http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/6131fb5929c20b02b605281286d83563.PDF 669fb458785f0ac06410ce3cc6324cf0 PDF Text Text <^rtetmasio alLStafartrs k their families ~ F- SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO 1 SlU SUPPORTS ILA STRIKE OVER DOCK WORK GANG ISSUE Page 3 Lumber Ship Splits pacific District SIU crewmembers were all pulled off safely by breeches buoy (inset) and helicopter just hours before the 19-year-old Alaska Cedar began to break up on the rocks at Coos Bay, Ore. Seven crewmem­ bers injured when the ship smashed into shore were released shortly after being admitted to the hospital. The Coast Guard rigged the breeches buoy after a helicopter dropped a line to the ship. (Story on Page 16.) MTD Drive Ship Issues On Bridges 'Toughest' Scores -Hodges Page 3 Page 2 SCATRAIN READIES PUERTO RICO RUN Page 3 I^L. Shore-based crane at SlU-con- I exos-jfze JOO. tracted Seatrain terminal in Edgewater, NJ, hauls giant air-separation tower aboard the Seatrain Texas for trip south. The shipment was routine, though too big to move by rail or truck. <NY part Authority photo �• ( J®" rag* Tif» SEArARERS Deeember S|. M LOG An Ounce Of Prevention Study Group Due To Report Shipping Probiems Toughest'— Hodges WASHINGTON—The Maritime Evaluation Committee, which is soon expected to make its report to the Secretary of Commerce, is faced with "probably the toughest prob­ lems" confronting the Adminis'tration, according to a United Arab Republic. This ship press conference comment by has been trading actively with Commerce Secretary Luther Cuba, and was there in July and again in September of this year. H. Hodges last week. A protest to President Kennedy Established almost two by the American Maritime Associ­ years ago to study the adequacy of the nation's merchant fleet and all phases of the maritime industry, the committee's job is to make a determination on the necessary size of the US fleet and the types of ships needed to service the coun­ try's offshore and domestic trade. Secretary Hodges stated that "we put some basic questions" to the Committee and that the length of lis deliberations is "indicative of the toughness of their problems." The ommittee has had a variety of proposals before it, including a long-range program for the indus­ try drafted last year by the AFLCIO Maritime Trades Department. The maritime union proposals cen­ tered on the need to overhaul exist­ ing shipping legislation and called for proper enforcement of US ship­ ping policies, such as the "50-50" program dealing with Governmentfinanced cargoes. Abuses of the law were recently spotlighted in a Senate Commerce Committee report. The Depart­ ment of Agriculture, as well as other agencies, was cited several times for using "evasive" tactics and "subterfuge" in handling farm surplus cargoes on various occa­ sions. As recently as December 17, the Agriculture Department cleared a Government-financed cargo on a Norwegian tanker, the Nora, to allow it to carry tallow to the ation on this score said that the Department's latest action again puts the US "in the position of pay­ ing ocean transportation to a for­ eign steamship company that has traded with the enemies of the US." While dad's away, Mrs. Gloria Young takes care of the medical chores for daughter Elizabeth, 6, via a medical exam for the youngster at the SlU clinic in Brooklyn. Sea­ farer Larry Young is steward on the New Orleans (SeaLand). 5/1/ Taxi Garage Men Seek Pact Strike At Checker Cab DETROIT—Rejecting management's shadow-boxing in contract negotiations, Checker Cab garage workers have struck the company's three garages here with the support of Checker drivers who handle 950 cabs. The drivers have been respecting picketlines at the garages and are using retail service stations for gas and a half times more than its normal ly beaten and then fired by Check­ bills. Gas prices, usually based on er Cab's president the night the repairs. SIU Tugmen Win Voting In 2 Fleets WILMINGTON, NC — Two more tugboat elections in this harbor have been won by the SIU Inland Boatmen's Union in ballot­ ing conducted by the National Labor Relations Board and an­ nounced on December 6. The SIU-IBU whipped United Marine Division Local 333 of the National Maritime Union on both occasions. Yoting involved crews on four boats operated by two separate companies. Cape Fear Towing and the Stone Towing Line. Each company has two active boats and two reserve vessels. The SIU-IBU won a 4-2 majority in both fleets, and has been certified as bargain­ ing representative by the NLRB. Contract talks should get under­ way early in January. The two fleets handle most of the docking and undocking work in this area for deep-water vessels. One of the main campaiga issues cited by the union in winning the vote was the fact that the men in both fleets had not had a wage Increase for the past five years. The certification covers all personnel except captains and pilots. bulk purchases for its own garages, TSAW won the election. are also considerably higher. The TSAW has also petitioned the labor board for a separate election covering the second larg­ est cab company in town, the in­ dependent City Cab Drivers Asso­ ciation. About 250 drivers would be affected. Checker's garage men currently are paid $1.15 per hour, with a BOSTON—A Seafarer turned "baby-catcher" here when scale of $1.45 to $1.85 for skilled James McLaughlin, 24, caught six-month-old Richard Fayles, men. No one gets overtime. Prior to the strike, management belated­ whose mother was forced to drop him out of a third-floor ly came up with an offer of ten window during a blazing, cents more hourly across the early morning fire of un­ window to keep him away from the smoke and flames around and board, with provision for a 48-hour determined origin. McLaughlin was with his behind her. Her arms were be­ week without payment of overtime. At least one major gasoline mother, Mrs. Jennie McLaughlin, ginning to weaken from the strain company advised Local 10 that its at their home in East Boston when of holding the baby, and Mc­ gas stations have been ordered she happened to glance out the Laughlin sensed this with a sailor's not to service Checker's equip­ window and saw smoke pouring know-how. ment until the strike ends. Simi­ from the apartment building next "Drop him," he shouted. larly, one of the big independent door. Mother Drops Baby Mrs. McLaughlin promptly garages notified the union that it alerted her son, and James rushed would not service any cabs other Mrs. Fayles let little Richard to the street, while she called the slip from her aching arms, and he than those it regularly handles. made the life-saving plunge in OTTAWA—^The Norrw Commission hearings into the Before the 'walkout got under­ Fire Department. Arriving in front of the blazing shipshape fashion. As McLaughlin Great Lakes shipping dispute recessed here on December way, and as a condition to the building, McLaughlin looked up in grabbed the baby in his arms, he of contract talks, the union 20 and will resume on January 7. The recess came as the start won back pay and reinstatement time to see Mrs. Richard Fayles, cushioned the impact by falling SIU of Canada was presenting-tfor a garage worker who was bad­ 19, holding her baby out the backward with his own body as a evid.ence through rank-and- tectives and labor spies. shock-absorber for the child. file members regarding the The dispute between the SIU of The child's mother had been 'Rlght-to-Work' Tactics Flop union's various functions and Canada and Upper Lakes arose aroused shortly before Mc­ after the company evaded its con­ services. Laughlin's arrival beneath her Nearly 40 rank-and-file witnesses, tractual obligations to the SIU, third-floor window by neighbors both men and women, had already locked some 300 SIU crewmembers on the first floor with the terrify­ testified when the recess was out of its fleet, and began to re­ ing cry of "Fire!" called. Many were former em­ cruit scab crews through the Cana­ Heavy Smoke ployees of the Upper Lakes Ship­ dian Brotherhood of Railway, ping Company, who had been Transport and General Workers, Heavy smoke cut her off from locked out of their jobs last Spring and the Canadian Maritime Union, the stairway and she ran to the when the company broke its 10- which was set up by the CBRT front of the building whese, stand­ year collective bargaining relation­ and the Canadian Labour Congress. ing in a cloud of smoke and flame, Due to the effectiveness of SIU ship with the SIU and signed a she held her baby out the window. contract with a paper union having picketing action against the com­ Firemen arrived after McLaughlin no members and no organization pany, supported by the AFL-CIO caught the baby, and they quickly Maritime Trades Department and of any kind. drew a ladder up to the third The witnesses described the its affiliated unions, the CLC floor to bring Mrs. Fayles down to company's lockout tactics and its group, including the CBRT, last the street. attempts to force them into the July engineered a boycott of SIU She was taken to City Hospital scab union, in the course of which ships which led to the closing of where she was reported in cheer­ the company employed private de- the St. Lawrence Seaway. This ac­ ful spirits since her baby was tion was avowedly taken by the alive and okay. She suffered burns CLC and CBRT in order to force of the arms and back while hold­ the Canadian government to move ing her son out the window. LOG Schedule against the SIU and to bring pres­ The antics of the "National Right-to-Work Committee" This edition of the SEAFAR­ Both Mrs. Fayles and her hus­ sure on the US Government. The ERS LOG, as reported previ­ were so way out in an anti-union film depicting a 1957 band had the warmest praise for boycott led to the establishment of ously, marks the return to a McLaughlin's action. Richard strike in Indiana that the National Labor Relations Board the Norris Commission. bi-weekly publishing schedule Fayles, father of the baby, was has just thrown out an election at one plant where it was The SIU has maintained, during of 26 issues per year, with full walking home just as the fire the entire course of the dispute, shown, on the ground of misrepresentation. The film titled coverage of all the news. Sea­ that the pattern of activity through­ apparatus arrived and found his "And Women Must Weep" turns the president of the strik­ baby safe on the ground. farers should be on the look­ out clearly points to a conspiracy ing Indiana local, 59-year-old grandmother Ruth Monroe out for the LOG every two spearheaded by the company and McLaughlin joined the SIU in (left), into a tough, shouting "labor bully" portrayed by weeks from now on. February, 1955, and ships in the the CLC group, in which the CBRT deck department. has played a major role. the actor on the right. Inside garage workers voted 542 for representation by Local 10 of the SIUNA Transportation Serv­ ices & Allied Workers in a Na­ tional Labor Relations Board election in August. More than 70 inside cab workers are involved. They rejected the Teamsters in the NLRB balloting. Local 10 has petitioned separate­ ly for a vote among some 1,600 of the Checker drivers, and the NLRB in Washington is currently acting on this request. With the garage strike on, the non-union drivers are using outside facilities to service their cabs. The outside maintenance costs the company an estimated two and Seafarer's 3-Floor Catch Rescues Baby From Fire Hearing Recessed In Canada Dispute 1 �1Meeai6er t8, IMt •'% ' ' /% ' ''"•'.•vV ,'' StAPAR^nS Pacitbw L6G Fire & Beat Drill On The Del NortjB I SIU Supports Dock Walkout ILA Hits Bricks To Protect Jobs Members of the International Longshoremen^s Asso­ ciation, AFL-CIO, resumed their strike on December 23 and began picketing piers in ports from Maine to Texas. The walkout followed the shippers' rejection of an ILA offer of a two-year contract during which the key issue of man­ power would he studied by a panel, with recommendations to be made at the conclusion effective. Shipping in all of the of the agreement. ports is tied up tightly, The SIU and other mem- affected with the exception of military ber unions of the AFL- cargoes, which have been given CIO Maritime Trades Depart­ clearance by the union. ment are giving full support Visiting the Port of New Orleans, SlU Safety Director Joe Aigina, with Seafarer John Doyle and Capt. E. R. Seamen, Delta Line port captain (foreground, l-r) observes fire and boat drill aboard the SlU-manned Del Norte (Delta). Crewmembers posed for the photographer before heading out on another voyage to South American ports. MTD Drive Against Bridges' Raids Wins Isf Plant Vote WILMINGTON—program set up by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department for a vigorous organizing drive and counterattack against raiding by Harry Bridges' Interna­ tional Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union is starting to pay oif. The Maritime Trades Co-"*""" ordinating Committee, created "this will be a test of our ability months ending June 30, 1962, this summer, has won its to organize" based on mutual co­ shows AFL-CIO unions participat­ first victory in the campaign to atop Bridges' raiding. In a Na­ tional Labor Relations Board elec­ tion, Operating Engineers Local 801 and the American Federation of Grain Millers Union won bar­ gaining rights in a showdown fight at Quaker Oats Manufacturing in Los Angeles by a '48 to 19 vote. At the time the Committee was organized, the ILWU had estab­ lished a catch-all division and was raiding various AFL-CIO unions on the West Coast, including some of the fish and cannery workers affiliates of the SIUNA. The MTD then took steps to pool the strength of AFL-CIO unions in the area so that the ILWU could be kept from picking off small un­ ions that lacked the resources to compete with Bridges. The Los Angeles area has simi­ larly been approved by the AFLCIO Executive Council as the fo­ cal point for a pilot organizing drive by all Federation unions In 1963. Objective of the drive Is 5,000 unorganized firms employing more than 750,000 workers in hard and soft goods manufacturing, gov­ ernment, food and beverage trades, hotels and miscellaneous industries. The Federation has been trying to set up this sort of program for a number of years, AFL-CIO Pres­ ident George Meany stated, and operation by normally-competing affiliates. All unions involved have pledged to aid the union assigned an organizing target. The MTD campaign will function within the framework of the general AFLCIO campaign in the area. A survey of the current organiz­ ing situation based on the 12 Seatrain Mounts Crane To Enter NY-PR Trade SlU-contracted Seatrain Line hopes to start its proposed containership service between New York and San Juan, Puerto Rico, this February, using a ship-mounted crane on the Seatrain New York. Thet temporary conversion job on the temporary service. Thereafter, the New York will mark the the company will combine rail- first time since World War II that one of the specialized vessels has carried its own lift unit. The temporary crane, with a lift capacity of about 30 tons, will re­ main aboard the New York until next fall, when a 125-ton, landbased installation is due to be completed at Isla Grande. At that time, Seatrain will add the Savan­ nah to the Island run and Initiate a regular weekly service, Seatrain, as reported last sum­ mer, is moving into the Puerto Rico trade to help fill the gap left by Bull Line's eutback of its Is­ DM.28,1962 Vol.XXIV,NO. 12 land service. Sea-Land is already on the run with two special con­ tainer vessels. None of the Seatrain vessels have featured a ship-based crane PAUL HALL, President since the railcar earriers were op­ HERBERT BRAND, Editor; IRWIN SPIVACK, Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art erated by the Government during Editor; MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SKYER, the war. The company has special ALEXANDER LESLIE, PETER MCEVOY, land-based lift equipment at its HOWARD KESSLER, Staff Writers. regular Stateside terminals, which load and dischavge boxcars and Published biweekly at the headquarters of the Seafarers International Union, At­ containers on and off the ships in lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters minutes. District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NV Tel. HYaclnth 9-6600. Due to be installed in the next Second class postage paid at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act few weeks, the temporary mount of Aug. 34, 191L on the New York will handle truck trailers, which are to be Seatrain's cargo to and from San Juan during SEAFARERS LOG ing in 4,934 elections—the highest number in nine years—and win­ ning 2,692 contests involving 186,439 workers. The elections-won percentage at 54.5 percent was the highest in the past three years. However, almost the same number have lost jobs due chiefly to the impact of automation. water-rail with truck-water-truck operations. The permanent Isla Grande in­ stallation will cover a 1'7-acre site that will include a railroad teamyard and cost $1.5 million to build. to the ILA strike. In New York and other ports, MTD coffee wagons are providing hot drinks to picketing longshore­ men throughout the harbor areas. The longshoremen had been working since October 4 as the result of an injunction obtained by the Government providing for an 80-day "cooling-off" period under the terms of the Taft-Hartley Act. The contract between the union and the shippers originally expired at midnight on September 30. Picketing began immediately and Taft-Hartley was invoked within ten hours, sending the long­ shoremen back to work. Contract talks since that time have failed to produce any agree­ ment. The shippers have been in­ sisting on cutting the size of work gangs, which the ILA has flatly rejected. Employers Responsible The responsibility for the strike rests squarely on the backs of the employers, since the ILA sought to avert the strike by reducing some of Its demands and offered to re­ solve the principal stumbling block — the size of work gangs — by means of the panel study of the manpower situation on the docks. The fact that the employers elected to take a strike, despite the ILA offer, indicates that they are seeking to have the Govern­ ment take them off the hook. The ILA, through Executive Vice-President Thomas (Teddy) Gleason, who is also chairman of the union's negotiating committee, has accused the shippers of lack­ ing good faith in their bargaining. The strike has been 100 percent Vacation Payoff SAN FRANCISCO — The new Military Sea Transport Union within the SIU Pacific District has won formal recognition from the Government as bargaining agent for unlicensed seamen on West Coast MSTS vessels. Prior to its formal showing of support among MSTS seamen, the SIU affiliate for some time had been recognized as the "informal" representative of the MSTS sea­ men on the Coast. This has existed since last summer, shortly after the union's campaign got under­ way. Seniority Preserved The development of a new or­ ganization to service MSTS per­ sonnel takes into account the desire among MSTS men for a separate union structure of their own as part of the SIUNA and the Pacific District. All civil service seniority and other accrued bene­ fits will he preserved in the new structure. Organizing within the MSTS fleet began after a Presidential executive order gave all Govern­ ment employees the right to join unions of their choice. This allows for full representation rights and grievance procedures after ma­ jority support among the workers is clearly established. 'Narrows' Has A New Look Don't Delay On Heat Beefs Now that the cold weather is here. Seafarers are re­ minded that heating and lodg­ ing beefs in the shipyard can be easily handled if the ship's delegate promptly notifies the captain or chief engineer and shows them the temperature readings at the time. Crewmembers who beef to them­ selves about the lack of heat­ ing but wait three or four days before making the problem known to a responsible ship's officer are only making things tougher for themselves. This should also be done when shipyard workers are busy around living quarters. Make sure you know where and when the work was done so that the SIU patrolman has the facts available. (kiast SIU Gets MSTS Pact Rights Vacation time is holiday time for Seafarer Frank J. Smith, who enjoys a cool one in the NY Port 'O Call. after picking up $933.71 SIU vacation pay check. He was bosun on the Orion Planet for 16 months. Seafarers arriving in the Port of New York these days will find a "new look" in the harbor as they sail up the Narrows. The long-awaited bridge linking Brooklyn and Staten Island is taking more recognizable shape, with the spanning of two 690-foot towers by the first series of cables. The jumble of steel and concrete at both ends of the bridge con­ struction project will, when com­ pleted in 1965, be known as the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Though the present product re­ sembles a gigantic clothesline, the final 4,260-foot version will be the longest suspension bridge in the world and will cost an estimated $325 million. The first cables to span the Narrows have already been set in place. Twenty-three other ropes of iron will carry two icinporary catwalks to be used in the spin­ ning of the main bridge cables. �Pare Fvm SEAFARERS Deeember 28. ISO LOG „>;.!• •• '•- J (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) November 1 Through November 30, 1962 The best shipping period so far this year was recorded in November, as SIU halls dispatched a toial of 2,796 jobs. New registration for the month dipped to 2,860. The totals for December should show a busy shipping period despite the longshore walkout and the idling of some vessels in US ports. Six ports, particularly Mobile and New Orleans, listed increased job activity during November, with Louisiana's "Crescent City" leading the way in shipping throughout the district. Baltimore, Jacksonville, Tampa and Houston all showed gains. Boston, with almost no change from its October report, remained busy. The same applied to San Francisco and to New York. Hous­ ton is still way off its busy summer pace. The number of payoffs, sign-ons and in-transit ship • •! I I visits went up again, aiding the general upturn in job movements. All departments shared in the shipping rise, although the deck gang handled most of it. Class B new registra­ tions were up in all three departments, but the deck department was the only one where the total registra­ tion was higher than in October. This was reflected in a decline among class A men still registered on the beach at the end of November, though the class B figure went up. The general "up" trend in shipping was least notice­ able for class A seniority men, as class B and C men filled most of the 270 jobs shipped that represented the gain for the month. "The class A portion of the total shipping was down to 58%, while "B" shipping ac­ counted for 32% and class C for the remainder. Ship Aetivify Pay Sign In Off! Ont Tram. TOTAL Boston 2 1 11 14 Naw Yerfc.... 80 18 40 108 PhlladalpMa.. 7 14 32 9 Balrimora .... 14 11 14 39 0 Norfolk ..... 5 12 17 1 Jackfonvilla .. 2 12 18 0 24 Tampa 3 27 Mobila II 13 7 31 Naw Orlaam.. 22 19 37 78 8 Hontton 6 42 83 WllmlngtoR .. 0 0 7 7 4 San Franclfce. 2 7 13 Saattia 8 3 4 12 TOTALS ...129 78 239 444 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP S ALL 1 1 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 2 2 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL 9 2 6 5 1 12 0 9 2 20 0 4 6 0 4 4 1 6 12 1 4 4 6 22 8 15 3 26 0 2 2 4 79 41 80 19 140 10 65 4 27 28 48 107 29 184 10 23 46 18 21 43 140 65 43 248 85 159 47 291 2 23 61 86 8 22 33 0 15 5 1 5 6 1 3 5 10 10 1 16 0 3, 16 251 12 0 2 6 3 24 5 41 0 7 14 21 29 32 17 25 9 63 3 13 16 70, 7 7 22 36' 2 44 9 2 7 11 70 36 11 117, 40 61 11 112 2 12 20 34 15 0 5 10 1 2 3 3 3 0 0 8 1 12 1 0 2 1 12 0 1 3 1 16 13 12 2 27 1 11 1 13 7 11 2 20 1 20 3 10 0 8 11 8 3 14 3 4 3 2 0 2 14 10 26 10 16 2 3 29 1 9 9 19 3 10 17 0 4 2 5 1 3 4 6 11 0 3 2 6 11 5 0 3 3 5 6 • 22; 7 8 17 2 0 3 1 4 23 29 20 34 6 34 1 58 0 10 10 41 9 84 3 14 17 2 11 14 84 34 14 132 31 26 7 64 0 1 5 4 94 21 172 6 57 42 47 95 53 62 16 131 7 48 56 111 7 11 8 26 131 111 26 268 63 101 19 183 5 37 59 101 34 73 13 120 3 21 19 43 24 54 12 90 2 20 9 31 0 0 3 90 3 31 3 124 59 82 16 157 3 34 42 79 9 8 20 1 10 4 3 6 3 7 15 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 15 17. 16 1 1 16 1 33 3 10 9 22 iOl 2 14 22 4 16 8 6 8 34 11 53 2 3 5 lOl 0 1 3 4 53 10 4 67 22 21 3 46 3 11 9 23 13 16 14 8 3 32 0 8 6 17 30| 2 12 1 5 5 5 0 1 2 1 30 12 44 16 2 12 32 4 0 12 9 21 1 259 436 99 1 794 26 " 148 184 1 358 206 375 97 1 678 37" 131 160 1 328 17 41 64 1 122 678 328 122 11128 382 553 125 11058 20 162 251 1 433 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS l! ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered Registered CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP I 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 6 0 2 4 0 0 2 2 26 85 16 127 14 42 26 82 3 15 22 1 5 6 12 44 0 23 19 4 37 2 9 1 6 6 2 12 15 1 10 18! 0 4 4 0 0 4 44 2 18 8 31 27, 26 87 12 125 8 40 33 81 22 62 9 93, 6 38 29 73' 2 8 2 12 2 8 13 5 14 10 29 1 6 10 24 2 4 20 0 11 3 Shiooed CLASS A GROUP 123 ALL 1 3 0 4 23 72 17 112 17 4 11 2 7 26 5 38 0 7 3 10 4 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 47 8 33 6 24 87 10 121 21 51 7 79 1 2 1 4 7 20 5 32 30 8 17 5 Shipped CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 5 2 3 0 75 9 35 31 8 3 5 0 0 15 14 29 5 1 3 1 0 6 3 9 1 3 5 1 41 4 26 11 90 3 49 38 43 7 20 16 0 2 3 1 6 5 1 0 10 1 6 3 Shipped TOTAL Registered On The Beach CLASS C SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 1 2 S ALL A B C_^L 1 2 S ALL 1 2 3 ALL < 0 1 3 4 12 2 5 3 10 1 7 1 2 3 25 112 75 25 212 42 139 18 199 17 37 38 4 12 92 1 1 4 17 8 4 29 0 24 .4 28 0 5 10 15 0 16 20 38 29 20 57 0 14 21 87 4 47 6 35 0 1 10 1 5 1 15 17 2 16 5 10 8 6 0 2t 9 4 4 4 3 2 12 16 1 17 8 0 1 2 1 5 2 6 8 • 0 1 1 3 4 99I 7 32 0 11 47 41 11 6 44 0 7 0 7 14 121 90 14 225 31 92 .10 133 4 54 43 101 8 3 3 5 79 43 5 127 19 60 6 1 85 6 55 53 114 0 0 0 4 7 4 12 2 18 4 10 3 0 7 21 2 3 32 0 6 3 41 12 25 6 43 4 6 3 13 2 3 7 14 10 7 31 6 21 0 27 1 4 6 11 106 385 63 I 554 38 199 147 I 384 105 333 61 I 499 27 169 133 f 329 12" 56 31 I 99 483 329 99 | 911 135 487 63 | 685 40 220 201 | 461 Port Boston New York ... Philadelphia.. Baltimore .. Norfolk Jacksonville.. Tampa .... Mobile New Orleans. Houston Wilmington . San Francisco Seattle TOTALS "I ;SK J Y\ .A'K I STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A ••t '•'i Port Bos fb —O NY P lil Bal Nor Jac Tarn Mob .... NO .... Hou .... Wil SF Sea Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B a GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 1-s 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL i-s 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 -- , 0 0 5 5 *\ 0 14 41 21 68 144 3 6 33 42 7 27 13 50 97 2 3 28 33 7 21 0 3 3 8 2 12 14 2 3 2 10 17 0 0 3 3 9 26 54 3 4 15 2 23 28 6 12 4 20 42 0 181 0 18 1 2 0 5 8 4 2 2 8 0 3 2 0 5 1 0 4 5 4 3 1 0 8 2 2 1 5 0 3 1 2 6 1 1 6 8, 0 7 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 8 18 5 13 44 0 0 16 16 7 16 11 24 58 3 21 0 18 11 25 18 69 123 5 7 50 62 10 25 18 65 118 5 4 65 741 6 26 8 30 70 1 4 27 321 6 12 4 21 17; 43 1 0 16 3 5 4 2 14 2 0 2 4 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 3 3 27 0 6 3 15 3 7 2 1 6 8 5 20 35 0 0 2 2 1 3 2 9 4 3 1 12 1 4 3 -4 12, 3 0 9 12| 53 147 1 533 24 27 186 !i 237 43 115 64 225 1 44.7, 16 8 177 1 201 00 TOTALS Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL A C ALL 1-s B 2 19 0 0 3 5 9 5 5 5 25 33 97 3 33 33 163 26 12 7 32 4 0 1 11 3 12 76 9 1 1 14 16 42 18 16 12 4 0 0 2 2 5 2 5 17 0 3 6 0 0 3 3 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 58 21 9 88 7 0 1 8 1 11 3 15 118 74 IS 2071 15 67, 19 7 43 17 7 7 0 0 6 6 0 0 3 3. 0 0 0 6 35 2 6 43 4 0 0 6 1, 12 25 3 0 1 12 1 0 9 9 91 1 109 447 201 109 1 757 100 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 1 2 4 2 11 0 1 5 3 51 56 56 29 97 208 2 3 17 20 27 0 10 3 10 2 23 29 78 4 24 16 29 9 16 4 3 2 2 .5 5 6 12 2 0 5 1 3 5 3 19 1 1 1 9 3 4 0 15 15 9 20 50 0 14 58 5 46 30 21 64 130 7 5 37 44 40 22 29 llOl 2 7 26 2 0 5 5 10 5 1 15 18 10 43 2 6 23 9 17 2 18 3 3 11 4 213 123 305 1 741 28 " 33 229 1 290 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A <;ROUP DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS 1 2 3 ALL 259 436 " 99 I 794 106 385 63 I 554 200 84 249 I 533 565 905 411 11881 Registered CLASS B GROUP 1 2 3 26 148 184 38 199 147 24 27 186 88 374 517 Shipped CLASS A GROUP ALL 1 2 3 ALL I 358 206 375 97 r 678 I 384 105 333 61 I 499 I 237 158 64 225 I 447 I 979 469 772 383 11624 Registered On The Beach TOTAL Shipped Shipped SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C CLASS B CLASS GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 2_ 3_ ALL B C ALL 1 _ I " 3 ALL 2 3 ALL A 1 2_ 3_ALL 1 64 I 122' 678 328 122 |1128 382 553 123 11058 20 41 162 251 I 433 17 37' 131 160 I 328 27 169 133 I 329 12 56 31 I 99 483 329 99 911 135 487 63 | 685 40 220 201 1 461 16 8 177 I 20J 9 9 91 I 109, 447 201 109 j 757 ^0 213 305 | 618 28 33 229 I 290 80 308 470 1 858 38 106 186 I 330.1608 858 330 12796 617 1253 491 123611 88 415 681 11184 i i �Deeanber 28, INt SEAFARERS QUESTION: As a Seafarer, how do you handle your haircuttlng problems? Walter H. Stovall, deck; If I have to get a haircut, it will al­ ways be in a un­ ion hall, prob­ ably the one right at headquarters. The barbers in the union halls are dependable, al­ though aboard ship haircuts are passable. I couldn't say if the haircuts in one port are any better than haircuts somewhere else. 4" Lester M. Wyman, deck: I get my haircuts aboard ship, if there's a s e c 0 n d-class barber avaiiable, anybody who can cut hair. There are rarely any firs t-class barbers aboard. Steer ciear of foreign ports for barbers, espe­ cially Africa, which has unsanitary conditions in its barber shops. The best thing to do is get your haircuts aboard ship. 4« 4" 4 Karl Schroeder, deck: I let it grow, that's all! Unless there's a barber aboard ship, I usually wait until I get ashore at home. I don't let any­ one mess around with my hair. For haircuts, the best ports are in the States. I had haircuts in Spain, Japan and even in Russia. A girl gave me a haircut there and it was awful. 4 4 4 Anthony Barbaro, engine: I don't give it a thought. If there's a barber on the ship I get a hair­ cut. When there's no barber, every­ one's got long hair so it isn't .so bad. I'd like to go back to the old days when men wore their hair long. Then all you'd need would be a pair of scissors every six months. 4 4 4 B. B. Henderson, steward: Usu­ ally I get my haircut aboard ship. The best ports to get your haircut are in Spain. A barber did a good job there on me. At least, I think so. In Manila they have good barbers and in Honolulu there are a couple of women barbers. I don't mind having women cut my hair, 4 4 4 William Sanford, steward: Usu­ ally some crewmember has barbering tools with him. If not, it just has to grow, that's all. The worst cut I ever had was in Ven­ ezuela; it left me just about bald and my hair was shorter on one side than on the other. They have Japanese girls cutting hair in Pearl Harbor who are very, good barbers. rnge Five LOG NY On Road to Hong Kong? Florida MTD Hits Runaway Ship Use For Cuban Action NEW YORK—The Textile Workers Union of America has protested the purchase of carpeting for the State Assembly from a low-wage runaway plant in South Carolina and a Hong Kong mill. A formal union protest to Assembly Speaker Joseph V. Carlino noted that a unionized plant only 25 miles from the state capital in Albany has furnished carpeting to the state in the past and is "fully capable" of meeting the Assembly's requirements. The TWUA called on Carlino to rescind his approval of the purchase, and also asked State Comptroller Arthur Levitt to undertake a "thor­ ough investigation" of the carpeting order. A. & M. Karagheusian Company, which was given a state carpeting order, is "a typical runaway operation" in the South, the union said. Until 1961, it noted, the firm's principal factories were in New Jersey. The company has resisted all attempts by its workers to organize, and pays wages averaging about $1.40 an hour as compared with $2.17 in unionized mills. Its fringe benefits are "distinctly substandard" in comparison with the unionized Mohawk Mills operations in nearby Amsterdam, NY, TWUA declared. The TWUA letter to Carlino also protested the purchase of carpeting made under "coolie" conditions in Hong Kong by a mill which the union said is owned by a firm headed by a brother of Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller. ClIfT Wilson, Food and Ship Sanitation Director Don't Let Your 'Engine' Run Down There's a lot of talk going around nowadays about how nice and easy it would be if all anyone had to do to be fed was take a few pills every day. Then there'd be no more eating, but lots of spare time, goes the daydream. Well, brothers, it would also be nice to be able to run our cars for a year on an atomic pill. This would also save time, money and effort. But, unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, for a good while—maybe for the rest of our lives—we'll have to be content living on good oldfashioned food and running our cars on oil and gasoline. So we still have to worry about getting ourselves fed the right way. The human body is like a car engine in many ways, but it's much more troublesome. Although it runs on "fuel," it has to have five different kinds—all nicely balanced—and it has to be refueled three times a day. Each of us requires a different amount of fuel, depend­ ing on his size, weight and the kind of work he does. A chief steward may not have time to delve deeply into the matter, but he cannot afford to ignore the basic facts of nutrition. His many responsibilities require him to know the principles essential to main­ taining and improving health. Nutritionally, there are three main classifications of foud: Energy foods, body-building foods and pro- -*tective foods. sure it will still be in foods after The chief energy-producing foods you've cooked them. are carbohydrates and fats. Carbo­ Vitamin B is a family in itself. hydrates are the starches and sug­ Its family names are difficult: Thi­ ars, bread, macaroni, candy, pastry amin, Riboflavin, Niacin are the and similar foods. Fats are found ones you should know. in such foods as butter, fatty meats, Food provides fuel, material for peanuts and saiad oil. growth and repair, and the special The primary function of proteins things like vitamins, which are is body building and repairing, .il- necessary for good nutrition. To though they also produce heat and obtain everything needed for vig­ energy. In addition to carbohy­ orous health, therefore, a variety drates, fats and proteins, vitamins of foods must be eaten, since each and minerals comprise the main food has its special duty. food elements. Many foods contain (Comments and suggestions are all five of these elements, although invited by this department and different foods have Varying can be submitted to this column amounts of each. in care of the SEAFARERS LOGJ Proteins build up flesh, muscles and blood. They give energy and help the digestion along. You'll find them in the foods you like best—meat, milk, eggs, cheese, fish, poultry, beans and peas. The same fbods, plus bread and green leafy vegetables (lettuce and cabbage), provide the minerals that keep your bones and teeth in good shape. These minerals are calcium and phosphorous. A good protective food that you need for good health is salt—the salt aboard ship, which contains iodine. In hot weather you lose a lot of salt by perspiring and this has to be replaced either by salt tablets or by an extra amount of salt in the food. If any SIU ship has You should be acquainted with library or needs a new different kinds of vitamins, what they're good for and what foods supply of books, contact supply them. any SIU hall. Vitamin A helps you see well at night and keeps you in good gen­ eral health. It is found in yellow food, butter, egg yolks, carrots and other yellow vegetables and fruits. You can also get it from kidneys, liver and giblets. Vitamin A won't dissolve in water, so you can be MIAMI—^Use of Liberian-flag ships during the recent US military build-up in this area has drawn the fire of the Mari­ time Trades Coimcil of Southeast Florida. The MTD group protested the use of two'*' that the Cuban emergency and possibly more runaway ground made it necessary, and MSTS was vessels to handle movement not able to provide equivalent of Army trucks and tanks at Port Everglades. The Liberian-flag LSTs Inagua Foam and Inagua Shipper had been in use for a week at the time of the union protest. This practice was defended by the Military Sea Transportation Service on the MFOW Victim Of '59 Attack Dies In Frisco HONOLULU—Members of the Marine Firemen's Union and the SIU Pacific District recently mourned the death of Sam Mat­ thews, a member of the black gang on the President Polk (American President) who was the victim of a savage mugging attack while ashore in New York in 1959. Partially Paralyzed Matthews was partially paralyzed as a result of the encounter and spent the rest of his days in the hospital. Union members took up his cause and raised a special bene­ fit fund to assist Matthews and his family. He had lived here in Ha­ waii with his wife and seven chil­ dren. Money raised by the Matthews fund was used to aid the support of his family, to pay the cost of special therapy treatments and to finance a 1981 visit to the States by his wife and four of his children who hadn't seen their father for two years. The treatments and spe­ cial surgery a year ago were de­ signed to help the MFOW veteran regain use of his legs. Hospitalized 16 Months Hospitalized for 16 months in the Staten Island, New York, ma­ rine hospital, Matthews was later shifted to the San Francisco USPHS hospital, where he died. Burial was arranged here several weeks later. The attackers who caused the injuries that led to his death were never found. EVERY THREE MONTHS YOHR SIU SHIP'S LIBRARY American-flag vessels. MSTS also advised that it was not its policy to use foreign-flag ships unless an emergency de­ veloped. However, as the MTD group pointed out, MSTS has for almost a dozen years contracted for three runaway-owned landing craft to carry missile supplies from Cape Canaveral to Atlantic missile range bases. The contract is held by the Canaveral International Corpora­ tion, owned by the Dubbins Brothers who also run the Liberian-flag passenger liner Calypso Liner from Miami Brach to Bimini. The Calypso Liner had a complete shake-up of its crew because they sought to join the SIU. Charges before the National Labor Relations Board were with­ drawn when many of the crewmembers dispersed to other vessels or went back to their old jobs. Two contracts with the Ca­ naveral firm, according to one news report, were renewed as re­ cently as last month so that the three landing craft could continue transporting supplies to the Cape Canaveral downrange missile tracking stations. The contracts awarded by the. MSTS were for a minimum of two and maximum of five years and will involve more than $2 million if continued the full term. The company has transported cargo to the island installations since 1950. The Inagua Foam and Inagua Shipper are owned by West India Shipping Company, Inc. of West Palm Beach, formerly of Miami. Aliens' Report Is Due Again WASHINGTON — Ali Seafarers who are resident aliens should be alerted to the fact that every resi­ dent alien must report his address during January of each year, even though his address may not have changed during the previous 12 months. Report In 10 Days Alien seamen who are temporar­ ily away from the United States on January 1 must report within ten days of returning to the States—at any post office if they report dur­ ing January or at a US Immigra­ tion Service office if they report iater. The address form should not be mailed, but should be submitted in person. Aliens failing to report are liable to severe penalties. In separate action, the Immigra­ tion Service has amended the rules governing the documentation of alien crewmen so that they no ionger need "present a passport issued by the country of his na­ tionality." Present Passports The amendment provides that an alien crewman "present whatever documents are required." This documentation includes presenta­ tion by the crewman seeking land­ ing privileges in the US of any valid passport being honored by the Immigration Service. �Pace as '1 'I jf ^1 SEAFARERS US High Court To Rule On Jury Trial For M&C Dceeoiber tS. If 6t LOG SIU MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS The follotoing is a digest of SIU regular membership rneetings during the month of October, WASHINGTON—The US Supreme Court has opened the 1962, in all constitutional ports. This feature will be carried each issue in the SEAFARERS LOG: door to a further strengthening of the legal position of a DETROIT, Cel. 12—No meeting held ings accepted. Port agent reported oa NEW YORK Oct. •—Chairman, Earl seaman making a claim for maintenance and cure. shipping. MEBA beef with Mississippi Shapard; Steralary, Trad Stawart; Raad due to lack of a quorum. Valley Barge Line and local elections. Ing Clark, E. X. Moonay. Minutes of The high court has agreed"*" l" 4" Chairman discussed^lLA strike. Report* previous meetins in all ports approved. HOUSTON, Oct. 15—Chairman, LIndsey to hear arguments on whether ing in handing down an opinion Port agent's report on shipping accepted. Williams; Secretary, Reed Humphries; accepted. ' President's report carried President's report mentioned attendance Reading Clerk, Paul Drozak. Minutes of unanimously. Various meeting excuses a seaman has the right to a last May. It said that the amount at Auditors' reports accepted. Carpenter's Union convention, action previous port meetings accepted. Port received. trial by jury when he is making a maintenance claim coupled with a claim for Jones Act negligence. Earlier this year the position of a seaman making a maintenance and cure claim was strengthened when the court served notice on shipowners and claims agents that it would not tolerate attempts to short-change seamen on mainte­ nance and cure benefits owed as a matter of law. An allowance of $8 daily in maintenance benefits is also required under SIU contracts and other union collective bargain­ ing agreements. The high court issued its warn- New Bedford Fishermen Elect Officers NEW BEDFORD, Mass.—Bien­ nial elections in the SlU-affiliated New Bedford Fishermen's Union have ended with the reelection of Howard W. Nickerson as union secretary-treasurer. Voting ended November 30. With 610 members voting in secret balloting, Nickerson dr^w 266 votes to defeat Austin P. Skinner and Edward P. Patenaude. Skinner received 195 votes and Patenaude, 122. Incumbent Jacob Ostensen was also reelected as union delegate, winning a total of 326 votes to de­ feat three opposing candidates. The tallying was conducted by a three-man rank-and-file commit­ tee on December 4. Under the con­ stitution of the fishermen's union, the officers' new terms begin January 1. Earlier, the union announced the award of $250 scholarship grants to the children of two members lost at sea. The Robert J. Swain Memorial Scholarships are given in honor of a former NBFU of­ ficial. This year's prizes went to Frederick J. Mitchell, son of Capt. Sandy Mitchell, lost at sea with his crew and vessel, and to Sonya Paulsen, whose father was steward aboard the R. W. Griffin, Jr. Frederick is a sophomore at Bridgewater State College and Sonya is now attending Cape Cod Community College. of maintenance and cure owed by a shipowner to an ill seaman could not be reduced by any amount earned by a seaman during his ill­ ness. An issue has been made of the right to a jury trial in the present case, which dates back to an injury that occurred in 1954, since the verdict went against the seaman involved and the trial court judge heard evidence on the maintenance claim without allowing it to go to a jury. A Federal appeals court upheld the ruling, although the question of a jury trial in maintenance pro­ ceedings is handled differently from one Federal jurisdiction to another and is even di.sputed with­ in the same jurisdiction, according to the petition heard by the Su­ preme Court. One of the opinions questioned the "cavalier treatment of perhaps the most cherished of all pro­ cedural rights," a trial by jury. The case first got to court in 1960. on dispute between SIU of Canada and Upper Lakes Shipping, AFL-CIO sanctions against NMU In Robin Line beef. SIU support of COPE, ILA strike, expanding SIU training programs, Cuban beef, AFLCIO activities. Report carried unani­ mously. The secretary-treasurer reported on the Union's financial and real estate Interests, opening of bids for Norfolk hall and need to elect quarterly financial com­ mittee. Report carried unanimously. Welfare services report presented. Meet­ ing excuses referred to port agent. Audi­ tors' reports accepted. Discussion In good and welfare on Cuban beef. Total present: 563. agent reported on shipping, ILA strike, Discussion in good and welfare on ILA IBU and UIW activities and thanked strike. Total present: 280. members for aid in MTD beef against 4 4" t Yugoslav ship. Report adopted. Presi­ MOBILE, Oct. 17—Chairman, Lindsay dent's report carried unanimously. Audi­ tors' reports accepted. Total present: 275. Williams; Secratary, Louis Neira; Reading Clerk, Robert Jordan. Minutes of pre­ t 3^ 4" vious meetings in all • ports accepted. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 1»—Chairman, Port agent urged all members to vote in LIndsey Williams; Secretary, Clyde local elections. Shipping report accepted. Lanier; Reading Clark, C. J. "Buck" President's report carried. Auditors' re­ Stephens. Minutes of previous port meet­ ports accepted. Total present: 189. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9 — Chairman, Frank Drozsk; Secretary, Steven Zubovich; Reading Clerk, Charles Stansbury. Seafarers may one day be able to save themselves from a watery grave in event of shipwreck by "foaming" themselves a plastic island using urethane plastics. Scientists says the substance may have many emergency uses. An "island," for instance, could be foamed on the ocean's sur­ face in the event of a ship loss or a forced airplane landing at sea. The size of the plastic island would be about 30 to 40 times the size of the chemical pack used. A similar, but smaller, kit of chemicals could then create a foam, do-it-yourself life-raft or small two-man boat. Once aboard, the wreck survivors could then foam a string of aluminum foil—cove­ red reflectors—to enlarge the target detectable by radar. When a helicopter arrived, the rescue could be effected by lowering a newly-foamed plastic tube. Another of the endless possibilities is a device for covering each individual aboard a plane that appears headed for disaster in an individual plastic envelope. But uses are not limited to disaster situations. The raw plastic materials could be shipped to remote construction sites where rigid building panels could be foamed up by on-site equipment. 3^ 4» 3» Minutes of previous meetings In all ports approved. Chairman Introduced Con­ gressman Barrett of Philadelphia who spoke on election Issues. Agent thanked members for donations to blood bank and support of MTD port council beef. Shipping report read and accepted. Pres­ ident's September report carried. Audi­ tors' reports accepted. Total present; 00. 3r 3< BALTIMORE, Oct. 10—Chairman, Rex E. Dickey; Secretary, Raymond E. Lavoine, Jr.; Reading*Clerk, Tony Kastina. Minutes of previous meetings In all ports ac­ cepted. Port agent's report on shipping approved. Delegates thanked for bringing In clean ships. President's report for September accepted unanimously. Meet­ ing excuses referred to dispatcher. Audi­ tors' reports accepted. Total present: 240. 'Instant' isiandy Life-Rafts Next Joe Alffina, Safety Director Holiday Season Needs Extra Caution One way to make 1963 a happy New Year is to play it safe and observe sidety rules. One of the worst months for accidents is December. Everybody tends to be carried away by the holidays and caution is usually thrown to the winds. A major hazard at this time of year is fire. Home-made wiring on Christmas trees is a potential tinderbox. Excess paper strewn about from leftover gift wrappings and even dried-up trees are other knows how to call the fire de­ materials that are good fire fuels. partment. The inflammability of many As far as the fire department is items on the market always con­ concerned, every member of the stitutes a potential fire menace. family should also have this in­ Plastic decorations and gifts can formation and know how to use it. be extremely dangerous. As an Those extra seconds can often assurance to the consumer, many make a big difference between juvenile costumes such as cowboy life and death or serious propertyoutfits are now made fire-proof or damage, if this precaution is taken fire-resistant. This is in everyone's in advance. interest. When you're having a party at A few simple rules should be home, there may be a number of remembered that can easily help people who will be smoking. to prevent tragedy. If you're home Provide plenty of ashtrays for and have a baby sitter to look your guests. In advance of any after the youngsters while you are parties, also take the time to clear out on the town, give her full off ice and snow from your walks instructions on what she has to do. and steps. This should be done as Tell her how she can reach you, if soon as possible after a storm for necessary. Show her the exits to everyone's protection. the house and make certain she Don't forget the grim fact that in 1961 there were fifty more deaths than in 1960 during the tihree-day Christmas holiday period. This really points up why you have to take extra pains at home to make this season a safe one. It's the only way you'll make it to 1963. (Comments and suggestions are invited by this department and can be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) The latest scholarship awards by the New Bedford Fisher­ men's Union go to Frederick J. Mitchell and Sonya Paulsen, children of two members lost at sea. Prof. Milton S. Biiggs (right) makes the presentation, as union Secretary-Yireasurer Howard W. Nickerson looks on. SIU Welfare, Vacation Plans Cash Benefits Paid — October, 1962 Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Pension-Disability Benefits JMaternity Benefits Dependent Benefits Optical Benefits Out-Patient Benefits Vacation Benefits TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD GLAUMS 7,470 13 333 63 592 351 9,359 1,570 AMOUNT PAID $ 17,372.18 43,663.49 49,950.00 12,550.20 63,719.52 4,467.66 75,390.00 358,728.55 19,751 $625,841.60 SIU Clinic fxams—Af/ Ports October, 1962 Port Baltimore Houston Mobile New Orieons * * * New York Philadelphia *" • * * * * TOTAL Seamen 54 1,118 Wives* Children 6 8 15 10 17 14 13 23 42 27 28 43 121 125 TOTAL 99 171 178 278 513 125 1,364 SIC/ Blood Bank Inventory November, 1692 Previous Balance Port ...... 5 Boston 30 New York 48 Philadelphia 64 Baltimore ...... 15 Norfolk ...... 42 Jacksonville 6 Tampa Mobile 84 New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco ..... ...... 15 Seattle 341^ TOTALS Pints Credited 0 321/i 0 0 0 0 0 8 42^ 0 2 5 0 90 Pints Used 0 30 1 0 0 6 0 0 8 0 0 8 0 53 TOTAL ON HAND 5 321^ 47 64 15 36 6 12 1181^ . 16Vi 7 i . 4 is .1 • ii 378VS,. 1 v.. �Deeemltor tS, Un SEAFARERS Salvaged British Vessel Fails To Beat Deadline Welfare $s Spark His Recovery CHICAGO — The SIU Welfare Plan proved Its worth once again in providing an economic cushion to a Seafarer hospitalized for over a year. Seafarer Hugh Warren revealed how the Welfare Plan had helped him when he stopped by at the Union hall- here. Recently recoyefed from a delicate abdominal operation, Warren had warm praise for the SIU welfare pro­ gram. The operation had hospitalized him for more than 12 months and benefits from the Welfare Plan enabled him to meet the inconveni­ ence of a long period of in­ Warren activity in com­ parative comfort. Warren joined the union in 1958 and sails in the steward depart­ ment. Prior to his illness he served for a time as an SIU organizer here in the Great Lakes area. As a Seafarer, he appreciates service of the SIU Welfare Plan which, he says, he could not have done without during his illness. The total funds he received exceed $1,000, which also met the expense of special surgical equipment. Now recuperating. Warren says he. certainly has a great deal to be grateful for this Christmas and one of the blessings to be counted is his SIU membership. DETROIT—The British freighter Montrose, which until recently was sunk in the Detroit River, will spend the winter months in Toledo until the St. Lawrence Seaway opens next spring. The Montrose lost its race Scott, whose boats are manned by with the Seaway's winter the SIU Inland Boatmen's Union. Seafarer Bernardo Villaneuva, 72 (right), receives his first $150 monthly check from SIU welfare rep. John Dwyer at headquarters. He just got out of the hospital after a seven-month stay due to injuries in a car accident. Eight more Seafarers joined the ranks of SIU veterans receiving union pensions this month. This makes a total of 77 oldtimers who have become eligible this year for the lifetime pensions of $150 per month. The new group of pension-• ers includes: Prudencio De York in 1942 and shipped in the He makes his home now in East steward department. His last ship Paterson, NJ, with his wife, Clara. Jesus, 70; Louis D. Guellnitz, was the Steel Chemist (Isthmian) Brother Sparrow was a 30-year 66; Tony Sparrow, 65; Enoch J. to wind up a 35-year sailing career. Pringle, 66; Louis Corne, 65; John H. East, 67; Bernard Villaneuva, 72; George B. Fleming, 53. Shipping with the SIU since 1941, Brother De Jesus sailed in the engine department for a peri­ od of 42 years. A native of Puerto Rico, he paid off his last ship, the DeSoto, (Waterman), in May. He now lives with his wife, Jenerosa, in Brooklyn. A native of New York, Brother Sparrow Guellnitz Guelinitz joined the SIU at New Whitlow; Secretary, Richard Christenberry. Captain reported to be pleased with the crew's attitude. S>.-erything running smoothly. Vote of thanks to the steward department and the watch for cleaning up the messhall in the mornings. Suggestion made that the steward inform aU his men to dump wet garbage only into the drums aft. Wooden and cardboard boxes should be kept out of the drums and put on deck aft. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), July 28— Chairman, William Burke; Secretary, Cyril A. Scott. One man missed ship in Mayaguez. Crew told that all men should get lifeboat certificate. No beefs reported by department heads. JOSEFINA (Liberty Navigation), Aug. 10—Chairman, L. Wing; Secre­ tary, A. Aaron. Ship's delegate re­ ported that a letter was written to patrolman regarding draws in bunker port. No major beefs reported. Sug­ gestion that crew make less noise in me-s-shal! at night. Keep natives out of passageway and messrooms. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), July 15—Chairman, R. L. O'Brien; Secre­ tary, N. Mattey. Ship's delegate re­ ported that all disputed deck depart­ ment OT and other beefs will be taken up with patrolman in San Fran­ cisco. $37 in ship's fund. TRANS-ERIE (Hudson Waterways), July 29—Chairman, C. C. Ennlst; Sec­ retary, L. P. Hagmann. Crew asked to remove cots from deck when not In use. Mixing machine will be on dock on arrival back in USA. Short­ age of water aboard since some was pumped over side in error. Motion made that headquarters be notified concerning the arrangement of crew quarters, and use of a room for shortage of engine supplies. Discus­ sion on wage rates. Suggesticr; that food committee get a larger variety of food and better grades of meats, etc. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment for improvement in menus and preparation of food. COASTAL CRUSADER (Suwannee), July 29—Chairman, Thomas Kline; Secretary, Cliff E. Taggart. $113 was donated to orphanage, leaving a bal­ ance of $2.18 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. Vote of thanks to steward department for a well done Job all around. OVERSEAS REBECCA (Maritlmg Ovarieai), Aug. Chairman, Paul L. closing date after several delays caused by bad weather and the Coast Guard's rejection of the hurry-up patching job done to close a 37-foot-long gash in her side. She received the hole in her hull in a collision with a cementladen barge the night of July 30. The sunken freighter was raised by the Great Lakes Construction Division of Merritt-Chapman and 8 Oldfimers Get SIU Pensions SHORT HILLS (Sea-Land), July IS— Chairman, Lee deParller; Secretary, VInce Cenco. Ship's delegate reported everything running smoothly. New baker and chief cook doing a good Job. Motion that patrolman initial book when dues and assessments are paid so that at the end of year men can go to any hall and have receipts for the year verified. Vote of thanks to ship's delegate and steward depart­ ment. GaUey force doing a good Job. Captain will hold safety meeting on July 29. Crew asked not to use abusive language in passageways or on ship. Misunderstanding between wipers and engineers should be taken up with patrolman. Vote of thanks to steward department for a Job weU done. Far* Seres LOG BETH EX (Ore Navigation), no date —Chairman, S. Carcia; Secretary, J. R. Abrams. $273 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Motion to pay ship's treasurer $10 per trip for extra work involved in keeping cokes in box. Price of sodas to be lowered to 10 cents. See about getting wind chutes 21 inches long. . Vote of thanks to steward department. Pringia Corn* East Fleming • PENN TRADER (Penn Shipping), Aug. 12—Chairman, V. E. Keane; Sec­ retary, J. F. Austin. Few hours dis­ puted OT in steward department. Cap­ tain stated there will be a draw every five days. More patrolmen needed in Houston to service ships that come into port. Motion that when ship is sailing short, ship's delegate be authorized to get a man where he can. if the Union cannot furnish a replacement before sailing. Early Repair List Helps FLOMAR (Calmer), Aug. 21—Chair­ man, T. A. Jackson; Secretary, Thomas Harris. Report will be sent in from the Canal regarding one man missing ship in Coos Bay, Ore. $8.15 in ship's fund. Money will be spent if ship lays up. Few hours disputed OT in deck department as the mate has been working on deck doing sailors' work. Crew asked to keep the toUets clean. STEEL ACE (Isthmian), July 5— Chairman, A. Salem; Secretary, E. Hansen. New washing machine in­ stalled thanks to electricians. Each department asked to elect a safety representative. Draws will be in travelers checks. Donated $3 to Sea­ men's Library, leaving a balance of $18.02. Motion to see patrohnan about inoculations. Suggested that they should give shots 4 or 5 days before saiiing as there are U1 effects after the shots. NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), July 23— Chairman, J. Townsand; Sscratary, J. RIclly. Ship's delegate reported no beefs. New ship's delegate is Nick Mcrk. Crew asked to cooperate in keeping messroom clean at night. veteran member of the engine de­ partment, and was born in Aus­ tria. He joined the SIU in 1938 at New York, and last sailed aboard the Seatrain New Jersey in July. His residence is in Brooklyn. A member of the SHJ for 23 years, Brother Pringle joined at Boston in 1939. He sailed in the steward department and paid off his last ship, the Beatrice (Bull), in October. A native of the British West Indies, he lives in New York with his wife, Julia. Brother Come joined in New York in 1944 and shipped in the steward department. His last ship before retiring was the Seatrain Louisiana, which he paid off in July. He had sailed for over 30 years, and now makes his home in Tenafly, NJ, with his wife, Pauline. Shipping with the SIU since 1949, Brother East sailed in the engine department for a total of 42 years. A native of Mississippi, he paid off in October from the Seatrain Texas. He now lives in New Orleans. Brother Villaneuva was a mem­ ber of the deck department, and had sailed for 42 years. Born in the Philippines, he joined the SIU at Baltimore in 1941, and last sailed aboard the Wild Ranger (Waterman). He lives today in Brooklyn with his wife, Mary. A member of the Union for 22 years. Brother Fleming joined at Boston in 1940. He sailed in the deck department and last paid off the Floridian (South Atlantic & Caribbean) in January. A native of Nova Scotia, he now lives in Dover, NH, with his wife, Mary. Oldtimer Prudencio DeJesus, 70, shows off his first SIU pension checlr rt New York. He last shipped on the DeSoto. Seafarers are reminded to be sure that vessel repair lists are made out and submitted to department heads early enough to allow time for order­ ing supplies and necessary replacements before the ship hits port. In this way, many essential repairs can be com­ pleted during the time a vessel is in port or in the course of coastwise voyages before going offshore. Early completion of repair lists will also enable SIU patrolmen to check on the progress of re­ pairs and' replacements as soon as they come aboard a vessel. Members who participated in the salvage work had expected that repairs and inspection would be completed in time for the Montrose to make the Lakes-channel trip to Montreal this year. The 7,318-ton vessel from Liver­ pool partially blocked the south­ bound channel of the Detroit River for several months. The risky at­ tempt to refloat her was slowed by an explosion which injured three members of the Pile Drivers Union working on the preliminary struc­ tures necessary to bring her right side up. The ship was on her side in 35 feet of water. SIU-IBU men aided the task of hoisting the Montrose to the sur­ face with derricks, then secured her with tow lines to nearby tugs and docks. The hole was then sealed off with cement and steel and she was pumped out. Merritt, Chapman and Scott agreed to accept payment only if they were able to raise the Mont­ rose. Payment would then depend on whether the freighter is finally seaworthy. If it is not, the salvage firm will be paid according to the ship's salvage value. New Postal Rates Start January 7 WASHINGTON—New US postal rates go into effect next month under legislation passed by Con­ gress that wiU raise the price of a first-class stamp to five cents, the price of the first stamp in 1847. The increases involve all firstclass and airmail rates. The price of a stamp for a regular first-class letter will go up from four cents to a nickel, and an airmail stamp will cost eight instead of seven cents. Regular postcards go up to four cents and airmail cards up to six cents. Congress' latest overhaul of the postal rates provide wage increases for Post Office Department work;.ers and is a step toward the goal of a self-sustaining US postal sys­ tem. The last postal hike was in 1958. The new rates go into effect on January 7, 1963, so Seafarers are advisee! not to get caught short on postage before mailing that letter back home or sending something in to the SEAFARERS LOG. Most small union publications will not be affected by the new legislation, which boosted secondclass mailing costs for non-profit organizations by slightly increasing the per-pound mailing rate. It is expected to result in slightly higher mailing costs for the LOG. A previous postal change also boosted the cost of returning nondeliverable copies of second-class publications, so Seafarers are again urged to be sure their correct ad­ dress Is on file as part of the LOG mailing list. �SEAF4IIERS rwre EIcM s |®pfl-J: :«!«:. •jililili-^liipii^ --^-1 "•^. f / I- ".!?• i I- LOG - • V>i-'" 1 ,1'' •' ' ii . " - ' t'^-, -•- * 4 �SEAFARERS Typical SlU ship's meeting aboard the Del Monte pictures off-watch crewmembers listening in as a Seafarer speaks on motion. Pace Niee LOG Seafarers' off-duty activities provided lots of camera subjects for "Life," which made its selections from hundreds of photos. An SlU-manned ship is the subject of one of the feature stories in "Life" mogozine's yearend issue, which is devoted exclusively to "The Sea". The December 21 issue carries an eight-page section photographed right aboard the SlU-manned Del Monte (Delta Line) during the course of a voyage to South America and back. With the focus on a young ordinary seaman, J. P. Nobles Jr., the "Life" article shows Sea­ farers during their working and off-duty hours oboard the ship. The story of the trip with a veteran crew of Seafarers on the Del Monte is told by "Life" assistant editor James Mills and photographer Bill Eppridge, who made the en­ tire voyage. Reprinted here are excerpts from the "Life" story, plus a selection from the many hundreds of photographs taken for the magazine of Nobles and other Seafarers who manned the Del Monte on its otherwise-routine cargo run to the Tropics. While in port, bosun James Wood checks out first-tripper J. P. Nobles on handling of paint-roller. Newcomer to the sea, Nobles .(right) takes a tour below decks to the home of the black gang. Carlos Troncoso, as guide, points out maze of gauges on bulkhead. C ? - i I E f « I t ' fl »II ^ . - Nobles gets a lesson in coffeemaking from veteran SlU cook and baker Eldred "Gator-Mouth" Botes. ; / H Bull session on tattoo art features (l-r) Johnny Hill, Jimmy Demouy and Nobles. Del Monte Seafarers spend a lazy weekend afternoon in the sun the same way as others do in the Tropics. Short­ wave radio (lower, left) adds touch of home. �; i i Fare Tm StAFA K "> to a l>eeeBBber RLE A Cites Cost Of Job Losses uriiti Great Lakes' Traffic Jam Rap Rail Merger Plans WASHINGTON—^Unions in the Railway Labor Executives' Association, including the SIU Railway Marine Region, are hitting back at the proposed merger of the Pennsyl­ vania and New York Central Railroads by pointing up the railroads' own figures showing that job losses and cut payrolls will provide more than erages would ba lost to local gro­ $19,800 less would be spent for $63 million of the $81 million cers and restaurants; things necessary to operate a r,-5--r' savings planned by merger sup­ porters. This means that the workers on the two railroads would provide the biggest share of the financial advantage to be gained. Moving on to Government statis­ tics covering consumer expendi­ tures in 1950 (the latest figures available, so that most of the fol­ lowing is actually understated in terms of today's costs), RLEA cites what the loss of only 100 railroad jobs would mean to a typical com­ munity: $52,300 less paid by the workers in taxes; $159,600 spent for food and bev- New Food Idea Fresh FishBones & All Eat fish—eyes, bones, innards and all! That is the suggestion of a panel of doctors appointed by the Na­ tional Academy of Sciences to de­ velop new and inexpensive foods to help feed the underfed and un­ dernourished millions in different parts of the world. The protein - rich concentrate would be in the form of a fine white powder or liquid which would be both tasteless and odor­ less. Mixed with other foods, how­ ever, it could provide an inexpen­ sive, highly-nutritious food at a cost of less than one-half cent per person per day. The panel of doctors estimated that by using the annually unharvested fish from United States waters alone, enough animal pro­ tein could be produced to help feed one billion people a year. A development of this kind would have great impact, not so much in the United States, but in the underdeveloped areas of the world where the gap between pop­ ulation and food supply is widen­ ing steaiUy at an alarming rate. Raising the nutritional level of the people in these areas would make it moje possible for them to raise their living standards in other ways. Much research and development is needed before the new fish flour concentrate becomes a reality, the panel points out. Many problems remain to be solved, including sell­ ing the very idea of eating fish— eyes, bones, innards and all. But it is hoped that the doctors' report will spur Government research to help develop this vast and un­ tapped food source. Canal Traffic Curbed in Venice VENICE, Italy—When the Union of Gondoliers protested Intrusion of a motorized, black gondola last summer upon this city's serene street canals, the city obliged with laws not only barring outboard gondolas, but also outboard motorboats that competed with the 500 gondo­ las. It further ruled that large motorboats, which have been used as ferries, must glide along at speeds below seven mfies an hour—so tbey won't make waves. X household; $41,600 worth of business would be lost by furniture and household equipment dealers; $60,900 less would be ^ent for clothes and clothing services, such as dry cleaning and laundry; ^ $87,700 less would be spent for transportation, including automo­ Twelve vessels were detained in the Detroit River while the biles, servicing, gasoline and oil; Canada SlU-contracted motorship Hotehcliffe HoH and US $24,600 less would go as income to doctors, nurses and others pro­ Steel's Richard V. Lindabury maintained a collision position viding medical care; for three hours to give the Hall time to unload some of its $11,300 less would be spent in grain. The Lindabury had crashed into the Hall, giving the beauty parlors and in sale of cos­ Canadian ship a gaping hole in her side. metics; $34,000 less would be spent on recreation, education and books; $5,800 less would be spent with miscellaneous businesses; $19,200 less would be given as gifts to churches and others; $24,300 in premiums for personal insurance would be lost to insur­ Joseph Volpian, Social Security Director ance salesmen. RLEA also warns shippers not to "believe the Pennsylvania and the The recent doubling of the SIU vacation pay benefits to >$800 on an New York Central railroads when they tell you fewer tracks, fewer annual basis once again points up the fact that union contracts In cars, fewer locomotives, fewer many industries are changing the country's vacation habits, as more trains add up to more and better workers gain more weeks of leisure each year. During the past decade service for you. This is not and alone, many dramatic changes have been made in union-negotiated vacation provisions. cannot be so." In 1952, only four percent of major union agreements—those cover­ The trend in business mergers A member of fhe latest was reported separately in a report ing 1,000 or more workers—provided maximum vacations of four weeks SIU rank-and-file Quarterly to Congress that more than 3,400 or longer. Fifty percent of contracts had maximum vacations of less Financial Committee, Sea­ small firms have been swallowed than three weeks. By 1961—the most recent data maximum vacation of less than up by the country's top 500 indus­ farer E. Jensen is pictured trial firms during the past 11 years. available from the Labor Depart­ three weeks. For 1962, additional at headquarters meeting The House Select Committee on ment's annual survey of union improvements have brought the right after his election. Small Business also found that the contract provisions—43 percent of majority of union contracts up to He's been shipping SIU 50 largest merchandising outfits all agreements provided four or a vacation standard of four weeks since 1948 in the deck bought up 332 smaller enterprises more weeks of vacation. Only eight or more. gang. percent of the contracts had a to reduce competition. A special analysis in the "Col­ lective Bargaining Report" carried by the AFL-CIO's monthly maga­ zine, notes that labor's drive for a shorter workweek has spurred the trend towards longer vacations. Among the innovations mentioned is the agreement the Steelworkers By Sidney Margolins negotiated this year with the ma­ jor can companies providing a spe­ cial 13-week vacation every five years for employees with 15 or Better Business Bureaus, the Federal Trade Com­ as well as water and power lines. mission and various state attorneys have joined an One of the biggest recent promotions has been more years of service. all-out effort to control questionable promotions of for sites on a so-called ranch In Nevada. The original This, the article points out, is the land in remote desert and submarginal areas, often "Gamble Ranch" which was supposed to be the sub­ first form of "sabbatical" leave sold sight unseen to unwary buyers. The Association division consisted of less than 80 acres with just negotiated in a major settlement. of Better Business Bureaus reports that hundreds of one well, law-enforcement authorities reported. But While vacations longer than thousands of acres throughout the country are being the promoters (the Pacific Westates Land Develop­ four weeks are still infrequent, the promoted at a cost to the public that may run into ment Corporation), also bought up over 200,000 ad­ article cites five-week vacations many millions of dollars. ditional acres of dry, sagebrush land surrounding negotiated by the Brewery Work­ While advertising paints a beautiful picture of the original Gamble Ranch and sold these arid lots ers in a number of contracts and living in the sun, frequently the true facts are not as part of their "ranch" promotion. a St. Louis agreement reached by only omitted but actually mi^: epresented. The real Other dubious promotions have been exposed re­ the union early this year which tragedy of the latest land promotions, which have cently in Utah and near Taos, New Mexico. These provides six weeks of vacation for • been persisting and multiplying over the past three offered lots free as "prizes" bnt charged heavy employees with 20 years' service. years, is that often they are aimed at older people amounts for convejring title. Prices asked for land The AFL-CIO analysis also seeking retirement homes, or families hoping to in the desert country seem cheap to moderate-income notes a new trend towards paid build a vacation home now for subsequent retire­ city dwellers, aware that just a small lot in their vacations in the construction in­ ment use. areas sells for several thousand dollars. But and, dustry despite its seasonal and ' Many of the promotions are for land in warm- undeveloped or inaccessible land is worth only a few casual nature. Twenty-six percent climate states. The St. Louis Better Busine.ss Bureau dollars an acre. One Arizona subdivision offers land of major construction agreements points out that desert lands in the Southwest, hilly for as much as $1,200 an acre that ten years ago sold included in the 1961 survey pro- ' lots in the South and swampy regions on the South­ for $25 an acre. vided vacations, compared with 20 east are advertised by mail and in newspapers and In some southwest subdivisions you have to look percent four years before. on TV for as little as $10 down and $10 a month. twice at any water you think you see because it may Most of the construction vaca­ But questionable plots in other areas are being be a mirage, one land-owner there points out. The tion agreements require employers offered at seemingly low prices for vacation and cost of finding water in arid areas may run several to contribute a specific amount per retirement homes. The Akron, Ohio, Better Business times the cost of the lot itself. For example, you hour to a central vacation fund Bureau got so many local inquiries about the "Shen- may have to pay as much as $10 a foot for deep for distribution as vacation pay­ ango Lakes" real estate development near James­ drilling, and must drill about 175 feet in some Ari­ ments. This is similar to the pro­ town, Pa., that it sent an investigator there. He foimd zona developments. Thus, the acre you may buy for cedures used in other industrin that lots previously advertised at $199 now were of­ only $495 finally can cost you over $2,000, without such as apparel and maritime, and, fered by mail for $499. The "lakes" turned out to be even counting other needed improvements. of course, is the basis for the SIU two ponds. Cottage sites bordering the ponds were The high-pressure real estate promotions and spec­ Vacation Plan established back in considered to be "waterfront property" and were ulations already have caused serious trouble in South 1952, at an annual rate of $140 in priced at $2,200. Sites had an average frontage of Florida, where they first burgeoned. FHA already benefits. The rate of SIU bene­ just 40 feet. has had to take over ownership of some 1,300 small fits has been increased on seven The St. Louis Bureau found that at the O'Fallon homes in the area around Miami because families different occasions since then. Hills development in Missouri, the rutty road stopped could not meet their mortgage payments. (Comments and suggestions are even before it reached the lots which had been of­ All experts advise against buying land without fered for a "total price of $395." The purchase agree­ first visiting it, aud without consulting your local invited by this department and ment for these lots stated that the purchaser would Better Business Bureau or the attorney general of can be submitted to this column in care o/ the SEAFARERS LOG.l be responsible for the cost of extending the streets. your state about the offer. $9,300 less would ba spent for tobacco; $49,800 less would be spent for rent and other housing costs, and 65 home mortgages would have to be foreclosed; $19,800 in business would be lost to producers of electric power and sellers of fuel and refrigeration; •' Committeeman Vacation Gains Change Leisure Habits Your 'Sun-Land Vacation Spot' May Be A Mirage I V: y:'l �December t$, U6S •r- SEAfAREJlS -—- — • i coP€ nepoRT Pare Eleren. LOG 'Year In, Year Ouf Twenty-one trade unionists wiil take their seats when the 88th Congress convenes on January 9th. The union contingent includes two Senators and nineteen Representatives, four of whom are entering Congress for the first time. They represent twelve states and seven­ teen unions. The two Senators are Howard W. Cannon, Nevada, of the Musicians' Union, and Michigan's Patrick McNamara, Plumbers and Pipefitters. California has the largest delegation of trade unionists in the House, two of whom are first-termers. These include Reps. Harold T. Johnson, Railway Clerks; John F. Shelley, former president, California State Federation of Labor; Jeffrey Cohelan, ex-secretary-treasurer. Milk Drivers; Harry Sheppard, Railroad Trainmen, and George P. Miller, Technical Engineers. Newcomers to Congress are Everett Burkhalter, Theatrical Stage Employees, and Lionel Van Deerlyn, member of both the Newspaper Guild and the Television and Radio Artists. Pennsylvania unionists in the Congress are George M. Rhodes, former president. Federated Trade Council of Reading, and member of the iS'Pographical Union; Elmer Holland, organizer with the Steelworkers, and John H. Dent, former president. United Rubber Workers, and member of the URW international council. Other lawmaker-unionists include; Michael Kirwan, Ohio, Railroad Trainmen and United Mine Workers; Joseph E. Karth, Minnesota, former international representative. Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers; Mrs. Edith Green. Oregon, Television and Radio Artists; John Fogarty, Rhode Island, president emeritus. Bricklayers Local 1; Edward Garmatz, Maryland, Electrical Workers; Leo W. O'Brien, New York Newspaper Guild: Roman Pucinski, Illinois, Newspaper Guild; Carlton Sickles, Maryland first-termer, Asbestos Workers, and New Jersey freshman Joseph G. Minish, executive secretary, Essex-West Hudson Labor Council, and a member of the Electrical Workers. Among the other results in the November balloting were the re­ election of Sen. Warren Magnuson of Washington, chairman. Senate Commerce Committee, and of Rep. Herbert C. Bonner, North Carolina, chairman, House Merchant Marine Committee. The composition of both committees will remain about the same except that Sen. Norris Cotton will become the ranking Republican on the Senate side, re­ placing Sen. John Marshall Butler of Maryland, who retired. The pop-guns of August will turn into big cannon when January rolls around. That's when the American Medical Association will launch another propaganda barrage against the public interest on the medical care issue. Last summer, after health care for the elderly was set aside by a 52-48 vote in the Senate, the AMA muted its public voice after cheer­ ing the victory for which it paid $7 million. But that didn't last long. Already, the president-elect of the organization. Dr. Edward R. Annis, is predicting defeat of health care in the upcoming Congress. He's rallying the nation's medics around the AMA flag for the new campaign. Once again letters and mail can help decide this issue. Your Congress­ man and Senators will be back in Washington next month. Don't forget to drop them a line. .... V Seeking to focus attention on Job security issues, members of Transport Workers Union Local 234 may refuse to collect fares from passengers in its current con­ tract dispute with Philadelphia Transportation Company, The com­ pany has proposed a series of uni­ lateral work rule changes in the upcoming TWU agreement. More than one million fare-paying pas­ sengers daily would be affected . . . Members of the International Association of Machinists in St. Louis rejected McDonnell Aircraft Corporation's offer of a 2^% wage increase in each year under pro­ posed three-year contracts. Mc­ Donnell employs 26,000 persons and is prime contractor for the Government's National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Gem­ ini and Mercury spacecraft. advisory vote, conducted by NLRB at Boeing plants in states which don't have so-called "right-towork" laws, is the first in the aerospace industry supporting a union shop by at least a two-thirds majority. t 4" American Bakery & Confection­ ery Workers Local 20 won a 23cent wage increase, plus vacation and welfare improvements, in a three-year contract with Ann Dale Products Company, Fall River, Mass. ... A Montreal lingerie manufacturing firm official was jailed 32 days for firing a union shop chairman and four other workers because they joined the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. The original sen­ tence called for a fine, but when it was appealed - to the Quebec Court of Appeals, the jail term l" 4" Pittsburgh trolley and bus oper­ was added. 4 4 4 ators woii a six cent hourly wage A new three-year contract bene­ hike after an agreement on a twoyear contract, with a wage re- fiting 16,000 laundry workers has opener in a year, in negotiations been negotiated in New York City by the Amalgamated Association by the Laundry Workers Joint of Street, Electric Railway and Board, representing 12 "locals affili­ Motor Coach Employees, Division ated with the Amalgamated Cloth­ 85, whose 1,420 members will now ing Workers. The pact, subject to vote to accept or reject the pact membership approval, grants 17.5 . . . Employees at Boeing Aircraft to 20 cents more hourly to pro­ plants represented by Internation­ duction workers, six to eight dol­ al Association of Machinists and lars more weekly to most drivers, by Local 1069, United Auto Work­ a nine-dollar hike for office work­ ers, voted almost 3-1 to ask a Pres­ ers, plus a 25-cent hourly boost idential panel to recommend a for engineers, mechanics and main­ union shop in new contracts. The tenance men. No matter how much things seem to change, when you take another look you see that they really remain the same. Not too long ago, the state of affairs in the maritime industry and the outlook for shipping gen­ erally was the occasion for some editorial comment: ". . . It is unfortunate that the only time that Congress applies itself to the problems of the industry is when a crisis is upon us. We can't help but wonder if the nation would be as interested in the future of our mer­ chant fleet if lives did not hang in the balance in Korea and elsewhere. It seems that it is only in times of crisis that the American people realize how vital the maritime in­ dustry is to the security and well-being of each and every citizen. "But crisis periods tend to produce shortrange, improvised solutions to meet the im­ mediate need rather than the long haul. The immediate needs of World War II and the current international fever may have been met by hasty improvising. But that is the curse of our maritime industry. Its instability is so great due to the lack of interest shown in its peacetime development that when an emergency does arise it requires a lot of tightrope walking to get the necessary ships and seamen. "Planning for the long haul means plan­ ning for a merchant marine that operates in peace as well as during wars, hot or cold. It means having good ships and trained men functioning at all times, not just in fits and spurts. It's up to Congress to take the nec­ essary steps to produce the kind of legisla­ tion which will have constructive effects on the maritime industry." Though somewhat dated, in referring to then-current shipping problems under the heading of "Long-Range Outlook," the above excerpt goes back to 1952, and one of the editorial pages of the SEAFARERS LOG that year. The source, admittedly, is of no conse­ quence, and there is no special pride in re­ calling it. What is important, however, is the fact that the same conditions alluded to then —and many times thereafter, still persist. They exist right now, today, on the eve of 1963. Strictly speaking, it is still up to Congress to provide the necessary legislative remedies for the varied ills of the US merchant fleet, with an appropriate assist from the Admin­ istration and the many departments and agencies which help shape our shipping, trade and cargo policies. Both the maritime unions and the varied voices of maritime management have long urged a better fate for the US-flag shipping fleet than is its pres­ ent inheritance from years of neglect. Shipping needs some help via legislation as well as proper enforcement of existing laws and policy, and no one, least of all those right in the industry whose jobs and livelihood are directly affected, should have to be convinced on that point at this stage of the game. 4 4 4 Reverse Play New York City newspaper publishers have succeeded in imposing a shutdown of all nine daily papers that serve the city's mil­ lions, plus their effort to pin the blame on the "unions" for the news blackout. The publishers shut down the five remaining dailies after the printers union called a strike at the other four over new contract demands. Interesting here is the point that the lock­ out by the publishers—without their printing a line about it in their own papers—has been reported in out-of-town publications and by TV-radio as a strike action by the printers themselves. Thus, the "unions" again take the rap for something they had nothing to do with, and the real issue gets buried. Any time a union calls an across-the-board strike in an indus­ try, the version in the press makes it seem as if the union action is immoral, illegal—and possibly worse. There's no such outcry against the New York publishers right now. Who would print the story? �( Pag* Tvaiv* December t9, 19M SiBAFARERS LOO Seafarer's Wife Lauds Service The deaths of the following Seafarers have been re> All of the following SIU families have received a $200 ported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and a total of $28,000 in benefits was paid (any apparent delay in payment maternity benefit, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the of claim is normally due to late filing, lack of a benefici­ baby's name, representing a ary card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates): total of $3,600 in maternity benefits and a maturity value Willie E. Walker, 50: Brother James O. Manning, 51: Brother of $450 in bonds; Walker died of natural causes on Manning suffered a fatal heart at­ tack on Septem­ October B, 1962, ber 29, 1962 while at the USPHS aboard the San Hospital, Staten Marino near Sai­ Island, NY. He began shipping gon, South Viet­ nam. He joined with the SIU In the SIU on March 1939 in the stew­ 15, 1939 and ard department. 4- 4" 4" .shipped in the His wife, Minnie Cecelia Joyce Degollado, bom deck department. Walker, of New October 3, 1962, to Seafarer and A sister, Mrs. Lou York, NY, sur­ Mrs. Margarito Degollado, Hous­ Loyless, of Jacksonville, Florida, vives. Burial was at Rose Hill ton, Texas. Cemetery, Linden, NJ. Total bene- survives. Burial was in Jackson­ 4* 4' 4" ville. Total benefits: $4,000. tits: $4,000. Pamela Roberts, born October 4 4 4 5, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ar­ Nicholas Reznichenko, 61: Broth­ 4 4 4 thur Thomas Roberts, Las Vegas, er Reznichenko died of a liver ail­ Nevada. Jose E. Quimera, 57: Brother ment on October 4 4 4> ftulmera died of a lung ailment on 12, 1962 at the Sally Sweeney, born March 6, S e p t e mber 14, USPHS hospital. 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. John 1962, at the New Orleans, La. R. Sweeney, Spokane, Washington. USPHS Hospital, He had been sail­ ing with the SIU 4 4 4 Staten Island, Michael Lee Dekens, bora Sept. NY. He joined since 1943 and 18, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leo the Union in shipped in the en­ M. Dekens, Arlington, California. 1938 and shipped gine department. B. McMillion of 4 4 4 in the steward Daniel C. Mills, born September department. His New Orleans . is 9, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Cecil wife, Dolores his only survivor. Burial was at the Harold Mills, Portland, Ore. St. Louis No. 3 Cemetery, New Quimera, of New 4 4 4 York, NY, survives. Burial was at Orleans. Total benefits: $4,000. William Jemison, born August St. Michaels Cemetery, Astoria, 4 4 4 28, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wil­ NY. Total benefits: $4,000. Anthony A. Voyevotski, 45: liam P. Jemison, Mobile, Ala. Brother Voyevotski died of a heart ailment on Octo­ t 4 4 4 Kevin Jenkins, born August 9, ber 25, 1962 at Charles Guinn, Jr., 20: A throat 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jessie the Clinical Cen­ ailment was fatal to Brother Guinn Jenkins, Harvey, La. ter, Bethesda, on November 8, 4 4 4 Maryland. Ship­ Glazel Ives, born August 29, 1962 in Vista ping with the SIU 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. George Acres, Virginia. since 1947, he B. Ives, Galveston, Texas. He began ship­ sailed in the en­ ping with the 4 4 4 gine department. Joseph and Angela Todora, bora SIU in Norfolk in His mother, Mrs. August 12, 1962, to Seafarer and 1958 and sailed Anna Voyevotski, Mrs. Charles Todora, Dallas, Texas. in the deck de- of Plymouth, Pa., survives. Burial partment. His was at St. Mary's Cemetery, Plym­ 4 4 4 Brenda Logan, born October 5, wife, Mrs. Evelyn outh. Total benefits: $4,000. 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph G. Guinn, of J. Logan, Mobile, Ala. Lynchburg, Va., survives. Burial was at Forest Lawn Cemetery, 4 4 4 Cindy Ezell, born September 21, Lynchburg. Total benefits: $4,000. 1962, to Seafarer Aden C. Ezell, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 Maria Rial, born July 27, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Manuel Rial, Brooklyn, New York. ^ Donald Brooks, born October 2, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Donald S. Brooks, Theodore, Alabama. 4 4 To the Edltm*: I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the Seafar­ ers Welfare Plan for the imme­ diate consideration to me dur­ ing my stay in the Hotel Dieu here in New Orleans for my surgical and medical costs. It was most welcome and needed, as I would have been at a loss without this assistance. My husband, electrician aboard the De Soto, was at sea at the To Tlie Editor^ L. . .... All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. time and I had no way of meet­ ing these expenses. It's a wonderful plan for both the seamen and their depend­ ents. Enough cannot be said about the SIU's efficiency and promptness in such situations. My sincere thanks to you all. Mrs. Anna Plahn allow this headline hunter to put himself up aa the "Messiah of Trade Unions" and the only appointed spokesman for it. We of our organization have seen in the past his tie-in with Harry Bridges and all of hli other tie-ins. I think it Is imfair to all the other trade unions to have him with all his demagoguery set himself up in such a position, especially since our organization was the first to put the heat on the "Red Birds" years back. A few good items I picked up on some other things are mentioned below. "Periscope" in "Newsweek" (November 19, 1962) quotes Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor, as saying 800,000 workers change jobs eVery 30 days. Talk about job turnover. He says automation will increase the figures some more and that more man-days are lost due to unemployment than from all the strikes in the last 35 years. E. A. Anderson 4 4 4 Seafarer Lauds Welfare Assist To the Editor: I want you to please publish in the LOG my feelings about the SIU Welfare Plan, which is one of the most wonderful gains we have made for all Seafarers -4 4 4 and their families. I know this has been said many times, but it has to be repeated over and over again so that everybody To the Editor: Since I last saw you, I was will know what this welfare called home and of course was program means. I have been on the sidelines happy to be there on the holi­ day. During the holiday sojourn for a long while now, due to and the other days I have been being in and out of the hos­ doing a lot of reading and re­ pital, but the Welfare Plan and our officials who handle these viewing. The thing I wish to point out matters have always taken pains to you is the tremendous head­ to see that everything is done line hunting Joe Curran has right. This kind of care and consid­ been atracting by his remarks and attacks on the "Red Birds." erate treatment is very helpful Now I think that somebody who' and welcome to those of us knows the background of this who recall the type of condi­ individual and of the "Commie" tions we had before the Wel­ infiltration of his union in the fare Plan was a fact. Thanks to past should bring these things all who have made this possi­ to light. I do not feel that the ble, as we certainly appreciate Joseph Pilutis AFL-CIO should stand by and it. New Headlines Recall Old Story 4 Allan L. Lake, 53: On November Annette Archer, born June 17, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Her­ 4, 1962, Brother Lake died of na­ bert T. Archer, Corpus Christl, tural causes at the USPHS hos­ Texas. pital in Staten Is­ 4 4 4 Kelvin Eugene Loper, born Sep­ land, New York. tember 10, 1962, to Seafarer and He started ship­ Mrs. Collie Loper, Jr., Mobile, Ala. ping with the SIU in 1943 and served 4 4 4 Dawn Anne Smith, born Sep­ in the steward tember 29, 1962, to Seafarer and department. His Mrs. Louis F. Smith, Cos Cob, mother, Mrs. Rose Lake Rus­ Conn. sell, of East Mansfield, Mass., 4 4 4 Cynthia Ford, born September survives. Burial was at Ferncliff 28, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Paul Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York. Total benefits: $4,000. E. Ford, Coden, Ala. Seafarers are urged at all times when in port to visit their brother members and shipmates in the hospitals. Visit or write whenever you can, as you'll appreciate the same favor later when you may be laid up. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospitals around the country: USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Loul« Bernler Alfredo Perez Isham Beard Robert Rogers Eklward Boyd John Rawza Thomas Barracliff Frank Rowell Darrell Chafin Arthur Siglcr Amado Diaz Claude Sturbls Lawrence Floyd Joseph Vaughn Daniel Hutto Donald Whatley Allison Hebert Horace Williams Emlllo Lerma Ransom Wilson Albert Mathisen James Wlnbet Harry Overton Charles ZlatelT William Odom ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Arthur Bullacher USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA John Epperson D. Meadows Carl Jones W. T. Shlerllng Martin Llnskey USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Joe N. Alnsworth Millard Lindsey Terral McRaney Frank Anderson Kenneth MacKenzle Sam Anderson James Marshall Charles Baker WUllam Mason Robert Banister G. Masterson Frank Bartlett Arnold Midgett Alton Bell Mitchell Mobley Anthony Benedict John Moeser Wong Chin Frederick Colleton Roslnda Mora Charles Morris Antonio DiNicola Clinton Newcomb Anthony Dubourg John Powers Otis Edward Joseph Roll Harry Emmett Lumus Rose Eugene Gallaspy Aubry Sargent Enock Gaylor S. Schnltzner Jesse Green Houston Thomas Jr. Norville Gros Rulfln Thomas John Guidry Calvin Troxclalr Charles Hickox Angel Valdez George Hudson Joseph Vanacor Sidney Irby Raymond Vauhan George Johnson William York Lazarvs Johnson Anthony Zanca Leonard Kay Koa Lim USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Albert Canter John Misaklan Jonas Heldt Juan Mojlca Carl Hargroves Charles O'DonneU Carl KendaU USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Vincent Arjona Max Marcus Joseph Bartlett James Mitchell Gordon Bowdre Roy Newbury Gaetano Busciglio Harreld Reed James Clarke Henri Robin A. Skalamara Charles Crockett Gorman Glaze Charles Swain Troy Thomas George Graham Chas. Wedincamp Daniel Hill Joseph Wilaszak Walton Hudson Vyrl WiUiams Harry Jones R. Machllnskl ' SPRING GROVE STATE HOSPITAL CANTONSVILLE, MARYLAND Joseph Wehe USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASS. Fredrick Epson Charles Robinson Stefan Kostcgan George Vindrine Daniel Murphy USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICHIGAN Bernard Bowen PINE CREST HAVEN COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin US SOLDIERS HOME WASHINGTON, DC William Thomson USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Chalmers Anderson Victor Harding Paul Arthofer Eric Johnson James Barrett James McCauley Harry Baum Truman Patriquln Raymond Boston Frank Smith Bernard Toner William Chadburn Stefan Trzcinskl Richard Fischer Calvin Wilson Edwin Glaze VA HOSPITAL WEST ROXBURY. MASS. Raymond Arsenault USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Benjamin Delbler Arthur Madsen Abe Gordon Max Olson Joseph Gross Willie A. Young Thomas Lehay SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Alberto Gutierrez William Kenny Thomas Isaksen Ernest Webb VA HOSPITAL TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA Jacob Buckelew VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS Thomas Manlon USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Michael Aversano Philip Jordan Simon KcndaU Arne Boekman Joe Boimarlch Carl Koziol Thomas McGurn Robert Burton James Mitchell John Campo Esteban Morales James Case James Moyles Michael Coluccl All Nasser Jan Cummlng Edward O'Rourks. Fldclson Daiiilan Oscar Ozer George Daniels Charles Palmer R. Donaldson Carl Peterson John Fancutt Howard Faulklner Dolores Ramos Charles Fertal John Rekstln F Rodriguez Oscar Flgueroa Francis Roth Anthony Forglonl Keith Forster Waclaw RozalskI K. Rynkicwlcz F. FuIIbright Pedro Garcia Luis Salazar Robert Simpson RalTaele Garofalo Jerome Stokes Edward Glazer Anthony Tonelll Robort Goldy Adolf Vante Arthur Graf Artemio Vasquez Walter Grohulskl Mikael Houland Jack WlUlams Jacobus Huisman USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Burcn Elliott Llnwccd Munford . Elbert Hogge William Parrlah Clarence Houchlns Bobby Thompson �SEAFAREBS iMM^ber 2S, 19tt Pace Tliirteea LOG Alcoa Corsair Visits Jordan Tlie crewmembers of the Robin Hood (Robin Line) are somewhat peeved, to say the least, about the treatment they've been getting in Indonesia. Tops on the list of com­ plaints is Indonesian Customs, which is requiring that the men be stripped nude and searched several times coming' having to take on replacements in according to the minutes: and going ashore. "You are expected to conduct foreign that the vessel Besides, they're allowed now hascountries, six non-union men on yourselves properly and observe Seafarer R. P. Nelson, chief electrician (right), and cook Green have their pictures taken aboard the Alcoa Corsair (American Bulk), in Aqaba, Jordan, after delivering a cargo of grain to that port. St. Christopher Crew Has Trip To Remember' A memorable voyage was completed recently by the crew of the Saint Christopher {Ocean Freighting and Brokerage Co.). Between Mobile, Ala., and Gibraltar just about everything that could happen to a ship happened to the Saint Christopher. Crewmember Z. A. Markris, writing to the LOG from aboard the vessel, tells the story. only about $1 In cash when they go ashore. Among many other troublesome regulations is one dealing with the issuance of travelers' checks. Checks must be declared with the Customs officer who in turn must accompany the seaman to a speci­ fied bank to see that the check Is cashed at the bank only. Since the banks are normally open only between 8 AM and 11 AM, the whole practice is not too practical. If a seaman is detained at the local police station, which doesn't seem like an unlikely event in Indonesia or require much excuse, it can take several days before a hearing can be arranged before a judge, meaning that the man may have to miss his ship at sailing time. t 4 A vote of thanks to the gang on the Steel Worker (Isthmian) was extended by the Eagle Voyager (United Maritime) for supplying news and magazines when the Worker tied up near the Voyager recently in Ras Tanura. The late news and other items helped make life in the Persian Gulf a little easier, William McKelvey, ship's delegate on the Eagle Voyager, reports. "To begin with, when the ship left the shipyard in Mobile, we had engine trouble and had to be towed into New Orleans for repairs. After that we loaded grain in Port Allen, La., and sailed for the Bahamas, At a regular ship's meeting, the "We lost the plant about a started bailing water from 6 AM crew of the Globe Explorer (Bulk half dozen times and we fi­ until 11 PM. But by morning she Ships) took the time to extend nally made it to port where we had more repairs done. After feaving port for 12 hours we were taking salt water baths and there was talk of rationing water. The engineers on board tried to give the men a hard time but we went along with it, hoping it would get better. "They wouldn't start the evapo­ rators so that we could get water until the captain made them. "We hit a storm and all hell broke loose. We lost the awning on the aft end, all portholes and watertight doors leaked and the deck crew had to tie them down to keep them secured. But it was useless. The men got together and Notify Union On LOG Mail As Seafarers know, copies of each 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 Sea­ farers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves calling all SIU steam­ ship companies for the itiner­ aries of their ships. On the basis of the information sup­ plied by the ship operator, four copies of the LOG. the head­ quarters report and minutes forms are then airmailed to the company agent in the next 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 Sea­ farer so requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers congregate there. As always ^the Union 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 accu­ racy of its mailing lists. was full of water again. "The captain and mates tried to get out of the way of the storm, but I don't think they knew how. "After three days of this we were headed south and found calmer waters. We then managed to get to Gibraltar and have been here for eight days getting re­ pairs enough to get us to India. I understand we will get some more repairs there, and when we get back to the States, some more. I only hope when we do get back that we can straighten this ship out." In the face of all these tribula­ tions, Markris lauds the SIU crew as "one of the best crews I have had the pleasure of sailing with." 'Sea Life' their appreciation to Captain Hol­ land, who is retiring after this voyage. As the crew aboard his last command, they offered their best wishes to a man they con­ sider "a real seafarer and gentle­ man." t. i i, President Kennedy's action in blocking Cuba was the topic of discussion aboard the New Orleans (Sea-Land) recently. A vote of thanks was unanimous for his de­ cisive action in invoking the quar­ antine covering the area. ^ S. ^ Ship's delegate R. L. Huddleston of the Eagle Traveler (United Maritime) reports, as a result of By Jim Mates board or 19.35 per cent of the total crew. At the last ship's meeting, he relates, the newcomers were clued in as to their responsibilities on an SIU ship. They were told. OVERSEAS ROSE (Maritlmi Overteas), July 22—Chairman, T. E. Smith; Secretary, J. Oquendo, Jr. No beefs reported. Motion that pay for all Saturdays and Sundays, whether at sea or in port, be added to basic wages. Suggestion that ship's dele­ gate ask the chief mate to buy certain brands of cigarettes. Boson to call meeting in order to elect new ship's delegate. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Serv­ ice), June 22—Chairman, none; Sec­ retary, A. Capota. No beefs reported. Request that patrolman be aboard ship at payoff. MOUNT SHASTA (A. H. Bull), Aug. it—Chairman, R. J. Mathews; Secre­ tary, K. Foster. Ship's delegate re­ ported a few beefs and talked to cap­ tain. There will be a draw on arrival. MoUon that new fana and spare parts be ordered for crew quarters, plui cots for crewmembers. Ship's dele­ gate sent telegrams to headquarters from India totalling $40.00. This money to be reimbursed by aU hands at $2 each. DEL MUNDO (Delta), July 22— Chairman, J. W. Craft; Secretary, T. Trehern. Report sent to company and Union headquarters concerning one crewmember. Report about the loss and destruction of maU in Conakry has been made to the State Depart­ ment and the Postmaster General. Re­ quest change In brand of coffee. Ship needs to be fumigated before the next voyage. New washer is badly needed. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), July 25—Chairman, L. W. Pitre; Sec­ retary, J. Dedicatorla. Ship paying off in Norfolk. No funds in ship's treasury: pool is suggested. No beefs by department heads. Everybody happy and getting along fine. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), July 22—Chairman, W. Davies; Secretary, V. Shiiapin. Pantryman missed ship in Kunsan, Korea, but rejoined in Yokohama. No beefs reported. Re­ quest that crew strip bunks and leave foc'sles clean at departure. Sugges­ tion that weekend sailing board should be posted on Friday. Crew requests improved pastries. Crew messman commended. More attention should be paid to sterilizing dishes. Ship needs to be fumigated. ORION COMET (Orion), July 27— Chairman, H. Whisenant; Secretary, V. Douglas. No beefs reported. R. F. Edmonds was elected ship's treasurer. Ship's delegate kept job. Suggestion to see patrolman about TV. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), Aug. 19—Chairman, Stephen Zavadson; Secretary, Robert Hannibal. One man failed to join ship. Delegate to see patrolman about watches being broken. $21.00 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to steward department. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Aug. 19—Chairman, G. Eriinger; Secretary, P. Seidenstein. Ship's delegate re­ ported one wiper fired and one man logged. Transportation claims clari­ fied and hot water beef straightened out. Crew asked to keep library neat and requested that solution be found to provide larger library space. Crew asked to be propqrly dressed when entering messrooms. Ship needs to be fumigated. 'Had to put her In the pool. Bosun. It was a maternity not to sign on until beef is settled with the chief engineer in the port of New Orleans. Vote of thanks to stew­ ard department for exceptionally good menus, good food and excellent serv­ ice throughout voyage. ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), Aug. 7— Chairman, Leo C. Hannon; Secretary, Abraham Aragones. Ship's delegate reported everything running smoothly. Some repairs taken care of. Jacob Otreba elected new ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to Brother Vante for good work performed while ho was ship's delegate. BARBARA FRIETCHIE (J. H. Win­ chester), Aug. 12—Chairman, L. Wills; Secretary, A. Bernard. Ship's delegate reported everything running smoothly. Motion made to have ice machine put on ship. Need fan for laundry room, timer for laundry machine and blower for galley. VILLAGE (Consolidated Marine), Aug. 12—Chairmen, W. F. Walker; Secretary, J. C. Lakwyk. Crew asked to clean foc'sles before leaving ship and to be present at payoff. No beefs reported. RAPHAEL SEMMES (Sea-Land), Aug. 21—Chairman, M. S. Trotman; Secretary, C. C. Linden. No beefs reported. Suggest a donation from each man at payoff for TV repairs. case . all rules of the SIU, which are responsible for the high standard of shipboard living and higher than average pay which you now enjoy." DEL MAR (Delta), Aug. 5—Chair­ man, Clyde Miller; Secretary L. Blanchard. Everything running smoothly. Motion made to have captain's speech typed and sent to the LOG. J. Miller elected ship's delegate. Crew rerequested to donate $2.00 for movies. Balance due on movies is $34.00. ACHILLES (Bull), Aug. 16—Chair­ man, A. Hobert, Secretary, W. Rlne- hart. No beefs and no disputed OT. Motion made that ship's delegate see patrolman about proper time for cap­ tain to put out draw. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), Aug. 15—Chairman, Vernon Hopkins; Sec­ retary, Tom Ralncy. $25.60 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. Ship needs to be fumigated. No LOGs or com­ munications received. Motion that ship carry enough travelers checks so it doesn't run short on long trips. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), Aug. 5—Chairman, A. Biornsson; Sec­ retary, H. Ridgeway. Suggestion made to give the Food Plan a vote of thanks on the fresh milk given at all times. Crew asked to stop fussing during meal hours. SAMPAN HITCH (Suwannee), Aug. T—Chairman, Lester R. Smith; Sec­ retary, Monroe Gaddy. Ship's delegate resigned and Lester R. Smith was elected new ship's delegate. $2.24 in ship's fund. No major beefs reported. MARYMAR (Calmar), Aug. 12 — Chairman, John R. Marshall; Secre­ tary, Al Whitmer. Ship's delegate re­ ported everything running smoothly. Ail hands agreed that they want to have statement of earnings before payoff. $17 in ship's fund. Members asked to donate at least 50 cents at payoff for emergency repairs to TV set as needed. ORION COMET (Orion), Aug. 11— Chairman, H. Whisnant; Secretary, F. E. Taylor. Ship's delegate to re­ quest agent to meet ship in EI Segundo- California, on arrival. $5.70 in ship's fund .spent for radio. leaving balance of $2. No major beefs re­ ported. ANJI (Northern), July 27—Chair­ man, Tony Michaiski; Secretary. Wil­ liam Keiiy. Ship's delegate reported three men hospitalized. No American money aboard. Captain will try to obtain US currency in Bangkok. Crew asked to keep natives out of galley and messrooms. No LOGs or commu­ nications in three months. CHATHAM (Sea-Land), Aug. 12 — Chairman, John Gallagher; Secretary, John H. McElroy. $14 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. Complaint regard ing elevator on ship being hard to pull. Engineers have promised to repair same, but have not. Vote of thanks to steward department. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers). Aug. 19—Chairman, Nollie A. Towns; Secretary, William R. Cam­ eron. No beefs reported. Jessie Cabral elected ship's treauurer. No beefs reported. AZALEA CITY (Sea-Land), Aug. 12 —Chairman, Stanley J. Hutchinson; Secretary, George O. Bishop. Ship's delegate will take up matter of dis­ puted OT with patrolman. $11.65 in ship's fund. Motion to have ship's delegate see patrolman about washing down afterhouse daily. DEL SOL (Delta), Aug. 19—Chair­ man, L. Nichols; Secretary, H. Mene. Motion to have steward contact (he Board of He.-ilth in regard to beef about water. Motion that ship's dele­ gate contact chief officer rcg.:rding steps to be taken about watertight doors aft. Motion to have patrolman aboard upon arrival in port. Crew MOUNT SHASTA iBuli), July 29— Chairman, J. R. Mathews; Secretary, Ken Foster. Few beefs aboard. Ship's delegate talked to captain in regard to beefs. Motion made to install allnew fans with spare parts for crew quarters, and cots for crewmembers. Mate asked for total of all deck de­ partment -iivcrtimc. �SEAPAk^RS Pwe FoarfcMl Hee^ber LOG A Veteran Of Whaling Days, Seafarer Recalls Dangers LOG-A-RHYTHM: MIHI 'New Member' Message By S.J.T. I gave a message to the wind To take across the sea; And now I hear the faint reply The vAnd is bringing me. "I remember one time when we harpooned a whale up in Kodiak, Alaska. He kicked back with his tail, knocked off the stern of the boat and killed the first mate." This is the way 76-year-old Seafarer Fred Harvey described one of the many dangers It is the answer to the prayers, he was exposed to when he^ and never heard from again. J said so many times. sailed on the 110-foot whaling ber to the following November and ricane As for Harvey, 76 years strong, It is the echo of the clock then we'd return to Frisco with a bark Andrew Hicks back in load of whale oil. We'd stay in he signed off the Kathryn (Bull) That sounds its silvery chimes. 1904. "I get a big kick," the gritty veteran exclaimed, "when I hear some of those oldtimers tell about how tough it was when they first started shipping. On a whaling ship you slept 20 in a foc'sle, lived on corn beef doled straight out of a briny barrel, and if you didn't catch any whale you didn't get paid a cent. Your wage was figured on a percentage of the take." Harvey shipped on the Andrew Hicks from 1900 to 1904. "I was 14 years old when I first started," he continued, "but you were sup­ posed to be 17 so I faked my age. I lived in a boarding house in Frisco at the time. The boarding master would act as a go-between for the shipowners and round up a crew from the guest list. "Most of these guys, like my­ self, had never been on a ship in their lives but, if you were breath­ ing, they'd take you. If they didn't get enough from the house they'd shanghai a guy from anyplace. We had men from all over the world. "A whaling captain was a lot like 'Captain Ahab' in 'Moby Dick.* He'd stand on the deck with a 'scope' and when he'd sight a whale he'd yell 'thar she blows' just like in the movies. I bet a lot of people don't know you could tell what kind of whale it was by the way it spouted. "Some whales would spout straight up, some to the side, and some had more than one spout and they'd look like a geyser when they raised their humps out of the water. "After the whale was sighted, a boat was launched to track the whale and harpoon him. There were six men in a boat—four oarsmen, a mate and a boat steerer. The boat steerer did the harpooning and, after the whale was hit, he'd change places with the mate—who did the killing. There was a lot more to a harpoon than meets the eye. "Attached to the harpoon was a long rod called a trigger rod. When the rod entered the whale along with the harpoon it set off a cartridge which triggered a small cylindrical bomb that was attached to the end of the harpoon. You can imagine how the whale would thrash when it was hit with that thing. We thought the swells would wash us out of the boat, but we rarely capsized. "The rope that was attached to the harpoon holding the whale would get so hot from friction that you could smell it burning. I was a stroke oarsman on the boat and part of my job was to throw water on the rope so it wouldn't sever from the heat. "We'd hunt whale from Decem­ poit about a month until the oil could be crated in barrels for ship­ ment back to the East. Then we set out again for Pacific and Alaskan waters." Ends Whaling Days Harvey's whaling days ended in 1904 when the wanderlust over­ took him, and for the next 14 years he sailed around the world many times. He served in the fabled French Foreign Legion during the First World War and when the war was over he started to sail on steamers. He joined the SIU in August of 1949. The whaling bark Andrew Hicks was built in New Bedford, Mass., in 1874 and made its way west to test its mettle at hunting whale. Ultimately it extended its search for whale to the Caribbean and there it was lost in a 1914 hur­ on November 8 after seven and a half months of sailing on deck. Mention the word retire, and the veteran Seafarer will pound his chest, break out Into a big smile and exclaim "Retire! Hell, no! I feel in the pink and I've got a lot of good years of sailing ahead of me!" LOG-A-RHYTHM: The Chief By Roy Lee Hinson The beautiful faces of Cherokee, Camping near the lake. Are the people who are free. Whom God did not forsake. Every chieftain was born free. His tent was set in order; He owned the land and every tree; The rainbow was the border. The chieftain's son and his bride. As faithful as the sky, By his side they both abide; Neither one shall ever die. And now I know as surely as The sun that sets each day. There is a certain someone, who Will never stay away. There is a pretty rainbow, and There is a pot of gold. And love is something beautiful That never grows too old. And though our happy hours may be Short and very few. My love will be eternal, and Our dreams will all come true. Oldtimer Adds Own Thank-You To the Editor: I am in the 12th month of my retirement from the SIU and have had plenty of time to think about all the various changes in the Union since Stone Street. We have come a long way and really we should thank our lucky stars we have had such farseeing men like our present His sun sets o'er yonder mountain. Casting shadow in valleys below. On tents and flowing fountains. Upon the beautiful show. The beautiful show and tents we see. And the Happy Hunting Ground, Are found in our old Tennessee, But not beneath the ground. All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. officials. Looking back, whoever would have thought we would be able to call it quits with a pension of $150 a month. To top it all, I received an­ other check for $25 for which I am most grateful as my wife's medical bills have been pretty high since she left the hospital again. I must thank all for the gen­ erous thought at this time of the year. Keep up the good work you are all doing at head­ quarters and all the best wishes to all hands for the New Year. E. Jones t. ^ i. Praises Assist By SIU Official Seafarer Fred Harvey, a vet«in of many whaling voyages, looks over an old photograph of the Andrew Hicks, on which he first sailed in 1904. The 110-foot whaling bark (above) was built in New Bedford, Mass., in 1874 and roamed the world searching for whales. She was lost in the Caribbean in 1914. Harvey tells of the many dangers faced by the men who hunted the world's largest animals. To the Editor: I'm eternally grateful to Mike Carlin, SIU international repre­ sentative, for the manner in which he represented me after I was hospitalized in Recife, BrazU, recently, following a shipboard injury aboard the Penn Exporter. Had it not been for his - fine representation. weu, IT WAS LIKE T/J(S — we FELL DOWN TNE LADDER.. One of the latest members of the SIU family poses here for his first picture. He is David Romero, born in September to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose Romero, who make their home in Hous­ ton, Texas. there's no telling just what would have happened to me. While serving as bosun aboard this Penn Shipping ves­ sel, 1 suffered a severe back injury. After we arrived in Recife one week later, it took two days more before the cap­ tain, an oldtime bucko, got around to making arrangements for me to see a doctor. The com­ pany doctor made a perfunctory examination of my back on board ship and said there was nothing wrong with me. Since my back was paining me greatly, I Insisted on hospital X-rays. The generous captain ar­ ranged for me to stay in one of Recife's cheapest flophouses while the X-rays were made and processed. It was at this point that Brother Carlin came to my res­ cue. He had me moved to a decent hotel and, after the X-rays bore out the seriousness of my injury, saw to it that I was given an adequate hospital room. Some three weeks later I was flown to Houston and ad­ mitted to the Galveston Marine Hospital. Examination and X-rays there disclosed that I was suffering from a crushed vertebrae and possibly other complications. Still later, the serious nature of my injury was verified by the USPHS doctor, vvho made me an out-patient and ordered no duty for four months. Although it now appears that I have a permanent injury, if it hadn't been for Carlin condi­ tions could have been much worse. Again I say thanks to the SIU and this fine official. I expect to be beached indefi­ nitely and would appreciate hearing from former shipmates, especially Penn Exporter crewmembers. My address is: PO Box 593, Springfield Station, Panama City, Florida. Robert "Red" Darley, Jr. !i 1- �4 4 4 • 4 4 4 ii ^ December Zt, IMt SEAFARERS Benuird E. Samneli, 8r. You are asked to contact your BOD at 1814 West Gregory St., Pentacola, Fla. t t t • ; - • . • •• ^ •• Pflffe Fffleen LOG -- -i Walter C. Losiewakl William Lachemy. James HuUins, Mrs. Ruth McVicker, 2925 Anthony Pinchook, D. D. Groves, Delaware Avenue, Baltimore 27, T. Conn. Md., is anxious to hear from you. 4 4 4 4 4 4 George Young O. stick, OUer Contact Prof. Wen F. Chang, Let me know where you want University of Florida, Coral Gables, about a personal matter the $50 sent. Write c/o Seattle concerning your eon. SIU hall. B. Koontz. Almaiion Leroy Davis get in touch with her at 6 Jackson Teter at the Home Hotel, 1200 Your wife wants you to contact Place, Brooklyn 15, New York. East Baltimore Street, Baltimore her. She has important news. Write 2, Md.: 4 4 4 or call. Jimmy .James Swinney, Roy Johnson, Your are asked to return the Leslie J. BrUhart wrist watch you got near the New Your mother asks that you write York Hall to Bo Anderson, 416 her at San Antonio, Texas, regard­ Chartres Street, New Orleans, La. ing Robert. Urgent. 4 4 4 i> ti Leo Cortines Ted Zielinski Your brother, Eugene, asks that Contact Jesse Jiminez, PO Box you contact him soon at 6300 Wis­ 1254, Texas City, Texas. consin Ave., Chevy Chase 15, Md. FINAHCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Oul'l, Lakes and Ini 4" land Waters District makes specific provision for safeBuardlng the membership's 4 4 4 Earl M. Barr money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit William C. Simmons Bill says your gear is at the every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the mem­ Contact your son. Gene, at 3206 bership, All Union records are available at SIU headquartora In Brooklyn. Home Storage and Warehouse Co., Brighton Street, Portsmouth, Va., Should any member, for any reason, be refused his constitutional right to In­ 248-252 17th Street, Brooklyn, or telephone 397-1553. spect these records, notify SIU President Paul Ball by certified mail, return New York. Your receipt is with the 4 4 4 receipt requested. dispatcher. George Baldo 4 4> 4 Write J. W. Henry, Box 344, Myles B. McDonough TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Kevil, Kentucky, or contact him Vaters District are administered In sccordance with the provisions of various Your sister, Nona, asks you to via the SIU hall in Houston. $1 ' 4 Wirnfm HALL DIRECTORY SlU Atlantic, Gulf Lakes & Inland Waters .District PRESIDENT PauJ HaJI EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey WUIlams A1 Tanner SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES BUI Hall Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 12J6 E. Baltimore St Bex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BO.STON 278 State .St John .Fay, Agent RIclunond 2-0140 BETROIT 10229 W JcRerson Ave VInewood 3-4741 HEAbqUARTERS .. 675 4Ul Ave., Bkiyn HYaclntb 8-8600 HOUSTON 9804 Canal St. Paul Drozak. Agent WAlnut 8-3207 iACKSONVlLLE 2B08 Pearl St., SE., Jax William Morris, Agent ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W Flagler St Ben Oonzales. Agent FRankiin 7-3564 MOBILE ] South Lawrence St Lot^is Neira Agent HEmiock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS . 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens, Agent Tel. 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 416 Collev Ave Cordon Spencer. Acting Agent 625-6505 PHILADELPHIA .... 2604 S 4th St Frank Drozak. Agent DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO .... 490 Harrison St Frank Boyne, Agent DOuglas 2-4401 E. B. McAuley. West Coast Rep. BANTURCE. PR 1313 Fernandef Juncos Stop 20 Eeith Terpe, Hq. R^p. Phone 723-0003 SEATTLE 2509 1st Ave Ted Babkowskl. Agent MAin 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff Gillette. Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON. CaUf 509 N Marine Ave Ceorge McCartney. Agent TEk'minal 4-2528 4 4 John Saraitsis Frank M. Puglisi, 2044 Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn 14, NY, asks you to get in touch with him. 4 4 4 Douglas K. McLeod Your wife asks you to contact her at 524 West 15th Street, Hous­ ton 8, Texas. Important. 4 4 4 Tax Refunds Income tax refund checks are being held for the SIU men listed below by Jack Lynch, Room 201, SUP Building, 450 Harrison Street, San Francisco: Dao King Chae, John J. Doyle, John Gardner, Norman Mendelson, Alli Nasroen, Sheffield Nerkitt, J o r g e p G. Pedersen, Marvin Satchel], George W. Stidham, G rover C. Turner, Ah Sai Wong. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Paul W. Woodcock Jaro A. Konecny, PO Strong, Salem, Maine, has an important message for you. Peter Blanco (Hurtado) Get in touch with your cousin. Carmen M. Borras, 28 Laura Lane, Plainview, Long Island, NY. Carroll J. Rollins Your aunt, Mrs. Helen Rollins, wants you to contact her. Wallace A. Inkenhaualt Get in touch with your mother, Berta Alicia Chanson. 4 4 4 ;«SS| J 11 •SJSS 1; Paul Melton Anyone knowing the where­ abouts of the above-named is asked to have him get in touch with his son, Paul, at 714 Essex Ave., Baltimore 21, Md. 4 4 4 The following men are asked to get in touch with Mrs. Murie! E. Schedule Of SIU Meetings 111 SIU membership meetings are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: New York January 7 Detroit January 11 Philadelphia January 8 Houston ....January 14 Baltimore January 9 New Orleans January 15 Mobile January 16 w ^ ' ' ^ 'y ' y ^ ' ' ' '' 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 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, St any time, you are denied Information about any SID trust fund, notify SID President Paul Kail at SIU headquarters by certified mall, return receipt requested. RHTPPTHG RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclus­ ively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available In all.Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your ship­ ping or seniority rights as contained In the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, first notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mall, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Max Harrison, CTialrman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite I63O, New York k, NY Also notify SIU President Paul Hall at Union headquarters by certified mall, return receipt requested. Pull copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. ' III iiii - iii; jfiW; iii ill mm i IP ^ CCarrRACTS, copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under 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 in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU 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 mall, return receipt requested. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAF.ARERS LOG. The LOG 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 membersliip action at the September, 1930 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 ranl«s, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMEMT OF MOiaES. 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 bo made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and Is 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 RlGlfrs AND (ffiMGATICWS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. 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 should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mall, return receipt requested. J I RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benefits 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 their good standing through the waiving of their dues. West Coast SIU Meetings SIU headquarters has issued an advance schedule through March, 1963, for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wilmington, San Francisco and Seattle or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in ac­ cord with a resolution adopted by the Executive Board last Decem­ ber. Meetings in Wilmington are. on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. The schedule is as follows. Wilmington San Francisco Seattle January 21 January 23 January 25 I - February 18 February 20 "February 21 >' •7 r March 18 March 20 March 22 i ^ *^cheduled early due to Washington's Birthday. ' ' ' '' EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against •because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mall, return receipt requested. ilill �pgi SEAFAHERS-#I.OG [iMJ SIU Holiday Dinner r • A] . , f OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION > ATt^NTIC. GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WAt^RS DISTRICT > AFL-CItt WC Lumber Ship Breaks Up —yfhole Crew Ufted' Off COOS BAY, Oregon — Twenty-four crewmembers hit the beach by helicopter and breeches buoy when the lumber schooner Alaska Cedar ran agroiuid early this month on the treacherous north jetty here. The vessel was part of the SIU Pacific District-contracted W. R. Chamberlin fieet. All hands were rescued the rescue party was credited with Union. An SUP-crewed lifeboat ven­ after the 256-foot vessel preventing major Injury to all con­ smashed into the rocky coast. Seven crewmembers who were in­ jured were later released. The steamschooner went aground about 3 PM, Sunday, De­ cember 2, after it had apparently cleared the bar safely on its way to Crescent City, Calif., with more than two million board feet of lumber. But it suddenly went dead in the water and huge waves grad­ ually shoved it backward onto the shore. It lay trapped on the rock-lined north jetty, as rough seas pounded the crippled, 19-year-old ship and large cracks opened in both sides. A helicopter dropped a three-inch line to the ship and then secured it to the jetty. The Coast Guard rigged a breeches buoy to the line and crewmen were hauled one by one from the ship to the jetty in the buoy. The helicopter also managed to haul some of the men ashore two at a time and land them on the jetty. Quick work by the crew and Get Certificate Before Leaving Seafarers are advised to se­ cure a master's certificate at all times when they become ill or injured aboard ship. The right to demand a master's cer­ tificate verifying illness or in­ jury aboard a vessel is guaran­ teed by law. cerned. A day after the grounding, the ship broke in two. In an earlier sea accident, nine other Pacific District members risked their lives to save 13 Chi­ nese fishermen, when the Presi­ dent Hoover (American Presi­ dent), bound from Hong Kong to Yokohama, sliced through a Chi­ nese junk. The Hoover carries a crew from the Sailors Union, Ma­ rine Cooks and Marine Firemen^ tured forth three times following the splitting of the junk, whose two main hulls remained afloat during the initial rescue operation. The second foray to find a miss­ ing fourteenth Chinese crewmember was unsuccessful, but shortly thereafter a Chinese stowaway was discovered—only to be lost when he jumped overboard. A third lifeboat mission was speed­ ily dispatched but failed to recov­ er him. Higher Social Security Tax Begins January I Holiday diners at SIU hall in New York included Seafarer JiMiii Polo, daughter Nydia, 19 (above, left), and Mrs. Pola. Dad was home after trip on the Alcoa Planter. Below, Mrs. Victor Almojera (left) and cafeteria staffer Ray Thomassen flank Gloria Almojera, 2I/2, as the youngster reaches out for her own fresh fruit dessert. Dad Victor Almojera, off the Steel Designer (Isthmian), was off-camera. ; . J WASHINGTON—Seafarers will find Social Security tak­ ing a little bigger bite from payoffs starting January 1, even if the money was earned, before then. The rate will be hiked one-^ percent—shared equally by percent tax on the first $4,800 of employees and their employ­ .wages by 1968, for a total $232 So­ ers—to three and five-eights per­ cent on the first $4,800 in income during 1963. Thus, Seafarers will pay $174 for Social Security instead of the $150 paid in 1962. Those who work for more than one company during the same year and have more than the maximum deduction of $174 taken from their 1963 wages can treat the excess as "Income Tax Withheld" on their 1963 tax return. The 1963 increase is the second step in a gradually-increasing rate schedule. The law passed in 1961 calls for a four and five-eighths Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director Drinking Sea Water is Not Safe Whether it Is safe to drink water is of vital importance, especially to Seafarers or others who may find themselves castaways with a short­ age of, or no fresh water supply. The danger of drinking sea water has recently been discussed in the "Navy Medical New.s Letter" as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO). The basic physiological concept for not drinking sea water is based on the fact that the salt content of the fluids of the body is about 1%. The salt content of open ocean water is about 3V2%. Normally, when food and water consumption is sufficient, the salt concentration In the body fluids remains relatively stable by elimination of salt in the urine by the kidneys, which seldom averages more than 2% concentration. This difference between the salt content of the body fluids and sea water, and the physiological inability of the kidney to excrete more than a certain proportion of salt in the urine is the usually accepted basis of why sea water is dangerous. It introduces a hypertonic solution into the circulation, fluids are withdrawn from the tissues, the blood volume is increased and the kid­ neys are forced to excrete the excess fluid. The result is dehydration of the tissue, a disturbance in the acid base balance, increase in non­ protein nitrogen of the blood, plasma protein concentration, reduced heart output, thirst, exhaustion, collapse, and death. This view was challenged in a much-publicized book by Dr. Alain Bombard, who described his crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in an in­ flatable raft in 1952. On this trip of over two months, he relied prin­ cipally on sea water and fluids expressed from fish to quench his thirst. He advocated the drinking of sea water by castaways when fresh water was not available, and suggested that they should commence drinking sea water as early as possible before dehydration commenced, but in small amounts, to avoid nausea and diarrhea. The fresh water available should be carefully conserved, he said, and. If there was none available, fluids expressed from fish by pressing them in plastic bags or towels should be consumed. Dr. G. Aury, principal medical officer of the French Navy, impressed by Bombard's findings, carried out experiments with himself and vol­ unteers under shipwreck conditions. He reported that sea water was drunk by volunteers with no serious results; however, the experiments lasted only 2-4 days. Dr. Lindemann, a German physician, at first im­ pressed by Bombard's findings, made no less than three voyages across cial Security deduction. This will pay the cost of in­ creased benefits established last year to provide for reduced oldage insurance coverage for men at age 62 and expanded benefits for widows, dependent widowers, and dependent parents. It will also permit increases in minimum old-age benefits and re­ duce the amount of work needed to qualify for benefits, allowing many workers, dependents and sur­ vivors who were excluded under previous requirements to receive benefits. the Atlantic in a canoe and collapsible boat. His findings, although not well-publicized, were just the opposite. The question of whether sea water is safe to drink was brought be­ fore the Maritime Safety Committee in 1959. The reports of Bombard and Aury had created considerable confusion among seamen about the safety of drinking sea water, and some were under the impression that the hazards were exaggerated. The Maritime Safety Committee referred the controversial question of drinking sea water to the World Health Organization. While awaiting the report from WHO, they urged that no governments advocate the drinking of sea water by castaways. WHO convened a committee of five international experts to discuss the question. Their views, but not the policy of WHO, was based on the analysis of all evidence available. The experts considered the effects of drinking sea water on the intestinal tract, the body as a whole, and on the mind. The effect on the intestinal tract was to cause cramps and diarrhea; on the body as a whole, to produce dehydration, and on the mind, especially in large amounts, it led to mental disturbance and even suicidal tendencies. They examined the contention that a limited supply of fresh water could be extended if it was mixed with sea water. The group emphasized that there was no evidence that, in man, sea water can be used to eke out the supply of fresh water. Their investigations indicated that man can remain reasonably fit with­ out water for six days, and has survived without water for twice that period at sea. The group ended its report with the following advice to those who have to abandon ship. • Unless you are in charge of a party, do as you are told. Try to re­ main cheerful. Discipline and morale count for more than anything else. • If you have a remedy for sea-sickness, take it, if needed. • If the atmospheric temperature is low, your immediate and most dangerous enemy will be cold, so put on as many woolen clothes as you can. They will help keep you warm in the water or on a covered raft, and even if you are fully clothed your life-jacket will always keep you afloat. • If the temperature is high, avoid sunburn, keep yourself as much as possible in the shade, and keep your clothes moist to reduce sweat­ ing and so conserve body water. • Drink no water for the first 24 hours you are adrift. Then take 500 ml (a pint) of fresh water daily until supplies run low, thereafter 100 ml until the water is finished. • Never drink sea water. Never mix sea water with fresh water if fresh water is in short supply. Sea water has been used to moisten the mouth, but the temptation to swallow it may be irresistible and it is better not to use it for this purpose. Never drink urine. (Comments and suggestions are invited by this Department and can be submitted to this column in care 0/ the SEAFARERS LOG.) t' US Transport CensusReadied WASHINGTON—Set to get oflf the ground in 1963 Is the longauthorized national transportation census that when concluded can well affect shipping and all other modes of transport. First authorized by Congress In 1948, the huge project was not allocated any funds until the last session of Congress. It will start compiling totals on national travel, commodity transportation, truck inventory and use and bus and truck carrier statistics. Measures Traffic Flow The prime objective following a survey of the above categories is t'» measure traffic flow. This is especially important with respect to the comparative volume of com­ modities shipped by different means of transport. The survey will in­ clude the length of haul, size of shipment, and the origin and des­ tination areas. There was no mention of taking new surveys right now of shipping operations, which are separately compiled by several agencies. The connection of these figures with the census will be established later in dealing with national traffic patterns. V'-v \ -.A: •y •V. I J;} • 1^- 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. 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Title A name given to the resource December 28, 1962 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU SUPPORTS ILA STRIKE OVER DOCK WORK GANG ISSUE MTD DRIVE ON BRIDGES SCORES SHIP ISSUES ‘TOUGHEST’ – HODGES SEATRAIN READIES PUERTO RICO RUN SEAFARER’S 3-FLOOR CATCH RESCUES BABY FROM FIRE ILA HITS BRICKS TO PROTECT JOBS COAST SIU GETS MSTS PACT RIGHTS SEATRAIN MOUNTS CRANE TO ENTER NY-PR TRADE FLORIDA MTD HITS RUNAWAY SHIP USE FOR CUBAN ACTION MFOW VICTIME OF ’59 ATTACK DIES IN FRISCO US HIGH COURT TO RULE ON JURY TRIAL FOR M&C SALVAGED BRITISH VESEL FAILS TO BEAT DEADLINE RAP RAIL MERGER PLANS WC LUMBER SHIP BREAKS UP – WHOLE CREW ‘LIFTED OFF’ 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 12/28/1962 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. XXIV, No. 12 1962 Periodicals Seafarers Log