Master refused use of the life­ boat to crew. Only one door-- will be kept open in port. CALMAR (Calmar), August ISs^halrman. Chuck HesteHcr; Sccretaryr^enry Batagewskl. Ail repairs were taken care of in shipyard. Washing machine was fixed up and extra fans were put in every room as per agreement. Suggestion made that medical supplies be checked 'in first port. A discussion was held on various happenings aboard ship. Stores Were brought dcwn as requested in the day­ time. Thanks again to our officials at headquarters for straightening this out for us. KATHRYN (Bull), August 2—Chairman, C. A. Andresen; Secretary, Mike R. Ze- / i| lonha. Crew elected ship's delegate at this meeting. It was suggested that the washing machine be fixed. Crew would like more of a variety Jn the baking. BIENVILLE (Waterman), Chairman, Charles Demers; Secretary; James B. El­ liott. Fresh water and double bottom tanks were cleaned and coated. Washing machine has been replaced. Vote of thanks extended to the steward depart­ ment for the meals and serving of same. Crew in need of foc'sle door keys. 78 Vie For 49 Offices' (Continued from page 3) Whitney, Keith (Honolulu) Wins- A ley. ' The 49 official posts at stake In the election are the same as thosej that were voted on in 1952 with one small change in the headquar­ ters line-up. Instead of electing six joint assistant secretary-treas­ urers, three will be chosen on the basis-of their respective, shipboard departments and three will be joint. The proposal to fill 49 posts was made in the secretary-treasurer'sj'eport to the membership on August 11 and was approved by the membership in all ports at meetings of that date. Members of the six-man creden­ tials committee elected at the headquarters membership meeting of Sept. 22 are: Walter Reidy, Paige Mitchell, Albert Velasco, Ja­ cob Levin, William McDonald, Charles King. Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY • . I would like fo receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) hl^^KdE . STREET ADDRESS ; QBQgl QZSQQS as CITY ; BBS gQQQia [^no SB BQBQS BEBOB Signed BBBaa sasBaaa sisEia oaaaa BBBsnfflca SHiaaa overiime work he waa continuously watch­ ing the clock. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), August 15—Chairman, A. Gowder; Secretary, J. Moore. Request made to obtain better type of spam for breakfast. Discussion about previous motion on washing, ma­ chine repairs; new wringer already instailedd. Ship's delegate te see the chief JOHN B. KULUKUNDIS (Martis), July engineer about rusty water used far wash­ 10—Chairman, Jack Procell; Secretary, ing. Ship's delegate expecting library Clarence Faust. Balance in ship's fundd from patrolman in very near future. $3.09. Ship's delegate elected. August It—Chairman, Jack Procell; Sec­ retary, Clarence Faust. Motion made to use all first grade-meats until we run out. Stores received in Turkey are ..not satisfactory. Motion made and carried to keep place clean by ice box and keep garbage can clean at all times. STEEL APPREHTICE (Isthmian), August 1—Chairman, Robert W. Fcrrandiz; Secre­ tary, Bondt Nielson. Motion made and carried to have first patrolman investigate who is responsible for the unsafe working ROBIN HOOD (Seas Shipping), August conditions on deck. A suggestion was made that an outside faucet for drinking 22—Chairman, Juan Reyes; Secretary, water be fixed. Fans need replacing, not Louis D. Cuellnlti. Requests that booms repairing. Ship's delegate reported that be lowered and secured before leaving Capetown. This request was refused by the chief mate and captain despite re­ minder of previous incident of broken Quiz Anawerg boom collar. While at work on deck relieving watches, various members (1) (c) an atomic la^'oratory and of the crew were attacked and bitten by and testing ground. passenger's dogs. Discrepancy between price tags on some articles and that (2) One. charged by slopchcst to be brought to (3) Joan of Arc. the patrolman's attention. Vote of thanks given to steward department for good (4) (b) the 23rd Psalm. service and well prepared menus. (5) Bolivia and Paraguay. (6) 60 nickels and 29 dimes. (7) Hampton Roads, one of the finest natural harbors in the world, including the ports of Nor­ folk, Portsmouth and Newport News.' (8) Helen Keller. (9) None. The cabinet is not provided for in the Constitution. It has grown on the basis of pcecedent and the requirements of the executive branch of the Federal Government. It now has ten members. (10) (b) to measure,the velocity of the wind. •••'-Ml .. .Z^NE ..... STATE TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you ere en old aubtcriboi end heve e chgnqG 11 of addretz, please give you^former address below: ADDRESS ^ ZONE CITY ............ • e\ 's 4- • '* t«.(A « V te* tr-* : STATE . �Pare Eiffhtedr ••'' '' " • SEAFARBRS Oetober 1, 1954 LOG iFurniture Store Barks its Shins S E A F ARE R S A New York credit furniture store that tried a fast shuffle.on a Seafarer's wife was forced to pull in its horns after SIU Welfare Services got on its tail. As a result, the Seafarer's family got its deposit back and was able to get out of an installment con­ tract that would have cost" them a considerable sum in that it couldn't be sent until she asked for her deposit back the store refused a refund. paid some more money first. interest. Her next step was to visit Wel­ The dispute arose after Mrs. Benjamin Mignano put a deposit down for some furniture at an in­ stallment house. After waiting a few days for the furniture to come, Mrs. Mignano put in a call asking why it hadn't been deUvered. She was informed then Read Fine Print "IJhen on reading the fine print of ihe installment contract and figuring things out, she discovered that the interest payments under the cpntract actually doubled the sale price of the furniture. But when she called the. store and fare Services at headquarters. Welfare Services put in a call to the store with the inevitable re­ sult. Mrs. Mignano was invited to come down and pick up her refund right away—no questions asked— and that was that.^ 5 •: r;: 6 A SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION FLANl REPORT ON BINEFITS PAID No. $eaflifcrs Receivine Benefits tkis Pcriei]| Averaac Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period J V. i s 1 • U 8¥/ >4 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD af the follotving SIU families Harr, 120V^ Logan Street North, will collect the $200 maternity Texas City, Texas. benefit plus a $25 bond from the 444 . UniotJi in the baby's name: Robin Arlene Rawlings, born Beverly Gordon Borford, bora August 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and July 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Rawlings, 312 First Mrs. Gordon Tinsley Burford, Am­ Avenue South, Texas City, Texas. 4 4 4 herst, Virginia. Walter Wayne Jones, bora Au­ t Shirley Ann Pino, bora July 30, gust 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Beltran Mrs. Walter Jones, 224 1st Avenue, Pino, 1519 Polymnia Street, New Texas City, Texas. 444 Orleans, La. Jaan Alan Lorents, born June 2, 4- • 4- 4" Norman Glen Geno, born July 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lorents, 990 Bronx Park So., Norwood Geno, 1121 Old Shell Bronx, NY. 4 S* 4 • Road, Mobile, Ala. K Rose Frances Chuong, born July 4. ^ 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ah Larry George Bames, born Au­ Fah Chuong, 127 Allen Street, New gust 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and York, NY. Mrs. William J. Barnes, Irvington, 4 "4 4 Ala. Danny Gonzalez, born August 21, 4- 4" 4" 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mari­ Alfred Jordan, born July 8, 1954. ano Gonzalez, 55 E. 110th Street, Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Jor­ Apartment 9, New York, NY, dan, 717 S. Cedar Street, Mobile, 4 4 • 4' Alabama. Mark Joseph Gunnells, born August 16, 1954. Parents. Mr. and hr Timothy Harold Buckless, born Mrs. Lloyd Gunnells, 1231 BloomAugust 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and field Street, Hoboken, NJ. Mrs? Clarence H. Buckless, 253 444 Manuel Lawrence Hoffman, bora State Street, Mobile, Ala. August 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Jennifer L. Bridges, born July 2, Mrs. Eugene Hoffman, 2732 St. Ann 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Street, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4Bridges, General Delivery, c/o Philip Perez, born August 16, Lylees, Port Wentworth, Ga. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pedro .444 Perez. 168-69 92nd Road, Jamaica, John Antoniou, born August 15, LI, NY. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aggelis 4 4 4 Antoniou, 116 Linwood Street, Judy Ann Phifer, born August Somerville, Mass. 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Robert D. Phifer, 745 Lincoln Laurier Joseph Arbec, Jr., born Place, Brooklyn, NY. May 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Mrs. Laurier J. A. Arbec, 47 Francis Joseph Pinkowski, born Plymouth Street, Springfield, Mass. August 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Mrs. Frank Pinkowski, 1318 Spring Victor Roland Kothe, born June Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 August R. C. Kothe, 149 East State James Michael Sumpter, born Street, Baton Rouge, La. July 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Walter Sumpter, 4215 4 4 4 Hugh Levelle Stewart, III, born Holly Grove Street, New Orleans, August 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and La. Mrs. Hugh Stewart, Jr., 2404 Cal­ 4 4 4 low Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland. ^ Louis Ernest Tilley, born August 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Richard Dwyane Faircloth, born Louis O. Tilley, Route 602, Welch's April 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Trailer Park. Laurel,' Md. Mrs. James L. Faircloth, 2718 Mill 4 4 4 Street, Crichton, Ala. , Leon Joseph Wetzei, borh June 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4• 4- 4 Mary Ann Duggan,'bora August Lloyd J. Wetzel, 2107 N. Miro 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Street, New Orleans, La. Alfred Duggan, 653 Riverside 4 4 4 Street, Portland, Maine. Connie Yvonne Filiingim, born August 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4 4 4 Linda Yvonne Reinsch, born Mrs. William Filiingim, 619 Sixth August 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Avenue, Chickasaw, Ala. Mrs. Stanley Reinsch, 1917 22nd 4 4 4 Street,, Galveston, Texas. Charles Fleck, born September 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4 4 4 Robert Eugene Hull, bora Au­ Jerome C. Fleck, 23-30 Broadway, gust 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Astoria, NY. Mrs. Howard K Hull, 5515 36th 4 4 4 Avenue, NE, Seattle, Washington. Agar Clifton Thomas, born Au­ gust 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and *4 ,4-4 Laura Leigh Vasquez, bora Au­ Mrs. Samuel B. Thomas, PO Box. gust 26. 1954. Parents, Mr. and 453, Thomson, Ga. Mrs. Telesfaro Vasquez, 620 SW 4 4 4 Jamie Benedict, born August 20, 12to Street, Seattle, Washington. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. . John 4 4 4, Kaylin Spe Harr, bora July 17, Benedict, 1115 Beliecastle Street, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney New. Orleans, La. Chert Kay Hill, born June 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claud J. Hill, 58 E. 58th Street, Savan­ nah, Ga. ' 4*4 S3 Vacetlaa Benefita Total 4 4 4 4 4 4 Benjamin Valies, born August 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Valles, 229 Union Street, Brooklyn, Jackie Gail Burke,^ora August 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vack E. Burke, 658 B. Garden Homes, Savannah, Ga. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Maxine Sue Paul, bora August 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Paul, 200 Sycamore Drive, Florence, South Carolina. Gilbert Louis Callahan, Jr., born August 12, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert L. Callahan, 1001 7th Avenue, Gretna, La. k '¥ WELFARE. VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY 4_ 4 James Francis Xavier Crawford, born August 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Crawford, 350 43rd Street, Brooklyn. NY. NY. 7VAS: "^'*1 JJL 4 Sharon Lee Alleluia, born Au­ gust 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luigi J. Alleluia, 105-35 84th Street, Ozone Park, NY. 4 Hoaeital Benefits Death fiensfita nt..Mii.|. neacfii. Haaoital Beaefiis Paid Since lulv 1. 1930 • Death Bcoefitt Paid Since ltd* 1. 19)0* Diaabilitv Baaefica Paid Since Mnr 1. 1992 * ^ernitv Benefiia Pnid Since AorU 1. 19)2 • Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. It. 19)2 • Total • Date Benefit* B«i*a 1 ^ • 1 • oa Ad' AO PO IjVoA yoS /•r \ WELFARE. VACATION PLAN ASSETS Vacacioo Cash 00 Hood Welfare ^ Vacarion Eaciiaaied Accoiwta Receivable — us Govetniaeiit Booda (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS mr&wn I /y/ oa\ 4 4 4 4 4 4 During the sionth of iugnat the Han paid out ei^tean DEATH BENIFITS, Biaklng a total for the year^ as at the end of iuguat, of 137* The Plan aleo paid out eight hundred and seventy hospital benefits walfing a year to date total as of August of 7319. The anount of Mstcrnity Benefits paid for the aonth of .logust vas thirty^tvo, whioh gives the Flan a year to date total of 341* There were thirty-five DISABILITT BENEFITS paid during thd nonth, whioh givM a year to date total of 936. 4 4 4 suMtted 4 4 4 4 4 4 Robert Kehrly, born August 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kehrly, 814 9th Street, Port Ar­ thur, Texas. Raymond Guitson, bora Septem­ ber 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Guitson, 309 E. 92nd Street, New York, NY. Terry Doian Filiingim, born September 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Ray Filiingim, 717 6th Avenue, Chickasaw, Ala.. Olga Esther Lopez Perez,' born July 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. ahd Mrs. Geraro A. Lopez, Calle Millones 35, Bayomon, Puerto Rico. Ate /wf ...... At IECR, Assfsioor Admimistrator Sails Three Ships, Gets SiU Benefits 4 Years Although he had sailed on only three ships under contract to the SIU, David Mcllreth has just completed a four year hospital hitch during which he received his hospital benefits week in and week out with-> ^ 1 4 4 4 out a break, Mcllreth is«one be certified as fit for duty again Toni Jean Aifano, born June 3, of many working seamen who after a period of treatment as an 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Biag- Robin Pamela Leslie-Lee Bullard, born August 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bullard, 313 E. 54th Street, New York, NY. have benefited from a hospital gio Aifano, 721 Madenville Street, l^nefit of unlimited duration. New Orleans, La. Mclllreth's troubles began while 4 4 4 he was aboard the Dorothy in Octo­ Roselee Ventre, born September ber, 1950. The ship ran into a 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vin­ storm of hurricane proportions. cent Ventre, 132 29th Street, Mcllretlji,- who was just going on Brooklyn, NY. watch at the time was badly In4 4 • 4 1... jured and suf­ Sandra Emily Aiida Scully, bora fered paralysis of August 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and his arm and neck. Mrs. Adrien L. B. Scully, 4720 Subsequently, Dryades Street, Netv Orleans, La. while under 4 4 4 treatment at the Mary Lee Sikes, born August 4, S t a t e n Island 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Har­ Public' Health old Sikes, v28A Memorial Drive, Service Hospital SW., Atlanta, G^i, doctors discov­ ered that he was Patricia Kay Moldtyre, born Sep­ Mcllreth a 4't o suffering tember 3, 1954. Parents,. Mr. and Mrs. John?^. <M^tyre, 83 Island :£rbm a lung infection. He was transferred to the Manhattan City Hom^ Galveston^ Texas;. Beach Public Health Service Hos­ 4 4 4' Toni Ann. Daniel, born Septem­ pital, where he stayed under treat­ ber 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. ment until he was discharged re­ Winfred, S. Daniel, 416 E. Macon cently as an outpatient'. • Mcllreth is hopeful that he will Street, Savannah, jia. - , " • 4 4'r • outpatient. "I certainly am thankful," Mc­ llreth said, "that the SIU set up the hospital benefit under the Welfare Plan in such a way so as to take care of fellows like my­ self. It was a relief from strain and worry to know that I would be getting the money, week in and week out for as long as I^was in the hospital. Getting the benefit, he pointed out, made for peace of mind, and gave the doctors an easier job when it came to treatment. Along these lines he had high praise for Dr. Roy E. Whitehead and Dr. Ran­ dall Hess, both of the Manhattan Beach staff. Mcllreth, who holds all ratings in the engine department as. well as a 2nd assistant's license, has been going to sea since 1941. Ha hopes to return to-sailing just as soon as that precious^ "fit for duty" slip comes throttg^ .'. -i, V f| �October 1,' i95i < f I .• t SEAF:fttE'RS*V&.^ Shipmate$ of Seafarer William Sargent will be happy to leam that he is up and around now and out of the hospital although he still has a cast on his broken leg. Sargent is the brother who was hurt while on the Show Me Mariner and carted off to a German hospital where he was expected to stay for several weeks if not months. Fortunately though, a heads-up ship's delegate notified headquarters of hisr plight, with the result that he was hustled back to the States in a hurry where he wanted to be. Not So Fortunate Another Seafarer who was not quite so fortunate is Hussein Ahmed. This brother, who was OS on the Robin Trent, had a leg injury over in East Africa. Judging from the information at hand, it appears that the matter was not properly taken care of so by the time the brother got back to the States, infection had set in. The result was that the leg had to come off in the hospital. This kind of l^hing points up the difficulty that a man has on ships in getting proper treatment for injuries. Sometimes because of the delay in getting to a marine hospital, injuries can turn out to be far more serious than they might seem at first. Seafarer Arthur R. Kavel, off the Mary Adams, Ahmed had to check in recently for treatment of a diabetic condition. A couple of other Seafarers, Ira Sauit and Charles Cantweli, were readmitted recently and both may be operated on shortly. Cantwell broke his leg on the Elizabeth and the doctors want to see how it has healed up and whether any surgery will help him recover fuller use of the leg. Another broken leg case, (there seem to be a flock of them recently) is Brother Fredrick Hauser. He slipped on the sidewalk one of those rainy days we've been having in town recently. At first he was taken to the Columbus Hospital but was trans­ ferred to Staten Island. Hauser was an oiler on the Robin Hood last trip out and usually works out of Seattle. Seafarer Florencio Letie off the Suzanne Is re­ cuperating from injuries he received at the galley when the ship took a sudden roll. He was second Letie cook aboard her and lives in Roxbury, Mass. Sea­ farer Joe Stanton of Philadelphia is laid up with a broken pelvis suf­ fered in an auto accident. Stanton was asleep in the car at the time and a friend of his was driving when the first thing he knew they were in a wreck. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Edward J.'Toolan J. R. Alsobrook USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MIAMI, FLORIDA William Gregory USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. James Armstrong Russell Jackson Earl T. Conglclon George Lechler C. R. Flowers P. Spinney USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. C. D. Anderson Henry J. Childs M. Meduissoglu Thomas Dawes Charles Neumaier Bernhard Eerman George Noles • Benny Foster Mack O'NeiU Joe Perriera Olav Gustavsen Robert Rivera Glenn Hines W. Singleton Isadorc Levy Wilfied McLaughlin P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Thomas Ankersoh John Kennedy CecU Kerrigan WiUiam ApUn E. G. Knapp James Bales Leo Lang Charles M. Bean Jesse M. Lyles William Brewer Charles Burton « Oscar F. Madere D. MoCrary Owen Butler Sebastian Carregal .William Moore George W. ChamplihJohn C. Rehm S. Cope W. E. Reynolds Robert W. Croto Edward Samrock Emlle Davies John Sanders Serio M. Desoso Henry Sosa Joseph Dionne J. D. Thomas Thomas Fields Lonnie Tickle B. D. Foster ' J.. E. Ward Nathan Gardner Ernest Webb George Graham Aubrey WiUlams Boy M. Green V. Zamblto James H. Hudson USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Joe Baer Sverre Johannessen Bernard Burke G. Rosson Howard R. Harvey David Sykes USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Warren Currier Charles SUcox John Donaldson Adam Slowik Walter Edwards Stanley J. Smith Duane R. Fisher WlUlam J. Smith Benjamin Grlcc I. J. Torre Karl Hellman Richard WUbum W. Laffoon Charles B. Young Murray Plyler USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Isaak Bouzim Brvin Crabtre*' Raorge Coleman Estuard* Quanca } Page Nineteen' The close teamwork between SIU Welfare Services and the SIU headquarters staff in handling a beef growing out of an injury was well-illustrated by recent events aboard the Pennmar. As a result, the Calmar Line ship is now under the command of a chastened skipper, and two injured Sea--* ^ farers are getting their full established safety practices. For on rigging an oversize stage for one thing, the crew complained, he two ABs to work on. due. With WALTER SIEKMANN France DeBeaumont John J. Doherty Delaware Eldemire George W. Flood David S. Furman Horace B. GaskiU Estell Godfrey Eard B. Goosley Flcmming Jensen Vincent Jones Noral- Jorgensen Klemcnt Julrowskl Santo S' Lanza Nils Lundquist T Hq, SlU Welfare Team Up On Beef SEEnH* THE SEAFARERS VA HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CAUF. James W. Simmons' ;i Perfecto Mangual Vic Milazzo Harold J. Moore Harvey W. Morris Leonard G. Murphy Raymond Myers T, Papoutsoglov Jose Rodriguez Mattl Ruusukallio Luis Salazar Charles Sanderson William G. Sargent James Waldron USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Forlunato Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Frank W. Bemrick James R. Lewis Claude F. Blanks Arthur Lomas Robert L. Booker Francis F. Lynch Thomas. Bryant Joseph McGraw Joseph G. Carr Archibald McGuigan Honyee Choe David McUreath John J. Driscoll Frank Mackey Bart E. Guranick Eugene T. Nelson John B. Haas George Shumaker Thomas Isaksen Robert Sizemore John. W. • Keenan Henry E. Smth Ludwig Kristiansen Harriy S. Tuttle Frederick Landry Renato A. ViUata James J. Paylor VirgU WUmoth The difficulties on the Pennmar arose out of the insistence of Cap­ tain "Windy" Gayle on interfering with the work of the deck depart­ ment and being casual about well- sent a man over the side to plug up scuppers while the ship was at sea. But the incident that brought the whole business to a head was the captain's insistence SIU representative Herman Troxclair presents $490 hospital check to Seafarer Ernest H. Webb now at New Orleans USPHS hospital. Money had been chasing Webh around in series of hospital transfers. Lump Sum Hosp. Benefit Is Seafarer's $490 Kitty NEW ORLEANS—Good news in the form of a check for $490 in accrued SIU hospital benefits was delivered here this week to Ernest H. Webb, FWT, ,who said he will use the money "to live on until I-*' am able to ,go back to work." Steamship) on a North Atlantic The check represented week­ voyage in the early spring of 1953. ly SIU hospital benefits at the rate of $15 a week, plus the annual $25 Christmas gift to hospital patients, which Wehh missed in a series of transfers between the Jacksonville Naval Hospital and the USPHS hos­ pitals at Savannah and New Or­ leans. Webb's left leg was amputated just above the knee. He lost thd limb, he believes, as the result of suffering frozen toes on his left foot while working as oiler aboard the San Mateo Victory (Eastern 3 Months Young USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Steven Boides Samuel Mills Edmond Cain Frank Paylor Jesse A. Clarke Eugene Plahn FrankUn Gilman Vincenzo Russo Gorman Glaze Clyde Ward Binar Hansen Robert Wlngert Jimmie Heifer Edward Yeamans Elmer Lamb USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON. MASS. Frank Alasavich William F. O'Brien John M. Herrold Andrew J. Snider Leaky Stern Gland Water was pouring into the shaftalley of the San Mateo Victory from a leaking stern gland, Webb said. He had to work in icy water while attempting to tighten pack­ ing to reduce the fiow of water into the shaftailey. His foot was examined at a Ger­ man hospital and he was pro­ nounced fit for duty. On his re­ turn to the US, however, the foot became so painful that he again sought medical attention. Exam­ ination revealed gangrene had set in under a toenail and it eventually became necessary to amputate his leg to stop the spread of infection, he said. "Our hospital benefit is wonder­ ful," Webb said when he received the check. "I don't know what 1 would do without it. 1 expect to be discharged from the hospital soon. I'll go back to my home in Jacksonville and I am sure that with careful budgeting 1 can get by until I \ learn to walk well enough on my artificial leg to go back to work." The ABs had been assigned to sougee the forward part of the midships house. Normally when Seafarers go up on a stage they rig it themselves, with the idea being that the man on the stage is the one who should set up his own rigging. The stage then is usually inspected by the mate or bosun. In this instance though, the skipper insisted on rigging a mon­ ster of a stage, .25 feet long. Ap­ parently the theory was that the ABs would get twice as much work done in half the time since the stage would not have to he shifted as many times. In practice, the 25foot stage is far too cumbersome and difficult to handle than the normal stage of around 12 feet in length. The result was that when the ship took a roll, both ABs were spilled. One of them was pitched off the stage altogether and was severely injured. The other one fell in between the stage and the bulkhead hut was able to grab with one arm and hold on. Both men, who came off the West Coast, were put ashore in Panama for treatment and then repatriated to New York by error. Here headquarters and Welfare Services took over. Headquarters went to bat with the company, with the result that the skipper is expected to act more discreetly from now on. In any case, head­ quarters will keep a sharp eye on the skipper's performance from now on in. Welfare Services on its part saw to it that the men got the necessary medical care, their full payoffs and transportation money back to the Wdst Coast. It also took up the beef with Calmar s insur­ ance claims agent, pointing out the faulty working conditions on board the ship. At last report, the men were headed back home and the com­ pany was bracing itself for a stiff lawsuit. File Repaif Lists Early In order to expedite the matter of ships' repairs lists, ships' delegates and depart­ mental delegates on SIU shipr are urged to turn in repair lists a week before a vessel arrives in port. In addition, headquarters recommends that delegates making up new re­ pair lists turn these in to the proper department heads on the ship at least a week be­ fore the ship is due to reach port, so that the companies can take appropriate action when the ship arrives. Early filing of repair lists will facilitate the procurement of new items for the vessels and give suf­ ficient notice when repairmen are needed to board the ship in port. FORT HOWARD HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Delvlnl R. Brodeur VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Anthony Maiello USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland Jimmie Littleton W. H. Gilbertson J. T. Moore WlUiam C. Lee John H. Morris Albert W: Lima Randolph thedd USN HOSPITAL KEY WEST. FLA. Edwin Davis VA HOSPrrAL MIAMI. FLORIDA JUohel McLaughlbi The deaths of the following sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the $2,500 death benefit is being paid to their beneficiaries: Diane Marie Layko is now old enough to hold $25 bond SIU sent her along with $200 benefit. Dad Is Seafarer Rob­ ert Layko of Baltimoro. George L. Brownell, 52: Brother Brownell died on August 8 of nat­ ural causes at his home in New Orleans. One of the first members of the SIU, he joined in Baltimore in 1938 and sailed in the deck de­ partment. Burial took place in Watertown Cemetery, Lapeer, Michigan. Surviving is his mother, Mrs. Frank Wiletts of 915 Madi­ son Street, Lapeer, Michigan. i t 4» John Howard Johnson, 47: Brother Johnson died on May 6 in New Orleans as a result of gun­ shot wounds. His last ship was the Chickasaw (Waterman). Surviving is his widow, Mrs. Vera Smith Johnson of Lee Road. Covington, La. . '• >1 - 'j 4 'i ' 1 •^. •i I i �SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND OULF DISTRICT • AFL • Star Spangled Business American business firms spend millions of dollars every year in advertising {the cost is tax deductible) their support of the "American Way of Life" and their undying devotion to building a better America. They often picture themselves as "misunderstood" people who really have the interests of their employees at heart, but those bad, bad unions are keeping the two apart. Actually, however, when the "American Way of Life" convicts at any time with a chance for some business guys to use a loophole and pick up a fast buck, they suddenly take a much different attitude {not advertised). Picture in your mind what your reaction would be if the following were to take plpce under the "American Way of Life." A group of American businessmen move into your town and erect a large factory using materials and workers they have picked up at low cost in a foreign country. Then they make an arrangement—with Government ap­ proval—whereby they pay no American taxes nor conform to the American building codes and building inspection laws. Following this they use in their factory only those workers they brought with them, pay them $1 a day and feed them low quality food while quartering them in crowded, sub-standard barracks. This they are able to do by virtue of their approved freedom from minimum wage laws, health laws and labor laws. 1^- fe'- • The firm then goes into production, sells its products abroad at a slightly lower price than other US companies, with the result that legitimate firms are quickly driven out of business and their American employees laid off. If this happened, you say, you'd blow your top and de­ mand that these guys be pulled in for attempting to smash the American standard of living. Well, brother, its hap­ pening—not once, but in scores of cases—and you can save your breath because it has the full approval of the US Government. Who are they? They're a sizable number of American shipowners. With the band playing the Star Spangled Ban­ ner and their claims that this is "good for Arherica" they're putting their ships under foreign flags while they keep control of the vessels. They're arranging to hire foreign low-cost crews, escape American wages, taxes and ship safety laws and then heading those same ships directly into US ports to compete directly with American-flag ships. Ironically, the ships they are transferring were sold to them at bargain basement rates by .the Government and these companies still owe the Government millions of dollars. This may not be taking place on main street in your town, but it is having just as much effect on you as if it were. American shipyards are idle, American seamen are-unem- •* ployed and hundreds of companies related to Americaiv shipping are laying off personnel. ' So, the next time someone tells ydu that the unions are ruining the country, tell them about the Star Spangled Businessmen. .•u te-"' s^'-• The Seafarers International Union • A&G District • AFL r;-.. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource October 1, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 20 Description An account of the resource Headlines: ASK 3-DEP'T VOTE ON COAST SHIPS TO BEAT BRIDGES AFL CONFAB REAFFIRMS DOCK AIMS PATIENTS LAUD SIU WELFARE, HIT CRITICS CALMAR ON WC LUMBER RUN AGAIN 78 SEAFARERS TO SEEK 49 UNION POSTS ALIEN TANKER CO'S GET OFF EASY NEW PAPER SPURS IBL PIER FIGHT TAMPA-'ST. PETE' SPAN OPENS BME VOTES ON OFFICIALS 'RIGHT TO WORK' LAW: UNION BUSTING TOOL SOVIET SUB BUILD-UP IS SHIP THREAT SEAMEN'S STORE FIGHTS INDIA'S 'GYP-CHANDLERS' 8 WINNERS AT SCHOOLS - VIA SIU DISABLED SEAFARER LOLLS IN SUNSHINE WHO IS THIS MAN? ROOM FOR AMBITION CHOICE OF CANDIDATES THE WORLD OVER FOREWARNED END OF A TRIP MACY'S BASEMENT HAS NOTHING ON SHOP IN BOMBAY, SIU BARGAIN HUNTERS FIND LETTERS IN BOTTLE TAKE THEIR TIME - BUT THEY GET THERE JUST HTE SAME CREWMEN MARK LABOR DAY AT SEA SERVICES FURNITURE STORE BARKS ITS SHINS SAILS THREE SHIPS, GETS SIU BENEFITS 4 YEARS HQ, SIU WELFARE TEAM UP ON BEEF LUMP SUM HOSP. BENEFIT IS SEAFARER'S $490 KITTY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/1/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/110dc41fa292fd27b027fe0c49da8d8f.PDF 6352e8f10ef069bf884f3ea0817bdeff PDF Text Text ;v!.-i>.;-yi^ ] SlU'S POSITION •Story on Page 2* SEAFARERS LOG '•Al•i • .. > OFFICIAL.ORGAN OF TH E 8 E A PA R E R S I N TE R N AT I O N AI UNION * ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT * ATTT^* i •-Js i ^ '• 5 SUICIDE f Story on Page 3 r i \-':ri. '• .} .V'f' "• *''v.' f i- •i r-i' f 3::i# :^i- '^S'vi'-* P-iii.". r lnt'4 . I' School Days. •.;W- m''! .'•;>•.,' ftAV I Ki. ,i , sity in upstate NY to pick up his studies under a 1954 SIU scholarship award, Sea­ farer Ed Larkin ^ight) visits Union headquarters with D. B. Wodhriger. di­ rector of the US Student Program iqf the Institute of Int'l Education, to show ofij! wbrkihgs of SIU hiring hall. Larkin re^ cently completed study under HE grant at Coleg Harlech, Wales. He is one of three Seafarers to win the $6,000 SIU award this y6ar. A member's son won the fourth one, '': ' RA##Af* Lafc Thon T'wlce postponed, the annual Del Sud picnic finally came . * off as planned with scores of Seafarers and their families in New Orleans taking part. Sponsored by the SIU crew on the Del Sud, the affair featured music by Papa Celestin's famed jazz band. (Picture Story on Pago 4.) �m \ ' • SlU Welfare Plan Is 'Best In Industry' SEAFARERS Tag* Tir» LOG NY State Study Of Welfare Proves SlU Fund Benefits High, Cost Low The Seafarers Welfare Plan scored an impressive victory this week when its program of benefits to seamen was proved to be the most far-reaching and unique in the maritime industry and its administrative costs among the lowest. This striking achievement in behalf of the men aboard SIU ships was the re­ sult of an intensive study of 135 union welfare plans, including the Seafarers Wel­ fare Flan, by the New York ^Union was leaving no stone un­ aries are in all major US ports, State Insurance Depart­ turned in its drive to bring even inland and sometimes abroad. benefits to seamen. Among Prior to the. public hearings the ment. The Seafarer Plan greater the pioneering provisions are the superintendent of insurance stated cooperated fully in the study headquarters recreational facilities, that the general average of admin­ despite the fact that there the lowcost meals in the Union- istrative expenses seemed to be exists a serious question as to owned cafeteria, the facilities for 10 percent and any fund that ran whether the State body had a legal right to do so. The announced pur­ pose of the study and the public hearings this week was to present a report to the New York State legislature. Out of the study , came the revelation that the beneficiaries of the SIU plan receive what is probably the broadest and most complete program of benefits in union welfare. Probably the most striking aspect of the Seafarers Welfare Plan revealed at the state's hearing was the unusual type of benefits for seamen under the plan. In addi­ tion to the benefits of $2,500,000 for death, disability, maternity, scholarship, unemployment and hospital, the new and pioneering area of direct aid to seafarers was obviously a surprise to the State. Moreover, it was clear that the laundry, showers and sleeping— all of which are in process of being extended to the other SIU halls throughout the District. In accordance with the pol­ icy of the SIU on all matters involving the membership and the Union, this matter will be presented in full at the next regular biweekly meeting on September 22 for discussion and action. In the four year period since its inception the plan has averaged a cost of 7.7 percent in administra­ tion expenses, despite ever expand­ ing its field of coverage. In addi­ tion the Plan has unusual problems peculiar to only a maritime union inasmuch as its seafarer-benefici- The Press Reported I'^r11^:1'\ The State opened ite hearings to all newspapers and wire services. The hrief proceedings on the Seafarers Welfare Plan was treated in a variety of ways by the various newspapers in accordance with their respective attitudes toward unions. Inasmuch as the daily newspapers were unahle to obtain the full story of the Flan because almost none of the facts were allowed to be brought forth at the public hearing, the SIU's story has been printed. The facts and figures in the story were sworn to by Union and management trustees in private hearings held by the State Insurance Department prior to this week's one-hour public hearing. Because of its traditional policy of objectivity and avoid­ ance of sensationalism, the New York Times account of the hearing was the most accurate. Here is the complete verbatim report relating to the Seafarers Welfare Plan carried in the NW York Times of September 16. "... a union accountant testiunion's own treasury and its tied that the Welfare fund main­ welfare fund came in for criti­ tained by the Atlantic and Gulf cism from Mr. Gelb. He disclosed district of the Seafarers Inter­ that the union had bought land national Union, A.F.L., had spent adjacent to its Brooklyn head­ $4,583 la.st year to buy member­ quarters for $125,416 and sold it ship in four golf and luncheon to the Welfare fund at a profit clubs for its administrator, form­ of $59,584. The property is to er Assistant Secretary of Labor serve as the site of a hotel for Robert T. Creasey. seamen on the beach. "Mr. Creasey, who became "Mr. Gelb also questioned an bead of the fund covering 13,000 arrangement under which the seamen at the beginning of last welfare fund pays a union-owned year, served for two years as a corporation $3,000 a week to un­ member of the sub-cabinet in the derwrite losses in the union res­ Truman Administration. Before taurant and $1,500 a week to accepting the Federal post in maintain a television, card and October, 1950, he had been an pool room next door to the union international vice president of hiring hall. the Communications Workers of Union Sold Land to Fund America, C.I.O. "The testimony showed that "Union officials defended all the Seafarers' fund had paid the arrangements as necessary $2,600 to the Winged Foot Golf- to meet the unique requirements of unemployed workers in the Club in Westchester, $603 to the Congressional Country Club in maritime industry. They said the Washington, $698: to the Down­ fund had distributed $2,557,710 in benefits since 1950, had a town Athletic Club in this city surplus of more than that amount and $682 to the Whitehall Lunch and had spent only 7.75 per cent Club here. In addition, the fund on administrative costs. This is allowed Mr, Creasey $2,439 for travel and other incidental ex­ less than one-quarter of the ratio maintained by most of the funds penses. His basic salary was not that have been under state scru­ brought out. tiny this week.*' "The relationship between the ••ptoiAer 17. I*ft4 What Is Adniiliistrative Ex|iense? The cost of operating a welfare plan li called the administrative expense. There are two types of welfare plans: 1. The self-insured plan, which performs all of its own administra­ tive functions and maintains its own adequate reserves. In the selfInsured plan—such as the Seafarers Plan—the administrative expenses are a true and accurate picture of the actual costs of operations. This is not the case in plans insured by insurance companies. 2. The insurance company type of plan also has administrative expenses, similar to the self-insured plan, but in addition, the plan pays, in the form of premiums, a portion of the insurance company's own administrative expense—a profit for services rendered. The administrative expenses of the self-insured plan cannot be compared with the insurance company plan without keeping these principles in mind. For example, if a self-insured plan has adminis­ trative expenses of 10 percent, this is the actual expense of operating the plan. However, if the insured plan reports four percent for adminis­ trative expenses, you can safely assume that its administrative expenses would be in excess of 14 percent inasmuch as the insurance premiums, brokerage costs and other expenses of Insured plans must be added to the original administrative costs for a true picture. Also, in a self-in­ sured plan, the plan itself retains the benefits of the nionies it has and can Invest them for income, such as in the case of the Seafar­ ers Plan, which has earned $99,000 from its investments. In an insupd plao an insurance con^pany would haye gotten this money. above 25 percent was "not well administered." The 7.7 percent adminstrative expense of the Sea­ farers Plan is therefore consider­ ably below this average. required him to meet and associate of maintaining recreational facili­ with people in the maritime in­ ties. These facilities provide es­ As an example of the Sea­ dustry as well as visiting various tablishment and maintenance of farers Welfare Plan's excellent plans in several cities for compari­ small apartments and dormitories set-up, certified public ac­ son purposes. He also incurred for sleeping, laundry rooms con­ counts estimated that had the part of these expenses in visiting taining washing machines and plan allowed the funds pro­ many areas of the country to view ironers, plus shower rooms for sea­ vided for seafarers to be put proposed sites for new welfare farers at SIU headquarters. In into the hands of an insurance projects. addition, other facilities main­ company, the additional cost The management and union, tained are pool rooms and shuffleper year would have been trustees felt that these expenses board plus other recreational items $110,000 and represents an in­ were necessary for the fulfillment for the use of seafarers on a 24crease of SO percent in admin­ of his job and directed him to hour a day basis, seven days a istrative costs. take these steps. The union trus­ week. tees said that these expenses were State Raises Question The furnishing of recreation fa-^ At the public hearings this week proper. We felt that Mr. Creasey's cilities to union members it admit­ one hour was devoted to the Sea­ role as impartial administrator re­ tedly not new and peculiar to our farers Welfare Plan. Despite the quired that he meet and associate Union. Other unions have built a complex, broad and unusual set-up with shipowner representatives in range of such facilities, including of the Seafarers Welfare Plan, the the places where they congregate. hotel quarters in union-owned State would only permit the three We also felt he should visit as structures, although they are sus­ issues of which they were critical many plants as he possibly could tained and erected by welfare to be discussed in the open hear­ to study their method of operation. funds and recognized as legal and ing, although the complete records Likewise, we expected him to properly in the scope of welfare and all aspects of the Plan were com^to the Union halls and meet benefits. studied by the State staff. Sub­ with the Union officials and mem­ Union trustees further point­ sequently these three issues were bers at the place where they were ed out that to anyone not fa­ the sole basis for newspaper re­ always available. This he has done. miliar with the maritime in­ ports of the Seafarers Plan, a The trustees feel that the issue of dustry,. and the way of life for situation which did not allow in­ the recorded and authorized ex­ the seaman, tiiat these facili­ terested parties to become ac­ penses of the administrator was ties are a sailor's dream come quainted with the extensive provi­ irrelevant in light of the fact that true. These mean that a sea­ they were incurred in carrying out sions and benefits seafarers receive farer—whether one of the oldthese job-connected functions. from the Plan. timers on pension or a man On the purchase of the prop­ many miles from home—^if he The three issues criticized were erty for the hotel site, which so desires, can have a place a profit of $59,584 made by the lies behind the SIU headquar­ ..to live and sleep, shave, show­ SIU membership-owned Seafarers ters, the shipowner trustees er, wash and iron his clothes, Building Corporation, a Subsidiary pointed to the fact that they . meet his friends and enjoy top owned solely by the SIU mem­ had approved the purchase of recreational facilities — all bership. The profit came in the this property at a fair market through the provisions of the the sale of property adjoining the value of $185,000—which was Welfare Plan. These facilities Union hall in New York to the home out by real estate ap­ are constantly available to at Welfare Plan for the purpose of praisal. (Continued on page 17) erecting a hotel and housing The Union's emphatic position on project for seafarers and their families; 2) the weekly underwrit­ its sale was that it will continue ing by the Plan of $4,500 for serv­ to act in the best interests of its ices arising out of recreation, membership and will certainly see Sopt. 17, 19S4 Vol. XVI. No. 19 welfare and cafeteria operations a profit that will accrue to the benefit of the Union and its mem­ for' the membership, and 3) ex­ As I See It . ..Page 6 Page 16 penses which were allowed to the bership wherever, It can—as , long Burly . . .Page 8 impartial administrator by the as the purchaser gets full value Crossword Puzzle received. The Union is of the Editprials . Page 9 Board of Trustees. opinion that where a profit for the Galley Gleanings ......... Page 13 The latter item" concerned Ro­ membership of the Union is due, bert Creasey, the Fund's adminis­ the Union would not be fulfilling Inquiring Seafarer ...... Page 8 trator, who had served as assistant its obligation to its membership Labor Round-U°p ......... Page 8 secretary of labor under former unless it realized such profit', as in Letter of The Week....; .Page 9 Letters ..Page 16 President Harry Truman. Mr. this case. Maritime ............... Page 8 Creasy had been chosen for his There is nothing unique about Page 8 post by the board of trustees of this attitude in theory or in prac­ Meet The Seafarer.. the Plan. "The trustees went out­ tice. The State did not claim that Notices, Personals .......Page 17 ...Page 14 side the industry to select an im­ any individual connected with the Off Watch . Pages 12, 13 partial administrator. Although union or with the shipowners re­ Port Reports ..Page 14 Creasey has never been an official ceived any personal gain as a Quiz or a member of any seafaring result of this transaction. The SIU History Cartoon .... .Page 6 Page 15 union, nor has he been connected State'appeared, to base this criti­ Sports Line. ...Page 9 with any steamship company, his cism on the- fact that a union Vote of Thanks job as Assistant Secretary of Labor membership -owned corporation Washington News Letter.. Page 7 Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 made him well qualified. had made the profit. . Welfare Report .Page 18 Question Job Expenses Recreational Facilities Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 In the remaining criticism con­ Publlshtd biwaekly at tha headauartara The State questioned $7,000 in expenses incurred by, the adminis­ cerning the Welfare Plan, the of tha Seafarars International Union, At­ A Oulf DUtrict AFL, »7S Fourth trator at se\en hotels, clubs and Union trustees pointed out that lantic Avanua, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth restaurants and in various cities in $1,500.00 per week was underw,^ 9-MW, Entered at tecond class matter at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY., fulfilling that part of his job which ten by . the plan for the purpose under the Act' of August 24, 1912. SEAFARERS LOG �1- -v.-"' I", Septeqil^'eit': SE AF iUERS SlU'ilCrews Help Build Korean Hospital Fund. Seafarers on ten ships that were in Pusan up to the latter part of July have contributed $1,630 to a $100,000 fund-raising campaign designed to improve hospital facilities in the LOG '[ ./''•V \ ' '. ' -• "- ' Pare 'are* Maritime Unions B Ask US To Stop transfer 'Suicide' Korean port. The drive, initiated-f ^^— . by the Army Transportation Corps, million people. Only 16 of the collected approximd^Iy $45,000 beds are' for general medical care, from the thousands of US troops the rest 'being for maternity cases stationed in the area and $6,978 or children. The average Korean WASHINGTON—Bitterly assailing the Maritime Adhiinistration's easy trans­ from 43 ships that were in Pusan citizen then, has no chance what­ harbor. soever to get in-patient hospital fer policy which has enabled 20 dry-cargo Libertys to go ui^der foreign flags since Analysis of the figures shows care when seriously ill. mid-August, the SIU and other sea unions in the Conference of American Mari­ that SlU-manned ships were the As a result of the drive and other most generous contributors to the assistance being given by the US time Unions have appealed to President Eisenhower for direct intervention be­ fund, particularly in light of the it is hoped to increase the number fore it is too late. Under a recent ruling by the US Maritime Administration fact that the list included several of hospital beds to 551 by next half of the entire US tramps large MSTS transport ships that year. have crews of several hundred SIU ships that have contributed ship fleet is now fre^ to trend" of foreign-flag trans­ Bluestar, Purplcstar and Greenstar men. to tlm hospital drive as of July 26 fers before the US merchant (Traders). All are going under The drive was initiated ibecause are: Ocean Lotte, Afoundria, Coe transfer to foreign registry. marine is completely crippled. either Liberian or Panamanian The request to the White Noting that six formerly SIU- registry. Pusan has only 166 hospital beds Victory, Hurricane, Madaket, Alaoutside of facilities maintained by, wai, Cecil Bean, City of Alma, House demanded that the Gov­ manned ships were included in the the military for a population of a Bienville and Alcoa Planter. ernment halt the ^'suicidal total, SIU secretary-treasurer Paul Hall pointed out that some 40 more Libertys, several of them, crewed by Seafarers, were likely to be approved for transfer in the next few weeks. "This notion that the condition of the US merchant fleet can be built up by encouraging the ship­ owners to operate their vessels under foreign conditions and in open competition with American •m tonnage is one of the worst the In an apparent effort to 'deep-thinkers' in the Maritime bolster its strength in its feud Administration have come up with the SlU-affiliated Broth­ with." Hall declared. erhood of Marine Engineers, the "They'll drive US ships right out of US ports and hand over all CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial the traffic to foreign bottoms. Association has moved to ally itself They've already got most of it with the corrupt old International Longshoremen's Association, ousted now," he added. from the AFL last September. Critical Report MEBA, beset by unemployment The Union criticism of the MA and other difficulties, took the first transfer policy was bolstered step September 8 when MEBA earlier when the Georgetown Uni­ Local 33 gave an outright donation versity's School of Foreign Service of $20,000 to the old ILA, and at issued a project report on US the same time Earl King, the lo­ maritime needs and urged an out­ cal's business manager, announced right halt of transfers to Panama. he expected other locals to follow The University study cited tne fact suit during the MEBA convention that Panama • had become the opening this Tuesday in St. Louis. fourth-ranking world power in The Local 33-ILA alliance, both "merchant shipping, completely out King and the ILA's president. Cap­ of proportion to its size and re­ tain William V. Bradley, said, was quirements, at the expense of the for the purpose of "mutual help Biggest tanker ever buillrin the US, the 45,000-deadweight-ton World. Glory pays a courtesy call at US-flag industry. on the waterfront" and both an­ New York before sailing to the Persian Gulf on her maiden voyage. Dwarfing the tugboat at the far It noted too that when "World nounced they would seek to extend left, the giant tankship is larger than the liner Anaerica. and will be. operated under Liberian registry War II broke out, nu.ny countries it by creating a new portwide mari­ by World Tankers Co., owned by Greek shipping magnate' S. Niarchos.' She is typical of the new sea­ which had counted on foreign time council. going supertankers which are outclassing the US-flag fleet, tonnage Jieing available to serve Thumbs Down By CIO their defense needs first had to But at the moment, except for build their own vessels because no foreign tonnage was available. As MEBA, no support of the plan has a result, 16 nations have developed come from any CIO group. NMU their own merchant fleets since president Joseph Curran has mad# no comment, while CIO president the last war," the report added. In defending its transfer pro­ Walter Reuther—who once said the gram, MA officials contend that the ILA could not get into the CIO US would not suffer at the out­ with an M-4 tank—announced that WASHINGTON—A study just completed by Georgetown University's School of Foreign break of another war, because for­ he intends to look into the alliance that "I will do everything in Service has added new fire to the mounting battle over the Government's ship transfer eign tonnage could be utilized in and my power to drive the unholy ele­ the place of American bottoms. policy. ments out of labor." in the past would seem The report urged the~US to emergency. The MA view has been |:egistration.of foreign ships under Experience At the same time King an­ to refute that idea, the Georgetown that ships could be mustered her flag was to "increase state nounced that there were no strings bar American-owned vessels quickly to serve US defense needs revenues." It pointed out that the study indicated. to the local's gift, so it is likely from going under Panamanian out of available foreign tonnage. Panamanian fleet is way out of 'Not Responsible' that the old ILA, still financially registry and served to bolster the In its appeal to the President, strapped, will use most, if not all, Countering this idea, the George­ proportion to its size and needs demands of the SIU and other and that few of her ships are CAMU charged that the MA "is of this money to carry on its fight maritime unions that President town groupjtraced the growth of owned by her own citizens. not fulfilling its responsibilities" against the AFL's International Iherchant shipping in Wotld War Eisenhower take a good look at the A large portion of the report effects so far of the Maritime Ad­ II,'when many countries which had was devoted to a discussion of the to develop and maintain a strong Brotherhood of Longshoremen, ministration's easy ship transfer no shipping of their own were un­ ways and means utilized in 66 na­ US merchant marine under the which is continuing its fight to bust 1936 shipping law and declared the ILA from the port. The MEBA able to recruit foreign tonnage for policy. tions with active merchant, fieets that the State Department was membership's Junds are thus a their own needs and thus first had Twenty Okayed to support the growth and develop­ actively lobbying "for the foreign Operators of 20 dry-cargo Lib­ to start building at that critical ment of their shipping industries. merchant marines and against our subsidy*to such ILA leaders as Tony Anastasia," who once broke a time. erty ships have been given the Its conclusions on this score un­ fleet." CIO strike in New Jersey. The result, the report noted, derlined the fact that the US was green light to transfer their ves­ Figures relied on by the unions The IBL immediately announced was that 16 countries which had sels since. mid-August and permis­ one of the few countries to pro­ in their message to the Chief Ex­ it would have no part of an alli­ sion for 40 more to swing over to no merchant fleets before the war vide outright subsidies to ship­ ecutive noted that while in 1946 ance with an organization expelled foreign-flag operation is expected today have substantial tonnage, ping, and was one of the compara­ the US fleet represented 51 percent by the AFL, and James Egan, sec­ and 14 others have increased their .shortly. tive newcomers- to the subsidy of the total world deadweight retary-treasurer of the IBL's port In announcing its conclusions, fleets considerably. Competition in field. tonnage, by the end of 1951 it had council, said: the University group which took the world shipping market has France and,Great Britain have a dropped to 32 percent. Today, "This is a boughtlfriendship. It part' in the shipping study took thus been increased accordingly. history of subsidies for shipping US-flag ships in active service is a smart move by the Marin# Revenue Is Sole Concerif what amounted to a hard swipe at in . some form dating back 150 account for only about ten percent Engineers to buy picket lin# the Maritime Administration's con­ Detailing the growth of the years. The tone of the report hint­ of the world tonnage figure. strength from the racket-ridden tention that despite the transfers Panamanian fleet to its present ed that it might be well for the US SIU ships involved in the trans­ ILA. But the engineers better which were now. depleting the state as the fourth-ranking world to consider the aid provided by fer operations to date include the watch out that they're not being ranks of the US merchant fleet, power in merchant shipping, the other nations for their shipping in­ following: General Patton (Na- betrayed. The ILA will take their the US would have sufficient ton­ report said that Panama's only ap­ dustries if it hoped to revive its tiojial Waterways), Trojan Seaman $20,000 but how long will they stay nage to call on in the event of an parent interest in fostering the own. (Troy), Strathport (Strathmore) and out if the engineers go on strike?" She's US-Builty But Liberia Claims Her Union Fight On Transf^ers To Panama Wins New Ally MEBA-ILA Pact Faces CIO Probe •'M -ifi -• '".''alL . �if0'!)HSSlBBM!||jjsiBiSiiftRP!®E!?^j'^S?^"'«^ Fiffe Fov t' •.' • "' ' '" , "••5,., ; » * Sevlember. ScBlemlK 17. 1954 SEAFARERS lOG NEW ORLEANS—After twp previoxis There were games, prizes, rides in the postponements caused by unusual sched­ public Aniusement park, hot dogs and soft uling that sent their> ship coastwise ttf drinks for; the children. The adults had Texas ports,-crewmenibers of the Del Sud • itheii- sharp of fun, too. The program in(Mississippi) held their annual picnic at dAided dancing to the music of Papa CelesAudubon Park here August 21. tih*s famed Dixieland jazz band and a base­ With mpre than $l,p00 fccumulated in ball game between the SIU Beachcombers the ship's fund for tlie -aiTair, nothing was - and the New Orleans Police Department, lacking in the way of refreshments and with thp Beachcombers scoring an 8 to 3 entertainment, for friends and" families of victory. Of course, there was beer, sand­ the Del Sud crew and Seafarers on the • wiches and fried chicken a-plenty for all beach who attended the picnic. hands. - What's a picnic without prizes? Here James E. Noonan-, ship's dele­ gate, rewards Gail Bourgeois with doll for winning foot race, while other contest winners proudly-display trophies. With Lou Anderson as starter, the McCloskeys, M.H. and A.A., are set to go—somewhere. Henry Kirsch heads for home in Beachcombers' 8-3 victory over NO Police Department team. f'"' ApparenUy mighty pleased with results of their efforts are the committee on arrangenients for the picnic. Left to right, are Joseph Laeu liOius OLeary, Emil Herek and James Noonan. , ^7 • ' • "7 '• ' • • • • • -7 'iui' • • • ' Even at 2,. Debra,. daughter of_ crewman J. A. Bernard, is in her, cups—Dixie;, of courae. ^ f;-"! j;'' ri : • AsV'. 'And this armful is 18-monthsoW BettyJo, having a time with 7 |v ^ 77 ^ >'lV '7"A/7 ''7 ojv.vjiri V :-V "'.A' �I -iC/I-•^^.'iepteiart^ MM&P Pact SEAFARERS pel Norte Crew Resumes 'Navigator' To Pension .Seeking greater economic secur­ ity in lieu of wage increases, the East and Gulf coast members of the Masters, Mates and Pilots, A^, have begun contract negptianons with 4he shipping, com­ panies. The present contract expires at midnight, September 30. • The MM&P's chief target this year will be a pension, according to Captain C. T. Atkins, union president. Also on the agenda will be union proposals for reclassify­ ing personnel on Mariner ships, tightening working rules and im­ proving working conditfbns, and increasing security in the hiring hail program. ' The union is also seeking an in' .crease in the present 21 days of vacation annually. The negotiations cover 40» com­ panies operating passenger and dr>'. cargo vessels on both coasts, and set the pattern for virtually the entire American-flag cargo and passenger fleet. i 'Page ilv* LOG IIS Boosts Old Age $; Seafarers To Benefit Significant increases in bid age benefits under the Social Security law, particularly for people who retire after this year, are provided in the amendments to the Social Security Act passed by Congress. The-* — increases in benefits range of them will get $162.80. The fol­ frorn a low of $5 a month for lowing are some sample charts on Aboard the Del Norte (Mississippi) SIU crewmembers edit the first edition of the "Navigator," crew's newspaper which is'resuming pubUeation after having been suspended for a year. Members of^ the staff are (i-r), Chino Sosa, BR; Editor Jack Dolar, BRj and Harold Crane, 2nd cook. Pfa, 'Siren' Seen, Not Heard MIAMI—Probably most of you guys in the SHJ have heard of the sirens. They're the beautiful gals who supposedly take sunbaths on the rocks, and who wreck ships by luring the sailors toward them with sexy- songs and come-hither looks. Well, maybe you think this ^ business about the sirens is one, at that, to hear them tell it. just another legend of the sea. At any rate, passengers, crew But it ain't, and you can take it from the SIU crew of the Miamiberthed Florida (P & O). 1954 Model The Florida crew's siren is a streamlineol model wearing .bikihi bathing' suit. She didn't do any singing"—except later to a judge—and she didn't make the Florida founder. But she sure did rock the boat. . This episode happened one night twcr weeks ago when the Florida, •cruising up Biscayne Bay toward hdr berth in Miami harbor, passed the M^cArthur Causeway, one of the major links between Miami and Miami Beach. And there, frolicking around in cording to the spectators, must the water, was the siren, clad only have been made from Ihe skin^of in a leopard-skin bikini which, ac­ a leopard baby—and an incubator and officers all scrambled for the railing, so that eyewitnesses in the crowd which had meanwhile gath­ ered on the causeway swear the vessel actually listed. Later, after cops and a life­ guard had gotten the moonlight mermaid ashoi'e, she turned out to be a 26-year-old strip-tease artist, named Patrona Bugg, who decided on a swim after finishing her stint at a Miami Beach nightclub. Modestly draped in a blanket, Patrona later appeared before a judge who told her she'd get 10 days in jail if she continued with her antics, so it's doubtful that the Florida crewmen will see her again. However, some of them are stiii Bugg-eyed. men already retired at the lowest rate of pay up to a maximum of approximately $35 a month in­ crease for a man and his wife re­ tiring in 1955 or later. Ceiling Increased Increases are also provided for widows and their children from the present ceiling of $168.90 a month to a maximum of $200 a month, making a comfortabie an­ nuity for a famiiy. Further, the new law favors the man working in a fluctuating in­ dustry' like seafaring because it discounts the five worst years a man may have had as far as total earnings go^^ This tends to boost the monthly rate of benefits. Can Still Work For those oldtimers who like to keep an oar in the business, the new law has a feature which per­ mits them to earir up to $1,200 a year without loss of their benefits. The old law limited them to $75 in any one month. In other words, thie oldtimer can now make a cou-, pie of trips a year and still collect every cent due in Social Security benefit, providing his gross pay­ off doesn't go over $1,200 in the year. SIU disability pay does not count toward this $1,200 ceiling. Single men now on the rolls used to get from $25 to $85 a month. Under the new rate, start­ ing in September, they will get from $30 to $98.50 ^ month. ' The increases are''$5 a month for most men, up untii the $70 figure. If a retired man has a wife over 65, he used to get anywhere from $37.50 to $3.27.50 a month. Now he will get from $45 to $147.80 or a raise of from $7.50 to $20 a month. The same types of in­ creases go all the-way down the line for widows and children. Future Retirements The biggest increases in bene­ fits go to men who retire from 1955 on,-provided their average earnings were $350 a month or better. They will get a maximum of $108.50 compared to the old top of $85; ~And if they are married to a woman who is over 65 the two YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Tips On Washing Machihes iss^k the new rates. Worker (Single) Already Retired Old New $25.00 $30.00 40.00 45.00 55.00 . 60.00 70.00 78.50 85.00 98.50 Worker And Wife Already Retired Old New $37.50 58.40 80.00^ $45.00 67.50 90.00 105.00 117.80 127.50 147.80 Seafarers already on the retire­ ment roils will get their increases automatically with their Septem­ ber checks. Men who have not yet retired can find out what they are entitled to by contacting any So­ cial Security field office. 700-Ton Ship Going Overland To Vt. Miiseum .SHELBURNE, Vt.—If all goes well, the 700-ton steamship Ticonderoga — the last sidewheeler to operate on Lake Champlain—will shortly move overland for two miles to its finai resting place in a museum. . Due to be scrapped three years ago, she was saved when a civic group intervened and a museum operator here bought her. Plans now call for the ship to bd moved into the. mouth of the LaPlatte River, on Lake Champlain between the Vermont-NY border, where a basin will be dug large enough to float her. The ship will be raised to land level by pumping in water from the river, then floated onto a "cradle" built on railroad tracks. From there, the Ticonderoga' will be propelled by motor winches mounted on trucks and moved to the museum. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying many people is to use too much. You don't need as much chines, thus bringing their cost down to $240 or less. of a synthetic detergent as you may have been accustomed Otherwise, there are several private-brand automatic A good washing machine can be a boon to a Seafarer to use when using soap powder. Using a little more washers of good quality that sell for $240 or less. These on board ship and to his family at home. But judging detergent not only does not make the suds more efficient. are the Sears Roebuck Kenmore, which is made by and from letters to the LOG, sometimes these back-saving but in fact reduces tl\e efficiency of the determent. Con­ is identical to the costlier Whirlpool, the Montgomery machines seem to act like temperanaental devils, with trary to popular notfon, a lot of suds do not make a Ward Wardamatic and the AMC washer ^old by many frequent breakdowns and costly repairs. Hofisewives, too, cleaner wash, and may damage the machine itself. In department stores. Too, some of the nationally-advertised encounter these difficulties. ^ some drum-type automatic washers, heavy-sudsing deter­ makes have a deluxe and a standard model, with a price To get successful service you need to (1) select an gents should not be used at all. 'This type of machine difference of $20 for what is basically the same machine efficient make, especially in the case of automatics which creates so much siids that they tend to wash the grease except for the trim and a few other relatively unimpor­ are more complicated and more subject to breakdown off the motor bearings and other parts. Heavy-sudsing tant features. than wringer machines, and (2) follow certain procedures detergents should be avoided especially in homes tha^ Of the so-called "apartment washers" for small homes, J(n using the machine, both to avoid repairs and get have septic tanks or cesspools. / most complete is a special Whirlpool automatic which is maximum cleaning ^efficiency. Comparison-Shopping Washers only 24 inches high but has eight-pound capacity (manu­ Much of your silccess with a washer depends on your Wringer machines are becoming obsolete though they facturer's rating). Amorife smalier but non-automatic own handling of it. It's particularly' important not to do a good washing job, since they have the agitator, and washers are the Monitor, which can fit under a sink or overload and to follow the manufacturer's instructions thpj wringer itself helps to get the wash clean. But most in a closet and has four-pound capacity, and the similar |s to operating time for, the washing process, and also, people sinnply prefer the greater convenience of the auto­ four-pound washer sold by Montgomery Ward; td use the proper type of detergent. You sometimes have . matic, even though an automatic requires a greater hot For small families, washers of 7 to ^ pound capacity •to take with a grain of ^alt the., manufacturers' claims Water supply and entails more repairs. may be satisfactory, but for larger famines *the 9- or 10. as to capacity of their machines. Tests hav# shown that Among the autoniatics, those that use aii agitator for pound sizes are advisable, especially since it is important automatic washers wash cleaner and'vdth less strain on washing generally get clothes cleaner, although they are .imot to load washers to the full capacity claimed. ' . the machine if the load contains no moire than tw64arge harder on the articles being washed than the tumbler or For home use, unless you have a 50-gallon hot-water or heavy articles like-dungarees and sheets, with the drum type washers. #nls for an automatic washer, it may be advisable to balance, small articles. The load should be kept down >Most of the good automatics with agitator mechanism get the "suds-saver" feature with an automatic since you to no more than .7 to 8 pounds even though the manu­ carry iist prices of about $300, including Maytag, Whirl­ can. reuse the suds water. facturer sayS the capacity is eight Jor'nine pounds. Make sure any washer you buy has been approved by>. pool, Apex, ABC, Hamilton, Norge, Thor and Easy. Now­ Synthetic detergents are generally mor^ effective than adays you can often get discounts of 20-30 per cent from and carries the seal of Underwriters Laboratories, show­ soap powder 'tvr v, joshing machines, but the tendency of independent dealers and discount houses on these ma­ ing it has passed safety tests. 'ii . �pawstt . ' SEAFARERS LOG • > r^.. - ^K.cri. GOVERNMENT OUTLAWS COMMUNIST PARTY: How New Laws Affect Communists of native-born Communists are not contemplated because it is not likely that any other country wduld agree to take them. THE COMMUNIST-CONTROLLED WEST COAST LONGSHOREThere are many other penalties resulting from men's union and its leader, Harry Bridges, are following up their sup­ loss of citizenship. A man who is expatriated be­ port of the so-called Independent International Longshoremen's Asso­ comes, an alien. Like all aliens, he must ciation by tightening up the lines between the two organizations. This legal political party. It has been outlawed. His at­ register,inbeeffect, fingerprinted and keep the Government is in accordance with the step-by-step procedures of Communist party tempts to control labor unions face new stumbling advised of his whereabouts. He can't get a pass­ plans for influencing the destiny of the East Coast dockworkers who blocks. He risks death if he becomes a spy, and port to travel abroad. Many professions are limited are not in the AFL Internaticnal Brotherhood of Longshoremen. prison for sabotage. As Seafarers and others who followed the organizing campaign of by state laws to citizens, so he would be barred. He It's going to be harder for a Commimist to hide cannot vote, run for office, or hold most public jobs. the AFL longshore union will recall, the Bridges union poured heavy and when he's caught he may lose his US' citizenCommunists who flee are going to-have more trou­ money into the old ILA and produced and distributed thousands of I = ble hiding, beeause the penalties for harboring a pieces of slick, .expensive propaganda smearing all the forces which fugitive have been increased by the new laws. *When were in the fight to provide longshore workers with a decent, demo­ In the final days of Congresii several laws two Communist leaders fled Vecently, the heaviest cratic union dedicated to serving the best interests of its membership. were enactc^d restricting individual Communists punishment that could be given fpur persons ac­ The SIU, which played a prominent role in this important battle, came and the Communist Party of USA. In the com­ cused of harboring them was only six months in in for a m^or share of the smears from the pens of the Communist ing months these laws will be the subjects of prison. Now, harboring a fugitive can bring up to party propagandists. much debate and legal action as to whether or On the day that the 'old ILA was certified as bargaining agent, after five years in prison. not they violate the Constitution. Here is a sum­ squeaking through by some 200 votes out of approximately 18,000 cast, If a Conununist jumps bail, he now. not only for­ mary of these new laws. Reprinted from US feits his bail money, but also can be tried for jump­ officials of the Communist-dominated Bridgea union went to work im­ News & World Report, an independent weekly mediately to solidify their-relationship with the old ILA. The date was ing bail, which is made a separate crime. news magazine published at Washington, DC. . Communists who won't talk, who inyoke the Fifth August 27, when Bridges representative Pete McGoldrick met in New Copyright 1954. Amendment when called to, testify before a con­ York with representatives uf the Brooklyn section of the old ILA. . Mc­ gressional committee, a grand jury, or a court, can Goldrick pledged continued, complete support of Bridges organization ship. He can be made to talk, or go to jail, if he to the old ILA, and the ILA officials told McGoldrick they wanted the tries to hide behind the Fifth Amendment. A Com­ now be compelled to talk or risk prison. This can closest working relationship between the ILA and Bridges' outfit. be accomplished, under the new laws, by granting a munist must register with Federal authorities. In addition, the ILA officials promised that if the West Coast union With all these new laws coming suddenly into reluctant witness immunity from prosecution. With had" to call a strike to win a contract for the stewards they are seeking force, many people have come to expect sudden and this immunity, he no longer , can incriminate him­ to represent, the old ILA \rauld support it 100 per cent. dramatic results—a quick and sweeping round-up self so has no legal i-ight to keep silent and .can be Not the least significant of^thd exchan;ge,of support between the two of Communists throughout the country. This, how­ punished if he does. groups was the statement by th^ ILA leaders that they had "the high­ Department of Justice officials consider this im­ est respect for the ILWU international officers," which, of couise. In- , ever, is not going to happen. Although the Communist Party bas been out­ munity procedure one of their ^strongest new eludes Harry Bridges, The top official. lawed; it still is no crime simply to be a member. weapons. The best .source of information about Com­ The authority for these meetings is the Bridges union itself which Eveiyone who joined is not to be herded into jail. munist conspiracies is one of the conspirators.. If recorded it in a special supplement of the ILWU publication "The Dis­ Nor are a lot of American-born Communists going •one of a ring can be induced' to talk, the rest of patcher, and circulated only among shipboard .personnel. , to be deported. And the Communist newspaper, the the ring may be convicted. In the partnership with the old ILA the Bridges organization and Pension Loss Posslblo Daily Worker, probably will not stop publication. the ^ommunist Party see an opportunity that they have not had a Federal employes who try to hide-behind the Fifth chance to enjoy since the SIU smashed their Committee for Maritime Tougher Penalties Amendment now can be cut off from their retire­ Unity in 1948. They see now a chance tqxiause tie-ups with a guarantee What will happen to Communists is simply this: —by ILA officials at least—that East Coast long^bremen would go out It's going to be harder for a Communist to operate, ment pensions, as well as their jobs. Pensions, under the new laws, also are denie^ to and support a cause sponsored by a Communist-dominated and con­ from now on, and the penalty will be greater if he Federal employees convicted of crimes involving trolled maritime union. is caught conspiring against the US. Bridges has long been seeking to corral West Coast steward de­ Death penalties are now provided for spies, even their official positions or disloyalty to the US. This in time of peace. Formerly, only wartime spying re­ provision hits directly at Algqr Hiss, former State partment personnel into his longshore union in a move'to solidify thesulted in capital punishment. The Rosenbergs could Department official who was. convicted of perjury Communist position on the waterfront. He has been bitterly resisted not have been executed if their spying hadJiot been in dep ing that he passed information to the Soviets. by our West Coast affiliate in the Seafarers International Union, the done in time* of war. -The new law, moreover, elim­ Hiss will soon be eligible for parole-^-and without AFL A{arine Cooks and Stewards organization. While Seafarers and others who are elert to the maneuvers of the inates the old 10-year statute of limitations and this law would draw a Federal retirement pension. Communist Party on the waterfront have viewed Bridges role of acting Saboteurs face new and tighter laws, brought up makes it possible to prosecute a spy any time he is as a guardian for the old ILA In its proper perspective, it is un­ to date to include sabotage by. means of radioactive, likely that veryangel discovered. many people outside of the seafaring or maritime fields biological or chemical agents. Sabotage laws now For many other offenses likely to be committed have paid too much attention to this development. It is now becoming by Communists, the statute of limitations has been apply in times of "national emergency" as well as clearer and clearer that there was nothing casual about the Bridges de­ extended from three years to five. This not only in times of war. sign, that this was cold-bloodedly a party maneuver to strengthen Printing equipment used by Communists must Bridges pqsition against its most vigorous and successful opponents— gives the Government more time to apprehend a criminal, but permits officials to hold up his arrest now be registered, and its location disclosed. This our own Seafarers International Union-^-and all of its affiliated mari­ if they are not yet ready to disclose the identity of requirement was-passed after Investigations by Con­ time districts. This is obviously a situation that will bear close watch­ their informer. gressional committees reyealed secret, underground ing. The SIU has fought too long and too hard to crack all Communist. printing facilities. Can Lose Citizenship Party efforts to disrupt the very vital US maritime industry, '^e can Red-led labor unions are hit by one of the'major all watch for continued proj^ganda barrages.against the SIU by the Citizenship can be taken away from a Communist convicted of advocating the overthrow of the US new anti-Communist measures. Now, when any la­ Communist Party and its agencies, such as the West Coast Longshore­ Government by force and violence. This can be done bor union is found to have been Infiltrated by Com­ men's Union and their new-found allies In the old ILA, oh the theory • even if the Communist was bom in the US. munists, it can be barred from using the National that if they can discredit our union they will strengthen their own posiCan he be deported, then, as an undesirable alien? Labor Relations Board to -obtain a bargaining elec- tiot). Unfortunately for them our organization can stand on its record. Theoretically, yes. Actually, however, d^rtations They can not (Continued fn page 17) Life for a Communist in the United- States is going to become more difficult and more dangerous, as a result of new laws passed by Congress. The Communist now finds himself with no Cartoon History Of The SIU Demoeraey lu Jketion N0.72 ll' 2--' In December, 1949, after informal discussions by ^ SIU. members, the Union threw open the pages Of the SEAFARERS-LOG for a full-scale membership discussion ef men aboard ship taking a vacation after one year M the same vessel This provided for han^g the 1»^ in truo Scafarcni' fashloiL The debate continued until April, IMO, when the' Although temporarily tight shipping was given as proposal was put before the SIU membership in all one of the reasons for the proposed rule, opponents branches. The outbreak of the Korean War even. pointed out the SIU Job situation was better than in unions which had such a ride. Meanwhile, Seafarers;<4| •lA^iually killed^most'of the support for the rule, but the democratic procedure followed had kept all Sea* and their families pitenedrlnto tko . debate and iarerr well informed about die vacatioa issue. argued the merits ef tbo jtfbjK>scd plan pro and con- �iMeinber 17, ItM I;"';:'/, •• SEAFARERS LOG - . . ^ '/ ,\if- ^ • " • • - Page Seven SlU NEWSLETTER Sea Today Is Tame To Oldster from WASHINCTON NEW ORDEANS—Looking back over more than a half-century of seafaring, William Johnson, newly qualified for the SIU's $25 weekly disability plan, says life at sea today is "peaches and cream" compared to the old days^ "It has been a long, hard"*"! •«,';• I struggle to get what we have' In the postwar period the domestic seinnent of our merchant marine today," Johnson recalled. has been particularly weak, failing to recover its prewar standing. This "Now things are the way they has been an important foss^inasmuch as the domestic fleet formed a large part of the merchant marine before the war and was most readily available for emergency mobilization. However, on the other hand, the tonnage of dry cargo ships employed In the noncontiguous trades (Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, Midway, Wake) has increased steadily and prospects of continued" grrfwth are considered good. should be and we should work hard through the Union to keep what we have gained." Johnson, who lives quietly here with his wife in their comfortably furnished home, says he is "sitting pretty" on his disability pay, which t t it figures out - to around $108 a A special Congressional subcommittee is about ready to look Into mbnth, plus his $68 monthly in the matter o^the termination of US passenger ship operations to Alaska. Federal old age benefits. After many years of service, the Alaska Steamship Line is ready to take Nevertheless, he finds it hard to Its two passenger ships out of service. adjust himself to a life of ease One reason for this is competition from Government-owned vessels after many active and exciting operating to Alaska. The company would be in position to. continue years of following his profession its passenger ships if the Military Sea Transportation Service and aboard a variety of ships, both sail other Govei'nment agencies would divert more passengers from, Gov-, and steam. ernment ships to the vessels of Alaska Steamship Company. However, Gets fidgety For Sea the government agencies are flatly refusing to cfo this. ; "He frets all the time about The situation* eventually attracted the attention of Congressmen for shipping," said his wife, "but 1 tell the Paciflc Northwest area and resulted in demands for a Congressional him he has earned the right to look-see at the problem. settle down and enjoy life ashore." Seafarer William Johnson, recently-qualified recipient of the Sea­ A native of the Virgin Islands, 4 t Sfarers disability benefit, poses with Mrs. Johson at^.their New As of the beginning of this year, some 346 ships, owned by Americam Johnson signed on his first sailing Orleans, home. Johnson figures he's "sitting pretty" with the $108 companies, were operating under foreign flag. Seventy-two more ships, ship while still a boy. His early per month from the Welfare Fund and his $68 per month social as of January of this year, were being constructed by these same com­ years at s^a were spCht on deck. security benefit. He finished out his sea-going ex­ panies for foreign-flag operation., • These 418" vessels are 34 percent df the privately-owned US-flag fleet. perience in the steward depart­ Of the 418 ships under foreign iflag, 340 are tankers. Of these 340 ment aboard SlU-contracted ships. "We had to know more seaman­ tankers, -285 are owned by the 5 large American oil companies ship in the old sailing days," John­ Gulf, Socony, Standard' Oil of NJ, Standard Oil of California, and Texas son recalled. "We also had to Oil Company. ^ , endure some miserable conditions and working hours that began be­ Between 1948 and June 1953, American-flag ships in our liner services fore dawn and kept a man out on^ (scheduled opei'ations) received $274 million for the carriage of for­ deck until long after sunset," eign aid commodities. The majority of ships in liner services are mem­ Keeping cool in the summertime is no trick for one Sea­ The 72-year-old Seafarer is bers of steamship conferences of which member owner's of foreign-flag proud of his record as a trade vessels charge the same rates as American lines. Therefore, if all of unionist. He had been a member farer out of Alabama—^he's just gone off and gotten himself these cargoes were carried in foreign-flag liners the cost to our Gov­ of the old ISU for many years a horpestead in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska. Seafarer ^ ernment would have been the same. Thus, the shipment of foreign-aid before transferring over into the J. A. Mcintosh paid off the-t cargoes aboard our liners does not in any way increase the cost to our SlU as one of its pioneer members. Greece Victory in San Fran­ extreme continental climate of the Government. He proudly points to a scar over cisco on May 28 and has' been interior." Of the $267 million paid for carriage of liquid foreign-aid cargoes his left eye, reminder of a wound a-settin' on his claim in the Chu­ In terms of hard, cold facts (and since 1948, $138 million was paid to American-flag tankers. However, suffered in supporting an ISU beef gach foothills ever since. they are sort of cold), the Weather only $17 million of these Cargoes originated from US ports. The re­ in 1919, as a badge of his militancy The 24-year-old Seafarer," who Bureau record shows that the maining liquid cargoes carried by American ships originated in for­ in helping win the conditions en­ sailed with the SlU for two years, January average temperature in the eign ports and, therefore, American tankship owners lifted them at joyed by Seafarers todaj'. wrote the LOG Anchorage area is 11.2 above zero the world market rates. that he is staking Fahrenheit while in June the aver­ • iCt tSi> 4" out his property age is 57 degrees, with the lowest Government'agencies have determined that a shipbuilding program with the help of reading ever being 36 below zero. a good-sized pay­ _pf about 60 ships a year is necessary to keep the shipbuilding industry In other words, in the wintertime off .and special at sufflcieht str^gth to provide a nucleus of manpower capable of ex­ the temperature averages far be-? pansion in case of war. preference given low the freezing levei which should to veterans under be cool enough for anybody. It is estimated that such a program would cost about $400 million Acts'of Congress. yearly, excluding national defense features, such as added speed, etc. Cool Enough Normally, a per­ Probably a substantial part of this cost would have to be borne toy the Writing in the balmy days of son has to live on midsummer, Mcintosh makes the Govei-nment in thfi..form of construction subsidies and allowances for Mcintosh the homestead national defense featured, place sound most attractive. His plot for three years to acquire title description of the homestead is Even if the Government's total share were to amount to $200 million to his 160 acres, but since Mcin­ enough to water tlifi, month of any •nnually, this would be less than 1 percent of current and projected tosh did a two-year hitch in the ambitious rod and gun man. Fish annual expenditures for all other programs of national defense. Those Seafarers who muttered The shipping and shipbuilding industries still have a long way to to themselves at one time or an­ Navy he can get full title to the and game abound and apparently there's little to worry about in the go to get proper attention to their needs and importance in any other "now if 1 owned this scow property with a year's residence. Consequently, Mcintosh expects way of game wardens, licenses and emergency. • ^ wiii be iirterested to know to go back to shipping when his limits. if 4" 4" that there are 11 ships afloat.owned year's residence requirement is "1 have been doing some fishing Skips in active operation under the US flag declined by 292 during by the seamen who man them. met, although as he writes "Alaska for rainbow trout," he writes, the year ending June 30, 1954. These are Italian-flag vessels will be my permanent home." which are really fine eating, and ! Of this number, 167 were privately-owned and 125 Government- owned by the. Garibaldi Societa Homesteading in Alaska is pret­ you have-to run the moose out of Cwned. — Cooperative di Navigazione, a co­ your camp. It is considered com­ ty much the same as it's been since ! This slackening in shipping activity closely followed the ending of operative that is owned solely by the Homestead Act was passed by monplace-to find fre^h bear tracks 4he war in Korea in July 1953 and had not been entirely arrested by merchant seamen. One of the cooperative's ships, Congress in 1862 to settle the wild around your cabin in the morning June 30, 1954. the 26,000-dead,weight ton super­ and wooly West. Fees for the land and to stop and blow your horn on 4. • 4 o 4^ selected for homesteading by the the back roads to make the young Since enactment of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 down to the tanker Giuseppi Giulietti, was in Interior Department are purely spruce chickens get out of the New York harbor last week on a end of 1952, a total of 247 ships were built under the construction sub­ nominal—$10 for making an ap­ way." sidy feature of that law. The total subsidy amounted To about voyage from Aruba. As indica­ plication and $1.50 for each 40Mcintosh comes originally from tion of the cooperative nature of $426,185,833. the ship's ownership it carries a acre tract entered. That plus some Gulfport, Mississippi, where frost However, under existing conditions, the'provisions of the 1936 Act manning scale of over 50 men, lesser costs is the whole thing, in mid-winter is an uncommonare not now proving very effective in encouraging ship construction whereas most foreign-flag tankers coming out to slightly more than enough occurrence to rate front in this country. At the present time not one ship Is being built under page prominence in the local news­ of that size would .get by with at 10 cents an acre. the construction subsidy provisions of the 1936 Act. Seafarer Mcintosh's homestead papers. His family lives in Ala­ least ten men less. " 4" 4" 4" All shares in the cooperative are is situated west of the booming bama now. It must have been one . Latest offlcial tabulation on the strength of our merchant marine owned by seamen. The organiza­ Alaskan town of Anchorage, a cen­ of those Alabama July heat waves shows that on, September 1 the US privately-owned fleet totalled 1,215 tion's board of directors consists ter of the fishing industry on the that made him think of moving to vessels (1,000 gross tons and over only), of 15,157,999 deadweight tons. of officers and men of the mer­ south-central coast. It's not too Alaska. This total was divided into 788 dry cargo and passenger-carrying ves­ chant fleet. far from the famed Matanuska Val­ sels of 8,246,162 tons and 427 tankers of 6,911,837 deadweight tons. Aside from the question of own­ ley development that was opened I Twenty-six privately-owned US ships currently are under time char­ ership, the ship is operated under up by the Government in 1935 as ter t^-the MSTS, while another 25 Government-owned ships are being the authority of The captain as any a means of aiding destitute US ten­ If a crewmember quits while fperated by private companies for^he account of MSTS. privately-owned ship would be, and ant farmers looking for their own a ship is in port, delegates i As of the same time, there were 29 Gbvemment-owned vessels under the crewnaen are members of the land. are asked to contact the hall The Department of the Interior bareboat charter to private operators with 4 scheduled for redelivery Italian seamen's union. The only immediately for a replace­ basic difference in mode of opera­ describes weather conditions in the to the Government, leaving a net of 25 vessels. ment. Fast action on their part tion is that a shipboard commmlt- Anchorage area as "relatively will keep all jobs aboard ship tee has to approve food provision­ mild" in winter, and goes on to say filled at all times and elimi­ ing lists, which makes for better "tlm climate is a favorable com­ nate the. chance of the ship provisioning thim t$ available on bination of the temperate coas^tal sailing shorthandedL. other foreigii-flag ships, ' climate of southern Alaska .and the 5— 'Bama Seafarer Stakes Land Claim in Alaska Crews Live It Up, Man Own Ships Fill That Berth •i i I 'ij •I �PateEislits ''! ]j" I I' '^'i •• I' SEAFARERS LOG An English company has just revealed the sale of its third ship this year to the Russians. The latest addition to the Soviet merchant marine is the 10,000-ton Stanburn, built in 1951. Earlier, the Stanhope Steam­ ship Company announced the sale of the Stanhope, also built in 1951, and the Stahpool, a new ship . . . Five ships operated by Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Ltd., a Japanese outfit, will-launch a new cargo service be­ tween Yokohama and West^Africa late this month . . . Traffic through Question: What's your idea of a the Suez Canal reached an*all-time high during the first six months of 1954, as a total of over 50 million net tons of shipping used the water­ good bosun? (Asked of deck de­ way. British shipping accounted for one-third of this figure; US tonnage partment men.) for about three percent. . ^ • Tony Bender, AB: I think a good ' 4" 3^ l" The Greater Baton Rouge Port' Commission has'announced plans bosun should know how to perform every job on the for a new 2.5 miliioq^ bushel.terminal grain elevator as part of extensive deck. He " should new port facilities for Baton Rouge, La. The grain terminal toget^r be able to show with a new dock for grain ships and barges is expected to be compleud a man what to by next July , . . Seven lives were lost when the escort tug Abeille No. do, if necessary, 4 was swamped by the 'Panamanian iiner Atlantic in the port of Le and he should be Havre, France, last month. The mishap occurred when tugs guided able to do any­ the 20,553-ton Atlantic into the harbor entrance. She was en route thing he asks an­ from Rotterdam to Quebec .. . The Navy has launched.the USS Glacier, other man to do. largest and most powerful icebreaker^'ever built in the US, at Pascagou-, He should also la, Miss. The 8,300-ton vessel will be a model for future vessels of Its Mm know how to keep type. the mate Ifi his place. This last is . 4i • 4> Cunard Line's giant Queen Mary did an unexpected turnabout in very important. I 4 4 4 mid-ocean on her last trip to New York when a lookout at the stem S. F. Manard, AB: 1 think that thought he spotted someone struggling in the water. Several turns in the area and 4 count of the passengers and crew indicated an error, experience and tfte ability to han­ however, so the liner continued on its course . . . Rear Admiral H. J. dle men are the .^ Tiedemann is retiring Oct. 1 as chief of the Office of Mai-itime Training two chief _ re-' of the Maritime Administration. He supervised the training of thou­ quirements for a " sands of seamen during World War II . . . September 8 marked the good bosun. How­ 20th anniversary of the fateful fire on the cruise ship Morro Castle, ever, simply be­ \off Asbury Park, NJ, which cost 124 lives. The major tribute to the cause a man has disaster has come' in the development of the many ship safety laws a long record of seatime under his which followed in its wake. • belt doesn't nec­ 4 •4 ' President Eisenhower has signed a bill to deepen and widen the essarily give him Hudson River as far north as Albany,-NY, at a cost of nearly $32 the ability to Biiilicn. The work cn the 145-mile route from New York city to the state 4iandle men. Thes,e two things are ' capital v,ill deepen the -present 27-foot channel to 32 feet to accom- not always relatecf 4 4 4 mod.-'te more deen-sea shipping . . , The French Line will place the John Janbeyi, AB: The ability He de Eranre and tlie Fi.andre on the profitable Caribbean run for to handle men is the No. One re7 seven special cruises out of NY this winter. In addition, the Antilles quirement for a b:;s been scheduled for one cruise out of Galveston and another from good bosun. I New Orleans . . . With nearly 300 ships already under its house flag, should know be­ ll:e -Tnglo-Iran'an Oil Company has just added two more, just launched cause I sailed as in Great Britain. The duo are the 32,000-ton British Sovereign and bosun myself on the lC,OGG-ton Eriiish Patrol. three ships dur­ ... 4 '4 4 ing the war, and Idled in mid-ocean about 810 miles southeast of New York, the 2,062I know that a tcn Norwegian tanker Elisabeth Amlie has been taken under tow by a good bosun must NY tug whiclr went out to meet her and bring her into Newport News. know how to han­ The vessel, bound from Houston to a European port, was disabled by dle the men work­ a broken camshaft ... An American seaman who confessed under questioning to having jammed a wrench and a connecting rod into ing on deck and he must^ also know the steering mechanism of his ship, the 10,000-ton Liberian freighter how to handle the mate. 4 4 4 Cris, has started serving a year's term at hard labor in the Canal Zone Christopher Karas, AB: A good, penitentiary. The sentencing judge commented that the sabotage was probably committed under the influence of liquor . . . Recognizing\that bosun needs "a good personality. the US merchant marine is our "fourth arm" of national defense) the His job is mostly recent American Legion convention iir Washington added its support a matter of un­ to the campaign for a strong, modern US merchant fleet to replace derstanding men,, and handling obsolete World War II .vessels. them, and that is why personality is so important. It is the bosuns with good per­ sonalities who ACROSS DOWN 16. Ugly old 38. Salnte: Abbr. understand their woman The Baltic 1. Uncle 42. Garbage men the best, and who are able to 20. Ceylon export Member of 2. Period of time 44. Born deck dept. 21. Con.secrated handle them the best. 3. Rainbow 46. Island off Gailiard 4. Arrive: Abbr. Informed 5. $1 bill 6. Member of engine dept. 7. 8. 17. Headed the line 9. " 18. "Call me 19. Aleutian island 10. 11. SI. Where Antwerp is Near East 12. 13. 14. 15. North Dakota: 22. Taking water from dory 23. Possess 24. Kind of 25. monkey 27. A constellation28. Made of mesh 31. Eisenhower's 35. plane One: For. Williams of baseball Spooky On the docks Jap herbs Female horses Island in NY Bay Requires Bottom of ship .Subversive group: 2 wds. Scotland Allen of baseball 49. Lake cargo 51. Burmese tribe 52. Part of a fish 53. Household god 54. Kind of cargo 55. Obsei^ve 48. (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) '9 14 17 Sea eagle Bart of "to be" 10 M 4 4 4 Frank Natale, AB: A good bosun must understand two things. He must understapy his job and he must understand the men. It's hard to say which of these things is more Important, since they both go hand in hand, but I know that any man "who wants to be a gopa bosun must possess both of these qualities. September 17, 1954' -• MEET SEAFARER /. ' GENARO A. LOPEZ, W^per When Genaro A. Lopez first man ^ips. On .these ships he. landed in New York from his na­ made runs to the Persian Gulf and tive Puerto Rico, in 1939, he had the Mediterranean without en­ one ambition—to see as much of countering real danger. But final­ the world as he could. ly, in the Caribbean, the war That «mbition has since been caught up with him .with a ven­ largely fulfilled. For, thanks to his geance. membership In the SIU, Lopez has Lopez, was at this time sailing as since beep in everj^fjuarter of the fireman ^aboard the Afobndria, and globe. when Ibis ship was torpedoed just What's more, Lopez has the SIU south of Cuba, Lopez found himto 'thank for benefitting him In ^'elf adrift for a day and.a half in other ways. When, for instance, his a lifeboat, along with other Afounfirst daughter. Myrtle, was born dria crewmen. almost two years ago, Lopez and Finally, the crew was picked up his wife collected the usual mater­ by the Coast Guard (kn^ brought to nity benefit of $200 plus a $25 US Havana, but because of the war­ savings bond in the baby's name. time transportation difficulties they And right now Lopez has just ap­ could not immediately be returned plied for his second maternity ben­ to the States. As a result, the en­ efit, thanks to the' birth of another tire crew was'put iip in a hotel in daughter, Olga, on July 19. Havana for three weeks, until they Lopez, whose childhood love for could be flown to Mobile. ^ the sea was sharpened by his first Promptly Ships Out Again trip to New York, as a passenger, Upon his arrival in Mobile, Lo­ didn't have long to wait before starting to fulfill his dream of see­ pez went down to New Orleans, ing the world. Soon after his ar­ promptly shipped out again, and rival in this country"^ie went down continued to ship steadily through-oyt the war years. to the SIU hall in Baltimore and In 1951, Lopez left the sea long obtained a trip card, and a^er that he made a number of short runs enoi^gh to get married and estab­ lish a home in Bayamon, Puerto on the De Soto and other ships. Rico. Then he went back to the Obtained Book In 1940 ships again and sailed without in­ The following year, 1940, Lopez cident until his last trip aboard the obtained his full book membership Bull Line Liberty ship Arlyn, when in the Union, in New Orleans, and he developed a severe pain in his he's been sailing steadily ever since side and leg and had to get off the —to South America, to Europe, and ship in Puerto Rico and seek treat­ to Asia, in peace and in war. ment at the USPHS out-patientLopez' first runs, after he re­ clinic in San Juan-.ceived his book, were primarily After a month of "treatment with the Mississippi Shipping Com­ there, he was discharged as fit-for pany, and on the Del Norte, Del Mundo and other Mississippi ships duty arid returned to New York to he made numerous runs to South ship out again. A short, stocky, energetic look­ America, shipping at that time in ing man with a youthful appear­ the steward department. After about two years of this ac­ ance which belies his 43 years,. Lo­ tivity, however, Lopez decided a pez talks animatedly about the sea change was in order, so he re­ and his love for it is apparent in turned to Baltimore and began his conversation. When asked, for instance, if he shipping out of that port in the was looking for a coastwise or an engine room. The US was already ihvolved-'ln offshore run, he shrugged. "Coast­ World War II by that time, and ^o wise, offshore," he said. "What's Lopez found himself sailing in the the difference as long as it's on the war zones, primarily aboard Water­ water?" UUIOR ROUNDA strike by 150 bus drivers and mechanics tied up ^transportation in Spokane, Wash-, last week, as members of the AFL Street, Elec­ tric Railway and Motor Coach Op­ erators stood firm on demands for an 11-cent hourly pay boost and other benefits from city lines... The CIO United Steelworkers Union has won a five-cent wage hike plus improved insurance.<and pension benefits for 20,000 workers in 36 plants of the American Can Co. 4 4 4 similar increase from Westinghouse on the eve of a strike in 20 cities. 4 4 4 4 4 4 » , Back In the air after a 25-day strike by 1,200 pilots in the Air­ lines Pilots Association (AFL), American Airlines is now threat­ ened with a walkout by 6,300 main­ tenance workers and stock clerks in the CIO Transport Workers Union. The dispute is over the layoffs of ground crews at the end of the pilots' strike. The American Federation of La-bor is due to open its 73rd annual convention in Los Angeles on Mon­ day, Sept. 20, with President Eisen­ hower expected to be among the featured visitors." Although there is no precedent for the President's attendance at a labor conclave, he is likely to make an appearance anyway, as he will be in the city the same week addressing a GOP group. . Meeting in Atlantic City, the AFL United Textile Workers con­ vention voted to raise monthly un­ ion dues and to wage an all-out or­ ganizing drive in the South. Dele­ gates amended the UTW constitu­ 4 4 4 James Tarrant, AB; I think that tion to boost dues to $3 for each of experience and the ability to han­ the union's' 100,000 members. They had been set at $2 to $2.50 per dle mep are the month, depending on the local. two main require­ Union president Arithony Valente ments of a good said the increase was an Vorganibosun. In particu­ . ' "4. • 4 ''4 zational, necessity" because UTW The ' governors of Washington lar, the bosun was operating Ih the. red. and Oregon have put for vard- c must know how to handle the • , . , -4 - 4 4 . - proposal..to end. the Pacific North' Sonie 100,000 General Electric Ws't. luipber i^trike, in which .somh mate. I think that workers have gained a pay boost 100,000 AFL and CIO loggers went a good part of averaging five cents an hour and but on June 21, but the plan to set the success of other benefits following four up a fact-finding board not any rpn, for a .months, of pegotiations by the CIO. met..with much favor. Principal wor^pg .^eaman,, depepdg how well the bosun can handlp il^iteopa^tionaLtUnjon.; ef „E1^9trjiciEil , imlon jidemand' js la fwage iiikez of 'Workers. Meanwhile, IUE.-y?^n •/ �:z->: gieirtemttef 19M^ StApAkkkS LOG Fa**' Can'hha See We're Busy?!! SlBAFAlllWS^tOG ^ptwniMf 17,-1«54 •' Vol. XVI, Mo. IV Publi^ed filweekly by tbe Seafarers loternational Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL,.675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel HYaclnth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer V"-• J ' .'i Editor, HERBEBI. BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISO;^; Art, Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, At MASKIN, Gut/ Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. ' ; Appeal To The President .ViJ, •iff- iM'- .;E • lit- fi-' I' :%. Unable to head off the Maritime Administration in its blind r attempt td "save" the US merchant marine by permitting fat chunks of it to go under "runaway" foreign flags and still compete with Arnerican shipping, the SIU and other sea uhion^ have put the issue squarely in the lap of President Eisenhower. • > An appeal for direct intervention by the White House has already been dispatched by the Conference pf American Maritime Unions in the hope that the Chief Executive will act before it is tdO late. Twenty dry-cargo Liberty ships have been okayed for transfer to foreign flags since mid-August and the list is due to get much longer in coming weeks. The Union argument is that the Maritime Administration is pursuing a peculiar course which, if unchallenged, will cut the US-flag fleet down to a size which imperils not only possible emergency defense requirements but the continuing life of the shipping industry altogether. The Government ship agency has not even imposed a ban to keep the trans­ ferred ships from re-entering US ports and competing with American-flag operators for cargoes. •" Intervention by the President would indicate a genuine ~ interest in'maintaining a strong US merchant fleet. Commis­ sions and boards to study ways and means to build up the US-flag industry may find nothing left to build on if the present suicidal trend is allowed to continue. 4" 4" t ^ Backs Stewards^ Shipping Set-Vp To the Editor: Recently, in its "Letter of the Week" column, the SEAFARERS LOG printed a letter by Harry L. Franklin about various conditions among SIU stewards. I am writing this because I do not agree with many of the state­ ments that Brother Franklin made in his letter. For instance. Brother Franklin says it stands to reason that, other things being equal, the man with the longest service should be the most efficient man for a job. % take this to mean that Brother Franklin thinks the steward who JUDGING FROM THE LATEST on as "chief librarian" and "assist­ I has been in the ship's minutes from the Cubore ant librarian." The steward depart­ Cullison SIU the longest (Ore), all is well on that vessel, ment has put it to Sweeney to is the most efficient steward. check with headquarters on how I do not agree with this. Because with special mention of the fact the "extra passenger money" called a man has been going tp sea for that "all departments agree on for by the contract should be split a good many years does not-neces­ keeping the laundry and recreation up among the galiey gang and he's sarily make him the best qualified rooms clean." These items are dutifully done so. man for a key jvb aboard ship, often a point of dispute on some A deck department man, sailing vessels, but the Cubore apparently as AB, Sweeney hails from NW No seaman takes his pleasures lightly, and the Seafarers and in my many years of seafaring has the problem licked. I have seen both good and bad Favibault, Minn., and was born on the cruise, ship Del Sud who finally staged their annual men Ship's delegate W. W. Cain also there 35 years ago this past Juno. in these key jobs. picnic recently—after not one but two postponements due Also, Brother Franklin says that noted briefly that "everything is 4 4 4 to unprecedented changes in sailing schedules—are obviously when a steward ships as a cook running very well BESIDES A HEARTY VOTE OF no exception. By all accounts, the festive affair in New or baker, "he is a demoted stew­ in all dep^trtOrleans was a huge success and will likely be repeated for ard." This is something'else I do ments," and this thanks to the steward department years to come. agreeable state of "for meals well prepared and good not agree with. Under our rotaryaffairs is not only service to go with them," the Sea­ These "little things" are important, since Seafarers, after shipping rules, a man is entifled to ship in the rating he is qualified a credit to him farer-crew of the Sea Comet II all, are like everybody else. Nobody likes to see the best- for. If a member is a certified and his fellow (Seatraders) had a special note of laid plans laid low, and the Del Sud crew acted accordingly -steward and wishes to ship as A delegates Steph­ praise for the skipper of the vessel in seeing them through. en R. Wagner also. steward, he registers in Group One Minutes of a recent ship's meet­ (deck), Harry The Del Sud, affair, as it finally came off, gave evidence and waits his turn for a job. If he ing reported that the "crew went ships as a cook or baker that Is Schultz (engine) of the care, resourcefulness, thoroughness and enthusiasm Sweeney and Wflliam T. on record to give with jvhich it was planned and executed. And for this much his choice, and he ahould remem­ a vote of thaiiks credit is due the members of the committee on arrangements ber that he wasn't Shipped as a Rose (steward) but to the entire and appreciation critic, but to do the "job he took crew. and the crewmembers who wholeheartedly backed them-up. off the board in the hall. to Captain SterCain's success* also possibly stems ritt for his full But it is one thing to plan and another to maintain faith Should Cut The' Mustard from the fact that he is living up cooperation with when it seems that through the quirks of chance those plans I also say that a man should not to his name ("W. W." stands for the crew." Such may never materialize. That sort of setback is the test of as a steward If he cannot cut Woodrow Wilson) • and is carrying outright praise perseverance which turns the plan—the blueprint—into the ship the mustard in all steward depart­ on the tradition of one of the from the unli­ reality. ' ment ratings. This is in reference better-known US presidents and crew for The moral here is that the spirit which finally produced to Brother Franklin's -statement statesmen. He hails-from Balti-- censed the master of a Hughes the affair is typical of that exhibited by-Seafarers for the that a good steward does not make more these days and began ship­ vessel must be ping with" the SIU from there in deserved, although the minutes did many more momentous happenings which helped shape the a good cook, and vice versa. Brothers, many certified stew­ February, 1952. Cain sails on deck not provide any bill of particulars. SIU of today. Years ago only a dreamer—or worse—could conceive of things as they are now, of the benefits and con­ ards at times ship in lesser ratings and was born 31 years ago tomor­ 4 4 4 in the steward department, and I row, Sept. 18, in the state of Ken­ ditions that are almost commonplace today. Now they are think THE LAST MEETING OF THB that the present rotary lihip- tucky. very real, and the future—it is hoped—will be even brighter. ping system is a good SIU policy. Savannah SIU branch had an allii, 'X> Hats off, thenj to the undaunted Del Sud picnickers. Little If a man wants a steward'^ job, let Savannah crew of Seafarers on the PUTTING HIS KNOWLEDGE rostrum handling the reins as things mean a lot. him buck the shipping list or else it it 4" register in a group where there is of the SHf .contract to use where officers of the meeting. Heading up it can dp a lot of good, John R. the regular bi-weekly membership a faster turnover. Brother Franklin also mentioned Sweeney has been unanimously gathering in the port was J. E. that there is now congestion in elect^ ship's delegate on the Floyd as chairman, R. B. Bennett, Seafarers have a tradition of generosity and offering help stewards' ratings. At present you George A. Lawson (Pan Oceanic), secretary, and J. C. Hughes, read­ to others that is already commonplace dn many parts of the will find congestion in all ratings which is enroute to Sasebo, Japan. ing clerk, all of whom were cred­ world as well as on their home shores. A recent instance —deckt engine and steward—but A relative newcomer to the SIU, ited with a fine job. of this was unfolded in the far-off port pf Pusan, Korea, where even.so we SIU meq get jobs. It who joined in New York, in April, Floyd, who sails on deck, was 27 Sweeney left the Atlantic Re­ years old last month and was born authorities are in the midst of a fund-raising campaign that may not be a job in the highest 1953, fining fleet last year to become a in the nearby state of South Caro­ rating we are qualified for, but it's seeks to improve hospital facilities in the area.. shoreside SIU organizer in the lina. He joined the SIU in New a job. A progress report on the drive, which is about half over, I say keep the present shipping tanker drive. York in May, 1948; One of tho indic-.es that the crews of ten SlU-manned ships which were system in the steward department. His contract know-how is appar­ early members of the Union, who in Pusan during July reacted generously to the fund appeal. I also say that in my many years ently coming inltandy, and Swee­ joined up in Savannah in Decem­ Despite their compai'ative small numbers, their contributions of seafaring I have seen many ups ney, as a former Atlantic tanker- ber, 1938, Bennett was bom March surpassed those of several large MSTS transports with crews and downs in the maritime indus­ man and onetime member of the 1, 1919 in the state of Georgia. Ho of several hundred men each, and this undoubtedly added try, and I confidently believe that Fleet Council, governing body of also sails in the deck department, our SIU rotary shipping system is Atlantic's "company union," well shipping as AB. Immeasurably to the pleasure of helping, the cause. Hughes is onother South Cara» the" best system for getting seamen appreciates the opp<frtunity to air , The main point, however, is that Seafarers take it upon jobs I have ever seen, not only for a beef when Ih* occasion calls for lina native, who was born there IS themselves to help out others whenever they can. To a sea- stewards but for men in all depart- it. A current sore point on the ves­ years ago. He ships as chief .cook naan» almost rmybody can be classed as an "unfortunate" if menti. sel Is tho fact that the two lady and joined tho SIU in Mobflo la work out >ut his years on land. • Frank Cullisoa • pasaengers being carried are signed 1946. Vote ^ Thanks •'-'A I \ Picnic And Progress ^ m" j;i'. II- W-y^' Ife- m- P |g|;i||;:^^,has;t9v An SIIJ Tradition '^1 •^1 <. I �Wage Ten •• - - -'l"' • ,v uv \ ••' ":: ir i., SEAFAMEAS LOC ••*•'•••. . ' - aeptembgr.lT.'MM'/. • 1#-: • If-',. La •fc'- • ' •- - • • • I ..-•"I'v/-' '• > '' : B'v;: The last 16 years, since the birth of thi^ SIU, has seen a profound change in the sea­ faring man. While previously he was char­ acterized as a "drifter" with* no roots or ties to" the land, today — and for several years' now — he has come to be recognized as a responsible citizen of the community, with a family, a good job and very often a home of his own. ' • Seafarers credit this change in their way of life to their Union. Improvements and increased wages on the ships have had their effect on conditions ashore. Years ago, his payoff — small as it was — was drained away on transient pleasures and he was forced to ship again as the only means of survival. Things are much different today. The greiCt majority of Seafarers, like 28-year old Jim Lamb, AB, are married men who regard the seagoing life as the best way to provide for themselves and their families. Nearly 1,400 of them have received the $200 SIU maternity benefit paid by the Union upon the birth of a child in the nearly two and a half years since this benefit began. Some have already collected it twice in this .period, and plan to go on and raise large families. Typical of the seamen of today. Lamb and his wife, Jeanne, own their own small home in the suburban community of Levittown, Long Island, 4n New York Stater Married but five months, they just recently, moved in and are decorating the place on their own. Garden, young trees line the home of Seafarer Jim Lamb, AB, and his wife, Jeanne, in the pleasant Shipping for the past 12 years in the deck suburban community of Levittown, Long Island, in New York. department on SIU ships, Jim is putting his on-tbe-job skills to work at home as far as painting and minor carpentry jobs are con­ cerned. His wife, now completing training . as a nurse,, helps aut. Between thern, they expect to see the job through with little trouble. ** Lamb doesn't like the hurried life of the city. When he's ncft working — l^e's on the^ Yorkmar (Calmar) right now — he^Spends • his leisure time fixing up his garden or just relaxes in the pleasant surroundings of his home. Moreover, he admits this place is just a stop-gap. One of these days he hopes to buy a piece of property in the country somewhere and build it up just the way he wants it. Mean­ while, he's happy where he is. Born in France and raised in England, Lamb first began sailing from England. After Painting the bathroorn is easy when both An AB, with lots of painting know-how, Jim he wound up hospitalized in Canada one trip, Jeanne and Jim turn to 'on the job. finds the job at home a cinch, N he got a berth on an SIU-A&G ship, the Ironclad (Waterman), bound for Russia in March, 1942. The ship was lost on the rocks near Archangel, but he sailed the rest of the 'War without incident, living in NY between ' trips. He shipped out of New Orleans for . " • three years, but prefers to sail with Isthmian on C-3s so he came back to NY. Originally he bought the house in Levit­ town as an investment and rented it out, but when he. married Jeanne they took the place over. Although she's not too keen on his going to sea all the time and would rather - he'd take a shoreside job. Lamb acknowl­ ife-i'edges that most of the things he has today fe-- are due to his being a Seafarer, so he intends to keep sailing for a while yet. , , He lik6s sailing. 'TVs a good, easy life, es9 pecially when ^y^ single^, and it's nice to have a couple of grand after a payoff," he : - Outside of house get»a gding-oycii4ooj«He'e »'«'<^»r^' '*^i^' -^offeetime'> oomes: fashci^^ anj- provides ^a fS-v' - .r- not^. ."I^ dioii't^ think I'th. be iquitting for - a .^n,^^-ewned.thepkee-for--tWo>yeai^f'f«fi^?i4ac4^^^.«*¥iid*««4M»akria«th«^««deeoi«tkJ^^ . J... :-V.- 'V'-' -• MJ-:.. 'Jm- �foong peach tree in garden of the Lamb home gets Jim's careful attention. Inside house, Mrs. Lamb turns attention to regular house-cleaning tasks. He checks mail book for letters from his former shipmates and friends. .' ^ 'M •r. a I'S '-Ix rrunks; ^oxes- irt foripeb living quartws' ere^moved into the house end stored ewey.' Jipi^Snd Jeanne rtv )iiun^b.a{«<<t^cal-of. many' H^wlyt-mamed deaferas w have their own homees^^^ f« siv,-,v^, Lamb turns in baggage check .for his gear. inHe't now on the Y^orkmar • (C«lmar)4 •• �• ••' • • ^ :"•;. -•.t' 8«|ieBi0er 1T< 19M' PR-' PQltr ttEPORlS. >....... Baltimore: py '^' Pr' Shipping Levels OK But Beekmen Get Jobs to protect the Union In the current lawsuit against the Sea Chest.* During the past two weeks we had no payoffs or sign-ons here, but in transit were the Alcoa Puri­ tan and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); Steel Apprentice (Isthmian); Robin Mowbray and Robin Hood (Seas Shipping), and Warrior (Water­ man). All of these ships were in good shape. In the USPHS Hospital at pres­ ent we have C. R. Flowers, Earl Congleton, George Leckler, Her­ bert Bumpas, Russell Jackson and James Armstrong. Ben Rees Norfolk Fort Agent Mobile: Bwlarkfiig tabor Day In New Orleans LafayeHe Will Garry Inda-Chiaa Bafagaas Shipping In this port during the Shipping in this port levelled off during the past two weeks and I past two weeks can be considerec believe we have now reached fair, with some 173 men shipped to ebbtide. During this period we regular jobs and 124''men shipper shipped 166 men to regular jobs to various relief jobs in and aroimd and three men to standby jobs, the harbor. Despite six ships lay­ but registrations for the period exceeded this amount by about 100 ing up, we stilT managed to get men. Even so, however, there was quite a few offshore jobs out of the no hardship on bookmen, and haU. there were jobs available for all ^ Ships paying off and signing on those who regis­ during this last report period were ' ti tered and who the Claiborne, Lafayette, Monarch cared to get out. Lake Charles: of the Seas and Warhawk (Water­ During the last man); Pelican Mariner "'(Bloomtwo weeks we field), and Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa had the following Pointer, Alcoa Pilgrim, Alcoa ships paying off: Boamer and Al­ Suzanne, Mae coa Clipper The affairs of this port are and Ines (Bull); (Alcoa). running along smoothly. We had a Chiwawa (Cities In transit dur­ payoff for the Council Grove Service); Robin Sjoberr ing tbis period (Cities Service)- on September 8, Mowbray -(Seas were the Del with one beef sent to headquarters Shipping); John B. Watei-man Monte (Missis­ (Waterman); Steel Worker (Isth- for a ruling^ an^ also an article sippi) and . De beef on the Bull Run (Petrol mlan); William H. Carruth (TransSoto, Bienville Tankers), but all other beefs were fuel); Pennmar, Oremar (Calmar), .and Iberville and Marore, Chilore, Feltore and settled before the payoffs. We also (Waterman). • had a little misunderstanding with Cubore (Oi-e). One of the Signing on were the Oremar and the skipper of the Warhawk (Wa­ ships that, we paid off here— terman) over filling out the crew. " Marymar (Calmar); John B. Water­ the Lafayette—was chartered by man (Waterman); Chiwawa (Cities He wanted to take the ship out the MSTS to be used as a mercy short to Mobile to lay up, but we Snapped at the Labor Day celebration of the AFL Central Trades Service), and Cubore, Marore, convinced him that this was not ship hauling refugees out of the and Labor Council in New Orleans are Paul Barker (left) and A. Chilore and Feltore (Ore). Indo-China area, and will probably P. Harvey, Council president. Barker, chief speaker at celebration, In transit wfere the Steel Fabri­ the thing to do, and the ship/went be in this service from six months is attorney for New Orleans SIU, which Ts affiliated with Council cator and Steel Seafarer (Isth­ out with a full crew. to a year. The Lafayette left here Besides the "Council Grove, along with Marine Aliied Workers, SUP and MFOW. mian); Mobilian, Chickasaw aiid in ballast headed for In(io-(5hina, Antinous (Waterman); Robin Sher­ which paid off and signed on again, where she is scheduled to go into wood (Seas Shipping); Alcoa Pu­ and the Warhawk and Bull Run in drydock andjie fitted out to carry transit or for payoff: La Salle, Seattle: ritan and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); transit, we had the following ships the refugees. There is also a possi­ Mobilian, Citrus Packer, Warrior, Southern Cities (Southern); Evelyn, in transit here during the past two bility that- in the near future the Wiid Ranger, Chickasaw and An­ Ines and Marina (Bull); Santore weeks: MSTS vOill charter several other tinous (Waterman) and Alcoa Salem Maritime, Bents Fort, ships for this same kind of semce. Patriot, Alcoa Pioneer, Alcoa Po­ (Ore), and Bethcoaster (Calmar). Paoli, Bradford Island, Logans laris, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa Corsair Receiving Hospital Benefits First Payoff fot Pelican • Fort, Winter Hill and Chiwawa Shipping in this port during the In the hospital, receiving bene­ (Cities Service), and Del Aires When we paid off the,Pelican and Alcoa Cavalier (Alcoa). For fiur Seafarer of the Week past two weeks has be£n fair, and fits, are Elmer Lamb, Vincenzo (Mississippi). Mariner here, it was for Her firgt Russo, Elmer Hansen, Steven trip since coming out of the ship­ we nominate E. L. (Jack) Bates, although the outlook for the future Leroy Clarke Boides, Robert Wingert, Anthony Lake Charles Port Agent yard at Pascagoula and making a who is known to his friends as is not too good, it looks as if the Maiello, Clyde Ward, Franklin six-months run to the Orient. 'Gator Mouth." Bates. This nick­ lumber strike here is about over 4" 4 3) Oilman, Gorman Glaze, Eugene There she lost approximately a name comes from his, booming and that may improve the situation. During^the last report period Plahn, Edward Yeamans,- Jessie Tampa: third of her original crew from voice which can be heard from Clarke, Frank Palyor, 'Samuel sickness and accidents. When she bow to stem on any day of the we signed on the John C. (Atlantic Mills, Jimmie Heifer, Edmond paid T)ff here, however, she was in week. Bates is married and makes Carriers) and paid off the Amersea Cain and Delvini Broduer. pretty good shape. There were his home in Louisiana but is ship­ (Blackchester), Liberty Beli (Tramp some beefs and some performing ping out of Mobile for a while. He Cargo) and Seacomet II (Ocean -We also have quite a few old• Shipping has. been pretty good in the steward department, but usually ships as chef on the pas­ Carriers). timers on the beach at this time, -In"transit were including Lou Brown, one, of in this port for the past two weeks, these were all settled in SIU style senger ships, but. will ship as stew­ ard or chief cook on the freighters the Longview with one payoff and sign-on and at the -payoff. The ship is tenta­ our better-known stewards; John Victory (Victoiy tively sche.dbled to go to a ship­ as well. While on the beach his Taurin, our ace quartermaster; the usual run of coastwise ships. Carriers), FairPaying off and signing on was yard in Texas and there is some favorite pastime- is fishing in the Pete Solberg, FWT deluxe, and port .. and Yaka Alfred Sjoberg, one of our real The Cabins (Mathiasen) and in doubt abmt her making another Louisiana swamps and he claims (Waterman) and oldtime bosuns. There are also transit were the Southern States trip. However, in view of the trou­ he is pretty good at it. Calmar, Alamar Oldtimers now -on the beach quite a number of others who make (Southern) and Iberville, De" Soto bled situation in the Formosa area and S e a m a r Baltimore their regular port to and Chickasaw (Waterman). The anything can happen, and she herb Include L. Smith, M. J. 'Kar(Calmar). Iberville called here twice. might go out again instead of lay­ levec, H. Graham, Robert Broadus, ship from. For our' Sea­ E. C. Vitou, D. Bissett, F. Reyes, The Cabins signed on with no ing up. Earl Sheppard farer of . t h e S. Word, G. Perdome, H. S. Curry, trouble and the in-transits were Baltimore Port Agent As far as shipping prospects for Barton Week ,we have also in good shape. C. B. Ivey and Henry Koppersmith. the coming two weeks dVe con­ • $1 ^ J, selected Seafarer Jesse L. Bar­ Ray White Cal Tanner cerned, we have the following ton, who joined the Union in Tampa Port Agent Norfolk:' ^ Mobile Port Agent ships due to hit the port either in May, 1946, in Galveston. Barton,' who is 50, worked as a long­ shoreman in Houston before be^ ginning to ship, and now sails as bosun.- He is married and makes At the last membership meeting his home in Bellingham, Wash. in this port, the port agent spoke Besides Bartbn, men on the about the effect of the "50-50" bill beach-here now include R. Vicker^ on coai shipments, in the port of man, S. Cqllison and Jack Stough.. Shipping Figures August 25 to September 7 Hampton Roads, from which most In" the hospital are B. Burk, E. of the • 10 million tons will be REG., REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SKIP. TOTAL Cannon, H. Harvey, H. Harrell,^;; shipped. He pointed out that al­ PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED K. Ming and G. Basson. Boston 19 6 12 37 12 8 10 30 though the bill signed by President Jeff Gillette Eisenhower does not become a law New York m 1I8 110 349 102 97 77 278 Seattle Port Agent until January 1, 1955, this coal Philadelphia 19 20 25 64 15 ^10 14 39 must be delivered by June 30, Baltimore 109 , 91 46 246 68 . 57 41 166 1955. He also said activity in the 9^ 8 10 27 1 ^ 3 7 coal charter market, even by for­ I Norfolk Savannah ..;.... 6-. ; *8 9 28 8 4 3 10 eign ships, wiU boost the charter Regular membership meet­ price for coal to the point where Tampa 14 ' 20 18 62 6 » 4 ^15 ings in,.8lU headquarters end, American ships can compete. Mobile 54 47 60 ' 151 A8 88 62 173 at all branches are held every. • Back Up Sea Chest New Orleang 77 50 62 ^189 48 46 44 ^ i38 second Wednesday night at , At the meeting, the members Galveston 84 25 'S4 83 - 21 21 7 49 7 PM. The schedule for the. also discussed the Itea Chest. They next few meetings Is as follows: Seattle 80 ' , 22 10 62 28 ' 11 13 52 unanimously-gave a-vote of thanks Sept. 22, Oct. 6. Oct. 20. SanPrancisfo 51 « 8iliw 21 19 5 4» and cpnfldence to all the Union All SeaZareni registered OA officials who made the Sea- Chest • Wilmington 9 8 ' 5 19 . 8 ^ li 20- ' the shipping list are required possible^ and tw'yowered them to to atteng the mceltngs, IR ' take whatever dtMa mra neceswiy Port Affairs Smooth; CS Tankor Signs On Lumber Strike's EnJ May Improve Shipping Goaslwisa Ships Keep Port's Business Good Members Back Up SlU In Sea Chest Aetien A & G SmPPMNG RECORD Meeting Night Eveng 2 Weeks tlSf" '.'t-"'• .'Vi �~m^-. Sewtembcr 17, SEAVAkERSLOC .... PORT REPORTS Boston: Hall Recnperatiag Affar'Carol'liifs Our SIU hall here Jn Boston Is DOW recuperating froin the effects of the recent Hurricane Catdl, thanks to the help 6f Brother E. Olson who helped us restore the hatch on the roof after Carol sent it spinning to the street. Brother James Penswick passed away in the Brighton Marine Hos­ pital oh August 29. The SIU/ sent a floral wreath to his services and the port agent attended them. The Union also sent a floral wreath to the services held for Brother Robert Pebk, who died in Africa while aboard the Robin Trent.' Brother Penswick Peck was buried in "Winslow Cemetery with full military honors as he had Ibeen in the Navy and was a member of the American Legion. Shipping Slow Shipping continued to be slow in this port during the past two weeks with only the. Ann Marie (Bull) and Winter Hill (Cities Service) paying off and signing on. The Ann Marie is on continuous articles. , ' In transit during this period were the Steel Seafarer and Steel Rover (Isthmian); Robin Hood and Robin Doncaster (Seas Shipping), and Antinous, Hastings and De Soto (Waterman). Brothers Donate Blood Brother Tom Fleming called the hall aij^ asked me to express his gratitude to the brothers who do­ nated blood to his wife, who is very iff. The ^rothejs who gave blood were J. Rubery,'G. Williams, T. Cummings and C. Meloon. Among the men on the beach now are J. Rubery, whose last ship was the Orion Comet; P. Gradozzi, whose last ship was the Seatiger, and W. Cutter, whose last ship was the Queenston Heights. * In the marine hospital are J. Petrusewicz, F. ' Alasavich, W. O'Brien, A. Snider and J. Herrold. James Sheehan Boston Port Agent to the mid-section of the dis­ credited old ILA and coiild be a step in the right direction for the. ultimate reorganization of workers not in the AFL along the Philadel­ phia waterfront. Paid Off Four Ships During the past two weeks we paid off the Marina and Dorothy (Bull), Republic (Trafalgar) and Logans Fort (Cities Service), and signed on the Republic and Logans Fort. In transit' were the Southern Cities (Southern); Steel Fabricator, Steel Seafarer and Steel Rover (Isthmian); Suzanne (Bull); Robin Mowbray (Seas Shipping); Marymar and Pennmar (Calmar), and Antinous, Hastings and John B. Waterman (Waterman). A. S. Cardullo Philadelphia Port Agent 4" $1 4* Savannah: Happy Grewmen Foaad On In-Trapsit Ships Bull Run, OS Tankers Pay Off And Sign On Shipping has been slow in this port during the past two weeks. We paid off the Bull Run- (Petrol Tankers) and the Council Grove and Fort Hoskins (Cities Service) and signed on the Bull Run and Fort Hoskins. In transit were the Alexandra (Carras); Afcoa Pegasus '(Alcoa); Seatrains New York, New Jersey, Savannah and Texas -(Seatrain); City of Alma, Bienville and Arizpa (Wa­ terman); Steel i Recorder (Isthmian); Mae (Bull); Council Grove ^Cities Service), and South­ Laffoon ern Districts (Southern). There werg a few minor beefs on some of these ships but ^ they were all squared'away to the sat­ isfaction of the crews. E. La Soya is waiting here for^a Seatrain, while J. Mathews is out of the hospital and ready for action again. Bill Laffoon will be ready for action in a couple of weeks after .an operation. Still in the hospital are D. Fisher, W. Edwards, S. J. Smith, J. Leston, C. B. Young, K. A. Hellman, M. A. Plyler, I. J. Torre and W. W. Currier. Keith Alsop Galveston Port Agent Shipping has been average here during the past two weeks. We paid off and signed on the Cai'olyn (Bull) and in transit were the Southport (South Atlantic); Seatrains Louisiana and Georgia (Seatrain); Robin Kirk (Seas Shipping); Wacosta (Waterman), and Southern Districts (Southern). The Seatrains Louisiana and Georgia each called here twice. When the Robin Kirk was.here in transit she SjUre had a happy crew aboard her and the crews of the 4" 4» other ships seemed just about^as New Orleans: happy, with not a beef among them. ' , Joined Union In '45 For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate J. E. F'oyd who joined the Union in December, 1945, after finishing a year of col­ lege. Floyd says he thinks the No. 1 feature of the Union is the Wel­ fare Services program, and that this fact was brought home to him recently when he broke his leg aboard the Southwind and found the collection of his maintenance and cure made easy because of the Welfare program. On the beach here are J. H. Maxey, R. W.- Thomas, L. A. Dewitt, G. G. Parker and J. Brown. In the marine hospital are R. F. Roberts, L. F. Swegan, J. H. Mor­ Plii/ode/phio.-* ris, A. F Meadows, R. C, Shedd, J. T. Moore, W. C, Sanders, E. Carrollton, J. Littleton, P. Bland. C. G. Truesdell, B. W. Brinson, A. 'W, Lima and W. J. Wolfe. Shipping in this port has been Jeff Morrison below level, and there are no pay­ Savannah Port Agent offs or sign-ons in sight that might possibly relieve the situation In the near future. During the past week, however, we have had a few tankers and we hope this will be the beginning of the tanker movement in the port. We feel reasonably sure that we SIU, A&G District may get a fair share of these tank"- BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. ers hauling their winter fuel car­ Earl Sheppard. Agent Mulberry 4S40 276 State St. goes. We are also watching with BOSTON James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 interest the progress of our nego­ GALVESTON ....' .21st Mechanic tiating committee's current talks Keith Alsop, AgenC. Phone 2-8448 on tanker contracts, and have LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. Phone 6-5744 every hope that our committee will, Leroy Cldrke, Agent 1 South Lawrence St. bring these talks to a successful MOBILE Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 conclusion. NEW ORLEANS : 523 Bienville St. Lindsey Williams. Agent ' Tugboat''yictpry t Magnolia 6112-6113 We would also like to inform NEW VORK...'.. 675 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 the^ membership that the IhternalSi7-129 Bank St. tion'al* Brptherhhod of Longshore- NORFOLK ten Rees. Agent • Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. meUj^ AFL, has met wit^ success in S. Cardullo, Agefnt ' Market 7-1635 their .origanizational -drive among SAN FRANCISCO 45Q Harrison St. T. Banning, Agent Douglas 2-5475 the tugboat workers in this area. Marty Breithoff. West Coast Representative This victory for the AFL long­ PUERTA de TIERRA, PR Pelayo 51—La 5 Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 shoremen, in conjunction with the Sal SAVA.NNAH 3 Abercorn St. Jell Morrison, - Agent Phone 3-1728 Br^herhqod of jjarine Engineers, SEATTLE .. ' 27on 1st Ave. make the tugboats in'thi^aSga ,?«- Jeff GiUette, Agent Elliott 4334, .. 1809-1811 N., JFranklln .SI, tjggjy.AFJl'r^ tnisJa a^nkher. blow TAMPA Hay White. Agent -^Pnoae 2-i3a» mmm. i> • w i wwn Tankers Herald Start Of Winter Shipping Galveston: 41 ing Plek-Uii Sssn in§ Hexl 2 Weaks Shipping has been generally poor in this port during the past two weeks, but it has not been too bad for bookmen. During the next two weeks, however, we expect things to pick up considerably, as we have nine ships due in here for payoffs. We have learned that the Alcoa Clipper and other Alcoa passenger ships are going into drydock, and that the company intends to call the men back in accordance with the shipping rules, so that the old crews can go back to the ships. Payoffs And Sign-Ons During the past two weeks we paid off the Steel Recorder (Isth­ mian), Del Sol (Mississippi), Iber­ ville (Waterman) and Transatlantic (Pacific Waterways). We signed on the Del Aires and Del Monte (Mississippi) and Transatlantic. In transit were the Alcoa Cor­ sair, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa Cavalier and Alcoa Pilgrim (Alcoa); Del Monte am] Del Aires (Mississippi); Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana (Seatrain), and Claiborne, Fairisle, Monarch of the Seas, Bienville, Mobilian and Morning Light (Wa­ terman). All of the payoffs and sign-ons were good, with only minor repair and other beefs reported. Llndsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent 4 San Francisco: Good Outlook Is Seen For Western Shipping Shipping in this port during the past two werfts has been slow. The outlook for the future, however, is good. Although we had no payoffs dur­ ing these past two weeks, and al­ though we had ./.isauiaafc'* only one sign-on, we did have six in-transits which all took some men, and today the Kyska (Wa­ terman) took crew, w h i c ir helped out con­ siderably, so that Johnson the bookmen in this port have been able to move pretty rapidly. We are supposed to have two or three ships coming in' here this week but they may possibly be diverted. As far as we know the Ocean Lotte (Ocean Trans.) and Young America (Waterman) are due in here now. The ship we signed on during the last two weeks was the Longview 'Victory (Victory Carriers) and in transit were the Seamar (Cal­ mar), Steel Vendor and Steel Age (Isthmian) and Fairport, Madaket and Yaka (Waterman). . Brock First Bookman The first book issued by the Ad­ missions Committee on the West Coast went to Jack Dempsey Brock. This brother was obligated at our last meeting and we all offer him our sincere coiigratulations. Men on the beach here now are H, Johnson, W. Parks, P. Robert­ son, C. McKee, J. Sheldon, J. Syrles, C. Lawson, V. Valencia, D. Pierce, H. Hutchins, G. Gates, A. J. Begg and W. Brown. In the hospital are Charles Brown, R. Rivera, P. S. Yuzon, W. Singleton, J. Perreira, C. Neumaier, O. Gustavsen, B. M. Foster, B. A. Eerman, J. Childs and A. Flores. Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent New York: Political Winds Blow -So Does Hurricane The hottest thing in New York right now is the political situation and, as usual, we are doing what we can to help out our friends m their respective bids for election or reelection. There is some keen competition for a lot of the local and national offices. We had an unwelcome visitor up this way last week. One of those Florida hurricanes hit it up in this area and left a half billion dollars in damage and 27 dead. Most of the damage was in Long Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts, but there was considerable flood damage and lights and telephones out in New York City. Shipping has continued to be good here in New York for all ratings except stewards, who are moving slowly. Rated black gang men are able to ship at will, with the dispatcher having to plead with firemen and oilers to take the jobs. All of the ships hitting here in the past two weeks have been in good shape with a minimum of beefs. Keep up the good work, boys, as this is the way We like to see them come in. Paid Off 24 Ships During the past two weeks we paid off 24 ships, signed 7 on for­ eign articles and serviced 17 intransits. The following were the ships paid off; Warrior, Hastings and Penin.sula Manner (Waterman); Jefferson City Victory (Victory Carriers); Lone Jack, Beats Fort, Salem Maritime, French Creek, Paoli and Bradford Island (Cities Service); Steel Fabricator, Steel Seafarer, Steel Apprentice and Steel Archi­ tect (Isthmian); Rosario, Angelina and Franee.s (Bui]); Robin Hood (Seas Shipping); Greece Victory (South Atlantic); Mary Adams (Bloomfield); Barbara Frietchie (Liberty Navigation), and Sea­ trains Savannah, Louisiana and j Texas (Seatrain). Signing on were the Lawrence 'Victory (Mississippi): Steel Fabri­ cator, Steel Apprentice and Steel Architect (Isthmian); Robin Mow­ bray (Seas Shipping); Jefferson _ City Victory (Victory Carriers), and Mary Adams (Bloomfield). The in-transits were the Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa); Chickasaw, Mo­ bilian, De Soto and Antinous (Waterman); Kathryn, Beatrice and Ann Marie (Bull); Seatrains New York, New Jersey and Georgia (Seatrain); Bull Run and The Cabins (Mathiasen); Steel Worker and Steel Rover (Isth­ mian); Alexandra (Carras), and Bethcoaster (Calmar). Claude Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treasurer J" JWilmington: 4 V WILMINGTON. Calif 505 Marine Ave. Ernest Tilley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Bklyn SECRETARY TREASURER Paul HaU ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina. Claude Simmons Joe Volpian William HaU SUP HONOIUL.0 FORT WILLIAM 11814 Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone; 3-3221 PORT COLBORNB 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO, Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA. BC 617V4 Cormorant St. Empire 4.531 VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. SYDNEY, NS Pacific 7824 304 Charlotte St. Phone 0:>4C BAGOTVILLE, Quebec . . 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, Ontario 62 St. Davids St CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St NB Phone: 2-52.32 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 522 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND. CAUF 257 5th St Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO. 450 Harrison St, Douglas 2-8363 Great Lakes District SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave Main 0290 ALPENA 133 W Fletcher WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. Phone: 12;iBW Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW VORK 675 4tb Ave., Brookl.vn 734 Lakc.'^ide Ave., NE STerling 8 4671 CLEVELAND' Phone; Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone; Woodward 1-6857 MONTREAL ...'..834 St. Jahies St. West DULUTH 531 W- Mlchig.anSt Phone Melrose 2-4110 -• PLateau 8161 3261 B. 02Qd St HALUvyu N.&.,.,,.....I2^gHo.lU^SL SOUTH CHICAGO. Phone; £»ek 5-3414 Alcoa Planter Sign-On Helps Shipping Here During the past two weeks ship­ ping was not too good in this port, but we did have the Alcoa Planter (Alcoa) pay off and sign on here and this helped us out consider­ ably. This ship was due to pay'off in Seattle, but due to engine trouble they sent her here. The payoff was clean, and when she signed on again it was for a run back to the Far East. In transit here during the past two weeks were the Steel Vendor and Steel Age (Isthiriian); Fort Hoskins (Cities Service); Seacliff (Coral); Yaka and Gateway City (Waterman), and Massmar (Cal­ mar). — / ... Ernest:-.Tjllcy • ' Warouigtem Port Agent ' "-•4: 1 •;v| • - Si .cS •m •J .. iil '• �{I'. Fan FrartecB ' SEAFARERS ' LOG Kicking In To This Ships Fund Is A Reaf Lip-Smacking Pleasure ——:— •( September 17, 19S4 OFF WATCH This feature is designed io offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers There are some SIU ships where accumulating a ship's fund is a pretty painful process, may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and frequently with some unwilling crewmember saddled with the task of chasing after his aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS LOG, shipmates to collect a buck or so. And on these ships, the-ship's fund generally veers 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. •' ' pretty close to the red when"*^ Seagoing Jazz enthusiasts with has often wondered how to dress it isn't actually in it. an LP phonograph at their disposal up the sometimes-unattractive end•This isn't so on the Seatrain ipay find their pleasure in any or grain of a plywood table or cabinet Louisiana. Not only is the ship's all of four 12-inch long-playing without a great deal of work will fund substantially in the black, records -issued recently featuring be happy to learn that a Seattle and not only have the crew figured the work of Duke Ellington. One firm has come up with an answerout a painless process of kicking in disk, "The Music of Duke Ellington to the problem. "Wpod Tape" is a —they've even made the process Played by Duke Ellington (Co­ finishing material for plywood enjoyable. lumbia)," contains reissues of some edge^ that is supposed to go on as According to Walter Mueller, of his best work from 1928 to 1949, easily as a band-aid. It is actually the ship's treasurer, the Louisiana's including his original recordings of a thin slice of veneer three-quar­ fund—^which now "Sophisticated Lady," "I Let A ters of an inch wide and as Ipng stands at over Song Go Gut of My Heart" knd as you want it, and is made in fir, $250 — comes ''The Mooche." The others are birch, walnut, oak and Philippine from the pro­ more current items: the "Duke mahogany. The stuff comes with' ceeds of a coke Ellington Seattle ^Concert (Victor)" its own pressure sensitive adhesive; machine which dating back to March, 1952; "Elling-' and stays on for good, making the the men bought ton '55 (Capitol)" featuring virtual­ plywood look like clean solid wood. early last year. ly the same band, and "Memories And it can be painted. You can Even with cokes, of Ellington (Norgran)," headlin­ buy it at retail lumber yards for selling for a ing Johnny Hodges, who' was a aljout 12 cents a foot, or order Nick Wuchina, who took this photo, didn't identify the sleeping nickel a bottle, Mueller mainstay of the Ellington group direct' from Puget Modem, Inc.^ Seafarer, but he's shown here aboard the Waterman C-S|i AfoUndria, the machine not Seattle. some years back. during a recent run to the Far East. only provides enough to keep the " is, is, is, ^ X ship's fund solvent, but also Photography fans who are shop­ Here's a tip from a reieent "Field enough for extras for the men and Stream" for those who carry ping for a new tripod may be from time to time. maps of their fishing and hunting interested in a new gadget called Last Christmas, for instance, the territory vnth them on trips. You the "Shoulderpod," which is a crew voted themselves a two-weeks can make them last a lot longer camera-steadying device fitting bonus of cokes for free—an enter­ by giving them a coat of water­ right on"'the shoulder. Operated prise which resulted in the con­ proof varnisli, which will protect by a pistol grip, it features an, suming of s6me 54 cases. Film them from rain and atmospheric adjustable platform, a curved, From time to time the LOG receives stories about Sea­ moisture and keep them crisp and aluminum piece shaped like a half! rentals for the movie projector, a new electric iron, and flowers for farers who claim to be champ fishermen, but we think this readable longer. U, which can taken apart for the funeral of a deceased brother one tops 'em all. It concerns Frank Wald of the Yaka (Waterstowing in a gadget bag. As such, , is, ^ are some of the other uses to Seafarers who went through it might be .just the thing for the — t^man), and according to one of which the money has been put. Japanese submarine attacks in Seafarer with little storage room Where's H is Visa^ shipmates, Frank lands the World War II might find some aboard ship. The item has been Originally Cost $250 big ones without even hook­ ing them. In fact, they hop right fascination in reading about what put on the market for $7.75 by The coke machine, Mueller re-, went on at the dishing-out-end of Monu Inventions, Box 11, Engleout of the water into his lap. ports, originally fost $250, of which . . .. Writing from Cristobal, Canal things during the Japanese . sub­ wood. Col. half was paid for through dona­ marine campaign from 1941. to Zone, oiler Tom Scanlon, of the tions - and the rest through the A neat trick on howJ:o~ make Yaka, relates Wald's exploits as 1945. "Sunk" is the brief title nf profits made on it. The coke costs a book written by Mochitsure your tools make life easie1r*for you follows: about 80 cents a case—80 cents in "We have several. fishermen Hashimoto, who is said to be one is for the carpenter who uses'a steel Galveston, 81V^ cents in New Or­ aboard this Waterman rust bucket, of the only four Japanese U-boat rule for measuring lengths of board leans—and the crew pays a man but we have one who takes the commanders to survive the war. or the like,-.'You tan make a steel 20 cents a case to handle it and cake for a fish story that really The book will first be published on riile easier to read by rubbing 'it take care of the machine. That Sept. 27 by Henry Holt and Com­ with a piece of chalk and then happened. makes about a buck a case.pany and can probably be obtained wiping it with a cloth. The chalk "While tied up at the dock Jn Mueller estimates the crew buys Miami, Frank Wald, the electrician, or ordered through any bookstore. will remain ' in the depressions around 50 cases orcoke every two made by the niimerals and save a is, ^ a, decided to try his weeks during the winter and about The do-it-yourself craftsman who lot of eye strain. luck, so he went 70 cases, during the summer. At a onto the dock nickel a bottle, this figures out to during his lunch about $14 of clear profit every two LOG-A-RHYTHM: hour. weeks. ~ "He was fishing Mueller says the Louisiana's with a thin glass scheme wouldn't be possible with­ 4 hole, small hooks, out the cooperation the crew gets a 10-pound test from their port engineer, captain By M,. Dwyer line and no gaff, According to Manuel R. Costa, and chief mate. But as it is, the and no one paid this pup was picked up by Scanlon Idea is a real money maker. crewmen of the French Creek much attention to Also, Mueller says, the idea isn't him until someone saw him kicking (Cities Service) in Yokosuka, private property, so any of the a good-sized kingfish around on the fellows on coastwise ships who Japan. Appropriately enough, dock. want to pick it up are at liberty to he's named "Yoko." Note the "Anyway, In a few minutes he do so. life jacket "Yoko's" wearing. had a good-sized audience, but no­ body could figure out how he could hook a three-foot fish, weighing about 30 pounds, with such light gear. "Finally Frank admitted that he (1) Mr. Brown gave a .party for 100 employees. He promised to didn't hook the fish — it jumped give $5 to every woman present and $10 to every man. Half of the right out of the water onto the men did not come, but all the women did. How much money did Mr. dock. 'And It almost scared the daylights out of me,' he said." Brown give away? This may sound like quite a tall_ (2) Vice President Richard Nixon is a former US Senator from the fish story, Scanlon writes, but it state of: (a) New York, (b) California, (c) Alabama, (d) Illinois? actually happened Just that way. (3) We all have a patronymic. Wbat is it? (4) If you lived in England, when would you prefer a pram to a tram? (5) What territory is the largest possession of the US? (6) An artillery battery which divided its fire between two targets For obvious reasons the LOO recorded three times" as many hits on target one as on target two. If Sit beside a firelight, hold your loved one close tonight. cannot print any letter or ten percent of the shells fired failed to hit either target and a total For you've sworn no more to roam and she's happy'cause you're home!. other communications sent in of 280 shells were fired, how many shells hit the second target? Watch the embers twist and turn, telling your soul not to yeam^ by Seafarers tmless the author (7) Which is heavier: a pound of cork or a pound of balsa wood? , For the carefree sailing-days and the seaman's merry ways. • signs his name. Unsigned, (8) What Spanish explorer discovered Florida: (a) Hernando de Think not pf a distant shore calling you forevermore, ianonymous letters will only Soto; (b) Vasco de Gama, (c) Ponce de Leon, (d) Ferdinand MageUan? 'iSeacon liglits that gleani and shine—you'll forget all these tn time. wind up in the waste-basket Seagult cries and foam and spray, watches stood and sailing day. (9) What heavyweight who defeated Max Baer combined the study If circumstances justify, the Dawn at sea, clear blue sky you'll remember with a sigh. of Yoga with his regular training? LOG will withhold a signature Sit beside a firelight, hold yourjoved one close tonight. on request, but if you want it (10) What Government agencies do these initials refer to: (a) GPO As quietly ypu sit and stare, yoU will see your ghost-ship there. printed in the LOG, put your (b) FDIC, (c) ICC, (d) FTC? . ' •And your telltale heart will yearn for the day when you return^ , game. Ml it , <Qaii Answers on Page 17^ For your heart's no longer free once it's given to the sea,. J ^ Seaman Doesnt Co Fish, They Co After Him \ Yearning Quiz Corner Sign Name On LOGEieiters r? si V)".'- d �-Sevlember 17. 1954 SEAFARERS Pate Fifteen LOG Gets Royal Boot As Queen's Yacht Hogs The Dock If you hear anyone these days referring to the crew of the Lawrence Victory as "dis­ placed persons," it's because the Mississippi Victory -ship was nearly booted out of her berth at Goose Bay, Labrador, by the royal yacht of England's Queen Elizabeth. Bv Spike Marlin Unless there is some radical change between now and the end of the season, it's quite obvious that the leading batsman in the American League will be Ted Wil­ liams. But because of a technicali­ ty in the regulations and because American League pitchers fear him so much, Williams will not get the official batting championship. The rules book says that a man must have at least 400 at bats to be granted recognition as a batting champion. Ordinarily it is a fair enough rule because it judges a champion on the basis of a full season's performance and at the same time makes allowance for games missed because of injuries or illness. Normally, the average hitter will have his 400 at bats in about 110 to 115 games. Broke Collarbone In Williams' case, a broken collar­ bone he suilerea on his first day oi spring training kept him out of action for the first month. Then hardly had he gotten back into shape when a siege of pneumonia caused him to miss many more days of playing time. The result is that Williams has missed 37 games, or approximately 14 of the season. That alone would not be sufficient to keep him from the batting title. The irony of it is that he has been walked over 100 times this season by opposing pitchers, and since bases on balls do not constitute an official time at bat, he will -lose out on the championship accordingly. Almost any other ballplayer in the league appearing in the same number of games would be certain to have the minimum 400 at bats needed to qualify for the title. Can't Hurt Williams isn't helped either by. the weakness of the Boston line-up this season. With the Red Sox pitching failing to hold up, oppos­ ing teams are happy to put Wil­ liams on base, figuring that the free passes can't hurt them too much. All this points to an oft-stated fact—that the method now used in figuring batting averages is far from an accurate presentation of a hitter's worth. Anytime a man gets on base 100 times a season through walks it should be refiected in the batting figures. It would be only justice for Wil­ liams to get the formal recognition of the title because of his remark­ able comeback after a second tour of duty in the Marines during the Korean War. Despite his injuries" and his age, he still remains base­ ball^ best and most dangerous hitter, barring no man in either league. „ The Red Sox, who are going nowhere this year, are trying to give Williams a better crack at the title by batting him second in the line-up. But chances are extreme­ ly slim that he will pick up the necessary at-bats that way. Al­ though he was never the most popular ballplayer in the game, it's too bad that Williams won't get the recognition he deserves in the twilight of his career. This, according to crewman Pedro Garcia, took place as 'Round-The-World Bound the result of an unscheduled encounter between the Lawrence Victory an^ the royal yacht, which was carrying the Queen's husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, on his reApparently "cent visit to Canada. enjoying their "While cruising into the harbor 'round-t h e-world at Goose Bay," Garcia writes, "the Lawrence Victory was brought to trip .aboard the a n unexpected Steel Recorder halt by the (Isthmian) Queen'^ royal " are (front, 1-r): yacht, escorted W. Masterson, by a British cruiser. carpenter; AB "Anyway, we Russo, deck . is dropped the hook delegate, and and stood by Pettipas, bosun; , while the "sea­ going Cadillac" (rear, 1-r): Garcia tied up, but we AB "Frenchy" didn't realize^ then the events thatMartineau, ship's Shadow Boxers were, about to take place. The delegate, and yacht took up a little too much dock, and when we tried to dock, AB G. DeGreve. we found that the Lawrence was about 10 feef too long. "Then," Garcia reports^ "it start­ ed. As we eased up alongside,the dock, our stern tore off part of an old extended wharf. And . since we were smack up against the dock, we couldn't maneuver the vessel away from it without the-, help of tugs. For about two hours we tried to get the ship in and finally the captain, who no longer had any hair to pull, asked the -There may be seamen sailing under the SIU banner who skipper of the royal yacht to kindly have fallen into the habit of taking for granted the gains shift 15 feet further up. Silhouetted in the light of a " 'Why,' asked the yacht's cap­ their Union has gottea for them over the years, and who Hawaiian moon. Seafarers B. tain, 'are you leaving already?'" believe that the evils their Small (left) and D. Diaz make .The reply of the Lawrence Vic­ Union has successfully elimi­ recent letter to the LOG by Franz an interesting picture as they Pietrak,. who describes himself as tory's captain, Garcia reports, is get in a little boxing practice unprintable, but the skipper of the nated are now as extinct as a a Bremen-born seaman who has aboard the Wacosta (Water­ sailed on German and other Eu­ royal yacht must have gotten the nickel glass of beer. man) off Honolulu. Photo was idea, because he finally shifted the The fact is that the evils elimi­ ropean-flag ships for many years. taken and submitted to the yacht and the Lawrence Victory nated by American maritltne trade . Bremen, Hamburg and other LOG by Luis Ramirez. was able to dock properly. unions still exist in other parts German ports are real paradises for Garcia says that he has nothing of the world, and give ready proof the German shipowners and ship­ against the Duke of Edinburgh, that shipowners are always ready ping interests, Pietrak says. But but he dobbts that the meeting be­ to take advantage of seamen when for German seamen the German tween the royal yacht and the there , is ^0 strong trade union to waterfront is a veritable hell on earth, and the German seaman has Lawrence Victory did anything to oppose them. improve /% glo-American relations. This fact was brought hbme in a only the choice of shipping out for The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, from $20 to $80 a month or starv­ bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known ing to death on the beach. cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard arid/or home use. Here's Seafarer George D. Trade Unionism Weak The plight of the German sea­ Hudson's recipe for "flank roll." man Pie^ak attributes directly to Foreign-type cooking doesn't always go over big with those the lack of trade union strength in who are strict in their liking for strictly American food, but the German maritime industry. Either the seamen are not organized there are lots of exceptions. One of these is obvious by the at all, or they are members of the favor shown for an ItalianGerman / Seamen's Union which style "flank roll" which Sea­ small amount of meat tenderizer gives them no protection at all. farer George D, Hudson, chief can be used also. Then take the The German Seamen's Union, cook, usually dishes out nnce a trip. raisins, meal and pickles, and "You can't serve it much oftener spread them over the meat as you Pietrak says, is very sihiilar to the old, corrupt International Long­ than that," Hudson, an SIU mem­ roll it. After the rolls are tied, roast shoremen's Association in this ber for the past them slowly in a 350 degree oven country. ~ The members are re­ 14 years, com­ for about 45 minutes. While this is quired to pay dues, but . they get ments, _ "because going on, make a sauce with some no reports on finances, they have you've got to save of the olives, the chopped up no real voice in the union's affairs, up the flank beef onions and peppers by first brais­ and there are very few membership that you cut out ing them in oil and then adding from time to time meetings. the tomato puree. Now add the until you've got In Bremen, for instance, he says, meat to the sauce and simmer for there has not been a membership enough to feed a about 90 minutes more. Top with hungry -crew." A meeting in the past two years: • the rest of the sliced olives when veteran of 18 Hudson Pietrak's advice to American sea­ years at sea, Hud­ serving. men is twofold: (I) Be apprecia­ son says the following recipe will tive of the gains their American do quite well for a crew of 40. Union Has trade unions have gotten for them, Here's what you need: 32-35 and (2) be vigilant to guard these pounds of flank beef, 2 lbs. of Cable Address gains, for eternal vigilance is the raisins, 1 box of cracker meal, 14 Seafarers overseas who want price of liberty. lb. of chopped mixed pickles, 1 to get in touch with headquar­ American se^en also, Pietrak quart of green olives, 6 onions, 6 ters in a hurry can do so by thinks, should fight to their utmost green peppers, and Worcestershire cabling the Union at its cable to prevent the transfer of US ships sauce and tomato paste to suit the address. SEAFARERS NEW to foreign flags, or they may flnd taste.^ YORK. those ships being manned by crews To make It, first soak your'meat Use of this address will as­ who work for the same coolie in Worcestershire sauce for sev­ sure speedy transmission on wages and under the same sub­ eral hours, turning meat around all mess^es and faster serv­ standard conditioBS that the Ger-. now and then 'to make-sure the ice for the men involved. man seamen do. flavor la evenly distributed. A The German Seaman's Lot — It Ain't A Happy One 4^ rial1 •"i -i: -r't ' �n^'5|T.C^, rase iSlxteeiS :5 SEATARERS LOG ,• ifc •t ••:;•, ' r-' r & r- j;- t^rew Maheo SMU Ship Clean Ship -j-:' ;-^ -v-' ', ^ • L E T T EES CreetiSiV th'Xemtemitdiand To the Editor: To the Editor: On Friday, August 20, we, a full I am stationed at an Air Force new crew from the Mobile hall, base in Newfoundland dnd wish arrived at the ore docks to take you would send the LOG tome. I over the Seacloud (Seatraders) had the LOG sent to mo-j/ihea I But as we stood on the docks and To the Editor: was drafted last To the Editor: looked at this rusty, brokendown Just thought I'd drop you a line fall, but I've Recently I have been hearing refugee from the boneyard, some to let you know the SIU shipboard and reading quite a few comments been transferred of the guys wanted to go back to libraries are great.-They are well asking the SIU to start a hospital­ around so much the halL, diversified in content, are both ization plan which would cover a that it's lost Finally, however, we got to­ educational and entertaining, and seaman's entire family at a rate track of me. gether and decided to take a look they help many men to pass away he could pay monthly, quarterly or However i expect at the^topside and quarters first. their leisure hours in a manner to spend the rest yearly. Believe me, this ship wais the that is really productive. of my time in the Since 1946 this family has car­ worst I'd seen since 1936. The Army here. I think my former shipmates, ried a hospitalization .policy on messroom, which at one time was John CIrrosa, Fred Bruckner and I don't'get a which we paid $52 a year for six painted pea chance to s e e Jerry Messaris also must enjoy years, or $31.^ through 1952. In green, looked many of my bid SIU buddies up these libraries very much, because MILEFSKI AND REO 1953 the-rate was increased to $78 like the fire room I have seen them do considerable a year, making a total of $448 we here, but las'tVeek the San Mateo on a limey coal Victory was in and It sure was reading on long trips. have paid to date. burner, and all good to have someone to talk over I have also seen Ynates and en­ Only $15.50 Is Used the rooms and the old—and better—days with. gineers who like to read these During this period we only had passageways George A. Burke' books, and I think that having To the Editor: $15.50 worth of hospital expenses, were in the same I am sending you a picture of (Ed. Note: Your change of .ad­ them on • board helps promote so you can see that $442.50 of-what shape. ^' harmony between the licensed and me and the Reo truck in which I we paid in has heen/unused. Now, dress has been noted.) Anyway, after made a trip from New York to Unlicensed personnel. 4> 3^ I r-. looking the ship Phoenix, Ariz., which I am now if this were an SIU hospitalization Johnston Sir Charles over, we went making my home. I had a wonder­ fund, this money could be working into a huddle and decided to let ful trip and saw some pretty^ capital for Seafarers and their 4> 3) <4 families. the skipper know in no uncertain country. . 7t there are other fathilies as To the Editon terms that "an SIU ship is a clean Please print this picture In the I believe that we of the SIU have fortunate as ours has been, this .ship." LOG and tell all my old shipmates As a result, we all made, plent>' I am now making the cactus coun­ unused money could grow into a" now advanced so far in our wages of dough per man cleaning the To the Editor: try my home, but I'll be in New large amount, and the premiums that in our future negotiations we hold from Friday to Monday, and York sometime this fall for a visit.. miglit be lowered periodically. But should concentrate on more im­ I was shocked indeed to learn4-' the fund would remain for the use provements on the ships On which there was also work for anyone Until then, I'll say, "Adios." of all patients certified by the we have to live six or eight months who wanted it on the way to Gal­ about the death of "Moon" Kouns, Alonzo M. (Tiny) Milefski and I know we have lost a fine a year. Union. veston. brother who was always on the For one thing, I think we ought Our SIU, Which has always been In Galveston we got new innera leader and pioneer, is just the to have better rooms, with larger spring mattresses and an agree­ union side of any beef. A number of oldtimers in the union to take this progressive step. lockers.'and dressers to 'put our ment to start sougeeing and clean­ clothes in, and I don't think there ing for the rest of the year. So if SIU have now passed away, and Evelypne Y. Siebert To the Editor: ought to be more than two men any of you Seafarers see a ship I think that we I hope you will print these few 3) 4) 3^ in a room. that's shiny and bright out in the can best remem­ lines to let-my friends and old Says Men Need Rest Far East some day, you'll know ber and honor shipmates know 1 will be back with them by keeping I also think all the ships should it's the Seacloud. them around October 1. It's been up the good fight be air-conditioned, especially those L. S. (Johnny) Johnston a long time since May 24, 1953, for the things that run to the tropics. I say a 4" 4- 3^ when I paid off the Coe Victory. To the Editor: they stood for. man will work better if he gets a I want to Jhank Welfare Services I sure would appreciate it if good night's rest, and he can't do It was mostly for helping me, but time was the you'd send me the LOG, since I've this in a place like the Persian these oldtimers only factor that " could really heard practically nothing about Gulf if the ship isn't air-condi­ who taught us straighten out my troubles. So, the Union since I retired my book tioned. To the Editor: the meaning of Booth until I register, good sailing to when Uncle Sam sank his hooks It was gracious of you to com­ real trade un­ As far as money goes, remember mend the members of our Eastern ionism and without them there all. into me. Right now I'm on that it costs money to wait on the William Frank Air Lines' family for the help they would liave been no OT, paid vaca­ Okinawa, ajid according to the beach for a ship that's running tb were able to give Seafarer Wil­ tions or other benefits. ' 3^ 4> 3^ ' Army brass this a cool climate. Also, although liam MacDonald when he lost his is the "keystone many men don't want the hot In signing off, I would like to seaman's papers on one of our of the Pacific." weather runs, the Union has to fill say to you, "Moon," wherever you planes recently. But I sure wish these jobs and it would make it may be, that we country boys from Such a fine expression of appre­ I was off it. a lot easier if the ships were airTo the Editor: ciation for the kind of service we Homewood all loved you, apd we I remember conditioned. I wish to extend my most heart­ will always be good union men and hope we give all of our passengers W. (Bill) Mitchell felt thanks to the SIU Welfare the days when I will, I am sure, encourage all of do our share in carrying on the Services Department, and also to used to run down fight. our staff members to do a better John Arabasz, SIU representative Calmar and Ore Alton Booth job for all of our customers. in Baltimore, for the financial and for being such We would like to reprint your 3) ' 4' 3) personal assistance given me in the bum feeders, but Olvero LOG article in our own house or­ recent deaths of my infant son I know now that To the Editor: gan so that all of our employees and my husband, Bernard Carroll. even an ore boat is. paradise com­ I would likq to express my grati­ concerned can get l;hat "pat on the I would appreciate it If you pared "to the Army. And when I tude to the crew pf the Atcoa Piiback" that Seafarer MacDonald would publish this letter in the get back to sba I'll be the easiest- grim, but it is hard for me to put suggested. To the Editor: LOG so that I may publicly extend going guy you ever saw, and never my feelings into words when I am William Van Dusen beef about the food again as long so choked with emotion over the « Speaking for th(^ officers of this my, sincere thanks. as I live. 3) 4* 4> (Mrs.) Clara E. Carroll ship, as well as ourselves, we would recent death of my mother. Typhoon Grace just had us like to give credit to the steward 4< 4< 4> Had it not been for this crew of cooped up here for four days, and fine Seafarers, whom I consider to department for the excellent meals I can tell you those C-rations be real shipmates, I would not served during this voyage. weren't very appetizing. To the Editor: have been able to fly home from Chief cook T. W. Beatty, cook Incidentally, I'm anxious to find San Juan, Puerto Rico, to be with We, the crew of the French and baker Bill Hand and third cook To the Editor: out if they've finished the new hall my family ia bur hour of sorrow. Creek (Cities Service), would like Percy went all out in preparing the I wish to express my apprecia­ to inform you of the fine service very best, and messmen Seims, La tion and thianks to ship's delegate in Baltimore because that's where I think there has never been a given to us by the White Top Cab Barbere and Smith served all meals Angelo De Amico and the crew- I generally ship from, finer gang of men than thosePfc. Manuel L. Olvero Co. of Linden, NJ. This outfit is in an atmosphere of real SIU con-' members of the De Soto for their aboard, the Alcoa Pilgrim, and I - V • \ courteous and on the ball, and geniality, under the supervision of donations and expressions of sym­ • (Ed. note: Your name has been only hope I am able to spend the rates a vote of thanks. that well-known oldtime steward, pathy following the death of my added to the LOG mailing list. It rest of my sailing days shipping William Adams Tom Toma. mother on August 18, ia, hoped the new Baltimore hall with crews such as this one. Ship's delegate Crew of Alexandra Patrick C. Flaherty mil be ready for iisejn October.) J. E. Roberts, Jr; ^ Hails Shipboard Library^s Value Hospital Plan Given Support Cactus Country is His Home Now Ivs-' .. l-^-- l ' Air-conditioned Ships Are Asked Work For Union To Honor ^Moon^ Will Sail Ayain After Lony iMpse i:;:. I-,I- Even Ore BoaCs Food Tops Army's . Airline dhes Article Mh LOG Widow Thankful For Welfare Aid SIU Crew Helps Ease His Sorrow J Alexandra Meals TopSi Crew Says Taxi Co* Rates With CS Crewmen Burly Cites Kindness Of De Soto Crew The Lonq And Short Of it By Bernard Seaman �•cvtonbcr 17, ItSi . (Continued Irom page 2) _. least a thousand unemployed seamen at any liven time. Also questioned by the State, because of its unfamillarlty with the industry, was the $3,000 per week which the Plan provides to underwrite the losses of operating the cafeteria at SIU headquarters. Through this set-up the seafarer is able to obtain a meal "on the cuff" when he is unable to pay. "When he is able to pay he can pur­ chase a low-cost meal, further re,duced by a 25 percent discount if ..he purchases a meal book. This same discount applies to a seaman receiving a meal book "on the cuff." The result of this program is. that never again will there be tl^e need for a seaman to go hung^, for even though SIU shipping is the best in the industry, there are times when a man, through circumstances, is unable to take a ship. The SIU maintains that it is the providing of benefits such as this that makes the SIU outstand­ ing the field of welfare benefits. • "The Union further libted that it is currently extending benefits to eligible seamen in Boston, Phila­ delphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Savan­ nah, Tampa, Mobile, New Orleans, Lake Charles, Galveston, Seattle, San Francisco and Wilmington. The highlighting of the Welfare Plan's sound administration, its low cost of operations, its superior­ ity over insurance company admin­ istered plans and its unparalleled benefits for the membership is a isource of great pride to seafarers. Claude Simmons, SIU As­ sistant Secretary - Treasurer and Chairman of the Welfare Plan's Board of Trustees, said, "If there was any question in anyone's mind up to now, that the SIU had the best Plan for SEAFARERS IPG ft>g« Plaii Is 'Best In Industry' Table Shows Seafarers Plan Has Low Cost, High Benefits •oafaroro' Walfaro Plan Cemparatlvo Schadulo of Contributlena' Rccolvod and Banofitt Paid 1950-1954 VZAR 1850 ' CONTRIBUTIONS 8 492,628.25 1951 1952 1953 >•••••••••••• 1954 to 8/31/94 aooeoileaaa* •'•••••••• 842.763.79 t.... 2,054,720.79 .. 2.096,957.89 .. 1,161.988.80 Total .. 86,649,059,44 Typo noath Hospital Unemployment DiaabiUty ....', Maternity Training School Echolarship 1950 .910.000.00 21.733.00 .0•<>-O-O-0- 1951 8138,166.66 79,790.00 29,875.00 -0-081,179.29 -0- 831,733.00 8279,010.99 . , ADMINISTRATI V« EXPENSES 8 23.316.63* 39,351.99 159,043.23 205.323.17 88,431.44 BENEFITS 9 31.733.00 279,010.99 724,286.34 889,676.60 633,004.07 82.557.710.96 Racapltulatlen of Banaflft Paid PERCENTAGE 4.7394 4.6794 7.7494 9.7994 7.6194 8515,466.46 1952 8312,118.15 176.202.00 163.771.19 4,195.00 68,000.00 , -0-0- 1953 1330,811.15 163,165.00 230,571.40 24.525.00 136,600.00 -04,004.05 87^4,286.34 9689,676.60 7.7594 1954 to 8/31/54 8268,842.83 108.685.00 153,000.00 26.425.00 70,800.00 Total $1,059,938,79 949,575.00 677,217.59 55,145.00 275,400.00 31,179.29 9,256.29 -O8,251.24 8633.004^)7 * In 1950 tha flrat payments wera allowad to build up for a reserve and initial equipment was purchased. Payment of benefita began late in 1950. ASSETS OF SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN ON AUGUST 31, 1954 Ossli .Assets US Govt Bonds......; 1,980,707.82 Real Estate ............ ..... 942,916.57 Other Assets, ......... 119,060.97 Total Assets 3,790,826.21 aeamen in existence, the final proof is In. "We all have a right tp be proud of tijis., tremendous accomplishment," Simmons said, "and what we have learned as a result of the welfare study is a solid. endorse­ ment of the SIU's vigorous pro­ gram and campaign for a system of benefits for SIU men that would be second to none, in maritime, at least. Once again, the SIU estab­ lishes that men aboard its ships enjoy the best in the industry, "We will continue to push for the expansion of benefits and to pioneer for the maximum in wel­ fare : protection for 'our people," Simmons declared,, "We don't re­ gard the payment of a hospital or death benefit as the only thing of concern to a welfare fund. We believe that we should provide benefits for seafarers beyond the very narrow scope of helping a man only when he's sick Pr his widow when he's dead. "Just because some people may not regard an empty belly as the problem of a union, doesn't mean that our Union will ignore this as a problem that must be met. Even the shipowner today has recog­ nized this as a welfare prob­ lem by voting unanimously to provide these benefits," On a point generally rigid in most welfare plans—the matter of eligibility—the Seafarers Union in­ sisted at the time the Plan was formed that an absolutely lenient arrangement be established. As a result, a seafarer needs only one day of work aboard an SlU-contracted ship in a period of one year to become eligible for the many benefits, and only seven years aboard SlU-contracted ships for the $108 per month old-age disability-tpension benefit. This benefit was won for all seafarers —regardless of age 'because of the high accident rate amon^ seamen. Unlike any other union, the SIU Plan is paying old age or disability to men in their early 30's and up to 92 years of age. This benefit is paid as long as a man is unable to work—the rest of his life in most cases. Likewise the hospital bene­ fit is paid as long as a man is hospitalized—whether 13 weeks, 413 weeks or forever—a provision no other known plan provides. With very few exceptions, all plans administered by insurance com­ panies limit benefits to 13 weeks. The Plan's scholarship provision —four scholarships per year at $6,000 each is the highest in the nation. As a result, seafarers or their children are now studying to be doctors or . lawyers when they otherwise would have been unable to afford a higher education. The maternity benefit of $200.00, plus a $25 bond from the Union, is the highest and the first of its kind in the maritime industry; Under the rules insisted upon by the Union, no official or em­ ployee of the SIU can qualify for any benefits of the Plan by virtue of his association with the Union. Every man must qualify as a work­ ing seaman in order to be eligible for the Plan's benefits. As was reported in a recent issue of the SEAFARERS LOG, soon to be ih action, will be another aspect of the Seafarers Welfare PlaUr-, the training ship Andrew Furuseth -—which will enable seeifarers to train for upgrading themselves and improving their earning capacity. It is significant to note that of the 113 unions reported at the AFL convention last year, the SIU was in the top 16 in total money paid in welfare benefits to its members. This despite the fact that the SIU is among the smallest unions in the AFL and was being com­ pared with unions some of roVERNMENT OUTLAWS COMMUNIST PARTY: 1 geyftetp ^ How New Laws Affect Communists .11 (Continued from page 6) tion. Twenty per cent of the workers In a shop can force an immediate election to oust the infiltrated union and select a.new one. The effect of this is to enable loyal worker^s to get rid of the Communist leaders who have taken over their union. The possibilities of sabotage In llefense industries are greatly reduced,"" ! Department of Justice officials have announced ihat they plan early moves against four suspected unions, > .General outlawing of the Communist Party, while getting -the most public attention, tiSSikely to turn^ out to have little immediate effect. How this law may work ifi practice is still in doubt. It was whipped up hastily without Administration backing , in the dos­ ing days Of the sessions. >. ' ' The law' declares thst the SO-called Commuhlst ^wty is no real political pady at all, hut "sh ciiL'^ -a? m 92.557,710.90 The above figures show the tremendous payments paid by the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the low administrative cost, which is approximately only one-fourth that which would be' charged by an insurance company. No SIU official or trustee received a penny of these funds; they all went'for benefits to seamen. which have between a half million and a million members. The State Insurance Depart­ ment's study of welfare plans in­ volved approximately 135 union plans, one of which was the Sea­ farers Plan. Presiding over the study is Alfred Bohlinger, State Superintendent of Insurance. Chief Counsel to the department in the current study is Sol Gelb, an as­ sociate of Governor Dewey for the past 20 years. The SIU has been among those unions which has. publicly taken a position supporting studies of welfare plans designed to improve their operations. The trade union movement has acknowledged that some union funds are not welladministered. However, the scope of investigations into unions gen­ erally, is broadening. For example, the Seafarers Sea Chest corpora­ tion, which at its inception was hailed far and wide for taking steps to curb ship chandler abuses in the sale of inferior slopchests to seamen at high prices, now finds itself the target of an anti-trust «ERSONAX.S Tom Richardson Contact Tore Wickstrom at 1035 S. Beacon St., San Pedro, Calif. 4" ifc Richard Norgren Frank Ron Edward J, Leitch Contact Joseph F. Mannion, at­ torney, at 690 Market St., San Francisco, regarding Lester B. Knickerbocker, late seaman on the Maiden Victory. iif t) B, O, Carpenter Urgent you contact your cousin, Nola Poythress, at 6019 5th St., Norfolk 2, Va, i i if Ray Oswald Tillett Your mother, in Wanchese, NC., is very anxious to hear from you. suit by the Department of Justice, The political atomsphere at pres­ ent indicates that the pressure is being put on trade unions and will take form in the shape of increased investigations by various bodies, from the East to the West Coasts, As a matter of fact, a Congres­ sional committee has announced that it will begin combing unions in hearings scheduled to open shortly in Los Angeles; As a result of the New York State study of various union welfare funds, which was the first in which the SIU was a partici­ pant, it has been firmly established that the Seafarers Welfare Plan is outstanding both in pioneering new benefits and in giving to sea­ farers the maximum in welfare coverage. The Union is encouraged by this fact and will continue to devote its energies to further ac­ complishments for seafarers in the area of welfare benefits. John F. Castrononer Get in touch with Welfare Serv­ ices at headquarters immediately, 4" 4' 4 The following men are asked to contact the Sea Chest at SIU head­ quarters as soon as possible: Ron­ ald Barnes, B-528: Julio Colon, C-629; James H. Walker, W-376: William Walker, W-207; H. Wil­ liams, W-92. i if i Quiz Answers (1) $500. (2) (b) - California. (3) A family name. (4) When you were small enough to require the services of a baby carriage. A tram is a bus. , (5) Alaska, (6) 63. (7) Neither; they each weigh a pound. (8) (c) Ponce de Leon. (9) Lou Nova, (10) (a) Government Printing Jimmy Office, (b) Federal Deposit Insur­ Ruby is now living at Lilla's, 505 ance Corporation, (c) Intersfate Adele St., Apartment B. Commerce Commission, (d) Federal i if if Trade Commission, Lyle (Bill) Williams Get in touch with Henry Peace at 25 Peyton Place, San Antonio, Puzzle Answer Texas. strumentality of a conspiracy to overthrow the Gov­ ernment of the United States." It takes away the par­ ty's legal rights. So the party can't nominate candi­ dates for Congress, But no avowed Communists have been elected to Congress in recent years, anyway. 4" 4" 4Even if the party can't own property, the Daily Robert J, Golder Worker, although an organ of the party, has separate Your mother is ill and asks you ownership. to write her c/o M. Fanelli, 228 All Communist Party members, under the new New Britain Ave., Hartford, Conn. law, are made subject to the Internal Security Act of if ' if if 1950 and required to register their* names with the Wlllibm Malcolm Federal Government. However, the Communist Par­ Contact Mrs. Dolores Adamsbn^ ty already, has been declared' a '^Communist action" t 4i 4i group under the Internal Security Act and ordered William Glick to register the names of its members. Contact Howard Glick. The party still is fighting this order In court, and i. if i, Hans Kelleneck no names have yet been registered. Communist lead­ Get in touch with Mrs. Hershey ers have served notice thd they will make a similar regarding your person^§£Lects. court light against the hew Tawii • SSQ SgJSiilBD aiSD QQIS QCSBiaS SUSS [siQaisnsinsD BSB •B . QDQB . SSBanifiCZS QS!Z]111S BBS ISBBIB QBBS SSd SSQSS DBS snsis ssss (snB aSSDS SBQBSlSaS QDSB&Q SS izasis). asasDSBBS SQS SBQDO& ^SS BSS SBDCS^ [^BiS •i �' Pace Eiirihteea SEAFARERS '!^l>teuliier'^i7ri$54 - i LOG E A A R E R S 5 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON lENEPITS PAID Ta Prap No. Seafyre Receivine Benefits thi. Period Average Benefita Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefira Paid ihia Period WELFARE, VACATiOM BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Recoverinc now at Staten Island USPHS hospital. Seafarer Matt! Ruusukallio recalls Memorial Day outinc which led to mishap. Error in Judciny depth of lake caused him broken neck. hr' USPHS Has Uast Say On Duty Slip -:•"' ';^-r.1 -• Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors have the final say on whether or not a man is fit for duty. If there is any question about your fitness to sail, check yvith the nearest USPHS hospital or out-patient clinic for a ruling. Decided To Take Swim Before long, though, Ruusukallio decided swimming was in order and apparently either neglected to ask about the depth of the adjacent lake or figured it looked safe enough. It wasn't, however. He leaped off the diving board and landed in only a couple of feet of water, breaking his neck in the process. Rushed To Hospital His condition was found to be serious enough to require speedy hospitalization, and Ruusukallio was taken to Monmouth Hospital. A few days later, with the pros­ pects of a long hospital stay and a husky hospital tab facing them, his wife called the Union hall in New York to ask if the SIU could help them out of their fix. sentative told her over the phone, and advised her that, as a seaman, her husband was eligible for treat­ ment at US Public Health Service facilities. A few phone calls later, the Union had arranged with hos­ pital officials at Staten Island to have a USPHS doctor at nearby Cape May examine the injured Seafarer. He in turn recommended that Ruusukallio be transferred to the Staten Island facility. Ambulance Came Shortly thereafter, a USPHS am­ bulance ^cked him up, and af­ fected the transfer. RuusukalHo is now recovering from his injury in the company of SIU shipmates, but his experience emphasizes once again the importance of contacting SIU Welfare Services immediately in sucH cases. The Union is con­ stantly alert to act in these situa­ tions, but it can't act unless it's advised of the circumstances right away. f-- ' m-:l m ":i^nr". All of the following SIU families 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus George Williams, born will collect the $200 maternity Eddie Melone, 839 Ainslie, Chi­ July 25, 1954. Parents, Joseph F. benefit plus a $25 bond from the cago,, Hi. Williams, 2318 Royal Street, New Union in the baby's name: Orleans,*La. " ' .4" it 4» Mary Costin, born June 23, 1954. Robert Dennis Fioyes, born Au­ t 4^ it gust 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Ronald Lester Jenkins, born Mrs. Robert Fioyes, 813 Wells- Costin, 25 Albion Placb, Charles- June 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and town 29, Mass. worth Street, Mobile, Ala. Mrs. Lester Jenkins, Route 2, t Smithdale, Miss. Diane Gregorowicz, born July Johnny/ Wayne Bartram, born 4> 4^ 4> July 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Romie Gardner, bom Au­ Mrs. Virgil Lee Bartram, Box 1703, Felix" Gregorowicz, 49 Quincy gust 7, 7954. Parents, Mr. and Street, Passaic, NJ. Norfolk, Va. Mrs. Hobert L. Gardner, 15V^ Vine 4> it 4^ Street, Nashua, New Hampshire. Bernadette Marie Kennedy, bom William C. Price, born August 4* 4^ 4^ 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. July 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Steven Kostegen, born July 26, William H. Price, 332 Mt.' Vernon Mrs. Wjliiam Kentredy, 1 Old 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Avenue, Portsmouth, Va. Annapolis Road, North Linthicum, Stefan Kostegen, 22 Talbot Street, Md. 4" 4" Maiden, Mass. Karen Jane Wo'rsley, born July 4^ 4^ 4^ 4^ 4i> 4i 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Albert Kreiss, born June Patrick Henry Donnelly, born Joseph W. Worsley, 104 Delmar, 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. July 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and San Antonio, Texas. Clyde Kreiss, 178 Edgewater Park, Mrs. Henry B. Donnelly, 4131 Bronx, NY. t 4> Prytania Street, New Orleans, La. Jenney Annie Puchalski, born -it 4i 4^ August 14, 1954, Parents, Mr. and Richard Schulz Jaynes, bom . Mrs. Kasimir Puchalski, 108 W. July 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4Sth Street, New York, NY. Mrs. Harold Jaynes, Box 346, 4" 4" t North Woodstock, Grafton, New Joyce Helen Parker, born June Hampshtre. 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4> 4> 4> James W. 'Parker, RED 5, Box Wilson Jicklong Chiang, born 414A, Muskogee, Okla. May 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and t i. t, Mrs. Ling.S. Chiang, 1553 Leaven­ Sherry Jean Carl, born August worth Street, San Francisco, Calif. 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4> 4^ 4> . Jerry L. Carl, 605 Ercoupe Court, Kenneth Michael Greggs, born Midwest City, Okla. July 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4" 4" "4 Mrs. Clarence Greggs, 702 East Eva Margaret Melone, born July Street^ Sparrows-Point* McL' V. ,, La ygtitiaeJisoEtiuL. leal Ik WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hoapital Benefita Paid Since lulv 1. 19i0' Death Beacfita Paid Siace lulv I. lOTO* Diaabilitv Benefita Paid Siace May 1. 1952 * Maternity Beaefita Paid Siaca April 1. mi Vacation Benefita Paid Since Feb. 11. 1W2 » Total « Data BeaeKti B«..- 0eH 4S£tite -a^asE SSL AS. S-CoSKo- 3A WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation Welfare _ . , Vacation Estimated Accounta Receivable — US Government Bonda (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS oo /9A//a SS f.9S'o.ya SA. St Josis ix CIESBZGB COMffiNT^t Slnee the Ino^tlon of the Welfare Plan, a total of 30731 hospital benefits had beaa.pald aa of July 1954* Brokoi down by years, they are aa foUowai »50 benefita 3104, baiefita for '51 waa 5707i fdr «52 it vaa 8lt)4j for '53 it vaa 7415 and for the period of Januazy thru July 1954 it ia 6401. Death benefita aiime the inoeption of the plan have been 527. Mitemity benefita paid by the plan ainoe the Ixb* oeption of the benefit total 1342, SukmiUsd i; /.•JAS- 0^ Msfefnitv Benefif It's wise when taking a "jump in the lake" to make sure there's enough lake there in the first place for'swimming «nd diving. Those of us who neglect this precaution generally have reason to regret it, and the situation of Seafarer Matti Ruusukallio, now at the Staten Island USPHS hospital, is a"^~~ ——; case in point. they decided to spend'the holiday Surely enough it could, a Wel­ How Ruusukallio got to the weekend in proper fashion at a re­ fare - Services Department repre­ sort. Since Long Branch is close by, they journeyed there easily enough and prepare'd to enjoy a three-day stay. Pteth Beoefiitt. Diaabilitv Baaafif Dip In 'Lake' Proves Costly hospital is obvious by now, but how he got to Staten Island is another matter. He originally started out at the Monmouth Memorial Hos­ pital in Long Branch, NJ, after he suffered his mishap and that's where SIU Welfare Services came inlo the picture. It all began when Ruusukallio, who lives with his wife in Hoboken, NJ, came off the Seatrain Texas (Seatrain) about two weeks before last Memorial Day, May 30, and Hoipital BeneBf 9::13.T.S4..~......»..»......> AI Kerr, AtsfslMt Administrmtoe �SEAFARERS S«piciiib«r 17, 19S4 SEEDC THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN Everybody who has been sailing with the SIU knows that the Sea­ farers take care of their own. That's one of the reasons why the Wel­ fare Services Department was established in the first place. But aside from the services that are given the membership by the department, you can be sure the crewmembers on the ships don't let any grass grow under their feet when it comes to helping shipmates In need. At -Welfare Services we hear many times how Seafarers have gone out of their way to assist one of their buddies. Just in this particular Issue we have two items about the crew of the Robin Hood and the men of the Valchem which go right down the line in this tradition. We certainly think these brothers rate a bow for the trouble they have taken and the consideration they've shown. $ ^ Our new arrivals in the Staten Island hospital these days include a number of brothers who have had to be readmitted for further treat­ ment. Brother Dave Furman, who sails as cook and steward, has spent quite some time in the hospital in recent months. He's had to go back in to get additional care. Seafarer Luis Salazar went back in on August 24 to have another operation on his right arm and see if the doctors can't put it back in topnotch shape again, while Brother Francis Beaumont 3vas readmitted for further care and treatment on August 26. , • Seafarer Isaac Antonio injured his back while working in the galley on the Seagarden and had to Furman be taken into the hospital for repairs. Antonio, who makes his home in New York City, was galley utilityman on the Liberty ship. Santo Lanza, who was AB on the Robin Sherwood, came down sick on that vessel and went in for treatment on August 25, 1954. Harold Moore, steward on the Alcoa Partner, had to leave the ship and go into the hospital on August 27 for a little surgery. Moore comes from St. Paul, Minnesota, way out where the Missis­ sippi River begins. Frank Collins, who was utility messman on the Alice Brown, had to get off and go in for treatment on August 31. Collins is a New York City resident. Convalescing from a bad cut on the leg, Joe Novo. sel, who was carpenter on the. Robin Hood, is home in NY drawing his $56 a week in maintenance and cure. Meanwhile, he's a regular visitor to the hall with his young son. Guillermo Nunez, one of the Union's top-notch electricians, had to get off the Lanza Steel Seafarer in NY and is now convalescing from a sprained back suffered aboard ship. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAI, NEW ORLEANS, LA. Milford Alexander Seifert Hamilton Thomas Ankerson Earl Hodges WUliam Aplln James Hudson James H. Bales John Kennedy Charles Bean DecU Kerrigan Perry Bland E. G. Knapp Charles Brady Leo Lang William Brewer Jesse Lyles Charles Burton Oscar Madere K. McCrary Owen Butler Sebastian Cartegal George Porter Lester Carver John Rehm W. E. Reynolds George Champlin S. Cope Edward Samrock John E. Sanders Emile P. Davies Edward Saul Serio M. Desoso Joseph Dionne John Silkowskl Jack N. Dows R. L. Skiimer •Walter Smith Eric Eklund Andrew Stauder Thomas Fields Ml C. Caddy J. D. Thomas Lonnie R; Tickle Nathan Gardner Jack Gleason Faustino Torres George Graham J. E. Ward Ray Green Ernest Webb Luis Gutierez USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Hubert Cantwell Jose Leston Warren Currier Murray Plyler Walter Edwards Harold Rosecrans Stanley Smith G: E. Ekelund E. Spaulding Duane Fisher 1. J. Torre Karl Hellman Charles B. Young A. G. Knighton USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. C. R. Flowers Alvah Jones RusseU Jackson George Lechler USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Edward Cannon John Kackur Woodrow Drake V. K. Ming Gilbert EUer 'Bruce Monroe F. FohdUa N. B. PhUlips Howard Harvey G. Rosson Sverre Johannessen SEASIDE iwEMORIAL HOSPITAL LONG BEACH. CALIF., George Quinones ' VA HOSWTAL LONG BEACH, CALIF, James W. Simmons USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NV Horace Gaskill , Hussen Ahmed EsteU Godlrey Paul Albano Earle Goosley FeyrI Ammoni John Haas Isaac Antonio John Horn ; • Ottho Babb Christopher Bobbe Fleming Jensen.. Jsaak Bouzim Noral Jorgensen , Vincent Jones George Coleman Klement Jutrowskl Ervin Crabtree Santo Lanza Estuardo Cuenca France DeBeaumont Nils Lundquist James MaeCrea John J. Doherty Delaware Eldemire Perfecto Mangual Paige Mitchell Frederick Farrell George Flood Harold J. Moore Andrew Franklin Harvey Morris David Furman Raymond Myers Nicolas Nomikos Charles Sanderson T. Papoutsoglov Stanley Sargeant George Pitour William Sargent Alfredo Rios George Shumaker Jose Rodriguez Warren Smith Matti Ruusukallio James Waldron Luis Salazar USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, NY Fortunato Bncomo Frederick Landry Frank Bemrick James J. Lawlor Claude Blanks James R. Lewis Robert Booker Francis Lynch Jar Chong Joseph McGraw John Driscoll A. McGuigan Matthew Gardiner David Mcllreath Bart Guranick Frank Mackey John Haas Eugene Nelson Thomas Isaakson Harry Tuttle John Keenan Renato Villata. Ludwig Kristiansen Virgil WUmoth USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASS. Frank Alasavich William F. O'Brien Frank Albano Joseph Petrusewicz John Herrold Andrew Snider COOPER HOSPITAL CAMDEN, NJ Julius Fekete USPIIS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Charlie Brown Charles Neumaler Henry Childs Jow Perreira Bernard Eerman Robert Rivera Aurelio Flores W. S. Singleton Benny Foster P. S. Yuzon Olav Gustavsen ST. LUKES HOSPITAL NEW YORK, NY Marcie Boyles VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Leonard J. Frank NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH BETHESDA, MD. James H. Harker SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY Joseph Koslusky USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO, ILL. Anton Prusaitis USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Paul Bland John Morris Benny Brinson James Powell R. CarroUton Edward Searcey W. Gilbertson Randolph Shedd William Lee Leslie Swegan Albert Liriia G. C. TruesdeU Jimmie Littleton G. W. Wilson J. T. Moore USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. William Anerino' lohnis Loukis Algot Bogren Tony Mastantino Steven Boides Samuel H. Mills Jessie Brinkley Frank Paylor Jessie Clarke Eugene Plahn Thomas Cox Joseph Roberts Francisco Cuellar Vincenzo Russo Franklin D. Gilman Adolph Sadenwater Gorman Glaze Russell Simmons Kenneth Lewis Robert Wingert Daniel W. Lippy tag* Nineteen LOG Crew Gives Record Player To Hosp. Patients at the Manhattan Beach Public Health Service hospital are now enjoying an assortment of popular record items on a Webcor record player presented to them by the crew of the Robin Hood (Seas Shipping Co.). Seafarer Bill Liston, galley- ^ over their ship's fund to tients at many hospitals to enjoy man on the Hood, turned the turning the hospital membership in the extra comforts and conveniences player over to the Welfare event of their ship laying up. they would not otherwise have been Services Department for delivery to the hospital with the best wishes of Seafarers on the Hood. Liston explained that the crew purchased the player and records for its own amusement in leisure hours. When it appeared that the ship was going into lay-up tempo­ rarily, a shipboard meeting was held on what to do with the prop­ erty. Decided At Meeting It was decided then that it should be turned over to the men at Manhattan Beach to help them pass the time at the hospital, and Liston undertook to deliver it to headquarters. The player Is a self-contained unit with its own speaker and a three speed changer which can handle both long-playing and standard speed records. The whole unit is enclosed in a carrying case and the records have a carrying case of their own, which means that it can be set up anywhere in the hospital. Other Donations A number of other SIU crews in the past have made a practice of donating similar gear to the hospitals or, in many instances. The practice has enabled pa­ able to have. 4\ '^1 ,v-)l <'"i - ^1 1 Seafarer Bill Liston (right) shows Walter Siekmann, director of Welfare Services, three-speed automatic record player that Robin Hood crew has donated to patients at the Manhattan Beach USPHS hospital in Brooklyn, NY. Honor Deceased Shipmate In Plaque Sent To Mother It's been five months since Seafarer Henry Core died of injuries received in a fall from the Val Chem (Valentine), but his shipmates have not forgotten him. This week Wel­ fare Services, made arrange-— ments to deliver a bronze bourne, and got the necessary plaque to Core's mother in clearances to have his body cre­ Melbourne, Australia, expressing the sentiments of the crew about their late shipmate. The plaque is simply inscribed, "In Memory of Henry Core, a good friend and shipmate. Crew of SS Val Chem." The Val Chem was at its New York terminal when Core fell off Reproduction of the plaque pre­ sented by shipmates of Henry Core to Core's mother In Aus­ tralia. . the ship onto a barge and suffered severe injuries. He was rushed to the hospital, and although he re­ ceived several blood donations from SlU Welfare Services, the doctors were unable to save him. Subsequently, Welfare Services contacted Core's mother in Mel- We Goofed! An error in the hospital re­ port- furnished by the SIU Welfare Plan office for the Sept. 3 issue of the LOG had Seafarer Edwin Rushton listed among' the patients -in the Staten Island USPHS hospital, although Rushton has been out of there since Aug. 13. Apologies to him for the error and any inconvenience caused by it. mated and his ashes scattered at sea in accordance with his last wishes. The last rites took place aboard the Steel Vendor (Isthmian) on an outbound voyage from New York City. Since there was no regular fu­ neral in the conventional sense, crewmembers of the Val Chem de­ cided that the best way to commemoratq their former shipmate was by having a plaque made up and sent to his mother in Aus­ tralia. The crewmembers de­ signed the plaque themselves, and then asked the Welfare Services office to have the work done on their behalf. Arrangemen t s were made to Core have the plaque made up in the style that the crew wanted it. It is being shipped to Core's mother as evidence of the fact that Core was a good Seafarer and a good shipmate during the time he sailed SIU. Core, who was 26, was a member of the deck department and had been shipping on SIU ships out of Galveston since 1952. for SIU"! MEMBERS! ANPSWOReWeAK- ffmATtxmmm ToASouWKdERALLATSRBCIAU Se40J^PRICES your SEA CHEST SHORE WEAR t SEA GEAR SEA GEAR i SHORE WEAR at SIU HEADQUARTERS 675-4th AVE. BROOKLYN The deaths of the foUoicing sea­ his wife, Dorothy Lowther of farers have been reported to the Bunker Hill Ave., Stratham, NH. J, if Seafarers Welfare Plan and the George John Piraino, 34: A $2,500 death benefit is being paid member of the engine department, to their beneficiaries: sailing on SIU ships since Nov. 14, Wallace Lowtlier, 58: Brother 1951, Brother Piraino died of acci­ Lowther died of a heart condition dental gunshot wounds at Kann Hospital, Marshall, at Stratham, NH, on Aug. 7, 1954. Memorial A member of the SIU since Jan. Te.xas, on July 4, 1954. His place 26, 1946, he had been sailing in of burial is not known. He is sur­ the-deck department; His place of vived by his wife. Hazel Piraino of burial is not known. Surviving is Box 82, Holly Ridge, Miss. L-li' TiXj* �f, • SEAFARERS : s SI;: • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • . ; • ^ I' • iU i- ' i if' ' hi y iHifiyyvyy: • • 'J » J ^ 1- : i1 f • • ' - 1 . • • ' :; V ^ n<y-riy ' ' • I• J - ;ii i : ^ ' J 1 v!: N': • i-(-: V • H . - J s ' '-•'y • K; . •y. -Ip-:! . ^ :• h rr' .; • ? its' • J . J.-" - ^•' ^. r 7*. > -•' DISABILITY Under the SlU-negothted and SlU-won disability benefit, you are the best-protected seamen in the world. Whether you are an oldtimer or have only a few years in the industry, you are cov­ ered by the finest disability provision—and the only one of its kind—in the maritime industryi Your disability benefit pro­ vides— • HIGHEST PAYMENTS IN THE INDUSTRY As long as you are unable to work you will receive $108 per month—the highest paythent in the industry, • BROADEST COVERAGE IN THE INDUSTRY All men who qualify—regardless of age—shall receive the benefit for as long as they are unable to work, y • SHORTEST SEATIME REQUIREMENT i I- I „ " l-V; You need only, seven years seatime aboard SlU-contracted ships to qualify—the easiest requirement in the industry. 1 ; ..f- • AND. AT NO COST TO YOU u V The enHre cost of the Seafarers Disability Benefit is. borne by contributions to the Welfare Fund by the! SlU-contracted steamship companies. You do not hove to contribute one penny of your wages for this protection to you. The Seafarers Disability Benefit—nalong with the many other benefits of the Seafarers Welfare Plan—makes you the best-protected seamen in the maritime industry* " Seafarers Int'l Union � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 17, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 19 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU WELFARE PLAN IS 'BEST IN INDUSTRY' THE PRESS REPORTED SIU CREWS HELP BUILD KOREAN HOSPITAL FUND MARITIME UNION ASK US TO STOP TRANSFER 'SUICIDE' MEBA-ILA PACT CIO PROBE UNION FIGHT ON TRANSFERS TO PANAMA WIN NEW ALLY ANNUAL DEL SUD PICNIC MM&P PACT TALKS KEYED TO PENSION US BOOSTS OLD AGE $; SEAFARERS TO BENEFIT FLA. 'SIREN' SEEN NOT HEARD 700-TON GOING OVERLAND TO VT. MUSEUM HOW NEW LAWS AFFECT COMMUNISTS SEA TODAY IS TAME TO OLDSTER 'BAMA SEAFARER STAKES LAND CLAIM IN ALASKA CREWS LIVE IT UP, MAN OWN SHIPS APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT A PICNIC AND PROGRESS AN SIU TRADITION SEAFARER-HOMEOWNER KICKING IN TO THIS SHIP'S FUND IS A REAL LIP-SMACKING PLEASURE SEAMAN DOESN'T GO AFTER FISH, THEY GO AFTER HIM SIU SHIP NEARLY GETS ROYAL BOOT AS QUEEN'S YACHT HOGS THE DOCK THE GERMAN SEAMAN'S LOT - IT AIN'T A HAPPY ONE SIU WELFARE PLAN IS 'BEST IN INDUSTRY' DIP IN 'LAKE' PROVES COSTLY CREW GIVES RECORD PLAYER TO HOSP HONOR DECEASED SHIPMATE IN PLAQUE SENT TO MOTHER Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/17/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/f162ad4df3606c5763a58f7cd55cbe1c.PDF 27b337694fc646f08b1f66a3b60735f6 PDF Text Text Th«^ AUti-IJnioii Medicine Show -See Page 4-r SEAFARERS LOG o F F I C I Al ORQAN OF THE S E AFAR E R S I NTER N ATt O N AL*-U N I O N • ATlANTiC AND GULF DtSTRiCT • AFL j''7 'sm' :'.U - •.t . ' ' ^An#Ar Seafarers Sea Chest warehouse employees in Brooklyn dfO|#CflC5F ^Cflf Cr• check in another shipment of first-quality brand-name merchandise for use aboard ships' slopchests. Sea Chest success in servicing ships with quality goods at low prices to seamen has caused dismay among private slopchest dealers leading to Government civil suit charging SlU-operated corporation with "monopoly." (Story on page 3.) * "Andy Furuseth sails again." SIU Welfare Fund's training l/riICrS« ship named in honor of founder.of maritime unions, gets : . ready to weigh anchor and sail out of New York,boat basin for outports where it - . Will serve as key unit in Union's training and upgrading program for Seafarers. •; ,v- --• (Story on page 3.) �SBAr'AKBRS Fit* Tw» IOC Half Of US Tramp Fleet OK To Transfer WASHINGTO-N—Despite strong objections frbin the SIU and other maritime unions, the US Maritime Administration is proceeding with plans to allow half of all US tftimp ships to transfer to foreign flags. Operating on the questionable theory that if half the US-flag tramp fleet of Liberty"*" ships is allowed to go under proved for a total of 461 privatelyforeign flag those Lihertys re­ owned vessels totalling some 2.3 maining under the-Americah flag million gross tons. .On top of this will be in a better position to com­ figure, of course, ;are more than pete for cargo, the Maritime Ad­ 1,100 ships sold by the Government ministration has added a new for foreign-flag operation under regulation to its already liberalized the .1946 Ship Sales Act. Right now approximately 100 applica­ sliip transfer policy. A portion of the idled Boston fishing fleet is shown tied up at the tions ai-e pending at the Maritime The latest MA ruling enables Fish Pier-in Boston as members of the SlU-affiliated Atlantic Administration for further transshipowners to transfer one out of Fishermen's Union continue to stay away from the boats. With every two Lihertys they own, pro­ fers; with more coming in, and fish prices at new lows, and wages affected accordingly, fishermen approval can be expected for about viding they meet the conditions prefer to stay on the beach until conditions improve. announced earlier. On the basis 60 of them. of this requirement, a flock of mergers by small outfits can be -expected in the near future. This would enable a company which owns one ship to merge with an­ other in the same condition so that between them- they could transfer BOSTON—Virtttal^Hhe en­ one of their vessels. tire Boston fishing niet- has The arithmetic of this system Continuing the ioyward progress of Union welfare services for seamen, the .SIU this been idle for the past two could likewise by applied in the case of a one-ship company and. week revealed plans under which the SIU Welfare Plan will operate the cafeteria at the weeks as fishermen, members of the SlU-affiliated Atlantic Fisher­ another owning three ships. A Baltimore hall exclusively fpr seamen. men's Union, have simply stopped Thus, both New York and , merger would enable them to put a foreign flag on two of them. One Baltimore will soon feature been caught in the net. As-seamen of its ideal location adjacent to the working because of the low price With haddock down to of the few limitations in the MA cafeterias, but each run under know, by virtue of their transient- Union hall, has been sold' to the of fish. policy concerns the foreign coun­ slightly different set-ups on an ex­ type work, they are often caught Welfare Plan for the hotel site, so three cents a pound on,the whole­ tries to which transfers will be perimental basis. In New York, the up in police dragnets through no that this project now looms nearer. sale market, the .fishermTen say it does not pay for them to bother All Recently-Won permitted. . Only Honduras, Pan'a- Welfare. Plan underwrites a por­ fault of their, own. These facilities These services, along with the to take the tmats out. -> ?• ma and Liberia will be considered. tion of the expenses of the' SIU at the SIU hall are} of course, sep­ traditional list of SlU-atranged arate from the rotary hiring baU Fishbfmen work on the 'shar* Port of Call corporation forop­ Six Already Gone for dispatching men lo jobs, which cash benefits, all seemed unattain­ Six Liberty • dry-cargo , vessels erating the cafeteria as a service the Union provides. But the Union able a few years back. Yet today system, getting a certain percentag* of the value of the cargo. Cpnto seamen. The headquarters unit were approved for transfer in midwill not stop there. As part of the our seamen have the security of a sequently the rock-bottpn^ price-of is open to the public. Plans are also August, bringing the boxscore so continuing welfare program for sea­ $15 cash benefit paid by the Wel­ far under the MA's relaxed rules afoot for operating cafeterias in men, future plans call for the con­ fare Plan for as long as they are fish has made it impos$i|le for them to earn a living on the Ashing other SIU port cities. to ten vessels transferred. The Announcement of the new serv­ struction of a hotel in NY under hospitalized for any illness Or in­ boats. latest six includes the formerly the auspices of the Welfare Plan. jury. Asking Minimum SlU-manned General Patton of the ice for Baltimore launches one Property purchased by the SIU for Another of several cash benefits, more of the many welfare services The fishermen are trying, to get National Waterways Corp., which , (Continued on page 7) of the' SlU-contracted Welfare expanding Union services, because the owners to guarantee them went Liberian.., shares based on a - minimum of Despite the fight paced, by the Plan, all of which are unique in six cents a pound, but with the SIU and other maritime unions trade union operations. Most un­ current depressed state of the here, aided by several Senate and ions generally stick to the conven­ market, only one fishing fleet House lawmakers unwilling to see tional welfare benefits such as operator, with five boats, has still more US shipping leaving the those for accidents and sickness. agreed to the guarantee. The other country's already weakened mer­ But even though the SIU has many 50 to 60 boats in the Boston com­ chant marine, the MA bowed to of these too, due to the unusual mercial fishing fleet are inactive. the pressure applied by trampship occupation of sdamen and the operators and devised an escape transient nature of their work, the A union spokesman in New York The volume of mail addressed to the "Credentials Com­ said hatch policy tailored to their needs. services instituted by the Seafarers that the chief cause of the From July 1, 1945, to February Welfare Plan go far beyond the mittee" a£ SIU headqi^ters this week indicated a heavy doldrums in the trade is the usual benefits. response to the opening of nominations in the Union's regular upsurge in fish imports, particular­ 23, 1954, transfers have been apThe program of direct aid -to the biennial election. Eight days ly frozen fillets, from such places members when they need it most remain for Seafarers to'nomi­ as Newfoundland, Iceland, Scan­ Urging the membership to run is welfare in its purest form, and the wisdom ot this type of service, nate themselves or others for for the various Union posts open,' dinavia and other foreign coun­ Sept. 3. 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 18 has been demonstrated many times any of the 49;. elective-posts, with which include all elective ofiEices tries. Fishing interests here have As I See It Page 6 over. The most recent occasion the deadline set for midnight, Sep­ at headquarters and in the 'but- been, pressing for import quotas, / ports, SIU Secretary - Treasurer but without much success. Burly Page 16 came in the recent shipping slump, tember 11. The opening of nominations on Paul Hall noted that "large-scale New York fishermen too, have Crossword Puzzle . Page 8 when each week the Welfare Plan Editorials ; ...^Page 9 w^ able to offer facilities assuring August 12 followed the procedure participation by the membership been hard hit by the slump and Galley Gleanings ,.. v. .. .'Page 15 seamen meals and sleeping quar­ prescribed in the Union constitu­ in the activities of the SIU has have abandoned regular commer­ Inquiring' Seafarer ....... Page 8" ters while awaiting a ship. As tr tion and followed' in the last gen­ been one of the pillars of our Un- cial fishing operations to concen­ Labor Round-Up ........Page 8 result sei^ral hundred seamep are eral election two years ago. -All a ion's strength." A record total of trate on scallop ^heries. At pres­ Letter of The Week ..Page 9 provided sleeping, laundry . and Seafarer has to .do to nominate 75 candidates ran for the 49 offices ent there are a dozen scallop boats active in the metropolitan area. Letters Page 16 shower facilities.*^ Initiated in New himself is tp submit a letter stating open in 1952. The qualifications of all candi­ Maritime .Page 8 York, this service is now spreading the office for which he wishes Meet The Seafarer. Page 8 to other SIU port areas and will to rim, along with proof pf three dates will be studied by i^ creden­ Notices, Personals Page 17 eventually be available throughout years' seatime as an unlicensed man, tials committee to be elected at proof of citizenship and proof of headquarters fbllbwing the end of Off Watch Page 14 the Atlantic and Gulf District. two yearsL continuous membership the nomination period. The actual Open 24-Hours A Day Port Reports Pages 12, 13 election will get underway for two In addition, the Baltimore hall,~ in the Umon. Quiz Page 14 Four months of the seatime must months starting Novennber 15, 1954. Ships'. Minutes Page 17 like NY,^wili be open 24 hours a The 49 posts open are the same SIU History Cartoon .... .Page 6 day. The'SIU offers the use of the be in the cflrrent year, except in GENOA,-' Italy—Five .-hundred Sports Line Page 15 modem, air-conditioned hall for the case of candidates iatlready as those on the ballot two years Vote of Thanks Page 9 recreation, television-viewing, card- serving as Union officials. In addi­ ago except for one change. In or­ pounds of bronze from US shipf Washington News Letter . Page 7 playing, reading and lounging. tion, each candidate should submit der to assure all departments of sunk in baffle was flown here for statement of 109 words or less representation'at the headquarters a shrine to all those who have lost Welfare Benefits ....Pages 18, 19 Thanks to this type of welfare pro­ summarizing his Union record and level, the practfoe of electing six their lives at sea. gram, sCamen don't have to choose Welfare Report Page 18 The palvaged bronze' will be Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 between a depressing hotel room a passport photo of himself to be joint assistant secretaiy-treasurers and the street. An indication pf published in the SEAFARERS will be varied to enable the elec­ made into a memorial plaque on Publfshod MwMkly at tha haadooartari of tha Seafarars Intarnatianal Union/ At­ the success of this idea is the fact LOG before the ele-ction gets un­ tion of one assistant secretary each the Ligutian coast; opposite, an 8(K lantic A Cuff District AFL, 675 Fourth- that in'^he current NY* police derway, in order to familiarize ithe for the deck, engine and. steward ton statue of Christ that was sunk Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth *-6600. Entered as sacond class matter roundKip of drifters and "unde­ membership \vith those running departments plus three joint as­ in 52 leet of water 500 yards' off­ at the Post Office in Brookivn, NY., sirables," not a single SIU man has for pffica,^ sistant secretaries. shore qn Av^ust 29. under the Act of August 34 1*11 Welfare Plan Will Run Balfimore Hall Cafeteria pr i; Loki Rates Tie Up SIU Fish Fleet ,. Many Seek SIU Office; Nominations Near End SEAFARERS LOG $A Shrine Noriors ^r i- t. ..aTt �SEAF'AHEHS L&G >Bptibi9rer'S;':''l954 PUge Thi'ite Union To Expose Ship Chandlers' Slopchesf Abuses Full proof that the SIU Sea Chest exists to service the membership and protect it from unscrupulous and mercenary slopchest dealers is being offered in answer to a legal challenge to its existence. The Sea Chest, SlU-owned and operated service that supplies slopchests to ships on a competitive basis, is confident that the facts of its operations will serve to defeat a G overnment suit obviously inspired by the complaints of ship chand-t= lers and slopchest dealers. The civil suit, filed in the What Is A Slopchest? Testing one of his stern lines while the SlU Welfare Plan's training ship Andrew Furuseth was moored at a Brooklyn yacht basin, A1 Urbelis, veteran bosun and skipper of the trim vessel, finds all shipshape. The Furuseth will be used to upgrade seamen. 'Andy Furuseth' To Sail Again NEW YORK—^The SIU Welfare Plan training ship, the An­ drew Furuseth, is preparing to hoist anchor and put to sea as part of the SIU training program to upgrade Seafarers. The Andrew Furuseth will head for SIU ports in the Atlantic & Gulf District where it It's Final! '50 50' Now Cargo Law After keeping the entire maritime industry in suspense for over a week. President Eisenhower signed the permanent "50-50" bill into'law. His action came just two days before the deadline for signing, which would have meant a pocket-veto for the measure. In signing the bill, the President disregarded strenuous objections from both the State and Agricul­ ture Departments 'to the "50-50" principle. It is believed that these objections were responsible for the President's delay in acting. • SIU Victory • The President's approval means a complete victory for the SIU, which has fought for seven years along with other maritime groups to put "50-50" into foreign aid appropriation bills year after year. With passage of a permanent bill, the "50-50" principle in foreign aid is now firmly established, which assures American shipping 50 percent of all Government .car­ goes falling into that category. Since US shipping is now carrying less than 30 percent of commercial cargoes the bill is an extremely importahL prop to private operations, particularly to non-subsidized ship­ ping companies. The President did say thtit in his opinion Congress should change the provision covering offshore purchases for the Armed Forces as well as some other minor pro­ visions of the law. While the sighing was a victory for the SIU and US flag shipping, it was a setback to foreign-flag operators who spearheaded the opposition to the measure, using their countries' diplomatic mis­ sions and the US State Department Jaa^pjaurseJlfinrSO''.^ every turn. will initiate a year-round training program. The activity undertaken by the Andrew Furuseth will carry on the training program initiated by the SIU when it moved into its new Brooklyn headquarters in 1951. The SIU at that time began a training program which resulted in the Union being in a position to man much-needed ships for the Korean war at a time when the entire nation was woefully shorthanded of rated men. Hundreds of men trained at the SIU's head­ quarters training school were up­ graded into the skilled ranks thus enabling the shipowners to meet their committments in the han­ dling of military cargoes. Trustee Survey ' At the time the SIU headquart­ ers training school was opened, a study was undertaken to improve the training program, with the re­ sult that a committee of shipown­ ers and Union Weifare Plan trustees undertook a lengthy survey which resulted in the decision to operate a training ship where facilities are similar to an actual merchant ship. The vessel which is now the An­ drew Furuseth was chosen when it was found she closely paralleled the "Avenger," the ship used by the Sailors Union of the Pacific in its shipboard training program. After selection of the Furuseth, the Welfare Plan trustees mapped out a full program of fitting out the vessel with first class equip­ ment to provide the best in train­ ing facilities. By the time the vessel was fitted and ready for sea service, the ac­ tual training was delayed because of the SIU's full-scale participation in the AFL drive on the New York waterfront. Maintain Rated Strength Despite the fact that the Korean war has ended and the industry is now in a slump, the current lull will afford the opportunity for men to upgrade themselves and im­ prove their earnings. Likewise, the upgrading' of SIU men will en(Continued on page 4) Brooklyn Federal District For those readers who have never sailed and are curious as to Court by the Justice Depart­ just what a slopchest is, the following quotation from the US Code, ment on Au^st 20, charges Title 46, is self-explanatory: "Every vessel mentioned in Section 666 of this title shall also be that the Sea Chest is maintain­ provided with a slopchest which shall contain a compliment of ing a "monopoly" and that the clothing for the intended voyage for each seaman employed, in­ Union is using its economic cluding boots or shoes, hats or caps, underclothing and outerpower to "coerce" ship operators clothing, oil clothing and everything necessary for the wear of a into purchasing supplies from the seaman ..." Union-operated service. The clause goes on to say that the contents shall be sold from Price C. Spivey, general mana­ time to time in the course of a voyage at a profit not to exceed ten ger of the Sea Chest corporation, percent "of the reasonable wholesale value of the same." ridiculed the charge of "monop­ Slopchests were first put aboard ships under the law beginning oly," pointing out that the Sea June 26, 1884. They apply only to offishore vessels on voyages to Chest has never, at any time, serv­ ports other than the American continent. (Alaska is excepted in iced all SIU ships. "There are a certain instances.) good number of SlU-contracted ships that have never taken on a Sea Chest slopchest even though through the years have been those supplying ships early last year, the in every instance, the Sea Chest about shoes whose uppers split ship chandlers and slopchest deal­ has offered quality supplies at from the soles after a few watches, ers have been out to cripple the prices below the competition. And the shirts and dungarees that Union-owned service. An organiza­ those ships that have taken our shrank several sizes after one tion calling itself the Slop Chest offers have done so on a competi­ washing or fell apart after several Dealers of America was formed tive basis. They are free to accept wearings, the waterproof gear that specifically for the purpose of com­ or reject them at any time. leaked and so on. In most in­ bating the Sea Chest. The first impact of Sea Chest stances this was because the sup­ Non-Frofit Operation . "The success of the Sea Chest plies were the poorest quality competition after its formation available or were seconds or re­ was a sharp" break in shipboard is due solely to one factor. (Continued on page 17) "Inasmuch as profit is not the pri­ jects that had been cast aside by mary reason.for existence, we have "the manufacturer because of defec­ been able to service seamen with tive workmanship. These supplies the best quality brand merchandise were funneled to the ship chan­ at reasonable prices. We have dlers and sold to seamen at prices never made a nickel in profit. The of first-quality goods or higher. The hurricane "Carol" which Cost Seamen's Lives high quality of Sea Chest goods swept up the East Coast this It is firmly believed by the has enabled seamen for the first past Monday and Tuesday, time to free themselves from the Union that these vicious practices indicting heavy damage in some grip of the unscrupulous ship undoubtedly cost the lives of many coastal areas, didn't appear to chandler who has victimized them seamen during the years of World affect shipping any, but it did War II. This was particularly true for years. taken swipe at the SIU hall in "We consider the current suit a in North Atlantic waters where Boston. The big blow belted welcome opportunity to expose the suitable cold weather gear was a the Union building there and sordid kickback and price-padding must for survival in case of a ship lifted a four-foot hatch right system whereby ship suppliers sinking. The many complaints off the roof and dropped it have been milking seamen for the about vOartime slopchests, and the four floors to the ground. No last 70 years. It was the endless unsuccessful attempts of Govern­ injuries were reported, how­ complaints of seamen themselves ment agencies to maintain their ever. There was no damage to about these practices that led to quality are sound basis for this any of the other SIU branch the formation of the Sea Chest in belief. halls along the Atlantic sea­ From the very beginning, Spivey the first instance." board. Typical of these complaints down said, when the Sea Chest started l-l ^ i\ I 4 ^CaroP Raises RostotPs Roof m , v| •h Commies Dig In As Gov't Ok's ILA Government certification of the AFL-expelled International Longshoremen's Associa­ tion as bargaining agent for pier workers in the Port of New York signalled a major victory for the Communist Party and the New York waterfront mob last week. Announcement of the certi--*" fication order by the National ture campaign. "We must now all the New York local of tugboat men, Labor Relations Board in unite behind the ILA ... to con­ formerly part of the ILA and now Washington August 27 was seen paving the way for the Communist Party to go all-out in its efforts to dominate the uneasy waterfront situation. In the face of this, the new AFL International Brother­ hood of Longshoremen made plans to continue unrelenting its 11month fight to drive the old ILA out of the port; The role of the Commies in the dock picture was symbolized by the gleeful reaction of "the "Daily Worker" to news of the certifica­ tion order. The sentiment of the CP organ was echoed on Monday in a special edition of the dis­ credited "Dockers News" which set the tone of the Commie's fu­ solidate this victory," it declared. Neither publication made mention of the mob or the shortcomings of the old ILA which they had freely criticized in the past. Bridges $10,000 The reaction by Commie West Coast longshore leader Harry Bridges followed the same pattern. In the closing days of the election campaign. Bridges provided thou­ sands of pieces of campaign litera­ ture for the old ILA, in addition to a $10,000 gift to the mob cause. John L. Lewis, another benefac­ tor of the old union, provided $100,000 or more to the ILA cam­ paign fund and has already re­ ceived his reward in the form of affiliated with his United Mine Workers. Action by the Government in declaring a winner to the May 26 pier election between the AFL union and the outfit expelled from the Federation a year ago for mob domination was based on simple arithmetic. As a result of the May balloting and the disposal of vari­ ous blocs of challenged votes, the AFL emerged with 9,144 votes, 263 short of the margin held by the old ILA. Then, with 666 challenged bal­ lots remaining, 491 were thrown out on-the ground that they were the votes of supervisory employ(Cpntinued on page 4) •I �THE ANTf'UNION MEDICINE Mention the word "shipowner" to a union seaman and chances are he will get his guard up right away. After years of defending his union against the ship­ owner, the seaman automatically figures it's best to keep on his toes anytime one of that breed coipes ^thin ten f feet. But today there's a new coalition of anti-union chicken hawks trying to torpedo seamen's unions. Taking advantage of the periodic slumps of the maritime industy, a traveling medicine show of "me firsters" ~ is swooping here and there to where, organized mobs who want inflame the minds of seamen an in on unions are a handy~ me­ • over the difficulties that their dium of operations. Whatever the local circum­ unions face in adjusting to stances, the pattern of operation is conditions in the industry. pretty much the same. The key is At the moment one —- of -- the fa the publication of an "opposition" vorite targets of these birds of prey newspaper, or bulletins supposedly •_ the A.u^ SIU's CTTT»« Canadian TriRfrirt. i_ is District put. out. •by certain rank andJ file That organization has severer prob­ members of the union or by sopie lems than most maritime unions so-called "committee." And if a because Canadian deep-sea ship­ few union m^n can be suckered ping as a result of cut-rate foreign into fronting for the operation, so flag competition has gone to pot much the better. All of these completely, and on the Canadian papers and hand-biUs have a cer­ side of the Great Lakes a dual tain sneery, negative flavor, some-' union outfit headed by a skipper thing like an egg that was fried in who once ran a company hiring last week's r^cid oil. Rather than hall is attempting ta monkey- offer any positive suggestions for wrench the district's operations. the problems that beset the union, But at one time or another nearly they prefer to swing a meat hook every maritime imion has been at personalities. All of this swing­ sidelines and the difficulties of the dive-bombed by this traveling ing is from downstairs: the lower maritime industry in Canada, the troupe—the Sailors Union of the the better, and if family members Canadian District has been making Pacific, the Marine Firemen, Oilers or other innocent bystanders get real progress by sticking to union and Watcrtenders Union and the hit below the belt in the process, business. Recently it took one of McMaster's biggest companies National Maritime Union in par­ it's just the breaks of the game. away from him by a SVis to one ticular. Public Smear Sheets vote. Line-Up Always Same Seafarers in the past have re­ Commies Attack SUP The personalities in the ceived the publications of these Out on the West Coast, its an traveling circus may change people, the "West Coast Sailors story that for many years the their spots from time to time, Journal," the "Black Gang News," old Communist Party has been putting 'and may pick up some odd the "Rank and File Pilot," and company on the way, but similar such slime sheets. With the the blast on the Sailors Union of Canadian District currently the the Pacific. ' The "West Coast basically the line-up is the same everywhere. The troupe favorite plaything of the combine. Sailors Journal" was its medium is composed of three elements, Seafarers have been "treated" to of operations for quite some time some real vicious mailings .on their and it concentrated, like all these the Communist Party, always willing to put a burr under ships, bearing the lofty name "Sic other sheets, on personal vilifica­ tion of SUP leaders as well as the saddle; lawyers whose pro­ Semper Tyrannus." members of their families. Of fessional ethics are on the One thing that the hit and run course, the waterfront section of skimpy side, commonly known troupe overlooks, though (and this the Party has had considerable aid to rank and file seamen as may be due in part to their un- and comfort from Harry Bridges shysters, and an odd assort­ familiarity with the workings of who is always happy to do the ment of phonies that can be maritime unions), is the fact that Sailors Union a bad turn. It got found at the fringe of the la­ the average maritime union, more so that in the last economic beef bor movement. The latter in­ than ynions in other industries, clude unsuccessful ex-officials, has a tradition of bringing beefs of the Sailors Union with the shipwould-be officials without tal­ out in the open and dealing with ent, and a few fastbuck boys them through membership action. who heard from someone that The practice of secret elections, unions are a good business to referendums on important policy matters and other democratic, pro­ look into. (Continued from page 3) The Communist Party's motives cedures are well established in the able the Union to furnish men in of course, are well-known to sea­ maritime field, which makes things important ratings should the need men by now. They are simply to a little tough for somebody on the for ships suddenly mushroom, a disrupt and destroy democratic outside trying to work his way in. situation very possible in light of Today's favorite target, Canada, unions, take them over and then offers a lot of interesting angles. current world crises. use them as instruments of the For one The Andrew Furuseth will estab­ thing, there is a nucleus Soviet Union's foreign policy. They of unhappy lish an itinerary throughout the ex-officials of the old aren't famous for being fussy over Canadian Sea­ A&G District so as to allow the whom they pay up with in the Commie-controlled men's Union aroimd. was the men in all ports to have the oppor­ process. The shysters also have a Communist-dominatedThis outfit that tunity to use its training facilities. simple and clear-cut motive. Com­ was put out of business by the SIU Normally the ship has a crew of petition between the ambulance Canadian District. There are peo­ one, the skipper being A1 Urbelis, chasers always gets rough when the ple in Canada who will never for­ a veteran bosun who has been with shipping industry.slumps and there give Canadian Seafarers for that. the ship since it was purchased by aren't enough injured seamen' to Then the SIU Canadian District is the Welfare Plan. While a training go around, a young union which just recently class is aboard, the ship will carry The phonies are another breed got its automony, so the promoters a full crew. altogether. They aren't smart figure that it could be an"easier In naming the training ship, the enough to go to school and become touch. Plan has honored the father of shysters, they (don't understand -In the main though, the Unholy maritime unionism and one of the what the Communists are talking trio has found a comfortable home founders of the Sailors Union of about but-they sure would like to in the arms of Captain McMaster, the Pacific, the founder of today's piecard it the rest of their lives. who ^aduated into the union busi­ SIU. It was Furuseth who singleIt isn't the base wage that attracts ness all on his own. Since McMas­ handedly broke the bonds that them, its all the sidelines they ter has been more active of late, held seamen in virtual slavery. could develop if they were "in." the CSU people have stopped try­ The fruits of his labor were the Local situations may vary of ing to operate on their own and Maguire Act, the White Act, the course. Up in Canada, the group have formed a working alliance Seamen's Act of. 1915 and the has found it convenient to make with him. Using a few ex-C^adian Jones Act of 1920. In keeping with the traditions goo-goo eyes at a dual outfit run District seamen as a front, they by a certain Captain McMaster. On have been frothing at the mouth, established by Furuseth, the train­ the West Coast, Hairy Bridges is on paper, and sending free samples ing ship will serve to carry out always their handy boy, for after in the mails to ships not only in part of the. SIU program to conall, he's gpt a few friends of his Canada, but in the States as well. stailtly improve conditions and; the Despite the sniping. from the livelihood of all Seafarers. own who can be usefuL Etee- Furuseth... i ' ; ! ' 'i • owners, both Bridges and the "West Coast Sailors Journal" did their best to break the strike How they figured this would make the membership friendly to them is something of a mystery. The shysters' activity on the West Coast has been considerably stepped up in recent months, the idea being that if the SUP can't be attacked on the ships, it might as well be harassed in the courts. Many of these same attorneys, by coincidence, can be found in the corner of one of Bridges' asso­ ciates, when they or their runners aren't chasing down a potential case. The SUP newspaper "West Coast Sailors" recently noted In referring to one of the sev­ eral devious schemes of shy­ sters: ''The point you should remember is: They (shysters) are not looking out for your interests. Their prime motive is to get their hands on you so they can make a big fat kill­ ing so they .can pay off their ambulance chasers." Another West Coast union, the Marine Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders Union, was the target of a particularly frantic attack when its members were about to vote on affiliation with the SIU. This was natural, because the MFOW move sent shivers up and down Bridges' back and his allies jn the nowdefunct National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards. Somehow though, the "Black Gang News" was unable to convince the mem­ bership that joining the SIU would weaken the union and exile them to slavery. The Commies are now waging a campaign to get the MFOW to disaffiliate from the SIU. Vincent Malone, president of the MFOW, has proved to be one of the mbst effective fighters against the combine and has kept the MFOW strong internally. CIO unions aren't exempt from this kind of stuff either. The pages of the "Pilot," official publication of the National Maritime Union, have noted many times that some of the legal "talent" on the East Coast thought the NMU member­ ship was just the group they ought to cuddle up to. The "Pilot" noted in a recent issue that the anti­ union shysters were also ac­ tive in their camp. The paper reported: "This smear Utera- • iure . . . comes from a group of lawyers, 'ambiilance-chasers,' no less, who would like to get their hands 6n some union business, and through that victimise seamen for the profit of a few. "A good part of the Uterature printed for the disrupters is being printed on the type of paper usually found around a lawyer's office, and we as­ sume that they are borrowlug the presses of printers who / work for lawyers mostly. The presence of lawyers in this con­ spiracy is clear enough." In the SIU, Atlantic & Gulf.Dis­ trict, while these matters have not been problems, the fact remains that A&G members have been subjected to a barrage of the smear-type literature aimed at the SIU affiliates and other maritime unions. Seafarers have become used to this and treat it as the ranting and raving of union-bust­ ers. However, to keep aware of the doings of the anti-union medi­ cine show, it bodes well to keep a weather eye cocked on these char­ acters. They haven't made any headway anywhere, but the old saying "know your enemy" still holds true. Old lU... (Continued from page 3) ees. The 175 ballots left there­ fore could not affect the outcome and the certification foiiowed. The old ILA victory came in the sec­ ond pier election in the port in five months. An earlier vote, in December, 1953, was voided on the ground of intimidation and co­ ercion of longshoremen by the old ILA. IBL 'Watchdog' The immediate affect of the NLRB certification order was a bid by old ILA officials to reopen ne­ gotiations with the shipowners for a new agreement to. replace the one which expired last September 30. Meanwhile, the IBL indicated it would watch the proposed talks carefully to assure that the inter­ ests of its mors than 9,000 sup­ porters would not be undermined. It also assured AFL longshoremen that any attempted discrimination against them in favor of old ILA mbn would be fought in every way possible,., - - �SEAFARE:RS LOG September S, 1954 Pace Fire Waterman Idles 15 Ships^ 'Runaways' Rates Blamed MOBILE—^The crippling effect of runawa y foreign flag shipping on the US merchant fleet was brought home sharply to Seafarers on the Gulf Coast last week when Waterman Steamship Corp. began laying up 15 of its SlU-manned off-shore ships. First of the Waterman C-2 * ships can move ore at one-half the vessels to be laid up were the organizations, to get together for cost of US-flag ships," he said. an industry-wide conference to see Arizpa, Alawai, Golden City, what can be done to relieve the Foreign Yards Busy City of Alma and Morning Light. situation." To add to the generally dismal Ten other ships were expected To illustrate his point, he said outlook, more tankers are being to go to the boneyard on their it costs Waterman, a financiaily built in foreign yards for opera­ return to Mobiie by mid-Septem­ sound company with a long experi­ tion under foreign registry than ber. They were the Citrus-Packer, ence of successful and profitable "the United States built during Lafayette, LaSalle, Maiden Creek, operation, $60,000 more to operate World War II," he said. Mobilian, Warhawk, Wiid Ranger, one of its ships on a 60-day for­ To these examples. Captain Warrior, Wacosta and Kyska. The eign run than it does a Dutch Nicholson, might well have added company owns 33 of the C-2-type operator to make a comparable the action taken by Maritime Ad­ ships. voyage. That figures out at an ministrator Louis Rothschild who Cut-throat competition from low- average of $1,000 a day competitive during the first week of August wage, cheap operation foreign flag advantage held by the foreign ship­ announced approval had been Mysteriously freed after beingr detained for 52 days in Caracas, granted for the transfer of 80 ships was blamad by Capt. Norman owner in operating costs. while Venezuelan authorities investigated the cause of a fatal As an example of what is happen­ American-flag Liberty ships to Nicholson, Waterman president, collision involving the Alcoa Clipper, Seafarers Joseph Rusheed, ing to the US merchant fleet. Cap­ "runaway" flags. for the wholesale lay-up. QM (left), and Maurice Kramer, OS (center), describe their stay tain Nicholson cited the case of As pointed ouC^by SIU Secre­ "We want to keep our ships run­ In the Venezuelan capital to New Orleans SIU Port Agent Lindsey 60,000-toa ore carriers being built tary-Treasurer Paul Hall, this ning," said Captain Nicholson, - Williams, after they flew back to the States. "but we can't keep operating them in Japanese-yards for operation action meant the loss of thousands under the Liberian flag. One, of of jobs in the industry and re­ at a loss." these, the Ore Chief, already is in sulted in setting the transferred Only unusual circumstances of operation under Liberian registry. ships up in business against legiti­ an emergency nature will make it "Manned by foreign crews, these mate American operators. possible for ships on the lay-up list to put to sea again any time in the near future, he added. Face Grave Period NEW ORLEANS—Glad to be home after 52 days of cool­ "American shipping is facing the ing their heels in a Caracas, Venezuela, hotel, were Seafarers gravest period in its history," Cap­ Joseph ilusheed and Maurice Kramer who returned to New tain Nicholson said. "It is neces­ sary for shipowners and represen­ Orleans August 22 after being •detained by Venezuelan au­ City of Caracas and were billeted tatives of all maritime unions, thorities in the investigation at company expense in Caracas including the various longshore Seafarers who were prisoners of war, either as civilians or of a fatal collision between the hotels, but were not permitted by members of the Armed Forces in World War II and the Alcoa Clipper and a tugboat at La Venezuelan officials to leave the Korean War, may be entitled to cash benefits under a new Guaira on June 26. municipal limits of Caracas until War Claims Act passed by-* August 21 when Rusheed and ' When the Clipper sailed on June 30, Rusheed, who was quar­ Kramer were told they were free Congress. A bill amending Philippines, Guam, Wake and Mid­ . SIU headquarters urges all Islands and excluded from termaster on the wheel watch at to leave Venezuela. White was per­ the War Claims Act has broad­ way draft-eligible seamen to be previous benefits; disability and the time of the crash in which mitted to leave at the same time, ened benefits of the original Act sure they keei>. their local Se­ medical benefit claims by civilians three persona aboard the tug were but Krantz and Eddy were held of 1948 and covers many individ­ lective Service! boards posted billed, and Kramer, OS, who was pending 'further progress of the uals not affected by the original as a result of detention and mis­ on all changes of address investigation. treatment in World War II as well working on deck, were held pend­ legislation. through the use of >the post as claims of American citizens who ing completion of the investiga­ Grabbed Plane The bill provides for eight dif­ cards furnished at all SIU served in the armed forces of an tion. Taken ashore at the same Rusheed and Kramer, who ferent kinds of claims, including halls and aboard ships. Allied nation during World War II. time were Captain Yngvar Krantz, caught the first available plane out one specifically covering merchant Failure to keep jour draft master; Clyde O. Eddy, chief mate, of Caracas for New Orleans, were It's expected that the new act seamen who were detained during board informed of your where­ and Sam White, first assistant en­ at a loss to explain the Vene­ World War II but were unable to will bring in an additional 14.000 abouts can cause you to be gineer. zuelans' sudden decision to free claim benefits under the 1948 act. claims and call for the payment of listed as a delinquent and be Since then the men were de­ them. Neither could they explain Other provisions call for $2.50 $25 million in indemnities. drafted into the services with­ Any Seafarers who believe they tained in Caracas despite an offer why Krantz and Eddy were still per day indemnity to Korean war out a hearing. The Union in by Alcoa Steamship Company to detained. Alcoa officials also were prisoners and benefits for Ameri­ might be covered by-the new act such cases can do nothing to can civilians interned in Korea by should contact the Foreign Claims post bond to permit their return unaware of any decision to release aid Seafarers who fail to com­ the Communists; detention benefits Settlement Commission, Washing­ to the Unite<| States. They were the men prior to their return to ply. for US citizens captured in the ton 25, DC. allowed complete freedom of the New Orleans. 4-i- 5A Crash Witnesses Free—Sfill Puzzled j 1 "i • New Claims Act To Aid War-Imprisoned Seamen Keep Draft Doard Posted YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO RETTER BUYING Small Insurance Policies Costiy "Industrial insurance" Is what the insurance industry calls the policies on which wage-earners pay weekly or monthly, generally 25 or 50 cents at a time. (The fam­ ilies themselves often call it "burial insurance.") Each family generally has several policies covering papa, mama and the children, and the insurance dgent comes to the house every week or month to collect the premiums. Because the weekly or monthly payments are low, such insurance seems cheap. Actually it's by far the most ex­ pensive of all insurance. The millions of families who buy it generally pay from 25 percent to 400 percent more than if they bought the same insurance on an annual basis. And while the cost of each policy seems little, by the time a family is paying on several of them it's paying out a substantial amount but has very little real insurance to show for it. One wage-earner's family this writer interviewed had a number of these little policies. We added up the cost and found this family was paying out $130 a year for insur­ ance. The insurance was split among all four members of the family, and thwe was actually only $1,000 of insur­ ance on the breadwinner himself. That much genuine family protection ($1,000 of insurance on the breadwin­ ner) the family could have had at a cost of-$10 or less a year. This family was making three mistakes in handling its insurance: 1. It had scattered it among all members pf the family instead of concentrating it on the breadwinner. If any of the other members of the family die, the burial ex­ penses would be a financial blow, but not financial catas­ trophe. But, if the breadwinner goes, then the mother and children really are in trouble.' 2. It bought poorly-chosbn insurance on a weekly in­ stallment basis, and thereby further added to its cost. 3. It bought ordinary life insurance which has a cash refund value, but does not provide as much family pro­ tection for the same price as low-cost term insurance, and this family with young children needs maximum protec­ tion at this period when its kids are young. Actually, if the family had spent its $130 a year for term insurance on the life of the breadwinner, bought on an annual basis, he could have about $13,000 worth of insur­ ance, which would give his family some real assistance if anything did happen to him. High Administrative Cost Here's how expensive weekly or monthly installment in­ surance is: The New York State Insurance Dept. discov­ ered that several companies selling it were using more than 58 cents of each premium dollar paid in by the pol­ icy-holders for sales and administrative expense. These companies thus were paying back in benefits only 42 cents of each dollar people paid them for insurance. That's mighty poor insurance. This compaies with the more iisual 20 cents of each dollar expended by other compa­ nies for administrative expenses on industrial insurance, which is still a costly price to pay. Why is industrial insurance so expensive that at least 20 percent of the price you pay must go for administra­ tive costs? Well—the salesman must come to your house Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying to collect the 25 or 50 cents for each policy, and the com­ pany must make a separate bookkeeping transaction for each transaction, all of which you must pay for. Insurance companies argue that if they didn't sell pol­ icies on a weekly or monthly basis, many people wouldn't have any insurance, because they wouldn't put aside the money to pay the bill annually or semi-annually. That certainly is an expensive service, and any family with the knowledge and character to do even a little budgeting can avoid it by dropping the same quarter into a budget box every week and paying the insurance themselves once a year. To make it easier for yourself to buy insurance on the less-costly annual basis, instead of one large policy, take out several $1,000 policies spaced some weeks or months apart. But be careful that you don't space the policies so far apart that you go into a new highe; age rate on some of them. The SIU Welfare Plan itself pr,ovides a Seafarer's family with a $2,500 death benefit in case of his death (or any beneficiary he may design.^t'j). What additional insur­ ance a family buys should also be concentrated on the breadwinner. The only reason to buy insurance is to replace the breadwinner's earnings in case he passes away and leaves a dependent family. Often families will buy endowment policies for their children on this same weekly or monthly installment-in­ surance basis. But if you put that same money into Gov­ ernment "E" bonds, the savings will pile up faster, since there are no sales and administrative expenses deducted from the earnings of your investment. ^i Hi: 1 -.•! M ] Hi n �SEAFARERS Pare Six I4' i' flcpteabcr S. 1*54 LOG House Group Urges Curbs On MSTS WASHINGTON—Confirming virtually «very charge made by maritime unions and ship operators, a House Merchant Marine subcommittee has assailed the Military Sea Trans­ portation Service for competing directly with privately-owned US shipping. Further, the committee indicated that the+ ' ANOTHER UNION OBJECTIVE OF LONG STANDING WILL BE MSTS fleet is far larger than maintained a consistent policy of Hoover, Is also surveying the realized in the near future when the trim two-masted schooner Andrew agency. refusing to allow disputes to inter­ necessary and the bulk of its Furuseth slips her moorings in New York harbor and heads out to Ship operators have long con­ operations could easily be turned fere with the movement of military sea. The sailing of the Andrew Furuseth will mean that the Seafarers tended that privately-owned ves­ cargoes." over to privately-owned ships. Training School will have a fully-equipped sailing vessel on which At the same time the committee Meanwhile, MSTS Is already the sels could perform practically all unrated men can leam the rules and skills of seamanship. of the services now maintained by target of further Investigation as debunked a favorite MSTS argu­ It's long been a dream of the Union to be able,some day to provide ment that the ships were needed in the General Accounting Office is MSTS at less cost, and at the same a complete training course in deck seamanship. As in the past, such time keep ships running and pro­ taking a good look at its operating case labor disputes interrupted the as during the Korean War shipping emergency of early 1952, the SIU flow of military cargo in an emer­ expenses and the Hoover commis­ duce tax income for the Govern­ did establish shoreside instruction for unrated men with the result ment. They point to excessive gency period. "In fact," the com­ sion on Government reorganization, that a large number of men were upgraded and helped meet the urgent mittee said, "seagoing labor has headed by ex-President Herbert MSTS manning scales and the high need for seamen at the time. In addition, the Union has for some time overhead costs of a Government agency that doesn't have to worry now made available printed booklets that are of considerable help to men who are preparing for Coast "Guard examinations <or the various about profit and loss. The House subcommittee interim unlicensed ratings. Placing the Andrew Furuseth into service means that seamen no report raked MSTS from stem to stem in the strongest terms. For longer will have to shell out dough to private schools in order to get example, the committee pointed their ratings. Fiurther, it is insurance against revival of Governmentout that MSTS was in the habit of sponsored maritime training, which no matter how Well it might be conducted, always threatened the security of maritime unions and The hope for speedy nighttime and weekend clearance of operating over the same trade the Union hiring haU. routes as berth dperators, carrying Quarantine has been killed by President Eisenhower's pocket- cargoes that berth operators could Your Union has held from the beginning that it could, and would veto. The bill would have permitted off-hour inspections by easily handle. The result was that supply to the operators, all the trained, capable seamen they needed the Quarantine Service in all "private berth operators often to man their ships efficiently. The sailing of the Andrew Furuseth "major US ports. The bill pro­ sailed with less than full loads" is assurance that the Union's pledge will be met, and that the SIU will vided that when a ship came while "competing vessels of the be prepared for any shipping emergency that might arise. Since this ship is a key cog in the Union's program to strengthen into port after 6 PM or on week­ MSTS fleet have likewise been less itself and improve the status of its membership, it was only natural ends and the company wanted to than fully utilized." clear Quarantine, it would pay for In many instances, the Govern­ that it would be named after the father of all US maritime unions. the Quarantine officers services ment has had to make up the dif­ t 4" out of its own pocket at overtime ference to private operators CERTIFICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S rates. through its subsidies. MSTS com­ Association as the bargaining agent for dockworkers in the Port of petition also cost the Government New York has rightfully been described as a temporary setback to . Would Save Money AFL objectives on the waterfront. The chortles of glee with which The purpose of the bill was to possible recapture of subsidy the "Daily Worker" greeted the news is further proof, if any more put an end to time-consuming and profits. were needed, of the strong position which ' the Communist' Party Domestic Competition Philip Levine, well-known Sea­ costly delays that held ships up to now enjoys in the old ILA. The committee was especially farer and a member of the main­ the following day if they could not critical of MSTS competition in the In the course of the pre-election campaign between the AFL and tenance staff at SIU headquarters reach port during regular working domestic trades. It recommended old ILA in this port, there was plenty of evidence that in the closing for the past year, died suddenly hours. Paymeni of overtime to a that a rigid rule be adopted bar­ stages the Commies had moved in and made an unholy alliance with Quarantine officer would save S a t u rday, Au­ ring Government-owned ships from the waterfront mob in this port. Out on the West Coast Harry Bridges money for the operator. gust 28, of a the coastwise and intercoastal publicly lent* a hand, and quite a few thousands in cash, to couriers In refusing to sign the bill, the services as well as on runs to US sent there by Tony Anastasia. Practically from the day that the new heart attack. He President objected to the fact that territorial possessions. would have been AFL union was chartered, the "Dispatcher," Harry Bridges' publication, it would give Quarantine officers 41 years old on Among its other recommenda­ the "Daily Worker," and the "National Guardian," another Party mouth­ preferential treatment on overtime tions the committee proposed that piece, devoted a considerable amount of effort to lauding the mob December 19. over other Federal officers. He the Department of Commerce have that runs the old ILA and knocking the AFL union in the head at every Levine, who conceded that Customs and Imm^ a say in determining the size of the turn. lived at 475 Howgration men were already receiving MSTS nucleus fleet as well as the ard Avenue, To top the whole thing off, the "Dockers News," an old-time publica­ such treatment but said he didn't Department of Defense, assuring tion of the Commimist Party's waterfront section, reappeared on the Brooklyn, c 0 mwant to extend it to any other that private shipping needs would scene. And later on when the ILA ran out of the funds it had received plained of feel­ Levine group of Federal workers without be considered. It also called for a from the sell-out of the tugboatmen to the UMW, the Communist ing ill shortly after he returned home Saturday overhauling the entire Federal pay complete review of MSTS cargo Party's faithful were put to work as can-shakers for the mob. evening, and'died before he could structure for all kinds of inspec­ handling, a study of passengerSome uninformed people maintained that the reason the Commies tors. be rushed to a hospital. carrying capacity and of ways to were attacking the AFL was that they had no love for the waterfront Interment was the following day Since Customs and Immigration get more passenger ships, and mob, but hated the AFL more. However, since the AFL lost the elec­ in Baron Hirsh Cemetery, Staten officers already operate under pro­ steps to change handling of mili­ tion by the extremely narrow margin of 263 votes, the love feast be­ Island. He is survived by his wife, visions similar to the vetoed bill, tary cargo in conformity with nor­ tween the Communist Party and the mob if anything, gets chummier Yetta, and a daughter, Ellen shipping interests felt that ap­ mal commercial practices. by the day. Lee. 5. proval of the measure for Quaran­ In the hearings that preceeded All of which again proves that the AFL and your Union in helping Levine joined the Union in New tine officers would speed up ship­ the report, union and shipowner New York longshoremen who wanted no part of the old ILA were York on July 29, 1949, and sailed ping services and make them more spokesmen carried the ball for the taking positive, constructive action. The SIU has always been proud of for several years as second cook economical to operate as well as industry, with Government Bepre- the fact that it has fought every attempt by the Communists to move on the Sand Chief before joining eliminating the long and often tire- sentatives generally supporting in on the New York waterfront. The temporary victory they have gained the headquarters staff last spring. some^waiting periods. MSTS. in no way alters the justice of that fight. Eisenhower Vetoes Speedy Quarantine Death Takes Phil Levlne Of Ha. Staff Cartoon History Of The SIU New Headquarters For StiJ No. 71 yi .a':,,-.;. , :.,J ) i, . a: Late In 1949, the continued expansion of Union serv­ ices and membership facilities at SIU headquarters In New York made it obvious that the present site was inadequate. Accordingly, surveys of the port area were made to in# the besi pnsslble spot for a brand-new SeafarenT Mi The location of a suitable site across the river in Brooklyn was followed by membership approval in all ports on May 10, 1950, of the proposed new head­ quarters. Architects and builders were called in to plan the remodsUng of the threerstory former sehoUl and factory building ieicctetb A far cry from its predecessor at 91 Beaver Street, the new hall was to be a model union showplace with all possible comforts and conveniences for the mem­ bership built in. Construction get underway slowly, however; as war broke out in Korea ia June anit building: •chedulee bad to be thrown out the window. �• ., Selrt^ber S; 1054 SEAFARERS LOG Pacre SeveB .'f SIU NEWSLETTER SIU Hits Military Bans from WASHINGTON Favoring MSTS In Korea Over 65 steamship lines are pounding at the doors of the Maritime Administration in an effort to transfer their vessels to foreign registry. Most of these are the owners of Liberty dry cargo ships. Recently, the MA drastically liberalized its transfer policy so that of the approximate 130 Liberty tramp ships under the American flag, probably one half, or some 65, will be transferred to the flags of Liberia, Honduras and Panama. The new transfer poUcy of MA covering Liberty dry cargo ships is this: For every two ships owned by a company, one will be eligible for transfer. There are expected to be a number of mergers of tramp operators because those owning but one vessel must first merge with another company owning a ship so that one will be trans­ ferred and the other will remain under the US flag. Transfers of privately-owned vessels over 1,000 gross tons approved varied greatly from year to year, reaching the peak of 136 in fiscal year 1947, and dropping off to 50 in 1949, 25 in 1950 and 37 in 1951. While no statistics are kept on those transfer applications denied, it is understood that about 23 were denied during a,recent two-year period. For a while, the Government was imposing restrictive con­ ditions on transfers which tended to cut down thd applications re­ ceived. However, the doors are now wide open by the recent liberaliza­ tion of the transfer policy by the Maritime Administration. Whereas in the past, by far the largest proportion of transfer ap­ plications involved small vessels—pleasure yachts, tugs and fishing boats—the trend now has changed to the larger ocean-going class. One thing the Government is forgetting—ships are run by men as well as by machinery. Skilled maritime personnel driven from their employment will turn to shore jobs and it will be very difficult, in in times of emergency, to bring these men back to the sea. ^ Because of the age of the merchant fleet of Russia, that nation has ordered well over 50 ships in yards of Western Europe since the be­ ginning of the war. A merchant vessel, ordinarily, is supposed to have a life span of 20 years. At least 70 percent of the Russian fleet is overage, that is, more 4han 20 years old. The tanker fleet*X)f Russia amounts to 176,144 gross tons, or only 0.8 percent of the world tanker tonnage. For the benefit of American steamship operators, measures of ut­ most importance from the standpoint of the operators are (1) the socalled "50-50" shipping bill, assuring that at least 50 percent of US aid cargoes is carried in American vessels, ana (2) the private financing bill, under , which the Government assures 90 percent of the money loaned by private lenders in connection with construction and recondi­ tioning of vessels. t 4" 4" 4" 4 3^ • American shipbuilders and repairmen are swelled with pride these days. They were victorious in their efforts to have Congress ap­ prove both new ship construction and repair programs amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. Actually the favorable Congressional action came as a surprise to the ship builders who did not believe that they would be successful in their campaign, but many bills slip through in the closing days of Congress that would not stand a chance otherwise. Although Congress approved, and the President signed, a bill au­ thorizing Government appropriations for the repair of many merchant ships in the national defense reserve fleets, the Department of Com merce will not find it smooth sailing to put this program into effect. The reason is that once again lobbyists are at work to have this work performed in their local port areas. The Commerce Depart­ ment is besieged by many members of Congress who are exerting pressure to have the ship repair work aone in their own port com^ munities. The final decision will be up to Louis S. Rothschild, Maritime Admin­ istrator, who is expected to assign most of the work as a result of competitive bidding. 4i 4> 4> In addition to its liberal ship transfer policy, the Maritime Admin­ istration continues to follow a 2-for-l policy in connection with new ship construction. That is, for every one new ship an operator agrees to build, the MA will allow the transfer to foreign flag of two older vessels. The newest cast in point involves the Sinclair Refining Com­ pany of New York. The MA formal anqpuncement merely states that Sinclair has en­ tered into an agreement to build a new large tanker, but fails to men­ tion that two of Sinclair's tankers will be allowed to be transferred to foreign flag in exchange. ^ MA states that the new i,- ^ker to be constructed by Sinclair will im­ prove the competitive picture of the privately owned US-flag tanker fleet. 4> 4> 4> Practically everyone in-Government, legislative and executive, agrees that we must have a merchant marine. It is also well known that some form of Governn^ent assistance is necessary to maintain our ships on the seas. The House Appropriations Committee now is studying the general subject of operating subsidies paid to steamship lines and will have a report on the subject ready for the 84th Congress convening next January. The philosophy of the Commerce Department on the subject of ship subsidies is that the method by which a subsidy could be arrived at might be subject to alteration from time to time, but that another subsidy system would not significantly change the amounts of money involved. Discriminatory practices by US Armed Forces in Korea that give special privileges to MSTS crews but deny them to Seafarers are being attacked by the SIU. A stronglyworded Union protest is being forwarded to the Department of Defense against regulations which impose several un--* called-for restrictions on mer­ 'But Touch Not A Hair .. chant seamen. Previously, the SIU had been succf^sful in obtaining a new di­ rective on shore leave for mer­ chant seamen which eliminated many of the absolute shore leave bans that had confined men to ships for weeks on end. However new regulations in Pusan, issued in February of this ye.ar, impose currency restrictions and limits .on the movements of merchant sea­ men that are clearly discrimina­ tory. Copy Sent To Headquarters Seafarer Adam R. Lorenz, who was a crewraember on the Jean Lafitte, sent a copy of the regulations to headquarters. The crux of the regulations are that merchant sea­ men are treated like members of the Armed Forces in terms of "off limit" areas, passes for shore leave and other military regulations, but these same merchant seamen are treated like civilians by being de­ nied access to post exchanges and military scrip. MSTS crewmembers who are also civilians, do not have to get special passes to go ashore and are allowed to have military scrip and to use military post exchanges and entertainment facilities. The result is that Seafarers are only able to take Korean hwan ashore, which are worthless at the legal rate ef exchange, 180 hwan to the dollar, and consequently they have to pay extravagant prices for any of their j^prcbases. As Lorenz put it, if the seamen are to be treated as civilians and denied access to post exchanges and other military facilities "they should be left to themselves and governed only by the laws of the Republic of Korea." Must Have Pass Under present regulations, a crewmember of a ship operated by a private shipping company has to get a pass to go ashore and has to register with US military police on the pier. Korean hwan is the only currency he may bring ashore. He is not allowed to enter any areas that are off limits to military personnel and is suuject to arrest, fines and jail sentences for viola­ tion of these rules. If a crewmemiber is carrying a package ashore the MP's can open the package, but they will take no action if it is being carried by a ship's officer in uniform., The Union is asking the Defense Department to issue military scrip to all civilian crewmembers, not only men on MSTS ships, and to make post exchanges and military places of entertainment available to Seafarers. Throw In For A Meeting Job Under the rules of the SIU, any member can nominate himself for meeting chairman, reading clerk or any other post that may be up for elec­ tion before the membership, including committees, such as the tallying committees, finan­ cial committees, auditing com­ mittees and other groups named by the membership. Since SIU membership meet­ ing officers are elected at the start of each meeting, those who wish to run for those meeting offices can do so. I • { .. •".'M V: Don't be misled by this photo because after climbing into that barber's chair at SIU headquarters. Seafarer Joseph C. Cyr changed his mind and decided to save those flowing locks and chin whiskers until he got home to Lewiston, Me. Year's growth represents time Cyr was FWT on Waterman's City of Alma. Other Seafarers, shorn and otherwise, cast admiring glances at Cyr's heady growth. The barber seemed a little disappointed. Welfare Plan To Run Balto. Hall Cafeteria (Continued from page 2) the SlU-won disability benefit is by far the broadest such benefit in the entire trade union movement, paying $25 a week to any disabled Seafarer for as long as he is unable to work. Seafarers as young as 35 and as old as 85 are currently re­ ceiving this benefit, which, in ef­ fect, amounts to a pension. The qualification of seven years aboard SIU ships is the most lenient in the maritime industry. Maternity Benefits In addition, the Welfare Plan provides a $200 maternity benefit to any eligible seaman upon the birth of a child, while the Union provides a $25 bond for the child in its own name. At the other end of the string is a guaranteed $2,500 death benefit payable to any bene­ ficiary with a minimum of red tape. Apart from the -seven year re­ quirement for the disability bene­ fit, the seatime requirement for all these benefits is one day of work aboard an SlU-contracted ship dur­ ing the previous year. In addition to the ('iher family benefits, the Welfare Plan also pro­ vides four $6,000 college scholar­ ships each year for which the children of eligible seamen or sea­ men themselves who are under 35 years of age may qualify. Eight such scholarships have been awarded, three of them to active Seafarers, in the two years since this benefit .went into effect. The record of payments made by the Welfare Plan shows a stagger­ ing total of benefits paid out and individuals aided. In hospital bene­ fits, for example, 30,731 payments totalling $549,600.00 has been paid this pioneer lienefit went into ef­ fect on July 1, 1950. Death bene­ fits amounting to $1,046,557.71 have been paid to the beneficiaries of 527 seamen since that same date. A total of 1,342 maternity bene­ fits amounting to $275,400.00 have been paid out, some of whom have collected twice under this program since it began on April 1, 1952. In­ augurated on May 1, 1952, the dis­ ability benefit program has guaran­ teed seamen, young and old, a mea­ sure of security they could not otherwise enjoy, through the me­ dium of $55,120.00 already paid out under this benefit. 1,369 such pay­ ments have been made. Special Department The size and scope of the welfare program inevitably leads to prob­ lems in administration and every­ day processing, but here too the Union has filled the gap, by the creation of a specialized SIU Wel­ fare Services Department. This unit aids in the processing of claims, answers questions and han­ dles much of the day to day pay­ ment of benefits at hospitals and at home as the situation demands. No seaman need feel that his prob­ lem is too big or too small. Other typical figures of welfare services are detailed in the operat­ ing figures for the cafeteria at headquarters, whose tremendous benefit to our people is shown by a record of 899,101 sales at an aver­ age price of $.46^i cents during the years 1952-53. All of these figures mean bene­ fits and service for seamen at the time when they're needed most and point up the advantages of the SIU Welfare Plan, first established in July, 1950. There are no "forgotten men" among our seamen, thanks to this pioneer Union service program. •3^11 |« �Pace Eicht SEAFARERS MEET THE SEAFARER The Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard at Sparrows Point, Md., has just received the first order given to any American yard in almost two years to build a new US merchant ship. The order, from the Sinclair Refining Company, is for a 25,200-deadweight-ton, fast supertanker to replace two 12,000-ton tankers just approved for transfer ta foreign registry.. . President Eisenhower has signed into law a bill giving the Government permanent legal power to take over ships of foreign nitions in US waters in the event of a national emergency. Similar leg­ islation was enacted during World War 11...Seeking to build up its merchant jleet, Turkey now has a four-man commission here in the US to buy five freighters, two of which will probably be Victory-type ships. . t t Si Forty-four ships from 12 countries caused a complete jam-up of docking and unloading facilities in the port of Rosario, Argentina, last month, when the number of ships lying in port set a new post-war record.. . The Swedish-American Line is dickering with shipyards in Ei.\ Western European countries for the construction of another 22,000gross-ton luxury passenger ship, similar to the eight-month-old Kungsholm. The ship will have a speed of 19 knots and be adaptable for warm weather cruising as well as North Atlantic service.. Latest new addition scheduled for the West African run is the 6,440-ton motorship Aquileia, built for the Lloyd Triestino. Line. Just launched: at Trieste, she will run between that city and West African ports. JOHN L. RIVERA, Electrician At 34 years of age Seafarer John L. Rivera looks like anything but a grizzled veteran of the sea, but he has been around a long time, as the saying goes. He first started sailing out of Baltimore 16 years ago, and before he went aboard his first ship he was toting an SIU membership book. It was in November, 1938, Rivera recalls, that he came into Balti­ more looking for a ship job. The SIU A&G District, just a few weeks old at the time, was already moving to protect seamen's rights. It was waging a vigorous battle against the old Shipping Board hiring halls, known popularly then as the "Government fink halls." When the Bull Line ship Lillian called for a crew at the SIU hall, Rivera was Johnny-on-the-spot. He signed up for his Union book, shipped out, and has been an SIU member ever since. Prefers Sailing • :*i .\i:. explosion blew me off my feet and I went up in the air until my head hit an overhead cable. When I came down I landed with my face first on the anchor windlass." Question: If World War III comes, would you choose to stay in the merchant marine? 9 The-crew took to lifeboats and Harvey Alexander, wiper: I'd was picked up three days later stay because you never know and landed In Cuba. Rivera was what's safe and badly cut up and lost his hearing it's best to stay in one ear as a result. with something you know. I don't After he recuperated he was know personally taken into the Army but was sub­ what it was like sequently discharged because of in the last war the injuries he received in the tor­ because I've only pedoing. It was then that he went been sailing to work in a Brooklyn shipyard. about eight years. In 1946 he went back to sea and But I guess a has been at it "most of the time 4. .4i ship is as good a place as any to since except for some spells ashore, A House Merchant Marine subcommittee headed by Rep. Thor C. be in a real shooting war. during one of which he worked C. Tollefson of Washington has scheduled hearings in West Coast ship 3^ 4" 4" in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Edward Surmeian, AB: Yes, I centers beginning in Seattle Oct. 1. The House unit will also con­ "Shipyard work when I was in think so; I don't think that would duct an inspection tour of Government-owned shipyard and reserve it was very tough," he said. "In the be any reason to fleet facilities in the area . . . Slated for scrapping, eight ships—^vic­ change to some­ first shipyard I worked in they tims of World V/ar II sub warfare—have been bought for $1,500 from thing else. I can't would keep count of how many the IMaritime Administration by the American Salvage Company of give any special times you went to the head and Brooklyn, NY. The vessels, lying in depths of up to 300 feet, were Today Rivera sails regularly as give you a bawling out if you went reason.. why I'd sunk off Florida, Virginia's Cape Henry and in the vicinity of Cape stick with the electrician and chief pumpman on" too often. Now though, I hear Hatteras. Included among them are the old Chilore and Santore, both formerly manned by Seafarers. merchant marine, SIU ships. Although he is a skilled they have a union contract in of course, be­ shipyard worker, holding a rating there." t 4" . 4" cause this sort of of ship rigger, first class, he pre­ The signing by the President of a bill authorizing a $25 million Rivera's last ship was thb Show thing puts a guy fers to sail SIU ships because as modernization program for ships in Government reserve fleets is ex­ Me Mariner which was laid up by he put it, "When you have a grow­ on the spot. I pected to give a much-needed boost to idle US shipyards. FouAeen the Government after its six of the 50 ships affected will go to NY and Boston yards, 13 more to suppose it all depends on how you ing family like mine, there's no job months' trial run. Most of the time ashore that can match going to sea other East Coast yards, 15 to the Pacific Coast and eight to the Gulf feeL with the SIU for making a living." he prefers to sail as cfaitf pump­ ... Norwegian shipowners are experiencing, on a much smailer scale, 4» t 4" man on a tanker, if he can get Milton Trotman, night cook and the same type of discomfort about the future of the industry as their Rivera came to the sea naturally one, because the overtime is al­ baker: Yes, definitely. I took an US counterparts. Norwegian laid-up tonnage comprised 55 vessels o'n because he was born in the Puerto ways good on tankers. Aug. 1, over a quarter of a million gross tons.. . New entrance rules oath when I beRican seaport town of Ponce and Overtime is an important con­ for the fall term at the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy enable came a citizen of grew up within sight of the water­ all qualified alternates for West Point and Annapolis whose appoint­ this country to front. Subsequently, he came to sideration, Rivera explains, be­ ments have not come through to be considered, as well as those who bear arms in de­ Texas where he was issued his first cause with eight children at home, passed the entrance exam for the US Coast Guard Academy last fense of. the US, seamen's papers, and then he making ends meet could become when necessary, February. headed East to Baltimore where hb a problem without those nice SIU and I feel that caught the Lillian. He recalls that payoffs. However, shipping out 4" 4" 4" Construction of a 37,500-deadweighk-ton tanker, largest ever to be sailing a ship she was later sunk in a collision poses certain other problems for the family man, especially if the built in France, will get underway shortly on order by a US company, through a mine with a German ship. children get sick while he is away. Afran Transport of New York. She will feature steam-turbine engines zone or waters Blown Off Feet and will be able to develop a speed of 16.7 knots.. .East Asiatic Line's loaded with subs Right now, Rivera has 'an apart­ direct service between Copenhagen and New York will soon feature amounts to that, It won't be safe It was on another Bull Lines ment in downtown New York but anywhere; it's our duty to stay. two new 9,000-ton motorships, the Poona and Sibonga. They, are re­ ship, the Claire, that Rivera was he is looking forward to tlie day 3^ 4" 4" placing the familiar Falstria and Jutlandia, now in the company's torpedoed in May, 1942, and was when he can get a. place outside the Robert Friedman, AB: I would, service to the Far East for which they were built... A civilian referee lucky to come out in one piece. city that will be big enough for has cleared the skipper of the Great Lakes ore boat Henry Steinbrun- because I'm more qualified to serve "I was the lookout on the ship at his family. And the only way he in the merchant ner of all charges of negligence in the sinking of his ship 15 months the time," he said, "as I used to marine than any­ sail on deck then. We were would be able to swing it, he says, ago. A Coast Guard board of inquiry earlier had found the master is by continuing to go to sea for where else and guilty of poor seamanship in the handling of the vessel when it sank torpedoed without warning. The a living. would be doing in Lake Superior. more for the country by rem a i n i n g here than by going in­ to the service. I ACROSS 57. Make lace 33. Good buy In 9. Belonging to A temporary settlement has been Freight operations on three rail-^ MMmmrnSMiiii sailed in the last S«. God of war mariners the Sea Chest war and I know reached ending a three-week-old roads were halted 1 y the strike. 59. Creator of 10. Palestine port 34. Support for I. Stop on the SA run Demecratie 11. Chalcedony mast it's not particularly safe at sea, strike at American Airlines. The i, % donkey 19. Hit the gong 87. Light brown B. Where Bang­ Free burials for deceased mem­ 21. Summer, in 39. Large island In but at least I'd know what I'm Air Line Pilots Association (AFL) kok is doing. DOWN France Marianas and the company agreed to re­ bers have been arranged by the Diego B. 22. Give off • 42. Tropical vino 3> 4i 4i sumption of regular services while CIO Retail, Wholesale and Depart­ 1. Corn on 12. Norse port 23. Foreign: comb. 44. Port N of Jose FIgueroa, cook: Yes, I would differences are submitted to medi­ ment Store Workers, District 65. the form. Naples 13. Polish name 24. Member of 45. Gone by for Oder river 2. Custom continue sailing as I have been do­ ation. The chief issue at dispute The union purchased five acres in 3. Explode crew 46. Thought 14. Former relief ing for the last 4. Port on 27. The man in 47. Copies was the length of working assign­ a cemetery and has arranged for agency Mutsu Bay charge 50. kUneral earth 14 years. Sea­ ments on transcontinental flights. complete burial service including29. Watch face 15. Widest part of 5. A few 52. Streets men are needed ship 6. Girl's name 30. Certain 53. Three strikes The strike had grounded all of the undertaking«osts and grave main­ 7. Incoming ships 16. Kind of earth anytime there Is company's flights. • tenance. The costs will be carried 8. Mediterranean (Answers On Page 17) 17. Arrive: Abbr. a war because island by union death benefits. 18. Angry: Slang 4" 3r 4" they have a spe­ . 4. 3> 4. 20. Listed A bill calling for a five percent cial job to do A conference on labor problems 22. Additional increase for 1,750,000 Federal em­ and they are al­ 24. Egg-shaped ployees, including 500,000 postal at the Government's atomic energy" ready trainecSfor 25. Pronoun employees, has been "pocket- plants has been, called by the In­ it. Of course, 26. Where Madras vetoed" by President Elsenhower. ternational Association of Machin­ is the conditions are ists in Los Alamos, September 9-11. 28. Finishes The President said that new rev­ Representatives of the Los Ala­ better on a ship than in the Army, ai. Interest: Abbr. enues should have been provided mos atomic energy installations but there is more to it than that. 33. What «sh to make the wage increase pos­ 3> 4i 3> "breath" with and from other "atom cities" sible. AFL and CIO spokesmen Robert Stewart, OS: If there Is 35. Initials of a around the country will attend. good union a war I would stay in the merhant criticized the veto as disregarding t t 36. Blow v.tilstle marine because the needs of Federal workers 38. Pauses Further moves to cut wages in 40. Arabia: Abbr. we'd all have to whose last increase was three years the automobile industry wer# 41. Lighter in be where we're ago. color reported as the Chrysler Corpora­ 43. Our national 3^ ^ t needed most. Sea­ tion, one of the "big three." asked bird men will be need­ Railroad workers in Atlanta, the United Automobile Workers 45. Outdoor meal 47. Port • of Upolu ed the same as Georgia, who had quit work in a (CIO) to consider reductions. Pre­ 48. Commotion fsat-soldiers, of dispute over crossing picket lines, viously the union's membership 49. Above 51. Sloney in course, , but at are back on the job. Approximately had approved cuts at Kaiser-Willys Madrid least we already 1,000 men went out after, one and Studebaker to enable these Body of water Estuary of the have the training. svvitching gang had been suspended companies to meet competitioa I'd do .{letter by remaining right In foif refusal to deliver cars to a local. from the ''big three''—General Mo-. > ^lalit that Is now on ^jitrike. tnri i 1 V i September 3. 1954 LOG •' 'ill! : •V • - * •••<•'.-' • _. r- ".»- �September S, 19M SEAF4RERS LOG Pare' Nine SEAFARERS^LOG teptefflber 3, 1954 Vol. XVI, No. 18 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel HYacinth 0-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. re. .•If. a:'. PAUt HALL, Secretary-Treasurer ^1' •3 :h' /e! Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor. RAY DENISON; Art Editor. BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor. DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers. HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, Ai MABKIN, Gulf Area Reporter. BILL MOODY. je' 130 of! d-> I • le: Sea Chest Enemies Egged on by the howls of the waterfront ship chandler who finds the working seaman slipping off his hook, the De­ partment of Justicfr<has filed civil suit against the SIU's Sea Chest on charges of "monopoly." There is no question but that these charges are the baby of an association known as the Slop Chest Dealers of America, a group which was created for the sole purpose of combating the SIU Sea Chest. The bieef of the slopchest dealers is easily understood. After all the years that ithe slopchest dealer pawned off seconds, rejects and off-brand shoddy merchandise on sea­ men at outrageously inflated prices, the existence of an or­ ganization that actually gave seamen good merchandise was a threat to his way of doing business. The Sea Chest did not ask for this fight, but now that it is in it, welcomes the opportunity to put into the record the vicious kickback system and the. victimization of seamen through the years, that is part and parcel of the slopchest business. In short, the only "monopoly" enjoyed by the Sea Chest is a "monopoly" on quality merchandise and honest-to-goodness service for the seaman. ^Seaman Of Year^ Award Suggested To the Editor: I was very interested recently in reading Paul Hall's "As I See It" column in the SEAFARER'S LOG. This was the column in which our secretary-treasurer spoke about the SIU - scholarship program and pointed out that "the ranks of the SIU contain men of all abilities and all talents." Certainly this fact has been at­ tested to time and time again in the columns of the SEAFARERS LOG. Anyone who has read the LOG regularly during the past couple of years knows, for in­ stance, of the Seafarer who un­ selfishly donated ^ his eye to another Seafarer, and of the Seafarer who BACK IN ACTION ABOARD because they insisted on reelecting braved the North the Pelican Mariner (Bloomfield) is him by acclamation. Atlantic to cross the unofficial "ambassador to News that the Baltimore hall will soon be ready for busi­ A Georgia native who makes his to Finland alone Yokohama," Seafarer Max Llpkin. home in Brunswick, Darley has ness will be welcomed by all Seafarers. But in addition to Haras in a small boat, Max spent quite some time ashore been an SIU member since March, the. modern facilities for Union business that the hall will also been many in that Japanese port city recuper­ 1947, joining in San Francisco. There have provide, it will also serve to expand the services of the Sea- stories about the hundreds of Sea­ ating from a broken leg suffered i 4. 3. forers Welfare Plan to the membership. farers who have donated blood or last December, and in the course A FEW OTHER STEWARD For example^ in Baltimore the Plan will undertake the made other generous, contributions of his sojourn there it appeared department men come in for entire operation of the Baltimore hall cafeteria. Consequently, to worthy causes, and about the that he was becoming a perma­ exceptional praisehave from their ship­ the cafeteria will not be open to the general public. This will thousands of Seafarers who, in war nent fixture. However, he is in mates recently. On the Seagarden assure good quality feeding at low prices for Seafarers on the and in peace, have gone down in service again now on the Far East (Peninsular Navigation), the crew history as unsung heroes. beach. , • run (naturally). went beyond the formal vote of Evidently his long period of thanks for the steward department Further steps to be taken in the future involve plans to It has long been my feeling that the attainments, and the unselfish idleness hadn't caused him to lose and singled out John J. Schaller provide clean, comfortable rooms ashore for Seafarers. In addition the Welfare Plan will continue to provide its contributions of men such as these his touch because the crew made for special praise for a "really su­ receive some, official recog­ a point of thanking him for the perior baking job." On the Alex­ regular benefits for men in ihe hospitals, for families of de­ should nition or reward. Therefore, way his department had operated andra (Carras) the ship's minutes ceased Seafarers, scholarships for Seafarers and their chil­ would like to suggest to the mem­ even though the ship was on short were fulsome in their congratula­ dren, disability payments for men no longer able to work bers, through the columns of the rations for a tions to the galley gang. Both offi­ and maternity benefits. LOG. that we establish another while. Then when cers and crew, the minutes said, The Welfare Plan thus performs two functions — assistance program to accompany our present he got sufficient heaped praise on the steward de­ supplies aboard, partment for excellent food with in time of medical or other emergency needs* and service to SIU scholarship program. steward L i p k i n chief cook Tom Beatty and night men waiting to ship out. Would Be Another 'First' had his gang cook and baker Bill Hand "espe­ The SIU scholarship program, turning out chow cially to be given a vote of con­ as everyone knows, is the first of that kept every­ fidence." its kind in the maritime industry. body happy. Schaller has been an SIU mem­ And the new program of which After all these ber for 13 years, joining up in The folly of the Maritime Administration's policy of per­ speak would, I believe, give us nice words were Baltimore on August 4, 1941. He's Llpkin mitting transfers to runaway flags is underscored this week another "first," and strengthen our said about him, a Philadelphia native, 41 years of by the announcement that Waterman Steamship Company position as the real pioneer and Lipkin got up and thanked the age and has his home in the will have to lay up 15 of its ships because of foreign competi­ leader in the maritime labor field. crew in turn, for the cooperation Quaker City. tion. At the same time, Maritime Administrator Louis Roths­ Furthermore, I have found from tliey had given him on getting sup­ Beatty is 29 and lives in Kentchild has gone blindly ahead with plans for transferring talking with many people that de­ plies up to snuff. If there are going wood, Louisiana. He joined the tramp shipping, despite repeated complaints and warnings spite all that has been done to to be any beefs on the Pelican SIU in Mobile on November 24, counteract this idea, many persons Mariner this trip, it's pretty cer­ 1947. Hand, a Florida native, has from the SIU and other maritime unions. still look upon seamen as drifters, tain that none of them will concern been with the Seafarers a little ~ Rothschild's latest gimmick is to permit the transfer of one drunkards and undesirable char­ the work of the steward depart­ over a year now, starting out in out of every two tramp ships. No matter how you add it up acters. I think Lake Charles, Louisiana. that publicity about ment. it means more competition for the American flag. Lipkin, who is 34, joined the the seamens' many individual at­ As a rough rule of the thumb, every ship transferred will tainments and many contributions Union in New York on October 18, EACH MONTH AT HEADtend to put another American ship out of business. And every to society would help to correct 1947. He is a New Jersey native quarters the membership elects a and was a resident of that state new six-man committee to pass on time a US-flag ship goes out of business, there are more ap­ this false impression. applications for peals for transfers. It's the old vicious cycle with a vengeance. What I have in mind is a pro­ before he took off for Japan. SIU membership 3) t 4 As Maritime Administrator, Rothschild's actions are sup­ gram to honor some Seafarer for posed to strengthen the merchant fleet, not destroy it. His an outstanding achievement. This SHIP'S DELEGATE'S CHORES, and to choose the as any delegate knows, sometimes 15 men a month policy clearly recalls the story of the man who stepped into Seafarer would be chosen once a add up to considerable additional who are best year by a committee similar to the a brand new convertible, threw it into gear—and then went jurden on a Seafarer, and even if qualified to get one which chooses the winners of backward at top speed tbrough a plate glass window. the SU scholarships. He would be things are running smoothly mean Union books. It's » ir named the "Outstanding Seafarer a certain amount of extra work. a job which re­ of the Year," and a suitable award Consequently most men don't care quires a good would be presented to him by the to be delegate for more than one deal of work and Palmer members at a meeting at head­ trip running, preferring to rotate careful searching through an appli­ the Job. A considerable number of Seafarers have already sub­ quarters. mitted their nominations to headquarters for the 49 offices I further suggest that this awand Sometimes though, the crew cant's record to determine if he is that will go on the SIU-A&G election ballot. With the nom­ be given in memory of the father feels that the delegate has done an qualified. For the month of August job and doesn't want the committee was composed of ination period ending September 11, there is still a little over of American seamen's unions and outstanding to let him go. That's what hap­ Seafarers Charles Palmer, Johnny a week left for candidates to get their names in. be called the "Andrew Furuseth pened to Seafarer Bill Darley Ziereis, Charles Stambul, Leonard Those who intend to run and have not yet submitted their Award." currently aboard the Southland Marsh, Juan Oquendo and Walter Peter Karat names are urged to do so at the earliest possible opportunity South Atlantic). Darley wanted to Retdy. Their report, as submitted Deck delegate so that they cah make the deadline and avoid being left at legate but his tqjthe membership at headquarresign as ship's delei ^ ^ .ij* J j . i 'c* t • '*11 ^ , J V 1 I' iI shiiM)Stfei-«(>am-!iav« ave ndne' bf It lonr ifts tliaeir approved. ' ' e. rle tn it le ? New Welfare Services §hip Transfer FoUies Nominations Reminder i a •* I -i ^1 •I X • 0 i: -•I �I«.'v ..-r: Fade Tea SEAPAHERS September 3. 1954 LOG September S, 1954 SEAFARERS Fage Elevea , LOG if--' ii-^v ,.vet .<;V . .i-or;!'--,> ' ' , vi, >>S. r- m it le M ' , chandlers who have :-t-:-t-:-; tt; > iili V '.. S-S:-'"• Actual the fact •' t- the lowest poss^e ^°®^.jj^^"andlers who il# iP •« "the opportunity . , gfes-z-irtiii,;:-; Pictured here are Wlant'O »"<'Jf"' .{ slopohests to Deliv.ery truck unloads supplies at Sea Chest corpora­ tion warehouse in Brooklyn. No matter what the item, Sea Chest buys well-known name brands only. Salesman's sample, in this instance foulweather gear, is carefully examined by purchasing agent Sid Selzer. Price lists are constantly checked to assure- that they aVe fully-competitive. Regular audits keep abreast of market. Office staff keeps abreast of necessary paper work on requisitions, financial records and-oUtport reports, assur­ ing fingertip control of all Sea Chest operations. -r'f i>5<; three elements eliminate the evils that plag Kfi'' the slopchest business, - . 1 r - ' 5 tJ t , ''. •:y " •^;?-' f. "..- \^ t . General manager Price Spivey keeps weather eye cm reports from all quarters, including membership requests and sug­ gestions. sw < iiiil 1 Clean, modern, roomy New York ware­ house is ideal for efficient operation and neat stowage of all necessary supplies. It stocks wide selection of goods. Plenty of open warehouse shelves make it easy to fill slopchest orders, and offer fast check when inventory gets low. Sea Chest prides itself on speedy service to ships. Fleet of pick-up trucks handles slopchest deliveries to and from ships. Sea Chest also takes care of seamen's personal orders like this record player attachment going aboard truck. ft •n liiiS Sii#: »i sgp-i piii ii mm / * i pass:?' 2' till II, fSMi mm iiSI ipll lir I a?®;w^aa:®!;sss; a mmm wmam- mmi ilili itifoijiii;;:;:; * 1 i mi-''' iiC- K:- -' / i ^ 1 f iili; .» * V V, . _,., I.'.*Ij •• ' •Y.-.>,:yf ; ' •' •. V . • rp ,• • ' ' ; 1 ..'.ji ,•• i 1 III! .Mi.iigni '•'iil-l A>iLh.aU'''?i i/f> ; jSWAA Sea Chest representative goes aboard .. - with sample case to take orders for gear • not ordint|xijlY.£9rncd ill slopchwt* Slopchest items, meanwhile, are checked by steward to make sure that they match : sMt iiijby ship.^« ' •'I Crewmember's life is not all work, so Seafarers here look over dress gear, watches, records, wallets and other iJLtem^that the>ii^l-dressedman willvweMnrand owm iiL �. . .*• September S. 195<i SEAFAJtSRiS tot Pace Twelve PORT REPORTS... a diet and Is walking aroimd show­ San Francisco: Rio (Mississippi); Marie Hamill Galveston: ing off his new slim figure. (Bloomfield), and Frederic C. Col lin (Drytrans). Keith Alsop Ships In Transit Galveston Port Agent In transit were the Alcoa Cava­ » » lier, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Clipper Savannbh: Shipping was very good in this We are still keeping longing and Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); Sea- It sometimes seems to me a sea­ port during the past two weeks 'es on our new building here, and trains Georgia and Louisiana (Sea- man has more problems than any­ with four payoffs, three sign-ons ost of the scuttlebutt around the train); Steel Fabricator, Steel Ap­ body else. Every day the officials and ten in-transits. The payoffs ring hall concerns this topic, prentice and Steel Architect (Isth­ in all ports and the Welfare Serv­ took practically full crews and the veryone of course is highly en- mian); Afoundria and Monarch of ices representatives are asked lusiastic as they await the biggest the Seas (Waterman); Del Valle many questions, but it seems to Shipping picked up in this-port in-transits all took some men. On some of the ships that are ling that has happened to the port and Del Rio (Mississippi), and me that one of the brothers here during the past two weeks with the f Baltimore in a long, long time. Marie Hamill and Genevieve Peter- came up the other day with the Southstar - and Southport (South coming into this port I notice that jackpot question'. This brother Atlantic) paying off and signing on the crews are bringing on board : Among the fellows we spoken to kin (Bloomfield). men who are not crewmembers About the only thing going on came into the office and wanted to again. jout the hall have been W. Huneyknow how much itt, Joseph Gill, Connor Allen, down here that is hotter than the In transit were the Southern Dis­ arid who in some cases are not money he had tricts (Southern); Wacosta and Mo- even members of the Union. As ohn Roberts, Thomas Hoar, Wil- weather or the New Orleans coming from the bilian (Waterman); Hilton (Bull); all the members should know, this am C. Biskas, Ned Remley, Dom Pelicans is the beef brewing be­ Welfare Plan for Robin Kirk (Seas Shipping); South- is a bad policy because as soon as ovosa, James Warmack, Grant tween factions on the east and west getting married. port (South Atlantic); Excello (Ex- something is missing aboard the /ilson, Elmer Kent and William banks regarding the building of He had recently cello), and Seatrains Georgia, Lou­ ship the first thing the crew does /armack. new docks on the Algiers side gotten spliced, isiana and Savannah (Seatrain). is to call the hall and tell them Things, including the weather, (west side) of the river. and had the doc­ The Seatrains Georgia and Louisi­ something has been stolen. So in ave generally been in pretty good This is only in the talking stage uments to prove ana each called here twice. ; h a p e around the future, when a ship is in port, but so far there has been a lot it, and he had lere during the of talk, pro and con, and this is When the Southport came in she the crew should not take on board read in the LOG was as clean as she could be, and anyone who is not a crewmember. last two weeks, Wallace an issue to be watched. Of course that ho could col­ the delegates shipping, h 0 w This will eliminate a lot of beefs. we are not interested what side ' '? •ver, has been Also, on a couple of ships I have of the river the docks are built on lect money when a baby was born really did a bangomewhat slow seen longshoremen who belong to so long as they are built and the and couldn't see why he shouldn't up job on her. collect for getting hitched. I had The delegates are nd doesn't look the ILWU in the messroom eating ships hit 'em. to tell him that marriage is a cal­ H. E. Pierce, s if it will imand drinking. This food is for the Lindsey J. Williams irove very much crew only. New Orleans Port Agent culated risk he had to take strictly ship's; A. J. Buion his own. uring the next Will Notify Permitmen engine; W. » I would like to report that since lard, wo weeks. I would also like to remind per­ W. Splvey, stew­ Wilmington: we moved to our new location we Paying off here mitmen who are getting books ard, and W. R. have not been bothered by the uring the last two weeks were the through thie Admissions Member­ winos and gashounds who used to Parker, deck. The .zalea City and Raphael Semmes ship Committee that they will be only beef on this Spiver hang around our old hall. The local iVaterman); Marymar and Yorknotified at their last address by a people thought these winos and ship was that lar (Calmar); Robin Trent (Seas letter from the secretary-treasurer some of the meat was rotten. Some gashounds were seamen, but they .hipping); Mae and Evelyn (Bull); Shipping has been average in were strictly neighborhood char­ of the rotten stuff was caught at headquarters. If you receive lantigny (Cities Service), and when the stores were received, but one of these letters do not fail to "eltore, Chilore, Baltore, Cubore, this port during the past two acters and since we moved we have some of it got by, and the stew­ come into the hall so we can con­ weeks. Although we had no pay­ not been bothered by them. antore and Venore (Ore). ard was instructed in the future tact New York and tell them you Signing on were the Raphael offs, we did have 23 jobs for the Shipping Remains Fair to send back any meat that he is are ready to pick up your book men who were ready to ship, and ammes (Waterman); Bethcoaster and send in your identification Shipping has been fair in this suspicious of. The company also photos. id Yorkmar (Calmar); Edith although we had 70 men on the stated it would change its pur­ shipping list we had jobs on the port and it looks as if it will con­ lull), and Feltore, Chilore, BalGetting back to shipping here, chases if there were any more de­ board for as many as three calls. tinue that way for a while. .,ire, Santore and Venore (Ore). during the last report period we It must be this beautiful Southern liveries of rotten meat. During the last report period we In transit were the Suzanne and paid off the Jean LaFitte, Kyska Performers On Mobilian tes (Bull); Antinous, De Soto and California weather that makes the paid off the Lucile Bloomfield and and Gateway City IWaterman) and ' men not too anxious to leave here. When the Mobilian wias here in Alice Brown (Bloomfield) and the lerville (Waterman); Southern For about four months we. did Steel Fabricator (Isthmian). We transit there was quite a bit of the Longview Victory (Victory cates (Southern); Alcoa Partner not a man in the hospital here signed on the Afoundria (Water­ performing aboard. The Coast Carriers). id Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa), and but have The Jean LaFitte and Gateway now I am sorry to say that our man) and Seacloud (American Guard stepped into the picture .hilore (Ore). City signed on and so did the luck has changed and we have and as usual, because of one or two Some of our ailing brothers who George Quinones in the Sea Side Merchant Marine). Mother M. L. (Eagle Ocean). bad actors, several other crewmen In transit were the Del Valle and :e collecting welfare benefits Memorial Hospital in Long Beach In transit -.were the Hastings, hile convalescing in the marine and J. W. Simmons in the* Vet­ Del Rio (Mississippi); Seatrains that weren't far out of line got Choctaw, Fairland and Fairport New York, New Jersey, Savannah racked up. ospital are Edward Spooner, JoHospital in Long Beach. and Texas (Seatrain); Afoundria On the local labor front, the Re­ (Waterman); Alamar and Calmar ;ph H. Roberts, Franciscp^Cuellar, erans' (Calmar); Steel Scientist (Isth­ However, both are doing fine and (Waterman); Chiwawa (Cities Serv­ tail Clerks Union 1604 conducted mian); teven Boides, Franklin ^Oilman, hope to be out soon. Alcoa Pioneer (Alcoa); Peli­ ice), and Marie Hamill (Bloom­ a successful strike against the heodore Phillips, Algot Begren, can Mariner (Bloomfield), and Brothers Run Meeting field). Golden Commissary, and here in Southwind (South rank S. Paylor, Samuel H. Mills, Atlantic). At our last membership meeting At the Steel Fabricator payoff the hall the membership welcomed ugene Plahn, Jessie A. Clark, Longview Victory Fouled Up we had three rank and file mem­ there was a beef about restricting the good news about passage of dolph Sadenwater, Russell Sim­ bers as chairman, reading clerk The Jean LaFitte, Kyska and the crew in Jeddah, Arabia. The the "50-50" bill. ons and Gordon Glaze. and recording secretary and they captain could produce no proof of Men in the hospital are R. F. Gateway City paid off without any Earl Sheppard really did a bang-up job. Under the need for restriction and was Roberts, L. F. Swegan, J. H. Mor­ trouble but the Longview "Victory Baltimore Port Agent good and welfare we had the open made to pay 14 hours of OT in ris, A. F. Meadows, R. C. Shedd, was really fouled up, with every­ from performers to men letter from the Sea Chest up for lieu of shore leave. i t J. T. Moore, W. C. Sanders, R. Car- thing missing ship to food beefs. Before discussion and it was well taken by On the Seacloud the company roUton, J. Littleton, P. Bland, C. lew Orleans: all the members. was reluctant to put inner spring G. Truesdale, B. W. Brinson, A. this ship signs on again, however, a lot of the beefs will be squared Oldtimers on the beach at this mattresses and fans on board and W. Lima, and W. J. Wolfe. away and there will be new inner time are E. A. Lane, T. J. Shaw, so we held up the sign-on until Oldtimers on the beach are J. spring mattresses for ^the crew William Starke, W. K. Yerke, C. this beef was squared away. Floyd, J. Brown and C. Bennett. which should make the next cruise Brown and W. J. Carey. Among the men on the beach a little more pleasant. Ernest B. Tilley Jeff Morrison Things have been running along here are H. P. Lopez and E. C. In the hospital here at present Wilmington Port Agent Savannah Port Agent petty smoothly here with not (Tiny) Wallace. Tiny has been on are P. S. Yuzon, W. Singleton, any beefs reported, and those reJ. Perreira, B. M. Foster, J. irted of only a minor nature. Childs, S. Bunda and C. D. Ander­ .Shipping here has been holding son. J own. We were just about to reOn the beach are B. Toner, H. »rt a slump, but then we heard M. Murranka, H. Monahan, M. e are getting some ships in here John, J. W. Floyd, R. W. Ulmer, i t load grain for Brazil, and this J. Kackur, R. G. Vance, C. E. Walill help out. shipping Figures August 11 to August 24 lick, S. B. Marshall, G. Chambers, This report is not one of those REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL W. J. Westcott, E. Warren and R. ,imors that sometimes starts and POET DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Theiss. len ends in nothing as we now Boston Tom Banning 16 7 46 9 9 10 28 ave the Transatlantic (Pacific San Francisco Port Agent New York 105 95 332 80 62 65 207 '^aterways) in here and the Com,1 Philadelphia ass (Compass) is definitely due 38 37 115 12 8 8 28 I here around the first week in Baltimore 64 56 205 52 51 45 148 eptember to go on this Brazilian Norfolk 13 11 2 44 3 3 8 in. The membership has voted Savannah 15 9 24 31 21 12 57 ^Paying off here during the last to admit 15 permit card hold­ Tampa 10 12 4 12 34 8 4 11 fjport period were the Alcoa ers each month to membership Mobile ' egasus and Alcoa Runner (Al­ 68 56 60 184 29 42 29 100 in the SIU. Permits who wish ia); Del Sud, Del Monte and Del New Orleans ...... 75 78 74 81 70 222 224 to apply for membership can ires (Mississippi): City of Alma, Galveston 38 37 26 23 99 18 -20 • 61 get their application forms in ntinous and De Soto (Waterany SIU hall. The fifteen men 87 38 15 25 100 Seattle .*. 4 • 2, 21 lan), and Frederic C. Collin will consist of five from each 61 36 20 41 30 San Franclsce ........ ...... 126 40 120 •Drytrans). ship's department and will be 13 13 «.*... 14. 6 : 33 S ' 6 23 TYilniingtoa . . .i. i Signing on were tlie Alcoa screened by a membership *egasu$ and Alcoa JRunner (Alji;picuBiUes la headquaiiterg. 8t6 ' 453 1,571 Md • iS"' joa); Del Valle. Del Sud miil Del altimore: Crews Urged Te Keep Onfslders Off Ship Marriage is One Risk Yea Take On Year Own ew Hall Still Major 'opic Of Sculllebult Delegates Gemmended For Job On Sontbperl Weather Here AlmosI Toe Good To Ship Out Irain Ran To Brazil . 0 Slap Up Shipping A » C SHtPPme RECOBO Permits Apply For Membership :n • �September S, 19M SEAFARERS LOG Fage Thlrteea ......... JH>JRrjR£POJRrS Mobile: Uy-U|is By Wafarman On 'Ready' Slalas though he has shipped on the pas­ senger vessels as well. Jimmie, as he is known to his friends, can boast of 30 years of seatime, of which approximately half have been with the SIU, and he says that the difference between sailing Union and non-union is almost un­ believable. He says that the SIU has been the pacemaker in the maritime field in getting benefits for its men, and he thinks the best benefit is the maternity bene­ fit. Jimmie's favorite sport is baseball and when he's on the beach he sees as many games as he can. On the beach now are George Stroecker, Lee Kane, Terrence Jones, E. Beasley, Martin Haggerty, Frank Gomes, Albert Lee, George Saucier, .George Thayer, Fritz Widegren, Leroy Gulley and William Oliver. In the marine hospital are Wil lie Reynolds and William G. Moore. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent Lake Charles: SIU Crew On Bull Rnn Keeps Skipper in Line of offshore runs- for awhile and wants to stay close to the beach. He says there are so many good points in our contract it is hard to decide which feature is best, but he sure likes the vacation plan and the hospital benefits. He also says he intends to buy a farm and settle down there when he gets older. All is quiet on the labor front right now, but labor here is busy forming a league to work through­ out the state to defeat the clowns who are responsible for the socalled "right-to-work" law. Elect­ ing to office people who will knock this anti-labor bill to death is going to take money and hard work. But it can be Bone and labor here intends to do it. The hunting season will start here next month and maybe we can get us a meal or two. At least we will try. New York: ^•1 -reil elfi- Seagarden Crews Up; Job Turnover 'Fair' Shipping in this port for the The shipping boom we experiShipping here picked up a little past couple of weeks has been a enced during the early part of Auduring the past two weeks, but we little oh the slow side with approxi­ gust came to a halt during the last are still not having any grand rush, mately 100 men shipped to regular two weeks, but we still have a fair ' so we are advising the brothers in offshore jobs. However, we didn't turnover in jobs and only about other ports to stay where they are. suffer too much as the Marine half as many men on the beach as s Calling into this area and each Workers Division took up the slack we had two months ago. Also, durtaking on a few. men were the with some 102 men shipped to re­ ing this period, we had the SeaCities Service tankers Salem Mar­ lief jobs in and around the harbor. garden (Peninsular) come out of '®*j : itime, Bents Fort, Paoli, Winter Ships paying off during the last temporary lay-up and take on a Hill, Lone Jack and Bradford Is­ report period were the Monarch full crew, so this helped somewhat. land. We also had two Waterman of the Seas, Morning Light, Arizpa, All of the ships entering this ™ ships call in here. These were the Alawal, Fairisle, City of Alma and port during the past two weeks Golden City, re-routed back here Golden City (Waterman); Alcoa were in pretty good shape, with no from Saigon, and the Madaket, Clipper, Alcoa major beefs other than for repairs _ bound for the Far East. Polaris, Alcoa on any of them. V/e are having to (;;oming in from Argentina for Puritan, Alcoa put pressure on some of the com- 7 payoff was the Bull Run (Petrol Corsair and Al­ panics to get needed repairs, fans, ' . Tankers). This coa Pennant (Al­ mattresses and other items, so if ' ship is under the Leroy Clarke coa), and Seayou come in with any beefs of this command of Cap­ Lake Charles Port Agent cloud (Seatradtype let us have them as soon as tain Rachall, of ers). t 4 4 you arrive. Don't wait until the whom we wrote The Polaris, ship is ready to go out again. Also last February Seattle: Puritan, Pennant, make sure that the captain and when he was 3) J- 4" chief engineer have copies of your Fairisle and Seaskipper of the Boston: cloud signed on repair list before the ship gets into Julesburg and Hifham port. again. gave us a rough 20 Ships^ Paid Off In transit were the Alcoa time at the pay­ Williams During the last two weeks we Pegasus (Alcoa); Chickasaw Shipping was very poor here off. (Waterman), and Steel Architect We also paid off the Bull Run during the past two weeks, and the paid off 20 ships, signed 7 on for­ and Steel Apprentice (Isthmian) outlook for the future is poor due eign articles and serviced 19 in The word here- is that there is from a coastwise trip and then to the lumber strike and the Gov­ transit. The following were the All payoff, sign-on and in-tran signed her on for South America sit ships were in good shape with a very good possibility that the on .July 6, and as we reported at ernment moving four Army divi­ ships paid off: Kathryn, Beatrice and Elizabeth comparatively few beefs on any of Evangeline (Eastern) will run that time we again had some sions out of Korea. out of Florida this winter. During this report period we (Bull); Ocean Ulla fOcean Trans.); them. trouble with the captain. But at Shipping has been fair in this paid off the Amerocean (Black- Seagarden (Peninsular); QueCnston Out of the seven Waterman Cport during the past two weeks this payoff the ship was in fine chester) and this Heights <Mar-Trade); The Cabins 2s which paid off here, five were shape and we had only a few hours (Mathiasen); Bienville HVaterman); laid up. These were the Alawai with the Republic (Trafalgar) and of disputed OT which were settled ship then went Hill and Salem Maritime Bradford Island, Cantigny, French into lay-up. We Morning Light, Golden City, City Winter before the payoff. (Cities Service) paying off. Creek and Chiwawa (Cities Serv­ of Alma and Arizpa. Furthermore Before this ship left here the had no sign-ons. These three ships signed on and ice); Alexandra (Carras); Robin In transit were the majority of ships due in here crew swore they would bring her so did the Western Rancher (West­ Sherwood (Seas Shipping); Crack­ the Alamar (Calfor payoff during the next two ern Navigation). back clean and they did just that, er State Mariner (South Atlantic); mar). Pelican weeks are also Waterman C-2s which is a credit to themselves and In transit were the Robin Mow­ Lawrence Victoi-y (Mississippi); Val Mariner (Bloomwhich are slated to lay up How­ bray (Seas Shipping) and Wacosta, to the SIU. This captain is very field) and GhocChem (Valentine), and Seatrains ever, we will have the Puerto handy with the log book, but he Iberville, Bienville and Chickasaw Georgia, New York and New Jer­ taw and Jean Rican and passenger runs plus the was up against an SIU crew that (Waterman). sey (Seatrain). LaFitte (Water­ coastwise ships in transit and a gave him no chance to throw the Peck's Body To Arrive Signing on were the Queenstoii couple of other offshore ships that The Robin Hood (Seas Shipping) book at them. It goes to show how man). Heights (Mar-Trade): Robin Kirk For our Seafarer of the Week will go back out, so we should be is scheduled to dock here August a bang-up SIU crew can make these log-happy skippers bite their we nominate D. A. Hutto who and^Robin Trent (Seas Shipping); able to make the next two weeks 28 and should have on board the without too much trouble. nails when it conducts itself in a joined the Union in New York in Steel Age (Isthmian); Cracker body of Brother R. E. Peck who 1944. He wtis born in Tampa, Fla., State Mariner (South Atlantic); No Policy On Lay-Ups real Union manner. died in Africa. Funeral arrange­ and has been sailing out of West Bienville (Waterman), and Seagar­ Launey Is Meeting Chairman Waterman, which plans to lay up ments for Brother Peck have not At the meeting here on August Coast ports since 1950. Single, den (Peninsular). 15 to 17 C-2s within the next 30 In transit were the Marymar, been completed as yet. 25, Malcolm Launey was chairman. with no plans for getting married, days, says there is no set policy The niembers of the Atlantic He hails from Mamou, La., and Hutto sails as bosun and his last Bethcoaster and Yorkmar iCal- | on the lay-ups but that these ships Fishermen's Union have tied up ship was the Trojan Trader which mar)'; Iberville, De Soto and Wild sails as pumpman. Willie Walker, are being laid up under a ready their vessels in Boston harbor. The cook and baker who hails from recently laid up here. He says that Ranger (Waterman); Seatrains | status and are able to go back the entire Welfare Plan is very Texas, Louisiana anad Savannah fishermen are up in arms because into service within 24 hours if so much fish is being brought Tennessee, was the recording sec­ good and that 'its wide variety of (Seatrain); Robin Trent iSeas • retary and both men did a fine job. benefits aids everybody. there is cargo available. Shipping): Frances, Elizabeth, Ar- j in from foreign ports and is sell­ We have no men in the hospital The lay-ups'can be blamed on ing much cheaper than the fish In the hospital we have S. lyn and Ann Marie (Bull); Alcoa ^ here at this time. slow shipping, foreign competition, caught in American waters. Burskey, W. Drake, G. W. Flint, Partner and Alcoa Roamer (Al­ For our Seafarer of the Week the end of the Korean war and Men on the beach here include we nominate E. W. Williams who H. Harvey, S. Johannessen, V. K. coa); Coe Victory (Victory Carri­ the cease-fire in Indo China. There ers), and Cantigny and Lone Jack I J. Lapham, A. Ekiund, C. Karas sails in the engine department, Ming, G. Rassen and B. Smith. is no telling just how long the layMen on the beach include R. (Cities Service). i and B. Gordy. In the hospital are generally as an oiler or,-as he puts ups will continue, but we will keep Olson, R. We are still enjoying fine weath- : G. Perry, J. Penswick, F. Alasa- it, a "lubricating engineer." At Welch, R. Lonce, the membership advised via the Vickerman and A. Aycock. er in this big city. In fact, for a vich and J.^Petrusewicz. present Brother Williams is sweat­ LOG when things start moving. few days last week it was almost • Jeff Gillette ing out a good coastwise run be­ James Sheehan Another bad feature of the ship like winter, with the temperature Seattle Port Agent cause he says he has had his fill Boston Port Agent ping picture right now is the fact down to 55 degi-ees, which is some that Alcoa is sending its C-2s over weather for the middle of August. to Baton Rouge with high-grade Claude Simmons bauxite. -Alcoa is planning to have Asst. Sec.-Treasurer ' several ships run into this port for a while, until a storepile of bauxite Phifaclelphia.-^ * is built up, and this could take several months. A much brighter side of the pic­ WILMINGTON, Calif. .. 909 Marine Ave. FORT WILLIAM... 118H Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone; 3-3221 SIU, A&G District Ernest Tilley, Agent Terminal 4-2874 ture is the fact that there has been BALTIMORE 103 Durham St. 679 4th Ave., Bklyn PORT COLBORNB 14 North Gay St. HEADQUARTERS Ontario Phone: 5591 SECRETARY-TREASURER quite a bit of loot in circulation Earl Sheppard. Agent Mulberry 4540 TORONTO, Ontario 272 King St. E. Paul Hall 276 State St. during the past two- weeks, with BOSTON EMpire 4-5719 ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Robert Matthews VICTORIA BC .. 617V4 Cormorant St. During the past two weeks this Joe Algina Waterman and Alcoa paying their GALVESTON Empire 4531 Joe Volpian ..21st & Mechanic Claude Simmons VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. port hit a slump, and the brief retroactive wages. As these are Keith Alsop, Agent William Hall Phone 2-8448 Pacilic 7324 boom that we enjoyed during the the two main companies in this LAKE CHARLES, La 1419 Ryan St. SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. SUP Phone 6;i46 last report period was shattered Phone 6-5744 area, most of the Mobile member­ Leroy Clarke, Agent BAGOTVILLE, Quebec 20 Elgin St. by the Alawai (Waterman) laying MOBILE 1 South' Lawrence St. HONOLULU 16 Alerchant St. Phone: 545 ship had money coming from one Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 - Phone 5-8777 THOROLD, OnUrio 52 St. Davids St. up in Mobile and the entire crew •or the other. Mississippi in Louisi­ NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. PORTLAND 522 N. W. Everett St CAnal 7-3202 Beacon 4336 QUEBEC ..... 113 Cote De La Montague returning to this port and getting ana is also paying now and quite Lindsey Williams. AgentMagnolia 6112-6113 Quebec Phone: 2-7078 back their shipping cards as per RICHMOND. CALIF 257 5th St a few Mobile boys are riding Mis­ NEW YORK 177 Prince William St. 679 4th Ave., Brooklyn Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN NB Phone: 2-5232 the shipping rules. HYacintb 9-6600 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. sissippi ships and have money com­ NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Douglas 2-8363 During the last two weeks we ing from them, too. Ren Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 Great Lakes District .. 2505 1st Ave. paid off the Barbara Frietchie PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. SEATTLE Higbam Sailing 30 Years Main 0290 8. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 ALPENA 133 W Fletcher (Liberty Nav.), Bents Fort (Cities 905 Marine Ave. 450 Harrisun St. WILMINGTON For our Seafarer of fHe Week .SAN FRANCISCO Phone: I238W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY r. Banning, Agent Douglas 2-5475 180 Main St Service) and Hilton (Bull), and w6 nominate Brother Armon Marty Breithoff, West Coast Representative NEW YORK Phone: Cleveland 7391 s.gned on the Barbara Frietchie and 679 4th Ave.. Brooklyn PUERTA de TIERKA. PR Pelayo 51—La 5 CLEVELAND ... 734 Lakeside Ave., NE STerUng 8 4671 Higham who joined the Union in Sal CoUs. Agent Phone 2-5996 Phone: Main l-OM? Bents Fort. We also serviced 14^. 1938. Brother Higham, who is SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St. DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Jeff Morrison, Agent Phone 3-1728 Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6657 ships in transit. married and has three sons, sails SEATTLE P70n 1st Ave MONTREAL . 634 St. James St. West UULXrrH ... 531 W Michlg.-in St Elliott 4334 I'Lateau 8161 -steadily out of the Gulf; usually Jeff Gillette. Agent Phone; Melrose 2-4110 A. S. Cardullo 1281 um Hollls St. SOU TH CHICAGO. . 3261 E. 02nd SI »5^sfewasd K.Diit 4he .ireighlMSii^l- jm^y^^nite, Ag^® "" '^^,^dSne"a"i^ HALIFAX, N.S Phlladetphia Port Agent " W' 3 891^ !M I 8-1a .(»a •'.-.i (««)>• Evangeline May Make Runs Oni Of Flerida "I - m US Troop WHhdrawais Hit Wosiern Shipping MiFMiL JT Shiiiping In Port Nil As Alawal Is Laid Up ?' 'I �SEAFARERS LOG PaiEtt Fourteen Vacosta Shipboard Meeting Gives Zrev/ A Bel yful-Of Watermelon or r- September 1. 19M WATCH This feature is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both ashore and rsIU shipboard meetings don't always have to be serious affairs. With ® Ifand sometimes a little generosity—they can really be made merry events. So reports aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. will be answered in the column . iafarer Ed Larkin of the Wacosta, a Waterman C-2. or by mail, tcherever possible, 4Recently, for instance, the Home or shipboard craftsmen tors, specialize in hunting around , Vacosta crew combined their for envelopes and postcards bear­ '®gular shipboard meeting who've been hunting around for ing different slogans from all parts. o.«th a watermelon party. The an easy way to remove layers of of the country. Postmasters in most ritermelons were purchased at old paint and wax finishes from localities periodically issue new slo­ vteir own expense by chief steward furniture pieces before refinishing gans commemorating local events lUter Loleas and chief cook Peter anniversaries, which are used 'bjnzales. And, says Larkin, the them again may find a new liquid and on all outgoing mail. All that is . f itermelons were but one of the product just the thing they've been to obtain the slogan is to 4ny little extras supplied to the looking for. Working on the princi­ needed send a addressed en­ liiew by these two unselfish inple of expanding the oil and resin velope tostamped, the Postmaster, Mystic, film of paint so that it loses ad­ itviduals. Conn., and request it. hesion and can be picked right ''^At any rate, after a brief period off with the fingers, this liquid is cutting up—the watermelons, said to be able to Rubble paint off ®,at is—the crew settled down to Radio hams now have a new form any finish in a few minutes. The of diversion and have branched le business of putting them away manufacturer also claims it can out of the cubbyhole shack at /jid a good time was had by all, ith no bellyaches or other ill Knife in hand, chief cook Peter Gonzales Is ready for the kill daring work through 12 coats and leave home into even more cramped wood grain like new. Priced at quarters. Mobile ham stations are %ects reported. recent shipboard meeting and watermelon feast on Wacosta. Crew- $1.29 a quart, it's made by Star no longer a novelty to many who Won SIU Scholarship men looking on include D. LeTourneau, H, J. Sperling, M. LnbieBronze, Box 568, Dept, PP, Alli­ have found radio operating from jweski, E. O. Karlsen, J. C. Codsie, V. D'Amato, O. N. Seim, T. ,a Larkin, chief electrician aboard Lee, C. E. WaUlck, chief steward P. Loleas, M. Hansen, F. X. ance, Ohio. Ask abput it at your an automobile a brand-new chal­ jpe Wacosta, is one of the four j>aint store or order it direct. lenge. A useful reference for the •vurrent winners of the annual SIU Keelan and K. J. McCullough. experienced ham who is looking college scholarship awards, and has reen sailing during the summer Although it's a fact well known to to try his skill on the open high­ jgreparatory to resuming his studies the more experienced photogra­ way is called the "Radio Amateur ,riis fall at the School of Industrial pher, beginners may ignore the Mobile Handbook," and was pub­ iind Labor Relations at Cornell fact that one of the most "dan­ lished just a short time ago. Writ­ w'niversity. gerous" places for a camera is in ten by William I. Orr and pub­ An SIU member for the last 10 the overheated glove compartment lished by Cowan Publishing Corp., uears, the 28-year-old Larkin got of an automobile. The heat just 67 West; 44 Street, New York 36, J rough shock right after the last What's the life of a seaman from New Zealand like? doesn't help things and, needless NY, it is solely devoted to the problems of setting up a mobile Aar when he found his hopes of Some comments on this, as well as some comparisons to say, this especially applies when ham shack, which greatly differ ifitering college dashed by the fact there's film,in the camera. Aboard hiat the GI Bill of Rights was not between the life of New Zealand and American seamen are ship, it's wise to keep camera gear from those of a home station. In­ ;txtended to seamen. In 1952, how- contained in an interesting away from overheated or sweaty cluded are how-to-build-and-oper"tver, he won a one-year labor letter recently sent to the LOG "In New Zealand," the captain bulkheads and lockers near heating ate data and photos. The 187-page acholarship to Coleg Harlech, by Captain M. M. McArthur, writes, "a merchant seaman is ex­ of any kind. Keep this in mind if volume is priced at $2. Vales, and he hopes the current who is the father of Seafdrer Allan empt from all military service. In you want to have "cool" pictures. iU scholarship will enable him to W. McArthur. fact, we speak of our merchant Colt has a handy 44-paKe "Shoot­ ^ lomplete his studies at Cornell. fieet as our 'merchant navy,' and Captain McArthur, who lives in Seafarer-philatelists who may ing Manual and Handbook Catalog" 1 Larkin joined the Wacosta last Wellington, New Zealand, is the a merchants seaman who has seen ,iune 23, just after she arrived master of the latest addition to war service, is entitled>to all the have missed out so far have until which the Nimrods in the SIU rom Japan via Panama. And ever New Zealand's coastal fleet—the various benefits of the Returned Sept. 15 to obtain a slogan cancel­ may find interesting to read be­ lince, he reports. Waterman has Holmwood, a 1,000-ton vessel with Servicemen's Rehabilitation Act— lation from the postmaster at Mys­ fore the fall shooting season really iieen trying to keep the ship in a speed of about an act very similar to your GI Bill tic, Conn., reading as follows: sets in. The booklet contains valu­ "Celebration 300 years/ Seafaring able information on handgun shoot­ bperation on what he calls the 12 knots. " of Rights." imarginal non-profit" paper run. Pointing out that American mer­ History/ 1654 Mystic 1954." Mystic, ing and safety rules and may pro­ On this vessel 1 The paper run is one from Port the crewmen are chant seamen did not get such now a resort town, used to be vide a few pointers you previously Jewark to Georgetown, SC, and housed in twobenefits after the war, the captain known for its clipper ships and overlooked. To get a copy, write .•facksonville, Fla., to load paper be r t h cabins, says he believes that the American whalers and currently is the site Colt Manufacturing Company, 35 'or Boston and Port Newark. merchant seaman is not given the of a marine museum. Postal slogan Van Dyke Avenue,, Hartford 15, each with a wash collectors, like matchbook collec­ Conn. honor to which he is due. I Worse Than Tanker Run basin with run­ • "The run itself," Laridn writes, ning hot and cold I'is worse than the average tanker water. There is 'un because we arrive in every also a good McArthur Sort in the morning and leave shower room and \round 6 o'clock at night. Besides clothes-washing faciltties, although 'laving no ^hore leaves, one-third there is no automatic washing ma­ »f a cargo and weekends at sea, chine on the ship. ve are also told that each trip is The working conditions of New he last one. «.nd only when we Zealand seamen. Captain MCAJ> irrive back in Port Newark do we thur states, are generally very jcnow whether or not we're going good, but wages are far below There's.very frequently comedy—and sometimes there's pathos—in the goings-on aboard SIU ships. •:o have another week of security." those for Seafarers. The difference In any event, there are invariably small, colorful items of human interest which can be culled from the The company last week put the in living costs between New Zea­ ordinary routine of shipboard life. The SEAFARERS LOG, which welcomes reports of all unusual inci­ land and the US compensates dents, here presents a few such items, gleaned from recent reports of shipboard meetings; ship in temporary lay-up. > Outside of the "lay-up blues," somewhat for this, however. We now have new innerBut although the New Zealand however, Larkin says, the Wacosta spring mattresses on this ship and seaman is paid less than his Ameri­ is a good ship, with good officers, Aboard Isthmian's Steel Director fio beefs, an excellent steward de­ can counterpart, his profession is this is fine. However, we have a partment and an understanding honored more than it is in the US, problem. Eitiher the old sheets are too short for the new mattresses Captain McArthur believes. skipper. or the new mattresses are too long for the old sheets. Since the mat­ tresses are new, we suggest that the agent In tee payoff port see it longer sheets cannot be obtained. —Southland (South Atlantic) (1) At the time of their marriage 18 years ago, the husband was three times as old as his wife. Today he is only twice as old. How old $ i was his wife when they were married? ... On this ship the skipper is (2) What was the name of the Norwegian who discovered the South so bucko that if he should happen Pole: (a) Amundsen, (b) Byrd, (c) Peary? (3) If you are a Hofosier, where do you come from: (a) Ohio, (b) by some chance to go to Heaven, he'll sure be surprised to 'find Pennsylvania, (c) Indiana? there's another God besides him­ (4) By what more familiar name is legerdemain known? (5) What Smith Is: (a) a lady US Senator, (b) a famous singer, (c) self. —Ocean Nlmet (Ocean Trans.) remembered for his friendship with Pocahontas? (6) What is the name of the "canal" which is made up of the parts $ 4) 4^ of the body through which food passes? .We telnk that more care "(7) Which ship held the speed record of the Atlantic for over 20 should bo taken In regard to the years, the Mauretania or the Lusitania? (8) Who ran for Vice President on the Democratic ticket In 1952? length of time used In washing Crewmen aboard Isthmian's Steel Director include (rear, 1-r): A. (9) If a farmer wanted to plant two seeds in every square foot of clothes. Also, we have a real Crawford, OS; A. Mir, carpenter; D. Moore, messman; Martin mystery on hoard. Who threw the ground In a field ten yards square, how many seeds would he need? Vallie, DM; Bill Brabham, DM; (center): A. E. Groover, second (10) According to Shakespeare, where was there something "rotten": single seek In the washing machine cook; Joe Brill, BR; A. Won, OS; C. P. Moore, bosun; Y. Tallberg, and washed it for hours and hours? (a) Denmark, (b) France, (c) Germany? AB; (front): C, Johnson, AB. —FeUcan Mariner (Moomfleld) '<Quig Answers on Page 17) Seamen From New Zealand Get More Honors, Less $ P Life Upon That Bounding Main Can Be A Sweet Or Sad Refrain Quiz Corner' . • '•m •Sift �ifeer S. 19S4 SEAFARERS Softball, Scooters Help SlU Men $f Not War Are Concern In Saigon Although the threat of Communist domination hangs heavily over their heads, the people of Saigon are largely indifferent to their fate. This is the report to the LOG made by Sea­ farer Harry Kronmel who, as a crewman on the Steel Seafarer (Isthmian), spent several .-••days, in this southern Vietnam port and spoke to many of the LOG-A-RHYTHM: native population. By M. Dwyer If you can't find a respectable bar at all. Try the Port O' Pall in the Seafarers Hall, Where you don't have to worry, 'bout seating your wife. Your sweetheart or mother. You can bet your life She'll be treated with pleasure and served with care. And as for being insulted—no one would dare. Oh, the atmosphere's great and the lights are dim. The entire ploc? is neat and trim. And the food is fine and the service swell. As seamen the world over tell. And the carved figurehead at the end of the bar Can't be matched near or far. Here you'll greet old buddies and clasp a hand Of someone you've met in a distant land. You'll enjoy the pictures on the wall Of foreign places and ports o' call. You'll remember this bar as all seamen do. For it's a place that leaves an impression on you. SEAFARERS ARE (^/OPERTHE BELIEF IWAT -THEY A\UST SISM A/EW VJELFARE PLAN BENEFICIARY CARDS AT EVER/ SIGN OAI, FILLING om* A BENEFICIARIT CARP IS NECESSARY CiNCE / UA/LESS-IWE SEARARvYlSHES TO CffANSE NlS -BEAIEFICIARV. -4l Time In Italy In Livomo, Italy, crewmen on the Lucile Bloomfield enjoy a lively game of Softball while (left) Bob Spencer, chief cook on the ship, tries his hand at navigating a rented motor scooter. Recreational facilities were provided by United Seamen's Service. Port O' Call Page Fif•Uaf LOG Under the terms of the recent Indo-China truce, the southern part of Vietnam, including Saigon, is to be evacuated by the Commu­ nist guerilla forces while the French withdraw from the north­ ern part of the country, which in­ cludes the port of Haiphong. Communist leader Ho Chi Minh, however, has already called for the Commiuiist occupation of Sai­ gon, and his'followers are report­ edly hard at work to attain this end. Don't Uare Who Wins This possibility seems to con­ cern the Saigon people very little, Kronmel reports. Jhey are well aware of the critical situation, but they feel they have very little to gain whichever side eventually wins out. Instead, their primary concern is in trading and in making as large a profit as they can at black market prices. The legal rate of exchange in Saigon is 34 piastres to the dollar, but the black market offers 65 to 75. Cigarettes, soap and electrical equipment, Kronmel says, are particularly in demand, and in return for these the people offer women, liquor and hashish. During his stay in the city, Kron­ mel tried to talk to people from as many different walks of life as he could. The French he found to be generally confused, with the average French soldier not know­ ing exactly what he was doing in Vietnam, except that he had been sent there by his government. The natives, as reported, were pri­ marily indifferent. But on one point Kronmel found almost all parties agreed—that if Vietnam falls, then all of IndoChina and the associated states of Thailand, Burma and Malaya are doomed. Meeting IVight Every 2 Weeks Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings Is as follows: Sept. 8, Sept. 22. Oct. 6. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required to attend the meetings. By Spike Marlin Every once in a while along came from the Giant's side wherelcomes a ball game that sends the Leo Durocher injected himselfil spectator home satisfied that base­ into the picture to yank his starter,'-' .1 ball can still be well-played. One Sal Maglie, after six innings. The result of all this unusuaht of the best of such contests was a recent Giant-Dodger get-together efficiency and pitching skill was a'" fast-moving tight ball game whichy in the Brooklyn ballyard. There have been many com­ proved that baseball doesn't have'j plaints in recent years about ball to be a high scoring contest to beii games that drag, about pitchers exciting. It was all over inside of| who can't get the ball over or two hours—unusual speed for mod-^s . | waste too much time on the em-day ball games. Oh yes. The Dodgers won thef mound, about managers who make many changes or spend a lot of game, 3-2, by scoring two runs^ time in public "discussions" with after Maglie was lifted, not before.i the umpires. Giant-Dodger games, So much for managerial interfer-r if anything, are usually worse than ance. But since the rest of the' most in this respect, so that it's Brooklyn pitching staff seldom f not unusual for such contests to manages to resemble Erskine, it crawl past the three-hour mark would surprise us if it was in thecards this year for Brooklyn. : before they are over. One-Man Staff This particular game was re­ What's In A Name?! freshingly different. For ane thing Csirl Erskine was having one of 'i his better nights. Erskine is pretty '' ' • JL" much the beginning, middle and llllillll'••'"••• end of the Brooklyn pitching staff. There are better pitchers in the business for the long pull but when he is fit he is one of the best around. He was fit as a Stradivarius that night. It was a pleasure to watch him work in true storybocdc pitcher fashion. He was putting the ball on the corners where it's supposed to go. He was equally efficient with his fast ball, curve and change of pace, so devilishly so that Giant hitters were positively helpless. What was most delightful was that he didn't waste time between pitches—all business and no ba­ loney. Unnecessary Interference Erskine's performance seemed to infect both ball clubs with the We can't swear to this, but result that managers interfered according to Seafarer William with the game as little as possible. Kleimola, these are pol-ak There was just one mild argument fish. He hooked them oil Ice­ which lasted about a minute and a land while on a reeent trip half and few conferences at the pitcher's mound. The only unnec­ aboard the Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers). essary managerial participation The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Simplicio Mansan's recipe for "Chicken.a la King." Sonietimes utilizing leftovers the day after a chicken or turkey dinner but prepared at its best when the meat is still fresh off the bird, "Chicken a la King"—as are all forms oY chicken—^is a well-liked dish-i of many Seafarers. You have cooked mushrooms, Va cup sliced to be partial to a white or pimentoes, 1-2 eup sliced ripe cream sauee, of course, because it's usually a specialty of ladies' luncheons more than anything else. According to Seafarer Simplicio Mansan, cook and baker, who's had a tour of nearly 30 years in the galley on US ships, the dish is also a favorite of seamen wlienever it turns up on the menu. Mansan, a member of the SIU for the past year and a half, Mansan has found it goes over very well with Seafarercrews, and they're used to good eating. As an assist to the house-holder who may want to try it, the recipe here is for six persons. It can be increased as necessary depending on the size of the crew. Here's what you need, providing all these ingredients are available aboard ship: 2 cups diced cooked chicken or turkey, 1 cup chicken broth or milk, V* cup melted but­ ter, cup flour, 1 cup light cream or top milk, 1 teaspoon salt, dash pepper, Vk teaspoon celery salt, 1 teaqpoon lemon Juke^ Vs cup V olives, and hot eooked rice, toast or biscuits for when you serve. Heat the broth. Melt the butter in a heavy pan, add flour and stir until combined. Gradually add the broth and cook about 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Add cream and season to taste. Now add the chicken and heat it thoroughly. Just before serving, beat 1 eggyolk combined with a little of the chieken mixture and return it to the saucepan. Cook about 3 min­ utes more and serve, with lemon, mushrooms, pimento and olives added, on the hot rice, toast or biscuits, whichever is available or preferred. Union Has . Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in toueb with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmissioa on all messages and faster smnrtee for the meft la'vrtved. M ; • .A-a i -J ' >"^1 J vi �..,^V •..7v;tfil*--yv.-%.- Page Sixteen He Bluat» Mjueh ^Ot UeOieM Aid SEAFARERS September S. 1954 LOG L M T IE R S • Write Congress, Stop ^Runaways' To the Editor: To the Editor: ' I thought I'd never be on an active wages it owes under the new been bucking a lot of slanderous 1 see the Government has okayed American ship where a seaman dry cargo contract. My husband stories which have hurt me con­ the transfer of more ships to for­ 1 would have to beg for medical at- has a considerable amount of siderably. These stories make me eign flags. It would be a good idea z! tention but that's the way it's been money coming from this company To the Editor: out to be a real performer In ports if all Seafarers and all members 1 •' on the Steel Traveler on the Per- and has not received any of it yet. 1 saw the article in a recent issue outside of Baltimore, and they of other unions would write letters JC sian Gulf run. Is there any way that he can col­ of the LOG about the West African even say 1 got into trouble which to their Senators and Congressmen I ! First the secopposing any further sales and lect this money? 1 wish vou would mahogany run and you really did caused me to lose my ticket. The Coast Guard has taken care transfers of US ships to foreign Oj o n d electrician print something about it in the a fine job on it. got an infected of that last charge, but 1 would ap­ flags. 1 also think it a good idea LOG. You really put Vi eye but all he preciate it if any of the men 1 to ask them to pass a "50-50" law Mrs. A. E. Molier the true story (Ed. note: Since your letter wOs across. sailed with, either licensed or un­ to cover all cargo, foreign aid or Qj| got was boric ? acid and smart licensed, would write about my ac­ any other kind, so that half of it written. Waterman has begun pay­ 1 am in the Air ^ remarks from tivities. They can send the letters is carried on US ships. ment of its retroactive wages. Force now, in vet the chief mate. to me at 1217 Gleneagle Road, Bal­ Making these payments is some­ How about it, brothers? Your Texas. It was lU timore 12, Md. times a complicated matter, and it either this or the letters to your Senators or Repre­ lis Then the junior third became Edward P. Healy has taken the large companies Army. 1 am 10 sentatives might cause such a law Mitchell •ft sick and when he some time to set up the necessary years older than to be put on the books. 4 4 4 h L. Evans the next oldest ;>(), was spitting up blood the captain machinery.) de Parlier said he must have been chewing 4 4 4 member in my It, 4., 4 4 beetle nuts. There was a Dutch flight, and hoping to get assigned al ship in port with us and it is the to Scott Field, 111., so 1 can stop by To the Editor: ai' interne on this ship we can thank the hall in New Orleans. O; For the past three years I've for saving this man's life and get­ To the Editor: 1 certainly was sorry to hear been doing my shipping in the US To the Editor: ting him to an Army hospital. I'd like to pass the word along about the death of Moon Kouns. Navy. However, 1 expect to be get­ 1 am writing you to thank the The only sensible remarks I to all the brothers on the "romance Tell all the guys "hello." ting out soon and I'd like to be in­ SlU for the money 1 received after ;i ever hear from the captain and run" that they can get treated roy­ A/B Edouard Lee de Parlier formed about what's going on in the death of my husband, Henry mate is when they call each other ally,at a new bar that's opened up AF19 506 945 the Union and on the waterfront in Bechmann. • clowns in front of the crew and in Santos, Brazil. Flight 784, 3706 BMTS le gbneral. So please send me the ,1 would also like to know if I passengers. This place is the Gold and Silver Lackland Air Force Base la LOG. W. (BiU) Mitchell am entitled to anything in the way Bar and it's right near the Wash­ San Antonio, Tex. >h Robert S. Taylor of pension money because of my ington Bar. Recently the owner 3^ t 4. • rVU .4 4 4 (Ed. note: Your name has been husband. An early answer to this threw a party for the combined 00 added to our mailing list.) question will be greatly appreci­ crews of the Del Mundo and Del nfi ated. Sol, and 1 know he would do his sr (Mrs.) Elizabeth R. Beckmann best to make all SlU men happy. iri To the Editor: This is just a small place, but To the Editor: i.UD 1 wish to take this means of (Ed. note: Your letter has been 1 ^ould like to thank you for w'l thanking Captain Bailey and the it's a good place to get together for referred to the SIU Welfate Serv­ the issues of the LOG you have ices Department for reply.) crew of the Alcoa Puritan for their a few sociable drinks and listen to been sending me regularly. 1 To the Editor: ue kindness and thoughtfulness dur­ some good American music, and certainly have enjoyed reading This is to ask you if you will 4 4 4 .z ing my recent sorrow. My infant it's definitely not a clip joint. please send the next issue of the each and every one of them. John (Zero) Fedesovich ffi son arrived shortly after the death Here in England 1 have met a LOG to my mother's address. 1 am t 4 4 m of my wife and we named him number of SlU men in the armed leaving here for New Orleans or hi. Terry Lee. forces. All of them seem to be Miami and I'd sure hate to miss To the Editor: •,ix It is wonderful to have such gen­ anxiously awaiting the day when any issue of your fine newspaper. 1 would like to respectfully sub­ "ev erous friends in one's hour of need they will be out of service and 1 certainly get a lot of enjoyment mit a suggestion whereby we Union ac and words cannot express my ap­ To the Editor: from it. This is to thank the SlU Welfare back on SlU ships. And 1, too, V preciation. The SIU deserves a lot of praise members can brighten up the lives Services Department for standing am hoping for the day when 1 for being such a fine and out­ of our brothers who are in the a 1 also wish to thank the Alcoa service of their country—many of w Steamship Company for working by my little girl, Maria Ann, while can be on an SlU ship. Shipping here has been very standing organization. 1 think it's them in distant lands. » so hard to get the message to me 1 was sick. the champ in the maritime indus­ It is good to know that you have dull and 1 am hoping some day to try, and 1 hope it enjoys many •it and for arranging for me to Hy Mostly these men are there be­ p home. somebody to stand by when you be a member of your great Union. more years of good sailing. cause they have been drafted, and Fihiiik R. Sibelie need it, and an SlU member lii Robert Lee Noweil the least we can do is write them Robert Adams doesn't have to worry because he »ie 4. 4 4 letters to cheer them up when the 4 S* 4" (Ed. note: Your request has will always have someone. mail call sounds. We have no par­ been taken care of.) W. E. Swilley ir donable excuse for not doing this, 1 4 4 4 especially when these men send in h To the Editor: 1 would appreciate it very much their service addresses and they _ if you would send me the SEA­ are published in the LOG. We, the crew of the Steel Scien­ !o tist, feel it is our .duty to report FARERS LOG. Let our motto be: "A letter a day My husband has been on the To the Editor: to our Union brothers the outra­ To the Editor: drives those G1 blues away." 1 want to thank the Welfare It might interest you to know Beauregard for the past 2V& years, geous prices charged by the Wilm­ Clarence L. Cousins Services Department for aiding me ington Cleaners and Laundry of that Wallace Lowther passed away and has been in the Far East for in a personal problem which 1 !'i August 6 of a 4 4 4 the last three months. 1 don't 'I Long Beach, Calif. couldn't have concluded without heart attack at his know when he will get home and We don't mind paying more than home in Strat1 would like to have the LOG so their help as quickly as 1 did. The \r the average price for a fast and ham, NH. He had 1 can read it and save it for him. whole set-up of the SlU Welfare •u good job, but this place really Department enabled me to get been sailing on Mrs. Ramon Ferriera if gives you a cleaning. We think all the Fairland, but through this situation quickly and To the Editor: (Ed. note: Your name has been without any great expense on my Seafarers ought to boycott this VI In every port a seaman hits there when he got to added to our mailing list.) h place until its prices are brought San Francisco he part. 1 wish to thank them for their are people out to get him, espe­ ir into line. cially if he has just paid off a ship. consideration in helping me. 4.4 4 must have had a T. Jackson We often read about these people, Robert F. Dalla feeling he should Deck delegate •;o but how about the guys who help 4 4 4 return home, so Lowther 4 4 4 us out? he left the ship Such a man is George Pokwick, To the Editor: and took a plane back. It is smali I a cab driver in San Francisco. To I would appreciate it if you consolation, but at least it is some­ h( count the men that George has thing to know he reached his would print this in the LOG so To the Editor: is To the Editor: "home port." perhaps it will be seen by some of 1 want to express my apprecia­ taken out to ships in Frisco and 1 wouid like to inform you of my 1 watched the LOG grow from a the members who sailed with me tion and thank the SlU for its Oakland, on the cuff, would re­ P£ change of address so that 1 can very small publication to its pres­ at any time, between 1922 and kindness and assistance, especially quire a private secretary. ak continue to receive my copies of ent size, and 1 want you to know 1943. During this time 1 shipped for the $2,500 check I got from the 1 know that if you print this it the LOG, that reading it gave me much en­ on around 50 different ships, Welfare Fund. will interest a great many SlU Also, 1 would like to know why joyment while Wallace was away mostly out of New York and Balti­ 1 want the SlU members to know men, because so many of them the Waterman Steamship Corpora­ at sea. more. that my thanks go to all of them. know and like this cab driver. tion has not paid any of the retro(Mrs.) Dorothy Lowther For the past several years I have (Mrs.) Martha Justice. Dave Barry Liked LOG Story On Mahdyany Ban Will Soon Leave Navy^ Wants IHG Widow Grateful For SHI Benefit New Santos Bar Wins His Favor 'I' 'I Appreciates Aid <Given By Alcoa British Seaman Would Sail SIV Gets Biy Kiefe Out Of The LOG Keep That Mail Goiny To Army Welfare BepH ^Friend in Need' Laundry^s Prices Called Too High Heath Comes To Seaman At Home Seaman's Wife Wants LOG Sent Welfale Dep't. Gives Quick Aid Cabbie Rates Pat On The Back s th w P. P rc ol y g b Seeks Payment Of Back Wayes Burly Wants Shipmates ToVouch For Him Grateful To SiU For W^elf are Aid There'g No Dotibt About It By Bernard Seaman �fielttembcr S, 19S4 SEAFARERS Page Sevenfeea LOG ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... . • SOUTHERN CITIES (SeuHitrn), July 11 -^halrman. J. Pratii Sacratary> W. T. Strlcklln. Repairs made to commode in deck department. The washing machine was fixed. made and carried for the ship's delegate to see headquarters-authorities about pos­ sible compensation for clothes ruined from deck cargo of asphalt. All members were asked to return cots, dirty blankets and linen to the steward. Vacation forms DEL NORTE (Mlsslttlppl), June 27— will be obtained in Boston. Voluntary Chairman, Harold Crane; Secretary, Bill contributions will be collected to help Kaiser. Ship's delegate reported that two workaways. Brother Guggino was really very sick when he was left in St. Thomas last voy­ EXCELLO (Exctllo), July 24—Chairman, age, He >s stlli a patient in the Public Joe Le Blanc; Secretary,' 6. S. Hansen. Health hospital. Brother reprimanded tor Milk is to be served at breakfast and taking the movie projector ashore. Ship's dinner. Steward has agreed to get a bet­ treasurer reported $28.70 in the ship's ter assortment of vegetables. A patrol­ fund after expenses were taken out. Any man will be contacted about getting complaints on the food should he made enough linen aboard for regular changes to the chief steward and not to the galley and putting cots aboard. All delegates force. Any member having a beef was were asked to turn in their repair lists asked to go to his delegate and if he before ship reaches' Lake Charles. can't settle it then go to the ship's dele­ gate. CRACKER STATE MARINER (South Atlantic), no data—Chairman, Vernon L. REPUBLIC (Trafalgar), July 2S—Chair­ Porter; Secretary, M. L. White. Motion man, William Brightwall; Sacretary, Clar- made and carried to get a patrolman on anea A. Collins. Ship's delegate reported board for meeting about stores. The com­ that there is a good bunch of men on pany win not put on the supplies that board. The captain is very cooperative are needed. Several crewmembers com­ and a good man to talk to. Suggestion plained about the food. made that ail brothers keep their feet off July 4—Chairman, Jos Wallace; Secre­ the messroom chairs, and for the steward tary, William H. Mason. All hands were to see that ail chairs are washed down asked to keep the mesShall neat and before entering port. More safety pre­ clean. Only the galley crew is allowed cautions to be used in laying out work in the galley. for men cleaning tanks and using me­ July 23—Chairman, none; Secretary, chanical wire brushes. The steward asked Marvin L. White. Captain bought twenty for the cooperation of ail brothers in pounds of butter in England. The bad turning in their soiled linen and whatever taste in food comes from the butter. surplus clean linen they have in their Captain sent mate and cadet in steward possession. storeroom to take inventory. thins that pertains to the welfare of the crew. Ship's delegate to contact hail In New York about .the slop chest on ship. Each department wiU rotate In cleaning laundry and recreation room. July 24—Chairman, Pat Ryan; Secre­ tary, H. Krohn. Ail members were asked to stay sober for the payoff. New fans are needed in the foc'sle for the next • oyage. Washing machine has to be re­ paired. Dodgers should be put on the fiying bridge as there is no protection there for the. men on watch. Crewmem­ bers were asked to return aU cots to the steward. The steward department was given a vote Of thanks. June 27—Chairman, Pat Ryan; Secre­ tary, H. Krohn. Ship's delegate reported everything going along smoothly. Crew was asked to keep their quarters clean and make bunks when not in use. Library will be locked in fore^n ports or the books will be transferred to another locker. Captain wiU give draws in Amer­ ican money, and each member should declare the proper amount .on his cus­ toms sheet. MAE (Bull), July 12—Chairman, Hipp; Secretary, Berger. Repairs made except for the holes in the deck. Painting of quarters wUi be started in a few days. The purpose of the ship's fund was ex­ plained. Motion made and carried to contact New York for information on the new agreement. VENORE (Ore), August 4—Chairman, William Cluck; Secretary, Red Harris. Ship's delegate reported that he will try to get gaUey. messhaiis and recreation STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), July 30 GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), hall painted this trip. Request made to —Chairman, J. Rass; Secretary, C. Kress. June 13—Chairman, Pat Ryan; Secretary, keep door of the ship's laundry closed Ship's delegate read communication from assistant secretary-treasurer, Joe Aigina. concerning slop chest prices and ration­ ing of cigarettes. Brothers who violate Union constitution and agreement will be referred to the payoff patrolman. Motion H. Krohn. Ship's delegate gave the meet­ ing a little pep talk and told the mem­ bers to behave and not have any fights as on the previous trip. Motion made and carried that crew back up steward on any orders he puts in for food or any- SlU To Expose Abuses By Slopchest Dealers (Continued from page 3) slopchest prices everywhere, and a marked improvement in quality. The cozy arrangement whereby slopchest dealers, year after year, had been victimizing seamen with shoddy, low grade slops at extrava­ gant prices was brought to an end. Today, more than a year later, the private slopchest dealer is still . unable to meet the competition. A typical slopchest for a crew of 38 men for a 70-day voyage is offered by the Sea Chest at $849.48. New Orleans private deaiers charge $929.79 for the same items. Mobile dealers, $975.56, and Baltimore dealers, $1,070.65. Offers Guarantees Further, the Sea Chest is the only organization to offer name brand items and a solid moneyback guarantee. Such guarantees are unknown from private dealers. As an example, the Sea Chest re­ cently turned back to manufactur­ ers an entire stock of work shoes which had not proven satisfactory and offered full rebates to all Sea­ farers who found that the work shoes were not up to par. The reasons for the failure of the slopchest dealer to improve his services to seamen lie-in the Gov­ ernment regulations and in the fact that each ship captain or purs­ er handles his own slopchest. Since prices are limited to a 10 percent mark-up by Ifiw, a vicious kickback system has grown in the industry to obtain preference on sales. The costs of the "com­ missions" to company men are passed on to seamen in the form of higher prices or lower quality slops. Actually, under the 10 percent mark-up rule, it pays the skipper to buy from the most expensive source, not the cheapest. The higher the wholesale price, the more the skipper or purser makes in dollars and cents. And the crewmembers on the high seas who need some gear are In no position to argue. Kickback Freely Acknowledged The existence of the kickback as a standard method of doing busi­ ness is freely acknowledged in the Industry. A recent meeting of the National Associated Marine Sup­ pliers, representing both slopchest dealers and other ship suppliers. dealt with that very subject. As a matter of fact, members of the NAMS asked if there weren't some way in which the Government would recognize these "commis­ sions" (kickbacks) as deductible for income tax purposes! In discussing the question, the organization's general counsel stated that in January, 1954, the Bureau of Internal Revenue issued a ruling that commissions were de­ ductible if they met three stand­ ards: a) that payments are normal, usual and customary, b) are ap­ propriate and helpful in obtaining business, c) are made with the knowledge and consent of the customer. The spokesman agreed that the first two standards existed through­ out the industry but it was the third that caused the difficulty. "No one doubts," the record reads, "that the owners know and consent to the commissions custom, but NAMS' problem was: how to prove it." Violating Bribe Laws Further, the counsel lamented, unless suppliers could get such proof they were violating the "bribe statutes" of practically every state in the'union which state that payment of "commis­ sions" to an employee of a cus­ tomer is illegal unless the customer consents. It was under this same bribe law that the president of a large stevedoring concern was re­ cently convicted. The SIU Sea Chest then, by en­ tering the field, is undermining the kickback system that has preyed on seamen for so many years, just as the SIU rotary shipping system did away with crimp halls and kickbacks for obtaining jobs aboard ship. A spokesman for the slopchest dealers admitted the facts of the situation as stated above—^Incleed based the dealers' case against the Union Sea Chest on them. In dis­ cussing the matter he declared that the dealers, individually or col­ lectively. were unable to eliminate the kickback: thai'tJIie Union could and would do something about it. Since the Union could eliminate the kickback, he argued, it would sell quality merchandise at a lower price. Theiiefbre, he said, the Sea Chest had an "unfair adyant^ge'^ and was a monopoly. after midnight washed. if clothes are being STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), July 24— Chairman, John Hoggie; Secretary; V. C. Orenclo. There is at present $43 in the ship's fund after deducting expenses for keys. Repair list has been turned in and approved. Valve for drinking fountain in cross alleyway has not been fixed. Grey paint was dumped for the second time into crew's laundry sink. Crew was asked to turn in room and shower keys to de­ partmental delegate on payoff day if they aren't planning to sign on for another trip. April 23—Chairman, John Hoggie; Sec­ retary, V. G. Orenclo. Special meeting was called by the ship's delegate to dis­ cuss what should be bought in Long Beach or San Francisco with the money in the ship's fund. After many sugges­ tions a motion was finally approved that each crewmember may buy a record or records and donate same to the owner of the phonograph. April 18—Chairman, Joe Falasca; Sec­ retary, V. G. Orenclo. On hand in the ship's fund $50. Most major repairs have been taken care of. Suggestion was made to provide a njaii box for outgoing mails. Laundry room should be kept clean by ail crewmembers and each department should dump the garbage. SOUTHERN CITIES (Southern) August 3—Chairman, Jose Prats; Secretary, Ro­ land C. ReusHe. Ship's delegate will con­ tact the captain about new mattresses and secure cots for men who do not have any. General discussion about repairs. Sugges­ tion made that galley be sougeed and painted so as to keep roaches down. As the company gives little or no coopera­ tion in regard to repairs all delegates will get together and draft a letter to next US port agent before leaving Puerto Rico. LA SALLE (Waterman), August 1— Chairman, none; Secretary, none. Discus­ sion about fans for foc'sles. Electrician reported that ail fans that came aboard have been installed. Cold drinks put in crew's ice box to be left alone. DEL NORTE (Mississippi), August 1— Chairman, Chino Soaa; Secretary, B. Kai­ ser. The captain thanked the crewmem­ bers for their fine cooperation with the ship's safety program. He thanked each one of the crew for using the proper exits going on deck. He also passed on the compliments from the passengers for the crew's many fine courtesies and the way Quiz Answer in which the crew conducted themselves. "Sea Lawyer Supreme" and that patrol­ There is now $119.70 in the ship's fund. man at payoff should enlighten him. Stew­ ard will order black pepper and will noti­ LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), fy Ship's delegate if imitation pepper July 31—Chairman, M. Rogalaki; Secre­ comes aboard, also if quantity and qual­ tary, G. Marbury. A discussion was held ity of other stores are not up to par. Re­ on repairs, what has been done on board pair lists to be made up by department and what will be fixed in port. Sugges­ delegates and turned in to ship's delegate, tion made that ship should order an au­ SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), July tomatic egg boiler. 25—Chairman, Chapman; Secretary, S. U. AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), July 11— Johnson. All brothers ^were warned that Chairman, Percy Boyer; Secretary, Orvllle the chief mate and the first assistant wiU Payne. Ship's delegate reported every­ not stand for any performing or foul-ups thing working fine. Clapper valve to be while on duty. Five men were fired since fixed to toilets aft. Steam valve in aU the last meeting for various acts. Ship's showers will also be fixed. Chief mate fund now stands at $26.19. Motion made and first assistant had a fight and nothing and carried to set up a committee of one was said about it. Vote of thanks was or two to investigate the possibility of given to the steward department for a obtaining an estimate "of capacity and price of an air conditioning unit for the job weU done. messhall. A lengthy discussion was had NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory by entire membership concerning the air Carriers), July 29, 1954—Chairman, John conditioning unit, and the membership Catral; Secretary, Joseph Obrexa. The fol­ decided that they would contribute very lowing motions, after considerable discus­ generously towards same at the payoff sion, were carried unanimously: 1—We coming up. urge that the negotiating committee con­ VALCHEM (Valentine), June 30—Chair­ clude negotiations and submit same to the membership for approval on or be­ man, none; Secretary, Richard Gelling. fore the deadline of October, 1955, and if Ship's delegate reported that the captain the shipowners do not accept our de­ passed some very favorable reports on mands before that date that a strike vote the behavior of the crew. The captain be taken to force their hand: 2—That the in making an inspection of the ship found negotiating committee hold out for an it to be in a dirty condition, especially overtime rate no lower than the highest the crew's messroom. The steward dele­ paid any other union and that the nego­ gate wiU see about having a cool drink tiating and/or clarification committee for colfee time. A question was raised drop the present clarification regarding as to why crew had no cool water for gangway watches. There is a lot of dis­ two days. It was pointed out to the crew cussion ahout the steward and why he that the water cooler is connected direct­ doesn't give soap powder and disinfection ly to the refrigerator below, and the box for sanitary cleaning. was being defrosted. The engineers had trouble with the lines when they tried to SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), July start it up again. No date—Chairman, (not given); Secre­ 25—Chairman, Walter E. Beyler; Secre­ tary, Aaron Wilburn. Report made on tary, Richard Gelling. The steward re­ men missing ship and turned in to Union ported that there will be cots for all. hall. Ship's delegate resigned and Brother Sparks thanked the members for the Roy Ayers was elected. Ail hands were flowers for his wife. There is n balance asked to keep the laundry clean and not of $139.90 in the ship's fund, and a mo­ leave old mops around. tion was passed that everyone donate $1 to the fund. Quite a bit of thieving has ROBIN KIRK (Robin), July 25—Chair­ been going on lately, much to the disgust man, Joe Justus; Secretary, Dewey Mar­ of the members. A suggestion was made tin. Purser has disputed some overtime that the Union look into this matter and that was okayed by steward. This will be see what can be done. July 27—Chairman, none; Secretary, turned over to the patrolman. AU hands agreed that the purser considers himself Bever Walts. Suggestion made that linen be changed the day before arriving in port. Radio to be fixed wliile in shipyard and same to be paid for out of the ship's fund. Treasurer reported that there is a balance ef $163.50 in the ship's fund. wmrnwum Eugene T. O'Mara Your mother is ill and needs your assistance. Contact your sis­ ter, Mrs. W. C. Lyons, Apartment 4, 108V^ W. Main Street, Florence, Colo. i. ^ t John J. Williams Your mother is anxious to hear from you. Contact her at 101 Pem­ broke Street, Boston^ Mass. 4" 4" t Nicholas Bachoudakls or Bahountakis Get in touch with Gabrielle Umsted, 217 Mason Court, Baltimore 31, Md. i t t t 4* 4" 4i Rudolph Mixon Contact S. Diamond, 122 Mich­ igan, Detroit 26, Mich, Blackie B. Meet Chuck in Baltimore when you get off. t J. C. Arnold Your ex-shipmates on the Calmar would like to know your whereabouts so they can send your pants back to you. BENTS FORT (Cities Service), July 24— Chairman, John Schowpstik; Secretary, J. Ronald Comeaux. Crewmembers were re­ minded not to put their feet on messhall chairs and they were also asked to take better case of the washing machine. Sug­ gestion made to have a different grade of pork brought aboard next time. JOHN C. (Dover), July 17—Clialrman, J. L. Grimes; Secretary, Earl P. McCaskey. One man missed ship in Saigon due to hospitalization. Motion made that one crewmember be brought up on charges of conduct unbecoming to a union mem­ ber. He WiU be placed before the board­ ing patrolman and left up to his discre­ tion. Steward department given a vote of thanks for a job weU done with the stores they had. GEORGE A. LAWSON (Pan Oceanic), June 27—Chairman, Thomas King; Secre­ tary, J. E. Brooks. Shower heads taken off in deck department showers. Cold drink um to be kept out of recreation room and cold drinks to be put in pitch­ ers in the ice box. All doors to be kept locked while in port July 18—Chairman, Fred Israel; Secre­ tary, J. E. Brooks. New washing machine to be ordered as old one is beyond re­ pair. New mattresses that came on board in San Pedro were not satisfactory to' crew. Vote of thanks given to the stew­ ard department for the good work they did on this trip. NOTICES : Anthony Jastreliski Contact Welfare Services headquarters. at (1) 18 years old. 4" 4» (2) Roald Amundsen. Paul W. Ball 4i t 4. (3) Indiana. W. J. Donald Your father is worried about you (4) Sleight of hand. You are asked to write the Wil­ and asks you to write him at 5 (5) Margaret Chase Smith, Re­ Marston Avenue, Alabama City, mington hall which is still holding publican of Maine; (b) Kate Smith, Ala. your Union book and gear. (c) John Smith, early settler of Virginia. Edifor. (6) Alimentary canal. (7) Mauretania. SEAFARERS LOG. (8) Senator John J. Sparkman of 675 Fourth Ave., Alabama. Brooklyn 32, NY (9) 1800. (10) Denqiark. Puzxie Answer iaas] ssisB asQ gsss ODIlSadlE fim oGssnQ sisBgi DGSD saBBS sam aSSlD SSSQS ESS BQBBS [ISglBS QnamnB ESSDQ ESIES) QOSIS sssa giUQ [sass BflDB &UU ESSdS glBBB I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my nome on your moiling list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY Z^NE STATE r.i.a Signed ' ^. .. TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you aro an old subserlbar and havo • chanq* of a.ddrass, plaasa qiva your former addrest balowt _V .ZONE STATE . V �S. 19S4 SEA FA EEK9 tOC Elgb'te^n Dad In Coma, FalnUy Gets Aid 8 E A FA R E R 8 of It Vj 'e( osj A Vf( lU- lib. ft- 4 jd, It, al i ai I l" le >a Jh •vu 00 ne •sr in un w'l ue •z; Ala. lai to: :tx It's far from a happy ending for the family of a New York Seafarer,, but things are much better today for Mrs. Jose Rodriguez, and. her five children. Her husband is still struggling for life and in a coma, but at least his family is now receiving some financial assistance and can see him" • regularly. As reported previously in tKfe SEAFARERS LOG, Rodriguez dropped out of sight several months ago in Philadelphia after going ashore off a Calmar vessel. All efforts to locate him were fruitless until Welfare Services learned, that an unidentified sea­ man was in a coma in a Philadel­ phia hospital as the result of an automobile accident. Welfare Services arranged for" Rodriguez' wife to go to Philadelphia, where she identified the seaman as her husband.. Got Big Draw Subsequently, Welfare Services took steps which gave Mrs. Rodri­ guez the legai right to coliect her husband's hospital benefits. Then the Union office secured a twomonth draw on Rodriguez' pay. Both steps were urgent since the family was completely penniless and had no money for food. As a final step, Welfare Services arranged to have Rodriguez trans­ ferred to the US Public Health Service hospital in Staten Island. An ambulance was sent all the way to Philadelphia for this purpose. There his wife can visit him reg­ ularly although he is stili in a coma and, of course, is unable to recog­ nize or communicate with anybody. Doctors hesitate to predict the outcome of Rodriguez' injuries. He has been in his present condition for several weeks now. As long (ii »e bp rr 1 11 lo ( 3 i'i •I s. \r St )f VI :h ir •;o I h( is P< pi th w P« P rc ol REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID T» From No. Seafarers Receivinc Benefits this Periodll Average Benefita Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefita Paid thia Period 1 1 Death Benefits Disability Benefits Vacation Benefits Total Report liOst Baggage Cheek Seafarers who lose baggage checks for gear checked at any SIU baggage room should notify that particular hall right away so that no one can improperly claim the baggage with that check. Headquarters officials advise you 'to. do this immediately to avoid ioss of your • gear and/or trouble claiming it later on. Make sure you <notify the ball where the baggage was checked as soon as you find out you've lost the check. OA 1 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY c liii liii - Mrs. Jose Rodriguez and two of her children leave home to visit husband in Staten Island US Public Health Service hospital along with Welfare Services representative, Mike Colucci. as he is hospitalized and unable to respond, his family will continue to receive the hospital benefit. Meanwhile his wife is undertak­ ing legal proceedings against the driver of the automobile that ran her husband down and it is ex­ pected that in the course of time she wili be able to obtain compen­ sation for the accident. All of the following SIU families •26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pasquale Pridlb, '55 E. Mosholu will collect the $200 maternity Johnson, Star Route B, Box 341, Parkway, Bronx, NY. benefit plus a $25 bond from the Atmore, Alabama. t> it Union iri the baby's name. 4« 4^ 4Katherine Lilian Davis, born • Kenneth Kirksey Brittain, Jr., Mark Prancis Loriz, born August August 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and born May 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. 18, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Herbert Wesley Davis, 1434 and Mrs. Kenneth Brittain, 116 S. Fernando Loriz, 288 Ryerson St. Andrew Street, New Orleans, Prospect Avenue, CatonsviUe, Street, Brooklyn, New York. La. Maryland. 4" t 4" $• i 4" Katherine Darlene Culp, born Elizabeth Elaine Bryant, born Tony Ronald Johnson, born June June 14, 1954. Parents, Mr. and July 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jessie C. Bryant, Rhodhiss, Mrs. Joseph Culp, 1122 No. Bodine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. North Carolina. SAN FRANCISCO — Dr. Ken­ neth R. Nelson has taken charge of the San Francisco PHS hospital as chief medical officer under as­ signment from the US Public Health Service. Dr. Nelson will be remembered by many Seafarers as chief medical officer at the Staten Island, New York, hospital where he served a three year tour of duty. Before that. Dr. Nelson was at the Boston USPHS hospital as well as at many other hospitals in the USPHS system. He did a pre­ vious stint in the San Francisco hospital back in 1934-1937. J A07S oo S oe>t> oo II 37 JJLbSJL J * Hosoitai Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 19S0 * 1 .SVWLoo oo Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 • 1 7/ Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * oo .}75^VbJ oo Maternity Benefits Paid Since Aoril 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 * 23. r 5Ssf*/Ao Total r • Osce Bcnefii* Becaa WELFARE, VACATION FLAN ASSETS Vacatioo t 4" t 4^ 4> ^ Patrice Erlene Cronsell, bom Zada Minerva Singletary, bom July 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and May 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl V. Cronsell, 4858 Park Mrs. J. Edward Singietary, 2244 Avenue, Bronx, New York. Front Street, Siideii, La. 4' 3^ t Lee Diane Mitchell, born July 21, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell, Walpole, NH. $!$•$> Kathleen Margaret Doyle, bom July 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Doyle, 1242 Com stance Street, New Orleans, La. 4. 4> t Joseph P. Moore, born July 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Moore, 1306 E. 35th Street, Savan­ nah, Ga. 4^ 4- 4> 4^ 4. Al Cash on Hand Estimated Accounts Receivable Nelson Heads Coast Hospital n id WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD 10 p 6 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS ev ac V d » •iv 5 Vacation US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS r" — r /y/.09/ oo ihSo-yiL tjr fULjS //VOLo fl COMMEMTS t Some applicants for hospital benefits are not qualifying for benefits due to their failure to get notice of claim into the Welfare Office. Payment of benefits will only be made provided that the applications for benefits are presented in writing not later than fourteen (lif) days from the date the employee is physically discharged from the hospital as an in-patient, or personally contacts an SIU agent within the four­ teen (1^) day period. The assets of the Plans con tinue to grow with the present assets of the Plana combined, totaling 4^,619,21^^^^ SuhmitUi ^.1^3.?/^.........-..-..—. Al Km, AaalalM* AdmimiaMUor New Resident On Burgundy Street 4^ Juliana Peralez, born August 1, 1954.. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam­ uel D. Peralez, Jr., 521 E. 19th Street, Port Arthur, Texas. 4^ 4" 4^ Donna Lynn Edwards, born Au­ gust 4, 1954. Parents. Mr. and Mrs. George C. Edwards, 1309 Warren Street, Whistler, Alabama. 4^1 4^ 4^ Robert Dianne Schuler, bom July 20, 1954, Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Schuler, 1967 Green Street, Mobile, Alabama. Charles Denver Perkins, born July 17, 1954. Parents; Mr. and 4^ 4 4^ Mrs. Floyd Perkins, 508 E. State Eric Lawrence Libby, bom Au­ Street, Savannah, Ga. gust 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Libby, Linconviile, 4' 4i 4" Diana Marie Layko, bom June Maine. 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4> t ^ Robert Layko, 4820 Roland Ave­ Aurelio Reyes, Jr., born July 15, nue, Baltimore, Md. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. 4> 4i 4^ Aurelio Reyes, 1018 Aline Street, Kim Lee Brown, born July *9, New Orleans, La. 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George t t R. Brown, 5410 Bella Vista Ave­ Jeffrey l^ott Desbotels, born nue, Baltimore, Md. August 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 4" 4" 41 Mrs. Jeffery Deshotels, Route No. Julio Cesar Artega, born'Janu­ 1, Box 66, Westlake, La. ary 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. i t t Pedro^ Artega, 1823 Wallace Street, James Robert Thompson, bora Philadelphia, Pa. August 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and . Ji ' 4' 41 Mrs. James Harvey Thompson, Patricia Ann Priolo, born July Route 3, Box 172, Crichton Station, 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mobile, Ala. mmmm Haroline Patricia Piehet seems to welcome her new surroundings in the home of her parents in New Orleans, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Piehet. Family received the standard $200 maternity benefit plus $23 US savings bond. �1 S*»tember «. 1$M SIU Has Fine Blood Donor Record SEElN* THE SEAFARERS A r f. With'wALTER SIEKMANN *»» >: .§11 Recently it seems that quite a few of the brothers ashore in New York have been the victims of automobile accidents. The same holds true for the outports because more often than not the deaths we get reports on are from the same cause. It appears, that after being on a ship for a couple of months, the brothers are not used to city traffic and are a little out of practice with their driving too. f i.11 ^ I iliiiili iiiiiillfe ' V 1/ ' As anybody who has been in this city knows, traffic is pretty heavy all around. So if you've just come off the^hip and especially if you've just lifted a couple of cool ones, watch your step when you are cross­ ing the streets around here. ' N J -a ••-'V Over at Staten Island hospital three of the new admissions in the last couple of weeks were automobile victims. George Flood of New •' f York, who was mcssman on the Alcoa Pointer the last time out, was hit by- a car while, crossing a street near his home. He was taken to a city hos­ pital and then transferred over here. Charles San­ derson of Butler, Pennsylvania, who was utilityman Preparing for operation, Seafarer Isaak Bouzin (right) poses with three fellow Seafarers who donated .on the Robin Tuxford, was also hit by a car and blood for him, and USPHS doctor. They are, left to right. Seafarers Y. A. Yarborough, D. Gardner admitted for treatment on Aug. 23. The same was and Hansen. In front, center, is Dr. Martinez of Staten Island USPHS staff. true of Klement JutrowskI of Brooklyn who was wiper on the Steel Designer his last trip out. Although the SIU has no blood bank at the Staten Island Public Health Service hospital, p /1 Some gallstones that have been acting up put Seafarers at the hospital are assured an adequate supply of blood for any emergency need. Sanderson - Delaware Eldemire of Port Arthur, Texas, out of The same holds true atxity and private hospitals elsewhere in New York. action for a while. His last ship was the Greece The reason is that the hos-' Victory, wher? he was deck maintenance. Estuardo Cuemca of the pitals and the Union have an problem at Staten Island lies in needs is for emergency operations, French Creek had to be taken off the ship and rushed to the hospital the other day for a gall bladder operation. He was FWT on that vessel. understanding that all blciod Government funds to provide the it would be wise if ,SIU Welfare used by Seafarers will be replaced necessary storage and handling Sei-vices were notified in the case James Waldron, who was in the hospital for quite immediately, and the Union has facilities. With the Government of emergeucy, no matter what hos­ a spell, has been readmitted for further treatment, maintained its reputation by living tending to cut back on PHS ap­ pital in the city that the Seafarer while John Doherty is recovering from a shipboard up to its commitments. propriations year by year, it is might be in. In many in­ accident. He was working down on the hold of the The question of a blood bank unlikely that such funds will be stances, emergency treatment, is Mankato Victory when a hatch board fell on his was raised at the last headquarters available in the near future. given in a city hospital before the head and laid him low. A slipped disc in his spine membership meeting when a mo­ Since the major cause of blood man is moved to Staten Island. has put George Coleman of Lynn, Massachusetts, out tion was offered from the floor of action. His last ship was the Del Santos. and passed by the membership Others now in the hospital are Hussein Ahmed. that the Union take necessary OS on the Robin Trent; George Pitour. Seatrain steps to see if an SIU blood bank Savannah engine uUlity; Horace Caskill.^B on the could be established at the PHS Robin Kettering; Felix Miranda off the Show Me hospital. Several months back, the jyiariner and Earle Goosley, who was nfessman on the Ann Marie. SIU Welfare Services Department The deaths of the following sea­ Frank B. Burns, 71: An SIU had discussions with hospital offi­ farers have been reported to the member since December 5, 1938, cials over the possibility-of setting Seafarers Welfare Plan and the sailing in the deck department, up a special SIU blood bank. Brother Burns died of a heart con­ USPHS HOSPITAL WILLS EVE HOSPITAL $2,500 death benefit is being paid dition on August 1, 1954, in Bos­ Faculties Limited ^ NBW ORLEANS. LA. PHILADELPHIA. PA. MiHord ^cxander Eul L. Hodgea Unfortunately, the hospiti^ offi­ to their beneficiaries. Dpsan Deduisin ton, Mass. His place of burial is t. L. Ankerson " " - Hommel Robert E. William E. ApUn cials informed .the Union that James H. Hudson not known. Surviving is his wife, VA HOSPITAL Charies H. Bean Henry E. Humplvey Robert E. Peck, 53: Brother Peck, Annie K. Burns of 8 Armandine blood bank facilities at the hospital MIAMI. FLA. C. J. Beck £. G. - Knapp were too limited to store more who sailed in the engine depart­ Street, Dorcester, Mass. Lionel McLaughlin Claburn E. Reed Charles Burton Leo H. Lang Owen Butler H. Ledbetter than a small amount, of blood re­ ment and was a member of the JEFFERSON HOSPITAL 8. C. Carregal Jesse Lyles 4v 4 4 PHILADELPHIA. PA. serve and consequently would be SIU since December 5, 1938, died Lester J. Carver Oscar F. Maderc Jose Rodriguez Ralph Murray Churchill, 77: G. W. Champlin S. J. MarineUo unable to handle a large reserve of heart failure on June 28, 1954, Richard W. Clark William G. Moore USPHS HOSPITAL specifically for the SIU. Accord­ at Port Louis, Mauritius. His place Brother Churchill died of a heart 6. Cope Gregore Morejon MEMPHIS. TENN. D. D. Dambrino Billy Russell Arthur I. Nelson ingly, the Union has had to fall of burial is not known. Surviving ailment on July 19, 1954, at Boston, Emile P. Davis William D. Ott back on the practice of donating is his wife, Lillian Emely Peck of Mass. A member of the steward USPHS HOSPITAL Scrio M. Dedoso John C. Rehn GALVESTON. TEXAS Eric R. Eklund blood when needed and is able to Bay Avenue, Green Harbor, Mass. department, sailing on SIU ships W.- E. Reynolds Hubert CanlweU M. N. McQuiddy A. Fabricant Edward Samrock since May 11, 1951, he was buried meet the need this way. G. K. Ekelund James R. Mathews rhoraas Fields John E. Sanders i 4" E. H. Emery at St. Patricks Cemetery. Lowell, Mtrrray A. Plyler M. C. Caddy ^Hospital authorities at Staten Edward V.' Saul Duane R. Fisher H. E. Rosecrans Nathan Gardner Salbata Seric Island also make it a practice of Antonio Dans, 56: A resident of Mass. He is survived by his wife, Karl A. HeUamn E. A. Spaulding Claude H. Gilliam R. L. Skinner A. G. Knighton asking patients to give blood dona­ Charles B. Young New York, Brother Dans died of a Gerti'ude May Churchiil of 1 Jack H. Gleason Andrew Stauder. Jr. Jose E. Leston Raymond Gorju Fred O. SuUlns tions if they are in condition to do circulatory. ailment at Governeur Chauncy Street, Cambridge, Mass. Ray M. Green J. D. Thomas USPHS HOSPITAL so. They find that few patients will Hospital, NYC, on March 23, 1954. Seifert Hamilton Jack F. Thornburg 4 4 4 SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Curtis L. Hancock Lonnie R. Tickle refuse such requests, and that Sea­ C. D. Anderson He had been, sailing in the engine Charles Neumaier Joseph C. Lupton, 33: A former VirgU L. Harding B. W. Tlngley Simon Bunda Joseph Perreira farers have an excellent record of department since November 24, official of the SIU, Brother Lupton John L. Hinton J. E. Ward Henry J. Childs W. S. Singleton Lyle Hipp Ernest H. jVebb ' compliance in this respect. Benny M. Foster 1945. Burial was at the Ferncliff died in Frankford Hospital, Phila­ P. S. Yuzon Olav Gustavsen The solution to the blood bank Jemetery, Hartsdale, NY. USPHS HOSPITAL delphia, Pa., as a result of multiple STATEN ISLAND, NY USPHS HOSPITAL Paul Albano injuries suffered when he fell into Michael Lesko SEATTLE. WASH. Roeco Albanese Nils Lundquist Stephen Burskey V. K. Ming a hold aboard the SS Barbara Birdie W. Biggs Fillip Madsen A. Lawrence Craig Rene! Palmer Frietchie. A member of the SIU John J. Brennen Perfecto Mangual Woodrow Drake Ira Pedersen 1-eo D. Burino Felix kliraiKla since June 6, 1941. sailing in the F. Fondlla , . G. Rosson Ervin Crabtree Raymond Myers Sverre Johannessen Anthony Sakellis deck department, - he was buried I ranee DeBcaumont Francis O'Neill John B. McCurdyJohn J. Doherty T. Papoutsoglov at Riverside Memorial Park, Nor­ Robert Ellis U'SPHS HOSPITAL " Florq Regaldo folk, Va. Surviving is his wife, F. E. Farrell BOSTON. MASS. Charley W. Rhodes Andrew Franklin Frank Alasavich Gilbert L. Parry G. H. Robinson Annie Lorraine Lupton of 6106 Horace B. GaskiU Frank Albano J. P. Petrusewlcz Edwin Rushton Herbert Street, Norfolk. Estell Godfrey James Penswick Robert O. Smith Mattl Ruusukallio ' I ' Seafarers In Hospitals Shipmates' Gift For Sick Daughter John Horn James Hough^ Walton Hudson Albert Jarrell Chester B. Jensen Vincent Jones Noral Jorgensen Herman Sampson Ira JSandt Stanley A. Sargeant WUUam G. Sargent Warren 'Smith James F. Thomson James-^Waldron SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CALIF. James H. Babson USPHS HOSPITAL H. Jon^er'^^*^' . ^ USPHS HOSPITAL ^JANHATTAN BEACH. NY James Lawlor p Leetma. i.'A'"'* ?• Blanks James R. Lrels Robert L. Booker Arthur Lomas ^omas Bryant Francis F. Lynch Joseph 0. carr Joseph McGraw Wo Yee Choe Archibald McGuigan Jar Chong David Mcllreath John J. DrIscoU' Frank Mackay Matthew Gardiner Eugene Nqlson Bart E. Guranlck G. B. Shumaker John B. Haas Robert Sizcmore -v "Thomas Isaksen Henry E. Smitit Johh'W. Keuian Harry S. Tuttle Frederick Landry Virgil B. WUmoth USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Algot Bogren Samuel H. Mills Steven Boides _ Frank S. Paylor Jessie A. Clarke T. R. PhiUips Kenneth L. Collins Eugene G. Plahn F. A. Cuellar Joseph H. Roberta Samuel Doyle A. W. Sadenwater Franklin D. Gilman Russell Simmons Gorman T. Glaze Edward S. Simoner Bienvenido V. Ledo F. V. Thommen Tony Mastantuno C.' W. Mathews USPHS HOSPI^AL S.WANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland John H. Morris Benny W. Brinson Richard F. Roberts Willie C. Sanders R. Carrollton Randolph Shedd Lucius A. DeWitt Leslie F. Swegan Albert W. Lima Jimmie Littleton G. C. Truesdeff William J. WoU« Avis E. Meadows J. T. Moore CHARITY HOSPITAL OF LOUISIANA NEIV ORLEANS, LA. Edward. H. Buckley S. V. Kilpatrick Jack N. Oows VA HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Sidney S. ,.lrby • 4^ - Illllp® JiiliilliPili fr' ' \ Crewmembers of the Peninsula Mariner are represented by ship's delegate Jim Tanner (left), carpenter, in presentation of $77 gift to J. P. Crawford, AB, and Mi-Si: Crawford for their ill daughter, Rosemary. The 14-year-old girl was stricken with polio while her father was on the Peninsula Mariner in the Far East. 4 4 Ray W. Larson, 54: A heart ail­ ment was the cause of death for Brother Larsen on January 7, 1954, at Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, Md, He had been sailing in the engine department on SIU ships since May 4, 1951. Burial was at the Baltimore Cemetery, Baltimore, Md, Designated as-his beneficiary is a friend, Charles Hoofnagle of 1635 Chilton Street, Baltimore: 4 4 4 Armando Pimentel, 30: Brotiier Pimentel died of visceral conges­ tion on November 11, 1953, in New York, NY. He had been sailing in the steward department on SIU ships for a short time in 195S. Burial was at the Municipal CemeSan Juan, Puerto Rico. • --4 -M • Vfl •'?1 f <•! :M �SEATARiaaS 4t LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND OUl> D t S T R iCt • A f I T le' i Vj I'®! o"t A Vt( lU- lib ^3 10, itv |3l ar o': lies heavily on shipboard ,dele-' gates to keep the ships up to snuff. That in a Way puts the delegare on a little bit of a spot, because the crew looks to him to get them satisfaction. So if the plumbing leaks, if the old man doesn't put out a draw on time, if the coffee runs low or the mate works oh deck, the delegate is the one who has tq^ answer the question, "What are we going to do about> it?'f The worried-looking fellow you see above sometimes has reason to frowrt, because un­ like the chairman of the appleblossom festival, his is far more than an honorary job. t • ^ e - • -T- '- ;r isv Your ship's delegate has, to represent you, the crew, some­ times thousands of miles from^ home. He has to be an expert on the Union contract with,its ^ numerous clauses (and many of your delegates know that doC' ument backwards and forwqrds). He has to be a pretty good hand dt keeping all kinds of records, and has to be. able to stand up to "ship's officers and state his case with firmness . and tact, to get you, the crew, what's your^ue without alien­ ating topside. " •*. . •" • > - . •.•A .'.l.-V -JV \\ v-5; A" , Most delegates take their ' jobs seriously and bring in''V good clean ship.' . It helps them/:;\ \ ' v'| considerably if/the crew dn-^ A derstands their problems' and " ^''/; v'-If stands-'with them at all times. Remem^r, while he'eyour del/JJ e^ate, he's also a working Sha- ' -//.f 'fdr^r, doing his part on his own to make shipboard living more , ^ cohifbrtghll^ -.for everybody. Tjie Union has never made any secret of the fact thajf jt re•J •«i; -• - * --Ft I '• 6 : .W'r, 1 ••. T-r-'- ' • * '• •* . ^i''V "'• • - • • f � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource September 3, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 18 Description An account of the resource Headlines: HALF OF US TRAMP FLEET GIVEN GOV'T OK TO TRANSFER WELFARE PLAN WILL RUN BALTIMORE HALL CAFETERIA LOW RATES TIE UP SIU FISH FLEET MANY SEEK SIU OFFICE; NOMINATIONS NEAR END SHRINE HONORS LOST SEAMEN UNION TO EXPOSE SHIP CHANDLERS' SLOPCHEST ABUSES 'ANDY FURUSETH' TO SAIL AGAIN IT'S FINAL! 50 50 NOW CARGO LAW COMMIES DIG IN AS GOV'T OK'S ILA THE ANTI-UNION MEDICINE SHOW WATERMAN IDLES 15 SHIPS, 'RUNAWAYS' RATES BLAMED SA CRASH WITNESSES FREE--STILL PUZZLED NEW CLAIMS ACT TO AID WAR-IMPRISONED SEAMEN HOUSE GROUP URGES CURBS ON MSTS EISENHOWER VETOES SPEEDY QUARANTINE DEATH TAKES PHIL LEVIN OF HQ STAFF SIU HITS MILITARY BANS FAVORING MSTS IN KOREA SEA CHEST ENEMIES NEW WELFARE SERVICES SHIP TRANSFER FOLLIES NOMINATIONS REMINDER SIU SEA CHEST WACOSTA SHIPBOARD MEETING GIVES CREW A BELLYFUL OF WATERMELON SEAMEN FROM NEW ZEALAND GET MORE HONORS, LESS $ LIFE UPON THAT BOUNDING MAIN CAN BE A SWEET OR SAD REFRAIN $, NOT WAR ARE CONCERN IN SAIGON NELSON HEADS COAST HOSPITAL SIU HAS FINE BLOOD DONOR Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/3/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d8abc0fbb042ba45cabcd4cfdaaa786c.PDF c360e9f6914181d9d0edc96fc064ad37 PDF Text Text g',»jr^,'-'-sn.-;;--^.r~-f •''^v., SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THi SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • '50^ BILL PASSES SlU WINS 7-YEAR RGHTFORCARGOES -Story on Page 2 Nominations Open For 49 Elective Offices In Union -Story on Page 3 Union To Probe Georgia Tax Levies On Seafarers "• ^^ ^ -Story on Page 2 'Ml-'-. M",' • .•v.'Vii �ihiffs Tw* SEAFdREnS lOG SIU Hails As 'SO-SO' Passes Aucusi 30. 1954 Union Probes Georgia Income Tax Garnishees Action by the State of Georgia in slapping tax garnishees on Seafarers sailing South Atlantic ships is now under study by ' WASHINGTON — The SIU and other maritime groups have scored a surprise the Union counsel to see if any redress can be obtained for upset victory to end a seven year fight for a permanent "SO-SO** law. The bill now the membership. Four Sea-" the men were paid off. ' The com­ farers sailing with the Savan­ pany had no choice but to comply awaits President Eisenhowers signature. steamship company for otherwise the men would not Passage of the bill by the House of Representatives came after strong pleas from nah-based were the victims of the garnishee be able to get their pay. union and shipowner groups succeeded in shaking the bill loose from the House procedure instituted by the local The case was called to the atten­ Georgia tax collector. tion of the Savannah port agent Rules Committee, where it^ gress, some countries require 100 been passed year by year, because What happened was that the and was referred to Welfare Serv­ appeared doomed to die. percent of Government cargoes to it also applies to overseas pur­ state tax collector put a lien on ices in headquarters to see if any­ chases by the Armed Forces. Up the company for state income tax thing could be done about it. Since The action of the Rules be carried on their own ships. The permanent "50-50" law is in until now, such purchases had claims. The lien was to compel it was a legal matter. Welfare Committee came after a-direct been free to move on the ships of the company to deduct back taxes Services has turned it over to the appeal to the White House by some respects more far-reaching any nation. plus penalties and Interest before attorney for study. than the temporary bills that have maritime spokesmen. It was a Federal Law Question major triumph for US-flagFederal laws governing the pay­ More Runaway Competition For IIS Ships shipping and the SIU over the offs of seamen list certain, head­ stiff objections of the State ings under which money can be Department, the Defense Depart­ deducted from seamen's wages, ment and other administration such as for family allotments and representatives. other items. The law says that the Ends Yearly Battle money can be deducted only for The success of the permanent the specific purposes listed in the "50-50" bill climaxes a seven year statute. fight by the SIU for the principle The purpose of the law is to pro­ that American flag shipping is en­ tect seamen from all kinds of titled to at least half of cargoes shady deductions from theicpay; a bought and paid for by the US practice which flourished for many taxpayer. Each year since the Maryears in the old days. ehall Plan began, followed by While the law on deductions other economic and military aid from seamen's wages is quite programs, the SIU and other mari­ stringent there is at least one Fed­ time groups have had to battle eral Court ruling, issued by a fierce opposition in Washington to Court of Appeals, which holds that get a "50-50" provision attached to the law was never Intended to de­ foreign aid bills. prive a state government of its From now on, once this new bill right to collect 'taxes. Other rul­ is signed into law, ttie principle of ings by lower Federal cpurts have "50-50" will be firmly fixed in fu­ held the opposite. Of course, the ture maritime dealings. Its im­ Court of Appeals ruling would portance to the well-being of mari­ tend to take precedent over the time is indicated by the fact that lower courts. US-flag shipping for the past year has been carrying less than 30 per­ Up uptil now though, the num­ cent of all commercial cargoes en­ ber of such court cases is limited tering and leaving this country. so it would be hard to draw a con­ That includes oil cargoes. clusion one way or the other. As one maritime spokesman said Residence Question in effect in testifying for the bill, Another factor at issue is the "Subsidies are fine but subsidies in question of the seamen's residence. themselves don't provide cargo. Another 60,000-ton runaway ore ship presently a-building for US Steel is the Ore Transport. She's The Seafarers involved dispute the This legislation goes a long way shown here under construction in a Kure, Japan, shipyard. Like her sister ship, the Ore Chief, she claims of the State of Georgia that toward assuring US merchant will be registered by the company under the Liberian flag. they are residents of Georgia. If ships of cargo for their opera­ they are not, the state has no legal tions." right to collect state income taxes International Lobby from them. Through the years, the most Since this kind of case can af­ vigorous opposition to "50-50" leg­ fect a considerable number of Sea­ islation has not come from any farers sailing out of the port of domestic source but from foreign Savannah, for the time being Sea­ shipowners who have utilized their farers in that port who reside in diplomatic services in this country Georgia should make sure that to lobby extensively against the WASHINGTON—The often cussed overnight waits by crews arriving in US ports before their state taxes are taken care of. bill. The State Department has carried the ball for them on the clearing Quarantine appear to be at an end. The Senate has completed action on a bill per­ Otherwise they can be socked with grounds that it is to the Depart­ mitting shipp'iiig companies to pay overtime for inspections between 5 PM and 8 AM. The the same kind of penalty pro­ ceedings. ment's interest to maintain friend­ bill was supported by all ship--*' ly relations with foreign nations. However, the State Department's ping companies and port in­ cers requested by shipping com­ The latest bill has already been arguments were overcome by two terests as a means of eliminat­ panies in off hours are already passed by the House and is ex­ paid by the companies .under simi­ pected to get speedy Presidential Aag. 20, 1954 majon considerations: The obvious Vol. XVi. No. 17 lar bills passed several years back. approval. need of US-flag ships for a "50- ing expensive delays in port. As I See It.. Page 4 Up until now, any freighter or 50" law to prop their operations Burly Page 16 and the existence of similar legis­ tanker that failed to make port by Crossword Puzzle Page 8 lation in other maritime countries. 5 PM had to anchor out and wait Editorials Page 9 As witnesses pointed out to Con- overnight for Quarantine inspec­ Galley Gleanings Page 15 tion the next morning. Even more Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 affected were ships that came into Labor Round-Up Page 8 port on a Saturday night since Letter of The Week Page 9 'EUis island' they had to hold over until Mon­ Letters Page 16 morning. Then gangs of long­ Going Ashore? day Maritime Page 8 shoremen hired to handle the Meet The Seafarer Page 8 Ellis Island, a familiar New ship's cargo would be idle until the SAN FRANCISCO—Beneficiaries of the 45 lost crewmem- Notices, Personals Page 17 York harbor landmark for Sea­ ship docked. It's been estimated bers of the ill-fated Pennsylvania have received $520,000 in Off Watch Page 14 farers and for over 60 years that 40 percent of the shipping en­ Port Reports Pages 12, 13 tering New York harbor is affected settlement of their suit against the States Steamship Com- Quiz the chief immigration station Page 14 4 by the delays. pany. The Pennsylvania, a for the US, may become a Ships' Minutes Page 17 Passage Long Sought Victory ship, went down in dio reports from the ship were that SIU History Cartoon Page 6 municipal version of the Fed­ Consequently shipping interests the Pacific on January 9, 1952, it was out of control and had suf­ Sports. Line Page 15 eral Government's Alcatraz fered a cracKfed hull. It was be­ Top of The News for the last four years have urged with loss of all hands. Page 6 Prison in San Francisco Bay if - passage of this kind of a bill which As a result of lawsuits filed on lieved that crewmembers aban­ Vote of Thanks Page 9 present plans go through. The would do away with these expen­ behalf of beneficiaries, the com­ doned ship as the Coast Guard Washington News Letter. .Page 7 Immigration and Naturaliza­ sive delays and permit more flexi­ pany took legal action in the courts later found two overturned life­ Welfare Benefits ....Pages 18, 19 Welfare Report Page 18 ble scheduling. The cost of paying to limit its liability. This action boats in the area. tion Service, an agency of the The Pennsylvania was manned Your Dollar's Worth led to the lump sum settlement Page 5 the overtime is considered slight Justice Department, has asked in comparison to the savings in­ which will be allocated among the in the deck department by the Publlthtd biwtckly at fha haadquarUr* permission to transfer its oper­ volved in having the ship cleared beneficiaries. Sailors Union of the Pacific and be­ of tho Seafarorx Infarnational Unian, At­ ft Gulf DUtrlcf AFL, 675 Fourth ations inland to its offices in and at the dock the same evening The Pennsylvania was caught in low decks by the Marine Firemen, lantic Avanua, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tal. HYaclnth 9-6600. Entarad as lacond class mattar Oilers and Watertenders, both'af­ it arrives. a severe winter storm 700 miles upper Manhattan. at tha Post Offica In Brooklyn, NY., undar tho AOt of August 24, 1912. .Customs and Immigration offi­ northwest of Seattle. The last ra­ filiates of the SIU. OK Near On Bill To End Long Quarantine Delays SEAFARERS LOG $520,000 Paid Kin Of 45 Lost On Pennsylvania p.'" Il- �m 20, rosi SEYFI^^W the' ^=.n~ • — • Page Thre* - i/ 'StSesear'^ybposJi. (The following intefoiew never took place, and, fortunately. Professor Entwhistle doesn't exist, but the line of thinking followed in the story could conceivably arise if we were to take seriously the suggestions re­ cently offered' by the former head of thp Maritime Commission and apply them to the entire nation. We hope no one will take "Professor Entwhistle" seriously A proposal by Vice-Admiral Emory S. Land (retired) that US merchant ships ought to transfer to foreign flags because it costs less to run them that way has inspired a super-duper plan to revamp the entire American economy. Dr. Frabjous R. Entwhistle, professor of economics at Secaucus University, has submitted a draft of the plan to the SEAFARERS LOG. In short, it involves transferring all of American industry to the Panamanian, Honduran and Liberian flag, abolishing all subsidies, tariffs, throw­ ing'out union contracts and getting rid of all the high costs that plague our country. "The possibilities are terrific," Dr. Entwhistle said at a press con­ - New Orleans port membership meeting of August II votes overwhelmingly by show of books to ap­ prove secretary-treasurer's report and recommendations for number and posts of elective offices in ference called to reveal the plan. "By cutting costs to the bone we can the Union. Similar votes in all ports paved way for opening of nominations on August 12. assure the most, profitable era in the history of our flourishing Ameri­ can economy." The economist admitted that one prospect that was troubling him was the fact that our productive resources might not be readily avail­ able to us in time of war and might even fall into the hands of the Communists. But he said# "in the words of Admiral Land this is a 'calculated risk' we.have to take to assure higher profits for our in­ dustry." Admiral Land has stated that we might not get our ships back in a national emergency# but that's a "calculated risk." When qheried by one reporter as to how this would affect the Gov­ ernment's tax income, the doctor snorted that he had that problem licked too. "Everybody realizes," he continued, "that the bulk of our Govern­ ment expense is for defense purposes. All we have to do is transfer our Army and Navy too. In other words we will set up a big foreign legion and be able to hire soldiers, sailors and airmen for a few cents a week. The savings will be immense." Entwhistle gives fullest credit to Admiral Land for his proposals. The Admiral will be remembered by Seafarers as the war-time head of US shipping and the' old Maritime Commission. He is best known fur his famous statement that he would like to shoot union leaders be­ fore sunrise for calling strikes. Admiral Land said in brief, "The high costs of operation (of US ships) are brought about by American wage standards, repair costs, taxes and stricter inspectiqp laws." Hence the need for transfers. A strong merchant marine, *he Admiral said, was impossible without Government subsidy—and subsidies cost money. ^ Carrying Land's ideas a few steps forward. Dr. Entwhistle called for abolition of all subsidies, minimum wage laws, tariffs, restrictions on foreign labor, safety laws and other regulations that might hinder lowcost operations. "Look at the airlines," he said. "The Government spends millions each year to keep American planes running. Foreign-flag planes can do just as well,, and we're sure that they woiild be available in times of defense—at least we hope we're sure." Then, he went on to explain, there were people in the Government spending thousands- each year to catch Mexican "wilbacks" and send them back to Mexico. "It's ridiculous," he exploded, "Here we have people who will work for 15 or 20 cents an hour and we're chasing 'em awav! We should invite them in with open arms." ^ Enlarging on his subje«t, the doctor tleclared: "Let's take US Steel for an example. There's a good sized company that really could operate if it wasn't subject to all sorts of foolish red tape and r^trictions like union contracts, minimum wage laws, taxes and all kinds of, expenses. These eat up all but a part of the profits and the shareholders aren't getting anywhere near the amount of money they should. "But I have high hopes for t^e company," he added. "They're finally beginning to wake up to the economic facts of life. For example they are putting all their brand new ore ships under the Liberian flag. The savings are tremendous! Now if the company could only transfer all -^ts rolling mills, blast furnaces and blooming mills to Liberian registry can't you imagine the profits that would roll in! I'm sure we could get workers to man the mills fur 40 or 50 cents an hour. It would be a boon to the economy." "But Dr. Entwhistle," called one reporter from the back of the room, •-'if all that you say is true and we follow your suggestion, what will happen to the nation's purchasing power and our American standard of living and the millions and millions who wijl be out of work?" "No comment," he said. "Conference closed. No further questions, gentlemen." . • Nominations Open In SIU Elections Nominations are now open for all qualified SIU members who desire to run for Union officeJn the SIU's biennial election. The action by membership meetings in all ports Wednesday night approving a total of 49 elective posts cleared the way for nominating to begin the morning of August 12. The nominating period will end at midnight, September 11. In accordance with the Union's constitution, the nominating procedure is simple. All a Seafarer has to do to nominate himself is to write to headquarters stating the office for which he wishes to run. With this letter he is required to submit proof of The membership - adopted resolution opening the elec­ tions for SIU 4>fficials and the qualifications necessary for nomination are on Page 5. three years' seatime as an unli­ censed man, proof of citizenship and of two year's continuous mem­ bership in the Union. , Four months of the seatime must be in the current year ex­ cept in cases where the candidate has already been serving as a Un­ ion official. 100-Word Statement ^ In addition, each candidate is re­ quested to send in a passport photo of himself and a statement of ICQ words or less summarizing .his Union record. The photograph and the statement will be published in the SEAFARERS LQG before the election gets underway. Candidates' qualifications will be examined by a credentials com­ mittee that will be elected at a later date. Voting will begin on November 15 and run for two months through January 15, 1955. The newly-elected officials will take office on midnight, March 31, 1955, for a two-year terra. The number and distribution of elective posts in this year's voting will be the same as it was two years ago with but one change. In­ stead of electing six joint assistant secretary-treasurers three will be elected representing the shipboard departments and three will be joint. This step has been taken to assure that every shipboard de­ partment is represented at the headquarters level. Consequently the roster of posts open is as follows: Headquarters: One secretarytreasurer; one deck assistant secre- 1 I Reading clerk Buck Stephens reads report and recommendations on SIU election procedure to attentive New Orleans membership. tary-treasurer, one engine assistant West Coast officers will continue secretary-treasurer and one stew­ to be appointive as has been tradi­ ard assistant secretary-treasurer; tional in the Union due to the three joint assistant secretary- fluctuating nature of SIU shipping treasurers. on that coast. Boston: One port agent, one joint In urging qualified members to patrolman. nominate themselves, SIU Secre­ New York: Three deck patrol­ tary-Treasurer Paul Hall declared, men; three engine patrolmen; "Large scale participation by the three steward patrolmen; six joint ^membership in the activities of the patrolmen. SIU has been one of the pillars of Philadelphia: One agent, one our Union's strength. To maintain joint patrolman. the vigorous activities of our Un­ altimore: One agent, four pa- ion, every qualified Seafarer is men (one deck, one engine, one urged to participate in the eiecsteward, one joint patrolman). tion of officials, just as these Norfolk: One agent, one joint members have been elected t» patrolman. serve as delegates aboard ship and Savannah: One agent, one joint as Union committee members patrolman. ashore. i Tampa: One agent, one joint "All Seafarers who want to con­ patrolman. test for office are urged to get Mobile: One agent, four patrol­ their nominations in so that their men (one deck, one engine, one names can appear on the official steward, one joint patrolman). A&G election ballot." .New Orleans: One agent and In 1952 there were 75 candidates four patrolmen distributed as in running for the 49 offices open. Mobile. This was the largest number of Galvestpn: One agent, one joint candidates ever to file for an elec­ patrolman. • tion in the SIU. S �.. ^/ i,fTTr.-.i", ^ SEAFARERS r»ce Four IE. f/i.: '• rv-"V.".'-"'. ^>-r. • LOG AvffWt <#,1954 Hope Fades For Hospital Reopening MOBILE—Any possibility that the old marine hospital here, now operated as a USPHS out-patient clinic, ever will be reopened as a full-fledged hospital will be a dead issue pro­ vided plans now under consideration are put into effect. The Sixth District Tubercu-"^ losis Sanitorium Assn., repre­ clinic. Tentative plans call for re­ two dentists> a dental hygienist, two nurses, a pharmacist. X-ray senting six South Alabama locating the out-patient clinic in technician; physical therapist, ad­ the old US Court and Customs counties, has been seeking the hospital building for use as a dis­ Building at St. Francis and N. ministrative personnel and a fourtrict sanitorium, a proposal which Royal Streets In downtown Mobile. man maintenance staff. Mobile Seafarers requiring hos­ Closed For Z Years would require relocation of the out-patient clinic. The Marine Hospital was closed pital attention must go to New Frank S. Keeler, Mobile, presi­ two years ago after more than 100 Orleans, site of the nearest USPHS dent of the Association, said the years of continuous operation. hospital. Emergency cases are ad­ General Services Administration, Since then, limited space in the mitted to local hospitals. The out-patient clinic has per­ which administers public buildings, building has been utilized by the had approved transfer . of the USPHS as an out-patient clinic formed a worthy service for Sea­ building to the association as soon staffed by four medical officers, farers living in Mobile. It enables as it can be vacated by the USPHS including the director of the clinic. them to obtain adequate medical care while living among family and friends once they have been placed on out-patient status. Other­ wise they would be required-to remain in New Orleans or com­ mute the 154-mile distance be­ tween the two port cities. BuUdlng Is Old The proposed relocatip.n plan would require other governmental offices in the old Customs Build­ ing to vacate to provide adequate space for the clinic. The clinic staff would prefer to be located in some other building,-preferably a new one designed for efficient clinical use. Services provided by the clinic will not be curtailed by the shift, provided adequate space is pro­ vided to house all present facili­ ties, staff members said. New Orleans Shuffles Offices, Ups Services Keep Draft Board Posted At new patrolman's office behind. dispatch counter in NO SIU hall. Seafarers Thomas "Whitey" Plunkett (left) and Andy "Schnozz" McCloskey get interpretation of clause in new SIU freight contract supplement from Patrolman C. M. Tannehill. NEW ORLEANS—^In a move designed to improve service to the membership, several departments have been shifted to new quarters in the New Orleans SIU hall. SIU headquarters urges all draft-eligible seamen to be sure they keep their local Se­ lective Service boards posted on all changes of address through the use of the post cards, furnished at all SIU halls and aboard ships. Failure to keep jour draft board Informed of your where­ abouts can cause you to be listed as a delinquent and be drafted into the services with­ out a hearing. The Union in such cases can do nothing to aid Seafarers who fail to com­ ply. FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW THE SIU HAS BEEN FIGHTING, YEAR by year, to make sure that US ships would receive at least half the cargoes Uncle Sam sends to his allies overseas. .After seven years the fight hSs come to an end because Congress has passed a law which says that "50-50" will be permanent from now on.. This fight is as good an illustration as any of the value of seeing a good beef through to the bitter end. If at any time during the past seven years the SIU and supporters of "50-50" had backed away from a fight, the issue would be dead and buried for all time. As it is right now, "50-50" appears far more important to the jobs of seamen and the well-being of US shipping than it did when the beef first started. That was when the Marshall Plan administrator threatened to throw "50-50" out the window because the rates offered by US operators were not to his liking. At that time, nobody expected foreign aid programs to- last ^s long as they have. It was figured all around that two or three years would do the trick and put jvartime allies back on their feet again. Now though, it looks like the foreign aid programs will continue indefinitely. For that matter, the carriage of Government cargoes wasn't as vital to US ships then as it is now, because then US^fiag operators were carrying a respectable share of foreign commerce.. Today it's another story. The foreign flag operator has taken-over the great bulk of commercial cargoes, over 70 percent of them. So looking back at the situation from today's point of view, the fight the SIU put up on the issue from the very beginning has paid off year after year for Seafarers and will continue to pay off for an indefinite number of years to come. The membership will agree that seven years is a long time to fight a beef through. It goes without saying that your Union could not have been successful in this issue if the Seafarers in the first instance seven years ago had not^ taken this up as a personal beef of every member of the Union. The result was that your Congress and your Government was thoroughly impressed by the fact that this issue is of vital concern to the well being .of a large number of Americans. 4 4 4., IT'S A GOOH THING EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE FOR THE Union brothers to remind themselves of the valuable services per­ formed by the shipboard delegates. The job of a ship's delegate is not an easy one, but itris a key cog in the functioning of the Union and the successful settlement of shipboard beefs. Since the shipboard delegate is elected by the membership on board the ship to represent them, he can do the very best kind of a job for his shipmates when they back him up'all the way. That way the skipper and the other officers know that he represents the entire crew and will be less likely to try to pull any fast ones. And of course, the companies know that the Union will back up the i delegate on every legitimate berf. With an efficiently-functioning; system of shipboard delegates, crewmembers tend to get along much better and are a lot more satisfied on the job. That helps the membership in niany ways because smoothrunning, clean ships meam-more jobs for the, entire membership. It's been the Union's-experience that where a delegate has the con­ fidence and support of his shipmates that the ships come in for payoffs a lot cleaner than otherwise. That's why with the Union's delegate system well established qn board ship, most SIU ships have only minor problems tcdispose of when they reach that payoff port. The patroUnan's office was"* moved from "the third down to the second deck and in­ stalled behind the dispatcher's counter for the greater conveni­ It's been a long roundabout trail to a college diploma for ence of the membership. All vacation applications and Seafarer Ed Larkin but after detouring via several years at other welfare services are now sea, Larkin is now assured of his goal. One of the four being handled over the dispatch­ winners of the SIU's $6,000' er's counter on the second floor, .scholarship award, the 28- the. Lakes that he had his first which is the shipping floor, instead year-old Seafarer intends to taste of sailing. By the time he of from the third floor as was the return to his studies this fall at graduated grammar school in 1939 former practice. Cornell University's School of In­ his father had passed on and two Service Consolidated dustrial and Labor Relations after years later, while he was a student Forms which the .membership completing a summer's shipping as at a trade high school his mother may use to apply for retroactive chief electrician on the SIU- died, leaving him on his own. pay due them from various compa­ manned Wacosta. Variety of Jobs nies under the new freight con­ In the years since 1941 when For the 'next year and a half tract supplement are available at he left high school in mid-stream, he drifted in and out- of a variety the new patrolman's counter. Larkin has been knocking around of tough, low-paying jobs. They The biggest advantage to the as sawmill hand, ranchhand, oil included a six-month stint on an membership resulting from the field worker, construction worker, Iowa farm just for room and board. move is that members now will be seaman and shipboard organizer, He worked for a while on Civilian • able to attend to welfare applica- always with the idea of complet­ Conservation Corps projects and tiohs and all other Union business ing his education somehow. He served as a woodworker and ranch at one place without the necessity hand in the northern Middle West. of climbing the stairs to the third In September, 1942, he ,took This is the fourth and last in a floor. The compact arrangement what he described as "the most Ed Larkin series of feature articles on the also will add to efficiency in the important step in my life" when four. 1954 award winners un­ operation of the, New. Orleans the he shipped as coalpasser on the without; incident, and der the SIU Scholarship Plan. branch. J. E. Upson, an ore-carrier out of fighting was over he answered the An office for stenographic per­ Duluth, Minnesota. He returned to SIU's c^l for volunteer organizers sonnel .was established in the of­ took a big step in that direction the Lakes for a;while the follow­ in , the Isthmiane S.teanjship .Comr fice previously occupied by patrol­ when he won a labor scholarship ing summer, later in the year goi pany drive. All the while though, men on the third floor. The port to Coleg Harlech,' Wales, in 1952, ing. to Baltimore anff stalling -qn he still hung .onto the ddeg. of .re­ agent's office remains on the third and now this second scholarship deep sea ships! .'.'The following turning to .school..... ; ^ deck, but was moved into the space award will fulfill the, long-held year," he said,. "I joined what was "The*Wprst post-war shock I re­ .fonnerly used as stenographer's ambition. ...... .. then » small iitilon (after making ceived" he says, "was that all mer­ r office. The Gulf Area LOG office. Larkin was born in the Great a trip to the.^Fa^ East. That uniop, chant seamen were to be excluded was_set .uB. in the office siiace for-, Lakes port of; Milwaukee,: on the, SIU, -wM my .turning; .point". from the- GI BilL of.(JUghts and dts meriy occupied by the MSmUi t vember/ 11, .1925, and it was oi EetJtiB Shipped 41Vough,;the .waredM5)t,tional,jirngrathSg .1 -Jiad, # few SIU His Reason For College Aims m fcrvv. years of high school to -make up, not to mention college and the cost was terrific." However, he managed through correspondence courses to win a New York State high school equivalency diploma in 1948, only to find that the admis­ sion jam caused by veterans and shoreside , high, school graduates made it next to impossible'to get into school. Disgusted, he signed a two-year contract as electrical foreman for an oil company in Venezuela. He*" returned to New York in 1950 and made a round, the world trip on the <Eteel Age. A brief interlude working on a US Air Force-Base in Casablanca followed. Finally in 1952, Larkin got his first major break when he was accepted by the Institute of In­ ternational Education as a labor scholarship winner for a one year course , in Coleg Harlech^ Wales. Tbe good news: came to him while he was aboard the Robin Eberwood in lifombassa., "I'm studying labor relations now at, Cornell,'!, he concluded, "but U.wasr.ten.years ago in the SIU that the. meaning of unionism dawned oil me. When I complete my schooling t bope to b,e able itp.aa^t the-cause thot'S:done so 0!uck^,fue,V. �Aatust 2«, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Cr0w Finds 33-Day Stay In PR 'Okay' Pare Fire Ask US Probe Of Onassis Oil Crab MOBILE—The SIU crew aboard the Claiborne (Waterman) returned to Mobile August 6 after a. 33 day tie-up in the Puerto Rican long­ shore strike with a clean ship and in good spirits. "Sure, some of the guys were in convenicnced by the long stay in San Juan," said Chief Steward Charles "Red" Turner. "But every­ body was in good spirits, morale was high and the crew took the tie-up in typical SIU style.' Every­ body knew the Puerto Jlican long­ shoremen had a good beef and we knew it was for a good cause." The Claiborne and the Azalea City, also a Waterman ship, were caught at dockside when the strike began. Although the ships had stores for only a normal 14-day trip, feeding Checking unclaimed luggage is Frank Bose, in charge of head­ was not too great a problem. Tur­ quarters baggage room. Under Union rule of long standing, bag­ ner said. gage not claimed in 90 days is forwarded COD to Seafarer's last No Food Problem address. Seafarers should make sure to fill out luggage tickets The Ciaiborne had j)lenty of fully and retain their half of stub so that they will havve no dif­ meat, chickens, canned goods, rice ficulty in claiming their property. and a quantity of fresh fruit in her reefer cargo, part of which was used to supplement the stores on both ships. The fresh fruit and vegetable cargo oh the Claiborne included lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, peaches, plttms, watermelons and cantaloupe. "We got plenty of work done and came back with the cleanest ship The skillful and dramatic rescue of 26 crewmembers of a we have had in many a trip," said Liberian-flag tanker by the SlU-manned Claiborne last year •"Andrews. AB, who wasn't too con­ has been retold in the October issue of the magazine "For cerned with the length of the tie-up Men Only." It was in March, • * since his wife resides in Puei^to 953, that the Claiborne came The magazine story is told by a Rico. upon the stern half of the Greek AB aboard the Angy who, tanker Angy and successfully took as it turned out, was an old friend off the remaining crewmembers. of Lazzaro's, having known him The Angy had broken in two in the from previous shoreside meetings course of a severe North Atlantic in Germany. Took Photos storm with the loss of ten lives. One of Lazzaro's photographs Appeared In LOG The story of the rescue first ap­ was ufed to illustrate the story of peared in the aSAFARERS LOG the rescue. Crewmembers of the of March 20, 1953. In a subse­ Liberian ship had been drifting quent issue of the LOG Seafarer helplessly for three days without V Augie Lazzaro, who was on look­ power or radi<^ when the stricken out at the time, submitted photo­ vessel was sighted by the Clai­ borne. graphs of the rescue operations^. Magazine Features Rescue By Claiborne pi A US Government investigation of the agreement between Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis and the Saudi Arabian government has been proposed as a means of blocking a potential monopoly of Saudi-* ^ Arabian oil shipments. Other ment on charges of illegally dis­ maritime nations are actively posing of Government surplus protesting the agreement which in tankers,- but there is some ques­ the long run would freeze all SlU- tion as to when he would ba manned tankers from the Saudi brought to trial as he has not been Arabian trade. in the United States for severad The terms of the agreement months. would give Onassis the right to The wealthy shipping magnate transport all oil not handled by the .has claimed that he only made the Arabian-American Oil Company. deal with Saudi Arabia to beat Aramco has been transporting his competitors to it. He was last about 40 percent of the Saudi Ara­ reported to be in Monte Carlo bian oil with the rest carried by where he owns the famed Mont# independent tankers from all na­ Carlo gambling casino. tions. In recent years, a good number of SlU-manned tankers have been utilized in the Saudi-Arabian trade, and have provided a considerable amount of employment for Sea­ farers accordingly. * See Law Violated The initiative for a Government investigation came from Repre­ sentative Emanuel Celler, Brook­ lyn Democrat, who charged that the Onassis agreement was a viola­ tion of US anti-trust and shipping MOBILE — A shipside import laws. Celler pointed out that the Onassis agreement, in his view, cargo storage warehouse to accom­ was a conspiracy in restraint of modate an increasing volume of im­ trade by persons or corporations ported goods is being constructed engaged in importing articles into as part of a half-million dollar e.xpansion and modernization pro­ the United States. A very large percentage of Saudi gram at the Alabama State Docki Arabian oil is hauled to the US here. The warehouse will be used for and consequently its importation falls under US laws and regula­ storage of such imports as crude tions. At present the rate for such rubber, copper ingots, peat moss, haulage is $4.90 a ton. The Con­ canned goods and jute bagging, gressman estimated that the On­ said J. P. Turner, general manager assis agreement will nearly double of the docks. It will provide the haulage rate, to $9.26 a ton, 1,100,000 cubic feet of storage thus increasing oil prices to con­ space and will have -rail sidinge and truc^ platforms for 4iandling sumers in this country. The US State Department has freight. Other improvements will include already announced that it has pro­ tested the Onassis agreement to roundhouse expansion and modern­ the Saudi Arabian Government. ization of the docks terminal rail­ Similar protests have been made way, a machine and repair shop by Great Britain, Finland, Norway for the bulk material handling plant and a new crane for moving and Denmark. Onassis already is under indict­ genera]^ cargo. Build New W'house For Mobile Port -f- YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Women Worst Fed in Family This is a column about wives, but addressed to the husbands too. Judging •from pictures of Seafarers after a trip, and letters to the LOG, Seafarers are fairly wellnourished, at least while aboard ship. But if the wives are like those of wage-earners' wives in general, the story is quite different. In most families, nutritional surveys have found, the babies are best fed, then the small children and the father, with the older children and mother gelling the least ade­ quate meals. , ' . One reason seems to be that when food costs are high, especially protein foods like meat, women tend to cut down on their own needs first. A survey by New York State health authorities found only 40 per cent of the housewives eating enough protein, compared to 83 per cent of the men. Furthermore, only 33 per cent of the housewives drank enough milk, and 20 per cent of the pregnant women (who especially need calcium), as com­ pared to about half the men. Wrong Fpods No Help But keeping down expenses is not the only reason for the poor eating habits of many women. Lack of nutritional knowledge is another, and so is plain indifference. Among adolescent girls and some Womein iob, the de,sire to keep slender is a big factor. ' (Actually, however, fat is no sigh you're well-nourished either. Stout people too often suffer from mainourishment, nntritionists point-oqt.) "jThe most urgent nutritional leswh women haye to learn is the importance of PCoteinf food like ni(eat, chee;5e,. f ggu and fish.;. For one thingit 'hciP you better utilize thh iron you get froni'your food; P^egnSnt wmnen Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying If you're concerned about high costs of meat at this and adolescent girls particularly need iron, but all women require it because they lose a certain amount of iron dur­ time, as you should be, use more eggs and cheese to ing menstruation. A high-protein diet helps the body supplement the protein in meat in dinner dishes. Eggs better utilize the iron it gets from other foods too. In have been comparatively reasonable in price this year. fact, a weli-balanced diet in general is necessary, because . US Agriculture Dept. nutritionists recommend families the calcium in milk and the vitamin C in fruits and vege­ try combinations of eggs or cheese with meat for main dishes. You'll also do better if you use other meat than tables also help your system utilize iron. x. Much of the malnutrition found among women is trace­ bacon at breakfast. able to insufficient breakfasts, nutritionists report. Many Other foods that are excellent sources of protein at com­ women eat only toast and coffee, and some just coffee, paratively low prices are canned pink salmon, canned when actually breakfast should supply one-quarter to one- corned beef hash, smoked beef tongue, dried skim milk third of the day's food intake, and besides should include in powdered or fiuid form. In cheese, cottage cheese and liberal portions of the protein foods. Cheddar give you the most nutrition for your money. As a matter of fact, breakfast is an inexpensive meal Suffer 'Hidden' Hunger at which to get a good ration of protein. A combination How is it people can be undernourished without feeling of a whole cereal with milk gives you a good helping of protein at low cost. Cereals themselves only supply what hungry? The reason is that most of us satisfy the hunger are called "incomplete" proteins, as compared to the com­ pangs withirhigh-calory snacks like coke and candy. But plete proteins from animal sources, but the milk roi^ds such snacks do not give us the vitamins and minerals we need for best health. Rather than an open hunger for food out the cereal nutritionally. as is often found in countries where food is scarce, we More Milk Necessary in this country. often have a hidden hunger because we Most women urgently need to drink more milk, and eat sugar products so abundantly. Men too often do them­ older women most of all. In general, older women eat ' selves injustice in this manner. A recent survey in New even more poorly than the younger ones.^ Jersey of 600 industrial workers found the men tended The average-sized, moderate-active women needs about to skimp on their regular meals, especially breakfast, when 60 grams of protein daily (the average man needs, about they were likely to eat only a sweet bun and a cup of 70, more if he has to do much manual work). A third of coffee. Then they would ease their mid-morning hunger this requirement shopld be supplied by your breakfast. with candy bars. While most men do drink more milk .When you consider an egg has about six, grams of pro­ than women, the survey found about a third don't get tein, a slice of bread two, grams,-, three-quarter of a cup . the pint of milk or its equivalent in milk products which of cereal with half a cup of milk'six .to eight, you see how is recommended for an adult man. About one^fourth of hearty a breakfast you iie^« ' ; the men surveyed were i jund to be low in calcium, which • Teenrage children heed; even ipoi^ protein than their they needed for sound bones and tseth, and proper func­ parents; about 75 to 90. gramSia dajr. • :; tioning of muscles and nerves. :3 1 �ras« Sis SEAFAtlERS Ancnst 2«. 1984 LOG Resolution On SIU Elections WHEREAS, under the constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf District, Article X, Section 1 d, the Secretary-Treasurer shall sub­ mit a pre-ballcting report; and WHEREAS, the office of the Secretary-Treasurer has carefully appraised the needs of the Organization in all ports and in Headquarters, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that the following offices be placed on the next referendum ballot of the Union for the election of the Officers of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf District, as per the Constitution: f- HEADQUARTERS. 1 Secretary-Treasurer 1 Assistant Secretary-Treasurer (Deck) 1 Assistant Secretary-Treasurer (Engine) 1 Assistant Secretary-Treasurer (Steward) 3 Assistant Secretary-Treasurers (Joint) NEW YORK 3 Deck Department Patrolmen 3 Engine Department Patrolmen 3 Steward Department Patrolmen 6 Joint Patrolmen ' ^ BALTIMORE I Agent 1 Deck Department Piatrolman 1 Engine Department Patrolman 1 Steward Department Patrolman 1 Joint Patrolman ~ . , V MOBILE 1 Agent 1 Deck Department Patrolman 1 Engine Department Patrolman 1 Steward Department Patrolman 1 Joint Patrolman NEW ORLEANS 1 Agent 1 Deck Department Patrolman 1 Engine Department Patrolman 1 Steward Department Patrolman 1 Joint Patrolman • BOSTON 1 Agent 1 Joint Patrolman PfflLADELPHIA 1 Agent '• 1 Joint Patrolman *ONE OF DIONNE SISTERS DIES—^The famed Dionne were reduced to four with the death of Emilie Dionne at age. The cau|^ of her death was listed after an autopsy complicated-by lung congestion. It was revealed that she ing from the disease for a great many years. NORFOLK 1 Agent 1 Joint Patrolman SAVANNAH 1 Agent 1 Joint Patrolman TAMPA 1 Agent 1 Joint Patrolman ^ GALVESTON 1 Agent 1 Joint Patrolman BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that in addition to the regular constitutional requirement, each candidate for office be requested to furnish with his acceptance for office a regu­ lation passport picture of recent taking as well as a statement of not more than 100 words, giving a brief summary of his Union record and activities, such picture and statement to be run in the SEAFARERS LOG just prior to the commencement of voting. This to be done in accordance with previous membership action to familiarize the membership with the names, faces, and records of all candidates for office. i-! i' 'i' -^ , ~ PAUL HALL Secretary-Treasurer I r * hi-' Qualifications For Nomination In A&G Election K- . ^tAN OIL TO FLOW AGAIN—^Agreement has been reached be­ tween Iran and eight major oil companies providing for production, shipping and refining of Iranian'^oil. The big terminal at Abadan will go back into business within three months. British,^ American and Dutch oil companies participated in the a^eement. Iranian oil pro­ duction and distribution was cut off in 1951 when Iran seized the propnties of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. quintuplets 20 years of as epilepsy was suffer­ NEW COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE MCCARTHY—The McCarthy iSfeue remained very fnuch alive as the Senate adopted a pr.oposal call­ ing Tor a new six-man body, three Republicans and three Democrats, to investigate charges made against the Wisconsin Senator. The charges were an outgrowth of a censure resolution submitted by Senator Flan­ ders, Vermont Republican, who asked the 'Senate to rebuke Senator McCarthy for his past..conduct. y t .REH NATIONS ACCEPT FOOD OFFER —An offer by President Eisenhower to supply free food to victims of Danube River floods has been accepted by the East German government and Czechoslovakia. Similar offers made to other Iron Curtain countries have met with-no response to date. The offer was.made after disastrous floods all along the course of the Danube destroyed homes, communications and crops. 4^ 4^ $ JAPAN'S PLIGHT WORRIES US—A severe drop in Japanese trade since the end of the Korean War has US officials worried that the Japanese will be forced to turn-to Communist nations to sell their products. Japan is buying far more abroad than the country can sell and may be forced into bankruptcy unless drastic steps are taken. 4 4> . 4i KEFAUVER VICTORY HEARTENS DEMOCRATS—An overwhelm­ ing primary election victory for Senator Estes Kefauver has heartened Democratic Party regulars. The Tennessee Senator defeated Repre­ sentative Pat Sutton by better than two to one in his race for re­ election. The nomination of Senators Kefauver, Sparkman of Alabama, Kerr in North Carolina and the failure of Governor Shivers of Texas to win a clear-majority for reelection are viewed as rebuffs to South­ ern backers of Eisenhower in 1952. 4" i 4i' ITALIAN TEAM CLIMBS K-Z-^An Italian mountain climbing ex­ pedition has reached the summit of Mt. Godwin Austin or K-2 as it IS known, in the Himalayas. The 28,500-fOot mountain was one of the two major Himalayan peaks that had not been climbed before. Its conquest, following the successful Everest climb, leaves 28,000-foot Kanchenjunga as the last major Himalayan peak not climbed by man. 4l' 4" 4" BALKAN DEFENSE PACT SIGNED—Turkey, Greece and Yugo­ slavia have signed a 20-year agreement pledging mutual assistance in Qualifications for candidates for A&G elective offices are as follows: the event of An attack by a foreign power. Signing of the treaty is 1. The candidate must be a citizen of the United States^ considered another victory for the West and assurance- of Yugoslavia's 2. The candidate must have held an SIU meihbership book for a miniihum of- two years permanent break with the Soviet Union. r J.,7:*^^ -:.ii\- ' . •^,- prior to the election; ' • 3. He must have served a mfliimum of three years' actual sea time in any imlicensed capacity aboard ship; 4. Four months of that sea time must be in the jurrent year, except that service as a Union official in the current year is considered the equivalent of this requirement; 5. The candidate must submit a recwit reflation-size passport photo of himself, plus a statement of 100 words or less summarizing his record since joining the Union. Cartoon History Of The SIU 4" 4? , 4" CHICAGO GANGSTER FREED, JAILED —Roger "Terrible" Touhy, leader of a prohibition-era mob and rival of A1 Capone, was freed briefly, after 20 years in prison. A Federal judge threw out a total of 298 years in sentences on the grounds that Touhy was "framed" by the Capone liiob in a kidnaping and wrongly sentenced to 199 years after an escape attempt. Two days later, legal action by Illinois jailed him again. Fishermen For SiV No. 70 wm Early in 1949, the SIU of North America had char­ tered two new affiliates, the Marine Allied Workers and, Brotherhood of Marine Engineers. Then, in, December, the SIU of NA gave a strong push to the AFL drive for "One Million M«nbees in '50" when 4,090 Gulf Coast fishermen voted to go SIU. & • Allied now with thousands of other SIU fishery craft workers, the 4,000 nbw members of the "Brotherhood of the Sea" had belonged to the Gulf Coast Shrimpers and Oystermen's Ass'n. The organizing success.was paced by the leading jrole played by SlU-A&G Dis­ trict officials in the merger talks. •.-*7 -i; In the spring of 1950, the AFL drive got another big book, when 4,000 Missiskppi flshemen voted unani­ mously for a link with the SIU of NA. Also aided by SIU-A&G officials, the afiUiation of the inde­ pendent Oyster Shuckers Aes'n meant a total of 8.000 SIU members in less Uiah six months. �Aurnst 20, 1954 SEAFARER S LOG^ Pacre Sevea SIU NEWSLETTER from WJ^HINGTON ' • ' —I THE OUTLOOK IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS FOR THE SHIPbuilding industry in this country has completely changed. Whereas just a couple of months ago the future for American shipbuilding and repair yards was bleak indeed, recent Congressional appropriations of more than $160,000,000 for the repair and building of vessels prom­ ises to produce a boom In that Industry, the likes of which thd nation has never known in peacetime. Under the emergency ship repair program. Congress is earmarking money for the repair of many ships now in our laid-up fleets—an emergency security move to. put these vessels in shape for any future emergency. The repair contracts will be entered into within 24 months, and/spread among the yards on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Coasts. It's estimated the whole job will cost upwards, of $45 million, so that more money for this purpose will be requested of Congress next year. Two tanker programs approved by Congress call (1) for the trade in by industry of tankers 10 years of age or older, and construction - by private operators of about 10 new tankers, with the traded in tank­ ers to go into the Government's reserve fleet, and (2) construction of 20 new, high'^speed tankers. 5 by the Government and the remaining 15 by private operators, with the latter to be chartered by the Navy. Art editors" E. P. Eckhardt, USCG, and J. L. Abston, tugboatman Commenting on these two new tanker Acts. President Eisenhower (I-r, standing) discuss new publication of patients at USPHS Hos­ said that they will help to modernize our tanker fleet, reduce our se= pital in New Orleans with SIU member Spider Korolia, acting rious mobilization deficit in such .tonnage and create a Governmenteditor. » owned and maintained tanker reserve for defense purposes. In another program, involving construction of combination passen­ ger-cargo ships by two American lines, the Government will advance its share of $44.6 million dollars in construction subsidies. . Additionally, Congress has approved an appropriation of $11 million for the experimental modernization of four Liberty ships now in the reserve fleets, with the idea of increasing their speed to determine their suitability in event of any future emergency. American shipyards also can look forward to substantial Naval NEW ORLEANS—^Beginning with an eight-page mimeo­ construction as well as construction by the Military Sea Transportation graphed edition distributed in August, patients at the USPHS Service in private yards of about 4 special-purpose type cargo vessels. hospitaLhere have published the first of what is intended to 4" 4" 4" be a series of monthly publi^— IT WAS A COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED MOVE WHEN BOTH cations. notes of interest about various pa­ Senate and House recently passed the permanent 50-50 bill, under which The inaugural issue was tients and contained news about at least 50 percent of US Government cargoes moving abroad must be named simply "First Edition" and members of the hospital staff. carried in American-flag vessels. The successful fight, in which launched with a cover page draw­ This bill had been held up in Congress chiefly by the US State De­ ing by E. P. Eckhardt, a patient, the SIU took a leading part, to pre­ partment. Foreign lobbyists, principally Great Britain had forcefully of a ship in full sail. The publica­ serve the Federal budget for attempted to have our own State IJepartment block passage of this tion is conducting a contest among USPHS hospitals, was referred to major maritime law. For a while, as reported earlier in this column, the» patients for selection of a name in an editorial comment that "the it looked as though the foreign lobbyists would be successful in their for future editions. unions and all seafaring men put efforts. , ^ up a terrific fight to keep the hos­ Packed With News pitals operating."' Due to last-minute pressure by American maritime unions and steam­ The first issue, edited by SIU "This same fight will come to us ship lines, the permanent 50-50 shipping law was approved by both Houses of Congress on August 12, 1954 and sent to President Eisen­ member DuskaJ>. "Spider" Korolia* next year, so keep in touch with hower for approval. with Mrs. Miriaqi Phillips, hospital your Senators >and Congressmen The legislation has met with White House objection in the past so recreation director, serving as staff urging them-to keep all USPHS that it remains to be seen whether the President will approve the advisor, was packed with personal hospitals open," the editorial said. 50-50 bill. PHS Patients Begin Own H/lontltly Paper 4' SINCE 1939, SOME 13 NATIONS WHICH DID NOT EVEN HAVE merchant fleets have sincejentered the maritime scene. . Even land-locked Switzerland noy^ has a 30-ship merchant mar^e^ 4> 4 3^ - . MOVING TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF US CITIZENS, CONgress has approved a bill under which the Secretary of State, in cases where our vessels are seized by foreign countries, will take action to attend to the welfare of the vessels and crews while so held by the • foreign nations, and to secure release of the vessels and crews.' The new law will apply to any private US vessel documented or certificated under our laws, but does not apply to a seizure made by a country at ymr with the US or a seizure under the provisions of any fishery convention or freaty to which this country is a. party. While thus far seizures of vessels upon assertion of lerritorial claims not recognizedv..by the US have been limited to fishing vessels, the danger of expansion of such assertions of right to other US-flag ships must be recognized. ^ 3^ 4 4 STATE DEPARTMENT SOURCES INDICATE THAT MOSCOW IS planning to pool the whole shipping of the East Block nations, as well as the shipbuilding industry of those countries. According to State, the plan is to standardke all shipbuilding in the East Bloc nations to the point where repairs and equipment of the whole East Bloc fleet can be carried on without loss of time in the ports. In the Soviet Zone of Germany alone, there are some 17 large yards employing over 60,000 personnel.' , 4 , 4 4 WITHIN'THE NEXT 24-MONTH PERIOD, AND PRESUMABLY IN the fah'ly near future, this country will again open up the 1,946 Ship Sales law, covering war-built ships (long since expired) in order to sell 8 C-I's to the Republic of Korea. This liberal move, adopted by Congress recently as an amendment to the Mutual Security Act, eventually will be a Ijlow to US ship lines. The ships probably'will be sold, or chartered, to Korea without any trading restrictions, meaning that they will be free to compete wth American-flag ships in the Pacific, and hot be confined to Korean costal waters. In the past Korea has purchased some C-I's from private US oper­ ators and these ships, under Korean flag, have competed in the Pacific. Under the new law,, although President Eisenhower has authority to impose comhiions on the sale of the 8 C-I's to Korea, it is not ex­ pected thsiX he will confine their use to the domestic whten «f that country. • « t' i a j y aha a'a »' « a » «- 4 a r * 9 4 k 4 « h i * e tt;» n t t ^ f P t Your SHJ Meeting Rights In order to constantly remind all SIU members of their constitutional rights in SIU membership meetings, the following state­ ment is read at the opening of all SIU meetings throughout the nation. These are the democratic'principles which guide all SIU meet­ ings: Any member present at this meeting and in good standing, who so desires, has a right to nominate himself to any official meeting job in this meeting. This also applies t^ a place on any committee that may be elected at this meeting. Any member present in good standing has the right at any time, if he so desires, to challenge the decision of the chair or ask for a division of the house on any sucn question. Any member may also request a show of books of- each man present who may votb on any question. Copies of the minutes of tonight's meeting will be available in Sdvance of the next regular meeting in the business office for the benefit of any member in good standing who wishes to read or study same before the next regular meeting commences., In addition to tonight's minutes being made available, the mem­ bership is advised that in each SIU business office where a Port is maintained in the continental United States, minutes of all SIU meetings, regular, special, financial, or otherwise are always avail­ able to any member in good standing who desires and so requests to read and study same. The officials and committeemen who will be elected at our meet­ ing here tonight as well as all of our other members present will be guided in the conduct of this meeting by the following. 1. The Union constitution. 2. Majority vote of the membership. 3. Robert's rules for order. If, in the opinion of any member in good standing present, he is denied by this meeting any of the above-mentioned rights, he is requested to call this to the attention of the secretarytreasurer, by registered mail, special delivery, return receipt re­ quested, before the next regular meeting so that, the secretarytreasurer will have sufficient time to submit copies of any such protest and a report on same to the membership 4t the following, regular membership meeting for actfon'thereon. In order to establish whether or ndt there is a quorum present, will all of those members in good standing please hold^ their books . up so that they can be counted. The membership count shows that there Is a quorum present. Therefore, this meeting will now come to order. The first point on the agenda tonight will be the election of oflidals for this meeting. Rule Eases Absentee Fed. Voting New federal regulations on vot­ ing provide that the Maritime Ad­ ministration will supply merchant seamen with the necessary infor­ mation and forms to apply for ab*'sentee ballots in their home states. Designed to make voting easier for merchant seamen and members of the Armed Forces, the regulation makes it possible to vote on a State ballot only. As part of the procedure, the SIU is being supplied With the necessary application cards, which require no postage, and a voting information bulletin. Seafarers interested in qualify­ ing to vote in the fall Congressional and State elections should write to Mr. Louis S. Rothschild, Maritime Administration, Washington 25, DC, for their ballot application forms. Or they can get them through the SIU headquarter^ of­ fice, which has received a limited number of these applications from the Maritime Administration. Name NY Lawyer To M'time Bd. President Eisenhower has ap­ pointed a Brooklyn attorney, G. Joseph Minetti, to fill a vacancy on the Federal Maritime Board. Minetti succeeds Robert W. Wil­ liams, as the lone Democratic member of the three-man board following Williams' resignation. The law provides that no more than two members of the board come from any one political party, requiring the appointment of an­ other Democrat to take William's place. Minetti was formerly Commis­ sioner of Marine and Aviation in New York City and also served on the city's Board of Transportation. He is a resident of Brooklyn and is considered a strong supporter of US flag shipping. Approve $ For Mobile Ship Depot MOBILE — Congress has ap­ proved an appropriation of $6,152,000 for start of construction of a new ammunition depot and ship loading facilities at Point Aux Pins, In South Mobile County near Grand Bay. The new installation, expected to serve many SlU-manned ships, will replace similar facilities at Theo­ dore which the Defense Depart­ ment considers inadequate. The appropriation will be for the acquirement.of land and the dredg­ ing of a ship channel during 195455, the US District Engineer's of­ fice here said. When completed, tha depot is expected to cost $26,951,000 and will occupy 15,380 acrei of land. ^ I •J M -•_v, I ' -^1 �Pace Eicht SEAFARERS Aocast 20, 1954 LOG msiiSiJi jiiiJBi SKivlr AKKII hp. The Port of New York Authority has under consideration a $14 mil­ lion project for construction of a 50-acre terminal at Point Breeze, Jersey City. The projected terminal would provide eight vessel berths, railroad sidings and other cargo-handling facilities... The Federal HARALD WESTPHAL, Steward. Maritime Board has approved two new passenger-combination vessels It may bp only for public con­ kets, soap and other necessities of for the Grace Line. The ships will replace the existing passenger ves­ sumption, but most seanien who life with him. sels Santa Paula and Santa Rosa. They would carry 300 passenger Question: .Do Americans who have bepn sailing ships will be By 1919, Westphal was sailing berths and cruise at 20 knots.. .The government of Israel has placed visit foreign countries help or hurt heard loudly proclaiming the vir­ regularly on American ships,' and orders in German shipyards for construction of seven vessels, two of. tues of canvas as against steam. consequently, he joined the old In­ them passenger cargo ships, at a coist of $17 million. The ships will the US? Not so with Seafarer Harald West- ternational Seamen's Union. He toe built as part of German reparations to- Israel. Most of the present Anthony Maniere, OS; Most peo­ phal. Although he started, fioine to still has his old book home, al­ Israeli fleet consists of vessels built in the 1930's. ple in foreign countries are glad sea on sailing., vessels and spent a though shortly afterwards the' to see us because couple of years-on th«n, he's all union disintegrated under a com­ School children in Gladwin, Michigan, have "adopted" the Ameri­ it means money for progress, particularly when it bined Government-shipowner qtcan President Lines freighter Lightning as part of a program to ac­ 11 for them from means more sPaworthinecs. better tack. He sailed on a variety of quaint the nation" with the work of the merchant marine. The children selling food, liq­ equipment and supplies and par­ ships until he went to jvork for will write monthly letters to the ship and will receive regular answers uor, souven i r s ticularly good chow for the steward Moore-McCormack in 1927 and as to developments on its transpacific run.. . The Kings Point Mer­ and other things. department to work with. stayed wifh them for nine years as chant Marine Academy graduated just 60 cadets, its smallest class in But when we go 12 years... Yugoslavia has completed five 4,200 to 4,700 ton freightWestphal concedes that, his last cook and steward. overseas it also trip on a sailing vessel had more ships as part of a ten year building program to revive that nation's Hog-Island Conversion hurts us, because than a little to do with his change merchant fleet . The last Mariner cargo vessel, the Silver Mariner, Most of the time he was on the the American of heart. It was an American ship Scanmail, a Hog Islander that had has been deUvered and will be operated by Moore-McCormack for six money, we spend going out of the Gulf for a trip to been converted into a combination months before being put into the mothball fleet. winds up in the black market and Fremantle,' Australia, carrying a passenger-freight ship. It went to J" t 4" Passenger cruises to Spitsbergen and North Cape will be offered is used for Commie purposes. cargo of oil iq small drums. What Baltic Sea ports like Copenhagen for the first time in 15 ^ears when the new Norwegian motorship statted out as a long voyage to the and Leningrad, carrying up to 130 J. Cruz, 2nd cook: I think it other side of the world came to a passengers and taking wood pulp Meteor goes into service next summer.. .Testimony has resumed in helps a great deal because it gives swift end four or five days oi^ on the return trip. "Those Hog Is­ the 3rd month of Arnold Bernstein's suit against the Holland-America Line. Bernstein charges he was forced to sign over his Red Star Line the people there when the ship ran into a hurricane. landers looked like cigar boxes but to Holland-America while a prisoner of the Nazis in 1937.. .Vacation a chance to see Among the casualties were two they were good sailors, and this trips on the installment plan (no down payment, two years to pay) what we are like, masts and all the captain's chick­ one had been pepped up so it could are being offered by American Express to prospective cruise travelers and how we live ens. "The old man tried very hard do 151/6 to 16 knots." ...A fire wrecked the Japanese freighter Asahisan Maru in thb'port in America. Most to save his chickens but they got In 1938 the SlU was formed and of Karachi, Pakistan. The ship was carrying a cargo of rubber, cotton of them don't Westphal was one of the first to washed overboard." know what free-; and rice. After that Westphal say's, he de­ join, getting his book in Mobile on dom is. They can if i> if cided to go modern and sail under November 23 of that year. For a The first cargo of iron ore from Labrador was unloaded at Buffalo understand it a steam. He's never run into much while he sailed pretty steadily out ^ from the Canadian freighter, John H. Price. It followed shortly after lot better when of the Gulf but in the last couple sailing trouble since. unloading of a cargo of .ore at Philadelphia from the same source, the we show them of years has shifted to New York Potato Diet newly-developed Ungava range on the Quebec-Labrador border.. .The the things we have and, can ^joy runs, coming off the Mankato Vic­ The bill of fare on that last sail­ tory his last trip out. Norton-Lilly company has added the 3,250 deadweight ton freighter in the US. ing ship was enough to discourage it Valencia to its South .^erican run out of New York . Salvage ex­ ' Has Four Acres Tom DriscoII, AB: One thing the him both as a professional cook , Westphal has a home and about perts are examining the wreckage of the 1,177 ton British freighter Spanker off the Netherlands coast to see if the ship can be saved. people in foreign countries don't and as a man who likes his food. four acres of land in Satsuma, Ala­ under stand i5 "The menu was the same eaci} bama, roughly halfway between The Spanker went aground off Hook Of Holland, Netherlands, and was what Aitiericans day," he said. "There were two Mobile and Birmingham. There he abandoned by its 18-man crew.. .The Anglo Iranian Oil Company re­ are like. They potatoes for breakfast, two potatoes grows enough vegetables for home ports that 10,000 tankers have 'taken on cargoes at Kuwait, Persian only know about for dinner, and if there was any­ use and keeps a few chickens. His Gulf, in the .last ten years. us from some old thing left over, the-crew could have wife is quite proud of her huge t t movies and what it for supper." The Navy has asked all ships in the Pacific to keep watch for a 35flower garden which is an absorb­ their -papers tell foot balsawood sailing raft, the Siete Hermaaitas. _ The raft is manned Westphal, who was born in Den­ ing hobby. fhem. When mark 56 years ago, started goipg by William Willis, 60-year old New Yorker, who is attempting a trans-' "Usually," 710 said, "1 stay home Americans go to to sea in 1917. His first ship was a about 2'/6 or 3 months a year at a pacific drift from Peru to Polynesia in the path of the famed Kon-Tikf . other countries, Norwegian three-masted barquen- time, -which is easy enough to do expedition... MSTS has ordered 100 lifeboat radios for lifeboats on they build a lot tine in the coal and ore trade. He because l ean make a good living Its troop transports. The radios can automatically send distress signals on two wave lengths...A $500,000 modernization program is under of good will and help explain our recalls it took 59 days from Den­ on SlU ships. So 1 have a real va­ way at the Alabama State Docks in Mobile. A new storage warehouse way of life 4o others. mark to the Delaware breakwatfer. cation and don't have to do any­ for import cargo is included in the program.. A 10,000-ton- Norwegian 4 4 From there they went to Norfolk, thing. Charles Stambull, chief electri­ picked up. a load of coal for Rio tanker, the Austanger, went aground on the Elbe River while headed "1 tried working ashore a few for Hamburg.. Test runs are planned in the near future for the Iberia, cian: It seems to me. we build g and then from Rio a cargo of ore times in hotels, restaurants, baker­ a new 30,000 "^ross ton liner under construction in Belfast for the lot of good will for home. ies and different places, but it Peninsular and Oriental Line. The new ship is 718 feet long and will in other coun­ Westphal was one of a two-man never worked out and 1 always carry 1,400 passengers on a i-un from England to Australia... Monte­ tries. Most sea­ steward department on the ship. gave it up. This way 1 have much video harbor operations were halted briefly last week by a 24-hour men today are He had to bri^g his own tools of more time off, I enjoy my work educated and stoppage of longshoremen seeking higher wages. the trade, knife and a fork, blan­ and travel all over the world." have some school­ ing and know how to act with other people. Be­ sides, we bring ACROSS DOWN IL Idle talk in everything to 34. Where the''New York trucking interests and The agreement between the Hotel 16. A European Liffey flows 1. Dame 1. Go to right them: food, equipment and even AFL Teamster Union locals are Trades Council, AFL, and the Ho­ country 36. Painting stand 4. A shipping line 2. New England 17. Fruit drink our own dough that we spend there. attempting to negotiate an area- tel Association of New York City 39. Dress 9. Navigation cape 20. Where Abadan 42. Eggs hazard wide agreement covering 30,000 calls for 25 years of service and 4 4 4 ' Parts of a is 44. Drive forward 12. Compass sailing race 21. Sufficient G. Wade, 2nd cook: When we drivers. The agreement would set age 65 as the minimum qualifica­ 47. What the trop­ hearing 22. White bear The Yokum ics have lots of 13. Loop rope go visiting other countries it helps up uniform contract terms through­ tions for the' pension. 24. Helps 49. Tht Fleet boy around pin 26. Curved people in those out New York City, Long Island, 50, Greek island Sheltered spot 27. Bright signs 14. Old Danish 4 4 4 . " 51. Wartime Swabs places to get a Northern New Jersey and the Hud­ coin 29. Another name agency Merger talks, are underway be­ Rowers 15. Member of b frt t e r under­ son valley. Fourteen local unions for the 53. Reguiation: An exclamation crew Marianas Abbr. standing of Amer­ and 18 employer associations are tween two Gift afdliates with a It carries the 17. God of war 31. He killed 54. Born fore-skysaU 18. Sault ica. - They only meeting regularly on the problem. view toward strengthening their or­ Hamilton 55. Greek letterMarie 10. Cargo from ganizations and coorcUnating op­ Duluth know what they 19. Away from , (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) 4 4 4 erations. Leaders of the CIO Oil center read about us - 21. A news agency All American Airlines planes Workers. International Union and and that's not 23. Island off have been grounded by a strike of the Gas, Coke and Chemical Work­ Donegal really enough. 1 25. Put new crew ers Union are in favor "of the step pilots in a dispute over working think we improve aboard hours. The dispute revolved about which would eliminate overlapping 28. Girl relations rather 30. Log house in jurisdiction and give them a com- ^ than hurt them by showing others the length of time of certain trans­ Russia continental flights which run 8V6 bined membership estimated at 32. Part of "to be" what Americans are like. 33. Frolicked hours. The striking pilots are 180,000. 35. A UN agency 4 4 4 members of the AFL Airline Pilots 37. Boy 4 4 4 Louis H. Goldberg, OS: It helps 38. River flowing Association. Studebaker auto plant workers in some ways and hurts in others. into Danube 4 4 4 . 40. Egyptian solar have approved a' company re­ For one thing, it disk Lumber workers in the North­ quest for a wage cut on premium shows us how 41. Mistake west US have been out on strike pay to bring rates closer to levels 43. Mr. Speaker of good we have it baseball for nearly two months in g dispute at "Big Three'' auto plants.' plant here, and helps 45. Doctor of over .yirages. Some settlements employeesj members of the United Science: Abbr. those overseas fi­ 46.. Open to view have been madp on . the basis of Automobile. Workers (CIO) voted nancially because 48. Crew members increases ranging from five to 12V6 down the cut but the plan was 80- Navy depot in the money we • Hudson cents an hour, but most employers accepted later when the company spend is needed S2. Flying machine Have refused to sign new contractis. said it would cancel its contract 56. Be in debt ' there. But it also 57. Funeral music 4 • 4. 4 with the union. A similar cut was hurts us because 88. Ex-G.L Pensions of :|40. a month' have approve^' some months i ago at ^ the foreigners make 59. Girl's nickname «... Part of -flsfa^ a profit on us and get the dough been negbtiated' for 35ibO,0(. workers Kaisec^Wlilys plant in« Toledo,: ^ book n. Yes vote .iht •that lwit'A*ft«Wei#S«.here. LABOR ROUND-UP i �|^»^;M-ly^/ y«_^, 5P«v«,.;3 Auriul 2«» 1954 SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS #L06 Aagait 20. 1954 Vol. XVI, No. 17 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 92; NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, CaWe Address; SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALI., Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HZRBERT Bitiitra-,. Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BESNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, AL MASKIN, Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. ^ Pagre. Nine The Open Door! LETTER of the WEEK I^ominations Open This coming November 15 Seafarers will begin voting on 49 Union elective posts for the next two-year term. But be­ fore the voting starts, there is a one-month period of nomina­ tions, now open, in which those Seafarers who want to run for any Union office can do so simply by submitting their own names in writing to headquarters. •• - The SIU nominating procedure, is unique in that it is one of the few arrangements anywhere in which a man can nom­ inate himself. This is done, purposely to make it as easy as possible for a Seafarer to run for office. There are no compli­ cated slates and no involved nominating systems whereby a candidate has to get somebody'else to put up his name at a shoreside meeting. As a result o| this procedure, SIU elections have always attracted a sizable number of candidates, and in past years there have been a number qf new faces in the official family, . year by year, as rank and file Seafarers get chosen by their brothers for elective office. Now is .the time then for those Seafarers who want to run to put in their bid. The simple qualifications for the candi­ dates and the posts that will be up for election are listed in the pages of this issue. The rest is up to the membership. Wants US Flag For US Ships To the Editor: / The recent visit to New York harbor of the new million tanker, the W. Alton Jones, thrilled the people of this great port—par­ ticularly the seafaring people. Soon the Alton Jones' sister ship, the Statue of Liberty, will make her maiden voyage here and the public will again be told by ex­ pensive newspa­ per advertisements and fan­ \ fare what a mar­ velous feat of American inge­ nuity this vessel WHEN SUMMER'S HEAT farer comes from Australia and represents. really strikes on the Atlantic and joined the SIU in New York back Yet, I wonder Gulf coasts, all the fans in the on April 4, 1943'. He sails in the if the thrills and world don't seem to be of too deck department. e X c i t ement of much use. That's why Seafarers Rushton seeing these two Stanley Johnson and Allan W. McIT LOOKS AS IF THE ftlAKEnew ladies of the sea would not Arthur are out hunting for an air- up of the crew of the Yorkmar on turn to bitterness if the public conditioning unit for the mess- its next voyage is going to depend knew that these vessels, with their room of the Seatrain Savannah. a great deal on whether chief cook Cities Service stacks, fly the Liber­ iif it if Johnson and McArthur were Antonio Lalli stays on board. If ian flag and are manned by foreign elected a committee of two by the crew's -aves about the cooking crews. their shipmates are any indication, it appears that Also I wonder if the lavish ex­ after a thorough a number of men are likely to pile discussion at a off and follow him wherever ho It would be hard to exaggerate the importanc^-^of the per­ penditures on the advertisements shipboard meet­ goes. which appeared in the metropoli­ manent "50-50" bill that has been passed by both Houses of tan To put it briefly, the crew re­ ing on the pros newspapers, extolling the won­ Congress. While by itself no'cure-all for the ills that beset ders of the Alton Jones, could not and cons of air- corded in the ship's minutes that conditioning the Lalli should be "especially com­ the maritime industry, it should form part of a solid founda­ have been put to better use in crew mess. It was mended for fine food,preparation. equalizing the difference in wages tion for sustaining US-flag shipping on the higb seas for years agreed that after The crew indicated unanimous de­ between an American and a for­ ~ to come. the two Seafarers sire for him to be reshipped as eign crew. look into the chief cook." I wonder if Cities Service would Johnson There's no doubt that had there been no "50-50" legislation Lalli has been pleasing Seafar­ matter the crew tacked on to foreign aid bills in recent years, US-flag shipping not have found it far more advan­ would decide what, if anything, er's appe.tites for three years, since tageous to be able to say in its ad­ would be far worse off than it is now. As it is. Government- vertisements that "this vessel flies would be done. Generally speak­ he first started shipping out of in May, 19.51. He's owned cargoes have been the bread and butter for'^a good the American flag ana carries an ing though, the concensus of Philadelphia 48 years old and a native of the opinion was that each crewmemAmerican crew." I wonder if the segment of the industry. Keystone State. ber would make a sizable donation goodwill thus gained would not 4" 4- 4From the very beginning of the "50-50" issue, back in the have offset by far the wages saved at the payoff to cover all or part of the cost of a machine. PORT MOBILE HAD A Si^IALL days of 1948-49 when it was hotly fought over in Congress, by using a foreign crew. Johnson, who sails in the stew­ problem in membership discipline Asks Public To Awaken the SIU and its membership has been active up front On be­ ard department, has been an SIU which was settled to the satisfac­ I wonder when the American member for two years, getting his tion of all conceitied through the half of US-flag shipping. Membership action time and again public will finally awaken to the book in New York on July 24, 1952. action of a five-man membership ' in letting individual Congressmen know the feelings of Sea­ fact that greedy companies are 27 years bid and comes orig­ trial committee. The difficulties farers and their families undoubtedly had a great deal to do registering their ships under for­ He's inally from Georgetown, British arose because of the actions of an with the outcome. The words "well done", certainly apply to eign flags and stop patronizing Guiana. oiler on one of the Alcoa ships, Seafarers who took part in this fight. them. And I wonder if such an ac­ McArthur is a native of Tar-off who, it was charged, was repeated­ tion will make these companies Wellington, New Zealand, a distant ly getting gassed up on the job t t change their greedy policies. port that sees few American-flag and by his actions causing consid­ I wonder when the stockholders shigs. He joined the SIU in New erable unhappiness aboard ship. of this great company. Cities Serv­ York in May, 1947, and recently Left His Post A strangely fatalistic attitude toward the US merchant ice, will rise up in protest and celebrated his 27th birthday, The specific violation with which j; marine which almost seems to welcome foreign-flag transfers shout, "Stop this foreign registra­ the man was charged by all four tion of our ships!" I wonder when A TRIP TO KOREA IS QUITE shipboard dele­ was expressed recently by Vice-Admiral Emory S. Land (re­ these stockholders will realize that a different experience than most gates dealt with tired) who was head of the World War 11 shipping program. American prosperity depends on because it means entering one occasion The gist of Admiral Land's^ statement was that foreign-flag American employment, that their avoyages country that's still technically at when he left his registration by American shipowners is the only way out of petroleum sales depend on Ameri­ war and under military control. in mid-watch the present maritime situation. Otherwise, he says, US flag can labor, on American buying "Briefifig sessions" to acquaint post ostensibly to get shipping will disappear. power, on America's ability to con­ new men with what to expect some cigarettes The Admiral admits that there is a certain "calculated risk" sume. I wonder when they will ashore are certainly in order under and never re­ in^all this because crewmembers of ships under Panamanian, realize that their dividends come those circumstances, and that was turned. He was from a prosperous American labor what crewmembers of the Sea- later found sleep­ Liberian or Honduran flags might not be very friendly to the front. monitor received from Seafarer ing in the messYoung US and could be members of a Communist-dominated union. Carl Lawson on the outbound leg hall and one of Finally, I wonder when all of Along these lines, the Admiral could take note of the fact that these people will realize that a of the last voyage. the wipers had to take over for him right now a Panamanian freighter, the Amaryllis, is under a strong American merchant marine for the remainder of the watch. Union Procedurea 24-hour Coast Guard security watch in the port of Chacrleston, is one of the surest safeguards of While he was at it, Lawson dis­ As is the regular procedure, th« South Carolina. our liberties, and that the transfers cussed some of the procedures of Mobile membership elected a fiveThe "calculated risk" in'Admiral Land's outlook seems to of ships to foreign flags could deal the-Union, the way the delegate man trial committee consisting of be mostly risk and very little calculation. A few moments our national defense a stunning system works and other matters- H. B. Bette, Johnny Johnston, for the benefit of men who hadn t Wille A. Young, Johnny Ward and calculation should convince anybody that such a course would blow; Yes, I wonder about all these sailed much with the SIU before. H. Hurlsione to hear the case. The ^ be potentially disastrous to this nation. things. But at the same time I Lawson, of course, was,well ac­ committee look evidence and then There is an answer to US shipping problems but it does not hope—^hope that tht future will quainted with his subject-matter decided that it would recommend lie in abandoning the US^flag. That is an admission of defeat. see the c^apges made that are nec­ since he at one time had served as a $50 fine plus six months' proba­ The answer lies in more programs like the p«-manent "SOrSO" essary. For L still have faith in Union patrolman in San Franeisco tion on good behavior. The ae- « law and other legislative assists to US shipping, BB well as a America. and in other portobefore returning cused agreed that the findings had halt to redeless and self-defeating transfers to runaway Hags. - . BiiHh T. Bvahfoa to wiiUn»4b>TJi>R4> yean-old 5ea~ been-iiiMwe tihan-falr. ,7! Vote <m Thanks *50-50' Victory Flag Of Surrender '•i •J • 1 '•'i \ 'A 3 �SEAFARERS Fatre Ten LOG Aucust 20, IDS* IfeiiiiiiiSi': -• '\ mwrnmii i Traditional blessing of Father Herbert J. MulliJ Church, while standing! ing shrimp boat is spr p--' I K " best grade of shrimp down from $67.50 for a .210-pound barrel a year ago to $45. Prices of all grades werewolf about one-third, said Joe Murray, president of the SlU-afliliated Shrimpers and Oystermen's Association. . . • S Shrimp fishermen have been beset by difficulties since tha Federal gnti-trust division in April, 1952, charged the union with operating in violation of anti-trust laws. One trial of the case ended in a mistrial. A second trial is expected to be held this fall. Meanwhile, said Howard A. McDonnell, attorney for tha fishermen, the union is "pursuing, the same policy it has pursued since it was organized. "The union always has complied with state and Federal laws," he said. "There has been no violation of^'^Federal anti-trust laws. The action of the fishermen's union and its position is, and always has been, that of a labor union which has the right to bargain collectively for a fair return for the labor of its members." Some Feel Market Pinch b fe-*' Heralding the start of the 1954-55 shrimp fishing season, the biggest of the celebrations has just concluded in this Mississippi fishing and resort center. Several thousand SIUalfiliated fishermen along with cannery workers joined witH management and Biloxi civic groups to present the threeday Biloxi Shrimp Festival and Blessing of the Fishing Fleet. The fishing industry, amply supported by a thriving beach resort trade, is the backbone of the economy of -this longestablished Gulf Coast community. t- y f .: " ^ • i-.i:-::,-, riT j/,5v.'i3''-i :riW ^ r. Both fishing and resort industries put forth their best efforts to contribute to a joyful three-day festival that included a street parade, coronation of the 1954 Shrimp Queen, shrimp boat races, public merrymaking and the annual shrimp boat parade and blessing of the fleet. Thousands of visitors were- on hand to take part in the festival, sponsored jointly by the Chamber of Commerce and the Slavonian Benevolent Association of St. Nicoli, an or­ ganization of descendants of Slavic forebearers who were attracted to this region by its excellent fishing resources. Thousands On Parade' The big day for the fishermen was Sunday, closing day of the festival. Then they put out intathe Gulf—^the families • and friends aboard their gaily decorated trawlers to parade for hours close to the beach, jammed with an estiipated 20,000 spectators, and then pasr in single file to receive the,! ^blessipfr-of-the/.priest. J.,,,. !'!,!• Tbe funmakiftg wks - not: ifoticeably daippened by V de-: y. As for the fishermen, who often are at sea as long as 15 days on trips of up to 120 miles info the Gulf in search of shrimp, the declining market has resulted in hardship for some. „ .. . All, however, are hopeful that the beginning of the new season, which .is-expected to produce n-catch of hgarly Ifl. million pounds, will bring pCospeiity to skippers and crews who operate aboutrwiO trawlers oh a hasis of shares M)f the yield of each boat. ; . '! • The fleet supplies about 30 processing plants which can, freeze and prepare, the crustaceans for the fresh shrimp •..itnhirket. The'fishing and canneiy . workyiB done by the loeel im No fiesta or other^cej floats like the one ab| ; ; .ixi lliiiiipii ifc iiifc �'• / / August 20, 1984 SEAFARERS Page Eleven LOG ith- ' ) i1//' If ' ; /i I •Jr . ••?;;• .• :| vt:'m f .... . / t % I t» Mm ilpPI .J L ^ IsSgSSSsf? : m-MMi .. -1• M "J •l P;s • 'S :ii . - ,;i ••i\ the shrimp fleet is" offered by 1, pastor of Biloxi's St. Michael's' m anchored trawler. Each passikled with holy water. Visitors examine elaborate apparatus for de-veining shrimp. Newly-developed machine which featured ex­ hibit at Biloxi Community Center removes back veins of shrimp before they are put in deep freeze. 1954 Biloxi Shrimp Queen, 'Miss Kay Freeman, left, lends a hand at preparing shrimp barbecue. S Judges in huddle smile in agreement on prize-winning shrimp boats. Rear, right, is R. Matthews, SIU. pbration is complete without floats a nd a few pretty young maidens. Street parade featuring /e took place on the opening night of the three-day Biloxi Shrimp Festival. iv X iiiiiii V ^ t Joe Murray, head of SlU-affiliated Shrimpers and Oystermen, chats with SIU Asst.-Sec.-Treas. Bob Matthews. J 1 , IBg" j iiiSiilS iiiiliii:': ' - : . liiiiiP JV k ''s J ^ |S,0< ^iXnri Ed by JqhttiBoUrgeoiSi won. thejVdgesV hcK^ias shrhnii^^l^ Elabbrjately-decorated with pennants flying gaily in the i';| " wind, the trawler Steve M. Sekul passes the. judges., « . ^.v < M �JSEAF4RERS FW Twelve 'W- tOG PORT REPORTS Mobile: Dnion's On The Ball In Pnerto Rico Strike in Mobile, and recently he worked for the Sea Chest here, but is now planning on going back to sea. His favorite sport is boxing and he attends all the boxing shows in and around here. Although he has never cashed in on the mater­ nity benefit^ he thinks it is one of the greatest gains made by the Union. In the hospital here are Willie Reynolds and W. G. Moore. On the beach are H. S. Wilson, W. Matthews, D. McCorvey, M.. D. Hibbs, E. Aedoin, F. H. Haynes, J. O'SuUivan, L. Jackson, W. L. Kitchens, J. R. Bradley,' J. Hicks and H. Pizatowski. Cat Tanner Mobile Port Agent* Lake Charles: Crew On The Excello Is A Happy SIU Gang here are figuring out how much back pay they have ^omMg'under the new contract and are sendirig> in for it as fast as the lists come out. And the smiles are plenty big on their faces. ' • The fishing continues to be good here and. big catches are reported every day. However, our luck is best in the fish markets. ^ Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent Baltimore: Men Awail Opening Of New Baltimore Hall •Things have been running along One of the ships we paid off dur­ Our new hall has shaped up to smoothly down here in the bayous ing the past two weeks was the the extent that the members can of Louisiana, but there has -been Claiborne (Waterman). This ship now^see what the fellows coming no shipping to speak of during the was one of the seven that were laid Into this port will have. I have past two weeks. up in San Juan during the recent talked to a lof" of the brothers on Calling into this area but only longshoremen's strike in Puerto the beach here, who have been taking a few men were the Cities keeping an eye on the progress of ' ^ Rico, arid the crew report that dur­ Service tankers Salem Maritinie, the hall, and all of them are anx­ ing the month they were down Chiwawa, Bents Fort, Winter Hill, Boston: iously awaiting the day when there everything went fine with Lone Jack, Bradford Island and they'll be using it. As things look them, due to the on-the-spot repre­ Cantigny. now, this should be around Oc­ sentation the Union gave them.. We also had the Excello of the tober 15. Judging by the small number of Excello Corporation in here. There replacements on the ship, the crew sure was a happy Shipping here cqoled off con­ must have had quite a field day as crew on the ship - The crew of the Evangeline siderably during the past two most of them had very little dough except for a cou­ (Evangeline) dbnated $30 for a weeks, and there are no signs that ^ ple - of diehards coming at the payoff and stayed on it will improve during the next Seattle: who still think wreath for the funeral of Brother two weeks. ' for another trip. the company can Frank Burns, anil also donated All in all, shipping in this port During the last two weeks the do more for them $34.50 to his widow, Brother following ships paid off: Massmar Jiasn't been too bad during the past than the Union. Burns, who had been sailing as and Bethcoaster .(Calmar); Cathe­ two weeks, ^^th 154 men shipped How stupid can quartermaster on the Evangeline, rine (Drytrans); Yaka (Waterman); to regular jobs and 93 men sent ydu get? ' 5 left the ship July Edith (Bull); Steel Age"" (Isthmian), to various relief jobs in and Shipping has been slow in this The outlook for 30 to see a doctor and Felto're, Venore, Chilore, Maaround the harbor. Pritchett port during the past two weeks, the next two because he wasn't rore, Baltore and Oremar (Ore). Paying off and signing on were due mostly to the lumber strike feeling well. On the Pennant, Corsair, Pilgrim, here and the fact that wheat has weeks is just fair as we expect Signing on were the Steel Vendor August T he was (Isthmian), Yaka (Waterman) and Cavalier, Patriot stopped moving to the Far East. only about eight ships to call here. taken to the Feltore, Venore, Chilore, Marore, and Ranger (Al­ We have several ships laid up and However, three of these are com­ ing in from offshore and may pay Brighton Marine Baltore and Oremar (Ore). coa) and the Clai­ the future does not look hopeful. off here, so that could give a few Hospital and borne and Wild During this last report period men jobs. In transit were the Robin Locksdied 30 minutes Ranger (Water­ ley and Robin Kirk (Seas Ship­ we paid off the Kyska (Waterman); All is quiet on both the labor later of heart man). ping); -Seavictor (Bournemouth); Liberty Flag and political fronts. We have no failure. In transit were Bums (Gulf Cargo)>Sea- men in the hospital here at present. Shipping has Steel Vendor and Steel Architect the Steel Advo­ (Coral), coral For our Seafarer of. The Week been fair in this port during the (Isthmian); Alcoa Pointer' and Al­ cate (Isthmian), S e a w 1 n d (Sea- we nominate Brother A. T. (Ted) past-two weeks. We paid off and coa Roamer, (Alcoa); Bethcoaster De Soto and traders); Alcoa Weaver, who joined the Union in signed on the Cities Service tanker (Calmar); Chickasaw (Waterman); Iberville (Water­ Linch Pioneer (Alcoa); 1948 during the Cities Service or­ Lone Jack and In transit were the Evelyn (Bull), and Bents Fort man), Del Viento Trojan (Trojan); ganizing drive. He rode those tubs Afoundria, Wacosta and De Soto (Cities Service). and Del Bio (Mississippi) and Western Trader through to the successful conclu­ (Waterman); the Robin Kirk and In the marine., hospital here, for Southwind (South Atlantic). (Western Naviga­ sion of the drive and is now riding Robin Trent (Seas Shipping); the minor or extensive repairs, are Prospects for the coming two tion); Seamonitor them under the best conditions in Steel Age and Steel Architect Samuel Doyle, Antonio ' Johnson, weeks do not look too bright as (Excelsior), and the maritime industry. Ted suf­ (Isthmian); the Ann Marie (Bull), Tony Mastantuno, Steve Boides, Nicholson many of the offshore ships schedJohn C. (Atlantic fered a bad accident last year and the Western-Ranger (Western Gorman Glaze, Jesse Clark, Eugene - uled to hit this port are in the when his car left the road and is Navigation). Plahn, Samuel Mills, Adolph Sadlaid-up status awaiting cargo. Carriers). enwater, Algot Bogren and Jess Signing on were the Kyska just now able to ship again. As These include the Alawai, Morn­ James Sheehan Brinkley. These men in drydock ing Light, Arizpa, Golden City and (Waterman); George A. Lawson he puts it, there-is only one place Boston Port Agent to go, and that is to, sea on an do get lonesome sometimes and (Pan-Oceanic), and Alcoa Pioneer City of Alma (Waterman) and the SIU ship. He sails as pumpman always appreciate hearing from 4^ (Alcoa). Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa). their buddies. In transit were the Young but figures tp take an oiling job Wilmington: In addition, the following ships until he gets the feel of a ship The address is are due to hit the port and go back America and Fairland (Waterman), under his feet again. But when­ USPHS Hospital, •= out again: Chickasaw, Monarch of and the Portmar (Calmar). 29th and Rem­ Our man of the week is Seafarer ever and wherever he goes there the Sea and Fairisle (Waterman^ will be a good man on board. He ington Ave., Bal­ and Polaris, Clipper, Pennant and J. (Nick) Nicholson, who is 31 years says it is a real Measure to be timore, Md. . old, single, and plans to stay that Corsair (Alcoa). able to tell the same men who Among the men way. He has been shipping out Shipping was very slow in this Del Rio Shorthanded used to order him to do work that on the Ipeach here the West Coast for the past two When the Del Rio was in transit wasn't his that. "this is an SIU port during the past two weeks, are George Nutt­ years, but says he prefers the with no pay-offs or sign-ons. How­ here we found out there were two ship now, and we get paid for ing, John Taurin, ever, we had 11 ships in transit men missing—a bosun and a mess- European ports for shore leave. that." Charles Kellogg, He says his vacation money is the Fox and were able to put 14 men ton man. None of the delegates or the - Moore Is Chairman Harry Johnson, feature of the SIU that appeals ship's delegate reported this to the At the last meeting. Brother T. these as replacements. The outlook George Fosset, Norman T. Jack­ most to him. for the coming, two weeks is poor. Union and the ship was scheduled J. Moore, Jr., was chairman, and son, John Flynn, Alfred Sjoberg, On the beach here are W. E. Brother Walter (Whitey) Pritchett to go to New Orleans for payoff, so In transit were 4he Portmar, Pete Solberg, Danny Lippy and Weddle, R. L.,Welch, G. Sims, H we told all the delegates it was a was recording secretary, and both Pennmar and Alamar (Calthar); Paul Strickland; part of their job to report all short­ C. Wirtz and C. Aycock. men did a fine job. Brother Moore, Steel Chemist and Steel Scientist This week we would like to give Men in the hospital are G. W. who sails on deck as AB, hails (Isthmian); Alcoa Planter (Alcoa), ages to the hall and see that the special mention to Patrick Fox, Flint, H. Harvey, S. Johannessen, company ordered all necessary re­ from Massachusetts but now is a and Fairland, Bienville, Topa Topa, J. Kackur, V. K. Ming, I. Peder- dyed-in-the-wool rebel from Texas. John B. Waterman and Kyska who has been sailing on the Atlan­ placements before sailing. tic and Gulf coasts as a full bookBrother Pritchett comes from Mon­ (Waterman). The Ore Chief, US Steel's phony sen and G. Rasson. member of the SIU" since 1942, Jeff Gillette Ernest Tilley tana and sails as pumpman. flagship, called at this port last and who has participated in all Seattle Port Agent Wilmington Port Agent All the boys around the hall week with a partial cargo, being the activities of the Union sihce unable to bring in her full cargo that time. of 83,000 tons as the harbor here Earl Sheppard is not deep enough. The news­ Baltimore Port Agent papers gave her quite a write-up ^ 4i but what they failed to play up ~ was the fact that she was sailing Galveston: under a foreign flag, paying coolie wages and beating American sea­ Shipping Figures July 28 to August 10 men and the American public in REG. REG. BEG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL general out of their jobs. PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Both Waterman and Alcoa are Boston , 19 10 12 50 ^2 13 35 19 Shipping is still holding Its own now paying their retroactive wages. New York 117 149 85 308 134 111' 394 106 here, and the next two weeks Alcoa has paid most of its back pay Philadelphia should be good for us, whh the and has mailed~the balance to the 31 . 83 42 33 101 .33 19 26 Alexandra (Carras) and Lucile last known addresses of the re­ Baltimore 128 76 79 .75 53 333 204 126 Bloomfield due in for payoff. cipients, while Waterman is cur­ Norfolk 17 4 8 18 11 40 12 rently paying off either in person Paying off xnd signing on during Savannah 8 5 19 7 . 4 19 or by mail. the last two weeks were the SeaTampa 14 21 5 19 ^ .. 2 • 18 51 For pur Seafarer of the Week cliff. (Coral) and Genevieve PeterMobile we nominate Eugene J. lilnch who 59 46 , 33 154 30 100 kin (Bloomfield). In transit were 37 joined the Union in 1942 and has the Southern Districts (Southern New Orleans ...i, - ' 66 57 147 63 167 40 47 shipped steadily out of the Gulf Galveston •• ' 28 • 28 35 82 -84 " Trading); Bepublic (Trafalgar); 24 23 since then. He is qualified in The Cabins (Cabins); Mae (Bull); • 80 Seattle —....... 38 77 19 87 54 188 57 engine room ratings hut lately he Val Chem (Valentine); and Sea28 33 San Francisco 36 30 32 98 v"'., T;;. ; ^^9 has switched to ':the ateward de­ trains Savannah, Texas and New partment and sails in various pasT V- .4 . ... 14. . 'Jers^.' Wilmington 11 11 f -/• 91' senger ship ratings out of this port. KeHk Alse#- ^ He is married and miUtei ills home f Gsteoilsu SB3 /Iijm 1,558'^ 928 : - Evangeline Grew Aids Widow Of SIU Brother Lumber Strike Slews West Coast Shipping I- e;" 11 Ships In Transit Take On 14 Crewmen <-t. Good Shipping Seen For Hoxl Two Weeks" ' 'Xm :<• • U- I . n n •X .i • "f �SEAFARERS Anffust 20. 1954 Page Ttalrteea LOG ..PORT REPORTS New York: * Port Shipping Record At New High For Year We h'hve again set a record high for the year in shipping in the port of New York. There have been plenty of jobs in all three depart-^ ments. This, of course, makes ^us all happy, and is a big boost for the morale. Shipping has been especially good for rated engine department * men,/with jobs on the board for several calls, with no takers. Pumpmen and machinists are at a premium—in fact, they are as scarce as the proverbial hen's teeth. So all of you tankermen who have the qualifications should go up and secure those endorsements. During the past two weeks we paid off 20 ships, signed four on foreign articles and serviced 16 intransits. We had two ships come out of lay«up during this period and three- ships went into tempo­ rary lay-up. The ships coming out of lay-up were the Rosario (Bull) and Western Rancher (Western Navigation), while those going into lay-up were the Seatiger (Colonial), Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers) and Seavictor (Orion). Ships Paying Off The following were the ships paid off during this period: Steel Navigator, Steel Vendor and SteelArchitect (Isthmian); Chiwawa, Bents Fort, Cantigny and French Creek (Cities Service); Val Chem (Valentine); Mankato Vic­ tory and Northwestern Victory (Victory Carriers); Afoundria and Wacosta (Waterman); Robin Kirk (Seas Shipping); Lawrence Victory (Mississippi); Seatiger (Colonial); Seavictor (OWon); San Mateo Vic­ tory (Eastern), and Seatrains Sa­ vannah and Louisiana. The Chi­ wawa paid off twice. The ships signed on were the Steel Artisan and Steel Navigator (Isthmian), Robin Locksley (Seas Shipping) and Lawrence Victory (Mississippi). In transit were the Chickasaw, Arizpa, Wacosta, La Salle, Madake^ DeSoto and Antinous (Water­ man); Steel Age and Steef Vendor (Isthmian); Dorothy (Bull); Brad­ ford Island (Cities Service), and ' Seatrains Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, New York and New • Jersey. Increase In Performers Now that we have given you the good news, we will give you some that is not so good. If you have been reading the New York re­ ports, you have probably noticed that for a long time we have not said anything about gashounds or performers on ships paying off here. The reason has been that we were not bothered with any of these men.' The crews have been carrying'^on in good SIU fashion, and where there were one or two performers or gashounds on a ship, the crews took care of them. In the last couple of weeks, how­ ever, we have paid off several ships with an^ over-abundance of drunks 'and performers and men who have been failing to perform their duties properly aboard ship. These men were dealt with accord­ ingly at the time of payoff, and we are again putting the few men who persist in continuing these prac­ tices on notice that they will be dealt with according to the Union constitution. The members of the SIU enjoy the best contracts and. conditions in, the maritime industry, and they are not going to let a few men who don't care tear dovrh what it has taken them so long to build. As in the past, most of this perform­ ing has bepn dpne^aboprd Isthmian and,Bit^^ibifisaiii)lMla«ire on long runs, so my advice would be that if you can't stand these long hauls without going off the deep end, you should take a ship on a short run. \ Claude Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treasurer 4^ 4. 3^ Miami: Foreign Operations Peso Threat To Pert Shipping has been fair in this port during the past two weeks, but tAe future looHs somewhat better. Foreign flag operations, however, are reaching menacing proportions here. , During the last report period we paid off and signed on the Florida (P & O). In transit were the Iber­ ville, Yaka, Alawai, Azalea City, Chickasaw and Raphael Semmes (Waterman), the Ponce (Ponce Cement) and the Florida (P & O). . We have succeeded in getting standby men aboard a small survey ship, the Coptic, being fitted out for a Red Sea and Persian Gulf s e i s m ographic survey, and nego­ tiations for sup­ plying a crew are now underway. We also have a few standby men Mu^o aboard an LCM fitting out for the Caribe Ferry Company. Mike Muzio, storekeeper on the Florida, is taking a two-weeks vacation. He has sailed SIU ships of aR companies .since the Union was chartered. His hobby is fish­ ing. Cabrera Is Buried Regina Cabrera, who died at sea aboard the Del Norte (Mississippi), waS buried in" Miami on August 7 with rites under the auspices of the Masonic Lodge. Edwin Davis is in the Key West Naval Hospital, while L. McLaugh­ lin and Clayburn Reed are in the Miami Veterans Hospital. William Gregory is in the Jackson Memo­ rial Hospital here. Eddie Parr Miami Port Agent 4^ 4 t Tampa: De Solo, Chickasaw And Iberville Gall Shipping has been slow here during the past two weeks, with no payoffs or sign-ons. In transit were the Waterman ships De Soto, Chickasaw 'and Iberville, the last calling here twice. Ray White Tampa Port Agent New Orleans: Alcoa And Mississippi LisLDrydecking Dates Of interest to memben in this area is the drydocking schedule for Alcoa and Mississippi passenger ships. Schedules recently supplied by the companies call for drydocking on the following dates: Alcoa Clipper, September 6; A1CO9 Cavalier, September 20, and Alcoa Corsair, October 4. Del Sud, October 7; Del Mar, October 28, and Del Norte (all Mis­ sissippi), November II. Recently a number of ^ requests hgve gone from this branch to the Union's Washing­ ton office for sign-on clearance for men who have lost their papers. The SIU's Washington rep­ resentative has been successful in obtaining this ap­ proval in all such Bambrino cases. He reports, hpwever. that the Coast Guard is showing signs of adopting a more rigid policy toward men who are overly careless and lose their papers. Dambrino's the Loser Brother Donald D. Dambrino is still in the USPHS Hospital here. From all reports, he is doing fine, but his friends may not recognize him when he comes out. , He has been on^ a reducing diet and has discharged some 30 pounds of sur­ plus cargo. Other Seafarers still in the hos­ pital and reported to be con­ valescing in good style include Eric R. Eklund, Andrew Stauder, Mon­ roe Gaddy, John Rehm, James D. Thomas, Edward A. Saul, Virgil L. Harding, Thomas Fields, Milford E. Alexander and Jesse M. Lyles. C. E. Brady and Duska "Spider" Korolia recently were discharged to outpatient status and hope to obtain their "fit. for duty" slips soon. Others who have" been dis­ charged and hope to be ready to ship out soon include Salbata Serio, H. Ledbetter, Francis Pastrano, B. W. Tingley, Claude Gilliam, Sam Marihello and Arthur J. Nelson. Shipping Is Fair Shipping during the last report period was fair and the outlook for the immediate future is about the same. During this period we had six payoffs, four sign-ons and 16 ships in transit. The Alcoa Partner (Alcoa), Del Norte, Del Rio and Del Valle (Mis­ sissippi) and the Iberville and Chickasaw (Waterman) paid off. San Francisco: The Alcoa Partner and the Del Campo, Del Viento and DeL Norte (Mississippi) signed on. The Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pen­ nant, Alcoa Corsair apd Alcoa Pilgrim (Alcoa), Del Campo and It has come to our attention that Del Viento (Mississippi), the Sea­ when ships lay up in Portland or trains Georgia and Louisiana (Seatrain Lines), the Monarch of the Seattle men who have one day's Seas, Choctaw, Wild Ranger, Mada- pay and subsistence coming are ket and Claiborne (Waterman), not collecting it. We would like to Evelyn (Bull), Queenstoh Heights! remind these men that they have (Seatrade) and Southwind (South this money coming, and if they Atlantic) called here. 'continue to overlook this pay and Lindsey J. Williams subsis4pnce the shipowners may New Orleans Port Agent want to leave it out of the contract at the next negotiations. So be 4 4. 4^ sure you get your money when you Philadelphia: have it coming. We would also like to remind all permitmen making application for books to,be sure to get their ap­ plications signed Now that peace has once more by the port agent been established on the waterfronts in the port of ap­ in Philadelphia and Puerto Rico, plication. Some things have been considerably better here. Two Bull Line ships permitmen are that were laying idle in this port turning in appli­ because of the Puerto Rico beef cations signed by have recalled their crews, and we bookmen, but. had one Waterman ship In for pay­ Skaalegard these applications m'ust be signed off. This event—a rarity—enabled us to put quite a few replacements by the port agents. on the ship and this was a great Shipping in this port was slow help. during the past two weeks and the Besides this Waterman ship— future does not look too hopeful. the Alawai—the Republic (Trafal­ We paid off the Mother M. L, gar) also paid off here. These two (Eagle Ocean) but had no sign-ons. .ships signed on and so did the In transit were the Portmar (CalDorothy and Arlyn (Bull). • mar). Steel Chemist (Isthmian), In transit were the Hilton, Su­ and City of Alma, Fairland,, J. B. zanne " and Evelyn (Bull); Winter Waterman and Topa Topa (Water­ Hill (Cities Service); Chickasaw, man). There were no beefs on any Fairland, Afoundria, Yaka, Antin­ of these ships. ous and Azalea City (Waterman), Sailing 18 Years and Southern Districts (Southern For our Seafarer of the Week Trading). we nominate Dave Barry, who has A. S. Cardullo been sailing for 18 years and has Philadelphia Port Agent . been with the SIU for approxi­ mately five years. Brother Barry 4J' * 4 4 was one of the first men to join Norfolk: the NMU, in 1937, but says that after two years he realized that the NMU had nothing to offer. For a couple of years he sailed with Esso, then switched to Cities Service and During the last two weeks we got his SIU book during the Cities had two payoffs here, one sign-on Service organizing drive. He says he knows now that he belongs to and eight ships in transit. Paying off were the Show Me the best union in the maritime in­ Mariner (Bull) and Salem Mari­ dustry, and that the benefits of its time (Cities Service). The Salem Weifare Plan are unexcelled. The paid vacations especially appeal to Maritime also signed on. him. In transit were the Alcoa Point­ In the hospital here are S. er and Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Hawaiian Banker and Steel Ven­ Bunda, C. Mize, J. Childs, O. Gusdor (Isthmian); San Mateo Victory tavsen, J. Perreira, W. Singleton (Eastern); Southern States (South­ and P. S. Yuzon. ern); Robin Locksley (Seas Ship­ On the beach are H. Skaalegaard, ping, and Southland (South Atlan­ T. Moriarity, W. Kramer, H. John­ son, G. Fourn'er, P. Robertson, C. tic). Ben Rees McKee, A. Brown, B. Talbert, J. Norfolk Port Agent Simon, V. Valencia and J. Batson. ,Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent Coiiect Snbsisfence When Ship's Laid Up Shipping Up As Peace Conies Te Waterfronts Biiii, Cities Service Ships Are Paid Off 4 Savannah: SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1,4 North Gay St. Earl Sheppard. Agent Mulberry 4540 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 GALVESTON 21st & Mechanic Keith Alsop. Agent Phone 2-8448 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-574^ MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUle St. Lindsey Williams; Agent ' Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW yORK 675 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 NORFOLK °. 127-129 Bank St. Ben'Rees. Agent • • Phone 4-1083 PHlLADELjPlnA...., 337 Market St. S. CarduHo, Agent" Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450, Harrison St. T. Banning. Agent UOilglas 2-5475 Marty BrelthoR. West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA, PR . Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St. Jeff-Morrison. Agent .Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE ' 2700 1st Av4. Jeff GUlette. Agent ' EUiott 4334 WILMINGTON. Cam.....505 Marine Ave. Ernest Tilley. Agent Ternunal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS . 675 4thKAve.. Bklyn. SECRETARV-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian WUllam HaU SUP HONOLULU.*...; FORT WILLIAM....llBti Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario » Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, BO 617H Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 565 Hamilton St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6348 BAGOTVCLLE. Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone; 545 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. » CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN .177 Prince William St NB Phone: 2-5232 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 522 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 lUCHMOND. CALIF 257 5th St. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO.; 450 Harrison St. Dougias 2-8363 Great Lakes District SEATTLE ... 250S 1st Ave. Main 0290 ALPENA 133 W Fletcher WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. Phone; 12:i8W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY , 180 Main St. ^one: Cieveiand 7391 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn *734 I.akesido Ave.. NE STerUng 8-4671 CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 1038 3rd St. DETROIT Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 531 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL «94 Stl James St. West UULUTH Phone: Meirose 2-4110 . „ PLateau 8161 3261 E. 92nd St HALll. AX N A..., V,... laa'A «0UiS St. SgUTH CUICAGO. .. Phone: fissgs !.5-34W . -J" Phonei 3-8911 4 'x • fi J j M 4 Shipping Is Average; Twe Payeffs Are Une Shipping here during the past two weeks has been average, with 19 men shipping. During the next two weeks we have the Sduthstar and Southport (South Atlantic) due in for payoff. The Royal Oak (Cities Service) paid off here during the past two weeks and we had no sign-ons. In transit were the Fairport and Arizpa (Waterman); Carolyn (Bull); Southern Cities (Southern); Steel Fabricator (Isthmian); Robin Locksley (Seas Shipping), and Seatrains Louisiana and Georgia, which both called here twice. Jeff Morrison V "''Mi �Face Foorteea SEAFARERS LOG Aacnst M, 198i In Saigon, Seafarers Talk Over indo-Cinna Truce ^ With the Communist threat still hanging heavily over the. city. Seafarers met recently in the Con­ tinental Palace in Saigon to discuss the Indo-China truce. Left, crewmen of the Steel Admiral, Alcoa Pioneer, Seacomet and Beauregard listen intently while (right) chairman Ray Queen addresses them. Flanking Queen are reading clerk Jimmy Hanners (left) and Edward Mattison, who served as secretary.- ^DonfV Outweigh ^DoY For Seafarers In Korea For the Seafarer in Korea, the "dent's" still far outweigh the "do's." In other words, a Seafarer hitting a Korean port such as Inchon or Pusan still finds himself prohibited from doing a lot more things than- he is allowed to do. So says Max Lipkin, chief steward on the Pelican Mariner (Bloomfield). "In the port of Inchon," Lipkin reports, "they issue a pass the size of a newspaper, list­ ing all the 'do's'and 'd o n t' s.' William MacDonald is an oldtimer in the SIU who's been Come to think of sailing the seas for a good many years. But he's convinced it though, I can - now that there's a lot to be said for travel by air. remember only , MacDonald was particularly one 'do' in a sea impressed by the efficiency men's papers and other important of 'dont's.' That was one which displayed by Eastern Airlines papers. "Believe me," MaoDonald says, allowed us to in getting back to him the sea­ Lipkin breathe the fra­ men's papers he los^ pn one of "I was plenty worrie'd there for a little while after I looked over my grant aroma of garlic and kimchi, their planes. ^ MacDonald's difficulties occurred things when I got home and dis­ which is a native delicacy of ques­ a couple of weeks ago when the covered my SIU book and seamen's tionable-origin and quality." Writing to the LOG from Pusan, Del Mar (Mississippi), on which papers were missing. Fortunately, I didn't lose any money, but losing Lipkin says that the American he sailed as en­ those other things could- have merchant seaman still has a very gine utility, caused me a great deal of incon­ tough time of .it in Inchon, regard­ reached New Or­ venience." leans and he got ing shore leave, and in Pusan it is even worse. off to visit his Turn Up In Newark home in Wood "In Pusan," he writes, "three MacDonald called the airport in lyn. Pa. Philadelphia, and the airport con­ merchant seamen were arrested by MacD o n a 1 d tacted Eastern which, in jig time, the military authorities, tried in a caught an East­ discovered that the papers had court martial, and given the choice ern Airlines been brought to Newark Airport of 30 days at hard labor or a $75 plane in New Or­ by the plane MacDonald left in fine—because they had violated the MacDonald leans apd went as curfew by exactly 10 minutes." Washington. far as Washington. Then he had to "I got my papers back in ho time Black Market Flourishes transfer to a United Airlines plane at all," MacDonald reports,- "and which took him to Philadelphia. Eastern even paid the postage for The black market In Korea, Lip­ kin says, is still flourishing, and When he reached home in Wood- sending them to me." lyn, near Philadelphia, he discov­ MacDonald feels that for this American beer and whiskey are ered that somewhere along the line fast service Eastern deserves some plentiful—^if one is willing to pay he had lost his SIU book, his sea- sort of a pat on the back. This is it. the price. American beer costs over '$l a can in Korean money, whiskey is of a comparable price, and in the bars black market prices are freely quoted on all items. Yen, script, dollara and Korean won are all interchangeable, and__many (1) If you were a diva would you probably be; (a) physically ill, (b) items there is a bartering of prod­ in opera, (c) looking for lost treasure, (d) a piece of furniture? ucts without any exchange of cur­ (2) What relation is the son of my* father's nephew to me? rency at all. For a carton of ciga­ (3) If Johnny has twice as many marbles as Tom, Harry has three rettes, for instance, one can obtain times as many as John, and Charlie has three times as many marbles as a pair of GI shoes worth at least Tom, and there are 108 marbles altogether, how many does each have? $7, Lipkin reports. (4) What vitamin is available to the human body through sun­ Overall, Lipkin says, the Army bathing? is doing a good job of representing (5) Which state in the Union has the smallest population: (a) Dela­ the US, but there dre individuals ware, (b) Rhode Island, (c) Nevada, (d) Arizona? in the Army who create conditions (6) Prior to 1930, what was the tallest building in the world: (a) that could stand investigation, par­ Woolworth Building, NYC; (b) Washington Monument, (c) Eiffel Tower ticularly in the treatment of Amer­ (d) Statue of Liberty? ' ican merchant seamen. (7) What figure represents Great Britain just as "Uncle Sam" rep­ "It's about time," Lipkin writes, resents the US? (8) In what continent are the ten highest mountains in the world- "that we An^erican seamen were fa) Europe, (b) Africa, (c) Asia, (d) North America? * treated with the same respect that American citizen and taxpayer ^(9) If a man "walked one mile at the rate of two mlWs per hour, and any has right to expect. I have rode 15 miles at 45 miles an hour, how long would it take him to seen the incidents occur to American cover the 16 miles? merchant seamen L don't (10) What prize-fighter gained fame as the "Wild Bull ofthe Pampas"? believe ever would which have occurred (^uiz Answers on Page 17) •s ft i H i I, .. . : f IB to. /ipy, pthey, A»ej^<ian. .citizens." Seaman's Papers Wan<der But Airline Finds 'Em Fast WATCH This feature is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like which Seafarers may find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours,<both ashore and aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS .COG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will- be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. 4— ^ right there in the partlcular'coun. .While tiiey may not make every­ body sit up and take notice the try. Customs regulations have to same way the now-famous Marilyn be watched, however. 4i. 3; J* Monroe calendar art did. Seafarers Established stamp collectors and who've had-some success in-color photography may be interested-in would-be philatelists may be in­ trying to sell their transparencies terested in the fact that the US to calendar publishers, as sea and Post, Office Department will be • ship scenes are always populw. A issuing four new stamps in coming handy "Guide to Calendar Tub- weeks—a Ic, 2c and 4c regular * lishers," available from the Loft- issue and a 4c airmail (for post­ house Co., Box 832, Binghamton, cards), all of which are, being NY, elaims to have the up-to-date issued in sheets of 100. The green has a portrait of Washington and ' details on the specific needs of will have its first-day sale at Chi­ each company and their prefer­ cago On Aug. 26. The 2c red ences pn subject matter. features Jefferson and will be sold ^ Si Si first at San Francisco on Sept. 15, Those who like their sea lore on while the 4c lavender design fea­ wax, either to take with them on tures Lincoln and will bow in at the ship to or send home to the New York on Nov. 19. The blue folks to help them understand airmail issue will have its first what seafaring is all about, should day sale in Philadelphia on Sept. get some pleasant listening from a 3. Those who want first-day can­ new long-playing record release cellations of these stamps should called "Poems and Songs of the send self-addressed' envelopes Sea," on the Audie Masterpiece (cards in the case of the 4c air­ label. It has Bill Forrest alternate­ mail), plus a money-order to cover ly reciting the poems and Oscar the cost of the desired stamps, in Brand . singing the songs, with an envelope addressed to the post­ Brand also providing a light guitar masters of the fitst-day cities. Re­ background for the poems. member that postal rates require at least three one-cent stamps or . 4) 3) 4 . With an opportunity like few fwo two-cent stamps on the en­ other people to pick up odd stamps velopes. and new issues in all comers of the world, many Seafarers take A new aid to the hobbyist who advantage of their calling to pursue fashions his own pottery is a small, the hobby of stamp collecting^and practical pottery .wheel which can make a beeline for the local post operate on the power supplied by office every time they hit a strange an electric food mixer. It weighs port. Valuable collections for only four pounds, measures themselves or for the kids are built 7"xll"x9", is readily demountable up this way, particularly with the and easily stored. Its manufac­ savings made by buying up lopal turers claim it can be used right issues cn the spot and - thereby in the kitchen or practically any­ cutting out the middleman's "take." where else and that no workshop is In addition, those who have the needed. Thus, for shipboard en­ inclination and the ener^ to do thusiasts of this craft, it could be jso can build up a mighty profitable ideal. The wheel lists at $14.95 and sideline in the way of a mail-order is made by the Mecce Division, stamp business, since foreign Marine "Enterprises, Pasadena 56, stamps can be purchased In bulk Maryland. It can probably be at handsome savings when you're prdered through any hobby shop. LOG-A-RHYTHM: St. Nicholas Bells By Edward Joseph Kelly St. Nicholas bells are chiming out Across the windswept sea. They are sending out a message Calling you back to me. •j.V' f" B< , Jv-:' ii- ' • You are in my every thought. No one can take your place. The day is slowly davming And I shall see your smiling face, I kneel in St. Nicholas Chapel And to God I pray To guide your ship home safelyHome safely to the quay. Quiz Corner m • \ Your ship sails home so .slowly Across the windswept sea. But very soon our parting, dear. Will be a memory. ^Cati'Shahers^ Have 2Vo OK At New York's Jones Beach, Seafarer Frank Boyne tries diving practice. Frank's been down 80 feet; Hydropak has 200-foot limit. The membership is ag'aln cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza-i tion from SIU head.quarters to' collect fun^s. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis Is the only charitablei organization which has re^ ' ceived. membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this caus# are collected through nonnal Union channels at the pay-off,^' Receipts are issued on the spot' ' �w '' i: ^^Trr-rrTT-: Anetui 20, 1954 "T;ry^.7p^-?scr;-rpr.-r^ SEAFARERS LOG Lure Of The ^Open Road' Can't Match Call Of Sea Once a seaman gets the yen for salt water in his blood, it's pretty hard to get it out of his system, even when he's on dry land and is trying to see a few shoreside sights. One Seafarer who has learned this is Edwin S. Harris, who has been on a cross-country motorcycle tour ever since he paid off the .Cities Service, tanker Paoli in Houston a . month ago. Like almost every other seaman, at some time in his life, Harris got the urge, while sailing as pumpman on the Paoli, to see a few shoreside sights. And so, when the Paoli hit Houston,' he paid off, bought himself a motorcycle, and started off on his cross-country trek. But the so-called lure of the open road is no match for the call of the sea, Harris soon learned, and instinctively he found himself heading his 'cycle ior cities where there are SIU halls, and then to the halls themselves! "• As a result, when he wasn't actually traveling, Harris spent much of his time at places like the SIU halls in New Orleans, Mobile and Lake Charles, . where he could swap stories with the other SIU men he found there. Reunion With Family Harris disrupted this pattern only long' enough Astride motorcycle, which he bought after pay­ to stage a brief reunion with his family in Crawfordsville, Ga. Then he headed for New York and, ing off Paoii in Houston, Edwin Harris poses in naturally, made his first stop SIU headquarters in front of SIU Haii in Mobiie. Harris also visited Brooklyn; where he reported on his trip to the LOG. SIU halls in New Orleans, Lake Charles and If Harris goes on with his present plans, he'll New York during his trek. continue on up the East Coast to Toronto, and then go all the way back across the country to ^he West when a seaman has been on dry land.for a while, Coast before shipping out again. and in the middle of his jaunt Harris may very well But even he himself is not certain these plans will decide to trade in his 'cycle for another pumpman's work out. The call of the sea gets mighty strong berth. Speak Your Mind At SIU Meetings ^Give Credit Where Due' Is Seafarer's Philosophy . Under the Union constitu- " tlon every member attending a Union meeting is entitled to nominate himself for the elected posts to be filled at Seafarer Dave Barry is a guy who believes in giving credit the meeting—chairman, read­ where credit is due—and he thinks everyone else ought to ing clerk and recording secre­ do the same. * = tary. l^our Union urges you Barry put his philosophy workers in the place are volun­ to take an active part in meet­ into practice recently when he teers who are interested only in ings by taking these posts of sat down and wrote a long seeing that the customers are well service. letter to the LOG telling about taken care of. And; of course, all members That letter, printed in the LOG, Bond's, a bar and restaurant run have the right to take, the floor created quite a stir, Barry now re­ by a gent named Tom Sullivan at and-express their opinions on J51 Market Street, San Francisco. ports, and many other Seafarers any officer's report or issue At Sullivan's place, according to wrote him about it. That set him under discussion. - Seafarers Barry, no one is asked how much to wondering why these men had are urged to hit the deck at money he has. He's just told to never bothered to write about the these meetings and let their sit down and eat all he wants. place themselves, and he came to shipmates know what's on There's a "Jar on the bar for stew- the conclusion that it is human na­ their mind. pot donations, and most of the ture to be quick to condemn the bad but slow to acknowledge the good. "In so many of the letters I've read," .Barry says, "there always seems to be some sort of con­ demnation. Either some laundry has gypped somebody, or some dry cleaning place has ruined some­ body's suit or somebody has taken somebody else over the hurdles. WARD VACATCW Some Places Help PAY FOR AULTIME "Yet many of these same men," Barry says, "have also been in WORKED A8CARD places where they have been helped SM\P YOU MUST —where they have been fed and made comfortable in many ways. SET PISCHARSES However, there is a tendency to FOR PORT TIME . take good things for granted and THESE ARE OVtYSlVEAl then promptly forget about them, I don't think this is.^the right way. UPDM REQUEST. TO So how about a few less letters SAVE YOURSELF TIME griping about the bad things, and a few more praising the good ANDTROUBLE LATER, ones?" ASK FOR A'PORT TME. . 'We think perhaps Seafarer Bar­ ry has a point. DISCHARGE WHEHYOU 6tryOOR POKT'TiMB , MOtAKSe/ SET CREDIT LEAVE A 4^: ':;i'f^vi-y!-l!t;»?^«ii^-:l Fare FiftecM :| v.-,,-' •«->v.j,isr Spike Marlin When something goes wrong have to leave town. This announce­ with a baseball club and the ment was greeted with a monu­ empty seats far outnumber the mental shrug of indifference. full ones there are a few tried The sorry part of the whole story and true procedures which are fol­ is that moving to another city won't lowed, none of which may have necessarily help the ball club. The any bearing on the situation. The move will give it more cash to first, and most ineffective, thing spend but while cash is a necessary that's done is to fire the manager. ingredieift to success, it isn't the The second is to fire the general whole answer. manager, who usually bears a little It's pretty obvious that if teams more direct responsibility. Then like Philadelphia are to amount to the new manager and general man­ anything, some new way of dis­ ager get together and announce tributing minor league talent must "We'll trade anybody. Everybody be found. The A's have bera on this team is expendable." The second division stuff with few ex­ trouble is the rest of the league ceptions for the past 23 seasons. feels the same way about the trad­ With a record like that no city is ing bait—they don't want any of it. going to support them for very If things really get serious, the long. question of control of the ball club always comes up. The ~ existing owners try to peddle their lemon to some businessman so wealthy that the club will help sjlve his tax headaches. Or they may an­ nounce that "unless the fans pa­ tronize the club it will have to le^ve town." None of these moves offer any real solution. The only way a bad Seafarer ^Antonio Goncalves ball club can be helped is with always knew that the SEA­ good ballplayers. But since its FARERS LOG is a popular easier to , dilly-dally around than newspaper, but now he has good „ , , , find good ballplayers the dilly-. reason to believe it's even more dallies come first. ' popular than he had thought. * Pay The Morigage Goncalves, who is now serving Something of that sort is hap­ in the Army at Fort Myer, Va., pening down in Philadelphia. The came to this conclusion when a Athletics, who showed some signs copy of the LOG, which he had of rejuvenation in 1948 and again been receiving regularly, mysteri­ in 1952, have sagged hopelessly ously disappeared. the last* two seasons. Their good "Only recently," Goncalves ballplayers, like Ferris Fain, writes the LOG, "I returned from George Kell and Harry Byrd, were two weeks in the field and asked sold off to pay the mortgage, while our mail clerk if he had received Bobby Sehantz, their ace in the my copy of the LOG. After search­ hole, went bad with a sore arm. ing around for about 10 minutes, The result is a colorless, inept club he sheepishly told me that he had that has-"been doing very badly at received it, but that somehow it the gate and on the field. had gone astray." * Obviously Connie Mack, that Goncalves believes his copy of baseball ancient, is in no position ,the LOG didn't just get up and to breathe fire into the club. But walk out of the mail room by his two sons are breathing fire at itself. More likely, he thinks, it each other trying to get control exercised a fatal fascination for of the half-dead horse. The man­ someone who was in a position to agerial and front office shifts were lay his hands upon it. made last year in Philadelphia. Goncalves suffered no loss be­ All that remain's now is the move cause new copies of the LOG were to %nother city, with Kansas City mailed to him. And as for. the spoken of as the site. Phila- present owner of his missing LOG delphians have . already been —well, Goncalves is sure he is en­ threatened that the Athletics will joying good reading. .<1 .-:v| Who Cut Caper With His Paper, Seaman Asks -1r' i\ I The LOG opens this colvmn as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Bob Lambert's recipe for home-made potato salad. It's the traditional custom in American cookery when the summer heat comes up to turn to such side dishes as potato salad and cole slaw to accompany both hot and cold meats. They are easier to take than' hot, steaming vegetables and about ten pounds of potatoes which for this purpose are -boiled with if properly made sit lightly their skins on until tender. After on the stomach in warm weather. Potato salad can be made in dozens of different ways. Bob Lam­ bert's recipe is more unusual than most since it makes use of tabasco, an ingr e d i e n t that is usually re­ served for sea­ food seasonings such as shrimp sauce. Tabasco undoub t e d 1 y tends to make the salad a good deal tangier than the bland concocLambert tion that often passes for potato salad In restau­ rants, but he warns that the ta­ basco had better be put on with a light hand. Otherwise there's bound to be fire-eating-responses from the customers. Lambert starts hit salad with the potatoes are thoroughly cooked, they are peeled and diced. Five good-sized onions, chopped very fine are added as well as five cups of diced celery. The-whole mix­ ture is seasoned with salt. Added next are 323 cups of may­ onnaise and then comes the spicy part of the concoction—5 tabl^ spoons of wine vinegar, 5 table­ spoons of prepared mustard and VA teaspoons of tabasco. The en­ tire salad is turned lightly with a fork with care to be taken not to break the diced potato sections. When chilled before sei-ving, the salad is, the traditional accompani­ ment of frankfurters, cold tongue, cold roast ' chicken and similar dishes. Lambert has been sailing with the SiU for ten yeai*s in the stew'ard department, joining the Union in the port Tampa. • "?f. itsw'i • - ••'»=••- r- •"" -" n I .1 • :ll - .41 vll - .'••r .'.'ia �Pake Sfattedi 'At W^st Pointf He Wants Mail SEAFARERS Aukiut %»; 1954 LOG L E T T E R S Food Sittiation OK On Torkmar To the Editor: To the Editor: if any of the brothers could write After sailing for a good many This is the first opportunity I at the Greater Pittsburgh Airport. and answer them, I'd sure appre­ years with various companies, and have had to write to the LOG and "The job pays fairly well, but there's no such thing as.OT and again ciate it. First, how do I go about always being able to stay away it is a pleasure to do so. getting a 21-months or early dis­ from Calmar and Ore ships. I am I'd like to get on the mailink there's no job protection. If the To the Editor: Due to circumstances beyond charge? Second, would I be sub­ list, since the armed guard supervisor doesn't now on the Yorki LOG is the only like the way you comb your hair my control, I'm now in the Army. ject to the draft again? I've tried mar. and I find way I now have he can fire you, and there's noth­ I thought that at 27 I would be too- getting the answers here but all I that the food sit­ old for this sort of thing. But the get is buck-passing. of keeping up ing you can do about it. uation is very I am constantly bragging to my Army didn't think so. I am enclosing a small donation with tt® news of good. This is be< Before getting in here, 1 was for the LOG and again I would the Union and friends what a great union the SIU cause we have a the gn y s I've is, and about the fine agreements chief electrician on the Morning like to say it is the best labor very good SIU we have. But when I tell them Light. Our ship got into New Or­ paper there is. sailed with. steward and very The reason I about such things as penalty -pay leans from Korea and Japan and good cooks. If all Pvt. A. M. Pietrowskl * the next week I can't pick up the and the living conditions aboard men could pre­ US 52335913 was running LOG myself is our ships, they think I am handing pare food the Hq. Co., 1st Bn., 278 RCT )Voodruff Skonberg around In OD's that Uncle Sam them a line. If at all possible, I way these men Fort Devens, Mass. decided the Army couldn't do would appreciate it very much if at Fort Leonard do, it would be a very big help in ^ is, is, yoju could send me a copy of the Wood, Mo. You without me. sailing on the ships of so-called I was drafted last .January for agreement.- I want to prove to my talk about it be­ bad-feeding" companies. The chief two years. Then for 16 weeks they friends that I am telling the tilith ing hot in the steward on this ship is John Jelput me through the mill, trying to about the SIU. Persian G u 1 f— lette and the chief cook is Anthony LaUi. make an infantry soldier out of it's been 120 de­ To the Editor: Anthony Thomas We, the crew of the Steel Maker me. They didn't do a bad job, but grees here on Our ship did have a food beef on (Ed. note: Copies of the SIU after ail that training they stuck freighter and tanker agreements Peterson several occasions. (Isthmian) feel that when our ne­ it, but due to the cooperation of me behind a typewriter. I suppose have been mailed to you.) As everyune gotiating committee sits down to our steward and the Union agent I shouldn't complain, though. It's knows, we get 'plenty of OT—18 talk about our next contract, it, in San Francisco we got the stores better than an M-1 rifle. hours or more a day in basic. Any­ should include on the agenda a we needed. I think they deserve Don't get the idea that because way, we only have to pay $4 a plan for hospitalization and group credit for' fixing up what could I'm up here at West Point that I'm month in income tax. And the soap insurance under which a seaman have been a bad situation. a cadet. I'm just a private making situation! I wish I had some of the could be taken care of in his own , S,-L. Woodruff 85 bucks ^ a month with no OT. To the Editor: stuff that used to lie around in my, town and by his own doctor. j/ 4 4 Many members of pur great However, the chow up here is locker. This' Army life makes me I am now with my parents in Union do not come frorh cities pretty good compared with the appreciate more and more the usual Army grub. But ifs nowhere South Africa, waiting for my visa good conditions that the SIU got where there is a marine hospital, so I can get back to the US and and it would be a great help and near SIU standards. for us, on the ships. To the Editor: comfort to them to be able to go I'd also appreciate it if you'd start Sailing SIU ships again. Has Sailor-Pal I'd like all my old shipmates to So far I have/ been getting the print my address in the LOG so There's a seaman from the NMU to a hospital of tlheir own choice, know I'm stationed in Korea. I've my old -shipmates can see if and LOGs from the SIU ships that here in my barracks, so I at least where their families and friends got 16 months to pull here and I have called at Capetown, but I have someone to shoot the breeze could easily visit them. maybe write to me. was ready to leave after the first Should Include FanMles Pvt. Kenneth M. Skonberg would like very much if you would with. I don't think the rest of week. There's nothing like being put me on your regular mailing We also suggest that the plan US 51298231 these guys know what a seaman is. on an SIU ship with an SIU crew list. include the seaman's wife and chil­ Combat Arms Detachment After basic I'm going to try to Reading'the LOG of June 25 I- get into the marine operations dren, if he is married, or his par­ under an SIU contract, and I'm 1802nd Special Regiment looking forward to the time when came across a story about the West Point, New York branch of the Transportation ents, if he is single. I'll be sailing again. McCarran immigration bill. All I We feel the Government is still (Ed. note: Your name has been Corps. I've got a license so that Would you please send me the can say to the alien brothers is to anxious to close the marine hos­ added to the mailing list and you might help. LOG while I'm here and also the will receive the LOG regularly put in for their visas as soon as I'd like to hear from some of my pitals, and we would feel more se-.. last couple of issues since I haven't possible as they take a long time from now on.) old shi{unates if they can find time cure if something were done about to get. I have been waiting two to drop me a couple of lines or this group insurance and hospitali­ seen the paper since the June 11 t 4issue. years for my residence visa and *Ven a postcard. Also I'd like to zation plan as-soon as possible. Pvt. Henry J. Kowalski the consulate tells me I still won't We would like to see ail the have the LOG sent to me so I can US 51294117 get it until the end of this year or keep up with the news of the brothers think over this plan and Hq. Btry., 955th the beginning , of next year. write their ideas into the LOG. We Union. F.A.Bn., APO 264 To the Editor: Anyway, I hope that by next also suggest that- all ships dele­ Pvt. Richard J. Peterson r/o JPostmaster, I am a retired member of the year I'll again be sailing SIU ships, gates take the matter up-and send US 55455898 San Francisco, Calif. SIU, but I still keep in touch with and in the meantime I'd like very in reports to headquarters. Company A, 3rd Pit. (Ed. note: The back issues have Union affairs^ via the LOG, which much to hear from some of my old 6th QM Bn., 6th Af-m. Div. Edward G. Tesko been sent to you and your name I enjoy very much. I'd like to ded-, shipmates. The last ship I sailed Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Ship's delegate has been added to our regular mail­ icate this letter to the SIU mem­ on was the John Kuiukundis, and (Ed. note:Your name has been ing list.) ^ * bers who may not realize just how I'd especially like to hear from the added to the mailing list and you 4 4 4 wonderful the SIU is, or who may men who were on that ship with will receive the LOG regularly.) ® take the benefits it has gotten for me. them for granted. Arthur Ronald McCree 72 Dublin Street I was an active SIU man for five To the Editor: Woodstock, South Africa years, and enjoyed . sailkig very I am very much interested in To the Editor: much. I retired my book when I . (Ed. note: Your name has beenyour SEAFARERS LOG, being - I recaU'reading an article in the was drafted, but now I am out of added to Our rnailvng list and you To the Editor: secretary of an-association. dealing} LOG recently gbout Lubie, the service and am looking forward to villi receive the LOG regularly Thanks for'so promptly sehfting with different capacities of seamen. manageress of the Wilmington Ho­ the day when I can go to sea again. from now on.) tel, extending credit to SIU men. me the first LOG I've seen in three In India our $eaman's unions are I always thought the SIU was a 1 know a few gu.vs who did' not months. Not only did I read it is, is, having financial difficulties, but fine union, but like a lot of other thoroughly, but so did nearly still we are doing our utmost to come back and nay u^. To these guys I used-to take a lot of things guys I say, "Why don't you get everyone else in my barracks, and continue bur services. i back there and square off?" for granted. Since getting out of they all agreed it is the best labor Under^ these circumstances I service, though, I've learned what . Pete Walsh newspaper they ever saw. I was request you to be good enough to To the Editor: the scor^really is. 4 4 4 especially interested in the article favor me by sending me the For instance, I worked in a con­ I was deeply shocked to read of on runaway US merchant ships. SEAFARERS LOG regularly. I struction crew on the Pennsyl­ Brother Moon Kouns' death. He One Saturday recently I got a vania Turnpike for about six helped me when I came into the three-day pass, so I went into Bos­ intend to study it in the hope that months, where I joined a union. SIU in 1939, and he also taught ton and visited the hall there. On I may rentier better service toHhe To the Editor:^ Nobody seemed to care anything me what a union really is—some­ Monday I was in Philly so I went seamen of India. I am writing this letter from St. about our beefs, and finally I was thing I've never forgotten. Joseph N. Chatterjee, Secretary Vincent's Hospital, and I hope you into the hall there and ran into laid ofif by the foreman so he could Indian Saloon Workers' Associa­ will publish it in the LOG, as I I want Moon's family to know some of my old shipmates, includ­ give my job to a friend of his who that I've lost a good personal ing Johnny Flanagan, Joe Fusella tion, Calcutta, India. would publicly .like to thank the was out of college for the summer. friend and the SIU has lost a fine and Joe Kologzewski. It sure was (Ed. note: Your name has been SIU Welfare Services Department I am now working for the State union man. good to see them agaim added to our mailing list and you for the fine work they are doing. of Pennsylvania as an armed guard John J. Flynn I have some questions to ask and will receive the LOG regularly.) Joe Pllutis Life in Aring Not Like SiU Crewmen Seeking insurance Plan Old Shipmates Ashed To Writef 'Si' Iff Armg^ Would Re Rack in SiU Sailing SMU Tops ^horeside dobs !;• IK-- • LOG Rates High With Army Men . : iu' Wants IHG For . Seamen in india Credit Extended^ Pag I7p, He Says Kouns^ Passing Real Union Loss Writes To Thank Welfare Services u ^- ' 10-"• IP' Burly •' P': fe' • I |:T- I ^ -r- • 'i y- • • SggSiiSS--'-" Fame Ot fli« Own 'By Bernard Seaman 1. �-VV : u Angwt SEAV ARERS 1954 Pasc Seventeea • LOG .. . DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... OOLDEN CITY (Watarman), July IS— men were in the habit of coming in the Repairs have not been completed. Motion and all torn or damaged Unen issued Pthe repair list from the former voyage. CIralrinan, Jasia. L. Oraan; Sacratary, L. messhaU in their underwear and this made and carried that a letter be sent them, and he wiU turn It over to the Most of these repairs were not taken care • P. Hagmann. The ship's delegate re­ ported that the captain advised him that if crew had not received enough fans In Mobile to comply with the new agree­ ment he would see the chief engineer and have him get the rest. The captain Bald he. would get blank money orders so as to give draws in foreign ports. Motion made and carried to give the negotiating committee a vote of thanks for the swell Job done on the new freighter contract. Delegate will see the chief mate regard­ ing the painting of the steward depart­ ment rooms. The chairman complained about the whistling In the passageways as men are trying to sleep all the time. He also brought out the fact that several PERSONALS Elwood Louis Hempton tfrgent you contact your ifiother Immediately at 1425 16th St., Two Rivers, Wis. » 4^ 4- t . Julius Rosen Contact your wife at '3919 Bon­ ner Rd., Baltimore 16, Md. 4" Richard Dineen Contact your wife at 6 Canal Lane, Somerville, Mass. Elmer (Ted) Wheeler Get in touch with Pvt. Albert M. Pietrowski, US 52335913, HQ & HQ Co., 1st Bn., 278th Regimental Combat Team, iFort Devens, Mass. X, ^ • t, Jimmy McGuffey Urgent you call or -write Ruby. 4> 4i 4" 4" 4" , 4> 4> 41 ilf if if if Ossie Telefer Anyone knowing his where­ abouts, please contact his wife at 88-73 Scott Rd., Surrey, Canada. - practice should stop. These two com­ plaints by the chairman are generally on all ships and it was suggested that an article be written in the LOG about same. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seas Shipping), June 27—Chairman, Ray Brault; Secre­ tary, A. J. Tursl. Ship's delegate re­ ported that Brother PhlfEer will be ex­ amined by the doctor in Capetown to establish Itis fltness for duty. JVashing machine has been repaired. Since the refrigerator was repaired in New York it has not worked properly. SuggesUon made to have more of a variety in the night lunch. WINTER HILL (Cities Service), July 13 —Chairman, Al Larson; Secretary, August Souza, Jr. Crew should get keys to their sleeping quarters before going into the shipyard. When any member has a beef he should go to the delegate and not the crew. The ship's delegate is to inform the steward about sougeeing the passage­ ways and the messhall. Milk will be served for breakfast instead of every day three times a day. $33 reported in the ship's fund. A Vote of thanks went to Ben Brice lor handling the fimd. MARSARETT BROWN (Bloomfield), June 13—Chairman, John Hanks; Secre­ tary, Raymond L. Perry. it was sug­ gested that the tubs in the wash room be kept clean, (jrew was asked to put dirty linen on deck where dirty linen locker is located. It was decided that the laundry would be kept clean one week by the ordinary seaman on sanitary and one week by the - wiper on sanitary. The steward's department will keep the rec­ reation room clean. , July 17—Chairman, E. C. Hill; Secre­ tary, Raymond L. Perry. All minor re­ pairs have been taken care of that could be done aboard ship. Complaint tha't no midnight lunch was served leaving Ant­ werp. It was suggested that the ship's delegate try to get American money for draws in foreign ports. Vote of thanks given to the steward's department. STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), June 2i —Chairman, Charles P. Moore; Secretary, A. G. Anopal.- Motion made to build a ship's fund, which now stands at $25.50. Anybody wishing to donate to the ship's fund see their respective department del­ egate. All screen doors to be kept closed in foreign ports. Crew members were asked not to leave the washing machine running longer than necessary. Members asked cook and baker to put out some kind of pastry for coffee time at least three times a week. Charlie Muscarella Get,-in touch with A1 at the New Orleans hall. SHOW ME MARINER (Bull), July 11— Chairman, John C. Reed; Secretary, M. t 4i i . .Sterne. Ship's delegate tried to straighten Gerry Dwyer out shortage of fresh fruit through ball. Albert Leahy wishes to contact you. His address is ,7420 Boyer St., Philadelphia 19, Pa. NOTICES , Lester Jenkins Arthur R. Hindman. Call or writer for your seabag at Contact Mrs. L. Jenkins at Route 2, Smithdale, Miss. the SIU hall. Mobile. 4 4 4 John J. iKshun The retroactive pay checks for Contact Mrs. Adele Leshun at the following men have been re­ 38 S. Catherine St., Shenandoah, turned to the "Bull Line office be­ cause of incorrect addresses. These Pa. checks can be claimed by writing 4> 4> 4> Robert Delmont or calling at the office at 115 Broad Walter Szepanek wishes his suit­ St., NY 4. NY: Hubert J. Andrews, Valentin Acabeo, case, left in your car in Baltimore, PAnce James R. Boone, Denhis. H. sent to him at 524 N. 10th St., Brazell,Baker, Brigido Flgueroa. Alfred W. Flatts, Julio Flores. Reading, Pa. Selig s: Freilich, Ramon Galarza, Wal­ i. ^ if ter Gustavson. Thomas N. Johnson,. Melvin E. Jones, Raymond .W. Kaboska, Ver­ S. L. Wilson non E. Keyne, Clifford A. Kintoade. Jr., L. C., at Red Bay, Ala., wishes to Leo Koza, Antonio Melendez. Juan Nieves, Julio P. Rey, Antonio hear frpm you. ' if Lawrence G. ReaYour wife wishes you to contact her at once. 4i • 4> 4" John W. Bigwood'' Contact your mother'at 68 Rob­ ert St., Roslindale 31, Mass. if if 4" ' C. Woodrow Pritchett - Your relatives are having a re­ union at the Jarrett Club on Sun­ day, Aug. 22. Try to attend. -1 • • 4 4' 4« Allan W. McArthur Your father has sent an impor­ tant letter to you c/o the Seatrain Savannah. 4 4 Rivera, Carlos Rodriguez, James E. Rose, Miguel Salcedo, Andres Sanchez, Efrain R. Sierra, Joseph A.. Stevens. Eloris B. Tart, Angel Valdes, Leopold Wareham, Henry Watson, John R. Bailey, Joseph F. Billiot, Jr., George R. Black, John A. Blaine, Julin Blomgren, Carl £. Chandler. Melburn W. Clark, Raymond R. Crane, George P. Crimmins, Frank P. De Las Reyes, James Doyle, Robert W. Duff, Wil­ liam J. Dwyer, William Etty. Guillermo Garcia, Isabelo Garcia, James H. Griffin, Grady Halty, Charles F. Henry, Thomas C. Hickey, Robert S. Jerigan, Charles R. Johnson, William J. Keenan, Newell Kgyes. William F. McDonald, Teraal McRaney, William Norris, Oliver Valle Ortiz, Julio F. Pacheco, -William J. L. Peters, Juan Pola, Jr., Ellis D. Poppesco, N. Burton Potts, Jr. Jerbert Reeve, Jose Rodriguez, Robert P. Rogerson, Jose Ross, Clair A. Rothman, Fred R. Ryder, Richard J. Smith, Harold Steve;-, William Vander Xist, Kenny R. Warren, Julio C. C. Zamora. 4 Oswald Smith Contact K. K. Hansen c/o SIU hall, Baltimore. -•.lliji.vl Puzzle Answer to the Union, in the event that the ship should sail again, to have a wringer in­ stalled or have the old one repaired, inasmuch as three trips have passed since the wringer was broken. Discussion about American money draws. -Motion made and carried that union, accident reports be put aboard all SIU vessels to help in­ jured seamen coUect compensation easier. STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), July 13 —Chairman, A. E. Gi'oovar; Secretary, C. P. Moore. Chief engineer discriminat­ ing against men that refused weekend overtime. Delegates will sec the captain and clarify once and for aU launch serv­ ice schedule. Cots should ' be made up during working hours and any man fail­ ing to dq this be fined $10 and have pa­ trolman collect same for LOG. Motion voted down. Brief discussion on food situation. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), June 2t— Chairman, F. Keller; Secretary, H. C. Kilmon. Captain will have crew sign draw and slop chest receipts before hitting port. Motion made to donate $5 from the ship's fund to the American Merchant Marine Library Association in port. Cap­ tain offered extra cigarettes to some crewmembcrs and not to the others, but this was actually to have been a personaL loan from the chief mate to some mem­ bers of the deck department. The paint­ ing of the showers, toilets and rooms will be put on the repair list and turned over to the patrolman at the payoff. The logs in the steward's department were dis­ cussed and it was decided that the is­ sues involved will have to be derided with the patrolman at the meeting in port. Ship's delegate sug.gested that all disputed overtime be listed on a separate sheet for convenience at payoff. DEL VIENTO (Mississippi), May 16— Chairman,. Wilson Thomas; Secretary, John R. Tllley. There is a total of $77 in the ship's fund. One member de­ clared that aU hands should b'e more careful about reporting on board one hour before sailing as per requirements of our working agreement. The steward asked the membership to turn in any Quiz Auswe^ wm ansaii QSD mum mmmm 4. r.-rij'r of as the ship had been laid up. ANTINOUS (Waterman), July 18—Chair­ man, Eddie Callahan; Secretary, Frank Keelan. Captain wants aU hands aboard one hour before sailing. Washing ma­ chine to be repaired in Mobile. AU dele­ gates were reminded to make out repair lists and turn them In. Ship's treasurer suggested that crew send flowers to de­ ceased mother of crewmember, and the money to be taken out of the ship's fund. Paul Carter wiU coUect donations for fund. Men taking water from coffee urn wcke asked to replace same. FAIRLAND (Waterman), July 14—Chair­ man, Fete Walsh; Secretary, Louis B. Thomas. Ship's - delegate elected. Crew messman commended the crew for good cooperation in the messroom. ORION COMET (Oil Carriers), Juno 20 i —Chairman, J. Gavin; Secretary, A. M. Branconl. Notice posted on fire hazards. Ship's delegate or department delegate will make sure that any man being hos­ pitalized wUl get his gear, pay voucher and a copy of overtime. The launch service at Yokosuka is out of Une.. WACOSTA (Waterman), July IS—Chair­ man, C. Wallick; Secretary, J. J. Guard. Ship's delegate wiU see the first mate concerning gaskets for port holes in after crew quarters. The entire crew voted the chief steward and his crew a vote of ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), June 4— thanks for the fine way in which the Chairman, Douglas Claussen; Secretary, department is run. Charles T. Dyer. Linen locker door will fixed. Missing oiler will be replaced DEL MAR (Mississippi), July 18—Chair­ be in Seattle if possible. Crew was asked man, Blackle Bankston; Secretary, R. E. to stop bothering the captain for money Svough, ir. Ship's delegate reported that going south one man went to the ho^mi- as the delegates handle all draw sheets. tal in Rio and was given $50 out of the SEACLIFF (Coral), April 12—Chairman, ship's fund. In Buenos Aires the SiU's movie was shown to the local seamens Harvey O. Mesford; Secretary, H. R. Hutchins. Special meeting was called to union and we are going to try and help them. A vote of thanks was given to the discuss bringing . crewmember up on bakers and cooks for the fine paslrv .--n-f charges for performing. He threatened a they prepared. $49 was coUected brother's life at sea in the messroom. PENNMAR (Calmar), May 2—Chairman, fond for-the movie fund and given to d-" • Sam P. Drury; Secretary, Julian Dedlca- ond and third electricians. Motion made SOUTHSTAR (South Atlantic), May 9— torla. Motion made that all rooms and carried that $25 worth of magazines Chairman, L. Blizzard; Secretary, R. Por­ messrooms be insulated. AU port holes and are to be bought by Brother Mouton. arc to be furnished with wind scoop and Brother Spina wiU contact patrolman in ter. Deck delegate spoke about mates screen. Request for toaster In the mess- order to get more chairs on sliip for doing unlicensed personnel's work. De­ layed saUing disputed. Cooking and prep­ room for men going off and on watch Motion made and carried that the aration of meats could be better. Black­ and others of the crew-who desire toast .crew.. agents be told that men on the beach in board in mqssroom needs painting. Lock between meals. foreign countries are entitled to $8 per on messroom door and locks on crew's day instead of 100 cruizeros. Crew was FELTORE (Ore), June 4—Chairman, asked to check with the purser to see quarters wiU be repaired. Jim Keavney; Secretary, Frank P.vgano. that a .sufficient amount of cigarettes, LIBERTY FLAG (Dover), June 12— Jim Keavney elected as ship's delegate. all. brands except Camels, are on board. Chairman, G. Glennon; Secretary H. R. One man missed ship in Baltimore. Fan Hutchins. on draw in Ameri­ to be fixed in. recreation room. MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), July 1— can-ports. Discussion Money is hard to get in Long Chairman, H. Whismanf; Secretary, D. MARORE (Ore), June 13—Chairman, Sicry. There was a discussion over the Beach and Portland. Messman wiU take .toe D. McPhee; Secretary, Bert Shannon. shortages in the slop chest and the stew­ care of the recreation room and engine deck departments will take care of Steward was .asked to serve cold suppers ard department stores. Suggested th.-;t and the laundry room. Recommendation made now an dthen while in the warmer lati­ new crew be sure to see that ade­ to have our own slop chest on the West tudes. All hands wiU help to keep p.mtry the stores are aboard before leaving Coast as.it is badly needed. The companyand laundry clean and will cut down the i quate the port of signon. supplied slop chests have nothing that noise in the passageways. July 11—Chairman, Joe D. McPhee; GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), fits or that you can really use. Secretary, Bert Shannon. Motion made 24—Ch-lrman, Pat Ryan; Secretary, and carried to see the patrolman about July CHICKASAW (Walermr-n), May 1— H. Krohn. Ship's delegate asked all crev!a fight involving two crewmembcrs. Cap­ members stay sober for the oaycfE. Chairman, Ralph Burrieed; Secretary, A. tain gave one man the choice of getting New fans to wiU be put in foc'sles for the Dsnne. W. Cunningham elected ship's off ship er being logged. All hands will next voyage, and the washing machine delegate. Motion made and carried that return coffee cups to pantry when they will be repaired. There is no protecti'>n department delegates and ship's delegate are through with same. ) on .the flying bridge for the men on be changed every trip. Discussion on watch and it was suggested that dodgers putting SIU slop chest aboard. Brother CHILORE (Ore), June 2£—Chairman, J. be put up. A new library is needed on Darley was requested To wri'.e to the Sea P. Crowder; Secretary, W. Trolle. Ship's board and the old one should be taken Chest in New York concerning same. Dis­ delegate to see about new books for off. Crewmembers were asked to return cussion on cold water, ice box, and keep­ crew. all cots to the steward. Members gave ing the pSntry and messroom clean at steward departinent a vote of thanks for night. BALTORE (Ore), July 2—Chairman, the excellent food served. Eddie Eriksen; Secretary, George Prota. KYSKA (Waterman^, June 26—Chair­ June 27—Chairman, Pat Ryan; Secre­ Ship's delegate elected. Discussion con­ tary, H. Krohn. Library will be locked man, Gilbert G. Parker; Secretary, John cerning the playing of the radio in the in foreign ports or books transferred to J. Doyle. Captain asked crew's coopera­ recreation room late at night. Everyone another locker. The steward's department tion in keeping all quarters clean. Dis­ agreed, to a 10:00 PM curfew. Water WiU watch garbage and see that it is cussion on the pressure in the deck, en­ cooler in the port passageway is to be put in Us proper place. Captain is to gine and steward department toilets. repaired before leaving port. give draws-in American money and each Ship's delegate to see'the chief engineer member should 'declare the proper abobt t^s and to get same fixed. ROBIN GRAY (Robin), June 19— Chair­ amount on his customs sheet. man, Steve Fulford; Secretary, Tony STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), July 8— waslluk. Delegate to see that each room VENORE (Ore), July 9—Chairman, W. Chairman, Robert Foy; Secretary, Thomas has the proper amount of fans in it, and Glick; Secretary, S. J. Hutchinson. Me.ss- McAifrey. Ship's delegate suggested that in good working condition. Each foc'sle halls and galley need painting. All h<vnds all crew cooperate with foreign customs. to have the proper number of buckets were asked to keep washing machine Cots are to be kept off deck. Port screen for laundry purposes. Departments to elean at all times. Water in afterpeak of doors should be closed and locked while -take turns in cleaning the laundry and ship has been rusty and has ruined sev­ in port except for the one near the gang­ therecreation room. Vote of thanks was eral crewmembers clothes. way. Ship's delegate will try to obtain a giv^n to the steward's department for June 20—Chairman, W. GlIck; Secre­ date schedule of ports for mailing pur­ the fine job they are doing. tary, Tex Jacks. It was suggested that poses. Gangway watchman will keep na­ July 12—Chairman, Sieve Fulford; Sec­ crew messman try a little harder to sat­ tive workers out of midship housing. retary, Tony Waslluk. Motion made and isfy the men. The bosun gave an inter­ Safety meeting was held by order of carried to have the minutes of the last esting talk on the. advantages of buyin.g skipper and some enlightening sugges­ meeting .posted. All departments have working gear and sundries from the Sea tions were made. The meeting was con­ disputed overtime for not having a launch Chest. Brother Sheldrake gave an educa­ ducted by the second officer. while iiT Leonardo. Ship was in»port over tional talk on the advantages of unionism eight hours overnight and..was waiting to in general and the Seafarers International ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), July 11— load cargo. Motion made to write patrol­ .Union in particular. " Chairman, E. Yates; Secretary, J. E. Hanman in Norfolk and let him know about non. Extra ^mons are needed for next the man who paid" off in New York. The CCE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), July trip for fresh lemonade instead of using" reefer in the*crew's pantry has been fixed 16—Chairman, Albert De Forest; Secre­ concentrated juice. Crew will contact the several times and still is not in working tary, Johnson. After considerable discus­ Sea Chest to see if members can't charge order. Screen doors have to be fixed. All sion Brother Johnson agreed to act as through the Union. .Steward will put hands to kebp out of the pantry messhall temporary delegate whUe the ship is in three pounds of coffee out each night and the recreation room in their under­ port. It was decided to hand in again after supper. clothes. The slop chest that was ordered in New York was delivered and everyone is satisfied. ' (1) (b) in opera. A diva is a dis­ SEH BHaaa ea® tinguished female singer. [DgHESa asB (2) Second cousin. 4 4 4 (3) Johnny has l8: Tom 9; Harry •vBenedicto T. Tagle . 54 and Charlie has 27. , Contact your daughter in the >(4) Yitamin D. The sunlight Philijppines. , . B[d BraBGD BUCaBII] comlpnes with a substance present 4 • 4" 4 ... , in the; bO!fly to form Vitdhiin p. - Harold ThOmpisoh (5) (c) Jfevada (160,000). ' Get JIQ touch with Mrs. George HH® naEEi . - (ei^'ia) jydolworth Building! The Harville'. . sEmplre Building in New 4 4 4 'York was'completed fti 1931. Leslie R. Perry (7) "John Bull," Anyone knowing the. where(8) (c) Asia./. aboutli ol this man, please contact (9) 50 minutes. Franli Kifer, 3013 Madison St., i UQ). Luis i. -t ' WUijjfagto^ Hel. mum Bsnas raami assB BSS company as condemned and get new linen. It was explained that in the past there had been an arrival pool set up by both north and south bound. There were sixty chances at $2 per. The win­ ner received $60 and the two adjoining winners received $20 each, and the re­ maining $20 went into the ship's fund. The fund in the past was used to hold a shrimp and beer party in South America. This was discussed and a hand vote de­ cided the same would be done this trip. July 17—Chairman, Harvey Share; Sec­ retary, .John R. Tllley. The deck delegate cautionfed the crew that now is the time to bring up any beefs if they have any, and not wait tiU the patrolman is on board. 'The repair list calls for the instaUation of night latch type locks on nine rooms of the unlicensed crewmembers that stiU have old type locks that can be opened with almost any key It was decided that the engine delegate and the ship's delegate get together on the black gang beef before arrival. Edifor, -I •:«l •'I41 •m , SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY • ^ I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your moiling list. (Print Information) NAME • •ti •••I STREET ADDRESS CITY .^i.. .. .v.: ZONE ..... STATE Signed . . ..n TO AVOID DUPLICATION: H you^are «n old tubscribar and hava a chanqa of addrats, plaasa giva your formar addrass below: ADDRESS CIT*. ...^.>...1. .....i...... ..ZONE- • aaaa a MoaaaaMaaavaaaaaaaa••••••••< .. STATE. 3^1 i] �-•:;> i, . , '<_j ••• T*. ^... Pare ciahteeB '.•v.iiiw sET/lPliiCiW^ twd'' ' ;;^":";1^--"'^-''--" Helping Hand In Jhe Hospital Aarm^ 26; i$!i4 SEA FARE R S :C.ASl <>;• , 5 V 5" " SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS If:. "'U" • REPORT OH BENEFITS PAID T. NQ, Seafarers Receiving Benefit, thim Pyyjyl Averaite Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period m .31 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Seafarer John Brennan gives a light to Frank Napoli while Seafarer Nils Lundqulst looks on. Bed­ ridden patients get assists from those weU enough to walk around on little items that doctors and nurses can't attend to. ifaiBitai Benefit. DeuhBenefitn -DisnUlitv Benefit. Matcniitv Benefit. YacMloo Benefit. aL 9,1 aa »o _Jbwl '7 1' Ls-liX A* WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 -maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name. Denise Katherine Boyle, born July 10, 1954. Parents, lAr. and Mrs. Neil J. Boyle, 143 E. .97th Valley Street, Sunrise Acres, Las Street, New York 29, New York, Vegas, Nevada. it ^ Michael Gordon Adams, born Willard Walter Bickford, born June 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William G. Adams, 2711 June 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard W. Bickford, 7204 Coast Highway, Newport Beach, California. III Wife Of Seafarer Receives Best of Care t> 'i, Hi, Richard ' Charles Paquette, born June 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Paquette, 4416 Paris Avenue, New Orleans, La. Seafarer Wincenty Gontarski doesn't get to the headquar­ ters port of New York very often, but when he arrived here ^ recently the first thing he did was to hustle up to headquarters David Allen Doucette, born July and thank Welfare Services 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. for the help the Union had connected with clearing Mrs. Gon­ M^le Doucette, 7 Horton Street, given to his sick wife. tarski through Immigration. Then Newburyport, Massachusetts. Gontarski Explained that his he took her into New York and 3^ wife had been quite ill for some saw to it that she was put up in a time as a result of which she was unable to walk. He had sent her back to Scotland for treatment after which she was to return to New York. However, ps it turned out, his wife's plane was due to arrive from Scotland while he was en-route from Louisiana to New York on the tanker Bull Run. Consequent­ ly, he got in touch with Welfare Services asking them if they could meet his wife at the airport, as she was unable to get around her­ self. A Welfare Services representa­ tive went out to meet the plane and took care of ail the details Dolly White, boi'n July 5, 1954. local hotel. "It was a tremendous relief to Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Derreli W. me" Gontarski said, "when I found White, 3441 Newton Avenue, Port -out that my wife was met at the Arthur, Texas. plane and all these details were 3^ 4 tak^n- care of. I don't know how Daniel James Sullivan, born she could have managed withouM July 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. atjd the Union's help." The incident took place some Mrs. John Sullivan, 128 E, 9th months ago, Gontarski explained, Street, New York, New Yorl^. but he hadn't had a chance up to '444 now to come -to headquarters per­ Mary Nora Vaughan, born May sonally and thank Welfare Services 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mss. Wil­ for their help. liam F. Vaughan, 520 W. 175th "I've been around a long time Street, New York, New York. he concluded, Vbut there's no un­ ion I've seen anywhere that does 4 4 4 as much for the men as the SIU," Joyce Marie Takacs, born July 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Takacs, 167 West Norris Street, Philadelphia^ Pa. TUB- SIU s^cffEsr /« cioni(}h^y •ioanz. ptomu^ UEBtsh Hoipital Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 10S0» Death Benefits Paid Since Tuly 1. |OTO« Dioabilitv Bencfita Paid Since May 1. 10S2' Maternity Benefits Paid Since AtwrU 'l. lOSZ* Vacatioo Benefits PaiASinr, ^eb. 11. 10S2» Tptaj * Dste Benefit. B..... tiUiUsS -S^MS .jOiVtfii £2. zz Rn*F5rfii WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS ajLumuuJ ^.nsuou ii.ua ^relfnre ki ®0 US iiovermnent Bonds (Weifwe) Renl Escue (Velfue) Otiier Aysets - Training Ship (WeU^e) TOTAL ASSETS lai nvt KVo Vlt AO m .in /f9oCi 97 #!r noMM?.HT.q, For some time it has been the practice, for a great many of the eligibles under the plan, to sign a new Welfare Plan beneficiary card each time they sign on for a new voyage, regardless of the fact that they do not change the name of the beneficiary, • t is only necessary to fill'in and sigh a new beneficiary card when it is the intention of the eligible to change the name of the beneficiary or when he has never filled out a card before, A great deal of time and filing space will be saved for the Plan if eligibles under the Plan will keep this in mind. S^ttud 8-16-54 At Kerr, Assistma'Xdw^ dwUmistrator Injury Heported, 4-Month Delay Just Melts Away A Seafarer who originally faced a four-month stay in a German hospital is back in the States instead because his ship's delegate made sure to report his injury to W.elfare Services at headquarters. Sea--*^ farer Willam Sargent is now dowm.to the ship before it sailed recuperating from a broken and came back to the States in a 4 4 4' leg qt Slaten Island, having re­ few days instead of the several Sara Lynn Watford, born June ceived immediate repatriation at weeks' delay he had been expecting 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy the Union's request. up until then. Alton Watford, V 921 Smith Street, Sargent, who was a erewmember Prichard, Alabama. of the Show Me Mariner, suffered his injury while in, the port of 4 4 4, Dorothy Robinson, born June 27, Bremerhaven, Germany. He was Seafarers with beefs regard­ 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. taken to a local hospital and his ing slow payment of monies Thomas A. Robinson, 1941 Whit­ leg put in a cast. There the com­ due from various operators in pany agent was informed that it ney Avenue, Algiers, La. back wages and disputed over­ would be*31^ to 4 months before 4 4 4 he could get discharged from the time should first check wheth* er they have a proper mailing Beverly Kay Little, born,July 1, hospital. address on file with the com­ 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. BelIV^anwhile the ship's delegate pany. SIU headquarters offi­ don N. Little,-PO Box 247, Auland- had notified Welfare Services at cials point out that reports er. North €!arolina. headquarters of the nature of the received from severM opera­ accident. Welfare Services • con­ 4 4 4^ tors show checks* have been MichaKI Ivan Mesford, born July tacted the company on the matter mailed to one address while and was informed that the doctors 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. a beef on the same score is Harvey Mesford, 5055--7 Street, at the hospital would not release sent from another, thus creat­ Sargent for repatriation.. NW, Seattloi Washington. ing much difficulty in keeping Further investigation showed > 4 4 4 accounts straight. Seafarers that nobody had informed the are urged to use one perma­ Gordoih Hall Grimes, Jr., born hospital of the Seafarer's desire nent address for mail so that July 4, 1954. Parents; Mr. and for immediate repatriation. Once claims can be checked speedi­ Mrs. Gordon .K. Grimes, 1041 the hol^pital authorities were no­ ly and payment made right William Street, Baltimore, Mary- tified, they readily agreed to move away. land. him, cast and all. He was sent Vse Only One Mail Address '.4. 4 �SEAFAREnS Aociist *9, 1954 (SIU Director of Welfare Services.) We would like to Insert here Just a word of reminder to the brothers about a subject we have made mention of before: letting the Union know when a man has had to leave a ship. As was reported In the last issue, the new Union clause on continuing family allotments makes this all the more important, as the allotment can only be con­ tinued when it is known definitely that a crewmember left the ship because of illness or injury. And as all the brothers know, notifying the Union is a big help in getting a man repatriated as rapidly as possible. The little effort made in writing an airmail letter to Wel­ fare Services at headquarters is worth its weight in gold to a sick or injured brother. » » Among several new patients recently admitted at the Staten Island Public Health Service hospital is Seafarer Vernon Manuel from down in Mamou, Louisiana, the town a song put on the niap. Manuel was pumpman on the Bents Fort and had to get treatment for some foreign matter that got into his eye. Seafarer Paul Albano of Boston, Mass., a fireman on the Seatrain New Jersey, had to call it quits for a while because of stomach trouble. Rocco Albanese, who had to be treated for a head Injury in April, w?is readmitted for further care, while Robert Ellis, chief cook On the Seanah was O'NeiU laid low by an attack of diabetes. A couple of hernia cases^ under treatment are Frank O'Neill and Chester Jensen. O'Neill, who is from New York City, was oiler on the Tagalam his last trip out while Jensen was utility messman aboard the Captain N. B. Palmer. He's from Wor­ cester, Mass. An accident on board the Mankato Victory put Seafarer John Doherty out of action for a while. He's now getting treatment at the hospital. Sea­ farer Flemming Jensen also got hurt on a ship. He lives in Brooklyn while he's ashore. Two other brothers who entered the hospital re­ cently a.<i. Leo Burino of Staten Island and Michael Lesko of Brooklyn. Burino was OS on the Steel Albano Flyer while Lesko was working as oiler on the Seatrain New Jersey. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Charles Neumaler Simon Bunda Joe Perreira Henry J. ChUds BUwood Rost Myron Folts W. S. Singleton Olav Gustavsen Vigio W. Sorensen Anthony Kuberskl P. S. Yuzon Cyril Mize USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Alvah H. Jones Henry B. Riley Hugh Meacham Anthony Scaturro USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Stephen Buzskey Svcrre Johannessen James Krohn Calvin G. Durham V. K. Ming George W. Flint G. Rosson F. Fondiia Howard Garvey USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Frank Aiasavlch Joseph Garrello Frank Albano Charles McCarthy Wilfred Beohner James H. Penswick James R. Frotton Joseph Petrusewicz USPHS HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. PA. Warren Nlelson USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Gervaslo Menendez Paul Bland J. T. Moore Benny Brinson John H. Morris •' R. CarrolUon Lucius DeWitt Willie C. Sanders John C. Hughes Randolph Shcdd 'Claud Kent Leslie Swegan Albert WCLima Leo F. Weeks Jimmie Littleton William J. Wolfe Avis Meadows USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Algot Bogren Samuel Mills Steven Boldes Oscar Payne ' Jessie Brinkley Eugene Plahn A. W. Sadenwater Delvini Brodeur Jessie Clarke Jesse A. Shonts Samuel Doyle August A. Smith ' Robert Stokes Wendell Ellis Joseph Torra Richard Foust Gorman T. Glaze Warren Whitmer ' Antoine Johnson Henrlch Wlese Tony Mastantino Albert WlUls Charles W. Mathews Wesley Young USPHS HOSPITAL • NEW ORLEANS. LA. Milford Alexander S. Cope WUlinm Aplin D. D. Dambrlno William Austin Joseph Darce Samuel Bailey Emile Davles C. J. Beck J. L. Dlosco Charles Brady Thorn. J. Donaldson Charles Burton Eric R. Eklund Owen Butler Ragnor Erlcson Sebastian c: CarregalAlexander Fabricant Richard Clark Thomas Fields P. B. Cpgley M. C. Gaddy Nathan Gardner Claude Gilliam Jack Gleason Raymond F. Gorju Curtis L. Hancock Virgil L. Garding John L. Hinton Lylc Hipp Robert Hommel James Hudson Henry Humphrey E. G. Knapp D. Korolia Leo Lang Jesse Lyles John M. McDavitt Oscar Madere S. Marinello George Mitchell. William Moore William Murphy Arthur 1. Nelson William D. Ott Stanley Palfrey Francis Pastrano Harry G. Peek William Presley John C. Rehm W. E. Reynolds M. J. Rodriguez Edward Samrock R. L. Skinner J. M. Smith Andrew Stauder J. D. Thomai. Jack Thornburg Lonnie Tickle B. W. Tingley J. E. Ward USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Lorenzo Ajon Robert A. Barrett Birdie Biggs John Brennen Charles Cantwell Ho Yee Choe Ervin Crabtree France DcBeaumont Peter Devries Robert Ellis Frederick Fa'rrell Andrew Franklin David Furman Horace Gaskill Estell Godfrey Abram Goldsmith Carolos Gomez Hans Hanssen Joseph Hoffman John Horn Walton Hudson Jacobus Huisman Chester Jensen Vincent Jones Noral Horgensen Herbert Loge Nils Lundquist Perfecto Mangual Julius Martin Esteban Morales Harxey W. Morris Raymond C. Myers Charles Nangle Joseph Neubauer T. Papoutsoglov Joseph Pasinosky Charley Rhodes George Robinson Matti Ruusukallio Herman Sampson Stanley Sargeant Warren Smith Hendrik Swartjes James Thomson USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. NY Fortunato Bacomo Frank W. Bemrick Claude F. Blanks Robert Booker Thomas Bryant Joseph Carr Jar Chong John Driscoll John Edwards Matthew Gardiner Bart Guranick John Haas Thomas Isaksen John Keenan . Frederick Landry Pat* mnctecB Welfare Services Has The Answers SEEIN' THE SEAFARERS USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS C. Barboza Duane R. Fisher George Chang M. McDonald William D. Crawley James F. Owens Frederick Davis Jack E. Slocum Robert Davis CecU E. Strickland LOG James Lawlor Kaarel Leetmaa James Lewis Francis Lynch Joseph McGraw Archibald McGuigan David Mcllreath Vic Milazzo Eugene Nelson George Shumaker Robert Sizemore Harry Tuttle Renato VlUata VlrgU Wilmoth KNICKERBOCKER HOSPITAL NEW YORK. NY Rafael Caraballo USN HOSPITAL KEY WEST. FLA. Edwin Davis USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO. ILL. Anton Prulsaltls PILGRIM STATE HOSPITAL LONG ISLAND. NY Arthur Lomas ; . Ordinarily, under the procedures established by the Seafarers Welfare Plan, collection of death benefits by a designated beneficiary is a relatively simple matter. All the benefi­ ciary has to do to receive the benefit is to present a death certificate and a notarized appli­ cation form certifying that he"^ or she is, in fact, the benefi­ will help speed prompt payment of just a matter of the beneficiary benefits to a family deprived of its performing certain routine actions. ciary named by the Seafarer. breadwinner. Welfare Services will explain just Obviously it isn't necessary to hire Welfare Services can be of con­ how the procedure works. an attorney for this kind of thing. siderable help on a variety of de­ In any case, it's wise to consult The Welfare .Plan purposely estab­ tails such as these. Where it's nec­ Welfare Services before hiring an lished the procedure in that way essary to get legal assistance. Wel­ attorney because such action can so that no part of the death benefit fare Services will inform the bene­ often save the family a consider­ would be siphoned off in legal fees. ficiary accordingly. But where it's able slice of the Union benefit. Aside from the actual collection of benefits, there are additional de­ tails to be dealt with. Welfare Services can usually be of help on these as well. Disposing of Gear For example,, if the death takes place on a ship, there is the ques­ tion of disposition of personal possessions and gear. The regular procedure is for the master of the ship to take inventory of the Sea­ farer's gear and then turn it and the gear over to the shipping com­ missioner. In turn, the shipping commissioner has to hand the prop­ erty over to the Federal District Court in that particular region. If the value of the gear is small, the beneficiary can obtain title to it by filling out a form. But if the property is worth more than $200 then a more complex procedure has to be followed. Some families and beneficiaries often find it difficult in time of stress to make funeral arrange­ ments and are often bewildered by Information about her uncle's gear is obtained by Mrs. Edward the whole thing. As such they could H. Keegan from Milton Flynn, headquarters Welfare Services be fair game for unscrupulous representative. Mrs. Keegan is the beneficiary of the late Sea­ members of the undertaking pro­ fession. Welfare Services often will farer Joseph H. Wilkin. arrange funerals at the request of the family as well as pay funeral bills out of the death benefit. The amount that will be paid out is held within strict limits so that the major part of the benefit will go William Mettair Lawton, 35: A 1954, while-in San Francisco, Cali­ to the family instead of going as funeral expenses. heart disorder caused the death of fornia. He had been a member of Brother Lawton in New Orleans on the SIU since May 16, 1942, join­ Under-Age June 30, 1954. A member of the ing in the port of Boston. Before Another problem that comes up on occasion is one in which the engine department, Lawton was that he had spent several years on beneficiary is under age. In such one of the Union's earliest mem­ the Great Lakes. He was buried circumstances a guardian has to be bers, joining in the port of Miami at Holy Cross Cemetery, San Fran­ appointed by the courts before the in September, 1939. He is survived cisco. His sister, Mrs. William by a brother, Milton W. Lawton, Elliott of 123 Sylvan Terrace, Harbeneficiary can be eligible. risburg. Pa., survives. When the Seafarer has not des­ of Washington, DC. 4 4 4 ignated any beneficiary, then it is Henry Arthur Currier, 41: Joseph HaroM Wilkin, 62: up to the court to appoint some­ body to act as administrator of the Brother Wilkin died of a cardiac Brother Currier died of natural estate. Normally the closest kin in ailment while a patient at the causes while receiving treatment the eyes of the court will be so USPHS hospital in Baltimore, on as an in-patient at the Staten named. Even if a Seafarer has not June 26, 1954. He had been sail­ Island USPHS hospital on July 19, with 1954. He started sailing with the designated a beneficiary with the ing as fireman-watertender Welfare Plan, he may have a will the SIU since April 23, 1951, start­ SIU out of New York in March, on file which will simplify matters ing out in the Port of New York. 1951, holding ratings in the engine Burial took place in the Cedar department. Burial took place at all around. Questions of Social Security Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, NJ. the Evergreen Cemetery, Brook­ benefits that may be available for A niece, Mrs. Nancy Keegan of lyn, NY. He is survived by his the wife and children of a Seafarer 102-09 186th Street, Hollis, Long mother, Marie C. Jennings of 401 also have to be taken into consid­ Island, NY, is beneficiai-y of his Suydani Street, Brooklyn. eration. Welfare Services can sup­ estate. 4" 4 4 Joseph Marshall Israel, 33: ply information on these which 4" 4" l" John Thomas Edwards, 66: Brother Israel lost his life when an Brother Edwards, a long-term airplane he was aboard crashed patient at the Manhattan Beach into the sea south of Elba, Italy, on USPHS hospital, died of natural January 10, 1954. He was a resi­ causes on August 11, 1954. He had dent of Sulphur, Louisiana. joined the Union in Baltimore on 4 4 4 Francis P. O'Connor, 44: A heart May 3, 1944, and sailed in the deck department. Burial took place at attack while aboard the SIURose Hill Cemetery, Linden, NJ. manned Seatiger took the life of A daughter, Mrs. Annie E. Pecken- Brother O'Connor on July 20, 1954. paugh of 1233 Peachtree Street, He had been an SIU member for 11 years, sailing in the deck depart­ Cocoa, Florida, survives. ment. He was buried at Boston 4 4 His James Clyde Battle, 36: While a Cemetery, Boston, Mass. crewmember aboard the Atlantic mother, Mrs. Catherine O'Connor Water, Brother Battle died of of 8 Cornelia Court, Boston, Mass., drowning in the Pacific Ocean just is his beneficiary. off the California coast on June 28, 4 4 4 Esper Durant Tate, 37: A crew­ 1954. He joined the Union in New York on July 16, 1942, and sailed member aboard the Santore in the in the steward department. He is deck department. Brother Tate survived by his wife, Irene Battle, died of a heart ailment on July of 1525 Bryant Avenue, Bronx,' New 2, 1954. He had been sailing with the SIU for a little over two years, York. starting in Lake Charles, Louisi­ 4 4 4 Paul T. Cassidy, 45: An oiler in ana, ill March, 1952. He is sur­ Here's what Joseph P. Moore the engine department on SIU vived by his wife, Bessie Lee Tate looked like to his dad, Seafarer ships. Brother Cassidy succumbed of 315 E. 'Virginia Ave., Bessemer J. S. Moore, shortly after his to a . liver ailment on July 8, City, NC. birth, July 25. FINAL DISPATCH Father's-Eye View r �SEAFARERS^ LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS I NTE R N ATI O N Ai UNION : • •: MOBILE—The USS Hartford, Yankee Admiral David Farragut's flag ship in a crucial Civil War naval engage­ ment here, is the center of a hot controversy that is becom­ ing recognized locally as the Second Battle of Mobile Bay It was from the deck of the Hartford in the historic Battle of Mobile Bay that Admiral Farragut uttered his now-famous command: "Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead." The Hart­ ford led the Union fleet up the torpedo-infested channel and engaged the ships of the Confederacy in a battle that resulted in completing the blockade of Gulf ports during the War Between the States. It appears the Hartford also will be victorious in the present warfare which erupted two years ago when the American Legion and Knights of Columbus here proposed that the old warship be restored and berthed permanently in Mobile for use as a historic shrme. Recently President Eisenhower signed into law a bill prorestoration and perpetual care of the Hartford, USS Constitution and the USS Constellation. *An Insult to the South* men efforts to station the Hartford at Mobile first became public, the United Daughters of the Confederacy here rose to artillery, contending that the wnnM n vfi 1 Semmcs, Confederate Naval chief, Jf ?he Old South traditions Rm?i? should rise up in arms." militant UDC members. "The South On April 17, 1862, Farragut, aboard the Hartford, led the Union fleet up the Mississippi River to attack New Orleans. For a week the guns of two Confederate forts guarding the river approach to the city kept the Union forces at bay. ^^'^^.^eut's patience was worn thin and he ordered ° run the gauntlet. The Union ships were camouflaged iirp w pilot houses arounrSSeM. and sand were piled Hartford signaled the advance and the fleet steamed forward under a haU of Confederate shell^ An Incmdiary raft Jammed the Hartford, but the flames were brought under control. New Orleans fell despite a valiant defense, and later the Hart­ ford took a leading part in the bombardment of Vicksburg, As the war went on. Mobile became the sole Confederate strong­ hold in the Gulf. The port was defended by the Tennessee, an ironclad ship launched at Selma, Ala., and described as "the most powerful warship afloat." After completing his mission at Vicksburg, Admiral Farragut turned his attention to Mobile and the Union fleet was assembled outside the entrance to the bay. Early in the morning of August 5, 1864, he gave the. order to attack. When his staff reported the entrance to the bay was a virtual death trap of torpedoes, Farragut uttered the command that has become an oft-quoted part of US Navy tradition and the Union fleet steamed into the bay to engage the Confederate ships under the comniand of Admiral Franklin Buchanan. Battled With Ironclad The Tennessee attacked the Hartford. Farragut ordered a con­ centration of fire on the Tennessee. The Hartford was set ablaze briefly as the Tennessee pulled alongside, but one by one the gune on the Confederate ship were silenced. Her plates began to fall off and finally her flag came down. The battle ended In the surrender of Buchanan's squadron and resulted in Union occupation of forts guarding the bay. The Hartford was decommissioned in 1886. She was rebuilt, bark-rigged and her tonnage increased to 2790 tons. She was fitted as a training ship and served the Navy until she was final­ ly decommissioned in 1926. It is planned to berth the Hartford at the new Meaher Stats Park on the Mobile Bay Causeway. There the old ship would be open to the public and would be. a shrine for safe-keeping and di^ay of historic relics associated with this,area of the Gulf. The storm that arose when the proposal to move the Hartford • to Mobile was first advanced has subsided somewhat. It is sus- ^ pected locally, however, that thA nnnnsitinn hao nniT, ' -i '-i;''-'-... • "V;'' pi ^ > ; : i??' " ' •f '"r^t• � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource August 20, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 17 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU HAILS VICTORY AS '50-50' PASSES UNION PROBES GEORGIA INCOME TAX GARNISHEES $520,000 PAID KIN OF 45 LOST ON PENNSYLVANIA NOMINATIONS OPEN IN SIU ELECTIONS HOPE FADES FOR HOSPITAL REOPENING NEW ORLEANS SHUFFLES OFFICE, UPS SERVICES SIU HIS REASON FOR COLLEGE AIMS CREW FINDS 33-DAY STAY IN PR 'OKAY' ASK US PROBE OF ONASSIS OIL GRAB MAGAZINE FEATURES RESCUE BY CLAIBORNE RESOLUTION ON SIU ELECTIONS RULE EASES ABSENTEE FED. VOTING PHS PATIENTS BEGIN OWN MONTHLY PAPER NAME NY LAWYER TO M'TIME BD APPROVE $ FOR MOBILE SHIP DEPOT NOMINATIONS OPEN '50-50' VICTORY FLAG OF SURRENDER BILOXI SHRIMP FESTIVAL OFF WATCH 'DON'T' OUTWEIGH 'DO'S' FOR SEAFARERS IN KOREA SEAMAN'S PAPER LURE OF THE 'OPEN ROAD' CAN'T MATCH CALL OF SEA WHO CUT CAPER WITH HIS PAPER, SEAMAN ASKS 'GIVE CREDIT WHERE DUE' IS SEAFARER'S PHILOSOPHY ILL WIFE OF SEAFARER RECEIVES BEST OF CARE INJURY REPORTED, 4-MONTH DELAY JUST MELTS AWAY WELFARE SERVICES HAS THE ANSWERS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8/20/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9d554d1e6a423d94f8629fd1d4bb04df.PDF c0fa191e950cfd0d3b50666e31b16ff5 PDF Text Text .i^mm SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL* M rV I SOVTHCS Story On Page 3 PR Dock Strike Ends: SIU Crews Return To Ships : V; ,./• • :• • Story On Page 3 ' -r-i. 'i'i 4\ 11 \ n\ -y.v CfCWiny l/p In operations after the end of the long­ shore strike in Puerto Rico, Seafarers haul their gear aboard the SS Kathryn, a Bull Line^ship in New York. The Kathryn was one of over 2Q SlU-contracted^ ships idled as a result of the AFL longshore union's strike for an improved contract. SIU crews were also dispatched to Bull Line, Waterman and Alcoa ships in other East Coast andHjrulf ports asT mountains of cargo were loaded for ship­ ment to the Island. (Story on Page 3.) •t - • .I V. • ' ' *' K*. r/" Th^ Indo-China Truce — And You! A SEAFARERS LOG SPECIAL REPORT Story On Page 2 [rfl �mr fi" hh" ' Page Two The Indo- ^'E'AFAnERS %&a AMuti t. 1954 Trnce—Ahd Yon! What effect will the Indo-Chlna truce have on: # The number of SlU ships calling In Indo-Chlna? • The possibility of Communist attacks on SlU ships? e The cargoes slated for other southeast Asia countries? The effects of the recently-ended Indo-China war will be felt everywhere for years to come. And the American merchant marine, which has been a major strand in the Indochinese lifeline—as a matter of fact in the lifeline of all Southeast Asia —is right in the middle of the storm. Briefly, this is what the loss of northern Indo-China under the truce means to the world in general and to the men who crew America's merchant ships. • The trade, land and resources of 14 million people have been lost to the West, with every possibility that 12 million people in the southern parr of the State of Vituoan around Saigon will eventually go"* a far richer prize than Korea that- the harbor is completely Communist, along with mil­ ally over which Americans fought so jammed with US ships because lions more in Laos and Cam­ bitterly for three years. From the the Defense Department has di­ Seafarer Eye-witness Report By Peter Prevas—SS Seacomet Saigon, Vietnam, Indo-China—"Tlie ammunition docks'' (where many ships unload first) "are fourteen miles from here and the only transportation available is at 0800 hours and 1700 hours because the road is blockaded at both ends. At various points on the road there are forts with barbed, wire strung around them. In the night the Communists come out of .the jungle and there have been . . . several acts of violence... "Aboard the ships discharging ammunition there are about 15 legionnaires who are on 24 hour guard duty. Coming up the river to Saigon, soldiers rig up machine guns on the fantails of all ships ... The French are unable to give us the proper security." VIETNAM— Country 41vided Touchly along tht 17th Parallel. South- ViitRam compriMt an area of 30,000 iq..RU., with a popu­ lation of 10,000,000, a large rice iurplut and the ehief port and urban center, Sai­ gon. North Vietnam in­ clude* an area of 77,000 aq. mi., with a population of 12,000,000; it is a food-deficit area despite its rich rice fields, but it has important export resources in iti an•thracite coal mines, tin, lead, sine and wolfram. bodia, the two other Indo-Chinese point of view of the military man, verted all arms deliveries to the states. Result: eventually no more Indochina is the military key to South for fear that the supplies SIU ships will carry goods to these a very large part of Southeast Asia. would fall into Communist hands If the Communists do manage to at Haiphong. Just how long Saigon areas. seize it all (which is expected in will hold out is anybody's guess. • Other huge, populous and im­ the long run) they would be follow­ It's expected though, that for the portant southeast Asia areas are ing in the footsteps of the Japanese directly threatened including the in 1940. The Japanese occupied time being, the US will continue Philippine Islands and the port of Indo-China first before Pearl Har­ to pour aid into southern IndoChina, and step up its assistance to Manila; Malaya bor. Thailand and Malaya. A lot de­ and the island of Indo-China Is also a rich prize pends on whether the US can Singapore and Thailand CSiam). to the economy of the Communist succeed in forming a line extend­ As a matter of world, because it is one of the few ing from the Philippines, to Malaya LAOS^ThB Bon-CoBifact, the entire places in Asia that has a surplus to Thailand to become the new of rice that will now go to feed a barrier in case Saigon goes Com­ muniata hold entire area of southern part of hungry 91,000 aq. mi^—with popula­ China. munist. Asia, including tion of 1,200,000- except fbr These are the long range pros­ such vast countries as India, Pak­ two aalientt in the north. One Seafarer who recently re­ The Communiets agree to istan, Burma and Indonesia is un­ pects. The immediate problem turned from Indo-Chlna reported recognlic the Frencn-apender the lengthening shadow of the faced by Seafarers on their ships that the atmosphere and the mood aorcd Government of Laoe. is one of going into ports like is the same as when he saw the Communist threat. Saigon and Haiphong that are in­ • To Indo-China alone the US fested with Communist sympathi­ countries of Europe one by one fall CAMBODIA-The nonsent 2.5 billion dollars worth of zers and active Communist agents. under the control of Hitler before Coramuniata hold entire area World War II. "Everybody over goods in recent years. US mer­ Haiphong, the port of Hanoi in the of 54,000 aq. mL with a pop­ INOOCHINAt chant ships and the seamen who north, will be evacuated within the there has the jitters," he said. "It ulation of 4,000,000. Cctm CMnmwmt 4(44*1 looks like we seaman are again in munifte agree to recegnire man ships there now will continue next ten months. As the French French-aponiered regime. a front seat to history." NMXMMMIIKII aceti to operate at the very edge of the troops withdraw, the underground no man's land between the Com­ Communists can be expected to be­ munist and non-Communist worlds. come increasingly bolder. , In doing so, these ships and men Nor are conditions in Saigon, in are exposed daily to a variety of incidents, each one of which could the Southern part of Vietnam have grave consequences. An at­ much better. Theoretically, under tack on a single US merchant ship the terms of the truce, the Com­ could touch off another Korea- munist guerrilla forces are sup­ posed to leave the southern section type war or more. of the divided country and move • Thailand is likely to become north in the same ten-month period the key front in the south of Asia, that the French evacuate Hanoi. just as South Korea is the key front in the north, and US aid Communist Move to Take Over shipments that formerly went into Communist leader Ho Chi Minh Haiphong and Saigon can now be has already called for Communist expected to flow in increasing occupation of Saigon and his sup­ amount to Singapore and Ko Si porters are already hard at work, Chang, the port for the Siamese aided by corrupt politicians. The capitol of Bangkok. conservative US publication "Busi­ ness Week" quotes a Saigon busi­ Country Of Rich Resources as saying "Everyone is Of itself a land largely unknown nessman Vietminh (Communist) here: the to Westerners, Indo-China is actu- coolies unloading our ships, the pedicab.boys even the secretaries in my office. Why shouldn't they be? What have we ever done for Aug. 6. 1954 Vol. XVI, No. 16 them?" As I See It Page 4 Further, "Business Week" goes Burly Page 16 on to say, the black market is be­ Crossword Puzzle ..; Page 8 ing deliberately cultivated by Seafarers check the back pay list of Scatrain Lines at SHJ headquarters for money due under the Editorials Page. 9 French interests at the expense of retroactive provlsioa of the new freight contract. Other SlU-oontracted fkelght eompanies were Galley Gleanings Page 15 the population. The French, it readying similar lists which will net Seafarers thousands of dollars in back pay. Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 charges, are now milking Saigon Labor Round-Up Page 8 for whatever they can get before A sizable group of SlU-contracted freight companies are nearing completion of back wage Letter of The Week Page 9 they have to pull out. And local lists while other SIU companies are now ready with thousands of dollars for the men who • Letters Page 16 Vietnam politicians, the magazine •f" Maritime Page 8 declares, "are more likely to work manned their ships. operators. Companies not listed in New York or in Mobile of his Meet The Seafarer Page 8 with Ho's agents who are now mov­ In many cases the back below have not yet set a specific new address. Notices, Personals Page 17 ing more and more into the open." owned to crewmembers has date and procedure for handling American Merchant Marine SS ' Off Watch Page 14 is the kind of situation that already been sent out. The back wage payments. Corp.—^Payments will be ready in Port Reports Pages 1.1, 13 theThis Seafarer finds when he comes bulk of the companies that have In all cases when writing a com­ three to five weeks. Seafarers Quiz Page 14 to Saigon. Seafarer Peter Prevas— not begun payments are expected pany be sure to give the name of should contact the., company at 17 Ships' Minutes Page 17 in the accompanying eye-witness to swing into action within the the ship, the dates of sign-on and Batteigr Place, New York City. SIU History Cartoon Page 6' report—describes the conditions next couple of weeks. payoff, your rating, social security Bloomfleld Steamship Company Sports Line ...Page 15 now prevalent in Saigon. Inasmuch as retroactivity ex­ number and Z number. —August 19 will be starting data Top of The News Page 6 Seafarers in the port at the time, tends back to October 1, 1953, the Alcoa Steamship Company: for payments. Inquiries should ba Vote of Thanks Page 9 Prevas reported, including crew- average Seafarer will receive Checks have already been put in addressed to the company- at PO Washington News Letter.. Page 7 Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 members from the Steel Admiral, checks from more than one ship the mails to the Jast-known address Box 1450, Houston, Texas. of the Seafarer, except if a man is Bull Steamship Company — All Welfare Report ..Page 18 Alcoa Pioneer,.Seacomet and Beau­ and company. Tho following is a partial list still aboard an Alcoa vessel. Those checks have since gone out in..tht Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 regard, had a meeting about these problems including the difficulties of companies and their plans men on the ships will get their ^nail. Seafarers who have not PublfshMl biwMkly at tho haadquartars of tho Saafarars Infarnational Union, At­ they have been having with local for handling retroactive payrolls. back pay at the next payoff. Any received payments from this com­ lantic A Gulf District AFL, «75 Fovrth authorities over possession of Tanker companies are not included iSeafarer who worked for Alcoa and pany should get in touch with the Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HVaeinth 9-fMO. Entered as second class matter American currency. in this round-up as negotiations are changed his address since last New York office, 115 Broad Street, at the Post Office in Brooklyn, NY., The latest word from Saigon is still in progress with some of the October should notify the company (Continued on page'17) < » under Nie Act of August 24, 1*12. mCML REPORT Co's Ready Back Pay Lists SEAFARERS LOG A't; �ill!#. Aivust 6. 19S4 SEAFARERS Pase Three LO€ SO US-Flag Ships Given Transfer OK Mobile SIU representative Louis Neira hands shipping card to a waiting Seafarer while other men await their dispatch cards. Men were among 70 crewmembers shipped to the Waterman ships Monarch of the Seas and Morning Light to resume service to Puerto Rico at end of longshore strike. WASHINGTON—^The already weakened Ameri­ can merchant marine was dealt a stunning blow with the^nnouncement this week by Maritime Administrator Louis Rothschild that approval had been granted for the transfer of 80 American-flag Liberty ships. Included on the list of ships seeking ships of the American merchant to fly "runaway" flags are marine." Hall stated that this not means the loss of thousands 26 ships now under con­ only of jobs in the industry, it also tract to the SIU. SIU Secretary - Treasurer Paul Hall termed the Roths­ means setting these ships up in business against us. "In a short time such transfers could drive all but the subsidized American ships child move "a torpedo to the midright off the seas." Acted Alone Rothschild acted apparently sin­ gle-handed although both the House and Senate maritime com­ mittees had previously requested delays on the transfers until Con­ gress had a chance to set policy on the US tramp shipping fleet. These CHICAGO—Windings up a requests had held up the transfers Holds bulging with cargo, SIU ships on the Puerto Rican run were back on the sea lanes since May, but now with Congress three-day convention at the Atlantic Hotel, delegates rep­ as the government of Puerto Rico seized the docks to end a 35-day longshore strike. Sixty- in its closing days, the Maritime resenting 50,000 AFL' longshore­ five hundred AFL longshoremen went back to work after the island's legislature hastily Administrator seemingly felt free to go ahead with the transfers men completed the business of set­ passed a law permitting Gov->' ting up a new autonomous union, ernor Munoz Marin to seize and a fourth Waterman ship, the posals by the union call for a 20- without much possibility of inter­ Morning Light, has been put on cent wage package to be spread ference from Congress. the International Brotherhood of the docks. the run temporarily to take care over a two-year pediod. Rothschild has specified that Longshoremen (AFL). Most directly affected by the such transfers should go only to In the course of the convention, tie-up, of course, was the SIU- of the cargo that piled up during the flags of Panama, Liberia and delegates drafted and approved a manned Bull Line which concen­ the course of the walkout. Honduras, the three runaway flags constitution for the union, elected trates on the island run. Two Bull Alcoa was the least affected by known for their low-cost competi­ a president, sec­ Line ships, the Hilton and the the tie-up since its ships all by­ tion with American ship operators. retary - treasurer Marina, were in Puerto Rico at the passed San Juan and made their Appearing on the back page and 15 vice-presi­ time of the strike, but both were regular island-hopping stops Wires To Companies of this issue is the full text dents, and made able to sail after the strike began. throughout the Caribbean. When The Maritime Administrator has of the amendments to the SIU plans for a spe­ The rest of the 17-ship fleet was the strike ended, the Alcoa Run­ wired all the applicants setting the standard dry cargo agreement cial convention laid up, with the exception of one ner in New York was loaded to full other "conditions" for the trans­ as signed by SlU-contracted next year. Nor­ ship put on the Santo Domingo capacity, over 11,000 tons, and sent fers as follows: dry cargo operators. Money mally though, the run. With the strike over, all Bull on her way to San Juan. • They must not trade with Iron items of these amendments union will meet Line ships are now operating. One other SIU ship, the Barbara Curtain countries. are retroactive to October 1, once every three Frietchie, is still tied up in Puerto Waterman, another major oper­ • The ships must remain under 1953. years. ator in Puerto Rico, had the Clai­ Rico as a result of a dispute over Lonr American ownership. Also in this issue is the new Meanwhile, the borne and Azalea City in San Juan the hiring of longshpremen for her • The owners must post bond to wage and overtime scale in ef­ AFL cut into the vote lead of the throughout the strike, while the operations. It's expected that this show that they would pay mort­ fect on SIU dry cargo ships old ILA as the National Labor Re­ Monarch of the Seas was laid up will be cleared up within a day or gages that they owe the US Gov­ under the terms of the lations Board started its tally of in Mobile because of the tie-up. two. ernment. amended contract. Negotia­ disputed ballots in the May elec­ All three ships are now moving Meanwhile, negotiations are still The last requirement is the only tions with tanker operators for tion for New York dockworkers. in progress over the wage issues new "condition" for the transfers. changes in the tankship agree­ The new union picked up 56 votes of the strike with a settlement re­ As was pointed out in an article ment are still going on. as the Labor Board countetf 670 ported close at hand.' Present pro-V in the May 14 LOG, these opera­ disputed ballots and now trails the tors were in hock to the Maritime old ILA by 263 votes. Still to be Administration for the sum of $16 disposed of are 1,097 more disputed million since many of them had ballots. never paid a cent on mortgage The New York regional office has principal owed to the US Govern­ recommended that all but 630 of ment. Under the original transfer the remaining ballots be thrown proposals they would not even out" as? in valid. The 630 votes con­ Nominations for all SIU At­ have legal obligation to pay off sist pi the ballots their mortgages. lantic & Gulf District offices of hatch" bosses SIU Opposed '' will be open on August 12 fol­ whose eligibility The SIU and other maritime Is still in dispute. lowing presentation of the secre­ unions have been bitterly opposed The AFL-IBL tary-treasurer's ballot report to to the transfers on the grounds convention was the njembership on August 11. that they only worsen the prob­ attended by 212 Under the terms of the Union lem of remaining US-flag ships delegates includ­ constitution, the ballot report will which have to meet more and more ing several rep­ contain the secretary-treasurer's of the low-wage, low-cost runaway resenting AFL recommendations on the structure flag operation. At the very least, longshoremen in Slaughter of the SIU election ballot, that is, the SIU held that the Maritime the New York the number of offices that are to Administration should require re­ area. Aside from adopting its con­ be filled by election, the titles of placement of transferred ships stitution and changing the name the offices and the division of of-, with equivalent tonnage under the of the organization, the delegates fices between headquarters and US flag. made plans for intensive organiz­ the various outports. The latter requirement had been ing efforts on the Great Lakes and If approved by the membership, a general rule with the Maritime in the New York metropolitan area. Administration until it "relaxed" They received assurances from the recommendations will form the its transfer policy last January. AFL President George Meany that basis under which Seafarers can Since then pressure has been grow­ full support would be given to fur­ nominate themselves for the vari­ ous elective offices. Nominations ing from tramp operators to ap­ ther organizing in New York. prove transfers under the most Among those elected at the con­ will run for a full month, from lenient circumstances. vention were Larry Long of St. August 12 to September 12; Full details on the number and Already transferred this year un­ Louis as president; E. L, Slaughter, Duluth, Minnesota, secretary-treas­ type of elective offices as well as der the "relaxed" policy are sev­ In New York the Bull Lines Kathryn took a full erew and resumed eral Liberty tankers as well as four urer; and John Dwyer, Vincent on the nominations and election regular serviee to Puerto Rico. Here A. Veya, Oiler, prepares to dry cargo ships. Three of these Erato, Chester El and Carlyle procedure will be carried in the turn to by" turning over shipping card from SIU to A. Oquendo, had been under contract to the Bums from the New York area as next issue of the SEAFARERS engine department delegate. SIU. LOG. four ofi the ,15 viicerpresidents. AFL's Pier Union Maps Tie-Up Ends; Bull, Alcoa, New Drive Waterman Sailing To PR LOG Prints Pact Changes SIU Ballot Report Set �• ^•r-v.;^.;'^;v twu 'S^EAFAnERS LOG Ancul f, MS4 Roadway Truck Takes Bite From NO Hail \ i-- '•. UNDER OUR AMENDED FREIGHT AGREEl^ENT, THE OPERAtors are now putting travelers' checks aboard the ships to be Issued to the crews when they get draws in a foreign port. When all the kinks have been worked out your Union Is hopeful it will put an end to beefs that have arisen over currency exchanges. Without being a specialist in international finance, the seaman knows that in many countries the American dollar is the only kind of dough that commands any purchasing power. In a lot of places, the local cur­ rency comes in thousand-note units but it seems the bigger the units are, the less the local currency is worth. Now going into this matter a bit further, a great many of fiiese coun­ tries have two different rates of exchange. One rate is the "official" rate, which is usually way out of line with what the current^;^ ls worth. The other is the "free" rate. For example, if you were vtO -take a look at a currency exchange rate list you would find that on the official rate the Seafarer in Brazil is entitled to only 18 cruzeiros to the dollar. These same currency exchange charts list a free rate on which you could get about 60 cruzeiros for your dollar bilL It's quite a pain­ ful difference, if the skipper or the company agent has issued cruzeiros to the Seafarer at the official rate. When your Union asked the shipowners to issue draws in dollars to keep Seafarers from getting skinned on these deals we found that in Examining truck damage to the canopy in front of the New Orleans SIU hall, are (left to right) some instances the operators could not, or would, not, obtain the dol­ Seafarers George Neyrey, DM, John Stewart, DM and Lee Massicot, AB. The canopy was knocked lars in certain ports. Now as you well know, the travelers' check is loose from its moorings when a haulaway truck pulled too clo^ to the curb. as good as the dollar anywhere in the world, and a lot safer to carry around. That was why the Union set up this special travelers' check clause in our amended agreement. * ! Naturally with something brand new like this, never before attempted in the maritime industry, there might be a few snags along the line before the whole thing is working smoothly and all the ships are prop­ WASHINGTON—^Both House of Congress are pushing toward adjournment with some erly supplied. Headquarters would certainly appreciate hearing from major maritime bills passing the final test but others, notably the permanent "50-50" bill, the membership how they feel the clause is working out. getting lost in the shuffle. t t 4 ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT WAS CAUSE FOR CONCERN. THAT Already approved by both built by them would get ten year permanent "50-50" bill, eagerly the House and the Senate is charters, while the Navy would sought by maritime interests and of shore leave at certain military bases, seems to be working out: as a build five on its own and charter unions, but opposed by result of the SIU's action in winning a new Defense Department rule. the bill calling for construc­ them out to private operators. All maritime the administration and the State The original regulation issued in November,. 1951, gave the head of tion of 20 high speed tankers, five by the Navy and 15 by private in all, 30 new tankers woulcj be Department, is bottled up in the the Eighth Army in Korea authority to decide whether or not civilians to the US fleet. House Rules Committee. The bill could come ashore in Korean ports. The result was that even after operators for long term charter to added Other bills going through are had already passed the Senate. the Korean truce, local commanders were issuing orders prohibiting the Navy, as well as another tanker one calling for conversion of four Maritime interests are convinced leave to merchant seamen. The practice spread and before long Sea­ trade-in bill. The second bill Government-owned Liberty ships would provide for private con­ to modem-type propulsion as part the House would vote for the bill farers were being denied shore leave in a variety of other places far struction of 10 more new tankers of an experimental program, 100 if the Rules Committee would al­ removed from Korea. As a result, your Union got together with Defense Department offi­ in return for which the Govern­ percent mortgage guarantee for low it out, but chances are con­ sidered slim that this would be cials in Washington and a new order was issued advising the local mili­ ment would take a "trade-in" of construction of special type ves­ done. The Rules Committee de­ tary people that every effort was to be made to provide shore leave for 20 T2s. These older ships would sels, apparently on the line of Sea- termines the order in which leg­ merchant seamen. go into the Government reserve train-type ships and authorization islation reaches the floor of the Just a few days ago, headquarters received a report from the SIUfleet. for the Defense Department to buy House. manned Seamonitor while it was iir the small port of Pohang, Korea. The Navy bill gives the opera­ The Kings Point bill, as passed It appeared that when the ship arrived in port, the crew was in­ tors assurance that 15 other ships or lease six rail car carrier ships. Another bill deals with the con­ by the House, would provide for formed that no shore leave was permitted. But a few days later, mili­ struction of new passenger liners a permanent merchant marine tary headquarters in Korea informed the officer in charge of the port for American President Lines and academy with status similar to that all restrictions should be lifted and seamen should be permitted conversion of Mariners for that that of West Point or Annapolis. to land. company. This was the first instance of shore leave restriction called to the This bill is also opposed by the Bills that have run into a snag administration and is not expected attention of headquarters since the new regulations went into effect. are the permanent "50-50" bill and to make any headway ..in the The lifting of the restrictions in this instance indicates that all is working out well on that score. the Kings Point Academy bill. The Senate. Hope Dims For ^50-50' Law R.Sweeney, Former SIU Patrolman Winner A !$tar in Studies. Athletics The SIU lost one of its old-time Gulf district members when Ray W. Sweeney, former patrolman and port agent, passed away aboard the Seatrain Louisiana on July 6. He was 51 years of age. An engine department man throughout his Sailing days, Swee­ ney joined the SIU in Mobile on March 15, 1939, a few months af­ ter the SIU A&G District was char­ tered. For sev­ eral* years he served as e n gine patrolman at headquarters, Sweeney and at Galves­ ton. He also served as temporary port agent in Galveston for a brief period. In 1947 Sweeney went back to sea, sailing "regularly on the coastwise ships of the Seatrain Lines.In accordance - with his last wishes, Sweeney's remains were cremated and his ashes placed aboard the Seatrain Louisiana to be cast on the sea. The ceremony was carried out in the port of Savannah on Tuesday, July 27, at 4 PM. Crewmembers and Seatrain Lines sent flowers, as, did the •Upion, to pay respects, to the de­ parted brother. "It's SO wonderful that I still can't believe that it's true," said 18-year-old Jack Game, son of Seafarer lEddie S. Game and one of four 1954 SIU scholarship award winners who will be studying at college this fall+ with the aid of a four-year $6,-' hand in these matters, since the 000 grant provided by the SIU rest of the family, his mother, dad, and younger brother and sister, Welfare Plan. The youthful scholarship win­ figure he can manage very well on ner, whose home is in Bryson City, his own. Game piled up an enviable North Carolina, is the only child record throughout his schooling, of a Seafarer to win the coverted both in the classroom and out of award this year. The remaining it, and graduated first in his class three awards in the annual com­ of 73 at Swain County High School. petition went to active Seafarers. Bom in Pine Level, a small In 1953, the year the SIU scholar­ town near Raleigh, NC, he also also ship program began, all four win­ lived for a short while in both ners, three girls and one boy,-were Norfolk, Va., and in Wilmington, children of active SIU men;. NC, before the family eventually moved to Whittier, NC. Whittier is a small place nestled among the This is the third in a series of feature articles on the four mountains near. Great Smoky 1954 award winners under the Mountain National Park in the SIU Scholarship Plan. western part of the state, where he entered grammar school imd Still very much excited over his spent all of his childhood years. good fortune, young Game intends In high school he took a college to enter- the University of North preparatory course and crowded in Carolina in September, .but hasn't a lot of extras besides. He was yet decided exactly what course elected president of his cl^s for he'll pursue over the four-year four straight years, was vice-presi­ period. Although he admits to a dent of the student council in his great interest in mathematics, he junior year, president the last year, isn't quite certain whether he'll and served as co-editor of the shoot for a degree in accounting, school yearbook. engineering or something else Although these. various posts completely afield, of those courses. kept him busy,, he-alsq managed to' Apparently he's to haye a free sandwich .flito his; reg.ula)i school. Jack Game courses some subjects on the distinctly practical side, such as typing and bookkeeping, . which helped him in part-time and sum­ mer jobs. He spent the. last four summers working either at a serv­ ice station or motor, court and -tbis year has a job in the accounting department for, the - Indian drama "Unto These Hills," which is being produced at the nearby village ot Cherokee. . With all of this, and the ability to , maintain nearly ;a. straight "ik". average in all courses. Game was not idle on the athletic field either. A three-letter man, he won his spurs in baseball (1st base), foot­ ball (right halfback) and basketball (forward), and was captain of both the baseball and basketball teams which won the Ipcal jppjrterence championship in those sports. He also made the ajl-cbnference tournament basketball team in both his junior and senior years, gen­ erally averaging 20 points a game. In baseball, he finished his last season with a' batting average of .480. The family has another fine athlete tod. Jack admits to many hours of practice in the gym with his younger brother, Bobby, 16, who has also been a three-letter man each year he's been in high school. Bobby, who has hopes of playing pro baseball someday, hasn't lost a single game in high school and has what Jack calls "a tremendous strike-out record" as a pitcher. All in all. Seafarer Eddie Game has a stand-out family and is proud of the fact that his Union made it possible for his son to win a four-year college scholarship. Sail­ ing in the steward department on SIU ships since-1946. the elder Game has-been sailing regularly for the past year on Ore-Line ships out-.ef-<fialUiDfil«b// u. �a>iSS62: irr"'fTliiiria»ii tT:,7rT.viJJ !J Ancmt 6r If 54 SEAFARERS LOG ^Pare Five Canada Loses Ocean Fleet MONTREAL—Once the possessor of the fourth largest ocean-going merchant fleet in the world, Canada now has only 19 deep-sea dry-cargo ships operating under the Canadian flag, and the largest of these, a 9,000-ton immigrant liner, is up for sale. All vessels sels were manned by members of the-*' SIU's Canadian District. No Canadian-flag shipping is Alarmed over the situation, advo­ The disappearance of the cates of an immediate buiid-up of operating out of the major port of Canadian-flag merchant fleet, which had as many as 600 ships in 1945, is accounted for largely by whole­ sale transfers to foreign flags. Over one million tons of Canadianowned shipping is now under-Brit­ ish registry and lesser amounts under other flags. the country's merchant marine point out that government subsidy policies are far too inadequate to match the lure of foreign wages and standards. Although Canada exports about one-third of her total production, most of it is now mov­ ing on foreign vessels. Your SllJ Meeling Rights A group of Argentine unionists in Buenos Aires take seats as Del -Mar crew prepares to show film depicting operations of the SlU. Ship's Delegate Mike Casanueva served as interpreter for the film's commentary. Argentine Workers 'See' SlU-Crew Shows Film NEW ORLEANS—From Seafarers aboard the Del Mar (Mississippi) a group of Argentine maritime workers received first' hand information recently about how the SIU secures and maintains the top condi--*SIU contract, said Casaneuva, ^ho tion ih maritime. as interpreter for the com­ More than 60 officers and served mentary in the SIU film. Many members of the Asociacion Maritima Argentina (Argentine Marltime Association) visited the Del Mar while the ship was in B'uenos Aires and saw a showing of the Union's color documentary film, "The Seafarers." The meeting was arranged through the cooperative efforts of Albert Pinaranda, a former Sea­ farer now living in .his native Ar­ gentina, Eduardo Brown, an offi­ cial of AMA, and Mike Casanueva, ship's delegate, and Dick Martinez, BR, on the Del Mar. The Argentine maritime workers showed great interest in the Sea­ farers' Welfare Plan and in wages and conditions guaranteed under questions also were put to the Sea­ farers about membership rights guaranteed under the Union's con­ stitution and shipping rules, invited Ashore The Del Mar crew was invited by the officers of the association, which represents some 70,000 waterfront workers, to be guest of the AMA and its members at a barbecue and tour of AMA head­ quarters during the Del Mar's next stay in Buenos Aires. "We made many good friends during this affair who will help to make our future visits to this port even more enjoyable," said Mar­ tinez. In order to constantly remind all SIU members of their con­ stitutional rights in SW membership meetings, the following state­ ment is read at the opening of all SIU meetings throughout the nation. These are the democratic principles which guide all SIU meet. ings: Any member present at this meeting and in good standing, who so desires, has a right to nominate himself to any official meeting job in this meeting. This also applies to a place on any committee that may be elected at this meeting. Any member present in good standing has the right at any time, if he so desires, to challenge the decision of the chair or ask for a division of the house on any sucn question. Any member may also request a show of books of each man present who may vote on any question. Copies of the minutes of tonight's meeting will be available in advance of the next regular meeting in the business office for the benefit of any member in good standing who wishes to read or study same before the next regular meeting commences. In addition to tonight's minutes being made available, the mem­ bership is advised that in each SIU business office where a Port is maintained in the continental United States, minutes of ali SIU meetings, regular, special, financial, or otherwise are always avail­ able to any member in good standing who-desires and so requests to read and study same. The officials and committeemen who will be elected at our meet­ ing here tonight as well as all of our other members present will be guided in the conduct of this meeting by the following. 1. The Union constitution. 2. Majority vote of the membership. 3. Robert's rules for order. If, in the opinion of any member in good standing present, he is denied by this meeting any of the above-mentioned rights, he is requested to call this to the attention of the secretarytreasurer, by registered mail, special delivery, return receipt re­ quested, before the next regular meeting so that the secretarytreasurer will have sufficient time to submit copies of any such protest and a report on same to the membership at the foilowing regular membership meeting for action thereon. In order to establish whether or not there is a quorum present, will all of those members in good standing please hold their books up so that they can be counted. The membership count shows that there is a quorum present. Therefore, this meeting will now come to order. The first point on the agenda tonight will be the election of officials for this meeting. YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Beware Finance Company 'insurance' Nowadays three out of five 'cars are bought on time payments. Judging from the reports by the SIU Welfare Services department. Seafarers too tend to do their ear l^uying on the installment plan. In buying a car on time, often the finance company or dealer provides the insurance and adds the co^t to your monthly payments. This may seem like a convenient way to secure auto-insurance, and in fact, sometimes the finance company insists or high-pressures you to buy it from them. But this could turn out to be both expensive and dan­ gerous. For one thing, the rates charged by a finance company or dealer for insurance are generally higher than charged by many mutual companies and other low-cost insurance sellers. But even more important, often the finance companies provide only enough insurance on the car to protect their own interest in it. That is, they insure the car against fire, theft and collision damage so if the car is damaged they are sure to be reimbursed. But they do not provide liability insurance to protect you from being sued. Now of bourse you could go out and buy liability in­ surance in addition, so that if your car hurts someone else the insurance company will pay the amount of damage up to the limit of your policy. But often the buyer of a car on time payments does not even realize that he has no stich liability protection.- The New York State Insurance Dept. last year reported that mahy buyers are completely Unaware that insurance policies supplied by finance com­ panies provided no liability insurance. Now that state at least requires finance companies to prominently say so on the policy form if it does not include bodily injury or property damage liability insurance. -Nor does New York any longer permit finance com­ panies to compel borrowers to buy auto insurance from them when equivalent or better coverage is available from other companies. In that state, at least, you can shop for your insurance when you buy a car on time. Seafarers living in other states should watch these points too. Actually the liability insurance is more important for you to carry than collision insurance reimbursing you for damage to your own car, especially if yours is an older one. In fact, it doesn't pay to carry collision insurance on an older car because of the high rates for this type of coverage. Note that any non-reimbursed damage to your vehicle is always tax deductible if*you itemize your de­ ductions. If you do feel you want collision insurance to protect a comparatively new car, than consider buying the $100deductible type instead of the $50-deductible. Because more owners buy the $50-deductible, the companies tend to charge disproportionately more for it, since there are then many more claims, and it costs them as much to handle a small claim, as a larger one. The $100-deductible policy costs 28 to 45 per cent less than the $50 tj'pe, de­ pending on the company and your area. Shopping For Insurance • As you see, it pays to shop for your own insurance. The lowest-cost companies; some of whom sell insurance for as much as 35 per bent below standard rates, are generally tnofe selective about whom they will insure. "iThey tend Vancouver at all these days and even in the coastal trades the Brit­ ish flag is becoming more frequent than the Canadian. About half the normal Great Lakes tonnage is idle and construction for this service as well as deep-sea operation is nil. Few observers hold out any hope for a revival of the industry. 'Runaways' Seen Threat By British For some time now, US maritime interests in general and the SIU in particular have been complaining of the deadly threat facing the American mer­ chant marine by low-cost, lowwage operations under the runaway flags. Now it appears, the flight of shipping to the runaway flags of Panama, Liberia and Honduras is growing so great as to cause Brit­ ish shipping considerable concern. This of itself is an indication of the low level on which the run­ away ships operate because few nations have been more successful at low-cost operations than Great Britain. While no British ships have been transferred foreign yet (although that too may comet a recent pub­ lication of "The Seaman," organ of the National Union of Seamen of Great Britain, expresses concern over the decline of British shipping and the growth of Panamanian and Liberian operations. Where once Great Britain had one-half of the world's merchant ships, it now is down to 20 percent. Few ships are on order for Brit­ ish-flag operations, the magazine added, and shipowners are com­ plaining that they cannot pay for new ships. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying to avoid the very young and very old drivers, and try to select those with good safety records. But you should try them first. Here is a list of iow-cost companies, with the least expensive ones listed first, together with addresses of their home offices if you can't locate their local rep­ resentatives: Factory Mutual Liability Ins. Co., Providence, RI; California Casualty Indemnity Exchange, San Francisco; Auto Club of Southern Calif., Los Angeles; State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co., Bloomington, 111.; Farm Bureau Mutual Auto. Ins. Co., Columbus, O.; Government Em­ ployes Ins. Co., Washington, DC; California State Auto. Assn., San Francisco; Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., Boston; Hardware Mutual Casualty Co., Stevens Point, Wise.; American Mutual Liability Ins. Co., Boston; Keystone Auto Club Casualty Co., Philadelphia; Employers Mutual Liability Ins. Co., Wausau, Wise.; Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co., Chicago; Allstate Insurance Co., Chicago; Detroit Auto. Inter-Ins. Exchange, • Detroit; State Auto Ins. Assn., Indianapolis; Utica Mutual Ins. Co., Utica, NY; Employers Mutual Casualty Co., Des Moines, la.; Ameri­ can Motorists Ins. Co., Chicago, 111.; California Compensa­ tion Ins., San Francisco; Auto Owners Ins. Co., Lansing, Mich.; Merchants Mutual Casualty Co., Buffalo, NY. Younger Drivers As you may know, auto insurance rates for younger drivers are highest of all because of the bad accident record of this group. But one company. State Farm Mutual, has only one rate for all classes of drivers, including the youngsters. While State Farm Mutual makes no extra charge, it is selective and won't accept all young drivers. Still, it Is worth trying this company first if you are in this situation. -<^1 •-^1 >>1 '^1 m �'v-- rase Ite SEAFARERS Aesm* t, 1*84 LOG HINT BLOOMFIELD PLANS MERGER Reports in maritime circles late last month concerning a ^ssible merger between the SlU-cpntracted Bloomfield Shipping Company and States Marine Lines remain unchanged AGREEMENT NEAR ON IRAN OIL—All details of an international this week, as the projected link-up has apparently not gone beyond the talking stage. agreement to bring Iranian oil back into production are on verge of — ^ Bloomfield, which currently completion. The Iranian government has been negotiating with eight ...And Another jWp' Flies 'Runaway' Flag large oil companies to arrange for producing, refining and selling of them active at this time and Iranian oil on the world ihatket. If the agreement goes" through it v.- b:. ir t 'manned by Seafarer crews, began will end a three-year paralysis of Iranian oil fields brought about operations just three years ago when the Iranian government seized the properties of the Anglowith five Victory ships and three Iranian oil company. Libertys. It has since added the Si t Pelican Mariner, which it is operat­ DROUGHT SEARS MUCH OF US-^An extremely dry summer with ing on charter from the Govern­ rainfall far below normal is producing drought conditions through­ Shipping sales, London, July 15—The French Liberty SS Cher­ ment. out much of the country, particularly in the Middle West and South. bourg (ex Moses Austin) carrying about 10,717 tons deadweight, built The company recently was suc­ Severe drought is reported In parts of New Mexico, Colorado, all of in 1943 ond managed by the Cie. Generate Transatlantique, Paris, cessful in a bid for a Government Oklahoma and Askansas, most of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and on behalf of the Ministere de la Marine Marchande, acting for the subsidy for cargo services from the Missouri. Also affhcted are Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, French Government, has been sold, through Messrs. Barry Rogliano Gulf to the east coagt of Great Indiana, Tennessee and Kentucky. Salles, Paris and Marseilles, to Grenville SA of Panama, for US Britain. Efforts to secure a subsidy $515,000, payable in full in cash on delivery at Marseilles. The KOREA PRESIDENT VISITS WASHINGTON — Syngman Rhee, vessel is to be transferred to Liberian registry and renamed for its Mediterranean service met with failure. president of South Korea, has visited Washington on the invitation Antonios. of the US Government to discuss the future of his country. He pre­ . Larger Fleet The above item, reprinted from to a Panamanian company for sented his expected demand that steps be taken to unify North and A much smaller operator than a shipowner's magazine which cir­ $515,000 and is to be immediate­ South Korea, but it is not believed that the/ US Government will do culates among shippwners through­ ly transferred to the Liberian reg­ States Marine, the SIU company is much to change the situation there. apparently providing serious com­ out the world, is in a capsule the istry. Result: the French economy ft Si 4 story of the decline of the Ameri­ is propped up by $515,000, the Li- petition for the oldeir and larger PLANE INCIDENTS INCREASE TENSION WITH CHINA—Two outfit, which comprises 21 US-fiag can merchant marine. berian-flag fleet gains an addition; First the ship was given to the the US is out one more ship and vessels, several more operated un­ encounters with Chinese Red warplanes in which a British transport French government by our State the US merchant fleet has another der Government charter, and sub­ was shot down and two MIGs downed have greatly increased ill-feel­ Department in 1947 to help re­ ship in competition. Multiply this stantial additional tonnage under ing between the US and Red China. The first incident took place when Red Chinese planes shot down a British commercial airliner with the build the French economy. Now by several hundred and you have a foreign flag. The object of a merger, as inter­ loss of ten lives, including three Americans. Three days later, US the ship, managed by a French major cause of the US merchant preted by maritime observers, Navy planes searching the area off the South China co.ast for survivors steamship company, has been sold marine's illness. would be to integrate competitive .shot down two Chinese MIGs that intercepted them. The action took services to the advantage of both place at the same moment Red China was broadcasting an apology to companies. States Marine operates Great Britain. on all 'US. coasts, offering cargo 4i "3< t service to the Far East, Mediter­ HAWAII, ALASKA STATEHOOD PUT OFF AGAIN—The House ranean, Northern Europe, Persian of Representatives Rules Committee has tabled legislation calling for Gulf, South and East Africa and statehood for Hawaii and Alaska. Previously the House had voted Great Britain, plus an intercoastal statehood for Hawaii and the Senate had approved statehood for both, service between Gulf and Pacific but the Rules Committee refused to send the differing bills to a joint There can be no mistake that we're now living in the era coast ports. Bloomfield conducts ats Senate-House conference. This kills the legislation for the year at principal operations out of Texas of the H-bomb. Insurance companies are now scurrying to ports, and maintains home offices least. 4 4" it write into their policies a clause freeing them from atomic in Houston. URANIUM TUNNEL 'CURES' DRAW FIRE—Wisconsin authori­ Speculation concerning the mer­ ties are investigating a Lone Rock, Wisconsin, farmer, Kenneth Crook, or hydrogen damage to mer-ger centers around the question who has been charging fees up to $10 to visit his "uranium tunnel." chant ships. which denies payments "for loss whether a merger would mean a Hundreds of people with chronic ailm'ents have been visiting, the The lead-off has come from or damage caused by nuclear reac­ loss of identity for one of the com­ tunnel and holding "radioactive" bags against the disabled parti Japanese marine insurance com­ tion or an atomic disintegration." panies, with the combined outfit of their bodies. The State Medical Society has asked the state at­ panies who are now writing in Apparently the Japanese in­ operating all the ships of both com­ torney general to determine if Crook is practicing piedicine without their policies an escape clause surance writers have taken their panies as one fleet and the buzzle a license. action as a result of Japanese fish­ of what would happen to the sub­ 4 4 4 ing boats being caught in a radio­ sidy contract. BRITISH AGREE TO ,OUlT SUEZ—An agreement to pull .80,000 active "fall-out" following US Union Has Critic of Subsidy Policy British troops out of the Suez Canal area has been reached between hydrogen bomb tests in the Pacific While it is believed the merger British and Egyptian negotiators. The withdrawal will end 72. years Cable Address early this year. If any of their would carry the subsidy agreement of British military occupation in Egypt. Part of the agreement specifies insured ships get caught in similar with it, the fact is that States Ma­ that military bases in the area will be available to Britain again should Seafarers overseas who want circumstances, the company wants rine has long been a critic of exist­ the Arab States or Turkey come under attack. to get in touch with headquar­ it speUed out that they're not ing Government subsidy policies. ters in a hurry can do so by 4 4.4 gonna pay the bill. cabling the Union at its cable FILIBUSTER ENDS, ATOM BILL PASSES—A bill to provide for However, despite this long-held be­ The move by the Japanese may lief, States Marine earlier this year peacetime use of atomic energy and exchange of information with address, SEAFARERS NEW become standard for all insurance indicated) its intent' to file for sub­ other countries passed the Senate after two weeks of de<bate and fili­ YORK. writers shortly and then we'll all sidy aid from the Government. buster. The main purposes of the bill were not at dispute but the Use of this address will as­ have another item to look out for Meanwhile, neither company has debate was over provisions calling for private development of atomic sure speedy transmission on when we scan the small print of elaborated any on the merger re­ power and electricity as against public development. Democratic Sen­ all messages and faster serv­ the policy oflfered by the Super- ports circulating through the in­ ators from the Tennessee Valley states led the fight on the bill, term­ ice for the men involved. Atomic Insurance Company. dustry. ing the bill the "biggest giveaway in the nation's history." New Marine Ins. Policy: No 'Atomic Damage' Pay Cartoon History Of The SIU mm CMeg Service Bows No. SS li i:^.- Although the SIU won NLRB certification to repre­ sent Cities Service seamen in December, 1949, after winning two elections, efforts to negotiate with the company were rebuffed right from the start. Mean­ while, the discredited CS company union^ CTMA, sud­ denly • moved t»^ beve- the first eleetisa' thrown out. The company union bid to keep itself alive was promptly squelched by the NLRB, but CS continued staUing on opening pact taUu. Trying a sew tack, the SIU took its case directly to company stockholderevia full-page newspiqucr ads waaning that a strike war imminent unless CSciMBii(|« ltetune. Btung by the SIU action, CS officials agreedto meet with the Union less than VZIiours aftW its attitude was ma^ public. Talks began, but strike preparations continued. Finally, on Marck 1^ ISSO, an interim agroonmt was reached, endlnff of the longest and MtWeet anOruidon camiudjiMf e» recerdi •' �SEAFARERS Amgmt 9. 1»54 SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON LOG Pace SeTca Del Mar Plays Host to Liberian Ambassador IT NOW ;SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR THAT CONGRESS WILL approve a supplemental appropriation of $82,600,000 to strengthen and improve the merchant marine. This amount was requested by President Eisen­ hower but .completely ignored by the House Appropriations Committee when the bill was reported out on the House side of the Capitol. However, by a vote of 123 to 41, the House of Representatives restored the $82.6 million for merchant marine activities, which favorable action was quickly followed by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The action gives positive support to the principles of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 in that it will allow (1) $44.6 million for payment of construction subsidy and national .defense allowances on four passen­ ger-cargo liners for two American companies; (2) $26 million to initiate the trade-in-and-build tanker program; (3) $11.1 million for the pro­ gram wherein the Government wiil experiment in the modernization of four reserve fleet Liberty ships as a basis of developing plans to modernize the remaining Libertys in the event of an emergency; and (4) $1 million for Maritime Administration administrative ex­ penses during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1954. t BECAUSE RUSSIA SEEMS TO BE AGREEABLE TO RETURNING some 90 ships to the US acquired under Lend-Lease during World War II, she is now engaged in a substantial effort to replace this tonnage. Russia is attempting to place orders in Europe for upwards of 200 merchant ships, but most nations are very cautious in accepting these orders because of p.*st difficulties with that nation. Another angle is that Russia does not want to pay in cash but wants to pay for the ships in terms of goods. 4" • t 4* THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF 20 NEW high­ speed tankers did not 'turn out exactly as the US Defense Department had hoped for. In the beginning, due to the . acute shortage of tankers available for emergency purposes, the military had supported a bill in' Congress that would have called for construction of this tonnage entirely by private enterprise, with the Military Sea Transportation Service then to charter the tankers for 10-year periods. However, on the House side, the legislation was amended, so that, as it went to the White House for approval, it provided for construction of 5 of the tankers by the Government and 15 by private industry. The 20 tankers, when built, will be operated by private operators under charter agreements with MSTS, on the basis of the lowest re­ sponsible bidder. Under terms of the proposal as it cleared Congress, the charter contracts would be made by the Government with those operators who do not operate foreign flag ships. In addition, another important aspect is that during the 10-year charter period the operators will not be able to transfer ships to foreign flags. These provisions will help those lines who are really interested in developing the American merchant marine. 4" • 4" 4" SINCE 1938, THE US HAS SHIFTED FROM A NET EXPORTER of petroleum .products to a net importer. For the past eight years, we have been exporting monthly between 500,000 and 800,000 long tons of. tanker-borne products. Between 1946-50, US ships carried about one-third of this trade, but in 1951, 1952 and 1953, we carried only 24, 19 and 17 percent respectively. The first few months of this year show a further decline of US par­ ticipation, with 16 percent for January and 15 percent for February. The bulk of the American tanker fleet engages in coastwise and intercoastal trade. Latest figures show that tanker tonnage in our foreign trade was only about 1,300,000 deadweight tons, a drop of more than 30 percent in one year; during the period 1949-1952, about a million tons of our fleet was in the foreign to foreign trade, but with increased foreign-flag competition and reduced cargoes, this dropped to 546,000 tons by July of last year and 269,000 tons by July of this year. In contrast, the petroleum tonnage in our domestic trade was over 3.8 miliion deadweight tons in July of this year; the tonnage in our non-contiguous trade since 1949 has averaged about 100,000 deadweight tons; and in. mid-1954, only 95,000 tons were operating as compared to 130,000 tons in mid-1952. ... 4" 4" Clarence L. Simpson, Liberian ambassador to the United States, is greeted by Mississippi Shipping Company president H. X. Kelly following Simpson's address at shipboard dinner party. Ship's steward department turned to in true SIU style to make affair a big success. Here Waiter JCenyon Parks heads for main dining saloon with food. 4" CONGRESS HAS MADE PERMANENT THE AUTHORITY OF this Government, in time of emergency, to acquire, either through requisi­ tion, purchase or charter, foreign-flag vessels lying idle in our ports. In time of war, legislation of this type is good in that it makes foreign-flag tonnage and foreign seamen available for use. For example, such~a law was in effect in World War II, and it enabled the US to acquire some 715,000 tons of shipping from our allies, with foreign seamen making a substantial contribution in the manning of our bottoms. On the other hand, we furnished our allies with more ships than they made availabie to us. We delivered to foreign nations, in the last World War, 5,500,000 gross tons of ships. t i '4i IN WHAT AMOUNTS TO THE LARGEST SHIP ACQUISITION PROGRAM OF any single line, the American Presidents Line, Ltd. had agreed with the Government to build two new combination passengerfreight vessels, purchase four Mariners, and purchase the passenger ships President Cleveland and President Wilson from the Maritime Administration.' This will result in almost - complete replacement of the company's fleet now in the 'round-the-world service. Inaugurated in 1924. APL is expected to pay around $53,000,000 in acquiring three vessels, while the Government's share in the cost of new construction and modification of the Mariners under subsidy law will be in the neighbor­ hood of $12,800,000. End Panama Crew Beef SlU-Style The Greek crew of a Pana­ manian ship, the Ionian Skip­ per, got rid of a hard-timing captain and got all the money that was coming to them at pa^yoff in Tokyo thanks, in part, to the aid given by a Seafarer on the spot in Japan. In a letter sent to head­ quarters, crewmembers expressed their thanks to Seafarer Kenneth Collins for assisting them on their beef. Second steward Henry Gerden supervises as Waiter Bill Presley According to "Nippon Times" newspaper clippings and the text readies tray of dessert. Dinner was held on July 28 in New Or­ of the letter, the Ionian Skipper leans. Company operates four SlU-manned freight ships that arrived in Japan destined for the regularly call at Liberia and other West African ports. scrap pile. The captain so in­ formed the crew when the ship got there and told them they would be repatriated on a freighter and would get their full pay "later." Led by the first mate, the crew refused to pay off until they were guaranteed their full five months pay to date as well as separation pay under Panamanian maritime Two major accidents within the space of a couple of hours, law and decent repatriation on a one of them fatal, marred the outbound voyage of the SIU- passenger ship.^-The captain retali­ by howling "mutiny" and cut­ manned Barbara Frietchie from Philadelphia last month. ated ting off their food supplies. Seafarer Joe Lupton, former-^ Met SIU Man dispatcher in Norfolk, was supporting the hatch boards was of place. Desperately looking around for killed instantly when he was moved out somebody to help them out, the Beam Fulled Out dumped accidentally into the hold. The result was that as far as eye­ crewmembers went to the United Shortly afterward, while local witnesses could tell, the 'hatch Seamen's Service and happened to Coast Guard and city police were boards on which Lupton was stand­ run into Collins there. He supplied still taking evidence aboard, deck ing fell into the hold because of them with needed advice, and with engineer Prescott Spinney was the shift in the position of the the assistance of the Seamen's severely injured by the hook on hatch beams dropping the un­ Service, and an attorney, Collins a slack runner that swung free fortunate bosun to his death in went to work on the company agent and the Panamanian consul. from a cargo of pipe. the bottom of the hold. The upshot of it all was that the Brother Saw" It Lewis and another AB lowered a owner sent his nephew to Tokyo Luptoh's death was all the more stretcher into the hatch and painful because his brother. Dee brought the body to the deck. by air to straighten out the situa­ Lupton, was AB on the same vessel Lupton was carried ashore and tion. He fired the captain and chief pronunced dead as soon as the engineer, dismissed the mutiny and witnes>sed the accident. charge and agreed to pay the crew Ship's delegate Thurston Lewis police ambulance arrived. all they lu-'d asked for—and more. Lupton who was 35, is survived reported that Lupton, who was As the crew put it in their letter bosun, was standing on some hatch by a wife and two small sons, both boards trying to maneuver a sling of them under five years of age. to headquarters "he (Collins) got load of traSh out of the hold when Crewmembers took up a collecUon things organized . .. and we got all the accident happened. The hatch and sent flowers to Mrs. Lupton. that we were supposed to get. "I will close wishing that we beams had not been removed, but After the two accidents the ship the boards had been taken off the sailed for Puerto Rico, only to get could have a strong union like trapped there by the longshore­ yours and .. . we are glad that one after two sections of the hatch. In the course of maneuvering men's strike. At last word it was of your members helped us as we the sling load out of the hold, it still being held up by a dispute ourselves would never stand a was reported, somehow the beam over who should unload the ship. chance . . Jinx 'One-Two' Hits Ship; Bosun Killed •i (\ �Pace EieM; SEAFARERS LOG MARITIME I Figures released last month by the Port of New York Authority Indicate that New York held its own in the handling of the nation's water-borne foreign trade last year. The port dispatched 19.7 percent of the country's total foreign commerce in 1953 as against 18.9 percent for the year before. Its share of the general cargo business amounted to 32.6 percent of the national total, only one-tenth of one percent off the 1952 figure . . . Battered by rising costs in every other direc­ tion, ship operators who use the Suez Canal got a break when tolls Question: Would you welcome a went dbwn eight percent on July 15 to the lowest level since the canal photography contest for Seafarers? opened 86 years ago. About 35 ships a day use the short-cut waterway most of them tankers. August C. Horbac, 3rd cook: I 4' Japan's Kawasaki. Steamship Company will launch a new route certainly would like to see one, and since I have serving the Caribbean and West Africa this fall when the Nikko Mam p::'! a camera myself sails in October for US West Coast ports. From there, the vessel will I would submit call at Caribbean ports in Colombia and Venezuela, then cross the some of my owp Atlantic to Gold Coast, Nigeria and Belgian Congo. Three other Japa­ pictures if nese companies are also working up a service to West Africa, which thought they would entirely by-pass US ports and handling in the US for trans­ w e r e g 0 o shipment ... A former New England fishing vessel, the 78-foot Monte enough. Anyway Carlo, has been turned into a research ship and is on her way to a contest would chart the exact location of the earth's magnetic North Pole "once and make the men for all." With an 11-man scientific expedition aboard, the ship is head­ try harder to take ing for "somewhere around the northwest area of Prince of Wales better pictures and give us all island," about 1,200 miles north of li^nipeg, Canada. something to learn.- 4- 4" 4" " Latest statistics on the French merchant marine show that 737 ships with a total tonnage of 3.5 million tons ai'e in service today, including 248 ships totalling 1.4 million tons built within the last five years. Seventy-four ships of nearly 600,000 tons are on order or already under construction . . . The US Coast Guard's International Ice Patrol is expected to end its season's work shortly, following the an­ nouncement that trans-Atlantic shipping can once again use Track C, the northernmost and shortest of the North Atlantic routes to Europe. The announcement indicated the end of the danger from floating ice which, at the end of May, had penetrated as far south as 1,100 miles due east of New York, forcing shipping to deviate from Track A, the most southerly route, to steer clear of the hazard. The patrol season began in February. • t) Laid up for the last 20 months In the Government-maintained re­ serve fleet at James River, Va., the 18,000-ton liner La Guardia, built during the war as a P-2-type transport and later Converted, is expected tc go into tourist service between California and Hawaii if two bills before Congress don't run into trouble. She would be operated by the newly-formed Hawaiian Steamship Company, Ltd., which is chaK Icnging the virtual monopoly on the route held by Matson for the last 70 years. The 574-foot vessel has an operating speed of better than 20 knots . . . Bids on the first major construction contracts for the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project have been requested by the Ontario Hydroelectric Commission, with work expected to get undenvay in September. The job calls for the building of two temporary dams near Cornwall on the US-Canadian border. The entire Seaway development Is expected to be completed by 1960. 41 4' West Germany's boom in ship construction, which has knocked Japan out of second place among the world's biggest shipbuilders, is giving real concern to British shipyards and the more than 200,000 shipbuilding workers in Great Britain. The West German industry, aided by lower wages in. the shipyards, has been furnishing keen competition to Great Britain in the post-war years . . . Following her third hull check in two years, the liner United States sailed on time for her scheduled Atlantic crossing after a four-day stay in drydock at the New York Naval Shipyard Annex, Bayonne, NJ. Normally examined at Newport News, Va., her birthplace, the speed queen by­ passed Newport this time to save the two-day round trip down there. 1. 5. S. 12. 13. 14. 15. 18. 19. 20. 21. 23. 27. 29. 30. 33. 35. 36. 38. 40. 41. 44. 46. 48. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. ACROSS Cloak Sooner than They run the «hip Region Heavy weight Old Norse letter One of the Bahamas Plant stem Thought Affirmative Large truck for moving Place to buy things Batting prac­ tice fly Russian moun­ tain range Food fish Propellers On the ocean La . ex­ plorer "Bone in the '• King: Fr. MacArthur'a nickname Tight Dora Girls Isthmian ship One in debt Unit of work Man from Copenhagen Rowboat Kind of whisky Kill DOWN ' i; Garden flower 3. Rugged crest of^biU 3. 4. « 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 16. 17. Clark's partner 22. in exploration 24. Man from Lapland 25. Ike's "theatre" 26. in Europe, 1944 Wandering 27. Girl's name An animal 28. Trip Enclosure: 30. Abbr. 31. Tiny 32. Stage show Moines. Iowa 1 2 3 4 1 12 15 18 20 16 Insects Cargo from Duluth Uncooked Raised rail­ ways: Abbr. Cape on Juan de Fuca Strait Capital of Norway Cushion Avail Southern general 34.- Abrupt rise of . land 37. It carries blood 39. Man's nickname 41. victory 42. Sports ring 43. Andy , Yankee infielder 45. Employer 47. Boys 48. Turf 49. One and one 50. Ever: Poet 51. Years of life (Puzzle Aniswer On Page 17) 4 t 4 G. H. Dingle, chief steward: It seems that almost everybody takes pictures now, and a lot of men would like to enter a contest. I think it should be an open con­ test, judged ac­ cording to tech­ nique and the quality of the picture, rather than the subject. That would tend to improve pic­ ture-taking. 4i 4i ft O. M. Jones, chief pumpman: think its a good idea.-1 have a good camera and would be glad to enter. A contest should be open to all types of cam­ eras and both color and black and. white. It should be judged on ability and imagination in using a camera. Certainly seamen have lots of good chances to take unusual and interesting photos. 4" 4" 4" D. W. Kimbrell, chief electrician: I would like the kind of a contest in which the pic1 ures are classi­ fied according to subject matter and judged that way. That's the fairest way of do­ ing it. For my­ self, I prefer tak­ ing pictures of machinery and equipment. t 4i D. D. Lupton, AB: I guess it would be a good idea. I have no interest in it my­ self, but you see lots of men on the ships with cameras all the time. They would probably be in­ terested in show­ ing off some of the stuff that they take on the ship and in the ports. I'd enjoy seeing their results. August 8. 1954 MEET THE SEAFARER RAY HAMMERER, AB One of many Seafarers who a Navy blimp appeared overhead started sailing during World War and the submarine did a quick dis­ II and then decided to make it a appearing act. That was the closest lifetime occupation is Ray Ham­ he came to any real excitement. merer. At the age of 17 Hammerer As far as he was concerned, it headed for saltwater in 1944, and, was rather a dull war. liking it, has stuck to it ever since, Sailed Tankers the last thfee years on SlU-conWhen the war was over. Ham­ tracted ships. Although he started sailing at merer kept on sailing with the the height of the war. Hammerer tankers mostly and later, hooked found life at sea relatively tame up with the SIU in the port of Since and harmless, and unlike many Lake Charles, Louisiana. seamen, has no exciting experi­ then he has been sailing all kinds of ships but prefers the Far East ences to relate. Actually, by 1944, the worst of runs which are traditionally popu­ the German submarine and plane lar with SIU men, one reason being meance was under control and that on those long runs a Seafarer well-anned and well-protected con­ can come home with a nice juicy voys were getting through un­ payoff and save himself a good scathed in large numbers. Most of chunk of dough if he has a mind to. His favorite shore spot, though, the loss of lives and ships came during the harrowing days of 1942 is in a different part of the world that's not touched too often by SIU and ,1943. "Nothing really happened to ships—the Azores. The towns are me," he said, "I was on a hospital clean. Hammerer says, and the transport going to Italy and Eng­ prices are reasonable on both solid land picking up the wounded from and liquid refreshments. the invasions of northern France The Azores haven't been ruined and the Itaiian campaign. On a by the military yet," he said, "al­ hospital ship little or nothing hap­ though the US has some Armed pens because they are well pro­ Forces bases there." The islands tected by other ships and well- are Portuguese possessions, but marked so that they are not fired have a large number of English on by enemy vessels." settlers which make it easy for Fair Game English-speaking Seafarers tq get On a couple of occasions, though, around. he recalls that some hospital ships Maternity Benefit drew a few shots while running Hammerer, who is married, has with their lights out. "Then they two' small children at home, a girl, treat you us fair game." The only time he came near to and a baby boy, Raymond Jri The any trouble, he recalls, was on latter came under the SlU's $200 the motor ship Syracuse, a tanker maternity benefit, which helped a operated at the time by the So- lot when the hospital and doctor cony-Vacuum Company. The ship bills came in, When not on a ship, Ray can be was making a short run from New York to Paulsboro and was just found at home in the Bay Ridge off the New Jersey coast when a section of Brooklyn. But if it's a German submarine surfaced nearby weekend, he can be seen out on the road with what one Seafarer and ordered them to stop. friend jokingly • referred to as -a Fired Shot The sub came to the surface, "houseboat," a big Cadillac lim­ he believes, because it knew that ousine that he picjted up used. the tanker was not carrying any "When you go on a weekend armament. It fired a shot across with two small childen, a crib, a the bow of the tanker to halt it, .play pen and all .the other stuff and then using a blinker light, you need, a large car comes in very asked the tanker crew where they handy." He added that he is plan­ were going and what they were ning a large family, and maybe in carrying. the long run will have to buy him­ Before the chit-chat got very far. self a bus. A union loan of $250,000 is keep­ ing a large eastern millinery man­ ufacturer in business. The loan, made by the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers Union, went to the Kartiganer Hat Cor­ poration, employing 1,500 people at three plants. 4- 4" The AFL has asked the Senate to vote a seven percent increase to all US employees. An AFL spokesT man said a pending bill to give that much to" Post Office employees should be broadened to include all Government workers. ^ $ Countering a trend whereby clothing manufacturers have been Gar^nd Haga, bosun: Ifs a good moving to non-union areas to oper­ idea because we seamen take lots ate low wage plants, the Interna­ tional Ladies Garment Workers o f pictures in Union, AFL, is building a plant of foreign ports and its own to compete with a runaway get a first hand operator. A $40,000 factory is be­ view of things ing erected in Appomattox, Vir­ other people ginia, which will then be turned don't see. I tHink over to a union manufacturer to be a contest should operated under a union contract. divide pictures on the basis of the 4^ 4> 4^ type of camera Blind broom makers who had and then int6 gone on strike against a proposed smaller groups ^y. subject. cut in rates by the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind are back at work in Pittsburgh. Arrange­ ments were worked out with the Association to assure a guaranteed maintenance of take home pay even if the rates paid were reduced. 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" A strike that has been running for more than 17 weeks is still on at the Hohler Company, manufac­ turers of plumbing and bathroom fixtures in Hohler, Wisconsin. The United Automobile Workers (CIO) which Js conducting the strike charges that the company has re­ jected all mediation and arbitra­ tion offers including one from Governor Walter Hohler, nephew of the company's president. An Oregon union official who was serving on a local jury had to go hungry because he wouldn't cross a picket line. Lee Estling, business agent for Painters, Local 1277, in Eugene, Oregon, was called for jury duty in that city. At lunch time the jurors were marched across the street to a local hotel that was being picketed by the Building Service Employees Union. Estling refused to cross the line— and'was locked up in the jury room for the lunch hour. Ji; ; �•>y-h Aurust «. 1954 SEAFARERS SEAFARERS 0 LOG Ae«etl^ «, 1954 Wonder What Hit Him ...! !' Vol. XVi, No. 14 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HAIL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBEBT BRAITO; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BEHNAIID SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN BPIVACK, AL MASKIN, Gulf Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. ISO Page Nine LOG LEnER of the WEEK -••J III Death Of A Fleet ^ Nine years ago a major maritime nation with a tremendous export trade owned 600 ocean-going ships. Today that same country, whose economy has grown immensely in the last nine years, owns a mere 19 ships, and some of these are due to go on the block. The other 581 ships have been transferred to foreign flags. That nation is our northern neighbor, Canada. What's happened is that in nine years the Canadian flag has virtually vanished from the high seas because Canadian operators were permitted to run away to any convenient flag where operating costs are cheaper. "The harsh reality of the 'situation is that US shipping is following the same course, although at a slower rate. The only factors that have kept US ships from speeding the process are the protected coastwise, intercoastal and islands trade, subsidies for a limited number of operators, and the effects of the 50-50 provision in our foreign aid bills. Canadian ships_ had none of these protective devices. The rapid decline of the Canadian fleet is startling. The peak of 600 ships in 1945 dwindled to 65 ships in June, 1953, to 44 ships in November, 1953, and to 19 ships today. Canada doesn't have a single ship operating off the Pacific Coast. Its only passenger ship is idle and its largest single company is 'operating at a deficit. Yet this is a country which lives on trade and exports one-third of its entire national product. As long as major maritime nations permit transfers to runaway flags this decline will continue. Even Great Britain is feeling the pinch. And here in the US the Maritime Admin­ istration, which is charged with responsibility for US ship­ ping, is once again opening the door for transfers specifically to runaway flags despite many protests against this practice. Recently, another major maritime nation, Greece, took steps to deal with the problem by passing legislation requir­ ing all ships owned by-Greek citizens to register under the Greek flag. It's time Uncle Sam sat up and took notice. t J. Next 111 Asia The shift in military fortunes in Indo-China has had a profound effect on our merchant fleet, proving once more the intimate connection between world events and US maritime. As in Korea, US ships are once more being called upon to help shore up defenses against Communism. Now it is Saigon that is jammed with ships and soon the muddy river that leads up to Bangkok will see more and more American flags. Military experts declare that the US and its allies must hold, all the lands at the edge of the continents. Since the US is'the major power in the western alliance, it means that US merchant ships will be called on to do a major part of the job. • Certainly it's generally understood that the United States is going to have to supply practically all of the equipment, training and other assistance that will be needed by the people of Thailand and other countries if they are to resist Communist aggression successfully. It makes no sense then, .to permit the depletion of the merchant marine in the regular commercial services while the country, is depending so heavily on this same merchant marine to maintain lifelines of defense abroad. 4" Thanks To Del HI ai* ilifc; i'S'&H A group of Argentine maritime leaders who knew of the SIU only through hearsay are now better acquainted with the, operations of the Union, thanks to the alert Seafarers aboard the Del Mar. Crewmembers of the Delta Line's cruise ship made arrangements for a special showing of the SIU film, "The Seafarers" when the ship was in Buenos Aires on its last trip. Although many of these Argentine representatives have been in contact with Seafarers before and had heard much about the operations of the SIU, the crew felt that showing the motion picture of the Union in its day to day functions would carry much more of an impact than the written or spoken word. Consequently they requested that a print of the movie be forwarded for them specifically for showing to our South American neighbors. They report that the Argentine maritime representatives were considerably impressed with what they saw, and now have a much better idea of l^ow a union like the SIU operates. A vote of thanks should go to the Del Mar crew for helping another part of the world learn about the activities of the Notes Problems in Steward Job To the Editor: I am writing you this letter, which I hope you will publish in the LOG, because some questions have been troubling me for some time, and I would like to find out what the members, and also the officials of the Union, think of them. Perhaps this letter will draw some reaction. In the first place, it seems to me that the Union has become more and more interested in the effi­ ciency of the men on the jobs. Now, doesn't it stand to reason that, all other things being equal, the man with the longest service record should be the most efficient man for a job? MOST SEAFARERS SEEM TO It doesn't seem Franklin want a ship's fund (although there right to me to go are strong voices raised to the con­ aboard a ship and see a young man trary) but the fly in the ointment who has been a member of the SIU is always how to finance it without for four or five years supervising fuss and annoyance. Usually the oldtimers who have been members crew gets together at a shipboard of the Union for 12 or 15 years. I meeting and votes that every man have seen men with excellent rec­ should drop a dollar or so in the ords as stewards serving as cooks kitty. Then one crewmpmber who or bakers under a much less quali­ incautiously accepts the job ol fied individual. treasurer has to go around try­ What is the incentive for a sea­ ing to collect, something which man to make this rating his goal, may or may not be an easy task. and to work and study to attain it, Arrival Pools if fie has no assurance that all his Consequently Seafarers have ability and experience will count? No matter how you look at it, an come up with a variety of painless oldtime steward who serves as a methods of extracting the small chief cook or baker on a ship is a change that goes into a ship's fund. On some ships an arrival pool demoted steward. serves the purpose, with a nice Outsiders Make Slurs I have heard many slurs made pot for the man who comes closest by shore laundry drivers, ships to the moment of dropping the chandlers' representatives, drivers hook. Others look to collect the for the various food companies, money at the ship's payoff. longshoremen, shipping company The newest, and most pleasant employees and licensed personnel. method to come to light recently These slurs have been directed was devised by against the men I have just writ­ Seafarer James ten about by these outsiders who H. Thompson do not understand how our Union while aboard the operates. Alcoa Patriot. Also, I say that a man cannot be Thompson ran a a good steward and a good cook bingo game for at the same time. The jobs are not the crew and similar enough. turned over the There is also the problem of the profits to the congestion in the ranks of stewards ship's fund, pro­ Grice caused by upgradings. Like many viding Seafarers critics, I can't offer any really con­ with a little leisure-time recrea­ structive suggestions, but perhaps tion in the process. a good stiff examination would A more direct method of collec­ help remedy this situation, or per­ tion was employed aboard the haps a requirement calling for six Winter Hill (Cities Service) where years of sea time. chief cook Ben Grice was detailed Perhaps it would help to have a to get $1 per head from the crew. Group 1 in which only stewards Everybody knows a happy chief could register and a group lA ex­ cook is essential to good shipboard clusively for the two senior cooks. feeding, so chances are that I think that would cause many men brother Grice accomplished his to register in Group lA, where mission without too much dif­ their chances of getting a job ficulty. ^ould be twice /is good, and leave Thompson, who lives in Mobile Group 1 for those men who sin­ cerely desire to improve their and ships out of that city, is an abilities as stewards. Many times I engine department man. He has have seen cooks take a steward's been a Union member since March job because it was open and not 1, 1951, joining in New York City. He's 25 years old and married. because they really wanted It. These questiqns, as I say, have Grice Is an oldtimer in the ship­ been troubling me for sonie time, ping business and has held SIU and I would appreciate hearing membership for 11 years, joining whatever tlie members have so say in New Orleans on June 5. 1943. about them. The 56-yeaivold Seafarei' was-born Harry L Franklin in the State of Mississippi, but now Vote has home and family in Haynesville, Louisiana. Speaking on the subject of the ship's funds it should be reported that Leon Kyser of the Patriot took jurisdiction over the cash af­ ter Thompson got through collect­ ing it. Crewmembers gave both Kyser and Thompson the tradi­ tional hearty vote of thanks for a job done in proper style. WHILE WAITING TO SHIP out on his favorite run, the Bull Line to Puerto Rico, Seafarer Red Campbell took a hand in the work of the quarterly financial commit­ tee elected at headquarters every three months. Campbell kept one eye cocked for the end of the Puerto Rico longshore strike while checking the Union's financial status along with the other mem­ bers of the quarterly committee. IT'S A LONG WAY FROM Scotland to Seattle, but not too far for Seafarer Robert McCulloch, who made it with time to spare. McCulloch served as chair­ man for the last Seattle port meeting where, incidentally, ship­ ping is still hold­ McCulloch ing up very nice­ ly as it seems to have become the center for Far East operations. McCulloch as the name shows, is of Scotch ancestry. He was born there just before the first World War, on April 28, 1913. He's been shipping SIU for the last 11 years though, joining the Union in New York on June 12, 1943. He works out of the galley. • >; Permits Apply For Membership The membership has voted to admit 15 permit card hold* ers each month to membership in the SIU. Permits who wish to apply for membership can get their application forms in any SIU hall. The fifteen men will consist of five from each ship's department and will be screened by a membership committee in headquaiiers. I �^ "''' ^mm SEA-fiOme SWEATSHOP Face Tea P-r-'-4>'' • I' fi"' • ' • ,.Mm^ L The hval kla, or "grab" reachesf skidway to seize a whale's tail the animal inboard. V ^ Except for a handful of old sail­ ors who may once have been on a whaling expedition, most Seafarers are completely unaware of the kind of seagoing life led by the whale­ V- man. What Herman Melville did to ac­ quaint the outsider with the life of the old-time New England whaling man in "Moby Dick" has been duplicated in some degree by a Scotch medical man in "Of Whales and Men," an account of a modern whaling voyage in Antarctic waters. Reading this book makes it clear why the American whaler, once the leader of the industry, no longer exists. No Amer­ ican seaman of this century would tol­ erate the conditions under which whal­ ing men live. And the bountiful produc­ tion in this country of soy beans, peanuts and other sources of vegetable oil make it unnecessary to rely on whale oil, the chief product of a whaling expedition. However, for Great Britain and other land-poor European nations the whale is a prime source of margarine, vitamins, fertilizer and other essential products. The result is that every year the whal­ ing ships go south, mostly from Scotland and Norway, for an eight-month trip to the South Atlantic that makes a summer­ time Persian Gulf tanker shuttle look like a picnic excursion. From the day the factory ship takes on bunkers at Aruba (no beauty spot, as Seafarers well know) until its return to the home port, the whaleman sees no glimpse of civiliza­ tion. The whale factory ship's only other stopovers are one outbound and one inbound stop at the foul-smelling whaling station on bleak South Georgia Island where only penguins and seals lived before. There the crews can have the pleasure of wading through huge stagnant pools of stinking whale remains - which are about everywhere. It's not deemed necessary at the station to dis­ pose of whale garbage other than to dump it on the ground. •'i'vi.'r • Aocnst e. 1954 SEAFARERS I.OC .r- Five Months At Sea For the five-month period of the whal­ ing season, December through April, the factory ship and its fleet of catcher ves- *els are constantly at sea hunting the whale in an area known fqr its winds and storms. Shore leave comes at the home port at the end of the voyage, after which the whaleman can look forward to four months of idleness. Except fbr certain key ratings, such as the gunners, the whaling man is poorly rewarded for these months of backbreaking and dangerous work. His earnings depend on equaling or passing a quota set by the shipowner. The gim­ mick is that the number of whales that can be taken in a single season is fixed by an international board so as to pre­ serve the whale from extinction. Conse­ quently the size of the pie that can be sliced up by the whaleship crews is lim" ited, and if one factory ship has a good season and exceeds its quota, it is at the expense of a fellow whaleman on another ship. No wonder then, that the whaleship man is known contemptuously as a "Nprth Sea Chinaman" by better paid merchant seamen who regard whaling wages "hs fit only for the half-starved oriental. Nor does the shipowner in the whaling business show much solicitude for the health and welfare of his crews. The author, as the ship's medic, had good reason to protest the inadequate treat­ ment accorded injured men who had to lie in the sickbay for months, or ashore at South Georgia waiting for repatria­ tion. The concern of the shipowner does extend to depriving the whaleman of al­ cohol, a ban which is gotten around by many ingenious moonshining devices. Floating Slaughterhouse Actually, the whale factory ship is nothing more or less than a floating slaughterhouse and its catcher ships are the high-powered ocean cowboys who go out to "lasso" the wild bull or cow whales, big blue and finback monsters aibout 90 feet in size. Once caught and brought back to the factory, the whale is hauled up the skidway in the stern by powerful winches. There in the stern section some 30 tons of blubber are skill­ fully, cut away by the flensers who oper­ ate in much the same manner as their forerunners did on the old wooden whal­ ing ships, except that in Melville's time the flenser had to do his work while the whale was lashed alongside the ship. Once the blubber has been stripped, the winches go to work again and haul the now "skinny" 70-ton remains to the foredeck where the meat land bone are hacked and sawed apart and then dumped into appropriate open manholes. Below decks, giant pressure cookers and other devices process the remains into fertilizer, oil and edible whalemeat. To carry on this entire procedure day by day for five months running without a single break, requires a massive fac­ tory ship capable of handling immense amounts of supplies, and a crew of 700 men. The factory ship is best described in the author's own words as follovvs: Two Tankers Stuck Together "Imagine two large oil tankers stuck together beam to beam, so that their funnels are abeam and not ;fore and aft. Place the two in an immense bluntbowed hull, with a wide shallow draft and a freeboard of prodigious height. Then cut off the stern... carve a great obscene-looking hole where the stempost was, and run a tunnel that could ac­ commodate two railway trains from the waterline between the two screws at a gently sloping angle up to the main deck, just forward of the funnels... "In her superstructure, a factory ship is divided In two—the reason being that two vast areas of deck space, each capa­ ble of accommodating two or more ninety-foot whale carcasses, must be left clear in the middle of the ship; below this clear space is the factory, a maze of machinery occupying three decks... and below that again are the tanks, capable of accommodating 20 thousand tons or more of oil, and reaching down to the bilges..." ' The factory ship, is, of necessity, geared to handle whales in an unending stream because the regulations require that every whale killed with the excep­ tion of the one used as a fender must be aboard and cut up within 33 hours of capture. When the catcher ships are bringing them in hot and heavy, the crew goes on a 24-hour schedule to proc­ ess the carcasses. But despite the speed of handling, the stench of the dead whale is a formidable thing to reckon with. Consequently when the voyage is over the ship is given a complete bath throughout with strong caustic cleanser, live steam and seawater, followed by plenty of fresh paint. But when all is done, the ship and the men who sail it, still stink far and wide. Impressive Measurements Nothing however in the strange and fascinating story of a whaling trip is more fascinating than the whale himself. The huge mammal who turned to the sea many ages ago when it could no longer survive on land, is a never-ending source of wonder, even to the profes­ sional whaleman. Measurements that were taken of one good-sized blue whale are impressive. The particular whale in question was 89 feet long, ten feet high and 46 feet around the beam. It pro­ duced 26 tons of blubber, 56 tons of meat and 22 tons of bone. Its tongue alone weighed three tons and the carcass comtained eight tons of blood compared to the puny six quarts of the human body. The total weight of this particular whale was 120 long tons, from which 27 tons of oil were extracted. Here again, the best way of describing the whale is to quote the author: "The length of the beast U that of a railroad car, and its height and girth are about the same. An elephant could walk under its upended jawbone without touching at any point. Its fins are the size and weight of a pretty large dining-table and its flukes would make an excellent pair of wigs for a fighter aircraft... Its blub­ ber. . .would keep all the votive candles burning in St. Peter's, Rome, for a cen­ tury or more; and its meat would supply a hamburger.. .to every person in Bos­ ton, Mass." (That would make about 800,000 hamburgers). "Its tongue would overload a fair-sized truck and it would take six very strong men to lift its heart." Burned By Decay What happens when the cax "vss of ths monster starts to age also makes for in­ teresting information. At the conclusion of the season, the factory ship took on a carcass that had been used as a ship fender ^or nearly a week. The whale'f belly had since exploded from the ac­ cumulation of decay gases in its intes­ tines. The outer flesh on the whale, un­ derneath the blubber, had decayed into a liquid mess, but a foot further down the heat of the decaying carcass had been so great that the meat was actually cooked and blistering hot. Perhaps then it's the wonder of the whale that draws the whaleman back to the Southern Ocean year after year, to hunt it in the face of incredible hardship. . (O/ Whales And Men by R. ». Robe-4. ( son. Alired A. finopf, $4.50.) iiWfl "I rnMmrnV 1 wmsk iiiiiillf lliSiill /iiiililll iw \ M ff"""* Yjrfigjf ' •mM JT* " V ^lili r . , J �Ancnst e, 19S4 SEAFARERS LOG Pare Elevea ;1I out on the )r dragging Secured by the grab, a fin whale is hauled up the skid for flensing. These whales make the best whale steaks. V B* m Fleet of fast catcher ships lies at anchor off South Georgia Island, waiting for whal­ ing season to bjegin. The small vessels can do 15 knots, speedy enough to catch up with whales that swim at 12 or 13 knots themselves. . /• Whdle gunner sights along his harpoon gun while await­ ing his prey. Harpoons have explosive warheads de­ signed to maim or kill the whale. • I:?-; • • -. f ^IliliiSi'^ f-t > f I b::i^ ii X ' ^ • '" •* |. ' Jl -..Ik" • I -1 .•u.. I _ • -J , <* This harpoon was idle while black gang carried but major repair on crushed bow at sea. There's no time or place for drydocking vessels. lilii i V - ,' ,• 5. ' ' P^irx-xixo:-:'': ^ ?" =• J I Close up of the "grab" shows its size in relation to man. Claw-like apparatus is a Norwegian invention which helped make modern whaling possible. '.•j| ••'-I •'ll • 3 isl "•'il Crewmembers stow hunks of whale meat down through manholes into cookers below. Large photo at left shows entire slaughterhouse eperiation on foredeck. Four typical crewmem­ bers on whaling expe­ dition are shown above.. ^1 �te:. . . • SEAFARERS Pus* Twelva Adtfnstr S. 1954 LOG PORT JtfiPOAIS.. Lake Charles: Shipping, Polllieaf Situallons Are Good From down here in the garden spot of Louisiana we can report that things are beginning to move along nicely. Calling in here during the past two weeks have been the Brad­ ford Island, Chiwawb, Sal em Maritime, Royal Oak, Government Camp, Winter Hill and Lone Jack (Cities Serv­ Connell ice). The Chiwawa spent a week here due to the fact that her tanks needed cleaning very badly, and the boys really cleaned up on her in, money, too. We also had the Val Chem (Val­ entine) in port at nearby Orange, Tex. This ship has a* fine bunch of SIU men on her. We signed the Government Camp on for Japan and her crew was happy to get offshore after running coastwise for so long. On/the labor front here, all is well at present now that the elec­ tions are over. Most of labor's friends were elected and from here we put in office a district attorney, a Court of Appeals judge and a congressman friendly to labor. A number of smaller offices were also filled by people friendly to la­ bor so we didn't do badly, even though we lost the US Senator's race. Helhnan In Hospital At this writing we have one man in the hospital here. He is Karl A. (Swede) Hellman, who broke his kneecap when his car collided with two others. He is now in St. Pat­ rick's Hospital and will be trans­ ferred to the marine hospital in Galveston as soon as he can be moved. For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Henry M. Connell, better known as "Tampa Red." A long­ time member of the SIU, "Red" is now sailing coastwise as a chief cook because, he says, that way he doesn't get too far away from his sweet milk. We never knew, though, that Budweiser put up milk. Red says that SIU men en­ joy so many benefits it's hard to pick out a special one, but he sure likes the idea of paid vacations. At the last meeting here, T. J. Moore was chairman and I. W. Thompson was recording secretary. Both sail in the deck department and both did a fine job at the meet­ ing. The way the rain has been com­ ing down here for the past 20 hours, we may soon be able to go fishing out of the hall windows. In fact, even while I've been writing this the water has risen about five feet, so I think I'll go check my fishing gear now. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent I;-- • i t Philadelphia: Puerto Rico TIe-Up Hits Shipping Here 1^:-' Although the longshoremen and employers here reached an agree­ ment in the beef which tied up the port for two weeks, shipping dur­ ing the last report period remained at a low ebb. This was primarily due to the longshoremen's beef in Puerto Rico, which resulted in Bull Line laying up itis entire fleet and cutting off one of our main ship­ ping arteries. The overall picture in the port'^loolaf^ vern nrqmisiilB, though, as we have two of Bull's ships here, and as soon as the strike breaks—which should be at any moment at this writing—we can expect at least several days of a boom. Three Ships Pay Off Paying off here during the past two weeks were the Republic (Trafalgar), Cantigny (Cities Serv­ ice) and Seamar (Calmar). These three ships also signed oti. In transit during this period were The Cabins (Cabins); Fairhope, Andrew Jackson and Iber­ ville (Waterman); Steel Flyer, Steel Artisan and Steel Navigator (Isthmian); Robin Locksley (Seas Shipping); Seatiger (Colonial), and Greece Victory (South Atlantic). A. S. Cardnllo Philadelphia Port Agent i, $. t. Seattle: Grew Balks At Sign-On, Likerty Bell is Stored Shipping has been good in this port during the past two weeks and we expect it to continue that way. Paying off here were the Alcoa Pegasus (Alcoa), Liberty Bell (Tramp Cargo), Cecil N. Bean (Drytrans), George A. Lawson (Pan-Oceanic) and John C. (Atlan­ tic Carriers). On the Liberty Bell the com­ pany tried to chisel on the stores and the crew wouldn't go for that, but after a requisition for addi­ tional stores was filled, they signed on for the Far East. Food Beefs Squared Away In transit were the Pennmar and Yorkmar (Calmar). There were a few food beefs on these ships but these were squared away. On the beach here are Frenchy Michelet and G. Sims. Sims is studying for his third mate's ticket and hopes to get it in about three weeks. We know that if he ever sails topside he will do a good job. In the marine hospital are F. Fondila, H. Harvey, S. Johannessen, J. Krohn, V. K. Ming and B. Smith. Jeff Gellette Seattle Port Agent Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks , Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings Is as follows: Aug. 11, Aug. 25, Sept. 8. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required to attend the meetings. Curley Byrd emerge the winner. This has now become a fact. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent Baltimore: 'Very Bood' Shipping Is Seen Conlinuing Galveston: Shipping in this fair city of ours has been very good during the past two weeks, and it should stay that way during the next two weeks. During the last two weeks we shipped 208 men on regular jobs and 17 men on stand-by work for a total of 224. We registered 218 men, but quite a few of these were permit men and the bookmen- in this port have been well taken care of. The following ships paid off dur­ ing the last two weeks: Compass (Compass), Cal­ mar (Calmar), An­ drew Jackson and Fairland (Water­ man), Albion (D r y - t r a n s), French Creek (Cities Service), Carolyn (Bull) Baltore, Chilore, Cubore and SanLlppy tore (Ore), and Oremar (Calmar). Ships signing on were the Com­ pass (Compass); Calmar, Alamar Oremar and Bethcoaster (Calmar); Steel Flyer (Isthmian); Carolyn (Bull); Andrew Jackson, Fairland (Waterman); French Creek (Cities Service); Trojan Seaman (Troy), and Baltore, Chilore, Feltore, Cubore and Santore (Ore). In transit were the Ocean Nimet (Ocean Trans.), Steel Scientist and Steel Navigator (Isthmian), Alcoa Puritan (Alcoa), Robin Goodfellow and Robin Locksley (Seas Ship­ ping), De Soto, Madaket and Iber­ ville (Waterman), Bethcoaster (Cal­ mar) and Marina (Bull). New Hall Progressing Work on the new hall is progress­ ing rapidly, and we are sure we will take over this hall in from four to six weeks. In carrying out the policy set down by headquarters to reduce operating expenses, there have been some slight changes made in this port, but these changes will affect only the operating expenses and not the efficiency of the port. There are still a few oldtimers on the beach here, including John Taurin, Albert (Piccolo) Solberg, Danny Lippy and Harry Johnson. In the hospital are Robert A. Stokes, Jesse A. Shonts, Albert Willis, Samuel Doyle, Joseph T. Torra, August A. Smith, Jesse A. Clark, Heinrich Wiese, Samuel H. Mills and Richard Foust. . As I stated in my last repojjt, I was sure the final outcome of the Democratic primaries would see Weather And Shipping Fair In Texas Port They have been having a heat wave all over Texas but as usual the temperatures here in Gal­ veston have been the lowest in the Southwest. Southern breezes from the Gulf keep the mercury down and make it ideal for fishing and swimming, and also for observing the local bathing beauties. This is a mighty interesting pastime, especially for a man who has been out at sea for a while. Shipping has been fair here dur­ ing the past two weeks. Paying off were the Margaret Brown (Bloomfield) and Steel Advocate (Isthmian) and signing on were the Margaret Brown and Government Camp (Cities Service). In-Transit Ships Intransit were the Edith (Bull); Cantigny, Government Camp and Bents Fort (Cities Service); Topa Topa and Lafayette (Waterman); Seatiger (Colonial); Southern Cities (Southern Trans.); Del Viento and Del Campo (Mississippi), and Seatrains New York, New Jersey, Savannah and Texas. There were a few minor beefs on some of these jships but they were all squared away to the satis­ faction of the crews. Joe Atchinson is on the beach and J. Watt is back here after being put ashore in Florida for hospitalization. He is just about ready for action again. Keith Alsop Galveston Port Agent i" 3) Wilmington: 4" Shipping Up; Pianfer Pays Off And Signs On Shipping picked up in this port during the past two weeks, due primarily to the fact that the Alcoa Planter, which was originally sup­ posed to come into Seattle, came into San Pedro instead, and so she paid off and signed on here. With this payoff and the in-transit ships we shipped 35 men during these two weeks, but the future remains uncertain. The in transits here were the Golden City, John B. Waterman and Raphael Semmes (Waterman), Pennmar (Calmar), San Mateo Vic­ tory (Eastern), Alcoa Pegasus (Al­ coa) and Coe Victory (Victory Car­ riers). ISrnest Tiiley Wilmington Port Agent RECORD Shipping Figure's July 17 to July 31 REG. DECK 17 102 28 76 13 11 10 62 • •• • T5 32 34 30 24 PORT Boston New York ..... 1 Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah •Tampa Mobile New Orleans Galveston Seattle. San Francisco Wilmington • •TotaM':.v.:;/-n • i REG. REG. TOTAL ENGINE STEW. REG. 14 11 42 85 83 270 24 14 66 80 62 218 14 7 34 27 10 6 40 13 17 54 54 170 §9 66 210 86 32 22 . 80 25 21 89 26 . 33 45 11 , 10 1,377 ^ j • ' , ift - • . A; - SHIP. DECK 5 127 10 81 9 5 3 34 57 23 39 25 13 431 SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL ENG. STEW. SHIPPED 10 19 4 97 333 109 7 28 11 55 208 72 5 4 18 7 19 7 9 2 4 33 104 37 78 55 190 53 14 16 103 30 34 81 25 31 35 12 10 395 374 .1,200 Boston: Shipmates Pay Hoaor To Deceased Brolhers The SIU crew of the Seatiger (Colonial) collected $34 and pre­ sented it to Mrs. Catherine O'Con­ nor, mother of Francis P. O'Con­ nor, who died in Florida. Brother O'Connor, who was stricken while sailing oh the Seatiger, died at the Key O'Connor West Naval Hos­ pital on July 20. A wreath was sent by the Union. The Union also sent a wreath to the funeral of Ralph M. Chur­ chill, who died at the Brighton Ma^ rine Hospital on July 19. He was stricken while working as cashier aboard the Evangeline (Eastern). Shipping is still slow here in "Beantown." We paid off and signed on the Winter Hill and Sa­ lem Maritime (Cities Service) and in transit were the Republic (Tra­ falgar), Steel Vendor (Isthmian) and Iberville, Wacosta, Madaket and Chickasaw (Waterman). Among the men on the beach here are J. Cash, C. Moss, E. Rob­ erts and J. Rubery, and in the ma­ rine hospital are J. Garello, F. Alasavich, J. Penswickand W. Beohner, James Sheehan Boston Port Agent ii 4> Norfolk: « More TaPkers Gail, Bringing Mora Jobs Things are looking up in this port, with the increasing number of tankers coming into Hampton Roads furnishing a number of jobs for us. During the last two weeks the Royal Oak (Cities Service) and The Cabins (Cabins) paid off and signed on. In transit were the Fairporf (Waterman), Alcoa Puritan (Alcoa), Andrew Jackson (Isthmian), Jeffer­ son City Victory (Victory Carriers), Ocean Nimet (Ocean Trans,) and Southland (South Atlantic). In the hospital are Hugh L. Meacham, Anthony Scaturro, Char­ lie Horton and Henry Riley, Ben Rees Norfolk Port Agent �0^ Anciut 6.1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page Tbfrteca ......... PORT MtEPORTS New Orleans: Death Benefit Cards Shenld Be Filled Ont pleased to learn that they have been discharged from the hospital and expect to be ready to ship out soon. William E. Murphy, Sam Marinello, R. L. Kelly, F. Pastrano, H. E. Humphrey, R. E. Hommel and M. E. Alexander are among Sea­ farers recently hospitalized. It is hoped they will be ready for duty again by our next report. Since the last report the Alcoa Runner (Alcoa), Steel Navigator (Isthmian), Del Mar.^ Del Viento and Del Campo (Mississippi), and the - Chickasaw, Antinous and DeSoto (Waterman) paid off here. The Alcoa Runner (Alcoa), Steel Advocate (Isthmian) and Del Oro, Del Santos, Del Alba and Del Mar (Mississippi) signed on. Ships calling' in-transit were the Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Cavalier and Alcoa Polarus (Al­ coa), the Steel Advocate (Isth­ mian), the Del Alba (Mississippi), the Seatrains Louisiana and Geor­ gia (Seatrain Lines), the Topa Topa and LaSalle (Waterman), the Margarett Brown (Bloomfield), the Southwind (South Atlantic), South­ ern Cities (Southern Steamship Co.) and the Mae (Bull Lines). Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent The importance of the member­ ship filling out Welfare Plan bene­ ficiary forms was demonstrated here this week when Oscar Norm, one of the real oldtimers in the Union, died of a heart attack. Brother Norm, who had a host of friends among the membership here, left no surviving relatives, nor had he filled out the necessary form to designate a beneficiary in case of his death. As a conse­ quence, a muddled legal situation was ereated regarding disposition of the $2,500 death benefit to which every man who sails SIU is en­ titled. Of course, this is an extreme case, but occasionally difficult situ­ ations have been created for wid­ ows or relatives because the de­ ceased had neg­ lected to fill out the form which would have re­ sulted in auto­ matic payment of 4- 4" l" the benefit to the Parrott person who he Savannah: would bave preferred to designate as his beneficiary. These forms are available in the hall here just as they are in all of the other branches. It takes only a few minutes to fill in the Shipping has been average here necessary data, and members who during the past two weeks. The have not done so should avail Salem Maritime (Cities Service) themselves of this opportunity on paid off and signed on while intheir next visit to the hall. transit were the Steel Advocate Members shipping out of this and Steel Navigator (Isthmian), port are being reminded that re­ Southland (South Atlantic), Robin tail merchandise can be purchased Wentley (Seas Shipping), Yaka in the Seafarers Sea Chest outlet (Waterman) and Seatrains Louisi­ located at the rear of the first floor ana and Georgia, which each called of the SIU building in New Or­ here twice. leans. First class merchandise can Ray Sweeney, well-known Sea­ be purchased here by any member farer and former Union official, at a saving. passed away aboard the Seatrain Senator Is Reelected Louisiana July 6. Voting was orderly and rather "50-50" Bill Backed light in the recent election in Loui­ At the last meeting of the Cen­ siana. US Senator Allen J. El- tral Trades Council here, the coun­ lender was re-elected by a big ma­ cil went on record as supporting jority over his two opponents, the "50-50" ship bill and has sent l^nator Ellender's principal oppo­ out communications accordingly. nent, Frank B. Ellis, carried New On the beach here are R. J. FalOrleans by 4,000 votes, but lost ger. Jack Nelms, A. H. Smith, Roy the remainder of the state by a big Nash, A. D. Edenfield, J. Rosa, total. Leo Weeks and I. Peacock. Representative Hale Boggs of In the marine hospital are G. New Orleans, whose record in Con­ Menendez, C. C. Slater, L. A. Degress has proved him to be a Witt, J. Littleton, P. Bland, J. T, friend of the working man, also Mobre, R. C. Shedd, A. F. Mead­ won re-election with ease. ows, C. H. Kent, J. H. Morris, L. Shipping continued fair during F. Swegan, H. C. Bedfood, L. F. the last two weeks. About one- Weeks, R. Carrollton, W. C. Sand­ third of the men who shipped were ers and W. J. Wolf. permit men, indicating that the Jeff Morrison job situation is not too rough for Savannah Port Agent bookmen. Seafarers D. Baker, A. Phillippille and M. Perez are to be com­ mended for donating blood to the Seafarers Blood Bank at the USPHS hospital here. It is through the contributions of such unsel­ fish members that we are able Stu, A&G District to maintain an adequate supply to BALTIMORE 14 North day St. Mulberry 4540 take care of hospitalized brothers Earl Sheppard. Agent BOSTON 276 State St. who may be in need of blood. James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Friends and former shipmates of GALVESTON 21st & Mechanic Phone 2-8448 J. M. McDavitt, G. R. Mitchell, H. Keith Alsop, Agent 1419 Ryan St. L. Parrott and J. J. Adams will be LAKE CHARLES, La Shipping Is Average; '50-50' Biii is Backed How to Apply For Birth Pay Applications for the mater­ nity benefit must be supported by the following documents: • Your marriage certificate. • Baby's birth certificate dat­ ing birth after April 1, 1952. ^ • The discharge from the last ship you sailed on before the i babY was borh; Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 BienviUe St. Lindsey Williams. Agent JdagnoUa 6112-6113 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ren Rees. Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. T. Banning. Agent..: Douglas 2-5475 Marty Brelthoff. West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA, PR . Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal Colls, Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH 3 Abercorn St. Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2700 Ist Ave. Jeff GlUette. Agent Elliott 4334 TAMPA ,1809-1811 N- Franklin SL ttay White. Agent Phone SM323 Mobile: Three Inactive Ships Schedaled Tc Crew Up With three inactive ships due to take on crews and sail, shipping should show considerable improve­ ment here during the next two weeks. Also, the next two weeks should be pretty busy because the following ships should be in here for payoffs or in-transit: Arizpa, De Soto and Iberville (Waterman) and Partner, Ranger, Pennant, Pil­ grim, Corsair, Cavalier and Patriot (Alcoa). During the last two weeks ship­ ping, while a little on the slow bell, was satis­ factory, with 103 men shipped to regular jobs and 117 sent to vari­ ous relief jobs in and around . the harbor. We had nine payoffs, seven sign-ons and three ships Sullins in transit during this period. All of these ships were in ex­ tremely good shape and there were only minor beefs. Outside of the pickup in ship­ ping, the big news here is about the "big pay-off" and all the gang here are waiting for Waterman and Alcoa to start their retroactive wage payments soon. According to our reports, Alcoa is slated to get started about August 1 and Water­ man about August 15. At this writing the AFL long­ shoremen's strike in Puerto Rico has not heen completely settled, and this has resulted in the tying up of some Waterman ships, but in the meantime the SIU has repre­ sentatives on the island protecting the interests of the Union and the membership. Shipmates Aid Sullins The members here wish to ex­ tend their deepest sympathy to Fred Sullins and his family on the recent death of his mother. Mx'S. Sullins passed away in Hamilton, Ala., while Fred was steward on the Ocean Lotte in Korea, and the crew of the Ocean Lotte donated some $200 to help him fly back to attend the funeral. He wishes to extend his thanks to -all his ship­ mates who were so kind to him in his troubles. A few of the oldtimers on the beach here are J. T. Morton, W. J. Anderson, W. Phurrough, F. L. Verner, F. Stevens,' D. K. Nunn, E. Webb, M. Oswald, H. Young, J. Dixon and F. Reid. In the hospital here are Willie WILMINGTON. Calif 505 Marine Ave. Ernest Tllley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volplan William HaU SUP HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 522 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND. CALIF 257 5th St. Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn STerling 8-4671 Canadian District MONTREAL.......634 St. James St. West PLateau 8161 HALIFAX. N.S 128tt Hollls. St. PhonO! 3-89n Reynolds, Fred Sullins and W. G. Moore. On the labor front, the building trades workers are striking against the contractors for a wage in­ crease and we are sure our friends will win out. Another lahor dis­ pute involves the taxi drivers of the Teamsters Union and the De­ luxe Cab Company. We are urg­ ing all our members to be careful of the cabs they select because of this beef. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent New York; Three Ships Ceme Out Of Lay-Up, Mere Due New York is still enjoying fine weather and good shipping, and who could ask for anything more? The boys are all taking advantage of the added recreational facilities here in the hall and from all the comments I have heard they are well pleased with the new set-up. ^Shipping has been good in all departments and all ratings dur­ 4" 4" 4' ing the last two weeks. In fact we San Francisco: had the biggest turnover in men that we have had since the first of .the year. Most of the ships pay­ ing off had a big turnover in the crew and on top of that we had Lately we have found that som6 three ships that came out of laycompanies are getting lax about up and took on full crews. They were the Ann Marie and the Eve­ calling in replace­ lyn (Bull) and the Ocean Betty ments, and we (Ocean Transportation). There have had to were no ships put into lay-up dur­ speak to some of ing this period. Jhem about this. Shipping should be equally good At any rate, we during the coming period as we would like to have a couple of more ships com­ stress this point ing out of lay-up and a number of to all the mem­ ships due in for payoffs from long'' bers— make sure, runs. This usually means a good you let the Union Lefeo Turnover in the crew. kndw when you leave a ship, so we can make sure Paid Off 15 Ships the company orders the necessary During the last two weeks we replacements. paid off 15 ships, signed 9 on for­ If a man quits a ship without eign articles arid serviced 14 innotifying the Union, and if a com­ transit ships. pany is lax about ordering a re­ The following were the ships placement, that ship may sail paid off: shorthanded. This not only results Choctaw (Waterman); Val Chem in the loss of a job to a man who (Valentine); Jeffei'son City iVicto­ could be working, but creates a ry Carriers); Lone Jack and Brad­ hardship for the crewmembers who ford Island (Cities Service); Hilton remain on board. and Mae (Bull); Ocean Nimet Transportation); Mary Shipping here has held its own (Ocean during the past tw o w eeks. We had Adams (Bloomfield); Crack-no payoffs hut three ships signed er State Mariner and Greece Vic­ on—the Coe Victory (Victory Car­ tory (South Atlantic), and Seatrains riers), Alcoa Pegasus (.\lcoa) and Texas, Georgia, New Jersey and New York. Young America (Waterman). Signing on were the Ann Marie In-transit were the Afoundria, (Bull); Robin Wentley and Robin Raphael Semmes, John B. Water­ man and Bienville (Waterman), Goodfellow (Robin); Jefferson City San Mateo Victory (Eastern), Robin Victory (Victory Carriers); Steel Gray (Seas Shipping) and Pennmar Scientist (Isthmian); Peninsular Mariner (Waterman); Ocean Nimet (Calmar). and Ocean Betty (Ocean Trans­ On the Pennmar we had some portation), and Cracker State Mar­ beefs, but these were all settled iner (South Atlantic). before the ship left here. In-transit were the Seatrains Oldtimers on the beach here in­ Savannah and Louisiana; the Alcoa clude F. Schmiedel, T. Moriarity, Ranger, Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa W. Kramer, W. Bause, F. Kustra, Runner; Iberville, De Soto. MadaJ. Lefco, V. Johnson, J. Thomas, ket and Lafayette (Waterman); H. Johnson, C. Mazur, J. Bright, Seamar, Massmar and Bethcoaster R. Ferron, F. McCall, W. Parks (Calmar); Edith (Bull), and Seaand G. Fournier. tiger (Colonial). In the hospital are S. Bunda, J. Have Very Few Beefs Childs, O. Gustavsen, C. Neumaier, All of these ships came in with J. Perreira, W. Singleton, P. S. very few beefs, mostly for minor Yuzoir and M. E. Folts. repairs. Tom Baitning The majority of the ships are San Francisco Port Agent now beginning to pay off under the new pay scale which gives the men quite a few added dollars to take home. In the very near future we expect to have all the companies paying off under the new contract but it will take some of them more FORT WILLI AM... 118V4 Syndicate Ave. time than others to make up the Ontario Phone: 3-3221 POPT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. retroactive pay. We will keep you Ontario Phone: 5591 posted as to when they will be TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 ready to pay off, so just be patient VICTORIA, BC 617V4 Cormorant St. as this is like money in the-bank. Empire 4531 Claude Simmons VANCOUVER. BC 565 Hamilton St. PaclBc 7824 Asst. See.-Treasurer SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Members Leaving Ship Shonid Notify Union Phone 6346 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD. Ontario 62 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone; 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St, NB Phone: 2-5232 BAGOTVILLE. Quebec Great Lakes District ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher Phone: 1238W BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. Phone; Melrose 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 93nd St, Phone:-Ssfea 6-341* Tampat Port's Business Slow; Four Ships In Transit Shipping was very slow in this port during the last two weeks, with no payoffs, or sign-ons. In transit were the Del Alba (Mississippi) and Chickasaw, DeSoto and Antinous (Waterman). . . Ray White . .TaihiiA:;Poci Agent . ^ •4=55 I �J:.^{^'•^i i-:- ,. SEAFARERS Pks* FoniiecB ;p •• K-fe- Anrnst «. 1M4 LOG ItV Heave Ho, Awaaay We Co' OFF For San Mateo, Aground In Korea WATCH This is a new feature designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, products, developments, publications and the like which "At last the word was passed from the bridge and the winches began turning. The Seafarersnew mc.y find helpful in spending their leisure-time hours, both wires from all 14 sets of beaching gear grew as tight as fiddle strings, the tug heaved on the ashore and aboard ship. -Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFAR­ hawser, and the old girl began to move. Once she started, she never stopped. She kept ERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible. right on going until we were-*^ out in deep water where the For the benefit of boating enthusiasts, and many Seafarers are like TV Star Entertains On The Florida anchor was dropped and we everyone else in their enjoyment of a sort of "busman's holiday," rode like a duck, slightly down at the Outboard Boating Club of America (OBC) has an attractive 16-page the head but otherwise fairly evenbooklet called "Outboard Handling," which can be obtained free of keeled. A rousing cheer went up charge. The subjects covered include a description of the common and everyone retired to the messboners that cause accidents and how to avoid them, the installation hail for coffee and a bull session. and handling of the motor, trimming and maneuvering the boat and And so the San Mateo Victory several others. Copies can be obtained from the club, at 307 North (Eastern Steamship!, which went Michigan Avenue, Chicago 1, 111. aground April 5, during a run to Sasebo, Japan, was towed off the rocky beaches of Cheju Island, Seafarers who dabble in metal handiwork, furniture antiquing, glass Korea, according to the graphic working, jewelry soldering, copper fitting and casting may find a new account of salvage operations sent clean-buming, lightweight propane torch a handy tool for their to the LOG by Seafarer H, C. Mcpurposes. The Bernz-O-Matic master torch, designed for amateur Curdy, the steward. use, weighs less than four pounds and is less than three inches in "The day after the accident, diameter. Easy to light, without pumping, priming or pre-heating, the McCurdy writes, "the Navy salvage torch produces a hot (2300 degrees F.), easily adjustable flame. Ask ship Grasp came out from Sasebo about it next time you visit your hobby shop. to survey the damage and consider salvage operations. Several other salvage ships were used as well A word to the wise: Don't become your own clay pigeon! If your as a number of smaller boats. pleasure is to pile off the ship while in port or on the beach and head There was also an average of 50 for the woods to hunt game with your shooting iron under your arm, Navy salvage mgn working around don't try to make a shooting gallery out of your foc'sle. The Institute the clock. Our own deck crew was for Safer Living of Boston just published figures showing that indoor on call at all times, while we of shooting accidents—many of them of the didn't-know-it-was-loadcd the steward department stood variety—took more than 1,000 lives in the United States during the ready to feed the salvage men in past year. Most" of them, occurring while the victim was cleaning or case a storm prevented the small examining his gun, might have been prevented. Such accidents also boats from taking them back to Enjoying snack with crewmen of SlU-contracted Florida is NY taused non-fatal wounds to nearly 50,000 other persons in 1953. their ships. TV comic Larry Storch (seated, left). Storch was star entertainer in Florida's cocktail lounge on trip to Nassau. Others in photo On Rocks Ode Month are (1-r) utility Gonzales, steward delegate Lopez, waiter Suarez, "A lot of hard man hours," Mc­ Acclaimed by the critics from near and far, the movie "On The cruise director Martinez. Curdy reports, "were put into the Waterfront" which is just making its appearance around the country seemingly impossible task of pull­ should tempt movie-going Seafarers who are familiar with plight of ing three-quarters of the San Ma­ and to the crewmen on the Sah a collector of Japanese works of racket-bossed longshoremen and the effort to clean up the docks. teo's weight off the volcanic rocks. Mateo. Nevertheless, after a month art. Featuring the familiar figure of Marlon Brando and a talented cast It was not until May 5, one month at Cheju Island, the crew was Also, McCurdy says, there was of both Hollywood and television players, the movie also offers a after we hit, that the ship made mighty glad to reach Nagasaki, so good news waiting for the men glimpse of former boxing and wrestling headliners Tami Mauriello, its first move, about 15 feet. Then, much so that it "went Japa­ when they finally did get to Sasebo, Abe Simon and Tony Galento, playing the roles of waterfront "hoods." before the beaching anchors could nese," with three crewmen becom­ for there they learned of the sign­ be reset, the high tide we had ing serious students of the Japa­ ing of the new freighter agreement waited a whole month for began nese language, one becoming a with pay gains for them retroactive Shutter-bugs who haven't tried out the new "sub-midget" flash-bulbs to drop, so that the next night. student of judo, and one becoming to last October. for both indoor and outdoor lighting are in for a treat, as all reports May 6, had to be the final effort, indicate the "midget-midget" lamps do an all-purpose job for both because the tide would not be high amateur and pro photographer, and are at the same time easier to enough for another month." LOG-A-RHYTHM: carry and use. Sylvania's Bantam "8, the Dura-Mite "8" and-the We The May 6 effort, as previously inghouse Number 8 all offer similar advantages, plus the feature of stated, was successful, and the fol­ a lower cost than larger lamps like the Press 25. They're said to be lowing day was spent preparing to safer and less likely to suffer damage when carried loose in a pocket get the San Mateo under tow to or camera case, which makes them desirable from the shipboard the Mitsubishi graving docks in By Anthony Wayne Phillips photographer's point of view, who is. faced with a special storage Nagasaki. There, McCurdy reports, problem for his camera gear. the ship spent the next 47 days, You're here beside me having more than 200 plates re­ Thank you, Daddy, Every single day. placed and having considerable For being a pal to' me, work done on her deck machinery Even while you're sailing And when you're here and in her engine room. For, in The highest sea. There's lot's to do. addition to ripping a huge gash Every day are my pal. in her port side when she hit the You There's something new.. Yet you're so far away. rocks, the ship had been subjected I pretend you are here Sometimes we go fishing to the incessant Jarring of the Both night and day. Twice a week, blasting under her hull during the A proud man these days is Seafarer B. F. (Bill) Lowe, Right in our private. salvage operations. Some fellows, I s'pose, chief steward aboard the Julesburg (Terminal Tankers). Make-believe creek. Navy, Crew Work Well Can not understand And good reason he has to be, too, for Bill's nephew, young Throughout the month-long sal­ How making believe The biggest fish vage operations, there were only Would be so grand. Billy Newt Lowe, age 11, re-"^ In this creek are caught. minor differences in Navy-mer­ And our greatest battles cently became the local hero with both hands, dragged him into chantmen relations, McCurdy says, It's 'cause. Daddy, Here are fought. ditch and rolled him on the of Fouke, Ark., when his quick agrass. paying tribute both to the Navy When I play this way. "I had to hold him with thinking and fast acting prevented We also have one hand roll him over with death or serious injury to a 6V6- the other,"and Our mountain lodge— he explained. year-old playmate. I mean, of course. Someone asked why he Our old garage. Young Billy and his playmate, pulled the child intoBilly the ditch? Ray Dale, built a fire in a hole saw the grass was green there," When we are there hunting they dug near - (1) Which of the 48 states has more mineral springs than any other: We have such luck. he replied, and adults marveled their homes. (a) California, (b) New York, (c) Arkansas? at his quick thinking and prompt We always come home Then they got (2) What is a remedy for counteracting a poison and stopping its With an elk or a buclj. action.. some fuel oil to action called? Had No Time To Think feed the flames. (3) Working .together, two men can do a certain repair job in 18 Then at the seashore "I didn't have time to think," Some of the fuel hours. One of them, working alone, can do it in 22 hours. How long We romp, swim and dive. Billy said. "I ju^ knew I had to oil got on Ray's would it take the other man, working alone, to complete the job? And pick up seashells put out that fire in a hurry. Why, shirt, and when (4) In sports, what is known, as "The House that Ruth Built." {From our neighbor's drive). he was blazin' all over." he bent over the (5) If you suffer from pj/ropbobia, of what are you afraid? I know that my playmates flame it licked at For several days after that Billy, (6) If you had some sweetbreads would you: (a) broil them, (b) Would, snicker and sneer the oil and set who is the son of Newt Lowe, a spread them with jam, (c) eat them with ice cream? B. F. Lowe If they knew I pretended his clothes afire. Red River farmer, went to school (7) Who is reputed to have been the oldest human being ever to That, you were here. Panic-stricken, he started running. with seared hands and wrists and have lived? "He was running pretty fast," dime-size blisters on the ends of (8) Earl Warren is now Chief Justice of the United States. Who was But is it silly Billy said later, "and I had to his fingers. But there wa-s a glow the last Chief Justice: (a) Tom Clark, (b) Charles Evans Hughes, (c) For a Seafarer's son To pretend-there are two Fred M. Vinson? chase him. I caught him once and in his "heart and that came from threw him to the ground, but he the knowledge that he had prob­ (9) Many Seafarers who have visited the Far East are familiar with Instead of just one? the liquor known as sake. From what is it made? jumped up and ran again, and so ably saved the life of his little Now the day's ended a- i": playmate. . " (10) If one-half a number is added to twice the number plus one- And I'll go to bedi ^ I had to chase him again." half, the result is 48. What h; the number? And there Is a glow in the heart The second time Billy caught But all of these dreamsK., ; the younger boy, he grabbed him of his uncle. Seafarer Bill Lowe. i Answers on Page 17) Will stay in my head.- Daddy, My Pal Playmate Saved From Fire By Seafarer's Nephew, 11 ls»» ^ •'' • • •• r^"• P5-3 ' Qiiiz Corner �A«ffiut f. 19S4 SEAFARERS With Beer Over Buck A Bottle, Masan Trip Is A Real ^Dry Run' With beer seUing at over a buck, a bottle, a trip to Masan, Korea, is a real "dry run," according to Seafarer D. D. Story of the Morning Light (Waterman). The Morning Light recently returned to New Orleans after carrying the first US relief cargo of codfish and grain to-^ Masan. The rate of exchange in Masan, Story reports', is 180 won* to the dollar. And so, with beer selling at 200 won a bottle, and with the cost of entertainment running along the same lines. Sea­ farers hitting this port might just as well stay aboard ship and play poker, he says. Good Launch Service Making the situation even worse. Story says, was the fact that the crewmen got really good launch service to shore.- But once they got there— "For once," Story writes the LOG, "we got a. good break from the Army, and during the 21 days we laid at anchor in Masan we had the best launch service I think any SIU ship ever got. But with those prices the way they were, we would have been just as well off if we'd been paid with rope yarn." Aboard the Waterman C-2, Morning Light, in Masan, Korea, mayor and police chief of Masan, together with US Army officers, inspect cases representing first US relief shipment of food to this port. Morning Light carried^codfish and grain to feed Korean people. US Help To Philippmes Pays Off As a result of the economic and moral aid given by the United States, the Philippines are being completely overhauled, internally and externally, so that they bid fair to become the chief fortress of Western democracy in the Orient. This is the report to the LOG made by Seafarer Harry Kronmel. As a crewmember Awningless Persian Run Burns Up Artisan's Crew . Pace FIfteea LOG Bv Spike Marlin Whenever the appetite gets jaded it's the customary thing to try a little imported delicacy to perk it up. The same seems to be true in the fight game. And If like in the grocery store, the fancy-sounding import turns out to be just another herring, the customer is only to blame for buying. Imported fighters have long been a standard gate-stimulator in the boxing business. They are even more in demand now because of Ihe admitted scarcity of home­ grown talent. * However, looking over some of the stuff that the outlanders have been sending us recently it seems that the foreigners are a little thin on talent too. Or else, they are keeping the anchovies and caviar at home and sending us all the herrings. French Production Most of the recent imports have come from France which is finding it just the way to get some more American dollars. Among them have been Pierre Langlois, Mickey Laurent, Jacqdes Royer (a noble­ man no less but somewhat roughhouse in the ring) and an Algerian named Hocine Khalfi. The latter was the most impressive of the group on the strength of a wellfought upset of featherweight champion Sandy Saddler, but he has been taken into camp by fight­ ers far inferior to Saddler. None of the others.are worth a look-see. All of these French imports seem to fight along the same lines, some­ what approximating Paddy DeMarco. They usually seem tireless and in excellent condition, but they are purely and simply spoilers, who go in there to push, maul and wrestle. Langlois is the best known of the group because he has been here the longest and has fought practically every top-notcher in the middleweight division. Win, lose or draw, he just isn't impressive. The Germans have sent us one likely - looking fighter, Gustave Scholz, who punches very hard, but has yet to meet anybody of dis­ tinction. Several Italian fighters, in­ cluding the Minelli brothers, fea­ ture slick defensive boxing more in the European tradition. An ex­ ception is Italo Scortichini who goes out and gets his lumps like any Red Hook club fighter. Then there is Don Cockell, an English heavyweight who is making a career of fighting Harry Matthews. The best looking of the imports to come around recently is an Argentine middleweight named "Kayo" Lausse. The nickname is not misplaced because when he lands a punch there is an unmis­ takable thud of authority that goes with it. However, he fights a bit too slowly and deliberately to match two or three of the better middleweight; around. Big Fisherman aboard the Steel Seafarer (Isth­ mian), Kronmel recently visited the islands for the first time since A recent trip which Seafarer 1947. He found that the" physical A1 Thompson made to Louisi­ features of the islands, particular­ ana didn't prove fruitless—or The crewmembers of the Steel Fabricator (Isthmian) may ly in Manila, have been given a fishless—as this photo shows. have been boiling during their Persian Gulf run, but the face-lifting, and also that the A1 hooke4 this 23V^-pound crewmembers of another Isthmian ship, the Steel Artisan, government has been stabilized so catfish at Pine Grove in St. that the Communist menace has are really burned up over-^ Helena Parish. With A1 is his On the Steel Artisan, the crew been greatly reduced. theirs. brother, Ralph. Both of these things Kronmel The Steel Artisan crew re­ reported on their return to Phila­ attributes to the $2 billion which ported their reactions to the LOG delphia, there wasn't any kind of the US allotted for the islands' following the recent publication of an awning to protect them. And, say the crewmen, imless post-war reconstruction and re­ an article telling how the Steel Fabricator crewmen sweltered un­ Isthmian provides them with an habilitation. Manila Docks Rebuilt der the Persian GuK sun because awning, many of them may not be The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, keen on the idea of heading back As a seaman, Kronmel was most bakeve and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known their chief mate made them use a dirty and ripped old tarpaulin as to the Gulf. The hottest days are interested in the waterfront. He cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, yet to come. found that since .1947 Manila's en­ suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Juan Sanchez' recipe a fantail awning. tire dpck area has been rebuilt, for chicken asopo {chicken with rice). and that work is progressing Asked about a recipe for the LOG, one of Juan Sanchez* swiftly on additional piers. The only reminders of the war days, he fans suggested chicken asopo (chicken with rice). says, are the hulks of many Juan says that chicken and rice is very ixice and although sunken ships that still litter the a popular Puerto Rican dish,** harbor. somewhat expensive to make. More water may be needed in Great advances have been made A restaurant will offer it on order to cook the rice. Three ,F Vbu ARE SlCk OR INJURED too, he reports, in the construction its menu for from $2.50 to $2.75 pounds of rice, no more, is finally AND ENTER A PRIVATE NOSPIJAL added to the chicken along with of homes, streets and roads, and per serving. schools. the vegetables and sufficient NOTIFY TNE UNION AND THE^ For chicken asopo, take one water. The whole is allowed to Kronmel recalls that in 1947, U.S.P.H.S. -PROMPTLY/ after the Japanese occupation bunch of chopped celery, three or boil for about a half hour. The ended, civil war raged between four cloves of garlic chopped very recipe serves about 27 persons. the government forces — marked fine, two green peppers cut in Juan has sailed in tlie stewards by corruption and broken promises small pieces, two chopped onions, department for the past 15 years —and the Huks, whom he calls a small jar of spanish olives, one and prefers sailing to any type of "well-meaning but ill-advised pa­ small can of pimentoes, several work on the beach. He has been bay leaves, six sliced fresh toma­ with the SIU for about 13 years, triots." Taking advantage of the unrest, toes, if available, a small can of having joined the Union in 1941. He sails the Kathryn of Bull the Communist; infiltrated the tomato puree and about two guerilla fox'ces to the point where pounds of uncooked ham cut into Lines on trips to his native Puerto the Huks were taking their orders chunks. These ingredients are put Rico. He" is married and the father with two or three tablespoons of of four children, two boys and two directly from Moscow. It was at this stage that the olive oil in a ten gallon pot and girls, and makes his home in San Filipino people appealed to the allowed to simmer for about five Juan, PR. US for help, and it was this help minutes. ^fter the vegetables have been which enabled them to establish a simmered, the pot is filled half new democratic government under full with water and the chickens President Ramon Magsaysay. This government instituted a are added. The amount of chicken series of reforms which cut the needed for the dish is perhaps the Huk menace to a trickle and with reason it is not regular fare on it the threat of Communist domi­ ships. Take 12 three-pound chickens nation. And, as this threat of Com­ and cut each chicken into six munist domination was reduced, pieces. The chicken is added to the the Filipina peojde^ were able vegetables and cooked for .about steadily to increase" the strength two hours or until the chicken is ef th^r demoeratie isstitutionsi .fen<teL...; ™ -S j;i r I.'., 'p • :J i •J r �Page SMfceH < S.EAFARERS L E T T E R S ' Persian Gutt Hun Very Hot And Dry ^ J To tit Editor: As anyone who has ever made the Persian Gulf run before knows, even under the best of conditions this run still smells. However, add a few extra unpleasantries and you have a teal stinkeroo. After leaving New York, we be­ came suspicious of things to come when our good master. Captain C. A. Ryan, neglected to put the wheel on the "Iron Mike." We were informed by the ship's dele­ gate that the captain on a previ­ ous voyage through the Suez had only two AB's aboard who were capable on the wheel and he wanted us to get some practice. Thus, we reasoned, after clear­ ing the canal successfully, we had proved our worth as helmsmen and we would be rewarded by a respite from "Mike." How wrong we were. Suez past and no mishaps, but still the same old grind of handwheeling. ' That the company would go to the trouble and expense of install­ ing automatic steering on these ships and then not use it is beyond our comprehension. No Fish At Damman, our only form of recreation was either fishing or trying to promote beer from the various foreign ships tied up along the pier. Since the fish weren't biting, we concentrated our ef­ forts on beer using money, clothes and small favors to bargain with. We were doing very nicely when a few jealous heads topside did their best to stop this. One of the ships alongside (a Dutch ship with good Heinikens beer) had no cold water for drinking purposes, so at meal time we allowed them two pitchers of ice water, which was no strain on the cooler. However, the chief engineer and the first assistant, not having the ingenuity to promote anything for themselves, issued orders that no more drinking water was to go across the dock. The next day, we resorted to the next best thing and gave the Dutch ship's crew two blocks of ice. Everyone who is aware of the heat in this part of the world knows how a person ap­ preciates a drink of ice water once in a w hile. It is noteworthy that during the time that we had Stateside beer on board we were allowed an un­ limited quantity of ice available to us with no apparent strain be­ ing made on the ice making ma­ chines. However, now two blocks »f ice a day for drinking purposes couldn't be spared. Air-Cooled Room Incidentally, the chief engineer has a room that is air-cooled by be­ ing tapped into the reefer system. The logical conclusion is that the -powers that be topside were trying to discredit us, the unlicensed personnel, in the eyes of our Dutch friends and they were going to show them that they were running the ship, union or no union. At our next stop, Basrah, we were allowed to blow our respec- 'AtgMk C. 19S4 LOG tive tops although it proved to be quite expensive. Our next stop was at Bandrashapour, a place so hot it consists of almost nothing but the heat. Flies and mosquitoes, however, ^are in .abundance. There are only two local gin mills that sell beer, if it can be called beer, and other concoctions. But because of the terrific beating we took in the rate of exchange, we couldn't even en­ joy these two miserable spots. The official rate of exchange is 32 rials to the US dollar, a fact which is nof recognized anywhere except aboard the Steel Artisan. At the American embassy in Te­ heran the personnel receive 80 rials for one dollar. Elsewhere the exchange is 90 to one US dollar. On .a Norwegian ship here at the port, the crew received 100 rials to 9 kroner ($1.25) through their agent. Add to this the price of a bottle of beer — 35 rials — and you can see the hosing that we took. When we approached the ship's delegate as to why'' we were not getting a reasonable exchange, our good captain was offended. He af­ firmed that he would have no part of any such transactions and we of course believed him. At any rate, he received most of this valueless currency back. Clarence W. Owens Ship's delegate Ex'SMU Man Meets Ships At Pusan To the Editor: First, I should like to express my appreciation for the fine way I was treated aboard SIU ships that have visited Pusan. I try to get aboard every one of them to see if there is anyone I know or just to sit around and "shoot the breeze." I have never been refused" a cup of coffee iand many times I have been invited to stay for a meal. That means a lot to anybody who has to eat Army chow and drink Army coffee. The Ocean Lotte was shut­ tling out here for a while and she Moran really had a swell crew on her. T got to know, the crew on her through an old ship­ mate, D. Van Alstine, who is day­ man on her. We have a few exSIU men here in my outfit, the 501st Harbor Craft. Thomas J. McGuinness and R. Weaver are members of my outfit. Just a bit of advice before clos­ ing. All seamen that come to this port should beware of the MP's. Any and all seamen are fair game for them. I think they have a daily contest to see who can bring ^ if if in the largest number of seamen in one day. No matter who wins, it is' the seamen who a^w^ys lose. Pvt. Elmer P. Moran* 501st H/C&M/M Co. To the Editor: APO 59 c/o Postmaster I should like to express through San Francisco, Calif. your paper my heartfelt thanks to i> if if the SIU, the Welfare Services De­ partment and most especially to Leroy Clarke, agent at Lake Charles, La., for their help to mother and I during a time of To the Editor: despair. I was shocked recently when I When my read in the New Orleans news­ brother Edward papers that Brother Moon -Kouns W. Parsons was died of a heart attack while enlost off the Alaroute to his camp at Pearl River. wai this past De­ And I know that all of my SIU cember, Leroy fellow-patients at the marine hos­ Clarke became, pital here in New Orleans felt the in every respect, same way. a friend of the I think I can safely say that family. The hour Brother Kouns was known through­ was never too Edw. Parsons out the world. He was well known late or the de­ in Europe and South America, and mand too great for him to be of of course he was a familiar figure assistance to us. in every US port, from San Fran­ To the membership, I would like cisco to New York. to say that you are part of a great Here in the Crescent City he organization, and with men like was known by nearly everybody, Leroy Clarke behind you it should young and old. ease your minds concerning your Were Children Together loved ones, as they do, believe me, I will miss Moon as I would a put forth every effort to be a real brother, because he was like source of comfort in a time of a real brother to me. We were grief. children together, some 35 years We were surprised to learn that ago, and the two of us, together such a large outfit would devote with his brother Frank, sold papers so much time and interest to the together before World War I. We loss of one of its members. It is went to school together and played now possible for us to understand hookey together and swam to­ why Ed was such a devoted mem­ gether in the Mississippi, and we also boxed many times on the same ber of the SIU for so long. card when we were both amateurs. John G. Parsons Thanks SiU For Brother^s Sake Burly Pays Tribute To Moon Kouns A MM Carte In fact, only a few weeks before his death I sent a story into the LOG about' the fights he had in his heyday. Moon is gone now. He has taken the final count. May his soul rest in peace. Spider Korolla i. i. if Oldtimer Asks For SiU LOG To the Editor: Would you place my name on your mailing list so that I chn read and enjoy your up to date news about the things that are happen­ ing on "our seas," and let us hope they continue to remain our seas. I have been reading any and all publications concerned with the sea and shipping for the past sev­ eral years and I can truthfully say that your paper is at the very top of the list. Whenever I get the chance to read your paper, which is very seldom, I read it over and over. Times have certainly changed a lot since I first went to sea. Changes for the better I'm glad to say. Joe Dewey (Ed. note: The LOG is coming your way; you will receive it every two weeks, as published.) Death Ot Kouns tsGreatLoss To the Editor: I hope you will be good enough to publish this letter in the LOG as I would like everyone to know how sorry I am to learn about the death of Moon Kouns. I knew Moon very well as a friend, as a sea­ man and as an official of ' the Union, and he was tops in every McCann' way. I would also like Moon's family to know how sorry I am to learn of his death. Perhaps they will find some consolation in the knowledge that he will always be remembered by the men of the SIU. P. J. McCann Wants LOG Sent To Korean Post To the Editor: . I would appreciate it very much if you would have the LOG sent to me. I have 16 more long months of duty here in Korea and the LOG will help me keep up with the news of the Union. Pvt. Glenn E. Walton, Jr. US 51273675 HQ Btyy 8th FA Bn APO 25 c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. To the Editor: (Ed. note: Your name has been I wish in this manner to con­ to the mailing list and you vey to the SIU membership and added will receive the LOG regularly the Welfare Serv­ from now on.) ices Department if if if my heartfelt thanks for the aid without which I could not have To the Editor: won my recent I am now serving a hitch in Ko­ custody case and rea, and I am writing to you to say regained custody "hello" to all the Union brothers of my son, Bruce I sailed with for three years be­ Edgar Cousins. Cousins fore starting my Army duty. When all others I want all the members to know failed me, the Welfare Services that I miss the sailing, and the Department came through, and the chow, and the good old SIU spirit. SIU legal staff retained counsel for I would appreciate it very much me in my home town of Butler, Pa., if you would send me the SEA­ and saw my case through to a suc­ FARERS LOG so I can keep up cessful conclusion. This is just an­ with what's going on in the Union. other instance of the wonderful I would particularly like to be service given to SIU members by remembered to Don Hall, feed their Welfare Services Depart­ Brady and Allan McArthur. ment. Pfc. J. M. Blanco, 51234264 Clarence L. Cousini 49th Trans. Trk. Co., HPO 358 c/o Postmaster, San Frandisco, if i Calif. (Ed. note: Your name has been added to our mailing list and you will ^receive the LOG regularly.) To the Editor: it it if I would like to take this oppor^ tunity to thank the officers and crew of the Evelyn (Bull) for con­ tributing to the donation taken up for me by Dave Rivers and "Moe" To the Editor: I wish to extend my deepest Mahoney. I think .it was a wonderful ges­ thanks to my shipmates on the ture the way the officers and crew Ocean Lotte fpr their generous contributed and I sure appreciate contribution, following the death of my mother, which enabled me to the help that was given to me. I hope to be a shipmate of all of fly home to her funeral. This crew donated $200 for this these men' again as soon as I am released from the marine hospital purpose and I will always remem­ ber and appreciate their kindness. here in Baltimore. Fred Sullins Johnny Talbot Court Fiyht Won Wiith SMU's Help From Korea^ He Greets SiU Pais Crew^s Donation is Appreciated Shipmates^ Gift JFins Gratitude By Bernard Seaman 0(BV/WMATA PAY-I'M HUNG/2Y-J COCLP ;-/.S �Page Serenteea SEAFARERS HOG JMffvil f; ItM ... DIGEST ofi SHIPS' MEETINGS ... Ship's delegate re­ Three messmen asked that ni^t lunch fired In Long Beach and replaced In San JOHN •;.' WATERMAN (Wattrmin)/ time on deck standing over the men. Michael MIchsllfc. July 5—Chairman. E. Hansan; Saeratary, There are a few complaints about the ported that cots wlU be Issued by steward or snack dishes be returned to the sink, Francisco. Motion made and carried by A. Parkin*. Motion made and carried to aee patrolman about rearranging deck maintenance and cook'a quarter*. The agent in San Francisco will be contacted about getting a variety of brands of cigarettes. Discussion on sea chest sup­ plies that will be available at the payoff In Baltimore. Ship's delegate warned that any member performing while on the West Coast will be reported to the Union. Any crewmember with a beef will contact ship's delegate or speak up in the meetings. $31.30 was reported In ships fund. steward's department and the crew agreed that the chief steward should make his rounds each and every meal to see that his department Is running like It should be. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), July 13— Chairman, Robert L. Carriss; Secretary, Gerald E. SInkes. Larger coffee pots to be purchased. Draws to be put out any time between ports. A repair list will be made out by eaOh department. and each member will have to sign for same. All garbage should be dumped off fantall and not aft of midship house. Engine utility reported missing. Replace­ ment will be picked up in Yokohama if possible. Discussion about steward de­ partment not keeping laundry and gear locker clean according to schedule that was posted. Captain J. P. Sterrltt, who is In command of this vessel, was unani­ mously praised by the crew for the services given to them. THE CABINS (Cabins), July IS—Chair­ man, Bernard Kimberly; Secretary, C. S. Smith. Motion made and carried that a patrolman be present at the next payoff. All crewmembers will donate $3 to the ship's fund. Bunks need fixing. Ship's delegate issued a warning about drinking aboard the ship and asked that the crew be quiet and have respect for the other STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), July IS— crewmembers who are trying to sleep. Chairman, Dick Grant; Secretary, Ed McInis. Motion made and carried to have patrolman check on domestic water, and rates of exchange In Iran. Medical at­ tention Insufficient. Vote of thanks given to the steward department for a Job well done during voyage. Suggestion John E. (Jack) Rossi made to build up ship's fund, and to ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa), July Get in touch with your sister, Chairman, Jo* M. Cash; Secretary, J. F. have awning stanchions built aft. Ceiia E. Harris, at 2319 Arthur Castronovor. Ship's delegate asked that ALCOA RUNNER (Alcos), July 13— Ave., Silver Spring, Md. a repair list be made up and for each department delegate to look the Items Chairman, Jack Kennedy; Secretary, over. Washing machine to be rebuilt or Clement Hospedales. Sailing hour put up a new one Installed. Library to be ex­ only four hours before sailing. Patrol­ Edgar Luzier changed as the one aboard has been on man will see mate about putting same up Contact your mother at Route 2, two trips. Steward department was eight hours before sailing. Motion made given a vote of thanks for a Job well and seconded to give the negotiating Box 89, Webster Springs, W. Va. committee a vote of thanks for a Job done. well done. Motion carried to have ship's ALCOA J>ATRIOT (Alcoa), July 14— fund amount to $2 per man for one trip Steward, Santore only. Chief cook was asked to cut the Chairman, Cloud* Holing*; Saeratary, E. Contact Mrs. Martha Justice, in M. Baaslay. Letter concerning shore steak a Uttle thicker. leave in San Juan to be turned over to Portsmouth, Va., regarding your ROBIN HOOD (Seas Shipping), July 18 the patrolman upon arrival In Mobile. Brother Holing* to check on price of rec­ —Chairman, William Dunham; Secretary, shipmate, the late Roy Justice. ord player. $44.43 reported in the ship's Louis D: Guellnlss. Crewmember logged for failing to show up for shifting ship fund to date. Walter B. Haliett in Mombasa, and another member logged JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), for missing ship in Mombasa previously. Contact Mrs. James R. Burns at July 14—Chairman, L. Curry; Secretary, Section 34 and 40, Article 2, General E. Hansan. Ship's delegate reported Rules of Agreement discussed In present 129 Forest St., Wilmington, Mass., things not running smoothly: lots of situation. Motion made and seconded to regarding the death of your troubles with the captain. Crewmembers cable SlU Welfare Department aid In have no business topside except on ship's continuing hospitalized member's allot­ mother. business. Patrolman will be contacted ment terminated due to Indisposition. about cleaning meat, vegetable and chill Members were asked to return cups and Michael Toth boxes. The captain will not let anyone glasses to the pantry. All hands were asked to cooperate with the messman In work overtime. Contact your brother James. keeping messhall and pantry clean. Vote STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), July S— of thanks given to the steward depart­ Anyone knowing the whereabouts Chairman, James Hsnnars; Secretary, ment for doing a fine Job. of Michael Toth, of East Pitts­ William E. White. Everything Is running $EA COMET II (Seatraders), June 36— burgh, Pa., is asked to contact smoothly except there is a little trouble with the chief mate spending too much Chairman, Roy Tallakscn; Secretary, James in New York at VA 3-2274. FORT HOSKINS (CH|*s Service), July 17—Chairman, Denial Brsuex; Secretary, H. W. Schneer, Ship's delegate com­ mented broadly on handling of previous repair lists by topside. Some minor re­ pairs are being completed. Suggestion made that firemen and oilers foc'sles be rearranged so that an entire watch can be called at one time without waking those men not on watch. 'Ship's delegate cautioned all watches to be present when their tour of watch Is due. primarily so that no Individual Is stuck for someone else's watch while In a foreign port. CHICKASAW (Waterman), July 33— Chairman, Jack Farrend; Secretary, A. Danne. Ship's delegate will contact the patrolman pnd find out If the crew Is entitled to homogenized milk. Washing machine should be cleaned after using. Ship's delegate will take up list for ciga­ rettes to be purchased In the Sea Chest. 'EERSGNiiii: 4" t Go's Ready Back Pay (Continued from page 2) and find out if check was mailed . to proper address. Calmar Steamship Corp. — Pay­ ments are getting underway now. Company office at 25 Broadway, New York, iS handling all details. Dry Trans, Inc.—Payments are being made now to men on the ships paying off. Men no longer on the company's ships should write to the company at 25 Broad­ way giving all data and chetks will be sent out in the mail. Eiam Shipping Corp.—Payments are ready now. Contact company at 44 Whitehall Street. Apply by mail. Isthmian Steamship Co. — Pay­ rolls are ready on the following ships: Steel Admiral, Steel Ranger, Anniston City, Hoosier Mariner, Steel Apprentice, Steel Age, Steel Advocate, Steel Architect, Steel Artisan, Steel Chemist, Steel In­ ventor. Martis Shipping Corp.—Payrolls are ready. Write company at 44 WhitehaU Street. Missiisippi Shipping Co. — Pay- ments started this. week. Mail applications only are handled. Compapy-owned ships are being handled first, with Government charters (Mariners and Victorys) taken care of at a later date. Send for applications to Mississippi, Hibernia Bank Building,. New Orleans, La. Ocean Carriers—Payments ready in three to five weeks. Write the : company at 17 Battery Place, NYC. Ocean Transportation (Maritime Overseas Corp.l — Company is working on payrolls now and will have them ready In a few weeks. More definite information will be Available later on. Ore Steamship Corp.—Payments are beginning : now. Contact com­ pany at 25 Broadway. Paoifie Waterways Corp. — Pay­ rolls; will, be ready about Augdst ;15. . Write " ^ at 30 iJBro(ul .Street, New. York. . . Pan Oceanic Navigation Corp.— All payrolls should be ready within two months. Company requests that Seafarers write to 270 Park Avenue and list dates on dis­ charges and other data that will aid in speedy settlement of claims. Puerto Rico Marine Corp. — Money is ready now. Write or call in person, at Puerto Rico office, Ponce, PR, or at 61, Broadway, NY. Seas Shipping Co.,'^All payrolls will be ready inside one month, with September 1 set as a definite starting date, possibly earlier. Seatraders, Inc.—^Money will be ready in three to five weeks at company office, 17 Battery. Place, NY. Seatrain Lines—All payrolls are ready. Contact company at 15 Broad Street, NY. South Atlantic Steamship Lines Inc.—All payrolls complete. Con­ tact company at Savannah Bank Building, Savannah, Georgia, if you have not received your check as they were sent out to last known mailing address. Southern Steamship Co.—Retro­ active wages have been mailed out to last listed address of Seafarers. Men who have not received their money should con­ tact the company's offices at 103 Pennsylvania Ave., Wilmington, Delaware. Waterman Steam^ip Corp. — August 15 is definite starting date for payments. Seafarers in Mobile can apply in person, or else write to the company at 61 St. Joseph Street, Mobile. Western. Navigation Corp.—^Will mail checks out in September. Seafarers are requested to send the company a correct address for mailing purposes. The rest of the SIU companies were unable to give a specific date at this time. Further, information on their back wage payments will be T-giveir in future issues of the SEAFARERS LOG. i 4. i t 4. t 4< 4> 4 4) 4^ 4 4" 4' 4 4 4 4 4 4 Douglas Eugene Your mother asks touch with her at Ave., New Orleans, 4> Claussen you to get in 2932 Tulane La. Joseph Saxton Contact your mother at Box 125, Robinson, Pa. Hans P. Bluhm Contact Douglas Picking at 2933 Madera Ave., Oakland, Calif. Eddie Fields Contact Eddie the Swede at 673 Chin St., Mobile, Ala. Vic Coner Get in touch with Jim Kelly at 717 Delaware Ave., Glen Burnie, Md. 4 4 4 John S. Stanley Regarding Sandra, who has scar­ let fever, contact Mrs. Joan Parker at 409 Portor Court, Orange, Tex. ^ i i W. E. (Bill) Thompson Contact your mother at 1734 28th Ave. N., St. Petersburg, Fla. 4 4 4 O. W. Rosenberg Mildred and "ow live at 9210 Pembrook, Houston, Tex. Phone Myrtle 0979. 4 4 4- Friends of Frank Timmons Catherine V. Timmons, beloved mother of Frank A. Timmons, now sailing on the Steel Seafarer, passed away August 2, 1954. Puzzle Answer also that butts not be thrown on the all hands to give a big vote of thanks to headquarters for obtaining the new wage messroom deck. Increase. All stores will be checked be­ SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), July fore signing on. Men caught spitting on 18—Chairman, A. W. Cowder; Secretary, deck and in water fountains wiU be A. Lambert, Motion made and carried to brought up on charges. paint black gang's foc'sles. The washing machine now on board is three years old - GOLDEN CITY (Waterman), Kime 20— and a new one is needed. The matter of Chairman, James C. Flanagan; Secretary, the captain sailing ahead of posted sail­ Jimmie Colder. The repair Ust from the ing time will be taken up with the patrol­ last trip was settled at the payoff in man. The patrolman will also be asked New York and aU work to be done on Brother Jimmie Golder, to put an SIU library aboard. TV set this voyage. steward, presented to members beef he voted out. had with captain regarding requisition of HILTON (Bull), July 17—Chairman, E. necessary stores in the port of Bordeaux. Guszczynsxy; Secretary; V. L. Meehan. He also asked crew to turn In any linen Each department delegate was asked to they might have in excess of standard turn in a repair list. Suggestion made issue by Wednesday for purposes of in­ that ship's delegate go to the haU and ventory. Cots wUl be issued to those re­ them after this meeting. Some see about the logs in Puerto Rico. En­ questing regarding ship being diverted gine department shower is very dirty and discussion to MobUe and possible lay-up of ship. needs painting badly. SOUTHSTAR (South Atlantic), July 5— Chairman, L. Blizzard; Secretary, Bob Porter. Washing machine needs repair­ ing. Crew to notify ship's delegate if any man misses ship. Innerspring mat­ tresses to be replaced and the same goes for mattresses. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), June 38 — Chairman, R. Hunt; Secretary, T. Stevenson. Suggestion was made that the Union send more LOGs to ships in for­ eign ports so that .they may know more about the Union activities back home. Treasurer reported $40.20 in the ship's fund. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), July 18—Chairman, Doak; Secretary, Lee. ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shipping), July 11 —Chairman, Joe Justus; Secretary, Joe Seiby. Ship's delegate reported that fotir men missed ship during the trip. Crew agreed to let the patrolman handle the men who missed ship and performed during the voyage. Beef discussed be­ tween steward and the chief cook. Chief cook claimed there wasn't enough meat to last out the trip and the steward said there was plenty. A committee was formed or the steward, chief cook, baker and the fdur delegates to inspect the meat box and report to the crew. Committee reported that there was enough meat en hand to reach the United States and the steward said that he would order addi­ tional meat in Capetown to make sure supply didn't run short. Loose Leaf notebook bought out of the ship's fund to keep shipboard meetings minutes in. Gangway to be put on board ship aft and to be used by crew to pro­ tect their clothes. Steward asked to get a larger variety of dry cereals, and he agreed. Discussion on preparation and method of keeping food hot squared away. Ship's fund has a total of $29.86. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), June 20 —Chairman, R. Siiva; Secretary, Charles W. Cothran. Company installed a sink near the butcher's block. Sink in the galley still has to be installed, but this will be done later. Ship's delegate will contact the port captain about the drain board. Ship's delegate will contact the Coca-Cola company about buying a vend­ ing machine for the crew, to be paid for ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Seas Shipping), out of the ship's fund. May 16—Chairman, James Chew; Secre­ tary, F. Albne. Engine delegate reported NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory someone working is polishing floor plates Carriers), June 13—Chairman, Maurice on ,watch and he wants it stopped. AU Kopenhagen; Secretary, Angel Slivestri. hands were asked to bring cups and One room was painted out; there are only glasses back to pantry. five gallons of paint on hand. Depart­ ment delegates will make out repair lists SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), July 18— and turn these over to the patrolman. Chairman, Clyde Kreiss; Secretary, C. W. Ship should be fumigated. Washing maCothran. Motion made and carried to chipe pump will be repaired by the elec­ have ship's delegate contact Coca Cola tricians. Vote of thanks went to the company regarding placing a machine cooks for their good service during the aboard. Treasurer will post on the bul­ voyage. Ship's iron and linen will be letin board a monthly financial report caUed to the patrolman's attention. Each regarding kitty funds. Ship's delegate department will clean up the laundry for put a blower on the repair list for the a week at a time. galley. TRANSATLANTIC (Pacific Waterways), PENINSULA MARINER (Waterman), June 24—Chairman, George Hays; Secre­ July 18—Chairman, C. E. Martin; Secre­ tary, George Hays. Crew was asked to tary, C. J. Nail. Discussion on last trip's take belter care of the toaster, since it slop chest and draws. It was suggested has just been repaired. Fan is needed in that the ship's delegate check with the the laundry. Repair lists will be made shore patrolman on these things. The out and given to the proper authorities. ship's delegate will check with the shore Sanitary men who are keeping the laun­ patrolman about getting two fans put in dry clean were thanked, but the crew crew's quarters. Crewmembers asked to was asked to help. Steward department keep the laundry room clean. There was was thanked for preparation and serving a discussion on delayed sailing in Mobile. of food. Vote of thanks went to Norman Leknes for cleaning up the messroom and CALMAR (Calmar), June 27—Chairman, recreation room before messmen turned Thomas Lowe; Secretary, Chuck Hostet- to in the mornings. Steward will take ter. Ship's delegate stated that the stove charge of the slopchest for the next voy­ will not be cleaned out until it is found age. He will make inquiries at the New out who is supposed to do this work. York hall on this matter. Deck engineer Two men got off ship on the west coast was thanked for the splendid work he and were replaced in Seattle. Oiler was did during this voyage to make things more comfortable and enjoyable. Quiz Answers (1) tc) Arkansas. (2) An antidote. (3) Nearly two and a half weeks (based on a 40-hour workweek), or 99 hours, to be exact. He's a slow worker. (4) Yankee Stadium in New York City. (5) Fire. (6) (a) broil them. They are meat. (7) Methuselah (969 years). (8) (c) Fred M. Vinson, who died in 1953. (9) Rice. (10) 19. FAIRPORT (Waterman), July 5—Chair­ man, M. E. Gross; Secretary, A. Isaac. No­ body is to pay off until all beefs are set­ tled. Membership would sure appreciate it if the shipping companies would air­ mail special delivery the allotment checks to crewmembers' families. Ship's fund will be used for ship's use only. Repair list will be handed in to the ship's dele­ gate. If at all possible, an extra foc'sle should be built aft for the crew. Vote of thanks went to the steward depart­ ment. Shower pressure, hot and cold water, should ba regulated midship and aft. Innersnring mattresses should be bought for the erew. Fan size should be checked in foc'sles. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), July 11—Chairman. M. Morris; Secretary, Bob McMichaei. Ship's delegate will see mate about wind sheets. Crew will check with patrolman in Lake Charles about wiper's disputed overtime. v - Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourfh Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY 1 would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Prinf Information) SQllB SQS asssi NAME sanas nasQ Qsa QQ[S SDSQIi .afflcaas ffiaani [ZilmiiBaQ saaacas HSSH BEHHS' Qsnas] !z;!Ea ; QEDQa aaaas sasanssEaEQais saaia aaa aaiaii aass ijdsss asEa STREET ADDRESS - CITY Signed Z'^NE v.. : - • K - - . .. . STATE . V. . .. . TO AVOID DUPLICATION; 11 you are an old tub*erib*r and hava a change of addre**, pfeste give your format addra** below: ADDRESS .y .r- •OfTY ..........tlvx.'rhrr.r.r.^STAYC' ... -- ..'WA Y �PJiffe Eiffht«eii SEAFARERS LOG Aoffust 9. 1954 /•i WELFARE BENEFITS Reports Aid In Allotment Beefs 5 One new provision of the SIU freight contract that is certainlywelcomed by the member­ ship is the one calling for family allotments to continue when a man has to leave a ship be­ cause of illness or injury. Before the provision went into effect, the Welfare Services De­ partment had been able to ar-^ Such action can work consider­ showed that the man had to get range for continuation of allot­ able hardship on the family of a off the ship because of illness, but ments in some individual in­ Seafarer, if the family is depen­ that nobody had been notified of stances. Now the practice Is to be a general one under the terms of the Union agreement. Because of this, it becomes necessary for dele­ gates to notify the Union when men leave the ship. Of course, if a man gets off a ship for wilful misconduct, misses a ship or leaves his job for some other cause that has nothing to do with illness or injury the allot­ ment can still be cut off. If the company and the Union have no in­ formation as to the circumstances, the company involved is able to de­ lay payments. I- S; dent on the allotment for income until the Seafarer pays off the ship. , Up until now in the short time since the agreement was signed there hasn't been much difficulty on that score, but one or two cases have arisen in which dependents got into difficulty because the com­ pany had no information on why a man got off the ship. In one instance the mother of a Seafarer who depended on her son for support complained to the Union that her allotment had sud­ denly beep cut off without expla­ nation. Investigation by the Union his reason for leaving the ship. This case is now being attended ^o by the Welfare Services Depart­ ment. These kinds of situations can be avoided and the allotment'system made to work perfectly if the crew and its delegates will inform head­ quarters as rapidly as possible of the circumstances under which a Seafarer leaves the ship. Once the Union knows the circumstances and can so inform the company, the man's family will be assured that it will have money coming in to take care of its basic needs. 6 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID From.......7..-. To .CiK No. Seafarers Receivine Benefits this Period 1 Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period Ls S3 7o.Sya- WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Pisabilitv Benefits Maternity Benefit! Vacation Benefits Total 00 1 /. fSo 00 11 i Jaa oe |jfL/3 3L ii 1 II 7o J'-7jr SC WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY All of the following SIU families Robert P. Marion, 4639 Bright will collect the $200 maternity Street, New Orleans, La. benefit plus a $25 bond from the 4> 4' 41 Union in the baby's name. Laura Lynn Sypher, born May Alan Edward Whitmer, II, born 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. June 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Carroll C. Sypher, 211 Hawley Mrs. Alan E. Whitmer, 1810 Ave­ Street, Miles City, Montana. nue Nl'a, Galveston, Texas. 4- 4* 4' Herbert R. Lynn, 1210 S.W. 25th Avenue, Miami, Fla. 4> 4^ 4) Ann Marie Cummings, born June 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Patrick Cummings, 20 Wise Street, Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts. 4" 4" 4" 4) 4) 4) Kathleen Ann Forden, born May Jacqueline Ellen Talbot, born 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Michael Lynch, born June 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and James F. Forden, 1818 Tulip Street, June. 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Talbot, 5208 Bellville Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. David T. Lynch, 1071 BankAvenue, Baltimore, Maryland. head Avenue, Atlanta, Ga. 4> 4* 4' 4> 4' 4» Barbara Ann Rambo, born June 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John William Rambo, 812 Penn Pine Blvd., Clifton Heights, Pa. 4' 41 41 * Martin Michael O'Toole, born April 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John P. O'Toole, 15 Sellers Point Road, Bundalk, Maryland. 4' 4" 4" 4> t> ii> Fred McDonald Easter,' born William Donald Griggers, born June 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Easter, 813 Athania May 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira W. Griggers Jr., Route D, Parkway, New Orleans, La. Evergreen, Ala. t- t- t. Jimmy Glen Stanford, born June 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stanford, General Delivery, Picayune, Mississippi. 4^ 4> 4?' Kathleen Devlin, born July 13, Don Lee Webb, born April 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed­ L. Webb, 364 Harrison Street, Mo­ ward Devlin, 3050 Edwin Avenue, Fort Lee, New Jersey. bile, Ala. 4" 4" 4^ Carol Lynn Roberts, born July 3, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Roberts, 2626 E; Mura Street, Baltimore, Maryland. 4- 4i 4i • Haroline Patricia Piehet, bom June 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Piehet, 4227 Burgundy Street, New Orleans, La. 4* 41 4i Tracey Ann Marion, born June 26, 1954^ Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vf . ' §:'• •feki. 4' 4^ 4' - Baby Kathleen Anne Fordeq, daughter of Seafarer James J. Forden, is well-hidden as she sleeps in her mother's arms (rear center) following her ^aptism. Dad is standing, ^left. Kathleen Anne eame into this wd)rld on May 31, 1954. TotJ 11'' WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand • Vacation _ . , , _ • . .. Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Otber Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOUAL ASSETS "" LSn94(, ft I9.5U1 09 MlJiSlo 0<9 1,977,93? 9.? •)7ZjtSl 7-f 1/9 aU 97 1 1 OmiEHTSt NOTICES 4> i 4^ W. Gardner You can collect two days' pay due you from Orion Steamship Company by calling at the com­ pany's office at 80 Broad Street in New York. 4" it 4" Mail is being held at the Bos­ ton hall for he following men: if:: Hospital Benefits Paid Since lulv 1. 1950 • H Sao vonioJ Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950• |l ooV9o« <9^ Disability Benefits Psid Since May 1. 1952 • ' Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 • | AUCteio oa Vacatibn Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • 57394 7/.S- t.3- During the month of June the Plan paid out 12 Death Bene­ fits, making a total for the year, so far, of lOA. The Plan 4" 4J' 4/ also paid out 882 Hospital Benefits during the month of Norma Lee Okray, born July 15, J'une making a year-to-date total of 5415. The amount of 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nor­ Maternity Benefits paid for the month of June was 50, which man Okray, 1320 Cambria Street, gives the Plan a year-to-date total of 273. There were I40 Baltimore, Maryland. Disability Benefits paid during the month, which gives a year-to-date total oSf 740. Applications are novi being received for next years scholar 'nip benefits. Anyone having applied for the previous bene­ fits, but failing to receive one, is ejigibj/f to try for next years scholarships, W. W. Pozen Contact the Welfare Services Nina Marie Fontenot, born July 12, 1954.' Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Department at SIU headquarters. Clements Fdhtenot, Route 1—^Box 4" 4" 4i 2D, Mamou, La. Robert Henry Graf 4^ 4^ 4> Your Coast Guard card and Larry Jacks Jr., born May 11, other papers may be picked up at 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Larry the SEAFARERS LOG office, SIU Jacks, General Delivery, Hunter, headquarters. Arkansas. 4!i t it 4" 4" 4* John M. Thompson Robert Adaire Lynn, born June Your Coast Guard discharges 15, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. from the Ames Victory may be picked up at the SEAFARERS LOG office, headquarters. Center Of Attraction Won't Show | Agostino, Vincent P.: Blackwell, David S.; Carey, Riley W.j Carmel. Ernest; Cor­ nell, David; Cousins. C.'L.; Cozier, James; Demuth, Jos. E.; Devaux. Gerald R.; DlMaio, Nick; Dolan, John J.; Foley, Charles F. Fontaine. Arthur J.; Gabaree, Harold F.; Goldnian, Jos.; Grimes, Wm.; Gustafson, James; Hammond, Martin; Harring­ ton, Wm. F.; Houlihan, . John; Hubay, Eddie; Hunt, Danny; Jaynes, Harold; Johnson, Earl; Johnson, James A.; Ken­ nedy, Wm. C. LaFrenier, Emile; Lane, John; Lapham, S. E.; Londy, Joseph: MacDdnald. F.; MacDonald, Wm. F.; McCannon, Roy L.; Mc­ Donald, Henry; McLaughlin, Wm.; McMullin, John; Moran, John; Moore, Norman; Murray, C. E. Newman, John; Nogueira, Jos.; Oliver, Irving; O'Malley, Austin J.; Parsons, Irv­ ing H.; Petrin, Arthur; Pozen, Woodrow' W.; Reardon, Anthony R.; Bobbins, Frank­ lin; Roberts, Francis P.; Sceviour, Ste­ phen; Shatter, Edison C.: Shandl, Frank J. Sieger, Eddie; Smith, J. B.; Stewart, Wm.; Stone, R.; Snares, Louis; Sutton, Charles B.; Thomson. John A.: Violanto, Anthony; Vlodek, Emanuel; Wareham. Leopold; Webber, Howard: Williams, John J.; Mitchell, Paige. Sttbmilted AugUSt..2,..I954,K A! Kerr, Assistant Administrator Past 27? Don'f Relax Yet —Army Still Needs Men iEven though a Seafarer happens to be oyer 27, the draft board is still in business as several Seafarers have found out recently. The fact that a seaman might have been exempt during the Korean emergency^ — because of his usefulness in ' call them back even though they the defense effort doesn't had passed their 27th birthday. mean that he cannot be drafted now. In fact. Welfare Services warns. Selective Service keeps jurisdiction all the way up to 35 years of age. In the past couple of weeks. Welfare Services has gotten pay­ offs for three Seafarers who were asked to leave their ships some­ what abruptly and headed for the Army. - v What has'happened Is easily ex­ plained. The Seafarers received deferment as essential to the de­ fense effort in the days when the Government was desperately scrap­ ing the bottom of the barrel in its hunt for trained merchant mar­ iners. Once the deferment was issued, they assumed they no longer had to be in touch with their draft board, particularly vvhen they were on the borderline age, of 27, when drafting normally halts. Drafted Later On What they didn't realize^^is that all the draft board actually gave them was a postponement. Once the emergency was considered over, the draft board could then At present, there are no occu­ pational deferments issued for sea­ men no matter what rating or li­ cense they might hold. Conse­ quently, Seafarers should be in constant touch with their local draft boards at all times. And if Uncle Sam's Army calls, they should notify Welfare l^ervices at headquarters or the headquarters record clerk in the event they want to retire their SIU member­ ship books. Put Number On Meeting Excuses Seafarers sending telegrams or letters to the New York headquarters dispatcher asking to be excused from attending headquarters membership meetings must Include the reg­ istration number of their shipping card in the message.From now on, If the number is not included, the excuSe can­ not be accepted by the dis­ patcher. �Ancust «, 1M» SEAFARERS SEEIN* THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SiEKMANN (SIU Director of Welfare Services.) Some of the men who have been looking for the Welfare Services office at headquarters might have gotten a little confused when they didn't locate us in our usual spot. The Union has been moving things around a bit at headquarters, so if you are looking for this department, you will now find it in the shipping hall on the second deck, « 4 t it As sometimes happens. Seafarers who go in for one tour in the drydock don't always get matters cleared'up completely and have to come back for more treatment. This seems to have happened quite a bit in the past couple of weeks with several familiar faces back in the various wards at the Staten Island hospital. Among the brothers who have had to be readmitted for further treatment is Seafarer Hendrik Swartjes of Brooklyn, who was AB on the Alcoa Runner the last time out. He went into the hospital in June, was discharged, and then had to come back in on July 19 for further treatment for an eye infection. Also there was brother Regnauld Hansen who's been having some trouble off and on with a skin condition. He's been discharged again though and is up and around now. Another brother who has been readmitted recently is Herman Sampson of Brooklyn. He was OS on the Battle Rock, a tanker, the last trip out. The hospital has gotten a few new patients too. Swartjes Lorenzo Agon of Brooklyn, who was utility messman on the Steel Navigator, entered the hospital for observation July 19. An attack of arthritis has put Seafarer Nora! Jorgensen out of cir­ culation for the time being. Jorgensen, formerly fireman on the Carolyn, comes from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seafarer Ervin Crabtree's complaint Is a balky gall bladder that's been troubling him. He had to leave the Andrew Jackson for treatment. He'd been messman on the ship and he lives in Crichton Station, Mobile, when he's not sailing. Herbert Lege of Brooklyn, who was AB on the Steel Scientist, had to call it quits because of chronic appendicitis, and the doctors are trying to see what they can do about it. Pete De Vries, who comes from Mount Vernon, NY, is having a cyst removed. Jorgensen He was 3rd cook on-The Cabins. Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Robert A. Barrett Noral Jorgensen Birdie W. Biggs NUs H. Lundquist Rol>ert Bosworth Perlecto Mangual John J. Brenncn Julius Martin Francis J. Buhl Esteban Morales Charles CantweU Harvey W. Morris John E. Brady Raymond C, Myers Charles A. Can Charles Nangle John ConnoUy Francis R. NapoU Eddie Driggers Joseph Neubauer Andrew Franklin T. Papoutsoglov David S. Furman Joseph Pasinosky William A. Gardner Pete R. Perrotti Horace B. GaskiU Floro Regalado Estell Godfrey Charles W. Rhodes Abram Goldsmith George H. Robinson Daniel Guerrero Mattl RuusukaUio Hans R. Hanssen Herman J. Sampson Alfred Hanstvedt Stanley A. Sargeant John Horn Arthur Shaw Walton Hudson Kaare Sivertsen Jacobus Huisman Warren Smith Alfredo Irizar Robert J. Sojka Chester B. Jensen James F. Thomson Vincent Jones • SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Joseph Koslusky PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA, PA. J. B. Humphries USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Julius Parks USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO. ILL. Anton Prusaitis USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Edward J. Toolan USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Frank W. Bemrlck William Nickel William BrewerWiUiam Odum George H. Bryan Cornelius E. Palmer Robert A. Stikes Jessie A. Clarke Benjamin J. Davis Warren Whitmer Samuel Doyle -Henrlck Wlese Rickard Foust Albert L. WiUis Gorman T. Glaze John R. WUson Nicholas M. Korsak Albert G. Yumal Samuel H. Mills PHILA. GEN. HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. PA. Warren Nielson USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. James J. Adams Jack H. Gleason Albert Ayler Curtis Hancock Lloyd T. Bacon Blrgll L. Harding Samuel A. Bailey John L. Hlnton Lyle Hipp James H. Bales WilUam R. Ballard Janies H. Judson Nicolas Bastes E. G. Knapp Leonldes Billkas D. Korolla Charles E. Brady Thomas Lands Charles Burton Leo Lang Cyril Lowrey Owen Butler Jesse Lyles S. C. Carregal Joseph H. CbapeUe PhlUp McBride Lawrence Cdbts John M. McDavitt S. Cope Oscar F. Madere Thomas J. DaUas George R. MltcheU J. D. Dcmbrino J. C. Mitchell Emil# P. Davles WUliam G. Moor# T. J. Donaldson Arthur I. Nelson Wm. A. Du Rapau O. Norm Eric R. Bklund . WUUam D. Ott Ragnor A. Erlcson Stanley L. Palfrey Thomas Fields Harry G. Peek Claud# H, GllUam William T. Presley A; Quinones Andrew Stauder John C. Rehm James Stickney W. E. Reynolds J. D. Thomas James J. Ruth Roy R. Thomas Edward Samrock Jack F. Thornburg Elvin J. Saucier Lonnle R. Tickle William E. Scott J. E. Ward J. P. Shaughnessy Elroy Webb R. L. Skinner USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. BKLYN, NY Fortune Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Claude F. Blanks James R. Lewis Thomas B. Bryant Francis F. Lynch Joseph G. Carr Joseph McGraw Jar Chong Archibald McGuigan John J. Driscoll David McHreath John T. Edwards Frank Mackey M. W. Gardiner Vic Milazzo Bart E. Guranick G. E. Shumaker John B. Haas Robert Sizemore Thomas Isakscn Henry E. Smith John W. Keenan Harry S. Tuttle Ludwig Kristiansen Renato A. Villata Frederick Landry Virgil E. Wilmoth James J. Lawlor JEFFERSON HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA, PA. Jose Rodriguez ALEXIAN BROTHERS HOSPITAL ELIZABETH. NJ Vincent J. Stefanick USN HOSPITAL KEY WEST, FLA. Edwin Davis VA HOSPITAL MIAMI. FLA. L. A. McLaughlin USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Cecil Betts Anthony Scaturro Henry B. Riley Arthur W. Wroton USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Simon Bunda Elwood V. Rost Henry Childs James C. Sheldon M. E. Folts .W. S. Singleton Olav Gustausen Joseph E. Thomas Kenneth S. Krienke P. S. Yuzon C. J. Neumaier John ZohU Joe Perreira USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. William C. Bedgood J. T. Moore Paul B. Bland John H. Morris R. Carrollton WUlle C. Sanders Lucius A. DcWitt James B. Sellers John E. Floyd Randolph Shedd Herman C. Kemp C. C. Slater Claud Kent Leslie F. Swegan Jimmie Littleton Leo F. Weeks Avis E. Meadows WilUam J. Wolf# Cervasio Menendez USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. John Andringa James Krohn F. Fondlla Robert McCuUock William A. Gaddy V. K. Ming Howard R. Harvey. Norman Plummer Sverre Johannessen USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Frank Alasavlch C. A. McCarthy W. W. Beohner Carter Myers Joseph Garcllo James Peiiswlck USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEX. C. Barboza Duane R. Fisher George Chang Joseph A. KozlowskI Frederick V. Davis M. McDonald H. Dcshotels Murray A. Plyler Donald K. Fisher' John J. Tobln Page Nineteen LOG No Benefit Lost Froih 'Vacation' Recently mention was made in the LOG of the value of the special list in caring for long-term SIU hospital patients. Particularly interesting along these lines is the case of Seafarer John Edwards, who shuttles in and out of the Manhattan Beach USPHS hospital. Edwards, like a large num-| ber of other Seafarers, was put on the special list when the SIU Welfare Plan first began four years ago. These were the men who were in the hospital when the Plan was negotiated and who would not have been eligible for benefits otherwise. In Edwards' case, it became ap­ parent that chances were slight that he woiild ever get a "fit for duty" slip. It seemed that treat­ ment would have to be continued indefinitely. . Consequently, the veteran Seafarer, who has been sailing SIU since the very early days of the Union, m,ade arrange­ ments to spend a few months of each year living with his daughter in Cocoa, Florida. Saves Benefit In the winter months, when pa­ tients at Maphattan Beach seldom get outdoors, Edwards heads south for the Florida sunshine. He saves Back at Manhattan Beach hospital after Florida sojourn. Seafarer most of his $15 a week union al­ John Edwards (right) goes back on hospital list. Welfare Services lotment while he is at the hospital Representative Milton Flynn pays SIU benefit. so that he will have enough money to get by on his Florida visit. Then when it comes time for him to go runs out, he returns to Manhattan in Edwards' case by the SIU to see to it that he remains on the spe­ back, to the hospital for further Beach. Arrangements have been made cial list even though he has been treatment and when his money discharged from the hospital for a temporary period. The benefits are not paid, of course, when he is in Florida, but as soon as he gets back to Manhattan Beach hospital he begins collecting his union ben­ efit again. Under an insurance companyoperated plan it would have been Twenty-three New Yorkers, including 16 attorneys, have impossible for Edwards to be on been indicted by a New York County grand jury on charges the list in the first place. And even if he had been eligible at the be­ that they were part of a city-wide "ambulance chasing" ring. ginning, his benefits would have long since run out, particularly if The indictment is the culminaers, nurses and other hospital he had left the hospital at any tion of a five-month investi­ employees. time. Indict 16 Lawyers, 7. Others in Ambulance Chasing Probe gation that started out as a police check on a waterfront mur­ der case. Ambulance chasing has been a periodic problem at the US Public Health Service hospitals, and hos­ pital administrators have been mak­ ing vigorous efforts to eliminate the evil. Seafarers in the hospi­ tals have been warned by the Union from time to time to steer clear of any person or persons soliciting business for an attorney. The seven people in the group who are not attorneys are accused in the indictment of being runners on behalf of the alleged ambulance chasing ring. The District Attor­ ney was quoted as saying that hun­ dreds of cases were solicited by the seven accused, during a twoyear period from August 1, 1952 to June 9, 1954. The 16 attorneys under indict­ ment, are as follows: Jerome Golenbock, 225 Broad­ way, NYC; Manuel Katz, 61 Broad­ way, NYC; Louis I. Rothenberg, l(j Court St., Brooklyn and 61 Broad­ way, NYC; Morton L. Panken, 277 Broadway, NYC; Philip Weintraub, 50 Broad St., NYC. Also, Philip Brown, 16 Court St., Bklyn; David Fay, 209-33 39th Avenue, Bayside," Queens; I. Jesse Winter, 277 Broadway, NYC; Joshua S. Lev, 140 Nassau Street, NYC. Also, Morton S. Schorr, 150 and 225 Broadway, NYC; George L. Bickler, same address; Irving Levine, same address; Morton P. Cowen, 1756 Lexington Ave., NYC; Alan Buxton 103 E. 125th Street, and Albert Trepel, 141 Broadway. It was not indicated whether any of the accused men had been in­ volved with patients at the Public Health Service hospitals. The Dis­ trict Attorney did say, hov/ever, that the alleged ambulance chasing ring worked through hospitals that had ambulance services and re­ ceived tips from ambulance drivft!'- The deaths of the following sea­ farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the $2,500 death benefit is being paid to their beneficiaries. High Duffy, 60: Brother Duffy died of coronary thrombosis on July 9, 1954 in Berwyn, Pa. He had joined the SIU in Philadelphia on August 11, 1941 and sailed in the deck department. He is survived by his sister Margaret Duffy of Ber­ wyn Avenue, Berwyn, Pa. 4" t i" Paul Abel Griffith. 24: Pneu­ monia caused the death of Brother Griffith at the Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Md., on Oc­ tober 27, 1953. Burial took place in the city of Baltimore, at the Balti­ more National Cemetery. t t Elgia Leroy Powe, 30: An injury suffered while greasing a dragline was fatal to Brother Powe on July 8, 1954. A member of the deck de­ partment, he had been sailing with the SIU since March, 1951. Burial took place at the Pearl River Cemetery, Pearl River, Covington, La. He is survived by his mother, Maude Powe, Pearl River, La. tit Ray W. Sweeney, 51: A member of the SIU since its earliest days. Brother Sweeney died aboard the Seatrain Louisiana of acute coro­ nary dcclusion on July 13,1954. Out of respect for- his last wishes his body was cremated in Savannah and his ashes scattered at sea. Brother Sweeney joined the SIU in Mobile on March 5, 1939 and sailed in the engine department. His wife, Mary R. Sweeney of 2817 Av­ enue N, Galveston, survives. , Niels T. Kaasirup, 58: A cerebral hemorrhage proved fatal to Brother Kaastrup while he was an in-pa­ tient at the Baltimore City Hospi­ tal, Baltimore, Md., on July 13, 1954. Burial took place at Moreland Memorial Park, Parkville. Md. Brother Kaastrup was another of the earliest members of the Union, joining in New York on November 25, 1938. He sailed in the deck department. t t t Alvin Morris Keller, 53: A bron­ chial infection proved fatal to Brother Keller on May 12, 1954, while at the San Francisco USPHS hospital. A resident of San Fran­ cisco, he had been sailing with the SIU in the engine department since October, 1952. Surviving is his wife, Pura W. Keller, 1400 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Calif. t t t Eail G. Boutelle, 62: Brother Boutelle died of a heart ailment on May 26, 1954 while ashore in Boston, Mass. He had been sailing as cook and steward with the SIU since September, 1951. Burial took place in the West End Cemetery, Milford, New Hampshire. His wife, Ruth E. Boutelle of 57 Orchard Street, Fisherville, Mass., survives. $ 3^ >• t' Lewis F. Cauble, 40: Brother Cauble lost his life through drown­ ing while his ship, the Northwest­ ern Victory, was in Iskendrun, Turkey, on April 12, 1954. He had been an SIU member for 15 yeai-s, joining in Savannah on February 2, 1939, and sailed in the deck de­ partment. Brother Cauble was buried at the Christian Cemetery in Iskendrun. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. J. L. Cauble of 727 Egst Liberty Street, Siijisbury, NO. II �\'r'. •fe SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE S E A F A R E R S ! N T E R N ATI O N A L U N I O N • ATLANTIC A N D' G U L F D I S T R I C T • AFL • freight Contract Supplement Following is the full text of the con­ tractual conges negotiated and ap­ proved by the SIU membership in the standard SIU freight agreement Upon completion of meetings with the oper­ ators on clarifications of these and other clauses in the basic freight agreement, the full agreement—^with these features incorporated—^wiU be published in the SEAFARERS LOG. f' 55^ Pt:.. if- r- SUPPLEMENTARY UNLICENSED PERSONNEL AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made as of the 7th day of June, 1954, by and between the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, (hereinafter referred to as the "Union"), and the undersigned Company, (hereinafter referred to as "Company"). WITNESSETH: The Unlicensed Personnel Agreement between the parties, dated November 18, 1952, is hereby reinstated and continued with the following amendments: 1. (a) The effective date of the changes herein agreed shall be October 1, 1953, as to all wages and^ overtime, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. As to changes in the working rules and conditions, the effective , date shall be the day following the next termination of Articles, either domestic or foreign, after the date of this Agreement. (b) This Agreement shall continue until September 30, 1955. (c) This Agreement is signed subject to the ratifi­ cation of the membership of the Union. The Union agrees to notify the Company promptly of the acceptance or rejection. 2. Article II, Section 14 (a) is amended by adding at the end of the first sentence the following: "and advances equalled to allotments, if any, shall continue during such repatriation, provided he has sufficient moneys due him from the Company to cover such advances." 3. Article II, Section 28, is amended by changing the first sentence to read as follows: "Monies tendered for ^draws in foreign ports shall be in United States currency failing which, travelers' checks shall be issued at the Company's expense." 4. Article II, Section 49, is amended by adding at the end of item "6" the following: "As mattresses now on board wear out, they shall be replaced by innerspring mattresses." and by also adding a new item "11" to read: "Two twelve-inch fans shall be furnished in fore­ castles occupied by two or more unlicensed personnel, and one sixteen-inch fan in all forecastles occupied by one member of the unlicensed personnel." 5. With reference to Article II, Section 57, 1 (f) and 2 (f), such wages and subsistence shall be paid promptly and the Company shall furnish an order therefor at the time the transportation is paid, which shall be signed by the Master^ or Company representative and by the seamen. 6. Article II, Section 58, is amended to read as follows: "In the event a ship of the Company is sold, interned, lost, laid up, run aground or is stranded and the crew is required to leave the vessel by reason thereof, the crew shall be given transportation back to the port of engagement with subsistence, room and wages, as per Article II, Section 59 of this Agreement. When room and subsistence is not furnished aboard the vessel, room and meal allowance will be paid as prescribed in Article II, Section 43, until crew is furnished repatriation by train, vessel or commer- , dally operated airplane, equivalent to the equipment of a regularly scheduled airline, or in the event such airplane transportation is not equivalent to a reg­ ularly scheduled airline, they shall be paid the dif­ ference in cash." 7. Article III,. Section 12 (d), is amended by adding . at the beginning thereof: "Routine soundings shall be taken on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays at sea." 8. Article III, Section 12, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph (g) to read as follows: "When the Carpenter is requiied to remove old paint or varnish preparatory to'repainting, and repaint the •isr same, he shall be paid overtime for such work per•formed." j 0. Article lU, Section 1^. is amended by changing the New Dry Cargo VIage Scale DECK DEPARTMENT Rating Bosun (Mariner) Bosun Carpenter (Mariner) Carpenter AB Maintenance Quartermaster Able Seaman Ordinary Seaman ; Wage Scale $447.00 400.68 *386.00 *375.08 343.98 314.41 314.41 244.19 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Chief Electrician (Mariner) .... 518.09 Chief Electrician 499.25 2d Electrician 465.09 Unlicensed Jr. Eng. (Day) 403.83 Unlicensed Jr. Eng. (Watch) ... 361.18 Plumber-Machinist 414.42 Deck Engineer 380.88 Engine Utility 366.72 Evaporator. Maintenance 334.32 Oiler 314.41 Oiler-Diesel 340.22 Watertender. 314.41 Fireman-Water tender 314.41 Fireman ;.... 314.41 Wiper...; ^294.30 Reefer Engineer ^ (When 1 carried) 465.09 Reefer Engineer (When 3 carried) Chief 428.97 First Assistant 381.54 Second Assistant ;..... 346.70 STEWARD DEPARTMENT, Chief Steward (Mariner) ...... Chief Steward Chief Cook Night Cook & Baker Second Cook **Third Cook .'. Messman Utilityman 390.25 390.25 361.18 361.18 325.27 310.43 242.32 242.32 Overtime $1.98 1.98 1.98 1.98 1.94 1.94 1.94 1.51 1.98 1.98 » 1.98 1.98 . 1.98 1.98 1.98 1.98 1.94 1.94 1.94 1.94 1.94 1.94 1.51 1.98 1.98 1.98 1.94 1.98 1.98 1.98 1.98 1.94 1.94 1.51 1.51 * Receives $20 additional a month if required to provide own tools. **When passengers are carried will be rated as Second Cook and be paid wage of $325.27 per month. heading to read "GARBAGE", and by adding a new sen­ tence at the beginning to read: "Garbage shall be.stowed away from crews' diuarters." 10. Article III, Section 34, is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read:"Non-permanent transient or irregular foreign shore labor shall hot be employed to perform any of the work in the licensed or unlicensed quarters, store rooms, passageways, galleys and mess rooms, except in those instances where the Company uses estab­ lished shore labor." 11. Article IV, Section 18, (c), is amended to read as fpllows: i "On vesselsv with small cargo refrigeration plants, oilers shall oil plant. When the oiler is required to take reefer cargo box temperatures, he shall be paid one hour overtime for each watch. On vessels carry­ ing watch freezers, oilers shall not handle refrigera­ tion plant." 12. Article V, Sectldn 27 (e). Is atnehded by adding at the end thereof "except when the vessel Is sailing between conti­ nental United States ports." ' IS. Section 2 of the War Risk Insurance-Area and At­ tack Ronoaes Agreement - is amended by providing that War Risk, Insurance benefit covering loss of personal effects shall be increased from $300.00 to $500.00. 14. The Company shall furnish the Union with a list of all seamen entitled to retroactive pay. 15. The Union shall have the right, upon written notl- ; ficatlon to the Company, to renegotiate vacation and wel­ fare plans, or to negotiate new plans 'such as pension, etc. Upon receipt of such notification by the Company, , the parties of this Agreement shall meet within seven (7) days for negotiation on these issues. This shall apply subsequent to September 30, 1954. 16. The basic monthly wages for firemen shall be in­ creased to $302.32 and shall further be subject to the Increases hereinafter granted. 17. The basic monthly wage rates and overtime rates are increased as follows: (a) Unlicensed Personnel receiving a basic monthly wage of $340.73 or above shall have their wages Increased six percent (6%) and their overtime rates shall be $1.98. (b) Unlicensed Personnel receiving a basic monthly wage of $298.49 or above but not In excess of $340.72 shall have their wages increased four per­ cent (4%) and their overtime rate shall be $1.94. (c) Unlicensed Personnel receiving a basic monthly wage of $298.48 or below ishall have their wages increased two percent (2%) and their overtime rate shall be $1.51. (d) Mariner-Type Vessels: effective October 1, 1953, the wages for the following ratings shall be 1. Bosun . ....$447.00 2. Carpenter 386.00 3. Chief Electrician ...... 518.09 4. Chief, Steward ,. 390.25 All other ratings on this type vessel shall receive the same increases as provided In 17 a, b, and c, above. 18. Effective the day following the next termination of Articles either domestic or foreign, after the date of this Agreement, the special rates for work specified in the following sections of the Agreement shall be raised by applying the same percentage increases in the special rates .to the same wage brackets as specified in item "17" above: Article II, Section 31—Standby Work Article II, Secjion 32—Longshore Work by Crew Article III, Section 32—^Tank Cleaning 19. The wages on Government operated vessels shall be paid retroactive to October 1, 1953, when the Com­ pany receives approval for such payments from the Governmient Agency concerned. 20. All other terms and conditions of the Unlicensed Personnel Agreement shall remain in full force and effect as therein provided, and this Supplement shall be con­ sidered a part thereof. . Signed: . ^ SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, AFL. MANAGEMENT NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE. The following forms shall be used to comply with the.: contract provisions covering transportation, travel sub­ sistence and wages. STEAMSHIP COMPANY RETURN TRANSPORTATION RECEIPT NAME OF VESSEL: i _ NAME OF SEAMAN RATING:..... ' PORT: ...................... DATE: ORIGINAL PORT OF ENGAGEMENT........,;..,... , ; CASH AMOUNT PAID..........: RECEIVED: ^ VOUCHER TRAVEL SUBSISTENCE & WAGES ^ The bearer ;..... Z# whose signature! appears below was paid off the above vessel on the date indicated and is entitled to........ . days travel subsistence @ $...... per day^ and ,....... days wages @ $...... per month, less taxes, upon prea- ; entatlon of satisfactory identification to (Cojoipany or Agent) located- at ' .1... i (address) ..,• within thirty (30) days from the date of payoff. Seaman , Master, or Company RepresentativG Received Payment * ' > ^ "Yt--S! I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource August 6, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 16 Description An account of the resource Headlines: THE INDO-CHINA TRUCE-AND YOU! SEAFARER EYE-WITNESS REPORT CO'S READY BACK PAY LISTS 80 US-FLAG SHIPS GIVEN TRANSFER OK TIE-UP ENDS; BULL, ALCOA, WATERMAN SAILING TO PR AFL'S PIER UNION MAPS NEW DRIVE SIU BALLOT REPORT SET HOPE DIMS FOR '50-50' LAW WINNER A STAR IN STUDIES, ATHLETICS R. SWEENEY, FORMER SIU PATROLMAN CANADA LOSES OCEAN FLEET 'RUNAWAYS' SEEN THREAT BY BRITISH ARGENTINE WORKERS 'SEE' SIU-CREW SHOWS FILM ... AND ANOTHER SHIP FLIES 'RUNAWAY' FLAG NEW MARINE INS. POLICY: NO 'ATOMIC DAMAGE' PAY END PANAMA CREW BEEF SIU-STYLE JINX 'ONE-TWO' HITS SHIP; BOSUN KILLED THE WHALER: SEA-GOING SWEATSHOP IT'S HEAVE HO, AWAAAY WE GO' FOR SAN MATEO, AGROUND IN KOREA PLAYMATE SAVED FROM FIRE BY SEAFARER'S NEPHEW, 11 WITH BEER OVER BUCK A BOTTLE, MASAN TRIP IS A REAL 'DRY RUN' US HELP TO PHILIPPINES PAYS OFF AWNINGLESS PERSIAN RUN BURNS UP ARTISAN'S CREW REPORTS AID IN ALLOTMENT BEEFS PAST 27? DON'T RELAX YET - ARMY STILL NEEDS MEN NO BENEFIT LOST FROM 'VACATION' INDICT 16 LAWYERS, 7 OTHERS IN AMBULANCE CHASING PROBE FREIGHT CONTRACT SUPPLEMENT Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8/6/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/1959ba890339d3276eef8a7be82eaab2.PDF c540e71f7219715ccd70eff0f923ff94 PDF Text Text Vol. XVI No. 11 SEAFARERS LOG JHI]r 23 1^154 - • -.5 • ••4: • ... 4i •'SS iH • ' iV • ":-f5 i •V A . ... -Ail • -S story on Page 3 BeametTTo Germans, German maritime workers -anxious to learn about conditions under US flag get information on Seafarers and their welfare benefits from Claude Simmons, SIU assistant secretary-treasurer. David' Berger, editor of^^the German section of the Voice of America, recorded interview which was broadcast to stations in Ger­ man seaport towns. Subjects discussed included manner in which SIU Welfare Plan operates and how. various pay­ ments—hospital, maternity, disability, scholarship and death benefits — are handled. The broadcast is one of several which has featured the SIU, Seafarers and various officials of the Union. 4 -«i ^1 Wait Til Next Year. Among the youngsters who competed in the anm^il Soap Box Derby in New Orleans was Mark Schaneville, 13, whose entry was sponsored by the New Orleans SIU branch. Schaneville, who, like other competitors, built his motorless racer himself, ran second in his Class A heat race. He promised to be back with a winning mount next year. The Derby is sponsored by the New Orleans Recreation Department and the "New Orleans Item." In This Issue: Review Of SIU Trie's & Appeals January-June 1954 (See Page 6) „ i, „ „ „ .V. -.v . -S..-" Aw tA,,:;/, . , -.•Vv ... - r-- #A A ; A. finfii'j'ii i'A iin'iVi-'• >/ • i'.'.A - �Pace Tim SEAFARERS Congress Supports New Tanker Bills .fe \F - i; LOG J«|ly ?3. MM ; Double Winner Has A Problem Coast Unions Open Pacts; • Ask Raises SAN FRANCISCQ—Seeking a ~ WASHINGTON—Two major parts of the Government's six percent boost for all ratings, maritime program for this year have already cleared most plus an additional week of vacation legislative hurdles and seem likely to wind up on the statute time, the Sailors Union of the Pa­ books before the current sescific aiid the Marine Firemen, ment under this program would be sion of Congress winds up Oilers and Watertenders have retired to "the reserve fieet, and shortly. jointly reopened their agreements -would ^ovide a sizeable tanker re­ One, a so-called "trade-in-andwith West Coast shipowners. build" tanker measure, has passed serve Tn the event a sudden ship The SUP-Firemen's action -came both houses in similar form and "break-out" was required. after the companies agreed to give The second bill, passed by the requires only minor adjustments the CIO Marine Engineers and CIO before going to the President. The House last week in a form directly Radio Operators a pension plus an bill would permit private tanker opposite to that in which it pre­ additional week's vacation and operators to sell their old .T2s, to viously cleared the Senate, deals other concessions. The companies the Government and use the funds with a $150 million tanker program and unions involved will decide by thus obtained to build new ones. under which the Navy would build November 15 the contributions the Tlie object of the bill is to re­ and own 20 high-speed 25,000-ton owners will make to the pension place the war-built T2s, which are supertankers. Under this measure, funds. • " fast becoming obsolete, with larger outmoded tankers now operated by Last September, the SUP and and faster ships which would be the Navy or the Military Sea Trans­ MFOW negotiated a pension pl|in suitable for commercial operation portation Service would be re­ and a union-operated vacation plan and also valuable to the nation in placed and also put into the Gov­ in lieu of wage increases for their First Seafarer ever to win two awards in an SIU art contest, the event of a war or emergency. ernment reserve fleet. membership. The action of the ThuSr both tanker bills would Leif Hope (right) is pictured with his prizes, two award certificates The ships bought by the Governshipowners in giving additional provide a much-needed boost for and two engraved sterling silver cigarette lighters with an SIU concessions to the CIO radio .oper­ the declining US shipbuilding in­ c>mblem, for winning first prize for watercolors and tying for first ators and engineers' unions was dustry and, at the same time, cre­ i>rize in oils. In the Army, stationed at Fort Dix, NJ, he picked up citedJby the SUP as upsetting the ate a large tanker reserve. his awards during a visit to headquarters with a former shipmate, basic pattern on the West Coast The difference between the Alex Leiter, AB, who sailed with him on his last ship, the Afoundria and making necessary reopening of House and Senate versions of the (Waterman). Naturally, he doesn't smoke. unlicensed contracts. Navy tanker bill lies in the House provision for Navy ownership of the vessels to be built. The Senate NEW ORLEANS—A permanent approved a bill providing for pri­ political and legislative arm has vate coqstruction and ownership of Representatives of the SIU Sea Chest in all ports will begin stocking all contracted ves­ been created by Louisiana trade the new tankers; however, the feel­ ing in the House was that it would sels with new ships' libraries in the next two weeks, in accord with the'recommendations unionists with the formation of the United Labor Organization repre­ be more to the Government's ad­ expressed by the Union membership during a six-week poll conducted by the SEAFARERS — • senting more than 400 AFL, CIO vantage to keep the ownership of LOG earlier this year._ and independent unidns in this the vessels for itself. vote of confidence to the idea of ' The new library assort­ distributed through the facilities of Under the Heuse version, the state. ments reflect the changes the, libraries in the opinion poll the SIU Sea Chest under an ai> Establishment of the ULO fol­ ships would be operated by private urged by the membership in the which ended April 30, 1954. The rangement with Pocketbooks, Inc., lowed adjournment of the session companies on a long-term charter types of books supplied by the poll was designed to get a sampling one of the country's largest dis­ of the Louisiana legislature basis, and would be manned by civ­ SIU program, which was launched of membership opinion on the tributors of small, paper-bound which passed a so-called "right-to- ilian seamen. The Senate bill pro­ nearly a year ago, in August, 1953. quality and types of books sup­ volumes. work" law outlawing union secur­ vides for the ships to be time-chart­ Completely new 50-book library plied, as well as the idea of con­ ity clauses in contracts between ered to the Navy. tinuing the library distribution al­ A provision of the "trade-in-and packages are distributed on all together. labor organizations and manage­ SIU vessels every three months. build" measure gives trade-in pref­ ment. Only Two Votes Against The cost of the program is carried "Events of recent months taught erence to those tankers which have entirely by the Log Fund, at no Two lone votes were cast for us that political unity is essential been dociunented under the US extra cost to the membership. ending the program completely, flag for the three years immedi­ to survival of Louisiana's great la­ Seafarers gave an ^overwhelming while 42 percent of the Seafarers bor movement," said E. H. "Lige" ately preceding passage of the bill. who participated in the poll rec­ Williams, president of the Louisi­ ommended continuing the libraries ana Federation of Labor and chair­ as is, and the remaining 58 percent man of the new ULO's executive urged continuing it with slight committee. changes in the proportions of the In order to con dantly remind all SIU members of their con­ "By projecting ULO into a types of books supplied. stitutional rights in SIU membership meetings, the following state­ The first convention of tha permanent aggressive arm of all ment is read at the opening of all SIU meetings throughout the Accordingly, the 50-book pack­ American Federation of Labor's Louisiana labor, we are taking the nation. ages supplied from now on will first step toward a great statewide These are the democratic principles which guide all SIU meet­ contain 8 Westerns, 16 mysteries, longshore union, the AFL-ILA, organization that will represent ings: 12 novels, 8 non-fiction, 4 humor­ will open in Chicago Monday for 100 percent of labor's objectives Any member present at this meeting and in good standing, who ous books and 2 books on sports. the purpose of drafting a constitu­ in political elections and legisla­ so desires, has a right to nominate himself to any official meeting The poll results showed a major tion and setting up an autonomous tive sessions," Williams explained. job in this meeting. This also applies to a place on any committee demand for less Westerns and that may be elected at this meeting. more novels and non-fiction. The structure for the new union. The convention, meeting-at tha proportions were therefore ad­ Any member present in good standing has the right at any justed, from the previous break­ Atlantic Hotel, will be attended by time, if he so desires, to challenge the decision of the chair or July 23, 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 15 down of 15 Westerns, 15 mj'steries, delegates representing approxi­ ask for a division of the house on any sucii question^ Any member 10 novels, 4 non-fiction, 4 humor­ mately 50,000 longshoremen and may also request a show of books of each man present who may As I See It Page 4 craft workers from ^ the Great ous books and 2 sports books. vote on any question. Brother Chairman Page 4 Copies of the minutes of, tonight's meeting will be available-in All books supplied are of the Lakes, rivers ports, Alaska, tha Burly Page 9 advance of the next regular meeting in the business office for the handy, paper-bound size, and are Pacific Northwest, and locals on Crossword Puzzle Page 10 the Gulf and Atlantic Coast who benefit of any member -in good standing who wishes to read or Did You Know Page 17 have swung over from -the old Editorials Page 11 study same before the next regular meeting commences. In addition to tonight's minutes being made available, the mem­ ILA. Foc'sle Fotographer Page 16 bership is advised that in each SIU business office where a Port Galley Gleanings Page 17 New York Represented is maintained in the continental United States, minutes of all SIU Inquiring Seafarer Page 10 -In addition, AFL-ILA locals in meetings, regular, special, financial, or otherwise are always avail­ In The Wake Page 10 New York City are sending dele­ able to any member in good stapding who desires 'and so requests Labor Round-Up Page 11 to read and study same. SAN FRANCISCO —The AFL gates to participate in the de­ Letters Pages 18, 19 The officials and committeemen who will be elected at our meet­ Marine Cooks and Stewards won liberations. Maritime Page 9 ing here tonight as well as all of our other members present will another NLRB election when stew­ - Although the major busiheki of Meet The Seafarer Page 10 be guided in the conduct of this meeting by the following. ard department crewmembers of thn convention is the' setting tilr,pf Notices, Personals Page 20 the Harpoon voted six to one in the physical apparatus of Ihb'new li The Union constitution. On The Job Page 9 favor of the SlU-affiliated union. union, a goodrdeal of planning is 2. Majority vote of the membership. Port Reports Pages 14, 15 If was one of several recent vote slated on the future activities of 3. Robert's rules for order. Quiz Page 16 the union in the Port of New York. victories by that union. If; in the opinion of any member in good staffding present, Seafarers In Action Page 9 Control of the port is still at stake, The Harpoon- is a Liberty ship he is denied by this meeting any of the above-mentioned rights, Ships' Minutes Pages 20, 21 the National Labor Relations operated by the Shepard Lines. .[AS he is requested .to call this to the attention pf the secrfetarySIU History Cartoon .... Page 7 Board has not yet completed its MCS-AFL was the only union on treasurer, by registered mail, special delivery, return receipt re­ Sports Line Page 17 count of challenged ballots in the the ballot with Harry Bridges' sup­ quested, before the next regular meeting so that the secretaryTen Years Ago Page 10 porters urging a "no-union" vote. last port-wide election. treasurer will have sufficient time to submit copies of any such Top of The News Page 5 The ship was balloted by mail In Once the convention has com­ protest and a report on same to the membership at the following Wash. News Letter Page 6 Casablanca. pleted its^ worki the five man regular membership meeting for action thereon. Welfare Benefits Pages 22, 23 In order to establish whether or'not there is a quorum present, Welfare Report Page 8 Meanwhile, the Labor Board kas board of t^stees appointed by the thrown out objections to the re>- AFL to supervise the new. union, Your Constitution Page 5 will all of those members in good standing please hold their books up so that they can be counted. suits of the steamschooner. election will automatically pass out'of. ex­ Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 The membership count shows that there is a quorum present. which MCS=AFL won by a count of istence. The AFL itself will no Publlthatf biwttkly at th« baadquarfan Therefore, this meeting will now come to order. •f (ha aaafaierv Intarnatlonal Union. At­ 20 to 2. Certifibation of MCS-i^FL longer have, authority over the lantic « Ou'J DIttrlct AFL, «75 Fourth "The first point on the agenda tonight will, be the election of as bargaining agent is expected in actions of the organization, al­ Avanua. •raoklyn-3X NY. Tai. HYacinth Entarad as sacand clau maHar officials for this meeting. a few days, after which the union though it is expected to Offer some at tha Pott OHIca in Braaklyn, NY., form of financi^ assistance. will negotiate a contract. wndor 'ha A-.i of Aiiawat 34. Itll Unions Form CroupingFor La. Politics New Libraries Co Aboard Ships AFL Dock Union Sets Convention Your SIIJ Meeting Rights SEAFARERS LO& MC5 Winner In Shin Vote •J./ A- ' �Jnlir t», 1954 SEAFARERS PIC* Thre* LOG Peninsula Mariner Provides Sea-Llff For Aircraft Union Wins Fight For Jobless Pay An attempt by a major SlU^-contracted steamship company to fatten its treasury at the expense of unem­ ployed Seafarers has been defeated again through a Docked at the Brookley Air Force Base, Mobile, the new Peninsula Mariner has a deck cargo of 17 jet fighters brought back from the Far East for repairs and overhauling. Peninsula Mariner—spe­ cially designed with deck that permits carrying planes intact—is operated by Waterman Steamship corporation for MSTS. Dry Cargo Companies Starting Payment Of Retroactive Wages unanimous New York State court ruling in favor of the SIU. The victory for the men of the SIU involved the Calmar Steamship Company, which attempted to deny un­ employment insurance benefits to any man who may leave his ship in accordance with membershipadopted Union rules. A similar at­ tempt by another SlU-contracted company was defeated several years ago. The current attempt by Calmar to deny a permitman unemploy­ ment insurance stems from the New York State law which grants rebates to companies that have low employee turnovers. By denyingseamen who pay off their right un­ der the unemployment laws Cal­ mar hoped to increase its annual rebate of money from the State. In ruling in favor of the SIU, the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court unan­ imously held that the position taken by the SIU was "fair, rea­ sonable and just." The court ruling held further, that as far as New York State is concerned, any permit laid off a ship under the 60-day rule is en­ titled to his unemployment in­ surance in this state. This of course would apply only to com- Payment of retroactive wages under the SIU dry cargo contract is getting underway as SIU companies are setting up payrolls and office machinery for dispensing wages due. Some companies have already started to make-payments, while others expect to do so in the very near future. The-t task is a complicated one in and will make payment 'on presen- paying yet expect to begin pay­ light of the fact that retro- tation to any company agent of a ments sometime next month. Mis­ activity extends back to October 1, man's discharges, and filling out of sissippi Shipping Company is ready 1953. That means that the average a receipt for each vessel sailed on. to make payments, via the mails Seafarer will be receiving retro­ The company has a teletype system only, as of August 2 on its com(Contlnued on page 20) active pay checks from several which should make for speedy ships and in some instances from handling of checks. several shipping companies. 4U But Five Ships Among companies already pay­ Bull Lines has been mailing out ing are Seatrain, Bull, South At­ checks on all but five of its ves­ lantic and Isthmian. Seatrain Lines sels, them in alphabetical has payrolls ready for all its ships order.taking Ships remaining to be paid are the Mae, Marina, Rosario, Show Me Mariner and Suzanne. NEW ORLEANS—^Martin H. "Moon" Kouns, veteran Sea­ Crewmembers of any other Bull Line ships who have not received farer and a member of the Union staff at the New Orleans their checks should contact the company because of the possibility %IU branch died here July 17 of a heart attack. He was 42 that the .checks have come back in years old. came familiar to readers of the a change-of-address mixup. Any Kouns was stricken while SEAFARERS LOG through the ef­ Seafarers who have changed their address and have money coming^ to attempting to push his stalled forts of several brother Seafarers, automobile on Highway 11 at Irish With two companies already them should check with Bull Line's Bayou at about 7 PM last Saturday principally Percy Boyer, also of New Orleans, who appointed him­ main office. signed, the Union is making good The company reports that a He had served some time as a tem­ self "historian" on the life and progress in its current contract number of checks it has mailed out porary patrolman and was a door­ times of "Moon" Kouns, and peri­ man at the branch hall for about odically contributed anecdotes talks with tanker operators. The have already been returned be­ eight years. Before that he sailed about Kouns and ais fabulous cause the Seafarers for whom they two companies signed are the in the deck department, as an AB. career to the LOG Colonial Steamship Corporation were intended are no longer at the On Monday, July 19, at a special address given. Kouns is survived by two and Oil Carriers Joint Venture. meeting, the New Orleans member­ brothers, Frank, who sails SIU in South Atlantic Steamship Com­ ' Meanwhile, the Union is con­ ship requested the hall be closed tinuing its talks with the Cities pany has payrolls completed on its the following day, Tuesday, out of the steward department, and John ships apd the money can be ob­ (Continued on page 20) Service Oil Company and other respect for their departed brother. tanker companies. The old con­ tained by contacting the company He was buried Tuesday, following a Savannah. Isthmian Steamship tract with these companies ex­ in Company payrolls ready on funeral at Ransons Funeral Home, pired Septembet 30, 1953, and the four ships, has the Stefel Steel 7024 Elysian Fields Avenue, attend­ new contract talks call for all wage Admiral, Anniston Ranger, City and ed by a large delegation of Sea­ and OT gains to be retroactive to Hoosier Mariner, with more being farers and officials of sister unions October 1, 1953. in the area. The hall remained readied each week. . The new tanker pact is expected closed to business the entire day. August Payment Date to follow the pattern of the re­ A colorful figure, Kouns was The majority of companies not cently-negotiated freighter agree­ known to his host of friends in the ment in percentage pay and OT SIU and particularly in New Or­ boosts and changes in general and" leans, his home city, simply as working rules. Application of the "Moon." Only his intimates knew , same percentage increases won for his full name. freighter men would preserve the Early in his lifetime, he was a Regular membership meet­ traditional pay differential in professional boxer in the light ings in SIU headquarters and favor of tankermen. heavyweight division. He was famed at all branches are held every The freighter agreement calls locally for having fought a 20second Wednesday night at for wage boosts ranging from two round draw about 20 years ago 7 PM. The schedule for th* to six percent, and new OT rates with Kayo Baer on the West Bank, next few meetings is as follows: ranging from $1.51 to $1.98. The which was said to have been the July 28, Aug. 11, Aug. 25. agreement was ratified by the longest bout in the modern history All Seafarers registered on membership June 16 and the com­ Seafarer Martin H. "Moon" of New Orleans' boxing, the shipping list are required panies. are now paying the new Kouns Is shown as he spoke A master storyteller, he could to attend th* meetings. his piece dnring a membership : rates and also paying off on retro­ produce a yarn on any subject active pay. upon demand. His experiences be­ fete in New Orleans. SIU Vet Moon Kouns, 42 f Dies Of Heart Attack 2 Tanker Go's Ink New Pact -Others Due Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeh» panies that have their main office in the state. Calmar is now expected to try tn appeal the case to the Court of Appeals, the State's highest court, and eventually to the United States Supreme Court, nowever, ttie unanimous nature of the Ap­ pellate Division's decision and the strongly-worded contents of that decision make it doubtful that the company will have any success in overturning it. A.S a matter of fact, because of the unanimous decision of the Court, Calmar now will have to (Continued on page 20) SIU Witnesses To Crash Wait Tug Salvage MOBILE.—Two SIU members and three officers of the Alcoa Clipper (Alcoa), detained by Vene­ zuelan authorities in an investiga­ tion of a fatal collision involving the Clipper and a tugboat on June 26, are still waiting to testify pending completion of efforts to raise the sunken tugboat. Company officials here said Sea­ farers Joseph Busheed, who was quartermaster on the wheel watch, and Maurice Kramer, OS, who was working on deck at the time of the mi-shap, as well as Captain Yngvar Krantz, master; Clyde O. Eddy, chief mate, and Sam White, first assistant engineer, had been moved from La Guaira, scene of the accident, to Caracas. The men were being allowed complete freedom in Caracas. where they, were being lodged in first-class hotels, but were not al­ lowed to' leave Venezuela, Alcoa reported. Salvage equipment was being rushed from another Vene­ zuelan port to raise the tug for ex­ amination. Meanwhile, the Alcoa Clipper was examined in drydock here at the completion of her last voyage and was found to be undamaged. The Clipper was able to resume sailing without interrupting her schedule and is now back on her regular run to Caribbean ports. The fatal harbor accident which i^ being investigated took the lives of three persons, two men and one woman, all of them on the tug. The woman was the wife of the tug engineer, who also died. The engi­ neer's child narrowly escaped death when the pilot who had been taken aboard the tug just before th* accident grabbed the child and swam ashore. Following the mishap, which oc­ curred in the early dawn, at about 4:30 AM, the Clipper was detained by Venezuelan authorities for five days, during which various mem­ bers of the crew were taken ashore for questioning in connection with the accident. Eventually the ship was allowed to sail, but the five crewmembers were still detained. A relief skipper, Capt. J. M. Cas­ tro, Was flown down from Mobile to bring the ship back. '. I •' I M Al s I '.41 ll 'A ::^l "'''l •f I •I I .•111 ' I �Fare Four SEAFARERS LOG JolylS. 19M THE THIRD REPORT ON UNION-CONDUCTED TRIALS AND appeals since the adoption by the membership of the revised Union constitution appears on page six of this issue. The membership will note that in the past-six month period there were very few instances in which SIU men have found it necessary to bring any of their brothers up on charges. Your Union, of course, is well pleased with this state of affairs, since it reflects a considerably, degree of self-discipline on the part of the membership as well as the smooth functioning of the Union's shipboard machinery for settling beefs. Offhand, headquarters believes it is proper to draw the conclusion that the shipboard meetings and our system of ship and departmental delegates has had much to do with this favorable development. It means that the Union brothers are settling dif­ ferences among themselves in proper fashion and SlU crewmembers, ship's officers and Robin Line officials take part in presentation ceremony as the few men who. might have a tendency to break duplicate of safety award presented to company is turned over to Robin Tuxford captain, for display out and perform are being kept in line by their own shipmates. aboard the ship. Pictured U-r) are: J. Berger, Isf asst.; L. Thomas, c^ief engineer; C. Wells, assistant port captain; J. Condon, personnel head; L. Pate, viee president (presenting plaqne); Seafarers O. i5afeguard Rights Bourne, carpenter, and C. lannoli, bosun; K. Chambers, master; S. Elan, chief mate; H. Wick, Ameri­ Of course, it always can be expected that from time to time some can Bureau of Shipping; Seafarer W. Marcus, steward; S. Crane, purser; B. Alewine, assistant port men sailing SlU ships will commit some breach of our Uhion rules Steward. The ceremony took place aboard the ship at its Brooklyn pier. and-regulations. . Seamen, being human beings like anybody else, are bound to have-some bad moments; When that does happen^the melt involved are assured that their rights are fully protected by the safe­ guards written into the Union's trials' procedure. Seafarers who shipped with Robin Line during 1953 helped pile up an impressive safety •Your Union has tried very hard to make it a point of carefully fol­ and accident prevention record on the company's ships last year, according to the National lowing the kind of procedure that every American is entitled to re­ ceive when he has his day in court. From experience, it appears that Safety Council. this attempt has been a successful one. The achievement in the field 1951-52 ratings and the industry's Additional recognition in the ^ it it ^ of safety prevention has been average for tlie same period. The safety field came to Robin in the AS REQUESTED BY THE MEMBERSHIP, TOUR UNION HAS accident severity rate represents form of a certificate naniing it a recognized by the Council in the form of an "Award of Honor" days lost. The- frequency rate second place winner in the annuaL made some changes .in the selection of books placed aboard the ships. plaque presented to officials of the means the number of lost time ac­ competition among privately-owned After running this library program for a year on an e;Kperimental basis, company. Duplicates of the award cidents. Consequently, as the fig­ dry cargo and passenger ship lines it was found that the menvbership was very much satisfied by the way are being.placed aboard all Robin ures show, Robiii Line cut down as to annual accident frequency it was operating, but indicated that they would like a slightly different Line ships as they arrive in New very sharply on both the number of rates. The Matson Navigation Com­ selection of reading matter. Accordingly, arrangements have been made with the publishing York, with the Robin Tuxford first accidents and the more serious mis­ pany won first place and United house to give the membership the kind of books that they have re­ haps. States Lines took third position. to get its award. quested, and the new selections that will be going aboard from now on Each year the National Safety will reflect this. ' Council presents industrial organi­ These books, as you know, are supplied through the LOG fund, zations which demonstrate unusual and are put aboard by the Sea Chest representative when he visits the progress and significant improve­ ship. Each ship is entitled to a 50-book selection every three months. ment in reduction of accidents to As always, the membership is invited to let headquar^s know how personnel with the "Award of they feel about the kind of books being put on board, a'nd about the Honor." way the whole program is being run. Robin Line received the award in WASHINGTON—Both the permanent and temporary '50-50' the shipping field as a result of its it i 'it bills are within an eyelash of passing Congress as both Houses 1953 record showing a 94 percent MENTION HAS OFTEN BEEN MADE IN THIS bORNER ABOUT improvement in its accident sever­ attempt to wind up their business by the end of the month. the operations of the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the kind of programs ity rate and a 59 percent better­ With a favorable report from-^ that your Welfare Plan has been developing. One of the things your ment of its accident frequency rate the House Men irchant"Marine jonly remaining obstacle in the way Union has always been proud of is the fact that it insisted on setting as compared to the average of its Committee in it^ corner, the of a pemanent "50-SO" is a Presi­ up a special list when the Welfare Plan' was first agreed on with the dential veto. The bill has already operators, to take care of those ailing Seafarers who would not be cov­ passed the. Senate and seems cer­ ered otherwise. These were the Seafarers who were in the hospital at tain to~ go through the House of the time the Plan was negotiated, and consequently, had no money Representatives. paid into the fund on their behalf by the operators. Normally, under the kind of Welfare Plan administered by an in­ The -temporary "50-50" bill is the one that deals with this year^ surance company, these Seafarers would simply have been left out in foreign aid appropriations. A "50- the cold, but your Union could see no justification 50" provision was included in the in a situation whereby jthey would be in the saipe House version of the foreign aid ward in the same hospital with other Seafarers who In Wilmington, California, for •ing in the Port of New York on bill, and the Senate Committee on were receiving benefits—simply because they hap­ the moment, but probably not for October 25, 1948. He's 27 years Foreign Relations has reported the pened to get sick during the period prior to the bill to the floor of the Senate in plan's going into effect. long is Seafarer Lee De Parlier, of age. In the last four years that tiie Welfare Plan has pretty much the same shape as the who sails in the steward depart­ - Ilf 'it House did. Since "50-50" has been been operating, this special list has shrunk con­ ment, and who took a hand in the Serving as recording secretary acted on favorably in every year siderably as the Seafarers in question were dis­ running of the port meeting. De for the Baltimore port meeting is since the foreign aid program charged or went on their final voyage. But there Parlier, who served as recording secretary for the port meeting, can Seafarer William D. Kenny, who started, and the Senate has gone are still a handful of Seafarers today, more than be remembered as the man who sails in the steward department. on record for a permanent law, no four years after the Plan began, who are receiving their weekly hos­ stuck out a full 14-month rugged Kenny, who is a native of Scotland, trouble is expected in pushing the pital beneAl through the special list, just like all the other hospitalized Persian Gulf shuttle on the Fort joined the SIU in New York on foreign aid bill through in its brothers in the Union. November 28, 1945. He's 60 years present form. Certainly, these men, who have been confined for so long a period Bridger,When the trip ended he was one of age. The difficulty on permanent "50- of time, deserve the same consideration and need the same assistance, it it it • of two SIU men left aboard the 50" lies in the attitude of the or more, as the man who is in drydock for two or three weeks. The Down in the Gulf at Lake President and the adminlstsation Union considers that the establishment of the special list, together tanker. More recently his photo­ graphs of the mahogany loadifig Charles, Louisiana, Seafarer James in general. Spokesmen for the with the unlim^ed feature of our hospital benefits, is one of the sound­ F. Mapp ran the State Department, the Defense De­ est moves ever made under the Welfare Plan. operation on the Gold Coast were Lake Charles partment and other government found on the display pages of the » it it 'i . port meeting. A agencies had -attacked the bill, SEAFARERS LOG. OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF THE MARITIME UNloks, native of Missis­ principally on the grounds that it Congress has approved the sale of 12 Government-owned Cl-MAV-1 De Parlier, who is 28, comes sippi, he has his was objected to by friendly mari­ ships to Brazil. The reasons given for approving this action are thatoriginally from North Carolina, and home in the town time nations. Joined the SIU in New Orleans on It wjll help our relations with Brazil and t^ll help our ships down there of Lexington in August 31, 1948. Should the President veto the that are being discriminated against (>n berthing and in various other that state. Mapp bill, supporters of "50-50" would ways. l" t t . mwii sails in the en­ have to muster enough strength Elected chairman of the Savan­ One of the conditions "of the bill is that these ships are to be used gine department in both House and Senate for a in the local coastwise trade of that country, which means they irill nah port meeting last week by a Mapp and has been a two-thirds vote to override the not be competing in any way with American fia^ member of the President. In an election year, it's margin of 23 to operators. However, your Union's position, and that 20 was Seafarer SIU since May 10, 1941, when he Mt believed -likely that Congress of the other maritime unions, was that the sale of James Chasse- joined up in New Orleans. He is wqiild do so. ships to a foreign nation is going to increase the reau of Mount 62 years old. Further, with th^ isession draw­ pressure by other countries that are out to get,US Pleasant, North Serving as recording secretary at ing to a close, the President might surplus tonnage, and some of these other countries Carolina. Chas- the meeting, along with Mapp, was be able to veto the ^ bill after would be using ships bought from the US to com­ sereau, who sails Seaf^er Arthur A. Baker of Ma- Congress has gone home for the pete with our operators. in the engine de- dill, Oklahoma. Baker joined the summer. Consequently, the Union Intends to keep a par tmeqt, has Union In New York oti June 2, Both the maritime unions and weather-ey^ peeled dh futnrd developments dfbng been i^n SIU 1944. He celebrated his 29th bilth- the shipp'inii industry are solidly these lines. It remains to be seen if this parUcu- jaember forheai-Iy nix years, Jdin- day this past Wedhesday. ' Ut)ite<Fin suipport^'f the'blil, ^ ^ ' 4ar sale wili have any bearing on future actions by our-Governmlent. Jl;; • vi"'' Robin Crews Get Safety Award Permanent, Temporary '50-50' Bills Gain Ground In Congress I!S- k'.V |S/ It p'^' '• • I Wi/V. ... • ;,-i I."?'!" ., �WR July 23. 1954 SEAFARERS IXDO-CHINA ARMISTICE IS SIGNED—The Indo-China armistice was signed in Geneva after eight years of bitter warfare. The cease­ fire will split the big coastal state of Vietnam between pro-Western and Communist-led regimes. It will also halt the fighting in Laos. French Gen. Georges Deteil signed the two accords—one covering Vietnam and the otber Laos—on behalf of the French-Vietnamese and the French-Laotian commands, while Gen. Quang Buu signed them for the Communist-led Vietminh rebels. The signing was a signal vic­ tory for French Premier Mendes-France who had staked his govern­ ment, dedicated to making the French live within their means, on ob­ taining a truce by midnight of the day before the signing. ti i> t> US RECOGNIZES NEW GUATEMALA REGIME—The" US granted formal diplomatic recognition to the new anti-Communist government of Guatemala, following that country's orderly return to peace. Defeat for the Communist regime of former president Jacobo Arbenz Guzman by insurgent forces proved a diplomatic victory for the US, with peace once more restored in the Western Hemisphere and the sole pro-Com­ munist government In Latin America out of business. The governing military junta led by insurgent leader Lieut. Col. Carlos Castillo Armas, meanwhile, moved to ease political tensions in the country by pledging fair treatment, including land reforms, to peasant and labor groups. EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION WHIPPED ON HEALTH PLAN In Washington, the House of Representatives by a vote of nearly 2-1 turned down the President's recommendations for stimulating the growth of private and non-profit hospital and medical insurance plans. Liberals termed the program "inadequate" and "poorly drawn," while conservatives, bolstered by the strenuous objections of the American Medical Association to any form of aid for medical and hospital in­ surance plans, attacked It as a form of "socialized medicine." The de­ feat for the Administration came forur days after a national broadcast from the White House urging passage of the legislation. 4" 4" 4> LID OFF ON BEEF FOR BRITAIN—After nearly 15 years of gov­ ernment control, fresh meat—the last food to go sinc^ wartime con­ trols went into effect In 1939—went off the ration lists in Great Britain. The day decontrol began prices rose almost to the US level, but quickly tapered off as British housewives immediately shied off from buying. The weekly ration of fresh meat had been about a pound per person and, at one time, as low as a half pound. 4i 4 4" . WORLD COURT RULING AGAINST US STIRS NEW ANTI-UN FEELING—On the heels of a mild Congressional revolt against the United Nations on the issue of admitting Red China to the UN, the In­ ternational Court of Justice at the Hague stirred new resentment against the world organization by rulirig against the US on the ques­ tion of indemnity awards to 11 UN employees dismissed for having refused to answer the questions of Senate probers concerning possible Communist ties. The awards, ranging from $6,000 to $40,000 back pay and other penalties, would be paid by the UN, about a third of whose funds are supplied by the US. 4 4> 4> MCCARTHY ISSUE HEADS FOR A SHOWDOWN—with final re­ ports on the stormy McCarthy-Army hearings still weeks away. Repub­ lican Sen. Ralph Flanders of Vermont continued to press his case for etripping Wisconsin GOP Sen. Joe McCarthy of his Senate committee chairmanships unless the latter purged himself of questions raised by another Senate unit two years ago on McCarthy's financial transactions. Meanwhile McCarthy was forced to yield to the insistent demand for a staff housecleaning and accepted the "resignation" of Roy M. Cohn, chief counsel of the subcommittee on investigations. He also transferred the controversial assistant counsel, Don Surine, from the subcommittee staff to his personal payroll. YOU oiMf ffAe 8IU CONSTITUTION nge tnrm LOG Ask US Pay Channel Costs For Runaway-Flag Ore Ships En-route to the States via Venezuela, a giant 63,000 deadweight ton foreign flag ore carrier, tHe Ore Chief, is likely to become the center of much controversy in the next few weeks. The huge vessel, 794 feet long and 116 feet in the beam, is one of three ships built, or being built, in Japanese^ shipyards to carry ore from deepening the channel to 40 feet is being asked to spend almost $93 US Steel Corporation's new so that the huge foreign-flag ore million largely for the benefit of iron ore mines in Venezuela to its plants In the United States. The ships are owned by National Bulk Cargo Carriers Inc., which operates mostly under the Liberian fiag. As such the Ore Chief falls into the pattern under which many ore carriers, tankers, and other new vessels are placed under for­ eign flags in order to avoid US taxes, wages, manning scales and other stiff operating requirements. What makes the Ore Chief more controversial than other foreign flag operations is the fact that Uncle Sam is being asked to foot a whopping bill for deeper ship channels so that runaway flag op­ erators can bring their giant ore carriers fully-loaded into the ports of Philadelphia and Mobile. Draft Is 40 Feet The draft of the Ore Chief, fullyloaded, is 40 feet. The present chan­ nel up to the Fairless Steel Works, US Steel subsidiary, is approxi­ mately 25 feet. Uncle Sam is being asked to spend $87 million on boats can come in to Fairless Steel. US Ships Don't Need It No American-flag dry cargo ship­ ping at present has any need for the 40-foot depth up to Trenton, since the Delaware River is 35 to 40 feet at the ports of Philadelphia and Camden, ample depth for American fiag dry cargo operations. Dredging Recommended The Mobile Channel bill, recom­ mended by the Army Corps of En­ gineers and approved by a House committee, calls for enlarging the bar channel to a depth of 42 feet and a width of 600 feet from its present 36 by 450 dimensions, and deepening the Mobile River chan­ nel to 40 feet, plus the addition of two turning basins. Here the announced purpose of the work is to make it possible for US Steel's Tennessee Coal and Iron Division to bring large foreign-flag ore boats into Mobile. The company recently opened a new ore terminal in the harbor. In other words, the Government Leaky Raft, Seasick Crew=Cancelled US Lifts Ban, Okays 12-Shlp Sale To Brazil ;fRIGHTS -ANb: fSHVaEOSSi M' f'M !ARE^< ii#!: From Article XIII, Section 6 "Before assuminei office, ever/ officer, port agent, and patrol­ man shall take the following oatht 'I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the duties of of the SlU, and I will, to the best .of my ability, protect and preserve the Consti­ tution of this Union and the wel­ fare of the membership'." Every elected official upon ossum-, ing office must take~ this oath, which he is required to obey com­ pletely. Any violation of the oath would lead to immediate disci­ plinary action under the terms of the Union Constitution/ , • WITH THESE: runaway fiag operations.. Very lit­ tle of this harbor work has any im­ mediate benefit for American-flag operations. US Steel's Fairless plant is al­ ready being. supplied by foreign flag ore carriers of considerably smaller dimensions than the Ore Chief. Obviously a ship drawing 40 feet fully loaded could hardly op­ erate economically in a 25-foot channel such as the Delaware River now has at the site of the Fairless plant. Wants Co. To Pay To add an odd note to the pro­ ceedings, US Steel had been having a year-long argument with the Army Corps of Engineers on whether it should foot part of the bill for the Delaware River project. The Corps of Engineers had rec­ ommended that the work be done, but since US Steel is the only ben­ eficiary, the Army thought that the the company should foot half of the bill. The company indignantly re­ jected the idea that it should pay even half of its own way. Clifford Hood, president of US Steel, has been quoted as saying that to do so would be to "extend special sub­ sidy to a Government project," a statement which ignores the fact that the giant steel corporation is the only beneficiaiy of the project. As the matter stands now, all US Steel is being asked to do under the current bill in the Senate is to provide a terminal and transfer fa­ cilities, as well as a turning basin, if necessary. The rest of the bill, $87 million, would be footed by Uncle Sam, so that the Ore Chief and its siBter ships will be able to take full loads into the Fairless Steel works. fTii • Odd-looking raft on which five amateur sailors hoped to drift from San Francisco to Hawaii Is shown outside the Golden Gate on her second day out, with one of her crewmen holding up a fairsized fish caught in the Pacific. After six days and a drift of only 62 miles offshore, amid frantic radio messages for someone to "get us off this damn thing," all five were rescued by a passing freighter and returned to port. SAN FRANCISCO—Amid conflicting reports as to whether or not they were In grave danger, five amateur sailors who had set out to float to Hawaii on a raft were rescued by a United Fruit Company freighter, the-*Metapan. In six days they had it. They were always following drifted only 62 miles off shore. us." What the amateur expedition The search was on for the ship when the Coast Guard started re­ ceiving franctic radio messages from the radio operator calling for someone to "get us off this damn thing." The five men, under the leader­ ship of a 38-year-old Mormon preacher, Devere Baker, were out to prove that the raft could drift) to Hawaii and her passengers could subsist on the resources of the sea alone. . Of food • there was -plenty—all small sharksi As Bakeh ^d, "^e had shark any time we wanted failed to consider was two impor­ tant factors—the seaworthiness of the raft, and of the sailors them­ selves. The raft sprung a leak and water started coming in faster than it could be bailed. And the radio oper­ ator as well as other crewmembers became very unhappy, seasick sailors. At last , reports the Coast Guard was out to destroy the craft as a menace to navigation, although Baker declared that all he had to do was "caulk that .'seam &nd: We could try it again." The first major sale of US ships to foreign nations since a mora­ torium on sales was declared March 1, 1948, has been virtually completed. Both Houses of Con­ gress have approved legislation calling for the sale to Brazil of 12 Cl-MAV-1 ships for use in that country's coastwise trade. The bill was solidly backed by the Administration and the indus­ try on the grounds that sale of the ships to Brazil would help improve relations with that country, and would also help eliminate discrimi­ nation against US ships in Brazil­ ian ports. Maritime unions opposed the bill because it would set a precedent for the sale of ships to other for­ eign nations. The Ship Sales Act was passed in 1946 to permit both foreign fleets and American shipowners to replenish fleets that had suffered heavily from war losses. In renew­ ing the act on March 1, 1948, Con­ gress struck out the section dealing with sales to foreign nations, whila the entire Ship Sales Act expired on January 15, 1951. Consequently, the sales to Brazil will be the first US ship sales from the Govertim.ent-owned fleet in mor? thz?? six years. • -.'i �Pase Six SEAFARERS LOG MA Okays Another Transfer I'-" July 23. 1954 SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON WASHINGTON—The muddled situation regarding foreign-flag transfers of US dry cargo vessels took a new twist this month, with,the disclosure that the Maritime Administration has given permission for another ship transfer despite a previously-announced hold-up on new transfers pending comple­ tion of a Congressional in­ earlier this year, led by the SIU The latest ship for which ap­ Here's the way the emergency ship repair program would work if and other maritime unions, helped proval to transfer foreign has been Congress approves the idea before it adjourns. quiry. bring about the .temporary halt. granted is the Nicholas C. H., oper­ The Government ship agency had previously okayed transfers for three other dry cargo vessels, and has applications for 80 more still pending. Protests against the relaxation of the restrictions on transfers ated by the SlU-contracted Trident Transport Corp. which is going Panamanian. Trident, however, has promised to buy another ship as a replacement. The first three applications ap­ proved were for the Omega, oper­ ated by the SlU-contracted Omega Shipping Corp.; the Amerocean or Amersea, only one of which will be permitted to transfer, both oper­ ated by the SlU-contracted Amer­ WASHINGTON—Advised to use his own discretion on the ocean Steamship Co., Inc., and a disposition of the stern section of the ill-fated Cornhusker third vessel, the Paul Revere, Mariner, Maritime Administrator Louis S. Rothschild has operated by a non-SIU company. again ordered that the ship be-* The box score on transfer appli­ scrapped. She is now at with a report putting the whole cations, according to present in­ anchor in Sasebo, Japan. matter back in the Administrator's formation, is as follows: Applica­ Rothschild's decision calling for lap. He took it from there, order­ tions have been filed for the trans­ the dismantling of the vessel fol­ ing dismantling of the ship and fer of 89 vessels, but applications lowed on the action of the House salvage of as much of her ma­ covering five of these, all SIU Merchant Marine Committee, which chinery as possible for use as ships, were later withdrawn. With the four already approved, this left the disposal of the Cornhusker spares. completely in his hands. Earlier, One of the alternatives called leaves a total of 80 applications when he first proposed scrapping for rebuilding the ship at a cost of still pending. of the $10 million ship, the Com­ about $2 million, but this was re­ Names of the five SIU ships for mittee had asked that he hold up jected. which applications were later with­ any action pending an inquiry of The Cornhusker, which had been drawn are the following: William the situation. manned by Seafarers and operated H. Carruth (Transfuel), and Albion, A two-man House group explored by Robin Line, ran aground in the Catherine, Cecil N. Bean and the possibilities of salvage and re­ harbor of Pusan, Korea, in June, Frederic N. Collin, all operated by iDrytrans, Inc. pair of the vessel, and came up 1953. Maritime committees in both the House and Senate held hearings on the issue. A subsequent report by the Senate Committee said it would be premature to approve transfers until the question of tramp subsidies was disposed of. Junkmen Get Mariner This third review of trials and appeals con­ ducted under the SIU's new constitution shows a steadily diminishing number of such procedures since the. constitution went into effect on October 15, 1952. The review, cover­ ing a six month period from January 1 through June 30, 1954, shows just six trials and two appeals. The small number of cases is indicative of a high degree of self-discipline and responsibility by SIU crewmembers on the ships. Regular trials and appeals reports, giving the membership and the readers of the SEAFARERS LOG a full accounting of the workings of trial com­ mittees, are believed to be without precedent in the labor movement. The first report was carried in the July 10, 1953 issue, and a second report was run in the LOG of January 22, 1954. Carefully-designed trial procedures provided for in the SIU constitution call for the election of rank and file members for each trial at special member­ ship meetings. Officials are barred from service on these committees. The conduct of the trial itself follows closely the well-known pattern of American courtroom procedure. All accused members must get proper notification of charges, and the charges them.selves have to be read at the membership meetings to determine their validity under the con­ stitution. The accused member has full right of crpss-examination; as well as the right to confront accusers and to call witnesses. And he can call on other Union members who are willing to aid him for assistance in preparing his defense. The constitution also specifies certain headings under which charges can be filed as well as maxi­ mum penalties for offenses. Then each member found guilty has the right of appeal to a rank and file appeals committee elected in the same manner as the trial committee, and finally, an appeal to the international convention. Of the six cases which came up in the SIU within the six-month period just ended, the accused were found innocent in just one of the six. Two cases were appealed. In one the verdict was upheld and in the other the sentence was reduced. For purposes of publication, names of individuals involved are not used. 4 4 4^ January 28. 1834 Accused: S-365; Accuser: J-lOl. CharoK: Accused pubUcly announced to his shipmates that be would not abide by the established rules of the Union. Trial Committee: M. Whale W-30, E. B. Flowers F-118 V. H. Benner B-244, C. Palmer P-13. A. CampbeU C-217. •Jf 2 •» charged. Six months' suspension and 9vO nnCe ^ ^ » Febnuur SB, 1854 Accuseds F-188S Accusers: F-285, L-ll^ D-311. Cliargee: Accused carried sterles to eidef engineer and first gigliMer his SMB and actfAasrttfCraMr Attinst craw and la heh^i; ef eempanyi Be threatened pcnaU holders witb loss of permits and hardtiming when ship got back to the States. Trial Committee: J. Lucas L.4, A. Johnes J-57, J. Burns B-191, H. Anderson A-13. J. Falasca F-48. Findings: Guilty as charged. Six months suspension for each violation on first count; one year suspension on second count. (SEE APPEALS). 4" t> April 8, 1954 Accused: H-408; Accusers: H-1, V-l, A-1. Charges: After Union's membership officially pledged fuU support to AFL in its drive to organize longshoremen in Port of New York accused acted as informer against Union and consorted with officials of old ILA. Accused, for money or other considerations of personal gain knowingly gave them false information to be used to defeat the policies of the Union and to injure the interests of the membership.. Trial Committee: William Morris M-722, Lawson Evans E-26, Harry Nelson N-34, Arthur Gilliland G-lll, Robert BeUveau B-85. Findings: Guilty as charged. Expulsion on first count, twoyear suspension and $50 fine on second count. 4" AprU 16. 1954 Accused: V-41, S-392: Accuser: C-1. Charges: As members of standby gang on Sea Cloud, ac­ cused jeopardized Union position in obtaining future standby work when, along with rest of standby crew, they tried to coerce company into paying week-end penalty rates to get work done and caused replacement of standby crew by shore gang. Trial CommlHee: Steve Bergeria M-179, Thonlas Murphy M-648, Michael Burns B-717. Elbert B. Brown B-255, E. B. Herst H-472. Findings: Not guilty. Recommendation that guilty man or men be sought out and brought up on charges. t May 6, 1954 Accused: M-259; Accusers: S-840, L-237, D-176, W-36. Charges: Accused gave orders to BR not to clean engineer's room because of personal beef with engineer: accused carried Ules topside and threatened crewmen with losing permits or being pulled off at payoff; accused agitated crewmembers against each other by telling tales and refused to answer crewmembers' questions at shipboard meeting. Accused threatened 3rd cook with charges if he did not transfer to pantryman. Trial Committee: Richard D. McManus M-j72, C. A. Gardner G-^, Herbert D. Braunstein B-481, Daniel D. Butts B-628, Thomas Bolton B-609. Findings: Guilty as charged. Prohibited from shipping as rtief steward for one year and fined $100. (Motion made New York membership meeting June 2 to* reduce fine to $58. Carried in ali ports). 4" 4" April 22, 1954 Accused: C-419; Accusers: G-76, G-419, B-100. Charges: While steward on standby pay, accused willfully painted two utility cabinets in crew messhall, as weU. as accepting transportation to Mobile and then remaindng on board ship. Accused deliberately violated Union agreement to the detriment of the Union. ir """i;'" ®' Gfosecloso G-63, Francis W. Keeley K-24. CharUe A. Gedra G-372, Luke A. CiamboU C-12S, •Albert W. Tacey T-301, James T. Nicholson N-52. Findings: Guilty as charged. Thirty-day suspension plus $50 fine for each violation, $100 in alL ^ t. ^APPEALSgTO HEADQUARTERS APPEALS COMMITTEE Appealer: F-188. Nature of conviction: Six months suspension for each viola-, tion on one count, one year suspension on second count for informing on crew and threatening permit men with loss of permits and hardtiminEa c CommiHeoiR. G. Cowdrey C-380, John J. Cook wlSi" D ®' K-209, J. Falrcloth f. Li, Motcnan 11-839. Findings: Trial committee's verdict upheld. March 18, 1854 Appoaler: L-433 Nature ef oonvictloni oonvf lure •» Six months suspenslea and $50 Ene for ^ure to turn to to aervo meala and far tuenlng to in drunken condition. -Ai^it Comn^oot O. Paynr P>MS,-W. <F. ScSMalMni After a review by Government agencies of the latest mobilization requirements for vessels in the national defe'hse reserve, the ships deemed most desirable for repair are those presently converted to mili­ tary auxiliaries or scheduled for wartime conversion. Based on early full mobilization needs, there are about 205 ships which would be in­ cluded in any reserve fleet repair program. In this group of 205 ships, only 17 are Lihertys; 46 are large V4 sea­ going tugs; 76 are Victory-type vessels; 42 are S4s; and the remainder are made up of 2 Pis, 8 small tankers, and 2 distilling ships. The repair and conversion work, including the breakout and towing cost of these 205 ships, would cost about $45 million. The government would hand out the repair contracts to private repair yards on the basis of the lowest competitive hid. However, if particular repair yards need work and their bids are not competitive, the Government would retain authority to negotiate contracts without competitive bidding. i 4" t The move to place the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy on a par with the Armed Service academies probably will he defeated by Congress, or, if approved by Congress, may be vetoed by President Eisenhower. The project is being pushed by shipowners. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps, and Alumni Associations, as well as the entire New York dele­ gation in Congress. However, on the other hand the Departments of Navy and Commerce and the Conference of American Maritime Unions are opposed to the move. Maritime unions recently told Congress that instead of wasting money on training of merchant marine officers, it could well he spent for ship construction and ship operations. Instead of being used to provide free college educations, the unions took the view that the money for the upkeep of the Academy could be used to help the Ameri­ can merchant marine which is sinking fast. The Commerce Department, opposing the Academy hill, believes that* a survey should he made of cadet training programs in relation to other comparable US Government supported programs, such as the US Coast Guard Academy. Commerce feels that such a survey may point the way to consolidation or other changes which would reduce the Govern­ ment expense of maintaining federally-assisted facilities for educating merchant marine officers. The position of the Navy Department on the bill to place the Mer­ chant Marine Academy on a par with West Point and Annapolis is simply that Navy, neither requires nor desires the operation of any maritime academy for the sole purpose of producing Naval reserve officers. The Navy is particularly opposed to a feature in the hill that would require that cadets at the Academy be appointed midshipmen in the naval reserve upon graduation from Kings Point. 4i 4i 4i Since World War II about 109 tankers went out from under the American flag to the Panamanian flag, of which number 72 constituted sales of Government-owned ships foreign. Thirty-seven were private transfers; eight Have been placed under the Greek flag, of which seven were sales of Government-owned ships, and one constituted a private transfer. While information is scant on the advantages of registration under the Honduran flag, information is available as to Panamanian registry. Panamanian maritime legislation is designed to encourage ship documen­ tation and provide a number of incentives in the form of tax benefits. Shipping is granted preferential treatment in the Panamanian In­ ternal Revenue Code and income obtained from internatiohal operations is not subject to taxation. Panamanian flagships engaged in interna­ tional services are consequently not concerned with depreciation rates, treatment of capital gains or losses, excess-profits taxes, or any other similar income-tax matter. As of June 1,1954, there were a total of 29 oceangoing tankers under construction in the United States. Of this number 13 are for US flag operation and seven are for foreign-flag operation. All hut two are scheduled to he completed in the next five months. ft 4 4 Once again, the Interstate Commerce Commission, which has juris­ diction over railroads, airlines, trucks and doihestic steamship lines, has shown that it is dominated by the powerful rails. ICC has turned thumbs down on a plea by intercoastal water lines to reduce freight rates on a number of commodities which would have made them more competitive with transcontinental railroads. The water carriers had insisted that the reductions were necessary to meet rail competition for westbound'intercoastal traffic, but ICC went along with the rail argument that the reductions would create destructive competitive conditions. 4 4 4 Congressional hearings on the competftion encountered by private operators from the Military Sea Transportation Service have been con­ cluded. The situation shapes up something like this—an interim report probably will he filed by the special House subcommittee which has been conducting the probe, followed up later by a full-scale report. .. Back in 1951 the Departments of Defense and Commerce approved a so-called memorandum of agreement which stated the priority in which merchant ships would be* used by the military branch of the Govern­ ment. The House subcommittee undoubtedly, as one of its major recom­ mendations, will suggest that this working arrangement between De­ fense and Commerc be reviewed and brought up to (date, in an effort to majce 'more use of private shipping by the military. In the absence of this, the subcommittee may introduce legislation to compel the Defense Department nqt to overlook the merchant marine in its broad overseas operations. Plnd^ av$»e»$tMs ndaecd *• tbiM RtotflA ( Ajf-i.w-,.; �mm m JTvIy 23. 1954 SEAFARERS ^OVf^DOJULAR'S WORTH || = LOG Fage Seven HQ Recreation Facilities Popular SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG hy Sidney Margolius, leading expert on buying. Toothpaste And Your Teeth Working families frequently have seriously bad teeth. The fact that many comparatively-young men and women you meet already have full dentures is one of the tragic aspects of the inadequate health care wage-earners often get. One reason, of course, Is the big expense of dental care in relation to a working family's earnings. But another is that the public has. been oversold on the idea that miracle toothpastes can save teeth, and there­ fore doesn't practice the proper hygiene and care that are the only possible ways of preserving teeth. Working families often tend to rely heavily on sugar products in their diets; sweets are a cheap way to fill up. Heavy consumption of candy, cakes and soda beverages are be­ lieved to play a large part in hastening tooth decay, especially among children. Dr. Willard Fleming, head of the dental college of the University of California in San Francisco recently commented that, "It's like cigar­ ettes and lung cancer. Although we have no proof, we have a guilty conscience that sugar in combination with other factors, is the cause of tooth decay." He believes that if sugar were reduced or eliminated In diets, 85 per cent of the people would have a reduction in tooth decay. Miracle Dentifrices Because serious dental troubles are so widespread, toothpaste manu­ facturers and their advertising agencies have been having a field day at the public's expense by continually introducing new "miracle" den­ tifrices. The public has been led on a costly chase from ammoniated dentifrices, to chlorophyll, then anti-enzyme pastes, and now, "sur­ face-active" detergent pastes. The truth is, no toothpaste can save teeth, no matter what chemicals It contains. Dr. Sholom Pearlman, spokesman for the American Dental Association's testing committee, charges that "the public is being led to believe that a dentifrice will prevent decay or gum disease. There Is no acceptable evidence to support such claims, and they are a seri­ ous danger to health." What's important is not what you put on the brush as much as how often and thoroughly you use that brush. The mechanical action of your toothbrush is the more important factor in preventing decay. According to Dr. Fleming, the ammoniated dentifrices, and to a smaller extent, the anti-enzyme ones, may be relatively small factors in helping to reduce decay (if the more important factors of proper brushing and other care are followed). Your dentist can teach you the proper brushing method. Basically it consists of cleaning two or three teeth at a time with a down and outward motion that cleans the spaces between the teeth, as well as the front, rear and top surfaces. You can use any inexpensive powder or paste. At one time the American Dental Association used to list acceptable dentifrices, and its list always included such low-cost prod­ ucts as baking soda (bicarbonate of soda) and sodium chloride powder available at drug stores. After Every Meal Besides using the proper brushing inelliod, it's important to clean teeth after every meal. The bacterial action of food particles can begin causing decay in as little as 20 minutes. In toothbrushes, dental ex­ perts recommend the professional style with the small level head trimmed straight, that reaches all parLs of the mouth. So you .can save both mouth and your teeth by staying away from those 50-cent tubes of miracle toothpastes. A nickel's worth of soda bicarb (baking soda), a thorough wielding of the brush, and regular visits to the dentist himself to catch cavities and pyorrhea, are what will prevent big dentist bills and loss of teeth. Actually pyorrhea robs us of more teeth than does decay. Pyorrhea is an inflammation of the sockets of the teeth, leading usually to a loosening of them. It's gen­ erally caused by malocclusion (badly placed teeth which rock and jar each other), missing teeth and tartar accumulation. Sometimes ex­ cessive smoking and drinking may cause injury to the gums and sub­ sequently pyorrhea. Being put to good use by Seafarers are the expanded recreational quarters which have been made available on second deck. Rooms formerly occupied by offices now each contain two pool tables, as well as shuffleboard taibles. PR Dock Tieup Still On, No Break Seen SAN JUAN—^Puerto Rico's longshore strike, which began June 25, neared the end of its first month this week, with still no settlement in sight. Involved in the beef are some 8,000 AFL dock workers seek--*-" — ing higher pay and improved The employer group involved in the negotiations is the Steamship conditions on the piers. The tie-up of cargo handling has also halted all shipping to and from the island, as all companies serving Puerto Rico stopped oper­ ations the day the strike began. Principally affected by the strike. Bull Lines *has laid up all of its ships indefinitely. In addition. Waterman and Alcoa service to the island has been sus­ pended. Two other companies not contracted to the SIU, Lykes Brothers and Pope and Talbot, are also affected by the dock shutdown. The Claiborne and Azalea City, both Waterman vessels, were caught in the islands by the strike. At issue in the strike are the longshoremen's demands for a 25cent pay boost retroactive to Janu­ ary 1, 1954, the date the old con­ tract expired, plus revisions in the size of gangs working sugar ship­ ments and other cargoes. Current pay rates range from. $1.23 to $1.48 per hour, considerably below the scales in the States. Association of Puerto Rico, com­ posed of Bull Line, Alcoa, Water­ man and Lykes Brothers. Some of them have been accepting cargo destined for Puerto Rico in New York and other ports, pending the end of the walkout. Otherwise, all are bypassing the island at this time. Factories Close Although some factories have been forced to shut down and workers laid off as a result of a lack of supplies and, in some cases, heavy stockpiles of finished goods which can't be moved off the island, Puerto Rico is not expected to feel any real pinch for another few days. However, if the strike should continue beyond that time, short­ ages in several commodities, in­ cluding food-, will really be felt in many communities. The strike is being conducted here, in the ports of Ponce and Mayaguez and in sev­ eral smaller ports. Cartoon History Of The SIU After much debate on the subject in the SEAFARERS LOG, in December, 1949, the SIU opened a drive for a shipowner-paid welfare fund as part of an all-out effort to win greater economic protection for the membership. The negotiations began December 2 un­ der a reopening clause unique in SIU agreements. The Union proposal called for eiiiployer contributions of 26 cents per man for each day worked beginning January 1, but left details on the type of benefits and other items hanging pending agreement on the prin­ ciple of the plan. An operator's' committee imme­ diately begali studying the merits of the idea^ Work Starts To Prevent Panama Slide BALBOA—Seafarers on vessels passing through the Gaillard Cut of the Panama Canal this week had the chance to look in on the be­ ginning of a mammoth face-lifting job, which, got underway Monday. The work is being done to avert a potentially dangerous landslide which could block all traffic through the Canal. The $3.4 million operation is de­ signed to remove an estimated 2.5 million cubic yards of earth and rock froin the top and face of Con­ tractor's Hill in the Gaillard (for­ merly Culebra) Cut of the Canal, about a dozen miles from here, on the Pacific side of the Isthmus. Contractor's Hill has the second highest elevation, 325 feet, along the 50-mile Canal route. The level of the Canal is 85 feet above sea level at this point. Fifteen-Month Job Rigs, power shovels, dump trucks and other heavy-duty ex­ cavation gear have been moved in to the site for the estimated 15month job of digging out the dirt and rock from the face of the hill. The aim is to relieve the pressure from behind a huge 60D-foot crack which could cause the face of the hill to topple right into the Canal. Heavy rains during June caused the crack to widen still further and are said to have been the cause of three minor earth slides last week on the opposite bank of the Canal south of Contractor's Hill. One of them blocked the east half of the channel in the Cucaracha Reach for a time and another one later dumped earth and rock into the Canal. Fortunately, no ships were passing these points at the time. With reasonable care, the major excavation job which started this week is not expected to interfere with normal ship traffic through the Canal. Fill That Berth If a crewmember quits while a ship is in port, delegates are asked to contact the hall immediately for a replace­ ment. Fast action on their part will keep all jobs aboard ship filled at all times and elimi­ nate the chance of the ship sailing shorthanded. An SiV Welfare Plan .Vo. 63 Signing of a welfare plan agreement by nine" compa­ nies on December 28 made the SIU the first sea union on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts to win a companypaid welfare set-up for its members. Eventually, all SlU-contracted operators signed the pact, which in­ corporated every one of the Union's demands. I �Pace Eicht SEAFARERS 51U Award Winner Aiming For MD Tag p % "When I •first heard of the SIU's Scholarship Plan, I was amazed that such an opportunity existed," said Seafarer Seymour Wallace. "After knocking myself out trying to make ends meet while going^ to school on my own, this fall was once again aroused and upoiL inquiry Into the matter he found will seem like a breeze." Wallace, recent recipient of an SlU scholarship, this June com pleted his second year of pre-med fit Long Island University in Brooklyn capping it off with an A- Shipmate took this shot of Seafarer Seymour Wallace on deck of SIU ship. minus average. An early interest In medicine and a shipboard injury he suffered helped him make his decision to go to college. He is attending St. John's Uni­ versity in Brooklyn this summer to study physics and plans to use his scholarship to enter Columbia College this fall for further premed study. This is the second in a series of feature articies on the four 1954 award winners under the SIU Schoiarship Plan. Pii , tf." Wallace was one of the three Seafarers and the son of a Sea­ farer who was chosen for the four $6,000 scholarship awards. When he resumes study this fali at Columbia he will be on the scholarship, which should ease the financial burden of going to school and supporting a family. Wallace was born in New York and raised in the British West Indies where his father still oper­ ates a plantation of sorts. "It isn't actually a plantation," Wallace says, "for he has only about 33 acres planted in cotton." Wallace attended St. Vincent's .Grammar School at St. Vincent, British West Indies, and dreamed of going to medical school. Of course, as with so many others, lack of funds prevented him from pursuing his dream. Started Sailing In '48 Only 24 years of age, Wallace started sailing early with the SIU having joined six years ago. He sailed - as an AB in the deck de­ partment mostly on Mississippi and Buli Line ships. His fgvorite run was to South America where he found good shore leave and a climate to his liking. Married now and the father of a two-year-old girl, Wallace met his bride in Argentina in 1951. He gave a lot of credit to his wife for •helping him over the rough spots of College and he says that there werie. plenty of them. Once while crossing the Atlantic on a light Liberty, Wallace broke his'arches and had to go to a po­ diatrist. His interest in medicine that if he could save enough money from his seafaring, he might be able to make a go of medical school on his own. His original intent upon enter­ ing school under his own funds was to become a podiatrist or foot doctor. The reason for this he candidly explains, was the fact that podiatry requires only two years of pre-med study and four years of medical studies. With limited funds at his disposal, he decided he could afford only the shorter course to become a podi­ atrist than a general practioner. Wallace says that even in his short stretch of seafaring things have changed a great deal. There were no such welfare benefits as there are today a short six years ago. Like Gold Mine 'When I first heard about the SIU's Scholarship Plan, it was like finding a gold mine," he says. "I couldn't imagine such a thing as a $6,000 scholarship. It was like pie-in-the-sky. When I see some of the fellows at school knocking themselves out over grades to make themselves eligible for $200 and $300 grants, really appreciate this wonderful opportunity offered me," Wallace says. Some of the fellows can't be­ lieve it when I tell them of bene­ fits offered by our Union, especial­ ly the educational benefit." With the winning of the scholar­ ship, Wallace now plans for a full medical course to become a gen­ eral practitioner. His plans for the future are somewhat indefinite but the winning of the scholarship will enable him to fullfill his child­ hood ambition. He can't thank the membership enough for the op­ portunity they afforded him. for SIU MEMBERS! E\/ef?iimf)Gybu NEBVIHSSAGBK ANPSHCWWEARFfiQMATDOjHBftlSH TOy^SOUWE&IERyU-LATSREOAU S£49(Kr PRICES July 23. 1954 LOG SBASCASH BENEFITS 5 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Xo Froin • •••• No. Seafarers Receiving Benefits this Period Average Benefits Paid Each Seafaref Total Benefits Paid this Period WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Disability Benefits Maternity Benefits Vacation Benefits Total la. {70P f a S±2AL i. WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * | 0€>\ Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * || Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * ^9^ ^ Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952* Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • fcg/-? Total 2Z Date Benefits Be£«n WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacation Welfare Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable- Welfare US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS ZL LCiVli SX. 1,1??,^ 2^ n4t>U £2l COMMENTS The amount of •276.10 listed under death*benefits paid in the two freek period represents a partial payment of one Seafarer's death benefit. This happens when the benefit is paid in ihs-ballments rather than in one lunp sum, as is often requested. Total deaith benefits paid since the start, slightly over A years ago, are approaching one (1) million. your SEA CHEST SHORE WEAR i SEA GEAR SEA GEAR t SHORE WEAR at SIU HEADQUARTERS 675 -4tli AVE . BROOKLYN /iZg SubmitttA AI Kerr, Assistant Administmt ... and, remember this... All these are yours without contributing a single nickel on your part —Collecting SIU bene­ fits is easy, whether it's for hospital, birth, disability or death—You get first-rate personal service immediately, through your Union's representatives. �Joly 2S, 1954 SEA'F ARERS. LOG Page Sine SEAFARERS Latest addition on the ran between England and Australia, tbe 20,000-tou passenger liner Southern Cross will be launched by Queen Elixabeth II at Belfast, Ireland, on August 17. Built for the Shaw Saviil Line, the ship is of unusual construction, with jnachinery and stack at the stern... An electronic selector dcTice that rings bells to alert olT-duty marine radio operators to emergency calls as well as reralar messages has been demonstrated by the Breico Electronics Anybody who has shaved on a Corp., NYC. The House of Representatives is considering a bill that would make this .type of device mandatory on virtually all merchant hot, humid day knows how the skin can become irritated from ships. perspiration afterwards. This is . . >4" ^ 4" Reflecting the drop In deep-sea shipping, Great Lakes vessels carried - doubly so for the black gang men 17.5 miilion.tons of iron ore, coal and grain during May, the lowest who have to go to work in a hot tonnage for that month since 1946. This year's flgure^was 5.5 miUion engine room. Ship's delegate Bob Anderson , of tons below last year's... Dutch truckers plan to start a special ferry service from Rotterdam to Britain to carry loaded vehicles in both the Robin Sherwood has an idea directions aboard former wartime landing craft. Fresh vegetables, that could help deal with the prob­ fruit, cheese, butter and bacon would thus be moved all the way from lem. He suggests that camphor ice Netherlands farms to London markets in one truck. Rotterdam has be stocked for use by the black gang so that they can shave before already built an embarkation point for the new ferries. going on watch without getting . 4. ' . A five-year, 537.5 million project to build a large drydock suitable their necks all sore. Of ^course' the only permanent for both naval and merchant vessels is being launched by the Vene­ zuelan government near the port of Puerto Cabeilo. Large savings for .solution to the problem is. to grow Venezuelan shipping interests are expected when the job is completed, a beard while on board the ship, since ships in need of repairs now have no similar facilities at home... something which many Seafarers Named for the present Secretary of the Treasury, the ore carrier are loath to do because it would George M. Humphrey has been launched at Lorain, Ohio. The 710- cramp their style. Anders o n, a Massachusetts foot vessel is only five feet shortec than the longest ship on the Grbat i^akes, but has the widest beam, 75 feet. She will, have a capacity of native, joined the SIU in the head­ quarters port of New York. 21,000 to.ns in a 24-foot draft. 4' 41 4> 4^ 4" 4" The business of television on Passengers on the" Italian freighter Andrea Gritti had' a fiew bad moments in Havana recently when oil'floating on the water caught fire board ships is getting to be quite and flames reached the ship. All jumped overboard but were quickly a major project with the Seatrain picked up. No injuries were reported .. A deep-sea diver has located New York also putting a set on board recently. a sunken Japanese aircraft carrier with about 20 planes still intact on Most of the regher deck from World War II—80 feet below the surface of the harbor u 1 a r coastwise at Rabaul, New Guinea. A New Zealand syndicate has disposal rights ships have sets for all salvage in Rabaul and Bougainville harbors. purchased by the 4" S* 4" crews out of the Largest ocean-going dry cargo ship ever built in Canada, the 12,700ship's fund, and ton. Sunrip, featuring an aii-welded aluminum superstructure, was launched at Quebec last month. She will carry refined bauxite from a few of the off­ shore ships are Jfamaica to British Columbia on Canada's west coast and return with getting into the cargoes of grain, flour, lumber, fish and newsprint to the Caribbean .. . act as well. The new Italian liner Cristoforo Colombo is due to arrive in New York Peck On the New tomorrow on her maiden voyage from Genoa. The 29,100-gross-ton vessel will remain in port a week before leaving for home on July 31. York, Seafarer-Gordon Peck, who was the electrician on board the 4" 4* 4" _ Forty-four crewmembers of the 7,346-gross-ton Panamanian freighter vessel, took care of the installation San Mardeno were rescued by a US tanker and an Indian coastal vessel of a TV speaker so that the crewin the choppy waters off Jaifrabad on the Indian coast last week. The* members could get the sound loud San Mardeno sprung a leak after she grounded and sank soon after. and clear, along with the picture. Peck, who is a native of Canada I^oring appeals to leave the doomed ship, Captain C. H. Turner, 55, went down with the ship>.. .Three ships said to have been bought at originally, how makes his home in prices well above the prevailing market price are now in service for the States. He's 29 years old, mar­ the S,oviet Union which, for the past year, has been busily building up ried, and joined the SIU in New its merchant fleet by construction and purchases of available tonnage York City on October 19, 1949. Anpther member of that same all over the world. The three new additions are a six-year-old steam turbine Norwegian freighter of 7,180 deadweight tons and two British Seatrain ship, baker Lewis Riviere, also came in for special mention cargo ships, one of them launched only four months ago. from the crew. They mentioned 4^ 4* 4' • A 10,000-ton "floating exposition" of Turkish products made with that he hadJ}een US aid has arrived at Charleston, SC, after a visit to Miami, and is doing a very fine atiii due to visit Baltimore, Washington and New York. The Turkish job 'as baker, ship'Tarsus is also carrying some 500 representatives of Turkish cul­ putting out cakes tural, social, industrial, business and government activities on its good­ and pastries that will mission... Completion of this year's construction program will give were to the sat­ Western German^ a total of 2.5 million gross registered tons of shi]^ isfaction of the ping in its merchant fleet, bdf official estimates indicate at least an­ entire gang. other million tons are needed to meet the requirements of the German Riviere c e reconomy. tainly has ex­ perience in his 4> t Riviero One of the greatest salvage operations in maritime history is near corner, since he completion, following the refloating of the burned-out liner Empress has been sailing as baker with the of Canada in Liverpool. The ship, which-burned and capsized 17 months Union ever since it was founded. ago had been lying crippled at Gladstone dock while salvage crews He joined the SIU in Boston on worked continually to get her seaworthy again.' She was righted and November 30, 1938, and has been moved to a drydock for final hull repairs recently. The job has cost a Seafarer ever since. The 63-year-old SIU man was a about $1 million to date.. .The 30-vessel fleet of Flota Mercante Grancolombiana will gain foiur more ships next year, when construction is native of the British West Indies completed on them in yards at Hamburg, Germany. The vessels are originally, but now makes his designed for speeds of 14 knots and will be able to carry 5,000 tons of home in New York City and ships cargo each. regularly out of this port. AcflON Buriy Somebody'g Gotta Lose Life Preservers It's been a little over 100 year& that maritime law has required ships to carry life preservers. The first legislation in the Steamboat Act of .\ugust 30, 1852 provided that vessels carrying passengers "shall also be provided with a good life preserver, made of suitable material or float, well adapted to (the purpose, for each and every passenger..' In the years that followed, additional regulations were written speci­ fying the kind of preserver that would be desirable. The Board of Supervising Inspectors specified that shoulder straps be provided for all preservers and subsequently, in 1855, that inflated life preservers are "not reliable that ftom various causes they become in a short time life preservers in name only." Cork Block Favored In 1857 the inspectors condemned tin or other metal for use in pre­ servers because of oxidation damage or fragility. From the outset, the inspectors favored the cork block type pointing out in 1855 that all aboard the Steamer E. K. Cbllins were rescued when the ship burned the previous year on the Detroit River. Accordingly the inspectors recommended that cork filling in the form of blocks>and pieces be used in preservers but that cork dust or cork shavings were not satisfactory. The cork block preserver was the only type used up until 1902, al­ though a number of changes in design were incorjJorated through the years. Then the kapok preserver was introduced and approved, only to have approval withdrawn two years later because it burned easily and lost its buoyancy in storage. Slocum Disaster The General Slocum disaster of 1904 in which 955 lives were lost focused considerable attention on the life preserver problem. Strict inspection of many excursion vessels which followed found that large numbers of preservers had rotted, were not accessibly located or were fastened so that they could not be removed easily. , \ Also discovered was' the fact that a number of preservers were made illegally. Instead of having the required weight of cork block, the preservers were made of compressed. #-anulated cork (in itself illegal) and were weighted down with iron bars to bring them up to minimum weight requirements. The result was that strict regulations were instituted outlawing gran­ ulated cork in any shape or form, and kapok preservers as well. Con­ gress, in turn, enacted legislation calling for a $2,000 maximum fine and up to five years imprisonment for weighting preservers with metal. Standardized testing procedures on new preserveis were set up calling for submerging the test equipment in fresh water for 43 "hours after which the jacket had to support a submerged weight of 20 pounds. The 1915 Seamen's Act, .which was the core of so much beneficial regulation for seamen, combined and spelled out all the regulations and added that jackets should be placed at readily-accessible locations which are plainly indicated. Kapok Restored Kapok came back into use as a preserver material in 1918 when under wartime conditions it demonstrated that softness and pliability were distinct assets, particularly when a man bad to jump overboard. Further, the kapok preserver was reversible and held the wearer up­ right in the water if unconscious. Shipping losses in thd first World War made it apparent that a good preserver should hold an_ unconscious person's face and head out of the water. The British made this a requirement for their ships and subsequently it was adopted by the US. The US regulations specified that the preserver should be made reversible' and the main buoyancy should be under-the shoulders and around the body in such a manner as to hold a person wearing it "In a slightly backward reclining posi­ tion when in an inert or unconscious condition." Subsequently, in 1920 the regulations were further altered to sub­ ject kapok preservers' to shipboard inspection each year. Those which did not pass muster were to be condemned. That same year, the balsa wood preserver came into use. The Vestris disaster of 1928 renewed the controversy over kapok versus cork preservers. Many bodies were found after the sinking wearing cork preservers and floating face downward in the water. There was a demand that kapok preservers be made mandatory. The result was increased use of , high grade kapok types. In 1942, during World War II, the Coast Guard which had taken over the safety function, added the 25 percent additional rule. This provides for an extra 25 percent supply over and above the minimum of one preserver for each person on board, to be stowed on the boat deck. During war years, the wearing of a kapok preserver at all times at sea was recommended. In recent years preservers have been improved considerably through use of mildew-resistant cover materials, glass fiber filler, and periodic inspection and testing of every pi-eserver on board. Additional'experi­ ments and tests are going on to develop further improvements. By Bernard Seaman '^iL yl i •:-^l �SEAFARERS IN THE WAKE gtc-'' ^fe:• . p''f • • -. w M:U. tf' ' A- • • iXt. -. '^k^r 7 LOG Jill# 2S. 1954 MEET THE SEAFARER Because of its extensive occur­ wood, rats often gnawed holes in ROY G. WILT, FWT rence throughout the globe in na the wood and then instinctively Born in Rockingham County, Va., few bucks to spare or had connec­ live form and the ease with which rush^ away ^hen water began to Roy G. Wilt has been sailing' off tions, but not everybody had. It it can be hammered or drawn into pour in to avoid being drowned. Question: Do you prefer coast­ and on for the past 18 years, and certainly was a far cry from the a desired shape, copper was known Mdreover, ifsince the rodents invari­ wise or off-shore runs? (Question for the SIU, since Match of 1946. square way the Union has of hand­ and used even in ancient times ably settled right in the bottom of asked in MobUe hail.) Wilt's first trip was on the Man- ling things now. Wilt says. Alloyed with tin into bronze, it was a vessel to avoid contact with hu­ gore (Ore) out of Baltimore. He .• During the war. Wilt worked for the first metallic compound, so mans, they \vere always the first F. A. Widegreen, eheif st^ard: sailed as wiper and ordinary sea­ a time as a crane operator in a commonly employed before the to know when a ship was begin­ I'm an off-shol-e man, myself. I man down to the Gulf. steel mill near Harrisburg, Pa., days of recorded history that an ning to draw water and would im­ It was nearly his first and last where he has lived for the past 30 never did like extensive period of early civiliza mediately seek a means' of escape those coastwise trip. Lousy foOd, bed bugs, and years. tion is known as the "Bronze Age. "by rushing to the upper decks and But the lure of the sea held and runs where you his first trip at sea made for a The Greeks called it chaikos; the often right over the side. had to be in'and rought beginning for a young fel­ it was not long before he was back sailing in the engine department to Romans named it aes and used it out of port every low of 18. i 4" 4 northern Europe and to North Af­ from early times for making coins, "We had commeal mush or oat­ day. or so. Give The foundation of a permanent rica. Wilt admits there was plenty The Roman supply came chiefly US Navy came 160 years ago when me a long voy­ meal every morning for breakfast of action on both runs, but he with an occasional piece of bacon from the island of Cyprus, in the President Washington, approved age, where thrown in for good measure," Wilt never lost a ship, although the con­ eastern Mediterranean, and to dis­ an act granting the Government have a,chance to says. "I never saw an egg served voys were plagued by submarine tinguish it from other sources, sup' authority to acquire six frigates. get some -rest to the crew, although we knew they raiders. plies of the metal from Cyprus be­ It was decided to construct new and can draw Wilt's last ship was the Wild Were In the chill box and were in­ came known as aes cyprium, and ships instead of buying and patch­ little more money to take home to tended for topside." Ranger (Waterman) which paid off later just cupnim, which eventu­ ing up old ones, and the final de­ the wife. The Union has changed all that in Mobile: He expects to ship out ally led to the present-day word. for good. Wilt says, and it certain­ soon and prefers the northern Eu­ signs provided ships that were fast i 4" t Leroy Gulley, chief cook: I pre­ ly helps to know that you are going ropean runs, especially those that sailers with high maneuverability, t 4. take in Bremen and Bremerhaven, The first ship built in the United yet strong enough to carry ord­ fer off-shore work. When I'm in to be fed well and taken care of Germany. when you start out a voyage now, States to cross the Atlantic Ocean nance which matched or outweigh­ port regularly, I His favorite stop is Bremen he added. is said to have been a pinnace, a ed any craft of equal class that just can't seem where he has. made a number of His first trip was capped with an light sailing vessel built by the they met. First of the six ships to save any additionayncident that might have good friend* that make him at Huguenots at Port Royal, South launched was the Constellation, money. On an ended his sailing days. Since it was' home when he is shoreside. The Carolina^ in 1562. They used it to now the oldest warship in exis­ off-shore run , I his first trip and he wanted to town was about 90 percent leveled return to France in the winter of tence except for Nelson's flagship, draw a larger make some money to show his by bombing raids during the war 1562-63 ... As time went on, wood­ HMS Victory. She continued in ac­ pay check, and folks, he was especially anxious to and is almost a new town now. make good and worked very hard Shipping is busy there and the dryen ship construction made it ob­ tive service until after the Ci^l have a chance to save my spendto get the position and worked docks at Bremerhaven are especial­ vious that to have the building War and now lies at Boston. This even harder when he was aboard. ly activp these days. ships roofed in was a very' great month Congress voted to return in g money- I Wilt is married and makes his Engineer Had Nephew advantage. Although it had been her to Baltimore, where she was guess it's a little in Harrisburg, Pa. He has You can imagine his disgust, home the usual custom in Venice for originally built in 1797, to be main­ hard on the family but they seem three and a daughter. The to expect it of me. when he-arrived back in Baltimore birth ofsons nearly a century, and the Swedes tained as a national shrine. his youngest was occa­ to hear from the chief engineer sion for receiving theson 4f 4' 4^ had found the practice valuable, Welfare De­ 4> 4^ » that the second assistant had a George N. Kasprzyk, electrician: the custom of building ships under partment's maternity benefit which An oddity to many people is the don't have any preference. I'd nephew that wanted to sail. Natur­ was a real help. cover was not introduced in Eng­ fact that the flag of the Secretary just as soon ally, Wilt was out of a job. land until the end of the 18th cen­ of Commerce, head of the US De­ Wilt said he can never fully ex­ The news really threw him. He make a short run had tury. Before that it had been cus­ partment of Commerce, features a given up a good job as a ma­ press how he feels about the nuas a long one. chinist's helper in a steel plant and iherous benefits afforded the Sea­ tomary to build a light roofing over white crest on a field of blue show­ What I look for had banked on making good at this farer under the SIU. His oldest the ends of the ship to protect the ing only two things: a three-mast­ boy, he pointed out, just graduated • is the type ship change of occupation. heels of the forward and after tim­ ed sailing vessel and a lighthouse. I'U be on! and For some reason that escapes from grammar school and will en­ bers while the frame was season­ Founded in 1903 as the Depart­ the men I'll be him now, he returned, and has ter his first year of high school ing. Then, when the ship was ment of Commerce and Labor and working with. been sailing since. Wilt's memo­ shortly. The boy has an interest in launched, the light roofing was re­ split ten years later to provide for mathematics and he has been talk­ There are .good ries of the old days are in sharp ing moved. to him about the SIU's scholar­ separate Department of Labor, contrast to today's conditions. and bad points 4- i t Looking around the hall. Wilt said ship plan. There are plenty of good the Commerce Department is con­ about both coast­ it was sure good to have a comfort­ technical schools near Harrisburg Seafaring people have long be­ cerned with among other things, wise and offshore runs. To me, able place to hire from, secure in and this is certainly an opportun­ lieved that rats never board a ship air and rail transport as well as the knowledge that when your book ity for the boy that he wishes he, that will have an ill-fated voyage, shipping. Yet the flag, obviously they are equal. 4> 4i 4^ gets old enough a job will come up. had. and there is another universal originated at a time when the rail­ Horace G. Sanford, oilen I defi­ Such things as the maternity In the old days a buck or two superstition that rats always de­ roads were certainly operating in sert a sinking ship as though the full swing, gives recognition only nitely like -Offshore work. . Let's handed to the shipping agents benefits, scholarships and the like, helped get a job. If you knew one fought for and gained by the SIU rodents could foresee an impend­ to shipping and coastal port activi­ face it, we have of the key ratings on a ship that for the membership, he concluded, ing disaster. Actually, in the early ties, as symbolized by the light­ to have money to came in, you could get a job also. help spell security for the working live .and on a days, when all ships were made of house. This was only okay if you had the man. nice, long off­ shore voyage I can save the maority of my pay and have a nice bundle to take ACROSS 2. Russian Inland 20. Cape at 42. Persian Gulf President Roosevelt, in a radio the iTbrth coast of Norway, known 1. Narrow Latin home. I -just sea Florida's tip port ' country 3. Washington • 21. Jumps broadcast from his special train at as "suicide alley." 44. What we can't do that 7. SIU member ballplayer 23. Lad sail on 13. 4. Manager Lopez 25. Small: Scot. ' when I'm in a different port every the Marine Corps base in San t 4) 4) 46. Close . rWaterman) 9. Full of sub27. Declares Diego, Calif., accepted his nomina­ 48. Port on Honshu few days. After announcing the loss of the 14. Colony, stance 28. Signal from 49. Duluth ship­ tion, by the'^ Democratic National Island of Saipan, Tokyo geid the W Africa 6. Swiss river 4i . 4> 4i bridge ment 19. Foe of wooden 7. South America; 29. A sighting of 90. Come ashore James M. Foster, bosun: I'll take Convention at Chicago for a fourth Premier Tojo had been succeeded ships Abbr. shore 91. Former Govt, 16. Mariners' 8. Land's either one. I love the sea and like term . . . Admiral William F. Hal- by General Yoshijiro Umezu as 30. Drift agency hobby 9. "Rock of " 31. Prober 32. Compass point to sail. A long sey, Jr., was succeeded as Com­ Chief of Staff of the Japanese 18. Discourage 10. Kind of ship 34. Be in debt 84. Wood sorrel 19. Avenue; Abbr. 11. Island chain in 36. Allow voyage doesn't mander of the South Pacific Allied Army ... Russian forces are within 96. Touchdown: 20. Director N Pacific 39.. Con, <Bs the Slang bother me at all. Forces by Vice Admiral John nine miles of Lwow and within 95 (Isthmian) 12. Near: Dialect water 58., Arrive: Abbr. Newton. miles of Warsaw . . . Adolph Hitler 22. French coin 17. Rip On the other (Puzzle Answer On Page 21) 23. of Whales 4) 4^ was slightly burned and bruised at hand, I like a lit­ 24. Old Roman The Vichy radio announced the his headquarters by a bomb which coin tle fun as much 26. Routes: Ahbr, as the next guy, assassination of Georges Mandel, an assassin, one of a group of Ger­ 28. Sloppy man 30. Kind of and therefore I former French Minister of the In­ man military officers, flung to­ freighter can enjoy a stop terior . . . United States warships ward him at short range. 32. Iowa: Abbr. 33. 12th US in most any port. and carrier aircraft of the Pacific t 4^ 4 • president Allied troOps which landed on Just give me a Fleet blasted again at Japanese39. Betting com­ ship going anywhere and I'm held Guam, shelling and bombing Guam July 19 established beach-' bination 37. Upon enemy gun position and the air­ heads on either side of Port Apra, happy. 38. Jugs field at Orote ... In Italy, Uhited blew up the Japanese defenses and 40. Coins in Japan 4i 4^ 4" 41. Symbol for Wilbur E. Coutan, bosun: Give States troops occupied mountain drove toward a range of hills in the swiftly me a coastwise trip anytime and positions within three and one-half Interior. 43. Compass point 44. What the miles of Leghorn. the shorter the » 4> t • ocean is voyage the better 49. It keeps you 'The city of Philadelphia was vir­ 4^ » » cool I like it. I The master of the William Moul­ tually paralyzed with businesses 47. West African wouldn't say I port trie of Seas Shipping Company's halting operations due to a flare 49. Symbol for get homesick, but Robin Line, manned by a full SIU up strike in Philadelphia's traction illinium I like to get 31. Made of oats crew, was awarded the Russian system. The widespread strike of 83. Horse code home to that Medal for Distinction in Actioii. 6,000 or more employees in th*. symbol sweet wile of 34. The mouth The vessel, ran into a force 8 gale traction system came about after 39. Flexible mine as often as and carried on ai running battle the hiring of eight Negroes to 37. Lighthouse possible. I just with a wolf pack of submarines and make trial runs after a training 30. Han's name Mission don't care for enemy aircraft, destroying eight period. Negotiators burned tha' • DOWN You can call me those long ha.uls, 'eneihy planes and scoring direct midnight oil in efforts to settle the C mouth. a family man.* ' ' Amazon 'hits on at least twelve others near strike as quickly as ppssible. > TEN �WU. . .. July 2S. MS4 SEAFARERS SEAFARERS Jaly 23. 19S4 rare Eievea LOG 'Dig My Ditch' LOO Vol. XVI, Na. 15 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union; Atlantic & Gulf District, -AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600, Cable Addi-ess: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Paul H^L, Seeretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor/'BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor/ DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR. IRWIN SnvACK, AL MASKIN, NORMAN SMITH, Gulf Area Reporter, Bnx MOODY. ISO Foreign Flag Subsidy As every one knows, American maritime has its troubles and one of the reasons is the competition suffered from run­ away flag operators. As a result, the US section of the in­ dustry has had to fight hard for some kind of Government aid so that it can keep its head above water. It's a little astonishing then, that huge billion-dollar cor­ porations like US Steel can get Congress to vote, millions of dollars for their own personal port projects designed to service their giant ore-carriers under the runaway flags. The latest word is that the Senate is considering an $87 million dollar channel improvement project on the Delaware River that for all intents and purposes is solely for the benefit of that one corporation, while the House is set to pass on a similar, but less costly project, for Mobile, harbor, also de­ signed to accommodate these same foreign-flag ore carriers. As far-as-can be determined, US ship operations have little or no nee^ for the 40 to 42 foot channel extensions involved in these expensive projects. As a matter of fact, at one time US Steel was asked by the Army Corp of Engineers to pay half the cost of the Dela­ ware project, anchwas outraged at the thought of paying half its own way. The result is that under the present Delaware bill, the company only has to provide a terminal and transfer facilities at its Fairless^ plant. Of course, every maritime body, the SIU included, is in favor of improving our port facilities. It appears though, that if Congress is beihg so kind to US Steel, the least it could ask is that the company register its ore boat subsidiaries under the US flag. 'Fair and Jnst. ' The unanin\ous decision just handed down by the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court defeating an attempt by Calmar to deny a seaman unemployment bene­ fits represents a major legal victory for the SIU and the men who sail SlU-conitracted ships. This decision, however, is more than simply a legal tri­ umph. The legality of the rules adopted by the membership governing hiring had already been established in a previous court test. What the court did was to emphasize without a shadow of a doubt that the SIU way of doing business is "fair, reasonable and just" and that Calmar had no right whatsoever to deny- a Seafarer unemployment benefits.^ Its been mentioned many times before in the pages of the LOG and at membership meetings that the steamship oper­ ator will not give up trying to find some way, somehow, of cutting corners on the Seafarer. In this case, to keep a Jew dollars in its treasury, the company fought with might and main to keep a Seafarer from collecting money enough to keep him in food and shelter until such time as he caught another ship. That the company was willing, almost anxious, to assure that the Seafarer involved went hungry so that it could collect a rebate, simply reflects an ever-present atti­ tude in the steamship industry. V Seafarers recognize that this attitude still exists. But it will not prevail as long as they maintain a strong Union. Defying The Sea With far greater frequency than we care to see, stories keep appearing in the newspapers regarding men who jeopardize their own lives and the lives of others by their disregard of the nature of the sea. Such a story is the one reported elsewhere in this news­ paper -regarding the five men who left San Francisco in an attempt to drift to Hawaii on a raft. Seafarers, like all professional seagoing men, know that the sea is no plaything. They know that safety at sea demands a knowledge of the sea, and constant vigilance, even while aboard a 1.0,000-ton ship, let alone a raft. There have been men, including members of this Union, who have braved the sea in small boats. But they had sea­ worthy craft, and years of seamanship at their beck and call. Those amateur sailors on the raft symbolize the abysmal ignorance of many shoreside people about the destructive powet-CKE poean waters; . .. . • Magazine Article Boosts SIU lAIG To the Editor: I recently came upon an inter­ esting. article in Nation's Business entitled "Labor Tells Its Story" by Booton Herndon. Mr. Herndon mainly discussed the press in the labor movement and the impor­ tant role it serves for organiza­ tional and other purposes. Being a member of the SIU, I was happy to see that our ownLOG was put in the spotlight by the author. It said, In part: Distribution Problem "The labor paper which probably comes the closest to being all things to all men is the SIU SEA­ FARERS LOG. This paper has seemingly incredible problems of content and distribution. An SIU member might ship out of an east coast port for the near east, for example, and then spend two years on-the Persian Gulf-European run without ever see­ ing an American newspaper. The Union feels it is responsible for getting to this man not only the news of this Un­ ion, but news of his country and n e w s- of the Goncalves worlds "This the LOG does. But after getting all this material in the paper, how will the Union get the paper to the man? In the case of the Persian Gulf tanker, SIU air mails ten copies to the ship at an intermediate port, say Port Said. It also airmails copies to American embassies and consulates and, to overlook no bets, it puts copies in taverns in ports all over the world." Take Notice of SIU... It's wonderful to .know "that the outside press and thus the Ameri­ can public, as well as big business, are taking notice of, and learning what goes on in a union such as the SIU. We should all be proud of this fact and thank those re­ sponsible such as our officials and the LOG staff for a job well done and wish them continued success. I can remember wha^a pleasure it was to get the LOG in a foreign port, particularly if the ship hap­ pened to be in a place where there were no English-language news­ papers available. There always was a fuss about who would be able to get hold-bf the newspaper first and find out what was going on in the Union and in the States generally. To all my past shipmates and friends in the SIU I would like to say that I just got through taking my 16 weeks of -training and am now stationed in Washington, DC, with the 3rd Infantry Regiment, the oldest outfit in the Army prob­ ably better known to you as the Honor Guard. I'm sure anxious tp get out of this Army and go back to the SIU. Oh, well, only nineteen more months to go. Pvt. Antonio Goncalves : Co. B 8rd inf. Reg. Fort Myer,- Va. - AFL printers in New York have chipped in $35,000 to provide a home for Carmine Fanelli, a lino­ type operator who was crippled in World War II. Local 6 of the In­ ternational Typographical Union has broken ground for the new home in Englewood, New Jersey, with ramps instead of stairways, and other special equipment so that Fanelli can get around in his wheelchair. i t New attempts to settle a strike of AFL and CIO lumber workers that has shut down the industry in the Northwest are now underway. The strike has been going on for several weeks in the United States and British Columbia on money matters. Business magazines have indicated that lumber interests are happy-to let the strike run on be­ cause the price of lumber has fall­ en quite a bit ^ in the past year. i i ^ labor troubles recently. Last week, two CIO unions struck the plants and then went back to work as President Eisenhower appoint­ ed a fact-finding board under the Taft-Hartley law. A few da\s later, AFL laborers at Oak Ridge went out on a brief strike at two Oak Ridge construction projects in a dispute with contractors over wage scales. The men returned to work after an appeal from union leaders. A last minute agreement be­ tween Mohawk Airlines and the Airline Pilots Association averted a strike of 73 pilots against the New York State carrier. The agreement provided for substan­ tial wage increases and changes in off-duty scheduling. The settle­ ment covers 73 pilots. 4 3^1 4^ AFL post office unions lost an­ other round in their fight for wage increases, when the House of Rep­ resentatives ' turned. „down a five percent increase for one million postal workers. The bill repre­ sents an agreement between the administration and the Post Office unions. Airline mechanics, members of the International Association of Machinists, AFL, are now taking a national strike ballot. Approxi­ mately '20,000 ground service workers at six major airlines are now voting. The Union has 4 4. charged that airline representa­ New York City's subway system, tives have refused to-negotiate on operated by the New York Transit union demands. Authority, has reached agreement with the CIO Transport Workers A 77-year-old cigar maker from Union on a two year contract. The Joliet, Illinois, estimated recently agreement followed a representa­ that he has turned out four million tion election in which the CIO hand-rolled cigars in 64 years at union won an overwhelming ma­ the trade. Cigar maker Michael jority. It provides for official rec­ A. Glennon has been a member of ognition of the union and wage the Cigar Makers' International increases as well. Previously the since 1893, three years after he authority held that it could not started work as an apprentice in sign labor contracts because it was the trade. a government agency. 4" 4i t 4 4 4 Complaining that the company A strike by 10,000 members of was trying to double the work load Dodge Local 3 of the United Auto­ for oilers in the maintenance de­ mobile Workers, CIO, has idled partment, 4,000 members of the 25,000 additional Chrysler employ­ CIO Packinghouse Workers uKion ees in petroit, due to a shortage have shut down the Ai-mour and of parts caused by plant shut­ Company meat-packing plant in downs. The walkout was called Chicago. The men are members of over the firing last week of two Local 347 of the ..CIO union. A UAW members who refused to per­ union spokesman said that the form new jobs as demanded by load doubling was part of a newly- the company. The other 25,000 established company ineentive workers became directly affected system. by the strike when drivers of inter4> 4> ^ plant trucks, who are members of Atom plants at Oak lUdge. Ten­ the striking local, joined the walk­ nessee, and Paducah, "Kentucky, out, causing parts shortages ia have been having their share of other plants. .5 �Fas* Ttrehm SEAFARERS LOG " JnlyXS. 1984 July 28. 1984 SEAFARERS Pas* Tblrteea LOG < . -.-•j.ft <. It; - • : > ' Vv-:^ 's;:,!'-?;!. V ••. ^ • J,. i ^ .. ' " >r H: US'" THE "k: v ffTS^Pfn) / -\- .' . ? % ''V0 The father oi the stern-wheeler, Jonathan Hull's steam-tugjvas tried out on the Avon in England in 1737. It had a single-acting steam cylinder; a ratchet-gear linked to the piston gave continuous rotation to the stern paddle-wheel -i On July 15, 1783, the Marquis de Jouffroy's paddle steamboat traveled for 15 minutes against the" current of the Saone River in France. The 150-foot boat had two paddlewheels turned by a single horizontal steam-cylinder. k-)T . • •• Patrick Miller's double-hulled paddle-boat, built in Scotland (1787). Five paddlewheels driven by capstans, in tandem between hulls, could be raised out of the water when sails alone were used. The speed was 4.3 knots with 30 men at the capstans. »:r ' In 1788,. a double-hulled boat fitted with a steam engine by Patrick Miller did five knots. The engine had two vertical open-topped cylinders with pistons connected by a system of chain^ and pulleys to drive the single paddle-wheel. The Charlotte jfjundas was tried on the Clyde Canal in 1801. William Symington's 56-foot steamboat had a ten hp engine with a single direct-acting cylinder driving the stern paddle-wheel. It was operated as a tow-boat for a time. • -.rs • •• - Tried out on the French river Doubs in 1802, Desblancs' steamboat had a barge-like hull whose cylinders' horizontal motion was mechanically converted into circular motion. Arranged on chains, the paddle fioats "traveled like the buckets of a dredge. Courtesy, of ••I [BOl PROPRIETORS THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS A SKETCH. Lt4. (REPRODUCED FROM ISSUES DATED MARCH 29. NDi TO JUNE S, tM«) "J. ^ The first commercially-successful steamboat in the US was Robert Fulton's Clermont, Wiuch made a 150-mile voyage up the Hudson to Albany in 32 hours, ou; August 11/ ISO?. In an 1803 exj^riment, a smaller vessel sank immediately^ - i; - Henry Bell's Comet appeared in 1812 and ran out of Glasgow a passenger-freight - steamer until she was wrecked in 1820. The 30-ton, five-knot vesselhad a four hp en«nd four jpaddle-whi^ls^^ Second steamship to cross the Atlantic, the Royal William (1833) made the vOyage from Quebec to Gravesend, England, in 25 days. She followed the American Savan­ nah, which used steam only a short part of the way across in 1819, —f ma �SEAFARERS Pare Fonrteen I?-•'• •*i. '••• Juir ies. 1954 LOG PORTKEPORW......... steer the younger members on a Lake Charles:' We have a large part of the Bull Baltimore: 'Line fleet tied up here due to the true course. longshoremen's strike in Puerto He has sailed at every rating in Rico and that has added quite a the deck department and for quite a number of years has been ship­ few men on the beach here. I: . V-'..Laynps Coming Out ping as bosun. "Shorty," as he is These men are all registered to We had-the Bull Run (MathiasThe sympathies of all the men At long last, I'm glad to report known to his shipmates, has seen at the Union hall are going out go back on their respective ships that shipping has picked up con­ our organization grow from ob­ en) in here for a couple of days to Mrs. R. E. Peck of Green Har­ and will be sent back as soon as siderably and registrations have scurity to its present high rating before she sailed for Argentina, and again we had a hassle with bor, who^ husband died recently the strike is over in Puerto Rico. fallen off. This is largely due to the in the maritime industry. our noble friend. (???), Captain aboard the Robin Trent In Africa. We had one Liberty ship come out fact that we crewed up the Edith, Earl Sheppard RachaU, over OT. We had some Mrs. Peck is the of laj^ip this week, the Transat­ Mae and Carolyn (Bull), and the Baltimore Port Agent trouble with this bird last Febru­ only policewom­ lantic (Pacific Waterways), Ship­ William A. Carruth (Transfuel) and ary and the Union won then. But an in Green Har­ ping should remain good 'for the had quite a few replacements on this time he again' thought he bor and has been coming period as there are quite a the Compass (Compass). Seattle: could get away with it just by say­ on the force for few ships due in and also a couple Even with this spurt in shipping, the past 20 years. more are expected to be pulled out we still have a few more ships ing "That ain't overtime." But he One of her fa­ of layup. finally saw the light and paid thearound here idle and several of We paid off a total of 16 ships vorite diversions OT so he could sign on. Maybe these, we unqlerstand, will be is reading the in the past two weeks, signed 14 crewin^ up within the next two some day this bird will learn to LOG. We are on foreign articles and serviced 16 weeks. Here's hoping this is true. quit disputing good OT, but we I; ^r' still awaiting in-transit ships. The boom in shipping seems to doubt it because his type never \ c :• reek There have been well over 200 have dropped off this past two Payoffs word from the learns. There is a fine crew of SIU men that have shipped in the past Ships paid off were the Beatrice, Robin Line on what ship and what week period and shipping is more men on this ship and they swear two week period. or date her husband will arrive back Evelyn and Show Me Mariner back to normal. At the they will bring her in clean if it This is approxi­ timeless in the States. We are hoping he (Bull); the Seatrain Savannah (Seaof this we do not know is within their power to do so.« mately 100 more of any morereport, ships coming out of will be brought back to Boston so train), the Val Chem (Valentine), Besides the Bull Run, the Coun­ men shipped than layup, but it is very likely that a Mrs. Peck can make arrangements the Bradford Island, Chiwawa and cil Grove (Cities Service) also sail­ in the previous Liberty or two will come out for for having him buried in Massa­ Government Camp (Cities Service); ed for Argentina, and other shipstwo week period. the Transatlantic (Pacific Water­ of lumber for the east coast tailing in here were the Cantigriy, chusetts. Paying off in aorload ways), the Robin Wentley and Rob­ Japan. R. M. Churchill was taken sick Government Camp, Logans Fort, the Port of Balti­ We had no ships pay off during Bradford Island, Winter Hill and while working as cashier on the in Goodfellow (Robin); the Choc­ more in the past this last taw (Waterman), the Steel Flyer two week period. The Lone Jack, all of Cities Service. Evangeline. He got off the ship in two "weeks were Young America (Waterman) was Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and when (Isthmian), the Seatiger (Colonial) Pumpman In Chair the Cubore, Santhe Excello (Excello Corp.). MiUer diverted to Sari Francisco, the New he was brought back to Boston he and At last week's meeting we had tore. Baltore, Ve- York of the west coast. Those ships signing on were the was so ill he had to be taken off Robin Brother J. F. Mapp, chief pump­ nore, Feltore, and Marore (Qre); Tuxford (Robin), the Bar­ We slgqed on the Coe Victory the ship in an ambulance. The bara Fritchie man, in the chair. He hails from Navigation), the Bethcoaster and Aiamar (Cal­ (Victory Carriers), that is we marine hospital ambulance was in the Show Me (Liberty Mississippi and joined the Union mar), the Steel Chemist (Isthmian) Mariner (Bull) and her on "coastwise articles back in the early days. The Re­ Providence so Eastern SS Com­ the Lawrence Victory and the Logans Fort (Cities Serv­ signed (Mississippi). only because the shipping company cording secretary was Brother A. pany ordered a private ambulance In-transit ships were the Sea- ice). said they were not going to store Baker, FWT, and both men did a to take him to the Brighton Marine trains Sign-Ons Louisiana, Texas, New York the ship in Seattle, but would store fine job. Hospital. and Georgia (Seatrain); the Calmar Sign ons were the Cubore, San- her in San Francisco for the voy­ We have no men in the hospital * Besides Churchill, we have J. and Alamar (Calmar); the Steel Penswick, F. Alasavich and J. Chemist and Steel Voyager (Isth­ tore, Venore and Marore (Ore); age. A bit of advice to all con­ here at this time. , Topa Topa - and Fairland cerned: you can't feed a crew on Garello in the marine hospital. For our Seafarer of the Week mian); the Alcoa Partner (Alcoa), the (Waterman), the Edith and Mae promises, therefore, when the we nominate Brother H. J. Abel, Shipping StiU Slow the Southport (South Atlantic) and Shipping here continues to be the Topa Topa, Antinous and Fair- (Buli), the Steel Chemist (Isthmian) "victualer" says he has plenty of better known as "Baltimore Whitand the Logans Fort (Cities Serv­ stores, then, and only after that, ey." He has been a Union member slow. During the last report period isle (Waterman). is the titne to sign, and of course, for a long time, sailing in the deck ice). . ' - we had the Alexandra (Carras) and Claude Simmons don't overlook the linen, washing department, and he says the SIU Royal Oak and Paoli (Cities Serv­ Those in transit were the Alcoa Asst. Sec.-Treasurer ice) paying off and signing on. In Partner and Alcoa Ranger (AlSda), machine and general repairs. benefits its men in so many ways Ships in transit were • the Ra- it is hard to say just what its transit were the Robin Wentley the Chickasaw, Wacosta and Anti­ (Seas Shipping), Antinous and nous (Waterman); the Steel Flyer •phael Semmes (Watermani and the greatest benefit is. Choctaw (Waterman), Steel Flyer (Isthmian), the Portmar (Calmar) Marymar (Calmar). Our noble Karl "Swede" Hell(Isthmian) and The Cabins (Cab­ and the Robin Wentley of Seas ^eattle has had plenty of sun- man went fishing the other "night slHne and the temperature has and reports he caught a tubfull. Seafarers with beefs regard­ ins). Shipping. • been between 60 and 80 degrees. He didn't say a tubfull of what, ing slow payment of monies We had a few beefs on the Alex­ The political scene in Maryland Another reason may be that some due from various operators in andra but these were all settled at the present time is in a turmoil, of the boys are feeding the ponies but we suspect it wasn't fish. back wages and disputed overto the satisfaction of the crew. The particularly on the Democratic §ide, at Longacres. (These few generally ' All is quiet on the labor frorit tim.e should first check wheth­ Evangeline has been running due to the fact,that Mahoney, the ship out pretty quick.). Finally, here at present, but we are on the er they have a proper mailing smoothly without any beefs so far. man who ran in the primaries some of the members have found alerTfor the bosses to start trou­ address on file with the com­ The delegates are "Shorty" Melanagainst Byrd, does not want to second homes for themselves. Sev­ ble now that they have got the pany. SIU headquarters offi­ son, engine; Ollie "Orion Comet" concede defeat, although it is ex­ eral got together and rented a boat "right-to-scab'^ bill passed. cials point out that reports Olson, deck, and W. Grant, stew­ pected Byrd will be ruled the win­ Leroy Clarke on beautiful Lake Washing­ received from several opera­ ard. All of these boys are doing ner. The AFL went all out in sup­ house Lake Charles Port Agent ton and are havini quite a vaca­ tors show checks have been a very good job. porting Byrd and there is no tion. 4^ Luckily, the vacationers are mailed to „ one address while We are finally getting some sun­ question that the great help that a mixed Savannah: lot. I am told they had a beef on the same score is shine after two months of rain and many Seafarers gave in this cam­ quite a port list last week and'had sent from another, thus creat­ hope this good weather will con­ paign was an important 'factor. To pump the bilges. After check­ ing much difficulty in keeping tinue. Real Old Timer ing a bit, it was found to be not accounts straight. Seafarers James Sheehan are urged to use one perma­ Our man of the week, Brother a leak, but the ice box. The ice Boston Port Agent nent address for mail so that John O. Miller, has been a member box is on the port side and need­ 4" t" i Shipping has been fair in this claims can be checked speedi­ of the SIU since 1938. A real old- less to say, it was full of beverages, New York: port during the past two weeks. causing the list. ly and payment made right timer, he has been a credit to the The Southwind and Southland away. Jeff Gillette SIU, not only "in performing his (South Atlantic) paid off and Seattle Port Agent own duties, but in his ability to Signed on, and in transit were the Southport (South Atlantic), Fairport (Waterman) and Seatrains New York can boast of having Louisiana and Georgia. The Sea­ some of the finest weather in the train Georgia called here twice. country for the past few weeks— Men in the marine hospital are no rain and temperatures in the John H. Morris, Leslie F. Swegan. low 80's. Just what the beaches, <3. F. Wilson, A. F. Meadows, R. C. Shipping Figures July race tracks and amusement park REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL Shedd, P. Bland, J. Littleton, W. C. operators dream about. PORT DECK ENGINE STEW. BEG. DECK ^ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Bedgood, J. B. Sellers, C. Slater, The boys on the beach here have Boston L. A. DeWitt, B. Blanchard, J. C. 28 18 13 46 7 5 33 8 certainly been able to enjoy Moore and G. Menendez. New York 181 150 452 81 80 121 63 224 some outside recreation and with Jeff Morrison Philadelphia 31 31 16 14 . 11 9 34* the additional facilities we have Savannah Port Agent Baltimore 87 added in the hall, those who enjoy 61 93 63 211 87 ' 73 252 indoor recreation has found plenty Norfolk 29 11 13 7 11 91 4 24 to occupy their time. They can now Savannah 16 8 t 8 10 32 9 S 24 enjoy shooting pool, playing ahufTampa 11 16 19 46 6 9 7 18 fle board, cards, chess, checkers, Mobile 43 36 38 28 49 123 43 109 reading from a well-stocked library or watching the shows or ball New Orleans 67 65 71 79 107 253 199 V 63 - games in the television theatre. 'Galveston 24 34 32 21 23 . 81 21 74 These facilities are open to the Seattle 39 24 16 14 11 30 41 93 membership from eight o'clock in San Frandsco ....... ¥t '1, the morning until midnight. 46 32 89 27 ' 119 24 86 41 Wilmington ..... 10 6 Shipping for the past two weeks 10 28, 8 • • • e e.*« 8 ' ' has b^n fairly good for all three Total»;^^•• 612 ^ -•374^^' 491 • 457 ;• 1,960 . 419 departments,, but you would not think ro to look in the ball h?re. *Pii>rl shut down by longshoremen's strike. Boston: Lady Cop's Husband Dies On African Run Skipper Deefs Go OT Dal Ha Apis Pays Up . Shipping Improves Nearly 100 Per Cent Doom ApiMars Over As Shipping Slows :' • % MJse Only One Mail Address SoHtb Atlanlic Ships PayOffandSlgaOn ^ Shipping Fair Despite Dnil Line Fieet Laynp A €1 VByfiiDjniitfs n w?rHt%n n n %l/RLY Says: - Jn [ �July 23, 1954 Nfiw Orleans: Pelicans Kick Mcbile's Bears All Over Lei SEAFARERS LOG rag* Fmeea PORT ItEPOKJS of ships coming into Hampton Roads. Although" most of them were under foreign flags, some of them were our own contracted ships and the shipment of men was getting better. Paying off during the last two weeks were the Lawrence Victory (Mississippi) and the Royal Oak (Cities Service). Ships signing on were the Wacosta (Watermanl, the Lawrence Victory (Mississippi) and the Royal Oak (Cities Service). In-transit ships were the Coun­ cil Grove and Logans Fort (Cities Service); Southport (South Atlan­ tic), the Steel Advocate, Steel Rover and Steel Chemist (Isth­ mian); the Wacosta (Waterman) and the Alcoa Ranger and Partner (Alcoa). James A. Bullock, patrolman, re­ ports that oh his weekly visit to the USPHS hospital to pay the sea­ men their weekly welfare benefits, that only one man, Anthony ^caturro, is in the hospital at the present time. ' Philadelphia: Fori Shut Bown With Longshore Lookout signing on the various ships around the area seem to have forgotten that they have delegates aboard the ships to take up their beefs with the patrolman, but instead of that they come individually with their various beefs. A lot of times the patrolman checking on the beefs finds just a little personality complaint among the crew or some­ times against the officers ^ the ship. Personalities are things that we should not be involved with while we are discussing ship's business. You are not only making it hard on your shipmates and delegates, but also on the patrolman who has to settle these beefs. If everyone will cooperate and take their beefs to the ship and department dele­ gates they will present the beefs to the boarding patrolman. Men riding in-transit ships seem to have forgotten the procedure. Men coming into port have quite a few beefs like repairs, and other items that should have been taken care of at the last pay off and sign on. Of course, it is the same old story from the crews, they were busy ^oing home to their wives or families and did not have time to take care of them. The "next thing they know the ship has sajled and the repairs were not done. Most of these in-transit ships do not have officers out here, only an agent who is generally not authorized to spend sums of money for repairs that should have been taken cbre of on the other coast. ' Crew To Blame Most of the negligence has been due to the crew paying off without leaving an adequate repair list for the boarding patrolman or new crews. Therefore, when the ship gets out to sea the new crew does not have all the things done that should have been done. To the old crew leaving the ship, see that an adequate repair list is left to the new crew signing on, check before you sign on and see if you need any repairs. Also see that the work requested has been done. If re­ pairs have not been made, prompt­ ly report same to the boarding pa­ trolman who is to sign on your ves­ sel. He will get the repairs done for you. Oldtimers on the beach include F. Yotto, F. Martinez, W. Kramer, W. Bause, C. McKee, J. Worley, J. Early, W. Harris, C. Newton, F. Kustra, J. Lefko, P. Robertson, P. Cheklin and G. Bane. Men in the marine hospitals in­ clude G. H. Leary, S. Bunda, H. R. Fall, J. Levin, W. Singleton. P. S. Yuzon, C. Neumaier, J. Childs, O. Gustavsen, J. Perreira, V. L. Tarallo, W. Johnson and P. J. St. Marie. With the usual summer dol­ Shipping has been'slow, for the drums having set in, the principal past two we6ks due to the long­ topics of conversation here just shore strike In Puerto Rico which now are shipping, the New Orleans has tied up most of the Bull Line Pelicans, the weather and politics fleet. We are also the victims of a in that order. shut down port due to the local Shipping has picked up some­ employers locking, out the long­ shoremen over the letter's refusal what since our last report and the to work a ship where there was an outlook for the immediate future unsettled beef. The outlook for fu­ indicates it will continue to be fair. ture shipping depends on the out­ As for the Pelicans, they are come of the Puerto Rico longshore even hotter right now than the beef and the local longshore beef. weather. The birds won eight of We are sorry to their last nine games on the road report the fatal and now are only a half game out accident aboard of first place in the Southern As­ the Barbara Fritsociation. chie ("Liberty Over the weekend, tljey swamped Nav.) in which the Mobile Bears to sweep a four Joe Lupton was game series. For some reason, our instantly killed. Mobile brothers seem to have lost Joe, a former of­ Interest in baseball recently. They ficial in the Port don't even want to talk about it. of Norfolk, will Well, Mobile is still in the league, Lupton Ben Rees be sadly missed even though the Bears are in sixth Norfolk Port Agent by his many friends in the SIU. place 16 games Soon after we had received all off pace. 4. i t. the Retails on this accident, and The weather had left the ship, we were notified continues to be Galveston: that anotheT serious accident had hot with the mer­ occured on the same ship when cury hanging be­ Present' Spinney, deck engineer, tween-95 and 100 was knocked into #3 hold. Brother degrees on most Spinney was taken to the Frankdays. An occa­ Shipping has been good here ford Hospital in Philadelphia and sional afternoon shower makes It during the past two weeks, with the next day was visited by repre­ Cope • bearable at night, 79 men shipping out in the three sentatives of the SIU Welfare Serv­ departments. However, the Neva ices Department, who made sure however. West (Bloomfield) went into idle that his family was notified and Quiet Primary also saw that he had enough money A primary election will be held status after she paid off. to take care of anything he might The Alexandra (Carras) and in Louisiana July 27, but from all ^ indications it will be an unusually Fort Hoskins (Cities Service) sign­ want. Here's wishing Brother Spinney ed on, and inquiet election. The-principal races a speedy recovery.' to be decided involve the US Sen­ transit were the A. S. Cardullo ate seat occupied by Senator Allen Southern States Philadelphia Port Agent SS), J. Ellender and the Congressional (Southern office held by Representative Hale Alice Brown i t i • Boggs. Ellender is opposed by (Bloomfield), Del San Francisco: Frank B. Ellis, an attorney, and Santos (Mississip­ Maurice B. Gatlin will oppose Rep­ pi), The Cabins (Cabins), V a 1 resentative Boggs. Among the Seafarers who have Chem (Valentine been in dry dock at the USPHS Tankers), Steel Lee hospital here for extended periods, Navigator (Isth­ Shipping for the Port of San but are now reported to be con­ mian), Paoli and French Creek valescing in good style, are D. Kor- (Cities Service) and Seatrains New Francisco has been fair for the olia, E. E. Brady, S. Cope, A. Qui- Jersey, Savannah, Texas and New past two week period but the out­ look for the future looks poor. nones, L. R. Tickle, William G. York. In the marine hospital are C. Ships paid off were the Madaket Moore and E. Samrock, Hannison DesHotels, and Young America (Waterman) Those recently admitted include Barbosa, P. G. Goodman, C. W. Barnett, J. F. V. Davis and M. P. McDonald. and the Orion Star (Oil Carriers). Sign Ons On the beach are J. Lee,, R. M. McDavitt, R. L. Skinner and J. Ayers, J. Lippincitt, N. Baker, Ships signing on were the Mada­ J. Adams. L. T. Bacon and T. Fields are O. L. Fleet, W. Jones, F. Ryan, S. ket and Jean Lafitte (Waterman) back in the hospital for further Sikes, W. R. Simpson, D. Molina, and the Orion Star (Oil Carriers). Ships in-transit were the Steel treatment after being recently dis­ W. Brightwell, F. Pedraza, B. Luna, M. Plyler, R. Meadows, W. Slade, Maker (Isthmian), the Ocean Ulla charged. G. Bales, J. Glenn, E. Puntillo and (Ocean Trans.), the Marymar (CalPayoffs mar) and the Gateway City, Yaka Ships paid off here in the last P. Rogosch. Tom Banning and Raphael Semmes (Waterman). Keith Alsop two weeks were the Steel Scientist San Francisco Port Agent Lately, crews paying off and Galveston Port Agent (Isthmian), the Del Sud, Del Alba and Del Oro (Mississippi); the DeSoto, Iberville, Citrus Packer and Morning Light (Waterman) and the ^ Ml Alice Brown (Bloomfield). Ships calling in-transit included the Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa Clipper and- Alcoa Pilgrim WILMINGTON. Calif .. 505 Marine Ave. FORT WILLIAM . . 118t& Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 SIU, A&G District Ernest Tilley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 (Alcoa); the Andrew Jackson and 103 Durham St. HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. PORT COLBORNE BALTIMORE . . 14 North Gay St. Ontario Phone: 5591 Steel Rover (Isthmian), the Del Earl Sheppard. Agent SECRETARY-TREASURER Mulberry 4540 TORONTO. OnUriO 272 King St. E. Paul HaU Sud, Del Santos and Del Oro (Mis­ BOSTON 276 State St. EMpire 4-5719 ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS VICTORIA, BC 617V4 Cormorant St. sissippi); the Lafayette (Water­ James Sheeban, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Robert Matthews Joe Algina Empire 4531 Claude Simmons Joe Volpian 2l8t & Mechanic man), the Alice Brown (Bloom- GALVESTON VANCOUVER. BC 565 Hamilton St. William Hall Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 PAific 7824 field), the Lone Jack (Cities Serv­ LAKE CHARLES. U .... 1419 Ryan St. SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6346 SUP Phone 6-5744 ice), the Seatlger -(Colonial) and Leroy Clarke. Agent 20 Elgin St. ...: 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. BAGOTVILLE. Quebec the Seatrains Georgia and Savan­ MOBILE Phone: 545 Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 Phone 5-8777 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. nah (Seatrain). NEW ORLEANS 523 BlenvlUe St. PORTLAND 522 N. W. Everett St. CAnal 7-3202 Lindsey Williams. Agent Beacon 4336 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Lindsey J. WUliams MagnoUa 6112-6113 RICHMOND. CALIF Quebec Phone: 2-7078 257 5th St. New Orleans Port Agent 177 Prince WiUiam St. NEW YORK . 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn Phone 2599 SAINT JOHN NB Phone: 2-5232 HYacinth 9-6600 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. ^ Neva West Is LaU Up, Bui Shipping is Gooll Crews Asked To Take Beefs To Delegales Norfolk: Hamptoii RMds fidls Shipping was slightly better for Ibis past- tw0 week period and liiere winw^ah Increasing number NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. Agent Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. 8. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO .... 450 Harrison St. T, Banning. Agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff. West Coast RepresentaUve PUERTA de TIERRA, PR Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH . 2 Abercorn St. Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE . . 2700 1st Ave. JeB Gillette. Agent Elliott 4334 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. FrankUn St. Ray White. Agent Phone 2-1323 Douglas 2-8363 Great Lakes District 2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 ALPENA 133 W., Fletcher WnjiuNGTON 505 Marine Ave. Phone: 1238W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. Phone: Cleveland 7391 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn CLEVELAND ... 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE STerUng 8-4671 Phone: Main 1-0147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 531 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL ..... 624 St James St. West DULUTH i PLateau 8161 Phone: Melrose 2-4110 3261 E. 83nd St. HALIFAX. NJB... 128U HoUls St SOUTH CHICAGO Phonoi Essex 6-84M . .. i Pbonet 3*911 SEATTLE t Mobile: •i -II' I I _ il Everybody Happy With Relroaefive Pay News Shipping in the port for the past couple of weeks was not good, but kept pretty steady with approxi­ mately 109 men shipped to regular jobs and 87 men shipped to vari­ ous relief jobs in and around the harbor. During this last two week period we had a total of eight pay­ offs, five sign ons and seven ships in-transit. Ships paying off, all in pretty good shape, were the Alcoa Pen­ nant, Puritan, Clipper, Pilgrim and Corsair (Alcoa); -the Monarch of the Sea, Lafayette and Morning Light (Waterman),' Signing on again were the Alcoa Pennant, Puritan, and Pilgrim (Al­ coa); the Andrew Jackson (Isth­ mian) and the Lafayette (Water­ man). Mississippi In-Transits In-transit ships were the DeSoto, Golden City, Iberville and Citrus 1 Packer (Waterman); and the Del Sol, Del Oro and l^el Santos (Mis­ sissippi). Brothers Willie Reynolds and William G. Moore are in the New Orleans marine hospital. Oldtimers on the beach include Charley Long, H. Kirkwood, R. Beswell, F. Kyser, G. Lewis, F. Kouns, C. Trippe, J. Waith, G. Gon­ zales, C. Prevatt, B. Locke and J. Edlund. / Retroactive Pay A report from two of the major companies made the membership on the beach feel a little better. Alcoa said that they would be ready to pay the retroactive wage increase by the first of August and Waterman said that they would be ready by t ht 15th of August. When and how to collect this ret­ roactive pay will be announced in the SEAFARERS LOG. Mobile has one of the Waterman ships presently Pisani held up in San Juan, PR, due to a strike in that area by the longshoremen. Head­ quarters is looking after the inter­ ests of the Union during the course of this strike to see that the mem­ bers and their interests are pro­ tected. 'Duke of Bourbon Street' For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Anthony Pisani who joined the SIU in New York in 1947. He originally hails from New York, but usually ships out of the Gulf in the various engine room ratings. Tony, or the "Duke of Bourbon Street" as he is better known, says he likes this area bet­ ter than New York and that he in­ tends to make his home here. His favorite sport is bowling and walk­ ing and he usually spends about five or six hours a night walking around the town. He is single, but says he lias prospects. — In his opinion, the best of the Welfare Plan benefits is the dis­ ability benefit. Although a young man himself, Tony says it gives him something ID look forward to and the assurance that he will be looked after in the event of dis­ ability. Carl Tanner MobUe Port Agent ^1 �;5S^v'-^'- • \w^ • •.•« *.:'ri7R(;Tii;':;,- , rag* SbcteCB SEAFARERS • •*-••;•.'."'iS;' -'* Jidr 9.t, 1954 LOG France Is Host To Colden City I J |i 1^ V" V- :^r 4- The Golden City (Waterman) on a recent European run again saw many familiar scenes of World War II. Top, left, is a shot of a sunken German transport in the harbor of La Pallice, France. -Top, right, an amphibious landing craft is hoisted aboard the ship. Bottom, left, are (left to right). Sea­ farers Joe Hunt, A1 Arnold, Jim Flanagan and Henry Bilde, of the Golden City. Bottom, right, French workmen prepare cradle on the deck of the ship for the 100-ton landing craft's trip to the States. Moonlight Ship Provisioning Is Calmar's Latest Caper BJTSEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor (Editor's Note: The SEAFARERS LOG photo editor tvill be glad to assist Seafarers with their photo problems. Address any questions to the Photo Editor, c/o the LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn. This includes information on how to operate certain types of cameras, advice on camera purchases, photo-finishing techniques, plus informa­ tion on a variety of camera equipment, such as enlargers, flash guns, etc. Drop the editor a line or if you are around the hall come up to see him.) Ever since Daguerre uncapped the first lens to re<rord successfully a photographic image, scientists have been looking for better and fast­ er film emulsions. For many impatient photographers who expect each emulsion to produce amazing feats of sensitivity over preceding films, progress may be slow. But it's not. In the characteristics where progress should be measured—^greater, shadow detail, unblocked highlights, finer grain structure and tonal range, plus higher emulsion speed—the scientists have done an amazing job. The two newest emulsions just introduced, Kodak Royal Pan Sheet Film and Du Pont Superior Press Film, are important steps in film progress. Both arp rated by the manufacturers at a speed of 200 day­ light and a tungsten rating of 160. Both are designed for the profes­ sional photographer who 4s limited by the relatively slow lens of press cameras as compared with the speed lenses of 35mm cameras. DuPont literature suggests that ratings up to 1000 can be obtained and.^ives methods concerning development for such, high speeds. While Kodak's information contained no such reference to higher ratings, practical tests proved that both films could yield equally amazing results with under-exposed and special development. The most significant feature of both these films is the almost start­ ling refusal to block highlights except under the grossest over-exposure and over-development. This is a key to the possibilities of increased working speq^s with the new emulsions. Negatives exposed with an estimated film speed rating of jlOOO were printable. Under normal ex­ posure conditions both films gave negatives of remarkably good quality with a grajn structure apparently jao greater than films of slower ratings. Jest quality was obtained from fully exposed Superior Press with 16-D and seven minutg development time while five minutes in DK-50 produced best results tinder similar conditions with Royal Pan. Tests made under dark green safelights' showed that one five-gecond inspec­ tion is possible without fog but any exposure to a safelight for longer periods w^ injurious. The manufacturers recommend total darkness, and if you're not used to working under a green safelight it's best to use the time and temperature method. There's no doubt that both Royal" and "Superior" will prove to be valuable additions to those who a.re after maximum speed and good quality. LOG-A-RHYTHM: LifHe Things By M. Dwyer Think of her face when you're Through starry nights or a sunset's far away, ^ glow. Tell her you haven't forgot, Remember, she hasn't forgot,Calmar ships now and then pop up with a new twist in the handling of ship's stores. A thought a day till you're home There'll not be another if you The crew of the Calmar reports the latest one is storing the ship under cover of darkness. to stay. say you love her. At a recent ship's meeting, the crew brought under discussion the topic of stores and Little things mean a lot. Little things mean a lot. the>vay they are handled on the Calmar. During the last after and thus there wasn't any are good or bad and if there is Send her a gift, a card or two, way of knowing what stores were enough. Pretend that you're swell if trip, the stores were brought put on, whether or not there was Calmar's latest after-dark storing you're not. down to the ship by moonlight and enough stores and whether they maneuver, the crew believes, is an And if you should, miss her in they were not checked by the stew- were good or bad. The telephone numbers of attempt to evade the stringent kind dreams you can kiss her. arcTbecause it was nearly midnight all New York headquarters The crew went on record to have of check-ups that these ships have Little things mean a lot. before the stores were safe in the the stores on before they sign on been receiving to make sure~ that phones were changed recently ice box. by the telephone company. All and in the daytime so that the their storing is up to SIU stand­ Long for the day you'll be sail­ Seafarers calling headquarters The ship sailed shortly there­ steward can check and see if they ards. ing back. are asked to use the new num­ Though other arms may embrace bers to get faster service. you. The new headquarters tele­ Yearn for the port you can call phone number is HYacinth your home. 9-6600. For it will never desert you. , New Numbers For Uq, Phones V- lluit Cortiei' vessel is fruit products. If there are 400 tons in the entire shipment, how many tons of canned vegetables are included? (2) Which city is the capital of Australia: (a) Sydney, (b) Canberra, (c) Melbourne, (d) Brisbane? (3) If a Fahrenheit thermometer reads 212°, what does the Centi­ grade thermometer next to it read? (4) Abner Doubleday and the Marquess of ,Queensbury played prom­ inent parts in the early history of two famous sports. With what sport was each of them connected? (5) What is the meaning of the word emolument: (a) fnedicine, (b) celebration, (c) profit, (d) tom^b. (6) Where is the Morro Castle: (a) Rio de Janeiro, (b) Havana, (c) Manila, (d) Madrid? (7) A ship leaves port at noon Tuesday and at the end of 24 hours covers 300 miles. A aecond ship heading in the same direction leaves the same port at 9 PM Tuesday and intercepts the first one .at noon Wednesday. How fast was the second ship going? (8) Which is the most densely populated state in the US:, (a) New Jersey, (b) New York,- (c) Rhode Island, (d) Illinois? (9) In what continenl is Turkey, Europe or Asia? , (10) If you cut 45 yards of cloth into one-yard pieces, and cut one yard a minute, how long will it take? (^qix Answers on Page 20) W: • K''' ft J Colden City Has Near-Miss (1) Twenty-nine percent of a mixed shipment of canned goods on a • Speaking of arriving in the States on a ship without a beef, the crew of the Golden City (Waterman) nearly arrived in the States without any beefs and with­ out a ship. While in the Straits of Dover proceeding towards the English Channel, the Golden City almost collided in the fog with a Greek coastal vessel laying at anchor. The Greek vessel lay at anchor and the Golden City was approach­ ing on her starboard beam when she was spotted Just in time. A hard right was given and then a hard left to keep the stern from swinging into the Greek ship as the Golden City passed the Greek vessel's bow. A miss is as good as a mile though and the Golden fcity headed for Mobile with the crew thanking their lucky stars. ' ~ Top Steward Dept. Poses .'"f"H Three members of the WacoSta's steward department compli-'' mented for their good food are (left to right) Peter Gonzales, Peter Loleaq and the night cook and baker, photo by tuia Ramirez. = _ -J' . '• �m July 23, 1954 SEAFARERS HurriGane Sails Again and Again; Crew Never Knows Where, When The crew of the Hurricane has dedicated the song "Blues in the Night" to the ship as their travels never seem to end. From Mobile to San Pedro to Okinawa to Haiphong. Indo-China, and back to Okinawa and then to Pusan and on to Yokohama and back to Pusan and'on and on and on.-f When they arrive in the where they may go next. Same old "That may be so, but it sure looks land of the Nipponese their stuff, it seems, awaiting the orders like Mother Nature kicked it queries to the military, company agents and MSTS are merely answered with the reply that it is a mystery to them where the Hur­ ricane is headed next. The ship is well named it seems, for it is dif­ ficult to plot the course of a hur­ ricane. The crew is at a loss to dope out their next move. No secret cargo is carried and if they had on board a load of smoked sausage, they could have guessed their destination to be Baltimore, if baked beans, it might be Boston; red beans or rice, perhaps New Orleans; corn, surely Savannah; and last but not least, perhaps a load of grits for Mobile. Lieutenant's Orders However, the ship has not had any of the above categories and yet no one knows why, when or rare sevenieen LOG By Spike Marlin Baseball, fortunately, is one sport in whieh pre-season form doesn't always hold uo. at least not this year. For the first time in six seasons there is a possibility that the American League will have a new titleholder, a welcome development. And there have been a number of other equally startling developments. The big noise this year, of course, is being made by the New York Giants who, at the moment, are snrartly out in front of the pack, with only Brooklyn close enough to make a race of it. The Giants are where they are princi­ pally because of the return of Willie Mays, who is living up to all the adjeetives lavished on Mickey Mantle a few seasons back, and a very profitable trade; the one in which they picked up two pitchers, John Antonelli and Don Liddle, from Milwaukee in return for Bobby Thomson. Antonelli has de­ veloped as the solid man of the Giant staff, living up to his early promise. Typical Brooklyn Team Brooklyn, of course, has fielded a typical Dodger team, good hit, excellent field, shaky pitch. The league's disappointments have been the St. Louis Cardinals, and to a lesser extent, Milwaukee. The Cardinals have been doing amazingly well at the plate, but the complete collapse of their pitching, with Gerry Staley the principal culprit, has mired them in the second division. Milwau­ kee's goose was cooked by the An­ tonelli trade and a broken leg suf­ fered by Thomson in spring train­ ing. In the American League, Cleve­ land has surprised by' showing strength all along, although New York is pressing the Indians hard. The Indians always featured strong pitching. This year they are being helped quite a bit. in that depart­ ment by a resurgent Bob Feller and rookie Don Mossi. The Yan­ kees are, of course, the team to beat, but a tipoff on their chances is that fact that Rizzuto, their key man, is definitely showing signs of wear. For the rest of the league, there is Chicago, an outside chance on hustle and good pitching, and five other clubs who are all battling it out for last place. It's a very weak and unbalanced league that has been further undermined by the astonishing collapse of the Red Sox. This team started the season with s.uch aces as Williams, Good­ man, Kell and Pamell, plus bright young players like Piersall and Sammy White. But it has folded completely under the impact of in­ juries and some very questionable trades. from some second lieutenant. around a bit." Lotus "Wheelchair" Stone has A new wiper was shipped to re­ decided to take a long vacation and place "SJugger" Ott, who headed may even apply to the Welfare for home under doctor's orders. Fund for a pension. If that should The new wiper had been on the fall through, he plans to open an beach so long in Yokohama, he was Oriental crockery and rug business giving his food orders to the messin the deep south. Red House, Jhe man in Japanese. He's doing better man with the platinum choppers, now, he speaks a little English has applied for the manager's job now, and his profanity is picking up. in the said establishment. Everything has been running Cigarettes are now being given smooth as possible on the ship con­ to the crewmembers at the rate sidering the fact that it has been of one carton a week and when more than three months in Asiatic some of the boys protested, they waters and so far no one has gone were informed that they should native yet. Mostiof the brothers are read the papers, wherein some doc­ getting very short financially, tors said that smoking causes cer­ though. tain illness. Holy Cow, now these It seems the captain is really C-2s have started carrying medical tight when it comes to draws and advisors. cigarettes and if he continues as Winter time is still on in Korea he has in the past, quite a few of and from the looks of things no the men will be able to buy that sun has or will shine for some time chicken ranch that all seamen to come. The crew doesn't know dream of, but so few ever see. when, but it hopes to see the. sun The crew sends their thanks for and the States soon, but they are Seafarers who purchase trav­ the receipt of the April LOGS for not taking any bets that it will in elers checks, either through it is the only way and means that the near future. the Union in the ports of New they have of keeping In touch with York and Baltimore or from their union. any other source, are advised Morning Inspection to take advantage of the pro­ Raymond "Corncob" Hodges had tective feature of the checks to go to the Army hospital because by making sure they sign the of an unfortunate accident and checks on the sPot at the time after five days he returned with a they buy them. The safety fea­ tale of woe. The patients were ture of travelers checks calls Are you underweight? Always hungry? Does nothing seem to fill you up until you fear awakened each morning at 5 AM for the purchaser to sign them you are suffering from malnutrition? for inspection. at the time he buys them and Here's sage advice for you if the above symptoms are yours: ship the Chickasaw. We then again when cashing them One merchant seamaa had both to enable a comparison be­ ankles in casts and the medics gave have it from our fat corre-4tween the two signatures as a him a large dose of salts. At last spondent that this ship is a reer, and is well versed in the culi­ aboard the Chickasaw, and before guard against forgeryj theft or report, he had two sprained wrists hamburger bandits paradise. nary art. McPherson is married, you know it you'll be doing setting loss. Failure to sign them at from doing hand springs to the Food on the ship has improved to the father of four children, and up exercises to reduce the pound­ such a degree that the mere men­ makes his home in Mobile, Ala. the time of purchase is a waste head. age after you have sampled some of the protective feature for During the story hour, Oscar tion of the word causes the crew So we say once again, if you are of the delicious chow served by which the check fee is paid, "Easy Money" Lee was telling a to start worrying about their diets feeling run down, grab your bar Brothers McPhferson and Cain, tops according to the SlU Sea bunch of the youngsters how he and the conversation turns to talk bells and set your sights to ship in the hash throwing business. Chest, which sells travelers kept young and healthy. During of the best means of losing weight. Cause of all this waist line bulg­ checks as a service to the the conversation he stated that membership in New York and Father Time had treated his face ing and pleased smiles are Broth­ Baltimore. with care. This provoked Willy ers Renshaw McPherson and Earl Egan, chief electrician, to remark. Cain who hold down the jobs of chief cook and second cook respec­ The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, tively aboard the well-fed Chicka- bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's William Smother's recipe for stewed tomatoes and potatoes, and glazed carrots, as well as A. Moshers' Korean chop suey. That Florida has the longest use the new numbers to get faster Nothing will ever replace mother's cooking it seems, and coastline of any state in the service. this is especially true in cooking for large groups. The indi­ Union? According to the method $1 i 3^ employed by the US Coast and That the custom of wearing viduality and little niceties are impossible. Geodetic Survey, the general coast engagement and wedding rings on However, each cook or^' line of Florida, exclusive of islands, the fourth finger of the left hand baker has something up his and put in a hot oven for about 20 is 1,197 statute- miles—399 on the originated in an ancient belief that sleeve that he can offer that minutes. Atlantic and 798 on the Gulf of a very delicate nerve runs directly A. Mosher, who happens to be a -*• will help. Mexico. from that finger to the heart? William Smothers, 2nd cook, sug­ bosun but has his own ideas on 4" cooking, would like to see more of That as as part of the permanent That it is estimated that there gests a dish that the Korean type of chop suey. record, NY headquarters, as well are from 14 to 18 square feet of he can remem­ Chop some pork up into small as the other ports, maintains com­ skin on the average adult human ber as a boy and cubes and braise them 6n the top plete reports of all committees and body? Of course the surface asrea that smacks of of the stove. officials? On file in headquarters of the Body, which is practically home cooking. and the SIU port offices are" rec­ equivalent to the number of It's a simple Then take a head of lettuce, Chief Cook McPherson (Left) thing. Instead of ords of all reports made in the square feet of skin, varies with chop it fine as and Second Cook Cain study Union. a side dish of sex, age, height and weight of the you would for a menu. stewed tomatoes individual. slaw. Add a stalk i" t 4 That because of' an age-old su­ saw, now engaged in the coastwise prepared in the of celery and one 4i t perstition, many persons will not That there is more copper in the trade and being run on the side as usual manner or two good sized Smothers kill a praying mantis, for the United States five-cent piece, com­ health camp for Seafarers with with bread, he carrots cut very suggests using potato instead. reason that it is holy and bad monly known as the nickel, than extra-heavy appetites. thin i along with luck will befall the one who ex­ there is in the United States oneBrother Cain has been sailing as The potatoes are prepared as one large onion. terminates it? It is also believed cent piece, commonly known as cook and baker for the past 25 whipped mashed potatoes, but are After the pork that this insect bears a charm the penny? > The five-cent piece years and has been an SIU member allowed to be a bit harder and bits have been against evil. contains 75 per cent of copper and since 1943. He is originally from buttered. Then they are added to braised, the vege­ Mosher 25 per cent of nickel, that is, 57.87 Alabama, but now calls Miami his the stewed canned tomatoes with tables are added 4 $ That the present telephone num­ grains of copper and 19.29 grains home. and the whole is simmered in a a little sugar. ber for the NY headquarters is of nickel; while the one-cent piece The Chickasaw's chief cook. Glazed carrots are another one frying pan until soft. Then chopped HYacinth 9-6600? The telephone contains 95 per Cent of copper, 2.5 Brother McPherson, is a relative of William Smothers favorite mushrooms and salt and pepper numbers of all New York head­ per cent of tin and. 2.5 per cent newcomer to the SIU but a wel­ dishes. Just slice carrots length­ are added and the mixture is al­ -•Jl' f. quarters phones were changed by of zinc, that is, 45.6 grains of come one. He joined the SIU in wise as you would French fried lowed to simmer again for about the telephone company. Seafarers copper and 1.4 grains each of tin 1952, having beemin the restaurant potatoes. Place them in a pan and 15 minutes more. Then it is ready calling headquai-ters are asked to 4nd zinc. business before starting liis sea ca- bt-ush them with sugar and butter to serve. Sign Checks Right Awag Crew Raves About Chow On Chiwawa; Recommends Ship To Ambitious Eaters �SEAFARERS Page Eighteee Uses OT Sheet . As Army Pin-Up To the Editor: I just had the pleasure of spend­ ing a three day pass with my brother and the gang on the Ocean Lotte (Ocean Trans.) on Its last trip to Inchon. It sure was a w": relief from this darn Army to eat some good SIU chow again. They, have a darn good gang on the Ocean Lotte with a steward de^ partment that's hard to beat. Anderson Headed by stew­ ard Fred Sullins, and with chief cook Charlie Foster and baker Bud Williams, this stewards de­ partment puts out chow in the typical SIU fashion. I wish to say hello to all my shipmates and tell them to keep on writing. The LOG has been coming right on time and I sure look forward to it ever two weeks. By the way, when aboard the Ocean Lotte I took an OT sheet and now have it for a pin-up. Pfc. Jack Anderson 97th Engr. Co. APO 971 c/o Postmaster San Francisco, Calif. 4- l" t Should Radio In For Rraw Money To the Editor: I think that the Union should make arrangements with the con­ tracted companies that when a captain radio's the estimated time of arrival, he also wires in the amount of money needed for a draw in case Sufficient funds are not aboard. In addition, a draw should be given out at the earliest opportu­ nity for the men that are off watch instead of at 4 PM. We arrived here at Long Beach, Calif., at 6 AM and at 2 PM there was no money yet. We will leave at 8 PM and the captain had prom­ ised us a draw. He' did not radio how much money he wanted (at least the agent had to go back after money LOG July S3. 1954 LETTERS' when he arrived here at 6 AM) and you can guess how the crew feels, especially since we are on oiur way to Saigon, French Indo­ china. I also think that the same thing should be done in the case of for­ eign ports when travelers checks run out and there is no American money aboard. At 2:30 PM the agent finally ar­ rived and said he left the money for the captain aboard the J. B. Waterman. At 3 PM the captain still hadn't shown up. M. McNabb, Jr. 4" 3) 3) Mate Tarns CooU To Save On OT To the Editor: This may be a new record for ships being tight on overtime the deck department of the Cecil N. Bean, in fact, all departments have been talking a'bout the captain, mate and chief engineer being tight on overtime. At about 2 AM on June 29th, the chief mate wished me to do him a favor by cooking for six Koreans, who were working in the ship's holds, some rice. Two hours, minimum overtime was too much to save ship's time and money by keeping them on ship. I finally ggave him, at his suggestion, about three pounds of dry rice to see ' what he was go­ ing to do with it. He later asked for a number 10 Marsh can, two five quart pans and a cover for one of the pans. He asked the gangway watch how to cook rice, etc., and he cooked it in his room for the six Koreans and brought the pans back all cleaned at about 4 AM. I told him that it might cost him two hours overtime anyway, and he has not spoken to me since. Edmund H. Marsh 'The Galleon' Almost every person unfamiliar with ships who sees a model or picture of an oldtime vessel calls it a galleon, probably be­ cause the galleon is the type of vessel most celebrated in litera­ ture. It was primarily a war vessel, and enjoyed its greatest suc­ cess during the 16th and early 17th centuries. One of the dis­ tinctive marks of the galley build was the form of her head. In­ stead of the long projecting forecastle of many of the larger ships of her time, the galleon's forecastle ended at her stem, British Seaman Reeails US Days To the Editor: I have been receiving the SEA­ FARERS LOG for some months now and eagerly look forward to each issue. I am pleased to see the tremendous improvement that has taken place aboard American ships, during the last twenty years. I only wish I could say the same for British ships. I sailed on the old George Washington end the America and numerous other American ships when conditions were really bad. Most of the old timers will remember big Paddy Brennan, Jimmy Taylor and Paddy O'Hare, who sailed in the above named ships as engineers at the time. There were different rates of pay that some ship owners paid, sometimes a difference of $10 a month. Seafaring did not appeal to na­ tive born Americans and most American ships were manned by foreign seamen. I left the US in 1931 and have been sailing in British ships up until 1950 with a few shore spells in between. I have since tried to get back to sea, but to no avail. The National Union of Seamen (most British seamen call it the National Union of Shipowners), has refused to allow me to join the union-and therefore I cannot ship out like many hundreds of other British seamen, whose only crime was trying to improve conditions aboard ship. I think we are the only maritime nation where the 44-hour-week is not in force. Instead, they give you a Sunday at sea. If you have 12 Sundays at sea, 12 days must elapse before a man can make a claim in the labor exchange. This is a great hardship for a married man. I am at present unemployed-and the outlook looks pretty black. I wonder if it is possible to become a member of your great union. This would enable me to get a relief job aboard American ships entering this port and maybe get a chance to ship out. The port of Liverpool has always been a black spot for unemployment and more and more people are becoming unemployed here. I was glad to see the stand you took in behalf of the British sea­ men who were recently sent to prison in Canada because they wanted an increase in wages. The NUS refused to do anything to help these men who are members of the* NUS, so you can see for your­ self what a phony outfit the NUS is. Incidentally, the operation of British ships on the Great Lakes and along the American and Cana­ dian coasts should, I imagine, have a definite effect on American seamen. If shipowners can operate British ships, which are consider­ ably cheaper to run, they will do so. Edward J. Kelly 3J' 3) cerned. The man in question stay­ ed on the ship and changed to the watch he was entitled to. After failing to fire the man in Belle Chasse, La., the chief engi­ neer thought he would make an­ other attempt and he again fired the man while the ship was on its way to Edgewater, NJ, little know­ ing that at that time word of the chief's underhanded tactics had already reached our New York officials.' Before the chief had time to gloat over his second attempt, the beef was again settled by our Un­ ion officials in New York. The engine room delegate wants to thank all the delegates and crew members for their concern and participation in this beef. J. Flannery Ship's delegate 3) 4> 3) Seafarers Like No. Europe Bun To the Editor: Well, here I am writing again to the LOG after completing a trip to the Mediterranean on the Southstar (South Atlantic). We are now bound for London, our first port after leaving Newport News, Va., on June 26 on our regular northern Europe run. We will stop at Bremen, Hamburg, Rotterdam and Antwerp. This sort of trip makes everyone happy although we also had a fine trip last voyage when we hit Casa­ blanca, Algiers, Tunis, Ryika, Pireaus and Leghorn. While in the port of Casa­ blanca, a few of the crew mem­ bers got taken over by the Arabs which isn't at all unusual. Otherwise, we had a fine trip. One of our Eriksen oilers. Tommy Cooper, got married in Rijeku, Yugoslavia, and we wish him all the happiness in the world. The trip was a very pleasant one and everybody was happy upon arrival in Charleston, SC, our first port and payoff port, to learn we were going back on our regular run. We were in London on July 6 and ex­ pect to be back in the States by the middle of August. I have asked before about send­ ing the LOG to my home in Savan­ nah, Ga., but so far I haven't re­ ceived it, so I'm enclosing my address again.. I would also like to obtain a copy of Seafarers in World War. II. Edmund K. W. Eriksen (Ed. note: Your requests are be­ ing taken care of accordingly.) Disabled Man Praises Welfare To the Editor: As you and the membership know, I am receiving the disability benefit for which I am very grate­ ful as it permits me to lead a happy normal life. I wish to thank Walter Siekmann and his assistant, Toby Flynn, for their kind and courteous treatment and at the same time 1 wish to thank all of the office staff of the Welfare Services Department," as they all did their very best'to help me. I once thought that the- only place a person could find sympathy and understanding was in the dic­ tionary, bjit since I have been on pension, I have changed my mind about that. I could never get the sympathy and understanding I get from the welfare board of the SIU anywhere else in the world. The SIU has made great strides since it was located on Stone Street. At^ that time, no one had any idea that the SIU would ever be the best sea­ man's union in the whole world. As the member­ ship knows, their officials are con­ stantly on the Frazer alert to better their conditions regarding wages, overtime, food. living conditions and welfare benefits. So, I wish to say to the member­ ship, just as long as we have the present officials we will continue to be the best seaman's union in the world. I have always been very proud to be a member of the SIU because there is not another seaman's union in the world that *s anywhere near as good as the SIU. Best of luck to all the officials and to the mem­ bership. Burton J. Frazer 3?" 3) 4' Ex-Seafarer Praises SIU To the Editor: - I am a retired member of the SIU and have been receiving the SEAFARERS LOG since my re­ tirement in 1949. I wish to congratulate the SIU on their fine achievements and the victories they have made in the past and I wish them even more success in the future. I am more than confident that the SIU shall set the pace for all labor unions as it has done in the past and maintain the high stand­ ards they haVe gained for their membership. I also wish to have the LOG sent to my new address. Peter Desposito (Ed. note: Your new address has been noted and the LOG will be coming along as usual every two weeks.) Seafarers Relax On Curacao 3) Chief Fires Twiee^ Draws 2 Blanhs (From "The Book of Old Ships" (Doubleday). by Grant and Culver.) while a slim long beak, similar to that of the galley, projected far forward. The transom of the stern was square, the poop nar­ row, and clench work or skids strengthened the sides, although in English ships this feature passed out of use at an early date. The fore and mainmasts were equipped with round tops and car­ ried courses and topsails. Galleons also had one and sometimes two lateen mizzens. To the Editor: The crew of the Seatrain Louis­ iana (Seatrain) went on record at the ship's meeting to have these minutes inserted in the LOG: During the last trip, while the ship was in Belle Chasse, La., the chief engineer saw fit to fire the engine room delegate after the chief engineer denied the delegate the right to change over to a va­ cant watch even though he had seniority enough to do so. A call was sent to the Ne-w Or­ leans hall and Whitey T&nnehiU came on board ship and settled the beef-to the agreement of all con­ Three happy Seafarers enjoying the beach are, left to right, Feliki Jaroclnski. Chino Soso and A^onane Benavidest - . �July 23. 1954 SEAFARERS Greenland Gi Requests LOO To the Editor: I would like very much if you could arrange to have the LOG sent to me. I was an active meniber in the Union from 1944 to 1953 when I got drafted into the army. My book is now retired, but I will be out of the army in Octo­ ber, 1955. I am at present an engineer on a Pickett 65-foot tug up at Narraskak, Greenland. We' plan to be up here until December and the LOG is one way to keep in touch with what is going on in the ship­ ping outfits. Maybe you can send a few back LOGS as I am behind the times. Pvt. Lavaiscia L. Pickett 373rd TPC Det 5 APO 858 c/o Postmaster New York, NY (Ed. note: The LOG is coming your way; you will receive it every two weeks, as published.) 4" 4> 4" Does Set Seafarer Off on Wrong Foot To the Editor: I'd like to add my two cents to the campaign to require accident forms on all SlU ships and to back up my argument with an example of what often times happens to those injured on shipboard. Brother James M. House was in­ jured in a fall from a ladder that was used as a gangway on the Southern Districts (Southern) at San Juan, PR, on the evening of May 28th. The outpatient clinic at USPHS hospital at San Juan diag­ nosed the case as a slight fracture and told Brother House to stay off the foot for a few days. At Paramaribo, House was sent to the agent's doctor (I presume) who told him after x-raying the toot to rest the foot for eight days. House followed the doctor's in­ structions and was back on his feet« again three days before entering Corpus Christi. Arriving in Corpus Christi, House had more x-rays taken which this time, showed a definite fracture. The doctor then ordered him off his feet from three to four weeks. Varied opinions of the doctors PoKT-rme ^ PiSOiARSe/ Fage Nineteen LOG LETTERS' involved probably hindered House's recovery and added to his confusion, so I urge the member­ ship to agree and recommend the idea of accident forms. Walter Browning Ship's deiegate 4" 4' 4" Crew Tahen To The Cleaners To the Editor: I'd like to call to the attention of the rest of the membership an experience I and several others on the Calmar (Calmar) had recently while in the Port of New York. The ship was contacted by one of these sharp-shooting laundry outfits which also does dry-clean­ ing work for ships in Brooklyn and the guy who collected our dirty gear from us was specifically told we didn't have any dry-clean­ ing work for him. As that is a more expensive operation, he was more interested in that anyway. He picked up the clothes and returned them okay, but the big kicker was getting our old dunga­ rees and wbm-Out cotton pants back pressed out like fancy dress pants and with a fancy 65-cent tab on each to boot. Of course, when we reminded this character that we had told him no dry cleaning and didn't intend to spend 65 cents to wash out a pair of pants he just looked at us like we spoke a foreign language and that was that. We got stung all right, but there's no need for others in thesame position to do so. The name of the outfit is Half Moon Valet, 921 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, NY. Watch out for this character next time you're in Brooklyn. John H. McEIroy t 4" 4" Thanks Company For Promptness To the Editor: Many allotment checks have a habit of arriving several days late, but those sent to us from the South Atlantic Steamship Line, Inc. of Savannah, Ga., are happy excep­ tions. We receive our checks almost on the day they are due, via air mail, and we think the company -should be commended for its efficiency and thoughtfulness. Evelynne Slebert SET CREDIT WARD VACAHCW PAY FORALLTIME WORKED ABCARD SHIP VOl/ MUST SET PISCHARSES FOR PORT T/ME . THESE AREOViyGIVEA/ U?CN RBQUFSf. TO SAVE YOURSELF TIME AND TROUBLE LATER. A5K FOR A PORT TIME. DISCHARGE WHENYCU LEAVE A SHIP. .4ir Replacement Beef On Wacosta To the Editor: The time has come when a man ships. It seems that this joker has to be a sort of a sea lawyer to sailed with MSTS, so I told him be a good delegate aboard any one he ought to be used to this lou.sy of our. ships, and it will come as chow by now. Now, this GI won't no surprise to me if most of the To the Editor: It would.please me and I'm sure even give nie the right time of major unions will come out with a a great many others in our Union day. practical course in the necessary as well as other unions if every­ The Army it seems has its share schooling for handling not only one was made aware of the ex­ of boot-kissers and brown-nosers. beefs, complaints and the tricks istence of the place I write to you While I was at Fort Dix, NJ, a that are part of dealing with un­ about. sergeant asked me why I didn't ion labor, but also important tech­ The place is Bond's at 151 Mar­ try for a stripe. I told him, "Sarge, nicalities as well. This is especial­ ket Street here in San Francisco. I came into this army without a ly true when in foreign ports. It is run by a gentleman by the stripe and I won't brown nose to For instance, while aboard the name of Tom Sullivan. He is get one, so I guess I'll leave the Wacosta (Waterman) in Japan, a known to be a gentleman by all way I came in." key man was about to be replaced Well, enough of that for a vvhile. by a Japanese, who^turned out to Seafarers as well as by all others who know him. Any cards or letters sent to me be a better union man than the Tom hag a jar on the bar of his will not only be appreciated, but man he was to replace. He had resfaurant-bar for donations for a I'll try to answer them all, believe sense enough to come down and stew pot and let me tell you, this me. check with me before starting Pvt. Albert M. Pietrowski work. money is used Hq and Hq Co. 1st Bn. The man the Japanese replaced for just that 278th Reg. Combat Team claimed to have been an SIU man purpose. Fort Devens, Mass. When you come a lot longer than myself, although in, you are not if it wasn't for the Japanese, I 4 4 4 never would have known that the asked for a nickel key man had been replaced or or how much what work had been done. money you have As it was, I did not oppose the in your pocket. To the Editor: You are only I would like very much to re­ replacement although it seemed strange to me. asked to sit down ceive the SEAFARERS LOG as I I merely asked .and eat all you am a seaman's wife and I don't the first assistant want. know too much about this kind of if the newcomer To my amazement, I found that life. in my depart­ the girl who waited on me was a , I have only been married to my ment was order­ working nurse who draws no sal­ husband six months and I have ed by him or had ary nor wants any. To top it all found five of them very lonely as his approval. The off, her husband is a captain of my husband is making that Far first assistant act­ a T-2 tanker. Something like this East run aboard the Hurricane ed as though he you don't run into everyday and (Waterman). I find it an awful knew nothing something like this should be more lonesome life, but I have memories Ramirez about the matter to keep me content and a most appreciated. although he admitted in front of The girl's name is Mrs. Penny wonderful husband to wait for. So, please send me the LOG as witnesses that he did not order Murry and her assistant in the cooking and dishwashing depart­ it will help to keep me company the replacement. However, as long ment is a chief engineer named as well as keep me in contact with as another man was there to re­ place him on the job, he gave the Jerry Awlsman. 'There are a few the news of shipping. SIU man the day off. Mrs. John J. Knowles others who I have not met as yet The Japanese, not having been (Ed. note: The LOG trill be but I intend making their ac­ sent to you regularly, 'every two authorized by the first assistant, quaintance. had no business in my department# Gentlemen, we of the SIU look weeks, jrom now on.) and I told him so. Had the first for and-appreciate places like this 4 4 4 assistant authorized or ordered the as it has always been an SIU pol­ Japanese replacement I could do icy to help everybody. When peo­ nothing about it. ple help us, we certainly let them Is this possible? I later was know, so I am asking you to please To the Editor: told by the same SIU man that I print this in the LOG and send Thought I'd drop you a line to was taking the delegate's job too this gentleman copies of the LOG see what you think about an idea seriously and that I stunk to him as a great many of our men stop of mine. because my action stopped his be­ there. On the last couple of trips, I ing replaced by the Japanese sea­ Dave Barry have been thinking of a way to man for that day. I honestly was 4 4) have us put our not too concerned about the mat­ Sea Chest to bet­ ter if the man could prove to me ter use for the he had some official permission menibership. because then it would be out of This can be my hands. To the Editor: If it is okay to replace this man I am writing this letter to ask done by having a without the first assistant's author­ you to send the LOG to me regular­ system worked ization or knowledge, I would like ly now. I am a little short of cash out for men on to see that we have it officially at present but as soon as I am the beach to be printed in our agreement so that •&/ able to send in a donation I'll able to buy any , everyone can benefit from it. I be­ try to send in a donation each of the stuff they Maehel need while lieve that if one man can do it, month. In case some of my former ship­ ashore. I mean a way whefe a man everyone should be able to. I have been told there have been mates are wondering where I am, can buy the same way as he does I signed two years articles with in the majority of stores today. In­ many cases such as this that have good old Uncle Sam in November stallment buying is what I am get­ passed the scrutiny of many Union representatives because no com­ 1953 and I have been in various ting at. This could be done without very plaints were registered topside. camps until they stuck me up much more added work then is be­ I'd like to have some opinions here at Fort Devens; Mass. I can't exactly beef too much as ing done already. A brother could on this, not because I have any­ I am a truck driver (Teamsters buy some of the stuff he needs while thing against the man involved, Union take note), but what a dif­ on the beach, either for himself or but before Hhe matter is forgotten, ference in the pay line. It is cer­ for his home, without having to I would like to know if this is tainly unlike any SIU payoff where buy the things he needs from right or wrong. This would help you walk up to the paymaster and "Mark-It-Up-Double Harry" on the any SIU delegate know where he skipper, give your name and corner. stands if this thing is repeated. Since the Sea Chest buys the Z-number and receive a few hun­ If we accept the few cases when dred bucks after a month's trip. better brands, I think this would the officers approve of these prac­ Here you have to walk up and work out fine. I think a few para­ tices for the benefit of one or two salute these 90-day wonders, give graphs in the LOG would help bat members, it is easily seen that this your name and serial number and this idea around the halls to see if situation would get out of hand. pick up a lousy 80 or 85 bucks. the membership would approve There has always been some non­ Since I joined this non-union such a setup. I also think that the union practices going on with outfit, I have bumped into several brothers should set a limit on the favoritisfh at play, but we have NMU has-beens and they were amount of credit which can be always been fighting just this type glad to see an SIU man suffering given at one time. of thing. along with them. I hope you can print a couple of Let's hear some other opinions I have been shifted around so lines on this subject as I think it on this subject. much, I don't even unpack my is a sound idea for furthering the Luis A. Ramirez duffle bags. I know when I do, Sea Chest service to the member­ VEd. note: As a general policy, ^ . they'll decide I am needed .else­ ship. time off should not be taken with- ' ' ' where. M. A. "MlkeV Maehel out approval beforehand of a de­ The other day I heard « GI (Ed. note: This problem is now partment head, and replacements, beefing about the chow. I told him under consideration, because of. if any, should be ordered through a union hoR.) I'd aeoa better chow too. ea SIU many requests.) Seafarer Finds A Sailor^s Rest Wife Lonesome^ Wants LOG Sent Urges Credit Buying Setup Ohi This Is The Army9 Mr, Jones �SEAFAkERS rac« Twen^ k . July S3,1954 LOG ^.. DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... /I r Cups should be put back In pantry after being used. Ship's delegate to see chief engineer about hot water situation and fixing coffee urn. Library books to be put back in recreation room after being read. rather than th* customary two. Motion carried not to dispose of television set in case the ship is inactive and crew is laid off. Steward department to keep recreation room clean. Deck department and engine departments to keep laundry room clean. June 13—Chairman, Vic Cover; Secre­ tary, A. Veyeuotskl. Vote of thanks to the men who instsdied television. Steward to check fruit when it is brought aboard. Ship's delegate has extra key for laundry in case one is lost. Arrival pool to be held twice a trip. Letter sent to head­ quarters regarding possiblity of men be­ ing excused from Philadetphia to Balti­ more shift. ared tl the stores, and he checked the list and it seemed all right. Steward said that he could not take the responsibility of throwing the eggs over the side. The chair then stated that he would throw them over and take the responsibility, CHOCTAW (Watermen), June 3t—Chair­ and that this was the lousiest feeding man, Pat Robinson; Secretary, J. SImlnFORT HOSKINS (CltKi Service), June ship he had ever been on. At this point, son. Ship's delegate reported ail beefs 19—Chairman, Malcolm Louney; Secre­ there were so many people talking that settled in San Francisco. Repair lists tary, M. Cllllipie. Motion made and car­ the secretary reminded the chair that it discussed. Vote of thanks given the ried for the foUowing: Submission of re­ was about time to return to proper busi­ steward department for good chow and pair lists to Include, request extra fans ness. The meeting was adjourned. service. in foc'sles, check medicine chest con­ June 20—Chairman,. C. O. Stroud; Sec­ CHILORE (Ore), June •—Chairmen, P. tents, see that slop chest is adequately retary, G. V. Thobe. G. Thobe was elected ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), June 13— Pritx; Secretary, O. Stone. Motion made stocked, enough cots to accommodate ship's delegate. There is no hot water that Wiliie Frank Coppage and Joseph L. Chairman, C. Parker; Secretary, M. Simon. crew, mil situation to be discussed with in the 12-4 deck foc'sle. Suggestion was Redd, steward department men, be rec­ patrolman in Lake Charles. AU crewmemmade to try to get some cots in Gal­ ommended to the agent and patrolman bers should. obtain proper medicinal OREMAR (Calmar), May 3S—Chairman, veston. In Baltimore for permits. Both these shots before leaving the states. The Elmer C, Barnhlll; Secretary, R. Martini, July S—Chairman, R, Hasklns; Sacrawashing machine needs new agitator and new washing machine should be wringer needs repairing. Discussion was The taken care of. Crew asked to turn in undertaken by ship's delegate, bookmen right after knocking off to avoid and other brothers stressing the impor­ overtime tance and continued value of regular beefs. Juna 13—Chairman, Elmer C. Barnhlll; One man missed ship in Port of Balti­ ship's union meetings. Secretary, R. Martini. Ship's delegate more. Ship's delegate having trouble will see the chief engineer about heavy SEAMONITOR (Excelsior), May 39— valve with the mate to see patrolman in Puerto Chairman, for washing machine. There is too Carl C, Lawson; Secretary, S. men shipped through the hall. They do Rico. All hands asked to wear shirts into ZygarowskI Zygle. Needed repairs were much noise in the passageway. Steward their work properly and conduct them­ messhail at' ail times. Suggestion made not taken care of in port. Cooks wiU put department given a vote of thanks for tsry, C. V. Thobe. AU repairs have been taken care of, and this is a pretty good selves in a proper Union manner. Laun­ to see inspector about station bills. out more night lunch. Crew was asked to the food served. trip. Pumpman asked if we could get a dry should be kept clean. Request the put coffee cups back in sink after they better grade of ketchup and have less CUBORE JOre), June 13—Chairman, Union for a new Sea Chest library FELTORE—(Ore), June 1(—Chairman, get through with them. Ship's delegate R. Colyer; Sacratary, W, Cain. Recreation grease on the eggs. Chair suggested more aboard. Discussion on starting ship's Bill spoke about SIU slop chest and read the Sharp; Secretary, Frank Pagane. Mo­ room to be cleaned up after all night variety in the menu. One man wanted fund. Leonard A. March and Richard made to see patrolman about insuf­ letter from union headquarters. Unauthor­ poker games. Crew asked to be more more buttermilk. Electrician was told by Foust both Union members were picked tion ized persons are to be kept out of the careful and not overload washing ma­ men who repaired ice box that it was ficient food supply and keys for foc'sles. up in the Panama . Canal and brought messroom and crew foc'sles. The deck back to Baltimore as workaways. Ihey More cups should be put in night mess. gang and the engine gang will do the chine. Steward department given unani­ not worth fixing any more. After a gen­ eral discussion on the South American want to thank the members of the wash room every other week and the mous vote of thanks lor good preparation stores, the steward was asked to see the Chiiore for their cooperation, cigarettes, steward department will do the spare of food. patrolman about having some of this etc. room every week. BALTORE (Ore), Juna 31—Chairman, stuff replaced with Stateside supplies. Washing machine in the black gang show­ TRANSATLANTIC (Pacific Waterways), WINTER HILL (Cities Service), June 3« Charles Kellogg; Secretary, George Prota. er will be used for working gear and the Discussion concerning starting a ship's June 24—Chairman, George Hays; Secre­ —Chairman, F. Adklns; Secretary, Dan fund to buy a radio for the crew's recre­ machine in the steward's shower for tary, Dargan O. Coker. The crew was Sheehan. Ship's delegate reported no room. I. W. Tanner was appointed whites. Pumpman complained about the asked to take better care of the present beefs pending and would like to resign ation take up a collection of SI per man un- cold drinks not being cold enough. Ho toaster due to the fact it had been rough and elect a new delegate to keep on the to tU it is paid off. This ship stUl hasn't had told the steward to put more Ice in them. ly used and it had Just been repaired. Job. Jess Gindhart elected new. ship's The chair reminded him that he brought Requests were made for better ventila­ delegate. Chief cook spoke on ship's any success in obtaining a ship's library. the ice up himself, and It was enough, tion in the steward department toilets. fund, building it up and reported $20 in •nie complainer's reply: "Yeah, it is MAE (Bull), June 30—Chairman, Wil­ There should be a fan placed in the the fund at present. Suggestion made to Morris; Secretary, R. M. Hammond. enough ice in, but it is not cold enough." laundry. Repairs are to be noted and have a delegate take up collection of SI liam Someone should invent colder ice. All beefs have been squared away. There lists are to be made and given to the per man for same. is 035.64 in the ship's fund. Five deck proper authorities. Thanks was given to (Continued from page 3) ROBIN WENTLEY (Seas Shipping), June the sanitary men who are keeping the WESTERN TRADER (Western Navlga- chairs to be bought out of ship's fund. laundry clean, but the crew was re­ request that its appeal be heard, tien). May 30—Chairman, C. P. Aycock; Lower passageway screen doors to be re- 37—Chairman, John Nash; Secretary, W. J, Walsh. Ship's Ubrary wUl be turned quested to help concerning this matter. and the Court of Appeals could Secretary, L. W. Pepper. G. D. Sims over to the ship's delegate for distribu­ Words of appreciation were given to the elected ship's delegate. Discussion about tion. Ship's delegate wiU contact the steward department for the preparation deny the request. If there was a crew ice box. Some of the heavy ciga­ chief mate about having security racks and, serving of the food. The steward is rette smokers asked the ship's delegate made for the crew and PO mess, to keep to take charge of the slop chest for the split decision, the appeal would be to see the captain about getting extra condiments in place during rough weath­ ne.xt voyage. He is to inquire at the New automatically accepted on the com- cigarettes to tide them over while in the er. If chips is too busy, they wiU be York office concerning this matter. port of Otaru, Japan. The crew messman parTy's request. made by^ the shoreside carpenter. One said that he would take care of the rec­ man paid off in Capetown. If the com­ reation room if he would be given the THE CABINS (Mathlasen), June 17— paired or replaced. Ship's delegate is to Company Challenged Claim overtime sougeeing same. The washing see the captain about the painting of pany exterminator is too buiiy to service Chairman, J. R. Mesres; Secretary, J. the ship, the scow should be fumigated. The case began several months machine should be secured to the deck rooms and passageways. There are still There Shorten. Motion made that each man do­ was no service on the last voyage nate S2 to start a ship's fund; motion ago when the permitman in ques­ to keep from sliding around. a few of the crew that are a little lax on in any port on the Atlantic seaboard. June 19—Chairman, C. F. Aycock; Sec­ takirg chances on the arrival pool and it carried. A steam iron will be purchased retary, L. W. Pepper. Vermin was found seems they are the first ones in the mess Locks on doors are to be fixed so they tion applied for unemployment in­ in galley while at sea and a request was hall every night to watch the teiovision can be locked in overseas ports. surance. The company challenged made for the ship to be fumigated when pi (grams. These members were asked to it arrives in U. S. port. A motion was give a donation to help meet expenses. his claim, but the unemployment made YORKMAR (Calmer), July $—Chairman, the steward that if he did not Karl Chrlslansen; Secretary, S. WImpler. insurance referee found that he make by another trip the new steward be YORKMAR (Calmar), June 37—Chair­ Captain was given the brand name and informed about checking his stores be­ man, A. Lutey; Secretary, C. Boguckl. number of the washing machine, to get was entitled to payment in New fore signing on again, and if not satisfied John Jeliette elected ship's delegate and spare parts in Long Beach. If this is not York State because the regulations to contact the SIU agent. Engineers seem he asked that ail beefs first be referred done, agent will be contacted in San very lax in their duties concerning re­ to the department delegate and if not Francisco for immediate action when wo specify that a man should not be pairs the extent that most Jobs were settled then be brought to the ship's get there. Deck engineer has the dope penalized for abiding by union done to in a school-boy manner. It was delegate. New agitator needed on the on the electrical work being done by top­ suggested the officers of the deck washing' machine. Ventilator mushrooms side and will contact the Long Beach rules with respect to taking jobs. and enginethat department be informed to need to be loosened. (Continued from page 3) ^ agent. Captain has keys for crew foc'sles: Calmar appealed the case to the stop doing crewmembers work. Each delS.50 deposit is required. There is enough pany-owned ships. Payments on Unemployment Insurance Appeals MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Carriers), meat*for the usual length trip on hand. June 20—Chairman, Clarx; Secretary, Bill Steward is making requisitions for wet Government-owned ships will be Board and lost. Then they went to Stark. Brother Clark reported that re­ and dry stores needed. Mushrooms men­ made at a later date. The company the Appellate Division and lost pairs will be made and painting of en­ tioned at the last meeting have been gine quarters was okayed and will be opened. Wash basin faucets in the stew­ requests that Seafarers send for there. Finally, the company ap­ done this trip. Steward asked that men ard department have been repaired, as applications to its New Orleans pealed to the highest court, which be careful with linen this trip as there requested. There is $94.20 in the ship's was too large a shortage in inventory fund, from the raffle, and $23 from the office, in the Hibernia Bank Build­ said that a determination would last trip. Brothers a.shcd to dress prop last trip. Locker in 4-8 foc'sle will prob­ egate will explain to the patrolman the erly ing. ably not be finished. Linen and cots in messroom. have to be made back at the low­ of cooperation by (he deck and en­ should be taken off deck before reaching Other companies that will start est level, whether the permit sys­ lack gine department heads. A vote of thanks BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service). Long Beach. Iron and ironing board will making payments on or about the tem was reasonable and fair, and was given to the steward department for June 18—Chairman, Thomas Cummlngs; be bought. Secretary, Vincent L. Ratcllff. Ship's first of the month are Alcoa whether the 60-day rule was rea­ very fine service and good chow. AMERSEA (Amerocesn), July 7—Chair­ STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), Juna 30— delegate reported that request was made Steamship Company, Calmar sonable and fair. Chairman, Charles Bush; Secretary, to tiie port steward to have the recrea­ man, Al Kassen; Saerelary, George Steamship Company and the Ore tion room fixed up. Doors should not be FInkles. Both the gashounds are to stop, Charles Heppdolng. Motion made and slammed in.the engine room, so men and will be given one more chance. Jack •fhe result was a brand new carried to have chief engineer have re­ Steamship Company. August 15 is sleeping wiif not be disturbed. Fan re­ Curlew was elected ship's delegate by ac­ pairs made In the galley and if these re­ hearing before the Unemployment the target date for the start of pairs aren't taken care of the ship's dele­ moved from the 8-12 engine foc'sle should clamation. Washing machine should be be replaced. All fans should be checked given a good overhauling and some spare payments by Waterman and Bloom- Insurance Appeals Board at which gate will see the captain about same. and repaired. There is $19 in the ship's parts ordered for emergencies. Crew is On arrival in New York ship's delegate statistics were introduced by the field. Robin Lines is aiming at a very much pleased with the steward and and department delegates will go to head­ fund. September 1 date for its retroac­ Union to show the variations in quarters with a view of having someone SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Ssatrsln), his department. Ship's delegate will call for the library and the steward has or­ employment in the industry which represent the SIU members on the beach June 13—Chairman, Dan Robinson; Sec­ dered tive payrolls. cots. in Honolulu. Steward wiU see about hav­ Reports on other SIU companies made the permit rules necessary. ing the benches in the mess hall paded. retary, A. Wllburn. One black gang beef was taken care of by Union officials in Washing machine is in bad shape and SEAMAR (Calmer), May 33—Chairman, will be forthcoming as soon as As a result, the Unemployment In­ crew needs a new one. Several arrival no time at all. There is $190 now in the W. Sibley; Secratary, N. Maffle. There ie ship's fund. headquarters receives notification surance Appeals Board found that pools to be made for the purpose of buy­ $23 in the ship's fund. John Sullivan wae the Union rules to be fair and rea­ ing a television set for the unlicensed VAL CHEM (Valentine), June 7—Chair­ elected ship's delegate. Chief engineer from them. personnel. was thanked for his special help on re­ sonable. man, not listed; Secretary, Richard V. pair matters. Recommendation was made Gelling. Comment was made on the im­ STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), May 29— Unwilling to concede, the comto see if the Union could extend the Wel­ Philip Rubis was fare Chairman, Aussie Shrlmpton/ Sacratary, provement in food. to help men financially as they ! pany again appealed the case to Charlas J. Hartman. Ship's delegate re­ elected ship's delegate. Vote of thanks leaveFlan the hospital. Cleanliness should be and confidence went to the baker, R. I the Appellate Division, this time ported a sum of $61 in the ship's fund. Geilino. He stated that, as steward dele­ maintained in passageways and messhail. made that the ship be fumi­ Men were asked to be careful of cots. testing the fairness of the permit Suggestion gated for rats when ship returns to New gate, he wanted to know any beefs about Hole in a new mattress was brought te the food, instead of beefs being kept a the steward's attention. system. The result was that the York. Juna 7—Chairman, Aussia Shrlmpton; secret until it was too late. He also said 4-^halrman, W. Sibley; Secretary, court held that the permit system Sacratary, Charlas J. Hartman, Meeting he would try and take care of special N.July Maffle. There is $20.60 in the ship's The. man who bought the cards is, in fact, fair, reasonable and called at the suggestion of the New Or­ requests. One man missed ship in Panama. union patrolman in order to make last trip will be I-eimbursed from the fund. (Continued from page 3) His gear was checked and sent on to the just, and further held that the per­ leans public aU the facts of the bosun being ship's fund. There is a total of $146 in proper authorities. Matter of fresh stores the ship's fund. The plaque has been B., both of this city, as well as two mit system in no way violated the fired in New Orleans. Vote of thanks ex­ purchased and sent on its way. was explained. Steward was thanked for tended to Charlie Tannerhill, New Or­ his efforts in this matter. Ship's fund will sisters, Mrs. Charles Hanning, New Taft-Hartley law. leans patrolman, for his handling of the SEATIGER (Colonial); June $—Chair­ be turned over to the Baltimore agent for Orleans, and Mrs. Alvin Blount, The SIU A&G District was rep­ beef in general. Delegates to make sure man, safekeeping if the ship is laid up. Mo­ D, Dickson; Secretary, G. Thobe. uncompleted repairs are taken care resented by General Counsel Sey­ that tion was passed to renew the crew's de­ Oakland, Calif. of in New York before is-ling on the O. Dickson was elected ship's delegate. mand for Seafarer slopchest, and to com­ Chairman said there was a lot of things new voyage. At Tuesday night's Ralph Dupas- mour W, Miller, pare Seafarers' prices with the ship's cur­ to be straightened out on this ship, such June 27—Chairman, W. MHehell; Sec­ slopchest prices. Vote of confidence Armand Savoie fight at municipal ratary, Charles Hartman. Suggestion that as, why isn't there some other ketchup rent went to the steward, his department and all delegates rewrite their department in the messroom and why isn't there any especially auditorium here, attended by 5,000 the baker for a Job well done. repair lists as they now stand. $80 re­ American meat aboard the ship. Stew New garbage cait is needed for the pan­ persons, the crowd stood in a mo­ ported in the ship's fund. Motion made and veal were lousy. Steward said he try. Repair lists be made out in and carried that each member write to Just Joined the ship and there were only advance. Special should ment of silence in tribute to Moon, went to the tlie union slop chest advocating that about 60 pounds of veal aboard from captain for going to thanks bat to get stores that In announcing Moon's death, South America. Chairman asked the stew­ credit be granted to dependents of sea­ With Congress now in ses­ men and their families while they are ard to tthrow some of the South Ameri­ were needed for the return trip at VanDuke Durel, official announcer, sion, Seafarers are urged to serving on board ships. Su.qgestion made can stores overboard, but the . steward couveur . said, "Moon Kouns, a boy who al­ that permit men who wish to apply for said he was not authorized to do' so, and keep on writing their Senators Electrician reported that GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service), books do so in writing to headquarters. would not. ways gave his best in many a pier and Representatives in favor A working arrangement ghoul 1 be made thefe was only one spare fan abokrd, and April 8—Chairman, Thomas T, NIeholsf six brawl, to the delight of the . of retaining the US Public Secretary, Eitel Robertsen, Getting a new by all bands whereby aU unauthorized that one was DC. June ls;-Chalrman, D, Dickson; Secre­ washing machine was discussed, as the persons are kept out of all crew quarters fans, and who never in his fighting Health Service hospitals. The and messhalls while the ship's in ports. tary, O, Thobe, Ship's delegate reported old one is getting troubleebme. Motion career went down for the count, that there were two logs, which he hopes was passed to raffie off the whole TV set flow of mail has been heavy INES (Bull), May 3$—Chairman, W, B. .will he, lifted in port. He personally has and (ise the proceeds to purchase a radio has been given the final count by up to now, but from now on. in Saylors; Secretary, H. . R, - Long. Ship's not seen the eap.tain, but heard that he and record player. Ship's delegate wee thd great referee, God bless ypu, - is the time that : it really delegate reported $378 in ship's fund and is a good, then to stay away from. Engine aske<| to see If he can get the messhail all Is. well. Repair lists to..De- turned in didegate ordered three toilet seat's and painted; There have been several comMoon. - You will never be for­ • counts, • t . . by each department.' Motion made and three toilet paper rollers. Other. items gotten." carried to have en* aaeetlng per payoC wlU be l^t on the repair Hit, iteward LONI JACK (CItIti Itrvlc*), Jun» •— ehalrman, Jamat A. Phillips; Secratary, Edward S. Cravlln. Engineer wiU begin to work on repair list on the trip south. $18.12 reported in the ship's treasury. Motion made and carried that sougeeing in gaUey, steward department and living quarters be done and disinfected. Sug­ gestion that fantaU be washed down more Often and that sanitary work be done properly. Library be requested in next port. in Norfolk. Repair lists to be made out by department delegates and turned in before arrival in ptfrt. After present soap powder is used up captain has agreed to order some of a better quality. •lie a Union Wins Fight For Jobless Pay Go's Readying Back Payments 'Moon' Kouns Dies Af 42 Keep Those Letters Coming .(ConUnued on page 2i) �"c.-sr^sm i W::July 23, 1954 SEAFARERS VOG Psc* Twenty-one ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... (Continued from page 20) as he didnt like the ship or the officers aboard. June 10—Chairman, nons; Secrefary, none. Night cook and baker was reported to have failed to perform his duties in Pusan, Korea. He failed to Join the ship and it sailed shorthanded. June 30—Chairman, Brown; Secretary, M. E. Pappadakls. The ship's fund was disposed of to the satisfaction of all. The food situation was discussed at the meet­ ing and it was decided to report the mat­ ter to the Union agent at the port of The department delegates are to STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), July 4— payoff. draw up a list of all repairs and hand Chairman, E. 6. Tasko; Sacratary, T. H. same to the patrolman. Cordon. Two electric fans were lost or taken from the electrician's room. Mem­ COE VICTORY Carriers), June bership Is to cooperate about aerials for 30—Chairman, J.(Victory Johnson; Secretary, radios. Crew messman promised to im­ George B. Dunn. Deck delegate reported prove his Work. Captain will be con­ that mate had work done by shore gang tacted about draws in foreign ports, in. Korea. He has kept a list of this work which should either be in US currency or and will check the patrolman in travelers' checks. Patrolman will be con­ Seattle. The shipwith needsi fumigating. Port tacted about stores. Members should re­ hole screens requested.' New cots should place the top of the washing machine and ordered as summer is here. Fresh make sure that it is clean, after use. Ma­ be chine should be run for only 20 minutes water tanks should be inspected and at a time. Machine needs a new hose. cleaned. Automatic, Shut-off was suggested. Lava DEL SANTOS (Mississippi), June 30— soap will ° replace present pumice soap. Ed Delaney; Secretary, B. E. More fresh milk is to be ordered for the Chairman, Phillips. Disputed overtime reported on passengers. Canned fruit juice is to be delayed sailing Paranagua. Change left out for members who miss breakfast. brand of beer atatnext shrimp party. All . Potato machine is to be removed. More of those who have not received checks fish was suggested for meals. Delegates from the Mississippi Shipping Company will check steward's requisition. on back wages were asked to sign on plalnta about poor chow terved aboard this ship. May 31—Chairman, 6. O. Nichols; Seeratary, E. Robertson. Brother McLaugh­ lin was elected delegate: Brother Prlmeaux, ship's treasurer. There have been complaints on the milk received in Lake Charles. It soured before we had been at sea two days. Ship's delegate asked the men to report any Items that should CO on the repair list. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), June 3B —Chairman, R. Hunt; Sacratary, T. Stevanson.' Suggestion, was made that the Union send more LOGs to ships in for­ eign ports, so that we may know more about Union activities bac khome. There is a balance of $40.20 in the ship's fund. ROBIN TUXFORD (Saas Shipping), Juna IS—Chairman, Elbert N. Monahan; Secre­ tary, yyaltar Marcus. Repair list will be turned over to boarding patrolman in . New York. Night cook and baker will be given $35.25 from the ship's fund to get the record player repaired and get some new records. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), June 30— Chairman, J; Hanmer; Secretary, M. Masek. Steward delegate reported a beef* about pantry man being fired and had to pay $34 for being off on the day. Wind chute to be given to rooms since they are on board. Delegate to see about the mate standing behind men while they work. Passenger utility to put down over­ time If he has to make up passenger's room' after 1:00 PM. JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman), May 4— Chairman, none; Secretary, none. Cap­ tain sent for the chief steward and told him that the saloon messman changed places with the crew messman due to the fact that saloon messman had been drunk for the past few days and was unable to serve the officers. After the beef was discussed by all the saloon messman was asked if he had anything to say. He stated that he wanted to get off the ship NOTICES J French Creek Crewmen French Creek crewmen who par­ ticipated in the salvage o{ a Ger­ man vessel in 1950 can collect their salvage money from the Union's at­ torney, Seymour W, Miller, Room 603, 26 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY. ^ if • Heber B. Guymon Your international inoculation and vaccination certificates may be picked up at the SEAFARERS LOG office, SIU headquarters. i i> Jack Lovett Pick up a package containing your overcoat at the baggage room, SIU headfiuarters. •• if t t Graciano Marllla Contact the Welfare Services De­ partment at headquarters regard­ ing your son."^ Edifbr, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourfh Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY bulletin board giving names and amount. The purser will request check for same. Keep ' recreation room locked in port. Ship's 'fund has a total of $19.20 in it. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isjhmlan), May 33 —Chairman, L. Lewis; Secretary, C. A. Kress. Ship's delegate reported captain's warning concerning logging for excessive drinking and'performing. Letter read to crew from the Sea Chest on cigarette distribution. Steward requested that cots be removed from the deck in port when not in use. Ship's delegate to see about garbage removal in port. Complaint of inadequate ventilation in messmen's foc'sle. Crew requested periodical serving of cold supper. ^ SOUTHERN STATES (Southorn), June 37—Chairman, Robert Kyle; Secretary, F. Johit Johnson. Screens for doors and port holes should be- repaired as flies were very bad last trip in Guanica, Puerto Rico. PAOLI (Cities service), July 3—Chair­ man, A. Fricks; Secretary, A. L. Hahn. Motion made and carried to refer the situation of roaches and fumigation of ship before sailing foreign to boarding patrolman. Motion to speak to new stew­ ard about qew deck cots. An electric iron will be bought out of ship's fund. WACOSTA (Waterman), June 19—Chair­ man, Luis Ramirez; Secretary, Peter Gon­ zalez. Three men missed ship in Kobe. Captain logged them and later dropped log. Motion made by the bosun to collect enough money to pay the radio officer to whom a previous bosun refused to pay $7.75. The mail should be handled only by the ship's delegate or any other dele­ gate who is not btisy. Ten men were paid off in San Francisco at the US Commis­ sioner's office and all pains and efforts were taken by the ship's delegate to have a patrolman present but they clainred they were too busy to take care of same. For the second time this trip the stew­ ard's department was complimented for the good food they prepared. FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), June 14—Chairman, W. H. Harrel; Secretary, Dan Beard. Patrolman will see if a better brand of soap powder can be obtained. Some men are still coming into the mess­ hall in their shorts. $40 reported in ship's fund. Motion made and carried that the company put a new washing machine aboard for the crew. Depart­ ment delegates were asked to make up a repair list and turn four copies into the ship's delegate. Radio speaker in crew mess needs fixing. Suggestion made that minutes be posted after each meeting. Clarification needed on the rate of over­ time when deck department goes below gratings in pumproom. Vote of thanks given the steward department. Crew shouid take better care of messhall at night. Extra fans needed In some foc'sles. , . ' • " " I would like fo receive the SEAFARERS LOG—-please put my name on your mailing list. . (Print Information) Crew asked ship's delegate to contact the Boston hall for a new library and help in getting a new washing machine and the messhall radio repaired. "Yoko," the ship's dog. attended fire and boat drill today equipped with a made to order genuine life jacket. was passed to set up an arrival pool, rival. Vote of thanks went to the officialg with half of the proceeds going to the for getting us the raise in pay. ship's fund. Chief mate is to get fantail BARBARA FRITCHIEE (Liberty Nav.), decks washed down twice a trip for the benefit of crewmembers aft. Ship's dele­ May 33—Chairman, Robert Miller; Secre­ gate will take up this matter with him. tary, G. Everett. Enough stores should Steward thanked the crew for their coop­ be taken aboard at storing time to make eration in keeping the messhall clean and 1000 extra meals, as that many are fed in returning cups to the pantry. Crewmem­ the Philippines. A letter on the sorry CHICKASAW (Waterman), July 3 — Chairman, C. D. Mulloy; Secretary, A. bers gave a vote of thanks to the steward siopchest brought aboard in Norfolk will be sent. Ship needs fumigation. Repair Danne. Department delegates will ask department for services rendered. lists will be made out before reaching the each man if he wishes to help support a West Coast. DEL AIRES (Mississippi), June 37— movie fund. New crewmembers were June 30—Chairman, Robert Miller; Sec. brought up to date on the purchase of Chairman, Duke "Red" Hall; Secretary, cigarettes through the Sea Chest. In­ J. "Blackle" Connors. Mate stated that retary, Joseph Lupton. AU repairs were taken care of except the drinking foun­ there would be plenty of OT for anyone spection will be made to see that fans are installed as per the new agreement as who wanted to work, as the ship has to tain, Chief cook.is still not doing his job, be cleaned, up after being laid up. Vote and persists in sending choice cuts of well as the condition of the mattresses. of tiianks went to J. Lee, ship's delegate, meats tp the saloon. Deck delegate has I for a fine job. Chief stewards should see had no cooperation from the mate in tryPAOLI (Cities Service), June 35—Chair­ that night lunch is put out. Slop- 1 ing to get the OT evened up, as per conman, W. Reck; Secretary, Arthur Fricks. chest more hours should be changed, so as not I tract. One gashound deliberately missed $40 on hand in ship's fund. Suggestion to interfere with cofleetime and mealtime i ship in Wilmington, Cal. Several men made that this money be used to buy a and for everyone's convenience. I have had to do his work when he took radio or for some other worthy purpose. hours should keep the laundry and wash­ I time off. No one is to pay off until the Foc'sles and passageways left dirty by Crew Six new mating machine clean. No food should be water fountain is fixed. shipyard workers. given to native kroo boys, whose food is I tresses should be ordered. Vote of thanks went to chief steward Canonizado aiid provided by the company. SEA CLOUD (Seatraders, Inc.), June 30 ' night cook and baker Araies for a job —Chairman, James Elchenberg; Secre­ DEL RIO (Mississippi), June 4—Chair­ well done, as well as a vote of thanks to tary, R. Sanderlin. Captain to give SIC man, W. Champlin; Secretary, Carlos ! ail delegates. Crew was reminded to draw in Suda. Water to be conserved in Ibrain. George Dabronich was elected leave foc'sles clean and orderly. the laundry. Letter read from the SIU ship's delegate. Request was made for Sea Chest about Slop Chest. Most of the wind scoops for thp messhall and pantry. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), June crew think' that there should be some A regular coffee pot is wanted, as the 30—Chairman, E. H. Searcey; Secretary, one from the haU to check the old in­ silex type is inconvenient. Hatrack is A. Salty See. Everything possible shouid ventory. " needed at -the messroom entrance. Pas­ be done in port to keep out mosquitoes. sageways and mcssrooms should be ROBIN TUXFORD (Seas Shipping), June SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), June 13—Chaltman, Elbert N. Monahan; Sec­ 30—Chairman, Aubrey Smith; Secretary, retary, Walter Marcus. Motion made to Edward J. Riviere. No crewmember is to give the night cook and baker $35.25 from go into the messroom in underclothes at the ship's fund so the record player can any time. There is a total of $25.86 in be repaired and new records purchased. the treasury. Washing machine and messroom should be left a little more tidy. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), June 30— Dishes should be returned to - the messChairman, Clement Do Hospedales; Sec­ room. Spray guns should be left in the painted. Discussion was held on the up­ retary, Yt. Martinez. Deck in passage­ passageeways so that all crewmembers ways was not painted •In Mobile; all other keep of the laundry. Ship will return to can use them when needed. Repairs were made. Patrolman will be hoihe port next month and will be taken ANGELINA (Bull), no date—Cfi-airman, contacted on arrival. Men were warned care of then. about not drinking aboai-d ship. Sugges­ Richard W. McCarty; Secretary, Harry tion was made to leave milk in the crew , Thrasha, Porter was elected ship's deieFRANCES (Bull), July 5—Chairman, I gale. Discussion was held on OT for ice box. and that the steward get fresh Robert Bowley; Secretary, Monsenato niilk in Puerto Rich if possible. No fresh Saliva. Someone went to the patrolman i working in the chain locker. AH hands j agreed to donate $3 toward payment of •fruits were taken on in New York. Pa­ about the second electrician being a pertrolman will be contacted in Mobile. Sug­ mitman and having been on the ship for TV set. .Juice should be on (he table gestion to start a ship's fund will be over the alloted time. This was done every morning.^unless there is grapefruit. taken up at the next meeting. Cups without the knowledge of "the ship's dele­ KATHRYN (Bull), no date—Chairman, should be returned to the sink. gate. It was later found that this man Anthony Gonzales; Secretary, Mike Zehas a book pending or applied for. Matter DE SOTO (Waterman), June 13—Chair­ will be taken up again in New York. Icnka. Longshoremen should be kept out [ of the messhall Rico. ' Sugges­ man, William D. Burke; Secretary, Phil Recommendation was made to the .stew­ tion was made into Puerto write to the Union Reyes. Leonard Crodock was elected ard for a cold supper once in a while, about opening a Union hall in San Juan. new ship's delegate by acclamation. Mo­ the ship is in Santo Domingo or tion was passed to affirm our confidence when very warm places, to give the men in our leaders and urge them to continue other in the galley a chance to escape some of givhig every possible help to the AFL-ILA the terrific heat. Chief mate has objected untfl their organizational campatgn in to putting up an awning over the fantail every Gulf and Atlantic port is success­ because the hurricane season is so near fully terminated. All brothers were urged at hand. Matter will be taken up again to emphasize to every longshoreman they with the mate, and if no action is taken talk to the advantages they will gain the matter will be turned over to the Fred D. Lynum from joining the AFL-ILA. Crew was patrolman. Ship's delegate will see the Thomatra Scott reminded of the motion passed at the chief engineer about having a hole cut last meeting, establishing a ship's fund in the port side fidley door on the main Contact B. B. Henderson. 635 by raffling off an article from the Sea deck so the air hose can be led out on Chest, and using the profit to start a the deck without having the hot air from Hancock Street, Brooklyn, NY. ship's fund, steward agreed to provide the engine room flowing into the crew's if i i cold drinks in addition to fresh milk at quarters. We will try to get a new wash­ suppertime; he said there will be iced ing machine. James £. George tea or cold fruit-ades. Members were Contact your son, James F.. at asked to turn repairs over to delegates. Vote of thanks went to the steward and SHOW ME MARINER (Bull)-, July 3— 503 Seward Street, Watertown, NY.' his department for very good service and Chairman, Nick Swokia; Secretary, M. food served, as evidenced by many in­ Sterne. Wringer for the machine was creasing waistlines. checked and should be ready for the next Teofilo Garcia trip. Repair list should be checked. List for laundry detail Will be posted. Dis­ BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), Contact Timothy Walsh at 222 July .1—Chairman, Alphan Fruge; Secre­ cussion was held on attaching shelves to tary, Vincent Ratcllff. Toasters have not the bunks for the convenience of the West 77th Street, NYC. been fixed and nothing has been done crew. Lack of Tresh fruit was discussed. 4" 4" t about the recreation room. J. S. Capps There is a lack of cigarettes and other was elected ship's delegate; P. Ratcliff, items. Patrolman will be asked to Benjamin W. Sumski straighten this out. Injured seaman ship's treasurer. There is a $19 balance Contact your wife at 41 Marvin thanked the crew and captain for the in the ship's fund. quick treatment he received this trip in Street, Buffalo, NY. France, where he was injured and had IBERVILLE (Waterman), July 4—Chair­ if if if man, W. C. McCuistlen; Secretary, George to be taken ashore. Injured seaman from Suarez. Treasurer reported $28.58 in the two trips hack still had not been con­ Morton Trehern ship's fund at present. Motion was passed tacted by the Union. Washing machine Contact your mother at 1105 El­ to get two swings for the fantail for should be kept clean. Locks should be the crew from the ship's fund. Motion put on screen doors to try and keep der Street, Moss Point, Miss, shorcside personnel out. I if if if IBERVILLE (Waterman), June 33— L. W. Don'ille Chairman, Charles Lee; Secretary, E. Contact your mother in Florida. Kresy. Special meeting was called to bring to the attention of the crew the 4* 4 4 antics of the third mate. This character recently got a radio and was too lazy or Victor E. Johnson too cheap to buy and install his own an­ Contact Seamen's Church Insti­ tenna. He cut the aerial leading to the crew's radio in the messhall saying it tute, 25 South Street, NYC. was his and put it on his radio, making if if if it impossible for the crew to use the radio. Boarding patrolman w-ill be no­ William D. Swain tified. to see if he cannot be kept in a Contact Mrs. E. Swain at 168 third mate's place. This man has also made anti-Union remarks. Potter Drive, Mobile, Ala. i ^. 'i'- i'. - . ' i> % .;v Puzzle Anewer I '^ SBHHUH HGOSSHH sassa sam QDS SBSi] D[2S!S]S DQ SS3 m\i\m SQSl BSSiaQS DB S&aDSIS SSD SBiiQiSja (DSQass] liuiz Augwere (1) 284 tons. The fruit products account for the remaining 116 tons, NAME which is 29 percent of the total. • • • • g^B * • • • •. g^B • i (2) (b) Canberra. (3) 100°. STREET- ADDRESS (4) Abner Doubleday (baseball). Marquess of Queensbury (prize­ fighting). CITY .V .;....r:.....t..ZONE .STATE (5) (c) Profit. (6) (b) Havana. Signed-.. ;'.v. .• (7) 20 knots. It covered the same ,' .TO AVOID'PUPI.ICATION:. if yog arg an old lubicribar and-hava a- ehangg distance in 15 hourjs that thie first one did in a full day. ' of addraM,''pl%atg qlvg your formar addrati baiowi (8) fc) Rhode Island. • .',,.'j_^^PDRES$ . •••I,, . (9) It is , li<- both. Europe and .-Wi,wv i-f:! '••••' -v-'.-tl; T----,.-; >4.' •, -..i, Asia;-' - CITV-v -.or,«i • * Ar;;. -WMI , • ' . ' • -' . • - i '•31 SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), June 3$—Chairman, T. Fales; Secretary, M. Chapman. Retroactive pay will lie given out at the payoff this trip in Edgewater, NJ. One man missed ship in Edgewater. There is $29.16 in the ship's fund. Brother Darcey thanked the entire mem­ bership for the $77 which was given to him at a special meeting, when he left the ship due to his mother's death. More fans are needed in the messman's fbc'sle. Vote of thanks went to Brother Fales. for the good job he did as ship's delegate. S. ELIZABETH (Bull), June 37—Chairman, FotI; Secretary, Robert Rivera. R. Rivera was elected ship's delegate. Tenday rule wiU remain in effect in case of lay-up. Repair list will lie made up before the payoff. Repair items should be turned over to the delegates. Individu­ al salads will be served. Spray guns should be ordered, as well as enough milk and rye bread. Night lunch should be more varied. Card players were asked to make less noise at night. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), June 34—Chairman, Norman Kirk; Sacra­ tary, John .'Monast. Patrolman will be contacted about getting the messman's foc'sle painted. Mate has been giving the bosun and gang a hard time and using tools on board.' iBosun saw the captain about this; There aTe complaints about the blowers not functioning which will bg taken up with thg pgtrmman on at- if if ^ if George D. Smith Contact Mrs. J. C. Smith at Route 2, Box 23, Adrian, Ga. 4' 4" 4" €. Mohat George Shea George W. Owen, Jr. Contact Robert F. Reynolds, 350 Sansome Street, San Francisco, re­ garding injury to ^artin Prisamcnt aboard Steel Admiral in August, 1953. 4* 4' 4 4« 4* Martin Brack Contact your wife at 1645 84th Street, Brooklyn, NY. , . Thomas Yarbrough Contact Mrs. Frances Smith at Box 76, Denton, Ga. Tom D. Gieorge Contact Stephen R. Mehringer concerning your debt, .. J " . �SEAFARERS riffs Tweatr-tw* LOG ^ it. 1954 Alien Visa Rules Eased By US WASHINGTON—Some slight changes in the rules covering visa requirements for alien cirewmembers entering the US have been made by the Justice and State Departments in order to ease hardships. Under existing law, a 11 alien seamen entering the US either on American or foreign-flag ships-^will have to present visas for there is no US consular officer, panies are subject to a $1,000 fine admission to the States after and where there is no office at a for bringing aliens into the US July 1, 1955. However, most of the changes are for the benefit of seamen- on foreign-flag ships, and will be of little use to men sailing under the American flag. Consequently, aliens are still advised to make every effort to get either a visitor's visa, or a residence visa, in the near future. Some Waivers Permitted A waiver of the visa require­ ments will be permitted where the crewman is on a vessel proceeding to the States from a port at which f: without visas. Certain other waivers are per­ mitted between West Indian Islands, Puerto Rico and' the Vir­ gin Islands, as well as between Mexico, Cuba and tAe United States. All alien seamen not now in pos­ session of either a visitor's visa or a residence visa, are advised to make application for one as soon as possible because it usually takes several months to acquire a visa laying the ship. rv. The Immigration Service has and complete the necessary docu­ made it clear that shipping com­ ments. nearby port to which a crew list could be submitted without delay­ ing the vessel. Special Provisions Waivers will also be permitted where a vessel is not headed ^or the States but is diverted to a US port temporarily, or where a crewmember w signed on as a replace­ ment after che crew list visa was obtained and a supplementary visa could not be obtained without de­ Jimmie Michael Ailen, born Mrs. Leiand Hall, 704 Madison March 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Street, Brooklyn, NY. Mrs. Orestes Allen, General Deliv­ 4 4.4 ery, Sulphur, La. David Robert Alonzo Figuerea, born May 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. ^ 4' Daisy Anavitate, born June 9, and Mrs. Jujio Alonzo Figuerea, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clau- 1115 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, dio Anavitate, 60 Walworth Street, NY. Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 i t • 'Wayne Richard Griffith, born Victoria Terraiea Greeff, born 4i 4" 4 Joseph Mattioii, born June 28, June 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and June 7, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand C. Greeff, 4712 1954. Parents,^ Mr. and Mrs. Gae- Mrs. Ray R. Griffith, 48 Emerson Aldgate Green, Baltimore 27, Md. tano Mattioii, 2461 East First Avenue, Copiague, Long Island, NY. Street, Brooklyn, NY. 4" 4" Guy Loring Peck, bom May 23,' 4 4 4 4 4 4 John Robert Stangenberg, bom 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gor­ Joseph Charles Wysocki, born don L. Peck, 124 South Miro, New June 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and June 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Orleans, La. Mrs. Charles Wysocki, 519 East Mrs. Charles P. Stangenberg, 4204 30th Avenue, Astoria, Long Island, 76th Street, New York, NY. NY. 4 4 4 4-4 4 Benjamin Harrison Kimberiy, Linda Marina Ladd, born Jone born March 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard H. Kimberiy, PO 11, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Ladd, 1818 Donovan Ave­ Box 1018, Galveston, Tex. nue, Ballingham, Wash. 4 4 4 4 . 4 4, Miguel Gonzalez Aivarado, born Bruce Michael Spivey, bom June April 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Genaro Gonzalez, Saint Thom­ 22, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard T. Spivey, 350 Soufli Dal­ as, La Playa, Puerto Rico. las Court, Baltimore, Md. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Roger Leiand Hail, Jr., born Jamie Ann Harnett, bom June June 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and 30, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Bamett, 313 Chatham Street, Mobile, Ala. All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the boby's name. Rebecca Diane Cook, born June 4, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Cook, 809 Keys Road, Ya­ kima, Wash. 11 !• Ii'''- • 1" It?- Wd.' [•%' - Who Gets SMV Beaetits ? J K' Hospital: Any Seafarer hospitalized as an inpatient for at least one week is entitled to a weekly benefit of $15 for the full duration of his hospitalization, providing he h|is worked a minimum of one day aboard an SlU-contracted vessel in the previous 12 months. Maternity: Any Seafarer who has become a father since April 1, 1952, can receive the $200 maternity benefit payment, plus the Union's gift of a $25 US Treasury Bond for the child. A copy of the mar­ riage certificate and birth certificate is required. If possible, a discharge from his last ship should Be enclosed. Duplicate pay­ ments and bonds will be given in cases of multiple births. Disability: Any totally disabled Seafarer, regardless of age, who has seven years seatime with companies participating in the Welfare Plan, is eligible for the $25 weekly disability benefit for as long as he is totall;^ unable to work. 4 4 4 Kathryn Grace Wray, bora July 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil­ liam J. Wray, 2643 Somnie Avenue, Norfolk, Va, in the HOSPITALS The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. USPHS HOSPITAI, MANHATTAN BEACH. NV Fortuno Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Claude F. Blanks James R. Lewis Robert L. Booker Francis F. Lynch Thomas B. Bryant. Joseph McGraw Joseph G. Carr A. McGuigan Jar Chonx , David Mcllreath John J. DrlscoII Frank Mackey Matthew Gardiner Vic Milazzo Bart E. Gurnaick Eugene Nelson John B. Haas G. E. Shumaker Thomas Isaksen Henry E. Smith John W. Keenan Harry S. Tuttie Ludwig Krlstiansen Renato Villata Frederick Landry Virgil Wllmoth James J. Lawlor John T. Edwards USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Isaak Bouzin JoJtin Maclnnes John E. Brady Perfecto Manguel John J. Brennan Julius Marton Charles Wangle Charles CantmeU John ConnoUy William E. Neef Henry Cur.-ier ' Joseph Neubauer Eddie Drlggers T. PapoutSoglov Amedio Fedelle Floro Regalado Jozsef Ferenc Alejandro Reyes Andrew Franklin George H. Robinson David S. Furman Manuel Rodriguez WiUiara Gardner George D. Rourke Horace GasklU Edwin T. Rushton Estell Godfrey Mattl RuusukalUo Corolos Gomez Luis Salazar Joseph Hoffman S. A. Sargeant John Horn Jerome Secrao Samuel Howard Arthur Shaw Walton Hudson Kaare Silvertsen Jacobus Hulsman James R. Thomson Vincent Jones Benjamin Trottie Nils H. Lundquist Clifton Wilson E. W. McDavid Stephen ZaVadcson James McDevitt USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Leonard J. Frank ALAMEDA COUNTY HOSPITAL ALAMEDA, CAL. William J. Gillick NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH BETHESDA. MD. James H. Harker SAILORS: SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY* Joseph Koslusky USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEX. Harold W. Simmons TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA. PA. William J. Turk PILGRIM STATE HOSPITAL LONG ISLAND. NY Arthur-Loraas EAR AND EYE HOSPITAL NEW YORK. NY Walter Gritskl VA HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Allan S. Ritchie D. J. York GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL PORTLAND. ORE. Howard R. Harvey USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Frank Alasavlch Joseph GareUa James H. Penswlck Seafarers Share In 9G Salvage Award Eleven Seafarers who were members of the crew of an SIU ship which participated in the salvage of a disabled German motorship back in December, 1950, have shares ranging from $235.21 to $106.41 still coming to them, following the successful settlement of their salvage t claim. The claim arose out of a tow the Cities Service tanker Daath: Every Seafarer is provided a $2,500 death benefit, which he can make payable to whomever he chooses, whether related to him or not. The Seafarer must have worked a minimum of one day aboard an SlU-contracted vessel during the 12 months prior to his death. Beneficiary cards are available at all SIU halls. The 1)eneficiary may be changed at any time. Scholarship: r' ;• / Four college scholarships worth a total of $6,000 each are award­ ed each year to qualified Seafarers under 35 years old or the chil­ dren of Seafarers who meet the educational requirements. Each scholarship provides a full four-year course of study and may be used at any college or university chosen by the scholarship student. All candidates must take the standard College Entrance Board ex­ aminations given during the year prior to beginning their college study, and present discharges showing three years' seatime for a parent or for themself, in the case of Seafarers under 35. Children of deceased Seafarers having thre.e years' seatime are also eligible. Applications and queries on unusual situations should be sent to the Union Welfare Trustees, c/o SIU Headquarters, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 82, NY. USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. William C. Bedgood G. Menendez Bothwell Blanchard J. T. Moore Paul Bland James B. Sellers Lucius DeWitt Randolph Shedd Herman C. Kemp C. C. Slater Jimmie Littleton Leslie F. Swegan Avis Meadows Gilbert F. Wilson USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. '' Walter L. Compton Anthony Scaturro Arthur W. Wroton , USPHS HOSPITXL GALVESTON. TEX. C. Barbosa M. McDonald T. A. Cousins John E. Markopold •Frederick V. Davis Murray A. Plyler H. Deshotels Blllie C. Ward USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Simon Bunda C. J. Neumaier Henry J. Childs Joe Perreira Harry R. Fall W. S. Singleton Olav Gustavsen PhiUp St. Marie Walter A. Johnson Vincent R. Tarallo George H. Leary P. S. Yuzon Jacob J. Levin . USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Luke Ciamboii V. K. Ming F. Fondila Max Olson William A. Gaddy Norman F. Plummer Sverre Johannessen B. L. Smith James Krohn J. Van Der End# USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Thomas ^Ankerson Otis J. Harden Alexis Benkorl Robert Lambert Aigot Bogren Tony Mastantlno Cornelius Palmer Lorenzo Brigida Colon Rose George H. Bryan Robert W. Scale* Samuel Doyie John Talbot Jessie A. Clarke George Warren Albert W. Claude John T. Watt Robert Cooper Warren Whitmer James R. Dodson Henrich Wiese •Tohn G. Flynn Paul J. Wilkinson Richard Foust John R. Wilson Eddie S. Game Gorman. Glaze USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Cyril Lowrey James J. Adams Frank Martin C. W. Barnett George Mitchell Nicolas Bastes J. C. MitcheU Charles Brady William G. Moore William R. Burch Arthur Nelson Charles Burton William D. Ott Owen Butler McKenley Campbell Stanley L. Palfrey Harry L. Parrot S. C. Cat regal Harry G. Peek R. B. Carrillo A. Quinones S. Cope John C. r.chm Clarence Crevier W. E. Reynold* J. D. Dambrino James J. Ruth Emile P. Davies Edward Samrock T. J. Donaldson Manuel E. Sanchei Eric R. Eklund John E. Sanders Thomas Fields J. P. Shaughnessy Oliver S. Flynn Andrew Stauder Frank Gibas J. D. Thomas Jack L. Gleason Roy R. Thomas John L. Hinton Lyle Hipp Jack F. Thornburg E. G. Knapp Lonnie R. Tickle D. Korclia Faustina Torres Thomas Landa Joseph P. Traxler Leo Lang J. E. Ward Jean Lataple D. C. Weaver Harold A. Laumann John P. Ziinmer First two S^eafarers to pick up their share of salvage booty earned aboard the Ffcuch Creek (Cities Service) from tow supplied a dis= abled German motorship in December, 1950, collect their checks after learning of award. Both Eduardo Martinez, fireman (ieft),^ and William Lane, FWT (center), got $125.60. Attorney I. G. Seeger, on staff of Union connsel presents checks. French Creek supplied the Ger­ man vessel when the latter lost her propeller in heavy seas some 300 miles from Aruba three and a half years ago. $9,000 For, Crew Nearly $9,000 is being divided among the ship's crew, both li­ censed and unlicensed, with the heaviest shares going to the mem­ bers of the deck department. Each man's share is proportioned ac­ cording to his rating on the ship at that time. The paperwork and details of collecting the money for the men was handled through the SIU Wel­ fare Services Department in con­ junction with the staff ot the Un­ ion's attorney, Seymour W. Miller. Men who have monej^ coming to them include the following: Erling H. Anderson, W. B. Blankenship, Joseph Dodge, Edmund L. Erikson, Robert Eschrich, Edward Farrell, Joseph P. Glavin, Leo F. Gwalthney, John Kozar, James Logan. John B. Tierney. - �m 23, 1954 SEAFARERS SEEDP TME SEAFARERS iWM LOG Page Twenty-three Seafarer Plans Quiet Rural Life NEW ORLEANS—Ernest E. Gross, veteran Seafarer who recently qualified' for the SIU's $25 weekly disability benefits, is looking forward to spending the remainder of his life in the rural Mississippi area from which he departed 17 years ago to go to sea. Gross now lives in Newt Orleans. He plans to remain here until doctors at the With WALTER SIEKMANN USPHS hospital release him from the frequent periodic medical (News about men In the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SW Wei check-ups now required of him. fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Now he wiles away his time be­ Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes tween hospital appointments by his rounds In his post as Director of Welfare Services.) visiting friends at the SIU hall When a man gets' hurt on a ship and statements are taken by the here, chatting with acquaintances officers as to what happened, it's the normal thing for the man's ship­ in his neighborhood at 435 Baronne mates to feel a little, anxious about the injured brother. Consequently, St. and "going to the movies," his sometimes members of the crew in their eagerness to be helpful will- principal recreation. One of the first members of the give exaggerated statements about what they saw and what happened. The result is that- contradictions will,pop up after two or three men SIU, Gross came into the Union in 1038 from the old ISU which he have given their statements. had joined a year earlier. He start­ A considerable amount of doubt is cast over the whole thing by ed his seafaring career in the stew­ these contradictions and the injured brother may wind up being de­ ard department and shipped in prived of benefits that would rightfully be his in the first instance. various ratings in that department It's been shown time and again that in the excitement of an accid§pt, until his sailing days were ended witnesses aren't always able to spot just exactly what happened. That's by recurrent illnesses which in­ v;hy it's so important to be careful about your statements and to put capacitated him from further ship­ down only those facts that you are positive of. And with some of the board duty. mates you have aroimd who are more out to confuse than get at the Started On Railroads Latest Seafarer to receive benefits under the SIU disability benefits facts, this is very important. Although a member of seamen's program, Ernest Gross, 65 (left), is informed that his application Be Careful What You Sign unions for 17 years, he has been for the weekly 525 disability benefit has been approved, by SIU . Under no circumstances should any crewmember sign anything he an AFL member since 1909 when Welfare Services representative Bill Fredericks, in New Orleans. doesn't understand or any statement that doesn't contain the accurate he started "railroading." He was a A veteran Union member. Gross had been sailing in the steward fact of the case. Remember that in 99 cases out of 100 the shipowner member of the old Order of Rail­ department until illness tripped him up. has some kind of responsibility to the injured brother. Once the exact road Telegraphers until he left facts are gotten into the record, you can be sure that the Seafarer will Mississippi and came to New Or­ found sailing was a far more fas­ ing." leans for his trip to sea in 1937 be­ cinating occupation than life as a get all that he is entitled to.' Last May 16 when he reached cause of mounting unemployment station agent and railroad teleg­ the age of 65, Gross started draw­ 4" ;'4> _ 4i in the railroad industry during the rapher. "I must admit," he ssid, ing $54 a month in Federal Old Currently drydocked in the Stamen Island marine hospital is Seafarer depression years. , "that going to sea is to some extent Age Benefits. That amount plus Carlos Gomes, fireman off The Cabins. Gomez, along with Fete FerOnce he started going to seaj he a little wilder life than railroad- the $25 a week he receives in dis­ chief cook on the Steel Chemist, and Robert ability payments from the SIU Bosworth, AB, is in for treatment of a hernia con­ Welfare Plan has him, in his words, dition. Looks like some of the boys have been run­ "all set financially." ning into trouble lifting heavy objects. "I have seen many improvements Seafarer Warren Smith, recently off the Lawrence in wages and working conditions Victory, went into the hospital on July 17 for obser­ since I started going to sea, but the vation. He was AB on that Mississippi ship. Steward disability progi-am is the finest Abram Goldsmit of the Tagalam, had to call it quite A Seafarer who mysteriously dropped out of sight leaving thing the SIU ever won for sea­ to sailing temporarily while he gets treatment for a bladder condition. He's been in the hospital about a wife and five children behind was discovered unconscious men," Gross said. "It assures a man that he doesn't have to worry four weeks now. Buhl in a Philadelphia hospital after a search by the Welfare about money matters, and that is a Joseph Pasinosky, utility man on the Rabin Hood, wonderful thing for someone in my ^ has been in the hospital since July 14, while Francis Buhl of Weymouth, Services office. As a result,"* Mass., formerly AB on the Steel Surveyor, beat him in there by a day. steps are being taken to assure scious in the hospital and the fam­ situation." Gross has no dependents other Had To Return ily destitute, Welfare Services the Seafarer's family of some helped the wife get the necessary than himself and his only living Two Seafarers who had been out of the hospital kind of income pending the out­ documents to give her authority'^fo near-relative is a sister, Mrs. Kate had to go back in again for further treatment. They are Frank Napoll and Raymond Myers. Napoli had collect hospital benefits due her Clayton of Houston. come of the husband's injury. "As soon as I can go back to Mis­ to have his shoulder put back in a cast because it The Seafarer had shipped out on husband. Other steps are being didn't knit properly from injuries he suffered while Calmar line vessel, and after taken to get her additional money sissippi I can live in fine style on fixing the television aerial on the Golden City. going ashore in Philadelphia dur­ due her, and meanwhile the family my income, although I am doing all Seafarer Harvey Morris, who lives in Brooklyn, ing a stop at that port, had disap­ will have the hospital benefit in­ rigjit now," he said. "I can take it easy, have any little extra comforts reports he is feeling better now after having to go peared without a trace. All efforts come to go on. Financial responsibility for the I want and I'll have plenty of time in-for treatment for kidney trouble. Etseban Morales, to locate him were fiuitless. AB on the Gateway City, is in for a spell of treat­ After a " couple of months, the accident has been established, and to get a cdne pole, head for the NapoU. ment for a heart condition. desperate family appealed to Wel­ legal proceedings will be under­ nearest creek and drown a can of fare Services to please try and lo­ taken by the wife to obtain x*edress worms w henever the mood strikes cate the husband, as they were from the driver of the automobile. me." without funds for the necessities of life. A notice was first placed in the Union newspaper, but with­ out results. Shortly afterwards from another source. Welfare Services learned that an unidentified seaman was in liiiiii a coma at a Philadelphia hospital Spring and summer are the seasons when the idea of a as the result of an automqbile acci­ - ^ new automobile strikes the fancy of many a citizen, be he dent. The seaman had been picked * At up and taken'to the hospital, but a Seafarer or shoreside dweller. Several SIU men have been had no papers other than a year bitten by the auto bug in re-> old SIU dispatch card with the cent weeks, judging from the and explains that the Seafarer is name of an SIU ship on it. Ap­ number of credit rating re­ entitled to ship out of the hall on parently he had left his Union quests handled by Welfare Services the ships of any SlU-contracted company. book, his seaman's papers and all during that period. The letter is usually enough to other Identification in his locker In buying a car, like In the pur­ do the trick, and the necessaxy on the ship. chase of any commodity on the in­ From there it was niatter of stallment plan, Seafarers run into credit is extended to the Seafarer getting the wife dowg to Phijgdel- the usual difficulties arising from without further delay. The x-esult is that quite a few of phia to Identify the seaman, which the fact that they do not work for the membex's may be seen riding was done. any one company. ax'ound in their new buggies which With the seaman still uncon­ In these instances. Welfare Serv­ they might otherwise have been ices writes a letter to the dealer, upable to purchase because of the the bank or whoever is involved cx-edit restrictions on seamen. •^ll "M Missing Seaman Turned Up Unconscious In Philadelphia ; -:p • : Auto Bug Bites, Welfare Services Locates 'Scratch' FAMILY SIU WELFARE SERVICES KMItMER yOUk FR081EM IS OUR BUSINESS Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the men involved. FINAt DlSPATCl The death of the following farer has been reported to Seafarers Welfare Plan and $2,500 death benefit is being to his beneficiary. Sea­ the the paid a heart condition in Baltimore, Md., and was bux-ied in that city. A member of the SIU since 1938, Brother Anderson joined the Union in Nox-fulk and sailed in the deck department. His estate is admin- Carl Olof Anderson, 66: On May istered by Orbin Isaac of 1420 East 20, 1954, Brother Anderson died of Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. * ' �'ii ' -\-r* •. W' -v^ir \* ^.;" .-^,^• Mi ,'• ft::'-: ::^;, •• 1 >^'''-: Formed two years ago to service Seafarers in ail matters pertaining to benefits under the Wel­ fare Plan, and to assist them in a variety pf other problems of personal concern, the Welfare Serv­ ices Department has proven its value to the mem­ bership rhony times over. As such it is a fitting counterpart to the SlU Welfare Plap which pro­ vides cosh benefits for Seafarers, Wherever and whenever a Sepfqrer getj^ into difficulty, or needs help on any of a score of per­ sonal matters, contact with the Welfare Services office will produce results that are generally un­ obtainable by the individual Seafarer with limited time and resources at hfs disposal. The large number of Seafarers who received help from Welfare ServiPes at one time or another in the past two years is the best testimonial to the value of this unique Union service. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource July 23, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 15 Description An account of the resource Headlines: CONGRESS SUPPORTS NEW TANKER BILLS COAST UNIONS OPEN PACTS; ASK RAISES NEW LIBRARIES GO ABOARD SHIPS UNIONS FORM GROUPING FOR LA. POLITICS AFL DOCK UNION SETS CONVENTION MCS WINNER IN SHIP VOTE UNION WINS FIGHT FOR JOBLESS PAY DRY CARGO COMPANIES STARTING PAYMENT OF RETROACTIVE WAGES SIU WITNESSES TO CRASH WAIT DRY CARGO COMPANIES STARTING PAYMENT OF RETROACTIVE WAGES SIU WITNESSES TO CRASH WAIT TUG SALVAGE SIU VET 'MOON' KOUNS, 42, DIES OF HEART ATTACK 2 TANKER CO'S INK NEW PACT-OTHERS DUE ROBIN CREWS GET SAFETY AWARD PERMANENT, TEMPORARY '50-50' BILLS GAIN GROUND IN CONGRESS ASK US PAY CHANNEL COSTS FOR RUNAWAY-FLAG ORE SHIPS LEAKY RAFT, SEASICK CREW = CANCELLED TRIP US LIFTS BAN, OKAYS 12-SHIP SALE TO BRAZIL MA OKAYS ANOTHER TRANSFER JUNKMEN GET MARINER WORK STARTS TO PREVENT PANAMA SLIDE PR DOCK TIEUP STILL ON, NO BREAK SEEN FOREIGN FLAG SUBSIDY 'FAIR AND JUST' DEFYING THE SEA THE EVOLUTION OF THE STEAMSHIP FRANCE IS HOST TO GOLDEN CITY MOONLIGHT SHIP PROVISIONING IS CALMAR'S LATEST CAPER GOLDEN CITY HAS NEAR-MISS HURRICANE SAILS AGAIN AND AGAIN; CREW NEVER KNOWS WHERE, WHEN CREW RAVES ABOUT CHOW ON CHIWAWA; RECOMMENDS SHIP TO AMBITIOUS EATERS ALIEN VISA RULES EASED BY US SEAFARERS SHARE IN 9G SALVAGE SEAFARER PLANS QUIET RURAL LIFE MISSING SEAMAN TURNED UP UNCONSCIOUS IN PHILADELPHIA AUTO BUG BITES, WELFARE SERVICES LOCATES 'SCRATCH' Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4/25/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log