http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/9bb1e358a1bb150208840c68ed113388.PDF 3ea4ad4c5efb5c90f7f85cfafad5867b PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC,.GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO OPTICAL PLAN EXTENDED TO SIU FAMILIES -Story On Page 3 Wheat Exports Spark Shipping Story On Page 2 .|j I# Blood Bank in Philadelphia gets off to tiOSy l/OCS f F• good start as first donor group waits its turn at Red Cross center. On standby (1-r) are Seafarers Y. L. Somani, 8. Conigliero, E. Cabral, P. Laurer and J. Flood. That's G. Hansen on the table (rear). Man in front is not identified. MTD Unions Protest Shutdown Threat At NY's Army Terminal -Story On Page 3 IV: f Seafarers on Orion Star discuss trip during •"/ VUF Myain» ship's payoff at New York before it headed out on year's Far East run. With SIU patrolman E. B. McAuley (stand­ ing, 1-r) are J. Peterson, Bo Carlson. T. Riley. At table jn foreground, patrolman H. Brower checks E. Olsen's dues. Cimm§ In P P railroad marine tugmen James E. Spady • llflS# and Phillip E. Reilly -(center) receive first union pensions ever paid in railroad field from SIU welfare rep. Tom Gould (left) and Railroad Marine Region director G. P. McGinty, • Third tugman (not shown) also drew pension. (Story on P.age 7.) T �SEAFARERS Pare Two 51U ^oTemlier, 1961 LOG Turkey Day Celebrates 2Jrd Year Dinner Set In All Halls The SIU passed another milestone this month, commemo­ ,pbst-war period, which has been dominated for the papt ten years by Issue. rating 23 years of progress as part of the maritime labor the'runaway-flag By organizing and gaining legal precedents, the SIU and Its affiliates movement. Both the district and the SIU of North America, have vigorously led the fight against the tax-dodging, substandard runa­ born two weeks apart, were founded in 1938. It was on November 1 of '38 that the late Harry Lundberg, secretary of the Sailors Union of the Pacific and founding president of the SIUNA, issued two charters establishing separate Atlantic and Gulf Districts. Merger of the A&G was achieved in 1941, and led to the new district structure adopted by Seafarers 4n May, 1960. The SIU has steadily expanded down through the years, achieving top wages, conditions and benefits while improving job opportunities through organizing in the different areas of its jurisdiction. From its early days, the SIUNA has paralleled this growth. Since October 14, 1938, when Lundeberg secured an international union charter from the AFL convention in Houston, the international has grown to an organization of more than 80,000 members on all US coasts, Canada and the Caribbean, representing seamen, fishermen and allied marine craft workers. In its first years, the SIU was involved in tough fights to organize, establish the Union hiring hall and defeat .Communist attempts to dominate the American waterfront. When World War II came, it was strong enough to help man the thousands of ships that moved the raw materials of war and protect the economic welfare of its members. By the end of hostilities, more than 1,200 Seafarers had lost tJieir lives. Major organizing campaigns, a continuing building program and pioneering the forerunners of today's important welfare and vacation benefits marked the SIU years since 1945. Efforts to stabilize a de­ clining industry through "50-50" shipping legislation keynoted the ways in many areas. The high point of the anti-runaway drive came this summer via a new contract guaranteeing the Union's right to board foreign-flag ships for organizing purposes. Traditional Thanksgiving Day This victory came about through the flrst Joint bargaining talks by dinners wilL again be served at maritime unions with the shipowners—which served notice that the unions demand a voice in the future of the industry where their mem­ SIU headquarters and in all outports to Seafarers, members of bers earn a livelihood. their families and guests. The holi­ day this year is on November 23. Dinners will be served in the Union^ halls where the facilities permit or at nearby restaurants in each area. The elaborate Thanks­ giving menu will include the usual holiday fare—the big bird and trimmings, together with other (Cbntinue<fMTOm Page Three) urday when the Inbound Columbia1 main dish courses and a variety of Picket line cstaNWied in front of,and the outbound Yukon met off' soups, salads, vegetables, desserts 1 government fink Baltimore:^Jefferson Head in a thick fog | and beverages. • • Win. Green app^aml before, about ten a.'m. IXtaritime Commission aiuKatated Id ioQO Aboard ship, SIU stewards and I American Federation of LaboNie% ] vCtOoer 19/ 190o: galley departments are already linitely would aid the seamerhSwi Racketeers' Front defeated -• making the same type of prepara­ their fight against government hir-! AFD issues International charter tions for the holiday, whether the 1 i.ig Halls. • • « NMU officials SUP at Houston. Name of new! celebration comes at sea or in port.~ [r«ose patronage of fink halls. /% organization: Tha Seafarers' In-| It can be expected that a number I8 10 1MO y tematlonal Union of North AmerijrlU^USt IZ, 19^; , y ca. Policies of new union defined! of stewards will, as usual, come Charter from AFL payA way and program outlined. • • • Defeat up with some culinary and other for One Big Seamepw Union. anU-labor issues'No. 1 in Call surprises fer their shipmates. Lundeberg tells ' mflfibership. to forhia. No. 817 in Oregon and No. Christmas "dinner will also be 'face facts and .realize that fight 130 In 'V\rashington. against fink hans and scab train­ held in the same hardy soup-toing shi^ will be a tough'one. nuts fashion next month in all Seafarers' fntemational Unloni ports and aboard all SIU vessels gets going on several fZonts. • • • whenever they happen to be at the Agreement renewed on eteam- AFL longshoremen win NLRB time. WASHINGTON—American ships should be able to count Seafarers who will be In port at on a steady flow of surplus wheat cargoes overseas as a result holiday time are urged to check Reprint from January '39 Issue of SUP's "West Coast of several big grain orders now in the works. Large aid ship­ with the hall on the dinner arrange­ Sailors" marksiounding of SIUNA on October 14 after issu­ ments have already been fixed ments available for themselves and ing of AFL charter at Federation's Houston convention. for India, Poland and several 300,000 to 400,000 tons of bread their families. other countries and new or­ grains for that country. This is on top of the 700,000 already ordered ders keep coming in. Brazilian officials are dickering and being shipped over the next on a "rush" deal for an interim several months. Other smaller shipment of 500,000 tons and want consignments are slated for Indo­ Hurdling a tangled series of legal roadblocks that took 15 years to clear, Seafarer Eric to negotiate a five-year wheat sup­ nesia and Pakistan, among others. ply arrangement calling for a The Pakistan order carries a fixed Joseph officially became a citizen of the United States in ceremonies at New York's Federal minimum of a million and possibly minimum for a four-year-period. Courthouse on November 13. He expressed warm thanks for the SIU assistance that helped 1.5 million tons a year. Figured in In all, wheat seems to be "king" him several times along the"^ Liberty shiploads, the million-ton- as far as US shipping is concerned aboard ship and Joseph's was a seph found himself wrapped up In order amounts to 100 trips, half of —including a large number of way. which is supposed to move out tankers. With a light demand for ,A well-known member of carryover from his career as a official red tape and quota systems boxer. each time he tried to. unravel the oil so far this fall and no real signs under "50-50." the SIU, Joseph joined the Union The pair were hospitalized in paper work. ' A short wheat crop in Turkey of winter on the east coast, a lot The way was cleared this year has created a need for another of tankers are keeping busy haul­ in June of 1947. In 1951, he was the same room and, after discuss­ ing bulk wheat cargoes wherever in the news for making a sacrifice ing their injuries, Joseph offered and a few days ago he stood with a charter turns up. Some of the which restored the failing sight of Pron the use of his own eye inas­ 200 other new citizens to take the tankships, especially some of the another Seafarer he had never met much as doctors had already. in­ formal oath of allegiance to the formed him that nothing could be US. He summed up his 15-yearreally big jobs, can outhaul four before. At that time, Joseph donated the done to save it. to five Libertys at one clip. walt as he left the courthouse: Priceless Gift Emergency needs for bread ra­ cornea of his permanently-dam­ This is the happiest day of my 'When the delicate transplant op­ life."' tions in many hard-pressed parts aged right eye to Seafarer Phillip of the world where expected Pron. The two had met for the eration was declared a complete bumper wheat crops have failed first time at the Staten Island US success, Pron said he would never or where returns were overesti­ Public Health Service hospital be able to-give proper thanks for mated are also beefing up Liberty where both were being examined tha priceless gift of sight he'd re­ WASHINGTON — The AFL-CIO ship sale prices. Libertys are doing "for eye Injuries. ceived. "It's just wonderful that will hold its fourth biennial con­ better than thejr have in quite Pron's sight loss had been he can see ^ again," Joseph added. vention in Miami Beach next month, with delegates from 133 some time because of the heavy caused when he was struck over "I'm glad I've been able to help national and international unions run of grain charters. the left eye by an icebox door him." The Pacific Coast Seafarer -i After a vacation trip on his own attending. President Kennedy is —Page 4 f to Russia In 1959, Joseph made the expected to address the conven­ headlines again when his account of The Great Lakes Seafarer tion, possibly on opening day, conditions In the Soviet were exten­ —Page 6 i December 7. sively reported in the SEAFARERS SIUNA officers will participate A&G Deep Sea Shipping LOG and In the daily press. in the AFL-CIO meetings and in Report —Page 6 All these years,, however, he has the Maritime Trades Department The SIU inland Boatman only wanted one thing for himself: sessions scheduled in advance of —Page 7; the Federation convention. American citizenship. A native of The formal convention call is­ India and an English citizen, Jo­ SIU Safety Department sued by the AFL-CIO places heavy —Page 7: emphasis on the two basic prob­ The SIU industrial Worker lems facing the country and the —Page 8 labor movement — persistent unNov./ 1961 Vol. XXIli, No. 11 The Fisherman and emplQyment and the Soviet Un­ ion's threats to peace—which "cast Cannery Worker —Page 9 a shadow over the record of solid achievement" during the two years The Canadian Seafarer since the last convention. —Page 10; PATH. HALL, President The Federation sessions will HSBBKBI „ BBAWD, Editor; • BERN Aim SBAEditorial Cartoon —Page 11 mark the sixth anniversary of the iZAN, Art Editor; IRWIN SEIVACK, Man­ AFL-CIO merger in 1955 as well SIU Food, Ship Sanitation aging Editor; ALBERT AMATEAU, ARTHUR MABKOWITZ, STEVE . LICHTENSIBIW, JEROME as the 50th anniversary of the Dep't —Pag? 14 ? GREENBERO, Staff Writers. organization of the labor press SIU Social Security Dep't Awards to a number of trade^unPublished monthly at the headquartei-s —Page 15; lon publications will be made by of the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic, Culf, Lakes and Inland "Waters SIU Medical Deportment the International Labor Press District, AFL-CIO, 475 Fourth Avenue, .—Page. 18 Breeklyii 31, MY. Tel. HYscinth Association, including a citation Second class postage paid at the Post for the SEAFARERS LOG. Thf Office In Brooklyn, NY, uhdar the Act Shipboard: News Smiling happily, Sehfarar Erie Josepll dfaWs congratulations •f Aug.. 24, t912. LOG has won mtire than 20 such -4»ages 19, 2«y21y 22l ia» from two Immigration Dapartmant aid*s sftar ha was awdrds' since the ILFA ' presentAt. 1. awarded US citizenship In NY Federal Courthouse ceremony. tibhs began' in 194V. ' Wheat Exports Up, May Spur Shipping I^ WEST COAST SAILORS REVIEWS 1938 October 21.1938: I August 19/1938: Joseph Is In-^A Citizen Now AFL-CIO To Meet Dec. 7 INDEX To Departments! SEAFARERS X06 �M»T«mber. 18B1 SEAFARERS Puerto Rico SlU Okays Contract LOG Tage llirea SlU Optical Plan To Fonfiily Continuing the expansion of benefits provided for Seafarers and their families, the SIU has won complete optical coverage for all SIU dependents starting imme­ diately. Benefits for dependents are the same as those established for Seafarers in 1958 and provide free* now been greatly enhanced by of eye glasses every two years ex­ optical examinations and , offering this same free service.to cept in cases requiring glasses eyeglasses once every two the wives, chiidren ai.> dependent more frequently due to special years. Member! of the SlU Puerto Rico Division voted recently at meeting in San Juan to ratify new contract covering city workers. Dona Felissa Rincon da Sautier, mayoress of San Juan, is shown above addressing union meeting. One of widely used SIU Welfare Plan benefits, the eyeglass program has amply demonstrated its value during three and a half years of operation. More than 5,000 free pairs of eyeglasses have been provided for Seafarers through optical facilities in nine SIU ports. The value of the program has MTD Unions Fight Threat To Scuttie NY Army Base Spearheaded by a large delegation from the Maritime Port Council of Greater New York, waterfront labor, business and civic groups rallied at a special public hearing to strongly protest the rumored shutdown of the huge Brooklyn Army Terminal. The November 1 Depart­ ment of Defense hearing fol­ support for the fight to save the circulation lately, although De­ lowed last month's meeting terminal. The hearing at the Army fense spokesmen say nothing firm of the Port Council where in­ tensive efforts to keep the termi­ nal in operation were authorized. A major portion of the New York-New Jersey Congressional delegation was present to voice Tannehill Dies In N'Drleans Auto Accident NEW ORLEANS—Well known to Seafarers up and down the coast, veteran SIU patrolman Charles M. "Whitcy" Tannehill died at Foundation Hospital here on November 2 due to injuries in • highway auto accident. He was 47 years old. A solid Union man from the time he joined the SIU In June of 1943, Tannehill had been an SIU representative In various ports since 1948. He was one of the early organizers In the Isthmian drive and also in the Cities Serv­ ice campaign Tannehill later on. First elected to SIU office in 1948 as Boston joint patrolman, he followed this by election as Joint patrolman for Galveston in 1950'31. For the past eight years, he held the post of New Orleans patrolman, working in various ca­ pacities in the port. "He had also been acting Houston port agent for a time. Strike-clear in all SIU beefs, he had shipped in various ratings in the deck department. He was also a veteran of the Army from 1930-38. . Surviving ia hia widow, Mra. Thais Norris Tannehill, and their two children. A large turnout of Seafarers and SIU port officlala at­ tended final servicea here early this month. base was arranged by a committee of NY area Congressmen headed by Brooklyn's Rep. Emanuel Celler. Using facts and figures, speaker after speaker echoed strong de­ termination to resist any curtail­ ment or closing of the key installa­ tion. The Brooklyn terminal is the world's largest Army shipping facility and is a major base for the Military Sea Transportation Serv­ ice. Port Council speakers, including SIU representatives, longshoremen and teamsters, vowed no let-up in the effort to keep the base open. Other port leaders, such as Austin J. Tohin, director of the NY Port Authority, warned that the dis­ integration of New York as a Mili­ tary base would start the day the Brooklyn terminal closes. He cited the problem of cargoes already being diverted from the NY area in favor of other areas. A plan to close or curtail the 100-acre terminal has had wide has been decided yet. The shut­ down rumors have some other Atlantic port as the likely re­ placement base if the Brooklyn facility closes. 5,000 Workers' Involved Any change in status would af­ fect some 5,000 port workers, in­ cluding 750 longshoremen, and would have a damaging effect on trucking, rails, harbor craft plus plants and shops. It would not re­ duce jobs aboard ship hut would mean that Seafarers who prefer to ship out of New York might have to go to other ports if vessels which currently use the Brooklyn base were diverted. •pie Port Council' earlier pro­ tested the rumored closing directly to President Kennedy and top De­ fense Department officials In Washington. The future of the base apparent­ ly hinges on decisions now being weighed with regard to 60 different US military installations in various 'areas. parents of Seafarers in the nine where optical centers are in operation. In addition, complete eye check-ups are available through the separate network of SIU medical centers. Under the terms of the benefit. Seafarers and their eligible de­ pendents are entitled to one pair if.. - ~ Baggage Room Closed At Hq. Accumulation of a large amount of unclaimed baggage which is tying up needed build­ ing space has led to the closing of the baggage room at SIU headquarters. Seafarers' haggage now on hand will shortly he returned by Railway Express to the forwarding addresses tagged on the hags and pack­ ages at the time they were left in New York. Effective immedi­ ately, baggage Is no longer be­ ing accepted for storage. medical reasons. The plan will provide either regular or bi-focal lenses, whichever is needed. Basic Seatlme Requirement In order for dependents to he eligible for the optical benefit, a Seafarer must have at least 90 days of employment in the pre­ vious calendar year and one day of employment in the six months immediately preceding the date of the application. This is the Basic Eligibility Rule for all SIU welfare benefits. Appointments for the eye ex­ aminations to determine whether glasses are necessary can he made through the Union halls in the nine ports where the plan is in operation. These ports are: New York, New Orleans, Mobile, Baltimore, Hous­ ton, Philadelphia, San Franciseo, Boston and Chicago. After the eye examination, the eye glass prescription is usually filled within a few hours, the only exception being cases where very specialized lenses are needed. Runaways Free To Come And Go, Liberia Admits WASHINGTON—Liberian president William V. 8. Tub­ man has conceded there is nothing his country can do to stop American shipowners from quitting Liberian registry in favor of another flag. Tubman"* way, the US argument falls on its th'us tore another big wide face. hole in the so-called "effective The availability of American control" principle. US defense planners .have re­ peatedly stressed that "effective control" of American-owned run­ away shipping amounted to an as­ surance that such tonnage would always he available to the US. However, as long as Liberia has no way of holding on to the ships and they seldom if ever call there any- Bow To Bow Hit Takes Toll Split vlww (howt bow damag* to both ships in recant collision off the California coast. Damage to New. Zealand fraighter. Wwjtemata (left) included 15-foot gash in the bow. The hole In the .Norwegian Hoagh Cape ran 80 faat long and 20 wide causing some flooding. Despite fires, both made it to Frisco on their own power* runaway vessels to Implement US • policy has been tested before and failed, observers pointed out. This was the case in the headlines not too long ago wlien runaway owners refused to honor a ban on carrying Soviet oil to Cuba. The ships just hauled down one flag, ran up an­ other and then grabbed the avail­ able charters by flashing a new set of ship's papers. Withdrawals from Liberian reg­ istry arise from pressure by the SIU and other US unions la seek­ ing to organize runaway shipping. Owners have countered union tact­ ics by seeking haven elsewhere under another flag. Tubman did point out, during a visit here, that the loss of revenue from runaway registrations would hurt his country's economy. Li­ beria has been operating a world­ wide "mail order business" in pro­ viding vessel registrations under its flag for a small fee. It has main­ tained a resident commissioner in New York to expedite these trans­ actions in the past. iMA Sets Charges In separate action, meanwhile, the Maritime Administration here has decided to establish a variety of user charges for services it pro­ vides to vessel operators. The fees are Intended to reimburse the Government for the costs of pro­ viding the services. Effective imme4iately, ship transfer documents will cost up to $125 for vessels of 3,000 gross tons and over. The sizo of the fee is not considered likely to discourage any prospective cus­ tomers. �"i- i^t^^y^iff-xr!.• ^Jt • -,»r» nge worn SEAfARKKS LOG N«fMi1i«r. If tl NewMt SlUNA Affiliata \©fiA/f4kMfAmf^ Voting Over In Trinidad Union PORT-OFrSPAIN—-Now affiliated with the SIU of North America, the 6,000-member L»t3!RS!! s and Vv'aterfront V/orke/s v'ade Union in Trinidad has finalised its uniin str;;o» iure by completing elections to fill three full-time union posts. As a result of all-day mem-' bership balloting on October 25, Daniel Reid was elected president-general, George Munroe was returned as secretary-general and Carlton Blanche was chosen assistant secretary-general. Four SAN • FRANCISCO—A tentative agreement dealing with SWWTU members ran for the of­ the problem of quick turnaround and special containerized fice of president-general while six ships has been reached by the SI^T Pacific District and West contested for the job as assistant secretary-general. Munroe, the In­ Coast shipowners. The Sail--^'' cumbent, was unopposed. Union ors Union of the Pacific head­ days can be used for a trip off jobs had previously been partquarters meeting has already when sufficient time has been ac­ time, unpaid positions. cumulated or will be paid in cash approved the proposal. The 12-hour secret vote election Other SUP ports and members supplemental wage benefits at was by ballot box and began at six in the-moming. Polling places of the Marine Cooks and Stew­ sign-off time. The agreement also stabilizes were set up in the union hall here ards and the Marine Firemen's Union are now voting on accept­ the manning scale for these vtj- and at other locations in Trinidad sels, sets the terms retroactive to and on the neighboring island of ance of the package. In addition, the Pacific District October 1, 1960, and will cover Tobago. Sealed ballots from Tobago were Negotiating Committee reports similar vessels in the future. Thus, substantial progress on the basic approval of the agreement would flown to union headquarters while offshore agreement covering all provide all hands with extra wage those from other branches were Rank and file members of the Seamen's end Waterfront three departments on vessels oper­ benefits covering all seatime back brought by car for tallying the Workers Trade Union are pictured during SIUNA charter same night after balloting ended. ated by member companies of the to last year. rasantation ceramonias en October 12 at open air maetA representative from the governPacific Maritime Association. In !ng outside SWWTU union hall. ment'a Registrar of Trade Unions Intensified separate bargaining Department was Invited In to talks are now being held by each check the count as a matter of ribbean area membership of the labor. Workers In the area are of the three unions with PMA on routine. SIUNA while safeguarding the looking forward- to new progress the ajntract sections covering The affiliaUon-of the SWWTU common interest of both member­ which can assure them the dignity, working rules and conditions for with the SIUNA came about last ships through joint action on the security and contract benefits that each department. SAN FRANCISCO —• All four expected accrue from democratic union rep­ Due to the long-standing prob­ Matson Line crulseshlps will be at month at charter presentation international level. It to strengthen • the fight against resentation. lems created by the two fast turn­ sea on Christmas, but the company ceremonies here. Under the terms of the affilia­ runaways by the SIU in the Carib­ around ships, Matson's Hawaiian said everyone, passengers and tion, as set forth in the SIUNA bean, which has long been a^haven Fisherman and Hawaiian Citizen, crew, .will have the best of holi­ the unions insisted that this sub­ days . . . SUP will hold its tradi­ constituUon, the SWWTU will for cut-rate operators. function as a completely autono­ The common Interests of both ject be the first order of busineas. ^The Committee said the pro­ tional Thanksgiving dinner at its mous union with representation unions is highlighted by the fact posed contract is expected to alle­ HQ restaurant . . . MFOW reports on the executive board of the in­ that'both ship and ahoreside run­ viate some of the hardships on only three ships laid up waiting to ternational. The affiliation assures away operators who seek to evade go back on schedule. members full SIU support in their American unioh wages and work­ manning vessels of this type. fight to improve conditions on the ing conditions also deprive Carib­ The pattern provides four extra 4> 4" t Islands. bean workers of the opportunity days' wages payable at a supple­ SEATTLE — MCS member Ed­ The affiliation doubles the Ca- to enjoy a fair return from their mental wage rate for each 30 ^ys ward "Happy" Johns had two of employment plus pro-rating for songs recorded by a company here. additional time worked. The extra They are being given plenty of Tired of getting the runaround distribution. One is called "City on food beefs, the Marine Engi­ of Love". . . Alaska Steam has neers Beneficial Association hag tied up six ships, MFOW reports, moved to make sure US Lines en­ leaving eight in operation. forces the union's feeding pro­ gram. 4< 4" 4" iirj:. V NEW YORK—Good MCS ship­ With the union pushing all the way, company officials have now SAN FRANCISCO — Sam Mat­ ping is expected . . . The F. E. instructed masters to make sure thews, MFOW member who was Weyerhauser steamed in. MFOW the food served aboard their ships paralyzed as a result of injuries said a lot of work is needed on this meets quality, quantity and prepa­ he received in 1959, is reported ship , . . NEW ORLEANS—SUP ration standards spelled out in a coming along better after being reports no ships tied up in the supplemental MEBA agreement listed "critical" following an emer­ area. The Louisiana Sulphur has negotiated last month. gency operation at the USPHS crewed up. The long-simmering food heel hospital. 4" 4" 4" with US, Lines boiled over when an WILMINGTON-SAN PEDRO — A Sam Matthews Fund was set inferior grade of meat was loaded up by shipmates and friends to Oregon Bear had rudder damaged in New York on the American Re­ aid with the expenses of the medi­ and was taken out of service. She porter in direct violation of the cal therapy that is designed to help was due to crew up after repairs MEBA food program agreement. the black gang member walk again. . . . PORTLAND—Montana finally Company officials worked out the Members of all three Pacific Dis­ sailed late after waiting for some supplemental agreement after trict unions have contributed to cargo . . . West Coast Steamship strong crew protests. has traded in the Willamette Trad­ the joint effort. Laler reelected as SWWTU secretary-general, George The MEBA pact is expected to Matthew's paralysis resulted er for the Pratt Victory. Renamed Munroe (above, left) received affiliation charter from ease problems for unlicensed the Portland Trader, she was laid from a mugging attack he suffered SIUNA rep. Jose Perez. At right, addressing meeting is crewmembers In the US Lines' while ashore in New York from up 15 years but.now looks like Charles Hanson, labor officer for the US mission to Trinidad. fleet, which has been cited from the President Polk. Therapy treat­ new. Her galley is going all-elec­ Group Including Daniel Reid, new president-general (below, time to time as a "poor feeder." ments are being given at the tric, replacing the original oil right] looks en during Hanson's remarks at meeting. Arrangements under the food range. USPHS facility here. agreement deal with very speclftiT items on the menu and spell out how often they may or should be served. Steps to make sure food service doesn't fall below the established SUP MFOW MC&S standards in the MEBA agreement Port 9/18 to 10/16 10/1 to 10/31 10/6 to 11/2 TOTAL include instructions to masters to check with their chief stewards 1,617 240 915 San Francisco 462 on menus, food storage and food preparation. In addition, they havo 449 125 69 265 Seattle been told to hold frequent in­ 124 19 229 86 Portland spections—daily, if necessary—of storerooms, galleys and iceboxes. (no hall) 257 325 682. Wilmington SIU members have enjoyed top­ flight improved feeding since 1954 37 31 57 125 New York when the first SIU food plan end­ ed boarding-house, family-style 11 11 66 New Orleans 44 feeding aboara ship. The SIU food 15 13 18 Honolulu 41 program was further improved in 1959 with the establishment of aids (no hall) (no hall) 173 San Pedro 173 to aiewards in checking inventory and in providing better meal serv­ 725 1,252 1,305 TOTAL 3,282 ice and food preparation. WC Contains Pact Set; Offshore Talks Continue f In Pacific Ports MEBA Ups Food Grades In US Lines Matthews Better After Operation -L Pacific District Shipping �Nov«abw, INl Venore Hit By 'HaHie'ler Tow SEAFAREkS Tatt Vtn LOG 'Baked Alaska' Aboard Orion Star Egypt Shuts Down Private Shipping BALTIMORE—It's going to be a long, slow ride home to this port for the crew of tha Venore (Ore). Hurricane "Rattle" took hold of the SlU-manned vessel about 600 miles east of Bermuda and stopped her dead in the water. No injuries were reported. Originally enroute to New. Or­ leans from Spain with no cargo, the Venore lost a propeller on November 7. She was taken under tow by the Coast Guard cutter Absecon a day later and, after sev­ eral false starts and at lea^t one parted line, was pulled into Ber­ muda. A commercial tug has •since taken over the towing chores and will haul the ship back here. Com­ pany oflicials expected the ship to arrive "around Thanksgiving Day" on November 23. The full crew is remaining aboard, hoping to be home ia time for Thanksgiving turkey in port. CAIRO—Tho United Arab Republic has taken over ths country's entire private merchant fleet by dissolving three companies and setting up a new United Arab Maritime Com pany. The move adds a fleet surplus in tonnage all over the of 44 ships to the government's aworld. other nationalized properties, A report Issued In New York, Welfare Keeps Up Busy Pace Seafarers attending the SIU training school's lifeboat classes at headquarters have chalked up an enviable record over the past three years. Better than 97 percent have passed the Coast Guard test to earn their lifeboat tickets, and it looks like an even better record is in sight. The last four groups, totaling 24 Seafarers, all breezed through the CG exam. Coast Guard men are reportedly very impressed with Seafarers' skill and teamwork in handling the boats during tests. A friendly rivalry is developing between Seafarers and cadets from the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point In the November 8 boat test at New York's Batteiy, all Seafarers won their tickets while a few cadets failed to make it. Ironically, SIU lifeboat instruc­ tors visited the Kings Point rig­ ging loft this summer and camo away with some useful tips for the Union training program. Since the ' SIU school began early in 1959, 492 Seafarers went through the course at headquar­ ters and all but 14 passed the test. Seafarers go through 30 hours of boat handling and 15 hours of classroom before they take the exam as boat handlers. including the Suez Canal. This action comes on the heels of Syria's walkout from the UAR last month and hints the start of a new trade war with Israel with several possible side-effects on world shipping. UAR President Nasser is expected to use his new­ ly-acquired fleet to compete in the new markets Israel has been cul­ tivating in Africa. The takeover order included 34 vessels of the Khedivial Line, among them the freighter Cleo­ Tommy Thompson, AB, samples "Baked Alaska" whipped up patra which was picketed by the SIU in New York last year in by Orion Star 2nd cook and baker Ralph Boulton while Eddie protest against UAR mistreatment Atkins, DM (left), looks on. Atkins signed on when ship of American seamen and boycotting docked in New York, wants to see what's cooking. of US vessels that had traded with Israel. Earlier, the first countries to recognize Syria after it broke with the UAR found their merchant ships facing restrictions in Suez. The Turkish liner Batman had to turn back from the canal after being refused service at Port Said. ALPENA—This key Lakes ship­ Turkey was one of the first to ping port last month was a busy recognize Syria's independence center for , distributing welfare from the UAR. The restrictions checks to SIU members and their were later lifted. families eligible for benefits un­ It was Egypt's seizure of Suez der the Great Lakes Seamen's in 1956 that brought on the Suez Welfare Plan. war just five years ago and»pro­ Within one 24-hour period, duced the closing of the canal to checks were delivered to seven SIU families for ho'spitalization DETROIT—Great Lakes SIU members won a significant navigation for several months. In and maternity costs. In addition victory this month when all shipowners signed a contract turn, this forced all shipping to to SIU families in Alpena, mem­ providing for three major "firsts" on the Lakes. The pact make the long end-run around Af­ rica and pushed oil prices and bers and their dependents In other sets' up the first standard"^ tanker charter rates sky-high. An­ Great Lakes ports received a va­ freighter contract and estab­ ing the work of unlicensed men; other end-product of the Suez riety of SIU benefits. seizure was a rush to build tanker A $4,000 death benefit check lishes uniform working rules holiday clause and other Items,^ Boland & Cornelius, Reiss, Buck­ tonnage, in the process producing went to Mrs. Louis Lamb, widow and conditions covering Lakes sea­ eye and Pioneer were the last com­ of SIU member Louis Lamb in men. A foreign flag operations clause panies to sign the agreement Frankfort. The first IBU member to re­ provides Lakes seamen with the which was reached with 15 Great ceive benefits under the Great first contracted protection against Lakes shipowners. In achieving the first standard Lakes plan was William H. runaway flag vessels. The companies agreed to partic­ freight contract, the SIU dealt McDowell of Buffalo, whose fam­ ily received a $150 maternity ben­ ipate in a committee with other with the. Great Lakes Association SEATTLE—Once queen of the efit. The IBU Tug and Dredge contracted companies across the of Marine Operators, the first or­ Region came under the SIU Wel­ nation to develop a program to ganization of its kind in the Lakes. French merchant fleet, the 51,839The group was formed by SIU- ton liner Liberie has made her fare and Job Security Program save the declining Great Lakes merchaiil marine. only last month. contracted companies as a means final trans-Atlantic run and will Runaway Clause Set In Alpena, Mr» Larry Woodof coordinating their negotiations take on a new look when the Seattle World's Fair opens here The foreign flag clause adds with the Union. kowski, whose husband is a watch­ man on the "Consumers Power, re­ Great Lakes companies to the un­ During the later part of October, in April. The Liberie will be a floating ceived a hospital benefit check. derstandings reached in contract the SIU negotiating team and the Mrs. Larry Johnson, wife of a talks earlier this year by the SIU Lakes Association stepped up their hotel with a Puget Sound address deckhand on the Caulkins, re­ on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. bargaining talks in Detroit and near the fair site. She is being ceived a maternity benefit for the The SIU won the right to board most companies came to agreement replaced on the New York-Le birth of a son. Mrs. Howard Fish- and organize vessels controlled by by October 20, with the rest fall­ Havre passenger service by the .^er, whose husband is a wheelsman its contracted companies which ing in line a week later after SIU brand-new SS France in February. on the E. M. Ford, received a fly foreign flags. members" authorized strike action. Her future after that is uncer­ The Lakes Job Security Program maternity benefit for the birth tain. The agreement between the of a daughter. was amended to guarantee all SIU French Line and the hotel com­ In Detroit, Mrs. Lee Briley was members a 15-day leave of absence pany that will operate the Liberie one of the many members' wives each season. The contract provides here prohibits u^ng the ship to to collect a $153 maternity bene­ for an $8 per day crew main­ compete with other French pas­ fit. The Briley's newest baby is tenance and provision payment; senger liners. daughter Tina. restriction of licensed officers doThe 31-year-old liner, with an estimated scrap value of $2.5 mil­ DETROIT —The Great Lakes lion, began her career sailing as Tug and Dredge Region of the In­ the Europe of the North German land Boatmen's Union will hold Lloyd Line. She was captured In elections for regional director and Bremerhaven aiid turned over to three assistant regional directors the French as war reparations in In March, 1962. 1946. Gus Wolf, IBU Area Dii'ector, Currently outranked In size only and Robert Jones, regional direc­ by Cunard's two Queens and the Port DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL tor, noted that the election pro­ SS United States, she is smaller cedures are fully covered by the than the upcoming luxuryshlp Alpena 27 19 10 56 union constitution. Nominations France, her $80-million-replaceBuffalo for the four posts will be open ment, which is due to go into serv26 19 11 56between December 1 and Decem­ ince this winter. The France is a Chicago 31 22 18 71 ber 15 of this year. 66,000-tonner. Nominees must send a written Hotel officials who plan to use Cleveland 4 10 6 20 signed statement Including their the Liberie for the fair say she Detroit names, residence, union member­ Is In good shape, can accommodate 120 90 32 242 ship identification, the office 1,500 guests and also offer a vari­ Duluth 21 9 2 32 sought and a statement of their ety of built-in services including qualifications under the constitu­ a restaurant, nightclub and firstFrankfort 27 33 21 81 tion. Letters have been sent to IBU run movie theater. They hope to TOTAL members outlining the nominating move her out here from Le Havre 256 . 202 100 558 and election procedure. by the end of January. Runaway Rule Tops 1st Standard Pact LIBERIE TAKES A 'SHORE' JOB Lakes IBU To Hold Vote Great Lakes Shipping October 13,1961 Through November 10,1961 meanwhile, noted that 70 Ameri­ can-owned ships are now black­ listed by the Arab League and thereby barred from access to Suez. No new Incidents have been reported lately by SIU .ships in tho area other than occasional mail service delays., SIU School 'Perfect' On CG Exams PHOtS im£f2S Vl?AWlfsl0ly W mi£S '?P£r(2./ • ai€ WeTcozaedbf your �rase Sis SEAFARERS NoTambcr. INI SEAFARERS ROTARY SRIPPING ROARD (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Onlf/ In the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes^and Inland Waters District) From October 1 Through October 31, 1961 Ship Acfivity Deep-sea shipping remained fairly steady in October, dropping off tober reflects the increased activity of Class A & B seniority men only slightly from September's totals. If the shipping figures remain who, after taking summer vacations, are again starting to ship out in at the same pace for the remainder of this year, then 1961 will go steady numbers. If shipping this fall follows the usual year-end pattern, then the upcoming holiday season will witness a heavy turnover in jobs. down as a very good shipping year for Seafarers. The steady state of shipping in October was also reflected in the The greatest turnover last month took place among Class B men, ahip movement totals (see right) which, in fact, registered an increase who are now shipping out at an increased rate, as reflected in the over Septemfaei's total of 525 payoffs, sign-ons and in-transits. New reduced "beach" figure. New York was bestr for shipping, as 599 York again led the list, showing a gain of better than 20 ships during men received jobs. New Orleans and Houston ran even as the next the past month. Tampa, which has just reopened as a shipping port, best bets and Baltimore followed. These ports also had the most men made a good first showing with 15 vessels serviced. All told, the on the beach at the end of the month. ^three Gulf ports reported a drop of six ships visited; the West Coast The deck department again shipped the most men; however, in the serviced four more ships than before and Easjt Coast ports handled 25 overall shipping picture, the steward department showed the smallest more vessels. Compared to a year ago, the October figure showed a fair increase loss in jobs filled compared to September. The biggest dip in jobs In the number of men registered,'shipped and remaining on the beach. filled was in the engine department. Seventy-eight less men shipped in This means that more jobs are available today for the professional, the black gang than during September. Most SIU ports report a fair to good outlook, and are counting on top seniority seaman. The decline in the number of men on the beach at the end of Oc-' the holidays to provide some extra job activity again. Poy Sign In Offi Ons Trans. TOTAL Boiton B 1 8 14 New York ....60 U 87 143 Philadelphia ..7 8 IS 28 Baltimore 18 12 23 51 Ncrfoik S 5 19 32 19 JachMBvillo ... 1 1 17 Tampa ....... 3 0 12 15 MoUle 14 10 5 29 New'Orleans ..18 15 41 72 Honiton 12 7 52 71 Wilmington ... 1 1 15 17 Son Francisco.. 1 2 18 19 Seattie 9 7 8 22 TOTALS 153 83 298 532 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS B Shipped tLASS A Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP S ALL 1 3 ALL 1 S ALL 1 2 1 2 2 3 ALL 2 14 0 5 10 20 0 5 0 5 6 4 4 2 3 5 1 63 53 71 23 147 3 58 87 26 171 4 24 35 48 18 27 7 8 31 0 3 4 16 5 29 1 8 7- 20 4 3 4 35 19 • 44 72 B 92 1 16 18 9 7 25 37 58 10 24 27 0 15 22 6 16 1 17 7 9 1 8 11 1 2 9 18 7 17 28 2 17 3 25 0 8 10 4 8 5 4 14 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 58 0 12 17 53 0 25 8 2 10 30 6 2 11 25 9 46 25 22 153 2 56 "20 109 3 31 9 16 27 33 14 14 57 15 101 4 67 28 131 1 29 11 26 41 36 13 19 33 37 0 8 9 16 13 5 7 1 2 27 1 3 5 19 1 35 2 11 16 8 3 14 6 18 5 15 9 29 3 8 4 19 26 9 54 3 12 7 22 5 43 2 8 10 22 16 20 251 ~434 115 |~800 16 118 144 1 278i221 372 112 1 705 22 93 121 1 236 Fori Boston New York . Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seatlle TOTALS Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED GROUP CLASS 3 ALL A 1 2 B 0 0 3 3 20 3 36 147 3 20 13 48 0 0 1 29 8 1 4 2 10 72 4 37 0 0 1 1 16 11 0 0 3 12 28 14 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 53 0 0 11 0 3 7 10 109 31 1 2 5 131 2 33 0 0 2 2 27 5 0 0 3 3 29 15 0 9 6 43 20 47 43 8 98 705 236 Registered On The Beach CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 C ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL J) 26 7 28 0 3 16 5 6 6 36 .231 83 143 48 274 2 21 41 64 38 14 43 0 5 6 11 1 19 10 10 119 38 16 18 45 70 13 121 1 36 1 27 23 2 14 12 1 28 11 19 1 4 13 54 6 12. 1 8 12 8 0 2 3 5 7 0 1 2 1 78 0, 6 36 6 3 9 0 64 36 9 22 32 10 150 75 98 22 195 l' 20 27 78 15 146 7 54 5 169 53 7 11 14 3 34 1 3 2 34 17 48 2 7 16 7 3 47 18 21 9 51 3 16 77 22 21 8 9 28 14 381 1081 124 588 19 178 1 321 98 11039 142 1 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A GROUP 1 2 0 8 88 95 0 14 5 50 6 11 3 11 1 4 10 27 30 85 25 59 2 15 11 32 22 2 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS 133 433 Registered CLASS B Shiooed CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Sh/ppecT CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED Registered Oin Th^} Betich ClASS A CLA'.SS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GItbui• GROUP CLASS 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 3 ALL 8 ALL A 2 1 2 2 C ALL 1 B 8 1 0 2 7 2 4 8 3 7 6 13 1 1 2 • 4 0 7 0 4 12 2 0 2 13 2 19 0 2 4 20 153 9 65 23 29 27 60 19 102 14 67 5 77 81 22 55 102 6 34 37 29 21 67 65 224 48 139 20 207 18 0 4 6 11 171 1 10 0 20 21 27 1 3 6 3 27 40 1 17 21 0 17 3 5 2 10 3 3 1 62 1 7 18 12 31 2 40 0 84 2 38 57 1 21 18 5 57 68 21 15 44 11 2 3 7 40 B 102 9 1 18 1 5 14'' 3 8 10 0 7 11 0 1 30 6 22 3 26 1 9 4 5 9 11 15 1 9 14 10 9 15 2 1 6 7 15' 3 13 2 6 8 12 16 2 7 10 18 10 0 2 1 4 6 89 1 8 1 2 13 10 0 5 "0 1 1 2 3 0 0 10 0 S 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 8 0 1 3 0 4 2 1 2 39 0 6 2 8 8 28 3 39 0 8 14 22 0 49 0 7 3 10 0 62 12 34 8 1 39 22 1 1 14 129 2 16 25. 43 20 71 66 20 106 1 17 14 32 2 88 7 6 15 106 8 157 2 34 35 32 IB 153 31 4 88 .4 24 19 47 10 69 78 11 22 19 43 0 36 29 99 4 7 99 69 7 105 4 4 3 7 149 29 43 2 19 0 8 6 14 0 11 2 5 10 3 3 13 11 0 8 5 30 1 6 14 3 23 1 9 1 9 11 10 9 6 49 2 5 3 10 7 73 3 13 2 2 22 0 6 7 0 33 15 46 12 4 9 1 1 8 4 22 7 4 6 30 2 10 10 20 28 2 8 6 16 22 4 3 27 4 22 4 11 9 24 0 11 8 14 27 65, 2 24 14 67 I 633 24 136 135 1 295 86 368 79 533 28 133 121 282 12 73 50 1 135 533 282 135 1 950162 535 69 1 766 25 185 162 |~372 1 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A •a _ _• Port Bos NY .... Phil Bal Nor...... Jac Mob NO Hou Wil SF Sea TOTALS Registered CtASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 1-s 1 2 2 3^L 1-s 3 ALL 1 1 '2 S ALL 1 8 ALL A 2 2 C ALL 1-9 B 5 10 1 2 2 1 2^ 1 4 0 2 1 7 10 0 3 10 15 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 1 0 13 33 16 66 128 2 5 28 45 8 25 13 45 83 3 20 91 91 3 33 20 144 21 1 16 B 25 7 2 4 11 24 1 0 15 16 2 3 8 8 0 82 6 9 22 , 1 0 7 2 22 8 0 -^2 2 47 2 15 6 21 5 2 25 29 4 13 8 19 8 44 79 6 82 0 8 32 44 0 4 28 0 3 0 8 2 2 12 3 5 8 16 0 2 0 6 4 14 2 2 B 4 6 4 1 2 1 4 1 0 3 4 1 1 9 4 4 2 10 2 55 2 5 1 13 7 88 9 13 33 1 9 1 2 10 13 13 10 0 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0' 0 1 2 1 1 7 3- 13 34 0 11 0 32 32 5 11 53 8 6 19 11 0 11 1 41 0 0 11 0 1 1 41 15 25 13 67 120 0 1 31 32 6 16 10 59 30 0 30 19 140 24 19 91 91 2 2 26 4 IB 26 13 27 76 1 10 3 19 23 10 18 10 35 80 0 30 11 114 15 11 73 73 0 0 30 0 11 3 3 13 1 2 5 0 2 3 2 2 20 3 2 6 10 2 6 1 0 4 10 4 4 0 3 4 3 3 18 33 0 9 0 12 12 3 3 21 7 1 7 6 1 6 0 0 1 14 14 1 5 1 0 2 2 4 11 19 3 • 3 10 16 1 5 5 18 27 6 62 6 6 6 29 0 29 3 27 0 1 23 |67 149 71 248 1 535' 18 24 196 1 238 43^ 111 60 226 1 440 14 752 106 110 446 202 110 18 80 17 171 |~202 12 Registered On The Beach CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 8 ALL 1 2 1 2 3 5 14 1 1 3 4 4 41 5 35 49 34 100 204 1 12 0 11 31 1 8 5 12 30 68 0 2 28 22 9 31 26 6 15 24 5 7 6 9 6 3 9 2 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 15 0 6 5 '1 80 1 29 61 0 21 12 20 3 33 37 48 17 85 174 1 84 95 1 7 26 41 16 23 5 6 0 11 1 3 4 1 50 1 20 1 18 11 9 23 3 10 18 27 5 7 6 8 230 124 323 j 783 19 30 216 1 265 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A GROUP 2 2 251 434 115 133 433 '67 216 71 248 600 938 4^0 1 DECK ENGINE STEWARD __ GRAND TOTALS ALL I 800 I 633 I 535 {1968 Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 16 118 144 I 24 136 135 I 18 24 196 I 58 278 475 j GROUP 1 2 8 278 221 372 112 295 86 368 79 238 154 60 226 811 461 800 417 ALL 1 705 1 533 1 440 |1678 Shipped > CLASS B GROUP 2 S 1 93 121 22 28 133 121 17 171 14 64 243 413 Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS GROUP GROUP GROUP 2 3 ALL 123 2 3 ALL ABC ALL 1 ALL 1 98 705 236 98 {1039 381 558 142 1081 19 124 178 47 43 1 236 8 73 50 135 533 282 135 1 950,162 535 69 766 25 185 162 1 282 12 18 80 110 440 202 110 1 752336 124 323 783 19 30 216 1 202 12 32 138 173 3431678 720 343 {2741 879 1217 534 2630 63 339 555 1 720 ALL 1 321 1 372 1 265 { 958 �Kfvember, IMl SEAFARERS BOATMA.N' First 3 Railroad Tugmen Draw $150 Union Pension Three-precedent shattering checks were presented to mem­ bers of the Railroad Marine Region this month to mark the first union pensions ever paid to railway tugmen. The $150 monthly pensions are part of* their Inewly-won coverage un­ der the Seafarers Welfare Plan. The trio which received the checks included two Pennsylvania Bail road tug veterans, Phillip F. Beilly and James E. Spady, and Vaino Fonsell of the New York Dock fleet. All three can now draw pensions for life. Efforts to gain welfare coverage spepialized for tugmen was one of the underlying issues of the RMR job security strike last January which began in New York harbor and eventually spread to cover key rail points in five states. Now receiving union pen­ The SIU welfare program won sion, railroad tugman Vaino as one of the results of the strike Fonsell is laid up at Staten provides a full range of benefits jsland USPHS hospital. not only for the tugmen but for their dependents as well. Pensions men since they had only a term in­ were one of the key issues in the surance policy offering limited welfare package sought by the tug- benefits for which they paid part of the cost. Fonsells case illustrates the kind of welfare protection RMR tugmen fought for and won. Per­ manently Injured in an accident last March, the 57-year-old New Yorker faced a dim future until the SIU welfare coverage for rail­ road tugmen was established. He was eligible for only a small BATON ROUGE — Transporta­ amount of benefits under the origi­ tion buyers are provoking rate nal plan he had been paying into since he began at New York Dock wars which could destroy the na­ in 1947. The SIU program now tion's water transportation, Bailey assures him pension coverage for T. DeBardeleben, president of the life. Both Reilly and Spady are 65 IBU-contracted Coyle Lines of and work for the New York Divi­ New Orleans, warned here. DeBardeleben said that water sion of the Pennsy. A resident of carriers are providing better serv­ North Bergen, NJ, Reilly has ice than ever before, but some worked the Pennsylvania boats Industrial traffic managers pit car­ since 1945 and was last on the tug rier against carrier and one form, Buffalo. He and his wife, Pauline, of transportation against another have been married for 27 years. in an effort to drive rates below Reilly first began working on rail­ the profit level. Everyone loses road tugs in 1937. Spady has worked the Pennsy through this process, he said. since 1923 and was last aboard the The trend to force cheaper and cheaper transport rates will bring tug Cincinnati. A widower, he about either government owner­ lives in Union City, NJ. He takes ship of transportation or monopoly pride, however. In his son, James, with high rates and special favors,* Jr., who is 28 and a successful lawyer today. DeBardeleben declared. Rate Fights Killing Off Barge Biz Baltimore Tugmen On Pension Dinner at Baltimore union hall marks start of pensions for group of IBU tugmen from Chesapeake Bay area. The oldtimers^ represent several IBLT-contracted tug fleets based in Baltimore. Pare Sevea LOG Scow Men Win Contract Deck Scow Captains Local 335, Independent, which defeated the NMU's United Marin® Division last June in a National Labor Relations Board election among" captains on brick scows, has signed companies affiliated with the Brick Manufacturers Association to a twoyear contractOperators of other building have to sign a contract similar to lations with the UMD and wera material barges in New York^ the one negotiated by the brick free as an independent to seek af­ harbor have been ordered by an NLRB trial examiner to recognize the 700-member independent un­ ion and stop assisting the NMUUMD in its raiding tactics against the local. Formerly affiliated with the NMU-UMD, members of the local ^oted to disaffiliate last May and set up the independent union when the UMD failed to assist them in contract negotiations. Following the disaffiliation, the UMD began raiding Local 335 and threatened scow captains who re­ fused to join the NMU affiliate. Barge companies, encouraged by the raiding union, fired a number of Local 335 members. Appealing the NLRB trial ex­ aminer's decision, both the UMD and the employers have asked the full board to reverse the decision. The barge companies fear they'll manufacturers. Under that agreement, which is retroactive to July, the 40 brick scow captains will receive benefits of more than $850 through a wage increase of some 14 percent, plus improvements in premium pay, overtime, weekend work, night work and vacations. The first new pact signed by the Local 335 as an independent stems from the labor board rulings which, in effect, uphold the origi­ nal position of the SIU at the time of the disaffiliation vote. After quitting the NMU-UMD, the scow captains sought a direct link with the SIU and were issued an SIU charter. The charter was later taken back by the SIU at the request of AFLCIO President George Meany. De­ spite the SIU's contention that the scow captains had severed all re- SIX7 Joe Algina, Safety Director Caution Pays Off On New A-Ship News that the country's first atomic-powered commercial vessel, the Savannah, has already gone through a dry run on-fueling procedures means that this long-range program Is really getting underway. The long lag between the original planning and final testing of the Savannah is partially due to the careful attention paid to safety details in bringing this new ship out. Training of her crew and perfection of safety precautions in handling the nuclear power source naturally were of top importance. Much emphasis was placed on this at last" month's National Safety Council meetings in Chicago, where the annual gathering of safety men in many -fields took place. The marine industry sessions heard a great deal about the Savannah, from researchers, shipbuilders and operating men who had a part in bringing the ship along this far. A lot of new techniques were involved in this vessel every step of the way. This is as it should be, since the Savannah is supposed to be a showpiece of the peaceful uses of atomic power. One bad move, naturally, and the whole idea of using a nuclear plant aboard merchant ships would turn sour for a long time; it's a long way off for anything but experimental purposes anyway. The big thing to consider, and we can't repeat it often enough, is the fact that the Savannah is a special ship, with a special job and a specially-trained crew. She's no routine freighter or bulk carrier by any means. We keep wondering therefore about the attitude of the Coast Guard and other agencies in allowing atomic cargo aboard regular commercial vessels v/ithout providing any of the same attention to the potential problems these cargoes could cause. The point here is not to "scare" anybody; it's to close the barn door before the horse gets away. It's a sad fact now and then in this industry, and others, that it often takes a bad accident to gel something done. Too late; after an accident, everybody agrees that a little more care beforehand might have prevented the disaster. The latest well-publicized case along these lines is the East Coast crash of an airliner that carried a group of GI recruits. "The plane was a non-scheduled job, apparently, and subject to most of the same safety checks other lines give their planes as a matter of routine. The difference here was that the plane used for the fatal flight didn't get all the attention It should have before the flight. The endresult now Is that the Pentagon won't use such commercial planes in the future. There Is still no answer to the question why such planes were used in the first place. it A couple of suggestions have been turned in from several ships on dealing with problems that arise on different vessels |jrom time to time. One idea, by jio means revolutionary, is to do something about fire hose nozzles so that the man at the working end of the line has some control over his equipment. Very often, especially in hold fires or confined spaces where only one man can get in to work, the man closest to the fire has no control over what goes on. He has to rely on somebody way behind to crack the valve properly and get the right pressure up. At the same time, he's got no way of signalling for more pressure or more line and he's the guy in the thick of the problem. Some thought has to be given to dual nozzle devices to cover these situations, which are not always the exception to the rule. Another proposal to come up again and again lately is the idea of a special shoreside gangway rig for the new big tankers. These ships seem to have the latest in everything, including a swimming pool, but the gangway rig is generally the same old affair that was no cinch sometimes even on an old T-2. These ships ride high up and it can be a mightly long drop sometimes before a man gets his feet on shore. (Comments and suggestions are invited by the Department and can be submitted to this column care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) filiation with another union, the Federation president went along with the NMU-UMD position that the SIU action amounted to a raid on the UMD. The NLRB vote and subsequent examiner's decision debunks this argument. 'Carlo' Gone But Tough To Forget TEXAS CITY — Insurance ad­ justers in this Gulf Coast commu­ nity are still walking around with bodyguards three months after hurricane "Carla." Insurance pol­ icyholders are in an ugly mood because they feel the insurance companies are welshing on them. "Policyholders are being told they must settle their claims for 50 cents on the dollar—or else," the Texas AFL-CIO charges. "In some areas, they cannot collect anything at all on polices on which they have paid in good -faith for many years." Hauled before the House Gen­ eral Investigating Committee at" the state capital in Austin, insur­ ance company and agency spokes­ man defended their handling of the claims and said they "had dona a good job." Perhaps, they ad­ mitted, the business had done a poor job of "public relations." In the disaster-stricken areas, policyholders are being told to accept cheap repair work on their homes and property, and often at increased prices, investigators re­ port. Others have been victims of a fast deal in the form of quick settlement checks. In these cases, the adjuster gives the policy hold­ er a $500 check to "tide him over," as it's explained. Reading tha small print later on, the policy­ holder usually finds the $500 was for full settlement. The swirl of controversy sur­ rounding the handling of insurance claims is in marked contrast to the emergency action during and after the storm by public-spirited groups and individuals including many members and officials of labor unions. SCHEDULE OF SIU MEETINGS SIU membership meet­ ings are held regularly once a month on days in­ dicated by the SIU Con­ stitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are ex­ pected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to include registration num­ ber). The next SIU meet­ ings will be: New York December 4 Philadelphia December 5 December 6 Baltimore Detroit December 8 Houston December 11 N. Orleans December 12 Mobile December 13 �Pace EicM SEAPAMERS QUESTION; What do you think h the most important advance made by the SlU in the last ten years?^ Oliver ThciKpwn, chief cook: Tn Frank Ayers, oHer: I think the my own depart­ greatest advance ment the big ad­ made by the vance was the Union was the setting up of the establishment of food plan. We the various SIU are now able to medical clinics. serve a better The clinics don't grade of food get the same at­ and also provide tention that other better service. As welfare and vaca­ far as I am con­ tion advances have received, but they provide a cerned, the, biggest advance is the possible life or death service for welfare program which protects my family and relieves me of some the seafarer and his family. worries when I'm at sea. t' " 4« Frank Soriano, chief cook: The i ^ 4^ Claude (Lefty) McNorton. bosun: establishment of All the gains the food plan, made over the with the result last ten years that we now have have been im­ much better food portant. If I have aboard ship. To­ to pick one it day we receive a would^ be the 100 percent bet­ clinic program. ter grade of meat This helps dis­ than the kind cover any disease that was used ten years ago. Another important ad­ we may have and vance is the increase in hospital not know about; it makes it possi­ beneiitr this year. A man in the ble to take action and correct the hospital doesn't have the same problem before it gets out of hand serious financial worries he had and causes real hardship and loss before while laid up sick. of work. 4. i i Neil Lambert, AB: I suppose most Seafarers would think that pay increases are the important ad­ vances. I Ihink the important Union gains have been in the wel­ fare field where we now have good pension, hospitalization and vacation bene­ fits. These benefits mean the ship­ ping industry recognizes its re­ sponsibility for the welfare of sea. men who work the ships. i t ft William Vaughan, FOW: As far as the whole in­ dustry is con­ cerned, I'd say the protection of the union hiring hall. On board ship, I think a big Improvement has been made in shipboard feed­ ing due to the food plan. We now have better service and get a better grade of food. After a long day in the engine room this Is really appre­ ciated. LOG PO Handles New Set-Up On NV Mail C/fiifC Use Extended Seafarers who ship out of head quarters began receiving their personal mail at the new Seamen's General Delivery unit established this month at the Bush Terminal Post Office. The new arrangement f« Sea­ farers' mail In the Port of New York wa.s established to allow for quickwr and more efficient han­ dling of membership mail. A simi­ lar arrangement has been operat­ ing in New Orleans for some time. Mail Transferred All mall addressed to individual Seafarers at 675 Fourth Avenue, the address of SIU headquarters, has been transferred to the Sea­ men's General Delivery unit "at the Bush Terminal Post Office. The Bush "Terminal PO is at 29th Street and Srd Avenue, a short distance from the hall. Personal mail for Seafarers will be held there for six months. Pre­ viously, it could be held at the hall for only three months. Seafarers are urged to advise their families and friends of the change of address and ask that all personal mail be addressed as follows, including the Seafarer's name at the top: Seamen's General Delivery Bush Terminal Post Office Brooklyn 32, New York The seamen's unit will be open every weekday (except legal holi­ days) from 9 AM to S PM and Saturdays from 9 AM to noon. All mail now being received at the hall is forwarded to the sea­ men's unit at the post office and held there for claiming. Mall for Individual members shipping out of New York should "in any case be addressed to the Seamen's General Delivery unit as listed above. P&T Quits 'Coastal Runs SAN FRANCISCO—America's fast-disappearing intercoastal shipping service has taken it on the chin again. Pope & Talbot has also abandoned the trade, following up Luckenbach's decision several months back to withdraw from the field. The P&T decision leaves-^ only one complete East-West cited as the chief factors in the tion in the service. Like Luckenbach, r&T suffered from the same common carrier service in op­ decision to quit the field. kind of regulation by the Inter­ eration, and a recent starter at that—the SlU-contracted Sea-Land Service. Sea-Land started in the trade last spring. West Coast Company A West Coast-based company, Pope & Talbot used five ships in Its intercoastal service, operating on a two-weeks frequency. Com­ pany officials said the vessels will be used for world-wldp tramping until a final decision on them is reached. Loss of business and lack of Government support were "Our losses have reached the point that direct and immediate Government assistance was our final hope, and such assistance was not forthcoming," stated com­ pany president George A. Pope, Jr. He said appeals for prompt aid drew the answer that nothing could be done without Congres­ sional action. . "We cannot afford to wait for that," he commented. The withdrawal of the P&T ships from intercoastal trade ended 112 years of company participa- G m A ^A PORT O'CAU 67!Sr.43h!Ave^|aF•l2/6 E.BALTIMSSE ^AUT/AlOCe gKCCIkCC/Al NoTCMber. 19«t state Commerce Commission that has worked to kill off US coast­ wise shipping as well.. Only two operators are now left In the coastwise service, Seatrain and Sea-Land, both under con­ tract to the SIU. On the intercoastal side, besides Sea-land and offshore ships mak­ ing calls, Weyerhauser and Calmar still operate in some services also. But these are operated pri­ marily for the use. of these same companies In moving their own cargoes. '' Backbone Of US Fleet Crippling of the coastwise and Intercoastal segments of US-flag shipping, once the mainstay of the American merchant fleet, has been documented again and -again. The campaign by the railroads and trucking interests to drive all dom­ estic shipping into bankruptcy is taking on a new note, however. Business newspa'lpers report a growing trend by shippers to turn to still another source for routine distribution of cargo "in the US. The shift to air freight service is mounting, according to news reports, much to the dismay of truckers and the railroads. In turn, both groups are Intensifying their pressure against all efforts by US domestic ship operators to hold the line. To All UIW Families Th« complete-facilities of SIU clinics in live cities were opened to UIW members and their families on November 1 in a further expansion of UIW welfare services. The medical centers have been providing' free head-to-toe diagnostic ex­ aminations since the original Union Scores Second Victory In Richmond clinic started operating In Brook­ lyn during 1957. Arrangements are now being worked out ta provide medical fa­ cilities In Philadelphia to service members and dependents In that area. Use of the SIU clinics was ex­ Employes of Richmond Burner tended to UIW members in order Co., of Staten Island, voted for to more fully utilize the facilities representation last month in already established. In addition aUIW National Labor Relations Board to Brooklyn, clinics are located In election, giving the union its sec­ Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans ond victory in the island's oil dis­ and Houston. Some 40,000 exam­ tributing industry. inations of SIU men and their fam­ The UIW victory at Richmond ilies have been given to date. Addi­ •Burner was a further setback for tional staff will be added in these "Amalgamated Local 355," an in­ clinics if the need arises. dependent" organization expelled The modern services of the clin­ from the AFL-CIO for signing ic program have also been extend­ backdoor contracts with employers. On another front in the Rich­ ed recently to cover SIU railway tugmeji and their families in the mond campaign, the NLRB has Railroad Marine Region of the fllcd complaints against two com­ SIU Inland Boatmen's Union. Ad­ panies, Flore Brothers and Salmirs, dition of the UIW and RMR mem­ where local 355 claims to have bership to the workload of the signed "union contracts." The NLRB complaints were is­ clinics is not expected to interfere in any way with present schedul­ sued after the UIW filed charges against the two compapies for ing of examinations. conspiring with Local 355 and in­ All five clinics are designed to timidating UIW members Into detect ailments before they become signing Local 355 pledgecards. serious enough to invalid members The NLRB will hold formal hear­ and their families or cause lo«s ings on the complaint November of earning power. They provide 27. diagnostic services only; wherever In September, the UIW won Its treatment may be necessary, mem­ first victory in the Staten Island bers and their families are re­ oil distribution. industry when ferred to their own physicians for employees at Staten Island Petro­ further care. Beneflta in these in­ leum Company (Slpco) voted to stances are available through other join the UIW. Sipco, the largest provisions of the UIW Welfare .petroleum retail firm in the bor­ ough, is currently negotiating with Plan. The medical centers have facili­ the UIW on a union contract cov­ ties for complete examinations. In­ ering employees. cluding fluoroscope, x-ray, electro­ cardiograph, eye examinations and IliTteHCSPtTAL?^ various laboratory tests. UIW members would have to pay from $35 to $50 to get comparable ex­ aminations elsewhere. Appoint­ ments can be arranged promptly by contacting any union hall. cAuamu. IMMEVMlELY/ UIW Men On The Job "A On tap at Milo Maehlno Tool plant during UIW shop visit wero iUr) steward ChoriM S.lMnnail and mocMno oporators ^ John Reiiielil and CirariM Roi. Visit to the Valjoy Strpam, Lt, NY, shop was part of routine swing to cover Orea members. �ir«TeHAOT. IMl SEAFARERS LOG Quitting Ship? Notify Union a«iidL CANNERY WORKER Red Vessel Off Cape Cod This large Jlussian trawler was one of 18 similar vessels operating in the Georges Banks fishing grounds, about 100 miles east of Cape Cod, together with two larger factory ships. The.area is the traditional fishing grounds of boats manned by SlUNA fishermen and the Russian vessel's'presence is part of a Soviet bid to gain dominance in the fish field. Although the Red vessels work in international waters, American fishermen have protested the Russians' use of gear outlawed by international fishing conventions. SlUNA Tuna Unions Boost Conservation LONG BEACH—Representatives of tuna fishermen's un­ ions affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of Nortl^ America supported plans to conserve Yellowfin tuna resources at a meeting here. Lester Ballinger, of the Pedro, also attended the meeting Cannery Workers and Fisher­ in support of conservation plans. men's Union of San Diego, repre­ sented the SlUNA at the InterAmerican Tropical Tuna Commis­ sion session. In addition, John Caiise, of the SlUNA Seine and Line Fishermen's Union of San AFU Ballots Next Month BOSTON—Members of the At­ lantic Fishermen's Union wiii vote on ratification of a new union con­ stitution in December. Balloting on the constitution follows action by the membership last year re­ affirming the Union's affiliation with the SlUNA. The election of a union secretary-treasurer and as­ sistant secretary-treasurer will also be involved during the same vot­ ing period. The combined referen­ dum and election of officers begins December 1 and will continue until the first regular membership meeting in January. Besides main­ taining headquarters here, the AFU has centers in Gloucester and New York. The commission established a quota of 83,000 tons of Yellowfin tuna to be taken in 1962 by fisher­ men of the United States, Panama, Ecuador and Costa Rica from the waters of the eastern Paciflo. The Yellowfin tuna quota has been recommended by the tuna commis­ sion to member governments. Other governments not affiliated with the commission were xirged to cooperate for the general good of all nations interested In main­ taining the resource. The recommended quota is on Yellowfin only. Fishermen are en­ couraged to fish Skipjack tuna since studies show that Skipjack are in no danger from overfishing. On Fulton Dock Alaska Prize SEATTLE —A $300 salmon tag prize, awarded by the Alaska Fishermen's Union, af­ filiated with the SlUNA, was won by Andrew Esposito of Monterey, Calif. The award was made by George Johansen, secretarytreasurer of the Alaska Fisher­ men's Union, which furnished the prize money. The tags were fixed on salmon, in mid-ocean by the Fisheries Research insti­ tute. The Alaska Union enlisted the cooperation of Bristol Bay gillnetters in returning the; tags. Standing on the Fulton Fish pier in New York it Jim Bar­ ron, veteran member of the Atlantia Fiihermen's Union. Behind him it the Karina T, AFU-coritracted tcalloper out of Atlantic City. A reminder from SIU beadquarters cautions all Seafarers lei^ing their ships to contact the hall in ample time to allow the Union to dispatch a repla-ement. Failure to give notice be­ fore paying off may cause a de­ layed sailing, force the ship to sail short of the manning re­ quirements and needlessly make the work tougher for your ship•^ates. Successfully challenging anti­ union ordinances in Star City, Ark., the International Ladies Gar­ ment Workers Union has won a key battle in establishing consti­ tutional rights for union represen­ tatives in that city. Union repre­ sentatives had been required to register, be fingerprinted and pay $1,000 per day while atlempting to organize non-union workers . . . The refusal of four daily news­ papers in Lima, Peru, to accept ad­ vertising about labor's campaign against Sears, Roebuck & Com­ pany has drawn fire from the In­ ter-American Federation of Work­ ing Newspapermen's Organiza­ tions. Sears' exhibit at the Interoationai Trade Fair in Lima was picketed as part of the "Don't Buy Sears" drive launched by US Re­ tail Clerks. Pickets protested the choice of Sears to front for the US at the fair. 4" 4" t Cincinnati witnessed a new antipicketline tactic when local police sent police dogs and handlers to the scene of an Electrical Workers' strike. Use of the canine force and an editorial over WKRC radio praising the idea was protested by the city's AFL-CIO council. It was noted that police dogs in other cities were not being used as strike-breakers. ... A US Depart­ ment of Labor survey shows that the number of "moonlighters"— workers holding two jobs—around SIU Movie Making TV, O'seas Runs Two 13-minute AFL-CIO films showing Seafarers and SlUNA fishermen and cannery workers on their jobs are really getting around as part of the labor move­ ment's "Americans at Work" series. Since the films were produced in 1959 they have been shown on more than 233 television stations in 48 of the 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia with potential audience of 38 million families. They also have been shown to US troops overseas. Selected By USIS The films have been selected by the United States Information Service as part of a promotion pro­ gram for the American way of life. For use around the world the nar­ rations have, been translated into more than a score of languages including such exotic ones as Urdu. One film was shot on a Bull Lines freighter, the Kathryn, en route from Philadelphia to Puerto Rico. Life at sea—above and be­ low decks—is detailed. The other picture shows SlUNA fishermen catching, tuna plus a glimpse of packing bperations at Terminal Island; Calif. Paga Nina T-2 Sections Still UsefulRaise Up Sunken Diydock BALTIMORE—Cast-off midbodies from two old T-2 tankers were put to good use here to help raise a simken drydock. The midbodies were left over when the T-2s were cut apart to make new "jumbo" tankers-*' ' bodies after one of its drydocks with larger midsections. The Maryland Shipbuilding went down a year ago. The hug* and Drydock Company started dock sank to the bottom and ail something new with the old mid- of its apparatus and wiring was demolished when a Moore-McCormack freighter toppled over and crushed one wing wall completely. For months, yard officials stud­ ied the situation,, trying to devise a method of raising the facility. Finally, a yard carpenter sug­ the country "gives little support gested that the midbodies might to the notion that the unemploy­ be useful. They could bo filled ment problem could be solved by and emptied, much the same way prohibiting extra job-holding." as the drydock, he said. Maryland officials decided to "Moonlighting" has become neces­ try his method with a few refine­ sary to supplement wages in lowments of their own. First, they pay industries. divided the drydock's seven pon­ 4 41 4" toons into two sections. Then a The National Labor Relations midbody was fioated into the first Board has ordered a Baltimore section and filled with water until trailer company which admitted divers firmly fastened it with "bugging" its plant with hidden heavy chains to the pontoons. microphones to reinstate six fired With that, the water was pumped workers with back pay. The order out and the 4,000-ton midbody was also called for bargaining in good floating on air—naturally • pulling faith with the International Asso­ with it the 450 tons of drydock. ciation of Machinists. ... In an­ After the drydock section was other decision, the NLRB directed loosened, it was towed to another a Georgia cotton mill to rehire 159 site and grounded until it could fired strikers, pay lost wages of be raised up high by using two $150,000 and to sit down and bar­ midbodies—one on either side— gain with the Textile Workers and thus be sufficiently up out of Union. The board found that the /water for towing elsewhere. Al­ mill had not carried on genuine though it took more than two collective bargaining, had engaged months to do both sections, the in unfair labor practices and dis­ raising of the drydock was finally declared a success. criminated in hiring. GLOBE PROGRESS ("aritime Over­ seas), Oct. 8—Chairman, . Stanley Schuyler; Secretary, Anify Noah. No beefs reported. Piping in forward pump room leaking badly. Request more attention given to crewmembers who are ill. Shortage in linen. MAYFLOWER (Mayflower), Oct. 11— Chairman, O. M. Jones; Secretary, Clyde Kent. No beefs. Jones elected new ship's delegate. Complaint about crew messman. WiU see If he im­ proves. Entire crew Is complaining about the mattresses. Would like some action taken. BIENVILLE (Sea-Land), Oct. 5 — Chairman, A. Case; Secretary, B. C. Mishanskl. $17.36 in treasury. No Quite a bit of discussion on death benefits and vacation. Crew very happy with the gains. CITIES SERVICE BALTIMORE (Cities Service), Aug. 20—Chairman, Pete Prevas; Secretaey, Joseph Scangaselo. Captain refused to pay lodg­ ing to 9 men when ship was -n drydock for 3 days. Motion to have meeting, before payoff to discuss lodging. EAGLE TRAVELER (Sea Transport), Aug. 13—Chairman, R. J. McConnell; Secretary, R. A. Ray. J. Fitzgerald hospitalized in Yokohama. Crew re­ quested to report all beefs to dele­ gates. Men asked not to sleep In recreation room. Received no LOGS or communications of any kind. Laun­ dry not being kept clean. Long dis­ cussion regarding lack of cooperation In steward department. Chief cook said he la getting off in Japan. N. Merrick elected new ship's delegate. VILLAGE (Consolidated Mariners), Aug. 27—Chairman, Paul D. Zellnewi Secretary, Pete Trlantafillos. L. F. ii •liiijM>wii.',ij,iMiV!'!;.'.i• I.I.10.' ;M.i.v'i'y.'l.f*'W'!•*!!.g" ic* . beefs reported by delegates. J. Ches­ hire elected new safety man. All members asked to keep their feet off the chairs so that no grease gets on tliem. IBERVILLE (Waterman), Sept. Chairman, R. A. Statham; Secretary, H. Carmichael. Minor repairs still pending. Chief engineer promised to take care of them during voyage Two men missed ship in San Francisco. Ship's delegate to resign as he had Job for the last two trips. W. J. Burbine elected. Suggestion made that painting of crew messh^U or pantry should not he done near meal hours. Crew should cooperate with BR and try not to spiU coffee over passageway going aft. AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Sept. li—Chairman, Jack Farrand; Secretary, Oerold ErIinger. Ladder for poop deck requested but chief male refused. Most things running smoothly. Chief cook's room painted out. Ship's delegate decided to keep Job to New York. Discus.sed beef about fans in 12-4 foe'sle and milk situation. Fans in the 8-12 to ha secured: fans for the 12-4 to be straightened out. RAPHAEL SEMMES (Sea • Land), Sept. *—Chairman, J. H. Morris; Sec­ retary, C. S. Gray. Everything run­ ning smoothly. Ship's delegate will check on fan for crew pantry. $60.88 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to steward department. Washing ma­ chine to be repaired. KATHRYN (Bull), Sept. 1—Chair­ man, F. Drozak. Ship's delegate re­ ported OT beef. Crew has not racelved LOGs nor mall of any kind. McGlono elected ship's delegate. Two mpn- left ship. Discussion on --.anitary work for laundry and recreation room. Vote of thanks to the steward department for Job well done without a. third cook. No wind chutes re­ ceived for ship although ordered. Crew feels that some measure should be taken against any man leaving ship at the last minute without some kind of notification. There are men on the beach who would appreciate the Jobs. This makes It hard for men on board plus men ashore. MOUNT VERNON VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), Aug. 27—Chairman, S. CzeslowskI; Secretary, L. Pepper. No beefs. Second mate Insists upon • a late call before going on watch. Vote of thanks to all delegates and steward department for job well done. Dis­ cussion regarding proper use of air conditioning aboard the vessel. All deck foe'sles to he painted next voy­ age. Repair list turned in. STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), Sept. 1—Chairman, P. Drozak; Secre­ tary, B. Mooney. No beefs reported by delegates. Discussion on welfare, vacation benefits and foreign-flag is­ sue. Mall -service very bad. Crew re­ quests something be dona about It. JEAN (Bull), Aug. 5—Chairman, A. Paigs; Sscretary, H. Rows. Chief stew­ ard, Fidel G. Lukhan. passed away in Germany. Union notified and flowers donated by crew and officers. At Long elected new ship's delegate. Re­ quest improvement on nlglit lunch and breakfast. Crew reque.sted to keep passageway clear and screen doors closed and not to smoke on deck. No mall received. ROYAL OAK (CItlaa Sarvica), Chair­ man, D. Nawseme; Secretary, H. Letwinsky. No beefs reported. $12.90 in ship's fund. Each ci'swmemher con­ sented to donate 90 cents at payoff for ship's fund. �Tea 8EAFAREKS LOG Oil Spearheads ked Drive •. WASHINGTON—The Soviet Union's trade drive appears to hinge on-oil as a key com­ modity, as more and more JRussian petroleum oozes its way into the free world. The cam­ paign for a larger chunk of the world's oil trade is being matched by a sizeable increase in the Soviet tanker fleet. Now -the second largest tanker fleet by 108 vessels In re­ increased modem tanker tonnage crude oil producer in the cent years and further fleet ex­ amounts to 90 percent of its pres­ The ent total tonnage. Despite the current emphasis on tankers, the Russians still have only about two percent of the carrying capacity of the world tanker fleet. Overall plans, how­ ever, call for heavy purcfiasel and new construction in free world (The following is another in a series which will appear in the LOG countries. Construction orders on Seafarers who serve as ship or department delegates.) have been placed in Italy, ^pan After getting- a bird's-eye view of a warring world from Inside an and elsewhere In order to beef up Army airplane huring World War II, Salvatore Barbara decided to the Soviet fleet. A build-up to 280 look in on the world at sea level. He therefore Joined the SIU In ships is likely by 1969. 1950 at New York. The USSR is also a big charter Since that time, sailing as a messman and, later, as second cook, customer at good rates because of Barbara has made countless trips to the Far East on SIU vessels, its effort to move oil into the mar­ often serving as steward department delegate. Serving as department ket by every available means. De­ delegate, Barbara said, gives him an opportunity to help his fellow pendence on steady shipments of Seafarers and, where he can, he tries to be sure everybody "has a Russian oil can be a useful diplo­ smooth, beef-free ride. matic tool for the gremlin in years As a delegate, Barbara has made it a must to know the contract to come. Right now, due to the in­ sections dealing with the galley gang. '^While I know the agreement ternational tanker surplus. It's hav­ pretty well," he explained, "any time I am elected ing no difficulty In obtaining char­ as delegate I go back and brief myself on all the ters to Implement plans for possible problems that can arise." "Of course," worldwide oil exports. he added, "once a beef does arise, 1 try to have Tankers also are only part of It settled within . the department. If this is not the Soviet merchant fleet picture. possible, then I work it out through the ship's The Red fleet gained an estimated 52 vessels of all types over an 18delegate." A New Yorker by birth, Barbara is single, likes month-period through July, 1961, to travel and generally looks for a "clean, fast C-3" while the US merchant fleet lost to the Far East because that part of the world Is 186 ships outright, allowing for "very scenic and exciting." These long runs new acquisitions and brand-new usually include some intercoastal visits before the construction put Into service dup­ actual Far East voyage begins, and this" "helps to break up the ing the time. All told, the 11 nations in the tension." , Barbara said one of the big problems facing the steward department Soviet sphere upped their merchant and galley delegates is teaching first-trippers how to do their jobs. tonnage of all types by 272 vessels "It takes a while for a new man to learn the ropes and, until he does, of four million tons. This gyves bis lack of experience can result in a lot of petty beefs." them an active fleet, according to He pointed out that many Seafarers beef against the steward de­ the best available figures, of 1,440 partment because they just like to sound off about something. "They vessels. don't realize we don't have any i.jrner store to go to when we run Losses In the US were primarily out of something that's been popular on the trip." due to scrapping of old tonnage While the ship tries to have adequate stores for the whole voyage, and transfers to runaway or for­ there is no way of knowing what foods will appeal to the crew, eign registry. Ironically, the Rus­ Barbara said. Besides, certain foods have to be consumed quickly sian fleet Includes 83 ships of because they cannot be stored for long, he added. 785,000 tons loaned to the Krem­ Barbara's last ship was the Fanwood (Sea-Land) which was just re­ lin under World War II "lendactivated. She made an intercoastal run from the West Coast and lease" arrangements and never re­ Barbara was steward department delegate. turned. world, the USSR has increased Its pansion is planned by 1969. CANADIAN H«VMiA«r. INl •ETHFLOR (Or* Navlfatlon), Aws. S7—Chairman. Hrniry Schwartz; S*cratary. L. A. Brown. No beef a raported by delcgatea. Henry Schwartz re^Sna a* ship's dslegai*. Lyla Wil­ liamson nominated and slactad by acclamation. Pantry abould be kept cleaner. Cups should be retttrnad. Voto ot thanks for ataward depart­ ment and a vote of thanks to the ratlrliHi alUp'a delcfata for a lob well done. Dryer room door should bs fixed. LONGVIEW VICTORY (Victory Carriarz), Sept. 3—Chairman, Juan S. Ruada; Sacratary, M. Mattbay. S8.30 In treasury, leas S8 for American Merchant Marino Library Aaaorlatlon. and sa.SO for American ALA; on hand Sl.fl«. No boafa rcporUd by depart- reported. Galley and maaabah need p^Ung. Bring eupa back Ja pantry when finished using them. MONTAUK (American BuMi), Oct. IB—Chairman, S. j. Alpada; Stcratary, R. I. Fagan. Motion to have aU brothers give a donation of SO centa HI caa* of amcrgtncy. No bcefa re­ ported. Sam Alpcdo elected ship's delegate. Ic* machine atlll In que#. tloM. MaU service sUU very, very bad; wiU try to get It straightened out. ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), Oct. 3—Chairman, Wm. J. Smith; Secretery, Robert Myerc $14.45 in treas­ ury. W. J. Smith elected ahip's dele­ gate. Motion made to refer menus to New York food committee. CAFTAIN NICHOLAS SITINAS (Butt), July 33—Chairman, O. A. Wlta; Sacratary. Milton F. Malllko. No beefs. W. Mulltnt elected Hew ship's delegate and .Samuel Philllpt elected treasurer. - All hands to return used cups and dishes to pantry. Keep laun­ dry room, crew mess room and uMes cleaner. mant delegate*. Resolution to put t mbn in a room. Motion to havo ship fumigated for rata and-roaches. Roquaat for naw refrigerator. Old on# U in bad shape. Pick clothes cB Una whan dry. SAN MARINO (Panlnsular), Sept. 1 —Clialrman, Jasaa' W. Fuchatt; Sacra­ tary, E. O. Johnson. No beefs roporte'i by department delegates. Rw quest that in the future any atow* ways be eonflncd to reatrlctcd area. FCNN TRADER (Fenn Shipping), Sept. It—Chairman, D. DIslei; Secre­ tary, J. F. Austin. $1.78 in treasury. No beofa reported. Request made that tho steward order larger bath towels a* the ones on hand are small. AU running smooth. GLOBE EXPLORBR (MsfHIma OvSP -aoas), Oct. 9—Chairman, Frank V. Dusan; Secretary, Vernon Douglas. S4.35 in treasury. No lieefs reported by delegates. Frank V. Dusen elected ablp's delegate. Keep laundry clean. LA SALLE (Watarman), Sapt. 30— Chairman, Thomas Liias; Sacratary, Frank P. Brock. No beofa reported by department delegates. Request to fumigate for roaches and rats. Linen Is to be exchanged piece for piece. DEL RIO (Mississippi), Sapt. 3f— Chairman, Henry C. Gerdes; Secre­ tary, J. O'Dennail. S1S.33 In treasury. No tieefs reported. More ctgareltes should be placed on board to accom­ modate the crew. Radio and loud talking should be cut down after 10 PM. MADAKiT (Waterman), Oct. 1 — Chairman, W. Msehan; Secra^sr;, Al­ bert e. Espeneda.. Everything running smoothly. J. Taylor elected ship's delegaU. S3.10 In treasury. No beefs ROBIN eOODFRLLOW (Robin), Sept. IS—Chairman, Waldo Banks; Secre­ tary, R. F. Walker. Some disputed or. Several men ill. One man hos­ pitalized In Capetown; one at LotirrnCO Marque*. One man mirsed ship and then rejoined. Two men from Robin Hood carried back to States. Ship ^should be checked for safety practicea. . FINN SHIFFBR (Fonntrans), SeptIt—Chairman, Loula Cayton; Secre­ tary. J. C. Smith. No bcefa reported by department delegates. CHILORE (Ort), July 30~Chalrman, M. Jones; tocrotary, F. i. Kossoll. No beefs reported by department del­ egates. C. Bedell elected new ship's delcgata. Request a new w.ishing ma­ chine and timer. Order new Icebox for crew; galley stove also needs re­ pairing. Pantry and drying room needs painting. HUDSON (Victory Transport), Oct. •—Chairman, L. Oarabedian; Secrtfary, B. Wantworth. No beefs. Bow­ man elected ncjr ahlp'a - delegate. Crew requests water cooler; wants to know why ship la not receiving any LOGS. MAYFLOWIR (Mayflower), Aug. 3« —Chairman, J. Oalas; Socralary, Jo­ seph L. Springer. Everything running smoothly. Nominations held for ship's delegate but nobody will accept: this to bo referred to patrolman. Soflball team suggested. Brothers Inlerested to see Blackie Connors or the 3rd cook. See chief engineer to regulate water coolers for drinking. Chock on new library and about extra pantry­ man and galleyman. COB VICTORY (Victory Carrisrs), Sapt. 75—Chairman, R. Graham; Sec­ retary, F, Delson. Welfare cards ara available for anyone who wants them. No t>eeft. Discussion on shortage of coffee at coReetimc. Steward to order 12- or 18-cup percolators to remedy situation. Diarust this with patrol­ man and food plan representative as percolators were ordered last trip. Canada SIU Signs WO Pacts VANCOUVER—Afte^ong, hard negotiations, contracts between the SIU of Canada and several "W^est Coast shipowners were signed last month. The new pacts provide wage increases and welfare and working condition Improvements for Canadian SIU men on the Pacific Coast. -t" Led by Hal C. Banks, presi­ deck, engine and ateward depart­ the existing agreement on wagei dent, the SIU of Canada Is ments were named to the commit­ and conditions was served In MONTREAL — Shipping from headquarters has been unusually high In comparison to previous years. Another old canaller, the Saskatoon (CSL), put her last line ashore before being scrapped. The MV Eskimo will be making her usual Quebec-Liverpool winter runs, while the West River and Alex Wood will go to Rotterdam this winter. 4 it HALIFAX—Shipping in this At­ lantic Coast port the first two weeks of last month saw 59 men getting berths. The MV Maplebraiteh may make a coast trip from here during the winter. t. 4. t TORONTO—After many years of sailing under SIU contract, the canaller John, H. Prince (Hall) is being dismantled in the Toronto basin. This is one of the obsolete ves.<els being replaced by modern ships. i 4- * VANCOtiVEB—The foUf SIUeontracted cruise boats of Alaska Cruise Lines, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific, have laid up after one of their most successful seasons. The vessels ran with an estimated 95 percent capacity. A/erf Crew Saves Four ROCHESTER—An alert Cana­ dian SIU crew aboard the SS Coalfax rescued four men from the waters of Lake Ontario where they had been clinging to an overturned boat. Aubrey Harding, Coalfax crewmember from Shclburne, NS, plunged into the Lake to save one of the victims who was without a lifejacket and unable to grab a line thrown from the ship. Hard­ ing then swam back to secure the 16-foct-boat with a line from the Coalfax. The Coalfax was in position to effect the rescue only because of a late change in orders. She had been bound for Sodus Point origi­ nally. A 60 MPH gale was fore­ cast for the Rochester area and it would have been almost impossible for the four to stay afloat in heavy weather if the Coalfax hasn t hap­ pened along in time. also preparing to enter negotia­ tions with contracted companies for a new agreement covering Great Lakes shipping, whera most of the country's maritime business is done. On the Canadian West Coast, the SIU won a contract which Includes a $23.50 per month Increase In wages, a 17-cent-an-hour Increase In overtime rates, a 100 percent Increase In welfare contributions pius work rule and manning scale improvements. Key Company Signed Rod Heinekey, SIU of Canada vice president for the West Coast, noted that Northland Navagation was the key company 6nd refused to. bargain in good faith until the membership authorized strike ac­ tion if necessary. After Northland signed, this pact set the pattern for agreements with Pacific Tankers, Shell Canadian Tankers and Alaska Cruise Lines. In the Great Lakes area, the majority of SIU contracts are sub­ ject to revision at the end of this navigation season. Accordingly, a iiiiie-member rank-and-file Lakes Proposals Committee was elected in Montreal to prepare for negotia­ tions. Three members each from the tee. The group expects to have proposals for revision of the Great Lakes Canadian SIU contract com­ pleted this month. The notice to Great Lakes oper­ ators of the union's desire to revise October. Canadian SIU members are being polled on their Ideas for the new Lakes' pact and will have further opportunity to amend the proposals before they are pre­ sented to tho companies. A portion of the Great Lekei Contract Proposal Committee elected by SIU Montreal membership listens to contract Ideas of rank-and-file members imilda Cbovoiicr anfl Raymond Goto. Proposal* should be completed sometime this month for nocossary revision of the LalMs contract. �|r«rMi*W, IMl SEAFARER8 rat* EteTMi LOG 'Something New Has Been Added' Xiee:islatiire Say Murdock, Director US MARITIME DEFICIENCY. Top Government maritime officials have indicated that the United State? merchant fleet is not whet it should be for meeting the demands of a "conventional" as distinguished from a nuclear war. These officials have outlined a picture which indicates a deftciency in this country's sealift capability. According to the Navy, the United States still possesses a marginal capability to carry out the sea transportation tasks of a general war—but on a quantitative basis only. Our deflciencies are particularly evidenced in the dry cargo ship and transport passenger, ship categories. These deflciencies are further aggravated by the aging of outmoded ships. Our present rate of new shipbuilding does not offset the rapidly approaching block obsolescence of the vast proportion of US-controlled merchant-type tonnage, both active and reserve. The Navy estimates that 79 percent of our dry cargo and 54 percent of our tanker tonnaga are in the 15-19-year-old bracket. From the standpoint of modern design, these vessels were outmoded long ago. Approximately 1.7 percent of* the US-flag dry cargo tonnage is under five years of age, and only 5.9 per cent is from five to nine years old. This latter age group includes the Mariner-class ships that were built by the Government, plus a few modern containership conversions. In order for the United States to maintain adequate mercFiant shipping to meet its "conven­ tional" wartime needs, informed sources feel that it is vital that ships of both subsidized and nonsubsidized operators be pericdically replaced under an orderly and progressive program. BULL V. WATERMAN. The Justice Department has asked the US District Court in Washington to dismiss a suit filed by A. H. Bull Steamship Company in connection with the subsidy __ application of Waterman Steamship Corporation. ' Bull sought Judgment permanently enjoining the C_ Maritime Subsidy Board'from according a subsidy ^fuUuv\ ^ contract to Waterman until a hearing was held and —/ it was determined that there would be no diversion of subsidy into the domestic trade. In its motion to " "" dismiss, the Justice Department said that Bull had _ no right to demand a hearing and that it had failed —— to state any claim or cause of action whatsoever under the antitrust, laws against-Waterman. t Seafarers have come a long way since those lean and hungry days when the SIU was founded. An impressive string of "firsts" have "been developed over the years to blaze the way to today's first-class status for SIU men and their families. Shipboard conditions, job opportunities and wages have steadily improved despite the chaotic conditions in the industry. An everexpanding SIU welfare and vacation benefit program continues to rate second to none. In recent weeks, still more improvements have been added. The popular optical care program has been extended to serve SIU dependents as well as Seafarers, who have received well over 5,000 pairs of free eyeglasses under this benefit in three and xi half years. The SIU Welfare Plan continues to pioneer in provid­ ing the best available clinic facilities and a score of different benefits to cover the grow­ ing needs of SIU men and SIU families. Pen­ sions have been improved and a new Sick­ ness & Accident Benefit program has estab­ lished the first off-the-job coverage for sea­ men plus enlarged hospital benefits. By this time next year. Seafarers who have sailed on one ship for a full year will be able to draw the new $800 vacation benefit—dou­ ble the present rate of vacation pay. Indeed, Seafarers have achieved substan­ tial progress since the Union first started in 1938. These years of militant trade unionism have secured decent working conditions, fair wages, security and dignity for all Seafarers and their families. A IVew Look? Strange things seem to be happening at the Pentagon these days. Department of Defense planners and others charged with responsi­ bility for our national security are "sud­ denly" learning to their horror that the coun­ try's private merchant fleet really is in a bad way. The state of the US shipping industry has never been a secret to anyone except those who view-ships as "sea-lift capability" and ' talk about our preparedness for ."convention­ al". wars as against the nuclear variety. The state of our merchant fleet has been an everyday fact of life to American seamen for a long time. For years, US maritime unions have called for long-range maritime planning in Wash­ ington and urged the planners to look at the expansion of other nations' shipping fleets. It seems that the growth of the Soviet Union's merchant tonnage has now been no­ ticed. The Russians have kept pushing out­ ward into new trading areas and have not been standing.still as we-lrave. The realiza­ tion is also reportedly slowly developing in official Washington that our reliance on a profiteering US-owned runaway fleet is not the answer to the merchant fleet problem either; there has to be a modern, active US-flag fleet available in any case. 4, t • 4i Bonds ^11 Bankers Buried in the fine print of the 1959 Landrum-Griffin Act is an obscure clause requir­ ing the bonding of union officials for "faith­ ful discharge" of duties. The bonding rates were purposely set high. After all, screamed the anti-labor crew, you never can tell what one of those union guys will do. What, did happen? Nothing. Not one claim was filed under the "faithful discharge" pro­ visions. The bonding companies were shown the record, had to cut the rates in half and thus grudgingly conceded the honesty of the vast majority of trade union officials and employees. From the other side of the street, though, comes an entirely different story. The FBI reports that 152 bank presidents and officials walked off with cash froni their own banks during the last fiscal year. Things have come to such a pass that the FBI even has a fore­ cast out. Another 135 bankers can be expect­ ed to dip into the till this lime, it warns. t 4. SUPREME COURT. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that there is no warranty of seaworthiness attached to a ship not in naviga­ tion. The ruling was made with respect to a deactivated Liberty which had been "moth-balled," with supplie.s, stores, nautical instruments, cargo gear and tackle removed, pipes and machinery drained and prepared for storage, and rudder, tail shaft, and propeller secured. The Court said that "as a result of such action, the ship lost her Coast Guard safety certification as well as her license to operate,, both of which were requisite to a vessel in navigation." The case had its origin when the petitioner. Roper, a longshoreman, brought libel in person against the United States, claiming injuries suffered while aboard a Government ship removing grain to an elevator. He sought recovery on the grounds of unseaworthiness and negligence. The District Court dismissed the libel after finding there was no negligence, and that since the ship was not in navigation there was no warranty of seaworthiness. FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION.^he FMC has suspended until March 8, 1962 general irtcreases in freight rates proposed by Matsoa Navigation Company covering the trades from the Pacific Coast to Hawaii and from Hawaiian ports to Atlantic and Gulf ports. The rates were scheduled to become effective November 9, 1961. At the same time, the FMC ordered an investigation of the proposed rates. . . . The FMC has extended from November 10 to November 24, 1961 the time within which -interested parties may file written replies to an FMC proposal to change its rules governing practice before the regula­ tory agency. . . . The United States of America has complained to the FMC with respect to service charges levied on Government cargo by California terminal operators, which charges are assessed against steamship companies and passed on to the Government by the com­ panies. The Government contends the charges are illegal as against it, other shippers and respondent steamship-operators, in that they set fixed and arbitrary monetary figures without furnishing to the Govern­ ment and other shippers and carriers all of the purported services and charges for services which at times are not reduced. FISH REPORT. The USSR has expanded fishing operations by send­ ing exploratory vessels and completely integrated fishing and process­ ing fleets to participate in fisheries in many areas of the world. The Soviets have nearly doubled their catch in the last decade; in total catch the Russians now stand third behind Japan and Communist China as a leading fish-producing country. The 1960 Soviet catch was 7.7 billion pounds, placing it ahead of the United States for the first time. This increase is the result of long-range planning and a rapidly growing high-seas fleet. CONSTRUCTION SUBSIDY. The Commerce Department is report­ edly preparing actions that may slow down the outflow of ship con­ struction subsidy funds. The move is said to be prompted by the President's call for economy. Construction subsidy outlays this fiscal year were expected to be around $98 million, plus the leftover from past years. In addition, this Congress has appropriated enough new money for starts on 14 vessels. All this comes in the light of repeated warnings that our merchant fleet is deteriorating. We are told almost daily that our Ships are getting older and older. We are warned that the Soviet Union is making a determined drive to achieve maritime superiority. Yet, we are now informed that our construction subsidy program may be slowed down. Again, the American merchant marina will be dealt another blow in what som^mes appears to be a deliberate effort to destroy it. The Secretary of Commerce has already delayed subsidies for the construction of two ore carriers by Bethlehem Steel. Now, it seems, he will give his consent to further delays under the guise of good economy. Can such a move really be termed a sound economical measure? �SEAFARERS LO€ Pace Twehr* '•' ' - . • '^• •'" V .^ • •'•'/' • ": . '^•• •- I . 'A'*-"- " ' • ' ,i*L- • ' •" .• ,, •"••N = •• ' * • - ''"5^ ',.•••• ••].1^1.1. • '; • . - the Ten Years Since Beovc Mosf Seafarers are family men and homeowners today. Union's weiforo program for the whole family meets many needs, even covers triplets* Union Is active in many areas. In Puerto Rico, on SlU scholarship winner, now a doctor fleft), helps open new SlU clinic. SlU headquarters In Brooklyn, new today as in '51, is a "long way from Beaver St. Building pro­ gram in many |Mrts symbolizes Union growth, progress. Safety and food programs hove mode big stridel In bettering shipboard conditions, cutting occidenta. The era in SlU and maritime his­ tory that began {ust ten years ago, with the shifting of SlU headquarters from 51 Beaver Street in lower Man­ hattan (above) to its current site in Brooklyn, has been a time of expan­ sion and growth for Seafarers and their Union. There hove been many moments of drama; the maritime in­ dustry, and Seafarers and their ships, like the world at large, hove changed in a variety of ways. Fea­ tured here are some of the 19511961 highlights. K'.. ••• A' I f-' r, Now representing railroad tugmen, SlU led |ob security strike last winter, won key gains. • .,, , y..-_ . , �'X-C'-v Nmiribcr, 19fl SEAFARERS Pace Tbirlata LOG y — — I Starting modestly, SiU Vocation Plan pioneered guarantee of paid vacation for teamen, now pays up to $800 per year for continuous service on one vessel. Drive for freedom of seas followed Suez war. SiU action here countered Arab ship boycott. Seaway opening sparked Lakes' or ganizing, boosted runaway traffic. Sea unions held first joint contract talks In '61, offered own program to aid industry. First SlUNA president and secretary of the Sailors Union on the West Coast. Harry Lundeberg (2nd from left) led early fight on runaways, died In 1957. Moss picketing at UN helped block '58 Cuban bid to scab on Canada SIU. 11 New moves to save domestic trade led to container-carry­ ing roil-on, lift-on vessels, brought on a revolution in US shipping. An atompowered freightship is due n^t. iss;iPli# American Coal Shipping beef brought out maritime union veterans from oil coasts. Under US court order, oidtlmers of 70 and over competed for jobs. Graceful columns mark newly-opened Union hall in New Orieons. Building represents new stature for Union as it notes 23rd anniversary this month. �SEAFdmEmS LOG Won SlU Scholarship In '59 SEAFARER GETS 2nd AWARD Seafarer Donald Peterson, winner of a $6,000 SIU scholarship award in 10S8, lus just added new laiu-els to his string by earning a $1,250 scholarship from Harvard Universiiy for post-graduate studies. Peterson, 28, graduated from Swarthmora College In June. AiNiard-lfaiHfle With Care! A Titembinc of the SHT since SIU One of tte aaoat important food items aboard ship, as all ei^erieaeed 1953, sailing in the deck de­ his SIU award, $8,000, toward his lame, collapsed on him, partment, Peterson was at­ post-graduate work unider a ruling scholar went back to sea. This steward department membm know, is egg$. Beth from Hie standpoint tending Swarthmore in Philadel­ phia, Pa., when he won one of the five Union scholarships awarded two years ago. He has since grad­ uated with a Bachelor of Arts degree and entered Harvard for the current semester in pursuit ot a Masters of Arts degree in teach­ ing. The $1250 Harvard scholarship covers Peterson's fuli tuition costs at the school. In addition, hh has been able to apply the balance of New Navy Hydrofoil On Order WASHINGTON—A contract cov­ ering the design and construction of tb^ latest hydrofoil research ship authorized by the Government has been awarded to the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. by the Navy's Bureau of Ships. At the same time, the Customs Bureau has announced the stream­ lining of its rig classifications to Include hydrofoil craft and nuclear powered ships. Rig classifications, used in the documentation of vessels, have been modified to include "gas screw hydrofoil," "oil screw hydro­ foil" and "nuclear steam screw." The abbreviations of these rigs for use in merchant ships are "GA.H," "OL.H" and "N.S." The newest hydrofoil contract, which is for the research ship au­ thorized in the Navy's 1962 ship­ building program, totals almost $12 million. The proposed ship is ex­ pected to be about 200 feet long and displace about 300 tons. Ini­ tially its speed is to be up to 50 knots, but it may ultimately reach 75-80 knots. The new Custom Bureau rig classifications are being used on marine documents now being is­ sued but existing documents do not have to be turned in for any changes in desiguatious. Among the classification chang­ es, now to be lumped under the rig "sail," are barks, barkentines, brigs, brigantines, catboats,. ketch­ es, schooners, sloops and yawls. The rig "barge" is amended to in­ clude all non-self-propelled vessels other than houseboats and dredges. This eliminates the craft known as a "scow"—^at least the type that doesn't travel under its own power. Notify Welfare Of Changes The SlU Welfare Services De­ partment reports that it has had difficulty locating seamen's families because the seamen's enrollment or beneficiary cards have not been kept up to date. Some death benefit payments have been delayed for some time until the Seafarer's bene­ ficiaries could be located. To avoid delays In payments of wel­ fare benefits. Seafarers are ad­ vised to notify the Union Im­ mediately of any changes in ad­ dress, changes in the names of beneficiaries or additional de­ pendents by filling out new en­ rollment and beneficiary cards. I The cards should be witnessed as a means of verifying signa­ tures. by the trustees of the SHT plan. Peterson got to college the hard way. He had to go to sea to sup­ port himself as soon as he left high school in 1951, tried to en­ ter Swarthmore and found his academic prepar­ ation would keep him out. He then went back to sea and attended Peterson summer session at the Peddle School, Philadelphia, but before he could try Swarthmoi-e again, was drafted into the Army in February, 1953. Discharged six months later when his right leg, which had been eventually made it possible for him to complete his education. He served as a volunteer organizer for a time, and subsequently be­ came a full book member. Hospitalized for surgery on his leg, he went back to sea with the SIU when he became fit for duty, starting with the Robin Tuxford. For the next five years he sailed with Robin, Isthmian, Waterman and Cities Service, among otfam* companies, while completing his qualifications for college entrance. When the scholarship was awarded to Peterson, he aaid at the time, "it meant the difference between continuing or stopping my education. My understanding has been deepened by the gratitude I now feel." Young America Piays it Safe SIU award for a year's accident-free sailing on the Young America is displayed (l-r) by pantryman E. X Smlflfi, chief engineer J. Uzzell,.oiler M. Stupin, Capt. T. Tucker, 1st assist­ ant W. McKenzie. Presentation was made in San Francisco. PENN MARINER (Pmn Shipping), 8«pt. 17—Chairman, StriGkland Jr.i Sacratary, S. Rothschild. Master In­ formed ship'a delegate A. VUlanova that he wUl try to get ice in Trinidad. Vote of thanks to steward department and to chief engineer for going aU-out on ica boK repairs. DB SOTO (Waterman), Sapt. SS— Chairman, James J. Johnson; Socratary, J. F. Castronovor. No logs and no beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to ship's delegate for a good Job. Headquar­ ters should check on maU service in the Far Kast. Yokohama mall de­ livered in Los Angeles on our return. Return all folding cots. port hole glaaa and door lock in wiper's room. Suggested that gar­ bage disposal be done off shore side of ship Just aft of housing due to amount ot deck cargo. MONTECO SEA (Lion), Sept. 17— Chairman, J. Dovlno; Socretary, R. Hulchins. Some OT diqruted. Messroom, laundry and passageways paint­ ed. Patrolman should check with Company why maU is not delivered on time. Need correct ' malting ad­ dress. Ship to be fumigated before salUng and guard rails to be replaced. Hooks needed on all watertight doors. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Sostraln), Sept. 26—Chairman, J. M. Lundy; SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Soatrain), Sapt. 24—Chairman, C. W. Haifa; Sec­ retary, Alex James. Man who missed ship replaced. No beefs reported by department delegates. All men ad­ vised to fiU out new welfare cards. Ship constantly ahorthanded. Union to bo contacted. CLAIBORNE (Watorman), Oct. 1— Chairman, C. Lomors; Secretary, F, Johnson. No i>eefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Help sanitary man keep ship clean. CHOCTAW (Waterman), Sapt. __ Chairman, O. Tlcar; Secretary, C. Bortz. SI in treasury. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Dis­ posal of movie fund should be post­ poned until definite word is received on lay-up. BEATRICE (Bull), Oct. 4—Chalrmsn, none listed; Secretary, Charles F. Boyla. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Mate complained about bosun raising gangway without orders. See about Floridian getting stores from us. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), Sept. 14—Chairman, P. Sarkus; Secretary, P. E. Nelson. No beefs reported. Union to check with compenv to have maU handled more efficiently. Repair Socrotary, O. ML Whito. Same eld problem on tee machine. Need to supplement ico down south. Milk ran out two days out on return voyage. Captain refused to order enough milk; said steward Miould ration milk. SEATRAIN OEORGIA (Soatrain), Sept. 17—-Chairman, John Cole; Soc­ rotary, Roborio Hannibal. J. Jacksoit, ship's delegate, missed ship because of hurricane Carla. Meeting to elect new ship's delegate called by R. Hanniball. John Cole, wiper, elected new ship's delegate. S30 in treasury. No beefs reported. ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), Sept. 2— Chairman, Jaqios Poterson; Sacratary, Orlando H. Lopez. $6.24 in treasury- of nutritional value and pepuiatity, eKs are a key item in ehlpboat^ feeding. Since they me perishable, eggs must be idven apedal attrndion both in atorage and handling. The high standards on food quality toe ail SlU-eentracted ships must be maintained, especially where egge um concerned. Like other dairy products and meats, eggs are usually and graded in the US by the Department of Agriculture. However, the chief steward aboard a vessel-still has the ultimate responsibility ta see that the products meet SIU standards. Abnost everyone likes eggs in some form—if they are fresh. Despite. the fact that they look hard, eggs are sensitive. The shell is actually full of tiny holes, or pores, and air goes through the shell as It does through a screen. That is why eggs pick up odors from other foods and cannot stand much heat or cold in storage. Special Temperature Required Contrary to popular belief, eggs require storage at temperatures mueh lower than are usually maintained. The US Department of Agricultura has done research which shows that eggs keep best at temperatures of between 30°F. and 33''F. The freezing point for eggs is 28'F. and storage temperatures should be just a bit higher. H possible, the wrappings on eggs should be kept on to retain their freshness and moisture. Good packaging of eggs helps to promota cleanliness and prevents the spread of odors. A well-kept dairy boa will also help in preserving the freshness, flavor and food value ot eggs. The dairy box, where eggs, mild cheese, milk, lard and shorten­ ings are stored, has to be dean and maintained at the proper temperature. Because of pores in the shells, eggs should be kept separate from food with strong odors. Air passing through the pores can carry odors from other foods, thus giving-the eggs an unpleasant quality. Products like roquefort, blue and other strong cheeses should not be kept in the same bds. as eggs. These strong cheeses can be well wrapped and put in the vegetable box. Never Tmm Egg Cases Eggs are always placed in a case with their pointed ends down. Tbey are packed that way for good reason and they should stay that way. The pointed end is the strongest and least likely to break. Th® rounded end has an air cell which should not be distubed. If the air cell is shaken up and broken, the yolk of the egg may stick to th® shell and the egg will spoil xutore japldly. It Is therefore important for stewards to ke^ egg cases stacked with the top sides up—never bottoms-up or on the sides. Some stewards have been told that eggs should be turned regularly. Forget It. Modem food science proves it is undesirable to turn egg cases. Seven good rules to remember In the handling of eggs are: 1. Don't let eggs stand on the pier longer than necessary. 2. Don't, let eggs become smashed while being loaded onto ship. 3. Don't let cases, .or eggs themselves, get wet. 4. Never turn egg cases. 5. Don't store egg cases on their sides or ends, always store th«a top side up. 6. Don't store eggs with strong odor foods. 7. If possible, don't let temperatures fall lower than 30 degrees or go higher than 33 degrees. • (Comments and suggestions are invited by this Department ond can be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) Ship sailed two short in gaUey. Cap­ tain claimed he is not required to call replacements in ports without Union haU. No beefs reported by department delegates. Request gar­ bage be dumped aft. Keep passage­ ways clear. James Peterson elected •hips delegate. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Soatrain), Aug20—Chairman, James Olenn; Secre­ tary, J. Lts Rogers. Ship's delegate reported that the engine department has been on time off. One man missed ship in Edgewater; one missed ship In Texas City. Man flred-in New Orleans left ship owing $20 for two watches. _Ship's treasurer reported (93.33 in ship's fund. Motion carried that crew doss not concur with new vacation benefit. Everybody should recelvo the sams per year regardless of how many ships served on. A ship may lay up or a person may become lU, or various other things may occur to compel a man to leavo a ship. COE VICTORY (Victory), Aug. t1~ Ctialrman, J. Crows; Sserotary, F. Cain. Food pUn representative con­ tacted and camo aboard In New Or­ leans to stralghtsn out food situation. Two men hospitalized In Honolulu. No communications or LOGs received. Ship should hava fast and clean pay-, off. Vote of thanks to all delegates for cooperation. No beefs reported. Start ship's fund at payoff. Crew re­ quested to keep scuttlebutt clean, stay out of metshall' .ond pantry in shorts. Vota of thanks to whole stew­ ard department, especially chief cook. Food Improving due to new chief cook. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian), Juiia IS—Chairman, W. E. Culpepper; Sec­ retary, Jerry Chodack. One man hos­ pitalized in Bombay. Crew pantry and messmen. after ulUng. for 3 months, doing very poor Job and working against each other. Steward will su­ pervise messhall during meals. On next draw each delegate to make a SI collection for small emergency fund. Leak In sink and other re­ pairs given to chief engineer but no action taken, danger of carrying gar­ bage aft in port brought up again. 6LENBROOK (Wsll Strast Tradors), Aug. 27—Chairman, Edwins Mariano; Socrotary, H. Schwartz. No beefs reported by department delegate. Re­ quest to fumigate the ship against ants. NEVA WEST (Bloomflald), Aug. tS— Chairman, B. Bales; Secretary, W. R. Oeii. S28 in treasury. No teets re­ ported. Ship's delegate to check with slop chest and have more Camels and Luckys put on board. Dayman doesn't know duties; shouldn't ship on deck again until he proves himself «ble. EEATSAIN NEW YOOK (Soatrain), Aug. 27—Chairman, A. O. Thompson; Secretary, Alax Jamas. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Ship's, delegate will be iho first nun to contact at payoff. Delegate to ask captain about next voyage. MASSMAR (Calmar), Sapt. 2—Chair­ man, James Jf. Davlfe; Sacratary, M. E. Croanwsld. No beefs reported by department delegates. Request new washing machine. Cups- to be re­ turned to pantry. Julius Gural elected ship's delegate. DEL MAR (Mississippi), Aug. 27— Chalrmsn, W, C. Borongools; Socro­ tary, Edward Archoo. Delegate con­ tacted New Orleans hall re chairs for three lopnges. None put on board. Ship running smoothly. Clean payoff. • Motion to give S50 from ship's fund to home for underprivileged children so they can see football games. SEATRAIN ' GEORGIA (Sostraln), Aug. 27—Chalrmsn, John Cols; Secrotary, sobarto Hannibal, Complaint about too many roaches aboard the •hip. Vlnsop resigned delegate's Job. S30 in treasury. No beefs reported by department delegates. Jackson, third cook, is new ship's delegate. �Ittl SEAFAMmmS -•»"! -.^ LOG -:>k- V-11 Urse Early Health Exam Renewal Joseph Volpian, Social Security Director Call For Action By US, States Added evidence, if anjr le reqnired at this stage of the game, that Individual states can't be counted on to deal with basic issues of social legislation on their own, was provided at d recent AFL-CIO Social Security conference in Denver. The sessions produced a call for broad expansion of social Insurance programs at both the Federal and state levels. \ Acknowledging the responsibility of state governments to take care of the "bread and butter issues" of workmen's compensations, health insurance and unemployment benefits, the governor of Colorado, Stephen L. R. McNiehols, had this to say: "We have moved far in trying to provide educational facilities, rehabilitate delinquent chil­ dren, improve the care of our mentally 111 and liberalize other social legislation, but these western states are tough states. It's hot easy to •xplain that a small tax increase is often a big bargain." Hic Governor nrged a continued drive by trade unions—who are not seeking the "imposslbe," he noted—to press on these issues. His views were echoed by Assistant Secretary of Labor Jerry R. Holleman, a former president of the Texas state AFL-CIO. Holleman pointed out: "It's obvious that states as a whole have not and will not measure up to an acceptable standard" in providing laws in these fields. "Speakers also cited antomaSm and population growth aa the cause of the many problems that have developed over the years without appropriate across-the-board legislation to cover them. They indicated again and again that since the problems are extensive and do not follow state boundaries, they have to be worked out at every level of government. As-seamen, we couldn't agree with this more. We run into these problems of different laws from area to area all the time. YirtuaUy unknown in this country only a generation ago, voluntary private health insurance has grown into a highly complex structure covering almost three-quarters of the US population. A generation ago, health insurance was mainly designed to offer protection against the cost of hospital care. This is still the most popular type of coverage and, by the end of 1960, almost 132 million Americans were covered for hospital expenses under various plans. Now other types of protection—surgical, regular medical and, most recently, "major medical"—have begun to catch up with hospital Insurance in the number of people enrolled. "Major medical" insurance, which covered too few people as re­ cently as 1950 to wai-rant study, by 1960 protected 27.5 million people. This insurance usually covers very large expenditures for nearly all types of hospital and medical care, as well as helping to pay for pre­ scriptions, appliances, special nursing care and x-rays. Seafarers, of course, have broad protection "for themselves and their families through the SIU Welfare Plan which provides many kinds ofbenefits not covered by private plans. Many other trade unions also have long-established welfare programs in operation to service their members and dependents. Taking Into account the size of the organized labor movement and combining this with the_figures noted above, we still find a good number of Americans with no medical, hospital or surgical protection of any kind. This Includes the large group of aged folks who cannot obtain or afford costly private insurance plus low-wage groups who are in the worst possible position if some emergency strikes the family. (Comments and suggestions are invited by the Department and can he submitted to this column care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) The Medical Department of the Seafarers Welfare Plan urges Seafarers whose clinic cards are expiring to get them renewed In .advance and not wait until the last minute. This is particnhtrly true in cases where a man has just paid off a ship and expects to be ashore awhile. If the examination at the SIU clinic is taken Imme­ diately, then if there is any need for medical treatment it can be obtained through PHS without having to delay ship­ ping out. It is not necessary to wait until the year is up to get the . clinic card renewed at the SIU health centers. This can be done aa much as two months In advance of the expiration date. Special Equipment Care Benefits Young And Old Always flexible to meet changing needs, the SIU Welfare Plan is continuing to provide specialized care for Seafarers and dependents via the special equipment benefit to cover severe, chronic illness. year after he contracted polio­ " The Plan's special equip­ myelitis and all repairs and ortho­ ment feature has furnished pedic shoes required since then variety of rehabiliation equipment and medical gear ranging from special bedframes, powered wheel chairs and eye prosthesis to hear­ ing aids in some cases. One of the latest examples of the special benefit is the coverage pro vided for nine-year-old David Schwartz, a polio patient and the son of Seafarer Robert D. Schwartz of Citronelle, Ala. A set of leg braces was supplied for David last has been provided and arranged by the SIU through the Welfare Plan. Reimbursement was approved for Schwartz last month after he laid out $114.06 for repairs to the braces and a change of shoes for his son. To date, Schwartz has received some $400 In benefits for equipment and special eare re­ quired for David in the coarse of his illness. An SIU man since 1943, How To Qualify For 5&A The Sickness and Accident Benefit program for Seafarers launched last month marks a major new development under the SIU Welfare Plan. It provides, for the first time, benefits In cases of illness or Injury that occur off the job. It also means outpatients can now receive benefits although they have never been covered for SIU benefits before Following are the basic terms of the new benefits: Baste ElfgibiHty. The Basic Eligibility Rule for all Sickness & Acci dent benefits is the same as for all other welfare benefits. Seafarers must have one day's seatime in the previous six months plus 90 days in the last calendar year in order to qualify. This is the minimum require­ ment for benefits under the Seafarers Welfare Plan. Illness or Injury Aboard Ship. Seafarers who are ill or Injured aboard a vessel only qualify for S & A hospital benefits. As outpatients they are entitled to Maintenance & Cure of $8 per day from the com­ pany. Maintenance & Cure is protected by law. Where there Is a ques tion whether M & C is payable, benefits will apply subject to collection of M & C. Illness or Injury Ashore. Seafarers who are ill or injured ashore qualify for both hospital and outpatient ibenefits under the S&A pro­ gram. If they have been discharged after less than 39 weeks in the hospital, they automatically qualify to receive outpatient benefits for the remainder of the 39-week period. Hospital Benefits. Every hospitalized Seafarer who meets the Basic Eligibility Rule can receive $8 per day hospital benefits for up to 39 weeks. If he remains In the hospital over 39 weeks, regular benefits of $3 per day are payable for as long as needed. Payments are made right in the hospital in most cases. Outpatient Benefits. In every case. Seafarers should contact any SIU hall. They must complete the S&A application available In all halls and furnish a USPHS medical abstract. Seafarers who have not been hospitalized must be outpatients for 7 daj^s before they can receive benefits, which are retroactive to the 5th day. Benefits are paid at the rate of $56 per week. Since circumstances will naturally vary, Seafarers are urged to make sure they fill out their applications fully according to the particular circumstances In their own cases. This will simplify checking and pro­ cessing of applications whether a Seafarer applies at headquarters or in the outports. All payments are being handled at headquarters in the same manner as SIU Vacation Plan benefits. New Orleansy San Francisco Pay Out increased Benefits Ossmow Schwartz last shipped as AB on the Keva Ideal (Keva). SIU oldtimer John Ossmow is also receiving special attention due to a degenerative disease of the central nervous system that put him on SIU pension In May, 1960L All costs of a collapsible wheel­ chair and other medical items are being covered by the Plan. Ossmow began sailing SIU In 1938 and he and his wife now live in Phila­ delphia. He last shipped as bosun" in 1957. OK 2 More Pensioners Two more veteran Seafarers joined the growing list of SIU oldtimers retired on pensions by trustee action late last month. Newcomers to the $150 monthly pension are Alexander Peffahis and James Russell, both 65 years of age, veterans of the deck de­ partment and residents of New York. They are guaranteed pay­ ment of the monthly pensions for life. An AB on the Atlas (Tankers Jk Tramps) his last time out in Au­ gust, Brother Peffanis has sailed with the SIU sipce 1946. He orig­ inally began sailing about 35 years ago from his native Greece. Pef- Peffanis At l»ft, first Seafarer la New Orleans to draw $56 weekly S&A outpatient benefit Is Salvador RoRo (right), getting check from SIU welfare rep. Herman Troxclair. In San Francisco (above), welfare rep. Walt Reidy (2nd from left) looks on es Seafarers James Lcc, Jr.. Pete Motovicii end Stokes Aycrs sign for $8 daily in-hospital benefit. Sckwartz RusseR fanis lists a neice, Anastasia Anality, in Greece, as next of kin. Brother Russell was one of the SIU oldtimers In the American Coal Shipping beef and sailed on the Harrj' L. Glucksman for ACS In 1957. He's been the victim of a lingering illness most of th« tJms since h» paid off the Seatrain New York in 1958. Russell's SIU seatime gees back to 1941. il �Par* Hzfeea SEAFARERS High-Cost Union Bonding Charges Cut-No Claims Seafarers Speak At NY Meetins Hitting th* deck at regular monthly membership meet­ ing in New York, Seafarer George Mmzleea (left, at mike) asks question on new SiU welfare programs during part of questionanswer period at th* No­ vember 6 session. Looking on is Port Agent Joe DiGeorge (seated) and Wel­ fare Rep. Tom Gould. At right, Frank Myott takes his turn at the rostrum to check on provisions of new Sickness & Accident Bene­ fit program regarding SIU outpatients. WASHINGTON—Harsh, costly bonding requirements Im­ posed on the country's triide unions under the 1959 Landrum-Griffin Act have proven unnecessary and the costs have now been reduced. "* ter used to promote the well-being The Surety Association of of union members. America agreed with a com­ mittee of AFL-CIO union officers that the heavy bonding charges could not be justified on the basis of experience. The rate cut went Into effect last month. AFL-CIO Survey A survey of 122 AFL-CIO inter­ national unions and six affiliated departments showed "not a single claim had been filed" under the "faithful discharge" bonding pro­ vision. William F. Schnitzler, AFLCIO secretary-treasurer, reported that the reduced rate is added evi­ dence that there is no Justification for the strict and expensive bond­ ing requirements for trade union officers and employees. "Faithful discharge of duties" bonds, Schnitzler said, are a re­ sult of an obscure Landrum-Griffin clause. They represent "a new concept" in bonding, he noted, pointing out that the higher costs of bonds had to be met from union assets which could have been bet- If the unions and .surety com­ panies cooperated and worked out a schedule of rates for commercial blanket fidelity bonds, Schnitzler continued, "they could obtain greater coverage for a lesser rate and the assets of the trade union movement would be conserved . . . for the benefit of the members." NvreaAer, im LOG ATOM-SHIP FUELED UP IN DRESS REHEARSAL CAMDEN—A dress rehearsal session on fuel-loading pro­ cedures for the NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered merchant ship, apparently went off without a major hitch early this month. The prac-» tice-loading procedures were somewhat from those used for the complete in every detail but Navy's atom-subs, which have been operating for several years. one—no atomic fuel was used. The four-hour run-through at Meanwhile, a construction order the New York Shipbuilding yard here was designed to insure com­ plete safety when the actual load­ ing of reactor fuel on the Savan­ nah takes place. No date has yet been set. The procedures vary : for the world's second nuclear ftierchant vessel has been placed in West Germany. Construction of the new ship at Kiel Is expected to begin within a year. Comple­ tion is scheduled by 1964. As yet unnamed, the new Ger­ man vessel will be a $10 million, 15,000-ton bulk carrier! Tke plans, however, are to use it chiefly for research with little expectation fpr economical operation. In addi­ tion to a crew of 75, she will hav» accommodations for 35 passengers. Here in Camden, the practice loading session was handied by the nuclear staff of the shipbuild­ er. In the actual loading, uranium oxide fuel will be placed in the Savannah's pressurized water re­ actor which will actually operate the plant. Many pains have been taken to assure that the first surface com­ mercial craft using atom power will be safe. "Under no circumstances will passengers or operating person­ nel be exposed to dangerous, un­ controlled radiation," the skipper noted. States Marine is the con­ tract operator foV the Government. Physical Exoms—A// SIU Clinics September, 1961 Port SEAFARERS IN DRYDOCK The following is the latest available list of Seafarers in hospitals around the country: USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Max W. Andersoa Pedro Moreno Clarence Bertrand David McDulTia Richard Beadling Hans C. Peterson George Doest Watt Pettus. Jr. H, W. Reed Burl Haire Earl Howell William Shaw Walton Hudson Emanuel Vatia John Wagner George Meltzer Broadus Miles Claude West USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Louis Barch William O'Connor Luis Bernier John Pedrosa M. Johns N. R. Pettersea K. W. Kelly F. Vlto USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Clyde Leggett Arvo Antilla Samuel Bailey A. Lykiardopoulet W. Barrilleaux Adam McDiarmid Felipe Basalda Joseph N. McGiU Domitrios Miofas CliRord Brewster A. Caragiorigio William J. Moise Harry Cronin John Overton Lum Quinton Thomas Dailey Cornellua D, Ottden Robert Ray Joaquin Dimas Albert Richoux Joseph Roy Albert Doty Otis Neat Edwards H. L. Shaw Morris D. Siege! Jesse Everett Needem Galloway Theodore Simonda Murray Smith Charles Garrison Haroid Spicer Norman Hadden Frank Halen Charley Steers Percy Thompson E. B. Hardcastle Billy Ward Willie Hardeman V. L. Williamson Carle Harris Joesla Wilson Fred Hazard Herbert Voting Alvln Headricks George Kaspryzk USPHS HOSPITAL BTATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK James Helms Omar All Alex Anopol Austins Hennlng Erasmo Arroyo Rupert Jackson Georglos' Kanavos Kurls Blnemanis Charles Klnnke Joseph Blake Charles Klrkland John Bloom Fay Langley Sigmlere Boggan Peter Laumakis Jack Brock Thomas Lauer Frutuos Camacho Robert Menser John Campo Herman Meyer Daniel Ccrment John R. Michaells Enoch Collins Robert Murdoch H. L. Cox Hiram Lee Parneli Thomas Cox Napoleon Dougllas William PoweU Candida Reyes Danny EkiioR Joseph ScuUy Delware Eldemlre Alfred Slppenly Friedof Fondlia Warren Smith Vaino Fonsell ^ hri-h Sommer Chester Gawryoh Thomas Thompton BsteU Godfrey EnrJpo TlrelU .Antonio Gonzalez Frederick Tonucle John Graddick Franrcls Hannaford John Williams USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GEORGIA George Brown Donna WlUlamson USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASS. Benjamin Boudbeau Anthony Leva William Dyer Thomas Lowe Arthur Kavel Charles Robinson USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Stokes Ayers Phillip Mason Leslie Brilhart Wm. Mcliveen James Eagen Chas. Neukirchner Paul Foster Reino Pelaso John Guard Winford Powell L. Knickerbocker Richard Ripley James Lee, Jr. Doyle Sheets USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Ramon Aquida William McChesney Kenneth Brown Truman Patriquin Millard Bryan Voldeman Pold Charles CampbeU Henry Prultt Joseph Cox Dimas Rivera William Dixon Jose Rivera Antonio DosSantos Harry Rost Louis Firlle Edward Rulejr Gorman Glaze August Smith Sam Hacker Beta Szupp Lars Johansen John Thompson Francis Kessel Martin Yager USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Allen Burke Richard Daniels Norrls Mam Luby Wheeler, Jr. LONG BEACH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CALIF. S. Krawczynskl Lester Wolfe SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Henning Bjork Thomas Isaksen Alberto Gutierrez USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Benjamin Delbler Bozo Olson ihomas Lehay Bozo O. Zelencie Max Olson VA HOSPITAL WEST HAVEN, CONN. James Gorman Henry E. Smith VA HOSPITAL TEMPLE, TEXAS Wiillara E. Nelson US SOLDIERS' HOME WASHINGTON, DC WUllam Thomson PINE CREST HAVEN COVINGTON. LA. Frank Martin VA HOSPITAL KERRVILLE, TEXAS Wlilard T. CahlU SIU Welfare, Vacation Plans $174,058.45 1450 $245,821.52 TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD. ..11193 $419,879.97 * Figures cover October 1-31. . - - - - ... . t Li-. 15 — 10 20 18 131 90 105 245 387 66 63 958 SIU Blood Bank Inventory TOTAL Pints Previous Pints Used ON HAND Credited Balance Port Boston Old plan discontinued; new program,being set up 93 42 38 ..... 89 New York ,. 38 23 Philadelphia 10 17 7 Baltimore ....:. .. 16 16 Norfolk 28 13 Jacksonville bank being set up Tampa ... V 30 12 2 Mobile ,, 20 New Orleans 20 3Vt! Houston ,, 20 .2 Wilmington (7)* 12 " 5 San Francisco 13 13 Seattle m $29,132.72 17,248.70 47,375.00 7,600.00 58,222.13 1,601.90 12,878.00'^ 9743 Vacation Benefits 341 13 — 14 11 28 AMOUNT PAID CLAIMS Summary (Welfare) TOTAL Wives 61 266Vi 151V4 . . ... 176 TOTAL * Figures in parenthesis ( ) indicate shortage to be made up Cash Benefits Paid September 18-October 15, 1961 Hospital Benefits (Welfare) .... 7841 Death Benefits (Welfare) 7 Disability Benefits (Welfare).. 1354 Maternity Benefits (Welfare) .. 38 Dependents Benefits (Welfare) . 221 Optical Benefits (Welfare) .... 171 Outpatient benefits (Welfare).. Ill Baltimore Houston Mobile New Orleans .. New York ..... Children TOTAL Seamen • : : '• . To obtain SIU Blood Ba.nk information or a donor card-, (sample above), contact any-SIU hall. All emergoncy needsv can be saiViced via local SIU banks or headquarters. �Kvrtaiber, 1961 SE4FARERS lOG Psf c SevMrtec^ Use Ships^ Air Force Told By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS Shelter Deals—An Old Shell Game WASHINGTON—An indifferent Defense Department attitude toward the American merchant fleet continued to show Itself as a Congressional watchdog agency pulled the Air Force up short and told it to stop wasting money shipping by air and use ships. The General Accounting > ; Office, which reviews most non-essential military cargo over­ signed after a major part of this Government spending, said seas by commercial air lines. year's fuel needs had been filled Fast-buck promoters are capitalizing on the current public concern over fallout shelters to use high-pressure sales tactics for the sale of purported protective equipment. Many of the same operators who pre­ the Air Force spent about five viously sold you overpriced storm windows, house siding, patios, en­ times what it should have to move cyclopedias, fire-alarm systems and other home-improvement jobs, soon will be on your street to sell you survival on the Installment plan. In Michigan, the Michigan Consumer Association reports complaints that salesmen for shelters are using a "buy or die" sloganrand are show­ ing families scare films of what happened in Hiroshima. In New York, a leading promoter advertised in the daily'papers for "crack closers . . . siding, book men. franchise men, etc., to "get in on the ground floor of the new fallout shelter industry." This company advertised "Huge commission ... get the cream of this new field," and promised that leads to prospective buyers would be supplied salesmen from displays in Grand Central, Penn Station, etc. By "crack closers," this multi-miHion firm means it seeks salesmen The inland counterpart of run­ expert at taking leads and overcoming any sales resistance. away ships—runaway manufactur­ ^ Many sellers have seized on the recent publicity given various types ing companies—is on the increase. of "shelter" and "survival equipment" by "Life" Wiagazine to promote The National Industrial Conference such equipment as fallout detection meters, at prices which vary as Board reports that one of every much as 50 per cent among various promoters. Other advertisers of three US manufacturing companies fallout shelters are using such scare headlines as "Prepare Now for involved in foreign operations is SURVIVAL." using^ a foreign-based subsidiary. Better Business Bureaus are making a nationwide survey in an effort A study of 350 companies showed to establish standards and stop the threat of high-pressure selling by that 105 of them had 155 foreignshady operators, the Association of Better Business Bureaus reports. based subsidiaries. Two-thirds of "There is no doubt the home improvement operators are going 'under­ these were less than five years old ground'," a spokesman commented. and 90 percent of the suWdiaries It is known that "a number of the promoters entering the shelter combined both operation and hold­ business are individuals who have had bad records in the home im­ ing company functions. The companies surveyed said the provement business," Allan Backman, vice-president of the National Better Business Bureau, told this reporter. Civil-defense officials are foreign-base operations gave them similarly worried over the activities of high-pressure sellers. The Min­ numerous tax advantages. They nesota civil-defens.e director, Hubert Schon, has called for a Federal could, for example, defer the US standard for shelters. One manufacturer even has advertised a "Lifetime tax liability on income from for­ guarantee" for its shelter. That's a safe enough offer for him to make. eign sources, easily manipulate the Prentice-Hall, a large business-advisory service, has recommended this transfer of income and assets to its clients: "Make plans now to get in on the civil-defense market and among the subsidiaries and have you'll have the jump on your competitors when it really starts better timing—from the company standpoint — of remitting the in­ burgeoning." Another business expert warns that among the cheaters, there will be come to the US parent company. Most of the companies had their two techniques: "One will be to get signatures on contracts and then to sell the contracts to local builders. The other will be to sign up victims foreign subsidiaries in Panama (61), a favorite base of runaway and then to build a shelter at a cost to allow a fancy profit." shipowners as well. Switzerland This writer has no recommendation as to whether you should build a shelter or not, or get your town to build a community type, as some ran second with 35, followed by towns are planning to do at much lower cost per family. But there"the^ Bahamas, Canada Bermuda and Lichtenstein. is no doubt that you need to avoid the current pressure from high-com- Liberia, " mlssiou salesmen. It is noteworthy that some sellers are offering shelters for $700, while others want $2,000 or more. YOUNG AMERICA (Waterman), July No standards of adequacy actually have been set up yet. Local, state 23—Chairman, F. O. CoMe; Secretary. A. S. Teian. No beefs reported by and Federal civil defense officials are still trying to work out the details department delegates. F. D. Gosse of what is an adequate shelter. Currently the Federal Trade Commission elected new ship's delegate. Is meeting with the Defense Department to formulate a standard and HURRICANE (Waterman), Aug. 3— Chairman, Walter Wallace; Secretary, provide a guide to the public. Eugene Ray. One man logged and Since responsible authorities are still working out standards, "Life's" one hospitalized In Bremerhaveiv. Re­ pairs started but not completed. Old claim that prefab shelters can be constructed within a few hours by magazines to be given to the Seaman's two men using only a screwdriver and wrench doesn't seem reliable, in Institute at Rotterdam. Holland. Each member should donate to ship's fund this writer's opinion. for taking care of ship's business. If you feel you do need a shelter, and are unwilling to wait until Crew asked to take eare of linen and not use it for sougeeing. standards of adequacy are established, or the situation is clarified, our advice is to at least first ask your local Civil Defense office for a list ATLAS (Tanker* A Tramps), Aug. < —Chairman, Adkins; Secretary, W. H. of qualified contractors and recommended plans. Don't sign a contract Simmons. One man missed ship in Trinidad; one left in hospital in Trini­ ontil you do. US Runaway Plants O'seas Keep Growing Must Be A Monster F. J. McQueeney. No beefs reported by department delegates. Request to keep doors locked outside, turn oft washing machine, flush toilets, do not wear underwear in mess halls. SAN MARINO (Peninsular), Aug. 3 —Chairman, Jcue Baugher; Secre­ tary, F. J. McQueeney. No beefs re'ported by department delegates. Oew requested to turn off washing machine when finished using it. Do not wear underwear In mess halls. Flush all toilets. HILTON (Bull), Aug. 23—Chairman, M. J. Danieyi Secretary, P. Shauger. No beefs reported by department del- dad. $35 in ship's fund. Television set to be fixed. No spare fans or .parts on ship. Crew asked to remove clothes from washing machine when finished. Vote of thanks to steward department. ALAMAR (Calmar), Aug. 10—Chair­ man, C. A. Bellamy; Sacretary, Don Peterson. No beefs reported by de. partment delegates. Request to bring cups in from deck. Crew should wear pants in mess hall, keep heads clean, let the delegates handle all ship's business at the payoff. egates. Vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department. Everything running smoothly. EDITH (Bull), Aug. 20—Chairman, Pat Murphy; Secretary, Walcy Thom­ as. $4 in treasury. No beefs re­ ported to delegates. Vote of thanks to steward department for good food served. ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), Oct. 6— Chairman, B. N. Gay; Secretary, T. C. Ouerton, Jr. All soiled linen should be put In proper place. $14,90 in treasury. No beefs reported by dele­ gates. CAPE HENRY (Northern), No dato —Chairman, Carroll Quinnt; Secre­ tary, Robert Saunders, Icebox in recreation room to be fixed. Some disputed OT. No LOQs received since company in operation. Check with patrolman. Complaint again regarding use of onion. Steward asked to avoid heavy use of same. FRANCES (Bull), Sept. 24—Chair­ man, George P. McCartney; Secre­ tary, Carlos DIez. Two delayed sail­ ings: one is disputed and will be settled at the pay-off. Consideration should be shown to the brothers off wulcii who are trying to sleep. No beefs reported. Headquarters report No. 251 accepted in entirety. Anyone who needs a light bulb ^ould ask the electrician Instead of taking them from the passageways or heads. Car­ penter had two wrenches stolen from him. SUZANNE (Bull), Sept. 4—Chair­ man, T. Gallagher; Secretary, none. No beefs reported by department delegates. Motion mads to practice safety or do away with safety meet­ ings. Union to see If company can supply more shore bread. Vote of thanks to stewards for a Job well done. - Peering over the tide, SlU crswmembers en the XraiMWl*"! loo|( like they'r# weitieq /for. lomething—ror someone—-to drop iq on them, It really .wasn't that serious; stores were due aboard end thfy. wented to see what's on the menu. • On another front, the Army finally conceded officially that some 440,000 tons of coal being purchased from US suppliers for use at American bases in West Ger­ many is subject to the "50-50" law. The matter had been the subject of dispute for several months. Over 40 shiploads of coal cargo to be shared by American-flag and for­ eign lines are involved. With the "50-50" decision made. Army officials asked the Military Sea Transportation Service to ar­ range the chartering for the Ameri­ can-flag half of the Shipments. Defense officials originally wanted to ship all of the tonnage on for­ eign vessels. The first shipment of the US Army coal has reported­ ly gone out on a Norwegian vessel. The $11.5 million army coal concontract, the largest negotiated in the industry for some time, not only means a boost for US ship­ ping. It will also give a shot in the arm to the ailing mine industry. All the coal will come from 15 Pennsylvania mines. At the same time, mine Interests noted that this year's contract was HILTON (Bull), Aug. »7—Chairman, M. J. Danzey; Secretary, P. L. Shau­ ger. Nothing to report. Everything running smooth. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to steward and galley. BAM MARIHO (Peninsular), Sept. 3 —Chairman, Jesse Baugher; Secretary, SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), Sept. 10—Chairman, none lilted; Secretary, J. RIclly. H. M. Connell elected new ship's delegate. No beefs reported by department delegates. Keep laundry room clean. Do not run washing machine too long. MONTAUK (American Bulk Car­ riers), Sept. 23—Chairman, C. W. Jor­ dan; Secretary, P. G. Vaughn.' No beefs reported, by department dele­ gates. Have ship fumigated. See patrolman about very bad mail serv- by European suppliers. They ex­ pressed hope that orders for th® next fiscal year would all com® from American sources. For Use In Rush Only The Air Force is supposed to us® commercial air freight only when there is a rush for the material. However, Air Force brass blushingly explained that officials in the military assistance program felt military air service to certain countries "was not satisfactory." On the other hand, the Army and Navy use the Military Air TVansport Service when they ship th® same type of cargo by air. Basing its estimate on an exarnination of air freight vouchers turned in by commercial carriers, the GAG said th< Air Force paid over $5.5 million for commercial airlifts of military cargo over a 12-month period. "On the basis of limited tests, we estimate that this cost would not have exceeded $1 million" if shipped by surface car­ riers, the agency noted. The ac­ counting office said there was no rush for most of these items and the bulk of It was non-critical material. Among the examples of the wasteful spending for commercial air freight when shipping could have been used, was this one: the Air Force shipped English lan­ guage training equipment to sev­ eral countries by commercial air at a cost of $125,000. The order covered 56 shipments, including an $18,000 item to Thai­ land and a $14,000 consignment to Turkey. The GAO said that over $100,000 could have been saved on this cargo alone. Ice. Repair water fountain. Discus­ sion about baker; baking is improving. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmlen), Sept. 24—Chairman, Peter McDonald; Sec­ retary, C. K. Hippard. Company again taking on bad water at Djibouti. Stew­ ard left ship at Gibraltar because of illness. Ship's delegate sent radio­ gram to headquarters. $7.97 in treas­ ury. Some disputed overtime. No other beefs reported. See patrclraan about canned milk and find out about dating all milk coming aboard. Need new washing machine. CITIES SERVICE BALTIMORE (Cities Service), Oct. 11—Chairman, W. Willdridge; Secretary, John H. Elliott. Steward ordered a new wash­ ing machine. No beefs reported by department delegates. Have crew foc'sles painted. FAIRLAND (Sea-Land), Oct. 14 — Chairman, O. Claussen; Secretary, Walter Newberg. $11.05 in treasury. Toilets back aft need more pressure. Crew agrees that at meeting before each payoff new delegates be elected for one month. Vote of thanks by new to the steward department and also from the deck department to the bosun for a job well done. AZALEA CITY (Sea-Land Service), Oct. 13—Chairman, Scotty MacCormick; Secretary, A. F. Fontaine. P. Del Valle will check wHh patrolman concerning delayed sailing and other disputed OT. $4..')0 on hand. No beefs reported by delegates. Ship needs to be fumigated. JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman), Oct. 8 —Chairman, William Seltzer; Secre­ tary, Marcel Jeffe. $28.01 in treasury. No beefs reported. Marcel Jette elected new ship's delegate. George Cragg elected treasurer and safety delegate. Room keys to be distributed to proper rooms. Mate will be asked for a list pertaining to the slopchest. SHORT HILLS (Sea-Land), Sept. 21 —Chairman, Red Sullivan; Secretary, Roy J. Barker. No beefs reported by department delegates. Something should be done about the deck cargo, as there should be ample room to walk back aft without danger of get­ ting injured. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Keep all cardboard and wooden boXes out of garbage cans while in port. CITIES SERVICE MIAMI (Cities Service), Sept. . 19—Chairman, C. . A. Kaust; Secretary. Robert W. Doff. No beefs reported. Repair pump for washing machine. Need garbage cans for me.ss room. Brother Kaust elected new ship's delegate. r-\ �Par* Elchteea SEAFARERS Joseph B. Loffue, MD, Medical Director What Happens At Fifty? 5 fI' ' 1. H Kofemhee, 19tl All the following SIU families have received a^$200 maternity benefit plus a. $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name, representing a total of $7,200 in maternity benefits and a maturity value of $900 in bonds: Strange things seem to take place with the "average" and "normal" Eileen Braun, born" June 30, Ivan Durning, New Philadelphia, Mrs. Jerome Chapkewitz, New male when he hits the age of 50. It may well be a mark of our own York, NY. society and its rapid development over a short span of years. Whatever 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leo Ohio. 4 4 4 the cause, it seems to be a medical fact. Of course, there are ways to Joseph Braun, Jr., Austin, Texas. 4 4 4 J. 3^/ Greg E. Davis, born July 19, Joela A. Selhy, born August 28, help our man out of his dilemma if he's ready and willing to seek and Michael A. Donnelly, born Au­ 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Goi'don 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joe 0. accept such help. The Group Health Association of America, Inc. has gust 10, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. L. Davis, New Orleans, La. drawn a "tintype" of this fellow and what may be done to assist him. Selby, Genoa, Texas. Henry B. Donnelly, Lacombe, La. It makes an interesting story. 4 4 4 4 ,4 4 4" 3^ Patricia Degollado, born July 22, Jimmy Thomas was a successful man in his community, but he be­ Thomas J. Zilkovsky, born Au­ Lisa Kennedy, born August 30, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Mar- gust 18, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. gan to run scared. He bought a sports car. He drove a little faster and a little more recklessly. He wore colorful clothes. He began to act the 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wil­ gartto Degollado, Houston, Texas. Edward Zilkovsky, Linden, NJ. playboy. He was a bit less pleasant to live with. He began to have a liam £. Kennedy, 8-Mile, Ala. • 4 4 4 4 4 4 t ^ 4 series of minor illnesses that kept him from work. He drank more. He Michael Murr, born September Hayden F. Henry, Jr., born Au­ Robert Reynolds, born August 8, was critical of everyone—both at home and at work. In short, he lost 5, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. 1961,-to Seafarer and Mrs. Harry gust 3, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. many of the qualities that had made him a community leader. Michael G. Murr, New Orleans, La. Hayden F. Henry, Nicholson, Miss. What had happened? There was nothing he could put his finger on T. Reynolds, S. Ozone Park, NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 but suddenly he had realized he was at the peak of his achievements. 4 4 4 Maude S. Cooley, born August Marcia Gullett, bdrn July 30, He lost his self-confidence. Others were threatening his position, and Daniel S. Schafer, born August 10, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ben­ there was no place to go in his business but down. He felt he couldn't 27, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wil­ 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Clifton jamin Cooley, Citronnelle, Ala. put in a full day's work without being exhausted. He was no longer able liam Schafer, Oakland, California. Gullett, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 to keep up the pace he had always run. Worst of all he couldn't do all 4 4 4 4 4 4 Nedia Rivera, born September these things. Even his sex life seemed to be affected. Brian Glass, bom June 23, 1961, Leonard, Celden Francis, born 14, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Al­ Looked For Causes to Seafarer and Mrs. John Glass, September 19, 1961, to Seafarer fonso Rivera, Hermanas Davila, What did he do? He began to look for reasons. He needed someone Glen Burnie, Md. and Mrs. Leonard Francis, Manteo, Puerto Rico. on whom to blame his failures. Others were undercutting him and 4 4 4 NC. 4 4 4 trying to get his job, home, his security. Teresa Pitre, born August 18, Tina Marie Varnan, born Au­ 4 4 4 In many ways he set out to prove that he was still the same old guy. 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ladlis Ley Hillary Chapkewitz, born gust 3, 1961, to Seafarer anoTMrs. He became a sport. He tried different sexual outlets'. He made more Pitre, Oberlin, La. September 6, 1961, to Seafarer and James Varnan, Supply, NC. noise to attract attention. He began to point up his as;iociates' failures, 4 4 4 so he would appear as the one competent person in the outfit—at least Ophelia N. Airey, born May 2, The deaths of*the following Seafarers have been report­ to those around him. 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Frank Where did this get him? Nowhere in particular. He was fortunate 0. Airey, Seattle, Wash. ed to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and a total of $24,500 enough to land in the hands of a doctor who knew what was going on in benefits was paid. (Any apparent delay in payment of 4 4 4 in Jimmy. After conferences with his family and a few close friends, claims is normally due to late filing, lack of a beneficiary Antonio Lin, born July 4, 1961, 'the doctor began to develop in Jimmy an understanding of himself. It card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates.) to Seafarer and Mrs. Sing Quez took a lot of study, understanding and patience, but Jimmy emerged Lin, New York, NY. from this crisis with greater strength than he had ever shown. He George Dobronich, 46: , Pneu­ ceiving special disability benefits 4 4 4 seemed headed for a long period of inner peace and greater social monia was the cause of death of- since 1956. His widow, Gladys Carla Joy Ireland, born Septem­ usefulness. Brother Dobro­ George, of Mobile, survives. Burial ber 13, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Such is the tale recently told 4 ^ nich on October was at Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile. by a leading internist, himself in is inner rather than superficial. Jackie Ireland, Lowland, North 25, 1961 at the Total benefit, $4,000. tiie middle fifties, of the trials of Those who fail become eternally Carolina. USPHS Hospital, 4 4 4 4 4 4 the energetic male undergoing bitter—if they survive. New Orleans, La. William J. Morris,- 61: Pneu­ Amelia Carbalio, born Septem­ signs of change. This is the story fie joined the (Comments and suggestions are monia was the cause of death to of the male who has little tangible invited by the Department and can ber 11, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. SIU in 1941 and Morris to tell him that his energy balance be subniittent to this colunvi care Jose Carbalio, New York, NY. • sailed in the deck Brother September is shifting. He faces a time of great of the SEAFARERS LOG). department. Sur­ on 4 4 4 fear, frustration and confusion. Dawn Kama Jacobson, born viving is his 21, 1961, at Conva­ July 23, 1961, to Seafajpr and Mrs. widow, Mrs. Mary Ulmens New Drives Home, Walter Jacobson, Houston, Texas. Dobronich, of Arabi, La. Burial was lescent Many who have previously been Savannah, Ga. in St. Bernard Cemetery, Arabl. been stable members of the com­ 4 4 4 He began sailing Sandra Bowman, born August Total benefit: .$4,000. munity become unwittingly driven with the SlU en­ 11, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. to alcoholism, hypochondriasis, an­ 4 4 4 Seafarers who have taken the John Bowman, New Orleans, La. Andrew Stauder, 57: A heart gine department ti-social behavior, suicide and even series of inoculations required condition was fatal to Brother in 1942 and had murder. Insecurity, depression, and 4 4 4 been receiving Michael Flood, born October 1, Stauder on Sep­ anxiety lead to frantic behavior. for certain foreign voyages are special disability benefits since When these behavioral changes are reminded to be sure to pick up 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. John T. tember 1, 1961 at 1960. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. New Orleans, La, recognized, and the individual their inoculation cards from the Flood, Philadelphia, Pa. Catherine M. Bell, of Savannah. seeks help or is persuaded to ac­ captain or the purser when they He had shipped 4 4 4 Burial was in Bonaventure Ceme­ cept it, much can be done to tide pay off at the end of a voyage. Sandra Marino, born September with the SIU in The card should be picked up 12, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. the steward de­ him over this period. tery, Savannah. Total benefit: A true evaluation of assets and by the Seafarer and held so that Carlo Marino, New Orleans, La. partment since $4,000. potentialities, reassurance that it can be presented when sign­ 1951. A friend, 4 4 4 4 4 4 the.se changes are normal and capa­ ing on for another voyage where Marie Mazzarieilo, born Septem­ Evelyn Spears, August Jensen, 61: Brother Jen­ ble of adjustment, and bringing in­ the "shots" are required. The ber 18, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. of New Orleans, sen died on October 1, 1961, at the to focus aims of the following inoculation card is your only Frank Mazzarieilo, Staten IsFand, survives. Burial USPHS Hospital, proof of having taken the re­ years do help relieve these anxie­ NY. was in Cypress Grove, New Or­ Staten Island. ties. Those who emerge from these quired shots. leans. Total benefit: $500. 4 4 4 NY. A member Those men who forget to pick trials turn out to he productive Lisa Jones, born September 17, 4 4 4 of the SIU sines up their inoculation card when community leaders, elder states­ Raphael Sirignano, 60: Brother 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Farris 1943, he shipped men, senior members, counsellors, they pay off may find that they Jones, Portsmouth, Ya. Sirignano died of a' heart attack in the deck de­ ' wise old heads, the balance wheels are required to take all the at hom^ in Stat­ 4 4 4 partment 'and "shots" again when they want of the community. Patricia Kokoszka, born Septem­ en Island, New had been receiv­ Their wisdom and tolerance as­ to sign on for another such voy­ ber 7, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. York, on April ing special disa­ sure for them a position money age. Edward Kokoszka, Baltimore, Md. 27, 1961. He had bility benefits couldn't buy, and their happiness been sailing on 4 4 4 since July 2, Norman R. Foster, born August SIU railroad tugs 1961. Surviving is his widow, Marie 30, 1961, to Se^arer and Mrs. since June, 1960. Jensen, of Huntington Station, LI, Floran Foster, Springhill, Ala. Surviving Is his NY. Cremation was at Greenwood, widow, Mrs. Tes- Brooklyn. Total benefit: $4,000. 4 4 4 sie Sirignano. St. Cathy L. Young, born January 4 4 4 Peter's Ceme­ 1, 1961, to Seafarer, and Mrs. Alejo Vila, 57: Brother Vila died tery, Staten Island, was the place James M. Young, Norfolk, "Ya. of Interment. Total benefit, $4,000. of pneumonia on October 26, 1961 4-44 at the Albert Marcella L. Howell, born August 4 4 4 John C. George, 65: A cerebral Einstein Medical 14, 1961, to Seafarer and iJlcB. Mar­ blood clot was the cause of death Center, Philadel­ vin E. Howell, Lucedale, Miss. phia, Pa. He was to Brother 4 4 4 a member of the Albert F. Derosby, born August George on Sep­ SIU since 1949 17, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Al­ tember 10, 1961 and shipped in at the Mobile bert J. Derosby, Houston, Texasi the engine de­ General Hospi­ 4 4 4 partment. A sis­ Mitchell Auger, born July 30, tal, Mobile, Ala. ter, Jane Landa, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jean He began sailing of Philadelphia, in the engine der Auger, Bell Mawr, NJ. survives. Holy Cross Cernetery, partment with 4 4 4 Yeadon, Pa., was the place of Ivan A. Duming, bom August the SIU In 1938 burial. Total benefit: $4,000) 28, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. and had been re­ Pick Up 'Shot' Card At Payoff C^' LOO �lfofwA«r,iNi SEAFARERS LOG Pace Niacfeca That's My Baby LOG-A-RHYTHM: The Soldier After some bad luck in Inchon, Korea (a fire in No. 4 hold that took two days to douse with both the crew and military personnel working around the clock and three more days to jettison a -^ater-logged wheat cargo—^LOG, October '81), the Steel Traveler (Isthmian) steamed into Kao Nsiung, For­ mosa, on its way back to the States. Seafarer Robert O'Brien, chief electrician, plays the proud father as he and his one-year-old daughter Mary Ann pose for the cameraman. The O'Briens, who hail from Salem, Mass., received a $200 wel­ fare benefit last October when Mary Ann joined the family. ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), August 28 — Chairman, Richard C. Busby; Secretary, A. Nail. No beefs reported hy delegates. Discussion about stevadores using steward department toilet. ROBIN KIRK (Moore McCormack), August 30 — Chairman, Edward Kresz; Secretary, Paul Finrow. $16.10 in treasury. No beefs reported by delegates. Ship's delegate to see about ordering new washing machine. Request to return cups to pantry. Use ship's fund to buy timer for washing machine. Fans needed in crew toilets; add to repair list. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), Au­ gust 20 — Chairman, John F. McGonnel; Secretary, F. S. Omega. Ma- loney named ship's treasurer. Beef about the cold water shower. Crew advised that a cooling .sy.stem was to be installed but the USPHS rejected it. Suggestion that a patrolman and USPHS olficial be asked to come down and explain why a cooling sys­ tem could not be installed. ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), Au­ gust 20—Chairman, C. De Hospedales; Secretary, A. Romero. $1.60 in treas­ ury. No beefs reported by department delegates. MADAKET (Waterma), Sept. 3 — Chairman, William G. Smith; Secre­ tary, Albert G. Espeneda. Everything running smoothly. Some repairs from last trip not done but this trip all will be done except painting of rooms. $3.19 In treasury. No beefs reported. Vote of thanks for job well done. Request crew and officers keep out of the galley. CARA SEA (Bleakley), September 3 —Chairman, P. Du Cloux; Secretary, Adriene Fecteau. No beefs reported by department delegates. Ralph O. King, new ship's delegate, to see the captain about opening slop chest. Engine delegate to see chief engineer about painting black gang fcc'slcs. - "When we hit this port of call," ship's delegate Kenneth Singh re­ ported, "our day for the draw fell on a weekend and, as the old story goes, most of us were pretty well cleaned put," / While in town, Singh and sev­ eral other crewmembers visited the Lucky Bar, where "J.C.", the proprietor, cashed the draw. , "That money looked awful good," Singh added. (See photo.) t Si The Atlas (Bull) found Itself with 100 cases of empty bottles aboard. The minutes don't explain the rea­ son for the large accumulation of glassworks, except to mention that the empties are "Cokes" and other soft drinks. With little effort, the gang could turn out a lot'of fancy table lamps. 4" 4" 4" Calling for the support of farm workers and improvement of con­ ditions for migrant laborers, the crew of the Chatham (Sea-Land) has submitted a resolution to head­ quarters. The document reads as follows: "Whereas, we are bound by our duty and need to support the ef­ forts of American workers to or­ ganize into our trade union move­ ment, and, "Whereas, agricultural workers, numbering about one million throughout the United States, are living under extremely poor con­ ditions, and, "Whereas, throughout the past smoothly. Ship received money for second safety award. $13.34 in ship'i fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck department to be taken up with pa­ trolman for clarification on equaliza­ tion of OT. LUCILE BLOOMFIELD (Bloomfleld), August 1$—Chairman, J. Noonan, Secretary, E. Houston. Old washing machine unsatisfactory: crew has chipped In and bought a new one. New crewmembers to donate $1 each for use and maintenance of same. C. Hughart elected new ship's dele­ gate. Joyner elected deck delegate. Jack Meyers engine delegate. Piszatowski steward delegate. No beefs reported. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Sept. 8—Chairman, E. A. Pappas; Secre­ tary, Ken Turner. Bennie Wienbcrg elected new ship's delegdte. No beefs reported. Motion made to have pas-, sengers feed at 0743 Instead of 0730 to have less confusion in the galley. Clocks need to be corrected. Replace old linens. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), Sep­ tember A—Chairman, Theo. W. Drobins; Secretary, M. S. Sospina. Ship's delegate reported everything running treasury. Some disputed OT. A mag­ nificent vote of thanks to. galley for excellent meals, very good service STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), Aug. 20—Chairman, Alexander D. Brodle; Secretary, Cedric R. Wood. 012.89 in Amid the tumult of battle a soldier lies Pondering the meaning of the soul. While mxin-made pyrotechnics rend the skies And death strikes indiscriminately below. He ponders the issue of life and., eternity In the precious shelter of his fox­ hole Struggles in his mind to set hie spirit free Wonders if there is immortality for the soul. He wonders what the Fates will decree And if there really is a God Wonders if death in battle is the - key To unlock his spirit from the bloody sod. The shells whine and the cannons roar loud As the Grim Reaper stalks the macabre scene The soldier wonders what comes after the shroud. If only he knew, he could die serene. Cashing weekend draw at the Lucky Bar in Kao Hsiung, For­ mosa, are Steel Traveler Seafarers Kenneth Singh, chief elec-trician (2nd from left), Howard Whiteley, messman, and Fritz Manard, AB. The ladies are some of the local hostesses. 100 years, various organizing ef­ forts have gone into this struggle, without the full support and en­ ergy of our trade unions, and "Whereas, the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO, has become defunct, leaving this field largely unor­ ganized and fully at the mercy of the Growers Association, now, "Therefore, be it resolved, that, we, the ship's crew of the SS Chatham, wholeheartedly recog­ nize the urgent need for full sup­ port of the agricultural workers to organize and attain the benefits of a higher standard of living, com­ and cleanliness. Appreciation was ex­ pressed to brothers who took time and trouble to set up and operate the movies every other night. Two shows given on movie night. ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), Sept. A—Chairman. Sidney Segree; Secretary, James K. Pursell. Every­ thing okay except for a few minor beefs. Steward department doing a good job. No beefs reported by dele­ gates. Motion made to write head­ quarters concerning clarification of sailing board time. Discussion on new vacation plan.'Suggest that Union clarify plan. HASTINGS (Waterman), Sept. !-• Chairman, August Lazzaro; Secretary, John E. Wells. Everything running smooth. Delegates asked to be pres­ ent at payoff. Discussion on class C shipping. Two men logged; one left ship in Panama City. One man signed on in Antwerp. By Carl Max McDaniel parable with the rest of organized labor." The crew urged that the resolu­ tion be reviewed for further ac­ tiont 4. 4Informality has reached the lim­ its on the San Marino (Peninsular) and the crew has decided to take action. From now on: "No more underwear in the mess halls." None at all? 4" 45" 4* Can anything be added to the thoughts of the anonymous dele­ gate on the FloBida State (Ever­ glades) who wrote: "Same old ship. Same old run. Same old crew. But it's nice." use. $10.05 in treasury. Vote of thanks to all delegates. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. All dirty coffee mugs should be put in sink. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment. Less noise in passageway. Vote of thanks to Captain Epperly. chief officer Fillipone, chief engineer Wyiie and first assistant H. E. High for cooperating with the crew at all times. PORTMAR (Calmar), Sept. 9—Chair­ man, B. L. Winborne; Secretary, A. C. Streeter. Everything running smooth. Vote of thanks to Captain Hamilton for his cooperation with the crew. Repair list to be made up and checked for necessary repairs. AZALEA CITY (Sea-Land), Sept. 10 —Chairman, Scotty McCormack; Sec­ retary, Paul Martin. Cooperation asked regarding inspections by Public Health. $8.50 in treasury. No beefs reported. Pedro Delvalle elected new ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward department. MOUNT EVANS (Bull), July 30— Chairman, F. McGuIre; Secretary, A. O. Arono. No beefs reported. Garbage cans to be scrubbed after use. Fan in messhaU out of order. Cots to be distributed. Keep natives out of passageways and foc'sles. Need screens for messhall. CHICKASAW (Waterman), Sept. 4— Chairman, Howard Menz; Secretary, Frank Kustura. One man missed ship in Okinawa; one hospitalized in Kobe. All men getting off to turn in room keys. Turn washing machine off after COASTAL CRUSADER (Suwannee), Sept. 2—Chairman, Kenneth Sterner; Secretary, Cliff Taggart. $2 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by deTegates. Amendment from Sword Knot accepted unanimously. CHATHAM (Sea-Land), Sept. 13— Chairman, Walter W. Le Claire; Sec­ retary, LInzy Bosley. No beets re­ ported. Larger tables needed in crew mess. Motion to give deck mainten­ ance men the bigger room next to cooks' room so steward can use their room for linen locker. See patrolman about allotments. Special vote of thanks to steward for grade A mcuut and incident.als beneficial to crew Big vote of thanks to baker for his pastries and breads. MARYMAR (Calmar), Sept. 24 — Chairman, John R. Marshall; Secre­ tary, Robert Kyle. No beefs reported by department delegates. Motion to do away with coffee urn and use coffee percolator. Vote of thanks to stewards for a job well done. Crew asked to remove personal wash from Unes after they are dried. TAMARA GUILDEN (Comm. Trans), Sept. 3—Chairman, S. E. Milli; Secre­ tary, R. Beliveau. No beefs reported by department delegates. New ship's delegate is Jay Cohen. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), Sept. 3—Chairman, Joe Cave; Secretary, Fred Shaia. Two men left in Spain. $19.61 in treasury. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), Aug. 2<—Chairman, Harry L. Baum; Sec­ retary, W. M. Wallace. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. $6 in treasury. Motion carried to refer dispute on demotion of fireman Abad to boarding patroiman. Steward re­ quested crew to take care of cots and not to leave 'hem on deck. DEL SUD (Mississippi), Sept. 24— Chairman, C. Dowling; Secretary, Thos. O. Rainey; $137.20 in treasury. No beefs reported. Motion to donate $25 from ship's fund to Houston vic­ tims of hurricane Carta. Theo D. James elected ship's delegate. Open­ ing of ship's delegate's mail by un­ authorized personnel should stop. PENN EXPLORER (Penn Shipping), Sept. 17—Chairman, J. Dickerson; Secretary, A. Bernard. Need new re­ frigerator and washing machine. $1.50 in treasury. All steward department rooms to be sougeed out. Dry store­ room to be sougeed and painted due to weevil and worms. Vote of thanks to radio operator for posting news of ball games and other news. CITIES SERVICE BALTIMORE (Cities Service), Sept. 19—Chairman, J. Kauanagh; Secretary, Fennell. Turn in all old linen. No beefs reported by department delegates. B. Willridge elected new ship's delegate. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), June 18—Chairman, H. A. Oroneo; Secre­ tary, C. B. Cobrom. $17.25 in treasury. $5 donated to American Merchant Ma­ rine Library. Motion to write to headquarters re getting three fans in each room. FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), Sept. 3—Chairman, John Trust; Sec­ retary, J. T. Linhart. $14 in treasury. No beefs reported by department del­ egates. T. D. York elected new ship's delegate. Messhall needs painting. Should replace toaster. I t^l,yCLNSF£UAlYi:)U Muer SB f^B A/£|V C«p/AJARV'-. FIRGrrRlF,BHP SoO'LL I'M Twe lOME JHESBA... M>y/Bf^OflE..» \CAPrAlN!S -rue CLBAt4 FBEUN&OF- WORK 'HePHEW, WBLLOORB..A'BrC. VKMOvC... ETC., JBTCy ETC,., 'is THAT mi IT. THB M/All/TEIIA/D �Open Wide IOG-4-KHYTHM; The Twelve to FourWatch By Amos B. Beinhart The Captain's standing orders say, These are the rules you must obey; A sha.p lookout shall be main­ tained. To Jiaiiclsomely steer you will be trained. Eriroute to the bridge, use the out­ side stair, (You come awake in the fresh air). Shoii'd the weather worsen from bad to badder, Then you may use the inner ladder. Don't shoot the breeze with the mate on watch, (He's already fit for the booby hatch). In coming and going about the deck. The rigging and gear occasionally check. " If anything seems to be out of sorts. Come to me with your report. When we get the pilot aboard at last. Moke sure the ladder is made well fast. Be sure to have a heaving line ready. Rij ihi steps and make sure they're steady; If he's coming or going from the ship at night, Co to the boat deck and train the light. A few additions I would mafce. For seamanship and order's sake. When tying up, or in undocking, (And this also applies to Panama locking). An able seamon is to be at the winch» To make sure that it runs without a hitch; To tend the propeller guard is to be The permanent duty of the ordi­ naries. •At oil times when approaching the pier. Have'two heaving lines coiled and clear; To send ashore our mooring lines, Without a second's loss of time. When the dock on the horizon Cliff Toggart, steward appears. aboard the Coasted Cru­ Heave away with gour line, amidst sader, pries open the mouth the cheers of en eight-foot-shark he Of all assembled, as it falls short.. caught on • recent trip. Then try again—^when we're closer to port. "Look, Ma, no cavities," said the shark. Since no self-respecting rat would stoop. To come up the hawsers to the poop; With rat guards, aft, we're not equipped, somehow; The second mate has them all at the bow. That's all for now, I'll end this song; Seafarers on the City of Alma Except . . . please make the coffee had an unexpected two-day stop­ good and strong, . over at Castle Island, Bahamas, One spoon of sugar and a little when the vessel went aground cream in. When you relieve the wheel, bring near the Caribbean Isle early this month. it hot and sleamii?! Enroute from Los Angeles to Gal­ veston, the Waf;erman C-2 reported­ ly suffered no major damage and no injuries to crewmembers at the time of the mishap. She was spotted by the foreign-ffag motorTwo of the SlU's fraveltng ship Cludad de Cumana while photogs stopped by the perched on the bar. LOG office to drop off The two-day period on the "high some of their handiworlc to and dry" came to an end when be shown to fellow Seafar­ local tugs hauled the Alma back ers: At left. Lars4lensen, to deep water and she resumed her who also sails on deck, run to Texas. The vessel arrived caught shipmate Louis at Port Newark on November 10. Torres, A6, having a high time painting down ons of the masts while in Jakarta. It looks like Brother Torres has a long way to go— either up or down. On the Steel Scleiitist, also on the Far East run, George W. Scott snapped night cook & SlU AtkinHc, Gulf baker Elios P. Novor (be­ Lakos & inland Waters low,- left) far from his usual District haunts. Navor doubles as PRESIDENT « tonsorial artist and was Paul HaU doing the honors for chief" EXECirriVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner mate M. E. Ryder when VICE PRKIDKNTS Scott came by. Alma Caught High And Dry Shutterbugs Show Stuff i BIRECTOBT ^ Nov«ailMr, IMl SKAPARBUS tOG Twentr ' s ^ \ . ' Claude Simmons Llndsey Williams Earl Shepard AI Tanner SECRETARY-TRBAStlRER AI Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES BUI HaU Bd Mooney Pred Stewart BALTIMORE UIO B. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON . . 276 State St. John Fay. Agent Richmond a-0I40 DETROIT urns W. JeRerson Ave. Vlnewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS....BIS 4th Ave., Bklyn HYacintb 9-6600 HOUSTON 4303 Canal St. Paul Drozak, Agent CApltal 3-4089; 3-4080 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE., Jax William MorrU, Agent ELgln 3-0987 MI.AMl 744 W. Wagler St. Ben Gonzales, Agent FRankUn 7-3S64 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Louis Neira, Agent HEmlock 3-1754 NEW ORLEANS 830 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens. Agent Tel. 329-7540 NEW VORK....". 679 4Ui Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 NORFOLK 410 CoUey Ave. Gordon Spencer. Acting Agent 625-6505 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St Ray Oates. Acting Agent DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO 400 Harrison St. Bill Hall. Acting Agent Douglas 3-4401 SANTURCE. PR 1313 Fernandet Juncot, Stop 30 Keith Terpe. Hq. Rep, Phone 723-0003 SEATTLE 8006 1st Ave. Ted Babkowskl. Agent Main 3-4334 TAMPA 812 Harrison St. Jeff Gillette. Agent 24-3471 WILMINGTON, CaUf 505 N. Marine Ave Reed Humphries. Agent Terminal 4-3326 DSL NORTH (Delta) July 33—ChatrRMm, MiMlp ColMi) SMToHry, Unnle NarsMheiiMr. lte»orte« •new chemical tor kUUag roadkae vrtU M used. 8188 pn hand with • vote el thanks. Ne eeefe reported by depart­ ment deleSBte*. Nceon eleetcd chip's delegate. Have the air coadltlonlng checked and other quarters. One min­ ute of sUence for departed brothers. Btqwartl wUl «Ta«r now nottrossog •Bd wtBdohuto. Hovo palrolMa clMck Hsattreooos hs foe'aUa. Ordeg perthele acroMis. moods (iimUimItom. Crow •Meed met t» samk* moism whMi snea are sl«*iMmc mmd mot tg wear aborU in wiessreomt. Turn !• •U ekcesa Uaen ot mext iasu* Cor WUmlmgtan. Vote •( thanka tm. steward department. ATLAB (Cargo A Tonkshlp), APE. TAMARA auiLOEN (Transport Cemmerclet) July 38 — Chairman. i—Choirman, Pbllig C. Adklnw SecraCharles Martin,, ggcrotary, Idwerd tary, W. H. Simmons. 338 left Im SkorupsM. Crew wants more coopera­ ship's fund as VU was deducted in tion from the galley. Washing ma­ Yokosuka. Japan, to purchooo library chine to ha ahut off after using. This books. Soma -disputed OT in deck ship has one man to a foc'tle and Is department. Two members from the air-conditioned. It has windows In­ Danny Boy which was sold in Korea stead of portholes. tUed floors, ma­ Joined sltlp at Yokosuka. Contacting hogany rahlnets and lockers and for­ Union ro transportation or monies due theae men. Good crew attoardj mica-paneled bulkheads. no boefs In engine and oteward deiSrtmonls. Suggestions made that FINN TRANSPORTIR (Penn Nsvlcicvlslon bo repaired at next port! gstlon) August 8—chalrmsn. Psrcy chief engineer order spare tans and parts. No spares aboard. Each man clean washing. machine after use. Check on ice machine placed aboard ship. Vote of thanks to steward de­ portment for flne Job. f •iny Bersri Secretenr, Charles Brinton. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates except disputed OT. Crew not to leave Baltimore harbor with this ship unless ths smokestack is fixed. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment. TIMBER HITCH (Suwanntt), July 38—Chalrmsn, J. P. Johnioni Seeretsry, Paul Magre. Ship'a delegate notified headquarters of the death of Brother W. S. Smith. Disputed OT referred to headquarters. Ship's treasurer DeSllva made motion that crew donata 81 to ihlp'i fund. Dis­ cussion on helping to keep messhall clean, also crew pantry. Messmen's quarters need painting. Mattresses 111 bad shape—request for new ones. Insufficient slopchest. Mall service Is very liad. Request for OT sheets and LOGs. ALCOA PEOASUS (Alcoa), Aug. 37—Chairman, Edward Morris) Secratery, temuel A. Selomen. Treasurer reported 33.10 in ship's fund. No LOGS or communications received from headquarters. New mattresges and pillows needed. JEAN LA PITTS (Waterman), Sept. 4—Chairman, P. P. Droiak; Sacrotary, E. Moonty. Ship's delegate re­ ported one man missed ship In Japan. Ship needs fumigation for roaches. Discussion on Increase of benefits. Crew very happy over the gains. Malt service very bad. Request Union check with cfompany to see if we could get better service. FAIRLAND (Sea • Land), Aug. 13 —Chalrmsn, A. ' Arnold,- Secretary, Walter Newberg. Everything in order and no beefs. One man missed ship In Houston. Texas. $11.30 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to steward depart­ ment. See patrolman about vent in crew quarters and roaches aboard ship. TRANS - INDIA (Hudson Water­ ways), Aug. 12—Chairman, 0. L. Dlckerson; Sacretsry, R. E. Ayers. One member In hospital in Laurenco Mar­ ques. Washing machine out of orJter. Need new drinking fountains as they have been out of order all trip. Two men short In deck department. June LOG not received. OVERSEAS EVA (Overseas Cu­ rlers, July 9—Chairman. A. ReaskO) tacretary, N. P. Davis. Ship's dele­ gate reported one man hospitallced CALMAR (Cslmsr), July 19 — in Karachi and. one" in Rotterdam. One man missed ship in Massawa. Chairman, N. Kondylas; Secretary, A. Clarification on draws in bunker Whltmer. No beefs reported. Crew ports received from headquarters. requests new washing machine. No Discussion on lack of cold water in ship's fund. One man hospitalized In shower while in the Persian Gulf. Long Beach. California. Baker re­ Vote of thanks to Mr. Dalilgren, the quests patrolman to come to ship re chief mate, for a very fine Job of alleged inferior baked products. taking care of the sick and. injured OCEAN DINNV (Maritime Ovsron this voyagrt S51.23 left in ship's Aug. 4—Chairman, Paul L. fund. Crew voted to give it to the seas), Whitlow) Secretary, Norman DuBais. men in hospital. $10,77 used for Captain says he will pay anyone off telegrams to Union. Crew complained at request on 34-hour notlco. Time about ship's ventilation system. off discussed. Should be a depart­ Should be cleaned and repaired. New mental issue, and not Involve whole mattresses were not received. Pil­ ship. Discussion on hospital slips lows ordered for next voyage. Will and pos.sibilil.v of Coast Guard medi­ take problem of ship being Insuf­ cal exams. Crew asked to request ficiently stored with patrolman. Vote slips only if needed. Ship's fund $10. of thanks to the cooks. No beets reported b.v delegates. Sug­ gestion that if ship lays up. the ship's 'VAKA (Waterman). July 21—Chair­ fund be turned over to Salvation man, M. Cross) Secretary, D. S. Army, AMMI Library or Catnollc Sea­ Cotseff. Ship's delegate reported that men's Club at discretion of treasurer. the messhall was painted. Pantry Vote of thanks to steward and the not painted for more than one year. galle.v forre for putting out very good See the patrolman about this and food. Steward thanked crew for lino other beefs atioard ship,- One man cooperation given to him. hospitallMd In Long Beach. Motion HASTINGS (Watorman), Aug. 8— to have patrolman submit a type­ written copy of clarification regard­ Chairman, August LanSro) Seerotsry, John Wells. Nicolas Capulo ing cooUe labor, and this to be post­ ship's delegate. No beefs re­ ed on crew's bulletin board In mess- elected ported by department delegates. room. Ship shoulil be fumigated for Everything is running smoothly. roaches in shipyard. Steward de­ partment given a vote of thanks for STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), the good food. no data—Chairman, T. Crawford) Bocrotory, J. Fuller. No draws on over­ MANKATO VICTORY (Victory time In foreign ports. No beefs re­ Carriers). July 37—Chainhan, Bill ported b.v department delegates. Sug­ Eeuden Secretary. Tex Jacks. Crew gestion- for separate watch table and asked to bring back coffee cups lunch In Ice box for men who sleep when finished with them, also to through noon meal. Night lunch to take clothes off Una when dry. No have more variety and .should have beefs reported by department dele­ pastries at coffee time. Letter to be gates. Motion made to lock screen sent to headquarters about tax taken doora to keep out longshoremen. out of shipyard subsistence. No LOOi or eommiiniratlons received last trip. Ship needs fumigation. Beefs not settled fully In San Fran­ PANOCEANIC PAITH (Panecean- cisco. Crew aaked to be quiet In le), Aua. 34—Chairman, 6. Ruf) Sec­ passuueways in the morning. Men tary, k. U. Johnson. Ship's delegate standing watch at night awakened by reported one meal disputed. Take iip unnecessary noise. with boarding patrolman. Drinking OLOBE EXPLORER (Marltlma water tanks to be checked. Transpor­ tation issue alio to be brought to the Overseas), August S—Chairmen, J. R. Thompson; Secretory, Vernon Doug­ Union's attention. Master commented on the efficiency of the Mnitary men. las. A few hours disputed OT. $5 in Only BO quarts of milk obtained In treasury. No beefs reported by de­ Hawaiian Islands. Milk issue in gen­ partment delegates. Vote of thanks eral to be taken up with patroImaH. to Jack E. Gervals for a Job well $19.85 in ship's fund. Delegates to done as ship's delegate and to Union have patrolman check at sign-on If officials on the outcome ot the recent sufficient amount of US dollars or strike. Frank Van Dusen elected new « travelers checks are available for next ship's delegate. trip. PENS VOYAGER (Penn Ship­ BENT$ FORT (Cities Berylce). ping), August 19—Chairman, D. W, Aug. 11—Chairman, A. J. Olovanl; Tusk) Secretary, C. O. Straud. T. McSecretary. W. Casstdy. All repairs Raney elected ship's delegate. No completed. No cooperation on feeding beefs reported by department dele­ and menu very poor. Linen not gates. Request that garbage and changed often enough. Ship going to trash be put In cans provided aft. shipyard. Crew requests awnings aft DEL AIRES (Mississippi), August and on boat deck and stern, Request innerspring - mattresses Instead of 19 — Chairman, R. Ransome; Secrethcy, i. R. Llanos. $16 in ship's foam. fund. No. beefs reported by depart­ HERCULES VICTORY (Ocsan Car- ment delegates. Reque.st men using rlsrs), Aug. 22—Chairmen. William washing machines to clean them after Dedd; Secretary, P. J. Whitey John- use. ten. Crew list sent in. Quite a few SLOBB PROGRESS (Msrltlme Jobs will be open after paj'off at San Francisco. Captain pleased with crew Overseas), Augiist 28 — Chairmen, for top job done. $7.78 In ahlp's Stsnlsy F. Schuler; Secretary, Andy treasury. Andy Gowdcr elected ship's C. Nosh. Everything going smoothly, treasurer. No beefs reported b.v de­ Bight-day clock to be put In crew partment delegates. Fans In S-I3 to menroom. Wipers' overtime to be ba checked. Chief etectrlrlan states discussed With patrolman. Vote of no brushes or parts. Fans ordgrsd. thanks to the steward deparlment. �'.IMl 8, too Fag* T«ra(g-0*« I Overseas Rose Running Smooth Missing Captain Sought By^ Author To the Editor: I am happy to report that th* Overseas Rose (Maritime Over­ seas) is shaping up In good Sj style. All quarters, messhaus, pantries and the galley have been painted out this trip. Since the last writing, we have gone to Corpus Christi, Texas, where patrolman Steve Zubovich paid off the ship. I would like to say at this time that Steve did a dam good job of settling the beefs aboard the ship. Since then, all depart ments have been running To the Rdltor: At the present time, I am en­ gaged in research for a com­ prehensive work on Hie life of Eugene O'Neill. I wrote to you because I am trying to locate a Captain Henshaw (Henshawe or Hinshaw) who was a personal friend of O'Neill's. If he is still alive, the cap­ tain would be in his 70's or 80's. The last I know of him Is that he was a master of a tramp steamer that some of your men may have sailed on. He and O'Neill met by chance when O'Neill was a passenger on an­ other ship, at Manila in Decem­ ber, 1928. I don't know the Captain's first name or the name of his ship. I would appreciate hear- To The Bduor •mm All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer, Names will be withheld upon request. smooth, with very few beefs. It looks like a clean payoff next time. Robert Donnell, chief stew­ ard, is still turning out those good menus and he has a galley force that is turning out some really tasty chow. Special mention should go to Brother F. £. Smith, night cook and baker, who has been turning out very fine pastry. He's also, now doing double duty, since we had to leave our chief cook, J. A. Witchens, back in Cal­ cutta, India, due to illness. A vote of thanks is due to the entire steward department, as it has done a bang-up job. Speaking of Calcutta, I would like to caution all Seafarers who are going to India, to be sure and declare all money, ciga­ rettes, cameras, watches and anything else of value carried aboard. Indian customs of­ ficials take a very dim view of undeclart^d articles and do not hesitate to slap on a very heavy fine. We had a bit of a problem with customs this trip, and we owe special - thanks to Capt. James W. Maltland for the ef­ fort he extended to help the crew of this vessel in getting through customs. It's a toss-up where we're heading now. After discharging our grain from Texas, we start­ ed out for Portland, Oregon, and on the way received a ra­ diogram that we're chartered to States Marine.' Will write again when we know more about what's going on. Charle« J. Welbom Engine delegate In the faint light of a makeshift operating room, Seafarer Charles B. Jennings was able to snap this scene of the emergency surgery performed on the Coastal Sentry on shipmate Immanuel Attungiie. Above, doctor preparSt to remove infected appendix while missile technicians assist in the surgery. Seafarer Life Is Saved By First Operation At Sea Aboard SIUMissile Ship All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. .Names will be withheld upon request. ing from anyone knowing any­ thing about the man I'm seek­ ing. Write me at 5 Montague Ter­ race, Brooklyn, NY. Thank you for your cooperation. Louis Sbeaffer 4. t Truth is alwayi stranger and more exciting than fiction. That's what someone is always Offers Thanks saying, but the fact doesn't hit until you can see something actually happening. On Welfare Aid The men on the Coastal Sentry (Suwannee) had plenty of extra excitement aboard their To the Editor: A little note of appreciation vessel recently, although rid-" to the Seafarers Welfare Plan ing a missile ^ip and playing gency was over, and Attungue was and also a vote of thank.s to the on the road to recovery. a part in the Government's gpacs program provides lots of ac­ tion on its own. Events on the Sentry started out when one of the crew developed a ruptured appendix that had to come out. When there is no op­ erating room or surgical tools and the ship is riding in rough seas, then you've really got trouble. Jennings Mosely On Sunday, August 27, the Sen­ try was patrolling somewhere in by heavy swells, and the captain the Indian Ocean, waiting for an brought her about. This would give Attungue a smoother ride; the ship was taking green water over This article was submitted the bow. from the Coastal Sentry by Assisted by an improvised med­ Seafarer Charles B. Jennings, ical team utilizing the faint light electrician. of every available lamp, the doctor proceeded. On hand,' as part of the team, was the chief mate; Sea­ impending "Mercury" space shot. She had been on patrol for 30 farer C. E. Mosely, steward; two RCA technicians and the ship's op­ days since leaving Florida. erations manager, representing Down below. Seafarer Emman­ uel Attungue, AB, had been in sick Pan American Airways. bay for several days with acute As the night dragged on, sweat ai^pendicitis. As each hour passed, beaded the faces of everyone tak­ his condition grew steadily worse. ing part in the life-saving effort. At the same time, the Sentry Then, by 0025, the next morning, couldn't head back to port and had the operation ended. The emerto be on station for her basic mis­ mmm 5IU Disability S sion. (^uckily, the ship carried a med­ List Details in Eases Big Blow ical observer participating in the Cables To Union space shot series. Commander To the Editor: Frank H. Austin, Jr., Medical When notifying headquarters I'm receiving the disability by cable or wireless that a Sea­ Corps, USN. Checking over the benefit and It sure helped out a lot on accoupt of what hap­ ship's limited hospital facilities, farer has paid off in a foreign pened here. As you know, the Cmdt. Austin must have realized port because of injury or illness, big blow really hit Texas when he didn't have too much of a ships' delegates should Include hurricane Cai'la caxne. You've choice. As the ship's clocks ticked the following information: The man's full name, his SIU probably seen pictures of the •off, Attungue's condition was'be­ storm. I'm sending some -clip­ coming critical and at 2100, he de­ book number, name of the ship, the port of payoff and the hos­ cided to operate. pings in this letter. The operating room would be pital where he is being treated. The storm piled up ships and The response of ships' crews boats all over -the waterfront, the crew's messhall; a table would knocked power lines down and serve as the operating bench. At­ to the Union's request for these water seemed to cover the tungue was therefore prepared for notifications has been very good. whole state the way it looked surgery, and then carried into the Sometimes though, not all of the above Information has been to us. Anyway, the disability newly-set-up "operating room." check came in handy. I want to A spinal anesthetic was admin­ .included. Be sure to list all of thank the Union for this. help. istered, and Cmdr. Austin made this data so that the SIU can . Paul R. Albano the first Incision at 2157 hours. act as promptly as possible. The ship was roiling now, battered Now things returned to "nor­ mal.'..' The paraphernalia used as medical instruments was returned, the men went back to their regular jobs; technicians to their tracking posts, SIU crewmen to their shipboard duties. The emer­ gency surgeon, Cmdr. Austin, grabbed a breather until his mis­ sion on the Sentry is completed. He is due to report shortly on a new assignment at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. Somewhere in the Indian Ocean six men had saved another's life —far from the headlines made in space by the launching of Amer­ ica's newest space vehicles. Shipboard Sketches Philadelphia SIU welfare repre­ sentative who gave untiringly of his time to help my wife and I in our time of need. There was a little difficulty for a time in clearing up our case concerning the hospitaliza­ tion of our daughter. But in the long- run everything was taken care of. The point I wish to stress is that I was on a ship while everything was being set­ tled. The welfare office and welfare representative, working together with my wife, got it straightened away. So I wish to say for alT three of us, my wife, daughter and myself, our heartfelt thanks. Robert "Whites" Duff by Ben Graham "Y«« li«v* « caiciuin deficiency—-very leff bonesr' I �•Vi,^ Lvv^-Tr-- "• SEAFARERS Fare Tweatr-Twa LOG Norember, UCl Del Sud Crew Aids Shipmate Your Gear.. ^Gets Him Home For Funeral for ship •. • for shore Del Sud passenger utilityman Prince Baker (center) receives check covering crew's contribution of $447.50 from ship's delegate Beau James (right), while steward delegate A. A. Yaiiente looks on. When tragedy strikes a member of an SIU crew, his fellow Sea­ farers aren't always the hard-bitten types they're made out to be in movies and novels about the sea. The latest ease in point came up aboard the Dei Sud (Mississippi), when Prince Baker, passcngcr utilityman, received a cable ad­ vising him of his mother's sudden death in Chattanooga, Tenn. Baker faced the problem of not being able to get to the funeral, due to lack of the necessary cash to make up the plane fare. Immediately, Seafarers on the Deb-Sud swung intd* action. A vol­ untary collection was started aboard ship with the aid of the SIU delegates. The crew, hearirig of their brother's misfortune, re­ sponded with a total of $447.50. This was promptly presented to Baker, enabling him to fiy home in time for the burial. Before leaving. Baker expressed warm thanks for the assistance and spirit behind the* crews' action. His shipmates aboard the Del Sud sent a floral wreath on ahead too. Remember When? LOG-A-RHYTHM: Seamen's Papers—1918 Honeymoon By J. F. Wunderllch Js».mnal8(aa. Those moments of weakness. Those moments of love. Those moments of gazing At stars shining above. MxLMMSSiismOm iKiwsn Asiribifl oa 1 lo»>a 4<> oio {mwt iti I3M > . mi t; do herein cott% *' a oitott »l tisii The sea shines like silver. With light from the moon. Those nioments of passion. When dawn comes too soon. r 1 fcsrobjf «T*atwJ lJ« Iwfifer «s 4 Jmvn wostiowx! %Mi cwii fw •s'wifed by »iixstoow oa «i>d> Ritawtaeat dopaKaw ^ ^ :i» iikti* wbcoHif f («.» .1... * ...... •.... .. ^ *beiis«>S ' ';V-1*^ .. . I..«: r<asA -1^;3&. ;-- -rryrf ..-•iTtT—: «:::: S)»«fr«5?rof Ey«> VfiSfnUii^ Ix: :':' '•• ^ ~\ ^ -i. » y*. -c. a'.si'y .toX—."..Sfc, -v, owfiw or {(«?«!». , ^ < f A:n<'rW::: < 5()<Kfloas- <K. 5ji^uf <tr. ,. pr»t-»<.a< W on'-<' f» •• > • VSK . v"if fh'' J''> Quite a few Seafarers still sailing today probably recall these 1918-vintage seamen's documents issued in the US at that time. SlU oldtimer Jean R. Longhurst brought his old papers in to show fellow Seafarers what they—and he—looked like back then. The old papers are a far cry from the modern, plastic-laminated documents issued toaay. They were a four-sided affair (see above and below) which folded to fit a pocket or wallet. The rules provided that a Customs man had to issue the original documents and check them outbound from the country, while Immigration checked the papers in­ bound. World War i was on at the time. Sport Coats Slacks Dress Shoes Work Shoes Socks Dungarees, Frisko Jeens. CPO Shirts Dress Shirts Sport Shirts Belts Khakis' Ties Sweat Shirts T-Shirts Shorts Briefs Swim Trunks Sweaters Sou'westers Raingear Caps Writing Materials Toiletries Electric Shavers Radios Television Jewelry Cameras Luggage the Likes LOG News On Shipping J.. a«1i»s4 Whafever you need, in work or dress gear, your SIU Sea Chest Hps it. Get top quality gear at substantial savings by buying at your Union-owned and Unionoperated Sea Chest store. To the Editor: I would like to say that I enjoy receiving the LOG, as it keeps me informed on Union activities and also gives me the latest news concerning my many friends in the industry. At the present time I have my book in retirement, but I Btill visit the Baltimore hall •i it or All letters ip the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. occasionally to say hello to many of my former shipmates. F. P. Jeffords 4» 4- SIU Oidtimer Says Thanks To the Editor: Here are a' few words of thanks to the SIU and greetings to my fellow Seafarers. I've seen a number of my old friends on my last visit to the head­ quarters hall recently and I would like to say hello to all my former shipmates whom I haven't seen in a while. Thanks to the Union welfare, I'm feeling pretty well., I've been on disability for the past few years, and last spring I was in the hospital in Tampa. SIU welfare paid for the hospital and I have received the most wonderful attention from the fellows at welfare. . 1 - SEA CHEST Although I don't get around as well as I used to, I still visit the hall occasionally. But 1 want to put on the record my thanks to the Union and its Welfai;f Plan for -all the firstclass help they've given to me. I'm proud to be a part of the "Brotherhood of the Sea." August Steinmann Keep Up Healthy Say Plantermen To the Editor: According to the SEAFARERS LOG, we notice that the death list published each month is high. We feel some of the men could be living today if they had carried out their doctor's or­ ders. t a> 4. If your doctor tells you what not to eat, drink, or do,- heed what he says. He should know what he's talking about. Below are some of our ideas on this To the Editor: I enjoy reading the LOG very subject: If your clinic card is good for much when it arrives at our home. I drop everything I am only six months, and your doing and read it from cover to health is poor, why not try for a coastwise job in case medical cover. The SIU really is to be services are needed in a hurry. thanked for the excellent job it That way, any required treat­ is doing for its members. The ment can be obtained quickly only thing is, we wives of Sea­ and without too much difficulty. farers should have ID cards to Remember: Doctors' care and carry with us at all times. I say J conditions in hospitals are not this because I have read of this the same throughout the world. On board ship, as the saying idea in the LOG before and am goes, you're in your home away for it a hundred percent. from home. You have to take Margaret Farrand care of yourself, since nobody 4i 4' else can do it for you. If you're sick, your shipmates will try to help as well as they can. But they can't do everything for you. To the Editor: Keep cool. You may feel Just to set the record straight, rough and tough sometimes, but an article published in the. Oc­ soon enough you will meet your tober LOG stated that the crew match to cool you right off of tjie SS Del Sud (Mississippi) Don't expect a lot of sympathy; staged a benefit dance to enable everybody's got problems. my nephew Pete Cadare to buy The most important thing is an artificial limb. to be good and take care of Tlie fact is that his classmates yoursblf. Your health comes and friends from Loyola Col­ first and, if you watch it, you'll lege threw the benefit. The do you and your family the crew of the Del Sud bought" mo.st good. tickets, and received the thanks Conditions on board the of my nephew, but it was the Planter right now are good and .Loyola students who actually she's a clean ship. arranged the apr*ir. Leroy .Sw'ger Vie Miorana Ship's delegate ' Wants ID Cards For SIU Wives Benefit Affair Not The DeiSud's �SEAFARERS November, 1961 I' Olman Moralea Contact your mother In Costa Blca as. soon as possible. ^ Edward S. Skonipskl Get in touch with S. Frederick Placer, 276 Fifth Ave., New York 1, NY. 4" 3^ i 184 Gotamco, Philippines. Pasay City, the 3; 3i Franz R. Schwartz Mother would like to hear from you. Write V. V. Van Gordon, St. Joseph's Hospital, Room 203, Bremerhaven, Germany. 3, 3* 4> Raymond Queen The above-named or anyone The above-named or anyone knowing his whereabouts is asked knowing his whereabouts is asked to contact his wife, Betty Fielding, to contact his mother, Mrs. Peachie Queen, Cove Cap, West Va." llBrold Fieldinff Court Hits Convention Tax Favors V/ASIIINGTON — The US Su­ preme Court'is now taking a hard look at business tax deductions and, in the process, may take a lot of the conviviality out of the traditional business convention. In one ruling, the high court turned down a plea that all the time spent at the convention of a life insurance group was strictly for business purposes. A second case is expected to go the same way. The court held, as a matter of record, that conventions a^e usu­ ally intended as a bonus or re­ ward and were not primarily held to conduct business. Both the com­ pany involved and its representa­ tive were assessed for taxes origi­ nally deducted. Both cases presented a somber picture for discussion at a recent life insurance association conven­ tion in Chicago, where it wa.s con­ ceded that the emphasis would nbw be on teaching new sales ' techniques, announcing new prod­ ucts, sales methods, etc. All rec­ reation and play, it was asserted, would be confined to times be­ fore or after the strictly business portion of the g^hering and would have to be charged as a personal expense. The new approach will try to avoid severe tax penalties on com­ panies and officials by putting business back into the "business" convention. Under the court rulings and the pattern they are likely to set, the convention of the future would be packed with speeches, panels, meetings and "working" work­ shops. The usual vacation at­ mosphere would be secondary or, at least, would be present only after hours. Wives and children could be brought along at p'crsonal expense, not as a matter of rou­ tine business expense. The rollcall might also become an accepted practice and would mean an important benefit. It would be very u.seful later on if the tax man came aroundito ques­ tion a deduction. 4 t i Edward J. Bender Your sister, Mrs. G. B. Lopez, would like to hear from you. Con­ tact 3638 S. Bronson Road, Tucson, Arizona. 3i 3i mimm riNANCIAL REPORTS. Th* constitution Of tho SIU Atlantic, Gulf, takes and Inland Waters District makes specifio provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit •very three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the mem­ bership. 'All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. Should any member, for any reason, be refused his constitutional right to in­ spect these records, notify SIU Pre* lent Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. - m TRUST FUHBS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland iTaters Distriot are administered In accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management represent­ atives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are suido only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. If, at any time, you are denied information about any SIU trust fund, notify SIU President Paul Hall at SIU headquarters by certified mall, return jreceipt •requested. 3i> Fred Gentry Jimmie McDonald Write Nevin Ellis, 311-121st Ave., Tampa 12, Fla., about some clothes left at the Savannah hall. 3> Pare Twenly-Tbree LOG 3* Robert Raymer Get in touch with Allen An­ drews, Jr., PO Box 165, Salem, Wis. 3, 3> 3i' ' Zollie Evans, Jr. Contact your mother, Mrs. Theresa Evans, 149 N. 10th St., Lebanon, Pa. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected by the conrtracts of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and by Union shipping rules, which are incorporated in tho contract. Get to know your shipping rights. If you feel there has been any violation of your ship­ ping or seniority rights, first notify the Seafarers Appeals Board. Also notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters, by certified mail, return re­ ceipt requested. % CONTRACrrS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all 8IU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions ui^lor which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for or on the proper sheets and lU'the proper manner. If, at any tine, any . BIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. In addition, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. 3^ 3^ Jose Mercado Garcia Write to Ramon Torres, Box 272, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. 3 3 3 — Issidoros M. Kyriakos Get in touch with Issidore G. Kyriakos, SS Flying Independent, c/o Isbrandtsen Co., Inc., 26 Broadway, New York 4, NY. 3 3 3 Whoever picked up a white seabag with the name "Siesfeld" stenciled on the side is asked to return it to the closest SIU hall for forwarding to William G. Sies­ feld, care • of SS Jean Lafitte (Waterman). 3 3 3 Jerry King Important you contact Mrs. Bar­ bara King, care of Mrs. J. von Rosberg, 241 West Main St., Bayshore, Long Island, NY. 3 3 3 John Whisman Get in touch with Langsam & Langsam, 16 Court Street, Brook­ lyn 1, NY. 3 3 3 Donald Oakes Contact M. Edwrfrd Gross, 3813 Linden Avenue, Philadelphia 14, Pa. He is anxious to hear from you. 3 3 EDITORIAL POLICY—SE.^F.ARERS LOO. The LOO has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deem­ ed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960 meetings In all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an edi­ torial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Exec­ utive Board may delegate, from among Its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. 3 PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity In the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no cir­ cumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he Is given such receipt. If in the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a rsceipt, or It a member is required to make a payment and ^ given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been re­ quired to make such payment, this should Immediately be called to the attention of SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return' receipt requested.' CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND CCLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months la the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. IB addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contdnts. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected shdtad imaedlately notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time filU siembers'drawing disability-pension beneiits have always been encouraged to continue their union.activities, in­ cluding attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role In all rank-and-file functions, Including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain ihelr good standing through the waiving of their dues. Walter Sherman Your daughter, now Mrs. Barbara E. Houck, 3128 Phyllis Street, Jacksonville, Fla., wants to hear from you. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of the above-named Fernando Dacanay, Bernard C. is asked to contact Mrs. Houck. D'Ornellas, E, J. Perry, Edward 3 3 3 R. White, Thomas White, William Membership Mail Roesch Jr., A. De Souza, Daniel Papers, discharges and pictures Mejias, RoIIan Teets, Marcel A. are being held in the LOG office Jette, Chips Garrison (ex-Robin for the following Seafarers: Bob Trent). ^ Christensen, Drew demons Gay, Notify Union On LOG Mall As Seafarers know, copies of pach issue of the SEAFARERS LOG are mailed every month to all SIU ships as well as to numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarerscongregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves calling all SIU steamship companies for the itineraries of their ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ghlp oper­ ator, four copies of the LOG, the headquarters report and min­ utes forms are then airmailed to the company agent in the liext port of call. Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer so requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­ gregate there. . ' As always , the Unipn would like to hear'promptly from SIU ships whenever the LOG and ship's mail is not delivered so that the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of ,, 'ts.mailing listsi • * ' 1 , : !iii Hi Lowther, Francis A) Luiz, Fran­ cisco A. Martinez, Elmer J. Moe (2 checks), Potenciano Paculba, John J. Reardon, James G. Rod­ der, Marvin E. Satchell (4 checks), John W. Singer (2 checks), Wil­ liam L. Strike, Raymond A. Triche, Weldon O. Wallace, Charles Walsh (3 checks), Y'ing Ming Wei (2 checks). Ah Sal Wong (2 checks). Chin Chi Wong, and Ding Hal Woo. i CITY ZONE 3 3 3 Ed. J. Ottowski Your wallet with seaman's pa­ pers is being held at the LOG office. 3 3 3 Income Tax Refunds Income tax refund checks are being held for the following by Jack Lynch, Room 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison Street, San Francisco 5, Calif.: Joseph A. Alves i3 checks), Claude D. Berry, Margarito Borja, Dao King Chae, Cheung Soa Cheng (2 chocks), John W. Curlew, John J. Doyle (2 checks), Richard Dunfee (4 checks), Robert Ferrandiz, Ho Yung Kong, Steve Krkovich, James Lear (4 checks), Millcdge Parlcr Lee (4 checks), Harry TO AVOlO p^yiMICATtONj \( youjure a veizr ckl tufescriW !k«lAw< STATE. , . . . | have * i I VJ �MPdi SEAFARERS Vol. XXiii No. 11 LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKE^ AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO .^^• To Collect Your Transportation ... lor AIJISIS. TO ik tla*"®- REPAJS.iAtieSi PRW«PO£TvriO!!. OR. TiJl-— Boolt or PB .j/- "•.'T '^1 oS'ii '• vpbon* Uo., Hom- .SJ., _R»ttag Ageo*- Da.te_ Last Repatriation Expenses Ve..el'» origi»»^ Vrtx.redidYO^i""'"'" ' Where did you ^beredidvoBeelpav Reason ^orUaving•.- Specific rules have been written Into all SlU contracts over the years to cover the variety of conditions under which Seafarers may be entitled to transportation, repatriation, subsist­ ence and upkeep. These provisions are long established by contract to as­ sure that SlU crewmembers' benefits are upheld as a matter of right. Since each situation stands on its own, de­ pending on the port of engagement and whether a Seafarer happens to leave a vessel in the continental United States, offshore or in a foreign port, the rules apply In different ways. ^ 5id von sign Did you get •<»' • ^ 1 « El- •"•* „ 1" ..„. ,o .«• '"»• •""•eporuti,on? '®«ardina', this e*Pen »e; telve ''"u teJc, en you get u "P your cJa im With , „„„ ... ). e*PJaia and ®"yone? '°f). friat Was State any fu•rther JT,i fepared by Inf, "t-'natio • Wh'Ch Wouid yes. '"itli whom? ia Proce, '®«g this eJa ini: •««cli an/ Seafarers are urged to check the provisions in the agreement from time to time so that when a question on transportation arises, they know where they stand. Further, when first-class transportation, repatriation upkeep, subsistence or other monies due are not being provided, SlU crewmembers should contact any Union patrolman or the nearest SlU hall. Standard procedures are being es­ tablished (see sample form, left) to guarantee that every Seafarer's rights are maintained as provided in Union agreements. Seafarers should be sure to^furnish complete details for prompt processing of claims for all money due. Seafarers International Union Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO IJ: • -A •o;-:!"'...-: -C'.-V: ••'i ^ � 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 November 1961 Description An account of the resource Headlines: OPTICAL PLAN EXTENDED TO SIU FAMILIES WHEAT EXPORTS SPARK SHIPPING MTD UNIONS PROTEST SHUTDOWN THREAT AT NY’S ARMY TERMINAL SIU CELEBRATES 23RD YEAR RUNAWAYS FREE TO COME AND GO, LIBERIA ADMITS WC CONTAINER PACT SET; OFFSHORE TALKS CONTINUE EGYPT SHUTS DOWN PRIVATE SHIPPING SCOW MEN WIN CONTRACT FIRST 3 RAILROAD TUGMEN DRAW $150 UNION PENSION PO HANDLES NEW SET-UP ON NY MAIL P&T QUITS ‘COASTAL RUNS T-2 SECTIONS STILL USEFUL – RAISE UP SUNKEN DRYDOCK OIL SPEARHEADS RED DRIVE CANADA SIU SIGNS WC PACTS SPEACIAL EQUIPMENT CARE BENEFITS YOUNG AND OLD HIGH-COST UNION BONDING CHARGES CUT – NO CLAIMS 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 11/1961 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. XXIII, No. 11 1961 Periodicals Seafarers Log