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SIU Schoiar WASHINGTON—With Congress entering the home stretch, the SIU is keeping close watch on three bills of major importance to Seafarers and US maritime. These are the Pelly bill, requiring payment of US wages on any ships carrying Government cargo; the ^ Byrne bill to subsidize tramp The 5th weekly wice broad* ships and the Case-Anderson son (Va.), Thompson (La.), Miller cast put out by the Maritime Prize Archer bill to eliminate "50-50'* from (Cal.); Byrne (Pa.), Tumulty (NJ), Trades Department will go out agricultural surplus sales. Ashley (Ohio), Allan (Cal.), Shee this Sunday to hundreds of MTD The Felly bill, introduced by han (lU.), Van Pelt (Wis.), Ray ships and scores of SIU A&G ves­ Rep. Thomas M. Pelly (Rep.-Wash.) (NY), Maniard (Cal.) and Pelly. sels in waters covered by the trans-, is now under-study by a House mission. The voice broadcasts be­ Tramp Stibsldy-Proposal Merchant Marine subcommittee. It gan Sunday April 15 as the first di­ No action has been takeii yet on rect short-wave voice transmission would compel foreign operators, principally low-wage runaway-flag the Byrne bill, introduced just two to US seamen. They are supple- : shipowners, to pay American weeks ago. This bill would pro­ mented by the weekly aroundwages in order to be eligible for vide voyage operating subsidies to the-wbrld Morse Code broad­ any Government-financed or Gov­ US tramp ship operators when casts at 2:15 and 10:15 PM East­ ernment-owned. cargoes. The bill they are in direct competition with ern Standard Time, on Sundays. is based on the Davis-Bacon pro­ private tramps. The objectrls.tp Early response from ships has vision under which Congress re­ build a permanent US tramp fleet welcomed the new service. The quires contractors working on US- which would be adequate for US broadcasts are coAing through financed construction jobs to pay needs and modern enough to meet clearly and one crew noted the foreign competition. Tramp opera­ prevailing wage rates... The subcommittee now studying tors have been seeking subsidies For complete schedule of the bill consists of House Mer­ for a number of years. MTD direct voice broadcasts Hearings have been completed chant Marine Committee chairman as well as schedule of wireless Herbert Bonner and Reps. Robe- on the Case-Anderson bill by the Morsecasts, see page 15. Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, but no re­ news content of your broadcast port has been written as yet. The was excellent and highly informa­ Case-Anderson bill would elimin­ tive . . . we sincerely hope that ate "50-50" requirements from these broadcasts will continue." The recent freight clarifica­ sales of US farm surplus. The MTD's world-wide news tions printed in the April 13 A similar move was overwhelm­ programs are designed to keep SEAFARERS LOG contained a ingly rejected in a previous Sen­ seamen all over the world up-tosection which, was included in ate vote and there is little likeli­ date on the latest developments in SIU scholarship winner Robert Goodwin, son of Sea­ error. That is under Aa-ticle III, hood of the Case-Anderson bill their unions, as well as on shipfarer Eugene Goodwin, displays buck he brought down Deck Department. Section 7. winning approval either in com­ iping conditions and news of gen­ during archery season. Goodwin Is dental student at "Men Standing Sea Watches" mittee or on'the floor of the Sen­ eral maritime interest. University or Oregon. (See SIU scholarship report, page should be crossed out in the ate. The-current upturn in ship­ They fill a long-felt need for sea­ 81. clarifications. ping with scarcity of cargo space men who are unable to keep in has tended to make the Case-An­ touch otherwise with the day-to­ derson move an academic one at day events in the industry and the present. decisions of the union's member­ All threC of these maritime ship at shoreside meetings. items have to contend with a grow­ At present the voice, broadcasts ing election year atmosphere in are transmitted on three frequen­ Congress and the^comparative late­ cies to ships in the Caribbean, ness of the session. Since presiden­ Gulf of Mexico, North and South tial nominating conventions are Atlantic, North European and WASHINGTON—Proof that "50-50" is a direct subsidy to scheduled for this summer, any Mediterranean waters. They also not considered of top go to ships lir Pacific waters on US shipping and not discrimination against other flags was legislation election year importance is like­ the west coasts of Mexico and seen by Senator Warren Magnuson (Dem.-Wash.) in a recent ly to get pushed aside. * South America. Correction On Clarifications ITFWIns Commerce Dep't Back Wages Upholds '50-50' On Runaway Department of Cbmmerce re--^ A . runaway-flag operator port on aid to US shipping. encouraging new ship construction who had refused to pay crew- The report cited by Magnu­ by operators who have been woi> members four months wages son is the result of a study made ried up until now by prospects of changed his tune after action hy the International Transporworkers Federation. The operator of the Liberian-flag Transmar, an ex-Brit­ ish tanker, agreed to pay off all members of the Greek crew here who wanted to pay off in New York and provide repatriation for those who wanted to return to Greece. Collected $14,000 'The ITF took action to collect $13,000 to $14,000 in back pay due after tlie crew complained they had not been able to collect a cent except for some small allotments to their families, and a small draw they got in January. When they got back to New York after.run­ ning between Aruba and the Ca-ibbean Islands, the company at­ tempted to send the whole crew back to Greece with the object of paying them off there in depreci­ ated currency. Wanted New York Payoff Since the men had signed on here for dollar wages, they wanted to get paid off in New York and collect in American dollars. Most of them wanted to continue to ship out of New York if they got off, rather than return to Greece where shipping prospects are dimmer. US law permits payment of full wages here to foreign crewmen who sign on in New York, provided they are permitted to go ashore by Immigration to get another ship. As a result of the ITF action, the company has agreed to let the men stay here on port articles un­ til they can ^ find other jobs. by the Department at the request a cut-off in US Government aid. of President Eisenhower. Magnu­ son quoted the report as saying that "50-50" represented a direct subsidy to shipping and conse­ quently carries out the Intent of tfie 1936 Merchant Marine Act. Opponents of "50-50" have long argued that a direct operating cash subsidy to shipping should be of­ fered instead of cargo subsidies, 'claiming that "50-50" was discrimi­ natory and injured US sales over­ seas. The Commerce Department Union shop stewards rate higher findings then, Magnuson indicated, than company foremen on achieve­ knocked the props out from under ment tests, and what's more, they the opposition. have the confidence of the workers. Keeps US Ships Operating That's the conclusion drawn by a Furthermore, Magnuson added, management engineering firm af­ the report bears out his claim that ter a survey made among more "50-50" is the best possible way to than 200 foremen and union stew­ keep American shipping operating ards in 35 companies. John A. Fatten, head of the firm, in foreign trade. . He pointed out that "The De­ told an ' industry conference that partment found that our '50-50' union stewards rated 70 on vocabu­ law does not discriminate against lary to only 40 for company fore­ foreign shipping. In fact it gives men. They outscored the foremen foreign vessels 50 percent of all 60 to 55 on mathematical skills and government - generated cargoes easily outpaced them 70 to 35 on which is more than foreign nations tests of practical judgement. Workers Back Stewards allot to American shipping. Aside from being able to out"The chief complainants against think the foremen, the union stew­ the law have been foreign govern­ ards can count' on the backing of ments which are using that attack the great majority of wage earners. . .. in hope of getting more of our The survey found that the workers cargoes for their own ships . . . believed the stewards had their in­ even with (the law) American ships terests at heart far more than the carry only about 25 percent of our- foremen. foreign shipments. It seems ridicu­ The -survey concludes that man­ lous that foreign nations still want agement, has a long way to go to to take that small amount of our convince workers, that the company own business away from us." and . its supervisors have as much The Senator said the report copfidence iii him as the union should have beneficial - effects-in st^wtut^*-;? . Maritime Day Poster Union Men Ontthink Boss: Test — :• . 1 • t, -0 ! h-iu-'.r j i?-y Photograph of poster honoring the US merchant marine and Maritime Day, May 22, which will be displayed on all post office trucks this week. Maritime Day commemorates the first successful transatlantic steam voyage by the SS Savannab in 1819^; ; - V:,- �May li; 1956 SEAFARERS ibc Seafarers Man First Ship In New Service rag* ThTt»' US Enjoying Spring Boom In Shipping Seafarers will start manning three reserve fleet Vic­ tory ships shortly in the middle of a moderate shipping boom which has been a pleasant but unexpected sur­ prise to the US merchant marine. Were it not for the availability of reserve fleet ships indications are that both the Government and"^ anywhere. Between July private industry would be 1,business 1952, and December 31, 1955, extremely hard-pressed to 298 ships representing better than find shipping spaqe for car­ goes. The three Victorys broken out thus far are the High Point Victory, Bull Line; Lynfield Victory, Waterman, two million tons were transferred to the runaway flags with US ap­ proval. Approximately 11,000 to 12,000 US jobs went with tha transfers. Russia Enters Market For example, the Soviet Union's new economic aid policy and ac­ tive purchases of grain abroad ara putting a strain on world shipping. One US official said that Russian participation in world trade has had the effect of raising grain hauling prices $5 a ton in the last three months. The official, Herbert K. Hyde of the General Services Administra­ tion, said that the Russians ara bidding for ships at any rate and has succeeded in diverting 106 for­ eign-flag vessels to her trade. The result is that the US is having difficulty in obtaining shipping to haul strategic materials for this country's defense needs. and the MacAlester Victory, Robin Line. These ships are being as­ signed to the Military Sea Trans­ portation Service either to run in Operation Blue Jay to northern de­ fense bases, or replace other MSTS ships diverted for the northern Supply line. All told, 113 ships will be used on this run. However the Blue Jay run is only one factor in the spring ship­ ping boom which finds all private­ ly owned ships, both freighters and tankers, working, and pros­ pects of considerable breakouts of reserve ships for normal commer­ cial operations. There are several other con­ tributing factors. One of them is the heavy off-season demand for oil which has kept all tankers in service at a time they are normal­ ly laying up. Coal Shipments Heavy Coal shipments are also far in excesf of normql prompted by an extremely bad winter in Europe and an economic boom, both of which depleted European coal sup­ plies. Heavy grain shipments have been stimulated by unfavorable First tanker-frailership, the SlU-manned Ideal-X, is shown loading at Pan Atlantic's Port New­ spring planting conditions in Rus­ ark terminal for start of new sea-land service. Giant crane (hook showing at right) lifts sia and elsewhere. A new-benefit for hospital­ To top it all off, the US is ener­ ized Seafarers is in the offing trailer vans off chassis on to spar deck of tankers where they are lockecTinto place. (For getically selling US farm surplus as the Seafarers Welfare Plan complete picture feature story, see next issue of SEAFARERS LOG). to the tune of $1.5 billion this year, is making arrangements to show and the North Atlantic Treaty Or­ movies in the Public Health Serv­ ganization (NATO) is studying a ice hospitals. The movies will be proposal to create a US-surplus available in PHS hospitals on the food stockpile. Emergency food re­ Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Coasts lief organizations are also getting as well as the marine wards of the further US Government aid. Philadelphia and Tampa city hos­ The present cargo picture of a pitals. scarcity of available ship space First Run Shows points up the need for a permanent WASHINGTON—The House Merchant Marine Committee has approved a Coast Guard tramp fleet of sufficient size, one The new benefit, proposed by sponsored bill which will cut ship inspections in half. The bill has already been voted by capable of handling fluctuations in the Union and accepted by the the Senate and wilLmost likely pass the House. Ship operators 'have joined the Coast cargo demands. Such a fleet un­ Welfare Plan trustees, calls for an der the US flag is obtainable only average of two movie showings per Guard in supporting the cut-*-— month of first-run productions. shipowners to skimp on mainte­ in inspections. of Life at Sea of 1948 as further through a program,of Government Since the movies will be shown in nance of safety gear. Even with subsidy aid. The SIU has vigorously op­ justification for the inspection Public Health Service hospitals, annual inspections, the Union Cargo Rates Up posed the cut in ship inspections cuts. The Convention applies mini­ members of all maritime unions from the present yearly system, pointed out, vessels often turn up mum safety standards to all mari­ The lack of an adequate tramp arguing that it will encourage the with major shortcomings. It cited time nations and calls for biennial fleet has sent cargo rates soaring. and other PHS patients will bene­ the loss of the Southern Isles, inspections. However, US practice Ships that were transferred to run­ fit from the entertainment pro­ Southern Districts and Mormac- has always been, up until now, to away flags were supposed to be gram. SIU Projectors kite as evidence that if anything, May 11. 1956 Vol. XVIII. No. 10 more rigid safety inspections were impose more rigid standards than "available" for US needs, but the Previously the SIU had pre­ the bare minimums established for world shipping market is such that PATH HALL, secretary-treasurer all nations. these ex-US ships can profitably do sented movie projectors to several HERBERT BRAND, Editor; RAY DENIBON, needed. Testimony in the Southern Dis­ PHS hospitals. Hospital adminis­ Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art, Editor; HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, tricts case Indicated that some of trators have hailed the beneficial Staff Writers; BILL MOODV, Gulf Area the inspections had been loosely effects of movie shows for con­ Representative. conducted without adequate check valescing patients who have time Final Dispatch ........ Page 7 on the seaworthiness of the ship. on their hands, but the hospitals Hospitalized Men Page 12 Claim 'Unnecessary' Work Inquiring Seafarer Page 5 VANCOUVER, British Columbia—A new Maritime have been handicapped by inability In reporting out the bill favor­ Trades Department port council has been established here to obtain up-to-date and popular Letters r....Page 12 Meet the Seafarers^...... .Page 11 ably, Rep. Edward J. Robeson under the sponsorship of the SIU Canadian District and the movie items. Hospitals in which the new pro­ Recent Arrivals .........Page 15 (Dem.-Va.), claimed that annual Vancouver Joint Council of-* gram will be set up are: Boston; Shipping Figures . Page 4 inspection "hampered the activities Teamsters, as the first such Port Arthur and Thorold, all Cana­ Manhattan Beach and Staten Island, of the Inspection Division of the Coast Guard by needlessly engag­ council north of the border. dian Lake ports, and in Montreal. New York; marine ward. Jefferson Formation of the Vancouver Coun­ The Maritime Trades port coun­ Memorial Hospital. Philadelphia; Published biweekly at ttie headquarters ing its personnel in inspections of the Seafarers International Union, At­ considered routine and unneces­ cil is expected to touch off similar cils work on local matters of im­ Baltimore: Norfolk; Savannah; lantic A Gulf District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth sary. . . groups in other Canadian ports. portance to member seafaring and marine ward in Tampa Municipal Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NV. Tel HVaclnth *-6600. Enter ' ed as second class matter At present, other MTD groups, shoreside unions as the MTD does Hospital; New Orleans; Galveston; .t th. Port Offlc. in Brooklyn, NY, under f tho Act of Aug. 24, 1*12. International Convention on Safety are being formed in Fort Williams, on a national scale. 'San Francisco and Seattle. SIU Offers Movies For Men in PHS See Congress Approving Cut In Ship Inspections SEAFARERS LOG Vancouver MTD Formed •31 If 1 �1%^. -• Vase Fonr WhatWill The St Lawrence Seaway Mean To Seafarers? SEAFARERS ; \ ; - ' ' LOG Mir 11. 19St 'N.»rr~'„ Two years from now, according to present schedules, the St. Lawrence Seaway is supposed to be open to navigation by deep sea ships drawing 25 to 26 feet. The Seaway, which was bitterly opposed by US Atlantic ports and shipping in­ terests, is bound to take some business away from current East and Gulf operations—justhow much remains to be seen. land's capacity. The Maritime Administration For practical purposes, ships leems anxious to get US ship­ with a 25-foot draft are desirable. owners interested in the Seaway No present American flag ships are run, now serviced exclusively by suited to this trade. ihallow draft foi-eign ships capable of drawing 12 feet or less. US 2) Whaf kind of cargo and ibipowners are at present reluc­ how much? tant to embark on the service for Estimates of traffic potential I variety of reasons. However, range from 10 chances are in the long run they tons a year. million to 83 million will get into the trade after a pe­ Consultant professor, John L. riod of "wait and see" on how the Hazard, Univ. of Texas, estimates trade turns out. There is no question but that 38.5 million tons in 1959, 52 mil­ foreign-flag operators will com­ lion by 1965. Low figure is more pletely dominate the Seaway trade than Panama Canal's best. Pack­ Typical of the shallow-draft foreign flag ships now operating on the Great Lakes is this small It its inception and perhaps for age cargo estimates are; Under 2 million tons, 1959; 6 miilion tons Swedish-American Line vessel shown in Detroit. An estimated 400 foreign ships will be years to come. They have the by 1965. •on the Lakes this This operator alone is building 16 ships for the Lakes. ihips of proper size, and they are Maritime Administration esti­ well established in the Lakes-tomates are pretty close to these Business survey concluded cargo Europe service. shipping companies reluctant for entering trade charters on N3 shipi figures. would be in following order: Iron several reasons: US operators will start from so they can enter trade immediate­ Cargo will consist in main of ore, grain and petroleum; coal, •cratch on both scores. bulk items with iron ore and grain wood pulp, ores, general cargo. Al­ .a) Shallow draft foreign ships ly before Seaway is cdmpleted. have monopolizect and developed Will give eight or nine N3 ships to In view of the potential effect accounting for two-thirds of ton­ ready in 1953 4.2 million tons of Lakes to Europe route. US com­ meet minimum sailing require­ of the Seaway on US shipping and nage; oil, lumber, coal most of re­ on the jobs of Seafarers, the SEA­ mainder. Also a brisk traffic is grain moved via St. Lawrence, pany would have to enter trade as ments of four or five sailings a FARERS LOG has surveyed cur­ expected in automobiles, finished more than the grain tonnage of newcomer and build from scratch. month. After opening of Seaway, Baltimore and New Orleans to­ b) Seaway can only operate 11 to 16 sailings with 18 knot rent information on the subject. steel products, farm machinery. gether. "Inroads upon export eight months a" year. Ships would freighters, 18 to 26 ships. Sail­ The following is a summary ef its A good deal of bulk trade will grain traffic now enjoyed by Bal­ have to lay up four months. Can ings would be to UK and North findings; be internal rather than trans-At­ timore, Albany, Philadelphia, Nor­ lantic; for instance, ore from Seven folk, New York are likely to be only accept ships of 25-foot draft. Europe as well as Baltic-ScandiNew, smaller ships would have "'to jiavia area.. i) Status of job Isles, Quebec, which now goes^ex- especially severe." be built by US companies. Would clusively to steel mills on US Nr3 ships are 2,700 tons dead­ Work now going on to dig the Port reactions; Norfolk and Al­ not care to make heavy investment Seaway and build locks. US Con­ Ea.st Coast ports, will be shipped bany building new elevators; New in smaller ships when trend for weight, 11 knot speed and draw>18 gress has also authorized deepen­ ipland to Middle West steel mills York making massive pier develop­ ocean service is to larger vessels. feet, but will have to go light and ing. of Detroit, St. Clair and St. when Minnesota ores are ex­ ment program; New Orleans work­ Smaller ships mean same operating carry only 1,000 tons of cargo to Mary's rivers. Many major ports hausted. This will be a good por­ ing on tidewater channel; NY dig overhead, and are uneconomical. make present 14-foot locks (run on Lakes still have to be deepened tion of overall traffic. ging out tanker channels.. Foreigners have many such ships with 12 foot draft). to 27 feet or more. Welland Canal and are equipped to go in with MA claims that; US operators must be improved to carry more 3) What effect on preseijt ,4) What effect oij deep, sea fast, modern carriers. can utilize Seaway ships in winter deep sea ports? traffic, could be major bottleneck. *c) Smallest of MA prototype months by, al annual inspections, shipping? Chicago, Milwaukee deepening Most effects will be on bulk US-flag tramps may suffer loss ships are too big and with too b) final voyages outside lakes to harbors, other ports not so active. cargo ports like Albany, Norfolk, as they depend on bulk cargoes. much power plant for narrow overseas areas, c) loading at ocean Thousand Islands section: US re­ Baltimore in the grain trade; also Liner operations also concerned, channel operation. For example, ports for voyage into lakes at start moving scattered shoals to get 27 New York, New Orleans. MA wants companies subsidized on new season, d) layup remainder of although less affected. foot depth, width 450 to 700 feet. Port Authority, New York, orig­ this route to use 18-knot freighters time except for trip charters. Rapids section near Massena: US inally estimated loss would be six 5) What reaction of SlU on run. Ship operators consider MA says its prototype ships and and Canada building canals and to seven million tons of grain and this ridiculous speed for this kind some C-type ships could be used shipping companies? locks 27 foot minimum, 440 feet general cargo yearly, about 3V^ Universally uninterested in Sea­ of run where they are operating in in seaway, claims 80 percent of wide. Canada will dredge 27 foot million from New York alone. Big way at present. Example, Alcoa narrow channels. ships entering US Atlantic ports minimum through Lake St. Fran­ grain ports are in. order of im­ has run into Halifax and parent d) Shipowners have good deal of draw less than 25 feet "indicating cis and will build new canal from portance; Baltimore, New Orleans, company operates aluminum plant inertia about Seaway. If someone Lake St. Frances to Lake St. Louis. Galveston, Houston, Albany, Phila­ in Massena" NY, on St. Lawrence, else goes in and makes a go of it, that high percentage of ships that Another part of the job is a new delphia, Norfolk. New .Orleans es­ but Alcoa has "no plans at pres­ then they will clamor for help operate on l^akes will be able to channel outside Montreal. There timated its loss as six million tons ent" to participate in Seaway from Government. But they are transit Seaway." MA did not in­ dicate what percentage, of ships will be seven locks in all on rivef when Calumet River is deepened, trade. Other companies consider unwilling to be the pioneers. drawing less than 25 feet are for­ plus additional locks on canals and providing direct Mississippi-to- it entirely too remote to consider e) Tramp ship operators would eign flag vessels.. rivers between the Lakes. Chicago-to-Europe trade via the right now. probably go for Seaway trade if. Other dredging jobs on rivers Seaway. _ they can get tramp subsidies. Their And that's the picture of the St. between Great Lakes will provide Later estimates have been 6) Reaction of other corn- first concern is subsidies to keep Lawrence Seaway at present. A 25V^ feet during navigation sea­ watered down considerably, but alive. Their present Libertys use­ mighty industrial waterway is ponies (non-SIU)? son. Welland Canal can handle there will be some loss of bulk Maritime Administration of­ less on Seaway. aborning, but a look into the crys­ 3(1 foot depth at sills but its traf­ cargo. Baltimore estimates that fered subsidy on seaway route. fic capacity is believed to be lim- maximum loss will be ten percent Only one company, Isbrandtsen, 7) Maritime Administration tal ball shows little need for Sea­ farers to be concerned over any ited. to about 27 million tons a on bulk cargo during shipping applied. Other subsidized, com­ outlook wholesale loss of ships and jobs. year. The Seaway Authority is season. panies being prodded by MA to apEssential route; US must par­ The deep-sea ports are a long way far more optimistic about Wei-, Indiana University School of ply but appear most reluctant. -US ticipate. MA will give company from becoming ghost cities. �SEAFARERS Mar 11. 1»M pueitioni In wur eyes, what has been the biggest "single aeiomplishment of the SIU7 I Asked of veteran Seafarers.) F. H. Murray, FOW: I've been lohn Kulaa, FOWi I'd say there •re two: the biggest gains have .sailing SIU for 12 years and every­ thing that has been the tremen­ happened has dous Increase in been progress, wages aud the particularly our W e 1 £a r e Plan rotary shipping with all the bene­ " system giving fits that didn't seniority to the exist when I first pldtimers in the began sailing. ITnion. The Vaca­ When I started tion Plan is an­ with the SIU in other one of the 1943, nobody had any idea such gains would be won. best developments. t- i. t- Juan Soto, bosun: Our organiz­ ing gains which have meant more Job opportunities for all Seafarers. All the steam­ ship companies we signed up have made us far Stronger than we were when I Joined the Union In 1941, so that we c o u i d win other gains. S- . John G'Rourke, ch. elect: Tcan't point out any one thing. All the ^ains we have made since 1946 have been out­ standing; the Welfare Plan in its entirety, the new halls and the improved condi­ tions on the ships are some of the most important since I came into the Union ten years ago. Pare Ilee LOG SIU Hits CC Desertion' Beef; Skipper Nixed Pact BOSTON—Called up by the Coast Guard on a trumped-up "desertion" charge brought on when a skipper failed -to live up to the SIU freight agreement, a Seafarer formerly on the Algonkin (Algonkin) is still ip the dark regarding his future ability to earn his livelihood 4 as a seaman. A "desertion" rap has been pital to see the doctor and have No verdict has been handed down by J;he hearing board. pinned on the SIU man, a x-rays taken. At the same time, yetUnder the general working rules messman, because he was never paid off or signed off the ship's articles, although he gave the old man the required 24-hour notice before' the ship sailed. The out­ come of a May 1 Coast Guard hear­ ing on the case is still not known. The SIU is supporting the Sea­ farer fully in the beef. - t Port Agent James Sheehan said Ernie Such, AB: I believe the Vacation Plan is outstanding. You this was "a case of a man who was sick, went into the hospital and can always coiint took care of everything necessary on some extra to keep his record clear winding cash Just when up behind the eight-ball for no you need it for reason at all. Some of these skip­ emergencies. Of pers will never learn." course there are many other Taken 111 things you could The complex tangle first devel­ pick out but I oped when the messman became think the Vaca­ ill on a Sunday, reported to the tion Plan is the Brighton marine hospital on Monbest gain since I went to sea in 1944. dajT morning and then came to the SIU hall here at noon "with a t t paper bag full of medicine." E. C. Shaeffer; MM: The hospital Sheehan said the Seafarer didn't benefits jmd other Welfare Plan features are the think it advisable to make a North outstanding gains Atlantic trip to Europe when he since I began felt so sick, and was advised to go with the SIU iff back to the ship and have the 1942. W h a f s ship's delegate notify the captain. good about our It developed that he did this but Welfare Plan is the captain did not want to talk to that we can look him. The following day (Tuesday) the forward to more gains in the fu­ messman had to return to the hosture. Vacation pay is another good thing for sea­ men. the skipper called Sheehan and said that if 4he man was sick, it would be just as well if he got off thejship. He ordered another mess­ man at that time, stating that he wQuld. sign the man who; was ill off the articles and sign on the netv man. Captain Failed To Act The next day, after the ship sailed, Sheehan found out that the captain had not signed off the messman although a new one had been dispatched to the job. Three weeks later, the Seafarer was subpoenaed to .the Coast Guard hearing for "deserting" his ship. specified in the SIU contract, a Seafarer can pay off a ship in any US port "upon 24 hours' notice to the master, prior to the scheduled sailing of the vessel . In other action in the port, shiP' ping has remained quiet, Sheehan said, with the outlook still uncer­ tain. Both the Maxtoh (Pan Atlan­ tic) and the Arthur M. fluddell (Bull) paid off and signed on, while the Steel Navigator, Steel Rover (Isthmian); Government Camp, Cantigny (Cities Service) and Robin Goodfellow (Seas Shipping) were in transit. Views Of Docks In Iran CG To Rule AFL-CIO Council Backs Small Ships Meany's Stand On ILA WASHINGTON—A special meeting of the AFL-CIO ex­ ecutive council voted to endorse President George Meany's stand against the so-called "mutual assistance pact" between the International Brbtherjust $53,000 in total assets at the hood of Teamsters and the ex- time it was to have extended the p e 11 e d International Long­ loan to ILA. shoreman's Association. Three days prior to the meeting, the pact itself was dissolved by the two organiza­ tions, avoiding possible disciplinary action by AFL-CIO against the Teamsters. Although the dissolution of the pact has taken place, the AFL-CIO governing body voted to study the principle involved in any federation affiliate doing business with organi­ zations expelled from the federa­ tion. The matter will be discussed further at the next council meeting in June. The "mutual assistance pact" had been drawn up between the Cen­ tral Conference of Teamsters and the ILA supposedly to provide for Joint organizing operations. Asn)ne pai't of the pact, the Central Con­ ference was supposed to extend a $400,000 loan to the ILA, to help it combat organizing efforts in New York harbor byjthe International Brotherhood of" Longshoremen, AFL-CIO. The IBL drive has the support of the Maritime Trades De­ partment, of which the SIU is a •member. . The IBL protested the pact and demanded AFL-CIO action, as a re­ sult of which the projected loan was stopped on Meany's initiative and the Washington meeting called to" take further action. Subsequently, . it, was revealed that the Central Conference had Meanwhile, the ILA showed signs of disintegration in New York un­ der steady pressure from the IBL. A long-simmering disagreement be­ tween Anthony "Tough Tony" Anastasia, Brooklyn ILA boss, and ILA headquarters again erupted oveif Anastasia's success in absorbing ad­ ditional groups of longshoremen on the Brooklyn waterfront. It was expected though, thaf Anastasia and ILA headquarters would tem­ porarily patch up their differences in the face of the IBL drive, with Anastasia winning additional power within the ILA in the process. WASHINGTON—The Senate has completed action on a bill to give the Coast Guard control of small passenger-carrying vessels. It pro­ vides for Coast Guard inspection of all vessels which carry more than six passengers for hire, irre­ spective of the vessel's tonnage. The bill had previously passed the House and is expected to get Pres­ idential approval. Small Vessel Disasters The inspection bill is an out­ growth of several marine disasters in recent years involving party fishing boats and excursion craft. It was promoted principally by the sinking of the sailing vessel Levin J. Marvel in Chesapeake Bay last August with the loss of 14 lives. Up until now, boats below cer­ tain tonnage levels were required to conform to the bai-e minimum safety standards. These were ves­ sels of 15 gross tons or less, or sailing ships of 700 gross tons or less. They have not had to get certificates of seaworthiness. Photo taken from deck of Steel Worker at Bander Shapur, Iran, shows docks built by Americans for supply-line to Rus­ sia during World War II. Cargo is unloaded on cars pulled by Diesel "donkey engines" using tracks out to berthing spaces. Beneficiary Cards Lacking... As an aftermath of the loss of the Salem Maritime, trustees of the Seafarers Welfare Plan have called on all Seafarers to make sure that they have an up-to-date beneficiary card on file. In ex­ amining the records, the trustees found that fully half of the men who lost their lives on the ship did QOt ha^e a card in the files of the Welfare Plan. In at least one instance, the card was not up to date, inasmuch as the Seafarer had since acquired a wife and family. All Seafarers are urged to make sure they have a card on file designating their beneficiary, so as to protect their families in the event of an unforeseen accident. . The Welfare Plan has already completed death benefits pay­ ments'to most of the Salem.•?'faritira« victhm^^ne3^;o£-kin, i - g:* Persian longshoreman aid two fellow dockers, one dead and one dying, after they were pulled out of No. 3 hold on Steel Worker. Men were fighting on edge of hatch and fell into .'bdtto'm of hold.'. Both photos by Seafarer Merwyn "Doc" �Page Stat SEAFARERS NY Job Chances Hold Up^ Future Looks Promising LOG ^ar 11, April 18 Through May 1 Registered Port Deck A NEW YORK—Shipping is continuing at a good pace here, Boston although it declined slightly over the previous period. In addition, shoreside diversions are providing so powerful a draw that there were a cou-"^ ting a good number of standby and Savannah pie of times in the past two relief jobs that a guy can make weeks when the dispatchers a few bucks on to tide him over Tampa .. 9 82 27 47 18 7 6 14 • 45 7 21 8 20 12 were hard-pressed to find men for while he's waiting to ship. Along New Orleans •hips that were sailing right away. with a good library and plenty of Lake Charles From all appearances the fore­ recreational facilities, this makes Wilmington New York a good place to be at cast is for steady good shipping in this time," he commented. this area, said Assistant Secretary"For those who are interested, Treasurer Claude Simmons, so the the horses are off and running at welcome mat is out for those Sea­ Jamaica and the ball parks are all farers in other ports where job open also," Simmons pointed out. activity is slow. Ships calling here have been ar­ Cold Weather Gone riving in good, clean shape, thanks Port "You don't have to worry about to good work by both crews and Boston cold weather anymore as it is delegates. Port officials paid off New York springtime in old New York and a total of 23 ships, signed 6 on Philadelphia the weather is fine," Simmons foreign articles and serviced' 13 Baltimore Norfolk added. "We have also been get­ more ships in transit. Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle 323 3 21 5 • 23 17 4 • Deck A 1 3 20 8 14 3 12 8 Eng. A 3 55 19 25 17 2 4 10 35 a 10 1 18 6 Deck B Eng. 142 213 Eng. B Stew. A 0 22 2 24 16 5 1 5 21 7 67 14 29 3 2 5 18 33 8 9 5 18 17 7 11 16 Eng. Stew. A 147 235 Shipped Deck A Pennmar Deck Gang Keeps Busy Tot^ Deck B Deck B 7 58 20 38 2 3 6 19 63 9 18 11 11 4 1 21 , 4 33 5 2 1 9 22 9 15 2 20 2 Deck Dtfck 269^ 146° Deck C Eng. Ak Eng. En^. B stew. A Stew. B 0 18 3 16 10 0 2 4 22 4 « 1 9 8 Stew. B -• 103 .Total • 19 204, 60 101 38 11 15 42 113 23 40 14 56 35 0 11 8 14 8 2 0 0 3 0 3 2 10 0 Total B 771 12 142 43 99 8 9 10 50 163 19 37 19 31 11 stew. Total C A 61 3 61 10 63 43 9 4 12 63 19 30 11 32 32 Total - A Stew. Stew. Total B C A 0 3 0 1 2 0 14 48 10 28 36 12 5 10 5 13 4 9 19 27 37 13 34 22 5 4 0 6 2 4 0 ,3 4 0 . 3 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 18 11 0 13 9 57 11 20 6 43 21 0 6 13 1 4 5 2 e 20 8 13 5 0 3 2 05 3 5 10 18 13 10 5 0 5 6 0 2 4 Deck Eng. Eng. Eng. Stew. Stew. C A B 61 202 172 56 182 103 Total B 653 392 Total B 1 61 18 92 15 8 5 29 63 27 40 7 43 12 T^tal 421 Totkl Bee. 22 265 70 164 81 ~ 20 19 54 176 42 70 25 88 67 Total Reg.* 1163. Total Total Ship. C 1 35 17 46 13 2 0 0 20 1 13 28 ' 0 14 238 78 237 36 19 15 79 246 47 90 28 102 23 Total Total Ship. C 178 1252 shipping th^ period reached a new high for the year, as a total of 1,252 men were dis­ patched to jobs. The figure was also the highest since mid-December at the peak of the Christmas rush. 4— ^ Seven ports shared in the registration, 1,163, lagged behind more, Mobile, New Orleans, Hous­ job prosperity, two remained shipping once again. ton, Wilmington and San Fran­ the same and five others de­ The ports showing shipping in­ cisco, with Baltimore and New Or- clined in varying degrees. Total creases were Philadelphia, Balti- leans the most notable a.-iong the lot. Shipping for the Crescent City was better than in New York, and Baltimore was even with it. Houston recovered from a slump, while Mobile and San Francisco were very active. Black Gang Busy Shipping and registration re­ mained just about even in the deck QlilNCY, Mass.—The US is desperately short of tankers and steward departments, but were and would face a serious oil crisis in any emergency, Vice- far apart in the engine department, where replacements are generally Admiral E. L. Cochrane, former Maritime Administrator, toughest to land. warned here. Speaking at-^ In terms of seniority shipping, keel-laying ceremonies for a fighters and bombers consume class B jobs again ran ahead of re­ new 46,000-ton US fiag tanker, enormous supplies of fuel com­ gistration in that seniority group, Cochrane declared that "The tank­ pared to the propeller-driven and accounted for over a third of ers of the free world are barely planes of the last war. The exist­ all the shipping in the district. Its adequate for peacetime needs to­ ing US tanker fleet would be 34 percent of the total shipping day. We can just about carry what barely adequate to supply military was the highest ever reached by needs alone, leaving domestic class B since the start of the we need on a day to day basis." He pointed out that in the Ko­ operations crippled for lack of seniority system a little over one year ago. , rean War the US used every fuel. tanker it had. "We had no naval _The situation is worsened by the At the same time, class A ship­ opposition, didn't lose a single fact that the US is becoming more ping was just over half the total, tanker from enemy action and still dependent every day on foreign oil 52 percent, for an all-time low. barely got by." imports from Venezuela and the The lack of class A manpower on In any future international crisis, Persian /Gulf. the beach proved a bonanza for he said, factories and public trans­ class C men, who have no seniority portation would be starved of fuel under the SIU shipping system. supplies because there are not Class C Jobs Up enough tank-wagons to carry fuel The total number of class C oil and gasoline for domestic uses men shipped was the 2nd highest Headquarters wishes to re­ and supply the armed forces at the mind Seafarers that men who ever shipped from this group, and same time. are choosy about working cer­ its 14 percent of the total jobs Dropping In Number tain overtime cannot expect an was also short of a new high. The US actually has less tankers equal number of OT hours with This trend is expected to reverse • today than during Korea because the rest - of their department. as more crews begin piling off for of tanker conversions and foreign In some crews men have been vacations and the pool of class A flag transfers. As reported in the turning down unpleasant OT men on the beach increases. SEAFARERS LOG of February 17, jobs and ^ then demanding to The following is the forecast port the US had 414 T-2 units in 1954, come up to equal overtime when by port: BOSTON;. No change ... has 379 such units today ^d will the easier jobs come along. NEW YORK? Good; jobs in many have only 359 by 1960, according This practice is unfair to Sea­ ratings still hard to fill. . . PHILA­ to expert estimates. farers who take OT jobs as DELPHIA: Fair . . . BALTIMORE: Foreign flag tankers are increas­ they come. Very good . . . NORFOLK: Should ing i;i numbers, year by year,^ but The general objective is to get better soon . . . SAVANNAH; ' in any emergency the US could not equalize OT as much as possible Quiet; registration low . . . count on these ships, since US al­ but if a man refuses disagree­ TAMPA: Slow . . . MOBILE: Good lies such as Britain, France, the able jobs there is no require­ NEW ORLEANS: Should de- . Netherlands and the Scandinavian ment that when an easier job dine some . . . LAKE CHARLES: countries would be equally hard- comes along he can make up the Expects rise . . . HOUSTON: Good pressed to supply their own domes­ overtime: he turned down be­ WILMINGTON: Fair . . . SAN tic fuel needs. . t ' FRANCISCO: ^'air . . . SEATTLE:' fore. • • •' Cochrane pointed ..out. that jet, Slow. - US Tanker Shortage Critical, Admiral Warns. Seafarers in deck gang on Pennmar do repair job on block and tackle to keep things running smoothly. Apparently pleased with the way things are going are Whitey White, carpenter, (left) and Otto, AB. They know efficient running avpids accidents later on. Turned Down OT? Don't Beef On $$ r- • Stack on Pennmar gets the wirebrush and red lead treatment as Charles Bramble, AB (top), and "Blackie," AB (on ladder) turn to. Deck gang tries to keep ship in shape at all times. The ship is on the intercoasfal run. 't • , r t \ •% • • • b J. �SEAFARERS 11. iMil Canada SlU Hits Bricks On Lakes . MONTREAL—Picketing was reported to have begun by Canadian Seafarers against two Great Lakes ship operators as last minute mediation efforts ran past a strike deadline yesterday. Members'of the SIU Canadian District set up picket lines in several ports against 63 ships op­ erated by N. M. Paterson and Sons and the Upper Lakes and Trans­ portation Company. SIU members had -rpreviously approved a strike call when the Lakes oj^rators refused to grant demands for an hourly wage con' tract involving^ substantial in­ creases in monthly take home pay. The hourly wage agreement would provide for a 40-hour week base and overtime payments for e.xtra hours worked. Boss Threatens Lockout Other members of the Lakes Carriers Association, representing five other companies, have been threatening to lock out the Cana­ dian Seafarers if the two compa­ nies were struck. Approximately 1,100 Canadian Seafarers and 400 officers are in­ volved in the two companies being picketed. All told about 5,000 men are affected by the contract dis­ pute. Far* Serra' hbC SIU Has Absentee Ballot Applications LABOR ROUND-UP An eight-day bus strike in Mil­ waukee by Local 998, Amalga­ mated Association of Street, Elec­ tric Railway and Motor Coach Em­ ployees ended on the basis of a 16-cent hourly increase. Wages were the only issue in the walkout. refills last week when maintenance men ended a 12 day strike. The men, members of Teamsters Local 816, received two-year increases totalling $6.25 weekly and improve­ ments in fringe issues. $i The Champion Spark Plug Com­ pany and the United Automobile Workers have signed a master con­ tract for five plants providing a 24-cent package and a union shop. The package includes Supple­ mental Unemployment Benefits and covers 4,500 workefs in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Can­ ada. if if i. Air picketing of a Miami beer distributor has been utilized by the Teamsters Union to advertise a dispute with National Brands. Inc. A plane hired by the union has been flying over the city with a banner charging the company is unfair to union members. The onion says several workers were forced to quit the union under threat of losing their jobs. -ft Merger developmecis continue on the state level with five more state federations s'ctiin'{ up new AFL-CIO units. Tennessee, Ari­ zona, Montana. Louisiana and Missouri unions have established new state labor councils represent­ ing about 900,000 AFL-CIO union members in all. Arkansas set up the first one. if The director of the Miami hotel drive of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union, Bert Ross, had two shots fired at him in his home in Miami. NObody was hurt by the shots which shattered the window of the Ross' living room. Ross de­ clared he would not slacken efforts to organize the hotels in the resort city. • if i if An SV^rcent wage increase has been negotiated for 40,000 New England cotton-rayon mill em­ ployees by the Textile Workers Union of America. Major com­ panies agreeing to the increase in­ clude Bates, Pepperell and Conti­ nental Mills. if i i ' New York's subway gum and candy machines got their necessary - i> Although absentee balloting procedures have beep re­ formed and made a little easier than in the past, it's still pretty difficult for seamen to get a chance to vote in this coming presidential election. Changes! in Federal law last year have dre^ for the period in which the speeded up the method of reg­ state ballots will be mailed out. J, . J, In Other words, a Seafarer on a ^ istration and voting via Federal Post Card Application forms. How­ ship should get the ship's itinerary ever, the states control the voting and give-as his mailing address the procedure itself, and some states port he will be in a few days after still do not permit absentee voting the state mails blm his ballot. The postcards themselves are by seamen or have systems which make it difficult for a seaman's sent to the Secretary of State of the home state of the Seafarer or vote to count. The "Federal Voting Assistance to an appropriate local election Act" passed last year, requires the official. They are an application Maritime Administration to make for ballot for either primary, gen­ Federal application cards and vot­ eral or special election. Affer be­ ing information available to sea­ ing filled out the cards have to be men. Accordingly the cards .are sworn before any one of the fol­ being distributed to US Shipping lowing: the skipper, chief mate, Commissioners, seamen's institutes chief engineer or purser. When the ballot is,received, it, and clubs, shipping companies and should also be sworn in the same the jnaritime unions including* the manner and executed according to SIU. the instructions received from the The postcards are acceptable in stat^" all states which have absentee bal­ loting which means everywhere except New Mexico and Puerto Rico. This is a considerable im­ provement over 1952 when many states did not accept Federal ap­ plication cards. However, in a William Joseph Wolfe number of states, absentee ballot­ Anyone knowing whereabouts of ing is permitted by members of this man is asked to contact his the armed forces only, with mer­ sister, Mrs. Anne Martin, 117 Jef­ chant seamen excluded. These ferson St., Savannah, Ga., or call states are Alabama, Louisiana, and Savannah 4-1716. Pennsylvania; if if it The Alabama and Louisiana pri­ James GHssen maries have already been held so Contact Charles C. Dorsey, 612 that all that would be left is the East Pratt St., Baltimore 2, Md. actual vote for president, since if it if Democratic primaries determine Harry Edwin Messick, OS state and local elections. Urgent. Get in touch with your Florida An Exception wife at 609 E. High St., Seaford, Other areas permit seamen to Del. vote by absentee ballot, but regis­ t if it Leo Wills tration must be made in person. Your sister, Mrs. Howard Evans, These are Florida and the terri­ tories of Alaska and the Virgin 1906 N. Howard St., Philadelphia22, Pa., urges you to get in touch Islands. Still other states permit absen­ with her as soon as possible. tee voting in general elections but 4" 4" 4* Edwin. L. "Tex" Ringgold not in primaries. These are Con­ Contact your sister, Elva. c/o necticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hamp.shire, New York, Rhode H. Lvlod, 721-E. Chase St.. Balti­ more, Md. Island. One of the major difficulties in i if if Terrance M. Jones absentee voting is that states do Write your sister, Mrs. J. J. Sam­ not mail ballots out until a few weeks before the election with son. She has returned from Cali­ most states allowing a maximum of fornia and is now in Charleston, one month. That does not allow SC, waiting to hear from you. the seaman enough time to get if if. if Earl E. Gonyea his ballot back in. Seafarers who Get in touch with your mother file for absentee ballots should make sure to give an accurate ad- at 603 Main St., Clinton, Mass. Shorthanded? If a crewmember quits while a ship is in port, delegates are asked to contact the hall immediately for a replace­ ment. Fast action on their part will keep all jobs aboard ship filled at all times and elimi­ nate the chanc^ of the slrip sailing shorthanded. • I Digest Of State Laws On Absentee Voting EARLIEST DATE APPLICATION . ACCEPTED EARLIEST DATE BALLOT MAILED STATI Alabama Arizona MAIL PRIMARY REGISTRATION VOTE No absentee votine for seamen yes 9.11 Arkansas not required 7/31 California yea (automatic when voted) yes yes yes " no yes yes (automatic when voted) yes yes (automatic when appiying) yes (automatic when voted) yes 6/5 any time 20 days before primary, 30 before general 20 days before 9/11 varies 8 25 S/8 8/13 8/14 90 days before two mos. before any time any time any time 60 days before 30 days before two mos. before 60 days before 45 days before when printed 30 days before 4/10 5/8 100 days before 30 before primary 60 before general any time 45 days before 30 before any primary 60 before general 40 days before 120 before primary 60 before general any time up to 10 days before 21 before primary 25 before general when available Colorado Connecticut Dalawaro Florida Georgia Idaho - Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kantucky Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi New Jersey New Mexico New Y^k North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennassao . Taxas Utah Varmont Virginia Washington v 30 days before ~ any time . 30 before primary & Stata 45 before Presidential . • 55 days before any time yes 8/7 yes 6/5 yes 5/IS yes 9/4 yes (automatic when 9/11 appiying) yes 4/17 ~ No absentee voting for anybody yes (automatic when 8,'5 applying) yes (automatic when 3/26 applying) yes 6/26 yes 3/8 yes 7/3 yes (automatic with 5/18 ballot) No absentee voting for seamen yes 9/17 yes 6/12 yes •6/3 Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire Puerto Rice 8/7 yes (automatic with 84 application) No absentee voting for sea men yes (automatic with 6/18 application) yes (automatic with 3/7 baUot) yes (automatic when 9/18 applying) yes 8/7 yes 9/11 yes 8/28 ^ Louisiana Mains West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming . 6/4 30 days to Saturday preceding election 60 days before yes (automatic with 8/2 ^ ballot) No registration required 7/28 yes (automatic with 9/lt ballot) yes 9/11 • yes 7/10 yes (automatic with 9,'11 baUot) yes 3/8 yes 8^11 yes (automatic 8 21 when voted) No absentee voting for iseamen - - * any time indefinite 75 days before 45 days before 60 days before 45 days before when available 60 before primary 30 before general 60 days before 30 days before 15 days before when printed 20 days before any time 45 days before 90 days before 90 days before any time ' any time 24 days before any time 40 days before — any time - Daniel D. Lupton, 37i Brother Lupton died in Bassens, France, on February 14, 1956. Burial took place in Whort on s V i 11 e, NC. He joined the Union in the Port of Norfolk in the latter part of 1941 and had been sailing in the deck depart­ mmB ment. He is survived by his mother, Julie Lupton, of Hoboken, NJ. 60 days before 30 days before after Jan. 1 any time 60 days before 21 days before 60 days before when available 60 days before any time any time any time 20 days before - when available 2(j before primary 70 before general after Sept. 10 any time any time 30 days before - when available when printed any time any time after July 1 30 days before 90 days before 25 dayf before any time 60 days before ^ any time , 70 days before 21 days before when printed ! f ' T-!. ^ / '' * .-ir.' •.,> t t 4i since 1951, joining in Norfolk. He had been sailing in the black gang. Brother Gunter is survived by his mother, Becky Deaton, Learned, Miss. 4 4 4. Clarence L. Yearwood, 63: A resident of Newark, New Jersey, Brother Yearwood died on April 9, 1956, of a heart attack Brother Yearwood joined the Union in Bal­ timore in 1939, being one of the first members of the Union. He sailed in the steward department. Brother Yearwood is survived by his wife. Thelma. Ja1ce D. Raby, 34: On February 4 4 4 3,1956, Brother Raby died of pneu­ Joseph R. Wing, 57: Brother monia in the Charity Hospital in Wing died of a heart attack aboard New Orleans, Louisiana. Place of the SS Beauregard while at sea on burial is not known. January 28. 1956. Burial took place it it at sea. Brother ,;Wing had been a Arless M. Gnnter, 55: A heart at­ longtime member of the SIU. join­ tack was the cause of, Brother Gun- ing in 1938 in Philadelphia andterlx death on January 27. 1956. He had been sailing in the deck de­ partment. ; �'v Pacre Elcbt SEAFARERS May 11/ WW LOG i.. REPORT CARD 4m onSi U Scholarship Students T HE lasf Issue of the SEAFARERS LOG reported the progress of four of the winners of the $6,000 Seafarers Scholarship Plan award. The Seafarers Plan awards four such scholarships annually to Seafarers or children of Seafarers. The four winners of this year's competition will be announced in June by on impartial college board. Here's how the other five winners currently in school are doing. I Seafarer Pickett W\ Lusir I University of Houston Sociology Student TV/ Aiming at a graduate degree in sociology ' and a teaching career, Seafarer Pickett Wi' • Lusk, 33, is well on his way. He expects to graduate next year and go on to further studies in his chosen field. Lusk, who sails as AB, is maintaining a "B-J)lus" average and relaxes by participating in Drama Department productions, the writer's club and the social science club. Married and living off-campus, Lusk finds » the scholarship more than ample, with school costs about $550 a year and the rest left for living expenses. The award, he writes, "is un­ doubtedly one of the top undergraduate scholarships in the country." After sailing for 12 years Lusk tells Seafarers, "Don't feel any reluc­ tance about the possibility of returning to school after a long absence ... I found my experience of going to sea . . . helping me with my studies. There is no information like first-hand experience." Elizabeth Lomas College of New Rochelle Social Work Student Seafarer Wallace Simpson Stanford University International Relations / A childhood spent in China made inter­ national relations a natural subject for Seafarer Wallace Simpson, AB. He is ma­ joring in this subject along with Chinese and .social sciences aim­ ing at a career in the Foreign Service of the State Department. The 25-year old Seafarer is compiling an "A-minus" average and 'still finds time to be head copy editor of the "Stanford Daily," and publicity director for the campus Institute of International Relations. He reports that as far as he knows, no other scholarship at Stanford " equals the SIU grant in amount and freedom of choice, with his $1,500 covering all basic school expenses and leaving him about $100 for incidentals such as smokes and haircuts. He proudly adds that "I am known as the outspoken advocate of organized labor ... and I believe I was able to cause a fair number of my classmates to change their at­ titude of animosity..." Lembhard G. Howell Lafayette College Pre-Law Student \W If• - A law career is the objective of Lemb­ hard G. Howell, 20, son of Seafarer Cleve­ land Howell. First though, comes a col­ lege degree in 1958 and then three years' Navy service. Howell is maintaining a "B" average, and as a fledgling lawyer has won three of four debates at the College Debate Society. He is also active in the National Service Fraternity and other campus clubs. With tuition of. $900 a year and room and board costing $650, his scholarship covers all but a smattering of his annual expense. "There are a few Ford Foundation Scholarships and a few other scholarships available to students," he writes, "but I don't believe that there is a more generous scholarship than the SIU one anywhere on the campus," Lafayette College, he finds, offers him the fullest facilities for his studies and "I am glad that.I can expr^s to the SIU and its members how grateful I am for the opportunities that it has made available to me .. f Social work in the field of child welfare or family relations will be Elizabeth Lomas' profession after graduation, June, 1957. She is preparing for the field by studies in sociology, criminology and child welfare and is maintaining a "B" average. Her volunteer afterschool services at the Cardinal McClosky Home for Children un­ doubtedly are of value in preparation for her future career. The 20year-old student, who is the daughter of Seafarer Arthur Lomas, also plans to be married after graduation. She describes her SIU scholar­ ship as the "best on the campus" covering tuition and book costs of about $610 annually, plus room and board expenses, leaving money for clothes and savings as well. "The scholarship afforded, me an edu­ cation that I would not have been able to get otherwise," she writes, "an education both formal and informal. Boarding is an integral part of college life and I found it to be a wonderful experience." Robert Goodwin University of Oregon Dentistry Student Another year of dentistry school and Robert Goodwin, son of Seafarer Eugene Goodwin, will be a full-fledged dentist. He expects to serve two years in the Army and then set up practice. Between his family (he has a wife and two small daughters) and his dentistry studies, the 27-year-old student is kept on the go. He rates among the top ten students at the dental clinic, works swing shift at a cannery in the summer months so he can get additional clinical ex­ perience during regular hours and still finds time for golf, tennis and archery. He is particularly skillful with bow and arrow having bagged four deer thus far during the bow and arrow seasons. His SIU scholarship covers tuition, books and fees and a heavy $800 annual item for dental supplies. Family expenses are covered in part by his in­ laws with whom he is living until he can set up dental practice of his own. �SEAFARERS War 11. IMt LOG Pare Nine No Sign Of Let-Up In Baltimore Boom YOUR DOllAR'S WORTH Seafarer's Guide To Better Buying BALTIMORE—SIU dispatchers are busier than ever here, with the port in the midst of a full-scale shipping boom. Job activity has been rising steadily for several weeks, and reached its peak'during this"^ ex-Sen. Millard E. Tydings. Ma­ period. • honey drew the backing of most The total of jobs dispatched, labor people, because of criticism •By Sidney Margoliua Cutting Property Insurance Costs Not only have thp. property Insurance companies raised the rate for extended coverage on houses—that's the part of your insurance policy 237, was only one short of activity of Tydings' past labor record in that protects you against windstorm damage—but they have also re­ in New York during the same two the state, but Tydings appears to duced your actual protection. They've now eliminated television an­ weeks. Registration has increased have won the primary. tennas and lead-in wires from the protected items, which Is what some, but is still lagging way be­ On the Republican side. Sen. most windstorm claims were for anyway. The companies are willing hind shipping. Fourteen payoffs, John M. Butler, the incumbent, has ' enough to insure you against suph remote possibilities as falling air­ nine sign-ons and eleven in-transit no real opposition. This race is be­ Roberf^NJelsen ships were listed for the period. craft and "civil commotion," but not against the more likely risk of ing watched closely, however, be­ Port Agent Earl Sheppard lauded cause Butler has been an active a ripped antenna. the happy state of things, since supporter of vital maritime legisla­ The reason advanced for raising the charge for extended coverage beefs have been few at the same tion while in the Senate. Is that the hurricane of recent years cost the insurance companies a time. Only one item is pending lot of money in windstorm damage. Actually, the margin between what in connection with rest periods on the companies charge, and what they pay out, is wide enough to take Calmar ships, and will be handled through headquarters. care of much if not all of the exceptional windstorm claims. Fire and Full-scale activities are also con­ property insurance are very costly for the amount of actual protectinuing on the organizational front, . tion you get—costlier even than the notorious auto insurance rates. with no let-up in campaigning by Fire companies pay out only 40-45 cents of your permium dollar In* the SlU-affiliated Marine Allied "Brotherhood of the Sea" claims. The other 55-60 cents go for sales, administration and profit. Workers at the Old Bay Line. This Most wage-earners don't pay as - much attention to the cost of prop­ more than an expression for outfit is con.sidered the key to a erty insurance as they do to auto and life insurance, because the cost Seafarer Robert Nielsen. Its breakthrough in the entire Chesa­ true meaning was emphasized dur­ is comparatively small in terms of dollars. Also, the 'price of the ing the time he was laid up in an peake Bay area, and the eventual signing up of every unorganized property insurance is often merged into the monthly payment to the Egyptian hospital in Alexandria.. inland boatman and harbor worker. SAN FRANCISCO — Shipping bank or mortgage company, and as usual, installment payments mask He was "oiler oh the Irenestar -Other news making the head­ real cost. Some mortgage companies in recent years have even com­ when he was taken ill and put lines here was the scrapping be­ here exceeded all expectations in pelled property buyers to get their insurance through them if they want ashore for hospitalization on March tween two major Democratic aspi­ pacing Pacific Coast job activity 27. Ship's delegate Charles "Jiggs rants for the US Senatorial nomi­ dui'ing the past two weeks. Se­ the mortgages. Jeffers promptly notified head­ nation, George P. Mahoney and attle slumped badly and Wilming­ Switch To 550 Deductible Big Saving ton remained quiet. quarters and two days after he was taken ill SIU Welfare Services However, the shoe may be on But last month this writer got irked enough by the jump in his in­ the foot during the current period, surance bill to take steps to-reduce the bill for three years insurance got off a letter to Nielsen at the with no payoffs at all in sight. from $92 to $36, an actual saving of 60 percent. Here's how: Instead hospital as the first stage in ar­ Whatever job activity there will b® of the no-deductible extended coverage, we switched to the $50 de­ ranging repatriation. In addition will have to come from in-transit ductible. We'll now have to foot any damage under $50 ourselves. But the delegate and the chl'if mate ships, Port Agent Leon Johnson this alone reduced the -bill from $92 to $60. And without antenna pro­ packed every item of Nielsen's asserted. tection, the likelihood of having any small claims is much less. The gear, Including his eyeglasses, and Two payoffs, the Kyska (Water­ additional saving was effected by placing the insurance with a large brought it all to the hospital. man) and the Orion Clipper (Colo­ mutual that gives a rebate of 40 percent. This saved $24 more. The Irenestar left Alexandria nial), plus three sign-ons and four But as important as saving the dollars, cutting the cost of insur­ April 1. A few days later the SIUance make it possible for a homeowner to afford increased coverage or manned Oceanstar, operated by With the Lakes shipping season in-transits stirred the short-lived some of the other protection he needs, such as comprehensive against the same company, came into port, opening, the SIU Great Lakes Dis­ boom. The Choctaw (Waterman) and "The man who sells newspapers trict is winding up contracts for water damage, fre'ezing pipes, falling trees and other risks. Seatiger and Ivy (Colonial) signed down at the docks told the crew the new year. The latest agree­ The fact is, the property insurance carried by the average home on, while the Celestial (Interna­ was in the hospital. I didn't know ment signed with Huron owner is very inadequate. You're insured against riots, which are un­ tional Transport), Massmar (Cal­ likely, but not against the more usual occurrence of a kid hitting a a single man in the crew aside Transponation for a new wage mar), Steel Architect (Isthmian) from the skipper whom I sailed scale which gives these crews 11 ball through a picture window. Read your fire insurance policy. See and Madaket (Waterman) stopped how it lists a few risks it insures you for, but is mum about all the with before, yet they went out of cents more than other Lakers. off in transit. In addition to regtheir way to take care of my Other contracts are in the works others. You need-, to buy additional forms of coverage to guard you needs." with the Ann Arbor Railroad car- ulax' jobs, 16 deck standbys were against the unmentioned risks. ferries, and the Chicago, Duluth shipped to the Orion Clipper. Plenty Of Aid Some Companies Offer Savings Serrano Dies and Georgian Bay Line. They brought him cigarettes With the help of a noted insurance expert, this department has candy, jams, jellies, shaving gear Meanwhile, a familiar figure at $ compiled a new list of companies offering savings from standard rates. and razors and "the baker even the Saiiors Union headquarters On the northern side of the building here passed on, when The pavings listed here are only approximate, since the same com­ baked me a cake." They also saw pany's rates may vary in different areas, for different types of insur­ to it that he had plenty of books Lakes the SIU Canadian District SUP bartender Earl Serrano died ance and in different years. Also some insurers charge more if you and magazines to read. "I guess has signed first-time contracts with of a cerebral hemorrhage on May 2. live in an "unprotected" area with substandard fire protection. So they pretty near turned over the the St. Charles Transportation Well-known to Seafarers ship­ Company and Abitibi Corp. opera­ use this list only as a basis for comparing charges for the same amount whole ship's library to me." ping from SIU branch offices in tors of tugs. The companies were and kind of insurance'id your own area. In addition, one of the oilers organized in 1955 and negotiations the building, Serrano had been Also, the companies listed below are the larger ones. There are found that Nielsen had no US had been in progress during the tending bar here for the past fiv® also many smaller companies licensed in only a few states, which money. winter. Crewmembers got retro­ years. He was not a member of the offer insurance at reasonable cost, and also many county mutuals In active pay to $1,000 going back SUP, but was a member of th® "He told me I would need a cou­ rural areas which pay very large dividends. However, it is not pos­ to the start of the 1955 navigation Bartenders Local 41. He is sur­ sible to list these hundreds of smaller companies. Here are leading ple of dollars when I get back to season along with other contract vived by his wife, Mary. lower-cost companies, with their home offices and amount of savings the States to get home from the gains. airport. So he gave me a ten spot. offered: The skipper. Captain George Solid, t 4* Merchants & Businessmen's Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Harrisburg, Pa., also came in to see him twice. Over $88,000 In post-hospital 40%; Factory Mutual Liability Ins. Co., Providence, R. I., 35%; Na­ Hospital Care Adequate benefits were paid out in the year tional Farmers Union Property & Casualty Co., Denver, Colo., 25The hospital care was everything starting April 1, 1955, the Sailors 30%; Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Stevens Point, Wise 20-30%; Federated Mutual Implement & Hardware Ins. Co., Owa- he could expect, but, he said, the Union of the Pacific reports, aver­ tonna, Minn., 20-30%; Millei's Mutual Ins. Co., Alton, 111., 15-30%; food was a little on the skimpy aging over $107 for each hospital­ Allied American Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Boston, Mass., 25%; Liberty side and "I really appreciated all ized Sailor. The April 1 date SEATTLE—Inactive again after Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Boston, Mass., 25%; American Hardware Mutual the good things to eat the brpthers marked the start of the new bene­ one good two-week period of ship­ Ins. Co., Minneapolis, Minn., 15-25%; Farmers Mutual Auto Ins. Co., supplied me with." In addition, the fit system under which $10 a day is ping, this port has temporarily Madison, Wise., 10-25%; Berkshire Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Pittsfield, hospital help only spoke French, paid for up to 12 days hospitaliza­ given way to San Fi-ancisco insofar Mass., 20%; Central Mutual Ins. Co., Van Wert, Ohio, 20%; Em­ so it was a pkasure to have some­ tion a.fter a man is discharged as jobs are concerned. from the hospital. The purpose of ployers Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Wausau, Wisco., 20%; Grain Dealers Mu­ body I could talk to." Lacking a regular payoff for al­ tual Ins. Co., Indianapolis, Ind., 20%; Holyoke Mutual Fire Ins. Co., After 41 days rest, Nielsen flew the benefit is to tide him over un­ most a month, it was hopefully Salem, Mass., 20%; Indiana Lumbermen's Mutual Ins. Co., Indianapo­ back to the States on a Trans- til he can ship again. awaiting the arrival of the Longlis, 20%; Merrimack Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Andover, Mass., 20%; Mich­ World Airlines plane, arriving in 4^ I" view Victory (Victory Carriers) igan Millers Mutual Ins. Co., Lansing, Mich., 20%; Middlesex Mutual New York early this week. Re­ A four-day strike against the late this week. The Longview was Fire Ins. Co., Concord, Mass., 20%; Millers Mutual Fire Ins.'Co., Ft. patriation arrangements had been C. S. Loveland Company, towboat scheduled for a payoff some time Worth, Tex., 20%; Northwestern Mutual Fire Assn., Seattle, Wash., made in advance by Welfare Serv­ operators in Philadelphia harbor, yesterday, at last reports. 20%; Oregon Mutual Ins.JCo., McMinnville, Ore., 20%; Pawtucket Mu­ ices and the company. Six in-transit vessels supplied won a first-time contact for the tual Ins. Co., Pawtucket, R. I., 20%; State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., He's nqw headed home to Baby­ Brotherhood of Marine Engineers the lone activity of the^past period, Bloomington, 111., 20%; Quincy Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Quincj^, Mass., lon, Long Island, for a good rest. along with Local 1800 of the Inter­ and took only 23 replacements be­ 20%; Worcester Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Worcester, Mass., 20%. Then when he starts shipping national Brotherhood of Long­ tween them. The visitors includW In addition there are a number of other fairly large companies offer­ again, he hopes to bunk into the shoremen, the latter representing the Wild Ranger, Jean LaFitte ing savings of 15-20 percent, including Mutual Service Casualty Ins. Oceanstar gang some day to thank unlicensed men. The agreement (Waterman); Ocean Rose (Ocean Co., St. Paul, Minn.; Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co., New York; the various them personally for their help. "If provides 25 to 30 percent increases Trans) and the Massmar, Seamar Lumbermen's Mutuals; the Fire Insurance Epcchange of Los Angeles; ever get the chance," he said, plus equally huge boosts in fringe and Texmar (Calmar). All of them Penn Mutual Fire Ins. Co., West Chester, Pa.; General Insurance Co., I'll do the same for any SIU man I benefits and a wage reopener at came in clean, said Jeff Gillette, __ #•__ •• • the end of a year. Seattle, and Allstate Insurance Co. ' In the_ same fix." SIU port agent. Finds True SIU Spirit In Hospital '•M\ .' ''UI m •v I SF Booms, But Quieter Days Ahead v.i Seattle Slows Up Once Again '1. r �. -''{V Tcm SEArARtRS lL O €i : .. A..:.,., ^ 11, iwfL,;''^ IWr: ^im: >v: -V.'. :V V - ••• -v ' .(IN'I - lill lM-iiii M Trade Commission, which ihecks for false advertising, fake labels and misrepresentation. In both cases the laws they administer are completely out-of-date. So, you are to a great extent at the mercy "of any person who wishes to go into business and prey upon you. If you depend on your daily newspaper you'll read little of these crimes. Bad busihesslmen are not as good villains as labor unions. Also., there has been strong evidence to indicate that there has been some suppression of such news, particularly in the cancer vs cigarettes controversy. Here is a sampling of what some American businessmen have been up to lately. Tkase birds were caught—you can guess how'many thousands got away. ILLIONS of Americans every year fall victim to unscrupu­ lous businessmen who lie, cheat and—in some cases—cause injury and illness. The list of misdeeds of greed is almost endless: useless hair tonics; phony labels; contract swindles; skyhigh interest; fake schook; get-rich-gimmicks; faka cures, diseased and mislabeled food and on and on . . . While there are US Government agencies responsible for dealing with these culprits, their limited power, small staffs and the tre­ mendous size of their task, make only a token war possible. The two agencies involved are the Food and'Drug Administration, which concerns itself with unfit foods, adulterated and mislabeled brands and illegal sale of prescription drugs. The other is the Federal No matter what the Hayr Chemical Company says, "Hayr" will not grow hair, and neither will anything else in most cases. The company had been claiming— until the Government stepped In—^that dirt and bac­ teria plug the scalp's hair follicles and prevent normal growth. "Hayr" was supposed to "unplug" the scalp and bring on a new growth. it 4" During 1955 the Food and Drug Administration seized and removed from the market 4,922,000 pounds of unfit or misbranded food, about the same amount seized in the previous year. The unfit food was rice, candy, cheese, crabmeat, poultry and canned tomatoes. The other seizures involved illegal drug sales and falsely labelled goods. The rice, candy and cheese were found to contain insects and filth; the poultry was diseased and contaminated. it 4" 4" Fake labelling of wools and nylons as cashmere plus false and counterfeit branding in watch movements have snared thousands of unwary buyers in recent months. The practice is becoming more and more widespread with tlie ever-increasing use of synthetics in fabrics. It is almost necessary for a consumer to be a graduate chemist to know the fabrics. 4 4" 4" A Louisiana firm reaped heavy profits from its sale of Kary-On, a vitamin-mineral supplement, which claimed to help heart trouble, old age and swollen knees. Another, Autry's Minerals, a product of Gen­ eral Products Corporation of Los Angeles, claimed to cure arthritic or rheumatic pains, sinus trouble, colds, anemia, blindness or any disease caused by mineral deficiencies. The company also claimed in its adver­ tising that a major portion of the country's population Is ill because of mineral deficiencies. Another Los Anglese firm bilked thousands with its claims for a home application kit which claimed to cure leg ailments such as milk leg, varicose veins, sore legs, sprains and cramps. 4 ii; i?y- R^r -•• 2t:-f---.,- M:'}ft- -:;:• 4 4 A recent seizure by the Food and Drug Administra­ tion was a consignment of dietetic candies, the type widely prescribed for persons suffering from high blood pressure and certain types of heart, liver and kidney diseases. By' law such food must be labeled with the number of milligrams of sodium per 109 grams of the food. The seized candies were labeled "No salt added" and "No sugar added." Both were found to . have high sodipm and calorie content. 4 4 4 Off the medical quackery beat, but still in Los An­ geles, a company reaped a bonanza through its ads claiming its household paints were as good as national brands selling for twice as much but had to be sold quickly a^, a "special" price because they had to be moved out of a warehouse. The FTC charged the paint was inferior to the national brands, the special price was really its regular one and that the warehouse must . have been quite a place because orders far exceeded the amount that "must be moved." 4 4.4 4 4 4 ^ Have you run across • binoculars and microscopes labelled "Von Steuben," "Von Kaump" and "Heidel­ berg?" _If so, don't conjure up a vision of a highquality German lens. The distributor has now agreed to change the names so as not to imply any but the true country of origin—Japan. $38 special, 2). refused in many cases to sell It, 3). tried to sell more expensive machines, and 4). even the reduction to $38 was phony because the machine had never sold for as much as $119.50 in the first place. The same dodge was also used for vacuum cleaners. 4" 4 4 - In January. 1956, the Food and Drug Administra­ tion caused 696,000 pounds of unfit food to be de­ stroyed or put to non-food use. Also drug products' valued at more than $300,000 were destroyed. The food was bread, rolls, rice, peanut butter, flour and rolled oats. Two olive oil companies were caught adulterating and misbranding theif olive oil and fined. 4_ 4 4 Federal court cases brouglit in January of this year on charges of Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act violations include 64 seizures and 18 criminal prosecutions. 4 There have been many fragrances blown across the meadows of New Jersey near New York City, but none have been exactly perfume. A pferfume recent­ ly advertised in its brochures, letters and labels as "Imported from France," a bargain at $25, was found to come from a New Jersey factory and was worth no more than its $3 selling price. You're a guinea pig in the biggest mass experiment in history and there is no law to protect you. The American chemical, industry since 1940 has put more than 25,000 different chemicals into food to change color, preserve fla­ vor, retard spoilage, etc., and they tried them out on you! In the intervening years 24,000 were eliminated quickly as being acutely poisonous, 600 were knocked out after complete tests and 400 are still in use. Of these, 150 are harmless, 100 are safe if directions are followed and 150. still have not been adequately tested. At the present time a chemical or additive cannot be barred from use un­ til the Government proves that its con­ tinued use is harmful—a procedure that m^ take months or years. The AFL-CIO is suppprting legislation to plug this shortcoming in the Food and Drug Lew. 4 Bogus schools with equally phony degrees continue to crop up with enticements to teach a quick-easy method to earn a fortune in one's spare time. If you want to become a DA, that's Doctor of Audiometry, the practice of fitting hearing aids, there is—or was—a "college" for it in Oklahoma City. The "dean" of the one-man factory for his students had several self-awarded degrees, even though he had no equipmmit, was not qualified to teach and besides, who ever heard of a DA degree? 4 4 tiM This ad went over big, until the company was told to put up or shut up: "With tears of joy In' their eyes, men and women who formerly suffered dread stabbing torture of arthritis and rheumatism pain In swollen Joints and muscles tell of blessed relief after using it." The supposed pill cure for rheuma­ tism, arthritis and neuritis shut up. An over-zealous advertiser across the country in New York overstepped the line when he claimed that his "Garden Under Glass," contained only real flowers, Including rare varieties from the "deep Brazilian for­ est." Most were found to be plastic—from no further south than New Jersey. 4 4 4 Television which has been drawing heavy criticism for "pitchmen" tactics in advertising—was the source of ads announcing sewing machined for a mere $38. The regular price was announced as $119.50. Investiga­ tion disclosed that 1). company salesmen belittled the 4 § r>' Fifty-three concerned food that was contaminated, two were subpotent dietary items and two were carloads of vegetables dusted with a toxic spray contrary to label directions. The seven shipments of drugs and devices seized were alleged to bear false labeling as to composition or therapeutic uses. 4 4 4 A Texan who claims to have over 11,000 cancer suf­ ferers currently under treatment has been attacked by the US Government as giving worthless treatment and in some cases might actually be speeding the growth of cancer. The Food and Drug Administration said the treatment being given by Harry M. Hoxsey of Dal­ las "represents! a gross deception to the consumer." Reports haVe beea received, the agenqy said, "of deaths which occurred after surgery was forsaken in favor of the Hoxsey treatment while the cancer was still oper­ able, and where surgery promised excellent prospects of cure." The FDA has^ been battling Hoxsey for more than eight years and in 1953 won a court order pro­ hibiting shipment of his "medicines" in interstate i .commerce. > . * �Dfar 11. 1956^ SEAFARERS OuttaMyWayHr LOG PareEIerei Mobile Sees 'Blue Jay' Perking Port's Shipping ''•a Nfc)BILE—"Operation Blue Jay" now getting imder way is expected to give this port a much-need^ shot in the arm. "Blue Jay" is a spring-summer supply operation which services US militiary bases in-^" the Arctic regions which are Linfield Victory, was due to sign inaccessible to shipping the on an SIU crew this week. She will rest of the year. SIU port agent Cal Tanner said at least five ships are due to be withdrawn from the Maritime^ Ad­ ministration reserve fleet here for this purpose. The first of them, the ^ t 'Right' Work Peddlers^ All Anfi- be operated by the Waterman Steamship Corp. for the Military Sea Transportation Service, which runs the "Blue Jay" sea-lift each year. Military Supplies A total of 113 ships are expected to be used for the supply opera­ tion, including privately-operated tonnage, MSTS ships and ship withdrawn from lay-up especially for this purpose. They will carry military cargoes to bases in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Baffin Island and Newfoimdiand. The first ships to be used left the West Coast this week for bases in southern Alaska. At the same time, shipping here is showing some improvement al­ ready, after a long slack period. A total of 79 offshore jobs were dis­ patched during the past two-week period, in addition to a large num­ ber of relief and standby assign­ ments. WASHINGTON —Workers who fall for the phony "pro-labor" ap­ peals of state "rlght-to-work" law sponsors should look before they leap. AFL - CIO Secretary - Treasurer William F. Schnitzler said the rec­ ords of some of the leaders of the "National Right to Work Commit­ tee" show that these people are about as anti-union as they come. He cited the case of former Congressman Fred Hartley, Jr. president of the committee, as a typical example. Hartley was^ co­ author with the late Sen. Robert Taft of the restrictive 1947 TaftHartley labor law. Prior to his connection with the "right-to-work" forces. Hartley had Richard De Graaf, FOW* a private organization of his From the time he was seven. called the National Tool Workers Seafarer Richard De Graaf was Owners' Union, Schnitzler said hanging around ships in his native which was barred from operating Rotterdam, so it was only natural in New York state, by a division that he should go to sea. The 48please the examining psychologist, he migh of the State Department of Labor year-old Seafarer caught his- first be denied the right to earn a living at sea. in 1947. ship at 15, and has been a working Labelled 'Fascist' When the Coast Guard first came out with "This official New York state seaman since then. De Graaf sailed passenger ships its profile system, the plans were hastily body," Schnitzler pointed out, "in of the Holland-America Line for denying Hartley's organization many years, until pigeonholed after an outraged' protest from right function, said, 'No more ^ ' jobs got so scarce the SIU and other SIU of NA affiliates. Bu fascist toorganization, with all the in 1932 that he there are signs recently that the profile sys­ potentialities for imdemocratic ac­ had to stay tem is far from dormant. tion and danger to our way of life, ashore awhile. For example, a group in New York closely has yet come to our attention'." But as soon as associated with shipowner interests is now Edward S. Dillard, chairman of he could, he went "studying" a number of proposals to enact the board of the right to work back on the pas­ admitted .that he senger wagons. legislation pretty much on the lines of the committee, "no union at all" in his He happened to Coast Guard proposal. The new line seems wanted plants during a press conference be in the States to be to seek through Congress yrhat the when the formation of the com­ when the Netherlands was overrun Coast Guard was unable to put over as an mittee was annoimced last year. in 1940. For the next two years administrative ruling. Schnitzler added that the board he rode Dutch freighters until one But whatever the tactics of the Coast of the committee "was composed of them caught a torpedo off Ice­ Guard-shipowner group might be, they are when announced a year ago pri­ land. The crew made it to the sure to arouse a vigorous counter-attack on marily of anti-union southern em­ lifeboats and De Graaf was picked ployers and some disgruntled rail­ up and hospitalized. When he got the part of the SIU and other maritime un­ road employees' who fronted for back to New York he decided that ions. Judging from the response of crews employers in lawsuits filed against he would like to have a fighting to the current SIU safety quiz, there is a the Railway Labor Act's union chance on his next ship. "I saw lot that can and should be done to make shop provisions." These cases were too many ships go down and too ships and ship operation safer through prac­ eventually thrown out by US many dead bodies floating in the courts in North Carolina. tical day-to-day measures. water, so I went into the US Navy where I had more protection than on a rustbucket." From Navy To SIU suit is that the so-called "available" ships When the war en'ded he started are not available to us. sailing yith the sfu. He caught A GSA spokesman told a Congressional his first ship, a Liberty, out of the old Beaver Street hall and has committee Wednesday that the situation is been a Seafarer ever since. "acute ... we do not know whether industry LAKE CHARLES—Business is DeGraaf sails regularly out of will be able to get a ship to haul some of along smoothly in this area, New York and figures he has spent these strategic or critical materials." He rtioving as shipping remains a few steps about half his time since '45 on predicted that the situation will get worse ahead of registration. Waterman ships. He is not fussy as Russia steps up her current economic pro­ Several local trade unions are about where he goes but agrees gram. The only solution, he indicated, was in the midst of contract talks with that Japan is the best run today to break out the mothballed ships in the employers. Port Agent Leroy because a seaman is welcomed reserve. Clarke added, but everything is there and treated like a human From the very start the SIU maintained going well at this time. There are being. that the runaway shipowner's only loyalty no unusual labor beefs on the There is a world of difference, he says, between ships- today and was to the dollar sign. Now instead of hav­ docket right now. shipping picture is fair and those of yesteryear, and it isn't the ing an adequate tramp fleet, the Govern­ is The to show improvement change in wages alone. "There ment will have to undertake the expensive in expected the coming period, Clarke were no real unions then," he says, alternative of breaking out obsolete Liberty pointed out. Eight Cities Service "and a seaman couldn't even get ships. It would have been far more sen­ tankers, plus the Del Aires (Mis­ near an officer, let alone complain. sible in the first instance to take the neces­ sissippi) and the Val Chem (Valen­ Now the officers from the skippers sary steps to maintain and support enough tine), in Port Neches, Texas, ac­ on down treat the men as equals and get along with them." shipping vnde.Ullg.US;.flag..,. . counted jfor'the past activity. Meet The Seafarers The Coast Guard-shipowner bill to dump the annual ship inspection system is sailing smoothly through Congress over objections of all American maritime unions. Meanwhile the Coast Guard still has the proposed profil­ ing system for merchant seamen in its hip pocket. The new theory seems to be to forget about making ships safe because that costs money, and to concentrate on developing a miracle man, an accident-proof seaman who wouldn't get hurt no matter what happens. Under this theory, ships will be permitted to sail for two years without a going-over from , the Coast Guard. The merchant sea­ man, on the other hand, would be inspected to death under the profile system. He will not only have to come up with a faultless physique worthy of an Annapolis and West Point candidate, but his family tree will have to be clean from top to bottom. If his parents are separated, or if his opinions don't «.. We Told Yon That old refrain comes to mind in view­ ing the current plight of the US in meeting urgent shipping needs. The US Govern­ ment reports extreme difficulty in getting ships to haul raw materials for the national defense stockpile because foreign-flag tramps are now being hired by the Soviet Union. When the Maritime Administration started wholesale transfers in 1954, the SIU protested that these ships would r\o longer be available to meet emergency needs. Not so the Mari-. time Administration, which said it had "as­ surances" it could get all the shipping it needed. Now it seems that the Soviet Union has hired 106 ships to haul wheat from Canada. The Russians need the wheat badly-and ara paying any price for ocean freight. The re- ' Outlook's Good In Lake Chas. •-^5 :4\ "•I ••ill �SEAFARERS Page Twelre Mar 11. 19M IPG if;. Everyone Has Mate, But Not This Skipper Stony Point in Japan Del Viento Backp Has Good Trip To the Editon Greetings from the boys on the Del Viento (Mississippi). We are back on the "romance run" again after a month-long lay-up, with the same old faces on here that you see all the time. Bob Garn is .ship's delegate, with Bob Callahan represent­ ing the deck, Harry Hammond the steward department and Playing "inspector general" seems to be the main source of entertainment for the skip­ per on the SS Anniston these days, although Seafarers on the ship haven't seen him break out the white gloves just yet. "We have no ftiates on here though," says Dave Barry, ship's delegate, "because the captain is everything. The mate can't do anything until he gets the old man's okay. "I've seen some spooks but this guy has them all beat. He's out all day chasing from the bridge to the bow to the poop deck from eight in the morning until five at night. The mates do noth­ ing but relay or­ Barry ders. The captain Is also a big one for rationing ciga­ rettes, which endears him even more." Aside from this, Barry noted, the ship is in fine shape in all departments, especially in the culinary line. "The steward de­ partment is really good, and that's the view of the whole crew. The deck has a good crew of men and a fine bosun. Bill Clegg, who's do­ ing his best to keep things under control. "Captain Tkacz ran the last bosun and deck gang so ragged they could never get anything done, but Clegg has got the boys really producing this trip. "If Captain Bligh doesn't get in the way too much we'll bring the ship back looking real good in spite of him." ship's meeting led by Seafarer William C. Sellers, chairman, made the crew's attitude very plain. 'One afternoon to be set aside for war on cockroaches" was the unanimous resolve. "All men very willing to be In the battle," meet­ ing secretary A. G. Duman added. Xr.SPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Mack J. Acosta Gorman T. GIaz« Francisco Bueno Albert Hawkins Jessie A. Clarke Edward Huizenga Victor B. Cooper Ira H. Kilgore Fred Crews Jobe E. Mullen John D. Cummins William S. Porter John C. Drake William E. Robertt.. Donald Forrest Albert A. Search Hugh Fouche H. Shartzer Joseph Garello Albert StraccloUnl George Gass M. L. Strutherg Joseph GIU TerrUl York USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. E. A. Anderson L. C. Melansott E. O. Cromwell USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Marvin P. Bennett N. Mlddlebrookf Mllburn L. Hatley Marko M. Rocknle Harry McClernon L. V. Springer John E. Markopolo Bobble G. WiUlami USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Francis J. Boner Clifford A. SeweU Earl T. Conglcton David Sumulong Claiborne Massey USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Agaglto Asceni Martin Kelly Frank N. Bachot Edward G. Knapp Carl W. Berg Leo H. Lang Claude F. Blanks Jose E. Leston Robert Brown ^.Mlchele Lluzza Roosevelt Brown James M. Mason Sebastian Carregal Michael Papusha Richard Carrillo Jerry Pontiff Arthur M. Caruso Randolph RatcUff Closle Coats Edwin Ritchie Albert T. Cooper Joachin D. Salk Nolan W. DeLatte ' Wade H. Sexton Chas. F. Dorrough T. Smlglelskl Jaime Fernandez Trank Stevens A. W. Gatewood Joseph Stocker J. T. Gehrlnger Lonnie R. Tickle ,, John C. George Luciano Torlblo Clarence Graham Roy Truly Louis J. Guarlno ' James E. Ward George Howard David A. Wright Charles Jeffers USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. L. Bosley Fred A. Olson Edward M. Goddard William Trickey USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN. NY. Edmund Abualy Waller L. Davis Manuel Antonana En-dlo Delgado Eladlo Aris R .bert M. Douglas Fortunato Bacomo .'ohn J. DrLscoU Wm. C. Baldwin Robert E. GUbert Frank W. Bemrlck WUliam Guenther Robert L. JBooker Bart E. Guranick Frank T. CampbeU Taib Hassen William J. Conners Joseph Ifslts E. T. Cunningham Tl-omas Isaksen Ludwlg Krlstlansen Ralph J. Palmer Frank J. Kubek George G. Philer James J. Lawlor James M. Qulnn Leonard Leldlg F. Regalado Anthony D. Leva D. F. Ruggiano Mike Lubas G. E. Shumaker Archibald McGulgan G. Slvertsen David Mcllreath Henry E. Smith H. F. MacDonald Karl Trelmann Michael Machysky Harry S. Tuttle Albert MartlneUl Fred West Vic Mllazzo Norman West Joseph B. Murphy John T. Westfall Eugene T. Nelson Virgil E. WUmoth Joseph Neubauer Pon P. Wing James O'Hare Ches K. Zal USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY. Hilarion • Aqulo Francis NapoU DoUah Ben Fred Oestman George Carlson Manuel Paperman Robert F. Cellnko Eugene Plahn Lorenzo Diana Bart J. Power Rufus Freeman Jose • Qulmera James B. Gardner Conrad Reyes Estell Godfrey G. H. Robinson Edward M. Hao Jose Rodriguez Alfred Kaju Walter Snell Frank LlUle Andrew Snider Miller T. Littls Lacy H. Stuart John McWlUlams Frank Throp Ruben Maldonado Thomas B. Tomlln Jose L. Marrero Samuel Vandal Frank Mazet Joseph Wohletz Alonzo W. Morris • USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Toledo A. Bean Robert L. Lambert Marcelo B. Belen Stephen Sloneskl Charles Dwyer John S. Sweeney E. E. Edlnger Henry WaUer M. M. Hammond USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Terrell Adams Herman Klllstrom William Aycock Jimmis Littleton Jaipcs Dayton Clarence Murray Robert L. Graham Julian B. Royston VA HOSPITAL KERRVILLE. TEXAS Billy R. Hill VA HOSPITAL DURHAM, NO. Oscar Pearson USPHS HOSPITAL LEXINGTON, KY. Schuyler Plerson BEEKMAN DOWNTOWN HOSP. NEW YORK. NY, Joseph Shefuleski VA HOSPITAL JAMAICA PLAIN. MASS. Edward J. Tnolan USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Frank Anderson John C. Palmer Dallas Clary Rosendo Serrano Benjamin Delbler Wm. L. Williams Joseph Fusella WllUa A. Young Eugene T. O'NeUl pay. W* had ouM in abseniltthla year with a little BraiillaB casBcha to oelebrate with. ' also missed Mardi Oras in New brleans but caught it in Rio. ft was a real one to see, too; they even had a sheriff's posse from California riding in it. In Santos it rained so hard that a piece of mountain washed down on the streets. It covered so many houses they were still d.<gging when we loft. The >.^eath count then was around 50, with more expected. Douglas Claussen ^ Ashore in Sasebo, Japan, to enjoy a cool one, this SiU quarfet ofF the Stony Point (I to r) includes Jimmy Purceil, oiler; Frank "Red" Cobbler, W. "Hosay" McBride and W. "Moon Mullins, ail ABi. The ship is on the Persian Gulf-Japan run. Roaches Beware! 'War' Declared By Claiborne Love is a many-splendored thing and a roach is a manylegged pest, but the similarity ends there. While the gang on the Claiborne is a charitable lot, it doesn't feel it has to shared everything with marauding How the roaches can win out over a line-up like that is .hard to roaches. Action at a recent see. Of course, one problem for the crew is that roaches are generally night workers. The crew may want to have its little "war" before 5 PM, but if the roaches don't come out until after dark, it'll be one hell of a 'war" with no enemy around. A possible so­ lution may be for the crew to form Its own Sellers singing troupe to serenade the beasts with "La Cucuracha." If DDT or aerosol bombs don't get 'em to fight fair, by coming out in the daylight, the vocalizing might Just possibly ^rn the trick. Favorite Song All's "fair in love or war, as the man once said, and "La Cucu­ racha," which is Spanish for cock­ roach, is probably the insects' fa­ vorite marching song. Eldon C. May, 2nd cook and baker, as the ship's delegate, will probably head up the anti-roach offensive, if it ever comes off. A Tampa Man Proud of this big fellow, Seafarer David A. Mitchell, wants everyone to meet him. He's Jimihy Mitchell, 6 months old, of Tamj^a., Dad is on the Chickasaw. _ Letters To The Editor All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. Jim Robinson the black gang. They are all topnotch delegates and have contributed to making this a very cheerful and har­ monious trip. Joe Caruso is the "pusher" on deck and Phil­ lips is steward. They are both old hands at their posts and have kept everything running smooth. Inflation Hits SA Inflation in prices seems, to have hit South America though. You have to have a pretty good bundle of green to establish a' beachhead down here. But the girls are just as pretty and toothsome as ever, and that is one of the main things on any run, 1 guess. The two main shipboard • dis­ cussions have been on the "SOSO" law and the storing of the Mississippi ships. Most of the fellows on here wrote their Senators on "SO-SO" to give them the word on this important law. The other item, the storing of these ships, has come in for lots of discussion. They put op only 63 days' stores aboard here, and we have already been out that long and still have two morejiorts to go. Other Mississippi ships we have come in contact with also have the same problem. The steak situation is just an example. They put on 100 pounds of steak meat and then by the time the cook gets the fat, bone and gristle cut off, he only has half the meat he started out with. Could Cut Waste To handle this, we have come up with what we think is a pretty good suggestion. .. In­ stead of putting on so much tripe, kidney, spare ribs, liver, shoulder and other inferior "meats that nobody hardly ever eats, why don't they just buy better grades of meat with the money they could save on all this waste? The morale of a ship revolves around a man's stomach, and if he doesn't get the right grocer­ ies he is going to holler at the steward. But the company only gives him 65 days' stores with which to make 80-day trips, and not enough seasoning to prop­ erly season what he does get. I think that the fellows in the other departments should take this into account bef -e attacking the steward depart­ ment, although I don't say there are no cases where the cook or steward is wrong. Holiday In Brazil Well, I guess all of the folks aroifnd New York broke out their greep,tle«( fpr ?t. l?atrick'«f ^ Suggests School For Delegates To the Editor: This is about something that has been on my mind for quite a*while, and maybe now is a good time to air it out. I have talked this over with SIU men in many ports, and they suggested I write it all down and send it in. The matter I'm"^ concerned about is if it would be possible for the Union to start a school for delegates, to teach the mem­ bership how to best handle Un­ ion affairs aboard ship. There always seems to be a lot of controversy about technical clauses in the agreement and Union rules which none of us seem to know too well. Other Training Schools The Union has training schools for seamanship and the steward department, but noth­ ing official on how to conduct Union affairs on the ships. I am the ship's delegate on the Sea Comet H and, as a 'deck department man, don't know anything about checking stew­ ard's stores or if there is enough penicillin aboard for a voyage. I think that if the members were briefed on such subjects, . the. trips would be a lot smooth­ er and the payoffs much sim•pler. It would also save a lot of headaches for the patrolmen. I could go on and on with this, but this is the general idea. If some steps were taken in this direction, I believe It would be worthwhile. Steve Szante, Jr. Lauds Union Aid In Time Of Need To the Editor: I am writing to you in order to express my thanks to the Union for the prompt and helpful service which it gave to me in my time of trouble. As a member of the SIU, I want to say that I think that I and my fellow members have one of the greatest unions in the world. And I believe this is proved by the way the Union stands by a brother in his time of need. John L. Gibbons $1 fhanks Union For Kind Help To the Editor: I wish to take this opportu­ nity to thank the SIU for all It did for me upon the death of my husband, James E. Small, who lost his life on January 17, 1956; in the explosion on the Salem Maritime. ' I also wish to thank the Sea' farers from the Boston hall for the beautiful flowers and their card of sympathy. Special thaiiks also to Toby Flynn of the SIU Welfare Services De­ partment and to Boston patrol­ man Jimmy Sweeney for their sympathy and help. Eunice Small �SEAFARERS 11, ISM YAKA OWatamiM), A|H-H I—Chairs •MM, A O. InfMo; tMraUry, T. •. VaWanifcy. Ship** faaA-^MO.ia. VeiM MUad Irom CbairlMton ahort ona tnman. All haadquartara aommunltattana to bo ported. Ship'a dalegato alootod. Suqgertion nado tot clothea hooka In meuhall. Diacuaaion held on uaed food being kept over 48 hoiira. Turn In all repair lirta. Vote of thanka to Brother Bruaso for hia eSorta in obtaining new waahing ma­ chine. HASTINO* (Waterman). April •— Chairman, H. NeHelbadt; Secretary, 1.. Walla. Everything running amoothly. Two men logged for fouling up In Europe. Headquartera report ac­ cepted. Inaufficient atock in alopchert. ' If clothea are wanted, inform mate who will order aame. The low atorea In alopchert to be taken to patrolman Motion carried to concur In communlcatlena from headquartera. Ship'a delegate elected. Diacuaaion held about movlea. Vote of thanka to old ship'a delegate. Diacuaaion held about food. MARORE (Ore), April »—Chairman, Earl McNab; Secretary, Stanley M. Wolton. Three men missed ship at Sparrows Point. Ship's fund—S45.()3. Suggestion made for cooperation_ln keeping night pantry clean. Not enough cups for coffee time. Solve Puzzle Of Korean High-Hat • - The "mystery" of those venerable Korean gentlemen with an affinity for tall, stovepipe hats came to an end when Sea­ farers Paul Tatman and William Calefato, in Pusan with the Citrus'-Packer, paid a visit to-* ^ an bid friend of Tatman's who pipe hats, long beards and white We had never been able had been a missionary there robes to find cut the for 30 years. MAI (Bull LInei), April 1—Chair­ man, J, Talbot; Secretary, T. Schulti. Letters sent to Senators regarding "50-50."- Beef on painting foc'alea. Ship'a fund—810.30. No beefa. Mo­ tion carried to concur in communica­ tions from headquarters. Ship'a laun­ dry not being taken care of. The route out to the missionary's house was "was like a pageant," Calefato said. "Old bearded men led donkeys pulling carts fitted with thick, round wooden wheels . . . Docile oxen lumbered before heavy wooden vehicles and boys tugged against mobile tanks that furnished the town's sole water supply. In back alleys, crowds of people gathered around a single source of water waiting to fill all manner of receptacles. Baskets On Heads "Women and girls walked stiffly balancing huge vats or baskets on their heads . . . And all over were the old men, wearing tall, stove- MONARCH OF THE SEAS (Water­ man), April 14— Chairman, C. W. Champlln; Secretary, J. Kelley. Ship'a delegate spent one day at New Or­ leans hall regarding 1. catwalk beef; 2. Steward department beef. Diacua­ aion on matter of certain individuals giving Information to topside and at­ tention called to aeriousneas of viola­ tion of Oath of Obligation. Repair lists to be turned In. No beefs. To hold special meeting to discuss stew­ ard department working rules. Dis­ cussion on night lunches. CREMAR (Ore), March 15—Chair­ man, C. Just; Secretary, J. Abrama. Everything okay, no beefa. Ship'a fund—89.38. Ship'a secretary-reporter elected. Washing machine to be kept clean and toaster to be repaired. at payoff. Ship'a delegate commended in way he performs duties and keeps ship running smoothly with few minor beefs, making trip enjoyable. Pace Thlf tecia. LOG FONCS (Fonca Cement), April 12— Chairman, W. Heater; Secretary, O. Knowlet. Everything running ^ okay, no beefs. Received letter from head­ quartera aa reply to question on em­ ployment. Motion carried to concur in communications from headquarters. Repairs to be taken care of. Each de­ partment to get a copy of LOG. VENORE (Ore),~ April 8—Chairman, hone; Secretary, H. Buckner. New washing machine to be ordered. No disputed overtime, no beefs. (Commu­ nication from headquarters was post­ ed for crew to read. AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), April 1— Chairman, V. Portar; Secretary, L. Moore. No beefs. Motion carried to concur in communications from head­ quarters. Ship to be fumigated. Wash rooms to be kept clean. Repair list to be turned in. Some mattresses to be ordered. DESOTO (Pan Atlantic), March 30—Chairman, T. Soso; Secretary, C. H. Haoe. Repair Ust still outstand­ ing. Some disputed overtime in deck dept. Letters written to SIU head­ ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), March 25 quarters about rest periods and to SIU Mobile agent on mail aituaUon • .—Chairman, S. Morris; Secretary, M. Costello. No beefs; everything in or­ in New Orleans. Ship'a fund—831.22. der. Ship'a fund—8135.40. FAIRISLE (Waterman), March 25— ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), April 1 Chairman, Bill Hay; Secretary, W. L. Butch. One man missed ship in Gal­ —Chairman, E. Kelly; Secretary, A. Danne. No beefs, everything okay. veston, Texas. Repairs not completed. List turned in. All hands to lay off Motion carried to concur in commu­ steam valves. Paul Wilkinson volun­ nications from headquarters. Steward teered for reporter's Job. Request spoke regarding cups to be returned made to check the rooms to inspect to pantry. All linen to be -turned in. for needed repairs. Decision to send ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), April 4 cable to SIU headquarters for action on missing seaman's papers. Depart­ —Chairman, J. Bluitt; Secretary, H. ment list to be posted for cleaning of Sedgeway. Ship's fund—81.42. Some disputed overtime". No beefs. Motion laundry. carried to concur in communications JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman), Feb­ from headquarters. Ship's delegate ruary 25—Chairman, C. Scott; Secre­ elected. Vote of thanks to steward ^ tary, D. Mease.. Headquarters report department. read and posted^ R. Ferrandiz elected ARAPAHOE (Marina Transport), ship's delegate: D. Mease elected ship's reporter: S. Kropvich elected March 11—Chairman, B. McCulloch; Secretary, R. Barron. Repair list to ship's treasurer. ' Motion carried to donate 50 cents each to ship's fund. be turned In. No beefs. Motion car­ All beefs to be -settled on ship if ried to concur in communications possible. Delegate to see about get­ from headquarters. Discussion, held ting quarters painted. Crew to dump on operation of washing machine. garbage and trash in cans. Delegate BEAUREGARD (Waterman), March to inquire about crew getting name 13—Chairman, W. ZaIeskI; Secretary, brand soap powder. E. Riviere. Repairs ta,be turned in. ^ ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), April 8 Ship's fund—$15.96. One man missed —Chairman, E. Wright; Secretary, ship in Casablanca. No beefs. Motion Robert Schwartz. Ship's fund $43.87. carried to concur in communications Lights to be kept on over deckload from headquarters. Motion carried to «t night. Stewart to see about bread have clarification on draws sent to In Mayaguez. Steward to seirve rice ship. Discussion held on draw. with beef stew. Request to have hot BRADFORD ISLAND (CINet Serv­ roils with meals. ice), April 6—Chairman, V. Kochulle; JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman), April Secretary, R. Jones. No beefs. Ship's 5—Chairman, R. Ferrandiz; Secretary, fund—8.90. Motion carried to accept B. C. Slaid. Most of the quarters- communication from headquarters, as ' have been painted and the rest. are read. Messroom deck to be painted. being painted now. S17.(X) in ship's Better grade of fruit wanted. All fund. Mate interferring witli deck scuppers to be cleaned. gang. Bosun to see patrolman to get CUBORE (Ore), April 1—Chairman, mate straightened out. Request to get better mailing address for LOGS L. McNaIr; Secretary, G. Wolf. No beefs. Vote of thanks to second and and mail. Mail is not coming aboard until ship has been in port three or thir^ cooks. Wind chutes needed. four days. Repair list turned in. EVELYN (Bull Lines), April 2 — Steward department doing good job. Chairman, W. Bart; Secretary, C. BALTORE (Ore), April 7—Chairman, Yow. Ship's delegate made a report John Mehalon; Secretary, Joseph God- on business of last payoff. Ship's fund sle. $17.50 in ship's fund. Two men —$13. No beefs. Motion carried to missed ship on March 18th. Two re­ concur in communication from head­ placements from hall. Vote to be quarters. Ship's delegate elected. taken on subject of payoff. Under­ GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Serv­ standing is that crew is to be paid every two trips. Subject to be taken ice), March 31—Chairman, none; Sec­ retary, none. Safety forms to be re­ up with patrolman. turned. One man paid off sick. No DEL NORTE (Mississippi), February beefs. Ship's fund—$15.39. Ship's 1»—Chairman, G. H. McFall; Secre­ delegate elected. Coffee cups and tary, Bill Kaiser. Request made for— glasses to be returned to pantry. 150 cases of soft drinks for sale at KYSKA (Waterman), March IS — five cents each. Small repairs com­ pleted. Repatriated seamen to sleep Chairman, s. ZygarowskI; Secretary, in crew hospitaL Their meals would R. Walton. Everything going along be served in regular crew mess. Re­ well. No beefs. Motion carried to quest for beer on board refused and concur in recent communication from no liquor to be put aboard at St. headquarters. Repairs to be listed Thomas. New delegate to he elected. immediately. Ship's fund $96.02. Request for crew LEWIS EMERY,'JR. (Victory Car­ to pay $1 to ship's fund. Twentyfour baseballs given to crew by Cap­ riers), March IS—Chairman, A. Maieltain Kinney. Another 24 bails bought. lo; Secretary, W. Schafer. No beefs. Team to play in BA and Curacao. Ship's delegate to see' captain about Swivel for punching bag to be pur­ putting declt engineers locker aft. chased in St. Thomas if possible. MARIE HAMILL (Bloomfleld), April "Red" Leonard elected ship's dele­ 25—Chairman, W. Young; Secretary, gate. ^ J. Kolodzleltkl. No beefs. Ship'a INES (Bull Lines), April 9—Chair­ fund—$4; Discussion held on install­ man, R. Lundqulst; Secretary, M. ing new washing machine. Crew to Savoy. One man hospitalized. Bal­ donate • few dollars toward movies. ance of sup's fund is $80.00. No beefs. MASSMAR (Calmar), April <—Chair­ Motion carried to buy captain • type­ writer, as a gift. man, J. Yuknas; Secretary, W. Adams. No beefs. Ship's fund—$20. Motion MADAKET (Waterman), April 4— carried to -concur In communications Chairman, A. Lake; Secretary, E. Wal­ from headquarters.. Washing machipe lace. No disputed overtime, no beefa. to be turned.,off after Use. - Tali hat, beard and white robe of this Cheiu islander typifies ancient Korean cus­ tom. Photo by Seafarer Bob Black. F-SHARP IS LONE SOUR NOTE ABOARD MOWBRAY Happy to underscore the truth of the axiom "no news is good news," ship's reporter Paul Buckley credits "full adher­ ence to Union policy" for a smooth voyage on the Robin Mowbray. •* ^ "So far, there have been tion. It works out just fine. no beefs, no logs and nothing "We have one weight-1 i f t e r out of the way. The. trip is aboard, equipped with a double set about half over, and the crew is a well-fed unit. The ship's clean appearance, above and below decks, compares favorably with the looks of the many ships of all nations we've met along the way,' he commented. The Mowbray was in Beira, Portuguese East Africa, at the time. Buckley is shipping as a wiper. Fish Have The Luck "Although graced with our quota of fantail fishermen, we regret to report their luck limited to a few eels and one pilot fiish—with no shark attached. As usual, each of the crew, in his own fashion, is making thq.^ most of these East African ports of call. And when it's time to sail again, each turns to on his watch waiting until the next pbrt demands his full atten- of barbells and muscles, and also a tenor sax pupil. We all hope he will hit that F-sharp right on the nose at least once before the trip is over." reason for this costume ..." Eventually old friends met, greetings were exchanged and after Tatman had determined the safe arrival of a load of powdered Tatman milk for the missionary he had sent some time before from Seattle, the boys pressed their questions about the stovepipe lids. "It developed, from the mission­ ary's explanation, that the old men were still following the path of ancient Korean tradition and the customs of ancestors many generations before them. Grow Hair Lonjg " 'One of their customs is to grow their hair very long,' the mis­ sionary revealed. 'The hair grows way below the shoulders, just like women wear it,' he confided. 'They tie it in intricate braids and knots and keep it under their hats.'" It occurred to both SIU visitors that this custom may have led, in some way, to the modem-day ex-pression about "keeping things un­ der your hat." Word-specialists can draw their own conclusions. 'Filling Station' By Seafarer R. "Red" Fiak LOG-A-RHYTHM: Pity The Man 'By Mrs. Helen Owens I have nothing but pity For the man whose mind Is closed to all the finer things Of human kind. Who looks upon a flower As a^ thing of course. To whom a tree is nothing But the winter's firewood source. Who cannot turn the pages of a book with hungry eyes; Who cannot stand and look Upon a picture lost in ecstacy, Or listen to the music of the sea, And, From its never-ending night's roll Grow richer. Adding strength unto his souU ^Can-Shakers' Have No OK The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or. any other so-calied "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect' funds, ' No explanation is required in this situation dreamed up by Seafarer Robert "Red" Fink on the Chester Harding. 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) i| r.J NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY ZONE STATE Signed TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you aro an old tubscrlbar and hava a ahange of addrati, plaata giva your formar addrait balowi ADDRESS CITY • •••a*aaaaaaa»aaoataeaaM8Ste8«aaaaa8aaa»aaaaf»»ia88lseasaa9Mt» ZONE STATE :..Sl �Del Sud BB Manager Lauds Teammate, 43 One of the main factors enabling the Del Sud "Rebels" to win the 1956 "Friendship Trophy" in Buenos Aires recently, according to team manager Maurice "Duke" Duet, was the playing of a 43-year-old ship--*^ mate, Joseph "Mule-Train' plied that he had played in his younger days, but might be a lit­ Suarez, I-' ii| •s- The Del Sud baseball squad clinched the trophy on the ship's last trip south with a 6-1 victory over the Gimnasia y Esgrima. The team was due to be presented with the cup plus individual medals on arrival in the Argentine capital yesterday. "I first met 'Junior' or 'MuleTrain' as he's commonly known back in 1950, when he hadn't played ball for years," Duet re­ called. Suarez was shipping on the Del Norte at that time and Duet was then manager of the Del Norte "Stars." Needed Catcher "We had a good ball club, but no catcher," he added. "When asked 'Mule-Train' whether he could play ball and catch, he re- Rest-Hour On Bradford Island It:- r? tle slow now. He was willing to try, however. "That night the 'Stars' were playing the Alcoa Cavalier for a championship trophy, and I will always remember that we drew the largest crowd that Annunci­ ation Park, New Orleans, had ever held. "Happily we won, and the ster­ ling catching of 'Mule-Train' was largely responsible. They say ball­ players must be young. Well, 'Mule-Train' was 37 then.", Soon after. Duet parted com­ pany with Suarez to begin organ­ izing the "Seafarers Beachcomb­ ers" team in New Orleans, but the separation was only temporary. "One night .after losing seven straight games, I ran into 'MuleTrain' again, and naturally asked whether he'd like to play ball again. The outc o m e of that game was that he hit a home run which pro(|,uced our first victory. Suarez I met him next," Duet said, "when he shipped on the Del Sud, a lapse of almost four years. He was the playingmanager of the 'Rebels' then and, today, besides having him as a shipmate and a friend, I have him playing ball for me. I'm sure those who know him will agree that 'Mule-Train' will probably still be playing ball when we are all retired." once In the afternoon, so that every­ one can attend. Discussion regarding . BR work. Two chairs to be put In .recreation room and cots to .be kept off deck. OCEAN ULLA, Dacambar 4—Chair, man, t. Bayna; Sacratary, R. Laa. No repair list from previous trip. Work ARICKAREE (US Petroleum), April 14 was started on repairs. Ship's treas. —Chairman, J. Robinson; .Secrotary, urer elected. Motion carried to con­ P. St. Marie. No beefs. One man went' cur in communications from headto hospital In Singapore and one in quartera. Yokohama. Motion carried to have headquarters look Into situation as to ORION COMET (Orion), March. amount of SIU ships operating in Chairman, D. DIckerson; Secretary, Japan and Far East. Ship's delegate L. Santa Ana. No beefs. -Motion car­ elected. Deck department quarters to ried that crew donate voluntarily to be painted ouL ship's fund. Vote of thanks to stew­ ard department. Washing machine to ORION CLIPPER (Orion), April 28 be kept clean. Repair list to be —-Chairman, B. Jones; Secretary, E. turned in. Manuel. One man left In Japan. Vote of thanks to all delegates. Few hours STEEL ADVOCATE. (Isthmian), disputed overtime, no beefs. One man March 11—Chairman, B. Bankston; missed ship in Yokohama. Motion Secretary, T. Ralney. Everything runmade for company to- furnish air winches for lifeboat davit. Steward to order - mattresses for entire crew. Vote of thanks to baker. Every man to leave his room In good order. MICHABL (Carrat), March tt — Chairman, J. Mallyi Sacratary, J. O'Nail. Ship's delegata elected. CLAIBORNE (Waterman), April 22 —Chairman, A. Elliot; Secretary, E. Ray. No beefs, no disputed overtime. Everything running okay. Discussion held regarding proposal to establish • ship's fund. Voted against It. SEA CLOUD (Pegor), April 22— Chairman, AT Anderson; Sacrotary, F. Hicks, Jr. No beefs, all Is going well. Ship's fund, $12.50. ning okay. Discussion held on "50-50" bill. Ship's treasurer elected. Ship's fund—tl6.38. Motion carried to con­ cur In communications from head­ quarters. STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), February 2t—Chairman, P. Ott; Sacra­ tary, A. Cadllc. Everything running okay. Motion carried to post aU com­ munications, accepted and concurred. Ship's delegate elected. Catwalk to be nlada on deck for sailors. STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), March 4 —Chairman, Santos; Secretary, Stew­ ard. Repair list made up. Ship's fund —$18.29. No beefs. Motion carried to concur in communications from head­ quarters. Replace agitator and drain hose In washing machine. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), March 11—Chairman, W. Janlsch; Secretary, V. Orenclo. Each department held safety meetings. • Ship's fund—$37.01. No beefs. Motion carried to concur in communications from headquarters. Discussion held on seniority. STONY POINT (US Petroleum), March 26—Chairman, J. Pureell; Sec­ retary, C. Johnson. Ship's secretaryreporter elected. Ship's fund—$14.08. Some disputed overtime. Everything in order. Motion carried to concur in communications from headquarters. Ship's delegate and secretary-reporter elected. Discussion on food. SUZANNE (Bull Lines), February 19 —Chairman, J. Carey; Secretary, H. Orlando; Everything running okay. No beefs. Stiip's fund—$15.40. Mo­ tion carried to concur in communica­ tions from headquarters. Discussion held about rusty water. VALCHEM (Valentine), April 7 — Chairman, J. Tanner; Secretary, G. Bryan. Ship's fund—$34.97. No beefs. Ship's delegate elected. Ship's treas­ urer elected. Repair lists to be com­ pleted. WILLIAM A. M. BURDEN (Western Tankers), March 24 — Chairman, J. Kelley; Secretary, W. Lyda. Second cook suggested list for persons giving to ship's fund and have them sign it as they make there donations. No beefs. It was suggested that crew write their senators regarding "50-30." WILLIAM A. CARRUTH (Transfuel), March 2S—Chairman, N. Kirk; Sec­ retary, M. Pappadakls. No beefs, everything okay. Some disputed over­ time. Motion carried to concur In communications from headquarters. Vote of thanks to steward department for their good work. At top, a member of the Bradford Island's deck gang relaxes after a stretch At what appears to have been a pretty messy paint job. In bottom photo, two crewmen put in tome hard concentration on a card game to help pass the time. No names were provided for these photos by Dick Koch. g'.n. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), April 17—Chairman, B. Doyle; Secretary, A. Stevenson. One beef In steward de­ partment. Ship's fund used for ship­ mate in hospital In Calcutta. Soma disputed overtime. Motion carried to concur In communication from head­ quarters. Motion carried to have meeting once in the evening and Penalty Of Success Burly SEEMEPO 11/ 1954' SEiF^AERS idt Par* FtmieeB j*L DEL VIENTO (Mississippi), April 22 —Chairman, Norman DuBois; Sacra­ tary, B. E. Phillips. No changes In launch service. Captain stated this would have to be worked out In New Orleans between the Union and the company. Smaller denominations of money will be obtained next voyage. Ship's fund, $21.00. Member requested steaks served twice a week. Metal windscoops to be exchanged, for rub­ ber scoops. Strainer on washing ma­ chine to be repaired. Crew requested milk to be purchased at Montevideo Instead of Buenos Aires. CAROLYN (Bull), April 24—Chair­ man, W. Lawton; Secretary, M. Gross. Ship's fund, $42.00 to be used for repair of TV. All new members to be asked for two dollars donation to­ ward ship's fund. Ship's treasurer elected. Repair list to be made up by each department delegate. CALMAR (Calm'ar), April 28—Chair­ man, S. Foti; Secretary, W. Yerks. Report on AB fired in Portland al­ legedly without just cause. Particulars mailed in to agent. Difficulty in ob­ taining master's medical certificates for sick men. Complaint of late draws. Refusal by chief engineer to grant st^dbys for engine room members. All^beefs to be aired in Philadelphia. Ship's fund, $3.20. Headquarters com­ munications posted in recreation room. Discussion on shortage of tea and coRee with patrolman. Ship's fund discussed -snd necessary to con­ tact agent in Seattle from backwoods lumber ports. on-poor preparation of food. Drinking fountain to be kept clean. Coffee cups to be returned to pantry. AMEROCEA'N (Amerocesn), Febru­ ary 12—Chairman, H. Swsrtx; Secre­ tary, G. Pettlpas. Lack of variety in menu. Reelection of delegate. Ship's fund, $4.51. Request for more coffee. Discussion on ship's delegate report. Steward will Improve menu and va­ riety of night lunch. Request made for screen doors, porthole screens and water Une to run outdoors. SWEETWATER (Metre Petroleum), August 14, 19S5—Chairman, E.- McOulnn; Secretary, Paul Franco. Re­ quest made to get windscoops with screens. Ship's fund, $14.00 and $3.00 In stamps. AMEROCEAN (Amerocean), January 22—Chairman, G. Pettlpas; Secretary, Roger Ferrara. Ship's delegate elected. Ship's fund. $4.51. Tables to be kept clean and cups and spoons to be picked'up after making coffee. SWEETWATER (Metro Petroleum), Nov. 4—Chairman, E. McGuInn; Secre­ tary, none. Ship's fund, $13.50. Spent $11.00 for magazines in Korea. Two men sick. Pick up new man in Naples. No reports or communications re­ ceived since leaving States. Contact company about better grade of slopchest. Letter to be sent to headquar­ ters regarding crowded foc'sles. OCEAN DEBORAH (Maritime Over­ seas); April 15—Chairman, D. Peccerelll; Secretary, Hans M. Skaalagaard. One man hospitalized In Ham­ burg, Germany. Union notified. In­ jured while undocklng in Germany. Some disputed overtime. Ship's fund. $9.77. Crew utility should wear mess jacket while assisting crew messman at meal time. Pantry should be kept cleaner. ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), April 1—Chairman, James Phillips; Secre­ tary, Dan Beard. Repairs all taken care of. One man missed ship in Baltimore. Ship's fund, $41.71. Head­ quarters reports read and questions answered. New mattresses and pillows ordered by steward. ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), April 29 —Chairman, M. Landron; Secretary, J. Laszlo. Repair lists made up. $14 ship's fund. Headquarters reports ac­ cepted. Request to have beer put aboard for crew. Patrolman to be consulted about man being fired. ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), April 22—Chairman, Dale Williams; Secre­ tary, Dan Beard. Ship's delegate get­ ting off down South. Safety sugges­ tions needed. Ship's fund, $41.71. Foc'sles to be painted next trip. One hour disputed overtime. Headquarters reports read and accepted. New ship's delegate elected. Messtfall radio is property of the crew. "Sparks willing to repair it. Purging of gas tanks filled crew quarters with fumes. New toaster needed. Discussion on roach problem. New iron will be purchased. EVELYN (Bull),/April 29—Chairman, W. F. Barth; Secretary, C. A. Yow. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), April 29 —Chairman, E. deBauHe; Secretary, A. Gonzales. Two men missed ship during voyage. Ship's fund. $20.00. Thirty-seven hours disputed overtime. Headquarters report accepted. Sug­ gestion to use part of ship's fund to buy iron for use of crew. Steward ROBIN TUXFORD (Seas Shipping), • asked to get better grade of apples April 2—Chairman, A. Reasko; Secre­ and oranges, also different brand of tary, J. Misner. Called for new ship's coffee. delegate. Same retained. New treas­ urer elected. Ship's fund, $27.(X). All SWEETWATER (Metro), April 22— Chairman, T. H, Allison; Secretary, hands to keep washing machine clean T. M, Carver. Sufficient amount of and In good order as SIU members do. stores for nine months. Collection was WINTER HILL (Cities Service), made to pay for cat's vaccination. Some disputed overtime. One oiler April 29—Chalrnvsn, Jesse Barton; Secretary, L. E. Ashley. Some dis­ transferred to deck. One man logged for delaying ship's sailing. Two men puted overtime to be straightened out with patrolman. Suggestion for missed ship. Delegate to turn in to patrolmen. Suggestion to take up changes in death benefit require­ ments, etc. New ship's delegate collection for Willy, who is in hos­ pital. elected. Crew dissatisfied with second cook and baker and chief cook's preparation of meals. AMEROCEAN (Amerocean), March 22 —Chairman, H. SWartz; Secretary, G. MADAKET (Waterman), April 25— Pettlpas. Ship's fund, $4.50. Discussion Chairman, Allan Lake; Secretary, A. for steward to maintain good menu. Porthole screens. Coffee for black Yarborg. One man missed ship in gang. Discussion on repair list. New Orleans. Took replacement in Balboa. Discussion on disability bene-' STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), April fit article in LOG of February 16. 15—Chairman, John Jordan; Secretary, FELTORE (Ore Nav.), April 29— J. Atherton. Delegate's report on money drawn in Manila in reference Chairman, T. Hansen; Secretary, J. Ellis. Wiper missed ship in Baltimore. to declarations, etc. Subsistence claim One wiper missed ship in Chile. Oiler for no hot water not valid and claim sent to hospital in Panama Canal. No withdrawn. $16.00 in ship's fund. Long­ fund. Delegate to see patrolman about shoremen's holiday overtime disputed. areas to be cleaned during sanitary Due to hot weather steward asked to start serving occasional cold meal, hours and also about potatoes com­ ing aboard frozen. Need more jam, also more omelets in the evenings. crackers and toilet tissue. Discussion Crew asked to keep library clean. Ship's delegate resigned and thanked crew for wholehearted, cooperation. Ship's fund, $13.00. New delegate, deck delegate and treasurer elected. Everything running smoothly. All de­ partments^ harmonizing. By Bernard Seaman �ifHiir"""•V Mar 11. UM V SEAFARERS LOG Fate Firteea -'. ••/V; _ 10 SHIPS M ATLANm • soum MIMCAN • IW ^' • •'-M-2 niE riRST MRia VOICE RRORDCRSf TO SHIPS' CREWS -• . 0 EVmY SimDAY • l«20 OMr I . 1^0/d of tHo ftTP, Wn(-l9.19l50KCk ifs-: •hipt In Cnrlbbnon, intl Caoit el South Afflorico, South Atlcnik and Eott Ccoit ol UnM StotM. wfui,iM5eKei Ship. In OwH of MMf l«o, Corlbfcoon, Woit CooM of Sou* AOM^ Ico, Wo.1 Cooit of Moxico ond US SoM .t!'. / ' f Wn('«S,1S700KCk Ship. In ModltirranMn oroo. North Atlantic, Surapoon ond US Ecnt Coon. All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 matemitg benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Alfredo Morales Muniz, born Mrs. Julio Torres, Caparra Ter­ November 21, 1955, to Seafarer race, PR. and Mrs. Jose M. Vega, Santurce, William James Benson, born PR. April J, 1956, tb Seafarer and Mrs. * Dennis Earl Ivey, born March William J. Benson, Brooklyn, NY. 30, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. Maria Paz Mojica, born February" Clifford B. Ivey, Prichari Ala. 17, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. ;, Maria Francis Linker, born Feb­ Antanasio Espino, Ballimore, Md. ruary 29, 1956, to Seafarer and Malena Amy Dumas, born March Mrs.-WilUam G. Linker, Philadel­ 21, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. phia, Pa. , Alexander G. Dumas, Meridian, I Richard Darrell Saxon, born Miss. February 26, 1956, to Seafarer and Frankie Wayne Smith, born Mrs. Joseph D. Saxon, Mobile, Ala. November 22, 1955, to Seafarer Jack Eugene Gnnnels, born Feb­ and Mrs. Frank W. Smith, Bristol, ruary 16, 1956, to Seafarer and Va. Mrs. Lloyd Gunnells, Hoboken, NJ. Marie De Los .Angeles, born Steven Dwight Felker, born March 22, 1956, to Seafarer and March 16, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. Oscar E. Figueroa, New York, Mrs. Edwin M. Felker, Baltimore, NY. Md. BftOUGHT to YOU BY THE OEEP SEA UNIONS OF THE MARIflME TRADES DEPARTMENT SHI-A&G DiSTRia - SUP' MFOW«MG * ROU * MM&P - RME • SiU-CANADIAN DISTRia John William . Law^n Howell, Jr., born April 10, 1956, to Sea­ farer and Mrs. John Wm. Howell, New Orleans, La. Eduardo Torres Soto, born All went well on the Hastings March 17, 1956, to Seafarer and (Waterman) because of a good gang of delegates aboard. Ship's delegate Oscar Ray Daniels got a vote of thanks for keeping her running smooth with only a few minor beefs. It was an enjoyable - Beauregard Crew The LOG is holding color prints trip all around thanks to Daniels of burial services held at sea for and William Singleton, deck dele­ Brother Joseph Wing. Unfortu­ gate; William Doyol, engine End nately, we cannot reproduce color L. Jackson, steward. prints and SIU Welfare Plan rec­ ords indicate no next of kin. Another delegate to get the palm was Anthony B. Caldeira on the John P. Ryan Jefferson City Your pay voucher, discharge and Victory (Victory $32 in cash from the MV Gadsden Carriers). C a I are being held for you at the Seat­ deira handled a tle SIU hall. number of beefs Juan Reyes while the vessel Your duplicate discharge from was on the Far the SS Emilia is being held at the East run and all Baltimore SIU hall. reports had it that he took care Money Due of his job very Retroactive wages for the belowCaldeira well. On the Re­ named men in amounts up to $107.37 are being, held by Atlantic public (Trafalgar) crewmembert Carriers, Inc., 29 Broadway, New reported ship's delegate agreed to York 4, NY, and can be obtained continue on the delegate's job and in person or by sending a forward­ take the ship into New York al­ ing address and proper identifica­ though he was anxious to be re­ lieved so he could pay off and take tion; Ex-SS John e a vacation. :JiW Meanwhile, MTD Round-The^World Wireless Broadcasts Continue... BALTIMORE .'.UIO E. Baltimore St Earl Sheppard, ARent EAstero 7-4000 WILMINGTON. Calif 808 Marine Aee. PORT COLBORNE Reed Humphries, Agent. .Terminal 4-2874 Ontario HEAI}aUARTERS....e78 4th Ave., Bklyn. TORONTO, Ontario SECRETARY-TREASUREB Paul Hall ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS J. Alglna, Deck C. Simmons, Joint W. HaU, Joint HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. J. Volplan, Eng. B. Matthews. Joint C. TannehUI. Acting Agent Capital 7-6358 E Hooney, Std. BOSTON Jamoe Staeeban. Acent S76 State St. Richmond 2-0140 LAKE CHARLES, La. Leroy Clarke, Agent 1419 Ryan St. HEmlock 6-5744 SUP 18 Merdiant St. MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLIHU Phone 6-8777 Cat Tanner. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 PORTLAND ill SW Clay St. NEW ORLEANS 823 Bienville St CApital 3-4336 Lindney WlUlama, Agent Tulai.e 8626 RICHMOND. CALIF..§10 Macdonald Ave. NEW VORK.:....07S 4tb Ave., Brooklyn ,BEacon 2-0925 HYacintb 9-6600 SAN FBANOSCO ....«B6 Harrison St Douglas 24363 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Reef, Agent HAdlson 2-9834 SEATTLB S80S 1st Ave! Main 0290 PIULADELPHIA 337 Market St. fi. CarduUo, Agent Market 7-16^ WILMINGTON 808 Marine Ave. Terminal 44131 PUERTA de TIEBRA, PB Pelayo 81—La 8 Sal CoUs, Agent Phone 2-8988 NEW YORK......878 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth 04185 SAN FRANCISCO 480 Hariiaon St Leon Jobnaon, Agent Douglas 2-5478 Marty BrelthoiF, Weat Coaat RepreMnutivr Canadian District SAVANNAH 2 Abercom St HALIFAX N.S... 1S8H HoUls St. £. B. McAuley, Acting Agent Adams .3-1728 Phonei 3-8911 SEATTLE 2505' 1st Ave. MONTREAL.......SSO St. James St West Jeff GiUetU, Agent • Elliott 4334 PLateau 8161 TAMPA . . 1809-IUl N. Franklin St FOBX^^J1^...^..;,130 lon St. Tom Banning. Agent Phone 2-1323 I II 8-3221 • -...... .i.,'. .oA»- -A Naomi Cruz, born. April 11, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. Virgiiio Cruz, Bronx, NY. Notices SIU, A&G District r. 103 Durham St. Phone: 8591 272 King St. E. EMplre 44719 VlcrroRlA, BC 817th Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER, BC. 1.298 Main St. Pacific 3468 SYDNEY, NS ..., 804 Charlotte St. Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE Quebec 20 Elgin SL Phone: 845 THOROLD, Ontario 82 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3203 QUEBEC 88 St. Pierre St. Quebec | Phone: 3-1569 SAINT JOHN 85 Germain St. NB Phone: 2-5233 Great Lakes District ALPENA BUFFALO. NY. CLEVELAND 1215 N. Second Ave. Phone: 713-J 180 Main St Phone: Cleveland 7391 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE Phone; Main 14147 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 OULUTH. .. 531 W. Michigan St Phone: Randolph 2-4110 SOUTH OfHCAGO .,.,8861 EJ92nd St Vasco M. Barros. William Bellgraph. Donald BiUlns, Juan BiUy, Carl N. Bol­ ton, Arthur Brown, Charles Brown. Gaetano BuscigUo. Francisco Carabbacan. Warren W. Currier. Simon Czeslowski, Frederick Demuth, Clifford Eubanks, Roy H. Flthen, Dan Frazier, Jr., Vincent Gregorio, James Guston, Jr., Joseph Harmonson, Vernon Harris, Charles Kempczynskl; Ah Lee King, Arne Larson, Samuel Martin, William C. Miller, Archie Milne, James McLlnden, Daniel Palmatory, Paul W. Persson, George Porter, James Porter, Paul Richards, Bernard Romanoff, Robert O. Smith, John Steiner, William D. Stew­ art, James Thomas, Pete TrlantafiUos, Charles W. White, Joseph R. Wing. Ex-SS Liberty Flag Morio Alto. James Ashley. James C. Battle, Frank A. Bolton, Robert G. Bruce, loannls Demitseadis, Robert M. Draper, Bernard Favlla, John Kackur, Donald M. King, King Sea Koo, Lee F. Kurtz, Joseph A. Long, Robert J. Lyons, John McDonough, Eric Malmstrom, George P. Marcotte: Leonard J. Martin, Ralph Moisant, John H. Morris, Mlhal Nicodin, Dennis Pierce, Styklanos Plssias, N. Burton Potts, Ron­ ald J. Ramsperger, Joseph H. Roberts, Caslmir Sanuiti, Leland B. Slpe, George J. Vesages, Guy Whitehurst, George Wil­ liams, Glenn N. Williams, John Zenths. Ex-SS Liberty Bell Rex Abshire, James R. Andolsek, Elmer J. Andre, Jr., Leo Brnssard, Stephen Burskey, Yulee H. Crews, Warren W. Currier, Micliael F. Dellano, Phillip DeMinico, Elmer L. Edwards, Yue Kung Fah, Perry Greenwood, Lester J. Haag, Robert J. Helllg, Leonard E. Hodges, Francis K. Jennings, Okal Jones, Ralph Kllbourne, Donald M. King; Herbert W. Lamm. Rufino Lara, Pao Chlng Lee. Audrey M. Lester, Antonio Llparl, Edmund H. Mfsh, Edward H. Murar, Richard V. Palmer. Owen Podkosoff. Heath Pressley, Salvador Resquites, Thomas C. Riley, Gerald R. Schartel, Frederick Smith, Harry J. States, Boyd E. Thompson, John T. Woodman, Paul Zamberlln, Lambert Zeegers. Reports are still coming in on the "50-50" issue where SIU crewmembers really put on a full head of steam to get some results in Congress. Latest ships to report action on "50-50" were the Mae, the John C and the Ocean Eva, while on the Sea Comet II Sea­ farer W. H. Woodill proposed that the ship's fund be used to supply crewmembers with stationary and stamps to write their Senators, which was done. The April 17th meetings saw rank and file Seafarers in charge in many SIU ports. C. O. Lee chaired the Mo­ bile meeting; A. Melanson in Bos­ ton; W. Tatum in Lake Charfes; A. H. Smith In Sa­ vannah; H. R. Hutchins, San Francisco and G. Butterton Frank, Seattle. Other Seafarers participating as meeting officers were R. Lee and R. Murphy in Boston; W. Butter, ton, Norfolk; E. D. Sims, Savan­ nah; W. Thayer, Tampa; J. 11. Thompson, Mobile; Jt Touart and M. Woods in' Wilmington. Wi -asl, Y' I •'•A �5^ SEAFARERS^ LOG AWARDED FIRST PiUZE • GENERAL EDITORIAL EXCELLENCE • 1955 • INTERNATIONAL LABOR FRESt OF AMERICA • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • ll; One of the special functions of the US Coast Guard heartily endorsed by US maritime unions and all segments of the shipping world is its annual patroj o* the northern seas on the International Ice Patrol. l|V m Established In 1914, the ice patrol has continued ever since, except for the war years. Its need was dramatized by the tragic loss of the mighty liner Titanic in 1913 with 1517 passengers and crew­ men, after she struck an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage to New York. Each year patrol ^ips and aircraft track the huge ice masses as they drift south from the coast of Greenland, some­ times right into the heavily-travelled shipping lanes. Radio bulletins on ice movements are sent out twice daily by patrol headquarters at Argentia, New­ foundland, from late winter until midJune. By then, the warm currents of the Gulf Stream have travelled far enough north to block any further progress of the 'bergs and the patrol is secured. •" " It's The ICEBERG Segson!" iiiii All bundled up, Sea­ farer on lookout in northern waters scans the sea for signs of menacing ice. *• 1^' ' I 1 1^' I fe.-" I "iV. Officers on Navy Hydrographic ship chart ice, current movements. Hydrographic office publishes bulletins of ice conditions. ice patrol bulletins come into hq. of 3rd Coast Guard District in NY, where quartermaster (rear) posts them on map. Noon, midnight positions of all ships In Atlan­ tic are charted by Coast Guardsmen for pos­ sible emergency use. ' Quartermaster shifts position-of ice marker at CG hq. as reports come in. Dark markers Show ship positions.^ In chart room, mate checks location of ice­ berg on map after get­ ting radio report from Argentia. \U Twice-daily radio re­ ports on icebergs are radioed from ice pa­ trol hq. to all ,mer­ chant ships. •V � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource May 11, 1956 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SHIPPING BOOMS; CALL OUT RESERVE VESSELS SEAFARERS EYE WASH. ON KEY SHIPPING BILLS ITF WINS BACK WAGES ON RUNAWAY COMMERCE DEP’T UPHOLDS ‘50-50‘ SEE CONGRESS APPROVING CUT IN SHIP INSPECTIONS VANCOUVER MTD FORMED WHAT WILL THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY MEAN TO SEAFARERS SIU HITS CG ‘DESERTION’ BEEF; SKIPPER NIXED PACT CG TO RULE SMALL SHIPS AFL-CIO COUNCIL BACKS MEANY’S STAND ON ILA NY JOB CHANCES HOLD UP, FUTURE LOOKS PROMISING US TANKER SHORTAGE CRITICAL, ADMIRAL WARNS CANADA SIU HITS BRICKS ON LAKES NO SIGN OF LET-UP IN BALTIMORE BOOM MOBILE SEES ‘BLUE JAY’ PERKING PORT’S SHIPPING ‘RIGHT’ WORK PEDDLERS ALL ANTI-UNION ROACHES BEWARE! ‘WAR’ DECLARED BY CLAIBORNE SOLVE PUZZLE OF KOREA HIGH-HAT F-SHARP IS LONE SOUR NOTE ABOARD MOWBAY DEL SUD BB MANAGER LAUDS TEAMMATE, 43 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 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5/11/1956 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Vol. XVIII, No. 10 1956 Periodicals Seafarers Log