http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/2d32df9cbcb445320d3f8bea176fc199.PDF 35b4def52b722d42ae52d47bbe66e1af PDF Text Text Foundation · Begu~: ·.: •t t ar n' - . . . ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - Story On Page 3 ,. , - - - - - - - - - - - - Story On Page 3 SIU -Benefit-Totals ·Nearly $20 ·Million ' - - - ' - - - - - - - - - - - - S t o r y On Page 2 ' Plan. Senate Shipping At . Quiz ·01 ICC · ·3-Yr.-Peak · ~ - - - - - P a g e. 3 -----Page4 - ~. APL Buying No-Pay Ship· SS· LeiiOn~i ·Peddled Off ., ., . . . - - - - - -·-Page 11 ) t -----Page5 �·,. .... . · .., . . : ,, • "'". In a letter ~nt to each member of Congress, it was pointed out that only 12,000 members affiliated with the Department .are now 'en-· gaged in shipQuilding. ·Foreign shipyards, he noted, now hav~ 130 subsidy" tankers under construction on or'!" -;._,_______________ . der from American companies. The . G companies, he said, are "running Lo S£ AFARERS · . · away". from an hourly wage aver-'.i"an. 1, .1960 ·. Vol. _XXll, N_o. 1 aging $2.67 ih Am.erican shipyards, to· 79 .cents in the United Kingdom, ·· ~ · and 30 cents· in Japan. ~ . The latter, ·Country is ,building ·. P:A.111. HALL. secretaT'fl·Treasuret" severa1 super tankers for American ,_ firm~; and with yen invested ·by ' ' JbRB£R7 BRAND. Edftof'. BERNARD 8 .E A ••,N .. Ar~ Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR, lRwm the Japanese. The cost of .labor SPIVAK, AL ~MASKIN, JOHN BRAZIL. AR1'11Ull d ter1a . 1s j s " negl'1gibl e,". an d' BERGER. CHARLES BEAUMET. <;tall Writers. an . ma BILL MooDY, Gui/ 4rea Rep,r esentative., the fnvestmenf and profit ·1s quick-. PuDllshed Dlweek1y 111 the headquarters ly returned :under these arrai;igeof t.he Seafarers International Union, At· ments · lantic & Gulf District. AFL·CIO. 675 Fourth • ' • • Avenue Brooklyn 32; ,.Y Tel. HYaclnth The-}'Unaway construction is fur- · fi600~ . · Second class· postage paid th ' d b · u 'g · it:. et th• · Post Office 1n .Brooklyn, NY. under er encour~ge Y · mar ime :~ . A·• of Au~ :24· 19~2;;· ., p·q~jcy wlJ.icli supports use. of Li~er,. ~ ... ' ·~·J20 -ia,n . "~g-stry to . ev,itd.e tp:es .an~;· c,• · ..1· ~ , ... w~se1; _ _. ;-rv . i 'i '" ·• i· 1 ~£ ~ ' v: \ .. ' - ,., ... /:[ ... 'fr. • SCHEDULE ..O_f~'. .SIU MEEllrtGS, . ·s1u ·meinbe.rship me~t'"'" ·ings are .held regulady · ever.y two wee's 'on Wed• nesdtty nishts at 7 PM in all -SIU :po.rts. AU Secrfar-~n a_re. exp.e cted t'o atten~· . -; ·· ., · , those w,ho w.ish ·to · ·'°•'~·~xcused ~ho~lcr request. - ·P.irmi~sion by · . telegram · ·; (be' · ~ure ·ro 1 include,:. t'egis• tra·t.ion ·numberc}. Tfie next · ~~O· m.~e!i6gs ~r~.~ ~e~ · .i;·" · ~roup ~t gro,und~l;>reakil\g· ~-~~mon_ie~ tn~u~e~:(~ont ~~l ~IU o!d"' b timer Eric Eklunc;I, Ma..yor\ltpr~1son, Se~~~~er 1 J::~9.~h<!''F In,rea~ . . ...c1' i.:~ ,u~c'~ ·' ~· ~$! ~. , ·· .' (1-rl ·are Port Agent W.iU.(aniv, :fred, C~s~1l>ey,' anCIJPcM..• ur~~. N~w "· 9ry 6 f.{ ,i; .'/ r. o .. r 8ifal\5 1c:.~,ra':n.cP.Ulrl!'en, .~ ~~,.·~~~tin ;C~gq~. ~mp.1~-l'r , 'ru~~~·'\.~ •r -.. ·. ~ ~p!{~~p~,;· 5e~ arer1 .,,, , ~~.fl :P~~ . ~ ,,,,:i, . , ·in,,,.., :. ., . !~' \·:· .1· ''" .. ~ ·~ • J.'' ,;·,: ·..i.· .. ·.'":-""31~~~~·~~~~~ "" . .· ,_ . . ' \ T ·J,q.. 9 ': ~ . , . ,. : .., . .. •• ~ . ;... ,i.>~ �P•1e Three 1966 ·shoWHOWn Year On.:Sev·eral_,; M ·a rilime ·1.-ss'Ues • •• . ' ~ ,J ' t . • • • • With the ,year 19S9 oShowing SIU progres~ in m;ny ·important areas, 1969 now looms as year of, special sigriiflcance f~r seamen and . maritime workers•. That;s because a number· of 'developments bearing diredly on the livelihood of seamen are scheduled to.+·--·- - · - - - - -··- -----,.---.-----fleets. The steel strike and the and pay rates for containers will d this year come t O . a hea . • resultant lay-up of most Great undoubtedly be followed by the · Certainly, a maj~r Union Lakes ships retarded the conclu- conversion or many conventional activity in 1960 will be the si?n of this organizing drive, but it freightships for container purposes. will be reiiumed full force n~xt While the coQtalner ships will . . . stepped-up organizing pro· spring: have more immediat.e and practical gram on runaway ships. Some. time next summer then, effects on seamen,. atom-powered a f· .I Workf)'len look over plans be~ore proce'e ding with construction o~ interior of new Philadelphia hall. _Shown here is the main entrance. Circular design on floor is layout for compass which will be decorative moti~ in l~bby floor. · .• LA W ' raps up . . ..-. .•, A t . reemen s g GU th·1s connection the SIU se~men in a m~mber of large non'd . th union comp.antes on the Great . and ~MU are rea ymg e Lakes will be voting on- whether machinery of the newly- they will ·unload their -company I ·n formed / "International Maritime union set-ups in favor · of repreWorkers Union to deal with this sentation by legitima~ maritime ' · • project. , unions. Just recently: crewmem,. Tire legal rights of unions to hers in the Reiss fleet voted for organize and sign up crewme~bers Great Lakes SIU representation. ot ~naway-ftag ships are likely rt' t h . to be resolved in the course Of . 1mpo. ant ec no1O~Ical developthe disposition of a number · of ments I~ maritime will !lso come cases now pending before the into their own next year. Seamen · courts and the National Labor can exp~ct to see a large number As always; Washfngton will be . · · ' Relations Board. Runaway ship- of contamer-type vessels in opera· au arena· of crucial importance to NEW ORLEANS - Members of ihe International Long:.. owners are fighting with all re- tion be~ore the year is out. The :7::enth~h~s ~~alarg~~~:~~::; . ted "safety __dire.ctor of the J'oint •SIU-Industry Safety sources to prevent extension of the completion ~fa contract agreement apppm , now-famous SS Florida precedent betwe~n shipowners and, the I~- must make an all.:important deciwrapped up_~heir contract business on C.hristrpa~ E,v.e w~en. to the runaway ·field generally.. .. ; tE:rni~tlonal Longshoremen s Associ- sion as to the ·future, of its subsidy employers agiieed to the same · It .was' in the Florida case. that a~iQn, . on t_he East Cuas~ at least prngrain for shipping. For some • three-year pact terms as on began wh~n· southern .employers the National Labor .Relations Board .on th.e ~ongshore .manm.ng scales cc~mtinued on page 7> ·th'e North Atlantic. ~ . refused to agree to tempotary ruled in favor· of SIU organizing ---;-.-:-,-.---''----:--_ -_-:------.- ---------....::..__ __ The agreement p·rovides for a contract extension involV.mg r.etro- rights because the ship operated in 1 • · ' · · · ,_ • ~. . 41-cenf package of which 19 cents activJtY. benefits to tti,e Octooer 1 Ameriean commerct? ·und~r · ultiwill be in the form of pension and date. The longshorepi~n w,e nt . back. mate .control of American owners. ., . welfare contributions. lt is retro- to· work un~er court , ~njuncti.on The, Florida , issue,, the Se.a Level · 1, . • , ; : • . active to Ocfober l; the date of eight qays l'ater.. . . case, the Yarmou~h case :and. a expiration of the ol'd contraet. ' . Automation Agreem~nt. numbe1· of others :like these .in the . Longshoremen In the North AtA key item. in the ion . shore set- courts. are expected to define just · .· : lantic ports had .vote'd two weeks tlement is the agreement reached what · can be done in 1the · way of "before to acc.ept the 41-cent pack- on "automatioh". It has been bringing· the~e sliips under unlon ·wAsurNGTON Th' · · · age, putting it ihfo effect in all agreed that . companies operating contrads. ' • .q e .pers1~tent fight waged ag-ainst the · equally-important organizing Interstate Commerce Commission by the maritime un1·ons and port s f rom P or ti an d • M a i ne, to confainer ships will not cut the An Norfolk, . Virginia. However, the size of existing gangs. The question showdown should take place on the by the comparative handful of domestic ship operators still Soutttern employers, . whose posi- of premium pay for handling con- Great Lakes next spring in the in business is finally begin-+ • tion had been responsible for the tainers is to _go- to arbitration for second season of Seaway opera- ning to pay off. As a result of The position of the marine unw eight-day coastwide dock "sttlke in final settlement,. . tions. Throughout the 1959 ship- the success of the domestic ions and domestic shipowners has October , balked at the provisions. . As a result of the settlement, a ping season, the· SIU Great -Lakes ship- indµst ry in attracting supbeen greatly-strengthened in reof the North Atlantic agreement. number of companies which had District and other unions affiliated port for its plea for fair treatment, cent weeks by support from mari· Since the longshoremen were been studying the possibilities of -with the Maritime Trades Depart- the outlook is bright for a back to . woi;k under terms of a container operation are reportedly ment had- been laying the grouµd- thoroughgoing investigation by a time state governments and local Taft-Hartley injunction which- was speeding plans to convert tqeir work for a series of representation Senate committee of the relation- port authorities. Among groups expiring December 27, refusal of ·Ships for that purpose. elections in non-union Great Lakes ship between the-ICC and the rail- which are putting pressure on in the south~rn group to meet the roads . northern terms would undoubted- ' · · · - ' · · · ' ·· · · The Senate· group is expected to Washington for a halt to ICC practices are port authorities from Bally have resulted in a Gulf port tie111 · ·. ·e · :.;ff ~ ·e'; look into ~he mechanism whereby timore, Boston, Seattle, Savannah up. . . ~ u-~ the tailroads, with the approval of _,, Under · pressure of tpe strike s • the ICC, juggle long ;ind sho.rt and 12 Calit'Ornia ports. As pre• viously reported in the LOG, the deadline and the fact that the longs· ".·P ·. I haul rates to destroy shipping com- governor of Georgia has already shoremen were getting the ' fu11 pdition. rn the process, thousands of job opportunities for merchant intervened on behalf of the SIUsupport of the SIU and other marltime unions, the New Orleans ~ seamen have been eliminated over contracted Seatrain Line to keep the railroads from monopolizing · stevedoring gropp caved in on SIU Assistant Se(fretary-Treasurer Jo·e · Algina has been the years. Evidence of a change of attitude the paper trade out of the Savan· December 23 .. Other po.rts quickly appointed safety director ·of the joint SIU-Industry Safety nah area. foilowed suit in a matter of hours. Program. As di.rector he will be responsible for the aqmin- was .th~ ICC's refusal last week to The latest sample of the rail• allow the railroads to put into efLending 'on-the-spot support · to the longshoremen were SIUNA js_ t ration of .the program on feet new transcontinental rates .on roads' rate-cutting devices comes President Paul. Hal.I and William SIU-contracted.ships. patrolman, New York port agent, anned goods. The ICC's failure from the West Coast. In this inPerry, assJstant to NMU President ~s result of .his ··appoint- headquarters representative and to · act on this matter was all the stance, the Coastwise Line, under Joseph Gurran. The SIU and ment, Algina is resigning from his ~ssistaµt "Secfetary-treasurer..more unexpected because the Unit- contract to the SIU Pacific District, ed · States Supreme Court had has a thriving trade going in beer NMU 'made it clear to ·southern em- post · ot as1?is,tapt secretary-treas< ployers t at th~ ILA had their full urer for the deck department and turned down a bid by the Lucken- hauled from Los Angeles to Seatbacking. 'is taking a ·l eave• of absenc·e ·from bach Steamship Company to enjoin tle. To take the freight away, the railroads chopped their proposed ILA President William Bradley his membership in the SIU. · The the proposed rates. Had the ICC put the new rates rate on be~ between the two credited Hall's participation ln con- leave. was approved ·at the last tract talks as bringing about. headquarters memberi;hip ·meetinto effect, which it was legally- points. The new rate from LA to prompt and sa£isfactory.settlement ing ·· - / · ...... _ .. ·empowE;.red to do by the Supreme Seattle is cheaper than the rate of the dockworkers' beef. .As per the provisions of th~· Court's action, it would have taken between LA' a.net .~ortland, Oregon, about- 75 percent of Luckenbach.'s even though Portland is 300 miles The -October longshore - strike SIU constitutfori, the secretary.:. treasurer_ h~s." a"ppcinte<t Bill Hall traffic · -away and undoubtedly closer to the Southern California successor to Algina. The. appointee would have wreck~d the company. city. Although Coastwise Lines · prowill hold office until the Union's . The failure of the ICC to give the new rates a final okay .is seen tested the new rate as illegal and .next' general election in the _au -' , ' · as reflecting the agency's· fear of the railroads admitted it was so, of 1960. · . Alglria has been active- Union stirring up a thorough .investiga- the ICC Suspel)sion Board refused tion. The SIU and other maritime to suspend it. Sub~equently, on affairs since the end .of W.orld War II, a~ter.i . sai\ing durin_g __t he unions · have charged that the ICC appeal from the Suspension Board, w41'. ff\ .the, deck, · depa1:tmenb in · is a completely railro~d-Cloiriinated Coastwise 'Line won a rever(!;al of (both llpen~ed, ~~d~ unu&.ns~d:cap_~f . ' ' ag_ency 'and, 'consequently, makes the decision and the railroads were ·rate decisions ,on the basis o'f what ordered to file ciUbsJ At various' tlmes he has ...::J9e Algina,· new director amended rate .Sfrved the Unlo'n ·as· - qrgJnize~, · the 1afety program. • ·,, • · the railroa~s want. · wbich would conform with us law• ICC Ra.1•1· .c·omb•·1ne Faces Iho·' roug•hsenate· Inqu1ry • a )· .. .. ship.p ing is ·sure to get most of the attention.- The United ·States' first commercial atom-powered -ship, the NS Savannah, is scheduled to make her maiden voyage sometime durlng next summer, ushering in a pew era in Ship P,OWer which. may be as significant as the transition from sail to steam. In the offing arl' tentative plans by a number OJ major operators to build some• kind of, atom-powered tanker. Al91·n;a tla' .iJi. 01' s"1'·u-. a·f ·e·,· '. ,. ~y·. . J -. • ' ad. la ' ·n~. . a ... ln an .. I·· . .. �• The usual Christmas Eve shipping rush hit SIU ports with a considerable fillip as the Union· dispatched 1,486 jobs off the board .in the la.st two-week period. This represented a very healthy boost over the 1 ~169 shipped two weeks before that and was better than 200 jobs over · t~e 1,253 shipped before Christmas, _1958. As such, the results follow the consistent pattern of improvement over ·the :1958 recession year that llas characterized SIU shipping throughout 1959. · Checking back through the records, the ~igures . show t}!at it was bftck in March, 1957, nearly three years ago, .that shipping surpassed this week's 'totals. That was because of the Suez .Canal being closed at that time. , By and large, you would ha~ e to go back to t he boom shipping days . d th· k " d f h" . b f US h" War t o f m ot f th te K orean 1s m o s 1ppmg, e ore s 1p operaf d th . h" f . . h 0·1 . 1 10 t ors ~ans ~rr: eir s Ips oreign m w :sa e s. . . . While WIJ'!.di.n_g up the year o~ a very ~ohd note, sh1~p,mg is no.t exp i;cted. t~ ~ontmue along these Imes.. 1:he .w~eks fol.low11J.? the hohdays are .tra~1honally slow o.nes fo~ _sh1ppn:1g, what with wmter we~ther C!uttmg mto cargo-handhng activity except f<?r the tanker op_era~lODS. Registration also tends to mount in January as Seafarers wh!?.h'ave ¥.one . home f~r the holidays return to bid for ber~hs_.Qff the boar_,d. · • Aside from the usual heavy pre-holiday (urr1over, shipping. benefited considerably from an upsurge in ship ·calls. ·The total of 256 ships . . ' ~ DECK DEPARTMINT -· - . Registered Cl.ASS A ·- I .. Registei-ed CLASS=B GROUP Po rt - Bosto11 . . . . . ..•••••••• N ew York . . .....• • • • . Ph iladelphia ....•••.•. :Ba ltimore . ....•••• •• . N orfolk . . .Ja cksonville . ....•.••. ... ........ M iami . . . . . .•••••••••. .. ............ Ta mpa J\1 obile . . .... .•••••••• - N ew Orleans . .....••.. --31 10 2 8 51 8 42 3 10 .23 8 - ; ~ - 3 ALL 3 H 16 90 4 20 7 59 2 15 8 - 7 1 2 (i Shipped CL4S$·A ...... .... i 2 - 3 ALL 1 2 2 7 10 12 25 14 1 2 3 5 3 .. 6 16 25 8 ' 1 - 2 3 1 1 .1 2 - -10 - - - -2 31 20 4. 9 84 1 '7.7 12 31 16 56 - -·1· - 3 1 2 1 -1 - 3 3 ALL 1 2 13 19 4 9 11 17 ~ , 1 ·1 3 33 · 13 31 2 - -4 . __:. - -1 - 1 3 15 1 8 32 13 '74 1 . 18 12 . .7 3 2 ·4 1 8 1 11 9: 4 19 177 55 I 330 10 - - " 8 17 4 1 Registered CLASS A 1 - Boston .... .......•. .• . 5 New York . ..... ·...... Philadelphia ....•••••. 4 Baltimore .: ....••••••• Norfolk : ... ; ...••.••• 3 1 Jacksonville . ..•••.••• Miami . ... . .••••••••• . · Tampa . . .. . ....•..••. . 1 Mobile . ... ....•• ~ .••. 1 New Orle~ms . ...••.••. -16 Houston ...... ••.•••• ; 8 Wilmington ...•••••••. 3 San . Francisco . .• . ••... Seattle. . .. ·.'· . . . .... ~ " - 2 2 59 10 39 5 2 - 13 55 31 3 8 ·10 42 237 TOTAlS r 3 ALL 1 1 3 1 9 , 73 1 1 11 8 . 51 . 1 · 1 9 1 . 4. 1 - - 1 1 9 6 - Bpstoµ .. .. . . . ....•..• New York .. ....••••••• Philadelphia ....••••• .• Baltimore . ....••••••• Norfolk . . . ...•••••••• · .Jacksonville .•• ·••••••• Miami .-.. - ........... .. Tainpa . . ... , ..•• • •••• Mn bile . . .. . ·.•.••••••• New Orleans. ~ .••••••• Houston . . : . .. .' •••• ·' ·. Wilrtiington . ......... . San Francisco . ...••••. Seattle . .. . ... .... , .. . 101ALS ' ·, - 18 3 16 3 1 - 2 - - 3 ALL 1 .. '28 ,6 ' 3 15 . 32 7 .10 . 1 3 . -9 41 I 320 1 I 13 31 34 .. . GROUP 3 ALL - 1 1 1 67 2 11 14 2« 1 6 39 1 1 1 4 - - - -1 ·-- -1 7 17 8 ' 2 8 7 2 38 33 - -' ,:-' .. Shipped CLASS C ' ~ 2 - 23 ~. 1 Registered CLASS B . • GROUP . - - .. ' 5 2 ', - ·· - ~ ( ... - Shipped .CLASS .A Shipped CLASS a - GRPUP .: Shipped .Cl.Ass· c - GROUP - - i GROUP - - - - - - - - · - - o ......-.,0-__,...._ 1 ! 1 1 -..., 23 3 2 . 18 18 5 30 53 13 .., a 28 1 1 1 :. ro~ ·. 1~ 6 ; 4 . 3... 13 ·87 · 36· ·1os- I' 231 sl r· _ :: l • 4 ' 1 _ · J. ., 1 . .' - - 'f - •• .:..... - 1· - · '"' u J ' 16 40 ., JI , 7 ;- 7 . 4 Totals :......... 78 - - ' ' . 17 --r-- 145 33 •I. 256 ,. GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 .i ALL 5 25 1 3 1 31 42 33 328 4 77 11 1 1 33 · ~ 11 26 , 39 16 119 2 8 H - -.-. 6 1 3 1 1 14 : ;.· 2 ...l . l'1 _., .33\ 3 , I S 10 43 . 5 84 16 21 3724 169 5 12 20 14 80 3 5 2 '3 21 7 7 2 3 41 2 7 . ·1 '4 2 2 22 123 1... 969 11 116 131 I 2-58 f, ' z --- - - - - -- ... • ~ Registered Qri The Beach · · CL~~S A . CLASS ;a .. GROUP - -3 ·. l -12 ,, GROUP· · . 3 1· ALL 2 3 ALL 7 .2 29 191 . 6 34 ' ~618 2 ,· 4· 2 25 t " 12 14 11 91 1 !1 15 . l _ - 3 5 9 ., ·7 ..1 . 1 I . z - - · - -.. -· 3 • • ·- 1, -1 --1 ' ·~ ... 13 86 10 '23 10 53 75 39 90 9 104 11 . - 2~ 2 10 4 .3 _;, 20 ·4 ' 71 .6 . ·5 32 I· 499120 460 ' 62 I . TOTAl SHIPPED 2 .. 3· Al,L ( - 2 3 ALL . l 2 · 3 ALL . A . B _., - ..,1 - ·1 ~·- -:.._ ·2 ·2 - ·· 1 2 s .2 4 ._55 .;·...;, . . ~ ·. 2~ .-. 31 2 - .io' ) 2 55 s1 ' l . 3 . ·.11 ....., .3 3 .- . 8 8 11 . ·3 6 9 27 - ·--::- ,.·-·1 '7 6 ',9 12 . 21 27. 7 i 3 ..i<... 1 i .4 f 3 '1. 1 3 ' - • ·22 ... ·1·: 1. 2. 3' 2. 1 2 13 J 4 6 26 25 ' __. _ 2 14 198 10 70 .4 8 2 6 ~ . 12 21 39 - 40 92 92 53 40 92 26 11 8 10 20 13 14 40 !j, ' 12 I 554.314 . 532 2 10· 3 - GROUP · ' ·3 7 I Wll!'llngt!" ··· · San Firancfsco .. Seattle .. .. :.. ·:· 4 JI 11 ' - New Orlee•!s .. 7 Hou1to• ........ 1 1 17 6 125 97 40 12 84 33 7 7 -6 6 c 53 ·.19 .3 46 32 ' 26 2 3 ... -.5 2 ·5 8 124" 285 . 139 75 . ............ Tampa ........... ! 1 · Molllle 1 · .......... .. 2 ALL · 1 7 4 107 37 125 20 37 1 80 _9 . 71 1~ .22 .5 2 . 8 1 . 14 2 3 9 , l 6 1 30 ·10 3· '.AL~ · '.l 1 .. 2 , . 2 . 14 · 16 .23· 2 2 '6 2 ·9 1112 2 2 '2 2 . - 11 79 GJtOUP A B ; . GROUP TOTAL SHIPPED 2 3 ALL · 1 . 2 3 6 .t 12 29 65 1 4 10 ill 12 15 2 3 10 1 1 4 - 2 - - - • 1' - 2 --1 -l .-2 '· 17 4 2 - · - -- ·- - . - · 2 5 20 '1 - 2 . _;_ 1 1 ·. 2 . 2 · 4 :·.:...... 9 , : 19 . 1 3 7 53 ,2 . : 8 - ·/ 2',. 8 26 6 16 1.6.· . · 32 3 .. 15 46 2 1 ;3 5 .2 ·' ~ ·~ 2' ..' ..2 5 . . · 2 ........ ·;:24 :5 2 ~. 4 8: -:-·' '· - · ' '59 285 7 . 84 ,48 I 139 . 5 . .37 . 33 1·' .75 - -2 - - 3 ALL 2 1 2· 5 . 10 67 l " . . 3 · 24 .7 22 39 2 2 1 3 3 4 2 -5 -ao1 -1 -4 2 10 2 15 8 19 10 2" 3 1 '1 - - laltlmore ...... 11 Norfolk .......... J Jacbonvflle .. · Miami C ALL 1 3 33 14 13 9 15 38 , 31 15 1 · 4 ·2 1 _.. 5 1. - GROUP 3 ALL ·a A ' 1 13 14 78 9 18 4 4 2 15. 5 74 13 5 .. 20 47 · 25 1 1 4. 6. 11 2 11, 19 10 35 I · 79 330 145 r ·STE-WARD .DEPA'RtftfERT e ·. ,,.. .. . . . . 2 l 49 2. ' 8 4. 29 - ·. 1 1. 2 3 2Q 6 · -6855TI29 33 ' 193 .1 ·2 2 - 5 5 2 20 27 5 5 26 4 65 · 95 26 . 26 14 6 9 29 · 4 13 n 2 3 . -. 5 ·-21 ~ -...:.. 5· 9 3 3 ,.. "4 .· 3. • :·io - ·1 ·r. : 1 · · 3 , s u1 , ·s i t66 l 328 : ~1 ~cr-;91: _-_. ..-----'- 1_ - - -- -- · 3 ' - .. · . Reglster~d. : ::, . ,,: .i~9lstered .. ·. "' . · CM.SS , 4 ... -> ~ · ·CLASS - - ---·:·__·._·. GROUP ·. .. ; .. G~UP' . ·f~(ilNf· 1 -'J -1 -12 7 203 6 7 13 . ~5 6 - ". 4 4 3 11 2 3 .-5 4 - 10 . 1 · 3 15 80 GROUP 1 - 1 24 5 14 5 2 2 - 6 8 .. • 1 -7 -- . shipped CLASS a. GROU~ GROUP Registered CLASS A - Port • Shipped CLASS A Registered · CLASS a GROUP' •Port 10 -~ z--3. 4 5 1 1 25 2 6 2 6 ~' ~ ; 10 . } 67 68 I H5 10 I 3 ALL - ....., - - - - -2 '4 --1 13 ;1 3 - 1·- ' >f~ 2 1 2 3 3 1 -2 -4 GROUP Par Sit• I• Offs Ou Trans. TOTA&; lostoa · ....... :.... 4 . I t New_ Yor:k ...... 20 I 17 40 Phffaclelphla .. I 2 10 17, . '. ' Registered-On Tlie Beach CLASS A CLASS 8 TOJ'Al S"11PfED GRO.UP E·.NGINE. DEPARTMENT ' · J . ' ,... 3 ALL 2 13 9 78 3 18 5 38 1 4 2 5 - · 5 4 H 29 1 9 9 19 17 1 4 5 2 1 2 . 3r 2 2 1 3 6 .10 ' 44. 551:.109, .98 Shipped CLASS ·c GROUP 2 4 55 .10 25 . 2· 1 - -3 - ..... Shipped CLASS B· - GROUP GROUP 2· 2 16 28 45 11 H ouston . . . . ...••••• • • 15 40 22 w ilmington .. ....••••. 6· ~ 6 S ·10 Francisco . ....... . 10 15 6 S eattle . .. . . 4 9 3 120 259-,7- 14 I!lTALS ."iii.CK. touching A&G ports (see t ight) was 51 more than in the previous two·week period. · · '. W:ith such linpressive figures it is no surprise to find that shipping was up praciically ac~oss-the-board. The notable exception was San Francisco which . dropped off sharply from an unusual bulge in the earlier tw~-week period. .B iggest gains were. registered in Phil,adelphia, Baltimore and New Orleans, while Houston .continued to enjoy h n h' h h' i g f th at . port · P enom~na Y- 1g s 1PP n . or : .- Also to be expected in a b~om shipping period· is. heayy shippmg in the class C group. As tp~ figures show. 254 .class C men got be~ths .in the t:wo-week period, just under 18 percent of all jobs shipped. In the pr evious two weeks, the class C men accounted for 7Y.t pe~cent of shipping. Class. B registrants took a shade under 25 percent of the . . htl . bl . b t f "A" · Th 11g ava11a e JQ s,. 1eav1ng s_ . _y qver 57 . percen or men . e figures show "C." rµen .shipping at the expense of top seniority class A Seafarers who wanted to spend the holidays ashore. · As for the f uture outlook, ,most ports exp'ect reduced shipping, New Orleans in particular cautions it has a very heavy- register and all Seafarers would be well-advised to steer clear of that port. Houston's rf!gistration, on the other hand: is very light in relation to the shipping figures for that port. In fact, scanning the total rl!glsfration lists, it would appear that Houston -is the best bet for a short stay on the beach. · ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . Activi~y Ship December 9 Through December 22, 1959 j ·4 - I -:"' z .,., 5 - 19 4· 138 1 43 '42 1 · 6 1 I 12 4 1 5 3. 3 311 2. 8 ,4 5 ,..,.....2 2 642 23 115 66 I 2H I I - '· Registered On The Beach ·CLASS A CLASS' a GROUP .c GROUP ALL 1 2 3 .ALL 1 -3 · ,,7 7 4 18 1 · 12 J8105 ·40 114 · 259 3 · 8 . 22 11 2 10 23 27 ' 61 46 15 37 98 1 4 ' 8 7 . 5 3 15 .2 7 .. 6, . 3 • - 9 1 1 -=-· 1 - 2 3 ALL - .·2 14 77 et' 6 .• 3 18 2Z ,5 , 3 • -:• -.- - - 2 2 - ·~· - \ - · ..... _,. . ·2 . - . 2 .7 3 7 17 ·"1 '. -1~ 2 ·· -. 23 · .2 · 25 41 · '15 ' ·f11} IH . --.:. · 20 . 2L 1·.. 1: - 9 \"11 53 '2 i 11 85 : 52 ·15 . 94 · '"181 I° 2 1 ·-16 21 · " ·2·· 1s . .z4 ·2s · 21 -24 73 1s 10 11'. 2 1 '-.::. 1 . 2 ~i. .. 1 1 ~ 2 1 .. 4 ..5 2 3 . lCI - ~- · __ :- 3 . . l ' ~ 1 ·...,..~ 7--'. · ~ A2 ;,: ·3 ·- ~ .;·:~5 1;; 22 ·~" ~"·.1~ · . J~•o .:::.... 3 . l'- -. 3 · .5 · '•,_3: t;. ·1· ,, · 7.• ., It :-'13 .··.:.J S ~1 :-.·~9 •: .1.• " .3-. :· .~'" -;. u ,·; :!;<!" .2 9 ·'8s~·-! 10~ " u~ :. "13 ~,70 ~1 :i.• 0 ·2 3r-:, '.l:oi J oo .., -~•ft -3a·s -.-12"3 ·36.1.j ·Sti ~ ~9 - ·,:so 1 ·a9 a· - - 1 .. 10 18 42 ' '5 12 1s 1 1 5· , 1. ,..._ '4 1'78 1 211 ... ..,. .' �, ..~1.b1t SE..4P..4RERS £OC '. Pqe PIH Seafarer Leading lriquois ·Fight _Fo'r Tre~ty Rights . , -.... •.. I Po •• ----- ( ii ,~ ,. • - Taking a· break from his strenuous activities on behalf of the Iriquois Confederation, · Seafarer Wallace Anderson is now back on an SIN ship for the next few months; However, Anderson, who prefers to be_: called by his Indian name, Mad Bear, expects ·to return to bigger and better campaigns groups have established liasion for Indian·rights in the spring. with Mad Bear, including the Now. acknowledged as the leader of. the six Nations which make up ~ the Irlquois confede!;'acy, Mad Bear is becoming· increasing(v-promiT1ie SIU blood l>ank rupplies Seafarers or member1 .of their families nent as a rallying-point for all with blood anywhere in the United States. Seafarer• can donate to Indians in the US who seek to the bank at the SU clinic in Brooklyn. Listed here are a few of the preserve their tribal identity, prote~ their landholdings and ke-ep Seafarers and other¥ who hava donated to the blood bank. their customs. Meehan·, Vincent L. BleliDI', Arnold Mad Bear's latest exploit, which' McBride, William Bennett, Georl'e attracted a .good deal of attention, Kerr, RObert L. Wagner, Donald was· his success in keeping the May,""Georce · Conway, Thomas New York State Power Authority Ward, L. C. Wood, William A.from' invading and taking over a Gural, Julius McDonald, Andrew T. section of the Tuscarora ReservaVanderwerker, John W. Hyde, Michael E. tion near Niagara Falls. The Power Si.nin1, Michael E. Pritchett, Claude W. . Authority, which is headed by Kuluiapfel, Carleton Gavin, Joseph P. Robert Moses, . sought to build a Balley, Leonard R. .- Braneoceln, Domlnfok reservoir on Tusearora land which Gambie, James E. Berkenfeld, Herbert would have flooded a sizable porKunnapas, Arnold Flnrow, Paul L. tion of the reservation. "We orWhite, Charles D, Ramos, Alejan"'ro H. Mad Be~r is shown at Union ganized civil disobedience tactics," Nunez. Emilio A. Haskell, David c. Mad Bear said. "Indian. men, hall before shipping out on Emanuel, Clifford LaCu:e, Alvin women and children would surthe Rose Knot (Suwannee SS). Campo,· John A. Solano, Victor D. round and lie down in front of . . I Karttunen, Leo A. Landry, Joseph Power Authority bulldozers and arrested and hauled off to jail, Spanso, Luke M. Whack, James, Jr. other equipment. When they were others would take their place.'' Through tactics such as these, <Mad Bear himself was arrested seven times in one day>, a few other hassles and legal maneuvers. the Indians have succeeded thus far in blocking efforts by the State of New York to take over their land. The entire legal question has been · Tentative efforts by the Bureau ·of the Budget to feel out sentiment on abandonment argued before the Supreme Court of the Uriited . Sta't~s · merchant marine have drawn th~ fi;e of the SIU and' NMU. A joint and a decision on the matter Is statement by Presidents Hall and Curran of ·the two umons blasted proposals to do away expected sometime this winter. , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __::.._ _ _ _ _ _.:_ At stake before. the Supreme completely 'Yi~h-..all .operating.-,.-----;Court, Mad Bear explained, is the and construction subsidies merchant fleet into a runaway- Ing conditions of seamen. and to turn the .entire ·us type operation under the American · In their joint statement, Hall sanctity of treaties the Iriquois flag. · and Curran declared: · "What the tribes' signed with the United The ·Budget Bureau feeler was Bureau of t~e Budget is reillly States Government back in George put out in the course of a National advocating is ·the lowerirlg of our Washington's day. The Indians ·Academy of Science study of marl- present standard of living for the hold that the treaties recognized time policy. The Academy was people who have to work for a them as separate nations and gave them rights to their lands forever, retained .by the MaritltDe :Adminis- living. that such rights supersede the and tration to . look into us· maritime . They pointed out that there are power of New York State to conprograms. Tne spokesman for the aboi!t 225,000 workers employed demn and seize private property ~udget · Bureau s·uggesteil that all directly by the US merchant for public purposes. -. US-flag ships be . built overseas, mar.Joe, both shoresi4e and afloat. ·Mad Bear's activities at Niagara some 1,653 members' of the . brought back here for registcy "Without a merchant marine, these have attracted a good deal of atSailors Union of the Paclftc ·have under the American flag and people • -. • would be without a job. tention. Among other developcast their ballots during the first manned by foreign seamen under These people will n~t now or ever ments, Edmund Wilson, ~ welltwo weeks . of voting in the SUP's ·tne goihg wage scales paid on receive any . consideration from known writer and literary critic, annual election for 17 official fcrefgn ships. • the bureaucrats in the Bureau of has written a book which will be Under such a system, the Bu~get the Budget. Th~ re.ason Is clear published shortly, entitled "Apolounion posts and five trustee. slots, it was reported from the West Bureau envisions doing away· with cut; tQeir interests are to be sac- gies to the 'lriquois," dealing Coast. The voting c on t !.n u e s aJJ Government. aid. to 'mai:itfme:-: ~iftced so · that the big oil and big largely with the Tuscarora's sucand In the process, destroying steel companles 'c an make larger cessful ' campaign against the through the end of this month. Power Authority. Other Indian t t t wage scales, CQ1!_tracts and work-. a~d larger P1'.oflts." Budget· Bureau's Proposal: 'Wreclc. Who·/e u·s Ma.r itime' •, •' .. .• '· Air.tmf ·Our Affiliates ,. . The SIU Canadian District " has won representation rights for the rail workers .of ~he Lake Erie Coal Company, Ltd., whose members have · bee?! working on: the docks at Thorold, Ont., for more than ·a decade. Repeated attehlptE by the Canadian Broth~rhood of Railway . Transport a·n!l General Workers to ·woo the . r1ail waY. workers were "' thwarted by the efforts pf SIU Canadian organizers. .. An agF~e­ ment is in the final stages · of ratification by the membership. t 4 ·i t The survivors of the 33 se.amen who perished aboard the Carl. D. Bradley on November 18, 1959, will share a settlement of · $1,250,000; or $37 ,878.78 ~ach, les" attorneys' fees, · for each man who lost his life. The SIU Great Lakes District came to the aid of hat'd-pressed st.trvivors in Christmas, 195a, by . . . . giving to each 'family for their :mmediate needs; SIU cr!!w.s - .a.ls.o. . .Gathered in tr'ai~ing · school loft for "graduqfion ·p hoto" is · 19th class of Andrew Furuseth Training do,nated some $3 000 1 to · the fam1- · · S " 1- · t·a. · · (~ ). ·a·1i ·o k • . · · c hi I' -G· B • · · T Es 't R H L .l~S. :•'l'~e s0.,ttle~ent ~ teiimeci ll I • C~00 •~ 1 n_ey ·ar~ !~ _f ' .~ • Oa ~ ,·ln!~~U_Cl?r;. • ' ). ~ 1ng5, i' • • rdton, • p051 01 • afffi~ftl 0G~ . ,op:e' ~f :the speediesi· iii; mafi~lJt.uf- , , . ¢ h1p-g ,{s~an~1n}l, ;f~ ~gro~n4), F. Ro~r1guez, i T.· C0:1~er!1 L. iSm1_th, L. ·Odom, R. ~olfe (holding i1ne) h,isto~y: , _- :. ... · -·· ·.,. ·' ·. ahd WtJ Ch·ae. · · • ~ • was. , ' Lifeboat' Trainee Class No. 19 Seminoles in the Florida Everglades, as well as In~ians in ~laska and . in Latin America. Future plans, he said, call for the establishment of school systems on the· ·reservations run by Indians and the writing of textbooks for these· schools. "We want ~o get rid of the New York State textbooks," he said, "because they give a false picture of the relations between Indians and white men in the state.'' The defeat of Robert Moses, a rare event in itself, is only one of many feathers in Mad Bear's bonnet. Another was the :rout of tliti Canadian Moun~ed Police from the Six Nations Indian Reservation at Grand River, Canada. "The Indians at Grand River had run their own affairs until 1924," Mad Bear explained, "but in that' year, the Mcunties took over. the reservation on behalf of the Canadian government, ousted the Indian chiefs and <Continued on page 10> Runaway_ls Peddled Off For $21,500 DETROIT-The runaway freightter, Theodoros A, a 5,000-ton deadweight vessel abandoned by its owners early in November, was sold at auction recently for $21,500. The vessel, which was built in 1918. was seized by the ·us marshall 1n Lake St. Clair on the complaint of creditors, including the crew who are after some $50,000 in unpaid bills .and wages. The SIU Great Lakes District came to the aid of the officers and crew of the ship, filed a suit !n their behalf for wages, and gave them financial assistance so that they were assured of food and shelter until their situation was resolved. The money from the sale of the Theodorous A will ·go to the crew after the US Marshall takes out $6,000 in costs. The balance will go to the crew and will cover their wages, but not their transportation costs, or anything else due them. The men left their home addresses with Mr. Vic Hanson, attorney for the SIU Great Lakes District and he has been given full power to act in their behalf: Remaining in Detroit are the captain, chief engineer and first mate, who will handle the details of dividing up the money. After the ship was seized, an effort was made to trace the owners of the vessel, but this was not s1lccessful. The crew, mostly Greek, . was sent to New York or returnt>d t.o their natiye country, to ~d · new jobs. The Theodoros A was bought by Thomas M. Lane, a Detroit business broker and his partner Capt. , Jack D. Lyons at an auction in the US Marshal's Office. They · own ) the National Sand &· Gr!vel Co. of Lorain, Ohio. " �. Waiting At The.Chrlstma• Tree, UNION;? · 1T~s ALE. IN THE CO'RT·R·Acr~ (Ed. note: The following item entitled f·, Small Rules. Make · Big Change" was taken in its entirety from . the December 5, issue of the "Federation News," official publication of the Chicago Federation of Labor. It was written by Irwin E. Klass, · editor of the newspaper ..and deals with matters often taken for granted, bu& which many_$eafarelf's · consider vitally important. , ;\. i t ''What makes a union? . Is it the leader who is tapped for spokesmanship on television? ·Does "the shadow cast by . a pi'cket line obscure the substance of the organization's solid performance .for its members? . "Go beneath the headlines but hair, straw or excel- • and ·the laws and the postursior shall not be suitable. ·ing to find the essence of what the As mattresses now on boar() .wear out, tbey shall union means to the member. Cast aside the slogans and find the · realibe repla~ed , by Innerties that will keep nien off the job, sp,ring mattresses. without pay, · to show the · world they are. men. Magnificent versions • .'!• All dishes provided for of a new socie~y? - S.oapbox so' Ui¢. us~ of the Unlicensed · journers selling 'isms' wr~pped in Perso~el sb~I ' be . ~f shiny ·tinsel? . f , . crockery. "Some]low the prim prose o a union c~ntract makes the point 8. Qne cake of laundry soap, .one. cake of lava soap, properly~ Pl.itin stuff you can ·touch and· taste ~fid 'smell . . . rules to one box of washinr powwork by and to live with ... der weekly. "Take the Seafarers InternationAny member wilfully dam- · al Union's agreement with freight aging or destroyin&" lineU:, shall shippers. You won't find much of b.e held accountable for same. the poetry and glamor of sea-going in these phrases, but they're chockWhen (u'I linen is not issued,'-:full of meaning to the men who men shall receive· $2 each keep the ships plying between week for washing their own ports. · line~. The Steward shall not · issue clean linen lo any individual crewmembet: until such "Crew equi_p ment: The .folmember bas turned .in his lowing items shall be supplied soiled linen. ·' the lJnlicensed P e r s o n n e I i , i ... i employed on board vessels of "These details of housekeeping the company: and creature comfo'rts sound like 1. A suitable number of women's work, but there's lots of blankets. lore in the lives of tl~e men who fought for these prosaic d.ecencies. %. Bedding consisting of two Giants of labor and government white sheets, one spread, fought for the :.little things~· .iistea two white pillow slips, in the Seaf~rers' contract. . which shall be changed_ "The fibre of unionism -is evlweekly. dent in the big difference made in I. One face towel and one job conditions. Let no ·one s:peak lightly of 'work rules.'- They are bath towel which shall be written in the blood and brawn changed twice week~y. and bravery of generations· of men C. One cake of standard face and women whose. vision of betsoap, such as Lux, Lifeter day wa,s as simple _as towels, buoy or Palmolive s-Oap, sheets and crockery. · with each towel change. "You have to live and work on I. One box of matches eAch a ship to know that these simple day. comforts symbolize seaman's tran8. Suitable mattresses and sition from boss-ridden slum-fed pillows shall be furnished itinerant to solid citiz~n. . a . .. NEW YORK-Shipping bit · a brisk pace during the last period. but indications are' that it will drop off during the coming two weeks, reports · Bill Hall, port agent. · Hall noted that class A ' and B ·men appe_a r to be laying back w/te.n they could be taking sto~s as they ·appear on the shippiQg lioar~. This, he warns, could jeo~ardlze .. , their seniority, He suggests . it's best to take 'em as they come·. · The new disp8tchh1g system con. tinues . to work smoothly-thanks to the coope.ration of all bands. Once again, all qualified men are urged to take · advantage of the Lifeboat Trainltlg Scll'ool and upgrading possibilities. · ,Twenty · vessels paid off here during_ the · preceding · p'er1ott. These were: Alcoa· Patriot, Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa · Pennant (AlcoaJ; Kathryn, Evelyn; · France·s <BulIJ; Ames Victory CVictofY>; ·Steel Artisan, Steel Wo~ker, Steel Ad..~ vocate · (Isthmian>; Robin Hood (Robin); Raphael Semme~ Beauregard · <twice), Azalea City <-P an· Atlantic); Ocean Eva (Ocean Clip. pers>; S.eatrain NJ <Seatrain); Andrew Jackson <Waterman), ' and Rockland· Cllocfiland.>. " Three ships signed on:- Suzanne <Bull); · Robin , Sherwood <Robin), and · Steel Advocate <Isthmian). The 14 ships "in-transit - were: Sea.t rain Georgia; Seatrain Texas CSeatrain); Steel VoYager · <Isthmian>;~ Losmar, Calinar, Bethcoaster .(Calmar>; Arizpa CWaterman>i Fairland, Gateway CitY,, Bienville (Pan-Atlantic); 'Chiwawa <Cities Service); The Cabins <Texas City); Angelina <Bum, an'd Mankato VJctory <Victory): · 0 . . Apparently impressed by Christmas tree decorations in headquarters · are children of Seafarer and Mrs~ Anthony ·suarei (I to r) Antonio, Rosie -and Raymond. · 'Don't 'Buy Amoco~ Oil Workers ·: ·As/c. , TEXAS CITYb; T~xaS:-On strike . fo~ ·s!~ fuU months now against a union.:. u~ting move by the J\me~ican 0 il Company, the Oil, ChemicaI·and Atomic Workefs Union is starting a national campaign urging union+--~--------~-­ members not fo buy .Amoco of a drive by m\lny major compaproducts. ... . nies to downgrade work rules and . The American Oil Co~pany re- contract standards. finery ·in Texas City, is a major 1,250 Men On Strike source of ·Amoco gasoline. AlThe Union, Local. 4-449 ~ of -the though the strike has been on ·Oil, Chemical and Atomic ,Wbrksince Ju1y 1, the company ·has been ers, has ·persist~~tly refused . to operating . 'the refinery behind sign this )dnd of ·ali agreement. picket lines. American Oil con- 'There are 1,250 men on strike at ·tinues to deipand a contract giv- the refinery. · lug it the right to change job In its b'id for national support, classifications and ' the method of the Oil Workers Union is asking making job ~ssignments at any_ all Americans not ' to buy AmQcQ time, without prior notice. This products' until the company settles wouid mean ~a downgrading of ~the the strike. . · contract and would subject the The oil workers are also involved refinery workers to lq,ss · of hard-: in a inajor strike beef against a~­ won union· gains; · other pet.roleum giant, Standard Amoco's •propo~als a~e o~e phase Oji of Indiana. ..... - '" · ·S ign Name .O n _ . LOG Lette~s For ·obvious reasoris the LOG cannot print any , letters or other communihations 's ent . in by Seafareni, unless. "the author ' 1jgns his name. . Unsigned anonymous letters will only wind up in the waste-basket. If . circumstances j.,Ustlfy, the. LOG will with~old a signature on request. .. .. .. '' ·• . ' ·wHEN a fire hose is und.e r pressure, It's .. nolning to toy around wit·h, be~ause · if it ~br$aks loose it can do considerable ·iniury to an¥ men i~ the ·~icinity. / 'that's why it's ·essential to ~bs~r'le the basic rule dealing ~ with ship's fire ;hoses-"two men to a ho$e. Then when tl1e water presiu.r& comes on they wjll be able to ,cope · . with[ it and ' ·dtrect the .·stream Qf ...water properly. - · . ' .... '· .. - 11 . ~'""""!"------------~----:-:----------· , .. _· A Bose Two Men·· 0 ·' .. • ·- �•••• Sn• ·10UR DOLLAR'S WORTH S.e veral ,Major M clritime Seararer'g Goi~e To Better·Bliyi~g Issues-In '60 s11·awdown • •1 l"" t ...... ... > · ·' , . . .- (ContJ.ll~ed from page 3>: could~ very well become far bigger' effects on shipping. Since, at the time now, several major non- and more significant than it is now. present time, the United States has subsidized· ' steamship companies, Indications are. that the United no modern, large bulk car~o caramon·g them Waterman, "'Isthmian, States ~s going to come 'to some riers at all, a long-range grain shipT. J. McCarthy, ·Isbrandtseri and agreement with - the Government ment program· of this kind might Never in jh~ past 25 years have moderate-income familie8 been so States Marine; have been passing of India, subject to Congressional stimulate the construction of snch guUed by sellers, advertisers and . moneylenders, with serious- damage through' the procedures . required not only to ydur own budget but to the national economy . . ln past for receiving a subsidy, However, approval, which would provide for ships, or their transfer-back from shipment of tremendous quantities the runaway flags so as to qualify weeks new scandals have been on the fro~t pages dally. · ·• lf and. when they win final apPeople are being short-weighted at the .meat .. counter ail«! short-· proy~, . tliere is 00 guarantee that of grain and other food products to for this cargo unaer "50-50." Huge tanked at the gas station, -as the -current' exposures in. sev.e ral states· tlie Ad'm mistration will. be agree- that country on a long-range basis supertankers now navrng difficulty catching a . charter might also _1how. They. ~re befog deceived by advert'ts~rs and overcharged heayi- able ~to a subsidy program for the covering sever~! years. It appears certain that the .US hustle into this trade. ly for medicmes. When they seek to buy· auto insurance on a group e ·m: clianf marine and not basis to trim some of that high cost, th~y.'re blocked by ~ta(e l~ws. J:st ~hat"~ent · of the industry will take some action· in this area These are just a few of the fore. They are also being charged the highest interest rates ln 25 ·years. h" h h -d t k fi b to bolster India at a time when It seeable developments in the comto. finance cars, app~nces and . hous~s, and.,_!lt the sa~e - tim.e . are ic_ftrs:.ppe~~ - _0 _a_s : . or_a ~ - ls facing a serious military and eco- ing year. In these areas and in nomic threat from Red China. any Qthers the Union will be out ~ . . . going into hock for the biggest debts they, have .ever shouldered;"The A heavy cargo movement of this to protect the interests and well'rccesssion of 195~ w;as hardly over ')>ef~~e· installment debts star ted O~viously. t~en, t?e pendmg soaring again. They have Increased six i:.tllion dollars in just the ·past subsidy ap~hcations ra1s~ the whole kind could well have interesting being of Seafarers. year, to a record .total of fifty billion dollars., . _ . question of just how big _a merThe latest blow to your buying POWflr ls t~e a<.'tion of the US Agrj- ~~ant i:narin~ . the United S~ates culture Departinent tn·. suspending Fedelial · grading o_f lamb.- This want~ · under i_ts ftag. comes at ' the very tii:n e th.lit investig~tibni( ar~· re~aling that· not ~o~l! . Related to-;- the -subsidy ~estion are buyers - often cheated on amQunts, but S'ometimEls · lower grades · is. the attempt by States Marine to are passed off as. higher. . ·· · · · · ii:in. approval of its for~~gn-flag Federal grading is voli.mt!lI"Y, 'tiot ml!ndatory: Some packers ..and ~ies un~r Liberian and . ~uropean retailers never made. It available to you•at all. - . : ' .. ;.- ' . : ' J;eglstries. The outcome ot. tlils But among those ~tore~ that"dli:I ·-~~m--!an;i~ ~n _t~e basis-:of Federal , .~ue ls also -critical for US 11~~11u~n _ _ ·_ . _ _ _ 1r.ad flS; and continue to iell graded - l>ff1, tlie gi·ades m~rRi~gs assur.e smce; if States Marine should be . . . , · you of. aettiag the -quality you pay · successful, there would be a Tus1" · Sh1ppmg companies under contract to the SIU have _b een · ::""'\ . · for. W:~en a cut. of meat carries t-·y US-flag subsidized companies to supplied with a helpful meat-buying guide as part of the ~ ~ . the US "Good'~ stamp, you inow se_t up foreign subsidµlr_ies. Atlantic and Gulf Food · program's effort t 0 · h" -this ·is a satisfactol'y- but lower Another area in which Washing• . l~prove s .I Pgrade, and you expe~t to pay less ton action will vitally affect Sea- board feedmg. The -gurqe,_ en-+--~.- - - - - - - - - - than for· the ·~choice" grade. With- farers concerns the· tanker in- titled, "Suggested Meat Speci-1 specifications it would go a long Clut Fed_e ral grades, . you . may, be ~ustry. Several developments are fications for Shipboard Use" y;ay towa!d standardi~ing the qualsold the "Good" grade · and be of great interest here. One . is the was put out by the A&G Food Plan i~y of shipboard feeding, and getcha~ged the "Ch(>ice'' price, or be bid by the in.d ependent tanker to assist personnel of steamship tmg the most for the company's sold the even lower "Utility" grade operators, supported by the mari- companif;?S in .th ir purchasing of food dollar as well . and pay the price of the "Good". tim ·unions, for a "50-50" rule on shlp supplies. . \ An example Of the type of inBoth consumers and· small in- US ·"oil imports. This petition ts Aid Small Companies formation supplied is as follows: dependent meat paclcei's · wa~ted before the Office of Defense MobiIt's felt ·that this guide will be Under the heading, ·"Hams, to keep Federal lamb ~rades. The lli.ation. If approved, . it , would of particular ·u sefulness to smaller s~nned 12/16 pound average," the big packers have been working mean that many large supertankers shipping. companies which do not guide counsels that hams under - for 15 years to get rid ·of Federal- under the runaway· ftags would have a food specialist hanilling this category shall be "skinned, grades altogether. If there are undoubtedly transfer back to the . commissary prQblems. In many short cut, ~hank on, ham produced none, the big packers ;have.. ~n ad- US flag in order to meet the need . such companies a port captain or by. sep~~u?n from the side at a vantage:· They can push_their o~n for tanker space. Many other tank- ~ther port employee does the pur- ~omt ' ~angi_ng from 214 to 234 fl 0 brand na1:9es with· heavy adverbs- er!. now in lay-up, or carrying grain .chasing, since the operatfon is not mches mterior to the exposed knob ing. You'll be 'l eft -with no guide to stay. active, .would return to the large enough to utilize the services at the end of the aitch bone. The but such meaningless brand names oil trade. of a port steward, However, the fo_ot sh~ll be removed at, or or your own knowledge of how to Consequently, . a ruling in this publication is being distributed to shghtly above, the hock joint but ten. meat quality. . area would be of considerable ben- all shipping companies as a stand- ·not b~yond the stifle joint. . . . Ironically, when Agriculture Secretary Benson last summer first efit throughout maritime as it ard ·guide for such purchases. "The ham shall be skinned, disclosed the· possibiUty of suspending lamb grading, · there were so would relieve . the tanker pressure The specifications, which are leaving a well · rounded skin collar many protests from consumers and small packers that the Agricul- 011 dry cargo ships in terms of based on those used by the Depart- not exceeding 45 percent of the ture Department said it would continue grading lamb. In DeceD)ber c'lmpetition for.. farm surplus ment .of Agriculture, include data entire back (skin side) surface of the Department made · a complete turn~b~ut and an~ouiiced it had ·c argoes. on Processing of meats, inspection, the ham m~asured lengthwise from suspended grading for a year. Whether or not the grades are ever reThe farm surplus cargo trade payment packaging and prepara- the approximate center,at the edge stored, the l~rge packers now have an · opportunity to corner the lanib tion. They c?ver the follow,ing of t~e butt .to tne tip of the shank market: , · '· . · meats and theu- l?Y-products: Beef, port~on of the ham as delivered. C~nsumer ; organizations and individual families are protesting . th'e veal, lamb, n;mtton, pork, luncheon The fat remaining on the s~inned suspension .o f lamb grades by writing to Secretary of Agricu~ture Ezra meats, lard and shortening. ~urface shall not exceed 114 inch T. Benson, and to the Director of the Livestock .,Divislo~ Agric~tural _, If ship~ing companies .were to m depth," th~ document notes Marketing Service, Agricultural Department, Wash~gton ~. DC. base their purc;hases on , ~hese among other thmgs. Beef still ·is ·being graded by the Government, and it will pay you to look for these markings hi stores, and buy on that basis. Pork never HOUSTON-Shipping was tirisk has been Fede.rally-graded. In buying lamb you n.ow can depend only on the store's honesty or y_o ur own knowledge of quality. In view ot here during the period just ended, the exposures of gouges, it would seem safer •to expand :;tour own and calls wer~ made to other p~rts : knowledge. · ·• · · · ,· · -. 1' - . to help fill some vacaneies, re-: l . The higher grades of lamb have creamy-white firm fat; ,Pink, fiim, ports Charies Kimball, · acting. velvety · meat with streaks Of fat ~!i Jkddish bone. The interspersed agent. streaks of fat, called "marbling", give These ships paid off: Alice (Th e bro th ers d escri"bedb e zow are receiving the $150 monthl·y SIU dis. higher grades juiciness, flavor and tenderness. Such grades can be roasted or broiled. Brown (Bloomfield); Alcoa Pointer ability-pension benefit.) • , The lower grades of lamb generally have thin, yellow fat, and the (Alcoa); John c :(Atlantic . Carr.); lean may be dark, soft and without fat. · · Mount Whitney (Tramp Shipping); .Joe Pilutis ••• 44 •.• retired in _1952 after sailing for many yea~s The short-weight scandals also confirm that you have to watch Jackie Hause· (NH Shipping); Sea- with · tl~e SIU. Subsequently he _was placed on the disability list as a . weights. Large-scale frauds have been reported in both New )'ork and ,garden (Peninsula); Penn Explorer ~~~~""".""·".."!~ ,., r,esult of .a le_g condition of unknown origin. Spent '. N~w Jersey. In Michigan, state authorities told 'this department, most (Penntrans); and Interocean (Inter· '?;{~~ ·. conitiderable . time in hospitals after several .opera' short weights found ther.e are in pre-packaged ·self-servi~e meats. ocean (Inter-Ocean Co.). :~<.' · ~ th>J1$, now just_ taking it easy. Preferred Southeast The situation has gotten to- the point where i;ellers seem to _regard Signing on were: --Del Aires, Del f-i~ ... ' Afd~an runs When .'he was shipping and put in consumers with contempt, and co,nsumers / theniselves 1'1!'e. 'being 'too Valle (Miss.); Jackie Hause <NH ....... ·n,iaqy trips on· the Robin line vessels. Now an out~ ti;usting. A New Jersey woman suspec'ted · tha~ a- meat package was Shipping); Valiant Force <Force~,, .:. patient at St. ,Vincent's ~ospital, New York City, lighter than the markeq .weiglit and weig~e~ it on the v.egetable scale. and -Wacosta (Waterman); ' .' }'iiutis gets down : to. -the headquarters hall occa1 . When s_h e complained, she · was told, ' 0f course if weighs light on a, In transit~ Chiwa~a~ Council .. sionally and keeps in touch ,with several of the :· vegetable s<;~le. You should have used a· i:ne~t scale." She accepted Grove, Cantjgny, cs N~rlolk," cs ·'.·.':New York SIU regulars. He makes his home in : Brooklyn. :. this explanation. . Baltimore ~radford Is1and Miami Some ·c ities require itbat a· seal~ be available nearby wpen meat qr _ Fort ' Ho~kins and Wint~r liill 1 !· cheese is packaged in ad.v ~nce, s.o . y~ti c~n ct,.eck wei~bts. . B~t even. (Cities service); Ocean Deborah ,_ . · .1;.::; / · • , : -~-~ · t. t • :.- where this is the law, ·so·m e stores ignore. it ·and consider the s~ale (Ocean Trans.}· Chickasaw -Yaka •. {(ow!lrd J. Abelll . ~ ~"'.65 .•• shipped in the deck department, be1: in the veg~table departme,nt sufficient. You can judge stores' scrupu- <Waterman>; Petx:ochem (valen- e_apie :an SIU man in'·1942, and retired last July. Brother Abell is now lousness · by whe,t her ·they ~o provide a handy scale. tlile); Bethex <Ore: Nav.>;· Ma~ iri Ar izona for his h ~alth , and must stay there for •. · The investigations · also confirmed that .11.o me supenrisors compel (Bull); Seatrain New Jersey. Sea- at' 'least a year, a~corqing to doctors. Unlike many ' emplo.yees to give sb_ort . weight; and also t.o .wrap ~meat in ex.tra fat. train Georgia" Seatrain Tex~. (Sea- · oldtimers wh·o think that · Arizona sunshine is. the .. Anoth~r frequent c9mpl1Pnt ~ been that s~or.es pµt .J:>est chops .on itrain); Azale• '.City (Pan .Atlantic); gr«lat~st, he hates tQ be away from the waterfront; ~ top and those. w ·t h a lot of ,bone and fat .at th~ bottom. · , Atlantis (Petrol Shipping); Elemir longs for the ocean, the seas; iaxes. Would like .. ~ . -,S.e rvice stores, · esp~cl~ - in - .l~w-inc.o.J1?e n£tghbor:hoodS~ ·.flso ;· ~!l~ (Atlanti C;1rr.);,, Capt.' Nicholas nothing better than to hear from former -shipmates. . ~- .watching. · ":ariqUJ~feY ~1~·".U¥~ ·~ · tS1ft1 :iwe~: by:) • . iqlic~ .a '" 'tJitte. ~itfril~ -. ('l'~f~P ~:S,~P~ing>; Atlas His address: 838 North. Euclid- Ave., Tucson, Ari. . ,qu11ces- 't0>.rf pou~,. ·fuCIQ¢e. w,etgh'tng ~~~t ;:Qlf :• platter th~ iiH IJead · .(-Tiii~e.rs: an( I IDra:111ps)'l'"Steel 'Ven~ :Zonar which•-is a .. long ,way frc;am ~_altwater in, any .Vefghts,. tuggi!ll'.O.n the ~waxed · p~per .to,.pull down the' .s ealtl, and .wen dor -tlsthmia1 '· and ,Bienvllle (Pan• direction; pretty far from fres-h water too for that . fl\VltebJna a~·liP.teP chicken for • - heavier one"'._· !:•'··~-.. , · '. · · , ·: :;.._,-, "Atlant·i&)i; · ,, . . · . matter. " BJ/ Sidnw ·Marg~liua · · That's No Innocent Lamb < Ur :i ·- A&G Food Plan Publishes New Mea.t·•Buy1ng • GUI•de 1 ., ·-· ', • •' r'· Jobs :Bo.om 1·n·· Ho· u·s't o:· n PENSIONERS~ ·~"COR. NER ,., ,_. • .6,f : · ' , 1 ·~. �• > ~. - • •• ... I ' Five World Tramp Ship~ ,$ old;.. More Vessel -Auctions PlaiJned . pay· - .. ~ . SIU ·efforts to gain · back and allqwances for SIU crewm~mbers-j)n vessels operated hy the:Wqrld Tr-_a mping agencies are stifl continuing, with five of the ships already sold t(> satisfy crew wage claims and other credit:ors. · The sale of a sixth vessel, the Pacific Star, is slated for Union attorneys . have attached send by mail to · establish their Januarv 5 in Norfolk and an- liens and begun court action on claims for wages or other monies, other ship, the w estport, has yet behalf of crewmembers of all ves- Seafarers are urged ·to submit their to arrive back in the States. One vessel, the Pacific Wave, has ·been abandoned .•outside the breakwater at Haifa, Israel; a_nd the Union .has retained an attorney there to attempt to collect monies due .if the ·ship is sold. ,_ Of the 12 ships involved, the Pacific Carrier, Pacific Navigator ·sels . which failed to pay off the crews or which defaulted on pa~ments made by check. In addition, the·-vessels hav~ been libeled to s~cure .~ulJ 'payment of amounts owed by the operators . to the welfare an.d .vacation funds. Along with any documents they Sea:farers • Z-numbers, Social Security numhers and an, accurate malling add1·ess where they can be reached. Any monet~ry errors in the documents they received should ·al,so be noted so that they can obtain full credit when payment ls eventually · made: · - , ~;~~eE;~~~r~~ at~~ ~~~~~c i~i~o~~~~ . . . . - ,. . .. .·. I I 11 . 1 bers' wages are the primary claim on these funds. · The remaining ships- are the P<icific Ocean, Waldo, Pacific Venture and the Pacific Ranger. Union attorneys have slapped ....liens on the first three . and the· ·Ranger is now being ol?erated by another SlU-contracted company and has scitisfied previous claims for wa~~s:· Seafarers who have wages· due cr unpaid allotment 'checks ·a,. re urge~ tQ contact - the offis.e of Miller & Seeger, Union attorneys, et 26 court Street, Brooklyn 1, NY, and to forward pay vouchers and unpaid checks with full details of any amounts· due them. Acci,irate pay records are not available for any of the vessels mentloned. & - . ·· · . ;\; ;\; ;\; A Federal Court in Seattle, Wash., has ruled that the International Typographical Union's financ~al support ·of a newspaper competing with a struck publica.tion was not a violation of anti· trust laws. The struck paper instituted the lawsuit initially in 1955 against the Union's · locals, its executive officers and the Allied Printing Tr-ades Council of Seattle. . ;\;_ ;\; ;\; The United Auto. Workers and Studebaker-Packard Corp. have reached an agreement on ·a plan that assures Packard retirees lifetime pe'nsions e·qu·amrig 85 percent of the level prov.ided at the time when" the Pa'c kard plant shut down in 1958. At that tirpe the. company split a $25 million retirement fund into two part~. · one covering Studebaker workers, and one _covering Packard employees. A typical Packard r~tiree with "3,0 years' service gets about $57 a month ·pl'us his~Social Security benefits. . · ;\; ;\; ;\;. Garb~4 as St: .-Nick for t~e pur- , pose c;f passing out handbills In· fol'ming the public that the manageme~t of an En4ic'ott, NY, dress 1h9p• was using non-union .builders for , a'· restaurant·motel project, Dominic· Parro(ti of' the.Building & Cenikuction Trades Council was ~;.,~ ' {/ ii ... 1.. ...... 1-.· :. • ~ .\ •ii ~ti '.'fi-~·· , ,,, •· ~fr~ u ~ ·~l°IJ •,1 t~ ~t, . 't.'~ 1 J • , ' •1 • \1 ~ :J • ' ~ I ;,1 , , ;\; ~ I I I I I I .,I .1 -I . .Seafarers or children of Se~farers who ~uaJ. ify for the SIU's $6,000 four-ye.ar schofarships are urged to complete their applications now -,o as to b1 eligible to take forthcoming College Entrance examinations. The -next ex.. a,;.lnations are given on January 9, February 6, and Match 12•.The latter date is the last possible examinatjbn ttlat can be taken.b•fore the awards are giv,n. Since 9pplicGtions for the. examin.ation have to h4P .completed ohout a month ahead of tlie eJcamination date, it ls urg•rif '11t'at candidcites acf n~~. All applications are handled l>y t~e Seafarers Welfare Plan, I J B~oadWay, New ;\; '' I , "". ~---. ' •h " In p ' ortian d st,,•k·· e· t ; , "• • . ·,, .,. , ~ .. rr·.v . .. .;r, •• ,! I . ~ (Qu . Workers for almost 40 years, steps do.wn ·from his position early -this year to be succeeded by the Un'" ·io~s . Vice President, Thomas -Ken- . he.dy, who has L~wjs' blessi,ngs. , .,, . s · .L · R1n9 •· p.. ·o ps up ·· John C. Lewis, colorful, buspy- ;~ < .N: i' bro~ed head · of the United Mine ..,(; . • • , • ., .. P.,,.''~· ~ ' ability to Russian unions which Yorlc City. ; are not unions but Soviet govern-.. ,.... ment mechanisms for controlling the nation's labor force. The ILWU delegation also parSEAFAllERS WELFARE PLAN . .,. roted the standard Soviet line-that • there were "excellent" possibilities . 11 BROADWAY for trade between the United NEW YORK 4, ·Y. States and the Soviet Union. The Russians have long expressed eagerness to. buy · machine _tools, chem!cal p~oeesses and oth17r industrial devices which would boost 'L . .- - - - -. - ..... _- - - - - .... . their industrial output and help them catch ·UP with US technology. The latest v)sit is one ·~f a series of contact!! between Bridges and .. 1 the top lea4ership ·of the Soviet world. Last · winter Bridges went _ taken to police headquarters ·and to .Moscow and then, in the spring, . . . . . shown a copy of an antiquated or· a .. conference of proPO~TLAND, Ore.-Fresh · . lroni a .strikebreaking operation headed ·up ·diflance outlawing the distribution Communist maritime organizations in Reno, Nevadar a group of professional s. cabs is nc>w work_-.. of handbills on pul;>lic sidewalks. in Tokyo in the course of which But because similar ordinances he blasted us policy. ing behind picket lipes at the "Portland Or~gonian" and ''Portwere outlawed in neighboring comIn September, when Khrushchev land Journal," two struck•·---------....---munities, police decide<t-to charge visited the · United States, the newspapers in this. city. have refused requests by both him with "meter feeding"- leav- IL WU headquarters in San FranUnion sources in Portland Republican Governor Mark .. Hating his car parked for more than cisco was the only union hall he · charge that the strikebreakers ar"e field and Democratic Senator Rich. an ~our and continuously putting visited. He received an enthusiastic being paid $2.50 a week for their ard Neuberger that they .mediate the coins in· as necessary. He was personal reception there . from services, plus an · allowance for the dispute. · fined $5=-which was paid for by Bridges and the faithful. Khrush- housing, food and transportation. While operating with strikelocal unionists-and -went back to chev had previously denounced the The two struck pape~s are putting breakers, the owner of the "Orehanding out his handbills. rest of America's trade union out a combined publication, in ·an gonian," Samuel Newhouse, head - ;\:. ;\; t leadership as "c~pitalist· lackeys."· efforts 'to break the strike. They of a national -newspaper chain, -Is collecting on ·a 50-day strike'-insUrThe United Packinghouse Workance policy. The insurance system ers are scheduled to open negotia: Stack-Of A ·Superta.nker has been set up .by newspaper pubtions with Wilson & Co. with .t he lishers to compensate strikebolmd assistant of "the Federal Mediation l newspapers. . and Conciliation Service following.: Last M.?Y. the New York ~tate the recent shutdown by Gov. · Or-· Labor Department complete<! henrville Freeman of the firm's Alberti ings on organized strikebreakibg• Lea, Minn., plant. "The Governor the Macy · newspaper chain in 'by sent some 200 National Guardsmen · W~st~hesier . County. The -chain · into the•area to restore order after also imported -s trikebreakers from outbursts continued against strikesuch faraway places as Florida and breakers at the plant. The UPWA paid them up to $400 a· week in. has filed a num'ber of unfair. labor some instances. · protests against the firm. . rhe handl~ng ' Of thes~ p~ofes- . ;\; --. ;\; :' t . .> 1 sional strikebreakers has been ·, '. traced to · a · single agency . fn ·in.:. Typographical Union"' Local 619, diana run by a midwest attorney, at Sapulpa, Okla., has been charged ·Bloor Sclileppey · in conjunction by the NLRB with picketing the with _a Miss Shirley Kleiri. 'T he "Sapulpa i>'aily H~rald" for ."a·n Schleppey•19ein group has aP- I unreaso~able p·erid of time" (15 parent}Y 'established business reladays) without filing .f or -a representions with publishers . all over the tative election. . The action was US to supply them with -scabs termed <as "outrageous'~ · "by ITU ·· whenever desired. General Counsel Gerhard P. Van / Arkel, who said this situation "showed the extremes to which the Landrum-Griffin Act can ,and is being pushed." LABOR ROUND-UP Four AFL-CIO unions, ol>erating as two separate bargaining units have won a National Labor Relations Board election the North Carolina Pulp Co. The· election was held on management's petition in order to define the bargaining units after a dispute with ·the unions - over the status of several so-called ''supervisory employees." Involved fn the .vote were the Pulp, Sulphite & Paper Mill Workers; Papermakers and Paperworkers; Operating Engineers, and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. · . Continuing to establish open tieS: w-ith the top Communist . hie;rarchy, Harry ?ridges' International bongshoremen•s· ai:id ~ Warehousemen's Union sent· a three-man delegation to Mos- : cow .Jast week to meet with++-----~=-------­ Soviet·· · Pre mi er Nikita rejected by AFL-Cio Pres(dent Khrushchev. The ILWU dele- George Meany as giving respect,.. gation was led by Bridges'. secondin-conimsnd, Louis Goldblatt, secrefary::treasurer'" of the west coast longshore group. The three-man group had a pri· vate audience of one hour with the Russian dictator, during which the latter was quoted as calling for "US-USSR trade union exchanges," in which rank and filers should take part. · The ·Khrushchev move has been ' .--------......;.-------------------, - _S;c,b.ol·a --shi:Ps •'·-· er·,·dges Un1·on oe·1e·gates· !':i~ ~~: ~~: ~!i:;,~~~-.i~r:~2!~;~ Co: ...y ·-Up-·Jo ·Khrus·hc'hev·· ~i~~s~~er:;~~~~dT::~~~~.wi~::;:~ I r• \ ·4' J. ~ , j~: "') ~ 1 • ' '' • •• ., >- �........ ... · Any ship that Seafarer Ben ' Gr~ham · is on is l·i able to be well-decorated with his humorous ·comments' on shipboard li¥ing. Reproc;luced or:i this page are just a few of his caftoon obser:yations on seafa~ing. A native of· Massachusetts, Graham started sailing with the back in 1942. He put in' half-a-dozen years with. the U.nion, went back ashore as ·a t.ruck-jockey ·in 1949·and then, ,in 1·955, decided to return to sea. · ·· Graham, who sails in th~ d~ck department, is the father of four ch.ildren and tile 'proud grandfath~r of six. He · makes. hi~ home .in Cambridge, Mass., and is . well-known to Seafarers ship- ' ping out of Boston. s1u· "' · Seafarer _-Ben Graham, pictured ashore out of his working gear. "That's enough on the chipping, bosun. Throw . a l~ttle red lead on and wrap it up." "Did.I see Gibraltar ·as we passed by? How ,, could I? I was oµ lookout!" "I wish to report a .leak, sir." "Roughly . speaking, I'd sa)T you mi:;sed it by two martinis."· ,.·. . . ~'Have you · a nice long ·Persian Gulf. run for a .. lousy dishwasher?" ' . .' - .·. �' Holiday Rush In N'·Orleans Wilt .·Stacken .. US Retired To Get Gov't .Health Plan ' William C. ~th, eng. dept.: Seven months, in 1942, but it was · . the longest seven NEW ORLEAN~hlpping has months I can. been very good 1here, -with reJis· recall. We were lrations also on the_heavy side due cai:rying an. ~x- to tfie layoffs of crews aboard plosive . cargo to three ships-twQ of, which are ex· the Persian Gulf pect~d to ~e crewing µp again ~ea In It i a 1.1 y. shortly. The-c~ing period never· R~mors ha<;l · · ·~t t~eless, looks slim, reporbi :. Lind· th•t. there were sey wunams,, .gor.t· agent. . 20 ships in our Ceremonfes marfctng·the ground· . ,group, :- t w.o of breaking for a-·new hall here were wbicli were sunk~ Afterwards, we held just before· the holidays. At· headed for Brazil to pick up · ~ ~e~ding the ·fete were the mayor · non-:explosive cargo-coif.ee. .. · and local ·officials. <For' details, see , ~ · ~ ot. · •*°ry on Pase 2.> .BenJam4a Mlcnano, deck: Twelve · All members .shipping · out of ~onths was my longest from S':p· the port were urged to ~aJCe part in the upcoming state elections Dan Butts, bosun: About l.l 1t2 tember :195~59, Williama· announced. There Will be months was·. the longest. This was a board the Orion Comet. We .shul.a rµnoff fn. the·· contes~ ior Jover· back in '51, when lr.!"'.'""'-!!""~~-- tied back and nor of · Louisiana. , ... · · 1 was aboard the f o rt h between . . Ships -that paid ; off - during the ·sea 'Magic. · We Japan and - . the pr~eding shipping span were: hit Rio, Belem, P e r s i a h Gulf. Del Sud, Del Oro Del Mundo Del Recife, the Ca· N~rte, Del · Sant~s <Delta') ; Steel Though ~here was nary Isles, Cape a good cr e w "Surveyor (Isthmian>, and ·Wacosta Verde, Barcelona, aboard, oge (Waterman> : and West Africa; · •Signing on were: Del Sol, Del couldn't say too too name much for the . food · preparation as Sud . (Delta> :· .· Mal'garet · Brown, ,,.-- a 'few ports. When we a couple of cooks a~d ji baker 1 A)Jce ·Brown (Bloomfield); Chicka· got, b~ck ' to New · ·.. didn't know the score.· The · ~<?n- sa"'. . <Waterman); , Maxton (TransYork, .there were only seven left soons and typhoons made things ocean· Pet.) ; and Gulfwater (Metro out of the original 31 men who tough all around. ·Peq. 1;. to to In 1.ransit were: AJcoa Corsair, started. Charle. Connors: engine dept.: Alcoa Ranter ..(twice>; Alcoa Cava1, was out a _year I'll ·never forget: lier, Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa); Sea· Ricardo Barcelona, AB: I haven~t · · .. 1943. · We ·'were train Georgia, Seatrain Louisiana carryln~ explo- 1 Seatt_:ain S; Del Sol, · D~l Aires, been on too- many long trips. In sives ·from NY to Del Sud (Delta) ; Ines, : Beatrice, fact·Jour months , · Murmans~. ·. En- Suzanne,, · Elizabeth · <BulU; 'Mar· : wa's the.:Jongest. route we ' were garet Brown, ..,.lice Brown (Bloom; ThlS' was' a, coal 11nder heavy · at- field> ; Ste~l Vendor <Isthmiin >; run froni :Norfolk tack' by subs and Monarch of the Seas, Topa Topa, fo Brazil a ·n d planes f 0 r 13 Yak a, C.h i ck as aw, Claiborne, back. JI ' didn't days. · Forty-two (Waterman); Gateway City, min'd the length · ships started out; RaP,h~el Sem~~s «Pan ~lantic); of the .trip be22. or 23 . made lt. Qcean Eva ( Oce~n Clippers). and .cause .we .had a good crew aboard, Then we headed for Cardiff, Wales, John C <Atlantic Carr.). good food, . and but only met up with a few torpedo sailing both. ways. boats which didn't damage th~ ship. . �SE .A.PA..RERS ... .. 'lhe . Velvet Glove' ·_:· .. I LOC Pare Elna APL Purchases leilani. For Trans-Pacific Service ' \ ... . . , . WASHINCTON-Th~t orphan of the passenger shipping business, the SS Leilani, has found a new home and: will soon have another name. American President Lines, a West Coast company under contract was undoubtedly conditioned by to the SIU Pacific District, the failure of Congress to · approwill purchase the ship from priate funds for a new trans- -----..... .:.:.,.,,,'t·i: · . ::..·· '~•o· -..::~1 " ' '·;:.·.0··i···~J;;:; , .. -~ - ..1 ~. · ' . . ire . elng B . WASHINGTON :- 'J'he US- and .... ~ . . Canada are try..ing to work out a aatfs!actory Great Lakes' Pil!>tage plan to present to Congre~s for consideration ne~t -session, which gets under way ·sometime 1:his week. .Still unresolved is the question: 11hould qualified piiots, 8t considerable cost,. be required to be on duty throughout a V~Ssel's. Stay in t.he G~eat Lakes-even m open 1 ~a!~~~~r~!: ;~~s~~~~;r~e~:~: -has taken an affirmative stand. Supporting the service are the Masters, Mates· & Pilots. AFL·CIO. Canadian officials have taken a negative attitude in the matter, and they appatently have State Depar~ment . agreemen!, .too. A possible ~ompromise, however, might be to a!lowthe Coast Guard to use its discret.ion by in1isting. pilots be aboard ships in ,,. open watef.S-C??JY.,.if· traffic eonditi6ns or .we~ther ~arrant. .A~. to re-. having ,, .Pil~ts ~board in .atr/cted water~such as .the Detroit .and ~t. Mary rivers Oanada's.. legislation requires theii' aervices · anY,\vay, · so · ther e's. no - . eC>ntro~ersY, over this point. , . .... ..... ... ~ · ... '·. """'... ·. , ... ":,. ~..:~--·"""!"·""II . Pacific . supe.rliner. The conipany1· had been planning · to construct a ne~ 50,000-ton supership for Pacific service, but the funds were not forthcoming and the cost estimates kept rising from year to year. It is expected that once the remodeling is completed, the Leilani \'.till join APL's Presidents Cleveland, Wilson and ·Hoover on the transPacific route. The P~esidents Cleve1and and Wilson are also basically P-2. designs modified for luxury passenger service. . of 'DOD --t Buy .Amoeo' _ · ': -· . up- Atlantic Run MONTREAL-The first Ca.iadian vessel since the mid_-twenties to ·engage in North Atlantic trade has just completed her maiden crossing, arriving in London November l, following _a 91h-day trip. The M/V EskiJTln of Canada Steamship Lines, under contract to the SIU Canadian District, will have a winter run operating from Quebec City, and in the summer will ply the Lakes and work in the Arctic service. It was designed by Davie Shipbuilding Limited in . cooperation with the owners and the ~anadian Government Departme.1t of Transport. It was charted to the Department of Transport for the midsummer months to operate in the far north; servicing Frobisher Bay, F"ox Inlet, and other Arctic areas. The vessel is 335 feet · long and had a deadweight of 6,500 tons. It has three cargo holds and is reinforced for navigation in •ice. In the spring and fall it will be used principally to carry grain and newsprint and in the winter for deep-sea or coasting operations. Canadian - deep s ea • operations have been a rarity in recent years because of the wholesale transfet of Canadian ships to the British ilag. · New orIeans- seafarers Back Mor·rison·For La Governor runoff primary ·.campaign by former Governor Jimmie Davis who From another quarter, one-close to ·seafaring, comes an. . ap- served from 1944. to "1948. ·p eal .by the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Ul)ion. not to .Morrison was high man in the patronize' Amoco gaimline ~nd other products. The U:Qion has first pri!'llary by nearly 70,000 bee~ -o.n stri).te fQr six months at the American Oil ~q:rppany's vot~s,. but lacke~ the . necessa.r: refinery in Texas City to preserve a voice inJ'ob classifications· ma3or1ty for a first primary v1c . d ·· k . • t , T. h . f. . b . . ed b h. d tory. . . an_ .~o! .ass~gn.men. s. . .e re mery IS emg operat e m IQ endorsin,g Morrison, - SIU a un,~e.n p~cke.t_ lme. - . . _ --~. ·" members here took recognition .o f . The ~ct1on of .t\meric~n Oil, Standard 011 o.f Indiana (also the great contribution he has made . · :.. _ -strikebound) . the . major steel ~0t1cerns, ·the z:ailroads and as mayor of New. Qrleans toward otbers-alLshow a pattern of,s~eking t<> destroy u~ion protec- ·development of thi.s port as a cen.. tion .of member _by demolition of contract -working rules. ter of Latin American t~ade, New · e::::::> · ir "' . ~ 11: T . ·h , A ' 'k- · h·t· 1·; · d h ' f. · · .Orleans Port Agent Lindsey J. · " ~IY~r1 ·1 IMi;.. , . e nmoco st~1 ~, -~ 1 e -ittl~ notice .t. us al' I~ c;ompa.rison Williams said. · .<e~!r~ IL~ 1(Y, ... ' '. to, the. st~el b~~f, l~ . of,~o~s1d~~bl~ . ~mi;><?l"!~c~· to ·ref1~ery ."The trade union moyement in 1 ~A·~~llirl.-tw..orker.s,,, sea~en ~n~~melilca~-ijag tarilF~rs 1!f!d :tQ Amer~cJm \New ·or1eans has prospered greatly ·--~~, ': '·'~'. UIM .· · W<?rJ:tet~~e*·~r~Ut~· .Th~··~f!~ese~vati9'n -Af ilill~n ·workinfr~les du.ring Mbrrison's administrat.ion,:• 1 1 . • ' ever~}V:.\ler~ i.s ~.at 1s.ta~e~~1~ bee~§.i,o,(.JtP,.1~ ·~D:l!~W,'e..~ ... ,, , _ . W1llia~~ - s,aid.: "A . Public. W~Ji~~ · I'~ ' ) - ......,,.,.m:..?1.1.0"'",..r. ~- !J *¥o I " (t ,; t,, • : • ~ttt ~ r.~JI, .': ~.. > - m'r~i1fli.111;;:::l!;.; I 1 · _. ""':' , • ... Canada Ship .Makes-First 52 It should come as no ·g ' -r. e.at surprise to Union. membe~s that 1& · . Recalled from the boneyarrl . . . . . several years later, she was conorgamzed· str1kebreakmg is .far from dead m the Umted .verted for the Pacific serv.ice beStates. On the contrary, w;hat is emerging today in some .i n- . tween West Coast ports and tl'ustries is a far slicker, ~ore highly-organized form of strike- Hawaii. Operated firs_t by Hawaiian breaking_. than Pearl Bergoff and :other notorious finkherders Steamship and later by Hawaiian of -the"' 1920's and 1930's ever dreamed of. Textron, slie was repossessed by Your old-time strikebreaking opei:a~ion usually consisted Martime early this year when the of smashing a' picket line with clubs and other assorted weap- owners defaulted on her mortons, going into a plant and putting out the work for the boss gjlges .. .while the union men were left out in the cold. This kind of Originally put up for sale with · t s, b ut a l ongsi'd e of it' ·" h prici!tag of $4.4 million, she s t ri·keb r.ea k..mg stl·11 ex1s as grown up ·adrt:w. one "unresponsive • bid from a more-efficient, gold-l?looded system which. has serious· iin- a Mexican corporation. The sale plicatiOns for · unions in certain industries. ·· . was not completed because the To d a t e the maJor · t argets of t h e stri'keb reak.mg . operation · prospective buyer was - a foreign have been unions in the printing and publishi.n g industry. corporation. The Leilani _had also ~~ the past year· alone, the Il)diana agency· which specializes failed .to attract much interest in scab-recruiting fcir this industry has participated jn strike- when offered for bareboa.t charter breaking _operatitms in such far-flung areas. as New York. a few ?1onth~ _ago. State's W-est,ehester County; Reno, Nevada, and currently in ~PL s dec1s1on. to purchase the Portland, Or.egon. . ship; once the price was dropped, . Today's professional strikebreaker thinks nothing flying - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - scabs huDidreds of miles to a struck plant, setting them in focal hotel's and· SUpplying employers With_ Specified· SkillsI just what is being done in Oregon. The ·wages of today's scab• her~ repor~edly rang~ from $250 to $400 weekly plus free transportation and mamt~n~nce. ii That employers are willmg to go to such lengths rather.... . . than sit down and settle a contractbeef with a union should NE.W ~RLEANS.-Seafarers at the regular ~embership serve as fa~r warning to ev~ry u~ion and every union. mem- meetmg m the New Orleans SI'£! hall voted; unammously Deber. It .points up the need to maintain an effective, solidly- cemb~r 23 to endorse the candidacy of Mayor deLesseps S. knit union operation to meet threats of this. nature. Morrison of New Orleans for . · · - ' · t,: i .- t · · govei.'no.r of Louisiana. program second to none in the • . Morrison is opposed in a South and insistence by the city .reaI Lakes G . • . ts' ·Plan · 0 PI1 -• All ·d · · ' . •:.'!""- the Maritime Administration for $3.2 million and use her in the ·trans-Pacific passenger service. A few days earlier, th~ keel was laid in San. Francisco for the first of two new APL cargoliners, the President Lincoln. Construction will start next month on her sistership, the President Roosevelt. Both vessels are of the new "Searacer" type, which is a modified Marinerclass design adapted for APL service. · One unusual feature will be a container hatch just forward of .the house, with a 25-ton gantry crane riding above the hold. Both ships are to be ready by the summer of · 1961. In itddltion to the purchase price, the Leilani fransaction will mean an APL outlay of about $5.5 mill.loo for another complete remodeling job on the vessel. Part of the remodeling cost, probably about half, will be paid by Maritime as a construction subsidy. · The APL purchase will .b e the fourth attempt to ope+ate the Leilani on a commercial basis. Built i:1 1944 as the P-2 - transport Gen. W. P. Richardson , she was completely rebuilt· after the war ·a nd operated on charter by American Export as a tourist-class ship in ME'diterranean service. Then known·· as the La Guardia, she operated in this trade until in administration on the' employment of union labor in this construction program has- ·resulted in a high standard of. living and one of the South's highest combined wage rates. A by-product has been the recognition of New Orleans as ·· center of progressive trade-unionism and- one of the fl!stest growing industrial areas in the South." The SIU has eri'joyed cordial relations with the various departments of city government throughou_t ~orrlso!1's 14 years in o~f!ce, Wllhams pomted out. In add1bon, the administration's heavy empha,sis on ).development of foreign trade through the port has resulted in the· advancement Qf Sea!arers' ,J~b .an.d ~arn~gs'oppoFtvntties,. . .· �.... TwelH SB~-l'.4RBB.S ' SEIFHERS IN DR·YDOCK , ~ -- ._, . . Brother James J. Kelley, who last sailed as an oiler on the Seatratn Georgia ·is hr the Public Health Hospital on Staten Island for a check-up on ·a high blood pressure condition. He is reported to be In good shape and improving nicely -Also in the hospitals are Seafarers Phillip W. ·pron, a former m.essman on the Elizabeth and Robert W. Bunner, also a messman, who was last on the Cities Service. Norfolk. Brother Pron underwent ·a special · Mancino Pron eye graft operation at the Lenox Hill Hospital but is recuperating at the Staten Island USPHS Hospi• tal. Brother Bunner is in for a check-up. Three other Seafarers at the same hospital are ·Seafarers Claude L. Davis, who last sailed on the Westport: Carmine Mancino. a former AB on the Robin Hood; and Frank Mazet, who was a FWT on the Robin Gray his last time out. Brother Davis was hospitalized in the Colpetty Clinic, Colombo, Ceylon and is now recovering here Kelley Ca.vis from gall bladder trouble. He expects to be discharged soon. Brother Mancino was involved in an accident aboard the Robin Hood his first day of work. Seafarers on the beach, or off their ships on shore leave should take time out to visit or write a letter to their brothers in the hospitals. The following is the latest available list of hospital patients: USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Charles Derick James Macunchuck Grover Cobbler Anthony Maiello Roscoe Conklin Johan Nordstrom Leonard Davis George Rival E. Gherman Herbert Shartzer Gorman Glaze George Sizer Robert Godwin Jose Soares Bruce Hartford Charles Taylor Wm. K. Kehrwieder John Zobll USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Bartolo Cruz Chas. A. McCar thy Dalton A. Gabriel Raymond L. Per ry Peter King USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Joe N. Atchinson Jonnie McCree William ( :, Brown Jame1 E. McGut'Cey Herman A. Carson Sieve Moust~kas Charles Hill ' Paul L. Painter Herbert Jackson Roy C. Pappan Robert D. Jones Charles F. Ries Herbert Kennedy Jose J. Valenzuela Thomas McCarthy .Tolin W. Ward VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Maurice Flynn . USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GEORGIA Glenn. R. Adams Andrew Sproul Clarence Dees GJen R. Adami William Hamilton Ernest Bryant James B. Henley Cleo Copeland T. F. Johnson David McCollum . 'USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Arturo Alderete Edw. H. Huizen11a Hilarion A. Aquio Charles F . Hyde Eugene W. Bent Richard R. Kohli Richard A. Carter A. H. Manden James M. Davis .Jerome Pine Norman W. Dubois Frank Schembri .James W. Eccle1 Fred Shala D. H. Gemeiner Frank ·Soriano Charles Harris Robert R. Yonce · • VA HOSPITAL FORT MILEY, CALIF Howard J. Watts USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. , Thomas ~E. Andrews Edward Knapp Alton M. ~ell Norman L. Krumm Salvador Blanco Leo H. Lang Colon Boutwell Clyde R. Legutt R . R. Brooks Rudolf Michalek Richard B. Carrillo Michael Miller ·Melvin Chilton Arthur Opsal Leroy Clarke Anthony Pisani Lavern Coats Francis M. Regan J :imes J. Connon · Edwin C. Reynolds Wm. T. Counts M. J. Rodriguez Averil F. DeGrushe Antonio Santiago Hugb Dick Cyril Sawyer Harry Duracher Joseph W. Stocker Charlie A. Gedra David L. Wllllams . .James C. Glisson James E. Wllllford Walter L. Griffin Nelson J. Wood Wade B. Harrell Anthony Zalch , Harry R. Hebert 0 USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROQKLYN. NY Matthew Bruno Ludwig Kristiansen G. Caraballo Thomas Lehay Leo Carreon Primliivo Muse Wade Chandler Jeremiah O'Byrne Joseph Cox George Phifer John Driscoll Henry Smith Otis Gibbs Almer Vicker• Bart Guranlch R. Water1ield Talb Hassan Luther Wing John Hazel Pon Win& Wllllam Kenny USPHS HOSPITAL _ SEATTLE, WASIDNGTON J. P . Balder ston Olus J. McCann Joseph Barron Joseph Prabech Fay W. Langley Salvador Santos US SOLDIER'S HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON, DC . Wm. H. ThomS0'1 VA HOSPITAL CENTER HOT SPRINGS SOUTH DAKOTA Clifford C. Womack VA HOSPITAL KECOUGHT AN. VA. Joseph Gill • · MT. WILSON STATE HOSP. MT. WILSON, MARYLAND . George Davis · VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS R. J. Arsenault SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY Victor B. Cooper Thomas Isaksen USPHS HOSPrrAL WINDMILL POINT DETROIT, MICH. ' John C. Robinson USPHS HOSPITAL. FORT WORTH, TEXAS R. B. Appleby · All>ert L. o,ietree B. F . ·Deibler Max Olaon Woodrow Meyers Leo Watt1 John C. Mitchell Joaeph. P. WIM USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Oscar J . Adams Ernelt G. Manie)' Alte E. Anderson Frank Mazet Ivar Anderson Marco11 Medlpa Allie Androh Fell1t Muniz Chai • .0. Bergagna Ray Noack Thomas H. Bubar Eugene Ojeca Robert W. ·Bunner Chao A. Pao Arthur J . Camara Wallace .Perdue Joaquin Cortez Wm. R. Phlllp Claude L. Davis Philip w. Pron Wllllam Drew Angel Reyes Jesus Fernandez Peter Richter Michael Flloaa John L. Roberti Walter Gustavson Frank A. Rout Luis E. Gutierez Manuel Sanchez Alfred Kaju · Juan Soto D. Kambanos ' Thl!Qdore Spencer James J. K-elly Fernando Tlaga Chas. A. MacDonald John Ulla Edward J. Lane Claude Virgin Carmine Mancino Pedro A. Viruet LONGVllW VICTORY <Vlctery Ca,_ rlen>, Nov. U-Chalrm11u a. H. llm~ 10n1 secretary, I', Fullbrl1ht. c. White elected llhlp'a dele•ate. 17 In lhlp'1 fund. Cub donated to Merchant Marin• Ltbra17 f• ~1>0oka and maia•' :dnea broqht aboard' In New Orleana. Shlp'a trealW'er to bUJ' loda, for Thankqivtn& · Day,...dfnner. Lall trip ran 1moo~. No beefa at payoff. Sui•ut boldin& lhl.P•a meetlnU after 8:30 PM. Galle:r ranee to be brought to· att~tlon of patrolman. Request ..pantry door ·and 1creen to be repaired. Looi1hor eme11 eaUng all of ni.ht lunch. None Ien for the crew. Compliment.· to the steward department. Everyone la very well Atllfled. STEEL DISIGNER <Isthmian>, Nov. 1S.-C:halrman, J. Farrand1 Secretary, V. P. Dltlmcomo. Bad locken In 8·12 1eamen'1 quarter1. and messman'a quarters. Repair list · to be turned In . to ·chief mate. Clarlflcatlon of ' over· time mentioned when 1ea watchl!s are broken for les1 than 24 houri. 118.45 In 1hlp'1 fund. ·CALMAR <Calm1Wl, Nov. 7--\:hal,_ men, liarl HarrlSOftl Secretary, C. Glll../Shlp's delegate elected. Delegate to see about keys for foc'1le. Stew· ard reports that dan,. box 11 not up to . par. No 'cooperation from chief engineer for repa}r to AmeROBl N KIRK · <Moor•Mccvmackli Nov. 22-Chilrman, A. Pal1•1 Seer• tary, H. Curran. ShJp'a delegate elected. Fund now at S4.2S,i Repair lists to be turned · tn by mree de· partments. Beefs that were neglected due to shJp laying up are to be straightened out in Gulf. · ATLAS <Tanker and Tramps), Nov; 1a-chalrman, "· S., Paylor, Jr.1 Sec• retary, . I. Slmos. ShiP.'• fund Wal S282.35 on beglnnlng of voyage. 128.74 spent for books and S122.85 for Co.~• Cola. Some one ls taldn« cokes fronl machine without deposltlng" money. Request liafety 'lights to be put In tanks while cleaning •ume and hel· met. are requested for men down In the tanks. Crew· to cooperat'e with pantryman to keep pantry clean at nl&ht. No beefs~ dlspu}B,d OT. f11Dd. EnOaeen to cbeclr ull ci.an an 11ra1m became ol bad. odon. eomPllm•ntl to llteward department for •ood lbod..f.Dd aervlce. ' · · ANTINOUI <Waterman), Nov. 21-Cllalrman. L. Doucette1 lecretah, I. Ray. .EYel')'tlllq In 8De llhQe. No beefa. 119.U Ila llhl)fi fund. Hann. ThaDklliYln& dinner on WednOlday becau.. · of arrival In Canblanca on Thurada:r. Tbankl to 11hlp'1 dele1ate for the Job well done. ALCOA CORSAIR <Alcoa>, Dec. 6Chalrman, J. Naylo" Secretary, M. J. Phelps, Fun4 ltandl at 1215. 'No beef1, Few houri · of disputed OT. One crewmember flown home due to death In famlb'. Sug1e.Uon made· to take up a collection for the doctor for hla Digest_. Of SIU Ship Meetings Interest In the crewmemberi. Steward department rtve1 vote of · thanks to ·plumber, electrlclan8 qd carpenter for their cooperation. Alao · a vote of thanks from· crew tor a fine Tbanks&lvlng dinner. pted eve17 trip. U crew permitted to eat earb"when ' necelAfJ', Vote llf.. tllank.I to steward department for< a Job well done. Have photOI to be \ 1ubmitted to the LOG. Dllhlfectant •hould be lnatalled In all t 0lleta. More water preAIU'e needed on back af~ on tolletl. Havln& trouble with water re&ulator. Crew oppo19d to houslD& pro;lect. JEAN LAFITTI <Waterman), Dae. 1 Chairman, Nlchol11 Hatglmlslo11 Secretary, Ronald Iden. Captain will p ay ol! anyone who want!! to pa:r off o n the west coast. All dele1ate1 In· · 1tructed to make repair l.latl. Few hours OT d.laputed. One man 1011ed. Thankl to Steward and the .steward department for a wonderful Thank• &lvlng dinner. Dele•ate to see captain about irettln1 room1 10ugeed and to 1ee If after llPts -to after deck ·can\ remain on at nlfbt. Tbankl to deck department for Aving life of chief mate after a heart attack when ahlp was leaving . Yokohama. Regret that the 'c hief mate did not acknowl· ed&e thJ1 ac~. COE VICTORY (Victory CarrlerJ), Nov. 23-Chalrman, Joe Tuarh Secretary, John Coyle. Great Improve· ment in crew'• conduct while In port. Everything runnln& smoothl:r. Gan&· way 1Yatch now In chJ,r mate'• handl. Anyone ml1slng nme will be logged. Chan11!1 will be m ade · ·at Jean al1ht hour.a In . advance. Quality of meata and produce received ·1n An'Wel'P, was· very poor• .water ' In llotterdam and Bahrein very salty. , Many ('DMD became Ul. Crew•1 palitry rel rl&erator needs replacln1. Food from ' &alley 1erve'd cold. a few tlme1. Action to be taken. STEEL VOYA~IR <Isthmian~ . Nov. 23-Chalrman, David Dlckln1on1 lec:.retary, I. Fulfoitl. Wire •ent to Joe BAL'.l'ORI! <Marven), Dec. 6-Chalr· .,,... Alglna concer~& , penalty . car10. man, Kosta Hatglmliloll Secretary, ·· Elected new. ahlp 1 dele~ate tor next Paul M Meth Received new wallhlnl trip. Be1an a new ship 1 fund. New • • men to donate at port pay oft. S18 machine. · M~ber1 requested not to collected •nd 17 pledged for 1hlp's · leave clothiri& In machine too Joni; f ,.,. · Steward reiiuested that crew bring " ___., In their coll. · No beef1. Some disPENN ·SHIPPERS <Penn Transl, Dec. puted OT. ~Chairman, A. LandrY1 Secretary, Duke Gardner. Recommendation . made HILEN (Olympic Trans.),, Dec. 6. STEEL TRAVELER <lsthm!_anl. Nov. to have 1teward department clean Cliilrft\111, P. McAn1n1v1 secretary, 21~halrman, c. E. Owen11 Secretary, recreation room and · blacqarig and Albert Espeneda. One man who D. Mlsslmln. Edward Se~erko elected deck departments to clean laundry missed ship the last trip joined at ship's delegate. Held dlscu~slon 011 room. Repair list not completed In Tarragona. Spain and left at Bermuda malling addres~es. Seafarer Sylvester shipyard. Vote of thanks for the ltew· with captain's permllsion. Cre1' col· Frizzell was burled at sea on No.vem· ard department. One man Ill. ShJp'a lected 1145 for plane farl! to NY. ber 20. P. F. Walsh. master, p~r· fund S3.10. No beefs. · Captain will pay tramportatlon and · formed ceremony. All hands paid two days• subsistence. Members dotheir respect1. natinB 50 cents to 1hlp'1 fund . 'l'ltre. SUZANNE (lull), Dti:. l--c:t1alrman, men fired. Patrolmen to lie notlfled · OREM.AR <Mnvenl, Nov. 23-Chalr· Angel .Sed11 S-ecretary, D. c. Hardhell: by ship's deleiate regardlnJr flrlD&, man, M. H. Jones; Secretary, P. G. Some disputed OT. Ship'• fund 11&.50. Requesting patrolman to aee that 'auf· McNabb. Ship's delegate to contact Suggestion WH made to have evenr &clent food supplle1 ore put aboard patrolman regardlnc meat. A new man clean hi• room and dispose of for next voya1e. ship'• delerrate elected. Some repair• dirty linen. Vote of thanks given to made tn shipyard. More needed. Re· , 1hlp'1 delefate for flne Job and also to quest more wind chutes. · Foc'sles steward dept for the' preparation and VALIANT POWER.. <P.owar Steam· need painting. Boi;iks · should be re· aerving of meals. ship), Nov. 20-C:halrman, none 1lv1ftl turned tQ recreation room. Vote of Secretary, Curtis Veazlo. Problem thanks to ateward department. No OT concernln& draw1 and medical atten· ALCOA RANGl!R <Alcoa> Dec. 6disputed. No fttaJor beefs. tton for members. Draw1 given only Chalrman, W. J, Barne11 Secretary C. when master feel• like lt. Amount of A. Crabtree. No beefs. Disputed OT · VENORI! <Marven>. Nov. 26-Chalr· draw 11 set re&ardleu of amount on will be taken cai'e of b:r, patrolmen In man, Hygln Starry1 Secretary, Henry book1. Chief engineer drunk and dJa.. Mobile. It 111 requested that all men Girard. No betif1. Everything running orderl,. ID crew meu hall. Gave. sign papers that are put on bulletin • smoothly. Captain contacted regard· . trouble to 11hlp'1 delegate•and crew· board for that purpo1e. S1111ested that In« rusty water tn the after peak member1. Ten men donated· one dol· llne1 be kept clear of 'dry . cloth11. and the possibility of nbtalning com· 1ar to fund. Master neilected to ltore Remove bulleUns from board that pound to clear Ame. Ship In need of proper julcea and meata. Few prov!· have been there ,lpng enough. new coffee pots. Vote of thank• to Ilona boUlht after ordered by Amert· the steward department. Thanksglv· can consul. Captain refused to fly JOHN B. WATERMAN <Waterm11n), Ing dlpner well taken care of. crewmember home ~after doctor speNov. 23-Chalrman, /If. Tremefl leer• cifies man ii unfit for duty. tary, N. Matthey. Captain hH i,een ST.EEL MAKl!it{j'dhmlan), Nov. i 14 refusinf draw; also ti.-YIDI to force -Chairman,. H. c. Hutchensoftl leer• steward off ship. · Patrolman , to be BENTS FORT CCltle1 Service), Nov. tary, H. L. Bennett. Make up more contacted In Tampa upon arrival to , 2t-Chalrman, J. lwnney1 Secretary, • arrival 110011 and . build 1hlp'1 fUncl ..tl!ke .care of beef1 • . up. S10 contributed by Norton to ' H. I. Oasklll. New delegatea elected· for engine and steward dep~ment1. fund after :w.lnnlng pool. No beefa. KATHRYN ·<lull), Dec. 11-Chalr• One· man milled llhlp ID Lake Charle1. Everything running amootbly. Shit>'• man, none1 Secretary, Leon Hall, ·Jr. Another was fired for a legitimate meinbera took up a c1>llectlon for St• Some. OT disputed. Patrolman in San- · reason. Molt repalr1 taken care of. . Marra Orphange for ChflstmH party. Juan uid !t wa1 iood OT. No. beefs. Some d.laputed OT. ,. . To contact headquarter• for an m care! to be used as ]>&11 at itate so H ALCOA POLARIS <Alcoa), Dec. 12not . to use seaman'• 11apera. VALIANT\ HOPI (Hope steamship); Chalrman,' W. Messen1e'1 Secretary P. Nov. 22-Chalrmin, L. Them111 Sec-. Miranda. No beefs. All repalr1 to ~ ROBIN SHIRWOOD (Robin), Nov. retary, A. Elllngsan. No beefs. Few taken care of. All handl put In for 15-Chalrman, R. v. Ander1on1 Seer• houri of d.laputed OT. Reque1t a delayed saUlng, Solled. linen to be better variety In niaht lunche1. 'Would · tary, P. Devine. Three men went to thrown to the aide of the Iadchr and hospital. S18 In ship's fund. To check like cooperaUon from steward con· not at the ~ foot of ume. It wa1 re· · .with ·patrolman In . New York regard· . cernlnl 1tore1"': Albatro11 and other quested that Union contract commit· Ing launch service In Trinidad. Sug~ / blrd1 paid vlllt to ship; They did tea try to get alr·condlUonlnl . on all .,est St be collected from each maa~ not remain because of chow lituatlon SIU-contracted ships. at payoff· for ship's fund. Messman and no draw. Didn't blame the blrdl. broke eyeJ]a111es. Paid for a new VENORE (Marven), ·Dec. 1-Chlllrpair. To 1ee If he can ciollect from man, R. Noren1 Secretary, H. Starry. , JOHN c. '<Atlantlc Carriers>, Oct. 2 company. No beefs. · Chief enllneer consulted concerning -Chairman, non11 Secretary, J, T. excelsive a~ount of rust tn wash Lelln1kl. Ship's fund la 111. - Repair ATLAS CTanke" and Tramps), Oct. water. To be cleaned and painted llat of Jut trip taken care of. Made , when 21-Chalrman, 51.m . Vatl11 Secretary, ship goes Into shJpyard In Janu· new repair JJ.st. I. llmo1. Refused to sign on without ary. Steward ordered new coffee pot1 a patrolman In Houlton. Finally re· and rubber mats for sink top. One celved an OK .from New Orleans. One MANKATO VICTORY <Victory), Nov. man mlised ship In Baltimore. All man left In hospital In New Orleans. 21-Chalrman, J. c. Hoey1 lecretaey, delegates are to turn In repair llsta Captain did not want to get sufficient Dan Cherry. Repof t sent .to headquar· pfior to payoff, Attempt .ls to be milk In New Qrleans but did so In ter1 concerning man ho~ltalized. tn made to obtain more books and other Panama. Ship's fund has a balance- of Honolulu. Aho wrote letter concernreading material. Vote of tfianks to 1282.35. Some OT "disputed. One Dian ing ·r epair• not made on last tr ip. No steward dept. • The crew waa also getting off for .·hospitalization In beefs. No disputed OT. To check 4-8 complimented for cooperating with Pedro. Need a patrolman to settle foc'sle& -for leakl. Short of· linen. the s~eward dept. beefs before sailing, Request that Vote of thanks to the 1teward depart· crewmembers do not overload . wash· ment. Request clarlflcatlon on beet Ing machine. s. Slmos elected shlp'a concerning rigging Jumbo during boll· · treasurer. · day shift without payment of OT. FEL TORI <Marven), "'ov. 22-Chal,_ man, · R. E. Jones1 Secretary; J. Polu•. chovlch, No major beefs. Delayed Piling t o be . put tnto · all overtime . sheets. crew requestln« better qual· . tty aJl1I more •food. Would like to. have more fresh bread -on board. Dis· cussed the roac~· · sltuatloQ. . WINTER HILL <Cities service>, ~ov. t T 26-Chalrman,. ~· .Johns1 Se~re ary, ; Faulkner. Everythlnit. running smooth· ly. No beets." No disputed OT.--four men paying off. ..., . ,• _ _ · ALCOA- PLANTER <Alcoa), Nov. 15 -Chairman, Haroid Dycluxi seer• tary, Z•• Yunt 'Ching• .:-c r ew prepared to spend holidays ' a~ . na outslcte of United States. schedule may give i a &ood chance to be hp,me for, Chr18$·. mas, , Most repairs done lh ,,. Pol't of , New Orleam. 160 on hand In 1hlp'1 or BiENVILLE <Pan·Atlantlc), Nov. 2t l....Chalrman; ErnHt Kolenov1hy1 Sec· retary, A. S. Parson1. · Everything nin·· rung smoothly. No beefs and no dJa.. puted OT • THE CABINS <'fexai ·city Refining>, Nov. 29-Chalrmen, JamH C. What• ley1 Secretary, Jesse -W. Maloney. Re· ceived "thank you" note from famlly . of Mr." 'Fhomas/ first assistant, ""ho died -aboard shJp. sla In ship's fund. Necessary to report -on fight which took t;>lace bet ween t wo m embl!rs of the crew. · E. Gordon ; left. ship tn _Bridgep!>rt, Connectlcu! because wife ta seriously ill. · No · beefs. No d~ . puted OT. FAIRLAND (Pan At11ntlc), Nov. 22 -Chairman, J11hn Crew11. Secretary, ~rvllle Wahlln. Sblp still betni _ fufnf.. ,. • < <) {\ • Jr .,, " .. " .. - , t. �IDUIT I, IHI , l•A,ARERS £00 W.lth th• S~I Surveyor ...... ·~ .... *' l '" ·_Tony's lr,dian. Adventures • . By Seafarer William Calefato On the fantail of · the ihip, where many stories were being swapped, Tony .. Seafarers adjusting cable on the Steel Surveyor, just back from a Pacific ho~ to Pakistan, are IL to R). . "Ski," Ray Patorski," William Nelson, Michael Simms, and Leo LoSoya, bosun. ' ... Baseba1·1 In Pakistan overheard a shipmate complain to a watchman and 11ome natives that he was robbed of $20 in town. "I wanted -to buy/ one of those gadgets made out of jade, and a · nke guy took me • shopping to ftnd one," he said. This guy told me it would be better if a native bought it as he could get it cheaper . . • "Well, this guy- ha-d my money with him all the time • . . I know because I saw it ·in his hands au · the timeplaying_with it and tossing it up ·and down. He had $20 in rupees. Finally he said he couldn't find one but would come with me the next day to the other side of town where he was sure he could get one . . . He handed me back the roll of money which I stuck in mx pocket. But wherr I looked at it later, it wasn't the $20 but a wad of paper with just one rupee note wrapped around it. I'd sure li~e to get my hands on that guy." "You know what. he looks like so he should be easy to find," the watchman consoled. "Yea, that's,. dght, he looked just like Nehru." "But neay;Jy everyone in · India looks like Nehru," he was Informed. ' · For Tony some of the mysteries of India began to unravel. He had met gypsies ·in Brooklyn from · whom he learned the secrets of the power1 of suggestion. The Indiana used the same ones, yet they were ·much more successful in hoodwinking seamen once they detected the slightest suscepti· bility of the will. What the Indians did with theµ- secret was to mix it with the simple psychology and their· main tool for survival, . the well known, potent, gift-ofgab. This tool, Tony noted, helps magicians on · the . stage, and without It, be, and the Indian merchants, would be lost. A guide had told Tony that even if he came to India for 10 years he would still not understand the. customs. and traditions of the merchants. Maybe so, ·Tony thought, but he might go the other way when someone says: "Just look ,Joe, no money, just look." Members of the deck gang relax around the table before arriving at Norfolk. They are rear, left to right: B. M. Romanoff, F. Israel,' R. Frazer; third ·row: J. Bruso, Capt. Meyer, H. Swarties; second row: Adam Kosinski and W. Feil; front row: Alexander Daniluk, and Charles Misak. f)cean Evelyn Va.-Bound The crew of the Ocean Evelyn, the New York to Northern Europe "Atlantic Express," pose in tlie ship's recreation room before pulling in to Norfolk . .Many of the men will be getting off after this voyage because they want to spend the holidays with their families. The men rate the, ;ship cine of the . best feeders in the SIU. Photos at right, by Alex Janes, steward utility. "Peek-a-boo" says one of the members of the engine room gang, J. Torr.es, as he looks through a life ring. With him are, from left to _, . right, N. W. Joregensen, J. J. Look, E. Flecha, C. Johnson, E. Anagostou, ·and A. Aciego. Yov Stao G1{?:L :-~: WHY. 010 · </dv TAi<-£ ·'(ouR: . St.ST~~ : . · . ·:~os~·s ..~olie:~(r.. >·.. :~ . . . �...Ce 't'ouiieen Asks Revision Oce•n· Eva Says Me.;ry Christmas In .DlsablUty P•an Sn•k• ~charmer , ·irm®M. . . ··1t'Wl! · ~oolltP~ To the Editor:' . . As ship's delegate on ·tlie. Robin Gray,. I . woµld_like . to ask .~ headquarters for · a · revision · of · the present disability compensa- . tion .~plan. It is 'my belief th:tt . a less demanding disability plan ~ . ALCOA CORSAm then the pre~;ent one which asks . Seafarers ·o n the Alcoa Corsair twelve years of sea time ser-vice · ~ere so pleased· 'with ·the Interest before one is entitled to sµch · ' and. the care giv.en to 'th~m by :Qqcbenefit~. be drawn up. tor Lunt, the ship'sphysician, that is a t,errific amou~t of time ·· tttey : to·ok up a ~ollectian to .be a men:iber has to serve at ·sea given as a to.k~n of ~heir appreciato ~ati~fy present qualifications. tion: Tlie steward, on behalf of the steward department, thanked If se'a time could be broken the ship's plumber; carpenter and down as follows, benefits could electrician for their help in fixing be distributed to seamen with up the galley, "and the whole crew less 'time at sea: Exampie-12 gave a vote of thanks for a fine years' sea time. $150 monthly; Thanksgiving dinner. V. T. Mcnine years' sea time, $90 month.: Kleray the ship's delegate and ly; six yearS' sea time, $75 Roscoe Alford the ship's reporter. monthly. All Letters to the editor for . t t . t " ' publication in ' the SEAFAR· It's my feeling that any seaVE~ORE . . _ ERS LpG must be signed men performing his duties for Coffee lovers on the Venore have .by the writer. Names will - a period of six years should ~e the luxury of new. coffee· pots in be withheld upon request. covered by this plan in case which their beloved brew fg being such member becomes disabled made . . . But there is the probports and finally to New York during his services within the lem of an excessive amount· of rust · SIU and the respective contracfor the payo!f. in the wash water. The chief enting co'mpanles involved. We want to extend to the gineer has been alerted and this Rocco Albanese chief steward and his departmatter should be. ironed out soon and c~wmembers ment a real hearty vote of reports John A. Smith, sliip's delethanks for· a wonderful job done i .~ ~ . Seafarer Octavies Coleman poses with ·a rare gate and W. J. 'Barnes, meeting in the culinary line. I don't captured by a Swiss collector of rare animals t . · t -i think anyone· can say that we . ALCOA RANGER haven't been fed very well this Gourmets aboard the Alcoa voyage. To the Editor: Ranger, led by Johnny Holley and The deck department is very The crew of the Steel Maker ig A. R. Velasco, tired of -the coffee smooth-running and there are one of-the best that I have ever being served aboard the sh(ps, no major beefs there. Everyone had the privil~e to ::;ail with. PORTLAND .. .. . ...•• ; .. 211 SW Clay St. have moved to .change brands of SIU, A&G Distrid . . CApltoI 7·3222 In the deck department is to With a mate like Dividsen and a coffee and get Chase and ·Sanborn SEcRETARY-TREASURER SAN FRANCISCO.' ..... 850' Fremont St. be thanked for a job. well done. bos.u n ·like Keefer, the · .dJ?ck . EXbroo'k '7·5800 instead of the. cqrrently-qse~, brand ASST. SECRt:Xk~¥REASURERS We all had ·a most ' enjoyable gang gets plenty 'or' breaks,' and S~TJ'I.£ ,"; .... . ......... asos - lit .Av•. . , . HencefQrth, jf ttiey h . JV,. their -r W. · Hall, Deck ··MAln 3-0088 stay in Yokohama, Japan. works ·_ together like - ~ wellway, their java wi11··11e good to the c. Simmons, En1. •· WILMINGTOI'' . •••• : • ••• . 505 Marine Ave. The men of the Ocean Eva trained' team. last drop. . ·IC. Mooney,.Std.' J. IVolplan. Joint TErmlqJJ 4-3538 woul~ · like to ·extend their -4.4-" .... IBALTIMORE ... .,..... . 1218 E. Baltimore St. .. Everyone is happy in the • 1 . "' Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern '1-4900 Great Lakes District 1 "' , . ·"'- • , wishes for a very ha'ppy Christ- blaclc gang; Big .J:tutch. the chief ALCO.\ PO.LARIS , ' BOSTON .... : .•... ........ . 278 ·s tate St. ALPENA .. mas and a pro.s perous New Year electrician, and his able assist· ·· jG. Dakin, Actlriir Agent Richmond 2-0140 · · • • • • · • • •• • • •r,. '.. . 12'1 ruver SL · h · b· S f : ea .arers . av;~ e~n unwittingly ·HOU.STON .. .. , , •..•...... . 4202 Canal St. · ELmwood 4·3618 to all the Seafarers. ant ~oore, help us ,in the light. stompmg _on tbe1~ sheets and pillow 'R. Matthews, Agent- CApital 3f4Ci89; 3-408( BUFF.ALO, ·NY ............. . 914 Maln st. Cruz Negron cases aboard the Polaris •. . • be- · Louis MIAMI . . . ' ...... .. , • '- .'144 w. ~ Flacler st. ' GRant 2'128 With Brother . Bennett, chief Neira, Acent FRanklln '1·3564 CLEVELANJ;> •• •• •• •••••. 1420 W. 25 St. t ~r ~ steward, and his abie depart~ause som~ men have been dump- MOBIJ,E . . .... ... ... 1 South Lawrence st. · .. .MAin 1-0141 mg their dirty laundry at the foot' Cal Tanner, Agent , HEmlock 2·1'154 DULUTH .. · .... •• ·· . 621 W. Surierior St. ment we get pJmity of good of the ladder. instead of at ;the. sjde. · Lindsey N~WJ eRLEANS .. . .. : . : ·V:S, BiehvWe st. FRANKFORT Photte i Rando P~ 2-fllO food. Its served. by a cQJJple of Williams, Agent · Tulane 8626_ • Mich. - · . .. .. . . PO Box 287 . first class messmen; J. Buckley . . . T hey have been ~ requested to NEW YORK ...... : e75 4th Ave .• Brooklyn ELgin 7-2441 To the Editor: ' avoid treading upon the sheets they . · HYacinth 9-6600 MILWAUKEE · · · • · · ._, 633 s. Second Ave. and Johnny Newman. I have received the most eventually sleep on nightly NORFOLK . . . . ...•• , •••• •416 Colley Ave. RIVE · - . BRoadwaY 2·3039 All . of Brother Huff'.s friends J. Bullock, Agent MAdlson 7-1083 R ROUGE . . 10225 W. Jefferson Ave • · gracious letter and check, for around the Gulf will be glad to PHILADELPHIA . .•••••••. 337. Market St. Mich. ' Vinewood .3-474i S. Cardullo, Aaent Market '1·1635 SOUTH CHICAGO;,,, ..... 9383 Ewing Ave. which I heartily thank you. I know that he is now a "papa SAN FRANCISCO . . . .. . . . 450 Harrison St. SAginaw 1-0733 am ·so r~lieved and grateful t:o san," a proud father of. an eight. . Marty ·Bl'elthoff, Agent Douglas 2·54'15 TOLEDO . ···· .....•.•.•.. 120 Summit St. you, coming at this ti'me of "yea'!", pound, fourteen-ounce boy. -$ ' .$AN'rURCE, PR .. 1313 Fernandj!z Juncos. • · 8·2431 " Stop 20 . C · d• 0 . CHerry which makP.s it doubly-assuring The guys around New Orleans Seafarers 15eing; admitted to a . Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. . l,'bone 2-~996 ana Ian 1str1ct . that it-will help me in my big about January 24 will get a Public Health . h_ospital are J~CKSONVILLE . . 920 ' MaJn St .• Room 200 FORT WILLIAM ....... . . 408 Simpson St William Morrill, Arent ELfin 3-0987 Ontario ·. Phone: 3-322i loss. bn~ak if many of this gang piles. urged to carry·· with .them their . sEATl'LE . .......... . .. ,... . 2505 lit ' Ave. HALIFAX N .s .......... , i28~ Holli• st It is so hard to believe my off. Union book pi us proof of eli- Tea ' Babkows.kl, Agent .. Main 3-4334 Phone 3-89ti husband is gone. I was so deibility for SIU be n e fits·, TAMPA . .. .... .'.1809·1811 N. Frariklln St. MONTREAL .. • • , . 634 St. James St West The Steel Maker wishes Union g B. Gonzalez, Acting Ag~nt Phone 2-1323 . Vfctor" 2-8161 pendent upon him, but I ~uec;s brothers everywhere- a Merry namely, a record that they have WILMINGTON, Calif . . . : .:505 Marine Ave. QUEBE<;: · · · · · ...•.. . 44 Sauit-au-Matelot I must realize the situation and t 1 t 90 d ti Reed Humphries, Agent · Terminal 4-2528 .Quebec . LAfontalne 3·1569 Christmas and a prosperous a eas - ays , s~a . Die .during HEADQUARTERS .. . 675 4th Ave .• Bklyn. THOROLD, Ont_arlo .••• .'. 52 St. David St. bear up. Mv kinfolk, a sister New Year. the • previous year ' and .at least SU p · CAnaI '1-5212 and two brothers live in Great Johnny Johnston one day 'during tlie previous sl.X TORONTO•. Ontario . •••. . 272 King St. E. Britain. so I am alone, but ·wm months. . ·J!'.ailq~e t?.: h.!lye ' the_ H9NOLULU .... 61 Sout~ N~'W~~e~~~~~~ ST. JOH~. NB ~ .. . 177~Prln!~~~lll...:7::.. ~ t t . do mv best to carry on. proper credentials will cause ·~ ~ NEW ORLEANS . ...... . 523. Bienville st. . · ox 2-5431 ·I thank the Union for its svmdelay in payments to the Sea.~ Jackson 5·7428 'VANCOUVER, ·e c · · · · .. '. ... .298 Main st. .. pathy and respect, and I apprefarer · NEW YORK . .•••• , . 675 4th Ave .• Brooklyn . • MFOW " · . HYacinth 9·6605 ciate its offer of assistance, if If. the Seafarer is, adm.i tted to PORTLAND ......... .'.. 211 SW Clay St. BALTIMORE . .. .. 1216 Eaat BalUmore St. needed. in the near future . :r' To the Editor: a hospital which is not a PHS · CApltoJ 3-A336 EAstern 7·3383 feent has not only set my fears· To our · officials, to the editor institution he should contact SAN FRANCISCO . •••••• . t5o Harrison st. HONOLULU .. . . 56 North Nimitz Highway • . _ Douglas 2·8363 PHone 5·6077 at rest, but also the soul of my and his able staff, to the broththe Union immediately. The SEATl'LE . ................. 2505 1st Ave. NEW ORLEANS ....... . 523 Bienville St. dear husband, may his soul rest ers in the hospitals and the Union will arrange with the M;ln 2·0290 MAgnolla 0404 at peace. . membei:ship in general, I ex·WILMINGTON . ...••• ... 50li Marine Ave. NEW YORK ••••• : •• . . 130 Greenwich St. 'or a rans er o a Uu· Terminal 5-661'1 Cortland 7-709f f t P USPHS f t Happy holiday season to you tend my heartiest gre~ttngs and . lie Health hospital in his vicin~ MC&S PORTLAND ....•.••• . ~22 NW Everett 'st. and yours. Mav God bless you salutations for a very Mer1·y . b PHS "11 t i k. • • • . CApltol 3-7297·8 ity. ' T e WI no PC up · HONOL;QLU ... . 51 South Nimitz Highway, SAN FRANCISC0 . ....... 240 · Second St. for helping at .this time of need. Christmas and happy and .prosthe hospital tab .for "private , . PHone 5·1'114 . : Douglas 2-4592 Again, a million thanks. perous year for our great Union. hospital care, . unless it is notf- NEW ORLEANS · · ; · · · .523· Bienville St. SAN PEDRO. , ••••••••. . 296 West '1th ·St. ·. Mrs. Claire Franson George H. Seeberger fled in advance. . . RAmond '1-428 ' . TErmlnal 3-4485 NEW YORK .... >.. 675 fth Ave:, Brooklyn ' SEATTLE ............. 2333 Western Ave. To tlie Editor: This is Cruz , Negron writing from South .A.rrierica on the West Coasf port of Guayaquit, Ecuador, enroute to New York. Just want to say that · we've had a real nice trip this far. We've not made much overtime, but we have had a lot of port time. We've been to Japan, Korea, San Francisco and now we are off to Equador, then to the Gulf ~mA:\. It Letters· To The Editor is ·Steel· Maker's Yule Greet,i ngs SIU HALL DIRECTORY Renefnt t:heck Brine:s Thanks .. • ., .... . r--------------__;-. P rove E lf•gib1•11•ty For HO$pital Sends LOG Seasons' Best ' .• , . • NOW FOR THEM . NEWYEAR~ R,i;:goLUTIONG ••. ---· · H~aclnth1 9·6600 • · MAln 2-6328 ,, ··J �. .. .Juiuar1 1, 198t . . . ·B lame ·Biz Cheats For -HCL Increase _ • • f • . WASHINGTON-One of President · Eisenhower's closest. advisers has placed ~.· good deal of the blame for 'inflation .$quarely on the shoulders of busiriess. Speaking at a conference of · 47 org·a nizations . ~ called to protect the public the Market Place" was called .by from business cheats, Dr. Ray- the Federal Trade Commission to niond J. Saulnier, the President's . alert buyers on the decepti\'.e sellchief ·economic adviser~ criticized Ing techniques of "gyp''. sellers. It business m~n for not cutting drew. representatives from 47 prices. major civic, . professional and welwhen I walk farf: agencies. · . /'Sometimes tllrough the shops, l wonder If I'm · Earl w. · Kintner, chairman of being asked to buy something or the FTC, s~id that the conference purchase an equity in ·the· busi- would perform a great service if it ness," he said-1he oniy significant removed "the blissful blindfold of reductions in the · cost-!lf-living ignorance ·from the ·eyes" of index have co~e frqm lower food susceptible "sucker-buyers/' · prices, he noted, Dirly Competition . Saulnier's re~'1'ks came in the . · 1 . course of two..day confereri e set He claimed that reputab.l e bu~-9 up by the us ·G overnment seeking ness.men w~lcom~d the c~mm~s­ to infohn the buying public of the sioL s ~ampa1gn because it was d1smany frauds and· phony "bargains" couragmg to hone~~ bus~ess~en . utilized by businessmen to extract tft - see. customers flockin~ to a -Seafarer Steve Carr points out some of the features of Cities cash from the unwary. competitor . whose .mo~.als are. as Service tanker ';nodel to son, Steve Jr., during visit to Union hall. The ' conference on "Trickery in rotten as his b~gains. Mr. Kmt- _ _ _ __:..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ner said that hlB agency intended to ·be vigilant in' tracklng down J1shonest merchants but called for business itself to take the lead in ·. self-discipline ·and self-:.-egula~ion. -----~-~_. Buyers were warned to be es'· , , ·lOHPh Leslie pecially wary ,of:. Magazine· soliciCharles W. Ely tors who go · from 'door to door, AU of the following SIU ·familie.s have received a $200 mateT;nit11 ex-SS Flortda claims of storm door and window Contact Dick Irving a~ · Rassnet:, salesmen on " how much their benetit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the babJ('s name: Miller and Roth, 20 ~E First Ave- product will save in fu~l bills, Mary Joan Casarez,'born NovemSandra Dee Banlio, born Decemnue, Miami 32, Florida. · sal~smen who want to use private ber 4, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs . ·b er 15, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs-. t t t homes as a "demonstration" house Joaqu1n C. ~ai:nio, Houston, Tex. Calizto Casarez, Houston, Tex. to sell items such as siding, roof; : t t .t ' Rudy Maple1 .. · ;t. . t t · ''Write - Floyd Williams, 1170 Ing or carpet~. an~ . signing coni Michele Violet De Boissiere, Steven· R07 Butts,. born NovemUnion, ·Memphis, . Tennessee, 01" .tracts or ·promissory notes. ·for ber 23; 1959, to Seafarer. and Mrs. born Novtmiber 20, 1959, to Se~~ products sold from door-to-door. c~Ii Blt 5-8143. farer and ·Mis: 'Rudy P. De BoisThe President's . chief economic Hermon B. Butts, Mobile, Ala.. : siere, Lexington, .Va. t t ;t. adviser, Dr. Raymond J. ·S aulnier t ;\:. t . "t t . t . Charles P. Moore Joyce Ann .Carver, born October addressed the conference apd critiJohn Joseph Ferreira, Jr., born Es-Chfokasaw 11 1959 to Seafarer and Mrs. cized the reputable busin.e ss men November 1,, 1959, to Seafarer. and Your gear is at the Mobile SIU !or !J.Ot lowering prices. N~ah c. 'carver, Richmond, Calif. hall, • • · Mrs. John Ferreira,' Baltimore, Md. a \, 'I .. ,. Personals ·---'"!'. . t I I ;t. ;\:. Harry L. Cheatham · . Contact Mrs. Addie Chalmers Harris, 469 W. 163 Street, AJjartment LE, New York 32, NY. t t . t Crewmembers ... SS Steel Advocate Feb: 6-May 15, 1958 Contact Seafarer Perry Martin · Federson as soon as possible: Urgent. He can be Teached at 356 55th Street, Brooklyn 20, NY. t t t <:!hecks from Suwannee Steamship Company are being held in New York for the following Seafarers: .K enneth K. Kemmis, James McMahon, Raymond Buckman, Paul· E. Harper, Desire ~e Berre, Ernest T. Squire, William M. Murphy. · Cleveland J. Vincent Call GRanite 6-2537 or wr.ite F. Akers, 5355 Delancey Street, Philadelphia 43, Pa. It concerns your mother's .illness. . SIU BABY ARRlVALS . •.. t . Your Gear ••• _for ship • • • for shore \ Whatever you need, in work or dress gear, your SIU Sea Chest has it. Get top quality gear at substantial sa'{ings by buy·ing at your Union-owned · and Union· · operated Sea Chest store. t ;\:. Angela Regina Foster, born December '1, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs•. Floron Foster, Mobile, Ala. . t t t Anna )faria Greaux, born October 22, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Louis Greaux, Texa~ City, Tex. · t t t t t t . ' t .t ;\; Marli: Nicholas Holm, born November 30, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. . Dolph E. Holm, North Babylon, LI, NY. Michael Patrick Parsons, born November ·4, 1959~ to Seafarer and Mrs. Frank E. Parsons, Mobile~ Ala. Catherine Comella Richerson, born Qctober 27, 1959, to Seafarer · and Mrs. Berli,n H. Ricl~erson, Prichard, Ala. NEWS H. EADLIN~S IN REVIEW �t Vol. ·XXll No. ·1 • • 0 FF I C I AL 0 R G A N 0 f · TH E S·eA FA"R E·R S l,N TERN~ T Ip N Al ·..0 N I 0 N GU .L F . DIST RI C.T ' • AFl-CIO~ • · The s~tu And 'Marilim_ e In J~9.5~9; .,,- • If~ • 'f f lifeboat school and upgrading trainlng cent SIU . affiliate the New . ~.e.dford for ordinaries aµd wipers. - As a result, . ·Flshermen•S' · Union; established · itself almost~50 Seafarer~ have successfully . firmly . IJl... it_S . !Jldustry. obtainlpg:j olid passed the Coast Guard's life boat test contract be.nefits pfus '\Yelfare protection. in New York alone. . _ Another group~ the );sso Tanker M~n·s Anoiher program affecting the wellUnion, aftiU,a ted · dI,.ectl~.~1wl~li3.tll'e.1,SI.'9 , being of Seafarers, the Atlantic and Gulf of North Anj~ca -io ,.gahl , IRll>P.Or~ tn its Food Program, got underwtiy this . year, · figl!t to. free Ess!> . mei,i from ~ompany unto·n domination,. . , . ., ., , " bringing the benefits of the SIU fe~ding plan to virtually all SIU·contracted ships. Whlt's in~the oUing for 1960? Coming A group .of field supervisors representup in' the year fo.r ,sure are the openings ing the program have. been servicing SIU-contracted companies helping to 'install standards of feeding, · storing and service. Formerly, individual companies had their own food consultants who could not be utilized by other companies• .In the Washil:igton aren11. th.e major issue dealt with by the Union involved the actions of the Interstate Commerce • '°. CommissioD ag~inst domestic shipping• Over 300 Seafarers marched in Labor Day parad~ in · New York syf!lbolizing As a result of a consistent ICC policy favoring the railroads, the domestic snipUnion's role in New York labor movement. ping industry was in a serious decline with se'Veral major cases pending in and was threatened with e"1inction. The · Another eventfulyear iJ?. the turthe courts or at the National Labor. ReSIU fought successfully against extenbulent maritime industry has c·ome· lations Board involving the SS FIOrida, sion of ICC authority to cover Alaska to a close. Despite the continuSS Yarmouth and· S Sea Level, among shipping and on behalf ,of fair treatment ation of a slump in US-flag mariothers. for shipping and seamen at the hands qf time activity which saw the US the ICC. At the year's close, · there in Al~o~ · fle;t~ ·helped privately-owned merchant fleet sink to were ldications that the ICC was sltift· cor:tf pa,ny win , National Safety a postwar lpw, Seafarers enjoyed imIng its policy to meet some of the ob· ~ouncil . a ward. · ' proved shipping over the previous year. jections raised by the Union and ship Other gains for SIU men were obtained of new halls for Seafarers in the ports operators. · . particularly in the area of improved o( Philadelphia and New Orleans, with In the welfare area, important addi· Tlie SIU also went to bat with the protection. Philadelphia due -to be ready ' Irt a 'few tions were made to the benefits and.proCoast Guard on the issue of Coast 'Guard. The most significant development in weeks. Also scheduled is the first" sail· hearing procedure: A set of proposed tection enjoyed by· SIU men. and their 1959 was the agreement between the ing of the atom-powered : passenger· Coast Guard regµlations covering disfamilies. A new service, · the SIU Blood SIU and the _National Maritime Union cargo ship Savannah. · Sevqral steamship ciplinary measures ·against seamen drew Bank, was set up. Through an exchange to resolve their differences and work tocompanies,, including t he· Sl'.U-contracted arrangement it assures Seafarers and Union f.ire. The Union arg.u ed that these gether on tLe crucial iss~s facing Bull Lines" are plannl~g to make inoves their families anywhere in the US of hearin. g procedures sh. o uld conform as . American seamen. The formal agreeclosely a~ possible to thpse in a court of , toward conta~ner operations· by ..convert:. adequate supplies of blood for trans· ment reached in · January was the outing their existing conventional""ship$; . fn fusion when necessary. In addition, • law, because the. Coast Guard has the growth of successful joint action th!! the offing 'ltlso' is a renewed orgaiiizlng power to take 'a seaman's livelihood tl)e_ Welfare ·P lan's optical benefit was previous December against run-awaycampaign· on the Greal Lakes .next the V1dications are that away. Here too, shipping. During the course of 1959, spring with the l\iTD drive lia~ing- bright. the ·Coast Guard will revise - its ·regula· the SIU and NMU expanded their activprOSP.eCtS o_f lllO!:e s'ignifi'c~n~ .,flCJOfie9. tions. to meet some ,of the objections ities in this a·r ea on a number of fronts. Here, ,briefly, are a few 9f th.e o~her ._,, · , · ,. .. raised. · developments of· the past year: ••• .,i, 4 ' 11 • - ' Added SIU Welfare Benefits Union o ·rive On Runaways Activities Of ' ""' Affiliated Unions , Among the developmel}ts were ~dop­ tion of a new policy by the maritime unions pf the world in the. International Transportworkers Feder11tion. The new . position, which was proposed initially by. the US unions, recognized that the own;; ership or control of a runaway-flag ship is the key to which country's maritime __ union had organizing rights on a given ship. The o1d ITF policy determined organizing rights accQrding _to the nationality of the crew. As a resu!t, US maritime .unions have established their right to sign up seamen on runaway ships own·ed . or controlled by American operations. To further that end, they have established a new union, the International Matitime Workers Union; which will concentrate on runaway-ship crews. At the same ·time, a number of gains were made by the SIU in its fight to obtain full legal jurisdication over American-controlled runaways. This battle - has not yet been fully-resolved, '4ews Roun. d~U:p: In Brief ... .· , ' 1 ' 1 : ••• \ • ' _There , were . notable developin~nts·, in organizing and contract . galns amortg ·afTh~ 'Mtssiss~ppl ' ShJpplng :...Coµipany . oi:der'ed . three new....-:,.•air..-conditioned filial;ed unions. Out .pn the Great Lakes, freight sship~ ,as-:- P,_aft o( its_.. reP,lacement a coordina.teci- multi-union· drive. through the Maritime· Trades D,e partment' made program ... Siniilar~.Y" t'1e On;t~.is inter· considerable h'eagway among non-union ests finally got a.round to ordering three Lakes seamen. It was crowned . by the new sup~rtan~ers, incl\Jding .one 104,000· Great Lakes Distr'ict's stunning election _ ton mQnster, for V:~ctory parriers •.• The victory in the ·1'2~ship Reiss fleet' as the SIU conventiori met in Montreal in MaJ Four liv~s were lost when Santa and drafted a program dealing· with ma• . -Lakes shipping season closed. Important Rosa sheered off Valchem s~ack, gains wer& recorded as well by- the ·jo.r pr,o~lems faci'!' · its a.ffiliates , " •• SIU's il~x:b,!)r ,;mdJnland Waterways DiHarry Bridges· ~ent ·first to Moscow, ripped into· midship house. :vision, Marine Allied Workers Division ~ then to . Tol<yo to! rally. -Asian unions extended to Philadelphia arid ·· · · against· the .vs and then ·embraced ,,, San Fran•· · •• and the PuE!'rto }liCo Division._ A re··~ cisco, and the Medical Department, .of :Khrushchev . as .,"comrade" ii;i · San l'.ran· , cisco ., · •• Five more $6,000, four.:Year tile Welfare Plan opened another diag:schol.a rships: were· awarded S~afarers and , nostic and examination .clinic, this one . , . Statistics . for the caMnqar year ln Houston. ~J.959 were not conwlete .as the SEA· children of Seafarers • . . the Maritime Substantial improvements were made · F ARERS LOG went to press but they · Administration began the sale of. some also in benefits provided Seafarers' deshowed some in.teresting develop- ~ . 1,200 boneyard Libertys· for scrap • . • ments and progress. · independent tanker operators 'pressed for pendents and retired old timers under the hospital-surgical-medical plan. Tpe In the co'\!J:se-of tne year, the· Sea· a ,gual'.anteed i;hare of the n~tioi.i.:s oil lm· allowance for daily hospital payment~ . farers. Welfare Plan received..-reports ports for US-flag ships. ... the LOG won of the. deaths of, 106 SIU men. In the' Labor Press award -for. the ·best leawent up from $10 ·to. $15 and the total . hospital extras allowance 'was boosted .to " the same'' periodi the Plan· reported ' ture .. •' The Great La~es SIJ!. w9n agree•I $400. ·· . , · · · ·· ·"" ' 326 cliildren born to the · families of ment on comprehens.ive welfare coverage Seafarers. These are remarka)lly and a seniorl.ty sy.stem • •• Several SIU The SIU's shipboard sa-fety progr~ ships entered tl~e $e~way' ti~de empha· ·· , received· a boost when the Nationai Safeclose to the ·s tatis,tics of 1958 witJl ·' ty Council awarded the SIN~manned 103 deaths .ind 326 births respective:-· sizing ,tli'e iJilpor.tance of the,new art~ry " ly .for .the ·f.u ll. year. to Seafarers ~ •• ·the Maritime AdminlsiAlcoa Steamship Company the·first: prize in · the marine - industfy. ·safety,, contest . On the shipping side, figuring the tra!ion showed .o·ff , a . new, ~esi~n for · · '' ; : snips' foc'sles which made extensive use and several individQal S)U'.fihi_p's :scored ·· year from1 mid-December, 1958 . to ,...\ ot1'tstan4ing- saf~ty. r~cor~s in tpe yeru;, , i>ecember ' 9, 1959, 29,62'1 ' jobs., had of ".'baked' ih" color~ ••• Italian seamen, been shipped/ in . all ·~1u PQrtii, ~n t · went on strike,.Jor' sP< w':,e,k8,·tci .wj{l, ~. · On the other si4!e· pf' tliei ~oin;- there was ~ one ser.iyus ,shjp -~ollision involving ~P... '· average of~ s~glitly les~ · than_ _1,200 I ' • • nine percent " focreas.e-- o~et. thei): ~ !$60 . . ~:\ SIU-manned ·vessel; That was when ..the. _t'.t' ' J9b"s·; e~ery . two ·w:~eks. Tliis was a monthly- base "p.ay. r . ~ 115, OQO..New 'V.orl&: Grace ·liner Santa Rosa coliided with th'e ~cp)lsia~rable. ..hnpi;ovement ovei: · the ' · ' unJon .member~, · includinl~M· 'SJ?afare~ tanker Valchem '. o..Ef, the Jer~e? coa~. ·· · _. 26~01)7 ' .jo~s SltlPpt.~.. dttffug ~he 1958. . p~rtici~a,te~: in ·th.e fir'sfJ.a~or ,DilY" P~· . : . Three Seafarers and an. engin!!er "On the : year. It r~flects in "par.t the partial·. ra.de in m~ny years ,• •• the. Int~rpa,~to~l ,, ' Valchem were .killed: , $ubsequently, th~ " 'ii.. reeovery· o( th~ 1"Sbipping ..in~ustf·Y , - -Longshoremen's Ai;soclation111erged.:w1th . . Coa_st:. ~uard tiroug~:~- ~n~gh~~nce: charges. ~~om the ~'*-st~ ofi t}Je~~~5B ii'ec.~ssl<!~• ' .: , ihe ~tntepiat~o'~a~ Bi;othe~hqod ... ~f--.Long-: ·· 1 ...... · agamst the skippers ·a.nd is.econ~ mat~ 9£·; .-J ,as....well as; ') \~81}Uliion~sr1spcp~S,S ; 1, , ' ~ shoieme1' ·a~· r~o~ned ~he, 4FL-~IO .•1•• • l. ' ·both v~ss.~ls. ,, · . ., .; . .' : .. ·1 , • r 1 .,. • brfn~l~~ ad~tiona~ ishlps unl'ler. ~c6n~ ~.tec~e.rs ~ ~lflllte~:t: to demo~;h ~hi\':' old {;, , Additional tralni.ng fJ¢11iti~~ :~ot . se~-:,.: · ;.~fl•«:~•).l!\t~h;.as, ,.tJte\yfSuw~n~~r S~am:- . , ; ·~t~ne ~t~eet l!jJ.la~l. ,f~J;''!1' ~'-P:l~4~i:n: ·iq~~ce-' , .' farers were ·~ad_e- ay~itab~ at ,,head9tiar• ' ;i.:ft: s_hip·fffi~sslle ··flee.t 3·amqng .·othe1:'•: · '. , •l· ..,, · ; ~ten~.,s~ree.~ liiJl.~Qe11e SJU: ~ ~ad ·1t9· : .• < 1 ' I+" . ! ~ · · · •; . tera. · These ·new ficillties .ihclude4 • " · :. 1 ·' ' • • •· . J!ead~ua ersf · '· · ·· llf .: · ·~. :.·"i.. ~ " +. ' I I .. . gra~uatJ'd 2~ classes of SIU ' men . . ~ ' '.. ~ 'J. • ,. ,1 ~ .m , •• - ' J " • ' ,. ' -.. ~ r[.."+ .f' ·;:: r:/lr'4 .•. . ~ ... ; .•. ·~ _. ~ > ·1~(, ' -. ~ • '• • ;t# 1' ;:-. ' f'o .,., _,.... ''tl .~ "'°"' 1';!1.""" • t' 1•f • I '.,-' , i' 'I I' • ~ •.~ ·U '- U1.i1 ~jJ· ~ , • r- •, Jr f ~I ~ . ·~ • 1/ I ,! 1r'f-.~, ! , ' I ,_ •,, . ) • ft 1j ~!' ~ll · I ., t1•14 ';(~ •J "1'1 w l•i'» ·• . l ;f ._.. ·~, .. du. r ~·· t *"' , .. . I > '-r- ; .• � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource January 1, 1960 Description An account of the resource Headlines: START WORK ON HALL IN N’ORLEANS ILA WRAPS UP GULF CONTRACTS SIU BENEFIT TOTALS NEARLY $20 MILLION PLAN SENATE QUIZ OF ICC SHIPPING AT 3-YR. PEAK APL BUYING SS LEILANI NO-PAY SHIP PEDDLED OFF PHILA. PORT TESTS SHIP RADIOPHONE METAL TRADES ASSAIL RUNAWAY PRACTICES 1960 SHOWDOWM YEAR ON SEVERAL MARITIME ISSUES ICC-RAIL COMBINE FACES THOROUGH SENATE INQUIRY ALGINA NAMED HEAD OF SAFETY PLAN BUDGET BUREAU’S PROPOSAL: ‘WRECK WHOLE US MARITIME’ RUNAWAY IS PEDDLED OFF FOR $21,500 SEAFARER LEADING IRIQUOIS FIGHT FOR TREATY RIGHTS NY PRDICTS DROPOFF IN NEXT PERIOD A&G FOOD PLAN PUBLISHES NEW MEAT-BUYING GUIDE FIVE WORLD TRAMP SHIPS SOLD; MORE VESSEL AUCTIONS PLANNED BRIDGES UNION DELEGATES COZY UP TO KHRUSHCHEV MEDICINE $ BEEFS FLOOD KEFAUVER DRUG PROBERS APL PURCHASES LEILANI FOR TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE GREAT LAKES PILOTS’ PLAN BEING AIRED THE SIU AND MARITIME IN 1959 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 01/01/1960 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. XXII, No. 1 1960 Periodicals Seafarers Log