http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/059cacd103027088dd5c148556e53c38.PDF 73dd61ca45b786b1b62788501a04d7b0 PDF Text Text Ja.n. 15, 1960 -· - . • OFFICl~L OR&AN OF -TH.E S -~AFARERS INTERNATIONA.i .. ,, AND GULF DISTRICT• AFL-CIO • . . S,IU ·Pr.o tests .C utback In Service I • --------------------------------~--------Srory0nPage3 .. . -All Seafarers .- Rescued I.. .In:Valley Forge·Sinking . -- . ; ' . . - Story On Page 2 \ Sl·U Sef$ Pay' Talks --__;._---:-~----------Srory US-FlagTanke(s Submit Case-For Import Quotas; . - AMMI, ·Big Oil Hostile On ~age 3 . " - - - - - - - - - - - - S t o r i e s On Page 2 �- ... ,... £0C SB.AP"4RBR·S .T ank er. ·GrouP.~·-:Pr.eSel1fS;_:. · -case-For US-FJOg lntpf;,rfS; Defense Offiee Sludi1is Bid American-flag independent tanker ·operators, backed' solidly by the SIU and the NMU have put in their detailed bid for a 50 pe~cen.t quota rule on oil imports. · As requested b; the Ojfi£e of Defense Mobilization, the Joint Committee of American Flag Tankers has submit-led a 91-page detailed · 1;tatement as· to why a 50 per- annually now, are expected to ships of their own registry. France, C!ent quota rule is essential µiore-than-double by 1969. ~or example, requires two-thlr~s of both for an American tanker • DeSpite our growing ·dep_end- her imports to come in on Frenchindustry and {he nation's se- ence ·on outside oil, only 4.6 per- flag tankers. · . curity. cent of imports were carried by In lig~t of the a}?ove, and other The tanker group baa submitted its initial plea to the ODM last fall. After considering the bid, the ODM requested additional suppol'ting data including statistics, which have now been turned in. · In its presentation, the tanker 'committee brought forth the following facts: • The United States is becoming increasingly dependent on foreign oil to supply essential fuel for its industrial machine. US imports, American-flag tankers in 195s:·and the percentage will continue to shrink year by year, without a quota rule. · • 'the long-term trend is · to leave the United States industrial economy 'ntlrely at· th~ mercy of foreign-flag and runaway-flag tanker operators. • The lack of an adequate· tanker fieet is recognizeCI by both milltary and· civilian authorities as a danger to US security. ad!q:.~uot~n~~~e ;:~lda~e~:r~:s~ data, the ·commitee has requested th~ President to issue a ruling that at least 50 percent of all imports ·be carr,ied on American-flag vessels ·: which hav~ coastwise priviliges. _ Should sucb a ruling be ·put Into effect, the t1nited States · would need a minimiam of 1,860,000 deadSeafarer Frank CanneHa accepts vaeation I-benefit" che·d for . weight tons of tanker capacity to $343.-23 from dispatcher Ed Mooney. Th• disbu"rsement"represents handle 50 percent of American the $20 millionth SIU benefit-aollar paid OL!t under Vacation ·and needs_,_ At present, all tankers unWelfare Plans. . . - · ' (Continued on page 10) -"""-------_;_-::---------------....::..-----------""'-------- SS ·Val·lev B . _. U 0 · . ,..,e ·/ rea"s . p Fo~- •~ . .ke· ::!~~"::.~··~~:."·::;.-·!~ N · . . · .· 1 Men St'rl . d :;;~~~:::::~:~::·:::d :: ear Singapore; Crew- afe . :::!::d~~~~::a!~~~~ :/n~~:!ii!;, Us•b•0wne • .sh•. L1 erla IP running at a.tiout 80 million tons . would bring In additional revenues, 1 PHILADELPHIA-A runawayflag Liberty ship, the Madison Bell, was hung up here by her crew on Wednesday, January 13, ;(s an initial step by the recently-fGrmed International Maritime Workers Union to win decent conditions on escape flag ships. The Greek crew of the vessel, which is owned by a New York company, World Seas Shipping of ·17 Battery Place, walked off the ship in protest against unsafe working conditions, inadequate wages and other mistreatment. The ship was formerly the SIUmanned Christine. Norma\ly, a Liberty ship under the American flag carriers a. manning sca~e of 28 crewmembers in the unlicensed capacities. The Madison Bell had only· 17 unlicensed men, 15 of· whom have signed pledge cards. The excessive undennanning renders the ship dearly unsafe in the view of the IMW:µ. . . The IMWU was formed through jo;nt. action by the . SIU and National Maritime Union for the purpose of organizing among runaway ship crews. It is expected that the owners of the ship will challenege the right of IMWU to organiie in the Federal Courts. The Madison Bell was loading ecrap iron, eventually destined for .Japan. • Seafarers. who were aboard the freighter Valley Forge, which br-0ke up on a reef ·in . · · AMMI, .Big Oil Gan9::Up :t~;;:;.~~~£·!=:~ US-Flag -T(Jnl<er F_ l eet ,;:r:~~:::~::-:.r:~::;: on - - · and a representative of Per)inaular M · ·1 · h' h I · ' " ·· · According to the company's own . a}or 01 com~ai:ues w 1c . op~rate. .arge numbers of runaway-flag Ships are .now moy- crew list, here is an alphabetical mg to destroy ex1stmg Amer~can-flag mdepe~dent tanker operators with the•help and ap- listing of· the unlicensed personnel proval of the American Merchant Marine .Jnstitute. - · · ·_ _ ab oard : • The oil companies have . . Ande~n. Rlcihar( w., oiler moved against American-flag into . bankruptcy and "if . for any tors' as an oreanized aroup. By"so Baker. Clarence J •• deek .eDll'. tanker operators in two areas reas.on, the vessels are not· sold by doing; th . e oil com!Panies would ' •~ -w.a w AB 50: Hant.' " .1 ,· . have to be additions to the fleet to the. South. <;hma Sea off Singapore, were pajd off in Seattle last week and reunited wi~h carry half of America's oil imports. their fam1hes after undergoing a. New Year'~ holiday which will ·s tand out in their mem•In periods of 'emergency, the ories -for years to--come. • . US consumer now has to pay It began Thursday, Decem- the sa~ day. :A -tug, the . Griper~ rendezvous with any of .t he rescue through the nose for oil~witness ber 31, after the ·vessel ran reached the scene _as the Valley ships -its occupants ended up on wha.t happened during th~ Suez hard against Barlang Kap. Rock-a Forge . . began to break up. A life a re~f 8 few hundred yards from crisis of 1956 when tanker rates reef .which, according to the ship·s ·boat manned by four seamen was · , · went up 300 percent. . skipper Peter F. Petrone,- was not lower.ed despite the ' angry seas, nearb)' . . Bintan Island, Indonesia. . ·· ~nd transferred eight' men to the Reports have it that the. men swam • The US has no way of assur- listed on his charts. SOS messages were transmitted waiting tug. It returned, picked ashore safely, and received a food· ing that the operators of runawayflag tankers would place their ship~ to the·' effect that five holds were up 18 more crewmei;i, but couldn't. and clothing drop New Yea;'s Day at US disposa_l' in the ' event of awash and the hull was splitting make 'It back to the tug. Later, from a British military aircraft. emergen·cy. They can be freely- (probably due to the expansion of .however, they were .rescued by tbe transferred, in most instances, to the wheat cargo as it became wet).' British mine-sweeper Fisherton. No . lnjurl~ · ather flags. . _. A~ the_time, the seas were -mo~m- Meanwh!le, back at t-he ship, an- There' were no . reported i°iijuries • All other maJor nations have tamous and winds had reaghed otlier lifeboat with seven aboard- among th~ 37 aboard-. The men taken steps to assure that th.e ir oil gale force. including the skipper-went over later· were - moved to hotels in n_eeds are.· met in large part by Rescue operations got 'Underway the side. Apparently· unable_ to Sfngapore and given fresh clothing and foo~. . .• A chartered plane ·fiew the crew the Government .after foreclosure Beaton, ,..,n_ ·• as f o11ows: ~lim!nate the possibility of ·a Belerl-, Fr~iik .L. Jr•• n • A meeting of the tanker com- they should; be placed in . the re- percent quota on oil imports ever #mittee of ;AMMI on November 24, ser\re fleet and not withdrawn from being imposed by the VS. Such a Brady, John, OS 1959, including representatives of the fieet-for oper.ation ·or charter quota would compel .the· oil com~ Bi:own, Artbar. W. aUll&y such companies . as Sinclair, Atlan- except in the cast of a national panies elther_io charter AmericanDatuo, WIWam, - bd~r tic Refining, Tidewater, Esso, emergency." , f lag .tankers for their import busiDelmen"cto, Tranqulllao A., ·MM. StandJlrd of California-, Amoco, · The mortgage moratorhnns -by· ness or transter shipa. back tcf the Texaco, Socony, Gulf ._and Cities Maritime. involved Government Ameri~an. flag from the runaway. Dyer, Charles 'J'.·• oiler · . Francilleo, .O.and~ .m""'aa · Service, has gone on record to mortgage guarantees to new tanker flags. ,, ~itb~i;, ltep would me•n a Hemen, Paul t'>., decik' lhlnt. force newly-built tankers into ·constx:~ction.:· , 'llhe newly.~built sharp ~incriase in the ·employment SEAFARERS LOC bankruptcy and Government·lay-up Americ~n-flag s~ips, up.on c·~ming of Ainericaii tarikermeil. Haya,'ix~nneth··a.• 14ewud fleets. out of the ,. yards; ·have had diffiThe ·oil c9mpanies..ire int~r.ested . 'H ierro, Perfect4; II{., FWT Jan. 15, 1960 · Vol. XXll, No. 2 e The tanker committee and the culty in ioa~ng ~JldS meet. Co{!- in maintairiing the "smallest posJ, ~hn c., chief oooll AMMI are fighting hard to prevent s~queptly the Government IJlOVJ?d sible fteet · \(pder ·the US· flag for any build-up . of American-flag to get ·a postponenient on their "coas.twise· purposes. .T hey want to Karman, Per, AB tanker operations by imposition of mortgage payments so as to enable carry, alL of the ~owing Im.port Kolf~hotea, John Jr., wiper • ' "'" a 50 percent quota rule on US oil the OVl.ners t~ -ke!W' t!te ·ships . v olume o~ IJl~a\f~Y • ships. · · . ~Krlel', Stanley, AB PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer imports. The proposed quota- operating und_er the American .(l~I· . . . ~OW!DCH ,Cite.I_.·~ · . . Llind, Pred K., wiper HEllllEllT BRAND, Editor. BDNARD SEAAmong· the -objectlv~ of the m.a- · T!te' most. ironic ·-a~pe~t 9f } he twciDevH•• .Tames T.~ :AB MAN, Art Editor. HERMAN ARTKtJR, would call for half of all imports ~1~~ ·. Mesaros Earl E. oiler !RWIN SPIVACK, AL MA.SKIN, JOHN BRAZIL, to. come on American-flag tankers. jor oil cop.ipanies in opposing the ·:whole,$ftuatJori, ttom. the SIY, ARTHUR BERGER, CHARLES BEUMflT, StafJ • ' · The November 24 meeting, in moratorium ts their liope of buy- of, view is ·that. the 011· coml>lnie~ .. Writers, Blll. MOODY, · Gulf Area Repre- which the officers of AMMI partic- ing the ships at bargain price11 and tbe .l\MMI whtqh ~re protest- . Mltc!ot.~l, James C., bosun aentattve. ipated, reiterated and approved an after they have .been forced io!o ing any k,in,d of' Gov~rn.ment assl~-:MHsl1, Nlkola'oe; 3d. cook,. PuDllsneo DtwHkty ., tn• nHdqu.rters action by the AMMI board of di- bankruptcy, ' or" e'l~e keepiilg them apce to . hJdepeJide~t ~JMlrato11 are . ·. Petterien, Norman R., OS f:nt'i'c• a5~~~r~~:,~.~~i:;r~~. ff~C:.':;u~t rectors denouncing Maritime Ad- in lay-up 1nde"fini~e1Y; so· as to de-;;: tli;emselves •.t}1e· recipients o.f all'- 111, Sharp Jos. FWT ·.' ··' ~:G.· ar~"Jl;/2'ct~s~ ~:!t.~:·~~f~ ministration assistance to operators s~roy a~l .co~~it'it-fo~ to their ,copi- kinds ' of special prMlege, .. f.nclud.. sriead~ Del~s,' me8sman pany-.owned fleets. ·· , . ·• Ing' oil- deP.letlon:..allowances. On ·•' · . ··.-.- 1 et tne Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under of newly-built US-flag tan'rters. ·'99 Mt°' Au9 24• 1911. ,The resolution called upon 'Tkese objectives are sec,o ndaty · the dli;.cargo .side, th~ ·Al\JMI . re.P··,. ~~er, ~-e~ald• ~.; , ~i:;\' "'i4., • ~ 121 Maritime to disr.ontinue mortga~e to the oil cqmpanies' desire to re~~ts ·~~~d1zed ~eric~ste~- ·, ;·lJ/,~~qwl~: ·K~~: ;~ ~·~ • r .J;...~:.!i. ~?r,atoriums, ,, ' ·1 ·deth~. ta~ke~ . p.tt;~~'.~ ~~f~~t.!i·. ~~!:i p~i~r ,;tlii~t:~~~: i~~. •' ' ~iJ. , :. •. • , . ,· . _1 c ,,;c !: '8 : va1~~~~., ~1~J.'tlf~~~~,~ , .t �l1B1WT 11, 19.. PQ'e Three SE .4 P ..f·R ER S L 0 G :Bu·dget .AX .Hits TB Hospital . ' SIU S~hplarshlp Candidates Can Stlll Make Applications There la still time for Seafarers or children of Seafarers to applf for an SIU 1ebolarsbip, the Seafarers Welfare Plan Jiu announced. WHh two more Collece Entrance-. Examinations slated for February 8 and March 12, candidates for the scholarship who cet their appllca&lons in now will be able to compete for five four.-year $6,000 SW . .oollece· scholanhlPfi; . · _ The baste reqdtreinent for a scholarship candidate Is three years' , ' seatlme for a Seafarer on SIU ·ships, or for the father of a echolarlhlp applicant. · . . Interested - appl~an&a -should contact the Seafaren Welfare Plan now at n .Broadway, New York 4, NY, so as to be able to complete all requirements in time for the March 12 .examination. Those applicants 1\'hO have _not submitted all their qualifications yet are urged to~~ .. . . . The five winners "of the acholarshiP& are selected by a &'l'OUP of university adminl.stra&On on the basis ot qualifications and College Entrance t~st J:ellUlb; The latter is elven considerable weirbt in the final determination.· · · Since the Scholarship Plan baa been functioning, a number of SIU men and children of Seafarers have completed their studies and are now en&'a&'ed In medicine, dentistry, teaching and other professions. . 11 ··' ., '· 1- Manhattan Beach To Close; SIU Protesting Cutbacks WASHINGTON-The annual attack by budget-cutters on the Public Health Service facilities .for seamen is already underway. The Pµblic Health Servic~ has already announced plans to close the Manhattan Beach TB hospital and ship the patients elsewhere, possibly cline is ·attributed to improved the others would have to go to contract~g them out to methods of treating TB. It is ex- outside hospitllls. New York City or other pected that by June 15 the pattent Both the patients and the Unpopulation will be down to around ion are emphatic in opposing any private hospitals for care. 150. contracting-out to New York City The closing.of the hospital Manhattan Beach has been at a hospitals. The quality of medical disadvantage since the Air Force care given at city hospitals is ad .. is set for June 15. closed its adjoining base. 'Ehat mittedly inferior to that of the In addition, it is unofficially left the hospital with the full ex- Public Health Service. As everyreported that the Savannah pense. of maintaining Us heating one in the city administration· Public Health hospital, long and power plant which it formerly agrees, there is not enough money the target of the budget-cutters, is due for the ax. · The news is expected in the forthcoming budget which is to be published shortly. The projected closing of Manhattan Beach has brought prompt reaction both from the patients and the SIU, demanc;ling in the event this h~s to take place, that the patients get appropriate care at another PHS facility. "We would like Manhattan Beach to be kept open if at all nossible," SIUNA President Paul Hall declared in a communication to the surgeon general of the Public Health Service, "but whatever the final. decision, we emphatically oppose any plan which would give second-rate medical care to seamen by contracting them out to institutions where they will suffer a loss in quality of treatment and attention." Hall noted that, "if there is room, as we believe there is, elsewhere i!l the Public Health system to care for . these patients, then that room should be made available to the men at Manhattan Beach. If there is no room for them, then that proves there is a definite need for keeping the · Manh~ttan Beach hospital open." He pointed out that there are a number of beds available at the Staten I!iland hospital which could be used to accommodate TB patients. Many of these beds, in fact, are in an unused wing formerly utilized for that purpose. The Savannah hospital, he noted, had approximately 300 beds all told, and here too, some of them could be set aside for TB purposes. The reason given by the service for closing Manhattan Beach't is a decline in the patient count from .339 in 1955 to 185 today. Th·e de- shared with the Air Force. The General Services Administration has declared the area surplus property and would undoubtedly peddle it off to a housing developer or for similar purposes once the hospital is closed. As far as the patients themselves are concerned, the general consensus is that if the hospital is to close they would be better off in a general PHS hospital such as Staten Island because of the availability of general care and surgical treatment. Patients now at Manhattan Beach who need surgery have to go over to Staten Island for it. . _ · The service has indicated that a limited number of patients could be accommodated at other PHS tiospitals such as Seattle, S.an Francisco and New Orleans, all of which handle TB patients, but that available to properly staff city hospitals. In fact, the situation in city hospitals is such that last February Mayor Wagner appointed a committee to find ways to improve patients care and cut costs, and on June 19 this past summer, a committee of . internes and resident physicians at the city hospitals assailed th~ quality of care given and the severe shortages of both docAn 'outstanding record as a top feeder· in a good-feeding tors and nurses. fleet has been credited to Seafarer William R. Stone, chief The interne shortage is such that city hospitals have been forced to steward aboard the Margarett Brown until recently. Stone, rely upon medical trainees from who was on the ship for a l - + - - . . - - - - - - - - - - foreign countries who do not have most a year until he got off. ages he made, the crew had fresh medical education on a par with in December, was hailed by milk almost every. day. The ship that in the United States. the crew for running one of the also gained a perfect score of 100 • In addition, the city has been best-feeding ships afloat. This was percent from the US Public Health actively cutting down on its treatdone through ·his adhering to the Service, winning a sanitation cerfeeding· plan set up by the Union tificate. 1 men~ of .TB patients in hospitals, seeking mstead, as a money-savwith its contracted operators aad This is quite an achievement ing measure, to treat them as outhis use of the SIU steward ·depart- since there were only five freightpatients whenever the disease has ment guide. • ers which have ever scored 100 ~ · been arrested and the patient can To top off Stone's accomplish- ~~rcent on the sanitary inspecsafely stay home without danger ~. . ment, he was hailed by the com- boo. to his family or neighbors. In the pany for having done a remarkable Stone's outstandi~g per{ormance process, it has been closing down job of top-notch feeding while at s~ows that, • workmg in ao_cord its facilities at Seaview hospital, the same time keeping waste down with the feeding plan, he can k:eep one of the hospitals mentioned as to a bare minimum and getting the the men well fec;I at a saving in a,, possibility for the TB patients. most o,u t of the food dollar. cost to the companies. The feedContracting-out the patients has The gourmets and chow-hounds ing plan, which was designed to several other disadvantages. The aboard the Margarett Brown are cater to the individual tastes of SIU-contracted companies have (Continued on page 10) reported to have Seafarers, replaces the .. institubeen notified by the Union of its watcheci Stone's tional style, "big-pot" school of desire to reopen the existing agreedeparture with cookery with "to order" food great d ism a y. preI?aration. The res~lt is f~esher, ment for the purpose of discus~ing when he left the t;1sber food plus ~hminabon of increases in wages and overtime . the waste involved i~ mass cookship to be with rates. · his -family for· the Ing. The SIU agreement has proviChristmas vaca· The feeding plan and _steward's sion for such reopeners during the tion. guide are all part of· the program life of the contract. Stone spent alto brlng professional food preparaA negotiation meeting has been most a year ·o n Ston'e tion and good food to shipboard BALTIMORE - Shipping has set up for February 3 at Union been good here during the prethe Margarett Se:~~rers. headquarters · to discuss proposed vious two weeks, with some 227 Brown, and during the six voy" mce ~he feeding plan was developed, an ever-increasing number contract changes. Details will be men getting. berths and expectaof shipping compan.ies have been carried In future issue1 of the tions for mo.l'e job opportunities using it. · SEAFARERS LOG. being available with the possible crewing of five more ships. The membership was strongly urged at the last meeting to make appointments for their wives' and children"s annual medical check-up. It was also reported that Union The British have had "spectacattorneys are hopeful of obtaining ular · succ~ss·" with a system for back monies very soon-perhaps carry~ng dangerously expfosive by the middle of this month-for metha11e gas>: after experimenting the crew of the Pacific Carrier. for one year. As a result, the chairThe ship was sold at auction here man of the British · Gas Council for back debts. soon will seek permission to build The follo·wing ships paid oft a 20,000-ton tanker or two 10,000 during the preceeding shipping pe- · tank~rs to carry the cargo, thereby riod: Emilia, Mae, Jean Carolyn capitalizing on their efforts. . and Angelina (Bull); Bents . Fort, During 'the course of one year; CS Baltimore (Cities Service); Balthe British tanker' Methane Piotore, Chilore, Marore <Marven). Signed on were: Marore, Sanneer, capabl~ o~ carrying 2,000 tons tore, Chilore, Venore (Marven); · of the gas-which is lowered to a . Edith (Bull). temperature of about minus 258° In transit: Ames Victory (VicFaren~eit dur.i ng transportatio~ tory Carr.); Steel Advocate, Steel thereby increasing greatly the' Worker <Isthmian); Calmar, Bethsafety margin. - reported highly coaster (twice), Flomar (Calmar); successful -results. Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Pofaris (Al. The British theorize that a 20,coa); Oremar (Marven); Afoundria ooo:ton tanker m~king 14. trips a Workmen are shown in ·process of paving lot up .the block behind SIU headquarters hall to provide (Waterman); Mt. Evans (Tramp year would carry the equivalent of additional parking space. Job has now beeri complet~d and 75 spaces marked off for convenience ' Ship.); Irenestar <Traders), ' and the bousehold gas made from 2,. OQQ,OOO·'tchts..bt toal." ;• .;:. ~' ~ of Seafarers. [bwer· parking ' ldt"(not sh6wnt handles: 55' vehicles. ' ' " - · · - • -· ·· · ·' 1 • ' · · / · 1 Robin Gray '-<Rilfin). He Proves· It: · Better Chow Via Food PlaD · British Push Plans For. ·" Gas· Tanker \. J I SIU Set S · T lk Pay a S I JObS Surge I In Baltimore \ �'> SEAFA8EBS . . ROTARY ·SHIPPING· BOARD : December 23, 1959 Through.January 5, l960 Ship Acli,iIJ ,\ 1 As has been the trend in the ·past, everything slowed down over ' the their ships to spend the holidays with their families will be registering Par lft• .. Jong Christmas and New Year's holidays, 'including shipping from SIU for berths ·again. · Offa 0.. Tra11s. TOTAL ))orts. The end of the holiday~ ·saw only 929 men being shipped, a Most of the hQliday decline can be !lased on the fact that there has lolfo• .:.......... J - . 1 6 11 sizable decline from the prior period;s 34-month record high of 1,486 been • drop in the number .of ships calling at por~. Many ports re- New Yori! ...... 20 . ~ 'J 7 ·'"'JI ported little or no ship acf:!vity for the period. · . Phffadel-"I• .. 1 1 1o 1.1 men. How.ever, a shipping slump after a long holiday has been ~e There was a total of 195 vessels ca•Ung at SIU ports o~er the past I 13 general trend in past years and· it is expected to be short-lived. period. Of this total, 48 paid off, 25 $lgned on and the remaining 122 ~ltlmoro ...... 11 ...., 1 All of the -major SIU ports with the exception of Baltimore reported were in transit. As compared JP the pre-holiday report, this is a de- Norfolk ·.. .. ..... · I ., · 1• · big drops in their shipping totals for tlie past two weeks. However, cline of , 61 vessels. • · · .. Jecll....Ule . ... -:11 11 there were four ports, Boston, Balthnore, Norfolk and Tampa, all reLeading the list in ship activity was the port of Houston which re- Ml..a .... ~....... I 2 i porting improved shipping for the period. · ported 3~ ships, with New York and Baltimore close behind. These , _ , . ...... ,..... .... I 6 Hardest hit in the slump were .New York, Mobile,' New Orleans and p'o rts serviced 30 and 29 vessels respectively. There were two .ports, MOW.. .. ........ . 6 .· I ' 1~ Houston , shipping only 454 men among them. This represents a de- Jacksonville and Tjmpa, with no v.essels signing on or paying off, and New .. Orlea••.. .1 · 11 , ·21 Cline gf over 850 men from the previous two wee:ts. Even the West one port, Wilmington, with no ships slgnl.ng on. . • Homsto• • • . . .1 21 Jl · _ Coast ports, which have been enjoying fine shipping for some time. Percentage-wise, class A men picked,.UP an a.ddltional one percent · wu.a~ _. -.~·'1. 1 6 now, felt the holiday dec~ine. Seattle, for exam~le, shi~p_ed only 48 of the t!)tal n~mber ~f .jobs shipped. Oo~ ~f tJt~ 929 jC?bs, 'dass. )!. ICllt Fr ci .. ~· · _.. , 4. I 1 men as compared to. 110 Just befor e the start of the hohdays. accounted for 553, which ·ls 59 percen~ of the total, class II for a10,-· • IC · •. • ,., 4 . ~I While registration remained fairly . constant, .it Is . expected . to ·in- or over 23 percent, ·a nd class C for' 168, just under Ill pe'r~nt-a llHttto • • • • • • J crease somewhat in the c~ming weeks as many' Seafarers who got off ·healthy .figure for class C men. " . ·ret~I~ .. ; •• :. ~ 41 HS >, . -zi· ·w · ' ~- . ,, • . I ·~ ·DECK DEPARTMENT • Registered CLASS A ='o_rf...,-_ _ _ __.._ , Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York ... .. ... .. . . Philadelphia.. ... .. . . Baltimore .. .......... Norfolk .. .. . . . . .. . . . ~i~~~~~-i~l~.. :::: _::: : : . Registered CLASS 8 GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL l · z -:-2 - 3 3 8 1 19 42 17 78 16 3 9 1 13' 1 9 36 14 59 3 3 3 9 2 ' H .. 4 23 63 2 151 Tampa . . . . .. .. . .. .. . . Mobile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 13 4 %9 New Orleans ........... 15 21 . 13 49 1 Houston .. .. .. .. . . .. . . 16 31 8 55 2 Wilmington . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 t San Francisco . ... .. .. . 1 6 3 18 1 Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 3 9 IOTALS ,-95 -1u- '10 IU9 7 1 Sltlppecf CLASS 8 Sltlpfied CLASS A · . GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 s ALL - 1 . 2 1 2 2· 3 1 8 1 3 14 30 8 34 5 t7 1· 4 1 3 2 2 '1 3 14 20 15 36 10 81 4 7 3 7 5 6 11 1 1 21 .1 1 2 2 8 8 : 21 "' 3 ti · 9 18j 9 t· 1 41 3 ti 3 52 - 21 . 4 3 •7 4 14 16 3 3 2 4 1 Sltlpped GROUP ., GROUP GROUP 3 ALL I I . I ALL A • ALL 1 I 3 ALL 1 .5 2 3 2 7 6 5 7 18 4 14 7 25 6 ll 5. 8 13 47 11 13 '11101 · '202 48 351 2 5 1 I 7 5 1 I u · 14 14 9 37 14 H 8 5 1 I 61 .- 25 · 9 95 28 74 17 llt 2 C 4 t 11 4 4 11 10 15 2 ... t'f c 181 . . I 7 1 3 4 1 %01 39 ti WI 1 Rqlstered On T,,, .l eac6 CLASS A ' 1 CLASS I ·1 1".0TA1 SHIPPED . 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San Fr'ncisco ..... .... . . .. Seattle .. .. . JOT~H 14 1 3 3 1 -1 3 5 8 -1 5 49 15 24 8 5 .1 3 16 28 30 2 4 2 11 -4Z-ztl -:· I 91 -3 2 -2 .3 3 -1 - 23 i 72 11 31 13 GROUP I 2 2 16 1 ~ 1 .9 - •·--- . -- 2 I f 21 36 ti .z 8 13 Zlfi - ~ 2 2 6 -1 . 14 1 3 - -4 -' Sltlpped · CLASS A Sltipped CLASS I -- 2 6 9 2 -4 · U~H 1 1 3 1 2 3 25 6 33 6· ----- - - -- - GROUP 1 I ALL 2 3 ALL Port _ G°'BOUP 1 z •- Registered CLASS 8 ' - Sltlpped . CLASS A . . 11 5 . ,. .' -~#tipped GROUP . · . 1 ·z . ALL - -. H - . 6 ~j· .e 1.7 : · Ii - , 1 ·1 ' I - • ·1 2 ·f - . · ...:.. - · '3 ,, ___ _ . _ 1 2· 11 - • _ ,. 3 s.' 3 10 11 2 ..,2 1 1 ~ - 1 · 1 . s ., - , . ..,..-. .2 .'· 1 . . -:11 ' '· ' 1 . . 1: : .s · I•' - -:-. a .$7E.,ARD Sltipped - '; ~ .. ,--- . r· 1'.0lAL . SHIPPED. . "'• - - ,. .. · • :·s!!~~3!. ,,- . . . .·.• ' .GROUP ,,,. ~c•. 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DEPARTMENT · Boston . ... .......... . -6 r 2---::-t -= -2 New York .. .. .. . .. .. . 23 11 35' • · 1 - 4 8 131 15 Philadelphia ......... . 5 3 4 12 4 t 1 Baltimore ........ .. . . 18 4 ·211 t3 . 1· 1 . 10 12; 16 Norfolk . .. .. ..... . .. . 1 1 .. I 1 · 1 2· t · 1 Jacksonville ....... . . . 2 1 1 t 1 . 2 Miami. ............. . 2 I - Tampa ....... . . . . .. . 2 1 . 9 12 3 s. 1 Mobile ....... . .. . ., .. . s 2 14 zt 7 · 71 ·2 New Orleans . . ....... . 14 ·4 37 55 1 1 .. • · 3. Houston . .......... . ·.. 12 5 6 n 3 · 12 151 a Wilmington . .. . ...... . 1 1 3 5 - San Francisco ........ . s 1 s • 1 1~ 1 ~ 1 Seattle .... .... ~ . . .... & . 2 .3 11 2 -2 i JOTALS 1o3~71H 1z11 -::1--rl-sa ·,-7 53 DECJC . &Uss ·a ... CLASS A - - - . • -.: -- -- - - - - - - . -- -- · - - . • •• ' ' ... --- - - , . -- -- -· -, - . ' -- ul GROUP - 3 ALL · 1 z 3 ALL Registered CLASS A . lf•llfere4•p• Tlee' . . . -• - · - - ' Regidered CLASS A r,orAi SHIPPED GROUP · G~UP GaOUP ' GllOOP t · I _.u. A 1 c ALL 1 2 · I ALL I . I .I AU 4 . ti · 5 -2 1 51 1 5 10 15 ·8 . t s· 'J 3 . s1! 1 8. 3 '2 7 · 11 31 12 11 12 2 M 47 148 . 37 tit · 5 37 32' 2 t2 3 .. 5 .s I 28 H . 1 2 11 4 2 . -ft l II 3 7 .5 10 1~ 10 ·I 40 ·21 · . " ea 11 1 11 20 12 1 1 3 2 7 i 1 _., :t.~... 2 11 ,3 . - 1~ 3 1 · - ·- .. ·1 11 . . 2 . ~· 7 3 2 8 It 1 2 2 i . 3 I l2 · "]'5 .;._ ~ . _.:; _l ' , -·1 ' l 1 ·4 2 , ·11 ::..:_:: _ _...l 2 c I 4- ' 2 1 .12 1 4· .3 1 1 1 1 4 4 ti 3 c 14 58 4 ,. '1 " 4 ii ~ 12· 2 21 2 16 3 . 21 1. 2 .. 5 I ·l It ·36 98 10 JM . ~ ·. · .3;i : 20 ' 15 ~ 1_ _ 6_ 8 4 'lt 40' " 14:· '10' ft 1 -12 38 2 · . 1 .' 9 12 ~ 12 H 1- 30 · 3 z.. 1 2 2 · 2"' . I 'l' 1 1 1 t ·1 2 .'.it _:_ ' - 4 · 2 z~ 2 4 119 .a . ·--r- 4, .2 1 II ·2 3 8 ·• 2· · 2 2 1 8 1 H I 10 8' ·r -8 1 11 . 11 :~ -;-:- . '4 ·2 . '116 1% u11o1-r m ll21 lll39 %1 ' 1'1"i -:s-as37 L so 5 %0 2'1 ,-12 1'18 :81 St 51t. GROUP 3 ALL -3 }' 51 13 291 4 8 12 u -5 . . '. ~··· • t•H . · . -It •1· ·.,. ,. ·.r , . • . •• �Hid ·Esso Men's Finance Data: - Law ff ifs· Collins, Anti-Union Front Man.,n Oil Fleets . ' , The New York State Supreme Court has ordered John Collins, professional promoter and operator of "independent associations" in the tanker field, to surrende~ financial z:ecords, cancelled· checks and similar.------------, . data which he has been with- ETMA cancelled checks in h!s posholding from the Esso Tanker session Cthe Esso union had forMen's Union, aµ autonomous affili· merly been known as Esso Tanker ate of the SIU of North America. Men's Association). The court action was the outcome During the questioninl', Collins ... of a suit by ETMU demanding that suffered a sudden loss of memory Collins give Esso tankermen their when as~ed bow much ETMA paid property back. Collins has been him for his services, but did. recall withholding the records for over ih~* Mrs. Collins prepared his paya year and a half, ev~ since he was checks on occasion. fired by the tankermen back in the Another admission by Collins summer of 1958. concerned his failure to pay within another development, the Na- holding and Social Security taxes tional Labor Relations Board New for employees of the so-called York regional office has thrown "ETMA office" for the year 1957. out an election petition for the He conceded !hat he had personalEsso fteet by a Collins-created "in- ly paid some of the penalties Independent association," _ the Esso volv~d for failure .to pay the taxes. Approximately $8,500 ·was paid Seamen's Association The office involved was supposon the out by the. SIU Welfare Plan in ground that it . is :'supervisor- edly operated by Collins' string of Christmas benefits, a tally of the tainted." The ESA was created by "associations" including groups in benefit 'figures show. Christmas Collins in an effort to deprive. Esso Texaco, Socony, Tidewater, Esso bonuses of $25 given ·to Seafarers tankermen of their control of their -and Cities Service. When not running the affairs of · fn the hospitals, · totaled approxi- own union affairs and force them mately $4,000. A similar amount back again into a Collins-domin- all these so-called "independent associations" Collins serves as a prowas spent for men who are on dis- ated "association." The successful ETMU ..suit fessor at Fordham University ability-pension, each man getting $25. Another $415 went for cigar- against Collins came about when where he teaches labor history and ettes distributed in the hospitals. Collins, after being ousted by the labor law, among other subjects. tankermen, refused to turn over ' Seafare.rs will remember Collins Christmas Dinners all of the tankermen's records. as the man who tried to set up a Also, as is the long-established Among the many items missini company union in Cities Service to custom , within the SIU, S~afarers, were financial reports and financial block SIU certification in the fleet. their families and friends all over data for two fiscal years, 1951-52 His effort failed when the Collini the country were gue,s ts of the ,and 1954-55. In both years, ETMU association was found to be comUnlion at Chrbistmas dinners in the rep~rts there' were ·unexplained pany-dominated by the NLRB. , h a ls or near y restaurants. Sev' . eral ports provicfed gilts for chil- heavy de~lines in accumulated surplus totaling some $18,000. . dren distributed by fully-equipped Q • 1·n tiie course of th e sui·t , ETMU S anta Clauses. AU told, mo!-'e than learned that Collins had a secret • 3,000 guests were served, with New agreement - providing him with a York, Baltimore, New Orleans and rr t~ . b d pe . ell Houston accounting for two-thirds i_ e ime JO an ~ nsion as. w • . . h d th his salary to continue after his ref th t 0·t 1 B lti ~ a· a ~ore a. e tirement. The costs of the pension argest turnout, 615 ~iners, fol- were paid fo~ by ETMU at the rate lowed by New Orleans; 475; Hous- of $l ,500 annually. Apparently, ETMU said, Collins had moi;e than . WASHINGTON - The SIU has ton, 4.39 and New York 435· Of course, many· of the-diners in one such arra.ngement in the string joined four other AFL-CIO unions · A&G halls included men from of "independe.n t associations" he in urging the-Government to count other SIUNA affiliates. Similarly, controls in the tanker field. tips as a part of wages jn cornS eaf arers on t h e West Coast were During the pre-trial examination, puting Social Security benefits. te b en rtained y ijie SIU Pacifiic Collins made several damaging adUnder the present set-up, Uncle Dis t r ict. missions under oath. He conceded am takes · an income tax bite out Probably the most unusual din- that he had no written agre~ment of the money a worker gets in tips. ner was the one held in Tampa for for years as to the amount of But these same tips don't count 100 guests. It was at the Las Nove- money he took from Esso men for toward Social Security benefits, das Restaurant, · which as Port his services; ·that he kept various and it is this double standard to Agent Bennie Gonzalez noted "is union books and records in the eel- which the unions object. the only Spanish restaurant to ever Jar of his home; that the Esso men's With Social Security benefits win the academy award for · fine office rent was paid in his name getting bigger and broader, Seacooking." Naturally, the menu 'had and the lease was in his name al- farers and other union members a Spanisn tinge to it, being a de- 'though he maintained that it was who draw gratuities are losing out partute from the standard Amer!- no~ .his office. in ever-increasing · amounts as the cap Christmas menu. He also conceded that he had years roll by. · The five ,unions tnvolved estimate that counting tips toward Social Security would ·benefit about l lh million of their members. I e These include hotel and restaurant employees, bartenders, building · · service employees, barbers and Hospitalized,.. seamen at the Manhattan Beach TB, h_ospital beauticians, as well as seamen 1 have expressed thanks to the Union for the SIU's contriburepresented by the SIU and Na• · · . . · tional Maritime Union. -t1ons durmg the ChristmB:s season. A; letteJ" frOIJl Thomas _ Meanwhile, President George Daisey, . head of the patien.t 's• Meany, of the AFL-CIO, has dicouncil stated the patients' ap- Daisey, who fa a shipyard rected the AFL-CIO legislative de. . · - . worker, expressed bis "sincere partment to press for Congresprec1ation for flora~ decora- thanks for _the contribution made sional adoption of a bill that would • tl.ons placed in the hosp1-tal for the by · the Seafar~rs International permit Social Sec.,urity credit for holidays. Union toward brightening the tips in one of two ways~ Seafarers at the hospital re- Christmas season •. . • I know of I-Workers would report their · ce-ived $25 hospital bonuses as course that the· SIU has been do- tips to their employer, _who would voted · by the trustees .of the Sea- Ing humane and friendly .things then deduct their share of the farers Welfare Plan plus cigarettes. like this for years; not only at Social Security tax and match it In addition, as Dai.s ey's letter Manhattan Beach hospital, but at with his own share. _ 2-Iu the absence of a direct renoted, the Union arranged for an points throughout the world." 18-foot · decorated C.hristmas tree, Thanks also came from Seafarer port by a worker on his tips, his wreaths for the front of the build- John Driscoll on behalf of the employer would use a fixed forming "and plants for the hospital's SIU riien at the hospital. <See 11la tQ determine his tax deduction, "Letters to the editor" page 14.) and then match it. chapel- SIU Holid~y BeRefits Up To $8,500 Seafarer Bill Mitchell (top photo) does the honors as Santa Claus-in the New ~rleans hah, distributing toys to chilClren of SIU men. Above, Seafarer Jack Meyer and family relax after dinner at hall. Around tabl~ are Brenda, Meyer, Mrs. Meyer, , Rickey, Eddie. urge 1 /I y # O·f T1eps For i . i. s· Baltimor~ Sci~tcl ,Cla~1 (top) was Seafare.r.. Chest•~ Wilson. Above, Seafarer )os,ph L1nfiart1 ·off the Bethtex, enjoys dinner with Miss Catherine Nicely. Below, cafeteria gang consisting of L Walthroup, H. Wheel.e r mnd W. Minton prepare tht food. Age Benef1·1s ff o.. s-p,-,·a/Pat1ee· ntsApple1ud • s ·ch r1s f mas Ch eer Un1oli .. �..... SB.4.l.4.RERS ,. £0C Right·To-Work.Promoter Feeling US Tu Heat - SS . Oe·l .M undo-Way Baek In 1938· . . . ~ ' One of the leadfog advocates of the National Right to Work Committee is in hot water with the Internal Revenue Service because they claim he failed to pay taxes on property acquired ill~ 1954. . E. S. Dillard, a "champion was involved in some transactions of the compulsory open shop" with the Brown Dynalube Company from which tne Government says he owes more than $92,000 in back taxes. A claim has been filed against him with the US Tax Court . in Wash_ington. In 1954 when he purchased. the Brown · Dy.nalube Co. he also ob.tained the outstanding common stock and accounts payable, for a dollar. He advanced $1,800 to the The Marine Section of the Na- firm and accepted from them $85,tional Safety Council is expected 000 in bonds payable in 20 years. to announce the winners soon of · .Government Claims the 1959 Beet safej.y contest awards. Last year, the . contest was won by The Govetnmerit claims these the SIU-contracted Alcoa Steam- bonds were worth their face value ship Company. and should have been reported as The awards are given in several income and been taxed. · Dillard ~ategories. One category consists says they 'Yeren't worth anything. of priyately-owned d.rY cargo ships, The situation is complicated by · another of privately-owned tank- the fact that .Dillard donated $10,ers, since accident rates on tankers 000 to a church, which then sold are ~ually less because of the ab- the bonds for the same amount, sence of cargo-handling gear. A receiving cash for them. He dethird category consists of Govern- ducted this· from his taxes as a ment-owned opE:rations. Awards ,$10,000 contribution; as well as anare also given in shipyard, tug other $20,000 which he donated to and b'arge · operations and other the Dillard Foundation, Inc., a taxgroupings. exempt charitable foundation Awards are based upon the which be incorporated himself. amount of time lost in accidents in He donated another $10,000 to relation to the number of hout s the same church and half of this worked, rather than on actual accident totals, since many minor mis- was purchased by a Minor Founhaps do not cause any loss of dation, Inc., a foundation incorwork time.porated by Dillard's tax lawyer. - Dillard says · the bonds were worth their full value When he Sign· Name On contributed them, though they were worth nothing when he LOG Letters acquired them. The ' Government For obvious reasons the LOG believes the opposite is true; that cannot print any letters or they were worthless when ~on­ other communications sent in tributed (and so the tax credit for by Seafarers unless the author the contributions should be voided) signs his name. Unsigned but were worth the full face value anonymous letters will only when acquired. wind up in the waste-hasket. The tax court judges will have If / circumstances justify, the LOG will withhold a signature to decide who is right about the value of the bonds at each stage of on request. the various transactions. S.e. a Safety Awards Due For 1959 Ex-Seafarer Fred' Farmer submitted this photo frotn his. scrap book showing the first . baseball team on an SIU ship. This gang was off the old 8$ Pel Mundo on Thanksgiving Day, 1938.. Fourth ffom left, standing, is the late Eugene Nobles, whom Farmer describes as a "real Union man." He adds, "Men like him and several others in this picture helped make the SIU strong." Standing second from right is John Clark, then deck cadet, but now president of Missis~ippi Shipping Company. Farmer is at. right. See_Early- ApprovQI Of P/Qrl For English Channel Tunner . I •· • ... LONDON-The way has been cleared for . a long-dreamed-of and controversial tunnel project, which the tunnel would be constructed under the English Channel, connecting England and France. The project, a 3~-mile engineer's "dream problem" has been tentatively approved by the British Minis·· · try of Transport. · Also, the construction of' such a tunnel authority, providing fop the link would be a major political working out a number of legal de- It had to overcome the objec- step signifying the desire of · the tails_and other matters. 'fhe Suez .canal company, looktions of the Defen~e ,Ministry, British to draw closer to Europe which didn't want the tunnel for strategic reasons, and the Ministry of Finance, which had reservations about the financing of the tunnel. The project was supported by the Board of Trade, for economic reasons. With the amalgamation of Western European countries into two large trading blocks, severe strains have been put upon the British economy, and the · increased transportation facilities of the tunnel will be important. · politically, Announcement of the official accepta·n ce of the plan is being 'delayed for political reasons, it is believed. France An:s.loua The French have· wanted··a tunnel to England for a long time, and when the expected approval is announced, will no doubt, enter into immediate negotiations wit.h the English. A treaty between the two countries will be drawn up_ estlblishing some kind of a joint ing for a significant undertaking in which to reinvest its enprmous assets (fr~<;I by the Egyptian riationalization of the Suez Canal), has a 30 percent interest in the tunnel combine. · The ventilation problems wlll bar automobile traffic. Cars will have to be transporte(\t on railway flat cars while the passengers _ride up ahead in a lounge car. It is estimated that the construction of the dual ..rail tunnel will take six yetil'8. '· < ·Keep ., • The 'L ad.derS· Clea-r .,, ' ~. ~ " . r . • Engine room ladders are usually steep enough · . to require cautious navigation, particularly when the weather is acting· up. Consequently, ·it g~es ·· ·without saying tha~ obstructions are an operi ·:- ·invitation to accidents. : Ke~p ladders clear-both the· railing~ C.nd . ---' ·· ·}h~ step~o_ ,that your ·shipmates have a fair · chance of getting up and down them. in one p_iece. ' . . ; ----- - - ·- _,. _ ..... '· •• •-4 >- .• ' ,r . .' �,Steelworkers' Victory Stifles. YOUR DOLLAR'S rWORm Big Biz Union•Crippling Drive ·hfarer's Gme·To Better Buying Settlement of the steelworkers' contract.beef last week for an estimated 40 percent more than it would have cost the companies six months ago marks·a severe setback to a big busiB1I Sidnev MargoHua ness drive to cripple union contract conditions-specifically, work rules and grievance proC!'etiures. The United S t e e 1 . - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Phony Ad Champ Workers of America won a tive is to destroy long-standing celled business contracts. The A spokesman for television challenges this department's recent package that will add up to 41 work rules. company eventually broke away report that 'JV advertising has become ~he No. I deceiver of t~e buy- cents' an hour by 1962. The "inflation" argument falls from the leash, defying retribn- W is ing public.' In effect, -says Louis Hausman, <Ur¢ctor of the Tele'lision 'fhe_ Irony of the situation la flat on its face every time bu·sinesa tion. The pact Kaiser settled for • lnfotmation Olfice of ·the National ·Association of.Broadcasters, this such that if the ste.el companies concerns jack .up their rates above involved less cost than the rest of ta·, a.n· unfair charge; other forms or ,,,f'.lvertising ~uch as newspapers had "offered tbe µnion last spring and beyond increases in labor the industry now has to .pay. The collapse of the steel com·carry the s~me misleading claim$ ,for which we critJcized TV. , - · just what they spent in advertising cost&, and widen their profit mar. .Hausman sb.ould have &-.chance to tell his side. But there is growing the "inftation"-issue, the bitter 116- gins. A. steel price hike is a cer• pany's "inflation" · posi-tion is also evidence that.-1 false TV ·Mis bave ,. be~ m0$t effective 1.n- misleading day steel strike - probably never tainty within three months or so, underscored by the fact that a far many, families Into. _unnecessary ·expenditures, especially for patent would have occurred. As it worked although the mills are operating smaller cash offer would have produced a settlem~nt without a out the responsibility for any infla- at th~ir peak, and profitably. medicines, c08tnet1Cs and tol,l etrles. Prlees Didn't Drop strike in the first instance_ Hausman writes: '"''The Arthritis & Rheumatism Foundation report tion that result.s from the steel Ironically enough, it is widely While the companies yielded a strike can be placed ·squarely ~o whlch-_y.ou referred : • made ··i t cl~ar that. 'all forms of media were to the lfnion, it was done upon the companies for their ob- agreed that·if the steelmakers had round used extensively'. . in part with . an eye to future ·adstinate a·ttitude before, during and any detr.ee of sincerity In their . · ".Yo'<'r co~entl ..m,ake no disti~ction' between advertisements ·!or after the strike. "inflation" pitch they could have Yant~ge. At stake in ~ quick ~et­ pro4ucts· or services which tile . report describes as .'not harmful in convinced the public simply by .tlement was. the prestige of Vicethemselves, and may even give :t~mporary rellef: and 'those which are · 1''or Seafarers, the agreement the tiniest drop in steel prices. President Richard Nix~n, who had means no likely Interruption of worthless and may l>e harmful, and 'for which patently false and misoffshore or Great Lakes oreboat Such a move would have sand- personally-i?terve~e<J. in the conleading claims are made.' · · movements tor the next 30 months. O.gged the union's wage demands tract talks m thei~ late stag~s. . · "You quo'te - Dr. Hlllenbrand of the American Dental Ass0ciatlon This Is particularly significant Jn 'without a strike. The unwilling- . Appare?tly convmced that their as saying that television toothpaste commercials are rigged and mis- light of the drive· by the SIU Great ne88 of the . firms to make any ~!erests. ca~ be adva.nced by the leading. He did aay ..thia but he · 'Yent on tp- say 'unsupport-ed adver- Lakes District to sign u~ non- price concession exposed the total n~ht kind of Preside~t In th.e White H~u~, the s~eel mdll;8try • tising claims continue to give television viewers as well as readers union Lakes ore fleets. Tlie drive fraud of the "inflation" tactic. • sudden wllhngness to make sizable a false sense of security'. No one can defend misleading advertising. was hampered by the lay~up of Another totally-deceitful tack· concessions to the union can i>e But it is important to remember that advertising claims' are not mater,i- shiPs during last summer's strike, employed by _the steel companies regarded as a huge campaign conally changed· from one medium to another. 'fhe . same claims are em- although,. the Lakes Union did suc- was to ~omplaln ab_out union in- tribution. l'h~ companies may bt!t ployed as copy themes in ·All media which are used. If, In · fac~ they ceed in winnin_g a signal election dustry-wide bargairiin1. At the looking forward to reaping somtt are false 1lnd mlslea1Hng, they are equally so in all mecJ:ia. · victory In the l~ship Reiss fteet. same time, the major producers dividends not only in the form of Th• lesson of .the strike for the exerted treme~dous ~ressure on a new Republican President, but It's true that newapa~r.s an~_, other medJ.a·- al.so publish misl,adlng adf4 But the Arthrit1s & Jtheumatism Foundation survey did show that steel companies Is that you can't smaller steel comparuec to keep more importantly, a possible swing ,. of the arthritis sufferers who had bought falsely-advertised products, holler "inflation" to keep down them In line. This repfy of the old to the right In Congress. Such a 23 ·percent did so because of TV, 21 percent through newspaper · ads, workers' wages ·and at the same Army game known as-"do-as-1-say- Congress might be calJed upon to time refuse to reduce your own not-as-I-do" was exposed when a fetter union bargaining strength · 1~ percent th.r ough _maguines; 10 percent through radto. ln general, advertising of drugs and toiletries has become one of prices while S>our profits are boom- smaller producer, Kaiser Steel, All of the statements following th~ the inost deceptive .areas. No less ~ an experf than ·Kenneth Wlllson, ing and ev"1')' management exec- moved . to settle on its own With settlement took pains to point up Nixon's role and to emphasize the president of the National ~etter BQsiness Bureau, has said that the utive la pulling down a siX-figure the union. salary plus fancy stock options Kaiser was browbeaten into line boost the settlement gave hi• · current use of adv~rtislng "to further medical quac)fery is a serious and bonuses. by US Steel with threats .o f can- Presidential prospects. 1etback". · ·· · -· The mislead1Jig . nature of the. TV commercials showing one aspirin The shrieks C)f alarm about "lnI\ dissolving quicker, and givliig "faster relie~·~ -than others, has just fJation" were also viewed with a ·beeri criticized . by an •rticle in the New York County ~Medical So- certain amount of skepticism beciety's mag;;azlne. If one type -or brand takes only one second to dis- cause of the· failure of the indus1olve, and an<>ther as much a's ·four; there's no practical difference. try. to cu~ .its prices d~ring the TV ads can be. especially ·misleading because they are dramatic, can _1958 recession, wh~n mills. were show pseudo-scientific demonstrations, can ,rig demonstrations, and running at about half capacity. can "doctor" products to make them look better. TV commercials '~flation' is Cry present actors who convincingly talk like docfors, dentists and scien· The industry's calculated stratSoaring increases in hospital costs in t_he New York area · tists; General ·Motors and Libby-Owens-For~ could claim in other ads egy was to use . the "inflation" cry that "the view through thefr car 'windows is clearer. · In TV commer- as a cover for its move to tear the may prompt unions within the- city to activate programs to cials tliey were. able to "prov~" it. But, the Federal Trade Commission heart out of contract -work rules establish their own hospital and medical care systems. The 1ays, they first' r(!lled down the windows before showing the "clearer" and seniority protection This Id t . '"'few. · . forced the strike. : op e r a e " combination The programs wou · Other advertisers have been reported using . shaving cream instead only resurt was that the strikers · through uniqn-negotiated_wel- Last week, Blue Cross announced is thinking of boosting the cost of icing to make the!r cakes look better, salt tablets to make their ;recouped all their wage losses out fare plans. For s ever a 1 it of its insurance each" year for the beer foamier; 'hot wine in · the cup of just one contract clause, which months now, New York City unnext four years. The increases ' instead Of the coffee they're actU• assures .each work~r a cash pay- ~ODS have been studying a proposal will run rates up 58y~'-95 percent aliy selling, and bleach,.not cleans- ment of $1,300 to $1,500 upon re- to build and operate hospttals for higher during this period, accordIng· powder, UJ!der the sponge· that tii'ement. · ,t he benefit of union members and ing to the firm. wipes away tlie hard-to-clean spot. 'f.h.e insincere "Inflation" pitch their families. · Outline Reasons Nor is anything more. convinc- of the steel companies is also be-.. This proposal was discussed by Though the hospital · associatio11 fng than the annoucer protected by Ing soun.ded by the railroads now, New York unions last September, an "invisible shield" in the TV bringing up a full-scale rail strike when hospitalization insurance let it be known that no final de· -· commercial for Colgate's Gardol. this April. Here, too, the objec- rates were boosted 26.IS percent. cision had been made yet on the rate increase, there was littl• . The combination ·of sight and doubt that the company would pe· sounci on TV' has· proved to be . al" tition the State Insurance Depart- · . most.. hypnotic in its power to perment for high~r rates. suare. Dr. Arthur Shapiro, a Pro. Blue Cross gave several reasons . -~es1Jor of Med-kine at the State for the proposed increases. These .. ,University for ~esearch hi lfypnowere: the need for increasing \ sis, has said that "the · smoking wage and salary scales of hospital habit is . being established and reemployees; rising cost, and hospiestablished all the time in adver- · tals' requests for increases in Blue tisernents everYWhere ... The man <;_!oss payments. selling cigarettes on television ·1s · · · While rate hikes were being a spellbinder. His 'si)iel is 'repe!l' being contemplated, so were ex. tious, suggestiv.e, _ mo·n otonous, tensions of benefits, according to -soothing, reassuring." . · the hospital service. One prn. . More evidenie. _Qf the power of posal brought forth was that room TV ads . has come. ·from the - Bureau. of Labor Statistics· Its price ' . and board allowances for a semieheckers liave reported greatly-increased consumptJon of ·deodorants, . private patient be extended to 120 nail polish,· lipstick and. other toiletries, which ·they· attrib~ted tO · days at full credit from a present heavy TV adver'tisipg; , .:.. . .. . · .. · " · · :::- . · - • -' -, 21 days at ~till pay and 180 days , Nor · can the ·public-.}be · satisfied ~f. ·so~e of the medical product~ at half rate. 1old tlirough --TV and· other ad\iertisf-Qg · pt"edia, are· not ·a~tually li-ar.m-: , f.ul al)d· "may. _ev~ ,gl~e ~~l!lPOf~ry relief" . .It's .harmft.U to, the pc)ck~t"I · ~ i book to pay $3 -for ,an "arthritis· m~dicine"·· which is basically aspirin. . ;1 The aspiriil-its_e lf ls available for as .uttl'e,as;li5 cents for a bottle of 1007· ·_ F; .EveQ , ~ine ~dv~rt~sin~ lne,n 'ihems~lv~S:-''i~e..getti.n~ _cri.tl~al~ ol the . If a crewinember -quits while" • •. 1, , Jfti~leadin~ cla~~· .; cutr~n~l~ ·l>~lnlJ°~'n,tade.:..,..J:!ot. ~~ly . i~- ·TV:~ ads, of· : a ship is In porf, delegates ~ 4iQune;.•JFaiPf.X ~e«>ne; ,91;:the ..Jbt1.::Foot~i· ,con'e· •&. Heidi.DJ .advei;tis!ng. are asked to contact the ball · . · / ~ agency, · ---~~gtlY,-... sai4. ;tbA( - ~~'ewai)ap~i@,,..gi-a~zlnes;-' -~ _~d- :radt.o : : immediately fo_r a replace. "' . . --~ ,foJild; c...~n: u~ -,aa!~s~~·~!th~.tne~~¥,eacJ~l~ea· sl~~;, ·.~y7 ~~Jrl~n" ~"· .m~nt. Fu~ actioq on their part .·cft, .clatms>:''- :, .. .,.,"' 1rr .., .. ~ ..,. . '· .. . • . . ''"'-·' ..... ~,- . ' T. ..v '" 1., ,. . ". ~ ..:t\''"l' . .. ' ,(.. . tng. .proOf . . .. , '. r . ·will teep all jobi aboard ship: ·. . ,,_. · ~-,,.. ...,- €One- -aslu-....'.!Jiow.~c'ag/· :101'!-i.:dl.fter~~..,.. cigagtt•· all.;."b'e· "lo~at;·1n, ·' - ,.-...,. ·-' -- ~-~ - ' "~ .. · · · · · ,._.. · 1-: -- ; · _ • - • •· : · :,,ailed .at alf times and elimi.:· .-~, . -~·.; ..: : ~cotlaer~ ·~)~4. ..~f~"'11--:W~·ihWt1•.. < •J.Wift.i:Ro.clr.~:•~~!fatitily ·~-pi~ed;ln ~ ,S_lU .hall. ~· nat• ih- 'ebm!ca·· ilie lhip ~'· -~·~ ..-·.:' T.he.·-!PV,...in~u1tcy.'•;~ 1atoP· ,411• "'.(lri{idbiD,~-e~l.tw··•~ · ~W . . · ~· · -~ ..11e·rWir~-r-R~•••;· an~ hil·.-. '!.ife ~. ......: . IMa~ - Ev~~- · . -Utllnc lhorlhanded. • , · ·-·~ · , " • ;> • ••• ·~.:- • : ,,.;. -- ~•• '< ~)' ~._ _.• .~\,,.i;)'alrfas.;Goae,;-ad~ 1''' ''·1·/ ,iu-..~· · ·~ ~ ·};).>- · j•'-;' :>< I J.•, , ': ..,) ~><~ . . . . .~-t " 1e •'-' '" ' \ . ; · ~ "'"".f.: , i-. ,, , , .... I ·" . . '-• Blue C·rOS"'S· Rate M'oves Spur· -Un1·on Hosp1·tal Plans A Famlly Affair Short;hanchtd? ., ~ i, , ~,,.., .. ..... ... ~ ..... ~ .uit11ihMi. or O• • • ,: • ~ J~ ' , ·. .. ,,.. • -: ~ ,:- ~· . • t ' - :· ~ ,, J • ~ ) ~.~ ~~... • ,. ' - __ fM 0 .-:: 0 ' i .. .- ....... ·- ..... .:. • .. �, ·1 ...U, II, IHI MDs Serenaded··-·Viil Records, Dreulns Up For Holldays .SenOtf! D.r ug Piobers Report , . Senate investigators looking into price-fix~ng and "payola" pr'a ctices in. the drug industry have come up with something that beats everything yet-in this case to · three-quarter time. One ,drug company has taken to sending out phonograph records to physicians with music· on one side and adverto control appetite, on the other. ucts, the firm, which markets Miltising on the other. - For the benefit of those not familiar with the song, "The Tweiv·e Days of Christmas" is ·a carol about some · lavish gift-giving. The drug company bas not come out. with anything like "Music to Prescribe Our Medications By," but this expected shortly. The musical advertisements were mailed to physicians by Wallace Laboratories, a division of Carter Pro.d.:. Sil)ging Violins One such record has the noted Russian violinst David Oistrak.h playing a concerto on one side and a ·blurb for Miltown, a brand name tranquili.:zer on the other. Another one of these "freebies" (a disk-jockey term for a ..gift") features the "Twelve Days of Christmas" on the one side and a message from "Appetrol," a drug town. The investigations are peing conducted by a Senate subcommittee under the direction of · Sen. Estes Kefauver. The group is trying to show that high drug prices . are caused in part, by the expensive promotion campaigns used by· drug companies to inQ_uce doctors to prescribe by brand name rather than technical name. The technical n·a me is' the scienl ific name given ·to the drug; .. .ppers St1.ll Ta. lk · :~:r::rd t~:n:i~u~. :.~ ~~n:i~~~r;; ILA Shl n ·Pirem'1·um ·car·go ~·a·te ~:p~~:s~~~:in~ot~: ;:~~;~::r~~~~~ N.Y Suffe_rS l/sual • ' . much more expensive. For exampie, if a physician said "Take two - 0. Although longshoremen are now working again all along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts under the terms of their new t~re.e-year contracts, tI:ie lntern~tional Longshoremen's Assoc1abon and the New York · · Shipping ·Association are con- with their. plans for new containtinuing fo ·negotiate on the ership operations. major issue. left unresolved by tlie agreement. . This issue is the payment of premi um rates on cargo shipped through the port_in containers that are loaded or unloaded away from the docks. . The longshoremen's contract with tile NYSA, which also served as a model for contracts in the South Atlantic and Gulf p'orts, stipulated that premium rates t;hould b~ paid on container cargo, but left the amount of _the payments to· future negotiation or pos13ible arbitration. Union Research The union is now doing research _to determine how many men are likely to be displaced as container cargo expands in volume. Meanwhile a number of shipping companies, apparently heartened by the signing of the . new longghore contracts, are going ahead PANDORh <Epiphany) Dec. 6Chairman, Luke J . Wynbu Secretary, John Jellette. John Jellette was unanimously elected ship's delegate. Delegates from each department will submit repair lists to ship's delegate who will, in turn, submit them to cap· tain . Wringer needed for washing machine . Steward will fssue linen piece by piece on linen "day. Cleaning of laundry and recreation rooms agreed upon by delegates. The SIU-contracted Bull' Lines, for instance, plans to expand its containership service to Puerto Rico next spring, and has ordered 196 ah,1minum · cargo containers and 166 tandem chassis trailers for aelivery next March and April. The containers-ao of which will be refrigerated-wiil be used on the company's six c- 2 freighters operating between New York, Baltimore and the island Grace Line also is. kicki~g off its new- "Seatainer" service with the Santa Eliana, which will sail from New York on January 29 for :Venezuela. The Santa· Eliana, formerly a standard C-2 freighter, has been converted to a containership and will be the first US ship of kind to engage in foreign trade. Next month the· Santa Eliana will be joined in the Venezuelan trade by the Santa Leonor. its closed, Steward will look into the matter of steaks twice a week. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for fine job. nical name. If he said, however, two two 'Bayers' and go to . bed," he wi11Id be prescribing by brand name. Medical investigators have proven that all aspirin is tile same, and the least expensive brand of aspi~in is just as good as .t he . most expensive brand. · Kefauver Pryinr Sen Kefauver est1·mated that · "one-third" of the ret.ail price of drugs is spent for "advertising and promotion." The . money spent ·by the companies does not make the· market any larger. "It just gives ~hem a larg~r sh?re of the exist.mg market, if it is successful. The new hearings, ~hich ar~ to start Januar~ 21s!, wil~ .be .solely concerned · w1~h. tranqmhze~s. Although tranquilizers were originully develop_ed for use in mental hos'pitals, they have lately become very popular with people who are suffering from anxiety tensions and emotional disturbances. Curr.ently, at the manufacturers tevel, $Bl.es amount to sQme 200 million dollars per year. Retail sales proeably push this figure up to around a half-billio·n dollars. The subcommittee is trying to find out whether prices are comp'e tative, ·or whether new anti-trust legislation is needed. not completed ln shipyard. thanks for steward dept. Vote of Alcoa Ra~ger. saloon gets ll~rgl dec:oration as Seafarer Richard . · McAll, saloon m·essman, does the honors. Photo ·;.vas taken on ., ·· eve of C~ristm~s sailing. . ' NEW YORK--:Shipping dropped quite a bit during the last .period, yet de~pite the .decline, many ~'A" men didn't . grab jobs :off.the .board as they were postep; accordi~g to ~ill- Hall, port agent.. .: There :were .yery few beefs fo~k, Council ·Grove <Cities. ~erv• f · ice; Thetis <Rye Mat1ne>; Steel Ex. rom men who were paid ?ff ecutive (Isthmian> and Afoundria here last we~k, with the exce_p bon <Waterman). of an OT discrepancy aboard· the , Sig~ on: · Robin Hood <Robin); ~obin Gray, - w~ere $200 of o~e~- Steel Woi~ker (Isthmian) and time pay .was disputed, but eventu- · Kathryn (Bull). ally doled ouL The. money colIn transit: 'Azalea CitY. (Pan-At· lected involved a restnction-to-ship !antic); Seatra1n New Je.:sey (Sea• beef. . trai'nl; Alcoa Pointer <Alcoa); Long. NLRB Hearin&: · . view Victory (Victory Carriers), an4 Hall reported that the upgrading Ga.pt. N. Sitinas <Tramp _Shipping).: school is coming along well . He also noted the. Marine Allied WorkH~s ers Division has . National Labor · Relations Board hearing coming up oµ the 20th. This involves' some Seafarers~ "verseas who. want 450 employees of a company now to get in· .touch with hel\dquar· '. under organization. ' ters in ·a hurry can do so by . The following ships paid off: cabling the Union- at tts ·cable · Robin Gray <Robin); Kathryn, Bea.··t?ss, 'SEAFA&ERS NEW .trice; Carolyn, Elizabeth, Dorothy YORK. (Bull); Seatrain Texas, · Seatrain Use of this addr.~ss will assure Louisia.na, Seatrain Texas, Seatram ::>eedy transmission on all me~ : Savannah (Se~train); -1'"'airland, sages and faster -~ rvice for· the Bienville, .-Raphael Semmes, Gate- men 1m·-'ved. way City <Pan-Atlantic>; cs Nor-· ·- Union Cable Address Charles. Agreed to make coffee in the urn only for morning meals. Steward department given a vote of thanks. ·was elected. A suggestion was made that the ship be equipped with new mattresses and pillows. PatrohTI., n commended the manner In which the last payoff was conducted. Captain informed the ship's delegate to tell the crew that the slop chest wlllbe paid in cash on your last draw., Ship's fund ls Sl9. One man missed ship. Nb beefs. ZY~HEllHILLS <l"enlnsular Nav. Ce.) Nov. 21-Chairman, c. Martin, SecrePENN VANGUARD lPenn Marine tary, L. D. l"ierson. Charles Martin VENORI <Marven), . Jan. 5-Chalr· Co.l Nev. 29-Chalrman, H.""Zern; sec· elected ship's delegate. Lists should . man, R. J. Brown; Secretary, M. Klel· retary, A. J. Nelson. Dave Miller · be made up of things needed from ber. New repair list made up and ,,·- 'NJ •hin's dele)!ate. Deck dept.. slop chest in Honolulu. · List will 'be presented to captain. Ship's delegate lockers to be repaired and all othcu maQe up ef men that did not get resigned, Stanley M. Wojten elected. l v .:~ cllecked. Need clotheslines for transpertatlen. Crew extends thanks to the steward DEL SANTOS (Mlsslsslpp.I), Oct. 20 department ,for an excellent New lower passageways. Guards for radia· - • ELIMlll <Marine Carrler.s>, Dec.2'-Chairman, L. Antoine; Secretary, Year'• meal. · tors to be fabricated. Men shipped on Chalrnian, P. Shauger; Secretary, G. Zlellnskl. 112 in ship's fund. No food 25th to receive Hnen all,ewance 9f S6 . FORT HOSKIN CCltles Service> Dec. ts to be given kroo boys and any COALINGA HILLS <Marine), Jan: ' each. Launch schedule. to be arranged ' Hair. ' Two men failed .to :loin ship. I-Chairman, R. T. Gazle; Secretary, One missed . Jn Norfolk, the . othei:- · -Chairman, Peter' DI Capua; Seer..: memb~r doing so ls to be brought up before arrival to coincide with various J ~ mes Roberts. 1st assistant to repair after getting ltls job asslgnmeht . from _tary, Albert W. Dykes. Special vote on charges. · departments' working hours. wa ~ erti g ht doors. J,Jala nce in ship's Houston. Mack D. Brenple resigned of thilnJts to steward department~ es· fund $20. lt was suggested that transas shlp:s delegate, M._ Welcli elected ' peclally chief cook and baker, for COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY . <Vlcpor~ation clause be clarified by patrol· JOHN B. WATERMAN) Dec. 13ship's delegate. Locker broken splepdld service and best df foud. :.._ tor.yl, ~ec. 5-Chalrman,. R. Lay· man at payoff, a nd also to check ArChalrman, Howard Berglne; Secreta ry,' · new int• Dec. 13 and SlOO stolen. Have liad trouble with galley, range ton; Secretary, ' F. G. McQuagge. .Re· t icle 2, Section 55, No. 2 Ca). Jt was L. A. Brown. Repairs progressing. and captain will not take proper steps pair lists submitted. Chief cook's room . requested that eoi;ppany notify crew VAKA <Waterman>, Dec. 27-Chalr· to get it reJ'iilred. No money on needs painting. same lor deck' maln· 24 hours in advance ·of foreign trip. m;i,n, W. It. Mcllveen; Secretary, How· board for draws in Midway. Captain tenance. Fight between wiper and The majority of crew voted that the ward F. Mem:. Repair work requested only allowed $5, claimed he had no oiler to be handled by shore authos:l· food needs imprq,ving. was done: .ship sprayed, hospital . mqney, ~uinps discharge gas, they ties, very little cooperation from cbiet painted, medicine chest checked and leak so baoly, and almost killed the engineer witR deck department. i MARYMAR <Calmar) Dec. 6-Chalr· in good order, new washing machine pumpmari. who was sent down with· ' aboard, all beefs squared away. Coffee . out a ga's mask to' set valves. AB DEL SANTOS (Ml;';ls~l~pll, b,c: 20 man, Guy Walter; Secreta"ry, Elmer . cups not to be left on deck. To ' be -Chairman, L. Antoinei Se:cretilr.y, .went down to get him and gas was so Barnhill. Elmer Barnhill elected ship's brought back to pantry and pantry _,,strong, he co~ld11't do so. ReqlJired Mont. McNa!lb. $12 In ship's fun,d,, tfew . delegate. Christmas decorations were left clean. · ·," . · • special medical equipment .fr11m Mid· hours of OT dlsp'uted. .Mutibn .. .nuUle discussed. Attempting to get a library -'way to save his life . .· Captain wouldn't to have ship lumlgated. to get new ,· from one of the West Coast halls. ANTI NOUS , (Waterman>, Ja!I. 3giye men a hospital slip or allow a gangway as present port side one 11-. Ch-airman• Fre~ . Travis; Secrfitary, . doctor ' aboard. Later ordered men rotten.: _ Lifeboat ·situation ·to be ELIZABETH <Hum Dec. 6 - Chair· Eugene itay. I. B. Ducan, wiper. taken off the 'shil>' so that gas leakage could brought to attention of pat rolman. man, Vellinga; Secret•ry, R. H·e rnan· m. paid off in Genoa. One man· in· 'be • ,fixe<f. ·: When "meri 'returned they Starboard boat hasn:t been able to be dez. Minor repairs should be reported jured in mess hall ·fight. Crew m:ess· .were -restricted tii -shlp for ·r 'e malnder lowered in two·· trlps. Very unsafe. so as to allow sufficient time for the man logged one.. day.+ $tew&..rd depart- ," ,of ahip•s 1tay ln "Midway. -. · - - .., · engineers or mate to order require· ment thinks its unf'ustlfied. Men gei; _. . . '."'· . --,;--; ., . , , · JOSEFINA <L.'I be.rt Y Na\'.lgetl(!.!i), men ts while the ship ls at sea. Two ting off are • requested to strip all . BAL T-ORE <Marven>,· Dec. 31 Dec. 19-Chalrman, J. E. Tann.,, lee• · men were 111iid off at P'uerto Rico. bunks and. leave rooins clean. - ' , Chalrmafi, Stanley' H!>14erv ~.~itcretary, r~tafY1 .. Yf• D. Loma?': ' Due ·to lhe Vote of thanks to t he steward dept, · :,.._...,;.. ~ B. We!'ltworth. »i:erythl.ni Tunnln& , re.fusal of the captal~. to issue a draw for job well done. ,. WINTER HILL 'CCltlH Service), Jan. smoothly. No beefs, •one man· was ·- in Ceuta. the crew ')>Ut in ' for ' OT for • ~Cti_alrman, w. R: James; Se~retary, hospltal,ized 1n· Ven~uela. Cr.ew · ex· • tlie, watc.h l>l!low, ·alnce no . dral( t• . A. frl. f>letrowskl. '.Drain under coffee tend• a vote of thanks ; to t~e chief equal to~ restrlctlon aboard the vessel. , CS MIAMI <Cities Service>; Dec. 1Ship's · fund 16.25. R. F. · Kennedy urn to be le~t open ~Ince It. cl~gs .up · cook for donatlng ·· oysters which were A: few hours '.o f ' iUaput~d Q'l!. Be.ef _ Chalrman, D. E. Shields; Secr.etary, elected as new ship's delega te. Bosun and has to be taken apart. Qne man . 1erved. l\t the .Chtlstmaa dinner: · on 'enelne.er's worklne without 11· call· . H. C. Wirtz. Joseph Bldzllya :elected · 1uggests all members contribute to mls11ed, ship in· Lake . 'Charles. .sailed . ··. ;• - . -· .• . out {>f unlicensed ,Pe/:'sqnnel, and chief ship's delegate. Messroom and laundry purchase necessary Ingredients for thre~ men short last · two trips, be· DEL AL:BA ' (Mi11l11lppll; ·Dec. 1s.:-· · and Jti'lt llsst. - yellhll at wipers. 'Res~ . eggnogs a•Chrlst;naa ,md New Year. are t'o be kept clean. · " cause no rei!lacements came frem Chalrm11n~ Jr. E. barvllle1 . Secretary, .· ' l~tlon :· made that·· a · draw shollld .b e' .i Dayman's gear should be packed and ,/' ; ~· Houston. Stores discussed ,and atew· 0. · O. l"arker. · R •• G: Schram ,wll.9 · Juued •an)!tJme p.n IJfU ehlp dqcks ·and' •· left at the hall. ' DEL AIRES • <MlssJsslppl) Nov • . 22.....,; ..,,ard ha~ order~il •plenty of' everythln& !!Iected -•~P . de~egate, ~oir).e, ~lls~ute_!!' . -;ahore l~~v~ 'i• :1rlinted. ~.ant !o. 'have · now ·• ~ · • · . • ." · OT • . It. ,,a1, au11e1te4 ttiat leach mem· ·~ ·• -,rept enntatlve ofi' • tl)e Food Plan• Chalrm~n, A. ·F. potY'< '5ecr•l.11ry, .John . PE_NN SHIPPER <Penn Shipping c~} .. ·· ·.,:~ ·:A' 1 ·~,· ~~·· ,.~ • .~. .11 _b'e~ 'o t, _th,e · crew. :c1etu,i r(the w'~~ check_ t!J.e ,_,lt,or.ef. •: .l;l!totJ! sal!Jn'g:; to .. ~.' WlilJed. One • ·man ~ ;b,ospltallzed • ;in . ,'; < , .make·. aur-~ of *!te quality and quantlt:r Buenos- Aires.' .Some.· disputed · ;OT. ' It • Dec. '-;-Chairman, A. · Landry; s.,ci:• -_ .., 'r.HI,. CA•JHl ·l't~1·1 . Clt.~m _Jan~ J.::io' - .ina_5hlne •ttei; . U¥.:~ : ·~ " tar~!. D.uke Gardner. Sh!p's fund ,13.10., . • ~palri,lan, ;JH1e · w. Mll.loney1 leer• ·~ · ... - · · x, - - . ' ' : of prOYlldone. Seat in llbrari '1eedJi . . was 1uggcsted that a b.uzzer be ·Jn· tar_y, Jo~ph s. "'°ore. ,Ship;•. i!Uid '" -~L,Cp~ ~ION.lilll- <Alco~>, Dec.. U"'T r.~!'alr. Weevlla rn ·chow.01no ~w:eet · · .~sta'tled in / cre.w.s '!'es~room for stand· ; No b'eefs. steward dep't tq clean recreation room: black gang apd ~~ek ·126,44, S~p"I .deleeate want•. h~ve.-~ ~C:hlilr"!•n, t1(• •w. ~~llil ~cret.a~,. . ,P,,lck) e.1.. _or hot n.iustar,d. nl11ht-~u.n.c!J , · by man and to initall a whl1tle which 1 meet~ •the ablpI .. 1n J, l.lil(e · • ; Cancml~do~ ·A new · 1hlp'1 .<delepte . ·Of. f poor ' quality." · ' ' ' • · • .-:in b• hear«l_ when · · porthole. lire , to clean laundry room. Repair ll1t , a patrolman • • I • ' ' ~ w. Digest Of SIU Ship Meetings ¥ a -· .. t" . ( Post-Holiday Decline .. - 'r. ., ..... �. llatinT 11, IHI' SE .4 P .4 B. E B..S .£ 0 C . ,. .- j ' .. Recently three Isthmian ships were berthed in one day of the Erie Basin terminal in .Brooklyn. He're are some of the crewmen in action aboard them. Six Seafarers take a coffee breather aboard the Steel Architect while ship is at Brooklyn dock. A pair of deckhands wave greetings from their lofty perch aboard S•teel Surveyor. Nobotj.y seems to be diz~y up there. Steel Age pantryman Frank Stirk taps a cup for Hubert Goley, DM. .. L; . )3 r,a,c e; oiler, gets '!needle.d" py: Dr. ·L. LiPpe~t .aboard Architect. Ralph J. Smith, messman, pours for Angel Valdez (left) and John Bo9in, Steel Surveyor. ~hip's delegate. �• :TB Ho~pitalS~t : T'! ,Cl~se; /_- INQUIRING .-SEAE!RER SIU ff1,fs 'Contraet1ng-Out' Are , you waiting for a 'particular run at this time Ti -Houston.Still Prosperou~ �Pase Blena 'Let -'Em .Leatn .fo,Swim' •, . •• .. .. ' ,/ ' .< _R eds May Hunt Own Nose Cones S~afarers manning Suwannee missile ships in the South Atlantic may soon have Russian counterparts hunting nose cones in the Central Pacific. This is one of the implications of. a recent announcement in which the Soviet Union said missile range which would lie on it would fire a ser.ies of new the other ~ide of the globe, and "powerful" space rockets into the Central Pacific sometime between now and February 15. Another factor, as far as Seafarers and other US seamen are concerned,- is· the Soviet's warning to all ships and planes to steer clear of the designated area during the test period. Although the US-with Seafarers playing a prominent r ole_:_has recovered a number of nose cones and data capsules fired from Cape Canaveral, the Moscow announcement did not specifically say that Soviet ships in the area would attempt to recover rocket sections. The Reds did say, though, that after each launching a special fleet of Soviet ships would cruise into the target area to make "necessary measurements." This increased the likelihood that some attempts at recovery might be mal:ie, wtth the . possibility that Red seamen may soon be engaged in their own rocket-recovery competitions, just as Seafarers now are. No Official Prohibition The Soviet announcement urged all governments· to instruct their air and sea craft to stay ·out of the target area, but so far there has been no official US Government prohibition. On . previous occasions, during its own tests in the Pacific, the G o v er n m e n t has warned ships and planes to stay out of the test areas. The target area delineated in the Soviet announcement is about 1,000 miles east of the Marshall Islands, where the US has' also tested nuclear devices.. It is about halfway between Hawaii and New Guinea and about 3,000 miles from the nearest Soviet territorythe port of Vladivostok and the Kamchatka Peninsula north of Japan . . The announcement did not identify the launching site for -the tests, but it was generally believed that the launching site would be somewhere in eastern Siberia. This would give the Soviets a Vote Benefit To Andersen ,- Lakes Outfit Asks OK On Ore Haulage • WASHINGTON - The T. J. McCarthy Steamship Company, a Great Lakes District contracted operator, is asking the Federal Maritime Bo·ard to allow it to continue hauling ore on the Great Lakes until present contracts have expired. McCarthy. is seeking a Federal subsidy enabling it to operate in the Lakes-to-Europe trade which the FMB holds would conflict with its ore-hauling rights in domestic service. -The Maritime Board had earlier decided that, in light of the subsidy request, the firm should stop hauling ore for the Wilson Transit Co. McCarthy, however, argues that the domestic trade in which the firm is engaged is not competitive with other non-subsidized domestic operators on the Lakes. Some time back, the SE.AFARERS LOG suggested that the The steamship operator also American Merchant Marine ·Institute chapge the "A" (for stated that it has an agreement with the Wilson firm whereby the American) in its name to "R" (for· Runaway) in view of the latter won't insist on full perfor· Institute's constant support of runaway operators. Just remance of the contract and won't - NEW ORLEANS-Shipping ' was cently the Institute showed once ag.a in that it is inimical to exercise its option to keep the agreement in effect provided that in the doldrums duririg the previ- an American merchant piarine and is serving as the catspaw· McCarthy performs under the con· ous period, with only 90 men get- of the major oil companies. tract during the open seasons of ting regular jobs, though some of , 1960 and 1961. ~ the~e were · "B" and "C" men. A 'meeting of the AMMI's tanker committee, which conIt was noted by the FMB, howPayoffs reached an all-time low, . ~isted of representatives of virtually all the big 4.mericanever, that McCarthy had purchased but the -Outlook for the coming period is much better. owned international oil companies and officers of the AMMI, four ore ships from Wilson to handle the trade, and if . M<;Carthy One · ship paid oft during the called upon the Maritime Administration to deriy any ~ind of can't contin.ue to carry. the cargo. previous shipping period: tha An- assistance to financially-troubled independent tanlrer operadrew Jackson <Waterman), ~ then Wilson will be obligated to do Two ships signed .on: Alcoa Puri- tors under the American flag. Instead, the group asked that so. Thus the ore carriage in question will not be available to other tan <Alcoa> and Andrew Jackson the independents be driven into bankruptcy and their ships carriers, the Maritime Board stated. (Waterman). b l · h fl d b k t · In iransit were: Alcoa Puritan, e ·put ~to t e reserve eet an .never ro en out. excep m McCarthy is seeking operating . '.• Alcoa Corsair <Alcoa); Seatrain cases. of extreme emergency. (For details, see story on subsidies for 16 to 24 sailings a Georgia, Seatr~jn Louisiana, <Sea- page 2.) y·ear to the United Kingdom and train); Steel Worker, Steel Fabri" the Continent. It has already won cator, Steel Artisan, Steel Vendor Further, just this week, th~ AMMI made it known that it is approval for continuance of its (.Isthmian>; Gateway City, Raphael unalterably opposed to any administrative ruling which Seafarer Lawrence Andersen, 59, auto-ferrying operations. Semmes · <Pan Atlantic>; Suzanne would give American~flag tankers a reasonable share of a charter member of the SIU and a (Bum: Andrew Jackson, Monarch of the Seas, wacosta, Madaket, America's oil impor~. At present, that share is down to less sea-going man since-1931, has been Pick Up 'Shot' Claiborne <Waterman); Ames Vic- than five percent. Dozens of ~S-flag tankers are in lay-up or approved by the SIU ·Welfare Plan tory and Mankato Victory <Victory carrying grain cargoes to keep out of bankruptcy. Card At Payoff Trustees for a disability pension, Carr.>. ' effective retroacSeafarers who have taken the The irony of the situation is !hat the companies squawking tive to January 3, series of inoculations required about minimal G~vernmen_t assistance to.American-flag tank1960. for certain foreign voyages are Andersen will reminded to be sure to pick up ers are the very 1ame outfits which have all kinds of buil~-in receive the $35 their inoculation cards from the special"privilege provided by that same Qovernment. AmQng we e k 1 y benefit captain or the purser when they them are the·special on depletion ·allowances, whch cuf their check, as ap- pay off at the end of a voyage. proved by the taxe~ far below those of oth~r industries; free hand to bring The card-should be picked up trustees at the oil imports lnto the States on tax-free, low-wage r\Jnaw~y by the Seafarer and held so that last meeting. it can be presented when sign- sh~ps "plus insurance guarantees from the US in the event Andersen The veteran ing on for another voyage where of emerge~cy and ·proteetion of the · US Na\,y and US State . Seafarer, who ships as AB, last went to sea aboard the "shots" are required. The Departµient for their ships. the Wacosta . <Waterman). Ill inoculation card is your only For that matter, ')the l~stitute represents to large degree health prevented him from return- proof of having taken the rethose companie$ which are the most heavily-subsidized by ing to his job; as a result he was quired shots. .. . ~ . ' · Those men who forget· to pick unfit /or duty. - Consequentthe US, both as to construction and operation,_yet they would found· ly, he applied for the disability up tlieit' inoculation card when they pay off may find that they deny moves.to s~rengthen an Ameri~-flag tanker fleet at po pension. The .retired Seafarer resides in are required to· take all the cost wpatso'evei: to .the _taxpayer. - . . Ala. Down through the "shots" again when they want -: In · the last . analysis,- its clear that · the AMMI executives Mobile, years he · had· shipped on a wide to sign on for_another s~ch voyand major oil ~ompanies BJ."~ among ~he nu~Jler one enem~eS variety of SIU "\tessels, sailipg age. throughout World War II. of !. .strong merc~ant marine; . _. . ·. . N'-Orleans In Doldruins t • but which would almost exactly parallel the US missile range running from Cape Canaveral to · Ascension Island. a ps ' '· �To the Editor: I have read 'Mlke Gottschalk'• article. and 'several ·about I . othen . the homesteaders and I thought I'd add -a few of my own, personal ideas. ·I would like · to ask what a married Seafarer who has a famui to support, a home, chil· dren in school, etc., Is to do?· And what about the : Seafarer who might ,be tryµig to ·save . SfomaCh trouble sent Seafarer Michael "Mike" Miller to 'the USPHS Hospital in New Orleana, and no·w it looks like he'll have to have an opera"tion. Mike. la~ sailed as ·a .cook and steward on llie SS Alice Brown, and before that shipped• on the Atlantic.. Very stoically, he says "What is to be, will be." . _ . _ - Also down New Orleans are Seafarers Leroy Clarke, Jtlchfr4 Carillo, Accurso Bontl and Nelson Wood. Brother Clarke's last · ship ·was the Del Norte-. He's doing fine after having a 16-lnch cut on his stomach for an operation, and ls up and· around talking about being an outpatient soon. · Letters -·To· ,The Editor, Bonti _ Wood Clarke . In for a thorough examination after having taken sick on his last voyage is Seafarer Richard Carrillo. His last ship was the SS Del Mar. An oldtimer, he has sailed mostly on passenger ships with tJte exception of trips on freighters during the American Coal beet As Brother Carrillo s·ays: "It's probably the mileage." . A broken leg sent Seafarer Accurso Bontl to the hospital. His· last ahip was the Waldo. "Things wouldn't be too bad if I get Inl> :Jst payoff from the Waldo ... but its a W~rld Tramping ship." The payoffs have been delayed by US seizure of the ships. Seafarer Nelson Wood, whose last ship was the Steel Admiral, had a heart attack but is now doing fine. He looks forward to being able to get UIT"and around soon. Seafarers on the beach or on shore leave are asked to remember their buddies in the hospitals and visit them, or drop a line to say hello. USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Leonard Davis .John Nordstrom S . Fauntleroy Dennis Pierce Eusebie Gherman Edgar Smith Gorman T. Glaze .Jose Soares Robert Godwin A . Stracclollnl James Macunehuck John ·Zohll Anthony Maiello VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. · Maurice J . Flynn · USPHS HOSPITAL • llRIGHTON. MASS. . Bartolo Cr11. ~ William McKenna Elmer Grose Raymond ,Perry Peter King USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS William Brown George Trapeza1 Lawrence Floyd .JOR Valenzuela George Howard .John Ward Herbert Kennedy USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Ernest Bryant David McCollum Cleo Copeland Andrew Sproul Carl Hargraves JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MI.\j'fU, FLORIDA . · Arthur King · . USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Cecil Batts . Edwin Thomas Farris M. Jones USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Hilarlon Aqulo Roland Hicks Edward Atkins Edward Hulzenfa Eug ene Ben( Richarll Kohls Richard Carter Abraham Mander1 Norman DuBois Frank Schembri :""!'.\Diel Gemeiner Norman West USPHS HOSPITAL SF..ATI'LE, WASH. I. P. Balderston Cornelius Meher USPHS HOSPITAL FT. WORTH, TEXAS Richard Appleby Max Olaon B. F . Deibl~r Joseph P. Wi.M Woodrow Meyers Peter W . Sotlre Albert Ogletree . HARBOR GENERAL HOSPITAL TORRANCE, CALIF. Edward 0. Johnson US SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL W A~HINGTON, DC · Wm. H . Thomson VA HOSPITAL CENTER HOT SPRINGS. SO. DAKOTA All lette'l'1 to · the editor fO'I' publication in the SEAFAR· ERS J.-OG 'm wt be afgned b11 the writer. Names t.Oill be withheld upon f'~quelt. Calvin Cr.a.btree, pantryman aboard the Alcoa Ranger, loolt1 after something on the range. Seafarer- Crabtree lives in Mobile, Alabama, when he's not shipping._ in)urles, both Internal and· external, af •the USPHS .hospital · on Staten Island, wJ)icli has all the faclllties forrauch ·an exami lfation. _ In the meantime I want o take this opportunity to thank :Brother Skaggs for visiting me . in the hospital overseas. Honorable mention should also - go to all my shipmates on tbe Suzanne for their many kind:nesses~ Brothers Horace Mobley and Israel Echeverria iri particular, were especlaHy helpful. Also, thanks to·-the crewmemhe.rs who had the rare pr~sence of mind, to-. take candid shots at the scene of th~ accident. , Most of all I want to wish all my brother Seafarers i Very Merry Christmas· and a 1fappy New Year. L. Co~ Clarence ,, . wliile. ; t t ' Broken Wrli&t Stops.Seafarer · To the _Editor: ' .1 ! ' My New Years ,Resolution ls enough money to buy. a home or to stay· 'out of bori"e war!!s; ·a1' small business or some money ' tbougli we are all well treated for a few comforts after re-. here.. The feeding .plan leans tirement? pretty heavily on fats, - gravies No one, who stops and glv~11 and pretty waitresses. th_ought to the matter, would Whil.e carrying a mo'tol' and ,. . say that a man is not entitled to pump frame, I slipped on a the above if he - ls wlHlng to ladder. ·I was okay but ·the work and sav~ and not hurt his- frame and 1ngle·lron came down brothers while · accomplisliing across my forearm and wrist. I . his aim. broke one wrist bone and "disloWell you sure can't accom- cate somi;} others. ·Fortunately, plish any of the above if you I am ht-aling nicely. · USPHS HOSPrl'AL MANHATI'AN BEACH have to pile <5ff a ship every few The plaster cast Is no ·handlBROOKLYN. NY months. Can It be that a l:Jnion • c·ap and I am now able to write Matthew Bruno Ludwig Kristiansen brother is ~rying to trump up a letter with my right band. G. Caratlallo Thomas Lebay Leo V. Carreon PrimlUvo Muse something to knock eyery m!ln The df>Ctor 1nlbts that wrist .Jeremiah O'Byme Wade Chandler • In the cotirse of a little more off a ship after - ~ year? There ·bones recluire more time to . .Joseph D. Cox George G. Phifer than a month, we have,. 11:1 rapid .John .J. Driscoll Henry E. Smit h are Instances, but ~hey are very · heal than straight bone breaks Otis L. Glbbs Almer S. Vicker1 rare, in which a man should be so unless I knit unusualiy fast' succession, celebrated Tha11ksgivBart E. Guranick Lu&her .E. Wlnf taken off a ship, ~~ I'm quite the doctor says I'll be . In he~ Taib Hassan Pon P . Wi.ilg ing, Chris~mas and the New Yef!!'. John J. Hazel R. E. Waterfield sure th"at H it is legiti~ate , and for two ·months. The accident William D. Kenny_ The LOG has rece.lved a large . properl:y handled by the crew . occurred ·10:30 AM at Bremer· USPHS HOSPITAL number of menus from well-stuffed · use~,-the Union ~ffic.als wlll go haven, while the s.h.lR w~B ~ady-:-· _ STATEN ISLAND, NY Seafare~s with requ~sta to reprint · along with Sl!~h. • Ing itself for its c!epartua:e to Ake Anderson Frank .llazet Allie Androh Marco. E. Medina said menus for the benefit of all In the SIU, 10· an~ port in the New Orleans. The port captain Oscar J . Adams Felix Muniz · to see. ·East or; West coast, or Gulf, a~y said tha~ I wiU be able to return Charles Berpgna Ray 0. Noak Robert W . Bunner_ Eugene OJeca member can make one, tw.o or on a company ship. Needless to"'.' Unfortunately, there are so many .Joaquin Cortez Chao A. Pao any number of trips, pay off and say th.iS hospital business is a Claude L. Davis Wallace Perdue :Jr. on · hand now that if they were William M. Drew William R. Phi}ip register, !lnd sjtip wi~ln a few ne.; experience. printed they. would make In edi· Wm. P . Driscoll · PhWip Pron weeks, or eve~ a few days if lie John P. Forsette . , tion larger than the New York Jesus Fernandez Angel Reyes .. · .. .. .is lucky. . Michael A. Filosa Peter Richter telephone directory. So as the nex~ Walter Gustavson John L. Roberts Personally; I :be 11 e v•e our - . . ... -:: ... ... best measur-e, we are .,r, h iting the Luis Gutierez Manuel Sanchez who1e set-up•1s the best, as ·far. . Penn Voyager Alfred Kaju Juan "Jll. Soto names of some · of the ships that D. -Kambano1 . T. A. Spencer . as shipping rules, 8 hip p Ing- H ••. 'ste . ... sent ·in outstanding 'menus. James Kelly Fernando Tiaga . turnover, benefits, vacations a1 • war-us Edward Lane Benjamin Trot&le Th~ menus were q~i~. similar ana everythiiig else is con- To ~he Editor: -_, ·chas. A. MacDonald Claude A . Virgin Carmine Mancino Pedro A. Viruef ... turkey and roast beef were Jn- · cerned. I see no reason for any I am the ship's delegate and Ernest G. Manley cluded on all of them • • • and chang~ whatsoever. , am· writing this letter on behalf USPHS HOSPITAL fr.om the '"looks and size of the Dick SimPIOD of the crew and myself. We : NEW ORLEANS, LA. shipboard ·feasts, from the· shrimp would like to praise itie steward Thomas E . Andrews Leo Lang Edward P. Avrard Clyde P. Leggett cocktails to the ·after dirtner minti, ·~ ~ t depar:tment for being' tops . in Accurso Bontl Irvin mtthew1 the .)!Q.Oks . ~ust have , pro.d'!ced Praise~ Ne11YS, l their field and for J)eing wonRoderick Broqlts Michael MUJer monum~ntal dinn~ that would be Sevando .J. Cll'nale1 Amtel Mitchll:e <ie'l'ful, not onty at c'hristmas Cleo Mixon R. B. Carrillo the envy of patrons of the more Sends·R•gards and. Thanksgiving, but throughG. W. Champlin _ John Naugle e~pensive restaurants ashore .. Leroy Clarke George Pease To the Editor:' out the whole trip. Lavern -Coats Francis Regan I wish to 'thank you very ·The members of the stewar.d · Some. of the menus received : William Coj111t1 Edwin Reynoldll much for sending me your won- department are: .Steward, B• .'A,. Hugh Dick M. -Rodriguez were from: .John Fr.ench Gosta Roupe detful .Paper. I sure do look for- Baa; chief -cook, J. A. Shear SS Ble~vllle; SS Pandora;· ,SS Charlie A. Gedra Antonio Santiago ward to,receiving it and reading baker.. J. wmonghly; 3rd cook, W. L. Griffin Cyril Sawyer · Alcoa Corsair; US~ Roeeknot't Wade B. H arr ell Henry S t . Germain It, as I have· to stay fo the house E. Ba)'be;· crew mess, R. Dalley; and SS Peon Voyager. All of the Harry R. Hebert Chu. Summerell most of ·the ·time on account-of pantry . utility; ·J. Ji0mor; RO Ner es Johnson David William• galley gangs on. these ships re:. Edward Knapp Nelson Wood a heart condition brought on mess~a~. S. Ginsberg; and BR, ceived hearty thaiiks from the Norman Krumm by my late husband's death~ T•.Tonucle. 1 • • • crews for top-notch holiday feedMT. Wll.SON ST4TE HOSPITAL Again, I than~k you so very Harry Diddlebock - BALTIMORE, MD. ing. ·much and good luck t9 you and o\; t. 4;. George Davhl .If[ll®lOO· . LfrOOL§ ~mill~ ~1r~rn~ ~ ...... . / • '• so ~ ~a!~~··M~rry -Christmas .and . Likes. LOG;; · 0 ·LOG-A ..RHYTHM: '' a Happy New · .. / ' · Time : ----·I' b too slow, 'for thosti who . wait . . ... j • ,.t .. Too short jo'I' those who. ·rejoic~. . ' 1 '. ? ·' ; But. for those . iuhi> sail, Time is eternity. ' j- ·a'{t.f Prais.es. s1v~ ~. I To the Edltorj . , · · . , , t ' t ,t · Sure enjoy ~getting the LOG I. + d ~' \. regularly ... :·.',keep u.P.. the' good I ns COUS_ en S " . work· l et all Seafarers back atfd Gre·e tl ngs ; , ' SUPP,,~'rt a fine.., oi:ka11-i~atio~ .iike ~~ th!' t;dHor:, ._. ·. t~r SIU-: ,<\.. cJ;l~erf~~ }o.lJ~ay.. Ha~ng rett~rned home .~ter.. . s~.son _t,o ~Jl.. · ... ,. a three-week stay at the hospital W.- IJeDl'J' mAden, Arabia, -I am conv.alesc_ «- t · ., t ·· . t~(( i r.9m -. i,r~ken anklt:, a bit- . Seasdn ~s Best: ,. . t~n to~~tt~ ,~nd ~n ipj':'1'ed tan: "-:;.. ... . i. · · ~, . ·'.' _,one suSj;ained ·while a ' crew- ,__ I '~, :Ill& 1.1 1' • -·. 1. . m ember abpard the Suzanne.. . "To ' the~, :gdltor: , . I ··. I . ' , At my first ·oppo,:-tuh ity, I ex- · .. Mer,cy .,Ch'r~stmas ,, 1md,. H~ppy pect to'· teturn •to New York for N.ew Y~a1" to 'tlie'11 0fftcers and · a thorough ·check-up .to deter- ,) !;embers of ojlr UniQn. ; .:· · . :,. tmine".-theO' - full r extent of• my ~. ·: ". " Morris .L!M. SCha plro •• • . ·s yule *' Too swift for tho1e wh:o f ear Too .long for those who griev1 ~ . l'ear to all~. ·Mrs. c. R. Y.ackes • ~.' , · • t 10 .t • 1' ,.... )j, ' 1 ' J • • •I �:New.Haltln :Jacksonvilltt· The office at the left is that of the Port Agent William "Red" Morris•. - At the righ~ top i1 hardworking Union secretary Mrs. George Truesdale and at-the right bottom is Charlie , .Thompson, Morris' assistant, qnd Mrs. Truesdale. The SIU set up an office in Jacksonville because of the heavy traffic in .that port ~gYH<f by th, missile · ships.: · The "SIU-contracted Suwannee Steamship Company, which operate the mi55ile-ship fleet · ·on the South Atlantic range, has its company headquarteriin Jadcsonville. Ph~tos by "Big John" W,;nderlich. ·" ·"' LOG-A-Rl;IYTHM: Atlantic "City Tank-Clean.ipg_? TheY've Had It Seafarer Charlie Wiggins Reports On Dirty Work I ---B:r Walt Bentkowlld _ __, ' The Atlantic 1Cit11 Wu a rust11 old pot That sailed the seas With the f'est of her lot. I .,. She'd caru a loqd Wa11 ouer her decks And 1tiU keep in time With all the old wreckl, The .. 1mokestack tuas dirt11, The ~int waa all -r>ots The engin~ .{iroaned, She made but eight -knot• The wheel on the bridge Appeared to be 1tuck . Some even .wore _ . It tO<U from a Mack truck ••• While 1ome 1ailor1 acorn, 2'he 1eaa ma11 1tm mourn · An aging hull; With a ~nuty old m:aat , . With nothing left But a f orootten put ••:.• ,. .' It" happens that I am on a tanker that has mucked tanks two trips in a ·row. in a wand..waving message from headquarters we were called upon to clean the tanks three days 1rom Aruba. The deck gang turned to, working day and night and made it just ln time to tie up at San Nicholas. Wheh the pay off came, the aches and pains, sweat and blood, became djm memories because it was ~ job well done and this was easily conftrmed as 10 even by the MET <Most Exacting Taskmaster). It can also, as In most cases, line this a job to put behind you as not likely to happen agafn for a while. 'Good Newa! · We discharged at a northem port and some us happily handl!d over the money we collected to our several (or one, · darling) loyalties and then back to ship it was where we were ' · by Ben. Graham I ':' ,, • i> greeted with· good news · - we different port and there was ·no knots, mumbling the news and were to muck tanks once more. need to clean tanks. trembling in cold sweat from 'As might be well · imagined, Can you see us there? All the night breezes and the chathe enthusiasm had somewhat sopped with oil, sweat, cuts, grin within us; even from the diminished. There was more bruises and nerves strung like Most Exacting Taskmaster to time though, or so it seemed, missiles at Canaveral ... ready the lowly ordinary. See us now gathered in a and we agreed to bring out any to explode at the least rumor? group on the deck, and at the of the ·crew who cared to .work Can you se'e us getting this peak of our exasperation one which mollified the "deck gan$, news, we gallant messengers to _ of the wipers calls out: whose nerves had begun to wear Garcia? Can you imagine the "What do we do with this little thin. messenger to Garcia being recrap on the deck?" - By the time we had buttercalled a few minutes before his A high-humored deck hand worthed and bottom-washed and arrival? replies: "Hen; · we'v~ got to were ready to muck we were . Perhaps you can understand shovel It all back into the ru·nning the Florida straits. Bethen how we felt. Perhaps you tanks." cause f'f the risk of black-oiling can us gathered in little ...u those "tanfastic" fannies in + ..- - - - - - - - - - -'- - - - - - - - - - · - - - - - - - . play-land, we were _forced to LOG-A-RHYTHM: dump our buckets of rich, black ooze on the deck. a see Stop What You Did. We worked all that day and Into the night and had ourselves .a sizable load · along the bul-. warks when around ten .o'clock, the wand-wavers sent a chaf!ge · of orders: we · were to go to a Knows His Peas AndBarbeques·. .G hosts By M. Kehrwied.er You've .sailed f'O'und the world and found it exotic When you· ~w what y'ou liked, you walked up and bought it; Life was ' exciting, each day brought anew, More ginmills to frequent, more new things to do. You lived' ·t~ the fullest, .drank dregs from the cup And promised youraelf you would never giVe up. The fun J/ou were having, the conQuctSts you ni.ade, Were kic~ to rem.ember, ( liou forgot that you paid). When seafarer ffugo .Murray, a bosun, ls ashore, he spends a lot One day you discovered no new place to go _of his time in the kitchen cooking, Besides you _were .busted, had been rolled for youf' dough. so when he beefs about the chow Y~m. decided to visit a hou~ you'd once been aboard ship, he knows what he's Although you had StoOrn you would never again. talking about. He cooks by choice, and not beYou were made welcome :t>µt the scene was all wrong cause his -~ife, who may, be busy No . blar in g tnusic, n~ risque song . .tak!ng care of. thefr three daughYou wanted to drink, but her bar wa&n't there . tei:s. ilJBists on it. The <;orner was taken by a crib and high-chair. Murray : jlJst enjoys fooling You walked over to peek, and chanced to behold ~round with fancy dishes and ad: Yourself staring back, so "brazen ·and bold," mits, "I do.n't claim to be a professional, but I -can make a mean You wanted . o $Wear, or maybe to Cf'l!• barbecue sauce." Murray has never I really suspected a· tear in your eye._ worked as a cook and, in fact, has You ioef'e told very gently, but firmly as could be refused to sail as a member of the galley because that would "take · ' 'Though you · planted an acorn, you won't harvest the tree," the fun ·out of cooking." Sail your ships in the gimnills a nd have your wom en at aea, · The most interesting thing that This crib . holds seven :wonder s-of-the-world, and he belongs n~. Murray has seen during' his 20 years·at sea was a r ecent sea r escue ..- - - - - - - - ·- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - He saw · an injured man removea Jobless from the Bents Fort by a heli- ' seafat_ers who are collecting state unemployment benefits while copter for the first time. on the beach . waiting to ship are urged to stay put and av.old changh1g their mailing addresses if they want to continue re··ceiving their checks regtrlarly. Several Seafarers have al.ready experienced interruptions of- from three to five· weeks in getting their next check after they notified the state unemployment offices ·that' they had moved and changed their mailing address. , An average delay of a month is reported in most cases, causing con!'liderable hardship to th~ ,men involved. _ '.• •·tr I ,; !:i • . - • if ,l '· /. • • .. r to ·. H. · ~~ Stay Put For Pay i �• Says Welfare Plan 'Tops' To the 'f:ditor: The membership hospitalized here at the USPHS, Manhattan Beach wish to express their sincere thanks to the Union for the many contributions the SIU has made to them ttiis past Christmas s e a s o n. The $25 gifts,- the cigarettes which were given to each of us, and the beautiful ·fl or a i decorations which graced this institution Letters To The Editor All Letters to the editOT for publication in the SEAFAR· ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon f'equest. ... went a long way in bringing about a great. deal of happiness. It is unfortunate that you could not personally have seen the 18-foot tree and l i g h ts which were set up on the hospital lawn. To see it at night against a background of snow was something none of us will forget for a long time. Two large wreaths adorned the front of the main building, but in the opinion of many, the beautiful plants on the chapel altar wera the best donation of alL Gestures such as this are by no means new to the SIU, and we know that it is mainly your devotion to our Union and your love for your fellow men that makes our · organization the leader in its field. In closing, I would be remiss if I did not tell you · that we at this hospital are fortunate in having for our Headquarters representative Brother E. B. McAuley. "Mac" has been coming here all year and in our opinion has done an outstanding job. We are also aware that his performance is typical of all . th~ members of your excellent staff. Again , our sincere thanks and best wishes for a happy and ·prosperous New Year. John Driscoll t. t t Says Blood Bank A 'Must' For All To the Editor: My mother arid I wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to the Seafarer's Welfare Plan for their prompt and considerate attention pertaining to my mothers hospital and doctor bills. She underwent a kidney-stone , operation and is now doing fine. Another important factor is the prompt replacement of blood used. Many 'thanks to the Seafarer's Blood Bank. All the ·. brothers should make It a "must" to contribute b 1o o d whenever possible, for you never realize how important it is until one of your family ~ ill and is in need of it. Also many thanks to Joe Campo in the port of Philadelphia. He is untiring in his efforts· to ~elp anyone who comes to see him. Without his help, many of us would find the going rough. Mrs. Sophia San.Ir Alexander Szmlr ;.\; - .to t Wants JD Cards For Dependents. . To the Editol': I feel that the Welfare Plan should issue identification cards to all our dependents. I say this for simple reason that if one of ihem has to go to the hospital and says that ·be or she belongs to our Welfare Plan, many times the people at the hospital say they never heard of it and · then a lot of telephone calls and red tape becomes necess~ry. Why not make it _easy for everyone by having the Welfare Plan issue an identification card. I would like the membership to vote on this. G. Castro t . ;.\; 'Buttering-Up' A Rc:i~eid ·Cap·tOin (~d. Th• legs and hummed the old chantey ''The times are hard, the wages low. Leave her Johnny, leave her." The chief mate, with the fld under his Reading your drydoek column arm, went aft with a rolling makes me recall the time that gate. I escaped from a hospital in Then I went aft too, and asked the captain to see the Peru back in 1913. We had been C<!_DSUl. He re·f{141ed. away a long time on a voyage from London to Santos to New,. · "All right,'( I said, "I have a castle, Australia io Mixillones, piece of rust in my •eye and Chile, and to Callao, bound for have to see the doctor.." Lobos de Tiena to load guano "All right,'' he said, and Jn for Antwerp ~ound the Horn. conspiracy with the chief mate, In the bark Dovenby it Calput me in a hospital at sundown . . · 1ao, lying at anchor in tl~e 9pen I didn't have a particularly roads, I was then somewhat of pleasant night there in the hosa leader of the seamen on • pital . . • a dying man groaned b9ard, the ringleader of sorts. all night, bells tinkled every Then one morniDg, lUce a bolt ho.ur on the hour, nuns and out of the blue, we refused to nurses prayed at the altar there tum to!· Our butt~r was rancid. all the time . • • The chief mate hurried forEarly the next morning, the ward and, armed with a big fid, doctor came Jl)aking his rounds. went for us like a bull. We sat He looked at my eye, .said on the fore hatch, swung our nothing, and quickly passed on · note: f'eminiscenc~ following waa submitted -bt1 R. J. Peterson a veteran seaman and retired skij>per.J . Tree At Sea t- Seafare rs Help · Indian Union To the Editor: Please r e p r i n t this letter demonstrating our assistance to the Seafarers of India. National Union of Seafarers of Indi~. 4 Goa Street, Ballard Estate Fort, Bombay I, India Dear Sirs: We wish to donate 166 rupees to your Union, hoping that it will help your organization in its difficulties. Respectfully yours, Crew SS Bulk Leader ;.t.. t t Seafarer Praises Jersey Bar To the Editor: Several members have aske:f me to write recommending a newly-opened bar in Union City, New Jersey and asking that a copy of the LOG be sent there. It is ·a family operated affair, owned by Tom Reilly and his daughter Edith-a friendly welcome is pi-omised to all, fair prices, and he has a heavy hand with the night lunch. · J. C. Arn-old i i ~ Del Muodo Men nonate Gifts To the Editor: Would you please print a note ·of appreaiation for the gifts donated to the tubercular patients here at the Hospital at New Orleans from the crew of the SS Del Mundo. The Patients ·luUtT 11, HM S E .4. P A. R E R S ·-£ 0 G Seafarers on the Calmar Line ·freighter Alamar set their Christmas tree up in a rather unusual place for this season's festivities, and the word "up" is used advisedly, or so Seafarer J. 0. Miller tells us. They set the tree in the foremast truck, where it towered high above all the other tre~s around in the harbor. The deck department rigged it up, and the engine room took care of the lighting. Photo by L. 8. H?gge. Turned Down OT? Don't Beef On SS Headquarters wishes to remind Seafarers that men who are chposy about working certain overtime cannot expect an equal number of OT hours with the rest of their department. In some cr:ews.. men have been turning down unpleasant OT jobs and . then demanding to "OTT!e up with equal overtime when the easier jobs com,e ·101 :,. This prac~ce is unfair to Seafarers who take OT job!" as they come. The general objective is to equalize bT as mu r:~ as possibJe but if a man refuses disagreeable jobs there is no equirement that . when an easier job· comes along he can malr · up the overtime he turned down before. .BERMUDA SNOR'IS/ YOU LOOK GREAT - I OIDN 1T THINJ{ YOU'D WEAR 'EM ••• to the next patient. The head nurse then came ~y. gave me a hospital shlrt and put me to bed •. -. "por una semana,'' as ah• satd, which means for ·a week. It then struck me that the ship was leaving the next day and that I was to be left behind and paid off. I watched for mY chance, jumped out of the bed, ran to the locker, got my clothes, dressed in a hurry, and sneaked out of the gate. By the time they discovered I b<1d left the . hospital, it was , too late to stop me. · . At the .waterfront I called up the consul and told hi"' about the butter and the trouble. He told me to go to the ship ·chandlers to meet with him and return witJ:t him to the ship in the captain's boat. . The captain, when he saw ml, was extremely disappointed. My ~hipmates received me with exclamations of joy . . . they said they got fresh butter. . r, .. >: SIU. HALL DIRECTORY .. SIU, A&G Distrid Great Lakes Distrid SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST. SECRETARY·TREASURERS W . Hall, Deck c. Slmmon1. Ena. E. Mooney, Std. I. Volplan, Joint BALTIMORE .. . ... . . 1218 E. Baltlmore St. Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON .. . ... . ..... .. .•.. . . 276 State St. G. Dakin, Aeling Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON ... . . . ...... . . .. . 4202 Canal St. R. Matthews, Agent CApltal 3-4089; 3-408< MIAMl . . r ·· ..... ·.... . 74' W. Flagler St. Louis Neira, Agent FRanJtlln 7-3564 MOBILE . .... . . .. .. • I South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent HEmlock 2·175'! NEW ORLEANS . ... . .. .. 523 Blenvme· St. Llnd4ey WWlam1. Agent Tula ne 8626 NEW YORK . ...••. 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn . HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK : .. . : .. ........ 418 Colley Ave. J. Bullock. Agent MAdison 7-1083 PlULADELPHiA . .•• , •••• . 337 Market St. S. Cardullo, Agent Market ·7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO . ... .•. . 450 Hamson St. >Marty Brelthoff, Agent Douelas 2·5475 SANTURCE, PR . . 1313 Fernandez Juncos. · Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. Phone 2-5996 JACKSONVILLE .. 920 Main . St., Room 200 William Morria, Agent l!:Lgin 3-098'1 SEATl'LE .. ...... .. ...••..• 2505 lit Ave. Ted Babkowskl, Agent Main 3-4334 TAMPA .. . .•. .. . 1SOS:.1e11 N. Franklin St. B. Gonzalez. Acting Agent Phone 2·1323 WILMINGTON, Calif . .. .. 505 Marine Ave. Reed Humphrie1, Agent Terminal 4-2528 HEADQUARTERS . . . . 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. ALPENA ..•.•••••••••••. ... 127 River S&. · ELmwood 4-3616 BUFFALO, NY .• •••••••• .. . 914 Main St. GRant :1728 CLEVELAND- ••••••••••. . 1420 W. 25 St. llAin 1-0147 DULUTH ..• •••••• .. . 821 W. Superior St. • Phone: R.andolph 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich. . .... . : . PO Box 281 ELgln 7·2441 MILWAUKEE ..••. .. . 833 S."" Second Ave. , BRoadway 2·3039 RIVER ROUGE . . 10225 W. Jefferson, Ave. Mich. Vlnewood 3-4'141 SOUTH CffiCAGO .•••• •. 9383 Ewing Ave. SAglnaw 1-0733 TOLEDO . . . .......••••.•. 120 Summit St. CHerry 8·3431 SUP HONOLULU .•• . 51 South Nimitz Highway PHorie 502·777 NEW ORLEANS .. . ... ~ . 523 Bienville at. Jackson 5-7428 · NEW YOR~ . .•••••. 875 4th Ave., Brooklyn · HYacinth 9-8605 PORTLAND •••••••••••. 211 SW Clay St. ·CApitol 3-4336 SAN FRANCISC0 . ...... . 450 Harrison St. Doug)A1 2-8363 SEATl'LE ................. . 2505 lit Ave. Main 2-0290 WILMINGTON ••••••••• . 505 Marine Ave. Terminal 5-661'1 . " .. Canadian Distrid FORT WJLLIAM .. . .•. . 406 Simp1on...St. OntarioPhone: 3·3221 HALIFAX N.S •• . .. . ..•.. 128~ Hollis St. Phone 3-8911 MONTREAL . .••.. 834 St. James St. West · Victor 2-8161 QUEBEC ... . ... • ... . 4' Sault·au·Matelot Quebec LAfonlalne 3-1569 THOROLD, Ontario . .••. . 52 St. David St. CAnal 7-5212 TORONTO, Ontario .••• .. 272 King St. E. EMplre 4-5719 ST. JOHN, NB ... . 177 Prince William St. ox 2·5431 VANCOUVER, BC . . . . . . .. . 298 Main St. MFOW . BALTIMORE . . . . . 1216 Ea1t Baltimore St. EAstern 7·3383 HONOLULU .. . . 58 North Nimitz Hlghwa)' PHone 5-60'1T NEW ORLEANS .. ••••• . 523 Bienville St. MAenolia CMot NEW YORK •••••••••. 130 Greenwich St. COrtland 7·709' PORTLAND . ... • •••• . 521 NW Everett St•. CApltol 3-7297-8 SAN FRANCISC.O . •••.••. 240 Second St. DOugla1 2-4592 SAN PEDRO .••••••••••. lli6 We.t 7th St. TErmlnal 3-4485 SEATl'LE . . . .••••••••. 2333 Western Ave. MAln 2-63» MC&S HONOLULU :..:..· .51 South Nimitz High"taY PHone 5·1714 NEW ORLEANS ...•••. . 523 Bienville St. · RAmond 7-428 NEW YORK .•••.. 875 4th Ave .• Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 POR'!'LMrn . , •••• •• •••• . 211 SW Clay St. CApltol 7·3222 SAN FRANCISCO .•••••. 350 Fremont St. · EXbrook 7-5600 SEATI'LE . .• •••••••••••· .lsos - 1st Ave. . MAio 3-0088 WILMING'.ror-· . . ..... - •. 505 M;irlne Ave. TErminal 4-8538 ~· =·'em: .. . LETTERS ~- Send: to ·the· -----·-··~1 LOG - I • ' ~\ I . I �, 8 .E A. p ·A.·lt E. ll· !J ·I.. 0 G. ,__... • ------------------------.... ............ .-....;.;..................................... ..,... Well-Traveled. Strikebreaker SIIJ BA'BI. ~RRIVALS~ ~. . All of the following SIU families have received a $200 maternity . benefit plus ci $25 bond from the "!Jnion in the baby's name: . DlSPAJ:CH _ Ana Elena Collazo, born December 16, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. William Collazo, New York City. 1 . The deaths of the . foUOwtng Seafarera ha~e been ieporte~ to the Seafarera Welfare . Plan: - Louie T._ MeGo,ran, 56: .Brother tal, Staten Island, NY, last Septem. 't ;t. t McGowan passed away from injur- ber, of thrombosis. He is survived · Ning Vally Lin, born August 13, ies Jn - Savann.ah, by his wife. Place of burial was · 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Quey Ga., last Octobew St. Mary's Cemetery, New Bedford, Sing Lin, New York City, He h a d Mass., which was Brother Moriar28. ;\;. ;t. <\:. ~ _'Served Jn the en- ty's home town; Donna Marie Cole, born Decem· . . '~ ~ ;~ l gine department ber 14, 19!)9, to Seafarer an·d Mrs. · • of the SIU since . · Luther; R • . Miiton, 53: Br9ther Robert Lee Cole, Jacksonville, Fla. 1955. Surviving .Milton died . of a t ;t. t him Js his . wife~ heart attack this Anne Roper Houehins, born NoEuclise,,ot S~van-' 'j, s 'i November vem ber 8, 1959, to Seafarer · and , h1th, Ga. - Buri~~ .17- while at sea Mrs. Clarence M. Houchins, Axton, ....,.~~~~._. was in . the same aboard· the SS Va. city. . ·Azalea City. A Oregoh unionists snapped . photo of prof,ssional scab William ~ ;\; ;\; native of Roa-n-' Patricia Ann Howton, born DeIBeano) Glover as he was h·eaded for work on the · strikebound Frederit1k ·Dfekow, "17: An SIU 0 k e, v a., he cember 6, 1959, to Seafarer and 'Portland Oregonian" with his wife Justine (14fft) and strikebreaker ateward i,ince ' l9.~9, Brother Diekow joined the SIU In V. Howton, Houston, Mrs. Marshall Patsy Moore. Glover has a long record of scabbing on struck died of cerebral ' 1947, serving in .Tex. newspapers in such far-flung places as . Westchester County, New thrombosis, in Ft. the · engine det ;t. t York; Zaneiville, Ohio; Ypsilanti, Mich.; Haverhill, Mass. and Lauderdale, Fla., partment. Survtving him Is his Kenneth Lee Hugg, born NoH.ouston, Texas. wife. lie was laid to rest at RoanI.as t September. . vember 30, 1959, to Seafarer and He was buried at oke <Va.) Cemetery. Mrs. Newton A. Hugg, Jr., Slidell, D a d e Memorial La . Park, Miami, Fla. .t ;t. ;t. ~lnutes . His · wife, ElizaPerry Alan McLemore, born Nob e t b~ survives vember 17, 1959, to Seafarer and him. · · Mrs. Casper McLemore, Phila, In order to assure accur~te , ~ t , ~ Miss. J. Wagner, . Enrique TorDonald John L. Whisman digests of shipboard meetings Lawrence G. Moriarty, 31: Broth- in the LOG, it is desirable that ;t. ;t. ;t. Please contact your wife at ·2089 res, Kenneth Olsen,' James Mcer Moriarity had sailed in the en- the repOl'ts of shipboard be Market ·St., San Francisco , 14, Mahon, Desil"e Le Berre, Kenneth Remy Joseph Maas Ill, born Degine department since ·1955. He typed if at all possible. Calif. .. K. Kem1Jl!s, Arthur G~etaniello, cember 6, 1959, to Seafarer and passed away at the USPHS hospiRaymond Buckman, Benjamin S. Mrs. Henry J. Maas Jr., New OrFine, Ernest T. Squires, Guillermo leans, La. John Price ;t t t Please contact Miriam · and O'Neill, Charles Henkenius, GerRita Ortiz, born December 15, .Whitey Benzuk, formerly of 1204 ald 0. Blegel. 1959, · to Seafarer and Mrs. Albert t t t Louis St., Camden, NJ, at 1562 Ortiz Jr., Galveston, Tex. , Frank Sarmento . Bradley Ave., Camden 4, NJ. Tel.: Please ge.t ·in touch with Mr. ;t. t t WO.odlawn 6-2125. Salano, 1581 Pitken Ave. Tel: DI Steven Craig Smith, born No.t ~ ~· 2-0971. . vember 10, 1959, to Seafarer and Paul E. Sabo Mrs. John F. Smith, Covington, La. t t t Please contact your mother. Ad- · John H. Murray . t t ;t. dress: 2277 W. 4lst St., Cleveland Important you contact your son, Norman Stanley Noian, born No& 13, Ohio. care of Gerner. ·Same address as vember 17, 1959, to Seafarer and . t t t previously. Mrs. Stanley W. Nolan, Galveston, Rudy Maples Tex. Write Floyd Williams, 1170 t t t Union, Mempbis, Tenn., or call Joseph Edmund Klondyke, born BR ,i-8143 in Memppis. TO SHIPS .IN ATLANTIC EUROPEAN November 27, 1959, to Seafarer and if. ~·t .AND S~UT~ .AME,RICAN ' WATERS Mrs. Joseph Klondyke, New OrCrewmembers leans, La. SS Steel Advoea&e t ;t. t WILMINGTON - Shipping was Feb. 6 to May 15, 1958 Celes.t e Lorraine Pizzitolo, born Please contact Seafarer Perry slow here during . the previous December 9, 1959,. to Seafarer and Martin Pederson -as soon 'as pos- period, but so was registration, ac- Mrs. Vincent P. Pizzitolo, New sible. Urgent. He can be reached cording to Reed Humphries, port Orleans, La. EVEIY SUNDAY, 1620 GMT (11:20 fsr Su'!doy} at 356 55th St., Brooklyn 20, NY. agent. t t · ;t. Conditions _should improve, howLinda Catherine Strauss, born WFK-39, 19850. KCI Ships in Caribbean, East Coast ~ t t ever, during the- coming span with December 8; 1959, to Seafarer and \ of South America, South AtlanWilliam Henry Johnson tic and East Coast of United Please contact Mrs. Mary Ison, nine ships due to hit port, adds .Mrs. Benjamin Strauss, Rockaway States. · • · Beach, · NY. RFD No. 1, Bx. No. 298, Penning- Hµmphries. ·At a meeting of the local Mari':' t t t ton Gap, Va. "tour wife is seriously WFL-86. 11818 KC. Ships In Gulf of MeXlco, Caribtime Trades Department, Port Joseph Andrew Sullivan, born ill. bean, West Coast of South Council - of Southern California, September 29, 1959, to Seafarer · America, West Coast of Mexico Humphries: was elected president and Mrs. Frederick R. Sullivan, - - and US East Coast. San&lqo Martines of that body, representing the SIU, New Orlieam;, La. · Please get In touch with your. WFK-91. 11700 'K C. Ships in Mediterranean area, t t t A & G District. Also elected were: wife. ·, . ~orth Atlantic, European and William M.cClain, Vice President, Dale Wayne Oakley, bor.n June US East Coast. Laborers; Les Parnell, Treasurer, 11, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. ......· Ernest C. Anderson Radio Operators' U~ion. ·· Oliv.er P .. Oakley, Olyphant, Pa . Claudtl D. Berry Paying off during the preceding Donald L. Chris&ensea period was the Ky~ka- (Waterman). · Meattwhil,a1 MTD 'Round-The-World Arthur L. Crate, Jr. No ships signed on .. · Bernado Tomboeon In -· transit: Ocean Deborah· Wireless. Broadcasts Continue ••• Joseph Yonlck -<Ocean Trans.>; Transeastern Income tax· refund . checks are Ever:r Sunday, 1915 GMT -being held for you by Jack Lynch, (Transeastern); Kenmar, Alamar <2:15iPM EST ~unda11> r~m 201, SUP building, Har(Calmar) and Kyska, Yaka (Water450 WCO· 3020 KCs JACKSONVILLE Shipping rison Street, San Francisco, Cal. man->. Europe and North America held steady in the port here dur, t t t· WC0-18908.8 KC. ing the last two weeks. The missile Anyone who happened to have ships are still requesting replace·, . East ~ast South America ments and the arrivals of in-transit been in Brlghtwell's Tavern on WC0-2240'1 KCs , December 23, 1957,-, get in touch vessels were at . a steady pace, re.we~ Coast South ~erlca wlth Walter Brightwell at once TAMPA-Shipping held steady ports William Morris, port agent. Every,.. Monday, 0315 GMT. - '•. '"'r at _1559 Tele.~h~ne ..Roa~, Houston,, in this port during the last span, There were no payoffs or sign• <10:15 .Pftf EST Sunda11> ,.. ... _. . ... with. 19 jobs taken out of a regis- ons, but 11 ships were serviced in Texas. "" "" ... tration of 31 men. transit. These were: Sword Knot, • WMM 25-1S807 KCs· ~ ' · Anthon M. Evensen There .w ere no payoffs or sign- Coastal Crusader, Coastal 'Sentry, Austrlil:Ja • Please contact Edvald Johannes- ons·. These ships were serviced in- and Rose Knot <Suwanee>·; FairWMM 81-11037.5 -sen, Furuboth EidsvlIDtes, Asane, .t ransit: .Alcoa Patriot (AICoa>; Topa land, ~zalea City <Pan A·tlanticl; NorthweSt: Pacific. Norway. Topa, Madaket <Waterman>; Beth- Bradford Ishmd (Cities Service>: .• : .. r- · ·t - t . ~ ,tex <Ore Nav.); Raphael Semmes Longview- Victory <Victory Carr.>; ' 'f)l~ follo-wing me~ snguld" con- <Pan-Atlantic) and Bradford Is- Robin Grey· (Robin) and Seatrain a 7 •, Type When. Possible .PERSONALS AND· NOTICES EVERY I ·SUNilAY I DIRECT. -VOICE .I .a.R·oA.ocAsT I r. ·~ ·~ ~ Wilmingt~n Slows Down I . "THE voicE OF THE MTD" ·- ·- Jax Reports All's Well .. . . Tampa Steady I a ..........""""""_.......~...........,....l""i!ll. . . ."'!ll"W'W!!ll~....-~..... _tac:,t _ ~:tro~!'!;,_&/- ••!~a,?qua~~~s~_ ~n...~~~e~ ~~~4c~i!. ..... ---- ..,;;:~~na · ~'~ > �Vol. Xxll No.2 •"OFFICIAL ORG·AN·op THE SEA FAR.IRS INTElNATfO,~AL UNION• ATLA_NTIC ' AND GULP DISTRICT• AFL."CIO e "" Tramps ·Make Bid Fcir· Share Of US· Operating Subsidy . Pr~ssed hard \>Y a declining charter market· and cutthroat runaway-flag competition, the American Tramp Sb.ipowners Association is pleading for Government assistance to keep a US-flag tramp fleet alive .. . . - - - - - - - - - - - The . association has called The operators note with · respect ·upon Congress to act swiftly to the latter item that at the ilme 1 ,SCHEDUlE· OF Mobile ·Haven. SIU ~ MEETllGS For Runaways ' ·Sll.f membe,rship. meet- 1 MOBILE-Shipping .was a little. if1g• are · held · r~gularlyi on . the slow aide ~qring the lut · , t~~ ,w~ks,, but almost every man every two weeks ori W'ed-. who wanted to sign on durinl the~ ' nesday nights at 7 P~ in· h0Jiday1 was able to do so. · · , . Durln1 . th~ . coming two weeb all Sl.U ports. All Seafarers are expect.ed 'to .the outlook Ui good, with two shlpa due to crew up after undergoing attendi those who wish to repairs, be exc~sed should request Even though tonnage hai fallen permission by telegram off, the Allbama State Decks ts operatliig in the black, due to . the (be sure· to inctude regis- ·large amount of petroleum and ore tration number). The next 'carg9es arriving, mostly ·in the bottQ~s of runaway-flag ships. ' SIU meetings wiU be: The following ships paid off: Jan·uary 20 .Barbara Frltchie (Liberty); Alcoa C~rsair, Alcoa _ Cavalier, Alcoa February :r Roamer (Alcoa);. Monarch of the February 17 Seas•. Claibourne <Waterman). to provide legislative relief for the 1936 Merchant Marine Act was tramp shipowners, including provi- passed liner ships carried the bulk sion for operating subsidies. Its of the nation's trade in the form bid has · the active support of the of package cargo. Now the trade pattern· has shifted to bulk cargo SIUNA . . · In their plea- for assistance, the operations, so that the 1936 Act tramp operators cite- the fact that is unable to satisfy the need for. today about 75 percent of US for- a · well-balanced merchant fleet eign trade consists of bulk cargoes, including . one-third of the US steelmakers' iron ore, almost all of the bauxite the aluminum industry uses, and heavy exports of coal and grain. . Practically all of this cargo moves on foreign-flag ships. The MIAMI-Back 11gain as a runaway ship operation; the old SS Puerto Rico, ·now known as only business keeping tramp ship operators going consists of farm t.he Bahama Star, had to be towed into port on her · maiden v.~yage. En-route to Miami surplus cargo carried under the ~rom Nas~au. the. Bahama Star suffered a turbine breakdown. There ·were 735 passengers 50-50 act. . · The tramp operators' group aboard at the time. The operators of the Ba"full load." The ship weighs in at . cally enough, the companies that points· out that no tramp ships 7 hama Star are none other than . ,ooo gross tons. . · were stuck with the bunker bills have been built in the US since The Bahama Star. has had ' long included Es 1 o · and California World War J.I, and the tramp fleet Eastern Shipping, which also oper~ of war-built Libertys ls unable to ates the runaway.:ftag SS Yarmouth and somewhat-unhappy hiitory. Standard. both major runaway op· compete with larger, faster aitd and SS Evangeline. All thPee ships After operating it for a. number ~rators ttiemselves. more modern foreign ships, irre- were formerly-maimed by Seafar- of years as the Puerto Rico ~e- _ It was then that Eastern Shl1>4 ers when they were under the .tween ·"!'lew :York .~n~ San Juan, ping stepped into the picture and spective of wage differences. · · Bull Line was force.d to abandon bought the- so-called "plush multtTo .meet this· problem, the tramp American ftag. set of ·Labor the operation in- good part because million dollar" vessel "for use in The · SIU has a . committee requests the following: • A ruling that lJS-flag tramps Board charges pending against the o_f heavy comp~tltion from the air- the Caribbean cruise trade out of get as much gral,n as foreign-flag operators for firing the crew of · Imes, which~ mcid~mtally, rec.eive Miami. E·astern gets $54 per head tramp~ unde·r "50-50," aside from the Yarmouth after they sought many direc~ and indirect Govern- for the round trip betweeo Nassau what liners or tankers might car- Union representation in protest ment SJ1bs1dies in the do~estic an,d Miami. If the crew wages are against runaway wages Rnd condi- services. . on a par with the Yarmouth's, the ry. · · The s·h i p was -. subs~quently "plus inultl-mlllion dollar" phr.ase • Permission to form tramp con- tions. Described • in· the releases as a transferred foreig~. ~nd purchased relates to the profits-not the ship. ferences which would enable the - .- - - - - tramps to set basic cargo rates at "plush multi-million dollar" ves- bY th.e Arosa ·Line, a Swiss, con.:· a stable and profitable level, in- sel, and a "lUX:ucy ocean liner," .cern which ra~ a Panl!Jllanian:-ftag - ·•.. · ., . •· · stead of the present wild rate the Bahama Star is _now 29 yeai.:s passenger serviee. A~osa used ft , fluctuations. old, being built back in ·1931 as on the transatlantic run "'and in • A trade-in system enabling the Borinquen. When it was op- Caribbean tour service, With ap. ·, · ·, tramps to turn in their Libertys erated by the SIU-contracted Bull proximately the saine nurr•ber -0f for newer vessels ln the lay-up Line as the SS Puerto Rico, Jn the berths as it now has~ around 750. fleets. · late 40's and e.arly 50's ~ its maxiArosa Line la~er went broke . Encouragement for the con- mum practica1 passenger capacity with , all three of its passenger struction of new tramp ships and was less than 200 berths. The 735 ships being seized for ,non-pay. ' expansion of operating subsidies to passengers it now carries was de- ,ment of (}ebts, including· ov~r-. cover tr~mps. scribed. , accurately-enough. as a· a well-balanced m~rchant fl.eet. · Runaway 'Luxury'·· Tour Vessel Breaks Down· On Maiden Trip t Me·.d Ship·'s F1·rst ·stop.·,, 1·n · do·n ' eSIl!la' WASHINGTON-Indonesia will be the first stop for ·the new SS . Hope, .the floating medical center to be ·I.aunched this spring by voluntary· contributions from Americans everywhere. The ship be operated by American President Lines . under contract to the SIU Pacific ·District. · will . ,. , ff'RIME MINl61i'R-UM _a: ~17'411' ~A - M~-/.rriS, 1S~M·~111K erwy 7#fJJJC)_GH Afi(IC4 .•-:f'o P~SO/! es.F4lVJ.S.· ~AFRICAN M1101'?• ~ 1 .., ... ~1 <.. 1 •1 ~ ·1 ,, ( j � 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 15, 1960 Description An account of the resource Headlines: TIGHT PHS BUDGET HITS TB HOSPITAL ALL SEAFARERS RESCUED IN VALLEY FORGE SINKING US-FLAG TANKERS SUBMIT CASE FOR IMPORT QUOTAS; AMMI, BIG OIL HOSTILE SIU SETS PAY TALK SS VALLEY FORGE BREAKS UP NEAR SINGAPORE; CREW SAFE AMMI, BIG OIL GANG UP ON US-FLAG TANKER FLEET LAW HITS COLLINS, ANTI-UNION FRONT MAN IN OIL FLEETS RIGHT-TO-WORK PROMOTER FEELING US TAX HEAT SEE EARLY APPROVAL OF PLAN FOR ENGLISH CHANNEL TUNNEL STEELWORKERS’ VICTORY STIFLES BIG BIZ UNION-CRIPPLING DRIVE BLUE CROSS RATE MOVES SPUR UNION HOSPITAL PLANS MDS SERENADED VIA RECORDS, SENATE DRUG PROBERS REPORT ILA, SHIPPERS STILL TALK ON PREMIUM CARGO RATE NY SUFFERS USUAL POST-HOLIDAY DECLINE REDS MAY HUNT OWN NOSE CONES LAKES OUTFIT ASKS OK ON ORE HAULAGE TRAMPS MAKE BID FOR SHARE OF US OPERATING SUBSIDY RUNAWAY ‘LUXURY’ TOUR VESSEL BREAKS DOWN ON MAIDEN TRIP 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 01/15/1960 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. 2  1960 Periodicals Seafarers Log