http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/908d94a1aa173290862aa32948c950a1.PDF 7d45c43dacbe3c98c05fcde16f218685 PDF Text Text JOQ ^FISLilL ©RSAN-Or TES A^L^SFSS SSAFASEBS' INTEBirATZONAL UXION OF NORTH A31ERICA \ Vdi. VZ. Correction On Ballot Rule NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21^ 1S44 Candidates For 1945 Office Special Services Department Education On October 16, 1944, general instructions for conducting the balloting in the 1944-45 Official Election were sent to all Agents from the Secretary-Treasurer. In the footnote under Section 5, an The newly created Special Ser­ error was made. The footnote vice Department of the New under Section No. 5 should read: York Branch is the subject of "In order for a member to vote the latest education leaflet pub­ prior to December 1st, 1944, he lished by the union. This leaflet must have paid all his assess­ is being inserted in the ship's kits ments except the building assess­ which arc placed on all ships ment from the time of joining siggning gon in New York. The Special Services Depart­ and all dues up to but not more ment was created by the New than 3 months in arrears." York Branch at the time the "Men holding probationary union moved into the new and books are not to be permitted to larger quarters on Beaver Street. vote." The purpose of the Department "In order for a member to vote is to give the members represen­ on December 1st, 1944 or there­ tation on Coast Guard beefs. Se­ lective Service cross-ups. Immi­ after, he must have paid all of gration cases, and the myriad his assessments from the time of other small beefs which effect a joining including the building as­ man's peace of mind and ability sessment and all dues up to but to make a living. Headed by not more than 3 months in ar­ brother Joe Volpian, the Depart­ rears." ment has aided many a union The reason for this change is brother in a jam; jams in which that the membership went on he previously had to fight his record to set November 30th, 1944 own way out alone—and often *"33 the deadline for the payment couldn't. Here is the text of the new of the building assessment. In other words, if the building as­ leaflet: sessment is not paid by Novem­ ber 30th, 1944, the member is Maybe you didn't know, how considered in bad standing and is many different services your not entitled to vote. union is performing for its mem­ bers. Here at 'headquarters we Secretary-Treasurer are often surprised ourselves. JOHN HAWK. Here are a few facts and figures to think about. During the past six months the Special Services Department of Maybe You Didn't Know Water Everywhere — Sut Don't Take a Bath. (Continued on "Page 4) v-\ No, 35 Do people hold their noses when you walk into the room? They probably do if you are aboard the SS Rob­ ert La Follette, for the skip­ per on that ship doesn't like men to take baths. Here is the notice he posted on the buUetin board: A Trip Carder Praises The SIU Method "Water will be turned on during the hours 3:30 A.M. to 4:30 AJd.. 7:30 A.M. to 8:30 A.M.. 11:30 A.M. to 12:30 PJd., 3:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.. 7:30 P.M. to 8:30 PJd- 11:30 PJd. to 12:30 A.M. The water will be on for showers and laundry on Saturday. Some common sense makes a little water go a long way. If a single case of waste is dis­ covered, much stricter regu­ lations will be put into ef­ fect." The evaporators on the La Follette produce 25 tons of water per day — enough for the crew to be in the showers all day long. Must be that the skipper likes his ships to have that gamey atmosphere. New York, Sept. 29. 1944 Dispatcher, New York Dear Sir: Before leaving this port I feel it my duty and pleasure to thank you for aU your kindness and cooperation you showed' me. I am very happy with my trip-card and will be proud to get a fuU book as soon as I come back from this trip. I noticed right away the difference between the SIU and the NMU. I only regret it that I have not changed long ago. I have met all the boys in my department and they seem swell. So I am all set and ready to sail. As soon as I am bach; I will look you up and say heUo. I hope to meet you in the best of health. Respectfully yours, J. G. VAN LEEMAN A full slate of candidates for 1945 office has been approved by the Credentials Committee, the ballots are being distributed and everything is set for a lively election, throughout the months of November and December. Forty-six candidates have filed for the various Agent and Patrolman positions, the largest number of candidates to file in recent years. Considering the serious problems which face the union in the coming year, ~*all branches are urged to get out*j BALTIMORE the vote. See that every man ENGINE PATROLMAN who registers in the next two Wm. "Curley" Rents months exercises his constitu­ Flaye A. Stansbury tional rights and responsibilities. Ernest B. Tilley WASHINGTON — Permanent­ Any man who fails to participate ly and totally disabled seamen in the elections, has no beef com­ BALTIMORE STEWARDS PATROLMAN will receive lifetime payments, ing if the man he supports fails Charlie Starling by provisions of HR 4163, passed to get into office. The SIU is the most demo­ by the Senate recently. cratically run union on the water­ NORFOLK AGENT Both houses of Congress ac­ Carl M. Rogers cepted the bill after drastic re­ front. All power rest in the James L. Tucker visions had been made in its hands of the rank and file and benefit clauses by the Senate now is the time for them to ex­ Ray White Commerce Committee. The bene­ ercise that power. Keep the SIU fits are now provided on the NORFOLK JOINT PATROLMEN basis of schedules of the United a rank and file union—vote in (vote for two) States Employee Compensation November or December! Keith Jim Alsop Here is the official list of can­ Act. D. E. "Casey" Jones Meiimed seamen will be entitled didates and the office for which to minimum benefits of $58 a they are running: SAVANNAH AGENT month and maximum benefits of Arthur Thompson SECRETARY-TREASURER $116^ depending on earnings. Charles Waid John Hawk The compensation for total dis­ ability has been increased to $7,500, if taken in monthly pay­ ASSISTANT SEC'Y-TREAS. JAC::SONVILLE AGENT ments. James Cobb i Louis Goffin Robert Matthews Until HR 4163 was passed, mer­ chant seamen were entitled to BOSTON AGENT only $5,000 war risk compensa­ TAMPA AGENT John Mogan tion for total disability. Seamen D. L. (Jack) Parker maimed early in the war found BOSTON JOINT PATROLMAN that the high cost of living had MOBILE AGENT Stanley Greenridge all but eaten up these cash re­ George L. Bales Joseph Lapham serves. Olden Banks NEW YORK AGENT MOBILE JOINT PAT-LMAN Paul Hall (No candidate) Life Payments For Disabled 1' Two SIU Lines To Expand NEW YORK NEW ORLEANS AGENT DECK PATROLMEN , L. J. "Baldy" BoUinge* (vote for two) The Waterman and Mississippi A. "Frenchy" Michelet Joseph Algina SS Lines, both contracted to the James Sheehan SIU, are to substantially increase NEW ORLEANS JOINT PATROLMEN the size of their fleets in the next NEW YORK (vote for two) month or so. C-type ships will ENGINE PATROLMEN Leroy L. Clark be added to both lines, meaning (vote for two) L. S. "Johnnie" Johnston many more jobs for SIU men. Howell "Jimmy" Hanners G. A. "Curley" Masterson Under provisions of the Mer­ Joe Volpian C. J. "Buck" Stephens chant Marine Act of 1935, the Frank "Red SuUy" SuUiva* Waterman Steamship Corporation NEW YORK was given permission to purchase Tedd Terrington STEWARDS PATROLMEN five C-2 type dry cargo shii>s, (vote for two) now being built for the U. S. GALVESTON AGENT Claude Fisher Maritime Commission. These D. Stone Fred Hart ships are intended to replace R. W. Sweeney others lost in enemy action and Waterman intends to operate PHILADELPHIA AGENT them on already established runs Harry Collins to foreign ports. James McCaulley The Mississippi Shipping Com­ pany, Inc., will acquire three C-3 BALTIMORE AGENT type combination passenger and Joseph Flanagan cargo vessels now under con­ WiUiam McKay struction for their trade between U. S. Gulf ports and the east BALTIMORE DECK PATLMAN Rexford E. Dickey coast of South America. PUERTO RICO AGENT Daniel Butts Andres Quinones Bud Ray The Credentials Committee was composed of. brothers Alexander Kerr, Leon Johnson, Renfro Hall, Vincent Cook, William Harold and William Huber. I 4 ii-' iiiii �Page Tvo fBE / Editor: AU seamen are interested in the proposed "Seaman's BiU of Kigffis,"'' 'whicfT IHCTuaes'the' Saiiie security guaranteed the armed forces after the war, plus free marine hospitalization and low expense hospital care for his fam­ ily. The chair warmers, associa^ tion find this too smaU to men­ tion at this time, so in conse­ quence this biU foUows graceful second on the program. When the seamen's struggles were extremely bad, the average seaman was identified by the soiid citizen as the lowest speci­ men of humanity. Futile attempts were made to educate the popu­ lace that sailing ships is an oc­ cupation, This type of work was regarded as means of escape for shoreside workers; a complete failure; or terms of suicide, a last resort. Seamen's language was considered course; his social con­ duct rough and abusive. The seamen being isolated and away from civilization for long periods assume that the bureau­ crats would intercede in his be­ half. Social security was granted the seaman years after it was intro­ duced to the general public. Al­ though the seaman pay propor­ tionally as much taxes as any one. The seaman's importance was realized at the beginning of this universal crisis. They were hon­ ored galore in their successful efforts to deliver the goods. They weren't intimidated by the fact that they were targets or living on a bull's eye with iirferior pro­ tection. Special services were set up to issue medals for their ex­ cellent performance at sea. They were given the right to wear uniforms with all it's trim­ mings; service centers; platforms erected for the greatest orators of the land to blow in his behalf. The seamen appreciate all of these vast offerings by conditions of war, but what realized that should be first on the blah-blah adgenda, is a complete justice, "The Seaman Bill of Righls." FREDDIE STEWART Pnhlisbed by the _ SEAFARER^ INTERS UNION.„ OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the Air.erican Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Watbinston Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Directory of Brmckes BRANCH NEW YORK (•4). BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... CHARLESTON (9) SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN, 28 P.R., PUERTO RICO GALVESTON ADDRESS 51 Beaver St. 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St. 6 North 6th St 25 Commercial PI 339 Chartree St 68 Society St 220 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St 920 Main St 7 St. Michael St. ...... 45 Ponce do Leon 219 20th St. PHONE HAnover 2-2784 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 765! Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 iacksonville 5-f 23 I Dial 2-1392 San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET HAnoTor 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. L LOG Editors Mail SEAFARERS LOG I SEAFARERS 267 MONEY DUE Hamahan, AB, 26 hrs; E. H. SS KING WOOSLEY S. Singleton, 8 hrs; A. White, Eavada, oiler, 35 hrs. Collect at 32 hrs; W. Nickels, 22 hrs; J. South Atlantic SS Co« Savannah. » » * Welling, 8 hrs; J, Manning, 5 his; SS JOHN LAWSON T. Smith, 4 hrs. CoUect at Bull The foUowing men can coUect i:.ine Office. • » • their overtime: P. Pedersen, AB, 7 hrs; R. SS DYNASTIC A Walters, Messman, 18'A hrs. Statham, AB, 10 hrs; G. Svallard, C^ollect at Waterman Steamship AB, 6 hrs; C. Vranich, AB. 5 hrs; A. Caram, OS. 10 hrs; F. Hudak, Company. See Capl. Perkins. • • • 6 hrs; H. WUson. D-M. 5 hrs. » • » SS WILLIAM BRYANT SS GEORGE PICKETT O. J. Bell, $33.62; W. C. Taylor. $53.42; A. Lammon, $34.75; C. J. Fernandez, Chief Cook; R. R. Cortright, $39J)1; G. E. Boyce, McCallia. 2nd Cook; Harry Reit$28.22; R. L. Litgeb, $28.22; H. er, Charles Erisson. W. Redding- Editor, Seafarers Log Lammon, $38.87; E. Koundoura- er, J. Gomes, M. Moor. Extra Dear Brother: kis. $35.72; E. J. Noonan, $3.92; meal money now payable at It has been sometime since I E. G. Schaeffer, $3.92; M. Shuler, Waterman Office. » » » have taken time out to write to $3.92. Collect at Alcoa Steamship the LOG and the good brothers Company, 17 Battery Place, New SS COLLIN BRYAN York. Minus 21% of above totals. Thomas Jarboe, 15 hrs. Pay­ through the LOG. I also have » • • able at Alcoa Steamship Com­ been lax in keeping up with what has been going on, as I have pany Office, 17 Battery Place. SS JONATHAN GROUT • » * been very busy here from one Godon Motwill, Engine Depart­ place to another, and have not SS JOSHIA BARTLETT ment, $108.65. Collect at Miss­ issippi Steamship Company. Members who had their names been able to "contact the branch • • • listed in Oct. 13th issue of Ihe of the union as I would like to. I finally took time off, and was LOG please contact Eastern of­ SS CAPE MOHICAN I surprised in what the good bro­ Dispute Attacks—March 12, 13, fice in Boston or New York, • • • thers had started to do. I am 1944 North Shields, England, 3 with them one hundred percent SS WM. RAWLES a.m. to 5 a.m. March 21, 22, New Castle, Eng­ Crew collect disputed over­ on the owning of our own imion land, Between August 23, 31, time at N. Y. office of Bull Line. halls. • • • Also there is a movement to 1943, Malta. Attack Bonus Claim. help bring up the Bos'n pay. We Collect at Company Office. SS DAVID BURNETT • • • should have started that long H37man Horcrich, oiler, has ago. SS JOHN GORRIE $104.87 coming. CoUect af^BaltiIf we continue to carry two Joseph Kennedy, oiler. 37 hrs; more office of Waterman Co. • • « grades of ABs we should have a Roy BeU. oiler. 26 hrs; Alfred difference in the grade of pay. Blickman, oiler. 59 hrs; Demilrior SS BENJ. POBERTSON I am stationed about forty Yoamov. F-W-T. 28 hrs; James L. A. Brace and D. Pierce have W. Brown, F-W-T, 61 hrs; James overtime coming for releaving miles from San Juan and it is McKillip, F-W-T. 41 hrs. CoUect for supper in the engine and fire- impossible to see about some of at offices of South Atlantic SS room. CoUect at BuU Line office the union affairs that I would like to keep in touch with. in New York. Co., Savannah. • • • • • « I am very glad to see where the good brother and agent Paul SS HOWARD E. COFFIN SS ABEL STEARNS Anthony W. Demcyak. OS, 17 G. Stanley, 67 hrs; F. Marlin- Hall is doing so much good in hrs; CUfton Coates, AB, 18 hrs; korich, 16 hrs; W. TherauU, IBVa settling the beefs. John Depietrantonia. 9 hrs; Peter hrs; J. McPhiUips, 4 hrs; C. I have been down since June, Gellally. AB, 22 hrs; Charles Ponce. 1 hr; H, Frazier. 14 hrs 1942, and I have tried to get Abraham. OS. 6 hrs; Gerard F. CoUect at BuU Line office. (Contmued on Page 4) ... Friday, October 27. 1944 Michelet Proposes Ship's Cook Book ir .11 - " If the food isn't what it should be on your scow don't blow your top to the steward, just get to a phone and call us because, brother, we've got a brand new angle—and it's a honey! It seems that the '^SA is getting a trifle worried about the future, what with the war in Europe almost finito and the Japs taking such a shellacking in the Pacific. So they're commencing to make sheep eyes at the unions. "If any port stewards are try­ ing to stint on the food aboard ships under our control," they told the officers of this union some time ago, "why, just bring the matter to our attention and we will take action." So, brother, if there's any meat on your scow that stinks on ice, or if the eggs are only fit to throw at politicians, or if some hungry port steward is trying to chisel on the food requisition, why just get to a phone and call us and we'll hustle down to tiie ship and investigate. We can promise you that we'll get the cooperation of the WSA when you give us a legitimate beef, be­ cause there's nothing on this good green earth more coopera­ tive than a bureaucrat that's try­ ing to keep himself in office. This applies to the linen and slop chest as well as the food. We would like all brothers in the out ports to write to us about any complaints because we are trying to build up a file on the subject. When writing in to make a complaint please give us all the details—be specific about dates, the full name of the ship and the company operating her, the port she stored in, length of the voy­ age, etc. We would also like any detailed complaints from stew- Paradeau Appeals For Dead Storage Pick-up The baggage room in ihe new building at 51 Beaver Street in New York is one of the most efficiently laid out and run of any such service on the waterfront. Brother Leonard Paradeau is the chief mail clerk and baggage man, and he keeps the room in shipshape order so that the membership will receive the maximum service when checking their gear, and the utmost sidety while the gear is in storage. However, there is a situa­ tion developing whicB may force a curtailment of the baggage checking service. Many brothers have checked things with the union and left them for. 9 or 10 months or a year. This week we re­ ceived 28 pieces of baggage which had been left aboard various Calmar ships over the past months. If riil this dead storage, is left on the racks, there will be less space for the live storage. For this reason, brother Paradeau ap­ peals to all members who have dead storage laying in the baggage room to come and collect it and free the space for a man just getting off a ship. Turn now to the PERSON­ ALS column on page four and see if you have baggage waiting to be picked up. ards who find the new WSA di­ rective regarding carcass beef working an undue hardship on. them, and some concrete sugges-" tions for getting around this sore spot. This last is a teclinioal beef but stewards will appreciate its importance. This whole thing started about ten days ago when the Food Con­ trol Division of the WSA called a meeting of the representatives of the various maritime unions. The SIU was represented by John Hawk for the deck depart­ ment, Paul Hall for the engine department and this correspond­ ent for the steward department. Mr. Harold J. O'Connell, Direc­ tor of the Food Control Division of the WSA, acted as chairman. He explained that the purpose of the meeting was to propose new plans for the handling of food aboard vessels under the board's control. Their proposals touched on just about every phase of food handling — from the establish­ ment of a finky school for stew­ ards to the publication of a ship's cook book. Now the officers of this union know these birds well enough not to endorse any pig-in-the-poke proposals, and we certainly have no intention of helping anybody establish any more schools in the industry. We did agree, however, to name a liasion officer from this union (whatever the hell that is!) to attend the board's future deliberations to try to ferret out any constructive proposals that these double-talk artists might accidently turn up. The writer has been named as the SIU representative and pro­ poses to keep the membership in­ formed of developments through these columns. We all know that the WSA like all bureaucratic bodies, is di­ recting half its energies toward keeping itself in office. In their relentless fight for survival in the post war world these bircls are seeking as many duties as pos­ sible in order to justify their ex­ istence in the peace time econ­ omy of the country. The SIU has no intention of becoming a party to the squandering of the people's money on an utterly useless school for stewards, simply be­ cause the WSA wants another monumental achievement to point with pride to. On th^ other hand, when they propose plans for the better packaging of food, the storing of ice boxes and the publication of a ship's cook book, then we are definatly interested, because we know that there is a crying need for these things. The maritime industry is bad­ ly in need of a good cook book. Those few publications that pre­ tend to fill this role today aren't worth a damn. The recipes al­ most invariably call fix- ingredi­ ents out of this world and about as obtainable on a ship as cold beer or a trim blonde hay bag. We want a cook book that in layout, in proportions, in ingred­ ients, in the utilization of left-" overs, in the spicing and dress-*^ (Cof$iittned on Page 4) •M'4 ••'•AM �••• Friday, October 27, 1944 Reemployment Rights Set THE SEAFARERS •', Page Three " -M LOG Crew Of SS James W Denver Spend 34 Days In Open Boat WASHINGTON — The W a Shipping Administration has an nounced new procedures to carry out provisions of Public Law 87 for the reemployment rights of persons who left their positions after May 1, 1940, to enter the Merchant Marine and who desire to return to those positions after the war. Although WSA expects suffici ent jobs to be available for al seamen and officers who desire to remain in the industry after the war, those who wish to re turn to their former jobs will be given every assistance, the agency said. To be eligible for reemploy­ ment rights, the applicant must have left other than a temporary position to enter the Merchant Marine after May 1, 1940, and be­ fore termination of the unlimitec national emergency; he must ap­ ply not later than 30 days after the date of his release from the Merchant Marinb and receive a SIU brothers from the SS James W. Denver who spent 34 days in an open life boat. These men ceretificate of service showing he has completed substantially con­ finally were rescued by Spanish fishermen and landed on the Canary Islands, later to be taken to Cadis. Brother Dolor Stone is second from the right in the bafck row. tinuous service. _ "J—^ BALTIMORE tV i"* WHAT'S DOING : When brother Dolor Stone Cat present a New York piecard, but previously deck engineer) signed on the Liberty ship James W. Denver, he didn't notice that the articles were dated March 13, I,I 1943. It was a Friday, besides. The Denver was a brand new•| ship making her maiden voyage, loaded deep below decks and with a load of army trucks top-" sides. From Baltimore she went to New York, picked up a con­ voy and promptly lost it in a heavy fog the first night out. "If there is anything to this Friday the thirteenth stuff," says Dolar, "that's when the hard luck started. The fog held for several days and we didn't see the con­ voy any more after that. Not so much as a smeU of it." That was only the beginning. Every day — sometimes twice a day— they had engine trouble, sitting in the middle of the ocean like a nice big target in a shoot­ ing gallery. On the 11th of April, with the Denver squatting placidly alone as usual, imdergoing repairs, a German sub gave her the works. At 5:05 p.m., without a pepriscope or a torpedo being seen^ she got blasted squarely between one and two holds. She started to settle fast and the old man or­ dered her abandoned. All boats except one got safe­ ly away and although number six got spilled in the excitement her crew was picked up, doused but safe. Stone's boat started out for their 34-day ocean odyssey with only two deck men (and them first-trippers) out of eigh­ teen on board. The rest were en­ gine and steward department men and navy gunners. The skipper gave them a course to steer and they set out, laying to on a sea anchor the first night because of rough weather. On the third night at dusk they sighted a vague shape ahead and the lookout yelled "Destroyer." Stone waved the boat's lantern and all hands turned on thenlifebelt lights. But before they realized it the "destroyer" be­ came a big Nazi sub—"a hell of (Continued on Pa^e 4) Shipping has been fair for the past week, and all beefs were settled to satisfaction of crews involved. We have oiu* first Victory ship coming out this week, and as this has made a whole lot of differ­ NEW YORK shall be the first occasion may of ng on the ship. The basis on ence in the handling of oulport us will have to see this type of which they charged the accused vessel, we are all rather anxious with assault was the broken rim We happened to be running disputes. We intend, in the fu­ to have the opportunity to do so. on the chief engineer's eye through a bunch of old Seafarers ture, when receiving these outof-port disputes, after action is We are anticipating a consider­ glasses. Logs the other day and noticed taken on same, to publish the en­ 1 incidently have been toting able improvement from the Lib­ where a few years ago that some erty tin cans; particularly in re­ a pair of eye glasses with a bro­ of the Ports, including New York, tire thing in the Seafarers Log for gards to the crews accommoda­ ken rim for quite some time, and were reporting UNUSUALLY the members' benefit who made tions, but we shall not be entire­ certainly no one but myself broke heavy shipping, wherein they that particular trip. If the beef ly dissappointed if they turn out the rim. However, this flimsy ex­ had shipped 75 men for the week. is a good beef and wiU be paid, otherwise. For after being pack­ cuse seemed to offer sufficient This is quite a contrast to what then that shall be run in the Log. ed in Libertys like anchovies for grounds for the charge of assault the conditions are today. For in­ In the event the beef is a bum almost four years, we naturally with the Coast Guard inspector stance, last week alone. New one, that also should be nm in do not expect anything too spaci­ who ignored the fact that the York Branch shipped 1,000 men the Log. In this manner, the ous will be allocated to the crew. chief engineer was unscath, and and this figure is no where near membership will know at aU This would be entirely alien to liad also admitted he struck the the highest amount of men this times as to just what disposition the policy of the Maritime Com- accused. The ship departed with Branch has shipped, for a week­ is made of their disputes. the same chief engineer aboard, mision. ly period in the past year. As D. Stone, one of our local pieand with the boy he had so vioWell, the local Coast Guard much can be said about business cards who was formerly in Nor­ unit is at it again. Our SUP agent ently assaulted, facing the charge as well, because the amount of folk, tells us he had a bad at­ received a call from a ship re­ of assaulting him. business done here has increased tack of home sicknesses the other At the hearing the next morn­ questing him to represent one of in the same proportion as ship­ day. One of the famous Norfolk tugs, the Kalleen of the South­ the men on an SUP ship who was ing 1 was presented with several ping has. collect it at a future date. Natur­ ern Transportation Company, being placed on several charges statements which apparently These are only "signs of the ally, this only leads to the guy by the gestapo. Due to the nec­ were taken on the ship the pre­ times" and are significant of the came in and called for a Patrol­ building up a lot of expectations vious day. A ten minute recess essity of the SUP agent being in growth the Seafarers has made, man. Stoney was dispatched to and hope for something that he Philadelphia the next day, he was ordered so 1 could study the and what they will be making in her and after shaping the crew's will absolutely be unable to col­ beefs up and getting everything asked yours truly to act in be­ contents of these lengthy state­ the future. lect. We know, however, that half of the accused. The next ments. After the stipulated time There is a shortage of men up squared away, he came back to within the Seafarers we have a morning the accused showed up the hearing was resumed, and 1 this way—what with the organ­ the hall with a happy, dazed look minimum amount of this type of with his head swathed in band­ objected to the statements being izers still going to town putting in his eye. The thing that puzzles beef, and it is up to the member­ ages, and who turned out to be a allowed as evidence on the lots of our book members into all the rest of the piecards here ship and the officials of this nineteen year old boy whom had ground that they were full of unorganized companies, and the is how in the living hell a man union to see to it that we elimin­ just recently been honorably dis­ contridictions, and that the de­ steady flow of contracted jobs can get homesick for a port that ate the small percentage we do charged from the U. S. Navy due fense had no opportunity to cross coming up on our dispatching is as rugged on piecards as Nor­ have. The only way to do this to combat fatigue. His charges examine tlje witnesses who had boards. The fact is that it has be­ folk is — but, wonders never is to settle the beefs we have on were, intoxication, using abusive submitted the statements. Of come so bad, it is hardly safe to cease! the "Point of Production"—right language, and assault on the course, my exception was denied. walk by Paul Gonsorchik or Our membership in this Branch on board the ship. We again recessed about noon, "Frenchy" Michelet as they do Chief Engineer. had a discussion at last Monday The piecards up this way in so 1 availed myself of this oppor­ everything but hit you on the evening's meeting which would Upon hearing the lad's story it their weekly rassling. bout with became evident that the charges tunity to discuss the case with head and shanghai you right out have proved of interest to the the shipowners, have managed to were trumped up, and only in­ Attorney Sol Berenholtz who was —and from the last reports, they whole membership of the Seafar­ settle overtime to the crew's fa­ stituted in order to discredit any so convinced of the boy's inno- are even figuring on doing that! ers, could they have heard it. The vor on the following ships: SS charge which may have been cense that he voluntarily agreed SO, to aU of you guys who are discussion had to do with the King Woosley, Bull Steamship placed against the Chief Engin­ to finish the case without fee. He not looking for a job, stay clear settlement of beefs on board the Company, 92 hours; SS Dynastic, eer who had very brutally as­ was successful in having the ac­ of the second deck! various ships. All hands were of 17 hours; SS William Bryant, saulted the boy to such an extent cused exonerated of all but the Considering the amount of the opinion that whenever a man $290; SS John Lawson, 50 hours; that the lad required over twfenty intoxication charge. business and shipping done, the presents a bad beef on board a SS George Pickett, division of stitches to seal the numerous Mr. Berenholtz has given this branch affairs are in fine shape ship, regardless of whether it is meals and overtime. For all the lacerations on his scalp. The con­ service to our members on many and we attribute part of this to to the ship's delegate or one of data on the amount of money for dition of the boy was all too evi­ occasions and deserves the thanks the fact of the adoption of the the shoreside Patrolmen or each man, look in this week's dent to the hearing officer who of the entire membership. overtime dispute slips which our Agents, the man should be told Money Due List in the Seafarers boarded the vessel the previous JOSEPH FLANAGAN, membership went on record to so immediately rather than lead Log. day and held a preliminary hearAgent have rigged up in its eiitirety. It urn to believe he can be able to PAUL HALL. Agenl Around the Ports �mmmm. THE Page Four FORE 'N AFT SEAFARERS LOG Crew*s Farewell To A Gallant Ship By BUNKER Of late there has been a rash of qu2u-terdeck dictators, which makes us think that some of the gold braid must have been staying up late at night, reading about Captain Bligh of the Bounty. Captain George Midgett of the M/S Sands Point, a Moran tug, tried the little Caesar act on a recent trip to the Pacific and made things unpleasant for all hands, according to several of the boys who rode this Diesel job down to the islands. "Admiral" Midgett, says the crew, had the world's best voca­ bulary of sea-going, blue water profanity and he used it without stint. He had a yen for the dramatic, too, and at Panama he declared the ship in a state of mutiny, calling in the marines. The leather­ neck delegation hurried on board with riot guns but couldn't find any mutiny and sadly departed, with the crew having a good laugh. The month in transit from Panama to the South Seas was a holiday for the old man, who cut the watei- allowance to a bucket-aday, reminiscent of the days when the square riggers made this run, and had a big time playing First Mate, Chief Engineer, and Steward. He toured the galley and engine room evwy day, tasting the soup and telling the cooks how to mix the dough; and down below he took over for the Chief, supervising any engitie work that had to be done. Brothers Vincent Cook, messman, Charley Owens, mess, and Alex Valinski, oiler, also made a long trip on a Moran tug, with a skipper who broke the monotony by ringing the general alarm every time he wanted the Navy signalman on the bridge. Aside from the gong clanging at odd hours, however, they reported the trip pretty good, with food and quarters OK. These Moran tugs carry two oilers on a watch and from all re­ ports, they are good ships down below and on deck. • • • • Perhaps some of you "old-timers" remember when a few of the bigger tankers went to sea with a barge tagging along behind. The barges carried stacks and were like small editions of the big tankers. From a distance it looked like two ships having a race, with the little one running a close second. * * «• One SIU man who rode a manganese ship, got torpedoed and lived to tell about it, is brother Mohammed Elsayed, Bos'n. Elsayed was Bos'n on an old crate that got hit off F.a.st Africa early in the war, and went down almost before they could get the boats away. Only five of the crew of 45 were saved and the survivors spent eighteen days adrift before being picked up. Special Services Department (Continued from Page 1) the New York branch handled over 500 Coast Guard Cases, in­ volving SIU members . . . cases in which seamen's papers had been taken away for infraction of rules. In aU but one of these cases the union was successful in appealing and having these pa­ pers restored. In addition, five thousand dol­ lars held in back wages by the Coast Guard on "desertion" charges have been collected for SIU members after successful appeals. More than 600 DRAFT BOARD CASES have been handled by the Special Service Department. In nearly all instances where the men were not intentionally at fault, the union contacted the draft boards and obtained deferrments. Harder to handle were 51 IM­ MIGRATION CASES, but these too were successfully defended in nearly every instance and the men involved were allowed to continue sailing on ship under the American flag. Services rendered to SIU mem­ bers by the Special Services De­ partment are too varied to fully describe. Sufficient to say, it has helped a lot of men out of tight spots; in situations where help would otherwise been slow, dis­ interested, or not available at all. Added proof that SIU MEM' BEHSHIP PAYS ! ! Editor's Mail (Continued from Page 2) away and I get the same answer when I even want a leave of ab­ sence. They say "We need your service here more than you are needed elsewhere." So probably I am here for the duration. Well this is about all the time I have on time off, so I will say to all of the good brothers: Keep 'em Seuling. To our trusted agents, keep up the good work. For myself, I promise that I will keep doing all I can and what is required of me in the service which I am in. I bid all the good brothers of the Seafarers International Union bon voyage till we meet again. Fraternally yours, CHARLES B. MARTIN, (Civ.) Army Boat Dot. A.P.O. No. 854 c/o PM. Miamia, Fla. New York Shipping Is HOT ! ! Any of the brothers in the out ports who find shipping slow and their bill - fold empty—^head for New York. Agent Paul Hall has an­ nounced that he can ship all the men that show up, re­ gardless of depeurtment or rating. Don't let the RMO fill your jobs—come to New York and fill them yourselves. Friday, Oclober 27. 1944 AL HOYLE Survivors Of SS James W. Denver (Continued from Page )) a big one," says Stone—and a moment later they brought up cIo.se beside it, sheering off just in time to keep from smashing against the bow. The sub's commander yelled from the conning tower and watched them bump across his after deck plates. "Where are you from?" he asked. "Brooklyn," they replied. "Where they make the big guns," he said. "What ship?" The ship's name was painted on the boat's oars, so they told him "the James Denver." "Well, well," said Heir Cap­ tain, "one of those new Liber­ ties." He had a good laugh over it. But the Herr Captain wasn't so bad, giving them cigarettes and a course to steer. Before the sub disappeared they saw two other big shapes nearby. "A wolfpack," said Stone. Life in the boat was crowded with no room for exercise and nothing to do but talk about juicy steaks and filets mignon. Stone and two others took turns at the tiller, with one navy gunner tak­ ing a fourteen hour trick at the helm. All hands .were intermittantly seasick. On the 19th they sighted a twostack steamer, which immediate­ ly turned tail and ran when they set off flares. • During the last fom'tcen days in the boat their rations got low; the crackers gave out, water was rationed to three ounces per man a day, and they had nothing to aat but malted milk tablets. Three flying fish that landed in the' boat were devoured raw. On the night of May 11th they saw three blue lights signalling, but the lights disappeared when they waved their lantern and shot flares, so they decided they once again had stumbled on the Nazi wolf pack. Rescue came on the 14th when Spanish fishermen picked them up, took them to La Aguera in the Canaries, and later to Las Palmas where they were quar­ tered across from the swastikabedecked Nazi consulate. They later got passage to Cadiz. As has often happened with Standing beneath the N a z i plane tally on the stack of the. famous Virginia Dare are SIU brothers A1 Hoyle, AB, of Upper Darby, Pa., Gene Casassa, Deck • Maintainance, also of Upper Dar- ' by, and "Pos" Hedges, AB, of, Paris. Tennessee. Visible over ATs left shoulder are five of the eight scores the Virginia Dare's gunners chalked up on North At­ lantic runs to Russia. Doyle, Casassa and Hedges were on the Dare when she made her fifth and final voyage, a trip to the Mediterranean. At 8:12 a.m. in the morning of March 6, 1944 while in convoy pn route to Suez, the Virginia Dare was hit by a torpedo or mine near the African coast. She filled, but didn't go down and the crew beached her, saving most of the cargo. Another ship in the same con­ voy suffered an explosion shortly after the Dare was hit and went, GENE CASASSA down in a few minutes. "The es­ "POS" HEDGES cort ran around like mad," Hoyle said, "but no submarines were seen." Brothers Casassa, Hedges and (Continued from Page 2) Hoyle are on ships now, and ing-up of food is based on the have been keeping them sailing peculiar needs and limited re­ throughout the war. sources of a ship. In outlining his proposals Mr. O'Connell lingered lovingly on the part his "experts" would play in the program. Frankly, we be­ lieve that if there's anything the contemplated program doesn't BILLIE L. PARKER: need, it's experts! We have seen The allotment checks you made what these experts have done out for your mother have been with the Sheepshead Bay pro­ returned—apparently because of ject. The minute quanity of cook­ faulty address. Check this with ing knowledge that these experts Smith & Johnson SS Company, have taught the trainees between in Hew York City. * » • boat drills and out and out-loaf­ ing has been taught them under The following is a list of per­ ideal conditions — and, brother, sonal effecis of various you don't find ideal conditions on seamen, left with the Calmar ships! The oil is watery, the Steamship Corporation and now draft won't draft, the ship rolls, waiting to be claimed at the the yeast won't yeast, the flour is imion's baggage room: lifeless, the dough ropes or the L. Rimildo 1 Box and 1 Paper heat sours it and so on ad in­ bag finitum. Charles Daniels..: 1 Carton We think that the propsed cook Lucian Eli 1 Gladstone bag book should be written by prac­ Bernard Marcus 1 Duffle bag tical cooks and stewards. In fact, E. Wattagny 1 Suit case we will undertake to do it our­ T. P. Dugan 1 Sea bag selves in collaboration with a John Castro -..1 Carton and 1 couple of old line cooks and stew­ Suit ease ards like "Hungry" Schuler and J. Armstrong 1 Carton "Fat Boy" Collins. In the event Joseph Powell 1 Suit caw we should be taken up on this Peter De Jongh 1 Sea bag offer, we feel sure that the mem­ Clarence Jones 1 Suit case bership will understand that the T. J. Wickham 1 Sea bag stews, curries and hashes will be C. E. Specker 1 Sea bag Schuler's and Collins'—the tas­ Jose Torres 1 Suit case tier dishes, of course, will be Clarence Listerman....l Suit case brother Michelet's! Norman C. Jennings....l Suit case George Nocoll 1 Suit case and torpedoed crews, they got better Burlap bag treatment from foi-eigners than F. E. White 1 Suit case and 1 from American representatives pair Sea boots abroad. Packed into two pen David Schwartz....l Sea bag and trucks with a load of Polish and hand bag Czech refugees, they were haul­ David Odell 1 Paper bag ed from Cadiz to Gibraltar. The Joseph Dube 1 Suit case truck swerved to avoid an over­ Lonni Jackson 1 Duffle bag hanging limb en route and Virgil Richard Beckley.. 1 Suit case Hurd, one of the survivors was Jose Caban 1 Suit case badly injui-ed, later passing away John Petticord 1 Suit case at Gibraltar. Frank Robinson ....1 Suit case After sitting in the stream at L. Tomainen 1 Suit case Gibralter on the ex-Seatrain New D. Laine. J. Hart, E. E. Bailey. Jersey for thirty days, they final­ J« P. Crows, F. MitchelL R. ly got back to the States. Tharp. J. Wiscoviche. Young. "Superstitious — me?" asks Woodruff. Stone. "Naw, I aint superstitious. But from, now on I'm going to ROMAN GONZALES and spend every Friday the 13th MANFRED KEILITS: bellying up to some bar, watch­ Get in touch with attorney ing the suds go down." Richard M. Cantor. 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Title A name given to the resource October 27, 1944 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 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. VI, No. 35 Description An account of the resource Headlines: CANDIDATES FOR 1945 OFFICE CORRECTION ON BALLOT RULE SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT EDUCATION LIFE PAYMENTS FOR DISABLED A TRIP CARDER PRAISES THE SIU METHOD TWO SIU LINES TO EXPAND MICHELET PROPOSES SHIP'S COOK BOOK PARADEAU APPEALS FOR DEAD STORAGE PICK-UP CREW OF SS JAMES W DENVER SPEND 34 DAYS IN OPEN BOAT REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS SET CREW'S FAREWELL TO A GALLANT SHIP Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/27/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log