http://www.seafarerslog.org/archives_old/files/original/0b862e430c5f53fb9f5fc4eba16ac56f.PDF 5aa8da9ef9e40f9bb2ad3d99cad4ea5a PDF Text Text m fr: F|j1 Sllij 111 Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America Vol. VII. NEW YORK. N.Y« FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 16. 1945 HAVE YOU VOTED YET? No. 46 Await NLRB Ruling In isthmian Election Moving steadily in the direction of Seafarers' repre­ sentation for the Isthmian Steamship seamen, the SIU and the company have agreed to abide by the National Labor Relations Board decision on the Union's request for an election after that agency has investigated the pledge card —strength of the SIU. This«investigation is necessary under pression completely uninfluenced NLRB procedure, as only pledge by other factors. SIU spokesmen pointed out cards of those men actually work­ ing for Isthmian at the time of that under the mail voting sys­ petitioning for the election can tem nothing could be done to pre­ be counted. The NMU, which vent pressure and influence from asked to be placed on the ballot being brought to bear upon the after the SlU's original petition, crews by interested parties, which has also agreed to abide by the could lead to charges of unfair labor practices, prolong the issue NLRB's decision. Also to be determined by the and frustrate the wishes of the NLRB agents are the best possible Isthmian seamen.- They declared Fulfilling iheir obligations and duties as Union members, these men are casting their votes In the means of balloting in the election that "When the final vote is in, current elections for officers for the Atlantic arid Gulf District of the SIU. HAVE YOU VOTED YET? itself. The alternatives at the we don't want to have any doubts moment are: either the voting is about what is the popular ma­ done through the mails; or man­ jority wish of the men." ual voting of each port, with each STILL MORE PLEDGES . man casting his individual ballot Meanwhile pledge cards from under supervision of the NLRB Isthmian men continued to pile men and in complete secrecy. up and branch after branch re­ New shipping, hours are in BETTER WAY ported daily increases in the num­ effect at the New York Hall: Monday through Saturday— The latter system is considered ber of cards they were receiving. In New York large numbers 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. the better choice, and is favored WASHINGTON —According to ed for the transportation of troops of volunteer organizers v/ere Sundays and Holidays— by the Seafarers International a new program jointly announced to-the U. S., to carry relief to the IhOO A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Union as a means of allowing a getting instruction and answers by WSA Administrator Admiral needy abroad; to supply occupa­ free and democratic means of ex- to their questions, but it was tion troops on foreign soil, and obvious that many more of these Land and Selective Service Di­ to start U. S. postwar foreign workers were needed. rector General Hershey, mer­ trade. ^ Organization Director Earl chant seamen with thirty-two Both Land and Hershey ex­ "Bull" Shepard declared that a months of "substantially continu­ pressed confidence in the patriot­ lot of work must still be done in ous service" in the Merchant Ma­ ism of men eligible for discharge, By EDWARD ROBINSON (Aboard Ihe SB Finley Peier Dunne) the Isthmian drive in order to rine will be eligible for discharge. and felt that they would stay on assure a successful conclusion for SOUTHAMPTON, England — ago that marine underwriters ex- the SIU. No more men between the ages the job as long as they were Eighty-mile-an-hour gusts of pect shipping losses to continue of 18 and 25 will be recruited needed by their country. "It's imperative," he said, "that wind which ripped along the into the postwar period. The Log by WSA after November 15, un­ more members of the SIU take THE OLD JOB south coast of England on the less they are only eligible for limited service or have been dis­ It was emphasized that re-em­ fifth night of the "great gale" quoted an insurance underwrit­ jobs in this fieet when oppor­ By keeping in qualified for any military service. ployment benefits under Public have demonstrated that World ers' expert, Mr. Edward R. King, tunities arise. touch with the organizers at the "Continuous service" will in­ Law 87, and the proposed bene­ War 11 dangers still exist for as saying that much time would various branches, members can elapse "before the mine hazard is clude hospitalization periods, al­ fits under the merchant seamen's shipping and seamen. find out whatever they have to war service act now before Con­ lowable credit for shore leave, In one night over nineteen removed." know about securing • such jobs. medical treatment, or internment gress would not apply to those loaded mines were washed With a vast number of mines "This part of the job is more by the enemy. Any seamen re­ who have not served the qualify­ ashore, disrupting shipping and on the loose in waters all over important now than ever before," leased under this program will ing sea-time and seamen were tying up troops scheduled to re­ the world, the chances are that said Shepard, "now that the SIU not be subject to selective serv­ advised to stay on the job until turn to the United States. the number of lives and ships has petitioned for the election." ice induction, but qualified ap­ they have acquired the necessary lost in the next four years will The southwest of the Isle of plicant's certificate must be ac­ time. be greater than those lost in the The Certificate issried to the Wight was reported "littered four years of 1919 through 1922, companied by the notation that he is "eligible to be relieved from seaman," said the joint states with mines," and six were said that followed the last war. ' any future consideration for ment, "also establishes the sea­ to have exploded at Littleton Southwick and Brighton. The de­ classification into a class avail­ man's eligibility to assert em­ tonations shattered windows in ployment rights to the job which able for service." Final approval the areas, but no loss of lives he held at the time he entered must still come from the local have been reported. Naval bomb NEW YORK (LPA)—Pay raises the service of the Merchant Mar­ draft board. and other issues which caused the Members of the Seafarers ine, in the same manner as siich disposal crews went to work ALL RATINGS STILL NEEDED re-emplpyment rights are grant­ rendering the other washed-up recent New York dock srtike will are entitled to a weekly pay­ be cirbitrated by Wiliam H. Davis, Under the setup now in exis­ ed to honorably discharged mem­ mines harmless. ment from the Union if they former War Labor Board head. Seamen aboard ships tied up tence, men between the ages of bers of the Armed Forces. are laid up in a hospital. Be The Intl. Longshoremen's Assn.18 and 25 are still subject to draft "Seamen over draft age—un­ here were pointing out that na­ sure to get what is coming AFL and the employers' organi­ after leaving maritime service, der the present regulations, 26 val squads can only work on zation, the N. Y. Shipping Assn. , to you: Notify the Union the ,, even though tney had served con­ years of age and over—are also mines after they are discovered agreed to Davis' designation by and are asking, "What about tinuously throughout the war eligible to a Certificate of Sub­ day you are admitted, so that Labor Secretary Schwellenbach. those that announce their arrival stantially Continuous Service, period. there will be no delay in your Involved in the 18-day strike : It was further emphasized by provided they meet the same con­ by blowing a hole in the side of receiving the money due you. demands for an hourly pay hike • Admiral Land that merchant sea­ ditions as to the duration of their the ship?" men of all ratings are still need­ service in the Merchant Marine.", The Log pointed out some time (Continued on Pege 3) 32 Month Sea- Time Men Now Eligible For Discharge M i SI Attention Meihbers! Mines Still Menace Shipping Hospital Payments To Arbitrate Dockers' Beefs Ill �THE Page Two S E AF AREttS LOG Friday, November 16, 1945 SEAFARERS LOG 'Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At yi Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 X. X X It HARRY LUNDEBERG ------- President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- - - -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - - Washington Reff. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Entered as secopd class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. •267 Meeting The AttackGovernor Dewey of New York is reported to be advocating "the rule of tooth and claw" in dealing with labor. Whether he actually said this or not, isn't important. What is important is the general trend on the part of the corporations and their politicians toward the idea of using physical force, legally, if possible, against the working stiffs. The fact is that all over the country the bosses and politicos are warring against the democratic principle of free and direct collective bargaining. The general loss of the worker's take-home pay has resulted in a loss of purchasing power, and created a situa­ tion which the corporations must meet the best way they know how. They must find a market for their finished goods and their other profit making services. Labor, recognizing this problem, has proposed that workers be paid decent wages in order that they can buy back the bulk of the goods they produce. The workers want their own homes, electric appliances, autos, decent clothing and education for their children. Industry, concerned with capturing and holding for­ eign markets, is not thinking in terms of a better America By BUNKER for the common people. Their program calls for a nation of coolie labor, producing large quantities of cheap goods Shortly after the last war, On a recent trip of the Joliet, for export to foreign countries—which is impossible of when stomachs were empty in a Russian who said he "couldn't fulfillment as long as there are free and democratic trade Europe and the word "States", stand Russia any longer,'^ stowed unions to represent the working stiff. awey and tried to reach Consounded like "heaven" to the girls stanza. Despite the sympathy of The lawmakers, following instructions from their over there, stowaways were comthe crew, the man was turned corporation bosses, are attempting to win this civil war Tnon on west-bound ships. over to the-Russias for Soviet jus­ against organized labor through the enactment of laws tice. Another Russian who stow­ which would cripple the unions. It is for that reason they Most persistent stowaway of ed away on an American ship, are trying to amend the Smith-Connally Act, and in­ them all was Yope, a pretty Rot­ recently, tried to commit suicide terdam girl, who tried it several when ordered back to Russia troducing other union busting measures. limes on Black Diamond ships. from New York. Evidently Stal­ Typical of these political moves to shackle the In fact, it got to be such a habit in's "paradise" doesn't please all working stiff is the employer-backed Coast Guard plan hat everytime a Black Diamond the Russians. to put all merchant seamen into uniform and/or enlist ship pulled into New York the X % % them in a naval reserve. If they can win on this proposal, mmigration men would say, "Is One of the ships coming back as was pointed out some weeks ago, they could defeat any Yope aboard again?" from the islands last summer militant action by calling the very men involved into Yope had several free trips brought in a stowaway hidden "active servce" and forcing them to sail ships, or be, court- across, but always got shipped in one of the lifeboats. Appre­ martialed. promptly home. They say that on hended shortly before the ship » To meet this growing menace, the merchant seaman, ler last try the skipper broke docked, the man explained that ler of the habit by transferring he had to reach New York for can no longer dilly-dally about organizing the unorganized. tier to a Rotterdam-bound ship medical treatment and, being Every drive becomes more than just a question of bettering at sea. broke, it was the only way he the immediate conditions of the unorganized maritime could make it. XXX workers. It becomes a question of converting every non­ XXX union seaman to union consciousness. One girl, they say, did make it Not so many years ago the We must complete the organization of Isthmian, of on an America-France Line ship. crews of the passenger liners stop­ Sweetheart of a seaman aboard, ATP, of Esso. We must make the Seafarers' growth our she was smuggled onto the ship ping in Cuba and Mexico made own individual as well as collective objective. And we can't at LeHavre, and hid in the fire­ money helping Chinese to get into stop there. If the unlucky man's foc'sle all the way back. this country. Chinaman was caught, the crew How they got her off is still a Among the rank and file are the future leaders of the insisted that he was a "stow­ secret, but a seaman who knows SIU. We must give these members union training and claims this mademoiselle is still away." If he made it safely union education. Numerical strength alone cannot beat in the States today, having raised ashore, he paid off to the tune back the determined attacks of the would be slavers. seafaring family in the mean­ of two or three grand to the men who helped him make the trip. [ It will take brainpower, too. time. FORE 'N AFT SQUIBS By LOREN NORMAN For Labor Press Associates Oscar Ameringer once said, "It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease." W e might add that it's all right to stand up like a man, but it sometimes pays to squeak like a mouse. XXX Many business men who swear fhey want no "government inter­ ference" are begging the govern­ ment to grant price relief on their products. XXX They might raise wages—if they're paid enough for it. And the horrors of relief disappo.,r if they happen to be the party that'8 relieved. XXX Joe Worker says the t . ouble with too many standing c :nmittees is that they're laying down. XXX We've heard rumors tl :.t tho Japanese financial giants evs dis­ solving their trusts, but we aren't placing toQ much stock in them. XXX Press reports say that the Uni­ ted States is insisting that the Dutch and French must file the U.S. insignia off any lease-lend materials used in re-conquering Java and Indo-China. It would never do to let the natives le: rn their drive for independence was blasted by guns from the "arsenal of democracy." XXX Horse sense, says a wiseaore, is what a horse has that prevents him from betting on a man. " fey- - �Friday, November IB, 1345 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three C G Red Tape Delays Crewing By JOHN MOGAN BOSTON—It is not an exagger­ presently loading grain and po­ day, the first in quite a while. ation to start this opus by stating tatoes for North Europe; it is Practically every man got off, so that this port has had one of its necessary to go up there myself, we had to do some fast work on most busy weeks in a long time. as Portland has always been a this one. Now we've reached the stage headache insofar as pierhead Times are going to be rather where we cannot get the ratings jumps of freeloaders is concern­ tough for a while, so far as get­ we need, although it is good to ed. ting men is concerned. If the be able to say that no SIU ship This time, when.I got up there, pressure stays on for a while has been held up for lack of I found a trip card bosun, former­ longer, the Christmas holidays men thus far. And even the en­ ly with the Navy, who had got will be upon us, and then it may By PAUL HALL try ratings are hard to push the impression that he was an well be impossible to get the men through the Commissioners, since The membership of this Union in their last New York meeting the new laminated cards came officer, because a bosun in the —chiefly because, since starting Navy, according to him, is allow­ this report, I have been with the had open for discussion a point which, in most seamen's mind, is very into effect. ed to throw his weight around. Vital: The Seamen's GI Bill of Rights. It looks as though now that They want a commitment for a Well, his particular weight ended Coast Guard people and have the seamen are going to get a shoving around on this issue in vessel that is scheduled to sail up on the dock, for the deck gang been told that their facilities will ^Washington, and are not going to receive this bill of rights. permit of issuing papers in not immediately before they will con­ The membership at the New York meeting was of the opinion sider the applicant; then when didn't like the idea of having to less than one week's time. This that something should be done about this situation. All of them We furnish the commitment, the speak to Mr. Bosun in order to is a helluva note, having to wait a week for men that we need for were aware of the fact that unless we do take action while this applicant is told he will have to speak to Mr. Mate. FAST WORK a sailing tomorrow. We'll have war and the sacrifices seamen made in it are still fresh in the peo­ wait a week for his card. I have This week looms as even busier to get some action on this mat­ ple's minds, then we stand to get nothing in the long run. an appointment with the Coast than last. Today, the day after ter, or else we may see some SIU It was the opinion of most of the members present that the Guard Commander in charge of Armistice Day (on which we ships delayed. However, we are Seafarers should request all seamen's unions to take action oh issuing papers for this morning, worked up this way), we have duly notifying the proper auth­ this beef; this action to consist of representatives from all unions at which time I expect to find out three payoffs within one hour. orities of the Coast Guard delay, notifying Congress and all interested parties that unless we do get what the score is. Then, for the rest of the week, so that placing of the responsi­ action on this particular thing, that all unions would petition for ON TIME it appears that we'll have one or bility for any and all delays will a strike vote. In other words, we would use economic pressure If any ship of ours, particularly two arrivals each day. We got be simple and definite. More of to gain something for seamen' which should be gjven to seamen one engaged in the transport of our first West Coast tanker Sun­ this in our next report. without any arguing or questioning. troops, should be hung up now it We know that the bureaucrats in Washington are not going to really would be embarrassing. give the seamen anytthing but a hard time and a lot of phony "rules" Only last week one of the Agents to contend wffh. We had good evidence of this in the bureaucrats in Boston, who handles both SIU Insisting that the Seafarers recent successful boycott of the WSA and NMU contract vessels, called Medical program was "out of order." Nevertheless, we saw that the hall to tell us that he "Had By J. P. SHULER when the Seafarers added economic pressure to this question, three NMU transports on the we won the beef. Thus, -the membership is of the opinion that we hook for three days past sched­ The waterfront around the Port kind of crap that the company should also apply the same type of pressure to gain for all seamen uled sailing owing- to insufficient of New York has been busy, and puts out. the Seamen's GI Bill of Rights. crew, whereas the ships he hand­ it has been hard getting enough Disagreements This point has now been referred to all other Bnsnches of the les with SIU crews aboard have men to man our contracted ships On the troopers that are going SIU for their action and, in all likelihood, will be concurred in by never been held up an hour and at the same time keep the over light and bringing back them at their meetings. There is no question that unless we do through our failure to furnish men. Isthmian Offices flooded with ap­ troops, there seems to be dis­ It was gratifying to us to be plicants. Although manning the agreements in the stewards dept. something about this problem before much longer, that we will complimented in this fashion, contracted ships comes first, it is about the distribution of the never get ©ny action. It is also true that some of the other seamen's unions will probably not see eye to eye with us on this problem. particularly in .view of the NMU of vital importance to the organ­ work. We have had several Chefs We know that some of them believe ih taking economic action only propaganda line at the moment; ization that the membership co­ complaining that, although they when it affects some political question which does not affect sea­ namely, that after November 1 operates to the fullest extent in allow one set of cooks to work men's welfare. We have all seen cases where some of the unions they are going to demand that all getting as many men' aboard one day and lay off the next day, have threatened not to sail ships not carrying soldiers, as well as ships carry troops home. The Isthmian ships now, so that we these cooks will not cooperate ships carrying freght and ammunition for the limeys in Java. We propaganda backfires terribly can get a big SIU vote when the in doing the work they are sup­ will not argue the merits of these two particular points, as this is when it can readily be proved election comes off in this com­ posed to. not the time nor the place for it, but we maintain that if any beef that they are not even moving pany. On the way over, the Chef has warrants economic action, theii it is beef that pertains to seamen's the ships now in the transport his hands full in straightening There have been a number of welfare and not to any beef of a straight political nature. business. his iceboxes, placing his stores, minor beeTs on ships paying off The ships are really coming in We shall find out shortly whether or not the Seafarers' views seeing that the butchering is the past week, but all were set­ here fast at the present time— are agreed upon throughout the industry. done, etc. Therefore, he has no tled at the point of production. not only a lot of SIU stuff, but time to fry eggs or make coffee, It seems that the environment in also quite a few SUP vessels, OUR PART OF THE BARGAIN and it is the duty of all of the which some of the Electricians in enough to keep McCall, SUP Pa­ The necessity of some members of this union learning union cooks to see that this work is this organization are traveling trolman now working out of our H responsibility is evident in several ways. A very good case of this done without giving the Chef any has allowed them to believe that office, busy all week and a little was shown in this port recently. A young fellow (who has not extra to keep him working on they are entitled to better con­ trouble. been a member of this union very long) had taken five consecutive There also seems to be a dis­ Sundays also. Then, too, we have ditions than are the rest of the ships in this port. The longest^he was in any of them was two days. unlicensed personnel in the SIU. pute between the duties of the a couple of ships in Portland He quit each of these ships and, upon quitting, he would not wait It only happens in rare occa­ Chef and the Second Steward. until he was properly relieved as per the shipping rules and sions, but it should be brought The duties of the Second Stew­ constitution but merely walked off. to the attention of Chief Electri­ ard are to see that all rooms and To top it-off, on the last ship he made, he took up with cians, who go high-pressure as messrooms are weU taken care Patrolman Joe Algina the question of whether or not he was soon as they are allowed to eat of, that all the condiments are entitled to pay involving two extra days, days which he did not in the officer's saloon, that they placed in the messrooms before work. are still members of the unli­ serving and that everyone is (Continued from Page 1) This brother's shipping record was broken out and it was censed personnel—that they are served properly. It is also his shown by this record that of the five ships he had been on since from $1.25 to $1,50 and a mini­ entitled to exactly the same bene­ duty to see that the passageways he was in port this time, on none of them hed he been properly mum guarantee of four hours are taken care of, etc. relieved and that on all of them he had tried to collect an extra daily work. Davis declared that fits as is the Wiper, OS or MessThe Chef-Cook is in charge of day's Wages to which he was not entitled. There is no necessity of he hoped for a decision before man. all preparing of food, both in the Only Agreement going into details why action of this sort is not good for the welfare Dec. 1. It was agreed that there galley and in the pantry. Both In Alcoa and Bull Line agree­ would be no strikes or lockouts of this union. the Chef-Cook and the Second The condition that this outfit has are conditions which have until the arbitration had con­ ments, there is a clause th-^t calls Steward are directly responsible for extra service to Electricians been fought for very hard—conditions which the shipowners have cluded. to the Chief Steward for the way Meanwhile the communists such as having their bunks made been beat into line to give. We, as union men, cannot afford to have these respective duties are per­ any individual, for selfish purposes, abuse these rules. Remember, suffered another defeat in their up, etc. -This should be discour­ formed. we have a contract and within this contract are laid out specific attempt to take over the AFL aged as much as possible. In no A lot of misunderstanding can duties for each union man. We have agreed to this in return for longshoremen, when their injunc­ other agreement do we have such easily be straightened out if the certain wages and certain conditions. tion forbidding the ILA officials a clause. The Electricians are en­ delegates are elected and meet­ In the event we do not hold up our end of these contracts, it from negotiating with the em­ titled to the services of a Wiper ings are called before the ship means that it gives some of these phony shipowners the perfect ployers was vacated by the Ap­ for two hours a day the same as leaves port. excuse to try to chisel and not hold up their end of the contract. pellate Division of the Supreme the rest of the crew. None of the many conditions which we have in our contract, Court. They should remember that were gotten easily. The quickest Way we can lose these conditions The court action was resorted their gains for conditions and is forsome freeloader or some fellow who refuses to accept the to by the commie-led group as a wages were gotten by the com­ responsibility of being a union man to deliberately break and last try at capturing the ILA, bined efforts of all members of The Full Employment Bill is abuse these rules. after they had been routed by the unlicensed personnel, and at stalled in Congress by the con­ These points for the protection of our conditions should be dis­ the united action of the SIU-SUP,' no time should they think that servative representatives. De­ cussed in shipboard meetings, and those Seafarers members who working in conjunction with the they are entitled to more than spite appeals by liberal leaders, , r.t know the score regarding our contracts and conditions should ex­ majority of longshoremen who any other member, lest they find nothing is being done to move plain to these younger members the necessity of realizing union opposed the communist grab for themselves in the same category it out of committee. WPA, here sTesponsibility the union way. power. as officers who have to take any come. Equal Rights To All In SIU Dockers Will Arkritrate Beefs It Won't Be Long • v!: i . Si,?l >ti 1 A �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. NoTember IS, 1945 The Log Gets A Bit Of Recreation "The Recreation Room in the New York Hall is for all the members,** they told us: "A place where a fellow can relax and take it easy, while waiting to ship** Now, that*s the kind of stuff we go for, but in a big way. So off we went to the 3rd floor at 51 Beaver Street, all dressed in our best relaxing clothes and wrapped in a very relaxed mood—as we always are. The fraternity of checker players must be the largest in the world, and truly international. Even the nosy newsman couldn't interrupt Paul Kita, Oiler (on the left), and John Pritz, AB, from their game. No matter where you go, you will always find the inevitable kibitzer. Here we have (left) Sven Jaxisson, AB, reading the Log while perched on the shoulder of M. J. Lucas, Ch. Steward. By throwing an ocrasi»"»^' glance at H. Kohv. Bosun, who is reading "This Is The SIU,'" Brother Jansson was able to cover all fronts in his hitch-hike to knowledge. t • Here's a lad who has a laudable curiosity. Maurice Parker, Oiler, takes a gander at one of the many attractive organizing posters that cover the New York H-'-U. It is because of the response of the SIU membership to these appeals that the Seafarers has made such tremendous strides in organizing the unorganized. Have you done your share? DO go up to the 5th floorl r. If anybody does, these men deserve a little relaxation. They comprise-part of the day's election committee, and are taking a tenminute break over a bottle of Coke. But ieven though ostensibly taking it easy, Charles Doroba. Oiler (left to right). Paddy Hanson. AB. and Henry J. Herkinkeins.^ AB, are still discussfng the voting. Ohi, yes; HAVE YOU VOTED YET? What a day! Even relaxing makes one feel tired. This weary pilgrim resting under the protecting arbor of the Log seems to have the right idea. It was a cross-word puzzle that wore him put. poor fellow. We're kind of tired, too. What with playing darts, getting in­ volved in a quiet game of pinochle, reading, writing and the very tiring, etc.—well, we're pooped. Hey. feller! Move over! �Frida7, November 16. 1945 TUe HERi$MfHi • e- QUESTION: — What suggestion have yttvt which, in your opinion, would improve the New York union hall? OMAR L. AMES. AB^ This hall is so much ol an iinprcvemenl ov^et the ooe at NumbM i Stone Sireeh ihal it's Katd to make any sug­ gestions abotit improving it. AU I can say is let us ke^ it this good. One suggestion that I ha've. is that we could use this hall as a standard, and get the other ports to clean up and run as ef­ ficiently as this even if they have to do it on a smaller scale. The members who use this hall should show their appreciation by see­ ing thai the toilets are left cleSner. and should use the-ash Itays and wuste baskets instead of the floor. ROBERT MORGAN. AB— We really have a nice setup in the New York hall now. but it should be kept cleaner. I suppose the members should be more care­ ful about the Way they throw butts and scrap around. I think that we should have more recrea­ tional equipment than at preseiU. We have enough room to provide one or two pool tables, and there are many members who would appreciate them. I know that it's a little expensive, but we should I be willing to pay for our pleasure. After all, it's only the original investment that costs so much, upkeep should be fairly cheap. SEAFARERS LOG Page Five Calls Steward Key Department By HERB KNOWLES and day between sailing in the on with pride by his shipmates, The SIU in a few more months, past and sailing in the fuutre. and everyone else. will have most of its ships back PROUD NAME Let me put you straight: In the on peacetime runs. The job we There will be great opportuni­ past four years, it was proven have accomplished in the past is ties for men who are willing to that the stewards department is a record well to bfe ptoud of, but prepare themselves, and take ad­ the key department aboard a ves­ now there has been a challenge vantage of knowledge that will sel. When a vessel leaves port put to us by the Steamship Com­ make them good SIU men—men and is gone for months, it takes panies, referring to our ability who know their jobs from A to a good stewards department to to run in competition with for­ keep that ship happy. On all the eign paSsenger ships in the stew­ Z, and are still willing to learn. ships that have come into port You don't only have a job to ards department. with a lot of beefs and trouble on This challenge I have accepted, do in the SIU stewards depart­ them, it was proven nine times without the least bit of doubt in ment, you have a name well to be out of ten that the stewards de­ my mind as to our ability against proud of and you can say that you partment was incompetent, and any country that will have ships are an SIU man with great pride did not do its job well. It will in the pal^nger service. There and with a feeling that only a take a good man to get ahead in are very feW Oldtimers left in good SIU or SUP man knows. the stewards departmeflt, and I the stewards department, but Sailing on freighters and tank­ don't think there is any man those that are left are the men ers will be different from what it aboard a vessel who has more with the know-how, and the de­ was during the war. The passen­ right to feel proud than a man in termination to keep the SIU stew­ ger ship will offer the greatest the stewards department who ards department record on top. opportunities, but only men who knows his job. They are men who know the are willing to learn their job JOB FOR ALL pleasure of sailing in peacetime, will get by on these vessels. in comparison with sailing for the There are deck and engine dept. KEY DEPARTMENT last four years under military men who stay aboard the vessels The man with the willingness where there is a good stewards restrictions. These restrictions that we have been sailing under to learn to be a good Cook, Baker, department even when it's a [lave taken all the pleasure and Pantry Waiter or any other rating, known fact that their officers oy out of going to sea. There for that matter is the man who aren't the best. This is only more will be the difference of night will be respected and looked up- proof of how important a stew­ ards department is. Don't you think that is something to be proud of? Surplus Ships Disposal' Bill New Gravy Train For Shipowners Let's make all our ships like these and they can be, if we just make up our mind to do it. This is going to be a job and a goal for every man in the SIU stew­ ards department, not just 90% of us. Those of you who discredit our department, will have to go some place else—we don't want you. U. S. shipowners are still rid- see why the shipping interests ,ng the gravy train at taxpayers so bitterly (and unsuccessfully) expense, as reports from Wash­ opposed the British Labor Party ington indicate that ship barons in their last election. And per­ will benefit immensely from pro­ haps understand that the ship­ posed government plans for the owners are part of this govern­ disposal of surplus ships to pri­ ment. vate interests; Uncle Sap is to foot the bill in his usual Santa DOING THEIR SHARE Claus manner. On the other hand, compare the realistic manner in which the British Government is ap­ proaching this problem. There the private ship interests pay full prices for value received, in direct contrast to the proposed American plan. The present method by which ANTHONY J. STANTON. FWT— John Bull is disposing of his The members should appreciate surplus ships is to sell vessels the improvements over our old at actual cost, less a 5 per cent ball by being more careful ih annual depreciation cost from keeping things clean, and in help­ the completion date of ship's ing to preserve the equipment and construction. Cash payment on facilities. * We should also have postwar delivery is also re­ an attendant on duty at all times quired. Proposed U. S. Government in order to see that certain basic These men lake iheir Union duties seriously. From left to right rules governing the use of the policy is to be on a very different are G. Rosenberg, Joe Arras, J. Whitten and G. Nunez who comprised hall are observed, and to assist in basis. U. S. plans now under- one of the daily ballotting committees elected by the membership keeping it clean. I also think that discussion call for surplus ship to supervise the elections in the Port of New York. They have done the gin mill on the first floor disposal to unsubsidized operators their part—have you? HAVE YOU VOTED YET? should be thoroughly investigated at prices as low as 35 per cent of to determine whether it IS a boha- 1944 construction cost, and as low Rde union place, and to see that as 40 per cent to the subsidized all employees are union mendiers. shipov/ner. In addition to these amazingly low prices, deferred payments at 3% per cent annual WASHINGTON — Due to in- ping in many areas. interest spread over a twenty creasing cargo movements, the 4. Withdrawal of 55 Victory year period may be obtained. War Shipping Administration has f overseas movements XIallocation to the intercoastal Further comparison shows that halted its program for laying up the British Government-owned 11% knot 14,677 ton (d.w.) tanker ships, it was learned here. ALMOST AT PEAK Empire BerCsford sold for 280,000 Some of the vessels already The November allocations call pounds to British owners. A placed in lay-up will be broken for 550 ships, which represents an typical war-built 10,000 ton cargo out to handle the new demands increase over tonnage requiresteamer sold for 300,000 pounds, for shipping space, it was also naents in recent months. In December the requirements are ex­ and "Empire" steamers went to learned. NEW DEVELOPMENTS pected to total 600 ships, which France at 240,000 pounds. U. S. Vice Admiral H. L. Vick- The tightening of shipping number of vessels compares with ery revealed that a 10,000 ton space was attributed to the fol- the peak operation of 620 WSA ships. Victory" ship would sell for lowing developments: around $639,000 (128,000 pounds). 1. Expansion of the program­ Beginning Nov. 15, WSA vessels Disposal price of 10,000 ton ming for coal and other emer­ will resume shipments to Russia. 15 knot "Victory" ship would be gency shipments abroad. These shipments were described $999,000 (198,000 pounds) to an 2. Turn-arounds of troop carry­ as "pipelined" Lend-Lease, in­ ing "blown up" Liberty and Vic­ cluding steel rails and railroad unsubsidized private owner. When these two sets of prices tory ships without lifting cargo. equipment especially ordered for are compared, perhaps one can 3. Opening of commercial ship- Russia. They will require 17 ships. Halt Movement To Boneyards ALBERT ROBERTSON. 2d Ck— Very'few people know what a fine hall tve have. In fact very few people know the kind of out­ fit we are. I think that we should publicize our activities through the radio and newspapers, and perhaps invite visitors to the hall for a conducted tour. I've come into contact with many- people who don't know we are the most important seamen's union be­ cause of the publicity put out by other outfits. Bringing visitors to the hall and using the radio and newspajiers for invitations would put us right on the map with the public. P 11 'if \ �•;vy-• Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, November 16. 1945 SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS Talisman Crew Hold Businesslike Meeting Crew Reports WSA Bungling On Thomas 0. Powers The Thomas C. Powers just came in» to payoff after a thir­ teen month trip, reports that first engineer on this trip was really some baby. "Your work, or your ability to do a job did not mean a thing: it all depended on whether the phony liked the way you parted your hair," reported Delegate George McComb. This egotistic­ al person was always sure to pick on the little guys, because he wanted to make sure that he did not get hurt. That must have been the rea­ son why he beat up on the sec­ ond engineer (a small guy), to prove to the crew that he was tough. "We told you this was some trip," McComb continues, "and our co-worker (the WSA) was really in there pitching with its efficient way of doing business when we needed a wiper at Manila." "There is a replacement pool there," report continues, "and there were at least fifty bona fide seamen there, but the WSA sent us a guy who didn't even have seamen's papers. Leave it to WSA to put the cart before the horse!" Crew Commends Ingersell Mate And Captain Crew of the Robert G. Ingersoll compliment both Captain Chapman and Chief Mate McBried of this vessel after having been on the articles for more than four months, in a report to the Log from Tacloban, P. I. They also report that they have very few hours of -dis­ puted overtime in the engine and stewards departments and none disputed at all on deck. Their first peacetime meet­ ing is planned for the home­ ward bound voyage, and the ship is expected to hit New Or­ leans about the third week in November. Ship's delegates are Justin Wolff, Deck; Kenneth J. Klundt, Engine; and Druska Kozolia, Stewards. A businesslike shipboard meeting on the SS Talisman (Waterman) discloses that not only did the crew know how to handle their own problems but that they disposed of them in short order. (Time 1 hour and 10 minutes.) Elected Chairman and Rec.Secretary, respectively, were Brothers W. McGeorge and H. L. Houghton and the meeting was called to order at 8:10 p.m. McGeorge, who was also the deck delegate, recommended that all unlicensed personnel hold up the payoff until all overtime beefs were settled. He reported a great deal of over­ time in dispute in his depart­ ment. Engine Delegate Jones re­ ported that his department would also have a considerable amount of disputed overtime for settlement when they hit port. He concurred in the McGeorge recommendation. Stewards Delegate Alvaro said his department was in the same MAKING FRIENDS condition, and that the men should stick together at the pay­ off. TO PAY ASSESSMENTS A motion was made and sec­ onded that Knowlton, a trip carder for 14 monttis, shouldapply for a union book and pay up all assessments and dues. The motion carried. , A motion was made and sec­ onded that Sliterman draw up a letter to Captain Schwaner (sending one copy to the union and one to the company) voic­ ing the entire crew's gratitude for the fair treatment everyone received on the voyage. The motion carried. Other motions included union books to be taken out by Earl T. Brown and Israel Soskind after paying up dues and assess­ ments; stewards department to obtain clarification of each member's duties; obtain written clarification of ship's carpenter duties; removal from saloon of control unit for station selection on ship's radio and placing it in crew's messroom. ^ NAMES IN LOG Two other motions were car­ ried. One called for posting in the Seafarers Log of names of any member who pays off before At a general meeting aboard* all beefs are settled. The other the SS Smith Victory on No­ called for a union investigation vember 3rd, Brothers R. W. of inexperienced ordinary sea­ Simpkins and E. B. McCauley men being shipped to the Alex were elected chairman and sec­ G. Bell as deck maintenance. Under good and welfare retary respectively. Having no old business, the meeting imme­ the meeting recommended diately swung into new busi­ some twenty items of needed repairs and improvements, ness. Several motions were carried such as: new living quar­ calling for: the painting of ters for Junior Engineers; messhalls, passageways, and full size wind chutes for foc'sle decks; enlarging of the all focs'les; keys for each mem­ stewards messroom; the steam- ber of the crew for focs'les, pipes in crew's laundry and a showers and toilets; shades for washing machine; a steam pipe in galley range stack for bet­ ter draft; soap dishes in crew's showers; and stowing away of cups and other gear for night snacks. It was also moved, supported, and carried to have the SIU "the best union in the world" write to Smith College, and ex­ press the crew's gratitude to that institution for the splendid library that they have placed aboard this ship. This to go on record before the next meetings held in the various ports. Inci­ messroom and quarters' lights; dentally, the Smith Victory is clear scuppers in both pantries; named after that well-known subsistence money every 24 women's college located at hours for new crew; ice cream; Northhampton, Mass. new chairs in mess room; reIt was also decided that any finishing of woodwork and table crew member giving non crew racks; electric washing machine; members use of the showers in fix portholes; clean ship for next the crew's quarters would be crew; locks fixed on all lock­ brought up on charges. This was ers; new coffee pots; new ice necessary due to the fact that cube trays; move water cooler; fresh water was running short; and overtime slips for each pe­ and it might be necessary to riod. ratin the supply if it became Items number 7 and number any shorter. 20 must have been the work of Before conchasion of the ' the shipboard humorist. No. 7 meeting, a fine talk on the im­ says "More turkey—^less chick­ portance and benefits of union­ en." No. 20, "Tie up chief en­ ism was given for the benefit of gineer in Snug Harbor." the younger crew members by Meeting adjourned at 9:20 ship's delegate Sam Druiy. p.m. Smith Victory Crew Thanks Coiiege For Shipboard Library Aboard the SS Joseph Hewes. a Bull Line Liberty, members of the stewards department make friends with the GIs. Left to right, Vinny Valentino, an unidentified MP, Louis Cirgiano and Blackie Meurtini. George H. Dem Crew Termed "Credit To Union" Members of the SIU aboard the SS George H. Dern on Oc­ tober 14, held a ship meeting to determine how many of the trip card men, aboard the Robin ship, should be given the privi­ lege of membership in the Union. The meeting, called to order by Delegate Frank Holland, named Brother Hudson as chair­ man, Frank Moran as master-atarms and Harold Frick as' recording-gecretary. ' The departments voted sepa­ rately on the trip carders and two men in the deck (Rock and Werthmeyer), one in the engine (Meyers), and eight in the stew­ ards dept., (Schuman, Hagan, Klahold, Pugacheski, Kendel, Bailey, Clueman, and De Vin­ cent) were accepted as worthy for membership. The others, An­ derson (deck); Boyd, Cozzi (en­ gine); Skillian, Berkowitz and Green (stewards) were declared unworthy of membership in the Seafarers International Union. NOTIFY LOG The vote againgt Green was unanimous, but the decision against Skillian and Berkowitz was made after considerable discussion and debate. The meeting considered that suffi­ cient evidence had been pre­ sented against those not accept­ ed to prove they would be poor union material. A motion to instruct Frank Holland to write to the Log and notify the membership of the crew's action, was passed. Under "New Business" the men discussed the improve­ ments needed on the ship. Among the items mentioned were, a new and smaller ice­ box in the crew's mess, fixing of the radio in the crew's quar­ ters, and the need fojs 6 more percolators for general use aboard, new toilet bowl in deck dept, and some good soap in­ stead of the variety of odd brands that have been used. Names mentioned as having participated in the meeting, be- a* sides Holland, Hudson and Frick, were: Carson, Jones and Stansburg. When the Dern paid off in New York, the Boarding Pa­ trolmen, Simmons and Haymond, had this to say about the crew. "It is a very good crew and a credit to the Union. They had the ship in fine shape with all trip card men educated during the trip. The delegates and crew are to be congratulat­ ed for their fine work as seamen and Union men." Delegates were, Frank Hol­ land (Ship delegate), Darrow Vick (deck), Floyd Smith (en­ gine) and Forest Carson (stew­ ard). The ship hit Antwerp and Rotterdam during its month and a half trip. She left Balti­ more Sept. 6. Aberdeen Victory Cadet Used Te Cheat On Overtime The Aberdeen Victory, accor^jing to Brother Leo Wallace, ha^ a policy designed to re­ duce the work of the acting and junior engineers. They put a cadet below to do the repair work and painting in the engineroom,^^ their idea being to break him in so that he was available for overtime work. IJhen, when some member of the crew could make a few hours overtime, they broke out the cadet and saved money. When the junior engineer took sick they had the cadet stand his ^ wdtch, saving the company more dough. "Cadets, who most times don't even make good wipers, are in the same grade as passengers or workaways as far as the agree­ ment is coneerned," writes Wal­ lace, "md are as irresponsible as high school kids." At the Frisco payoff of the C" Waterman scow, the Patrol­ men did a neat job .settling the few beefs that did exist, despite the complications created by the cadet's mis-activity. �•. - , • ••' ^ • ,. ,.;.,i.%,t • ••... Friday, November 16, 1945 i.-.yt^- THE SEAFARERS LOG ....... Page Sevea THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS MOVIES AND FREE BEER ABOARD THE J, WILLARD GIBBS To the Editor: Our engineers aboard the SS J. Willard Gibbs are the best officers I have ever sailed un­ der. The chief engineer has ar­ ranged for movies eyery night, and for two cans of beer for each of the crew. We are the . only ship in the harbor enjoying these privileges. We invited some boys over from an Isthmian ship anchored near us, and the conditions aboard our ship certainly openj ed their eyes. They are especial­ ly interested in the way SIU men get along with their of­ ficers. Some NMU men from other ships in the Jiarbor came over for a visit, and asked a lot of questions regafdng conditions aboard our ship. You sure can tell the difference between mem­ bers'of the two unions by their different behavior. '' We must have been too good to those guys, because they started to take over our seats, and bum us for a beer. We gave them one of our two-can allotment. Not being satisfied with this, they started bringing their phony paper aboard. Then the beefs started. As a resiilt of this, the chief and captain objected to our hav­ ing visitors aboard. Hope we can overcome this shortly, and have those Isthmian boys over again. At present we've been setting 55 days on the hook here in Samar, and we're not allowed ashore unless on business or sickness. Just like prison. ROBERT B. KNABB HOqUGAN NAVY FOULS UP MEN'S DAY OFF W The Log, The hooligan navy is "on the ball." Realizing that their con­ trol over seamen is slipping away they are making every ef­ fort to get as many of them fouled up as possible. Here's an example of their last stand tactics. They had promised a fire and boat inspection all week but they never showed up, giving astheir excuse that there was no steam on deck. On Saturday morning, how­ ever, the Inspector called the mate and told him that the in­ spection would be yes you guessed it—at 1.30 p. m. In .order to protect himself the Mate set sea watches, putting the watch below on "standby." Since this action was not in ac­ cordance with the Agreement, I instructed the men who were off watch to go ashore if they wished. Sailing time was posted for 7 ' a. m. Sunday and I knew that many of the gang being local boys would want to leave with their wives and sweethearts tears upon their shoulders. It so happens that I was shoot­ ing the breeze with the Mate when this phoney Inspector runs up and says "Ring the alarm for the drill." The Mate told him that we still didn't have steam on deck. The Inspector yelled "I don't give a damn whether we've got steam or not, we'll lower away and leave them (the lifeboats) set in the water for a week if we have to. When I say we're go­ ing to have a drUl, WE HAVE IT." This got me hot under the col­ lar—if these phonies had to have a drill whether they had steam or not, why didn't they have it during the week instead of waiting until the day we were supposed to be off. The only answer is that they saw a chance of getting the men into hot water and took advan­ tage of it. This land-loving fink (alias Inspector USCG) ac­ tually expected the entire deck gang to be aboard, not for a drill but for inspection, on a Saturday afternoon in port. When we were not accounted for he went up and beefed to the old man. Fortunately we have a good skipper and he let the Inspector know the score in no uncertain terms. (By the way the old man has a full book in the SUP dated 1911 which he proudly exhibits everytime an occasion arises.) I know that this is just one of many cases but we've got to show these guys that we're not going to stand for them. They are trying to get complete con­ trol of the maritime industry and they've got to be stopped. Gerald L. Stinson EVERYONE LIKES SMITH VICTORY, EVEN STOWAWAYS Editor, Log: Just a little news ffom that floating mass of steel, the SS Smith Victory. This is voyage number two for the "Little Miss." Voyage number one was made from Savannah, Ga., to Antwerp, and back to Camp Shanks on the Hudson with 1500 happy GI's. We had a beau­ tiful payoff on Oct. 15th, skiUfully handled by J. P. Shuler and Joe Algina. A vote of thanks to those two staunch supporters of unionism. On voyage number two, sail­ ing from New York to Le Havre, we arrived on October 27th. A total of six hours shore leave was offered to all hands, but few accepted. We departed on the 28th, pulling into Beantown on November 5th. I inight add that we had another nice payoff with aU hands satisfied. This one was handled in typical Seafar­ ers fashion by Brothers Swee­ ney and Lapham. A bit of excitement was had by all when two stowaways were found by Sonny Kirkland, our bosun, six days out of Le Havre. The two stows claimed to be Maquis. General opinion prevails that they could be PW's. We had plenty of them in Le Havre bringing aboard mail. Anyone desiring a short run should look out for the Smith Victory (named after a women's college in Mass.). Things are very lively all the time. We have a daily paper printed by the Army with a circulation of 1500, and called the "Sea Breeze." The Army has placed a permanent staff of officers and men on here, and they really are a swell crew. I might add that the skipper Paul Mahoney and his subor­ dinates are a fine group of of­ ficers to sail with. E. B. McAuley CONSTANTA SPUDS NO GOOD ON POP'S PASTRY To the Editor: There's a fine bunch of fel­ lows on our ship, the SS Joseph S. Emery, and they're always up to something — some gag or prank. They threatened to bring me up on charges for what I do not know.. Guess it wouldn't be too hard for them to prove their case. I am still a full book member, and had a birthday recently while on the ship. The chief cook made me a fancy cake to top aU fancy cakes, if you know what I mean. It had all kinds of r'-'i, Mate Of SS Gates Lauds SIU Grew Seafarers Log: I wish to express my thanks for the fine coopera­ tion of each member of yoxu- Union which was on the trip from June 15, 1945, to September 20, 1945. Their work and character is be­ yond reproach. For all this I can say thanks and hope that some day I have the honor and pleasure of sailing with these men again. I am go­ ing to list their names be­ low. L. L. Crone, Bosun; Percy Shields, AB; J. W. Balantine. Carpenter; M. Welch, AB; Fred Goodnight, AB; Charles Goodnight, AB; R. J. Shryocks, AB; Richy Cornelius, OS; Don Evans, AB; Jack Nuss, OS; Ber­ nard Gabor, OS. Again I say thanks and mnay happy voyages. Herbert H. Amass Editor's Note: The above letter was written by the chief mate of the SS John W. Gates who was formerly an NMU member. like to know the status of the beef. We struck for one day and there was to be a meeting held in New York as this was the second trip in a row that had this same dispute. Although I'm in good st-anding (paid up ahead), I've decided to return to the University of Michigan to finish, but I intend to ship again and stay in the Union. Howard C. Tucker Editor's Note:"" You got it! See money due list on page 11. SICK MEMBER SEEKS UNION INFORMATION fci J from New York to Porto Rico and here. While in PR the crew wanted to draw so I went topside and knocked on the old man's door. I told him (through the door) that the crew wanted a draw. His answer was "next time you rap on my door you had better hit the dock because Til be coming at you with two 38s." From then on he was known only as "two gun." i ..<n We had plenty of beefs aboard, the main one being Oil. ers standing donkey watches in port. We were refused pay for work betVv^een 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. so we tied her up here for three days by refusing to payoff. The donkey watch beef has not been settled yet due to some other fouling up. While the crew was paying hotel and meal bills ashore, waiting for this beef to be set­ tled, the company called 'the Hall and told them that on the Cape Taro the Oilers had also stood donkey watches but with­ out putting in for them. The Port Agent (Higdon) really went to bat and got the other beefs squared away but the Cape Taro Oilers who didn't put in for the donkey watches fouled us up. The crew stuck together 100% and backed up the delegates. They were Omar Ames (Deck), Vic Milazzo (Stewards) and my­ self (Engine). The Chief Stew­ ard was the only one I've ever sailed with who put out ice­ cream three times a week. He is Joe Johnson and we are all hoping to sail with him again. . This was a good all round union crew. Peter Salvo i CHANNEL FEVER To the Editor, I would like very much to have you send the Log to my home address because I will be hospitalized here for awhile. Could you give me some in­ formation pertaining to a re­ tirement card? And is there any form of mustering out pay for seamen? John Carleson funny decorations on it like Constanta potatoes (which were no good), pots and pans and a big butcher knife, also the nick.' name, Pop. Jt's things like that which really make life worth living. When you work with a good gang like this one. Well, that's Editors Note:—A member who one of the reasons why I like is in good standing may retire the SIU; the real friendly spirit his book by presenting it at the among shipmates. Union hall where he will re­ George M. Arnold ceive a retirement card. Broth­ er Carleson can mail his in and the card will be sent to him. ^WANTS STATUS Seamen are not covered by mus­ OF WAGE BEEF tering out pay legislation. :lti ON LOU GEHRIG Dear Editor, I was on the Lou Gehrig (East­ ern Steamship Lines) which payed off in Baltimore on Oc­ tober 26th after a Mediteranean run., We had some disputed over­ time for serving troops. I would CAPE ST, GEORGE CREW 100% IN NEyV ORLEANS BEEF The Editor: We finally paid off the SS Cape St. George at New Orleans on Oct. 8th, after a 45 day run David Chumbler is in the throes of channel fever as he looks over side of the SS Joseph Hewes. The Bull Line Liberty carried a general cargo to Port Said and was away from August to October. �T'fTE Page Eight SEAFAkERS LOG Friday, November 16, 1945 Asks End To Wartime Shackles By LOUIS GOFFIN Baltimore Calling All Men By W. CtJtlLEY RENTZ BALTIMORE — The placards here are spending most of their time chasing around trying to get ships manned. Almost every­ one on the beach has been shang­ haied, but still the board is full of jobs. Any man who wants to ship, in any rating, just drop in and we will guarantee to have him out within 24 hours after he hits port. Paid off 9 ships here last week —three of them in one day. Had the SS Francis Lee and SS Venore with a lot of little beefs on them and the men are all standing by, and no ships are being paid off until all beefs are being settled. BuU Line is now operating some coal colliers that are making this port. We are having some trouble getting them to put eight men in the stewards dept., but we have the SS Freeport SimmS ifa here now and, before she leaves. We will have the eijght rtiefa aboard her. That should settle that beef. Besides having so many jobs of our own to fill and no one to take them out, we have a num­ ber of Isthmian ships that would be possible to get men on, if we could get the men. There are some new changes being made in the hall here. At last we are getting some nice shipping boards put up and the dispatching system will be second to none. Voting has not been going so well, as there is no one here to vote and it's hard to even get a three man committee. There has been about 70 ballots cast up imtil this time. ILA Strike In Mobile Settled By JAMES L. TUCKER MOBILE—Shipping has slowed down, and at ^the time of this writing we are just waiting for the ILA to establish a picket line which will tie up the port of Mobile. The ILA has been nego­ tiating for the last forty days, including a ten day extension granted by the ILA to the com­ panies. We had the Alcoa Cutter in with a clean payoff and had the Caligna Hills, a Los Angeles Tanker, in from an 11 month trip. Most of the men had only beeii on it for a couple of months, with only about three men on for the full time. , We are still looking for a new hall, with no great prospects in view at this time of getting one very soon. Editor's Note:—Just as the Log was about to go to press, we xe- ceived the following telgram from Brother Tucker: "The ILA in the Port of Mobile settled the strike Monday with gains of 15 cents per hour and straight time with a 44 hour week." The Seafarers International Union ^has supported the AFL longshoremen in all the Atlantic and Gulf ports where they had wage and conditions disputes. Now with the strike settled to the satisfaction of the ILA long­ shoremen, shipping should re­ turn to normal in Mobile. Savannah Takes A Breather NO NEWS?? SUdBC* Aft iA0k mm HUN Bitiktteh AiiAbi of Hob taSikbwing ports: PHILAl^LPHIA SAN JUAir GALVESTON TAMPA JACKSONVILLE New Orleans Is Busy Merchant ships have been sailing for years, and the seamen who sailed them wore vvorkihg clothes such as dungarees and khakis. We also wore these same outfits when going ashore for various reasons. Of course, when we hit the big towns we broke out suits, collars, and ties. Then we not only felt well dressed, but looked it as well. As far as we are concerned, we are going to dress the way we please, regardless of certain admirals and ship operators who would try to regiment us into regular military service with the Object of breaking down oUr OBJECTS TO ADMIRALS We object to the continuance union conditions. of these wartime shackles such UNITED ACTION WINS as wearing uniforms, or being In the past few weeks, the hounded by the Coast Guard. phony medical setup of WSA was defeated through united action on the part of membership and of- .f fciials. With this same action, it won't be long before we eliminate other wartime measures. The Coast Guard kangaroo courts, the remainder of the RMO fink halls, and medical centers in all ports must go. We have travelled a long hard road, but the biggest battle lies ahead. All good Seamen are ready for the struggle, and with strong coop­ eration from all, we will emerge still a strong and militant union with the best membership on any waterfront. NORFOLK HOSPITAL Men Now In The Marine Hospitals STATEN ISLAND J. H. SMITH CHARLES MORi'ISON JOHN N. CONNOLLY CHARLIE MIZEL CARLTON P. BLANKENSHIP T. BRESCIO D. G. SLOAN E. G. WALKER G. SMITH W. SPENCER J. M. MARTINEZ R. POWELL G. SCHULZE L. R. KATES C. MIDDLETON. H. J. CRONIN L. L. MOODY t % X MOBILE TIM BURKE M. CARDANA J. C. DANZEY E. R. CROWSLL L. LUZI W. B. SMITH MASON HALL E. F. GIBBS L. R. BORJA D. CARRlLLO L. VEENSTRA W. B. MUIR M. JOHN L. LOFTIN PORT OF NEW ORLEANS F. W. MURPHY J. A. SCARA J. E. WARD J. E. McCREADIE J. DENNIS (colored) C.T.WHITE J. P. SABERON ' i i s ^ By ARTHUR THOMPSON SAVANNAH—Only eight men men shipped this week. Six on the Vernon Hood, and one on the By E. S. HIGDON Francis O'Gara. These two ships NEW ORLEANS—Things hum­ were in transit. One man was ming around this port and we sent to Charleston for the City have been kept busy settling of Alma. Two ships scheduled beefs and paying off seven ves­ for Charleston were cancelled. sels: We didn't have enough men to Tripidad; Paid off okay, no crew them up anyway, but we beefs. would have liked to see them Anson Burlingame, Robin Line; come in down here. Business is dull again, and we hope only for Clean payoff. a Abraham Baldwin; few small short time. We didn't have enough for a beefs, cleared up and paid off quorum at our last meeting, but okay. we did have enough for a balCape Faro, Waterman Line; lotting committee and managed Payoff clean, everything okay as , to get votes cast. usual. John A. Donald; 6% month trip, I 1 believe the SS Frederick Dau is due in about a week from now. good, clean payoff. Most of the crew is from Savan­ Captain Knot, Waterman Line; nah and should drop down for a No beefs, good payoff. visit, at least, and then we may Jackson, Mississippi Shipping; have another meeting. There Beefs about deck fresh water sup­ are still no hospital cases here al­ ply, payoff okay. though I came near being sent Stone, Eastern SS Line; Linen to one myself. My face is swelled and deck maintenance beef, pay­ ' up the size of a watermelon but I we managed to carry on. off okay. While the war emergency is not 6'vet as yfet, \)ve merchant seattiett feel that it iis high time that we were freed of our wartime shackles, and reverted back to peacetime sailing conditions. Prior to the war, we were governed by tha Seamens Act, and our union contracts were under the supervision Of the U. S. Dept. of Commerce. "We feel that as free civilian seamen working at our trade, we should return to prewar conditions without the interference of a bunch of phony wartime agencies. ELLIS ISLAND R. DICKSON LOUIS CERON JOHN LOPEZ D. MCDONALD ' S S S NEPONSIT E. VON TESMAR R. A. BLAKE BERTEL BRYDER J. F. CLARK PABLO CORTES E. V. FERRER s s s BALTi%iORE HOSPITAL JOSEPH TAYLOR PATRICK POWELL W. J. WOLFE ROBERT BRISTOL WILLIAM REEVES IVER IVERSEN DAVID HERON EVAN FREMSTAD CARLTON GRAYSON ROLAND JEWER 4^ SAVANNAH HOSPITAL B. R. PETERMAN VINCENT SAN JUAN R. C. GRIMES JOHN W. GREGORY Sees The Ship Named For Him PHILADELPHIA —' The SIU Liberty Ship Francis J. O'Gara, named in honor of the former Inquirer sports writer who was reported dead in a torpedoing in the Indian Ocean, had a special visitor at her San Francisco berth recently. Less than 24 hours after he arrived in this country follow­ ing his liberation from a Jap prison camp where he h^d been held for more than a year, Frank O'Gara strode up the gangplank and trod the decks of the vessel dedicated to his memory. O'Gara, the one living Ameri­ can to have a ship named for^ him, told a fantastic story of his capture, imprisonment and return from the dead. He was one of three men taken aboard an enemy submarine which torpedoed the frei^tqr Jeari Nicolet in the Indian Ocean July 2, 1944. SlU White Caps Go To Russia The George Whitefield, Bull Line is going to Russia in style, and if there are any NMtJ crews around, they're going to be sur­ prised as all get out. And if any NMU piecards are there but NMU piecards haven't ship­ ped in fifteen years. However, when they get the next edition of the "Moscow Daily News" they're going to be mighty puzzled. Maybe the boys of the Whitefield will get their pictures taken—and there they will be, marching down the main stem all dolled up in their tra­ ditional white caps. When the skipper found out they were going to the commies' promised land, he gave E. Di Pietro 20 bucks to buy white caps for himself and his crew. "We'll do Russia in style," he said. "We'll show them what free seamen are like. I'm in favor of spreading democracy." And as for Brother Di Pietro— "I feel like a missionary," he said, "bringing light to the heathens." �Friday, Novembar 16, 1945 THE Job Opportunity For WSA: Teaching Fish How To Swim StAE ARERS LOG BUT THAT AIN'T ENOUGH One would suppose that, if theyt had the sayso, the WSA would' au jus Sheepshead Bay, or pan send Albert Einstein back to grade fried oxtail a la WSA. school to learn how to add one "Look at his plain white cook's column of figures, or ground Pap­ hat. Everyone knows it should py Boyington until he proved he be changed for a .wreath of gold could start a plane. That's just braid before he's qualified; be­ about the only sense one can sides he can't even give the WSA make out of the WSA's Order 53 three-fingered salute and doesn't that calls for "competence cards" carry his cook book under his for stewards department person­ arm." nel, most of whom have been The WSA training for cooks and bakers has become infamous shipping for years. Take, for example, Thomas De in the minds of the seamen. To Fazio—who certainly is not the attempt to continue this set-up exception among SIU stewards; into the postwar is considered there are many others among the another attempt to keep incom­ Seafarers who have equally excel- petents in soft bureaucratic jobs and aid the, operators in main­ , lent records. taining a black-ball system Although DeFazio has been chef aboard passenger liners and in against the merchant seamen. the finest hotels and restaurants If a man like DeFazio ever pre­ all over the world, and although sented the WSA "trainers" and 'examiners" with a prize winning he has prepared food for kings, patisserie they would probably queens and other notables, the flunk him to cover their own WSA would have this man go ignorance and incompetence. back to school for retraining and The Log still insists that the to undergo tests as to his com­ WSA bureaucrats themselves take petence. 'competence tests"—it is the one QUALIFIED . sure-fire way of getting rid of The fact that DeFazio can show the lot of them. recognition of his culinary abili­ ties on several continents and has cups, trophies, medals and hun­ BUT CAN HE PASS A TEST? dreds of other citations for his prowess in the catering field will not qualify him as a cook for merchant seamen, if the WSA plan is instituted. The SIU man's exhibition at the First Historical Culinary Gallery included cups and trophies award­ ed him at Rome (1920), N. Y. World's Fair (1939) and aboard ship (Italian Line 1939). A member of the AFL Hot^l and Restaurant Workers Union as well as the Seafarers, DeFazio is highly honored in his profession. This is testified to by his accep­ tance into the Helvetia Associa­ tion, membership in which is confined to only the most pro­ ficient in the culinary, profes­ sion. The WSA proposals for retrain­ ing cooks and bakers like DeFazio is more ably commented on by a seaman who, through long asso­ ciation with WSA trained cooks and bakers, is suffering from chronic gastritis and sourness of disposition. NO CARD He says, "How can guys like DeFazio hope to compete with such experts when he doesn't carry a WSA competence card to prove his, graduation from their chef's mecca? Surely the WSA won't allow us poor seamen to suffer an onslaught of this man's This is a sample of what Brother De Fazio can do, when he cooking after our stomachs have lets himself go. With his skill, De Fazio can get a job on any ship grown used to tripe and spaghetti —if the WSA will give him a Competence Card. N, Y. MEETINGS IN WEBSTER HALL New York Branch meetings are held every other Wednes­ day evening, 7 P. M. at Web­ ster Hall, 119 East 11th Street, between 3rd and 4th Avenues. To get there take the 3rd Ave., Elevated and get off at 9th Stw or the East Side IRT Subway and get off at Astor Place. No cards will be stamped after 7:30 P. M.. NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON NOV. 21. Page Nine .(• These are some of the trophies that Brother Thomas De Fazio was awarded in recognition of his outstanding ability as a chef. The WSA, under its Order 53, would have him turn it in for a Competence Card—after he has passed a test, and proved that he can cook. The question is, how would the mail order cooks that run the WSA know a good cook when they see one? AFL Opposes Compulsory Peacetime Military Training By LEWIS G. HINES, AFL Legislative Representative President Truman asked Con-, ready to admit that this effort gress recently to enact-immed- is doomed to failure already? We iate legislation providing for one assnveA that the power of Germany and Japan to make year's compulsory military train­ war is being totally destroyed. Is ing for all Arrierican young men. aggression then likely from any If labor were convinced that, other nation? • Now is the time to such legislation is essential to the |find out so that we can deal with nation's defense, we would sup-1 it before we get caught by sup­ port it. But we are not so con­ 'yi vinced. Therefore, the Ameri­ One argument advanced by can Federation of Labor opposes those who favor universal miliany hasty action on this proposal.'tg^y training is that it would disWe would like to know, first of courage any nation from making all, does America face any im- j -war on us. But European counmediate threat of war? If so, tries have had conscription for from what source? If not, why many, many years and it has not do we need to compel our youth' prevented wars, to give up a year of their lives to military training? Never be- Future wars will be fought acfore in its history has America cording to new patterns. The resorted to universal conscription, ^^omie bomb, jet propulsion and in time of peace. What is the other discoveries may make large armies a liability, instead of an urgency now? asset. The national defense must The American people have been be planned in terms of the future. led to believe that the United Na­ We should have a large air force, tions were determined to banish a large Navy and the finest scien­ future wars by world organiza­ tific research organization in the tion to keep the peace. Are we world. These can be adequately •i-' manned by. voluntary enlistment .a. if service in the national defense is made attractive enough. America's greatest weapon is the aimy. Later, he became a its capacity to outproduce any member of the crew on one of other nation in the world. Plans the Polish merchant-ships. His should be made now to convert confidence in freedom and de­ our production facilities to war mocracy on ships controlled by needs without delay if a war;, . * the Warsaw regime cost him emergency develops in the future. his life. After a short argument If this program is followed, with , his communist opponents, America will remain invincible he was found killed, with three and safe from foreign aggression, wounds in his body, floating in without having to subject the the Thames. nation's youth to the undemor The British authorities are ci-atic experiment of compulsory, busy, trying to find the murderer. universal military training. Murder Of Polish Seamen Gives Warning To Others The majority of Polish seamen express unfavorable opinions still refuse to go back to Poland. about communism and the Soviet Many of them, who were consid­ system. He was quite qualified ering their return to Poland, de­ cided not to go back to Poland, to do so, as he possessed first­ after an incident occurred'*on hand experiences, having been board of the Polish vessel "Ko- deported in 1939 by the Soviet wel" moored in London and pre­ authorities from Eastern Poland where he lived, to Siberia. paring^ for a trip to Poland. Wincenty Kawka, a young- sail­ Both his parents died there as or, belonged to the few who a result, of the conditions which trusted the assurances that free-. were forced upon them. In 1941, dom and democracy exist in Po-j after the signing of the Polishland. He was so careless as to Soviet treaty, he managed to leave 1! �Page Tan THE SEAFARERS Friday, iroTexnber 16, 1945 LOG THE WEEK'S MEWS IM BEViEW A Sports And News Roundup For The Benefit Of Our Union Members In Foreign SPORTS SPORTUGHT By GRANTLAMD the head coach. "Whatever you do, take the kickoff starting the third period, if you can. Don't let Notre Dame get the ball right after they have listened to Rockne between halves. I've found out what that means." The advice was overlooked Army kicked off to start the sec­ ond half and a Notre Dame back on the first play thereafter ran 75 v vVVV'WMWl CURRENT EVENTS.. AT HOME A sports enthusiast asks this players have. It was a matter Of President Truman was rebuffed in his efforts to retain for the one: "What man in football, keeness, alertness, smartness,' Federal Government the United States Employment Service. The player or coach, would you pick condition and love of the game. Senate Appropriations sub-committee voted to retmn the agency to as the top of the long list in the He gave his men a brand Of control by the individual states. This was seen as a move to add way of influence up®n his team sportsmanship that has never political patronage to bolster the power of the state politicos . . . and the game itself?" Oddly beeA questioned. Britain's Labor Premier, Clement Attlee, was reported to have enough this is easy to answer. opposed Trviman's proposals to outlaw the atom bomb because, re­ ON INSPIRATION His brilliant career came to an gardless of international agreements to the contrary, any nation I have never seen a Notre end on March 31, 1931, over 14 Dame player under Rockne's which decides on war will use all weapons/available to it . . . Attlee years ago, when they picked his reign who was not in superb spoke before a joint session of Congress to explain Britain's na­ broken body out of a wrecked physical condition, barring only tionalization program. Some observers declare that U. S. financial plane in the midwest. The name those injured in play or practice. interests wiU have to be appeased, or they will attempt to cripple is Knute Rockne. Britain before the Labor Party can show success. He had fine material as a rule, but a good part of this was due Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull was named for the yards for a touchdown with I know the lasting influence to the fact that many budding Nobel Peace Prize of 1945, for his work in the founding of the practically every. Army defender, that such men as Yost, Zuppke, stars wanted to come to Notre United Nations Organization . . . Commerce Secretary Wallace and fiat on the back of his neck from Haughton, Grange, Bierman, Lit­ former Postmaster Jim Farley were united in advocating inter­ tle and many others have had. I Dame and play under the bald- the blocking that followed. national agreements to avert economic -warfare between nations . . . know what these men, and others headed Norwegian^ KNEW HUMAN NATURE Wallace warned that unless the U. S. assists other nations in aban­ have meant to football. But I Strictly as a football coach on I also Recall this—when a big doning restrictive trade controls,,a costly war may result between still say Rockne. the technical side, it would be game was being played by Notre us, the British, and the USSR. Starting as head coach back in difficult to rank Rockne above Dame in either New York or Arriving in Boston, en route from Europe to Washington where 1917 when Notre Dame was well such men as Pop Warner, Hurry- Chicago, visiting coaches some­ he will testify on the proposal to unify the armed forces, General times numbering 10 or 12, imme­ down the football list, Rockne in up Yost, Percy Haughton, Bemie Eisenhower was asked by newspaper photographers to kiss his wife. diately headed for Rockne's room. Bierman and others who had ex­ the next 14 years made.Notre Quipped the General, "You take your pictures and I'll attend to ^ They all wanted to visit with ceptional coaching careers in Dame the synonym for football my business."Rock, who also had a keen sense their various primes. greatness, from Los Angeles to More charges of interference with investigation of the- Pearl New York and Baltimore—from Rockne was a fine coach, but of humor, a gift for repartee and Harbor disaster were heard as Republican Frank Keefe named what it takes to supply cheerful, Chicago to Atlanta. Facing a hardly the greatest. It was the Captain Alwin D. Kramer, now confined to the Bethesda Naval friendly entertainment. Rock's killing schedule of 10 games year inspirational side, his complete Hospital, as one person who has been'"badgered and beset" in at­ personality was always an out­ after year, his winning record control of the squad on and off tempts to break down his testimony .. . Brig. Gen. Julius Ochs Adler, standing feature. He knew hu­ was a phenomenal thing. the field, that took him to the who is president and general manager of the New York Times, • man nature, how to handle men, But Rockne's winning record front."The bark of his voice had including his famous top ser­ was rooting for military training for civilians in his speech before was only a small part of the job a lift to it th^ caught and held geant, the redoubtable Hunk An­ the Army and Navy Legion of Valor . . . Boeing Aircraft has an­ he did. Almost from the start he attention. derson, who on occasions was nounced a new "most versatile fighter in the world." gave his squads the finest spirit, I recall the night before an about as.easy to handle as a Ben­ The battle over UNRRA rages in Washington, despite the fact year after year, that I have seen. Army-Notre Dame game in New gal tiger or a Numidian lion. that millions of anti-fascists in Europe, who could be saved by this It wasn't so much a matter of York. Army's scout for Notre Something like. 80 of his players agency, face death from cold and starvation. All of which seems gameness, which most football Dame games 'filed this report to left Notre Dame to coach at other of little concern to the well-fed and comfortable Washington law­ colleges. makers. But if wasn't so much the Notre INTERNATIONAL Dame shift or any other part ..of Chief European Munitions Maker Gustav Krupp has been the Rockne system that such declared too ill to Stand trial as a war criminal. U. S. Prosecutor poaches as Frank Thomas, Harry Justice Jackson has . proposed that his son stand trial instead. The Mehre, Elmer Layden, Buck British, arguing against any further delays, demand that the father Shaw, Jimmy Crowieyi Harry be tried in, absentia . . . King Farouk of Egypt stated his country ftN THE RXTTSTEPS Studreher, Rip MilTsr, and is determined to force withdrawal of British troops from that coun­ muiy others carried to their MlDPLEWElGHT try. Egypt was "neutral" when Britain had her back to the wall, teams. It was more the Rodcne GREATS AJOWOOMES with Rommel's troops threatening Suez and overrunning Egypt. dontribution in the' way of omANOTHER KAYO Efforts to end the undeclared civil war were more hopeful dition, spirit and sniarineSs. X ARTiSr-WoRTHy as the Democratic League of China won Nationalist and communist have seen many slightly chtmb SLJCCESSOR agreement to convene the Political Consultative Council ... In Java, football teams. 1 never saw a British warships and airplanes attacked Indonesian positions and KBrcHELAnpPliCKEf diunb Notre Dame team that I Indian troops extended control to Northern Surabaya. /A' WALKER. can now recall. A fourteen year old Filipino boy upset a prosecution key point It is for these and other reasons in the war crime trial of Jap General Tomoyuki Yamashita as he that I rank Rockne on top when called damaging testimony against the General, a lie . . . Further it comes to his influence upon the denial of USSR Premier Stalin's "illness" came from Sochi, where game — not only when he was he is said to be vacationing but not ill . . . Myoshio Shiga, Japanese alive, but 14 years after his death. communist leader, called Hirohito a war criminal who should stand ^ trial for his part-in the Pearl Harbor action . . . Yugoslavian voters BEST FOOTBALL SECTION are said to switching -support from Marshal Tito. Instead of the The football query m.ost often 100% Tito vote, predictions are now for 95%. asked by servicemen is this: New Zealand labor was seen as bidding for more control of "Which section of the country that country's economy, as Labor Party President James Roberts ^ INTH6IRTWOBSHTS turns out the strongest football declared it time for labor to implement "cooperative ownership" FRBPDie cocHRAfje,v/areR teams, taking a general average of industry . . . Belgium Socialist Premier Achille van Acher won HAD RoGKY otrrpo»f*ma> year after year?" %vdte of confidence, ending a two day attempt by Royalists to <30f^k& A/JD ROCKV / The only answer we could of­ oust his government . . . The French planned to deport some 1,200 K0\> HIM iNTHE neAJTH SglMfiMflg. fer was that it is the Midwest. "fascists" from Tunisia to Italy . . . Spain's Foreign Legion has When you have « section year swelled by induction of 40,000 Germans, who were chased into after year that can turn out such Franco's territory by the French Forces of'the Interior during the^" teams as Notre Dame, Michigan, freeing of France . . . Meanwhile, support of Franco's government Minnesota, Ohio State, Illinois, continued from many sources in the democracies . . . Although the YCAf^SAGoAS Wisconsin, Iowa, yOu liavo a mass French are considered far from agreement on the formation of a new Boef of gridiron talent that ie hard Cabinet, General DeGaulle's selection as head of the state" was conSIU LOS IM7-45 sid.erfed certain. to beat. •'» * * �• ••v?| Ij Friday, November 16. 1945 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven SS Alcoa Pioneer SS Pepperell (Paid off in Mobile) (Paid off in New York) L. B. Brown T. J. Kurki D. B. Fussell Z. P. Harrington J. Hodo R. H. Moore W. Rickey R. S. Buckley F. Jeter n E. Teter J. Hodo ...$ 1.00 1.00 l.OQ 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1,00 Total $12.00 N. F. Dempsey A. Swiderski T. McConnell Stevens T. R. Bourgue P. Carihert R. Woodward F. J. Kornfiend R. L. Windham G. Griffin F. J. Greavers R. T. Smith E. M. Himes $1.00 -2.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 —.. 2.00 2.00 Total SS Cody Victory $21.00 SS H^rt Crane (Paid off in New York) SS Howser Eye SS B. Williams SS Cody Victory SS Aiken Victory (Paid off in New York) 1,00 $ 2.Q0 J. Schlereth J. Cisiecke $ 2.00 2.00 2.00 J. F. Tates (Paid off in New York) (Paid off in New York) 2,00 2.00 R. T. Prader $ 2.00 L. S. Merrill Total $ 2.00 $ 2.00 2.00 Grad Perry 2.00 L. E. Bergman R. Merritt 2.00 J. S. Schwippel 2.00 2.00 2.00 C. McCarty SS E. WHEELOCK 2.00 W. Sweetner 2.00 5.00 W. Cahill 1.00 W. West (Paid off in New York) E. M. Flesher 2.00 J. Winderweedle 2.00 1.00 G. E. Arthur; J. Rwacuk, $1.00; 1.00 Total $43.00 E. O. Rose, $2.00; Felix Vito, Total $ 8.00 1.00 Total _.......$ 8.00 $1.00; A. J. Lowery, $2.00; John 1.00 DONATIONS TURNED INTO Tuallo, $1.00; J. N. NeUe, 2.00; 2.00 M. Myerger, $1.00; A. W. Longuet, (Paid off in New York) NEW YOHN BRANCH (Paid off in New York) 1.00 $1.00; R. D. Steele, $1.00; C. Davis, $ 2.00 $ 1.00 H. M. Scaalegaard 1.00 L. Abelson $1.00; W. A. Philip, 2.00; C. O. 2.00 F. Ayala $ 2.00 . 1.00 J. R. Beurgeois 2.00 D. Johnson Gross, $2.00; H. H. Cooper, $1.00; 2.00 Jack Jeffry 2.00 1.00 E. Makila 2.00 G. Fritsch D. W. Michael, $2.00. Total $22,00. E. T. Morais 2.00 J. Gonzalez 2.00 2.00 H. Iliff 1.00 E. B. Miller 2.00 SS KINGS WOSLEY 1.00 E. Bader 1.00 F. Torres. 2.00 L. Lucas 1.00 (Paid off in New York) 1,00 1.00 R. Osol ...... :.... 2.00 J. Groves 1.00 C. E. Ramoz, $2.00; C. Canieve, Total $ 8.00 Total $11.00 1.00 J. Fidalgo 1.00 $2.00; G. Hudson, $2.00. Total 2.00 H. Reivson .. . 1.00 $6.00. .2.00 C. Bensinger 1.00 SS AIKEN VICTORY • 1.00 1.00 N. Atherfon (Paid off in New York) 2.00 A. Smyth 1.00 R. E. Roberts for the crew, 2.00 G. R. Sinclair 1.00 $13.00. SS Topa Topa SS PEPPERALL 1.00 2.00 E. Padilla 2.00 W. Eisenberg 1.00 SS KING WOOSLEY Money is due the following The following men have over­ 2.0Q Dominipk Ravposa 1,00 (Paid off in New York) men: time coming to them: 1.00 D. E. Mills 1,00 J. Remond, 3 hrs.; N. Edmon­ H. B. Goodman, $4.00; L. S. Delander, 9 hrs.; Maney, 6 hrs.; 2.00 R. Collins 1.00 Thomas, $4.00; W. H. Lowe, $4.00. son, 3 hrs.; J. Elliott, 3 hrs.; D. 1.00 Greaves, 10% hrs.; Laas, 13 hrs.; 2.00 W. Zettel Total $12.00. Merchant, 2 hrs.; W. Singleton, 2.00 P. Finner 1.00 Baurque, 11% hrs.; Jacobs, 7 hrs.; 2 hrs.; E- Wetzel, 2 hrs.; P. Dries2.00 E. Browser . 1.00 Taylor, 19% hrs.; Blanchette, TOTAL $271.00 sen, 2 hrs.; A. Donohoe, 2 hrs.; G. Van Tassell 1.00 19% hrs.; Smith, 6 hrs.; Cathcart, J. Gressey, 2 hrs.; R. Odes, 2 hrs.; Total $54.00 R. Free ... 2.00 16% hrs.; Dempsey, 16 hrs.; Cobb, Skinner, 1 hr.; J. Flippo, 2 hrs. R. Stump 1.00 4 hrs.; Mosher, 6 hrs.; Windham, Collect at Waterman Steamship W. Lasek ... 1.00 16 hrs.; Woodward, 17 hrs.; Korn- Company Office. L. Fayard 2.00 field, 16 hrs.; Plizynpki, 2 hrs. (Paid off in New York) DEAN EDMUND HORMEL R. Bottomley 2.00 XXX Collect at Calmar SS Co. office. J. Gcdlaway s. $ 8.00 O. P. Smith 2.00 Please contact Attorney Richard SS WILLIAM PATTERSON J. McCpngley 2.00 Antonio Schiavoni 1.00 X, X t, MCanton, 5 Chambers St., N. These men, paid off in Boston, R. Briggs 2.00 J. J. Doyle 1.00 Y. C. regarding your case against October 1, have money due: S. Diryackie 2.00 D. Shea SS BENJ. WJLit-IAMS 2.00 the Calmar Line. Zac Lewisch, 56 hrs.; Pedro H. Dittmer 2.00 A. Goyke 2.00 The following men have money De La Cruz, 42 hrs.; Gabiel GabXXX M, L. Piegrine 2.00 Ralph A. Kott 1.00 due: ling, 42 hrs.; John Twyman, 28 J. Hartman 2.00 W. J. Honel 1.00 JOSEPH BUCKLEY , C. F. Jones 2.00 A. Dorman Dougherty, 1 hr.; Sontapn, 1 hrs.; Daniel Alexander, 28 hrs.; 1.00 Archibald Volkert, 28 hrs.; LinContact H. C. Roch, Jr., in J. J. McAtee 2.00 W. Kahl 1.00 hr.; Suna, 1 hr.; Teitgen, 1 hr.; zie Ledbetter, 14 hrs.; Gustavo. New York, or write c/o Charles C. E. Mayo, Jr. 2.00 J. Paine 1.00 Montaya, 3 hrs.; Williams, 3 hrs.; Folentino, 14 hrs. SandwaU, Apt. 2J, 555 W. 156th A. H. Gentile 1.00 H. Miller 1.00 Jonas, 14 hrs.; Goldback, 10 hrs.; Collect at Bull Line Office. St., New York, N. Y. R. T. Giimour 2.00 V. Widder 1.00 Slater, 4 hrs.; Eames, 14 hrs.; Graham, 8 hrs.; Ward, 29% hrs. C. T. Stephens 1.00 J. Suver 1.00 Collect at Calmar SS Co. office. E. Esterline 1.00 1.00 W. Ulrich X P X 51 Beaver St. NEW YORK 1.00 HAnover 2-2784 J. Burgois BOSTON 330 Atlantic Ave. C. Kleeberg 1.00 SS HAGERSTPWN VICTORY Liberty 40S7 1.00 Paid off in New York, October SS JOHN HENRY John Byrne 9.43 BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. R. Borchard Caivert 4539 R. Black 1,00 26th, 1945. All members of stew­ Voyage No. 1 James Doughty 9.23 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St. W. Pieper 1.00 ards department who had dis­ Walter Ribbentrop 4.82 Lombard 7651 (Laid off at Baltimore) 1.00 puted overtime at the payoff, can NORFOLK 25 Commercial Pi. R. Irish 19.99 F. Keaveny $15.10 Joseph N. Kenney 4-1083 R. Satterfield 1.00 collect money due them at Calmar M. L. Wyser Lewis O. Brothers 23.00 .-. 3.33 NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. 1.00 Steamship Company office. Canal 3336 J. Van-Thoor 9.68 L. A. Halbrook 6.27 Stanley R. Greenridge SAVANNAH . 220 East Bay St. G. Mullen 1.00 Joseph M. Gentry 12.90 3-1728 SS LOU GEHRIG 1.00 % X X Roy D. Brothers 14.64 MOBILE 7 St. Michael St. N. Berger Voyage No. 1 2-1754 A. Nordgren 1.00 William Robinson 19.74 .SAN JUAN, P. R 45 Ponce de Leon R. Davidson SS LOU GEHRIG (Laid off about 4/16/43 in N. Y.) Percy Piggott 1.00 16.01 San Juan 1885 1.00 The following men have oyer- Thaddeas J. Niedzielak ....$117.50 Philip Heon GALVESTON 305% 22nd St. V. Mastrota 95 2-8043 George A. Jones 10.00 1.00 for extra meals. G. Jesberger RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th St. SS JAMES G. BLAINE SS JOHN DAVENPORT 1,00 SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St. D. Arscott Jack Wright, Paul Curtis, H. Voyage No. 1 (Voyage No. 1) . 1,00 SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. C. Lefeber Tucker, T. Arrago, D. Snyder, B. PORTLAND Ill W. Bumsido St. E. Tuma (Laid off about 5/5/43 in N. Y.) Thomas McConbray ...$ 1.80 1,00 R. Williams. WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. Harold Scibbe $136.10 1,00 A. Casola ..J HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. SS JOSIAH BARTLETT James Reid 117.50 1,00 » » & BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. W. Gallagher (Voyage No. 1) 1.00 Albert Lindsay 117.50 CiyCAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. R, Middlelon SS PHILIP THOMAS SO. CHICAGO . . .9137 So. Houston Ave. Corriere 2.00 Chester Gautreau 6.72 W. Sheffield $81.24 CLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Clair St. The following men have extra Eugene Dakin 8.37 E. Di Pietri 10.00 W. Hitman 9.90 DETROIT 1038 Third St. meal pioney coming at 35c a meal. 2,00 Joseph E. Trudeau 6.65 J. Baslar E. R. Cotreau 11.80 .DULUTH ....531 W. Michigan St. VICTORIA, B. C 602 Boughton St. R^ Slrahdly 7.17 K. Karlson Francis E. McGillicuddy, Juan Michgel Galicchio 2.53 1,00 VANCOUVER 144 W. Hastings St. W. Specter 4.82 R. E. Sylvester LOO hopez, Nicholas Harris, Albert Herbert W. Haas 2.53 LOO Hogle, John McGinnip, John Rus- Arthur W. Mansfield ....... 17.96 J. West E. Siasor 2.53 •••-• JACKSONVILLE .020 22.64 A. Marshall kewitz, Robert Marasco, Anthony Arthur M. Leonard 2.53 Joseph Saunders .................. 9.98 J. F. HaU 2.53 .$59,00 Colangelo. Total J. C. Turner N. L. Gofford L. R. Hendricks James H. Laird R. D. Thompson R. S. Turman B. Stalsworth L. J. Lambelin W. Patterson H. M. Aldridge ' LeRoy Eckhoff J. Blackburn H. Taylor J. W. Cisky R. L. Kerchner J. L. Millner P. H. Tansler A. Titler C. O. Sigana I. H. French W.C.Scott. F. Schumack F. Mateo E. Rhodes R. A. McCoy C. M. Wagenfer G. Bush W. A. Hall p. B. Schaifler N. Durham Robert A. hoyfxy A. Mortel Leon Grangnord SS Herman Melville SlU HALLS MONEY DUE PERSONALS —Unclaimed Wages— Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc. 'i • "^(1 m I i ; r: �THE Page Twelve ALL IN FAVOR This is the way it is done in a democratic orgaxiization. These are SIU members voting for a balloting committee, one of which is elected daily from the floor to ^supervise the day's voting for Union officers. Incidentally, HAVE YOU VOTED YET? . Profits Rose Four Times As Much As Workers' Wages During War WASHINGTON — It will take a substantial wage increase all around to give American work­ ers their rightful share of the in­ come gains achieved by the United States during the war. Facts to support this contention are marshalled in the November issue of the AFL Monthly Survey. During the years from 1939 to 1945, the AFL publication reports, "Corporation profit rose four times as much as the average worker's income, and corporation earnings on net worth rose more than three times as much. (All these in­ creases are before taxes. All groups are subject to heavy taxa­ tion.)" "We ask," the AFL statement goes on, "that the, scores be even­ ed up and that our income be in­ creased in proportion to our in­ creasing productivity which was never compensated. During the war, workers' increased produc­ tivity resulted in an increase in corporation profits before taxes from $5,460 million in 1939 to $24,900 million in 1944, but our wage rates v/ere frozen and we did not share proportionately in this increase. Today our average yearly in­ come is cut back from $2,300 in 1944 to $1,900. At today's prices it costs $2,800 a year to support a family of four at a health and efficiency level of living. Of the 20 major groups of manufactur­ ing industries, not one pays an average wage high enough to support a family at this level, and in eight industry groups, the average wage is not even enough to provide a family of four with a bare subsistence living stand­ ard. "An income of $1,900 at today's high prices places us below the living standard we had at the time of Pearl Harbor." Meanwhile industry's profits as a whole are well maintained this year, and forecasts for 1946 show that if reconversion proceeds as expect­ ed, American companies will earn substantial profits next year. And with the excess profits tax lifted, corporation profits after taxes are expected to be higher than at any other time in history ... "There is only one way for­ ward. That is for management and labor to lay the facts on the table in collective bargaining and agree immediately on the largest wage increase the company con­ cerned can pay. To increase wage rates in accord with increased productivity is not inflationary for the volume of output is raised. This is the only way industry can restore- balance and create a demand for goods large enough to assure expanding production and steady profits." SEAFARERS Friday, November 16, 1945 LOG Still Plenty Of Work To Bo Done, Says Volunteer S i U Organizer Among the many young and militant SIU members who are sailing Isthmian ships as volun­ teer organizers is John Arabacz who has just completed a trip on the 88 Marine Fox. The ship, largest of the Isth­ mian fleet, carries a crew of more than a hundred men, and Johnny reports that a large number of them have - signed SIU pledge cards. He points out, however, "There is lots of work to be done in the Isthmian fleet. The number of disgruntled NMU men alone is enough to cause a problem for an organizer. They are so ,dissat­ isfied with their outfit, that their talk against it is hurting the chances of organizing the men in­ to any union. "While it's" true that most Isth­ Volunteer organizer Johnny Arabacz of the Marine Fox writes mian men like the Seafarers, his report on Isthmian progress for the Log. these guys are spreading poison; which means there's still a big found this condition to exist them better conditions, better job to be done in carrying the amopg some of the crews, there wages and real union represen­ story of real unionism, as rep­ can be no doubt that the Isthmian tation. f resented by the SIU, to all the men are continuing their ever­ This means that SIU men are growing acceptance of the SIU making the organizing drive Isthmian seamen." Although Johnny Arabacz has as an organization that will get their personal concern and are talking SIU wherever they go. What about you? Are you carrying your share of the load? SIU Way Sells NMU Crew Unionism NEW ORLEANS — From this port comes the not so unusual story of how three militant SIU seamen, though not intending to when they joined the ship, taught an NMU crew a lesson in union­ ism, and let six NMU full bookmembers convince themselves that the Seafarers was a better union by comparing the respec­ tive contracts. Brother Albert Colditz and two other SIU men boarded the SS Hannibal Hamlin in the Philip­ pines. During the voyage were ordered by the Steward to soogie the overheads and messhalls off hours and without overtime. This they refused to do, claiming that SIU ships always paid overtime for such work. Hearing this, the NMU crew members asked to see an SIU agreement and, after read­ ing it, they plainly saw where SIU Member Albert Colditz Seafarers paid more overtime and demanded beUer conditions than ships covered by their agree­ the crew that transportation, in­ cluding subsistence, was $55.00, ments. when in reality it was actually NMU SELLS OUT MEMBERS $64.02 without subsistence. SIU Upon arrival at New Orleans, member Colditz called the NMU the ship's delegate immediately patrolman in front of the ship's called the NMU patrolman but delegate and part of the crew,, he did not arrive until time for and told him to his face that he the payoff four days later. The was selling his members out, and patrolman ^ was told that three proved where the Los Angeles SIU men were trying to organize Tankers had paid $107.02 trans­ the crew. He called Colditz over portation and subsistence from and asked if he was an SIU man. Gulf to Coast port. • "Yes," replied Brother Colditz, "1 COOK SWIPES SOUVENIRS certainly am!" When the ship first docked at According to the articles they had signed, the crew was en­ New Orleans, the Customs came titled to transportation from New aboard and took all contraband Orleans to New York, but the and extra cigarettes, placing them That NMU patrolman denied this. Col­ under government seal. ditz contacted the New Orleans night, the Chief Cook broke the SIU hall immediately he went lock and seal, taking everything ashore, and had Patrolman War? including the crew's souvenirs, ren talk to two NMU men, Al­ and put them in his own locker. bert Winnick and William Hollo- The skipper, Capt. Butts, noti­ way. After discussing their beefs fied the Customs, and they open­ fully, Warren called Lykes Broth­ ed the locker, placing two men ers and the Commissioner, telling aboard the ship and not allow­ them that the-transportation had ing the Chief Cook off the ship. However, the NMU men refused to be paid. The NMU patrolman had told to press the charges, and asked This Isthmian Man Didn't Need, And Didn't Get, High Pressure By HENRY PIEKUTOWSKI I came aboard one of our ships and found a new shipmate de­ ciding whether to stay aboard this old rusty Hog Islander. Well, he finally stayed and, as it is with new and old shipmates, we soon knew this or that about each other. He said he had sailed Army Transports and a few Isthmian ships, and he had a trip card now in the SIU. Well, time went by, weeks and months, in our trip and James Prendergast lived with SIU men and in union conditions. Nobody jumped on his back at any time, screaming unionism, bending his ears with threats or promises. He didn't need, any of that. He lived in it. He received the various benefits. He heard and saw us speak and settle our beefs—and watched our overtime go down in the right manner. Now and then, he asked what the Customs to drop the entire matter. SIX MEN JOIN SIU As a result of the many beefs and poor conditions aboard this ship plus the NMU attempted sellout, six men refused to pay any more money to that phony outfit, and joined the SIU. They had compared contracts and con­ ditions aboard Seafarers' ships with their own, and decided to turn in their old books and join a real union such as the SIU. Brother Colditz and the other Seafarers who organized these formerly misguided men into the SIU deserve a big hand and con­ gratulations for the splendid way they took control of an unhealthy situation and settled it satisfac­ torily. With men like these broth­ ers, the SIU can't lose! it would cost him to join when he came back—which shows that of his own mind he was convinced he should join, and not sneak away from the payoff to sail Army Transports, and in this way save a lot of money. No threats, no promises—here was a guy who went through months of union conditions, union beefs, union men—and joined up at the payoff trustfully and quietly. During the trip he beef­ ed like we all did—about the chow, about the roaches, about this or that bit of overtime.. He and the rest of us made a lot of overtime, and we collected every­ thing. Our eyes were always open and, if words were necessary, we had them ready. What were the good things he saw in this crew? Well, first, he saw them always ready, always beefing, confident, cooperating and honest. And he also saw the force that made all this so strong and busy—^the SIU in the back ground, waiting in the ports for ^ beefs to settle with the chiseling companies, ready to protect all union brothers from overbearing officers, loggings, etc. Yes sir, with the union, you're safe from plenty of bad things, but you have to live the experi­ ment yourself if you don't belieVe there are such things for you. 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Title A name given to the resource November 16, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VII, No. 46 Description An account of the resource AWAIT NLRB RULING IN ISTHMIAN ELECTION 32 MONTH SEA-TIME MEN NOW ELIGIBLE FOR DISCHARGE MINES STILL MENACE SHIPPING TO ARBITRATE DOCKERS' BEEFS MEETING THE ATTACK SQUIBS C G RED TAPE DELAYS CREWING EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL IN SIU IT WON'T BE LONG THE LOG GETS A BIT OF RECREATION CALLS STEWARD KEY DEPARTMENT SURPLUS SHIPS DISPOSAL BILL NEW GRAVY TRAIN FOR SHIPOWNERS HALT MOVEMENT TO BONEYARDS CREW REPORTS WSA BUNGLING ON THOMAS C. POWERS TALISMAN CREW HOLD BUSINESS LIKE MEETING GEORGE H. DERN CREW TERMED "CREDIT TO UNION" SMITH VICTORY CREW THANKS COLLEGE FOR SHIPBOARD LIBRARY ABERDEEN VICTORY CADET USED TO CHEAT ON OVERTIME CREW COMMENDS INGERSOLL MATE AND CAPTAIN JOB OPPORTUNITY FOR WSA: TEACHING FISH HOW TO SWIM AFL OPPOSES COMPULSORY PEACETIM MILITARY TRAINING MURDER OF POLISH SEAMEN GIVES WARNING TO OTHERS STILL PLENTY OF WORK TO BE DONE, SAYS VOLUNTEER SIU ORGANIZER PROFITS ROSE FOUR TIMES AS MUCH AS WORKERS' WAGES BURING WAR SIU WAY SELLS NMU CREW UNIONISM THIS ISTHMIAN MEN DIDN'T NEED, AND DIDN'T GET, HIGH PRESSURE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11-16-1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log