http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/d2f773c24a3249e4cbc350ab7118d215.PDF c0e66b1a7d0a7d63f29bff884326904a PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OP THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND G U L Oct. 14 1955 DIS T R I C T • AFL • ITF WIDENS DRIVE '•'i -Story on Page 3 Canadian Engineers Co 51U Story On Page 3 - tj.: Af Au# f A A Tanner (left), SIU Mobile port agent, has been named by AlaIwCW JOB* bama Governor Jim Folsom to the Advisory Board of the Alabama State Docks in Mobile. It was the. first labor appointee to the board in the 25 years of its existence. Photo above was taken when Tanner was being interviewed for national magazine article by "Business Week" bureau chief Eugene Nailler. (Story on Page 3.) ° ' '.ii ' -v X ^ ^ I - -v.-- •* ' ' ; 1' Si, i j'.r- - .-•''' • Victim of a head-on collision with a LuSlfOfiy* 'Swedish tanker, the SlU-manned Edith Waits in Maryland Drydock at Baltimore for repairs. No one aboard either ship suffered injury, but the Edith will be out of action about three weeks. '• V?"i i » aa#- tM —On the mend after hospitaliza-" nQlTOtC vCISffI* tion, Mrs. Robert Guthrie receives check covering SIU hospital and surgical benefits from Charles Tannehill, Houston port agent, as her Sea­ farer-husband looks on. (Seafarer Benefit Story on Page 5.) •••-3 I : • �F«[S Tws rj H i'j. ii SEAFARERS IdO Oei. 14. 1955 New Govt Needed To Save , Leaders Told NEW ORLEANS—Unless the US Maritime Administration adopts a policy reversing the present trend "we will have ho shipbuilding industry in America" in a few years^ Rep. Hale Boggs of Louisiana warned^ the""maritime industry here be facing difficult times indeed," Boggs warned. this week. The US has "practically no shipbuilding program and our fleet Is fast becoming obsolete," Boggs told delegates to the American Merchant Marine Conference and the convention of the Propelier Ciub of the United States. 1936 Act Ignored "Certainly the policy of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is not being adhered to and obviously unless there is a change in the very near future, the industry will Consistency Needed If replacement of obsolete US merchant ships is to be achieved, Boggs said, and if American ship­ ping is to be enabled to meet foreign competition, there "must be some degree of certainty and consistency" on the part of the Maritime Administration and Con­ gress. Members of rank and file steward department committee elected at SIU headquarters to "To achieve certainty I believe draft preliminary report on master set of working rules for their department are shown comthe controversies over the allow­ pleting work on their report and recommendations to the membei^ship. The 15-man commit­ ances on construction differential tee represented all ratings in the department. Chairman Allan Lake has back to camera. subsidies must cease," Boggs sug­ gested. "A realistic program of trade-ins must be adopted; unfair competition from MSTS must cease; there must be a consistence of policy in the payment of operat­ ing differential, and our Govern­ ment must recognize the 50-50 concept as the established policy of Congress." A comprehensive set of recommendations revamping the operations of steward departThese sentiments were echoed ments on SIU ships has been drafted by a 15-man rank and later by Geoffrey Azoy, Chicago mittee. The recommendations are now being mailed to file steward department comall SIU ships for study by banker, who advised steamship ex­ steward departments and fur--^ ecutives attending the conference NEW ORLEANS An early ther suggestions. SlU-contracted vessels. It is al­ ent. The report suggests that a report by the House Mer- that a stable Government maritime ready oh a considerable Union committee be established to The 15-man committee was chant Marine and Fisheries policy is a key to financing needed elected in headquarters on Sep­ numberinofforce ships. Procedure to be pass upon charges of incompe­ ship replacements. Committee on proposals for refollowed under the feeding sys­ tence and proposes standard seatember 22 to study steward de­ stricting- and hamstringing mari­ It is difficult to obtain financing tem is incorporated in the report. time requirements for upgrading. partment operations and the ef­ time unions was promised by Com­ at attractive interest rates in an The committee acted after hearing fects of the SIU's new-Shipboard The committee also recommend­ mittee Chairman Herbert C. Bon­ industry "where the rules are con­ reports from Seafarer-stewards feeding system on the ships. Sim­ ed that headquarters officials con­ ner of North Carolina here this stantly being changed," he said. have been supervising the tinue the job started by the com­ week. •Boggs' complaints were answered ilar committees were elected in who program on various SIU ships. ail the outports with the 15 men mittee of drafting a. standardi The proposals, which the SIU later by Maritime Administrator representing all the ratings in the • That shipboard working rules stores list which will establish strongly blasted in House hear­ Clarence G. Morse, who vigorously department. be revised so as to carefully spe­ minimum storing requirements for ings, call for a wage freeze on US denied that the Maritime Adminis­ After meeting for several days^ cify the duties of all ratings in the aU SIU ships. Another committee tration is dragging its feet on an ships and establishment of govern­ and considering all recommenda­ department. Included in this re­ proposal called for the Union to ment controls over contract nego­ adequate replacement program. tions the committee drafted a vision would be a change in the make up 'a list of foreign ship . tiations plus settlement' ot ship­ three-part report covering depart­ working hours of the chief cook. chandlers and the kinds of sup­ board beefs, were referred to in mental operations. The report con­ * That the Union itself take plies they have which meet US an address by Representative Bon­ tained the following recommenda­ steps to establish a regular pro­ feeding standards. ner that was sharply critical of tions: cedure for upgrading and testing All Ratings Included sonie phases of the Republican Ad­ •^That the new SIU "to order" steward department men, In the ministration's maritime policy. Members of the committee con­ feeding system be extended to all absence of such procedure at pressisted of three chief stewards, Committee hearings which "dealt three chief cooks, three bakiers, principally with labor-management three 2nd cooks, and three messrelations and labor costs" will be men-utilitymen. Committee chair­ taken up in a report to be issued man was Allan Lake and other "in the near future," he said. This members were S. W. Johnson, C. report, he added, will contain the Dudley, H. Marcus, N. Nomikos, committee's conclusions and rec­ A work record card which DeForest Fry, George Curry, Bill ommendations, and will be "only Dunham, Nick Gaylord, Nelson • Interim in nature, indicating that will enable longshoremen to Wood, H. W. Morris, H. Domsua, we have not finished" with the keep track of their hours worked is being mailed to all New R. Mendez, E. C. Shaffer, Juan subject. York dock workers by the AFL Colon. Longshore Committee. The com­ mittee has become increasingly ac­ tive in the port in recent months Oct. 14. 1955 Vol. XVII, No. 21 since it announced its intention to PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer seek a new longshore election. HERBERT BRAND, Editor; RAY DENISON. Up until now, longshoremen Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art have had no system for keeping Editor; HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK Staff Writers; Biix MOODY, Gulf Area their annual hours record. Since Representative. all welfare, vacation and pension Editorial Cartoon Page 10 benefits are 'determined by the Editorial .Page 10 number of hours worked per year, Final Dispatch Page 1.5 the dock workers were at a serious disadvantage without this informa­ Hospitalized Men Page 12 tion. NEW OHLEANS-rThe Mar­ Inquiring Seafarer Page 9 itime Administration is deep­ Accuse ILA Labor Roundup Page 10 ly concerned, from the stand-' Letters Pages 12, 14 In Issuing the cards, the AFL point of national (iefense, over the Meet The Seafarers Page 11 accused the racket-controlled iLA fact that 89 perqent of ore used Personals Page 15 of (leliberately withholding all In­ in the US is brought into thisRecent Arrivals .........Page 15 formation on work hours from country in foreign flag ships. Dep­ Seafarer In Action Page 11 longshofeniJen so that the men uty Administrator Admiral Walter Shipping Figures Page. 4 would have no way knowing C.- Ford said at the joint session of, Your Dollar's Worth ....Page 6 what they were entitled to In con­ Success of the fourth annual picnic staged by ;SiU the American Merchant Marin^ Pyblishad blwaexly M fho haadquarfers tract benefits. berS of th# bd\Sod. W their farnllles and' ffiends in -New ot fha Saafarars Intarnatlonal Union, At­ Conference and the Propeller CiutT "The ILA," the committee said, lantic & Colt District, AFL, 675 Fourth "^Orleans last month was credited in'part to'yeoman service " " ot the United States. Avanua, Brooklyn 3J, NY. Tel. HYacinth "never wanted it known in black .in transporting food and drink to Audubon Park by these 9-66(10. Entered at second Class matter J'Certainly, the savings in trans­ at the Post Office in Brooklyn/ NY, under and white how many longshore­ picnic committeemen. Pictured (kneeling, l-r) are: Seafar- . portation cost, whfen measured the Act of Aug. 34, 1913. men lost out on welfare, vacation ers Ar^thur Maillet and Dave Witty; standing,, Frank X Ca-, against the percentage, of final proand pension, benefits because they ^ere . few .hours short in . any lascione, 'Louis Guarino, V.; d. Tbzel and L. B./^il|o^, JOther, , diictibn cost/^wduld appear t(» bV given' year."" small indeed," he ,po^h|e.<t,p«t. \ "^ofosicn back/jsage.) " . .. .7/4. Sea Unions Govt Control Report Due laferim Report Oh SIU Food Plan Goes To Ships AFL Mails Work Forms To Dockers SEAFARERS LOG Del Sud 'Transport Corps' Lack of US Ore Ships Alarms Govt �oa. 14, IMS^ SEAFARKRS tOG Appoint Tanner To Ala. Dork Bd. MOBILE—The important function of the trade union movement in the development of maritime Industry was recognized by Gov. James E, Folsom of Alabama recently . in his appointment of CaH Tanner, SIU port agent in maritime labor would be protected Mobile, to the Alabama and given full consideration in Pwe TbfM- iTF Widens Drive On Runaway Ships Raps iLA'Union' the board's planning for future State Docks Advisory Board. Tanner's appointment • by Gov development of the Port of Mo­ ernor Folsora on September _30 bile, Tanner said in his report to the last regular membership meet­ ing here. One of the majbr projects which OSTEND, Belgium—A strongly-worded resolution condemning the ILA's phony the new board will take up for consideration, Tanner reported, Is seamen's union for its activities among runaway flag crews was approved by the development of Alabama's water­ ways to psovide for increased traf­ International Transportworkers Federation, SIU delegates reported. The same fic through Mobile harbor. One resolution pledged ITF to carry on vigorous action to organize crews under the plan under discussion, he said, in­ cludes extension of Mobile's deep Panamanian, Liberian and other runaway flags. water channel 70 miles inland to The action by the confer-^ Jackson, Alabama. Completion of ence of the Seafarers sec­ this project would result in more maritime jobs in the Mobile area. tion of ITF^, representing In his first term as Governor, legitimate maritime unions all Folsom broke the monopoly held over the world, fully supports by Mobile shipping management decisions taken at the last SIU interests on State Docks Advisory Board appointments. When Fol­ of North America convention. som had to step down after his The SIU condemned the ILA first term, as required by the state crimp outfit- in much the Cal Tanner constitution^ the State Legislature, same terms and also Offered all was the first time a labor repre­ during the administration of for­ possible aid and support to the sentative had been named to serve mer Governor Gordon 'Persons, ITF's drive on runaways. A special on the board, since the Alabama took unlimited power of appoint­ ITF organizing office has been - State, bocks program was set, up ment to this board out of the opened at 33 Whitehall Street, l^ew about 25 years ago. York, for that purpose. hands of the Governor. Past appointments t6^ the board, Restored Power Passage of the resolution in­ an important policy-making body, volved an implied rebuke to the After Folsom was elected to his have been dictated in most in­ National Maritime Union which had stances by ship op.erators and present second term as Governor, just recently won membership in the legislature restored State ..NMU President Joe Curran ILA President William Bradley others from the management side ITF. The NMU had attempted to . . . Although he defended it His crimp rig denounced . . . of the industry. Members of the Docks appointive power to the give a gloss of respectability to the chief , executive. . Advisory Board serve without sal­ state's phony union by an exchange of let­ Other members of the new State declared: "This conference . . . provement and stability of condi­ ary. It is their duty to make rec­ ters between NMU president learns with deep concern of the tions of employment in these Docks Board are Walter C. Ernest, ommendations to the Governor Mobile contractor; Henry Waugh, Joseph Curran and ILA president and the docks director on operat­ Tuscaloosa; Monroe Weeks, Slo- William Bradley. The NMU "Pilot" disreputable activities of the ships . . ." United International Seamen's Running the phony rig for Brad­ ing polieies. It also is the responcpmb; Hugh Steele, Center; Tom gave front page prominence to Union, sponsored by the Interna­ ley until recently were defeated - sibility of the board to plan projr McGough, Montgomery; Tom Col- Bradley's claim that the ILA out­ • ects for the development of the ley, Talladega; Dan Mobley, Guin; fit was not a raid on genuine unions tional Longshoremen's Association SIU Galveston Agent Keith Alsop t harbor and to increase shipping Dan Davis, Florence, and. Dr. but would work for improvement (ILA) of America, among seafarers and expelled SIU member "Bill sailing in ships under the Pana­ Higgs. •through the Port of Mobile. of conditions on foreign flag ships. manian and similar flags. It is Louis Friedman, Binningham. Boycotts Successful , Honmrs SIU Two NMU delegates who attended evident that the sole purpose of In notifying Tanner of the ap­ The three-day meeting heard re­ the ITF convention sat by in these activities is to exploit the pointment, Governor Folsom made ports of how boycotts of various silence while the resolution was seafarers concerned ... it plain lie was recognizing the con­ runaway flag ships had been suc­ discussed and passed without a dis­ tributions that have beeq mifde to "The conference condemns the cessful, in winning Improvements senting vote. the development of the industry International Longshoremen's As­ Reguiar membership meet­ Shakedown Outfit by the membership of "your great sociation and its subsidiary the ings in SIU headquarters and The only result of the phony United International Seamen's . organization, the Seafarers Inter­ at all branches are held every union's activities among runaway Union for these malpractices and national Union." second Wednesday night at flag seamen was a whole stream of reaffirms the determination of its Through his appointment of la­ 7 PM. The schedule for the bor representation to the Advisory next few meetings is as follows: complaints to the ITF by men who constituent unions to carry on vig­ were bilked by the JLA. Board, the Governor sought to orous action to build up strong or­ Oct. 19, Nov. 2^ Nov. 16. In its resolution, the conference ganization and to work for the immake certain'that the interests ef •rA A r'r .-.t Meeting Night Every 2 Weeks Engineers In Canada Join SlUNA •% MONTREAL — Canadiant marine engineers on the Great Lakes and East Coast •yV-.: have joined the SIU family by voting 97 percent in favor of affili­ ation with the SIU of North Amer­ ica. Results of a referendum bal­ lot among Canadian engineers were announced at the convention of the (Ireat Lakes and- Eastern District, \ National Association of Marine Engineers. West Coast engineers have not . taken any steps toward affiliation, . but the action of the rest of_Canada's. organized engineers is ex. pected to swing them into the SIU orbit. Had Been Independent Up until now the Canadian en­ gineers. union had hot been affili­ ated with any international union. Hal Banks qf the Canadian SIU • presented the engineers With their new SIU charter on behalf of the • internatipnal union, He invited other licensed officers groups to follow the engineers'lead. ' ' - The Canadian engineers are the' "'second licensed officers union'to • join SIU uf NA, the other being ' the Brotherhood of Marine Engl,;.,;neprs,h?S«.in-the;UjSji,;. •>.•0' -- . ' Benjamin Sterling . . . His associates get rough treat­ ment by ITF. Here attopiey Ster­ ling is shoum leaving New York police station following question­ ing in connection with plot to as­ sassinate SIU secretary-treasurer Paul Hall last winter. Canndian East Coa'if and Lains licaniad marina anginaart ara waleomad as nawatt SlUNA affiliata by SIU Canadian District diraetor Hal C. tanks (4tli from right); prasinting chartar t'p G. J. Ellis, district pras.i Nat'l Asi'n of Marin# Englnaari l4th from laff), In Mdntraal. Englnaars votad for SlUNA link by .97*/e nriargin. Looking on ara Frank Hall, vlca-pras. AFL AaU A ^SvClarks Iba^aan tha two), arid NAME dalagatas. and getting union organization started on these vessels. Since the problem of the run­ aways is of growing concern to shipowners and governments of legitimate maritime nations, as well as seamen, the conference cheerad the news that the I'nt'l Labor Or­ ganization will meet on the ques­ tion in Paris at tho end of. this month.--.-- . .- �- ', • • •'•i Pare Four SBAFAHEltS LOG Oct. }4. USli Sept. 21 Through Oct. 4 Registered Deck Q Port Boston New York Philadelphia ....". Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Miami Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Deck ? ft , ® 3 101 35 41 14 50 17 15 14 12 ' 7 12 3 7 3 24 10 05 11 27 14 15 5 6 2 26 7 29 29 Deck A TOTALS 439 Deck B 174 Enc. 6 18 38 14 10 3 3 20 28 13 13 2 16 26 Enf. A 286 Eng. S 1 42 14 24 12 8 5 1 16 7 16 10 2 16 21 Eng. B 195 Stew. Stew. Total Total Total A B _A 7 71 11 30 10 23 9 18 47 10 10 4 14 25 ..Stew. A, 6 22 27 248 7 70 19 118 12 ' 39 31 5 38 14 19 6 62 16 16 140 50 7 38 2 12 4 18 56 19 80 10 104 35 60 38 20 22 10 42 34 37 17 * 8 41 69 "IS- 352 105 178 77 51 60 29 104 174 87 55 20 97 149 Stew. Total Total Total B A B 298' 178 1023 547 15% Shipped Deck Deck Deck B "3 112 21 51 8 12 2 3 16 55 12 20 0 22 . 27 Deck 0 30 16 35. 5 5 0 1 1 7 14 13 1 10 24 Degk Deck 364 SlU Pursers Win Job Security Burt Lanpher, secy-treas., of SlU-affiliafed Staff Officers Association, signs new contract with five major companies as union and company negotiators look on. Seated (left to right) are: Marvin Schwartz, union attorney; Paul Tonarelli, union patrolman; Lanpher, William Mullins, AMMI chairman; Joseph Condon, Robin Line; Capt. William Twigg, Grace Line. Standing (left to right) Capt. W. H. Mills, US Line; S. P. Maher, AMMI. A new ttiree year contract providing job security for pursers and purser-pharma­ • cists employed by five major steamship companies has been signed by the Staff Officers Asso­ ciation, AFL. The agreement also provides 85-cent daily increases in contributions to the union's wel­ fare plan as well as additional overtime provisions. The ship­ owner contribution to the welfare plan now totals $1.60 per man per day. Burt , Lanpher, secretary-treas­ urer of the pursers union, said a key clause in the agreement pro­ tected the pursers ^om action by any company to dispense with that rating. The companies agreed that they will continue to carry pursers and purser-pharmacists as part of their manning scales for the life of the agreement. The contract, signed on Septem­ ber 29, has two wage reopening clauses at 12-month intervals. Companies covered by it are Robin Line, Grace Line, Farrell Line, US Line and Moore-McCormack. Ne­ gotiations were handled through the American Mprchant Marine Institute. The Staff 'Officers are ah auton­ omous affiliate of the SIU of North America. By action of the last SJU of NA convention they are the only recognized pursers union in the US. ' Lake Charles Watching La. Nominee Deadline LAKE CHARLES—^Labor here is sitting tight as tonight's deadline for the filing of election petitions nears. All candi­ dates for office have until the wind-up of business today to get under the wire and qual­ ify for a place on the No­ months, and the forecast is for' vember ballot. ^ more of the same. The fireworks can be expected to really fiy after today, Leroy Clarke, SIU port agent, commented, since by then every candidate will know whom he's battling against and can break out his armaments ac­ cordingly. Most of the real friends of labor have already filed their intentions to run for re-election, Clarke noted. The only question in some cases is where the opposition will come from. This will be known once the deadline passes and then work for the actual polling can be gotten underway in earnest. Shipping Holds Fiym Shipping continued to move at boom levels once again during the past two weeks, with the result that Houston had to be called on to supply some of the necessary manpower. The record activity is the best it has been (n many 1 8 1 9 9 7 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 4 Contributing to this condition were ten Cities Service tankwagons; that regular caller, the Val Chem (Valentine); the Michael (Carras), plus the Stony Creek (American Tramp Shipping) and the Del Campo (Mississippi). All of them were visited and found to ue in good shape. " Weather Is Hot' The hot weather and the opening of the hunting season two weeks ago have combined to keep many Seafarers shackled to shore for a while, making for excellent ship­ ping opportunities for those wish­ ing to get our right away. As everywhere else, the baseball World Series added tb the confu­ sion here, as the diehards remained on the beach to await the outcome before they would ship out. Even Yankee fans somehow showed pleasure over the results. 46 E^. 2 69 22 39 8 15 0 2 14 28 11 9 0 13 17 Eng. 249 Eng. 1 33 16 31 1 8 3 1 6 110 15 5 3 12 23 Eng. 168 Eng. 2 16 3 11 7 0 0 0 2 1 6 4 1 5 3 Eng. 61 Ste^.. Stew, 74 16 23 3 5 1 3 16 61 2 10 4 18 15 i 31 7 24 4 3 1 1 6 16 8 4 0 7 19 Stew. Stew. A B 254 123 Stew. Total Total 'o 13 3 16 5 d 2 0 0 2 1 9 3 2 8 Stew. C 55 8 3 255 94 59 39 113 90 19 10 32 16 3 4 8 3 46 13 144 23 25 37 39 22 4 4 53 29 59 66 Total Total rot« Total 867 453 Total ^tal c 37 J 386 105 239 21 50 55 9 0 il 2 ^61 3 ' 170 11 73 5 66 4 12 9 91 15 140 Total Total 162 fls'si Sm-6hipping shot upwards once again during the last two weeks, almost reaching the lofty 1500-job mark which has been topped only twice in the last 22 months. The near-record number of men shipped totalled 1482 compared" to a registration of 1570." It stacked up very favorably with the previous ;—-—r-— high of 1574, which still This has been the case all stands, recorded just two along. months ago during the sum­ • The following is the fore­ mer shipping boom. The lat­ cast port by port: ter figure was the highest BOSTON: Quieted down; reached since the pre-Christexpected to pick up if tankers mas boom of 1953.' come through . . . . NEW Overall, ports in the Atlan­ YORK: Booming oncer again; tic and Gulf District were jobs going begging .... evenly split across the board, PHILADELPHIA: Holding its with five up, five down and own at high level .... BAL­ the same number remaining TIMORE: Good opportunities the same as the previous pe­ expected to continue .... riod. NORFOLK: Slowed up a bit; still better than normal. NY Jobs Nearly Doubled SA'YANNAH: Current pe­ New York racked up almost double the number of jobs riod turned out better than shipped two weeks ago. Sa­ expected; future doesn't look vannah, Mobile and Houston good. Registration low . . -. . came back slightly and San MIAMI: continues slow, but Francisco resumed its own lift is expected .... TAMPA: sprightly pace. Still slow .... MOBILE^ NEW Oh the downgrade, but still Fair; getting better ORLEANS: Holds fair; future shipping better than a fair amount of men, we're Nor­ looks good, I^AKE CHARLES: "Very folk and New Orleans, while Boston, Tampa and "Wilming­ good; should stay that way ton- slumped further. • . . . HOUSTON: Picked up The other ports, such as some; should get better .... Philadelphia, Baltimore, Lake WILMINGTON: Still slow Charles and Seattle, stayed . . . . SAN FRANCISCO: the same—at the considerably Picked up again; in^-transits better than average pace they will help .... SEATTLE: have been setting all along. btill going strong; pace Miami merely continued slow should continue. with no. change either way. A breakdown of the senior­ ity groups showed class A slightly higher than the last report, at 58V2 percent; class B the same, at nearly 31 percent of the total, ^nd class C, the group without seniority in the SIU, claimed the rest. However, despite the nearpeak shipping, the class C to­ tal was nowhere near the reoSAN FRANCISCO — The ord_ 14 percent of all shipping predicted lift in shipping here which it snared earlier, and over the past two-week one port, Tampa, did not ship period came through on schedule, any men in class C at all.* ' as the La Salle (Waterman) ar­ In addition, class B shipped rived for payoff and-took a few nearly three jobs for every replacements off the beach. one that went to a class C Nine in-transit ships also bol­ seaman. The ratio still re­ stered things for a while, breaking mained almost two to one in a slump of six weeks' duration. favor of class A over class B. Prior to the relative dry spell, the More Ships Steam Past Ckilden Gate Golden Gate port hid been a scene of feverish shipping activity for many months. However, Leon "Blondie" John­ son, SIU port agent, reported that the drought wag due to reappear, since he had no payoffs in sight for the coming two weeks. The lack of encouraging prospects is keeping all hands on the registra­ tion list close to the hall, in the eyent something unexpectedu. drops �Oet. 14. im SEAFJREkS SEAFARERS LOCi AWARD There are itill five issues of the SEAFARERS LOG left for the year 1955 in which Seafarers can qualify for one of the annual LOG awards for distinguished mem­ bership contributions to the Union newspaper. The awar^ program announced early th^ year will covier four categories — letters, photo­ graphs, poetry and drawings— submitted by any Seafarer to the newspaper and appearing in the calendar year 1955. The awards will consist of medallions, suitably inscribed. No particular entry form is needed. As. long as the Sea­ farer's material appears in the LOG it autoinatically qualifies for the prizes. Standards that will govern se­ lection of winners in the four categories are: for letters—one offering a constructive proposal or best e^tpresslng a Seafarer's feeling on any given issue; photography—for the best pho­ it and subject matter in the tograph, or photographs of Sea­ tradition of the sea; drawingsfarers at work or play or other quality and originality plus sub­ material of strong interest to ject matter based on maritime Seafarers; poetry—^literary mer­ or related experience. Job Boom Again Sparks NY Amid Series Fever NEW .YORK—Despite a week in which the World-Series dominated everything going on in town, shipping at SIU headquarters once again edged upwards almost to the 400mark during the last period. 4 — ^ "The boom is back on in the right after the 10 AM job call for Port of New York," Assistant free tickets to most of the games. Secretary-Treasurer Claude Sim­ mons, port agent, revealed, with 386 men shipped over the twoweek period. Simmons also pointed to the largest number of payoffs in three years here as typical of the Vay headquarters activity has been growing. Although beefs were routine and at a minimum, the patrolmen still had their hands full -covering a total of 55 ships, including 31 pay­ offs. ^ Eight ships signed on and 16 more arrived In transit. The favorable beef situation, Simmons commented, "Jfoints up the good relations existing today between the SIU and its contract­ ed operators. Everything is run­ ning smoothly, with no hitches in sight. We hope things remain this way," he added. World Series One of the main reasons for the lack of Seafarers ready to ship was the annual baseball classic and the reluctance of most men to quit the beach until the last out was made-. Three television, sets .were kept going throughout the series to ac­ commodate the membership which jammed headquarters facilities to watch the progress of Ihe games. One was in the shipping hall, an­ other in the recreation hall, and the third was available in the Port O'Call bar below, where those who liked a cool drink with their entertainment cpUld be- accomo­ dated. • In addition, throughout the se­ ries, a daily drawing was held While only a small portion of the Seafarers who threw in for these tickets were able to win a seat at the ball park, the drawing provided a popular diversion each morning. By the time of the seventh and final game, which obviously had to be the payoff on the whole series, the excitement at each ticket drawn was pretty high. About 50 tickets were distributed in this way to Seafarers and members of the Sailors Union whose cards were drawn during the week-long competition. Simmons also repeated that cop­ ies . of the clarifications to the standard tanker agreement were ready and available at SIU halls for the asking. They have al­ ready been put aboard most Sfucontracted tankers. . Taf Win LOG SlU Family Benefits Hit $$ Peak In September Fifty-one Seafarers collected close to $8,000 in family hospital and surgical benefits in the month of September under the Seafarers Welfare Plan. The month also saw the largest single benefit paid so far, with $660 going to one Seafarer for hospital and sur­ gical expenses. In this in-^ stance the Plan paid the maximum $300 allowed for surgery and the maximum $360 for hospital room and board and hos­ pital extras.. All told, 136 benefits have been paid out in the first four month's with several Seafarers receiving more than one family benefit. An­ other 42 cases - were being proc­ essed by the Welfare Plan at the month's end. ' . Examination of individual cases shows that hospital room and board charges are amply covered in most cases by the $10 daily benefit allowed under the Plan. In a number of instances, the hospital room and board charge has been less than $10 a day. Hosp. Extras Important The value of the hospital extras allowance -of $100 has also been demonstrated. In most surgical cases there are charges for operat­ ing room, lab tests, operating room assistants, x-rays and often blood donations which would be a con­ siderable burden were It not for the $100 extras allowance. Th^ greatest variation in charges has been in surgical fees. As pointed out in the last issue of the SEAFARERS LOG, some surgdons have been charging fees well in excess of normal standards. In order to give Seafarers an idea of the variety of benefits paid and a view of typical cases, a breakdown has been made of g few" of September's 51 cases; A typical case involving an ap­ pendicitis operation was that of a Seafarer's son, which broke down as follows: Surgeon's fee $100.00 Hospital 6 days @ $8.50-• Hospital extras • Total charge SIU Plan paid for this type operation . • • Seafarers Plan paid hosp. room and extras less $50 Seafarers Plan paid .. Seafarer paid only .... In another instance. Houston port agent Charles "Whitey" Tannehill presents second SIU maternity benefit to Mrs. Stokes Harrison for new arrival Jane. Older daughter, Gail, also was occasion for $200 benefit^ plus $25 US bond. Looking on is Mrs. Harrison's mother. the hospital and surgical charges were within the Plan's limits so the entire case cost the Seafarer only the $50 minimum while the SIU Plan picked up $60, the re­ mainder of the bill. In many tonsillectomies, it isn't necessary -for the patient to stay in the hospital more than a few hour^. In those cases, the Plan paid the surgeon's cost and all the Seafarer had to pay were extras $342.75 which were well below the $50 Total charge minimum. 51.50 Seafarers Plan paid for 40.95 Surgeon's fee' $ 50.00 this type operation .. $100.00 Hospital 2 days @ $10 .. 20.00 SIU Plan paid room and $192.45 extras less $50 and less Hospital extras 40.00 excess of $100 in extras $120.00 $100.00 Total changes $110.00 SIU Plan paid $220.00 Seafarers Plan paid for 122J5 42.45 Seafarer paid ...7. this type operation .. $ 50.00 A common operation which most SIU Plan paid hosp. room $142.45 families face at one time or an­ and extras less $50 .. 10.00 50.00 other is a tonsillectomy. In the -heavier' case of this Seafarer's youngster. SIU Plan paid $ 60.00 Seafarer paid only 50.00 surgical fee plus larger than usual hospital extras added to the bill. The surgeon charged the Seafarer $50 more than the portwide aver­ age; hospital extra costs were boosted by x-ray charges and the use of two anesthesia technicians instead of one. , Surgeon's fee $150.00 Hospital 7 days @ $10.. 70.00 Hospital extras 122.75 SIU Sea Chest Display Hit Of Union Labei Show Total charges $204.00 SIU Plan paid $4 per uisit $ 40.00 SIU Plan paid $10 per day hosp. room and extras less $50 84.00 Make Checks To 'SlU-A&G' Seafarers mailing in checkb or money brders to the Union to cover dues payments are urged to be sure to make all of them payable to the SlU-A&G District. Some Seafarers have sent in checks and money orders in the names of individual headquar­ ters officials. This makes for a problem in bookkeeping which can be avoided if checks are made out.to the Union directly. Where no surgery is involved, the benefit allows a doctor $4 a day for each visit he pays to the hos­ pital. In this typical case the doc­ tor's visits were fully covered by the Plan, but hospital room charges were higher than the $10 per day. The expenses were: 10 doctor visits @ $4... $ 40.00 Hospital 10 days @ $13 • • 130.00 Hospital extras 34.00 SIU Plan paid .... Seafarer paid only Visitors look.over d?splay..«f Sea Chest merchandise at AFL union label, show in Baltimore. Show sponsored by Union Label Trades Council and Baltimore Federation of Labor was held in SIU Baltimore hall. Council thanked SIU for "splendid cooperation" in conducting show. $124.00 . 80.00 The Welfare Plan covers surgery whether or not it is performed in a hospital. There have been some cases of surgery in the doctor's office which have been paid for by the Plan. One recent instance in­ volved minor surgery for which the Plan allows $30. The surgeon charged $50 for this office opera­ tion, again well above the average surgical fee in major port cities in the US, so that the cost to the Seafarer was $20. �•.-»-.;-v: n *v.. SBAFAR Ens Pare Six BALTIMORE —'Round-the-clock picketing by the SlU-affiliated Marine Allied Workers continued to hold the Old Bay Line in check this week, as union members walked the bricks in answer to the company's union-busting activities. Assisted by Seafarers in the"^""^ • port, MAW picketlines are A Seafarer's Final Dispatch keeping all ships idle in the W- SIU shipping hail in Baltimore is banked with 'flowers and wreaths stent in tribute to Seafarer William H. McVey, 47, who passed away at local hospital last month. Funeral services attended by some 200 friends and former shipmates were held right in the hall, with Seafarers acting as pall­ bearers. Burial by his Union brothers was final wish expressed by McVey. Boston Cool To Soviet Visitors On US Junket BOSTON—Public housing experts from the USSR^who visited this port city recently were treated to a chilly wel­ come here by demonstrators, many of whom come to- the US •from Lithuania and Latvia and had not forgotten by Soviet tyranny suffered by Where You Can Find The Middle & Far East Seamen's Canteen c/o Amer. Arabian Oil Co. Ras Tanura, Saudi, Arabia 4- 4" l" The Log 10 Hanamal St. Haifa, Israel 4" ^ Titanic Bar. Beirut, Lebanon 4" 4 4 4 United Seamens Service Iskenderun, Turkey 4 4 4 United Seamens Serv. Abadan, Iran 4 4 4 Palace Bar 407 Jalan Besar Singapore 8, Malaya 4 4 4 Seamen's Institute Wauchi District Hongkong, China 4 4 4. Marine Club 2 Nimakmshall Road Kidderpore, Calcutta, India ! ^f-.v Maritime Union of India 204 Hornby Rd,. Bbmbiay, India ! Ms Cherry & Co. 2, Annes Chambers 3, Camac Road Bombay, India Merchant Navy Club Willingdon Island Cochin, So. India Seamen's Welfare Directerato Dept. of Commerce 9B Talkatora Rd. New Delhi, India 4 4" 4 Merchant Navy Club China Creek Bridge Karachi, Pakistan 4 4 4. Bar Marseille No. 156 Yamashita Cho Naka-Ku Yokohama, Japan Bar Sea Hawk No. 32-7 Chome Sannomiya-Cho, Ikutaku Kobe, Japan The Club Rose 43-3-Chome ShimoyamateDori Ikuta Ku, Japan United Seaman's Club No. 8, 1 Chome Bentendo Nakaku,; Yokohama, Japan Oet. 14, 1955 LOG Bay Line Still Tied In Knot By Baltimore MAVi Pickets face of the wholesale firings and diseriminatory tactics resorted to by the company on the eve of a National Labor Relations Board election. The last-ditch anti-union moves by the Old Bay Line came on the day foll9wing the reaching of an agreement for the NLRB balloting. SIU Port Agent Earl Sheppard said he expected the union would be successful in eventually winning a contract covering the company's Baltimore-Hampton Roads passen­ ger-freight operations. The MAY/ effort is part of several drives aimed at non-union harbor boat operations in the area. Similar campaigns are meeting with success in ^Philadelphia and New York. Sheppard added that Seafarers who have joined the MAW picketlines are doing an out­ standing job. Many have put in long days and nights manning the lines. Oldtimer Mourned He also reported on special fu­ neral services for Seafarer William H. "Hbavy" McVey, an oldtime member of the SIU, which were held Sept. 30 in the SIU hiring hall here, in keeping with McVey's I often-expressed wishes. Services were attended by some 200 mem­ bers and former shipmates of the veteran Seafarer. He passed away at the hospitai here two days earlier. Shipping, meanwhile, "has been coming along mightily," Sheppard reported. The total number of men shipped topped the total reg­ istration once again, assuring- any man who wants to get out that he can do so- without trouble. 'The heavy activity was, ac­ counted for by. 13 payoffs, 11 signons and 19 ships stopping over in transit. "r; ><• their own countries. The Russian visitors are on a tour of the US similar to the one made by a Soviet agricultural delegation a few weeks ago. They were greeted both at the airport and at their hotel by jeers. Arrival of the Soviet group served to heighten the personal enthusiasm of Seafarer Jose Leston, who has been one of the happiest men in the SIU since he received his US citizenship last month. Leston, who generally ships as steward or chief cook, has been sailing on SIU ships for four years and is busy these days flashing his citizenship papers around for all his friends and shipmates to see. Spurt Ended Shipping, meanwhile, slowed down here once again, after a brief spurt of heavier-than-usual activity. The outlook for future shipping is just fair. Port Agent James Sheehan also reported that three more "Texas tower" radar manning posts 4ire now under construction for loca­ tion between Portland, Me., and New York. The first one is now stationed off Cape Cod. When those under construction and others to be built are com­ pleted, the towers will provide a network of radar warning stations along the entire Atlantic coast which can give early warning of any enemy approaching the US. Seafaress here are manning the tug which supplies the tower off Cape Cod and construction of more towers may mean additional Job opportunities in the port. • ; Y0UR^110I,tAR*S WORTH •BAFARBRR OUIDB TO BBTTIR BUYIWO By' Sidney Margolius Cutting Car-Insurance Cost In many areas, auto-insurance rates went up again this year, notably in the growing suburban areas. But there are new trends that can help car owners stave off some of the high insurance costs levied on them. For the first time a large group of consumers is Investigating the possibility of buying auto insurance on a group basis as labor and other groups now buy hospital and life insurance. The Oregon State -Federation of Labor has proposed that each large group within the federation make available to its members auto insurance which may be purchased directly from an insurance company—or labor could form its own concern. Each group would receive dividends based on its accideht record. If a group is able to reduce accidents among its members, they would receive a substantial dividend. While one company (Nationwide Mutual, formerly Farm Bureau) and several individual agents have been exploring possibilities of offer­ ing group auto insurance, this is the first time buyers themselves have taken the initiative to cut costs and solve some of the present bitterness between car owners and insurers. High Overhead . The fact is, almost half the price you pay for auto insurance goes to selling and administration expenses and profit, and only slightly over 50 cents of your premium dollar is used to pay claims. This is the real re§son rates have jumped so high in recent years. The companies have blamed the number of accidents and the increased size of claims (it now costs more to repair damaged cars). But every time actual payouts go up, premium rates have increased approximately twice as much to take care of the industry's expenses. A dollar of increased payout means two bucks more on your insurance bill. In contrast, group buying of. sickness and life insurance has reduced costs as much as 50 percent below individual policies. Because of high rates, more buyers have been seeking auto insurance from "direct writers," who sell through their own agents, over the counter or by maU, rather than through brokers. As a result, more insurers, including some full-rate companies, have launched cutrate subsidiary companies who sell directly at lower rates. The news that a large group like the Oregon State Federation is studying group buying is certain to hasten the industry's efforts to bring down costs. With this column is an expanded list of low-cost auto insurers, listed in approximate order of ascending cost, with the lowest-cost compahie.s listed first. The order is approximate, because some companies have noticeably lower rates on some types of auto insurance than on other. Company Home Office Factory Mutual Liability Ins. Co Providence, RI California Casualty Indemnity Exchange .....San Francisco Auto Club of Southern California Los Angeles State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co Bloomington, IlL Mutual Service Casualty Co St. Paul, Minn. Nationwide Mutual Auto Ins. Co Columbus, Ohio National Farmers Prop. & Casualty Ins. Co Denver Government Employees Ins. Co Washington, DC SAFECO Ins. Co Seattle, Wash. Federated Mutual Implement & Hardware Deafers Ins. Co Owatonna, RJimi. Farmers Mutuals ; Madison, Wise. California State Auto Association ....'. San Francisco Allstate Insurance Co Chicago Liberty Mutual Ins. Co Boston Farmers Insurance Exchange ..Los Angeles Hardware Mutual Casualty Co Stevens Point, Wise. American Mutual Liability Ins. Co Boston Keystone Auto Club Casualty Co Philadelphia Employers Mutual Liability Ins. Co. Wausau,. Wise. Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co Chicago Michigan Mutual Liability Ins. Co Detroit Penn. Threshermen's & Farmers's Mutual Harrisburg, Pa. Shelby Mutual Casualty Co Shelby, Ohio State Auto Mutual Ins. Co Columbus, Ohio Detroit Auto Inter—Ins. Exchange Detroit State Auto Ins. Association Indianapolis Utica Mutual Ins. Co -. Utica, NY Employers Mutual Casualty Co Des Moines American Motorist Ins.-Co Chicago California Compensation Ins. Co San Francisco Auto Owners Ins. Co Lansing, Mich. Merchants Mutual Casualty Co Buffalo, NY United Pacific Ins. Co .Tacoma (In addition, there are a growing number of cut-rate companies organized by old-line stock companies who themselves generally charge full standard rates. These include Boston Indemnity Co., Merit Plan Ins. Co. affiliated with the Pacific Employers Ins. Co., and the Casualty Co. of Connecticut.) • Some readers have legitithate gripes against var'ous companies listed here because some companies from time to time have engaged in sprees of discontinuing insurance for policy-holders who put in a series of claims, which, even if small, are expensive to handle. The companies ai'gue that these drivers raise rates for more careful ones. But the companies have been quite wrong in this approach, have failed to educate their policy-holders in the need for care, have in some cases gotten panicky over an outbreak of claims that soon ironed themselves out, and have not realized that the real trouble is their own tradi­ tionally high-cost business methods. However, some companies have since ameliorated their abrupt approach. Liability insurance is a car-owner's real need; not collision insurance. Liability insurance protects you against ruinous damage suits, while collision insurance protects only up to the market value of your car, and is costly for this comparatively small protection. Note that Uncle Sam in any case provides part collision insurance, since non-reimbursed . accident damage is tax deductible. . Ypu may not be^ able to get insurance from all companies on this list but use it as a ,comparative shopping list to help yo.u gi^t insurance at whatceir' gavlni is possible. �dot 14, 19B5 eeOROB A. LAVVtON (P«n-ele«anle), July 1)—Chairman, Waadruffi Sacratary, Greanwald. One brother went ta hospital and steward la back on ship after brief hospitalization. No beefs. Delegates ta check on draws and travelers checks. Messman's case to be thoroughly checked by patrol­ man In States. July ]y—Chairman, R. Barker; Sec­ retary, J. Lang. Suggestion made to take care of washing machine. Ona brother paid off because of an In­ jury. Some disputed overtime. Letter to be sent to headquarters regarding the rationing of cigarettes. Letter sent to San Francisco regarding the behavior of chief engineer towards several brothers. New fans needed. More shrimp and more milk needed, HURRKANB (Waterman), May M— Chairman, U. Sanders; Secretary, D. Marine. Ship's delegate elected. Mo­ tion made and carried to take letter to NY. regarding steward department. Motion made and carried jo back up steward department on overtime. Dis­ cussion on aforementioned letter. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian); July itChairman, J. Morris; Secretary, T. Caspar. Ship's delegate elected. One member missed ship. No beefs. Sug­ gestion made - to check with head­ quarters to contact former ship's delegate. SOUTHLAND (South Atlantic), July SO—Chairman, A. Orover; Secretary, T. Brown. Repair list turned In. No beefs. Ship's fund—$87. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with headquarters communications. STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), July 17—Chairman, H. McQuaga; Sec­ retary, J. Evans. All beefs'straight­ ened out. Headquarters communica­ tions read and accepted unanimously. Enrollment cards to be completed and mailed as soon as possible. Mo­ tion made and carried to have deck delegate - get an oil skin locker for the department. SANDCAPTAIN (Const. Aggrag.), August 14—Chairman, P. Cemashko; Sacratary, B. D'Ornallas. Letter from steward of Chester Harding relative to slopchest. There have been results from headquarters regarding the Sea Chest. One man in hospital. Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur with communications from head­ quarters unanimously. Motion made and carried that entire crew support pleas of Brother Cemashko that prop­ er ventilation be installed in the en­ gine spaces. STONY CREEK (Amer. Tramp), July 20—Chairman, W. Kehrwieder; Secretary, F. Millar. Saw captain about repairs. Repair list to be made up. ALEXANDRA (Carras), August f— Chairman, W. Hand; Sacratary, J. Schilling. Report given on lifeboats. Lifeboats to be checked by Coast Guard. Suggestion made to have pa­ trolman check log and see if doctor came aboard in Panama Canal. BETHCOASTER (Calmer), August 3 —Chairman, P. McNabb; Secretary, R. Tyree. No beefs. Discussion about replacing old refrigerator and about getting cots aboard ship. To see patrolman about checking on milk to make round trip to New Haven. ELIZABETH (Bull), August S — Chairman, J. Murphy; Secretary, R. Vellinga. Crewmembers are running to the hall with beefs instead of go­ ing to department delegates. Mem­ bers should go to the department delegate with beefs and let him han­ dle same. If he can't handle It, he will take it up to ship's delegate. Then, If ship's delegate cannot handle same he will take It to Union hall. Under no condition should a crewmember take a beef to Union hall without first letting the delegates try to square it away. ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), August 3 —Chairman, J. Long; Secretary, J. Doris. Crew mess wUl be painted after leaving Boca Grande. No beefs. Repair list to be made up. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), July 25—Chairman, R. Connors; Sec­ retary, J. McGoldrlck. Ship's treasury —$24.95. Some overtime beefs to be taken up with patrolman. Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur with communications from head­ quarters. Ship's delegate elected. Steward asked crew to turn in all excess linen. Vote of thanks to stew­ ard department. F»g0 8e^ SEAFAKJ^nS LOG DEL ORG (Mlsiisstppli,' July 3t— Chairman, J. Allen; Secretary, J. Bax­ ter. Ship's fund—$30. Everything running smooth. Motion made and carried that electrician's dispute be handled In New Orleans. MesshaU to be kept clean. Steward said stores will not run out this trip. Sailing Knocks Him Out ALCOA RUNNER (Alcea), August 7 —Chairman, B. Friedman; Secretary, W. Rhone. Ship's delegate electe^ Motion mdde and carried to check and see if avaUable space can be made for Ubrary. Suggested that galley smoke exhaust fans be checked to operate properly. Suggested that ship's delegate request the captain to post' slopchest prices. ^ * On the heels of last issue's SEAFARERS LOG story re­ vealing the union-busting SUZANNE (Bull), July 34—Chrirman, H. Orlando; Sacratary,, H. Or­ lando. Motion made and carried that men contribute - to - ship's. fund. Mo' tlon made and carried to have com­ pany put at least 10 days surplus stores aboard for long trips. Discus­ sion held on food, dishes not properly cleaned* however it was pointed out that same was due to bad water taken on in. Spain and it wasn t the pantryman's fault. SWEETWATER (Metro), August 4 .-Chairman, C. Hill; Secretary, P. Franco. Steward rooms to be painted. Ship's treasury contains $3 in stamps and $14 in cash. Some disputed over­ time. No beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. YOUNG AMEltICA (Waterman), Au­ gust 10-.-Chalrman, Sellers; Secretary, Singer. Repair list turned in. No disputed overtime and no beefs. Everything running okay this voyage. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communication from headquarters. Slopchest to have more of a variety. COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carrlari), August 3—Chairman, W. ZaIeskI; Secretary, C. Taylor. Ship'a delegate to see patrolman about men being logged. Ship's fund contains S19.65. Few hours disputed overtime. Donation requested from each crewmember of $1 to keep up recreation room. Crew mess and pantry locked at all times. Turn in linen and leave rooms clean for new men. August 14—Chairman, W. Fernwood; Secretary, C. Gadra. Ship paid off in Seattle and it was a clean payoff, no beefs. New ship's delegate elected. Suggestion to have washing machine checked and discussion held on whether crewmembers will collect lodging whUe ship is In shipyard. ELIZABETH (Bull), August 31— Chairman, J. Murphy; Secretary, L. Coech. Everything running okay, no beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with recent com­ munication from headquarters. Mo­ tion made and carried to hold meet­ ings at night instead of the daytime. Bulletins to be left posted on board. Steward to see about change in soap. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), August 18—Chairman, Thompson; Secretary, Bause. Ship's delegate, secretary - reporter, and treasurer elected. Ship's delegate to see captain regarding purchase of beer. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment. Discussion on Ubrary. SANDCAPTAIN (Const. Aggrag.), July 31—Chairman, A. Ferrara; Sec­ retary, G. Champlln. Chester Hardliig slopchest to be posted so that mem­ bers may order from same. If any­ one recommended that safely lights be InstaUed on Zapara I. dock It will be done If possible. Ship's treasury contains Bs. 97. No beefs. Two elec­ tric irons aboard, one for forward and one for aft. Ten cases of lava' soap obtained. New washing machine needed. Mep going ashore were asked to donate blood to Joe Barron. Three men have already done so. LOG to be sent to Sister Superior at Coromoto Hospital, Maracalbo and pocket books, for other brothers in hospltaL SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), August 14-^halrman, D. Molina; Sec­ retary, J. Meyer. Man who was put off ship in Key West sent In letter of thanks to all men who helped him. He was taken off because of an ap­ pendicitis attack. Ship's fund $47.80. Brothers were cautioned to collect proper overtime for penalty time. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquarters. It was explained by deck delegate that Bosun had a job to do and he did not do it, therefore Skipper took care of it. ALCOA RANGER (Alcea), August 31—Chairman, R. Stahl; Sacratary, R. Princlpa. One man missed ship In Puerto Rico. Attention was called to the brothers who ask for payoff In Baltimore to be sure that they want the payoff in that port. ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), August 36—(Uialrman, J. Pacheeo; Sacratary, G. Parker. A report from headquar­ ters was read to the crew and aU present accepted 100 percent. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), AuSTEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), July Bust 14—Chairman, R. Darvllla; Sec­ 38—Chairman, R. Darvllla; Secretary, retary, P. Howe. Reported that all F. Pugllsl. Ship's treasury—$10.17. departmenta turn in one hour over­ No beefs. Motion made and carried time for replacing Ufeboat equipment to accept and concur with communi­ at lifeboat drlU. The findings of the cations from headquarters. Motion ' ship's committea was read. Total of made and carried that SIU vessels on $5.74 In tha ship's fund. Sufgostlon the Persian Gulf run be air-condi­ made to donate ship's fund at payoff. tioned, linens changed twice a week, deck and engine department working ALCOA PEGASUS (Alcoa), August hours should be changed so that 38—Chairman, A. Biornttoni Sserothese gangs do not work during the tary, E. Ray. Ship's fund—$20.35. hours of 13 noon and 4 PH. Ship's Communlcatlona from headquarters delegate reported that he saw master read, accepted and concurred.. Vato about passes being written in differ­ of thanks to craw metamaa and pan­ ent Unguage and erewmembers-are tryman. Steward has letter with or­ unable to. determine- what time their ders not to ..order, vogetablos and passes exljire: mut, uiitil vessel arrives in NY. 'Bust Union' Team Lists New Plans Visit wifh ships and sailing men proved a little too exciting for young Ian Sorel, 20 months old, who nap's in arms of his dad as Seafarer John .Sorel, AB, shows the missus around SIU headquarters. The couple live in Brooklyn. Laud Advocate Crew In Air Crash Rescue Details of the rescue of two shark-bitten flyers from Pacific waters by the St^el Advocate have been submitted to the SEAFARERS LOG by Seafarer John De Leonardo, The Coast Guard, the Isthmian — the attention received upon coming Steamship Company and the aboard." skipper have all applauded Captain H. K. Toepel, skipper of the crew for. their alertness and skill in saving the two survivors of a commercial cargo plane. The rescue took place about 1,100 miles west of Honolulu two days after the Advocate got word that a Flying Tiger cargo plane had gone down with five men aboard. De Leo­ nardo reported the ship hastened to the scene of the accident while members of all three depart­ ments voluntarily stood lookout De Leonardo watches during their off hours to help out. Two of the survivors were sighted on Sunday, September 25, at 1,500 houi's and a lifeboat was launched in a heavy swell. The lifeboat picked up the men who were suffering from shock, ex­ posure and shark bites. Medical treatment began as soon as the men were in the boat, De Leonardo reported, and the boat was brought aboard in a matter of minutes. The Advocate then rendezvoused with a Coast Guard cutter six hours later. The cutter put a doctor aboard to give the survivors further treatment. "The following day," De Leonardo reported, "having recovered enough from their ordeal the survivors ate supper with the crew to express their thanks for Get That SS Number Right Seafarers filing vacation money claims should make sure that they use their correct S(M:ial Security number. Use of the wrong number means a chTical headache for the Vaca­ tion Plan office and slows up the handling of payments. Also, a Seafarer who uses the incorrect Social Security number is crediting his tax de­ ductions to some other US worker. the Advocate, warmly applauded the crew "for the splendid coopera­ tion of all hands ... their unselfish sacrifices of time and energy and the seamanlike way in which the rescue was accomplished and boat retrieved despite unfavorable weather conditions." The Captain noted too- that some crewmembers might he in line for their own reward as the Associated Press called the ship by radiotelephone and offered up to $50 for photo­ graphs of the rescue. The Coast Guard at Honolulu also radioed a message of apprecia­ tion as did Admiral Glenn R. Davis, president of Isthmian. De Leonardo is steward depart­ ment delegate and passenger BR on the ship. plans of the self-styled National Small Business Men's Association, more anti-union outfits are girding for an assault on the union shop. The Committee for Constitutional Government, a well-luhricated re­ actionary lobby, is also passing tha hat for an all out anti-union drivo to convince the nation that AFLCIO merger is a threat to tho economy. The LOG story in the September 30 issue told how the National Small Business Men's Association was attempting to squeeze $15 con­ tributions out of merchants and other small employers by boasting of its ability to infiuence Congress against unions. The organization, a Washington lobby, claimed credit for passage of the Taft-Hartley Act and said its next objective was to outlaw the union shop, a move which would threaten the SIU and all other unions operating under Federal law. Anti-Union Ally The Committee for Constitution­ al Government is also for outlaw­ ing the union shop and is trying to shake businessmen for $50,000 a month to push what it calls its "program for action." Aside from the union shop issue the commit­ tee is also interested in the "millionaire's amendment" which would put a 25 percent limit on income taxes, no matter how big the income. Such an amendment would he a boon to big businessmen and large corporations. In the past the committee has Been active in state "right to.work" drives to outlaw the union shop on the state level and has distributed about million pieces of litera­ ture assailing unions. All this is done with contributions which are considered tax deductible as "a legitimate corporate expense." A third organization called the "Campaign for the 48 States" is out to raise $18 million which will be used along the lines of the Na­ tional Small Business Men's Asso­ ciation and the Committee for Constitutional Government. Miss. Labor Seeks ^Wlreck' Law Repeal JACKSON, Miss. —Repeal of Mississippi's anti-union shop law was urged in a reso­ lution adopted by the Mississippi Federation of Labor (AFL) in its annual convention here. The law's "right to work" title was blasted by W. L. Hines, presi­ dent of the Mississippi Federation, and E. L. Williams, president of the Louisiana Federation of Labor, as a hoax imposed on Southern working men in an attempt to deprive them of their right to union security. The law was passed, Hines said, as part of a scheme to "destroy organized labor" and to permit un­ scrupulous employers to "bring sweatshops down from the North and exploit labor here."' United Effort Trade unionists can meet this threat to union security and con­ ditions in the South, Hines said, through a united and vigorous effort to organize workers who have been employed by "these greedy '-J: .vcalng from the North seeking a paradise of big profits from the sweat and toil of the laboring people of our com­ munities." The title of the hill Itself was labeled a "hoax" by Williams. The act was imposed upon the people of Louisiana in the guise of guaranteeing the "right to work" and promoting harmonious relations between labor and management in the neighboring Pelican State, he recalled. "Our brief experience with this infamous law proves it works to the contrary," he said. "This law has not created one job for any Loui­ siana worker. On the other hand, it is operating to break down Loui­ siana wage scales by permitting the importation of labor from Ipwwage areas to take away the jobs of resident Louisiana workers. Instead of promoting harmony in labor-management relations, it has resulted in a sharp increase in th* incidence and seriousness of dis­ putes between employer and em­ ployee." , ^ �One of several monkeys in ship­ ment of wild animals which Steel Surveyor was carting to the US, this fellow already shows talent at mugging. Animal tenders and crewmembers carefully remove 30.-foot python from crate for a little airing. The 30 feet of snake required handling by several men, led by the trapper (wearing shorts) who gripped the reptile at the jaws to avoid possible trouble. Powerful snaka is dangerous to h umans. • • .t.. . • \ Main deck of the Surveyor was nicknamed "Elephant Walk" because of frequent strolls taken by the young ones. Member of trapper's party follows close bdhind during exercising to keep mischief at miqjm^lm, �/ Oct. 14, 1955 Pa(« NIn* SEAFARERStOG .-i'i.x' ,,,v Plan For Infl '50-50' Parley Fails jr ,, WASHINGTON—Renewal of the'foreign attack on the "50-50" law, number one factor in jobs for thousands of US seaman, is certain now, following failure of a proposal to hold Queiiion: Do you think the Kingt Point academy ihouid be an international conference on the i,ssue. kept open? ^ The conference had been suggested by Representative Two Gals And A Sailor AntBony Pinchook, AB: I don't John Sweeney, AB: I think it Frank Boykin (Dem.-Ala.) see where it makes any difference ought to be Closed. Very few of the graduates ever go to the merchant to sea so it's a marine if there is a Kings Point rare thing to run into a Kings Academy or not. You don't run iu Point man on a ship. Most ships' to many Kings officers resent Point men on the ships so it's Kings Point be­ pretty hard to cause the officers had to get their whether or licenses the hard not they do a way up from the foc'sle. decent job. t John Rivera, pumpman: There are enough merchant marine offi­ cers around to handle all the ^ips so I don't see the need for a school like that. I never ran into any officer who would admit he comes from there. Men who come out of the foc'sle know %the score. 4" t Stanley Johnson, steward: There isn't much use in the academy when the men coming out of it don't go to sea. The great major­ ity of officers came up the hard way. . They are better officers for it because they have the feel of the industry. The King's Point men go by the book and don't know how to be flexible. who said that "50-50" has been widely misunderstood in other countries. Although industry rep­ resentatives supported the idea, the proposal met with a cold shoul­ der in the' State Department and other quarters. It was believed that foreign nations would only enter such a conference if the US indicated in advance it was ready to weaken the "50-50" law. Developments in the nation*s farm belt also point to a vigorous renewal of the domestic attack on "50-50." With farm prices falling Fred Ryder, AB: Definitely not. and surpluses piling up month by As it is there's a surplus of officers month on such basic items as and the school v^eat and hogs, pressure is grow­ only adds to it. ing for an expanded US export There are no program. jobs for these Foreign shipping lobbyists have men so why go to sold US farm representatives on the trouble of the questionable prospect of largekeeping an acad-. scale farm product purchases if emy? Kings Point the Congressional farm bloc will men make it cooperate by dumping "50-50." If tough for regular that were to happen it would mean seamen who want that many hundreds of millions in to sail with a license. US cargoes would be lost to for­ eign flag operations and the jobs t t of thousands of seamen would go Mike Coins, chief elec.: The Gov­ by the boards. ernment gives these men an oppor­ tunity to learn eveiything free. They can use it any time they Under the SIU contract, US want, but mean­ Public Health Service doctors while they are in have the final say on whether the Navy or or not a man is fit for duty. If ashore. There are there is any question about very few jobs on your fitness to sail, check with ships for them the nearest USPHS hospital or and they wouldn't out-patient clinic for a ruling. take the jobs anyway. . J •V- • -C- . - 'jh USPHS Has Last Say On Duty Slip Mattress Beefs Stir Seattle SEATTLE-—Membership concern with the current Union effort to work out a master set of working rules and procedures for the steward department so as to make feeding and serving conditions as nearly uniform as possible on all ships has been, duplicated here in recent beefs about the*^ quality of the mattresses on keep the job activity at high levels was only six hours from Keelung, Formosa, and returned with her to in the next report. some ships. ' Port Agent Jeff Gillette also Portland, Ore. Since good feeding and decent Bleeping accommodations are of A-1 importance to any hard-work­ ing sailor, the mattress situation is of more than routine concern, to the Seafarers raising the issue upon arrival here. Crews which have beefed about the mattresses aboard ship include personnel on Calmar, Waterman, Bloomfield and Ocean Transport vessels passing through this port. The Seafarers maintain that the quality of the mattresses used vary considerably from ship to ship, so that crewmembers can only hope for the best when they shift ships and are confronted with a different mattress each time. The consensus appears to be that mattresses aboard Waterman ships are the best of the four companies men­ tioned. Laundry Beefs Similar interest is focused on the variety of washing machines available on SIU ships, some ai­ rways affording more trouble than others because they are not com­ mercial-type machines geared to heavy use. On both points. Seafarers seem in agreement that some effort could be made to have a uniform standard for each item. furnished to the ships. Shipping Good The shipping picture here is booming again and is expected to remain good for the future. Three payoffs are due during the current two-week, period, which should pointed out that getting enough manpower to fill the available jobs is always a problem. Registration is barely keeping pace with ship­ ping so the beach is slowly being em^ied out of all ratings in all departments. He reported that the Seattle branch made arrangements for the final homecoming pf Brother Rob­ ert A. Darley, Sr., who died aboard the Ocean Joyce while the ship SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State £>1. James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. C. TannehiU. Acting Agent Capital 7-6558 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUle St. Lindsey Williams, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW yORK 675 4tb Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees, Agent MAdison 2-9834 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. 8. Cardullo, Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St Leon Johnson, Agent ' Douglas 2-5475 Marty BrelthoS. West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA, PR. Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal Colls, Agent Phone 2-5990 SAVANNAH 3 Abercorn St E. B. McAuley, Acting Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. JeR GUlette, Agent EUiott 4334, TAMPA.. ....1809-lBU N. Franklin 81. Tom Banning, Agent Phone 2-1323 Arrangements were made to send him home to Bonifay, Fla., for final services. He was accom­ panied by his son, Robert, Jr., who was on the same watch with his father at the time of his death. Crewmembers of the Ocean Joyce took a collection to purchase a funeral wreath for the services of their departed brother. Darley, Jr., is one of three brothers, all of whom are sailing in the SIU. WILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave. Ernest TiUey, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS J. Algina, Deck C. Simmons. Joint J. Volplan, Eng. W. Hall. Joint E. Mooney, Std. R. Matthews, Joint SUP HONOLULU Seafarer Tony Meshefslty casts a protective glance at his two nieces, Joann, 4 (left), and Patricia Sue, 3, as he shep­ herds them around SIU headquarters on a visit to the hall in New York. The girls weren't too keen on the cameraman. ILA Lawlessness Threat To All Bonafide Unions MIAMI—Irresponsible actions by the AFL-expelled Inter­ national Longshoremen's Association have brought, threats of new restrictive legislation against all maritime unions. Ben H. Guill, member of the"* three-man Federal Maritime Board, told an American PORT COLBORNE Ontario TORONTO, Ontario 103 Durham St. Phone: 5591 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, EC 617V4 Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. Paciac 7824 SYDNEY, NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE, Quebec 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD, Ontario 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-32U2 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN.;....177 Prince William .St. NB Phone: 2-5232 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St. CApital 3-4336 lUCHMOND,' CALIF 257 5th St Phono 2509 SAN FRANCISCO ,.450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 Great SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 0.290 ALPENA WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK 675 4tb Ave., Brooklyn BUFFALO, NY HYacinth 9-0600 CLEVELAND ^ . Canadian. District HAUFAX, N.S 128'A HoUls St. Phone- 341911 634 St. James St. West PLateau 8161 FORT WILLIAM....UB» Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone; 3-3221 MONTREAL Lakes Diistrict 133 W. Fletcher Phone: 1238W 180 Main St. Phone: Main 1-0147 734 Lakeside Ave., NE Phone: Cleveland 7391 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6837 DULUTH 531 W. Mchigan St. Phone: Melrose 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO....... 3201 B. 92nd St Phones Essex 5-2415 Legion convention that legislative steps may be considered to ham­ string maritime labor as an out­ growth of the ILA's recent politi­ cal strike in New York. Without mentioning the ILA by name, Guill denounced the ILA tie-up in New York harbor and its call for a general East and Gulf Coast sti-ikes as jeopardizing "the very existence of America's sea­ borne trade and commerce." He then spoke of considering legislative»methods to control "irrespon­ sible" labor "because Uncle Sam pays 15 percent of seamen's wages." Seamen's unions took no part in the ILA's recent political demon­ stration. which tied up New York harbor for eight days and other ports for lesser periods. Since th^ ILA was expelled from the AFL for failure to function as a trade union and eliminate control by mobsters and racketeers, it no longer has union status in the eyes of the labor movement. Outside the labor movement, however, the ILA's activities ara identified with all maritixae labor. ... ". .---i . •si • il •M �;-!-' «*.«• .-.J. • ,^0^-ig'r-i':-.u SEAFARERS P-are TM New lobby Completes Mobile Face-Lift Job LOG 'In Every Port O'Call!' MOBILE—^Remodeling of the Mobile SIU hall was com­ pleted last week with opening of a beautiful new lobby just off the main entrance on the Dauphine Street side of the building. The large room is attrac­ furnished w i t h floor-to-ceiling tively decorated and tastefully drapes, comfortable lounge chairs and sofas, tables for reading, writ­ ing and coffee sipping and a hand­ some new television set. In announcing completion 67 the lobby, Cal Tanner, Mobile SIU agent, reminded Seafarers at the last regular membership meeting that the lobhy was for the use and comfort of members and their in­ vited guests. The lobby provides a comforta"ble place for Seafarers to relax be­ tween job calls. It also is an at­ TAMPA—Slow shipping is tractive and impressive room in giving Seafarers on the beach which Seafarers' wives, children, or here a chance to pitch in with friends can wait while members the SlU-affiliated Marine Allied transact such necessary union Workers on their wind-up drive to business as registering for jobs, organize the Blue Stack Towing applying for vacation payments and taking up various welfare Company. The campaign is being pushed problems with the SIU welfare along and is reported making good representative on the second floor headway among the tug workers of the new hall. Completely Redone contacted. A petition for a Na­ tional Labor Relations Board elec­ The completed new Union facil­ tion on the six tugs involved was ities include the lobby, snack bar, recreation room, barber shop and Bled some time ago. MAW organizers expect no trou­ Andrew Furuseth Training School The ble in making a good showing classroom on the first floor. when the actual balloting takes hiring hall, administrative and welfare offices, television room place. The quiet on the shipping front, and library are located on the sec­ with no payoffs-or sign-ons during ond floor. A dormitory, showers the past period and nothing much and laundry facilities are provided in sight, is still presenting prob­ on the third floor of the new annex, lems, however, Tom Banning, port ^hipping Remains Slow agent, reported. On the shipping side, activity Fishing, Weather Good for the last couple of weeks was Thousands of copies of this issue of Good fishing and weather to considered slow, with approximate­ match makes it tough to find some-, ly 60 men shipped to deepsea jobs the SEAFARERS LOG will be air­ one willing to move off the beach, and another 90 dispatched to vari­ mailed to innumerable ports of call even with the few jobs that are ous relief jobs in and around the around the world. Agents of US shipharbor. available. Banning noted. Only five in-transits came around and they All of the ships coming in were )ing companies, seamen's clubs, hotels, accounted for the 11 jobs dis­ in good shape, and prospects for patched during the two-week pe­ the coming period look a little )ars and other facilities will receive riod. better. Twelve ships are already these airmail copies shortly after the The SIU port agent also urged scheduled as payoffs or in-transits LOG comes out, for distribution to Sea­ the membership on the beach to during the two weeks. take advantage of the opportunity The Mobile Branch wishes to ex­ farers when they hit port. For years now, the SIU has airmailed to play a more active role in Union tend its sympathy to,the family of meetings ashore by running for Seafarer Leslie Courtney, who copies of the LOG direct to all ships' and serving in the meeting posts died recently near his home at Atto be filled at every meeting. He more, Ala. Brother Courtney had next port as well as regular mailings offered full Information to any sailed steadily out of the Gulf in to places where Seafarers .congregate Seafarer interested in taking part the rating of FWT and is survived ashore. The SIU has pioneered in this in the meetings merely for the by his wife. He was buried in Atmethod of distribution, despite the asking. more cemetery near his home. Tampa Aids Finai Drive To Tug Vote His automobile agency strike­ bound for four months. Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay an­ nounced he is selling the business to his daughter and son-in-law. The International Association of Machinists struck the agency after McKay sought to cancel major contract benefits and cut earnings 25 cents an hour. Subsequently, McKay advertised for strikebreak­ ers for the agency. ^ fS> iSf Telephone workers in Michigan struck for just 11-^ hours and won a new contract calling for $2.50 to $5 weekly increase and upgrad­ ing in some classifications. Over 16,000 Bell Telephone employees were involved. 4 4 4 The nation's major railroads and the Brotherhood of Railroad Train­ men have agreed on 10-cent an hour across-the-board increases for most hands. Yardmen will re­ ceive additional increases when they go on a five day week. The rail- union said 175,000 members were covered by the contract. Two news distribution strikes in New York came to an end. News­ stand clerks settled a strike against one newsstand operator on the 4 4 4 basis of a three hour reduction in Feelings were running high in work weeks, while news and maga­ zine delivery employees returned New Castle, Indiana, and the Na­ with a $5 weekly wage increase at tional Guard was called out after a pitched battle between • strike­ the American News Company. breakers and strikers at the Per­ fect Circle piston ring plant. Eight A leading southern industrialist men were wounded, most of them has seconded AFL and CIO attacks pickets. The United Automobile on "runaway" firms that go south Workers charged that pistol per­ to escape contracts and get cheap mits were being issued wholesale labor. John 0. Whitaker, chairman to the strikebreakers. Meanwhile, of the board of R. J. Reynolds To­ Lothair Teetor, former chairman bacco Company, drapuhced the of the board at Perfect Circle, was practice eg "rever» carpetbag- reported steady to resign as Assis­ tant Secretarir bC Commerce. heavy expense and labor involved, be­ cause the Union feels it is the only sat­ isfactory way of maintaining regular communication with the membership. The result is that Seafarers in far­ away places are accustomed to finding the LOG waiting for them wherever they may be. They are as well-in­ formed on Union and industry develop­ ments as the man on the beach back home. These air-mailings constitute the best solution to the unique problem the Union faces in keeping in touch with the membership. Of course, the system is not without its headaches. The movements of ships under MSTS charter are often cloaked in secrecy. Tramp opera?tors, some­ times do not know where their vessels will be next. Some shipping agents in foreign ports are not always coopera­ tive about forwarding mail. In those cases individual ships may be without LOGs but most vessels get them fairly regularly. Beginning in this issue the LOG will start publishing the list of locations throughout the world to which LOGs are mailed each week in addition to the copies sent to the ships. Seafarers go­ ing to any part of the world will find where the nearest supply of LOGs can be obtained by consulting the list in this ' and subsequent issues. They can help .assure better distribution of the paper by notifying headquarters of' addi­ tional locations where LOGs are not available at present so that they can be placed on the mailing list. Mealtime 'New Look' Steward department men on SIU ships are now receiving copies of a re­ port drafted by a rank and file steward department committee which proposes important changes in the department's operations. These changes are^ de­ signed .to establish high-level standards of feeding and storing on all ships and at the same time improve working ar­ rangements within the department. The report also proposes that a regu­ lar upgrading procedure be established for the first time in maritime. This program is of considerable importance to stewards and all Sea­ farers. That is why every SIU ship­ board steward' department is being given the fullest opportunity to dis­ cuss, make suggestions and vote oh the contents of the report, section by sec­ tion. The report itself is the product of lengthy discussion and study by the rank and file in all SIU ports. The Union hopes every steward de­ partment man vmll give the report the full consideration it deserve and that all ships will inform headquarters of their feelings oh it ? ??; �SEAFARERS p^ 14, ISSS Page Elerea IPG Bobbing BuoyBells Are MEET THE IVavlgatbrs' Best Friends SEAFARERS 'Any master or mate will tell you the most difficult part of navigating a ship is not at OUN C. BOURNE, carp. Attet 32 years, most of which were spent working at sea, Olin Bourne calls himself an "old home­ body." But this veteran Seafarer has no intention of living up to his description as he continues to sail regularly on SIU ships. Now a grandfather with five grandchildren. Bourne first started sailing back in May, 1D23, at the age of 19. He left his South Cai'Olina home for Baltimore and caught the Bay steamer, Mary Weems, op­ erated by the old Baltimore-Caro­ lina Steampship Line. While a sailor's life was not much to brag about then. Bourne found shipping fun in the 20's and 30's because his younger brother shipped with him until he died in the armed forces in World War II. Bourne's son also sailed a while before set­ tling down shoreside. Bourne's nar­ rowest escape as a seaman came in 1931 when he feil overboard in bar­ racuda - infested waters off Costa Bourne Rica. In 20 min­ utes though he was in a lifeboat safe from the dreaded fish. He was in Norfolk in 1938 when the SIU was first organized. Being hospitalized at the time he just missed out becoming a charter member "of the most wonderful or­ ganization in the world." Since the end of World War II, Bourne has been shipping mostly on Robin, Bull and Isthmian ships. Family ties are important to this Seafarer who is the father of seven. Four of them were bom while he was out to sea, but he was home just in time in 1941 when his wife gave birth to a set yot twins, "a real homecoming gift." " I love to go to sea," he con­ cludes, "but I love to get back to the United States and my family." CLARK INMAN, AB sea on the trackless trade routes, Seafarer Clark Inman had a but when the vessel has made a mild disappointment when he first landfall and must depend upon headed for deep water and all fathometer, radar, charts, light­ those romantic, faraway places. houses, buoys and other aids to His ship didn't pull away from the navigation. i dock for 40 days. When he finally Of all aids to navigation, buoys got out to sea, all he saw of the are those upon which the navigator world his first relies most to bring his ship safely time out was the in from the sea. , Persian Gulf. By There are now close to 40,000 that time though aids to navigation of all kinds he had enough along the waterways of the United of a taste of SIU States and of these more than shipboard condi­ 20,000 are buoys. tions to want to Buoys were used in the Thames keep at it. He River, England, over 300 years ago. has been sailing Buoyage of waterways in this SIU for a dozen country was started before the Inman years now, un­ Revolution, when spars and barreldoubtedly to more attractive type channel markers were placed places. in the Delaware River to warn The 32-year-old Seafarer grew ships away from mud banks and up along the Jersey shore, where shoals. Fog Cannon he had plenty of opportunity as a boy to watch ships berth and han­ 'The first fog signal was a cannon dle cargo. His early interests in installed at Boston Light in 1719. ships and seafaring was translated Boats with small bells were an­ into action when he signed on as chored near rocks and ledges about wiper on the Hillsboro Inlet, a sea­ this time to help keep the naviga­ going tug, in 1943. tor from coming to grief in fogs For 40 days he waited impa­ and darkness. tiently while the mooring lines Shortly before this, the first stayed put. Finally the tug head­ lighted buoy, which burned oil ed for the Persian Gulf where he gas, was anchored in New York came down with a fever and had harbor. Electricity was used for to be hospitalized. When it came aids to navigation in New York time to go home, he had to be re­ harbor in 1888, with power being patriated on an Isthmiau ship, the run out to the buoys by cables George Read, when Isthmian was from shore. still a non-union outfit. Bell buoys have been in use By that time, ne was a con-, since 1885, the first type being firmed SIU- man and did his part those on which the clapper was to sell the Union to the crew. "I struck by the movement of the did a lot of talking about the pay, waves. Later, bell buoys were the-food and the all-around good mechanized, the clapper being points of the SIU," he recalls. struck by compressed gas. Shipping regularly off the East Plans are now underway to stand­ Coast, mostly out of Baltimore, ardize buoys, replacing eleven dif­ Inman finds life on SIU snips too ferent classes of markers with only attractive to give up at the mo­ five as a means of making naviga­ ment. tion simpler along the bays, rivers "As long as we have the SIU," and coastal waterways. he feels, "I'll love every minute of Buoys help the mariner steer a anything to do with a ship." safe course by day, by night, and That old problem of the everrunning washing machine has been solved aboard the Ocean Nimet with the expendi­ ture of $10 out of the ship's fund. Ship's treasurer George Mott picked up a timer for the ten spot so that crewmembers can Mott set it for an ap­ propriate wash period instead of letting the machine go on and on. Here's hoping the bell rings loud and clear for all crewmembers to hear. Seafarer Mott Just recently cele­ brated his 20th birthday. He has been sailing with the SIU for the past two years, starting in the Port of New York. handled the chairman's duties af­ ter being elected by the Norfolk membership. He was assisted by Tom Hill, recording secretary, and F. L. Simmons, reading clerk. Ru­ pert Pierce was in charge of the Savannah meeting where Arthur L. Flicks was the reading clerk. Over in Miami, Seafarers H. Shaw and F. Marrero were meet­ ing officers while V. Smith and F. E. Hagin took the Tampa assign­ ments. Mobile's chairman was D. L. Parker, as­ sisted by W. Wallace. In San Francisco, H. Krohn took the .England chair and W. Lea was reading clerk while Houston's meeting chairman was H. Hunt and Seattle's was F. England. A num­ ber of other rank and file Seafar­ ers handled meeting jobs in these and other ports. 4^ 4i 4i They are more than generous on the Alcoa Clipper when one of the crewmembers runs into a personal misfortune. One Seafarer on the ship had to go to the hospital in New Orleans, so the men came up with a $100 bill to give him and promised there would be some more. Another brother had to fly home suddenly from Trinidad becausoibls wife was seriously ill. 4" 4 4" The steward department on the Government Camp pulled a switch on the usual procedure when it passed a vote of thanks for the deck gang. Normally it's the other two departments who make this no­ tation when the feeding is good. In this case the galley department was well pleased with 4he "excel­ lent painting in steward depart­ ment foc'sles," as the minutes read. 3^ t 4" At the last Norfolk membership meeting. Seafarer William Mason The crew came up with a $300 do­ nation for his benefit. Seafarer Leo Gomes is the ship's treasurer who handles ail these finances, and Milt Robinson is ship's delegate and chairman of the ship's com­ mittee. 4> 4 ^ Seafarer R. E. Hunt is doing a top-notch job as ship's delegate on the Steel Scientist according to all accounts. Hunt had a number of shipboard problems to handle on the last trip and in the opinion of the crew took care of everything in fine style. Hunt sails in the deck depart­ ment and joined the Union in New York nine years ago. 4 41 4 With , the. SIU ships getting libraries from the SEAFARER'S months, a number LOG every three of ships have a crewmember who acts as librarian to take care of these and other books aboard.Bernard- Fried­ man takes care of the job on the Friedman Alcoa Runner and sees to it that all Is kept in order. Friedman also served as deck delegate on the Runner on its last trip. He comes from Newark and harbeen with the SIU since 1946. Man-made space satellites may look like this some day, but these happen to be channel buoys under repair at the Coast Guard base in Boston. in times of fog and low visibility. By day, the navigator can d'etermine the proper -course by the color and numbering of buoys; by night he steers by the sequence of flashing lights on the lighted buoys and, since the introduction of radar, channel markers help him proceed through narrow waterways even when the channel cannot be seen. Direction Markers As most seamen know, red buoys with even numbers are kept on the right when entering from the sea and black buoys with odd numbers on the left. Buoys with black and white vertical stripes indicate mid-channel markers and are kept close aboard when passing. Buoys with red and black hori­ zontal stripes are placed on ob­ structions, with the channel on either side. The mariner uses these aids to navigation in connection with the Light Lists published by the Navy Hydrographic Office for all foreign coasts arid by the Coast Guard for the coasts of the United States. The United States coastal Light Lists give the exact position of every lighthouse, lightship, radio-' beacon, and unlighted fixed aids such as buoys. A mariner coming into unfamiliar coastal, bay or har­ bor waters can check the position of any buoy or other aid about which he is in doubt by referring to 'the light list. They are also given on the charts. For the San Francisco Bay. area of the Pacific coast, for instance, the Light List specifies every buoy which the navigator would meet from the time he makes the light­ ed bell buoy number one at the San Francisco bar. The Light List gives the name and number of the buoy, the depth of water so It oan be phecked against the fathometer; latitude and longitude (for the major buoys); height above sea level; its range of visibility; type of struc­ ture, and other descriptive details. No matter whether the navigator is bound Jor Tacoma or Calcutta, he can obtain a Light List where­ by buoys and channel markers all over the world will assist him to reach his destination safely. He will find, for instance, that at Siingai Barito, Borneo, in lati­ tude 3 degrees, 32 minutes and longitude 113 degrees, 31 minutes, there is a buoy with a light that appears every 10 seconds; that the light is 19 feet above sea level and can be seen seven miles out at sea. No part of the world is un­ touched. Seek Standardization Since 1889, when an internation­ al conference was held in Wash­ ington, DC. by the major maiMtinie nations, an attempt has been made to standardize the buoyage systems of the world. Considerable progress has been made along this line, but there are still numerous variations. In American waters the Coast Guard maintains a fleet of tenders to service buoys and other aids to navigation; to ^move out those which need repair, replace empty gas tanks, clean off barnacles, and keep them painted. After heavy storms, the tenders are kept busy for weeks checking buoys. ,. i.t •53 J �-v SEAFARERS Pare Twelr* The humdrum life of the tankerman, what with gen­ erally quick turnaround in 'President's Dinner' ' Coots, Boils Del Sol Coming from the US, where "royalty',' waits on tables and every man (theoretically) ean be President, Seafarer Cecil "Scotty" Kerrigan thought nothing of it when he invited President William V. S. Tub-f ^^ man of the Republic of Li­ In all this, however, Kerrigan beria and his staff to dinner didn't figure on the captain. The while the Del Sol was in Monrovia old man played the same sort of recently. trick on "Scotty" that had been After all, "Scotty" had experi­ played on him. The captain went ence with that sort of thing," since ashore that afternoon, returned and he served President Tubman last just as abruptly infortned the stew­ fall on a trip from Jamaica to ard there would be no party. That Liberia aboard the Dei Rio, and was that. f had a special letter of commenda­ Nobody knew Just how the can­ tion to prove it. cellation came about, and the cap­ Pepped Up Ship tain isn't talking. But the story of The Dei Sol dinner, as things the sprightly utilltyman who got would go, never actually came off. everybody scurrying to get ready But while the for the "President's dinner" will hubbub lasted, it keep the boys chuckling for a long really pepped up time. things on the ship. It all began,Wil1 i a m Cameron, ship's reporter, relates when Kerrigan came to iiim, told him President., T u bCameron man was coming down with his staff for dinner and USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. assured that regular overtime Ralph Armstrong Henry L, Lowery would be paid for the work. Merton Baxter J. Madurelra F. Blanks Edward P. Marsh Thus the steward was quite sur­ Claude J. L. Buckelew Mather MuUis prised when asked a few minutes Gaetano Busciglio C. R." Nicholson John L. CaldweU Alfonso Olaguibel later by crewmen what time the Lloyd T. CaUaway R. A. RatcUff party would be held and, once in­ Albert T. Cooper Edward Samrock L. A. Dwyer Joseph Sauviac formed what it was all about, ran Clarence Graham Benjamin C. Seal to wake the captain and let him Earl T. Hardeman Walter Smith George A. HiU Woodrow A. Snead know, too. George F. Immel Henry S. Sosa Robert H. Klein Lucien C. Theriot "Scotty," who meanwhile neg­ E. G. Knapp Lonnie R. Tickle lected these details, was busy han­ Charles Lambert Dirk Vlsser James E. Ward dling others. He made up a new Leo H. Lang Theo. E. Lee tlames R. Williams menu for the galley, got everyone Tinerman J. Lee Clark C. Wood Jr. David A. Wright to get cleaned up and polished, ad^ Nils Lornsen USPHS HOSPITAL vised the baker to make the type NORFOLK, VA. of small rolls that,the President E. A. Ainsworth Foster Hamilton Anghelatos H. M. Johnson Jr. liked and told the chief cook how F. Julisu R. Cannon Wm. G. Kieswetter to make the soup. E. E. Daniels Claiborne Massey William Davey Melvin R. Massey Ready For .Celebration John Decker Cecil O. Saunders C. A. Dowdy Norman D. Wilson Through it all, Cameron said, USPHS HOSPITAL "everyone was really polishing MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN, NV things up ... shined their shoes ... Edmund Abualy Leonard Leldig aired their pants. Oh, this was go­ Eladio Aris Mike Lubas Auslitz Joseph D. McGraw ing to be big, everyone whispered John Fbrtunato Bacomo Archibald McCuigan around the ship. Frank W. Bemrick H. F. MacDonaid Mariano Cortez Michael Machusky "Kerrigan must have some pull Walter L. Davis Vic Miiazzo Walter W. Denley Melvin O. Moore down in Liberia," they all said, John J. Driscoll Eugene T. Nelson especially when the limousine Bart E. Guranick Joseph Neubauer Hassen James O'Hare came down to pick up 'Scotty' after Taib Joseph Ifsits Ralph J. Palmer dinner." Thomas Isaksen D. F. Ruggiano John W. Keenan G. E. .Shumaker The only question bothering any­ John R. Klemowlcz Henry E. Smith body was how many people there Ludwig Kristian.sen Harry S. Tuttle Frederick Landry Virgil E. Wilmoth -would be in the Presidents' group. Kaarel Leetmaa Chee K. Zai Some said 25; other said 30. There USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT. MICH. was no choice but to wait until they Tim Burke came. USPHS HOSPITAL port vbroken up only by hasty snatches of time ashore in usually inaccessible places, can be souped up by only a few items. One is Immediately .eliminated since the tankwagons don't carry stewardesses who can liven up a trip just by being around. The next possibilities are what are called "wholesome forms of recrea­ tion," such as reading, checkers, an occasional movie or cribbage. -There is also food, good food and lots 6f it, which keeps the belly happy even while the rest of the body is thirsting for other forms of nourishment. In this latter department, how­ ever, the good ship Trinity, which has been plowing back and forth .« between Paulsboro, NJ, and Texas, for almost as long as man can remember (or so it seems), has an edge. By all accounts, "she is a home Hi; and a feeder, with steward Carreon Danny Plccerelli turning but the best in food, as­ sisted by an able contingent in the galley department." The assists are provided by Leo Carreon, chief cook; Bill Montsikaris, 2d cook, and "Sea Biscuit" McFarlin. Officers of the ship's meeting at. which the accolade was dished out were John A. Buzelewski, chairman; Earl Goodwin, secre­ tary, and F, R. Clarke, reading clerk. Seafarers In The Hospitals 1/ ? ''K- - l^-' MEMPHIS, TENN. Charles Burton USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Benjamin Deibler Albert W. Kozina Joseph J. Fusella Rosendo Serrano USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Elmer Brewer Wm. Lieberman Wm. P. Connerty Jltnmle Littleton Henry Gordon James T. Moore • -^'. V- LOG Good Feeding Eases Routine Trinity Trip Cause of all the hubbub on the Del Sol recently, Seafarer Cecil "Scotty" Kerrigan (left), passenger utility and "friend of presidents,"-poses with shipmates M. L. Hatley (center), saloon pantryman, and Kenyon Parks, saloon MM. Photo by William Cameron. •••• ;- ;•" •.;: Janne F. Plerson R. C. Shedd Leonard H. Shaw Ernest R. Webb USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON., MASS. Thomas H. Bubar Joseph B. Mtu-phy Richard L. KeUey USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Orville E. Abrams L. Duplissie R. J. Arsenault Sverre Johannessen Dargan Coker Ray O. Noack JEFFERSON HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA, PA. Ferdinand Forte USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Manuel Antonana Fred Morris Henry B. Arnold Juan Perez A. R. Bliksver Fred Pittman Joseph P. Brennan Murray P. Plyer Paul Carter Joseph R. PuUen Carl E. Chandler John E. Renski C. Story Thomas Clough Charles Cuburn F. Thommen Jr. Victor B. Cooper Bernard Toner Donald Forrest A. Vazquez .. Gorman T. Glaze Thomas Walecki Albert Hawkins J. E. Watson Jr. A. Kitchings M. Whisenant O. McCann Joseph Williams Robert McCorkel Luis WUliams Earl McKendree Steven Zubovich USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Hilton Blanchard Lloyd McDonnell Morris E. Garrett.^ John E. Markopolo Michael Henry Walter Slade M. P. McCoskey Edward C. Yeamans USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FR'ANCISCO, CALIF. Marcelo B. Belen Sung G. Wang Robert B. Carey M. E. Pappadakis George B. Dunn John S. Sweeney Charles Dwyer Thomas A, Trehern Benny M. Foster USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Hassen AU W. Kolodziejek Joseph Arabasz Robert McCulloch Ben K. Baugh John McWilliams J. A. Blanco W. F. Manthey Charles E. Brady Edward P. Matte • Charles CantweU Carlos Matt George Carlson Thomas E. Maynes John Castro John Mlchlek James Clarke J. Psathasz George T. Coleman J5se Qulmera Gabriel Colonl Perry- Roberts Felix E. Dayrit G. H. Robinson Frederick Diekow Jose Rodriguez John Eaton Santiago Rosario D. Eldcrmire Matti RuusukaUio E-stc'l Godfrey Jack Schajfter Louis GueUnitz Blanco W.Uliams Halvor Holt Frank Wohlfarth Richard B. Jones Joseph Wohletz Oct 14, Raps Coast Cuard Hold Over Seamen -To the Editor: For the life of me I .can't See where the Coast Guard has any right to control merchant sea­ men. We are civilian workers in a civilian occupation. We are all hired by private concerns to as­ sist them in the operation of their business, which they are conducting strictly with one ob•ject in mind: to make money. Letters to the Editor As the safety and health of other employees, as well as the passengers who may be travel­ ing with us,, depends on the effi­ ciency and ability of the indi­ vidual Seafarer, it is reasonable that a system of certification and licensing is necessary; However, there certainly is no necessity for the semi-militari­ zation of US seamen or for hav­ ing the Coast Guard act as mili­ tary police over the merchant marine. Saved Money Recent history proves that the certification and licensing was handled far more efficiently and at considerably less ex­ pense to the taxpayer during the years when it was handled by the competent steamboat in­ spectors. They were ex-seamen or officers who came up through the foc'sle and, therefore, had a far more sound basic under­ standing of the average seamen and his sometime "radical" point of view. Isn't it a common concept of democratic justice that a man should be judged by his peers? Doesn't the Constitution guar­ antee us a trial by jury? At present a Coast Guard officer acts as judge, jury and persecuting attorn^ combined. Don't we have a Constitution­ al right -to a public and speedy trial and a right to be confront­ ed with witnesses against us, as well as the right to have com­ pulsory process for obtaining witnesses in our favor? .At present the Coast Guard is trying cases out of old log books, some several years old. They try them without the ben­ efit of any witnesses whatso­ ever, neither pro nor con. Fitness Tests In addition, they are still at­ tempting to set themselves up as judges to determine whether or not we are mentally or morally suited to continue in our occupation: It would perhaps be more fit­ ting if we sat in judgment of the moral fitness of the accusers. Our star witness could be the ghosts of the valiant men who went down with the Southern Districts and the Southern Isles. Or should I mention the con­ dition of the good ship Excello, that rusted old hulk of an LST with ballast tanks and cargo envelope rotted out completely by the poorly constructed and improperly designed stainless steel tanks which spring con­ tinuous leaks and ..saturate all' steel decks and bulkheads with dangerous acids. The full crew of a similar type of ship had to lose their lives before the CG admitted any unsafe practices. Are these people morally .and mentally suited for, their enOrmpus responsibility?.: J|eli no! Let's send them back to watch for Icebergs or whatever their original duties w^ere. We have no need of a mer­ chant marine gestapo. Give lu back the steamboat inspectors in civilian clothes, not these flunkeys in brass and monkey suits. John Wnnderlich, Jr. Ship's delegate SS Soutbstar / Passengers Hail; Wacosta Feeding To the Editor: By chance we came upon the August 5, 1955, issue of your paper. Two articles were of spe­ cial interest—"SIU Food Plan Popular With Waterman Crews" on page^2 and "Seastar's' Crew' Hates Stewwds Tops In Biz" on page 14.; 4'^ ; As passengers on the ,S^ Wa­ costa from Vancouver to Inchon-' we woui^ like to add oUr appre­ ciation of . the new plan. The meals werib always deliglitful and the service most courteous. We should like to "take io prose and song to shout the praise" of steward Peter Loleas and his department aboard the Wacosta. They were wonderful. Beatrice Heath"O'Connell Don & Alice Irwin Bruce & Donna Suitor Says SIU Years Were His Best To the Editor: It is my wish at this time to retire rhy book from active membership as I now have to stay ashore. Sending this book in for re­ tirement only brings to mind the thought that my years in. the SIU were the most educa­ tional, inspiring and, in general, the best years of my life. The aims of Seafarers will always be close to my heart and I wish the organization every advance and success. Louis S. Rizzo 3> 3» 4- Mohave Thanks Baltimore SIU To the Editor: The crew of the SS Mohave wishes to 'send a special vote of thanks to the SIU officials in the Port of Baltimore, especial­ ly to the patrolman who came aboard and settled our beefs on short notice, since we were there only a few hours. As a result of^ the action, we got innerspring mattresses and a brand new washing machine. These things have helped great­ ly to make this a pleasant voy­ age. Many thanks again to Balti­ more for a job well done. p. Gonsalves Ship's delegate i 4, I' ' Hails Fast SiU^ Aid On Benefits To the Editor: My wife and I would like to thank the Union and the Wei-. ,: fare Services Department for the way they helped us out when she had to be operated on recently. The hospital was giving us a hard time about filling lout the forms so that we could collect the Union benefits. .. But the Union's representa­ tives got to work and cut a lot of red tape for us. We got OUr' money in a hurry, $390 worth, and it sure helped. It certainly is nice knowingthat the Union takes care pLi.ts members that way, H iU ' .''i'yllB.dWard Guszczy^^J" �Oet 14, 19SS SBAF4RERS Page Thlrfieea LOG Seafarer Proves SlU ^SpinY On Traveler "Little things mean a Ipt," as the saying goes, especially at sea, where the small touches can make all the difference be­ tween a good trip and a nightmare. •To prove the point, Sea-+farer E. Skompski, chief elec­ cites as an example an event th.it trician on the Steel Traveler, took place recently in far off Indo Royal Oak $8 Aid Family Of Sick Brother Seafarers are always quick to respond to emergencies, either nautical or personal, Main deck of the "International Seamen's Club" in Pusan, Korea, showing dance floor, band (above) and bar. Seafarers on the Barbara Frietchie report the new place "a good deal" for recreation while in the Korean port. Seamen of all nations, on dance floor, seem to be having a fine time. The popular nite spot is owned by an American. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Home Again Barbara Frietchife Crew Lauds Seamen's Nite Spot In Pusan ' Feeling that one good turn deserves another, Seafarers on the Barbara Frietchie are passing out kudos about a new recreation spot in'Pusan, Korea, which provided them with The life of a seaman is rough as first-rate attei^ion on their hell; make a buck like the rest of us," last visit there. joints out, Times passing by at the clang of Operated by an American, C. Frey, ship's delegate, he is stiU provid­ a^bell, By Fred Shelkofsky traveling onward From wave to wave, Jvfit one little slip— "A watery grave. . . Around the earth i|rom shore to shore this rugged fellow doesn't ask any mtrre; From tavern to tavern Doesn't stop to think— His money they take: When he's full of drink. BUI Ledwick, the place is called the "International Seamen's Club" and amply fills the gap caused by the closing of another club in the port, where Seafarers used to be able to get "good stuff" at reason­ able prices. Although Ledwick is "out to PelValle? OK! When shore leave is over. Back aboard he goes, Back to his chores. And heave and heave-ho; . He battens the hatches. Checks all the rig. Swabs down the deck— Then eats like a pig. Lays down in his bunk. At peace with the world. Dreams of the ports ahead And pretty girls; Always he's happy. Contented to roam, The world yet to conquer. The ship is his home. Burly ing a good deal for seamen who come ashore looking for de­ cent diversion in Pusan. "BUI struck us as a pretty nice guy with a pretty nice.place," Frey commented. The attractions he mentioned range from "beautiful hostesses" to an honest .exchange for your money or travelers checks. The ISC is also said to be roomy, with a "good orchestra and a nice dance floor." Reasonable prices prevail for most Items, Frey adds. The club is at No. 4 Third St., Dal Chung Dong, Pusan. and demonstrated this once again recently on the Royal Oak when a brother stricken with a possible heart attack was taken off the ship and rushed ashore for hospitaliza­ tion. The Seafarer, Theodore Guidry, MM, > was removed from the ship by a Coast Guard boat and* taken to the hospital in Key West, Fla. He, was reported in "serious condi­ tion." .^are of the blow this can be .^o any man's family, SIU crewmembers wasted Merrell no time in get­ ting together a special fund of $62 to be sent to Guidry's family in Basile. La. The loss of their bread­ winner, however temporary, will be softened quite a bit by the generr osity of his shipmates. Seafarers who served as officers of the ship's meeting at which the incident was reported, were J. MerreU, chairman; D. Beard, sec­ retary, and J. Atchison, reading clerk. China. "Every so often a thing happens that makes one proud of being a 'member of the SIU," says Skomp­ ski, ship's re­ porter. "An ex­ ample of this brotherhood of the sea happened while this ship was in Saigon, and the steward of the Raphael Semmes, H. K. Pierce, offered to Pierce show us movies. "Despite the fact that -his ship was at anchor and the equipment was bulky, he nevertheless arrived on the time agreed, and we,, in­ cluding the officers and passen­ gers, enjoy^ a fine movie." Good Skipper The report from the Traveler also noted that the ship has "a good captain, and the chief steward and his department do .much t* promote a happy ship with very good food and service." In the "romance department," he confided, "the ports we hit on this 'round the world' run—^Manila, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore— to name a few, speak for them­ selves. "The biggest complaint we had," he added, "was that the ship stayed only one day in Hong Kong." The British colony is a relatively new port of call for Seafarers and the Traveler was one of the first SIU ships to hit it. - Rust Keeps 'Em Busy On Oceanstar Union Has Cable Address It must have been a fine trip on the Del Valle, if these smiles from Seafarers J. Scramuzza (left) and N. Benenate, mean anything. Both men are BRs. Photo sent in by O. H. Manifold. Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in hurry can do so by cabUng the Union at-Rs cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address wUl as­ sure speedy transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the men'involved. Over-Washed Seafarers in the deck gang of the SS Oceanstar pause during the job of scraping rust off bulkhead to give crew photog­ rapher the fish eye. Pictured (l-r) are Goodwin, AB; Fink, AB; Karatzas, OS, ad Saliva, AB. The ship was in port of Sibenik, Yugoslavia, according to Stephen Emerson, who took the photo. By Bernard Seaman - . - - .v; �SEAF 4REHS Pif« Fonrteea Ocean Nora Crew And Friend .C r • wmembers of th« Ocean Nora think they have a record with thii tuna, but there are no records avail able on tuna caught trawling to match with this monster, which weighed 85 pounds cleaned. Facing camera is Seafarer Rob­ ert Ferrandez, a member of the steward depart­ ment. The rec­ ord for rod and reel varies from 265 pounds for an Allison tuna to 977 for a bluefin. Ship's reporter E. H. Kaznowsky sent in the" photo. I , Li.. 'r ^ • •h'' Gulfwater ^Like Home' —Thanks To Engineers f Despite the mileage they're piling up on their slow boat to Korea with a load of coal, Seafarers aboard the Gulfwater don't feel as if they're far from home at any time. Although all of the fireside ingredients are missing, the way these engineers act. engineers aboard the ship are "You know how everytline you . L' trying hard to make the boys feel at home, says Seafarer H. G. (Call me "General") Rldgeway, ship's reporter. "You can almost feel the wife is right behind you half the time, the Hilton Fishers Nab Barracuda "The SS Hilton (Bull Line) Fishing Society" reports snag­ ging an eight-pound barracuda recently on the way to Miami, making the waters in that area a bit safer for swimmers both with and' without fins. The bar­ racuda Is known for his prowe.ss at tearing a human swimmer or sea creatures to pieces In min­ utes. No details were provided on the tackle used, but the record for rod and reel Is 1031-4 pounds for a barracuda caught off West End In the Bahamas In 1932. Chairman of the meeting at which the catch was disclosed was R. O'Rourke. Arturo Marlanl was secretary; Johr. Eddins was reading clerk. leave a light or a fan on, the little woman keeps following you around turning them off. Well, these en­ gineers are the same way," Ridgeway points out. "They have almost got the crew believing that we have to clilp in to pay the light bill." Watching Water ^ Too Ridgeway The water situ­ ation seems to operate in the same fashion, he ad^ed. "I asked one of the engineers the other day how these ships made out when they carried a 12-man gun crew and he said 'Well, that was different.' "I've had a headache,^or the last ten days trying to figure out the difference and all I can see-is that at least now you can go to the messhall and find something to eat In the refrigerator at 7 PM." Otherwise, Ridgeway reports, all Is well. "Slim Walker, one of the big fishermen on here hasn't caught anything yet, but his excuse Is that we are going too slow. The big fish he wants to catch are go­ ing just too fast to see the lure." Editor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME • • ••••••••••••••••••••! STREET ADDRESS ............... 1^. : CITY ...................20NE .....;STATjE ...... iv-:.;, •• -Signed'f •;•.-,,.j*}* • vi*- • .*«' • TO AVOID DUPLICATION; H you.ar* an old tubiertbor and havo a* ehan9a :of addratf, ploata glv« your formar addratr baiow; < • '' r ' 'AOOR&SS : v l;--!,..V «VeeeiMSe«a'fwAVeeee'M'i«»»ai»»a«eeAe#aeeee/ea#aeeeaeaaeeeee#eeee»ee«l#i»e»e»aieeeafae»#e'eea#wee4tfee*a^6«»d '' XT... -r : - i .V-v'- Oci 14, 1»85 LOG ation they show to Seafarers ealm. All this was done in the and their families. hope that the sick brother I would also appreciate being would not get worse as we had included on the mailing list for eight days more before reaching To the Editor: Now that our Union has es­ the SEAFARERS LOG so that I our destination. To maintain this program tablished a new feeding system can keep up with the events tak­ called for patience and sacrifice which is meeting the approval ing place from time to time. on tlie part of officers and crew. Mrs. Ben H. Faulk of many ships' crews I think it The spirit: in which everybody is only proper that the steward (Ed. Notes Your name is be­ dejiartment be given not only ing added to our mailing list so ' went about this operation is its deserved compliments but that you can receive the LOG ..something I will always remem­ ber. continued cooperation by the regularly at home.) On arrival in Callao, Peru, deck and engine departments. 4' 4" 4 the patient was taken to the hos­ A list of instructions on the pital and we were told that ar-. new feeding system is placed rangements were all giade for aboard all SIU ships for the hjm to leave Peru on The 22nd To the Editor: of Augu.st for the States. I would like to express my On behalf of the crew I ask thanks for the check recently that the Welfare Services De­ received covering an SIU ma­ partment check this case with ternity benefit for my latest the company. In closing, I want child. Believe me, it was re­ to thank the captain, the deck ceived with gratitude. officers and crew for their co­ I am also sending you the operation on behalf of the sick birth certificates' of my other brother. two children, as you already Jose L. Gomez have my marrlagp license and Ship's delegate steward department to follow, the new baby's ^rth certificate. (Ed. note-. Arxangements and I believe it is a good sys­ Please enroll us In the* hospital have - since been made to re­ tem. plan so that we can qualify for patriate the above-mentioned But I also believe that the the new family benefits for . brother and have him hospital­ list of instruction Should go hospitalization and surgery. ized near his home.) further, in gelting the proper Many thanks to the SIU for 4 4 4 cooperation of the other two all these great benefits. departments. Allan S. Thonie First of all, I think that the 4 4 4 other departments should leave To the ^Editor: the steward department alone. In your last issue of the SEA­ They should not try to run it by FARERS LOG the United States -telling the steward or any mem­ To the Editor: Merchant Marine Academy was ber of the steward department Since my article of October charged with being a "Junior what to do. The Union has given the steward the responsibility 14, 1933, on Brother Hood, while- Annapolis" and a* Navy' "secret of seeing to it that the crew is a crewmember of the Steel weapon." "Nothing could be fur­ Fabi'lcator, I have been on many ther from the truth. fed well and properly. I know because I am a cadet Therefore the steward should ships and during the course of be permitted to-run his depart­ time have been watching with a at Kings Point and can recog­ ment as he sees fit. If the stew­ keen eye to see what reaction. nize a half truth and a biased ard 1% not efficient or capable, If any, my article would pro­ account of the facts. There is no Navy ship at Kings Point, then action can be taken. He duce in the future. After making one trip to Ko­ nor Is there a squadrorf of has certain rules to follow and if he doesn't follow them," then rea on the Sea Cloud and sign­ planes as your cartoon so false­ that should be the cause for his ing on for another bound for ly showed. Compared with the Navy's ap^ being replaced, not because Peru, July 22, 1935, I have an certain members of the crew experience which I feel it is my pronrlations, $2 million is a duty to comment on. Two weeks trifling" sum and certainly don't like him. out of Seattle a crewmember ' wouldn't warrant the situation Asks Consideration came down with a mentaT dis­ you have depicted. Kings Point­ I'd also like the deck and en­ turbance. ers are trained for the merchant gine departments to be a little Immediately precautions had marine and will be ready to patient now and then and treat to be taken to secure his safety serve when the need arises. us with consideration. When we as well as that qf other crew- Those graduates are an asset to are a little late or something members. It would have been the merchant marine as the Na­ goes wrong, name-calling or very easy to put this unfortu­ tional Guard and other Re­ abuse won't change anything. nate brother in a room with servists are assets to the armed We don't criticize the other de­ • sufficient ventilation, secure the services. partments if they are slow or doors and poi*tholes and give For lack of proper leadership late in their work on deck or in him his meals until we arrived - many merchant ships were lost the engine room and we are en­ at our destination, but this tvas during the war. A reserve of titled to the same consideration not the case. trained officers could have pre­ in the galley. »bur sick brother was allowed vented this situation. That Is We never say how they to keep his foc'sle while his the mission of the Academy. should paint or lire, yet when roommate was provided wl)^h C/M Ralph A. Dahm they find something not to their' other living quarters. Of course, Jones Kali liking they raise the roof. Of the sick man had to be secured Kings Point, NY course this is the exception to his bunk since he had a tend­ (Ed. note: The SIU can only rather than the rule, but it oc­ ency to go below and might have add, however, that during the curs often enough to make liv­ gone' over the side. Korean War, the Navy, as usual, ing conditions aboard ship mis­ Attempted Suicide. erable when it does happen. I As it was, one morning about grabbed off practically all the know from experlerfce that some 6 AM the man,who was stand­ cadets from Kings Point and steward department men who ing by stepped out to call the that in the midst of the then do not deserve this type of cooks. On returning he found manpower shortage there were treatment have had to get off the patient missing. He looked even cases of merchant ship a ship to avoid trouble'. This Is out the nearest door and sure officers taken right off their jobs and put back into the not as.it should be. enough the sick man was hang­ Navy. 1 ing over the side by the hand­ Mario Canalejo 4 4 4 cuffs which were attached to ^ the bunk. (jailing for help he recovered the patient and immediately the crew mobilized themselves in To the Editor: ' On behalf of the crow of the . one of the most outstanding To the Editor: SS Fairport we wish to' extend displays of cooperation ""I have I wish to express my tlfanks our deepest sympathy to the and appreciation to the SIU for ever seen on board a ship. Members of all three depart­ family and friends of our de­ Its fine cooperation and aid during my recent hospitaliza­ ments volunteered and arranged . parted brother, Robert Darley. We first learned of Brother between themselves a schedule tion. At the time I went into the whereby at all tinges at least two Darley's death on our arrival hospital, my husband was at sea men would be standing by, at»d in Kcclung, Formosa. Those and, not knowing the procedure whenever the brother had to who knew him will agfee that : be taken: to the bathroom at he was a fine man, .and a credit to ,follow regarding hospital and . surgical benefits for, the depen- lea,St ! six . men would be avail­ to our Union. We understand he is being dents of SIU men, 1 wrote to able. returned home from Korea Careful Attention 'SIU headquarters. He got his baths regularly^ aboard the Ocean Joyce, on" ; Needless to say. the courtesyshown me was really apprepl' ' his . meals, coffee, cigarettes, which hg!.wlas, employed, . .{• j. G, Keavney . ated, My. thanks to!all the Un­ . radip and every other possible • Ship's delegate ion officials for.aUtbe-consider­ aitcntlon in order to keep hinf- ! Urges Patience On Food Beefs Thanks Union For Baby $s Letters to the Editor Challenges Facts On Kings Point Sea Cloud Tends Stricken Brother Fairport Mourns Brother's Death Likes Service From The SIU - • i • •' > l' I '• ' • ; • l: • • • •• I '• I ' ,'I �SEAFARERS Oct 14. 1955 ALCOA CAVALIIR <AICoa). AUflW«» 14—Chairman. E. Meyd; Sacratary. J. Stokai. No beefa. Two hundred and thirty nine doHara on hand for mov­ ies. New cover lor presser pad has been ordered. ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), Ausutt 7—Chairman, M. Costello; Secretary, J. Nelion. E\'erythlng In order, no beefs. Bslsuce on luiud lii abii,'s treasury—S354. Motion made and car­ ried to have alr-condltloning regu­ lated In (Crew's quarters, and to have lights Installed on the after deck when carrying deck cargo. BETHCOASTER (Calmer), No data —Chairman, P. McNabb; Secretary, R. Tyree. Repair list to be turned In. No beefs and no disputed over­ time, Motion made and carried to ac' (cept and concur with communications Digest of ships' Meetings' from headquarters. Motion made and Carried • to hand clothes up and keep cigarette butts off deck. JEAN LA FITTE (Watariqpn), July 94—Chairman, C. Gates; Secretary, A. Branconl. Men are not to get re­ placement at any time In Japan or Korea, and men who take greenbacks ashore are subject to fine. Balance of ship's fund is $9. No beefs. LIBERTY BELL (Dover), . July >1— Chairman, D. Story; Secretary, A. Weddle. Disputed overtime. .,tO' bf taken up with patrolman, and also shortage of stores. All. slopchest prices to be checked. Dlscutsion held on additional' welfare beneflts and crew agreed with same unanimously. MARYMAR (Calmar), August 13— Chairman, Snow; Secretary, Reasko. Black gang foc'des and messhall to be painted. Ship's fund—$28.26. Everything running okay. To check With patrolman about painting. Vote qf thanks to J. Nelson for Job done in blackgang. ROBIN HOOD (Robin Lines), August 7—Chairman, L. Eckhoff; Secretary, W. Sehulti. Washing machine to be ^paired. Few hours disputed over­ time. Crew gave captain and chief mate vote of thanks. All books in Ubrary be put In boxes and put ashore. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communicatlong from headquarters. WESTERN TRADER (Western), Au­ gust 13—Chairman, O. Whitehurst; Secretary, R. Douglas. Actions of chief mate to be brought to attention Of boarding patrolman. Vote of thanks, to captain. No beefs, every­ thing rutuiing okay. Motion made and carried to have new washing ma­ chine and refrigerator InstaUed. Vote Af thanks given steward department. ANNISTON (Acs), August 14—Chair­ man, T. Hill; Secretary, N. Mutln. Ship's delegate elected. New matresses and fans needed along with some other equipment. Suggestion to alternate each department in keeping laundry and recreation rooms clean, and to put all cups and dishes In pantry sink. BALTORE (Ore), August 20—Chair­ man, P. Smyth; Secretary, C. Menke. Call master of ship for sailing board time instead of Steamship Service Corp. Ship's fund—$16.19. Some dis­ puted overtime, no beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur with communications from head-, quarters. Crew asked steward for better variety of meat and an Im­ provement In menus. JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), August 7—Chairman, S. DIMagglo; Secretary, J. Hodges. Counters and sinks needed In galley. No beefs, little disputed- overtime. Library requested for next voyage, and more water glasses needed. It was suggested to have sick utility man put in hospital. Requested bet­ ter Job from messman. Delegates were asked to make up repair lists. JOHN B. KULUKUNDIS (Martis), June 11—Chairman, H. Nelson, Sec­ retary, V. Fitzgerald. No beefs, everything In order. Repair Ust to be prepared. Wiper and ordinary seaman to take turns In cleaning room. Btpward department tq take •care of recreation room. ' August ri4—Chairman, H. Nelson; Secretary,' V. Fitzgerald. No beefs, no disputed overtime, everything In .order. Vote of thanks to all depart­ ment delegates for Job well done. ROBIN TRENT (Seas Shipping), Au­ gust 14—Chairman, E. Mansfleld; Sec­ retary, ". Nohllchl. One man missed ship. Repair list to be made up and handed in to ship's delegate. Drlnk;Jng water fountains have been In. bad iShape. water la warm. CECIL, N. BEAN (Dry-Trans), AuiBust 7-r-Chalrman, J. Labenz; Secre­ tary^ R. McDanlels. Three men left ship to vgo to hospital.. Thanks was given to R. McDanlpls for running motion plctures,''Bosun requested that crew does not walk on wet paint In passageways. Vote of thanks to steward. ROBIN WENTLEY August 7—Chairman, retary, W.^ WAntHng. : to flU..p^B^<Ga|rds out (Seas Shipping), F. Crlder; Sec­ Men are falling correctly. Ship's fund la >3.29. One man missed Ibip. Soma dJspntad overtime. Motion made and carried to accept apd concur with communications from headquar­ ters, Motion made and carried to get SIU jSlms from hall for snowing on ship. Steward to order two new washing machines, one for officers and one to replace worn out 'one. ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), Au­ gust 20—Chairman, M. Olson; Secre­ tary, D. Beard. AU foc'sles to be clean and sacks made up on arrival at port. Ship's fund—$21.56. Little disputed overtime, no beefs. Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur with communications from head­ quarters tmanimously. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Au­ gust 22—Chairman, J. Allen; Secre­ tary, A. Whitmer. Complaints were made about Ice cream and crew wished to have more varied menus. Ship's fund—$25.05. No beefs. Men were asked to bring beefs to depart­ ment delegates, who wiU give them to ship's delegate. BEAUREGARD (Pan Atlantic), July 2$—Chairman, A. Kessen; Secretary, J. Mastln. Discussion held on repairs, and men paying off In Long Beach, California. Ship's' fund—$15.83. No beefs. Communications from head­ quarters accepted and concurred. Discussion held on getting washing machine pump and lockers repaired. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), June 28—Chairman, R. Bellamy; Secretary, T. Wright. Qaptaln to get a clock upon arrival in Mobile. Ship's dele­ gate and deck delegate elected. Dis­ cussion held oh ship's fund: two Irons to be bought for each department. Discussion held on steward who was Sred. July 17—Chairman, M. Schalestock; Secretary, T. Wright. It was decided that coffee is to be made In urn. It was suggested that laundry room be kept clean and that ship's delegate ask captain to build a foul weather gear locker In recreation room. Hessto be K<fept clean at night. ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), August 7—Chairman, W. Smith; Secretary O. Garner. Balance of ship's fund Is 845.08. No beefs or disputed overtime. Discussion held on TV set. Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur with communications from head­ quarters. AMPAC IDAHO (Trans Oceanic), Au­ gust 12—Chairman, J. Purcell; Secre­ tary, C. Alnsworth. Ship's treasury, $5. No beefs. Discussion held on set­ ting sea watches for engine depart­ ment and mates. Motion made and carried ,to have delegate see chief about fixing drain on washing ma­ chine. Ship's' secretary-reporter and ship's treasimer elected. Chairman discussed organization status of vessel and company. FELTORB (Ore), August 14—Chair­ man, R. Murray; Secretary, S. Zubovlch. To see patrolman about repairs. Report was made on the operation of the washing machine. No beefs. Mate has keys to foc'sle and he wants $1 for same until the man leaves the ship and then It will be returned. Discussion held on this. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communications from headquar­ ters. ALCOA PEGASUS (Alcoa), August 7 —Chairman, G.'Flnklaa; Secretar'V, A. Parker. Repair list was turned in and repairs promised to be completed. Ship's Treasury contains $21.25. Some disputed overtime. Ali communications from headquarters were read and accepted. More milk to be put aboard, more cots needed. ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), August -1i—Chairman, F. Crumpler; Secretary, A. George. No beefs. Beefs were made in regards to company having more fresh fruit aboard. New.washi^ ma­ chine was promised in NY and Mobile. ARIZPA (Waterman), August 1— Chairman, H. Hunt; Secretary, I. Nunn. Hot water line was repaired, crew is satlsfled. Discussion held on Insurance and welfare plan. Discus­ sion held on inadequate slopchest. DEL SUD (Delta Line), August 3— Chairman, Tex MeHIng; Secretary, Woody Perkins. No beefs. Ship's sec­ retary-reporter reported that fine conduct of crew and the SIU in gen­ eral was highly praised by many priests aboard. Ship's fund, $117.86. Bill to slopchest to be paid. Unani­ mous vote of thanks to Brother.Red Cobb for many times he has proven himself good Union man. Ice cream to be of greater variety. JEAN (Bull Line), July 24-.Cbalrmsn, S. Evanchock; Secretary, M. Ddco. No beefs. Ship's fund to be started. New ice box needed. LA SALLE (Waterman), August 7— Chairman, A. Anderson; Secretary, M. Lee. No beefs, everything running smoothly. Motion made and carried to accept and concur with communica­ tions from headquarters unanimously. To see Captain about clock In crew's quarters. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain Lines), July 21—Chairman, F. Flana­ gan; -Secretary, J. M'y*!*- Motion made and carried to accept and con­ cur. wNh communications from head­ quarters. Discussion held on leaving silverware out. ' DEL SOL (Mississippi), August «— Chairman, F. DeDomlncIs; Secretary, W. Cameron. Few minor beefs, allsettled. Motion made and carried to have a steam line run aft of No. -5 hatch instead of In front of No.- 4 by the aft passageway door. Motion made and carried, to accept and con­ cur with eommuldbatlons nom head­ quarters. Pase Fffieoi. LOG FINAL DISPATCH The deaths of the following Seor farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the SIU death benefit is being paid to their beneficiaries: John J. Vszakiewicz, 40: On September 28, 1955, Brother Uszakiewicz died in Lourenco Marques, Mozambique. Burial took place in Nauga tuck, Connecticut. He had 1)een sailing in the steward department since 1947, joining the Union in the Port of New York. Brother Uszakiewicz is survived by his mother, Pauline Uszakiewicz, of, Beacon Falls, Conn. 4 Robert A. Darley, 56: A heart attack* proved fatal to Brother Darley who died at sea off For­ mosa on Septem­ ber 10, . 1955. He had been sailing in the SIU since the early part of 1950, joining the Union in the Port of Mobile and sailing in deck department. Brother Darley leaves his wife, Mamie Dajiey of Bonifay, Fla., and three sons in the SIU. Burial took place near his home in Florida. Darley's son, Robert, Jr., was 'standing watch with him at the time of his death. PERSONALS EdRydon Contact M. Hammer, lioom 182(1,' James R. Lewis,- 58: A resident of Brooklyn, New York, Brother 15 Park Row, New York, NY, re­ garding a tax matter. James Lewis '4-4 4 < died of natural WiUiam E. Scott causes on Au­ Write T. H. Hawkins at Box 234, gust 31, 1955. Joining the Un­ 25 South St., New York, NY, re­ garding yoiu: money. ion in Savannah in 1938, Brother 4 4 4: Lewis shipped O. D. Walker out in the deck Contact your brother in Beau­ department. mont,^ Texas, as soon as possible. 4 4 4 It is urgent that you get in touch John E. Kane, 60: Brother Hane with him. died in the USPHS Hospital in 4 4 4 New Orleans, Floyd Bamett La., on October Write to L. G. De Haven, 319 1, 1955 of pneu­ So. Wolfe St., Baltimore 31, Md. monia. He had 4 .4 4 sailed in the Malcomb B. Woods steward depart­ Contact Dot Spann on an im­ ment since the portant personal matter at 1009 latter part of Houston St., Mobile, Ala., or phone 1938, being one HE 8-5561. of the first mem­ 4 4 4 bers to join the John L. Millner Union in New Orleans. Brother Write or call your sister, Louise, Hane is survived by his wife, Armantine S. Hane of New Orleans. in Linville, Va., or call Edom 2101. 4 4 4 Charles W. Gann, 44; word has just been received of Gann's death on August 1, 1955. Burial took place at Pine Crest Cemetefy. Brother Gann joined the SIU in Philadel­ phia in 1945 and had been sailing in the steward department. He iii is survived by his mother, Susi Rossi of Fontana, California. 4 4 4 Leo Ducette Jim Mancanchauk Contact Frank O'Neill c/o SID headquarters in New York. 4 4 4 Friends of Gilbert W. Viner who is now ill in the hospital are asked to write to him at 8169th AU, US Army Hospital, Yokohama, Japan. 4 4 4 4 4 4 The following men who were all c r e w m e m b e r s of the SS Steel Voyager on Aug. 28, 1951, are asked to contact Higgins St Parftess, 92 Liberty St., New York: Louis E. Ford, William L. Glaze, Jr., Andrew Grille, Thadeus J. Loboda, Robert J. Morgan, Alvin W. Seymour, Russell M. Wright. Vilem Gemer All of the follotoing SIU families Mrs. Henry Boyden Donnelly, New Write to Thomas at 25 South will collect the $200 maternity Orleans, La. Street, New York, Box 2354. benefit plus a $25 bond from the 4 4 4 . 4 4 4 Hugh S. Bean= Union in the baby's name: Shannon Jean Thome, born Au­ Contact your wife immediately Coleen Wherrity, born July 20, gust 26, 1955. Parents, Mr. and in reference to' signing adoption 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fran­ Mrs. Allan Stewart Thome, West­ papers. moreland Depot, NH. cis Wherrity, Philadelphia, Pa. 4 4 4 444 Scott Lindsay Halfhill, bom Au­ Mike! Anthony Hebert, born September 13, 1955. Parents, Mr. gust 31, 1955. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Paul Hebert, New Or­ Mrs. Hubert O. Halfhill, Edmonds, Discharges from the SS Alex­ Wash, leans, La. andra are being held in SIU head­ '4 4 4 quarters vault for the following 4 4 4 Laura Lee Thompson, bom July Neldred Louise Saucier, born men: Gerald E. Anderson, Arth-jr 28, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Al­ July 27, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Jacobs, Charles A. Krause, Leo J. bert Thompson,- Pine Grove, La. Mrs. Elvin J. Saucier, Gulfport, White. 4 4 4 Miss. • 4 4 4 Paul G. Luteman Henry Edward Savior, bom 4-44 Your vaccination certificate left September 3, 1955. Parents, Mr. JGlenn Paul Morris, born August and Mrs. Richard Savior, Phila­ 14, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. aboard the SS Steel Designer at the payoff Oct. 4, 1955, is being delphia, Pa. • « John Paul Morris, Mobile, Ala. held in the LOG office at SitJ 4 4 4 ' headquarters. 4 _ 4 4 Thomas Vincent Drzewickl, Jr., 4 4 4 Jack Garland Steward, born born September 10, 1955. Parents, Important mail is being held in Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Drzewicki, September 9, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Steward,' Coving­ the mailroom at SIU headquarters Wilmington, Del. for the following men, who are ton, La. 4 4 4 asked to write or call for same as 4 4 ()4 Marlene Reyes, born September soon as possible; Toni Lynn Dean, born Septem­ 15, 1955. Parents, Mr., and Mrs. B. Billarzo, W. Bilger, V. D'lnber 15, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. dia, T. Francello, C. Furech, O. E. Conrado Reyes, New York, NY. George Dean, Whistler, Ala. -4 4 4 Figueroa, L. L. Guza, T. Horan, 4 4 4 Rose Marie Gonzalez Cruz, born B. V. Kristensen, N. S. Larsson, May 18, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Peter Joseph Sullivan, born G. W. Libby, C. A. MacDonald, B. Mrs. Juan Cruz, New Orleans, La: September 6, 1955. Parents, Mr. Padgett, J. Pluchovich, F. P. Rieand, Mrs. Frederick R. Sullivan, del, D. J. Reynolds, A. W. Saden4 4 4. water, C. Tufaro, Jose Torres. Jack Arthur Modm, born Sep­ New Orleans, La. tember.?, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Haakon Moum, Long Island City, NY. 4 4 4 Howard Murray Lamm, Jr., born September 11, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Murray Lamm, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 Melva Leigh Edwards,- born Sep­ tember 15, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Edwards, Norfolk, Va. 4 4 4 Cheryl Ann DonneHy; bora Sep­ tember 6, 1955. Parents, Mr. and „ 'M �•J'- / fS:^y''- Vol. XVil No. 21 SEAFARERS LOG Oct. 14 195S • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS IN T E R N AT IO N AI UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFl • DEL SUD CREW'S BIG DAY! Seafarers try out their sea legs to dance music under the pavilion roof at the Audubon Park picnic grounds. Dancing was one of numerous activities at the picnic. Del Sud picnickers had Indian sign on weather man for fourth straight year as local showers stayed away from the grounds. Free tickets for kiddie rides provided by generous Del Sud crew were popular with the younger set. A few adult kibitzers are shown with the youngsters as they speed by in an open-air train ride. Fried chicken hit spot with Seafarer J. P. "Slop­ py" Creel and Mrs. Creel. NEW ORLEANS —The fourth annual Del Sud picr nic, given by members of the crew of the Mfesissippi passenger ship, was held here September 24 at Auduboa Park. The afTair, attended by crewmembers, Seafarers on the b e a 0 h, t h e i r families and friends, was, if anything, bigger i and better than any of its threje; predecessors. The annual eve|^ has become a traditional part of SIU social life in this , port and when the guests departed at nightfall after a day of feasting and merrymaking, tired Del ^Sudders agreed it was Worth the hard work they had Invested in making it a big success. Generous Del Sud Seafarers financed the " big party with more than $1300 accumulated in the ship's fund during th<i year for the occasion. The Del: Sud is on regular service to th^f East Coast of South America; j; "Everybody seemed to have 4v good time," said Steward'Emilr Herek, one of the members off the committee on arrange-t ments, "and that makes the pic*? nic a success as far as the crew^ Is concerned. We think this pic­ nic shows how much we can ac­ complish in the SIU through the spirit of teamwork and mu­ tual cooperation which is such a big part of our activities not only in the Union but among members of the crew of the Del Sud." lp;i- te:: te;:. !• Rr- Sfr^. Ifi'-i'"/ r'f p'--- fet:- I V?>- ' ki • Tony Palmisano dishes out fried chicken to Eddie Tredich as other guests get theirs. Foo^ was prepared by Del Sud chief cook Hans Spiegel. I •. r'"^v-, I . -'. Arrangements committee consbted of (left to right) Hans Spiegel, Joe Lae, Louis O'Ledry, Mrs. H. B. Spencer, secretary of SIU hall, Emil Herek and Tommy Doyle. Doyle and Mrs. Spencer were committee's shoreside representatives. II Ift-'• ll?r '•• isfn : • •'" . lilfV •^•-- * ^ Exciting moment during footraces for children shows in intent faces of Seafarers, ' their wiveji and children watching the event. Afternooh also featured baseball game between^ Dei Sud crew and SIU Beachcombers; Seafarer Harold Crane (standing) hosts family group (l.-r.) Charles Crane, Mrs. JiRowe, Carol Smidt, Charles Bowe, Mrs. Rowe, Mrs. Crane, Myra Smidt; � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource October 14, 1955 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 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. XVII, No. 21 Description An account of the resource Headlines: NEW GOVT POLICY NEEDED TO SAVE MM, LEADERS TOLD SEA UNIONS GOVT CONTROL REPORT DUE INTERIM REPORT ON SIU FOOD PLAN GOES TO SHIPS AFL MAILS WORK FORMS TO DOCKERS LACK OF US ORE SHIPS ALARMS GOVT APPOINT TANNER TO ALA. DOCK BD. ITF WIDENS DRIVE ON RUNAWAY SHIPS-RAPS ILA 'UNION' ENGINEERS IN CANADA JOIN SIUNA SIU PURSERS WIN JOB SECURITY LAKE CHARLES WATCHING LA. NOMINEE DEADLINE MORE SHIPS STEAM PAST GOLDEN GATE SIU FAMILY BENEFITS HIT $$ PEAK IN SEPTEMBER JOB BOOM AGAIN SPARKS NY AMID SERIES FEVER BAY LINE STILL TIED IN KNOT BY BALTIMORE MAW PICKETS BOSTON COOL TO SOVIET VISITORS ON US JUNKET 'BUST UNION' TEAM LISTS NEW PLAN LAUD ADVOCATE CREW IN AIR CRASH RESCUE MISS. LABOR SEEKS 'WRECK' LAW REPEAL ZOO PARADE ON THE STEEL SURVEYOR PLAN FOR INT'L '50-50' PARLEY FAILS ILA LAWLESSNESS THREAT TO ALL BONAFIDE UNIONS NEW LOBBY COMPLETES MOBILE FACE-LIFT JOB TAMPA AIDS FINAL DRIVE TO TUG VOTE MEALTIME 'NEW LOOK; BOBBING BUOYS, BELLS ARE NAVIGATORS' BEST FRIENDS GOOD FEEDING EASES ROUTINE TRINITY TRIP 'PRESIDENT'S DINNER' COOLS, BOILS DEL SOL SEAFARER PROVES SIU 'SPIRIT' ON TRAVELER BARBARA FRIETCHIE CREW LAUDS SEAMEN'S NITE SPOT IN PUSAN GULFWATER 'LIKE HOME' THANKS TO ENGINEER DEL SUD CREW'S BIG DAY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/14/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log