http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/cab037302a8659263fd027718ede602e.PDF 66c7c2ecd4cf5b5c5f1f357d2b48c3b7 PDF Text Text •-rr,-^r, _• ••;.*: •j.'js SEAFARERS LOG 0^pr. 17 1953 i ' vv2 { .Jr • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SIAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL %• ••••'•r M M CmES SERVICE Story On Page 3 4 tiM It. I :5"'-/ •Vv iV J **' lif?:-' JiS. i I'V^ 1'^^" %• ' Lf , I i'.y: I 'rh\ •^1 • h Af Aur CAriff^AC board at the A&G hall in San Francisco is fll vwr i#vrrf«va« shown clear of jobs as Patrolman Jeff Gellette (back of counter) fills out assignment cards for Seafarers just shipped, liookihg on is new West Coast Representative Marty Breithoff, ap­ pointed by headquarters to help put Union's expanded services on the coast into effect. (Story on Page 3.) l)A/f#llfnA AlA/irc Preparations for a possible SIU strike ucaauncncurs. against Cities Service go forward, as headquarters employees wrap and mail picket signs, records for picket captains and other strike literature to all outports for use at CS instal­ lations all over the country. Deadline for the walkout is Tuesday, April 21. (Story on Page 3.) �i- f '4^' ft:- s E M*f A MFOW Takes first Toward 51U n III • T T r ri ii TTTT •* "T<" 'j''---* Lifted In Some Ports SAN FRANCISCO.—Sentiment within the Marine Firemen, OUers and Watertenders -The Ion, Army ban on shore leave in Korean Association (independent) appeared to be leaning overwelmingly in favor of idfiliation ports has n lifted in at least tliree major ports and poswith the SlU of NA, with a preliminary vote showing the membership 9-1 in favor'of sibly in' the whole peninsula. Removal of the ban in the polorts of Inchon, Puian and'^ placing the question on a 90possibly others piers under threat of sever# day b^Iot beginning June 2. tracts covering unlicensed engine addition to Malone as president, M;lasan, and Pt the other national officers are department personnel on ships op­ came on Marcn IS, after nine penalties. Terms of the proposed affil­ iation were approved earlier by erated by 32 freight and passenger vice-president Sam -E. Benneiif and' months in which seamen Were re­ First word of the lifting of th* stricted to their ships and the ban cam# via a letter from a Sea* delegates from all SIU districts companies ^n the West Coast. In treasurer C. A. Peterson. farer now in the Army who report* and affiliates at the Union's sixth cd that crewmembers of the Pur* plestar (Triton) were permitted biennial convention in San Diego ashore in Masan. Subsequently it last month. The conven^on acted was established that shore leaves in response to a bid to join the were being permitted in Pusan and powerful SIU family from the Inchon as well. MFOW, which represents nearly . No Infofmatlon Here However, neither the Army nor 6,000 unlicensed crewmembers in MSTS here had any copies of the the engine departments of West order lifting tiie ban, since the or­ Coast ships. der was issued by Far East head­ The possibility of the MFOW quarters in Tokyo. It is not yet becoming the newest autonomous known then, whether or not the district of the international union order covers tho entire .Korean was considered of far-reaching peninsula under UN control. importance in the maritime indus­ The shore leave ban was orig­ try. "The'linking of the MFOW inally imposed in Pusan last June to the SIU will provide greater when the South Korean govern­ strength for all the great maritime ment declared martial law in that unions in the AFLi. and serve to port because of local political dis­ further isolate the remnants of turbances. The Korean martial the Communist Party leadership law edict was lifted on July 20. on the waterfront," asserted SIU1952, but that same day the local A&G Secretary-Treasurer Paul Army port commander issued BA Hall. order restricting merchant seamen to their ships except on business Welcomed In or for sick calls. Similai': otders Looking almost like a World War II convoy, this group of Great Lakes freighters was trapped when Speaking at the headquarters were subsequently Issued for otbeif meeting of the Marine Firemen Slush ice blocked the entrance to the Soo Locks, near Sault St. Marie, Mich. The surprise formation of Korean ports. ice trapped a total of 6P ships. The vessels just kept up steam and waited for the ice to melt. here in San Francisco on April 2, Seafarers on SIU ships ih: he said that affiliation of the at the time obtained statmehts MFOW with the SIU "would un­ from the Korean Ministry of Jus­ questionably prove valuable to tice to the effect that conditions both our organizations. We of the were orderly and as far as . they SIU will be happy to welcome you were concerned, seamen were wel­ back into the American Federation SUP Secretary-Treasuror Harry Lundeberg, who is president of the SIU of North America, come in the town. Nevertheless* of Labor as a full partner with' is the subject of a lengthy and laudatory article in the April 18, 1953, issue of the Saturday the Army refused to relax the ban. the other autonomous districts of Evening Post. The article entitled "Roughneck Boss of the Sailors' Union" stresses LundeHeavy -Fines maritime workers in the SIU." Men who did go ashore without berg's unrelenting fight for+ Organized in 1883, the MFOW permission and were caught by spring and summer when both, the was affiliated with the AFL until good conditions and shoreside employers MP's were subject to stiff fines by and the West Coast long­ facilities for the members of 1937 and has been independent ^the Army. the SUP, as well as his successful shore union lined up together in since. The Korean shore leave ban was battles with the Communist ele­ an attempt to break the SUP. The especially irksome this past win­ Committee Report ments on the West Coast water­ author points out that the SUP's ter because sometimes merchant original demands were modest front. A report of the MFOW commit­ shipe will stay in port alongside a tee studying possible affiliation Beginning with a description of ones, but that it was the ship­ dock for as long as 30 days. Be­ owners' decision to adopt a "getwith either the AFL or CIO indi­ the SUP headquarters in San Fran­ tween the severe winter weather cated that the Natiopal Maritime cisco, the article goes on to relate and the lack of leave, crewmem­ Union (CIO) had also been ap­ how Lundeberg led the fight bers had a trying time of it. proached on the subject of affili­ against leftwingers who attempted With the ban off in the aboveation, but that the' terms set forth to control the SUP In 1934-35 and mentioned ports, any restriction to Seafarers came in for high by the NMU were not satisfactory. his role in the founding of the SIU praise recently from the officials of ship by the master will be payable Accordingly, the MFOW com­ of North America, parent body of the A. H. Bull Steamship Company as overtime. Crewmembers ars mittee, headed by union president the SUP and the SIU A&G District. and. Indirectly, from passengers advised to make note of such re­ A good deal of space is devoted Vincent J. Malone, urged affilia­ of tho former cruise ship Puerto strictions for presentation to the tion with the SIU on the basis of to the SUP'S crucial strike against patrolman at payoff. Rico. terms outlined by the international the West Coast shipowners last In a letter to the Union, W. A. union. These featured a guarantee Kiggins, Jr., vice president of the of full autonomy," including the steamship company,, lauded the right to elect their own officials men of the SIU for their top-notch and negotiate their own agree­ April 17, 1953 Vol. XV. No. I job while the vessel was in opera­ ments, the right to govern their tion as a cruise ship between NewAs I It Page 4 own internal affairs in conformity York and Puerto Rico. It has been Committees At Work Page 6 With SIU and AFL policies plus laid up since March 30. Page 12 the right to control their own Crossword Puzzle "Hundreds of imsolicited letters Editorial Page 13 finances, property and assets. SHREVEPORT, LA.—The SlU'i are in the company's files," wrote Foc'sle Fotographer....... Page 19 MFOW-SUP Parleys Kiggins, "attesting to the excel­ college scholarship plan is one of Galley Gleanings l..Page 20 lence of the service provided. the most "progressive and forwardThe question of jurisdiction, on Inquiring Seafarer Page 12 These letters invariably speak of looking" measures fo be adopted which it was agreed the Sailors In the Wake President Harry Lnndeberf Pago 12 Union of the Pacific had a vital Labor Roimd-Up stadles report while presiding the personnel as courteous, effi­ by any trade union in recent years," Page 13 cient and obviously intent upon Charles H. Logan, New Orleans say, was left in general terms, Letters Pages 21, 22 at recent SIU Convention. seeing to the comfort and pleasure labor relations consultant, told with the understanding that juris­ Maritime .Page 16 dele'gates to the annual Louisiana diction over unlicensed engine de­ Meet The Seafarer.......Page 12 tough" policy and try to "teach of the passengers. State Federation of Labor (AFL) Job WeU Done' partment personnel would remain On The Job. Page 16 Lundeberg a lesson." unchanged for the- present time. Personals Page 29 "The result," the author states, "Certainly all of us, the com­ convention here April 6-9. scholarship program, To handle the issue, provision was Quiz Page 19 "was one of the most unnecessary pany, the Union and especially the The made for periodic meetings, held Seafarers In Action Page 16 and expensive strikes on the West officers and crew who have manned financed under the SIU Welfare the Puerto Rico, can take satisfac­ Plan, provides for awarding four at least once a month, to grapple Ship's Minutes.. Pages 24, 25 Coast waterfront ... with any outstanding problems af­ SIU History Cartoon Page 9 "After some two months of tion and pride in a job well done." full $l,500-a-year college scholar­ The company announced the ships annually to children of Seafecting either or both unions. Sports Line ^...Page 20 haggling, without negotiating. It It was expected that in a 90-day Ten Years Ago. Page 12 dawned on the operators that in­ withdrawal of the vessel from its iarers or Seafarers not over 3S ballot among the MFOW member­ Top Of The News Page 7 stead of teaching the sailors a les­ service to tne West Indies last years of age who qualify in com­ Page 9 son, they were taking a beating at month as a means of economizing. petitive examinations. ship on the question of SIU affili­ Union Talk Page 6 the hands of the SUP. Lundeberg The ship had been under contract "In a few, years, this .plan will ation, the bulk of the marine fire­ Wash. News Letter to the SIU since mid-1949, having begin to produce picn with leader­ men would be polled and'the tally Welfare Benefits ....Pages 26, 27 held all the chips ..." Page 8 The result, as Seafarers .know, been bought by the company in ship qualities who will be equipped known by Labor Day, September Welfare Report to see straight and think straight Page 5 v/as that the shipowners had to sign March of that year. 7. The resolution simply requires Your Constitution Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 a contract on the SUP's terms, The Puerto Rico, ' which had about the economic problems that either a yes or no answer. The MFOW, with headquarters Publlshid biwttkly at th* haadquartar* terms that were toqgher than the featured an 11-day trip to PR, the confront us," Logan said. As a shipping company repre­ Dominican Republic and the Vir­ in San Francisco, and halls in Se­ Intarnatlonal Union, A^ union's original offer. A Oolf Dlitrlct, AFL, 675 Fourth The article is spiced with sevei-al gin Islands, carried some 7,000 sentative on the Welfare Plan's attle, Portland, San Pedro, Hono­ lantie Avonuo, Brooklyn S3, NY. Tol. STarling d slat* mattar interesting anecdotes o| Lunde- passengers on the Caribbean cruise board of trustees, Logan helped lulu, New Orleans, Baltimore and set op the scholturship program. each year. New York, presently holds con- uncitr*h*Tct ^AUSIM Brooklyn, NY, tContihued on page 17)' ice Traps Great Mikes 'Convoy^ II??!! !'!!•' Safposf Loads Lundeberg Bull Halls SIU Cruise Ship Crew m. I I i>i- •.lis-. SEAFARERS LOG SIU School Plan Lauded . . •- " �Pjure .Tliref Sl^AiFARKttSy LOG- • •: * • April 21 Strike Of U' • ,-li • r'l Cities Service Ships Barring a late-hour change of heart by the Cities Service Oil Company, Seafarers in all ports will pull the pin on the Cities Service tanker fleet, Tuesday morning, April 21. The strike, if it comes off, will be the result of the company*^ refusal to Pael Hall, Secretary-Treasare?, takes the deck at the regular mem­ bership meeting In San Francisco and discusses the Union's pro­ gram and objectives. He attended the meeting there following the SlU Convention held in San Diego. ^ accept certain clauses of the standard SIU tanker contract, clauses negotiated and approved by the company's own labor relations representative. Two $IU membership meetings in all, ports have unanimously voted to give the Union Negotiating Committee fulli authority to call a walkout, if necessary. All necessary prep­ arations have been made for the strike. Picket signs have been printed up, and a plan of action drafted, with all outports alerted on a standby basis, ready to swing into immediate action on a na­ tional scale should the strike come off. Shoreside Support Further, the SIU will be able to count on solid support from shoreside workers In Cities Service re­ fineries. The Lake Charles, La., Metal Trades Council, AFL, which mans the main Cities Service- re­ finery, as well as all AFL trade unions in Louisiana have pledged their aid. A resolution was passed at the Louisiana State AFL con vention on April 8 offering "full physical, financial and moral sup­ port" to the SIU. Similarly, CIO Oil Workers man­ ning the company's shoreside in­ Tom-Banning (left), San Franol&co Fort Agent, checks the vacation stallations in Perth Amboy and pay applications of Roi/ert Hellig (center), AB, and William House, Charles Bedell, Robert Soule and Fred Kreger (left to right), all Linden, New Jersey, can be oiler. Services and space In 'Frisco have been expanded. District Vice-Presidents of the Louisiana State Federation of Labor, counted on to back up the SIU. examine the Federation's resolution to support the SIU. Both the "Oil Workers Interna­ tional Union and the Lake Charles Metal Trades Council have their own contract grievances with Cities Service. The Oil Workers, in fact, have been operating without a for­ mal written contract. The dispute with Cities Service grew out of negotiations of the Expanded representation and increased membership facili­ new SHREVEPORT, La.—^All-out support of the SIU in its standard tanker agree­ ties are rapidly taking shape for all Seafarers on the West ment. SIU in the course of the nego­ drive to end the Clities Service hold-out against the stand­ Coast as a result of a series of changes instituted by the tiations, the Cities Service repre­ ard tanker agreement was pledged by the Louisiana State Union. The changes followed-*—" sentative served as chairman of Federation of Labor in its-*" a survey of West Coast facili­ set up a new dispatch system and the tanker employers negotiating annual standard tanker agreement as ties made by Secretary-Treas­ operate regularly out of San Fran­ committee. He personally approved April 8. convention here other SlU-contracted tanker com­ urer Paul Hall at the conclusion cisco. of all terms, of the agreement and In a resolution adopted unani­ panies have done. of the SIU convention .in San In addition. Assistant Secretary- recommended acceptance by the mously by over 600 delegates rep­ "A work stoppage would serious­ Diego. Treasurer Bui Hall is going to the company. resenting more than 50 AFL trade ly affect the port of Lake Charle?, With West Coast snipping hold­ West Coast temporarily to estabWhile 15 other SIU-contracte'B unions, the Federation offered its not only with respect to the mem­ ing steady at a high level and a (Continued on page 17) (Continued on page 17) full physical, financial and moral bers of the Seafarers International sizeable portion of the membership support" to the SIU "in the event Union who ship through this port, using the West Coast ports, the economic action by the Seafarers but also with regard to the welfare new changes, will mean more com-, International Union should be- of the many shoreside workers em­ plete coverage of the ships, and fcome necessary to support its po­ ployed in the Cities Service in­ more shoreside services for men sition in its present contractual stallation at Lake Charles." the on the beach and in the hospitals. difficulties with Cities Service Re­ resolution pointed out. The offshore runs by SlU-confining Corporation." SIU New Orleans agent Lindsey tracted companies to Hawaii, In resisting the "reasonable and Williams, who was to lead the SIU Korea, Japan, Formosa and other Formation of a permanent committee on ciarifications that Far Eastern ports have been in­ will meet regularly to take up contract. interpretations has just contractual demands" of the delegation, was unable to attend creasing of late. The same being been agreed on by Union and shipowner representatives. SIU, Cities Service has "resorted because of his duties in connection to unfair tactics," said the resolu­ with the SIU Convention and West true for intercoastal services. This P(}ints up the need for more ex­ Under present plans the com­ company representatives. What it tion which was presented to the Coast survey. tensive service and facilities by an mittee will meet monthly to will do is deal with provisions of convention by Walter Mayo, presi­ deal with any clauses in the the contract which have caused dent of the Lake Charles, La., Text of resolution is on page 17. increased SIU staff. Metal Trades Council. The resolu­ dry cargo contract which need Additional Space persistent misunderstandings. tion was strengthened further by clarification. In the mqin West Coast port of Money Draws the signatures of more than 100 One meeting to organize the San Francisco additional space for The first contract item, to be delegates who affixed their names SIU services has been provided in .group has already been held with taken up at the next meeting of to it as co-introducers. The Troy Steamship Com­ the SUP headquarters hall. Gen­ Assistant Secretary-Treasurers the group, will be the question of Shoreworkers, Too pany and the Trojan Steam­ Sonny Simmons and Joe Algina erous provision for the SIU's of­ money draws in foreign ports. The The Lake Charles council also ship Company have announced fices was made by SUPJSecretary- representing the SIU. The em­ SIU contract specifies that such is trying to negotiate a new con­ that Ihcj now have the ret­ Treasurer Harry Lundberg snd the ployers were represented by ne­ draws should be issued in Ameri­ tract covering shoreside Cities roactive wages due under the gotiators for several major com­ SUP staff, who cooperated fully to can currency, but some captains Service workers in the area. new SIU agreement ready for assure the A&G District of neces­ panies inclining Captain John have claimed that local laws do Unfair tactics being used by payment. Boughman Tisthmian), Mr. R. not permit them to give out dol- Cities Service include "attempts to sary facilities. To supplement the present San Shilling (Alcoa), Mr. J. P. Imlay, l»s. This has led to many queries break down the morale of unli­ • Seafarers who have retro­ active wages due from either Francisco staff consisting of Tom (South Atlantic) and Mr. Max Har­ from crews who were entitled to censed seamen aboard Cities Serv­ of these companies can collect Banning as port agent and Carl rison representing a group of dollars under the contract. ice tankers through a campaign of it by writing to the company shipowners s^uch as Waterman SS Lawson as patrolman. Hall has ap­ The Union has secured a .com­ continued harassment of these and giving it their mailing pointed Jeff Gellette as patrolman Corp. and Bull Lines. prehensive list of r^Tulations from seamen" by Cities Service super­ address. Both companies are in San Francisco, He is also send­ The committee will not meet for various countries and will take visory personnel, the resolution located at 21 West Street, ing New York dispatcher Marty the purpose of settling beefs, which them up with the shipowners group said. New York. NY. Breithoff to San Francisco as West will be handled as before on the for the purpose of clarifying this Cities Service is the lone hold­ Coast representative. Breithoff will «pot between Union patrolmen and issue. out against coming to terms on the New Union Services Added OnWest Coast I •3 I -^1 Louisiana AFL Offers Full Aid In CS Beef SIU-Company Panel Sifting Pact Kinks Two Co'« Have Retroactive ^ •• r- I'f' ii'"' I la® �Rit* Mr SM'Af £nrstmp tiyr • -t - New Art Contest DeadUne Set As 1 See It • 2 • _ i WHILE OUT ON THE WEST COAST ATTENDING THE STQ convention, your delegates took the opportunity to visit with Seafarers shipping out of the West Coast ports. We found a considerable^number of men who used to sail out of the East Coast and the Gulf have moved West with their families and are shipping out of our West Coast halls. Aside from renewing old acquaintances, your delegates had a chance to get the personal opinions of the membership there on the policies and operations of your Union. We're happy to report that Seafarers on the West Coast expressed their satisfaction with the way the Union has been operating. Prompt Welfare Service Many of the men were particularly pleased with the benefits they have been receivihg from the Seafarers Welfare and Vacation Plans. They expressed themselves as being well-satisfied with the prompt service they have been getting even though their halls and homes are across the continent from our New York headquarters. Our maternity benefits have come in for k good deal of praise from the men and their wives. Aside from their immediate" need for the dough that, these benefits satisfy, they have done much to spread the word about the SIU and its way of operation in the many small towns and neighbor­ hoods where Seafarers have made their homes. Seafarer James Penswlck displays some of his entries in the Seafarers Art Contest. At left, is one of It should be noted along these lines that some of our biggest Union bis has relief copper works, while he lias some of his hand-made bracelets, in various designs and boosters have been the wives and parents of seamen. Judging from color combinations, stacked on the table In front of him. the mail we receive at head^arters, these people feel that your Union In a move aimed at allowing more time for Seafarers to get their entries in, the Union has has done much for their well-being through our contracts and con­ agreed to set back the deadline of the Second Annual Art Contest to May 14. The decision ditions as well as the benefits we have foi^ the family men. Additional LOG Mailings to extend the deadline to May 14 came after several Seafarers out on trips wrote in asking for time to return home and-*^ With the West Coast ports 2,500 miles away, from the centeif^ol Union operations, the SEAFARERS LOG is much in demanii send their entries in. Judging tlie membership acquainted with what's going on in the vUnlon' imH will now take place on May 19 in maritime. Accordingly we have made arrangements to mi^- addl-^ and awards will be made at the tional bundles of the LOG to our West Coast halls ' i 7) membership meeting of May 20. to assure enough copies to go around. The latest and largest entry of Our West Coast brothers have be^n enjoying the contest belongs to James Penssteady shipping for some time. Thanks to the wick, who flooded the handicraft cooperation of our brothers in the SUP, they have category with copperplate handi­ the use of the SUP's comfortable shoreside facili­ work. Of 18 such entries, Pensties, particularly in the new buildings in iSan wick depicts 12 sailing ships sail­ Francisco and Wilmington. As has been reported ing on a sea of copper; other works elsewhere in this issue, we are increasing our in copper include engravings of representation and services on the West Coast so men, women, children and dogs. as to assure Seafarers there of the same kind of In addition to his copper displays, first-class SIU service that has been the rule throughout the Atlantic P^enswick entered four dozen handand Gulf District. wroughtj)lastic and copper brace­ lets, along with tie clips made of 4" 3^ t the same materiaH A RECENT NEWSPAPER REPORT INFORMS US THAT THE At the moment, entries are con­ construction of new ships in^ US shipyards has reached a 21-month tinuing to pour in. Of the four low. Aside from the remainder of the Mariner ships under construction categories, watercolors, h a n d 1for the Government, there are no dry cargo vessels for saltwater crafts, oils and drawings, handi­ service under construction, and no orders for any new ships have been crafts lead all the rest in the num­ placed in the month of March. ber of entries. At the present time This steady decline in the building of new ships comes eight months there are 29 entries in this classifi­ after the passage by Congress of the long-range shipping bill. According cation. Last year the handicraft to its declared purposes, this bill was supposed to pave the way for section fared poorly, having the a revival of our merchant fleet by -encouraging the construction and least number of entries of any of operation of new ships. the categories. However, the at­ BUI Weakened By Amendments tentions of Seafarers seem to be more heavily directed to the handi­ At the time the bill was passed, your Union pointed out that it craft section this year. There is, had been greatly weakened by amendments and would have little however, room for ihore in every or no effect on the shipping picture. Your Union's predictions on category. Entries have been re­ this score have been proven correct by the developments of recent ceived for every category to date, months. Judging from the results of the legislation, the last Congress and with the deadline extended and administration in Washington spent a good deal of time and many more are expected. effort in bringing out a totally unworkable and unrealistic piece of Entries On Display legislation. • Although there were some in Congress who understood the nature of the problem, their views did not All entries -will be displayed at The offiee of Steve Cardnllo (center), SIU Philadelphia.Port Agent, prevail. the SIU headquarters. In addition, came in for some redecoration. H^re, he chats with Victor Carney It was expected that the new administration they will be shown at the Archi­ (left) and Frank McGann, officials of ILA Local 1242. would take a second Jock at the maritime picture tectural League of New York, 115 and come up with a positive program of its own East 40th Street, New York 16, to deal with the problem. However, up uiitU now NY, in Gallery ."A" under the • In line with the SIU's policy of providing up-to-date halls sponsorship of the New York Pub­ in all ports, the Philadelphia branch hall is now undergoing there has been no action on this seore. The House lic Library. This showing will pre­ thorough renovation. When the job is completed, Seafarers Merchant Marine Committee, which normally is cede the contest at headquarters. the starting point for merchant marine legislation, 4has not taken any steps along these lines, nor has The judging will be handled by in that port will have com­ a panel of art experts not as yet fortable facilities for shipping, the building. Jn addition, floor the administration made its views known on the mikes have been hooked up to the subject. determined. Three winners will be recreation and meetings. public address system so that mem­ picked in each category, making a No Action Seen This Year Extensive alterations have al­ bers hitting the deck at meetings total of 12 prizewinners, in addi­ ready been made on the shipping Under such circumstances, it appears that there wiU be no steps tion to those chosen for honorable floor, in the recreation room, aqd v;ill be heard with ease and com­ taken at this session of Congress, and the present , policy of inaction, fort. mention. Last year wrist watches were awarded to the winning Sea­ the Union's business offices. The New and more comfortable fur­ so dangerous to our national weU-being, will prevMl. Your Union has long felt that the core of the problem has been farers. No prizes have been de­ floor of the shipping hall and the niture is on order for bdth -the termined as yet . fob the current recreation room topside have been business offices and the hall. The lack of knowledge and imderstanding on the part of the general asphalt-tiled throughout and new outside doorway on the street floor public; and in turn, by the average member of Congress. -Until the contest. • Each entry should be sent to the paint job has brightened up tl-«e has been completely redesignecT public realizes the importance of the merchant marine to the nation's Art Editor, SEAFARERS LOG. hall considerably. A conference while work is now going ahead on economy and security, there will be no widespread demand for sensible, constructive maritime legislation. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY. room in the rear of the hall has fepairing and tiling the stairway. Be sure to wrap the entries well. been reflnished and new furniture '.'Some of the boys were so sur­ The Union has attempted to acquaint both Seafarers and the gen­ Send them special delivery or reg­ installed for meeting purposes. prised by the^ew look," Phila­ eral public with the nature of the problem through the pages of the Music, Too istered mail, if possible, or bring delphia Port Agent Steve Cardullo SEAFARERS LOG and other sources. It would be desirable if the them into headquarters. Be sure The public address system con­ reported, "that for a minute they shipping Industry as a whole were to take its problem to the American to write your name and address necting both floors has been re­ thought they were coming into the people. Once they understand it, there will be . little difficulty in wired for piping music throughout wrong place.'' on the back of each entry. getting the kind of maritime legislation the industry needs.' Philly Hall Renovated; New Comforts Built In [ iiv:' r/. J k}j '• I j?! j �AffU M, mfi SBAWAmX^S Bryson Indicted For Denying Commie Ties LOG SI U opens Books For Job fiugh Bryson, president of the National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards, is facing a 10-year jail term and a $20,000 fine as the result of a perjury indictment returned agaTnst him by a Federal^ grand jury in San Francisco. Coast. One report was tha* his ar­ The Government cracked rest may mean a victory for the down and ordered Bryson's arrest Marine Cooks and Stewards, AFL. only two weeks after the SEA­ The NLRB has ordered representa­ FARERS LOG published a four- tion elections involving the Bryson page expose of "The Communist union and the MC&S-AFL, Plot in Maritime,'? revealing the However, this latest develop­ Communist. Party domination of ment, according to a reliable Gov­ Bryson's union. ernment source, could mean that Specifically, Bryson has been in­ the NLRB might have Bryson's dicted on two counts of perjury. union taken off the ballot, and award the elections to the MCSAFL by default. Another possibility, according to this same, source, is that the NLRB might postpone the election, and wait to see if Bryson is convicted of the charges. If Bryson is con­ victed, then his union would be taken off the ballot. There have also been persistent Despite the hour and their desire to get ashore after an extended foreign trip, crewmembers of the reports since Bryson's arrest, that SS Atlantic Traveler listen intently as SIU organizer Frank Bose (facing camera) outlines developthe NUMC&S might merge with iuents in the book-Job hassle with the AMEU. SIU organizers were on the spot as usual although the Bridge's International Longshore­ men's and Warehousemen's Union.- . ship docked at Z AM at thp Atlantic Refining docks in Fort Newark, NJ. This, however, would mean very' Failing again to get an answer from Atlantic Refining's company union, the SIU is going little change in policy as far as the NUMC&S is concerned, since the ahead on its own hook with plans to show conclusively that it does maintain a ratio of one NUMC&S and the ILWU have job or better for every active bookmember in the Union, one of the key issues in the current both followed all the twists and ^ turns of the Communist Party Atlantic organizing campaign.-*^ in' its original offer. Accordingly, A controversy developing tion an impartial,audit of SIU rec­ policy line. *As the LOG pointed out in its since early this year reached ords to determine the ratio of ac­ the Union, with full membership expose, Bryson, "through the its climax last week. At that time, tive SIU books to jobs during 1952. authorization, called on the Ameri­ years, has consistently served the Atlantic Maritime Employees The SIU had already posted its can Arbitration Association, an outside organization, to name one Union, so-called "independent $10,000. Bridges in all his operations." Hugh Bryson to three accountants to look into union" in the Atlantic tanker fleet, Shows Good Faith The first/charge says that he lied balked for the second time at in­ Moving to show its good faith Union records and then certify the when he swore to a Taft-Hartley dicating whether it accepted or re­ and at the same time bring these actual book-job ratio for all of last Report EiOet affidavit that he was "not a mem­ jected a $10,000 offer made by the vital job facts to the forefrotat so year. ber of the Communist Party." The 'original offer made by the SIU conditioned on a like that'Atlantic men can have-no Cheek amountand being posted by the questions on the issue, the SIU SIU made it plain that this was an The second charge ~ says that he Seafarers who lose baggage AMEU. It would have set in mo­ went ahead with one of the steps issue on which the AMEU could lied in the same affidavit when he checks for gear checked at any "put up or shut up" once and for swore that he was not "affiliated" baggage room should SIU all on its charges of SIU misrepre­ with the Communist Party. notify that particular hall sentation. Even so, though prodded As the LOG reported in its ex­ right away so that no one can on all sides, even by many of its pose, Bryson "has operated in improperly claim the baggage own supporters, the AMEU main­ (Harry) Bridges' shadow. What is with that check. Headquarters tained an official silence on the definitely known about Bryson is officials advise you to do this offer for more than a month, since that he was a protege of Bridges, immediately to avoid loss of it was first published February 14. whp got his start through the West your gear and/or trouble It wasn't until the renewal of Coast longshore leader." claiming it later on. Make the SIU offer on March 24 that It Amid growing rumblings of non-Communist opposition, the ventured a comment, and then Bridges was convicted on a simi­ sure you notify the hall where lar charge three years ago, but is the baggage was checked as Communist leaders of the International Longshoremen and only to say that it would discuss it still free on bail pending appeal. soon as you find out you've Warehousemen's Union steamrollered their program thropgh in the next issue of its irregularlyBryson's indictment touched off lost the check published . magazine. The Fleet, the tenth biennial conventiont a number of reports on the West which, it said, "will go to press of the West Coast union last within the next few days." This week. .statement appeared in a "bulletin" of March 25 aqd had reference to Tho principal highlight of the YOUff n-XT". ANt) PKTN'ltgOeS AS the April issue of The Fleet, which convention was the election of a • SIU Mf.N ARC oMAPANrreo B> ,YOU anif file SIU ^ (.'ONSnTinKYi^ THIS HA- . has just been issued, but complete­ president pro-tem to fill Harry IS ro ACnuAtNT ly evades the issue; Bridges' post in the event the Su­ CONSYITUTION : ruflE YOU WIIH IHPbt PiOllV:- AMD How Controversy Began preme Court turns down his ap­ PfilVltffHS The whole controversy began peal from a perjury conviction. When the AMEU challenged an SIU Otherwise, the decisions of the claim that the Union had one job convention provided no surprises or better per active bookmember in following the standard Commu­ From Article XIII, Section 6 during a period late in 1952, and nist Party line. the SIU countered on February 11 "All reports by committees and Opposition Grows with a $10,000 offer to back its the Secretary-Treasurer under Nevertheless, despite Bridges' claim hot only for the period in this article, except those of the overwhelming control of the dele­ question but for ali of 1952. gates, opposition voices were Polls committees, shall be entered '.Under the terms of the SIU raised against ILWU support of challenge, the AMEU and the SIU in the minutes of the port where the Communist Party line, and were each to. put up $10,000, with headquarters is located. Polls IL'WU financing of the trials of the total $20,000 held in trust by a Committee reports shall be en­ Bridges, Jack Hall and other responsible public official for an ILWU leaders. tered in the minutes of the Port "Atlantic, Seamen's Widows and The decision to elect a president where it functions.'^^^^^^^^«e Childrens Fund." Then, the Amer­ Harry Bridges pro-tem, initiated by Bridges, is ican \Arbitration Association was taken as an indication that the son, president of the National Un­ to be called on to name account­ ILWU president expects to start ion of Marine Cooks and Stewards, ants to conduct an impartial audit serving sentence some time this who was also indicted on perjury of SIU records and certify the ac­ year on his three-year-old perjury charges. tual ratio of active SIU books to cbpviction. The conviction was The ILWU and tiie NUMC&S jobs during 1952. based on the charge that he swore are the only two waterfront unions After that, whoever was proved falsely that he was not a member to oppose the Coast Guard pro­ wrong in his claims would forfeit At part of the permanent record, of the Communist Party when he gram^ of screening poor security his $10,000, while the other's headquarteri, as well as the other applied for American citizenship risks'^off the ships and the docks. money would be returned. The ports, maintains complete reports in 1945. It carries a five year sen­ Right-wing opposition at the forfeited $10,000, less expenses, of all committees and officials. On tence, which is now on appeal to convention was led by Frank Max- was then to become payable as the file in headquarters and the SIU the Supreme Court. ey, a delegate from Warehouse Lo­ ASWCF, under the terms of which Other steps taken by the pro­ cal 6 in San Francisco. Maxey the fund would pay out $300 to port officds are records of oil re* gram include denunciation of the charged that Bridges and the lead­ supplement the meager $300 death ports made in the Union. Coast Guard screening program, ership of the union had "consist­ benefit now paid to the bene­ approval of a "peace crusade," and ently followed every twl;it and ficiaries of Atlantic seamen, until a pledge of support to Hugh Bry- turn of the Communist Party line." it was used up. West Coast Dockers Get Sub Prexy For Bridges m iiSiaaisSto: �>• •'. IV.^r 1 •; !, J " T :r r t Ti •,« . . B . ' . , Drive t• I;. AT WORK Uh}'.?-. MM 17i uitt SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON A former Seafarer who was .prominait In'organizing drives for the SIU, has taken his tal­ ents south of the border and is pvxtting them to good use in Mexico's scholastic circles. . I -I ' N , I SJ Mike Darley, who retired his book in June, 1951, after carrying it for five years following -I As a consequence, of World War 11, a US fiag tramp fleet sprung his discharge from the Navy • into being. However, today this large segment of the merchant marine, in 1946, has made himself felt numbering about 160 ships, mostly-Libertys, and employing-over 6,000 in Mexico City College organ­ seamen, may not be able to survive over the long pull unless Congress izational drives. He was chairman comes dorward with certain aids. of the recent Mexico City College Actually, about the dnly thing keeping -the tramps alive today is Front i'age Ball which many Hol­ the business they receive from the Military Sea Transportation Serv­ lywood and Mexican picture stars ice, which charters the tramps for fairly long periods. For a while attended through the influence of after World War II, the 50-50 shipping proviso in the ECA law proved Darley's dynamism. He comes by very helpful, but the US-aid shiinnents now have fallen way off. this organizational work naturally, having done yeoman work for the The tramps soon wiU put on a strong Congressional campaign to SIU in the organizational drives in become eligible for operating subsidy and for permission to form Isthmian mid Cities Service. their own freight conferences. However, it is very doubtful if Congress Makes Ball Success is in a frame of mind to approve these aids for the tramps. Ship Darley, a journalism major at subsidies are not popular these days, except among the recipients. the college, is credited with mak­ Under the law, only the so-called liner companies are eligible to ing the ball a social and financial receive subsidies, but even here, the liner ship subsidies will come success. The purpose of the af­ under the close supervision of special Congressional committees soon, fair was to send delegates from and ultimately may be eliminated or greatly modified. . the Mexico City College Press Club i t i to the Texas Intercollegiate Press The American-Hawaiian SS Company, one of-«the oldest domestic Association to be held in Wichita lines, and which recently announced it was getting out of the interFalls, Texas, on April 22. coastal trade in order to go into the ore carrying business, is having In his two years at MCC, Darley its bwn-troubles with the Government these days.' The company has become associate editor of the wants to convert S of Its 5 C-4's Into ore carriers .for use in the school paper, vice-president of the Labrador trade and applied about Iki years ago to the Federal Mari­ Student Council, a member of the time Board for a construction subsidy to aid in-.the reconversion work. Press Club and a member of the It is estimated that the conversion of the 3 C-4'8 could be accom­ Latin American Economic Society, plished for a little over $9 million, of which the Government was In addition to continuing his or­ A onetime rank-and-file SIU organizer, ex-Seafarer Mike Darley supposed to pay a construction subsidy of something up to 50 percent ganizing activities which he began (right) is now using his organizational talents for publicity work of the |9 million figure. However, in the meantime, added to the with the Union, Darley is taking at Mexico City College. Above, Mike fs diown talking with Gary factor that the FMB has not yet approved the subsidy plea, Secretary several courses in labor economics. Cooper, one of the Hollywood notables invited to attend a college His interest in the field was stimu­ dance he helped stage. With Cooper, among otiliers, was actress. of Commerce Sinclair Weeks has sent to Congress a revised budget eliminating all funds for ship construction, other than for the Mariner _ lated when he was a member of Barbara Stanwyck. The couple standing were not identified. program. This means that even if the FMB should kpproye the the SIU. American-Hawaiian subsidy application, that the Department bf Com ­ As a member of the Union, Darley Hollywood stars present at the merce still will not have the funds to authorize the 04 conversion was instrumental in seeing the two work, and that the Department then will have to reappear ^ before organizing drives through to a suc­ Ball included Gary Cooper, Bar­ Uongress to ask for a. supplemental appropriation if the Americancessful finish. His work, along bara Stanwyck and Ward Bond, Hawaiian ship ore program is to be realized. v/ith the rest of the membership, along with lesser lights of the helped to establish many of the silver screen. The players were on 3) » 4. benefits enjoyed by Seafarers to­ location in Mexico City when Congress will not Interrupt the continuation of the Mariner building Darley signed them on. day. program but will order discontinuation of plans to build the new prototype banker and four large passenger ships. These passenger vessels were to have been started this year for account of the Grace Lines and the Moore-McCormack Steamship Line. •nI The Department of Comitterce, even though engaged in an economy Another new service for Seafar­ move, has decided that it would be unwise to terminate the Mariner I er's is being added in SIU head­ program, but that, in order to cut government spending, the tanker quarters wiA the construction of and passenger ship program could be cut out, at a saving estimated a barber shop and bootblack stand at $118 million. on the second deck. Two barber In another effort to whittle down maritime appropriations for thb' chairs and all modem equipment coming year. Congress also will order the security personnel cut at necessary to provide haircuts, shaves, hot towels and shoe shines all Government reserve fleets, the cut to be from a total of 396 guai*ds down to 185. The procedure set up in the SIU penalty, the other in which it re­ are being Installed In a room next 4 » 4) to the poolroom. constitution for trials of accused versed the decision of a Baltimore While on tiie subject of Mariner ships, all steamship lines Interested Like all. other SIU services, such trial committee and the third in Seafarers also provides for a sys­ which it upheld a committee de­ as the Sea Chest, Port 6' Call and in eventually purchasing such tonnage will be interested in the de­ tem of appeals. After the trial cision without change. the SIU cafeteria, the barber shop velopment within the Maritime Administration of legislation on the The MA is working on a Mariner sales formula to recommend committee in any-port has passed In the first case a Seafarer who will be run directly by the Union. subject. to Congress. judgement against the defendant had been found guilty by the com­ The average building price of the Mariners amounts to about $9Vb and the judgement has been af­ mittee and also had run afoul of million each, and, under the law as it now stands, steamship lines firmed by membership meetings in the law submitted statements and operating in the foreign trade may be able to purchase them at about all ports, the Seafarer still has the evidence that he was successfully half of the original construction cost, or about $4^ million each. right of appeal. rehabilitating himself. The evi­ However, chances are good that the MA soon will.recommend to In order to do so. he sends a dence consisted Congress legislation under which the selling price would be a little notice of appeal to the Secretaryof an official re­ more favorable from the point of view of the prospective purchaser. Treasurer at headquarters within. port from a pro30 days after the trial committee bation service. it t 4^ decision has been The appeals com­ Perhaps the most spectacular development of any foreign merchant affirmed. This mittee then de­ fleet has been that of Panama, a small Central American nation. In leads to election cided to lift the essence, Panama prbvldes a replica of the State of Delaware. of an appeals man's suspen­ On September 1, 1939, there were 130 ships registered under the sion effective im­ committee Panamanian flag; by June 30, 1946, this flbet had Increase substan­ mediately and 1 n headquarters tially: and by December 31, 1951, the Papamanian merchant marine to con.sider the permit him the Dean was the fourth largest in the world, comprising 545 ships. It has case. full privileges of about one million more gross tdns of shipping than all the other The Appeals membership. Latin American registries combined, and its tanker fleet is 233,000 committee gets The second case involved a tons greater than the total of all tankers registered imder French, all the evidence haker who had been found guilty Adams Italian, and German flags. and documents by a Baltimore trial committee of JehB Kerl eleans vo la SlU'e Practically all of the present fleet of Panama is known to be owned connected with the case, while the failure to carry out his duties and new baiheidiop after tilelay«M by foreign nationals, either directly -or through wholly owned «r Seafarer can either send in a writ­ gross inefficiency, as well as re­ controlled tubsldiaries. However, how much and by whom cannot ten statement or argue his appeal fusal to cooperate with the ship's sot tkroBi^ In person if he so desires. delegates. The Seafarer appeared In this Instance however, it wlU ba ascertained with any great degree of accuracy. A United States law, namely the 1946 Merchant Ship Sales Act, The Appeals Committee then before the appeals committee and not he open to the general public. makes findings and recommenda­ presented arguments in his behalf. Present plans call for two union was an extremely Important factor in the rise of the Panamanian tions by majority vote. It can re­ After hearing the'accused man barbers to operate the shop, plus fleet Between the last half of 1946 and January 31, 1951, a total of verse a decision of guilt, dismiss and reviewing all the evidence, the one man on the bootblack stand. 152 ships were transferred from US to Panamanian registry under charges, recommend lesser punish­ appeals committee reversed the de^ If business is heavy enough, there this Act The magnitude of these transactions becomes more apparent ment, order a new trial, or simply cislon which meant liftiqg the sus­ is room to add a third chair and when it Is considered that the US ship transfers accoimted for 36 percent of the Increase in the Panemanlan fleet. uphold the trial committee's de­ pension of the Seafarer and revok­ another man. None of the ships In the Panamanian fleet was buUt in Panama, cision. In no case may it Increase ing a fine that had been levied Necessary alterations are now the punishment recommended. against him. going on with the opening date but were acquired from the US, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, The latest Appeals Committee, In its third hearing, the com­ dependent on delivery of the chairs. Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Belgium, China, Japan, and elected in New York, consisted of mittee heard the defendant inr It's expected that they wiH be Denmarlb . ~ E. F. Spear, C. Adams, D. Dean, volved but foimd nothing to justi­ ready in about three weeks, Jtt A. G. Espeneda, B, L, Brock, and fy reversal of his conviction, Ac­ which time the shop will open for J. L. Mastersi It heard three ap­ cordingly it upheld the judgement business from 9 AM to closing peals, one in which It reduced the of the trial conunlttee; time, -i-iifgna -efjiiseqm aai SIU COMMITTEES pk SEAFARSnS LOG Barber Shop To Open In Union Hq. �... AmU 17. 1958 SEAFARERS IPG Par* Seres I RECIPROCAL TRADES ACT COMES VP—President Elsenhower has asked Congi-ess for a one year extension of the Reciprocal Trades Act under which the US has lowered many of its tariffs. High tariff backers in ffie Republicah Party aoe. fighting to amend the Act so as to tonit the President's power, to lotrer taxUb by agreement with foreign countries. Supporters of the Act argue that low tarifb are heeded to encourage a greater fiow of trade and enable Europeans and. other countries to earn dollars and become self-supporting. TURKISH SDB SINKS IN DARDANELLES—After being rammed in the Dardanelles by a merchant ship, the Turki^ sub Dumlupiner eank with a loss of 91 lives. The Turkish government immediately arrested the skipper of the merchant ship, charging him with responsi­ bility for the sinking. CHINESE AGREE TO SWAP SICK PRISt^ERS—An exchange of sick and injured prisoners of war has been agreed on between UN and Chinese negotiators in Korea. The Chinese will turn over 600 prisoners beginning April 20 in rnurn for 5,800 disabled Communist prison­ ers. This preliminary exchange is expected to clear the way for a full resumption of truce talks. ACCUSED RUSSIAN DOCTORS FREED—^A group of prominent Russian doctors who had been arrested on charges of causing the death of top -Soviet leaders as part of a US-inspired plot have been freed by the Soviet Govern­ ment. Instead, a member of the five man Central .Committee of the Communist Party, S. P. Ignatievs*. More pleasant words than ever has been removed for causing their before are uttered by Soviet arrests. The doctors had previ­ delegate Andrei Vishlnsky at ously "confessed" to various as­ UN Assembly meeting. sorted crimes and were denounced In the press as wreckers, espionage agents and terrorists. Now the Soviet government admits that the confessions were fabricated and calls the freed men "outstanding figures of Soviet science." t t 4 t 4" 1" US PLANS TO SELL ATOMIC ENERGT—The Atomic Energy Commission has recommended an end to the Government monopoly of atomic energy. If the step is approved the Government will be able to release information and equipment for use by private industry In the development of atomic power plants.- Meanwhile the Govern­ ment conducted another In a series of atomic tests in Nevada. In this case, the weapon was exploded 5,000 feet in the air. It .broke store windows in Las Vegas, 75 miles distant, and was visible 1,000 miles away in Mexico. t> , it it . UN ELECTS NEW BOSS—The United Nations has elected Dag Hamm'arskjoeld, a Swedish diplomat, to replace Trygvie Lie -as secre­ tary-general of the world organization. Lie, a Norwegian, has headed the organization since it was first founded. The new secretary-general will serve for a five year term. ' BURMA COMPLAINS ABOUT CHINESE NATIONALIST^The Burmese goyernment is trying to get several thousand nationalist Chinese troops out of the country. The Chinese crossed the border Into Burma after being driven from South China by the Communists. Negotiations are now under way on the problem, with the US trying to arrange for a shift of the Nationalist troops to Formosa. D. S. Kli^aldie Heft), coxswain of the Ramsgate Lifeboat, and John Walker (right), coxswain of the Dover Lifeboat, display the plaques presented to them by Seafarer Ed Larkin, who. represented the crew of the Ill-fated Western Farmer at the formal presentation ceremonies in Ramsgate, England. Bnglish Rescuers Get Honors Two bronze plaques are now on display in England, one in Ramsgate and one in Dover, commemorating the bravery of the lifeboat crews from those two places in rescuing the SIU crew of the ill-fated Western Farmer. The plaques were presented^ at a formal gathering in Rams-' despite the fact that the accident Seafarers for the food that had jate this month on behalf of happened and the ship broke in been sent to them, and promised he crew of the ship, which was two and later sank during a heavy that the plaques would be displayed rammed by a Norwegian tanker on storm. in a very prominent place in their August 21, 1952, in the English home towns. Each of the plaques reads: "In Channel, and broke in two shortly deep appreciation to the crew of afterward. Olde Photos At the gathering, whiclT included the Ramsgate (Dover) lifeboat who, the townspeople, the mayor and during a severe English channel Wanted hy tMG county - council of Ramsgate, in gale came to our rescue when our The LOG is interested in col­ addition to the representatives of ship was rammed and split in half various newspapers and press asso­ on August 21, 1952. Their brilliant lecting and printing photo­ showing what seagoing ciations, Seafarer Ed Larkin rep­ seamanship and courage made graphs was like in the old days. All resented the Western Farmer possible our rescue without loss you t>ldtimers who have any crewmembers in presenting the of life. Crew of the SS Western old mementos, of plaques. Larkin is now attending Farmer, members of the Seafarers shipboard life, photographs pictures of Int'l Union, AFL." college in England as an SIU mem­ Larkin, while making the pres­ ships or anything that would ber on a labor scholarship. show how seamen lived, ate In addition to the plaques, the entation to Coxswain Kirkdaldie of and worked in the days gone the Ramsgate lifeboat, said the crew of the Western Farmer had by, send them in to the LOG. also chipped in and bought a sup­ plaques were a tribute from the Whether they be steam or sail, crew of the Western Farmer, "who ply of hard-to-get food and butter, around the turn of the cen­ which was sent to the men who frankly admitted that they doubted tury, during the first world if they would have ever gotten had manned the two lifeboats. war and as late as 1938, the As a result of the quick and home if it had not been for the LOG is interested in them all. Dover and Ramsgate lifeboats." brave action of the Dover and We'll take care of them and The crews of the two lifeboats return your souvenirs to you. Ramsgate boats, not a single man was lost off the Western Farmer, expressed their appreciation to the YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO RETTER BUYING Don't Get Soaked For Vitamins The average person who eats a balanced food diet ordinarily doesn't need to take vitamin pills. But doctors often prescribe vitamins for people who are nutritionallydeficient in- some respect, "or for other medical reasons, and of course young children and pregnant mothers need additional vitamin preparations, especially Vitamin D. Certainly a Seafarer or members of his family shouldn't embark on expensive vitamin dosage without a doctor's advice. A lot of people swallow expensive vitamin pills these days who don't need them, or who really may need other medical treatment. But while doctors may know whether or not you need a vitamin supplement, and what vitamins to prescribe, apparently many of them don't know or don't care about the price their patients must pay for them. Doctors often prescribe the nationally-advertised brands for their patients, at a cost often twice as much as the same preparations under other names. There is no need for a working man or his family to pay these steep prices. Vitamins sold under such widelyadvertised names as SquJbb, One-^A-Day, Parke-Davis, Lederie, Mead and MUes are no better and no safer than the less expensive tmes sold under the private labels of the consumer cooperatives, the hig mail-order houses like Sears and Montgomery Ward, and large de­ partment stores who have their own private brands. The difference in prices charged for the same prepara­ tions i^ amazing. Onff man who had to buy a certain type of vitamin reports tliat one druggist wanted $7.50 for-it and a cut-rate pharmacist asked $5.50 for the same brand. He finally bought it at a large department store under a different brand name for $3. In all three cases, the' vitamins were the same strength and met the same Government standards. You can safely buy the lowest-priced brand, of any vitamin or drug preparation your doctor prescribed as long as the label carries the initials "U.S.P." That means the product meets the standards^ for that preparation established by the U. S. Pharmacopoeia. Similarly you can buy any drug product like asph-in that carries the initials "U.S.P." or "N.F." with assurance that it meets the official standards for the drug. For example you can find aspirin selling for 19 cents a J)ottle of 100 up to as much as 59 cents, under different brand names but all meeting the same "U.S.P." requirements. If your doctor hasn't prescribed a specific type of vitamin, but has given you a prescription which you of course can't read, then ask him to identify the vitamin so you can save by buying a private brand. Not only are the private-brand vitamin preparations much less expensive than the "famous-name", brands, but often they're even better quality—they have higher potenoies. Government regulations require that labels on all vitamin preparations state the number of units or milligrams they contain of each vitamin.--Most people don't take the time to compare the potencies of the various brands, as shovm. on the labels. If you do, you'll save-a lot of money. For example, if you'll compare the label on Montgomery Ward's own-brand vitamin B com­ plex at $1 for 100 capsules, with the label on the bighlyadvertis^ bne-A-Day brand which costs twice the price, you'll the Ward capsules have higher potencies in Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying two vitamins, the same strength in two other, and are lower in only one. The vitamin preparations sold by the consumer co-op stores also beat the nationally-advertised brands by a wide margin. Co-Op brand B complex costs $1.69 for 150 tablets, as compared to the price tag on Parke-Davis B complex tablets,of $2.63 for the same quantity. Similar price differences exist in the vitamin prepara­ tions sold for small children. For example. Sears .Roe­ buck's oleum percomorphum and the nationally-advertis.ed Mead brand both contain the same amounts of vitamins A and D, but the Sears brand costs 20 per cent less. Many large department stores have their own_ brands of vitamin preparations and household remedies *at com­ paratively low prices, such as the Macy department stores throughout the country. If you or yoUr family require certain vitamins or drugs and can't find co-op stores or other sources in your town handling reasonably-priced private brands, you can order them by mail from a co-op medical firm sponsored by the Group Health cooperative and co-op hospitals. This is Celo Laboratories,, at Celo, North Carolina. Celo will send you a catalog of its products and prices. For example, it sells' Vitamin C tablets (ascorbic acid IfiO mg) for $1 for 175, and APC tablets at 100 for 65 cents. You can also get similar low prices on prescription items if your doctor will write to Cefo for prices. You can also buy vitamin preparations and medicines by mail or in person, at reasonable brices from a firm called Vitamin-Quota, which has offices at 880 Broadway, New York City, and at 2594 15th Avenue, San Francisco. Vitamin-Quota also fills prescriptions by mail. .'4 I �, $• • if-:; •PWBlMiiS,' SEAFARERS Fare Elfhi LOO April 17. IBSS British Scholarships Open For US Unionists . SEAfCASH BENEFITS 5 •^gjgg^ , awards; The first one was Irwin In recent years two Sea- SuaU. who attended Ruskin Colfarers have won these scholarship lf«e in 1948. Suall had previously served as. an Isthmian organizer and was a'inember of the Union publicity committee during the 1946 General Strike. A second Seafarer, Ed Larkin, won a scholarship last year and is now completing his studies at Coleg Harlech. As far as is knovra, the SIU is the only American union thus far to win two awards. Branch Of Oxford Ruskin College is a branch of The latest addition to the SIU Oxford University which was family of newspapers, "The Great founded to make the facilities of Lakes Seafarer" made its first ap­ Oxford available to British work­ pearance this month. The new pub­ ers. Coleg Harlech is an adult edu­ lication is the official organ of the cation institution located in a sev­ SIU Great Lakes District, which eral-hundred-year-old castle in represents freshrwater seamen on Wales. ore boats, barges, carferries and Scholarships now open are of­ other American-flag vessels plying fered for the year October, 1953, the Lakes. to June, 1954. In order to be eligi­ In its first issue the newspaper ble, an applicant must be an active appears as a four-page monthly but union member between 26 and 35 its lead editorial expresses the years of age. He should be capable hope that the publication will ex­ of handling college studies, and perience "growing pains" in the must intend to return to an active role in the labor movement when near future. As the editors put it, the pur­ his year is up. pose of the new publication is to The scholarships, three at Ruskin bring to Seafarers on the Lakes and one at Coleg Harlech, cover and other seamen accurate infor­ tuition, room and board. Scholar­ mation about developments in the ship winners are expected to sup­ industry. Further, they point out ply their own transportation and that the constitution of the Sea­ personal expense money. In some farers International provides that instances it's possible to obtain a the affiliates should support a jour­ Fulbright travel grant to cover nal to keep the membership in­ transportation costs. formed. / Seafarers interested in applying The new publication is another for scholarships should get in touch in a growing list of newspapers put with the Committee on Labor out by SIU affiliates, including the Scholarships, Institute of Interna­ SEAFARERS LOG, the "West tional -Education, 1 East 67th Coast Sailor," publication of the Street, New York 21, N. Y. The SUP; the "BME Marine Engineer," deadline for receipt of applications the "Fishery Worker," newspaper is May 10, 1953. The Transatlantic of West Coast fish and cannery af­ Foundation, located in London, filiates, and the "Canadian Sailor," makes the scholarships possible official publication of the SIU through an educational exchange Canadiw District. program. Great Lakes SIU Paper Is Published •.>_- iiy Is:: K. I'-' 1^IF-'" ' • I^*T •• mr' r I U'ft .'%•- Applications are again open to American union members for four one-year scholarships in Great Britain for the study of labor relations. The scholarships are at Ruskin College, Oxford, and Coleg Harlech in-^ — • • • • . r SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION FLANS REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID FPOHI TO No. Seafarers Receivina Benefits this Period Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer • Total Benefits Paid this Period po| 1 733 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD 1I 1 tf' 060 CF all Hsniul Bsssfiu Death Benefits Disabilitv Benefits Mntemitv Benefits Vttcntlon Benefits V^V-eo ^4_____ WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY HosDitnl Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 • Death Benefiu Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950* Disabilitv Benefits Paid Since Mnv 1. 1952 • Mnternitv Benefits Paid Since AnrU 1. 1952 • Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • Total Wo SLO.LB*} oa c>o 3 OOAX5£ 1' • Dste Benefits Beeen 00 ' ^(0 II WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Vacation Cash on Hand Welfare 3n «4i Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable* Welfare US Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS 3^ oo 3^. 3,3i<r 74V 5T COMMENTS^ There is a growing -tendency on the part of bene­ ficiaries under the Seafarers Welfare Plan to engage legal counsel or other outside assistance in connection with death benefit claijns. Persons covered the Plan are urged to tell thel .beneficiaries that in the event of their death, that they need only to notify the Welfare office or the nearest Unio: AT SUJ HEADQUARTERS 4tbAv«.t20tliSf;*l»oklya Swop yarns or wotch the fights on television with your old ship­ mates at the Port C Cail-YOUR union-owned and union-operated bar. Bring your friends — where you're always welcdnt*. And the tab won't fi-acture thot payoff. OWNfO AND OPERATED l>y ih» SE-AfARERS INTERNATIONAL UHlOtt ATLANTIC AND GULF OISTRO AFX. Hall, prompt attention is given to all'claims and the ser vices of a third party are not necessary-oa: required. A brief letter with the death Certificate enclosed is suf­ ficient for the payment of death benefi Submitted A1 Kccr, AssiSfSidrXtRitiuistTittof ' ...and, remember this ' All these are yours without contributing a single nickel on your piart — Cdllecting SIU bene­ fits is e^, whether it's for hospital, birth, disability or death You iet first rate personal service inunediately through iiltoim^nion's represdntafives. tifi .,s �. -••• • •• April 11, Ijsy SEAT A RERS. LOG Pafffr^NIn* "• - -•• • • - '•••^;:it%- .M •w ;i» UNION TALK • '-S ByKHTHTERPE Our organizers have found they can talk turkey with even the most violettt member of the so^;alIed antbSIU fringe guiding the declining foitunes of the 'AMEU. True, some of them wouldn't admit the sun was up even if they had a first-degree burn from lying in it too long. They're the do-or-dic type, who've got their applications in already for jobs with Esso and Socony. But talking it out never hurts. Show them a typical handful of pay vouchers from SIU ships. They'll hint around about some sort of shadowy deal we have b^ith the operators to get blank vouchers and make up any figures we like on the ones we show around for organizing purposes. But When you point out that you have made a st.anding offer to pay $10,000 to anyone who can prove SIU misrepresentation with the pay vouchers it uses, they chuckle meaningfully, and add ominously that it would be pretty tough to collect it, though any court in . the land would uphold a proper claim for the dough. 'No Overtime' Blues Then, failing t<j. establish the point, they'll remark that assuming the pay vouchers are legit, who in Atlantic wants to break his back to make "that kind of money," So you point out significantly that most of the men on virtually every ship , in the Atlantic fleet feel that"it wouldn't hurt them one bit to earn the same payoffs enjoyed The Lady Rodney steams out to sea on her final trip with flags flying. The vessel with a long passen­ on. SIU ships, and that they don't ieel they'd be working any harder ger and wartime service is bowing out of service and no plans have been* made for her future use. than they dp now, especially since they're doing a lot of work now that should be paid with overtime in the first place. The discussion then follows the line that maybe a lot of SIU guys do make a better living than guys with ithe same rating in Atlantic, but money isn't everything. You agree with this, adding that a pro­ Now on lier last voyage as a combination passenger-freighter is the graceful, white-hulled fessional seaman likes to feel that-he doesn't have to be told how to do his job ali the time by a so-and-so of an officer who isn't repre­ Lady Rodney of Canachan National Steamships, a type of smrall passenger steamer not often sented any better than he is, and who hounds him only because that's seen in American waters. ^ the price of his own continued employment with the same outfit. She is making the rounds The fleet served Montreal, Hali­ and Georgetown, British Guiana. iiBut jiou listen further, although it seems you've heard it all before, of British possessions in the fax, St. John, NB; Boston, Ber­ Officials of Canadian National bfoney dsn't eversdhing, he says, and what about all the other things Caribbean and upon complet­ muda, St. Kitts, Antigua, Montser- Steamships say there are no plans tne coifipany provides for-us? ing her present voyage at St. J(^n, rat, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados. at present to replace the Lady , jf 1-• NB, will be laid up in company St. Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad, Rodney and Lady Nelson. it Company Paternalism . -i : Yjss, S(^ you list a few for him, like the two guys scalded from busted with her sister ship, the Lady s^anv lines on faulty washing machines that should have been repaired Nelson. Built at Cammell-Lairds, Birk­ six monUis before . . .'the firing of another because he bad the enhead, in 1928, both ships have "iherve" to file a claim against the company when he was disabled dti the job and they wouldn't even pay him maintenance ... or the been pronounced too old for profit­ runaround given anotheC who had a fit for duty slip from USPHS able operation against airline com­ biutr waf told by the company to come back in six months and "they'd petition anS rising costs of crews and cargo handling. They have see" what they could do for him. been on the tropic run for 20 years; You mention the movie machine's both the company and the AMEU have accommodations for 125 pass­ Cuts ordered in the Maritime Administration ship con­ claim credit for when the men's own nickels and dimes in the coke engers in three classes, plus machines paid for them ... the innersprlng mattress he's still waiting "deckers" carried "in the open" struction budget* by the Department of Commerce were for on^his ship . , . the lack of fresh milk for the unlicensed crew between the Islands. sharply criticized by Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massa­ while- the ship sat In a US port for two weeks ... the empty icebox chusetts Republican. Salton-^ Torpedoed Once In the crew mess while the saloon Icebox was packed full . . . and stall declared that the pro­ propriations have been fan- game sCndipg ifuyS on vacation whether Uiey want it then or hot, and then During World War II, Lady Nel­ such budget cuts. calling them back even if it's Christmas eve and not shipping them son was torpedoed in the harbor posal to eliminate $118,500,000 forMeanwhile no action is being until a week later anyway. of St Lucia, but was towed to for four new passenger ships and taken by Congress on a maritiifte Inriiis turn, he rattles off four or five items you never heard anybody Mobile and-converted into a hos­ a new type of tanker imperiled the program, pending completion of a but the company publicity department rave about in the first place. pital ship. The Lady Rodney was study by the Commerce Depart­ Then you ask the guy point-blank, when it's bver, if he thinks the also in war service as a Canadian modernization of the American ment on the Government's ship merchant fleet. The Government, construction and subsidy program. fleet 'would have gotten • Its recent pay increase if the SIU hadn't Navy transport. needled-them into it, and he agrees, maybe the company was "a little Similar ships on the same serv­ he said, should provide both con­ No date was set for the completion slow" acting on that scdbe. ice for Canadian National Steam­ struction and operating subsidies of the study or. presentation of a Finally, you toss out the clincher: "Do you think the SIU will take ships prior to 1941 were the Lady' for these ships. legislative program to Congress. Economy Drive Atlantic?" He looks around him ifurtively, checking to see if anybody Somers, Lady Hawkins and Lady " With Government policy unset­ else is listening. By this time the dock is deserted; so he slips some­ Drake, ail sunk by enemy action The cuts were ordered by Com­ tled, US ship construction reached thing out of his pocket and gives off with a sigh of relief. "My pledge in World War II. These five ships merce Department Secretary Sin­ its lowest point in the last 21 card . . . signed it two days ago. Can't sell the AMEU lihe to myself were named after famous British clair Weeks as part of the admin­ months. No new contracts for ship anymore. Figured I'd give it a last whirl just for laughs." It happened Admirals who sailed to fame in the istration's drive to reduce budget construction were entered in the Just that way less than a week ago. estimates. Thus far maritime ap­ month of March. Caribbean. Proud *Lady' Makes Last Voyage Sen. SaHonstall Raps Ship Construction Cut Cartoon History Of The SIU 11*5. The I940 General Sirihe The 1946 General Strike for bigher wages was thf The strike held despite intervention by,WSB and most complete tie-up ever known. Longshoremen other Federal agencies. The tie-up and support by and teamsters refused to wortc. The APL-MTD: ! labor was Oarefully planned by the SIU. In all ports worked as a unit, witb the weight ol< the entire AFIii , ; < fi<nUnR strike tactics were used with the front staybehind the strike. . •• .L .Vo. 3S Signifying unity, tlie strike was supported by in­ dependent, anti-Communist and CIO unions. All marine workers fell in line. Aid by Seafarers in the past paid off with interest. Our brother unions were I �SEAFARERS Fare Ten *.iV" (••sac "*&«! 17, i95» LOG PORT BEPOKTS mie Nelson, the ex-bartender of Wilmington: will give them the support and Son Francisco: the passenger runs, is sweating out backing that is so important in an Alcoa passenger ship" that he their beefs, and will go a long way wants to get. Some of the others in consolidating the' West Coast. are Fred Havard, H. G. Ridgeway, Baltimore Native Frank Hill, Eddie Moore, Paul Col­ George Jerosimich, a BaltimoreShipping was red hot in this port bred man, is one of the members Shipping in this port for the last lins, L. Morrow, E.« Wasden .and We've been busy here moving during the last period, and from enjoying this wonderful weather on and expanding our .staff and space couple of weeks hasn't been any­ C. Jordan. Cal Tanner the ..looks of things, it won't be the beach. George has been sailing for more efficient service to the thing to brag about, with about lOO , - Mobile Port Agent cooling off for some time. The under the SIU banner for the past members. Under the new set-up, men shipping out to regular jobs, seven years, and is one of the men • J. t. weather out this way has the who has decided to make the West we now have the staff to give our and about half that number shippbd to towboat and other local jobs. Lake Charles: Chamber of Commerce real happy, Coast his shipping base. He's been members all the SIU services, such We paid off the Alcoa Patriot. and we're not kicking either. In sailing from here for the past four as Welfare service, as well as ship­ Clipper, Polaris and Corsair, all of fact, our only trouble is trying to years. George has the distinction ping and registration , services. Alcoa Lines, and the Morning Light convince the men here that the of having served in the Marine We're located' In Room 104 now, and Monarch of the Sea of Water­ weather aboard ship will be-as nice Corps twice. He's 25 now, and was man. The Alcoa Patriot and Al­ in the Marines from '46 to '48. instead of 100. Shipping here for the past two as it is here ashore. coa Polaris signed on again, with Then, he was recalled to active We had the pleasure recently to We -paid off the/ Liberty BeU* the balance of the ships paying off weeks has been very good, espe­ duty for the Korea fighting, and visit the MPOW hall here, and (Dover) and the Kyska (Waterman), cially in the non-rated jobs, al­ going on the found it to be a and signed-on the fought over .there in the ChenPuerto Rican or though the rated boys haven't wondeti^ set-up. Seatiger (Colont ampo campaign. fared too badiy. The weather is passenger runs. It is sbQiething In between his stints in the Ma­ al) and the Kys­ The in - transits the kind that the fishermen really along the lines ka. The in-trans- rines, he sailed with the SIU, and pray for, with the thermometer for the period of the hall that Its Included: the he got rightr'back aboard an SIU were the Chicka­ hovering around the 80 .marie, and we have in New Chdbtaw, Raphael shiri as soon as he was discharged a cool breeze blowing. Just the saw and DeSoto York. We spoke Semmes, Warrior, this last time. He was pleasantly of Waterman, and kind of weather, where you can to the meriibers surprised about the gains the Beauregard and three West Coast lie down under a shade tree and over there, and Union had made in pay, conditions, Bienville (Water­ enjoy life. Victorys. to the officials, welfare benefits and vacation pay, man), the Steel The cause of the activity here All the ships and had a very Gunter while he was in the service this Leidig Admiral and Steel Jerosimich hitting this port was the Winter Hill, French Creek, pleasant visit. last time. In fact, after he got out (Isthmian), King were contacted, necessary replace­ Fort Hoskins, Bents Fort, Bradford this last time, he collected some Had Visitors ments furnished, and all beefs set­ Island, Paoli, Salem Maritime, the Marymar, Alamar" and Seamar vacation pay for the first time since (Calmar), the Liberty Flag (Dover), Lone Jack, CanAt our last membership, irteeti tled to the satisfaction of the crew. tigny. Govern­ the Queenstown Heights (Sea- he started sailing. ing, we had the pleasure of. haying Shipping prospects for the com­ Sam Cohen ment Camp and traders) and the Maiden Victory Paul .Hall, our Secretary-Treasur­ ing two weeks don't look too good, .Wilming^pn Port Agent Council Grove, (Mississippi). er, attend, along with LindSay Wil­ with about six offshore ships due all of Cities The payoffs were clean, although liams, New" Orleans Port Agent; to pay off and Ave ships in-transit. Service, "fhe W. the membership did crack down on Earl Sheppard, Baltimore Port These offshore payoffs, along with E. Downing of a couple of performers. The crew Miami: Agent; Cal Tanner, Slobile Port the usual run of Puerto Rican and State Fuel, and of the Liberty Bell got a clear dem­ Agent, and HeVb Brapd, Editor of passenger jobs should keep the job the Sea Comet onstration of what the Sea Chestthe SEAFARERS LOG. situation on a pretty even keel, of Colonial also supplied slopchests mean to them Shipping has been tops in ' this however. managed to get in addition to top quality gear. We Fnige port, and nobody has had:any trou­ The two major companies in this into this port: collected a total of $170 for the area are both starting to pay their During the past six days, we crew in overcharges ori slopchest Shipping has been pretty fair in ble in getting right out. If any­ retroactive pay, and we should be were in Shreveport, La., attending items. this beautiful, sunny port, aijd one wants to ship from the West seeing some excitement around the Louisiana State Federation of looks as if it will stay that way. Coast they can come right on out, Bryson Nabbed and shouldn't have any trouble here and a lot of loot in circula­ Labor's Convention. Several good Most* of the West Coast is talk­ In fact, right now, we've got no getting out. tion as practically all the members resolutions were passed at this rated men on the beach at all. We paid .off the Topa Topa in this area have some of this convention, with one of them deal­ ing about the way the Government In addition to the Florida (P&O), dough coming to them. What with ing with the ,S1U and with Cities has indicted Hugh Bryson, notori­ vvhich is on continuous articles, we (Waterman), the- Ocean Ulla ous leader of the NUMCS on per­ the offices right here in Mobile, Service. paid off the Ponce (Puerto Rico (Ocean Trans) and the Mankato; it will make it that much easier for The Louisiana State Federation jury chargesl The Government has Marine), which is also on continu­ Victory (Victpry Carriers). The them to stop up and pick up their unanimously voted to give full charged that Bryson* lied when he ous articles, and which has now same three ships signed on, in.ad­ "nmney. support to the SIU in a strike signed a Taft-Hartley affidavit left for the shipyard in Tampa for dition to the Madaket (Waterman). Battle Quiet against Cities Service for a new saying that he wasn't a Communist. an overhaul. The ships that called The ships in-transit wpfe; the A great many people have com­ Fairisle, Madaket, Bienville and As reported in our last report, contract. mented on the fact that the in­ in-transit were: the Yaka, Chicka­ Raphael Semmes (Waterman), the Leo J.. Kennedy, who sails in the battle for the Theodore Naval dictment of Bryson, which has saw and DeSoto (Waterman), and Calmar (Calmar), the Stqel King Magazine depot has quieted down, the steward's department, i? one been such a long time in coming, an SUP ship, the Chestatee. (Isthmian) and the Binghamton and right now the depot is still of the men on the beach here at took place only about two weeks There were a tew minor beefs functioning normally, waiting for present. With years of seatime to after the SEAFARERS LOG about overtime,»but everything was Victory (Bull). some final word from Washington. his credit, he is a real heads-up printed that expose of Bryson and straightened out to the satisfaction Few Beefs They want to add an additional 8,- SIU cook, and you can just ask the his Commie-dominated NUMCS. of the crew. We settled a small beef on the 000 acres to the shipping center, men who have sailed with him to Calmar about the food, but in gen­ Joe Hargraves, one of the At­ The MCS-AFL crewmembers of but the property owners in this back up that statement. J. H. eral, the ships were all in good lantic Fleet men, is in the Veterans' the Lurline were sure enthusiastic Parker served here in ' Lake area have protested to the Govern­ Charles while we were at the their last time in port when they Hospital here after he was taken shape. On the Mankato Victory, ment. we found the mate had had some heard about the ,way we had off the Atlantic States. There still is no solution in sight State convention, and really did a pledged them our full support in of the men painting over the side bang-up job. We'd appreciate it, if the men for our affiliate, the SlU Fisher­ Some of the other Seafarers on their fight. They were also happy would call the hall here just as and on the gangway, and soon set­ men's Union, in its fight to have the beach are: Vic Burns, J. H. to hear that the MCS-AFL is how soon as they get into port here, tled this in SIU style. Hovvever, the state reopen some waters that Patton, L. P. Hagmann, Jr., E. W. operating on the East Coast. since we stili have a lot of trouble we would like to tell the members " have been declared polluted. How­ Cox, J. B. Berzas, H. Williams, A. getting information on ship ar­ to be sure to report any unsafe The' MFOW members out here ever, Urban Bosarge, business working conditions to the master, Fruge and H. Richardson. are also very enthusiastic about rivals. agent of the Bayou Fishermen, is just as soon as they come up. Even Eddie Parr their proposed merger with the Leroy Clarke leaving no angle unexplored and if the master won't act, make sure Miami Port Agent SIU. They all feel that this move Lake Charles Port Agent is currently meeting with various that you get a protest on record, people in charge of this program and see if the captain vyon't cor­ in an effort to find a long-range rect the condition. answer to this problem. The ihembers on the behch herd ! On The Beach are all talking about the way thid Federal Grand Jury finally got For our Seafarer of the Week, around to indicting Hugh Bryson, ' we nominate John Gunter, who TAMPA .1809-1811 N. Franklin St. TORT WILLIAM.... 118>A Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 the head of the Commie NUMCS, SIU/A&G District Joined the SIU in New Orleans in Itay White. Agent Phone 2-1323 103 Durham. St. on two counts of perjury. The 505 Marine Ave. PORT COLBORNE. M North Gay St. WILMINGTON, Calil 1947, and has progressed right BALTIMORE.... Ontario Phone: 5591 . Terminal 4-2874 Earl Shcppard, Agent Mulberry 4540 Sam Cohen. Agent TORONTO, Onurlo 86 Colborne St. reputation of Bryson as one of HEADQUAHTEks .. .679 4th Ave., Bklyn. along with his Union ever since. BOSTON 276 State St. Elgin 5719 SECRETARY-TREASURER Sheeban. Agent Richmond 2-0140 His last ship was the Lafayette, James Dispatcher VICTORIA, EC 617'/4 Cormorant St. Harry Bridges' "bright boys" has Paul HaU Richmond 2-0141 Empire 4531 ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS and while acting as ship's delegate GALVESTON 308"/2 23rd St. VANCOUVER. EC 565 Hamilton St. long been known to everybody out Lloyd Gardner Phone 2-8448 Pacific 7824 here, and the Communist domina­ Robert Matthews Claude Simmons aboard this vessel, he was instru­ Keith AIsop. Agent LAKE CHARLES, La 1413 Ryan St SYDNEY, NS 304 Charlotte St. tion of his NUMCS has also been HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVE mental in collecting a sizable gift Leroy Clarke, Agent Phone 6-5744 Phone 8346 Joe Algina Dolphin Hotel BAGOTVILLE, Quebec. 20 Elgin St. known. Everybody on this coast for the family of Brother McNab, MIAMI Eddie Parr, Agent Phone: 545 SUP who died While aboard the ship. MOBILE .... 1 South Lawrence St. THOROLD. Ontario 37 Qrmont St. noted that . Bryson's indictment Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone: 3-3202 He sails in the deck department, NEW ORLEANS Phone 5-8777 QUEBEC 523 Bienville St. 113 Cote De La Montague finally came only a couple of ^ Quebec Phone: 2-7078 week-s after the SEAFARERS LOG 522 N. W. Everett St. and says that there have been "so Lindscy. Williams. AgentMagnolia 6112-6113 PORTLAND Beacon 4336 SAINT JOHN..... 177 Prince William St. many great gains made by the SIU NEW VORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn RICHMOND, CAUF.... 257 5Ul St. NB Phone: 2-3049 printed that heads-up expose of , . Phone 2599 STerling 8-4670 Bryson and his- Red-dominated since I joined, that I can't decide NORFOLK .. .127-129 Bank St. SAN FRANCISCO . .450 Harrison St. Great Lakes District Douglas 2-8363 outfit Phone 4-1083 which one I like best. They're PHILApELPHIA 337 Market St. SEATTLE 2700 1st Ave. ALPENA 133 W. Fletcher all great." We've got W. Welborn, S. Gale, K- Cardullo, Agent Market 7-1635 Main 0290 Phone: 1238W PORT ARTUUll 411 Austin St. WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. BUFFALO, NY.., 180 Main St. L. Leidig, W. Simth and some of Some of the oldtimers currently, Don Hilton. Rep. Phone 4-2341 .. Terminal 4-3131 Phone: CleVelaud 7391 675 4tb Ave., Brooklyn CLEVELAND on the beach here include Golden SAN FRANCISCO ...... 450 Harrison St. NEW VORK 734 Lakeside Ave., NE the other oldtimers on the beacii v. Banning, Agent .. .. Douglas 2-5475 STerUng 8-4671 Phone:, Main 1-0147 right now,'and Carl Johnson is in Aubert, who got back in town after PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. .Pelayo 61—La 5 DETROIT 1038 3r4 St. Conadiori District Phone 2-5996 a year oh the run from Seattle to the hospital out here.' , ' • '^Alaska;'arid-Fickey Finer, who is r|«%g.nt T, ^.Vaiuilng ^ UALll. AX. NJR...-. .U|M SOUTH CHICAGO.... 3261 B. 98nd St. waiting for a Far East run.' J^im- So« .Morrt»B,'Agent Sill Franelfco Port "senVca tS-TO -Phonei Esses S4410 Mobile: WesI Coast Talking Uouf Bryson's Arrest Retroactive Pay Wilt Liven Up This Pert Payoffs Are Cleaii, All Beefs Settled Slate Faderallon Will Back SIU Beef r. • •'.y.HV • Be Sure To CaU Hall When YM Hit This Port I•Si'- SW MALL DIRECTORY �April 17, 19SS gigaF:<]tBitg LOG Pagre Elevwi ....... ..mutx REPORTS Branch that was sot accepted last Baltimore: Ciatchey, T. Miingo, W. Mcllveen, New York: year when tho Beachcombers combe bad J. Davis, W. Mitchell, A. Desuch a good elub and they chal Felippie, S. Kutzer, R. Settle, A. lenged any and all comers. Seeberger and L. Glanville. Among those briefly hospitalized Earl Sheppard and since discharged are Claude Baltimore Port Agent There are plenty of jobs avaUStiipping In this fair citjr haa Davis, Ray Perry, Bessie Lockler Shipping and business has been 4» SK- t been very good, and all ratings are and tackle Stevens. The latter able in this port, and all ratings booming in the Port of New York able to get out without much of a returned Immediately to his fa­ have been getting out just as fast Boston: for the past two weeks, with all delay. The shipping picture looks vorite home port of Mobile. as they wanted to saU. In fact, hands kept busy covering the ships George Zechenelly, William J. as if it will stay that way for the Doyle, Clarence "Red" Hancock, we've had a slight shortage as far and filling the jobs. There have next few weeks, at least. We paid off the Republic (Tra­ Ernie Bucano and Floyd Peavoy re­ as manpower is concerned, and the been jobs for all ratings on the falgar), the Genevieve Peterkin ported new arrivals in their re­ shipping situation looks as if it open board, and few takers. Mon­ Everything is going smoothly in (Bloomfield), and the Burbank Vic- spective families. Each expressed wUl stay very good for some time. this port, and the shipping picture day, April 7, was the busiest sin­ , There's plenty of tory (Eastern). delight with the simplicity and is beginning to get a little bright­ ' chance to get out gle day that we've had fdr the dis­ All three ships complete lack of red tape in filing of here if you er. We have hopes that it will be patcher since the war. We had signed on right for the maternity benefit. picking up considerably within the want to Ship. away. The InNew Bridegroom over 200 jobs on the board that one next couple of weeks. The payoffs transits included On the beach and proudly brag­ day. Things have been quiet in the during the last that W. E. Down­ ging about his recent marriage Is The ships that we paid off during period included: Atlantic drive during these past ing (State Fuel), Brother John W. couple of weeks the past period were: the Simmons the Bethore, Felthe S e a t r a ins "BUI" Malcolm. up here, since Victory, Suzanne, Puerto Rico, tore, Cubpre, BalLouisiana, New BUI was-married we haven't had to're, Chilore and Jersey, Texas and to Miss Gladys any of their Edith, Beatrice, Frances, Jean, Eve­ Steelore (Ore), Georgia (SeaMuches Hartzo of DaUas, Wilburn ships in here. lyn and Elizabeth (Bull), the Royal the . Bents Fort train), the Del Texas. Being weU However, we ex­ Oak, Bradford Island, Abiqua, and Lone Jack (Cities Service), the Valle (Mississippi), the Golden known in the pect lb be seeing Council Grove, Bents Fort and Mobillan, Yaka, Gateway City and City (Waterman), the Archers Texas area and some of our At­ Hope and Royal Oak (Cities. Serv­ also in fhe NO John B. Waterman (Waterman), the lantic friends ih Logans Fort (Cities Service), the Stony Creek (American Tramp), ice), the Julesberg (Terminal Tank­ area as he had the near future, Robin Mowbray (Robin), the Seaers), the Petrolite (Tanker Sag), ahipped from the Tainaron (Actium), the PortMakolm since we get to­ trains New Jersey, New York and mar (Calmar), the Mae (BuU), the the Mae (Bull) and the Steel Fabri­ Dakln Texas untU the gether whenever Texas (Seatrain), the Azalea City, Steel Maker (Isthmian), the Fredcator (Isthmian). closing of the Houston haU he one of the Atlantic wagons pulls Victories Come Out then shifted his shipping port to erie Collins (Dry-Trans), and the into this area, and it always makes Wacosta and Afoundria (Water­ Trinity (Carras). We have the New Rochelle Vic­ NO. BUI has been a member of us feel good to see the enthusiasm man), the Steel Traveler and Steel SIgn-Ons tory,-the Dennison Victory and the t}ie SIU since it's inception and they have for the SIU, the Union Artisan (Isthmian), the George The ships that signed on were: of their choice. Uhier (Southern), the Williara Hatties(burg Victory coming out of sails at aU engine ratings. He and his wife wiU probably the Bethore, Santore, Feltore, CuDowning (State Fuel), the Bull Run the boheyard in this area, and this During this past period, we paid (Petrol Tankers) and the North­ is making for many Jobs for the settle in NO, as BiU is undecided J>ore, Baitore and ChUore (Ore), the off the Chiwawa, Fort Hoskins, western Victoiy (Victoi-y Carriers). about settling in Texas after the Steel Inventor and Steel Maker men'on the beach. Aaron "Salty" Wilburn is one of State went Republican in the last (Isthmian), the Mobilian and Yaka Winter Hill and Paoli, all Cities Sign-Ons the men on fhe beach right now, election. BUI has high praise for (Waterman), the Portmar and Service wagons. These same ves­ sels aU signed on again. The ships that signed-on were just taking it easy and enjoying all benefits received from the SIU Yorkmar (Calmar), and the Fred­ The in-transits visiting us were: the Coe Victory (Victory Carriers), himself. Salty is one of the men and is looking forward to more eric Collins (Dry-Trans). the Trinity (Carras), the Antinous who'.got his SIU book by working advances under '^the SIU and its The in-transit vessels that visited and Chickasaw (Waterman), and the Robin. Mowbray pnd Robin Wentley (Robin), the Taddei (Shipfor the Union during the Cities various welfare, vacation, mater­ this port were: the DeSoto and Service organizational drive. Right nity plans. Due to liking the runs IberviUe (Waterman), the Jules­ the Steel Artisan and Steel Flyer enter), the Simmons Victory and Catawbe Victory (Bull), the Trans­ now, he' ships out of Galveston as made by Alcoa and Mississippi berg (Terminal Tankers), the (Isthmian). Cofiee Beef atlantic (Pacific Waterways), the a night cook and baker, and he Ships, BiU wiU adopt Louisiana Alcoa Roamer and Ranger (Alcoa), On the Chiwawa and the Fort Steel Traveler (Isthmian), the Wa­ says that getting in the SIU was for his home State and NO as his the HUton and Dorothy (BuU), the Hoskins, we heard beefs about the costa and Gateway City (Water­ the smartest thing that he's ever home port. Robin Mowbray (Robin), The doiifi. , The payoffs included that Alcoa Cabins (Cabins), and the W. E. coffee. This coffee beef was turned man), and the Camp Namanu and over to the company, and the com­ Arickaree (US Petroleum). Keith AIsop Puritan (Alcoa), the Steel Fabri­ Downing (State Fuel). pany has promised to look into the Galveston Port Agent cator (Isthmian), the Del Valle, The ships that visited here inMost of the payoffs were very Qel Norte, Del Sol and Del Monte clean, with few beefs. However, sUuation. transit were; the Southland (South Some of the men on the beach Atfentic), thi Hilton (Bull), the (Mississippi), the Desoto (Wateiv New Orleans: man), the Catahoula (National the Frederick Collins came ih with right now are S. Rubery, E. Dakin, Iberville and Antinous (Waterman), big repair beef. Before she Nav.), the Lucile Bloomfield sailed, all the repairs were made. V. Maffucci, E. Ameriault, J. Duffy, the Government Camp (Cities L. McDonald; P. Norton, G. Smith, (Bloomfield) and the Salem Mari­ She got new mattresses, a new cof­ J. Cash, P. Albano, O. Kala, R. Service), the Steel Flyer, Steel In­ time (CiUes Service). fee um, the bunks were all re­ Johnson, M. Olson, H. Martin and ventor and Steel Maker (Isthmian), The sign-ons included that Alcoa the Seatrains Texas, Georgia, Sa­ paired, the lockers were fixed,. aU Puritan (Alcoa), the Del Rio, Del port hole gaskets were renewed, B. Gooden. vannah and Louisiana (Seatrain), Business a'ifairs of the port are Norte and Del VaUe (Mississippi) the Robin Locksley (Robin), the The men in the marine hospital and screen doors were installed. By in good shape and shipping is on and the Lucile Bloomfield (Bloom­ here include: John Duffy an(LJ. J. Longview Victory (Victory Car­ the time she sailed, she was in real the up-grade with quite a few more field). Flaherty who are in Ward Two riers), the Alcoa Planter and'Alcoa ' men shipping than registering. Since top condition. The in-transits were the Alcoa and showing good progress; D. S. Pioneer (Alcoa) and the Amberthe last meeting we had 191 reg­ Some of the oldtimers on the White, who is getting around now star (Traders). istering for deepsea jobs and 215 Cavalier, Patriot, Clipper and Po- beach are Harry Muches, Oliver larus (Alcoa), the Del Rio and Del and making lots of friends over shipping. Few Beefs there;. Tim McCarthy, who is due VaUe (Mississippi), the Seatrains Headley and John Taurin. Business should be booming New Jersey and Savannah (SeaAll of these vessels were paid We've got quite a few of our out in the near future; R. Crowley, here in the next couple of weeks train), the Neva West and Gene­ brothers in the local marine hos­ who is due out this week, and J. off and signed on with just a few with ships due in and Victorys vieve Peterkin (Bloomfield), and pital. Some of them are: E. Carello, who just went into the minor beefs that were quickly due out of the bone yard, as New the Golden City, Morning Light Rhoades, E. McKendree, A. Hoorn- hospital. F. Dirksmeyer just got straightened out and settled aboard Orleans in all probability will get and Monarch of the Seas (Water­ weg, A. Seigmiller, L. Hauger, W. out of the hospital and is doing the ships. her share of the boneyard Victorys. man). Hartman, A. Swenson, G. Pritchett, fine. The Abiqua came in from a 13To date we have one here, the James Sheehan T. Oliver, C. Allison, J. Lewis, N. Llndsey WllUams month trip, and was in very good Dennison Victory, and she will be Boston Port Agent Rubin, S. ^kes, R. Rogers, J. New Orleans Port Agent shape. There were 15 of the orig­ refitted here and go to Waterman. inal crewmembers aboard her when Help Black Gang she came back in, and these men are to be commended for a job Not only will the refitting of the well done. This ship was on 12ships for SIU companies help the month articles, which expired beach here, but will also help en­ while the vessel was in Tripoli. We gine department men that , care to succeeded in getting a $300 bonus work thru the machinist union, as for each man who stayed aboard they have called us and they can Shipping Figures March 26 to April 8 the extra month after the articles use any men that have engine room SHIP. BHIP. TOTAL expired and brought the ship back REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. experience. REG. Sports minded SIU men in the DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED to the States, so all hands were PORT DECK ENGIF'E STEW. REG. very happy about the whole thing. port are looking forward to the 9 30 87 14 7 35 22 Boston 30 opening of the baseball season The Bull Run was another ves-^ 138 487 -169 528 180 163 178 187 New York * with hopes of NO having a good sel that came in from a year-long* 43 147 52 86 52 22 28 36 ball club. From ali reports and Philadelphia trip, and had a very clean and the good showing that NewGrleans 324 smooth payoff. One of eui* con­ 93 112 412 111 126 123 163 Baltimore made in their pre-season games it tracted companies, US Petroleum • 38 8 15 15 47 24 5 18 Norfolk .................... looks like they will be the club to Carriers, took over four T-2 tank­ 31 10 49 20 12 7 14 17 Savannah beat for the Southern Association ers that had previously been op­ Pennant and they will be out to 25 3 4 9 erated by a non-union outfit, and 13 8 4 Tampa beat the Mobile Bears. we crewed them up with Seafar­ 23 28 89 118 38 35 31 52 MobUe ers. We also got two additional Ready For Mobile 94 271 80 97 60 86 234 92 Victory-type ships, one under Bull ; Speaking of baU clubs the SIU 'NewOrleana 42 165 173 72 51 62 52 59 Galveston Line and the other under Robin i, Beachcombers are again getting Line. - , ~ ' ^ 7Q 88 267 V into stride aud will be ready very 60 227 .109 76 01 West Cdast ................ Sonny Simmons Shortly to take on all comers in­ 62ar' Ml lv858 :ir r .-i-Kjfn •,;A»si«lwit^.Secy.-Treas, cluding thf/jliaUgngF ft) the MeWte »«•**»»»»»»».»•ebga i.'i?: ixtictiwt . . .oaxono KTUOBLe oaa »M B»u! '"'i-1 jtu'i Jaal 'u.-'S a lol giiiJisv • : iOTa» fi&wifle. „ ' .aKhT s»i>9S(1ls - .vtW.; • wW» . -ni Go/vsfoii; Repair Baef Settled; Jobs Are Plenllful Political, Labor Front Qnlot For A Whilo Shipping Booming; 200 Jobs In One Day .1 C- J Expect Visit From Allaniio Men Soon New Orleans Has tap Ball GInb This Year A&e saoppmc RECORD • 4- m Si- m ^11 .;)i �F I'- SEAFARERS IQg Face Twelv# IN THE WAKE f.: v| 0 ii; • SK- MEET THE SEAFARER "CHUCK" KIMBERLY, cook Registered and ready to ship end of a drop. That is the crucial out again from the Port of New point, he said, and unless the Qaestion: Have yon ever thought Orleans after an- absencie of two jumper falls in unfavorable terrain 4" 4" years is a Seafarer who can truth­ or he encounters unsafe winds at of owning a ship? \ fully say ha has been experiencing the ground level, he should com­ Later to become a notorious ref­ some "high living" since he paid plete his jump safely. uge for pirates, Tortuga (Turtle) While, Kimberly's paratrooping off from his last voyage back in Island, located north of Haiti in Leopold Brooks, cook: I cer­ experiences are entertaining topics the Caribbean, was named by Co­ tainly would like to have a ship 1951. lumbus for its fancied resem­ And Just as truthfully, he is of conversation to his former ship­ of my own if it blance to the humped shell of a happy over the chance to exchange mates, he is more interested in dis­ was at all possi­ turtle asleep on the sea. In his the nylon and khaki that have cussing shipping and being brought ble. A dry cargo turn. Ponce de Leon, returning been the mark of his occupation up to date on developments in the ship would be from his first expedition to Florida for the last two years for the stew­ SIU while he was .away. nice to own. I Likes Alcoa Runs in 1513, discovered near the coast ards department whites that are would like to see Kimberly is a native of Beloit, a group of islands that he named the badge of his chosen profession. how it feels to the Dry Tortugas because they con­ be on the other The Seafarer In question is A. C. Wis. Now 24 years old, he started tained no springs but had an abun­ side of the fence "Chuck" Kimberly, cook and shipping out of New Orleans at the The expression hand over fist dance of turtles. On one tiny is­ and live like a pantryman, who recently was dis­ age of 16 after journeying td the land the Spanish voyagers caught (or hand over hand) first was a shipowner for a charged from the Army after com­ Crescent City to visit his brother. pleting two years of service as a Most of the trips he made during ' nautical one with a very literal 170 of these reptiles in one night. while instead of working. the six years he put in sailing be­ paratrooper. meaning—advancing the hands al­ 4 4. Immediately after completing his fore going into the service were 4 4 4. ternately, as in climbing a rope, Although the word itself does August Steinmann, deck engin­ tour of duty with Company I, 508th aboard Alcoa passenger ships, not­ hoisting a sail or the like. It later not occur in the Russian language, acquired the figurative meaning of caviar has been a staple in Rus­ eer: No, I wouldn't want any part Airborne Infantry Regiment, at ably Alcoa's Cavalier, Corsair and Fort Benning, Ga., Kimberly head­ Clipper. Those runs are tops, in his advancing continuously, as i( by sia since ancient times. Archeolo- of it. It's never ed for the port that was home to opinion, and he is waiting to throw pulling something toward one by gists have unearthed vats and stone come to my mind. him during the six years that he in for a job on one of these ves­ a rope. ' Thus, when overtaking platforms on which caviar was pre­ There are too followed the sea as a career before sels. anotht* vessel rapidly, one spoke pared for shipment to Rome 2,000 many headaches "I've heard a lot from my old he was called into military serv­ of coming up with it "hand over years ago. The delicacy is pre­ with the officers shipmates about the changes in ice. hand." Early in the 19th century pared particularly in Astrakhan always on your While he has many pleasant shipping conditions and Union, Jt gained another meaning, to haul and other regions around the Cas­ neck and having memories of his service life. Chuck benefits that have taken place since In rapidly, such as reeling in a pian Sea, where sturgeon is caught to worry about said nothing can compare with the, I went into the service," Kimberly fish, and the second "hand" in the in large numbers. Caviar is ex­ crews. I would said. "The "Vacation Plan spems to life enjoyed by Seafarers. term became "fist." Today, when pensive because the best grade can rather work for Kimberly, who came out of thb be the most popular of the new we say a man is "making money be prepared only in winter and myself, or better benefits with most of them. I can. hand over fist," we fall back on because it is difficult to preserve. still not work at all if I had the i.Army a private first class, made see that the vacation pay is a real 17 parachute jumps during his this meaning and refer to the fact money. help to the guys when they hit the two years as a paratrooper. 4 4' 4* that he is moving up in the world beach. The whole Welfare Plan is 4 4 4 To observers on parts of the Jumping No Fun financially. ^ amazing. Most of it was either just A. Larsen, carpenter: I wouldn't Isthmus of Panama the sun rises "I suppose that after awhile you t J. i in the Pacific and sets in the At^ want to have anything to do with begin to get accustomed to it, but in the making or hadn't even been owning a ship. I don't believe there are very many dreamed of when I left New Or­ Some widiers still call Venice, lantic, an interesting switch since If I go into busi- men who can say they ever really leans." Italy, the "Bride of the Sea," from we are accustomed to seeing the On one of his first trips to thd nesc it will be in eiijoy it," he said when asked for a medieval ceremony "the mar­ sun rise in the east and set in the the trucking line. an expression of opinion about New Orleans hall, he was handed riage of the Adriatic," iir which west. This condition arises on the I'm planning now the most hazardous part of a para­ copies of the revised constitution the Doge, or ruler, of Venice, Isthmus, however, because it twists and the new standard cargo agree­ to buy a truck trooper's life. threw a riiig into the sea, .saying, and turns in such a manner that ment. for myself and "We wed thee with this ring, O Sea, the end of the Panama Canal farth­ Weighing a stalwart 160 pounds "A fine document," was his opin­ get a little busiIn token of our true and perpetual est east touches the Pacific and the well-distributed over his five feet, ion of the constitution and as for ne.ss started. It's nine inches frame. Chuck came sovereignty." The ceremony sym­ end farthest west touches the At­ a lot easier than through each of his 17 Jumps with­ the new contract, he said the wages bolized the fact that the sea was lantic. This is contrary to what having a ship to out so much as a scratch. Some of- and conditions that had been nego­ subject to the Hepublic of Venice, one unfamiliar with the area would tiated were "real progress." worry about. ' the same as a wife fs subject •to suppose, as most people imagine his buddies were not so fortunate, While he said he is able to sit her husband. A procession of that the Canal runs east and west however. 4 4 4 tight for awhile renewing acquaint­ gondolas, led by the Doge and his when, as a matter of fact, it runs "You have to keep your mind on ances with shipmates on the beach btto Berg, electrician: No, I grandees, was the chief feature of in a northwesterly-Southeasterly never thought of it. I've wanted what you are doing," he explained. while waiting for the job of his the celebration originated about direction. Salboa at the Pacific A lot of time is spent by Instructors choice, the chance to see the blue for a long time the year 1,000 and held each year entrance is farther east than Colon, to get myself a in teaching novices how to fall Caribbean again "can't come too on Ascension Day. In those days at the Atlantic entrance. when they tumble to earth at the soon." farm with a few chickens and ducks. It would have to be near a nice river so I could go fishing DOWN ACROSS 21. Beware of this "35. Island off Allied and US planes made an ing a good-will tour of South whenever I felt 22. In the wake Honduras 1. Wise man 1. Moved easily. air raid on the Krupp works in America. 23. Set of tools Capital of 36. as into dock like it. I've no' 2. Deceitful man 24. Parneli of Peru 8. This is what Essen and followed it up with a " 4 4 4 ambitions to be­ 3. On the beach Boston 38. Places for counts day air attack on the Renault plant 25. A friend, in valuables 4. Ireland's PM e. Annual SIU come a shipowner. The Berlin radio announced that Paris 39. Food show in Billancourt near Paris, dropping 5. Rica 26. Related by 40. It's at the end the Nazis had moved former 12. Heiper The Thin 900 tons of bombs. It was reported 4 4 4 6. blood of a trip 13. Port in French Premiers, Deladier and Man's dog 27. Do this from 41. Near East stop Norv/ay William Ortiz, electrician: I've that 133 planes took part in the Blum and the former Allied mili­ Slop Chest 42. Dress 7. Warning sisn 34- The Dodgers'. Actress 43. Monster thought of it, but I never consid­ Renault raid, and that four-ton ex­ tary chief General Gamelin to Preacher 8. What the LOG 28. Merkei 44. The SIU has hit IS. A flood wins ered^ it seriously plosives were showered at the prison to thwart jin alleged Anglo29. Adjective the best this port 9. Like the ending 45. Macaws because of the Krupp plant at the rate of six a American coup to place them at 17. Eisenhower's Sahara 30. A number 48. South Ameri­ mother money Involved. minute. The Allies lost 21 bomb­ the head of a new French Govern-" 32. Baseball's for­ can step Floated 10. 18. Before mer "boy 49. Best labor But I would like ers. Of the Renault raid, Berlin ment.. .The' SIU, acting in the 11. Job for a boy!" 19. " wonder" paper needle 20. How to keep . to own one, and said the population suffered sev­ best interests of the Seafarers, re­ 16. The life of one's gear (Answers on Page 2S) in my estimation eral hundred dead and wounded. jected the RMO-fink card system RUey 22. Man's name 23. Isthmus in #a Liberty would Vichy said .400 persons were killed. .. .In San Francisco, Mrs. Thomas Siam 1 2 3 10 • if be the best. It is The Axis made no mention of E. Sullivan christened the new US 24. Hoppe's l)est shot the cheapest ship property damage. 12 113 destroyer, The Sullivans, named in 27. A cook makes to run. Maybe 4 4 4 this honor of her five sons who per­ 31. Gives off, as IS London announced the British they are slow ished in November, 1942, when the fumes buj: they are good, reliable ships. destroyer Harvester was sunk in US cruiser Juneau Was sunk in a 32] Three strikes IB • 33. Leg joint March while defending an Atlantic 34. A type of ship 4 4 4 convoy.. .An Allied bulletin said sea fight off Guadalcanal. 36. What SIU scholarships 4 4 4 Rocky Yeilinga, FOW: I would that Sousse fell to the British 8th help you do Army which had~ raced 48 miles in United States planes In the Sol­ never get that far, but if I could 37. Decay 38. Take a seat get a ship I a day and that Kairouan was taken omons bombed Munda, 200 miles 39. Our ships would put it un­ with the aid of American forces... northwest of Guadalcanal.. .The don't* go hero now der the SIU ban­ SIU crewmembers of the Shick- SIU demanded that deferment re­ 82. Herd of shinny were eligible for 60 per­ quests for active seamen continue ner. I would like whales 43, Former price cent bonuses for the run from the to originate in the unions and not to own a tanker agency west coast of. South America to pass over to- the authority of the because the tank46. Norta: Abbr. the Panama Canal, and the crew WSA...Four French warcraft ermen make 47. Where Nelson won of the Alcoa Banner had bonus from. Dakar arrived in United themselves a lot se. Lee , exmoney eoming to them as well... States waters, the battleship Riche-, of overtime and fighter »!.• River in , The President of this University of lieu in Nc'w York, the cruiser the owner makes France his dough too. Cuzco in Peru named as a mem­ Montcalm in Philadelphia and th* / 82. KUler whale 83. Skin growth ' The tankers are the ships of the ber of the faculty, Vice-President destroyej^s. Le Fantasque and Le 84. Sumps. -future. '% Hefirjr' A; Wallace,hvbo was mak' Tdrrible in Boston: 89.' jiv-'fi tioDt! ovgii • li'X'Ji tOU.x ' tttjhiJ kH , Nausea, meanins an upset stom­ ach, a distress that landlubbers suffer at sea, is really derived from a ship. The Greeks coined the word from their ivord naus, for "ship," the vehicle that produced the condition . .. Although geogra­ phers think of an archipelago as any large body of water studded with islands (such as the Bismarck Archipelago off New Guinea in the Pacific), the Greeks had only one. To them, archos meant chief and pelagos sea. Their chief sea was the isle-abounding and ancient Aegean which lies between Greece and Asia Minor. I'''tk- '• Venice was the ruler of the Adri­ atic and her ships visited nearly every important port in the civ­ ilized world. Ayril 17^ 19St rr r �SEAFARERS^LO6 April 17. 19S» SEAFARERS ^LOG April 17. 1953 Vol. XV. No. a Published biweekly by the Seafarers Internationa] Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. STeriing 8-4670. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor. HniRBirr BRAND: Managing Editor, BAY DEMISON; Art Editor, BnnAaD SEAKAN; Photo Editor, DAMUL NILVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ABIBDB. IRWU SPIVACX. AM PIBTALL. JEBBT BEMXES Gulf Area Reporter, Bnx MOODT. The Cities Service Contract Next Tuesday morning Seafarers will know definitely whether the Cities Service Oil Company has decided to risk an all-out strike against their tankers. By 12:01 AM of that day the company either will have signed the standard tanker agreement as did 15 other com.panies or picketlines will be out at every pier where a Cities Service ship docks. ,If the strike comes off, it will be the first walkout of any consequence the SIU has had in the last six years. The last one took place in 1947 against Isthmian and led to the signing of the first Union contract with that company. Since then the Union has maintained a record of successful collective bargaining with all its contracted companies without once having to resort to major strike action. Should that record be broken, it will clearly be the re­ sponsibility of Cities Service. It was the Cities Service labor relations representative who served as chairman of the employers' negotiating committee. The tanker contract that emerged was very largely his handiwork. And it was he who recommended acceptance of the agreement to the com>any, only to have the company try to weasel out on a few terns m an attempt to win for itself an unfair competitive advantage over other SIU tanker outfits. The SIU does not welcome this strike. But it has made alb necessary preparations if it comes. If Cities Service in­ sists on a fight, the SIU is ready. Pagre Thlrteea 'Don'f Worry,TAey Won'# Show Up!' LEUER of the WEEK Job Agencies Usnailg Frauds To the Editor: * Congratulations on expoising the "Travel and See the World" boys in your neat article in the LOG. The price we pay for freedom is constant vigilance. Another' evil has slipped in an economic evil to which we are all exposed—^the paid employment agencies and socalled placement bureaus. They have a large file of persons of various occupations, and should a strike ever oc-^iir, they become very instrumental In breaking it. They always have a very large supply of unemployed labor on hand, people who are looking for jobs and might not worry too much about whether they are breaking a strike. This is the sort of situa­ tion that is a threat and a danger to all unions, and particularly to AFL Teamsters Local 815 has •in the quarter, 1,112 of them re­ those unions representing office decided to experiment with radio sulted in union representation. workers, and "wljjte collar" work­ as a union organizing medium by The AFL won 683 and lost 409 of t 4^ 4ers. sponsoring locally, in New York, the 1,105 it took part in, with 13 In New York City these have the already-popular weekly drama results indeterminate. The CIO grown to astronomical figures, and program, "Freedom USA," which won 289 and lost 279,* while un­ Affiliation of the Marine Firemen, Oilers and Water- nobody is doing anything about it. stars Tyrone Power. The union affiliated imions won 125 against A trip to one of these agencies is has signed up for 52 Sunday shows 92 losses. tenders Union with the SIU of North America is another enough to fill one with disgust. beginning last month, at a mini­ step closer with MFOW membership meetings voting over­ Another t t 4> injustice is their lawful whelmingly for a referendum on the subject. The next fee for obtaining you employment. mum cost of $1,000 a week. The An office of the International step will be to hold a 90-day secret ballot vote on. the ques­ Of course, the agency kicks back a drama will take up 26yi minutes Confederation of Free Trade Un­ the show, with the other tion. Judging from the expressions of membership opinion certain sum to the personnel mana­ of minutes to union com­ ions has been opened in Rio ds ger of the job to be filled. I even mercials. devoted thus far, the affiliation move is certain to go through. The commercials will Janeiro, Brazil, to act as an infor­ Naturally the SIU is highly pleased with the favorable re­ had a personnel assistant of a appeal to non-union workers in the mation and advisory center for the large non-union shop tell me that drug, chemical, pharmaceutical, unions affiliated with ICFTU in sponse of the MFOW membership. Affiliation of the MFO"VJ/ "I fire five to six a week and keep cosmetics, plastics and related in­ Brazil. The new office will act also is certain to strengthen the hand of all SIU sea-going af­ replacing them, and in that way dustries in the area to join Local as an agency for the Interfiliates in their dealings with employers, the Government and double my pay." 815, which already has 7,500 mem­ American Regional Organization of the Communist waterfront apparatus. It will also, lead to Screen Applicants Workers, which coordinates free bers in the field. healthier labor relations on West Coast ships. Agencies don't just give you trade union activities in the West­ 4" 4^ 4^ MFOW membership in* the SIU family does raise problems jobs. They screen you first, to see ern Hemisphere. in that the Sailors Union of the Pacific holds contracts for the if you are the-right color, height, Two-thirds of 602 post-Korea 4" 4« 4 engine department in some companies. But given the de­ personality, age, etc., etc. Then union contracts studied by the Na­ they send you up for the job. If tional Industi-ial Conference Board ' In a new agreement with AFL sire to weld a powerful federation of all non-Communist you're lucky, their 75-cent ad in the provide for some type of union United Auto Workers Local 188, sea-gping unions, these problems can be overcome. newspaper will net them anywhere security clause, and nearly three- the Polymer Corp. of Illiopolis, from a week's salary to 7% of your fourths of them call for the 111., agreed to pay half the cost of t t yearly pay, plus all bonuses..If checkoff, NICE reported. The full four suits of work clothes and two you don't pay you're a lawbreaker union shop occurs in 207 of the pairs of safety shoes each year. and will have the bulls down upon contracts, maintenance of member­ The contract also guarantees eight The decision to expand Union representation and member­ you. ship in 121, and a modified union days' paid sick leave with the fur­ ship services on the West Coast is a logical extension of And, of course, if you're late in shop in most of the others with ther provision that if all the time SIU policy. Recently the West Coast has loomed increas- paying them, you can lose your job security clauses. The analysis cov­ is not actually used workers will be ingl^Jmportant in_the shipping activities of East Coast com­ again. You have no recourse in a ered 277 AFL, 219 CIO and 106 paid for the remaining days at the deal of this sort. You have to pay independent union contracts for end of the year. panies. It's only natural, that the SIU, in accord with its es­ to get a job. This whole business three million workers. tablished policy of complete, on-the-spot representation, is just 4 4 4 a legalized form of the old should take the necessary steps to provide fuller service for crimp house X X X or waterfront board­ A pay increase of 10 cents an Seafarers in Pacific ports. ing house, where seamen had to Industry-wide wage increases in hour for 100,000 shirt, pajama and Nor is tj:ie Union marking time on the question of shore- pay to get a job. excess of 10 cents an hour were cotton garment workers throughout side facilities. Our Philadelphia hall is now undergoing Even the Federal Government is won by the AFL Glass Bottle Blow­ the US has been won by the CIO extensive repairs and modernization designed to make it more guilty of this practice. Look at all ers Association in a wage reopen­ Amalgamated Clothing Workers in overseas construction jobs ing agreement with 27 leading New York. The raise will be ap­ comfortable for Seafarers in that port. And it is only a of the US Air Force bases going manufacturers. The agreement plied May 25 to rates now averag­ matter of time before the Union will open a brand new hall at through employment agencies. with the Glass Container Manufac­ ing $1.25 an hour. The new con­ in Baltimore. This, despite a Federal law. turers Institute reached after five tracts include improved hospital All this is part of the SIU's belief that Seafarers are en­ Should Be Abolished days of negotiations in Atlantic benefits together with six paid titled to .the best m maritime—the best in representation, •Before the American working- City, NJ, provides for a boost of holidays throughout the industry, man accepts this attitude, of pay­ four percent plus a flat increase facilities, benefits and contracts. 4 4 4 ing for his job, I believe that of cents an hour. It covers 4^ 4* X somebody should agitate for the about 7,000 machine operators, up­ For the sixth time since the war, abolition of this evil. The man keep men and apprentices. Organ­ woi'kers on bus lines in Akron, who gets a job.this way doesn't get ized in 1846, the union has been Ohio, have been forced to strike an ounce of security and must pay bargaining for many years on an for contract renewals. Other A public ceremony in the English channel town of Rarfis- immediately—in some cases it's de­ industry-wide basis with few labor strikes lasted seven days in 1946, gate recently culminated a story of rescue at sea. With of­ ducted from his pay envelope. He difficulties. Last nationwide strike one day in 1947, 26 in 1948, three ficials and townspeople looking on,, a Seajarer presented can be fired almost immediately. in the iniustry was in 1886.. hours in 1949 and 15 days in 1952. bronze plaques i'and gifts to English lifeboatmen who res­ and he takes an tTloof attitude to­ 4> 4^ 4> 4 4 4 cued the crew of the Western Farmer in the English Chan­ wards unionism. The agencies are Seventy-seven percent of the fhe first state in 1953 to pass also an employers' blackball. nel last August. Who's this guy down on lower workers voting in collective^ the model bill sponsored by the Mamy of the crewmembers of the Farmer undoubtedly owe Broadway who is always advertis­ bargaining elections in the last Bhitherhood of Railway Clerks re­ their lives to the skiU of the EngUsh volunteers. The story ing for marine engineers . and three months of 1%2 voted in quiring employers to pay for medi­ of theiy expeiience and their tribute to the rescuers proves mates and once in a while for un­ favor of unions, winning 70 per- cal examinations of employees Is once agam th^.,^^^ licensed crewmembers? .-iiijai. icent ui .such electlimM. the .N^URB hiqqtstiSr Twenty other states now just a phrase. reported. Of 1,607 such elections have such laws. Ei Larkln f MFOW AffiUation West Coast Expansion V Tribute At Ramsgate ROUNll*ilR -'I i.| J �I' • n«« ronirtecn &EAF ARERS _ F ^ J v'' , :Sv;;:i:;i:p::-'::::!%:S piw |;;;;;-iv;::;. ^ '"wm J .i. K . .> > j;v;;<x::J -i f.,C-1 • laC A»rU 17. 195S } I iiii' fl I I iiipii ';ai?s|i ... I • J---i" MOBILE—Celebrating its^25th anniver­ sary this year, Alabama State Docks hos within a quarter of a century developed Mobile into one of the nation's leading ports and offers facilities that shipping interests here proudly boost ore among the efficit most modern and efficient in America. Seafarers ploy a big port in the busi­ ness of the Alabama State Docks program, both in its Water commerce «nd its activities ashore. • Two major steamship companies. Water­ man and Alcod, whose vessels are manned by SlU crews, make Mobile and the state dock'facilities their home port. Addi­ tional millions of tons of cargo in SlU-contracted bottoms operated by other com­ panies, annually move through this port. Development and expansion of dock fa­ cilities are continuing, at a steady rate; Since 1951, new rmprovennents valued at $4,000,000 have been added to the port. Facilities at the $35,000,000 docks sys­ tem include a shipside cold storage plant, said to be the only one of its kind on the Gulf Coast; a "Class A" shipside bonded cotton warehouse, with a high density press and adjacent storage compartments; a bulk rnaterials plant for loading and dis­ charging such cargoes as bauxite, coal and iron ore; a new $3,500,000 grain elevator, which produces much business for SlU-con^ tracted ships; cargo piers, transit sheds with cpvered floor space for storage ex­ ceeding 47 acres and an integrated ter­ minal switching railroad system. , im •L^'«V u-»'y pfe-; Cold storage Plant, the only shipside facility of its kind, on the Gulf Coast, is shown in background behind an SIU shrimp boat tied up in'the State Docks. ' f ' : Bound for New Orleans from Mobile, the SIlT Alcoa Cavalier churns up waters of the Mobile River .as she glides away,^from the docks headed for miid-strea^ Seafarers in Alcoa wheel canvas from Cavalier into dock she3. Canvas pro-,, . lects passenger quarters from baujcite dust jivhile ship is discharging ore, ' �April 17. 198S SEAf/riitti tVc Pag* Fifteea % - One of Isthmian's queens of the sea, the Steel Rover, manned by a full SIU crew, lays at anchor in one of the berths at the Alabama State Docks. SIU crewmembers wave farewell to friends and relatives seeing them off as the Alcoa Cavalier edges away from- her b«rth at the docks, i.' Dockside workers in the hold of a ship as they are about to hoist coffee onto the docks, It is one of many cargoes handled at the versatile state docks. -g.: : •v';l '•il Grain elevator is equipped with marine leg (foreground) for discharging barges. Elevator also is equipped with,car and truck dumpers for grain handling. Workers are shown at the mouth of the cot­ ton compress in the dockside bonded cotton warehouse, a small part of the intricate docks which serve Mooile. Aerial view of docks with rail yards, road­ ways and industrial canal (left). In center are three ship berths with in-transit assem­ bling sheds alongside. " 'I Vessel is shown discharging cargo at docks. Port traffic has I increas^ at a steady pace sine# state docks program -was instituted25 years aga Heavy traffic in one of the slips at the docks typifies the hustle and bustle associated with the fe­ verish activity in the Mobile installation. Serving the tugs, ocean-going vessels, shrimpers and other vessels which frequent ...... . the docks are a bulk material handling plant, a grain elevator and doOkside cold storage plant. V �^ y-: SE AFAREAS Pace Sixteen .yj;; y ' • - -•;.?• April 11i 195S LOG SEAFARERS The detail of Customs inspectors at- Quarantine in New York will be eliminated as of April 26, Francis B. Laughlin, Acting Collector of Customs, announced. For the last 20 years the'detail has processed the preliminary entry requirements of shipping in' this area, but with more extensive ifee of radio clearance, only about six to eight ships a day were being boarded by the Quarantine s^ff., Certification of Crewmemberp of the Robin ships' manifests, checking of-crew lists and similar duties will be Locksley (Seas Shipping) had quite handled by inspectors at the piers'of arrival. a few words of praise for one it of their shipmates, MerwyiA The icebreaker Saurel punched through ice surroun^ng Newfound-^ land's eastern seaboard to the port of St. John's, the first vessel to "Doc" Watson. break the icy grip in 18 days. After repairs to her radar, the stubby Watson helped ship cracked open a channel through nearly eight miles of jam>packed pass many an ice to allow eight vessels to'leave the port . . . The port of Boston, idle hour on the for the third consecutive year, set a new record in 1952 for the handling long run to South of cargo tonnage, with 19,233,685 tons of cargo moving through the and East Africa port an an expected increase in the $918,600,000 total cargo worth for by showing films to the crewmem1951. hehs. And as al­ tit ways, he was The formation of a central port promotional bureau is being given busy with his Watson serious consideration by shipping and port leaders in New York who camera, taking envision a single loose affiliation of all of the associations, clubs newsworthy photos of his ship­ and agencies devoted to shipping and port business. The "drum-beater mates' doings, many of which have organization of the Port of New York" would initiate measures to appeared in the SEAFARERS LOG. offset Increased competition from other ports and to seek solutions Watson is a relative newcomer to problems that hamper operations within this harbor. Organizations to the SIU,: having been sailing probably available for membership include- the Foreign Commerce with the Union for just a year and Club, the Maritime A.ssociation, the Propeller Club, the New York a half.' He comes originally from Shipping Association and the New York Board of Trade among other Maryland, and recently celebrated groups. his 56th birthday. ACTION The Cunard liner Queen Mary took aboard 52,830 barrels of fuel oil recently in the record time of eight hours 55 minutes at her berth at Pier 90, North River, by means of a new pumping process enabling oil barges to deliver 5,925 barrels an hour, bettering a record set by the vessel a year ago here of 3,680 barrels an hour . . . St. Louis' ambition to be a major inland port will be realized when direct waterbornc freight service to Alaskan. Canadian and West Indies ports is inaugurated. The first vessel to make the run will be a barge running down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, through the Panama Canal and around the West Coast to Canadian and Alaskan points. hr. 4> 3) ft The fact that the cooking on the Mankato (Victory Carriers) was en­ joyed by all hands the last trip out is due in large part to the com­ petent work of Charles W. Gann, chief cook, as well as the rest of the stewards department. The whole . department got a wellearned vote of thanks for their superior feeding. Gann isn't letting any grass grow under his feet either. He's t t 3. The General Accounting Office announced it was withholding $6,- already made arrangements with 350,000 in Government subsidies from the American Export Lines on the steward to see tfiat a wider the grounds the company had been overpaid that amount for two variety of stores is ordere^ for the passenger liners, the Independence and Constitution . . . Coal barge next trip out, so that the next crew crews in New York have received a wage increase of $30 monthly win have an equally good, if not retroactive to March 16, upping the monthly base pay to $225 for better, choice of menus. Gann has been an SIU member nearly 500 men on as many barges handling more than 75 percent of the coal moved in NY Harbor, on the Hudson River and along Long since October, 1945, when he Island Sound . . . The construction of a waterside chemical bulk joined in the port of Philadelphia. storage plant at a Bayonne, NJ pier, capable of berthing tankers up His native state is Missouri to 560 feet long, will be begun in May, containing storage tanks with where he was bom 41 years ago. i 3i 4" a capacity of 3,250,000 gallons of liquid chemicals. There's always that temptation 3^ at the end of a tanker trip t^ pay A new 7,800-ton bulk cargo ship, the Camellia, is said to be the first off in a hurry on the ship and hit British vessel te have been fitted out with steel panels rather than as she docks, be­ with the customary wooden boards used as temporary bulklieads In the beach as soon cause shore leave ships' holds te prevent cereal cargoes from shifting while under way^ during the trip is The steel panels are cleaner and weigh no more than the wooden usually limited. panels, which tend to absorb moisture from the grain cargoes. Seafarer Philip Gradozzi made a Ship movements in and out of Antwerp, Belgium, exceeded by almost point of this on four million net tqns the port's pre-war traffic volume, in 1952, with the Julesberg 11,756 vessels or better than 28 million net tons moving through the (Terminal Tank­ port. British vessels accounted for 23 percent of the traffic, with the ers) when he Netherlands holding second place, Norway following in third position urged his ship­ and US tonnage accounting for 7.7 percent of all vessels in and out mates to stickGradozd of the Belgian port last year. around at the t i 4> .payoff and wait for the patrolman. The volume and value of waterborne foreign commerce shipped That way," he said, everybody is through the port of New York in 1952 declined more sharply than sure of getting all overtime due, that of the nation's foreign waterborne commercial trade, an analysis as whatever is disputed can be set­ of official trade statistics showed. Last year the port registered a 4.1 tled properly. percent drop in tonnage, or double the nation-wide decrease. It also Gradozzi, who sails in the engine showed a 14 percent drop in the dollar volume of Its commerce, com­ department, has been a member of pared with a country-wide reduction of eight percent . . . The Ameri­ the Union since Novembejr 8, 1947, can Merchant Marine Institute has prepared a pictorial description of joining in the port of New York. the evolution of American shipping from the Indian canoe to the new The 58-year-old Seafarer was born liner United States on a one-sheet representation depicting ten ships in Massachusetts and still makes as milestones in American shipbuilding. his home in Boston. Burly Misery hove» Company Caring; For The Rope Supply The ship's rope supply likb anything else, needs proper care and maintenance if long and useful service is to be obtained from it and difficulties avoided. Such care begins with the opening of a new coil of rope and continues throughout its varied shipboard life. Some of the simple, general maintenance practices dealing with stowing, coiling and whipping ..of rope can do much to prolong rope's use­ fulness and avoid difficulties^ * Coils of rope are delivered wrapped in burlap and tied. It's con­ sidered best to cut the lashings around the coil from the inside of the hole in the center of the coil, known as the eye, leaving the burlap covering on the coil. To avoid kinks when uncoiling the rope, it should be placed with the inside end of the coil towards the deck. The rope is uncoiled from the inside out, not the other way around as might seem the obvious method. Stow In Cool, Dry Place Since rope is affected by heat and humidity, it should be stowed, where possible in a cool, dry plage. Every precaution should be taken to make sure that the rope is dry when it is stowed, and assured of ventilation to avoid keeping moisture in. Heat or moisture will cause rope to lose its strength, with possibly dangerous consequences. Another danger posed by moisture Is shrinkage. The fibers absorb rain or even a heavy dew and swell up, causing the length rope to shrink and become taut.' That creates the danger of parting under strain, which Is one reason why it's a good idea to slacken off lines at night when moisture is always greater. When coiling up rope it must be handled according to the lay of the line. Right-handed rope, which is the form in which most rope is made, is coiled in a clockwise direction, left-handed rope in the opposite manner. The only exception to this ruling is if the line has a lot of turns in it which have to be removed. In this case, the line Is coiled against the lay, or exactly opposite to the normal manner. The lower end is then pulled up through the center of the coil and the line coiled the regular way. . A straight coil is ihade by starting with a secured end and simply placing circular bights on top of each other. Flemishing down a line involves starting with a small circle of the free end and then coiling larger and larger flat circles around it in the form of a flat coil spring. When a line is faked down, the free end is laid out in a straight line and then turned back on itself in a flat, narrow loop, with the ends over the ends of the preceeding one. Whipping The Ends Of A Line To keep the ends of the rope from unraveling, the rope can be whipped or tightly bound around the end. Small cordage is used for this purpose, such as marline or spunyarn. One way to make a whipping is to place the end of the yarn at the end of the rope and then'make a loop along the rope. A great many windings are then made around both the loop and the rope itself as in the il­ lustration. The wind­ ings should be tight and a distance approxi­ mately equal to the diameter of the rope. Whippings are always made with the twine One common.way of making a whipping to woimd against the lay keep a line from unraveling. of the rope. This simple whip­ ping is flnished off- by putting the winding end (B, in the illustration) through the loop, and then pulling the other end tight until the loop is no longer visible. Both ends are then trimmed off for neatness. There are several other methods of whipping, most of which are used for the same purpose of preventing the end of a line from unraveling, although'on occasion whippings are placed in the center of a rope. In such a case, the so-called plain whipping is used which simply involves running back an end of twine a short distance and taking turns around them. Sbveral turns are left slack and the end of the whipping twine is passed under them. Each turn is then pulled tight, and the end of the twine pulled to take out the slack. » By Bernard Seaman Il te: ly �. v7v "r'-'v^ AwA lli IfU SE'AFARERS IOC Far* f«TCBte«i • SIU Prepares To Strike Cities Service For Pact (Continued from page 3) tanker conapanies put the terms of the agreement into effect, Cities Service delayed signing of the contract. When pressed for ap­ proval, top company officials der dared their acceptance of the new wage and overtime rates and the bulk of the tanker general rules and working rules. Seek Special Treatment However, they objected to some of the contract clauses including those on repatriation, increased Welfare Plan contributions, and re­ visions of the tank cleaning clause calling for overtime for men haul­ SIU Lake Charles port agent, Leroy Clarke (center) holds resolu­ ing buckets and a minimum of tion of Louisiana State Federation of Labor pledging full support three men on butterworthing ma­ to SIU In Cities Service contract beef. Discussing situation with chines. The company sought spe­ Clarke is E. H. (Llge) Williams, (left). State Fed president, and cial treatment oh these items. Walter Mayo, head of the Lake Charles Metal Trades Council In subsequent meetings with the representing Cities Service refinery workers. SIU negotiating committee. Union representatives pointed out that the other SIU tanker companies had^cepted all terms of the con­ tract as well as all SIU freight companies oh items common to both agreements. Further, they emphasized that the Cities Service representative had played the leading role in negotiating a new agreement, and in the give and take of negotiation the SIU had (Story on Fage 3) the Cities Service tanker fleet agreed to a settlement that was satisfactory to him as well as to WHEREAS, the Seafarers Inter­ would seriously affect the port of the other tanker companleB, Lake Charles, not only with re­ national Union, Atlantic and Gulf By refusing to sign the contract. District, is presently Involved In spect to the members of the Sea­ contractual difficulties with^ Cities farers International Union who Service Refining Corporation, ship through this port, but also which has a large refinery and with regard to the welfare of the other facilities at Lake Charles, many shoreside workers employed in the Cities Service Installation at Louisiana, and Lake Charles, and WHEREAS, the Lake Charles WHEREAS, the Seafarers Inter­ Metal Trades Council also Is en­ gaged In contract negotiations with national Union Is and has been an Cities Service Refining Corpora­ integral part of the Louisiana State Federation of Labor and has tion at this time, and always come forward to assist the WHEREAS, Cities Service Re­ Louisiana State Federation of La­ fining Corporation, in its efforts to bor and its affiliated local unions resis); the reasonable and just con­ In time of stress, and (Continued from page 2) tractual demands of the Seafarers WHEREAS, it has been the pol­ berg's often stormy struggles with International Union, has resorted to various unfair tactics. Including icy of the Louisiana State Feder­ shipowners and left-wingers. Back attempts to break down the mor­ ation of Labor to support its af­ in 1935 when Lundeberg first was ale of unlicensed seamen aboard filiated unions whenever such as­ chosen secretary-treasurer of the SUP, he had to contend with an ex­ Cities Service tankers through a sistance has been needed, perienced waterfront clique of THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED campaign of continued harassment of these seamen by the supervisory that this convention of the Louisi­ some 80 left-wing activists. M first, personnel of .Cities Service Refin­ ana State Federation of Labor go the article relates, they tried to buy on record as wholeheartedly sup­ Lundeberg off by offering to throw ing Corporation, and WHEREAS, these seamen are porting and endorsing the Seafar­ the CP waterfront apparatus be­ determined to stand steadfast with ers International Union's' policy hind him and make him an out­ their union, the Seafarers Inter­ and position In its present con­ standing West Coast labor leader. national Union, In support of their tractual negotiations with Cities When this approach failed they just demands for Improvement of Service .Refining Corporation, and tried a new tach. Invaded Room BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED their rates of pay,-working condi­ "The next time the committee tions and welfare provisions, and that In event economic action by WHEREAS, a work stoppage in the Seafarers International Union called, it was different. Hearing a should become necessary to sup- noise one night In his room . . . port^its position In" Its present con­ Lundeberg switched on the light. tractual difficulties with Cities At the foot of his bed stood three Service Refining Corporation, that husky left wingers. "What the hell do you want?" he this convention go on record as offering the full physical, financial demanded. "Taken aback, the committee ex­ and moral support of the Louisiana State Federation of Labor to the plained that It had come to talk Seafarers International Union, and things over. Lundeberg yawned and BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED stretched. As he did so, his right that wide publicity be given to the hand slipped under the pillow and action of this convention by sup­ came out with a revolver. Having plying copies of this resolution to got the drop on his visitors, Lunde­ the press of the State of Louisiana berg lined them up facing the door (Continued from page S) and to the press of Lake Charles and one by one, booted them Into the hallway." llsh additional services that will be in particular. Violence Falls comparalile to those available on . This was only one of many en­ the Atlantic and Gulf Coast. counters wltli left-wingers on the Similar changes will be made in waterfront during which LundeWilmington where Sam Cohen has berg's enemies employed lead pipes been serving as agent and Chuck and bullets in an unsuccessful at­ Seafarers sending telegrams Alien as patrolman. Baltimore tempt to beat him or scare him off or letters to the New York agent Earl Sheppard, who was a the waterfront.; It was In one of delegate to the convention, and I- headquarters dispatcher asking these that he suffered-a broken to be excused from attending Johnny Arabasz have been api^ined headquarters membership jaw. to help set up improved services meetings must include the reg­ The article concludes by describ­ in that port. Arabasz will stay on istration number of their ing the SUP'S program of Sailor's temporarily until the necessary shipping card in the message. Homes which provide old sailors changes are made. - From now on, if the number with home-like lodgings near the Mobile port agentv^al Tanner is waterfront and the halls where performing a similar function in ' is not included, the excuse can­ not be accepted. by the dis-. they can keep in touch with their the port of Seattle where Je0 patcher, ; shipmates and live free of instituMon-lson is serving as agent and Piaul Dro2sk aif patrolman.. La. Fed. Resolution Supporting SIU In CS Lundeberg Lauded By Satevepost they said. Cities Service was break­ ing faith with the Union and its own spokesman and was asking for special, discriminatory preference over all other contracted com­ panies which the Union could not grant. In the face of Union firmness on these Issues, the company negotia­ tors at the last meeting spent a good deal of time complaining about the milk clause which calls for 40 gallons to be on board on sailing day, and fresh milk three times daily in port. In an attempt to meet the com­ pany objections the Union ex­ tended the .contract deadline 60 days to allow time to reach an agreement. The deadline runs out on April 21, at which time the Union will be free to strike if the company has not yielded on the items in dispute. , Sen. Long Sees Relief For Unions Under T-H SHREVEPORT, LA.—Labor appears certain to gain im­ provements In the Taft-Hartley Act at this session of Con­ gress, Louisiana's US Senator Russell Long predicted at the annual convention of theLouisiana State Federation of Labor here April 6-9. "Senator Taft himself proposed 23 amendments to the act'at the last session," Senator Long ex­ plained. "Almost all of these were amendments which would have favored labor. "Both President Eisenhower and Mr. Taft, his party's leader in the Senate, agree the act as presently constituted is one-sided against la­ bor. It appears certain, then, that labor must gain relief from some of the more discriminatory features of the act." Democratic Aid So far. Senator Long said, the Sen. Russell Long President has received more sup­ port for his program from the Democratic side of Congress than viewed with alarm is the adminis­ he has been given by his own par­ tration's apparent determination to ty, particularly In the foreign pol­ put the damper on new construc­ tion of public housing, its an­ icy field. "Some have said," the Senator nounced intention to abolish the remarked, "that it- appears the Reconstruction Finance Corpora­ Democrats don't know they lost the tion and an increase in the interest election and that the Republicans rate on the national debt. An increase of one-half of one don't know they won It." The Democrats are determined percent on refinancing a portion of to support the Republican adminis­ the national debt means that $1,tration In any measures to help 300,000,000 more in interest pay­ ments annually is finding its way forestall a major depression. Some Republican moves, how­ into the hands of "insurance com­ ever, do not agree with Democratic panies and other big investors," he theories of what should be done to charged. maintain prosperity, he said. "That isn't the way to stop de­ Among Republican policies in pressions," he warned. "It is the this category which Senator Long way to start them." SIU Expands West Coast AiSG Service Put Number On Meeting Excuses HWMWUW, mMk-UK-ei 1 w "iikm a Seafarer! ^ersfiiA 'M 7HB APB HAIL - THCMEMBePS OFOOR. UNiOli.Vf^ VMS Yc^EATThlEiULL. •vii �-jij'ir .K, • SEAFARERS LOG Pace Eii^teeB A»M 17. list SeafarerSpendsTwoYearsMalcing Did Yoit Know • A Model Of His First Sailing Ship That at any given time the moon is not actually at the place where we see it? This is an Illusion due to the earth's atmosphere, which bends the moon's rays and gives a false impression of its position. 4. 4i . 4. That London Bridge once really did fall down? Children singing the song about "London Bridge is falling down . . ." may not know it, but the bridge did faU. The old wooden bridge built in the tenth century was carried away by a storm in 1091, and xeplaced by a stone bridge about a 100 years later. t. ^ That under the new SIU con­ tracts there are two Pacific areas for transportation purposes? Un­ der the former set-up, crewmembers who signed on at the lower end of the Pacific coast and paid off up north could not collect trans­ portation back to the port of signon. The new agreements remedy this situation, in providing a Cali­ fornia and a Pacific Northwest area for transportation purposes, Seafarer Urho A. Sharinee, FWT, who recently got off the McKettrick Hills, looks over the model he made of the first ship on which he sailed. The model took over two years to build during his spare time, mostly whUe aboard ship. He said, "almost aU sailors remember their first Alp." t t 4> That Wall Street in New York City actually is the site of a walled -atockade that ran across the south­ ern end of Manhattan Island 300 years ago? The wall was built in 1652 to protect the little Dutch colony of New Amsterdam against a threatened attack by the British. 4i 4^ 4^ That one of our western states was named after a valley in Penn­ sylvania? The state of Wyoming got its name from Wyoming. Val« ley in northeastern Pennsylvania. It was a common practice for set­ tlers from the cast to take tho names of their old homes with them and replant them in the west, i' 'Sr ^ That Quicksand has twice swal­ lowed up railroad trains at differ­ ent places in the state of Colorado? In 1878 a train of the Kansas (now Union) Pacific Bailroad fell into a creek about 23 miles east of Den­ ver, and three years earlier a sim­ ilar accident occurred near Pueblo. The great weight of the locomo­ tive carried it so deep into the quicksand that it could never he located, though continually probed to a depth of 50 feet. 4« 4) 4^ That water boils at a lower tem­ perature on the top of a mountain than at the bottom? The boiling point of water is generally con­ sidered 100 degrees centigrade (212* Fahrenheit), but this varies according to the pressure of the atmosphere. At the top of Mont Blanc, for instance, water boils at 85* centigrade. 4) 4!I 4^ That a few weeks after an ar­ ticle in the LOG urged Seafarers to aid the Singapore blood bank after its supply of a certain type of blood was used to aid one of their brothers, crewmembers of the first SIU ships in the area respond­ ed? Seafarers are always ready to lend a helping hand when it's needed. Many Seafarers, when they have found themselves with spare time and nothing to do, have turned to making models as a way of passing the time, but few of them have spent as much time making the models as Seafarer-Urho A, Sharinee, FWT, put into the model 4of his'first ship. ' " ' Sharinee, however, comes coastal ship, and I was sailing model of one of the more modem from a long line of model aboard her as cook. I was the only freighters or tankers that he's sail­ bUilderS^. In fact, he says, his one In the galley, in fact, because ed. "I won't, have all this rigging father was a professional model she only had a very small crew, and sails to worry about," he said. builder for most of his life, and and when we hit any sort of rough he's just following the family ex­ weather, I also worked out on deck or up in the rigging with the ample. others." And, his recently completed Woiked on Ship model of his first ship, a small Usually, in the spring, the bears start coming out of hibernation, the flowers come to coastal sailing vessel, is a fine ex­ Whenever Sharinee would have ample of what can be done with some spare time aboard ship, he life and begin to spirout, and the world wakes up. So it is with "Red" Campbell, who wood, cloth and thread. would pick up some of his wood usually begins to stir and then makes his observations on the world, his beloved team (?) and start carving. Most of the in Pittsburgh and his beloved^" Took Two Years blocks for the model were made Waterman Steamship Co. as old player "pop." Already there is know that every time you > go Sharinee says he decided to stari aboard his last ship,-, the McKetfriction in the club. They want through a turnstile at his park, follows: the model in 1950, and has worked trick HUls, he said. a TV set in the dugout so they you're grinding coffee for the Several'Weeks agd. We had the on it for over two years. "I worked He said that he decided to make occasion to see an on-the-spot TV won't rhiss Captain Video. This A&P. a few thousand hours on this the model because, "every sailor But don't get me wrong. I'm a model," he said, "and everything remembers his ili'st ship," and he production made in our NY hall. gang may not win the pennant, but I'll bet they cop the bubblePirate fan from way back (and Not all the membership-was able in it was made by ha^d." wanted a model of his first vessel. to catch the roving eye. of the gum championship. beUeve me, that's where they'U In fact, he went into such de­ The biggest problem, he said, in Of course, the whole business wind up) and I'll be seeing my tail, that he's-got 85 blocks on the making the model, was in fash­ camera.* Joe Felson was completely model and all of them work. He ioning the hawse pipes for the an­ left out—he forgot to wear his centers around Mr. Rickey's vice- team fn action when I get back like grip on the buck. He's the from the 'round-the-world on the made each of them by hand out of chor chains, and in carving the Adler shoes that day. When I first saw the cameras type of guy who would shoot a dog Steel King. Incidentally, this small pieces of wood. He also in­ gears for the anchor winches. being set up, I though they might so the fleas would be homeless. crashing the "hamboo curtain" is stalled a lighting system in the "That took the most time," he model that works, so that the navi­ said, "except for the tiny blocks be making a western, so I rushed AU the office help has to fiU their a far cry from Bull Line Boule^ down to the cafe­ pens at the postoffice before com­ vard. gation and riding lights, as well as that I had to carve." He solved part In closing, I just want to pass the cabin lights, all work. teria and got ing to work. Last year, he cut the of the problem, however, by using four bowlegged buns in half, so the hot dogs a word to the Kremlin. Mr. MalenThe wheel turns the rudder, and small copper tubing for the hawse kov said he hopes to follow in the ABs. We had would look bigger.'' the winches pick up the anchors. pipes and then heating it and ham­ Making a buck on the fans is footsteps of Stalin—please let it such a tremen­ The sails are all controlled by the mering it until it fit the way it proper lines. dous turnout, one thing, but I bet you didn't be soon. should. you'd have "She was the first ship I ever Now that he's finished the model, thought the Wa­ sailed," he said. "She was a Finnish he says that maybe he'll start a Pity The Poor Chickon terman building was on fire. And, speaking Campbell LOG-A-RHYTHM; of Waterman, have you ever heard the expres­ sion, "the face of the earth is ever changing?" The way those Water­ man ships keep ripping it up, it's By M. Dwyer hardly recognizable. Just recently a motorist was picked up driving on the Third Avenue sidewalk. He li I had one wish granted me. told the judge he was just getting My wish would be to -sail the sea. out of the way of a Waterman ship and the case was dismissed. To sail the ocean's mighty foam, Pablnin For Pirates I'd sell my land and leave my home. I don't suppose I need tell you the baseball season is just aroimd the. corner. With spring in Pitts­ , To trod a deck and breathe salt air, burgh, we hope for a winner, but I'd board a ship bound anywhere. all we -^get is a. ^eener smog. We're the. only team' in the majors From Timbuktu to Mandalay. • that plays night games in the after­ noon. This year, Mr. Rickey has My heart woiUd be aboard to stay. gone .all out for a youthful team.. Half 4be players carry their own Lei other men the land still toil. teething rings. During the seventh And leave their sweat upon the soil. •4 itining stretch,, they'll probably get E. Toth (left), ch. cook, holds the knifeto optlrat*their pablum ration. , on a chiekto 'aboard the 'AfoundrU whUo JvtRirbes^ panttymiiti; C. My future lies upon the sea. To show you How young this Labiosa, bosUn, and ShortFi 2ad cool^ (left to right) jdvo heipdul My restless soul at last set frev. _ team isi jthey'«e<cidlinff<eu 25-year-' Waterman Changes Looks Of World One Wish ^ |y' • - "V " bp �April 17, 19SS SEAFARERS LOG Sailor Rass, The Financier Page Nlneteea By E. R«yM By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor A few issues back we discussed the necessary equipment for process­ ing your own film. The following tips will aid in turning out perfectly processed negatives every time. Developer—If your film has been exposed according to its proper speed rating you'll get the best results in following the manufacturer's developing recommendations. Users of Kodak film over the 35mm size should use D-76. Those who prefer Ansco film should us? their deve'oper which is Ansco 17. In the 35mm size—Microdot for Kodak film and Finex for Ansco. Temperature—Process your film at the constant temperature of 68 degrees. If the developer is over or under this, place the solution in hot or cold water and bring it to 68 degrees. When the solution has been brought to the proper temperature you are ready to start developing. In the dark, wind the film onto the reel and drop into the tanks. With the lid on, the lights may be turned on aince practically all tanks are lightproof. Agitate the film every two minutes for about five seconds. When the proper time for your film has elapsed pour the con­ tents of the tank back into your storage bottle. Hypo Into Tank At this point the hypo is poured into the tank in the same fashion as the developer. ' > Washing and drying—If at all possible, regulate your water for wash­ ing to 68-70 degrees. About 40 minutes are necessary to thoroughly wash film. The washing removes all the hypo and your negatives will be preserved for a long time. After washing for the proper time the film is hung up to dry. All excess water should be removed with either a viscose sponge or a piece of damp chamois. In this way there wbn't be any little circles of drying marks left on the film. Hang your film to dry in a dust-free area where people are not likely to pass and stir up dust. If you are in a hurry to dry your film you may use a fan but you're taking a chance of getting, a lot of dust particles imbedded in the film. Storing of negatives—This depends upon your contact and enlarging equipment if you have any. Some contact printers take only single frames and this holds true for some enlargers. So whether you cut your film into single frames or -two or prefer to keep the film in the original roll store the negatives in clean containers and if possible where it isn't too hot, A few don'ts before we conclude: 1. Don't touch the actual negative area of the film with fingers at any time during processing or after. You can remove dust from nega­ tives and even spot pinholes on the final print, but a big, fat finger­ mark spells finis to a negative. 2. Don't examine the' negatives "to see what you have" before they are washed. If you peek at them while still in the hypo, you'll probably get thd cheniical on your clothes as well as the furniture and floor. When this drfes you'll have hypo dust floating around to do more damage. 3. Don't load dry film onto a wet reel. If you do there's the chance of water droplets landing on the dry film and these will form perma­ nent marks. Two Captains Get Praised By Crews Two captains aboard SlU-manned vessels came ih for praise from the crews duiing this past week because the crews felt they deserved it. In both cases, the crew praised the skipper because of an action he had taken. Just as Seafarers are quick to criticize an un­ fair or poor skipper, they are^* ready to praise a fair and Steel Artisan (Isthmian) and Cap­ a vote of thanks during their ship­ tain Reinertsen of the French board Union meeting, for "his good one. Captain Michael Barry of the Creek (Cities Service) were the prompt decision to put ashore an skippers who came in for crew injured seaman so he could get the proper medical attention." praise. The French Creek's crew ex­ To Buy Present The crew of the Steel Artisan, plained that Captain Reinertsen ar­ a rendezvous with a Coast The log of the Seagarden (Peninsular Navigatibn) just shows, a simple entry of one at a shipboard Union meeting ranged Guard cutter to transfer the in­ voted to buy a present for Captain sentence, but the story behind that one sentence is,one that almost nreant the end of the jured man, and, although bad ship. The Liberty ship had been running into bad weather ever since leaving Seattle for Barry out of the money in the weather and fog kept the Coast ship's fund for the "job he did Korea, according to Seafarer-*during the typhoon 'Hester' from Guard from making the ren­ William Allardice, but the impossible to take more than a mate, Jack Wooten and myself all January 1, 1953 to January 3, dezvous, the Captain got the worst part of the storm hit quick squint out ahead. The ship saw it. We later agreed it was at 1953." French Creek there on time. was taking the storm about one least 75 feet high." during the fourth day out,When the Coast Guard didn't ar­ The Artisan's crew reported that He thinks the skipper was a lit­ point to port. Everybody ran for cover. Allar­ Captain Barry "never left the rive, the captain "made several Wet 'Horizon* tle too modest when lie made the dice got behind part of the house, bridge all during the three days ship to shore calls, and finally pro­ Then Allardice thought he saw and grabbed two angle iron sup­ that the ship was in the typhoon. ceeded to Key West despite the log entry reading, "A large wave the horizon. He looked again. It ports just as the wave hit the ship He did a wonderful job of seaman­ bad weather, and transferred the broke over the whole ship." Allardice was on watch, on the was too high for the horizon. It and picked it up like a giant hand. ship in bringing the ship through man to a Coast Guard launch port wing of the bridge, that night. was a huge wave thundering down "The ship bucked and seemed the storm." there. For his consideration of our The spray and rain was ' being on the ship like an express train. about^to fall apart," AUardice says. The crew of the French Creek Union brother, we extend our hear­ blown with such force that It was Allardice says, "the captain, third "We had just' heard about the also gave their Captain Reinertsen ty appreciation," said the crew. tanker Avanti, some way ahead of us in this same storm, breaking into three pieces. I was suddenly in water over my head. The ship shuddered. Then the wave passed. "Bosun Hans Christiansen did a (1) For which animal are the days extending from July 3 to August great job in lashing down two life­ 11 named? boats that had broken loose." (2) How much fencing is needed to enclose a field 60 feet long, if it The next morning the damage was clear. The foredeck was split is twice as long as it is wide? (3) Literature and old maps refer to the lands of Cathay, Iberia between the windlass and number one hatch. The rails were split and Muscovy. What names are these places known by today? (4) A famous song popular during Worla War I included the line and twisted. The two lifeboats were completely smashed. The "It's a long way to Tipperary." Was it a longer way to Tipperary from davits were torn and twisted. The (a) France or (b) England? (5) Where are the days and nights almost the same length through­ gear locker on the boat deck had out the year? been washed away. Both gang­ (6) Tom and Bill painted a house in five days. Tom could have ways had been ripped off and washed away. The bell on the done it alone in ten days. How long would it have taken Bill? (7) What rock can be separated into threads and woven into ^re­ bridge was broken off. But the thing that really indi­ proof cloth? (8) Which has the right of way at an airport, a plane which it cated the height of the wave, and the beating the ship took, says landing or one taking off? (9) What mythical king of the lumberjacks scooped up lakes for Allardice, was the fact that the masthead light had been sheared drink and used Douglas-fir trees for a toothpick? (10) Is the largest wine-producing country in the world France, B. A. ^amlett (left), pass, pantryman, and C. P. Makariwcz (right)i rff; • •• • , pass, messman, hold a llfering aboard" the Robin ^cksley-aa'Rich-r,,' <l*Tfaktr.dtecrved: mibpti 1^ one Italy, Spain or the US? - Quia Answers On Page-29 ard and Marguerite Trumper, 'tiy<ii passengers,, iopk tiii^ib-it, Mntencc in the ship's log,'', he says. I Seagarden's Log Modest About Storm Two Small Passengers �SEAFARERS' IPG Pure Tweatr Sharks Arent Really Vicious, Says Seafarer Who Defends Tm Seafarers and sharks have never been noted for their great friendship for each other, but there's at least one Seafarer who feels that the shark is ft "much abused denizen of the deep that is entitled to at least a" little argument in its defense." 'J — ' • • . . Fred Miller says that he's . "tired of all the alarnxing sto­ TWQ Working Deckhands ries I've been hearing about the vicious, blood-thirsty shark," and ciaims that there are few "au­ thentic accounts of humans being attacked by sharks, and these stor­ ies are told over and over for gen­ erations. He says that "most people seem to think that every shark is a killer, but that is just not the case." In fact, he says, "the case of Bar^ Wilson who was recent­ ly attacked by a shark in Monte­ rey Bay, Calif., and died of Miliar shock and loss of blood, was the first recorded instance of its kind in the Western Hemisphere." Just to prove his case. Miller Aboard the Antinous, Woods, AB (left), and Reeves, OS, keep says he has been swimming in all bu^y as they carry a rolled up Jacob's ladder to stow it away, so sorts of shark-infested waters, Mo­ the ship will be all shipshape, in true SIU style. zambique, Mombasa, Trinidad, Panama, Belawan-deli, and others. "Once," he says, "while swimming selves of the great fun of swim­ a degree that he would be afraid off Saipan, I encountered a school ming Just because they are in to share the domain of the sharks." of 18 sharks—between five and six waters where there may be Somehow, however, we guess feet long—^swimming-below me.* sharks." that there'll still be a lot of Sea­ They didn't pay any attention to He feels that "it would be too farers who will be generous me at all." bad if a man deprived himself of enough to let the sharks have their healthy-recreation because he al­ domain all to themselves, and Fished And Swam lowed himself to be swept' away won't insist upon sharing the same During a nine-month shuttle be­ by a few alarmist stories to such water with them. tween Guam, Saipan and Manus, he says, he managed "to catch a number of sharks up to 15 feet long, along with barracuda, and a 16-foot swordfish. The sharks in­ cluded blue sharks, tiger sharks, threshers, hammerhead and graynurse 'sharks. I swam, in these Some ships may roll heavily during a bad storm, and then waters daily, and once, while right again, but when a ship rolls over 35 degrees and stays alone, I swam across a lagoon that was full of sharks. Never was I that way, it makes things a bit rough for a crew that didn't bothered by any of the sharks." sign on as mountain goats. According to Seafarer Os- been sailing for over 25 years, the However, Miller does admit that there might be a little something kar Kaelep, who was sailing Tainaron hit rough weather aftd to the stories. He concedes that as AB on the Tainaron (Actium), she had loaded the iron ore at "you are undoubtedly much safer that's what happened while two Magdalena. The sea had been in a swimming pool someplace," days out of Magdalena, Mexico, whipped up by a sharp wind, and the vessel was taking a beating but points out that, "it is a shame with a load of iron ore. According to Kaelep, who»has when the ore cargo shifted. for crewmembers to deprive them"We thought we might keep go­ ing right on over," said Kaelep, "but the ship stayed at a 35 de­ gree list. It was sure tough walk­ ing on deck or anyplace else on the ship with that much of a list, and climbing a ladder was really hard." Kaefep The Tainaron immediately radioed for help, and the crew went right to work to save the ship. The sea was stiii rough, and that Just added to the trouble. "We worked right on through," said Kaelep, "until the ship reached Salina Cruz 24 hours later. By that time, we had shifted enough of th6 cargo so' that she was only listing 22 degrees. That was really NOrnPYlMG THE hard work, though." The Tainaron stayed at Salina Of A CHANGE OPCruz for four days, while the cargo was shifted back into position iand ATOREfe, AL>^YS INnecessary repairs made. Then she went to Baltimore, where she spent ClMt>m YOURott> ADDRESS another eight days for repairs to her Number 2 'tween-decks hold, Go THE PROPER CORRBSrwhich was damaged by the shift­ ing cargo. iOMS CVAN BE MAt>E. IV4 "We had a good crew," Raelep aald, "and they really worked to UST. save the ship. We,al8o had a great stewards department aboard, and the food was,,flue m-im A»ril 17, 195S By Spfkt Martin When we stumbled over the lit­ tle man rolling the - ash barrel along the street we could hardly believe our eyes. We thought per­ haps that Focus Cpyle, alter all these years, had- gotten himself a job. "Naw," he said when we asked him, "it's, not a job. I'm goin' inta business for myself." We were skeptical. Wliat kind of business . involved pushing ashes around In' a barrel? • Sweetest Little Racetrack "W'ell I'm in the constructin' stage right now, but when she's all finished I'll have the sweetest little racetrack you ever saw." We agreed running a racetrack is a pretty good business, but won­ dered where he got the idea. "The other day I picked up a paper in the subway and it says that there was almost 19,000 peo­ ple in Jamaica in a pourin' rain. They all plunked down two bucks to get into the joint and then they dropped a million and a half on the mutuels. Any business that can get 19,000 customers to sit in the zfain and hand out their dough is for me.'' All well and good, we said. But where would he locate a race­ track? "Can't ya see? It's right across the street over there." He pointed to a weed-choked vacant lot, well Uttered with rubbish. Wait a minute, we said, it's ri­ diculous to think of horses running around In circles there. "Who said anythln' about horses, stupid?" he shouted. "Ain't you ever heard about racin' other ani­ mals? Beip' that I'm a small busi­ nessman, I'm startin' small. I was gonna' catch myself a few of them grey /n black squirrels that,squirts aroun' in Central Park 'n run squirrel races. I figgered somebody smart like you could-rig up a me­ chanical peanut or somethin' for 'em to chase." We said the idea was pretty in­ genious and there's no doubt, that between the customers and televi­ sion rights he could pick up a pretty penny. "Besides," he agreed, "with them squirrels ya' could run eight races inna half hour and leave the rest of the day for loafin' and countin' your take." But, we said, there's just one catch. The State wouldn't like the idea of him running a gambling enterprise. There are laws and racing commissions to overcome before anyone can operate that way. Why they even limit - the number of days a year that the tracks can be open. The reason for that, we ex­ plained, was obvious. There's only so many cash customers. With each one pouring an average of $80 a day into the mutueis, it takes an awful lot of embezzlement to keep the tracks going as it is. "It ain't fair," he grumbled. "A little guy like me never gets a break. Besides now, I'll have to haul all them ash barrels back where they belong." x V. They're Happier Now Cargo Shifts; 35 Degree List Markes Walking Sort Of Tough llis-^ I'-Tr •'.'. • \H--. rSV \p- I'"^T-' ^''' i I 3^^ fe. ' (gPTHtUB C0MIII6! m- ^ .. Seafarers Doyle H. Boyette and Cecil E. Whidden,. now aboard the Del Aires, report they're happier npw- than when they were In the Army and these pictures were taken over in Korea. OAtlEY G1,EANINGS The LOO opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, (ittle-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national fUivor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's chief cook Bror Borelius' recipe for cooking rice a fast and easy way. Although rice doesn't show up as often on shipboard, me'nus as it did back in the old days, there are still many uses for the dish aboard ship, and Bror Borelius, chief cook, believes that he knows the easiest and best way to prepare rice. Borelius has been sailing in the stewards department for the past 20 years, and dur­ ing that time, has managed to pick up a lot Of short­ cuts and easy ways to prepare certain dishes. "You sail with different cooks and different stewards as you Borelius. go along," he said, "and each one , has his own favorite shortcuts and recipes. If you aren't afraid to ask questions and af« willing to learn, you can pick up something new from each ofjthem." Borelius Joined the BliJ back in Miiing Sill ships ever since. "I'll take just about any ship that comes along," he said, "but I like the C-2 types because they have good working space and good living quarters." For the rice, Borelius suggests that you put enough rice for the meal into a large pot. He says about three packets of rice are usu­ ally enough to feed the crew of an average freighter. After the rice is in the" pot, add boiling water until the rice is just cov­ ered. After adding the boiling water, put the pot over a high flame on the stove and cook for three min­ utes. After that, take the pot off the stove. Put a towel across the top of the pot, and then put a cover on the pot, leaving the towel stretched across the top of the pot inside the cover. Let this stand for about'20 minutes, and then your rice Is ready to serve. Borelius explains that the towel soaks up the steam and moisture from the boiling water, and leaves the rice nice and crispy, without �Avrll 17, list SBAPA^RERS Reports No Waste in SIUGaileys To the Editor: I read the article called "Starve the Garbage Pail" that Freddie Stewart' had in the LOG. My friends and I agree it is one of the besf articles we have seen in the Union paper, which gives good ad­ vice to the crew and to the stew­ ards department in particular. If we chief stewards and cocks would follow the advice given here, the SIU - contracted companies would give us still another Increase in wages, and the crews would all be satisfied. We already have the best and cleanest ships and most of us do our best to starve the garbage pail thoroughly. I believe that the crews of all the ships should keep this idea in mind at all times. It would be a good idea to post copies of the articles in the messrooms, recreation rooms and saloons of the ships. The delegates . on board should see to it that these rules are enforced at all times. "Frenchy Louis" Corhe ^ LOG LETTER S ' directly benefited by every gain we have made, but are they co­ operative? A few are, but the ma­ jority are not. Thank God for an organization like the Seafarers International Union; By its effective negotiat­ ing it has placed the Seafarer in a position second to none, and through its official mouthpiece, the SEAFARERS LOG, has brought forth the Importance of good, mili­ tant unionism to its membership. The SIU is a iPaman's union run by seamen. J. J. Levin X Accident Mars Trip On Ranger To the Editor: The trip on the Steel Ranger has been a good one so far; how­ ever, we did have one accident aboard. While we were at Dammam, at anchorage, permission- was given for us to tie up at the dock at 2 AM. Well, H. Meitz, carpenter; R. Rausch, the mate, and myself were heaving in on the port anchor when it came clear of the water. ^ Former Seaman Wants To Get LOG To the Editor: . I would appreciate it if you could send me a copy of the LOG so I can keep up with the news and pass it along to a few other merchant mariners in the Army. I have just completed two weeks of basic training and I have 14 more long weeks to go. They can march me from morning till night, but they can't take the sea away from me. To the Editor: ^fter being away for over a year Since being drafted on March I am back in the Crescent City in 2nd I could write a book on the good old New Or­ Army, but I know nobody wo^d leans, due to the print It. I would like my fellow fact that we stop­ shipmates to know where I am be­ J. Wagner, bosun; K. Nordped here in tran­ cause it's nice to hear from them. strum, AB, and Y. Carlson, sit. 1 am now on Pvt. Boy. A. Johnson FWT, enjoy coffee time aboard the Golden City, US 51233628 the Sfbel Ranger in this shot a Waterman scow Co. "A" 47 Inft. Regt. by J. Parr. headed for Korea Fort Dix, NJ and many qther The mate told chips to stop heav­ (Ed. note: Your name has beer} Far East ports. added to the LOG'S mailing list; ing, since he was sure that some­ We should get you toill be sent a copy every two thing was wrong and that he had Korolia about four months more chain out. Just as he did so, weeks as published.) out of this voyage. the anchor let go. It broke the t ^ I miiist say that we havO a swell chain, causing it to backlash up crew aboard this vessel and that onto the deck. this trip should be an enjoyable There was a mad scramble try­ one. Before closing I would like to ing to get away, but the chain announce that any of Mavis Clark's To. the Editor: struck the mate a glancing blow It would now seem as though on the head, and then hit me, friends in Ney Orleans who want to get in touch with hei: may do so the AMEU is trying to do some­ knocking me up under the apron. by writing to the following address: thing for their members, due to A check showed that I have two the fact that Atlantic just gave the broken ribs and one broken finger. 1617 15th Street, Meridian; Miss. men a raise in pay. Don't you be­ Steady as she goes. J. Parr lieve it. This is only a clever ma­ Spider Korolia t t neuver on their part to try to keep the few die-hard members that they now have. The AMEU; is always bragging about how they lead the field. We To the Editor: I would like to find out the opin­ To the Editor: aboard the At­ Here we are on the good ship lantic Importer ion of other brothers on a situation won der how that always arises on these tankers. Alamar, cruising up and down the Running coastwise on tankers is West Coast. We are now loading they explain the fact that they a continuous circle of turn-arounds. lumber, and will pay of[ in Balti­ waited until the Almost everyone wishes to have as more about April 20th. SIU ships were much shore time as possible on Things sure have changed in the actually paying both ends of the line. Due to the Calmar Line since we got our new contract.^ The food is ICQ percent off under the inconvenient hour at which these better: Since sign-on everyone has new pay raise vessels dock, men who are on watch that the SIU got, and want to go ashore have to run put on so much weight it looks like Jackson before AMEU around looking for a stand-by. the crew will have to voluntarily cut down on the consumption of men got their pay raise? In other Sometimes they get one, sometimes chow or get new clothes. Every­ words, SIU is the actual leader of they don't. Receive OT one is putting on weight like mad. the field, while AMEU is one of the Johnny-come-lately's. Whea Steward Loved By All Most tankers seem to maintain Our steward is Pop Yearwood, the, SIU gets another pky raise or their sea watches in port and ac­ and right here and now I want to other advancement, you- can bet cordingly the watch, standers re­ say he is the finest steward I have that the AMEU will be far behind. ceive overtime between the hours ever had the privilege of sailing You see, AMEU cannot lead the of 5:00 PM and 8:00 AM. with.. He is in the galley or mess- field as they claim, as they have What if a standby watch of five hall for every meal, aiid is a typi­ no. bargaining power, since what men could be sent from the Union cal example of a good SIU steward. with the chairman, secretary-treas­ hall and be paid the overtime for The crew is 100 percent behind urer and other "union" officers on the loading and discharging hours him, as . he has already gotten a the company payroll and the no- betweent 5:00 PM and 8:00 AM? complaint from the New York of­ strike clause in their so-called con­ There are 15 hours between work fice of the Calmar line accusing tract, the members' hands are tied. days and 15 men maintained as a him of gross mismanagement. It So they meekly accept all the watch for the ship. Fifteen men would -take too long in this letter small bones that the company be­ could easily share 15 hours' over­ to prove where the company com­ nevolently throws at them, and time with a shore gang. Most com­ plaint is a phony one, but the stew­ the union officers proceed to pat panies hire night mates and night ard has the necessary proof and themselves on the back for their engineers through different unions to come down to a ship to watch the 100 percent backing of the (?) accomplishments. crew. The company port steward There are a few who have poor her while she's in port and to leave has been getting away with mur­ eyesight and- have not Vet seen when the job is finished. Why not * der for so long that it has never these facts. All I can say is hui^y seamen? Procedure Easy occurred to him -that he is deal­ up, boys, see that optometrist and ing with an organization whose get those glasses fast, as the. time During every trip the mate usu­ membership means business. It is growing short. Here comes the ally goes around to ask who is get­ took the SIU a long time and a band, join the p.irade and you wi'l ting off. If th^ watch standers lot of hard work to accomplish its not be underpaid. Get off your aboard could decide by vote •before­ gains and nobody is going to de­ butts and get in the swing, with hand whether they wanted a stand­ stroy what we have build up. by gang they could- let the mate, SIU we'll win this thing. • The ntates^nd ^aBgineeBS" have know, and wheu the sklpiier' Hits New Orleans After Yearns Trip mmm Warns Men Not To Trust AMEU Alamar Men Get llai««—In Weight Pace Twenfr-eiw Wants Relief For Port Watch radioed in his estimated time of arrival' and requests for replace­ ments, he could just as well add a request for a standby gang, if wanted. Since some Seafarers want that port watch OT and others would rather go ashore, a majority vote would decide for all. This woidd also give the sailor on the beach a chance to earn a little money in his own-line of work, especially if he wants to wait for a particular ship. He would thus maintain his place on the registration list at the hall. I believe this would also cut down on many of the cases of men missing ship. Again, I don't believe the sailor should be penalized if the ship docks later than five PM, as this is not his fault. I would like to s^y hello to the boys at Lake Charles—Honest Ed Parsons, I. Cave and the wandering Swede, K. Hellman. I would also like to say hello to. the roach run­ ner-downer, Bill Calefato, recently caught by a clothes line on board the Royal Oak. F. N. Vincent 4. t Applauds LOG OnNUMCSStorg To the Editor: Congratulations to the LOG on the wonderful job it. did in print­ ing that four-page expose of the Communist - dominated National Union of Marine Cooks and Stew­ ards. An expose of that Communist Party apparatus has long been needed, and I think the LOG did a wonderful job of digging up the facts and presenting them. If the SIU-has not already done so, we should make sure that copies of the expose on the NUMCS get to everybody in maritime, and also are distributed to the proper Gov­ ernmental agencies. As the LOG expose slid, in its first sentence, "It seems hard to believe that at this late stage of the game an American trade union openly conti oiled by the Communist Party ap­ paratus could be operating full scale on US ships." Menace to All The big point that the LOG ex­ pose made is that, just because that outfit is a little bit isolated as cooks and stewards doesn't mean that it isn't a big threat to all US seamen. That outfit is a great threat to every American, and every American seaman, and this is proved by the policies that it has followed. The only way to combat an outfit of this type is to stamp it out of existence, and the AICSAFL deserves our full,support to do this job. People like Bridges and Bryson have weakened the cause of trade unionism enough, by follov/ing the dictates ol the Communist Party. Let's do all we can to lead the fight against them. James Hughes 4 4 '4 Thanhs Members For Help To Son To the Editor: On behalf of my wife and my­ self I want to thank the SIU for the kindness and care they and the rest of the SIU members gave to my son, Ogul J. Harris. He told me of the Clhristmas bonus, the $15 per week and the cigarettes, ail delivered to him by your Wel­ fare Services. Thank you also for the checks delivered to me in per­ son and for the $2,500 death benefit. , I'm proud that my son was a .member of the SIU and hope some day to meet you in person to tell ycu more. Thanks again to you and all the piembers. Hits New Yorh After 6 Months To the Editor: I just'signed off the Ocean Lotto after a six-month trip in the Far East. While on the Korea-Japan shuttle we received issues of the SEAFARERS LOG, and everyone in the crew was very pleased to learn through our paper what was' going on in the Union. After six months away from New York, I had the opportunity to par­ ticipate in the 4. March 11th gen­ eral meeting at headquarters. There I heard our Secre­ tary - Treasurer, Paul Hall, make a speech in connec­ tion with oldtimers who could not Rosa go back to sea; I saw our Welfare Director, Walter Siekmann, handing over $100 to a few of our disabled veterans. I would "^like to thank our Welfare staff for the swell job they are doing and for the way they helped me when I signed off the ship feel­ ing ill. They arranged for my main­ tenance claim to be put through to the company in double quick time. Saw Old Pal A few hours before the general meeting, whHe drinking coffee and reading the March 6th LOG in the cafeteria, I happened to turn around and see Joe Germane, about whom I was reading. He was with a Union brother, and I could see one Union brother helping another. The last time I saw him was in the old SIU headquarters at Beaver Street, so 1 went over and shook hands and spoke to him. I could see from the expression on his face that it really makes him feel good to know that our Union is helping him. Evariisto Rosa 4 4 4 Arizpa Chow lb Strictly South To the Editor: I just completed a 40-day turn­ around ton the Arizpa, a pride and joy of Waterman's, to Yokohama and right back to 'Frisco. I took it as a pierhead from Los Angeles. She had crewed up in New Orleans originally, so the red beans and rice, the grits and gravy and many other tender dishes were special­ ties in the galley. The ship paid off under the new scale and it's really great. Congrat­ ulations to the Negotiating Com­ mittee for getting AEs the OT raise. Through benefits, education, wel­ fare, vacation and contract we un­ doubtedly have the best for pres­ ent-day Seafarers. I am proud to be a member. Terry Paris 4 4 4 Welfare Info is Appreciated To the Editor: I received a letter from Walter Siekmann, telling my husband and me about the hospital and dealli benefits. It was very comforting for him to learn these things. Also," I wish to thank the Union's Wel­ fare Services Department for its kind offer of further assistance. At presegj. we are abie to get along nicely, and hope we will be lucky enough to keep that way. My husband is holding Ins own ard I hope each day for further improvement. He receives his checks weekly and I cannot ex­ plain how much this means to us. Once again, (Ve both thank you for • everything. My husband wishes to be remembered to all the men at the Union :tl �•X. . : • -^.i- . • Fate Twenty-two Eugenie Crew Has Rough Trip SEAFARERS April IT. 19SS LOO LETT E R S • To the Editor: least to get his book, be­ Well, here we are on the Eu; weeksheat can even register foe a genie in the Far East, after a lot fore job. of trouble. I had to contact our The following 4e the latest We believe that the membership Baltimore agent, Earl Sheppard, to available listing of official ex­ get a new washing machine. We has had plenty of experience on change rates for foreign cur­ the beach with no money to back haven't got foc'sle keys yet. them up, so they can see what rencies. Listings are as of We were overloaded 350 tons in these guys are up against. This April 16, 1953 and are sub­ Baltimore, so the chief engineer is especially expensive if the broth­ ject to change without notice. pumped out the water from the er does not live in a seaport. EngUnS. New Eealanet, Soutb AMcai forepeak and afS2.B0 per jpound eterUnc. Since so many are going in and terpeak tanks. Australia: $2^4 per pound sterlinf. coming out of theservice, this We-picked up oil Belgium; 60 franc* to. tlie doUar. and water in crew would like to get some pro Denmark: 14.46 cent* per krone. Panama, but the and con opinions on the subject, France: 350 franc* to the 4ollar. Coast Guard did with ideas for remedying this sit­ Germany: 4.3 Harks to the dollar. HoUand: 3.60 ^der* to the doUar. not catch us leav­ uation as soon as possible. Italy: 623 lire to the doUar. Crewmembers of Afoundrla ing there. Norway: 14 cents per krone. We went into (Ed. note: One of the things Portugal: 38.76 escudoAto the doUar. Honolulu for oil most criticized about democracy is Sweden: 10.33 cept* per krone. and water, taking that is is a slow process for get­ India: 31 cent* per rupee. Haga about 5,000 bar­ ting thirigs done. However, this Pakistan: 30.3 cents per rupee. rels of oil and all tanks full of clause is for the protection of the Argentina: 14.3 peso* to the dollar. water. We were due to leave when active members of the Union. In Brazil: 6.4 cents per cruzeiro. there was an oil spill which the case of men returning from Uruguay: 83.63 cents per peso. brought the Coast Guard. Then the Armed Forces, little delay has Venezuelai 30.86 cents per bolivar. the draft was checked and found been encountered. These men can, to be, 5=54 inches too heavy. So and usually do, contact the Union the water was pumped out of the a few weeks before they are dis­ forepeak and afterpeak tanks charged. This way, most of the again. Then the Coast Guard de­ formalities have- been cleared up To the Editor: cided to do some inspection of by the time they are ready to I still laugh at the way Perry their own. sail.) L. Patterson. Kenneth Wallen and They started on the life boats, i t I came to join the SIU. In Houston and found holes in each one and in 1945 we went to the War Ship­ that the containers in the boats ping Administration office, and were bad.- They would not have were sent aboard a fink ship load­ stayed afloat very long. We had ing coal. When we went aboard, to replace Are hoses and get some To the Editor: about 2 Inches of- cQgl dust were new piping. The Coast Guard also Our Secretary-Treasurer, Brother all over bunks and there was found a cracked beam. I don't Paul Hall, has requested comment no clean our linen, so we had W sleep know how the skipper came out, from the membership and their ashore for two nights, for which but they sure gave him, a going families upon a housing project for we received no allowance. over. those members who need or would The chief steward had six kit­ The February 20th LOG con­ like such facilities. This proposi-' tens which he fed on the meat tained some good news. The raise tion does requii'e serious thought block that the cook and butcher sure comes in handy. The crew and discussion. used. As we three were the only joins me in thanking the negoti­ The unfeasibility of providing members who could speak English, ating committee on the fine con­ these units in all ports where Sea­ we could never find out where or tract and raise. Keep up the good farers live, or would wish to live-, when , we were going, or to whom work. is evident. Logically, the New York the ship belonged. After seven Garland H. Haga area would be the site chosen for days of jabbering with the cap­ these homes if but one unit were tain, we packed and left for Galves­ 4" 4" 4" planned, and certainly the first ton to the Union hall, and today I buildings would be there. am still very happy because of that Contrary to the belief of jiative move. If. Patterson or Wallen are New .Yorkers, everyone doesn't still sailing, I wish they'd get in wish to live there and I'm sure touch with me. To the Editor: ^ I wish to extend my sjncere that only a small percentage of I would like to ask you to send thanks and appreciation ' to Dr. Seafarers wish to bring up their the LOG to my mother, as she Waalkis and Dr. Kemp of the Ma­ children In or around New York. enjoys reading it very much. Since some sectional preference Thank you for all our SIU bene­ rine Hospital in Baltimore, Md. Without their tireless efforts and exists in all of us no one imit fits. patience during my illness, I would could be satisfactory, regardless of I'm just waiting at home now where it would be located, and to for the stork to arrive. have been a goner. provide units in all ports at the Charles E. Perdue -Adolph Swenson same time would appear to me to (Ed. note: We houc noted your be financially impractical. t 4" t mother's address and will send Varied Environment her the LOG every two weeks as The responsible seaman of today, issued.) like his shoreside counterpart, J, J, wants to leave his work where it To the Editor: belongs: aboard ship! When ashore At our last shipboard meeting, he likes diversion; he likes to meet the crewmembers of the Afotmdria people from all walks of life and discussed the .retirement of books exchange views and experiences under the new SIU constitution. with the butcher, the baker and To the Editor: Under the new constitution, any the candlestick maker. He probably I received my $25 disability member who is in retirement for wishes his children to lead a nor­ check, and words cannot express Over two years must have a vote mal life in a normal environment, my appreciation and the feeling of Of the membership at the regular and to grow up and compete with security this gives me. I was taken shoreslde meeting up and down children from ail kinds of families. sick and needed treatment, which the coast as to whether he can take This normalcy would be missing made it impossible for me to make long runs. Before I was taken bis book out of retirement. in a seamen's housing unit. sick it was the old, old story—mil­ Not Their Fault Rather than invest Union money lionaire for one night—so I had The crew of this vessel wishes to in housing projects, why not help nothing saved. point out that under this ruling make it possible for the Union there are a number of men being member to buy his own home, I have been a member of the put to unnecessary hardship. These •where he and his family want it? SIU since its day of birth, and are the men who are drafted off Thfe seaman could be required to believe me, brothers, I- never their ships into the Armed Forces have part of the necessary money. dreamed we .would come so far in short a time. I am proiid to be a for a two-year hitch. It is not With few legal complications the so member of so fine an organization. their fault that they are drafted, Union could finance the purchase When you carry an SIU book you yet when they want to return to at a low interest rate, and the Sea­ carry independence security. sea they must go befor§ the mem­ farer could repay the loan at the I have a small home and here in Hatbership before they can sail. nearest Union hall. tiesburg. Miss., and my wife and I First they must submit a letter The Seafarer would be happier are able to get along very well, to a shoreslde meeting requestmg in a home he owned himsejf than tHhnks to our Welfare Plan. , All thebr book. After this is voted on in any project owned by the Union. this has been gained through our at one port the matter is sent, in During the time he is paying for fine leaders, who have worked so the minutes, to all the outports. his home, he could feel confident hard to get what we now have. But Where it must be voted on two there would be no immediate fore­ when leadership and membership weeks later. After this, another closure, should the allotment work together as we do in the SIU, week passes before the minutes of check be delayed while he is away you just can't lose. lis various ports reach headquar- at sea. I would like to thank the LOG Walter H. Sibley for sendhig my copy every issue. The.man ,must fliitior three Money Exchange Elates Listed Glad He doined SiU Raek in'45 Opposed To SIU Housing Project Thanhs Doctors For Their Care Think Ruling is Unfair To Gts SIU Helps Him In His Troubles Si'- •• : ' • 4 Welfare Services Right On The dob It keeps , me well-informed on everything that is going on. I en' joy it alL In answer to the Inquir­ ing Seafarer question in the March 20th issue of the L(X1 (Do smu think it is wise for a Seafarer to own a home?), my answer is, 1^ all means. You will never know what it means if you get stuck, like I did. Thank God I owned my own home. I would like to hear from any of my old shipmates or friends at any time. James.(BlAkie) Carroll 307 Tipton Street Hattiesburg, Miss. it , 4) 4" Stormg^ Weather Is Unkeaithy TatheEdttor: I'd Just like to go on record thanking all the officials In the Welfare Services Department for the wonderful things that they have done for me. They are dolpg a top notch job. About four months ago I wes on the Puerto Kico. when I injured my back while working on the ship. At the time I didn't think much about it, and went home after standing my watch, since we were in port. Adams The next morn­ ing, my back was so bad that I couldn't move. I contacted the Union, and the Welfare Services Department, and they really got right on the job. My family drove me down to'the ship, and by the time I got there, a hospital slip was all made' out for me, and my money was ready for me. I have been taking out-patient treatment ever since, but I thank the Union's quick action for, tak­ ing care of me, and making'sure that the record showed that I waf^ injured on the ship. \ Just lately, I have been having some landlord trouble. I didn't know what to do about itj so I talked it over with the Welfare Services Department. They took care of the matter right away, and all the trouble has been straight­ ened out. It just proves that no problem is too b,ig or too- much trouble, even if it is not connected with your job. They have been fine to me, an<I I am thankful that our Union has such a set-up to help out the Sea­ farers when they have problems. Carl AdaoM 4 4r 4 To.the Editor: ' I shipped out of Philadelphia on the Trojan Trader as deck engi neer, and soon had a list a mile long of jobs to be done that had not been taken care .of by the man who got off the ship. StiU, I had to go around with the chief to check. One very stormy day when the seas were coming over the port and no work to be done on decfft the captain sent for me and said he had a job he wanted to show me, outside of his foc'sle. It seems that the hook that holds the door back was rusty and would not move, De Chenne and he wahted me to take care of it some day when. I got a chance. This door leads from the passageway to the deck. At this point the captain stepped back, inside and a wave came over the side and drenched me from head to foot. I grabbed a bucket and swah and started cleaning up. A silly grin is still, on the chief's face. After I finished swabbing I told'' him that I was going to change To the Editor: We SIU men on the Atlantic my clothes. He was still, .grinning. The next day my joints were a Refiner realize that the raise which little stiff, and after that I began the AMEU was supposed to have finding it hard to breathe. I kept gotten us just wasn't their doing. working until I couldn't climb the The fact of the matter is, we know ladder without stopping to catch it was the SIU who brought this my breath. I developed a head­ about. It seems the die-hards have ache and a stiff neck, and aspirins taken the big red apple that At­ did no good. After a week of this, lantic has given out and swallowed I Couldn't even get out of my bunk. it whole. We wonder just how much of a The captain gave me a dose of penicillin and, God bless him, told raise—if any—they would havd me to turn in and take it easy. given us if it weren't for the pres­ For the next three weeks I was sure that the SIU put on them. We also wonder how this raise can be delirious. any good, when they stop the men' Still Aboard About three days out of New from doing work that is now sup­ York, the captain said it would posed to be overtime. When you come down to the have to be a very bad case for him to call the Coast Guard to point, we actually didn't get a take me ashore. We anchored at damn thing. When Atlantic gave Marcus Hook waiting for the pay­ us a boost In pay, they took our off and still I was not taken off. overtime away. It didn't take any (I found out later that the com­ brains on the part of the AMEU pany agent was on his way from to get this raise. A halfwit could New York to take over.) Finally have thou^t it up; Tommy Richardson I paid off. I was lowered into the launch and taken to the doctor. 4 4 4' One look at me and I was sent to the hospital for X-rays. All this time, the agent was with me. I was put to bed, and kept with- me, To the Editor: under, my pillow, my Union book Just a note to tell you the finish discharge. Union receipt and pay­ to the story about "The Case of off voucher and $87, in case they the Old Washing Machine- That were needed. These have disap­ Wouldn't T eave the Doncaster," peared, and though they Were which was in the March 6, 1953, searched for everywhere, there is issue of the SEAFARERS LOG. no trace of them. I was in an oxy­ After all the trouble that you gen tent for 10 days and given the told about in the story, we finally last rite:^ an experience I will left the- darned thing on Pier 3, neyer forget. hoping that somebody would pick On February 27th I was trans- it up. As far as I know, it is* still fened to Baltimore. I am^ on a there, and nobody has even touched diet (chuckle). . I have lost " 50 it. pounds.. The wringer for the machine is Clarence E. De Chenne still on board. We thought we had North Ward 5th-floor left it with the machine, but it USPHS Hospital was only found after we had sailed/ Baltimore. Md. J Jimmy Golder . Men Not Tahen in By AMEV'ltateei> Washing Machine Problem Solved •- -i| �—•^•r^.--rT'<y.-l i. -,r r.; A»rll 17. im l-- SEAFARERS-LOG Fac« TwcBty-Ouva Great Dreams Of Canal Builders From the time that Columbus bumped into America while; • on his way to the East Indies, to the opening of the Panama Canal over 400 years later, people were trying to find some easy way of getting through the Americas without going around them. In the first couple of hundred,years, ex­ plorers spent their time look-4' ing for the mythical North­ their way into the ice-choked Arc­ west passage. Every river that tic Ocean, hardly a place for a happened to flow into the Atlantic commercial ship run. Ocean was explored in vain with The second route was a -more this purpose in mind. ambitious one. It would have When it was pretty well deter­ meant building a waterway from mined that there was no quick and the northern Missouri to the Sas­ easy way through- the two con­ katchewan and Nelson Rivers (A tinents, men next turned their at­ on map). One thing wrong with tention to possible canal routes. this plan was that the Nelson Most of these, naturally, centered River didn't run into the Pacific, in Central America which is the as Humboidt thought, but wound narrow part of the continent, but up in Hudson Bay;. they weren't limited to there, far . A third plan involved a link be­ from it. The ideas ranged as far tween the Rio Grande and the and wide as Northern Canada, to Colorado (B on map). In this plan, Argentina. the ships would have had to shoot The big stumbling block to the the rapids of Grand Canyon, a Canal plans was the bi-continental real daredevil operation. mountain range, the backbone of Then he suggested a link be­ the Western Hemisphere. These tween the upper Amazon, across mountains run from the Canadian the Andes to the Western slope, Rockies in the Far North, down with one of the many rivers in through the US as the Rocky Ecuador. Another trans-Andean Mountains, through Mexico and link was placed much further Central America and then down south in Chile. the West Coast of South America All of the above were so far­ all the way to Cape Horn, as the fetched that not even the pie-inAndes mountains. This, continuous the sky promoters would have any­ mountain chain runs thousands of thing to do with them. The remain^ miles with hardly a break. The ing four were the ones on which search for a canal route concen­ most planning was concentrated: trated on finding supposed low the.Tehuantepec Isthmus in Mex­ level passes through which a canal ico, (C on map) Nicaragua, (D on could be dug. There was many a map) the Isthmus of Panama at mythical "pass" discovered by an various points along its length, enterprising promoter who was (E on map) and the Atrato River looking to make a quick buck by in Northern Columbia, (F on map). selling stock Jn some fly-by-night The Atrato River project was canal company. one of the most attractive ones on Tunnel Plans Another set of would-be canal the surface. The river rises in the builders based their hopes on link­ mountains just a few miles from ing two existing river systems. At the Pacific Coast and it runs north, many points along the Great Di­ roughly 28 to 45 miles inland, vide the sources of rivers that ran emptying into the Caribbean Sea lK)th East and West were just a at the Gulf of Uraba. Another riv­ few miles apart. The builders were er, the San Juan, which is very bemused with the idea of linking close by, flows south and west into the two river systems, usually with the Pacific. Atrato proposals turned up a tunnel, since it was manifestly in The two forms,. one calling for a impossible to build a canal over canal just few miles in length, the summit of the divide, which linking thea two rivers, the other w^as anywhere from several hun­ calling for a canal tunnel dred to several thousand feet high. through the mountains and linking The great geographer Humboldt pina Bay on the Pacific CoastCuof once let his imagination run riot Columbia with the headwaters of and listed nine possible canal routes. Most of the proposed the Atrato.Naval Survey canals since then followed one or In 1871 a US Naval survey ex­ iflore of the routes he first plored the Atrato area and con­ suggested. cluded that a canal could be built The^rst one would have linked through the mountains westward the Eraser River in British Colum­ from the headwaters of the Atrato. bia with the Peace River. Aside It would have required nine locks from the fact that neither river is on the eastern slope and a five mile Among the many plans devised for spanning the Americas by a water route, these are among those navigable throughout, the waters tunnel through the mountains put forth In the past: (A) The Northern Missouri to the Saskatchewan and Nelson Rivers (the of the Peace River eventually find which were 700 feet high at that plan's sponsor neglected to note that the Nelson River ended in Hudson Bay instead of the Pacific); point. Then three more locks (B) the Rio Grande and Colorado Rivers; (C) a canal across the Tehuantepec Isthmus in' Mexico; (D) a would carry the canal to the Pa­ canal across Nicaragua; (E) the Isthmus of Panama at various points; (F) the Atrato River in Northern cific. Columbia. The basic trouble with the Atrato River plan, as with most river plans, was lack of enough water. Shufeldt, drafted a plan for a canal The best-known, and most prac- had begun. There are many who Seafarers have again been 144 miles long. It would have to tjcal canal project that never came think that the Nicaraguan canal warned not to send their bag* Both the Atrato and San Juan have 70 locks on either slope to, about, was the proposed Nicaragua would have been easier to build. rivers were nothing more than gage COD to any Union hall. Of course the Isthmus of Panama shallow brooks upstream and the surmount the 750 foot high summit. canal. The Nicaragua route has the No Union hall can accept de> This was obviously impractical and itself had several locations where advantage of being the lowest level proposed tunnel would have to be livery of any baggage where the idea was abandoned. in the whole continent. It would ambitious promoters thought they dug through solid rock. The plan oxiwess charges have not-been never got very far, but as late as The Tehuantepec continued to at­ be possible to build a canal that could put over a canal building prepaid. 1029 Bear Admiral Colby Chester tract its promoters however. In would not have to go above 53 feet project. Most of them centered on Men who send baggage COD the Guif of San Bias. This area proposed a similar scheme involv­ 1901, two Mexican engineers came sea level. to Union halls face the pros­ up with a fantastic scheme to con­ seemed' to offer every advantage, One of the early outfits that ing a nine mile tunnel through the pect of having to go to a lot struct a sea level canal without any planned to build a canal in Nica­ because the Isthmus is only 30 Andes. of trouble, and red tape with The Tehuantepec Isthmus plan locks at a point somevdiat to the ragua was the American Atiantic miles wide at this point, and the thii Tcailway Express Co. All had its supporters too, jilthough it east of Tehuantepec. This would and Pacific Ship Canal Company, Gulf is a good anchorage. The COD baggage—regardless of never attracted serious interest be­ have involved cutting a 2,000 foot- a corporation headed by Commo­ only trouble was those uncoopera­ the port—goes to the local ex­ cause of the distance involved, deep pass through the mountains! dore Cornelius Vanderbilt. They tive mountains which were 1,000 press office, whe% it is held What finally was done at Tehuan­ signed an agreement with Nicara­ to 1,500 feet high. All plans in about 130 miles, and the height of by the express company'until the mountain passes. The big at­ tepec was to construct a trans- gua in 1848 and surveyed the route this area called for tunneling from claimed. traction of Tehuantepec was that it peninsular railroad, which was that is"still spoken of as a possible the Gulf of San Bias through the . Seafarers who want to be was the farthest north of all the opened in January 1907. For a alternative to Panama. This com­ mountains. An early survey found sure of getting their baggage proposed routes, and as such would while; ships would transfer cargoes pany failed to get the necessary that a ten mile tunnel would be when they want it, can send it have made the shortest possible at one end of the road for ship­ backing and had to give up the needed. Alternate routes shortened to any Union hall provided connection betewen the East and ment across to the other side. But idea. The Nicaraguan proposal this distance by half, but nobody they prepsy the shipping West coast. Here too. Navy officers the opening of the Panama Canal a remained very much alive, until took very seriously to the idea of V* charges. were active surveying for possible few years later* virtualuiy put the Congress decided to take over the building a tunnel for oecan-going Panamanian route that the French ships. routes. A US Navy captain, ^ W. railroad out ef business. Don't Send Your Baggage COD • .'VjiimJ B.I ; ^ ^ '•K'tV. ill r' ' ji �AwtU'lTJim, SBjiFiAMEBStBae ... DIGEST of SHIPS' I; •JEAN LAFITTS (WattrtMB), January 91—Chairman, C. Ibrain; Seeralary. Walter J. Brown. Two men were put asnorc to go to the hospital in Nagasaki. Japan; their gear was put ashore too. Vote of thanks went to the stewards department. Motion was made not to sign on untu the bulkhead in the 12-4 watches room is fixed. All vents should be fixed in all rooms and in the messhall. Wash water tanks are to be cleaned before the crew signs on. Crewmembers were asked by the steward to turn in all linen. February 22—Chafrmanf Walter J. Brown; Secretary, Carlo Ibrain. The rust in the fresh water tsnks was supposed to have been taken care of last trip, as . promised by the ship's engineer the day of signing on. Paul Sabo was elected ship's delegate. Unanimous recognition was made of the messmen's good work and aU agreed to extend them imUmited cooperation. Ship's coffee pots should bc^ treated with care, as the destruction of the previous one caused hardship on the membership. FantaU deck should be kept clear of garbage so as to kegp the mooring lines and deck In better shape. 41 ANTINOUS (Waterman), March 15— Chairman, Bryan Varn, Jr., Seyefary, Leo Allen. Bryan Varn was elected ship s delegate, he wiU speak to the first ascistank engineer about the repairing of the aft heads. There Is $17.50 in the •hip's fund. STONEWALL JACKSON (Waterman), February 22—Chairman, D. Nunn; Secre­ tary, J. B. Martin. Joe Palsat was elected •hip's delegate. Washing machine wiU be checked. STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), March 7—Chairman, W. J. Mitchell) Secretary, W. <!. Povey. Kramer was elected ship's delegate. Steward was called before the port steward by the delegate on several points which have not been rectified, euch as the too smaU sheets and the tasteless pepper. There is not enough night lunch, nor enough variety. Crew's messman should wear white coats like the saloon messman. Steward promised to buy black pepper at the first oppor­ tunity. There were beefs about the lack of cleanliness of the quarters, the laundrv. and the cold food served. Gangway wa'tch often fails to keep people out of the passageways in port. - , present amount and Increased when the need arises. AU hands should close doors quietly, since there are people sleeping at aU hours. Those who cook eggs upon coming off watch were asked to leave the gaUey and utensUs as found —neat and orderly. Washing machine should be turned off after use. Fresh bread should be obtained at the end of the voyage, and homogenized milk got­ ten at Lake Charles. STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), February 15 —Chairman, E. Dakin; Secretary, M. Danyvick. F. Johnson was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Ship's delegate should make suitable arrangements for drying the crew's laundry. Steward was asked to make sure that shortages in entrees do not occur in the future. Pan­ try should be kept locked In port. Re­ pair list wiU be made out on the homewardbound meeting. Laundry and messroom should be kept clean; crew should cooperate by keeping heads and rooms clean. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman, February 9—Chairman, Barney KIntsr; Sscrstary, Danny Merrill. Christian was elected ship's delegate. Discussion was held on the repair Ust for Hje last trip. Engi­ neers WiU be contacted abotit getting as much done as possible at sea. March 15—Chairman, Barnay Klnter; Secratary, Danny Merrill. AU depart­ ments should turn In repair Ust so that they can be put in order before arrival in port of payoff. There are S7 in the ship's fund. New Ubrary was requested. Discussion was held on buying an elec­ tric iron and on various repairs and ac­ tion to be taken. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), March 1— Chairman, Gerald E. PeHipas; Secretary, Vincent G. Orenclo. Reports of the membersliip meetings should not be taken topside. Personal bePfs should be settled at meetirigs and not be taken to STEEL RANGER (Isthmian), March 1 officers. Steward was asked by the crew to order a new washing machine: the —Chairman, Jos Wagner; Sscrstary, J. Psrr. J. Parr was elected ship's delegate. old one will be kept on board. V. Carnegie, deck delegate. Crew must AMERSEA (Blackchester), February 15 take better care of ^washing machine. -Chairman, Jim Davis; Secretary, Jerry Suggestion was mads^at the ship's del­ Smith. Captain has promised cooperation egate see the chief engineer about plac­ In necessary repairs; he will get together ing a warning Ught on the washing ma­ with department heads on this. Casey chine. Cold drinks are to be sold more Jones was elected ship's delegate. Bag often. should be removed from urn as soon as MONTEBELLO HILLS (Western Tank­ coifee is made. Last standby should clean the messroom and pantry. There should ers), February SS—Chairman. H. K. Fierce; Secretary, M. Pltrprlnskl. Water be more variety in the night lunch. tanks have still not been cleaned. S50 CAROLYN (Bull), March S—Chairman, from the ship's fund will be used to W. C. Murphy; Secretary, W. G. Schoen- purchase a recording machine. Delegates born. Everyone should be properly should sea the patrolman about the water dressed In the messhaU. AU members tanks. Stove in the galley should be •re to clean the laundry after using it. looked after, as it continually breaks The entire stewards department got a down. Vote of thanks went to the stew­ vote of thanks for the sweU chow that ards department for fine food and co­ operation. was served during the voyage. Ns date—Chairman, Emll Gretsky; SaeCOUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), ratary, William Granny. Record player March 18—Chairman, Thomas Bolton; was purchased for S33 with records cost­ Secretary, A. T. Weaver. W. M. Smith ing SIS; this leaves S9 in the ship's fund. elected ship's delegate. Repairs wlU be Water tank will be brought to the at­ listed. The sink in the 12-4 deck foc'sle tention of the patrolman: he will also leaks; bunk springs are needed in the be asked If payment can bp ccAlected deck maintenance's room. * for clothing damaged due to rusty water. Steward has ordered cots, and it was suggested that each man be responsible for his own. Each man was asked to contribute SI to the ship's fund to make up for the money spent on the record player. (Patrolman has gotten the water tank beef squared away. Tankers were chipped, scraped and wire-brushed to the satisfaction of all. They will be rustSEA GALE (Seatradars), March 7— sealed in the shipyard). Chairman, Al Amoco; Secretary, R. Agular. H. Bennett was elected ship's SEATHUNDER (Orion), March 12— delegate by acclamation. Refrigerator is Chairman, William; Secretary, W. Gllck. not working properly. Wasliing machine There should be an awning for the aft should be cleaned after use: empty boxes deck for the Persian Gulf. There was r of soap powder should be disposed of. discussion on cots. Money was collected New ice box should be procured. for an NMU man who was iniured on March 15—Chairman, Al Arnoco; Sec­ board one of their ships and sent back retary, Robert Goulding. Chief cook said as a passenger. tie would personally see that enough SHINNECOCK.BAY (Mar Trade), Feb­ night lunch was left out every night. Ne# percolators should be bought and ruary 15—Chairman, Jamas Mitchell; Sac­ placed oh board. Due to the shortage retary, W. K. Dodd. Ship's delegate will of fresh vegetables and stores In gen­ see the captain about painting the crew's eral, a requisition- for food and com­ rooms and passageways and aboift having modities made out by the steward was the ship fumigated In home port. New read to the membership and turned over mattresses, innerspring If possible, should to the captain in the presence of the be ordered. Mirrors in washrooms shotild three department delegates.' New wash­ be raised. Lights should be installed over sink. ing machine should be instaUed. BURBANK VICTORY (Eastern), March 7—Chairman, John J. Winn; Secretary, Frank A. Radivlla. Ship's delegate wiU find out why shore leave was not granted and why no draws were given out in San Pedro and in Sasebo, Japan. Galley drains should be looked into after the ship leaves on the next voyage: too much stench is coming out of the drain In the pantry and galley. Ventilation fan should be fixed in the engine room before the next voyage. New washing machine is needed. MARINA (Bull), March 3—Chairman, A. Gonzalez; Secretary, Terry DtMee. Re­ pair lists should be turned over to de­ partment heads. There Is a beef about losing one or two days' pay. since the crew signed on on the 29lh of the ' month in February; matter should be turned over to the patrolman. . T' IRENESTAR (Triton), February 4— Chairman, Roger Farrara; Secretary, John Fisher. Stores wiU have to be checked before leaving for Korea. First assisttant WiU be contacted about possible washing machine repairs in Moje. Key should be made for the messhaU door, which should be kept locked In port Gangway watch wlU take care of the key at night. Steward reported that he is a little short on coffee and mUk. but that if the men are not wasteful, we can finish the trip okay. BENTS FORT (Cities Service), March S —Chairman, V. Klckarelle; Sacretary, P. Grice. There' is S57.60 in the ship's fund. One man missed ship in Lake Ciiarles. All hands were asked to keep the recreation table and the messroom tidy. Ship's fund wiU be Icept at the ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa), February S—Chairman, L. W. Franklin; Secretary, F. Andaregg. Six men were replaced In San Juan. Trouble between two broth­ ers in Bermuda was referred to San Juan agent. Beefs should be brought to the department delegates. Chief engi­ neer wUl be contacted about the leak in the engine department and deck toUets. San Juan agent will be contacted on the lack of heat In cold weather, cold drink­ ing water and hot water for washing. SEACOMET (Orion), February Chairman, F. Haggin; Secretary, R. Bowley. There is S21.67 in the ship's fund. B. Tippins was elected ship's delgate. Definite action wiU be taken in regard to exhaust fan for the gaUey. Patrolman WiU bo notified about the state "pruvlslQiis brought to the ship on the last trip. Re­ pair Ust was read by the ship's delegate; any additions are to be turned over to him. Linen is to be returned to the steward, since the linen was scarce last trip. ^CaU'Shaker^ Have iVo OK The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soiiciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters ..to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membei^hip endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected tbrotigh normal Union channels at the pay-ofif. Receipts are issued on the spot. gate. Discussion was held on the deck de­ partment and black gang sanlUry men's duties. January 4—Chairman, F. E. Starksy; Secretary, Edgar R. Haussr. Bosun re­ ported progress in the painting of the crew foc'sles. Deck department painting wiU be started as soon as engine depart­ ment is completed, all is to be finished before the end of the voyage. Ship's del­ egate reported that he had been told thatcertain work was not being done. Upon inquiry he learned that requests for such work had not been made to appropriate department head. When this viras done, work in question was completed. Crew pantryman requested greater coopera­ tion, especialfy from the night watches, in keeping the pantfy in more orderly shape. It was voted that a ship's fund be established and kept by the steward. February 24—Chairman, J. Dodge; Sec­ retary, D. G. Chopin. Each delegate will collect SI from each man In his depart­ ment for the ship's fund. New mattress­ es were requested. Repair list should be completed. with the way their work Is defined and want the agent to clarify whether It Is correct for' them to work 8 hours on and 8 hours off, which has never been the custom. Slopchest should be checked before saUing. Steward thanked the crew for their cooperation. AU crewmembers leaving the ship should turn in their foc'sle keys. OREMAR (Ore), March 19—Chairman, Chester F. Just; Secretary, Joseph Mattsess. Pillows ^>rdered last trip were not received: patrolman will be notified. Steward should put adequate milk and night lunch out for the watches. Wash­ ing machine should be repaired or re­ placed. Repair list will be made .up and given to the patrolman. Wiper claims he cannot make coffee in the morning if he is doing sanitary work tUl 10:00 AM. TRINITY (Carres), February 21—Chair* man,. Thomas J. Moors; Sscrstary, R. Burnt. Repairs are stUl pending. Im* portant repairs will be brought to tho attention of the patrolman. Steward re­ quested that men turn In all dirty linen when receiving clean linen issue. Crew decided to have the steward contimio his policy of serving milk for breakfast and supper. March 14—Chairman, F. B. Rowell; Sec­ retary, T. J. Moore. There is tl9 in tho ship's fund. Repair list was turned in at the last payoff. Letter will be sent to the LOG thanking the negotiating com­ mittee. for the new coAtract and the pa­ trolman who satisfactorily handled tho payoff, collecting the disputed delayed sailing. Captain complained to the stew­ ard about linen and a cot left on deck at night. Discussion was held on the in­ completeness of the breakfast menus put on the board. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Ssatraln), March 19—Chairman, W. A. Van Dyne; Secretary, C. Lowery. Matter of garbage disposal accumulated while ship is in port WiU be taken up with the patrolman DEL VIENTO (Mississippi), February S in New York. Vote .of thanks went to the stewards department for the g.ood —Chairman, Jack Frocell; Secretary, food and good service and clean mess- Duke Hall. Repair list will be taken up with the patrolman In New Orleans. Ono room. man missed ship. There Is tl6 in tho ship's fund. Anyone can donate to the SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Ssatraln), March 22—Chairman, VV. E. Beyalsr; Sac­ ship's fund at the next payoff, and the retary, Tom Bowers. There is $107.67, money will be used to purchase eqmpstamps, stamped and plain envelopes in ment for the ball club. Patrolman will the ship's fund. More fruit saucers be asked to settle the beef about tho should be left in the messroom. Someone black gang member. has been leaving the stewards depart­ February 25—Chairman, Jack Procoll; ment dirty. MUk haa been sour for ttiree Sscrstary, Duke Hall. All repairs on tho out of the > past four trips. list have not been taken care of. Humelo Fluence was elected ship's delegate by CORNHUSKER MARINER (Robin), acclamation. Beef about the cadet work­ March 17—Chairman, John McLaughlin; ing In the engine room will be taken up Secretary, Martin J. Hitchcock. Many with the chief engineeb; Laundry should shipyard repairs and alterations are be kept clean. Gloves,' balls and bats, needed. All cots are to be taken from costing 841, were purchased. Equipment the deck before arrival In New York. will continue to be acquired as more Deck department wants the Union to in­ money is collected. vestigate their manning scale, as they feel they could use a few more daymen. WACOSTA (Watormsn), March S— Door should be InstaUed between pan­ Chairman. Floyd B. Starkoy; Socrotary, ' try and messhaU. E. S. Sugar. All quarters and passage­ ways aft should be painted. OS on sani­ tary duty and the wiper wlU keep the recreation room, laundry and passage­ ways clean. 0 m TRANSATLANTIC (Pacific Waterway), February 21—Chairman, S. D. Fl;;lclea; Secratary, J. Heldt. Mikael Sorensen was elected ship's delegate. Gear locker needs repairing. There Is too much noise in the passageway. There should be more pressure on sanitary lines. Patrol­ man in port should be contacted about repairs. Chief engineer will be asked to repair the toasters. March 15—Chairman, Paul Dayton; Stcrotary, J. Holdt. Discussion was held on AMBERSTAR (Triton), January 11— gear locker door and on repairing or re­ Chalripon, Ward; Sscrstary, C. I. Fran- placing the washing machine. cum. Johh Ward was elected slilp's del­ PUERTO RICO (Bull), March 1—Chslregate. Fans need repairs. Delegates will make up repair lists. Mattresses have, man, Steve Dl GIrolomo; Sacretary, John Carroll. Flva men are getting off. Men been ordered. January 24—Chairman, John Ward; were warned on undeclared articles. Secretary, D. Lynch. Ship's delegate reGOLDEN CITY (Waterman), November porte'd on the captain's refusal to secure launch service for the crew in Jucaro, 14—Chairman, L. Stone; Secretary, J. E. Cuba. Crew decided to turn in OT for Hannon. J. Parnell was elected ship's S2 each day launch service Is unavailable delegate by acclamation. Captain will be as per agreement. Department delegates asked about one night's lodging for trie will return repair lists over to the ship's day when there was no heat in New York. delegate. December 7—Chairman, J. A. Ryeni February 15—Chairman, J. Bsrnstt; Secretary; J. R. Hannon. One man missed Sscrstary, C. Dwysr. Repair list was sent ship in Mobile. Beef about wiper all in. New York will be wired for full par­ ticulars. AU hands should contribute to squared away. Overtime beef wUl be re­ a ship's fund for emergencies. This was ported to the patrolman. lae, machine will be fixed on the West Coast; all it decided unanimously. needs Is brine. CoUecrion should be CLAIBORNl (Waterman), February 27 taken up for Christmas decorations. Mate will be contacted about fixing deck de­ —Chairman, George Clark; Secretary, partment head, faucet In laundry, clean­ Frank Watmer. Vents wUl be fixed. Mo­ ing slop sink, typing up work list and tion was made to order a full supply of not making sandwiches in shorts. milk in European ports. Delegates wlU January 3S—Chairman, HIckt; Sacre­ see the patrolman and the captain about tary, J. E. Hannon. Beefs on launch the lack of milk; 40 gaUons of mUk were service and laying at anchor without aboard leaving port. Cold drinks should service wiU be turned over to the pa­ be suppUed If the ship goes south. trolman. Captain will be contacted on schedule, so stewards department PETROLITE (Mathlessn), March 3- launch turn to. Chslrman, Honest Ed Persons; Sacretary. can March 1—Chairman, T. C. Deal; Sacre­ S. F. Shuylar. Honest Ed Parsons was J. Parnell. Men fouling up on the elected ship's delegate; Stanley F. Shuyl­ tary, coast will be turned over to the patrol­ ar was elected ship's treasurer. Engine man. Beefs should be turned in now. delegate wUl see the chief about engi­ Captain be asked about getting sou­ neers slamming the fidley doors. Record venirs Inwill Miami or Savannah; men get­ player wUl be repaired In Norfolk. ting off should clean their rooms and turn In linen. • AZALEA CITY (Waterman) March 1— Chairman, Robrt L. Aiken; Sacretary, not listed. Ship wlU be washed down once a trip, and two trips this summer. Mo­ tion was passed to buy a bound volume of the LOG. Suggestion was made to have the crew turn in excess linen. Wash­ ing machine should be put on the repair list. Delegates should see department heads about ordering some buckets. Ship's fund stands at $59.85. GEORGE A. LAWtON (Pin Ocean Nav­ igation), March 1—Chairman, Welter A. Yahl; Sscrstary, D. Fischer. Beef with captain on steward. Beef about, stores squared aWay. Beef a'bout getting pas­ sageways of the engine department sougeed straightened out. Captain promised to get additional slopchest supplies. Eactt department will take a turn cleaning the recreation room and the laundry for a week. Each crewmember is to clean the washtubs after using them. Sixteen new mattresses will come aboard In San Pedro. Department delegates will see which crewmembers need new mattress­ es. Discussion was held on the cleanli­ ness of glasses, due to lack of steam in the pantry. Steward wants all surplus linen turned in In Pedro. There is a shortage of wind chutes. members not attending meetings, one of whom will be referred to the patrolman in New York. COEUR d'ALENR VICTORY (Victory Corrlort), Mirch 14—Cholrman, H. 8. RIccl; Socrotary, J. Wolli. New mattresses with Innersprlngs were requested. Sev­ eral members have been losing personal gear and money. Ship's delegate will talk this over with the patrolman. S^embers should help keep the washing machines clean. One machine should be used for white clothes, the other for work geai'. PUERTO RICO (Bull), March 15— Chairman, Ed Caudlll; Sscrstary, Jim Murphy. Fivo men are leaving. Motion was made to collect no more money for the ship's fund. Balance will be turned over to the Jackson Heights girls' ball team which the crew had previously sponsored. Headquarters will be asked to push payment of retroactive pay since the ship is laying up. ELIZABETH (Bull), Msrch 14—Chair­ man, H. Spossto; Secretary, R. Rivera. Beef about men having to ask engineers' permission to io to the head: one man was logged for going to the head. AU beefs regarding food wiU be recorded and referred to the boarding patrolman. Better fruits and a greater variety was asked for. List of fruits desired wlU be given to the patrolman. COi VICTORY (Victory Carriers), March 11—Chairman, W. Frank; Secre­ tary, P. Jaklbsnk. Quarters not painted last trip were taken care of. One man was replaced in England. Delegates will make up repair lists and turn them over SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Ssatraln), March to department heads. All repairs should be completed before sailing. Repairs will IS—Chairman, Jamas Ollvsr; Sscrstary, Tom McLsmors. J.' OUver was elected be referred to the patrolman. ship's delegate by acclamation. Licensed YOUNG AMERICA (Wstermin), Febru­ personnel should be kept out of the ary 20—Chairman, W. -L. Parks; Sacre­ crew's messhaU. Steward says he must tary, H. Krohn. Motion was passed ask leave the ship due to itisicih unless the WACOSTA (Waterman), December 22— Chairman, Olerrsn; Secretary, Fleyd E. Ing the crew to take care of the washing doctor will give him a fit for duty sUp Starkey. Bosun was elected ship's delc- machine. Electricians are not. satisfied la New York. Discussion was held on STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), March 14 —Chairman, Jim Shipley; Secretary, Gonlelat. Mess should be kept clean at all times and card players should clean np after their game. Clocks should be rtpairad. Motion was - made to discontinue tho ship's fund. The SSI -In the fund now WlU be used for the Ubrary. Water Is consistently rusty as tanks and pipes need repairs. Slopchest is very poorly suppUed. CAMAS MEADOWS (US Petroleum Carriers), March II—Chairman, Robert Williams; Sscrstary, Thomss B. Rows. One man left the ship in Naples. Italy. His gear was itemized and packed up. One man was: hospitalized In Naples with an Infected ear. Two new men Joined the ship at Naples. Crewmembers aro leaving the washing machine dirty. Extra Unen should be turned In with the soUed Unen. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Catriort), March 1—Chairman, Walter Buschi Socrotary, J. Dolan. W. Smith was elect­ ed ship's delegate. Department delegates should make up repair lists, so that tho chief mate can see If most of the repairs can be done before returning to the states. Chief mate requires a $1.90 de­ posit for each foc'sle key Issued; this was okayed by the patrolman. Steward wUl try to keep unauthorized persons away from the messroom. Any sugges­ tion from the crew on the ship's menu will be appreciated by the steward. SEA6ARDEN (Orion), Docombor 24— Chairman, Stava Barry; Socrotary, Jack Mayor. C. E, Wooten was unanimously elected ship's delegate. Each man was asked to pick up his own clean Unen each week. Two men missed ship in Seattle: their gear wiU be packed and stored. Ship's delegate will find out when more cigarettes can be gotten. De­ partment delegates wUl arrange about the cleaning of the laundry and recrea­ tion room. ' March 14—Chairman, Robert BarrsHi Sscrstary, Jack I. Msysr. Ship's delegate wUl ask ths captain about having a draw upon arrival. Foc'sles. passageways should bs left clean at the payoff. Chief engineer should be contacted about put­ ting a steam line into the washing ma­ chine. Slopchest should be more fuUy stocked. Feet should be kept off ths seats. Vote of thanks was given to tho stewards department for good service on the trip. Ship's delegate caUed for re­ pair lists frona each department delegate. THI CABINS (Mathlaton), March 22— Chairman, Ed W. Salloyi Socrotary, D. K. Nines. One wiper hurt his hand and was taken off the ship in Panama by tho doctor. Watch should help keep tho messhaU clean In port. Repair, list was made up as the ship 'is due for the shipyard. ^ CARRABULLB (National Navigation), March 21—Chairman, G. W. Champlini Socrotary, H.. K. Smith. Crew asked tho steward to order fresh saltine crackers. Ship's washing Baachlne Is worn out after two years' service: a - new one will bo listed on repairs. HOLVSTAR (Trilon), Daesmbar 37— Chairman, Charlos V. Bedtll; Socrotary, R. William*. liobert -Schlagler was elect­ ed ship's delegate. He wlU ses the cap­ tain "about removing tho lea box In tho recreation room. Names of the two men who missed ship In; PhUadelphla wUI bo turned over to the patrolman in San Pedro. Stewards department wlU clean (Gontlnued on page 25) �f-/ • • ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS... (Continued from page 24) th« recreation rooms one ~o{ the wlpera wm Uke care of the Uundry untU the rest of the crew cornea aboard. Depart­ ment delecates will make out repair lists (or the ship's delegate. Each department Should contribute something towards the purchase of books and games for the (rip in San Pedro. March 15—Chairman, Robert O. Schlsgler; Sscretsrv, Charles Radell. Letter was sent to headquarters about the re­ striction to ship. One man was taken to the hospital in Fusan. Steward's requi­ sition list wiU be turned over to the cap,tain. Mate said he would have what re­ pairs he could take care of if the ship goes to the shipyard. STEEL RANCER tlsthmlsn), March 22 —Chairman, V. Monte; Sacrstary, i. Parr. Light on the washing machine and drinking fotmtain aft have been taken care of. Repair list will be turned in as soon as possible. All foc'sles are to be painted out. Stewards department asked permission to paint out their foc'sles and the galley if the deck department is too busy. Cots are to be removed from the stern before arrival in Port Said. Lights on deck aft should be left burning at night because of deck cargo. nielegates should get together wilh i!ie chief cook and steward in .m effort to turn out a more varied menu. More cold drinks should be put out instead of so much water. Evaporated milk should be used Instead of skimmed milk. ATLANTIC WATER (Msfro),. Msrch 7— Chairman, Bennis Crawford; Secretary, Warren Bernhardt. Heads, foc'sles, decks, showers and messhalls have not been sougeed and painted, as promised. William Bright well was elected ship's delegate. Bugs were found in the black eyed peas. Chief steward is to inspect food before meals. Steward refused to "look in every pot at every meal." Pa­ trolman will be contacted about living quarters and lifeboats when the ship reaches ICokohama. If the captain does not give a draw in Japan, which might happen, the ship's delegate wiU see the US consul. Get New Boohs Through Agents Seafarers who applied for new membership books in New York but are now sailing from outports don't have to come to this city to get their new books If thfr men involved will write to headquarters and tell the Union which port they are sailing out of, the Union will forward the book in care of the port agent Under no circumstances however, will the books be sent through the mails to any private addresses. DOROTHY (Bull), March 2f—Chairman, Joseph Morkol; Secretary, F, F. Peffonds. Ship's delegate spoke to the captain about having more hot water at all times. Dirty cups should be cleaned and put away after use. New toaster should be obtained. Steward asked brothers to leave rooms unlocked while the ship is being fumigated. Laundry shoiUd be bound volumes of the 1952 LOG. MessGENEVIEVE PETERKIN (Bloomflold), cleaned after use. men should .be helped as much as pos­ March 25—Chairman, J. Rockko; SacraCHIWAWA (Cities Service), March «— sible. tiry, M. Dunn. Patrolman wiU be con­ K. Geldman; Secretary, F. Van tacted on the draw in Belgium. The deck Chairman, ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), March 22— cargo, consisting of barrels, broke loose Dor Elk. Stewards department was Chairman, A, J. Tremor, Jr.; Secretary, thanked for job weU done. Chairs wiU and rolled around the deck for 2'A hours. be fixed in a the as well as J. A. Austin. Two menrmlssed ship. Gor­ Slightly injuring one man. 'Hiis was an tables. Blackboardmesshall, moved to the don was elected ship's delegate. Better accident and not the result of having inside wall. Foc'sles was wiU be painted and care should be taken of cups. Laundry been poorly secured. Crew was asked to should be kept clean and in order. AU • paid to sanitary work. keep feet off the chairs in the messroom. mo,jfe attention change is to be donated to the ship's WILLIAM H. CARRUTH (Trans Fuel), fund. Vote of thanks went to the stew­ STEEL MAKER Osthmlsn), March 15— ards department for the food and service. Chairman, i. W. PullIsM, Jr.; Secretary, March 5—Chairman, Vincent Genco; Sec­ E. Dakin. One man missed ship leaving retary, W. Fedessen. There is $2S.39 in WILLIAM A. M. BUFDEN (Western Honolulu: another was missing between the ship's fund. A) Grapco was elected Tankers), March 22—Chairman, William ship's delegate: Vincent Genco, deck del­ the islands from Honolulu to Nawiliwill. egate. wiper will rotate weekly Isbell; Secretary, Richard Uti. Discussion Additional fans should be installed in cleaningOSofand laundry room. Pantryman on who is to supply the deck department the messroom. Repair list will be made with cleaning equipment wUl be taken up. Steward will check on the condition will keep the recreation room clean with to the captain. Vote of thanks went to of meat and poultry arriving. Can opener the cooperation of all hands. Ash trays the stewards department. • should be put back in the pantry. Report were placed in the passageways. on the men who missed ship will he STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), Febru­ CANTIGNY (Cities Service), March 22— made out for the patrolman. Chairman, James A. Phillips; Secretary, ary 28—Chairman, B. J. Brewer; Secre­ tary, W. G. Pevey. Complaints on the M. Gendron. Ship's delegate reported that the captain had taken action in re­ stewards department include weevils in gard to special meeting on stewards de- the bread and roUs, food below par. p.irtment. There is S26.44 in the treas­ Stewards' agreed to check on the condi­ ury. One man missed ship in Long Beach tion of the food. Ice has rust on it. and another went to the hospitaL ueleSTEEL NAVIGATOR (Itthmlsn), FcbrU' gates were asked to turn in repair Usts. Black gang requested a first aid kit for try 15—Chairman, Lowihtr; Sseratary. Zwerllng. Company claims It is only re­ SCHUYLER OTIS BLAND (Watarmsn), the engine room. sponsible for keeping, the old washing March 15—Chairman, Jessa Lawls; Sacramachine in good repair. Machine should GENEVIEVE FETERKIN (Bloomfleld), tary, A. A. Kattan. E. Rogg was elected February 22—Chairman, J. Skladsnik; be kept clean: pantry should be kept in ship's delegate by acclamation. Men Secretary, F. Sahuque. Mike Dunn was order. There should be enough seats in should remove clothes from the line elected ship's delegate. Chief mate said the messroom. Leak In the library should when they are dry. Sanitary equipment be fixed. Voskian was elected ship's dele­ In the rain gear locker should be kept he would paint all rooms. gate. In good order. Members leaving the ship CUBORE (Ora), March 17—Chairman, at the .end of the voyage should turn HURRICANE (Waterman), March 2f— keys over to department delegates. Vote F. Frifi; Secretary, J. C. Green. Motion Chairman, Harvty W. Morris; Sacratary. of thanks went to the steward and his was passed to elect three crewmembers W. Pedlar. Ship's fund on hand totals collectors for the March of Dimes department for the cleanliness and the as from the officers. Ship's delegate wilt 534. C. M. GigantelU was elected new good food. take contributions for the purchase of ship's delegate. PONCE (Puerto Rico), March 25—Chair­ FRENCH CREEK (Cities Service), man, Frank Mateo; Secretary, R. Walker. March 23—Chairman, C. White; Secre­ Patrolman will be asked to straighten tary, Arnold Nordberg. Soiled linen is out . standby pay in Fiorida. Cups should to be turned in on linen day. One man be left clean for the next watch. When was hurt and taken ashore at Key West, the ship goes to drydock, the company Fla. A record machine for the crew, to Otis Hardin will be asked to change all mattresses be bought from the ship's fund. wiU be and pillows and repair bed springs. Door Bob Williams wants you to con­ priced. sills should be raised, as water runs into all rooms. Ship needs fumigation. Frank tact the St. John family in Brook­ STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), March 25 Mateo was- reelected ship's delegate. lyn, immediately. —Chairman, Joe Telcher; Secretary, Ian Hooks and' eyes should be put on doors. McLaren. There is $42 in the ship's fund. Ship's delegate will contact the patrol­ WARHAWK (Watarmsn), March 2«— man about the water situation. Vote of Robert J. Zunkley ' Chairman, George Smith; Secretary, Dick went to the stewards department Get in touch with your mother thanks Oavlcs. General discussion was held on for the excellent quality and variety of performing, and the difficulty of secur­ at 237 Van Courtlandt Park Ave., meals served throughout the voyage. Par­ ing fresh stores In Japan at this time of ticular mention was made of the holiday Yonkers 5, N. Y. year. meals, which are considered by all to top anything they had before on a ship. BENTS FORT (CItlet Service), March Thanks were also given to the captain, 25—Chairman, Vincent KIckerlllo; Secre­ Charles Jones mates and steward for the gifts at the tary, B. F. Brice. There is S97.60 in the Christmas and New Year's dinners. Mat­ Contact J. Stephen at 894 Trinity ter ship's fund. Stewards delegate wUl see of the penicillin wiU be taken up with sfer of the patrolman about the transf Ave., Bronx, NY, or call ME the patrolman. $1 will be collected from stores from midship storeroom without each man at the Boston draw for the payment of OT. Coca Cola bottles are 5-9752. ship's fund. to be removed from the messroom by owners of same. Tgle bearers to topside FAIRPORT (Waterman), March 25— Joseph Bramley were cautioned not to get caught at it. Chairman, W. E. Morse; Secretary, W. K. Buth. Letter was sent to headquarters Your wife and child have gone to on disputed overtime. Discussion was Florida. Legal papers will be sent held on launch service from ship to shore. It should he rearranged, so men (1) The dog. The period of un­ to you in care of the Union hall in will be on time to relieve the watches. New York, Galley showers and steam kettle need usual heat is called the "dog repairing. Repairs will be taken up with days." the chief engineer. lERiONAliS . 4" - i 4" i . Quiz Auawers 4. (2) 180 feet. (3) China (Cathay), Spain, (Iberia) and Bussia (Muscovy). (4) From France. It's in Ireland. (5) At the equator. (6) Ten days also.' 17) Asbestos. (8) One that is landing. • (9) Paul Bunyan. (10) France. puzzle Auawer QDBS Saaa QSS SQBQSSaSS] DQQ DBS sasaa BBS laaH anBSBnO angiiiaoQ BSBaa Bap sEiaciQ BHE fflsa oaHasHBEiE 1230: HDEs aaas iam GDsag suae 4) r Richard A. Darville It is urgent that you contact your family at once at Box 198 Riviera Beach, Fla. * ft lave soap and Uundry soap have not been issued. Dirty cups should not be left In the pantry. Repair list should be turned over to the patrolman by the del­ egates. Stewards department got a vote of thanks for fine cooperation. SANTORE (Ore), March 15—Chairman, E. Johnston; Sacratary, Hinnant. Brother R. L. Faust was elected ship's delegate. New mattresses were ordered by the steward. Discussion was held on clean­ ing the laundry. Attempt wUl be made to get bound volumes of the LOG. There is a 522 balance in the ship's fund. Stew­ ARLYN (Bull), no date—Chairman, not ard refused to serve eggs with ham­ llstsd; Sscretary, net listed. Special meet­ burgers. ing was caUed by the ship's delegate about the steward. The engine delegate ROBIN WENTLEY (Seas Shipping), said he. went to the steward about the March 15—Chairman, Taylor; Secretary, food and that the steward openly threat­ Ja'rry Logan. One man missed ship in^ ened to take him on deck. He also told Durban and reported back in Capetown. the engine delegate that if he didn't like Larger scupper is needed for the laun­ the food aboard, he should get off the dry room. Mora steam pipe is also need­ ship. At the meeting, the steward ad­ ed. Messman's foc'sle should be painted' mitted that this had happened. in the shipyard, as weU as the fireman's foc'sle, engine department showers and DEL MAR (Mississippi), March 22— heads, stewards department showers and Chairmen, Robert Callahan; Secretary, C. heads. Gift of money was voted for the A. Bradley. Magazine subscriptions were purser for his work In showing movies ordered for the year. There is a balance to the crew. Larger fans are needed. of $163.50 on hand in the ship's fund. Drop-leaf desk is-needed in foc'sles: aU Manifold was elected ship's delegate. cots should be returned. Punching.bag was sent for repairs. Dis­ cussion was held on keeping half of the STEEL ARCHITECT (isthmian), March after hatch clean for the sun worship­ 23—Chairman, C. Scofield: Secretary, pers to Ue on. Pressing iron should be James E. Moran. Foul weather gear lock­ fixed and laundry kept clean. Each de­ er was secured. In foreign ports, stew­ partment wiU clean the laundry for two ard will supply screens for messhall, weeks. Each man should clean it after portholes. List of repairs needed win be using it also. Suggestion was made to given to the mate. have the ahip's delegate ask the captain March 10—Chairman, W. L. Hammock; to request the authorities in Curacao to Secretary, James E. Moran. Minor stew­ let the smaU bridge be lowered so that ards department beef was squared away. the men can walk to town. This bridge Gear locker for foul weather gear should is on private property and only opened be secured. when a Dutch ship is. in the harbor. ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa), March 25— Chairman,-James Schoell; Secretary, Rob­ ert V. Anderson. Recreation room should be cleaned. Stewards department wUl take care of this and deck and engine dcFariments wiU clean the laundry. Con­ dition of the mattreses wiU be taken up at a later date and then put on the re­ pair and requisition lists at the end of NATHANIEL B PALMER (NatlonaK the trip. Seas), January 31—Chairman, Anthony Masolak; Secretary, Robert E. Joy. Al­ BRIGHTSTAR (Triton), March 5—Chair­ len A. Ellis was elected ship's delegate. man, W. A. Ferry; Secretary, Ceorge Men should cooperate in keeping the Gavios. After many phone calls and messhbll clean, picking up cups after pressure on the company by tne Seattle use. Many portholes need repairing. Cap­ agent, discharges tor Ihe port payotf will tain 'Will take care of aU mail for the be given to everyone. Washing machine crew when the ship stops at Gibralter. was finally sent before the sliip sailed. Every man wiU be given a $20 draw in All repairs were made.. The last standby US money in addition to other draws. will clean up the messhall. Laundry and March 5—Chairman, Robert E. Joy; library cleaning schedule will be put up.. Secretary, Mervyn M. Cruz. There wiU Washing machine should be kept clean be no draw till the agent arrives because and cared for. Excess noise should be the captain has no money. One man stopped. missed ship. Ciiief cook should learn to cook before he sails on this rating again. Third cook was asked to make less noise while workihg in the gaUey. Rec­ reation room should be kept -clean. Grade of stores should be checked. Patrolman WiU be asked to settleethe chief cook beef. PENNMAR (Calmar), February 1— Chairman, Red Gibbs; Secretary, L. E. FIgler. Cliiet mate has been working on the deck. Captain was asked about re­ arranging stewards dei>artment members to get more living space for the cooks. He replied that he didn't build the ship and. when it was built it was made to accommodate' four seamen. There are only three living there at the present time. Matter wiU be taken up with the patrolman at Jhe payoff. Ship's fund wiU be started with $1 conta'ibutions from each man. March 7—Chairman, Red Gibbs; Secre­ tary, T. E. Frazier. Headquarters will be contacted on major repairs when the ship reaches New York. One man who paid off on the west cos^ was replaced. One man missed ship in San Francisco. Repair list was made up. T. E. Frazcr wiU take care of the ship's fund, which now has a $15 balance. Report on man who missed ship will be turned over to the patrolman for action. ALCOA PURITAN (Alcos), March 25— Chairman, James Blackie Connors; Secre­ tary, J. Strlngfeilow. No one Is to sign on until the repair list is given to the patrolman and some agreement on the repair's is reached. Department delegates will make out repair lists. All hands were asked to return cups and glasses to the messroom. DEL ALBA (Mississippi), March 5— Chairman, U. W. Arellanes; Secretary, J. H. Emory. Steward ordered cots which were not sent. Union will be notified. Motion was made to contact headquar­ ters about a fund for the New Orleans basebaU club, the Beachcombers, as we need financial aid to carry on this club. Letter from Captain Spicer, on security Y/aiches on sliip was read by the deck delegate. New Orleans port a'.ent wiU be contacted on this. Arnt N. W. Larscn WES elected ship's delegate. Sno.lO in the sliip's fund was turned over to the new ship's delegate. Chief electrician asked that the music box be moved from the STEELORE (Ore), March 15—Chairman, messhaU to the recreation rocm. R. Thaxton; Secretary, Jenc P. Bradley. LIBERTY FLAG (Gulf C.srgo), March Men playing cards in the messhall should use ashtrays instead of the deck and 20—Chairman, E. Fields; Secretary, J. should clean up a little bit when they Demitreadis. Ship's delegate reported get through. Steward asked for some that the crew had a very nice trip and that the crew is tops, from the skipper stoppers for the wash basins. on down. Motion was passed to have the MARORE (Ore), March 11—Chairman, company put a new washing machine Harold Zurn; Secretary, W. Cain. -Two aboard next trip, as this one is old and men missed sliip in Baltimore. Washin.g worn out. Stewards department asked machine wlU be fixed in Baltimore. There for the crew's cooperation in helping is $9.50 in the ship's fund. Ed Forestal keep the messroom clean. A vote of SALEM MARITIME (CItlet Servica), was elected ship's delegate. Sugar is thanks went to the stewards department March 27—Chairman, Jamas H. Darca; coarse. Cocoa is disappearing from the for the good food they haVe been put­ '^ Secratary, George E. Annls. Ship's dele­ pantry. Washing powder is inferior and ting out this trip. gate will see the captain about getting keys for the foc'sles. Rooms should be cleaned and painted. GaUey fan should be repaired or replaced. Washing ma- George Owen Due to' mix-up, we have each other's discharge from payoff -of the Jefferson City Victory on March 23. We can exchange same JGe Kozak if you will write me, Howard Urgent that you contact Ray Whitely, 353 West 117th Street, Gates in the SIU hall in Philadel­ New York 26, N. Y. . phia, in reference to the NLRB in ft ft ft Philadelphia. Tiny W^aUace ft ft ft Get in touch with Harry C. Scott Hunter at Box 32 Westport, Washington. Seaman of that name living at : ft • ft ft 543 W. Hollywood, Detroit, Michi­ Newton E. Baker Get in touch with your wife in gan, is urged to contact Welfare •Galveston. She is worried about Services in Brooklyn headquarters immediately. you. NOTICES i ^ chin* should hg kept dtsn. and turned off when not la uso. Moat grinder needs fixing. G, E. Annlg was giscted ship's delegatg, April S—Chalrnisn, Joigph H, Dtrcg; fgergtary, Gsorgg i. Anols. Captain will have keys for the crew's quarter ordered. Ship's delegatg wiU ask boarding patrol­ man to check up on the Brazilian meat that la being used aboard ship. Cooks should check stores as they come aboard. Each member wiU contribute $1 at the payoff. There is now a balance of 514.36. •- ft ft ft Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, S75 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your moiling list. (Print Information) NAME . . . .. STREET ADDRESS CITT .ZONE ......STATE Signed ........ TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you ere an oiti .subscriber end have a chenq* please give your former address below: Aubrey L. Sargent Harry Sohnltx of address, Ship's delegate, of the Steel It is urgent that you get in touch with your wife .Florence at l36 Rover has the seaman's papers you ADDRESS South Halifax Drive, Port Orange, left. They will be mailed to head­ quarters in New York. CITY Fla. .i/. e eeeeeeeeeee -....ZONE .. . STATE .eaeeeeeegeHW 1 �|\: . TMgm TwcaijMdS/ ! From Thtf Golden Gate To The Narrows t; i^- It-f"- in the HOSPITALS I" '' The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SW Welfare Plan. While the-Plan aide them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in d hospital bed. VSPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for d idsit. It will be most welcome. . ' San Francisco's latest Seafarer-father ^was Chen Nein (left) shown with his wife and the new arrival. At right is Mrs. Joseph Camblor of Nev^^ York with daughter Mercedes. Both faftnilies collected the standard $200 maternity benefit, plus $25 defense bond. All of the following SIV families David Michael McClure, born D, South Main Street, Evergreen, will collect the $200 maternity February 7, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Ala. benefit plus a $25 bond from the Mrs. Marion McClure, 411-Price ^ "it Raymond Gerard Kemmerer, Street, Savannah, Ga. Union in the baby's name. born March 23, 1953. Parents, Mr. s s s and Mrs. Raymond Kemmerer, 250 Henry Thomas Doyle, born Jose Gabriel Albe, born Febru­ 86 Street, Brooklyn, NY. March 24, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Doyle, 3015 Bien­ ary 26, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. S> SI S . Anibal Albe, 528 West 133 Street, William Francis Vaughan, born ville Street, New Orleans, La. New York, NY. September 5, 1952. Parents, Mr. t. t. and Mrs. William Vaughan, 3067 St s s Dennis Edward Hancock, born Decatur Street, Bronx, NY. Walter Wayne Christian, bom January 22, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Sf s s Mrs. Clarence A. Hancock, 8227 March 3, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Stephen A. Carr, horn March 18, Mrs. Walter Christian, 311 South 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Apple Street, New Orleans, La. Bayer Street, Mobile, Ala. Stephen Carr, 299 St. Marks Place, t S tSi s St. George, Staten Island, NY. David Craig Turner, bom March S SI S ^12,. 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen MacKenzie Johnston, Benjamin Harris Peavoy, born Charles E. Turner, 2663 Emogene born February 6, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Johnston, 78 January 27,1953. Parents, Miy and Street, Mobile, Ala. West Street, Windsor Locks, Conn. Mrs. Floyd Peavoy, 20U Prytania t> SI $• Street, New Orleans, La, S S. S Beverly Ann Keel, born March SI S S Raymond Ralph Brown, born 11, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Delia Esther Pagan, born Feb­ C. Keel, Route No. 1, Box 78, March 19, 1953. Parents, Mr, and ruary 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow A. Brown, 918 East Mrs. Cristobal P. Bivas, 213 East McDaniel, Fla. , Ida Street, Tampa, Fla. 11 Street, New York, NY. ii S S SI SI 'S S S SI John D. Hunter, Jr., born Janu­ Jeffrey Dennis Triantas, born Ira Willis Grlggers, 3rd, «born ary 23, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. March 4, 1953. Parents, Mr. and John Daniel Orville Hunter, 3007 January 6, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Triantas, 11 North Mrs. Ira Willis Grlggers, Jr., Route Balston Road, Mobile, Ala. Eutaw Street, Baltimore, Md. SI S S Sharon Elaine Bridges, born Making A Bank Deposit April 13, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Bridges, General Delivery, Savannah, Ga. SI S SI Alicia Antoinette Bucano, bom February 11, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emie Bucano, 922 Kerlerec Street, New Orleans, La. s s s Guillermo Qulnones, born April 1, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nemesio Qulnones, 3?0 Cypress Avenue, Bronx, NY. S • s s S S Milton David Holmes, bom Jan­ uary 9,1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Holmes, 8004 29 Avenue "Northwest, Seattle 7, Wash. SI SI S Earl G. Oppel, Jr., born March 2, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl G. Oppel, Sr., 708 South Bond Street, Baltimore 31, Md. The New York shipping hall was temporarily turned into a blood donor center recently as longshoremen, members of Local SOff, ILA, and Seafarers turned out in large numbers to donate to the .^ Bed Cross blood bank. Blood will be uted for Armed Forces reserve, for productipn of anti-polio seriim and a variety of other uses. S Daniel Glenn Zenchenelly, born March 5, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Zechenelly, Pearl River, La. SI S' S Gilberto Rodidguez, born March '31, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Idrs. Juan Rodriguez, 5600 Avenue L, Galveston, Tex. Si S • S Diana Peragallo, born March 8, 1953. Parents, MiT and Mrs. Joseph Peragallo, 156 Oliver Street, New­ ark, NJ. USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Kenning Biork Wiliiam H. O-Naal T. L. Ankerson W. H. Puchinlsky Hubert Cantwell Edwin B. Rhoads Jeff Davis Robert ... A. „„ Rogera Bernard Friedmaff Nathan Rubin Waiter Hartuann A. B. Seeberger Robert C. Hostler Alfred Seegmillar A. L. Kazmerski Robert D. Settle Alejandro Lopez Peter D. Sheldrake Eari McKendree Raymond T. Sparks Ervin B. Max Adolf Swenson Thomas Mungo Clement Vidrine Thomas Oliver David F. Sykes USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Robert Crowley John J. Flaherty F. J. Dirksmeyer Joseph Garello John A. Duffy Tim McCarthy E. J. Fitzgerald Donald S. White DR. TRELLES CLINIC TAMPA, FLA. F. LaGuardia ^ PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL MOBILE, ALA. Charles F. Nelson VA CENTER LOS ANGELES, CAK Billle Joe Davis USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEX. K., Abarons H. G. Shartzer Warren W. Currier Robert L. Shaw E. C. HiU Jasper D. Farr E. Jeanfreau L. I. Floyd Pat H. Jpnes D. W. Orr A. W. Keanf R. Schram Charles A. McCain Richard Cross USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Robert L. Butler Oscar Stevens Herman A. Carson Ralph F. Subat Rogello Cruz _ .. _R. TerrlngtdO _ Tedd Claude L. Davis Gilbert Troselair B. D. Foster Erwin Vial PhUip Horowitz H. Wilkerson James H. Jones D. WUllains Harold O. Keith Roscoe Alford Eaden E. King Emile p. Badon Leo H. Lang J. B. Barrett Cyril Lowrey Ivan Durnlng J. F. McLaughlin Patrick J. Green C. R. Nicholson C. R. Hlndson Raymond Perry Rene LeBlanc John B. Rambo Manuel R. Perez Harold P. Scott Shirley Poole Luther C. Seidle Albert Rakoery Henry S. Sosa Walter S. Smith USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY William Atchason ArdeU Burkett Blbenclo Blllaroza M. Burnstlne James Blake R. A. DeGraaf James H. Rowley C. FachenthaU Mike John Frangos H. L. Alexander Joe Carl Griggs Harold Arlinghaus James Hamilton Anthony Budvldas William Herman Ma* Byers Hugh B. Jeff coat Joseph Callahan John Keenan B. Edwards L. Krlstlansen Charles Gallagher Victor Lltardl Simon Goldstein M. LubUewskl H. R. Hanssen George Meltzer Fred Hohenberger Alfred Mueller Adrian W. Jones Edward Muller Thomas Kustas Leonard G. Murphy John E. Markopolo Frank Nerlng Herman Meyer Abe Partner Robert Menser Nerval Schlager Harry Morton' Leonard Smith William Pepper Howard Sposato Angel Romero Anders Thevlk Virgil Sandberg Olav Pedersen Bertrom Tomlln C. R. Robertson USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Alfred Johansen WUllara W. Wells George D. Rourke USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ' Carl A. Johnson Peter Smith Clarence G. Murray D. K. T. Sorenscn John Roling WlUlam L. Strike Joseph Saniborskl Richard H. AUen ST. CLARE'S HOSPITAL NEW YORK, NY Wmiam Ryan USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, BROOKLYN. NY V. Arevalo Frederick Landry Robert Atmore Francis Lynch Rupert Blake Harry McDonald WUson Cora David Mcnireatb Walter Chalk Claude MarkelT C. M. Davison Vic MUazzo Emilio Delgado John Murdoch Antonio Diaz Eugene Nelson E. Ferrer Pedro Peralta Robert Gilbert G. E. Shumaker Bart Guranlck Robert Slzemore Peter Gvozdlch Henry Smith John B. Haas Herbert Totten Leo Kulakowskl ST. AGNES HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA, PA. Clarence DeChenne USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Warner W. Allred M. E. Newman Ignanclo D'Amlco Charles F. Schuck John H. Morris Norman D. Tober J. D. Morrison Bernard Wolfman USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Thomas L. Davis S. E. Roundtree Leslie M. Jackson Horace L. Williams Luis Lopez David G. Proctor Henry L. Pruitt Horlon C. WUUs Payoff Tied Up, Welfare Services Gets Him Dough One particularly tough problem that comes up occasion­ ally involves men who can't gef paid off because of some legal reason. One such case popped hp recently when a Sea­ farer was accused of deser--^^ tion from the ship. courts for decision.^ But until the The Seafarer challenged the final rpling comes through the desertion charge with the result man can't, get his money for the that the whole issue is now in the trip, nor his discharges. With his money tied up, the Sea­ farer got In touch with Welfare Services to see if he could get any help. Welfare Services figured that there was no reason why the man couldn't collect vacation money that the Union pays out to every Seafarers ' who have taken Seafarer. the series of inoculations re­ No Discharges quired for certain foreign voy­ One hitch had to be overcome, ages are reminded to be sure though. In order to apply for va­ to pick up. their inoculation cation pay a Seafarer has to pre­ cards from the captain or the sent his discharges to verify the purser when they pay off at number of days he spent aboard the end of a voyage. the ship. In this case, the Seafarer The card should be picked couldn't get his discharges be­ up by the Seafarer and held cause both the papers and the ac­ so that it can be presented tual payoff were tied up in the when signing on for another legal action. voyage where the "shots" are Welfare Services then went to required. The inoculation work to verify the man's time. Af-' card is your only proof of hav­ ter thoroughly checking all the ing taken the required shots. facts, it was able to determine just Those men who forget to iiow long the man had been pick up their inoculation card aboard the ship, and arrange for when they pay .off may find his, vacation payment a^icordingly. that they are required to take With the vacation money in all the "shots" again when they hand, the Seafarer now has enough^ • want to sign on for another to tide him over until his prob-. such voyage. lems are straightened out and he can ship out again. Pick tfp Card At Pay off • . > - • - .... Iv- �Page VfH^f^Btv^u n'i'i illlM-X-jil «ia^ THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN {News about men in the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SIXJ Weir -fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds In his post as Director of Welfare Services.) Henry Serpe, just off the MobiUan on which he'shipped as an oiler, intends to bo around New York for awhile. He signed off the Water­ man Line Ship in Baltimore and came north on his own in order to take treatm'onts at the hospital. ' Right now, he's out- at the USPHS hospital on Staten Island and would appreciate it if his old buddies would drop him a line. Ordinary Seaman Norman Pettersen is a recent visitor to these parts. Just having signetf off the Robin Doncaster. He thinks he'll be aroimd on the beach for a couple of weeks after having spent a few months down in Durban, S. Africa. He was in the hospital down there, but he is up and around now and claims to be in fine shape for anything that tiuns up. He says he is making out all right now, and wished the best of everything to his friends. Leo (Bobo) Colon was on the beach in New York recently, but he hopped aboard a Bull Line ship for the West Indies port of San Juan, PR. His wife is expecting an addition to the Colon family shortly Pettersen in Santurce, so Bobo wants to be standing nearby when the baby is bom. He's down there now pacing up and down the lAore in the time-honored manner of an expectant fattier. Another oldtimer who is around these parts Is Bernard Macerwhose last ship was the Lone Jack, a Cities Service tanker. He's on the beach now and it seems as if he intends to stick around awhile. He says he doesn't know when he is going to ship out again. He has run into a little hard luck of late, but the Union is helping him square It away. Seafarer Bernard Friedman, who spent some time in the USPHS hospFtal in Baltimore, Md., has eome north for awhile to visit his mmwm friends. He's okay now and can be found out in the marine hospital on Staten Island for all those who wish to drop in on him and wish him well. If you can't get out there, drop him a note to cheer him up. He was sailing last aboard a Bull Line ship. Elvin Goodman, a Seafarer originally from Mo­ bile, Ala., is up here on the beach ht the moment. He is taking treatments at the Staten Island hos­ pital for eye trouble which came upon him in Texas. It was next to impossible for him to get the treatment he wanted down there, so the Lone Star Friedman State lost out to New York when Goodman decided to fly up here for the benefit of full treatment. FINAL DISPATCH Cal., on March 7, 1953. An AB in the deck department, he Joined the SIU in Baltimore on March 31, 1845. He leaves his wife, Lydia Gelinas, 920 19th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, Fla. % % Charles Franklin Nelson, 32: A chrqpic kidney - condition caused Brother Nelson's death last March 8. A QM in the deck department, he died at his home, 55 Chidester Avenue, Mobile, Ala., and was buried in that city's Mag. Ceme » 4^ * t tery. His mother, Mrs. Jennie Nel­ William Sunday, Forney, 42: A son (209 South Hamilton Street, fatal heart stroke was suffered by Mobile, Ala), survives him. Brother Forney in Dhahran, Saudi ft . Arabia, on October 18, 1952. A George P.tReabum, 54: FWT steward, hi had sailed SIU for in the engine department,An Brother nearly 13 years, and was buried at died of a heart ailment at the Dhahran Christian Cemeterjr. Reabum tire USPHS Hospital in New Orw X ^ t leans. La. He had Joined the Union Carl R. Thuimpnd, 57: Brother in New Orleans in 1944. Brother Thurmond disappeared aboard the Reabum was buried at the FairFairhope under mysterious circum­ view Cemetery, Roanoke, Va. stances on January 29, 1953, while ft ft ft the ship was between Long Beach, Bill Thompson, 57: One of the Cal., and the Panama Canal. He first members of the SIU, Brother had been a chief cook in the stew­ Thompson died of a heart ailment ards department since the early aboard the Potrero Hills on Febru­ part of 1946. Surviving is a sister, ary 21, 1953. The ship was docked Mrs. J. L. Tharpe, Box 108, Sibley, at Baton Rouge, La., at the time. Ala. Brother Thompson Joined the 4^ • 4i Union in .December, 1938, and Benjamin R. Mears, 57: On July sailed from Savannah as a FOW 18, 1951, Brother Mears died of in the engine department. He was subtertian malaria at the Civil Cen­ buried in Lakeland, Fla. tral Hospital in Singapore. His ft ft ft estate is administered by Josephine Adolphus Watson, 50: Brother G. Mears. Watson died at his home on March 4> 4^, 24, 1953, in New York. NYT and Donald Philip Gelinas, 44: A was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, fatal stroke was suffered by Bronx, NY. He leaves his wife, Brother Gelinas, who died at the Elizabeth Watson, 420 West 129 US Naval Hospital in San Diego, Street, New York, NY. The deaths of the . following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and 12,500 death. benefits are being paid to benedciaries. John Bartlett Dalton, 60t Heart disease proved fatal to Brother Dalton, a member of the stewards department for eight years, on May 7, 1952, in New York, pe was buried at Marietta National Cem­ etery. He is survived by his son, John Bartlett Dalton, Jr. Collect Vacation $ In Hospital As is well known by all Seafarers, SIU representatives visit the USPHS hospitals each week with the $J5 cash benefit that all hospitalized Seafarers receive. But while at the hos­ pital, the Welfare Services representative doesn't stop at that. He performs a wide variety of services for the hospitalt patients which add greatly to their comfort and well being. Since many men go to the hos­ pitals directly from a ship they usually have SIU vacation benefits coming to them according to the number of days spent on board. The SIU representative always carries a few application forms with him. The patient fills out the forms and the next trip out a week later, the Union represent­ ative has a vacation check for him along with his hospital benefit. Check-Cashing Servlcb Further, the representative cashes the check on the spot for the patient. He will also cash any other check that - the Seafarer might have received.^ And, of course, the hospital benefits them­ selves are paid in cash, the SIU being the only union to pay a cash benefit. With most patients unable to get around, the check-cashing service is a great convenience for these men who might otherwise When Seafarer Ramon Morales (right) was Injured, Welfare Serv­ have to wait .until they were dis­ charged from ,the hospital to con­ ices not only dished out hospital benefit but collected wages, vaca­ vert their checks into money. tion benefits and other money due. Shown dinliiiig out the cash is Shopping Service Walter Siekmann, SIU Welfare Services director. But that isn't all the represent­ ative does. He's a one-man shop­ for some other reason. Welfare In short there's nothing the ping service for the hospitalized Services puts in a call for volun­ Welfare Services won't do for a Seafarer. He will take orders on teers at the SIU haU. This is usu­ hospitalized Seafarer if it's at all anything that the man needs or ally sufficient to round up more possible. Any hospital patient who wants—clothing, radios, lamps, than enough blood donors to take needs an assist on any score pens, books, candy, cigars and care of any emergency. This serv- should just let -the nearest SIU similar items—and deliver them -ice goes for wives and children Welfare Services office know what personally to the hospital. He also of Seafarers as well as for the he needs, and the Union will take carries a supply of SIU library men themselves. action. letterheads and paper for any men who want It. ' Those men who are unable to write because of' their condition can have any mail taken care of for them by the Welfare Services, whether they relate to.business affairs', or are simply a matter of notifying relatives as to what's When steward Wesley Young of the Robin Kirk was hos­ been happening to them. pitalized in Durban, South Africa, his allotment back home Usually when a man is taken was automatically cut off by the company. This is in line off a ship he leaves his gear be­ with the usual practice, since hind him. Welfare Services will run down the gear and get it from allotments are normally pay­ money. Since he suffered a frac­ the companies. The gear will then able only while -the seaman is tured skull aboard the ship it be checked in the SIU baggage aboard the ship and only with his would be some time before he would be well enough to get home rooms where everything will be in approval. and collect all money due him. safekeeping until the Seafarer is Young, however, was concerned As soon as he was able, he vTote ready to claim It. about the allotment cut-off as he a letter to Welfare Services in New Blood Donors Available had several personal bills about to York explaining his problem and If a man is about to undergo fall due, which his'father was set asking if anything could be done a serious operation, or needs blood to take care of with the allotment about it. The New York office got in touch with the company to ar­ range for further allotments on un­ Paying The Bills And Then Some paid wages due. The company agreed, with the result that Young's father has received suffi­ cient allotments to take care of his pressing needs and of bills that were coming in. SIU Gets Allotment Continued After Seafarer Leaves Ship How to Apply For Birth Pay Applications for the mater­ nity benefit must be supported by the following documents: Mrs. Florence Beard receives the $2,500. SIU death benefit on behalf of the late Allen T. Antill from SIU Welfare Representative Bill Frederick. Mrs.J3eard, who was Antill's beneficiary, cared for him during his long illness at her home wheie he lived for many years. - 'VAT • Your marriage certificate. • Baby's birth certificate dat­ ing birth after April 1, 1952. • The discharge from the last ship you sailed on before the baby was born. Processing ' of all applica­ tions can be speeded up by at least three days if photostatic copies of the three documents are sent in. Applications should be made to Union Wel­ fare Trustees, c/o SIU head­ quarters, 675 Fourth Avenue, B'klyn 32, NY. .m 'r. I y �I "•«••••-- •- " Vol. XV No. S OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE * - .•i r SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL U NIO-N • • ^ • ATLANTIC AND OUif -•• . ^ . .v;^-"iC- •;"• qe- 1^' • •V-. ^ vJ , -.-Vt ' ^ ;• .. ^ ® i;"> , V ' • K.- fe'.'' '-'"t'-i • •' • j",ff • ^-rrr. . • '....; ^.. si.'j ^ •::: Tga'fciai' 1. r"'.. . : .y -V Atlantic & Gulf District ;,Canadian District .. * Graat Lakas District Marina Cooks & Stawards, AFL Sailors Union of tha Pacific ' L Inland Boatmens Union of tha Pacific Conanicut Inland Boatmens Union (Rhode Island). Marina Chief Stewards of tha Pacific Marina Pursers of the Pacific Brotherhood of Marina Engineers Canadian Marina Engineers Association Marina Allied Workers of tha Atlantic and Gulf Seafarers' Guards and Watchmen's Union Am. Merchant Marine Staff Off. Ass'n., West Coast Am. Merchant Marine Staff Off. 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Title A name given to the resource April 17, 1953 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 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XV, No. 8 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MFOW TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARD SIU AFFILIATION KOREA SHORE LEAVE BAN LIFTED IN SOME PORTS SATPOST LAUDS LUNDEBERG BULL HAILS SIU CRUISE SHIP CREW SIU SCHOOL PLAN LAUDED SIU PREPARES FOR APRIL 21 STRIKE OF CITIES SERVICE SHIPS NEW UNION SERVICES ADDED ON WEST COAST LOUISIANA AFL OFFERS FULL AID IN CS BEEF NEW ART CONTEST DEADLINE SET PHILLY HALL RENOVATED; NEW COMFORTS BUILT IN BRYSON INDICTED FOR DENYING COMMIE TIES SIU OPENS BOOKS FOR JOB AUDIT AS AMEU BACKS OUT WEST COAST DOCKERS GET SUB PREXY FOR BRIDGES EX-SEAFARER SPURS COLLEGE DRIVE BARBER SHOP TO OPEN IN UNION HQ ENGLISH RESCUERS GET HONORS BRITISH SCHOLARSHIPS OPEN FOR US UNIONISTS GREAT LAKES SIU PAPER IS PUBLISHED PROUD 'LADY' MAKES LAST VOYAGE SEN. SALTONSTALL RAPS SHIP CONSTRUCTION CUT THE CITIES SERVICE CONTRACT MFOW AFFILIATION WEST COAST EXPANSION TRIBUTE AT RAMSGATE MOBILE ALABAMA STATE DOCKS SEN. LONG SEES RELIEF FOR UNIONS UNDER T-H SEAFARER SPENDS TWO YEARS MAKING A MODEL OF HIS FIRST SAILING SHIP WATERMAN CHANGES LOOKS OF WORLD TWO CAPTAINS GET PRAISED BY CREWS SEAGARDEN'S LOG MODEST ABOUT STORM SHARKS AREN'T REALLY VICIOUS, SAYS SEAFARER WHO DEFENDS 'EM CARGO SHIFTS; 35 DEGREE LIST MAKES WALKING SORT OF TOUGH GREAT DREAMS OF CANAL BUILDERS PAYOFF TIED UP, WELFARE SERVICES GETS HIM DOUGH COLLECT VACATION $ IN HOSPITAL SIU GETS ALLOTMENT CONTINUED AFTER SEAFARER LEAVES SHIP Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4/17/1953 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1953 Periodicals Seafarers Log