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IN THIS ' Behind'the Robin Line Story' fUe filc& OFf)M01¥^SIPBtr ISSUE ; PA6ES ' WIOK If MIEIICit' U.A.VK r'U .^•9^ ^ * 1 8-9 • �John Hopkins, SIU Veteran, Dies At 97 Save Hospital $$ One of the first members of the SIU to receive disability benefits, Seafarer John C. Hopkins, passed away last month at the age of 97. A former chief steward, Hopkins was a charter member of the SIU-* — _ and a veteran of nearly 80 him to retire on the union's dis­ ability benefit The new budget represents a cut this week's budget message on other maritime unions undoubtedly years' seatime. He died in his "John loved the SlU and could WASHINGTON—Seamen's protests over proposed cutbacks In US marine hospital serv­ ices have successfuUv sidetracked renewed budgetary fire on the 160-year-old program, for the second year hi a row, the President has recommended a $44.4 million hospital appropriation, virtually assur--* ing operation of all existing grams suffered many sharp cut­ by PHS all over the country. Pro­ facilities. backs in the face of the stress in tests by Seafarers and members of contributed heavily to this result, apartment in New York from nat­ never turn in his book," Mrs. C. ural causes. •Survey' Requested White, his niece, said. "He always Hopkins started sailing with his claimed the SIU did right by him Last September, after a one-year lapse in so-called ec<momy moves and he would stick with the against the hospitals, the Budget union all the way." But the last Bureau requested PHS to-^mderfew years were the hardest for take a "survey" of the possibility him, she said, fob he felt a dCep of shutting down four hospitals, sorrow at the passing of the oldproviding "adequate" private medi­ timers who sailed with him during cal facilities could bd substituted the "early years." in the affected areas. At the time, John had retired his book in the ax was threatened for hospitals Decendber, 1951, but showed up in Chicago, Memphis and Detroit, at headquarters a few weeks' later in addition to Savannah. with- $20 to "pay my way." This This proposal drew Immediate was in spite of the fact that his fire from the SIU and other marl only income at the time was a $40 time unions, and subsequently monthly Social Security check. came under attack from the AFLSix months later he helped inau­ WASHINGTON—The slump-ridden maritime industry CIO Maritime Trades Department gurate the newly-adopted SIU dis­ ability benefit. He received the can take heart from two proposals which would give a shot and file AFL-CIO itself. A large body of medical experts is in $150 a month disability-pension In the arm to shipping under the "50-50" rule. The Presi­ agreement that no private contract until his death. dent's budget calls for over * set-up could substitute for the A union man from the start, First Seafarer to collect dis­ $1 billion more in foreign aid arm to the hard pressed American far superior PHS facilities. Hopkin's pride in the SIU- was ability benefits, John Q. i-lopThe Budget Bureau's "survey" and legislation has been intro­ tramp oargo trade. Under the terms known to all. In introducing him kins, M pictured at headquar­ duced which would add another of the act, all of the goods come move came right after adjourn­ to the membership at a headquar­ billion to the $ale of siuplus agri­ under the "50-50" law which re­ ment by Congress, which had ters meeting in June, 1952. ters meeting in June, 1952, A&Q cultural commodities overseas. quires that one half of the food earlier approved the original $44.4 Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall said Neither of these proposals, of sold must be carried by American- million figure recommended by the mother, a stewardess on the old that John was "one of the brothers President, an amount somewhat Merchant Miners Line, way back who through the lean years and course, would take effect until next flag vessels. The tramps, up until now, have over $5 million higher than the in 1873 at the age of 13. He joined the fat ones always put his heart . July. The foreign aid budget calls for constituted the hardest-hit segment hospitals had received for several the SIU when it was first formed and soul into the union." $3,940,000,000, only slightly higlier of the privately-owned merchant years. The appropriation in 1956 and sailed with the union until "I've always gotten a fair break was slightly over $39 million. 1952, when age and sickness forced from the SIU," John told the mem­ than what the President asked for fleet. last year. However, at that time bers. "Too many of these younger Congress, in a budget-cutting boys don't know what it was like mood, sliced it back by one billfon. way back when I started sailing." This figure includes military aid, When the SIU Welfare Plan's technical assistance and other pro­ disability benefit started in May, WASHINGTON—A political "gold rush" is in the making that will make the California grams. Foreign aid cargoes are 1952, Hopkins called the checks carried under "50-50" provisions. rush of 1849 seem like a tea party. Politicos all around the country are idready rubbing their a "godsend." With the additional Thye Amendment hands in anticipation of the bonanza. benefit fund from the SIU, "living The authorization for continuing will be easy." He was a familiar According to "US News and"^" : the sale of surplus food and com­ World Report," the floodgates go in skirting the tax laws, gave reflected the "private opinion" of sight to the welfare Plan office modities destined to run out June tiave been opened by a deci­ no special prominence to it. The the bank's officials and there was -staff at 11 Broadway, NYC, for up 80, 1958, would be boosted by a sion of the us Tax Court which corporation "execs" who watch for "no reason why we shouldn't ex­ to a couple of years ago he would billion and extended under an sideswipes stop in himself to pick up , his the long-standing rule such items will know a good thing press it." amendment proposed by Senator of the Bureau when they spot it and too much Supporters of TVA claim they checks. of Internal Revenue Thye of Minnesota. The Thye that outright political contribu­ gloating might even cause a row. don't dispute the bank's right to A number of yoimger Seafarers amendment proposes increasing tions are not tax-deductible. From put but its opinions in such adver­ attended John's wake and fimeral The prospects now are that a the amount of surplus food com­ now on, corporations and individ­ stream of cash contributions via tisements, but don't see why the at St. Charles Roman Catholic modities that can be sold from uals who want to help fill the cam­ the business ad route will start public has to pay for them. Church in Manhattan. four to five billion dollars and ex­ paign coffers-of their political fa­ pouring into political party treas­ tending the authorization until vorites—or play it safe by throw­ uries not only for the 'national June 30, 1960. ing something to all sides — no party convention in presidential Originally started to help de­ longer have to tax their Ingenuity election years, but also every time plete the food surplus stocks here to do so. some county or locality chairman and to aid nations friendly to the The gimmick is a paid ad in a finds his funds running low. He United States, the bill was political convention journal or pro­ can now stage a local party "con­ amended last year to permit sales gram. A recent Tax Court ruling vention" complete with a plush to certain Iron Curtain nations. says the cost of placing a "business printed program and other trim­ You would expect that anybody with a tainted political past This measure was designed to aid advertisement" in these publica­ mings. weak Communist nations in break, tions is tax-deductible even though like Joe Curran's would have enough sense to keep his mouth At first sight, there appears to ing away from Russian domination. the ad Isn't devoted to describing But the bill prohibits direct sales the company's products. It's a be no limit on how much can be shut. But the NMU President insists on striking lofty moral with Russia, Red China or any area "business expense" as long as the spent on such ads by businessmen. poses, even if the pose con- ^ controlled by the Chinese Com­ firm's name Is mentioned even if It may be. expected that a natural tradicts the facts. Here's a actions . . . does not change our extension of this principle will be dedication to the goal of unity,.." munists. most of the ad space is used to to exempt business ads in pro^ real beaut—-wherein Curran Maybe Curran really is an au­ The extension of the siu-plus act praise a polifical party. grams for political dinners, rallies thority on Communist treachery. attempts to achieve the ultimate by would also come as a shot in the The news magazine, in reporting and the like. We'd have to concede, from the rec­ posing as the true apostle of mari­ the decision in a regular column In the same field of business tax time. unity and comparing those ord, that-^he should have greater that tells how far businessmen can deductions, backers of public familiarity with the subject than power programs such as the Ten­ who oppose him to the Communist those who have been on the-outsidoJan. 17, 1958 VoUXX, No. 2 nessee Valley Authority are trying enemies of mankind. in consistent opposition to Com­ to block efforts of a New York, In his regular full page sermon munism. After aR, he did cotton bank to write off paid ads rapping to the faithful in the ..January 2 up to one of the Soviet Union's top TVA as a legitimate "business ex­ "NMU PUot" Curran says- his posi­ hatchet men, Vassily Kuznetsov, pense" for tax purposes. The bank tion in maritime is similar to that whom he. described as an "out­ PAVI HAIX, Stcfelary-Treaturer said its ad campai^ against TVA of the United States in interna­ standing trade unionist," and he TAMPA—Shipping in the port Bnanz BMHS. editor. nniHAim SCAtional affairs, while the rest of the did manage to dash off to Moscow aiAH. Art editor. BMBUAH Aamm. btwa was on the slow side during the f^ACK, AL HASKIH. JfOBH BBAZH,. Staff past two weeks but shows signs of maritime labor movement, the SIU in 1945, to hail the Number One Writert. But Moout, OuU Area Repr«in particular, is likened to the So­ master of Communist treachery, picking up in the futuge. gantativ. viet Union. The Madaket (Waterman) was We regret that lack of space none other than "Big Joe" Stalin, as iMMitd bIWMkly at tha haadquartan the only vessel paying off during Here's how Curran put it: "The the "great and wise" leader of the in this issue prevents us from , MM Saafarars Infamatlonal Union, Atfantic a Oulf Diatrlct, APL-CIO, *75 Fourth the period. The Wacosta, Hastings, printing another article in the fact that the United States de­ Soviet. So much for his qualifica­ Avenue Brooklyn 3S, NY. Tel. HYaelnth series on the role of Herman nounces Communist treachery and tions as an authority on Communist MMt. Intarad at tacond class matter Citrus Packer (Waterman); Alcoa at tha Pott Offica In Brooklyn, NY, undar Roamer (Alcoa); Gateway City, E. Cooper 'in the labor move­ fights it on all fronts certainly doea treachery, He spoke well of the . Sm Act of Aug. 24, 1912. Aziea City and the. Fairland (Pan- ment. Watch future issues of not change the fact that'our coun­ best of them. Atlantic) were in transit. All ves­ the SEAFARERS LOG. try's main aim is to achieve peace At times, this "authority" has sels were reported in good order. ... the fact that we fight.. . SIU (Continued on pBg3 IS) pf only $90,000 from the previous hospital outlay. Thus the Bureau of the Budget has apparently aban­ doned, for the time being, plans to force a shutdown of four hospitals. Including Savannah, in a move to­ ward piecemeal destruction t>f the program. Other domestic welfare pro: ;i • defense allocations. Other cuts were deferred for another year, and there is no assurance that this will not be the case with the Pub­ lic Health Service hospitals also. However, there appears to be no cause for immediate concern over the fate of the 16 hospitals and 124 outpatient facilities maintained $2 Billion More in Aid, Surplus Sales Proposed Big Biz Politieal 'Ads' Tax-Free Cur ran Discourses On Red treachery Iff r: SEAFARERS LOG M• Tampa Sees Better Days Herman E. Cooper fe'•> �BtAfAKEttS tec jruiiurriT,ltH . Unable to admit to the fact that two NMU members on the Robin Trent had voted for the SlU, the NMU resorted to its only out, lying about the results. Here's how the NMU "Pilot" mishandled the story: "SIU had 20 members in the crew. All voted. SIU wodnd up with 20 votes. NMU had 17 votes. Two NMU votes were chal­ lenged. Two votee were voided." [Our underscore] "NMU wound up with 13 votes." ^All well and good. The only trouble is that the two voided votes were not NMU votes as the "Pilot" implies, biit doesn't dare say outright. The "Pilot" merely says "two votes" were voided. The voided ballots were cast b^ Seafarers, as is well known to all who were present.. _ . Simple arithmetic says that with SIU members casting 20 votes and losing two of them because of improper markings on the bal­ lots, the SIU would have wound up with 18 votes, and the NMU with 15 votes, having lost two on challenges. The actual count was SIU—20, NMU—13. The only possible way that the SIU could have gotten those 20 votes end the NMU dropped off from 18 to 13 was because two NMU members voted for the SIU. I-' Victory On Hood Completes Rout Of NMU Raid In Fleet The collapse of the National Maritime Union raid on Seafarers' jobs in tiie Robin Line appeared virtu^y assured this week as the SIU completed its sweep of the eighth and last ship to vote in the fleet. Seafarers on the Robin •* pending the outcome of further Hood rolled up a 26 to 1 polled by a fleet-wide total of up, court action. The court last week to 62 for the NMU. margin for the SIU in a La­ 190Thevotes NMU embarked on a new reserved decision on the NMU re­ but at the same time refused bor Board election on this tactic on the Hood when it ordered quest, the seven' NMU crevraaembers to bar voting on the Robin Hood ship Wednesday in New aboard, not to vote, but to charge as scheduled. York. The SIU has thus Ihey were being "intimidated." NMU had also sought a reversal won seven of the eight ships Six of the seven followed instruc­ of SIU certification on the Robin FMB Ready To Reeall Two More Coal Vessels WASHINGTON—A routine annual review of a dozen bareboat charters wanted by the Government a year ago may spark a sharp reduction in the tonnage still held by American Coal Shipping. The charter review by the ballyhoo about a super-duper coal allowed ACS to return the Abbe Federal Maritime Board export fleet, tha company has instead. One ship of the ten others never had more than seven ships whose charters are up for review would apply to two ACS ships under its banner and seldom has and ten vessels held by seven other companies. ACS now has five char­ tered ships, four of which have been in lay-up for periods of up to several months and the fifth one, the Thomas Paine, is expected to be idled, on her return. This would leave only one ship, the Coal Miner, in actual operation and, ironically enough, it has been carrying only grain for months. One other coal JHip, the Cleveland Abbe, has already been returned to the Gcvemment. Despite all its it lud all of them in service at the same time. The FMB proceeding, under which the agency is obligated to review the terms of its charters and the performance by the char­ terers, will determine whether it Travel On US Ships A 'Must' For Gov't Men WASHINGTON — Starting the New Year off right, the General Accounting Office has issued a re­ minder to all Government person­ nel that aU travel on official busi­ ness inust be done on US ships. The GAO published a set of amended regulations to avoid repe­ tition of an "incident" last sum­ mer when the State Department .was slapped down for trying to have American diplomats travel on foreign ships. Long hostile to the US shipping industry, the State Department had to abandon its plan when the Comp­ troller General cited it as a direct violation of the 1936 Merchant Ma­ rine Act. The plan was to have the new US ambassador to the Nether­ lands and his predecessor travel to and from their posts at US Gov­ ernment expense on Holland-Amer­ ican Line ships. The proposal was regarded as a typical State Department effort to buy good will abroad at the ex­ pense of the US.shipping industry. Under the amended GAO rules, the use of American-flag vessels is required "whether the transporta­ tion expenses are borne directly by the United States or reimbursed to the traveler," This would .thus cover even' those cases where a Government official used his own funds for travel expenses with the intention of seeking reimburse­ ment later. = Oscar "Biack!e" Stevens ts one of oldtimers still on fob. He's aboard Coal Miner. ~ is desirable to allow the charters to be continued foi another 12month period. In the face of the current cargo slump, it is likely some or all of them will be re­ turned to the Government by the end of February. All told, there are some 40 Government ships on bareboat to private operators at the present time. Coal ships involved in the char­ ter review are the Casimir Pulaski and the Walter Hines Page. The Pulaski was actually called back earlier, but the maritime board No SIU Pickets in Savannah In the year^end review ap­ pearing on the back page of. the January S, 1958, edition of ^e. SEAFARERS LOG, the statement appeared that Sea<! farers picketed American Coal ships in New York, Baltimore and Savannah In protest against company discrimina­ tion. Actually, the SIU pick­ eted the coal ships In New York and Baltimore, but not in tihe Georgia port. . was returned prior to the an­ nouncement of the FMB proceed­ ing. In separate action, the board turned down a demand by tramp ship operators to pull back all the Government ships held by Ameri­ can Coal and other operators since there is adequate privately-owned tonnage available for immediate hire. In rejecting the tramp bid, the board indicated it would pro­ ceed in normal fashion to review outstanding charters as their oneyear terms expired. Regarding American Coal spe­ cifically, the tramps, with an NMU operator as principal spokesman, had argued that a board review of the ACS case was more than eight months overdue. He pointed out that when the coal company was originally granted charters in October, 1956, it had pledged to place orders for new or converted ships and had still not taken any steps to do so. Th| protest noted that the Government had given ships to ACS as a "stopgap" measure only. tions but NMU' member Charles R. Jones, OS, cast the lone vote for the NMU. Two of the 28 SIU «ligibles were challenged, leaving the SIU vrith 26 votes. It seems quite obvious that the NMU embarked on this step to avoid repetition of the NMU disaster on the Trent where two NMU men helped the SIU win the ship by voting SIU. Uncertain of how NMU men on the Robin Hood would go, the NMU decided that the safest thing to do was to avoid a vote showdown. The NMU is now engaged in a series of delaying actions before the National Labor Relations Board and in the courts to upset the results obviou^ to all but the NMU leadership. NMU members' contempt of their own union's raidting tactics were exposed when the two NMU men on the Robin Trent cast their votes for the SIU. (See story, upper left). NMU managed to win only one vessel in the fleet, the Robin Mow­ bray. It succeeded after getting 11 Seafarers fired and replaced through the NMU hall. Despite NMU delaying actions, Robin Line Jobs went back up on SIU shipping boards more than a month ago when SIU replacements were dispatched from New York for the Robin Locksley. This ves­ sel was covered by an initial NLRB order certifying SIU bargaining rights on the first four ships polled. The Robin Mowbray was later certified for the NMU. An NLRB certification order re­ storing SIU bargaining rights on two other Robin ships is still held MEBA Plans Gt Lakes Drive At Spring Fit-Out CLEVELAND—Preparations for a coordinated organizing drive on the Great Lakes have been stepped up by the Marine Engineers BeneQcial Association and other unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO Maritime out that the region contains a vast Trades Department. organizing potential, perhaps as Spokesmen for the Int'l many as 25,000 workers by the time Brotherhood of Longshoremen and other MTD-affiliated unions told the MEBA Great Lakes District convention that their unions would participate in drives in the area. The MEBA said its drive would start with tha spring fit-out Pledging complete support to the MEBA drive, IBL Secretary-Treas­ urer E. L, Slaughter informed the engineers that success could best be assured through a coordinated drive by all MTD members. Plans for a coordinated cam­ paign on the Great Lakes were launched last December at the 7th Convention of the Maritime Trades Department MTD leaden pointed the St. Lawrence Seaway is in full swing. Besides preparing for its organ­ izing drive, the MEBA convention took steps to strengthen Local 101, and to estabUsh departments for servicing its membership. Nom­ inations were also accepted for local officials. . Local 101 was established last year to serve as the sole MEBA union bn the Great Lakes. It has added new members through suc­ cessful organizing'and by receiving members from former MEBA lo­ cals in Buffalo and Detroit, which were dissolved recently. Elirk, Robin Gray, Robin Locksley wd Robin Sherwood despite the obvious preference by these crews for SIU representation. The men on these ships gave the NMU only 13 votes out of a total of 121 bal­ lots cast. Besides the temporary stalemate in the courts, NMU is barred by a sepai'ate injunction from further picketing of either Robin Line or Moore-McCormack ships. The na­ ture of NMU "picketlines" in vari­ ous ports was exposed when Curran sent NMU replacements through its- own lines to man some of the ships. The SIU originally petitioned for an election on the eight Robin ships when Mooremack, which had bought them earlier, began calling replacements from the NMU and forced SIU men to work under tha inferior NMU contract. Robin Line had previously been under SIU contract since 1941. Senators Get Warning On Labor Quiz WASHINGTON — An informal meeting between members of tha McClellan committee and top lead­ ers of the AFL-CIO was held here early this week with labor spokes­ men reportedly warning the com­ mittee men not to turn their inves­ tigation into an anti-labor crusade. According to newspaper reports, AFL-CIO President George Meany informed the committee that if it started on fishing expeditions into areas that had nothing to do with crime and corruption, such as un­ ion political activity and organizing, the committee would then arouse the hostility of the entire labor movement. , Meany, the reports said, was par­ ticularly critical of proposals by some committee members to use the hearing room as a forum against the UAW strike fight oh the Kohler company or against the union's efforts to obtain new con­ tracts from the powerful automo­ bile industry this year. The hosts for the informal gettogether were members of the Ethical Practices Conunittee, AFLCIO. Committee members who were present were A1 J. Hayes, Machinists; George Harrison, Rail­ way Clerks and David Dubinsky. Ladies Garment Workers. Others attending were AFL-CIO President Meany and SecretaryTreasurer William Schhitzler: Jacob Potofsky, Amalgamated Clothing Workers and AFL-CIO at­ torneys J. Albert WoU and Arthur J. Goldberg as well as Andrew Biemiller, legislative representative. 'J' I �jTi::;:rr,nii nyiVJ :- BMAFdMEmS lee •^4'•••- • Behind TKe Robin Line Story ' In March, it was announced that MooreMcGormack Lines had reached agreement to purchase the Robin Line and operate it as a division of Mooremack, Just as it operates the Paciflc-Argentine-Brazil Line as a separate division on the west coast, manned and contracted by SIU Pacific District crewmembers. That division has been under SIU west coast union contracts with Mooranack ever since Mooremack t t ^ took over the operation at the end of World War II from another company. In the AprU 11,1957, NMU "Pilot" When SIU headquarters learned of the iNMU President, Joseph Curran, in impending Robin sale, SIU officials met dii^ussing the subject of trade union with top officers of Mooremack, including Admiral Richard Lee, vice-president in ethical practices, declared^ "For men who call themselves tmion ofiScials - charge of operations, and Mr. William Moore, president of the company. Assur­ to sink to such levels because they are ances were given by Mr. Moore that Robin hungry for a contract legitimately won by Line would be operated as a separate di­ another union is certainly corruption vision of MooremiiCk and that the Ifi-year•Id SIU contract would be honored. But and should be so labeled by every trade the matter 4id not stand there. Curran unionist . . had his eye on the Robin Line jobs and ; On April 29, 1957, 18 days later, Curran he was prepared to launch a raid on the described in detail to his membership SIU to get them. how SIU contracted Robin Line ships ' At the April'29 NMU headquarters meeting in New York City, this is ex­ were "going to carry NMU members or actly what Curran said, from the official else"—ships which Seafarers -had sailed meeting transcript, about his plans for under an SIU union contract since 1941 Robin Line: after winning a National Labor Relations Board election the year before by a 199 Curran Announces Raid to one count. (The NMU then, was unable "Now we got another situation be­ to muster enough strength to get on the ginning to break and that's the Robin Line and, Moore-McCormack. Last ballot.) week you saw a piec^in the New The two Curran statements pretty well York Times which said the Maritime sum up the situation in Robin Line which Board had approved the purchase of is now drawing to a close with an over­ the Robin Line by Moore-McCormack. whelming SIU ballot victory, thanks to That story was a little premature, be­ Seafarers who stuck to their Robin Line cause Moore-McCormack had not yet jobs in the face of the severest pressures. bought the line. That story was OK Here is that stoiy: as far as approval of the board Is con­ cerned but they are still dickering SIU Since 1940 over the terms of the deal. We have The Robin Line, a subsidized ship op­ advised. Moore-McCormack that we erator on the South and East African run, will not tolerate any monkey business; had been first organized by the SIU in that if Moore-McCormack buys the 1939 and 1940. After the overwhelming line, whether they call it Robin Line SIU victory in the fleet and the signing of or anything else, as long as the bills the first contract a year later, collective are paid for by Moore-McCorinack, bargaining relationships were undisturbed ' as long as they operate the line,, until March of 1957. During that time. they're going to carry NMU members' Seafarers on the Robin Line ships, many or else!" (applause) "We tried to be of whom sailed regularly on that run and gentlemen in this si^ation like we had families in African'ports in some in­ did in the Southland." [Ed. note: stances, had built up seatime credit to­ Apparently he means South Atlantic ward various SIU Welfare Plan benefits and Steamship Corp.] "When the South­ seniority on hiring in SlU-contracted com­ land transportation turned over to panies. It was their job, welfare and the. United States Lines we offered seniority rights which Curran sought to . at that time to let those boys stay on discard in the kind of action which, to the ships and as they quit, we'd replace use Curran's own words, could be de­ them with NMU men; but the SIU scribed as "hungry for a contract legiti­ said, "We want everything' and thiy mately won by another union ..." got nothing. We took it all." lEd. From the AFL-CIO Constitution, Article Illt **SectioA 4, The integrUy of each • « . affiliate of this Federation shall be maintained and preserved. Each such'affiliate shall respect the estab­ lished bargaining relationship of every other affiliate ..." i HtlMI • 'Ji,. _l}'i:,»i SS ^ CuTiSo to navco a gat a.. in »..>««• Reproduction of oHiciql NMU transcript of the NMU headquarters meeting of April 29,1957, shows how NMU president Curran announced he was going to raid Robin Line and take the jobs away from Seafarers. note: This ia a bare-faced lie and distortion of the facta for the purpose of misinforming the NMU member­ ship. There was no such offer ever made by the NMU in reference to the South Atlantic ships.] "We were ready to make the same offer in Moore-McCormack because we knew this was brewing for months and months but when they came along and did what they did in American Coal, they get nothing now^ they get nothing." (applause) "I talked to the Admiral this afternoon,, Admiral Lee. and I warned him. I said, 'you got 30 Moore-McCormack ships,.you got 2 ships being built and if you monkey around with these God damn Robin Line ships and think you're going to put them in the dock and run them with SIU guys you got another think, coming. You'll have to make a deci­ sion between 30 tied-up ships and a lousy 6 ships [Ed. note: There were eight shipsJ that you gefflrom the Robin Line.' He'said, 'Don't get impa­ tient now, take your, time. It isn't com'pleted yet, don't get excited.' I wont get excited but you know the long­ shoremen are our friends, they are not the jhdends of the SIU" (applause) "so we'll see." DEd. note: Apparently he is referring here to the International Longshoremen's 'Association which had been ousted by* the AFL in 1953.1 ^ told Brother Kadash [NMU New York port agentl: when you talk to all those lesser lights in Moore-McCor­ mack keep telling 'em, keep telling 'em, that 'when you buy that Robin Line you bring them ships over here. You better get ready to man'em with NMU there'll be no monkey busi­ ness.' And he's [Kadash] doing it." (Ed. note: With the Robin beef looking good in Curran's eyes, Curran sought to build up Kadash by identifying him with a successful effort. However, when the beef tbok a turn for the worse from the NMU standpoint, Curran then brought in other NMU officials who are regarded as critics of the Curran-Kadash faction and NMU counsel Herman Cooper. Purpose of the step was to remove any onus of an unsuccessful beef from this faction alone.) Curran, of course, was trying to make it appear that the company would have to bow b^ore his "belligerency," but in fact, there was no problem for him. Moore-McCormack, as it developed, was ready to cooperate in his move to destroy the job rights of the Robin line seamen. It is well to remember that In the final analysis, the device that was wized upon to accomplish this end was concocted by company people, to assist him in bis job raid. phips. In their figuring, they sold the mem of the RoUn fleet short, as subeoaiucnt events showed. . In addition to this ffanmick, .Moore­ mack subsequently took two of the Robin Line ships and placed them on its Scan­ dinavian run, in efforts to imply that the Robin fleet no longer existed as a unit; so as to grease the path for a Mooremackwlde election. However, the company's own announcements specified that Robid Line was operated as a division of Moore­ mack and it was so acknowledged in the NMU "Pilot" as early as May 9 and again on May 27. , On May 2, the SIU; learning of the conspiracy, sent a wire to Mooremack in­ forming the company that the SIU was the bargaining agent for the eight ships and demandedv that the company "con­ tinue to recognise us as such." The SIU put the company on notice that failure to do so "Will constitute unfair labor prac­ tices." On May fi, the SIU received an answer ' from Admire) Lee embodying the gimmick cooked up by the AMMI-NMU-company advisors. The company's letter declnred: "I have explored the situation exhaustive­ ly with counsel and certain ethers whom I emuddered experienced in labor matters." (i.e., the AMfiH-NMU-company advisers referred-to above) ". . . (Tho consensus of opinion of all my advisers is that MooreMcCormack has acquired these vessels and that it is purely an accretion. "Under the circumstances, I consider that my collective bargaining agreement with the National Maritime Union ... is binding upon us. *Tn your telegram yen have pointed aut the tenure rights ef the personnel now acquired by Us. We feel that they do have a right to their Jobs-and so long as Uiey continue to fill those jobs in a sea­ man-like manner this company will not be party to their discharge. I must ad­ vise, however, that replacements ... must be acquired . . . frosp the National Marltime Union . . ." . Curran's anxiety to get his hands on the Robin Line jobs was such that he did not wait for any SIU counteraction. He immediately opened a campaign to sub­ vert the men on the ships, or failing that to get them fired off their jobs so that NMU men could take over. A variety of approaches was used to get SIU men to take time off with the promise on the pari of NMU men who got on board as re­ placements to stand the Seafarers' watches for them—a common enough practice when men exchange vretches aboard ship. But as soon as the SIU men involved made any such arrangements for their watch, the NMU men would report them to the skipper and have the men fired and re­ placed by other NMU members. Through-" How Raid Was Planned out this period NMU men went aboard all That was how Curran annoimiced his Robin Line ships and demanded of the plans to his membership. Sometime company that SIU men be fired. around this meeting, possibly before it Other pressures placed on Seafarers in­ and certainly no later than May 8, there cluded the NMU-patented charge that the was a meeting of minds between the NMU, SIU was using "coercion" against Sea­ Mooremack, officers of the American Mer­ farers. As per the usual coincidence in chant Marine Institute and professional past NMU accusations of this nature, the advisers to Mcforemack and the Institute.. NMU officials who boarded Robin ships On the initiative of these advisers, the carelessly broke the news to specific SIU group came up with a gimmick. Instead crewmembers of "threats", to their fam­ of firing the crews of the eight ships as- ilies and quoted language used in phone was done in the South Atlantic case. It calls even before such phone calls were was agreed that the safe thing to do was made to the families of the Seafarers in­ to put the vessels under NMU contract volved. Here again, over-eager NMU of­ and allow the Seafarers to stay on board, ficials, anxious to deliver Robin Line as even though Curran had reported other­ Curran promised, got their timetables wise to his membership. mixed up. _ . , Seafarers on the South Atlantic ships . When the Seafarers got wise to this ap­ had been fired after the SIU had struck proach, Curran turned on the other face. South Atlantic and. put up picket lines. Wheedling letters were sent'to all Sea­ The group feared a similar move in Robin farers aboard the ships and to their Line and concocted this gimmick, among homes, offering them "the opportunity of other reasons, because they felt it would, applying ,for membership" in the NMU sidestep a strike. The group also figured and offering to waive initiation fees. "We that sooner or later, because of illness or feel sure" Curran's letter concluded: . ^. injnry, ttw need to see their families or "you will take advantage of this gener­ just pl^ exhaustion, the Seafarer-crews ous offer." ' " would leave the shlps^ one by Une, and.be SIU Files Petition replaced by NMU men,.^ving NMU the eontrol of the fleet. In any event, if an On August 9, the SIU filed its petition eleetien were called for, the adviscra figWith the National Labor Relations Board. •red that they could get a Mooremack The SIU petition called for either a shipCectwido ontt and swallow hp the BoMn by-ship election oy for a vote on Robin �SgJFJMEMg toe • P«f* Fir* cBgnncAT* or ^ Cbmme/ie/,to "®»nf UNE , glJtOf/W .g m ^ iMMEDtATELT ^ ® dwtaion of ^el, Dj 4.SQQQ HUMant •k ... Sign «h,doer of Mo6r*mack New York oHicet at 11 Broodway points op that Robin Line is ''a division of Moore-MeCormadc Lines," thus indicating entirely separate natu^re of Robin Une operations. * Lines as s unit. Tlie stiip-by-slilp peti­ tion was filed because there was the dis­ pute over the existence of the Robin Line as a unit and the company and NMU Iwth would argue that the unit was Moore-McCormack lines. This was a cardinal point in the gimmick' Worked up with the help of the AMMI's advisers. The transfer of two Robin Line, ships to the Scandinavian run was an attempt to becloud and con­ fuse the identity of Robin Line, and thus made the ship-by-ship petition a neces­ sity. The SIU's position was simply Qiat Ir­ respective of amy transfer of title, the ships ^had not changed, ttie men aboard them had not changed and the nature of, the operation had not changed. The only thing that had changed was the ownership. That, the SIU said, did not Justify de­ struction of the job rights of the SIU and its membership by arbitrary action on the part of the new ownen. When the Labor Boanl upheld the Sea­ farers' job rights by caliing for an elec­ tion, Curran's vituperation exploded like so many Roman,candles. "It is criminal," he fumed, "that a govemmi nt agency will team up with bankrupt union officials..." What he really meant was that his raid had failed. Six months of pressure on Seafarers had failed to break the SIU majority on the ships. Seafarers had stuck to their jobs grimly despite the pressure, the wheedling and the enforced separation from home and family. Desperate by now, Curran renewed a last-ditch attack. Personal messages from Curran went out to Seafarers, on the Robin Line ships offering them "'im­ mediately" ... "full book membership In NMU, without Initiation fee, /md with all rights and privileges." "You will be entitled to benefits under the same rules and regulations as apply to any other l^MU member," he burbled. Here Curran was deliberately lying in an attempt to deceive the Seafarers. Un­ der most maritime union contracts, sen­ iority is established as part of the terms of the agreement, and Curran could not give anybody seniority-unilaterally. What he had failed to say was that any Sea­ farer who. accepted such ~ membership would receive the equivalent of C-card shipping status in the NMU. He was lying when he intimated that NMU membership books would give Robin Line men any kind of seniority. The Robin Line SIU men's reaction to Curran's pitch showed that they'knew the score. First off, they enjoyed superior Tbu, vh» ara aaployad on board ROBIg LIRE ablpa, hava had an apportunity • within tha past sionths to got to know what mro can do for Its nesibars. Seafarers saw what NMU can do for its members, as Curran leaflet sug­ gested, and then voted for SIU. The NMU contract was credited with big assist,in SIU victory. wage and working conditions under the SIU contract. Working under an NMU pact meant less take-home pay and in­ ferior working rules, which they ob­ served first-hand while the MooremackNMU contract was in effect on Robin ships. So SIU men could gain nothing under an NMU contract—they could only lose the' advantages they enjoyed under the SIU agreement. And if NMU won the Robin ships, SlU men would have the option of losing their jobs and any futurechance for employment in Robin, or else losing their seniority and welfare plan seatime credits by joining NMU. ^ By ac­ cepting Curran's offer" of membership, they also, kne y_ they would have to start in NMU as besdnners, unable to compete on an equal basis with other experienced men, and only eligible for employment after ail the experienced NMU men had refused to accept an open job. They would also h'ave to begin from scratch to accum­ ulate seatime toward welfare benefits. Accompanying the burble was an en- Itmik-aMtte Seanen Refaiinte SU Twtiks Crews on Ex-Robin Ships Start Landslide to NMU SICM rrantk efforts to get Rvbln .ridpa hu droppad ths ipond* of OTOii 100% loyal SIU back u>iilru4:ts covering the meiqbon to • now low. eight «tii|i.s formerly operatNMU officiab in all porta re­ Lin* provid* un- NMU haa informed kit SIU men .aboard that they ean 'atay aboard andi If they wish, aaaka appUeation for NMU mamborahlp. All port that Ineraaaing numbara of replaeementi callod on the ahf SIU aaan art refistering in NMU through halla. At the aama time SIU i r Clipping from Seplember 12 NMU "Pilot" mads obviously false claims in light of ; election results. Story clqimed "over 80" Seafarers had switched to NMU. On contrary, qt least two NMU men on ships voted for the SIU. Lasf ditch effort by Curran, when raid was already doomed to defeat, was "cer­ tificate" personally signed by NMU president and delivered to every Robin Line Seafarer. "Certificate" promised "full membership" in NMU free of initiation fee.. graved certificate, signed by Curran, with the individual Seafarer's name typed in, offering him full membership in the NMU. (See illustration, above, right). Curran's desperate bid at this late date • (November) contrasts sharply with the NMU "Pilot's", proclamation of Septem­ ber 12 that "CREWS ON EX-ROBIN SHIPS START LANDSLIDE TO NMU." The story went on to say that "At last re­ port over 80 SIU seamen with seven to 18 years seatime had filed application for NMU membership." (See illustration, bottom left, this page). Conceded SIU Loyalty In the January 2 "Pilot" Curran pulled a complete reversal of this claim. He not only conceded that SIU men went solidly for their own union but he com­ pletely overlooked his earlier pitch about the 80 SIU men who supposedly had swung over. (Illustration below, right). Instead, he made a feeble attempt to coyer up NMU men's votes for the SIU. Actually, the two void ballots referred to In the "Pilot" were SIU ballots, which would have given SIU 22 votes,- with only 20 Seafarers aboard; the other two votes being NMU switches to the SIU. At the same time that Curran was tak­ ing steps to deprive Seafarers of their SIU welfare 'and seniority rights, (Jurran complained ^at the elections would "dis­ rupt the operation of industry-wide pen­ sion, welfare and vacation plans." In the November 7 "Pilot" under the head­ ing "SIU LEGAL MOVE PERILS SAILORS' WELFARE PLANS" the NMU paper said, "If the board approves this SIU tactic it will wreck the hard won pension and welfare structure of the sea­ men." This assertion is another outright lie. There Is nothing to stop Mooremack from paying into the SIU Welfare Plan for crews under SIU jurisdiction, just as R now pays into the SIU Pacific District Welfare Plan for crews on Ita west coast shipa and as it does to the NMU Welfare Plan on NMU-contrkcted ships. The Cur­ ran complaint is simply a cover-up for -what he was doing to the rights of Sea' farers. LaboPs View On Raids Curran further implied that the labor movement was disturbed about the SIU's -peUtion, with the NMU 'Tilot" of De­ cember 5 asserting "LABOR WILL FIGHT ROBIN UNE RULING." The assertion was created out of whole cloth, for on the contrary, the labor movement takes a dim view toward raids such as the 'NMU's on Robin Line. A recent AFL-CIO ruling in a similar situation un­ derscores the attitude of the labor move­ ment oh these matters. In This particular situation the Steelworkers Union represented two plants out of 79 ia the sheet metal fabrication industry in the Akron, Ohio, area and the Sheet Metal Workers Union repre­ sented the other 73 plants. When the Sheet Metal Workers took economic ac­ tion to bring" the remaining two shops under its jurisdiction, the matter was brought before the AFL-CIO. A committee consisting of AFL-CIO President George Meany, George Harri­ son of the Railway Clerks and Joseph Beirne, Telephone Workers, brought in a finding that since the Steelworkers had a collective bargaining contract with the two plants dating back to 1946, compel­ ling tt^se plants to terminate such a con­ tract to bring them in with the other 73 establishments was a viplation of the AFLCIO cuiistitution. The decision cited Sec­ tion 4, Article IH of the AFL-CIO con­ stitution which, in the words of the committee report "protects the established collective bargaining relationships of all affiliates." So much for the NMU's claim that "Labor Will Fight Robin Line Ruling." •As of this writing, the NMU ra^d has failed miserably with Seafarers and NMU members both voting SIU on seven of the eight ships. The NMU's desperation in seeking "to cover up the loss was re­ flected in its outright lie in the last "Pilot" concerning the vote on the Robin (Continued on page 15) . •51 Garbage Disposal I SIU Lies on Robin Vote :i| -A Among other misinformsthm in the last "Sesfsrera' Log" was the claim that two NMU members voted SIU on the ROBIN TRENT. Voting on the TRENT was as follows: SIU had 20 members in the crew. All voted. SIU wound up with 2« votes. NMU had 17 members aboard. Two NMU votes were challenged. Two votes were voided. NMU woond up with 13 votes. Conclusion: The voting on the TRENT, as on all other Robia ahipa polled, was entlrdy on the basia of union membership. SIU members ap­ parently felt (he best they could do to express their feelin)^ about being part of a "iseparate bargaiuing unit" — ia the face of threats by their officials — was to get off. January 2 "Pilot" vainly attempts to oxcuse-NMU men's votes for SIU and admits SIU men 'were solid. Two voided votes referred to wore SIU votes. • V . 1! 1 ;il -I �Collecting does, patrolmah on ship or oshore In port writes out a receipt and puts a stamp in book. One copy of receipt goes to Seafarer. Dues receipts are mailed to headquarters from all ports twice each week. Receipts are tallied ana entered on individual IBM record cards. Each week a master list of duet records for all Seafarers is tevised ' and brought up to date Of an IBhi duet record run. The tooted leaf sheets go into a master booh, copies of which go to outports. ' IBM Gear Keeps Tight Check On Dues Records • The SIU's use of electronically-operated business machines is playing an increasinglyvital role in the accumulation and maintenance of accurate accounting records for Union dues and other financial data. Copies of all dues receipts, three ihonths, an up-to-date quar­ The increasing use of such equipment by the SIU in re­ whether written aboard ship or in terly revision is mailed to all outcent years, with its virtually any SIU hall, are sent to head­ ports. In the event a Seafarer made a foolproof features, reduces reliance quarters twice weekly where they on "hand-made" records which are are entered on individual IBM dues payment in one port and his book subject to human error. It is record cards. Once every week, is checked in a second, port there especially useful in the SIU be­ the up-to-date dues record of every is a double proof of his dues stand­ cause of the nature of the Union ^eafarer is run on a master IBM ing. One is the Seafarer's dues re­ operation in which Union dues are dues record run: The machine does ceipt which he should carry in his collected on hundreds of ships and in-a few hours what it would have book at aU times; the second Is In ports on all coasts. The I3M taken weeks to do by the old hand the IBM dues record run. In cases Up-to-date revisions of the I^M dues run for the entire membership machinery accumulates all these transcribing methods, to say noth­ where* the payment mi^t have ore mailed to the outports every three months so that outports as records and information from all ing of the huge clerical force that been made a few days earlier and the outport Jias not yet received over the country and then collates would have been involved. well at headquarters have accurate records. and tabulates them mto a running The loose-leaf sheets on which its quarterly revision, it is eai^ for record. the dues record run is entered are the outport to get an up-to-date The IBM dues record run is an bound up in master dues record weekly check. That can be done indispensable tool in every SIU run books, copies of which are simply by -teletyping headquarters. port and acts as a double check on available in every SIU port. The The up-to-date weekly IBM run dues receipts and dues stamps in weekly revisions are entered into books adjoin the headquarters tele­ Seafarers books. the headquarters record," and every type machine and an answer can be given in minutes. With aU that, it is stiU helpful for every Seafarer to carry his receipt. For one thing, the receipt makes it possible for records to.be checked, more quickly. Another Important reason for carrying receipts is that The United States Supreme tered American Bakery and Con­ the patrolman making the rounds Court will review anti-picketing in­ fectionery Workers Int'l Union. of the ship cannot carry the IBM junctions issued by a Florida court The locals, many of them home record run with him;\80 oh hoard against the Hotel & Bestaurant locals of the expelled union's of­ ship the receipt is the only proof Employees Local 255. Twelve hotels ficials, have a total membership the patrolman can check until he in Miami and Miami Beach had of more than 35,000. One of the gets back tor the Union office. Be­ securbd the injunctions from the group is Local 84, Newark, NJ, the tween the two parallel systems— Dade County Circuit Court barring home local of AFL-CIO Sec. Treas. the Seafarer's receipt and stamp picketing. The Florida State Su­ William F. Schnitzler. The local, in his membership book, and the preme Court upheld the injunc­ largest unit of bakery employees IBM record run, the membership hiter-port teletype can be used to double-check on records. Here tions and ruled that organizational in New Jersey, voted unaminously is assured an accurate dues record headquarters employee checks in latest weekly IBM run for dues picketing was illegal under state in favor of the affiliation, after system. information requested by an outport.' * law. The union's petition to the Schnitzler reported to the member­ Supreme Court contends that the ship on the events leading up to Florida ban may bar concerted the expulsion of the Bakery Work­ action that is allowed under sec­ ers Union -at the AFL-CIO con­ tion 7 of the Taft-Hartley Act. vention. The international, Schnit­ zler said, became the victim of-a t With the use of atomic-powered submarineg now proving practical, English scientists are In a 3 to 2 vote, the NLRB has dictatorship under the presidency opdered the reopening of the case of James Cross. Cross is presently experimenting with the idea of a^l00,000-ton nuclear-powered submarine oil tanker. against the Darlington Manufac­ under an embezzlement indictment The engineers who are experimenting with the idea believe that siich a submarine, travel­ turing Company which liquidated in Illinois. ing fai^ beneath the waves. rather than bargain with the Tex­ experiments with model subma­ because harbors do* "not have the 4 4 tile Workers Union. An NLRB The AFL-CIO Government Em­ could attain a speed of 50 rines at the seaplane building plant facilities to berth them. examiner had found the company ployees' Council, representing 22 miles an hour, nearly twice of Saunders-Roe, Ltd., on the Isle Underwater carriers are not a guilty of unfair labor practices in unions whose members are em­ the speed of the world's fastest of Wight The models are put new concept in the maritime in­ closing its plant and throwing 500 ployed by the Federal Govern­ ocean liners. A submarine oil through tests in a 620-foot-long dustry. But the problem of air for workers out of their jobs after they ment, has launched a drive to win tanker would be'free from surface tank. The main concern is to de­ the conventional oil-burning ma­ vote.d in favor, of the TWU. But he" pay increases. The council ah- drag, wind resistance, wave motion termine the best type of hull, one rine engine limited any progress in would not recommend back pay nounced that it would also seek and other forces which cut down designed to cut down on surface that field. With the development since the company,was cut of busi­ legislation making the increases re­ on the speed of surface vessels. resistance. by the US Navy of nuclearAnother advantage to the use Although progress is reported in powered plants capable of pro­ ness. The union offered proof that troactive to September, 1957, when " the, company was one of the Deer- the President vetoed the last Fed­ of submarine. tankers apd cargo these tests, problems are cropping longed underwater trips without iiig, . Milliken & Co. chain and eral pay increase. William Doherty, vessels is, that they could travel in up' with other aspects of the pro­ surfacing, and use of a < small sought to have Roger Milliken a chaiman of the council and presi­ any kind of weather, and in any gram. One of the main obstacles amount of fuel this difficulty has party to the suit. dent of the Letter Carriers, de­ waters And would also have a would be the dry-docking of a been, overcome. clared the Government. must act great miUtary advantage during huge submarine tanker while load­ According to the Mitchell ex­ • . 4" 3^ i I Thirty-six locals of the expelled quickly to restore the morale and wartime. ing and discharging its cargo; As perts, a fleet of .sub supertankers Bakery Workers Union have voted efficiency of US employees. The Mitchell Engineering, Ltd., of it^ is, most siurface supertankers "could be fully cohipetitive Witlf toaffiliate with the AFL-CIO char- outlook for action is favorable. England, Is conducting extensive have to unload into smaUor vessels existing tanker fleets." 'H LABOR ROUNB-UP British Study100,000-Ton Sub Tanker �( IT. IMt ' - .- •YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Seafarer's Gnide To Better Bnyiog By Sidney Margolixu TV'Hospital'Bills Mount rauEtrm, SEAWAMMKS XQg Seafarer ReseueA Fire Victims Seafarer Anthony Skillman put his Maman'i gkOli to good lut last week, hurdling baclc« yard fences to get to a neighbor's fire escape and rescud a mother and two small children from their blazing Brooklyn apartmrat. A thrce-month-old baby was lost in the flamesL Now an AB on the Kathr]m,t Skillman .wound up with u mild case of smoke poisoning. He was hailed for his heroism by It Isnt the Initial cost of a television jget that hurts these days. It's two New York daily newspapers in the repairs. Dr. Persia Campbell, New York State's Consumer Counsel, 1 front-paged photo with the be­ reported over a year ago that various authorities estimated the cost reaved family. Four years ago, he was hurt In of TV repairs at $14 to $40 a year per set. At 1959 prices, the esti­ mates would run $15 to $43. The higher figure seems more realistic, a dramatic rescue of a shipmate en as it assumes replacement of antenna and picture tube once every five route from Sto Juan to New York years. on the Beatrice. Skillman injured Legitimate TV service Is expensive enough. But there Is also a his back and right side on April fringe of -high-pressure organlutions which tend to advertise low 18. 1953, as he hauled chief mate service call rates but build up charges through devious methods. One Conrad Nllsen to safety after Eastern chain, for example, will notify its servicemen to "make today Nllsen had been knocked uncon­ a $20 day." That means the serviceman must try to get $20 for each scious by heavy swells coming over job. The charges of such gyp outfits have no real relation to the ac­ the bow. ~ The latest Incident arose In the tual cost of repairs, but defend on whatever quota the service depart­ home of longshoreman Harold ment has to mtet that day. Another deylee of gouging firms II to have three prices for all johs, Hammer when a candle held by as $14, $19, and $22. If a customer seems sophisticated or suspicious, Arthur Hammer, 9. set fire to a window curtain. The younegter the repairman will charge the lower price. In Detroit, wage earners complained to their union about a firm was trying to fetch a dress for his which advertised In the local edition of "TV Guide" a charge of only sister Mary, 6, and was using the $S.99 a call Including all parts and candle to set into a closet. Helen, Seafarer Tony SkiUman, shown with hit wife, Catherine, after 1953 lab»r. Ironically, this -firm adver­ the infant, was trapped In her crib rescue of chim mole on Beatrice, again was Johnny-on-spot in sov* tised. "Protect yourself from the when the flames spread. Unable to reach the baby. ing Brooklyn firs victims lost week. TV repair gouge!" One working woman reported she actually paid Hammer herded the rest of the $52.49 for a two-year contract family to the rear second-floor fire which supposedly gives free parts escape and tried to get to the baby replacement, ^lus $3.95 for each again. He collapsed as firemen call up to six, and no charge there­ arrived. Meanwhile, from a nearby build­ after. Even though this was higher ing on the same block, Skillman ttian the firm had advertised, what saw the smoke and rushed out to aubsequently happened was even help. He hopped over two back­ worse. On her first call, a man yard fences to reach the fire escape The price of a haircut increased far more than that of a came out and worked on the set, leading from the Hammer apart­ man's suit over the last t«i years and the cost of going to a . charging her $6.93 Instead of the ment and led Mrs. Hammer, Mary hospital or riding on the subway jumped over 1(W percent agreed-upon $3.95. But the set was and Arthur to safety. Firemen worse than ever. Nor did a second brought the injured Hammer out since 1947. That's what the call improve it. The woman finally but were unable to'do anything for findings of a survey by "For­ were a close second with a 113 tune" magazine show on cost percent jump. Haircuts were next called the store that bad sold her the baby. of living essentials over the period on the list showing an Increase of Skillman has been a member of the set. It was fixed for $5. 69 percent in price. The customer tried to get back the SIU for the past 12 years, 1947 to 1957. According to the article, hospital "But 'not everything' has gone her down payment on the contract. sailing in the deck department. His The service, outfit instead threat­ wife. Catherine, is a former SIU rates had the greatest Increase, up as much as the workingman 114 percent, while transit fares thinks," the magazine said consol­ ened to sue for the balance. Her union local's attorney advised her headquarters office employee. ingly. The pr^ce of television sete not to pay, and to let him know. If the firm actually sued. As far as dropi>ed 21 percent as a result of the union knows, it never did. mass production, while eggs de­ One reason families get Involved with gyp outfits is that they look creased 22 percent. for low labor charges. In 1956 the New York Consumer Counsel asked 500 people what they considered a fair charge for labor in fixing TV Also noted in the findings wae sets. Over three-quarlffrs felt $S an hour or less would be fair. that the cost of furnishing a house In contrast. In a survey of servicemen themselves, about threeincreased only eight percent while fourths considered $3 to $4 to be fair, assuming the serviceman charges that of renting one climbed 43 per­ list price for parts. Ninety percent of the replies were in the $3 to cent. The price of men's clothing NEW YORK—SIU Assistant Sec.-Treas. BUI Hall ridiculed increased $5 range. ^ more than twice that of Since that time, because of rising costs, it would be fair to add on the "phoney statements" of the NMU about the Robin Line women's ' clothes. A • man's suit about IVi percent In a survey last week, this reporter found manu­ election in his report to the SIU headquarters meeting. They jumped one-third in price while a facturer service departments now charge $6 to $8 an hour. . woman's dress Increased only 13 are unable to dispute the fact, This department's own estimate is that a labor charge of $4 to $5.50 percent. he said, that six out of the would be In line with the market, depending on local conditions. To seven ships voted are back Food cost Increases ranged from many drage-eamers earning under $2.25 an hour, this seems high. The under the SIU banner. As the 16 per cent for meats to a high 51 fact that you must pay a minimum Of $4-$9 Is an especially bitter pUI membership knows, they got the percent for bread. Doctors' fees, when you see that sometimes .the repair took only ten minptes, . other vessel because a number of they said, took a 39 percent jump. - Travel Charges Mount Seafarers were fired off her and re­ Even the price of a movie or news­ ' But the rate must include transportation costs and time, shop and paper went to new heights. Movio placed by NMU members. equipment expenses and other overhead. Trying to find a low labor admissions are now 32 percent service charge lets you open for hidden gouges. Also, a really skilled There was a good turnout for the higher than they , were In 1947 serviceman may solve problems faster than one less skilled, at a lower Christmas and New Year's Day din­ while newspapers increased 47 per­ TOKYO — Sixty-four "pleasurefinal cost. cent. palaces" in Nagoya have been ners, Hall said. Manufacturer service departments claim that Independents who closed It was a good shipping period as part of the enforcement charge $4 to $4.50 tend to make up low labor charges by charging of .Tapan's new law requiring all for A seniority men in this port. more for parts. This is not necessarily true, but does sometimes hap< such of business to shut There were 17 vessels paying off, Pick Up 'Shot' pen. The sharp operator every family must guard against is the firm down places by April 1. The closing of three signing on and five in-transit that habitually pulls sets out to repair them In the shop. ships during the period. Although Card At Payoff Michael Kaleda, television engineer who trained servicemen for a the Nagoya gay white way was ac­ the Jean Lafitte (Waterman) laid Seafarers who have taken the companied with dismissal notices ' leading manufacturer, advises that almost all sets can be repaired In to up, the Kathryn (Bull) came out 275 girls plus severance pay series of inoculations required the home. At least two national service managers similarly say 85 per^ of temporary lay-up to even that ranging from $2.78 to $50 depend­ for certain foreign voyages are cent of the sets can be repaired in the home. Kaleda says the most score. frequent service calls merely require replacement of one of the re- ing on length of service. Vessels paying off were the Bea­ reminded to be sure to pick up Tokyo's own section of ill repute, trice, Elizabeth (Bull); Seatrain edlTlng tubes. their inoculation cards from tho Unscrupulous firms also build up fees by replacing parts still In the Yoshiwara, has been shutting New Jersey, Texas (Seatrain); -working condition. They sell them to other people. An honest service­ down over a period of several Morning Light, Jean Lafitte, Wild captain or the purser when they man always leaves the old tube or parts, even wom-oUt antenna- months, but skeptical observen Ranger, Gateway City, Azalea City pay off at the end of a voyage. pointed to a number of new bars (Waterman); Alcoa Partner, Run­ brackets he may have had to replace. ' The card should be picked up There Is a definite hlgh-prlclng In parts. New picture tubes are list- and dance halls that have sprung ner, Pegasus (Alcoa); Steel Chem­ by the Seafarer and held so tl^t priced from $21. to $117. A typical tube for a 17-inch set Is about $50. up in the same period as evidence ist (Isthmian); Robin Mowbray it can be presented when sign­ Receiving tubes list from $1.50 to $7.30, depending on the type. A that the law will have little perma­ (Robin); Almena (Pan-Atlantic); ing on for another voyage where typical widely-used type as the No. 5U4G- lists at $2.80. Actual^ It nent effect -, Mankato Victory (Victory Car­ the "shots" are required. The would cost $175-$225 to buy all the replacement parts for a small set The national law against prosti­ riers) and the Cities Service Balti­ inoculation card is your only you could buy brand new and assembled for $125^150. tution was passed at the urging of more (Cities Service). proof of having taken-the re­ Servicemen blame manufacturers and distributors for the high cost women legislators In the Japanese The Mankato Victory (Victory quired shots. of parts. They themselves get a discount of 50 percent on receiving Diet as part of a feminist drive Carriers). Steel Chemist (Isth­ Those men who forget to pick tubes, 35-40-percent on parts, and about 25^ percent on picture tubes. toward equal Jdghts for Japanese mian) and the Robin Goodfellow up their inoculation card when They elaiin they need this in additfon to the labor charge, to cover ex­ 'women. Approximately 180,000 (Robin) signed on. The lu-translt pense of picld^ up and stocking parts. Some people In the larger girl-sans will be affected, and the ships wer^ the Bents Fort (Cities they pay off may find that they cities will buy the picture tube • themselves -from a semi-wholesaler feminist iMders are concerned Service) Steel Recorder (Isth­ are required to take all the and have a ssrvlceifian install It. A scrupulous serviceman will install about the government's failure to mian); Seatrain New Jersey (Sea­ "shots" again when they want a pieture tube If you want to pick It up, although ho would prefer to retrain the girl-sMu iof earning a train); Maxton (Pan-AUantic) and to sign on for another such voysell it to you. ; . , j legal living. the Grain Shipper (Grainfleet). Hairoits, Hospital Fees Top Living Cost Boosts Top Seniority Men Have little Difficalty Gettii« NY Berths •M Nagoya's A 'Dead' Town 1 �SEAFARERS -•'•'••Vi-''.'' Trg''/-• > IPG Jiununr 17^ 198t This is th* third of • sorios on American : ,. - > v~ .- trade unions to appear in the SEAFAR• v'f. ERS LOG. The-series, will present.; a ":f-.••••cross-section of America's trade unions;'^.';'J,i^f®^|.^v,r and their membership.,;; "> wi^- •'Cc^ -' • ;•, vV;- UAW-Auto, i gi|||||||l||i|pi liiiliiilliii Tlia UAW. originally colled the United Aiifemobne Worfcen, was formed by representatives of 7.500 automobile workers In April. 1935. Today It has 1,320.000 members distributed among 2.800 local unions In 21 gOogr^lcol regions. The 375.000-strong General MotOn bloc Is the biggest, with other major companies under contract Including such giants ~of--lndus^ as Ford. Chrysler. Bendix. Glenn L. Martin. North American Aviation. Douglas. United Aircraft and many large farm machinery plants cis well, such as intem^lonal Harvester. All told. UAW deals with over 4.000 compcmles. The union's official publication "UAW Solidarity" Is published every Week In Mveral regional editions. Heading the union is Walter Reuther. who was an active orggnbor In UAW's earliest days and has been president since 1946. He Is also heed of the AFtClO's iRdustrial Union Deportment. H^dguarfers eve maintained In "SajldorIty House" in Detroit. Symbol of union's success, Solidarity House headquarters, stands on what was once Ford property. Building at right was Edsel Ford's home. It is also occupied by the imion. ' I V--' 1 .- ^ >... 'w:... Ifi/''.: I " •"( Done in modernistic style, UAW headquarters houses union administra­ tive offices and more than two dozen divisions dealing, with various fimctions, including education and community services. PACE-SETTER in Americim .labor for.many years by ^ir4ue Of its size, militancy and strategic position in America's major industries, the UAW prom­ ises to make more labor history. this year. A special convention ' called for next Tuesday will con-^ sider a bargaining program which is sure to include a breakthrough in a new bargaining area. Al­ ready the auto giants are preparing to go into tlie pit with the union ^ in what may be another in a series of titanic struggles in the industry. Such battles have been common­ place in the union's history, includ­ ing now-historic events such as the 1937 General Motors sit-down strike; the four year battle to or­ ganize Ford which ended in a con­ tract in June, 1941; the 113-day 1945-46 walkout, which compelled GM. to open its books aiid gave birth to the cost-of-living clause; the 100-day strike in 1949 which .completed the j^ensioii program hi the industry., v At the same time, UAW had to fight an internal battle with the . Communists and their allies who : saw the giant union as a tempting prize in their drive to control American labor. The electioh of Walter Reuther to the' presidency of the UAW in, 1946 was a storm warning to the Communists and one year later their influence was stamped out. Subsequently Reu­ ther, as president of the CIO, played a major role, in bringing about reunion with the AFL and establishing the AFL-CIO as the home for all of American labor. At present, the union is engaged in one of the bitteres't battles in its history, the , nearly fourryear old strike against -the Kohler Com­ pany of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. But strikes and fights are far from the whole UAW story^- Poli­ tical action has been one Of the union's watchwords and its mem­ bers have been in the thick of many a political campaign. The roster of offices.in its headquarters tells part uf the story—organizing^ community services, community relations, safety, education, fair practices^ white collar organizing, research, recreation, radio, a iyom-i en's department and Wany others. .^1 these activities reflect the um ion's, concern with its member^ ship's problems and those of the community at large. bv'" ifr if y'ji:' ft • ^ I ^,'4 rUl?'- ^ _ . , with giant auto firm employees majting ui automation taking oyer on the assenaibly line, UiJ^W is countering the threat to Jobs with demand for basic changes in bargainibgr , ..vo, ''' �Hamatr ITv U5t SiAffAttSfnSr tioc Pare inn* VT'ir.- •r^-'^-. •'•.-.•'i-i - ^ Ford cops gang up on Richard Frankensteen, . UAW organizer in lamed 1937 "Battle Of The ' Overpass," Ford siirrendered four years later. Sifdown strikers like these In Flint General Motors plant, 1937, won union's first GM con­ tract, firmly establishing the union. Auto body is lowered onto chassis In final stages of assembly-line operation. "Big Three" con­ tracts alone cover 225 plants all over the nation. Pickets warm hands during 100-day 1950 Chiysler strike for a pension plan. It was last major auto industry strike. •• Kohler pickets wore masks after company's tear gas and gun arsenal was exposed. .-SI m :.;|j • '-I • I-, '.1^!: ca^p Is one phase of community and rwreational activities for mem- . i: Reuther (1) and Frinkensteen show effects bers and their children. iPensionera $^ye cpniprehensiYe recreati^ by.Ford ^'service" mem �SE^AFARKRS Jmmn Vl, IMS LOa Tramps En^size Bulk Cargo Rise In Aid Plea t. H. I . WASHINGTON—Pointing to a further decline in Ameri­ Decembmr 25 Through January 7 can-flag ships' share of US foreign commerce, the tramp RggUtarfdl ship operators have opened a campaign for Administration Port iMW. OMR Stew. Telel Vetel support of their subsidy pro-> A Boston ....: 8 9 *2 IS 14 Department went on record as posal. The tramps Tu:e asking New York 63 18 17 60 8 54 43 177 220 Maritime Administrator Clar­ critical of the existing subsidy pro­ Philadelphia 8 4 4 7 3 ' 8 20 1131 ence Mor«e to give his support to gram which not only limits sub­ Baltimore 43 20 8 20 30 102 7 89 137 sidies to liner operators but also a long-pending tramp bid for oper­ Norfolk 11 4 9 9 19 20 9 9 38 to a specific'segment of the liner Savannah ating subsidies. 9 0 6 4 0 9 4 20 24 trade. The Department and the Tampa 11 1 17 6 8 6 49 18 86 The American Tramp Shipown­ SIU are both recorded as support­ 276 .29 . 4 89 19 74 18 ers Association, in their bid to ing a broader approach on sub­ Mobile New Orleans 94 48 47 10 16 149 34 103 Morse, cited figures showing that sidies. Lake Charles 13 6 9 8 7 29 14 29 50 American-fiag vessels carried 20.2 A number of bills have, been Houston 31 80 17 13 18 11 6 66 96 percent of alT US waterbome for­ offered from time to time propos­ Wilmington 6 3 6 5 0 9 11 25 14 eign commerce in the first seven ing subsidies for tramp operators. San Francisco IT 8 24 7 21 9 15 77 62 months of 1957. 29 14 19 18 .4 15 95 36 59 One bill pending was offered by Seattle •js. Shm. Stew. Tetel TeM 'Tetel The decline is the direct result Rep. James Byrne (Dem.-Pa.). It Total of the growth of bulk c{\p{o trades would offer a tramp operator an .. 324 2M -128 109 249 301 8^7^ over the last several years and the operating subsidy whenever he Shippgd monopoly of this trade by foreign competes with foreign-flag bidders Pert Deck OMk IM Ifnfl. •M. Stew. Stew. stm. Tetel flags. As a result, almost three- for contracts. A • A Boston ..... 3 2 •••••••« 1 0 0 0 0 0 quarters of the nation's foreign 6 Nevr York .. 65 7 13 7 49 42 • 196 27 9 9 192 commerce consists of tramp-type Philadelphia 2 0 3 0 0 4 0 • •• • 5 9 14 9 0 cargoes, the association said, with Baltimore ......... • • • • 39 7 25 7 7 1 23 83 4 21 7 111 such cargoes as iron ore, bauxite, Norfolk .I• •sa 1 0 2 4 t J 2 1 4 .6 2 12 gypsum, chrome, manganese and Savannah ........... 9 11 2 7 1 1 . 26 2 2 8 3 31 sugar predominating on the import Tampa ............ • • • • 3 3 6 2 0 0 1 9 1 6 1 19 side and coai, wheat and scrap on Mobile 1 15 • •• • 6 2 0 4 2 27 1 9 1 33 WASHINGTON—Two SIU Pa­ the exports. 4<L New Orleans 7 29 34 10 0 9 22 8 109 11 142 With liner-type vessels carrying cific District lumber cairiers that Lake Charles ...... 7 7 14 7 6 2 28 18 0 0 43 19^ 11 4 0 Just 26.5 percent of cargoes and normally are limited to domestic Houston ........... 4 4 39 6 0 18 48 0 0 0 • •• • 2 0 2 0 1 9 0 0 tramps carrying the rest, the trade have been giyen Govern­ Wilmington 0 9 0 • • • •. 8 0 9 0 12 0 29 0 39 0 tramps argue that the system of ment permission to go into foreign San Francisco 3 3 Seattle 8 • ••• 1 4 3 0 0 0 19 7 22 confining subsidies to liner opera­ cargo service. DMfe stew. Stew. Stew. Tetel Dw* Siir Y*T^e. juj, The Mary Olson and George Ol­ tors only Is totally unrealistic. A A • Total 43 216 6 144 54 1» 47 iS 522 144 84 700 They point out that the 1936 son, operated by Oliver J. Olson & Merchant Marine Act provides for Co., have been in service between Despite all forecasts, SIU shipping nose-dived to^a low of 700 jobs dispatched duripg the "the creation of an adequate and northwest lumber ports and Cali­ past two weeks. But the built-in protection for profe'ssional seamen under the SIU's senior­ well-balanced merchant fleet. In­ fornia. cluding vessels of ail types to pro­ The company received permis­ ity system enabled 522 class A mm to ship out and 34 jobs that could find no A or B takers vide shipping service on all routes sion from the Maritime Administra­ essential for maintaining the flow tion to carry the Canadian portion were filled by metn with class"^ of foreign commerce of the United of available cargo in addition to C seniority. American lumber, since the lumber States . . ." The period was such a fluke The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades trade extends to Canadian ports. that the best shipping- was in the steward department, reversing the usual trend, and most of the class C Jobg were in that department; Registration was generally off. also. Four ports escaped the overall decline, the worst in ten years for a two-week period. The last com­ parable report was just before the Whatever you need, in work or dress Korean War, in March, 1990, when gear, your SiU Sea Chest has it. Get top shipping dropped to 803 for all quality gear at substantial savings by buy­ ports. In more recent tinies, Just ing at your Union-owned and Unionthree years ago, the low was 899. operated Sea Chest store. Savannah, New Orleans and Wil­ mington were the Mo that actually Sport Coats showed improved activity since the Slacks previous report, but since Wil­ Dress Shoes mington shipped few Jobs in that Work Shoes period, its rise was insignificant. However, New Orleans and Savan­ Socks nah held-up weU. Mobile, stiU Dungarees slow, remained the same as before. Coast Guard helicopter hovers over deck of Bents Fort to pick up Frisko Jeens All others fell off to some degree. oiling Seafarer. This photo and shot on page one by Seafarer CPO Shirts The current situation is not UkeJoseph Lewalien won him a $75 award bom company magazine. Dress Shirts ly to last, despite the industry­ Sport Shirts On-the-spot photographs not only put the amateur photog­ wide cargo slump, since large Belts numbers of ships met delays reach­ rapher to competition with the professidnal, but can also Khakis ing their scheduled ports during bring to extra pocket cash as to the case of Seafarer Joseph Ties the period due to the usual Atlan­ Lewalien. Sweat Shirts tic storms at this time of year. Lewalien, an AB on the Other vessels are coming out of Cities Service tanker Bents magazine, the Bents Fort was at T-Shirts lay-up as Government-sponsored Fort, made good Use of his camera sea after leaving Puerio Rico, Shorts about two days sailing time from cargo movemgnts increase. BrieU during a recent sea rescue opera­ New Orleans, when Quinn'was re- . • According to the seniority fig­ tion by a Coast Guard helicopter ported in need of emergmicy atten­ Swim Trunks ures, class A jSBs rose to 74 per­ of stricken shipmate Seafarer tion because of an acute ear infe04 Sweaters cent of the total, while class B and Donald Quinn. Sou'westers tion. A ladio message for help wai C activity fell off to 21 percent and Going up to the aft part of the sent to the US Coast Guard sta­ Raingear 5 percent respectively. New Or­ bridge^ Lewalien took dramatic tion at New Orleans. Caps leans, which held up best through­ color photos of the helicopjer hovWriting Materials out the District, shipped one-third ering over members of the crew- ". . . It seemed 'no time at all' Toiletries of the C Jobs. In turn, seven ports as they attached the rescue basket, before a Coast Guard-helicopter Electric Shavers shipped none at alL with Quinn in it, to a line from the was hovering over the Bents Fort. Radios The following is the forecast 'copter, and another of the whirly- Below, on the catwalk, assigned' port by port: Television bird clearimr the vessel with the members of J;ha ship's crew were! in readiness vdth the patient, messJewelry Boston: Fair . . . New Teck: basket before haiUing it in. man Donald A. Quinn. A few min­ The photographs appeared in the Steai^... Phiiadeipliia: Good •. • Cameras utes the helicopter was awi^! Balttmdre: Good ... Noifolk: Slow Cities Service publication "Serv­ from later luggage the ship, with the ailing sea­ . . . SavSacab: Fair . . . Tampa: ice," and there is a f7-5 check wait­ man fortelly suspended'in air." Fair ... Mobile: Good . . . New ing for Lewalien for sabmitting Quinn was quickly hauled up OrieauM Gfl^ .-. . Lake Chades: the photos, which be can get by Fair . , . Hoiaston::Oood . . /Wll- contacting Industrial Relations and in less than an hour was re^^ ; ceiving care at the Publio Health- -' mlngttoil: Slow . <. San Franciaeo; Manager Susaell Brandon. Aeoording to the stoiy in the Service HoN^ltal at New Orlea^] Fair ... Seatllat Fate. J s iT Olson Ships Broaden Run Jij |:^ Your Gear.. for ship . Ik-'-.'-- I r-; ,fe..-: r;\. • k. ..—/'(A, -.•(. 'i':, for shore SEA CHEST •4 • g CS Ship Pix Worth $75 To Seafarer �/ Jaiiufy If.If18 ,n\ V'.- ...•.t SEAFARERS 'ly,•. .'i Men At Work' Pace Elw^ »» IPC Japait Seds Arab Oil Concession; Offers 56% KUWAIT—Offering special, inducements above the usual 50-50 profit split, an eight-man delegation here now is dicker­ ing to gain imdisputed off exploration rights for Japan in the Neutral Zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. and Bahrein Island in the Persian The Neutral Zone is a buffer Gulf. ' area separating part of this oil- The Saudis have already granted rich sheikdom from Saudi Arabia, the Japanese a concession to ex­ and is about midway between Ban­ plore an offshore field in the area. dar Shahpur, Iran, on the north. Each country can give different companies exploration rights In the same area, and is assured an equal share of the profits if oil la found by any of them. Should tha Japanese also win a concession from Kuwait, they will have the area all to themselves. However, Kuwait has suddenly Alvah F. Bunts grown "reluctant' on the deal. In­ Contact your wife at 4005 Cha­ dicating that stiff bargaining's tham Rd., Baltimore 7, Md. ahead. A 56-44 royalty split favoring 4) « » Saudi Arabia was reportedly ac-: Charles Kinnke It is important that you get in cepted by the Japanese to assure touch with your niece, Mrs. Lydia them . the * concession from that Evanco at 1119 Louisa St., New country. This is somewhat higher Orleans 17, La. She has some^in­ than the 50-50 split under which Aramco and other companies oper­ formation for you.' ate. Efforts by a state-owned Italian Henry G. Cordes Contact Erie Sodergren on the concern to win an oil concession in Iran were apparently blocked some SS Rion. months ago by other oil interests in the area, although it would have J. B. Dyess Your gear from the Topa Topa meant a highly favorable 75-25 is being held by the Railway Ex­ profit split for Iran. The same press agency In New Orleans. Con­ Italian outfit last week claimed it tact them to make arrangements was also thwarted from getting a concession in the Saharan oil fields to hpve it seqt to you. through pressure brought on Libya J, 4by American firms. Claude Pritchett Although the age of atomic Please get in touch with your father at 22 East Tab St., Peters­ power is already with us, the era burg, Va. He is very anxious to of oH diplomacy is apparently far from over. Union-wrecking forces have decided to make California an hear from you. t t t example by driving for a state "right-to-work" law in 1958. Charles Lynsky One key candidate in this year's race for the California Get in touch with your mother, governorship is openly advocating a "Work" law as a means Harriet Lynsky, at 12655 Martha of winning the State House now and the White House in the St., North Hollywood, California. near future. It concerns your dog, McArthur. Most people know that the backers of these laws are not 4" 4" 4" really interested in anybody's "right to work," only in their Ernest Puras own "right" to decide the terms of his employment. In states Would you please contact Rasswhere such laws have passed, they have meant lower wages, ner. Miller & Roth, 20 S.E. First More companies are resorting to inferior working conditions and little job security. Secretary Avenue, Miami 32, Fla., or the firm strikebreaking provision of of Labor James Mitchell pointed this out himself in opposing of Peterson, Pozzi & Lent, 901 the the Taft-Hartley Act to break Loyalty Building, Portland 4, Ore­ a national law of this type. unions. Only recently Bryant Still, there are those who have never reconciled themselves gon. Heating Co. of Tyler, Texas, fol­ 4" 4" 41 to the fact that trade unions and their members have con­ lowed the lead of O'Sullivan Rub­ William C. Solomon tributed greatly to US industrial growth and therefore de­ ber Company and held a repre­ Herbert G. Wilson serve an increasing share in its profits through higher wages Personal papers are being held sentation election among its strike­ and benefits for workers and their families. And California for you at headquarters. Please breakers. Under section 9 (c) (3) of the labor is keenly aware that if the anti-imion forces can ham­ stop in or make,arrangements to law, only strikebreakers are eli­ string union activity in their state, they'll be hard to stop have them sent to you. gible to vote for union representa­ in every other state in the US. tion, while striking employees, no John Price Since California is not only a major industrial area but a matter how many years of service Please contact Kitty Kitchin, key maritime state as well, SIU men everywhere have a they may have had with the com­ 1173 Atlantic Ave., Camden, New vital stake in this fight. Seafarerj and other AFL-CIO union­ pany, are not entitled to cast a ists had a taste of it when they won repeal of the Louisiana Jersey. ballot for the union of their choice. t if. law in 1956, the first time this had been done in any state. This applies to "striking employees Keith Donnelly Political action through registration' of labor voters, oldContact your mother immediate­ who are not entitled to reinstate­ ment.'.' fashioned doorbell ringing and an intensive public rel^ions ly. Very urgent. As was predicted by the O'Sulli­ campaign are the weapons. California labor and all unions van election, the Tyler strike­ can use to win this fight. Traditionally progressive California breakers voted 183 to 4 against Moving? Notify Auto voters know that if union wage and living standards col­ Workers Local 888. In the lapse, everyone will inevitably be affected by the crash. SIU, Woifare O'Sullivan vote. Rubber Workers Seafarers and SIU families Local 511 was decertified as who apply for maternity, hos­ bargaining representatives of some One of the paradoxes of US industrial development is the pital or surgical benefits from 3b0 workers although the strikers had voted for the union as their apparent fact that full employment has seldom been the Welfare Plan are urged to representative with only two dis­ keep the Union or the Wel­ achieved except in time of war or war mobilization. While fare Plan advised of ' any senting votes. this disclosure may give some comfort to critics of free changes of address while their In his address to the AFL-CIO enterprise, no one can write off the problems of nearly four applications are being proc­ Convention, President George million , US unemployed today.essed. Although payments are Meany reminded President Eisen­ Repeated assurances from Washington that the safeguards often made by return mail, hower of his promise to work for built right into our economic system would bar another '29 changes of address (or illegible a change of this section in his cam­ crash offer little solace to the jobless and their families. For­ return addresses) delay them paign speech in 1952. "You must agree," Meany wrote tunately, the joint efforts of the labor movement and pro­ when checks or "baby bonds" the President, "that the sort of gressive lawmakers produced imemployment compensation are returned.' Those who are union-breaking I have related here moving or plan to move are laws and other forms of temporary security that help some­ advised to Immediately notify (O'Sullivan Rubber) should no what, but barely enough. SIU headquarters or the Wel­ longer be sanctioned, encouraged The new Congress has a duty to give some consideration fare Plan, at 11 Broadway, New and invited to recur by our coun­ try's National Labor Relations to this problem, as ttiuch perhaps as with-funds for anti- York, NY. Act." misiiile missiles and other nation^ security matters. » Hub Wants Clear View On TV Set BOSTON—^There was a big dis­ cussion at the last meeting over a motion to purchase a new televi­ sion set for the hall hsre. It was generally agreed that the other set was too old and beyond repair. The motion, under new, business, was seconded and carried and is now under consideration by the membershipA The usual tanker trade com­ prised most of the business in the area during the period. One vessel, the Pan Oceanic Transporter, Icept the patrohuan busy as she hit port three times in the two week pe­ riod. The Council Grove (Cities Serv­ ice) was the only vessel paying off and signing on during the period. The In-transit vessels were the Bradford Island, Royal Oak (Cities Service), and the Steel Chemist (isthmian). Doldrums Hit San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO—It was a bad period for the men on the beach here"t:s only a handful of ships hit the port during the holidays. 'There were no vessels signing on during the period, and only one, the Maiden Creek (Waterman), paid off. In transit were the City of Alma, LaSalle (Waterman); Grain Trader (Grain Fleet); Steel Architect (Isthmian); Ames Vic­ tory (Victory Carriers) and the -Ocean Deborah (Ocean Trans.). - a. I'M Breaks Strike At Texas Plant Jobs And Sputniks It.! nr'-rl �Liberty Crew Has Own ^Sputnik* "Sputnik III" is already orbiting around the world, though the Russians probably don't even know about it yet. • The latest "sputnik" is the parrot mascot on the SS Nati<Mial Liberty, which has winged its way (only figuratively)|| froni Brazil to' Poland, and is -nS/S Nfttional Liberty now en route home to New Orleans with the ship. The bird got Its name when steward Pete Loieas picked him up on the last trip into Maeapa, Bra^. The National I,iiberty's latest voyage was behind the "Iron Curtain" with a load of grain for Gdynia, Poland. Although celebrated at sea, Christmas '57, proved to be a fes­ tive one, graced with two menus Instead of only one. "One was for the stomach, and one for the soul," according to ship's reporter Jerome A. Prodey. The soul-filUng bill of fare Is reprinted, right, and It's hard to know which one had more Impact For the record, the culinary offeitog for the holiday comprised a choice of five entrees, eight vege­ tables, two soups, four appetizers, sevep different cakes and pies, plus pudding, cookies. Ice cream, as-i sorted candles and nuts. . "We believe we had one of the finest holiday dinners ever had on an SIU ship," Prodey declared. Sp^lal praise was added for stew­ ard Loieas and "a very good crew from Captain Atkinson on down." Ctinsftmasf illentt Grace Conscience, Clear Kindness Good Cheer Tendn- Memories Charity, Served with Discretion Peace Truth Long Life (Filled with Usefulness) • Hearts of Courage (A Large Portion) Affection Happiness Sweet Thoughts Best Wishes for Absent Friends Good Health Ropcpduclioii o( on* of th* two holiday menus offered to oil hands on the National Liberty. Tho traditional on* with all the caWies was rated tops, too. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Northern Run By M. Dwyer Lean against the rail, my lad Feel the salty spray; We're in for a rough and rugged trip. For many a stormy day. When the rvind blows cold, A man feels old. While he stands his watch at dawn; Still, he'd not change this for any­ thing, • To a seaman's life he's sworn. Whistle me up a memory. Whistle me back. Where I long to be; With a lass with a smile. And a gleam in her eye. Like the brightest star In the great northern sky. With skin as pure. As the ice we'll see; And a love as deep As the bottomless sea. Steward Pete Loieas (right) introduces "Sputnik lit," ship's mascot on the National Liberty. George Schinidt, AB (looking on), seems to think the wdiole Idea is for tho birds. SIU HAH DIRECIORI SIU, A&e District Come now, lad. The night grows cold; Let's hit the sack. That's where dreams unfold. BALTIMORE UIO K. Baltimore St. Earl Sbeppard. Asant EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON .....976 State St. James Sbeehan. Agent Riciimonit 9-0140 HOUSTON 4201 Canal St. Robert Matthewe, Agent Capital S-40B9: 3-4080 LAKE CHARLES. U UW Ryan St. Leroy Claike. Agent Hanlack 66744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2^1754 Editor, SEAFAkERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG — please }ut my name on your mailing ist. (Print Information) MORGAN err* 013 Front St. RICHMOND, Cidf....816 Maedonald AT*. SAN FRANCISCO 490 Harrlwm St. Douglas Beaes SEATTLE WILMINGTON NEW YORK 909 Marina Ave. Terminal 4-3131 079 4th Ave.. 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St. - c CApttal 3-4336 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Phone: Woodward 1-6837 OULUTH 621 W. Superior St. Phone:. Randilpb 2-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO ..:. 3261 E. 03nd St. Phone: Essex 9-2410 Wacosta Offers Robin Waicome our U8PH8 hospitals ajjiw. At ths sama tima, I want to heartily thank evatyont on tha night shift at Saattla who Tm Oi* BeUon helped me get my rriease in Upon retnrning to th« Statot to get home to my father from • rough and •tormy voy­ time In his hou^ of need. age, we on the Wacosta received seamen wherever ttiey are the. best tidings and Christmaa ihbold write their appreciation present we could possibly re­ to tha LOO and help us keep ceive during the last festive our hospitals . open. They are season. life to ail of us and wa need This was tha news that Itobln them badly. Line crews will again be pro­ Andrew A. Franklin tected by the top provisions of SS Fairport our SIU contract. The tremend­ ous favorable response of th* letters To The Editor All Idlers to th« editor for publication in tha SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be 'signed by the writer. Name* loill be toithheld upon Mguest. RobinsLlne men, including sev­ eral known NMU members, to the-SIU, demonstrates that wo have the best in maritime that any onion, can offer. The men on Robin ships who belonged to the NMU and the SIU had the chance to compare not only the provisions of the existing contracts, but also the methods of operation of the two unions with regard to protecting their members. The resulting vote proves^that the NMU has nothing better than the SIU to offer the Robin men.' .3 We, the crew :of'the'Wacosta, wish, at this time, to offer our compliments- and gratitude to our officials for making it pos­ sible foisthe Robin men to again come under the protection of the SIU. V/e wish to reaffirm our. confidence and fidelity in their leadership. May we con­ tinue to advance and progress. To the men of the Robin Line ships, welcome back to the STU fold. We appreciate your sacri-^ fices in enduring the NMU con-' ditions which you were forced to live under during the time NMU had the Robin ships. To all the membership, bur wishes for a very happy and prosperous new year. Rugene Ray ^ Ship's delegate ^ t \ Urges All-Out Hospital Fight To the Editon. I would like you to print this letter of appreciation for the US Public Health Service hospi­ tals, 1 was admitted to the USPHS .hospital in Seattle on October 2 for an eye operation. On Oc­ tober i I began to have muscle spasms in my back and had to take treatments on my back for 35 days. My eye operation was then postponed. * On November 9 at 8:30 PM I received a message from my home in Bakersfieid, Calif., that my father was in critical con­ dition. F immediateiy asked one of the nursea if I could by some, chance get a release to go home af once. She had me call the train depot to see how soon I could get a train out. I called, and the train was due out at 10:45 PM. I want to say that be­ tween the night nurses. Dr. Morrei add the cashier, I had my re­ lease and was on my way home by 9:15. I say to you that every sea­ man should stand by and help Boston Hospital Halls SIU Aid Te the Editor: December's movie menu here ac the Boston marine hospital fell on December 6, 19 and 27 with "Jim Thorpe, Ail Ameri­ can," "Many Rivers te Cross" and "Laura"; giving ouB patients outstanding' entertainment for the month. . The patients' favorite enter­ tainment is movies. They -can at times appear quite indif­ ferent to the program sclieduied, but they are always inter­ ested in what and when the nei^ movie is. It is, therefore, difficult to adequately express " the appreciation and gratitude of our patients. However, yoR my rest assured that sincerity > goes with our thanks to your Union for highlighting Decem­ ber's programming. * We also wish to take this op­ portunity to wish the Seafarers' Union the very best of New Years. June McGuire Director of Recreation (Ed. noie; The SIU Welfare Plan provides for regular show­ ings of movies the Boston hospital and USPHS, facilities in other ports.) 'i) ^ t " Offers Thanks For SIU Assist To the Editor: -I would like to express my deep and sincere gratitude to the Mobile branch of the Sea­ farers International Union for the kindness and sympathy shown me after the recent death of my husband. Charles K Spencer. I also want to express my ap­ preciation for'the klndand sin­ cere letter from Union head­ quarters in New York as well as the SIU welfare benefits check. Thanks again to all for your kindness. Mrs. Charles E. Spencer % Brightwell Files Reply To Story To tho Editor: I have Just finished reading the account In the LOG of my difficulties with Raymond J. Arsenault. The article quoted in the LOG from the "Houston Pre^s" does not truly represent the facts as they actually, ex­ isted immediately prior to the time of my difficulties with iiny brother seaman. Upon advice of my lawyer I cannot answer this slanted arti­ cle with the true facts, that will be proven by disinterested wit­ nesses at my trial. I sincerely trust that my brothers in the SIU will give me the benefit of the doubt, until ths true facts can be proven in court and probably for the bene­ fit of Ihe membership. I earnestly request the editor of the LOG to publish this let­ ter iii the next issue of the LOG. Walter Brightwell '• 11 "41 �H» ItSS tTIIL ADVOCATI (ItHimlan). II Clirtfiwaai A. skrlawlMU Sacrataryj W. Janklni. New dalagata alact*' ad. ntp'a find 1146. SuagaatloB to build fund by maana of anchor poOla. Report accepted. Watcjr fonntaia to be repaired. Slop Cheat to be opened aranr Sunday avealiig: ateward agreed to open it any time for convenience of crew. New mattreaaee to be dlatribated among crew aa per liat drawn up laat voyage. Waahing machine to Iw turned off when not in uaa. CHOCTAW tWaterman), Nov. 9— Chairman, W. Lewis: geeretary, J. Katsos. No beefs. Sen. Magnuson's letter re: keeping hospital open in Savannah posted. Sliip's fund $5.14. New delegate elected. Washing maehino to be repaired. Nov. 19—Chairman, H. Paschang; geeretary,--i. Katsos. Bosun left ship in Yokohama. Two men missed ship SEAVABEttS Few hours disputed ot. Report ac­ cepted. Motion to have meeting once a month. ' Quiet to be observod in w^^sKfl'l during meal hours. rleki Secretary, none. Some disputed ot. See patrolman about ot rates for taking out shifting boards from holds. See patrolman about ice boxes—two boxes out of order for lack of gas. Request installation of stainless steel tops on galley tables and pantry. Re­ quest name brands of soap powder. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for Job well done, especmlly fine Thanks­ giving dinner. Repairs to be nudesee patrolman about same. OCEAN DINNY (Marltlmo Ovartoat), Nov. 17—Chairman, E. Thompson; geeratary, R. Farnandax. Repairs made. New delegate elected. Ship's fund t»JU. No disputed ot. No beefs. Electrician to take care of new iron and see that it is returned after use. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Dec. It—etwlmun, T. James; Sacretary, P. Winfleld, Jr. Good trip. Lost two men in Alexandria. One night's lodg­ ing disputed; beef to be taken up with patrobnan in NY. Report aceepted. $1 to bo contributed by each nun toward ship's fund. STIIL VINOOR (lathmlan), Aug. S —ChalmMib J. Smytha; Secretary, C. DImn. Requeat draw for NY. Shlp'a fond SS7A1. Dlaeuaclon to improve night lunch. Steward to put out more night lunch. Fruita. eggs. Bsh. etc. to be served every night for night lunch. Nov. 34—Chairman, R. Seckinger; Secretary, V. Orencle. Vote of thanks to delegate for cooperation. Repair liat turned in to dept. heads. Crew reminded to pick up abot earda. All beefa to be handled through rcapective delegatea. Shlp'a fund $14.90. Cabinet to fib installed In meashall for deserts. Ask that company pro­ vide separate dishes and. silverware for foreign personnel who are 'fed on ship. Steward to purchase better grado of bacon: replace old mat­ tresses. Discussion on use of per­ colators. Hen paying oil to turn In all linen and clean foc'sles. Vote of thanks for men who held delegates Jobs daring voirage. ' ALICR BROWN (BleomilbM), Nov. 14—Chairman, W. Wandolli Socrelsry, S. Rothschild. No major beefs, every­ thing in fair shape. Reports accepted. Discussion on soap—agreement calls for I.ava but pumice soap substituted: lamb used as main entree; Bavarian red cabbage used with roast loin of pork—will try to omit lamb aa main ARMCNK (NJ Industries), Nov. 1»— Chairman, A. Resko; Secretary, J. Sirtllvan. Repairs to bo made, decks, foc'sle. messroom to be sougeed. Take minor beefs to delegate. One man mined ship. Treasurer elected. Re­ port accepted.' Laundry in bad shape, no hof water line to washing ma­ chine. General cleaning of foc'sles and passageways. ObserVo quiet in messroona and passageways. Ship's list very bad. SI per man to bo col­ lected for ship's fund. Nov. IS—Chairman, J. SulUvant Secretary, A. Reasko. Hot water line to bo put in wash room. Need new washing machine. • OIL MONTR (MItsJ, Oct. 4—Chair­ man, J. Chastalni Secretary, J. PIcou. AU beefs set^ed. Ship's fund SU.2S. Motion to keep same meeting ofldala for entiro trip. New secretary-reporter elected. Screen doors to bo locked while In BrasU ports except the one near gangway. Suggestion to pay for chances on pools and cokes at each draw: suggestion to see about ahrimps and beer in Paranauga for a party, PORT HOSKINS ^CHIOS Service), Oct. 19—Chairman, C. Ross; Secretary, R, Alston. Soma Insdlo painting and repairs being done. Shlp'a fund $6.34. Reports accepted. New delegate elected. Dec. S—Chairman, C. Olbbs; Secre­ tary, W. Berth. One man missed ship. Ship's fund $12.40. Some men to leave Ship this trip because of ship­ ping clause. Report accepted. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for fine Thanksgiving dinner. One broken fan.-' Washing machine to be cleaned after use. DEL MONTE (Miss.), Nov. .10—Chair­ man, J. Ctiastaln; Secretary, J. PIcou. Repair list turned in. Two men missed ship, rejoined. Ship's fiind $110.47. Little disputed ot. Reports accepted. Request more variety of cold drinks, fruit: steaks served more than once a week; poor feeding com­ pany is putting out.. All performers to be turned* In to patrolman. Vote of thanks to galley force. JEAN LAPITTE (Waterman). Nov. i —Chairman, J. Touarti Secretary, L. Mayers. Vote of thanks to steward dept. Crew enjoyed a fabuloua Thanksgiving dinner. New delegato elected. Three men missed ship. Ship's fund 927.80. Purchased steam iron. Reports accepted. Few minor Items squared away. VARA (WafomMn), Nov. 14—Chali^ man, J. Howarlbj Socntary, C. Burns. Safety meeting, held. Repairs being •aade. One nun wlseaA ship la Yokohaaaa. One nun hospltallied. Ship's fund-S14JS. Some diluted ot. New dMegato blocted. Scu^r to bo re­ paired In pantry. Veto of thonbi to steward dept. ROBIN SNIRWOOD (RaMn), Nov. 14—Clulrmgh. J. Brooka; Sacretary, -W. Kohut. Soma disputed ot. Kvcrything runalng smobthly. Ship's fund A11.46. Moiubors warned to be careful ed their behavior. Voto of confidence to delegate for the magnificent Job on this trip. AMES VICTORY (Victory), Nov. 13 —Clulrman, J. Tanner; Secretary, L. Plerson. Some repaira not completed, to be checked with patrolman at pay­ off. Shlp'r fund $6.79. New delegate elected. ALCOA CAVALIiR (Alcoa), Dec. 9 —Chairman, J. Mullls; Secretary, -M. Fabricant. One man aick. Movie fund reported, one movie lost. Report 'ac­ cepted. New delegate elected. Safety delegate reported on accidents and . suggestions. SEAMAR (Calmer), Dec. •—Chair­ man, N. Peine;^geeretary. J. Rlchcn- berg. Ship in good ihape. One man asked to get oft ship because of mis­ conduct and drunkennesa and not per­ forming his duties. Agent notified. Deck engineer injured leaving Tortland and had to leave ship in Astoria. Ship's fund tlO, One man abort. Dis­ cussion on the making of coffee. Everyone pleased. No beefs. AN6ILINA (Bull), Nov. 11—Chair­ man, D. Hubbard; Saeratary, W. Walsh. One man left Alp. To be reported to patrolman. Mats to ha contacted re­ garding covers removed from ven­ tilators not replaced until 11 days. Delegate to aea about tuning in Aip'a radio to receive newt hroadcasta. Beefs not to he dlacussvd In messrooms or alleyways. Dae. 1—Chairman, D. Hubbard; gee­ ratary, C. Ward. Sample of water taken at Sagunto, Epaln. to be ana­ lyzed In American port. Number of crew members affected to bo reported to capt. Coataetad radio eperamr re­ garding tuning in news broadcasts. Dmilad. Few hour* disputed ot. To contact ataward for a better variety of night lunch inacka. Covers not to be removed from ventUaters. Coop­ eration requested la keeping laundry In a more sanitary condition. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for a Una Thanksgiving Day meal. 2 'Seasick' Bulldozers Head for Last Round-Up A couple of 20-ton bulldozers that lived up to their name almost stampeded their way out of the No. 3 hold on the Wellesley Victory befbre they were literally hogtied and cor­ ralled. "Since they were built for selves through the side of the ship. land, these big 'dozers must "It was Quite a sight seeing the have gotten seasick or something cowboys trying to lasso these because they decided to take a monsters and everything else we walk for themselves late one after­ noon at sea. They worked over everything in the hatch until some 'cowboys' with steel cable lariats roped them and stopped them from charging around," said ship's re­ porter Richard Gelling. Pedro Villab'ot lends a hand When the Weilsley left New behind the bar to mix up a York for tlib Persian Gulf it was few cool ones on the Del Sud. a little light "and as usually hap­ He- was assisting bartender pens when we sail with only a Curley Liles during the cap­ partial load, we ran into rough tain's party. Viltabi^t ships weather almost the first day out," Gelling noted. By the third day, regular y as smokerDom stew­ what with the weather and the ard. noise of the bulldozers rumbling i^und, the mate "took his life into his hands and went down the escape trunk to see what all the commotion was about. "He didn't stay long. Up he could lay eur hands on to conral catne like a shot and it was all them and teep 'em penned up. -If hands turn to. The buUdozers had we had to put a name to this little worked over five new Fords that adventure. It might be 'The round­ were in the same hatch and had up of the mad bulldozers' or The "Flattery will ^get you no­ left one only about three fe«^ wide. big game hunt at sea.' Besides, where" seems to be the by­ Now they were trying to break those new cars are too big and fat word among Seafarers on the out by making a door for them­ anyway," he added. supertanker Orion Planet. Despite the skipper's comment 'Sea-Spray V By Seafarer "Red" fink that they were the best erew he had ever saiied with, the SIU gang doesn't feel it has to give the offi­ cers first crack at the SEAFARERS LOG when copies arrive aboard. Their feeling on this score pro­ duced a special meeting resolution calling on all erew-members to keep the LOG eirculating among themselves until all had read it. Only then, they said, could topside have a look. Apparoitly the arrival of the LOG had caused ruffled feelings on occasion when some of the offi­ cers tried to latch onto a copy or two before the crew got them. The competition for a leisurely reading of the LOG can get mighty intense aboard ship, even In the presence of other desirable reading matter. As if to softoi the blow, and in acknowledgement of the captain's genSrous tribute, the crew resolved to keep the Planet "a Union ship in every way, as it Is a long voyage and it'B important to get along with each other." i^gar F. Armstrong Is the ship's delegate. 'Not those kind of shots, wise guyl* 4 Planet Draws The Line On ^Togetherness Urge Trial Run To Save l-lves. eg NORFOLK (Cltlak.gervle*), Nov. 3—Clulrman, A. McCullum; gacratary, P. Hammal. Ship's fund $38.40. To see eapt. about the food Aortage and food used on board Alp. Delegate talked about Itama whlA steward posted In galley for cooks. MesshaR to bo kept clean. Vote of thanks to steward depL for a Job well done. PRODUCER (Perni.), Nov. — Chalfw man, W. J. Bonthoff; gacralary, T. Lena. C^ew quarters to be painted and Incka to be fumtghed. One key to be given to man In foc'sles, and will be given to mate when going ashore. Few hours disputed ot. Secretary' re­ porter elected. Bosun's shower and bath to be Aared with ch, cook and baker. A good crew. Smooth sailing from now on, we hope. No beefs. ALCOA POLARIg (Alcoa), Dec. 1— Chalrmait, J. H&mon; gacratary, J. gaxon. Laundry to bo cleaned by each dept. TatzoliaaB to see capt. abont aouverdrs, Aargei, ate. Need elarlflcatlon aa to oSlcera* meal hours, cleaning duties, overtime, etc. Rooms Ad passageways need Mtigeelng. -I ALCOA ROAMIR (Alcoa), Dec 9— Chairman, B. DaBautts; Baeretsry, C. SlambuL Onu man paid off. Beef •bont alectttelaaa* bathroom hetng locked. FeuLhour* fiMpntad ot. Mo­ KATHRYN (Bull), Dae. S—ChalP- tion to Aange aMOttag hour In NY niali, H. Beckerj geeretary, M. ga­ haU from S PM to S FM. Btaward to leoka. See jontrolman about hot obtain pomlatMr to my ttmo la wator In ahowors. Bhip'a fund SUU maklBE ,''"Vf Bottoms Up! • LONOVIRW VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), Nov. 3*—Chairman, N. Mer- ROBIN gHERWOOD (Robin), Nov. 94—Chairman, J. Brooke; geeretary, W. Kohut. Some disputed ot. Ship's fund $11.46. Reports accepted. Crew warned about performing on board and behavior. One case discussed and decided to write headquarters. Vote of confidence for magnificent Job given to delegate. In Yokohama. Shlp'a fund $3.14. New delegate elected. tOG Seafarers on the Andrew Jackson watch a demonstration of fire-fighting techniques at dockide in Cavens Point, NJ. Safety inductor "Smoky" Batzer (in coveroHs) shows how to handle smoke mask jleftl end looks en as erewmemben practice now to shift injured man from deck into stretcher bosket (rigii^ Ship's dele^:e P. P. Lopez, who sent In the photc^ said the demonstrotion wos weK-worth. the tmo Qnd IrouUe ond woidd be. mefel «• oil ships. �S^EAEAMns VtiG Old Sol Makes Dekiit Paper Salutes 'Hardy' Seamen To the Editor: Thou^t you would like to see the salute to the men of the sea in an editorial that appeared in our local paner. The "Times Record," of Troy, NY on 'De­ cember 28, 1957. The following was the text: The Men of the Sea "Complacent in our warm autos, riding a- few miles back and forth to work, lounging in our homes, most of us give lit- Picture-faking was the first order of business on the only day of sun­ shine encountered by the Jean Lafitte en route to Japan recently. Making the most of the welcome change (I to r) were Wong, deck engineer; Bill Chomyack, OS; John Mac, OS; JoJo Touart, DM, and Arty Furst, wiper. Photo by Sam Joseph. 3 H I VSPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. William Bargona James Hudson John Bigwood Edward Knapp Claude Blanks Antoine Landry Charles Cantwell Leo X.ang Antonio Carrano William Lawless L. Carrasquillo Isidore Levy Richard Carello Michael Muzio • Thomas Caylor Winford Powell Alton J. Clement Allan Ritchie George Curry William Rooney George Flint Wert Spencer Benjamin Foster ..^^drew Stauder AdeUn Fruge Nicholas Tala Charles Gedra Gerald Thaxton Leon Gordon Lucien Therlat James Hand Juan Vasquez - Henry Harrison James Ward Charles Hazlett Francis Wasmer Hayden Henry WiUiam Williams George Hobbs Clifford Wuerti John HoUaday Jacob Zimmer George Huber GSPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Allen Boone David Miller " Ben Bone Timothy McCarthy Francisco Bucno Walter Orr David Caldwell John Ossman Gorman Glaze Murray Plyler Antonio Di Amiral Robert Parker" Clarence Gardner Eugene Roszko Frederick Harris Alexander Rever Clarence Johnson Joseph Roll Walter T.- Jackson John A. Smith Daniel Lippy George Woods Edgar Marquardt ^ Paige Watson John Maaslk USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. William Powers James Patrice USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY B. Freeman L. Rhino H. Rowe H. Simmons A. Pisani M. Gaudio W. Stevens M. Chapman B. Hayes J. Reyes C. Anderson R. Lopez N. Kataul I. Seiger J. Destacamento P. Robertson B. Peters P. Liotta O. Adams H. AU L DeNobriga J. Davies Be Sure To Get Dues Receipts Headquarters again wishes to remind all Seafarcrli that pay­ ments of funds, for whatever Union purpose, be made only to authorized A&G representa­ tives and that an official Union receipt be gotten at that time. If no receipt is offered, be sure to protect yourself by immedi­ ately bringing the matter to the attention of the secretary-treas­ urer's office. J. Thomson W. SwUley S. Odegaard J. Matthews V. Costellefo F. Ayers R. Weir P. Seidenberg J. Valentin USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN. NY Manuel Antonana Frederick Landry Eladio Aris Patrick McCann Fortunato Bacomo Archibald McGuigan Joseph J. Bass Leo Mannaugh Melvln W. BaM Albert Martinelll Juan Denopra . Vio MUazzo J. P. Destacamento Joaquin Minis John J. prlscoU C. Osinski Fabin Furmanek Q. A. Puissegnr Odis L. Gibbs Winston E. Benny Joseph M. GiUard G. E. Shumaker Bart E. Guranick Henry B. Smith Everett Haislett Michael Toth Talb Hassen. Harry S. TutUe Thomas Isaksen VlrgU E. Wllmoth Claude B. Jessup Dexter Worrell Ludwlg Kiistiansen USPHS HOSPITAL SAN fRANCISCO. CALIF, R. H. Graf G. Aanensen W. Watson C. T. Nangle D. Tselekis C. Owens L. Ready W. A. Oswinkle A. B. Ismail J. H. Berger B. Bennett L. A. Wilkersott C. Y. Chuan 8. Barras R. L. Gresham USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS B. F. Deibler John C. Palmer James R. Hodges Harold J. Pancost W. E. Orzechowskl August J. Panepinto SAHORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Victor B. Cooper VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON. TEXAS John P. Williamson USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENN. Charles Burton EASTERN SHORE STATE HOSPITAL CAMBRIDGE. MO. Thomas R. Lehay VA HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Thomas W. KilUon MONTEBELLO CHRONIC DISEASE HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Francisco Bueno USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. G. B. Dunn A. W. Sadenwater R. E. McLeod USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Elmer B. Frost Wim# C. Sanders Jlmmle Littleton Theodore Smith Fred Mmer W. D. Warmack James T. Moore George W. Wilson USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS R. J. Arsenault R. J. Henninger Donald K. Fishet Louie HoUiday USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. George R. Trimyer Letters To The Editor All letteri to the editor for publicotion-in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. tl'e thought to the men of the sea. These hardy sailors hrave the storm-tossed waters of the northern hemisphere during winter with as little concern as we cruise the Hudson in our outboards in .July. "The nature of their work was dramatifally Illustrated over the weekenld when two freighters (both foreign-flag.—Ed.) sank in a North Sea gale. The entire crew of one vessel, 28 men, ap­ parently perished. Fourteen from the other freighter were rescued. ' "We remember once a Decem­ ber voyage across the North At­ lantic. When our huge freight­ er put into port it had to go to drydock for repairs. An angry sea, we found then, can wreak havoc. That's why we have the utmost admiration for the men of the sea who give their lives, . and have done so since the start of ocean voyaging, to bring na­ tions the goods they want or to take -them where they want to go. They deserve a salute." James J. Breen Movie Operators Local 29 lATSE&MPMO, AFL-CIO 4 t ,4. Norfolk Dinner Made Big Hit To the Editor: Members and their families who had the privilege of attend­ ing the SIU New Year's dinner served at the Puritan Restau­ rant on Granby Street in Nor­ folk wish to comment favorably on the prompt, courteous and efficient service rendered. The waitresses were alert, providing the kind of service rarely found. They didn't Just do a job but took pains to sat­ isfy, ass'.iring that many of us will go back there again and again. They deserve a big hand and our most sincere gratitude. The most pleasing part of all was that each diner had his' Jkaiurr 1T» t»8t choice of the various mekls be-. More On-The-Job ing served; all of which were well prepared and very tasty. Sfudy Advised L. B. Bryant Jr. . To the Editor: ^ J am trying to obtain some Baltimore Cook sample tests for fireman, oiler, cook, AB and 3rd mate so the Is Rated 'Tops' fellows here at the hospital can To the Editor: know what to study for these When one considers the holi­ exams. Perhaps you can run day menu% we've had, it's no some of this material wonder crewmembers on the LOG from time to time.in the Cities Service Baltimore have good idea might be been loud in their praise. Even to Another have complete sets of books the old man stopped in the gal­ for the various ratings in the ley to thank the chief cook. SIU Sea Chest and the slopDid we say chief cook? We chests ship. I know should have said chef, for any­ quite a aboard few fellows who tried one who has sail^ with Juan to get'these-types of books, but L. Pagan knows that he can something always happened compete with any shoreside ashore and they never got them. chef. Of course, Juan has If they were in the slopchest worked in several leading they would be no problem to restaurants in New Yofk and obtain. other places, but that isn't even It is always important for all. eveiy man to even get to know, Brothers, if you happen to see such things points of the crewmembers from the Balti- compass so ashethecan know not only the bearing of his ship but. the bearing of light beacons, buoys, etc. I wonder how many ordinary seamen even know thU. WalUce "Rocky" MUton (Ed. note: Samples of some of the test material are. being forwarded to you). i t Long Stay In Drydock Ends Chief cook Juan L Pagan . on the Baltimore relaxes in . foc'sle after a day in the galley. more going ashore with perma­ nent waves, you can bet Juan did the Job also. (You'd be do­ ing a good turn if you called the wagon, too!—Ed.) At one time, Juan was a beautician in one of New York's leading salons. All kidding aside, we have been treated to swell meals, . both well cooked and well served, especially when you con­ sider this is a Cltied Service tanker, not a passenger ship. Anyway,^don't rush and try to get on the Baltimore because we have found a home. What's more, one couldn't ask for a better bunch of shipmates. Your reporter takes off his hat to this crew and hopes that any future ship he sails has a crew Just half as good. Aboard the Balti­ more, one finds a real SIU ship, one that lives up to the SIU motto: "An SIU ship is a clean ship." In closing, greetings and smooth sailing to all our broth­ ers for 1958 and all the years to come. May our Union grow stronger with the continued guidance of our capable officers. L. P. Btagmann Ship's reporter To the Editor: A word of thanks to our SIU Welfare Department, now that I have recovered from, a very serious series of complications. I realize that if it weren't* for the consideration of our officials I wouldn't have been able to keep myself together. Although I was laid up for about a year and there were no lawsuits involved, it was com­ forting to be able to have constant advice from the offices of our Union's general"counsel. Miller & Seeger. My special thanks for the help and guid­ ance provided by Mr. Seeger and Mr. Abarbanel. E. A. Anderson He's Thankful For Xmas Cash To the Editor: I wish to thank the SIU Wel­ fare Department and all those who had a hand in getting the $25 Christmas bonus to us in the hospitals. It is a big help for us away froin home. I cannot express how much it means. We can be thankful that we belong to a Union that takes care of the members, especially when .they have a run of bad luck. The Welfare Department gets my vote of thanks for all the favors it's done for me and others hero in the Staten Island marine hospital. I call it a good Job well done. WiUiam M. 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(10:15 PM EST Sundop) WMM i8-18M7 KCt Australia WMM •1-11037.0 Northwest Pacific MARiTiME TRADES DEPARTMENT AFL-DiO Curran's Sermon (Continued from pegs 1) pretended ignorance on the sub­ ject of Coirnnuniom when the oc­ casion suited him. Back in 1939 Curran told • Congressional committee: . . . "I do not know what a Communist looks like." Maybe he's right at that. Maybe he didn't know that Stalin and hatchet idan Kuznetsov were com­ munists. In 1939, Curran's line was that he didn't know of any Communists in the NMU, even vdien he was asked about jnen like A1 Lannon (chief of the (Communist waterfront section), Roy Hudson, Ferdinand Smith, and others. A few years later, when he found that it war expedient to pose as an anti-Communist and to ditch 4ome of the men mentioned above, among others,- he suddenly discov­ ered that he not only knew of Com­ munists in the NMU all along, but that "the Communist Party and its members had completely forsaken their original role as fighters for progress and rank and file demo- DutchQuitShip, Hit 'Starvation' SEATTLE — A Dutch banana boat, the Cartage, pulled 4>ut of this port with a new crew after 29 members paid off charging the cap­ tain with feeding them short ra­ tions. The company flew in re­ placements from Central America and departed, leaving the crewmembers to the tender mercies of Immigration. Crewmcmbers accused Captain A. A. Gerritsma of putting them on a "starvation diet." All told, the ship had carried a crew of 47. Herman E. Cooper We regret that lack of space in this issue prevents us from printing another article In the series on the role of Herman E. Cooper in the labor move­ ment. Watch future issues of the SEAFARERS LOG. '-^1 J cracy In dUr union." (Report to NMU convention, 1947). In the last analysis, his attempt All of the follotoing SIU families have received a 1200 maternity to identify himself vdth the aims benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: of the US and the SIU wtth the Communist enemies of this coun­ Wrahk RosiweR Mitchell, bom Mrs. Thomas E. Robbins, Balti­ try is a typical piece of Stalinist- November 24, • 1957, to Seafarer more, Md. type doubletalk in which he excels and Mrs. William Mitchell, Tampa, 4 4 4 —and Curran is the last one to let Fla. Donald Henry Caldas, born De­ anybody forget it. t t t cember 10, 1957, to Seafarer and Theresa Joan Morgan, bom De­ Mrs. Manual F. Caldas, New Bed­ cember 1, 1957, to Seafarer and ford, Mass. Mrs. William R. Morgan, Savannah, 4 4 4 Ga. Kenji Paul Hoffman, bom No­ t t t vember 10, 1957, to Seafarer and Liza Yvonne Rodriguez, born No­ Mrs. Bertrand Hoffman, New York vember 30, 1957, to Seafarer and City. Mrs. Ovidio R. Rodriguez, New 4 4 4 York City. Patty Sue Hooka, bora Novem­ t t t ber 18, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. The deaths of the follotoing Seor Thomas Henry Sanchez Jr., born William C. Hooks, Metter, G'a. farers have been reported to the 4 4 4 Seafarers Welfare Plan and the November 22, 1957, to Seafarer Cynthia Ann Krisiehsen, born SIV death benefit is being paid to and Mrs. Thomas H, Sanchez, Chickasaw, Ala. November 28, 1957, to Seafarer their beneficiaries: t t t and Mrs. Kenneth H. Kristensen, Sidney Mogel, 24: Brother Mogel Louis George Vourloumls, bom Baltimore, Md. died on July 24, 1957, in New York December 2, 1957, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 City. Death was due to drowning. Mrs. George L. Vourloumls, PhilaKeith Bryant Leiter, bora Sep­ He became a full member of the relphia, rt. tember 17, 1957, to Seafarer and Union on- March 11,. 1957, and t t t Mrs. Alexander J. Leiter, Minnea­ sailed in the engine department. Arthur Clyde Witherington Jr., polis, Minn. Burial took place in Mt. Jacob born December 2, 1957, to Seafarer 4 4 4 Cemetery, Delaware County, and Mrs. Arthur Witherington, Denise Anne McCullough, born Penna, Daphne, Ala. December 15, 1957, to Seafarer and 3) 4" A) 4" ^ 4) Mrs. Kenneth J. McCulough, LevitCharles A. Eagleson, 66: On De­ Dennis Lamar Logan, bom No­ town, NY. cember 3, 1957, Brother Eagleson vember 23, 1957, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 died of a heart ailment in Tampa, Mrs. Joseph J. Logan Jr., CrichLewis Anthony Nixon, born No­ Fla. He became ton, Ala. vember 24, 1957, to Seafarer and a full member of 4" 3^ . 3) Mrs. Leonard I. Nixon, Hitchcock, the Union on Edythe Annakete Krause, born Tex. January 12, 1944, May 15, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4 4 4 and was sailing Jesse J. M, Krause, Lake Charles, Michael Edwin Parks, bom De­ in the engine La. cember 12, 1957, to Seafarer and department. 3) 4" 4" Mrs. Julius E. Parks, Baytown, Brother Eagleson Sonia Ortega, bom September 9, Tex. is survived by his "'444 wife, Anna Eagle­ 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Alfredo Garland Wayne Vincent, born son, of Houston, Ortega, Tampa, Fla. if: 4" 4" December 16, 1957, to Seafarer Texas. He was buried in the Mora­ Roxanne Marie Guiilory, born and Mr$. Floyd J. Vincent, Sul­ vian Cemetery, Staten Island, NY. December 18, 1957, to Seafarer phur, La. tit and Mrs. Calvin R. Guiilory, Luciano I. Ramos, 55: Brother Mamou, La. Ramos died on November 10, 1957, ^ 4 3>' in the USPHS Hospital, Brooklyn, Cydthia Lee Brinson, bom De­ NY. Death was the result of natu­ cember 15, 1957, to Seafarer and ral causes. He became a full mem­ Mrs. Benny Brinson, Savannah, Ga. ber of the Union on February 3, 4 4 3^ 1951, and sailed in the engine de­ Edwin E. Ritchie Jr., born De­ partment. Brother Ramos is sur­ cember 8, 1957, to Seafarer and vived by his wife, Maryblanca M. Mrs. Edwin E. Ritchie, Mobile, Ala. de Iglesias, of Havana, Cuba. 4 4 4 Burial took place in Rose Hill Karen Kay Robbins, bom No­ Cemetery, Linden, NJ. vember 13, 1957, to Seafarer and Behind The Robin Line Story (Continued fS:om page 5) Trent, where two NMU members voted SIU. (Sea news story on page 3.) Another NMU Raid b the Aobin Line raid an Isolated In•taneer Net in light of the record. In PhUadelphIa, the SIU Harbor and Inland Waterways Dlvlslwi b fighting a similar raid by the NMU against ships of the W1I» Us- tug fleet. Willis had been a non­ union fleet in 1956 and both organiza­ tions had - campaigned among- the tug erews. A collective bargaining election^ was held with the SIU getting 69 votes to two for the NMU. Less than one year later, before contract renewal time came •round, the NMU popped up with a pe­ tition charging that the union shop elause was "lUegal" and that the contract should be thrown out accordingly. This argu­ ment b an exact paraUel to the pitch used by "rlght-to-work" advocates. Thb case b stiU pending before the NLRB. After the SIU won the first four Robin ' ships and was certified as the bai^ainlng agent, Curran found himself in an ex­ posed and Indefensible position. He had premised his membership he would de­ liver the ships and had boasted how ISIU men were flocking to the NMU. To save face he started to scream^ "SIUNLRB conspiracy" and put on a show of "miUtancy." MMIM To start off, Curran put NMU picketlines around the Mooremack and Robin ships. In picketing Mooremack vessels he was hitting at the company which had worked hand-in-glove with him in the Robin deaL Curran's announced ob­ jective was to force Mooremack to defy the NLKH certification of the SIU on the first four ships. But Curran did not get the support he pbnned on. Even on Mooremack's own ships in the port of New York, the NMU picketing was ineffective, with the "New York Times" reporting, "The Mbrmacyork was worked ''by longshoremen despite the presence of the pickeb." (Dec. 21). The New York "World Telegram" of Dec 19 reported "longshoremen crossed the picketlines and continued to unload vessels.. Trucks abo passed the lines," while the "Journal of Commerce" pin­ pointed the situation when it said on Dec. 20, "the ILA's local refused to recognize a picket line . ., IVo of the Robin Line ships were able to discharge cargo . . ." Curran, of course, claimed that his pick­ ets had "frozen" the ships to the dock. NMU CrossBM NMU Line Two" days after his wild and irresponsi­ ble outburst, Curran reviewed the facts and changed hb tack. With Jongshoremen and teamsters working the ships, he put the NMU men back aboard the Robin Line ships, revealing en the waterfront the strange and paradoxical sight of NMU men working behind an NMU picket line. Meanwhile, the NMU "Pilot" attempted to explain the failure of the maneuver by referring to the longshore­ men and teamsters who had continued working as "low-hung longshoremen and teamsters." Not only was this reference characteristic of Curran's snide and irra­ tional -apprabab of a situation, it was an­ other demonstration of his inability to convey facts accurately. In short, it was typical Curran irresponsibility right down the line. The whole Robin Line adventure points up the complete irresponsibility of the NMU president as well as his willing­ ness' to take advantage of the lack of familiarity of non-maritime groups to confuse and mbrepresent a situation in which he is involved. He does not hesi­ tate to deliberately fabify in front of his own membership. Y^urran's action rules out acceptance of any of his so-called presentations of fact. Other than his customary bombast and promises of "we'll-tell-'emrwhat-they'dbetter-do-or-else," • Curran nowhere pre­ sented to the NMU membership any sem­ blance of a reason to justify his irrespon­ sible moye in the Robin Line situation. Nowhere did he present the NMU mem­ bers a case showing they were entitled to Robin Line jobs. Once again, he simply took the noisy route, and left reason by the wayside. When it b summed up, the conduct and actions of Curran in this instance are in violation of the elementary standards of trade unionism and certainiy a viola­ tion of the AFL-CIO constitution in that it is an attack on the jurisdiction and in­ tegrity of another AFL-CIO affiliate. What's more, the NMU raiding tactic placed in jeopardy the job rights, se­ curity and equity in welfare benefits of some 250 American workers on eight Robin Line ships. In calling for a collective bargaining election on Robin Line ships, the SIU was fulfilling one of its basic functions as a trade union—^which is to protect the jobs, security and economic welfare of its membership. . 4 4 4 At this point, developments' in the Robin beef are resting in the courts and the NLRB. The NMU has asked the courts to bar certification of the SIU by the La­ bor Board and the judge has reserved de­ cision. Mooremack has won "an injunction against NMU picketing of its vessels. Meanwh^e, the SIU is (mntinuing to take every appropriate action to protect the job rights, equity and seniority of SIU member| in the Robin Line. �IR..6 '• ' • SEiAFABERS^FKOG [ • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT ® AFL-CIO • US Budget Asks Funds For Af/ssv APL Vessels QUESTION: How wiit the year 1957 for you? WASHINGTON—Reversing last year's economy trend, the President's budget message Augusto Miranda, OS: It was not to Congress this week recommended construction of 18 new merchant ships, of which 11 too good a year for my family be­ cause of sickness. would be for SlU companies or operators under contract tp West Coast SIU affiliates. Between the flu The $132 million program and what not go­ would include four new cargo from 2,100 to 2,000. . Althot^ the base of Government subsidies ing around, the there are only 1,897 subsidized so that more companies could re­ liners for Mississippi Steam­ voyages under contract now, pend­ ceive Federal assistance than do doctor was kept ship, in line with the new 20-year ing applications by companies al­ now. Waterman, Isthmian and busy. But gener­ it was fair as subsidy contract the company ready under subsidy and operators Isbrandtsen are among the major ally I made some seeking subsidies would raise this operators seeking subsidy aid for signed with the Government last figure to 2,613. the first time. Renewed bids by good trips. I was fall. The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades trampship operators for'subsidy as­ a little disap-' Reduced Subsidies? Department and the SIU have con­ sistance likcudse appear to stand pointed because I did not win the sweepstakes, but A proposal for a reduced ceiling sistently pressed for broadening little chance. maybe in 1868. on subsidized voyages left the fu­ ture of pending subsidy applica-, tions by various operators up in the Chan F. Zal, AB: 1957 was a air. The President also said a fullvery "hot" year for me. Most of scale review of the 1936 Merchant the trips I made Marine Act was in progress and were in the Per­ urged stretching out the replace­ sian Gulf and I ment of the present merchant fleet had to sweat by extending the useful life of a through them. merchant ship for subsidy purposes Bet otherwise it SAN FRANClSCO=-Congressman Jack Shelley told a mass from 20 to 25 years. was good, quiet An 87-word section of the 22,000- labor rally here of his days as a sailor 30 years ago to spot­ and peaceful, just word budget message was devoted light what a proposed "right-to-work" law would mean in the way I like it. to "Water Transportation" and rec­ r did not have California. . ommended overall fund outlays of too much trouble Secretary-Treasurer C. J. HagAn overflow crowd at a San about $295 million. Besides the shipping, and managed to relax too, gerty, AFL-CIO Regional Direc­ $132 million ship construction fig­ Francisco Labor Council meet­ so can't complain about the ure, this covered $120 million for ing which kicked off the fight tor Dan Flanagan, and Council past1year. President Jack Goldberger and operating subsidies, $20 million for against a state "work" law was George Johns, also lash­ vessel trade-ins, $5 million for re­ reminded how the shipowners Secretary ed into the "work" law proposal as Jay Wolan, OS: Frankly it was a search and development, $15 mil­ "broke the Sailors Union" after a union-wrecking measure. the 1921 strike when an AB's rough year for me. I was in and lion for administrative expenses. Haggerty pointed out how back­ out of hospitals Including reserve fleet costs, and wages were $90 a month. ers of the law "think that now is "They replaced the Sailors hir­ year and had $3 million for maritime training. the time to press for passage b^ all ing hall with the Shipping Board not much of a The most hopeful Item was for cause of a few misguided officers ship construction, for which Con­ hall and wages went down, down, in our movement. But 'right-to- chance to ship gress had allotted a bare $3 million down In 1928, when I made my work' would not do one thing to out. Otherwise I last year. The President had last trip," Shelley declared, "able- clean up any misappropriation or think it was a originally asked $120 million for bodied seamen were making $45 racketeering. 'Right-to-work' is good year, but I construction, then trimmed that to a month for a double watch, four really a false issue to destroy dem­ hope I can get a ship during the $95 million and Congressional hours on and four hours off. This ocratic labor unions." budget-cutters lopped off $92 mil­ is what 'right-to-work' means. It Key campaigner for the law in next week and lion more before they were means the right to exploit the the state is Sen. William Know- make some working man, to take away his money. It's expensive sitting through. land, Senate Majority Leader In This year's fund, requests will strength to bargain for decent Washington and a Republican can­ around. cover a new passenger liner for wages and conditions ... t "This should be a crusade with didate for governor of California American President Lines, four Thomas Stratford, FWT: It was this November. cargo ships for American Mail you union members. Not a cru­ Line, two for Pacific Far East Line sade to keep unions in-existence, and the four for Mississippi, plus not a crusade to* keep Jobs for un­ four ships for Lykes and three for ion officers. It's a crusade for the Moore-McCormack. No funds were decent American living standards budgeted for a replacement for that can be won only by labor un­ the SS America. The Mississippi ions," SheUey added. In addition vessels are provided for under a to being ar former sailor, Shelley 14-ship fleet replacement program was head of the powerful Califor­ nia Federation of Labor at one SAN FRANCISCO—According to the unofficial returns in totalling $160 million. time. Recommended appropriations for the first election of officers for the Marine Cooks and Stew­ Other speakers. Including Calfed operating subsidies were increased ards Union, Ed Turner was an iasy victor in his bid for the over last year, but the ceiling on office of secretary-treasurer. subsidized voyages would be cut Turner was reported to have to be used to build up a fund to repay more than $300,000 borrowed received 1,747 votes against from the Sailors Union. These and 233 for Walt Chamberlain, his other funds were used during the long campaign to establish MCS only opponent. on West Coast ships. Over 2,000 members of the LAKE CHARLES—Labor affairs With the election out of the way, in this port are in good shape. The MC&S voted for the candidates' of the first major refurbishing of the SIU membership meet­ building trades unions recently their choice and on other basic 16-month old headquarters of the ings are held regularly signed new contracts, some of them union issues diirlng the 60-day SIU affiliate^ MCS is no^ under­ voting period. way. , every two weeks on Wed­ running for two years, providing for wage increases and better ben­ Of the total votes, cast, the. Work has started on the. build­ nesday nights at 7 PM in efits for their members. largest number, 1816, were cast in ing's interior to streamline the Shipping held its own around favor of Louis Foyt who was un­ union's operations and - provide all SIU ports. All Sea­ farers are expected to this area as compared to past holi­ opposed for the office of. New York more efficient service for the grow­ day periods. Registration lagged agent. In other ports, Pete Blanchi ing MCS membership. One major attend; those who wish to slightly behind shipping, but there deieated three opponents for the item call^ for the installation of be excused should request were plenty of men on the beach post of San Francisco dispatcher a new electric shipping board and while Joe Gorin, Wilffiington agent; a simplified registration procedure. permission by telegram to take up the jobs. H. A. Robinson, Portland agent and In similar action, ;the Saiior.<» OS Tankers (be sure to include reg­ The Chiwawa, Fort Hoskins, James Willoughby, Seattle agent Union of the Pacific has already istration number). The Bents Fort, Royal Oak, Winter Hill, were reelected to their positions. installed a new shipping board {it next SIU meetings will be: Cantigny, CS Baltimore, Govern­ The ballot also. included a pro­ SUP headquarters. ment Camp, Bradford Island, posal for a $20 annual assessment .The SUP instaUation: is pat­ Council Grove (Cities Service); Val to help repay the union's indebted­ terned after the shipping boards January 22 Chem (Heron) and the Del Alba ness to the SUP. The MCS repaid u.<sed at SIU halls in New York-and February 5 (Mississippi) were in port during its debt to the SIU a year ago and Baltimore. It is part of an ex­ February 19 the past two weeks. All were in is also paying off a loan Jrom the tensive; building, improvement pro­ March 5 good shape with no major beefs California :State- .Federation of gram, mapped out by thevSUP for on any vessels. Labor. The yearly assessment is aU its West Coast haUs. Calif. Labor Kicks Off Campaign On 'Wreck' Bid £ Cr* h- life First MCS Election Afomes Turner Sec'y Jobs Hold In SCHEDULE OF Lake Charles SIU MEETINGS if:;' fe; . I Jem. 17 195S a good year shipping-wise, plenty of money imd time to enjoy my­ self. It was quiet with nothing jinusual happening. What I liked best was the good choice of runs I got throughout the year. I just hope the next 12 months are just as good. ^ 4) •' William Westeott, pampmjuii 1937 was a very good year for me, financially and otherwise. 1 took a couple of trips Cor six months, and then , a five month vacation in Canada. Right now I only hope it will be as good next year, and from the looks of things, it probably will. . Bait. Busy Organizing BALTIMORE—With thehoUdays over, the Seafarers in this port are getting back to the everyday tasks. The SIU is continuing to pu^ its organizing drive in the various areas in and around the port. There has been no word as yet con­ cerning one petition which has been filed with the Labor Board. It has been a very slow shipping period for the men on the'beach here. .There were only nine vessels paying off during the past two weeks, five signed on, and IS were in transit. The Hurricane (Waterman); Cubore, Santore, Baltore (Ore); Bethcoaster, Seamar (Calmar); Evelyn, Jean (Bull) and the Pacific Ocean (Trans. Utilities) paid off while the Cubore, Santore, Baltore, Pa­ cific Ocean, and the Seamar ^gned on. In-transit were the Robin Goodfellow, Robin Trent (Robin) ; Alcoa Partner, PegasOS, Pilgrim, (Alcoa); Steel' Apprentice, Steel Chemist (Isthmian); Wild Ranger (Water­ man)'; Alamar (Calmar); Fort Hos­ kins (Cities Service); Venore, Oremar (Ore.) and the Mankato Vic­ tory (Victory Carriers). V. l/taYrLifta � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource January 17, 1958 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU CRUSHES NMU, WINS HOOD 26-1 US BUDGET OKS HOSPITAL FUNDS SEAMEN’S PROTESTS SAVE HOSPITAL $$ $2 BILLION MORE IN AID, SURPLUS SALES PROPOSED CURRAN DISCOURSES ON RED TREACHERY FMB READY TO RECALL TWO MORE COAL VESSELS MEBA PLANS GT. LAKES DRIVE AT SPRING FIT-OUT BEHIND THE ROBIN LINE STORY IBM GEAR KEEPS TIGHT CHECK ON DUES RECORDS BRITISH STUDY 100,000-TON SUB TANKER SEAFARERS RESCUES FIRE VICTIMS UNIONS OF AMERICA UAW – AUTO, AIRCRAFT, ARMS, FARM IMPLEMENTS TRAMPS EMPHASIZE BULK CARGO RISE IN AID PLEA JAPAN SEEKS ARAB OIL CONCESSION; OFFERS 56% T-H BREAKS STRIKE AT TEXAS PLANT DOLDRUMS HIT SAN FRANCISCO US BUDGET ASKS FUNDS FOR MISS., APL VESSELS CALIF. LABOR KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN ON ‘WRECK’ BID FIRST MCS ELECTION NAMES TURNER SEC’Y 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 01/17/1958 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XX, No. 2 1958 Periodicals Seafarers Log