http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/d63139c3d560c93a0d5471895ba5db5f.PDF 72f1463893ed9f8834a98167f4be2ee9 PDF Text Text The Brot~erhood of Marine Engineers, AFL, . backed by a powerful aggregate of AFL waterfront ,_ unions, this week took steps to extend its organizing· campaign among the engineers of America's mer· · chant marine. The immediate objective of the drive were the engineers of the American President Line~. ships. D·rives in the fleets of other steamship lines ·, · 'were' expected to follow shortly. Off· ~a/, Organ · Atlantic.& f}u/,f Dlatricf Seafarers International. Union of NA I ' The new mo':em~nt of the drive came hard . 01!- .·· : ici , -·: , · . . ,' .. . · · · - Ithe heels of the s1gn1ng of a contract between Isth-: : ··... VOL. XJII . · . NEW vomc.'w. ie.:· "'1J>AY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1951 ~ No. 1a , mian Steamship Company and the BME covering ". ot. the company's 250 regular and -relief engineers. In its first full-_ . scale organizing drive the BME · . has been given impetus by the ... recommendation of the ~ Maritime Trades Department that the BME step up its or- · ganizing activity where .its rep- . _,. resentation is needed. f~ In initiating its drive in the;· · Americ~n President fleet, on . September 4, BME pickets in- · : As the SIU's · West· -Co~t af· vessels . which will not be ajfect- of the A&G's position in this Longshoremen's Association, AFL, New York tied up two of the ftliate, ihe Sailors · Union of the ed by .the stdke; . . . ·ma~r. began discussing a new pact company's . passenger ships, tbe ' ,Pacific, began contract.{talks with .. 3. Work with ,all :aff~i~~~~ of. - The negotiat~rs _for the SUP with its, contracted stevedoring President Polk at Pier 9, Jer•_ ~ Us operators this week, the At-:· .the Maritime. Ti:ades .Department are expec~ to resume contract concerns. sey City, and the Presi~ent Fill~:t, The ILA, which has pledged l!l!ltic and' Gulf Disfr.ict .a~~ and all-out· support, not only to talks , next - w~k and ~ntin~e . nounced ·tp~t: in :the"; even~:-. a · the -SUP; .. but -to any ·other AFL· regularly, . until a · contract JS and been· pledged mutual sup- more at Pier 8, Staten Island.· stfrke ;.became ne.~ssai;y, r the .diliateS ·Which: m·a y be hit- at .hammer.e"Cl .out ·or. as.t rike begins port through the Maritime Trades The BME pickets · have. called upon the vessel's engineers to -< fuU-W.eight of. tl).e ·Di~trict's man~ .the · ·s ame ... time by this ·or any· when . the contract . expires on Department, is asking a subfall in with the expanding BME power "would be" put at tpe ·dis- other beef'; · . · September 31. stantial wage in~rease, an in: organizing drive and throw thek posal of the SUP · .for picketline . 4. Notification .t o all interested · · Simultaneous with SUP con- crease in the size of gangs and support to the AFL engineers- ~ . duty. _- , .parties: in the maritime industry tract · talks, the International revisions iri its welfare plan. union. , . \ : While the .SUP negotiators an- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . In response to !he BME pie- .' :n'Ounced that they liacf conductkets, crewmembers and officers' .ed' exploratory talks with .the, - of the ship immediately walked . · operatprs, mainlll' · involv!~g ~?e· . off in supp<irt. The complete aemand for the four-watch-· sysba~king of the AFL Internation- . ie"m, plan·s were being. Clra:WI1 up al Longshoremen's AssociatioD ;f<;>r picketline. sch~aules ah~ area -. and its Tugboat · DiV'isioii werfl e1 ' maps in all of the SIU, A&G brought to . bear at once and porfs; -·'rhe .A&G .. action-- is •. in loading ·work halted. ·' line with the ·Headquarters' pro=. GIVE WARNING ·posed program adopt.ed unani: In pushing into new fields, the · BME simultaneously served nO.:. . .. e. .: tice on alf out:;ide organizations_.,_., • . ""J. . that it would not tolerate . CC?_as~ -Cu,rd offi~~ /~ve sabotaging of its drive, such as "· ~~ounced i ~ltit th"e< ·> dal~ 'has been attempted against the ·"' whed" seamen musf ha.ve newly-signed Isthmian Steamship . .: ·validated > papen' has : bf$n ~ Company, by Harry Bridges'""':- . ~ · .,.. .extenaecl · ~9t.her · 30 days. : '. longshoremen's outfit on the Wept :"~ , • The new ».deadline is OC:iot.:r>ast. •' :..._, ~.:. . b.er .:l, ·at which time~r.jea- : Earlier this week th~ · .8rother- · ~·men .aboard · ocean-going hood of. Marine Engineers took .1; ' · , i ships ·will ·have · to have va~action to protect its contract . , -· dated papers in tbeir f>OS· with the Isthmian Steamship · sessio~ befora .~y ~an 1tign Company following Bridges' un-·. ship's articles. ion's refusal to work the com- . . ·. T~e ·union urges all,. men pany's ships. Bridges' union chose -. · ·'"who' haven't dohe so as yet to ignore the BME contract co~- · , to make: appljcalion immedi· ering the engineers of the ships · ately for ·their "papers. inasand instead played aJong with .irluc:h as the· waiting 'period .t he Marine Engineers Beneficial · , now is from ,....30 t~ 60 days. Pickets from the SIU-affiliated Bro~herhoq:i of Marine Engineers walk their post in San Associl:!!ion, CIO, which is total' - - - - - - - - - - - - , : - - -.: --Fi:a.n cisco as part of their de!.ense against ~e arbijrary action of Harry Bridges' .West Coast ly without support among the . ;, · .• - 1. by · ihe . me?p.bership on Longshoremen's group, wlµcli 'refused- ·to work the · BME~contracted Isthmian ships. B~ p~cengineers of the Isthmian fieef. : ~ous Y · · • · ~ · kets are now a.ctive ln New York where the Union -has extended ils organizing drive to the The Brotherhood of Mari·n·e.: · " . . --August 15, . . . T,he .A&G plan calls for com- . . . vessels .of the American President Line. (Continued on Page 3) I~~.·~ ' P.let~ s~ppoy£ to the s~ in ~fu.e ""'.~..........~...... -:""'.""':""'-:-~-;---------------;--...._--~---~-------~' - . IME ·Eng1·e'n ee"s 0 n Th.e p•ICketi• . 1ne I • > . ,~ ·V~··ida.'..t d ·P~pe.~I II any . - -.----·=-.- -------=--=·-· - -::, :~;,::~ ~3t f:L '::h~~~:. ::r::tPublic ·Hea:lth~ ·. Service ·To Help .Set U'n.·,.~:~ ~;i:~:w.v~:~i~i;,~;;~:: Sanitation Cou.r se :lo SIU's Cooks School financial ba¢kirig. 'In New York, he,ac;lqu.arters, .. , ,a n d. .in th e · Branches 'the' · full facilities · of . the SIU's . buil'dings . will pe thrown open - ' to ·the SUP · for the duration· of its .beef. · . r. - The planned joint stri\<e· e1!Ort will .f urther give the members of the SUP the opportunitY ·. to ta}{e jobs on A&G · c'ontra.Cted •' ~ ' - ship~ . · unaffect~~ liy· · ~· · ~trike, . ·· ,and ;l·t :the sfime ti.me ,Il'!ake . ~ ,,· ~. :·~vap.agle_ -~ s~~a°l?~~ :iiiqpb~~.. .o~ ~1 ·~. ,-_~el{l.b!~rs ~or· J?lcket <;tq.~~· .. :•\.. • , ''. · : vc ~~l · tup ,program o~ spP,~~rt 1 .· . : . a9toPte4 '. by tlie A&G , cans .for: · hunw!ed i>ercent sup' , .. " :~:~O'rt' 'dl tlie' 1SUP ,1µ1.,nciillly: ·JJ\O.r... • • ·111 ;. • • I ... 1: One.'' . ~u>.'l:"~~· ~~Y,sicillly; ·: ;~>;.a~,'.. . ,' . .,.~· 2; ."1i9C•~oif. · ' thi ·s~, eq.Jal ~ 11 ~ -"; tipts ( ·~ ~~ ,r ' · . · , · .. . · · · . Represerltai.i ves of tli~ . United of instruction to be off"ered stuSt~tes" Pub~ · Health Service and. dents at- .the SIU schaol. the~ ~IU'.s ~t~antic and :Gulf Dis- The ; Vnio~ sha.res . with the trict will meet this week . to ·usPHS the opinion that, if stewformulate plan~ for the a~e.~cy's ards depar~ment men ar.e prop:. par~i.c.ipat~on in the curricUlum erly trained , in ~trict sanitary of the Uniort;s .·.c ooks and. Ba~ers met~o.d$· before going aboard School, w:Pi~ will be. housed ' in .ship, the problem of mamtaining the new Headquarters building, .~bsolute cieiuilme~ · throughout ~PW_.. , n~.ariJl~ corn:_p letiop. , in all -phases of . food handling and ~rookl;tn . .: . .,-· · '- · . prepara~ion w1Ii be ~ased conThe · Public - Health . Service, siderably. . . . wliich _is "c~ar~ed . ~ith .. the · en- ~ P~rpose of ·this .wee~:s . meetforcem~11:t. of . sanitary · me~SJ:l~es mg is to WQrk out dethlls as .t o aboarsf" us flag ships ' for Ule what .type ! of educational maprq.t ei:tion of. the. . frewme~be~s· :teriaJ . Qn sanita~ methpds .will ·heaitq, has. been J?,~i~~~. 9r .~e 1 ·~- usec:l . i~ 1 "1th~ come. ·and the ·:U nion to aid h\ ," Setting'' up th:e tmahner · :~tt· .~~ch it is to · ~be au· »• . •. ' ~ sxq ' . taUon i',' l<,, '.... ,, . ,.,. ' ~' .; : ' • •#'l"J,• ( ~ ' ' , : t '- ~ eresented: I •• • . . .. .. ·The best tnet4_ods of food- building last week. He described :.i handling, storage, preparation, the . Union's modem equipmeni' garbage disposal and cleaning as being "the ·very best." · ~ of gear be discussed, with ' The USPHS representative said· a view to making the new SIU that, with the type of eqfilp- , schopl a model of sanitary fa- ment with which the SIU has cilities and methods. outfitted its galley, "it · shou1d. · Representatives of the USPHS be a cinch to maintain the high-. wh9 at.tend the meeting are est possible sanitary standards.'; James H. - LeVan, Chief of VesHe addM that it is unusual to,.,,.' sels Sanitary Program; Harold run into such an array of first '. B.. Robi!lson, . Chief of .the Milk class .gear in . one facility. . and ,Foo4 Br~n·ch;. Frank Te~zloff, . ":With the type of equipm~t· .; Chief Engineer for ·t he · govern- that h.as been installed in the : inenf agency, and Paul Resruck SIU l;>Uilding, the Union showcl of the · Division of Sanitation. have n~ difficulty in tµrning out . · Mri . R~nick' made a prelimin· very supE!!'ior stewards 'de~-·~ B!Y inspection tour ol all the ment peri!onnel;" Mr. R~ '; ·facilities in the arooklY,n predict~ "(Bee .photo' On ' ~ I.) ... will will aan,y t • '' ~ ' �,, 'I' .B /E .. S .'E, ·.4<F .4 ~~- 'E.R 'S \ '· '· · :SEAFARERS :.- ' ~. .. ' . . ~· ..~ \.... :-.~ -.·~:.-"L . OG·· . ... : . ·~~ . " '. ·: .: ; ·:;:' _ .Published Eve,Y. ~ 0th~. i«e~ ~ · the. / ~ ··" ·. · SE·A F,A RERS lNTERNATiONAL UN°ION OF ;NORTH .~M~Riq~ Atlantic and Gulf D.i strict • .. . # ' • - _, " Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor - . At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. :Y. HAnoier ~-2184 Reentered as · second class matter August 2, 1949, at the . Post · Office ·in New York, N.Y., under the ' Act of August ·24; (1.912. • ·Of Vital 267 Importan_c~ · No offshore vessel ever · calls at Washington, D.C., · ~· ..... and Seafarers ·anxious. to ship never need visit the nation,s . ·~ ' · capital-but · that doesn,t mean that · Washington ~sn,t · , , . yitally important to us as seafaring men, or for that mati'Y. ter, as citizens and members of the community.of working ' . men' and women. , . In fact, Washington, · D.C., ranks along with our · most important ports, inasmuch·· ;is activities in that city' , affect our daily lives · as seamen .and as residents' of this land; as much as shipping activity in say, Baltimore, New · :York, New Orleans, or Mobile. Hardly a day goes by that ,some law or regulation affecting shipping is not in the process of discussio~ or / ~ enactment. These laws and regulations immediately affect our jobs in some· manner, shape or form. In addition, there is the multitude of laws that flow through Congress each session that determine the · taxes we pay, such as the . . income tax laws; the .conditicms under which we can fun.c ·. tion as an organized collective bargaining group, .such as . the Taft-Hartley law, and the like. In the past few years, the -trade union movement has become increasingly aware of. tqe fact that what goes on in Washingt<;>n is of extreme importance to every working------------------___;_____.___ __........__ ___;___;___..,...__ __ .m.an and woman in the nation. Powe-rful anti-labor groups exert great influence in the shaping-of laws that· in large ·· measure determine our ability to mainiain a decent stand. · ard of living for ourselves and our families'. o . \ 0 i . So ,importa:11tdis tbhe nation's hcapithal tAoFLall Qdf thhe :·.country s orgaruze 1a or peop1e t at t e . an t . e · _CIO maintain their headquarters ~tt that city. Hundreds . 9£ unions operate .full-time, fully-staffed' offices in Wash~:, ington, so that they can keep abreast of .e very bit of pro. .-posed ·legislation that will affect their memberships. -In · '· ..i.- a.dd ition;· t hese o- ff ices· see to it t hat IegisIation is intro..: , ;;1 d d d h .. h I £ l . h l{ . ". "uce.. an pa~se t at is e p u to t e peo~ e t ey ' '. ...represent. • .' 1 The Seafare::.·s· International Union has ·a legislative 6~'.':: ·J;cpre~entative ~>n the ··national $Cea.e -.to· r-epresent ihe In. ,J;ernational and to aid the various. affiliated Districts, inas·. :·much ·as. none of the individ:u al SIU a,ffiliates have their . ~ &wn representatives in Washington. . ... , r .· ~. f! A UDLEY e: FOSTER You~ ~ife, Mrs. Rose Foster, HOUSTON , THOMJrS. jr. GEOR~E-, JOSEPH S~ITH '° .'- . .'t""'" :. Ni•.. :,". · '.":~~re· p~d _relatmg.to shipp~ . aµ.d th~ , i 11 - ~\ has moved to 216 Erie Street, Yoµt-welfare benefici~r.y: cards J ersey -c·t · ..,._ · ~·y t ,, ~n d i y, smc~ ygu &h"ipped . ·,'Yere ;impr ..oper1y fill~. .o, 't. t -n ew ones must be ,filled out. GEQ1',GE KEIN i ~ ~ ~· · · ·EDWIN- MITCin;LL Contac! . D. Lunde.r man, . cl o Afound.rfa, Waterman . SS Corp., (Chief C9o~) 19 Reotot Str~et, New ;york City. Contact Mr.. Moore at 10th t. $ t Ave.n ue ·Barabaria, No. 3• ·TriniMICHAEL KA:PRA~ . . .d ad. Urgent. t.. ·t. t. / '(e,x-SS Ines·) CREW. ALCOA C,l..IPPER . 1 · Get in touch with P~ter :Rod- ' · . (Voyage se) ~ - It has been _said that ;;Seame-?; are the ~ost «Iegisla!ed yenkq, One North Drive, Plan- : Bill Kuschke,. who wa~ injur.: _ .bunch of guys m the country. Just taking the Pt'.r1od dome, Lo~g ~sland, New Yor!t. .ed in <:;µracao,. as,ks you ~l to 1 ;(w';ftom 1916 to .19.50, we ':n~ .that ap~roximate~y 300 la.ws Telep~one: 1!a~as:et 7-508~~-- . . . . . ·- -· r • I you get in touch .with him' when arrive. in N; w Orleans at· . .Jli* Nort~ Johnson Street. His phone. is . Valley . 2423. · · · . _. " t t t. 1·· I JOHN JO~E:PH' SHACK Contact yom brother, St,e. ve, aboard · ~S ·Marina, A. H. Bull, g:y. 1'roaci Str.eet, New ·York t 'lo t 1 11 . F.ERDIN~ND w. HECK . "My letter was returned, marked 'not at this address.' Write me ·at 9 s. First Avenue, Mirie .Hill; Dove~. Nc:_w Jersey: Helen." . .' - metchant .mar~ . ' EDWAR·D c:-:BUR1'9~· Jr.' . . 'II!!'. "' ' " · of .~he. V~t ~1J?lber . of pr~side.q,~1ij Win ·thj.~ Bfotlie.r--· w,to ~,P.~ ~ l'~JJ#s ':::·~f'f~~ps -., :a~d , odier l~ws w~~h prlfllCip:illy ~~a~ y.rith other ,resided: at ..923' Nor& '~Rampart ~ ·:. .. · .~. · . ~--. •'"":ip.atters, but contam provisions affect:mg maritime, as .for Street, New Orleans, get in touch "· \,"'8'r.a mpte. the bill authorizing the Economic Cooperation with his sister Car,ole, at Cap- t i~liiiiiiil~;;;;;;;;~::;;;;;~~~~~ ::: - Ad..Rlinistration and the appropriation for implementing 'it. ital : 2269 •. <0r if . nq_ .~~we.r; EL . .. '• .. , - · T. h EC.A bill · .. kin . d 6664) S~attle, Washington. The following Seafarers, now Pvt. Lester J. Otten, ... · ·-;. e . contams a provlSion ma· g it m~n a:t. t. $ . . in the armec!, foree;3; have asked -- us _42265172 .. ··~J.tor.y: for ECA to :ship at 1east 50 percent of the Marshall . PAUL ER-VIN · the LOG .to print thefr service po. 1, BTG, SCRXC · : 1fan · cargoes in US vessels. This protective provision for , 'V'!•.M. GARDNE·R . ' ~ddresses so their ·friends and Camp· G.o rdon, Georgi~ ,( ·l\plerican shipping was passed after the SIU in 1949,. . These men,.who were.witness- former shipmates can ; write ;t. t. t, ' _·· . d · f h · · · · h es to an accident to Dillard H. · them:· Pvt; Cecil ~. Futch, US .5308,1278. ~ :.w.(3.g~. .a strong c~m.\'~ugn or t e 50-50 proyisio~ in t e Adcock aboard the'. Robiri Gray, P:vt. J;.eonard Dow.er, US52114G05 4th Med. TNO, 4th._ Pl~toon , ' :CA bill. Th~ Uruon s full reso~1rces. were 'thrown into the at Yokphama are · asked· to· get Stu. Co. #2o,-·.$TR TSESS. .- 2~31 ,A.SU _;MRTC ·<.b~t.-tle on the legisiative front. As a result seamen are as- in touch with - .'.J. D.uane ·Vance; Camp Gordan, Gepi1gia ,... , . Fprt Meade, Md: . ,. : ~· .~:~_~-red that these c~rgoes wiJ.l not :go. to loW-C<?St .for~ign- New Worlcl '1.tife Building, sect. t. '- .· '"1 . t ~ ._ . t. ~ . lf;ag competition~ . · . · • .?~d a~d C?erry, Seattle 4, Wash- Pvt. Dew~y ·M artin, US 5308209!1 ~ Br~the:i; JoJlJJ: , Gall~tta, ,.134' . f, · . • • · i~gton. Wire collect an ~ddresa Jiq. Btry., 337'.t h' ~ - Gun Bn. ~ ·Hopkinson Avenue, Brookl~n 22, · .,. ·; . No· matter how w:e -look at ·1t, Wa_shington, D.C.; where you can be .reached whet\ Cam,P Stewart, Georgia · . . ._~ust be considered as a pd1wjp~ ,p.omt of operation inso- you hit port. · " ., .: ~ '. . ·. - · t. , ;t. • ." • ~:, ,f~~ ,a~- tedhe ~We~fhar~.t,s _i\;~~~..r,e ankd :tha~ -ofh US, s!ll~ping ~s. 1'\NTHO~'.'/t. JS~OWN~ ' ~vt·J;s~~~S~~:munons, .. ~~r.n . • ~ Ji>~ 3 ~stJ.irp . -t'~ ?~~ ~ -'t e ~nation s, cap1-: ,C9nt,ct Jobn . :E; -'Brii.dY, ,,S'S Co. A, J 2(AO?tm ~ .t.J,.-We~~ -.~~s. !~.~<>a~ on a;m~ltu:~~~· o£ p:~a~te~~·-w~1c~ Iries, c/..Q ~ulf Lines~. u~ ~.ai9ad f~rsi Ah};lor~ ·l).>hd~iqn,, , ·.lJft~et our daily .ltvJ!?g ;w. sea~e.w··~~ ".tt~z~ns. et· tne :QS.. ·~treet,, Ne.w ;York "CJty_} , Fo~t Hood, .Xex.a s ·, : . · ~·.~~one•. ~ 1S .excl~1ve 1 1 11 f t' f (. • ... , ' • 9'.- . , ~ {!;; I • '" ~ • ~ f ·~ ' ... _ • �. T B 'E S. E ... . ~ F ..4 R E R S L 0 C· Is ·All Maritime Watc-hiJJg ·Tre-1y , • I • ~('OJ~' • ;~ ".... J I ',. · American ·maritime--unions and steamship operators are watching closely .the de'v elopments at s~ . Jfrancisco . during the · curre_.n~ .discussions of the proposeCi Japkn,~e peace treaty for its · effect on the maritime picture. .. Interest revolves . . . in · the ireaiy . arou~ the possibility of inclusion in the treaty provisions restricting, the cut-throat tactics of J~pa~ese shipping op.e rators reminiscent of pre-war years. . The Seaffil"ers International Union, long concerned with the problem; taised-. · th~ issue a~ its r~cent co11vel)tion in San Fran- . cisco, when questjons ~n the Ja, panese merchant marine'.s post..., treaty · role were' addressed to ._ Senator. Warren Magnuson, who ·: • <: - $pOke at the convention. · ·' • ~ - r At ~1,'.~sent _ i jle prop~se~ . treaty .- 4oes no.t. contain .specific limitations•on Japan's merchant marine expansion, . but government officials have give~ furn assuranc.e;i that the Japanese merchant marine WQUld.. be revived only in relatiOnship to the gradual re. ·v ival of its ;whole economy. . One particular instance that has aroused shipping . men and cohgres~men was tl)e report that 1 . .. at least one Japanese ship in a Pacific port, lacking a homeward cargo, ~ had loaded American ex·port cargo fur South America. • .. ~ .j "" "' . Examining the SIU's galley facilities in the Cooks and Bakers School to be operated in the new Headquarters building is Paul Resnic~ of the United States Public Health Service. Mr. · Resnick. of the government agency's Division of Sanitation, is curJjenily working with the SIU in establishing a program of sanitary procedures to be taught the school's students. (Story on page 1.) (Continued fr"om Page I) Engineers learned that the Pacific Maritime Association, which has long played "footsie" with Bridges, stood apart and declined ro take a stand. Meanwhile, Bridges' action ardused the wrath of the other AFL unions connected with the west coast waterfront and, under BME leadership, a general tie-up was effected of all vessels in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Seamen of the SIU, A-&G District, and of the Sailors Union of the Pacific walked off their ships while members of the West Coast teamsters locals serving the piers refused to carry supplies to the" ships. Likewise, the AFL taxi drivers . refused to carry passengers to and frofr! the port areas. ;i'he shutdown of all ~ier ope~a_txons spu~e~ _the Pac1~c Mar~tu~e Association to action. The shipowner gr,oui:> went. into co~ and .succeeded m having an · m· t' · d b · ll . June arrmg a piek . ion. issue etmg -m the port areas. PHONY LINE The BME and · its supporting unions responded to the order and · withdrew their 1 i n e s ; Bridges' union, however, withdraw its pickets but established an "invisible picket line," under the pretext that his organization was unable to find men to work the ships of the Isthmian Line. Events leading up to the present -tangle with Bridges' outfit Mobile Bay Sea Food Union Wins Strike By CAL TANNER hood of Marine Engine~rs, who · . Nothing much . took place at MOBILE, August 30---The Mo_:· are fulfilling tl~eir contract with the '"Branch meeting yesterday. }>ile Bay Sea · Jfood Union, Vf hich Isthmian Steamship Company Minutes of Branches holding is affiliated }Vith the . SIU, won against the efforts of the MEBA. meetings were read and accepta four-day strike against local Artd speaking of the labor ed, as · were the Agent's and shrimp packers and· went back" front, the CIO Shipyard Workers Patrolman's reports. to work with its (!emands met. ar.e still on strike against the Headquarters ;eport to the Urban Borsarge, president of Alabama Dry ·Docks and _Ship- membership and the Secretary·the union, said the str~ke ~as building- _Compa~y. T?is is ~he Treasurer's financial reports were called because of the price situ- seventh week this strike, which accepted without a dissenting ation and. bec;:ause "some. sm~ll is . for high~r wages, . h~io ~een vote. "I:"here was nothing in comoutlaw boats were operating m gomg on, w:1t~ no break m sight munications or New Business Mobile Bay ahd practically giv: as yet. and the meeting ~ent into Good ing their shrimp away." . .As. f~ as we here in the A&G and Welfare, where plans fur The SIU here gave all-out D1stnot are concerned, every- improving the facilities of the support to our Union Brot}\ers, thing here is pretty 1much okay, recreation deck were discussed. who had 200 fishing boats tied- what with 193 men shipped from There were 125 present when up. . the Hall. Twelve ships paid off, the meeting adjolll'ned. on the beach with us we had · Also getting SIU a~d is the eight signed on and three stop.. lo~al contingent .'<?~ the Brother-' ped here in-transit. 'J. Nali, c;. Stringfellow, E. ' D. , · Moyd, .•D. L : Parker, W. A : Wal- Boston l.otfi/$110re,,,en Bt!tk BME will here on the chance you see them, because men aren't BOSTON, August 29 The ed on. On· the payoff side of the staying long in Mobile these MEBA threw one of their phony ledger were the Ann Marie Q.ays. (Bull), The Cabins 'Cabins TankSpencer, ·by the way, who pkketlines around the Steel Fly· er Industries), Wanda (Epiph- holds book 89, has been going er, one of the ' three Isthmian any), · Stony Creek. _ (A;merican to sea since 1910, and has been spips to ·hit this port during the Tramp Shipping), Michael (Car- a member of the SIU from its past two ~eeks (the ,S teer Work- ras); Republic (Trafalgar) and inception, as · you can' see by er -and Steel Admiral were the Bents Fort (Cities Service). his bqok number. . • others), and · kept . it there for There were some minor over- · In his days of going to sea he about two hours. ·tirrte beefs on the Wanda, which has seen all conditions from the By that. time the AFL long- was settled to the satisfaction of very worst to what it is now, shoremen, who had refused to the crew. The Republic a'lso ' had and has been active in helping cross the line, found out what some OT disputes, and these to win· the conditions we pres-· ~he score was and went right were settle<1. bdore . th_e payoff ently have. back to work, and there should in our 'favor. "The conditiohs we have to. not be any tr~uble on this score The Cabins, Wanda, Stony day," he says, "are far beyond ~g_aj_:t1. ,. · · . ·Creek and the Michael · ~grled the wildest hopes we had in the · Sh\pping is very gooCi in Bos- on again. old days. ' They have .been ac-· Some of · the oldtimers around complished by a militant orga~­ t'>n, pa,rticufarly f~;r ·ra.t~d men: $0 if you want ·to get ·ouf .fast, here-at this time ·are y . .Szy~an- ,zation which stands ready to · ·.. ~ightail ·" it. for ·: this l>Ort and' ski, E. 'Whelan,' Ernie '-Belkner; .tight for their rights--and I P..m • ·:we'll fake care 'of you. Roy' Johnson, Bill Prince; B, proud to be a member of the We had seven 'ships paymg off ~impson, st~ Cieslak, F. D~.m :,; Atlantic and Gulf District of. the during this· period and four sign- asi Jbe.Alelo. •, " By JIMMY SHEEHAN . ~a::~ce~ :u~m~~~·t a~iec~a:~~ ·1 CHARLES SPENCER clo~e Before we for this issue, it is in order to list the men currently in the Marine Hospital. 'they are: H. P~ek, J. Harrison, L. C. Pugh, T. Burke, ·J. Buckelew, J. ~· Jones a_nd . Mike Leousis. / stem from an organizing drive. by the BME among the engin- _ eers of the Isthmian fleet, which culminated in a contract signed •. on August 20, covering the 250 regular and relief engineers em- · ployed on the company's ships•. The BME had .in support of its drive the full power of the AFL 1 Maritime Trades Department,• embracing AFL longshoremen, tugboatmen, licensed . deck offi~ _,. cers, pursers, radio operators and· ·u nlicensed seamen. Proof of the Isthmian engineers' sentiment was shown when almost to a man the ·company's engineers ignored the MEBA~ picket lines and went aboard the ships. Likewise, the MEBA re .. ceived no support frqm any other union iI1 the . CIO, the NMU. having demonstrated its position ;, earlier by sending · its members'-' ..threugh an. MEBA picketline · when the ships of the Isbrandt.. . ~en Steamship Company were in- · volved in a B~-MEBA dispute.' c:::... • . d .#.-.. · ~urrymg aroun .1.vr some t · ·t bort' tt t ·suppor m I s a ive a emp to curb . the will of the Isthmian engineers, th.e MEBA found an ally in Bridges' outfit, which was _expelled earlier by the national CIO for following the red · line. The Government, too, en.. ' tered the picture last week when 6 leaders of Bridges outfit were arrested by federal authorities on charges of being big guns in the communist revolutionary apparatus. TWO MOTIVES? Bridges' assumption of MEBA's dispute is supposedly . aimed at forcing Isthmian to · ·• renounce its ..contract with the BME and sign with the MEBA. Maritime observers see a pos- · sible further motive in that elimination of Isthmian,. ships from west coast ports would force them from the trade and leave the field open for the companies in the Pacific Maritime AssoCiation, which has long been charged with showing Bridges favoritism. Meanwhile, preparations were being made by the BME to put int-o the hands of the lsthinian engineers copie~ of the newlyriegotiated contract for ratificaJ_ion. The new agreement gives the engineers of the Isthmian fleet the highest pay in the industry: an immediate 3.62 wage. increase and other monetary gains ~d i~provements in ·working. conditions. The new contract also gives. the engineers union · the right to reopen the contract to discuss wages or working conditions at any time. IN THIS ISSUE Report of $eafarers Welfare· Plan ...................................... Page 4· The Delivery of the MV Forty Fathom 42 ·······-············· Page S News (rom the Ships ................................................................ Page 6 Minutes of Shipboard .Meetings .. :................. ~..................... Pase 7 SS Puerto Rico Crew Pr~ .................~·................... :.... Pages 8, 9 Letters from the Membership .............................................. Page l~ Maritime Roundup ................................................................... Page l~ Reports From Branch Agents: Galveston ................~.... San Francisco ...........: Lake Charles .............. Seattle .......................... Page 4 Page 4 Page · 13 Page 13 Wil!Jlington ................ Page Baltimore. .................... Pase Savannah .................... Page New Orleans .............. -Page 13 14 14 · 15 �By KE~T~ . . GALVESTO'N", This was .a dark .. . REPORT NUMB~ 'TEN ALSOP sro,. By PAuL HALL, ~cr.etary-Treasurq, A&G DiStr.ict;..Chlii-ma~,, SIU Welfare Plan. Tr~tees ' ... and somewhat ·Each ·week 10 Seafanra ,W•UIM~ ~laui ·will maktf b ·nport··to Sh.~'. of- the· Atlantl~· 1llid · Gulf DSat·rlc:I three. ~ays r~-. through the ·sE-AFAREllS LOO. Included wW be ill• nam• of Ill.~- rec:td"'f.liitf a.~I beit.eflta, the:.~t•· pal~· the :. .. -.- August 30 - ~~orous city for · ""'~ntly, wh~n the m~nieip_al ~.... 11.'oapltals ht wkieh the-t. are rea8"'1nst ~v ucl the·Jotai ~- patd oat.. . .. . biceptloll 'df tlie plal{>oil •July ., ~i~ees ad~ · htearrtsd . ters. w.th.ent .:~ l, lSSO. ·Also !Deluded ID ·tie ,report -.w lll he A•·Ma•.of. the· ~~ .haf'• tlhcl;.:..d --tlle umunt1 ]'aid ·their beneBelarleti. avke ·an s ut · own e ci..,. ., ughts and cut off garbage· c 61" ~tibns. · • bad., but after t1tree daiys withoat any garbage being collected, :rou can imagine the odor in this . ( . hot a~d hmnia city. The strikes were settfed and th~ e~ployees got a $25 ~onth1y w-age increase. We . can. all now take a healthy lungful . or air for a change. . -On the waterfront we paid off the- Bri'g htstar ('l'raders) and the - ~itY. 'Of Alma (Waterman). Bot~ ; '-~hips signe_d on ·again. HANDLED TEN - , In-transit we handled the QQv, ., ernment C amp, B. ra elfor d I s1an d , ' €ouncil Grove (Cities Service), the Seatrain New York and Sea. ftain Havana, Southern Cities (Southern Trading), Robert ; Lowry (Bloomfield), Mae and · Evelyn °(Bull) and Fairland (Wa,'terman). - We were unable to assemble· enou?h bo~kme~bers to call .a meetthJ.!lg,t so we_nk h~veh ...to ":_aiht ano er wo wee s m vpes L e membership will increase her.eabouts enough to do a bit of -. · Branch business. ~ ' One bookmember around here Thomas Mccann, a relative .. . Period ·Covered By Thi• R•Poit. 1 :l'he dark streets wer.en't s<>' · · ' · ·· August 12-A.ugust-25 • ., ·Cash On Hand US Government Bonds Esti1nated Accounts Recewable · . . Hospital Benefits Pa~d In This·~Period Total Hospital Benefits Paid- Since· July 1, 1910 h D•ath •enefits Paid T is Period· Total .Death Benefits Paid Since July 1, -1958 . ' . ~ . ' 1 ' · $131,690.36 $7 54,0i.~.44 . • $120,000.00. $4,127.00 ,. $63~6~.00 · $6,000.00 ' . $74,000.00 .·'· . The report of the period just .ended reveais an_otii:e~. . . g.r eater number of. men . ·saiiling SH! ships . also · means strong rise in the'.standing of the Seafarers Welfare. ?~an, gteater.. pa~ents "ta ~lt~; Pfan ·by the 'shipowners. a rise that has been . constantly upward," ever increastn:g. I::.ooking at th.is pe:Fi<KPs . figure. o_(·-$1~,00b. paid out ta tl~e beneficiaries· of dice~ ~-Seafarers, reveals that while the stabili~y of the Plan. · life goes O!J., s&me o:f· -diir~Brothers have ci:ossed the final While the current figures s.h ow a decided increase in b·a·r·. Whe·n. the t otal i·s sh ow n., i•t sudden1y reve · als the the benefits being paid, the income of the Plan, 'likewise, sizeable numb~r Qf., our Brt>thers who ha~e passed away shows an uplurn, both from the reguiar payments reoeived since the _Plan went into effect. Fortunately, it is with and the cutting into the accounts receivable to the tune - great satisfaction that now know that they . are assured of ·$50,000· during the past two weeks. a bntial fitting · for ~ Seafarer and a bit of · money is left As this week's figures show, $4,127 was paid out in over for the •dependents to straighten _out the deceased hospital benefits to 187 Seafarers. While this figure .ihcluaes l3r9thers! affairs. · men .who are paid only once a month, it is a definite inThe sudden loss of a breadwinner. is' a . terrible blow r. .• ' crease and ~hows the gradual- rise in hGspital bene~t p~yto any family. Qften th~ family is left with the co~t of ments to Seafarers. This is explained by the fact that the an expensive funeral (though the SIU has always seen h h d d . . : • h" d t . t h at its . memb•ers recerve · · d proper b uri'al. t h rougqh t h ~ 1 :_ SIU as un re s more men. Scu.J..lllg its s ips an , na urto it ally, a percentage of them will. be·cume ill. This- is· inllnt?• fornrer SIU buri:al fund). Now a Seafarer's family can' dia_tely refleczted in the-pl!(yment's, though., of course, for the· . . mee.t -tills emergency without fear. we l ... Lis~ed . . ... below are the Brothers who hav~. rec;eived hospital benefits. during the period covered by ·th.i s two-week report. the hospitals they were in · and the amounts t~ey were- paid.. I t!JSPHS HOSPITAL STA't'E!N ISLAND, NY Athanasoo~ells, George .... $20.00 "Beals, Albert B. ......•........... 7.00 '.Bechlivams, Nicholas ····-·-· 10.00 Blomgren, J . .......... !:.~......... ~. ~.Oo ,Brown,. J<>nn R. · ·.................. 10.00 1Brown Joseph · . . io oo !Burnsti:ne, Maori"~~·-·:::::::::::: 20:00 cantor, · l!obert .... :............... 10.00 1 Oeron, Milton R. ................ 10.00 tce~eno-, Alfreda -. ..........:..... ~ 20.00 ;Coffey, ~. J ......................... 20;00 :Corne, Ii.ouis ........ ~...............· . -_10.0o Sanchez; Charles E ........... Sikes, Oneal ........................ SR.ider, Phillip J . ..... :.:...... Thomson, . Hugh .................. Tilqen, H~rold .....•.............. Yidal, Rafael ...................... .~aas, George :..................... -Wagner, Emil P. :.............:. ·Yanik, Joseph ..................._.; · . 10.00 30.00 10.00 20.00 20.00 30.00 10.00 10~00 20.00 . $8'56.00 ~. USPHS HOSPITAL · SAN .FRANCISCO . . McDonald,. Sam .................. 10.00 _ ' USPHS HOSPITAL McGuinn, R. E. ···-··-··········· 20.00 GALvESTON . McLees, Thomas :H. .......... 20,00 Collins; James E. ..........'.... $10.00 Michaleas, T. ...................... .10.0~ 1 F~heri ~ra~ . :..................... l~.00 :Miller, .Joseph -E~ ................ 10.00 James, Roy E ............~........ 40.00 ·Raana, K. .............................. 20:00 • • · Ray, C ........................ .-.. ,::.... 20.00,, •· · $60.00 . 'Sutherlin, w. !t. ................ -. 10.00._ · ST. C.LARES iiosPITAL '.' ·Teague, J. A . ... :.................. 20.00 . NEW YORK · iTerrington, Todd ................ 10.QO' Prz~ic~4, J oJ:µi ........... :........ $20.00 '. !Tickle, Loµlie R.· ........... :.:.. . 2(l.OO . PH'IL~DELPHIA GEN. HOSP. iWailick, C. E •.............. :.....~ . . 20.00- .. . · PHii.ADELPHIA . , <)insburg, Samuei :.............$107.00 . . $490;00. 1:•. , . :' · (CrmtinueJ rm Page 1J) ·Bahr, D. .......:... ;...........:........$100.00 -lCrai~, F~ank . t.. .................. 10.00 -.Cheng, Gee ·--···············-··"··· 20.00. · ·' :~;~:~r·c~:r.··: _::::::::~~::·::::::::::::: ~·~:~~. ' ~~;~~~~. ·E~w~~ _::::::~;;.~;-~:::::~-- i_::~-~,. f Rafael .--··-··-···-·-······-····· 20.00" .Grant, Hel'bert E. ..,.;;. ...... 2Q:OO:·: D1~z, . - . . .. . Callot11ia·:l .a/JOi,·• cks··. IME:·., .. · • ·.' . , · , • . • 1 Dixon;. Earl ' .. ;..... ~........·.. :...... 2Q.Qt> i~~w·!s·•. _Jam~ , R."/...:,..<.::._. ... . 2~~~9.' . ·· ·:":·· · :: . ·'. B.Y Lt.<>irzi:.~Al!bNER . _: · ,Dunf~~;. G~orge . c. ·-·········· ro.oo . ~Mjt~nell, · ~.- ~: ··:······:..:-:.:;... 20.00 _. ~A:N ~FRA~iS~O; . Au~qM 29, t.ttliciettt ·lorl~~o,te.mefi· to wo-tk .Eldermre, D. ........................ 10.00- .:Petitpal?, u.•.:.... i0.00 ~ 1 · t · th t th h· h' f th b ~ 'F F c:i · k o OO < p .-tcha. .¥ Ed,J . ···•·-·d. L · . ,- "'his -.1. .ioca -.pom ~n . e _p:rese~ . . e s 1ps, ,1s. is way o um rennette, re enc ·--····- 3 ·. . l ri .· ru, war . • ········ 20. ·00 :Brotherhood of M ~ r ~rte· En- ing his nose .at the court. order. .Gardner, A. ·--······················· lO.OO lRob~rtson, C .. -R. ······:·'········· 120~00· gineers' l;eef'' -Wlth the· West .coast 'Nii!. AFL. Ehgineers, liowever; ·· ~ew~ome1\ ha:v-ifig · joine_d the 'Gardner, Marvin J . ... :........ 49.00- Robinson, E ....................., ... . 20-.09 il ' =--a<-C! ............ t.., i.. · t m , · -~ s I'd d · •th th full " S;n"T • ~948 B th M c 'G . w·n· . tv A I D . 1 10 00 ,on~l!H<&Orcsu..n .nas A~P e on. -rema'!':n , 0 1 ' an . ; .Wl ~ 1 2 , · a;~ .m " · r-0 er c ann · · arrison, iam -············· 0.00 · an a .s t, ame ·····:········ . · 'the run helping. out our affiliate baelting of the AFL will unsailing SIU ships ear.lier, Gonzales, Julio ........·............ 20.00 !Thurman, - Henry ................ 40.00 )m· 1..... i·· ~ l> ~... . th"' st d · b. t dl ~ . ' ., · , _ .'•..... ~k . w ,I a s.o · d th e I sth rman · G rangaard , J . ...................... 20-.00 , _.c.. tt10.."'d _• . uru.g "' cpa.t o_u e y wm. . / , ""ut h e misse d th B 1 Y. . ~.ere, _a_t •the H 1~ *-"· · 1 H ar . d en, Otis J . .................. 20.0Av 1.• • • • $330.00 ' we ·. .tie· ay _ an •. ship_ping rew.lAe an d th . e 1"v~14 6 • G enera !M ...... 1 .T a · .:i_.e.... e,... t k' __ . ·.._ik b . . t b th t ' H 1 B 10.00 ' , USPH"" b-:'sp IT•L · . , . ~~ ra . . "'es ... ea fig o as· .roams g9c?d: We sn.1pped men to w e, e1ng a sea o imes. , ·o mes, oss ...................... ., n'"1 A su- .... f t"' B"'.....,.. ih its ... .j c H. · 10.00 1 " ·• NE ·· w ORLEA.N"" ·. 11• • · f'..1:' 0 "" .• or · 1<1e J.VJ.!!I . • a ..._- a·_ ·gtJ6d_· number. of ships and J .... LIKES GULF~ Si;vu-, · · • ···d··············· ,· . ~ $· ii1on.. The suppol't w.as given us. handled th~ , mmor ._ -beefs that! . . Karalunas, Leonar .......... 10.00 rAdams, J.. R. ........................ 20,00 1 • AlSi. th;..; C 1u• .... St t F " d h . . Brother Mccann shi.ps out of g:Osit··."1'-t•, JWc!idr.>h ···· ···- -·· .•.• 20· o· 0 '. B- k R.. J p"· . 20 00 I 0 , "" a uorma· . a e . e - art1Se on t ose ships · where 1n•L. ~1\;..,. ..,""P • l ur e, .'· · : ·············.······· · - · . · . ~tfr--al1ofi, i~ eo11vention at . San· tran·s1·t. ' ~:..: ,as a .r.°!e, going out as Tueacc:x:k, Elwin E. ............ 10.00 .Cara, W11son 0. .................. 20.00 1:0i g t ~ ii . t · 0 ,a-;umpm_an. Hes been on ships Lomas Arthur 20 00 Cele•"t1'ne Ol1'ver 20 '00 1 ' e 0 • voe · u ammous1Y We were unable to ·assemble · 1 ~l ' ···················· . ~•SUtf ort th . BME" . 1•t p rtt . ../ ·. . . ~ce 9 · ~ m s res_e . .a q1:1orum for. .a regular mf;!etmg,.. · Lucas, Joseph ...................... 20.00 1Cruz, Rogelio ...................... . 20-;-00 , ,;· we learned this week that :McGUigan, A. :..................... 20.00 ~Fitte, Ben ,.........•......... ~ ......, 30.00 · •· , _. . 'Q ~twe held ~ special µieeting to 1 ,~Galveston, Houston and Corpus Moillii, John B. .................. 10.00· ·Gifford, R. S .........•.......... ~. ao.oo THUMBS ·NeSE . st~mp .·shiPi>ihg cards and hear :.t<;misti .towboat and harbor M'<>rris, William J. .............. 20.00 Grana, N. D. ........................ 20.00 Despite the lack of pickets ,an·- a'd dress l)y Charles King," ~orkevs have signed. a ~ew con- O'Brien, Eugene · P. ". ....... :. 20.00 •Gr0ss, E: E ......... ~ .........•......'.. ~0.00 t~rounii- the' ships here, a situa- y8ectetacy-Treasur~r of ' the .:.BME. · ~~t with the G&H Towing O'Brien, H. E. ..............,..... 20.00 [HJlrdf'.ma.~, yr. T ......,..•.~-..... , 20,~ ition brought about when :a f?an He thanked t~ ·s1u and SUP, . .' COmpany proV'.iding for a ten ·o'·Neil1, F. ............................ 10.00 iHenry, Hayden F .....,....... r. , .10.00. ;Francisco judge llanned· an¥ pjck- men here for . the wonderfur sup1 ...... . ·,.cen·t increase. across, t_he ·b oard . .PHutis· , J~oseph ..................... 20 •00 1K·elly D... D. • ·; ·"····· ·· ' ····.: ·· ....· · • 20_ •00 ets 1·n • the n" · t ·we h ave g'iven, h. is · / greup · _ .' •• f . . · •be.ef, . th·is: h as - ~-t gor ·~ ~. ~e - ; a-greement incre~es the· Pl-att, Elijah ........................ 10,00 :Kiiskj, T ..............................T ·2oiOO rstopped Hatry aridges·ffom .hard in. i~ fighj:. We ' assured him .that acation ' benefits and- is an all- RiveFa~ Ruperto .........;........ 20100 "Lang, Lep ·········-·····:....•..:.... .20.((0 ltiming the 'AFL .Eng.iii.eers Union. :we vvould "s tand b~ck 'o f liiS out- ' :llJ.'Ow:1~ improv~e.ri;t over: ·Iasf &ldenwaler, Adolph W. ·' .. .. Ht.00 ~i..ee, . Th~a~ore E . .....t.. ..,,:...;· · 2tt~O !B~~dges'., "i?V~§ibi'epicketi!ne," ·tbe ~fit , until ~he;r h~v~ successf~y ear's figreement. , . . Salgado, .Jose . ...................... . 10.00 Mayrbat, John .,•. ,.........;.... ,. 20-.00 pre~ext the,t he cannot . round :Up 1ended thew dispt1-te. . , :r; ir.- w-as · ft I hn... . . . 07 ,. . . .. . . . . ... . . . . . . • oeei ! 1 ,1 f t • • ' • ' ' ~ _,. ' . • ~ (. Zi �• • • • > J :· t ' ... - .'1' . If .• _ S" E A. F A. R E R S L 0 C By THURSTON J. J;..,EWIS I . could get. a Uttie rest. When his eyes ha,d be- hit him _on the behind. .He dropped our only roll . I was mi.llding , my own .busi.Re8s ·,t Jean'~ come accu.StoQ.led to the dark;ness, and he 'h ad of. toilet paper and jumped half way across the Ship's Bar at 3.39 Chartres Street, 'w.-Ay .down careMly- i:;wted -the position of th~. Co~odore, boat! yonder in New Orleans, when in walks Jo-Jo I turned the wheel over tb him and climbed into He claimed that I deliberately caused the boat Molina wlth a ·big guy named , Bill Thom.Pson. · the bunk. to roll, but that is not so. My business when r-'get· in port 4s wwppibg:myWhen I awoke it was broad daylight and the The- morning of the fourth day my engine~ self around: as many whiskey . SQ.\WS - or brews convoy was somewhat ahead of us. I told Dick were flooding. I had no engine trouble, but I anas are compatible with my purse. .. ,,,. · • that, if he would, :make us some coffee, I would · ticipated trouble -if I did not get that bilge pump · back. I speeded on up to ,the Commodor'e, and · . But, ~s I say, in walks this flJ.gW,,ve r0m Pan- see :if I .could jockey baclc into poS.ition. cho Villa with this big guy who claims he is I Qp,ened up the throttle and the little boat shot they said for me to drop back and get the pump looking fer sdme good Seafarers. This struck no ahead like $ail<:>r Beware in the fif~h at Narra- back from Charley. respon~ive chord with1 me. gansett. Dick complained that the coffee pot was .We did this ~nd, after pumping ~urselves dry, Before 'i knew it, I Qad promised to! .g et off this jumping . all over the galley and was hard to we had to return the pump, for: Charley was. craclt~ pass~n~t liner, the SS Del Norte, and go catch. ' . taking water faste.r than ·we. with them on this fabulous delivery job of six '~inally he came up with a plate of scrambled In the afternoon we sighted · Sand Islana and wooden fisfilng ·bf:>ats for General Seafoods, Inc. c;:ggs, spam, bread and coffee. changed_course slightly to the west. We stood. by' ' . I was to ~kipper a boat from Morgan City, • We pass~d Roy and Charl~y in front of us, _and while the Whirlaway secured a towline. to Num-1 Louisiana, tq Canipeche, Mexico, for the- sum of soon were back in our position at the head of the . ber 43. They, too, had let their bilges flood their $1~5. I was ~lso · offered an AB's job on a sleek column; engines_ little ship that was once a subchaser, but $200 Then I slowed down enough to hold our place The 'towline broke twice, but after we changed· a month was considerably lcswer than the· wages and ate breakfast. The motion of the Forty-Two course and WE'.re runn~g parallel to the sw~lls; which my gooq lJnio!'l, the SIU, guaranteed had shaken thE7 water tanks so much that there the line seemed to hold okay. This put the swel~ on our contracted vessels, so I refused this offer was q1,1ite a bit of sediment in the dri!lking pounding us on our port beam and this was the ·~utright. · water, but we drank it without evil effects. roughest part of the trip. : In no time at _all I was in Morgan City~ I Indeed, I.have heard of Mississippi River boatFirst we would be in a trough, then on the crefti · could eat all I wanted· in a restaurant, sign a slip men drinking the water of that majestic muddy of the swell, then down in the valley again; we of paper, and that wa~ all there . was to it. My river as a daily ritual, and their health was b~- would roll until it seemed that we would be tos-· hotel bill was paid by some .· mysterious party lieved to have been improved by it. sed oiVer the side. I was glad that I had lashed called The · Company. Dick went to bed as soon as he had eaten, but .' down every movable object aboard the boat.· ONE-MAN CREW __ go~ up again and gave his breakfast over to the . Everything except the coffee pot, that is .. 1 fishes. I wa~ sorry for hbn. The lashi"'lg on the butane tank broke loose; At ten o'clock the following morn.ing, after Johnny anq Shorty in the ~oaf abreast of us but I secured it before it overturned . .The drUIIllJ· IJ.aving signed on one '9f my . frien,ds from the waved a cheery good morning, and I settled of diesel oil were secure. As we would roll from.· Brotherhood of the Sea, Dick Bowman, as Or- down to a long grind of steering. side to side, the bell would ring and it was ·-~ dinary Seaman, I checked hiy stores, water, fuel, Sometime during the day the sea calmed down weird al'd lonely souad in the darkness. ' Never at any moment was I worried about the ~· iind lights. . a bit, and ' I attended to some necessary duties .. I I warmed up the diesel engines and asked Dick had. to ch~ge the batteries wit~ a little gasoline seawortltiness of Forty Fathom 42, but I was ap-· to .•take the lines fore and aft. I. heade~ in a slow engine, check the lube oil and water temperature, prehensive lest the engines would break down, circl~ up the Atchafalya River, which was :twice fr.ee the ensign which had fottled up in the rig- our llghts go out and that we would,.. lose the:, -.. as muddy as the Mississippi and with a current ging, and pump the bi~ges with a little portable convoy. ' . that necessitated my ..heading up ·river until such bilge pump also operated by a gas engine. _ This last night was the worst night of any. I . a tune as the bridge was opened for me to pass When these duties were finished I ate a can ot worried .abo.ut the bilges. We had no pump. , through. · d d pork and beans and drank about a quart of water. aboard. ·I thj.nk that -prayers floated upward to:. When: it had slowly swung aroun ' ~ turne Then I. hit the sac~, as I wanted to take ,o ver Heaven from more than one boat that night. . and headed downstream. There were six -boats again as soon as the shades of night were drawn But we h_ad no trouble whatsoever. The next ..,..ore or less like mine the "MV Forty Fathom -· · · · · · . ag'a inst the day. · . . morning we were in some sort of bay. The water1 ~·" - _T~e ~om.~ocfore ,;:as a sleek ljttle reefer At dusk 'o~e of the -boats broke dow.n, iJld we calmed .down_, was green as grass and smooth as <;alled the Whu:laway.. ... . 'th had to drift un.til repairs were made. No d..top- glass. Str~ge fish, two feet or more in len~ :'. We w_ere to trave~ in convoy formatio~a;~ ping "the ~chor- here! ·we were losing valuable would surf.ace and almost walk on their tails ill·. ~e·t·W~irJ~way l~_adipg, and l had theh g t;'t'Y\e an~ r was itching to get .a head int.o a safe their frantic efforts to get away from our boat. · t·h fi t ....:l n However t ere were -\4"1' ""' ""\ · • · posi ren m e rs cV1~m · · ·' h l.. ~ + f th· ·· , g sea Me:l'foans in large straw hats could be seen in.. Some fifteen miles Of river <;h,annels Which had . ar!i'O:l" anµ Ol.l ~ o _ IS an ry - · • . · . . . . . . . ~· cf. ·frustrated · · th b There were fi~shes of linhtn:ing and although rowboats and skiffs fishing for their family J.OO , an earlier attempt to get ese un· ~ - · ' . Th d . b h f fi h d th ~. dies of toothpicks ~ut to ~a. . . .. I had ple~ty of eontidenee ~n th~ -well-built litt.le erled. . s~me tto eh a_~1e:l ora: s an h ~~ . ~~ wav..e · · els · w .' I was rem~nd~d of ·t h ~· wot · ati .old. $ea .boat··' I ·was . not ·too anxious · · to. put .· her .t o· the su- wou u . a..,fine fish.a us c eer u y an some imes o · · ~aptain who, on being signaled..by blinker light p~- ·t est in a. gal~ or a. hun'1e~e. P · ··· from a sleek -m odern. vessel if be -were not afraid H~d I o~ly knQwn I would have been· upset; for FRIENOL Y FOLK to take that old · ru.stbueket -to se~, answered, at this time 400 n>.ilf!s t_o the west . Qf us ~ boat We C9\.lld see their white te.eth as they happily .•.'For two case$ of 'Scqtch I would take tbb;. $OB sirmlar to. min~ was fouriderin~ with two _men grinned. Diek said their teeth- looked like pianQ to Hell and baqk!" And -he did. _ aboar.d h~.. ;Both bo~t and men were lost. -. keys. . Eventually - we passe9. ti C~st Gu~d :;tation · · · 'l'hey. :we"t~ me~ber~ *of anoth~r. · gr~up. wh~~ I el<>Sed ·up .o n -our Commodore, praying . that; .. ~n a little island ind we were _at s~a. Little~~~ - .. ~d left . ~wJ;lSVille,. ·Texas, f0r a {le}iv~ry JQb our engines wo~d not become flooded before w8., · ,lifted us gently ~nd s~t us dow~ -eas~y, ~if< to _-,,t~ ~e:-same p~- for . ~e ~:same _ ~om,p~y. Why could tie up. Charley eame up alongside -an.d RQy} test otir stamina. T.he .sun disap,1>e~- .b~~· ~r:th~ .t wo· rn~.~ ;eeulG ·l\Qt~v~~ been~o/-:.by other ·. tossed .u~ -· 1WO' cigarets which we sorely needecb, . S<>me yeilowish clouds. -The · thin ·pen~il -Of hor~ '··!Jl'enl};iers :of th• -eon:v-0y, l do ·~~t.~_know:, b~t I ev.en saved the butti? to smoke in my pipe. The! lzon .lifted and ·left both' ~e sun ~nd .th¢ ClQUdS the~ C:~VO-Y l~ped. mto CaJnpech~-. ·Qne day shor.e line was -loomtng up larger and larger. : ' Ute other aide of the earth. ·-· . . ah.e ad; of qs; one·.b oat and tw.o ·brave--}iearted sea.. · A lovely little village appeared as if by magic.' -: ' Soon our little .48-foot boat wa$ pitching and men were lost. The reof-s ·were or- red .. tile and the dobe· w~ 'rolling . without any ..premedit~te.P . rhY,tluJ;l, and rhe .f<>nowing day was abo~t . the ~rune . ~s . tpe were painted lovely shade-s of pastel blue, pink" 't ry to move from ,one place .tf>...anoth,er on ,the .·twe days pl"t!vious.i Die\t·.-had become us.e~. te t~e green and ·orange. {-,, vessel was as irritating a~ hell: ·smal,l boat now and :was no longer. seasick. His We were signalled to tie· up at a little quay' ,. DJ.ck becall}e sick · ste~ring . improved. and, when we had done so with a ~igh of relief~: ; . I found that I could wedge the. sto.ol in, between In the - aft~rno_on, , Roy's and Charley's ·bo~t Vfe- gathered our gear together, permitted a search:.. the dashboard and .the bulkhead, brace: myself .broke down . .They had no bilge. pump aboard, so of the vessel by the "customs and I showed, OUI': With ane" good . arm, and. ~keep .the mai;k on the' we ·had to come up alongside them . in quite a papers . ~nd document~ . . compass, which was per,.,em\icqlar to the l'\1b'Qer's choP,pY sea and transfer our pump to them. We went ashore to spend three days · in .line on 2.70 ,degr,~e.s, a:i;iP,, ste~r ;wi.t h one hru;i,d. Th~ir e.n gine had drowned out. ~fter t~y were lovely little tow,r of Campedi.e, Mexico. _ follo.wing · Tue~day we went to the hustling '' ' · . T.hus I ·was steer~ng l8(r 4eg~~, or due· South, pumped dry we resumed ·our. pos1t1ons and· plowalthough I .was,.tising a direction 90 deg~ees from , ed on ahead, taking spra-y across our bows and little city of Merida ~nd boarded a plane. h'J• course as a steering point Something 1.i ke .kicking foam .abaft our blades. slightly over three hauIFs we W:ere in New Orleans.~. 1t'aiµi~g· ~ French -?5 a ~er~ain angl~ ~rom ~ v~~- . Since there we:i;e no ~oil~ts a?oard;. had to When we · went to the· General Seafoods,- Inc;. i. " . . ~ble ' ai.rji!~g pqint, ·~n or~~r to_ stnke aJ;l _. mv1s~.. ha~.g o~r sle;rn_sheets o\rer the s~de. to answer the offtce' on. Tchoupitoulas Street to ·co.U~t o..: '1· Jble target.. . · . ; . . . . · ~calls of- nature. I had warned ·Dick about the mone..y, the boss sa-id, "All I say is you SIU guy ·. I steePed. uritil .abput '3 A~ and then gently shuks ;and· ;when 'he had his .:p~ do...yn, ~~rty- sure get·:tiuts!'ii.. . . .. f •w•~n~ Di'* ·and· asked -lµth~ ~Q t8k~ o\Ter"~til....~ rolled anq a patch nf $UW~ came-_up an4 I dunno.· I:. ~ we- have~ me µ£ _ ' · - t. o:p to The my we: • • 4 }: .. • .t �... :1JUt11.· :... :; I,_ ~ ·,. .,.' .Chandu The Magici~n Sw:aps TtjCkS ,··For Berth On SIU.;:contracted-Slllp . Chandu the Magician, bearer of the f altlOus 'name which thrilled . thoi.., s·ands of J"Oungsters with tales of mystery on tlte radio years ·ago, has ex• ' changed his bag of tricks Jor a seabag. · -·, :- · ·. The master of magic, sleighti . . of hand and mysterious disappearance -is now a crewmember ~board the SIU-contracted SS , ·:Puerto Rico, where his talents ~erve to entert~in the crew-.at · . · Known to his fellow crewmembers as Karol-Johan Michalski, Chandu's story of magiC as a business is no less fascinating I than Jiis real-life story of being · shunted across Europe · as a refugee fi:om both the Germans and the Russians. ..·. Fu ~-.As Chandu tells it, his father was ' the original <;::handu, who was in this country some years ' ago and who built a 'r eputation in - the trade rivalling Black.. ·stone and Houdini. His father's experiences. and stories formed . t~e basis of the radio series us~g his name. ' · Aboard the"SS Puerto Rico. . . 'baseball pool. Jim's the ·b usiest: ·chief Electrician Robert F. Stew- ; man ·aboard. -: . Czeslaw Jankie·- i art is the father of - 12 childr~n. wicz never stops: working. Whe'n: '.,ranging in ages from thr~e . ~o h e's off d~ty as Waiter you can '.. twenty-six. He has five boys and always find - him in · his . room · seve:n girls, all living in Brook- working on model ·ships. · · ~; .}yn. Bob, Jr. i~ also abo~rd, the Heard a story ' about - a Stew- · ,' PR . .' Can any .Seafarer bo,a st Qf ard . who had a p eg. leg. He was · · · a la~ger family? _ . . ~. ~ '.' , , · - Gaetano Silvestl'i is .known: · as Blackie, the singfr~~· •h W'i!~i· Blackie· keeps the · passengers . happy ' ,durhrg the Captain's paI,ty. with ~is s·o ngs. He also ·sings at Jack's in San Juan . and · gets. ·a big ' hand. Bill Reid was sailing three · years ago on lhe Alcoa Cli:pper. While at he was operated ; on f9r a ~plu~ed appendix and Stewardess Magge Gr.e enbGrg aided the doctor in lbe .o peration. Rec;:ently we mel l'1e I , .: "'fhe magic business," said 1 Chandu, "is not something you c~ ,learn. from a book or pick : up in a novelty store. It's hand- I ·e d down from f,~ther to . son." -· UNDER RUSSIANS ;~ '. Chandu finally settled in Po~-'land where he was living when ·-~the Russo-German pact split Pol;' I ~nd in half, the section . wher.e Chandu lived being given to :.-• Russia. sea ; ,:' ·1 .His experiences under the Russians, left him bitter and a (, iionfirmed anti-communist. The . ~~ter occupation by the Ger· mans, when they invaded Russia found no support from Chandu. -i.:.The shooting of hostages and ; .·,llspec~ed saboteurs - under the <:P'ertnans brought . Cha.ndu to sum • ti p · occupation tinder the two ·es thus: "Under the Russians _ ' was a slow death; under the , Oepnahs, a fast death!" }:ti~ .The-Germans took him and his ,,~ afu.ily and sent them to the in- 1~~~~- -~:c:~~::i0;,e:a:pye:! . as no charge. . His father returned to his h o m e 1 a n d , in Czechoslovakia .where he died. Karol-Johan then stepped into his , father's footsteps and appeared throughout · ~Europe, gaining acclaim for the infinite bag of tricks he learned ,,._ from his father. . In 1949 he and his family en- dead, Chandu decided to bow tered ~he United ·States as dis- 1out of the magic business. "Busiplaced persons and Chandu took ness is 'bad .with telev.islo.n now a crack at the magic business in every home," he says. .~ here. He. landed a spot on WFIL, So, into the 1p.othballs went : the Philadelphia . television sta- his repetoire, and Chandu turntion, and put on weekly shows. ed to the sea, a calling not ex- . of magic. actly new inasmuch ·.he had · JAIL BREAK put in eight years on. Poli.Sh ships as a Jr. Engineer,. One of ·his crowd. _pleasing Now living in Newar~ New stunts was publ~cized in the Jersey; w:itp- his ~ife and three .~X· . ,,, . Philade1phia· papers when he chil.dren, his plans are to stay· Slmmons ·victory ~c:re~embers ~us~ lhemse_lves attempt~. broke out of the Mercer County with the sea. ·ing to · parlay their. paJ', into ·a slake. The men. are; left toi .Jail . in Trenton, New Jersey, right, Duffy. Steward; EedcUU. Oiler; Erii~sG"n. Chlef Electri* The; glamour of mystifyi!lg within one hour after being se- audience~. has been paled somecian: Grosiclose.' Bosun: 'and· While. 2nCi Electrician. w-ho sub* curely shackled and locked up. what by_his real-life experiences. mitted the picl'2re. Ship wu- in ' the East deliv~ring tanks lo Korea. · But the strain of !"ehearsing Having saved his family from and putting on three shows a the communists and-n~zis an<l ~~=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / :lay for benefits, entertainments successfully mad~ his way . to :md organizations was too much. this country, he's interested ~ow. His health failed and he had to solely in. 11roviding a liyelihood give it up. for his family and living a quiet VAudevil~ being long since life a.s-· an American resident. By SALTY DICK Clipper al Trujillo City and . Bill wen! OV'1' lo· pay his re· speets to · tile ·charming Magge. On September 19 Mike Amato· .. will spring for a -big birthday .party fo~ .himself. a~ the Club 7:7. ~e. beautiful hostess, . Juanii~, .· i.yho :h a_s only .. ey~~ J or h~,; Wiill J •• l>e the guest <>f J1onor: ! . · . , . ·"" ·-·. ·--Th~ .p;;sent Ship'~ Delegate .is so t ight 'he . woq.i<;t·. hi'de 'the· 1iiglifl .Jiht Murphy,, who- is so· interest- 1U11t h. day ·tne"crew;h id .fils r ed in baseball that he runs a · peg· Ieg and they never had .any · ' "' ' . mor.e trouble with him; .-' 1 ·one A publicity shot of Chandu. Two Seafarer-M·anned·Ships Run .Aground ·t·~~:y~==·~c;;."':~:~ ~~~·: '' H he death camp and· was then , · · · , ·· .. - yout.lt in Egypt ·when he. w ant* · '. .. eh.t T o Czechoslova.kia where, Two ~IU~crewed . v_essels ran early mor ning darKness and,. end- · ~~ssful '·due· to high' seas. The ed 889:· .tJie pdh~.:.. in his " · . .t· h. hi .f h f ed t aground last week without suf- ed up_ 09 t he sa,n,.qs of ·Jones · weather' also · interfered with' a.t- . harem •. wheh h~ was · 13 ·h~ 1' w1 s w1 e, e was ore o . . ·~ ~ k . th . Sk d "ti I fermg any casualties, though one Beach. Eleven })ours . iater ,t ugs tempts by tugs· to free;. the, ship, climbed over a wali and .leaned. 0 " {~~ m e a mum oi;is suffered a gaping hole in its succeeded_ in pulliqg hel'- . f:ree-i 1tp ree cables l}aying. ·J:?e,en ,broken -' Over: too far. _He fell in ~the !> .ac ory. ' huli. · · she continued ·tQ. New York un- durillg attempts. · · yard and"-was 4~ested'...; bY, the"· · '.J"'-A1., He, . was at .Skoda when the Th 1 th L'b ty der her ow . n power. C ff' . 1 . ·'· r.t d th t .l ib ted h " e vesse s were e i er , -..' :· . opipany o !c1a s ·r epo : e r a - . co~- .g uards. , His .fal~er . gol ' ·.ruu un. s h ip ' Moth er M . L . of .E agIeth · · h,.a d · b ~en put . h"uq. hia freedom~ rbut ,, not .;,.,. "- . · erican armies · era HIT SANDBAR _ ~ passe~gers PLEASED TROOPS Ocean Transport <::ompany and . The- Dei'. Mar, wit h 9,0 'passen- ilbo~rci the Mooi~ .:.~ ~cCormacR: :foni:.~~ saw' lhai th~ ·pas#~ ~ ,:--J~ appreciat ion to his libera- , th~ Del Mar, Mississippi .steam- ge~s_'· ao~a~<:{ . . ra~ _on.to a, " sa~d ·pa~en~~fr - . ship, ' ~ .:.B~~~il;>': ~~a _' ~Bis _ien)o.y,ing .'li,e _,with ~~a 'b.e'vf .·, · ··"';-: 1 •1 '.·~ 8 . Chandu . assembled '. n~w ship Company lµ xury crmse ves- ·bank ertte'ri'rig R1C1fe 11arbor ,m _t aken ,to :Rio J;le J~netF'Q ~~whe!'e' J; o.fc.. danc:ln~ g1rlsh . ~ .: r;~~ <. •• ··ii.,~. !pnient fo~ ' his act and, un- · se1. · , easte~n Br azil . .. ·'..'',_'...~:;~, ~·": i', theYi.!·hax~" beeri ,. pu~ ahaard 'air.~!, ,.'AU i~·' li'H; 'th¢ Puet'~o~·nico ': is :i' · :1.ihe .· spon~orship : of ~ ~y ·, ·/t~e Mother M.L. ran __ agrou~ .... -p~~~aj1ary . e;"a~i~a~i~~· l~d ~la_~~s. 1 , • •• · .' ·- ,· · • . ' ' • • ·, a .go,04. ship.~' a...~d-· a:· ped~ct ' ( n ...·: :'' ·, jal·,: _ s_er:vices; en~ettflmed._ ~u~s~de -N~w Yor~ harbor . w~ile__au~hoi:1!·i~s ~fa . ~e~~Je . ~.8.~ 1 ~?e....~~e .D~l ~ar 1w_e~t· ~ag,:-oundJ fou~t 1 'day~ "m -1 ~~'!-'.". :·Yi'lrk,:~ Jlfre~;, . . , ~~an . ·so~dier.s · th:roui01ou~- enro~!e _to ..the ·city fro~ Ph1la- .ship ' had" tor~ .a ;J aJrge· h. -~le m It~ i·,db:r~n~ . a ~tornr -~b J~h~···a_-tso · t en!· -&y~_"' i. n ' S~ Jua~ '!a .n ·,,!~~e · i~· · . "~' · putting , ~n ov er 2,0~0 .~del~h1a.'. The 71F 6Jton. ,s~p:,ov~r- hu~n . . I~m~~~~e '?'~~mP, <ct9 tre.~ .·~u!· 1Arg~nJ~e :· ~r~.1ghter1 int?. t1?_e, "Ti;UJ1~0.. .Ail, .·thi ·a.n d_ h'.~~yeJJ'.'- ' ~IWo•hour · 'iftows~· :um·;..;. .:· ' ·., ·;i shOt utJt~J<"harorui : e:n!~nce l D.oi t he i:pove,. the ,psseng~.rs~w~re Wi11P'Ci;· mud.·"Ot .{fie liarbOrfJ .. 1 .. ·~'. · . . &>~tr.,, ;. r • ~ , , 1.• •ll, . , • "~1f I I.~ 4,_""' ..t' ~}· '·; .~ ., l--·1 .. .• l~ ' ' . ··', ... 2" :~l.r.. ·~ e.;.; •. 11t ·:. . "' ·'' ,, 1T; i .,. ;i. \ F~ ... .. ··=- .) ' f1. , ·•-.'•" ''r a ' "N ;) . fo I 1 . ?. , .. 7: ��· Bellman · Cwn, . ;·. DeHo_lpecl&:les~ . riglit. senes ie•·~1o· ~u '. Barba.ta_ Ste...,ard 'and M~ . Lennon. both of · H.W irork euy; ·bi iheu· st~eroom~ ' In a -.1 eu.r to ·.the :a.in ' Line'• .· Vice ~esid~nt· w; A} K~gSJins . stated that . hunclied& of j,p;~ngers . had ·. spoken . highly Of . ~e courteous service received; mw. 1 · Al left• .deck men inler~l>l, ._lheir- ·.~.. p~ng o~,ralions lo ~ate.I! -C:~w,".' - ~ meinbft -K:uo1 ·Mtcbalski. 1~n, pµll , ·· a cigai'.elle tr,~k ·o~ .!ieck., ~p . M. . :: Olien. ,..Watchb;lg ··are .Jim . ~9#! .~-A! ~ · Schoonmaker~ ·. Jo~eph' O~i:eza ~n~ ·- · Anid - Gyiland. •, .' .,. ., , . "' .... · ··<· . 4. . ' rl • .;r• .. The ·JUgh sfandard :·o(t~e .- C:u 11ln~ . ,, · ·11 not confined lo · passeng~rs" a_~q~e• . . a; · ·c rewiii'embers . he~ _'eJ?~OY. ' · 1~r.sl .. · class. noontime :ni_,al. ,Left l9 -rJghl: , . •. c. ,G.Qocling,. ThqQias . ~een81,.1J S!!m.... ·· Bernsleinfr· BoberL ~Slew rl'. JE<, -;and<;· 'Ro~~it. ~:s1ew~Ci '. ,r;~·,·~.,~ip~ --1hem ~. · •, aI-,' 'Ailen F r J•....ld an • :._;·, ·~ ', 'i'~··· t , , r .' •·• . 1 . , ;. ...... ,. ·: ; ~ • 'j ~. .,,. • ~ ' ,.. ; ;-- ·~,· • �·:fiead Waiter William Dunhatn offers a menu lo passengers_ Marion Maguire · . Ellen Macke~e• .both of' New Jersey. The excellence~ of the ship's cuisine'. . ;; a.Dd. the · facilities provided - for the passengers' c~mfort . and pleasure have )?een' · :_.• . the· souice. of 111uch praise and have helped build ihe ship's goodwill. and ' # · C~ptaln E. B. ~Hudgins bids --goodbyt.• to ·Mr. ,and Tac]Judy, of Chicago, wh~ 't\•t!rit met -at -. :..the; sli;.p:: J}.y t~ ';cla~g~.,... "~loril!_.· ' -. ·._,; ·M:tJ. -A:'-C.: c - • . .' -~.;1.~'•. titi..~ ,~ilfA .y,trf1J.· ·'ot::e>~iiom. . .f.he, -~•r-!q ~ " .: ~~ ,.:h~ ' rcarri'itd(s.-.~-:~1 '.p!i11•9,e~ :: ~~ ' P..aerto· --~ " ~!i~ ,:· '/.; 4!le~i·nA'~1~cail'-;;:Jlepub1i~· ~lid .1-4:499 < ·nor~'-~ " ~;;: ·"',.. f" ' • ~~~ ·~· ~ i "'-~ .. -· ~ •-•~•81\ :. tlie ~ t~ .'~I~~ ,.. t~e. ~hip~ h~ ~~, :,- -~ .: 17 .. • ;;"I. ' ·" ~(J-12 ·. :s>a11eligen. . ' ' ,. - .. ' . _,. ,,. . . . Below.. Room -S tewud Max T:roch&. • • veteraif :-:::. ·,.,· puaenger · sl)ip . ciewme.i.ber,, ,. readies · a ·s~at~roo~ . ~ . ' . for. the ~e#·· group ·of passengeri. , ' . I ·.·· ~ - ... · ~ . , �.· .Ship .Medicine· Chests ,..Seen 'NCeding Overhaul Steward$ Depa.-tment Beef . . ' ~ -Rotate Deck ·Tasks, Says ~ Old,. Serang �. '• ~.,~ ,, Friday,. ~f•mbe; . 1.' 1151~ . THE SE.i4FARERS Page E!eYea ., Lauds·.... Pledge . .. . ' To , .-~upport... . : .... \ -- ... ·-.Reeling In The. -·, Cable .., ... ....... ... ~ ' ' I. 1 .' ' Oldti111er· Recalls~ Captu·re By tJ~608.t ln. World War I ..J ~ SUP Demands • I To the .Editor: , I see py the la~t iss~e ~ of the. LOG "that t.h e SIU and SuP are . in there pitching together just as they have. been over the past years. I'm hoping our West Coast affiliate gets everything it · will ask for at its coming negotia·tions with the operaiors. •' I'm glad, too, that our mem:bership has voted to give them all-out support in our traditional style, .j~st in case. ' As many of you guys who tead the story -in the last issue of ihe LOG probably noticed, the- Atlantic and Gulf District came up with a good program in case our West C08St Brothers have to hit the bricks. TO' the Editor: cargo of lumber. During our staY. . I've been reading in the LOG in port, beer was one pen.ny a tales by oldtimers, and being one pint and scotch whi~key three myself I would like to say a few pennies a glass. words about my experiences. I made six •trips with the ship I j~ned the wooden ship Win- and Raid off in San Francisco cona in September, 1892 in Port- at the time the Spanish-Ameri-· land, Oregon. My first trip with can war was ~eginning. this windjammer was from the Seamen were very scarce at Columbia River .to Sidney, Aus- that time so the Army put brasstr.alia. bands on the Embarcadero to · p. · t · · . h h. I get seamen to transport the ships 'd riorll o Jommg t e s ip f ·ac- , to the Philippines. c1 enta y met a young man r om the same town as I who hapARMY TRAKSPORT pened to be a member of the I was among -the 100 wh~ join- · ship's crew. He asked me if I ed, - and after working for Uncle would like to go to sea. I told Sam for $31 per month I quit him I wcruld and he took me to and started again on the windthe Skipper. The Captain asked jammer Star , of Scotland, run- --· me my age and told me I was too ning from San Francisco to young to go to sea, but if I had Alaska. • ·.w.-. ...• ••;.•.:.;:~;:::~~i~.l::~~~j~ffz.tf:~~..~@1~tf~~j my parents' permission it would Two years of this and I swung . be okay. over to Matson on the Matsonia. · Massillon Victory decli:men busy themselves winding cabl~ In 1914 I joined an .old Nor.. I go~ my parents' okay and u~de,, the direction of Mate Sidney Granger. left. The Seawas signed on as Deck Boy for wegian ship owned by Johnson far•r• Fralik Loge. Deck Maintenance; 'l"ed Ostrosefski. $16.50 per month. The trip to and Company of Seattle. Loaded · ' A~. and 'a n unidentified AB. Picture submitted. by crewAustralia took 59 days with our with lumber she went from Gay meinber John Chaker. , Harbor to New York. When I - · 'FULL AID The program, JYhich was recommended in the Headquarters. report, covered just about everything to make our support airtight. One of the things that the SUP Brothers wih· find very ~f­ feciive in a beef, is •the •A&G. District plan to give them eqwll vessel. So much for Brother SIU. A very hearty thank you shippi.pg rights on. SIU. ships not To iiie Edllor:: . goes to all departments ~d d~leaffected by the strike. ' Well, Brothers, I finally got Scrap Iron Jones. Our .·stewards department .Delgates for the cooperation I am , The reason I'm ·writing this ar.o und to dropping '. a line to egate, R. J~ Norris, is strictly a getting .aboard this old rustpot. little note to the .LOO for the the SEAFA~RS LOG once very cooperative Brother in all Most of my thanks, of course, ~rothers to read is that I think ·· th~y should understand how im· again. For one thing let me be- Union business·. He says, quofe: goes to Chief AB Scrap Iron gin by saying that this is a one "The stewards department aboard Jones. · Free! R. Hicks portant their action 'is. hundred percent SIU . bunch this vessel will challenge any . When you're about --to hit the aboard this ofd rust bucket Lib: other SIU ship afloat for servbricks it makes a ~ig d~erence erty, now anchored in the port jces rendered." Our Night Cook CD ll to know that there are underof Rotterdam d~scharging coal. and Baker, Tony Travers, is one standing· guys who- are backing She's the Nikoltlis, owned by the man who, for a first tripper as ' S you 100 · percent and, ~what's Dolphin Steamship. Company. Baker~ is tops. There just isn't more, will stick with you ·until anyone like him · except, of In the deck department BroU1e finish. .. Fred Torranl ther Scrap Iron Jones, is Dele- course, our crew Messman, Paul To the Editor: gate. He eats more than . ten Phillips. All the engine men, inWhen 1 find a ..g·o od thing in other crewmemb~rs _ put togetlter. eluding ~ the Engine Delegate, any foreign country I like to pass d d . So you can bet . Y.Our life ~hat Cl)ico,.. and Burke, say there's th Boost~ nothing like Slim's good service. e goo wor on to my Umon this . is ' a feeder, -even though Brothers. D . . · there · just isn't any overtime He is supposed ·to .b e terrific, urmg my recent ~ta~ m Rotwhatsoever, 'but who cares about with the accent on the T. Also in the deck department terdam I was hospitalized ~or overtime as lotlg as the old dinwe havg l3rotqers Beal, Majette ten da~s and 1 had the occasio.n ner bell rings three times dai_ly. Oh yes, Brothers, my dear friend and Whitey the Lawman, who to meet Ge·o rge Janema and his I To the Edito~: .. . wife, owners of the Statendam . J'd like to say hello to my Scrap Iron Jones, self-appoint- are . a swell bunch,.of shipmates, Hotel at . Dieasec;lesingel 97 in former shipmates. I . retired my: ed Chi~f AB is _be~inning to Incidental1y, . Brotuers, this is Rotterdam. · Scrap Iron's · book two months ago · to go to mak~ n:1e -.get, gray hair already. Brothers Beal and . This. man treated me as one of . H . .t d t th s~hool here at Mexico City Col- I He :has .eaten so much this trip fourth trip on t h IS ship. Brother th f . h. fi 11 f d . e amI1y. e v1s1 e me a e h •t d b. h jege. There is plenty to do here, I that if the ow_ners knew .h; had N orris as na y oun a way osp1 a1 an roug t me maga. t t b t th d ft S ,. · ~ c1gare · . tt es an . d f oo d . IIe and anything that a sailor piay. n:iore to eat th~n the s~1p s ar- a t. .I as I t o ea . e ra .h mce h · z1ne:s, 1947• e · as "' want is here and at a consider- ticles call for, ~ I µi sure I would h is as voyage in l E l' h fl tl at 1·ea t _ · d . an d . f oun d t h at b emg . • pea <s ng is . uen y. an ably lower price than in- the US. have "\o cut ~ his. rations .down marrie ed me fine. His hotel 1s a homey . . right away. He packs a lot of ca 11 e d P op is mce. · bl e m · price. · Some days ago I w.as enjoy-f 11 that P1ace an d reasona weight around on this· ship, 200 W e11 I k now, e_ ows, Th -f d d r ff t f ing a few beers in my favorite · th e I.OG so h' e oo Id an co ee are ou o · l'im1•te d In lbs. ·fO be exact, which is exact- space is gin mill while reading the LOG · ·a· th·· l'ttl t• t is wor . The hotel guests are ly 5.0 I b s . n'l o r e' t h a n he le t me · wm is 1 e ar ic1e f . dl when a character at the next · b · h' · t ul y. weighed before he joined this up Y saymg t is crew IS r Y rien Any Brother going to RotterI t~ble leaned over and said, "Is tnat the SEAFARERS LOG?" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - dam ~ould do right for himself I told him yes. in patronizing tl!_e Hotel statendam. George Quinones ' Co~e to find out the guy was .~ an SIU ma~, too. His. name is . - ~Imo RQl]inson : and he is a goo-ct Union :· man.' .,.., · -._' ._, . ~.. ;_ :;~· ·L~'BOR . ·~A~ERS · 'are NikQW.is' Dinner Bell Brings 'Em Running · ~~~:; ~ewst;;~;e! q~it~~~d:~~ Stat dam I Rotterdam Get Seafarer's Okay· Mike SIU While Studying · In Old Mexico- Ship's ·Beef HandUng .Trio : lil L..,. .- ~ ,. .,- . i"', - ·J: -~'l SIU Members Thanked For Blood.Aid ) .;~ ··,. ... · SJ)eaking ..~( ~um~n 1:11en there 1.· are quite a few lapor hat.e ts here. One of them kept soundi~g off so much that I was for-· ced to put him. in his place. ' f . ' , reason · ''they are. the way they . are~ is becau~e m.osi of' the~ have ,- :pever - worked a day · in ' their ·lives · and don't know the im- · ... r ... .• . . • • •• • "" • .. portanc~ of union protection. · · Likewise. 'th~e are· a few corq::· · mies1 arotifid, too. What ·m akes' it. . . .h~rd to .stomach: is that the ina. - ".jQrify" ""·· · of . ..,' them ,,_ are going - school under the' Gl·Bill 'and· bit. · ~iii~th~ h·and tha~ · .feeds them. ' I ' exp~ct to. ·be· here 'a while, ~ so ~11 · my friends are · invited · to .\ ' . . drQp m .e a lme. : . To ihf! Editor: The · to .~ ~ ·1· · \ '~ · Mlke Darcy ~ · •1• ;~ ~..,.. •1 •' ., uie:Xtco ~.... . · .. ·· :. . . _, c1.... •;r :,coll'ege . ' ~ ~u1a: Po~osi - ut ·. • ' M,Xl~,f" F .n.t'; " ' ' w ' I would like to .take this opportunity to thank all the Seafarers who responded to the appeal for volunteer blood donors when my mother was ill. I called the })all at that time and asked , for-. donors. and I was assured that' the - ' boys would turn out. They did. I don't know .the names Of the individual men who donated blpod, so I'm taking this way o~ saying thanks. · My mother ~assed away on August 14, but' it was a real .comfort to know t~.at everything possible was done for her a~d . m~ .. B:ro~~ Seafarers re~ spoW..ded in th1s t hour of need. . t..., .•.. l... . . ' . . !Joel .V.rlsament .... 1 1, Gr~n. AB · ~~ :~tC:Jc .' De,l,~1•~.~ ~~ ?live:· Ji>~ , M~enanee . attd1 ~i!,lJ?i-:t l>.tll-~•l, ·1"~~' Mc1A:t~ Engqi.e ·D•legaie · and.~ around until I foµnd a place in Brooklyn called the Sailors Home. of Atlantic Avenue. The place was all right, but it was run by two religious pe'ople V{ho ex- .... pected me to pray a half hour · before each meal. I tired of this and moved to New York where I signed a ship going to Buenos Aires. On the way back from BA we were diverted to Manchester. England. We hadn't gotten far when a German submarine stop- · ped us and ordered all hands to ·. quit the ship. We did so and _ down went the good snip Don- " nybrook. The Germans then or- : dered everyone of the crew into the submarine. We didn't :Know what they were going to do with-· 'us but we had no choice. They took us aboard and put us in a small space with about .' 80 other seamen from other ships . . th:it had suffered the same fate ', Twenty-three days later "Te were• landed 1·n Germany . We were as· s.embled wi'th 348 captured seamen, of whic1' only two e "f wer Americans. VY WANTED OUT Inasmuch as the United States was not at war I wrote a letter "'1 fo the American Consul in Hamburg and asked him \o help free us. His secretary came to see us -~ and after routine questioning we : · .. . were told our story would have to be . checked. We didn't hear anything for two months and we were moved to a prison -camp with the other British sailors. In desperation we wrote to the US Ambassador in Berlin. Three days later he visited us and lis- ·~. tened to our tales. The next day ,, we were released and we went to the E1nbassy where we were : ...... give:n papers allowing us to go " _ anywhere until our passage to · _ '_ the US was arranged. Fifteen ' days later we were sent to the- "' - ·· Hague, Holland, where we were -· _-. put on a shipfor New York. We ...... were given 200 pounds sterling r two years later by the British I < · · Board of Trade for our services ~ and imprisonment. That w~ a long time ago and the memories are • not as clear ··· as they once were. ·; Right now rm in bed with casts on -both legs. I expect to be on my feet in about ten weeks. I want to express my hearty gratitude to the · SIU for its aid during my confinement over the past two ~ea)"s; · . . · Michael ·Lucas ' �sm ·Boon ~ SChool Seen ~ As. ·>To Ent~e MaritimeField , . On .Fur'6ugh . .; ~~ri : Gr<efD~ ~aces ;s~e --0 / Gal-loP,i~·~- rr~nketitk,'. 6 To the EcWOft ·· ~- . 'Vincent in the Cape Verde ' Is~ , TankerjtiJ?, yeah, that'$. it. l',he 'lands instead. . most deadly and iiic. u rable disThe Old Man had it all plan· ·· The plans now being made for ea~ kno"{ll to man~~d. ' Tanlt- ned ~ut ·to· go to Denver by the · the SIU's new Cqoks and Bakers er1tts and the Seapearl go t9.,. way of Tucson. I never made ' School shpuld be good news foJ: ge~he~ like ha:qi and ~ggs ot rum that trip . ..Z •was looking forward and coke. ,, . to it. It should have been intereveryone conn'ected with" the ' We have only. been ot,t~ two esting. I think he · had plott~d maritime industry, anq a' haj.f months and if ~~~UV;" his -course through the Salton INDUSTRY'S GAIN As an SIU man,- I'm especially It naturally follows then that ning rampant now. Wh~t will it Sea and .the Great Salt Lake. proud that my Union has seen the US merchant marine as a J?e · by ·December 15, when we · We se~ni to have a.n abund-~ fit to train stewards _department whqle will benefit by our school. are supposed to c&ine in to the ance of character material ·on ·personnel to become more effiAnything that improves the lot · States? We -are suppos~d ~o be, here: . cient and to enable them to get of the American seamen and inon a shuttle from Curacao . to Here are some examples of the upgrading and ;.t;hus increase their creases their efficiency will proSp~in and Port~gal. just < .fo~d aforesaid characters. The Bosun earning power. FrQm what I have mote smoother operation · of the out that this trip w:e. go , io St. lost his dog. He has posted a · ~een reading in the LOG .of ships. This in turn will increase -__,........,..--.- " ' - - - - - --.---,(...., -, -· - · ten-dollar reward for him. Dethe plans that are taking shape, the overan efficiency oi Ameri.:. .. scription: green hair with pink the school should be one of the can merchant ships and enhance .. . . " feet and a long purple mousfinest in business. their competitive position. in 1•tn ._:r '' S ... tPaacuhle.B_Aunnsywa:.r . s to the·. name ~-f FORESIGHT world shipping. E~joying a 12~day furlou11h . u: ... . The whole operation is a credfrom tra; ..; ..n at cam·p Ed .. .· · " . · WEA-os A DE..,.BY The eventual results of the -;;o · · · · .n .n . it to the foresight of our organi- SIU's t e w a r d s Departm.e nt wards is form-er Seafarer To-pie -Editor: I am having a hard time writ8 zation and as one . of the guys School will be a boon to all ·sec-· Tho.m as Kotalik. Tom reports Being in the army .µow, I was ing this because the littl~ man who will eventually profit by this . down to the EM ~lub the· other in the green derby is si·tti·ng on ttons of the shipping business. ,, the Anny lan•t so bad now · · move I say nice going. Th h night and foun . _d something ·tha· t my ' typewriter screaming faster, e sc oo1 is a very constructive that he•s used to it. but be · But the Union and its mem- project and all of us Seafarers I thought I'.d :qeyer s~e again: faster. He gets his bangs out of ·~ship are not the only ones should do our part to make it prefers sailing for 8 living. the LOG: I _did not put i't down riding the carriage to and fro. · -Qi.at _w ill benefit by this school. work,' and work at .m~xilnWll ef... Tom ~ the brQtber of Joe· until l .had read it from front Once in: a while · he slips down , • ~e shipping companies with ficie~~y~ · KotaWC. f~11;1er ~WM,r q.,_ Jlie 1Q l>ack. _ . .b etweJ!n lhe ribbon and the ,. w}lich we have .contracts will alBob Dunlop Delta passenger shlp!I. . l ~hipped out of Norfolk : and paper. ..,...,......--------------...:......----.,-----.....----'-----....-...---..,........:_,...-,,... .....::............--~·. ;Balbmo~e. I knew. gpit~ '1 ·few The 8 to · 12 'Ordinary is run1· . of the guys in Norfolk, for that ntn'i\ around o~ th~ poop dec_k was my hometown. Evecyone w~vmg his· college diploma. He • ca.lls me Peewee er Muscles. says that it iS- a license to chase of our immediate needs an,a ne- Ume when we wijl not be able '11hllt w~~ three years ago and Gremlins. ·He must be nuts, be·· T9 the Editor: At a recent shipboard me'eting ccssities and would b~ dispensed to wan tbw sltips. We should l'v:e chi\tlged a little. · ' cause the Gremlins- are all here a Brother brought up a point solely by the Union without out; , ha'1e 0ur olcj ag~ i~u,red agains~. I ~~ stationed in B~emen, Ger- on. my bunk playing leap frog. side interference and would thus the poverty that i~ too often the ll)'BnY,, - in the EUC.OM Mortuary The 3rd· Assistant ' is always which is of vital importance to be available 9n dem9nd w~tho.l.\, lot of th~ ag~d and retire~ sea- Pe,~µ. T-he job is a bit morbid, giving the BR a bad time about eac:Q. 011e, of us. signing the µsual ~l'AQ\Ult ~f Feel men. . . J>ut so~~one .has to do the jo.b . leaving, his door open. :He is Jie said that in these days' of tape ~nd forms required by 9ther· . Our .. U_n ion lt~ g()ne a long . It ~my Qf ~he iellows are lucky· afraid that his chickens will get welfare plans and various other _agencies. way alQ~g th~ ~9~d t9 futur.e -.se- f'nough 'to dock here in Bremen, out and be ~un over .by a car. benefits, it would give u~ seaCONTRIBUTION$ C\,lfity fqr its :members, than~ look me up; 1'11 be. '.~t -. the Club ~ur ra~o 'ope~tor ~s a firm · . · to the sltjllfu.l and competent Chateau, the EM club, am;i any- bebever m ·e arly morning exerm~n a seclire feeling to know Th.e funds for this proposed leadeirship_ .of our officials, so,, one js 'Yelcom~. I spenQ. a great cise. He gets up every . morning tl)at a pension waits us when pension plan could be raised by· ~rQthe_rs,- l~t us ta:k;e one :more (leal, of ti,me i_n -there and every- and goes :to the ·f lying bridge and ' flaps . hfs wings and crows at · .~ .re~ch a certain age and have vol1:1ntary donations and contl'i- step in that · dir~tion and c~st (>ne kµows :me. put in a certain amount of time buttons by the ·shipowners. I an uchor to w~dward and :pTt. A. M. O'Briant the sunrise. ,. at sea. feel sure that each and _ ev~- :fll~e oU;r !aY!r years secure RA laltl100 ,Nev-er , a . dull moment here. ';!;'his. pension would take . c_are one of us would wa~t the ship.. ag~t P01"ei1Y· : 7-7..70 EQM Mort. Sv. Det. ;I'he c~ew Messirian just wel)t. by, owners to help contribute to the ./ SeflllOiJr Wallace . APO 751, c/o PM N. Y. with ' a turkey feather sticking · out of his butt,, sc;rear:p.ing, "I'm a Kiwi;_ l~m (l Ki.w i." He has given us some long · iu-.t~llectual discourses on the life and loves of the Kiwi bird. Very ipteresting,. too. -Doctor Slim, 'tlte. Galleyman, goes into lang. scientific lectures oil diseases a-n d windmills. I dE)n't. get· the connection between ihe two, but I guess I am just to ~e Eclitoz:: ' so !ind the setup to their advantage. They will be getting men fresh from the best possible training and who will :put into practice aboard the ships the skills they have been tauglTt the SIU school. 1 Atnly .Seafarer. S·ee·ks VIS·· Pens1ons • F or . Qldt• . n . . rg, e s · . uners u uDIOD • . dumb. ~P~· -, , , Old Man ·of !,lJ, Mo..,tain , · , / · ~ P.S.: If yp.u, -. sltoul<t accidel)t- · , .·· . !WY use- :my .;reai nijnie l :rriight· _,,_. • 'e · &fflong itbotse tpr •·\ypoJt?. we · . · },lave one... n:i:h:n!te's silence at our . · m~~~~s; ' · · · �:.Seattle . E~p~ts Shippinl' .To Improve In C_ omingWeeks By JEFF MORRISON (Cd:ntinuetl ff"Otn Pttgt 4) Bfotk, · Hennhtl' .................. 2G.OO ·Uarrist>n,- 1. ·.......................... 10.00 SZA'ITLE1 August 28 - The yard Strike in Baltimore and USPHS HOSPifi"AL Bo.r 8arge, Er\Viri B-. ............ 40.00· llowse, Alfred £. ..'.............. 10.0o past two weekS haven't been en- many others. MANHATTAN BEACH Clevenger, J~ph C. ........ 10.00 'Jones, J. H ........................... 20.00 couraging, but the future can't Ri~ht now he's --recupera~ Atmore, R~bert .................. $40.00 Daldorff, Torleif .................. 20. .i.eoU:Sis, Mike .....................· lb.00 be any worse, and even promises from an eye injury he suffered' Blake, Rupert A. ............,. 40.00 ,Dean Cli~ton ...................... 1.0.00 MatJhews, I. ........................ 10'.00 to improve greatly. We didn't aboard the St~ Augustine Vic-" Blosser, Edmund c. .......... 40 .00 1Den;ibrosk1, Michael J. ...... 10.0~ Peek, lla.rry G. Jr............... • 20.00 ha.Ye a single payoff or sign-on, tory and is champing at the bit. Bruno Matthew tH•llr James M. ·········'··'"··· 10.00 Pugh, Mais C .....•:.............. J0.00 but we did handle five ships here for the day he'll be well enough 40 ·B. t · ' c·h 1 .................... · 40 '00' Lannon, Pet&t .................... ·10.00 · in-transit. The ships were Fair- to gra·1..another shi'p. ~r o~, .. ar es .................. . . . . u-... , Dalton Jack M . 40 00 Lavery, John .p , .................. 10.00 130.00 isle (Waterman), AJ.amar ~nd Other men on the beach here Driscoil, John 4o:oo Ombao, Catalt'no ...:................ 10.00 USPHS HOSPITAL Yorkmar (Ca 1 mar), Seacomet are Johnny Grifnes, Fred EhgEdwards, John T. .............. 40.00 Pagano, Gaetano .......... ..... 20.00 LEXINGTON. ltEHTUCICY (Colonial) and Purplester (Trad- .land, J . Sinafor, R. Sips, E. MerEspinoza, J. .......................... 40.00 Perez, Pablo ................... .,... 1CY.OlJ 0'.Neill, John J. ·················· 104.00 ers). cereau, J. Pozzvoli, . B. Roll and Ferrer:- E. ............................ 40.00 Pitts, Raymond l3. ............ 50.()0 USl>HS HOBP:n"AL There were a few minor prob- O. Powell. Hildreth is another Gilbert, Robert E. .............. 40.00 Pl~hn, .Euge~e ..·.................. 10.00 SAVANNA& GA. lems concerning performers, but recuperating Seafarer, having - G~imes, Fred ...................... 40•00 Powers, John Joseph ........ 20.00 Harvey, H. .......................... 40.00 they were quickly handled in broken several ribs in an auto Keenan, John W. .............. 40.00 Reier, .George A. ................ 10.00 Goude, Joe .......................... 10.00 SW style. crack-up in Honolulu. In the Lancaster, John M. .......... . 40 .00 Sc~r~k, C~arles G. .......... 20.00 Groover, W. J. .................... 20.00 One fellow who never gives USPHS Hospital is Brother John Landry, Frederick ............ 40.00 Sonnier, Wilfred C. ............ 20.00 Johnson, G. F. .................... 20.00 anyone a bit of trouble is An- R. Wing. Larsen, Robert F. .............. 40 .00 Summerell; Charles H. 20.00 Lofley, L. ............................ 20.00 tonio Lipari. Brother Lipari -TiliSPort iscertairµy not like Lawlor, James ... :................ 40.00 Lowery, Carl D. .................. 2-0.00 joined the SIU in 1943 and sails California. The rainy season has Lopez, E. ···············.:············" 40 .00 360.00 Newman, Guy W ................ 20.00 as AB. He's been active in the set in and while the natives Mcllreath, David ··.·············· 40.0'·o US NAVAL HOSPITAL Paylor, F. S ......................... 20.00 Canadian Beef, the 1946 Strike, h • ' s rug their shoulders at the Makris, Constantine ....:..... 40.00 KEY WEST. FLORIDA Snedeker, R. F. .................. 10.00 the Isthmian Strike, the Ship- d , zl . ,. riz e, I can't forget the balmy, · , Mayoris, Julius .................... 40.00 Cole, Edward ..................... : 3'0.00 Spaulding, J. A. .................. 20.00 " d h ays on t e California ·' sunny Milazzo, Vic ........................ 40.00 USPHS HOSPITAL Sweat, J. W. ························ 10.00 shore. ,,, -: Moor~, Georg~ .................... 4f).00 • F.ORT WORTH. TEXAS - Walters, E. L. ...................... 10.00 Murphy, B. .......................... 40.00 Wise, Joseph P .........7 ......... 40.00 220.00 . USPHS · HOSPITAL .Padzik, John ....:........:.......... 40.00 USPHS ' HOSPITAL Ratcliff, R. A ....................... 40.00 SEATTLE, WASH. NORFOLK, VA. Sulli va.n, Timothy .... :....... 40.00 Wing, Joseph R. ........:......... 20.00 Barnes, .rames W .............. . 10.00 Tbomps.on, Albert D ......... 40.00 USP~S HOSPITAL Dawes, Thomas J. .............. 10.00 Vorke, Peter R ................... 40.00 SAVANNAH. GA. Schloesser, Frank N .......... . 10.00 $1l 0.00 Buckelew, M. ...................... · 10.00 Simmons, Paul R. ............. . 10.00 6 USPHS HOSPITAL Schiwek, Ernest ................ 20.00 DEER'S HEAD STATE HOSP. BOSTON. MASS. By SAM COHEN SALISBURY, MD. Clarke, G. N. ..................... . 10.00 60.00 WILMINGTON,' August 31 Lucas, Mi:chael .................... $40.00 Dirks1'leyer, F. .................. 10.00 Shipping here is the best of any USPHS HOSPITAL Peck, R. E. ·········:······.. ···· .. .. 10.00 port on the West Coast, with HONOLULU Vourloumis, G .................... . 20.00 Chisholm, Audley R. ...... 1,5QO.OO two payoffs, one sign-on and Simonetti, Elmer M. D ..... $20.00. USPHS HOSPITAL seven in-transits the total of our Buser, Charles H. . ......... 1,500.00 . . activity during the past two USPHS HOSPITAL MOBILE, ALA. Coffee, Alex .......~.......:.... 1,500.00 weeks. BALTIMORt, MD. . Buc]telew, Jacob L. ···.······· 10.00 Warren, Dalton Pete .... 1,500.00 Allred, Warner W ............. 20.00 Burke, Tim .......................... 20.00 We paid off the Seacomet (CoBarrett, William W. ............ 10.00 D_yal, Wil,liam G. ................ 10.00 6,000.00 ANTON'IO LIP ARI lonial) and Holystar (Maine). The Seacomet signed on again. oo i ··:::::::::::::::: ·Best West Coast Shipping Fountl . In Wilmington Death Benefits Paid ·Mosquitoes And Rat•d Men Hit Lake Charles ~~ ::;~:=~~~·~d ~: b: . . _ _ The in-transit ships were ::~~~~~~~~~~ ~~§~~¥§! ~-~--·~~-2~;~=~~~~;~:'.; ~;~~~~~i!~i - Lake Charles version of the mos- to gain from it. · ·fl' ::i?i.~~~:£: ~~~ ~~ ~!ys*E~1::~::~::: I .·:;! gai:M in Cities Service down The Seacomet had a few rus~ I:; -~;~w;~~~~ :~!·-~! ~~~~i~~:~:f:.~i::\~p{~ Hoskins, Bra1i~ord Island, Chi- ft~d oilt ·what basic rules he ~ ·1ack of appreciation showed by a good joe who has cooperated' wawa and Paoli (Cities Service); must , rollow to get the greatest ·. some of the younger members of with the Union at every turn. ~ Wanda (Epiphany);· Petrolite return ;qn HIS investment, is. th~ top SIU conditions that exist COLLECTED (Tanker Sag· Harbor), and Bull not dlllY a pooi-· businessman but . aboard these and all SIU . ships. Run (Petrol . Tankers), all of ' also~a ·damned· fool · · In 41 years of sailing, John The Holystar was a bit differ-· . which passed, through here inON~, TO GAIN ·has never missed a ship, a wa:tch, ent, but we collected w~ges f~i-: . transit during the last two . . or fouled up a shipma.te by no:t a man being short in the stewwe~ks, may never believe this, I ~mcere~y hope . t?~~ the?.~ : handling :the job :to :the bes:t of ards department and also Bosun'g: but those ferocious man-eatin' per~mtmen take the lllJbative .:1n • his ability. . . ' high man OVertiine. critt~rs were no ·more . or . less •their .own _.hands and ~ear -~~:W,n.:: . "Greatest thing I have e er Over~ the ships hitting herel than the lowly mosquito. · , 0~ this .. Mte~ all, the m~vidual · seeri for ali seamen is' the ·sIU are bringiilg with them ver).-' · --A wholesale invasion of the himsel: is the one who will most JOHN ZOHIL ·vacation Plan an°d Welfare Plan: little grief for us. Most of the country took place about the ,gain by such action. . Tile stu has shown how the jashounds realize by now that time these ships hit here, and The shipp~ pictttre here . fell abbut getting 11-st mibute re- .world,.s most powerful maritime the Union will waste no timethe remarks from the crews off somewhat dutmg the fast placements ltom New Ot1eans. union is able to handle any sit- on them, and they steer clear · were easily heard 20 miles away period,. but this was mainly due Among the .. oldtimers that I uation and these gains are proof of here and the ships when they , .irt downtowh Lake Charles. to the fac~ that several · of the have seen do-wn hete recently of the pudding." hang one on. The boys hete art the Lake ·ships that normally hit here aboard these $hips was John , Naturally, because of the heavy · Charles beach -who have battled regularly we,e in the dry dock, Zohil, an SIU member since WINE, WOMEN. shipping, we had no meet~g · these monste~s 'for days now; and for a; i~ge there were n_o 1'938 and a seaman since 19~1. John feels this would be a last week. The best we could do can tell · you that they come in calls for. replacements . from sup· John was telling me about his good place to- give a word to the was find rour bookmembers here: . all sizes fr0m ' the gia:r;it B-29 tankers in this area. · early days in maritime, when he wise. He ..remarked that he had Red Braunstein, Johnny "Skif' variety to the fast-moving, hardAnother. factor that helped cut received top ·wages for the period noticed a lot of these YQung Okray, Doc Moran and Max , hitting P-38 type. _ Clown the turnover was the mem- ,...:.--$4.00 per MONTH-no sheets fellows ha'n ging out in bar.s, one Byets. . It appears _that a few of the bership's cooperation in the m;it- at all then, not even blue line~, hand on a bottle and the other Not only did we have to pas8 newly recruited work-permit- ter of paying off here only in and when you sailed it was cus- around som~ lovely cu tie. "The up a regular · meeting here, but men do rtot realize that a emergency. Lately we have had tomary to supply your own pri-· dern young whippersnappers I also had to forego the local thorough and accurate knbwl- a lot more. rated men-and old- "vate stock of food, just in case sure do waste a lot of time. Central Trades meeting as all edge of the' Uhion's contracfs, timers at that-hitting this port, the ship's provisions gave out or They can always drink when my time has been spent hustling C'oftstifot'ion ahd '. genera:l rules• which Of ,CC!Urse ~reatiy improved went bad as ·they often did. they get old!" seamen to man the ships. Would :hot 'o nly make them bet- lour situation so · far as niaking In all, 'zohil has beloi)ged to There was no Central Trades Not only is shipping hot here, ter· Union members - b~t also those necessaey replacem-ents four maritiine ·unions G¥er the· Council .iheeting here during this the · weather is' the same. This iS would mean a great~r chance ,was concerned: · · years -anci he feels that the SIU last period and, as usual, no a seaman's · · paradise for goad ~~" t~·em to realiie pe{sonal _ ,fle;11ty of fain~li~r. faces ~r~ h~s ma~e more. gains than all Bi;~ch meeting either - if we weather, fine shipping and femingams m a "por~ crop" sense for showing µp on C1tjes Service the, ot~ers ,together. I should ever get a quorum here ine companionship. ·Doesn't that t}\emselves. '· · · shil'.>s these ·days, .and. . in, these.. "I hope that the SIU .c ontinues I wiU personally see that - it make you want to head for thiS No one woUld buy· a car withyve don't have to worry to grow/' ' he · said, ..and that makes the headlines. part of the world? . 1 �;- ... · Pag~ .. ' ''l'.-il E SE-'- F ~ Fourteen R~ RS . .' ~ ·:_ Digested. MlnU~te$·.:{:·8f ~ ·a11.r.9-··-.·~llll~~s ,_ 1 , , · · • , - • ... • • . • , R. Wendel; ..Secretary, Fitsgerald •. :;;,:.;,:~=:~;; A&G Sfli,.•inr lro~AU111st 15 ToA1111fsti9 Sn~~~:!:!~Sdb:~ 'rl'J · W. Baker. Delegates reported no beefs. Department delegates to collect ship's fund don q.tions from new memb~rs. It was suggested that the ship's representative check on ac quiring addi, tional pooks for ship's library· :. ~ :. · ROSARIO (Bµll), August SChairman, · Nicholas Vrdoljok: Secre~aey-, William- J. Neuluf. Delegates · reported no beefs. Stevedores refused to load ship because the company was breaking their contract with the AFL. Steward sudggested tt~at all linen be change at one ime. ~ · REG. DECK PORT Boston................................... New York ···········:·············· Pltjladelphia........... ;... :........ Baltimore.............................. · Norfolk ..............•...............:... Savannah.............................. Tampa................................... Mobile................................... New Orleans...................... Galveston .............................. · West Coast... ..:.................... GRAND TOTAL............... 33 252 · 1:: 1612 13 58 84 40 48 89 2 ~ to :. PAOLI ·(Cities Service), _J uly Bosun· reports that the material 31-Chairman, Mitchel Lemieux: was sent on board for repairs. · Secretary, R. Sirois. DelegB:tes :. to :. reported disputed overtime. SerCORNELIUS FORD (Bull), ious discussion held on present June 24-Chairman, Mo Bright.: procedure, used in firing per- well: Secretary, Sidney J. Vaugh· sonnel. Education meetings to in. Delegates report~p. rio beefs. be held to familiarize new mem- Overtime for delayed sailing in hers with duties and obligations. Jacksonville was disputed: in ;\; ~ :. engineroom. Ship's Delegate sugANNE BUTLER (Bloomfield). gested that the steward departJ'uly -26--Chairman, Fred Israel; ment take care of cleaning the Secretary, John J. Breen. Dele- recreation room all of. the time. gates reported no beefs. Motion August 1 Chairman, Mo .made to take up a collection for Brightwell; Secretary. Sidney J. Brothers in Fort Stanton, New 1 vaughin. Delegates reported _no Mexico. A group of members ar- beefs. -Motion made by Ship's ranged to see Patrolman about Delegate that all department. · water. delegates get together-.. a~d write · ~ :. ;,\. up statements . concernm'g the CH IC KASA W (Waterman), men who · have been performil).g , July 21-Ch~an, Charles O. d uring trip, to be turned in t9 I REG. . ~G. r REG. SlWDS~ i!i TOTAL REG. . SHIPPED DECK SHIPP.ED ENG. • pillows and sufficient soap pow- S~~D s!t~~:io der -for engine department. S • - . ~ .. i t. . 184 . , . 1PURPLESTAR (Traders); July_ 90 . . , 15 ~Chairman, Vickerman: Sec·2!~ 654 . 628 .92 re t!l"Y• Chuck Hoitetter~ . Dele~ .. -~: ~~ . 87 .i · 295 . gates reported nQ beefs. I~ was· 366 . 1suggested that fans and ·screens· 390 be fixed before the ·ship arrives. 127 · 127 ~ . '416 · 32 98 rin Japan. A schedul.e of sanitary 10 NO FIGURE~· work ·proportioned · week by_ 145 193 , .w eek was also posted; 40 ' 47 . .. 66 60 - · 67 721. 73 65 61 198. · August 18 :: ~~! <;:hairman.. J. 4 29 107 37 . 6 Grimes; Secretary, Chuck Hoatet5 117 49 31 ,. 41 136 ter. Delegates reported no beefs. 756 .608 · 2,~_56 913 75ll 654, . _ . 2~~21 ·Qeck ' ElJginee.t" S)ld hotgbers gave a remarkable speec a out o.r~ • ·' ga~ized labot · unions. Sugges-· BARBARA FRIETCHiE (Lib· PETROLIT~ (Mathiue~ Tank· tion made that each deparfment erty), August 5-C~ A. er), . A .u gust _15 --: _Chairm~; an<I each delegate ·make up Michalski: Secretary, J.P. Gavin. George No~le; Secretary, ·A •. repair list with copies. Delegat~ reporte4 no beefs. It Goodman. Delegates reported no '- to ~ was suggested that t~~ · deck de- beefs. $7,l.76 -i s in ~hip's fund. LYNN VICTORY (Dolphin), partment cleai! ·the· laundzy each Requested~ t!ta~ ·all 'hartds CQ- July 22-:;..citaimum,. E. GiP.ia;, . • week and the ~ng;ine a_nd sfewar~. Q_per~e in k~eping:. ...~h~~cE.~v:·s. '¥etary~:;-:1~ -'I!· ~-¥~tj-~ D~le€· ·- . department ~ill clea? the_ rec- -vas?mg -ma~e.- .c:il~~ --A. - ~- .gates i:E!P<>rle_ ·.wV.:~);ajJ~~ - _oJ.!.e . . :. ~ation hall. - . ., . .gestion. wa~ ·Ylad~ . ~ :do~te- $l ~riuin . sliort'"' fFoni- -·sJ!n _FfajJ.eiscQ'.."'·· ~-:~· ~ . 'to the , ~hip'.s ~".ld:_ ·. .., ·to 'Norfolli'.. ·c It = wai.~.-~s[gg$tecf' ' ~ ~-~ i :. ~~': ' ·that cl6tfies" be ·taken"'o utj}f tlie . · · . ": OCEANS'fAR -(.Maine-),: July fidely a~ soc>n- as · they · are (;Iry · ·. ·. ~ 29 - C~airman. George R. Wen- to ·make room · for the next man: . ·.\~~ del: - Secretary,. T. F. Nicholson. AU food handlers should keep ~ to.. :. Delegates reported everything ha~ds clean at all times. ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shipping). okay; few pours d_isputed, ove~August 10 Chairman, E. August 5 - Chairman, Williiitt time. Cooks were changed m Ginza: Secretary.! J . ChQw. MoGarthone; Secretary. H.· Mohur~ _galley d~e · to the Night ~ook tion made arid seconded to bring dy. Delegates re~rted no · be~fs. and Baker's health. Beef P~, charges orr· any me~ber of the Discussion on misuse of w~shmg Lava soap from black gang. crew who, through drunkenness, machine. V-Ote of thanks g.i ven Jtugust J1-Chairman, George causes delay in paying Q~ to Chief Gook. and . Night· Cook . ' · . 1 ' . 69 71 44 .. 246 213 169 _ . r• 47 22 23 ,;i , . f{fl,, 131 87 ._ 149 : 121~ · · 120. ' 36 40 RECEIVED __ 2 ·i: _ ·a d- : · '· . . sh·IPPI·ng. Is H8 t in-_ Sauan:n_ah Lee.: Secretary, Charles Gill. Delegates reported no beefs. Motion made that the delegate from each department make up a repair list and turn it' in to the Ship's Delegate. the Patrolman at port. and Baker for their good work. ·~ ~ ~ '- :. ;\; rW TRINITY (Carras); August ~ CARROLL VICTORY (South Chairman. none giv6n; Secretary. Atlantic), August 12-Chairman. ·By E. B. TILLEY R. Hf Carrington. Delegates re- James White: Secretary, Arthur SAVANNAH,_ Aug.ust 29-We up any idea of raising a quorum ported no beefS!. At {1resent. v. Witmer. ' Delegates reported handled but ·one payoff in this for a meeting. · . ;.t. to ;.t. then~ is $51'.09 in. the .ship's fund. no. beefs. All agreed to wajt for port during the past two weeks, · The big change in manpower PONCE DE LEON (Water- Motion made to pur~hase bound ·o kay before signing ~-off. ·Sug- but don't let tha't throw you. We around here has cut out the host man), July 22-Chairlnan. Elmer volume of SEAF:ARERS- L?G gestion that the flour on board, signed on five ships and han~ed of oldtimers .who used .to tell . Hansen: Secretary, Anthony . J'. for use in ship's library. Motion be condemned. I three ,others in-transit for a ver y tire newcomers qbout the Yellow Kuberski. Delegates reported no carried . to write . ·a. lette~ . to · July 26-Chairman, Hugh F. hectic period of .shipping. Cab Company, the· non-union beefs. Ship's delegate to see Headquarters pertammg to mix- Wells; Secretary, Arthur V. -Wit· · taxi outfit · around -here. to . the 40-odd sent Chief Mate about keys for foc'sle. ed crews. mer. Delegates reported_no, beefs. to Thanks us from Mobile, wemen scraped As far · as the Seafarers is ~on­ ,Motion made that water be serv- throug.h and put men in ..an the cerne.,d, the Garden City Cab ed W.ith all mealS. Steward's deCompany is the only union c~b partment promised to comply jobs called for. company in town and the one with this suggei~tio.n. · The ship paid off was- ~he By EARL SHEPPARD ' t t . t. · ·' Mother ML (Eagle Ocean), which used by ·seafar~rs in the know BALTIMORE, August 30 There -was little business -at KATHRYN (Bull), June · 5- signed on again. Along with it . aroun~ here. . . Shl_pping here continues to hold 1' the last Branch meeting. Minutes Chairman. none given; Secretary, the · GeO-rge Pendl~ton (Alcoa)', Sea~arers wh~ usually _ship out a steady pace, at well above the of other Branc)les were rea4. . . and P!- Claudia. Discussion on reopeIJ.-. Nathaniel. _Silsbee. (So:uth , Atlan- of this port, will b~ Ggrie~:d t~o average rat~ During this last accepted. ~eadquarters report -.to .ing of wage negotiatil;ms.~ Vote tic), the _Richa~d M. ~o¥Son _.and_ hear that Al.~ert Yf.. os~e '· the two-week pei:iod, we . had 15 the ~embership and the Se~re: was taken on the . five current the Darnel W~la_rd (Bl~omfield) gene~~l repres~tative. or -.- e h. -easurer's financial report issues. · -. signed on. '.!'he .in-transits, A~payoffs, 12 sign-ons, and 15 s ip, s tary-"'r .L .· hm . • ) M vrere !letail · . t' Clerks AFL International has passed away in-transit. . were concurred in by the meni- . July 6 ....:_ Chairman, G~rge St~el Inventor (1st ian , ·. oun., socia ion, _ , · ·As usual the Ore ships fur- bership. Bunk~ Secretary, Alan Macdon- ·dna . (Waterm~n) and Ce~il N. WELL. KNOWN nished most of the activity, with The Agent . warned against aid. Delegates· reported beefs Bean (Dry-~r~ns). ·' Br.other Gossett's ·duties in this seven of them · paying off: the gin mill performers and oth~f_ from last. ' trip were , squared . There h~f! 1been a terri~c tur1_1- .·coru{ection brought - him in ' con- . Felto~e, Baltore, Bethore, Cubore, types of characters. ~ .away. Editorial from . LOG ~as over ·of me1_1 in this port .~a,~ely, tac·f with many'- of our member.s We have had some - MEBA -explained. so ~much so that .w e have.g}.ven in Savannah. We wiµ most cerSteelore, _ Santore and Venore. Others . on this list wer the Engineers drop' into t he Hall tainly {eel our loss more as time-~ Mae and Edith . (Bull); Anson here, disgusted with that outfit. · .' B : • \ 1. goes· by, and we ·are deprived .of Mills (Robin); ~teel Seafai:er and But they're okay now, ~s they his. e:xipetience and un.d erstanding Steel · Director (Isthmian); W_est- all have shipped o~ BME c.o h·of labor's •problems. , em Rancher (Western Naviga- tracted vessels. · With the ~ation tightening its .~efense pr.~para~fons. ' .At the last meeting of the · tion); Fort Hoskins (Cities Ser- · Incidentally, to show you how role of the DJ.erchant is. daily becoming more ·central Trades Council. here we· 'haq . a lengthy discussion con.; . , vice) and the Anne Butler on the ball this port is, ·the Fort '· (Bloomfield).. . Hoskins (Cities Service) paid vitai. For thi:s r~aSQ.n it is imperative that . !very Sea~ cernfug Union Label Week and ._· .',. All the above-mentioned Ore off in Piney Pt.-about 120 -miles farer stand. ready -.to ship m the rating ·for ~ythich.- he is · th~ possibility . of having loc~ \ .:.<_ships signed on again, as did the · off-_':lnd all repla~ements sho~qualified and in wh·i ch' ~e can be of the· _great~st ~rvi~~·. m.erchan;ts , coop~rat~. by · arr_a~g-. { ·.,~.. ~.. ·.. -. Anson Mills, the· Steel Seafarer ed up. In this connection, Headquarters c~ntinues to point ing disiHeys in their stor:e_ :wmand- .S teel Director, and the Yaka Among those decorating the ' , · · d k"ll dows . ." f (Waterman) and Joshua Lippin- Baltil)lore beach are the follow.out tbiilt 'many men q ·u alifted by experience a~ 8 1 .k suggestion y.ras also made , · •: cott (Robin). .. ing old_timers: .AI Waterman, J. ' h~ve ·not ~ppl~ for endorsements for high ~atings... that a prize be awapded· tq the '.'"", Waterman gave us the most Wall, Walter Walsh, L. GarabeMen who do not seek higher-ratings ·for which they · school child writing· the best ->-; activity among the . in-transits dian, Bernie Snow, M. Hynes, are . qualified ·are, in effeet;, causing a w:aste of ·n~ed . essay on unjon lab~l goods and ·~, '", w. ith. six: the Iberville, Afoundria, Ralph. McKenzie, George Fossett, , k 1ll · services. , ~ .. ·~ ,Philip Barbour, Soto, Azalea Blackie LaPla~t, Peter Lannon, s The Maritime A~~trator ·ls ·seeking·· di-aft-defer,_r ~ couple of me~ we~r1,ng ~e ·,, City anc;i the Wild Ranger. Bul1 and George Gamey. · h union label on . ~he beach here · 1 ":: chipped with four: th~ ' Suzanne, Currently in · the Baltimoi:e me~t for r•! ed m~n only. Consequently., .men, w · 0 are are ' old.timers ~- ,Shedd,.. R. l3en1 i'"; :...,.~ Ros~rio, ··Carolyn and the Bing- USPHS Hospital are Mike Dem- drafted , be.cau&e they.. h,ve ·not 9btaine.d the n.tlnga for ' I}ett, Mike. ~· Ka'vanau$h .an9 . .: hamton Victory. Qth~rs ·s topping ·browski, Warner Allred, . ~ae- · whl~h they· are· ·qialillfied, wi.11 n<?t be servl~g In Jobs In ' Barsh-while in the local USPH$ :},:.,0y~r .~ 1 this ·,P.ort'~were the. ~obin tano Pagano, ~.o~.n Lavery, ;which tlley -~8:D l;>e of- grfat~t' seT.vlce to~~ ~atl~n. ', . ,. · ~ospital ,are '-'· L9fleS:, G. If·,: y'·:-Tt;xf~r<t-! Sol;ltl$i~r (Sout}i. At- :Qaldo,rff,- ?atalmo 0-!fibao, .Wil. If you .h l(v.e . tlle qifaliflca·t lons, . apply ' for . ·upgrading~ ~ohn~on, . C. ·D,. I.:.owery., J_.;. . l ~antic),. Southern S.tates (So.uth,. fr.e d- Sonruer, ~h~d~~ S~mmer.. Do It • .....,._..,v i G.roove~, J ., A. $ p1:1µldin"-, Q , W. .' • er.r1. Trading), Pe~, (Pal.ma~) ~· Johµ :i:;>o.wers, Ei:wm ,B,o~rge, . ~· Newman and E S. P ' lor: 1 · · an~ ' 'the .~iee1 1 • Milker ~( sth:rpi JJ}· 1 a~ ~o,se . h Cl.e ve;nger. · .. To ~Steady P~ce .Baltimore· Holds Co ·A fter Yo·u r ft:at·ang t-h~ marin~ < ?e . _, .. 1 r..,. '!· ~i ~4 ! 1i., ; ~-t .. · • '• /,., • · •' • .... ' \. r .<WU~;::·l"it. .l'~'' w. �Friday. SeptembeJ 7. 1951 . l . ._____,,... ~ h ' .. '~ r1' · , ,_".1·, • ~ . : I • · '· _:_· £ 0 G .., . "Qt) ~.:. i' ) • • "· T B ·E S E A 11 A • E. K S · wn r :.-· ~ ..· W! )"':: :·' ~ ' :fAA ~-:,~;;..~~~/!......,,,_..~--.:-:. ~<· ~:- ~' -F . /> • ,. .-;· . . , .+ z==lll/fS~ ' . iill .t:; 2 .h J ,i ' The House CorimiittE!e'". on ·un:.Anierlcan· Ac- ~v~r al)Q Lake Champ~, and the one connect- ported fro~ Houston goes to Cuba and the W~t tivities; in its. f26-pag~ repo~, "100 'things .You mg Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River, Indies, although some goes to Central and South Should Know About 'Co~µnism," calls Harry - .and the channels .at the head and foot of Lake America ••• Baltimore reports that July of t)ila Bridges' International Lopgshoremen's and Ware- Ch~p~ S9 that oc~going ·ships can go di- · fear was the busiest spipping month since Janhousemen's Union a ·"communhit-controlled un- rectly from New York to the St. Lawrence River. uary. 1948. 398 ships called at Baltimore during ion." In~ an8Wer... to their ow:n . question, ,,,."W'o uld The Ho;... Judiciary Commlt:t• ls eonsJderlng that mon::th. ,compared with 405 in January, 1948• ... 0 ~he ILW:l!. g~ve' .~s.'"an~h~~ 't? worry . ~bout?" a bill prHented by Congreuman James J. Mur- The fuly :tofal ~as 39 abov,._ June. 1951, and 46 the_committee s~1~, . ~lS µmon, has 75,-000 me~- pby of New ·vork tbat 'would :the Am•rlcan more than July, 1950. ?ers. Tb~y have effe~tiye ~~mt~9l ~£ many J?Oi:s merchant mart.6 a flag of Its own. The Hag augThe SS Mother ML (Eagle Ocean) gro~ded on m the USA and more than .ence .have used it to geated by M11n>hy would have . 13 horizontal re4 a sand bar off Jones Inlet, on Long Island s south ·para·l yze ·shipping (!ommun~t domination of this and white atrlpes, with :the union of the flag a shore on August 27. No one was hurt . . . The .union in· wartime could · wreck · the whole US white anchor' -Mt diagonally In a blue field. The Masters, Mates and Pilots, the Radl'o Officers fighting) l)ower.'1 .,. proposed Hag would be displayed either at th~ Un~o~ and the International Longshorerri.en'~ .AsA surv-ey• made by' US Naval Intelligence veri- bow or fonivard maaih•ad of the vessel. with the soc1ahon, · all members of , the AFL Maritime fies the' fa~t-wlth •'photogr~pba; names. etc.- Stars and Stripes•.as usual. a:t the"ster1,1. Accord- Trades Department, have opened contract negorhai mosf of the ships trading--with·- communist Ing :to Murphy. at least 32 foreign nations have tiations with their contracted operators ... Egypt has changed the rules for e:?Camining ships pass. 9hlna an~ .:~.tb~f'co~1*ii~~'5tfcontr~llecl·l1areas. fly distinctive Hags for their merchant ships. The ing through the Panama Canal. In the future :the PaaiaJilanllYl ilag, .a good mmy of':them _9wned American mer~h~nt mar~~ bad -played "a great by American interea-ts. ·Many ~f :tii~ fo~elgn Hag part in two wars:· be •4lld, a"dlng that "I:t ls no only customs authorities will be -authorized to · ships ln thjs trade - were purchased . liy foreign more tha~ right :that Americ:;an seamen should search ships and there will pe only .one inspection for each vessel. Heretofore, coastguardsmen ca"p~:tal under the ;M~~ch~n:t M~in.e ·A ct 9l 1946, be honored with ~ Hag of their oyvn.'' and soldiers, as well as customs, also conducted when this country was t·r ylng to help "our The Maritime Administration 1 is considering independent searches. friends .:to regain their maritime standing. and the possibility of salvaging about 125 vessels that The Maritime Administration has gone before rebuild their economies :to withstand the pres- sunk off the shores of the United States during· the Wage Stabilization Board asking the · WSB sure of communiSJll~:;. the last war. This program is designed to help to approve wage increases for seamen. "It is Among the bills ·recently ~nt:r;aduced in Wash- ove.r~ome t~e shortag~s of steel and other stra- hereby certified that fhere is a crucial manpower ington, one (S 2056) by Senator Nixon of Cali~ · tegi~ materials now m short. supply that w:re shortage in the maritime industry," said the fornia would amefid the Taft-Hartley Act to . carried· al?oard . the sunke_n ships. T~e first. ships MA. " ·· : • Skilled manpower must be obtained provide that empl6yees fn rthe maritime and mo- offered ~or salvage are two tankers, on~ m the promptly and it is believed :that appropriate ad.. tion picture industries under a union shop agree- . Gulf, the othe~- off the East coast ~f Florid~,. a~d jus:tments may attract new mea to the industry, ment m.a~ be reJiuired to join the unions on or a dry cargo ship that ran. agr?und m the vicimty and ,encourage former. members to return" • • • after the second day of employment instead . of of Nome, Alaska, and which is part!~ awash. ~oland is anxiously searching the west European the present 30 days as at present . . . Another Steamship operators in Houston. Texas. are market for merchant ships, for a joint Polish .. by Congressman Prouty of Vermont (HR 5219) preparing to handle :the• largest ' movement of com~ie China shippin.g company. They are re. would enlarge the canal be~een the Hudson, grain in a number of years. Most of the rice ex- ported paying high prices for old tonnage. gl•• 0 BME ·Will Get S·upport Of AH Districts Of The Seafarers -· , I By LINDSJ:Y WILLIAMS NEW ORLEANS, August 31Business affairs of the porl are . in very .good shape, wiih na beefs penaing. All beets in the past two weeks. were - of minor natul'e and were settled at · the . p,ayo.ffs or sign-ons of the vessels involved. .:·. The only important beef was a grub beef on the MV Del Rio,, as she was out longer than expected an d ran out of s.tores. , - In squaring away this b eef ~e · requested the company to put 105.-day stores "on these ships in P lace of the · usual 85-day stores that had · been put on boar,d these ships on previous voyages. This was agreed to by ·the cOmpany, so all hands .were satisfied. • - Pfiyiqg off he11e were, ~he following vessels: the Del Nor.te, Del 'Rio and Joyce Kilmer (MississiJ1pf); Titon (Coast Transportation) ;. Carrabulle (Cuba Distilling), and the · ·Liberty Flag .-' (Gulf Cargo Qarriers): , . In-transit were five Alcoa ships, ·Patriot, ' Cavalier, :Runner, \· Polaris and the Clipper; tlte Seatrain Texas· and the Seatrain New Jersey; 'Del Valle (Mississippi); ,Steel Fabricator (Isthmian); Monarch of the Seas, Iberville; Morning Ligh~ and De S.o to (W;\ter~an), a~d· th~ Evelyn (Bull). · ' : The Del ·vane ahd Del Norte . (Miss~s~ippi); ~arraby~l~ ,' ' (c\,tJ)~ DistilliJlg), ancf, the LiJ;>~rty Flag ,.(G..;ilf Cargo Cavriers) sig;Ded on · duri~g thie" period. · . :· The Joyce Kilmer paid off last week, after ' being her~ on articles a month due to the Shipyard w .o rkers' .s trµte: '.J'Ke c.r ew "liat~d- to leave the e mosquitoes have started in and Norte a couple more trips, ;iii order to get his new OldSmobile now ' they are to star~ "Operapaid for and a few more notes. tion Mosquito." on ·his snake ranch. · They are flying in giant spray guns from Tulsa, O~ahoma, and Tex joined the SIU in 1944 and these will be mounted on two during this time has been active beUcopters. They ·will · spray the in quite a few SIU beefs. While - entire New Orleans area in oron the beach or in port on a der to ge~ rid of the mesquitoes. ship . Tex is always availaltle A DDT solution will be used when something comes . up, and and they are to fly over New is ready and able to uphold his end of whatever he is c.alled on Orleans for three days. • As everyone has seen from the to do. last issue of the LOG aP..d tJie OKAYED MOVE West Coast Sailor, the Brother. h 00d 0 f M . E · h Tex says your IQ doesn't have The Del Mai: had just returned arme ngineers as to be 150 to know how he voted · on her' second ''Oyage tQ Recife, signed a contract w~th Isthmian ' SS C g th En on the resolution for the conafter being in ·dry dock from -. ompany, . co:ve:m e ~· gmeers on their slups stitutional changes, that it was the collision she had in Santos- .Th' ·· t d 'th one of the greatest steps forward 18 wifu a Moore-McCormack ship ~on ract w.as signe wi the SIU has made, and since The passengers, 92 in all, were the sanction alltl support of the TEX METTING its inception it has made maw. to be removed from the ship AFL Maritime trades· Departand sent on their way to Rio ment. It is up to all members to ed down as a bad security risk Shipping fr.om all ports wh~ De ~ane1·ro, where they w.ould see· that this contract is not. only cannot work on any ships of Halls are. maintained, including "'' · t am · ed , b u t we are t o d o all over 100 gross tons, regar dl ess the .w est Coast, 'T ex has made be - 13ent on various sllips· and mrun · ~ t ·b 1. ·th BME f th · . the "Gateway to the Americ........~ lanes to complete their -\royage. m our power o,. ac,,. . e . o e t ra d- e th . -ey are m P , . Jn order to do this, we must get If caught, they can be sub- f;iis home port for the past two MAY PA:~OFF all members with Ei;igineer's li- ject to a $10,000.00 fine or 10 years. '· -'' 'l;'here js a possibility that censes to , get be.hind the B¥E years imprisonment. That makes What gives for Tex South of some of the crew may ,be paid and keep it .going, not;. only in it pretty damn expensi-ve for a the Equator he didn't say, but off, if the" company ca_n ftnd a the ..companies they have under ..comJpie to work on the ships. his stay on the Norte proves way to. do so,~ in order they will contract ,buf -alse in other comVisiting the Hall during his there is something, as any r11D not be · dQ:vvn there riding pan.ies that tlle l'ME may en- stay while the D.el Notte was ,will pay notes on a car and OD gravy train wi.t h no passengers· de\ivor to organize into the AFL. in New Orleans was Brother a snake ranch in T~as. What on bQard and no work to do. ·All membeJ:s with liceJlSes Gottfried "Tex" Metting. Tex gives down South, Tex? Not only are we catching }lell -should contact th.e .BME officials was -born in Yorktown, Texas, Members in Marine Hospifttl: · ~own here tram _the · weather, or any Sll.T of1icial, in order to and, as all . Texans, can hoia his R. Cruz;. E. E. Gross, W. 0. ·cara. but we are a1Bo in for Qn added get the score oq what they can own during any bla-bla session C. Ray, D. D. Kelly, L. Lang_, inconvenience, .a damn plague· af do to )lelp bt,lild a bigger . Bro- around the Hall. K. Raana, R. J. P. Burke, J. mosq'Qitoe~ .. . ' tAerhood of Marine Engineers He ' is 'seen around the Hall Ashurst, 0. Cele~tine, 0. R. M'it• The weather here has · jusi. anq, ,in doing so, help .b uild a quite · regularly when the Del chell~ J. A. Teague, N. R. Grana. · ·aboµt tb~oke~ all the fe~ord8 _in .big~er. .and ~h:Q~.ser .Seafarers In: N01:r~e is in. or whatever th~ ship W. T. Hardem~, T. Kiiski . anc! the book for hot weather. 1~d.ay tep):atipnal Unl,on pf North Am- he is .on hl'• port. Tex's hne of S. McDonald. :w.:as. the ·92nd consecutiv,e ®~ .of ' erica. gab 'is sqita endless, and he .likes Also, W. A : Perry, T. McLees, 90 .. plus temperatur~ and tb~ 81-st.· We received .a report that the to keep it' going· at all times, H. M. Ward, J. H. Smith, ,. J. day this year that the mercw:y deadline for validated papers has batting the breeze with his for 7 Clayton, B. Fitte,_ C. E. Wall;ick, .. ·has reached 90 · or more. ~· been extended another 30 days. mer shipmates. L. R. Tickle, J. Mayrbat, T. E. Yesterday the temperature set ·A lso rece.iveei a c0mmunication- Tex has been on the Del Norte' Lee, C. Shernian, J . R. Adams, an' a'll-ti.1'4e hig~ ~r ..Augu~ 30th from · t}?-e Coast Guard, stating oyer ~ year, alld says he in.. T. Miehaleas, ·G. Howard an4 with a -98,6 reading. No~ the cthat anyone that has been turn- tends to stick &Found on the Gilbert Deuerish: gravy train, but it ,.was a slight saving · fo au · hands in the long run, as the sJtlp was operated by the Maritime Co:mn).ission and, sooner or later, we wotild have all had. to ante up a few more taxes to' foot the bill . .So now the Joyce ~lmer is laying alongside . the dock awaiting the· end of the strike. The Del Mar is aground in Recife, Brazil. She ran aground on her southbound voyage, Aug· _ ust 27, 1951, and is still there stuck pret'ty fast. a 0 �. - A familiar ship alo11-g the east coast is the SS Mae. Bull Line ship of the .:.type. Here two of her deck crewmen wash dow~ the decks· after a general dean up. Left is JK ellny "BeWlg. OS, and on the right is Ed Carlson. Shot by R. Geilliig, who took 811 the pictures. on this page. The Mae is one of 19 ships operated by Bull Line. · ' I I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 7, 1951 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XIII, No. 18 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: BME WIDENS ITS CAMPAIGN SIU MANPOWER AVAILABLE TO SUP IF A STRIKE BECOMES NECESSARY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE TO HELP SET UP SANITATION COURSE IN SIU'S COOKS SCHOOL OF VITAL IMPORTANCE ALL MARITIME WATCHING TREATY MOBILE BAY SEA FOOD UNION WINS STRIKE BOSTON LONGSHOREMEN BACK BME CITY WORKERS WIN DEMANDS IN GALVESTON CALIFORNIA LABOR BACKS BME THE DELIVERY OF THE MV FORTY FATHOM 42 CHANDU THE MAGICIAN SWAPS TRICKS FOR BERTH ON SIU-CONTRACTED SHIP TWO SEAFARER-MANNED SHIPS RUN AGROUND SS PUERTO RICO COMPLETES TWO YEARS' SERVICE TO ISLANDS SEATTLE EXPECTS SHIPPING TO IMPROVE IN COMING WEEKS BEST WEST COAST SHIPPING FOUND IN WILMINGTON MOSQUITOES AND RATED MEN HIT LAKE CHARLES SHIPPING IS HOT IN SAVANNAH BALTIMORE HOLDS TO STEADY PACE BME WILL GET SUPPORT OF ALL DISTRICTS OF THE SEAFARERS COASTWISE ON THE SS MAE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9/7/1941 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1951 Periodicals Seafarers Log